X
TWINKLES NO MORE
The 8tar of tho Salvation. Army
Killed.
MRS. BOOTH TUCKER VICTIM
On Her Way from Colorado to Chicago
to Meet Her Husband Hiiililcn
Dentil Overtake Her.
Mm. ICmina Booth-Tucker, consul In
America of tho Salvation nnny, wlfo
of Commnudor Booth-Tucker, nml sec
ond daughter of William liooth, found
er of tho nnny, was killed In n wreck
of tho cnntlMHind California trnln No.
2 on the Bantu Fc, near Dc.in l.alu
Mo., eighty-five mlloK enst of" Kansas
City. Col. T. C. Holland, In charge of
tho Salvation army at Amity, ('., wns
fatally Injured, as well oh lifted, others
Hcrlously hurt.
Mrs. Booth-Tucker wbh rendered un
consciotM and died within half an hour
aflor being Injured. Her nkull wnH
fractured and Hhe was Injured Inter
nally. Mrs. Booth-Tucker waH on her way
from a visit to the colony nt Amity,
Colo., to Chicago, whero alio was to
havo met her husband. Although the
Wreck occurred at 9:30 at night, It wn
not known until after midnight that
Mrs. Uooth-Tucker wa among tho In
jured. Mra. nooth-Tuckcr, who was MIbh
Kromn nooth, married Frederick
Tucker In 1888. Ho assumed her namo
an part of hlrt own. Ho wn born in
India and1 lived there Hcvernl years
after tho marrlago. Ho was eommls
nloncr of tho army In India. Mr. and
Mm. Booth-Tucker wcro appointed to
command Uio army In America In
March, 189(5, Huececdlng Kva C. IJooth,
who had Hupplantcd her brother, Hal
Ilngton Booth, who had been removed
by tho general.
Mre. Booth-Tucker was tho second
daughter of Gonoral William liooth,
nmi wan said to bo the ablest of all
tho Booth children. Sho had onthusl
iiimi, tompcrcd with cold judgment nnd
oxccutlvo ability. It wns these qunll
tieB which Induced her father to wend
tier to tho Unltod States In 189G to try
to bring about harmony In the Amer
ican branch of tho nnny. Tho follow
ing characterization was mado of her
at that thno:
"She boa that rare quality of per
fect sympathy. Sho Ih n well educated
(woman liy tho hodho that alio can think
and wrlto clear, good English. Hho
lias no cIosb prejudices, and la Just aa
much at homo In the parlont of a Iioubo
In Fifth, avonuo as in tho ono and only
room of a nqunlld family. But It la in
tho public meeting that her real power
shows itsolf. Ab an orator she ranks
with lew than1 half a dozen Americans
of both Boxes."
Gen William Booth, commander-Inch
Iff of Uio Salvation army, London,
pent tho following message to Salva
tionists throughout tho world, concern
ing tho doath of his daughter, Mrs.
Uooth-Tucker:
"I am suddonly prostrated with grief
In the presenco of what appears at tho
moment to bo an indescribable calam
ity and an unfathomable mystery. I
can only look up and Bay to my
Heavenly Father, 'Thy will bo done."
"My daughter was, aftor her mother,
find, among tho many noblo and con
secrated woman I havo boon permitted
to know during tho fifty years of my
public lire. Her loss is irreparable, but
much moro ncod Is there for rao, for
you and for us ail to go on with, our
work for (lod and tho blessing of our
fellow-men."
WANT MONROE DOCTRINE
Oanadlaus Willing and Keady to Join
the United Mates.
The declaration) that tho existing re
lations betwoon Canada and Great
Britain can not exist much longer was
made by tho Halifax Chronicle, tho
leading newspaper supporter In tho
nmraUrae provinces of tho liberal par
ty. In tho course of an unusually out
npoken editorial on tho recent 'Alaska
boundary award, tho Chronlclo ex
presses what It says Is tho unanimous
dissatisfaction of Canadians at tho ac
tion of tho British government In tho
matter. Tho paper says:
"This Alaska oplsode has made it
clear that our existing relations to tho
empire cannot bo continued much long
er. Wo aro oven now nt tho parting of
tho ways. Our subordinate position
lias been bo clearly and humlllatlngly
revealed that It must speedily becomo
utterly unendurable."
Tho Chronlclo adds that there nro
now only two courses opon to Canada,
completo loglBlatlvo Independence with
in tho empire, acknowledging tho sov
ereignty of tho king of England nlono,
or, tho status of an Indopondont na
tion. Tho paper Bays there Is much to
commend tho latter step In particular
because it would free Canada from tho
danger of over being embrollod with
the United States on account of Its
European connection, and nt tho anmc
tlmo It would Bocuro for tho dominion
tho benodt of the protection of tho
Mo nro o doctrine.
Microbe In Ksuer Kraut.
A learned biologist niuncd Conrad,
of Paris has Just discovered that sauor
krtvut contains microbes. It Is they
that oxhala tho gas that gives to this
clsh Its characteristic piquancy. They
nro busy llttlo bodies and each is pro
vided with tiny hairs. However, thoy
aro absolutely innocuous, their discov
erer announces, and ono can eat his
Bauer kraut still with, Impunity, mi
crobes and' all.
1IIK Vlre In New Yolk.
Twenty houses, Including stores nnd
private residences, woro destroyed In
n fire that swept ovor two city blocks
In Kings Brldgo, at tho upper end of
Manhattan Island, Now York. Tho
Kings Brldgo hotel was destroyed. It
was formorly a famous road houso. To
tal property damages, f 150,000,
(.umber Goe Dp In Hiuoke.
litre destroyed 1 120,000 worth of lum
ber, tramways and docks n tho yards
of the Bay Bboro Lumber company at
Menominee, Mich.
ASSESSMEST OF CREDITS
tinder tlin New Iterenue Law Tctt Caief
Will lie Made,
Tho contention of the jobbing and
wholesale Interests of Omaha In regard
to the assessment of creditors under
the new rconuo law, which Ih now do-'
clnrcd to bo In effect In Omaha, is to
lm heard In tho supreme court, although
Tax Commissioner Fleming has reced
ed from his first position and will fol
low tho advice of City Attorney (Wright
and the state board of equalization.
Mr. Fleming Is of tho impression
that gross credits should bo assessed,
nml nt their faco value. The Jobbcra
have contended that It would bo mani
festly unfair to assess grosB credits
at their faco value when commercial
mpcr Is only assessed nt Its actual val-
atlon, regnrdlesB of Itn face., Tney In-
rlst on the tnxntton of tho gros credits
.?h tho taxpayers' Indebtedness, which
would' bo tho net credits. Any other
sjstom, It l asserted, would result
m double and' sometimes triple taxa
tion. Several suits are now pending In tho
Motiglns county courts In rcgnrd to tho
natter and several others hnvo been
decided In favor of tho taxpayers. They
will bo nppealcd, merely for tho pur
pose of getting an Interpretation of tho
new law.
Although ho lias not changed his
personal opinion of tho truo Interpre
tation of the credit section of the new
law, Mr. Fleming bows to tho superior
numbers of tho state board of equali
zation and tho tnxpayers' attorneys, to
facilitate matters. Ho will discard' tho
new oath provided In tho law and will
ubo the old one until an opinion has
been handed down by tho supremo
court.
Tho validity of tho now act probably
will be tested by tho wholesnlo dealers
and by the Insurance companies. It Is
alleged by foreign lnsurunce corpora
tions that there Is rank discrimination
In favor of home companies and that
tho proposed assessments of gross pre
miums Is unconstitutional. Tho as
sessment Is 2 per cent of tho gross
amount, which Is nllogcd to bo ex
cessive. Stato companies are assessed
on gross receipts less re-Insurance and
cancellations und nro taxed on tho sumo
pcrcentngo of valuation as other prop
erty. No action will bo mado to test tho
validity of the act until tho stato board
of equalization has mot and organized
and tho law Is In actual operation, but
tho attorneys aro already engaged In
ravlowlng tho records of the passage
of tho bill and carefully noting all er
rors, of variation from the procedure
established and defined by statute for
tho course of legislation.
FAVOR WATERWAYS
Movement nn Foot for ltettnrment of
Mhlpplna Facilities.
The lnterstato Mississippi river Im
provement and levco association at
Now Orlenns, closed its session af
tor adopting a series .of resolutions
Irr favor of government construction
of lovces and adequate appropriations
for their speedy completion, indorsing
the proposed waterway from tho Great
1-okea to tho gulf and the Chicago san
itary canal as a part of that project.
Tho following are tho resolutions:
"Kesolvcd, That In tho judgment of
this convention tho protection of the
Mississippi valley from floods is of such
national Importance as to not only jus
tify, but to make It the duty of the gen
eral government to undertake It and
press It to tho speediest possible com
pletion. If for any reason tho exei
clso of some Jurisdiction at this time
by tho general government should not
be deemed advisable then this conven
tion earnestly urges that congress make
at the approaching session such appro
priations as aro recommended by the
Mississippi river commission In its re
cent report.
"Hcsolver, further, That tho system
of river Improvements In the valley of
the Mississippi from its headwaters to
tho gulf and In tho valley of the Ohio
and other tributaries now provided for
and those which may hereafter bo pro
vided for by congress, under the super
vision of the United States engineers,
meets our hearty commendation and
should be pressed, to completion with
out unnecessary delay.
"Resolved, That tho attention of
congress Is invited to tho serious dis
asters which havo befallen those re
Biding at or near St. Louis, Kansas
City and other localities by reason of
tho recent great Hoods, and tho secre
tary of war Is respectfully requested
to causo an inquiry to be made with a
view to the preparation of suitable
plans far tho prevention of a recur
renco of such Injuries. Bo It,
"Resolved, That tho convention of
delegates from the great states of the
Mississippi from Duluth to tho Gulf
of Mexico gives Its unqualified appro
val to tho movement for tho construc
tion of n waterway connecting tho great
Ijikoa at tho north with the Mississippi
river and tho Gulf of Mexico nt tho
south. Wo recognize tho expondlturo
of J35.O00.000 by the sanitary district
of Chicago as a practical demonstration
of tho furthoranco of this project, Wo
express tho hopo that tho senators ami
representatives ln,congres3 of tho vari
ous states represented in this conven
tion will glvo their oncouragomont nnd
assistance to congress In favor of deep
waterway, to which tho Mississippi val
ley states havo already given tholr ap
proval and to which tho state of Illi
nois and the sanitary district of Chi
cago aro committed as a matter of pol
icy and by great financial expenditures
already made.
Makes Good Speed.
Tho protected cruiser Tacoma at her
contractors' trial exceeded tho speed re
quirements of sixteen and a half knots.
Gael to Happy Hunting Ground.
Moses Keokuk, aged 85, tho oldest
Indian In tho Sac and Fox tribe, died
ut bis homo at tho Sac and Fox ngoncy,
twelve miles north of Prague, Okln.
Keokuk, Iowa, was named aftor hla
father, who was a noted chief.
Falls From a IlluR nnd Dies.
Captain John C. May, ono of tho
board of curators of tho Kentucky
university nnd a prominent citizen of
Lexington, Ky was accidentally killed
at Mcnloo, Go. He fell off a bluff near
Harrisburg while pravpecttng.
aeter grafters
Open Violation of the Law to Be
Investigated '
COURT CALLS GRAND JURY
L'ltlten of Kansas City, Kiumna, Six
Hundred .Strong, Want House denn
ing n nd Judge (Iritnts 1'riij-er.
Judge E. L. Fischer of the district
court at Kansas City, Kan., han signed
tho call for a grand Jury to be convened
for tho December term of the district
court, beginning December 7. Tho
grand Jury Is cnlled for the purpose
of Investigating the numerous charges
of boodl lug, grafting nnd other opon
violations of the law,
Tho petition was signed by 070 resi
dent tnxpayers of Wyandotte county.
The grand Jury will be drawn from
tho Jury box by County Clerk Frank
Holconil) In the presence of Sheriff II.
A. Mcndenhnll nnd two Justice of the
peace thirty days before tho beginning
of the December term of the district
court. Tho grand Jury will bo com
posed of fifteen men, twelve of whom
may return an Indictment.
This Is tho first grand Jury called In
Wyandotte county for many years.
There nro now the names of about 1,700
taxpayers In tho Jury box from which
to draw tho fifteen, names. Under the
law It Is the duty of the county attor
ney to attond tho sittings of tho grand
Jury, draw up and sign Indictments
voted to bo returned by tho Jury.
Tho committco which hns had charge
of tho preliminaries to secure tho call
ing of the Jury have been making a
fight on County Attorney James Gibson
and havo applied to Governor Bailey in
an endeavor to Induce him to request
tho attorney general of the stuto to
take chargo of tho Investigation. Tho
committee suya that It wants to In
vestigate tho county attorney's office,
and can not do so with that officer in
chargo of tho grand jury.
AN ANCIENT VILLAGE
fine Visited by Ilourgmnnt In 17U4 Des
Ignnted na ludliin Town.
The slto of tho old vlllngo of the Kaw
or Kansas, Indians, visited by Bourg
mont, commander at Fort Orleans, in
1724, and about which history has said
much, has been located at the mouth
of Independence creek, a few miles
north of Atchison, Kan., by George J.
Remsburg, tho Kansas archaeological
explorer.
Some historians had plnced tho slto of
thin famous prehistoric village at Atch
ison, but Remsburg, who has studied
early French documents and natural
features pertaining to that locality,
claims he has indisputable evidence in
support of his contention.
When Bottrgmont visited tho homo of
tho Kaw, or Kansas Indians, in 1872, it
contained 150 lodges, or about 1,500
warriors. Remsburg has Identified tho
other largo village site of tho Kaws.in
eastern Kansas at the mouth of Salt
creek, in Iavcnwortk county. Rems
burg mado a personal Investigation of
tho old Indian village at tho mouth of
Independence creek this week, and ho
claims he has secured ovldenco which
will settle the long quarrel between
archaeologists as to the exact location.
While in that locality Remsburg ex
plored on Indian mound nnd found
human remnlns, badly charred by fire
and hundreds of small glass, porcelain
and bone beads, copper ornaments, a
silver finger ring and earbobs, silver
breastplate, copper bracelet, fragments
of an Iron kettlo and an old-fushloned
plate, flint chips, mineral paint, a steel
or Iron ilrestock and many other arti
cles. The grave was undoubtedly that of a
Kaw, or Kansas, Indian. Remsburg
considers tho find important from an
archaeological standpoint. Ho will
make further Investigation In the vicin
ity of tho old village site.
THE BANKRUPTS OF KANSAS
An Average of Two Hundred Case
Year Since 1808.
There havo been 1,116 admissions to
bankruptcy court in Kansas siuco the
cnactmont of tho federal bankruptcy
law in 1898, niakiug nn average of 200
cases a year, most of them voluntary.
The ratio of voluntary bankruptcy
cases Is much larger than of those
which aro forced upon business men.
Under an order of tho clerk of the dis
trict court, Frank J. Brown, no infor
mation is ever given out for publica
tion regarding voluntary cases. This
being the fnct men who havo failed in
business havo no hesitation ubout tak
ing their affairs into court.
Tho rulo not only protects tho unfor
tunate In business from unpleasant
publicity, but It helps business for the
clerk of tho court, who Is paid nt tho
rate of $10 a case. Wcro all voluntary
cases made public there would not be
as many of them. Since tho passage
of the Inw there havo been In Kansas
942 voluntary nnd 174 Involuntary pro
ceedings. Fully half of these havo been
filed In the ofllco of tho clerk nt To
pelta, whllo the others havo been dl
vldod between tho Fort Scott nnd
Wichita divisions. Tho business has
not remained steady, but has Increased
from year to year, tho first rush being
brought on by failures left over from
'he hard times of the early 90's.
Yellow Fever Scare Abating.
Yellow fever has to all appearance
nin Its course In San Antonio, Texas,
and the oxcltement has died out. Peo
plo who fled from tho city wncn tho
fever was first reported nro returning.
Will Contest the lliirdlelc Will.
The executors and trustees named in
Iho will of Edwin L. Burdlck of Buf
falo, N. Y will appeal from tho deci
sion of Surrogate Marcus, giving Mrs.
Allco Burdlck, widow of tho murdered
man, custody of tho estato left to tho
children.
Tariff Concession Offered.
Tho Cauadlutv cabinet has decided to
sffer tho South African colonies of
Great Britain a preference of 33 1-3
per cent In return for tariff concessions
from them.
A LONG CHASE
After Two Ynim Freedom Desperad
la Caught,
Tliomna A. Katlng, nllas Lon Brlsco,
ono of tho lenders of the mutiny nt tho
slto of tho now United States penlten
tlnry nt Leavenworth, Kan., on tho
afternoon of November 7, 11)01, has been
returned to Fort Leavenworth, having
been captured near Ixsngmont, Colo.
Katlng and Arthur Hewitt was tho real
"bad" men of tho convict mutiny and
they have been wanted bndly by the
federal prison olUdnls. Hewitt Is serv
ing a term In tho Btato prison of Texas
for horso stealing, committed slnco tho
mutiny, nnd tho governor of that state
has agreed to pardon him when he Is
requested by tho United States attor
ney general to do bo. It is thought that
both Hewitt and Katlng will bo tried
at Topeka this mouth.
Hewitt and Katlng nro tho convicts
who secured weapons from tho outsldo
and incited tho twenty-four other con
victs to mutiny at the slto of tho new
prison on November 7. 1001. They were
the lenders from the beginning to the
end of the outbreak. Hewitt escaped
into Texas, whero ho was captured for
horsestealing. Ho was convicted and
sentenced to servo flvo years in prison.
Ho traveled under nn assumed namo
and hnd served nearly a year of his sen
tence before he was Identified as
Hewitt. Warden McClaughry at onco
set at work to Becuro a pardon for tho
convict In order to bring him hero for
trlnl for his life, and he has about suc
ceeded In his efforta.
Katlng breathed the nlr of freedom
longer than Hewitt, his partner In
crime. Ho went direct to tho Indian
Territory after tho mutiny and re
mained In hiding there until after tho
trial of the mutineers In Lcavonworth
recently. When ho learned that live
mutineers had been covictcd of mur
der In the first degreo he became
alarmed and Bought a now hiding
place. Ho secured work on a ranch
near Longmont, Colo., and was plowlnn
when detectives captured him. He had
a revolver and had no opportunity to
use. Ho raid afterward that he would
have given the officers a good fight 11
ho had had half a chance. Ho admit
ted that he would probably bo hanged.
If brought back to Fort l.avonwortb,
but seemed resigned to his fate.
When Katlng escaped from tho fed
eral prison ho was serving a scntenve
of flvo years for horso stealing. Ho
was suffering from a bullet wound lq
tho leg Inflicted by officer, near Chor
kn, I. T., recently, where ho was want
cd for stealing cattle.
PEACE NOT SURE.
Japan Mot Willing to Accept Proposed
Terms.
The London Morning Post Bays It
understands that Japan is by no means
prepared to acqulsce in the suggestion
that she give Russia a frco hand in
Manchuria in exchango for a Japanesa
frco hand In Korea. Japan contends,
says tho Morning Post, that the two
questions are entirely separate, that
Korea independenco has already been
secured by convention and that as
Manchuria was restored to China by
Japan at tho instigation of European
powers, Japan naturally cannot consent
to its occupation by Russia.
Tho correspondent of the London
Dally Mall at Kobe quotes the Hochl
Shlmun of Tokio to tho effect that the
diplomatic corps of the Japanese capi
tal have no hopo of a peaceful settle
ment of the pending difficulties.
Even Baron Shlbusawa,.at a meeting
of the bankers' union advocated war,
although tho Interest of the bankors
was logically In tho direction of peace.
Will Take Three Daya to Get Harried,
A wedding out of the ordinary is to
tako placo in Wichita, Kan., about tha
10th of November, with N. F. Razook
and Mannhy Beyouth, cousins, as the
principal parties, both being Assyrians.
Mr. Razook invites everyone, may he
or she be American or of any other
nationality. The first part of tho cer
emony whereby N F. Razook and Man
ahy Beyouth become man and wife will
be performed by an American priest
or minister of tho gospel. Afterward
tho Syrian wedding ceremony will be
gono through, lasting threo days from
the hour at which tho previous cere
mony takes place.
N. F. Rnzooks has lived in Wichita
for many years and is considered one
of tho wealthiest and most prosperous
merchants of his nationality In this
city. Ho know Manahy Beyouth, who
Is a pretty, black-haired, black-eyed
Syrian girl of 19 years, in his native
country.
A Murderer for Ninety Cents.
Georgo Turnor and Hiram Peters,
members of a threshing crow operating
about four miles south of Dlghton,
Knn., got Into an altercation over a
debt of 00 cents, which Peters is sup
posed to havo owed Turner. It ended
In a light, in which Peters slashed Tur
ner with a large pocket knlfo a num
ber of times, Inflicting wounds from
which Turner died in about ten min
utes. Peters at first fled, but returned later
to the machlno, where ho was arrested
by tho sheriff. Both parties were com
plete strangers in tho community in
which tho deed was committed.
Peters, who is about twenty-two
years old, states thnt bis parents live
near Oklahoma City, Okla., and Turner
has a brother living In Great Bend,
Knn. A bank book showing thnt he
had on deposit about $6, GO in tho First
National bank of Great Bend, and
about $0.30 In monoy were found In
his pockets.
A.Cnmcron hotel advertises: "Feath
er beds for Drummers."
Ready for Long Voyage.
The United uiates gunboat Machlai
arrived at Naples, Italy and coaled pre
paratory to taking United States Con
sul Skinner and his expedition to Ju
butll, French Somamand, from whence
tho expedition will start for Abyssinia,
Fastlmlno Mllloro, leador of the band
of Indroncs which for months past has
been raiding tho provlnco of Rlzal,
P. I., has been sentenced to death, Two
of his officers havo been sentenced to
imprisonment for life, and two othort
to Imprisonment for 25 years.
PLEASING RESULTS
Nebraska Ha9 Plenty and Somo
to Spare.
ONE OF BEST IN THE UNION
tier Crops, With UnUroruble Weather,
Show IteinnrkHbte Yield and
Ounllly the Heat.
Nebrnskans can contemplate with
much satisfaction tho yield of the fields
for tho last season. It is truo that tho
total figures of bushels and tons Is not
up to that of 1002, hut under tho con
ditions tho returns nrc certainly cause
for congratulation. In many respects
tho growing season was, abnormnl.
April, when tho rains nrp naturally
looked for. was dry, and cold; Mny was
wet nnd cold, Juno was wet and colder,
and July, reckoned nmong tho hot
months of tho year, was tho wettest
on record, nnd the daily mean tem
perature from G to 8 degrees lower than
the normal. It seemed llko hoping
agnlnst hopo to expect a crop under
these discouraging conditions. Grain
of all kinds nnd grntses grew rank un
der tho Influence of tho damp, cool
woather, and ripening was beyond pos
sibility. In Juno estlmntes on tho wheat
crop were that It wnnM vr.wi u, ...,
ord-breaking crop of 1002; when the
time came for harvest, many reported
that tho wheat crop would bo a failure.
In the senso of a bumper crop It was
a failure, but tho yield is such aB would
hae been causo for congratulation a
few years ago. Thirty-eight million
bushels of a first-class quality of wheat
is returned as Nebraska's yield for tho
Bcason. This is a disappointment, but
Is duo solely to the untoward weather
conditions that prevailed during June
and July.
Tho following comparison of yield
for small grains for 1903 with that of
1902 will bo read with much interest:
Bushels
Art clo 10v?
1902.
Wheat 38,012,031
Oats 61,508,342
Il'0 5,948,593
Barley ami 09a
00,210,035
53,503,007
11,797,123
2,152,522
Ots shows an Increase In yield, but
1902 was a bad season for oats, and the
acreage for 1903 Is over 200,000 great
er. An increase in tho acrcago of bar
,,y.vcr lnst 'car's accounts for the
slight increase in the total yield.
Cora had a backward year of it, but
came gloriously out or tho contest with
tho elements and Is proudly waving its
Plumed head with a total yield that Is
far above expectation. When it is re
called that a largo percentage of tho
total acrcago was not planted until late
In June and much of It not until early
July, and that at tho time when tho
fields aro generally laid by the first
tended shoots were Just peeping abovo
tho rain-Eoaked earth, tho returns seem
Phenomenal. A ninety-day corn crop
is something to talk about nnd that Is
what Nebraska hns raised this year.
Ears aro long and well filled out and
the grain is plump and firm, so that It
will grade as high as Nebraska corn
ever did grade. In this regard It is a
great improvement over the crop of
1902, which whne much larger In num
ber of bushels, had hardly 20 per cent
of merchantable grain. The early frost
of that year "caught tho corn In tho
milk, and tho result was that at least
80 per cent of It was soft and only
fit for immediate feeding.
A report of tho state's yield for the
past six years Is hero given:
,$'" Bushels.
J2$ 213,697,572
J2JS 224.201,950
241,935,527
JS5 244,125,093
:!55 180,611,944
lbi7 ; 229,907,853
Potatoes suffered from the wet sea
son, and the yield was far from bolng
up to the average. Tho growth was
good, but tho cold, dark, damp days
during the ripening period prevented
the crop from maturing, thus reducing
the yield. Only tho late planted pota
toes gavo anything like tho yield that
Is usually expected from this crop.
Hay and alfalfa Buffered'. Growth
s splendid, but ripening was retard
ed by the rains. This really doveloped
into a very serious situation on tho
ranges where the snows thnt camo
with tho September cold wave threat
ened to do away with tho winter rango
altogether but tho warm, bright wea
ther that followed tho storm has reme
died this condition to a large extent,
stockmen coming in now report ranges
in good condition. h
Resnlt of Foot Hull (James.
Following is tho record of football
sist-08 gamo plnyed Saturday. 0ct-
Nebraska 17, Iowa 6.
Nob. Scrubs 11, Grand Island C.
Yale 25. Columbia 0.
Harvard 12, Carlisle 11.
Army 20, Vermont 0.
Pennsylvania 47, Buckncll 6.
Haskell 12, Missouri 0.
Lehigh 17, Dickinson 0.
Pa. State 17, Annapolis 0.
Andover 23, Yale Freshmen 0.
Amherst 0, Holy Cross 30.
Brown 22, Williams 0.
Princeton 44, Cornell 0.
Dartmouth 34. Wesleynn C. ',
Chicago 15, Wisconsin 6. '
Northwestern 12, Illinois 11.
Washburn 5, Kansas 0.
Swarthmore 17, Franklin 0. 1 '
Minnesota 6, Michigan 6.
Rose Poly'c 16, Hanover C.
Ohio 34, West Virginia C. ';
Kenyon 18, Cincinnati 0. , 1
California 11, Mulluoma 0. ' '
Denver 10, Utah 0.
Ames 23, South Dakota 0.
Drako 45. Simpson 0.
Wabash 87, Franklin 5.
Unl. of South 47. Ala. Poly'c.
Tennesso 10, Nashville 0.
Kentucky 6, N. Carolina 5.
Richmond 23, Hampden 0.
Davidson 0, Virginia 22.
German Hunkers rail.
A. C. BahijEon & Co., German bank
ers nt San Louis Potosl, Mexico, havo
failed for $200,000 after thlrty-thrco
years of continuous business. No un
easiness is felt by tho local banks hold
ing tho paper of this bank as tho as
sets aro largo and moro than suffi
cient to meet all liabilities.,- V
THE DAY WE EAT TURKEY
l'resldent Itnnsevelt Nitmei Thursday
the 30th of November.
President Roosevelt has Issued hla
annual Thnnksglvlng proclamation In
tho following terms:
'By tho President of the United
States of America: A Proclamation.
"The season Is at hand when, accord
ing to the custom of our people it falls
upon tho president to appoint a day of
pralso nnd thanksgiving to God. Dur
ing tho last year the Ixml has dealt ,
bountifully with us, giving us penco
at homo nnd abroad and n chnnco for
our citizens to work for their welfare
unhindered by war, famlno or plague.
It behooves us not only to rejoice great
ly bpeaupo of what has been given us,
but to accept It with n solemn sense of
responsibility, realizing that under
heaven It rests with us oursolves to
show that we nro worthy to uso a right
that has been entrusted to our care.
In no other place and at no other tlmo
has the experiment of government of
tho people, by the people, for the peo
ple, been tried on so vast n scnlo as
here In our own country' in tho opening
years of tho twentieth century. Failure
would not only be a dreadful thing for
us but a dreadful thing for all man
kind; becauso It would mean loss of
hopo for all who bcllovo In tho power
and tho righteousness of liberty.
"Therefore, In thanking God for tho
mercies extended to us In tho past, wo
beseech Him that He may not withhold
thorn In the future, nnd that our hearta
may bo roused to war steadfastly for
good and against nil tho forces of evil,
public nnd private. Wo pray for
strength nnd light, bo that In tho com
ing years wo may with cleanliness,
fearlessness, and wisdom, do our allot
ted work on tho earth In such manner 1
as to show that wo are not altogether '
unworthy of tho blessings wo havo re
ceived. "Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roose
velt, president of tho United States,
do hereby designate us n day of gen
oral Thanksgiving, Thursday, tho twenty-sixth
day of November, 1903, and
do recommend that throughout tho land
people cease from their wonted occupa
tions, nnd In their several homes and
places of worship render thanks unto
Almighty God for His manifold mer
cies. "In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused tho seal of tho
United States to bo affixed. (Signed.)
"THEODORE ROOSBVELa
By tho President: p-
JOHN HAY, Secretary of State
MANY KILLED IN WRECK
Full of Glee and Happy Anticipations at
Score Meet Death.
Fifteen persons were killed and over
fifty Injured, some fatally, by a colli
sion between a special passenger train
on the Big Four railroad and a freight
englno with a number of loaded coal
cars.
The passenger train of twelve
coaches was carrying 954 persons, near
ly all of whom were Btudents of Pur
duo collego and their friends, from
Lafayette to Indianapolis, Ind., for tho
annual football game botweon tho
Purdue and the Indianapolis team for
tho stato championship, which was to
havo been played at tho latter city.
In tho first coach back of the engine
were tho lirduo football team, substi
tute players and managers. Three play
ers, the assistant coach, trainer and
seven substitute players of the univer
sity team wero killed and every one of
tho fifty-three other persons In tho car
woro eitner rataiiy or seriously Injured.
Following Is tho list of dead:
Charles Grube, of Butler, Ind., sub
stitute player.
Charles Furn, of Wecdersburg, Ind.,
guard.
E. C. Robertson, of Indianapolis, as
sistant coach and captain of team two
years ago.
Walter Leroush, of Pittsburg, sub
stitute. R, J. Powell, of Corpii3 Chrlsti, Tex.,
end player.
W. D. Hamilton, of Iafayctte, center
rush.
Gabriel S. Drolllngcr, of Lafayette,
Ind., substitute.
Day Hamilton, of Huntington, substi
tute players.
Samuel Squibb, of Lawrenceburg,
Ind., substitute.
Mr. Howard, of Lafayette, president
of the Indiana laundrymen's associa
tion. Patrick M. Cynlr, of Chicago, trnlncr.
Samuel Trultt, of Noblesvllle, Ind.,
substitute.
G. L. Shaw, of Lafayette, Ind.
Bert Price, of Spencer, Ind
J. C. Coats, of Berwyn, Pa.
American Soldiers With Cuban Wires.
When tho United States transport
Kiipatrlck reached her dock, at Pier
12, East River, five brides wero among
tho first to walk across tho gangway,
n.n young women were Cubans who
lost their hearts to as many scocoast
artillerymen, and who did not waver
in their determination to follow their
Husbands to the now land.
"With four full companies of nrtlllery
on board, tho brides camo In for much
nttn!lo!1,from th0 momont tho trans
port left Havana. Tills Is tho lost do
tachment of troops to leave the Island
and it was Bald that many a pretty
dark-eyed girl was disconsolate when
tho steamer sailed away.
Money for the Philippines.
Tho superintendent of tho mint at
faan 1 ranclsco has turned over a ship
ment of 1,455,000 pesos to tho war de
partment, the last that will be coined
rc ,,r. a lonK tlmc' A Kunr(l t twen
ty soldiers escorted tho coin to tho
tonManila,ShCrlllan fr transPlon
A Low Kbb for Ulch Onieluls
to1iZoT,ro,,a fwcME JX ' ,
to tli s effect: Judgo Nowton C. Ulan- '
chard and General Leonard Jostromski
gubernatorial candidate, came to blows'
a. n public meeting while discussing
sirwis recenily in a
government has decided to Increase the
salary of tho British ambasSr at
"iVL"' W u C(l"a to thosi
"'"( mcr iubi ciosa embassies.