awnjjiiuwiwL ii'iwai
STRIKE FEATURES.
Hallway Employoa May Bo Called
on to IIolp Minora.
E. V, DEBS TALKS TO TUB MINERS.
I'lin Men at III" CiuinoimliiirK Milieu In
duced to Cniim Out-Over Tlirnn
'llimiimnd Mi'ii yull Work
In Illinois.
Pn isiiriioii. I'll., July 'JO. Some now j the stock yards district, who have
features will likelv be 'introduced into been thrown out of employment
the struggle within thu nuxt two days, through the closing of this line of in
luit. tin. lenders are tiinlii ttiiniiiir the . ilustry. It will also be news of a dif-
groulost secrecy regarding their move-1
incuts. It is believed they content
pin to calling on thu railway organiza
tion!) for assistance. Secretary War
ner gnvo out information yesterday
thai u mooting of railway employes
was helil hero Sunday ami the situa
tion of the miners' strike thoroughly
discussed. Resolutions wore adopted
pledging support to the strikers anil
each member was assessed S'J for the
.strike fund. Active work has been
commenced in the coke region and ef
forts will hu made to brine; out all the
men til mines w iiere the product is be
in o; shipped to Pittsburgh. Kx-Nn-tional
Vice President Cameron Mills,
of thu United .Mine Workers, left yes
terday morning for the coke region
and addressed a mass nicotine; of men
employed at the Smock ,v Moyd mines. I
A mass moulino; issohodulod to be held
at Uniontown to-day which will be ad-1
dressed by Messrs. Miller and Warner, i
(Jen. .lohn Little, of the Ohio state
board of arbitration, anil W. P. De t
Arinitt, of tile New York .t Clove
'land Cas Coal Co., are still in the
icast undonvoring to secure the signa
tures of the eastern coal operators to
thu uniformity agreemont. They are
!xpt!uted to return to-day. It is an
nounced that u meeting of the arbitra
tion commission will be hold here on
Wednesday.
Pittsburgh council yesterday in regu
lar session passed a resolution asking
.President Mckinley to use his good of
flees in the settlement of the coal inin- I
ers' strike. I ho resolution advocates
arbitration on a true uniformity basis
and urges the president to act prompt
ly in the matter before the strike de
velops into an industrial war and seri-
on sly interferes with the business in-
terostsof the community.
IIKIIS TALKS TO TIIK HTHIICI'.ltS.
"Faiiimount, W. Va., duly 'JO. 1:. V.
Dubs addressed the untiru inalu
population of Fairmount last night
and about 'J00 miners from thu
neighboring collieries. The meeting
was ii very enthusiastic one and lit! was
frequently applauded by thu miiiurs.
"Yesterday at Moiiongnhola he belli a
meeting and about 1100 of thu 1105 miners
there were in attendance. He organ
ized a branch of tho United Mine
"Workers of America with 'J00 members
anil they will hereafter hold meetings
at ten o'clock each morning. To-night
Debs speaks at Uivorsvillo and the
next evening at Watson and as ho has
chosen tho evening to inaku his address
it is supposed ho docs not expect the
men to eonio out before Thursday or
Friday. Indeed, in his speech yester
day ho said in llvo days tho grunt
miners' strike would bo settlud.
roitci:i to quit wouk.
'Canno.nhhuiui, Pa., July 'JO. Tho
Btriklng miners from Urldgoville, who
visited tho Allison, Hoon and Kilter
prlso mines yesterday for the purpose
of inducing tho men at work to come
out, dispersed in the afternoon, having
attained their object without trouble.
Immediately upon receipt of tho news
of the proposed raid the mine owners
at these pits ordered a suspension tin-
til tho excitement should tlio out. In
' tho afternoon thu minors hold a moot
ing, at which time speeches wore made
to tho effect that if tlioy did not re
iimin out the strikers would return
1,000 strong and bring guns.
ILLINOIS Mi:N OO OUT.
SiMtiNOKir.i.i), 111., duly 'JO. The
miners at Oorard, Green Uidge, Virden
and llaroluy, who have been working,
came out yesterday. Ueports received
here show that 11,000 strikers oanio out
of tho southern Held yesterday. As
sumption miners joined with the Puna
strikers and forced the miners at
Moweau out. About 150 men em
ployed in tho shafts of the St. Louis
Consolidated Coal Co. at Collinsville,
111., also wont out yesterday at the re
quest of the inarching delegation from
Staunton, Glen Carbon and Mount
Olive coal mines.
GOV. TAYLOR'S CHOICE. v
Thomas 11. 'l'u r ley Succeeds ImIiiimi !. Harris
lis Seniiliir from TeniicANCc.
Johnson City, Tenn., duly 'JO. Gov.
Taylor yesterday made the ollieial an
nouncement that he had appointed
Thomas It. Turloy, of Memphis, United
Status senator to succeed the late Isliam
G. Harris.
'i'liointis It. Turloy win born In Memphis,
"Tenii., April t. IsilV Ho enlisted in thu llrst
year of thu war la tho Maryland rlllus, com
pany Ii. Fourteenth Teiuiossuu roirliuciit. Hu
wuh wounded twice niieo at, Shtloh and onco
ut Pouch Tree crook, In front of Atlanta.
Ho was captured In tlio l:ittlo of Nash
vlllo and tiikim t" Camp Chase, O , whuru
ho was hold until Match, IWtt, when
ho was oxchnnro.l and returned south. Since
UU WIM UAVIIIHIM'i IIMIIIIIV.M TWVt. WllltU
IbO) ho has Imcn priiettoliit? law In this olty.
Ho has novor held mi onlro of any kind. Whim
.questioned as to his position on tho tarllT hill
now uoforo coau'iois. Senator Turloy said that
ho hud not studied tho bill technically, hut
that upon tho question of turliTho U.as nour a
ifrou trader as It Is possible to ho. Oa tlio
nnuiicliil question. Mr. Turloy Is strictly la llau
with tho recent Chicago platform.
LEGAL BATTLE CERTAIN.
1 lirc-o f'lilr.'tRii Miiiiilfiirtiirorn ItcMiliic the
.Mil Id UK of Hilttcrluc.
Cuicmio, July 17 Tin manufacture
of colored butterino lias been resumed
hi Chicago by tin1 throe largest firms
I interested In tho Industry mid will ho
I continued until the luw interferes.
Tlii! step is taken for tin; direct pur
pose of forcing it constitutional test of
thu luw into tin1 courts and the tlirco
(Inns art! blind oil to stand costs, flnun
clnl and otherwise, of thu challenged
fight. The resumption of manu
facture will come as welcome news
to hundreds of workingmen in
feront nature to the farming and
creamery combinations throughout thu
state, through whose agitation and in
iluence thu anti-butterinu bill was
passed ami became a law. After thu
passage of thu bill most of thu butter
ine factories were closed, but some of
them continued to manufacture buttor
ine without coloring it.
NEBRASKA PAYING
DEBTS.
lienor! of Loan Coiniiiinlcs Show
u Mont
I'.xtruo rill mi ry lCornrd.
Omaha, Neb., July 17. The reports
of mortgage and loan companies doing
business in Nebraska for the six
months ended .Inly 1 are just being
made public. They show a proportion
of indebtedness paid during that
period that is most extraordinary. A
close estimate of the aggregate places
the amount paid during the past six
months in Nebraska at fc'js,o()0,000.
The most of this comes from the rural
districts. The payment of so larger
sum is attributed by loan agents to
the economy that hard times has
taught the agricultural masses in tho
state, and the fact that they are now
receiving the Income from the large
crops of the past two years.
PASTURES EATEN.
Sivnrms of (irasiilinppitrs Deiiiidlui;
I ho
1'lelds In South l)nlot:i.
Ur.DiMKl.D, S. I)., duly 17. Yester
day afternoon the sun was clouded by
a swarm of grasshoppers passing. south
ward. Word was brought in from
Spring Creek by a farmer that a small
suction of the swarm hail alighted
near his farm, and at the time he left
lor tlio city a place annul six inilos
.square bad been eaten clean of buffalo
grass, ami operations had begun on
his wheat and oat Ileitis, lie stated
that the range visited by the hoppers
had lieun totally destroyed. Other sec
tions of the hill country are being
devastated by the pests, notably tho
Fall river country. Stockmen in sev
eral instances have been compelled to
move their cattle to now feeding
grounds.
Aerial Trip from l'lko's Peak.
Coi.oiiAim Sl'ltlNfis, Col., duly 17.
The announcement was made authori
tatively yesterday that William D.
Felts will make an aerial excursion
from the .summit of Pike's peak to Col
orado Springs, a distance of ten miles,
on an air line, and a drop of 8,000 feet.
In making the (light Mr. Felts will use
a series of rigid aeroplanes, modeled
after the wing of a condor, the great
South American bird. The body of
tho voyager will hang suspended from
an easy harness. In order to steer tho
apparatus Felts has provided a mova
ble vane which will be operated at tho
will of tho navigator.
Clll Service lCxitiiilniitlnns,
Wasiiinoion, duly 17. The civil ser
vice commission has cotnploted thu
schedule of examinations for the re
maining months of this year. Tlio
plaees and dates are as follows: In
Kansas Topoka, September 'J I; Salina,
September 'J I; Wichita, September 'J7
and October 'J."); Parsons, September -7.
In Missouri SL Louis, September 'JO,
'Jl and October 'J5; Moborly, September
JO; Kansas City, September 'J'J and 'Jil
and October 'J.V, Spriiiglield, Septem
ber 'J I. Oklahoma Oklahoma City,
September 'JO and October J5.
Street Duel In Paris, ivy.
Paiiis, Ky., duly 17. Hock Mason, a
desperate negro ex-convict, was shot
ami killed yesterday morning by Luko
Connolly, a Louisvillo ,v Nashville
watchman, after a street duel in which
ton shots wore 11 rod. Mason was
wanted on a charge of murder and
when Connelly attempted to arrest
him he opened lire on the olllcer.
Kalal Aeeldent on 11 Toll Komi.
Ouiiay, Col., July 17. Ity un accident
on thu toll road late yesterday aftur
noon, Miss Myrtle Shaw, of Pittsfield,
111., was fiitallyMnjured, and several
others, all members of the Y. M. C! A.
excursion, painfully hurt, among them
M.. 1.1 1..t I ....! ,
iinij. i.. ,,. iiuiimu, ;iiyiiii- nuurumry
to ON-President Harrison during his
term of ollico.
ileaie, di-Hiit Untiled liy t'annllialH,
Hi;umosii.M), Mew, July 17. It is re
ported that Jesse Grant's exploring
expedition, Which recently landed on
Tlburon islund in tho Gulf of Cali
fornia, lias been driven away by Seri
Indians, said to be cannibals, and that
it will go to Guayinas to be reinforced
and then continue tho exploration.
."Met After lrorty-Seen Yearn.
Wni.UNOTON, Kan., July 17. Henry
jit ill I At A.
Harp, of this oity, yesterday mot bin
in-other, Abraham, whom he has not
scon for 17 years. Thu two brothers
had bee a living within six miles oi
onu another for the past two years
without either of them knowing of thu
other's whereabouts.
YOUNG BAPTISTS MEET.
International Contention Devlin Its An
nual Session ut Chut tiiuoogii.
CiiA'i r a nooo a, Tenn., duly 111. The
Boventh international convention of
tho Haptist Young People's Union of
America began in this city yesterday
with about -1,000 delegatus and some
of the most prominent ISaptist leaders
in tho country present. The weather
is cool anil pleasant and everything
points to onu of the most successful
meetings ever held by the union. Thu
ruport of tho board of innnagurs
was prcsentud by Secretary Chlv
ers. He called particular atten
tion to the extension of terri
tory, the administration, the unifica
tion as accomplished by the organiza
tion. A very gratifying exhibit was
made in the report of tho results of
the recent Christian culture course ex
aminations, in which over 14,000 pa
pers were submitted. Many of these
came from the foreign mission fields
of the denomination. Special at
tention was called to the report
of Treasurer Frank Moody, of Mil
waukee, which showed evidences of
greater economy and better financial
condition than before. For the year
ended dune :i0, lsilO, a comparison of
assets and liabilities showed a deficit
ofSl.b'JO.'j;!. For thu year ended dune
!!0, 1WI7. after a conservative estimate
of assets, thu delicit is reduced to 1,
7!!8. 17, showing a gain for the vcar of
S8.0S'J.05.
BAGS OF GOLD.
Oust Valued ut m?,"il,(H)() llroiu;ht frotn
Alaska to 'Frisco,
San Fi'.ancisco, duly 10. Stories of
tlio fabulous riches of the Clondyko
diggings on the Upper Yukon in Alaska
wore more than proved true yesterday,
when 10 minors arrived from that dis
trict on the Alaska Commercial Co.'s
steamer, Fxoelsior, with !J10 pounds of
gold dust. This was all dumped to
gether in a big tub at the Selby smelt
ing works and made a sight that
caused excitement here not known
since thu palmy days of 'ID. This
mass of dust is worth about S7"i0,000.
Most of tlio miners were at thu
diggings only this single season, and
nearly all of them wore tenderfoot.
The luckiest of the party wore Mr. and
Mrs. 'J'. S. Lipton, who left hero in
April, 1SD0, and came back with $00,
000. Mrs. Lipton was tlio first woman
who over wont from Juneau on tho
trail over thu big divide. Some of the
tenderfoot wore luckier than this
couple, for they took out from 810,000
to S'JJS.OOO in a few weeks.
An oflicial of the Alaska company at
Clondyko writes by this steamer that
the diggings are the richest ever dis
covered in the world. They comprise
about 111 square miles, with an average
value of s-?.'!00,000 to the claim. Though
diggings have boon found greater in
extent, there lias been none that
worked and prospected so rich all
through. One man alone took out 810,
000 in two days.
BOOTH-TUCKER ENTHUSIASTIC.
Ilo Sii.vh 1 1 Ih C'oloiil7iitlon IMiiii Is the, Only
Solution of tho Lulior Problem.
Toi'KKA, Kan., duly Hi. Ilooth-Tuek-
er, commander of tho Salvation army,
arrived hero yesterday en route to Col
orado, New Mexico and Arizona, to lo
cate lands for colonies of the deserving
poor. Mr. Tucker is enthusiastic over
tlio scheme, which he hopes to carry
out by the aid of Rockefeller and
other eastern capitalists, to buy up
semi-arid tracts, make them fit for
habitation by means of irrigation
and colonize them with deserving
poor from the great cities of the coun
try. After a man takes possession of
a homo he will pay for it us ho earns
money and pay back to the coloniza
tion society the money advanced for
his transportation and the transporta
tion of his household goods. "Coloni
zation is tlio only solution of tlio so
cial problem confronting us with terri
ble intensity to-day," said Commander
liootb-Tucker. "It is the only way out
of tho ditllotilties which are growing
more serious every day."
THREATEN HIS LIFE.
Corea's llelr Apparent In Seeming Croat
l'erll Kven in America,
Nkw Youk, July 10. The Journal
and Advertiser says: "Prince Euie Wlni,
huir upparent to the throne of oroii,
is said to lie in danger of losing his
life. This young Coroan arrived in
America several months ago, ostensi
bly to complete his education in an
American college; in reality lie oamo
to avoid hired assassins, who have fol
lowed him. Despite the fact that tlio
United States offers to the prince a re
fuge far more secure than his native
country, he is continually dodging men
who are hired by tho Corenn progress
ive party, which is against tho present
dynasty, to kill hiin.'(
Look Out for Tills Counterfeit.
Wasiiinoton, duly 10. -Chief Huzen,
of tho secret service, has given notice
of tho discovery of a now counterfeit
S10 silver certificate. It is of tho series
of 1SIU, cheek letter "1," with tho
.small carmine seal, the portrait of
Hendricks and thu names of Messrs.
Tillman and Morgan as register and
treasurer respectively.
Itcpuhlli'iiti College League.
Dktiioit, Mich., July 10. The annual
meeting of tho American Republican
College league was held here yester
day. Thirty delegates were present,
seven of whom were from the Univer
sity of Michigan. A. L. Davis, the
University of Michigan's candidate for
tho presidency, was elected by acclamation.
OMAHA GETS IT.
The. Nehnmkii City Will Kntrrtiiln tlir Noxl
National Hiipiihlli'iin Club Convention.
Di.Titoir, Mich., .July lo. Combina
tions on league ofllcers and the loca
tion of tile next convention was tlio
topic of active discussion among the
delegates to the convention of the Na
tional League of Republican clubs prior
to the calling to order of yesterday's
session. Tho throe leading combina
tions were as follows: L. J. Crawford,
of Kentucky, for president, Howling,
for secretary, Omaha for next conven
tion; Fred V. Fleitz, of Pennsylvania,
for president, Howling for secretary,
and Chicago for next convention; A.
M. lliggins, of Indiana, for president,
Howling for secretary, Kansas City for
the convention.
Thu resolutions declare utifaltcrlnt,' allculanco
"to tho principles unit policies of tho party of
protection, sound money, reciprocity and
patriotism, as expressed In tho St. Louis plat
form," and continued: "Tho faith which
prompted tho nomination and election of
William McKlnley and a republican congress
has been jtistllled, and wo cuintrntuliitu tho
country upon tho evidences of returning pros
porty Wo (ilislKu anew tho orj,'iinl.nd effort of
lutiKtio men throughout the union of the party of
Abraham Lincoln." Tlio platform commends
the president and coauress in sendliiK n mone
tary commission to Kuropcan nations; for In
auimrntim; measures for tho annexation of Ha
waii and for an attitude upon tho Cuban mat
ter that has tended to lessen Sp mlsh atrocities
In that island They uracil upon confess the
earliest possible p issajjo of u discriminating
duty measure to protect American shipping.
Congress is commended for fosterim? the beet
.sugar industry by legislation. The question of
equal suffrage to women Is recommended to
members of tho Icueueas a mutlcrof education.
President Cleveland's civil service changes arc '
vigorously condemned and a modlllcatloa of
tho rules and provisions of that law aro
favored, la thu "Interest of good service and to
correct the injustice" alleged to huvobeen thus
porpetrated. Kestrlctton of Immigration Is
favored and sympathy expressed with tho min
ers and other laboring men in their struggles
for living wages.
For president of the league A. M.
Higgins, of Indiana, Leonard J. Craw
ford, of Kentucky, Grant Fullows, of
Michigan, Congressman Thomas Me
Ewan, of Xow Jersey and Frederick
Fleitz, of Pennsylvania, wore named.
Several states seconded the nomina
tion of Crawford. The Kentuokian
was elected president.
Omaha was chosen for the next place
of meeting.
WHEAT CROP MOVING.
An UmiHtial Demand for Cars in Oklahoma
and Kansas.
Toit.ka, Kan., July l."i. The enor
mous wheat crops of Kansas and Okla
homa have started to move A demand
for cars is coming in to the operating
departments of the dilVerunt railroads
from Oklahoma and the extreme south
ern counties of Kansas, and daily
scores of cars aro filled and started on
their way to market. Practically all
of the grain is going to thu gulf. The
dill'urent railroads of Kansas are fill
ing tlio state with cars, and at the
shops of the various lines all possible
haste is being made in the repair
of ears. Telegraph olliccs aro be
ing opened at the smaller stations, the
forces increased at the larger stations
and every effort is being made to bo in
readiness to handle tho big rush of
grain. The Hock Island management
estimates the wheat crop along it lines
in Kansas and Oklahoma at 'J5,000 cars.
Santa Vl estimates in the same terri
tory go far above this. Estimates of
other roads range from 5,000 to 'J0,000.
MANY POSTAL-CHANGES.
Kalluay ."Mall Clerks Look for u Shakliie; Up
Within :i( Daj'M.
Kansas Cirv, Mo., July 15. It is
generally understood among the rail
way mail clerks that many changes in
that branch of the service will take
place within tlio next HO days. Chief
Clerk II. M. Stone, of this city, will be
succeeded by T. T. Taylor, who has
been a clerk on the "Knty" system;
Chief Clerk Gillock, of Fort Scott, Kan.,
will be succeeded by Samuel Wilcox,
of the Santa Fo run, whose homo
is in Lawrence; F. M. Hrigham, of
tho Union Pueilie run out of here,
will be made chief clerk at St. Jo
seph, to succeed T. F. Tarwater, and
F. 1). Norton, of St. Louis, superin
tendent of the St. Louis division, will
be succeeded by A. L. Dalrymplu, who
has been u postal clerk for the past "JO
years in tlio west. Many other changes
arc rumored and are expected during
the next month.
TWO RESERVOIRS BURST.
Kim I'emoiiM Dead mid Many IMIssIng In a
New York Disaster.
Pocouunr.i'sii:, 2s Y., July 15. The
two largo reservoirs in the Fishkill
mountains which supplied water to tho
towns of Mattoawan and Fishkill
burst their walls at two o'clock yester
day morning owing to heavy rains,
and the water that was released swept
through Dutchess valley causing ruiu
and deatli. Five bodies have been
taken from tlio wreckage left in tho
wake of the flood, and there aro known
to bo two, perhaps three more lying
somewhere beneath the piled debris,
which is all that remains of three
houses that were swept away by tho
torrent.
TO VISIT MEXICO.
William ,1. Itryiiu Will Gather Home Data
on the Sliver Qucxtlou.
Salt LakkCity, July 15. It is stated
on excellent authority that W. J. 15ry
an, shortly after the adjournment of the
Trnnsmlssissippi congress.will make
a tour of Mexico in company with some
Texas friends whose acquaintance he
made while on a lecture tour through
that state last winter. This tour will
not bo solely for pleasure, but will be
for the purpose of gathering some data
for use in tho campaign for tlio frca
coinage of silver.
AWFUL CRIME CHARGED.
Archibald Koine, Accused of Kllllnc UU
lather. Captured at I'onen City, Ok.
WiemrA, Kan., July 15. Archibald
Kelso, of Allegheny county, Pa., for
whom tho Pittsburgh detectives have
been .searching for ton months, has
been captured at Ponca City, Ok., and
positively identified. .September 17,
1SW1, the body of Henry Kelso, a
middle-aged man, was found head
less at Wiley Station and all cir
cumstances pointed to his son, Ar
chibald Kelso, as the murderer. Tho,
son disappeared, and was not appre
hended. On July !!, Chief of Police
Gillen, of Ponca City, detected a man
in thu act of theft of a watch. Hu at
tempted to escape, but was run down.
The day following the arrest Olllcer
Gillen discovered from an old photo
graph that lie had made a big catch,
lie wrote the authorities and they
came after their man.
FORFEITED SWAMP LANDS.
The Springfield, Little Koek & Culf Will
Acquire About IIOO.OOO Acres In Arkan
sas. KirmiKA Si'itiNos, Ark., July 15. Un
der the provisions of tho Smith rail
road bill, tlio swamp and forfeited
lands in 'J I counties of Arkansas havo
boon cortilicd to by tho state land com
missioner and withdrawn from sale.
This is by virtue of a contract with
the Springfield, Little Rook it
Gulf, and it is estimated that
the road will acquire 1100,000
acres within the prescribed limits of
50 miles on either side of the proposed
linos. The ceded lands are comprised
in the counties of Pulaski, Dallas,
Haxter, Saline, Conway, Iloono, (Jar
land, Montgomery, Drew, Faulkner,
Marion, Johnson, Pope, Madison, New
ton, Searcy, Crawford, Sebastian, Van
Iliiren, Polk, Scott, Carroll, Stone and
Franklin.
INTO TrTEmVER.
Fifteen Cars Plunge Into n Stream Nt-a
Louisiana, Mo., with Serbian KcsultM.
Mn.xico, Mo., July 15. A special
from Louisiana, Mo., yesterday stilted
that while a gang of men were at work
riprapping the river bank about 40
foot below the I.ellefountain bridge,
where the "K" line crosses tho Missis
sippi, the piles upon which tlio rock
train runs above the river gave way
and precipitated 15 cars into thu
water. Two men, John Chown and a
man named Hatfield, wore drowned
and eight men were seriously injured.
The engine did not go down.
Itleyele Corjis .'Makes Cooil Time.
Gi:umantovn, Nob., July 15. Kefore
sundown yesterday the Twenty-Fifth
United States infantry bicycle corps
arrived here. Tho corps has made the
run from Ravenna, lli'J miles, in two
days. Tho roads were fair, with th
exception of t miles of hilly country,
where bad roads and stoop climbs wuru
encountered. Sixty-seven miles were
covered yesterday. This is tho best
riding the corps has done up to date.
The total distance covered up to last
night is l,:ill miles.
Looking After the Hawaiian Island.
Wasiiinoion, July 15. It can be
stated with authority that instructions
havo been sent to Adm. Ueardsleu to
hoist the American Hag over the Ha
waiian islands at the first moment that
Japan takes any aotiqn which clearly
indicates her intention of attempting
to secure possession. These instruc
tions were prepared by Secretary Long'
and Assistant Secretary of State Day,
and aro of such a character as to leave
no grounds for mistake.
Sudden Wealth for n Domestic.
CincAoo, July 15. Carolina Johnson,
115 years old, who, up to a week ago,
was a domestic in a Dearborn avenue
home, is an heiress to the greater part
of a fortune of from S'JOO.OOO to 8100,
000, the wealth of her uncle, Hal to.
Johnson, a miser, who lived for years
in "Little Hell," a squalid part of Chi
cago, and was killed July 5 by falling'
out of a window.
Lust YiMir'H Silver Coinage.
Wasiiinoton, July 15. A statement
prepared at the mint bureau shows
that the number of silver dollars
coined at the United States mints dur
ing the last fiscal year was 'j;,'J0:S,701.
on which the seigniorage or profit to
the government amounted toS0,:i:(5, lot.
The profits have been turned into the
treasury from time to time as tlio coin
age progressed.
In I'aMir of Annexation.
Washing-ion, July 15. The senate
committee on foreign relations has
agreed to report a resolution for the
ratification of the Hawaiian annexa
tion treaty without amendment.
There was a general undorstanding
that the committee should make no
effort to secure the consideration of
the treaty during the present session.
Life Sentence for u Hoy.
Mauion, 111., July 15. A verdict ren
dered yesterday confines Steve Gill, 10
years old, in the penitentiary during
his natural life for murder, last Febru
ary. Gill killed and robbed his neigh
bor and friend, Andrew Under. In the
trial no defense was offered except a
plea for mercy. His age is all that
saved his nock.
Poisoned by the X Kays.
Indianapolis, Intl., July 15. George
F. McCulloch, of Muncie, chairman of
the republican statu central committee,
is at a sanitarium in this, city and
likelv soon to losu his loft loir on m
J count of an X ray burn several months
l in 1 . . . i. i .
u go. moon poisoning nas set In and
even worse consequences are to bo
feared.
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