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VOL. X.
HEATRUiNS CROPS
Drought and Hot Ware Have
Done Immense Damage
ia the Corn Belt.
HARVEST WILL BE SMALL1
In Seven States the Losses Are Estimitnrl
ot (fcOfAO HOM CVin
nukbu Ul J)UUU|UUUa
I
flic Crcnt. Tlroucht tn the West 1>U
Most In Mtiisonrl ntnl Kansns ? drain
Field* of i? t.arge Section So Iturnnl
That. Fonilltion Is Kryond Kcuiedy
? Nslirnakn SiiflVrrd Feast of
tlio Corn-fJrow Inc States ? I'arelied
Crops In Other T.ornlltles ? Had l!fports
Affcrtrd the Oratn Markrt.
Chicago.?Sunshine is costing millIons
of dollars in I ho West. Raindrops
lti souio pinros just pour would l?o
worth tlioir weight in gold. Elsewhoro
tho titno is past and no amount
of rain can lift tho blight from lioat
shrivelled fioltls. Tho losses aro estiinatod
as follows: Kansas. .sjon.itoo.?niti:
Missouri. Sioo.noo.onti: tho two
Dakotas and Minnosota. Sjri.ooii.tHMi;
Wisconsin, ?1."?,000.ui)0. and Nebraska.
v 511,1)00.000.
Nebraska, hitherto in tho finest sort
of condition, is beginning to l'ee! lite
effects of the hot wave and the tin
broken drought. Iteporrs front that
State indieato that eonsitlerahlo damage
has already resulted, and more is
Imminent.
Iowa enrn is turning up a little
around the edges, hut so i'ar is not
Jiurt, and a good rain would bring the
State out all right. The same thing
applies to Illinois in a general ivhv.
and with a late fall the backward crop
will come out all right.
It Is in Kansas and Missouri whore
the conditions are most depressing.
In the Sunflower State all save the
wheat seems to be wholly or iii part
destroyed by the blistering winds and
the unclouded sun. In Missouri conditions
are almost as bad.
Much, it might be said. most, of this
damage in both Kansas and Missouri
lias been done since July 1. when the
hot winds and tcrrltic heat came. Information
from which the Government
crop report of July in was issued was
secured previous to July 1. Therefore
the crop condition figures attached to
the Government report for those two
States must he disregarded.
Where the Government gives n condition
iu Kansas corn of seventy-four
per cent, it is far and away below that,
nearer twenty-live per cent, in view
of this later information. Missouri
corn, ^iceording to the Government,
shows a condition of seventy. That,
too. has been changed since July 1.
and the percentage must be greatly
reduced.
Rain, and rain only, can save the
crops, and this must eoiue shortly or
it will he too late.
The Kansas City stock market, rivaled
Chicago's market owing to the
fact that the farmers are flooding the
"Western markets in their mad desire
to get rid of their cattle at any price
before a feed famine overtakes them.
This movement is eeneinl thnmi'liniii
the West ami Northwest, ami what is
true of the Kansas City market is the
ease iu Chicago, Oiualin and Sioux
City.
Lincoln, Neb. ? Abnormal heat and
hot winds have prevailed for several
days, but the effect in damage to grain
crops is partly guesswork. If the estimate
that half the oats and half tlie
potato crop is ruined is correct it
means a yield In oats of but Me.ttt 10.000
bushels, compared with a normal yield
of 70.00b,(MK), a loss of more than $ "?,000.000
and a cutting down of the potato
crop from 8.000.000 to 4.000.000
bushels, representing a monetary loss
of $1,500,000.
Leavenworth. Kan.?In addition to
the hopeless outlook for corn Iu Kansas
the oats and hay are ruined, and
,the fruit on the trees is becoming
Shriveled and Is falling. The vegetable
crop is a total failure. Reports
Indicate that in no county in the State
are the crops damaged less than fifty
per cent. The streams are drying up
and the question of water for tlie cities
aud towns of the State and l'or
stock is becoming a serious problem.
Jefferson City, .Mo. ? Weather continues
hot and dry. The crop situation
Is alarming. Tin* chances for
corn crop are exceedingly slim. It is
estimated that ten per cent, of a normal
Vield is :i liicrli ,?<r im.ir.. <>... .
are mostly harvested ami ten per eeiit.
will cover this crop. Potatoes are not
more than twenty live per cent., with
hay less than tweut.v-tive per cent.
The wheat crop is normal.
Milwaukee, Wis.?No accurate estimate
can he made of the damage to
Wisconsin crops since July 1. hut it
will run well into the hundreds of
thousands. There has been no rain
for a mouth. Pastures are drying,
and there is likely to be a shortage of
feed.
Dcs Moines, Iowa.?The hot winds
hare done much liarui to corn and
oats in Easiora Iowa, following two
>RT
r
weolcs of <1 rj- wntlmr. Tho condition
o- small era in is coin-rally below tlint
of last yoar. except rye. In the north
the same conditions prevail.
fprincflehl. 111. ? Ttonorts from all
over Illinois indicate that the unparalleled
heat wave is plavinc havoc
with the cm wine crops. The intenso
lioat has inflicted much damace to the
corn crop. Oats, too, have suffered.
f.rr.orr dei'kmis ox amkkica.
Croat Shortage 1'rovhloa a 'Market For
Oar Snrptu* Crop*.
T.nndon.?John AY. Tiookwnltcr. of
Ohio, sailed for tlio T'nitcd States ?ffor
nn extensive bicycle tour in tlio
:i irriotil tufsil districts of Germany.
France. Austria. Itnlv. Switzerland.
I Spain and Grant Gritn in.
"The prevailing agricultural condiI
tions of Europe." he says, "with the
I minor executions of Italy and Snain.
trivo startlincr evidence in support of
the theory that the world's consumptive
power is rapidly overtaking pro
dilative ahilitv for the sustenance of
hotli man and boast. Shortages exist
equally in wlicnt. corn, oats and hay.
"In Germany the situation is absolutely
disastrous. Statisticians say
that they have to 50 hack decades to
! tind a parallel.
"England is almost as had.
"None of the countries a fleeted possesses
a hushel of reserve stock.
"Europe is prepared to luiy every
surplus hushel of American ajjrieultnral
products, and pay the American
farmer 11 bout anything he has a mind
to ask."
Crop Situation K\riti>< Mnrkft.
X<-\v York City. rurtiior alarming
reports from tlio West as to the detorloriation
of Hip corn crop, noting
tlto uttor a'is< nee ??f rain ami tin* eon
tinuanee of extreme heat. resulted in
nit excited nil'I higher gra in market
nml practical demoralization in stocks.
Sonrclty of Snnill
Washington. 1>. C. Tin* Treasury j
Department is preparing io meet tin*
exported demand for small notes during
tlio crop-moving season l>y providing
as many as possible of the small' j
or denominations.
MRS. LOLA BONINE INDICTED.
Grnml .Tnrv fli:ii'c"< tier Willi tlio Muriter
of Vounu Ayrc? in Wn* tit ncrton
Washington. 1>. C.?The Craml .lury
of the District of Columbia brought in
an indictment against Mrs. I.olo Ida
Bonine. holding her responsible for the j
death of James Seymour Ay res. Jr.. !
at the Hotel Kenmore. on May lb last. I
The indictment rends that she "felonl- j
ousl.v and wilfully and with malice !
n forethought discharged a pistol
against tin* body of Ay res."
The Ayrcs-P.onine tragedy was one
of the most sensational in Washing- j
ton police annals. (treat mystery sur- !
rounded tlu? death ?>f Ayrrs, who wits '
fountl dead in his room at tho Hotel
Konmoro with throe pistol shot
wounds In his hodv. Mrs. ltoninn. a
guest ot" tho hotel, acknowledged her
presence in Ayres's room when he was
killed. Site declared, however, that
Ayrcs threatened her with a revolver,
and that in a struggle t<> protect her i
honor the shots were tired which re- J
suited in ids death.
CRUSHED BY A FALLING BRIDGE.
Many Workmen Are Kilted ami Injured
Near Sprlnsttetd. I'enn.
Springfield. I'enn.?The Nickel I'lato
Railroad bridge, near here, fell while
a freight train was crossing it. Nine
men were killed and ten injured. The
majority of those killed and injured
were the laborers who were at work
beneath the bridge. Seventy feet of
the structural work fell
The bridge spans a gttlley. which is
several hundred feet wide. The Nickel
J'Late of late lias been strengthening
its bridges preparatory to running
heavier engine.*, over them, and work
was progressing on this one. A idg
till was being made to strengthen the
structural work. Before trattle can be
fully resumed on the Nickel I'late at
this place a now bridge will have to
lie built.
PET FROG'S FATAL EX^.OSION.
After n Fred of Dynamite it Kills One
Child mid Injure* Two IVrson*.
Albany. Mo.?An accident iti which
three children, a pet frog and some dynamite
figured, resulted here in one
ueaui, the serious injury of two per
sons ami the demolition of part of it
dwelling.
The tine.* children of CJenrge MeCtv/ry.
ft contractor, found some dynamite
in the cellar of their home, ami
thinking it was putty, fed it to their
pet frog. A large tool chest fell on the
frog and exploded the dynamite. A
chisel pierced the temple of the youngest
child and killed it.
Another child and Mrs. McCurry. in
the kitchen ahove, were seriously iinrt.
and that part of the house was
wrecked.
JURY FINOS SKINN CUiLTY.
Verdict of Murder in Second Hcgroe in
tlie Applegata Case.
Trenton. X. J.?The Jury in the
Shiuii murder trial rendered a verdict
of murder in the second degree. The
jury had been out about seven hours.
The crime for which ishiitn was convicted
was the killing of Thomas F.
Applegnte, a fanner, whose body was
found in his haru tit Kvtonville on
Sunday morning, March 10. The theory
was advanced at the time that Ap
piegate had conic home drunk, and in
unharnessing his horse had falieu he
neat it the animal's heels and bad been
trampled to death.
Shot Wife and Then Himself,
Solontou llat.s. a young man residing
at Wllburton, IVnu., hecaute frenzied
by Jealousy and shot his wife at their
home, afterward sending a hullct
through his own heart, lie d.?*d instantly.
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THE MS HOT USI
Americai Indemnity Claims Are Satisfactorily
Settled.
WASHINGTON OFFICIALS PLEASEC
The Stnto Tlepjxrtirient ICecctves S'.?.*.,(?O0
From the Porte?Claims Are Rn?e.l ?t
l.oft*c? Suffered by Atitrrlrnn Ml?slnnhvIch
in Armcilin?Had l'een Pcudiii)
For Over * Dcoatle.
Washington. T). C.?The State Dojiartment
has received tho amount <>f
the American indemnity claim ngainst
Turkey?$fi.~,000?through the American
Legation at Constantinople.
The money was paid by the Turkish
("Government to Mr. Leishmnn, the
United States Minister at Constantinople.
It was placed by him in the
Ottoman Imperial Bank, and drafts
were remitted for the amount. These
drafts have just reached Washington.
As is usually the case, the claims in
the aggregate considerably exceed the
amount of the indemnity actually paid,
but the United States (Government
lias expressed itself satisfied with the
payment. It assumes full responsibility
for the distribution, the Turkish
(Government paying down a lump sum.
and leaving it to the State Department
to distribute among the claimants at.
Its discretion and after its own fashion.
It is stated that as soon as the department
otlieials can prepare their
lists, they will communicate directly
with the claimants.
The claims are princinallv based
iipou losses suffered !iy American missionary
an<l educational institutions in
Turkey, notably those at 11 a r] mi t and
Ma rush, but there are a number of
individual claims, such, for instance,
as that of tile family of the unfortunate
bicyclist Iniz. the Pittsburg man.
i who was killed by Turkish soldiers
wiiile attempting to go around tite
globe on his wheel.
The State Department officials fc< 1
the greatest satisfaction at the settlement
of tit" claims. Secretary Hay
has boon told hy diplomats skilled itt
the ways of Orleuta! diplomacy, that
he never would lie able to collect llicm.
Not only was there extreme dltliculty
hi hringiug any pressure to bear on
Turkey, but the United States had to
contend with the jealousy of the groat
European powers, most < f whom have
claims against Turkey vastly larger in
amount than America's, and the total
of which is beyond the ability of the
Turkish Government to meet.
For more than a decade the American
claims have been pending. Minister
Terrell first presented then. I?r.
Angell went over to collect them, expecting
to he so engaged only a short
time, but lie returned unsuccessful
lifter several years In Constantinople.
Then Minister Strauss took them up.
and when he resigned he passed them
along to Mr. Criseotn. The last-named
only recently committed his charge to
Mr. I/oishuian. and while to Mr. Irishman
belongs the credit of actually collecting
the money, it is said at the
State Department that each and every
one of the officials named lias contributed
valuable services toward the
uu?n aviviemenu ?
OHIO DEMOCRATS NOMINATE.
fuinrn Kllbonrnr Katnetl For Governor ?
Hrfuiird to Itn.rtlrm National l'lutform.11
Columbus. Ohio.?Tlio Ohio Democratic
State Convention named Colonel
Kllhourne for fJovernor. placed the
three Johnson planks on franchises,
steam nnd electric railroads, and corporation
taxation in the platform, rejected
Frank S. Monnctt as a candidate
for Attorney-General, and by a
vote of 0-14 to six refused to reaffirm
the Kansas City platform and express
Its confidence In Mr. Bryan
The following ticket was nominated:
For Coventor. James Kilhourne; Lieutenant
Coventor. Anthony Howells;
Attorney-Cenernl. M. H. McCarthy:
Treasurer. 11. Page Alcshirc: Member
of Board of Public Works. James C.
llolman; Supreme Judge, Joseph
Hid.v. and Clerk of Supreme Court,
Ilnrry II. Young.
The rooster was again adopted as
the party emblem.
J it the framing of the platform
Mayor Tom Johnson's friends won a
notable triumph. The three pet ideas
of the Cleveland leader relative to
franchises, steam nnd electric railways
and corporation taxation, wer
adopted. The platform also demands
tariff-reform, denounces trusts, scores
tile eonoilcst of other nnnnlna
lacks territorial expansion is danger011s
and tending lo embroil us with
foreign rowers.
MRS. MARTHA PATTERSON DEAC.
.\iitlre\T iTolinioiiN 1 l;iiikhlrr. Otirn
tr?**rtof tlirt White House, I'nsnen Awuv.
Knoxville, Teun.?Mrs. Martha Pat- (
tcrson, daughter of the late former ,
President Andrew Johnson, died at.
tlreenvllle. Mrs. Patterson was born
on October 'in. lS.'iN. in a little one-room
log cabin, which stood almost in sight
of the house where she died. She was ,
the eldest (laughter of Andrew Joi n- j
son, and was mistress of the White ,
it >11*0 during his term as President. t
She married Judge Thomas Patter, on. j
and is survived by a son, Andrew j
Johnson Patterson, and a daughter, j
I telle, (if late years slie had tr.ade her y
home with her son. She was a worn- ,
i'.j of commanding intellect. i
Cnic I!rlti<l l.cr/.or Itorcn;,
Mr.rais, the well-known Cape Colony {
rebel, wad bunged at Middulburg,
Transvaal Colony.
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NESDAY, JULY 17, 11
DRENCHED! HE DOYVIEITES
Hcso Turned on the Disciplos cj
Zionism to Stop a Riot.
t'nrtci'look to Hold a Mrrltnc in l'vnn<
tttoa. 111., Surrounded !?y TItrlr Guard*
? I.ruder* AkmiIIoiI With M Uillrii,
Chicago.? Followers of .lolin Alexander
Iinwio made an attempt to convert
the citizens of Kvnnstnn and failed, as
on former occasions. Tlie.v visited the
rlnce in greater force than ever before,
there being fully *20D of theni, hut their
increased UUiiihcrs only brought theni
a grotfter defeat. One half of the
Dowieites were followers of "Zion."
and the remainder were members of
the paid body guard which Howie
maintains. The guards were intention
to prevent any interference with the
meeting, and when it began they surrounded
the I>owieites. to hold hack
the crowd of fully lotM) people, which
gathered rapidly as soon as it was
known that another Dowie meeting
was in progress.
As on on former occasions eggs and
vegetables were quickly used, and the
guards and those whom they were trying
to protect were soon spattered
wiih yolks and battered with old vegetables.
Several tights resulted between
the guards and people of the town,
generally with damaging results to
the guards.
The entire police force of llvanston
was called into service. :uid after the
t'hief of Poller had ordered llir Dowleitps
to withdraw :tn?! ltritl met with
:i r? fuaal. he ordered his men to charge
them. Tile poller ?1 i?l not tise tlu ir
ehihs. ::ntl tile guards held them hack
hv sheer force of numbers.
The crowd meanwhile was growing
ugly. nnd Mayor ltates. of Evaustoii.
poring that- unless something was
done quickly jh ople would he seriously
hart and possibly killed, ordered n
lire engine. The engine at oner
tui'ned a tour-inch stream on the
Dowieites and they went over like
tenpins.
Worn- n. as well art men. were
thrown ("own by the stream, and sent
foiling in tile mud. The people of
Evanshti datieed and hooted with <loigltt
as the firemen steadily advanced,
iriving the l>o\\ieites before theiti in
utter rout. The work was done with
Impartiality, and any Dowlelte dilatory
in niovenient was washed along
iy the stream.
As the Dowieitee Hod, the hotnbardnienf
with eggs and vegetables was
resumed, and added materially in ridding
the town of the presence of the
Zionists. Klder Piper, of llowle's
iiurrh. who had been in eommaml ?f
the small army, was am sted 011 a
Miarge of disorderly eomlitct.
About twenty other Howielh-f. were
taken into custody, more to save them
from the crowd in the streets than
for any other reason. The Howleites
say they will return In greater force,
and the people of Evanstoii declare
that the next riot will he
the larger.
MANY DEAD IN TRAIN WRECK.
1 I'nit l>;ishr* Into u Freight
Near Morton, Mo.
Kansas City, Mo. Sixteen persons
are dead, two probably fatally injured
and a large number of others less seriously
hurt as the result of a head-on
collision between passenger and fast
live stock trains on the Chicago and
Alton Kallroad, near Norton, Mo., a
hundred miles east of here. Six persons
were killed outright, four died
on a train conveying them to Kansas
City, and six died in hospitals in this
city.
Among the dead are: 1>. XV. Hooker,
of Syracuse, N. V.: Mrs. ('. II. Snyder,
of Jasper. N. Y.: Mrs. It. J. Curtis, of
Cenesee, N. V.. and Mrs. Frances
Walker, of Flat bush. Itmoklyn.
The trains collided head-on while
going at a good rate of speed. The
engines were pushed to either side of
the track and practically demolished,
while the forward cars of the passenger
train telesmpi d each other.
The passenger train was traveling
In three sections <n account of the
heavy Kpworth League business to
fcun Francisco. The wrecked train
was the first section and contained
no Leaguers.
Fmnrf'd lCrronl Ministry.
The Wahleek ltosseau Ministry is
now practically certain to achieve the
record length of life of any Cabinet of
the present French Republic, l'arliament
has been prorogued and will not
meet again until November. The Ministry
is safe tit)tiI then, and at the end
of October it will have attained the
twenty-eight months of its existence,
having beaten the record of the Meline
Ministry by two months.
Murderer Willi Secret l\noted.
Coventor Shaw, of Iowa, lias pa- I
ruled S. it. Dawson, commonly known |
as "Damascus Steel" Dawson, who '
was sentenced to ten years In the pen- j
itcntiary live years age for the mar j
der of his soti-in-lav.. Waller S i
Dawson declared that he uad disjeov- j
prod the reerot of making Datnx-i iis >
HtcM'i. ills formula lias 1 n p a bank j
vault wlille lie lias 1 in pris ?u.
Jlliin.v Filipinos Ylclil.
Tile Insurgent leader Ilel.nnnino,
svlio lias been oin ratiiH; in t!.e i'rovInr
of Sorsogoti, 1'. J., lias surrenlt
red ai Leffaspi, on Albay Hay. with
Hilrty-two ollU'ers. guns ami ."<???
minis of ammunition. The insm-xent
l*? ? ideli e.i el that secti/M Ui<! in.Hi.',
i'iiijiinos a> eoinpanieil Ih liar; iln< . I
ivh pivo himself up to Colom 1 Theo j
lore .T. Wint. of tin 5'lxth United i
States Cavalry.
Heavy Crop Liixm-h l.i K..ii*ua.
It i.N estimated that Kansas v.* Ill an'
'or crop losses from the protracted
mat spell to the extent jl flO.OUO.UCO.
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KM.
CHEAT STEEL' STRIKE Oil
Labor's Titanic Struggle With the
Giant Trust Begun.
THE COMBINE REFUSES DEMANDS
AiunlcmiiAtml \??oelntlon of .'tool Worltrr<
Obey Tlirlr l.cnilci's Cull In Close
Dnwn tli? TM 111 ? ? Thrcatt to Tlo l'|?
tlii' I iitiro Industry ??r tho Country ?
Thou?:iti<!i* oT Skilled Workers In vol veil
"Mlisburff, IVnn. ? After a throe
thi.vs* ses-ion tho oonferenre hot ween
representatives of tli > American Shoot I
Stool. American Stool Hoop nml Amor- ,
loan Tiu I'lato. subsidiary companies
of tho rnito.l Stilton Stool Corporation.
and tlio tloneral Kscontlve ltoanl
of iho Amalgamated Association of
Iron. Stool ami Tin Workers, adjourned
tinally wit limit reaching an
agreement. 1. ss than an hour later
President ShatVor, of th Amalgamated
Assoidation. hail wired the following
order to all the Amalgamated lodges
in the tin plate, stool hoop and shoot
stool mills of the country:
"Notify your men that the mill is on
a strike, and will net work on Monday.
.Inly l.V'
The association numbers more than I
jut ?.<><> ? mouthers, mid there are sov- .
oral oilier independent labor unions |
united with the log nssoelatioii, so I
that it is safe to say that ttun.uun |
worknn u have boon ordered out on
strike because of the failure of the j
I conference.
J ii" MIIM' IS COUIlttCit I?> *!'? SOCtiiui.
li affects tln> In??i :iU'l steel
mills nl' I'i'inisylv:tlii:i, Ohio. .M.il :i
nm and Hi'- West alike. It Is a test
nl' min'HSfiIi lii'tiveon capital and labor
I i:i i'wry trade allied to the steel in- >
, dnsrry in lite I'liiied States. Ii canl
not, i'lnvcvcr, close nil th?? Steel Trust ,
wo. I --, as ninny an1 non-union. Car- !
Iieuie's 11 :111 stead mills, the largest
in iin* world, n!i> :i 11 non-union.
After i!u> ndiouruini'iit oi' the ronf
c lln? following statement was I
| piv n i K by lii" o!lii'i:iIs ?.f the three
iomp:ini< s inli ivsieil:
" The conferences between the Amalgamated
Association and the Sheet, ,
Hoop and Tin I'lato companies failed 1
to I'oine to an njrreetnetit lieeause the |
Amalgamate ! Assoeiatimi did not re- 1
rede from its or: yi tin I posit ion. which 1
was that the three companies inter
j I'stcci should sign for all the mills
1 wlthoiu regard as to whether these
tail Is hail iti flu* pas, belonged to tin*
Amalgamated As orbitloll r not. The
t nuiufaeturers iliil not refuse their |
rights to organize, la.it. having many
turn hi tin- mills not in tin* Atnnlgar.>a(< (
Association who ?!.> not wish to
become association men. claimed they
must respect these Men in their
! wishes, as well as those wliar are nieniI
hers of the association.
"In order t ? c!Yee?. a conruv.'.nise,
the manufacturers offered to sign for
several mills which have always in
the past hecti out of the association.
No compromise was offered hy tl.e
AmalL'.'imateil Association. The Anicriean
Tin l'late t 'ompany lias only one
tain union mill. They required the
privilege to make a special scale for
this mill and sign the same. This was
refused, and the company was given i
to understand that men in all tin* tin
laills would he called out, even though
the scale has been signed for all the
tin mills. The privilege requested
above would settle all differences between
the tin plate company and the
Amalgamted Association."
"The strike was not of our own
feekiug." said President Shaffer. "It
iv.-is forced upon us. We were not eonending
for wages, hut for principle?
.'or self-preservation. We have our
'orees thoroughly organized, and there
will he some surprises in store. The
strike order will ho promptly obeyed
>y all our men. Put there will lie no
trouble. Labor organizations have
thauged. The A mnlgamntcd Association
I's not the association it was twenty 1
| rears ago, not even live years ago. The 1
I lien are more readily controlled, hi 1
! fact, we have our men under control."
j Asked if tile association can stand a
\ imig strike. President Shaffer said:
"We have a larger defense fund
iliaii most of our iwnihers even sunpose.
We have hoeii accumulating it
for years, and we will not need to levy 1
any strike assessment for months'.
"When we do We are happy in the
I assurance that thousands of our men
in the independent plants will lie j
l' :nly to help lis. Remember We have
| had several years of prosperous times
; work lias hceit plenty and our men
liave paid their assessments ungntdtp I
hnrl.v." '
The amount of wages lost eaeli day >
I hy the present strike in the mills of <
1 lie three ennipanfes is estimated at
Ja.'nO.OOn to S.'to >.')<mi, or nearly $l,r?thi.- I
t"Ki :i week. The loss In output to the
i oinpanies. all of whom have their '
products sold for months to come, ran- '
not he estImated. '
'PAT" CROWE IN SOUTH AFRICA i
Alleged Kldtia;>oi* of " Kdille" Cmlaliy I'.iyt i
ii itetit of f.oilg Stiilldiiig.
St. Joseph. Mo. State Senator A. W.
lhi Wbter, an attorn- y, lias received a v
draft !" ' S'-oO. sent to him hy "I'at" i
Crowe from .loiianm -hurg, Couth ?
Afrlea. to pay a fee Crowe hafi owed
him for several yen-. h
Crowe'- name lias been connected t
hy alio ;at; u with the kidnaping in ],
tiniali i oi the young :oii of Edward f,
cudaliy. a packer, v. ho paid a ransom i
of S'J.'.i' M in gold to reeovt r liis hoy. ,,
Several >ears ago t't'own was under h
aire t in St. Joseph on the charge of j<
train robhery. 11 employed .Mr. u
1'rewster to defend him. The charge I:
was dismissed. u
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SURVEYING OLD 30UNDARY
Mason and Dixon's Lino Will C?
Markfid Willi li-nn Pnct
Fcnn?rlv:?nl:? mul Mnrylnml !)lvl !o ttto
of Hip Survey atltl Kolocntlon
or tin* Murkurs.
Tt.alt imore. Mil. -The oM and
1?i \?> 11 lino between Marylun 1 a:i 1
IVnnsylvania Is beinsc re surveyed,
ami will soon l?o re marV <1 with ir n
posts. This work is hoiti.4 done hii h .*
the direetlon of I >r. William 11. Clark,
of tin* Maryland C.eoloyleal Umv.ui.
and Secretary of Internal A1.'airs
I.atta. of l't nnsylvania. Tho IVnnsylvania
Legislature lit ISS'd appropriated
:?7t>X> "to repair aud reset the
inonuments on the boundary lit between
this eomuinnwealth and the r.djaeent
State of Maryland o:t tb *
South." and in iltoo the Legislature *?;"
Maryland supplied faOOO to aid itt tie*
work.
Mason and l>i.\ou'a boundary line,
wltleli originally was run and
marked to establish the territorial
limit - of IVnnsylvania and Maryland,
later bcenme famous as the boundary
between tlte free ami slave-hohlfn:^
St I . I.... ..< l. V- ... ?
?'i mi' .-viiriii IIIIU >OlltIl. I'
was, act -oritinjr to an agreement land-'
in 17.TJ. to run due west from <\ip.?
llenlopeu iliftm 11 miles sor.:!i of tlnv
point now known l?y that name), to themiddle
of tlio peninsula of the Pastern
Shorn. liiriicc northward t;i" nt
to :i circle of twclvi' niih's ramus,
whose ei'litre W:is ill New * "jist ! *.
I'll., ninl then hue north from the
t::tur< nt point until It rent-he 1 a parallel
lifti en miles south of the south
ernniost pan of Philadelphia. Pro: i
this point the line was run due west.
Surveyors hail already detent.in T
the position of the 'Ventre of tin> pen
insula." the north am! south line an l
the "tain,, tit point" when (hurl- Mason
anil .In uiiali Dixon. Mn^.Mi
asiro.iotners ami inatheniatieiuus. arrived
in Philadelphia in 1 T'i.'i. :i
the time of their arrival until T>o< ; iher.
ITi'.T, Mason a.ml Dixon were' tsy
loeatititr the "soutiiernmo t p:. >
Philadelphia." and the northern 'ioti!t
(la.ry of Mtirylatnl, whi'-h they surveyed
and marked as far a; iJr.nkr.rd
("reek, now in West Virginia, v.'li :i
they were mopped by the Indian ?.
Alon.tr the greater part of tl. lino
i .n il iti.ic w.is marked 1 y a
h :it, which hail the t ' ''
iiiixivnl or out on the northern !v
atnl the letter ".M" on the southern
side. while at em li tit'th mile tl. re
was a similar stone known a . the"crown
tootu." wiili the coat of nr im
of the IYnn-? eui on the northern face
ati'l wiili iln -e of I.onl i'.altimore < n
the southern. 'i'h so stuues v.\ re
hrouyhi fr. in Fnaland.
Th* inonunn :it . which are to h
ivplae, i! with east iron markers, suffered
s> veirly from attacks of vandals
in the early days of ilie last cetitttr.v.
!!: id progress Is htiiug made
it; the re!< .!o:i of the line.
PERRY MONUMENT UNVEILED.
Iiiplim 1 mill A >>< ! ;? ;> ? fVurt.li I |>s fr.Iato
in lloam- of I'm (lii'nt I'omtnr l ir .
Yok. he.a. Japan, -'t he cc.viiioiiy o:
unveiling at Kurihamu, the niom:
itietil lo eointnemornte the landing
there of ('ominodore Matthew I.'mIluaitli
I'erry, .Inly 14, 1ST>.'?, was pet*-'
formed l?y lioar-Adtuiral Frederick
1 loiters. commanding the United States
visiting squadron.
Viscount Katsura delivered the
memorial address, and many Japanese
otlieiiils of lii^rli rank were present.
Three American and live Japanese
warships saluted. Various
speeches were made hy Americans and
Japanese, all ilwclliinr unnn tlo? i-t??n
relations hetw.en tlie two powers.
Matthew Cnlhralth l'erry win horn
in Newport. It. I . on April 1<>. IT'.M.
was appointed midshipman in the United
States N.ivy in 1 Stilt, Lieutenant
in I Si:?. Commander in 1S1M5, Captain
in 1KT7. and Commodore hi isil. I!?
i^rani/' 1 : i. i eoimuaml d the expedition
to Japan, delivi rinjr the President's
letter ?n July 11. and on
March 111, is", i. obtained from Japan
the treaty of peace, amity, and protection
to American sailors. Tito
monument just unveiled was erected
hy the J'.ei yti KyeUai, or Ainerieaii
Association of Japan, 'i ho funds wen
largely conirihuted hy Japanese.
IVAN MURDERED ON A TRAIN. v
Itllou I'li.iciiirrr Sill.I He Hail to Shoot
to l.ieuk 11 \ pnotle Spell.
Rawlins, Wyo. A. I'. Rogers. an eniiloye
of n packing eoiupany in St.
Ioseph. Mo., was sliot to death hy Ldvard
Hartley Copelatid. on Union I'a
-me train .No. d. Copeland was trav ling
from Stockton, Cel., to Council
'.luffs. Iowa. \\ la n three in ilea cast
if Wan sutler, Copelaml walked in'o
lie car where lingers was silting and
.chilli sic ding at liiin, saying: hero,
nkc that." He shot throe times, theMillets
entering Honor's breast, and
n-taiitly killing him.
W! n asked what caused him to kill '
In:,. :>% Copeland said: "lie had hyp
itir.i d me. and I had to do it."
As tile killing took place in Sweet
eater County, Copeland was taken to
J ret-n Hi v< r. and turned over to the
uihorlticy there.
Copt-la'd was n teller in the Noras
a National Hank in Omaha lor
in years prior to August, lS'J'.t. lie
Tt ill city jil that time, ostensibly,
or a suiuti it vacation ami visit to the
las'.em States, mid nothing was hoard
him. A month after his departure
i necounts showed a shortage of
Ht.hM, Half of this amount was
. ir 11 hv Conolaioi'r, l?rothor-in
x- :iuii toe remainder by ids bonds*
u n.
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