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eneral InisrastTold I# Nwgrapi,7 | • hews ^uiiiwv Itt of Moch or Uttto (Cose AU Pirti of the Cl*» W*Mft~~Prt«e« h:' ; •• deserter from tfte infantry and General army, led attack on a launch near (Arayat. Commls- revifiing the traiff. Clark Carr, son of Colonel Clark E. ©f Galesburg, 111., and his cousin, Carr, drowned while hunting ;nenr Seattle, Wash. ; Joliet convicts honored Mrs. Bat- Uagtpn Booth in a song composed by Sof their number. ilral Dewey telegraphed rela- -in Vermont he cannot attend kits f,pamor's funeral: ' si -iPMr York Presbyterians held union i ^services in memory of missionaries r4. slain in China. anche caused "by earthquake down Mount St. Elias. rains caused damage in Hono- ilt of Joseph Chamberlain to Gib- causes London papers to hint ssible hostilities with France, lier of New South Wales si that Victoria assume titled of the British Empire. Otds ot Ambassador Porter «MMrlUi not remain in Paris ani Winston Churchill refused to rei charges against Earl of Rosslyn. London financial circles nervous: evp»t >of £630,000 fold, daring ^roustabouts at New Or] a month. calling herself sued Senator Sullivan ft for 150,000 for allei lise. Defendant sfrfs Untenant G. W. Lpfean, fj. S. N., ,rifiss Berthatf-^Allen, daughter lor Alle^/at San Juan. Serma£'s\estate estimated at MOO. Mrs. McCalliim, adopted, JRiief legatee. .. Addison Porte*, former .private jury to McKinley 19 hopelessly ill k^omfert, Conn. ) Board of officers on Asiatic station rdered to select site for naval station Philippines. ?tain Page, PortoRican infantry, >f yellow fever at Havana, e injured In cable train wreck at and Madison streets, Chicago, by misplaced switch. "Transvaal was proclaimed at 1 a part of the British empire. |.ndard was raised with mili- Jjuonies. Sir Alfred Milner ^proclamation. jp office issued bulletin giving L gai of 159 cities in United aving a population over 25,000 Runaway wife descended from ocean steamer to tug off Hoboken in vain attempt to elude husband. John Sherman laid to rest at Mans­ field, O., Thursday, with President Mc- Klnley and many officials in attend- | to It'a ;ement oppos- . . B,.::'-t?»fta- v candidate In Seventh sen- Uttrlal district. - Harfiia wlM de­ ter his vacation to vote (or itcKinley. ana Deia&u*i& will finish the campaign In Illinois by cen­ tering their efforts in Cook county. W. J. Bryan attends Dr. Parkhurst's church &ad leaves New York Sunday evening for Albany. Prosperity parade of Republicans at Chicago Saturday was a big turn out. Senator Hanna reviewed pageant. Senators Barrows and * Hanna ad­ dressed meeting of railway men at Auditorium, Chicago. Bryan declared he does not accept pay for campaign speeches. Ad­ dressed twenty meetings in New Tork Saturday. Republican national committee is­ sued statement showing that United States armies of occupation are being gradually reduced. , 1 * - • Six Killed WUI* Butted I Dispatches from the state of Michigan show an unusual mortal­ ity list among the hunters. Six deaths were recorded and several per­ sons were wounded. In Jackson s coun­ ty Alfred Ash by. aged 18, was instant­ ly killed by Charles Miner, who at a rabbit. Clyde Stark, Owosso, while returning h quail hunt, attempted shotgun. The trig weapon blew Robert and weapon. Edgett and lton Rapids started Snyder fired at birds anad hit Edgett in the side, will recover. Louis Torrence of rtonville was shot in the face by his ather while they were hunting quail. ,4 . at Ptten#* th« Crime. | CONFESSION MADE BY THREE. WW P«ag»ad, M m ^ f t e f c j W r ' Flaea Had a llying ClrtMon--Two of th* Immi< 'Are Married Mea. fence accide cove Mb Women Drop Stone, on Workmen. A crowd of 2,000 men, women and children assembled on the public bridge and hill close to the Canton colliery in Pennsylvania, Friday even­ ing and hurled volley after volley of cobblestones at non-union workmen as they departed from the Buckwheat separators to their homes. Some of the women carried American flags and led the crowd, most of whom stood on the bridge and dropped Stones on the workmen as they left the colliery. A number of the workmen escaped to their homes by crossing the mountain. The crowd finally dispersed, after Miles Dougherty, a labor leader, pleaded with them go home. Enteft ficet Sugar Field. The first beet sugar refinery in Ohio began operations in Fremont. The refinery was erected by the Continent­ al Sugar Company of Cleveland and will cost $400,000. It will consume 400 tons of beets daily, turning out fifty tons of sugar each twenty-four hours. It has an acreage of 3,000 acres and will pay for beets alone $150,000 this season. The season's run will „'|>e three months. y f eminent denies any intention to Turkish claims by means of aval demonstration. Government lost $30,000 worth of ^fpwder in explosion at Indian Head as. 'Hog to sell his Vermont .bandon America. Marlborough may- succeed ;an as Lerd Lieutenant of Leopold of Belgium arrested in Tiding in automobile. show management de- ^equestrians must fide in side saddle^ Beport current John * W. Chutes E. H. Harriman's interest in City Southern, acquiring eon- of road, which will become com- ji$»or of Alton, Union Pacific, and , Sftnouri, Kansas and Texas. t) $ Resident Mitchell of United Mine ihC 4 ^oriters declared anthracite strike off and told men to go to work on Mon­ day tor operator* who accept Scran- ton terms. American tweeds have practically driven Scotch tvseds from domestic market Cornelius L. Alvord, Jr., who stole $200,000 from First National bank, New believed to be where he *""> be arrested when wanted. Activity of Filipino Junta In Paris giving rise to rumor of alliance be­ tween Spain and Aguinaldo. Missionaries tell of their work at American associatioa fleeting, Spring­ field, Ifypa. ' Two ftegroes lynched In The Rev. Dr. Daniel "Van 4»f«a; X/Tr t»i^*ed to hai <4rowned while batfiffcK in Wreck of Maine in will be removed. Mpulation of California, 1,485,000. Bjported Thirtieth infantry will eoutt home from Philippines in Janu- •T» only 400 men fit for duty. explosion at Indian Head grounds. Wilhelmina's wedding day a fixed fop Jan. 17. preparing to snub England g Kruger cordial reception, caused several students heads oken in London and after the beaten off a howling mob meetings and defied oppoei- gttttary Aepot at Victoria West, > containing vast stores of ammunition, has been de- d five hundred reppb- the harvest home fea- flarquette club at the Coll Mark Hapna spoke. i;-~i.fr •foamed as Dead Si Ti Mrs. Mary Piothrowsky of Michigan City has found Frank Prall, a brother whom she had mourned as dead for twenty-one years. The two have lived within a few miles of each other for many years. Thursday Mrs. Piotrow- sky went to Lapofte*,'Ind., to visit her brother. Prall left Poland twenty-one years ago, and Mrs. Piotrowsky fol­ lowed to this country a few years later. The last trace of the mysteries surrounding the killing of Jennie Bosschieter, the 17-year-old girl Whose body was found near the Wag- eran bridge over the Patsaic river on Friday morning last, his been cleared a,way. Wwr Ken Commit Ua« CrlM The girl was lured to a, drinking place abcut 10 o'clock on Thursday night There she was drugged, placed in a cab with four men, driven to a remote place on the outskirts of the town, taken unconscious to the ground, and there, bemg then in a dy­ ing condition, was criminally assault­ ed by three of he/ companions. When they found she still remained uncon­ scious after be rs put back in the car­ riage/ and after all their efforts to restore her failed, they drove with her to the house of a Dr. Townsend, ia Paterson, N. J., who came down to the /.idewalk, examined her in the caf- i*riage, and pronounced her dead. That is the story In outline of what iegarded as one of the most hor- le crimes in the history of New Jersey. The deed was the work ot four men ranging In age from 41 to 24, very one of waom is of excellent family, and who, with one exception, stood well in public estimation in the community. All were active business men. Two of their are married, one with a wife and several children, and the "other has a bridft. of five weeks. The brother of one of them is a former judge and is married to a sister of the mayor of Paterson. All four of them arc under arrest and locked up in the county jail charged with murder. Three of them have made full confes­ sions. The case against them appar­ ently Is overwhelming. Their names are Walter C. McAllister, George J. Kerr, William A. Death and Andrew Campbell. McAllister, who is 30 years of age, is a member of the firm of James McAllister & Co., engagfd in one branch of silk manufacture. He lived with his father. James McAllis­ ter, at No.- 106 Park street His two sisters, who are utterly prostrated, stand high socially In Paterson, (md are very popular. Dlipmlni of lite Body. After leaving Dr. Townsend's place the jab went on until the dark spot near Alger's mills was reached. Mc­ Allister caught the girl by the feet and dragged them outward. Another of the men lifted the shoulders, and as the hips reached the sill .McAllister ropped the feet and the two men held the body upright for a moment and then let go. The girl's body fell backward, the head striking the rock, which cruBhed the skull. This circum­ stance, which threw the Bergen coun­ ty authorities off the scent, was not foreseen by the men disposing of the body. The hackman received $10 for his night's work. This was paid by McAllister. { 1 . Bank Telter Steal* *700,00% ̂ One of the oldest and richest finan­ cial institutions in America, the First National bank of New York, at 2 Wall street, has been robbed of $700,000, and possibly much more. Cornelius L. Al- vord, Jr., note teller, a trusted employe for twenty years, is accused of the Gives tord Ros.Iyn the lid. Winston Spencer Churchill,speaking In London at a banquet given by the Pall Mall club, attacked Lord Kosslyn for "slandering British officers" in ac­ counts of the earl sent to newspapers from South Africa. He went so far as to give the lie direct to ftome of Lord Rosslyn's statement* lcdicta "Diploma Mill* if' i Sixty-five "true bills" were returned by the federal grand jury at Chicago. Among the indictments were: James Armstrong, Thomas Armstrong and John H. Randall, officials of th,e Met­ ropolitan Medical College, known as a "diploma mill," charged with using the mails to defraud. itaVfttia harbor Suicide for Trivial Cans*. Ferdinand Mayer, Jr., fired a bullet into his breast near the heart because a Columbusjavenue saloonkeeper in New York would not give him more liquor. His recovery is doubtful. Mayer is 35 years old and a salesman in the Knabe piano warerooms, where bis father 1» manage?, < Clam Barton Berlonslf 11L Miss Clara Barton of the Red Cross is dangerously ill in her apartments in the Tremont hotel, Galveston, Tex, Her attending physician says she is suffering from nervous prostration. She is "very weak and no one Is allowed in the room except the nurse and phy­ sician. Shoots the Girl IK* torn cy Baker, a former railroad con- tr, shot Miss Nettie Larson just the heart at Halstad, Minn. Her ry is dbubtful.. He is married anted to marry the girl when he could get a divorce. She had wearied of lila attentions. Destructive Blase at Ottawa* Fire broke out In Porter Jb Hook' general store at Grand Ridge, nine miles south of Ottawa, 111. The fire was Communicated to the Lewis drug stor^i and both of those buildings were completely destroyed. N"^y---l»dfcon»otlTes to Go More than fifty locomotives Of mbd ern -type are soon to be shipped abroad by the Baldwin Locomotive works. Ten are to go to South Ari ca, twenty-two to New Zealand, fifteen to Egypt, and ten to Paris. Deputy Marshal Killed. Deputy United States Marshal Sam Jackson fell from the first floor of the capltol building at Helena, Mont, lnto *1® basement and received in­ juries from which he died three bom later, , ten days ago led to a aecond *ex- smUwuHon, which revealed the thefts. •Word was at the bank last Thurs­ day, but vanh&ed on learning that his books were being examined. One story mfSL ihe went- to South America, an­ other Europe, a third that he was seen boarding a train for Montreal. Alvord Is 50 years old, tall and port­ ly, weighing 300 pound*. He has a wife and three Children. The family lived in a pretentious bouse at Mount Vernon and entertained lavishly. Ha also had extensive apartments at a Saratoga hotel, Where he lived last summer at the rate of $300 a week. Many at Sherman's FuaeraU Funeral services over the remains of ex-Secretary of State Sherman were held in Washington Wednesday morn­ ing at the family residence, and were attended by all the prominent admin­ istration officials in the city and many of the decedent's associates in public life, as well as friends in the army and navy. The diplomatic corps was largely represented, and, as an unusual' token of respect, an escort of cavalry and artillery was provdied. The Rev. Alexander McKay Smith of St. John's Church read the episcopal service and recited Tennyson's ode on the death of Washington. The remains were taken to Mansfield, O., and President McKinley was among the number who attended the funeral services there Thursday afternoon. ' > : ' j Fall la Courageous Flfht ;.t Tbe war department has received a dispatch from General MacArthur, giv­ ing an account of a fight in which a small detachment of the American troops attacked a much superior force of Filipinos. Our loss, killed. First Lieutenant George L. Febiger, Charles A. Lihdenberg, William F. Wilson, company H, Thirty-thiM regiment United States volunteer infantry; An­ drew T. Johnson, farrier; Guy E. Mc- Clintock, troop L, Third regiment, United States savalry. Nine others were wounded. Four are missing. Lieutenant George Lea Febiger was one of the youngest officers of the army, being in his twenty-fourth year. He was a native of New Orleans. v JQVseuss Health Problems. The ilrst session of the converittoS of the American Public Health asso­ ciation was opened in the auditorium of the German house, Indianapolis. Among the delegates attending are several men of international promi­ nence in the field of sanitary science and medicine, such as Dr. Theobald Smith of Boston, president of the bac­ teriology and chemistry section, and Professor Wy^tt Johnson of Montreal, member of the faculty of McGlll uni­ versity. President Bryce delivered his annual address, and ex-President Ben­ jamin Harrison, briefly addressed the convention. A. C. Harris, minister to Austria, and Dr. Chioo of Mexico alsq spoke. Miners Trapped in Shaft. By the explosion of one of the boil­ ers at the Chicago and Minonk Coal and Tile works in Minonk, 111., four men and one woman were injured and 350 miners Were imprisoned below ground for four hours, when they were hoisted to the surface. The in­ jured: William Jackson, engineer, scalded and body bruised. Samuel Hayes, rfleman, scalded; Edward Hayes, fireman, fatally 'scalded and bruised; Edward Liston, scalded; Mrs. Joseph Jeziorski, leg broken. GREAT FRENCH STATESMAN. 1 ~ <,'**** ' - ' ' ' A A. I 1 * * Theottfiftp the French min- J ted himself admirably through tht ister of foreign affairs, Who is direct-1 French embassy at Washington.' -,-sj ing the movements of the French gov­ ernment in the in­ ternational Chi­ nese situation, is first of all a colo­ nist, and one who Is likely to advo- > * % cate the partition'^ ' "ft of China with alL-vv «, the force of . hia|^y|||^||||| powerful charac-, -J? \ \ , ter. Delcasse is.: , P r a c t i cally the > ^ leader of the colo-1 nial party. In 1894, when Dupuy was In power, he minister for colonies, and two previous ministrations was .under secre-- tary of state. Herr^r/ has had, therefore,? a broad experience^; as diplomat and ^ statesman. It wi Delcasse Who han-? died the prelimi peace negotiationa ^ r ... s ' ftJ*' * H It w •jau • -:,'V NEW POLICY IS NOW SHAPING 'mmmm r. -, cW -n * *7 ^ f. 'fi c?/ cw nary peace negotiationa between Spain and the United States in 1898, a feat in diplomacy of which he acquit- Danlsh Antilles Protest. Intense adverse feeling has been ex­ cited at St Thomas by the renewal of the report that Denmark intends to cell the Danish Antillles to the United States. A meeting of the colonial council has been convoked at St Croix for the purpose of making a formal protest. The newspapers dis­ cuss the question, declaring in bold type, "We do not wish to be sold." There is no desire, much less enthus­ iasm, among the population to belong tp the United States. • -------- ^ Settle Strike la Indiana* By the coal company's agreeing to employ an objectionable miner the strike, at Island City mine, No. 1, Lin­ ton, ind., was settled. The concern reserves the right to employ or not employ a union miner in future Over bOO men were out 4 u e Psra's jffew Extradition treaty- The senate of Peru in secret session approved the extradition treaty with the U^aitad States, with a slight amend - issfto ae the minimum allowing extradKlou- Introduction of cheap telephones ex­ pected to give Chicago largest system in the world. . ; II 14berla Shows Progress. Liberia is making noteworthy prog­ ress In the art of government, accord­ ing to a report forwarded by United States Minister Smith from Monrovia. A criminal code defining crime and fixing punishments instead of depend­ ing upon the English and American laws has recently been enacted, a bu reau of education established, the Col­ lege Of Liberia reopened, election and registration laws provided and bond ed warehouses opened in every port of «Ury. i.p U 'Waaar 'Whiskers oa Result.' ̂ The Populist farmers of Comanctie county, Kan., 100 in number, mat aii equal number of Republican at Cold Water, the county s; day night, and this bet wi and signed by 100 voters ley is elected, the IJppulis cut off their long Wear, and if Bry publicans agree i long aa he bet was duly filled. the Re - era so be ful- Cbloa Is Salag tor Peace---14 Btaas Bf|>wa That ttmwh Minist«v b HI is' PahAa--Pear ot a rhlniss Triela . . Tuesday, October IS. Dispatch from Li Hung Chang to Chinese minister in Paris saying Pich- on, French minister to Pekin, Is too 111 to conduct negotiations, suspected to be diplomatic trick to get rid of astute envoy. Diplomats are convinced there Is no secret clause in Anglo-German agreement, which is believed to be a purely mutual guarantee against either country seizing Yang-tse-Kiang valley. Expedition to Pao Ting Fu found let­ ter from Prince Tuan ordering slattfjftfe er of allied troops. , Wednesday, Optofter ̂ , Germany will ask Li Hung Chang for his credentials before opening peace negotiations. German official at Washington denies alleged secret meaning to Anglo-German agreement. Reformers are reported to be gaining victories on all sides over Imperial troops In South China. Secretary Hay Is expected to ask the powers to join America in a convention promising to preserve China and maintain 0tb* open door." ; t, Thursday* Oetobar W> • .jfrii'lri China is apparently preparing for war with allies, stores, arms, ammuni­ tion, and treasure being constantly shipped from Yang-tse cities to Pekin. French reply to Li Hung Chang's pro­ posals reiterates demand for head of Prince Tuan and six other high Chi­ nese officials. Boxers on North river issued proclamation saying they have organized to destroy foreigners throughout empire. Two thousand villagers slain by insurgents in Kwai Sin district. Rebellion in south is spreading. Poa-Ting-Fu was occu­ pied without opposition. City to be held by German brigade during win­ ter. Episcopal bishop of Shanghai aays American attitude toward Chi­ na is Weak. Friday, October Imperial edict communlcsifeS to eign ministers at Pekin asking powers to name Boxer leaders and suggest their punishment.* Kang Yi and Yu Sien, Boxer leaders, committed sui­ cide by swallowing gold leafv -Ffipce TUMI may follow. - Sunday. Oetobar Asserted in Vienna that France and Russia will accept the Anglo-German agreement Believed at Shanghai that report of Yu Hsien's suicide is a ruse and was sent out to test effect on public. Ministers in conference at Pekin added to list of those who should be punished. < - < Night Murder tn a' Forest. • Lying in a dense forest #neaf m Bohemian cemetery, Chicago, the body of Anton Lisl was found shot and slashed to death. For 200 feet the woods bore evidence of a fright­ ful struggle, and in the dead leaves that covered the ground were found silver watch and chain which had not belonged to the murdered man. This slight clew put the police on the track of the assassin, and all day In­ spector Kalas and Capt Barcal la­ bored with their officers to solve the mystery. George Dolinskl, the hus­ band of the dead man's sister-in-law, was arrested, charged with the mur­ der, and, although he stoically main­ tained his innocence, the police were confident at midnight that they it^ the right man. ' ^ Scourge Sweeps Over Alaska.'"--' The Rev. Father John B. Rene, In charge of the Roman Catholic mission on the Yukon, has arrived at Dawson with a terrible story of the sufferings of the natives in that valley from an epidemic of a mysterious disease re­ sembling a combination of pneumonia, measles and typhoid fever. At Holy Cross mission 60 out of 150 Indians diied in less than two months. Fam­ ine now threatens. Thousands of na­ tive's have died, and many more will die from the disease itself or st^rya,- tion following in its train. '-/•> Alabama Finds More Land. Alabama runs a mile farther south on its eastern boundary line than the text-books show, which gives the state a wedge-shaped strip of land 100 miles lbng. Secretary of State McDavid is taking the first steps toward annexing West Florida to Alabama, so the of­ fice records will show the true ern boundary of the state.' 3>rag Tro t̂'uoiiw >» Train. ' Deacon Kessler and Elder R N. Bouck, t)owieites, were forcibly de­ ported from Mansfield by the police. Bouck had been there nearly a week and held services. He objected to be­ ing put on the train and had to be dragged out of the station and put aboard. Shoots His Former Guest. Charles Reynolds, 19 years old, #Sii shot and killed early Sunday morning by Samuel Harmon, aged 68. Rey­ nolds and four other young men had been at the Harmon house and had started for home. A stone thrown from the darkness struck the door and the young men stopped to await the result. Harmon came to the door with a shotgun and fired at them as they stood in the street, Reynolds fell dead Harmon is In jail. He says he thought the young men threw the stone at his door., » y Soldiers and 8trlkers Clash. '/ Advices from Valley Field, Quebec, received state that a conflict has oc curred there between strikers and the militia. Eight soldiers and fifteen itrlkers were Injured, two soldiers and one striker probably fatally. About 100 militiamen were called out Thurs­ day to preserve order at the Valley Field cotton mills, where there has been an intermittent strike, due to various causes, all the year. When Thursday's news was received another detadunent of 200 militia left Mont­ real for Vadley Field. . 9c9taa eOWf̂ •an* ft mf tons, Wi lambs, L7664J0; stoekei Butter--Firsts. seconds, tmltatfcHr creameries. Choice. Mc: firsts, jfe; seconds, J Cbeese-Full cream, tWIns, choice, _ }0}4c; Off gmdM. i®Me: flat, single, cta< 10£®10%c; daisies,colored, choice, ll^lWe; Young America*, colored, ll@ll%c: under grades, jMKMte: Cheddars, 10*c; sklnuMd cheese, «9&#7%c. Strictly fresh stock, 17%@18e, loss off, cases returned. Live Poultry--Chickens, bens. Ifyc per lb.; springs, 8c; ducks, 7V*@8c; turkeys, 7@flc; geese, nice stock, $6.25vf>.50 per dos. Vealr-Fancy carcasses, 9c per lb.; fair to good, ?®8c; light weigh ts, 6®iB%c. Pears--Bart let ts. $3.00®8.» per brl.; Dutchess, «.75@2.25: Keiffers, fl.75@2.O0; common stock, $1.00@l.s0. Apples--Michigan stock, fl.OO@l.SO per barrel. Potatoes--Choice, SOflfSCc per ha; com­ mon, 25@28c per bu. v Steves Wife and H iratetf. Mr. and Mrs, White of Blairsvllle, Pa., had a narrow escape from death on the rails Friday. They had been visiting In Homestead. They missed their train and started to walk to Blairsvllle. / They had to cross the high and long bridge across the Kis- kimlnites river. When half-way over mini'tis river. When half-way over they were overtaken by a freight train. Mr. White dropped down between the ties and held his wife suspended in the air, fifty feet from the water below, while the long train passed over them. Then, with great difficulty, he lifted her to the bridge again. His coat was caught by the train andvwas torn, so close was he to the trucks. Charles D. Warner Funeral. ' At Hartford, Conn., the funeral •tf Charles Dudley Warner took place from Asylum Hill Congregation­ al church, with the Rev. Joseph H. Twiehell, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Parker of the South Congregational church, officiating. The honorary pallbearers Were; Thomas Bafley Al- drich, C01. Frank W. Cheney, Knight D. Cheney, 8. L. Clemens (Mark twain), A; C. Dunham, James J. Goodwin, Judge William Hammersley, Gen. J. R. Hawley, Prof. C. F. John­ son of Trinity college, Prof. T. R. Lounsberry of Yale, Prof. W. M. Sloan of Columbia, and President George W. Smith of Trinity college. Missionary Officers Kleeted. The American Missionary associa­ tion at its session in Springfield, Mass,, elected the following officers; Presi­ dent, Rev. F. A. Noble, Illinois; vice presidents, Rev. Dr. Alex McKenlze, Massachusetts; Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden, Ohio; Rev. Dr. Henry Stim- son, New York; Rev. Dr. James W. Cooper, Connecticut; William M. Strong, Michigan; recording secretary, Rev. Eugene C. Wfebster, Massachu­ setts; corresponding secretaries, Rev. A. F. Beard, Rev. Dr. F. P. Woodbury and Rev. Dr. & J. Ryder, New York, treasurer, H. W. Hubbard, New York. New Telegraphic Device. F. W. Inden, a well-known board of trade operator, has invented and put into use on the trading of the Duluth exchange a device which it is said in­ sures absolute secrecy In receiving messages. There has been complaint that ^persons who understand teleg­ raphy have been* reading the reports from the sounder. The device, which is called a "resophone," consists of a box incasing the sounder, to which ia attached a small, megaphone-shaped tube, which transmits the message distinctly to the operator but pre­ vents, ft being heard by any one else. "Rig Real Estate Man FaUs. William C. Sherwood* senior mem­ ber of the firm of W. C. Sherwood & Co., real estate and loans at Duluth, Minn., has begun proceedings in bank­ ruptcy. His liabilities are given as $403,991.44 and assets are estimatedvat 143,401.47. His principal creditors are the First National bank of Duluth and Amelia Sherwood, a- relative. Mr. Sherwood is also secretary of Jthe Northern Land Loan Company. Bides Over Forty MfHes." A W". C. Stinson made a new world's record for the hour behind pace at Brockton, Mass., of forty miles 330 yards. He was paced by "Dutch" Wal­ ler. The previous record, made by Stinson Saturday, was thirty-nine miles 1,453 yards, and be broke Bikes' record made on the same track Oct. 5 by 407 yards. Stinson made new rec­ ords also for twelve to forty miles. er, cor*6*aV& bang, Luzon, Qct L, 17th infaatry, Oct. SB. Thomas II. SweelMiitlgoin-- pany A, 17th infantry, San ItHnp? Lu- eon, Oct 24, Charles Bra company K, 44th Infantry, Cebu, Oct. 7. William S. Jam**, pany l t 25th Infantry, Oct. 10, Tafev«%. Luzon. ' " WoaHkm J*«ps mm Boat. - The steamship Nachoochee, twm New York, arrived at Savannah, Oa., wita one passenger missing, a young woman registered as Mias Martin. She told Capt. Smith that she was a school teacher In NeW Jersey, but bftd lost her position. To another passenger she said that she had become despond­ ent and that she intended to commit suicide. Saturday morning she war missing. The only clew left was an* umbrella, on the handle of which was scratched J. L. Maltby, Casenovia, si># a ticket in her purse which had bean, .purchased at Casenovia, N. . ' Bora* Capture Two Can*** \ : According to a dispatch from Cape Town a force of Boers attacked ^ surrounded a patrol of Gape polio* with a convoy near Hoopstad, Orange River colony, on last Wednesday and a shaii) fight ensued. "The police," says the correspondent, "were com­ pelled to abandon two maxims. Ulti­ mately reinforced by* the Yeomanry, they succeeded in getting away with the convoy, but they lost seven killed, eleven wounded, and fifteen captured. The Colonials were outnumbered ten to one and the engagement lasted illf two hours." Patee Acquitted of Murder. The famous Patee case at Peoria.: 111., came to an end when the jury re­ turned a verdtct of "not guilty." By this verdict Fred Patee, the well- known bicycle manufacturer, was made a free man, and in the eyes of the law be is innocent of any criminal connection with the death of Etta Binkley, his stenographer. Miss Bink- ley died in Dr. Belle Reneard's pltal two years ago. Vice Crusade at WaukegMa -'-iV The sermons preached by two min­ isters at Waukegan, 111., regarding lawlessness in Waukegan have stirred up the authorities to a stricter ob­ servance of the law. Mayor Pearce has ordered Chief of Police Powell to secure evidence against the disreputa­ ble resorts and lawless saloons against which complaint was made, with jfc view of prosecuting. s Max MuUor Passes Away* ' Frledrich Max Muller, corpus |to- fe&Bor of comparative philology at (Ox­ ford university, died Sunday at 12:35 p. m. His disease was an affection of the liver. Until ten days ago ho was able to continue writing his au­ tobiography, dictating to his son. Fre­ quently during his illness dispatches of inquiry were received from Em­ peror William. 4 k r ,, ,, j, in,i , 'i Floods Cat Ot Tralkfc s-'- Lacrosse, Wis., was practically' cut off from the outside world, Sunday, as far as the mail was concerned, as a result of Saturday's heavy rain. At the weather bureau 7.27 inches of rain­ fall were recorded. Enormous loss has been suffered by railroads, busi­ ness men, and farmers, and hundreds Sunday night were without homea, i French Fleet at Annapolis. ̂ The French fleet under Admiral Richards passed in the Virginia capes Sunday afternoon. The vessels wero met at Cape Henry by the Maryland pilotbcat which gave the fleet a pilot to take it up Chesapeake bay. Ia» stead o? going first, to Hampton roads and Norfolk they therefore went to Baltimore and Annapolis. Kaws Vote to AUot Laatf» ' ̂• The general council of Kaw Indiana In Texas has voted almost unanimous­ ly In favor of the allotment of their lands. Delegations of Kaws will leave •in a few days to present the matter to the interior department and ask for a commission to treat with the tribe and arrange for the opening of Ihe reservation to settlement V - Stranger Murdered at St. Joseph, )|R>- An unknown man was shot and killed at Fourth and Charles streets fit. Joseph, Mo., and the murderer es­ caped. The victim was a stranger In the city, fairly well dressed, about SO years of age, 5 feet eight inches in height, and of light complexion. Rob­ bery is thought to have been th§ pp- tive. • Buk Forger l*ewls Dead. T. Lewis, the former Urbana Dowle's Bill is for Si,< banker and noted bond forger, died ' The .administrator ot the extensive at West Union. Ohip. The exact estate of the late Mrs. Mary Redding amount of his forgeries was never at Mishawaka, Ind., has just received known, but they amounted to more than $100,000. Lewis was convicted and pardoned when It was seen that he could live only a few years on ac­ count of lung trouble. ; "las at Age of lOO Teaiv. / Mrs. Charlotte A. Sanderson died at her home in Sanford, Fla., aged 100 years and 6 months. She had over a score of great grandchildren. Mrs. Sanderson moved to Florida an aged woman twenty-five years ago from New Hampshire. She possessed valu­ able property and until her death managed the details with the care of one many score years younger. She was well educated and was full of the reminiscences of three wars. She fre­ quently entertained her friends with stories of the war of 1812. All Mlanelska's Stores Burn. A telephone message from Wabash, Sllhn., says the. entire business part of Minneiska was burned, including the postoffice, the Farmers' elevator and several loaded cars on the Chi­ cago, Mtlwauke? & St. Paul road. The damage is $75,000. "v Typhoid Kpldemte at Brastk A malignant form of typhoid flTtr has developed In epidemic form at Brazil, Ind. Seven cases are reported by the physicians. Four deaths have insulted in the past week and several patients are dangerously IU. a bill from John Alexander Dowie for $1,000, a claim he alleges is due him for going ninety miles out df Chicago to baptize Mrs. Redding. The bill will not be paid. ^ lawyer Wanders Sixty Day*. For sixty days Attorney James• A. • Hall of San Francisco wandered in the mountains back of Nome, lost and b wlldered, his only food a pound of ba­ con, a few crackers and what berries and roots he could gather. He was found by bird hunters. ' ' ' Seek Big Loan la Aasedkn. The East Chinese Railroad Com­ pany, according* to a dispatch* from St. Petersburg, is trying to effect a loan In the United States and France through the Russo-Chinese bank. Old Indiana Minister Dead. ^ The Rev. Henry Russell Pritchard, the oldest Christian minister in the United States, died suddenly at Ches­ terfield, Ind. Mr. Pritchard was born near Georgetown, Ky., In January, 1819. . Qaraoany After Another Port. It is rumored at Trinidad that the i Venezuelan government is considering i the advisability of leasing to Germany ] a port on the Island of Margarita tor ] ninety-nine years, as a wealing gta< tion. - v / 4 f c ' i t v ~ ^ / \ - J * . mailto:75@2.25 mailto:fl.75@2.O0 mailto:1.00@l.s0