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ifofounipwr A The Secretary of State Enunciates the Government's Foreign Policy. u nn a r- nAiiirnn oAimiiT rmtNUonir ur ruwtniauuuni Our Bsle of Conduct, He Says, la the MonI) roe Doctrine and the Golden Rule?No Wantonness of Strength, He Declares' Will Induce Us to Drive a Hard BarRain With Another Nation. C New York City.?The annual banquet Si of the Chamber of Commerce was held l at Delmonlco's. Covers for 450 were j, laid- At the table of honor were Am- A bassador ijseph H. Choate, John Hay, tj Secretary of State; Whltelaw Reid, 1 Senator Chauncey M. Depew, Andrew ^ Carnegie, Mayor-Elect Seth Low. Lieu- tl tenant-General Nelson A. Miles, J. L Pierpont Morgan, Carl Schurz and Governor Odell. In introducing Secretary Hay, Presi- b dent Jesup proposed a toast to "Our v Diplomacy."' Secretary Hay was 11 warmly welcomed by the guests, and a his speech at various points met with w great enthusiasm, especially when he u mentioned the name of William McKinley at the end the applause was ^ deafening. After paying a special tribute to the d' late President, Secretary Hay took up r< the subject of dlplomacj*. to which he 01 was assigned, and said in part: ai "There was a time when diplomacy w was a science of intrigue and false- h hood, of traps and mines and counter- L mines. It may be another instance of that credulity with which I have often C been charged by European critics when Si I say that I really believe the world ^ has moved onward in diplomacy as tl: in other matters." In my experience of I" diplomatic life, which now covers w more years than I like to look back upon, and in the far greater record tl: of American diplomacy, which. I have read and studied, I can say without la hesitation that we have generally told th squarely what we wanted, announced early in negotiation what we were willing to give, and allowed the other tii side to accept or reject our terms. But hj If we are not permitted to boast of d< what we have done we can at least say a word about what we have tried v< to do, and the principles which have in guided our action. The briefest ex- ^ pression of our rule of conduct is, per- S< haps, the Monroe doctrine and the G golden rule. With that simple chart ti( we can hardly go far wrong. in "We have striven, on the lines laid tl down by Washington, to cultivate m friendly relations witn all powers, but C( ' *- *? +Vl not to taxe parr id me lorujauuu uj. groups or combinations among them, b; A position of complete independence is .ai not Incompatible with relations involv- b; ing flot friendship alone, but concur- n< rent action as well in important emer- tl gencies. We have kept always in tr view the fact that we are pre-eminent- U ly a peace-loving people; that our normal activities are in the direction of trade and commerce; that the vast development of our industries imperatively demands that we shall not only retain and confirm our hold on our present markets, but seek constantly, . by all honorable means, to extend our ?commercial interests In every practi- . cable direction. "We consider our interests in the , Ar>/\nn f n ATI' QO thnCO Af rauui. VLCOU ao gicai uvn mo vmvw?. v? any dther jpower and destined to in- * definite development. We have opened ,t our doors to the people of Hawaii, we tl bave accepted the responsibility of the Philippines which Providence Imposed ^ upon us; we have put an end to the , embarrassing condominium in which 1 we were involved In Samoa, and, while t abandoning none of our commercial rights in the group, we have estab- ^ llshed our flag and our authority in Tutuila, which gives us the finest har- .. bor in the South Seas. Next in order will come a Pacific cable and an Isth- . mian canal for the use of all well-dls- ,t nnspH npnnlps. but under exclusive American ownership and American V control. There will be no more sur- render of our rights than there will be w violation of the rights of others. "Wo frankly confess we seek the friendship of all the powers; we want to trade with all peoples; we are conscions of resources that will make our commerce a source of advantage to them and of profit to ourselves. But R no wantonness of strength wi!l ever L; induce us to drive a hard bargain with te another nation because it is weak, nor pi will any fear of ignoble criticism F; tempt us to insult or defy a great power because it is strong, or even ki because it is friendly." tL Joseph H. Choate, Ambassador to tli the Court of St. James, was next intro- YY duced- He spoke with his usual elo- pe quence, dwelling mostly on the recent cc rlsit of the delegates of the New York in Chamber of Commerce to London. He L; ilonroil linnn tho armnnthv thnt hurt been shown by the British people at M the time of President McXinley's re death, and said that not only had the st sympathy been manifested almost ev- tI: ery hour for days after the event, by d' royalty, but that all classes were quite ^ as sorrowful. In view of these acts st Mr. Choate thought this Government 01 justified in thinking that England's nJ was an expression of natural "! sympathy. Foreign Demand For Our Wheat. sj Notwithstanding the fact that ex- "tj. ports so far this season have been j, about twice as large as the shipments ?1 for the corresponding period last year. ( there has been a steady, fair demand ' for wheat and flour from foreign 3( buyers. tl / l|oian1do Wishes Congress to Hear Him. Aguinaldo has written General Chaffee, the Military Governor of the Philippines, asking the latter's per- ei mission to go before Congress and c express the desires of the Filipino o: people. F (1 Gorman Colony to settle In Oklahoma. a Forty thousand acres of land near >) Navajo. Greer County, Okla., have .1 been sold to a representative of a col- n cny of Germans, of whom 1000 faml- n lies are coming from Germany to lo- n cate. Each family gets forty acres. v Sportlnp Brevities. An -plTcri is being made to exclude foreigners from participation hereafter li in the Henley regatta. a By defeating Kansas 29 to 5, Ne- ^ braska retains the championship of I1 the Western Intercollegiate Football h Association. s William C. Whitney heads the list ? of winners on the American turf this * year with $108,440 as his share of stakes and purses. The Detroit American League Base- 0 ball Club passed from the control of ^ Burns and Stallings and is now owned j, toy a party of Detroit men a SUwvy' ? . ... . REBELS CAPTURED COLON Small Force Took the Colombian Town After Brief Fighting. nlted States Marine* Landed?The Wash ington Government Warned Liberals Treaty Mast Be Obs?rved. Colon, Colombia. ? Liberals (rebels^ ave made an unexpected attack on olon. The Government was not preared, and there was little resistance, .fter brief fighting in front of the uartel (barracks) and in near-by ;reets for an hour and a half the liberals gained possession of all the ublic offices and the town of Colon, s a result of the fight more than .velve inen were killed and about lirty were wounded. On receipt of the news that General lban, the military commander of le Isthmus, had started to attack the iberals at Cherrera, near Panama, le insurgents detached 160 men uner General Patino to attack Colon, his force embarked on board a train ouud from Panama to Colon, preiously cutting off telegraphic comlunication across the isthmus. On rriving at the outskirts of Colon, -here the Government usually mainlined a small guard, the Liberals left ie train and in the first skirmish Pano was killed. The command of the Liberals then evolved on Colonel Frederico Bar?ra, and they continued their march a Colon, arriving here a few minutes fter the train, thus surprising the hole town. The Government troops l Colon were outnumbered by the iberals. Fighting immediately began at the uartel, which soon was taken. There enor Jaen, a Judge of the Criminal ourt, was killed, aud Senor Muskus, le district representative of the Delrtment of the Interior, was mortally ounded. The whole affair occupied less than tree hours. The United States gunboat Machias nded a detachment of marines in le morning. Washington. D. C.?The conflrmaon of the reported capture of Colon j the Colombian Liberals caused a ?cided'commotion in flie State and avy Departments. President Roose?lt resolved to take no chances of an fringement of the treaty rights of ie United States. Therefore Acting: >cretary Hill cabled Consul-General 1 udger a direction to inform all par-. ! es who are engaged in molesting or terfering with free transit across 1 ie isthmus that such Interference ust cease. He was also directed to" ' msult freely with Captain Perry,-. ' ie commander of the United States. ' lttleship Iowa, now lying at Pan- 1 na. Then Captain Perry was cabled r Secretary Long to laud marines if jcessary for fhe free transit across ie isthmus in accordance with the eaty rights and obligations of the ' nited States. THIRTY DEAD IN A MINE. noke Overwhelms 200 Men In a Tunnel of Colorado Colliery. i X},, ? lml. ICliUimCi ?JJ J ? uic iu luc >/u* on tunnel belonging to the Smugler-Union Mining Company thirty 1 ves were lost. The fire which is nown to have been accidental, starci in the buildings at the mouth of le tunnel. At this point is the up- ' ?r terminal of the tramway to the jmpany's new mill in Pandora, and was in tile bunk house attached i lat the lire started. From this it >read to the terminal station, which 1 ith its ore bins, machinery and suplies. is a mass of ruins. The day shift of 200 men had en:red the mine and reached their ations when the fire was discovered, he tunnel acted as a flue and a great nf smnkp nmirpd In and filled I ' le slopes. About 170 of the men icceeded in reaching safety by an:her exit. The fire rapidly burned self out, but the mine was so filled 1th smoke that It was six hours be>re rescuing parties could penetrate ie slopes where the less fortunate ere. BRIDE AFTER FfFTY YEARS. rdla Waited For Her William, aud Now They Are One. Moorestown, N. J. ? William Dunn ogors, seventy-three, married Miss ydia Lippincott, seventy, on the latr's farm at Fellowship. Both are ominent members of the Society of riends. Mr. Rogers and Miss Lippincott had lown each other sixty years. When ley were in their teens everybody lought they would wed. But then 'illiam met another girl, whose name, jculiavly enough, was Lydia Lippinitt, and they were married and lived happiness for fifty yea.s. The first ydia remained single. Two years ago Mrs. Rogers died and r. Rogers, feeling lonesome, went to side at the Friends' Home on Main reel, near owu nan. inuui- sjiupa- i lized with him more deeply than Lya Lippincott. Soon they discovered tat the love of fifty years ago was HI burning. Then, according to the istom of the Friends, they asked the ?oroval of the meeting on their nr.pals. They received it. Internal Revenue Report. The annual report of the Comaiisoner of Internal Revenue shows that le total receipts for the year ended line 30. 1901, were S30G.871.669, or 1.555,561 in excess of the estimates, bout the same amount in excess of ie receipts for tlie year ended June ). 1900. and $33,000,000 iu excess of ie receipts for 1899. Mutinous Convicts Held For Murder. At Leavenworth, Kan., the Corona's jury investigating the killing of uard Waldrupe, who was shot by ne of the eseapiug prisoners in the ort Leavenworth military prison uriug the recent outbreak, returned verdict holding Fred Robinson, Gilen Mullins, Frank Thompson and ames Wilson, ringleaders, guilty of lurder. and the otlr.i twenty-two mtineers guiity of conspiracy to coinlit murder. The four principals *ere armed with shotguns. National IV. C. X. U. Officers. At the annual convention of the Xa-, onal Woman's Christian Temper-* nee Union at Fort Worth. Texas, Irs. Lillian M. X. Stevens was uuanilously elected President for the comig year. Mrs. Susauuah Fry Corre[>onding Secretary, Mrs. Clara HofTlan Recording Secretary and Mrs. DnwlrAlt rPt*OOC!l1t?Ol? 1 Leitfll -UU1LUU uaiaci m.u.iun.1, . Plague K&slos in South Kussla. There has been an alarming spread f the plague in South Russia, hun-| reds of fatal cases being reported a Moscow, Odessa, Kieff, Kherson, nd other towns. THE CM TREATY ME Secretary Hay and Lord Pauncefo Complete the Negotiations. POINTS CONCEDED BY ENGLAN By the Terms of the New Convention tl united states mix ocvuiuo tuu ou Gaarantor of the Neutrality of tl Waterway, Without Restriction as the Right to Fortify?Beady For Sena Washington, D. C? In an informs almost casual manner, the trea which there is every reason to belie' will end the long dead-lock over tl Nicaragua canal has been signed 1 Secretary Hay and Lord Pauncefol Those who imagined that the signii of a treaty destined to become histor is a matter of ceremonious pomp, we disappointed by the severely busines like manner in which the negotiate was completed. Lord Pauncefore appeared at tl State, War and Navy building in h carriage, accompanies by Percy Win ham, the second Secretary of the Br; ish Embassy The two men came in the State Department corridors wi so little ceremony that their present there was unknown until tliey hi been in conference with Secretary Ht iur IIJIU uii uuul. The conference lasted for about t hour. At its closc Mr. Hay sent f Sidney Smith, Chief of the Diplomat Bureau of the State Department, ar then summoned William Cwin ai Eddie Savoy, his messengers. The: three, with Mr. Windham, were tl witnesses to the signing of the treat Gwln arid Savoy are colored me and this is not the first treaty tht have attested. They began their se vice In the State Department undi Hamilton Fish, and have been the! ever since as personal attendants c the various Secretaries of State. Tht are former slaves. Mr. Smith had the American coj of the treaty with him, the Erltis copy having been brought by M Windham. The treaty was signed c the long table in the diplomatic roor Gwin held the silver candlestk which contained the taper used 1 burn the red sealing wax. Mr. Smii attached the great seal of the Unitf States, and Mr. Windham the roy seal, and then Mr. Hay and Loi Pauncefote attached their person; signatures. If there was anything api. .hit ceremonial, it was in the putting 01 of the candle. It Is never blown 01 on such occasions, but must be snuffe out with a silver extinguisher. The text of the treaty will, of cours be scrupulously kept secret until aft< the Senate has acted. All publicatio: purporting to give the text have bet compiled by the simple device of cop; ing all the clauses of the old treal known to be not in issue, and inser ing the gist of imaginary claus< which present what are known to 1 the points conceded by Great Britai These points are as follows: The partnership between Great Bi tain and the United States is dissolve The United States Is the sole guara A--? - ? IV- Annr cor Ul tut; lieutitiiiij' iuc uau? Great Britain withdraws all prete: sions to any share in the control < responsibility. The United States hi not only the right to build, but tl right to fortify the canal. This Is m stated, in terms, but it is quite as c fectlvely granted by the cutting out < the old provicicn forbidding this, whl( was the only thing that ever stood the way of fortlUcation. All cor meree passing through the canal w: fare alike, and there will be no di crimination in favor of American slil ping. These points are the only on of difference between the old and tl new treaty. A high official has stated that Grei Britain met the representatives of tl United States In a spirit of fairnes and with no disposition to make exc bitant claims, and that she recogniz< fully and candidly the view that tl canal was a matter of world-wide it portance -n I of interest to all nation In which the United States shou have the exclusive right to control. Great Britain yielded as a matter < right, and not at all grudgingly. Tl treaty was drawn r.p In Washingto and assented without substantial v riation by Great Britain. MODERN FACINGS CAREER ARRESTE Nine (small Boy* Taught Thinverj ni Forced to Steal. Chicago, 111.?What the police d clare is a school of crime, with nil snail boys as pupils, and James Koli a junk dealer, as captain, has been ('.i covered in the "Ghetto" Kolis and all his boys have b?en a ? * - J ttfATiA eTTAVtl A?lf resitu, rvmiuuis iins dmuiu uui. the same time for several junk dej ers. who are "ild to have bought tl stolen goods. -lolls is charged by tv of the boys with having forced the with a whip to steal. They say th he would not let them go to schoi that he threatened to kill them if tb< betrayed him. That certain boys might not be coj pelled to attend school, and that th night have full time for the robbii of houses, the death of the t;*i:a oficer was planned. Children Pariah In I'lauiei. Alfred F. and Jennie C. Kendo aged two and Ave years respective] childreu of Alfred Kendall, wo burned to death at their home at W: ertowu, Mass. Their mother had go to c. neighbor's. It is supposad t children upset a lighted lamp. Peat of Prairie Dogs in Kaaui. Statistics from official sources she that prairie dogs occupy and read worthless or nearly so for agricultu: purposes 1,224,854 acres of laud i.ansas. All edorts to exteroiua tho dogs have failed, even with rhe < oporation of the Department of Ag culture. The Successor of Senator Davis. Senator Cullom, of Illinois, will the head of tho Foreign i'.elatio Committee, succeeding ;hj late Si: utor La vis. Ct'.awu's mayor Loses His Placc. In the Police Court at Ottawa, Or Mayor V/. D. Morris pleaded guilty buying liquors during prohibit hours. He was fiued $5 and 82 cos and accepted disqualification v.'hicli 1 inrrlvpfl I-Ip is lia lcilj Mayor of the capital and is disqualiu for two years. Will right Els Railway Deal. Governor Van Saat, of Mianeso says that he will call u special sessi of the Legislature to deal with 1 consolidation of the Great Northe and Northern Pacific railroads if i oresenf laws .will not or? nt it I , i i I. D MCITI fflIM" n I nil ll__l?L I LU camaen ooara or neann invesmsai" ing Fatal Tetanus Cases, D PARENTS ARE PANIC-STRICKEN ^ Seven Deaths Directly Traceable to th? Inoculation of Children With Vacelnatlon Virus ?Development of Tetanus Followed After Two or Three Months ?A Committee to Investigate Outbreak. Camden, N. J.?The Board of Health ^ has passed a resolution forbidding all rrg physicians to resort to vaccination until the Board has an opportunity to in,Jf vestigate the fatal results which have e" followed it in several cases here. The 1S Board further advised the Board of ,c Education to refrain from enforcing re the law for time being. I3" Vaccination has been far more fatal )n here than smallpox. Seven deatlis have occurred In the city from tetanus, all of which appear to be directly lIs traceable to the Inoculation of the d- children "with virus. The children It- were without exception apparently to healthy before being heated to prevent th them from taking smallpox, ce There are several children In the id city now suffering from tetanus in one iy stage or another. Something very like a panic has seized upon parents. Fully in 5000 children have been vaccinated or since September 1. The development ic of tetanus In some of the fatal capes id has followed after two or three id months. This is what alarms those se whose children have T^een vaccinated ie since the beginning of the school year, y. There are about 3000 children of n, school age still to be vaccinated. ?y Since the first death from tetanus resuiting from vaccination there has er been but one death from smallpox. re The Board of Health has appointed m three of Its members as a committee to investigate the outbreak of tetanus. With this committee County jpnysiJL cian Jones in his official capacity will .jj act. Dr. Jones has power to summon ' witnesses. " Investigation has tiu3 far failed to fix the responsibility, as it would seem that vaccine points obtained from dif' ferent sources were equally involved, v* This taken In" connection with the fact that the authorities at Newark, jer, sey City and New York City report an ? entire absence of unfavorable results , from vaccine makes the cause of the al trouble here obscure. Some of the towns heard from which used the same vaccine report that no cases #f ^ tetanus developed. :d A HEALTH BOARD ARRAIGNED. e, Tetanus Victim*' Deaths Were Dne to Defectlve Diphtheria Antitoxin 13 St. Louis, ft?o.?Coroner Funkhauser !n has rendered a verdict finding the ? Health Department negligent in the '7 preparation of diphtheria antitoxin, ^ the administration of which recently JS caused the deaths of seven children 3e by lockjaw. n> The verdict is based upon the testi. mony of physicians who attended the "J" lockjaw cases, the inquest, and the re" oort of the bacteriologists employed by the city to make tests of the in fected serum and ascsrtain the reQ* sponsibility for it. 3r The findings of the Committee of is Bacteriologists included the following: > "From the facts stated we are forced ? to conclude that the diphtheria antil~ toxin prepared by the City Health y; Department had been issued before It i was possible to have obtained results n from the absolutely necessary tests. Had these tests been performecT the 111 results upon animals would have been s" such that the serum would not have p* been dispensed, and the cases of tetaBs nus forming the basis of this report ie could not have resulted." jg TETANUS IN PHILADELPHIA. IS ????? Question of Compnlsory Vaccination Be^ Inj Tested by a Woman Teacher. Philadelphia. ? There have been n. several cases of tetanus following vacg cination reported in Philadelphia. The question of compulsory vaccination of school children and teachers has been oi-on tn thp rniirts and resulted in a I or je verdict in favor of vaccination. Dt The case was that of a Girls' High al School teacher, who refused to be vaccinated. She was suspended by the School Board and she carried her case D to court. The board was sustained, and the teacher was dismissed from ad the service of the city. She has taken an appeal to the Superior Court. o. - n"c Death Id Atlantic City. is, Atlantic City, N. J.?There are sevis eral cases of tetanus in this city, all of which are supposed to be the result of tr- vaccination. One person died recentat ly from tetanus. Like the present sufil. ferers he had been recently vaccinated. be ro Poisoned by the Virna. in Bridgeton, N. J. ? Several persona at have been poisoned by vaccine virus dI, recently here, and several physicians ey have declined to inoculate any more persons until the cause is discovered. n ev Sad End of Girls' Anti-Tobacco League. The girls of the village of Great ut Bend, Penn., organized some time ago an anti-tobacco league, one of the principles or which was tnat no member should associate with a young ? man who used tobacco in any form, 'y- The youcg men of the village accardre ingiy resolved unanimously to go with nune but out-of-town girls. After enue during this neglect for some time th? club at its last meeting capitulated and disbanded. Suez Canal Open to Larger Ships. tv The Board of Administrators of the er Suez Canal Company has decided to al admit after January 1 next ships in drawing twenty-six foet three inches, te instead of twenty-live feet seven :'o- inches, the maximum now allowed, ri- - Ten Men Killed u a Wreck. A disastrous railroad wreck has occurred near Culbertson Station, Mont. J"* An east-bound extra freight struck 1 "* ' -- J */.? Tnn..! uca TVAr? ! "' a woi'ii iraiu uuu icij. uaj/.u.vuv . >n* killed. More than thi.ty Japanese j laborers were injured. It. Prominent People. to President IJoosevelt is opposed to <?d docking the tails of horses. The Czur will publish the private 0 papers of his grandfather, Alexander led lL United States Senator Daniels, Virginia, is recovering from a serious illuess. ta, John D. Rockefeller has drawn from ion the Standard Oil Company in dlYl;he dends $19,200,000 during this year. Dr. Manley S. Hard has been elected t&a assistant secretary of the Methodist Eniscouai Church Extension Society. / BROKE ALL AUTO RECORDS^ Fournier Rides a Mile in si 4-t> Seconds Straightaway. Koene Speed* a Mile in 54 2-5 Scconds and Bostwlok Also Scores on Record Figures. Ne'? York City. ? Henri Fournier made a mile on his forty-horse-power gasoline automobile in the world time of 514-5 seconds on the Coney Island Boulevard. That means seventy miles an hour. Foxhall Keene did a mile In 54 2-5 seconds, making himself first of amateurs?a rate of more than sixty-five miles an hour. It was professional against amateur, + U**. nwApneolATlol TCATl hlT tllP TlflT uuu iutr iJk -? w ??row margin of 2 2-5 seconds. A. C. Bostwlck beat the previous record, too. and so did A. L. Riker, -with bis superb electric machine. The best time before had been one minute 6 2-5 seconds, made by Alexander'Winton. Gasoline and electric mnchines both beat this. S. T. Davis, Jr.. also lowered the world's record for steam machines to 1.15, the best heretofore being 1.35. So all records for automobiles were smashed?gasoline, electric, steam. The meet was under the auspices of the Long Island Automobile Club. Ocean Parkway was closed for the afternoon just for this event. From the turn at the park circle for three miles toward Coney Island the way was clear for the racers. Platoons of mounted police held the crowds back and lined the curbs. The course was ideal, smooth as a billiard table, devoid of hills, -wide and dear. It had be?n gone over till nothii^^vas left undone to make the mile straightaway the finest in the world. At Eighteenth avenue the club had Its reviewing stand. The start was half a mile further down. Beyond this was a clear mile for the racers to get up speed. Another quarter of a mile was allotted them at the finish to slow down. It was a superb day for the test There was little wind, and that blew across the course, taking the dust with it. Some 20.000 persons lined themselves along the Parkway, eager to see the speeding. The arrangements were that each machine should go over the measured mile alone, being timed at the start and finish. Then all those that had beaten one minute thirty seconds were to race side by side for the final supremacy. Darkness stopped this last hair-lifting spectacle. VENGEANCE OF OUTLAWS. Mississippi Moonshiners Murder and Cr?> mate Two Federal Officers. Oxford. Miss.?John R. Montgomery. Deputy United States Marshal, pro tem., of Oxford, and Deputy United States Marshal Hugh Montgomery, of Pontotoc, went to arrest Will Mathis, an alleged counterfeiter and moonshiner, who lives twelve miles east of this place. The following morning Hugh Montgomery's horse was found standing at the gate of Curdy Hall, a neighbor of Mathis. and Mathis's house was burned to the ground. Two partially burned bodies were found In the ashes, which have beten Identified as the remains of the deputy marshals. John R. Montgomery's horse has nol been found, and it Is supposed thai Mathls made his escape on him after the men had been killed and the house set on fire. Mathls's wife was at het father's house, and she says her husband has left the country. Mathls was indicted last summer for making and passing counterfeit money, and was put on a $2000 bond. The principal witness against him was a negro living in the same neighborhood, and a month age he was assassinated. The two Montgomerys went out to arrest Mathis for making Illicit whisky and It Is supposed that they were prevailed upon to remain for the night and were shot while guarding their prisoner. . VALUABLE FARMS IN ILLINOIS. Lands Which Were Valued at 850 an Acre Now Selling; For 8140. Kankakee, 111.?A few years ago iv,? "nnf litflo farm Innrt in II. lucre wao UUL iii linois that was valued at more than $50 or $75 an acre. A few days ago a farm near Manteni, this County, was sold at $112.50 an acre, and this price has been the rule rather than the exception in that locality within the last year. Land in other parts of Kankakee is proportionately high. Speaking of high-priced land, the Champaign Gazette says: "Last week a farm of 160 acres, near Ellsworth, was sold for $130.50 an acre. The improvements are said to be ordinary. At Roanoke, Woodford County, -a farm of 160 acres was sold for'$150 an acre. Two persons owning farms near Colfax have recently refused $125 an acre for their laud. Half way between. Kappa and El Paso, a man owns 240 acres, with ordinary improvements. He has just refused $140 an acre for the entire tract. He offers to let it go for $150 an acre, and will doubtless get u. During the last year it is estimated that more than $200,000 has been invested by people in Kankakee Count} for land in Iowa, Minnesota and the Dakotas, at prices ranging all the way from $12 to $50 an acre, with perhaps $30 an acre as an average. Iwo Children Burned to Death. Two children were cremated in theii home at Marionville, Mo., while the mother, Mrs. George Justice, was shopPing Kew Jerae}- Bank Bobbed. The large safe of the First National Bank at Spring Lake Beach, N. J., was blown open, evidently by professional cracksmen, and $ti000 in cash and as much more in securities were secured. The loss is fully covered by burglar insurance. Stranilnrd Transport Floated. The United States transport Han cock, which was stranded in The - -ivns floated. straits 01 >?uiiiiuuuci.n., . and proceeded on her voyage to Kobe, Japan. Irish Proposal to Kruger. The London Evening Xev.'s said tht Irish Nationalists had offered to Mr. Kruger a safe Parliamentary seat in Ireland. They hold, the paper added, that in consequence of General Ivitcher's proclamation, Mr. Kruger is de facto a British subject. Named For Collector of New York Port. President Iioosevelt has offered the Collectorship of the Port of New York to State Senator Nevada N. Strana han, of Fulton, N. Mr. acrauuijuu accepted the appointment, and will succeed Collector George R. BIdwell on Anrll 1. 1902. , ?;,,v, v: -f-v: . ' i 'BEBELLION III KLQilliE A Great Conspiracy to Form a Republic Said to Exist. PROMINENT AMERICANS IN IT Wide-Spread Plot Contemplates the Overthrow of the British Local Government of the Northwest Territory?Arms, Ammunition and Provisions Cached at Strategic Points?Authorities Confer. San Francisco, Cal.?A story Is published here from Skagway, Alaska, telling of the discovery of what is alleged to be a huge conspiracy existing in Dawson and ramifying to Skagway, Victoria, Vancouver and Seattle, for the overthrow of the local government of the Northwest Territory and the establishing of a Republic with Dawson as its capital. According to the story arms, ammunition and provisions have been taken in over the railroad and cached at strategic points. Prominent American residents In Skagway are said to be leaders in the conspiracy. Miners to the number of 5000 are said to await the summons to arms, readv to fight for the independence froinDominion rule of the gold fields, camps and , towns. The plan Is to overthrow the mounted police, arrest the civil authorities and take the Government into their own hands. The rigors of the arctic winters would give the Insurgents sis months' immunity from attack byCanadian or British troops, and the adventurous archconspirators hope :o." intervention or outside assistance by the time the melting snows will permit the invasion of their isolated Republic. It is further related that a hurried conference, lasting until midnight, was held at Skagway recently at which were present Captain Corrigan of the Northwest mounted police. Judge Brown, of the United States District Court; United States Marshal Shoup, United States Attorney Fred-, erich and Major Hovey, commanding the United States troops at Skagway, a LLCUUCU Ulf JL lilO w as LUC last of several hasty consultations between the civil and military representatives of the two powers in relation to the mysterious transportation of supplies into the interior and rumors of a conspiracy to lead the miners In a revolt against the Canadian Government in the Northwest Territory. Those present maintained subsequently the strictest silence concerning the new evidence laid before them and their evident anxiety helped to confirm the rumors of conspiracy. Captain Corrigan took a train back across the border the next morning, while United States Marshal Shoup embarked on the first steamer for Seattle, which port he reached several days ago. The object of his visit was presumably to confer by'telegraph with, the authorities at Washington. He has sailed on the Jolphln, on his way bacH' to Skagway. MINERS AND GUARDS IN CONFLICT Labor Troubles at MadlaoBrille, Ey., Result in Iioss of Llf*. Madisonville, Ky. ? Mining troubles In this district have caused more bloodshed. James H. Smith, a negro striker was killed; George Crouch, another striker, was fatally "wounded, while John West, Hut Dawson and Nathan Bush, all guards, were wounded, none of them dangerously. The trouble occurred at the mines of the Providence Coal Company, where an attack began at an early hour. The attacking party, some seventy-five or eighty strong, first fired on the engine house, and In a 'few min utes tne company's staoies were surrounded. Several animals were killed or disabled. The attaikers also poured a well-directed fire upon the houses occupied by non-union employes and their families. The guards aroused by the crash of bullets rushed to small timber piles, arranged for use in such an emergency, and from behind these returned the fire. The battle raged for almost an hour and a half, when the assailants withdrew, leaving Smith dead and Crouch shot through on the field. County Judge Hall has started an investigation at Providence. The news of the shooting spread like wildfire. It was not long before it reached Adjutant-General Murray, who at once commenced an investigation, opening communication with the Governor . LEAVES HER WHITE HUSBAND. Cultured Indian Woman Reaenta a Beat* in< and .Returns to the Reservation. Wichita, Kan.?Anna Parker, daughter of the noted Indian statesman, Quanrah Parker, has renounced her husband. George Cox. a white, and gone back to life on the Comanche Reservation. She Is highly cultured and educated, and was prominent among her people for good and civilizing Influence. She was graduated at the Carlisle Indian School. A few days ago at Lawton, Cox became drunk, and returning home, proceeded to beat his squaw into "jelly." She did not Tesent it. He went away, and, returning some time in the night, found she had donned blanket and paint and gone back to wild life. She had threatened to do this if he drank, but he did not think she would. Syndicate Bays Klondike Claims. An Iudiana syndicate has bought 214 claims in tne Klondike for $750,000. Oirl'a murderer Hnneed at Nlarbt. Joseph D. Kleth, convicted of the murder of Nora Kifer, a girl twenty years old. was hanged at night in the prison at Michigan City, Ind. Governor Durbin refused to commute Kieth's sentence, and the doomed man went to the gallows protesting that he was convicted on perjured evidence. I Earthquake "Wrecks a Township. An earthquake shock in Canterbury district of New Zealand has devastated the township of Cheviot. Man; people have beeu injured. Labor World. It is estimated' that about 100,000 workers receive dividends annually from profit-sharing concerns in the United States. While labor is cheaper in Great JM'iimu man nere, me x?rm?u huuman accomplishes far less than the American workman. The Edgar Thompson Steel TVorks.( a subsidiary of the Steel Trust, has distributed blocks of stock among lts> old aud most skilled employes. ' ' The conditions of the wholesale tail*! orlng trade In New York City are not satisfactory to the workers, who are preparing for a strike in the spring. I i , - i . m ' ^ t He Wanted a Bear. 'The sickest man I ever took Into ho nrtuulo " anlri on Adirondack iraidei' ne^r North Creek, "was a lawyer who came In from Buffalo last fall to kill a bear. He said be was going to kiD one if it took all season. He wanted a rug of his own killing for his office. He staid in the woods three weeks " and wouldn't look at deer or small game. Finally be had to go home. He sent hlg stuff out to the railroad by ; team, and walked out himself, saying < that would be bis last chance at a bear. "Sure enough, he went around a big' rock and met a bear face to face in ' the trail. He forgot what he was after, forgot that he had been hunting . three weeks for this very animal, for got that he wanted a rug for bis of-/.; flee, and even forgot that he had a gun. He turned and sprinted in the' direction from which he came till it came over him that tflat bear was Just what he wanted. Then he stopped,.' wenr Dacs, ana saw irom me iracs* that the bear bad gone a good deal faster than be did, and in the opposite f direction."?New York Times. Thrown From HU Cab and' Killed. The following is a most interesting and, !a one respect, pathetic tale:? Mr. J. Pope, 42 Ferrar Road, Streatham, England, said: - ^ a " Yes, poor chap, he is gone, dead?hone . ^olted, thrown off his seat on his cab he wat v driving and killed?poor chap, and a'good ort too, mate. It was him, you see, who gave me the half-bpttle of St. Jacobs Oil that made' a new man of me. 'Twas like this: me and . Bowman were great friends. Some gentle*. ' man had given him a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil which had done him a lot of good; he only, used half the bottle, and remembering that ! - had been a martyr to rheumatism and sciatic* for years, that I had literally tried ererj?ything, had doctors, aud all without benefit, 1. became discouraged, and looked upon H that there was no help for me. Well," sayr Pope, ^ "You may not believe me, for it is a inixacb;. but before I had used the contents of the V half-bottle of St. Jacobs Oil which poor Bow- * man gave me, I was a well mun. 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