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DEATH IM MHO'S FUR?
WIrlocnroarl I ns<? nf Life and Pron- I
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perty in the West.
BUSY TOWN NEARLY WIPED OUT
The Village of St; Charles, Minn., Laid
"Waste?Business Section Ruined and
Nearly 100 Dwellings Torn to ricccs?
Much Damage Was Done Elsewhere
and Many Person* Were Injured.
Milwaukee, Wis.?The story of a terrific
storm sweeping across the State
from the Mississippi to Lake Michigan,
carrying death and destruction in
its wake, is told by the dispatches
which come from almost every city.
Twelve were killed and a score or
more injured.
The worst of the storm was felt at
St. Charles, Minn., just across the Wisconsin
line, which was almost completely
wiped out with a record of
seven killed and twenty-eight injured,
many seriously.
The dead are: John Hebens, Sr.;
William Hebens, his son; Will Adams,
Oscar Crittenden, George Jesson, Ed
I Murphy, Ed Peters, of Dover, Minn.
The entire main street of the town
("was iiterauy wipea out, imruij u uu?iness
place being left standing. Fortytwo
residences were destroyed, and the
total property damage is estimated at
?100,000. Among the buildings demolished
were the Central School Building,
the Chicago Great Western Depot,
the Catholic church and Parrott's
Wagon Works.
At 2.30 p. m. the storm cloud was
seen approaching from the southwest,
and there was an immediate scramble
for places of safety. The tornado
struck the town from the southwest
flunrter and made a clean sweep
through it, following almost entirely
the line of the main street and devastating
buildings on each side. Then the
residences further back from the business
centre were struck and many of
them blown completely away.
' It seems almost miraculous that there
was not a greater loss of life. Four
of those killed were in John Eben's saloon
when It collapsed, and they were
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iDurieu ueuettiu iuc mctnusc. ^^
bthers -were In a dry goods store which
(was blown atfny, and they were killed
by the falling walls. E. Peters, of
Dover, was killed in the wreck of a
hotel. The telephone exchange was demolished,
and two of the girls were
seriously injured.
The storm came upon the town with
such suddenness that it was filling the
air with debris of buildings before the
citizens realized the nature of the
calamity. Many of those injured received
their hurt3 from flying missiles,
;while others were caught beneath the
wreckage of their business houses or
homes and remained pinioned down
antil rescued by the relief party.
i The storm, however, aeems to have
followed tery closely the boundary
line between Minnesota and Iowa and
damage to farm buildings, dwellings,
and grain stacks, with injury to human
beings and death to live stock, is re
potted from several points in that locality.
At Almond, near Waupaca, three
.were killed, and at Blain, Wis., in the
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i"N\ isconsln was not alone In feeling the
effects of the storm, for the wind swept
the upper peninsula of Michigan, also
doing considerable damage there. The
dead at Almond and Blain are: Albert
Holtz, Almond; Mrs. Holtz, John
Holtz, aged lirteen years; Abram Johnson
and Mrs. Johnson.
i The storm at Almond came unexpectedly.
The day had been muggy,
but a sudden shift of the wind was
followed by a tornado, which tore down
a dozen houses in various parts of
Waupaca County.
The home of Holtz was destroyed,
and all three occupants are dead. At
Blain, In addition to the dead, Samuel
Erlcson was found in the ruins of his
home, fatally hurt. Robert Mank was
found with his back broken.
At Oshkosh the greatest trouble was
due to falling electric light wires. Two
men were struck and badly burned.
jAt Baraboo tlie Baraboo River rose
above its banks and flooded the business
part of the city in a short time.
! At Houghton and Marquette, Mich.,
the storm blew in the plate glass windows
and the hail did damage. Several
were injured at Independence,
^An>n TTfft fi loff 1 n
ivvis., uuu me ciiuic iu?ju mho i?i. in
darkness by the burning of the electric
light plant, due to lightning.
; One man was killed and twelve were
Injured In Independence, where the
property loss Is $100,000. < *
In Racine. Carl Larson was struck
by a falling electric light wire and
killed.
MISS RUTH BRYAN WEDDED.
flhe Was Married on the Day After She
Became of Age.
i Lincoln, Neb.?MLbs Ruth Balrd Brj:
lan, daughter of William J. Bryan, b?
came the wife of William Homer LeavJtt,
an artist, of Newport, R. I., at Falftj
.view, the country home of the brftRre
parents.
. The bride was unattended and her
father did not give her away. She was
attired in a traveling gown of brown
ribeline, with a hat to match.
o l ? ai ALa *-V? ^
oxiuruj uiiti iutf tdeuivuj' iuc uuuc
and bridegroom started ou a tour of
the South and East. Their romance
dates back five months, when Mr.
SLeavitt, "who is the bride's senior by
fourteen years, came to Lincoln to
paint Mr. Bryan's portrait. Her parents
thought Miss Bryan too young to
marry, and she fixed her wedding date
tot one day after she became eighteen.
EXPLOSION KILLS FOUR MEN.
I
Eteain Cooker liluwj Up In Peoria Dls- ;
tlllery Witli Deadly ReaoIU. !
Peoria, 111.?By the explosion of a |
steam cooker in the plant of the Corn- j
log Distilling Company four men were j
killed and one man was seriously injured.
The dead, who all were workmen in ;
the distillery, are Neill Powell, assist- ,
ant engineer; James McManus, James j
O'Kcefe, and George Schaffer. Five :
men were badly scalded and bruised.
Parka Keaten In Election.
Frank Buchanan was re-elected Pres- i
Ident of the International Bridge and i
Structural Iron Workers by the National
convention of that organization
at Kansas City, Mo., by a vote of 43 to
40. The opposing candidate was B. F.
Donnelly, of Albany, N. Y., Sam
Parks' choice. Although Parks was
beaten in the Presidency, he elected
the Executive Committee, which is of
more importance thau the Presidency.
'Pennsylvania'* Chief Jattlce Dead.
Chief Jusdce J. Brewster McCollum,
of the Supreme Conrt of Pennsylvajoia.
im d*>ad
PERfSH ON LAKE STEAMER
Captain Bravely Meets Death While
Trying1 to Save Wcmsn.
Squall Strikes the E. L. Hacklej- on Lak*
Michigan and She Turns Over?rassencers
and Crew l)ro\rn.
Ci. T> Tlin efrtini
ouugeuu i5av>, ??ib.?iut unit ."vu.uI
boat Erie L. Hackley. with passengers
I and crew to the number of twenty-one
I on board, went down in a squaii in
I Green Bay. Twelve persons, including
I three women, were drowned. The nine
j others, eight men and one woman, were
saved by a passing vessel, but not until
S a. m. nest day,, after a night of such
suffering that several of them are at
the point of death.
The Lost?Lawrence Barringer, Fish
Creek, Wis.; Edna Barringer. sister of
L. Barringer; Frank Fitzgibbons. Jacksonport,
Wis.; Carl Kelly, Fish Creek;
George Le Clair. Jr.. Jacksonport,
brother-in-law to the Barringers; Nels
Nilson, Sturgeon Bay. Wis.; Joseph V.
Orus, Fish Creek, captain of the Hackley;
Henry Rabitoy. Fish Creek: Freeman
Thorp, Fish Creek; Truchay,
cook, Fish ureek;iiiss Frances Vincent,
Egg Harbor. Wis.: Miss Vincent,
sister of Mis9 Frances Vincent.
Although the Hackney was a small
vessel, with a limited passenger list,
the experience of those who rode with
her in the storm that swept her to destruction
was as thrilling as in any
greater disaster of the sea. The boat
left Menominee. Mich., soon after 5
o'clock p. m., bound for Fish Creek.
She had proceeded out only about
seven miles when she was overwhelmed
by a terrific squall from out
of the southwest.
Angry seas crashed over the little
vessel, threatening to engulf her. and
Captain Orus decided to turn about
and try to make the port she had just
left. In bringing the Hackley about
she fell into the trough of the sea.
from which she could not get out. The
captain threw the wheel hard down
to port and then to starboard, working
like mad to make the boat obey
the rudder, but without avail.
As the vessel was thrown up and
down in the deep gulf of waters some
of the freight shifted to one side. Immediately
the vessel listed and filled
with water, then plunged to the bottom.
going down within two minutes
of the sliding over of the freight.
As the- vessel sank the upper works
and part of the main deck were torn
off, carrying with them most of the
passengers and crew. Several of the
passengers were so terrified that they
were unable to help themselves, and
these were instantly drowned.
In the two brief moments before the
Hackley took her last plunge efforts
were made by some of the more selfpossessed
to unlash the lifeboats, but
before one of them could be put over
the side the workers were struggling
in the water. As the vessel settled
men and women cried and shrieked in
an agony of fear and ran about wildly
and helplessly. If the upper works
had not parted and remained above
water not one person would have been
3aved.
All night long those who had succeeded
In getting hold of wreckage
clung to their frail support, but one
after another succumbed and sank beneath
the waves.
After fourteen hours of buffeting
about in the storm Captain Asa Johnson,
of the steamboat Sheboygan, from
Washington Harbor, to Sturgeon Bay,
discovered the wreckage, with the imperiled
passengers and crew at 8
o'clock next morning.
Boats were immediately lowered, and
the now nearly exhausted persons on
the wreckage were transferred to the
Sheboygan, though the rescues were
made with the greatest difficulty in
the furious sea.
POSTAGE ON CREMATED BODIES.
Department Rules They Shall Be Classed
as Merchandise and Pay Regular Rate.
Washington, D. C.?Third Assistant
Postmaster-General Madcien received a
request for Information as to the postape
rates on cremated bodies. Mr.
Madden, after due deliberation, prepared
a ruling to the effect that cremated
bodies should be classed as merchandise.
and should pay the regular
rate of one cent for four ounces.
As a result of his decision four airtight
tin canisters, containing the cremated
remains of a family, shipped
from New York to San Francisco, were
forwarded from the Washington postoffice,
where they had been held up
pending a determination of the postage
rates for the journey.
HARMONY COTTON MILLS CLOSE7300
Employes Oat of Work, a* th^ Sup- j
ply of Cotton if Exhausted.
By the closing of the Harmony Mills,
of Cohoes, N. Y., 7500 employes are out I
of work. The company says that its j
supply of cotton is exhausted. This is
a great surprise, since only a short
time ago an officer of the company said
that it was fully protected against any
possibility of a shortage, having a long
term contract wvth a cotton- grower.
The company, however, found it profitable
to sell from its supply, relying on
a break.in the market to secure'cotton
for its own needs. The market holding
has forced the shutdown. A prolonged
i-tAiinniTA ti*ill nniioA Ko t?/lc>l\lr\
in vciuoc uaiuoui|;.
Gossip Caused Her Death.
"I do find that deceased, Elizabeth
Brenneman, came to her death from
hemorrhage caused by cutting her
throat with suicidal intent, caused by
despondency, the result of gossip," was
the finding of Coroner Lepper, of Tiffin.
Ohio, sitting on the case of Elizabeth
Brenneman, who ended her life
after learning of the reports circulated
by her neighbors about her.
Suicide Left S10.000 to Brother.
.Tnhti A Paul of Snnnnnit N Y. is
$10,000 richer by the suicide of his
brother, George F. Paul, formerly of
Sanquoit, who killed himself by leaping
into the Missouri River at Omaha,
Neb. Tho dead man left a will giving
all his property to his brother.
England and the TarifT.
Prime Minister Balfour, at Sheffield,
said that England must have a tariff,
to protect her against the competition
of other nations as well as her own
colonies.
Lillian Mason Sentenced.
At WIHimantic, Conn.. Mary Lillian
Manson was found guilty of manslaughter
for poisoning Julia A. Wilson
ami sentenced to not more than
ten and not less than eight years in
State prison and fined $1. This was
her second trial.
Van Wormer Brother* In One Grave,
The bodies of the three Van Wormer
brothers, electrocuted at Clinton (N.
Y.) Prison for the murder of their
uncle, Peter A. Hallenbeck, were
burled In one grave in Klnderhook,
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POSTAL SCANDAL CLIHAxI
Senator Green, Former Postmaster Ty*
ner and Nephew Barrett Involved;
THIRTEEN INDICTMENTS FOUND
riinnsands of Dollars Paid Tlie:n by Bond ;
Investment Companies to Prevent Exclusion
From the Mails?Jame* T. Metcalf,
Harry C. Hallenberk, Norman R.
Metcnlf and W. i>. Doremas Indicted. t
Washington. D. C.?The climax of
the postal scandal came a few days
ago. when James Noble Tyner. who for
thirty-nine years has been prominent
in the service of the Government and
was formerly Postmaster-General of
the United States, was indicted by the
Grand Jury for conspiracy to defraud
the Government he had served so long.
Seventy-seven years old, stricken with
paralysis, disgraced by summary dismissal
from the honorable place of
Assistant Attorney General for the'
Postoffice Department, Tyner was indicted.
and at a hearing held at his
house gave bail in $5000. Three indictments
were found against Tyner
and his nephew and former assistant
in the Postoffice Department, Harrison
J. Barrett, each charging them with
conspiracy to defraud the Government,
and two more have been returned
against Barrett, charging him with receiving
fees for services rendered or
to be rendered in cases pending before
him as an officer of the Government.
In addition to Tyner and Barrett,
James T. Metcalf, his son, Norman R.
Metcalf, and H. C. Hailenbeck, of the
Wynkoop-Hallenbeck-Crawford Company.
of New York, have been indicted
in connection with the contract for
printing money order blanks which
that company held for a long time.
An indictment against W. D. Doremus,
another against State Senator
George E. Green and George W. Beavers,
a new indictment against W. Scott
Towers and George W. Beavers and
another against August W. Machen.
make up the list of those returned by
the Grand Jury and comply the first
phase of the postoffice investigation,
no further indictments being expected
from the data now in hand.
The Tyner aud Barrett iudictments
present the most sensational featuri
of the entire investigation, and the one
which baffled the postal inspectors
longest. The case, as finally ferreted
out by Inspectors Vickery and Fulton,
presents a remarkable story of malfeasance.
It is charged that it was the duty of
Tyner and Barrett?Assistant Attorney
General and Assistant Atcorney
for the Postoffice Department?to investigate
the methods of concerns
charged with improper use of the
mails, and in case of guilt, to report to
ha Prtctmn ctor CJonpriil nnri TPfom
mend tlie issue of a fraud order; that
in this connection they investigated
the business of the bond investment
companies and learned inat they were
all carrying on a business tuat involved
fraud or lottery or both, but
that instead of recommending to the
Postmaster General the issue of an
order that would prevent the delivery
of mall or the payment of money
orders to those concerns and would
thus break up their business. Tyner
and Barrett conspired to give them unobstructed
use of mails in order that
Barrett might profit thereby.
TWO CHUMS KILL THEMSELVES.
Officials Believe the Pair Planned to Die
Together.
Indianapolis, Ind.?By shooting
through the head, George B. Williamson,
of Chicago, and Marvin Welch, of
Janesville, Wis., clerks in the auditor's
department of the Central Union Telephone
Company, committed suicide.
The two were brought here from Chicago
four months ago, and were close
friends. They killed themselves at their
separate boarding houses. Officials believe
the two planned the double sui- j
cide.
Political Paragraph*.
Rhode Island Democrats nominated ;
the following State ticket: For Governor.
L. F. C. Garvin; LieutenantGovernor,
Adelard Archambault; Secretary
of State, J. J. Gilmartin; Attorney-General
C. A. Aldrich; General
Treasurer, Clark Potter.
The Democrats in Massachusetts renominated
W. A. Gaston for Governor i
and named Richard Olney second for
Lieutenant-Governor.
The Democratic City Convention in
New York City nominated Congressman
George B. McClellau for Mayor.
Edward M. Grout for Controller, and
Charles V. Fornes for President of the
Board of Alderman.
Massachusetts Republicans renomin
ated Governor John L. Bates and all j
the State officers on a platform declar- I
ing for Roosevelt and protection.
Die of Vacelnatlon.
Two children died at Marion, Ind.,
as the result of vaccination. Laura
McHugh, .eleven years old. died of lockJaw.
Physicians say that the tetanus
bacillus was not in the virus used in
the vaccination, but sained entrance
through the open wound in the arm.
Mark Hamaker, fourteen years old.
died as a result of gangrene caused
by vaccination.
Football Kills a Coy.
At Norwich, X. Y., as the result of I
ir. or fnnthnll Rerkett .Teffrev. ;
an awiuciit ui
the thirteen-year-old son of Dr. Reuben
Jeffrey, is dead.
Strike on In XX. S. Capitol.
The flne marble partitiprio for the
Senatorial bathroom and barber shop
were being placed in position in the
Capitol at Washington when three I
marble setters and three assistants
went on a sympathetic strike with
the cutters who are locked out in the
principal cities by the Association of
Manufacturers. A member of the association
has the contract to finish the
the Senate toilet room with marble
settings. It seems now the work cannot
be completed before Congres3
meets.
Sporting Brevities.
Golf has reached a fixed and definite
QmnTic nnr national snorts.
Quarterback kicking is to be a feature
of this season's football games.
Buffalo is a bit sore because Jersey
City won the Eastern League pennant.
According to reports of sportsmen
the hunting season will be a failure in
Pennsylvania if rabbits are taken into
consideration.
Hugh Duffy, once the captain of the
Boston National League Club, has been
engaged to manage the Philadelphia
National League nine for 1904.
7
LANGLEY AIRSHIP FAIL!
Makes a Straight Shoot For th
Bottom of tho Fotomac.
first Test of the Costly Aerodrome Aftc
Years of Work Proves to Uo
Faulty in Construction.
Widewater. Va.?Dismal if not alto
gether unexpected failure is the out
come of Frofessor Langley's elaborat
and expensive experiment in aeria
navigation. The famous aerodrom
lies a total wreck, after having dem
onstrated not only its complete ina
bility to fly, but the impossibility o
alighting without self-destruction, evei
could it be so perfected as to mak
short flights. Carried swiftly forwar<
by the impetus of the powerfu
launching catapult, the machine spe<
from the seventy-foot ways at an alti
~ C a. ml
luue ui aiAij* icci, buii jjiaucLuuj
into the Potomac, 300 feet from th
launching track. It soon rose to th
surface, where it was supported by th
airtight cylinders provided for tha
purpose. When it came to the surfac
it was a total wreck, all the delicat
machinery with which Professor Lang
ley had attempted to. imitate the soar
ing of a bird irreparably tangled am
destroyed. Mr. Manley's application o
Profpssor Langley's theory, afte
months of preparation, had proved i
total failure in ten seconds, and $50,00
of the Congress appropriation for arm;
ordnance and fortification improve
ments had been wasted, as well as i
sum. the magnitude of which no mai
knows except Professor Langley, froc
the funds of the Smithsonian Institu
tion.
Professor Mauley at noon tested an<
examined every function and detail o
the aerodrome. The motor was trie<
and found to work perfectly; the nev
propeliors, braced with steel, withstooi
the strain of the prelimanry tests, aui
everything pointed to success.
With propeliors working at the rat
of 1200 revolutions a minute, the sprinj
catapult was released, and all wit
nesses held their breath as Mauley am
his aerodrome quickly disappeared be
neath the surface of the Potomac. 1
more deplorable wreck than that whicl
the several tugs hauled on board piece
meal and tenderly conveyed to th
houseboat could not be imagined. Thi
huge wings were limp and crumplei
rags, and propeliors and frame wer
torn and splintered scraps.
Manley appeared, for the time, chiefi;
concerned with getting into dry cloth
ing. but later he made the followin;
statement:
"It must be understood that the tes
to-day was entirely an experiment, an<
the first of its kind over made. Tin
experiment was unsuccessful. The bal
ancing upon which depended the sue
cess of the flight was based upon tin
tests of the models and proved to bi
incorrect."
Professor L?angiey, wuw >>?? u
Washington, was notified by wire o
the failure of the test. The collapse o
the machine probably ends the experi
menting for this year.
TORNADOES KILL FOUR.
One Twister Hit* the Union Pacific Shop
In Omaha.
Omaha, Neb.?A diminutive twiste:
struck the Union Pacific machin<
shops, destroying a high brick wal
recently constructed and killing A. T
Ratliff, a carpenter, and seriously In
juring L. Pennington, a foreman. wh<
were at work on it, and Joseph Leon
nrd and Nat. Brown, laborers. Ratliff'i
home was ar Lawrence, Kan., when
he leaves a widow and several children
The twister which struck the ma
chine shops also struck the headquar
ters of the Union Pacific, the big build
ing being badly shaken by It.
Emporia, Kan.?In tornadoes tha
raged at Hamilton. Greenwood County
and at Allceville, Coffey County, threi
persons-were killed outright, two fatal
ly injured, and ? score of other's seri
ously hurt. The loss to buildings am
!_ \lir>oviI|p H tOWI
crops IS ^nwiiuwuo, AMtw ?
of 200 inhabitants, was almost wipei
off the map.
TURN PIRATES AT MINDANAO.
Constabulary Officers Run Off With th<
Steamer Victoria.
Manila, Philippine Islands.?Inspec
tor Hermann and Supply Officer John
son, of the constabulary, have becomi
pirates. They seizctl the thirty-seven
ton steamer Victoria at Mindanao ant
forced her to put to sea. using the mei
under their command for the purposi
of intimidating- the crew.
Shortly afterward they discovers
that the Victoria's coal supply wa:
short, and they forcibly detained ai
incoming steamer and replenished the:;
Dunkers from hers, after which the:
disappeared.
Meantime the act of piracy was re
ported, and an examination of the con
stabulary safe showed that $0i>l0 hat
been stolen. It is supposed that thi
ia r,n hnmvl tlio Victoria. Tin
constabulary despatched a fast coas
guard steamer in pursuit of the pirates
TERM FOR BANK OFFICERS.
John TV. Newbury Gets S1000 Fine and
Three Years in Prison.
Freehold, N. J.?John W. Newbury
president of the defunct Mercantile Co
operative Bank of lied Bank and Jer
sey City, was scnteuced by Jusric*
Fort to a fine of $?10U0 and a term o;
three years and six mouths art hart
labor in the State prison.
Rudolph Newman, acting tr2.isurer
who was connected with Newbury foi
conducting the banking business ills
gaily, was sentenced to pay a tine o!
$500. The amount of surety requirec
for the release of the men was $300i
for Newbury aud $1000 for Newman.
RAILROAD BRIDCE BLOWN UP.
&Ien "Who Are Trying to ElncJcmall tin
Northern Pacific Carry Out Threats.
Helena, Mont.?Northern Pacific Rail
road officials have just received won
that a bridge on the line near here ha:
been blown up.
This is undoubtedly tho wort o: m;
blackmailers who for two mouths hav<
been demanding $50,000 from the roai.
and carrying out theh* threats bj
wrecking trains and destroying prop
er:y with dynamite.
Healer* TTln a Suit.
A decision of the Supreme Court ii
favor of the defendant in a sui
brought against the Rev. Irving C
Tomlinson, first reader in the Chris
tlan Science Church at Concord, X. H.
by Mrs. Jennie Speed, is taken as es
tablishing the right of Christ iai
Science doctors to practice in Xe'\
Hampshire.
Expect* More Cardinals.
Cardinal Gibbons, in a sermon in Da!
timore, Md., said he would not be sur
prised to see a greater number o!
American Cardinals in the next Con
flave nf tlif? Ofltholip Cbnr<*h
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WASHINGTON ITEMS.
Commissioner Richards finds, on investigation
into the Chippewa Indian
a ails in Minnesota, to be opened for 4
settlement on November 10, that of the
763,337 acres about 522,000 acres arc
swamp land.
President Roosevelt is spending much
jf his time in preparing his message
to Congress. 0
Tho President has signed the com- f(
e uission as ensign in the navy awarded
1 o Gunner Levin J. Wallace, of Mary- D
e and. > p
President Roosevelt will ask Con- f(
gress to investigate the postal scandal. | d
* General Corbin was given command a
f at Governor's Island, General Chaffee, p
n who is to succeed General Young as
e Chief of Staff in January, taking CorI
bin's place in Washington. ^
The President disapproved the appli- t(
1 cations of several officers in the ma- g
'* cine corps with rank of colonel to be 3
* appointed to the rank of commander p
e ind forthwith retired. ' h
0
e The President sent a special message p
t to Lady Herbert on learning of the
B death of Sir Michael Herbert. a
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OUK ADOPTED ISLANDS. &
The measure prohibiting slave huut- J?
3 !ng has been passed by the legislative
f zouncil of the Moro provinces, Phil- .
r ;nnin(? T?l:inr1s :
n I W? ? ? tI
? The rebellion in .Albay Province. p
J I Luzon, was ended by the surrender of
^ ! 3eneral Ola and a uumbrr of his fol* p
j ! lowers. , tl
0 j Ex-Mayor Fajardo, of Mayaguez. w
Q i Porto Rico, has been acquitted of the A
[. charge of embezzlement. ii
About 200 of the representative cof- c
ii | fee growers of Porto Rico held a meet- P
f j Lng in San Juan to provide for a per- Q
J i manent organization and establish in b
i' I the United States a market for Porto r;
3 Rican coffee.
3 One hundred cases of bubonic plague Js'
have been reported in one of the north- 1(
6 ern and most populous districts of Ma- ^
? nila. , ?
:* The Filipinos will petition Congress j,
J for increased representation on the 1 j,
' Civil Service Commission of the isl- {
* ands. a
!i e
Domingo Gomez, charged with j
p founding the Union Obrera in the Phil- tl
e ippines, an organization which was in- ; u
] citing the natives to rebellion, has been ; b
e sentenced to four years and two v
months' imprisonment and to pay o
7 fine of $300. o
c
; DOMESTIC. I ?
In defense of her life, Mrs. Kather- I J
* Ine Snowden, who had just remarried ! a
J at Chicago, 111., killed her former hus- ! s
15 band, Henry F. Smith, from whom she : ^
had been divorced only a short time. i r
9 Dr. Frederick A. Cook, of Brooklyn. |
e failed to scale the summit of Mount tl
McKinley, in Alaska. j b
1 A bullet through his heart killed o
f j Albert M. Wetter, a prominent busl- j v
f j ness man at Maslllon. Ohio, but no s
- cause is known for his suicide. I h
The Honourable Artillery Company
of London was entertained by the | c
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com- jj
pany at Boston at the most magnif- j ^
? icent banquet in the history'of Boston j *
The United States Government has j f
r purchased forty lots between Fort j
s Monroe, Va., and Buckroe Beach in ?.
I arder that the fort may be enlarged. ; *
. It is proposed to cut a canal across a j
* 200-foot peninsula. This will place j
) the fort on an island. j ?
George F. Baer. President of the i '
3 Reading, says that little loss was in J c
3 curred by the coal strike.
Dr. Harper, of the University of Chi*
cago, started a boom for Mayor Low c
for the Republican nomination for I t
President. ! i<
t The milk controversy was settled in ;
a way which insures Boston and New i
j England plenty of milk at the same j t
I price that was paid last winter. I c
Members of the Bar Association, j r
1 New York City, plan an amendment to ?
i their constitution, making women law. i
1 yers ineligible for membership. j
St. Louis Exposition exhibit build- j
ings eighty-nine per cent, completed, i j
as against forty-four per cent, for the j j
Columbian Fair seven months before j a
i I opening. i c
All the cotton shorts sottied with j g
- ! Brown, of New Orleans, who had cor- ' i
- I nered the supply, and he pocketed mil- | 1
I ll/\r?e nf ni'nflfa ]
Dr. Lorenz declared that every case ;
1 treated by him in this country was !
^ either cured or improving. i
? Relatives of A. J. Stephani, a life j
. prisoner for murder at Dannemora (N. j
| Y.) Prison, asked for a commission to {
5 i care for .a fortune of $100,000 left hin> ]
J i by his mother.
FOREIGX.
Ebcrlein's colossal state of Wagner I
* was unveiled in the Thiergarten of !
1 Berlin. j
I Lord Rothschild spoke reassuringly j
j regarding the present British financial i
I ftitiiatinn.
In Germany tlie better grade of i
American apple is selling at $0.50 pei t
barrel. s
i Peru to build national theatre from
proceeds of one per cent, increase in
t import duties at Callao.
Of 10,400 houses in Monastir. Bulga
ria. 9700 have been burned by the ' 1'
> Turks. | *
j' Turkish troops were reported to have | j
1 put revolutionists to flight and to have
complete control of the situation in
; Macedonia.
L_ Eighty thousand pilgrims have been
r at Lourdes in the past live weeks. c
1 Favorable weather is greatly assist- o
) ing physicians in stamping out yeilow o
fever in Mexican border towns. h
Conferences between the ministers of
the Czar and Emperor Francis JosepL*
resulted in an a^ri'trui^m i? pui m
5 ation in Macedonia au amylided pro- a
gramme of reforms. * o
The. exports from the Berlin con- .A
sular districts to the United Stares fo: J
1 the quarter just ended amounted to e
5 $2,00],010, an increase of SooS.Sl-i over
those of the third quarter of 1002.
| Tiie body of Count Pogio. formerly
; Italian Consul at Paris, was found in V
the Seine a few days ago. He had M
spent all his money, and then in a" c,1
moment of remorse he had committed "
suicide. ,;I
The famous masked balls held at tlW
j Paris Opera House have been pro'
c hibited by the police.
A resolution sustaining Prime Minis' ^
ter Balfour's fiscal policy was unani,
mously carried at the meeting of th< V
Conservative Association at Sheffield, i<
l England.
T? r, thii- Hip movement n? 2
troops to Korea had no connection witii i n
any trouble with Russia.'
President Pa!ma, iti answer to an irj! '<
quiry made by the Tribune, stated thaj t<
'f all creeds were welcome in Cuba.
1 A cousin of King Alfonso of Spaiij b
was sentenced to two moutha1 lmjyrLi) Bi
onaient ^ o
,, ISE,
DYNAMITE ON TRAINS C
orthern Pacific the Victim of a C
Desperate Montana Ganj.
lackmailers Who Demanded S."3,10? *
Are Uslnj Explosives, as ThcyThrcatcaed
to Do, If Not raid.
Helena, Mont.?'The failure of the
Ecers of the Northern Pacific Rail- e:
)ad to meet the demands of the black- Sl
mViA il Atifhnr I nn? 4fo i fl
luutria wuu uuvc ucua ucouvjiuq na ?
roperty with dynamite fcr the last ir
jw weeks was promptly met by the 11
esperadoes ?vhen they planted dyna- ^
lite at two points along the Northern P
'acific lines, and in each case sue- c<
eeded in partly destroying a train. si
In expectation that some violence g<
rould follow their refusal to submit a]
> be blackmailed out of $50,000 by a
ang of train wreckers, with no claims .
f any kind on them, the Northern n.
'aciflc officials took every precaution ~
) get speedily on the track of the ^
erpetrators of any fresh outrages.
But although they had armed posses "
t points along the line in this State j*'
nd trained bloodhounds within a few *
ours of almost any specific .spot, the *
lackmailers, who, are evidently men **
f experience as well -as of daring. Jot
way after blowing .up two trains, in
uring several trainhands, and damag- j
ig several thousand dollars' worth of rl
roperty. jT
The most disastrous of the two es? J'
losions occurred at 10.30 oclock, p. m., ?'
liree miles west of Birdseye station, j?
.'hlch is eight miles west of this city. ?
Ln extra eastbound freight approach- **
ig Birdseye ran into several sticks of ?
apped dynamite, which had been ?
laced on the rails in such fashion that d
either a slow nor a fast train could
rush them aside. There was a ter*
[flc explosion at once. ^
Several yards of rail were blown out,
lie pilot, stack and headlight of the
>comotive were shattered and the
oadbed was so torn up that all traffic d
ver this branch of the road was de
lyed for hours. That only slight in- 1
arles were sustained by the trainmen 1
} du^more to luck than anything else.
^ "fin-io short of a miracle that the
ngineer and firemen were not killed. "
The report comes from Missoula
liat an eastbound freight was blown
p at Avon. The engine was almost
Dtaily wrecked, but the crew escaped t
r-lfh slight Injuries.
That the two outrages were the work ^
f the same band of wreckers is almost
ertain. At any rate the Northern PaIflc
officials think so, and every effort a
5 being made to round up the des- ^
eradoes. A special train carrying an \ n
rmed posse and several bloodhounds ^
tarted for the scene of the Birdseye ^
ynamiting shortly after the report E
eached here. ~
Not in the history of railroading in *
be West have railroad men been so 0
arassed as are these Northern Pacific t]
fflcers. They are up against a game j(
rhich they do not pretend to under- ; a
tand. Already they have sustained : a
eavy losses by dynamite, placed on |
heir tracks by a gang which has no I
laims on the road and no grievances : n
gainst it. but in politely written notes j H
eclines to quit blowing up tracks, ! b
rains and roadbeds until $50,000 has I ^
een deposited at a convenient spot j
or them. ! j.
To grant such a demand is obviously I tj
mpossible. and at no time have the ' |r
Northern Pacific people even consid- ! c
red such a thing. j ^
! 0
LORD" KILLS TWO, THEN HIMSELF.
!oape, Lone 3 Mystery, Shoots Wife, Her
Sister and Commits Sulcldc. q
Sante Fe. N. M.?Word has been reaiT-ori
horn tlmr at Luinbsrton. twen
y miles from here. Albert P. F. Coape, j
mown for years in this territory as p
Sir Albert" or "Lord" Coape, shot and | c;
nstantly killed his wife and her sis- I g
er, Miss L. Hernandez, and then blew, I j:
nit his own brains. The tragedy has j p
emoved one of the most picturesque j ^
.s well as mysterious figures of the r,
Southwest. I a
Tall, handsome, splendidly educated | ^
md with all the" manners of an Eng- j v
ishman of the upper class, Coape ap- I h
eared at Santa Fe twenty years ago. ! p
3e was then twenty-five years of age \ 0
nd plunged headlong into the whirl j s
?f the early frontier life, drinking and j ^
gambling. He received at stated inter-! C(
als the income of a trust fund in Eng- j v
and. j tj
After several years he married and j c
>ecame a hunter and trapper in the Rio i s
Vrrlba country. He followed this life J f,
intil 1S93. I n
"Lord" Coape's first wife died nine I <j
\ilaa TTor. I
rears ago, ana oe uiumcu .moo Uv. ( v
landez. member of a very respectable ) o
Spanish family. He gave up his hunt-.
ng and moved to the settlements. He a
:ried his hand at storekeeping. pros- p
>ecting and dually saloon keeping at a
jumberton. Of late years he drank ii
)eriodically, his debauches lasting ur.- a
11 he was a physical and nervous tl
vreck. It was while he was in one of t(
liese debauches that the tragedy oc- sj
:urred. d
While in town a month ago he said si
hat since comkic to this territory in
834 he estimated his !o>ses at cards
o have been $100,000. He once lo3t
115,000 in two weeks. tl
C
Joseph Chamberlain'* jeeeseor. h
Alfred Lyttleton war ..ppoizted Co- ?
anial Secretary to succeed Chamber- C
ain in tho rearrangement of the Brit- *
sh Afinistrv. The Duke of Devon- P
hire resigned from the Cabinet. Mr.
Jalfour expressing his disapproval of
be step in an incisive letter. n(
Three Hoar*' Snovr in Minnesota.
Suow fell at Fergus Falls, Minn., for
loro than three hours, several inches d
overing the ground. It was the 3rst g]
f the season and was driven by a ^
igh northwest wind.
123 1-2 Miles an Ilour.
A speed of 123Vj miles an hour was o
ttainod on fourteen aud a half miles a
f tha experimental railway between n
larienfeid-j and Zossen, in Germany, f
lII the passengers had previously pro- n
urod special life insurance policies. T
Says Bosicr Lay Tribute.
TVorkmen at the National Tube
Forks. in McKeesport. Pa., said that C
:e bosses laid regular tribute on the ri
uiployes. having meeting places at 0
Iiich they collected hundreds of do I- c<
irs every pay day.
Prominent People.
The Duke of Koxburgiie will wea n
[iss Goelet November 10. o
London papers point out that while
Ir. Chamberlain has resigned his pol- ^
;y remains. e
Sir Thomas Lipton assures a Michian
"bachelors' club" that he will try ?
ot to marry. a
It is authoritatively denied that Preslent
Roosevelt's weight has increased s
) 220 pounds. He weighs only 190. P
Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney, the writer of
ooks for gtris. has just celebrated her P
jventy-nlnth birthday on Milton Hill,
par Boston.
nuM|
' HflHNSBl
JOLORADO'S MINE vBMBH
ourts and Unions Arrayed Aga^^^^H
Employers and Militia. ^RKH
be Fight May Extend Over the EntiJF^BH
West?Each Side Is Backed Up / flQj
by a Fund of 81,000,000. J iflp
Cripple Creek. Col.?One of the mtost
ctrnordinary otruggles In history /Tor fl
upremacy between trades unionism 1
nd employers has been in proxreM
i the gold fields of this section foe, ^ J
Itliijr ?v ccao. Vu luc uuc uauui m
Western Federation of Mineri, suported
in at least one phase! of it0
intention by the courts; on tfcfe otheC
de is arrayed the Mine Owners' .> B
)ciation, backed by Governor feeabodj;
ad the militia. / I
Directing the military withj an iron I
and, and bitterly hated by the labof
lement, is Adjutant GeneralJsherman- H
ell, who was one of the Koosevelt B
ough Riders. He is a close personal H
lend of the President, who fcija char*
cterlzed him as "the gamest man off
game regiment." His chief lleutenot
i3 General Chase, the active com- MB
lander of the soldiers in the-field, &'
lan also of indomitable courage.'
The Western Federation of Miners If
aid to be 48,000 strong, with a reserve *v?9
und for defense of more than $1,000,- . 3g?
X). The mine owners have also ?
und of more than $1,000,000, specifi- 1
illy for the great battle now on. The - MBK
ght at present involves only about
1XK) miners, but it bids fair to ez- -jJjBflj
?nd all over the West, The mine &<B8
L*s declare that they will not longer ': H
nbmit to the dictation of the union.
he trouble may give the State tne
emocrats at the next election.
Within <1 week tbe strikers an- . |H
ounced that they would Insist on ;KB
nionizing every mine in tbe camp, ' |H
rith the result of the closing down of Bfl
11 the big producers. A non-union
liner at the Golden Cycle Mine-'was
ragged from his home one night and HH
bot In the back. The mine owners, .Tlca
sked the Governor to send troops H|
nd agreed to pay all the expenses oa ffi
indition that the warrants would
iter honored by the State. /
More than 1000 soldiers were distrlb- B
ted over the held, and armed guard*
iirrnnnrlii/l nil thp larirp nroDerties ot mm
le district Cavalry aquaua werede* HNS
tiled to patrol the region. H
A "bull pen" was established in the flj
eadquarters of the military, and men Iflj
rere arrested and imprisoned in it s
ithout being informed of'the charge SffR
gainst them. Writs of habeas corptnr
ere issued for four of the men, and."
mde returnable before Judge Seeds,
he courtroom was' overrun with soliers,
the street in front of the Court^H^H
[ouse was filled with troops. GatiiiuflflM
uns * ere placed at different
f the street, and sharpshooters
n the roofs of buildings. Judge
tius surrounded, declared that
iw was not in force in Teller
nd upheld tbe civil authoi!tj^^^^^^^|
gainst the military. nfflHH
But General L'nase declareaTEnnnH
er tbe orders of tbe Governor be nHRHEH
ot obey tbe order of tbe Court,9^BnH
le miners saw their comrades esc<^BB^Bx|
ack to prison after a Court b^^HHBHfl
ered their liberty. .^BHbBBH
Influence was used on Gov
ody to instruct General Cha
ie order of the Court, and t^BB^B^HB
ig the prisoners were releaiBK^^^^^^H
ine owners are exerting ti^R|^HH9H
> bring in new men from otiBBflBBBR
C tbe country.
MADMAN AT WHITE jflfflBBgjHR
aards Overpower and
Desperate
Washington, D. C.?Fo^^SS^B^HflBS
?mpt to reach Preside^^H8|^B|^BB|
eter Elliott, a demente^HJBfl^HHBBIE
linist, formerly of MHflB89[^BBHM
aged in a desperate ba^BHHMBH^B?g|
[ouse policemen, who HH^BB^^HbE
ossibly deadly errand B9BH^nBHB|
ve Mansion. He
?volver, knife aud a pair
nrl demanded an immediate
*ith President Roosevelt' Before^^^^^^B
isitor could be properly disposed
e had given Policeman Clscle
'arker. on guard at the main entracc^^^H
f the White House, and Chief UsherHESEn
tone one of the liveliest tussles theylHH
ave had in many a day. Ciscle pre-|RSI
eded the madman to the hospital,H9j6
-here he had to have twelve stitehefj^^Hj
iken in hi? right arm. which had beea^^HB
ut so deeply as to sever an artery. HjS
everal scalp wounds had to be dressed
or the crazy man. At not time did the
ffair involve the safety of the Presi-^KH
ent, and he did not know of the oc-HOH
urrence until the man was safely out|HH9
reach.
No less than four "cranks," quietly
rrested at the White House since the
A. ?rwl Hrcfop RflV.
'resident reiunieu iivm v^..
nd \rithont ado quickly pronounced
isane. are now confined in the asylum
t Washington. Two others wereB^M
ireatened with arrest if they returned
) the grounds. A drunken discharged
lilor insisted on seeing the President
uring the afternoon, but was per?
jaded to leave. Jm
General Bradley T. Johnson Die*. H
General Bradley T. Johnson die<l at
be age of seventy-three years in Roek jM
'astle, Goodland County, Va., the
ome of his son. He was a native
laryland, rose to high tank In
'onfederate army by gallantry, and
-as prominent in Richmond and State
olitics. j,
Killed Bnll Moose in the Town fflH
A bull moose was killed a few miles
orth of Malone. X. T., a few days flB
?o, having been mistaken for a deer
y a person not accustomed to'
o much hunting. The animal had
oubtless left the Adirondacks in an flQI
ndeavor to reach its old haunts in tlie
anadian woods. .. JjjJHB
Tnmudn Kill* Three Women. jygQ
A tornado passe3 two miles southeast
f rrinceton, 111., killing three persons
nd destroying a large ..mount of farm
roperty. The dead are Mrs. Charles
'. Sherwin. Mrs. Alvira Sherwin. her KB9
lother. and Miss Emma Welsh, of VBK
iskiwa, visitor at the Sherwin home. jHW
Big Iron Works in Liquidation.
The Morse Iron Works, New York
itj*. were placed in the hands of a 9|
?eeiver with $1,000,000 liabilities. ">
fficers say the failure is due to a su?? JuH
ession of unjustifiable strikes.
Labor World. MM
Sam Parks declared unions will get^HH
11 they demand in Ne<v York in snj^RBjK
f employers. EmS
'Longshoremen- at Brunswict.
emand an increase of two and a ba^H^^R
Painters at Washington, D. C.. wirHHW
emand an increase iu wages from $3HB99
to $3.50.
Plans for the importation of 120^HH|
trike-breakers are under way at CriEHn9[
le Creek. Col.
The Philadelphia and Reading Cofl^Bjgg
any will close its Shamokin col^ierie^BHW
cvo days a week until further notice.
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