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THE MsKENRY PUINDEALER McHENRT PLAINDEALEE 00. ifcHENRT, '€ "• ILLINOIS. HEWS OF THE WORLD ifcl, Political, Domestic and Happenings of Minor Important! TaMia paragraphs. 31 m v TIM Mini of the recall of H Nell- «off, Russian ambassador to Italy, is deceived In Rome with satisfaction, he ; ^ieing considered responsible for the abandonment by the czar of his pro* jected risit to Rome last October. His fuccessor, Prince OurousofT, Russian 'Embassador at Paris, is described as •^thoroughly up to date." ; A deer license was issued at Madl- fun. Wis., to Senator Carl Miller of \{'Xx ^' v jphicago, a former Madison man. He 'vy t '^flll hunt in the viciotty of Mercer. 'V "• Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, newly l; ' jfejppointed British ambassador at Washington, presented his letters of recall to King Alfonso and left Ma­ drid for London. ; The negro Daniels, who was ac­ cused of the murder of Furnifold T. Simmons, was found guilty at Char­ es, N. C., and sentenced to be has ap- nical ex- be chief Instructor in mecESiff^^flRhe Tokio high school of technology. Mr. Fran­ cis was formerly a lecturer at Clark university, also at Chicago university. Re invented the interferometer, which determines a standard of wave- x lengths of light The Shenango tin mill, the largest jplant of the kind in the world, has re­ named operations near Newcastle, Pa., after an idleness of several weeks. The entire tinning department will re- Bume with twenty of the thirty hot mills. The big cold roll department will begin, as soon as the hot mills tarnish material for the cold rolls. The bodies of seven men who died Y" t^'v [$&-'• V"i m R !• the chase for gold in Alaska have been returned to Milwaukee. They •:$%- are: Charles Herman, Charles Schus- ted. Ferdinand Evenson, Fred Snyder, Jf Chris Swenson, Oden Oyen, Ed Wal- vti t«r. The Ham burg-American line steam- *i|f Fuerst Bismarck, which sailed fpom Southampton for New York, took j|50,000 in gold. Baron Sternburg, German ambassa- flor to the United States, will sail for New York Nov. 17. In Berlin he said be had not had an operation for aural .ttouble. King Victor Emmanuel entertained Wnited States Ambassador Meyer at luncheon at the royal shooting lodge at San Rosore, Italy, and the two %fben participated in a hunting party. The real name of Gorgie Yangie, the Armenian murderer and suicide, is Mid to be Karan and he formerly re-> tided at Providence, R. I. In Provi­ dence, however, he is not known. The Deutsche bank's intended list- 'tag of Baltimore & Ohio stock in the Berlin boerse has been countermand­ ed, owing to premature publication of its intention, which caused specu­ lators to buy ahead with the design of selling as soon as the stock was lifted. ^ It was officially announced in Lon­ don that Premier Balfour, with Kins Sdward's approval, has appointed a Committee to advise concerning the creation of a board for the adminis­ tration of the war office and the charges involved. The committeemen 10 are Viscount Esher, Admiral Sir John ||;; A. Fisher and Col. Sir George S. ihi'. • Clarke. - • Thomas F. Ward, former vice presl- 1^; 4tont of the Lemara National bank. Who pleaded guilty to embezzling 913,000 of the bank's funds, was re­ leased after thirty days' imprisonment la luxurious quarters at Des Moines. Ambassador Porter has been advised . fhat the French government will send a warship to New Orleans Dec. 18 to take part in the celebration of the French transfer of Louisiana. The Jacobs clothing house at Peo- r£la, III., was burned. While the fire r "as in progress Clarence and Benja­ min Jacobs, brothers and owners, *ere arrested, charged with firing the building. Rev. L. M. Fenwick, white pastor «f the African M. B. church at Mil­ waukee, Wis., was found not guilty of tbe charge that he had signed a peti- Wltt°n for the establishment of a sa- |.'$#on near hia church. . James Lynchebaum, the released Wish fugitive, too It out his first natur­ alization papers at Indianapolis and aays he will take work as soon as he ^ - Jhas recovered from an attack of rheu- - matism. t ; . The seventieth birthday of Bishop .John S. Foley of the Roman Catholic * dSocese of Detroit was observed Nov. . v 6 by a civic reception attended by J flilly 10,000 people at the Hotel Ca­ dillac, Detroit, Mich. | t vJ Raymond A. Oveson of Osage City, ^aa been unanimously elected ; president of the Junior class at Har- , %ard to fill vacancy. William McCollough of New York v«omu*itted suicide at a boarding house Bloomsbury, a suburb of London, •'inhaling gas. Papers found in hia ^ | indicate that MoCollough was Connected with the sale of Texas oil fe'. •p*nds and that he had a brother living San Diego, Cal. The court of cessation at Paris re­ jected the appeals of the members of |he Humbert family, who, Aug. 22 last, vfvere sentenced to terms of imprison­ mnent varying from two to five years, the charge of fraud in connection '$r'th the so-called Crawford millions. f\ The new Hungarian cabinet formed »£>y Count Stephen Tisaa took the oath 5|n the presence of Emperor Francis Joseph. It is said in high official quarters in Paris that the prospects of Premier ^/^ Combes' deciding to retire have been much reduced. Col. C. C. Ames, formerly with the . jllinoia National Guard and a clerk in ftfcj'..the office of Adjutant General Gy'ger pf* of Ohio, will be allowed to resign a! once following investigation of tbe i» p:.i' , ,nuance of transportation orders, which M H; The rumor circulated in Viennr, that the czar of Russia and the emperor oi Germany had signed a convention for a defensive alliance In the far East should Great Britain support Japan is declared in official circles at Ber­ lin to be without foundation. The birthday of King Edward of Great Britain and Ireland was cele­ brated by the British minister at To­ kio, who gave a garden party at which 1,000 persons were present, including all the diplomatic corps and the high­ est state officials, among them being Marquis Ito. The October statement of the mm- don board of trade shows an Increase of $4,519,500 in imports and $3,631,50$ in exports. The October returns ara likely to be freely used by the op­ ponents of those who are contending that British trade is disappearing in support of their demands for tariff protection. The strike In the slate quarries at Port Fearpyn, north Wales, which was maintained three years, entailing great expense and suffering upon th families of the workmen, has lapsed. The men return wit ing obtained a single co the owner. Lord Pe leaders' co-oper; A bill modUdB|^^^^^Hpp,tariff will soon^^J^^^^HHHPfrliament. It duties on m i n u r a w a r e , ors of the forthcom- n of King Peter of Servia successful attempts to insure hiPTife have been in circulation for some days. An authoritative denial was received in London from Bel­ grade. The total deaths from yellow fever at Laredo, Tex., to date are seventy, out of 720 cases. w At the forty-second annual reunion of the survivors of the battle of Bel­ mont, held in Carbondale, 111., Capt. C. Moore of Benton was elected pres­ ident and T. B. Stewart of Carbondale secretary and treasurer. Edward Barton, a horse trader of .Springfield, 111., was sentenced to the penitentiary at Joliet for life. Barton shot and killed Irving Rosenfleld, a merchant at Mason City, and serious­ ly wounded Julius Frank, a clerk* The estate of A. P. F. Coape, the al­ leged English lord, who killed himself, his wife and sister-in-law Oct. 4 at Luciberton, N. M., Is appraised at $10,000. Diamonds which Coape was known to have had have disappeared. Their disappearance is the foundation for a rumor that the family was mur­ dered by an outsider bent on robbery. As the army transport Kilpatrick at New York is in need of extensive repairs before it can undertake the long voyage to the Philippines, the Second regiment of cavalry at Fort Meyer, Va., and Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., which was scheduled to start from New York for the Philippines about the 1st prox., will not be able to em­ bark on the Kilpatrick before Dec. 15. An effort made before the general committee on church extension of the Methodist Episcopal church to secure assistance for the Methodists of Ober- lin, O., in the erection of a 925,000 church failed. The discussion brought about several pointed tilts. The com­ mittee decided that the rule limiting the church extension work to assist­ ing in the erection of buildings not costing more than $10,000 should be maintained. Biast furnace operators are in ses­ sion at Pittsburg, Pa., to consider tin reduction of their output. Fire at La Crosse, Wis., destroyed the sawmill of the M. B. Holway es­ tate, causing a loss of $60,000. Lynchehaun, the Irish fugitive, re­ cently released at Indianapolis, has eluded government detectives. The will of Mrs. Janie Stewart Boy- esen of Chicago, who made small be­ quests to various charities, was admit­ ted to probate at Laporte, Ind. Maj. Gen. Woods reports that dur­ ing his recent trip to Lake Lanao the hitherto hostile Moros of that region met him in a friendly spirit. There are nearly 600 cases of scar- letina in Havana, Cuba. Recoveries from the disease are generally rapid, and there have been few deaths. A street car at Peru, Ind., hit a buggy and Mrs. Peter Medary and Mrs. Silas Fisher were badly cut and bruised. Two children also were in­ jured. The Pope received in private audi­ ence Father Denifie, keeper of the archives of the Vatican, who presented the pontiff with the first copy of his book entitled "Luther and Luthern- ism," which is expected to provoke great discussion among Protestants. Commander Booth Tucker of the Salvation Army has sailed for Eng­ land on the steamship Cedric for a rest. The prince regent of Bavaria has confirmed the appointment of Felix Mottl as conductor of the royal opera at Munich in succession to Herman Zumpe, who died last September. Herr Mottl is in New York. Lord Balcarres, conservative, old­ est son of the earl of Cfawford and Balcarres, has been re-elected to rep­ resent the Chorley division of Lan­ cashire in the house of commons, on his appointment as junior lord of the treasury, by a majority of 1,428 over the liberal candidate, James Lawrence. Steps have been taken tc» carry tbe recent election. frauds in Denver to the Colorado Supreme court. William Stahlnecker, Jr., son of the former congressman and mayor of Yonkers, N. Y., was arrested in that, city for burglary. In his annual report to the secretary of the navy Charles W. Stewart, super­ intendent of library and naval war rec­ ords, recommends, when congress shall decide to increase the number of volumes Issued, that sets be supplied for the confederate officers and union volunteer officers. Work has been resumed in the coal mining district of Bilbao in Spain. The native papers in Pakin report that a mob in the mining districts of Cheklang province recently burned a missionary church and killed the na­ tive pastor. The French ministry of-agriculture has published approximate estimates of crops in France for 1903 as follows: Barley, 16,688,964 hectolitres (a hec­ tolitre is 2.84 bushels), as compared with 14,782,516 in 1902; oats, 111,141,- J?7. tp MUST RATIFY CUBAN TREATY *4- Presilenf Roosevelt's Message to Congress Is Couched in the Strongest Terma. f NATION'pON^^TAI^ --jr.,*.'* Chief Executive Declares the United Statea Has Committed Itself to the Polic^l^Mlines --Advantages Plain. ITS OF ALL eaattt-e Declared tq Be Demand­ ed by Considerations of Broad National Policy as Well as Eco­ nomic Interests--Large Marks,t at Stake. ' On Tuesday, Nov. 10, President Roosevelt sent to Congress his mes­ sage explaining the reasons for the gathering of the Senate and House of Representatives in special session. The document follows: To the Senate and House of Repre­ sentatives : I have convened the Congress that it may consider the legislation neces­ sary to put into operation the com­ mercial treaty with Cuba, which was ratified by the Senate at its last ses­ sion and subsequently by the Cuban government. I deem such legislation demanded not only by our interest, but by our honor. We cannot with propriety abandon the course upon which we have so wisely embarked. When the acceptance of the Piatt amendment was required from Cuba by the action pf the Congress of the United States, this government there­ by definitely committed itself to the policy of treating Cuba as occupying a unique position as regards this country. It was provided that when the island became a free and inde­ pendent republic, she shoiild stand in such close relations with us as in cer­ tain respects to come within our sys­ tem of international policy, and it necessarily followed that she must also to a certain degree become in­ cluded within the lines of our eco­ nomic policy. Situated as Cuba is, it would not be possible for this country to permit the strategic abuse of the island by any foreign military power. It is for this reason that certain limi­ tations have been impressed upon her financial policy and that naval sta­ tions have been conceded by her to the United States. The negotiations as to the details of these naval sta­ tions are on the eve of completion. They are so sitqated as. to prevent any idea that there la the intention ever 8AVAGE WEAPONS OF WARFARE. la 1901. Inhuman Devices Invented to Make War More Horrible. Devices intended to make war so terrible that every civilized nation on earth would be only too glad to re­ frain ifrom it have been offered fre- quehtly of late to the war, the navy and state department. The predilec­ tion to run to gas bomb3 manifests itself again, ao it did fifteen years ago. The main object of the use of the hydrocyanic acid gas bomb is to cap­ ture the ships of the enemy without shooting the vessel to pieces or blow­ ing: them up or sinking them. It is contended that if a bomb charged with that gas were exploded on the deck of a ship the fumes would instantly sink to the innermost parts of the vessel. It is known that a whiff of hydrocya­ nic acid gas inhaled will cause instant death. Even after those who propose such a scheme are informed by the authorities that such a thing is out of the question because it comes under the head of poison, the use of which is Interdicted by the universal regu­ lations of war, they propose other similar schemes time after time. One of these is the use of a gas that is in itself not deadly. It renders those who inhale Its fumes unconscious for about six hours. "Why, you might as well take the crew of an enemy's ship and get all hands drunk," remarked a Washington officer in commenting on the last mentioned plan. The 8ugar Confectioners Use. An amateur candy maker says: "If I didn't take pains with the little things I'd be a failure. I always bear in mind that any old sugar that the grocer sells for pulverized la not good enough. Bar sugar is what confec­ tioners use. Every lump must be rubbed out of it. In dipping chpco- late creams never use sweetened chocolate; the bitter coating is de­ licious." Women Not Good Risks. Notwithstanding the fact that wom­ en reach a greater age than men, they have proved a losing venture to life insurance companies. Women are not prone to the excesses, nor exposed to the rough weather, nor liable to the accidents which shorten life, but they are more likely to suffer from cancer in middle life than are men; and, too, women much more frequent­ ly have intuitive premonition of fall­ ing health than have men, and, having that intuitive fear take life insurance. --Pittsburg Dispatch. Hopeless Case. The tourist in the Yosemite valley complains all morning of having a se­ vere headache, as the result of too free indulgence in the cup which cheers and also inebriates the night before. "Try a little of this, suh," suggests a fellow totaist from Kentucky. "Down my way we always say that the hair of the dog will cyouh the bite." "I've tried that," moans the tourist; "I've tried that, but it doesn't help. I to use them against Cuba, or other- Wise than for the protection of Cuba from the assaults of foreign foes and for the better safeguarding of Amerl< can interest* in the waters south of us. Advantages of the Treaty. These interests have been largely Increased by the consequences of the war with Spain and will be further ln< creased by the building of the Isth­ mian canal. They are both military and economic. The granting to us by Cuba of the naval stations above al­ luded to is of the utmost importance from a military standpoint, and is proof - of the good faith with which Cuba is treating us. Cuba has made great progress since her Independence was established. She has advanced steadily in every way. She already stands high among her sister repub­ lics,o'f the new world. She is loyally observing her obligations to us; and she is entitled to like treatment by us. The treaty submitted to you for approval secures to the United States economic advantages as, great as those given to Cuba. Not an American in­ terest is- sacrificed. By the treaty a large Cuban market is secured to oar producers--a market which lies at our doors, which is already large, which Is capable of great expansion and which is especially important to the development of'our export trade. It would be indeed short sighted for us to refuse to take advantage of such ah opportunity and to force Cuba into making arrangements with other countries to our disadvantage. In the Interests of Ail. This reciprocity treaty., stands by itself. It is demanded on considera> tions of broad national policy as well as by our economic interests. It will do harm to no industry. It1 will bene­ fit many industries. It is in the in­ terest of our people as a whole, both because of its importance from the broad standpoint of international policy and because economically it in­ timately concerns us to develop and secure the rich Cuban market for our farmers, artisans, merchants and manufacturers. Finally, it is desirable as a guaranty of the good faith of our nation toward her young sister re­ public to the south, whose welfare must ever be closely bound with ours. Our Duty to the Island. We gave her liberty. We are knit to her by the memories of the blood and the courage of our soldiers who fought for her in war; by the mem­ ories of the wisdom and integrity of our administrators who served her in peace and who started her so well on the difficult path of self-govern­ ment. We taust help her onward and upward; and helping her, we shall help ourselves. The foregoing considerations caused the negotiation. of the treaty with Cuba and its ratification by the sen­ ate. They now, with equal force; sup­ port the legislation by the congress which by the terms of the treaty is necessary to render it operative. A failure to enact such legislation would come perilously near a repudiation of the pledged faith of the nation. I transmit herewith the treaty, as amended by the senate and ratified by the Cuban government. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. White House, Nov. 10, 1903. A GREAT BABY SHOW, '1 Hundreds of Youngsters Exhibited I an English Town. At a baby show in England the other day there were 430 entries, which included seventeen pairs of twins. * All the babies were between the ages of six and twelve months. About half of the total number of entries had to be refused admission because of the lack of accommodation. After a good deal of discussion as to the best way to exhibit the young­ sters it was decided that the mothers bring their youngsters to the hall at 4 o'clock and "hold them all the time," except during the weighing process. So the ground floor of the hall was covered with mothers hold­ ing babies, and the galleries held the friends of the mothers. The Jury consisted of a number of doctors, assisted by a nurse. The chief points to be considered in judging these babies were: Dimensions and bulk, muscular tone, firmness of flesh, absence of rickets and skin disease. While the jtfdges were withdrawn to decide the giving of the first prize these little competitors, who com­ prised all types of baby folk, bright and dark, pale and rosy, fat and fra­ gile, amused themselves billing and cooing. When the prize was given, with It was the announcement that the best babies had been nursed, not bottled. Cows Try to Kill Fox. Edgar Palmer, Jr., and John Mur­ phy of New Haven, Vt., recently killed a fox in a peculiar manner. While working on a farm their attention was attracted by the cows making a dis­ turbance in the pasture around a stone pile. On Investigation they found that tie cows had cornered a fox in a pile of stones and were en­ deavoring to get at him. They rushed to the scene and with stones and rocks succeeded in killing the fox. Should Have a Free Preaa. "Trashy dime novels, with fantastic tftles and devotional books," says a writer in Russkalya, "are the only intellectual pabulum of the Russian people, and these books are so diffi­ cult to procure that it frequently hap­ pens that a person who had schooling forgets how to read*" Filipinos Love Music.' ' The intense love of the Filipino for music is notably shown in their funer­ als, their home entertainments and in their theaters. Superstition and Experience. Superstitious folks cannot always synchronize red hair and white horses. In consequence they discover the ex­ ception that proves the rule. There­ after they think they can walk under ladders without alarm. Presently a safe falls on them and they say "I told you so!" Thus does be­ come dogmatic. Protest Against Funlshirfefit. "5 * A protest is raised against the pun* think I must have been bitten by one I ishment of military and naval prison* of these hairless <*a«»."--j*d«e. j m In lr«lan4. •'"Jr. ̂ • . ' ' - ' • • • ' - a:.1* " ' ̂ mm BITTER ATTACK WrpV . : Accuses Counsel for Schwab ^Using Unfair Merhods ^ of Examination C O U N S E L C H A N G E S H I S T A C T I C S Endeavors to Establishvthe Fact That There W/s No Competition tween Steel Companies in Govern .. ment Contracts for Armor Plate. Haw T«sk special: The feature of Thursday's session of the hearing in the United States Shipbuilding case were a bitter attack made by Lewis Nixon upon William D. Guthrie, coun­ sel for the defendants and representa­ tive of the interests of Charles M. Schwab, for his methods of cross-ex- amination; leading questions by Mr. Untermyer, counsel for the complain­ ants, as to the absence of competi­ tion between the Bethlehem Steel company and the Carnegie plant of the United States Steel corporation in government contracts for armor plate, and the entire change of front of Mr. Guthrie, who heretofore had aimed to bring out the fact that the value of the constituent plants of the United States Shipbuilding company was not overestimated. Nixon Enters Protest. Mr. Guthrie adopted a line of ques­ tioning designed to show that the es­ timates of value were made by the promoter, the venders and other in­ terested or inexpert appraisers, and lbullding company, and later, at two ^subsequent meetings of the Bethlehem directors in acquiescing in resolutions declaring it inexpedient to declare such a dividend. He also brought out that Nixon had voted for the resolu­ tion for the expenditures for better­ ments. This was the means, so Re­ ceiver Smith charges, by which earn­ ings were diverted from dividends to needless Improvements. Excessive Expenditures. Guthrie took up figures from tbe financial reports of the Bethlehem company to show its inability to pay dividends. Mr. Untermyer from the same reports attempted to show that expenditures for betterments and new material were excessive, and that the Bed-company might well have declared a dividend had it been so desired. H« was questioning Nixon about the trip "t>f examination made by Bethlehem and Carnegie officials to determinf means of improving the Bethlehem plant when the hearing closed" tor the day. „• CHARGE BANKER'S SON WITH MURDERING WIFE Wpman He Married Under Dureaa Dies Suddenly, and He Is Said to. Have Given Her Drugs. Charleston, I1L, special: William K Honn of Ashmore, ten miles east of this city, is under bonds of $7,000 to answer to a charge of murder. Honn is charged with being respon­ sible for the death of his wife, whom he married under duress. He is the son of W. T. Honn, president of the Corn Exchange bank of Ashmore. Among his youthful playmates was Mahola Galbraith, daughter of J. N. Galbraith, a farmer. # When the young couple reached years of maturity Honn promised to make the young womaLn his., wife, but JILfED AND SNUBBED, • v&'vV p* ciAir* Miss Alaska Strip-^H you pleaaa I'm engaged another." St. Paul Diipatjjk were practically without weight in de­ termining tbe exact value of the plants and the assets of the consoli­ dation. Mr. Nixon was on the stand all day. His cross-examination was finished and the re-direct examination partly completed. At the opening of the afternoon session he presented a per­ sonal protest in which he declared that Mr. Guthrie, in consultation with Max Pam, had adopted a, line oT ques­ tioning designed to place him in a false and discreditable position re­ garding the sale of his plant to the shipbuilding consolidation. The pro­ test was angry and bitter in tone, and intimated that Mr. Guthrie had' been unfair in asking him to answer from memory questions about the finances of his company without op­ portunity to look up the details, while Guthrie had had the benefit of a full investigation of the figures. By agreement of the counsel the pro­ test was stricken from the record, but Mr. Nixon thereafter during the hear­ ing insisted that if he were to answer questions he should be allowed .to make the necessary explanation. Bethlehem Dividends. Besides asking Nixon about the or­ ganization of the shipbuilding com­ pany, the valuation put upon the con­ stituent companies and the methods by which they were reached, Guthrie took up the alleged withholding of dividends by the Bethlehem company, an action which, according to the charges of Receiver Smith, contem­ plated the wrecking of the company. Saves Shipbuilding Company. ' Guthrie placed in contrast Nixon's attitude in demanding by letter to President Mcllvain of the Bethlehem company, that the Bethlehem directors declare a dividend to save the ship- MORE DREYFU8 CASE IN SIGHT War Minister Andre Favors Revision of Court-Martial's Sentence. Paris cable: The Presse says the War Minister Andre as a result of the Inquiry which he has made into the Dreyfus affair has informed the Cabinet that in his opinion the sen­ tence of the Rennes court-martial should be revised. The war minister is also said to have asked for the views of his colleagues on the subject, but they were unable to com# W an agreement. Dlea Near Election Booth. Marietta, O., dispatch: John Boyd, 91, a veteran of the Mexican and civil wars and a "forty-niner," walked two miles to vote at Barlow. When with­ in twenty rods of the booth he dropped dead. Heart failure was the cause. Mormons Buy Jail. Carthage. 111., dispatch: The Morm6n church has purchased for 94,000 the old jail at this place, In which Joseph Smith, the Mormon prophet, and Brother Hlrma were killed by ft mob la the early history of the stat* postponed marriage until she became weary of unfilled pledges and invoked the aid of the law. She got a war­ rant for his arrest, charging him with being responsible for her condition. This step was taken Jan. 22, 1903. The same night County Clerk Rarnin was roused from his bed to issue a license for the marriage of the couple. Less than an hour afterward Honn and Miss Galbraith were married by Police Magistrate Burke of this city. Mkrch 12 Mrs. Honn was taken sick suddenly and her death resulted in a few hours. The physician who was called in said death was due to .mer­ curial gangrene. The woman'8 father collected evi­ dence and when the grand jury met here laid the case before it. The re* suit was the returning of two Indict­ ments, charging Honn with having given the drugs that killed his wife. BREAK8 HI8 NEQK AT FUNERAL Pallbearer Falls From Porch and la Picked Up a Corpse, Danville, 111., dispatch: As he was about to grasp a handle on the casket at the funeral of Mrs. L. D. Lane Pall­ bearer Albert Goldman, justice of the peace, and prominent member in Odd Fellowship, residing at Henning, in this county, fell off the porch and broke his neck. He is believed to have suffered an attack of heart failing .-> Preaident's Appointees. J • l;1 Washington dispatch: President Roosevelt will send the list of federal appointments be has made since the adjournment of the last congress to the senate Tuesday next. Both houses of congress are to be left entirely free to organise on the first day of the ses­ sion. BARONE88 DESERT8 HER HOMt Wife of Rich German Nobleman Flees With Penniless Army Officer. Berlin cablegram: A sensation has been caused In artlstocratlc circles by the elopement of the Baroness Rom­ berg with a penniless young officer,, Lieutenant Menicke. The Baroness' husband. Baron Frederick Romberg, is a most prominent millionaire. He has started in pursuit of the couple, who, it is believed, are making for America. The deserted husband says he will shoot Menicke on sight. Pettigrew On Top. Pierre, S. D., special: Political prog* nosticators expect to see R. F. Petti­ grew a member of the National Dem­ ocratic committee, and rumors are rife to the effect that Republicans may help return him to the senate. Inspects Santa Fe Road. Loa Angeles, Cal., special: Preal* dent Ripley of the Santa Fe ia in- specting the California branch of the road on his way to inspect tbe work of filling In China Basin in Saa FMu* cieoo, cost over 12,000,000. : 'V^v. SCEIlfl"™ Bursting of Big Shell Kills Workmen and io|4jre| ,r ̂ Ten Mora ^ BODIES BLOWN TO FRAGMENTS Bits of Human Flesh Are Hurled Huife> dreds of Feet--Fire Follows Explaf sion and Three Shellhouaea Are Df* stroyed by the Flames. ^ . Iona Island, N. Y., dispatch : Stt workmen were literally blown t© pieces and ten others mord or less se-v riously injured by the bursting of a thirteen-lnch shell' at the United States naval arsenal, one of the larg­ est mftgazIneB in the United States which is located here. , r ' The explosion occurred while mett were drawing the explosive charge# from a consignment of old shells r®» cently sent here from the battleship Massachusetts. Three massive shell* houses were totally destroyed and a rain of fragments of projectiles of all. sizes was scattered in every direction.* ". The force of the explosion, or seriea- of explosions, broke windows at Peeks* ,'> kill, three miles below, on the opposit# side of the Hudson, and the detona»*~- : tion was heard for many miles. Adjaijg* cent buildings, including two store? houses for finished ammunition, were, riddled with fragments of shell, and' the quarters of the eleven marine* .> composing the garrison wer% complete*^' ly' demolished. r ^4 Bodies Are Mangled. The dead, all of whom were work*/1 men employed by the naval ordnances,. | department, are Fred Ward, Stony ' Point; George Morehead, Tompkins.; Cove; Fred O. Locke. Peeksklll; Pat*j'„-~ rlck Curran, West Haverstraw; FretJ ;i Brown, Haverstraw; James Connolly^ ;; Peekskill. > The bodies were frightfully mangled^ fragments being hurled for hundreds4 j of feet. , ' e|J The island, which has been used a^ ^ an arsenal for a year, is In the Hud^s^j son river, forty miles from New York, . and shells and ammunition of all kinds! • % were stored there. The detonation of "1 part of the charge of a shell being un-#'.^-' loaded in shellhouse No. 1 exploded all the other shells in the house and^|;3 the fragments of shells driven into the*? ' adjoining houses exploded their omk .'v tents." ' Two Main Explosions. There were two main explosions,^ ; jrith an Interval of several minutea^" between, and a succession of minor^ ones as individual shells went off. Firerrv.'; followed and for several hours th® ? marines fought the flames in imminently danger from constantly explodin^vi\ shells. Physicians and nurses fromr>> ' West Point, Peekskill and Haverstraw* / * hurried to the island and attended tot,..*', the Injured, one of whqm was seri-^-|" ously hurt. j No statement of,the amount of the* explosives on the island could be ob* ; • tained from Gunner Fries, U. S. N.^ ; in command, but it is said that a largcfc. ; consignment of Bhells from the Ala* bama, Kearsarge, Massachusetts and Illinois were itt the buildings de*. stroyed. About 480 18-inch shells were on hand, it is said. A large amount of fixed ammunition stored in two build­ ings from which the roofs were blown did not explode, and the two main .powder magazines were at the other end of the island out of danger. LATE8T CA8H MARKET REPORT^ ' ^ WHEAT. -..VU Chicago-No. 2 red, 81%®8t£e. . New York-No. 2 red, 86%c< ' r" St. Louis--No. 2 red, 87c. Kansas City--No. 2 hard, 73c. Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, 87c. ; Minneapolis--No. 1 northern, 86c. f Duluth--No. 1 northern, CORN. Chicago--No. 2. 44@44V»c. 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No serious r*H suits are apprehended. • _ _________ ^ . Slander 8uit. Jackson, Miss., special: As a sequelf f to the breach of promise suit against former Senator W. V. Sullivan of Mis­ sissippi by May L>. Leaton, Sullivan is made defendant in a 850,000. slander suit by the woman, now a Mrs. Amis. Remount Depots. Washington dispatch: The general staff of the army is considering the-^| subject of establishing remount depots?;5| and it is not improbable that an ex-; ^ periment along these lines will be un- ̂ dertaken in the near future. Two Die in Fire. Montpelier, Ind., special: Two men; were burned to death here in a fire^l which started in McDonald's livery barn and almost destroyed one side of i f the town. The dead are Milt Crosier; and an unknown man. >/ ;S?' '.'.'"'iV Resents Divorce Suit. T Louisville, Ky., disptftch: Because m' ; she filed suit for divorce against him,|W Jacob Bishop, a farmer, shot and • killed his wife on the streets of this^ city. The police, by jMUd -wor^ vaated a lynching. . ' • • £iK mailto:2.00@5.15 mailto:4.25@5.35 mailto:J4.60@5.35 mailto:J2.00@5.50 mailto:2.00@5.00