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THE McHENRY PLAINDEAIER ifoHENBT PLAINDEALBR XcHJENRY, ILLINOIS. ilLVl CM KW111 Boat Contest Declared Off for lack of. Wind. FIRST TRIAL IS It FAILURE. Columbia Far Ahead at the Expiration of the Time Limit -r- Old Defender Leads tlx* Mew Cballragar kg llMrar a Rev. John A. Peters, D. D., president of the Heidelberg university at Tiffin, O., lies at the point of death at his liome in that city. August Dekarske of Sheboygan, Wis., who stole $52 from a bride while a guest at her wedding, was sent to. the state prison for two years. Enoch Edwards, a prominent fanner residing near Valparaiso, Ind., was kicked to death by a horse. He was 24 years of age and leaves a wife and three children. The Minnesota conference of the Methodist Episcopal church voted 90 to 12 in favor of the new constitution allowinc women representation in the conference. Homer Fite, living near the old Grant tannery at G orgetowo, O., beat and shot his wife. She will die. Af­ terward he committed suicide. The tragedy was the result of a domestic quarrel. William J. Yoder. the engineer in charge of the Baltimore & Ohio re­ construction between Garrett, Ind., and Chicago. 0., died at Tiffin of apoplexy. His body was found lying near the track west of town. Through Wabash train for St Louis to Omaha wrecked near Council Bluffs. Nineteen passengers badly injured, three of whom will probably die. Thirteen prospectors drowned in Presidio county. Texas, by a sudden flood in a ravine in which they were encamped. John Cabilla. editor trf an anarchist paper at Spring Valley, 111., arrested charged with violating the postal laws. Managers of Pontiac, 111., Reforma­ tory enjoined from removing physician of the institution. Miss. Francis West selected by Gov­ ernor of Iowa to christen the cruiser Des Moines. Governor Dole of Hawaii reported to have sent bis resignation to the President . Vice Admiral Murray, retired, of the British navy, killed by his horse fall­ ing on him. Four Mexican brigands killed in a fight at a hacienda in Pueblo, Mexico. China mar sell the 'Pei-Yang squad­ ron to Russia for $2,500,000. Despite 'he protest of his only living child, the casket of Abraham Lincoln is opened by a small assemblege', head­ ed by Illinois state officers in their ca­ pacity as trustees, and then deposited in what it intended to be its final resting pi ice in a bed of iron and ma­ sonry below the shaft of the national eiflionument at Springfield. William B. Ridgely arrives in Wash­ ington to assume the office of comp­ troller of the currency next Tuesday. Formal opening of the school year at Yale and Wisconsin universities was marked by an increased attendance in all classes. John George Nicolay, private sej tary to President Lincoln, died\ in Washington, aged 70. Benny Yanger of Chicago defeats George Dixon in a fifteen-round battle at St. Loui6. Dixon saved from knock­ out by his generalship. Pope Leo has slight intestinal trou­ ble which alarms his physician because .of the pontiff's advanced age. Daleville, Ind., with 1,000 population overlooked at time last census was taken. 1 Driver repulsed two highwaymen who tried to hold upastage nea. Dover, N. H. * ; • Mrs. McKinley Is Improving. V President Roosevelt began work on feU firtt message to Congress, in which his policy will be defined. Affairs al­ ready accomplished will be credited to th^se who carried them through. • . Wise of the Yale admitted in the Schley inquiry that he did not deliver message to Schley notifying him of foe's location. Records and of­ ficial papers suppressed and changed. Daniel A., Ray of Oak Park. Ill- United States marshal for Hawaii, died suddenly at HoSoTnTuT~~ v Natives and white resident at Tu- tulla charge United States wi^ij neg­ lecting 4he island! King Edward returned to Engl from his visit to the continent. Wii go to Scotland. Emperor William planning to make Berlin the handsomest city in the w&rld. • Colonel Ahienza and his staff sur­ rendered to Captain Pitcher in the , Philippines. The Rev. E. A. Mueller, pastor of the First Methodist church or Baraboo, Wis., mysteriojisJy^ii^ppeared. Loss of Frank Rockefeller through the failure of the Siegel-Saunders Commission Company of Kansas City * vwas $500,000. Samuel Gompers and John Mitchell Challenge President Shaffer to prove , hie charges that they neglected Amal- • gamated Association men. J. S. Croswell, instructor in the Mis­ souri State School of Mining, mur­ dered young woman who rejected his suit. Committed suicide when cor­ nered by posse. Import^ workmen at the Bates Ma <®>ine Shops, Joliet, fired upon strike pickets, but no one was hurt. Anaconda Copper Company declared ,, dividend of $125 a share, omitting the ' . usual extra dividend. Pennsylvania fusionists nominal an anti-Quay state ticket. ' French Benevolent Soclecy of New York will build $500,000 hospital. * Man arrested in St. Louis confessed Complicity in Czolgosz crime, but hit story discredited. : Miss Sarah Williams, aged 52, of lluncie, gave her fiance $3,400 and he '•'• f never cume back. Duke and Duchess of York left Ot- ' tawa far. Winnipeg. At 4:40 o'clock Thursday, after hav­ ing tried for five and. one-half hours to complete the first race between the Shamrock II. and the Columbia for the America's cup, the regatta committee SEVEN KILLED IN EXPLOSION. Workmen Engaged In Cleaning Bl| OU T»uk Blown to Piece*. Six men ar.<i possibly seven ijere killed and sev ?n .ujured by the ex­ plosion of an oil tank of the Essex and Hudson Gas Company at Newark, N. J. The tank was one of a number of im­ mense steel reservoirs which were un ('ergoing their periodical cleaning, u having been emptied of its oil in th» morning. The tank was twenty feet deep and two \men entered through the manhole first without taking the precaution of having ropes tied about them. They were immediately over­ come by the fumes. Foreman New­ man saw this and started down after them, after shouting a warning to the other men in the yard. He, too, col- COURSE OF THE AMERICA'S CUP RACE. fired a gun and set a signal declaring the race off. The time limit agreed upon had expired with the lightship barely in sight. The breeze that had promised glorious sport at the start had died away and the racers were left with their sails looking like a wash day on a man-o'-war. At this time the Columbia, the old faithful, was more than a mile ahead of the bur­ nished bronze challenger, but this lead was far from proving conclusively that she will save the cup.. As the experienced reader will remember, the first Shamrock was well in the lead of the Columbia on several of the fluke days of two years ago, and yet when wind enough to carry them over the course came, the Columbia was the winner. Indeed, the Columbia won then by more than ten minutes even on a day when the wind barely ena­ bled her to finish within the time limit. In^ the work to windward the wind for fifteen minutes was blowing not far from ten knots an hour and was as far as could be seen. Thursday'* Event In Distance to be sailed .. Time limit Covered by Columbia ... Covered by Shamrock .. Official time of start-- Columbia Shamrock ........ . . . . . 1 1 : 1 1 : 0 1 Official time at outer mark- Columbia .. ........ 3:05:32 Shamrock *•.. ........ 3:12:47 Gain by Columbia--elifpsed time. .7:58 Next race ....'. Saturday, Sept. 28 Details of tlw 1901 Cap Race*. Prize--The America's Cup. Challenger--Shamrock II., repre­ senting the Royal Ulster Yaeht Club. Owned T»y Sir Thomas Liptoa. Defender--Columbia, representing the New York Yacht Club. Owned? 1 y J. Pierpont Morgan and E. D. Morgi \ Dates atnd conditions--Best three f five races, continuing on alterna:! days. Sundays excepted; races to start at 11 o'clock and to be completed in five and one-half hours. Course--Fifteen miles to • windward or leeward and return, and a ten mile equilateral triangle to alternate. The start, when practicable, to be between Sandy Hook lightship and Regatta Committee's beat. Should the commit­ tee deem it advisable, in order to lay the first leg of the course to windward, the position of the starting line may be changed. Compass courses from first leg and postponement, if any, will be signaled from the committee steam­ er. f»»aw«4 .... 30 miles .... 15% hours 25 miles .... 24 miles 11:10:49 lapsed in the tank. Nicholas Miller, a grocer near by, had once been fore­ man of the works. Summoning oth­ ers, the men began with chisels to cut a large ring in the tank. It is sup­ posed that a spark from the chisels caused the explosion that followed. Ten men werfe on the top of the tank at the time. They were swept away in all directions. The tank was split in two, and after all was over the bodies of the three men In it were taken out. Torrance Chooses Aids. Ell Torrance of Minneapolis, com­ mander in chief of the G.. A. R., has announced the following staff ap­ pointments: Adjutant general, H. ip Towler, Indianapolis: jgjiact£c®a®tef' si general, CharlesT Burroughs, Ruther­ ford, N. J.; inspector general. Wilfred A. Wetherbee,/Boston. This will be neral^Burriarlighs' fourth successive term as quartermaster general. He has served under Commanders Gobin, Sexton and Rassieur. The appoint­ ment of Mr. Towler makes it . certain that Minneapolis will be the headquar­ ters of the Grand Army during Judge Torrance's administration. Leaps Off Train to Death. Anabel, the beautiful young wife of Howard Brock way, Jr., a wealthy com­ poser and musician of 317 West Nine­ ty-second street, New York, became suddenly hf&ane on the southwestern limited train of the New York Cen­ tral at Cruger's Station and hurled herself from the car, going at a speed of over fifty miles an heur, to instant death. Her body was struck by the second section of the train five min­ utes later and terribly mangled, but was identified by a card found i& 4%r purse. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. Winter wheat--Np. 3 hard, 69%c; No. 2 hard, 70c. Spring wheat--No. 3 spring, 66 @€9c; No. 4 spring. 65^c; No. 2 Northern, 69%c. Corn--No. 2 yellow, 58%c; No. 8, 57%@5Sc; No. 3 yellow, 58@58%c. Oats-- No. 2. 36%@37c; No. 2 white, 38%c; No. 3, 36c; No. 3 white, 37?i®39c; No. 4, 35%c; No. 4 white, 37V4<?i3Sc. Hay--Choice tim­ othy, J14(gl4.50; No. 1. $13^13.50; No. 2. $11 @12; choice prairie, $11.50©13; No. 1, Provisions--Lard, reRu.ar, $10.05. Swlet pickled skinned hams, ll%c; neutral, 12%c. Cattle--Native shipping and export steers, $4.9<"(i<i.25; dressed beef and butcher steers, $3.70<fi5,.85; steers under 1,000 lbs, $3.50@5.35; stockers and feeders, $2.30@4; Cows and heifers, $2^4.55; canners, $1.25@ 2.25; bulls. $2.40®4; Texas and Indian steers. $3@4; cows and heifers. $2.20@3.35. Hogs--Pigs and lights, $6.75@6.90; packers, $6.75@6.95; butchers', $7@7.30. Sheep--Na­ tive muttons, $3i@~3.40; lamos, $4@4.75; culls and bucks, $2@3.50. Eggs--16@16V£c. Cheese--twins, 9%@10c; Young Americas, 10%@10%c. Butter-- Creamery, extra, 21c; firsts, 17@19c; dai­ ries, choice. 17@18c. Poultry--Live hens, per lb. 9c; spring chickens, 9%c; live tur­ keys, 6®7c; ducks, fSer lb, 7@Sc. New ap­ ples, brls, $1.50^14; pears, brls, $1.50<S>3.50; crab apples, brls. $1@3; grapes, black, 8-lb baskets, Dolaware, 8-lb baskets,. 25c- Niagara, 8-lb baskets, loc; plums, 1-5 bu baskets, 30©35c; onions, per bu. 60® 65c: potatoes per bo, 70^80o; tomatoes, 1-bu boxes. 30@50c. Terms Given Steal Striken. President Shaffer of the Amalga­ mated Association has sent out a cir­ cular to all the lodges of the associa­ tion giving a history of the late strike and the terms of settlement. The cir­ cular states that the prospects of win­ ning were at the beginning bright, but that aid was expected from other la­ bor bodies. This, according; to the cir­ cular, was denied, the American Fed­ eration of Labor and the United Mine Workers not contributing a cent. Shaf­ fer then goes on to say that, seeing the impossibility of gaining a decisive vic­ tory, steps wdre taken to make the best terms possible. Passenger Drowns Himself. An unknown man, a passenger on the steamer City of Milwaukee, com­ mitted suicide by Jumping overboard when the steamer was in sight of St Joseph, Mich. The man was- shabbily dressed and he had bought transporta­ tion for Detroit in Chicago. He is said to have intimated that he would not live to see St. Joseph. The steam­ er was stopped and boats lowered, but the suicide did not come to the sur­ face. The life savers noticed the stop- ling-jrf^the^fetearoer, and thinking something was wrong with the boat, the tug Andy was sent out rnff* her.- « Want the British Totmrntft The British Tobacco Company has been registered in London, the sub­ scribers including Messrs. Duke, Pul­ ler and Harris of the American To­ bacco Company. The purpose of the new organization is to acquire the in­ terests of Ogdens (Limited), the big British tobacco concern. Will Telephone by Cable. The first cable for the telephone l.ne between London and Brussels will be laid this week. The distance is 250 miles, fifty-six of which will be under water. The cost of the construction of the line will be 1180,000. Ottcers Seise a Nihilist. A fashionably dressed cabin passen­ ger who had plenty of money and a quantity of baggage was stopped by government immigration officials as he was about to land at Philadelphia from the American 'line steamer Noordland when she reached the dock there from Liverpool. He was bluntly told that he could not gain admission to the United States. The immigration of­ ficials acted upon private information and had been watching for the man for some time. Under Heavy Guard to the 1 • Prison. "A?' His BRAVADO is-All GONE. Collapses When Doors of Prlsan Swing Back, Not to Open Again Until He Dies--Crtes Of Mob Ring la His JBaafcry-J At 3 o'clock Friday morning the doors of the state prison swung open .to receive Leon F. Czolgosz, the "as­ sassin who killed Prestdent McKinley. He is now in a cell from which he will emerge only to die. With the cries of a mob of morbid loungers, who came to the depot, ringing in his ears, Czol­ gosz was rushed from the train to the prison, the door clanged and the world was lost to him forever. Over the door of the prison was a portrait of McKinley heavily draped in black. Signs of mourning marked the build­ ing, grim reminders of the fact that it was in reality the "house of death"-- for Leon Czolgosz. As the heavy doors of the prison swung shut, Czolgosz sank limp and gave a faint moan of despair. He had utterly collapsed. TESTIMONY FOR SCHIEY. Th« Latest Kvi<len<*e at the Inqoiry ftv WMhiugtoo. \ Capt. Wise, who commanded the Tale during the Spanish war, admitted un­ der oath that, "botwithstanding positive orders from the Secretary of the Navy directing him to inform the "flying squadron" that the Spanish 'fleet was in Santiago harbor, he did not do so. Captain Wise merely notified Captain Philip of the Texas, juSt as the flying sauadron was starting for Key West to coal, and, so far as was developed today, this important fact was not communicated to Commodore Schley. Slowly but surely it is brought out that important papers have been, suppressed and that official ch&rts ana reports have been altered. ; Suppressed Letter Introduced. A sensational development was the Introduction, as evidence, of the sup­ pressed letter written by Sampson to Schley, directing the latter to remain off Cienfuegos. Sampson had received a dispatch fom Secretary Long which said that, according to the best infor­ mation of the department, the Spanish fleet was in Santiago harbor. Sampson then wrote Schley, under date of May 2u: "After fuUy considering this tele­ gram (the one relating to the Span­ ish fleet), I have decided to make no change in the present plans; that is. that you should hold your squadron off Cienfuegos. If the Spanish ships have put into Santiago they must come eith­ er to Havana or Cienfuegos to deliver the munitions of war which they are said to bring for use in Cuba. I am therefore of the opinion that our best chance of success in capturing the ships will be to hold the two points, Cienfuegos and Havana, with all the force we can muster. If later "ft should develop that these vessels are at San­ tiago we could then assemble off that port the ships best suited for the pur-: pose and completely blockade It." This and another dispatch relating to the belief that the Spanish fleet was Santiago were the only dispatches re­ ceived by Schley until May 31,. when the flying squadron was off Santiago., Sell tap's Dispateh Is Altered. The eorrect version of 8ch ley's dis patch, in which he informed the Secre­ tary of the Navy that it would be im- poseibte to obe" orders with regard to coaling "the "flying squadron," was in­ troduced as evidence. It was shown by this copy that a number of changes had been made in Schley's dispatch as it appears in the official records. The copy, as printed, does not show that Schley said the sea was boisterous and prevented coaling. In addition to sup­ pressing this the department, in its official report, inserted the words "very difficult to tow the collier. Un­ able to get the cable to hold." This sentence does not appear in Schley's original dispatch. In the department's version of the dispatch appear' the words, "much to be regretted, cannot obey orders of the department. Have striven earnestly." The original dis­ patch, however, as it appears in Schley's letter copy book, reads: "It is to be regretted that the department's orders cannot be obeyed, earnestly as we have striven to that end." Rear Admiral Schley's attorneys contend that the correct copy of his dispatch gives an altogether different appear­ ance to the incident Harvard's Commander Confused. Rear Admiral Cotton, who command­ ed the Harvard during the war, upon direct examination said positively he had delivered dispatches to Commodore Schley on May 27 from Secretary Long and Acting Admiral Sampson, inform­ ing Schley that the Spanish fleet was in Santiago harbor. By referring to- the official records and after refresh­ ing the memory of Rear Admiral Cot­ ton, Attorney Rayner demonstrated that one of these dispatches, which Cotton claimed to have delivered to Schley on the afternoon of May 27, was not sent from Washington' until that day. It was impossible, therefore, to deliver this dispatch to the com­ mander-in-chief of the flying squadron at the time as first sworn to by Cot­ ton. BOERS TOO POOR TO COME. Flaa for flea to President KooSer-elt Is Changed. It has been learned, at' the Hague th.it for a time President Kru- ger hoped to send a special mission to President Roosevelt, but the idea is not likely to be carried out owing to the great expense incidental to it and to the difficulty of securing a suit­ able representative. The expenses in­ curred since Mr. Kruger came to Eu­ rope have reduced the Transvaal funds to a small sum. In fact, some of the Boers here are even destitute, and all of then agree that Mr. Kruger has scarcely enough for himself. It is not believed that he could go to Washing­ ton, as since the death of Mrs. Kruger he has not been the vigorous man of quick decision he was formerly. The course probably to be adopted will be that Montague White will be instructed to approach the United States govern­ ment, and Mr. Kruger and the others will take no action pending the result of Mr. White's endeavor. Dr. Kuyper, president of the ministerial council and minister of foreign affairs, de­ clared in Parliament today that the new ministry did not intend to take any action favoring the Boers, but would accept the situation as left by the preceding cabinet. Arbitration Court Helpless. At Brussels it is authoritatively stated that the permanent council of the International Court of Arbitration will declare itself incompetent to deal with the appeal of the Boer delegates for arbitration. After « Long 111- v ness. ONLY *f YEARS OF AGE, Xn Spita of His Busy Career He Was a Social Leader In Kansas Cltjr and a Churchgoer---Long la Packing Sobs to Death Over M'Kin ley Caleb Harvey, wealthy farmer, died at La Porte, Ind., aged 72 years. Three months ago he was injured in a run­ away, and, though he revovered, it left his heart in a weakened condition. The assasination and death of i .esident McKinley affected him so that he is said to have grieved and cried until iie died.; _ . , _ Plteheir McJanteii Is Dead. James McJames, M. D., of Chester­ field Co., S. C., the well known pitcher of the Brooklyn baseball team, died at Charleston. Dr. McJames was gradu­ ated at the South Carolina Medical College in Charleston and practiced his profession, in Cheraw for a year, but* last season returned te baseball. mm- THE ELECTRIC CHAIR ON WHICH CXOLGOSZ HAS SEEN CONDEMNED TO DIB. Bodies Are Washed Ashore. Two bodies, each equipped with life preservers, have been washed ashore at Little Traverse Bay, Mich. It is thought that they are from the steam­ er Hudson. Officers have set out (6r the place .to. investigate. Fire Causes 12,500,000 Loss. A large portion of the town of Kal- lundborg has been destroyed by fire. The damage will probably amount to $2,500,000. Kallunberg is on the west coast of Seeiand, fifty-eight miles west of Copanhagen. Its population is about 3,000. New Trial for Mollnenz. JU8 learned on excellent authority at 4flbany,. N. Y., that the court of appeals has decided to grant a new trial to Roland B. Molineux of New York, recently convicted of the mur­ der of Mrs. Kate Adams. One Killed and Plva Hart. In a head-on collision on the Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad, eight Billes north of Cadillac, between a reg­ ular freight train and an extra pas­ senger train carrying- excursionists from Petoskey to Cadillac, Engineer Fred Zimmerman <rf Cadillac, was killed and Conductor Fred Volkert-. Grand Rapids; Brakeman Hiram Wit- kop of Cadillac, Engineer B. J. Dart, Grand Rapids; News Agent W. A. Sneevely, Grand Rapids, and Albert Boon, Cadillac, injured. ~ . Bank Cashier Is Indicted. , Charles T. Officer, son of the late Thomas Officer and cashier of the de­ funct private bank of Officer & Pusey, now in receiver's hands, was indicted at Council Bluffs, la., on the charge of fraudulent banking. • ia,000 Rebels at Cape. > It Is stated at Bruet>el:i that Mr. Kru­ ger has received reports from South Africa showing that the rebels In the Cape Colony number 1S..00Q, and that General Botha's force in the Transvaal numbers 5,000 men. . Assassin's Brother Talks. ' Chief of Police Corner at Cleveland gave Waldeck Czolgosz, brother of the assassin of President McKinley, a thorough examination. Under the chief's questioning much was learned that may be of value in the develop­ ment of the supposed anarchist plot that resulted In the assassination. Wal­ deck Czolgosz stuck to the statement that he made to the effect that he had noU-sFcn his brother since he went a'rcfiy from the farm before the middle of July. . Insane Asylum Burned. The-asylum for the Insane in Nor­ folk, 'Neb., was destroyed by fire. The body of Victor Casper was found in the ruins. The dead, injured, and missing, so far as known, are as fol­ lows: Victor Casper, patient, burned to death: Jesperson. patient, severely burned; Kyser, patient, severely burned; Peter O'Berg, patient, miss­ ing; John M'Govern. patient, missing. The fire originated from some un­ known cause in tne west wing of the institution. The loss on buildings and their contents will reach S300.000. Kirkland B. Armour, one of the most conspicuous figures in the western commercial world, died at his home in Kansas' City at 5:55 o'clock Friday evening after an illness of about twdl years. He had been a sufferer from Bright s disease, though the immedi­ ate cause of his death is given as acute inflammation of the kidneys. He was only 47 years old. At his bed­ side, when the summons came, were his wife and son, Watson; his brother, Charles W. Armour, who now becomes the head of the Armour family here; his mother, Mrs. A. W. Armour, and a few close friends. Mr. Armour's for­ tune was placed at about $5,000,000. K. B". Armour was born at Stockbridge, Madison county, N. Y. During that period of his life when young men generally attewk-x^Uiege, Mr- Armour wa& walking about in top boots in the slush and blood and grime of the packing house in Kansas City, learn­ ing the business. What schooling he had outside of the district school was at the Oneida seminary. He left school when he was 18 years old and went to Kansas City. That was in 1872, The Armour packing company had been established two years at that time, and the young man stepped in to fit himself for the management of the business, which fell upon his Shoulders when he was still a young man. He went through all the departments; he handled the shipping, the purchase, and the killing and the packing of the stock. He went right through the mill, in fact, and when he stepped out he was a better graduate of this school than is many a man of his alma mate". Then he went into the active man­ agement of the business in which he was until his death, or history before. His first official position in the Ar­ mour company was that of vice presi­ dent and general manager of the Kan­ sas City plant. Fr(jm that he stepped into the presidency when his uncle, S. B. Armour, died in 1898. But even with the added duties he still retained the general managership. He was at his- office every day, and he had a grasp of the details of the business that was wonderful. He was a quiet man, and he never made a fuss about anything he did. While he worked all the time, he was a leader socially, and was well known as a church goer. Mr. Armour was a devotee of fancy stock breeding, and his herd of Here- fords is recognized as the finest in the West. His farm south was owned by C. C. Armour and himself. He did more for this breed of cattle than any one. else, and It was his great pride. Armour Rose, the heifer which vir­ tually built Convention Hall, was his gift, which he redeemed from the woman who drew her for $1,000 In gold. He afterward got $2,500, for she was probably the most advertised Hereford that ever lived. Armour Sunflower he recently gave to the hall for the same purpose. He was. a very public-spirited man. and what he did he did quietly, but it was lavish aild large. In the National Association of Hereford Breeders, Mr. Armour was looked Sj) to as a leader. He was twice elected president despite the rule that a man can serve only one term. He was a director in the Stock Yards company, the New E^Tland National Bank, the Armour Packing Company, and the Interstate National Bank at the stock yards. About two years agot he became 111 and then he left the management of details at the packing­ house largely to others, but he watched its general trend, and kept it well in hand, almost to his death. He had a magnificent home on Armour boule­ vard. His wife and three children sur­ vive him. His wife was MIsb Annie-' Hearne of Wheeling, and they weret married in April, 1881. Three weeks" ago Mr.' Armour was sent home on a special train from New York state, where he had . been seeking health, to die. V. Shot and Killed on Train. Edwin De Priest of Eminence, Shan­ non county, was shot and instantly killed on an excursion train just as the latter was entering Mountain Grove, Mo., bound for Springfield. The phooting was done by E. A. Woody, an employe of the Cordz-Fisher Lum­ ber company of Birch Tree. De Priest accosted Woody, it is said, Calling him vile names, and made a threatening gesture, whereupon Woody shot him through the brain. De Priest was par­ doned from the penitentiary by Gov- Stephens a few days before Dockery's Inauguration. He had served three years' time for the murder of Tom Woody, brother to the man who killed him. Decision Against Zlonlsa. John Rogers, a member of tl|.e Christian Catholic church in Zion, was adjudged guilty of manslaughter at Victoria, B. C., by Justice Walker on khe charge that he caused the death of his two children by failing to pro­ vide them with medical attendance, wmch in the trial the judge held was one of the necessaries of life which the criminal code provides for. saying that a father or guardian shall pro­ vide for his children. Eugene Brooks, a Zionist teacher, is Also charged with causing the deatti of the children. St. Louis Sees Meteor. Shortly after 9 o'clock Wednesday a rildteor of great magnitude shot across the heavens, visible at St. Louis, tfo. It seemed to start a little below tha planet Jupiter, and traveled from the southeast to the northwest, in an aro of fifteen degrees. During its passage it lighted up the heavens with an intense glare, making electric lights in the streets appear like tallow candles. The meteor appeared to fall out in St. Louis county in the vicinity of Wellston. a-:d searching parties are now tut endeav­ oring to locate it.' ••^5- The New President Outlining fai*Im­ portant Annual Document.* POLICY TO BE DEFINED, _____ : • Asks Cabinet to FurnUh Lar*e4 of 'Facts in First Report--Affairs Will . Be Credited to Thoae Who Carried Sf Them Through. Washington telegram: Members^ of the cabinet are preparing elab- '£? orate summaries of the work in their?- departments which are intended to be ; embodied--at least in substance--in President Roosevelfs first annual message, to be submitted to Congress next December. Having come into the office of chief executive late in the year, as the result of a calamity which could not be foreseen, the President is entirely unfamiliar with the details of the public work. Only a little over two months remain before the meet­ ing of Congress, and so President Rposevelt requested the members of bis cabinet to supplement their vari­ ous annual reports with comprehen­ sive summaries, to be used in the mes- sage, either verbatim or with such con­ densation as may be necessary. Presi­ dent Roosevelt is a ready and forcible writer and the preparation of a mes­ sage has no terrors for him so far as mere literary workmanship goes. He feels,, however, according to members . of the cabinet, a natural diffidence about making a report of the work done by another and much beloved President. The fiscal year ende<! with July 1, and President Roosevelt's ac­ tual administration did not begin un­ til after the period of the usual annual reports. It is believed, therefore, he will summarize these reports to a large extent, so far as Relates to the history of the last year. The Presi­ dent has already begun sketching out the message and he will have the sum­ maries from " the different depart­ ments within a short time. By far the most important part of President Roosevelt's message will be that of defining his own policy. Following out the pledge he made when he took the oath of office, the President will, in so many words, adopt as his ovfrn the dofiiestic and foreign policy of William McKinley. So far . as the matter has been discussed in the cab­ inet, the President is understood to have arranged in his own mind to take the Buffalo speech as the keynote of the McKinley policy and to elaborate this line in the message -to Congress. President Roosevelt informed the cab­ inet that he was^deeply impressed with the necessity on hls^tt^ of acting merely as the executor of the political estate of William McKinley, adminis­ tering the affairs of the government as closely as possible on the lines laid down by President McKinley, as de­ fined in his most recent writings and speeches. The Roosevelt administra­ tion will be pledged in the President's first message to continue and extend ,the present colonial policy in' Porto 'Rico, Hawaii and the Philippine is­ lands. The development of American trade in the Orient and the open door in China will receive in the message ;the hearty approval of the new Presi­ dent. As part of this colonial poiffcy. attention will be called to the peace­ ably condition of Cuba and toe faet that its people are now ready to as­ sume oenfcrol of their own affairs. In announcing the probable establish­ ment of the Republic ef Cuba not later than May 1, President Roosevelt will call attention te the fact that this splendid and speedy result was the natural outcome of the wise policy inaugurated by his predecessor, par­ ticularly so in Insisting that Congress should assume the responsibility for defining the conditions on which the United States* troops should be re­ tired from Cuba. President Roosevelt will make the announcement that the conditions imposed' by the Piatt amendment have been complied with by the Cubans, but will show that the constitutional convention had taken its action before the tragedy at Buffalo. ' 'AMronaut Hagae Drowns. Frank Hague, an aeronaut, better known as "Zeno," was drowned in the city water-works reservoir at Lima, O. Hague was in a parachute and balloon race with C. M. Hawley at the county fair grounds and was about 1,200 feet in the air when the drop was made. Hawley landed in a private yard near the reservoir, while Hague landed in the middle of the big reservoir and was drowned. He became entangled in the ropes of the parachute. Unable to Fence Claim. J. R. Wood, the man who drew claim No. 1, adjoining the city of Lawton, Ok., is now attempting to fence his farm, on which are located 500 squat­ ters. The squatters refuse to move. To fence the north side, one mile long. Wood must go through an almost solid row of tents, stores, and shacks. He^ will appeal to the United States to re­ move the intruders. Psyi *110,000 for Pletare. ' Charles Wertheimer. a noted lut dealer, has just purchased for J. Pier­ pont Morgan, it is believed, a famous landscape by Hobbema, the gem of a magnificent collection of Dutch pic­ tures at Dorchester house. Park lane, London, the property of Captain Hoi- ford. The price paid by Wertheimer was $110,000. The previous record for a painting by Hobbema was $40,000, Christie's, from the Earl of Dudley's collection. Captain ^Lolford was only tempted to sell 'by the " extravagant price offered. Drowna Self and Children. Mrs. Perry Curtiss, wife of a farmer living near Northfield, O., a few miles south of Cleveland, threw her three children into a well and then plunged into the water herself. All the child­ ren and the mother were drowned. The father was temporarily absent from home when the tragedy occurred. The children were aged 3, 5 and 7 years respectively. It is supposed that Mrs. Curtiss was deranged mentally when she committed the deed. She was discharged from the insane asy­ lum at Massillon two weeks ago.. hk- mailto:3.50@5.35 mailto:2.20@3.35 mailto:6.75@6.90 mailto:6.75@6.95 mailto:7@7.30 mailto:4@4.75 mailto:2@3.50