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VOLUME XXXIV.-NUMBER 28.
KANSAS TORNADO
town
OF ALICEVILLE DEMOL
ISHED BY STORM.
THREE PEOPLE ARE KILLED.
atal Injury to Two and Fourteen
Others More or Less Seriously Hurt
Five Funnel-Shaped Clouds Get te
Work.
EMPORIA. Kan. Three persons
tilled outright, two fatally injured
tad fourteen others more or less seri
usly hurt, with enormous property
lamage. is the net result of the tor
sado near Alicerille. Coffey county.
The town of Alicerille. which has 200
ahabltantB. was practically demolish
ed. Wires were prostrated, and the
Beets of the storm were not learned
antil late. The list of casualties may
ce incomplete. The dead:
EDITH BAILEY, daughter of W. E.
W. Bailey.
MR. GILLHAM. father of Mrs. John
Bailey.
UNKNOWN MAN.
The injured, near Hamilton: W. E.
W. Bailey, two sons and two daugh
ters, one son, Ollie. fatally hurt; H.
Hebcrlin. wife and child: E. C. Manis
nd wife.
At Aliceville and vicinity: William
Bruce, fatally; four members of fam
"ly of John Earl wine, none danger
uslyr young daughter of J. W. Ath
erton, serious.
Heavy rains and wind storms were
general all over central Kansas Tues
day night. With the exception of
'hose near Hamilton and Aliceville
rnd vicinity, however, only minor
damage was done. In Greenwood and
Coffey counties five distinct funnel
rhaped clouds formed at about the
same time. The two largest of these
clouds struck near Aliceville. and
traveling southeast, destroyed build
ings and crops over a strip a quarter
of a mile in width.
At Aliceville every one of the fifty
houses in town was either totally
wrecked or moved on its foundation.
The two general merchandise stores
there, one owned by T. C. Jones and
the other belonging to D. H. Grant,
were totally wrecked and the entire
contents destroyed. On the opposite
side of the street two blocks, a lum
ber yard, two houses, as well as the
Missouri Pacific depot, were demol
ished. At Aliceville but one person.
William Bruce, was seriously injured.
He was crushed by falling timbers,
and probably will die. Southwest of
Aliceville. in Coffey county, heavy
damage was done to farming proper
ty. The farm house of John Earl
wine was torn to nieces and four
members of the family wounded, but
none dangerously hurt. A baby was
blown a distance of fifty yards, and
suffered only slight bruises. A school
house was blown down, and the house
of J. N. Atherton blown away. All
the members of the Atherton family.
except a young daughter, escaped in
jury. Her legs were nearly severed
by flying timbers, and she is in a
serious condition.
The other injured lived four miles
west of Hamilton, where within a
Mmited locality nine farm houses
were destroyed. Many small build
ings were lurned over and hundreds
of stacks of hay and corn shocks scattered.
THE POSTOFFICES. ...
Transactions Pass Billion Dollar
Mark.
WASHINGTON. Oct 7. Henry A,
Castle, auditor of the post depart
J ment has completed the trial balance
ior me rounn quarter or tae year,
which allows a final announcement of
the income and outgo of the entire
postal service for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1903. The footings are
as follows: Expenditures, $138,
784.437; receipts, $134,224,443; deficit,
$4,560,044. The postal financial trans
actions of the postal service for the
year including the money order sys
tem are $1,026,737,408. thus for the
first time passing the billion dollar
mark.
Compared with last year's figures,
the aggregates are: Increase la ex
penditures. $13,975,271 ; increase in re
ceipts. $12,376,390; Increase in finan
cial transactions. $122,506,172.
During the six years of the audit
ors incumbency, the aggregate finan
cial transactions which have been
audited aad settled in the bureau
amount to $5,000,000,000,000.
The postmaster general calls atten
tion to the fact that the deficit is
more than $1,000,000 below the esti
mate of what it would be. made a
year ago. That estimate was $5,602.
227. whereas the actual figures are
$4,560,044.
To Improve Water Rentes.
The president has appointed O. H.
Ernest, corps of engineers at Chicago
QUITS HIS PLACE
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY CHRIS
TIANCY RESIGNS OFFICE.
BEASM ASSICKI IAD HEALTH
Letter ef ReeJgnatien Filed the 14th
f July Auditor Castle ef the Feat
fito Department Also Takes Leave
ef His Peattien.
Ptof. G. S. Williams of Cornell uni
versity. and George Clinton of Buffalo,
N. Y.. as the representatives of the
United States on the proposed inter
national water route commission.
The authority for this action is con
tained in the river and harbor act of
last year, in pursuance of which the
president invited the government of
Great Britain to join in the formation
of an international commission to be
composed of three members from the
United States and three who shall
represent the interests of the Domin
ion of Canada, whose duty it shall be
to investigate and report upon the
conditions and U6es of the waters ad
jacent to the boundary lines between
the United States and Canada, includ
ing all of the water of the lakes and
rivers, where natural outlet is by
river. The president has announced
the appointment of the American rep
resentatives in order that there may
be no further delay in entering upon
the important work involved. In ad
dition, the commissioners are re
quested to report upon the advisabil
ity of locating a dam at the outlet of
Lake Erie, with a view to determin
ing whether such dam will benefit
navigation, and if such structure is
deemed advisable they shall make
recommendations to their respective
governments looking to an agreement
or treaty which shall provide for the
construction of the same, and they
shall make an estimate of the proba
ble cost thereof.
CRANK AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
Mechanic From Norwich. Conn.. Ar
rested, but Found Unarmed.
WASHINGTON r C. John TVM.-r
of Norm-ich. Conn., who evidentlv is a ! Eureka and narrowly escaped asphyx-
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FIRES DRIVES OUT MINERS.
Four of the Largest Miners in Tintie
District, Utah, Abandoned.
SALT LAKE. Utah. A special to
the Herald from Eureka. Utah, says
that smoke from a mysterious fire in
the abandoned workings of either the
Eureka Hill or the Bullion Breck mine
has put a ston to all underground
work in four of the largest mines in
the Tintie district
In addition to the above mines, min
ers were driven out of the Centen
nial Eureka and the Gemini mines.
Seeral hundred miners are forced
into idleness. Nine men were over
come by the smoke in the Centennial
mechanic about 44 years of age. en
tered the White house soon after the
doors were opened Wednesday morn
ing. The officials thought from his ac
tions that lie wa a crank and ar
rested him. He was unarmed and
made no resistance when placed un
der arrest. He was turned over to
the police.
Decker was examined later in the
day. pronounced insane and was re
moved to the goeramem insane
asylum.
iation. There Is no way to reach the
fire and it may burn for several days.
Except for loss of time the financial
loss is not expected to be heavy.
WASHINGTON The postmaster
general has accepted the reeignatfoa
of 6. A. C. Christiancy. as assistant
attorney, in the oflce of the' assistant
attorney general for the postoflce de
partaseat. Mr. Christiaacy's letter of resigna
tion, which was addressed to Post
master General Payne, was fled July
14, aad is as follows:
"For reasons assigned in the com
maaication addressed to you under
April 25, 1903, I requested to be re
lieved from the duties as assistant at
torney general of the postofflce depart
ment. I take this step because I feel
and my physician tells me. impera
tively, that it will be absolutely im
possible for me to undertake desk
work for a considerable time. For
many months prior fo the granting to
me of leave of absence on April 28
I was continuing my duties directly
against the advice of my medical ad
visor, but owing to then prevailing
conditions I did not think I could ab
sent myself. That strain has accen
tuated since and has brought about a
condition calling absolutely for free
dom from sustained labor. In the fu
ture, as in the past, I shall hold my
self at the service of the department
for any assistance I can furnish. I
beg to express to you my very earnest
appreciation of the uniform kindness
and courtesy I have received from
you."
The reasons assigned in Mr. Chris-
tiancy's letter of April 25 were bad
health.
The postmaster general, when b
received Mr. Christiancy's letter of
July 14. took no action upon it, be
yond referring it to Assistant Attorney
General Robb with request for ad
vice as to the proper course to pursue.
Mr. Robb's reply was not made pub
lic until Thursday, and was as fol
lows:
'The investigation being completed.
I now have the honor to advise you
that in my judgment no evidence has
been adduced impugning the honesty
of Mr. Christiancy and that therefore
there is no good reason why his res
ignation should not be accepted."
Mr. Payne's letter of acceptance
was forwarded Friday. It is a pure
ly formal document, and reads as fol
lows: "I beg to advise you that your res
ignation, tendered on July 14, 1903, has
this day been accepted."
Mr. Christiancy has been on leave
without pay since last April.
Auditor Castle Resigns.
Announcement of the resignation of
H. A. Castle, auditor for the postofflce
department, was made Friday. The
resignation was dated October 7 and
was directed to the secretary of the
treasury, who has indicated his acceptance.
The resignation is to take effect
when his successor is appointed and
on the qualification Mr. Castle will re
main in office until that time. Mr.
Castle also said that he tendered his
resignation last spring. When the in
vestigation of the postofflce accounts
was begun Secretary Shaw asked him
to remain and he had consented to
do so.
TREATY TO AVOID WARS.
France and Great Britain Agree en a
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WHOLE BTUMBER 1.744.
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PARIS H was
tative quarters that the terms of tae
general treaty of arbitratioa between
Frames and Great Britain -hart aeea!
concluded between Foreign Minister
Delcasse and the authorities la Lon
don.
All the substantial terma:. of .the
treaty hare row ;beea-settled: JTnere
only remain minor questions of detail
aad the signing- of the .treaty. , These.
formalities are so far advanced that
the treaty is considered to be an ac
complished fact The advanced state
of the negotiations has not yet been
communicated to the public. -The
treaty follows the general lines
to considerable extent served -nj&Sf?Tmt?i
model. It is pointed out that the Hay
Pauncefote treaty, although rejected
by the United States senate, now
serves the useful purpose of giving a
basis for this important Anglo-French
treaty. The officials also view the ne
gotiations as evidence of the sympa
thetic attitude of the United States.
France and Great Britain on the nrais
tical adoption of the theory of arbi
tration.
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CHINA CANNOT RESIST 'IT.
Celestial Empire Not Able to Force
Russia to Move.
WASHINGTON. D. C Sir Chen
tung Liang-Chang, the Chinese minis
ter, had a long conference with Sec
retary Hay Friday regarding the situ
ation in Manchuria. The minister re
ceived information some time ago that
there was no apparent movement on
the part of Russia indicating that that
country would begin the evacuation of
Manchuria on October 8, as stipulated
in a treaty made with China. The
Chinese minister naturally feels keen
ly the condition which' exists, as it is
everywhere known that China is in no
position to enforce the treaty and com
pel Russia to evacuate.
At present the concern of the Uni
ted States is to see' that the agree
ment made with the Chinese for the
open ports in Manchuria is carried out,
regardless of what Russia may do
etiher in evacuation or permanent con
trol of the province.
EXPENSES TO BE CUT DOWN
Number of Municipalities in Philip
pines to be Reduced.
MANILA. A commission is now
engaged in reducing a number of
municipalities in the different prov
inces of the islands. This will greatly
reduce the expenses of the govern
ment. At the request of Governor Taft,
Admiral Stirling has detached two
gunboats, the Isla de Cuba and the
Pampamga, to Samar to search the
neighboring waters for the little
steamer Victoria with Johnson and
Herman, the defaulting constabulary,
on board. The coast guard vessel has
also been sent out to overtake the
fugitives if possible. No word of
their whereabouts has been received
from any source.
SIR THOMAS SAILS FOR HOME
TRAVELER TURNS ON THE GAS
Cabbage in Banana Belt.
SIOUX FAU.S. S. D C. H. Jor
dan of Pukwana. ex-sheriff of Brule
county, has a six-acre irrigated cab- '
base natch nn whirh ho Tic ni.vt I
an aggregate of 46.000 large cabbages.
They are estimated to weigh an aver
age of five pounds each, or a total of
230,000, and will be sold at about 2
cents per pound, which will give him
a handsome return from his six acres
- of ground.
Cornell Gets a Bequest.
Irvinston. N. Y. The will of Fred
erick W. Guiteau was filed on Wednes
day, it bequeaths 1100.000 outright to
Cornell university. The income of
$40,000 and the ue of the Irvington
estate is bequeathed to his sister.
Mary G. Howe, during her life. After
disposing of amounts ranging from
$5111 to $5.vw to twenty relatives, the
lesidue. in addition to the $100,000
gift, is left to Cornell university.
Hotel Beat in Sentenced.
CLEVELAND. O. Orville B. Smith
was on Thursday sentenced to pay a
fine of $200 and to serve three months
in the work house on the charge of
defrauding an ina-keeper. Smith con
tracted a bill at the Hollenden hotel
and presented a fraudulent check. The
police produced conclusive proof that
Smith, by an unparalleled series of
impositions, had secured large sums
of money by fraud in many of the
larger cities.
Bryan's Business is Private.
NEW YORK W. J. Bryan was in
the city Thursday. He said his visit
to New York had no connection what
soever with politics, but was in con
nection with the administration of the
estate of the iate Philo S. Bennett of
New Haven, of whose will he is ar
executor.
Session of me Cabinet.
WASHINGTON. D. C For two
hours on Tuesday the president and
members of bis cabinet, now in the
city, were in consultation. Secretary
Root. Hay and Hitchcock were the
anly absent members. While those
present were reticent as to the de
tails of the meeting it is known that
some matters, of Importance, particu
larly relating to the navy and the
r-cstofflce department, were under dis
co sioa.
Reported Matcacre of Jews.
VIENNA. The Czernowitz, the
newspaper which first announced the
Kishineff riots, reports that another
massacre occurred at the town of Mo-hilev-PodoIsky,
nera Kishineff. yester
day, in which 30 Jews and 100 Chris
tians were killed. This report is not
confirmed from any quarter. Mohilev
Podolsky is a town on the Dneister,
with a population of 18,128, compris
ing many Jews.
Evident Suicide of T. F. Cox at a Lin
coln Hotel.
LINCOLN. Neb. T. F. Cox. whose
home, according to an address found
In a pass book which he carried in
his pocket, is supposed to be at
Greenleaf. Kan., went into his room at
the Boyd hotel here Friday morning
and turned on the gas. - He was
found by the hotel clerk, almost dead,
and died two hours later at an un
dertaking establishment.
Cox did not regain consciousness
and a reason for his act is not known.
He was evidently on his way from
Seattle. Wash., to his home in Kan
sas. He was about 40 years old.
Army Musicians in Trouble.
CHICAGO. 111. Fifty members of
the First Regiment band, who refused
to play in the centennial parade last
week, have been recommended for dis
charge from the regiment
Will Say Nothing About Challenging
Again for Cup.
NEW YORK. Sir Thomas Lipton
sailed for England Friday on the
steamer Cedric. Sir Thomas said he
was not feeling as well as he looked.
but that he expected to gain strength
on his way to England.
Sir Thomas bade goodbye to H. H.
Davies, his American representative,
and Captain Webster, who were the
only persons at the dock to see him
off. He wou'.d net jalk about the
possibility of his challenging again for
the cup.
The Cedric also carried J. Coleman
Dra:ton. Dr. Hans Schwegel. Austrian
vice consul at Chicago; P. H. Whit
taker. M. P.. and W. H. Truesdale,
president of the Deleware, Lackawan
na & Western railroad.
KANSAS CITY. Ma Before the
Mfseonri river coacrees
ThoraAay night a resolution was
ed nrginc congress to remedy, the ex
isting eeaditJone no a reenrrence of
the dteastroas Boone of last Jane
A neraMUM
tee was npyblnted'to carrybat the sag
gestiona of the congress in securing
such legislation. The reeolntioa
adopted by the congress was as fol
lows: "Whereas. The entire Kansas river
valley, the cities along its baake and
the two great cities at the mouth ef
that river have recently suffered front
one of the moat disastrous floods In
the history of the country, in which
many Uvea were lost aad property to
the value of SM.AOO.OtO destroyed,
.the commerce of two great states im
paired aad hundreds of miles of rail
road torn op and washed away, result
ing in nntold injury to the commerce
of the entire country, the business of
two great cities threatened with de
struction and their people with pesti
lence, v
"Therefore.- Be it resolved by the
people of Mlssoari and Kansas in com
mercial convention assembled that the
congress of the United States 'be re
spectfully requested to consider as
speedily as possible the existing con
ditions of the Kansas river aad Mis
souri river, and to authorize and pro
vide for an inquiry and n thorough
examination into the said existing
conditions to ascertain and determine
the most effective measures for the
prevention of recurrence of such dis
asters aad the Interruption of inter
state commerce, duly considering the
effects of the shortage of water for
flood prevention, and to provide ways
and means necessary to accomplish
the objects desired.
"Resolved. That the Missouri river
is one of the natural highways of
commerce aad that the congress of
the United 8tates should exact such
special legislation as it shall deem
necessary to protect and preserve the
channel of said river for the people as
a highway.
"Resolved, That the senators and
the representatives In congress from
the states of Missouri and Kansas be
earnestly requested to use their influ
ence and to exert their utmost endeav
ors as is prayed for here."
Members of congress from both Mis
souri and Kansas promised support of
such measures' as will grant the need
ed relief, and practical engineers dis
cussed the river situation from a tech
nical standpoint.
When He Attentats to Enter White
Heuee Ho is Arrested.
"WASHTJtBTON A deanerate hand-
to-hand encennter with aa armed in-
who was determined to nee
ssfeaevelt, occurred in the
veatibnle ef the White Honse shortl?
before noen Monday.
Ther man, who gave his- aame as
Peter BHott and his home as Mbi
aeanotta, was overpowered ay the oM
cere on dirty at the white Honse en
trance and carried to a police van
which had been aammoaed.
N He wae placed in the van in the
cnatody ef two omcers. Seeming to
realise then far the first time that
he waa nader arrest. KlUett began a
farioaa straggle with his cantors for
Imsrty. He drew n revolver and at-,
tempted to .shoot oeacer JameevCisee.
The officer grabbed his hand aad
wreathed the weapon from his grasp.
v Elliott's strangles were so fierce.
however, that the two officers. in the
cramped ewarters ef the van were ua
able te overcome him. Officer. Clscfe
then drew his revolver and fired two
shots to attract attention.
- Chief Usher Thomas Stone aad Of
ficer Parker of the White House
force, who had assisted ia carrying
Klliott to the van. attracted by the
shore rushed back to the vehicle and
assisted in overpowering him.
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MANOERSON ON COMMITTEE.
The French Jewelry exhibit at 8t
Louis already amounts to S4.eA.9(M.
aad iacradee a pearl cc4er valued at
tSOe.000.
The first rural free mail delivery
roatee to be established ia the Indian
Territory have been started from
Miama. three in number.
One of the St. Louis get-rich-quich
concerns has sued the sheriff, district
attorney and others interested in n
recent raid upon it for conspiracy.
Thomas Lipton. In a telegram from
Chicago to PreeMeat Francis, declar
ed that he weald not visit St. Lonto
previons te the opening of the world's
fair.
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WiM riin Rartna ftu wtt r ort ma
her labors ia behalf of tb Red Creea- -2
society, aotwitastaadiag the recent JJ
el
er
Appeinted with Others te Arrange far
Cengreea ef Lawlera.
8T. LOUIS President Jnmes Ha-
german of the American Bar associa
tion has announced the appoiatmeat
of a committee of members of the as
sociation to act in co-operation with
the committee of authorities of the
Louisiana Purchase exposition for tad
convention of the Universes! Con
gress of Lawyers aad, Jurists ia St
Louis dariag September, 1904. Fifty
two members are appointed to consti
tute the committees, with Jacob Klein;
St. Louis, chairman, and including
Robb of Boise, Idaho, Adolph Moses ot
Hugh Butler of Denver, Ramford A.
Chicago, Clifford L. Jackson of Mus
kogee, I. T., Emil McLaia of Iowa City
la., Charles Blood Smith of Topeka,
William W. Dixon of Butte. Mont.
Charles F. Maadersoa of Omaha. Bay
ary T. Hainer of Perry. Okl., Bartlett
Tripp of Yankton, S. D., P. L. Wil
liams of Salt Lake City, George M
Foster of Spokane and Charles N. Pot
ter of Cheyenne.
JAPAN REJECTS PROPOSAL.
Lieutenant Haycraft Out.
LEAVENWORTH. Kas. Second
Lieutenant William A. Haycraft of
the Twenty-second infantry, now at
Fort Leavenworth, was notified today
by the War department that his resig
nation had been accepted. He was
one of the student officers who failed
to pass his examinations and was not
graduated with his class at the gen
eral service and staff college in July
and resigned oa this account.
Kills Her Drunken Husband.
DAYTON, O. While his wife was
waiting on a customer in their restaur
ant here W. H. Lane came home
drunk and knocked her down. She
grabbed a long- knife and thrust it
through her husband's heart, killing
him instantly. When she saw what
she had done, the woman, crazed and
grief-stricken, fell upon his body, and
was covering it with caresses and
kisses when the police came.
Gets Merc Rifles.
WASHINGTON, D. C The War de
partment received the following cable
gram from Governor Taft:
"Governor Betta reports the surren
der ot Colonel Bandholtz, of the con
stabulary, of thirty-three more rifles
at Ligao. ATbay,, making n hundred in
all. All people withdrawn from outly
ing barrios, returned to their homes
by order of proviacial board. Trouble
in the province reported at an end."
Russia Desires to Cut Up Korea, Tak
ing Half.
LONDON. The correspondent of
the Daily Mail at Kobe. Japan', tele
graphs that Baron Von Rosen, on
October 4. presented a note to the
Japanese government, contending that
Japan had no right to interfere in
the question of the evacuation of Man
churia, which solely concerned Russia
and China. The note further pro
poses the partition of Korea and sug
gested that Japan should take the
southern half and Russia the north
ern provinces.
The note was discussed by a coun
cil of ministers October 5. aad Mar
quis Yamagata, commander-in-chief ol
the army, had consultations with the
ministers of wsr and marine. The
Japanese government, adds the corre
pondent, then sent n reply to Baron
Voa Rosen, rejecting the Russian pro
posal. A crisis is possible at any
moment
YELLOW FEVER SITUATION.
Gets a Verdict Against Convent
LONDON, Ont Miss Msry Archer
formerly of Milwaukee, who sued the
Sacred Heart convent for damages for
dismissal from the order and incar
ceration in an asylum on the grounds
of insanity, and also for remunera
tion for seventeen year's services,
has been awarded $8,000 damages.
$3,000 for wages and $5,000 for wrong
ful detention "in the asylum. The
veridict of the jury was cheered in
court.
New Cabinet Takes Hold.
LONDON. The new cabinet ministers-have
assumed their duties, the
seals of office having been exchanged
at a privy council meeting held by
King Edward at Buckingham palace
on Friday morning. AH of the retired
officials and their successors were
present, with the exception of the
duke of Devonshire, the late nerd
president of the council, and Mr.
Arnold-Forster. the new war sec
retary.
A rolling stonejjfoes not; make much
of an uphill fight
Omahan Supposed' Insane.
RAPID CITY, S. D. Fred H. Gwyn
ne. an insane passenger on the
Northwestern train that nassed
Earthquake at St Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. A slight shock of
earthquake wae felt ia Carondolet, the
southern part of the city, at 8:55
o'clock Sunday Bight The seismic
disturbance lasted one minute end
caused alarm among the citizens. At
the same time a slight shock waa felt
ia the western portion of the city.
Laredo Thinks End of Trouble Is in
Sight
LAREDO, Texas. The number ol
new cases of Tuesday as compared
with the previous day's figures show?
i slight decrease, nineteen new cases
being reported on Tuesday.
" The experts state that there is nc
cause for alarm over the late increase,
s it but indicates the beginning of
the end. The last official bulletin
ays: New cases. 10; deaths, none.
Total cases to date, 109; total deaths
to date, 5.
They Vote Against a Strike.
N13VARK, N. J. The employes, of
the public service corporation which
controls a big system of trolley lines
in this and' adjacent counties, have
oted overwhelmingly against n strike
Argentine Only Bounty-Fed Sugar.
WASHINGTON. D. C In view of
the fact that only bounty-fed cane
imported into the United Rtmtmm
Settlement ef Strike Expected.
PITTSBURGH. Pa. P. J. Coalon of
Washington. D. C, first vice president
of the International Association ot
Machinists, is conferring with the of
ficials of the .Westinghouse company
with n view to ending the strike o.
the machinists nt East Pittsburg. The
strike was ordered three months ago
because of the refusal of the company
to grant an increase in wages of "K
per cent demanded by the machinists.
. - rm " , vnw onm
through Rapid CRy Monday, was re-1 cornea from the Argentine Republic'
winr1 - 0hm!- .) T - a I a. - . .
moved to Sturgis and placed in the
Meade county jail. He had hoarded
the train in Omaha, where he is sup
posed to have escaped from a hos
pital. During the past summer
Gwynae was employed in the Black
Hflls as electrician ' hv lha V.).M.t.
; Telephone company.
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New Officers ef League.
BALTIMORE. Md. At the closing
session of the convention of the
League of American Municipalities
on Friday the following officers were
elected: President, Mayor James M.
Head of Nashville, Tenn.; first vice
president. Mayor Crolius of Joliet
111.: second vice nresideat. Mayor W.
C. Mayburg of Detroit; secretary.
John MacVicar of- Des Moiaes. Ia.:
treasurer. Mayor W. D. Morgan of
Georfgetown. S. C.
Killed by Threshing Machine.
PAPILL.IOX. Neb. A young
named Schroeder fell into a threshing
machine on n farm twelve miles
northwest of here Saturday, and was
ground to pieces.
He was thrbwiag bundles of grain
into the machine from a- stack, when
he slipped and fell, striking- severely
-in the opening of the grain separator.
The bod7 went clear through" the
machiae, fragments of , it going
through the elevator.
the treasury department has Issued a
circular relieving importers from the
necessity of furnishing the evidence
of identity required as to the sugars
Thus nil cane sugars, except Argen
tina, can he brought ia under the in
sular certificate of origin heretofore
required.
Increases the Reward.
HELENA. Mont Word was re
ceived in Helena that the Northern
Pacific has increased the. reward of
fered for the capture of the dynamit
ers from 12,50 to! 15.000. This
the. total. reward $10,500.
Finley Installed aa President
NEW YORK Dr. John Houston
Finley, who left the faculty of Prince
ton to accept the presidency or the
College of the City of New Yorkwn?
on Tuesday installed in that office, j
notable gathering of college presi
dents and other men of prominence
participating ia the Installation cere
monies. Seventy universities end col
leges were represented aad a numbei
of prominent men present delivered
addres
China Buys German Gems.
BERLIN The Cbiaese minister. la
at Esses, where he is buying arms and
other wax material.
Big Break in Hog Prices.
CHICAGO With a crash that re
called the dsrs of 1893, the hog mar
ket broke on Thursday and the wild
est excitement prevailed. A break ol
from. 59 to 60 cents on. light grades
and from 40 to 50 cents on other
grades was registered during the day
It is the first step to put hogs on s
4H-cest basis, according to advices.
It means n loss of hundreds of thou
sands of dollars to the shippers and
fanners.
efforts to depose her from the presi
dency.
"Pay up or be sued." will be the
alternative offered to delinquent sub
scribers to world's fair stock by the
exposition management after Novem
ber 1.
The aaaual report of the Great
Northern railway shows an increase
of freight revenue for the year of
$3,506,317; passenger earnings. SI,
181.114. The Venezuelan-German mixed tri
bunal at Carcas haa officially closed
seventy three claims presented
against the government, involving a
total of $1,317,817.
Maitre Labori.. the lawyer aad de
fender of Dreyfus, has accepted aa
invitation to attend the international
law coagress at the St. Louis fair
aad will read a paper.
Washington Henderson, n wealthy
lumber dealer of Oswego, N. Y.. is
dead, aged 73 years. He was a prom
iaeat democrat aad was twice his
party's candidate for congress. .
The official trial of the battleship
Missouri will take place on the 21st
inst. Captain Cowles. President
Roosevelt's brothcr-ia-lnw. will be the
first commander of the Missouri.
Joseph Manser, manager of the
"Marked for Life" cjmeaay. who re
cently shot several members of the
how. waived examination at Ciacin
nati aad was sent to jail in default of
ball.
Efforts have been made to put the
late Kiag Milan's illegitimate son.
Milan, by Madame Cristich. lato en
Austrian military school, but the gov
ernment refused the request for politi
cal reasons.
Labor difficulties are responsible for
the closing down indefinitely of ths
Morse Iron Works and Dry Dock com
pany in Brooklyn. N. Y.. one of the
largest concerns of its kind oa the
Atlantic coast.
Wearing a coat of mail and with a
self -cocking revolver in bis hand, a
'Chinaman named Wong Lung killed a
fellow countryman and inflicted seri
'jus if not dangerous wounds on two
others at Boston.
Enoch L. Cowart. cashier of the
Navesiak National bank of Redbank.
N. J., which is now in the heads of a
receiver, pleaded xuilty to two
charges, one of them embezxliBg $20.
000 and the other in aiding in the
making of false reports to the treas
ury. The exports from the Berlin con
sular districts to the United States
for the quarter ended amounted to
$2,991,010. an increase of $558,814
over those of the third quarter of
1902. A corresponding increase is
shown in the other consular districts
of Germany.
Thomas J. McLain. United States
consul, is dead, says a New York
Herald dispatch from Nassau. N. Y.
He recently suffered a paralytic
stroke and bad since been growing
worse. McLain held his consulate1
'twenty-five years and was a. native of
Warren. Ohio.
The million dollar back tax suit of
the state and county against the
Southern Pacific railway company at
Louisville. Ky., has been compromis
ed and orders were entered dismiss
ing the case. By the terms of the
compromise the Southern Pacific
company is to continue to pay the
state a franchise tax of $5,000 a year,
and will pay state and county taxes
in Jefferson county on a valuation of
$275,000.
The vigilance of the men employed
by the Northern Pacific to patrol its
right-of-way in Montana has had the
effect of stopping, at least for a time,
the work of those who were trying to
blackmail the company.
The assistant attorney general .for
the poetoflce department has render
ed an opinion against the use of Den
sity envelopes or penalty slips by
army poet exchanges for forwardiag
articles of uniform or equipment td
officers and enlisted men of the army.
The Paris police have arrested H.
HutaJinski, formerly n member of the
Russian mtosioB to Abyssinia, on the
charge of having formed n society to
exploit mines, which he asserted he
had discovered in Abyssinin, but which
it is claimed do not exist.
Elliot W. 8haaklia. secretary of the
Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders'
association, dropped dead ia his of-
flee at Louisville, Ky.
An Indiana man has written a 400.-f)00-word
history and description of
the Philippines.
In honor of the London artillery
company a British nag floated be
side the stars and stripes from -the
upper windows or Bunker Hill monu
ment last Friday. t
' Anthracite coal is selling in New
York at 16 a ton.
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