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1 I III
Defection of Herriotts Forces
Adds to His Chances
BREAK IN THE NINTH DISTRICT
Des Moines Candidate Gains Fifty
elx Votes Field Is Working Hard
and Declare That His Claims of
j Victory are Premature
Cedar Rapids In Aug 7 The com
bination against Cummins was broken
last night by a largo number of tho
llerrlott delegates who abandoned
their man and went over to
tho Des Moines candidate Tho
counties In the movement are
Adair Audubon Cass Montgomery
Sholby and Pottawattamie Thoy will
bring to Cummins an Increase of 5G
votes on the first ballot and 75 on the
Ecconil
When the conference mot a number
of them announced that tho arrange
ment entered Into Monday with tho
Btcorlng committee was not agreeable
to them and that they did not like the
looks of things
Thoy wanted Horrlott to agree to a
combination with Cummins men but
he preferred to run his own campaign
Tho delegates then announced that thoy
Intended to come out for Cummins
Looks Like Cummins
Tho defection of Herriotts men Is
considered to practically settle tho
nomination In favor of Cummins His
opponents conceded to him 750 votes
on the first bnllot while he claims
791 The break last night even by
tho admission of his opponents gives
him 828 on the second ballot while ac
cording to his own estimate ho will
havo at least 847 on tho first ballot
and n total of 809 on tho second while
but 821 votes are necessary to a choice
Tho steering committee notwithstand
ing tho fallli q away In Herriotts vote
will stick to Harrlman and make their
fight under his name
Chairman McMIllin of tho steering
committee said that he still felt confi
dent He claimed that the tactics pur
sued by the Cummins faction in forc
ing tho break from Herrlott would
prove a boomerang that would cost
Cummins more than ho had gained
We shall certainly control tho organ
ization of tho convention he said
There Is no longer any doubt of that
and the report of the committee on cre
dentials will bo sustained by tho con
vention Al er we have shown that
wo arc In control of the convention
we can agree on who shall bo nomi
nated
McMIllin Makes Denial
Chairman McMIllin of the steering
committee denied positively that any
tender of the gubernatorial nomina
tion had been made by his committee
to Congressman Lacey Neither would
it bo offered to him Mr McMIllin
asserted We will go before the con
vention with the names of Harrlman
Trewin and Conger and will make
the best of all of them that we possi
bly can and In our opinion wo will
down Cummins Herrlott will stick to
the last probably without making a
formal withdrawal but he Is out of It
If the steering committee is able to
make up tho permanent organization
of the convention it will place Con r
grcssman Hepburn In the chair
At midnight Herrlott declared posi
tively that he would not withdraw
Tho Cummins people made him a for
mal offer of the second place on tho
ticket which he refused saying that
ho was a candidate for governor and
not for lieutenant governor
Roberts on Resolutions
Hon George E Roberts of Fort
Dodge generally named as ultimate
chairman of the committee on resolu
tions was Interviewed yesterday on
tho matters to bo treated In the party
platform to bo adopted today Mr
Roberts said
I do not bellovo that the resolu
tions will include any radical change
in railroad taxation The platform I
believe will bo conservative through
out and will not depart materially
from tho ordinary platform Aside
from tho railway taxation matter I
look for few or uo deviations from tho
ordinary resolutions
Lieutenant Governorship
Tho lieutenant governorship has as
sumed considerable Importance be
cause of tho prominence that It Is like
ly to cut In relation to tho gubernato
rial nomination David Brandt of
Clinton has made a strong run for lieu
tenant governor and has gained
etrength throughout tho day Klemmo
has many followers however Late
yesterday the name of P L Prentls
of Ringgold county was brought out
as a candidate for lieutenant govern
or His namo was first mentioned
by tho Cummins people more with tho
Idea of forcing tho hands of Horrlott
and Harrlman than for any othor rea
son but if one or both of those candi
dates does not show a tendency to
como to terms with tho Cummins peo
ple tho name of Mr Prentls will bo
pushed with all tho strength -of the
Cummins faction
I For Judge of tho supremo court It Is
jthe general opinion that Weaver has
tho better chance Brown leads for
superintendent of public instruction
I The Cummins men have given up all
Idea of making their fight in tho com
mittee on credentials and It is now
highly probable that tho committee
will be constituted with a majority of
Its members opposed to Cummins
This means that they will brlug in
a report unseating tho Cummins dele
gates in Jackson and Carroll counties
the eight delegates from Polk
2nd
ounty The Cummins men will make
their fight on the adoption of the major
ity and minority reports and have un
bounded confidence that they will be
able to secure the rejection of tho
tunjoilty report
Ofticers of the Convention
The following nro tho officers of tho
convention as thoy havo been selected
iu advance by the stato committee
Chairman J C Dnvls of Keokuk
Chaplain Rev J T Crlppen of Ma
rlon
Secretary A M McColl of Wood
ward nsslstnnt W A Follott Atlantic
Reading Clerks S C Piatt of Iowa
Falls assistant 12 R Ilutchlns of Dos
Moines
J C Wcbstor of
Cresco
Doorkeeper John A Reed of Cedar
Rapids
MOURNING FOR DEAD EMPRESS
All Public Amusements Stopped Until
After Funeral by Official Orders
Berlin Aug 7 A Bpeclal edition of
the Relchsanzelgor contains an Im
perial cabinet order giving notlco of
the denth of Empress Frederick and
ordering six weeks national mourn
ing Tho order also directs that all
public amusements Including con
certs and theatrical performances bo
suspended until after tho funeral
According to dispatches from Cron
berg the death agony of tho dowager
empress was brief lasting hardly a
quarter of an hour When Professor
Renvors Informed Emperor William
that his mothers heart had ceased to
beat the chaplain mndo n brief
prayer and his majesty placed whlto
lilies In his mothers hands
Telegrams are pouring In from nil
quarters Tho heads of all foreign
states and the sovereigns of Gorman
states have sent messages of condo
lence couched In tho warmest tones
WAR ON UNION MOULDERS
Founders Take First Step in Effort to
Exterminate Them
Chicago Aug 7 While union
molders were walking tho streets bo
cause their employers refused to pay
them 3 a day these same employers
voted today to replace them with non
union men who are to receive wages
of 450 and 475 a day Tho deci
sion of tho manufacturers to pay tho
higher rate to nonunion men was
reached at a meeting of tho local or
ganization of the National Founders
association In voting to pay the scale
announced the members of tho Na
tional Founders association havo
taken the first step In a fight for the
extermination of the machinists and
Iron molders unions
TORNADO STRIKES NORFOLK
Score of Houses Unroofed and Several
Persons Injured
Norfolk Va Aug 7 Norfolk was
visited by a tornado yesterday Tho
whirlwind came in tho usual funnel
shaped cloud and swept n path about
50 feet In width Fortunately It passed
through an outlying portion of tho
city and not through the thickly popu
lated sections The roofs of about 20
houses were blown away nnd several
persons were injured by falling tim
bers Several houses In Berkley were
unroofed Trees wore torn up and
chimneys blown down through the sec
tion swept by the storm The storm
was followed by a rain that almost
equalled a cloudburst
Open Switch Causes Wreck
Union City Ind Aug 7 The Day
ton nnd Union railroad had the first
disastrous wreck in tho history of the
road last night when a passenger train
ran into an open switch in tho yards
In this city and collided with a south
bound train Both engines were
wrecked The crews of both engines
Jumped to safety A traveling man
named Huckett of New York was seri
ously injured and Is not expected to
live a number of passengers were
badly bruised
Rain In Furnas County
Lincoln Aug 7 Heavy rains fell
last night In tho southwestern part of
Nebraska breaking a drought which
has been almost continuous since tho
Fourth of July In tho Sappa valley
of Furnas county tho downpour was
tho greatest ever known three Inches
falling In less than half an hour
Other parts of tho county got an Inch
An electrical storm accompanied tho
rain lightning doing sorao damage
Republicans of Maryland
Baltimore Aug 7 Tho Republican
stato convention held hore yesterday
placed In nomination the following
ticket For state comptroller Mann
S Piatt for clerk of tho court of ap
peals Thomas Parran Interest cen
tered mainly In tho platform nnd tho
speeches all of which teemed with de
nunciation of Democracy In general
and former United States Senator
Gorman In particular
Turkish Troops Apply Torch
Vienna Aug 7 According to a dis
patch from Salonlca eight Bulgarians
who were raiding Turkish territory
found themselves pursued by Turkish
troops and took refugo in the house of
a peasant They fired on tho Turks
killing an officer Tho Turks then set
Are to tho house burning to death
tho Bulgarians and tho peasant and
his family
Derailed by Spreading Rails
Milford Junction Ind Aug 7
Spreading of rails three miles east of
Nappance on the Baltimore and Ohio
caused passenger train No C tho flyer
to tho east to be derailed last night
Six cars left tho tracks while the train
was going at the speed of GO miles an
hour but tho 80 passengers escaped
with only a bad shaking up
Increases Capital Stock
Lincoln Aug 7 Acting through
attorneys Georgo J Gould president
of the Missouri Pacific railroad yes
terday filed amended articles of incor
poration increasing the capital stock
of the road 45000000
THE NORFOLK NEWS FU1DAY AUGUST 0 1001
11 II IS ISSUED
Workers to Ee Called Out
Ncct Saturday
GREAT TEST OF STRENGTH IS ON
Every Employe of the Ollllon Dollar
Corporation Asked to Join In tho
Present War Amalgamated Asso
ciation to Ask No Quarter
Pittsburg Aug 7 After weekn of
preliminary skirmishing at last tho
great battle between the gigantic stool
trust and the thousands of men mar
shaling under the baunera of tho
Amalgamated Association of Iron
Steel and Tin Workers Is fairly on
Tho long-talked-of general strike order
wnB Issued by President Shnffor last
evening to tako effect after tho Inst
turn of tho mills on Aug 10 What
tho result will bo no man can foretell
but judging by tho expressed deter
mination of both parties to tho con
troversy tho battle will bo waged to tho
very last ditch Much inonoy will bo
lost thousands upon thousands of men
will bo Idle groat suffering Is looked
for nnd even bloodshed and death nro
possible and feared Tho strlko call
Includes nearly nil tho Amalgamated
men In the United States Steel corpor
ations employ not now on strike It
wns Issued from the Amalgamated as
sociations hendqunrters and mnlled to
all Amalgamated lodge olllclals who
jiro expected to cnll their men Into
tho strike The text of the cnll fol
lows
Brethren Tho officials of tho Unit
cd States Steel trust hnvo refused to
recognize ns union men those who nro
now striving for tho right to organize
The executive board has authorized me
to lssuo n call upon all Amnlgamatcd
nnd other union men In name nnd
honrt to join In the movement to fight
for lnbors rights
Wo must fight or glvo up forever
our personal liberties
Remember before you ngrocd to
nny contrnct you took nn obllgntlon
to the Amalgamated association It
now calls you to help In this hour ol
need
Unless tho trouble Is settled on or
before Saturday Aug 10 1901 the
mills will close when tho last turn Is
made on that day
Brethren this Is tho call to pre
serve our organization Wo trust you
nnd need you Como nnd help us nnd
mny right come to n Just cause
Hundred Thousand Idle
The order of President Shaffer Is
expected to swell tho number of Idle
men to over 100000 at the end of the
week President Shaffer was asked
If the call was not intended to go to
the union men in the Carnegie Steel
company lie said that he answered
no questions on that score The Amal
gamated association has lodges In the
Upper and Lower Union mills of the
Carnegie Steel company and a foot
hold In Homestead Duquosno nnd
Braddock mills of the great bulwark
on nonunlonlsm In conformity to
stntements that havo been made by
President Shnffer before these man
will bo expected to join the strike ns
will nil Amalgnmntcd men nnd sympa
thizers In all plants of the United
States Steel corporation Tho other
companies of tho steel corporation not
mentioned by the Amalgamated prosi
dent and whose operations the asso
ciation will seek to hamper nro the
American Steel and Wire company
and tho American Bridge company
In tho wire company the Amalgamated
association has only lodges in the
Cleveland rolling mill plant and the
Jollet rod mill plant of tho com
pany In the plants of tho American
Bridge company there Is no organiza
tion of tho men
After issuing tho official call for next
Saturday night President Shaffer
said
I called out all tho men employed
In the Newcastle mills of tho National
Steel company at midnight My pur
pose In doing this was that I learned
that the trust has been piling up union
made bars In tho old housings In tho
dismantled Jennings mill for tho pur
pose of supplying tho nonunion mills
when tho plants shall be shut down
It was a clever trick but It did not
work The truBt will need whnt bars
thoy have stored now bad enough be
fore they are through with this strike
After sending this telegram to New
castle I received a reply which reads
ns follows Mill will close Men nro
all firm
Shaffer Talks to Strikers
President Shaffers first direct uttor
anco since the conference In New York
to men on striko was given last night
at a meeting of Valley lodge No 44
on tho south side Tho lodge Is com
posed of striking employes of tho
Painter Steel and Hoop mill This
mill was lost to tho Amalgamated asso
ciation two years ago and tho suspen
sion two weekB ago was a complete
surprise to the trust It is regarded
as one of tho pivotal points In tho
great striko President Shaffer said
Men of tho Painters mill the final
test between organized capital and or
ganized labor Is now on It Is a fact
that last Saturday In tho office of J
Plerpont Morgan In New York wo
could havo settled the strike had we
acreed to desert you We will not de
sert you and wo now ask you not to
desert us Cries of No no This
Is a contest In which millions of dol
lars are concentrated to crush out or
ganized labor I have eono over every
Inch of the ground and assure you
men that the general striko order
will bo obeyed to tho letter Our finan
cial resources are In good shape and
we will pay strike benefits from now
on If you remain steadfast victory
garlands will be yours
GETTING OUT THE DODIEC
Number of Fatalities In Philadelphia
Explosion Uncertain
Philadelphia Aug 7 Seven lend
throe or lour prehnMy fatally lejuiod
nud more tluui 10 othor poisons hurl
more or loss seriously Is the latest re
vised record of tho explosion In tho
block of buildings on Locust street
How many moro victims If nny aro
still In the ruins will not bo known
until the debris has boon cleared away
which will require many more bonis
of hard work
The list of load Is nn follows Eliza
beth Mountain aged 38 years Freder
ick Leo aged 40 colored unknown
colored child ngod about 3 yearH un
known colored woman aged about 2S
yours three unknown colored men
Tho most seriously Injured who nro
likely to die aro Mra Patrick Qitlg
ley Samuel Gntos Llzzts Watklns and
Morris lloscnthnl
HOWISON FILLS THE VACANCY
Rear Admiral Appointed on Schley
Board of Inquiry
Washington Aug 7 Roar Admiral
Henry L Howlson has boon selected
to fill the vacancy on the Schley court
of Inquiry caused by tho Inability of
Admiral Klinberly to solve Admiral
IIowIhuiih namo Ib one of several offi
cers whom Admiral Schley notified tho
department aro satisfactory to Cap
tain Parker Admiral Schleys assist
ant counsel
Among tho witnesses desired by Ad
miral Schley 1b Lieutenant Benjamin
Wells who was aboard tho Brooklyn
ns Commodore Schleys Hag secretary
throughout tho Spanish war There
nre no Spanish olllcers on Admiral
Schleys list
CUBAN INCUMBENTS DECLINE
Fall to Fall In With Suggestion That
They Vacate Office Temporarily
llavnnn Aug 7 The Cuban consti
tutional convention met yosterduy
but made no progress Senor Juun
Gunlbeito Gomez moved an amend
ment to tho oloetorul law proposing
that all public officials who nre eiindl
dntes In the coming elections shull
cense to exercise their olllces for n
month before tho elections tako place
This proposal was violently opposed
by members of the convention who nre
office holders those chlolly affected
being tho civil governors of provinces
Those olllclals violently antagonized
tho uiucndmoiit which was rejected
by a vote of 12 to 10
San Francisco Strike
San Francisco Aug 7 The only
development of importance in tho la
bor situation so far ns the extension
of strikes is concerned was tho walk
out of more than 400 union box makers
who had been employed at tho various
box factories of the city Mayor
Plielan declares that as far ns ho Is
concerned peace negotiations nre nt
nn end he having done nil thnt he
could to bring about n conference
Today tho sand teamsters some 500
In number will refuse to go to work
having been ordered out on striko
More Strikers Deported
Tniupa Fin Aug 7 The striko sit
uation is one of bewilderment on tho
part of tho strike h nnd immovable
determination on the part of tho citi
zens No word has been received from
or about the Rcslstencln lenders who
were deported as the vigilantes nre
sworn to secrecy further than thoy
admit tho men will never return to
Tampa Tho exnet number of the
men deported is not yet known but
every prominent lender of the striko
Is missing Twelve moro strikers were
deported Inst night
National Temperance Conference
Bulfnlo Aug 7 The natloi f 1 tem
perance conference which has been
In session here adjourned yesterday
Twelve national organizations Vid 17
religious denominations from 17 states
and territories were represented Res
olutions were adopted calling for tho
prohibition of the sale of Intoxicating
liquofi In the vicinity of nil stnto and
national military reservations
Baseball Scores Yesterday
National League Boston 5 Phila
delphia 3 Pittsburg 8 St Louis 1
Cincinnati 2 Chicago C American
League Milwaukee 4 Detroit 8
Western League Knnsns City 3
Denver 1 Omnha 3 St Paul 0 St
Joseph 7 Colorado Springs 5 Des
Moines 4 Minneapolis 2
Ministers Fail to Sign
Peking Aug 7 Tho foreign minis
ters had arranged to sign tho settle
ment protocol yesterday but the Brit
ish minister Satow notified his col
leagues that Great Britain was unable
to sign Ho gave no reasons nnd tho
mntter was Indefinitely postponed
Thirty Turks Killed
London Aug 7 A dispatch to tho
Morning Leader from Sofia reports an
alleged battle between Bulgarian ban
dits and Turkish troops near Andrlan
ople In which 30 Turks were killed
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
At Marlln Tox Tuesday Porter
Sawyer aged 18 shot and killed his
father and was overcome by the heat
whllo trying to make his escape and
died
Lawrence McGrlskln a teacher in
tho Galllstel school South Chicago
was killed Tuesday by a llvo electric
wire which fell from a post and
struck him
James Craig an attorney and pro
moter died at St Louis Tuesday tho
result of a fall from tho second story
window of his residence whllo In a
somnambulistic state
Four hundred men employed in tho
Memphis car and foundry works
walked out Tuesday because of a dis
agreement with the management on
the aubjoct of paydays
S11IB III
Thieves Tunucl Under Sclby
Smelter at Vallcjo Cal
GOLD TAKEN VALUED AT 280000
Robbers Make Away With MbbbIvo
Bars of Bullion by Boat Strong
Room Entered From Below After
Much Clandestine Toll
Hnn Francisco Aug 7 A few de
tails of tho lobbory of tho strong room
of the Sclby smeller at Vallojo have
been received In this city A J
ltalstou president of tho company
stated o tho Associated ltoss thnt
thieves hud excavated a tunnel be
tween 300 and 400 fool long from n
point near the railroad tunnel nnd un
der tho strong room connected with
the works and had secured bars of bul
lion aggregating In value over V280UU0
and had transported the gold to a bout
In waiting near the companys wharf
Tho robbers took the unusual precau
tion of strewing their trucks with rod
popper ptesuiunbly to throw blood
hounds off the track
Prosldonl llnhitou stated that ho
had uo clue as to the Identity of the
robbers At tho Solby works tho gold
Is kepi In a stool lined strong room
The robbers tunnelled until they got
directly under tho room and then cut
through the iloor
Tho tunnel was skillfully construct
cd and It must have taken many days
to construct It Onco In tho strong
room tho thieves had only to help
themselves to nil In sight
Tho thieves tunnelled from outside
the building under tho vault at the
Solby works which are located on the
bay about 30 miles from San Fran
cisco They got away with nearly
1200 pounds of gold worth 20 an
ounce without leaving a trace of thch
Identity behind The robbery In tho
most Hiiccessful and remarkable ever
accomplished on tho Pacific coast and
was evidently the work of skilled me
chunlcs Tho whole affair was skill
fully planned nnd skillfully executed
It Is supposed that when tho robbers
secured their loot they loaded It Into
a boat that was waiting nnd disap
peared In tho fog that had como over
San Francisco bay In their huste to
get nwny they left two gold bars worth
nearly 50000 lying on tho bank al
the waters edge
Tho police at all the bay cities were
Immediately notified of tho crime but
all they could discover wns n few of
the tools that tho robbers had used
Tho Solby Smelting und Lend com
pany Is the largest concern of Its kind
on tho Pacific const Ores nre sent
from all over tho western country to
bo smelted nnd refined und the gold
Is then turned over to tho mint A
steamer makes special trips between
tho smelter and San Francisco carry
ing tho ores one way and bringing
bnck tho refined gold Yesterday when
tho workmen entered tho vault to pri
pure the gold for londlng on tho
steamer the robbery was discovered
Tho thieves had taken tho precaution
of fastening the door of the sale from
ho Inside so Hint It would lie hard
to open In cuso they were Interrupted
Probably preparatory engineering ex
tending over several weeks was done
before the robbery could be accom
plished Clone to the wall of the
building In which the vault Is located
n shall wns sunk below the loundu
tlon Then n tunnel wns run to tho
vault and holes were bored iu the Iron
floor until n hole sufficiently large to
admit n man wns mude There were
four fine gold bricks In tho vault which
the robbers looted Each wns ten
Inches long five Inches wide nnd four
Inches In height They were nil
stamped with number weight nnd
fineness In nddltlon to this there
were stolen from tho bullion vault
crude gold In all shapes and sizes
and some of It In bars of dlfforeut
lengths
Washouts on the Santa Fe
Albuquerque N M Aug 7 Six
passenger trains aro stalled hero ow
ing to washouts on the Santa Fe rail
road It Is expected repairs on the
main lino will be completed today
but no trains can run to Santa Fe for a
day or two Nearly two Inches of
water fell nt Suntn Fo In two hours
Telegraph wires are In bad shape
Coal Combine Being Formed
Chicago Aug 7 As a result of a
secret meeting of tho finance commit
tee of the proposed 300000000 na
tional coal trust hold here yestorduy
It Is said that tho combination will be
completed by the first of next year
Tho promoters it Is said have had
considerable trouble with tho mine
owners throughout Indiana
Body Found on River Bank
Waterloo la Aug 7 The badly do
composed body of Jack Ledllo of Re
public Ia was found on tho bank of
Cedar river last night A card In his
pocket told his namo and address and
a vial of laudanum by his side sug
gests suicide Tho records of J J
Knapp druggist show that tho drug
was purchased July 7
Forest Fires In Montana
Helena Mon Aug 7 Northern Pa
clfic officials roport 50 forest fires rag
ing In Missoula county No great dam
ago has been done but owing to the
unusually dry condition of tho forest
and tho vegetation tho outlook Is re
garded as serious
Standard Oil Declares Dividend
New York Aug 7 Tho directors
of tho Standard Oil company of New
Jersey havo declared a quarterly div
idend of 8 per cent This compares
with a decloratlon of 12 per cent In
Juno and 20 per cent Iu March
3
CARS SPECULATIVE POOLS
Chicago Board of Trade Takes Action
Against Syndicate Trading
Chicago Aug Members of tho
Chicago board of trade who In tho
future doslic to run pools Iu corn or
any other giuln will need to bo cir
cumspect In the methods used In Invit
ing the general public Into tho scheme
The directors of tho board yesterday
adopted ho following resolution
Resolved Thnt It Is lie sense of tho
board of directors of tho board of
trade of the city of Chicago thnt tho
promotion advancement or carrying
on of pools syndicates or advonttiro
companies under the rules of tho
board of trade by menus of advertise
ment In the public ptcss or by circu
lars or pamphlets Is a grave offense
Involving tho good name unci dignity
of this iisHoclutloii
Any violation of tho resolution It In
nnlil will be punlHhublo by the expul
sion of I ho offender Thnt the resolu
tion wns nn outgrowth In nny direct
mnniior of ho Phillips pool wns neith
er admitted nor denied by tho ofllclaht
who were reticent In discussing It
You cannot pick up a country paper
nnld President Warren without find
ing tho ndvortlseinout of iiomu schcmo
to run a pool In this market Such
methods of securing business nro con
sidered undignified by tho directors
nnd tho resolution wns adopted to put
n stop to them
LUCKY ONES FILE ON CLAIMS
Last Act of Government In Disposing
of Indian Reservation Lands
El Reno O T Aug 7 The Inst act
In the opening ol the Indian lauds Iu
tho KIwu Coniaiicl loservatlons be
gan yesterday when tho winners In
Inst weeks lottery woio permitted to
flic on their claims The filing begun
In El Reno for the El Reno district
and at Fort Sill for lly Lawtoti dis
trict At each place 121 of the lucky
ones were permitted t file Iu tho
order that their nanies were drawn
Iroin the wheels The lllng at tho
rate or 250 will continue dally until
the entire 13000 claims have bujn
disposed of It is estlmn ed Hint ill
least 2000 or 3000 clulini drawn al
the lottery will never bl filed on
There will undoubtedly lj a lively
scramble for them by the thousands
of people who did not win iu tho lot
tery Also tho unction sale by tho fed
eral government of town lots at Ana
darko Ilobnrt and Lawtoti began At
each place thousands of people havo
n walled for duys tho opportunity to
piirchuso lots nnd begin liusiness
IVIlllum 31 ICmiHh iik a Wit
William M Evnrts dourly loved a
Joke- so dearly Indeed Hint once when
Mcrotnry of stntc bo came nigh upon
being the dentil of one of his suborill
nutcs A consul In Hie West Indies
wrote home Hinting Hint his health In
thnt cllmnto v n bin mid uniting for a
transfer At that time there happened
to be u vnciuiey in northern Sweden
and to It the astonished und llamiiycd
consul was transferred Instanter by
Mr Evnrts It wns not whnt he hnd
bargained for und as nn Icebound
winter was n change Hint would have
meunl tniiiKlntloii for him to nuother
Ipliere the secretary finally relented
und gave him u berth elsewhere
At one lime In the department of
stute n new elevator mini hud been em
ployed who did not know Mr Evnrts
by sight 1 1 Ills car wns u conspicuous
hlgn to the olleet Hint by older of the
hccretiiry of mate smoking wna prohib
ited in the day the secretary
hourded the ear In company with u fa
mous senator the latter smoking a ci
gar JVie new mini promptly touched
the smoker on the elbow nnd siild
pointing at tho notice Cant you read
that slgiiV Mr Evnrts promptly tore
down the offending notice nnd turning
to the elevator mini said What sign
I dont see any The attendant sus
pecting something wisely held his
peace but he followed the pair out
nnd asked tho gutird at the door who
the little chap with the large head
was The guard told him New York
Tribune
StrullcMVtMl III Di ntlnntlnn
A CIo vein nder who made a trip to
Washington says that much ns he was
impressed by the beauty and graudeur
of the national capital ami Its sur
rouudlugs the thing he will remem
ber longest was a remark be heard
made by a colored deckhand on one
of the handsome bouts thnt take dully
trips up and down the Potomac
These bonts stop at ninny of the pic
turesque little Virginia and Maryland
river towns that dot the banks of the
historic river and take freight ship
incuts to and from Washington One
of the things shipped from one of the
I down river towns on the bont the
flnvnln mint- rmtri rn u nc n innt rf tt
sort Hint delights tho average small
boy The Clevelandor was wandering
about the boat Interested In tho dif
ferences between tho Potomnc river
boat and the Lake Erie craft with
which bo was familiar when he no
ticed the colored deckhand standing
almost motionless before the goat
which was tied to one of the supports
of the upper deck Uo was scratching
his head and apparently very much
puzzled
Whats the matter tho Cleveland
er asked the deckhand
Why answered the colored man
do goat done eat up whnr ho gwlno
to
The goat had simply chewed up and
swallowed tho tag on which was tho
address to which ho was being ship
ped Cleveland Leader
SwreplnK
A youug man who bad Just entered
the office of Jeremiah Mason the great
New Hampshire legal luminary to
study law asked him where ho should
begin Mason polutlug to the booka
ou tho library shelves answered la
ccralcally Anywhere
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