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GOVERNOR IN DISGUISE!
Nebraska's Executive Goes to South i
Omaha Stock Yards,
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UNNOTICED AMONG STR KERS
Aftfr Careful Investigation Governor
John Mickey Concludes Not to Send
State Troops to the Scene of TroubleDeclares
the City to Be Safe?Mingles
With Both Sides.
South Omaha, Neb.?Disguised as a
lahoror, Governor John Mickey, of Nebraska.
mingled with the strikers anil
strike breakers here, joined with the
crowd in a run on the Armour plant
and fell back with the others when
confronted by a line of deputy sheriffs,
and unknown in hiy working
man's garb personally investigated the
conditions in the great meat strike
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As a resut of his investigation the
Governor now refuses to send any
State troops to South Omaha for the
present. He had been requested to
send a company of the National Guard
to protect the non-union workmen
who, it was alleged, were being interfered
with when they attempted to
enter the packing plant.
Tire Governor, when the Sheriff and
packers had made the request for the ,
soldiers and stared their case, said ,
he would take the matter under con- :
sidcratiou. Then after having seen
the things the packers desired he
should see, he returned to his home In
Lincoln.
He donned the clothing of a laborer
?n<1 miioflv rr>tnr?lP.1 tf> South Omaha. ]
incognito, to make an investigation of ]
the other side of the ease. At an early (
hour lie was mingling with the strik- ]
ers, thousands of whom surrounded ]
the packing houses. No one recog- \
nized him and he soon was heating
the opinions of the strikers as to how ]
long the trouble would last, how the ]
plants were being run with non-union <
men and what methods were consid- <
erod to draw away the strike-breakers. |
Shortly after Governor Mickey ar- | ]
rived on the scene, the strikers sud- \
denly bi*oke for Armours, where it
was reported an attempt to run in a )
carload of strike-breakers was being ?
made. The Governor stayed with the
strikers and ran to the plant. Before t
reaching it, however, the crowd was (
halted by deputy sheriffs, and the
Governor stood In the front row and s
watched the strike-breakers, of whom :
there were fifty, enter the plant and <
go to work. The strikers attempted s
no interference. (
For three hours Governor Mickey remained
among the strikers and says p
he received information as to how a j
strike is run. Then he was recognized r
by Sheriff Powers, who was amazed j
at seeing the Governor in a working- {
man's garb. But the Governor quick- i
ly told his mission and then and there (
announced that no troops would be
ordered to South Omaha so long as ^
the strikers remained ia their present
state.
"Things are absolutely saf^ in South <
Omaha, and there is no reason to call
out the troops," he says. "I know what
I am talking about now. for I have
seen and heard just about the whole ^
thing." J
When Governor Mickey returned to 8
his home in Lincoln he was still wear- ?
ing his disguise as a laborer. :
BOY'S BLOW KILLS POLICEMAN. r
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Youngster in Charlotte. N. C., Resisted
When Caught After a Chase. \
Charlotte, N. C.?J. W. Brown, a |
member of the Charlotte police force, ,
was killed by Faul Biggers, a sixteenyear-old
white boy.
Biggers had beon arrested for violat- ,
ing a city ordinance, and after the
hearing the boy passed the police
officer and laughed or sneered at him.
Brown thereupon gave chase and laid
hold of Biggers, who struck him in the
stomach with his fist. The officer
knocked the boy senseless with his i
club.
A large crowd gathered and threats
against the officer were made, but the
crowd was kept back and the boy was J
taken to the police station. Brown
:was taken ill shortly after as a result '
of the blow struck by Biggers. and 1
died a few hours later. 1
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$25,000,000 FOR IRRIGATION.
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Fund For Reclaiming Arid Land In- 1
creased by Land Sales.
Washington, D. C.?An increase of (
the arid land Reclamation fund held
by the Treasury to approximately $25,- 1
000,000 is announced in the report of '
the Auditor for the Interior Depart- 1
ment for the fiscal year ended June '
80.
This is the fund accumulated from
the proceeds of public land sales in
California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas,
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota.
Oregon, South Dakota, Utah,
Washington and Wyoming.
EX-GOVERNOR PATTISON DEAD.
Pneumonia the Cause ?Was Twice
Governor. :
Philadelphia, Pa.?Robert E. Pattl8on,
who was twice Democratic Governor
of Pennsylvania and twice Controller
of Philadelphia, died at his
home in Overbrook, a suburb of this
city. Pneumonia, complicated with a
weakness of the heart, was the cause
of death. He was tifty-four years old.
h " Dead in Bathing Suit
The body of a man in bathing
clothes, believed to be Richard Reinbardt
Fuenther, of North Tottenville,
S. I., was found near Tottenville.
Some days ago Fuenther disappeared,
leaving his clothes in one of the bathing
houses.
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<" Mrs. Miles Dead.
Mrs. Nelson A. Miles, wife of the I
former Lieu tenant-General command-1
ins the army, died suddenly at West
Point, N. Y., of heart failure.
,V Labor World.
It looks as though firemen on the |
Lehigh Valley may make a demand for
more money.
Attempts nt coalition against the Labor
Ministry in the Australian Federal
Commonwealth have failed.
' Boston (Mass.) bakers have opened
a co-opcrative bakery, and it is the intention
to establish branch stores in
yarious sections of the city.
' The strike of cotton operatives at
Bristol, Eng.. has ended by a compromise,
the reduction of five per cent, befog
agreed to for the preseol.
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ROB TRAIN PASSENGERS j |
Held Up Only Twenty Miles From j
the City of Chicago. W
Load of St. Lonis Excursionist* Are 1
Kolclty Ivobbed by Five Masked ni
Men?One Victim is Sbot.
Chicago, 111.?Five masked men held 1 w
up an Illinois Central train within
twenty-five miles of Chicago and lined
up the passengers in the Pullman
cars with pistols pointing at them and
searched them for valuables. j
The train that was held up was a dr
special bound for St. Louis, filled with . C(
1~ frt *Iia \\rA>tM'c I
excurstuiliais lu < "*- nvuu>i .
Fair- j>e
The robbers boarded the train be- . r
twee 11 Flossmore and Matteson, and '
with drawn revolvers climbed into ! UP
cab and ordered the engineer to stop, i le?
The engineer brought the train to a , th<
standstill at a lonely place near some j '
woods, and the conductor and brake- I a
man, who ran forward to find out the wl
cause of th^> train stopping, were also plf
ordered to throw up their hands and 1 Es
were searched for weapons. * I to1
After the engineer, fireman and the : qu
trainmen had handed over what mon- j we
ey they had they were marched back ari
to the baggage car. The robbers were j H
disappointed at finding that they had i pi?
held up a train without an express t wc
car, but determined to make the best ! dit
of the job by robbing the passengers : be!
of whatever money and valuables they | frc
might possess. ' cai
The passengers were ordered to in
march out of the cars and line up be- sec
side the train. Women and children, ca]
terrified at the appearance of the *
masked men. screamed and tried to th?
hide under the seats. The robbers, j nic
however, made a careful search of the i f#r
cars and were sure they had all the I inc
passengers under the muzzles of their ! He
revolvers before they began to rob ! fro
them. All had to hold up their hands. I SP'
A man who was one of the last to j ^h
leave the train, struggled against a ; ha<
robber who was holding him, when he , ^ro
rcne rlrn crcrnfl from the Dlatform. One i by
>f the masked men drew back and in j b0(
full sight of the passengers fired di- {
*eetly at the man's breast and he fell j
:o the ground dangerously wounded. i "
"That's what the next man will get bio
:hat acts that way," said a man who : y?
seemed to be leader of the gang. | in
After the robbers had secured all i ma
he booty they could find, they backed j an<
>ff to the woods and escaped. j "f'
The train proceeded to Kankakee,
sixty miles distant, under full steam, I
md at that station Superintendent i
3ross, who was on board, left the j ns
ileeper and notified Chief of Detectives ' I1"!
)'Keefe of the road, of the robbery, j llft
At 1.10 o'clock a special train With j on
jolice officers and employes of the 111- j a"c
nois Central left for the scene of the .
obbery to hunt down the robbers who. ' ter
t was believed, were either hiding in ! roa
lie marshes near Madison or had dou- |
>Ied and were working back toward i '
?hiccgo. i .?.ov
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GAMBLER KILLED IN HIS ROOM. !
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Charles Bosworth Murdered in New ! wa
Britain, Conn.
New Britain, Conn.?Charles Bos- ! bel
vorth, a gambler, aged fifty-three j sci<
ears, was found lying unconscious in ' a.
I n/\r?1 nf hlnnil in the h.n rk rnfim of tilt* i cia.1
i'k/V-" "? ? w.?.
;econd floor of Ward's Building, on x
dain street, shortly before noon. He p#I
lied in the hospital at 4 p. m.. not hav- tha
ng recovered consciousness. He was life
nurdered and the police have no clue woi
o his assailants. anc
When Bosworth was found there j injr
vere several wounds on his head, his | A
jockets were turned inside out. and a ! aril
liaraond ring had been torn from his ; by
inger. The room was evidently used aiit
is a policy shop, as numerous en- | N
,-elopes containing policy slips were ' wil
'ound ou the table, which, with four j qu;i
rliairs, comprised the entire furniture ! wei
>f the room. j the
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HAITIAN SOLDIERS RIOT, I T
! bee
i nri r
attempt to Pillage Central Market and j ^a,
Near-by Shops. j ?>f
Port-au-Prince, Haiti.?The most se- j
ious disorders are anticipated here. ! reP
The population is very much excited by i mei
:he continued rise in the prices of allf i
nerchandise, and a band of soldiers' T
nade an attempt to begin pillaging the j
Central Market and the shops in that ' 'e-v
ricinity. j
Troops and police immediately inter- ; f
rened and re-established order, but in | W1*
:he fight many men were wounded, j
;\.il the stores in Port-au-Prince were
,'losed. I 3fT
A number of Syrians were stoned in j T
;he streets. Two of them were wound- J'n'
?d, and their stalls, surrounding the :
Central Market, were destroyed by sol- , floa
iiers. 1 j
PRICE ON HEADS OF BANDITS. Wc
Railroad Offers $1000 For Men Who i
Robbed Diamond Special. j ^er
Chicago, 111.?The officers of the Illi- I Ro<
nois Central Railroad increased the re- } sta
ward of $1000 for the arrest and con- j thii
viction of the bandits who held np tlie the
Diamond Special near Matteson. III., to : In <
S4000, a reward of $IOOU for each of the j the
robbers. fire
The passengers lost $1000 and a nurn- fine
ber of watches by the robbery, which bee
was at tirst reported to have been done at 1
by one man. Later it developed that j gla
four men were concerned in it. The : onl
conductor of the train is positive that ; fift
the bandits were formerly employes of . has
the railroad. ; bet
Baldwin's New Airship.
A successful ascension was made by '
Captain T. S. Baldwin's airship at i cj.
Idora Park. Oakland, Cal. Tiio airship
ascended about 500 feet, made a con- i siderable
circle, and landed success- j ,
fully at the place from where it had i
started. j IJ
American Duchess Injured. j ?
Consuolo. Duchess of Marlborough fra
(formerly Miss Yamierimt), was xuruwii , (;o
from a horse in Blenheim Park, and .
< onsidernbly bruised and shaken.
PromineLl Peoole.
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The Prince of Monaco is a first-class j ,
lecturer on deep-sea life. i J
Prince Eitel, the Kaiser's second son, | .
has accomplished the feat of swim- |
rning the lihine, just above Bonn.
The directors of the American Steel ?
Foundries Company have accepted the .
resignation of Charles M. Schwab as a
director. rei
King Edward VII. once wrote in a rj
confession book that the person he dis- asl
liked most was "the man -who p?ints fQJ
at you Avith his umbrella and shouts u
onL There he isl'" -
IURDERERS' BOLD HOLD-UP
round Paymaster of Puritan -a.)
Mines and Kill Driver,
ECURE $3000 AND ESCAPE
ounderi Man Now in Honiiit.il While
Dtsperadoe* Are Surrounded In a
Sfwitmp ? Wliole Country-side Is
Aiouted?An Army of Eight Hundred
on the Hunt.
Johnstown, Pa.?Charles Hares, a
iver, employed by the Puritan Coal
>mpany, is dead, and Patrick Camp11,
the company's paymaster, lies
rhaps fatally wounded at the Aiana
Hospital, as the result of a holdi
and murder on the township road
iding from Portage, this county, to
e mining town of Puritan.
rhe two men were in a buggy taking
satchel containing about $3000 with
lich to pay the coal company's em>yes
at Puritan, from the Adams
:Dress office at Portage, to the coal
(vn. When at a point about threearters
of a mile out of Portage they
>re suddenly fired upon by three men
ned with shotguns.
.'ayes fell to the bottom of the buggy,
>rced by thirty-seven buckshot
>unds in his neck and breast, and
k1 about half an hour later. CampII
was hit in the shoulder and fell
>m the buggy. The highwaymen
me out from their places of hiding
the woods to the right of the ro:id,
;ured the satchel of money, and es?ed.
According to their usual custom, on
? Saturday nearest the first of the
nth Campbell and Hayes started
Portage about 8 o'clock in the
>rning. Some time later William
isel, a farmei, who lives four miles
m Portage, was going home in a
ing wagon over the same road
lich the paymaster and his driver
i taken. Three-quarters of a mile
m town, where the road is flanked
woods, he suddenly came upon the
ly of a man, writhing in agony in
> middle of the road. Leaving his
gon, Heisel discovered Campbell,
'he paymaster was drenched with
od. which was flowing from a
und in the right shoulder. Although
agony, he was still conscious, and
3 TTA!rt/,l 4-K^4- UA
ungeu. IU wuisyti" 11/ rztriaei iuut uu
1 Hayes, bis driver, bad been fired
)n by the robbers, and that, dizzy
m his wound, he had fallen from
buggy, which had gone on.
[eisel staunched Campbell's wounds
best lie could with a handkerchief
1 a bit of linen ripped from his coat,
ed him into the wagon, and started
out the road in search of the team
I driver. He had not gone fifty
ds when he came upon the payrr.as's
buggy, standing at the side of the
d. the horse, unharmed, nibbling
ss.
rhrn opposite the vehicle be disered
the seemingly lifeless form of
driver, huddled in the bottom of the
jgy. He tried to lift the man into
wagon with Campbell, but could
. Hayes weighed 190 pounds. There
s no help at hand, and nothing to
but turn back to Portage for help.
Vken Partage was reached, CampI,
who was by that time uncon?us,
was placed in charge of Dr. J.
Schofield, and Heisel. securing usance,
went back far Hayes.
he body of the driver was taken to
tage. where physicians discovered
t although Hayes was unconscious,
was not quite extinct. He was
unded beyond recovery, however.
I died within ten minutes after bebrought
into the office.
fter his wounds had been tempory
dressed. Campbell was conveyed
train to Altoona, where he was adted
to the City Hospital.
ews of the tragedy spread like
dfire through Portage, and in a
irter of an hour hundreds of people
re streaming over the rsad toward
scene of tlie murder armed with
is and revolvers.
he search for the murderers had
>n made unremittingly since the
ne had been reported, and the posse
5 working in Randall when Justice
the Peace McCartney, sf Beavcre.
about six miles south of Portage,
orted to them he had seen three
u running across the road toward
swamp.
he fugitives had .iust reached the
;e of the swamp when the first vo!rang
out. One ef the murderers
[is companions held the posse back
h drawn guns, and the wounded
n managed to get out of sight in the
ise undergrowth with the assistance
Lis companions.
he search of the swamp was conoed
all night, and it was expected
three murderers would soon be
.d or in custody.
DESPERADOES STOP TRAIN.
rnnded Conductor, Get $7 and Escape.
elhart, Tex.?Armed with Winchesrifles
three masked mm held up a
?k Island express train in the small
tion of Logan, seventy railes west of
5 place. In attempting to battle with
bandits John York, the conductor
charge of the train, was shet through
left leg, and a score of shots were
d to terrorize the oilier trainmen
I the passengers. After Y?rk had
>n stretched unconscious all effort
resistance was abandoned. The burrs
blew open the train safe and got
y $7 and then made off. A posse of
y men is in pursuit, and a report
> reached here that the gang has
>n cornered in a wood.
Von Plehve Buried.
'he body of M. Plehve, the Russian
nister of the Interior, was buried at
Petersburg with impressive cerenies.
The Emperor was present at
> funeral service. It is expected that
successor to the murdered Minister |
II soon be chosen.
A Big Contract.
'he Erie Railroad has made a conct
with the American Locomotive
mpany for the repair of 000 loco tives.
From the Scat of War.
"lie Vladivostok squadron sank a
panese steamer in the Pacific.
Chinese arriving from Port Arthur
Cliefoo say 4000 Japanese took an
tpost and were then blown up by a
ne.
.ue uerinan sieamer usuun ?ao
pped and searched by a Russian
rship in the Gulf of Finland, then
eased.
7he Pacific Mail Steamship Line
ced the United States Government
protection against possible seizure
Russians.
KIMS HASTEN NORTH
ieneral Stakelberg ReporteJ Cut
Off From Centre.
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IOUNT KELLER KILLED'IN BATTLE
imnrbnn Saiil to Be in the Hands of th9
GREAT WESTERN FLOOD |
Doug-lass and Silver Star, Nev., m
Water's Path. , C
Telephone TTIro to So<i4vi!Ie Give* tn?
News and Then Break.*, Down?People #
Asked to Look For Uodie*.
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Reno, Nev.?As a result of a cloudburst
the towns of Douglass and Sliver
Star, near Sodaville, Nev.. are reported I
to have been swept away. The news ;
was telephoned from the scene of the I
f^ioaafai* trt CaiIh rlllo Thn rnnnrf wne t
uiouoiv-i w wvuu riuti xuv, i. \_ jiui w 11 uo j
that a flood in waves four or five feet J
deep was sweeping away bouses, and j
that great property damage was being | P
wrought. The schoolhouse and four | a
dwellings were swept away. t
Ten minutes after the first news was \ j
received at Sodaville the wire went [ !
down, and it could not be learned how |
many lives were lost. There is great *
excitement at Sodaville, as the peopJe J I
have been warned to watch for bodies, i u
The volume of water is increasing al !
that place.
Near New Boston, six miles north of : P
Sodaville, the Carson and Colorado j G
Railroad is covered with water to a j i'
depth of six inches for half a mile, and j o
at Rhodes, three miles south of here, k
similar conditions prevail. c
Kingman, Ariz.?Heavy rains in the ! a
mountains east of Truxton sent clown a ! h
wail of water thirty feet high through j b
the canon, washing out the Santa Fe f<
Railroad track, embankments, bridges, ; ci
telegraph poles and everything mov- j fc
able for twelve miles. Great steel
bridges were taken from their founda- u
tions and piled up against the walls of *
the canon and massive stone abut- tl
ments were crumbled and carried t<
away. ? P
At Crozier everything movable, in- I
eluding the station signal and box cars
were piled up on the big steel bridge S
west of the station. At Hackberry the^ r<
pumping house and machinery were L
destroyed and swept into the valley | P
miles away. 'me Dig wen was nneu i u
to the brim with debris. Houses high i a
above all known high water marks j ?
heretofore were flooded and much dam- I fi
.age was done. j tl
' Hundreds of men have been hurried i
to the washout by the Santa Fe Rail* I "S
road, but it will be some time before j k
the water subsides sufficiently to allow J fi
the workmen to reconstruct the road- j e
bed and bridges. Many trains bearing j li
men and material have been running j ti
from Seligman and Needles to the a
washout, and it is expected that the ^
work of repair will go on at once.
Many miles of -telegraph lines are G
down and it will take some time to re- a
pair them. R
Three miles of the- Arizona and Utah r<
track were washed out, and it will take- i s'
several days to make repairs. A re- j If
port reaches Kingman of a cloudburst ! g
at Cedar, a mining camp eighty miles ! lc
south of here, which carried away part I
of a twenty-stamp mill, gasolene pump, 1 a'
engine, blacksmith shop, forty horse- j tl
power boiler and other property. The c<
shaft of the Arnold mine was filled ol
with debris. ti
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BABY DOWN FORTY FOOT WELL
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Fished Out Alive With Grappling | c
Hooks After Two Hours.
Jackson, Miss. ? While L. Vail, a C(
farmer living in Montgomery County,
was boring a well which had reached
a depth of- about forty feet, his eight- , <jeen-months-old
child toddled out into ^
the yard and tumbled headforemost to i ja
the bottom of the hole. T
Grappling hooks were secured and j
an effort made to draw the child out. a]
The cries of the infant could be plainly
heard at the top, and hundreds ?f I fl]
neighbors, who gathered after tlse j
news of the accident spread, were
frantic in their efforts to save the j ^
baby. A hold was finally secured on j
the infant's clothing, but when the j '
tiny body was within ten feet of the j
top the hooks loosened and the child j
again slowly slipped to the bottom. :
After working for nearly two hours ! F
the child was finally brought to the j
surface nearer dead than alive.
VIPER NAILED TO THE LATCH, j J
Indiana Man Suspects Secret Enemy ! ^
of New Idea of Assassination.
Louisville, Ivy .?An assassination plot fl
in which a deadly viper was to bite the : h
victim is reported by Clarence Norris, |*p
who lives near Jeffersonville, Ind. i rr
Mrs. Donahue, a neighbor, telephoned j ir
Mr. Norris that she had noticed a big j gi
snake on his gate. Mr. Norris hurried i fi
to the gate and found that a viper. ; tl
over three feet long, had been fastened ; ri
to the barrier, with its head on the !
latch. The snake liacl been so arranged ti
that it would, scarcely be noticed from \ \
tbe inside. ! b
After killing tbe snake Mr. Norria T
found that it had been securely fast- : n
ened by a nail driven through its tail. ' cl
Mr. Norris suspects an unknown en- ! If
cmy, and the police are working on the i v
case.
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Big R. R. Orders. ! P
Orders have been given for $5,000,000 j
worth of supplies for the Harriman j *
railroad linos. These include fiO.OOO j "
tons of steel rails at $2S a ton and 1000 S1
steel cars.
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France and Rome Break. | j1
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The text of the French note severing ,
1 relations with the Vatican was made I
public. Mtnsignor Lorenzelli, the
Papal Nuncio, left Paris for Rome. |
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Injured at Picnic. <j
Sixteen German-Americans on a pic- I
nic excursion were injured in a trol[
ley crash near Cleveland, Ohio. .
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China Wants Revolutionist.
Because of the lack of an extradition j
I treaty the Chinese Government is j ?
baffled In its desire to get Quen Man, ! ?
revolutionist, under death sentence, I ^
who is sheltered in a rresbytcrian mis- ; ?
sion in New York City. j '
More Men Out of Work.
The three plants of the International 1
Harvester Company in Chicago, Illwill
be closed for an indefinite period
and 13,500 will be thrown out of em* s
nJoyment.
The National Came.
Pittsburg has sold C-tcher Carisch
to Jersey City. *
Jones, the Brooklyn pitcher, is a p
clever acrobat. ?
Lumiey is still the hardest National 0
League batsman.
The Fhilauelpbia Club contemplates
giving the veteran Herum Long a
trial at snort field.
President Pulliam has promulgated T
notice of Alex. Smith's contract with 1
Chicago, -i of Pitcher w- Reidy'a i'
release by Brooklyn
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Japs and One of Knropatkin's Strojicest
Divisions Split From Main Army? I
Retreat of Czar's Troops Toward Milk- !
den Practically a Disorderly Flight.
Tokio. Japan.-Despite strict silence
n the part of tbe War Office, the retort
became known here that the Japnese.
in a sever* engagement, lasting [
wo days, occupied Simuchen, on the J
i'ungwan-Haichen road, thus cutting J
ff Lieutenant-General Baron Stakelierg,
at the head of one of Genera!
Curopatkin's strongest divisions, from
ae centre of the Russian army.
It is reported the Mikado's troops
ractically have iusured the capture of
leneral Stakelberg's forces, and that
t is likely that will be achieved withut
large Japanese loss. General Sta:elberg
practically is in a corner in
onsequence of the Japanese success
,t that point. Xo matter which way
ie may attempt to ret-eat he is sure to
e confronted by strong Japanese
irees and forced to surrender or acant
battle under (conditions disadvau
igeous to him.
It also is reported here th? Russians
uder General Knropatkiu are in full
igkt northeastward. The inference is
he Russian commander-in-chief hopes
> escape to Mukden, whence he elects
to- maintain communication with
[arbin.
It is regarded as impossible he can
et so far. because one of General KuJki's
columns is operating between
,iair Yang and Mukden, and there is a
ossibility the flying division of picked
oops sent from General Kuroki's
rmy several weeks ago to strike west
t rue ranroau ana auac& j-iiuu i;uiy |
ora the northwest already lias crossed ;
he peninsular railway.
If tke- railroad is cut above Liau i
'ang that wilL stop General Ktiropatin'd
retreat, and the Russians will be j
irced to surrender or to accept a gen- j
ral engagement. There now remains j
ttle doubt what the outcome of an ex- !
?nded battle between General Kuroptkin
and Generals Kuroki, Oku and
odzu would be.
News of the killing of Lieutenantgeneral
Count Keller in the fighting
t Yangze was received here. The
:ussian general, on whom General Kujpatkin
placed great reliance, was I
truck by a piece of shell and died in j
>ss than a half hour. He was tho first
eneral officer of the Russian army to
>se his life in this war.
The War Office refused to make any
nnouncement in resp.ct of Port Arlur.
All sorts of rumors continue to
>me here from Chefoo. Shanghai and
[her dubious r -urces. but no confirmaon
of any of them is given out by the
tficials.
Credence is given to the dispatches ,
om Shanhaikwan, at which port meriant
vessels arrive daily after passing \
ie Laothie Promontory, well outside j
le four-mile limit, and the lower west
)ast of the Liaotung Peninsula, parcularly
Pigeon Bay.
Stories of the Japanese advance over
able Hill and the persistent shelling
r the Russian fortifications from the
ind side, as well as by Vice-Admiral
og?'s fleet, while not permitted to be
nblished here, circulate privately, and
re believed.
There is a general understanding
mong foreigners and natives in Tokio
lat important operations are in proress
at Tort Arthur, anil that news of
le fall of the fortress may Le received
t any hour.
WHOLE FAMILY MURDERED.
,
armer. His Wife am'. Three Children j
Killed?Home Burned.
Statesboro. Gr..?'The mangled bodies '
f Henry Hodges and his wife- and j
irce children were founrl in the ruins |
T thf?ir country home, six miles from !
lis nlace.
Neighbors discovered the house in ;
ames aftei midnight, but the fire had ,
iade such headway that it was ira- 1
ossible to stay it. As none of the 1
lenibers of the family were seen dur- '
ig the fire the neighbors took it for :
ranted 1hat the family wrre away
nm home. At daylight the bodies of
ic entire family were found in the
jins.
Mr. Hodges' skull was crushed in na j
lough from the blow of an ax, and
[rs. Hodges head and body had been
eaten with some blunt instrument,
lie body of the little girl was horribly
langled. The bodies of tho two other
liililr.Mi dill lini show ,111V siffns flf vio
nee, and it is supposed that they were
ictims of fire alone.
On pieces of timber in the yard were
Mind blood stains and bloody finger
rints.
It has been ascertained that Mr. I
lodges went to a neighbor's* to bring i
ome his little child, who had been i
pending the day there.
All the bodies were dressed, indicat- !
is that the crime was committed early .
1 Ihe night, before any of the family |
ad retired.
Armenians Ambush Turks.
Official cablegrams from Constantople
report that a band o'f Armenian
evolutionists ambushed a party of soliers
in the neighborhood of Mush. On
lie arrival of reinforcements the Arlenians
tied, setting fire to three villges
on their way.
Bail For General Sloeum Affair.
Judge Thomas held President Bar- !
aby, of the Knickerbocker Steamboat j
ompany, of New York City, in S'JO.OOO
ail, and the others indicted in the
ieneral Sloeum horror in ?.jOOO bail
<1
Steamer Aground in Gale.
The steamer City of Rockland. which
rent aground near Rockland. Me., was
oared in tlie teeth of a dangerous
outhwest gale, and was beached for
emporary repairs.
Italians to Go South.
The manager of the Society for the
'rotection ol! Italian Immigrants reorted
favorably, after investigation,
n a scheme to divert the tide of
talian immigration to tbje cotton fields
f Mississippi.
Baltic Fleet to Sail.
A cruiser division of the Baltic fleet j
vill put to sea under sealed orders .
vithin a few days. The Don and the I
Jral, auxiliary cruisers, are on the j
vay to replace the St. Petersburg ami '
he Smolensk in the Sea.
; ^ 1 ; V . : >TOWN
FIGHTS A MADMAN
Shoots Him After He Kills One and
Wounds Eight
ac!t Carr, a Carpenter of N>l>ra?ka City,
Goes Iiiftane Snddenly?Shoot? From
a Barricaded ITooin In a Hotel.
Nebraska City. Neb.?For an hour
the streets of Nebraska City were
Gl'ed with armed men, fighting a battle
with a lunatic who. armed with a
rifle and revolver, fired from his window
whenever he caught sight of a
head in any direction. The man was
Jack Carr, a contracting carpenter.
Finally. leaving his room. Can* rushed
into the streets and for ten minutes
held his own. firing wildly, until ho fell
with a dozen wounds.
During his fight Carr killed one citizen.
wounded six others, and also
two policemen.
Carr. at 7 o'clock in the evening, suddenly
went insane. Stealing up l*?liind
Christian Hartman, he deliberately
killed him with a revolve:*. Then,
standing over the dead body, he emptied
his pistol in the remains. Shouting
wildly and waving his revolver, he
rushed to his hotel and barricaded his
room.
Chief of Poliw Schoonover and Patrolman
Ingram arrived at his door ft
few minutes later and Carr began firing
through the panels, using a rifle.
Schoonover was shot through the
shoulder and fell down the steps,,
from which he was dragged by citizens
who- had begun gathering.
Tn(rrnrrr fofurnnrl fha fira olurw chnnf
Inpr through the door, but soon he-emptied
his revolver and took refuge in
nn adjoining room while- Carr paraded
the corridors, firing at every guest
who showed himself. Returning ti his
room. Carr secured a shotgun., and'
opened fire on the crowd which had
gathered.. Before they could gat tocover
he had wounded several.
Then the- battle became general.
Every man who had a gun began
shooting at Carr's window, from
which the madman continued to fire
at every opportunity. Finally, Policeman
Ingram secured a position
from which he could see directly in
Carr's room and soon made it too hot
for him to stay there.
The firing from the hotel suddenly
ceased, and the citizens supposed Carr
had been killed. But with a shout
the madman rushed from the front
doo'r; firing his repeating gun as he ran.
The crowd again scattered, and for a
few moments he controlled the situation.
During these few minutes he
paraded up and down before' the
building, yelling and screaming.
Then Ingram and a citizen charged
on Carr. while other citizens fired at
him. Carr fell to the ground, but
they continued firing until he was hit
no less than twelve times, when ho
became unconscious and his guns
were taken from him.
Carr at first was thought to have
been killed'. Although pronounced
wounded mortally,, then? was loud
talk of lynching..
MEMPHIS CHIEF QUITS.
And Then the Commissioners Tell
Him to Hold On.
Memphis. Tenn.?Chief of Police J.
J. Mason tendered his resignation to
the Board of Fire and Folice Commissioners.
Mayor Williams stated to
the board that he exonerated both
Vice-Mayor Henderson and Chief Mason
from any guilt in recent occurrences
and shouldered all the blame
himself. The board then acted on the
resignation of the cbief, the vote being
two to one in favor of not accepting"
the resignation. Mayor Williams and
Vice-Mayor Henderson voted to retain
Chief Mason, and Mr. Walsh, the
third member, voted for his dismissal.
. STRIKE MOB ATTACKS.
Riot in Front of a Chicago Poiice
Station.
Chicago, Til. ? A mob of stockyard
strikers and sympathizers attacked the
Deering street police station in an attempt
to seize Frank Cnstellano, a
butcher, who had shot a striker in escaping
from the mob.
Two thousand men stormed the station
after Castellano had been arrested.
and for fifteen minutes the police,
under command of Lieutenant Bonfield.
were compelled to club and beat
the strikers until they dispersed.
NEW COUNTERFEIT NOTE.
Poor Photo of National Bank of Commerce,
of New York, Bill.
Washington. D. C.?Chief Wilkie, of
the United States Secret Service, announces
the discovery of a new counterfeit
$10 national bank note. It is
on the National Bank of Commerce, of
New York, series 1SS2: Bruce, Register;
Wyman. Treasurer.
It is a poorly executed photograph.
Dropped Dead in the Street.
Royal Luther Porter, forty years old,
who had been living at the Hotel St.
George, Brooklyn, N. Y., went out for a
walk. At Henry street, near Clark, he
fell dead. The hotly was taken to tho
Fulton street station, where it was subsequently
claimed by J. E. Porter, his
brother.
Port Arthur Fort Taken.
It was reported at Tokio that, after
tlnee days of desperate tighting, the
Japanese have captured Shan-tai-Kow.
one of the important defenses of Par:
Arthur.
Injured in Tunnel.
Robert Buchanan, who left for Albany,
N. Y? from New York City, 0:1 a
freight train,, was held up and robbed.
A companion was fatally hurt in the
Poughkeepsie tunnel, and Buchanan
held him on top of a freight car until
help arrived.
Strikers Wreck Hons?.
Strike sympathizers in Chicago. III.,
wrecked a house troni which a woman
luul been evicted for non-payment et
rear.
Sporting Brevities.
The seventy-footers Virginia and
Yankee arc being refitted at City Island.
X. Y.
Now York entries won sixteen out
oL" twenty-seven awards at the Atlantic
City, X. J., horse show.
C. M. Daniels won a fast race in a
swimming tournament given by the
Manhattan Swimming Club.
Local oarsmen carried ofiL' the lion's
share of the prizes at the Xew York
Day Association rvsatta on the Har->
leoi River.
Wfllmira
WASHINGTON. ;
E.v means of a rifle in the hands of
an export marksman the pigeons which
made their home in til.? golden dome of
tup Laurary or wonsn.'? aim auu-ijiru
readers by their lluttei .igs hare bc?.
removed and the reading room restorea
to its former quiet and dignity.
The Panama Minister at Washington
made a formal protest against the establishment
of an American custom
house near Panama.
Thp State Department has informed
(he Russian Government that damages
will be claimed by American owners of
the cargo on board the steamship Arabia.
A woman crank called at thp White
House to warn President Roosevelt
that he was in danger of being '"blown
np."
The President appointed Commander
Newton E. Mason to be Chief of the
Bureau of Ordnance. Xavy Department.
Rear-Admiral George A, Converse
was appointed Chief of .the Bureau
of Navigation in the Navy Department
to> succeed Rear-Admiral < Henry G.
Taylor.
OUR ADOPTED- TSLAXDS.
Brigadier-General Randall, commanding
the Department of Luzon, has issued
a general order prohibiting the
hiring of natives as waiters or dishwashers
at company, troop or battery
messes or for the policing of Govern- '
ment stables, quarters, kitchens or
grounds, except wue.i specially auiuur- n
izeil from headquarters. Sj
Porto Rican Day was observed at tlitf BR
St. Louis Exposition and natives onthe
island cabled expressions of satisfaction
to the fair official's;
Geiftral Leonard Wood, commanding:.
the Department of Mindanabv Philippines,
has taken- steps to- haTe? swimming
taught the soldiers of his command,
as the result of numerous accidents
in the- water..
DOMESTIC.
The- automobile party, from NewFork
to- St. Louis, reached' Buffalosafely.
Midshipman George P.. Clay, of
Grand Rapids, Mich., died in a hospital
at New London, Conn., of pneumonia.
Chicago packers assert that the-strikeis
broken, 1000 more workers, being in
the stoqk yards,, and live- stock, receipt*
being large. ' ' . J']
The executive board of the Lackawanna
and Wyoming, district (Pa.) eoal
miners, with power to order- strike,
met at Scranton. .
. ' Forest fires are doing great damage
in the timbered sections of the Plat
head country of Montana.. SI
Governor Terrell. of Georgia; has or- I
dered troops to Statesboro. to protect H
Paul Reed and Will Cato, accused of
murdering the Gato familyPresident
George F.. Baer; of tieReading
Railroad, says there will be
no anthracite coal strike.
Miss Jane- ClsMuens, daughter of
Mark Twain, was injured by being
thrown from her horse in Lenox. Mass.
Robert Culvert. fifty-LUree years oior, .
of Carteret, N. J... was struct by a
Long Branch train and died in theElizabeth
(N.. J.) Hospital of a; fractured
skuiL. Culvert leaves a widow:
and family.
Two boys were rescued from drowning
in the Morris Canal at Centreville,
N. J.
Mrs. Nathan Fass, a patient in Mtw
Sinai Hospital, New York City^'killed
herself by jumping from, a fifth-story,
window.
A strike- sympathizer, William McLaughlin.
was killed at St. Louis, Mo.,
by Sheriff Louis Burke, with whom
> McLaughlin interfered while an .arrest
was being made.
Some of the Chicago beef strikers
are said to be. in want. City charities
referred their cases to the- president of
the union.
Cattle raisers applied t?> both packers
and strikers in Chicago and asked for
a cessation of hostilities.
The St. Louis banks announced that
they were willing to loan the St. Loui?
Exposition Company $1,000,000.
| The United States Steel Corporation
; Las bought the Trenton Iron Company.
Judge Bradford in the Federal Court
In Wilmington, Del., denied the application
of the Northern Securities Company
to pay dividends and distribute
stock and moneys.
Owing to a legal tangle twenty-two
Sing Sing (New York) convicts wererej
sentenced, getting shorter terms.
| The steamer Howard, from Baltl|
more to Boston, wont ashore off Pollock
Rip, Mass., but was soon floated,
j Russell Sage was ordered by United
i States Court at St. Faul, Minn., to restore
to tbe Government certain lands
! he sold as trustee of defunct Hastiugs
j and Dakota Railway Company.
FOREIGN.
; Minister Bowen was instructed te
! protest against the seizure of an as|
phalt company's property in Venezuela.
; Drastic action is threatened.
President Nord, of Haiti, accused the
I foreign population of wilfully raising
j the rate of exchange.
! The -Sultan of Morocco appointed a
; French army officer to command the
[ Moorish police in the Tangier district. .
' Further trouble is feared at Tangier.
! The city guards have been doubled and
I Europeans are warned to come within
i the sates.
The Japanese opened Ying-Kow ta
i trade with practically no restriction.
' A Japanese battleship, a cruiser, three
I gunboats and a torpedo boat arrived
at the port.
Great Britain has protested to Russia
I against tJie inclusion of foodstuffs in
i the list of contraband.
In consequence of SI. Plehve's assass|
ination the Czar's per.-ona! guards have
be"' .ripied.
. . . . .
. ir. mamoeriain. in rue nouse or Kj
i Commons, urged the Government to
I tako the general eiection 011 the policy, ggg
; of preferential trade. flHj
Germany denied the report that an RX
j ultimatum had been sent to Haiti. 8BB
Opinion in London is that the death H|
I of Minister von Plpisve will hasten the H|
end of tiio Russo-Japanese war. !9S
ttiree men i^ere killed and six injured
by a boiler explosion at the San Hj
Iiafel Paper .Mills, near Mexico City.
| Mexico. Bfl
German exports and imports for tha FJ
i last six months both show a large in- ID
! crease. y* [ HS
! Venezuelan soldiers assisted in the H
j seizure of the New York and Ber- H
! mudez Asphalt Company's properties H
in Venezuela.
It was reported at Tangier that the Ml
Moroccan Pretender had defeated the M
Sultan's troops; French cruisers HQ
reached Tangier, causing excijtviueat, Kb
amous the Moors BB|
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