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WILL STAY OUT M Miners Refuse to Act on Presi dent's Proposition THEIR VOTE IS UNANIMOUS (emphatically Decide to Tight to llio Last Preldent Mitchell Mukui Harried Trip to Now York Other New of Interest Minora voted practically unnnl rnoiiBly to continue tho strllcc. President Mlehell went to New York, whom ho hold a long conference with Bonatora Quay nnd Penrose. Nono of the- gentlemen would discuss thu moet log. Entlro national guard of Pcnnsylvn tila now encamped In mlnlni; regions. LHUo disorder followii 'arrival. Presidents of coal roads refuse to confer with manufacturer.')' association. Suit against coal roads to begin at bllAdclphla. GOO A Wllkcsbarro, To., Oct. 8, dispatch Bays: Unless President Mlchell's hur ried visit to Now York henrs fruit thu end of tho mine workers' strike hcciiis a long way off and the prospect of suf ficient coal being mined to satisfy the public demnnd Is extremely poor. Evory local union of tho miners' or ganization through the hard co.il belt held special meetings, either Inst night or today nnd resolved to remain on etrlke until tho inlna ownors grant them sonic- eonccFalon. And while the reports bf thcao meetings came pouring Into Wllkosbnrre, President Mitchell dictated a letter to tho picsldcnt of tho United States In which hu gave h!a answer to tho proposition thnt tho strikers return to work and trust to lmvo their condition Improved through an Investigation commission. What tho answer of tho mlneru' chief Is he refused to divulge. Mr. Mitchell sent his letter to Wash ington before he had heard from all tho locals. This afternoon, necoin ironlcd by tho thiee district presidents, lio left for New York. Ills mission there Is also n secret. Ah New York la tho headquarters of the coal opeiu tora, a rumor Immediately spread that a sottlomcntv was In pumped, but Mr. Mitchell an Ah in colleagues would not Bay whom tiMy expected to meet. Ncarly a io resolutions passed by tho various) ners' meetings lontnlncd Bontenccf the effect that tho men will rerun! jut, "though nit the troops In tho Unli Stntts weie sent bore," until y are granted some conccs- Additional troops for this legion linvo not yot arrived, and the geueial Mrlko situation romnlns unchnuged. CROPS IN THE SOUTH Agricultural College. Contention to Con sider tlio UiioHtlon Ono hundred and llfty delegates, rep resenting every section of the country, tnct at Atlanta, Gn., In tho sixteenth annual convention of tho Association W American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment stations, which will be bcld over tbrco days. Welcoming nddrenses wero delivered by Government Allen D. Chnndler, for tho stato, and Mayor Livingston in be half of Atlanta. Professor W. M. Lig gett, president of tho association and dean of the agricultural college of Minnesota responded. Among matters of Importance thnt will como before the convention for Its discussion will hn tho subject of thu need of tho diversity of crops In tho fjoulh. It is understood that the con vention will dovoto much time to this subject. It la stated that the beef problem In tho southern states also will bo brought before tho association's atten tion. One of Lincoln' .VhnuhkIiia Samuol Arnold, seventy-two yenrs old, who wob convicted In 18ii.r of par ticipation In the assassination of Abrn Mudd, Frank Mclaughlin and others, ham Lincoln, Is dead at his homo at Vnsonvllle, Md. Arnold, with Dr. was tried and convicted in Washington during Andrew .lohnsou's term of of fice Arnold and Mudd were sent to tho Dry Tortugas for life, but wero pardoned by President Johnson nfter ho had boon ucqutttcd in thu Impeach ment trial. Corn Palace Siiici'HHfnl Tho corn pnlacc, which has been held In Mitchell, S. I)., came to a close. It has been a highly successful one, and tho attendance was very satisfac tory, Fifty cowboyH tamo In oft the range with their horses and gave an exciting parade. Tho weather has been excellent and tho nttendanco has been such as to pay all tho expenses und leavo a large surplus In tho treasury. (Ill Wont Work Oil can not competo with coal for naval use, at least that Is tho con clusion reached by tho board of naval engineers, which has been making ox perlmenta with a series of burners tin dor a 2,000 horso power boiler in Wash ington. They havo drawn tip a pre liminary roport to tho secretary of tho navy, which will show that out of fourteen different devices presented by American Inventors for tests not ono would produce steam in competi tion with coal. LADRONES TROUBLESOME General Heparin Two Altnck an Town Dlspmltlon Hint General Jesse Lee telegraphs from Tnclohan, Island of Leyte, P. I., that ladronea have twice attacked the town of Carlgarn, province of Leyct, whero they killed a number of nntlvo con stabulary and levied contributions. Tho population of Curlgara withdrew to tho mountains. Lndrorus have been active recently In several parts of the Island. Governor Tnft Is going to Cavlto short ly for the purpose of meeting the mu nicipal residents of thnt. province, to discuss with them methods for the sup pression of tho Indrones. I'orto lCliun Not n ('It If en A decision was handed down In tho United States court at New York by Judge Lncombe, In which he holds that a citizen of Porto llico Is not u citizen or tho United States. The matter camo up on tho applica tion for a writ of hnheas coipim sworn on behalf of Isabella Gonzales, a Porto Itlcan woman, who nrrlved In New York August 24 last. She was ordered doported, but a well-to-do aunt nnd uncle on Staten Island secured attor neys to get her released through ha beas corpus. Cuhe Forged Check Seveial hunlnctn men of Aberdeen, S. IX, havo been worked by a stranger who paid small bills with checks bear ing tho forged signature of J. L. Loeba, a wealthy German farmer living near town. Tho cJieckB wero drawn In amounts ranging from $10 to $.10. It Is thought llftccn or more were enshed, netting tho swindler between $100 and $200. No clue to the forger, who left town as soon na the checks wero cashed, has been ohtnlued. Mini Wo urn ii In Church Mngglo Lynch, a seaniBtrci's, who dis appeared fifteen days ago, was found In the tower of Sacred Heart church In West Atchison, where she had been without food or drink for two weeks. Sho was In a seml-unconscloiin condi tion and too weak to raise her band. Miss Lynch had shown signs of Insan ity and says she hid to elude persona who wanted to kill her. Her groana during mats resulted In her discovery. ConiuW Transferred General 10. S. Hragg. consul general for tho United States at Havana, bus been transferred io tho post of consul general at Hong Kong, China, taking the place of William Hublee, traii3 fened to Havana. Thu change Is duo to a piotcst mnde by the Cuban gov ernment on nccount of a letter IJragg wrote his wife. U. H. OIIIcIuIh OpllmUtlc There Is a distinctly hopeful feeling In ofllclal circles at Washington that a settlement of the coal strike will como from efforts being made by tho president. "There is something doing and 1 believe the miners will soon bo back to woik," was tho confidentially expressed opinion of one of tho highest olllcers of the treasury department. Sow CiiAtoiu lloumi Tho cornerstono of the New Yorlc customs house wns laid Wednesday. The ceremonies wero made Impressive by tho presence of a number of com mittees of prominent men from tho leading mercantile nnd Industrial or ganizations. Speeches weie made by Secretary of tho Treasury Shaw and former Secretary Gage. Neck to Ahollith Strllie Hy n unnnlmous vote of lending representative clubs nnd other organi zations. Including civic societies and thu Chicago bar, It was concluded that an executlvo committee go to Spring field this winter and endeavor to ob tain amendments to the child labor laws nnd a compulsory arbitration law. WrtH'k t (lultu Burlington fast mall No. 8 ran Into a coal gate near Galva, III., the train be ing ditched. Fireman Sands of Gnles burg waa killed nnd Engineer Johnson wns probably fatally Injured. No pas sengers were injured. HERE AND THERE A general insurrection hns broken out In a dozen districts of Macedonia. Tho Ilurlington, la., Malt company's plant was destroyed by lire, entailing a loss of $y0,00lt. Insurance, $75,000. M. Combes hns signed a decree for tho the epulslon of several Americans who were concerned In the recent turf scandnls nt Paris. Ono of them Is a horseowner and tho others aro book makers. A mnll train on tho Pennsylvania railroad, at Jamestown, ran Into n wagon on which a number or children had climbed, killed Joseph Uius, aged eleven, and mortally Injured thrco others. iinnrv M. Tlmninn. a wealth v stock man of Thomasville, la., which town was named for him, died nt a hospital In Kansas City nged forty-nine. Ho went to Kansas City to buy stock nnd while at tho stock yawls was taken HI and Tell and fractured his skull. An Athens dispatch says: Dr. So torladlB, tho custodian of nntlQultles, anuounc8 tho discovery near Chero nea, the placo where, according to Plut arch, tho Macedonians burled their dead after tho defeat of tho Athenians and Theblnns by Philip of Mncedon, 1138 I). C., of a number of skeletons in ft good stato of preservation. True Scotch Thrift. A Scottish farmer when going to market, It was obsorvod, always took a hon with hlra In his trap. Every plnco thu fanner stopped ho put tho nosebag on his horse, and then tho hou was so trained that what dropped from tho horso's bag tbo hon would pick up, so thoru was nothing wasted. Dreamless Sleep a Myth. In a rocont numbor of thu Scottish Modlcal and Surgical Journal, Sir Ar thur Mitchell holds that dreamless sloop Is a myth, MITCHELL'S REPLY President of United Mineworkom Answors Roosevelt MINERS WENT HALF WAY Relieve the Striker, In Connrntlng to Leave Uuofitlun to Preldcutliil Com mittee, Did All Thnt Wan Ncce iiry Other New A Washington, Oct. 10, dispatch soya: Tho reply of John Mitchell, president of tho mine workers' union, to tho ap peal of President Hoosevclt for a tem porary suspension of tho strlko In tho anthracite region wns made public at tho White house yesterdny. It follows: "Hon. Theodore Hoosevclt, Presi dent of tho United Stntes, Washington, I). C: Dear Sir Hon. Carroll D. Wright has, no doubt, reported to you the delivery of your message to mo last Monday and my statement to him thnt I should take your suggestion tinder advisement, although I did not look upon It with favor. "Since that time I have consulted with our district president, who con cur fully In my views. "We dcslro to nnsure again that wo feel keenly tho responsibility of our position and tho gravity of the situa tion, and it would give us great pleasure to take any nctlon which would bring tills coal strike to an end in n manor thnt would safeguard our constituents. "In proposing that there be an im mediate resumption of coal mining upon the conditions wo suggested In the conference at tho White house, wo be lieved that wo bad gono more thnn half way and had met your wishes. "It Is unnecessary In this letter to refer to tho malicious nssnult made upon us in the response of the coal operators. Wo feel confident Hint you must have been Impressed with tho fair ness of our proposition nnd the Insin cerity of those who mnllgncd us. "Having In mind our experience with the coal operators in tho past, wo hnve no renson to feel nny degree of confidence In their willingness to do us justice In tho future; nnd Inasmuch ns they have refused to accept tho de cision of a tribunal selected by you, and Inasmuch ns there Is no law through which you could enforce tho findings of tho commission you sug gest, wo respectfully decline to advise our people to return to work simply upon the hopu that tho coal operators might bo Induced or forced to comply with the recommendations of your commission. "As stated above, we believe that wo went more than halt way In our pro posal at Washington, nnd wo do not feel that we should bo nsked to mako further sacrifice. "Wo appreciate your solicitude for tho pcoplo or our country, who aro now and will bo subjected to great suffering and Inconvenience by a prolongation of tho coal strlko, nnd wo feel thnt the onus of thla terrlblo stato of affalra should be placed upon tho sldo which has refused to refer to fair and im partial investigation. "I am respectfully, "JOHN MITCHELL. "President U. M. W. of A." Ilooxlor l'olleo llxelteil Tho report that thirty bodies wero found In lxjulsvillo, Ky in cold Btorngo directly across from an Ice cream fac tory, which furnished the refrigeration for their preservation, has caused a stir in police circles at Indianapolis. For tun days detectives have been search ing for a number of bodies that had mysteriously disappeared from tho Cen tral college of physicians nnd surgeons, all having been lifted by a band of ghouls, now under arrest. A grave rob bing Investigation showed tho opera tions by the ghouls on a larger scalo than supposed. It Is now thought that upwards of 1,000 bodies havo been stolen from cemeteries about Indian apolis nnd in tho gns belt during tho past two years. Cocoanut Shell for Fuel East Side confectionery manufactur ers aro supplying cocoanut shells to tenement dwollers for fuel, says a Now York dispatch. Tho shells aro sold In bngs of fifty to sixty pounds for ten or fifteen cents a bag. Tho material fur nishes more heat than coal, nnd whllo It docs not burn ns long ns coal, Its lasting qualities aro much better than wood. Wultor Wvllmiin'H Puttier Dead Alonzo Wcllmnn, father of Walter Wellman, Arctic explorer and tho Washington correspondent of tho Chi cago Kocord-Hcrnld, and A. W. Well man of Mndlson, Wis., died nt his resi dence In Hradshaw, Neb., at an early hour Thursday morning after a soven weeks' Illness. Muriler nnd Hulelilo Miss Alice Fisher, n young woman employed In tho government printing ofllco at Washington, was shot and In stantly killed by William Dougherty, an employe of tho samo oftlce. Dough orty then shot und killed himself. Jealousy was tho motive. Information has been received of tho discontinuance on October 14 of tho Hock Bluffs poatoftlco on nccount of rural free delivery bolng established out of Piattsmouth upon routes Nob. 1 and 2, October 15. TRAGEDY AT MERCER, TJEB Two Italian IlnllroaU Inborn r.l, Killed, During Drunken Itniwl T. O. Hlch, a laborer working with a construction gang on tho Union Pa cific near Mercer, Neb., shot two men about 8 o'clock Thursday evening nnd escaped on a westbound freight train. One of tho men Is dead and tho other is In a critical condition. Hoth of them nro Italians, working In tho aamo gang, Hlch had been In Valley and had been drinking considerable. The shooting was the outgrowth of n drunken quar rel. Hlch caught onto tho side of a car of a westbound freight which slowed up ns It passed through Mercer. Tho Interpreter for tho Italians nnd ono of tho men went to Valley on a handcar ns soon ns possible and noti fied tho authorities. MURDER AT NAPER K.C. Taylor nnd ".folinnle" Hlmw Slnln hy Sioux Indian A Nnpcr, Neb., Oct. 10, dlspntch says: "Johnnie" Shaw and E. C. Taylor wore killed here by John Hear. Wednesday night at G o'clock Bear, son of Swift Hear, n noted Sioux chief, rodo up to an Indian school six miles from Naper on tho reservation nnd killed E. C. Taylor, n farmer and teach er. No one else was present except the wire or Taylor nnd three Indians. The murderer then mounted his pony, starting north. Ho met "Johnnlo" Straw, a pitcher tor an Indian ball club, nnd shot him, killing him instantly. Ho used a shot gun both times. At 7 o'clock Thursday morning lie rode into Honestecl, but waa prevailed upon to surrender and Is now In the county Jail. Taylor's body will be embalmed nnd sent home. JESSE MORRISON FREED A llund Accepted for Alleged Slayer of Aim. Cnstlo Jessie Morrison, tho nlleged alnyer of Mrs. Olln Castle, left the Kansas peni tentiary shortly before noon Wednes day for her homo In Eldorado, Kan. Warden Jewett Informed her that sho could depart at that time. Tho su premo court order stated that she waa to bo released on tho approval of her $10,000 bond. Word came In from El dorado that the bond was satisfactory. Miss Morrison thnnked Warden Jewett und the prison olllclnls and Bald that whllo they had treated her kindly sho hoped never to return. She left on a Kansas City electric car. Sho was nl lowed to take some fancy work with her. Striker Shot hy Soldlor John Durham, a striker, waa killed by Private Wadsworth of tho Eigh teenth regiment, at tho collieries near Shenandoah, Pa. Tho guard was on outpost duty and challenged tho striker twlco whllo the latter waa within tho lines. Durham did not respond and was shot through the chest. Ofllcials believe an attempt wna being made to dynamlto tho camp. Wadsworth re ported to headquarters and sur rendered. Convict Make During Kcnpe Convict Dyron Murphy, a fireman on tho prison locomotive, mndo a sensa tional and successful break for liberty, Bays a Folson, Cul., special. A mo ment nfter tho engineer had stepped from tho tab Murphy pulled tho throt tle wldo open nnd headed for Sacra mento. Volleys were llred at tho con vict by tho prison guards, but Murphy was unhurt. He left tho engine at Alder Creek and took to the woods. Two lllown to Atom By an explosion In tho Producers' Explosive company's factory, south of Lima, O., Earl Bush, a nltroglycerlno maker, and John Anspaugh, a helper, were blown to atoms. The factory was wrecked. Big buildings in tho city swayed and plate glass was broken by the concussion. Bush had but recontly accepted tho position, and his wlfo wns en route there when tho accident occurred. (iohln Doesn't Kxpcct Trouble General Gobln nnd staff arrived In Wllkesbarre, Pa., Thursday morning, and will make their headquarters there until tho strike ends. With tho gen eral came tho remainder of the Third brignde, which Is being detailed In various parts of the third anthraclto district. General Gobln waa of tho opinion that no trouble would bo en countered. I.lner Hun Down Steiimer During a dense fog Thursday morn ing tho British steamer Hobcrt Ingham was run into nnd sunk off Deacbhard, Eng., by tho liner Kron Prlnz Wllhelm. ho Inghnm wont down live minutes af ter being struck. Kron Prlnz picked up thirteen of tho crow or tho wrecked at earner. Tho mato and ono passenger woro drowned. NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD Joseph Valln, a Lincoln bartender, waa held up and robbed of $3. Tho British war office has decided to adopt motor wagons, recent experi ments having proved them to bo sat isfuctory. A. E. Stlllwoll haB purchased the San Rafael mines, located at Zncatocas, Moxlca, tho consideration being $1G0, 000 in cash. Fivo foreigners were killed In a col lision between a coal train and a gravel train on tho Panhandle road at Van Emeus station, Pa. In tho Danish landsthlng October 8, Foreign Minister Duntzer submitted a bill ratifying tho cession of the Danish West Indies to tho Unled Stntea. Tho transport Sherman, which left Manila thirty-eight days ago and on September 9 put In to Nngaskl with cholera on board has arrived at Sau Francisco. Tho entire family of S. A. Lorlng at Bloomflold, la., narrowly escaped death by eating poisoned cheeso. Tho mother and two children woro thrown into convulsions. This 1b tho second caso thcro of this kind and much excite ment has beon caused. SAEE IS (RACKED DuBois, Neb., Visited by Men Bent on Robbery GET BUT VERY LITTLE CASH One Man Under Arrent nnd Poo Search ing for tho Other Supposed Kolilier Trolled nnd Captured Other Sows of Intercut An attempt waB mnde Saturday night to crack the aafe In the Bank of Dubois, at Dubois, Neb. The night was dark and rainy, with much thun der, and the explosion waa not dis tinguished and the nttempted robbery waa not discovered until Sunday morning. Some watehc" were taken from the vault, and tho safe was found on lta face, but no entry had been mado. Two men have been placed under arrest ns Biispects, and a posse la after another, who had In his pos session tho watches taken from the vault An effort was made to get tho bloodhounda from Beatrice, but they wero out and could not get here. ROBBERS NOT CAUCHT Men Who Held Up II. M. Train Still nt Large Futile attempts were made Sunday to secure n trace of the men who robbed the Burlington train near Woodlawn on Saturday morning. The ofllcers throughout the eastern section of Nebraska did not relax their efforts during the dny and reports of sus picious characters wete continually coming to Burlington headquarters In Lincoln, but none or tho men seen tnllled exactly with the description or the robbers furnished by the trainmen who went through the ordeal of the hold-up. Two men weie detained at Ilubbell, which Is In Thayer county, but only one was like nny of the rob bers. Both wero tall and the olllcers seemed to think It not worth while to arrest them. Every Indication points to one of the most skilful hold-ups that could have been planned. The railroads In two hours got a great number of men In motion gunrdlng their Interests, but tho thieves seem to have vanished. This Is believed to be possible only where some of them nre well ac quainted with tho topography of the country. At Burlington headquarters It was said Sunday night that no new de velopments had been uncovered dur ing the dny worthy of mention. Tho detention or the two men at Ilubbell wns not regarded as furnishing a clue to the thieves, though their records will be looked up. STRIKE IS OVER Settlement Kffcrtod nt New Orlenn und .Men Co Itnrk to Work The strlko of street railway em ployes, which has effectually blocked traffic on nil New Orleans, La., lines for two weeks, wns settled Sunday night by the union almost unanimous ly accepting the governor's ultimatum on n secret ballot. Negotiations which began Sntuiday night, continued until 7 o'clock Sun day morning, when the executive board flnnlly decided to submit tho matter to a general meeting of the union. The basis of settlement Is that tho men will go back to work at 20 cents and ten hours, with a minimum of sevon and one-half hours a dny, no discrimination to bo mado against any of tho men under charges, and ns many to be taken back ns aro need ed for tho operation of the company's lines. There Is widespread rejoicing In tho city over tho settlement of the strike. It began Sunday morning, September 28, nnd has been effective. Not a sln glo passenger has been carried on a car since It began. Sunday morning, October 12, tho people awoke to lind In different parts of the city stuffed figures hanging to telephone nnd telegraph poles with all sorts ot Inscriptions on them. Somo represented tho governor, some tho mnyor and there woro many repre senting officials of tho railway com panies. Appeal to Supreme Court Judge Jones of the United States court at Montgomery. Ala., refused tho application or Jackson W. Giles, a negro, tor nn Injunction restraining tho registrars from sending up their lists without the" nnmes of himself nnd other qualified voters. Tho judge's action Is based on wnnt of Jurisdic tion, following decisions which con fine the equity side of tho court to matters Involving property rights. An appeal was tnkon and certified direct to tho supremo court of tho United States. Second Crop of lterrle Chris Bell, a farmer near Plntta mouth. Neb., has a curiosity at his plnco in tho form of n pntch of black berries which is producing tho second crop this yenr. Ho also baa somo cherry trees which aro budding nnd tho prospects aro that they will bloom again beforo cold weather seta In. Cass county has broken nil former records for fruit growing this year. Pilgrimage to Purnell Grave Tho tenth annual pilgrimage to tho grave of Parnell occurred Sunday, says a Dublin, Ireland, dispatch. For tho first tlmo tho lord mayor and cor poration of Dublin did not participate In tho ceremony. Tho attendance waa Binallcr than In provlous years. New Deun ot Wetmlnter Rov. Charles Henry Robinson, hon orary ennon of Rlpon, has been ap pointed dean ot Westminster, In suc cession to the Very Rev. George Gran vlllo Bradley, who has resigned. ACCIDENT AT STAPLEH URST Young I.nily Sereroly Injured When Can Hump Together Miss Mndgo Work, daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. D. C. Work, o Sowa.-d, Neb., met with a serious nccldcnt at Staple hurst. When tho freight train pulled Into tho station tho train crow cut tho caboose off to do some switching, leaving It Btnndlng in front of the depot. After doing their switching they backed up to the cabooidkwlth such force as to knock tho car rom tho trucks, and Mlsa Work, with sev eral othera who were standing up In tho car talking, was thrown across a scat, Inuring her bnck soverely nnd cutting n gash In her face. She wns also injured Internally and rendered unconscious for some time. She wns taken to the hotel and her injuries attended to, nnd this morning sho wns brought homo on the passenger train. Several others in tho car re ceived alight injuries. FOR ACCEPTING BRIBE Member! of South Omiilm School Hoard Are Arretted Tho arrest of tho men chnrged with bribery and fraud In connection with their official positions is members of the South Omaha school board oc curred Saturday. A. L. Lott, J. L. Kubat, Theodore Schroedcr and Alon zo V. Miller, nil membcra of tho board, the latter being president, wero ar rested nnd released by County Judgo VInsonhnlcr on $1,000 bonds each. This was the second arrest of Miller. He Is now charged with taking $J9.20 on October 8 from Floyd St. John, with Intent to defraud the school dis trict, for his vote on the purchase of typewriting machines. Lott nnd Ku bat were nrrestcd on similar charges. Two other charges against Kubat nro Incorporated In the complaint. Schroedcr Is accused of accepting $10 from St. John. The men will havo their preliminary hearing October 20 WOULD HANG THEM Mayor of s.ilem, Mum., In Furor of Treating Coat Opcr.itor Itoughly A Lynn, Mass., dispatch says: At n mass meeting called for the purposo of aiding the striking coal miners, Mayor John F. Hurley, of Salem, created a sensation when he said that It ho had his way he would hang President Baer and the other opera tors on tho nearest tree. He said ho did not mean to kill them, but hu would use them as he would use a dog. by putting a collar around their necks and raising them on a limb ot a treo two or three times, or until they would bo willing to arbitrate. Mnyor Hui ley said he believed In extreme measures and that they should bu adopted now. Resolutions or sympathy with the miners were adopted and a largo sum of money collected Kill Illlinolf Edward Yeamans, a nlnoteon-yrar-old boy living nenr Hopkins, In Noda way county, Missouri, shot hlmseir In tho head with a target rifle with sui cidal Intent Ho lived only a short time. Ycamnns had been teaching school and wns decpondont over his lack ot success. The shooting waa In tho yard or hla mother's homo and In tho presence of nil elder brother. A Woman Pntor Mlsa Mary Andrewa, daughter of ex Sherlff Robert N. Andrews, Hamilton, O.. has been elected pastor of tho Unlversallst church at Kansas City, Mo nn influential organization. Sho succeeds Rev. Luther McKInney nnd will bo tho first woman pastor Kan sas City has had. Killtor Shoots n Doctor J. W. Kelly, editor of tho Intcr Mountain, Butte, Mont, shot Dr. A. II. Caylcy, a prominent resident of Butte. Cnyley, it is believed, will die. Tho shooting la said to havo resulted from trouble over a woman. Officers aro aearchlng tor Kelly. At a late hour tho doctora express no hopo for Cay ley's recovery. Accused of Stubbing Neighbor Willlnm Hymns nnd Emmett Wat son, who llvo near Utlra, Neb., quar reled over somo trespassing stock nnd got Into a fight. Hymas, It Is charged, btabbed Watson on the left sldo ot the head. He was arrested nnd taken beforo Justice Snodgrass and bound over to tho district court. MiiHt Stand n Democrat Tho Kansas fusion stato ticket will nppear on tho ofllclnl ballot under tha name of democratic. Tho fusion forces havo not yet succeeded in ob taining a servlco on tho secretary of stato with the temporary order grant ed by a district court for tho populist and democratic ticket both to appear. Canada Claim Preference Tho mayor of Toronto, Canada, hns ' t cabled an appeal to tho mayor of Car diff to Induco tho coal mlno operators to glvo Canada tho preferonco In raeet tho emergency arising from tho Amer ican coal Btrlko. Wage Qneitlon Adjusted Tho question regarding wages be tween employes of tho National rail road of Mexico and that corporation has beon satisfactorily adjusted. Tho wages of engineers and conductors hna been raised an average of 15 per cent Peary In Surgeon's Care Commander Robert E. Peary, tho Arctic oxplorer, has gono to Phila delphia to undorgo treatment tor hla feet, which wero Injured In tho far north. It may bo necessary to havo an operation performed. Under tho auspices, of Editor Ewlng Horbert tho Rov. Charles M. Sheldon will lecture at Wlawatha on "How to Mako a Better World." People general ly woro under the Impression that Mr. Herbert waa making a fairly good na- I Per.