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UNITED STATES
The United States cable ship Bum
idc, launched last week at the Heath
"shipyards, Taccma, Wash., is by all
odds the largest steamship ever con
structcd at any of the Tacoma ship
yard's, and members of the Chamber
of Commerce and the business ele
ment of the city were present in large
'numbers to witness her christening.
The vessel is due at Sitka early in
June to commence work on the Alas
kan cable.
MOVE OF RUSSIA
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RE-OCCUPATIOH OF MANCHURIA
Troops Put Dack Into New Chwang
Secretary Hay is Conferring by
Wire vith President Roosevelt
About the Matter.
WASHINGTON, D. C The state
department ha3 received official con
firmation from its agents in China off
the increase ofvthe Russian garrison
in New Chwang. Manchuria, and
there is reason to believe, if Presi
dent Roosevelt appproves, that it is
preparing to take vigorous steps in
the matter.
Secictary Hay is in communication
with the president in California, and
upon the lattcr's decision, the secre
taire's course will depend.
It is statc-l that the department has
had itn patience taied by the course
of events in Maichuria and that it
now contemplates vi more radical step
than any which bus heretofore mark
ed the negotiations between the pow
ers on this subject.
The proposed step contemplates
joint action by Japan, England and
the United States.
Preceding negotiations have been
hampered by the liability of this gov
ernment to act jointly with other na
tions, without violating its traditions,
but it is now hinted that some plan
of cooperation with England and
Japan may b? dcvicd which will have
the effect of convincing the Russian
government of the united determina
tion of the three nations to insist
upon Russia's evacuation of Manchu
ria, while not actually committing the
" United States to a formal alliance.
This program is subject to the ap
proval or the president. If it is not
looked i:on with favor liv him
the state department may fall back
uMm its former method of individual
representation to Russia and ask an-'
other explanation to the happenings
in Manchuiin.
In such an event the Russian an
swer is already forecasted by. the of
ficials here. According to advices to
the powers the troops were to have
been withdrawn fiom New Chwang
just one month ago Friday. It is un
derstood that as a matter of fact a
portion of the Russian force was
withdrawn from barracks in the city
to tents outside. It is presumed
from Pckin advices that these troops
have returned to the city. However,
it is pointed out that Russia employ
ed a saving clause in the promise to
withdraw from Minchuria, the lan
guage being "provided, however, that
the action of other powers shall not
stand in the way."
Russia it is understood, now claims
that this provision was a violation by
Japan when she mobilized her fleet
and otherwise showed signs of mili
tary preparations, which were con
stiued f.s a menr.ee to Russia.
Find Clews, but Not Men.
HONG KONG The United States
gunboat Callao, which was dispatched
to the nearest point up the river from
Canton, to aid the engineers recently
attacked by a mob. reports having
found the broken instruments and the
bocks belonging to the engineers and
the empty drifting house boat.
Twenty Hurt in Collision.
CHICAGO. HI. Twenty persons
were injured, a few seriously, in a
collision between two southbound
Kalsted street electric cars at Forty
third street Thursday. One woman
was taken iron: the wreck and carried
into an adjoining store. It is believed
her injuries are fatal. The conductor
on the rear car, H. S. Lockwood, was
thrown through the window and badly
injured.
Forty-Ore Years on Same Farm.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D. Foster T.
Wheeler, a pioneer settler of Charles
Mix county, has made a remarkable
record, residing on the same farm for
forty-one years. He settled on the
land in iste.
Former King is Dead.
PORT VICTORIA, Seychelles Is
lands Mwanga, the former king of
Uganda, is dead. His death was caus
ed by the rupture of aneurism.
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THE OMAHA LABOR TROUBLE8.
Governor Mickey Asked to Appoint
Arbitrators.
OMAHA Govenor Mickey, after
visiting Omaha and looking over the
labor situation, issued the following:
To the Citizens of Omaha: Having
been invited by the mayor of your
city and the sheriff of ycur county
yesterday to come to your city for
the purpose of conferring with them
and others to aid in arriving at an
amicable settlement of the labor trou
bles in which your city is now involv
ed, I met with the Business Men's as
sociation last evening and heard theii!
discussion relating to the matter and
was enabled to get some information
as to their attitude and complaint,
and this afternoon at the Millard hotel
I met a delegation representing the
labor unions as previously arranged,
and on invitation to myself and may
or, and discussed with them their
complaints and attitudes in relation
to tho situation.
After this brief and fair consider
ation on my part with both sides. I
asked that the labor unions appoint
a committee of seven and the Busi
ness Men's association a committee of
like number to meet rae on Monday
evening. May 11, at 8 p. m., at the
Miilard hotel for the purpose of mu
tually considering the matters in con
troversy and arriving at an amicable
settlement to all interested.
JOHN H. MICKEY,
Omaha. May 8. Governor.
STANFORD LOSES MILLIONS.
Brother of Famous Senator, Once
Rich, Dies in. Poverty.
NEW YORK. Colonel Asa Philip
Stanford, aged 81, and a brother of the
late Senator Leland Stanford of Cali
fornia, died Wednesday from nervous
prostration and heart failure. At one
time he was a millionaire, but ac
cording to his second wife, who sur-'
vivos him, he died in almost abject
poverty. The widow is Mrs. Mannic
F. Cunningham Stanford and she was
married to the deceased about eight
years ago.
Colonel Stanford was born in Al
bany, N. Y., in 1822. Of the five
Stanford boys only one is now living.
He is Thomas Walford Stanford, aged
72, a millionaire. living in Australia.
MONEY MARKET STRINGENT.
Wabash Abandons Construction in
West Virginia.
PARKERSBURG, W. Va The Wa
bash has abandoned work on its Lit
tle Kanawha extension, one of the
most important links in the trunk
lines. This was determined on at :i
meeting in New York. A statement
was received here from President
Blair, who says:
"Owing to the stringency of the
money market it has been decided to
go no further with the Little Kanawha
extension from Burnsville, W. Va., and
the line westward to Zanesville, O., a
road which will cost $6,000,000. This
action was taken by Mr. Gould, Mr.
Ramsey and myself. Our property
along this line will not be sold now,
but at present there is no chance for
the completion of the Wabash trunk
line in this state."
Buy Timber Pulp Lands.
ST. JOSEPH, N. B A syndicate
of American and Canadian capitalists,
headed by Henry Melville Whitney,
of Boston, as purchased 2.000.000
acres of timber pulp lands in New
foundland and intends to undertake
development on a large scale.
Court Gives Roosevelt Cash.
CHICAGO The Roosevelt heirs,
which include the president and Wil
liam E. and James C, his cousins,
were awarded $42,420 in the condem
nation suit brought by the Pennsyl
vania railroad involving a strip of
land 400 feet long In Stewart avenue.
The decision marks the close of liti
gation which has been waged for fif
teeen years for possession of the prop
erty on which a section of the railroad
track is laid.
Murder Trial in the Navy.
WASHINGTON, D. C The navy
department is making up the detail
of a court martial which will try Wil
liam Anthony, a colored sailor on the
Olympia, for killing another colored
sailor while the ship was in the
maneuvers. The court will be held
by Captain Swinburne of the Texas
and Captain Lane of the marine corps
will serve as judge advocate. It will
meet at Norfolk in a ir-w days.
PROBE GOES DEEP
PAYNE WILL INVESTIGATE THE
LARGER POSTOFFICES.
DETAILS NOT YET FORMULATED
Present Administrative Methods
Years Old For Fourteen Years Few
Changes Have Been Made, Though
Business Has Trebbled.
WASHINGTON A far-reaching ex
tension of the present investigation of
the Postoffice department to include
most of the large offices in the country
is in contemplation. This statement
was made by Postmaster General
Payne.
Mr. Payne said the increase of $5,000
in the appropriation for the contingent
expenses of his own office had been
made to allow the investigation of the
department along these lines, but he
admitted that it was not at that time
anticipated that the inquiry would
prove so sensational.
The details of the proposed general
investigation have not yet been formu
lated, but it has been decided to in
clude all first-class postoffices whose
annual receipts aggregate $500,000. Mr.
Payne said that the present adminis
trative methods of the postal service
were established by former Postmaster
General Wanamaker, fourteen years
ago, since then the business of the
department has trebled. It might be
that some' of the methods were faulty
and the practices irregular, conse
quently the investigation would be
made in the hope of initiating new and
better methods as well as to correct
abuses.
Inspector Laughlin of the Indian nu
reau has been ordered to the Utah re3
ervation in Utah to negotiate with the
Indians, who own the reservation, for
the allotment of a part of their lands
and the cession of the remainder to
the government The law authorizes
the authorities arbitrarily to open the
reservation in case of failure to reach
an agreement
Major Robert L. Howse, charged
with cruelty to Filipinos during his
service in the Philippines, has submit
ted his reply to the charge to the sec
retary of war. All the papers in the
case have been submitted to the judge
advocate general for a report.
LARGE AIRSHIP
The largest airship ever devised is
now building in San Francisco, and
even in its present half-finished con
dition it spreads itself out over about
a block of territory.
It is made of aluminum, and will be
Delegates to represent the United
States at the international conference
at Geneva which is to revise and ex
tend the Geneva convention of 18G4
under which the various Red Cross
societies are recognized in one have
been designed by the president as fol
lows: Francis B. Loomis, assistant
secretary of state; General George B.
Davis, judge advocate general of the
army, and Commander Sargent, United
States Navy.
Spurious Butter Makers.
TOLEDO, O. Representatives of
process butter manufacturers, includ
ing the territory from the Mississippi
river east, have organized the eastern
Association of Process Butter Man
jfacturers. A. G. Westling, Kenton,
Ohio, was elected president. The as
sociation will incorporate under the
laws of Ohio and will seek to reduce
the price of raw stock to maintain
prices.
Coup Abandoned or Postponed.
WASHINGTON, D. C The Chinese
ninister called upon Secretary Hay
and discussed the Manchurian situa
:ion. There is good reason to be
lieve that negotiations have taken a
more favorable turn and that the Rus
sian coup which was expected has
been indefinitely postponed.
Rainmaker Goes to Utah.
ST. LOUIS. Dr. R. J. Hyatt, gov
prnment weather forecaster in St.
'Louis for six years, left Tuesday to
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Salt Lake City.
Will Start West Tuesday.
WASHINGTON. D. C The party of
German landholders and experts in
agriculture who are to make a tour of
the United States spent Sunday in
! Washington sight-seeing. They will
remain until Tuesday, when they leave
for the west, stopping first at Martins
burg, "W. Va., where a fruit nursery
Will be visited. John I. Schulte. as
sistant chief of the department of agri
culture, will accompany the Germans.
To Regulate Match Sales.
NEW YORK The new regulations
regarding the sale of matches went
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away or sell matches. Retail dealers
may not sell matches with more than
1,000 in a box, and the splints of
matches must he strong. They must
( ignite easily and with little noise and
the heads most not fly off. Violation
of this ordinance is punishable by a
I $5 fine.
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APPEAL TO FEDERAL COURTS.
A New Turn in the Strike On 2t
Omaha.
OMAHA. On petition of a number
of complainants, including the prin
cipal transfer and delivery companies
involved in the teamster's strike.
Judge Munger of the federal court
Wednesday evening granted a tem
porary restraining order enjoining the
officers of the Team Drivers' Interna
tional union, local 71, J. E. Crews,
president; R. S. Wilcox, treasurer, and
Edward Sumner, secretary, together
with all members of the union, from
doing certain acts calculated to inter
fere with interstate commerce, and
commanding them to appear in court
May 20 to show cause why a tempor
ary injunction should not be granted.
Decline Carnegie's Offer.
MONTREAL. The city council re
scinded a resolution adopted in April,
UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
bigger than the ordinary Mississippi
river steamboat.
More than $100,000 has already been
spent on the machine and it will cost
more than $200,000. Charles Stanley
is the inventor.
1902, accepting an offer of $150,000
from Andrew Carnegie for a library
building.
Railroad Wins Land Suit
WASHINGTON, D. C The su
preme court cf the United States de
cided the case of the Oregon & Cali
fornia Railroad company against the
United States in a case involving cer
tain lands in Oregon, which were
claimed by the railroad company un
der patents issued in 1871 under the
Oregon donation act. The decision
was favorable to the company. The
contention in behalf of the United
States was that the patent had been
issued by mistake, as the land in dis
pute had been located as early as
1853, but the court held that as the
land had not been reclaimed, as re
quired by law, the settlement of 1853
was not valid.
BULGARIA'S SLAPS AT PORTE.
Returns Note Because It Is in "Of
fensive Terms."
CONSTANTINOPLE. The Bul
garian government has returned the
porte's note on the subject of incur
sion of Bulgarian bands into Mace
donia and the importation of ex
plosives into Turkey from Bulgaria,
to the Ottoman commission at Sofia, in
consequence of what the government
of Bulgaria describes as its "offensive
terms."
The mustering of " Turkish troops
continues in Macedonia and Albania,
where soon 165 battalions will be
distributed.
Sets Court Order at Naught
CHEYENNE, Wyo. Michael B.
Barry, an attorney, fled to Grand
Island, Neb., Tuesday, with his two
children, one a 14-months-old babe.
Barry, it is alleged, neat his wife a
week ago and then sued for a divorce.
His wife was on Tue3cay granted the
custody of the children, but before
papers could be served upon Barry
he had left the city. Barry, it is al
leged, had been beating his wife for
scma time.
Cleveland fcr Water Talk
OGDEN, Utah. The executive com
mittee of the National Irrigation con
gress has received a letter from
Gilbert McClurg, general representa
tive of the irrigation congress, who
had a recent interview with Graver
Cleveland. The ex-president express
ed a desire to attend the congress in
Ogden next September and promised
in the event of not being able to do so
to send, a paper- on "Arid Land Reclamation."
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MRS. BURDICK GETS $25,000.
Portion of Pennell's Insurance Good
to Her.
BUFFALO. N. Y. By an order hand
ed down by Justice Kruse, in the su
preme court Monday, Attorney Wal
lace Thayer will get $10,000 insuranco
left by Arthur R. Penncll. A decision
of the court some time ago gave
Thayer C$15,000 insurance from an
other company. The $25,000, it is un
derstood, goes to Mrs. Burdick.
Mr. Taayer sued for the money as
trustee of a secret charge left by Pen
nell. Opposition to the suit instituted
by J. Fredrick Penncll as adminis
trator for his brother's estate wa3
dropped after the document left in
Thayer's hands had been examined.
IMMIGRANTS BLOCK NEW YORK.
Officials Refuse to Allow Fresh Ar
rivals to Leave Ships.
NEW YORK. Immigration Agent
Williams was compelled on Wednes
day to refuse to allow thousands of
new arrivals from Europe to leave
their ships until his force of men can
attend to them without working day
and night Of 9,610 immigrants who
arrived, only 5,550 were allowed to
land. The commissioner said he
would not allow the great tide of
immigration to overwork his men fur
ther, though he has been in the habit
of keeping them on duty far into tho
night during a big rush.
REVOLUTION NOT PUT DOWN.
Nicaraguan Revolutionary Junta Is
Hopeful cf Success.
PANAMA, Columbia. The w official
news emanating from Managuay. Nica
ragua, to the effect that the revolution
has been put down is contradicted.
The Nicaraguan revolutionary junta
here has received a report from Gen
eral Emalanio Chamenro, saying that
the Nicaraguan government steamer
Once de Julio has been sunk by the
rebel vessel Victoria. The entire
crew of the government boat was lost,
notwithstanding the efforts made to
save them. The rebel victory at
Acoypa and the .capture of Omotepe
and San Carlos has been confirmed.
The members of the juna are hopeful
of success and declare that the rebel3
cannot be attacked, the government
forces being not sufficiently strong
to do so.
Hay Makes Acknowledgment
WASHINGTON Secretary Hay has
made a graceful acknowledgment of
Russia's statement of its purposes rel
ative to Manchuria. The secretary's
note, addressed to Count Cassini, ex
presses regret that there should have
been even a temporary misconception
of doubt as to Russia's position in the
matter and seizes the opportunity to
return the thanks of 'this government
for the frank and satisfactory declar
ation of Russian principles.
Buys Mexican Mine.
EL PASO, Tex. Senator W. A.
Clark of Montana has bought from
Sol Charles of Rosario mines the
famous Guadaloupe-Colve group of
minc3 in Chihuahua, Mcx. The price
was $500,000.
Mad Mullah Is Repulsed.
ADEN; Arabia. It is rumored that
the Mad Mullah has recently attacked
a British column at Galadi, Somali
land, and was repulsed with heavy
loss. The British also suffered con
siderably. Actor Macklin Dies.
LONDON. F. H. Macklin, the actor,
is dead. He once made a tour of the
United States with Sir Henry Irvine's
campinr.
Government Guys Silver.
WASHINGTON. D. C The treasury
department purchased C5.000 ounces
of silver on account of Philippine coin
age at 5434 cents an ounce. The
amount offered was 415,000 ounces.
Jealousy is cause of Crime.
ST. LOUIS Leon Saunders, a bil
liard hall employe, shot and fatally
wounded Mary Burke, with whom he
had been living, and then blew out hi3 '
own brains.
MOROS DEFEATED
CAPTAIN PERSHING CAPTURES
ANOTHER SULTAN.
WHAT AMERICAN TR90PS DID
Ten Forts Taken 150 Moras Killed, 13
Wounded and 60 Taken Prisoners
Two Americans Killed and Sever
Wounded.
MANILA-Oiptain Pershing's col
umn has defeated the sultan of Am
parguano's strong force of Moros in
the Taraca country, on the east shore
of Lake Lanoa island of Mindanao.
The Americans captured ten forts.
One hundred and fifteen Moros
were killed, thirteen were wounded
and sixty were made prisoners.
The Moros captured included the
-cuttaa- ,
Two Americans were killed and
seven were wounded.
The .ten forts constituted serious
and strong positions on the- banks of
the Taraca river and from them the
Moros vigorously resisted Captain
Pershing's advance.
The American troops attacked the
forts Monday and captured eight of
them without suffering any losses,
though the thirty-six cannon mounted
on fortifications were served with the
best of the enemy's ability.
The garrison of the ninth fort re
sisted fiercely, and Captain Pershing
ordered the fort to be shelled and
captured by assault, which was done.
Lieutenants Shaw and Grade lead
ing two companies of the Twenty
seventh infantry, and a deatchment
of cavalry, surrounded the tenth fort,
where the sultan bad sought refuge,
and it surrenderd Tuesday. The forts
have been dismantled. ,
Captain Pershing moved north
Tuesday to complete the exploration
of the east shore. No further resist
ance is expected.
The Spanish gunboat Velasoc, sunk
by the ships of Admiral Dewey, off
Cavite. has been raised. Her hull is
not injured, but her upper works show
the effect of the American shells.
WAR CLOUD PASSING AWAY.
Better Feeling Existing Between Tur
key and Bulgaria.
VIENNA. A decidedly optimistic
feeling prevails in official circles re
garding the relations between Turkey
and Bulgaria, which are declared to
have greatly .improved within the
last twenty-four hours. The probabil
ity of war between the two countries
is now considered slight The repre-'
sentative of the Associated Press is
Informed that official news has just
been received here that the porte has
withdrawn his note to Bulgaria.
The warlike feeling at Constanti
nople is believed to be disappearing.
It is frankly admitted that Turkey
has very serious grounds for com
plaint against Bulgaria, but it is be
lieved that the sultan is too clever1,
to embark on a war from which, if he
were victorious, would gain nothing
md in which he might lose every
.hing. FUNERAL OF BISHOP HURST.
Sermon by Bishop Fowler and Ad
dress by Bishop McCabe.
WASHINGTON, D. C Funeral
services over the remains of -the late
Bishop John Fletcher Hurst were
held Thursday morning at the First
Methodist church.
The sermon was delivered by
Charles H. Fowler of Buffalo and
Bishop Charles C. McCabe of Omaha,
who succeeded Bishop Hurst as chan
celler of the American university,
made en address. Rev. Dr. Henry A.
Butz, president of the theological sem
inary, offered the prayer. The inter
ment was at Rock Creek cemetery
and was private.
Strike Becomes International.
MONTREAL. The officers of the
striking longshoremen announce that
the Liverpool longshoremen have ca
bled that they will refuse to handle
any goods loaded here by non-union
men. The Liverpool longshoremen,
the strikers here claim, are affiliated
with the British labor congress. The
Canadian Pacific will continue to load
and unload its vessels at Three
Rivers.
Attorney- for Porto Rico.
WASHINGTON, D. Cj Willis Sweet
of Cour d'Alene, Idaho, has been ap
pointed attorney general of Porto
Rico, to succeed James S. Harland,
who recently resigned.
Troubles of Consul Langer.
BERLIN The United-States consul
at Soringen, Joseph J. Langer, who
was fined $7.50 by a judge in Solingen
for disorderly conduct in the court
room, and sentenced to one day's ar
rest for continued disorderly conduct,
will appear before the minister of
'justice at Schocnstadt for redress. The
sentence against the consul was sus-
pended by the Soringen judge but it
room, and sentenced to cne day's ar
was not car-celled.
Seeking Relief for Explorers. .
ST. JOHNS, N. F. Captain Ntchaus
of Berlin is here seeking to hire or
purchase a sealing steamer to proceed
to the Antarctic regions to relieve the
German exploring expedition which
was dispatched to South Polar waters
from Kiel on August 11, 1901, under
leidersfiip of Prof. Ehrick von Gry
gelski, on board the steamer Gauss
Nlchaus is acting under the authority
cf the German government.
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The Cuban congress has authorized
an issue of 7,700.000,000 postage stamps
in commemoration of the Installation
cf the Cuban republic.
The proposed trip of, the United
States monitor Arkansas to Quiacy.
111., has been abandoned on account of
the falling stage of the river.
Germany's pig iron production for
March was 843,224 tons, an increase
over February of 108,875 tons, and
over Ilarch, 1902, of 161,875 tons.
W. P. Williams, vice president of tho
Sherwin-Williams company, and one of
Cleveland's belt known business men,
died at his home in Gienville, Ohio.
A civil service examination will be
held at Topeka, Kan.. Juno 1 for the
position of fireman and watchman in
the custodian service at that place.
" The remains of Hon.-Alexander- F.
Sfccpherd, one time governor of the
District cf Columbia, arrived in "Wash
ington from Mexico, where the funeral
was held.
Governor Davis of Arkansas signed
an act of the legislature making it
unlawful for non-rc3idents of the state
to hunt or fish at any season of the
year in Arkansas. The act goes into
effect at once.
The presidency 'of the Manila Normal
schcol has been declined by Dr. Fred
crick E. Bolton, who occupies the chair
of pedagogy at Iowa State university.
The salary offered was $4,000, but he
dislikes the Philippines.
Corn exports aggregate 1,499.906
bushels, agaicst 1,677,621 last week.
376.186 a year ago, and 1.344.356 in
1931. For the fiscal year exports are
53169.795 bushels, against 25.399.921
last season, and 154 266,545 in 1901.
Theodore Stengor, a mining pro
moter, pleaded guilty in the federal
court at Kansas City to the charge of
using the mails to defraud in promot
ing the Pittsburg Copper Mining and
Reduction company, which, it is al
leged, he did not own. Sentence was
withheld.
General Nelson A. Miles is to become
a resident of Long Island and it is
said he Is contemplating the purchase
of a home on the island in which to
reside after his retirement. The gen
eral has leased for the summer a cot
tage near East Hampton.
A syndicate of the American and Ca
nadian capitalists, headed by Henry
Melvin Whitney of Boston, has pur
chased 2.000.0C0 acres of 'timber land
in New Foundland and intends to un
dertake development on a large scale.
The syndicate paid over $1,000,000 for
its properties.
The famous Gobbler mine and fee of
160 acres of land at Wentworth was
sold under foreclosure at Neosho, Mo.,
for $22,250 to F. E. Rogers of New
York city. The Gobler has been for
years one of the largest producers in
the Joplin district. It was sold three
years ago to Frank Rockefeller for
$200 000.
Nineteen cases of typhoid fever de
veloped at Palo Alto, Cat., making a
total of 132. There are thirty-five cases
at Stanford university. Of those dan
gerously ill the physicians say that R.
Barrett, cf Hermann, Minn., cannot
recover. All of the new patients had-b-en
using milk from a dairy recently
c ricrcd closed.
An investigation of the report that
negotiations arc on foot for a combina
tion of the London flour mills, with a
capital of $12,500,000. with the object
of driving American flour out of the
English market, shows the London
corn exchange does not look upon it
seriously and believes the combination
is improbable of accomplishment.
A street railway franchise covering
slightly over two miles in Los Ange
les, Cal., was sold to G. C. Johnson in
the city council for $110,000, after some
lively bidding for the privilege be
tween Johnson and the Los Angeles
Railway company and the traction
company. Johnson is supposed to be
acting for the Clark-Harriman sydl
cate. A warrant has been Issued for the
arrest of Edward S. Bingham of Mont
gomery, Ind., charging an attempt to
blackmail George B. Brown and 'the
citizens of Montgomery, in writing
them threatening letters saying that
unless the ci.izens and Erowt placed
$2,500 in a given place, the author
would destroy thj town with fire and
dynamite.
The war department has decided to
issue service medals to all the officers
and men of the regular army who par
ticipated In the Spanish war, the Phil
ippine insurrection of the Chinese cam
paign. About 25,000 medals will be re
quired. Final permission reached the Italian
and German embassies for the allies
representatives to sign with Mr. Bow
en, Venezuela's plenipotentiary, the
protocol submitting the question of
preferential treatment to the Hague
tribunal for arbitration.
Persons close to Stephen B. Elkins,
Unit?d States senator from West Vir
ginia, say that out of his many and
varied interests he cleaned up between
$7,000,000 and $3,000,000 last year and
his entire fortune is put at about $50,
CCO.COD. A new child litor law went into ef
fect throughout Carolina. Under its
provisions no child under 10 can legal
ly work in any cotton mill.
The visit to London of President
Lcubet, of France, has been fixed for
July.
The Philippine commission has put
a premium on matrimony by makicg
an increase of $15 (gold) per month
in the salary allowances of married
officers of the constabulary.
Luigi Ardat. the well known musical
conductor, died yesterday in London:
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