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.NUMBER 40.
COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDltSDAY; JANUARY 7. 1903.
WHOLE NUMBER 1J04.
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STANDS BY NEGRO
PRESIDENT WANTS JUSTICE
BoN .LACK PEOPLE
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Threats if Violence MM by Lawieos
faieeiesiisslans Compel Capwhfe
Employe of Government to Quit IKe
. t WASHiNGTONJ-fhe feature of the
caMik meeting Friday was the oe-
cWoi io close pennanently tke post-
.vOee at indlanola. Miss., from which
the icfiifer, If lanle M. Cox; color
ed.' jeslgaed under compulsion a few
days, ago, since which time the asWe
Kas Iwea. dsaec-. - , . -
Tke postmaster geaeral kas fi4 a
tkOKMck Investigatioc autde, aad has
feecosrt sktfsled ikit tke wossair wis
oMIaed to resign gader dttress; fact;
that her" life was endangered:
tiaViag represeBted this slate of af
fairs to ike cabinet, after a leag dls-eassion,-
he decision above noted was
reached aad the efics will sot be re
opened tihili the people in the district
are ready id accept this wossaM as
their postmaster;
iecreiary Corteljrsa, for the presi
teat, ntadt pttblk the following J
"Ths postsftastef at Iadlaaola, Mfst.,
is itrs. Minnie W. Cox, a colored wo
man ihe served three years as post'
master Under President Harrison.
When President McKinley came la she
was agaik Appointed, ia 1897, Marly
tut years ago,
'."Her character and standing fa tke
'femmanity are endorsed by tke best
and most reputable people, in tke town.
'Tke postmaster aad her husband
wwn from S10.pe to S15,6e worth of
ptoperty ia Sanlower county. Tke
reports of postoslce Inspectors who
have Investigated the emce from time
Ut time show that she hnS give the
utmost Satisfaction to all tke patrons
f ths omce; that she is at nil times
Courteous,' faithful, competent aad
holiest In the discharge of her duties.
fief moral standing in the community
t of the highest.
''The postmaster recently forwarded
her resignation to take effect on Jan
uary l, hut the report at inspectors
and information received from various
reputable white citizens of the town
and neighborhood show that ' the
resignation was forced by a brutal
aid lawless element purely upon the
ground of her color and was obtained
aader terror of threats. The msyor
of the town snd the sheriff of the
county both told the postofflce in
spector that if she refused to resign
they Would not be responsible for her
safety, although at the same time not
one word was said against her."
Officer is Missing.
DENVER Second Lieutenant Wil
liam M. Kistler, Company M, Eight
eenth United States infantry, has been
missing from Fort Logan for nearly
two weeks. The Denver police de
partment has been asked to help lo
cate him.
Lieutenant Kistler is 23 years old'
aad. enlisted as a private in the Sixth
cavalry seven years ago at Philadel
phia. He went with the battery to
the Philippines and saw service in and
about Manila.
MITCHELL NOT A PARTISAN.
Mine President Does Not Seek Polit
ical Preferment.
. INDIANAPOLIS National Secre
tary Wilson of the United Mine Work
ers Friday night discussed the action
6t the Chicago Cook County Democ
racy in electing President John Mitch
ell id membership. He said:
"I know there has been a lot of
talk in Illinois lately regarding Mitch
ell's politics. There has been talk of
bringing him out for governor. But
the amusing part of the situation is
that while they have been talking in
Illinois of making him the democratic
nominee for governor, in some eastern
places there has been talk of him as
a running mate for President Roose
velt in 1904.
"The truth of the situation, so far
a Mitchell ia concerned, to thatHhe
is not taking any part in politics and
he kas no intention of entering poli
tics. He is not a partisan la any sense
of the word."
Gobbled by the Trust.
' LOUISVILLE. Ky. According to
the Courier-Journal. Harry Weissing
er. president of the Weissinger Tobac
co company of this city, kas closed a
deal which has been pending for sev
eral days for tke sale of kis plant to
tke Continental Tobacco company for
$2,500,000. The papers have been
signed and Mr. Weissinger will leave
for New York to complete the details
of the transaction. The company is
one of the largest independent cosi
cems of the kind in tke country.
ine Man Hao Arsenal.
NEW YORK A man; apparently
Innanr tried to gain entrance to the'
-private omce of General Greene, the
now police commissioner, at police
headquarters Friday, aaying that he
vw tke new commissioner. Inspector
Brooks inveigled kirn to the Mulberry
street station. Two loaded revolvers
fa kis coat pockets. .
LONDON L N- Elder was
at theGniWhaB pettce court,
ed em kis own conienskm wftk baring
$7Se from his
Shipley A.Cev, the
MOORS PUT TO ROUT.'
Twe Theusand of Sultan's
KiHsd r Wewttded.
TANQOBBV Morocco. On December
22: fo.tt.tmtreenan troops, command
eff r a Brother of the saltan's minister
of war; received orders iS eftfettai
and take the offensive against the pre-'
tender dtjTaxa. before the Shereef
sns imprM upofi im the. pretender' at
tache! them' with large boAes hi cav
alry.'. Tke imperial army was sSr-
rjStinded, completely routed and led In
Hisorder toward Fei. abandoning all
faateriilS 6f war.. The first ftiti?es
arrived it Fe on the morning if De
cember iit
The gates of Fez at preseiit ar' shat"
Shops there are closed and the' popu
lation is greatly excited, bat there kas
been no. disorder.
The Jmtrspean colony of Fes, em
bbdylilg abont 509-peTson's; IS taking ha
steps to leave the. town and appears
ib be satisfied that it is lri no imminent
danger; although the sitsktioi let re-'
gardedai serlons. li Is said thai th
pretender's followers have received nu
merous additions since h'is success and
be' is already negotlaUng with the
tribes of Wedmaweb valley.- The pop
nlation of Fez is reported to be gen
erally hostile to the sultan and ready
to acclaim any pretender who will
guarantee the town from pillage. ,
No details of the imperial losses
nave yet been received here, but it is
rumored that 2,0t of tke sultan's sol
diers were killed or wounded. Tke
authorities here are trying to minimize
tke disaster. It is said that a section
of the imperial troops sent as rein
fOTcesaeats deserted to the rebels and
aided In driving the local troops back
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ROMIRS LOOT MISSOURI RANK.
VauM sMown Open and Entire Con-
.UNION, Mo The Bank of Union
was -robbed Saturday morning, the
vanlt blown open with nitroglycerine
aad.fS0.000, the entire contents, were
stolen.
The robbers were two in number
and are believed to be professionals.
They escaped.
About 1 o'clock a loud explosion
was heard and shots were fired around
the public square. Most of the citi
zens who heard the noise supposed it
was caused by boys out on a lark,
celebrating Christmas, and paid no
attention to it.
Oscar Bosch, a hardware dealer,
who lived across the street, noticing
that the bank was being robbed, went
to- the window to look, out, but was
covered by a revolver. He then kept
quiet Others in the vicinity of the
bank were also kept quiet by a dis
play of revolvers.
About fifty shots were fired to ter
rorize any who might want to venture
out Some say seven men were seen
around, but 'Mr. Busch says bat two
men left the bank after .the robbery.
The wreck was complete, the vault
door and the safe being completely
demolished, as was the whole iaterior
of the bank. The: glass front of the
building was also completely destroy
ed. When the' work" was finished the
men left town, walking toward Hart-
F. W. Hartman, cashier, was called
after all was over. He estimates the
loss at about $50,000. The bank car
ried $10,000 .insurance against burg
lary. There is no clue.
CATTLE DISEASE COSTLY.
Will Take Much Money to Keep
it
From Spreading.
WASHINGTON While the Impor
tance of the subject Is not generally
appreciated, it is still a fact that no
otker matter has come up in congress
at this session which is of greater
moment than the proposition to spend
$1,000,000 in an attempt to Mamp out
tke cattle disease which has broken
out in New England. Thus far the
foot and moath. disease,, as it Is call
ed, is practically confined to Massa
chusetts and Vermont It was, with
out doubt brought to Boston' from
Europe in the fodder of a consign
ment of horses. Just as soon 'as the
department of agriculture learned of
the outbreak prompt steps were tak
en to prevent its"-spread. But it is
estimated that there are at least 15,
000 cattle suffering from the disease
in' the states named. Many affected
animals have been transported from
place to place In railroad cars and
these cars doubtless coatain the
germs, which ' may readily -be carried
to every state in the union. It will
cost, the federal government more
than $500,000 to pay for the cattle
which, must be slaughtered and buried
in New England alone. Should the
disease spread, ten times that sum
would scarcely pay a tithe of the cost
which, the government will incur in
enforcing the provisions of the law
applicable to cattle disease.
Philippine Forests Valuable.
" SAN FRANCISCO, Two' representa
tives of tke forestry division at Wash
ington, who have been making a pre
liminary survey of the wooded sections
of tile Philippines for the government
arrrived from the Orient on the Japa
nese liner American Mara Friday.
Both gentlemen are enthusiastic in
speaking of the wonderful extent and
value of the forests in the islands.
Their report will be of value to lum
bermen and others who are interest
ed in developing the resources of the
Vandorhilt Crows Setter.
NEW YORK Cornelias Vanderbllt
: continues to Improve. His tempera-
Stars in. slowly dropping toward, nor
maLv The attending physicians are
won satiated with Us progress.
HOLD RECEPTION
PRESIDENT AND MRS. ROOSEVELT
GREET MANY PEOPLE.
CUWBVEIYNSmmiTAII
High and Lew; Rich and Poor, All
Were Greeted with Sincere Cordial
ity by she Chief Executive and Hi
Wife.
WASHINGTON President Roose
velt's reception was one of the most
brilliant events in Washington's recent
social history;
All callers were afforded tke onpor
tunity of greeting the president and
Mrs. Roosevelt and excksnglns with'
them the eompliments of tho New
Tear; NO distinctions were nude, ex
eept suelr-as were rendered necessary
lit preservation of order, and the greet
ingl extended to all high and low,
rick mid poor were alike cordial had
sincere:
Tke general public; for the firit time,
had an' opportunity to see the widelj
heralded improvements in the white
house improvements which; when
completed, will have cost aboHt $600,
000. In addition to a desire, person
ally, to wish the president and Mrs.
Roosevelt a happy New Year, hundreds
were attracted by a wish to see the
white house; in its new and handsome
Interior furnishings.
To many who were familiar with the
interior of the mansion as it was a
year ago the cbang s made were a
revelation. While in a general way the
form of the interior has been retained
in beauty and effectiveness, it is wholly
different.
An hour before the time for the re
ception the mansion was aglow with
myriads of electric lights. Towering
palms of rare varieties were placed In
niches about the vestibule, main cor
ridor and staircases. Two great square
masses of American and English holly
were arranged between the vestibule
and main corridor, affording a bril
liant and effective background for the
handsome scarlet uniforms of the Ma
rine band, sixty strong, which occupied
the tiers of seats in the vestibule.
In the red, blue and green rooms,
and In the splendid east room were dis
posed a few vases containing cut flow
ers, principally white lilies and lilies
of the valley. It was noticed, however,
that the floral decorations had been
suborned to the new furnishings and
finishings of the rooms.
At 11 o'clock the trumpeters of the
Marine band sounded a fanfare, an
nouncing the approach of the president
and Mrs. Roosevelt and the immediate
receiving party.
President Roosevelt, with Mrs.
Roosevelt on his arm, descended the
main staircase and, passing along the
main corridor and through the green
room, entered the blue room, where the
guests were received.
Following them came the members
of the cabinet and women. The re
ceiving party were arranged in the arc
of a circle in the bay window of the
blue room. Facing them were the wo
men Invited to assist. Between the
two sections of the receiving party
a lane was formed by cordons of old
gold velvet Through this line the
callers passed, from the red room, pro-"
ceeding through the green room into
the east room and thence down the
staircase into the east terrace, and
passing into the street opposite the
west entrance of the treasury.
The president was in excellent spir
its and Mrs. Roosevelt never seemed
happier or more gracious. The presi
dent was attired in a frock suit and the
only dash of color about his attire was
a tie of grayish tint.
Department Didnt Dictate.
WASHINGTON The attention of
the officers of the administration
charged with the direction of Philip
pine affairs is being called to a dis
patch from' Rome to. the effect that
Secretary Hav has written the Vati
can that Mgr. Messmer of Green Bay,
Wis., is impossible for the position of
Manila because of the fire brand
speech he recently made before the
Catholic Truth federation. The state
ment" was made in most emphatic
terms that there was absolutely no
foundation for the story. It was fur
ther declared that in" no single instance-has
the United States govern
ment allowed itself to.be placed in the
position of dictating the personality
of any priest or church official who
was to go to stay in the Philippines.
No Special Session.
WASHINGTON Minister Squires
has cabled the state department that
no special session of the Cuban sen
ate will be called prior to the reassem
bling of that congress after the holi
days. The suggestion has been made
that such a session of the congress
might be held during the holidays for
the purpose of passing on the reci
procity treaty between the United
State and Cuba, but according to the
information received from Havana
this intention has been abandoned
and the measure will come before the
Cuban senate in regular form in Jan
uary. Wild Engine Kills Four.
BURLINGTON, VL A wild engine
running from Burlington to Rutland
on the Rutland railroad crashed into
the northbound Iyer from New York
at Shelboarne. The crews of both, en
gines were killed and a brakeman
wko was riding on the wild engine
was probably fatally hurt, and nearly
every one of the Iyer's crew were
injured more or less seriously. No
passengers were kurt although many.
received braises.
AVENGE POLICEMAN'S DEATH:
Mow Lynches i kinsM Negro Who
Committed Murder.
PITTSBURG, Kan.' MiomT?
Godley, a negro, was taken from tke!
jail kere Thursday and lynched by a
mob because early in the morning ho
shot and killed Milton Hinkle, a po
liceman, who was trying to protect
himself against a crowd of unruly
blacksV
The' negro jerked the officer's pistol
from the' holster and shot him with"
it from behind.- Twd hours later 4
nioW gathered and took Godley front
the city Jaif, where .he had been in
carcerated, and hanged him to a tele-'
phone pole. As he was choking to
death one of the members of the mob
Cat Ills throat and ended his suffer
ings; Jk urge number of negro men and
wesson from the' .varo mining
camps in the vicinity; among them
Mont and Joe Godley, brothers, were
drinking and carousing at a ball. Hin
kle requested them to be quiet The
fiodley brothers answered him In an
insulting And Insolent manner and ho
fried to arrest them. They resisted
fcnd HinkJe blew his Whistle for help.
He then" began to use his club In or
der to protect himself from the on
slaught Of the crowd. He was hold
ing his own against three of them
when "Mont" Godley grabbed the oflV
cer's revolver, and, placing the muz
zle .behind HInkle's right ear, pulled
the trigger. The ball passed through
his head and came out over the left
eye. He fell to the sidewalk. Other
officers pursued the negroes, all of
whom started to run when the officer
fell. The Godley brothers were both
captured and locked up In the city
jail. Hinkle was carried to the city
hall, where he died at 2 o'clock.
WANTS TO WED TUTOR.
Princess of Saxony Would
Become
-" Wife of Giron.
GENEVA Andre Giron, the French
tutor, with whom the crown princess
of Saxony fled from her husband and
future throne, talked freely about the
peculiar position in which he, the. prin
cess and the Archduke Leopold find
themselves.
"I met the crown princess after she
left Salzburg at Zurich," said he. "Wo
originally intended stopping at Geneva
only to purchase outfits, as we were
without even underclothes. We . had
intended to go on to Mentone, France,
as Geneva is exceedingly cold, but we
feared that the foreign police might
give us up should Saxony request our
extradition.
"I hope to marry the crown prin
cess soon, although I fully understand
that to obtain a separation under the
circumstances will be difficult."
Miners Want More Pay.
SPRINGFIELD, III. W. D. Ryan,
secretary-treasurer of the United Mine
Workers of Illinois, says that the min
ers of the United States will make
a demand for a material increase In
wages at the national convention at
Indianapolis on January 19.
Mr. Ryan says that the operators
are receiving a larger price for coal
than ever before, and they, cannot
make the excuse that the mines are
not paying expenses.
Mr. Ryan says that the convention
will produce figures to show that the
total cost of mining a ton of coal and
give the public an idea of the profit
being reaped by the operators. Mr.
Ryan will attend the convention and
no doubt lead the fight for higher
wages.
Death of J. J. Dickey.
OMAHA John Jay Dickey, super
intendent of the Fifth Central district
of the Western Union Telegraph com
pany, comprising the lines between
Omaha and the Rocky mountains, died
at his home at Rose farm, near this
city, Monday night Mr. Dickey was
taken sick December 22 with pleurisy.
He retired to his room and grew stead
ily worse untD his heart became affect
ed and pneumonic complications set in.
Jap Marries a Corpse.
VICTORIA, B. C A correspondent
of the Associated Press from Yoko
hama says: The Japan Times has an
account of a Japanese of Kochi hav
ing been married to a corpse. The
bride-elect committed suicide on the
evening of her marriage. The body,
was recovered and at the request of
the dead girl's parents the ceremony
took place between the living and the
dead.
Postmaster Suicides.
SPRINGFIELD, 111. C. T. Greening,
postmaster at Cbrnland,' Logan coun
ty, committed suicide after a postofflce
inspector had checked 'up his accounts
and found him to be $l,40o short
Greening was found dead in a barn in
the rear of his'-residence with a bullet
wound over kis rigkt,eye and a revol
ver clutched in his hand. - '
Entertaining 'General Miles.4
PEKIN The ladies of the Ameri
can legation and. Lieutenant. General
Miles and his party were entertained
at luncheon Sunday .by the dowager
empress and the emperor. United
States Minister Conger also gave a
diplomatic, dinner in honor ot the 'gen
eral. ' i -
Cervera ia Honored.
MADRID The appointment of Vice
Admiral Cervera. who sarrenderod to
the American Joet off Saatiago-lde
Cuba, to the post of chief of stsfTof
the navy. has been -aobueheeW-iav th
Official Gazette. ..-.- ? r
Many -a soul ha slipped
frozen piety.
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TRUNK RAILROAD.
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inNrmN finL A train wreck
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liijjffoi death to over two seere of
fintoagon and. terrible pain and snf
fsamg to about tkirty-lTO. occurred at
letlf -clock Friday night at Wan-
ses&tomo4eVvaatieB on.the JSarnja
branch et the Grand Trunk, forty
miles from this tttf, when tke Pacific
express, lying westward at tiM fate of
lfty miles an hour, and crow'de t He
capacity with passengers returning is
their homes from holiday visits,
crashed into an outbound freight
Tke latest estimates of the fatalities
la thirty killed and thirty-lve or more
iajnred.
The darkness of the night and the
raging of a kUzsard added korrors to
tke wreck.
Fire broke out In the wreckage of
tke day coack. but it was motbered
with snow, which was thrown on It
before it gained any headway.
The Pacific express Is a fast train.
Last night it was delayed two hours
by the heavy travel and at Wanstead
it was speeding to make up time. The
freight was working slowly east under
orders to take tke switch at Wanstead
and allow tke express to pass.
In the blinding snow storm neither
engineer saw the other train approach-Ins-
amnrently. and the freight had
Just commenced to pull in the siding
when the passenger train came up.
The shock was awful. In a second
the baggage and express cars of the
passenger train telescoped into the day
coach. This day coach was reduced
to splinters and fragments back to the
last three windows. As it was crowd
ed, the results were terrible. Fire that
broke out was quickly smothered, but j
the fire was scarcely more dangerous
than the cold. For three hours or
more injured passengers were pinned
underneath wreckage, crying piteously
tor help, while they suffered from ex
posure to the elements.
! nmhabiv hastened the
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death of some of the Injured and
caused the death of some of those who
might have "been saved If it had been
only a question of extricating them
from the wreckage.
The Pullman cars stayed on the
track and were comparatively unin
jured, although the passengers in them
were severely shaken in the shock.
Andrew Carson, the operator at
Watford, the first station east of the
wreck, whose failure to deliver or
ders to Conductor McAuliffe of the
Pacific express to pass the freight at
Wanstead is said by the Grand Trunk
officials to have caused the wreck,
made to the Associated Press his
first statement since the wreck. He
says he received the order for No. 5,
the express, to pass the freight at
Wanstead at :48 o'clock, but de
clares positively that a few minutes
later Dispatcher J. G. Kerr at Lon
don called him and ordered him to
"bust" or cancel the order, He said:
About 9:54. after calling Wyoming
and ascertaining that the freight was
there, the dispatcher called me rapidly
a half dozen times. When I answered
on the wire he told me to 'bust' this
order. I wrote 'bust if across the
order just as McAuliffe came in and
asked me, what the order board was
out against him for. I told, him we
had had an order for him but the dis
patcher had 'busted' it He asked me
to hurry and write him a clearance
order, which I did. After the train
had started and was out of my reach
the dispatcher learned that the freight
bad left Wyoming, r told him I could
not' stop No. 5, as It had left He
immediately began calling Kings
Court Junction, the station between
Watford and Wanstead, on the rail
road wire and 1 tried to raise them
on the commercial wire: We both
failed to do this, however, until after
the express kad passed the Junction."
Carson admitted that he knew that
It was against the rules to cancel a
train order without sending a substi
tute for it but said that the dispatch
er was his superior officer and he dis
liked to question his order or-dispute
his authority to take this action. Dis
patcher Kerr's order book in the local
Grand Trunk office does not show
that the order was "busted" or can
celled as Carson claims.. According
to the book it was still in force and
should have been delivered to the
conductor of the express. Kerr has
not made any- statement-' even to the
railroad officials and will not until he
takes tke stand- at the Inquest
Division Superintendent George D.
Jones of Toronto says that the rule
against cancelling or "busting" train
orders to the strictest .in the company's
cede.. "I .do not believe he said,
"that it has been violated since the
standard dispatching rules went itno
effect -.Dispatcher Kerr is one of the
best aad moot" efficient dispatchers in
our, service. He is the operator who
acQompaaied the train bearing the
dake snd duchess -of York, on the
royal tour of Canada a year ago. I
kave every confidence In him." -
Mrs. -Fremont Dead.
- LOS ANGELES Mrs. Jessie Ben
ton Fiwmost, wldow of General Fre
montdled atker kerne ia this city
Saturday sight
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ASKS fOII ASSISTANCE,
Caleb Powers of Kentucky SJy Mto
Meano Are Exhausted.
GEORGETOWN, Ky. Ex-Secretary
of State Caleb Powers, wto hen had
two trials and now awaits In jail fteve
kis third trial for complicity in tke
riWfder of the late Governor William
Goebel. joked tko following appeal to
the public:
"I have had written a number of
letters to different states asking for
financial aid in my coming trial for
alleged complicity in the Goebel mur
der. A portion of the press has,
through a misunderstanding of tke
facts, attempted to tkwart my phut for
raising tke muck-needed money wltk
which to defend myself, by circulating
a' report that these letters were not
genuine because signed by
person for me,
- "irhrtrue that many of tie letters
were signed by different persons.
cause It was Impossible for one person
to send them out. In the limited time
before my next trial, but all of these
letters are genuine.'
"I have been continuously In the
jails of this state for nearly three
years. My means are exhausted. The
generosity, of Kentucky kas been taxed
to the utmost in my former so-called
trials. In a few weeks I am again to
be tried for my life. Hence my appeal
now to my friends outside of Ken
tucky." POISON IN CHRISTMAS WINE.
Husband. Wife snd Child
Charged with Murder.
CHICAGO, 111. Poisoning. It is
charged by means of a bottle of wiae
given as a Christmas present Rich
ard Cummings, 50 yesrs old, died at
the home of Mrs. Lizzie Shanahan,
4228 Ashland avenue, where he was
boarding. William Moniak, his wife,
Mrs. Theresa Moniak, and their 14-year-old
daughter Mary, of 4226 Ash
land avenue, were arrested on sus
picion of having poisoned Cummings.
A bitter quarrel is said to have
taken place between Cummings nnd
Mrs. Shanahan on one side and the
Moniaks on the other. The wine, ac
cording to the story told to the police.
was given to Mrs. Shanahan by Mary
Moniak on behalf of her parents as
a peace offering. Mrs. Shanahan
drank some of it nnd said ske suf
fered from severe pain soon after
ward. She offered some of the wine
to her niece, who complained that it
tasted bitter. Cummings drank the
remainder and died twenty-four hours
later. . w
"I have been poisoned by that bottle
of wine and I want the people who
gave it to me arrested," were his last
words. to Mrs. Shanahan. Dr. Wm.
T. Kirby, who attended him, received
a similar statement.
Moniak and his wife deny that they
had any knowledge of poison being ia
the wine.
W. J. BRYAN IN MEXICO.
Visit Varied by. Sight-Seeing and Offi
cial Calls.
MEXICO CITY. William J. Bryan's
visit has been varied by sightseeing;
and official calls. He has been re
ceived In audience by President Diaz
and Minister of Finance Limantour.
Mrs. Bryan and the children visited
the shrine of the Virgin of Guada
lope. Last evening the Bryan party took
a train for Cordova, whence they
will travel over the Vera Cruz Pa
cific .road to Alfred Bishop Mason's
haccienda. The party will return here
Tuesday morning.
The government people have not
sought Mr. Bryan for Information on
silver as his views are well known
here.
REASON COAL IS HIGH.
Committee of Chicago City Council
Makes Investigation.
CHICAGO Testimony from wit
nesses representative of the mine
owners, wholesalers and retailers of
coal was heard Friday by the city
council committee on railroads, hav
ing in charge the Inquiry, into the
cause of the present high prices of
soft coal. Out of 150 invitations sent
out by the committee nearly forty
were responded to.
The committee interrogated the
dealers, but all the testimony was to
tue -effect that- a combination of eco
nomic causes and the law of supply
and demand have caused the present
lack of coal and consequent high
prices.
MASCAGNI WILL RESUME.
Will Give Another Performance
In
Chicago.
CHICAGO, 111 Pietro Mascagnl, the
Italian composer, will appear ia Chi
cago as temporary director of the
Thomas orchestra. It was also deter
mined that he will resume his tour
of the United States and he is looking
for a manager with sufficient capital
to insure a successful journey.
So many Chlcagoans requested the
composer to give another performance
that it was impossible for him to re
fuse. Requests came from men and
women in every walk of life. . The con
cert will be held at the Auditorium
theater.
Emperor is Sorry.
VIENNA Emperor Francis Joseph
received Ambassador McCormick In
farewell audience and expreseed much
regret at the departure of the ambas
sador, whose tenure of office has bees
marked by such pleasant relations with
' all circles of society.
1HINSS NOT WELL SAKX
Two Stories That Show the Value of
Aa Eagliok author has given sea
very amusing examples of how things
can b ssJd fa a queer way. One of
the moot unJsetsnate recorded at
tempts to escape from a conversa
tional difficulty was ssade by a Lon
don enrate. who cultivated the friend
ship of' mechanics.
One day a carpenter came to aim
and said
"I have brought my soy's likeness,
as yon said you'd like to have R."
"How good of yon to remember!"
ssid tkd esrate. "What a capital Hko
ness! How i her
"Why, sir, don't yon remember?"
said the carpenter. "He's dead.'
"Oh, yes, of course I know that!"
replied tke curate. "I mess, hows
tke man that took tke shotographr -
A story is told of a young laborer
who, on hie way to kis day's work,
called at the registrar's ossoo to reglo
tor his astaor'o death. When the of
ficial asked the date of the event, the
son replied:
"He am't dead yet, hat hell be dead
before night, so I thought It would
save me another Journey if yon would
put it down now."
"Oh. but that won't do at all!" said
the registrar. "Perhaps your father
will live till to-morrow."
"Well. I don't know, sir; the doc
tor says as he wont; snd he knows
what ke kas gives aim!"
THE GROWTH OF CREMATION.
Figures Show the Idea Io Advsnohig in
Popularity.
Sir Henry Thompson has just bees
sketcklsg the history of cremation la
Englaad. He wss one of the pioneers
of the movement, which began In the
seventies with the formation of a cre
mation society, of which he was elect
ed president and has occupied that
office since then. It was the first in
stitution of the hind ever founded, al
though the continent had preceded us
In burning the dead. Of course the
great difficulty was the prejudice that
had to be met and overcome. The
novel idea did not at first commend
itself to more than the" very few. As
late as 1885 there were only three cre
mations at Woking during the whole
year. In 1901 the number ran up to
300, which Indicates an enormous ad
vance, but over the area outside the
metropolis there were oaly 145 alto
gether. However, signs of progress
are numerous, not only In a wider de
sire to dispose of the dead by fire, but
in the erection of new crematories ia
towns that had not previously made
such provision. Sir Henry Thompson
is justified in feeling encouragement,
and is determined to continue his
strenuous campaign against earth bur
ial. Liverpool Post
BUSY AND USEFUL LIFE.
Helpfulness and Hose the Keynote of
Mrs. Songster's Career.
Mrs. Saagster is a tall, silver-haired
lady with clear, blue eyes, a sweet
voice, a gentle, dignified manner and
a sunny optimism that banishes care
and sorrow from her presence.
Her sixty years have been busy ones.
Her early education was principally in
her own home, aad even as a child she
gave signs of the literary future to
ward which she was hastening. Her
first poem was written for the Inde
pendent, and its publication was a red
letter day in the calendar of her
years.
In 1871 she became editor of Hearth
and Home, later becoming associated
with the Christian at Work. Christian
Intelligencer, Harper's Young People.
Harper's Bazar. Collier's Weekly and
Ladies' Home Journal. Her collections t
of poems and her other books all have
the simple, ethical helpfulness of,
making religion a working, practical
force in every-day lives. Exchange.
Mutual Misunderstanding.
When Baron Haussmann went to
Constantinople on a visit to Abdul
Aziz, who was then sultan, he had an
interview with the grand vizier, who
did not know a word of French. At the
beginning of the interview the old
long Turkish pipes were brought in
and then Baron Haussman began mak
ing a very long speech in French. The
grand vizier could not understand :
word, but listened most- atteativelj
till he noticed that his pipe had gone
out and clapped his hand for a servant
to come aad re-light it. Haussmann,
thinking he was applauding, rushed
toward him with outstretched band,
intending to shake hands and thank
him. The grand vizier, seeing his haad
put forth, shook it warmly and said
"Good-by," under the impression it
was Haussman's intention to leave,
and quitted the room.
Strange Picture Story.
A story of strange happenings to a
valuable picture an Albert Durer
worth 40,000 comes from a village
in West Flanders. An inhabitant re
ceived the picture from Paris some
years ago. and, being ignorant of its
value, sold it to a local carrisge paint
er, whose son disposed of it to an
"amateur" for fifty francs. This gave
rise to legal proceedings between the
first seller aad the carriage pointer, in
the course of which the picture was
identified as oae which had been
stolen from the Royal Picture Gallery
at Munich. The work is a representa
tion of the Apostles, one of Oarer's
masterpieces, and the signature of the
artist is in a comer of the panel.
They Wore Strangers.
A certain German professor of
music to be met with ia English
drawisgrooms Is aa eatertaiaiag old
To hlan nmntlr a 1mA v uU ka !
oae of his compositions had just beea
rendered by oae of the guests:
"How did you like tke resderisg of
your sosg, professor?"
wVss dot my sosg?" replied tke pro
feasor, "I did not know kis."
w WouM Like a GuirsMos.
I wish," said the rabbit who found
himself ia- the boa constrictor's cage,
"that the Monroe doctrise prevailed
ia this menagerie." "What do yon
mesa?" inquired his snakeskip. Mi
wouldn't mind getting a good scare
sow sad them If I could only ho guar
aateed agaiast being swallowed alive."
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