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ISM TO LABOB BEN
President Sticks to -His Decision in
the Miller Casei
NOT TO DISMISS THE FOREMAN
He Cannot Discriminate Against Hltn Bei
cause He Is Non-Union Man?Question
of Fitness Will Be Determined In
Boutlne Way ? Two-IIour Conference
With Mitchell, Gompers and Others.
Washington, D. C.?President Roosevelt
announced to labor leaders who
'conferred with him on the subject that
his decision not to dismiss Foreman
?W. A. Miller, of the Government Printing
Office, Is final. He told them that
the question of Miller's personal fitness
must be settled in the regular routine
of the administration. Foreman Miller
is the man who was dismissed because
he had been expelled from the
local bookbinders' union and afterward
was reinstated by direction of the
President. At the conclusion of the
conference, which took place at the
iT*7V?I+a Uauca onrl lna+a/1 until nlmncf
midnight, the President issued the following
statement:
"Pursuant to the request of Samuel
Gompers, President of the American
Federation of tabor, the President
granted an interview this evening to
the following members of the Executive
Council of that body: Mr. Samuel
Gompers. Mr. James Duncan. Mr. John
Mitchell, Mr. James O'Connell and Mr.
Frank Morrison, at which various subjects
of legislation in the interests of
labor as well as Executive action were
discussed. Concerning the case of
William A. Miller, the President made
the following statement:
" 'I thank you and your committee
for your courtesy, and I appreciate the
opportunity to meet with you. It will
always be a pleasure to see you or any
representatives of your organizations
or of your federation as a whole.
" 'As regards the Miller case, I have
little to add to what I have already
said. In dealing with it I ask you to
remember that I am dealing purely
with the relation of the Government
to its employes. I must govern my ac
uon uy tne laws or tne lana. wnicn i
am sworn to administer, and which
differentiate any case to which the
Government of the United States is a
party from all other cases whatsoever.
These laws are enacted for the benefit
of the whole people, and can not and
must not be construed as permitting
discrimination against some of the people.
I am President of all the people
of the United States, without regard to
creed, color, birthplace, occupation or
social condition. My aim is to do equal
and exact justice as among them all.
In the employment and dismissal of
men in the Government service I can
no more recognize the fact that a rnrfn
f does or does not belong to a union as
being for or against him than I can
recognize the fact that he is Protestant
or Catholic, a Jew or a Gentile, as being
for or against him.
" 'In the communications sent me by
various labor organizations protesting
against the retention of Miller in the
Government Printing Office the
grounds alleged are twofold: 1. That
he is a non-union man; 2, that he is
not personally fit. The question of his
personal fitness is one to be settled in
ine routine or aaminisiranve detail*
and cannot be allowed to conflict with
or to complicate the larger question of
Governmental discrimination for or
against him or any other man because
he is or is not a member of a union.
This is the only question now before
me for decision, and as to this, my decision
is final.' "
The labor leaders came away from
the interview much downcast at the
President's firm and unyielding position.
As one of them remarked, "He
stands pat, and that is all there is to
it." No intimation was given as to
what course the labor federation would
. take as the next step in the controver\
sy. No criticism was offered on the
President's remarks or his attitude in
the matter, but it was indicated that
the Federation could not afford to lie
dormant under the reverse that the
committee met. and that the Miller case
could of necessity be forced to the
front in the National Convention in
Boston in November. I
Mr. Gompers said he had nothing to
say by way of comment on the President's
statement. As a matter of courtesy,
if for no other reason, he said he
should decline to say whether it was
satisfactory.
CARRIED WATER IN HIS HAT.
i
Thereby an Ohio Man Saved Trestle From
Destruction by Fire.
Delaware, Ohio.?F. P. Hills, cashier
of the Delaware Savings Bank, saved
a 300-foot trestle on the Pennsylvania
Railroad from burning by carrying
water in his derby hat. While visiting
his farm north of town Hills discovered
that the trestle was on fire. The
water barrels placed near by the comDanv
were filled, but no burkpfs wprp
at hand. Taking his new fall hat and
carrying water in it for almost an hour,
he put out the blaze just a short time
before an express train went by at a
speed of a mile a minute.
T First Class at Annapolis May Smoke.
X)n the recommendation of Captain
Willard H. Brownson. commandant of
the Naval Academy, Secretary Moody
authorized the discontinuance of the
rule prohibiting smoking so far as it
applies to the members of the first
class. In the opinion of the Secretary
ithe members of this class are old
enough to be relieved of such a restriction.
Payne Not to Keslgn.
It was said in Washington that Postmaster-Geseral
Payne's health having
improved, his resignation from the
Cabinet was not expected; Mr. Payne
Informed the President that his report
on the postal investigation would be
submitted late in October.
More Teachers Wanted In the Philippine
The Civil Service Commission, Washington,
has received a call from the
Philippine Government for 150 male
teachers, at salaries ranging from ?'J00
to $1200.
Tomato Peeling to RaUo a Church Del>t.
? : The tomato peeling for charity craze
among women has swept over Indiana.
Twenty women of Alexandria donned
rubber aprons and peeled tomatoes at
the canning factory, earning from thirty
to fifty cents each, at three cents a
bucket.' The money they earned is to
be applied to paying off the $1200
pledged by the Methodist Ladies' Aid
Society on the church built last year.
A Gunner Appointed Ensign.
Levin J. Wallace, of Maryland, formerly
a gunner, was appointed an ensign
in tk? navy,
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DOUBLECRIMEIN CHURCH |
Husband Shoots Wife and Himself
While Choir Chants.
Herman Kossovr, of Lacrosse, Wis., Take*
VrnFpmipr on Wife From
' Whom He Wag Separated. ^
Lacrosse, Wis.?While the congregaTC
tion of the most fashionable German
Lutheran ohurcli of this city was
taking communion Sunday morning
and the choir chanting a Psalm, Herman
Rossow shot his wife in the
church and then himself. She is dying,
but he may recover to answer T
the charge of murder. They married si
three years ago. she being nineteen 0
and a popular girl and he twenty-seven _
years old, with the best of prospects J
and wealthy parents. For the.- past tl
x i.1 /!
iwu .veurs mey uate iiuu uuuicom
troubles, culminating a short time ago ^
in her leaving him. Although a di- Q
vorce suit was not commenced it was y!
contemplated, non-support being the tl
charge. 0
Rossow has stated at different times g,
that his wife would not live to get a
divorce, but beiug a peaceable man. ^
no one thought anything of it. To-day ?
he stopped at a livery stable near the p
church, ostensibly to chat, but really }r
to watch for his wife, who he knew lr
was a devout church member. When rj
she entered the church he rushed to
the entrance as she was in the aisle.
just ready to kneel at a pew. ran up jr
behind her and shot her three times lr
in the back with a revolver of large st
calibre, the balls going clear through
her and passing up the aisle. :
The screams of the injured woman |c
mingled with the voices of the choir
and panic reigned instantly. Rossow
then shot himself in the region of the "
heart, but did not hit that organ. Ros- gl
sow evidently repented of suicidal in- r(
tent and with blood gushing from his j*
wound raced up the street. Eugene 3!
T^??? " > ?a1?aa aAR/iah nnnrrhf him S.
i/Cl l, fill U1UV.CI ? I.du^iu Uiin*
Rossow says he goes not regret the f{
deed, as no matter how it ends it will E"
terminate his domestic troubles. s<
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CATCH A REPEATER. WIN A PRIZE ff
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Rewards of 850,000 to Puree Election in
New York. tfl
New York.?The Citizens' Union will in
offer rewards aggregating $50,000 for ni
the arrest and conviction of violators bi
of the election laws during the com- $
ing municipal campaign. It is proposed
to obtain from fifty wealthy $<
members of the union $1000 each tow- ??
j ard this fund. A capital prize of $5000 ol
I will be offered for evidence first pre- n<
sented which shall result in a convic- w
| tion. There will be several prizes of ni
$1000 each and others of $700, $S00,
$400, $300. $200 and $100 each. Po- ? in
I licemen and election officers will have I d|
! tliQ como nf f>rimnptin?r as nri- I of
rate citizens. a'
The offenses for which rewards will si
be offered are numerous. An inspec- ?I
tor of election who knowingly permits T
a person not entitled to vote is a good is
catch for the reward-seeker. So is ol
any person who falsely personates any P<
registered voter, or who registers or
votes under an assumed name. *1'
Directly or indirectly giving or re- ol
ceiving any money or other bribe for g<
voting or withholding a vote is an of- ti<
fense. If any inhabitant of another fc
State or county is detected trying to C(
vote here his captor may win a prize, tl
An additional sum will be given where tl
the conviction is of an election official.
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ACFD MAN KILLS GIRL. tl
Wealthy Coal Broker, Sixty-Are Years Old. ?(
in Jealous Rage Shoots Young "Woman. j
Pittsburg, Pa.?George Worthington ni
Garwood, a wealthy coal broker, sixty- fc
five years old. shot and killed Hilda tli
Vogel, twenty-two years old. and then t
killed himself in a room at No. 121 pt
Moultrie street. Jealousy was the tl
cause of the deed. '
Garwood was formerly a farmer, liv- fc
ing at California, Pa. His wife and ai
nine children are still living. For the pi
last two or three years he has been 0
dealing in coal land options in and xv
around his native town and was very fc
successful. This business necessitated fc
his living in Pittsburg a good portion 01
of his time, and about two years ago, it ei
is said, he became infatuated with si
Hilda Vogel, who was a waitress in the m
restaurant where Garwood took his
meals.
Since then Garwood has frequently
HIIOWII Ills jeaiuuoj UVCl aurauvug
shown the girl by other men. Garwood B
took rooms at the Moultrie House in
July and introduced the woman as
his wife. E
The Garwood family is one of the g
most prominent in Fayette County, g
One of the sons is principal of a public
school in Pittsburg and a daughter is jj
a stenographer. ^
NEGROES DISFRANCHISED. Jj
Five-sixths of Colored Men In Virginia y,
Now Have No "Right to Vote. 0
Richmond, Va.?Registration books ^
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11U > C V.1U3CU lit AUVUUIVMV*,
suit shows that 3000 negroes have been
disfranchised. Less than a thousand
are now qualified to vote, and they P(
have been entirely removed as a factor ^
in local politics. jj
Reports from the State at large jus- ^
tify the belief that at least five-sixths j,of
the negroes in Virginia have not now 8i
the right to vote. j
Republicans contend that their party j
will be largely augmented from the q
Democratic ranks, there being no fear q
of possible negro domination in the v
future. f(
Tillman's Trial Begins. 11
James H. Tillman, former Lieuten- *(
ant-Governor of South Carolina, was
placed on trial in Lexington, S. C.. ?
upon the charge of having murdered
N. S. Gonzales, an editor.
JJo Lynching Indictments In Delavrare. ?
The Grand Jury in the Newcastle
County Court, Wilmington. Del., after <3
| deliberating all any. reporieu 110 muici- ?
ments in the lynching of the negro n
White, who was burned to death by a 1)
mob on June 22. f
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SI,000,000 I. O. O. F. Memorial. 1]
At the session of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, at Baltimore,
Md., the report of the Finance
Committee on the proposed million- 11
dollar memorial building of the Wash- J
iugtou Lodge of Baltimore was adopted. 1
Newsy Gleanings.
About one-third of the streets of
Paris are lined with trees. t
A farmers' trust has been incorpor- ^
ated in Arizona with an authorized v
capital of $100,(X)0,<J<X). r
Panama's new Governor declared on 5
assuming office that the interests of p
the world urgently demand a canal.
It has been discovered that a Brooklyn
womair a recluse, buried as a pauper,
had left nearly $<30()U to hospitals. F
The men being divided as to the wis- 1"
dom of a contest, the strike of trolley i .
men at "Seattle, Wash., has been de- I
1 clared off. j
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CONDITION OF IREASURYl8
Gi
/lr. Roberts Gives Figures of the Fiscal
Year Ended Last June. ?
tv
FORKING BALANCE, $86,000,000
otal Xet Revenue, 8500,306,674, an In- pc
craas* of *38,088,430?Expenditure# dl
Greater Than Those of 1002 by 835,- PI
782,034.?Money in the Country, 82,- to
688,149,821? 031.420,789 in Gold. 1}'
Washington r?. C.?Ellis H. Roberts,
'reasurer of the United States, has pj
ubmitted to Secretary Shaw his report pj
n the condition of the Treasury on Hune
30. 1903, and its operations during gr
ie last fiscal year.
The total net revenue for the year
as $500,396,674. an increase of $38.- oh
SS.439 over the year preceding, and ah
ie total expenditures were $506,099,- ^
)7, an increase of $35,7S2,034. The ^jj
urplus was $54,297,067, compared Sh
'ith $91,287,375 in 1902. In the re- of
sipts there was an increase of about '
30,000,000 from customs, and a fall- tei
lg off of more than $41,000,000 from wl
iternal revenue, the latter being the an
?sult of legislation enacted with that cit
bject. On the side of the expendi- Sh
ires there was an increase in every
nportant account except pensions and
iterest, in which there were slight vi
ivings. ra
The expenditures for the two mili- tei
iry departments, together amounting ne
) $191,237,554 and forming by far the on
eaviest outlay for any single purpose, *hi
ere upward of $21,000,000 greater ko
lan those of the year before. The ag- 1
regate income, including besides the
ivenues the receipts from bonds, tbi
5tes and coin certificates, was $1,211,- Pi'
)4,097, and the aggregate outgo was trf
1,122,047.605. At the close of the 9?
ear the Treasury held $893,068,809 in
Did and silver on deposit against out- '
landing certificates and Treasury at
Dtes. besides $150,000,000 in gold, la1
>rming the reserve against United
tates notes. P5
Treasurer Roberts places the mone- in<
iry stock of the country on June 30. ?ti
icluding gold and silver, United States "J
3tes, Treasury notes and National
ink notes, but not certificates, at $2,- sa
38,149,021, an increase of $124,SS2,9G3 an
>r the year. The increase in gold was lst
30,137,401, and in National bank notes a"
50,998,559. The total estimated stock |
' gold was $1,252,731,990, constituting ca:
early forty-seven per cent, of the tj"'
hole. The gold in the Treasury ttl
mounted to $031,420,789, after a gaiu ve
' $71,220,480 in twelve months. Durig
the year $120,715,723 in gold was
eposited at the mints and assay <
Bees. Of the receipts from customs ge;
t the Port of New York, constituting (Cr,
xty-seven per cent, of the whole, pj
ghty-eight per cent, was in gold. tr;
he proportion of gold at other ports ia*
about eighty per cent. The imports W(
! gold were $44,9S2,027, and the exerts
$47,090,595. f
The increase of the money in circulaon
during the year was $121,740,252.
! which'$59,770,402 was in gold and
>ld certificates, and $54,520,193 in Naonal
bank notes. The share of money I
>r each person increased eighty-nine
>nts, and the proportion of gold to efl
le whole rose to forty-two per cent.. an
le highest ratio ever recorded. Lc
There has been a continual increase Be
l the proportions of paper currency of to
le denominations of $10 and under in '
rculation, but the growth hardly Pr
c nn aa tt'I f h fha ilanmnd Thn dim. tlC
rcjji? l/UVC ?MIU luc ucillltiiu. oup ?
ly can be increased, if Congress will on
athorize the issue of gold certificates cit
>r $10 and remove the restriction 011 >
ie issue of $5 notes by National banks, of
0 meet the constant pressure requires en
:renuous effort in the preparation of Gi
ie currency for issue. tei
The National bank notes presented fo
>r redemption during the year coi
mounted to $190,429,021, or fifty-one *y
?r cent, of the average outstanding. P?'
f the five-dollar notes the redemptions
ere fifty-five per cent., of the tens cli
>rty-six per cent., of the twenties im
>rty-nine per cent., of the fifties sixty- en
ie per cent, and of the hundreds sev-; pl<
lty-three per cent. These figures no
low that the tens and twent;es re- 00
lain In circulation longest. di'
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AMBASSADOR HERBERT DEAD. ^
rltUh Ilepresentntlve at Washington a ^
Victim of Quick Consumption.
London.?Sir Michael Herbert, the fo
iritish Ambassador to the United ,
hp
tates, died suddenly at Davos Platz, {
witzerland, of quick consumption. He *
as on leave of absence from Wash- '
lgton. and had been staying with
ady Herbert at the Hotel Belvedere, t,.
1 Davos, for the past five weeks in
ie hope of benefiting his hearth. His
*ife and his brother, the present Earl
f Pembroke, and the Countess of
'embroke, were present when he
assed away.
CO
Sir Michael Henry Herbert was the i,j
an of the first Baron Herbert of Lea. w]
Ie was born in 1857. He was married i[c
1 18SS to Miss Lelia Wilson, daughter i01
f Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Wilson, of ]0)
'ew York City. Lady Herbert is a
Ister of Mrs, Cornelius Vanderbilt.
r.. and Mrs. Ogden Goelet. Sir ^]j
lichael entered the diplomatic service nn
f Great Britain and in 1888 was made
'harge d'Affaires at Washington. He
as sent to The Hague in 181)3 and the cjj
blowing year to Constantinople. There <
e remained until 1807, when he went 0f
3 Rome for a year. In 1902 he was qi
ppointed Ambassador to Washington sa
5 succeed Lord Pauncefote. Sir qq
lichael leaves a widow and one sou, co
ine years old. ac
[urtlerer of Three Women Found Dead. ^
Tom Madison, the man who murered
Mrs. Ada Williams, her daughter ^
nd her mother, Mrs. Payson, on the Q1
ight of September 16. and who has vt
een pursued by a posse since, was se
ound dead in a corn field thirty miles a.r
outh of Hastings, Neb. He had shot
limself. m
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Swift Haa Cornered Lard. ?) m
Swift, of Chicago, has cornered the w
nrd market and controls over half the th
rorld's supply, which exceeds 210,000 th
ierces. th
Maine Withstand* Severeit Gun Tett.
The Board of Ordnance experts who
rent to sea on the battleship Maine to M
est the strength of her turrets and guu
nounts, in which weaknesses were de- re
eloped on her "shaking-down" trip,
eported at Washington to Secretary ja
fnmlv tlmt over.vthinsf worked in a
lerfectly satisfactory manner. ,
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Steel Kmploycs Protected.
In a circular addressed to its em- 111
tloyes tlie United States Steel Corporition
promised to purchase in 1008 s'
roiu employes all stuck purchased by to
hem, and to pay for the same the price P'
?aid by the workmen. se
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AD FINALE OFA REUNION
'oup Returning From Family Pariy
Near Philadelphia Run Down.
atchlng Their Own Train Approaching
They Didn't See That a Flyer Was
Coming?Slaughter in the Dark.
Sharon Hill. Pa.-A party of nine
Tsous were run down at this station
iring the night by a fast train on the
ailadelphia, Baltimore and Washingn
Railroad. Five met death instant,
one was fatally injured and three
are seriously injured.
The dead are: Mrs. Jane Clar^, of
ailadelphia; Mrs. Jane W. Brown, of
liladelphia: David Farran. of Sharon
ill; John Farran. of Sharon Hill,
andson of David Farran; James
own.
rhe injured; Miss Farran. of Sharon
ill; Thomas Brown, eighteen years
J, son of the dead woman, injured
out the abdomen and internally; con. ,
tion serious; Miss Martha J. Far-an,
irty-one, of Sharon Hill, broken nose:
iss Florence Argood, thirty-eight, of
iaron Hill, lacerations and contusions
the head and legs.
rhe.Farran family at Sharon Hill enrtained
a number of guests, some of
10m were numbered among the dead
d injured. The Philadelphians deled
to return on the train leaving
iaron Hill at 10.03 o'clock p. m.
rhe Sharon Hill family and friends
companied them to the station,
ivid Farran. his grandson, John Farn,
and others who had spent the afrnoon
with those who were to Jour- i
y homeward, went to the platform !
the east side of the track. Between
e two northbound and the two southund
tracks there is a fence.
\s the Philadelphia train was heard
the distance the Farran family and
eir guests passed from the higher
ltform of the station to the nearest
ick. They failed to noticc that the
ruing train occupied the track on
lich they were standing.
rhe engineer did not see the group .
first, and when lie did it was too
:e. The engine plowed through the
oup. The happy salutations of a
nute before were turned into agonis*
; shrieks for help. When the engine
"iiolr thf> nnrtr hrwlips rvprp sppii io
as though shot from a catapault.
rhe stfction was closed, no one, it is j
id, remaining to warn passengers of i
y impending danger. The only as- !
ance, therefore, came from the crew j
d passengers on the train.
Dr. Webb, a Sharon Hill physician, j
red for the indured. After temporary
?atraent they were hurried aboard j
e train and were rushed to the Unl
rsity Hospital at Philadelphia.
Five Killed in a Street Car.
Chicago.?A Wisconsin Central pasnger
train going at high speed
ished Into an electric car at the !
fty-second avenue crossing of its
icks at Hawthorne. Jockey J. Willms
and four colored stable hands
?re instantly killed.
TYPEMAKER3 OUT.
lout 1000 Eetployen Over Country Go
on Strike.
S"ew York.?The first strike of typeunders
in thirty years has gone into
'eet, involving about 1000 ineu here
d in San Francisco. Chicago, St.
mis, Cincinnati. Philadelphia and i
>ston. About 300 men are supposed 1
be affected in this city.
rhe strike was ordered in Chicago by .
esident Nurnburger, of the Interna- |
>nal Typefounders' UnioA. aud the >
fler was telegraphed to the other
ies.
According to Vice-President O'Mara,
the International Union, who is an .
iploye of the Bruce Type Foundry in 1
ea't Jones street, the strike, while osasibly
for a new wage scale, is really
r a recognition of the union. At a ,
nference held between the employing
pefounders and the union at the
irk Avenue Hotel on May 21. a new
Teement was submitted which inlded
a clause providing that if the
lion could not supply enough men the
iployers could fill the gaps as they
eased. The employers, he said, would
it agree to this, but submitted to a
ntract to be signed by the men as inridnnls.
The union wouldn't have
is, so no agreement was signed, and j
>w a strike for union conditions Has j
en ordered.
R. W. Nelson, President of. the
tnerican Typtf Foundry in Jersey City,
III take charge of the strike situation
r the employers.
He said that no concessions would
i made to the men, and that found;s
all through the country would
and together in resisting the deands.
This company, he said, had
fficient type on hand to last for some
ne.
SCANDAL CLOSES BILTMORE.
W. Vanderbllt Dlflffimted by Dlshoiiest
Employes, Goes Away For a Year.
Asheville, N. C.?Biltmore house, the
untry home of OJeorge W. VanderIt,
two miles from Asheville, on
bich Mr. Vanderbilt has -spent milins
of dollars, is to be closed for at
ist one vear and probably for a
user period.
Mr. Vanderbilt Is disgusted with the
scovery made some days ago that
e estate had been robbed to the
nount of $0000 or more. The servants
Biltmore House, with few excep>ns,
It is understood, have been disarged.
The Biltmore estate proper consists
8500 acres, all of which is improved,
i it is situated a mansion which is
id to have cost its owner from $3,0,000
to $3,000,000. The whole estate
mprises between .100,000 aud 125,000
res.
lexanrier's Slayers Get Light Sentence.
The trial of the officers concerned in
e murders of King Alexander and
ueen J)ragn has ended. Captain Xoikovlcs
and Lazarevies were each
ntenced to two years' imprisonment
id the loss of their commissions. Dr.
jlikovics and Captain Lotkijevics. forer
aide-de-camp to King Alexander,
ere sentenced to one month imprisonent
each. The other conspirators
ere sentenced to serve tonus of from
ree to twelve mourns, lr is expci-i
at King Peter will pardon all of
em.
minor Mention.
A poor potato crop is reported from
innesota.
The Car-Wheel 'J'rust was organized
cently with $0,000.<>0() capital.
Railway earnings are a million dolrs
a week greater this year than last.
Surgeon-General Rixey has decided
urge on Congress the enlargement
the General Naval Hospital at i'ortsoutli,
Va.
Detroit, Mich., is turning out from
xty-five to seventy-tive complete aumobiles
daily, with a likelihood of
oduclug 100 or more cnch day next
asoo.
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"SOO" EMPLOYES III I ll"
Attack Company's Building in an
Attempt to Obtain Wages.
AFTERMATH OF A STOCK BUBBLE
Consolidated Lake Superior Concern'*
Men, Unpaid, Grow Desperate and Cattle
With the Pollca?Four Wounded?
Mob of 2000 Woodsmen of Mixed Nationality
Held Town at Ita Mercy.
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.?The Canadinn
Soo after the most exciting day
in its history was left practically at
the mercy of a mob of more tban 2000
Finnish, Norwegian and Italian woodsmen
and miners, who were recently
discharged by the Consolidated Lake
Superior Company with two months'
pay due them.
At midnight all the lights in the
Canadian Soo were suddenly extinguished,
and immediately the fire bells
began ringing an alarm. The greatest
confusion prevailed.
The rioting grew out of a promise to
pay off ajl the men, although the Consolidated
Lake Superior Company's
Officials who made this promise admitted
that they had no knowledge of
where the money was coming from to
satisfy the men.
The trouble for the most part was
confined to the grounds occupied by
tne worits 01 me euinyauj, wuac u.**
immense throng of woodsmen gathered
to get tickets cashed.
Upon being told there was no money
for them they became ugly, and a big
rock that trashed through one of the
windows of the offices was followed by
a cloud of missiles of all descriptions,
which demolished every window in the
building and drove the officials inside
to places of shelter.
A rush upon one of the doors was repulsed
only after two policemen were
seriously injured and a number of others
more or less hurt. The policemen
wielded their clubs, and several shots
were fired by occupants of the building
into the crowd.
The injured member of the mob were
taken away by their fellows, and no
details could be obtained.
Three or four streams of water from
fire hose seemed to drive the crowd J
away temporarily, but it returned |
later and forced an entrance into the
ground floor of the building, where
movable pieces of furniture were de
molished.
An assault upon the stairs to the upwo
1 \xr o nnmhor
ptri UUUL S uuo luttui iuu kjj KK. |
of officials, who confronted the rioters I
with drawn revolvers. The rioting by !
this time had become general, and
about noon, in a fracas on one of the
down-town streets, two Frenchmen
Were shot by the officers. Both werceerlously
wounded. This row grew
out of an attempt of some French
women to rescue one of their number
who had been placed under arrest.
The shooting inflamed the mob to a
high degree, and only a big display of
force prevented a fiercer riot on the
8pot. ?
The local company of militia was assembled
at 2 o'clock, ball cartridges
were Issued and orders given to fire to
kill if commanded to do so. The appearance
of the troops on the streets
caused more confusion.
About 4 o'clock the leaders of the
men held a conference and demanded
that the company provide lodgings and
food until their wages were paid. In
an effort to appease them the officials |
turned over one of the large boarding
houses operated by the company to the
men, and this building is now headquarters
for their operations.
A big meeting was held at night and
speeches of the most inflammable kind
were permitted without interference
by the police
A vigilante committee of the young
men of the city has been organized to
protect the house of the Mayor and
Mr. Shield, president of the company,
from attack by the rioters.
The greater number of the mob were
Ignorant Italians, Finns, Norwegians
and Frenchmen, the latter perhaps the
hardest of all to handle. All have been
drinking, more or less, although the
bars Anally obeyed the order to close
up.
KILLS WIFE AND SELF.
A. Brace Brownlee, of Yonngstown, Ohio,
Committed Doable Crime.
Youngstown, O.?A Bruce Brownlee.
one of the most prominent citizens of
Youngstown, shot and killed his wife.
Henrietta, and with the same pistol
committed suicide by firing three bullets
into his body, one of which passed
through his heart.
Brownlee had been drinking heavily
for some time. He came home drunk
at night, and shortly after his arrival
the shooting took place.
The only other person In the house
was Mrs. Holllngsworth, the aged
mother of Mrs. Brownlee.
They leave a son, Bruce, Jr., seventoon
Twira nf ncro who linon lpfll'lllns*
of his parents' death, lost his reason.
GUILTY OF SEVEN MURDERS.
A Yeteran of the Hatfleld-McCoy F?ud
Strung Up at Last.
Richmond, Va. ? Clifton Branham,
who was hanged at Wise Court House
for the murder of his wife, was by his
own confession one of the worst desperadoes
that ever Infested the borderlands
of Virginia and Kentucky.
As a member of the McCoy gang in
the Hatfield-McCoy feud he killed
Jack Hatfield, George Ments and a
man named Mason, then he became a
moonshiner, organizing a sang that
was a terror to Eastern Kentucky.
Seven murders in all were committed
by him.
Good Showing of a Railroad.
Figures of the Illinois Central's annual
report show a substantial increase
In earnings.
Kugsla on a War Footing.
Russian forces in the Far East number
2.10,000 men of all branches of the
service and eighty warships.
Curtail riB Iron Output.
It Is announced that the Northern
manufacturers of pig iron will curtail
their output twenty per cent.
The Sportlnc World.
Bobby Walthour, the speedy cyclist*
has given up the racing game.
Lou Dillon, the two-minute trotter,
will be given a let-up for the time
being.
Hans Wagner is credited with throwing
a regulation baseball 134 yards and
twenty inches.
Fanny Dillard paced a mile in
in a race at Columbus, Ohio, seating
the best time record for mares.
In a hard-fought game Memphis defeated
Atlanta and by a narrow marpin
won the Southeru Leag"^ peuuaut
from Little Rook.
' V '
IN WHITE HOUSE AGAIN
Vaoation Ended, President Roosevelt
Returns to Washington.
All Advent Hark* the Beginning of th?
Bujy Season in Legislative and
Administrative Matters.
Washington, D. C.?President Roosevelt,
accompanied by his family. Secretary
and Mrs. Loeb, and members of
the executive staff,' who spent the
summer at Oyster Bay, have returned
to Washington. Postmaster-General
Payne, Major Symons and one or two
other intimate friends of the President
were at the station when the special
train arrived, but the President and
the members of his family were driven
Immediately to the White House,
where they spent the evening quietly.
The President received no callers except
Major Sy^?ns, who as Superintendent
of Public Buildings and
Grounds, is Major-Domo of the White
House. As only three members of the
Pfl hln ftf n ha 4r* 14- 4a n/v*
able that a formal Cabinet meeting
will be held this week. Many persons
are In Washington, however, with the
object of seeing the President on various
business and political matters, and
Mr. Roosevelt will probably have *
busy time of it
When the President was asked if he
bad enjoyed his vacation, he said:
"I did. I had a bully time. Never
felt better in my life. I am ready for
thirteen months more of hard work."
The report has been current recently
that President Roosevelt, in view of
the resolutions adopted by the Central
Labor Union in Washington 'concerning
the case of Foreman W. H.
Miller of the Government Bindery,
will confer with labor union leaders
in regard to a final disposition of the
case. This report, it can be said authoritatively,
is not true.
The President will confer with- nobody
about the Miller case, in so far
as it is concerned with the principle
set forth in his correspondence with
Secretary Cortelyou, when he ordered
the reinstatement of *Milier in the
Government service.
That principle, as enunciated In Mr.
Roosevelt's letter to his secretary, Is
that there shall be no discrimination
[ against the employment of non-union
| men in the Government departments.
Mr. Roosevelt regards that point,
which is clearly defined at the very
opening of the Miller case, and which
is, in fact, the only real point at Issue,
as definitely settled, and any attempt
to get the President to reverse
himself, and declare for Miller's dismissal,
as the Central Labor Union's
resolutions ask, will be futile.
Entirely aside from the principle Involved
in the Miller -case, the President
may, however, have to reconsider
the case on its merits. That is, he may
have to pass on it In the light of the
evidence which the union may present
in support of Its claim that Miller Is
unfit morally for employment in the
Government Printing Office, but so
-far as the principle of unionism is involved
in the case. Mr. Roosevelt will
not consider it further.
MEXICO VOTES GiRL A MEDAL
I She Ran City of Linares in Yellow Fere*
Epidemic.
Linares, Mexico.?The heroic action
of Miss Manuela Fibres, the beautiful
eighteen-year-old daughter of old Colonel
Mariano Gomez, Mayor of this
city, has attracted the attention of
[ President Diaz and the Mexican Con
I gress, which has voted a medal to
her.
This high honor will be conferred
upon Miss Gomez in recognition of
her brave and untiring service to the
people of this city during the yellow
fever epidemic. Foi several weeks
she has been the acting Mayor of
Linares.
Surrounded by the dying victims of
the terrible 'disease, and with her
father, the Mayor, lying at home
stricken with the malady, she assumed
the duties of Mayor and has directed
the affairs of the city in its time of
greatest distress with an ability that
has won for her the praise of the
highest authorities of the Mexican
Government.
When death entered her own home,
she remained at her post of duty.
She saw the population of the city
reduced from 15.000 people to less
than 3000, a result of death and panic
due to the epidemic. When her associates
were fleeing to the mountains
to escape the scourage Miss Manuela
was directing and carrying out plans
for improving the sanitary condition
of the city and using her utmost efforts
to prevent the spread of the disease.
All the city ofBcials were stricken
with the fever and died. As they
rtrnnnorl nfP nno hv nno Aflca TVformnlfl
took up their respective duties, and
she is now performing the work of
the other officials, as well as that of
Mayor.
MUSTACHE CAUSES APPENDICITIS.
Patient Had Habit of Nibblin~ It and
Swallowing: Halrt.
Sioux City. Iowa.?J. J. Snyder, a
cigarmaker, has had appendicitis from
from biting off his mustache and swallowing
the hair.
Snyder was taken to a hospital,
where an operation was performed,
and the surgeons found the hairs. After
recovering consciousness Snyder
acknowledged he had a habit of biting
his mustache.
Robbers Clean Out a Nebraska Bank.
Robbers dynamited the safe in the
I L. 'ng (Neb.) State Bank and escaped
with ""be entire contents, taking all
papers a" well as cash. The noise of
the explosion awakened the citizens,
but the escape had been made before
a posse could be formed.
Cuba to Urge Reciprocity.
At a meting of i^uban planters, sugar
brokers and bankers and merchants
at Havana. It was decided to send a
committee to the United States to seek
the co-operation of the American
boards of trade in support of a reciprocity
treaty with America.
Belmont Retires From the Turf.
August Eelmont, Chairman of the
Jockey Club, announced that he would
leave the turf for a year and sell all
his horses in training, retaining his
breeding establishment.
News of the Tollers.
The National Mine Workers of America
now have 325,000 members.
Retail meat cutters are endeavoring
to secure shorter hours at Minneapolis,
Minn.
Korea, the Azores and Portugal are
to be drawn upon for labor in Hawaiian
cane fields.
Minnesota painters, decorators and
paper hangers have formulated plans
for a State organization.
Chinese barbers work on percentage,
the employer receiving seventy per
cent, of the earnings and tho journeyI
m?u thirty.
I
Hlg Game In the City.
The news that Central Park haSEHBn
Official "hunter" Is rather odd. ArcBBjB
nassier is ms name, iie is an exp^M^n
rifle shot, and his principal quarry a^H8j
stray cats and dogs that get after ti^MH
pet squirrels, and big rats that eat
the food provided for the water fo\tltSB|
Wilder game is at times found In tt^^H
city. Greenwood Cemetery employs sflHj
intervals an expert hunter and trappe^HH
who catches mink, weasels and oth^^H
fairly large animals. Foxes, eve^EHE
have been taken, but rarely. ? XjflHfl
York World.' nHH
rcBi ox n ooacnacMj,
Woodchucks have been worryin|E8HH|
farmers of Gorham. One farmer^KnHB|
eighteen holes In his field, into^HHBR
the pests disappeared when
approached. The animal dtieflgMHH
damage, having a special fondjgBSfiBHS
the growing bean pods, and th^EBm9S
been so numerous on GorbaD^H|H^HB
that to attack tbem with gun a^B^BHSj
shot Is about as effective
against 'flies with a pea shootflH^^M^B
local genius has discovered
extermination that has wornH9HH9
UCI O, liULttl pu >V UCl UCUICIO Ua^^Hni
obliged to send oat of town to repmH^Hfl
their stocks of explosive and thm^BMHj
so great a demand for empty bottle^^B
that perchance here is a field for effort
on the part of some of Portland's Ilquofc
sellers to make a profit on their SE
"emptier" A bottle filled with powder
with lighted fuse protruding, thrown ^
into a woodchuck's home, is fofloweflf'JaB
by an explosion that Invariably
the rodents. Farmers have taken
this idea .with success*?EeonebM^^B
FITSoermanently cnrad. No fits or nerrons^MaH
ness after first day's use of Dr.Klins'B great 'SB
NerveBestorer.t2 trial bottleand trestlsefrss '<3M
Dr.B.H. Ku;n,LtcL, 931 Arch St., Phila.,PK?
The sixty-horse power traction W |*B
fines used on Western ranches wtH'J|M
pull simultaneously seventeen four- IM
. teen-Inch plows plowing to sixty acres' '^9
per day, or will plow, drill and harrow,
all at one time, with properly arranged ;B
tools, from thirty-five to fifty acres J
100 Reward. SIOO.
The readers of this paper will be pleated
learn that there Is At least one dreaded dSjC A
ease that sclenoe has been able to cumilMdi
its9tages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is the only positive core nowknopttto * V
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a ooo? 'l
stitutional disease, requires a constitutional
treatment. Hall's CatarrhCureletakeainte^- rijil
pally, acting dlrectlyupon the Mood andma^Ajst
cousBurfaees ol the system, thereby destroy- !$?
lag the foundation of the disease, and giving rJWB
the patient strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its - ?
wort. The proprietors have so much faiihln j
1 its curative powers that they offer One Hun-,^ ii
dred Dollars for any case that it fails to ourtt. MSk
bend toe list of testimonials. Address.
F. J. Cherry 4 Co., Toledo, (X . .1
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Here Is > Problem. ' a
Which hurts the worse. To get over**!
a love affair by marrying or to get over *31
It by not marrying??Atchison Globe. SflB
Perfectly Natural Folic. , 'upM
When it comes to being perfectly^ |
natural grown people are obliged to Yj
use judgment.?Atchison Globe.
Mrs.Wlnsiow s twocaing-sympiOToiiiiuiTK^ Tv^B
teething, soften the gams, reduces
tton,allays paln,cnrea wind colic. 25c. abottla ^Hj
mala. This may account for hU
most universally used by female animal \V
Jam sure Piao'aC .refor ConsampttoaaaTed, I.
?y liie three yearj ago.?Mm. Thoha* So*? >V a
?i?b,Maple at., Norwich, N. if., Feb. 17,1903.
Rus9ia'8 new naval program, to finish; in r f
1906, is six ba.deshipa and three armorej^^gj
June Tint Butter Color makea^^HH
of the market, butter.
The French domain in Africa^MMOKR^B
one-third of the surface of the
n
A Cough I
"I have made a most thorough.. ^H9
trial of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and V
am prepared to say that for all dis- jH
eases of the lungs it never diaap
points." MS
J. Early Finley, Ironton, O. jH
Ayer's Cherry Pectora!. 5|
wont cure rheumatism; ffl
we never said it would.
It won't cure dyspepsia;
we never claimed it. But
it will cure coughs and
colds of all kinds. We B
first said this sixty years
ago; we've been saying it *
ever since. JH
Thm iiz?n 25c., 50c, SI. All dntflsts. B
Conjnlt your doctor. If he un Met tt, .
than do u he ?ay?. If he telle you not
to take it, then don't take it. He hwfl.
Leave It with him. WmnvHUbc. *. M
j. C. aver CO.. Lowell.Xu^ ,> M
fmrnrniuMimmmmi i"-- - - ?*new^|
M# I nOUHLAS fl
$3,V& i'shoes as 9
You can save from $3 to $5 yearly by H
w daring W. 1. Douglas $3.50 or $3 ahrtt. H
They equal those * '4mB9
that have beeu cost- /f
ing you from S4.00 /
to $5.00. Tho im- r0.. r
mense sale of \V. L. &?~ B3
Douglas shoes proves 90
their superiority over P$S/ MS
all other makes. |> --A C7
Sold by retail shoe "j .SB
dealers everywhere. L/ M
Look for naino and JT M
price on bottom. SB
That Douglan noes Cor- ^h^\s>wPIf jt wfl
Onalolt prore* there f* /I >?ff?g?B*Pr /%.
ralue In Douirlas shops,
Ojr S4 Out Edjr Line "in not be equalled a* ana price.
Shoes by mail, 25 fonts extra. Illm>trat?4
Catalog free. \\. L. DOUULIS, Brockton, Saab .Jjjfl
I PAY SPOT CASH FOR ?
LAND WARRANTS !
Issued to soldiers of any war. Writ* ma at onoe. ifll
FRANK U. ULGEK, Barth Block, Dearer, Colo. jH^K
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