h" H-gM fc-nKlJg'flMWW"fcAV'wftwt"a til l (k (L S? ) fc r M t J SHOT BY BLiRdLAR Murder and Attempted Robbery In Kansas Town. COMPANION OF DEAD MAN ESCAPES lliubmid Quickly Aicnge Hip Foul Deed Tramp" Work nt Fremont -far wetl I lim n lltaxc Other Nnni) of Intercut. At Central City, u mining eninp, llireo miles wist of Gulcun, Kiih., Mrs. h. u Kramer, wife of it tnercluint, was shot dead In her bed by Ed Watklns, a town tough ,who bad entered t lit; house for the purpose of robbery. Mr. Kra mer then shot ami killed Watkins. Watklns hail formerly been employed by Kramer in tins hitter's general store. Kramer had disposed of considerable property in town and wan aeeompanled homo by Wutkins. Mrs. Kramer was awakened during the night and found Watklns standing over the bed and olutiug a revolver at her. She managed to exclaim; "Why, Ed, you wouldn't hurts us would you?" when Watkins without paying heed to her plea, fired, the ball entering Mm. Kramer's temple and killing her instantly. Kramer arose by his wife's side and fired three times at Watkins, each ball taking effect. ' After Kramer's first shot Watkins called to his partner, who was in the adjoining room: "Ed, do yonr duty." , Then Watkins died without speaking another word. His pal, whose idenity is unknown, escaped. Kram'crvs little suvcntcen-umuths'-old girl was sleeping between him nnd his wife when the mother was shot. Jeffrie nn Eay Winner. In one of the most unsatisfactory prize fights ever witnessed in this country, James J. Jeffries proved the victor nt San Francisco over tlus Ituh lin, the Akron glaut. In the fifth round, of what was to havo boon a twenty-round struggle, Huhllu wilted and then surrendered to his peer to the utter amazement and disgust of the as sembled thousands. No one wns more surprised at the outcome than Jeffries himself, who asserted that while he had delivered one telling blow in the second round,did not expect to win the victory so easily. lluhliu's sole expla nation of the outcome of the fight is that he received a chance blow which utterly disabled him and that Jeffries persisted in fighting him low. Trunin Attempt! Arnault. A tramp named Charles Uailcy, who came to Fremont in company with sev eral others of his kind from Omaha, is charged with attempting a criminal assault upon Mrs. William Hllcy. He followed her, she says,on her way homo and a dark corner near a livery barn tried to overpower her. She screamed and made such a vigorous resistance that he was unable to prevent her es cape. Mrs. Jttley ran to the door of the livery stable nnd got inside just ns MattHcald, who was sleeping there it ml who had been aroused from his slumbers by her cries of distress and the man's threats to kill her If she did not remain quiet was about to open the door. In the police court hearing the tramp was identified bv Mrs. Itilcy, and was bound over to thc.district court in ktlic bum of $300. Fire, ut 1'iirivoll. The largo elevator at Fnrwell, Neb., lK'longlng to the Jaqucs Grain com pany was totally destroyed by fire. The blaze wag first descovcrcd at a few minutes before midnight, and In less than half an hour the entire struc tuto was in ruins. The building con tained about 8,000 bushels of wheat and 1,000 bushels of rye, most of which had been placed' there only a short tlmo before. That the fire was of In cendiary origin is certain. Fire In Itlce County. II. C. nodgsou, ljving in Rice coun ty, Kas.. sustained a 810,000 fire loss. Hu lost his barn, costing 81,000, six head of horses, four cows, 3,000 bush els of wheat, i.'0,000 gallons of cider, 200 tons of alfalfa hay, besides wagons, machinery nud everything in and near the barn. Ho carried only 81,000 in surance. ' Hunt by Cable to Munlla. President's Roosevelt's Thanksgiving proclamation was cabled to Manila to be pulished in the Philippine islands. It was found that the proclamation could not be mailed to the Philippines in time, nnd it wns held until the new arrangement reducing cable tolls about one-third went Into effect. Inaann BTan Kill Illmioir. Oscar Irsacl, thirty-five years old, of Eau Claire, Wis., shot, his wifo witli n Winchester rifle and then fired a bullet through his own head. Mrs. Israel will recover, but her husband died im mediately. Ho Is believed to have been temporarily insane. A Twenty I'onnil Radish. Superintendent Bell of the poorfarm brought to the Ottawa Hardware Co. a specimen of radish grown from seed obtained of them. It wns n monster, measuring twenty-five inches in cir cumference, und weighing twenty pounds. llursa Htolen Jfenr I.uwrcncc. A horse was stolen from C. F. Stan ley near Lawrence recently. This is taken as an indication that some of tlio escaped federal prisoners nro btlll in that part of the couutry, WAS PARTIALLY INSANE An Adnitro .TolntUt Create n Relirii of Terror. William II. Powell, the notorious Admire, Kas., jolntist, has. after along search by tlio ofllcers, lauded In Lyon county jail. Powell ran a joint at Ad mire," in the northern part of this county. Ho was arrested, but disap peared while under lioml. Recently be returned to Admire, armed with a shot gun and revolver. Powell threatened to kill the first person that attempted bring him to justice. He also started, after several citizens of the town who went chief promoters in the case against him. There was a general scat tering and much excitement. Empo ria olllcers were wired. They finally captured Powell without li fight. He will lie tried in a few nays. 11 is thought ho is partly insane. HER SHARE IS $400,000. An Ksttmate of the DcForent Ii.hcrl- (mice Ity the, Attorney. 11. P. Wagencr has returned from New York, where he went to represent Mrs. M. F. DeForestof Atchison, who is one of the heirs to the estate of the late Hciuy Dolan, the ilrooklyn mill llonnlre. lie says that after a personnl invcstlrntlon he believes the estate to Iks worth 32,100,000, of wlilcli .Mrs. ne ForeBt will receive alsnit 8400,000, or property of that value. The figures arc on estimates of New Yorkers, among them (leorgc Mould, who says that the property is Increasing in value at the rate of from 5 to 111 per cent an nually. Trie to I'rove mi Alibi. In the preliminary hearing of W. C. Johnson nt Wlnricld, Kas., charged with Itho murder of Montgomery, the Santa Fo detective, the state attempted to break down his alibi; Mrs. Mary H row ii, Mrs. Jessie Moore, and J. W. Mcndcnhull testified to seeing Johnson on Mnln street bet wean 7 and 8 o'clock the night of the murder. The wit nesses for the defense had testified that he did not leave the house at all that evening. Spurron ln Humane. The myriads of English sparrows that make their home in Fort Scott and vicinity have become, a pest and there Is agitation of a proposition to exterminate them hj some means or other. The complaint comes princi pally from farmers whoso places adjoin the city. The destruction of crops by these birds this year is very material. Many acres of cane seed are known to have been eaten by them. llettinny's President Decorated. Large crowds marked the closing and most important day of Hcthnny college anniversary nt Llndsborg, Kns. Tlio meetings were addressed by Gov crnor Stanley, Bishop Von Sclicclc and others. Dr. Carl Swensen, president of the college, was decorated with the order of the Northern Star, an honor from King' Oscar of Sweden conferred by his representative, Bishop Von Schcclc. Killed by n ltull. Amos llloodgood, of Wichita, Kns., a negro, was gored by n vicious bull and died a few moments after be wan taken to his home. He bad staked the bull, a large, full grown Durham, upon a small lot of whcat,awhen the animal charged and llloodgood wni gored. The bellows of the bull attracted u man passing, and he stunned the ani mal by blows with an ax. Child Found the Liquor. The llve-vcar-old son of Elijah liar ber, an employe at the cement plant, died at Iola, Kas., of alcoholism. The boy fonml a half-pint of whisky In the houso when he arose In tho morning. He drained the flask, Inserted the cork nnd went back to bed. The liquor completely prostrated him, nnd in spite of the doctors tlio boy died. The body sill be taken to Berwick, Mo. Will Destroy Miior. Sheriff llrooks was ordered by Judge Margrave to public destroy a lot ol liquor which ho recently seized at the Henry Neubauer place, upon a warrant issued for its arrest. Thcro are ten gallons of whisky, two eases of wines, Holland gin, fancy mixtures and liquored fruits in tho lot. Sheriff llrooks will pour tho liquor out of the north window of his office at thu court bouse. Nulrldo a Kuusun'N Defense. The lawyers of William Klnsmire, of Oskaloosa, Kns., charged with thu mur der of his wife, are preparing a very strong defense. They will endeavor to show by expert testimony that the bruises on the body were innde after death and that the appearance of the body nnd the condition of tho internal 'orgaus when found indicated that death had been caused by hanging. Was n Iiyou County Vloneer. Mnhon Stout, one of Lyon county's oldest settlers, died at his home west of Emporia, Mr. Stout moved to Kan sas in 1858 from North Curoliun, .and, had lived on thu same farm ever since. He leaves a large family and many friends. fight at Wlntleld. Dr. Tom Rude, a prominent physl- .clan of Iturden, Kns., was. seriously in jured in a light recently. Hen i- rnnu lln, a restaurant keeper, threw a hatchet through a window, striking llude in tho fnco, cutting n deep gush. Mnteorlo Hhovrer In ArUonn. A meteoric shower of greiit'brilllaucy nud considerable length occurred at Phoenix, Ariz., November 10. Tlie shower continued half an hour and during that time moro than two hun dred meteors were counted. WAS NOTHING IN IT Washington Authorities Investi gate Smsllpox Scare. RIVAL TRADERS AT HOMER AT f AULT Two Men llnrlril Under Molten Mlag nt Homestead, l'n. Sehujler I'lijulelnii linn (Her by Curs Yonnic I-nily In Aeelilentnlly Nttot The smallpox scare which certain parties in the vicinity of Homer, Da kota county, Neb., would have the commissioner of Indian affairs believe to be a serious matter, has lost some of Its significance. Senator Dietrich, upon tint lequest of Honierltes. pre sented a petition setting out the immi nent peril of their families by reason of the roving Ouialin and Winnebago Indians, who were smallpox convales cents or had become infected. The commissioner took prompt action with a view to raising thn desired quaran tine. Senator Millard transmitted to the Indian office counter petitions and remonstrances. by mcrcluuitsof Homer, stating that smallpox among the In dians had lceomo quiescent three months ago, and hence there Is no ne cessity for n quarantine. THE ZENITH ROUTE Completion of a line I.lne to theSJulh- w est h Marvel In Western Itnllwny Kxpnnslon. With the dawn of W0') the Chicago, Hock Island & Pacific will open Its new line to Texas and the great South nud Southwest. This new line is tin extension of the branch of the Hock Island, extending to Liberal, in the southwest corner of Knnsns. Tne extension from Liberal runs in nn almost straight line to El Paso, Texas, the terminus. The dis tance from Liberal to El Pnso is 45'J miles. A remarkable piece of railroad construction is to be found on this ex tension, being a perfectly straight piece of track, without a curve, for the distance of V-ii miles, thus becoming tliclongCit plow of straight track In North A'.nc?!:a. With the completion of tills new ex tension, the Hock Island will become a greater and more potent factor in the railroad world. It will not foly ndd ninny miles to its already largo mile age, but It will give to the Hock Island the, "Short. Line," over its own tracks, from Chicago to El Paso, Texas, nnd with the connecting lines nt El Paso, will become the "Short Line" between Kansas City and the Pacific Coast, as well as between Chicago and tunny important points In Texas and Mexico. At the present time two gangs, com prising several hundred men and teams, arc working with all posslblu speed to ward each other from either end of the route. Those on the north have about seventy-five miles further to go before reaching Santa Hosa, the meeting ' point; while those building northward from El Paso arc nearer by some few miles to the goal. It is expected that they will meet each other during tho latter part of December of this year, and whnt time rcinnins of 1001 will bo niployed In putting on thu finishing touches to this imtnenso extension, which will mnke the Great Hock Island tho "abort lino" between tho .Middle West and the South. NEW GUN A FAILURE Falls to Do What tho Intentor Claimed tar It. The test of tho Gathmnnn gun nnd shell took plnco November 15 at the nrmy proving ground on Sandy Hook, Now York, anil resulted in a failure. The shell did no material damago to tho target. Thu failuro of Inventor Gathmnun's theory Is ascribed by him to an imperfect detonation of the fuse in the interior of the shell. The' army officers, however, claim that they have found convincing proof to the contrary and say that everything in connection with the test was ns perfect as it was possible to make it in accordance with tho inventor's ideas. Tho board has decided to give a second trial ,to which the inventor is entitled. Tho second Gathman shell for the test will bo over hauled in tho presence of Mr. Gath man for the purpose of guarding against imperfections. On tho other hand tho test made later with tho reg ulation gun was n complete success. Ilotoinen Attack Company K. Company E of the Nintli Infantry, Captain P.. II. Shocffel, was attacked by fifty bolomen nnd several insurgents armed with rifles nt a point six miles from Taranguan, in the Island of Sa paar. Tho insurgents rled to rush the Americans, but failing to accomplish their purpose, they quickly broko and scattered. The men of tho Ninth had corporal and scout killed and one private wounded. Sixteen of the bolomen were killed. W U- riflemen escaped 'Connecticut. Connecticut chose delegates to the First constitutional convention to be held In the state since 1818. Of tho 108 towna in the state, 105 have been heard from, showing that republican dele gates were elected in 103, democrats in forty-four and citizen or non-par tlsnii in sixteen. Didn't Know It Was Lsadort. Clarence Yarn, ot Dcs Moines, la., aged thirteen years, was shot in thu head by his brother Herbert while playing with a revolver not known to bo loaded, Ho cannot recover. THREE MILLIONS TO SETTLE The llumilo Kipoaltlon I'lnd Itself That Much In tho Hole. The directors of the Pan-American Exposition Company nnd a number of creditors, says u liuffnlo, N. Y., dis patch, conferred and listened to tho reading of thu financial report of tbfc company ns prepared by the nmlitov. Tlio report shows the total liabilities of tlie company at the present time to ba&V!?iMlt net, assuming Hint the as sets of SI,llin,1.M are collectible at a face Milne. The company owes for op erating expenses and on construction work 8577,111., which Item Is, of course, embodied In the figure of total liabili ties An interesting fact s'own by tlio ro. port is the total cost to the exposition comp.iliy of the exposition. The cost, ncconllng to the report, wns SS,8(J0,757. Thu total receipts from admissions after May 1 were S3, l7,0rtrt and the re ceipts from concessions were 83,0ii,522. The balance due to first mnrtgago bondholders Is 8181,070 and to second mortgage bondholders 8500,000, both of which are Included in the liabilities as given above. tnry Aciiilt Anderson. Tho jury in tho Anderson case brought in a verdict of acquittal. W. W. Anderson, a Inwyerof Denver, Colo,, shot 11. 11. Tninmcn and F. 0. HoaUls, proprietors of the Denver Post, about ayenrandn half ago. Thu shooting occurred in the private offices of the owners of thu paper, nnd for a time it was thought Hontlls would not recover from his wounds. He survived them, however. Tnmmen only reiclved slight wounds. Anderson was tried three times, the first two trials resulting in divided juries. The, trial just closed was merely n formal preseiita'ion of the recorded evidence given In the previous trials and argument of coun sel, thu idea to have n new jury sit in tlie eas . Iturled Under Molten His. nrin . dead and two seriously One burned Is the result of a party of work men being buried under a mnss of mol ten sing nt the Howard axle works at Homestead, Pennsylvania. Tho nccldcnt occurred on the cinder dump back of the compnnys plant ' The victims were engaged in collecting scrap w hen a party of workmen at thu topofthe dump nbout twenty feet ubove dumped their enr over the edge not knowing that the men were direct ly beneath them. The car contained about eight tons of slag, n great part of which was red hot and much of it in a molten stage. Voiinnr I.ady Accidentally Shot. Miss Hannah Hnsebrock, a young lady living with her father, Gerhard Hascbrock, seven miles northwest ol Scribncr, Neb., met with an accident at her home which may result In death. She was engnged in household duties and started to empty nn ash pan, go lng out of doors through np entry way seldom used, when a shotgun standing behind the door fell against her. Thn hammer or trigger in some way caught and tho load wns discharged into her right limb just below tho body. Tho charge spread about four inches and carried flesh and bone with It. rromliient l'hyslclan Killed. Dr. Shncffer, one of tho oldest phy sicians in Schuyler, Nob., was run over by u west-bound Union Pacific passen ger und killed instantly. His body wns lltcaally torn Into fragments. Farts of it were earr cd several rods. His residence- was in tho north part of town across tho track from tho bus! ness portion. Ho wns on his way home from town, nud getting behind tljo mill did nut discover tho coming truin. He leaves his family well p rovidcr with life Insurance. Famous Hope Dltimond. The report that thu famous Ho pa bluo diamond is returning to New York is correct. It is in thu possession of a member of a New York firm on his way there from London. Tho heir loom was sold by order of the master in chancery. It is said that thu piico paid for thu diamond was half a mill ion dollars. The diamond weighs forty-four and one-fourth karats und wns purchased by Henry Hope in 1830 fot 800,000. CavannucH Wins Walking Match. Of the twenty-two starters In the six day go-as-you-plcaso match at Pitts, burg, Pa., only nine were in at tlio fin; ish of tho grind. Eight of tho men nro entitled to share in the receipts. Tho final scores: Kavnnaugh, 500 miles, 11 laps; Ilarns 478 miles, 4 laps; Shclton, 433 miles; Morcraan, 411 miles; Dean, 413.0; Locs Icin, 374.4, Hcgclmau, 305; Day, 355.18; llarcluy, 350.3. dives Deer to the County. J. 0. Stevens of Saline, Kas., an nounces that ho will donate to Oak dale park his drove of deer, providing that the commissioners maku sultablo arrangements for their custody and Mr. Stevens purchased thu buck and doe In Russcli county two years ago, and since tken a young doc has been added to the flock. Interior Department Kxpendltnres. The estimates for tho expenditures of the Interior department during tho fiscal year, beginning next July, ag gregate 8170,000,000, of which 8143, 101,300 Is asked for pensions and tho administrative work of ths pension bu reau, 1,005,730 being for salaries of tho bureau personnel nnd 8350,000 for tho investigations by special examiners of pension cases. Miss Mary E. Durigan, a teacher nt thu Cameron school near Cercsco died rather suddenly of typhoid fever. She was sick just aboutN a week. FATAL ACCIDENT Accidont On the Great Northorn In Montana. TEN DEAD AND MANY ARE INJURED Collide Wltti Frelctit .lipnncr. Work men tlie Victim Irlnh l.'nwiy Visit Washington F.lghl Hundred Miners on tlie Mitrcli. A wreck occurred on tho Groat Northern, near Hlnlr, Mont., 375 miles east of Great Falls, In which ten men lost their lives and twenty-tight others were seriously injured. An extra freight ran Into a work train, nud it was umoitgthoso on board the latter that tho terrible havoc was wrought, Forty-onu Japaueso labor crs were ulioard the work train, which was proceeding westward. It ex pected to meet tlie freight nt Colbert son. There Is a sharp curve near where thu trains met, and they were running nt a speed of twenty-five miles an hour. So great wns thn force of tho impact that the freight cars were thrown upon the top of the work train, which was piled high In a mass of wreckage. Almost immediately Humes broke forth nnd added to the horror of the scene. TO ESTABLISH A REPUBLIC. Miners Will Attempt to llicrthronr llrtt Ish Authority In thn Klondike. The San Francisco Call prints an un confirmed story from Skaguay, Alaska, under date of November 0, telling of tho discovery of what Is alleged to bo a huge conspiracy existing In Dawson, and ramifying to Sknguay, Victoria, Vancouver and Seattle, for tho over throw of the Northwest territory and the establishment of a republic at Daw son ns n capital, According to tlio de tails of the st- arms, ammunition und provisions ht been taken in over the railroad and cached at stagotle points. Prominent residents of Skng- nay are said to be ring leailers of the conspiracy. .Miners to mu uuiuucr of (5,000 urn said to await the summons to arms ready to fight for the indepen dence from Dominion rule of the gold fields, camps und low ns. The plan Is to overpower tho mounted police, nr rest the civil authorities and take tho government into their own hands. The rlurors of the arctic winter would irlvo J tlie insurgents sl uioiilhs immunity from attack by Canadian or HrltlHii troops and the iidvcnturoim Conspira tors hope for intervention or outsldo nssintnncc by the time of the melting of ice nud snow which will permit the invasion of their isolated republic. WANTS HER LANDS Queen Lit Visits thu State to Look Af ter Her Intercut. Former Queen Lilloukalaul, who ar rived in this country recently, Is com bining business nud pleasure, llesido seeking recovery of health she has come to consult with thu federal nu thorittcs1 relative to the crown lands in Hawaii. Thesu were sequestered by evolutionary government at tho tlmo the monarchy was overthrown and no attempt has since been made to reim burse her for thu loss of thu crown revenues, amounting to some $100,000 a year. The territorial ' legislature passed a bill appropriating Si'.'O.OOO for the crown 1 "ids, but President Dole vetoed the bill on the ground that there was not sulllclen. money In the treasury to pay It. Subsequently tho legislature offered to grant her a pen sion of 835,000 n year, but sho refused to accept the money for thu reason that t would place her on the list Of chnrltablcs, a step that was exceeding ly repugnant to her. Heforo thu nunuxatlou of thu islands she was advised by competent attor neys to submit her clulms to England for arbitration. The crown lands nro over u million ucrcs in extent and are worth about 815,000,000. (lavs Hack 800,000. Hack of a case just ended In ho Do Kalb county, 111., circuit court there is a story. A women possessed of considerable means married n man of that county. Shu gave him 800,000 as a wedding present, but they failed to agree. Sho sued for a divorce and thu court granted It, but thu unusual part of it all is that the husband re turned her money, dollar for dollar, and both parted on good terms. ,Thu principals In tho easo wcro John F Mack and Mrs. Daisy Mack. Irish Kntuys lit White House. The Irish parliamentary leaders who arc touring this country, agitating thu Irish cause, were given a special audi ence by President Itoosevult Nov. 10. Tho purty consisted of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Itedniond, 1 A. Mcllngh, Thomas O'Donncll, Miss Dalton of Australia, a sisicr of Mrs. Itcdmond, and Mr. and Mrs St. John Gaffncy of New York. Loot a Depot. Tho Hutchinscn, Kus,, Missouri Pa cific depot wus robbed. Dynamite cracked u wall in thu building. Tlio agent, who sleeps upstairs, was not wwnkencd by thu explosion, Ono of tlie robbers was found (lend with a bullet holu in bis heart and it Is not known who shot him. Drowned WIiIIm Hkatlnsr. Geo. Peacock and J nmes Campbell, two young men of Lowery, Minn., were drowned while skating. Peacock wns the only son of a prominent farmer. PRiSON GUARD'S COURAGE Wnldniic, Who Died nt I.eaveawturtb, Fefd Mliootliift- nt Convicts, J. 11. Wnldrupe, Iho federal peniten tiary guard who (lied of wounds re ceived when tho convicts escaped nt the new prison site, showed courage of marked degree when thu mutineers de manded Ids surrender. The convicts, with lilies, iH'gan shooting at him when they were 300 yards away. Ono got Into a ditch and aimed at him. Wahlrupo stood In the window of hU tower and fired at them when glass was breaking all around him. Ho was shot first hi the hip, but he continued to tire. Hn Is supposed to have killed Qultiu Fort, one of the convict lend ers. After n ball had entered Wnldrupo'ft forehead, he held to his gun. Ho re fused to give It up when n convict tried to tnlce it from him. Two convicts en tered hlsbov, One remained with him a few moments to protect htm, but af ter thu breach was madu In tho stock ado this convict left thu tower and joined thu other mutineers. Wnldrupe) was conscious after he was shot arid was able to tell what occurred. ADMITS HIS QUILT Albert City, la., Hank- Uobber Die t Ills Wounds. John Suudbland,wbo was shot In the battle with Oreenvillu bank rqbbcrant Albert City, In., died. Ills death re sulted from thu bullet in the yroln, peritonitis setting in. Ho suffered in tense agony and Ills dentil wan very sudden. Mr. Snndbland wan Obo of tho prominent citizens of Albert Olty, engaged in thu Hour und feed busi ness. He leaves a wife and throo small' children In rather pour circumstances., Hu was about thirty years of age. Countable. Lodlne, who also was shot in the groin, Is not resting, easily, and is in a critical condition. Thn robin-r who was shot, in thn stomach, died and dogedly refused to give his name or thu address of his! frluniR Thu ball passed through his' body, lleforeho died he admitted that, they roblwd tho bank nt Greenville. Sheriff Parker took tho negro and white, ninn to Storm Lake. They also admitted thu crime nud gave tho names of Jack Johns and Louis llrooks. ORGANIZE NEW PARTY. Chirac;" Union Laborers to Put Up Their Own Men. Inspired by thn success of tho union labor candidates in San Francisco and Hridgepnrt, Conn., tlio laboring men of Chicago aru to bo organized into a wage earner's party and will have their OW!) candidates for municipal and state offices. m This movement was started by the Chicago Federation of Labor. A meet ing of nil tho labor men of Chicago has been called for the first Munuay in ue cember, when a regular party organi zation will be perfected. According to present plnns, tho plat form will embody nothing but demands for tlie enforcement of thu claims of the union laborcrH. Tho candidate will bo union members nnd Ull'nppcala will be to men of that class. Ilnuk Italtled at Milan, Kas. Safublowurs raided Milan, Kas., and after entering every promlnont storo, niiioiifj- them tlio ono in which titer post office is located, wrecked tho safe and fixtures of the Milan Slato bank with dynamite. Two doom wcro' blown off tlie safe, but tho third, on which was the tlmo lock, resisted the forcu of tho oxploslvcs and citizens who' had been aroused by the noise, rushed into tho streets with shotguns and) drovu tlie robbers nwny 'before tlwy had secured any plunder. Hcllcving thu robbers were concealed in tho hank, u posso kept watch until daylight, when it was discovered they had es caped. Secreted in a vault in tho bank was 81,000, for which no search was made. As n result of tho raid tho rob bers secured but a few dollars, lllood hoiiuds from Wichita were taken to Milan, but they icfused to take tho scent and the pursuit of the men war abandoned. ArmUtlco ArriuiBod. In view of thu heavy rains in tho Cordilleras, an armistice of three weeks between the Venezuelan nnd Colombian troops on the frontier hns been ar ranged. Tho town of Cucuta (In Col ombia, near thu Venezuelan frontier) is inundated. ! Tim floods have caused great de struction and a number of live have been lost. In somo places the railroad front thu head of Maracalbo lake ie the interior is several yards under water. General Urlbe-Urlbo has boon called to Caracas and has gone to tho island on his way there. Work of Novices. ThuTulhtll Lumber Co. of Slonr Fulls, S. D., was advised that tho sals in its branch office at Fulton waa blown to pieces hy robbers, who ae on red 8135 in cash and notes 'aggre gating several thousand dollars. T robhery is supposed to have been the work of novices as black i powder was used in blowing open the safe. Officers are in pursuit of the suspected parties.! Four Million Vent of Lumber Horned. A fire in the east tramway of the Keystono Lumber Company, at Ash land, Wis,, destroyed four million ft a', lumlicr, part of tho dock and tram way and tint tugboat Keystone. Tfe loss is estimated nt Sio(i,HK). n.l T I n ii ii ... Tlireo liable Ilurnetl. Three children of Muck lllalock; cols oreil, the oldest four years, wore barn- ed to death In Wake county, North. Carolina, Nov. 8. Their parents loekr ed them In their house whllo the) went nyvay lo work. i ' J l I f - ' r ' f X 3 M i ii jm fWM 4 S 9" V) .' '?; 1 &'jV W ibi ftitfttiVisti i.i ar it-ajiti-u r. . art ---- Mlif MpiHl.lMiMsWt-Ui a n W in 9-awV-fc' srtWr pr-r55 "nyeprtiipamrtMtiiiiiiiir&i