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D. C.. says:
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that complain,t."?S. Nicholson.
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Men of all classes and stations are
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Almanac for 1904.
The American investment in rellg- I
lous and educational institutions in
Turkey is $6,500,000, and more than
$20,000,000 has been spent in mission
Work covering nearly a century.
The size of the atom of hydrogen
Is now calculated to be the 286-millionth
part of an inch in diameter.
The limpet's power of adherence
to the rock te equal to two thousand
times its own weight. '
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Track* In tho Snow.
At no time in the wild animal's life
are M6 movements so Cieanv reveaicu
as when tell-tale snow covers the land,
says Country Life in America. The
very best time to study the ways of
all the terrestrial animals in the country
is when a light fall of wet snow
has covered the frozen ground: then
each foot mark is clearly defined. If
the snow is too soft, the tracks are
blurred and consequently difficult to
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snow covers the tracks, or at least partially
obliterates them; so it is advisable,
if you would minimize your difficulties,
to start as soou as possible
after the snow has fallen. To him who
would study the movements of animals
of all kinds from mice, shrews
and squirrels to mink, muskrats and
foxes, and birds and beasts of many
kinds, the Northern winter is a season
of constant pleasure and interest, and
many stories of shrewd animal instinct
and tragedies as well may be read by
tracks in the snow.
It Was a Belated Acknowledgment.
It is a generally accepted idea that
virtue is its own reward. An occurrence
of a few days ago, however, has
convinced one young man of Iola that
there is another side to the question.
He is a young bachelor who has lived
in Iola some years. At the time he
left home his mother gave him a nice,
new Bible, with the earnest hope that
he would read it regularly. The young
man has failed in this, failing carefully
and unrepentently. But now he regrets
that he didn't read it "from kiv
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ver 10 iiivver lue urst uuuuvc uc unu.
Almost by accident he opened the good
book the other day and found smoothly
pressed in its inside pages a crisp $20
bill, which his mother doubtless placed
there, and which she has been waiting
all these years for him to mention having
found, but the son never did.?Iola
(Kan.) Register.
Elevator Indicators.
The elevator batteries in nearly al\ j
of the larger buildings are now
equipped with indicators which tell of
the location of the car at all times, and I
also to give notice of the direction in
which it may be traveling. These
things are of great service to persons
making use of the cars. The drawback
about this particular apparatus,
however, is that it is necessary to make
an insnpntion of each indicator, and
the prospective passenger may lose
much valuable time in passing along
aud making this examination. What
is said to be an improvement on this
consists of an audible signal, which is
given as the elevator car approaches
and leaves each floor. ? Philadelphia
Record.
They are speaking of the agitating
orator. "He is a man who weighs his
words," remarked the close observer,
"If he does," said the cynic, "he glved
short weight."?Chicago Daily News.
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GOilERCE OF THE WORLD'
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Statement Just Issued by the Bi>
. reau of Statistics,
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THE FINANCES OF ALL NATIONS
if/cre^ate Trade of Coantries Named at
. Present Time Reaches $22,000,000,000 ^
?Total Export* and Imports ? Interest
Charge on the Public Debt? lo- ^
debtedness of the United States.
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Washington, D. C.?The area, popu- a
lation, commerce, revenue, expendi-' ^
tures, indebtedness, currency and
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stocks of money of the principal countries
of the world are treated iu a 5
statement just issued by the Department
of Commerce and Labor through e
its Bureau of Statistics. ^
The total export of the countries and
coiomes inciuaea are siaieu ai e
616,000 and the total imports at $11.- u
525,755,000, making the aggregate com- n
merce $21,SOi,391tOOO. For most of the n
countries the figures stated relate to jj
the year 1902, in a few cases they are
for 1901, and in some cases for 1903. e
The aggregate of the world's commerce &
at the present time may, therefore, be n
set down, in round figures, as $22,- 0
000,000,000.
While, presumably, all exports be- f<
come, in turn, imports, the stated value a
of these imports exceeds by more than
$1,000,000,000 the stated value of the c<
merchandise in question when stated ii
as exports. f<
The population of the countries and
colonies included in this statement is ii
given at 1,487,159,000, and their area at tl
40,701,936 square miles. The figure of ri
population in the countries included in c!
the table seems to justify an estimate t<
of 1,600,000,000 as the approximate a
total of the world's population at tbe
present time. c!
The total revenue, for the latest tl
available date, of the countries and col- t<
onies included in the list is set down ci
at $7,854,301,000, and the total expen- tl
ditures at $7,939,540,000.
The total indebtedness of the coun- a
tries named in the list is given at $35,- ci
( 000,000,000. The interest charge ou the o
puDlic aeot or tne countries namea is n
given at $1,416,397,448. ,p
The stocks of money in the countries p
named are stated at $11,999,300,000, or,
in round terms, $12,000,000,000. Of this b
total, representing the total stocks of v
money in the countries in question, $5,- si
355,000,000 is stated as gold. $3,680,- 3l
700,000 as silver and $2,963,600,000 as tr
uncovered paper. P
The largest imports ofv any single t(
nation are those of the United. King- c<
dom, $2,571,416,000; Germany second, ss
$1,340,178,000; the United States third, el
$1,525,719,000; Netherlands fourth,
$867,308,000, and France fifth, $848,- &
046,000. ttl
The per capita imports are. stated in <J
the order of magnitude per capita: 11
Netherlands, $162.20; New Zealand, d
$72.98; Belgium, $65.62; Switzerland,
$64.89; United Kingdom, $61.28; Com- .
monwealth of Australia, $54.74; the im- 111
ports of the United States are given at
$12.76 per capita. The per capita ex- 0:1
ports are: Netherlands, $137.08; New
.Zealand, $79.58; Commonwealth of ^
A liofraliQ .'SSI 7<1' Rdlorilim SSS !>."
Switzerland, $30.28; thoaeof the United
States are given at $17.32 per capita.
These figures, like the ethers of com- 5{
merce quoted, relate to domestic exports
only.
In the statement of indebtedness of
the various countries the totals by
countries, in the order of their magni- .
tude, are:
France, $5,856,312,892; United King- ,
dom, $3,885,166,333; Russia. $3,333,- , '
938,388; Italy, $2,560,695,000; Spain, "
$2,061,389,972; Austria-Hungary, $1,112,790,247;
British India, $1,102,905,- Jj
139; Commonwealth of Australia, $1,047,819,629.
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The debt of the Unitsd States is
Stated at $925,011,637. The indebtedness
of tae German Empire is given
at $698,849,400, and of the German k]
States, $2,687,621,000. Five European t(
countries?France, the United Kingdom,
Germany, Italy and Spain?show J
/-w r? /\?? CM n
till ag^L mu uicuiitroa ui uyci ^
000,000,000, thus forming one-half of S(
the total indebtedness of the world. p;
The per capita debt, as stated in the iS
order of magnitude is: New Zealand,
$327.11; Commonwealth of Australia, t)
$277.79; Portugal, $151.02; France, a:
$150.31; Uruguay, $132.81; Honduras, r
$124.19; Spain, $110.72; Argentina, g(
$100.08; United Kingdom, $92.59; Neth- f]
erlands, $86.62; Belgium, $81.28; Italy,
$<8.8o. [2
The debt of the United States is a
given at $11.51 per capita. t(
"W DERVISHES SLAIN. u
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British Rout Mad Mullah's Men?Loss *s<
of Two Officers and Nine Privates.
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London, Eng.?The British expedition
In Somaliland has scored a success 0
against the dervishes. Five thousand ^
of them, who held Jidballi, h^ve been a
routed with the loss of about 1000 ?
killed and a large number captured. a
The British lost two officers killed and n
nine wounded. They also lost nine (j
privates killed and twenty-two wound- n
ed. General Egerton, who is now encamped
beyond Jidballi, adds that from
the number of riflemen present and
the notables killed he thinks that it t<
was the Mullah's main fighting force, h
' although the Mullah himself was not n
present. a
Governor Murphy's Message.
Governor Murphy in his annual message
to the New Jersey Legislature s
objected to'the increase of huge adver- f,
tising signboards along the railroads Oi
and called for laws to remedy the evil.
Augusta's Big Fire.
A $200,000 fire destroyed two large h
blocks occupied by the First Savings (j
Bank and several stores, at Auguptn, n
Me.
Japanese Cruisers Sail.
Japanese cruisers sailed from Italy li
In the direction of Gibraltar, followed E
by British warships.
Fiued For Peonage.
Samuel M. Tyson, of Coffee Couuty. I
Alabama, was fined $1000 by a Fed- n
eral Judge at Montgomery for peonage.
Odds and Ends of News.
Truck Drivers' Union, No. 705, of *
Chicago, III., is the largest labor union
in the country, with a membership of t
13,000. r
The Crown Prince of China will come *
to the United States next summer under
escort of Wong Kai Kah, Chinese 'J
Commissioner to the St. Louis Exposi- (
tion. i
Nearly all railroad companies in the
Mississippi Valley have adopted a i
shorter work day Instead of reducing ?
their force of machinists and other i
.workmeu. -
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ANNUAL POSTAL REPORT
i Deficit For the Year Ending
June 30, 1903.
/
riie Postmaster-General Makes a N"amber
of Recommendations to
Congress.
Washington, D. C.?The annual reiort
of Postmaster-General Payne has
ust been made public.
The report says that the total reeipts
from all sources for the year
nded June 30. 1003, were $134,224,413,
nd the total expenditures, $138,784,87;
deficit, 54,500,044.
The estimated revenues for the year
nding June 30. J904, ace $146,304,642;
ppropriations for the year, $153,511,
49; estimated deficit, $7,206,906.
The estimated revenues for the year
uding June 30. 1905, are $159,472i060;
xpenditures, $103,085,770; estimated
eficit. $8,613,709.
The gross revenues for the fiscal year
niled June 30 last, the report says, are
early $1,500,000 in excess of the cstijates.
The Postmaster-General makes a
umber of recommendations for legisition,
including the following:
That a law be enacted to prohibit the
stablishment and maintenance of
oxes to be rented for the receipt of
lail without authority from the Postffice
Department.
That a penalty be provided by law
>r the mailing of explosives or inammable
matter.
That a penalty be provided for the
aunterfeiter of an official post marklg
stamp, or for the use of such stamp
jr an improper purpose.
That the provision made by Congress
1 the last two appropriation bills for
ae payment of $1000 to the legal repjseutatives
of every railway mall
lerk killed in the line of duty be ex?nded
to the substitute clerks as well
s to regular clerks.
That Congress, in the interest of effiient
postal service, consolidate the
lird and fourth classes of mail mat;r
and fix the rate of postage at one
ent for each two ounces or fraction
lereof.
That onlnrioc nf r-lorta nf r?lf?asos twn
nd three in full railway postoffices in
rews where four or more clerks run
ver the entire length of the line be
icreased from $900 per annum to $1000
er annum, and from $1000 to $1100
er annum, respectively.
That where a clerk or letter carrier
as been twenty-five years in the serice
and shall have attained the age of
xty-flve years the Postmaster-General
iall be empowered, upon the recomtendation
of the postmaster, to emloy
a substitute for such clerk or let-'
;r carrier, which substitute shall rejive
not to exceed two-thirds of his
ilary, the other one-third to go to such
erk or letter carrier.
That Congress authorize the Postlaster-General
to accept, under suitble
regulations, the mailing of large
uantities of identical pieces of printed
latter and small articles of merchanise
without the necessity of affixing
jstage stamps to the individual pieces.
'mat a sum or ;j?;sw,uw oe appropnted
to be immediately available for
le purpose of enabling the Departlent
to continue the Installation of aditional
rural free delivery routes un1
the end of the present fiscal year,
nd that Congress authorize an in ease
of thirty-six in the field force in
jnnection with rural free delivery
srvice.
That the provision of law that rural
irrlers shall not be prohibited from
aing an express package business be
?pealed.
That the act of .Tune 13, 189S, providig
that assistant postmasters, cashiers
nd other employes in postoffices of the
rst, second and third classes shall give
ond direct to the United States be reealed,
and a law be enacted requring
ssistant postmasters, cashiers and
ther employes to give bonds to postlasters
direct, and holding postmas;rs
responsible under their own bonds
>r any and all acta and defaults ocjrrlng
at their respective offices.
That the Interstate Commerce law be
mended to prohibit common carriers?
>-wit, telegraph and express commies?or
any of their employes from
iding and abetting in the gre^n goods
r lottery swindles or any other
;heme, carried on partly by mail and
artly by common carrier, and which
t in violation of the postal laws.
That a small appropriation be made
y Congress for the purpose of enbling
the Postmaster-General to inestigate
the feasibility of telephone
srvice in connection with the rural
:ee delivery service.
That legislation be enacted authorling
the exclusion from the mails of
II matter relating to the class of en?rprises
known as guessing contests.
That Congress prohibit by law the
?p of the Dostal service of the United
tates for the promotion of gambling
chemes.
That no change be made in the title
E the Assistant Attorney-Cencral for
le Postoffice Department, but that the
Rice be made a Presidential one, and
lat its incumbent be made in fact
s well as in name an officer of the
>epartment <^f Justice, subject to the
uthority and direction of the Attorey-General
of the United States; that
is salary be increased to $5000 per anum.
Killed Wife and Himself.
Because his wife refused to return
> him, Thomas Bolly invaded the
ouse in Newtown, L. I., where she
ras employed, killed her and then put
bullet into his own head.
Embezzler Found Guilty.
Former Clerk of the Courts John T.
hoener, of Pottsville, Pa., has been
jund guilty of embezzlement of $18,00
in fees collected on liquor licenses.
Former Governor Stricken,
As he was about to take a train to
is home at Springfield, Ohio, former
iovernor Asa S. Bushnell was stricken
rith paralysis.
Street Car Strike Unsettled.
/vf CJfn f a Uno rrl r% A rhifl';! _
anuria ui iuc oiaic v?.
ion to sittle the street car strike at
Jloomington, III., have failed.
Exploding Boiler Kills Six.
The boiler in a sawmill at Hicks
.ake, Mich., exploded and killed six
sen, iujuring fonr others.
College and Educational Notes.
John D. Rockefeller gave $l,8o0,000
o the University of Chicago.
The Russian University of St. Petcrs>urg
has the most complete of all libraies,
with the exception of that of Oxord.
The faculty of Washburn College, at
ropeka, Kan., has ordered the Socialist
31ub of the college to discontinue meetngs.
The $12,500 necessary to keep Palr.er
University, at Muncie. Ind., from
ttosiBg, was secured through some unlamed
donor.
IINOB EVENmF THE WEEK
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
A bill was introduced by Senator
Quay authorizing the President to appoint
Major-General John R. Brooke a
Lieutenant-General on tne retired list.
The Senate in executive'session laid
on the table the motion to reconsider
the confirmation of the nomination
of W. T. Buchanan to be Minister to
Panama.
John J. McCnrdy. of St. Paul, Minn.,
was appointed Auditor for the Postoffice
Department to succeed Henry A.
Castle, also of Minnesota, resigned.
The United States Supreme Court
rendered an opinion sustaining the validity
of the New York statute relating
to the adulteration of food products.
The Senate in executive session ordered
the printin of the testimony introduced
before the Military Affairs
Committee in th* investigation of Brigadier-General
Leonard Wood.
Baroness von Sternburg entertained
twenty-three women ai luncheon at the
German Embassy
The Secretary of War and Mrs. Root
gave a dinner in honor of the President
and Mrs. Roosevelt
The Senate confirmed the nominations
of John C. Black, of Illinois, to
be a Civil Service Commissioner, and
Lawrence O. Murray, of Illinois, to be
Assistaut Secretary of Commerce aad
Labor.
In the House a resolution presented
by Mr. Emerich, of Illinois! offering
sympathy to these afflicted by the Chicago
theatre disaster was agreed to. .
A favorable report was ordered by
the House Committee on Revision of
the Laws on the bill to revise and
codify the penal and criminal laws of
the United States.
The nomination of Governor Taft, of
the Philippines, to be Secretary of
War. was favorably reported to the
Senate.
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.
More than sixty sailors deserted from
the American fleet at Honolulu, as reported
for the purpose of joining the
Russian Navy, under the promise of a
large increase in pay offered by Admiral
Alexieff.
Simnlifv? r>iiir fnrpmnti nf n larrre
cigar factory at Aguas Beunas, Porto
Rico, was murdered by Basilio Forestier.
a labor leader of the striking
cigarmakers.
For the first time since 189G the crops
of rice and other cereals in Bulucan.
Pamanga and Taurian provinces of
Luzon, in the Philippines, have been
large and of good quality.
Sixto Lopez, the well known Filipino,
sailed for Japan from Manila, P. I.,
confident that ultimately his people
would secure justice.
F. F. Clark, President of the Society
of Christian Endeavor, has arrived at
Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, on the
steamship Sierra on his tour of the
world.
Ballantine and Miller, charged with
conspiracy to defraud the customs by
furthering the*illegal entry of a non-exempt
class of Chinese, have both been
acquitted in the Customs Court of Appeals,
at Manila, P. I.
nmriEsmn.
The Union National and Colonial
Banks at -Cleveland, Ohio, were consolidated,
with Senator Hanna as President.
Seven more indictments were returned
at Milwaukee, Wis., by the
Grand Jury in the municipal bribery
scandals.
Myron T. Herrick was inaugurated
Governor of Ohio before a large assemblage.
His message dealt chiefly with
the question of Ohio finances, and advocated
the passage of a State depository
law.
The sixteen-story Unity Building, in
Chicago, HI., built for $800,000, was
sold for $250,000 under foreclosure
proceedings.
Because her children had been beaten
by their school teacher, Miss Mary
Douglas, Mrs. Mary Zeaman went to
the school and publicly beat the teacher.
She was sentenced to ninety days
in jail.
Late revelations in the defalcation
from the Bank of Highland, Kan.,
show Cashier J. E. Marcell's shortage
I to be close to $160,000.
Independent tickets won in nearly all
the town election in West Virginia.
Electrical workers and light trimmers
at Bloomington, 111., have gone on
strike in sympathy with the trolley
men. i
The Board of Trade of Orlando. Fla..
has asked the State's Representative in
Congress to vote for the Panama :..anal
treaty.
Detectives and policemen are guarding
the residence of Mayor Carter Harrison.
of Chicago, 111., because of
threatening letters received on account
of the Iroquois Theatre disaster.
President J. H. Coutts. of the First
National Bank of Tipton, Iowa,
dropped dead from apoplexy at Cedar
Rapids, Iowa.
Highwaymen held up a trolley car at
Salt Lake, Utah, and killed the motorman,
besides fatally wounding the conductor.
The Select Council, of Philadelphia,
Pa., has passed an ordinance accepting
the gift of $1,500,000 from Andrew Carnegie
for the establishment of thirty
libraries.
FOREIGN.
Colombia is concentrating large num.
bers of troops in Cartagena and sending
them to Titumati.
Great distress exists in Benguell,
Portugal, among the large numbers of
English and German laborers over the
Lobita Railway fiasco.
The commercial outlook was never so
favorable for the colony of Newfoundland.
In the past five years the imports
and exports increased a million
dollars annually.
Pius X, has been named sole beneficiary
of an estate amounting to more
than $1,000,000 left by a devout Catholic
woman, the only descendant of a
prominent family in Corsica.
King Leopold of Belgium lias abandoned
his purpose of visiting the Lou
ISIUUU. i UICUJJC iivjn at in,
Louis, reports of recent storms on the
Atlantic having frightened him.
The Liberal Nationalist party of
Cuba elected all boards in Santiago
Province, nearly all boards in the Provinces
of Havana and Puerto Principe
and gained considerably over the Republicans
in Matanzas.
The Japanese Emperor inspected and
reviewed the Imperial Guards, consisting
of 26,000 troops, near Tokio.
The Netherlands Parliament Las
voted $1,750,000 for the purchase of
Krupp rapid fire guns for the army.
Parts of the walls of the ancient
town of Spoleto, in Italy, have fallen,
and the cathedral containing the frescoes
of Fra Filippo Lippi and his tomb
Is ift_4angej\
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JAPAN SENDS HER REPLY
Answer to Note Handed to Minister
de Rosen.
No Time Limit Hm Been Set Far Reply
?Disturbance* in Sconl-Japak
Takes Liners.
London, Eng.?A dispatch from Seoul
represents that city as being in a state
of panic. The natives are threatening
the train service.
The Russian Legation guards are
filled with religious frenzy. The American
marines have each been furnished
with 100 rounds of ammunition. They
are guarding, in addition to the United
States Legation, the electric light and
railway station, which is American
property.
The palace population also is in a
panicky condition. The Emperor lias
issued a pitiful edict, saying that the
country may be lost soon, but the sloth
and weakness of the people themselves
are answerable for the conditions prevailing.
The edict adds that they must
act as seems best for their owu interests.
M. Pavloff, the Russian Minister, is
ready to receive the Emperor at the legation
if he flees from the palace. His
Majesty has issued an ordinance to the
army ordering the troops uot to fire iu
the event of a clash with foreign troops.
There are 7000 native soldiers in the
city. The position of the foreigners is
unpleasant, but all of them are armed
and prepared to resist attack. The
whole country is extremely turbulent.
The Japauese residents are aggressive
and somewhat contemptuous. The
Emporor and residents of the city are
sending money away. The Chinese,
expecting a change of government, are
speculating wildly in land values.'
Warships of all the Powers are at
Chemulpo, and they all have sent marines
to Seoul.
Pekin, China. ? Both the Japanese
and Russian legations here regard war
as practically certain, and their views
are shared by members of the British
and American legations.
The alleged outline of the Russian
note in reply to the Japanese proposals,
emanating in Berlin and cabled
here, has created a decided sensation.
It is commented upon as bearing the
marks of credibility.
No one here doubts that Japan will
make war in support of her claim to an
interest in the status of Manchuria as
an important part of her national policy.
The Russian Legation says unequivocally
that Russia will fight to defend
her assertion that no nation except herself
and China has any standing in the
settlement of Manchurian questions.
Japan, through M. Uchida, her Minister
here, and the Chinese Minister at
Tokio, Is impressing upon China the
necessity of keeping out of the war.
The Chinese Minister to* Japan has telegraphed
the Government that China's
policy should be to keep neutral, protect
foreigners and maintain order
among her own people.
Tokio, Japan.?It is announced that
Japan has replied to the last note from
Pneain Rqrnn Tvoirmrn. Minister Of
Foreign Affairs, visited Baron de Rosen.
the Russian Minister, who is still
so indisposed that he remains indoors,
and it is credibly asserted presented Japan's
answer.
It is said that the reply reaffirms Japan's
position and asks Russia to reconsider
her attitude. It is understood
that no time limit for a reply from Russia
is mentioned.
San Frnncisco, Cal.?A cablegram to
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company
announces that the Japanese Government
has impressed into transport service
the three steamships of the Oriental
Steamship Company, plying between
this city and the Far East.
The vessels are the Nippon Maru, the
Hongkong Maru and the America Maru.
They are fast boats, built in 1898.
and have been under Japanese/subsidy.
A few months ago they passed Government
Inspection.
ST. LOUIS GETS CONVENTION.
Democrats' Decide to Hold National
Gathering There on July 6.
Washington, D. C.?The next Demoprnfip
National Convention will be held
in the city of St. Lonis on July 6.
Representatives of Chicago and New
York made strong arguments before
the Democratic National Committee,
but St. Louis won the plum by seven .
votes. '
The first ballot showed twenty-three
for St. Louis, twenty for Chicago and
six for New York, The second and
final vote was twenty-eight for St.
Lqyis. and twenty-one for Chicago.
St. Louis, whose claims are set forth
by Mayor Wells and C. M. Knapp. of
that city, offered $40,000 and the free
use of a coliseum seating 12,000.
Chicago offered $45,000, but there
were certain strings to the offer, which
did not suit many of the members of
the committee. _ e,
DRIGGS IN PRISON.
Sentenced to a Fine of $10,000 and
Spend a Day in Jail.
Brooklyn, N. Y.?Sentenced by Judge
Thomas in the Federal Court, to serve
one day in jail and pay a fine of $10.000,
former Congressman Edmund H.
Driggs, convicted of accepting compensation
for securing contracts for the
Brandt-Dent Cash Register Company
with the Postofflce Department wane
a. Congressman-elect. paid the fine at
once and about four hours later walked
to the Raymond Street Jail to serve
his term of imprisonment.
Mr. Driggs was convicted of receiving
$12,500 for securing a contract with
the Postofflce Department for 250 automatic
cashiers.
Forty Years For Seven Murders.
James Little Plume, who pleaded
guilty to the charge of murdering seven
members of the Indian tribe of
Blackfeet, one of whom was his wife,
was sentenced by Judge Knowles. of
the Federal Court, at Helena, Mont.,
to forty years in the penitentiary.
Explosion Injures Six.
Six men were fatally injured hr an
explosion along the new extension of
the Norfolk and Western Railroad,
near Millets' Camp, W. Va.
Beef Trust Costs Stockmen $S65,000.000
In the last year there has been a
falling off in the prices of live stock
of nearly fifty per cent., aggregating a
loss to the industry of $Sb'5,000.000. of
which $680,000,000 falls upon the rais
or of cattle, $i:?2.uuu.uou upou iue rai&or
of sbeep. anil $65,000,000 upon tbe
raiser of bogs.
Explosion Kills Twenty.
At the Los r.aureles mines, west of
Guadalajara, Mexico, an explosion of
dynamite killed twenty men and iuJured
forty others.
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STEAMER CLALLAM SUM
Vcccol f!aiurJi+ in Hpitp Ran* and
Goes Oown. j
LIFEBOATS WERE CAPSIZED,
Tu*? 8aved Over Thirty Pssaentcers am
Board the Ill-Kated V?iiel-Wom?a
and Children Amonc Victims?Steamer
l>rt Fort la Severe Storm?Over
Fifty People PerUh.
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Victoria, B. C.?The steamship Clallam,
of the Seattle-Victoria fleet, went
down midway between Smith Island
and Dungenness, in the Straits of Joan V
de Fuca. Pifty-oue persons wero
drowned. V v
Every woman and child aboard tfi?
Clallam perished.
The Clallam, which pH&l daily between
this port and Seattle, had made
moderately good progress- across the
straits, boupd. for Victoria, until - Trial
Island, off the entrance to Port Town-'
send, (Washhigtou) harbor was.abeam.
Then a' terrific cross sea was pelting'
the vessel, retarding her progress and
making life uncomfortable for those
aboard. Little fear was felt, however,
until word came up- from below that1
the vessel was leaking. Investigation
showed that-the waves on the wind*
ward side had stove in a deadlight,
through which' the water rushed in
volume, resisting all efforts to stop it
xxiavcijr uie uunjera anu.crew or ine
helpless hulk worked to save the' boat
and the souls aboard her. but in vain.
Stanch as she was, the Clalhim could
not stand the terrific onslaughts of the seas,
and just before darkness fell it v
was decided to make an attempt to
save the passengers at leasts by the '
boats. Two boats were launched, and
in these some of the passengers were %
entrusted to the waters.
The first boat contained only women
and children, three deckhands'from the
Clallam and Captain Lawrence. The
boat was overwhelmed 600 feet, from
the Clallam and its occupants shrieked
in vain for aid from those aboard the
steamer. Not a hand could be raised
to aid them.
A second lifeboat was filled with
male passengers and in command of
Second Officer Currin was lost a few
minutes later. Aboard the Clallam
watchers saw waves Sweep passenger*
from their hold on-the seats and hurl
them into the waters. Though the lifeboat
was righted later, diligent search!
has failed to find a tcace of her.
More lives were lost when an attempt
was made to launch a third boat The
boat'was swamped immediately and
all in it were lost They were all men.
After the third boat was lost those
on board the Clallam devoted their at?
tention to trying to save the ship. The
few passengers left joined the remnant
of the crew in their desperate effort#"
to keep the sinking vessel afloat. The
pumps were impotent, and three gangs
of bailers were set to work.- It seemed
for a time that the Clallam was to be
saved. But the hull began to give way'
before the terrific assaults of the
waves. ; ' \ .
All seemed doomed to perish, bu^
unexpected aid was near.
When the Clallam bMfce down she
was within twenty minutes of hep
dock in this city. People who watched
her from the shore say she suddenly
stopped steaming and slewed around,
drifting broadside on before the wind,
which was blowing at the rata of thirty!
miles an hour from the southwest She
reeled heavily from beam to beam then.
The local agent was notified, and be '
endeavored to get a tug to go to her assistance,
but failed, owing to the absence
of the vessels of the tug fleet,
and no steamer had steam up. Then
be telegraphed to Seattle and tugs were
dispatched to her from there.
The Richard Holyoke, In command
of Captain Robert Hall, was the first,
to reach the Clallam, which had by
this time careened partly over from
the inrush of water which had put the
engines out of commission. The Holyoke
reached the Clallam and succeeded
in-getting a hawser aboard, with
which Bhe started to tow the ship to
safety. The Clallam took a heavy
lurch, and those remaining aboard were
compelled to climb up the aide to
safety, finally reaching the roof of the
pilothouse.
Without a moment's hesitation the
tug's boats were lowered and the work
of rescuing those remaining on the
sinking ship was commenced. At this
point the tug Sea Lion, Captain
Hunter,Arrived, and also rendered assistance.
By heroic efforts the crew?
of the two tugs saved the lives of
nearly all who remained aboard the
Clallam. A few were sweot away and
perished in the blackness of the storm. fifi
The closing scene was eight miles H
North of Protection Island, only a KB
short distance north of Port Townsend,
and approximately thirty miles from HE
Victoria. The Holyoke picked the Kg
Clallam up on Smith's Island. The En
survivors of the wreck were taken to
Seattle on the steamer Dirigo. B9
The Clallam wan built in Tacoma In EB
1903. Her gross tonnage was 672; H
length. 155 feet; breadth, 33 feet; EG
depth, 12.1 feet. , gB|
1""1 Bank Officers Arrested.
Henry Lear and George P. Brock, H
President and Cashier of the Dolyestown
(Pa.) National l ank at the time
of its suspension, were arrested, 81
charged with misappropriating $00,000 H|
of the bank's funds.
Typhoid in Montreal. SE
mere are approximately iwu case? gf|
of typhoid fever in Montreal and .the
half dozen smaller towns adjoining it SB
Turks Kill Bulgarians. Mp
A force of troops has been sent tc IjH
Kumanora, sixteen miles nort'.-ast of
Uskub. Bulgaria, where a strong Bui* EB
garian baud has invaded Turkish terri- BH
tory. Fighting is reported to have oc- M
curred at Kochana, fifty miles south- jgfl
east of Uskub, the Bulgarians, losing MM
100 killed. HQ
Negro Shoots White Man. SSI
Edmund Gaston, a negro, of Flint hH
River. Ga.. shot and killed Robert Barry.
a white man, during a quarrel. jwnB
Newsy Gleanings. ' HB
The Go\ernment receipts for Decern- BH
uer were <,uo., c^^euuuuiw,
$32,24? 000. MB
The French Chamber of Deputies BHB
has passed a rote of confidence in M. RB|
Combes' Ministry. HB
The new fire ordinance pf St. Louis, Hh
Mo., will n*ider compulsory a great flgj
fire vent over the stage of theatres Hflj
there. mH
The Lord Mayor of London expressed JHB
the grief of that city over the Chicago' HI
catastrophe in a brief message to A.m- H|
bassadoi' Cuoate. fflM