' Unionists in Hungary number 53,109.
New Jersey Mason want $4.40 for
.right hours after May I.
la Japanese mills the hours are from
6 a. m. to 8 p. m., and there is no Sunday
ff.
',' Union seamen In Germany Increased
their membership from 10,000 to 20,000 in
1005.
Washington D. C.) Ilorseslioers'
tfnion reports Hint every shop in the city
except live in in its union.
There are only about 1.1O0 lithographic
rtlsts In the United States; of these
1,000 are members oi' the union.
I'nion carpenters nt Vallejo. Cnl., have
made a d-mand fir nn increase of wage
from $4 a day of eight hours to $4.50.
The National Alliance of Hill Posters
and P.illers has obtaineil agreements With
ail the citruses and big shows for the
season of 1907.
Alton (III.) allied trades assembly has
the youngest labor officer in the United
Htatei. The secretary, a musician, is but
18 years old.
Cleveland. Ohio, bus been enforcing
the child labor In. Many employers
have been arrested for employing chil
dren under a hp.
Boston (Mass.) Cigarmnkcrs' Union
lias added a local sum to the $3 a week
' out-of-work benefit paid by tho interna
tional to all unemployed members.
The workingmen of Manitoba, Canada,
are busy forming a labor party. They
hope to he able to combine all factions
and go into the campaign next year.
Dayton (Ohio) painters have indorsed
a proposed scale which calls for an eight
hour day and a minimum rate of 40 cent
an hour, the new scale to go into effect
April 15.
Theatrical stage employes of Ban Jose,
Cal- have formed a union ot their, own.
caused by dissension which has resulted
from being under the jurisdiction of the
Sacramento local.
Boston (Mass.) Cement and Asphalt
.Workers' Union recently voted to retain
its membership Intlie Building Trades
Council, and reconsidered its vote to af
filiate with the building trades section of
the c. L. U.
The secretary of the Iowa State Fed
era t ion of Labor has announced that that
tody will work for the passage of a bill
making election day a holiday in law and
in fact, so that laboring men may have
ample time In which to vole.
The new scale of the San Francisco
(Cai.) Blacksmiths' Union raises the
minimum to $1 a day from $3.25. In re
gard to the new wage schedule of the
Blacksmiths' Helpers' Union the minimum
wage baa been raised from $2.75 to $3.
Chicago (III.) builders are fast reject
lug the open shop. Sixty-five of the mem
bers of the Masons and Contractors' As-
, sociation of that city recently held a ban
quet and declared that in the future
agreements would be made with unions.
An eight-hour day agitation has been
started by the machinists' lodges ot Bos
ton, Mass. Committees are hustling to
complete the organization ot the men and
eight-hour and organizing literature is be
ing circulated broadcast in the endeavor.
Union painters ot New York City an
advocating a sli-hoiir workday during th
. winter season. The main purpose Is to
Increase the number ot situations during
the dull season. It is reported that most
of tho employers are favoruble to the Idea.
An Independent Worklugman'a League
is being orpin I zed at Kingston, Out. It
will be a 'distinct body from the laboi
unions, and will discuss all questions con
cerning workingmen's Interests. It may
also make Itself felt in municipal elec
tions.' i
An increase in the wage scale Is asked
by the various hodcarriers' locals of Al
legheny, Pa., to go Into effect on May 1,
l'.M)7. An advance of 2Vi cents an hour
lis asked by the hodcarriers, who are bow
being paid 35 cents, or $2.80 for a work-
Ing day of eight hours.
tNJieers of the International Brother
hood of Bookbinders announce that it has
been decided to make a general demand
for the elght-bour workday and that the
day when it will go into effect has been
.put to a referendum vote ot the 12,000
members ot the brotherhood,
' There is considerable unrest In the
New England shoe manufacturing district,
owing to the fact that a number of firms
have sent out their spring samples with
out the union label attached. The agree
ment between most of the unions and the
employers expires on March 1, and tbe
unions. have filed notifications of protest
against the manufacturers.
In 1005 there were 8,093 establishments
li the United States covering the manu
facture of foundry and machine uliop pro
ducts, against 0,324 in 1000. The capital,
however, represented by these had in
creased from $005,000,000 to $815.000..
O00 in 1005. The wago earuers numbered
348,381. receiving 195,0o0,(IO0 In 1005,
sgaiprt 350,327, receiving $182,000,000 in
J900.
Organised labor I Chicago failed to
support the Union Labor bank recently
established and it has changed its charter
and will hereafter be known as the Inter
national Trust and Savings bauk. It was
anticipated when the bank began business
that it would become the depository ot all
the union labor banking business. Its em
ployes, with the exception of a practical
bauker, were union labor men; all its
supplies bore tbe union label ; but labor
refused to patrouize It.
N. O. Nelson, a wealthy manufacture!
of St. Louis, bas offered to take all chil
dren under the age of 14 from the mills
and factories of that city and place them
in school. He agrees to jiay oue-hulf the
wages earned provided the women's clubs
of the city pay the other half.
The government of New Zealand pro
poses to make advances up to $1,750 to
workers who desire to erect dwellings ou
urban or suburban lands. Applicants
must not be in receipt of more than 1,
OOO a year, aud tbe loan and interest (5
per cent) are pay a bl in thirty-six years
in half-yearly payments.
There are ot present 8IX) shoe factories
"' in the United Slates using the union
stamp, according to a report recently is
sued. These factories give employment to
over 40,000 union workers.
mat toe union lars siunus tor some
thing is evidenced by the fact that It is
mo often counterfeited. Rcitcely a week
paxses lL w.m one i i..t arrested for
the IUcn. we wf UiO . ws.
Officers of the retjr tiy ,n-u nixed Long'
sliorcnieu's Union, at piitH.mrg. Pa., state
tbat the vale, which d"iii-in'1s a general
wtg increase of $10 a invi-i. has already
been signed by inuu.y im!.'. cmh nt river
opei store.
WHY WAR WAS LOST.
Koarnpnkln Ulanie Ills General tow
Rlnnder la Rvrrr Crisis.
General Knropotkln's "History of tbe
Rusfo-Japunesc War," which was con
fiscated by tbe Russian government, bat
nt Inst Isrome accessible, despite the
most extreme precautions to prevent
this galling official Indictment fro01
reaching the public.
As the commander-in-chief of the
Russian armies In tblss encounter be
claims lie was hainiered by the clique
In St. Petersburg which Insisted, on
their own jilnns lielng followed thotigb
they were 5,000 miles away from the
filing line and not well posted as to
the movements of the enemy until dis
aster played lmvoo with their soldiery.
Kuroimtkin sitys the Russians were
poorly prepared for war. In armament,
food and medicines, they were deficient
Then the source of supply, tlie Siberian
rnllroiid. was .totally inadequate to the
needs or the army, instead or tno war
department moving twelve trains n day
four were more often the number und
some days only one or two. And this
for n host which at one time numbered
SOtUHHi. O" the other liiind the Japa
nese were in perfect condition for fight-
lug when hostilities begun and the
0ENEBAL KUBOI'ATKI.
celerity with, which they moved men,
food, ordnance, ammunition and horses
to strategic points was unequalcd since
the great Napoleon's time. With this
advantage was coupled n dash and pa
trlotlnni to which the Russians are
strangers und which added Immensely
to the morale of the Asiatic soldiery.
Their superior Intelligence also count
ed nt every shift In the Held. The
marksmanship of the Japanese was
wonderful and their utter disregard of
death another attribute.
When tho carnage Mas feurful nt
Llaoyuiig, where much depended upon
the steadiness of the Russians, a chnrge
by the Japanese against Gen. Orloff's
corps of 12,000 men sent tueun flying
long before the brown men got within
bayonet range and this turned Into a
complete rout, the Russians throwing
their rifles and accoutrements away in
a mud stampede to get to safety. Not
In any war In which Russia bus en
gaged did her soldiers show the timid
ity they did In this.
Then tho general complains of the
lack of obedience on the part of officers
and men. Generals of divisions refused
to obey bis orders at times, and this
was followed down the successive
grades to tbe private, the reasons as
signed being that the changing of tbe
columns of tho enemy reudered tbe or
der nbortlve when It reached them. On
the Jupanese side the discipline was of
tbe highest, about infection, and it Is
unrecorded where ofllcer or private, no
matter bow desperate the tusk, ever
balked in Its execution. He places Ja
pan fur ahead of any other nation tn
her soldiery and, on equal terms as to
numbers, suiwrlor to that of any other
nation.
. The general closes his survey of the
I cause of the defeat of the Russians
with the pathetic reflection that If Ru
sla bad been united and ready to make
the sacrifices necessary to safeguard
her dignity and Integrity, the "valiant
Russian army would have striven till
the foe was subdued."
18-H0UP FLYER IN RIVER.
Pennsylvania Train Plunge Dowi
Klftr-i''o"t t'usruissgk Uorare.
The Vennsjivanla ralliwid's eighteen
hour train, between New York and Chi
en go, wns wrecked at Mineral Point,
eight miles eat of Johnstown, Pa. Two
sleepers and the observation car were
piled up in the south fork of the Cone
mnugu River.
There were fifty-four passengers on
the train when It left New York Friday
afternoon. A message received at 2 :30
Saturday niomlng stated that twenty-
nl no ikthoiim were hurt and none was
killed. Light of the Injured were ta
ken to Altooua and several others to
Johnstown. Some of the Injured, it Is
said, were seriously hurt.
The train was comisised of a combi
nation car, an observation cur, and two
sleepers. The accident occurred on a
sharp curve. The locomotive and com
bination cur remained on the roadbed,
hut the three cars followed plunged Into
the south fork hrnuch of the Cone
mu'h River,
The wrecked train was tin hour and
a half late and running at full sliced
when wreckitl. The wreck occurred a
few minutes before midnight. When
the locomotive left the truck It tore
down telephone and telegraph xles,
cutting off all ('oniiiiiiiih'iition for a
time.
The cars which went over the em
bankment lay on their sides lu the shal
low water of the river. Tho wreck oe
uried at a point nearly n mile from
tiii ;:rilpll oMicc.
It Is supposed that the derailment
was caused by the brake rigging com
ing down under the second car.
Ity a vote ot 0 to 5 the House commit
tee on ways and means decided against
the plan to establish a new subtreasury
in t lie Southeastern States.
The eliditeeii pt-nslon agencies In the
country which the i louse abolished In
furor of the coucent ration of the die
liurseinent of all snKlon expenditures ia
WiiHliliiton will he rehabilitated if th
Action of tbe Senate committee on pen
h:xuh Is sustained.
I
Nebraska
Legislature
Wilson ' Unit Iteso.t.tlfiti.
If argument were needed to demon
strate the fallacy of the claim of the
railroads that the value of their termi
nal properties Is distributed over the
various railroad lines of the state for
taxation purposes, that argument was
furnished the members of the house
Wednesday In a resolution by Wilson
of Custer county to compel the state
board of assessment to assess railroad
property as a unit and distribute the
aggregate valuation according to mile
age. This shows Without any further
corroboration that tne Burlington ter
minals are distributed. If at nil, only
on the line oprated hy the district
sub-corporation and not over the en
tire system In the state. The same ap
plies to the Union Pacific. Friends of
the terminal taxation bill, which pro
vides terminal properties shall be tax
ed locally for city and village pur
poses, believe no better plea for the.
passage of the bill could be secured
than reference to this resolution,
which, of coutse, was Inspired by the
railroad lobby here, ns Mr. Wilson us
much as any one member lifts shown
his connection with these corporations.
Ills resolution, which went over under
the rules for one day upon objections
being raised by Clarke of Douglas,
was published in full last week.
Trontde Over Km j-loyes.
The senate decided Wednesday to bo
sfter Incompetent and unnecessary
employes, and ns a result several of
them were shifted about to positions
they were more competent to fill. The
matter was brought to the attention
of the body by Hyrnes of Platte, who
demanded to know why a. numbpr of
bills had not been engrossed and re
turned to the senate. Senator Hob
brook, of the enrolling and engrossing
committee, replied It was because he
had not been supplied with competent
help, or enough of It. Ills committee,
he said, had not been allowed a clerk
and some of the employes were In
competent. He said he had figured In
one Instance that It cost the state $109
to get two bills engrossed because two
of the employes had done nothing
else since the beginning of the session.
He said he was getting out the bills as
rapidly as he could, but under the cir
cumstances the work proceeded very
nlowly.
Railroad Fore for Officers.
The question of a method of paying
the railroad fare of state officers was
discussed Wednesday morning by the
members of the senate when the Mc
Kesson bill was under consideration
The bill provides the secretary of stato
hall issue to each officer coupons
which, when filled out and signed by
the officer, shall bo exchangeable for
railroad tickets. Each coupon must
have the name of the stations between
which transportation was secured and
a statement of the nature of the bust,
ness requiring the trip. The coupons
are to be paid by warrants on presen
tation to the auditor. A fine of from
$10 to $100 Is attached for any offtcet
who uses the coupons to secure trans
portation for any but state business.
Hills Passed by Senate.
Sixteen bills were passed by tho
senate Wednesday afternoon, among
them King's free high school bill, If.
R. 116, allowing court reporters 10
cents per 100 words for m&klng bills
Of exception; Sackett bill making
publlo officials who fall to ertrcr.ee laws
removable by quo warranto proceed
ings In supreme court, Thomas' sub
stitute compulsory education law,
King's bill to repeal the 114 -mill levy
by the state for school purposes and
Hanna and Phillips' measure provid
ing for not less than six nor more
than eight Junior normal schools.
a a
Only Seven Hills Passed.
The house has been In session thlr
ty-seven days and the senate thirty-six
days, and during this time seven meal
urea only have passed both houses and
gone to the governor. Of these three
are appropriation bills and the ether
four are unimportant. At this time
there are over 100 bills on the general
Mile In the house and almost that num.
ber In the senate,. Including most of
the party platform pledges and many
very Important bills, while not a sin
gle party platform pledge except the
eloctlon of Norrls Brown to the senato
has gone through either houses. The
railroad commission bill has been
made a special order for Wednesday
morning and it Is expected a lively
discussion will result over this mens
ure, as several, amendments will be
offered to it with the view It simplify
ing Its terms. It is asserted the mode
of procedure is not exactly clear, and
some of the members of the house, as
well a members of the senate, are
anxious to change these sections so
there cannot be the least doubt of th
authority of the commission or of tin.
manner of Its procedure In making
rates.
Objections to University Dill.
The objections to the bill Introduced
in the house by McMullen of Oage.
and lu the senate by King of I'olk.
muklng the state treasurer the ex-olll
clo treasurer of the state university,
raised by Hon. Peter Mortensen, for
mer state treasurer, has caused sv
eral members to sit up and take notice
and It Is evident the bills will be cure
fully considered before this scheme of
the regents is carried out. ttanntm
King remarked Saturday morning that
he had figured out tho treasurer would
be compelled to give a bond not only
as state treasurer as he does now, but
should the bill be passed, he would
have to give a separate bond at treas
urer of the state university. He fa 11m
to see any good reason for the treas
urer being bonded twice, and becausi
of this and his talks with Mr. Morten
sen, he Is seriously considering with
drawing his support from the bill,
which he Introduced at the request of
the regents. Should the bill become a
law It would permit the hoard of re
gents to use the cuuh fund of the uni
versity, all the government fuiuls u:nl
all other funds except the money Kill
ed by levy, without uii appropriation
by the state legislature and also evade
the constitution, which provides the
auditor shall Investigate ull cUiiux
against the stute. Inasmuch as the
money used by the regents has reach
ed such enormous proportions, and u
the regents are not under bond, the
members of the legislature are becom
ing more unanimous tor a chock on
them, as there Is on all other state
officers and state institutions. Uut tho
university lobby Is here in force and
ia working night and duy to prevent
any interference with the present
methods of spending the people's
money.
I'riitci uuls May lie Tavcd.
lly the introduction of a bill to ex
empt from luxation all the property of
fraternal insurance companies, Sena
tor Kandull, of Madison, probably has
Stirred up something which nuiy result
In the revenue law being changed so
that the reserve funds of the various
fraternal companies will not In the
future escape taxation. The supreme
court recently decided In the case
against the Highlanders from Hamil
ton county that the reserve fund could
be offset by the outstanding policies,
which virtually exempted this money
from taxation. The decision, however,
was based on the provision of the rev
enue law relating to the taxation ot
net credits and not upon the idea that
a fraternal insurance company la a
charitable Institution. By enacting a
law defining specifically what net
credits shall be, the legislature might
make It possible for assessors to as
sess this class of property and a half
dozen senators are discussing such a
measure.
Would I 'ad Quail Shooting.
After pushing the house 2-cent rate
bill to a third reading the Nebraska '
lerjulature Tuesday Indulged In a
deadlock over the open season on
iuall. Tho house voted for no open
seiis'in. The senate insists on fifteen
rliiy from Nov. 1. The senate wishes
to wipe out nil spring shooting, mak
ing the closed season on all game birds
from April 10 to Sept. 1. The house,
It Is predicted, will not consent to any
up n season for quail.
Two-Cent l ore Bill.
The 2-cent fare bill probably will
reach Gov. fiieldoii Thursday. He will
sign the measure, which carries tht
emergency clause. It Ik expected that
rate experts will have a lively scram
ble to revise the tariffs when the bill
Is enacted. The railroads are expected
to take the bill Into the federal courts.
"Then," said Senator Wlltsb Tuesday,
we will get busy und do fcomo other
things to them."
Doesn't Go Far Knongti.
The house Tuesday passed a bill for.
bidding beys under 18 smoking cigar
ettes in public places.
Tickets Good Any Tlnte.
Another railroad bill recommended
for passage In the sentte Tuesday
makes railroad tickets good at any
time and In the hands of any person.
It was amended so es to provldo tiiat
excursion tickets sold nt specially re
duced rates might bo limited as to ten
ure.
Unlit Pate mil Passed.
The house Tuesday afternoon passed
the senate bulk sales bill. It Is In
tended to protect wholesale and Job
bers from impositions by debtors.
CLOVER AND STONE WALL8.
They Cannot Exist Toarrtber on the
Same Farm,
"This new style of book farming,1
said Wildcat Perkins, of Prospecl
Ferry, Me., "Is rululug some of tht
best stone walls that were ever laid In
Waldo County.
"You wouldn't think there was any
kind of natural connection between
double stone walls and clover, would
you? But I am prepared to prove that
there Is, and that no man can raise
clover hay ou his farm for three years
In succession without having his stona
walls tumble down and scatter them
selves all over the fields, so it would
take ten men a month to rebuild a mile
ot the old fencing.
"It all comes from what they call a
connecting link, and the connecting
link in this case is the woodchuck.
"As soon as a woodchuck sees ciovei
growing right up close to a stone wall,
he doesn't have to go and ask the
neighbors If it Is a favorable locality
for a woodchuck to start In business.
He goes to eating clover and making
his nest in the interior of the stout
wall, and all Is lovely until some cur
dog comes along and smells the wood
chuck In the wall, aud begins to talk
about It in dog language so all tha
neighborhood can hear.
"Of course, the boy who owns the
dog and the boy friends of the boy who
owns the dog. and the dogs belonging
to the boy friends of the boy who owns
the dog. go to see what the trouble is,
and iu doing so discover tbe wood
chuck in tho wall, and proceed to pull
the wall down aud scatter the stonei
all over the farm, so as to get at the
woodchuck and kill It. And baring
seen the dog4 fight with the wood
chuck until It was dead, the boys and
the dogs have uo more use for the.
stone wall, aud leave It splayed out
uikiu the ground, as If the building ot
stone wall did not cost money and
Ufue aud backache.
"Aud I say," continued WlloVat
Perkins, "Hint no Maine farmer can
live as he should If he attempts to grow
clover alongside of a double stone wall.
Nobody has ever been able to change
dog tint tiro or buy nature, and nobody
cuu ever h-.ipe to kill off the wood
chucks. "Then It Is plain enough to every
body Unit the clover or the stone walls
must gi. and. considering how much
longer the stone walls have beeu here,
It U my opinion that It Is up to the
clover to make the tl r.s t move."
iiie Origin of Sainton,
The miuji' n;'ltnoii Is glveu In Eng
land mid all western states to u largt
trout like UnIi which lives in the sea,
chiefly about the mouths of rivers, $ud
which enters the streams to spawn,
ri:unlii;; for a considerable distance up
the stream .uv.l returning to the sea
after the mt of spawning Is accom
plished, says .1 writer in the Pacific
Monthly. The old mates become some
what dlt.rt"d, especially through thi
IciiK'Ibi'Iiih'.' o.J tin- Jaws, but tbs
ehauges wlUi age and reason are not
much greater t'.i.iu in any large trout
Tin' trui' k:I:iioii, like the true trout,
Is black spotted. It is culled in science
Saluio Milar. and along with the trut
trout it U'Ioiim to the genus Salmo.
Then Is uii'.y o-ie sjiecles of Atlantic
saliion; It is IV und ou both sides ot
the "c. ui. iiii'l on both sides It be
comics Knim ; l:i'es l.iud-locked and
dwarfish when it is shut up In a lake
and when it cauuot or does not (4
to the sc.i.
nobtir's Joke.
"Pa." raid I lobby, as he leaued over
the deck rail, "what kind of a boat la
that tint on the ! i';e-'"
"Th it," replied pa, as he raised hi a
glass, "la a sister ship to the one we
a if on."
Hobby watched the big funnels for
while, and then said :
"Pit. I think that must be a brother
ship."
"Why so, my son?"
"Because It smokes so much." New
Orleans Picayune.
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MYSTERY IN CHICAGO.
Bin
Sam Dlsniipenrs from
United
States Salt-Treasury.
Much mystery has surrounded the
disappearance of if 173,0M) from the gov
ernment Biibtreasury in Chicago. An
error In iwiokkeoping was at first be
lieved to be responsible for the discrep
ancy, but an examination of the books
showed the blame was not there, and It
was then given out that a gigantic
theft had been perpetrated. Suhtrens
urer William Boldenweck announced
that beyond all doubt the missing $ 173,
000 was stolen. All the money In Chi
cago subtreasury, amounting to f-.V
000,000, was counted last August in
eight days and wns found intact. A
large part of It Is kept In safes for use
lu emergencies and these safes have not
been opened since the recount
While Cnpt. Porter 6f the secret ser
vice forces In Chicago and private de
tectives were tightening the tolls
around the thief or thieves, John E.
Wllkie, chief of the United States se
cret service, hurried to Chicago from
Washington to take iK-rsonal charge of
the case. It is believed by some of the
government officials that n clique of
employes was Involved In this second
largest theft In the history of the treos
ury department, and that the money
was stolen In a carefully studied con
spiracy by which the plunder might be
negotiated without detect iou. The the
ory that a ring of thives looted the sub
treasury wns the only plausible explan
ation which the government olllcluls
could readily find iu the baffling mys
tery. It was said that Federal em
ployes In other cities, In the subtreas
urles or even in the treasury office In
Washington, might la; lu the consplr
acy.
While suspicion pointed to some of
the clerks connected with the office, all
protested their Innocence and Insisted
that the shortage would be discovered
to have been the result of a nils-ship
ment of money to one of the western
subtrensul les. It was pointed out that
a package of $10,000 bils might have
beeu sent Instead of n package of $100
bills.
The theft bears many of the ear
marks of that which receutly took place
In the St. I-ouls subtreasury. Follow
ing as It does so closely the theft In
St. Louis, government officials are great
ly wrought up and unusual efforts to
tlx responsibility will be made.
Most of the money in the subtreas
ury is in paper and hanks, In depositing
it, sort it by denominations nnd style
of Issue. Silver and gold certificates
are kept apart and each package eon
tnlnlng a certain style nnd kind of hill
Is marked plainly on the outside. The
count Is verified hy n teller In the of
lice who handles each nnd every hill
In tho package. When the count lias
been checked the teller puts bills of the
same denomination In packages of 100.
In addition to n report on the method
lu which the Chicago subtreasury was
lielng conducted. President Roosevelt
has osked Secretary Shaw to make nn
investigation of ull tho subtreasurles In
the United States and directed that the
systems be improved to prevent future
thefts.
Perpetrators of crimes against Undo
Sam seldom escape. The government
Is vengeful. Whether the loot be $1 or
$1,000,000 it Is the same. The entire
resources of the department of jus
tice are brought Into play to secure the
arrest, conviction, and punishment of
those who bad the boldness to trifle
with the powers centered at Washing
ton. But criminals do try to beat the
game, aud for a time some have suc
ceeded In eluding the secret-service
men. But sooner or later they fall
Of the big isistoffice robberies Chica
go bas had more than Its share. The
largest previous robbery of th gov
ernmcnt was that the Chicago post-
office on thi night of Oct. 20, 181)7. The
old building on the lake front was the
scene of the oiieratlous. Thieves tuu-
neled beneath tbe temporary structure
and looted the vaults. Over $74,000 in
stamps was stolen. Several people were
under suspicion, but no attests were
warranted. It stands out as one of the
few unsolved mysteries of the United
States secret service. Other pot-tortice
robberies are reported almost weekly.
POSTOFFICE AND SUB-TREASURY BtTILDlNO
RICH CHICAGO WOMAN
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
UBS. U. C. l 'DONALD.
Mrs. "Mike" McDonald, wife of the
former Chicago gambling king, who is un
der arrest for the slaying of Webster
CJuerin, and who the police feared, would
die iu her cell of hysteria after the shoot
ing, has improved since her removal to
the county jail hospital. There is no
question, declared the jail physician, that
Mrs. McDonald is mentally deranged at
present and has been so since she fired
the shot that killed (iiierin. The ques
tion which the authorities wish to deter
mine, according to the physician, is
whether the woman was Insane before tlie
tragedy.
According to the attorney retained uy
McDonald, the line of defense will depend
upon Mrs. McDonald's versiou of the
case. Tne woniau, ne wiy. um.v imv--
recollection of the shooting and have been
insane at the time, or she may have been
attacked by liuerin and shot iu self-de
fense, or the two may have been strug
gling for the pistol when it exploded.
Ilrlct Kewe Items, ,
Tbe deaths are announced at Carta-
gSnS, Spain, Ol e .lumimi .-..uiur.
Ocana and Rear Admiral Mart lues Ules
cas. To enable the grand jury to investigate
Jennings' eh-ction frauds iu Ixmiblaua
the entire electorate of 310 persons has
been summoned.
Sir John L. Walton Attorney General
of Britain, in a speech at Leeds declared
that the House of Ixirds was out of har
mony with modern democratic iiihfilu
tions and must go.
The department store of B. G. Carpen
ter & Co., situated in the heart of Wilkes
barre, Pa., was practically destroyed by
fire. Loss $100,000.
William Smith, colored, set fire to
"Piukey" Tigg, with whom be formerly
lived, at Gulfport. Miss., aud the woman
was burned to death.
Argentine imports for 1900 aggregated
$209,970,521 gold, an increase of over
$01,000,000. Kiports amounted to
530 1529, a decrease of $:k),59O,012.
i Formal notice of appeal in tho case of
Chester Gillette, the convicted murderer
f Grace Brown, was filed with the dis
trict attorney of Herkimer county.
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COUNTRY'S HIGH DEATH RATE.
Census llureau Shows Half Million
Deaths b- Dlsense In lOO.t.
More than TiOO.tHS) persons in the
United States were offered up in l'.MK. as
a sacrihce to thseai .-. startling as tins
death rate may seem, it was less than
that for the preceding year, but was in
excess of the number of deaths registered
for any other year. This death rate Is
lower than that of Ireland, Germany and
Italy for the same period, but higher than
that of KiiKltind and Wales, Scotland
aud the Netherlands.
The death rate from nephritis and
Bright's disease, apoplexy, cancer, dia
betes and appendicitis is increasing, while
that from old age. bronchitis, convulsions,
peritonitis and scarlet fever are decreas
ing. The greatest death rate recorded for
any one disease- in 1005 was that from
pulmonary tuberculosis, amounting to o(,-
770, while pneumonia follows closely
with a death rate of IlD.OliS, exclusive of
broncho-pneumonia. Cancer shows a
steadily growing death rate, the figures
being 24.330.
A report has been issued by the census
bureau giving the statistics of mortality
for l!H)o, together with revised figures for
the years 1901 to 11)0-1, inclusive, for the
registration area of the United States.
The ten registration States comprising
this area are ' Connecticut, Indiana,
Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New
Hampshire. New Jersey, New York,
Rhode Island and Vermont. The popula
tion of the eutire area in 1900 was 30,-
705,018, representing 40.5 per cent of
the total population of continental United
States. Of this number 19,000,742 per
sons, or 20.3 per cent of the total popu
lation, were in registration States and
10,SO4.S70 persons, or 14.2 per cent, were
in registration cities in non-registration
States.
The total number of deaths reported
from the various kinds of diseases in
1905 aggregated 545,533, and those for
the preceding year amounted to 551.354.
On a percentage basis the death rate-wa
in l'.)05, 10.2 in each thousand of popula
tion. STEVENS QUITS CANAL JOB.
Construction Work to lie Intrnsteat
to Army Knit I peers.
To the troubled history of the building
of the Panama canal two strenuous chap
ters were added Tuesday in the Presi
dent's decision to
build the canal
without the aid of
contractors, and iu
the resignation of
John F. Stevens as
president of the
canal commission.
Stevens will be suc
ceeded by Major G.
W. Goethals of the
engineer corps, who
with other army en
gineers will lo tne
work as any other
piece of government engineering Is done.
Senator J. C. S. lllackburn of Kentucky,
who soon retires, was made u member of
the commission. ,
.Stevens is the third man to throw up-
the canal job suddenly and without ade
quate explanation. John F. Wallace, the-
first president of tho commission, said
that he could get more money elsewhere.
The excuse of Theodore P. Shonts, Wal
lace's successor, that he could not afford
to work for the government when he was
elsewhere offered twice the salary ho was
getting. Stevens makes no excuse what
ever.
It Is reported that Stevens, wka Is a
Chicago man and was formerly chief engi
neer of tbe Rock Island railroad, has ac
cepted the presidency of a private con
struction company, at a salary alsjut
double the present one. He is said to
have expressed himself as being tired of
unjust criticism in the public prints.
lly la Taken by Storm.
San Marcos de Colon, a well fortified
Houduran city, -which was defended by
Solomon Ordonez, the Honduran minister
of war. nt the head of a strong army, was
taken by storm by Nicaragusn forces.
An educational Diplomat.
Dr. William R. Shepherd, professor ot
history in Columbia university, bas been
selected by the international bureau ot
American republics, of which John Bar
rett is the new director, to make a trip to
the leading South American capitals dur
ing the coming summer, for the purpose
ot cultivating pursonal relations with the
leading statesmen aud men ot letters ia
I .at in America, aud to carry to theia
knowledge oi the educational resource
and opiHjituiiities ot tho United States.
Dr. Shepherd will also collect material for
a special course of lectures ou Soutb
America
J. r. sn-.vKNS.