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While the banqueters iu Georgetown
were celebrating Wednesday evening,
the occasion was somewhat disturbed
at 3 o'clock by the incessant ringing of
the fire bell. Upon examination a big
blase was discovered in the boiler room
of the Gardner & Lacy Lumber Company.
There was a rush for the boats
and tl^ crowd began crossing tbe river.
The tug boats were soon on the scene
and in less than twenty minutes the
tugs Congdon and Fearless had towed
the fire engines of the city across" on
lighters and through the efforts of the
firemen the only damage was the destruction
of the planing mill, involving
a loss of about $7,500, fully covered by
insurance. The building will be rar
* placed at once.
The Charleston football team retained
Friday morning trom Savannah,
bruised and battered, as a resuit
of their game In Savannah Thursday.
The young men brought back a
story of the outrageous treatment to
which they were subjected by the Savannah
team and about 400 spectators
who crowded into the field and assault
ed them, when they hat] had the savanr
nahlans hard* pressed. Immediately
. upon the beginning of the game sticks
and stones were used and cases were
' cited where Charleston men were held
while they were plied with a horsewhip
in the general scheme of disabling
them. All the men were severely
handled and the cuts and bruises evidence
their hard treatment.
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Almost 600 poor children sat down j
t to the big feast which had been fre- j
pared for their by the charitable people
of Charleston at the Masonic temple
Friday. The. dinner was given under
the anspices o! the King's Daupaters.
It was a feast which brought xood
cheer to the little children and they
dined happily and well. A band of
v. music was in attendance to brighten
> v nnrt thf? hall was boA'Jtl
* fully decorated for tho dinner. The
prayer and address was delivered by
Rev. C. S. Vedder. of the Huguenot
church. All the children were given
bags of candy to take home.
Saturday fcorning about 10 o'clock
a fatal shooting affray occured between
two white men. a mile or two
from Cayce's in Lexington county
From what was learned the men were
named Charles Hutton and West
Spetrs and the former was killed, having
had a double load of buckshot fired
into his body. The men had been unfriendly
for some time, a woman being
the cause of their enmity, it is said.
Evidently each had expected violence
on the part of the other and both were
prepared for it. Spiers was arrested
and taken to joll at Lexington.
On December 26th, a white man giv- i
ing as his name Jake Spencer, hired
a horse and buggy from E. L. Wilson's ]
livery stables In Spartanburg, stating ,
*At' ' _th?t he wish?d to go to CHfton and J
7eftin?. Mr. Wilson has not since seen
r* the man nor his horse and buggy.
^ Efforts have been made to trace and
Ht locato the m;.n and team, but so far
^? these has been ineffectual. The turnH
out was traced to Henrietta, N. C.,
9 hut nothing further has Mr. Wilsou
9 heard on the subject
J. 6. Dmkeford, of Yorkville, j
^9 through his attorney, Frank P. Mc
MB Cain, Esq.. Saturday procured an or H
der from Judge Gage, at Chester, apgHf
pointing Paul T. McNeel receiver of
BH the Drakeford Newspaper Company,
P9*?- publishers of the Yorkville Yeoman.
It is thought the creditors will be paid
^ in fuIL
The first new cotton mill projected
T* this year got its commission from the
secretary of State Saturday. It is to
bear the name "Gluck Mills" and will
be located near Anderson, having m
capital of half a million dollars. The
jkr" corporators are: R. S. Hill; N. B.
Sullivan, Robert E. Llgon and Jos. N.
Brown.
An amendment of charter was
granted changing the name of the
Norris-Cooncr-King Company to the
Norrls-Cooner Comany. This is one
of Columbia's leading wholesale gro
eery concerns capitalized at $100,000.
The Farmers and Merchants Bank.
Orangeburg's fourth bank, opened its
_ doors for business Friday morning.
The officers are: L. S. Harley, president;
W. B. Thompson, cashier, and
David Wolfe, assistant.
. ' The New Year starts out with a
new bank?the bank of Fountain Inn.
Greenville county. It is to have a capital
stock of $15,000. The corporators
are. D. M. Garrett. J. F. Sloan and H.
U. Shaw, of Fountain Inn, G. A. Norwood
and M. J. Havnesworth. of
"^N^jfeenville, and R. W. Da via, of
"T^anrens.
Brakeman Harper Glenn, of the
Greenville switching crew of the
Southern road, narrowly escaped
death Saturday morning between
Greenville and Piedmont by being
hurled to the ground from a cab that
was overturned while going at the
rate of about 50 miles an hour.
A commission was issued Friday to
the Southern Mutual Insurance Company,
of Spartanb' rg. which is to do
and industrial, accident, sick benefit
an indemnity insurance business on a
capital stock of $10,000. The corporators
are: Wm. Magness, H. M. Clevoland
and C. H. Barber.
It is learned that the organization
W of the Independent Cotton Oil Company.
capitalized at $1,000,000, was
perfected in Darlington last Friday
with M. Israel, of Charleston, president,
Bright Williamson, of Darlington,
vloe president. R. K. Dargan, general
manager.
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DE WAS MOBBED.
Man Attacked, and Used liis Pistol
With Effect.
Wells, Nev.. Special.?Additional details
have been received here regarding
the tragedy enacted at Keystone
Mine, where the twelve unicn miners
attacked Superintendent Traylor for
the alleged purpose cf running him
out of the town and which resulted in
the death or wounding of several of
the miners participating. Sinco a
branch of tho Western Federation of
Miners was organized a few weeks ago.
at Ell. the miners are said to have
takeu a decisive stand in labor matters,
the particular object of their
wrath being the New York & Nevada
Company. Superintendent John R.
Traylor. who formerly was connected
with the Fernando Mining Company,
of Durange, Mexico, and also with the
Union Copper and Gold Hill Mines, in
North Carolina, had been notified on
several occasions that he had better
leave the camp, presumably because
he had recently ordered a reduction in
his employes' wages. Telegrams were
sent to New York, it is said, threatening
to flood the mines and take other
stern measures unless the superintendent
was removed.
A delegation Anally presented Tray- j
lor with an ultimatum to be signed j
and agreed to within twelve nours. i
Later. It is charged. President Lloyd. I
of the Miners' Union, and a committee j
of'inlners went to Traylor's office and j
asked him to go along quietly, or
they would be compelled to take him
dead or alive. Tryalor endeavored to
argue with the men. but IJyod ordered
his companions to seize the superintendent
and bring him along. The
men started for Tryalor, who commenced
shooting.
At the first shot the miners made a
dash for the door. The names of the
men that were shot and killed are:
lames Slaggs. Sam Johnson and J.
Smith. The names of the three wounded
men are not given.
The Indianola Oae.
Washington. Special?The Indianola,
.Miss., postoffico was again the subject
of some consideration at the cabinet
meeting. but Postmaster General
Payne had little in the way of developments
to communicate. Attorney General
Knox, to whom the case was referred.
said that he had not had time
yet to take it up. but he expected to
begin consideration of the papers aliminedlately.
Reference to the Indianola
case led to some discussion of the
subject to Southern appointments, but
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no action was lasen aa iu ur ^cuciu.
policy of the administration. It was decided
that the resignation of Minnie
Cox as postmaster, will not be accepted,
and the question of ie-openlng the office
is left for further action. It is felt
by the administration that to accept
the resignation at this time would establish
a bad precedent.
Opening New Coal Fields.
Knorvllle. Tcnn.. Special.?Leases
have just been closed by the Popular
Coal Creek Company, owner of valuable
coal lands in the Oliver Springs
'district, whereby four large opeiatiu^
companies will dcelrp coal lands !
along Cow Cicek. It is expected the j
operations will mean an output of uot j
less than 5.000 tons of coal daily. I
chiefly steam coal. The Knoxvillc, La- j
Follette & Jellioo Railroad (the Louis- '
ville & Nashville), will In a few days j
begin contruction of branch lines of I
raiiroad from Dossetts and Oliver ,
Springs into the Cow creek section. :
Men and materials are now being sent ;
cut for that uurpose. By an arrange- j
ment with the Louisville & Nashville j
the mines are to nave a car eup^i.i ?
equal to the coal output. An exclusive
right of way into the roal property
was given with that understanding, j
Judge Speer May Succeed.
Macon. Ga.. Special.?It is s;al?.i I
hero that the nam'.1 of Judg* Emory j
Spcer will be presented to the Pre3i- j
dent for the succession to the associate '
justiceship of the Ci'cuit Come of Ap- ;
peals of the fifth eircuit trron to be va- f
cated by the retirement of Judge An- I
drew P. McCormick. Judge _<peer has |
been 18 years on the District Court j
bench and is well known as an orator |
on legal and national toppics.
Had to Be Supported
Augusta. Ga.. Special.?Solomon j
Dunn, colored, was hanged here Friday
for the murder of a young white
man named William Springs. Dunn
was so nervous and frightened upon
the scaffold that he had to be held-up
until the trap was sprung. His neck
was broken. Springs was a bartender
and the negro shot him because he refused
to sell him a drink, about a year
ago.
News Notes.
The splendid pageant of the Durbar
was witnessed by a vast throng at
Delhi. India, and the supreme announcement
was made of King Edward's
sovereignty.
The counter-proposition of President
Castro, of Venezuela, to the proposal
of arbitration is not indorsed
by the Washington government, aud
it is believed the differences are re|
concilable.
More earthquake shocks were fell in
Central America.
The Asiatic plague has appeared at
Mazatlan. Mexico, and the inhabitants
are fleeing at the rate of 300 a day.
Gen. Francis V. Greene assumed the
office of Police Commissioner in NewYork
city.
I Another Earthquake.
Laredo. Tex.. Special.?A chilypacingo,
Mexico, special says: "Information
has been received here that a severe
earthquake shock was felt at Tapachula.
At La Union, not far from that
place subterranean noises have been
frequently heard. The shock at Tapachula
was of short duration and did
no considerable damage to property,
but the people were panic-stricken and
many of them refuse to return to their
bomesk'>
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DEATH IK A WRECK.
Terrible Calamity Results in Death of
Seven Persons
SERIOUS CRASH NEAR PITTSBURG
The Collision Was Caused By Care*
lessness on the Part of a Ragman,
Who Has Disappeared.
Pittsburg, Special.?As a result of a
collision between a passenger train
and the rear end of a freight train od
the Monongahola division of the
Pennsylvania Wednesday night at
Cochrane Station, just above Busquesne,
seven men are dead, oc is
dying and five others are injured.
The dead are: C. E. Stroud, baggagemaatf
r, Elisabeth accommodation.
of Hr.mewood: C. M. Boehner,
brakeman of accommodation. Pittsburg:
John Stewart, pa.is-mger. residence,
unknown: two unknown foreigners,
killed outright: two unknown
foreigners, died on way to hospital.
The Injured are: T. D. Cook, will
probably die before morning; Sam
hullanoksky, shoulder blade fractured;
Peter Kimosky, burned; John
Smith, seriously injured; Mike
Chonick, slightly Injured; Mike Gentill,
slightly injured.
The passenger train in the wreck
was the West Elizabeth accommodation.
which left Pittsburg at 3:20 p.
m. It was on time and had a clear
track, according to the displayed
signals. At the siding at Cochrane It
ran into the rear car of an extra
freight which had taken the switch,
but fkiiled to clear the main line. The
officials of the road attribute the disaster
to the failure of Patrick Quiun,
the rear brnkeman of the freight, to
see that his train had fully cleared. I
Up to 11 p. m.. Quinn has not been j
located.
When the passenger train came
along the caboose of the freight overlapped
the main track enough to
catch the tender of the passenger engine,
which was forced back upon the
combination baggage and smoking car
with terrible force. The thirteen passengers
were jammed against the rear
end of the car into almost a solid !
mass. Three of the victims were apparently
killed outright, two of the
other four were literarally roasted to
death, and the two who died on the
way to the hospital were so badly
burned that recognition was almost
impossible. Immediately after the impact
fire in the stove in the smoke."
communicated to the woodwork. Conductor
Cook was found unconscious
under the charred body of Baggag?
Master Stroud. He is so badly hurt
that he can hardly live through the
night.
Strange to say. not a truck except
the tender, left the track, the passengers
in the coa'-nes beiHg thus
protected from harm. So one outside
of the smoker was injured and tho
tracks were cleared within a short
while after the accident.
New Witness In Wilcox Case.
Hlizabeth City. Special.?A new and
liupui ittut la iu w iiuiuauvru
at the new trial of James Wilcox next
week. The witness is a man named
Xorris. residing in Baltimore, though
he resided here up to and during th?
early stages of the Crop sty mystery.
At this writing Lawyer Andrew Cropsey,
of Biooklyn. is en route to Baltimore
to meet Xorris and accompany
him to this city. The nature of Xorris'
testimony cannot be ascertained,
thought that it will greatly concern the
fight of Wilcox is evidenced by the
caution maintained by the attorney
for the prosecution.
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Safe Elowers Arrested.
Columbia. S. C., Special.?Chas.
Howard. Edward I)ugan, Thomas Nolan
and William MeClantry are under
arrest here on the charge of having
robbed numerous banks and postofTiccs
in South Carolina. They have been
spending money lavishly here for some
time and the police spotted them. The
SecrPt Service officers were called into
consultation and the arretfts soon followed.
/lay Reopen Office.
Columbus. Miss., Special.?Minnie
Cox, who lately resigned as postmaster
at Indlanola with her husband and
late negro assistant, passed through
Columbus en route to Birmingham.
Minnie Cox stated that she expected to
be allowed to re-open the postofflce at
Indianola soon. She further said that
the most prominent reaid its of the
city had always endorsed her for the
position and that they were still her
friends. She stated that these friends
are working in her behalf and an effort
will be made to have the postof
flee reopened under her charge, but
with another asslstcnt such as the
po3toffice shall epprove.
Off For Liberia.
New York, Special.?In the steerage
of the White Star steamer Teutonic,
which sailed Wednesday for Liverpool,
were 32 colored men, 12 women and 10
children, who are going to Liberia to
settle. They come from Irwin county.
Georgia. One of the men said: "We are
just poor farmers. Business was not
very good with us. so we got together,
sold out our farms and are going out
to Liberia to begin life again." The
party have about $2,000.
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KNOX AND TRUSTS
The Attorney General Gives Out His
Views
WRITES HOAR AND LITTLEFIELD
The Determination of the Government
to Prevent Discrimination is
Bearing Fruit
Attorney General Knox has addressed
identical letters to Senator Hoar,
chairman of the Senate judiciary committee,
and Representative Littlefleld,
chairman of the sub-committee of the
House judiciary committee, giving his
view3 on the subject of trusts. These
letters are in reply to Mr. Littlefleld,
asking the views of Mr. Knox. The
letters, embrace three subjects, the
questions which have been decided by
the court, the questions which are
pending in the courts and suggestions
respecting further legislation. Under
the latter head Mr. Knox says:
"Thj.end desired by the overwhelming
majority of the people of all sections
of the country is that combinations
of capital should be regulated
and not destroyed, and that measures
should be taken to correct the tendency
toward monopolization of the industrial
business of the country. I assume
a thing to be avoided, even by
BiieecRtinn is reeulatine the business
interests of the country beyond such
as will accomplish this end. In my
Judgment, a monopoly in any industry
would be impossible in this country,
where money is abundant and cheap
and in the hands or withjn the reach of
keen and capable men, if competition
were assured of a fair and open field
and protected against unfair, artificial
and discriminating practices. If the law
will guarantee to the smaller producer
protection against practical methods
in competition and keep the highways
to the market open and available to
him for the same tolls charged to his
powerful competitor he will manage to
live and thrive to an astonishing degree.
"I believe the rebates and kindred
advantages granted by carriers to enlarge
operators in the leading Industry
and of the country as against their
competitors in many years amounted
to a sum that would represent fa: r interest
upon the actual money invested
in the business of such operators. Capitalization,
in almost every case of a
holding company, represents far more
man uie aggregate reuiuc in luinuaic
value of its constituent companies. Th*
method of computing values for purposes
of concentration has invariably
been upon earning power, and rebates
have frequently swelled earnings so
that enormous volumes of capital stock
represent nothing but unfair advantage
obtained over rivals.
"The- situation is much improved in
respect to transportation discriminations
within the last two years. This
is the result, first of a determined effort
upon the part of the government
to apply existing laws In an effective
way against discrimination; and second,
to the fact that some of the higher
minded have exerted their large influence
in the direction of equitable dealing
with the shippers of the territory
which they serve. Whether it is a consequence
of these influences or a mere
coincidence, it is nevertheless stated on
high authority to be a fact that the
embarkation of new capital in enterprises
in competition with th$ supposedly
controlled industries within the
period named probably equals the capital
of the trusts. The effect of cer
tainty of protection against predatory
competition can be safely prophesied
to increase these figures.
"My suggestion', therefore, is that *3
a first step in a policy to be persistently
pursued until every industry,
large and small, in the country can lie
assured of equal rights and opportunl
tics and until the tendency to monopolization
of the important industries of
the country is checked, that all discriminatory
practices affecting interState
trade be made offenses to be enjoined
and punished, such legislation
to be directed alike against those who
give and those who receive the advantages
thereof and to cover discrimination
in prices as againnst competitors
in particular localities resorted to for
the pnrpose of destroying competition
?n inter-State and foreign trade as well
as discrimination by carriers. Such
practices are so obviously unreasonable
that to inhibit would be a measure or
regulation of commerce to keep It free
and unrestrained and not an attempt
to exercise arbitrator}' powers.
"Such legislation to certainly reach
producers guilty of practices Injurious
to national and international commerce,
should, in my judgment take
the form of penalizing the transportation
of the goods produced by the
guilty parties and the Federal Courts
should be given power to restrain such
transportation at the suit of the gov
ernment. It may bo said that under the
'act to regulate commerce,' a shipper
may be punished for receiving rebates
or special rates less than the lawful
published rates, and that it is unnecessary
to provide additional legislation
in this respect to curb trusts, monopolies
and combinations. This, however,
fg aD erroneous statement,"
Negro Appointed.
Washington, Special.?It is announced
informally that the President will
shortly appoint Rev. Dr. Lyons, a colored
preacher of Baltimore, as United
States minister to Liberia. Several
candidates for the position were presented
to the President, but he has left
it to bo understood that he has made
the selection of Dr. Lyons in order that
the appointment be considered as a
closed Incident. ?
WORK OF CONGRESS
Pointed Discussion on Coal Tax and
Other natters.
The Senate again discussed the Vest
resolution requesting the finance committee
to prepare and report a bill removing
the duty on anthracite coal,
and Mr. Aldrich replied to some criticisms
of Mr. Vest made last Tuesday.
Mr. Aldrich insisted that the resolution
would not accomplish the result
sought and also that it infringed the
constitutional rights of the House in
respect to revenue hills. Mr. Aldrich
said that a Democratic Senate voted
to put a duty of 40 cents on coal in
1894, and that they favored free coal
except on the day when they could
have voted free coal into the tariff
bill. Mr. Aldrich said the high price
of coal in the country now was not
due to the present tariff. Mr. Vest, in
replying, said it was an open secret
how the rate of 40 cents a ton was put
on coai in tne winon 0111. mere were
fire Democratic Senators opposed to
the bill who were in a position to dictate
what should be placed in the bill
and that their votes were needed to
pass the measure. President Cleveland,
he said, had urged free coal on Congress.
"We were held up." said Mr.
Vest, "to use plain vernacular, and told
If we dared to put free coal in the
bill it would be defeated. A compromise
therefore was effected on the
basis of 40 cents a ton. What does It
matter how anybody voted in 1894,"
he inquired. "Is that an answer to the
poor, freezing people who demand Immediate
relief?" He referred to his
former statement that the rates in the
Dingley bill were made so high as to
render possible the negotiation of reciprocity
agreements and said it was
based on information he believed to
be true.
Mr. Haie defended Dr. Dingley' saying
the statement attributed to him is
radically opposed to all his utterances
and involved the charge of insincerity.
Mr. Tillman, of South Carolina, interrupted
to remark that he did not
consider that there had been a reflection
on Mr. Dingley. The policy or his
party, he said, had been exemplified in
the reciprocity treaty negotiated and
pending, and that nothing but the selfish
greed of the people whose protection
is reduced prevents the ratification
of the pending treaties.
"None of us," said Mr. Hale, referring
to the alleged Interview with Mr.
Dingley, "would want our sincerity
impugned by somebody Ave years alter
our death."
Mr. Tillman, replying to Mr. Hale,
said there was no accusation against
Mr. Dingley's character or sincerity.
The Senators who sympathized with
the Senator from Missouri were not '
hard up for arguments on the trust
Question.
"This is certainly put forward now
as the one argument," retorted Mr.
Hale.
Mr. Tillman said that Congress only
had been assembled three weeks and
"we have hardly gotten over our
Christmas drunks yet."
The Vest resolution went over to
come up on the next legislative day.
Mr. Nelson did not conclude his remarks
against the omnibus statehood
bill.
I Hmice Proceedings.
I The House passed the Philippine
constabulary bill as it was reported
from the committee, except for an
amendment limiting the number of
assistant chiefs to four. The hill provides
that the chief of constabulary
and the assistant chiefs who are
United States army officers, shall have
the rank and pay and allowances of
j brigadier general and colonels. The bill
I also provides that when the Philippine
I scouts are ordered to assist the conj
stabulary they shall be under the com;
mand of the chief, or assistant chiefs.
Mr. Maddox, of Georgia, opposed the
! hill and said in the face of the request
| of the Secretary of War yesterday for
I $3,000,000 for the relief of the people of
! the Philippines, it was wrong to ini
crease the pay of army officers at the
j expense of the Fillppincs. He thought
: there must be plenty of generals in the |
army who could be detailed for this ,
duty if higher rank is necessary. I
"There is General Funston," said he. 1
"He would make an elegant chief of
l>olice (laughter). If colonels are
needed, the woods arc full of them."
An amendment offered by Mr. Jones,
of Virginia, to limit the number of assistant
chiefs under the bill to four
i was adopted.
The resignation of Mr. Lanham of
Texas, who has been elected Governor
of Texas, was laid before the House.
The resignation is to take offfct Jan
i nary 15. At 4:;u> tne nouau aujuuiui-u. j
Retirement of Hobson.
In the Senate the bill providing for j
the settlement of Captain Richmond
P. Hohson was called up and brought
forth a protest from Mr. Cockrell, of
Missouri, who thought that Congress
should not bo made a Court of Appeals
to hear applications from officers
i after they had been declared fit for service.
Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, characterized
it as an exceptional case and said
he did not intend that Captain Hob3on't
reputation or character should be
damaged by any objection made
against him.
With some warmth, Mr. Cockrell
said he did not impeach Captain Iiobson's
character, and the Senator from
Alabama could not twist his argument
in that manner.
"The Senator from Alabama is not
in the habit of twisting." said Mr.
Morgan. "He is as straight as a die, cs
straight as you are."
Mr. Morgan gave notice that he
would continue to call the bill up until
justice is accorded, to Captain I lobson.
Some striking figures, indicating
the immensity of the municipal problem
with which the London authorities
are confronted, are furnished by
the recently published report of the
London county council. According
to the census of 1901, the population
of the administrative county of London
was 4,536,541, while Greater London.
immediately surrounding the
county, showed an additional population
of 6,500,000.
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A FIERCE BLIZZARD,.
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Extremely Low Temperatures Afflict
Northwest,
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LAKE MICHIGAN BOATS FROZEN UP
Street Cars Forced to Suspend Operations?Blizzard
at Niles and Three
Rivers. #
Detroit. Mich., Special.?Lower
Michigan has been" in the grasp of a
snow storm Sunday, that in the westtern
part of the State assumed th?
proportions of a blizzard. Lake Michigan
is lashed by a 40-mile wind into
a condition that made it impossible
for boats to leave their berths. At
K o thzi otroot rflp ftprvi^v:
Is stalled and Sunday trains on the M.
3. H. & C. Railroad had to bo abandoned.
Three Rivers and Niles report
a blizzard, the temperature very low
and trains delayed by the snow. At
Grand Rapid? the stprm is the worst
of the season and the temperature bos
fallen 20 decrees since noon. At
o'clock it was 10 flegrees above zero
with the wind blowing a gale. Tn Detroit
five inches of snow fell. Train*
from the West were from one to two
hours late.
Milwaukee Expects 5 Below?Much
Sickness and Suffering.
Milwaukee, Special.?The thermometer
registered 2 degrees below zero
early Sunday evening, and it is predicted
5 below before daylight. A very*
high north wind is blowing and few
persons are on the streets. Similar""conditions
exist throughout the Stated
A number of physicians report cou
Biutruuit; tucituess ia mis vjjcj uu ?u;count
of the cold weather because
their patients did not have sufficient
fuel to keep warm. In many instances
physicians furnished certificates for
supplies of coal, but many of the3?
could not be filled.
The stock of soft coal on hand in
Milwaukee is estimated at 100,00<?
tons, and dealers say there is not the
remotest probability of a soft coal
famine. Most of the big manufacturing*^
concerns of the city have guarantees
from dealers ^hat make tljelr position
secure. Large shipments of all rail
soft coal are being reecived daily.
Most of the cities and towns in the
State outside of Milwaukee report a
fairly good supply of coal on hand and
where there is a scarcity of coal
plenty of wood can be had.
Chicago Pastors Preach on the Coal
Situation.
' Chicago, Special.?The temperature
In Chicago Sunday dropped 24 de
grees in less than two hours and it
is hovering around the zero mark.
Late in the day a brisk northwest
wind sprang up and intensified the low
temperature. There Is much suffering.
but as the worst cases of destitution
have been provided for by charitable
Institutions, no deaths hare been reported
during the day.
The coai situation remains unchanged
and its causes and effect were
discussed by many Chicago pastors in
their sermons Sunday. The actual
search for evidence of a combine of
coal dealers for tho purpose of forcing
up the price of fuel in the Chicago
market will be resumed by the special ?
grand Jury which began il3 task Sunday.
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Suffering and Death in Chicago.
Chicago, Special.?Two hundred thousand
persons In Chicago are suffering
from ailments directly due to cold '
and exposure resulting from the coal
famine, according to the weekly bulletin
of the health department issued.
Serious results are already sesn in a
heavily increased rate of deaths.
Tho (Hath rate last week was 13.2
)>er under five y^ars of age was J 3.02
per cent, greater than In the corresponding
week of last year, and among
persons over CO years of age it wao
36.7 per cent, greater.
Galea and Snow Storms in England
London, Special.?The recent period
of unusually mild weather has given
way to a return of severe cold, arnH'''" "~
gales and snow storms are prevalent
over Great Britain. In the north of
England and in Scotland, the fall of
snow has been very heavy, trains have
been imbedded in snow drifts and locomotives
have been derailed. Hungry
passengers have been kept for hours
on the snow-bound trains. Much damage
has been done by floods in Ireland.
Five Degrees Above at Kansas City.
Kansas City, SpeciaL?The lowest
temperature of the present cold
weather was 4 degrees above zero
early this morning. A sharp wind
made the most uncomfortable cf the
winter. There Is much suffering among
the poor, owing to the high price of
coal, but there is no scarcity of coal.
In many towns of Kansas and western
Missouri, however, fuel of every kind
can be purchased.
Awful Cold, But No Fuol Famine In
St. Paul.
St. Paul, Special.?Although the
thermometer registered but 2 degrees
below zero Sunday was one of the
most disagreeable of the winter. A
mgn norm west wind greauy ttitensified
the cold. While fuel Is scarce and
higher, conditions have not yet reached
the famine stage and there is but
little suffering.
A Lawyer Frozen to Death.
Omaha. Special.?Wo. D. Beckett,
a prominent lawyer of this city, was
found on the roadside, live miles ^vest
of the city, earlv* Sunday, frozen to
death. Beckett had been ill for several
days and he is believed to have '
wandered into the eouutry and to
have fallen exhausted, where he was
found Sunday bv a dairvman.
Below Zero In Nebraska.
Omaha, Special.?Sunday was one of
the coldest of the winter, 1 degree be- 4
low zero being registered this morning.
Sunday night the thermometer is
lower. The cold wave extends throughout
Nebraska, parts of Iowa and Dekota.
Five Degrees Below in Burlington.
Burlington, Iowa, Special.?With
the temperature 5 degrees below zero
snow is drifting before a heavy wind.^^fl