THE VALEHTIHE OEMOCRA1
.VALBXT1NE , NEB.
I. M. HICK. Publisher
BALKANS IN CHISIS
ANNUAL WAR CLOUD CO.MJ *
MONTHS AIH-AI > OF TIMIC.
I ari .Hears that I'rincc Ferdiiiant
Will Issue Proclamation of Inde
jjendence , Which It is Feared Wil
JJring War with Turkey.
The French government is absorbed
In the Balkan crisis. Official advice ;
which have been received at Pari ;
lead the Temps to announce that a
Tiernova Prince Ferdinand , the reign
ing prince of Bulgaria , will proclairr
the independence of Bulgaria and wil
assume the title of "czar of the Bui
garss"
"Rumelia will be included in th <
proclamation , " says the Temps , "bu
probably Turkey will not acemisce am
a Turko-Bulgarian Avar is therefor *
likely. The only thing to interfere will
this program is Prince Ferdinand' :
possible hesitation at the last moment
but his resolution appeared to be defi
nite. "
The Temps adds that Austria is read }
to compensate Turkey for the elefinit <
seizure of the provinces of Bosnia am
Herzfgovnia by the retrocession o ]
San Jak of Xoviporzar , which is undei
partial military occupation by Austria-
Hungary in virtue of a convention be
tween that countiy and Turkey.
President Fa Me res. Prime Ministei
Clemenceau and Foreign Ministei
Pinchon held a conference Sunday rel
ative to a letter from Emperor Fran
cis Joseph , which was transmitted te
the president Saturday by Countj
Kheve-nollener-Metsch , the Austriar
ambassador , and which is understood
to be identical with letters which hav <
been transmitted to other chiefs ol
state notifying them of Austria's inten
tion , in view of the change in the sit
uation in the Balkans , "to tighten the
bonds" which unite Bosnia and Herze-
govnia to Austria.
France is disposed to act cautiously
in this matter. If the treaty of Berlin
is to be torn up the main fear is that
this will be followed by a scramble foi
"compensation , " Greece claiming
Crete , Italy asking for Albany and oth
er powers seeking similar acquisi
tions. '
PERISH IN nilE.
Several Per.-ons Burned to Death in
New York Tenement.
Several persons were burned to
death and many were injured , one fa
tally , in a fire in a crowded tenement
Iiouse on Mulberry street , Xew York.
Monday morning- . Several tenants
jumped from windows and fire escapes
when flames cut off their retreat.
The fire started on the first floor
in a dry goods store and spread rap
idly. There is a fire escape on the
front of the building , but it was of
little use , as the persons in the build
ing lost their heads , and children were
thrown to the street. Fortunately
nearly all of the children were caught
"by persons on the side walk.
At 2:15 o'clock Monday morning the
-police reported eight persons dead in
the fire. Four bodies 'had been re
moved from .the building , those of two
men , one woman anel a little girl.
MOB SLAUGHTERS FAMILY.
Kentucky Negro. Wife and Babies Are
Shot to Death.
Dave Walker , a negro , his 5-year-old
daughter and his baby child were kill
ed outright , the mother , who was hold
ing the babe in her arms , was fatally
shot and three other children will
probably die as a result of a mob's
visit to the Walker home , near Hick-
man , Ivy. , Saturday night.
In addition the oldest son is miss
ing and is supposed to have been
burned with the negro's cabin , which
was fired by the mob.
Walker had cursed a white woman
and threatened a white man with a
pistol. When the mob of about fifty
ordered him to come from his house
"he replied with a shot. The torch was
.then applied to the house , and as the
occupants came out they were shot
down.
Cab Strikers in Riot.
Two hunderd men , most of whom
are thought to have been cab drivers
who went on strike earlier in the day ,
lined up between Forty-seventh and
Sixtieth streets end Broadway in New-
York , Saturday night and attacked
passing cabs with the result that many
people were hurt. The police dispersed
the rioters and arrested six men.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow : Beeves ,
53.00@3.50. Top hogs , $6.70.
Heavy Mail from London.
An enormous quantity of American
mail was brought out from Euston sta
tion , London , Saturday afternoon to
woet the Liiisitania at Queenstown , be
ing a portion of the first penny mail
to the United States. Business firms
are taking advantage of the cheap pcs-
tal rate to .send out masses of advertis-
I
MAYO11 FIRES UI'ON HAZERS. "
Students of Illinois University in Wii
Riot.
Wild with rage .Mayor Ulaine , o
Champaign , ill. , i-arly Friday mornin.
pulled his revolver and fired at a Uni
versity of Illinois student with whor
the mayor had been having a hand t
hand combat. The executive's air
was poor and the student , one of
large party engaged in hazing fresh
men , escaped unscratched. "I wil
shoot to kill the next time , " sail
Blainc. "The militia ought to be callei
out. "
The gun play was one of the fea
tures of a melee between the sopho
more band and the local police , re
suiting in the arrest of five students
L. B. Smith , J2. M. Benton. E. A
Stroud , H. A. Tupper and G. Wilcox
who were fined in the Champaign po
lice court by Magistrate Rogerson afte
they had entered pleas/of guilty to dis
orderly conduct and resisting officers
The mayor , censured by some , say
that President James asked the au
thorities to arrest all students mis
conducting themselves at all. Wed
nesday Congressman Nick Longworth
addressing the students , put himsel
on record as approving mild forms o
hazing , and , related incidents in hi :
college days at Harvard before the ad
miring students. University authori
ties are inclined to regret that tin
president's son-in-law expressed him
self , in view of Friday morning's me
lee. It is hinted that Longworth' :
words might have been a spur. Fri
day morning many first year men wen
"ducked" in a stream , a custom alway :
rigorously and sternly banned by th <
faculty. Masked , the "sophs" pursued
their occupation until the mayor ani
police descended on them.
THINNING RANKS OF BLUE.
. " > 1.333 Deaths Among Civil War A'cter-
a us Last Fiscal Year.
The report of the commissioner 01
pensions for the fiscal year ending
June 30 shows that in the year there
were 34,333 deaths among survivor.1
of the civil war who were on the pen
sion roll. This falling off was equai
to about 5 per cent of the total anc
left 628,084 survivors on the roll.
The total number of pensioners al
the end of the fiscal year was 951,687
the statement shows that 188,445 wid
ows of soldiers already have taker
advantaga of the law of the last ses
sion of congress increasing to $12 n
month the pensions to widows.
CITY IS ONE AAST GRAA'E.
Disaster in Indian Capital Becomes
Appalling.
A correspondent of a Bombay , In
dia , newspaper who has reached Hy
derabad , the capital of the llooeled dis
trict , describes that city as a vast
grave. The streets and bazaars have
been transformed into a grewsomo
mass of stone , mud and elecomposed
flesh. It is impossible accurately to
estimate the eleath roll in the stricken
region , the correspondent 'declares ,
but some natives put it as high as r > 0-
000.
HAZERS' A'ICTIM MA A' BE DEAD.
Ksntnucky Student Locked in Car and
Shipped Away.
Through a sensational story told at
Lexington , Ivy. , by a small boy , it is
regarded as certain Willie G. Smith ,
who disappeared from the state uni
versity Tuesday night , last week , was
overpowered , bound and gagged , dur
ing the course of hazing at the univer
sity , placed in a Queen and Crescent
car , the door closed , and Smith ship
ped away. The car was shipped out of
the yards , but no trace of it can be
found.
f Shoots AVonian and Himself.
Drew Marshall , of Cairo , 111. , shot
AlYs. Frank Bechtel twice and then
turned the gun on himself. He died
instantly and Mrs. Bechtel is now lying
in a dangerous condition at the city
hospital. Marshall was angered by
the refusal of Mrs. Bechtel to leave
her husband and two small children
and elope with him.
Uni form Bill of JLading.
The traffic bulletin Friday printed a
letter from Chairman Martin A.
Ivnapp , of the interstate commerce
commission , to C. C. McCain , chair
man of the uniform bill of lading com
mittee , approving of the draft of the
[ lew uniform bill of lading which is to
jo into effect Nov. 1.
"Teddy" Puts on Overalls.
Theodore Roosevelt. Jr. , began work
it Thomsonville , Conn. , in learning
larpetmaking , when Friday morning
le donned overalls and went into the
vool room of the Hartford Carpet
jorporation's plant to take his place
it the wool washing macine. He will
ro thorugh the other plants in turn.
Great Horror in India.
Latest reports from the flc-jded dis-
ricts in 'India , which resulted from
mprecedented rains , place the death
ist at 10,000. One village with 1,000
louses was entirely engulfed in mud.
AVins the Marathon Race.
J. W. O'Mara , of North Cambridge ,
riday won the Marathon race from
Joston to Brockton. Mass. Time ( un-
fficial ) , 2 hours , 31 minutes and 20
econds.
Doesn't Go to Capital.
National Chairman Hitchcock did
ot go to Washington Friday to meet
Loosevelt. lie saiel he expected to go
3 Washington at an early day on a
latter purely personal.
A BIG DEMAND FOR COIN.
Government Supply is Low , and Pur
chase of Silver is Resumed.
Director of the Mint Leach has an
nounced that he would this we 'k re
sume the purchase of silver for subsiel
iary coinage. He stated that hex
pectcd to purcahse about 125,00
ounces each week for an indefinite pe
riad.
Director Leach saiel he was confi
dent purchases would be-made as lonj
as there was an active demand fo
coin. The mint now lias on hand enl ;
5,000,000 ounces of fine silver and thi
supply would soon be exhausted at tin
present rate of demand. For severa
months prior to the late financia
stringency the demand for subsidiary
coins was so active a to necessitati
the operation of the mints to thei :
full capacity , but the demand fell of
until there was an accumulation in tin
treasury in April last ; of about $27 ,
000,000 in subsidiary coins. Early it
the summer the call for silver dollar ;
became more active and soon the sup.
ply was practically exhausted. Atten
tion was then directed to halves am
other subsidiary coins with the result
that there is only about $21,000,00 (
available , notwithstanding the fad
that in September $634,000 in silvei
subsidiary was coined and adeled to the
stock on hand.
Leach expects a still stronger de
mand when the cotton crop begins tc
move and the decision to purchase
more silver is in anticipation of thi.i
demand.
BANKERS STAND PAT.
Oppose Both Guaranty and Postal Sav
ings Plans.
The thirty-fourth annual convention
of the American Bankers' association
came to an end at Denver. Colo. ,
Thursday afternoon with the election
of George M. Reynolds , of Chicago ,
president , and Lewis E. Pierson , of
New York , first vice president. Thir
ty-eight new members were announced
and a vice president representing each
of the states having representatives in
the association was named.
The convention also placed itself
squarely on record as against both the
proposition to guarantee bank deposits
and to establish postal savings banks.
A lively discussion occurred over the
report of the federal legislative com
mittee opposing both the guarantee of
bank deposits and the establishment
of postal savings banks. The resolu
tion offered by the committee con
tained a condemnation of the guaran
tee only , making no mention of the
postal savings banks.
SAY LEPER TS CURED.
Experiment in Honolulu Said to Have
Been Successful.
Drs. W. P. Brinckerholf and J. T.
Wayson have notified the Honolulu
board of health that they believe they
have succeeded in curing a leper by
the Nastin treatment.
The Nastin treatment for leprosy
which'Drs. Brinckerhoff and Wayson ,
of Honolulu , believe has resulted in
the cure of a leper consists in the use
of a preparation discovered by Dr.
Deycke Pasha , director of the Impe
rial Medical school at Constantinople ,
and Reschad Bey , senior physician of
Lhe same institution. Its composition
and the method of treatment followed
in connection with the remedy haw
not been made public.
Health of King Charles.
It was learned at Bpcharcst , Rou-
mania , that King Charles , who is at
3inta , in the Carpathian mountains ,
ecently suffered a serious fainting fit
.vhich . lasted for three hours. This was
.he origin of the alarming reports re-
jarding his majesty's condition. 3t
vas officially declared that the general
icalth of the king was much im-
proved.
Many Scientists Are Heard.
With only two more days for section
vork in the minute study of every
> hase of the tuberculosis problem , the
even sections of the international tu-
> erculosis congress convened Thurs-
lay at Washington. Addresses were
naele by scientists from all parts of the
vorld on the many new questions
vhich have arisen in the universal
ampaign.
Bars Aroting Machines.
The supreme court of Michigan
"nursday directed the re-jection of the
ote in one precinct of Spaulding
ownship , Menominee county , at the
ecent republican primaries for gov-
rnor because voting machines were
sed. The court ruled the machines
llowed no means to keep the ballots
f each party separate.
To Contest Carter. AVill.
Leslie Dudley Carter , son of the ac
cess , Mrs. Leslie Carter Payne , who
lakes his home with his mother and
Lepfather at Tarrytown. announced
lat he will contest the will of his
ither , Leslie Carter , of Chicago , who
ied last Friday , anel whose will cuts
is son off without a penny.
Tribesmen in .Rebellion.
The natives of Angola , a Portuguese
ossession in western Africa , revolted
id attacked the fort at Don Luise re-
Mitly. After a sharp fight they were
pulsed by the garrison , but two
ortuguese were killed and several
ere wounded.
"More Fighting : 'in Persia.
A telegram from the Turkish con-
il at Tabriz , Persia , says imliscrimi-
ite bombarding of that town con-
nues.
DAVIS IS HELD FOR MTRDER.
Bound Over to District Court ej
Charge of Killing Dr. Rnstin.
Charles E. Davis , Omuhan for fift
years , brother > / Fred H. Davis , vie
president of the First National ban ]
was bound over to the district court o
a bond of $10.000 Tuesday afte-rnuo
on the charge of murdering Dr. Free
erich T. llu-tin early on the mornin
of Sept. 2. by Judge Dryce Crawforc
ol" the police court , after a preliniiiuir
hearing which lasted four days.
County Attorney English contemle
that Davis should not be allowed bai
but should be sent to jail as others ar
when charged with murder in the 11 ri
degree , but Judge Crawford decide
to set the bond at $10,000 and it wa
promptly signed by F. H. and La thai :
Davis , brothers of the accused , Mi
English insisted all through the hear
ing that the Davis case should be ani
must be conducted the same us an ;
other case and he fought for this wit ]
Attorney . F. Gurhy on the matte
of giving a man his liberty on bond
while awaiting trial for murder in th
Ilrst degree.
To the mind of Judge Bryce Craw
ford the county attorney presented :
chain of evidence , showing that Chas
JB. Davis was substituted for Mrs. Ab
bie Rice in the suicide pact , \\hicl
looked to the death of Dr. Fredericl
T. Rustin and the defense prpsentec
nothing to show that Davis ever with
drew or that he did not play the par
which the woman had promised t (
play and was excused because Rusti ;
said he had secured Davis to take hi ;
life.
HELD FOR POSTAL , ROHHERY.
One , an Kightcen-Year-GId Hey
Pleads Guilty.
The- hearing of Howard Provo
charged with breaking into the post-
olfice \ValthilI on the night of Sept
2 , 190S , was held before United States
Commissioner Singhaus at Tekamah ,
Eight or nine witnesses \\ere exam
ined , after which Singhaus bound him
over to appear before the next federal
grand jury. Homer Morris , who is
but IS years old , pleaded guilty to the
same offense and made an affidavit
Implicating Provo. Provo denies hav-
mg seen Morris for a week previous
to the robbery , but witnesses testified
that they had seen the two together
several times and once on the evening
of the robbery as late at 11 o'clock
United States Marshal Proctor took
Morris to Omaha as he could not se
cure the $1.500 bail. Provo gave a
bond in the sum of $ .100 to appear be
fore the grand jury The case was
In charge of Postollice Inspector L. A.
Thompson.
HEARING IX LUMBER CASE.
Railway Coniini.ssion to Grant One in
Omaha-Lincoln Controversy.
In 'the matter of the complaint of
Omaha lumber companies against
rates given by the Union Pacific ,
Northwestern and Burlington roads to
points in Nebraska from Lincoln ,
Judge A. W. Field , for the Lincoln
Commercial club , Tuesday argued a
Jemurrer. He contended that the
complaint was insullicient in that it
: isked for'the same cut rates from
3maha to Nebraska points as are giv-
2n from Lincoln. He said he was
i-eady to submit the case without a
iiearing if that is the nature of the
somplaint.
Frank Colpetzer and John A. Kahn
ippeared for the complainants , with
out counsel , and demanded a hearing
: o bring out the facts. The railway
7ommission decided to require an
imended complaint to be filed Oct. 6.
ivith the answer day Oct. 1C , and the
Tearing on the meits of the case Oct.
20.
Treasurer's Monthly Report.
The monthly report of State Treas-
irer L. G. Brian shows a balance of
> 415,017.50 in the treasury. Of that
imount $399,140.65 is in state depos-
tory banks and ? 15S7G.S5 is on hand
n cash. The permanent trust funds
nvested aggregate $8,171,621.08. The
nvestment is in the form of bonds
vith the exception of $716,185.76 in
Nebraska state warrants.
Balloonist is Injured.
Tha man who was hurt by falling
rom a balloon at Valentine last week
s still in a serious condition , as he i' ,
till unable to move. It seems that at
ome previous time he was all broken
ip in a railroad wreck and although
le did not break any bones in this fall
IB was not in condition t withstand
he shock.
Increase Capital Stock.
The Blue Valley Mercantile com-
iany has amended it articles of incor-
loration to provide for a paid up capi-
al stock of40,000 with their total
uthorizeel capital stock increased to
250,000.
Library Find liaised.
Andrew Carnegie has been prevailed
pen to increase his library donation
or Fairbury from $ .10.000 to $12,000 ,
nd thecontract for the erection of the
uilding will be let this week.
Robbed Twice Same Week.
The general store of Lou Kropp at
Wyoming was robbed again Monday
ight and clothing and shoes were tak-
n. This store was robbed less than
week ago.
Hoj ; Cholera at York.
If hog cholera keeps spreaeling in
orthwest York county and part of
[ amilton county , where there were
undreds of herds there will not be a
ig left. Owing to the high price of
3rn many farmers solel out nearly
t'ery hog and what were not sold are
ying with the cholera.
Saloonkeeper Convicted.
Henry Steel , the Sterling saloon-
eeper , has been found guilty of sell-
ig intoxicants to minors in the district
) urt at Tecumseh.
ATTACK Ku > BY HOGS.
, Child Near Nebra.-ka City Ilr.s Narro
J . KSIT. pe.
A j-ouiig son ejf Mrs. Graham i
Cheyenne , \Yyo. , who was visiting wit
relatives at Union , had a most exci
ing experience. He got out in a helot
lot- and was attacked by the hogs , bi
ing thrown down and his clothing toi
, fre > m his body. His mother was a
J traded to the place by the screams (
j the child and found that the hogs wei
i eating the child alive , and she had
! terrible fight to chase them away "roi
I their victim. When the child was reJ
j cued it was found that he had larg
pieces of flesh bitten from his arm :
legs and body and on top of his hea
\vas a large scalp \\umid made by th
hogs' teeth. The child is still in a sei
ions condition and it \\ill be some tim
before his wounds heal , if no othe
complications set in. Had the mothe
been five minutes later the child v.oul-
have been killed and devoured by th
hogs .
BIIOKKX IJOW STOKE IS ROBBEU
Thousand Dollars in Ca.-.h and Jewel
ry Taken from Safe.
Some time during Tuesday nigh
burglars entered the jewelry and she <
store belonging to Fred W. Hayes o
Broken Bow , taking nearly $1,000 ii
cash and valuables from the safe. Th <
thieves gained entrance through j
back window , and from the fact o
their having little difficulty , apparent
ly. in opening the big safe , must havi
been old hands at the game. Suspic
ion points to a couple of ejueer looking
strangers who came in from the wes
late Saturday night and claimed to b (
from Hillings. The jeuthy taken con
sists of watches- and a number of pear
and diamond rings. Sheriff Kenned }
is working the wiresin all directions
Another theoiy is that the job was
done by local crooks.
TRAINS COLLIDE AT KEARNEY.
Five People Injured. One of Them Se
riously.
A special freight train struck accom
modation train No. ( j'l at Kearney
Tuesday afternoon and several were
injured. The local train was pulling
from the sidetrack onto the c-astbound
main line and the through freight had
a clear board. The engine struck the
rear coach slantingly and it turned
over. There were four passengers in
the coach and all were slightly hurt.
Mrs. Romaine St. John , of Gibbon , was
injured the most , but not seriously.
The injured : Mrs. E. Bowker , Kear
ney. Neb. , bruised and cut : Mrs. Hazel
Hillon , Amherst. Neb. , spine injured ;
Raymond Fern , brakeman , collar bone
broken.
YOUNG MAX ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
Gun is Discharged While a Friend IK
Examining- .
Ernest Fritz , a young barber of
Hooper , was accidentally killed by a
gunshot wound Tuesday morning. He
and Buyd Sanders were in the grocery
* tore of Jacob Sanders and were ex-
nmining a shotgun , when in some
manner the shell was exploded and
the charge entered the neck of Fritz ,
killing him instantly. Mr. Fritz was
: ibout 2S years of age and has lived
there about ten years. He leaves a
young widow.
Child Wanders From Home.
The ten-year-old daughter of Mr.
ind Mrs. John Engler , living eight
mles northwest of Beatrice , wandered
iway trom home Sunday evening and
, vas not found until the next day.
When the searching party found her
; he was in a pasture about a mile from
icr home with her pet dog. She had
iufte-red considerably during the night
: rom exposure , but otherwise was all
ight when found.
Farmers Lose Hogs.
What seems to be a kidney disease
las broken out among the hogs in the
: ountry near Stanton. A number of
armers have lost their herds. The
log gets sick very suddenly and dies
ioou afterwards. On opening it up
hey find the spleen about three times
ts normal size and very brittle , as if
otten , the large intestines being full
pf minute worms scarcely visible to the
laked eye.
Wrecks Room.
An explosion of an oil stove caused
onsiderable damage at the home of
iemy Bean of Falls City. Mrs. Bean ,
fho is an invalid , was sitting in an in-
ilad's chair near the stove at the time
f the explosion and was severely
iiirned , especially about the face. Mr.
> eau was badly burned in carrying her
o a place of safety.
Delegatees to the Waterways.
Governor Sheldon has appointed the
ollowing delegates to the lakes to the
ulf deep waterway convention to be
eld in Chicago. October 7 to 9 : Wil-
am Haward. Nebraska City ; Charles
loan , Geneva ; Eugene Bradley , Ne-
raska City : H. T. Clarke , sr. , Omaha ;
ames North , Columbus ; E. P. Myer.
.lliance.
Site for New Po-toflice.
A lepres-entative of the supervising
rchitect of the treasury department
as in Fairbury inspecting the pro-
osed sites for the new postoffice
uilding for which $70,000 was appro-
riated at the last session of congress.
t is expected the site will be decided
pen in about two weeks.
Horse and Buggy Stolen.
A horse and buggy belonging to D.
, Faulder , living in the northeast part
t" Beatrice , was stolen. There is no
ue to the thieves. The officers be-
eve the theft was committed by a
[ ing operating in.that section of the
ate and Kansas.
Grape Grov.ers Organize.
A grape growers' association is being
ganized by prominent grape growers
: Peru. The object is to promote the
-owing and shipping of grapes Ex
erts say that the hillsides of this re-
on are admirably adapted to the
owing of the \ine.
Telephone Displace5 ; Telegraph.
The Purlington railroad lias Inau-
irated the ue of the telephone in-
ead of tIt graph hi dispatching
ains on its Lincoln d'vision ' , from
incoln to Pacific Junction , la.
Geological Survey Statistics Shotfr
5,314 Persons Were Injured /
in 1907. i/ /
WORST IN WEST VIEGINLS *
Death Rate Among Minars ir. Tka $
State Is 12.35 Per Thousand /
Blasts Xot Greatest Danger. I
Accidents in oonl mines of the Unife.
ed States during the last calendar yeaz-
resulted in the death of 3,1-Z men and
injury to 0,314 more , according to sta
tistics made public by the geological
survey. "I
The death record among the coal
miners during the year was greater bjj
I,0u3 than in 11)00 , and is stud to havo-
been the worst year in the history of
the coal industry. The figures do not
represent the full extent of the disas
ters , as reports were not received from ,
States having no mine inspectors.
West Virginia reported for i'.JUT the
heaviest death rate , 12.35 per thousand ,
employes , and that State also showed
the lowest production for each life lost
(3.1,000 ( tons. New Mexico .stood next
on the list \\ith a death rate of 11.45
and a production of 7T,31'2 tous for each
life lost. Alabama was third , \\itj a.
death rate of 7.2 per thousand and a
production of : j2o3 : { tons for e.u-h life
lost.
Missouri had the lowest d Mih rate , ,
heading the roll of honor witii . ! > . " and
490,742 tons of coal mined for each life-
lost.
Statistics do not bear out the popu
lar idea that most mine disasters re
sult from explosions. Of the total Dum
ber reported during the last year J)4T" )
deaths and 3J3 injuries resulted from
pas and dust exi.losions and 201 deaths *
and 410 injuries were caused by po\v-
fler explosions.
The chief cause of death union : ; th ® '
miners , the report claims , was the fall
ing of mine roofs and coal. Such disas *
tors caused 1,122 deaths and 2.Ml in-
juries.
E. W. Parker , chief statistician of
the survey , asserts that inu-jh benefit :
tvill result from the action of ( . 'on-
jress in appropriating $150.000 to in-
restigate mine disasters and take steps
: o decrease the number of accidents *
? ach yeaY. lie says one of the greatest
iceds of the epal mining industry Is *
: he enforcement of military'discij lint
n the operation of the mines.
fire oJ the Uiieiiiiloyfd.
Reports continue to come in from rhft
, -nrious charity organizations in Auseri *
: an cities telling of a gloomy outlook fol
: he coining xvinter on account of thr : vag-
lumber of unemployed men and woinfn ,
\.s bearing directly on this situation the-
Bureau of Labor at Washington has just
ssuecl a report on the policy of Kiro
> ean countries toward the untMiipioyt'd *
Jermany ha * made great strides i > y m -
roilucing public employment bureaus and
> y taking care of tramps. la Uel Ium ,
Netherlands and Denmark the im-orrigi.
ile idle have been forced larudy into
vork homes , where they ar < \ however ,
rell treated. All the countries of Kr.rops
lave apointed special commissions to deaj-
cith this -problem. Colonies for the un
mployecl are favorite remodi s and pub *
ic relief works are being started in Mmc
laces.
Castro's refusal to permit th Brazilian
large d'affaires to assume charge of \
rench interests in Venezuela is the lat-
; t fuel thrown on the smoldering fire ot
enezuela's international complications ,
peculation is rife in Caracas as to
hether or not Brazil will look upon this
: tion as an insult directed at her and-
hat France will do towards getting rep-
isentation here for her interests aftes
lis rebuke.
The international cotton congress * ,
eeting in Paris , adopted resolutions ia-
ting all confederated associations in the *
triotis countries interested in cotton ta
in in a harmonious curtailment during :
iriods of distress
arising from over or
ider production ; another invites bhe Eu-
pean governments to study and advance-
e extension of colonial production of
tton ; a third instructs ths- cotton con-
act commission to place before the ex-
anges of Europe a recommendation foe
e substitution of the net weight basis *
purchase for the present basis , which *
lows a shrinkage of 30 pounds in a.
le of 500 pounds : and a fourth lookicg-
the introduction into Europe of the-
jtual mill insurance system in vogue in.
nerica.
The funeral of the Baron Speck vos-
ernberg , German ambassador to the-
lited States , was held at Luzchena , the
mily estate near Leipsic.
At Nuremberg the German Sex-ial
ratic Congress has held its auuual
; ss and the report showed a gain
per cent in the organization. A d
te from the Brit Mi Sod-1 1'emocratio- '
deration < jioke ar length anst allow-
"o\-nijeir- : of ih r > nations-
; % ar - > r r-v.i-- . . . -V heads-
: - : i- ; : .s , umt the so-
of lx/ih c ' . . : : should 'A'ork to *
Jter for peke.
