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WHEN I CET RICH.
When I get rich, oh, many things Fll do:
For all poor :olks whose lives are full of
care,
Their davs. now drear, I'll mase so sweet
and fair,
They'll know no grief, no sorrow, no despair
When I get rich!
When I get rich the friends I love so dear
Shall know no more those weary, toilsome
hours:
I'll hgnt their skies with sunshine, and
the showers
Will scatter on their pathway fairest
flowers,
When I get rich!
When you get rich! Those lriends you
loved so well
May not be here, but far beyfcid the
skies,
And never know the hidden love that lies
Within your heart?ah! foolish, vain *urmisc?
When you sret rich!
Wait not till rich, hut haste to do it now!
Yes, scatter sunshine?dry the falling
tear?
Light up with hope the darkened heart
and drear.
That may be near you?oh, never mind
the year
When you get rich!
?The Rev. P. H. McCauley, in Freeman's
' Journal.
I MRS.
BROWN'S
HUSBANDS.
By MAX ADELER.
R. MILLS, the minister,
>( '"'as a stranger in the
O lYl O town, and he was just
called upon to visit Mrs.
'MOW' Brown, who had lost her
husband, and to console her, he went
cround to see Deacon Wilt, so that he
could post himself about the situation.
' I understand you to say," said Mr.
Mills, "that Mrs. Brown has been married
three times? or was it four?"
"I say," replied the deacon, "that
she was Mr. Brown's third wife, while
he was her fifth husband. But she
was the fourth wife of her second hus
oana, ana xne secona wiie or ner nrsc,
so that she "
"Let me see," said the parson, "the
second wife of her first and the?well,
then, three and five are eight, and four
are twelve, and two are fourteen?if
I get the hang of the thing, Mrs. Brown
has been married fourteen times, and
Mr. Brown was her "
"No, you dooit understand. Brown
5R-as only her firth husband."
"Oh, her fifth. But you said she was
the fourth wife of her second husband,
and phe had three more, so that?four
and three are seven?she must have
had seven husbands, and where are the
other two?"
"Why, don't you see? Her second
husband was married three times before
he met her. She had been married
once "
"How could she be married only
once when he was her second husband?"
"Only once btfore she met him, and
when she married him she was his
fourth wife, so that whilj he had had
four wives, she had had only "
"Is this Brown you are speaking
of?"
"Xo, no! Brown was her fifth. He
tad been married twice before."
"Her second Brown had?"
"I mean Brown, of course. Let me
iexplain. Mrs. Brown, say, married
John, Thomas, Jacob, William and
Henry. Thomas married Lulu, Mary.
Hannah and Susan "
"Before he married Mrs. Brown or
after?"
"Before. Well, then, Brown married
Emma and Matilda, and John married
Agnes. Agnes died, and John married
Mrs. Brown. Theu John died and
Lulu, Mary, Hannah and Susan died,
and then Thomas married Mrs. Brown.
Then Thomas died, Jacob's wife died
and William's wife died, and William
annexed Mrs. Brown. When William
died, Emma and Matilda died, and
then Brown married Mns. Brown.
Everybody came to Mrs. Brown, you
eee!"
"I see," said Mr. Mills. "I think I
grasp the facts. I'll go right around to
6ee her."
Mrs. Brown was at home. And after
alluding to the weather afd one or two
other topics, Mr. Mills said:
"I am deeply grieved, Mrs. Brown,
to hear of your bereavement. It must
be very, very terrible, even for a per
son who is so used to it."
"So used to it. "What do you mean,
Bir?"
"Why, I merely meant to suggest
that experience cannot reconcile us to
these afflictions. But there is this
consolation, dear madam?time dulls
the edge of our bitterest grief. You
;wept for John as if you could not be
comforted; but you see you "
- "John! I do not understand you,
sir."
"You wept for John, but Thomas
came. When Thomas was taken you
thought yourself utterly inconsolable;
but there was Jacob?he brought new
Joy. When Jacob was wafted to a
better land your heart was nearly
broken, but William healed its wounds;
and when William drifted off into
tho unknown, Henry assuaged your
grief. Perhaps there are other Henrys,
.Williams and Thomases to whom this
blessed duty will fall again. Perhaps
"
"You are talking very strangely, sir,"
eaid Mrs. Brown.
' "Oh, no; I merely say that now that
John, and Thomas, and Jacob, and(William
and Henry have been called
w.wa,y u> join ousan, ana ttannau, ana
'Agnes, and Matilda, and Emma, and
Lulu, and Mary, and the rest, there is
some hope that?that Why, Mrs.
Brown, what on earth is the matter?"
Mrs. Brown flew out of the room
without replying, and Mr. Mills, filled
Kvith amazement, went around to ask
peacon Wilt to explain the mystery.
"I was merely telling her," he said,
'that Brown had followed John, Thomas
and Matilda, and the others into a
better world, when she "
i "Good gracious!" shrieked the deacon;
"you didn't allude to her dead
husbands and their wives by those
names, did you?"
t "Of course, you said that "
1 "Oh, thunder, man! Why those were
tRly imaginary names, thaf I used by
way of illustration. Brown's first
name was Alcibadies! No wonder she
was mad."
Mr. Mills groaned and went home In
dismay. And now Mrs. Brown has left
his church, and gone over to the Episcopalians.
She is to be married, sooc.
they say.?New York Weekly.
GUNS IN THE WAR OF 1812. \
Two Clauses of Naval Cannon? American !
anil British Preferences.
There were in those day* two prin- |
cipal classes of naval cannon ? Ions :
guns, often simply called "guus." and
carronades, says a writer on the War
of 1S12 in Scribner's. The puns had
loug range, with light weight of shot
fired; the carronades had short range
and heavy shot. Now in long guns
the Americans were four times as
strong as the British, while in carron? ,
ades the British were twice as strong
ao the Americans. It follows that
the American commodore should prefer
Ion.? rauge to begin with, whereas the
British would be careful not to approach
within long range, unless with
such a breeze as would carry him
rapidly down to where his carronades
would come into play. !
There was another very decisive rea- :
son why such short range favored the
British against the Americans. The
schooners of the latter not being built
for war, carried their guns on a deck j
unprotected by bulwarks. The men, be- !
ing exposed from the feet up, could i
be swept away by canister, which Is j
a quantity of small iron balls packed
in a case and tired from a cannon. 1
When discharged these separate and j
spread like buckshot, striking many in
a group. They can maim or kill a man, i
but their range is short and penetra- i
tive power small. A bulwarked ves- j
sel was, so to say, armored against j
canister; for it makes no difference J
whether the protection is six inches of |
wood or ten of iron, provided it keeps .
out the projectile. The American
schooners were in this respect wholly ;
vulnerable.
Over-insistence upon details of ad- j
vantage or disadvantage is often wearisome.
and may be pushed to petti- ;
fogging, hut these quoted are general I
and fundamental. To mention them
is not to chaffer over details, but to
state principles. There is one other
that should be noted, although its (
value may be differently estimated
Of the great long-gun superiority of
the Americans considerably more than !
one-half was in the unprotected schooners.
distributed, that is, among several .
vessels not built for war and not cap- j
able of acting well together, so as to I
concentrate their fire. Th?re is no j
equality between ten guns in five such 1
vessels and the same ten concentrated ,
on one deck under one captain.
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Just For Show.
|
An Easterner on his way to California
was delayed by the floods in
Kansas, and was obliged to spend the
night in a humble hotel?the best in
the towu. The bill of fare at dinner j
time was not very elaborate, but the ;
traveler noticed with joy that at the 1
bottom of the card, printed with pen |
and ink, was a startling variety of 1
pies.
He liked pies, and here were cus- j
tard, lemon, squash, rhubarb, "Wash- j
ington, chocolate, mince, apple and j
berry pies, and several other varieties.
He called the waitress to him.
"Please get me some rhubarb pie,"
said he.
"I'm afraid we ain't got any rhubarb
pie," she drawled.
He took another glance at the list
"Well, get me some 6quash pie, ]
please."
"We haven't got that. 'Jither."
"Berry pie?"
"No."
"Lemon pie?"
"No."
"Chocolate pie?'*
"I'm sorry, we?"
"Well, what on earth are they all j
written down here for? On to-day's
bill of fare, too!"
"Well, I'll tell you," said the girl, j
apologetically. "That list is always i
written down there for show when we j
have mince pie, because when we have j
mince pie no one asks for anything
else."
Right to Build Dovecot in Scotland.
It is not universally known that the
right of erecting a dovecot was the
privilege only to be enjoyed in England
by the lords of the manor, and the law
was vigorously enforced on this point.
But in Scotland, according to a statute
still held in observance, nobody has a
right to build a cot in either town or !
country unless he is the owner of land ,
yielding about 000 imperial bushels of ,
produce per annum, and this property 1
must be situated within at least two
miles of the dovecot, or pigeon house. !
A further enactment also states that
on the above-named conditions only
one cot shall be built.
A distinguished authority on husbandry
estimated that in 1028 there were i
20,000 dovecots in England, and that j
allowing 500 pairs to each house the j
damage wrought by birds in devouring !
corn would work out at no less than
13,000,000 bushels, that is, an allowance
of four bushels yearly to each i
pair. Any one who destroyed a cot
was guilty of theft and is so held at !
the present time in Scotland (the act j
was passed in 1379), while a third of- |
fence of dovecot breaking was capitally
punishable.?Hour Glass.
Rouinania.
The census of the population of Rou- !
mania on January 1, 1000, has been
published. In view of uncertainty on J
the point, it is now officially estab
listed that at that (late the population j
amounted to 5,950,610 souls, of whom
there were 5.4S9.200 Roumanians, 202,- J
34S Jews and 205,016 foreigners. Of ,
the Jews, only 5859 enjoyed the protection
of foreign States. The town
population comprised 1,110,780, of \
whom 7CS.OS1 were Roumanians, 209, 177
Jews and 142,200 foreigners. In
the rural communes there were 4.721,- I
245 Roumanian inhabitants, 52,934 I
Jews and 62,755 foreigners. As is well ;
known, however, there has been a very
strong Jewish emigration from Bouraania
during the last few ?ears.
According to the statistics of the j
Chamber of Commerce of Bucharest,
the number of artisans inscribed in the
guilds of the capital is 18,044, of whom
4929 are masters and 13,715 workmen;
9608 are Roumanians, 3190 Jews aad
tbe rest of various States
- . ,-! ,T k_j ?
ROOSEVELT'S NOllFICATiON |f
lp
Formal Ceremonies at His Oyster j
Bay, L, I., Home.
A
OFFICIALLY TOLD OF NOMINATION j
.
|
Speaker Cannon, an Chairman of the
Notification Committee, JVTaken the ^
Aililrcan?The President Replies After 1
u Warm Greeting by the Spectators? | .
Luneheon Served the Gucfltfl. ! ^
Oyster Bay. L. I.?President Roose- j a
volt was notified formally of bis noni- j F
ination for tbe presidency L>f the Re- j
publican National Convention. Tbc j
ceremony took place at bis country ?
bonie at Sagamore Hill, three miles j r
from tbis village. In accordance witb d
tbc wisb of tbe President, tbe cere- j c
mouy was made as simple as possible. j ^
The formal notification of the action j "v~
of the convention was made, on behalf ! ii
of a committee representing every | A
State and Territory in the United j11
States, by Joseph (J. Cannon, Speaker j ^
of the House of Representatives. | "
The day opened with ideal weather, j
and arrangements for the ceremony jfl
were completed at an early hour. The j 11
wide veranda of the house, extending ;
almost around the building, was dec- I *
orated with American flags hung from >
pillar to pillar. j ri
In addition many houses in the ;
neighborhood of the Roosevelt home j
and in Oyster Bay were draped with i 31
the national colors. Across the main
street of the village there hung a ir<
large Roosevelt and Fairbanks ban- j15
ner. .
The special train bearing the members
of the notification committee !
and the invited guests left Long Isl- j a
and City at 10.31! a. in., and arrived j fc
here at 11.35 o'clock. Ouly three of :
the members of the committee were j j*1
absent. They were James N. Coombs, J
of Florida; Senator Chauncey M. De- j "
pew. of New York, who is in Europe, j u
;ind Senator Clarence D. CiarK, or \vy- "
oming. Included among the invited
guests were men prominent in all '
walks of life. Those present mini- ,
bered about 125. i ^
On arrival at Sagamore Hill the |
committeerupn were received by Presi- j ,
dent Roosevelt,- Mrs. Roosevelt and ; 4;
National Chairman George B. Cortel- *
you. All of the house guests of the ^
President were gathered on the veran- (r
da, and as the occupants of each car- .
riage alighted they were welcomed ; *
by the President, and each was pre- ; p
sented to Mrs. Roosevelt.
At the conclusion of the informal re- j p
ception the ceremony of notification !
began. While the members of the j *
family, the house guests and some of j ?
the distinguished visitors were assembled
on the veranda, a majority of
those in attendance gathered on the
lawn facing the veranda. j ~
When Speaker Cannon rose to deliv- ^
er his speech of notification he was !
greeted with applause.
At the close of Mr. Cannon's address j *
the President advanced to the veranda !
railing, and standing under the great ;
festoon of American flags delivered his j r
address in response to the notitica- ?
tion. As he faced the assemblage he 1 *'
was warmly applauded. ! :
The speech of acceptance of the j .,
President was short and was nrade up j ..
of a review of the accomplishment? j ,
of the administration. j
"Uncle Joe" Cannon was the first to : 5
extend a congratulatory hand to Presi- I
dent Roosevelt after the speech. Mr. *'
Cortelyoq was next, and the memhers
of the notification committee
followed. ''
Following the formal ceremonies a j ,
buffet luncheon was served, and j ?'
after more congratulation and more ]
hand shaking the Ions line of car- j '
riages began its return trip to the sta- | '
tion. I
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STEAMER HITS ROCK. I *
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The City of Rockland Goes on Reef iD j
Penobscot Bay. 5
Kockland, Me.?The Eastern Steam- ship
Company's steamer City of Rock- ,
land bound from Boston for Penobscot I
River ports struck on Gangway Ledge
in Penobscot Bay and was badly dam- C
aged. Her 300 passengers wore takeu
off by a tug and landed at Rockland.
The steamer struck the ledge while .
running slowly in a thick fog. She is '
one of the largest and finest steamers J:
owned by the Eastern Steamship Com- ; J:
pany. No one was injured.
KNIFE DUEL TO THE DEATH. a
1 o
Virginians in Savage Earnest in Quar- | v
rel Over a Woman. | s
Richmond, Va.?'Two men, one I
named Shepherd, the other Lankford, ^
fought a duel with knives at Blue '
Creek, Mecklenburg County. I
Lankford was killed in the fight and
Shepherd died .later from the wounds
received in the encounter. The quar
rel was over a woman. j
New Mineral Found.
Chemists and assayers are considerably
puzzled over a new substance ?
that has been discovered at Helena, c
>lont. it IS a zinc Dienue, possessing i i
the property of efflorescence on being | n
scratched with a knife blade, and is I f
one of the curiosities of Montana's t
mineral wealth.
I
Whitney's Big Fortune. (
The appraisal of the estate of W. C. 1
Whitney tixed its value at $21,234,101, 1
on which an inheritance tax of ?222,- 1
222 was paid. 1
Rear Admiral Taylor Dead.
Rear Admiral Henry C. Taylor, chief
of the Bureau of Navigation of the
Navy Department at Washington, died \
in the Copper Cliff Hospital, at Cop '
per Bay, Ont., where he had been ill 1
for several weeks.
i
The Drought in Germany.
German crops show further deterior- ,
ation since July lo, owing to the prolonged
drought. Navigation on tli 1
Elbe is suspended and people are cross ]
ing the river at Dresden on loot.
Pushcart Strike Over.
The pushcart men's strike in Now
York City, which has been on for a
week, it was announced, was over, a
compromise having been reached. (
Injured in Animal Fight.
Fourteen persons were injured as a
report of animals escaping at fight ir
San Sebastian, Spain, between a tige'
and a bull.
Finland's Coinage Reduced.
The coinage of Finland, which has
.been independent, is to be reduced tc
the baais of the Russian ruble.
rOLK SEIZES JOHN J. RYAN
lunger Charged With Larceny of
$830,000 at St. Louis.
irrentod at Brighton Beach nace Track
an His Horse Won Thousands For '
nim?Bail Accepted at S5000.
Now York City.?John J. uyan. race- j
rack plunger, promoter of 'get-richuick"
schemes and owner of outlaw I
racks, was arrested at the Brighton
{each, near here, on a warrant issued
t the instance of District Attorney j
'oik, of St. Louis, charging Ryan with
lie embezzlement of $8011,000.
Had Detective Sergeant Vallely, who
ame down with a brother officer from
olice Headquarters, planned the arest
of the plunger with a view to its j
ramatic effect, he could not have sue- J
ceded better.
The field for the third race, a selling j
ffair at one and one-sixteenth miies,
*as lined up behind the barrier waitlg
for the starter to send it away,
.mong the horses was the black geidlg
Monster, carrying the green jacket
nd the green banknotes of John J.
:yan, his owner.
.Tust as the grandstand proclaimed
ie old, but always thrilling, announceient,
"They're off!" the detective
tepped up to the plunger, who was
tanding with field glasses in hand 011
ie brick knoll in front of the bettiug
ing.
"They want you up at headquarters,
[r. Ryan," he explained, showing his
rder of arrest.
"Bo with you in a second," Ryan
?piied. cheerfully. "He got away nice\
didn't heV" and he levelled his glass
n the field of galloping thoroughreds.
Monster was in third position then
nd was going strong and easily.
"Why, he'll gallop?there's cothin*
) it," Ryan yelled, forgetting in the
aperior exhilaration of seeing his
orse win the petty annoyance of a
arrant; "he'll make that mare cur:
p before they hit the stretch?he'll
aik home!"
Monster did not fulfil the prophecy
terally, but he won the race very com>rtab!y,
and when the numbers had
een run up and. the red board con- I
rrnocl the placing of the first three
orscs Ryan turned to the detective.
If you'd come a minute sooner," he
xplained, regrettfully, "I'd have put
ou wise. I got 1) to 5 for most of
line!"
Earlier in the day Assistant Circuit j
ttoruey Fickerson, of St. Louis, in
ampany with a detective, had gone to !
olice Headquarters and presented an
rder of requisition from Governor j
loekery of Missouri for Ryau's appreension,
and on this the wan ant was
[sued. It charged him with grand
ifteny and embezzlement and was
a ted July 23.
As Vallely was taking his prisoner
:om the track Ryan espied Daniel
'Reilly, ex-Assistant District Attorey,
on the brick lawn. "Dauj" he
Tiiprl to him. "I'm in a bit of trouble.
nd I wish you'd come along with
O'Reilly joined him, and the party
"ent to Police Headquarters, where
tyan's 'pedigree was taken." He
lid he was thirty-nine years old, and
ave his occupation as horse racing,
.ater he wus released on $3000 bail,
lie amount fixed by Justice Amend, in
lie Supreme Court. The bond was
urnished by Congressman Timothy D.
ullivan.
Assistant Circuit Attorney Fickerson
aid at the Waldorf that about
ighteen months ago St. Louis seemed
lie headquarters of a number of "getich-quick"
concerns, which tricked
eople all over the country. Ryan, he
aid, started a kind of co-operative
ncing syndicate, and advertised in
mall papers throughout the country,
sking people to invest as stockholders,
romising big dividends on racing
chemes, and saying he had a scheme
s an expert bookmaker for beating
lie races. Ryan issued a lot of stock,
'ickerson said, and gave bits of paper
or stock to the victims, who received,
aid the St. Louis official, about fifteen
ents on the dollar.
'AGGERT ELECTED CHAIRMAN,
'hnspn Unanimously to Head Demo
cratic National Committee.
New* York City.?Thomas Taggert, of
ndiana, was unanimously elected
Chairman of the Democratic National
Committee, which met in the Hoffman
louse. For Secretary Urey "Woodson,
f Kentucky, received thirty-five votes
nd twelve were cast for C. Walsh,
f Iowa. The election of the Treasurer
ras postponed until a later date.
The other officers elected were: Asistant
Secretary, E. T. Sefron, of the
district of Columbia; Sergeant-atLrms,
John I. Martin, of Missouri;
Assistant Serjeant-at-Arms, Samuel
Jonaldson, of Tennessee.
SAVED HIS BANK.
President to Meet Run Missed Train,
But Auto Saved Him.
Columbus. Ohio.?With $35,000 in
;old C. P. Cole, President of the Lancaster
Bank, made a dash in an autonobile
from Columbus to Lancaster,
irriving in time to prevent the bank
rom closing its doors in the face of a
UR.
Hearing by telephone of the trouble,
r" /~i~1 ~ ^4-btr\ m/tnAr fmm tha
VII". V-UIC BCt'Uiru iuc luvu VJ &1V4M
)hio National Bank in Columbus, but
nissed his train. He hired an automojile
and made the run of forty-eight
niles in one hour and twenty-eight
uinutes.
Killed in Machinery.
While at work at the plant of the
S'ashville Hardwood Flooring Conlany,
at Nashville, Tenn., the clothng
of Columbus Ledbetter became entangled
in the machinery and he was
whirled to a horifjle death in a few
iiomcnts.
Battleship Ohio's First Trial.
The battleship Ohio, which was bui'i
by the Union Iron Works, at San
Francisco, Cal., had a preliminary
speed trial in San Francisco Bay.
Newsy Gleanings.
There is an unprecedented demand
for life preservers.
The Japanese bamboo is being introduced
in California.
Date palms from Sahara cro being
planted in California.
Hail caused $5,000,000 worth of damage
in Bava:*ia last year.
A trolley line will soon be built into
the Yosemite Park. It wili start from
Merced.
A class in real estate will be added
to the curriculum of the New York Y,
M. C A.
RUSSIANS AGAIN RETREAT
Fought the Japs Desperately For
Fourteen Hours.
FORCED TO QUIT TASHICHAO
j Xliorou-hly Beaten, General Kouropatkln
Gives Order* to ltetire From NewI
chwanj;?Japanese Not Yet in the City
olluftslana Going to Halcheng?Their
Army Numbered 30,000 Men.
London, England.?Sever.il dispatches
i csnfirm the reports of the defeat of
the Russians at Tashichao, but none
of them is official, and many are vitiated
as coming from Chinese sources.
The most reliable message seems to be
one to the Telegraph from Liaoyang,
which must have been passed by the
Russian censor. It says:
"Tashichao has been definitely evacuated.
A severe engagement has been
fought, apparently with the object of
holding back a Japanese flank movement
on Liaoyang."
According to reports from New'
chwang, Shanghai and Tientsin there
had been fighting daily, culminating
in a Russian rout.
The Russians resumed operations, attacking
the Japanese position on the
I heights east of Tashichao. Several
J Russian batteries checked the advance
of the Japanese left flank from TapIngshan
for some hours, but the Japanese
eventually, after a tierce fight,
captured the village of Nanghurtituen,
| two miles from Tapingshan, compelling
the Russians to retire to Tienghuaituen,
six miles from their base.
They were then reinforced and reopened
fire with two batteries, maintaining
their position until 5 o'clock
j In the afternoon, when the Japanese
right flank suddenly appeared on the
hills southeast of Tashichao anil by a
1 tremendous fire compelled the RusJ
sians to retreat hurriedly.
An hour later the Japanese firing
line extended for fifteeu miles. Its incessant
storm of shot and shell swept
the plain clear of the Russians, whose
position at Tashichao became untenable.
The Russians numbered 30,000. They
[ resisted desperately for fourteen Hours.
I General Kouroputkin had ordered
| them to hold their grouud at all costs,
and it was only when the last hope
j was gone that he sent urgent orders
for the evacuation of Newchwang.
The heat throughout the day was intense.
The country is of the most difficult
nature.
STRIKERS BLOW UP STREET CAR
; Five Hurt In Houston. Texas?This
the Fifth Outrage.
New Orleans, La. ? Another street
car has been blown up at Houston,
Texas, by dynamite. This is the fifth
and most serious since the strike of
I the street car operatives began. The
j sxplosion occurred at midnight.
I The force of the explosion was chiefly
: felt on the rear of the car, which was
j crowded with passengers, five of whom
, jvere injured by the flying glass and
j splinters.
Among the injured is Mrs. C. B.
| Qualles, who was returning home from
in entertainment with her husband.
1119 explosion seemeu iu ui.xui unnuj
juder the seat upou which she was sit!
tins:.
A. J. Smith, another passenger, was
! badly cut about the head and interj
aally injured. In the previous explo|
jions the wounds inflicted were in nil
j ?:cccpt one instance slight, and the dyI
oamiters this time seem to have misi
calculated the quantity of dynamite
! they used.
j Two heavy charges of dynamite
| tvere found on the car tracks, where
j they had been put during the night,
but had failed to explode. The citi|
sens' alliance movement which has
j Deen fighting the strike is very strong,
tt is proposed to organize a law and orier
league as an adjunct of the aliance
to deal with the dynamiters.
! SISTERS ON TRIAL FOR MURDER
! _
Accused of Killing Husband of One
Who Was Buried as a Sucide.
I Fittsburg, Pa.?Mrs. Evaline Schoepj
fer and Miss Aurora Cupps, sister?,
were placed on trial for the murder
j 3n August 2 last of Charles P. Schoep|
fer, husband of the first named woman.
Schoepfer died about a year ago
i from wounds supposed to have been
Self-inflicted, and he was buried as a
suicide. Two months ago J. Henry
lahn made an affidavit charging the
wife and sister-in-law with murder,
and the body was exhumed. The re.. .n
+! ,? flTntniinHnn ivns siifflplpnt
I 3UU Ul ?
I to hold them for murder and the case
I was brought up.
i The wife and sister-in-law say that
! the charge is spite work on the part
f of Jahn, whom they had sued some
! days previous to his making the affidavit.
To Insure Against Theft.
I Retail butcltors and grocers of New
York City who have lost in the last
| eighteen months ?75,000 in stolen
J liorses and wagons, decided to accept
the offers of insurance companies to iuj
sure their property against theft.
Allied Trades Go Out.
Allied trades, embracing thousands
! of men, quit work at the Chicago stock
j yards to help the striking butchers.
I The packers hired non-union men and
| prepared for a loug struggle.
(
Inspector Lundberg Dropped.
! Inspector Lundberg. who passed the
I r, .1 CIl ?TT-n C fl^fmnn.1 tVnni
I ueuerai oiucum, uuj
; the Government service; his counsel
I sent a letter to the Federal Commis]
sion, saying they had advised hiiu
' not to testify at the pending iuvestigaI
tion.
; Big New York City Strike.
Because of a question between rival
j unions and jointers 3000 men have
quit work in the New York City subway,
which is nearly completed.
Labor World.
Ceramic, Mosaic and Encaustic Tile
Layers' and Helpers' Union held its
convention at St. Louis, Mo.
The International Brotherhood of
Electrical Engineers has increased
I from SOOO to 37,000 members in two
years.
The Itailway Carmen's Union, at Sl\
Paul, Minn., is now the largest in the
United States. The total enrollment
Is 600.
A resolution providing for the registration
of union labels has been introduced
io the Cauadlan Parliament at
Ottawa,
AN ENGLISH SHIP IS SUNK j;
Russia Sends Vessel to the Bottom
With Big Cargo. C
Vladivostok Fleet Capture Other Boats?
UritUli Feeling 1* at a High I'ltcli
and War Talk is Itampant. S
Yokohama, Japan.?The Vladivostok : f
squadron sunk the steamer Knight
Commander, from New York, off the
Province of Izu, after transferring her
ww to the steamer Tsiuan, which arrived
here. !
The Vladivostok squadron also cap- jj
tured a German vessel, the Arabia, j
with 30,000 sacks of flour, and an uuknowu
British steamer. The Arabia is j '
a Hamburg-American vessel, recently | 81
chartered for service on the Pacilic ! ol
coast of America. I o
The two vessels were sent to Vladi- \ ^
vostolc in charge of prize crews. The |
American Trading Company is the ! c
agent here for the Kuight Commander, a
n
London, England.?The sinking of j,
the Knight Commander by the Russians
seems likely to raise a storm
rivalling that caused by the seizure of
the Malacca in the Red Sea. The act
is condemned as an extraordinary and
intolerable breach of international law, j ~
whioh has not had a precedent in near- |
ly a century. I ^
The Morning Post regards it as an
act of war, and asks sarcastically why J
Great Britain I;eeps her navy on a j ?
"two-Power standard" and what the j ,
Rritiah firtvprnmpnt is for. I *!
The Standard insists that the inci- j ''
dent cannot pass without the strongest ,
remonstrances and 2 demand for full '
reparation. It says that the situation
is still exceedingly grave, and if it ,
continues unchanged it may involve |
Russia in a serious addition to her j .
present embarrassments. .
Prime Minister Balfour's cautious re- } plies
to questions in the House j 1
Commons hardly tend to aliay the national
disquietude. They suggest that j
the verbal assurances given that the I :
British demands anent the Malacca j
would be complied with have not yet 2
been followed by the acts necessary to
give effect to the assurances, while his .
extremely circumspect language in ?
dealing with other aspects of the
Russian treatment of British shipping
shows clearly that the "great f
anxiety" which Mr. Balfour said the
Government was experiencing /is in ,
no wise imaginative. ^
FREIGHT TRAINS IX COLLISION. *
The Engineer and Fireman and a j *
Brakeman of One Train Killed. | s
Olean, N. Y. ? Two Pennsylvania j 1
freight trains crashed together in [ f5
broad daylight on the grade between \ 11
Lirue Lake and Delevan while round- j ^
ing a curve and traffic was blocked for j ^
several hours. Three men. all mem- v
bers of one crew, were killed. The engineer
and fireman on the other train *
escaped by jumping. J
Engineer W. L. McClary. of Buffalo, ?
on an extra, southbound, saw the ; &
smoke of regular freight No. 152, as it ; ?
crossed the dip at the bottom of the ; '
hill and came around the curve. He i
applied the air brakes, and, warning ! ?
his brother, who was his fireman, he J Jj
jumped. The brother followed, land- j
ing in a mud puddle without injury. s
The engineer 1)roke his shoulder. ' a
The engineer of No. 152, Frank Bed- ?
ford, and his fireman, J. McCarthy, j ?
both of Butfalo, did not have time to I
jump, and they, with Brakeman Cul- ! T
len, were killed, being buried beneath p
the wreck for several hours. About \ p
twenty cars were wrecked and so great j w
was the force of tne collision that the j
tank on the extra was thrown on top j
of the engines. Coal and merchandise j
were piled forty feet high. The cause j ?
of the wreck is said to be a misunder- ;
standing of orders.
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HOLD UP STRIKE ORDER. J
t
New York Leaders Decline to Follow j g
Chicago?Work Here May Go On. i v
New York City.?A new strike order ; ?
was expected by the meat cutters of ; |
New York in accordance with, the in- 1
structions of National President Donnelly,
h so great was the disinclination
of lu *"->11 to quit work again on j
merely se. cental grounds that the j *
order was held up by the union officers . J
here.
For Sunday Trains.
Asbury Park (N. J.) hotel men held j
an indignation meeting over the discontinuance
of Sunday trains, declared *
war on Ocean Grove and demanded i v
that the railroads provide a separate J ?
station. I *
Alleged Traitors Acquitted.
All of the men on trial at Koenigs- .
berg, Prussia, were acquitted of trea- ~
son against the Czar. Six of them ; x
were convicted of conspiracy una re- : ceived
light sentences. ' 0
Dewey's Prize Money.
Admiral Dewey's prize money for j j
Manila Bay fixed by the Supreme i.
Court, District of Columbia, at $1,037,- j,
000, is to-be shared by many.
Suicide Worth $00,000.
A despondent hardware merchant ; ^
committed suicide in .Brooklyn, N. Y., !
when a premium on his life insurance ! _
policy for $(>0,000 was nearly due.
Battleships in Red Sea.
Russian announced that the volun- j .
teer steamers in the Red Sea would be . (1
replaced by regular warships.
Fall River Strike is On.
A strike closed seventy Fall River ,
(Mass.) cotton mills and made 25,000 j .
operatives idle.
Drowned Before His Mother.
Frank Murphy, a sood swimmer, i j
was drowned at Rockaway Beach. I., j
I., in sight of his mother.
Relrase English Ship.
The British steamship Ardova, seized i 1
by Russians in tne lieu sea, was released.
j ,
Tersonal Mention.
Austria's Emperor shot his 2000th I
chamois the other clay. i i
Eil^ar Coypless. now Mayor of Hon- j *
olulu, was formerly one of the leading j j
lawyers of Denver. ' i
.11
Ernest Thompsou-Seton is a pronn- j
nent mem )er .of a society for the pre- [
servation of Indian folk songs.
King Edward, a special cable dis- j
patch states, has added a new travel- (
ing automobile to his collection. t
Senator Piatt purchased a country *
home on Sunset Lake, twelve miiea J
from NAwVur*. X. >
* -'W
MILE SI BONESTEEL
itizefis Put Down Disorder by
Force of Arms.
TATE TROOPS BEING MOBILIZED
our Policemen and a Dozen Gamblers
Aro Shot at Bonesteel, ft. D.?A Train*
load of the Latter Deported to Kansas
? Blood Mark tlio Pathway o(
Conflict? Lawlessness Finally Checked
Bonesteel, S. D.?Four special p<>* .
ceuieu and twelve gamblers wer?
hot here in a*, all night battle between
30 grafters and criminals on the one
ide and the decent element on the
ther. The culmination of a long series
? sensational events came with the
eportation of a traiuioad of the wor?t
liaracters which had gathered from
11 parts of the country. Nearly 100
len of this stripe were loaded into
relght cars and taken from the town,
hey were dumped into Nebraska, sevnty-flve
miles away.
State troops are being mobilized at
everal points, according to telegrams
roin the Lieutenant-Governor of the
tate, and several companies will soon
each Bouesteel to protect the people
uring the drawing and filing of lands.
Open warfare began when two graftrs
were arrested tor beating and robing
a landseeker in open daylight. It
equired tire entire police force to jail
liem, and then a confederate confrontd
the officers and demanded their re?ase
in five minutes or the whole town j
rould be burned and every man killed.
Before five minutes passed the jail
oors were thrown open and fourscore
rooks bore the two men triumphantly
own the street. Police officers were
isarmed and a reign of lawlessness
allowed. Men were beaten and robbed \
rithout ceremony.
In one instance a Knnsan asked his
hange at a gaming table. It was re*
used. The gambler covered him with
mm The T\ flns-in fnntrived to eet
lie drop on liim, and thus they stood,
evolvers pointing at each other's
earts. Then the gambler laid down,
'he other put up his sun and at once
gang of crooks pounced upon him:
nd beat him brulaliy. Chief of Police
>'Brien looked on without stirring.
The Town Board notified Patsy
lagner, of Sioux City, and Tom Stanon,
of Omaha, concessionaires, that if
he grafters did not stop, every citizen
rould b? armed and ordered to shoot
hem as fast as they could be found.
Magner and Stanton controlled the
ituation fairly well until Stanbro and
larrison, policemen, were assaulted1
efore the Pike saloon, and the shoota
g began. Both were wounded,
lagner was shot shortly after, as was
Xerriville. Then 100 special police
rere called for.
Hardware stores were stripped of
heir weapons. The army of voluncers,
helped by the better gamblers,
egan driving out the grafters like rabits
chased from bushes. When posible,
they were arrested, but many;
ell back until out of the town limits.
Then the grafters, infuriated by their
efeat, turned upon their pursuers. '
'hey charged, a hundred strong. They..
lad only revolvers, and were soon
wept back by volleys from shotguns
nd rifles of the police. One after anther
they were carried away, and
lood trails marked the courses'taken.
After over 200 shots were fired they
rere completely routed and the special
olice turned back with the forty-five i
risoners whom their fellows had tried
insuccessfully to rescue. >
KRUGER'S BIG FORTUNE.
iaid to Have Left So,000.000, Chiefly
in European Securities. * 1
London, England.?A dispatch to the
)aily Mail from Geneva says it la .
earned from a trustworthy source that
he fortune left by the late Faul Kru*
:er, the late President of the Transaal,
is between ?750,000 and ?1,000,00.
It consists chiefly of European
ecurities. The bulk of it goes to the
Sloff family.
ArDitratlon Board Intervenes.
The Ilassachusetts Board of Arbitraion
has intervened in the trouble beween
the textile manufacturers and
he workers in Fall River. 'j.here is
lope that a strike will he averted..
Harvard Student Drowned.
Unable to swim against the strong
ide, Harry T. Whitmarsb, of Somerille,
a student at Harvard Univerity,
was drowned while bathing at
Chatham, Mas3.
Action by "Sloeurn" Company.
Action was brought by the Kuickertocker
Steamboat Company to limit
he total liability in suits for damages
is a result of the General Slocum dis,ster
to $3000.
Suicide Before Her M-other.
Long despondent and ill, Elizabeth
)e Gonnell, of New York City, killed
terself by leaping from a roof before
ler mother's eyes.
Strike at Fall River, Mass.
Textile unions of Fall P.iver, Mass.,
laving a membership of about 23,000,
oted to begin a strike . gainst the
vage reduction.
Adolph Koenig Guilty.
Adolph Koenig, of New York Cily.
ras convicted of murder in the first
legree for killing _urs. Jiary j^mum
vaufman.
Colonei Chas. S. Stewart Killed.
Charle? S. Stewart, U. S. A., retired,
?? Cooperstown, N. Y.f either fell or
umped intentionally from the roof erf
he hotel at Siaseor.sct, Mass., wheret
te was spending the summer, and susained
injuries that caused his death. ,
i
Toisoned by Infected Milk. ' j
Fifty families in Passaic, N. J.,
Tore made ill from drinking milk
vhieh doctors thought was infected,
)prhaps by the cows eating poisonous
,veeds.
I
Drugged Man Commits Murder.
A Beriin (X. H.) farmer surrendered
o the police, asserting that he had
;hoc and killed a woman in a fit of
oalousy, and while under the iniju- Hj
:noe of a drug the woman had
lim. |W
Bishop and Triest Murdered. H
Bishop Verhaegen and his brother.
)f the Belgian Roman Catholic wis-H|
>ion in Hupel, China, have been mur-IB
lered in a small town north of lchang,HE
Esther Kobberecht. of the sam* inis?H|
5ion. was also murdered near Chenao.iH