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    CONVENTION M ETS
* IN CHICAGO JUNE 21
'National Committee Votes foi
tha Windy City by a Big
Majority.
WORK OF THE COMMITTEE
■ Representatives of the Candidate Cities
Presented Their Cases, Then
the Committee Took Bal
lots in Secret.
Washington, Dec. 14.—Chicago tva
•selected as the place for holding the
next republican convention by this
vote:
Chicago, 43.
Pittsburg, 7.
St. Louis, 1.
The committee fixed June 21 at nooi
as the time of the meeting of the con
vention.
At 1:40 the committee adjourned to
meet in Chicago at the call of the
•chairman.
Washington, jjec. 14.—wnen me re
publican national committee resumed
its session today communications were
read from the'federal and republican
parties of Porto liico, both claiming
representation in the committee. Two
Porto Ricans representing the repub
lican party addressed the committee
and the matter and It was referred to
the executive committee. The question
-of selecting a city In which to hold the
next convention was then taken up.
Oratory for the Cities.
L. P. Raymond, James J. Sheridan,
-George R. Peck and others spoke on
tjehalf of Chicago.
Mayor C. P. Walbrldge, Representa
tive Frank and WaUer B. Stevens, sec
retary of the Louisian Purchase exposi
tion, presented St. Louis’ advantages
as a convention city.
Senator Penrose and Representative
Dalzell urged the location of the con
•vention at Pittsburg.
The committee then went Into exec
utive session to ballot on the time and
location of the convention.
The offers made by the cities to pay
the expenses of the convention were
$40,000 by St. Louis, $75,060 by Chicago
and $100,060 by Pittsburg. The commit
tee on arrangements for the convention
are: Senator Seatt of West Virginia,
chairman; Senator Hanna, Postmaster
■General Payne, Harry S. New of In
dianapolis and R. B Schneider of Ne
■ braska.
Congress Will Adjourn June 1.
The decision to have the convention
June 21 created considerable talk about
the capitol as to the probable date for
adjournment of congress, and the fact
-» developed that there has already been
more or less exchange of views among
leaders of the house on the question.
■Opinion Is quite general that It will be
possible to conclude the session by
June 1. Leaders count upon Speaker
Cannon to press appropriation bills In
the house, and the feeling Is that aside
trom these and action upon the Pan
ama and Chinese treaties there will be
little legislation.
Yesterday afternoon the committee
■called on the president at the White
House In a body. The exchange of
.greetings between the president and
committee was most cordial. A group
picture of the committee was taken on
the White House portico, in which the
president and Senator Hanna occupied
-the foreground.
It was 2; 30 p. m. when the committee
was assembled and proceeded to the
White House. After waiting a few
... -i minutes In the green parlor, the presi
dent entered and was heartily greeted
by the committee. Chairman Hanna
said, as he took Mr. Roosevelt’s hand:
Mr. President! I have the honor to pre
sent en matise the members of the national
republican committee. In my experience
with this body of men I have found them
all true, loyal republicans, ready to sup
port the principles of the republican party
at all times.
President Roosevelt replied:
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: It is a
.peculiar pleasure to me ts greet here the
, men to whom not merely the party has
( owed so much, but ttie country has owed
so much In the Immediate past, and the
men to whom both party and country will
■owe so much In the Immediate future.
This sentiment was applauded by the
committee.
“You had better pass around the
room, Mr. President, and shake hands
with each one,” remarked Senator
Hanna.
"All right,” responded the president.
”1 was Just wondering which was the
•best way to get at them.”
“You will have no trouble in getting
at these fellows,” responded Senator
Hanna. “They are all anxious to see
you.”
As the laugh subsided the president
.remarked, bowing to Senator Harma:
”1 have sat at the feet of Gamaliel."
Secretary Heath did not aocompany
the committee to the White House.
WORK FOR COUSINS.
Eowans Believe He Will Be Chairman
of the Convention.
Washington, Dec. 14.—National Com
mitteeman Hart and the friends of
Congressman Cousins on the Iowa del
egation have been doing effective work
fi behalf of Mr. Cousins for temporary
chairman of the republican national
convention. They feel now that
his selection is assured. The
discussion of the temporary
chairmanship now is of course informal
as final action will not be taken until
the convention. The selection of Mr.
-Cousins is urged beoause of his ability
as an orator and because in his address
before the last convention he struck
4;he keynote of the element opposed to
the "Iowa idea." His stand was un
doubtedly popular with many members
of the oonnnittee.
Since coming here Mr. Hart has de
clared in plain terms the Iowa idea has
flickered out. He says Iowa is un
equivocally for Roosevelt.
National Committeeman Schneider ol
Nebraska called on the president today
with Senator Millard. His loyalty to tha
president has been questioned, but ha
declares himself a Roosevelt man. Mc
Kinzie of Nor th Dakota, and the South
Dakota committeeman, have also come
-out strongly for Roosevelt. Shevlln of
jjMinnesota is not at the meeting and it
y-^ is hint id he is aggrieved at the presi
dent. Vice presidential talk is for an
Illinois or Indiana man. Hart favors
Vairbanks of Indiana.
RUSSIA ACCEPTS.
Reply to Japan's Proposals Is a Modi
fied Aoquiescenco in the De
mands of the Japs.
Toklo, Dec. 12.-—Russia’s reply hai
been received and the Russian mlnlstei
informed Premier Katsura yesterday
that Russia entertains Japan's propos
-ali, probably with some modification*
MINISTER TO PANAMA.
ti. I. Buchanan, a Former Resident o<
Sioux City, Is Named by Roose
velt for the Place.
Washington, Dec. 14.—The president
has selected W. I. Buchanan of New
York to be the first United States min
ister to Panama.
Later the president sent to the senate
Mr. Buchanan’s nomination, and also
that of Thomas J. Akins of St. Louis
as assistant treasurer of the United
States.
Mr. Buchanan’s selection was brought
about by the desire of the president to
secure, during the crystallization of
relations between the United States
and Panama, the services of a trained
and experienced diplomat, having spe
cial reference to his knowledge of the
Latin-American races. By reason of
long service as minister to Argentina
Mr. Buchanan fills that description. It
is understood his assumption of the
duties is not to be permanent, for he
sacrifices large business interests to
undertake the work.
Selected as the Best Man.
Hon. W. I. Buchanan’s selection as
minister to Panama is another evidence
that President Roosevelt is looking for
the best men for the places. Mr.
Buchanan is a life-long democrat, but
he is acknowledged to be the greatest
living expert in politics, affairs and in
tricacies of South American diplomacy.
He is the most popular diplomat who
ever held a diplomatic post in South
America.
He was appointed first by Mr. Cleve
land as minister to Argentine; then re
appointed by President McKinley be
cause American business interests and
the South American people alike de
sired it; resigned to return to America
because of Mrs. Buchanan’s health;
became director general of the Buffalo
exposition and made an immense suc
cess of it so far as concerned his re
sponsibilities; was invited and urged
to become director general of the St.
Louis exposition, and declined because
some of the conditions he made, con
cerning the absolute exclusion of po
litical favoritism, could not be made.
Then he became foreign diplomatic
agent of the New York Life Insurance
company.
Recently in Europe.
A great insurance company is almost
as big a concern as a national govern
ment, and in his position with the New
York Life, Mr. Buchanan has been a
sort of ambassador to the insurance
bureaus of foreign countries. He has
spent much time the last year in Lon
don, Berlin, Paris and other conti
nental capitals, and also in the South
American countries.
Mr. Buchanan is an Iowa man and a
Sioux City man. Born in Ohio—a fact
that his office-holding career eminently
testifies—he came to Sioux City with
his brother-in-law, J. K. Prugh, in 1882,
and was a partner in the crockery and
glassware business of J. K. Prugh &
Co. In the twelve years he lived in
! fc’ioux City, without realizing it, he was
laying the foundations for his later
career, for he was one of the leaders in
making Sioux City's corn palaces. He
was director general of more than one
of those unique and unparalleled expo
sition;., and in that capacity proved
himself a wonderful executive.
Beginning of His Career.
In 1892 he was appointed world's fair
commissioner for Iowa by Governor
Boies, through the efforts, especially
of Hon. J. S. Lawrenoe. then senator
from Woodbury county. This opened
the straight path of opportunity. Di
rector General Davis, Potter Palmer
and other managers of the Chicago ex
position liked him from the start. He
was made chief of the department of
agriculture and forestry. In that ca
pacity he accomplished wonders in aid
ing introduction of American agricul
tural implements in other countries. As
a result of this work he was taken up
by the agricultural implement makers
who wanted just such a man in South
America to help extend their business
there. Their backing was chieflly in
strumental in getting him appointed
minister to Argentina.
In Argentina he did more than any
body had expected of him. He learned
French and Snnnish at once, becom
ing an accomplished scholar In both.
He is 49 years old,
For a Permanent Government.
Washington, Dec. 12.—The state de
partment has been informed that final
steps have been taken for the forma
tion of a permanent republican govern
ment in Panama. The news came in a
dispatch from Consul General Gudger.
dated Panama, today, as follows:
“Election for a constitutional conven
tion is called for January 4. The con
vention meets January 20.’’
FILING SOME KICKS.
Western Fruit Ghowers Meet to Form
ulate Grievances Concerning
High Freight Rates.
Des Moines, la., Dec. 14.—Plans to
jensolidate the fruit jobbing houses in
the territory bounded by Chicago and
Denver, St. Louis and Winnipeg were
discussed by the Western Fruit Job
berg association, which convened here
today. It is proposed to combine
houses in the smaller cities, giving to
one the business which at present half
a dozen handle. In larger cities more
than one house may be necessary,
though the number will be limited.
Loss in transmission is the reason
given for the proposed consolidation.
BLOW AT UNIONS.
Judge Enjoins Employer and Organiza
tions From Unionizing Shop.
New York, Dec. 14.—Following an
agreement made with the local Elec
trotypers and Stereotypers unions, the
United States Printing Company of
Ohio, a corporation doing business in
Brooklyn, that after January 1 it will
retain only union men in its employ.
Justice Marean in supreme court has
granted a temporary injunction re
straining the company from discharg
ing its non-union men. An order is is
sued against th« company and the elec
trotypers and stereotypers, directing
them to show cause why the Injunction
should not be made permanent.
The complainants allege conspiracy
to make the shf-p a union concern. Jus
tice Marean’s decision is sweeping, and
restrains the unions from organizing a
strike against the company, picketing,
boycotting or in any other way inter
fering with its business.
Fined the Union.
Chicago, Dec. 12.—A fine of $1,000
was imposed upon Franklin union No.
t of proesfeeders by Judge Holdom to
day. The court found the union, as a
corporation, guilty of contempt of court
"or violating an injunction restraining
t as an organization from Interfering
vlth the business or employes of ten
irlntlng firms, members of the Chi
ago Typothetae. The judge’s action
reates a precedent, it being the first
ime in the history of unionism In the
'nited States that a court has fined
i union as a corporation. Appeal was
aken from the declslgn.
ADMIT MAGNITUDE
OF LAND FRAUDS
Secretary Hitchcock Expressei
His Real Views in Incon
spicuous Way.
20,000 ENTRIES BOGUS?
That Number, Anyhow, Are Under
Suspicion and in Process of In
vestigation, for Which Much
Money Is Needed.
Washington, Dec. 16.—What Secre
tary Hitchcock really thinks about the
magnitude of the public land and tim
ber frauds has appeared in a way least
expected. The secretary gave out a
statement several weeks ago declaring
that the reports were, in some respects,
grossly exaggerated. Now his views
of the seriousness of the situation have
appeared in an unconsplcuous place.
The voluminous book of estimates of
needed appropriations which the sec
retary of the treasury sent to congress
on the first day of the session calls for
$250,000 to protect the public lands from
fraudulent entry, and in very fine print
on the same page is a long note of sev
eral hundred words. The note is un
signed, but in reality its author was
Secretary Hitchcock. Among the rea
sons which he gives in this note for the
increased estimate are the following:
"From every section of the country
come complaints of the disposition of
the public lands in violation of the
despoliation of the timber, and the
maintenance of unlawful inclosures
upon the land. These complaints cite
cases where it is found upon investi
gation that speculators, cattle com
panies, corporations and individuals
are all engaged in an effort to plunder
the public domain.
The Fictitious Claims.
“Entries are being made without res
idence or improvement, timber lands
are being taken for speculation and
fictitious proofs are being made, espe
cially before officers other than regis
ters and receivers, as to the compliance
of the claimants with the laws. The
present appropriation furnished scanty
support to scarcely sixty agents, and
it is only necessary to state it in order
to emphasize the impoteney of the pres
ent force to reach out over the vast
' area of the public lands and protect
them from the wholesale frauds that
■ arc now being attempted.
I "The developments of the last six
months have satisfied me that the
present appropriations are wholly in
adequate to secure anything like an ef
fective execution of the laws and to
clear the records of any considerable
portion of the large number of alleged
fraudulent entries now awaiting ac
tion."
; The views of the secretary were im
pressed upon the president several
, weeks ago, for Mr. Roosevelt recom
i mended that a large mount of money
! be made available for prosecuting the
timber frauds. How great these frauds
are, in the opinion or Mr. Hitchock, is
shown by this futher quotation from
his "note” attached to the annual esti
mates:
Many Under Suspicion.
I "Nearly 20,000 entries are suspended
on the charge of fraud. About half of
this number are in the different stages
of adjustment. About 6,000 entries un
der the timber land law of June 3, 1878,
have been suspended on a satsifactory
showing that they have not been made
in compliance with law, but in the in
terest of other persons and corpora
tions. There are about 2,500 entries
which have been commuted under the
homestead law without a sufficient
showing of residence or improvements.
Nearly 1,000 soldiers’ additional appli
cations and a large number of soldiers’
widows’ applications are also shown to
have been made in violation of the
laws. To this must be added the large
number of cases involved in timber
trespasses and unlawful inciosures.”
It appears from the remarks of Mr.
i Hitchcock, through the unconsplcuous
medium of the annual book of esti
mates, that he regards the land frauds
quite as seriously us the authors of the
most sensational stories that have been
published about them.
TO MERGE* LINES SOON.
Northwestern Road Will Take thi
Omaha Under Its Wing Soon.
New York, Dec. 1G.—The complete
merger of the Chicago & Northwestern
and the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis
& Omaha Railroad companies is said
j to be under consideration. Recent con
j ferences of capitalists jointly interested
j in tnese two properties have been held,
! and it is probable that a consolida
tion plan will soon be laid before the
directors. For several years the Omaha
line has been operated as a part of the
Chicago <fc Northwestern system. Mar
vin Hughitt is president of both roads
and nearly all of the executive officers
are the same.
The Vanderbilts have a majority of
the directors of each company, and W.
K. Vanderbilt, Chauncey M. Depew and
H. McK. Twombly are on both execu
tive committees. An independent finan
cial Interest has been Identified with
thQ Omaha line, however, and that
company has been maintained sepa
rately with separate operating and
traffic departments. The principal
stockholders of the Chicago & North
western have been increasing their
holdings of Chicago, St. Paul, Minne
apolis & Omaha stock lately, and the
belief prevails among railroad men that
a consolidation of the two properties
can be effected without any opposition.
These two roads make a system of
9.G74 miles. If brought within the con
trol of one corporation large economies
can be brought about, it Is said, by the
i consolidation of departments.
MORE OF WOOD CASE.
Witnesses Heard Tod'ay Concerning
Relations of the General With
Bellairs.
Washington, Dec. 16.--When the sen
ate committee on military affairs to
day resumed Investigation of the
charges against General Leonard
Wood, four witnesses were waiting tc
be heard. They were Dr. C. K. Fisher
of Chicago; J. C. LaFontisee, city edit
or of the Jacksonville, Fla., Times
Unlon, who was managing editor and
city editor respectively of the Havana
Post, published during the American
occupation; L. H. Morrison of New
York, and General George R. Brooke.
Mr. Fisher told a story of General
Wood's intimacy with Bellairs, and at
tempted to show that Genera! Wood on
. a trip to the Isle of Pines told him ol
1 an article he had ordered printed In the
Havana Post exposing Bellairs. Wit
ness said Wood told him he did noi
want the jry printed and witness hac
not used it. Mr. LaFontisee was called
to corroborate Fisher.
MANUFACTURER OF COTTON.
The South is Slow in Turning Out
Finer Grades of Goode.
Houston Post: The rapid growth of
cotton manufacturing In the south has
become a source of frequent comment
concluding mostly with the remark that
while we are doing- much and doing
well in thl3 particular we shornd do
more and do better. In other words,
intelligent observers of the south's
progress In the turning of the staple
lpto merchantable fabrics are struck
with the fact that, as yet, but few at
tempts have been made to produce
cotton goods of the finer grades by
southern promoters of cotton manufac
turing plants.
j Two-thirds of the south's crop of cot
ton finds its way abroad, absorbed as
[it Is by nations that have learned to
convert n pound of raw material worth
10 cents Into a pound of finished goods
worth fifteen times that amount and
over. France, for Instance, makes
high-priced lace out of the product of
our cotton field, while we are confin
ing ourselves to the production of
cheap, coarse fabrics. Other nations
have acquired the knack of transform
nlg It Into expensive underwear and
hosiery for our consumption, whereas
we are lagging behind, apparently
without nmbltlon, to cover the most
profitable ground In the cotton manu
facturing field.
It may be objected that the south Is
not as yet prepared to compete In tho
manufacture of cotton goods of the
highest grade; that It must feel Its
way to the top of the ladder of produc
tion In this particular. Admitting, for
the sake of argument, that there Is
something in this, there Is no good
reason for not making a few steps Into
the domain of finer Manufacture as a
beginning. No one will seriously con
tend that the south Is not ultimately
destined to work up the bulk of Its raw
cotton. Why, then, should there bo
further delay in the promotion of In
dustry In its higher branches?
How Cheap Baking Powder Is Made.
! A recent seizure of a lot of “cheap”
[baking powders by the authorities of
,a neighboring city has exposed the
(character of the low priced brands of
baking powders which many manufac
turers are offering throughout the
•country. The price of the powders
first attracted attention to them. Sam
ples were taken and analyzes! The of
ficial report of the analysis showed the
stuff to be “alum powders," composed
chiefly of alum, sulphuric acid and pul
verized rock. The powders were de
clared dangerous to health atvd several
thousand pounds were confiscated and
destroyed.
Physicians have frequently cautioned
consumers against mixing food with
these so-called “cheap” baking pow
ders. They are all found, when
analyzed, to contain large peroentages
of alum and sulphuric acid, to which
are added various sorts of filling mat
ter, sometimes both Injurious and
nasty.
The high class, cream of tartar bak
: lug powders are the most economical
and wholesome and should always be
selected for use. They will be found
cheaper In the end. besides making the
food better and more healthful.
THE TURK AND HIS WIFE.
Only One Woman in Most of the Mot
lem Harems Nowadays.
Century: Although of late years, among
Turks highly placed, It has come to b«
considered as far more chic to have only
one wife, yet this laudable Increase In tht
practice of monogamy does not tend to s
complete emancipation from oertatn well
! established Moslem traditions. The men
tion of one's wife to a foreigner Is nowa
days made tbo easier when euo may truth
j fully speak of her In the singular number
A Turk may, after seme months ai semi.
! Intimacy, talk somewhat freely, Indeed, ai
' Als domestic life, provided always hit
household is modeled after the European
plan of life. The social line Is drawn al
tha point of asking even a lady to call.
Frequent visiting between European and
Turkish wives, when these are In the sin
gular number, Is possible only after a
somewhat prolonged residence and much
•friendly Intercourse.
j To tha casual visitor there Is an unex
’ peetod embarrassment In finding almosl
all the Turks one meets In society married
•to one lady only. The singularity of this
singleness Is as trying, apparently, to the
Turks, on certain oocaslons, as It Is emi
nently disappointing to the European.
"I do so hope the minister of - may
grant me the honor of visiting his harem,"
an American lady remarks with the
| charming aplomb characteristic of tht
American woman.
11 “p- Fasha would be too delighted, 1
‘jam sure; only, as It happens, his excel
hency has no harem In the sense In whloh,
a presume, moat foreigners understand
four word," was tha courteous reply of the
•minor official to whom lids remark was
(addressed. "We has but one wife, as, In
jdeed, we moBtly all have."
j 1 "Hasn't any one a harem?” The cry
! >was almost tearfuL "F- Pxeha has a
I Jgreat many children?" continued this dis
appointed Investigator of Turkish cus
toms.
“yes, he has eleven children living. His
wife Is very fvid of children.
' "Is she Turk.»h?"
“No: she Is a Circassian lady of very
good family."
“Ah-h, a Circassian! She must be very
beautiful; the boys are so handsome,” the
pretty American remarked In u mollified
tone. From a romantic traveler’s point »i
view, If Turks persist In marrying as vir
tuously and dully as every one else, al
least to find them marrying' a Circassian
slave was a trilio more solacing than It
have found the single wife of correct
Turkish descent.
The young utd-de-can»p smiled as he
made answer: "Yea, yea are quite right
we mostly marry Clraasslans, and almosl
all our children are beautiful."
There are still enough harems through
out Turkey sufficiently egoipped wtrh a
plurality of wives to satisfy the most ex
acting of travelers In search of a sensa
tion. Even In Constantinople there art
pashas and effendla rteh enoagh to keey
up the old st&mdard of Moslem raurlta
pomp. The majority, however, of the up
per lil.OOO practice, M least outwardly, tht
European fashion of taonogumy.
Identity of Ideas.
Now Yorker: Yabs.ey—1 have alwayi
had as Idea that after a couple had beer
married t or Borne time, even theli
thoughts became, to a great degree. Idem
tleal. Am I right, Peak?
Mr. N. Peek—You are. About this tlm«
my wife la tklnklng erer what she'll saj
to me tor coming home so late. And sc
am I.
Cat Would Have Come Back.
New York Times: When Mrs. Fer
nandez, the theatrical agent, moved tc
her summer home In L,arohmont she
found herself near to a borrowing
neighbor. Sosnetlmes It was a cut glass
punch bowl, a silver soup ladle or t
drawing room lam- When these ar
ticles were not returned and anothei
request was niade for a butter dish
Mrs. Fernandez said to the little glr
who came tor it:
‘'Yes, 1 will lend It; but tell you:
mother that next time I will lend he:
the family cat. That will be sure tc
come back.”
TWO BAD WRECKS
OCCUR IN IOWA
Collision Near Albia Kills Fiv*,
Persons and Injures
Ten More.
CHILD BURNED TO DEATH
freight Collided Near Adel in a Deep
Cut While Rounding a Sharp
Curve, Killing Three Men
and Injuring Several.
Ottumwa, la., Dec. 15.—Five Persons
tvere killed and ten Injured In a wreck
on the Chicago, Burlington and Quine;
i x-oad, three miles west of Albla, la. Th«
j westbound passenger train was In some
manner derailed while running on to
' the Cedar creek bridge, and five cars
1 were wrecked by collision with the
steel gli'ders of the bridge. The wreck
age took flte and seveial of the vic
tims were badly burned.
The dead:
MRS. W. E. MITCHEN, Albla, la.
, killed
I MILDRED MITCHEN, 3 years old
1 burned to death.
THOMAS BEATTY, killed In wreck
' of smoking car.
I - FRANKLIN, address un
known.
UNKNOWN MAN.
The Injured:
W. L. Martin, Chicago, leg sprained
C. E. Blair, Lamonl, Mo., hip Injured
Robert Ferguson, Mitchell, Neb., leg
broken.
Mrs. J. H. Robinson, Ottumwa, la.
back sprained.
E. T. Scott, Osceola, la., three rlbt
broken.
F. T. Browning Yates Center, Kan.
hip Injured.
Gabriel Allen, Chicago, waiter, dining
car.
William Branch, Chicago, cook, diner,
It. Price, Chicago, cook, diner.
S. T. Williams, Chicago, porter.
Beatty, Franklin and the unknown
man were laborers.
The Injured were taken to Albla
Cbarltan and Chicago.
None of the Injured will die.
Just what caused the accident is n
mystery. As soon as the engineer no
tloed there was something wrong he
applied the air brakes, but was unable
to stop the train. Five cars were com
pletely burned and the remaining
coaches badly damaged.
I The work of rescue was carried or
with difficulty as the cars took Art
Immediately after the accident and
. the bridge Is a high one.
The train was In charge of Conductox
R. W. Robinson and Engineer Wllllarr
Wallace.
Mildred Mltchen, the little 3-year-olc
child of Mrs. W. E. Mltchen, was hung
to one of the bridge girders and burned
to death before the eyes of the unin
jured passengers and trainmen.
When the train was derailed, Just be
fore reaching the bridge, the sides ol
the cars struck the bridge and wen
torn eut. The live coals from the stovi
were scattered throughout the cars
The Mltchen child fell through the bot
tom of the car, its clothes catching tc
the girder, where It cried loudly for lti
| mother, who had been Instantly klllex
In the wreck.
| The cars and bridge In a few second:
' were a mass of flames and the chllx
was burned to a crisp before aid coult
each It.
—4—
COLLISION NEAR ADEL.
Three Trainmen Killed and Several In
jured on Milwaukee.
I Des Moines, la., Dec. 15.—Threi
trainmen were killed and five Injuret
In ti freight collision on the Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul road neni
Adel, la. A doubleheader, westbound
and an extra freight, eastbound, cam*
together In a deep cut on a eharj
curve. Three engines and fourteer
cars wer4 entirely demolished.
The dead:
FRANK. FINNICUM, engineer, De:
: Moines.
I OSCAR DYER, fireman, Des Moines
! WALTER WARD, engineer, Dei
Moines.
The Injured:
! Conductor Flynn, of the doublehead
I er, serious.
Brakeman Bell, of the doubleheader
serious.
Brakeman Fields, of the freight.
Engineer Chambers, of the freight.
11. M. Bellman, brakeman of th<
'rcight, serious.
EIG FIRE AT WHITING.
0 istroys About $45,000 Worth of Prop
erty—Mayor Wired for Help
From Sioux City.
Whiting, la., Dec. 15.—Fire startini
In the basement of Casady & Whiting':
store at 6 o’clock Saturday evenlnj
spread rapidly, and before It was con
trolled had destroyed several of ttv
business houses of the city with an ag
gregate loss of $45,000. Duck of iir:
protection was responsible for Hr
heavy loss.
The stores burned were: Casady t
Whiting, two story business bulldim
Including their general store; the Whit
Ing bank, the opera house and lodg
hall; also the clothing store of Casad;
& Whiting, Baxter’s barber shop am
D. Rust's drug store. The loss was par
tially covered by Insurance. A specie
train was made ready In Sioux City b
go to the scene but the tire was ove
before the train had fairly started.
Cummins in Des Moines.
Des Moines, la., Dec. 14.—Governo
and Mrs. Cummins arrived from Bos
ton at 5 o’clock this morning, after
1,500-mlle ride half way across th
continent. They were driven rapidly t
the bedside of the governor’s dyln
mother, and when the lalter gave
Joyous cry of recognition they realize
thb raee had been won. The aged par
ent Boemed to feel that her greatest de
sire had been accomplished, and n
longer made the struggle for life tha
hud marked the past forty-eight hours
She begun sinking rapidly, and it wa
apparent that death would be but
; matter of a few hours.
Army Eating Each Other.
London. Dec. 15.—Advices froi
Somaliland, East Africa, say the Ma
Mullahs camp followers have taken t
cannibalism, owing to shortage of sup
piles. The body of a captive recentl
exemuted by the mullah was Immediate
• ly carried off and eaten. The feast wa
participated In by the women, u hot
the mulluh subsequently ordered exc
cuted. Thet-s In turn were cooked an
eaten by their late comrades.
i It costs $6,235,000 to operate the gov
eminent printing office.
BLAMES PROMINENT MEN
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Mrs. Carter’s Husband Wants a Di
vorce and He Makes Unpleasant
Statements in His Petition.
Chattanooga. Tenn., Dec. 15.—An.
' drew P. Carter, in an answer filed in
court today to proceedings begun by :
his wife to obtain possession of their
8-year-old boy, makes sensational ref
erences to W. Preston Harrison of Chi
cago, General Daniel E. Sickles and
Colonel Pope, the bicycle manufactprer. :
The Carter family troubles were
aired in court today before Chancellor
McConnell. Arguments were heard on
a motion to take the divorce suit and
habeas corpus case, involving charge*
of kidnaping, to New York, where the
Carters live. The court withheld de
cision until next week, but Indicated
that it would allow the divorce pro
ceedings and other branches of the case
to be tried in New York. Attorney
Nichols of New York represented Mrs.
Carter.
Attacks Mrs. Carter's Friends.
In the course of his answer to the
bill filed in the local courts by Mrs.
Carter, Andrew P. Carter says: "The
statement that complainant is a fit and
proper person to be the custodian of
said minor is untrue. When he was
with her she neglected him so shame
fully that his natural affections for her
Is almost obliterated and he looks with
horror on any suggestion of returning
to live with her. She is to say the least
n. frivolous, pleasure loving woman,
with no idea of the responsibility of
her position as a mother or the duties
she owes her child. The most intimate
friend seems to be the man Pope, a bi- i;
cycle manufacturer, who lives in vari
ous sundry places and whose interest in
her manifested by his conduct certain- i
!y is most unusual.
"Daniel E. Sickles, a retired major
general of the United States army, ad
mits in the deposition given by him on
behalf of Mrs: Carter in the habeas j
sorpus case that he killed a man about
lis former wife and that his present
,vife has lived away from him in Spain ;
'or many years, for reasons which ha
refuses to disclose.
Brings in Harrison’s Name.
"W. Preston Harrison, son of a for- !
mor mayor of Chicago and brother of
;he present mayor, who claims to be
i gentleman of leisure and independent j
’ortune, had the good fortune to meet
Wrs. Carter on her European trip and
ipend some time in her company, al
.hough he Is singularly reticent as to
;he details of ills acquaintance with
ier. Others of the same general stripe, >
ill of whom are no doubt bright and
mining lights in the select circle ot New
fork society, claim her friendship,
jut are wholly unfit and improper to
>e the Intimate associate of a young
md handsome woman without any
means of her own."_ ]
FORCEPS IN WOUND.
They Were Left There During Surgical
Operation and the Man Lived
Two Years.
Chicago. Dec. 15.-Was the forcepi
found In the body of Dr. J. B. Wash
jurn of Renssealer, Ind., accidentally
eft In the body after an operation per
’ormed at the Presbyterian hospital in
fanuary, 1902?' At that time Dr. Wash
jurn, who had undergone a previous
! iperation in the hospital in May, 1900,
I iame to Chicago and, again entering
i '.he hospital, underwent a second op
i tratlon for the removal of a growth on
, :he liver. The operation was per
| formed by the late Dr. Christian Fen
i ' ter. , .
[ After returning to his home, when
L *.he wound was healed Dr. Washburn,
frequently complained of the sensation
>f a metallic substance in his body. His
aealth gradually failed, and upon his
leath yesterday in a private hospital in
Valparaiso, Ind., an autopsy was per
formed, which revealed a forceps cov
>rod with rust, imbedded in his body.
' ’ it D supposed that the forceps were
>vet looked when the’instruments were
•emoved from the cut at the conclu
j jion of the operation in Chicago.
I Dr Karl Doepfner, who assisted Dr.
S’enger in many of ills operations, when
luestloned about the matter, said he
:ould not remember the specific case,
jut admitted the possibility of the for
;eps being found in the cut.
1 "It Js not an unheard-of thing," said
Dr. Doepfner. “Medical literature
■ records many such cases, although
i aone has ever come under my personal
cnowledge. In some cases the gold
rings from the hands of the operating
■urgeons have slipped off into the
abdominal cavity and have been found
there. The removal of the forceps is
really the work of the assisting sur
geon. I have never heard of any pa
tient of Di. Fenger ever being troubled
i hat way." _ _
DEBUT IS A SUCCESS.
Hiss Bessie Johnson, Daughter of Tom
L., Proves Herself a Capable
Actress.
New York, Dec. 15.—Friends of Misa
. Bessie Johnson are greatly pleased at
1 the successful debut of the young WOnr
. in as an actress. Miss Johnson ap
; peared ut the Empire yesterday as
. Countess Beatrice In "Jeptha's Daugh
.or," elven by the students of the
' American Academy of Dramatic Arts
ind Empire Dramatic school. She
proved herself a capable actress, dainty
mil pleasing. Tom L. Johnson sat In
; i box and saw his daughter act.
; MESSAGE TO WORLD.
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- United States Will Flash New Year's
Greeting to All the Nations by
Wire and Cable.
Washington, Dec. 15.—The United
States naval observatory today an
nounced the details of its plan to send
r telegraphic time signals throughout the
- world to mark the beginning of the
i new year.
* The signals were sent out last year
} for each of the four great standard
; time belts of the United States, but
i this year it is proposed not only to se
1 cure a wider distribution of the signals
- throughout North and South America
- by the co-operation of the telegraph
> and oable companies, but also to send
t one or more of the four series of sig- ,
nals around the world and baclc to the
s room in the observatory, where they
i started.
The signals will begin at 11; 55 p. m.
and end at midnight, eastern time. The
same series will be sent out an hour la
ter, ending at midnight, central stand
ard time; an hour later, for midnight
1 of mountain standard time, and an
3 hour after that for midnight of Pacific
coast standard time._
Falls Thirteen Sto-ies.
a Cincinnati, Dec. 15.—A heavy, wooden
. scaffold used for bricklayers on the
outside of the nineteenth-story build.
i Ing of the First National bank fell
! without warning today from the thir
' teenth story and crushed in the root
j of the Bradley. Sorin building. Tw«
I workmen were fatally injured.