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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1901)
555?555!uSv55 rr"r:vfY K V SEDGWICK ELECTED Revised Returns Indicate Repub lican Victory by 5,000. f USWN VOTE SAID TO BE 0.000 SHORT The Republican Candidates for ttegenti Elected by riumlltlrii Nearly nt Great it On Supreme ,ludge Other New of In'ercit. The total number of votes oust In Nebraska is much less thnn last your, the republican column allowing u total loss as well as that of the f ustonlsts, yet with each county vote received the majority of Sedgwick over Hollenbeck grows steadily, and the estimates made by conservative calculators liuve been abject to frequent changes. The republican candidates for regent of the university are elected. Their majorities may not be far different from that gained by Judge Sedgewick. Returns from forty-six of the ninety counties in the state give Sedgwick 47,035; Hollenbeck 42,37.1. leaving Sedgwick a majority over Hollenbeck of 5,200. New York. Complete unofllclal returns from ev ery district of greater New York gle Seth Low, fusionlst candidate for mayor, 204,092, and Edward M. Shop hard, democratic candidate, 205,e2S, making Low's plurality 20,804. Edward M. Orout, fusionlst candi date for comptroller, received 200,713 votes and William Laid, democratic rival, 254,737, making the plurality of the fusionlst 44,070. Unofllclal returns from every elec tion district in New York county give William Travcrs Jerome, fusionlst. a lead of 15,880 over Harry W. Unger, democrat, in the race for the district attorneyship. The vote of tho two follows: Jerome, 103,058; Unger, 148, 070. A revised recapitulation of the vote on president of the board of nldcrmen, with every district represented, shows that Charles W. Forties, fusionlst, has Georgo M. Van Hocsen, democrat, beaten by a plurality of 31,381. Cntlofrnta. Eugcno E. Schmltz, tho union labor candidate for mayor of San Francisco, has been elected by a plurality of 2,500; Asa B. Wells, republican, run ning second and S. S. Tobln third in the race. Mr. Schmitz Is the leader of tho orchestra in a theatre there, and is also the secretary and manager of a machlncshop. Of the other candidates on the municipal ticket, the republi cans elect tho auditor, sheriff, tax col lector, treasurer, county clerk, public administrator and six supervisors. Tho democrats will have the city at torney, district attorney, recorder, coroner, two public judges and nlno supervisors. Besides tho mayor, the union labor elected three supervisors. GRANTED REHEARING. Convicted Captain Ita Fromlie of the Federal Judge. A Chicago dispatch says: Obcrlin M. Carter, now a convict in the govern ment prison at Fort Lcnvenworth, 'Kan., and formerly a captain in tho United gtates engineer corps, is to have a rehearing of his case in a civil tribunal. He now has tho assurance of the government authorities that all tho evidence Is to be reviewed again before Judgo Kohlsatt in the United States circuit court at Chicago, tho hearing to take place, probably in a few months. Carter will be called on as a witness In his own behalf, and for the purpose of his testifying in eourt ho will bo released temporarily from his place of confinement. This is the result of the suits brought by tho government some months ago in sovcral federal courts for tho pur pose of recovering the proceeds of 8722,582, which it was proved nt tho courtmartial that Carter had embez zled from the United States. Trade In Hum an ilnrtle. Eight human bodies and yart of an other wero discovered in two boxes nt Chicago which wero being shipped by freight to Brashcar. Mo., as second hand laundry machinery. Tho bodies had been packed in excelsior. The bodies wero received nt tho Hurling tou freight depot there from a man named Jones, nnd wa consigned to a person of tho sumo nnmo In llrnshacr. Expert box-makers say that tho crates wero made in Milwaukee. The, Chica go address given by tho consignor Is that of a local medical college. Gold Statue I Melted. What was known as tho Maudo Ad ams statue was melted up at tho United States assay office In Wall street, New York. Tho statue was raado of 507,000 In gold, taken out of the assay office somo weeks ago. It has been on exhi bition at tho Pan-American exposition and was sent to the assay office from Buffalo direct. Havana Clean nt Alt Cost. Governor General Wood sent n com munication to tho municipal council at Havana to tho effect that ono of tho bids recently submitted for the sower ing and paving contract must bo ac cepted. A committee consisting of tho mayor of Havana and sevornl council men had a long confcrcnco with Gen eral Wood and discussed tho matter of raising tho necessary funds. Tho mu nicipal council will take tho question under consideration and report Novem ber 20. WRECK ON MONON. Comlilnntlou Train llrrak In Two nnd Then Conic Together. A wreck occurred on tho Monon track at the passenger station at Bed ford, Ind., In which thirty persons wen Injured. A combination passen ger and stone train, running between 1 ted ford and the Perriek Matthews and lluskirk Stone company's quarr.es, broko In two nt tho intersection of tho Munon and Southern Indiana roads, coming together a few minutes later with u crash. In tho two passenger coaches were 100 qunrrymon nnd offi cials. Of this number no less than thirty wore bruised nnd Injured by tho collision, some of them seriously, if not fatally. MISSOURI LYNCHING. Maikcd Men Hang a Negro From a . Drldge Near Payette. 'Itlll'' Saekson, n negro, was hanged on a bridge nenr Estill station, Novem ber 5. No definite cause Is known. Two negroes, Davis and Jackson, were taken from their homes by several m-isked men. They wero not allowed to speak and were taken to the bridge. Davis was released and was told to go home. He says there were three horses hitched In the woods nenr his house. He did not know who the men were, whether white or black, or what they wanted with Jack son. There are signs of a struggle on the bridge nnd several blood stains. NEQRO TEACHER TO HANG Prof. C. II. Npark W Graduated From the Vnlvcrdty of Chicago. A pecnllnr murder case has just been ended nt Opalaka, Ala., In the sentenc ing of Prof. C. II. Sparks, a negro teacher, to hang December 20 for tho murder of Jacob Ingcrsoll, another ne gro, about six weeks ago. Sparks Is a graduate of the University of Chicago. About six months ago ho became In fatuated with the wife of Ingcrsoll. The couplo spent much of their tlmo together. This led to the killing. Tho negroes generally approve tho verdict. l'lot to Massacre. A plot to massacro tho American garrison nt Moncnda, province of Tar lac, island of Luzon, has been revealed by tho wife of one of the conspirators. Several of tho town officials arc Im plicated in tho murderous scheme. Tho woman who revealed tho plot had a de tective beneath the house In which tho leaders of tho conspiracy wero meet ing. Arrests followed and many In criminating papers were seized. The plan was to set fire after dark to a house close to the barracks and in extinguishing the flames 150 conspira tors, armed with bolos, wero to rush on the guard, capture their arms and proceed to massacro tho soldiers. Fight at the Tomb of Christ. Tho Chnroh of tho noly Sepulcher, surmounting Christ's tomb at Jerusa lem, as traditionally located, was tho scene of a sanguinary affray, between Franciscans and Oreeks, during which there were a number of casualties on both sides. The dlsputo arose on tho question as to which community had the right to sweep tho church. Troops had been posted In the vicinity for several days previous to tho outbreak, in order to prevent the anticipated collision, but thev wero suddenly outnumbered and overpowered by the contending parties. 11 oxers Again In Favor. Nn Tung, forinsr "boxer" leader, has been appointed to tho Chinese for eign ofllc. Ho recently returned irom Japan, where ho went as special envoy to apologize and express condolenco for tho murder of Sugl Ynma Akira, chancellor of tho Japanese legation at Pekin. This appointment Is consider ed a test of the attitude of the Chinese ministers toward the restoration of the "boxers" to Imperial favor. Soldier Commit Suicide. Private Eugene Tan sing, Seventh In fantry, formerly a convalescent from company D, Twenty-first Infantry, Manila, committed suicide at Vancou ver, vtnsn., in a sensational manner just ns the ling was being lowered at sundown. Whilo standing on post headquarters stops, Lnnsing drew a revolver from his pocket nnd shot him self through the heart. No motive is known. Fire In Wyoming Mine. , Fife is raging in tho Beaver Creek mine near Shoridan, Wyo., and ns tho flumes may follow the vein for a great distance, It is thought tho mino will burn for yenrs. Tho fire was started by Incendiaries, who saturated several cars with oil. bet them on fire and run them down tho slope Into the mine. Tho loss will bo heavy. Strike Ordered. An order calling a strike nt tho eight collieries of tho Temple Iron company was issued this evening from tho hendquartcrs of district No. 1, United Mine Workers of America, at Scranton, Pa. The order was issued becauso tho company tafused to reinstate about fifty members of tho unloh who wero reecntly discharged. Ilun Amuck. Felix Belangor, aged fifty-five, resid ing near Winona, Mich., killed his wife aud sovon-yenr-old child with an ax. Ho then w'ent Into the cellar and cut his Miroat with a butchor knife. The bodies of the wife and child wero horribly mangled. Ilalnnger !b sup posed to bo temporarily insane. lljffnlu Jone. II. L. Jones, tho original "Buffalo Jones," died nt Sulina. Kan., Novem ber six, aged fifty-one, CONVICTS MUTINY Twenty-Six Desperate Men Es cape From Fedoral Prison. HAND TO HAND CONFLICT WITH GUARDS Attempted Mnrder and Snlclde at North riatte Woman tlnrned to Death In Chicago Other Interesting New From Varloa Source. A Leavenworth, Kas., November 7 dispatch says; One man was killed, live others dangerously wounded nnd twenty-six desperate convicts nro at large, as a result of a mutiny nt the site of the new United States prison, two miles southeast of here, where four hundred prisoners from tho fed eral prison, in charge of thirty armed guards, worn at work. When tho trouble began tho rebel lious prisoners had only two revolvers. These hnd" been secreted In ono of tho walls of tho building by sotno un known person. There nro two walls partly completed and the remainder of tho site of tho building is surrounded by a high wooden stockado. Ous Park crof Ardmore, Indian Territory, ono of tho ringleaders of tho "mutiny, under pnHcuseoi , v, wmu "'" armed with target rifles, pistols, and Sf'h' '2S;.lWhr. l t,WH t!.ey.r5o chase! either of tho cover of some weeds secured them i without being detected. Attempted Murder nnd Suicide. In a quarrel Johh Grott of North Platto, Neb., probably fatally stabbed his wife with a pen knife nnd then tried to kill himself with the saino knife, cuttlnir his throat In two places, but his wounds nro not fatal. Grott Is a grain buyer from lawn, who went to North Platto several years ago to run the "E. W." ranch, but during the past year ho had been drinking considerable liquor and re cently moved to North Platte. Ho had been intoxicated most of thu time for tho past four months nhd had been quarreling with his wife. It is charged that ono Fred Qbrccht, a baker in the Star restaurant, had been visiting the houso and Grott became suspicious and ordered him out. .Grott's wife Is to bo come a mother and Grott, It Is alleged, denies the parentage Jenkins Defeat McLead. Tom Jenkins won thc,catch-as-catch-can championship of the world in Cleveland. O., in the presence of six thousand enthusiastic spectators when he defeated Dan Lcoad, an opponent who gave him tho severest struggle of his wrestling career. McLcod won tho first fall in thirty-nine minutes with a half Nelson. This round was a dashing exhibition of wrestling and tho men fought each other llko tigers. Jenkins secured tho second fall qulto quite easily with a halt Nelson. The third fall, won by Jenkins, was a half Nelson and lasted for nearly thirty minutes, being pretty much a repeti tion of the first fall. The bout was for a purse of 82,500 and tho championship. 1.1 Hung Chang Dead. A Pekln dispatch says: Tho end of LI Hung Chang was quiet. Ills vitality slowly ebbed until for a tlmo ho lost consciousness, but ho showed great tenacity, became scml-consclous, par took of nourishment nnd appeared to recognize her relatives.' The foreign doctors left him saying that nothing more could bo done. Ills personal physician, Dr. Watt, then took charge. Tho controversy betwoon tho foreign and Chinese doctors had no effect on the patient, because he was already beyond hope of recovery. named to Death. Mrs. Julius Ynnkeo was burned to denth and her husband seriously burn ed In a flro which damaged In thelt ho ic at Chicago. Yankee, who lived on tho top floor of the building with his wife, was boiling tar In a pot on his stove. Tho tar ran over nnd down upon tho floor, igniting tlu woodwork and Bcttpng flro to Yan kee's clothing. Inker efforts to nld hor husband, Mrs. Yankee was en veloped In flames, and when found by neighbors was beyond nld. Yankee was taken to a hospital, End of the Schley Trial. After sittings covering forty days, nnd with a record which, -when com pleted, will cover about 2,000 pages, the Schley court of Inquiry adjourned Its last public session. To Captain S. 0. Lemly, tho judgo advocate, hadbeon assigned tho duty of making tho clos ing argument In the ensp, and boor nftnr tin lintl rnmnlotad his sneech Ad mlral Dowey' bringing Ills gavel dowr upon tho flat table, said: There being no furtherbuslncss th court adjourned." ltlo Orande Strike. Tho switchmen on tho Denver -fc Rio Grande have declared a general strlko and tho men in Denver, Pueblo and somo other places are out. Recognlr nltlon of the union ts involved. Tbree Trainmen Cruihed to Death. Three tralnmcnt nil of Springfield, wero killed in tho 'Frisco road's yards in north Springfield In a collision be twecn a switch engine nnd a double header. Tho swlt iman was so badly mangled that It was necessary to pick him up in pieces. Holdup are Killed. News has reached Blsbce, Ariz., of tho killing of Llpo Ship and the wounding of Ed Meus at Noco, Ariz., bylDeputy Sheriff Ellis, as they wero in tho uct of holding np a saloon. TURN THE TABLES Kansas Officers Captured by the Escaped Convicts. fOURTKN OF THEM STILL AT LARGE DUaMron Fire nt llttttr, Nch., -Bena-tion nt Eagle Non-l'nlonUt Murder edat Han KrancUco Other New , of Importance. Sheriff Cook of Topeka, Kas., and Deputy Sheriff Williams were captured by tw o escaped convicts from the Fort Leavenworth military prison nt Pau line, tlve miles south of Topeka, and hold prisoners in the farm house of a man named Wooster for several hours. The convicts escaped between a line of pollee sent from Topeka to reinforce the sheriff, and nro now nt large. Uoth men were slightly wounded. Wcostcr was badly wounded by ono of the convicts when he tried to tire on them. Mrs. Wooster and Sheriff Cook were held lefore the contlcts as a shield by the prisoners In making their esenpe. A posse Is in pursuit. Somo farmer boys near Paulino, learned that tho convicts were In the neighborhood. Hastily forming n posse ,. . . , , , .,. ,.- unable to make a stnnd, Later Sheriff Cook aud Deputy Williams nrrlvcd. Coming up on the convicts both ofllcers fired, wounding them but not dis abling them. None of the fourteen escaped convicts from Fort Leavenworth prls.ni at lib erty last evening have been captured, although armed guards and eltlcns kept up a steady hunt nil day. Last evening three of the prisoners held up and robbed a man near Man hattan, Kan., but escaped, and nil trace of thjm was lost. One of tho meu Is beloved to bo Frank Thompson the notorious negro leader of the mu tiny. At the prison, .John Green, a white convict who was wounded Fri day at Nortouvlllo when two of his comrades, were killed by citizens, suf fered the niupututlott of his leg. Ho will recover. ' ALLEGES CONSPIRACY General Duller Threatens to ICipose What He Say I a l'lot. General Duller considers himself the victim of a South African conspiracy and threatens to unmask his assailants Unlike General Roberts, who rallied the political as well as tho military forces In South Africa and did not make an enemy except when compelled to criticise .subordinate generals and ofllcers, Gcnernl Buller lacked flexibil ity in dealing with men and excited much opposition- At Westminister Buller's friends now assert that ho will vindicnto his reputation by ex posing the machinations of the cons pirators who have been traducing him and telling tho secret history of tho Jameson raid and other operations. Alleged Honethtof Held. Tho authorities of Laramie, Wyo., believe they liavo in custody ono of tho boldest and most successful criminals in tho west in the person of William G. Churchill, who Is awaiting trial on thu charge of stealing six horses from Cook brothers, contractors, who work ed on the big reservoir near Lookout last fall. Churchill has been photo grtphed and tho likenesses have been scat erjd throughout tho country. Wh a Churo'illl was arrested at Grand Encampment recently ho had in his possession the six stolen horses and exhibited a big roll of bills which are bell ved to be counterfeit, as a trunk ho owned was found to contain a largo number of letters from eastern makers of counterfeit money. Churchill is known to have sailed under a number of names In Utah, Colorado, Nebraska and the Dakotas, in which states, it is believed, ho carried on extensive oper ations DUclpJJno Awulta Dr. Walker. The pension bureau is investgating utterances attributed 'to Dr. Mary Walker, ex-army nurse, who hns worn masculine nttire in recent years and who is alleged to havo called tho exe cution of Czdlgosz, tho lato President McKlnloy's assassin, n murder and tho president himself a murderer on ac count of his policy In tho Philippines. A special examiner of tho pension of fice is at Osowego investigating tho re port nnd his report will bo kept on fllo for congress. Kaglo Ha a Hematlon. The mystery surrounding tho finding of tho two-weoks'-old girl baby at Englo on tho John Summer porch lias been olenrcd up. Mrs. Cole, mother of tho baby finally confessed to having left it there early in tho morningr. Sho took the baby down to tho Summer homo, where sho loft it. When found tho child was wrapped in a shawl and had other clothing on. It was badly chilled by the night air. Decperado Captured. John Rose, tho man suspected of the robbery of an express car on tho Great Northern railroad near Wagner, Mont., July 3 last, and who was arrested in St. Louis by detectives, was identified ns Harry Longbough, a celebrated western desperado. Tho Identification wasmadobya St. Loulslan, who de sires hlB name withheld from publica tion. Ho was prosecuting attorney of Uoolc county, Wyoming, In 1887, and prosecuted Longbough in that year on a chargo of horse stealing. ITALIANS IN AMERICA They Are Well Treated A Forecast- al tit Mnrtlnelll' Httrceiinr. Itishop Scalnbrlnl, who was dele gated by tho pope to prepare a reporl on the condition of tho Italian iminli grants In tho Uultod States, will rc turn to Homo, Italy. Ho says ho Is de lighted with the reception nnd thoenro of Italians In this country, and that his roport will bo favorable. Ho said that Archbishop Dlmedio Fakonlo will Biiccecd Cardinal Mnrtlnelll. Tho bishop has visited ninny mission houses of tho Italians during his visit here, and has closely Investigated tho condition of thu poor Italians. Ho Mild! "1 have been hero long enough to lenrn that tho Italian Is given a fair chance to mnko his living. 1 think that if ttio Itatlaiiit who como to this country would go to tho smaller lowns they would stand a batter chnnco of getting along. Tho Invariably Hock to the large cities." CANAL TO CUT EUROPE. llussta I'repnrlng to Join the Illack Hea With the llaltlc. The Russian government is spending Inrge sums of money at Kherson, on the Black sea, to prepare a southern terminus of tho Riga-Black sea canal. For many years plans have been ma turing for this enterprise. Riga is on tho Gulf of Riga, In the province of Livonia, aud lies directly east of Stock holm, on the Baltic sea. Kherson Is at the mouth of thu Dnclpcr river. The canal will give nn nil-water Inland route across Russia and enable vessels to pnss from St. Petersburg to northern ports of Asln Minor without passing through English waters. Rus sia's Influence In Turkey In Asia will bo grently augmented by tho canal. Non-Union Man Murdered. Otto M. Ekbcrg, n non-union team ster of San Francisco, was murdered by an unknown man. Ekbcrg was struck on tho head with a gas plpo and killed nlmost Instantly. Tho only witness to tho murder wns Mrs. Aunn Miller, She does not think sho would be able to identify the murderer. Dur ing n recent strike In that city Ekborg aud another non-union teamster were attacked by twenty or more union teamsters. In defending themselves Ekbcrg and his friend shot into the crowd wounding ono of the union men slightly. It Is thought this occurrence supplied the motive for the murder. Disastrous Fire nt llutte, A special from Butte, Nob., says: Flro was discovered in the rear of Schcincst'B saloon, nnd before getting it under eontrol ten buildings in tho heart of tho town wero destroyed. Only the hardest work saved the entire business portion. Tho flro wns evidently of incendiary orltrln and search is being made A stranger said he would get oven with the town over semo financial griev ance. The buildings burned wero all frame and burned like tlndor. New and hotter buildings will bo erected right away. Not a hotel or restaurant is left in tho town. The total loss will perhaps reach 850,000. Krueger' Arbitration Ethic. A Johannesburg financial house has just had a remarkable chat with ex President Krugcr about South African prospects. Tho cx-presldent's talk was allot arbitration, which ho declared to bo the only satisfactory way of end ing tho 'war. When asked what ho would do If arbitration was offered, ho replied that such an offer was impossi ble. It could not happen, But, assum ing for tho moment that it might, be added: "Wo should take up arms if arbitra tion went against us. We would never suffer tho results of arbitration If those results were unjust and wrong. Flrit McKlnley Monument. To tho village of Tower, Minn., be longs the honor of having erected the first monument in honor of William McKlnley, tho assassinated president. Thousands of people from all over tho state, and In fact tho entire northwest, were on hand nt the unveiling, which took placo November 10, Tho little town was crowded with visitors and Governor Van Sant and other men of promlncnco wero present In honor of tho day. When tho monument was unveiled all the bands that Tower and the surrounding country could muster played together "Nearer, My God, to Thee." ' Law and Order League at Manhattan. At Manhattan a union mass meeting of nil tho churches was held In tho auditorium for tho purpose of estab lishing a law and order league. Speech es were made by Instructors from tho State Agricultural collego and minis ters. Mayor J. K. Miller npoko. Near ly 1,500 wero present. The collego brass band played. Karthquake In Italy. Several uudcrgrpund tremblings cul minated in n severo earthquake shook nt Brcscl, Italy, November 0. Tho in habitants wero panic-stricken and fled to tho streets. A number of buildings wero damaged, but no fatalities were reported. Suipect Arretted, Tho discovery of a blood-bespattered , basement at 103 North Union avenue, Chicago, and tho arrest of its occu pant, Felipo Rlni, nn Italian fruit ped dler, is bellovcd to solvo tho mystery surrounding tho death of Antonio Natnll. Natall's body was found In n barrel on tho prairie. In tho pocket of Rlnl was found 8300, mostly in bills, supposed to bo a part of tho proceeds of tho robbery. Some of the bills were blood stained. A RUNNING FIGHT Escaping Convicts at Leaven worth, Kan., Captured. WHOLE COUNTRY IS BEING SCOTRED Fraur and Turkey Nettle Their Dispute Acrobat Killed Uncle Hara'l Oold Mine Other New of Mora Let Importance. A fed ven worth, Kas., November 8 dispatch says: All tho police, deputy sheriffs and farmers in tho country ad jacent to Leavenworth were on the lookout for tho twenty-six federal con victs who escaped from the stockade November 7. As a result two convicts havo been killed, two wounded and five captured unhurt. The casualties took placo In n fight near Nortonvlllc, Kas., and resulted in tho death or cap ture of five men. Two unarmed convicts were found hiding in a ravine on a farm near Jarbalo, Kas., and they, surrendered withaut resistance. Tho sheriff of Douglas county has captured two con victs at Lawrence, Kas. Tho convtcts captured at Lawrence wcroOlo Baho, n half-breed Iadtan, nnd Joseph H. Dekln, a soldier serv ing a term for desertion and assault to kill. Frank Thompson, the negro desperado, who led tho outbreak, Is supposed to be nenr Lawrence heavily armed. Ho will probably not bo taken alive. Five of tho twenty-six convicts who escaped from tho stockade of the new federal prison have been accounted for. It dovelops that tho mutiny wan hatched 6ovcral mouths ago, but that tho man had never found a favorable opportunity to carry it. into effect un til recently. Tito general plan waa not now. but it proved effective because of limited number of guards. Maccaleea Will Not Lose. It now transpires that tho Fidelity and Doposlto company of Maryland,, which carried thu bond of Charles D.j Thompson, tho self-confessed default ing supremo finance keeper of the su premo of tho Knights of Maccabees, before being released last July ls.stlll liable for any loss which tho order may, havo sustained by defalcation. Repre sentatives of tho company, it is said, havo informed Maccabee officials that' tho Iosb will bo paid. Therefore it is now probablo that Thompson will be arrested. This wan indicated from a talk with officials and the arrest will como as a result of the conference of K. O. T. M., trustees and representa tives of the bouding company. J . It was announced that Thompson's shortago was 800,000 instead of .857, OoO. In relation to the Maryland Fi delity company's risk, it said that' when that company assumed the bond of Thompson a clause was inserted In tho bond providing that if a defalca tion was discovered within six months' fromreleaso tho company would ba held liable. ' Fatal Accident. In New York Mrs. Archibald S.t White,' wife of the president of the ' National Salt company, was found ' dead in the bathroom of her residence. Mrs. White lost her life as the result of a most unusal accident. A slip on the floor of the bathroom caused her to fall backwards, her head striking the edge of a marblo .basin fracturing her skull. Mrs. White was' about forty years old. One child, a daughter , eight years old survive Ik , Acrobat Killed. Embark Bcnhady.twenty-threo years old, an Arabian acrobat, was Instantly killed at tho Howell street station c tho Philadelphia, Wilmington & Balti more railroad, by an express train.) Bcnhady lived in New York, aud waa one of four brothers who have Just, completed a season with Pawnee Blll'a show. Tho show was going into win ter quarters, and in getting off the train tho Arabian stepped in front of tho express. Unelo Sam's Oold Mine. A ledgo of freo milling gold ore was struck whilo grading foundation for! tho United States federal building at' Helena, Mont., which is now under dcr construction. Tho ledge is a very" strong one of Iron-strained quartz.coa tnlnlng frco milling gold. The gov ernment, when letting tho contract fo? tho government building, explicitly stipulated that any finds of mineral' made by tho contractors should go to tho government, Disappeared VHh 8,ee. At Bow street court, London, H. St. John DIx was charged, on a provision al warrant, with larceny committed In tue uuiieu mates. , ,'t It is alleged thao ho ho obtained con- jV 4,1 l ,. .... . . . i-lb i ui win-a mimes in mo bl&ie OZ. Washington In lfinfl. nnd 4hnt.l,a tnl $ quently wrecked tho Scandinavian-' $7 American bank at Whatcom. Wash.." F,ff and disappeared with over 88,000, Sultan, Yield. France has secured a complete tri umph in Turkish disnute. The foralo-a Oftleo llSS received ndvlnon nnnmmnlno 'rH .- . ym umi, mo suuan lias yieiuca to the en tire demands formulated by tlie 1'roncb. government and only tho question o4r,,7l tion of of the form regarding tho execution of the J,fy engagements remains to be settled Hm This may bo dono within two or threa aays. xnen Admiral Calllard will ret, unquisu nis occupation on the of Mltylcnc. fM r. -i n' M ii it ! :&l :' '. Ii v xl M , k V,J jfcl ; lii island ' : ffl V tf itt?m'&m&ti 3jvr yw Mi-ifek ShWl "V JJ. ij,r