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*" "--' j.^;-;,'^"-v.-Vt,.,v4;"- •• • .;vi^,11 "• \!rS\>?ry. 'V" •m^f.w r- T HAIROEALEfi 0 reive thousand miners In the Flat I coal field in West Virginia will be ID an advance in wages of 10 to 20 'cent, beginning Jan. 1. .arett Barnes and Miss Birchlane, from Princeton, Ky., were mar- in a cab at Metropolis, 111., while fving at break-neck speed to catch a In. The St Loufs carriage drivers' like has been declared off, theagree- fcnt calling for recognition of the Wrta,^ scale of $JJ a week and its a trip for funerals. |acob Y. Pike of Chicago bas filed st Peru, Ind., against Henry iakle of Ambay, Ind., for $40,000 sages, charging Hinckle, who is his '& cousin, with alienating her sctions from him. Ienryt W. Marshall of Tippecanoe jnty claims his flection as speak©* -the next general assembly of Indi­ te assured by the withdrawal of M~ren O. Sayre of Wabash and Jo- R. Morgan of Indianapolis. Miver Miller, who plays the part of villain In "Crawford Claim," a ima, was accidentally shot and WMHam Fogleson during a ion, Ind. The revolver t 'larofTOoUld Schurman of university left Ithaca, N. Y.r an extended Western trip. He will lilt several of the larger cities, and speak on political *and educational s. e London foreign office an- unces an extension of the appolnt- nts of British commercial agents in "United States and Central Ameri- for a further period of three years in Jan. 1. Assistant Supervisor John Barron, 45 years, fell dead while attend- a funeral at Decatur, III. <Jov. Dockery has offered & reward $300 each for the arrest and con- tfon of the men who robbed the at Union, Mo. •e which broke out In a general handlse store in Wetumpka# Ala., troyed an entire block of two-story :k buildings and caused a loss of r $60,000, partly eovered by insur- e. The block destroyed constituted business center of the town. ; • r-.-r-vrr ° ™ Rnhft!- ot cnassei, Mich., liaa lodged com- Int with Governor Bliss against two ces of Chassel township, John den and Albert Poisson. He ac- them of incompetence in law and making extortionate and illegal ges as election inspectors. Press­ ing Attorney Larson is investigat- the case. Leonard H. McGranahan shot and ed Milt Foster at the home of Dick near Grant, nine miles east of Haute, Ind. After the shooting ranahan,. accompanied by two a, went to Terre Haute and gave self up. Foster was the aggressor, dtng to McGranahan's story. He jflred after Foster had struck him. • Four persons were injured in a colli­ sion on the Northwestern road near itochester, Minit. * In a quarrel In a saloon at Three <U*l I*, Wis., Frank Schmidt fatally Vttan, Republican™judicial committee the eleventh Illinois district chose tomlnjftOn for the convention on W^tcb 11. "Fireman Edward Adams of Sedalla, Mo., was killed near Marshall, Mo., by the derailing of a Missouri Pacific pas­ senger train. Edward Smith of Peoria, aged about SO years, foreman of a construction I , gang, waB killed by an Illinois Central v train at Kenney, 111. ^ - TOlllam Daley of Baraboo, Wis., a . hrakeman in the employ of the Chi­ cago and Northwestern railway, was po badly crushed between an engine • and the door to the roundhouse at Janesville that he died la forty mln- «tes. • : r.. Joseph Miller, aged 25 years, was ln- k stantly killed at the Armour packing I ; "house plant in Fort Worth, Tex., by I falling down an open elevator shaft. His back aud neck were broken and skull crushed. Fire at Bradford, Pa., destroyed the Odd Fellows' block, entailing a loss of $150,000. While removing the occu­ pants a ladder broke, precipitating four firemen to tho floor. Thaddeus I Green was killed and Thomas Angul, I W. A. McCalferty and John Bigler I were seriously, but not fatally, hurt. !' An aged man named Ellis, whose home was near Bristol, Tenn., was Kr; .taiocked from the track by a train on •' .the Southern railway near Jonesboro $ and instantly killed. ; i Near New London, Mo., Tom Har- jfson, aged 20 years, accidentally shot ^ liimself through the body while driv- . toe along the highway in a wagon. Les Hopkins was shot and fatally ; "Grounded near Hamilton, Tex., by •>' Charles Harris. Hopkins was a well- if- known member of the 4th Texas regi- | intent during the Spanish war. Earl HolHngsworth, aged 23, com­ mitted suicide at Solomon, Kas., by taking morphine tablets. James Peterson, a widower, aged 62, and his daughter, aged 15, were found dead it their home at Racine, Wis., having been asphyxiated by coal gas ;•%; escaping from a stove. A eon was I- ' found barely alive, but was resus eltated.' I' ;"# Rudolph Hauersteck, a fanner and &*£ veteran of the civil war, was thrown from his wagon and killed near De f$&L.Bpto, Mo. He was 63 years old. ijohn West, aged 95, died at Abilene, •; jftan. He was once a meiilber of Queen -^Victoria's bodyguard and worked on America's first railroad. r, working at a salt p|ant [utchlnBOri KSa~ fell from a si siding and was instantly killed. Edward Adams, aged 22 years, was jot by George Bean at Frankfort Ky., in a quarrel over testimony Bean had given against Adams.v was supposed to be filled with blanks, fogleson was arrested. Capt. Robert Berry, now In com- aiand of the Norfolk, Va., navy yard, las been ordered to the command of die battleship Kentucky. The state department has received a1 report from Cairo that Vice Consul General Hubbard T. Smith, who has been ill with acute Bright's disease, is Improving. The towboat Harry Brown stnick the ban* at Terrell's Landing, a few miles below Paducah, Ky., and lost' eleven barges and two flats. The dam­ age amounts to $20,000. Assistant Secretary of the Treas­ ury Taylor has selected as a site for the federal building at Vincennes, Ind., the property at the corner of Fifth and Busseron streets at a price of $8,000. Formal orders were issued by the navy department detailing Rear Ad­ miral Glass as commander-in-chief of the Pacific station. He will succeed Rear Admiral Casey, who has been placed on waiting orders. The executive committee, of the Rhode Island state board of agricul­ ture voted to raise the cattle quaran­ tine and allow farmers to buy and sell in Rhode Island and Connecticut ex­ cept in cases where farms have been Infected with the mouth and hoof dis­ ease. J, S. Vanburen, formerly agent of the Oriental Steamship company at Kong-Kong, is to manage a new steam­ ship line which is to provide a month­ ly service between Hong-Kong and Mexico via Honolulu and San Fran­ cisco. The line is the result of a new treaty between Mexico and China, un­ der which it is expected there will be a large emigration of Chinese to Mex­ ico. Leonard Mack, a coal miner at Bur­ nett, Ind., shot and killed William Foster and escaped. George and Kenneth Campbell, aged 12 and 7 years respectively, perished In a fire at their home in Milwaukee. Mrs. James A. Abernathy, the sleeping woman" of St Louis, whose case puzzled physicians, Is dead. Dolly Earle from Oklahoma, a mem­ ber of the Merry Widows Company, playing at Philadelphia, committed sui­ cide by swallowing poison. Louis Burton of Louisville, Ky., a discharged soldier on his way home from the Philippines, shot and killed Frank Walker, a negro, in a saloon at Kansas City. The engagement is announced of Miss Marion Crawford of New Wil­ mington. O., and Lieut. Jay Taylor of the United States heavy artillery. The wedding will take place in San Fran­ cisco the latter part of January. Reports that the bond convention of the United States Steel Corporation is to be modified or abandoned be­ cause of the recent acquisition of the Union and Sharon steel companies were authoritatively fn New York. The plan will be carried out as soon as the legal obstacles now pend­ ing are removed. Rev. G. W. Danbury of Du Quoin, 111., has entered the work of the Illi­ nois Antisaioon league as field secre­ tary for southern Illinois, with head­ quarters at Du Quoin. His salary is guaranteed by a bank president, the president of one of the largest coal mining companies in southern Illinois, a well-known politician and an influen­ tial pastor, who believe that most of the counties of southern Illinois would go "dry" under the county feature of the proposed local option bill and de­ sire that the agitation for this meas­ ure shall be vigorously pushed. Andrew S. Harrison, one of the old­ est and most prominent citizens of Callaway county, died at the-home of his nephew, J. T. M. Yates, near Aux Vasse, Mo., aged 86 years. Mrs- Elizabeth Brown, the oldest person in Montgomery county, 111., died aged 90, at her home, near Cof- feen. She was the mother of thirteen children and lived to see the fifth gen­ eration of her descendants. by the coroner's investigation and the body was buried near the bank. J. R. Carleo, lor many years justice of the peace at Muscotah, Atchison county, Kas., committed suicide by shooting nimself through the head. He was 65 years old and ill health is sup­ posed to have oeen the cause. The butter-dish factory and ware­ houses of the Escanaba woodenware company at Escanaba, Wis., were to­ tally destroyed by fire. Loss estimated at $150,000. . Moses M. Ham, aged 69 years, for many years editor of the Dubuque Her­ ald, a national committeeman from 1872 to 1888, once a state senator and postmaster during Cleveland's admin* istration, died at Dubuque, la. E. L. Rodey of Whitecastle, La., fell from a train on the way from Montlcello to Warren, Ark. One leg was broken and he sustained other serious injuries. Dr. Charles A. Moore of the First Congregational church of Kewanee, 111., has accepted a call to the pas­ torate of the Edwards Congregational church of Davenport. Harry Hicke, aged 18, nigh! depot master at the Illinois Central station In Memphis, Tenn., was run down "by a switch engine in the yards and in­ stantly killed. Fire at Encis, Tex., destroyed the C. E. Hickox residence^ Loss, about $2,- 000. Thomas Sanchez of Bernalillo, N. M., is under arrest for fatally wound­ ing his wife for alleged infidelity. Frank Cappell a millwright em­ ployed in the strawboard works at Gas City, Ind., was caught in the machin­ ery and instantly killed. The boiler of a Rio Grande engine pulling a freight train exploded six miles east of Buena Vista, Colo., kill­ ing Engineer George Miller, fatally injuring Brakeman Potter and badly burning Fireman W. 8. Newby. The explosion was caused by the water be­ coming too low in the boiler. Mayor W. H. Bundy's drug store at Marion, III., was entered by burglars and $450 stolen. The Sour !ake (Tex.) oil field bas been widened by about 1,000 feet by the bringing in of a new gusher on the Jackson strip. Charles Willlngham, colored, was found hanging in his barn at Paducah, Ky. He was about 70 years old and a preacher. Mrs. Charles Davis and 4-year-old daughter burned to death at their home near Frankfort, Ind. Tfa^e mother attempted to save the child. POWERS AGREE :, ON THE International Tribunal Is to Arbitrate the Venezuela Dispute. victory For the president Roosevelt Is Given Credit for His Firm Stand That the Matter Should Be Decided by the Court Founded by the Nations. The powers have practically agreed to accept The Hague tribunal as the court of arbitration of the Venezuelan difficulty. The present hopeful status of the situation, which at one time practically threatened the interests of this country, is regarded by friends of the administration as a distinct tri­ umph for President Roosevelt, both as a national and an international factor. Statement Is Unofficial. No official declaration has been made that ail the parties to the dis­ pute have agreed to accept The Hague .tribunal, but that practical agreement has been made with certain conditions attached, which are now in progress of being eliminated, can be stated on the authority of a cabinet officer, while Se- nor Pulido, charge d'affaires of the Venezuelan legation in Washington, made the statement that he bad re­ ceived unofficial assurances that The Hague tribunal had been accepted by all parties to the controversy. Still Negotiating. On account of the diplomatic Nego­ tiations still in progress toward a re­ moval of all conditions that are like- said that he never had any idea of < ing so, except as a last resort. He insisted that the court of The Hague was the place where Interna tional disputes of this nature should be settled. The Hague tribunal, he said, was established by the powers, and to refuse to accept It at the first important opportunity would simply amount to a declaration that Hague tribunal was a fallurey. Must Arrange Termtr^/;' He now apparently has succeeded in this contention and won the most diffi cult and important triumph of the en­ tire controversy. Assuming that The Hague court has been finally accepted by all the powers involved, there remain two protocols to be negotiated before the arbitration can begin. First, the presentation of conditions which must be accepted by all parties to the dispute before the arbitration court can sit For instance, Germany, it is understood, demands cash pay­ ment of part of the obligation already claimed, it is also thought that Ger­ many is still insisting upon an apology. On the other hand, the Venezuelan government will undoubtedly demand that the blockade of its coast shall be raised pending settlement These con­ ditions are now the subject of negotia­ tions. Must Define Questions. Second, before arbitration can, be­ gin, it must also be distinctly settled precisely what shall be arbitrated, and how far back the claims of the pow­ ers shall go. In regard to condition precedent to arbitration, Article viii. of The Hague agreement provides that a mere sub­ mission of arbitration does not have the effect of stopping hostilities when once acts of war have been committed. This must be done by special agree­ ment between contending parties. The good offices of the United States to bring about such an agreement are now being offered. KIPLING A88AIL3 THE BRITISH ALLIANCE WITH GERMANY. mum" "When We 8tood Forth, but They Stood Fast, And Prayed to 8ee Us thrown." ly to prove obstacles, Secretary Hay is not yet ready to make an official announcement. There is decided In­ clination in official circles to remain silent on the question. Only the indefi­ nite statement is made that distinct progress toward arbitration by The Hague was reported to the cabinet meeting by Secretary Hay." In the final breaking down of im­ possible conditions made by Germany it can be stated on the highest author­ ity that Great Britain has used her good offices with those of the United States government. Credit for Roosevelt. The various stages that have led up to the present situation can be briefly stated, and a mere glance at them, say administration officials, will show that great credit is due to President Roose­ velt and the United States government for its attitude throughout the entire controversy. The President first used the good offices of this government to suggest arbitration. The general consent to arbitration was obtained. Great Britain and Germany, once yielding on this point, made it a con­ dition that President Roosevelt him­ self should be the arbitrator, a posi­ tion which he refused to accept unless all other means to obtain arbitration should fail. Insists on The Hague. The President replied to this by urg­ ing The Hague tribunal as the only proper board of arbitration! He waB advised by prominent members of his cabinet and statesmen in both branches of Congress not to accept the position of arbitrator, and It can be Masonic Orphan's Home. Philadelphia, Pa., special: A home for orphan girls, daughters of free masons of Pennsylvania, is to be erected at Broad street and Bristol avenue by William L. Elkins at a cost of more than a half a million dollars. Inasmuch as the Monroe doctrine of the United States is not in any sense subject to arbitration, It will not be Involved. LAKE BOAT AND CREW ARE LOST Steamer A. L. Hopkins Given Up as 8unk Amid Ice and Gale. Toledo, O., special: The steamer A. L. Hopkins, lumber-laden and bound for Toledo from Amberstburg, Ont., has been given up f6r lost by local ves- selmen, as well as by the W. W. Smith company, for which it carried a large consignment of lumber. The Hopkins left Amherstburg Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock. Ordinarily it would have arrived here three hours later. Word from the Monroe pier lighthouse, twenty-two miles out, re­ ports having seen the vessel Tuesday afternoon. The Hopkins was then struggling against a terrific gale and battling with ice. Finally it turned back in the direction whence It had come. It has not been heard: Qf since at any port along Lake Erie. JEWS GIVE AID TO COLLEGE 8igns Tunnel Franchise. New York special: Mayor Low has signed the tunnel franchise for the Kew York & New Jersey company, authorizing the commencement of work on the New York side at ones. Kills Man on Strest. Madison, Ind., dispatch: William Dormidy, aged 32, of Indianapolis, was shot and killed on the street by Frank Peilman, a young man, said to have been intoxicated, and who gave him­ self «p to Sheriff jProzier. Dututh Opera House Opens. Duluth, Minn., special: The Metro- polity opera nouse has opened its ' doors to the public. The new play- I house is managed by W. H. Reaney, .W will Pif* to popular prices. \ , " U:r" Hebrew Institution of Cincinnati Gets $3,000 in Checks. Cincinnati special: President Bett- mann of the Hebrew Union College announced several gifts. One of them was a check for $2,000 contributed by the central conference of American rabbis for the Isaac M. Wise fund and the other a check for $1,000 from Jacob H. Scbiff of New York of the banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb ft Co. for the general fund of the college. Dies in Manila Hospital. Manila cable: Capt. Robert Mc­ Gregor, corps of engineers, died in the Manila hospital Dec. 23 of acute ap­ pendicitis. Capt. McGregor was a na­ tive of Michigan and was graduated at the military academy in June, 1889. Tolstoi Makes Request. St Petersburg cable: Count Tol­ stoi bas sent a personal appeal to the press asking the papers, in view of his advanced age and illness, not to pub­ lish any further reports of his condi­ tion, as they cause him pain. Natural Gas In Wyoming. Douglas, Wyo., dispatch: Natural gas bas been discovered thirteen miles west of here, in an oil well. The gas threw gravel and sand far above the derrick and was accompanied by a small flow of oil. iiy Relief Is Sent to Andijan. St Petersburg cable: The Red Cross Society is sending representa­ tives to Andijan to organize relief for the earthquake sufferers and has contributed $l?£QQ to the relief taad. lijea Captures Delegates to %e Annual Meeting at Springfield, btfGANIZE IN THF STATE Chicago Women Lead In Movement to Induce Country School Ma'ams to Join Society lor Mtftyfl Benefit snd Protection. The 150 teachers who went to Springfield to attend the sessions of the forty-ninth annual meeting of the- Illinois State Teachers' association will be unionized if the efforts of Miss Louie L. Kilbourn, president of the Chicago Teachers' federation. Miss Catherine Goggin, and Miss Margaret SLuaii are successful. The work of inoculating the rural district school teachers with the germ of trades unionism was begun as soon as the special carrying the delegation from the teachers' federation to the convention arrived in Springfield. More seeds were sown under the dome of the capitol building at the opening session of the convention and it is believed that hundreds will be enrolled as missionaries to accomplish the unionization of the 26,782 teach­ ers of Illinois. It was with this pur­ pose in view that the three members of the teachers' branch of the Chicago. Federation of Labor went to Spring­ field. Hope for Benefit. It Is the purpose to initiate a move­ ment calculated thoroughly to organize and unify the teachers of the state. When this is accomplished the leaders declare the teachers will find them­ selves In a position to wield more in­ fluence than. any other organization jn the state. Through the prestige of the union they propose to bring about all the reform in taxation and school management that the individual organ­ izations working separately failed to accomplish. Miss Goggin and Miss Kilbourn are -Chagrined to discover that the Chi­ cago teachers were not the first to affiliate with labor. No sooner had they arrived 'n Springfield than they were met by delegations from the teachers' federations of East St. Louis and Decatur, who will assist them in Spreading the gospel of unionism among the delegates. "Our efforts have met with great success," said Miss Goggin. "We find that the sentiment of delegations from fevery corner oi the rr'nte Is strongly in favor of the affiliation of teachers and the labor federations." < School Expenditure. In welcoming the delegates to the capital city Superintendent of Public Instruction Alfred Bayliss pleaded for the policy of local initiative in the con­ duction of the schools as productive of the greatest benefits, both to the in­ dividual schools and to the entire sys­ tem. "The schools of Illinois cost $19,899,- 624 last year," he said, "of which over $12,000,000 went to the teachers. The State as such contributed $1,000,000. The district tax levy was $17,527,099. The school buildings and grounds are worth over $50,000,000, every dollar of this amount having been raised by local district taxation. The interest on this Investment at 2 per cent would exceed the whole distributable fund, the state's annual contribution for the )ast thirty years." 18 MURDERED FOR HIS MONEY Well-Known St. Louis Tobacconist Is Found Dead. St. Louis, Mo., Bpecial: John Moog, who had kept a tobacco shop on Fourth street opposite the Southern hotel for the last twen.ty years, was murdered and his cash box, in which he was supposed to have kept a large sum, is missing. George Dalton has been arrested in connection with the crime, but he stoutly maintains his innocence. There Is little or no direct evidence against any one, and the po­ lice are completely puzzled. Moog lived in a small room in his Btore, and the body was undressed when found. Oleo Ruling. Washington dispatch: Commission* er Yerkes of the internal revenue has decided that under existing laws a special stamp tax for peddling oleo­ margarine cannot be issued, and therefore any one who sells the com­ modity in that way is liable to special tax at each separate place where sales are made. Chicago Monument to Kosciusko. Chicago dispatch: Polish residents of Chicago, after working for eight years, have realized on their efforts by securing a monument to the Polish general and patriot, Kosciusko. The model has arrived and 'will soon be cast in bronze. Woman Would Be Detective. Toledo, O., dispatch: Miss Carrie May Bishop of Kenton has sent a let­ ter to Detective Hall asking him for papers and a badge to make her a de­ tective in Ohio. She says she is known as "Dare Devil Carrie" in Elkhart, Ind. > • S u b m a r i n e C o a l M i n e . Glace Bay. N. S., special: Ochiltree McDonald has bonded coal areas near Port Morien. The coal areas which he controls are wholly sub­ marine, and he is planning to mine his coa'. from under the ocean Ix4- Baby Burns to Death. Des Moines, la., dispatch: The 1- year-old child of Frank Bowman of Marshalltown burned to death. The mother left the child alone in the kitchen, and it succeeded in reaching the stove In some manner. ° CAJJLE ARE DYING •w BY THE THOUSANDS Fearful Loss of Stock Is Reported Prom Hanges in Northwest- . ern Colorado. Otttir special r Thousands of oat- $Ie are starving on the ranges in northwestern Colorado. Their owners have been appealed to by the humane Society, but have answered that they are eager to save their stock if they< can, as a matter of business, as well as humanity, but that they cannot do it The cattle are snowed in on the high range in Routt and Rio Blanco coun­ ties, without pasture and without wat­ er. It is impossible to get feed to them, and equally Impossible to drive them into suitable winter quarters. The replies to letters sent out as a result of Investigations by Agent Ken- are all of the same tenor. If the hu­ mane society can suggest a way to save the animals the owners will be only too glad to avail themselves of it. Because of the lack of pasture else­ where, thousands more than the usual number of cattle were turned out in the highlands of northern Coiorado. : * BOYCOTT DIVORCEES. ' ' ? • » - Prot&tant Ministers Refuse to Per­ form Marriage Ceremonies. Washington dispatch: When di­ vorcees desire to remarry they must go outside of Washington to find a clergyman to perform the ceremony. All the ministers of the Protestant denominations in this city have agreed to Institute a boycott against divorced persons bent on trying matrimony again. As the Roman Catholic clergy are bound by their church laws not to administer the sacrament of mar­ riage to divorced persons the di­ vorcees must go to a justice of the peace or other civil functionary when they desire to marry. The first case of the working of the boycott came to light when a couple from Virginia were compelled to return unmarried to that state after trying more than half the clergy in the town. The boy­ cott is made sure in its operation by the new law by which marriage li­ censes are issued direct to the officiat­ ing minister. TAKE OXALIC ACID FOR 8ALT8 May Wed Princess. Brussels cable: It is stated hero that If the pope sanctions the dissolu­ tion of the marriage between the crown prince and crown princess of Husband and Wife Die at Denver From Accidental Poisoning. Denver, Col., special: Mr. and Mrs. John Singer are flying dead .at the morgue as the result, it is thought, of accidental poisoning. Mr. Singer be- ,came suddenly ill, and his wife sent for a physician. Before one reached their home Mr. Singer had expired and Mrs. Singer had been stricken with convulsive pains. She died while the was trying to relieve her suf- feriugs. She revived iou*' enough, uow- ever, to say the single word, "salts," in response to the doctor's questioning as to what she had taken. The physi­ cian who was called believes that the couple took oxalic acid, mistaking it for salts. HIBERNIANS OF WORLD UNITE Entire Order Is Brought Under Con­ trol of One Governing Body. Syracuse, Nv Y., special: James F. Dolan of Syracuse, president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, has signed final papers whereby the order throughout the world is brought under one governing board. The ratification of the agreement of the amalgamation •>f the societies in the United States, Canada, Australia and Ireland comes in the nature of a Christmas greeting from the president of the organization to his brothers in the far-away coun­ tries and those at home. MURDERED AND 8TORE BURNED Georgia Merchant Victim 6f Robbery on Christmas Day. Matthews, Ga., dispatch: Edward Gay, a merchant running a store six miles from here, was murdered early Christmas morning and his store burned. His safe, which contained $1,200, was found open and the money gone. Mr. Gay was called from his home by an unknown man, who asked him to change a bill. Not having the money Gay walked witfi the man to the store and did not return. His skull was found in the ruins of the store. * Guard McKinley's Tomb. Cincinnati, Ohio, special: Lieuten­ ants Reece and Inglehart, with two sergeants and four corporals and thir- ey privates of company M, Third Unit­ ed States infantry, left Fort Thomas, Ky., for Canton, Ohio, where they will serve as the special guard around Mc­ Kinley's tomb. Carnegie Buys Scotch Caatle. Edinburgh cablegram: Andrew Cftr- negle has purchased part of the Pitt- encrief estate near Dunfermline, in­ cluding the glen which runs through Dunfermline and the site of Dunferm­ line tower, ̂ where Malcolm Canmore mjarried Princess Margaret. The pries paid was £45,000. Drown While Skirting. Akron, O., special: Roy and Earl Smith, aged 9 and 11 years, respective­ ly, were drowned while skating. The ice under Earl broke first. His brother made an attempt to save him, but the ice also gave way beneath him. Freezes to Death at Duluth. Duluth, Minn., special: George Ply- dell, aged 55 years, with his arms full of Christmas present?, fell from ex­ haustion within five feet of his home and froze to death. Plydell lived alone ill a shack near the harbor front, Loss in Cotton Spinning. London cable.: Eighty-five joint stock cotton-spinning companies In Lancashire, with an aggregate capital of $25,176,000 and having 6,667,000 spindles, record a^ net loss of $7,150 .tor this year.-" County Clerk Elect Takes Shoals, Ind., special: Frank Baker, county clerk elect, and Miss Lina Ross, a sister of S. M. Ross, a prominent merchant of this city, were married at EIGHT-M Bill 1IKELY JO PASS Senate Committee Votes to] Report Favorably on tha ^^peasu buuMrs dictate changi Labor Unions Bring Pressure Ao Bear to Seoure Its Passage Despite th» 1 That the Amendments May- Render It Inoperative. One of the measures which the Sv&l ate will consider before adjournment­ 's the eight-hour bill that passed thfr house last fall. It Is now in possession of iie committee on education and 1 a»' bor, which is ready to report it with favorable recommendation congress resumes, its division on the bill ir close, E> to 4, '"if it it will get a place on •JWhether it will pass eonjecture, but there i£ position on the part of senators to rid thems worry of eight-hour le§ time by putting it thrJ fore the senate has ign<J hour bills that have bo<- the north wing of the ca years, usually just beforj of the biennial congrea paign. Shifts the Blaml ' The bouse passed the puiiuT| by a practically unanimous v< summer. Republicans and Demo? fairly fell over each oth<|- In their' iety to vote for it. They regarded i|- .as a fine magnet with which to attract* the labor vote of their districts. Th*-, house has been repeating this perform* ance during every congress for a grea|f many years/ placing on the senate th4*i responsibility of strangling the bill i^ committee or permitting it to die bjf/: easy stages on the calendar. Manjj^ senators suspect that there is a con*^ viction among representatives tba£~ they are safe in voting for the bill, re*." gardless of thejr views about its conif.... stitutionallty or desirability, because^ of the supposed hostility of the senata- to eight-hour legislation. Change Their Views. The discussions in the committee on education and labor indicate a radical.i change of sentiment on the part of] some senators, who heretofore have^ viewed this class of legislation with] suspicion, and if it is true, as has beenj .stated positively, that the: majority is acting in accord with the a<i leaders of the senate the b| Tk I: jf-.om m Iti; V.' i 11 with rende tain passe satisf house on go gover the d use of^^^^^HppEFTqppcmpf on any they may have lor them for an additional two hours. Labor Unions Are Active. This amendment was dictated by the shipbuilding concerns that have- contracts for the construction of gov ernment vessels. It would be compare atively easy for these to find addition­ al employment for their workmen, but. contractors who are engaged in put> ting up public buildings would flndt themselves seriously handicapped. The labor unions are bringing enor^ mous pressure to bear on the senate to consider and pass the bill and the sen* ate seems disposed to take action. PECULIAR REASON FOR 9UICIDE Refusal of Relatives to Play Carda Causes Girl to Take Her Life. New York dispatch: Eighteen-year- old Letitia Drake, a consumptive, in pique because her sister, Mrs. William Parker, and her brother-in-law refused to play cards with her ended her life. "I'll get even with you for this," she " said and rushed from the room. A minute later she staggered intqr^ the parlor, fell Insensible to the floor ' and died soon afterward. She had swallowed poison. , CARS AS REFUGE FROM QUAKE 8urvivors of Central Asia Disaster Forced to Live on Railway. Ashkabad, Russian Turkestan, ca­ ble: The oscillations of the earth at Andijan continues. The people are forced to use railroad cars to live in.n Committees have been appointed to prepare lists of the losses to life and property. In the Andijan district 16,- 000 houses were destroyed. Until the shocks cease guards will be kept on the railroad between Andijan and Fe- dohenks to watch for fissures aloug the lina . | Three Men Freere to Deattt.v Sterling, 111., dispatch: The froze] bodies of Charles Archard, Fred Smit and William Donnelson were founj Christmas night in a haystack ne;| Andqver, in Henry county. Thu> It their, homes in^earch of game. Congratulate the Pope. Rome cablegram: His Holinel Pope Leo received thousands of ChriJ mas felicitations from ail over tj world. There were no less than cablegrams received from AmericaJ Man Dressmaker Is Mulcted. Paris cable: The courts awarded Mrs. Viola Falconer, an ican, $400 damages against Red! the dressmaker, for unjustifiable rest and seizure of goods in connc wtth.a dressmaking bill. Rough Rider Is Dtatf. New York dispatch: Dr. Frej L. Brady, who was a membej Roosevelt's rough riders in the ish-American war, is dead in