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A salo has been made of 20,000 ncrca
of coal lamia In Wayno county, W.
Vn., to a Pittsburg syndicate, which,
it Is. Bald, will opposo the present coal
trust.
Ily a decision handed down by .Tub
tlco Mcrvln, one-half of the cstnto of
Mrs. M. II. Davis, of Itomo, N, Y., val
ued at 50,000, will go to the Christian
Scientists.
An official Servian statement de
clares there Is absolutely no founda
tion In tho reports that Queen Dragn
has been shot nt or that she has com
mitted suicide.
John Morgan, a convict at the fed
eral prison nt Leavonworth, made n
successful escape while working In tho
quarry, his nbsenco not being discover
ed until 5 p. m.
Louis Grannottl, an accomplice of
Brcscl, tho assassin of King Humbert,
was sentenced to life Imprisonment nt
tho assizes. Qrnnnottl has not yot
been raptured.
Conductor Hlgglns, the eighth vic
tim of tho Santa Pe wreck in Arizona,
died, Tho Injured nro progressing fa
vorably and no mora fatalities among
them are probable.
It is ntnted that Senator Hanna, im
mediately after tho opening of con
gress, will Introduco a bill providing
for a 5,000 annual pension to Mrs.
McKlnley during her lifetime.
Tiio Southern Athlotlo club wns or
ganized at Charleston, S. C, tho ob
ject of. tho association being to hold
n series of sparring exhibitions In
Charleston during the exposition
period.
Mrs. May Agnow, wife of Captain
Agftow, formerly of Company M,
Twentloth Knnsas, died at Manila,
whore sho went rccontly with her Iiub
Iwnd, who Is an officer In tho regular
nrmy.
It was learned at Baltlmoro that Mr,
Isldor Itayner,, chief counsel for Hear
Admiral W. S. Schley In the- recent
hearing 'boforo tho court of Inquiry,
has refused to accept a fco for his
services.
Thoro has been nn nlarmlng spread
of tho plague In South Itussla, ac
cording to dispatches from Lomborg,
hundreds of fatal cases bolng roportod
In Moscow, Odessa, Kloff, Kherson and
other towns.
According to tho World, heirs of
tho lato CornolliiB Vnndorbllt must
pay $301,803.43 into tho coffers of
Undo Sam. This 1b tho total of tho
Inheritance tax found by tho fodoral
government agnlnst tho CBtato.
Tho Vienna pnpors nssort that Tur
hoy Id addressing nn arrogant circular
unto to tho powers protesting against
their "perpotual Interference" lit
Turkish affairs, and demanding to
know their Intention regarding Croto,
Tho municipal council of Qulncs,
forly-flvo miles southwest of Havann,
has voted to award tho contract for
supplying wator and electric light (o
the, town to Hugh J. Rollly of Now
York. Tho contracts nro for 250,000.
Tho secretary of war has dlrcctod
that tho order granting froo udmlsston
of ChrlBtniaa presents to tho Philip
pines and Cuba shall extend only to
the officers and men nnd civilian em
ployes of tho nrmy and navy, and not
to uio civilian employes of tho civil
government.
The governor, secretary of stnto and
attornoy general nt. Alabama oponcd
and counted tho Yoto on tho now con
BtHutlon, Tho result bIiowb a major
it of 28,420 for tho constitution. The
governor will Usuo his proclamation
within a fow days and ton days there
after tho now law will go Into offoct.
The city, of Los Angoles has Bold
water bonds to tho amount of two mil
lions.
Tho Industrial commission has
Issued a report on railway labor In
tho United States. It shows that rail
way omploycs In this country constl
tuto nn army of nearly 1,000,000 peo
pie, with probably nearly C.000,000 de
pendont upon tho wagon paid by tho
railroads. Tho report says that for
yoarB to corao tho railroads will ab
sorb an Increasing number of em
ployes.
C. R. Drccklnrldgo, a mombor of tho
Dawes commlsBlon, discussed with tho
Interior department officials the pro
posed supplementary Creek treaty,
Tho secretary docldcit to tako no no
tlon In tho matter Until congress con
voncs,
Flro destroyed tho Crnwfordsvllle,
Ind., wlro aul null plant, entailing n
Iohs of 150,000.
At KansuB City tho dead bodloa of
Inos Gordon and Harry Qrlsnrd, col
ored, wore found on tho floor of a
room at 1412 Grand nvonuo.
Tho Pau-Amcrlcnn exposition build
ingu were Bold to tho Chicago House
Wrecking company for 1)2,000.
The dlsordera nro Increasing In
Spain and tho government Is stopping
telegrams and taking military mens
mm to maintain order.
MAN! KILLi ON RAIL
One Hundred or Mow Persona Moot Deatt
in a Wrcok.
MANY OF THE WOUNDED WILL DIE
Maimed by Collision, Thru 1'crUh In
flume Charred Jteumln Crumble
Into 1'oiTilcr When Dragged Forth
Mnuy Utildentlllrd.
DETROIT, Nov. 28. From 100 to
150 persons wore killed Inst night In
tho most dlsnstroun wreck In the
history of Michigan railroads. Two
heavily loaded passenger trains on tho
Wabash railroad collided head-on one
mllo cast of Sonnca, the second Bta
Hon west of Adrian. Tho west bound
train, composed of two curs loaded
with Immigrants and Ave other
coaches, was smnshed and burned,
with the result of awful loss of llfo
nnd fearful Injuries to a majority of
Its passengers. Tho castbound train,
tho Continental limited, suffered In
scarcely less degree.
Tho track In the vicinity of tho
wreck la strewn with dead and dying.
Many physicians from Detroit have
gono to tho sceno.
DETROIT, Nov. 29, When night
fell over tho sceno of last nlght'u ca
lamity on tho Wabash railroad nenr
Seneca, Mich., those who had been in
vestigating the disaster had found
nothing to alter tho estimate of about
eighty lives lost as n result of tho
collision. Superintendent Goorgo.M.
Burns of. tho division on which the
wreck occurred Insists that tho esti
mates nro too high. "I do not con
sider," Bald ho, "that tho total death
list will oxcecd twenty."
However, in supoprt of tho larger
estimato it Is pointed out that thoro
are now fourteen passengers known
to bo dead. Tho bodies of eight of
theao have been recovered nnd It Is
cousldorcd that tho fragments of oth
er bodies now In tho morgue will ac
count for may moro than the twelve
(lend necessary to mnko up Suporln
tendont Hums' estimate of twenty. In
addition to tho comparatively few
fragments recovered -and Bent to tho
morguo, those who wore early on tho,
sceno Buy that many more, pieces.
woro discovered whjoh crumbled, to
powder whlio th6y woiVbelng romov-'
od.
Superintendent Burns said to tho
AflBoclntcd Prcs3 tonight that ho wn3;
unablo to tell tho oxnet number of
Italian Immigrants aboard train No.
13, but thought that thcro wcro not,
moro tlinn fifty. PnsscugerH on the
train and a number of those who'
woro early on tho scono dlriputo this:
and say tho numbor wns nearer, eigh
ty. Suporlntendont Burns has receiv
ed no roport ns yet from Ticket Col
lector Omen of train No. 13, who prob-
ably knowB nenror than nny ono else
tho numbor of Italians In tho cars.
Tho official Hat of tho dead given
to the local papers bIiowb tho names
of but ton dead and forty-eight Injur
ed, but Detroit newspaper men, who
wcro nt tho scono of tho wreck nnd
lalkod with survivors of both trains,
say that tho official list docn not hear
out tho BtatomcntB of tho pasBongors
nor evidence of loss of llfo which
they witnessed nt tho spot whoro tho
accident occurred.
Tho Frqo Press tomorrow will say
that tho loss of llfo was, In round,
numbers, 100, nnd that tho statcniontB
made by the Italian Immigrants on'
trnln No. 13 bear out this claim.
The Sueur Tariff,
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 29.
President Roosevelt has Btntcd to tv
numbor of visitors that ho will rec
ommend In IiIb m'oasugo that tho duty,
on sugar from Cuba bo reduced In
consideration of certain trade prlvl
loges whon tho Independent govern
mont Is Bet up, and that tho duty on
sugar from the Philippines nloo bo re
duced aB a stimulus to promoting tho
Industry In those Islands,
Wedding rurty I)rouT.
HONOLULU, Nov. 20. (Via Vlcto
rln, Nov, 29.) News cornea from
Tonga thnt a schonuer currying n wed
ding party of forty peoplo, men, wo
men nud children, wns wrecked nnd
all wcro drowned. Tho schooner hnd
taken tho party to Nolufu and had
started back to Hnabal.
WrMnrn lMrklnc MiuWtlc.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 29.-Tho Price
Curront says tho marketing of hogs
ling been further Increased, The total
western packing 1b 735 000, compared
with CC5.000 tho preceding week and
025,000 hist -year.
Ciiii) Honor McKlnley.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. Tho stato
dopurtmont has received a roport from
tho consul general nt Shanghai saying
tho guilds of silk, tea and cotton pleco
goods dealers have, contributed of
their own Initiative- to n fund to erect
n monument In Shanghul to the lato
president .McKlnley and announce that
they a co doing this to show tholr up
proclntlon of tho man nnd of his nttl
tiulo townrdB China. Tho emplro never
urroro too k surn action. -
DAVID NATION OUTS D.V0RCE
Willi III I'rntented Suit for Separation
From IIU Wife.
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 2!). A special
to tho Star from Medicine Lodge. Kim.,
says: David Nation was granted a
divorce from his wife, Mrs. Carrie Na
tion, "tho Joint Hraashcr." Tho court
exonerated Mrs. Nation from the
charge of cruelty to her hu3band nnd
divided tho property. The Mcdlclno
Lodgo home will go to Mr. Nation and
outlying property to his wife.
In reply to iiucstlons of the court,
Mrs. Nation said that one reason she
fought the proceedings was that sho
wished to continue, to shuro tho pen
sion money drawn by her husband.
Mr, Nation, In support of hla petition
for divorce, cited a letter from bra
wlfo In which sho denounced him ns
n "hellhound hypocrite." Ho chnrged
that sho did not attend to his wants.
CRAZY SNAKE IS UNRULY
Lender of Kecnut Creek Itebelllnn Caue
31 on? Trouble.
GUTHRIE, Okl., Nov. 29. A special
to the Calil tal from Tulsa, I. T says:
Crazy Snake, who led the rebellion
last spring ngnlnst tho government,
1b causing tho Creek council much
trouble. Tho Snake bund will send a
strong delegation to Washington to
protest against tho deeding of Crcok
lands.
A Joint resolution wns passed unani
mously by both houses of the Creek
council, domnndlng that deeds be
lesucd Immediately nud at Okmulgee,
instead of Muskogee. Chief Porter will
probably sign tho resolution to Secre
tary Hitchcock. The dplny hns caused
widespread discontent. Tho treaty of
lost May promised dcoda Immediately
and the Indians only ask Justice.
llolil On iictt on ftiiturday.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. Tho re
publican members of the house- of
ropresonnttlvcs will meet In caucus
Saturday at 2 o'clock for tho purpose
of nominating houne oftlcoru. There
is no contest nnd Speaker Henderson
nnd tho other clcctlvo officors will bo
re-elected. It is expected that thoro
will bo quite a Bharp contest over rc
udoptlng tho Reed rules. All the
nftornoon nnd evening, If necessary,
will bo glvon to dlnemslng tho sub
ject. '
liurdiif k Wound n Countable.
ST. JOSEPH, Nov.29. For several
nlghtB Constable Wcsloy Gnu and sev
eral deputies havo been ndcavorlng
to enpturo burglars thut havo robbed
numerous stores nnd rosldenlu In the
HUhurbs, but never enmo upon tho
robbers until this morning. Constablo
Gnn was separated from his deputies,
but did not hesltato to attack three of
tho burglnrs and endeavored to cap
ture them. Ho was fatally shot and
pounded into Insensibility.
Attltudo l'leimea Tlieut.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. -Thomas
I Walsh, prcsidont, und Gonoral F.
W. Mnxwoll, secretary of tho executive'
committee of tho National Irrigation
association, saw tho president. They
told him that tho expansion of Intor-I
national trado and commorco of the,
United Stntcs by the crentlon of moro.
homes In tho west was the object of
tholr association and that they fully
Indorsed tho roport of Secretary
Hitchcock on tho Biibject of Irrigation.
In thtt Civil Sonic.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 29, Tho pres
ident signed nn order bringing tho
rural froo delivery Borvico Into .tho
classified civil service. Tho order be
comes effective Immediately so fnr na
tho 250 clorka, special agents and routo
Inspectors of that Bervlco aro con
cerned, but provides that until regula
tions nro formulntod for nppolntmont
of rural carriers, thoy shall not bo
treated ns within tho classllled Bervlco.
These number 0,000.
Captured by Filipino.
MANILA, Nov. 29. Privates Dun
nnd Fronnlng of tho English Infan
try, together with tholr horses, rifles
and 300 rounds of nmmunltlon. havo
beon enpturod by Insurgents, who at
tacked a commissary wagon between
Magndalonn and Gnjayjazn. A ser
geant and a private were bIbo wound
ed.
Androw D. Whlto, tho United Statos
ambassador to Germany, went to Pots
dam for tho usual ceromonlous visit
to tho court after nn ambassador's
absonco from tho country. Mrs. Whlto
accompanied her husband upon tho
special Invitation of Emperor William.
Both Mr. nnd Mrs. Whlto remained at
tho palace tor dinner.
Shift lteponthlllty.
SOFIA, Nov. 29. Tho government
has forwarded to C. W, Dickinson.
tho United Statos diplomatic agent
thoro who recently loft this city for
Constantinople .n reply to his noto of
November 12 concerning Miss Stone,
tho American missionary, It Is mere
y a repotltton of tho official views al
ready cabled, repudiating tho responsi
bility of Bulgaria and alleging that
tho officials hnd given every assistance
pouslblo In the matter.
TDBRELIELS DRAWBACK
General Albaa Marching to tho Capita)
IIatrossc8 tho Enemy.
SIXTY KILLED. ONE AN OfFICEII
tonne on Doth Side Are Heavy and Out
look I Ornve A Decl'lve llattle Seenn
Imminent Likely to lie Fought ul
Monkey IIIII.
COLON, Columbia, Nov. 28. The
ovcrduo passenger train, with a ma
rlno guard on board, has Just arrived
here. Tho train brlngB nowa to the
effect that General Alban, with about
300 government troops, has crossed
Barbacoa bridge and Is continuing his
march to Colon. Ho Is now at Tav-
crnllla, where ho Is resting. Tho lib
eral forces continue to retreat beforo
him. They explain their rotroat by
saying thoy have no nmmunltlon. All
of tho fighting yosterday occurred at
Barbacoa bridge. Passongers on tho
delnycd train assert that fully 100 con
servatives wero killed and wounded
during tho lighting there nnd thnt
tho liberal losses wero Insignificant.
Tho llborals aro now approaching
Gatun station (about live miles from
Colon) and If is believed a decisive
ongagomont will probably bo fought nt
Monkey Hill cemotory, distant ono
mllo from tho limits of Colon.
The 'rains which left hero yesterday
afternoon for Panama, with tho Iowa
marines and tho passengers from tho
steamer Orlzlba, were delayed In
traiiBlt, but reached Panama In safety.
Reports curront here thnt Goneral
PInzon has bombarded Bello have
been found upon Investigation to bo
unroHnble and not authentic.
NEW YOItK, Nov. 28. Consul Gen
eral do Brlardo of Colombia said that
ho had rocclvcd a cablegram from
General Alban, describing tho situa
tion at tho isthmus. Alban, ho said,
denied that Panama was full of liboral
sympathizers.
General Diego A. do Castro, who wan
at tho consulnto, said that both Colon
and Panama woro free ports, that tho
tomporary occupation by tho robo's
would not amount to much nnd thnt
under existing troatles tho United
Statos was hound to preserve order
In that section. Ho said that at t'jc
present thno Colombia had 32,000
trained soldlors In tho held. Of that
force 10,000 men wcro with General
Valoncla, on tho VenezUolan bordor,
In tho department cf Santander, and
another largo forco was protecting
Bogota, tho capital. ,At Bnranqullln,
ho sold thoro wcro 1,500 men, at Car
tagena 2,000, and at Rio Hacha thoro
wore 3,500 men. Tho general said that
this forco of 7,000 men could be con
centrated to support General Alban on
tho Isthmus, but tho government did
not consldor It necessary at tho pres
ent tlmo to make an ns3ault on tho
little ' rebol bands. General do Castro
said that General Alban, with hla
forco of 1,100 men and tho COO mon
sept to tako Colon and now on beard
General PInzon, would bo nblo to
break up tho liberal bands.
NfDRASKAN AT WHITE HOUSE
Major Llewellyn, Former Itongh-nider,
Ilnr With Frrtldent.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28. Major W.
II. H. Llewellyn, formerly of Omaha,
now of Now Moxlco, who sorved with
President Roosevelt nnd his Rough
Riders during tho Spnnlsh war, dined
with tho president and Inter was Mrs.
Roosovclt's escort to tho theater.
Major LleWollyn's Son, who was. hofn
In Omaha, served with his father In
Colonel Roosevolt'B regiment. The
boy Is 18 and stands 0 feet 4 Inches.
Major Llcwollyn, who is a brother of
Charles E. Llowellyn, Inspector cf
rural frco delivery in Nobraska, left
Nebraska twonty yenrs afcond is now
district prosecuting attorney in the
territory. Ho Is hero to tiBBlBt New
Mexico In securing statehood.
1WENTY-S1X ARE DEAD
The Crowded Factory of I'enherly In
jector Cotnpmy Wrecked.
DETROIT, Mich., Nov. 28. Twenty
Blx are dead, flvo of them unidentified,
and bo badly burned that identifica
tion Is almost Impossible and twonty
four other men nro lying In the vnrl
oub hospitals of tho city.
Twenty men arc lying In the vari
ous hospitals of the city suffering
from cuts nn,d burns nnd other In
Juries, nil resulting from tho ex
plosion of one of the boilers In the
Penberty Injector company's large
plant nt Abbott street and Brooklyn
nvenuo.
Hchle.r ul K,tii lllty.
KANSAS CITY. Nov. 28. Admiral
Schley will bo tho guest of Kansas
City and the Commcrcln! club during
next Janunry, if possible. He has ac
cepted, conditionally, nn Invltntion to
visit Memphis, Tcnn.. and If ho goes
to that city he has promised to stop In
Kansas City for a day or two. If ho
comes hero, which seems probable, a
spccinl reception and banquet In his
honor will be arranged by the Kansas
City Commercial club.
COLON SO FAR ESCAPES FIRE
Kim Keache Wnililngton that 1'or
Will Not He Attacked.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. It H
pretty well understood hero that then
Is to bo no bombardment of Colon bj
cither clde. Whllo Commander Mc-
Crea was given wide dlscrctlonarj
power and nothlixr was said to hire
about stopping tho bombardmont di
rectly, nevertheless tho stato depart
ment established a precedent In these
matters last year when It Instructed
Mr. Gudgers to warn tho Insurgent!
at Panama that they would not bo al
lowed to bombard that port. If tht
government, troops on tho PInzon
should persist in their purpose it it
said that the commanders of tho vari
ous warships at Colon would require
that ample tlmo bo allowed for tho
withdrawal from tho town of all fm
clgners and that tho attacking forco,
to escape restraint, would bo obliged
to direct tholr bombardmont with
such precision ns to destroy tho in
surgent defenses without harming tho
railroad property, and oven without
endangering tho passage of trains,
conditions probably not to bo met
Tho secretary of tho navy cabled
Captain Perry of tho Iowa to assumo
full command of all the United States
naval forces on both Bides of the Isth
mus, in order to lnsuro harmonious
operations. Consul General Gudgcr'e
last dispatch, which camo after 1
o'clock, was about ng follows: "Our
troops havo arrived at Mattachln,
one-half of tho way across tho Isth
mus. No obstruction, and Colombian
government seemed to be victorious
over tho Insurgents."
REVENUES EXCEED EXPENSES
Recommend Cnlon of Third and Fourth
,Clsrn of .11 all.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. Third As
sistant Postmaster General Edwin C.
Madden, In his annual report, recom
mends the consolidation of third and
fourth class mall matter, an lncreaso
of tho limit of Indemnity for tho loss
of registered matter from 10 to 100,
and that tho postal employes bo mado
liable for tho valuo of registered mat
tor lost through their carelessness.
Tho postal rovenucs for tho year
from all sources wero 111,031,193, be
ing $3,023,727 less than tho expendi
tures. This is exclusive of tho cost
of transporting tho malls over tfeo
subsidized Pacific railroads that havo
not settled their bonded accounts with
tho government. Tho total valuo of
stamped paper nnd stamp books Issued
during tho year was $104,735,987. Tho
Issue of postago Btamp books. Is re
garded aa a successful experiment.
The 4,698,025 Btamp books Issued havo
cost tho department 4.69 per 1,000 to
manufacture. There woro 659,614,800
postal cards Issued. Tho amount of
second class matter mailed frco of
postago to actual subscribers within
tho county of publication constitutes
practically 7 per cent of tho ontlro
amount mailed.
CATHOLIC INDIAN SCHOOLS.
Archbishop Favor Contributing More
Money for tho Fund.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. It was
announced today that tho Catholic
archbishops of America at their an
nual meeting adopted tho following
resolution:
"Wo heartily commend nnd will
practically encourage work for tho
raising of the amount annually need
ed for tho support of tho Catholic In
dlan schools and will similarly en
courage wider oftorts aiming at bring
ing the benefits of Catholic training
to tho Catholic children in tho gov
eminent schools."
Many Will Starve In Cliltv.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 27.-
John Goodnow, consul general at
Shangahl, reports that thoro aro over
500,000 pooplo of tho Yang Tbo valloy
who will starve this winter unless
they get help from outside. A com-
mlttco of foreigners and Chinese has
been formed in Shanghai to relievo the
conditions of these peoplo and all for
eigners in China are subscribing lib
erally. Contributions may be made
through tho British consul general at
bhanghal.
Conflict In Itarcelona.
L..RCELONA, Nov. 27. no dlsor
dera aro Increasing and tho govern
ment Is stopping telegrams and taking
military measures to maintain order.
Sorlous conflicts In which many woro
Injured occurred last night nnd this
morning botween students nnd soldiers
nnd between Casttllan nnd Catalan stu
dents. Hmmilnry Dlipute Averted,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. The
threatened troublo ovor tho boundary
lino botweon Chlnl nnd tho Argentine
Republic has been averted for the
present nt leaBt. Slgnor Infentla con
veyed to this government an assurance
that tho two principal to tho bound
ary question havo Just succeeded in
reaching nn nmlcablo, satisfactory un
derstanding. ThlB statement hns given
great satisfaction, for it is believed re
Bulta wlllbo good,
Bocretaiy Wilson Eoporta Great Develop-
mjutc in Agriculture.
ANIMAL INDUSTRY CHIEF CONCERN
Tait Foreign Market l'reorved Only by
aioit ltlgld Impectlon Forecait Field
of the Weather lli'.reuu Mlicellaneoti
Subjects Trented.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 27. Tho fifth
annual report of tho secretary of ag
riculture, Hon. James Wilson, mado
public todny, Is considerably larger
than In former years, rollectlng there
by tho great crowth und develonment
which has attendod thlB department
during bis administration.
Ho announces nn important exten
sion of tho forest field of tho Weath
er bureau, which now -Includes re
ports from certain points In tho Brit
ish Isles and on tho continent of Eu
rope, from tho Azores, Nassau, Ber
muda and TurkJrf Island. An exten
sion of tho forecast to farmers through
tho rural frco delivery is contemplat
ed. SubHtantlal Improvements aro re
ported In the department's Bystom'of
wireless telegraphy, of whicn tbo sec
retary says in conclusion:
"Whllo there la much experimental
work yet to uo done, beforo tho pres
ent system Is reliable for intershlp
communication, or boforo nny .two
systems can work In tho samo field
wiinout each rendering tho otho use
less, such progress has been made by
tho government experimenters that,
with no interference by private sys
tems, stations can bo successfully oper
ated over at least 150 miles of coast
line, and they aro now In operation
on mo North Carolina and Virginia
coasts, and soon will bo lnstltuto- be
tween tho - nrallono Islands an
mainland and Tatoosh Island and too
mainland, on tho Pacific coast."
A largo portion of tho report covers
tho subject of animal Industry. Tho
grand total of animals and nnlmal
products exported during tho year ex
ceeded $250,000,000 In vnluo. This
vast foreign market Is only preserved
to our producers by tho Indefatigable
efforts of tho department and tho rig
Id Inspection exercised through tho Bu
reau of Animal Industry. Tho bu
reau Inspected fof export 385,000 cat
tic, 228,000 sheep and 48.000 horses and
mules and nearly 1,000 vessels carry
ing llvo stock. Imported animals
woro also Inspected to tho number
of 342,000 and where necessary quar
antined. Tho secretary Buggcsts that
with the enormous Interests our stock
raisers havo nt stake, tho inspection
or qunrnntlno affording after all a rel
ative, not an absolute guarantco of
protection, It might bo well for tho
country to follow tho oxamplo of
Great Britain and exclude live Btock
from other countries entlroly. Tho
meat inspection service involved the
inspection nt tlmo of slaughter of
nearly 37,000,000 animals.
Of tho moro than 5,000,000 cattlo In
spected, tho condemned carcasses wero
about one-fourth of 1 por cent; of tho
6,000,000 sheep, one-tenth of 1 per
cent; and of the 24,000,000 hogs, one
third of 1 per cent. In tho control of
Indigenous diseases 1,600,000 InBpec
t!on3 woro mado and over 45,000 cars
disinfected In tho Texas fevor service
alone. In tho repression of scabies in
sheep nearly 8,000,000 animals were
Inspected, and over 1,000,000 dipped
under tho supervision of tno depart
ment Inspectors.
CANVASS OF STATE RETURNS
Hoard Conclude It Labors and An
nounce ltoiult.
LINCOLN, Nov. 27. Tho stato can
vassing board met at tho stato house
hero and canvassed tho stato vote In
tho recent election with tho following
result:
Supremo Judge Sedgwick, rep., 98,
993; Hollenbcck, fus., 86,334; Clark,
pro., 4,072; Randolph, boc, 1,836.
Regents of tho Stato university
Ernst, 99.0S4; Calklno, 96,845( reps.)
Hawxby, 83,895; Bayston. 81,819 (fim.)
Mrs. S. M. Walker, 4,297; Dllworth,
4,015 (pro.) Wllkle, 1,924; Schram,
2,007 (80C.) Tho republican vote on
regent shows a plurality of 15,171.
Orrmnn Trade Mioxr Decrrunr.
BEilLIN, Nov. 27. Tho October sta
tistics of German trade show Imports
to the amount of 4,110,304 tons. This
Is a decrease of 373,274 tons from tho
Imports of October of last yenr. Tha
cxportB during October amounted to
2,980,081 tons. This Is nn increase oj
7,212 tons over tho corresponding pe
riod of 1900.
Toll tol In llrtter Health.
ST PETERSBURG, Nov. 27. The
health of Count Tolstoi Is Improving
His appetite has Improved and ho it
Bleeping better.
l-'lrt Train Over w Itoiid.
SIOUX U'Y, la., Nov. 27. Tho flrsl
regular train over tho new Movlllt
line of tho Chicago & Northwestern
company steamed into Sioux City today.