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* I" II .. I a "daring holdup. . A Bold Robber Terrorizes Train Crew and Passengers. KILLS ENGINEER AND R03S CARS. While Slowing Down on Signal the Engineer Saw the Robber Crawling Towards Htm. Missoula, Mont.. Special?An eastbound passenger train on the Nortnern Pacific was held up Thursday night near Drummoad, Mont.. 43 miles from this city, ari l Engineer Dan O'Neill was killed. The train, which included iriali baggage and express cars and nine coaches, arrived at Missoula at 10:20 p. m.. and preceded eastward after a snort delay at this station. It arrived after midnight at a place 2 miles west of Druxnmond. Here the train was signaled to stop and the engineer slowed up. While doing so, he saw a man creeping toward him over the tender. The men. who was armed, called to O'Neill to stop the train instantly. The engineer tcck in the situation at once and polled open the throttle tried to start the train at full speed. The robber divined his purpose and fired at him. The shot took instant effect and the engineer fell dead at his post. The robber then proceeded to rifle the express and mail cars. He plundered the regular i i r\ru*-? thn enfp. in thp OX UAA41 *iUU WiU" V?/vu vmv - ? -? press car, which was wrecked by the c-xplosioa. The amount of plunder which fc? secured is not known at present but it is supposed to be large. The excitement on the train was intense. The sudden stoppage of the train followed soon by the explosion spread alarm among the train hands and the passengers. The darkness of the night and the loneliness of the plac^ added to the general scenes of terror. Word of the attack was sent to Drummond, whence it was telegraphed tu Deer Lodge, about 50 miles away. Bloodhounds were sent out at once and steps were taken to keep vigilant watch for the robbers. It was assumed that at lea3t eight men were engaged in the hold-up. but the latest advices are that one man alone perpetrated the murder ?^ and robbery. Dan O'Neill, the dead engineer, lived In this city and had a wife and five children. He had been in the service of the Northern Pacific longer than any engineer. The robber boasted that he was the man who took part in the holdup of the Southern Pacific train uear Portland, Ore., about one year ago. He made this boast to the train hands to terrorize tnem, wane ne empiuyeu them to run the train 4 miles to a point 2 miles east of Dnimmond. He declared that he would be hard to catch, as he had a horse in the timber. The Northern Pacific has offered a reward of $5.000 for delivery, dead or alive, of the train robber who killed O'Neill. The mask worn by the bandit was found on a mountain trail. 2 miles from the scene of the hold-up and after giving the hounds the scent of the mask, the animals immediately took up the trail, which was then about 8 hours old. Cockreli Acquitted. Compton, Xy.. Special.?The jury in the case of Tom Cockrill. charged with the murder of Ben. Hargis, returned a verdict of not guilty. In the fight in which Hargis lost his life, Cockrill was severely wounded. The killing with which Cockrill was charged was one of many that have occurred as a result of a bitter feud between the Cockrill and Hargis factions in Breathitt county. Xy. The last casulty in the feud was the assasination of Jim Cockrill. Tom Cockrill's brother, from the court house at Jackson, for which no arrest has ever been made. Section Haster Killed. Sanford, N. C.. Special.?Wednesday afternoon there was an accident near Colon, on nhe Seaboard Air Line, which has since resulted in the death of one man. The section crew with their hand car were hastening to Colon in order to be out of the way of No. 41, then almost due. when a pick on the front end of the car fell off. causing the car to jump the track. Section Master M. F. Brown was thrown violently and his skull fractured. He was brought to Sanford for treatment, but died yesterday morning. Two of the other men 011 the car were injured also, though not fatally. Telegraphic Briefs. Of unusual length, but of more than ordinary interest is the annual report to the Secretary of the Navy of the enginepr-in-chlef, Melville. He says with the greatest frankness, that the personnel act has proven to be a Tailure us it is administered; and he declared that one-half of the officers of the navy have yet to be convinced of the benefits of the amalgamation. The trial of B. B. Evans for the murder of Capt. John J. Griffin began at Columbia, S. C.. Friday after several ortntlntiimces The killine occurred early last year ia Evans' room. The defendant claims that Griffin shot himself while handling a pistol. Rev. Dr. Sheldon Muuson Griswold, rector of Christ church at Hudson, N. Y., in the diocese of Albany, was Frida yelected missionary bishop of Sarins, the western district of Kansa^, by the House of Bishops at Philadelphia. A Chicago dispatch says: "James G. Darden has abandoned his candidacy for Congress in the ninth district. The probabilities are that Col. J. Hamilton Lewis, formerly a member of Congress from the State of Washington, will be nominated in his place." News in Notes. Mrs. Maude Kiehi, aged IS. of Cortland county, New York, is in jail suspected of poisoning her husband and ?s brother. John Evans, colored, was hanged at Lawrsnceville, Va.. for wife murder The dron feli at exactly 12:30 and the man was pronounced dead by the jail physician in 16^ minutes. His neck was broken. He mounted the scaffold unsupported. His crime was a most cold-blooded one. ILLITERACY AMONG CHILDREN. Nearly AH the Native White Children of Foreign-Born Parents Can Read and Write, the Percentage Being 99 i. Washington, Special?The Census . Office has issued a compilation of lig ures regarding illiteracy among children of immigrants and children of natives. The statement it: Confining the comparison to children between the ages of 10 and 14 years in the United States as a whole. 95.6 per cent, of the native white children of native parents and 99.1 per cent, of the native white child.cn of foreign born parents are able to read and write. This surprising difference in favor of the children of the foreign horn population is due largely to the fact that the children born of immigrants live mainly in tbe Northern and Western States, where the public school systems ha*.*e reached a high degree of efficiency, while great numbers of native white children of native parents live in the Southern States and in that region about 10 per cent, of such children are Illiterate. When the comparison is carried out by georgraphic deductions, the difference of tbe two classes in each part of the United States except the South At J lantic States. Is found to be much less j than in the whole country. Yet these figures indicate that in eveiy region except the North Atlantic States the illiterate children of immigrant whites are a larger per cent, of the whole number of such children than the literate children of native whites are of all children of nativo whites. This is partly explained by the clustering of immigrants and their children mainly in the cities and towns whlie the white children of native parents live more generally in the rural districts. Thus, in the North Atlantic division, there 996,983 native white children 10 to 14 years of age and born of white parents of whom 32 pr cent, live in cities having at least 25.0C0 inhabitants. On the other hand, among the 713,170 native white children 10 to 14 years of age and born of forgjgn born parents who live in the same group of States. 62 per cent, live in similar cities. There is no reason to infer from the census figures that the children of illiterate immigrants ar-> constituting a permanent illiterate class in the population. It will be noticed, however, that the foregoing figures relate exclusively to immigrants who have been in the country i long enough for their children bom ! here to have reached the age of 10 j years. Whether among the children of immigrants who have arrived since 1:90 there is the same eagerness tc acquire at least an elementary education it is still too early to determine from census figures. Brunswick Flooded. Brunswick. Ga., Special.?As a result of continued heavy rains for the past 48 hours, five blocks in the center of the city are under water and consider, able damage has been done. From Monk to Mansfield on New Castle street, one of the principal blocks in the city, the water has rushed into the stores and is from 10 to 15 inches deep. The city fire department is under water. the jails are both flooded, and from Eav to Union street, a distance" of a Quarter of a mile, traffic is impossible. The Brunswick Electrical Supply Company has been put entirely out of business by water and not a light furnished by that concern is burning. Elizibeth Cady Stanton Dead. I New York. Special.?Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Staton died Sunday afternoon at | the age of 87, after a short illness, at ! her home in this city. Old age was | given as the cause of death. She was conscious almost to the last. About a week ago Mis. Stanton began to fail :apidly. This became more noticeable last week and then it was khown that her death was only a question of days or hours. The children, with the advocate of woman sufferage when she 'Mpd. were Mrs. M. F. Lawrence and Mrs. Stanton Blatch, of New York; Henry and Robert L., of New York; Theodore, of Paris, and G. Smith, a real estate broker at Warden Cliff, Long Island. Floods and Earthquakes. Ca*ania. Scily. By Cable.?There has been heavy rains and floods between Catania and Syracuse. The railroad was partly destroyed near Bicoca aud great damage has been done to property. In many places the water has attained a depth of 15 feet, the peasants have taken refuge on the roofs o? their houses and are firing pistols as signals uf distress. Two killed. New York. Special.?Two men were killed and another fatally injured Sunday by the collapse of a swinging scaffold on the tall chimney of the American Sugar Refining Company, in Williamsburg. The dead are John Mulroy and John Williams, of Newark. N. J., and the injured is Henry Cooper, of Newark. The chimney on which the scaffold was is 275 feet high. The men were replacing bricks. They had fastened the scaffold insecurely and it slipped, throwing Mulroy and Williams to the ground and killing them. Cooper was hurled 70 feet to the roof ant! badly hurt News Notes. Rome, By Cable.?There has been floods in the province of Calabra. in which several persons were drowned. There have also been renewed earthquake shocks at Rieta Umbria. A severe earthquake shock was felt at Rieti the night of October 25th. Lydia Cotton Mills at Clinton. S. C., are being completed, and expect to begin production about November 1. Its equipment is 5,000 spindles and 150 looms for the production of fancy goods. Company is capitalized at $60,000; M. S. Bailey, president IS A FAMOUS TRIAL Molineux Case Again Being Reviewed By New York Court. DR. POTTER THE FIRST WITNESS. Present as An Expert For the Prosecution? Osborne Secures Admission of Letters. New York, Special.?Dr. E. S. Potter was first witness at Wednesdfay's session of the Molineux trial. The witness admitted that he was present as an expert for the prosecution and ha received up to this time $1,960. Asked by former Governor Black if these facts had any thing to do with the loss of his notes since the last trial and his ability to remember what wa3 said by Mrs. Rogers and Cornish. Dr. Potter said he could not account for the loss of his notes. After Police Captain George McCluskey had identified exhibits of handwriting and told of his hubmitting them to experts, Jos. J. Koch, the keeper of the letter box place, said that in June of 1898, he received a letter signed Roland B. Molineux. asking the cost of a private letter box. He sent a circular containing his rules and terms to Molineux in Newark. Later a young man came to his place of business and hired a letter box. The man gave him the name of H. Cornish. Cornish, who was in the body of the court room, stood up. "Is that the pian who hired the letter box?" asked Mr. Osborne. "It is not." "Did this defendant here hire a letter box from you?" ex-Go venor Black asked. "No." Charles D. Alien, a chemist in the color house of H. Constant & Co., was called to tell of his association with Molineux in Morris, Herman & company's color house, in Newark. He said Molineux had use of the laboratory. "Did you write this letter?" asked Mr. Osborne, showing witness a paper and envelope. "I did. I wrote it and signed it and ' mailed it at Mr. Molineux's request. My initials appear under his name." The letter was offered in evidence after Mr. Osborne had explained that it was the letter Koch received asking for the magazine, "Studio," and to which he replied by enclosing his cir. cular, giving among other things th? terms for private letter boxes. ExGovernor Black objected to the admissicn of the letter, but Justice Lambert reserved his decision. Wm. J. Kinsley, the handwriting expert. identified some of Molineux's writing and then declared that the socalled Harpster letter, written to Fred btearns ic Go., in Detroit, v.*as written by tbe same hand. Mr. Osborne offered the letter in evidence and ex-Governor Black objected on the ground that it is incompatible under the ruling of the Court of Appeals and that it tends to connect and accuse the defendant of a crime other than that for which he is on trial. Justice Lambert overruled the objection and the letter was read to the jury. Kinsley testified that in his opinion Molineux wrote that letter and also three others, giving the address. 1.620 Broadway, signed "H. Cornish," and asking for samples of patent medicines. All were admitted in evidence despite the objection of counsel. Among the letters identified by Kinsley were several of the so-called Barnet letters. Justice Lambert admitted them as standard of handwriting. Rudolph Heiles testified that at the request of Molineux he wrote to Frederick Stearns & Co., of Detroit, asking about Farpster. "Did Molineux say t<^ you. 'Harpster is the same low-down, vile kind as Cornish?'" "Yes, sir." Honored Georgians. Atlanta, Special.?The commission appointed by Governor Candler ta designate two of Georgia's prominent citizens whose statutes shall be placed ia the Statuary Hall in the national capitol at Washington, agreed upon Alexander H. Stephens as one of the two to represent this State. At a former ^ ?P TA r? PfltT liiUtriillg Ul 11IC l"Will lH.d'UULl, XJl, VI an- I ford H. Long, the discoverer of anaesthesia, was chosen as one of Georgia's representatives. Five flurders in Succession. Bristol, Tenn., Special?The little raining town of Dorchester, Va., has recently been the scene of five murders, occurring one immediately after thd other. John Slayers killed Mark Boston, with whom it is said he had differences over a young lady. The slayer was about to escape when he was shot and killed by James Boston, Mar's brother, who then fled to the mountains. A negro woman killed her man, putting two Winchester bullets into his Ijody. A pistol duel was fought between two white men, one of whom fdll dead. Their names are not known. No Lack of Coal. Washington, Special.?With reference to a recently published statement that the freight traffic of the Seaboard Air Line Is almost crippled by the scarcity of coal. Vice President Barr, of the Seaboard, said: *.There is no truth in the statement. There have been no trains annualled, no failure to move freight, nor an f loss of time on any freight or passenger train on this account All necessary arrangements have been made to prevent any shortage." >Jr~. t y d " GRAY ELECTED PRESIDENT | First Meeting of the Anthracite Mine CommissioD. Washington. Special.?The Presi- / dent sent the following to the commis- ' sion Friday. "White House. "Washington, Oct. 23, 1902. "To the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission: | "At the request of both the operators and of the miners I have appointed you a commission to inquire ^ into, consider and pass upon the questions in controversy in connection 1AL -*-1 2? wiin tue StriKe ill uie auwiuik region and the causes out of which the controversy arose. By the action you recommend, which the parties in interest have in advance consented to s abide by, you will endeavor to es- ^ tabiish the relations between the em- j plovers and the wage earners in the Q anthracite fields on a just and perma- c nent basis and as fast as possible to c do away with any causes for the re- |, currence of such difficulties as those v' which you have been called upon to 0 settle. I submit to you herewith the e published statement of the operators g following which I named you as the members of the commission. Mr. t( Wright being named as recorder; also a the letter from Mr. Mitchell. I appoint g Mr. Moseley and Mr. Neill as as- h 8istants to the recorder. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." M With the instructions were the r statements of the operators. 0 The commissioners went to the of- p flee of Commissioner Wright to or- C( ganize and prepare for their work. The 3 commission went into executive ses- p sion at 11 o'clock. Judge Gray was e, chosen chairman, and will be known ^ as the president of the commission. a Among the Questions considered were a those explaining to the meeting the f, order in which witnesses shall be j called, whether the sessions shall be | open to the press, whether counsel for ^ the parties at interest shall be per- 3( mitted to be present, etc. The commission adjourned at 12:45 fli o'clock, to meet again next Monday, t>; at 2 o'clock. After the adjournment, , the announcement was made that only | two conclusions had beei reached. The j 3 first of these was to admit the public 31 to all forma! meetings of the eorarais- ' p; sion, and the second, to ndtify the par- tj ties to the controversy to be present J at the meeting on Monday for the pur- j tj pose of arranging a time for hearings j tc which would be convenient for all con- bi cerned. Notices were accordingly sent 1 ?j to the mine operators and to Mr. j ;t Mitchell, president of the United Mine ! tl Workers, asking them to be in atten- , ic dance Monday. It was stated that j bi most cf today's meeting was taken up ; r with a discussion of ?the question as : w to the time when the hearings shall } v< be held, the result of which was the i p! conclusion to call in the people in- j ai terested before reaching a decision, j pi The commission has already adopted j bi an official name and has had Its print- pi ing prepared, designating it as the c< Anthracite Coal Strike Commission. w Edward A. Mosely, who becomes an a assistant to Recorder Wright by direc- hi tion of the President is secretary of ec the Inter-State Commerce Commis- m sion. Dr. Neill, the other assistant re- le corder, is professor of political econ- e: omy at the Catholic University, lo- 31 cated near Washington. The commission took lunch with the President. tn V. No Date Set. Ifc Harrisbure. Pa.. Special.?"The j troops will be kept in the coal region Just as long as there is any necessity for it." said Governor Stone tonight p when asked when the Pennsylvania National Guard will be recalled from the coal strike territory. The Governor said he could not fix any arl-!tary date for the recall of the troops and that the generals who are. on the ground wili be the best judges of fl. when it may be safe to begin the movement of troops homeward. He also said that the troops will not all ( be recalled at the same time, but that (J( the withdrawal will be gradual. Vl Oppose Organized Labor. p] Chicago. Special.?The Record-Hei- m aid says: "The National Association of Manufacturers of America, through " a circular letter being mailed to every C( manufacturer in this country declares t( for war on two bills now before Con ?.? 1-1? ?? ti gress ana ror wnicn union iauur 10 ?csponsible. "Particular stress is laid up- q on the efforts of labor to secure the passage of an eight-hour day lav/, which is called "vicious." Recipients a of these letters are asked to become 11 members of the association. f< To Build Torpodo Boats. Ixindon, By Cable.?The British ad- ? miraltr has given out contracts for the ti constriction of three warships de- tl scribed as "scouts." They will have a speed of 25 1-4 knots when in fighting trim, their engines will be of 17,000 w horse-power and their sea-going ci qualities will be superior to those of o the torpedo boat defense. h n Cotton flills flerged. ti Huntsville, Ala., Special.?Authoii- t( tative announcement has been made that the Southern Textile Company, j, better known as the Fries mill merger, u will become effective December 1st. A committee assigned to the duty of j' nxing me vaiutmuu ui iuc j mills in the merger -will meet in Ral- s; eigh, N. C., October 28rd. The stock tj of the plants combined will, it is estf- e mated, exceed $30,000,000. tl T. W. Pratt, of the valuation com- c mittee, states that a great many other e mills in the South have applied for membership and their applications will a be acted on in due time. 0 ci DcKinley flomorial. tl Washington, Special.?Postmaster 1< General Payne and George B. Ccrtel- ^ you left for Canton. O.. to attend a jc meeting tomorrow of the trustees of f< the Wm. McKiuley Memorial Association. The meeting will be held for the purpose of selecting a site for the memorial to President McKlnley. Of the tl aggregate sum of $630,000 which the c association desired to raise, it haa in tl hand in cash and pledges about $550,- ci 000. New York contributed $150,000 c< and Ohio a ilttle more than $100,000. J S SETTLED AT LAST Ifter a Long and Bitter Struggle the Coal Miners Will Resume Work MINERS VOTE FOR ARBITRATION Hficlal and Satisfactory Ending ot the Greatest Battle Ever Waged Between Labor and Capital. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Special.?With a hout that fairly shook the convention uilding the representatives of the 47,000 mine workers who have been n strike since last May, officially delared off at noon Tuesday the greatest ontest ever waged between capital and lbor, and placed all the questions inolved in the struggle into the hands f the arbitration commission appointd by the President of the United tates. When the news was flashed to the )wns and villages down in the valley* nd on the mountains of the coal reions, the strike-affected inhabitants eaved a sigh of relief. Many days ave gone by since more welcome news ras received. Everybody there was ejoicing and in many places the end f the strike was the signal for imromptu celebrations. The anthracite oal regions from its largest city? cranton?down to the lowliest coa! atch, ha3 suffered by the conflict, and very one now looka for better times, /hile the large army of mine workers nd their families, numbering approxilately half-million persons, are gratell that work is to be resumed on hursday, the strikers haVe still to nrn what their, reward will be. Preslenf Rnnsevelt havine taken nromDt ction in calling the arbitrators toother for their first meeting on Friay. the miners hope they will know y Thanksgiving Day what practical ain they have made. The vote to resume coal mining was unanimous one, and was reached aly after a warm debate. The princiil objection to accepting the arbitraon proposition was that no proposion was contained in the scheme to ike care of those men who would fail ) get back their old positions or would a unable to get any work at all. The igineers and pumpmen get better pay ; tan other classes of mine workers, and 1 ley did not care to run the risk of i3ing altogether their old places and i compelled to dig coal for a living, he question came up yesterday and 1 as argued right up to the time the ate was taken. No one had a definite lan to offer to overcome the objection ad the report of the committee on resutions, recommending that the strike b declared off and that all issues be laced in the hands of the arbitration immission for decision was adopted ithout the question being settled. At few mofnents before adjournment. awever, a partial solution was reacn1 when a delegate In the farther corer of the hall moved that the probm be left in the hands of the three cechtive boards for solution and his lggestion was adopted. The principal speech of the day was ade by National Secretary-Treasurer r. B. Wilson, who practically spoke ?r President Mitchell and the national ganization. In a strong argument, he >unseled the men to accept arbitraon. the plan of the strikers them(lves, return to work and trust to the resident's tribunal to do them jus ce. The question of taking care of all en.who will fail to get work immeditely will be a serious one for the aion. There is no doubt the executive aards will take care of the engineers, remen and pumpmen, but there are lousands of other classes of mine orkers who will have to be looked ftor. In some places hundreds will not ? able to get work for weeks, and in :fcer localities, where the mines are in : ery bad condition there will be no emloyment for many workmen for some oaths. Hundreds of men. needed to repair ic mines and otherwise place them in jndition for operation, will be at work jmorroy morning, the convention I aving decided that this was imperave in order to get the men at work uickly and satisfactorily and supply te country's demand for coal. All the locals" will hold meetings tomorrow, t which instructions will be given the lembers regarding their application >r work. President Mitchell received many ongratulatulatory telegrams from all ver the country after the news spread fiat the strike was ended. On his r?irn to headquarters, of his views on ne action of the convention, and in eply he said: "I am well pleased with le action of the anthracite mine workrs in deciding to submit the issues rhich culminated in the strike to the ommission selected by the President f the United States. The strike itself as demonstrated the power and diglty of labor. Conservative, intelligent rade unionism has received an lmpeus, the efTect of which cannot be measred. I earnestly hope and firmly beeve that both labor and capital have ;arned lessons from the miners' 3trike rhich will enable them to adopt peaceul. human and business methods of djusting wage differences in the fuure." Alter xvir. xviucnew oau aem uie ui^sge to President Roosevelt he sent out tie announcement through the pres3 lat the strike was off. It was addressd to all miners and mine owners in tie anthracite region and contained a autlon to those resuming work to exrcise more than usual car? in order tiat accidents to limb and life may be verted, owing to the condition of the lines after lone diMM. Tbe question f ending the strike came up in the onvention in the form of a report of tie committee on resolutions as fol>ws: "We, the committee on resolutions, eg leave to recommend that the fol>wing communication be adopted and Dr warded to President Roosevelt: "Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct 21. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D. C. "Dear Sir: We, the representatives oi ?.e employes of the-various companies ngaged in operating mines in the aniracite coal flplds of Pennsylvania, in invention assembled, having undei ansideration your telegram of Octobet i 12th, addressed to John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers oi America, which reads as follows: '1 have appointed as commissioners Brigadier General John H. Wilson, E. W. Parker, Judge George Gray. E. E. Clark, Thomas H. Waf'.er, Bishop J. I* Spalding with Carroll D. Wright as re- ' eorder. These names are accepted bj the operators and I cow earnestly ask and urge that the miners likewise accept this commission. It is a matter o! vital concern to ail our peoplo and es- , becially to those in our great cities who arc least well on tnat tne mining 01 coal should be resumed without a moment's unnecessary delay.' We have decided to accept the proposition toere embodied and submit all questions at issue between the operators and mine workers of the anthracite region for adjustment to the commission which you have named. In pursuance of that decision we shall report for work on Thursday morning, October 23, in the positions and working places occupied by us prior to the inauguration of the strike. We have asked John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers of America, with such assistants as he may select, to represent us In all hearings before the committee. "JOHN MITCHELL, "Chairman of Convention. "W. B. WILSON. ' "Secretary of Convention." President Mitchell put the question o! the adoption of the report after a motion to close debate had been adopted and asked in a short speech that the vote be unanimous. A resolution was adopted recommending to State Legislatures that no person under 21 years of age be employed in or about, tli? mines for more than eight hours a day. Envelopes addressed to President Mitchell at Wilkesbarre were distributed among the delegates with instructions that all pay envelopes, due bills, statements of wages and anything that may help the mie'ers in their case before the arbitration commission be sent to him. There being no further business before the convention, a delegate arose and suggested that before ad journment the delegates should siug, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee," just to .' show that we are law-abiding citizens. This was done and the mine workers' convention came to an end with three 1 cheers for John Mitchell. .. NEWSY CLEANINGS. Cholera is spreading rapidly In Palestine. The crusade against the billboard nuisance is making headway in Buffalo, N. Y. i The electrical power transmitted 200 miles from Yuba, Cal., has proved perfectly reliable. Minnie Sehenek. of Williamsport, Pa., has made a rifle record of twenty consecutive bull's-eyes at 200 yards. Only 2240 bicycle licenses have been, taken out this year in Montreal, as against 3755 last year and 0347 in 1900. There has been a great reduction in the number of Russian iron plants, and 20,000 men have been thrown out of ' work. A British expert who was sent to America to study American railway methods, has declared that the British roads excel American in the matter of protecting human life. In England during the past month 111,505 work people, mostly miners, suffered redactions In wages, while only 953 obtained advances. Most of the changes were effected by concilia! tion boards or sliding scales. The Saxon State Railroad management has decided to put on supplementary electric cars wherever the passenger tratiic demands frequent eerviec, though it may not be heavy enough to pay for additional steam trains. The demob.hzation of the Iiruish Army at the Cape is throwing back upon tlio English labor market thousands of ablebodied workers for whom there is no apparent opening. Many of the returned reservists are in dis-" A tress. ^ Alderman Dowd, a m'ember of the^l Labor party in the Dublin corporation, has been selected as Lord Mayor-elect of that city for 1903. He is the first Labor representative elected Lord Mayor of Dublin. Though now ranking as an employer, he is still a working plumber and a leader In bis trade. LABOR WORLD. " * - 1 Carpenters at Guelph, Can., have organized. A new union of stablemen has been formed at Eureka, Cal. City police of Norfolk, Va., have petitioned for an increase in wages. Farmers in the Indian Territory are badly in need of men for cotton picking. A union of the newspaper mailers has been organized at Indianapolis, Ind. City firemen at Ilartford, Conn., have petitioned Council for an increase of wages. At San Jose, Cal., the strike of the hodcarriers' and stonemasons' helpers has been settled. Every gold-leaf manufacturer in the country, except one, has adopted the new union scale. Steps have been taken to form a union by the journeymen barbers at Cambridge, Mass. Nearly 1000 less men were employed at the London docks and wharves dur- ^ ing the past month. ^ Five hundred and seventy-six CremenH cost Loudon $100,000 a year. Paris? has 1742 firemen, but spends a total of $300,000 on them. A Cooks'. Waiters' and Waitresses' Alliance has been formed at Everett, Wash., the first union in that city to include women in its membership. A new union of the cabinetmakers as well as a union organization of the reed and rattan workers, have both been recently formed at Indianapolis, lnd. In keeping with the spirit of the age, the farmers of the north end of Utah County have effected an organization known as the Formers' Union, at Lehi, Utah. Hawaii is in a state of great commercial and industrial depression, caused. It Is generally claimed, by the lot* price of sugar and scarcity and high price of labor. ,