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-. - "- m -m-j-L jrf . .. ' w .2a is ?T3ff" i'f "Cv .3g . - a I l Volume xxxiii.-umber 42. WHOLE NUMBER 1J06. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 21. 1903. - i - - --ar-- tv " - "7. , - - - V ' ' - - - '!' Ml I !! i ii' 1M WHIP ' i" IINIIM - r -- S3SKTS',1.3E " ' ------ - - ,-- - w -.'- Eyrwrv- - -v 3vt-.sr yvr. SfV . - r ii in i I i - L-1" . I -. - GOAL ON FREE LIST WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE BILL PROVIDES FOR REBATE: WILL EQUAL PRESENT DUTY Measure to Go Into Effect Upon the Passage of the Bill and to Be in Effect for the Period of One Year. WASHINGTON. The ways and means committee of the house decided to leport a bill providing for a rebate, qual to the duty now imposed, on all kinds of coal coming from all coun tries fcr a. period of one year. This bill is a substitute for the one introduced by Representative Hill of Connecticut, which provided for a re bate until June 30 next. It is expected the bill will be called up in the house at noon. The bill adopted provides; -That the secretary of the treasury be and is hereby authorized and re quired to make full rebate of duties imposed by law on coal of every form and description imported into the United States from foreign countries for the period of one year from and after the passage of this act." Representative Richardson (Tenn.) proposed an amendment striking out the words "for a period of one year," which was voted down. He then pro posed an amendment placing all coals on the free list, which was likewise voted down. The final vote on the adoption of the bill was unanimous. Representatives Payne, Dalzell and fcrosvenor held a conference with the president relative to the action which had been taken by the committee. The committee reported the bill, but will not call it up in the house for consideration today, as originally con templated, the decision having lieen reported to bring it p under a rule Wednesday. The report of the committee, sub mitted to the house by chairman Payne, after recommending the pas sage of the bill, says: This is an emergency measure de manded -because of the scarcity and high price of coal resulting from the recent prolonged strike -in the anthra cite coal mines. Precedents for such action are found in the Chicago fire and the fire at Eatsport, Mc., in which cases conprcss gave rebates on the duties on lumber ; used in rebuilding the burned districts. Whether the legislation will increase the importance or reduce the price of coal is a question on which men differ, but it is all congress can do in the premises and will satisfy the demand of many of our citizens. While there is a threatened coal famine in any part of the country, we cannot turn a deaf ear to the cries of the people. The committee did not consider it best to make any changes in the tariff on coal after the period of one year had expired, preferring to bring-in this as a purely emergency measure and not desiring to go into the question of tariff revision, even upon this one article. If any relief can come to the people from such legislation it will be amply secured in the period pro vided fojt in the bill. PRUSSIA RUNS FAR BEHIND. Big Deficits for Years of 1901 and 1902 and Must Borrow for 1903. BERLIN The Prussian diet was re opened Tuesday. The cnancellor. Count von Buelow, read the speech from the throne. No mention was made of foreign matters nor of the canal bill. The speech took a gloomy view of the finances of Prussia. It said the accounts for 1901 closed with a deficit of 3.375,000 marks, and add ed that it was not anticipated that the accounts for 1902 would be ap preciably more satisfactory. As for 1903. a demand would have to be made on public credit for a consider able loan, in order to establish equili brium between the revenue and ex penditure, as in consequence of the depression in agriculture, trade and in-dustr- a further depreciation in the receipts of several of the administra tive departments would result. Bills were announced for furthering the Germanization of the Polish pn-. inces of Prussia, for their economic development and for increasing the ralaries of officials and teachers there. Measures to improve the administra tion of the railroads and for the ex tension of the state railroad system also were proposed. Falling Ccal Imprisons. MISSOURI CITY, Mo. F. William Kellar and Edward Poe are imprison ed in the mine of the Missouri City Coal company, the roof of which fell For several hours after me accident the men were communicated with, but their last utterances to persons on the outside indicated that they were smothering. It is not expected that more than one of them can be gotten out alive, but their comrades are working hard to release them. Cigar Men Fight Treaty. CHICAGO The second day of the convention of the Retail Cigar Deal ers Association of America was de voted to the consideration of an ap peal to Senator Cullom to use his efforts to defeat a reduction of the tariff on Cuban tobacco. Representatives of the cigar makers' union were refused admittance, al though they claimed to be In sympathy with the movement. DELAY IN TRANSIT. Dealers and Railroads Face a Grave Charge: CHICAGO The temperature In Chi cago Sunday dropped 24 degrees in less than two hours and at night hovered around the zero mark, thus greatly intensifying the serious suffering for lack of coal.- The worst cases of destitution" had been provided for by charitable insti tutions, and td this alone is attributed the fact that no deaths were reported during the day. Two thousand persons in Chicago are suffering from ailments directly due to cold and exposure resulting from the coal famine, according to the weekly bulletin of the health de partment issued Sunday. Serious re sults are Already seen in the heavy increatte in the death rate and the health department brands those re sponsible for the fuel shortage guilty of constructive homicide. The death rate last week for children under 5 years of age was 19.2 per cent greater than in the corresponding week of last year and among persons over 60 years of age It was 36.7 per cent greater. The actual search for evidence of a combine of dealers will be undertak en Monday by the special grand Jury empanelled Saturday. Twenty-five coal men, some of them the heads of whole sale firms and others chiefs in the councils of corporations operating mines, have been summoned to ap pear and tell what they know of the "ring." It is the intention that no one but coal men shall be examined, and un der Mr. Denecn's direction a series of pointed questions have been ar ranged for each prospective witness. Trainloads of coal cars, sidetracked and labelled with placards instructing railroad freight crews to hold the con signments indefinitely, are said to have been discovered by the parties who caused the investigation to he made. It is also asserted that beyond the city limits, on one and probably two roads, countless tons of ccal have been tak en from the cars and heaped up on cither side of the tracks for as much as three-quarters of a mile. The grand jury will insist on being informed why this coal has not been brought into the market and put on sale. SENATE MAY DISCUSS COAL. Vest's Motion Likely to Displace State hood Debate at Any Time. WASHINGTON. The senate's pro- gram for the coming week includes the continuation of the statehood de bate each day after 2 o'clock and the discussion of the militia bill during the morning hour. There is also a probability of a return at any time to the question of the scarcity of coal, in connection with Senator Vest's mo tion to abolish the tariff on anthra cite. Senator Nelson has not completed his speech on the statehood bill. In deed, he does not even feel able to prophecy when he will conclude it, but when he docs Senator Buraham will be ready to proceed. The oppo- nents of the bill now make little ef fort to conceal their intention to con tinue the debate indefinitely with the hope that it will be sidetracked by the appropriation bills, which must be pressed before long. Friends of the bill, on the other hand, see no necessity for making way for the ap propriation bills at present. It is probable that the first general appropriation bill, that providing funds for legislative, executive and judicial departments of the govern ment, will be reported during the week, but it is doubtful whether it will receive consideration at that time. Grows Worse at Topeka. TOFEKA, Kan. The fuel situation grows more alarming in Topeka. Two of the largest coal companies in the city report that they have not a pound of coal on hand with which to supply their orders, and do not know when they will be able to get any. Pack ing houses and other institutions will have to close in two days unless this situation is relieved. The local gas company may have to close this week, as the works cannot secure coal to make gas. The street railway com pany has a very small supply of coal on hand Other Kansas towns report practical ly the same condition. All the mines in the state are being worked to their fullest capacity but the situation must be relieved by coal from other states. The weather is clear and cold and much suffering has resulted already. Seek to Protect Lead Ores. MONTREAL. A delegation of Brit ish Columbia lead miners arrived here headed by John T. Retallac. president of the Lead and Silver Miners' asso ciation. They will make a demand for a protective duty on lead ores and products before the Canadian Manu facturers association and then visit Ottawa for the purpose of persuading th3 Canadian government to make the duty equal to that of the United States. No Crime to Steal Coal. TOLEDO, O. The workhouse board has issued an order setting at liberty all prisoners held for stealing coal from the railway yards and tracks. The order includes directions to the superintendent to receive no more prisoners from any court sending them in for petty coal thefts. It is said that no prosecutions for coal thefts will be recognized by the board during the a coal famine. ENDS IN TRAGEDY tlEUT. GOV.- TILLMAN SHOOTS EDITOR GONZALES. WILD EXCITEMENT IN COLUMBIA Wounded Man is Said to Be on the Verge of Death and His Friends Threaten to Mete Out Vengeance Upon His Slayer. COLUMBIA, S. C In the shadow of the South Carolina state house the lieutenant governor, James H. Till man, shot and probably mortally . woundedNarclsso Gonzales, founder and editor of the Columbia State, a newspaper which has since its incep tion bitterly opposed the Tillman fac tion in South Carolina politics. The two men have been sworn ene mies for some years and Tillman's animosity was accentuated by Gon zales' pronounced editorial opposition to him as a candidate for the nomina tion during last fall's primary. In that! connection Gonzales made an editorial reference to Tillman as a liar, scoun drel and a debauchee. A challenge to a duel followed, but Gonzales ignored it It is rumored that the immediate cause of the attack was a message sent by Gonzales to Tillman. At the Colum bia hotel Tillman said to a group of his friends: "Gonzales has sent me word that when we meet again we shall settle our difficulty with pistols." Gonzales' friends deny that be sent a message of any character to Till man. Statements of eye-witnesses to the tragedy are somewhat conflicting and it cannot be stated positively whether or not any words passed be tween the men before the shot was fired. The condition of the wounded man is regarded by the surgeons as criti cal. Tillman was arrested and is con fined in the county jail pending the outcome. The affair caused great ex citement in the city, which is filled with politicians who are here to par ticipate in the inauguration of the new state governor. Lieutenant Governor Tillman's term will expire within a few days. Editor Gonzales was on his way to dinner from his office when he met Mr. Tillman. Mr. Tillman was ac companied by two state senators. It is said not a word was spoken as the editor and the lieutenant gov ernor met face to face. Tillman in stantly drew a revolver, it is said by eye witnesses, and placing it close to the body of Gonzales, fired without a word bing spoken. Gonzales staggered and then, catch ing his balance, turned toward the man who had shot him. Tillman had the smoking revolver in his hand with the muzzle pointed at the wounded man. "Coward!" shouted Gonzales, as he was caught by parties who had rushed to his assistance. Lieutenant Governor Tillman was immediately placed under arrest and Mr. Gonzales was hurriedly carried to the office of the Columbia State, where medical aid was summoned. In the city the wildest excitement prevailed and thousands congregated at the scene of the shooting and at the newspaper offices. Mr. Gonzales declares he has given no recent offense for the shooting. VENEZUELAN FORT IS SHELLED. New German Minister Considers Dif ficulty Practically Over. PUERTO CABELLO The German cruiser Vineta at sunset Thursday night fired a shell at La Vigia, the fort crowning the hills behind this port. The shell, which was fired be cause men were believed to be in the fort, exploded without causing dam age. The people of Puerto Cabello were at a loss Thursday night to under stand the action of the German crui ser. Early, in the morning, however, Commodore Scheder sent the follow ing communication to the Venezuelan authorities: "Referring to my letter of the 9th inst., I have to inform you that I fired a shell yesterday at Fort La Vigia because, against my explicit prohibi tion, the presence has been observed there of unauthorized persons. Judg ing from reports, those persons were soldiers." This statement is denied by the au thorities here. Coal Famine in Missouri. MARSHALL, Mo. A coal famine prevails in Marshall and the nearby towns. Slater.sent to this city for coal, which is scarce here. Many families are burning their fruit trees and shade trees. Cut wood is selling for $8 a cord, and such fuel is very scarce. Gives Consul's Wife Medal. OTTAWA, Ont Mrs. Turner, wife of the United States consul general, has been decorated with the Canadian Humane society medal for bravery in saving the life of the chief game warden, Cormier, whom she rescued from the attack of a captive bear. Perkins Must Resign Post. LEAVENWORTH. Kan. The ab sence without leave of Lieutenant Ed ward O. Perkins, Fourth cavalry. Uni ted States army, has been reported to the war department. In case of his return to the post his resignation will I be asked for. - LEPER COLONY IN HAWAII. Senate Committee Recommends Fed eral Control of Settlement. WASHINGTON The senate com mittee on Porto Rico and the Pacific coast met to receive the report of the sub-committee appointed at the last session of congress to investi gate conditions in the Hawaiian is lands, The sub-committee consisted of Sen ators Mitchell of Oregon, Burton of Kansas, Foster of Washington, Cock rell of Missouri and Blackburn of Kentucky. The last two named did not visit the islands, but Senator Blackburn joined in the recommenda tions, numbering twenty-six. The visit to the islands was made last September and covered twenty five days, during which time forty three meetings were held and 176 wit- nesses were interrogated. The investigation was general and covered all questions with which tho government could possibly be concern ed, including tho laws, local and fed eral, and their execution; the public lands, labor, the plantations, the har bors, taxation, the leprosy settlement, Queen Liliuokalani's claims and other subjects. The condition of affairs in the leper settlement on the island of Molokai ex cited the liveliest interest. Accuses Attorney General. WASHINGTON, D. C In the sen ate on Thursday Mr. Tillman contin ued his arraignment of trusts and monopolies, and again charged that the attorney general was responsible primarily for lack of action against trusts. The statehood bill was under dis cussion for a short time. Mr. Forakcr urging the right of Oklahoma, Ariz ona and New Mexico to be admitted into the union. Mr. McLaurin (Miss.) called atten tion to charges that the people of Indianola, Miss., had been guilty of threats and intimidation against the postmaster, and declared them to be untrue, remarking that his object in bringing the matter to the attention of the senate was in order that his denial might go into the Congressional Record as an answer to those who made the charge. The senate at 5 o'clock adjourned until Monday. Burn Buildings for Fuel. KANSAS CITY, Mo. In many towns of Kansas and western Missouri no fuel of any kind can be had at any price and everything combustible is being burned fruit and shade trees, old buildings, sidewalks and fences. In Kansas City itself there is suffer ing among the poor, owing to the high price of coal, but there is no scarc ity, the yards being better stocked now than at any time last year. The lowest temperature of the pres ent cold spell in this city was 4 above zero at 7 Sunday morning. Zero weather was experienced last month, but a sharp wind made Sunday the most uncomfortable of the winter thus far. At 7 Sunday evening the tem perature had risen to 11 above. Sat urday's snowfall was one and a -half inches. Hold Coal and People Die. MILWAUKEE, Wis. The charges that there- is enough anthracite coa! in local yards to relieve the famine, temporarily, has been substatiated by a committee of the common council. While thousands of people in the city have been begging for coal at any price and have been turned away daily from the coal offices, and while untold suffering and illness have been caused in the last few weeks, ail for the lack of fuel, 10,000 tons more than was needed to end all this misery has been lying idle in storage at the yards of the Lehigh Valley Coal company, Sixth and Canal streets. This, in brief, was the discovery made by the aldermen Wednesday. Whether the coal was held for high prices is not known, as the agents decline to make a statement. Adopt New Policy. NEW YORK. Referring to the Cologne Gazette's assertion that next to the late British Ambasasdor Paunce fotc no diplomat enjoyed in Washing ton such popularity as Dr. von Holle- ben, a dispatch to the Times from I Berlin by way of London, Baron Speck ) von Sternberg is to be instructed to work on different lines. He will try to emphasize the com munity of American, German and Brit ish interests so far as he can. His antecedents and sympathies, it is be lieved, qualify him for the role. Dead Man Drives Train. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Passengers on an incoming Knoxville & Ohio railroad train rode several miles with the hand of a corpse at the throttle of the en gine. The train left Buckeye, Tenn., on time, and ran through CareyriHe. the next station. This aroused the fire man's suspicions, who stepped to the engineer's side of the engine. There was a wound on the left side of the engineer's head and the sup-1 position Is that a piece of stone 'fell from the side of a high cut through the mountain and killed him instant ly. The train ran perhaps eight miles after he was killed. The Plague Still Increasing. CITY OF MEXICO Official iafor natlon from Mazatlan is to the effect that there were six deaths from the plague in that city on Saturday last, and eight on Sunday. The number of patients is eighty-eight, with six ad ditional patients under observation. EE GOAL GIVEN ILL GRANTING REBATE OF DUTY PASSES THE HOUSE. P GOAL TARIFF OFf FOR GOOD ienate Sends Measure Back with Sin- t. flcAmendment, Which is Adopted I Cushman, Jones, Gaines, Mondell and'Patterson Vote Against IL J lATASHINGTON.The bills reported from the ways and means committee Wednesday providing a rebate on coal for one year was passed in short or der by the house by 258 to 5, those voting against being Messrs. Cushman anjJones (Wash.), Gaines (W. Va.), Mondeli (Wyo.), "and Patterson (Penn.), all republicans. The only opposition came from members representing coal states, who expressed the fear that the admission of Chinese-mined Canadian coal would injure the industry of their states. Both Mr. .Dalzell (Penn.) and Mr. Payne (N. Y.), the republican leaders, expressed the opinion that the bill would not relieve the existing distress, but admitted that it would satisfy the public demand for action and show the disposition of congress to do what it could. The democrats, although they all supported the bill, took the view that it did not go far enough, saying coal should go on the free list, and when the bill came back from the senate with a provision which practically con ceded this point they applauded vigor ously. The senate amendment was adopted without division. Rapid progress was made with the army appropriation bill, the most im portant amendments being an increase in the number of officers in the signal corps by twenty-three, namely, ono colonel, two lieutenants, four majors, two captains and eight first lieuten ants, and another to prevent the dis continuance of the army transport service without action of congress. The chairman of the judiciary com mittee introduced the following reso lution: Resolved, That the committee on the judiciary be and is hereby directed to investigate and report to this house, with all convenient speed, the opinion of that committee as to the power of congress to declare that a necessity has arisen for taking possession of all coal, coal beds, and coal mines in the United States, and all lines of trans portation, agencies, instruments and vehicles of commence necessary for the transportation of coal; and that if in the opinion of that committee, the power exists and the necessity for the exercise of such power has arisen, that the committee forthwith report to this house a bill declaring the necessity, providing fully and in detail the oc casions, modes, conditions and agen cies for said appropriation, that will fully and completely exhaust th&power of congress in that regard. POWDER WORKS BLOWN UP. Ten Chinamen and Two Whites Lose Lives in Disaster. NANAIMO, B. C A terrific explo sion occurred at the Hamilton Powder company's works, Departure Bay, Wed nesday morning. George Simonetta, James Fulforte and ten Chinamen were killed. Only one body, that of a Chinaman, was recovered, the others being literally blown to fragments. The guncotton storage house explod ed first, the concussion, exploding the gelimite in the .drying house 400 feet away, where the greatest loss of life is supposed to have occurred. The ground was excavated to a depth of six feet where the building stood, and the buildings themselves were blown into kindling wood and scattered with fragments of human flesh over several acres. The tramway was torn up and a length of steel rail twined spirally around a tree, like a whiplash. James Preston, a nitro-glycerine maker, had a miraculous escape and owes his life to bis coolness. He was running his machinery 4,000 feet from the explosion and was thrown down. The wall was blown in, but he kept his machinery running in spite of the concussion, which almost stopped it, and never left his post. thus preventing a third explosion. The works are three miles from Nanaimo, but broken windows here testify to the force of the explosion. The management states that it is ut terly impossible to assign any cause, as no witnesses survive. Fuel Famine on Board Ship. QUEENSTOWN Having burned all of her coal supply and every available piece of wood on tho ship for fuel with which to make steam, the Le land line steamer Mexican, in com mand of Captain Parker, twenty-four days out from New Orleans, bound to London, reached this port late Mon day to obtain a sufficient supply ot coa! to enable her to reach her des tination, cantam Farcer renorts that extremely . severe weather was en countered In mid-Atlantic and that his vessel's coal bunkers became exhaust ed four days ago. Since that time a quantity of timber, all the vessels spars, her derricks and all woodwork which could be spared was burned. Canada May Remove Duty. OTTAWA, Ont. D. Gallery, M. P., of Montreal, conferred with Premier Laurier regarding the advisability of removing the duty on. anthracite coal. Sir Wilfred promised to take the mat-! ter under consideration. i WS I -t- ISSUE CIRCULAR. Mitchell Urges Miners to Increase the Output. PHILADELPHIA. Pa. President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of America issued the following circu lar letter to all local unions in the anthracite district: To the Officers and Members of Local Unions of the United Mine Workers of America in the Anthracite Region. Gentlemen: You are no doubt aware that a serious coal famine exists in inland and seaboard cities, due to the shortage of the anthracite coal supply. The situation has reached an n-rute stage and has resulted in sreat suffer ing and hardship to the poor, whose earnings are insufficient to enable them to pay the excessive prices now being charged for fuel, and it i3 subjecting the general public to great incon venience. To relieve the situation and alleviate as far as possible the situation now being endured, is the duty of every one connected with the production of coat. With this end in view, we are prompted to address this communica tion to all members of our union and request that they co-operate with the management of the mines in a., effort to increase the production of coal. The gravity of the situation is such as to require that every mine worker shall exert himself and use every ef fort at his command to this end. Upon reading this communication in the columns of the daily papers local unions should hold meetings and de vise means by which the daily output of the mines may be increased. These efforts should be continued until tho weather moderates and the great nec essity for fuel shall have passed. JOHN MITCHELL. President United Mine Workers of America. T. D. NICHOLLS, THOMAS DUFFY, JOHN FAHY, President Anthracite Districts. TREATIES ARE TO STAND. Reichstag Will Denounce International Agreements. BERLIN By 141 to 161 the Reichs tag adopted a substitute for the reso lution asking the government to de nounce the most favored nation treat ies. The substitute requested the government to denounce treaties with countries where experience showed the most favored nation clause were favorable to Germany's interest. Tho socialists and the radicals composed the minority. During the debate Hcrr Gothein, radical leader, said the United States observed the treaty of 1828 loyally for the favored nation clause in the present sense was unknown prior to the Anglo-French treaty of 18(11. "The greatest obstacle against com mercial treaties." he added, "is open and disguised export bounties which the zealots for these resolutions should help to abolish. We cannot denounce the reciprocity arrraugement with the United States without damaging bur interests with other countries. "Prince Bismarck has said that the United States already is discriminat ing against Germany under the agree ment of 1900, since we do not get the same concessions as France and Por tugal in the case of wines. Now that President Roosevelt has made a treaty with Cuba giving extraordinary, con cessions to its sugar, the United States will surely make us conces sions, because Germany is its best customer." To Utilize Corn Stalks. E. B. Thaw of New York is in Om aha trying to interest local capital in the manufacture of paper from the pith and fiber of corn stalks. The re sults arc prpduced by a patented de vice which is being operated in Illi nois successfully, it is said, by the company which secured the rights of the inventor. It is averred by the company that the product of the corn stalks can be made in imitation of the higher grades of linen papers, as well as taking the place of the pulp papers which are now generally used for newspapers and cheaper publica tions. Samples of the paper which have passed through the pulp mill only are shown in support of the claim of the company. By products from the manufacture of paper are cellulose and a stock food. Hello Girls Go on Strike. TOPEKA, Kan. National officers of the Telephone Workers' union are here looking after a strike that has been begun by the Missouri and Kan sas employes in this city. In a statement issued the officers say they will call a strike of all the union telephone workers on the Bell lines in both Missouri and Kansas un less the demands arc complied with. Beats Thirty Single-Handed. MANILA Constabulary Inspector Fletcher, while traveling alone in the province of Albay, Luzon, last week, was attacked by thirty Bolomen. He killed five, but was himself wounded. He escaped and formed a party which pursued the bandits, overtook them and killed six more. Don't Try to Get Cars. RANA, III. Although many were on hand. 300 miners employed by the Pana Coal company quit work. The miners said the operators did not try to get cars. Crown Prince in St. Petersburg. ST. PETERSBURG The German crown prince, Frederick William, has arrived here on a visit to the czar. t-M-K-K inn w 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 it I IMEf TOEMMMS. t u nil ;: i n 1 1 1 !: 1 1 1 1 1 1 Hay is the most profitable crop ia England. The United States bow uses more raw silk for manuftcuriag than Fraace. King Christian of Denmark begin his dally work at 8 o'clock every mora Ing. Rev. J. A. Zaha, the Catholic edu cator and author, says he never reads the books he writes. Goebet, the inventor of submarine torpedo boats, has developed insanity, and has been placed in an asylum at Paris. Frederick K. Landis, the newly elect ed member of the 11th Indiana district, will be the youngest member of the next house. The entry of Corrigaa for the Su burban handicap has been received and brings the total number or entries ap to eighty. Mexico buys 58 per cent of all Its imports from the United States -aad sells 80 per cent of all its exports to the United States. Andrew Carnegie has given $25,000 for a public library at Everett. Wash., on condition that the city provide $2. 500 annually for its maintenance. In round figures, $500,000,000 gold is the amount of American capital in vested in Mexico by 1,117 American companies, firms and individuals. All the departments of the Ameri can Woolen company's assabot mills resumed operations after an interrup tion resulting from a strike last week. A portion of the plant of the Federal Manufacturing company at Chicago was destroyed by fire. The main building was burned at a loss of $150, 000. Rev. Thomas H. Lewis, has the rare distinction of being president of two colleges at one time the Western Maryland and the Adrian, of Adrian, Mich. England buys from the United States in a year more than $100,000,000 worth ot wheat and flour, meats to the same amount, and 60,000,000 bushels of corn. Major General von Vegesack is dead, at Stockholm, Sweden. He was 82 years old and fought in the northern army during the civil war in the Uni ted States. The American-made spars intended for the Shamrock III have arrived at Glasgow. The hollow main mast, ex cluding the top mast, Is eighty-two feet in length. Dr. Oliver Wendell Weeks, aged C2, past surgeon general of the national encampment, and well known to Grand Army men, died at Marion, O., after a lingering illness. Miss Mary Andrews of Hamilton. Ohio, has just been installed minister of the First Universal 1st church in Kansas City, the first woman preacher In the state of Missouri. Senator Proctor of Vermont Is pres ident of the first manufacturing cor poration in New England to erect a Cne building near the work3 for the educational and moral benefit of the employes. The case against Leonard Dingle, former teller of the Aspen (Colo.) State bank, charged with embezzle ment of $45,000, was nolled. It is un derstood a settlement was made with the bank. Completed interurban electrical roads in the states of Ohio and Indi ana are now averaging $4,975 per mile per annum. The cost of operating them is stated as 55 per cent of the gross receipts. A dispatch from Ashkabad, Russian Turkestan, says there was another violent earthquake at Andijan on Wed nesday, but it did not result in any further loss of life. American manufacturers are said positively to have stripped the Euro pean markets of hides. From the point of view of Austrian shoe manu facturers this is a skin game., Judge Brooks at Minneapolis has de nied the motion for a new trial in tho case of former Superintendent of Po lice Frederick W. Ames, convicted of bribery. An appeal will now be taken to the supreme court. The trial of Louis I. DIsbrow, indict ed for the murder of Clarence A. Fos ter, whose body and that of "Dimple" Lawson were found in Tiana bay at Good Ground, in June last, has begun at River Head, L. I. A dredse recently built for levee building at the mouth of the Sacra mento river has a "clamshell" scoop on a boom 155 feet long, which raises twenty-five tons of earth in each bite and deposits it on the bank in one minute. The most remarkable feature of Brit ish foreign trade is the largest pro portion of it which is done with the United States, this Anglo-American trade being larger than that between any other two countries In the world. No two contiguous countries equal it Christopher L. Howerton, for fifty years one of the leading merchants of Nashville. Tenn., died suddenly, at the home of his son, Cornelius L. Rower ton, at St. Louis, where he was visit ing. Death was due to heart failure. the result of old age. Gilbert Decker, son of Rev. D. 8. Decker, pastor of the Quakertown (N. Y.) Methodist Episcopal church, was frozen to death a short distance from his home. He left Clinton, wbere he had been visiting, for Quakertown, and his body was found on the road. Premier Balfour of England again has been obliged to cancel his public engagements on account of illness. In Liverpool alone there are four iops that sell American boots and shoes exclusively, and half a dozen others that make a specialty of them. WW? oooooo Hi m Mine, State Safe iUw Loam oa Red g o t o V Jf Ji MSUBS SKNfT DRAFTS OH Cfcicaat. New Kit. ? StOsSteMmtupTicfc. Mi tttljB Hi o im if aeW fcaamT J" J" o 6 o o 6 mb eiMon ii mtvn. vica-pnm. . Mueaan. oasmm. MARY i. Manny. 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