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U F0LLET1E WINS FIGHT
By Decision of Supreme Court of
Wisconsin Cook Loses,
nnwcownD ncpi Aarn pawninATP
VJV y L. 1111 VII ULULnilLLI \jr\ 11 DIL/n I L.
State Committer ii Uphold mtri the Xa? ,
tlonal Republican Convention Is Finally
Over-ruleil?Head ot Stnlwart Ticket i
"Will Keslgn ? Senator Spooner Kx- :
pressed His Opinion of the Outcome. I
Madison. Wis.- By a vote of throe to j
ono the Supremo Court of Wisconsin 1
decided that Governor Robert M. La i
Follette and his followers are entitled 1
to be called "Republicans" on the offi- ;
cial ballots of the State at the Xovem- i
ber election.
In accordance with his decision, announced
some time ago. to withdraw if |
the decision went against him, S. A. j
Cook, Stalwart candidate for Governor,
,was expected to resign. He had a conference
here with Senator Spooner, but I
be said that he liad not then decided j
(whether or not to withdraw. It is j
known that he will and that ex-Gov- 1
ernor Edward Scofiefd will be appoint- !
ed by the Stalwart State Central Com- :
mittee to succeed him. The Stalwarts '
have decided to continue the campaign j
against La toilette witn a tmru ucKer. i
Justices Dodge, Winslow ami Mar- j
sliall supported the La Follette faction, j
Chief Justice Cassoday dissenting. Jus- !
tice Siebecker. the fifth member of the |
court, who is La Toilette's brother-iu- '<
law, refused to sit in the case.
The action was brought in equity by, J
adherents of S. A. Cook, the Stalwart ;
nominee for Governor, and was to restrain
Secretary of Stace Houser front
certifying to the County Clerks the j
names of the La Follette candidates as i
the regular Republicans.*'
In answering the suit the Governor's !
followers contended that the proceed- j
ings of the convention which renom- !
inated La Follette were regular, that i
the convention was the only body with j
power to name candidates, and further i
that the court had no jurisdiction iD '
the matter.
The opinion filed by Justice Marshall
asserts the right of the court to con- j
sider a controversy "oi so grave a eu;u- >
acter aiiu of such public importance," j
* and proceeds to base its decision on j
this section from the Wisconsin slat !
utes:
"When two or more conventions oi I
caucuses shall be held and the nomina-; |
tions thereof certified, each claiming to j
be the regular convention or caucus of j
the same political party, preference iu:
designation shail be given to the noin- 1
inations of the one certified by the :
committee which had been officially i
certified to be authorized to represent j
the party."
The decision then goes on to uphold f
the right of the State committee chosen j
at the convention of 1D0U to decide j
wliich of the two Republican conven i
tions of, 1004 is regular.
Milwaukee. Wis.?Senator Spooner in I
a speech said that the Supreme Court j
did not decide the merits of the Repub- j
lican case, but merely defined the pow- j
er of the State Central Committee to j
decide disputes. Senator Quarles spoke j
at Racine. He said that the Stalwarts
are still the regular Republicans, and
IUUI IUC ?? VlUU V?J.
PORTUGUESE FALL IN AFRICA.
Many Casualties in Fight With Cuanhama
Tribe. ;
* Lisbon.?A severe disaster has befallen
a detachment of Portuguese !
troops at Cuuene River, Southwest;
Africa. The Government having j
trouble with the Cuanhama tribe. !
neighbors of the Herreros. who some
time ago revolted against German rule !
it sent a column to restore order. The |
detachment numbered 49!) men. con j
manded by Captain Aguiar.
They werecrossing theCunenc River, i
which is the boundary between the
Portuguese and the Germau posse's- J
sions, when the Cuanhama surprised ;
them from ambush at night. The j
tribesmen attacked the detachment ;
fiercely, killing or wounding *J54. of j
whom 10U wire Europeans and 113 natives.
120 NEW JAPANESE WARSHIPS. !
Report That Government Will Flace
Orders iu This Country.
San Francisco, Cal.?Information re- j
ceived by steamer shows that Japan j
has decided to place contracts immedl I
ately for twenty warships, to be com- !
pletcd as soon as possible. Several ol ;
these wHl be built here at the Uniow
Iron Works.
The source of this information ii '
. Yukowa K\^an Ichl. manager of the !
New World, a Japanese daily published !
here. He said: "I have definite infor- j
mation that Japan will soon place .
orders in thi& country for twenty wai !
vessels." v
DEATHBLOW TO BULL FIGHTS.
!
Social Reformers Vote For Prohibition
of Exhibitions on Sunday.
Madrid, Spain. ? The Institute o!
Social Reforms, after a heated discussion,
decided by thirteen votes to
eight to ratify the absolute prohibition
of Sunday bull fights. This is
considered to be the deathblow to
bull fighting iu Spain.
Minister Barrett Home.
John Barrett, United States Minister
to I'aiiama, arrived in New York City j
on the Allianea from Colon.
Says British Trade is in Danger.
Mr. Chamberlain, in a speech at Lu- 1
ton, Bedfordshire, Eng.. said that trade '
in Great Britain was in a precarious j
condition, and that unless the mother j
country and the colonies worked together
the empire's disintegration was
in sight.
Episcopal Convention Opens.
The General Convention of the Protestant
Episcopal Church of the United
States Avas opened in Boston. Mass.
World's Fair Jottings.
Eleven millionr. nf nonnln imnr
seen the Fair.
An inlaid table made from 1000 hard i
broods is exhibited iu Nicaragua's paTilion.
One hundred varieties of Mexican
cactus are growing in that country's
exhibit.
A fine display of redwood furniture
Is exhibited in the San Francisco
building.
A large tapestry made in 1630 is exhibited
in the Belgian section of the
Art Falace.
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DIES VICTIM TO SCIENCE |
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Peculiar Disease Caused by X-Rays
Attacks C. M. Daliy.
Was Edison'* Chief Aid For Over Sixteen j
Years?Both Arms "IVere Amputated
But Death Finally Claimed Martyr.
New York City.?As a result of con- i
istant exposure to the X-rays in perfecting
the fluoroscopy. Clarence M.
Dally, an electrical engineer, died at
his home. No. 103 Clinton street. East
urange, i\. .1. seven years aso .nr.
Dally became Thomas A.Edison's chief J
assistant in the experimental depart- j
ment of the Edison laboratory. West '
Orange. In pursuing their experi- 1
meats Mr. Daily's liand$ and arms :
were continually exposed to the Ko<?nt- j
gen rays, and lie constantly handled
highly fluorescent materials such as
calcium tungstnte.
After more than two years a cancerous
growth appeared on Daily's left
wrist, and he had undergone no less |
than seven surgical operations in the
course ol' which as the growth reappeared
again and again both arms were j
amputated. Throughout his sufferings i
he maintained his mental faculties, ilis |
brain was active until a few honirs of !
his death.
Edison himself felt ill effects from !
similar exposure. But he is convinced,
and Dally was assured, that the danger
from the rays does not exist when they .
are employed as in ordinary medical i
practice. j
The first indication of the affection in
Daily's case, which has intensely interested
the'medical profession, was when
his hands.became inflamed, then denuded,
as if he had been severely
scalded. In February. 1902, more than I
150 pieces of skin, taken from his legs, j
1 .... 1 1.. TJ.,4- :
were Kraiieu 011 ijin jam, uc?? i
skin did not spread from the minute j
islands thus implanted: the operation [
was unsuccessful: it seemed that the i
vitality of his hands was lost.
After both hands liad been amputated
Mr. Dally gained greater courage.
With the healing of liis wounds he ap- !
peared to be recovering and sought to
continue his work. Artificial hands I
were provided, but within a week he ,
succumbed. The mysterious disease
had affected his system. From that ;
time he lost strength. Greater compii- j
cations followed, and finally his physicians
saw plainly lie could not live.
Mr. Dally was thirty-nine years old.
He enlisted in the United States Navy
when he was eighteen, and became j
chief gunner 011 the Enterprise. He |
had been connected with Edison for >
sixteen years. A widow and two sons |
survive him.
CONNECTICUT ELECTIONS.
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Results in the Towns Show Little
Change Over Last Year.
Ilartford, Conn.?The town elections
held all over the State showed little !
material change from the elections oi'
u year or two years ago. What lew
differences there are from last year's
results are in favor of the Republicans,
with one or two exceptions.
Not more than fifteen towns in the I
State changed their politics. The license
question and personal popularity
had much to do with the results, as
was shown in New Britain where j
Mayor Bassett, Democrat, was elected
selectman by "?()0 majority, although
the rest of the ticket was llopublicau.
CIRCUS TRAIN WRECKED.
Four Men and an Elephant Injured
and a Lion Badly Frightened.
Wilkesbarrc, Pa.?Four c-ireus men
and an elenhant were injured, a lion
badly frightened, ei?lit' cars of meat
thrown over the embankment and two
circus cars wrecked in a collision between
a special train of the .Tobn II.
Sparks tent show and a fast freight
on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Xanticoke.
The circus train was trying
to reach a siding at Xanticoke, where
it was to appear, when the fast freight
dashed into it.
RAID RUSSIAN CONSPIRATORS.
Police Charge Eight Persons With Issuing
Seditious Pamphlets.
St. Petersburg, Russia. ? Eight per- I
sons are being tried here in camera on
the charge of forming a secret society, j
maintaining a secret press and issuing ;
seditious pamphlets.
A Jewess, aged sixty years. In whose !
house the press was found, is charged j
with not divulging its presence. One I
of the accused lias confessed.
Columbia's Annual Report.
President Butler's annual report said
tliat Columbia University needs S2.000,000
for buildings, and that great interest
bad been shown in the School
( f Journalism.
Floor Collapses. Injuring Many.
At a corner stone laying at Adams,
Mass., a lloor with 130 persons collapsed.
Many, including Bishop Beaver,
of Springfield, Mass.. were hurt.
Russian Empress at Copenhagen.
The Russian Empress Dowager arrived
at Copenhagen. Queen Alexan- |
dra was among those who met her at
the station.
Navy Report Given Out.
The Navy Department gave out RearAdmiral
Rodgers' report on the attempts
to wreck the battleship Connecticut.
Hay Welcomes Peace Congress.
Secretary Hay welcomed the peace !
congress delegates at Boston. Mass..
lwilioir tlwi t
Hoar is Buried.
The nation. State and home city paid
tribute to Senator Hoar, whoso funeral
was held at Worcester. Mass.
Barley.
The market in the West was quiet, i
with a slow trade and prices were unchanged.
Sporting Brevities.
New York athletes won all the championships
at Montreal.
Squadron A defeated the polo team
of New Haven at Van Cortlandt Park,
Nv.w York City.
The Yingt et Un II. won the gold
challenge cup of the American Power
Boat Association.
Columbia opened the local New York i
football season by defeating Union by
the score of 10 to 0.
The yacht Ingomar returned from
Europe, where it scored in nineteen out
of twenty-two races.
POSTMASTER GENERAL DEAB
Henry C. Payne Succumbs to- Heart
Disease in Washington.
SKETCH OF HIS LONG CAREER
Mr. I'ayne In His Illness Displayed Kcmnrkable
Powers of Keslstance to
Disease?Family at Bedslfle?rresldeut
Calls In the L,a?t Hour?Cortelyou His
l'robatjlo Successor.
Washington, D. C.?Ilcnry C. Payne,
Postmaster-General of the United
States, died at his apartments in the
annex of the Arlington Hotel at G.10
o'clock p. in., after a 'week's illness.
The cause of death was officially stated
to be disease of the mitral valve and
dilation of the heart. Mr. Payne had
been in poor health for some years, but
his last illness lasted only seven days.
Death came after nearly six hours of
unconsciousness.
The iast official caller was President
Roosevelt, and he had only been gone
about ten minutes when the rostmaster-General
died. Secretary Hay had
called a few minutes before the President.
Neither entered the sick room.
Around Mr. Payne's bedside when he
died were his wife, Major and Mrs.
W. S. Cameron, of Jamestown, X. 1".;
Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Cameron, of
Milwaukee; Charles L. Jones and Miss
t .<-?? i so .Ton pb. relatives: the Rev. Dr.
Dunlap, pastor of St. John's Episcopal
Church; Private Secretary Whitman;
Miss Marie Barbieri, an old companion
of Mrs. Payne; Mr. and Mrs. N. S.
Mason, of Washington, and the colored
messenger at the department of the
Postmaster-General.
It is the understanding that George
B. Cortelyou is to become rostmasterGeneral.
The law provides that in
case of a vacancy of this character occurring
from death or other cause during
the recess of.the Senate the President
may designate the head of any
other department^ or any other oftlcer
in any department whose appointment
is vested in the President, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate,
to perform the duties of the vacant
office until a successor is appointed.
But sueh designation is limited to
thirty days.
The law provides that the First Assistant
shall act unloss otherwise di
reeled by the President until a successor
is appointed, but this temporary
service can be performed only for the
period stated, which will expire three
days before the day lixed for the Presidential
election. If Mr. Cortelyou
should be designated at that time he
would be holding the office of Postmaster-General
as well as serving as
Chairman of the National Committee.
Had Henry C. Payne lived until November
23 he would have been sixtyone
years old. He was born at Ashlleld,
Mass., on November U3. 1S43. For
thirty-two years Mr. Payne was a
politician by inclination and profession,
and the most skillful one the State
of Wisconsin ever saw.
Henry C. Payne was nominated and
confirmed as Postmaster-General on
January 8. 1902, succeeding Charles
Emory Smith, who was the first member
of President McKinley's old Cabinet
to resigii. He had acquired National
prominence by his influence and
activity in politics and through his
identification with great corporate interests
in Wisconsin and the Northwest.
Trained 011 a Yankee homestead
to habits of great industry, ipid
admission being refused to the army
because of his diminutive stature, he
pushed out to his future home in Wisconsin
when he had only attaiued the
age of twenty.
From 1876 to 1SS(? Mr. Payne was
postmaster of Milwaukee. After that
time he held no public office until he
became Postmaster-General, but devoted
himself to large business enterprises.
The Wisconsin Telephone Company.
made him its President in 1SS3.
Previous to the consolidation of the
street railway companies of Milwaukee
under a syndicate, ho was already officially
connected with certain lines,
and was made Vice-President and general
manager of the whole system,
which represented a capital of $5,000,000
aud embraced 130 miles of track.
KILLED HIS COMPANION.
Fatal Shooting While Two Young Men
t?a..
M vi e vju&iijiijg iui .u/uv.no.
Bath, Me.?Jerry Hall was killed instantly
at 8 o'clock a. in. by his companion,
William Palmer, while gunning
for ducks in Merry Meeting Bay. The
young men were out sculling in a small
boat. Both had agreed that Hall
should fire the first shot and Palmer
should fire two. As Palmer went to
discharge the second barrel ot: his
gun Hall suddenly lifted his head, receiving
the full force of the discharge
in the back of the skull.
Palmer was nearly overcome by the
accident, but managed to scull about
two miles to shore. Hall was twentyone
years old. He was a general favorite
about the city. rainier is only
seventeen years of age aud is nearly
crazy with grief.
Seven Men Lost With Bridge.
Seven men are missing of a party of
eigne WHO wrill liu^u >yjiu me n a^uu
bridge between Lexington, Oklahoma,
ami Purcell, after battling with the
swift rush of water for many hours
in a vain attempt to prevent the bridge
from being carried away. The bridge
was the only connection between the
two towns.
Higgins Notified.
At Oloan, X. Lieutenant-Governor
Frank W. Higgins, the Republican
candidate for Governor of New York,
and his associates on the ticket chosen
i?4- y-ip.ifnffi mnivonfinn YVOl'A f nr.
mally notified of their nomination. The
ceremonies took place at Mr. Higgins'
homo at 4 o'clock p. in.
Big Japanese Loss.
Twenty thousand Japanese fell in I Ik
latest ineffectual attempt to storm Fori
Arthur.
Newjy Gleanings.
Locusts have become a plague in
Spain.
British coal is now shipped to Jerusalem.
The war has already cost Japan
$300,000,000.
Many people were killed this year In
gathering edelweiss 011 the Alps.
Ex-Senator W. E. Chandler broke ar
nrm trying to start his automobile at
Warner, N. II.
In a fit of melancholia Mrs. Eessif
Feck drowned her three-y ear-old
daughter and herself at Kansas City,
Mo.
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j RUSSIAN CAVALRY ROUTED
j Genera! SamsonofF With His Cos*
sacks Forced to Retreat.
11 BLOODY HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTS
j
The Czar'n General JLccl a Brilliant
Charge, But u GalUnj; Fire of Machine
Gnns Crli>plc<l 111* Forced and Coini
j pelled a Withdrawal?Japanese Sharp;
RhootcrR Do Good "Work.
Mukden.?Couriers arriving early In
jtlie morning after a forced ride from
.General Samsonoff's field headqu.iri
Iters, bring information of a sudden retreat
by that general in the face of a
strong and rapid movement by Oku's
entire army. Instead of advancing
jvvlth their customary caution, the Japs
I tushed into action in a way that indicated
either a sudden Accession of
recklessness or extreme confidence in
their strength.
General Oku attacked Samsonoff's
Cossacks with infantry and dragoons,
and in less tlmn twenty minutes the
entire Russian front at that point was
raked by a severe crossfire from the
enemy's batteries. Several Cossack
horse batteries were dismantled "before
they could be swung into action. Two
sotnias of cavalry fighting dismounted
-? ? - xl?? ? ? ~n lncc
Wtl'tf ILllUWU Ull me ccuuc iulu II IVBH
of more than tliirty-five in killed and
wonnded, and in a quarter hour the enemy
followed that success by turning
back both wings of Samsonoff's division
and weakening his centre with a
concentrated rifle and machine gun fire.
.Samsonoff in person led a cavalry
charge, which, while a desperate remedy,
was the only move he could make
to save his whole division from panic.
He pushed between the broken halves
of his centre at the head of a regiment
of cavalry and hurled himself against
| the Japanese skirmish line. Continuj
ous fire from the machine guns empJ
tied many saddles before the regiment
j galloped from column to line formaj
tion, and one sotnia was almost cut to
i pieces when completing the oblique
| swing to its position on the left.
The gallant Cossacks rode forward al
great speed, however, standing in their
stirrup-leathers and firing as their
horses flew over the stretch of plain
that separated them from Oku's iufan*
> try and light batteries. Steadily as
! they advanced their number was deci!
mated by the terrible fire o? the machine
guns. Japanese sharpshooters
picked off the officers. 'General Samsonoff's
uniform was riddled with gullets
and his horse was killed under him
in the first shock with the batteries
Wn romnnntriil mirl lofl llis llieil thrOUSl)
I the skirmish line against battalions ol
! infantry in close formation constituting
I the enemy's support.
I Hand-to-hand fighting between Cossacks
and gunners followed the sweep
' over the skirmishers. The enemy's exj
tended formation was scattered and
stray soldiers were cut down before
they could rally on their companies.
I More than one gun squad was wiped
out by the cavalrymen. The enemy's
support, however, moved on the Cossacks
and poured a heavy ritte fire into
the regiment. Several sotnias of Cossacks
dismounted and tired prone at
| the advancing infantry.
| Others destroyed the Japanese guns
I captured in the first rush and blew up
| ammunition wagons. General Oku ap!
parently was unprepared for such a
demonstration, so his reserve did not
come up behind the support quickly as
it should have done to repel the charge.
| The Cossacks and the Japanese infaui
try in the supporting force were about
I equal in numbers. Neither side gained
I further advantage for almost half an
hour, the lighting continuing among
and behind the guns. Many were
killed and wounded on both sides in
that stage of the battle, but no prisoners
were taken.
When SainsonolFs division was in
full retreat Oku threw against his rear
a brigade of infantry, flanked by two
regiments of diugoons and several batteries
of flying artillery. The Japanese
riflemen mowed down the Cossack
gunners and the enemy's cavalry pursued
the retreating division. Oku's
batteries advanced rapidly, taking position
from time to time and directing
a destructive fire at the Russian
ranks. General Samsonoff saved a few
of his guns, but was obliged to abandon
most of them to enable his cavalry
to escape annihilation.
TWELVE KILLED IX FLOOD.
| Half of Watrous, N. M.. Washed
Away?Damage at Las Vegas.
Las Vegas, N. M.?Half of Watrous
I has been destroj-cd in a flood in thp
upper waters of the Rio Tecos, and at
least twelve persons have been
drowned.
Many persons were rescued from
trees and housetops. The greatest
damage was around the junction of
Mora and Sapelloire creeks. A rock
crusher, an iron bridge and much track
at Watrous were washed away. The
Gallinas River formed a new channel
at Las Vegas. In the Gai'.inas Canyon
+lir> ilomc nf tlio A?rnn Pnr.'i flonma 11V
! broke, bringing a terrific flooil 011 the
| city. The Montezuma Hot Springs
I track went out in many places. Half
I a dozen bridges were destroyed and the
Montezuma bathhouses were partially
carried away. For two blocks in
Bridge street every business house
was flooded.
Freeholder Commits Suicide.
James Denton, a Freeholder, of Paterson,
X. J., whose official acts are under
investigation, killed himself.
Jap Boat Sunk?
There were reports in Tokio, Japan,
that a Japanese gunboat had been
sunk by a mine off Port Arthur, and
that part of the crew had escaped. A
junk was badly damaged by a mine
north of Chefoo.
Tried to Wreck Ship.
j With the evident intention of doing
I an injury to the battleship ConnectiI
cut some person or persons placed an
obstruction on the ways the ship rested
on in the New York Navy Yard.
1 News of the Toliers.
The strike on the ore docks at Ashland,
Wis., has ended.
The Chiuese are being rapidly driven
1 out of New South Wales.
Typewriter girls of Montreal, Can.,
1 are talking about forming a union.
a striue or ami minors is on at dux
\ Bohemia against the new sorvieo regulations.
Saxony, tho greatest seat of German
: industry, employs the largest percent1
age of women in proportion to the total
1 population.
I MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK
WASHINGTON.
Thomas A. Edison caused the Post:
office to issue a frnud order against his
j son's company.
President Roosevelt, acting on Sec!
retary Hay's advice, decided not to
I call a congress of peace until the end
i of the Japanese War. Then it may be
i asked to meet in Washington.
I Miss O. It. Cameron, employed as a
j copyist in the Patent Office, has estab'
lished a new speed record by writing
i 23,000 words on a typewriter in a deJ
partmental day of seven hours. The
l previous record was held by Miss Mary
Bretty, who copied 22,000 words in
i seven hours.
A wireiess message irom me Aeeiami
/summoned a Washington doctor to atI
tend Miss Henrletttn Seawell, sister of
Miss Molly Seuwell, author.
According to Mint Director Roberts
I twenty-one States and Territories pro;
duced $73,501,700 worth of gold during
the year 1903, and $20,322,000 worth of
I silver, the value of the silver being
! computed at fifty-four cents per fine
i ounce.
I
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.
' All but one of the visiting Filipino
j delegates on return home favored immediate
steps toward independence.
The report that Archbishop Chapelle
wonld resign as Apostolic Delegate to
i Cuba aud Porto Rico was denied.
DOMESTIC.
L. F. Loree, executive head of the
i Chicago. Rock Islawd and Pacific Raili
road, resigned.
roiice commissioner .ucacoo, acring
011 evidence obtained by the Anti-Poli
icy Society, will begin an active war
, against poolrooms in New York City.
In the arrest of Thomas Dugan New
j York detectives believed they caught
I a thief who robbed banks by using
i the garb of a clergyman, and who is
wanted for swindling the People's Na;
tional Bank of Boston.
Six men were buried by the caving
! in of a mine 111 Georgia.
! A crowd of a thousand persons
chased for a mile through Brooklyn,
j N. Y., streets a negro who had stabbed
a woman.
I The Supremo Court of Alabama ren
dered a decision which leaves one!
third of the State without courts.
Rear-Admiral Rodgers retired, and
Rear-Admiral Coghlan took command
at the New York Navy Yard.
New York Day at the St. Louis Exposition
was appropriately celebrated,
j A Coroner's Jury found that an un1
known person or persons shot to death
Frank J. McNally, a saloonkeeper, of
i nmntlvn tv v
Frederic Augnste Bnrtholdi. sculptor
I of the Statue of Liberty, in New Yo*k
; Harbor, died in Paris, France, aged
I seventy years.
i It was announced at Hartford, Conn.,
j that by the will of Miss Maria Terry,
I who died in Venice, Italy, recently, the
I Hartford Hospital would receive about
j $300,000.
It was discovered that the hole bored
j in the bottom of the battleship Coni
necticut in the latest attempt to wreck
j her was the work of.some person or
I persons on the outside of the ship.
Governor Odell and his staff were in
j St. Louis to participate in the observi
ance of New York State Day at the
j Fair.
Ey the will of L. C. Veits Yale Unii
versity obtained for Sheffield Scientific
[ School $250,000.
J. E. Schermerhorn, of New York,
j announced that his son Amos was opI
crating the automobile of Hugh Gurney,
the British Embassy's Third Seci
retary, in Stockbridge. Mass.. on the
! occasion of the alleged violation of
j speed ordinance.
To a great throng in Trinity Church ,
the Archbishop of Canterbury preached,
enjoining upon tho strong and successful
the duty of caring for and uplifting
the weak and poor.
The Salvation Army has installed a
| store in New York City at which a man
or woman may purchase a complete
j bridal outfit of clothes for ninety-nine
' cents and another where furniture for
a three-room flat may be had for $3.
Heavy rains caused Las Animas
; River to overflow its banks and flood
| the city of Trinidad, Col. Railroads
j were tied up in the territory effected.
Thirty-live firemen were overcome by
! smoke and fumes of ammonia at an allj
night fire on Fourteenth street, New
i York City.
Joseph Watson, the young negro who
j murdered former Police Commissioner
| I-Ienry Osborne, of Hartford, Conn.,
j was convicted- and sentenced to be
I hanged.
FOREIGN.
Russian War Office believes Japanese
arc preparing for a general advance
011 Mukden.
Chinese bandits under Japanese officers
are said to be opposing Russians.
M. Guyot, the French statesman, in
an interview, praised the Monroe Doctrine
and called the "American peril"
economically beneficial.
The Norwegian bark Sir John Laurence,
from London, England, struck
sunken rocks off the coast of Norway,
and the crew of fourteen men were all
drowned.
A Somali Mullah is reported from
Aden, Arabia, to have attacked and
i robbed the Ogadaiu tribe, killing UOO
i men.
Ambassador McCormick will sail for
' lmmo rm fWnhpv 14. find nvnects to be
j away from St. Petersburg l'or six
weeks.
Mme. Yvette Guilbert, a special cable
dispatch says, is kept in Europe by engagements
for the next six months.
Admiral Kamimura and a fleet of
Japanese war ships, according to a
special cable'dispatch, are watching
Vladivostok to prevent any more raiding
expeditions by Russian vessels.
Desperate attacks by the Russians
! to retake positions captured by the
Japanese, thus insuring a water supply,
are reported.
Great Paris physicians, according to
a special cable dispatch, declare that
the $20,000 fee demanded by Dr. Doyen
from Mr. George Crocker is unprecedented.
The sailing of the Germanic from
Southampton was delayed thirty-six
hours owing to repairs.
Messages of sympathy are flooding
the family of the late Sir William Vernon
Harcourt. Among them was one
from King Edward.
Two kings and many princes and
high officials attended the funeral of
Niels Finsen at Copenhagen.
The Governor of Arzila, Morocco,
was murdered by tribesmen out of revenge
for the imprisonment of some of
their fellows, whom they set free.
Prince Mirsky insisted on separating
the Russian police administration from
the Ministry of the Interior.
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questionably, the leader among Russ'
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accidents and their causes comes forward
with an invention which is designed
to avert the so frequently re,
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THE AUTOMATIC WBECK AVEBTEB.
J curring horrors which have stained
! with blood the history of railroading
| in this and other countries.
When, from any cause or other, it
| is desired to stop a train of cars due
I at any point, the custom is now to send
I a flagman back to signal to the enj
gineer of the due train. At other
! times a lantern is set at the side of the
j track, and still at other times a torj
pedo is placed on the rail. But flagj
men have gone to sleep, engineers
! have failed to see the lanterns and
| have not heard the torpedoes.
The new invention requires the
equipment of trains with automatic
brake arrangements which are to be
operated by means of a "shoo"' fasI
+on*wl tn tit a rnll. One of these
"shoes" baring been put in place near
the point at which it fs desired to stop
the train the railroad men can proceed
with their duties without fear of the
J oncoming locomotive and its cars passj
ing many feet beyond. As the train
I pa&es over the "shoe" a lever on each
I set of trucks is thrown by the "shoe"
i and the brakes immediately applied,
so that when the whole train has
passed every wheel has been set firinj
ly and there is no possibility of the
| train going any farther.
I
Samples of wheat of extraordinary
; size and weight have been received
| from the country which will be traversed
by the Bagdad railway.
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Visitor (who fancies himself a critic)
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pponent, You riehvc, leaves him, unan
statesmen.
He Fulfilled the Prophecy.
Theodore Stavnrche, living In the
town of Hermezin, near "Bucharest, had
liis fortune told sixty-five years ago by
a cypsy, who said that he would die
by the bayonet. He fought through
the Russo-Turkisli war, was decorated
for conspicuous bravery at Plevna and
Smarden, and never received a scratch.-"
The other day, however, at the age of
seventy-five, he committed suicide with
h!c cri'on/lcAn'ft harnnof thlia fHtfllHtlll
the ancient prophecy.
The TnrkUh Saltan's Title*.
The Sultan of Turkey has seventy"
one titles, and on the parchment con?
taining them are the words "as many
more as rnay be desired can be added
to this number." Among the titles are
"Abdul riamid. the Eternally Victor'
ions," "the Eternally Smiling," 'the
Eternally Invincible." "Distributor of
Crowns to the Heroes Seated on tli4
Thrones" and "Shadow of God oo
Earth."
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Carbide of Calcium.
Ordinarily the formation of calcinm
carbide requires a degree of heat!
which can only be secured in the electric
furnace. At a recent meeting of
the Academy of Sciences, in Paris, M.
Henri Molssan stated that n4?AUl??|
calcium, at a red beat, will combine
with the finely divided carbon contained
in smoke. The product is pure
calcium carbide, crystalized and trans- *.
parent.
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