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ary Plaindealer. by !>. MHBIUlli ILLINOIS. Anyway, Anna Gould's troubles am countless. Wonder If Mm. Russell Sage Count Boni on her list? ../Peary says he prefers dogs to air- •kips. Not as a steady diet, but tor bauling. Emperor William says he Is an opti­ mist, and his moustache bears hint oat "Arabians when they meet a friend aftkke hands six or eight times.** Then lUt they strike him for a loan? The wages of sin remain about the same. All others are being marked ten per cent, or thereabout. Even if-Ontario should harness Niagara, It would not be the first time that beauty has been commercialized. The cables say King Menelik hasnt «ne toot in the grave. It is therefore unnecessary to say that Abyssinia ts still unpartitloned by the powers. Acting on Mohammed's wisdom inhere the mountain was concerned, •a Iowa town has moved itself to a railway that would not come to the town. Fears are entertained in Persia that •fhere will be a reaction when the crown prince becomes shah. What in the world can they have to react from la-Persia? With coal enough in the mines of - cogntry to last 4,000 or 5,000 years ft does seem as if it ought to be easier to get enough it months. £* •# u Count Boni as a Paris newspaper writer, at a salary of $100 per, may aot s^ve much money, but he will liave a glorious chance to get even with, the flippant journalists Of Amer­ ica. . The Chicago doctor who said in public the other day that a man ought to choose his wife Just as he would a fine horse, probably heard from his wife when he -got home, if he is mar- tried. A dispatch says eastern traveling men are going to break up the tipping •practice. What's the matter, asks the St. Louis Republic, with the western- era helping along this emancipation from small graft? - * ; m The average American family con­ sumes 1*084 pounds of meat annually, according to Secretary Wilson's esti­ mates. If that's true, says the Wash­ ington Times, the vegetarians have been stuffing the ballot in making up their returns. A fashion writer announces that tiaras will be worn by ladies in the theaters next season. Well, even when general prosperity prevails, few ladies are likely to be able to afford tiaras that will seriously obstruct the view from behind them. A Denver woman recently succeed- ed in raising $2,000 for a hospital by selling kisses and smiles. She might aow be able to get another good slice of money for some charity by writing a testimonial in favor of somebody's for chapped Hps. The Pennsylvania railway doubts whether it will ever be reasonably practical for its-trains to use electric motors in Washington. "Reasonably practical" is a phrase that covers so many con agencies that it should be accorded a place among the classics Of diplomacy. Inconsistency, the paste Jewel of tinman nature, has never been better illustrated than by the barbarous con­ trast of bravery and cowardice which 4k medical journal points out in pro­ fessional motor-car drivers. They risk -their lives in perilous runs for motiey, for excitement, for fame, from zest 'tor the sport or whatever the motive snay be. Yet some of them will not have the number 13 on their cars. Shrinking from the fictitious terrors of a medieval superstition they plunge boldly into dangers that are so obvi­ ous that every spectator of a race holds his breath. Curious illogical iMtman nature! RICE WAR REVIVED MILITIA HURRIEP TO SCOOBA FROM MERIDIAN, M468. DI8ASTCH T% CROWDED TRAIM AT EMOEP.LiN, N. D. DEATHS ARE REPORTED Negroes Said to Be Fortified and De* flant Near Wahaiak, Though Quiet vk1" fejfc Hectored In the Village pf itseii: k If the recommendations of a college baseball coach are adopted, the game f be more confusing to the unin- ed than it is at present.. He sug- s that the batter' be allowed to the bases either way, going from .home plate to first base or to third, as he chooses, and continuing that way to the home plate again. When the first man in an inning has run to the left instead of to the right all the others will have to go that way. Whether there Is any merit in the proposal or not, it indicates that the baseball players are not going to allow the football players to have things all to themselves in amending gules. J Thomas A. Edison claims that he |MBan make an automobile for #200 that Will last 15 years. But why, asks the Chicago Record-Herald, should any­ body want an automobile that will last as long as that? We will all be flylngin less than 15 years from now. . •" A Cincinnati drummer posing as . Slchard Harding Davis had the time • %f his life at the expense of Nash- ./'-vflle's "400." Meridian, Miss.--Railroad men who arrived from Scooba late Tuesday night report a fresh clash between the races. Several are reported killed. This report, however, lias not been confirmed- ' Scooba is seven miles from Waha­ iak. Acting on the instructions of Gov. Vardaman, 25 members of the local military company boarded an engine and left at ten o'clock for Scooba Additional troops left aboard a special train. Early Tuesday It was reported thai a body of negroes' had fortified them selves two miles from Wahaiak and announced they would resists, any efTort to dislodge them. They threatened to burn the little town and the white peo­ ple are alarmed. The whites all around the country have armed them­ selves and one party of 50 armed per­ sons arrived there from Columbus, Miss. Two negroes, Torn Jim Simpson, are reported to have been killed by white people Monday after­ noon before the arrival of the troops under command of Col., Samuel Mc- Cants. At 3:30 Tuesday morning firing was heard in the center of the town, but after a few scattering shots quiet was restored and no explanation has been forthcoming. A special dispatch to the Morning Dispatch at an early hour Tuesday said: "One company of infantry and a battery of artillery are in charge. Two negroes have been killed by citizens. Troops are now guarding the town. A body of negroes said to be armed are fortified about two miles from the town." All Quiet at Wahaiak. Wahaiak, Miss.--All is quiet again in and around this village, recently the scene of several race riots. The militia have returned to Meridian, their commander having expressed the belief that there will be no more use for them. Conductor Robert Harrison, of the Mobile & Ohio railroad, who was am­ bushed and wounded by a negro Mon­ day night, died Tuesday. The origin of the racial troubles here was primar­ ily the meeting in a narrow roadway of wagons driven by a white farmer and negro respectively. The negro abused the white man, who reported the occurrence to the white villagers at Wahaiak. Whites immediately or­ ganized themselves and in a fight with the negroes of the community a num­ ber of white men were killed, includ­ ing one of the most prominent of the vicinity. The number of negroes killed in the rioting has never been approxi­ mated., but dead negroes have been found in many p*rts of the settlement since the trouble started. Enderlin, N. D.--Loaded to its full capacity with people going to their homes in the east to spend the Christ* mas holidays, the south-bound train on the Minneapolis, St Paul & Sault Ste. Marie crashed into a switch engine In the west end of the railroad yards at this place at 2:10 o'clock Sunday morning. Bight men were killed out­ right and one since has died of his injuries. Thirty-seven, were seriously injured and it is likely that the death list will be added to. All of the fatalities occurred in the smoking car, which was completely telescoped by the baggage car. Here also were most of those who were tar jured, only two of the occupants of this car escaping unhurt The car was crowded, and as the whistle had just sounded for Enderlin almost everyone was on his feet when the crash came, and the dead and wounded were piled into almost inextricable masses. ' As this point Is a divisional head­ quarters. of the road, a rescue party was soon formed and, assisted by citl- zetas. the work of taking out the dead and injured was begun at once, and continued throughout the night. The little hospital was soon crowded to its full capacity with those hurt and the hotels were converted into emergency- hospitals where the oth$r. injured1 weSe cared for. There are but fofcr physicians in Enderlin9 aTad a special train with physicfans and nurses was hastily nucule up at Valley City an$ rushed to the scene of the wreck. ' The wreckage took fire from the overturned stoves used in heating thfc cars and /there was a race between the. ruscuers and the flames. By al­ most superhuman efforts the rescuing party managed to fight off the flames until all of the dead and injured had been removed from the wrecked cars, which then were allowedjto burn to get-them out dt the way.' ru Only a few passengers in- the day coaches were injured and in the sleep­ ers, none of which left the track, there were no casualties. Collisions of railway trains carrying hundreds of passengers to family re­ unions and Christinas celebrations have resulted in the death of 12 per­ sons and the injury of 68. Many of the injured are in hospitals and sev­ eral, It is believed, can not recover. ASKED TO ACT ON CONGO ABU8E8 Secretary Root Receives Letter from Prominent New Yorkers. New York.--A letter signed by J. Pierpont Morgan, Dr. Lyman Abbott and other prominent citizens of New York, was addressed to Secretary of State Elihu Root Tuesday directing his attention to conditions in the Congo Free. State, where, it is assert­ ed, "flagrant inhumanity exists," and urging him on behalf of the American people to use the "moral support" of the United States government to cor­ rect the abuses the Congo natives are alleged to be suffering from. FATAL BATTLE WITH 8TRIKER8. Three Men Killed and Four Wounded at 8turgia, Ky. Owensboro, Ky.--Three men were killed and four wounded in a battle late Monday night between guards em­ ployed by the West Kentucky Coal company at Sturgis, Union county, and the striking miners at that place. The dead are: C. J. Dougherty, mine guard; Billy Malloy, miner, an# Will Gray, miner. The thing that worries Walter Well ttan is that he might pass the pole in It fes balloon and not be able to stop m "•r - ===== |;i When the first steamship bringing immigrants to Charleston came across the ocean recently, 29 couples were | , married on the voyage. Each of them Will face the problem of making a home in America with new strength new determination. It looks as if the man who claims i» produce vegetable life artificially were merely making more work for Prof. Wiley. Poisoned by Christmas Candy. Burlington, la. -- At Laharpe, 111., Elizabeth . and Julia, daugh­ ters of Mr. and Mrs. George Camp­ bell, living near here, died Monday from poisoning, probably rrom eating Christmas candy. The little son also is not expected to live. Hotel in Bay City Burns. Bay City, Mich.--The Fraser house, the oldest and largest hotel in this city, was completely destroyed by fire early Sunday! John O'Neil, the hotel fireman, was fatally injured. > / Asks Aid for 8tartf ng Chinese. Washington.--President Roosevelt Sunday issued a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to contribute funds for the relief of mil­ lions of famine sufferers in China, who are on the verge of starvation. Count Ignatleff Assassinated. Tvir, Russia.--Count Alexis Inga- tietf, a member of the council of the empire and ex-governor general of Kiev, Volhynia and Podolia, was shot and killed by an unknown man here in the hall of the nobles' assembly. Ttilrty-Sevfen Passenger^ Aro^SerlOU* RE,-. I .A. Line*..'.,! -jyi ' i f f Xi m P!Pt IULIN& or N EG ROE® AT SCOOBA MAS NOT A RACE WAR. GOVERNOR GOES TO TOWN -t* Treops Stilt There and Col. McCants Wires Vardaman Colored ^ - Men Are Much cited. " » aw**!! »IV8? u Penetrates to the Spot * *Ught 6n the doflJJ* Pric-i 23c and S0e OOGOOOOOOQOOOOQQOOQ TO REVISE CUBA'S LAWS. Governor Magoon Signs the Decree Appointing the Commission. Havana. -- Governor Magoon Mon­ day signed the long-awaited de­ cree appointing a commission to re­ vise the laws of Cuba. This commis­ sion will submit to the provisional governor the dra^hof an electoral law, new provincial arwf^gluuicipal laws, a law defining the organization and functions of the judiciary, a civil serv­ ice law,, and also will treat on such other subjects of great interest as may be referred to it by the provisional governor. The commission consists of Cole H. Crowder, of the judge advocate gen­ eral's department of the American army, president; Jose Miguel Gomez, secretary, and Erasmo G. Boudet, Francisco C. Justiz, Manuel M. Coron- ado, Mario G. Kohly, Felipe G. Sarrain, Otto Schoemrichf Miguel F. Viondi, Alferdo Zayas and Major Blanton C. Winshlp, U. S. A. The salaries of the members of the commission, excepting those in the employ of the United States government, are fixed at $400 a month. The first meeting will be held on January 3. This is regarded as the first step toward holding, new eleo- tiOBS. " » <' - NE6R0 LYNCHED BY A MOB TAKEN FROM JAIL AT ANNAPO­ LIS, HANGED AND SK(pT. , ' ,4 V Band of Young Men Avenge Assault * .^ CotSped. Fiend on Whiffr ,, % Woman. Annapolis, Md.--A mob numbering 25 or 3p men broke down the door of the Annapolis Jail at an early hour Friday, took out Henry Davis, the ne­ gro who last Friday assaulted Mrs. John Reid (white), near Igleharts Station, and lynched him., Davis, who tflso was known by the name of Chambers, confessed his guilt before being put to death. Little or no resistance was offered to the mob by the officers at the jail, and none whatever by the prisoner. The negro was dragged by the mob from the jail to a vacant lot on Col­ lege creek, a quarter of a mile dis­ tant, where he was strung up to a limb of a tree and half a dozen bul­ lets were fired into him. On the way to the place of execution members of the lynching party kicked and cuffed Davis whenever opportun­ ity was offered. His body wai left lying under the tree which had served as the gallows. It was viewed by hun­ dreds of persons during the day. Later a coroner's jury was empanelled and after hearing the testimony of wit­ nesses, returned a verdict of death at the hands of persons unknown to the ®jury. The prison from which Davis was taken is a hundred years old. It is situated in Calvert street and is only about 500 yards from the st&te house and the executive mansion of the gov­ ernor. The lynching party used Senior hall of St John's college for its as­ sembling place. This ract is taken to indicate that most of the men connect­ ed with the affair were from Annapo­ lis and did not come from Igleharts Station, where Mrs. Reid lives. As early as 11 o'clock the mob be­ gan to collect on St. John's campus. Some time after 12 the crowd entered the lo,wer floor of Senor hall. There its members proceeded to blacken their faces and some of them donned masks. They were quiet in their movements, but some of the students were awakened. These came down and watched the proceedings, but did not interfere or give any alarm. The college authorities strongly denied Friday that any of the students were implicated in the lynching. ' CONGRESSMEN TO SEE CANM^ STfcAMfvtt StRATHCONA BURNS. Vessel Beached and 380 ' Passengers Saved--Heroism of Crew. #>ivys: " » V '•; ax, N. S.--Word was refcefved here Sunday from Port Dufferin, a small coast town some 60 miles east of this <51ty, of the destruction by flre of the passenger steamer Strathcona, owned by the Halifax & Canso Steamship company, and bound from this port for Canso and* Guysbor- ough. Itiat no lives were lost is due .prin­ cipally to the heroism of the engineers and firemen, who stuck to their posts until the steamer was beached and every one of the 380 passengers land­ ed. In less than one hour after the beaching of the steamer she was buried to the water's edge. Costly Blaze in Denver. Denver, Col.--The Ernest & Cran- mer building, one of the finest office buildings in the city, was damaged by fire Tuesday, the seventh and eighth floors being entirely destroyed. The total loss is $200,000. . « i " > thmus Party of Eleven 8alis for the • '• «::of Panama. ,>>lfew-;' 'Tttr*f. -- Ten representatives and one senator sailed on the steam? ship Allianca Friday for Colon, for the purpose of making a five-day in­ spection of the Isthmus of Panapia and learning for themselves the exist­ ing conditions relative to the digging of the canal. ^ The party consisted of Senator Flint and Congressmen McKinlay and Knowland, of California; Congress­ men Fulkerson, of Missouri; Dickson, Rives, McKinney and Smith, of IUi- noiB; Howell, of Utah; Kinkaid, of Nebraska, and Stenerson, of - M^nne- «ota. The party is visiting the canal zone at the invitation of Secretary Taft and the canal commissioners, and everything will be done to make their Inspection as thorough as possible.#. VICTORY FOR STANDARD OIL. Reo«nt Verdict Against Truat at Flndlay, 0„ Thrown Out. Mndlay, O. -- The Standard" Oil Company won a victory in common l>leas count here Monday when Judge plea W. I S. Duncan decided that the probate court had no jurisdiction in the suit thought against it in the probate court and threw out the recent verdict of guilty against the company. , JProsecutor David sometime ago filed an information in the probate court against the Standard, charging it with violating the anti-trust laws of the state. He maintained that he could get action quicker against the com­ pany by this proceeding than through indictments in the common pleas court. ' The Standard attorneys contended that the-probate court had no juris­ diction in the matter; that if there had been a violation of the law the prosecutor should have proceeded against the company through indict­ ments. This point was upheld by Judge Duncan and the case is thus thrown out of the probate court. This decision in no way effects the' indictments recently returned in com­ mon pleas court by the grand jury against John D. Rockefeller and the other officials of the Standard Oil company, charging them with violat­ ing the anti-trust laws. It is understood the prosecution will appeal the case to a higher court DEATH FOR NEBOGATOFF. Russian Admiral and Three Others .Condemned for Surrender. •• t St. Petersburg. -- Because surrendered his squadron to the Japanese in the battle of the Sea of Japan on May 28, 1905, Rear Admiral Nebogatoff is sentenced to death. The same fate is meted out to Commander Lichino, of the coast defense ironclad General Admiral Apraine; Rear Ad­ miral Gregorieff, of the coast defense ship Admiral Seniavin, and Lluet. Smirnoff, who succeeded to the com­ mand of the battleship Nlcolai I. Such is the decision of the court- martial which has been trying Ad­ miral Nebogatoff and 78 officers of his squadron, but in view of extenuating circumstances and the long and oth­ erwise blameless careers of these of­ ficers, the court will petition the em- t>&*or to commute their sentences to ten years' imprisonment in a fortress. Four other officers were sentenced to short (erms of imprisonment in a fortress, while the remainder were ac­ quitted of the charges brought against jjjtiem. ENTOMBED MINER SAVED. Hjeks Rescued After Buried Fifteen Days. Being Joe Letter's Auto Kills Biijr** Washington.--The 60-horse power touring car of Joseph Leiter, in which were riding Mr. Leiter, Mrs. Levi Z. Leiter and Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Remington, of New York, Tuesday ran down and instantly killed Samuel West, a 14-year-old negro boy. Costly Fire at Marietta, Ga. • Atlanta, Ga.. -- A special, from "Marietta, Ga., says the plant of the Georgia Manufacturing and Public Service company, including the Mari­ etta Paper mill, was burning Monday evening. Already a loss of $150,000 had been caused, and the fire was i^ot jet under control. 'A' ' Safe-Blower 8tarts Big Fires'" Atlanta, Ga.--A loss of $100,000 was caused by a fire here early Tuesday, which destroyed the livery and sales stables of Harper Bros, and of Rags- dale & Carlisle. A safe-blower started the flre. *W alwsfleld, Cal --Out of the vftltey the shadow A. B. Hicks, the miner who was* burled 16 days in the -Edison mfine at this place, was rescued at 11:45 o'clock Saturday night. , Surrounded by hundreds, who have literally camped at the head of the ijnlne'Ety&ft waiting for the outcome of the desperate battle being waged for it human life, the freed captive was ca|rled, lying on a stretcher, on the shoulders of triumphant men who' jeached him, to the hospital. Hicks is plainly weakened by his long confinement and lack of exercise, but he is virtually uninjured and his general condition betokens quick re­ covery to full strength. His spirit is a marvel to all. Reformed football has been pro­ nounced O. K. Now reform the pro- li--tonil player. Real D. A. R. Dies, Aged 96* New York.--Mrs. Rachel Brook? field Day, an actual daughter of the revolution, is dead, in Newark, at the age of 96. She was a daughter of Capt. Job Brookfleld, who served throughout the revolutionary wan 8hah Is 8teadily Failing. Teheran, Persia.--The latest infor­ mation from the palace shows that the shah's reserve strength is gradu­ ally failing. He no longer rallies when given stimulants. Cuba Free from Yellow Fever. . Havana.--For the firsl^time since last August Cuba is now free from yellow fever, the last case, which was in thlB city, having been discharged Friday. At this time last year there wm», li to tbe UOand. Capt. Maeklin Will Reeo El Reno, Okla.--The condition of Capt. Edgar A. Mackltn, who was shot by a negro at his residence at Fort Reno last Friday night, was improved Sunday and recovery is assured, at­ tendants say. ji Jail Delivery at Cineinnjjp^v./*. !•. Cincinnati.--Nine prisoners escaped from Hamilton county jail here at 10:30 a. m. Sunday. Amohg those who escaped were some desperate criminals. Two of the men have been ;J2 '"J*?* J, i , 5"# d# ' * -,V •M Woman Is Burned to Death, New York.---Mrs.. Susan Kelly, aged 50 years, was burned to death and her husband barely escaped with.his life in a fire Tuesday which destroyed their apartments in West Sixtieth .street ^ ' • Famous Child Educator Dead. New York.--Mrs. Blanche Horeon Boardman Lincoln, one of the best known child educators in the country, is dead at her home here. For a num­ ber of years she was a lecturer on Child training. |8isters Fight Fatal Duel. .Havana.--Maria ajnd Carmen Hidal- guez, sisters who lived on a ranch near Las Lajas, fought a duel with pistols over a man, and Maria was %IHed. Texas Priest Fslls Dead. Denlson, Tex.--kev. T. K. Crowley, of St. Patrick's church, while putting on his vestments to celebrate high mass, dropped dead Christmas day. He had been a priest here for 15 years Mid was highly esteemed. Indicted for Grabbing Lmlbi4- Helena, Mont.--T. E. Brady, a prom­ inent Great Falls lawyer, has been in* dieted by the federal grand jury in this city on the charge of having il­ legally fenced 13,167 acres of public )and in Valley county. , ^ Missouri Execution Bungfii, ' Houston, Mo.--The execution here Friday of Joda Hamilton for the mur­ der of five persons was oadly bungled. The rope broke and Hamilton was probably fatally hurt by the ^ " i ' ,r ... • ... ' „V •• . ... *. Mrs. J. G. Blaine DIvorced^Mift Yankton, S. D.--Mrs. James G. Blaine, Jr., who is a daughter of Rear Admiral Hichborn, retired, obtained a decree of divorce from her husband here Saturday night on the grounds Of .desertion and non-support I ' Fatal Natural Gas Explositf^g. Pittsburg, Pa.--Four persons were burned, three fatally, early Sunday as the result of a natural gas explosion in the home of John Carvel, at Wash­ ington, Pa. The fatally burned are J o b * C a r r e l a n d h i # t w o w w w . . . . Meridian, Miss.--A special from Scooba, Miss., brings the first authen­ tic news from that place In regard to an alleged race riot in that section. The telegram denies that there- has b e e n a r a c e r i o t t < . M The dispatch follows: "There has been no rsiee tfof tfr country surrounding Scooba or Waha- lak. The trouble reported grew out of an Irresponsible Christmas mob searching for a negro who killed John O'Brien in the trouble at Wahaiak sev­ eral days ago. This mob became reckless and killed three negroes, Cal­ vin Nicholson Ishman Minnice and. Robert Simpson, and possibly two others, in a remote district. Two ne­ gro houses were burned by the mar­ auders. The mob also shot a mule from under Deputy Sheriff Stewart Deputy Sheriff Alexander, believing he was unable to control the mob and protect innocent negroes, wired Gov. Vardaman for troops, who are now in Scooba with nothing to ^ do. Every- thlj|g is quiet." Memphis, Tenn.--A special from Jackson, Miss., says:' s 1 "A telegram was received by GOT. Vardaman Wednesday afternoon from Col. McCants, commanding the militia at Scooba, saying there is much ex­ citement among the negroes in the vicinity of that town. The officer says he will march on any negroes Who threaten a demonstration." News from Crawford, Miss., where Conductor Harrison was killed by a negro, states that a posse is chasing blacks believ(»l to have been con­ nected with the killing. Jackson, Miss.--Gov. Vardaman and several members of his staff left for Scooba^ Wednesday evening at six o'clock on a special train. He carried with him about 25 members of the capital Light Guards under command of Capt. Albert Fairley. „ Adjt. Gen. Fridge preceded . him about three hours, going on the regular train to Meridian to secure a special train to carry the governor and militia direct to Scooba. The governor says there has been no fresh outbreak at Scooba, but that it has been Impossible for him to get any definite hews from there and he has gone over to make a personal investigation and relieve the strain on Col. McCants' soldiers with fresh troops. , f?• ^ BLOODY WQRK IN KENTUC#/ Father and Son Fatally Shot in Feud ys/' --Two Other Killings. Lexington, Ky.--Hiram Mullins and his son William were shot and fatally wounded in a feud battle fought at their home with a gang of deaperti- does, headed by Charles and Bud lit­ tle and John Brewer. The house was riddled with bullets, and every window was broken. The battle ceased only when both the Mullins were shot down. In Lee county Wednesday Daniel- Watson, a prominent merchant, shot and instantly killed Danied Home. Home is al.'eeed to have attached Watson w£f h a knife, cutting his clothes to tfcfeds. In a general fight in Floyd county Wednesday l>eputy Sheriff Samuel Allen shot and killed John D. Bagley. John Alleft was also badly wounded. ,, BAD EARTHQUAKE IN CHtl»K t Half the T*wn of Arica Destroyed and Other Places Damaged. f Santiago, Chile.--Half of the town of Arica, in the province of Tacna, has been destroyed by an earthquake, and other towns in the neighborhood have suffered more or less severely. The Beaport of Iquique, 120 mijes south of Arica, wa«i not damaged. ' r Retlect Indicted Officers. New York.--Directors of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance company Wednesday reelected Frederick A. Burnhatp president and G. D. Eldredge vice,president. Both are under indict­ ment in connection with the adminis­ tration of the company's affairs. MilwaUkeean Fined for Bribery^ - Milwaukee.--Former Supervisor Au­ gust Puis in the municipal court Wednesday afternoon pleaded guilty to two Indictments charging bribery In connection with county contracts and was fined $700. c Minneapolis Flour for Russia. Minneapolis, Minn.--It is rumored that a big deal Is about to be closed whereby a Minneapolis company will consign a large quantity of Minneap­ olis flour for Russian consumption. Heavy 8now in Great Britain. London.--The heaviest snowstorms the United Kingdom has had in many years rkged Tuesday, with heavy gales. Traffic was badly hampered and there were many small wreckB along t%e coast most of the sailors being rescued. Father of Alfalfa Is Dead. Topeka, Kan.--Harrison Parkman, who flrtit brought alfalfa from South America and planted it in the United States, died Wednesday at Emporia, Kan., aged 73 years. Express Official Shoots HimaiJ& New York.--Benjamin Brown, finan­ cial manager of the American ,and United States Express companies, shot and probably fatally wounded himself Wednesday. No reason for his action I s k n o w n . . „ s - . 1 • 1 5 ' Famous Pilot DrownM* Portland, Ore.--Capt. William P. Greggory, of the United States steam­ ship Heather, sends word from Ju­ neau, Alaska, of the probable death by drowning of Capt James E. Len- ' * >. ' . ' Mf/i Come to Congressman's Idea. Some years ago Lemuel Ely Quigg, than a congressman, expressed the opinion that the police commisslonei of New York city should be "an in­ telligent despot." Tho idea was ridi­ culed then, but Mr. Quigg derives some satisfaction from the knowledge that the grand jury of New York coun­ ty has m&de a recommendation ap­ proaching somewhat closely to hir view. The commissioner, says the Jury, should hold office for at least te» years and should be removable only upon proof of charges which he has had opportunity to meet. A Great Outside Remedy. Most pains are of local origii "crick" in the back, a twinge of rheu­ matism, a soreness all over arising from a cold--are all cured by outside applications. The quickest, safest and most certain method is Allcock's Plaster, known the world over as a- universal remedy for pain. They never fail, they act promptly, they are clean and cheap. You can go right ahead with your work while the healing pro- cess goes on. Sixty years' use hat < given them a great reputation. Writer on South America. Mrs. Marie Robinson Wright, who has traveled more in South American republics and written more about tbea than any other woman in the world, has sailed for London, whence she sails to Rio Janeiro, Brazil. She goes under an engagement by the Brazilian government to continue her work on a history of the Brazilian republic. She has written histories of the Bolivian republic, Chile and Peru and is also preparing a book upon Argentina. > New Metal of Much Value. Alz6n is the name given to a pMf metal which is composed of two parts of aluminum and one part of zinc, writes Consul General Guenther from Frankfort. It is sail to equal cast iron in strength, but is much more elastic. Alzen is superior because it does not rust as easily as does iron, and It takes a high polish. Besides being very strong, this new metal is capable of filling out the most delicate lines and figures of forms in casting. DODDS KIDNEY f^, PILLS J 5fe- FARMS THAT GROW NO. I HARD" WHEAT IBiaaaPVI (Sixty-three Pounds to wd^WaS^U^n the Bushel). Are aitu- ated ia the Canadian West where Home- itfvi Kf||l. steads of 160acrea can "UCe be obtained free by every settler witling and able to comply with the Homestead Regulations. Daring tbe pre tent ye ar a large portion of New Wheat Browing Territory HAS RFBEN MADE ACCESSIBLE TO MAR­ KETS BY THE RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION that has been pushed forward so vigorously by the three great railway companies. For literature and particulars address SUPER­ INTENDENT OK IMMIGRATION, Ottawa, Canada, or the following authorised Canadian Government Agent : C. J. 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