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ri^l |w' »r. f1i0 FsnDeiV Leader CUUVTOIT. D. PnbUrfie* SCOFFS AT DK. COOK MUUUlt PICKS FLAWS IX EX. nOBBR NO, l'S STORY, -V v. Sfcfr .j %4$ mm Ttano Seeker After Pole Honors MM Up Work of Both Travelers Ml Fotaite Oat Whet He Terms In Brooklyn MM)'I Talc Walter Wellman, whose prepara tions for a conquest of the north pole in an airship was abandoned upon the announcement of the claims of Dr. Wedarick A. Cook and Commandei Robert X. Pea IT. Issued In Washington Sunday night a long statement in which he analysed the narrative* of the two explorers, declaring that of Peary .''precise, workmanlike, consist ent and credible In every particular," and denouncing that of Dr. Cook as a self-evident and even deliberate lm yosture. "Cook's story Is suspicious, both In /what he does tell and what it does not 'tell," Mr. Wellman declares. "He la generally vague and indefi nite but, like most men of his class, altogether too precise at the wrong place. Nowhere does his story ring •true. It la always an approximation of reality Itself. This Is true of his flgr wrea, his descriptions of everything. "Those of us who have had a share In arctic work and who have felt anx iety that no blot of fraud should stain the proud record of effort and sacrifice feed a first hope that Dr. Cook would he able to demonstrate his good faith. Vhto hae been dissolved in the analy Wle sf his own story. "A second hope—that he was the victim of so4n» hallucination or mental Illness and himself believed he had 'keen to the pole, though of course he has not, vanishes In the light of ear- 4 Her and subsequent events. There re states, though one says it with keen set/ regret, only the wretched alterna 'i* tire that the journey which he did t.ike and the report which he gave of ft were deliberately planned from the outset" -The gist of Mr. Wellman's finding ti that with his meager party and o*ulpment Dr. Cook could not possibly iwve accomplished the feat for which IM claims credit that his astronomical 4, 4ata are too minutely and precisely S made, under the climatic conditions fa the field, and that the explorer's ff ilAah for the lecture platform and his "Acceptance ef "crowns of flowers placed upon his head by Innocent erewBii and children" before submit ting his field records to scientific ex all conspire to his discredit maanro IV" MAX IS LOCATED. Reported to Be Among HWUTIBI. They tMnd Dr. Frederick A. Cook that la, an authoritative statement was iMMft hy hie brother, W. Cook, say iBC that the explorer, who mysterious ly dropped from public view Saturday, was still In the vicinity of New Tork seevperatlngi He was on the verge of a aerrous breakdown and his retire ment was absolutely necessary. The statement as Issued by Mr. Peek, follows: "Dr. Cook Is In the vicinity of Nfew Tork. trying to get a much needed rest be deeUee te go to Europe there will be aa secrecy concerning his de parture. I thlnk that hie friends and orftlea alike should be charitable vie allow him to rest until his iMaltk ls fulty restored. He has not keen reading the newspapers In the last few days and hr not responsible for the ftatement* that have been Issued ttieee whe are acting as his spokes- "In aendlng his data to Copenhagen, ,Or. Cook has fulfilled his obligations •u./U tfte paMle." The foregoing was Issued by the explorer's brother In view of the fact sp'thtt' the•' doctor's apparent seclusion gg caasaedgreat anxiety among hie jplrfttead*, leaving even John R. Bradley, fe Ma financial backer, pussled and exas p-jwaMA Mn. Cook Is also In New bat her exact whereabouts, at la' her husband's case, has not been '$r~r± HSlSgz- jlniute Army Officer, ff'l^tAhvtl(dtVld«al, believed to be Insane ''aadr havtng an Imaginary grievance the war department, shot and ty wounded Qen. Verand, of the .•araap.vPaaday. lor aa International show, are under consideration for hi of a great international ex- rMMHsa 'at The Hague In 191S In ce|e- steSaa U» Slock Market. •Marday's ouotaUons on the Sloux •tdtqr'tnra.sMCk market follow: Beeves, hon tt. to. tlaay Um la In coal Is believed to have .rfas» *ff an explotion Sun "iK'Uaf furnaces of the kpapdal tn Chicago in which partentv nureee, and doe* i. i|l)H«llua were Imperiled. aad forty hoi when the Blue stall at tansas Clty. Mo., aaexplsined man* LI I ttatbrJtostla. Fear Persons Meet Death OS Tilla mook, Ore. A life saving boat which had on board several passengers from the steamer Argo, which struck, Tillamook bar late Friday, was overturned on Baribaldl beach and two children, an unidentified woman and a member of the life saving crew were drowned. Mls$ Agnes Hunter, daughter of George Hunter, and Mrs. W. C. King, of Tillamook, were rescued. A high wind and heavy sea drove the Argo out of the narrow channel as the steamer was attempting to cross into Tillamook bay and she struck the bay proper. Distress signals were dis played and the Carlbaldi beach life saving crew put out in a boat to the rescue. In to the boat wore taken Mrs. W. C. King, Nellie and Agnes Hunter, of Tillamook, and a woman who has not been identified. The boat upset In water not suffi ciently deep for it to right Itself. The two Hunter children, the unidentified woman and Henry Wickfram, of the crew, were pinned underneath. Capt. Farley and other members of the crew escaped. Fat-ley got Agnes Hunter clear, but the others were swept out to sea. DEATH RIDES IN BAHXJON. Two Daring Gorman Aacronauts Arc Killed. Dr. Brenchmann and Hugo Francke, the two most daring members of the Aero club of Berlin, have boon killed through the collapse of their balloon "Kolmaar." Their bodies were found Friday near Flume, Austria-Hungary. Nearby was their balloon, a huge rent in the envelope telling the story of their death. Brenckmann had been the third per son to insure his life with the newly formed company which takes air nav igation risks. He was connected with the Charity hospital of Berlin. Francke was an architect. Their aerial exploits in the past have attracted much attention and no little alarm on the part of intimate friends. They ascended on Monday from Schmargendorf, a suburb of Berlin. The point at which the bodies were found is oh the northern edge of the gulf of Quarenero, at the northeast ex tremity of the Adriatic sea and in an almost direct line south E00 miles from Berlin. & BANKER ALLEV PLEADS GUILTY. Big Embezzler Receives a Ten-Year Sentence. Phil Allen, Jr., former vice president it the First National bank at Mineral Pelnt, Wis., appeared Friday before the United States district court and pleaded guilty to four out of twenty six counts in the Indictment against him and was sentenced to ten years In the federal prison at Fort Leaven worth, Kan. Allen was charged with embeizling $168,000 from the Mineral Pelnt bank. Allen, who is In his 63d year, has been in Jail for several weeks, having pleaded not guilty at La Crosse to the Indictment rendered against him by the grand Jury in that city, and has been unable to furnish $50,000 bail. He came Into court Friday morning quite unexpectedly and with bowed head and in an almost lpaudlble voice pleaded guilty. «, Buying Vp Independents. Attorney General Major, of Missouri, has received complaints from various parts ef the state that the Bell tele phone Interests are purchasing the oontrel of many Independent compa nies In Missouri. Friday night he said such purchases are violations of the state's anti-trust laws. r\ After Milk Combine. Attorney General O'Malley an Seuncced Friday that he had appoint ed Jehn B. Coleman, of New Tork City, to Investigate the charges in regard te the existence of a combi nation to control or advance the prices of milk in greater New Tork. Cuban Envoy, to Mexico The nomination of Manuelo Garcia JCohly as Cuban minister to Mexico was copiflrpaed Friday by the Cuban senate. i- !'•'7' Throne Approves Sessions. |§§1 The sessions of the recently con Itltuted provincial assemblies in China, on being brought to a close Thursday, received the approval of the throne based upon government reports of the progress made In opening of the two years' constitutional program. An im perial edict urged all government of ficials te co-eperate with the throne at the present critical moment for the purpose of realizing the success of the constitutional plan. Referred to Canada. The Invitation from the United States f»r Great Britain to participate la an International conference' was with a view te regulating the killing of seals tn the international waters of Norttr America, and has been referred through the colonial office to Canada, as tt is considered that the Dominion Is more Interested In this question than is the mother, country. /•«1 Kerens to Vienna. Richard C. Kerens,-of Missouri, ac cording to a report current in Wash ton. D. C., probably will be appointed ambassador to Vienna upon the assem blage of congress on December I. Was Veteran of Two Wars. Samuel p\ (tertett, a retired mer chant and a veteran 6t the Mexican aad civil wars, died at the home of his daughter la St. Joseph Mo., Friday. aind.7l years. VsBtplMreOockeM's Aa expedition to explore Crockett's land, the territory discovered by Com ssaader Pe^ry in his dash to the north polo, wUl slait next July, according to ProC. Donald McMcMlllan, who (MM of *ke Peary party. W ttV. HAVING BOAT UPSETS. REVOLT KI'HEADS OCT Oslumbas, kfllod Win darlng a Situation In NUurajnm IH tJrouina Worm- Dully. Oroce anil Cannon, the two Ameri cans executed by urder of I'li'slili nt Zelayu. of Nicaragua, last wo k, held commissions in the insurgent army, according to private advices received In Washington Thursday night from Blueflelds, where the revolutionist gov ernment is located. This dispatch stated that the state department of the United States ,had been notified to this effect. The Htate department has been anx ious to clear up the point whether the two men held commissions or were merely acting in their individual ca pacities, for in the former event they would have been entitled to treatment as prisoners of war. Groce and Cannon were volunteers in the revolutionary army. This Infor mation came Thursday to Salvator Chrlstlllo, the representative of the revolutionists in Washington. Th» ca blegram follows: "Groce, ex-superintendent of the Laluz and Los Angeles Mining com pany, and Cannon, a most esteemed person, were serving as volunteers with the rank of colonels In the revolution ary army, arxl consequently did not deserve the penalty of death, among other powerful persons, because they were not military personages in the actual service of Zelaya. A similar crime of Zelaya has never been wit nessed In the history of Central America." The revolution In Nicaragua is spreading. In the opinion of Capt. Shipley, commander of the United States cruiser Des Moines, which ia off the east coast of Nicaragua. The revolutionary forces are reported to be maintaining an effective blockade and are patrollng oft Greyton with two gunboats. Assurancq was given that American and foreign Interests are be ing protected. PLEASED WITH THE CAN AL. Congressional Committee Coming Home from Ins|ectloii Tour. The American congressional appro priation committee, which has been inspecting the Panama canal, arrived at Havana Thursday morning from Colon. Members of the committee said they were pleased with the progress of the canal and believed the channel would bo open for traffic in advance of the estimated date. Senator Coe I. Craw ford, of South Dakota, said all the members of the committee were Im pressed with the splendid work of Col Goethals,, chairman of the canal com mission and chief engineer of the work. They were convinced, he said of the desirability of the passage of the bill designed to reduce the number ol canal commissioners and simplify the administration, which would give Col. Goethals a freer hand. It is also prob able that the committee will recom mend a reduction of from $8,000 to $10,000 tn the estimate of the canal commission. FIVE LOSE LIVES IN LAKE. Gasoline Explosion on a Boat Causes Five persofia v.-ere drowned in Mus kegon lake in Michigan Thursday af ternoon when the pleasure launch Ol ga, carrying a party of nine young people, capsized as a result of a. panic following a gasoline explosion. Four of those who lost their lives were members of one family. The party started out to attend a wedding on the north side of the lake and decided to take a short cruise before going to the festivities. They circled the lake and were within 150 feet of the north landing when the gasoline exploded. The girls became panic stricken and all rushed to thf stern of the boat, capsizing it. NEW NAVAL ORDER. Midshipmen Win nave Use of Battle ship for Future Practice. For the first time In the history of the United States naval academy mid shipmen will have the use next sum mer of three battleships for their an nual practice cruise. Acting Secre tary WlnthroR of the navy depart ment Friday (assigned the Iowa, the Indiana and the Massachusetts for this service. The use of the battleships in place of much smaller craft usu ally assigned to the midshipmen will enable the officers to take an extended trip. Mediterranean ports will prob ably be visited in the next cruise, which will take place in the three months following graduating exercise* in June. London Wool Auction The offerings of the wool auction sales in London Thursday amounted to 13,685 bales. There was a brisk de mand and animated bidding for the large supply of merinos. Americans bought a few lots of medium and also fine cros8-breds. Philadelphia Ball Team Sold. The Philadelphia National league baseball club was sold Friday to a syndicate of which Charles W. Mur phy. of the Chicago National league club, la a member. Stock Exchange in San Joan. The stock exchange and produce ex change, the dm institution of its kind In Porto Rico, was inaugurated at San Juan Thursday. Gov. Colton made an address to tne members. Heavy loos of life is feared as tho result of an explosion Thursday in a coal mine at Onoura, Eukuoka prov ince, Japan. Fifteen men are known to have perished, while 228 miners are entombed in the workings. Mardercd HCr re 1 lima Bell, of Auburn, Cal., was ac quitted of the murder of Joe Armes, her lover. The Jury was out but a short time. Tho girl was accused of shooting Arm«i on the night of June 5 yl Dr. J. Holt, a Philips, Men den tM, was ahet aad killed Wednesday by his aophoir who mistook him for a door. This Is the second fitsHty e( tMs mad sear Philips wlthla Utres SIOUX FALLS ORATORS CHOSEN. Two Acccpt Invitations to Deliver Elk Memorial Addresses. Two Sioux Falls speakers have ac cepted invitations to deliver addresses elsewhere on the occasion of the an nual memorial services of the Elks lodge, to be held throughout the coun try on the first Sunday in December. Charles M. Day, editor of the Sioux Falls Daily Argus Leader, will deliver the memorial address at Estherville, la., while C. P. Bates, a prominent Sioux Falls attorney and a leading Elk, has consented to deliver the memo rial address at Aberdeen. Hundreds of Elks will gather at the various cen tral points in the state to attend the annual memorial services. Now Paper for Ravinla. Leroy Beemer, a competent newspa per man of Charles Mix county, is to be the editor of a new weekly newspa per, which is to be established by Frank Strohbehm, a buslr.ess man of the county, at Ravinla, a new town which has come into existence on the Milwaukee railway about midway be tween the towns of Lake Andes and Wagner. The paper will be named the Lake Front Booster. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE NEWS News of the Week in Concise Form 7$ 7$ 7$ 7$ 7$ 7$ 7^ ENGINE ltUNS "WILD." Cars in Aberdeen Yards Scattered About Promiscuously. A runaway engine of the heavy mo gul type ran amuck down the Milwau kee railroad yards at Aberdeen, scat tering loaded freight cars right and left as It passed along for a distance of four blocks. The engine had been taken out of the roundhouse, when tho engineer saw a large stock train rap Indly rounding a curve. Seeing a col lision was Inevitable, the engineer and firemen Jumped, after reversing the engine. The two big engines then raced through the yards, crashing into freight cars, until they finally struck a crossing, four blocks from where the trouble started and were stopped. Tho damage amounted to several hundred dollars, as the contents of three of the cars were scattered over the yards, and as many more cars badly damaged, while the engines themselves were put out of commission until ex tensive repairs are made. NEW cmjKcii on WAGNEH. Catholics Will Erect One of Finest Buildings lit State. The Catholics of Wagner, one of the prosperous towns of Charles Mix coun ty, have decided to erect what will without doubt be one of the finest church buildings In that part of the state. Tho new edifice will cost about $20,000, and will be erected on ground which now belongs to the Wagner Catholic society. The new church will be erected in proximity to the present church structure, which has become entirely too small for the constantly growing membership. The movement for the erection of the new edifice is being pushed by Kev. Father Kelley, who has been in charge of tho Wagner church for a period of about four years. TERM ENDS AT ABERDEEN. Federal Court to Open in Sioux Falls December 7. The United States officials, who have Just returned to their headquar ters at Sioux Falls after holding at Ab erdeen a term of federal court which lasted more than two weeks, will have only a few days' respite when they have to take up the work of preparing for another term of United States court, which will convene in Sioux Falls on December 7. This will be the postponed October term, it having been continued from that time until December owing to the fact that vari ous federal officials were busy during October in connection with the regis tration for lands in the Cheyenne Riv er and Standing Rock reservations. "Tag Day" at Aberdeen. "Tag day" in Aberdeen recently was a pronounced success. From early morning until late at night the women of the city walked the streets, selling tags to every passerby, the receipts to be used for the benoflt of the child ren's home at Sioux Falls. The total receipts have not yet been compiled, but they will run somewhere between $1,200 and $1,500. •yrtr Ends Life with Noose..'. A young man named George Barnes, aged 21, who it Is known has relatives at George la., and who is believed to have formerly been a resident.of that place, committed suicide by hanging at Chester, a small town on the South Dakota Central railroad north of Sioux Falls.1-** ?, .v: 4" Yankton Elks' Minstrel Show. Yankton Elks gave a good minstrel show Tuesday night for the benefit of the new Elks temple, being planned to be built next March. The best local talent was secured for the affair. a W el an The Le Beau Gas company has been reorganized and will soon advertise for bids for the drilling of a six-inch well and for a quantity of supplies, includ ing a complete plant Officer Loses His Star." Mayor Hitchcock, of Mitchell, exer cised his prerogative in unmaking po licemen as well as making them when he asked for the star of Robert J. Fo ran for conduct unbecoming an of ficer. Not to Be Prosecuted. ^"'•Albert Bell, alleged' affinity chaser, who was taken back to Deadwood from Aberdeen at the Instance of his wife, who 'charged desertion, win not be prosecuted. Tho other woman la tho oaas has left UM ceaatry. 7$ 7$ 7$ BERKSFOltD 1-THK MYSTERY. State Mursliul Craft Will Make Investi gation. Frank A. Craft, state fire marshal for South Dakota, has been asked to make a searching Investigation of the recent disastrous fire at Beresford, which destroyed what Is known as tho Stephen corner, including four busi ness places, entailing a loss of $15,000, upon which there was insurance to the amount of $6,800. That the flro was of Incendiary ori gin has been the firm belief of D. Ste phen, owner of the destroyed structure, and others, and this belief has been strengthened by developments since the fir* sind the suspicious notions of the party who is supposed to know how the fire originated. The suspected party has been closely watched since the fire, and it is expected an arrest will be made at almost any time. The fire broke out at 4 o'clock in the morning, and with such persistence that Its spread could not bu stayed by the fire department with three strong stroums of water. At the time of the fire and since that time Mr. Stephen has insisted that it was of incendiary origin, he declaring that ho heard the "firebug" go down the back stairs of the building after tho fire had been started. It being very dark at the time. Stephen was unable to discover the identity of the unknown person. A big sensation is looked for when the state fire marshal concludes his investigation, as it is expected suffi cient evidence will be secured to war rant an arrest being made in the case on the chargc of arson. HUNTERS PAY OVER $10,000. Plenty of Money to Meet Expenses of Game Warden. When the law was passed at the ls.st legislative session creating the office of state game warden, with a salary dependent upon the collections from game licenses, and this was followed by a law absolutely protecting grouse and prairie chicken for five years, it was predicted that the license fees re ceived would not pay the salary of the game warden, let alone any other ex penses of the department. Warden Bancroft took his chances on that and began to look after the enforcement of the law. The returns so far received by the state treasurer, with reports from practically all the counties, show collections for the year amounting to $10,193. This fund has been largely collected from resident hunters, as the cutting out of chicken shooting for five years kept most non-resident hunters out of the state. While the probabili ties are that there was more or less "stubble duck" shooting, reports would indicate that the law was fairly well observed, and that its working has been generally satisfactory to the hunters of the state wfio have accepted it as one for the benefit of preserva tion of the game of the state. BIG DITCH IS COMPLETED. Will Drain a Large Tract of Land in Sanborn County. The biggest drainaga proposition in the central part of the state was com pleted when the last gap of excavating was finished on Long lake, located in the southern part of Sanborn county. When the dredger finished its work the dam at the top of the bluffs was re moved and a great body of water was open to run into the Jim river. There are several lateral ditches running in to Long lake, which drains an im mense amount of country. For tho past four years thousands of acres of land have been under water. It is thought that the coming season will see a good portion of the land under plow once more. The lake territory has been utilized for duck hunting ter ritory for three years, and it has been a popular rendezvous for hunters. The ditch is four miles long, from five to sixteen feet deep and from twenty to fifty feet wide in places. The work was accomplished at a cost of $18,000. Falls Into a Creek. Eddie Primrose, of Lead, a 9-year old boy, while coasting on lower Main street Sunday morning fell from the sidewalk on which he was sliding to the bottom of Gold Run creek, strik ing on his head on rocky bottom. His skull was crushed and after lingering for three hours he died. ..c- Huron Attorney Dead. Attorney Henry C. Hinckley, of Hu ron, died suddenly Sunday morning aged about 60. He was one of the most prominent memb^h of the tSate Bar association. He resided In Huron twenty-five years and. represented this district In the state senate and held va rious positions of trust. ,'t Ramona to Light Up. Titamona, situated north of Sioux Falls, is the latest South Dakota town to arrange for the installing of an elec tric light system, which will be pushed to completion as speedily as possible. 3a-J*. ?**Fort Pierre Woman Dies. In the death of Mrs. George Mathle son, at Fort Pterre Monday that plact loses one. of it pioneer residents, she having made her home at that place when it was a part of the reservation. Platte's New Water Supply. The people of the thriving town of Platte, Charles Mix county, are very proud of a new municipal waterworks system which has Just been complet ed at that place, after having been un der construction for several months. Pierre Wins All Games. By defeating Belle Fourche flatur day by a score of 10 to 0 the Pierre high school football team closed the season with an unbroken 11ns of victo ries and claims the high school cham pionship of the state for this year. POSIOFFICE RECEIPTS SHOW BUSINESS GAIN Increase of 6.31 Per Cent in the Revenues Indicates a Healthy Condition. DECREASE IN MONEY 0RDEES A Washington Correspondent Says Postal Statistics Clearly Set Forth Country's Growth. The postoffice returns furnish the most accurate barometer we have ot the cohdition of business. If a man or a firm is not doing anything they do not use the mails, but when they are busy they have to buy stamps and a return is made of every one that, is sold. Hence the sales of postage stamps are an index of the condition of business, and during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909, the receipts from that source were ?1S4,967,815,46, an in crease of $11,593,104.44 over 1908. The second-class postage paid in money amounted to ?7,23(5,058.70, an increase of $2S5,551.95. Third and fourth class postage paid in money was $3,220, 741.35, an increase of $395,797.90, and the revenue from box rents in the post offices throughout the country was $:,, 946,259.71, an increase of $112,956.16 over the previous year. There was a falling off In various other sources of revenue, the most con spicuous being that from the money order business. During the last fiscal year there was a decrease of $188,000 in the amount of domestic money or ders issued and a decrease of $12,310, 759 in the amount of foreign money orders issued. The revenue from this source was $3,417,G25.3S for the year, showing a decrease of $260,130.06 from 190S. The total revenues of the Postoffice Department for the fiscal year 190'J were $203,562,383.07, being an increase from the previous year of $12,OSS, 19. 66, or 6.31 per cent—a very healthful 9igr of the restoration of business from the panic of 1907, which was felt even into the first and second quarters of the recent fiscal year. The only way to explain the falling off in the money orders is on the iheory that the foreign-born element '.n the United 3tate! had not sufficient ly recovered from the hard times of 1907 and,1908 to afford sending any part of their savings to the old folks in the countries from which they came. During the last ten years $498,S83, 915 has been sent abroad in money or ders alone, practically the entire amount being the savings of the for eign-born population in the United States remitted to their parents and other relatives, or for investment. The growth of the country is indi cated more accurately by the postal statistics than by any other standard oC comparison, although there has been a decided falling off in the total num ber of postoffices since the rural de livery was introduced. Highwater mark was reached in 1901, when there were 76,945 postoffices, but those of the fourth class on the country roads and at the four corners have gradually been abolished and the mail of their patrons has been delivered at the door step of the farmers' homes by carriers. The total number or postoffices in op eration on the 30th of June last was 60,144, which was a falling off of 16, 801 since 1901 and a decrease of 1,014 during the previous twelve monthik The number of first and second class offices increased considerably, however, and the amount of money devoted to postmasters' salaries was $26,571,911, a decided increase from the previous year. The revenue of the Postoffice Depart ment is increasing rapidly, and amounted to $203,563,343 last year, an increase of $12,083,719, but it does not yet equal or even keep pace with the expenditures, which were $221,004,102 during the fiscal year 1909—an in crease of $12,662,216 from the previous year. There seems to be no way of pulling down the expenses, notwith standing the efforts of the Postoffice Department to economize and to rule out of the mails cast quantities of sec old-class matter that was formerly car ried free. The deficit in the earnings last year was larger than ever before in the history of the government, and amounted to $17,479,770. Ten year3 ago the deficit was $5,385,688, while in 1#02 it was only $2,961,169. It is in creasing so rapidly every year that there is very little hope that the Post office Department will ever become self-supporting, as it is in nearly every oth?r country. Ptomaine Polaonlnsr IK Fulfil. I Mrs. Mary Turton, aged 55, a prom inent state W. C. T. U. worker and treasurer of that organization at Bays, O., is dead as a result of ptomaine poisoning caused from eating boiled ham. Rxploaloa Kllla Two Women. Mrs. Margaret Smith, aged 36 yeara and Mrs. Minnie Wright, aged «0 years, were killed by a gu» nx til onion in a boarding-house in Rochester, X, Y. A burner In their room had leaked all nigbt. V'*, Cr»ok Shoots Out HI* BRAA. Thomas Lennon, of Jeraey City, for merly treasurer of the Manhattan Lighterage Company, shot both h|s eyes out in a hotel In Newark, N. J., because of a shortage in his accounts. A warrant was out tor his arrest Cnula mt LlaMla'a Will Dice. Mrs. Julia Orna Sough, a cousin of Abraham Lincoln's wife, and who when she was a girl of 9 years was klned by the French general .Laray ette. died Monday at her daughter's horn* In Kansas City, aged 94 years. BODIES OF 168 FOUND IN THE GHERflr MINE Dead Piled in Heaps in Lowest Level and Must Be Taken Out by Boat. WADE IN WATER WAIST DEEP Messages Written by Dying Victims Unearthed by Explorers—All Killed by Black Samp. Discovery of 168 bodies in the fire swept mine at Cherry, 111., Wednesday effaced the hope- of the stricken town that its lost might return from the tomb. Down in the blackened caverns where they had struggled with death the lifeless victims were found in a grewsome heap. The reaper was not to be denied his toll. On the faces ot the sons and fathers of the women who were waiting above, confident that many would yet be found alive, was written the blackest chapter of the tragedy. Beside them was mute evi dence of a battle with thirst, hunger and fire in which they were over whelmed when escape seemed near. It was a story that awed the stanch hearted searchers who stumbled upon the wasted forms they shrank from telling it to those bereft when they returned from the charnel house. In the darkness of their prison the vic tims had fought for days—how many no one can say as yet—until hu.maa endurance was exhausted and theii lives were snuffed out. The bodies-were found 500 feet from the main shaft on an elevated sur face where the victims had retreated before the advancing water and fatal black damp. They had not been able to escape the latter, and had died after a struggle that may have con tinued for two days. To take out the bodies a skiff was brought from the Illinois River, seven miles away, and lowered 560 feet to the vein in which the bodies were found. It was rowed across the four feet of water in the vein to the spot where the bodies lay and they were transported to the main shaft for re moval to the surface. The exploring party had to wade in water waist deep. Messages to loved ones were scrawl ed on wood and the natural slate crop ping trom the walls. There was evi dence that the men, fully realizing the fate they were facing, worked desper ately to save themselves until exhaus tion overpowered them. They built a wall to protect themselves from smoke, flame and water they constructed a fan with their tools and what other material they had at hand to keep a/ supply of air in their chamber, and eat down, weak and sick, to await either death or rescue. Finally, after days of waiting, they left their barricade, hoping to find some chance of escape. They reached the end of the stairway and there were felled by a downpour of stea.m and smoke from above. They fainted and fell on top of each other to die. LAUNCH CAPSIZES FIVE DROWN. \Ve]ltuK' Gnots Die in Hnskcgoa Lake Wlieim Gaooline ISxplodeM. Five persons were drowned in Mus kegon Lake Thursday afternoon when the pleasure launch Olga, carrying a party of nine young people, capsized as the result of a panic following a gasoline explosion. Four of those who lost their lives were members of one family. The dead are: Oscar Carl son, aged 28 Hulda Carlson, 24 Anna Carlson, 20 Jennie Carlson, 18 Ann Saunders. The party had started out to attend a wedding on the north side of the lake, and decid ed to take a short cruise before go ing to the festivities. They encircled the lake, and were within 150 feet of the north landing when the accident occurred. Mob Lynches Dying Negro. After he had shot and fatally wounded City Marshal Walter Nichols and was in turn shot by Nichol3, James Estes, a negro, was hanged by a mob at Delhi, La. Nichols was at tempting to arrest the negro on a minor charge when shot. Estes was practically in a dying condition wheB he was lynched. Fiiolnff Dixarrace)' It Ilia Self. While Recorder McGovern and wit nesses in New York were awaiting Justice of the Peaco William C. Bu denbender, the man who originally de clared he bad married Anna Gould and the Prince de Sagan, word was brought In that he had killed himself by shoot ing. Buden bender wag accused of ob taining money by fraud. Think* llciul Imcfci *i«r« nor Ml&tftkiMg the head of Pearl House, 13 yearn old. for the body of a duck, John Boatwrlght shot and killed the boy while hHMifig near Broken Arrow, Okfs. Moth were hunting ducks and Beifhef knew of tho preaence of the ether, |iO0O«O flw In (/'itnaatota, JT.Y. Fire did $100,000 damage In the feeart of the village of Canastota, N. Y. The Bruce Opera House block and the Or oat block burned. Syracuse and Onaida sent firemen. Killed bjr IVavgJo Iadlaa. Charles Fritz was murdered by a Navajo Indian near Ship Rock agency, New Mexico, according to news brought to' Supt. Shelton, of Durango, Col., by a band of Navajos. Robbery Is thought to bave been tbe motive. The slayer was captured. ___ 1 Boy- Bart ia Football Gmm*. Webb Boone, of- Logansville, had 60th bones of hta leg \broken aad 'crashed in a football game at Do Graff, O., and Is thought also to tatarnally Injured, fl