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Wflrtliiii|itotj JVdranw H. HAWLM, Publisher WORTHINQTO N, MINN, JUNE—1900. SM. MM. I TM. Thiir. Fri. Sit 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 3 10 9 12 13 14 15 S6 18 19 20 21 22 7 24 25 26 23 27 28 29 30 "Snelpaadelzoonsdersperspetrooiriju ig" is the Flemish word for automobile. Wouldn't that make you stick to the old reliable hoss? A balloon house is being built at Fort Myer, near Washington, and extensive experiments are to be made by the gov ernment looking toward'the use of the balloon in warfare. According to a decision of the Ken tucky court of appeals, if one annoys a dog while the animal is eating, and gets bitten as' a consequence, the victim is guilty of contributory negligence and cannot recover damages. Some notion tf t'hecotuing deluge of books on the South African war may be had from the fact that an American publisher now in London was within a week of his arrival offered the Ameri can rights in 25 war books. According to Mr. Wu Tung Fang, the Chinese minister, the proper name of the organization referred to a3 "Boxers" is Yee Ho Chuan, which, in the vocabulary of the fiddle King dom, means "righteousness, harmony and fists." A Providence paper remarks that a French-Canadian Rhode Islander awoke the other morning to find that he was the father of his forty-first child. It seems queer that a man with that prospect in view would care to wake up at all. Kansas is ready to accept almost any kind of a story about the freaks of cy clones, but there is a deep and danger ous murmur arising from all parts of the state over that account of a wind in Hodgeman county which blew the lower story out of a barn, leaving the upper story with ten tons of hay sus pended in the atmosphere. A scientific paper calls attention to the fact that despite the general knowl edge of the deadly power of electric currents and their well-known use in executing criminals, there is no record" of a deliberate suicide by this means. The idea of being jerked off of the earth in the fraction of a second is not pleas ant even to one who has decided that life is a failure. A dispatch from Montgomery, Ala., tells of the bodies of 12 Italian laborers being found dead in the woods r.ear there. They were part of a gang of la borers employed in building a new rail road, and were killed, by eating poi soned meat. The cook in the contract ors' camp noticed that things were be ing stoleU from his kitchen, so he poi soned some meat and left it where it could be easily reached. The Italians ate the meat, and not one of them lived to tell the tale. Fifty-four1 hundred pure-blooded American Indians are 6till living with in the limits of the state of New York. They occupy reservations within the state amounting in all to 86,000 acres of land. Most of the Indians dfress like white men and a majority of them are cultivating large and profitable farms. Four of the reservations are governed by chiefs in the regular In dian fashion, but the other two have a government modeled closely after that of the United States. Postal cards are now being used for the purpose of foretelling the weath er. They are manufactured in Italy, and are known as barometric postal cards. On the back of each is a small figure holding an umbrella. When the weather is going to be fine the umbrella is blue, when the out look is doubtful it is violet, and when there isigoing to be rain it is rose col ored. These changes of color are pro duced by means of cobalt, which an ingenious Italian inventor has thought well to utilize for this purpose. Iconoclasts ate continuing their work, the latest vandal in the field of history asserting that Phil Sheridan's famous ride had nothing to do with the victory at Winchester—that the union troops had turned the tide of battle and the confederates were in retreat when the general arrived. It will be difficult to destroy the confidence of the American schoolboy in Sheridan's ride, despite the iconoclast's frantic efforts, nor will the story of that day be changed as long as men live who fought with "Little Phil" and were in the battles of the Shenandoah. The significant' feature of the large immigration of farmers in the older states to the wheal regions of Minne sota and I$orth Dakota is that the large estates and acreage of farms, of which so much was said a few years ago, have been cut up and sold to actual farmers in tracts of 320 acres. Some of these large farms contained from 15,000 to 20,000 acres. The infer ence is that the smaller scale of farm ing brings the most economic results. With the late machinery, farming re quires the careful watching and per sonal supervision of the owher. Certain foreign papers are attack ing the American exhibit of corn food!s at the Paris exposition on- the ground that "maize," as they call it, is unhealthy. It was discovered in Italy that those who have used corn as food contracted a loathsdtne dis ease. It turns out on investigation that the corn which produced such ire results in Italy was sent thithtir 'for seed and had been stored where it became damp and moldy, unfit either for seed or food. Poor Italy hag thousands of half-nourished people to whom corh food wrali be a godsend. *^di The Important Happenings of a Week bri IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION All the Latest News of Interest from Washington, From the East, the West and the South CHE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Adjournment of congress was de« layed by a disagreement between the senate and house as to whether the navy or coast survey should inake ocean surveys. The debate in the house was one of the most bitter during the ses sion. The first session of the Fifty-sixth congress came to a close at five o'clock on the 7th aftfr a session lastipg 137 days, during which time the number of bills introduced was 12,152 total passed, 1,215 public acts, 283 private acta, 932. The appropriatiohs amount to $709,729,476, of which $137,247,155 is on account of the Spanish war. FROM WASHINGTON. The president has reappointed John G. Brady governor of Alaska. Figures show that the United States is paying $1,000,000 a day for articles that can be produced in our island possessions. The president will remain in Wash ington until after the republican con vention. The president's cabinet has de ided to protect Americans in China, but to avoid an entangling alliance with other powers. THE EAST. At the leading clearing houses in the United States the exchanges dur ing the week ended on the 8th aggre gated $1,655,695,172, against $1,333,170. 0S7 the previous week. The decrease compared with the corresponding week of 1899 was 8.6. In the .United States there were 206 business failures in the seven days ended on the 8th, against 160 the week previous and 159 in the corresponding period of 1899. In the National league the percent ages of tne baseball clubs for the week ended* on the 10th were: Philadelphia, .641 Brooklyn, .579 Pittsburgh. .535 St. Louis, .513 Chicago, .500 Boston, .444 Cincinnati, .395 New York, .375. On the stand Mayor Van Wyck ad mitted that he owned stock in New York's ice trust. In a collision of cars on the Oak landBeach electric road' near Warwick, R. I., four persons were killed and 25 injured, three probably fatally. Paul Gibier, founder of the Pasteur institute of New York city, was killed in a runaway at Suffern, N. Y. Peter Richarz, aged 14 William Griffith, aged 13, and Oscar Louch, aged nine, all of Sheridan, Pa., were drowned. WEST AND SOUTH. On July 2*5 the national democratic (gold) committee will meet in Indian apolis. Near Oswego, Kan., wind blew a train from the track and several per sons were seriously injured. Clayton Schock, of Seattle, and Will Hilliker, of Helena, two bridegrooms, were drowned at Tacoma, Wash. By the sinking of a barge an un known party of three men and two women were drowned near Tacoma, Wash. In Kansas hailstorms destroyed large areas of wheat. Wheat was badly damaged by a frost in portions of North Dakota. Rebecca Lowe, of Georgia, has been reelected president of the General Fed eration of Women's Clubs. Henry T. Blake, commanding the revenue cutter Galveston, died at Gal veston, Tex. He was a native of Brooklyn, and. was 65 years of a&e. Near Guthrie, Okla., thousands of acres of wheat were ruined by hail and wind and many orchards stripped of all fruit. While in Chicago Gen. Otis said or ganized resistance of Filipinos is at an end, but "chaos, absolute anarchy and ruin" would follow American with drawal. Admiral and Mrs. Dewey were en tertained in Detroit. In St. Louis mobs of women de nuded, beat and smeared with green paint three women patrons of the Transit car line. In Fort Scott, Kan., J. M. Anthony, brother of Susan B. Anthony, dropped dead of heart disease. Evangelist Johnson killed Deputy Sheriff Carey at Carmel, Ind., and in turn was shot dead in a fusillade which followed. Near Jackson, Ala., John Ovess, a prominent planter, and his young son were killed by some one in am bush. A boiler in a sawmill near Fife Lake, Mich., exploded, killing three men and injuring ten others. Askew and Ross (negroes), believed to have murdered Miss Winterstein near Biloxi, Miss., were hanged by a mob. In Oklahoma the wheat crop breaks r.ll records. The yieldi will exceed 30, 000,000 bushels. By th«j gold brick deception William Korr, a banker at Hastings', Neb., was swindled out of $13,600. In a mine disaster' at Glouster, O., eight men were killed and* 50 overcome by gas. In Cleveland, O., Isaac W. Nicholos, a pioneer shipbuilder, died at the age of 85 years. He built the first three masted schooner on the lakes. A mob lynched Simon Adams (col ored) near Columbus, Ga., for attempt ed assault on two white girls. In St. Louis the thirty-fourth day of the street car strike was marked by four men being killed, one fatally 'wounded and half a db2en or more in jured less seriously. In Marion, Ind., John Rinkard, a produce dealer, aged 55 years, shot and killed his wife and' then shot him self fatally Domestic tfouble was the cause. Thomas B. Cheney, aged 63 years, for 35. years a Methodist' preacher, cominitted suicide at Washington CourthoOse, East of Charlotte, Mich., a cyclone did great damage to farm property and killed many head of live stock. Some unknown thieves stole eight bronze howitzers from the Chicka mauga National park. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. .The Filipino leader. Gen. Pio del Pilar, has been captured near Ma nila. An American missionary conference at Peking sent a telegram to Presi dent McKinley appealing for protec tion and stating that-chapels every where were being burned and hun dreds of native Christians massacred by the Boxers* After a slight battle Gen. Buller has obtained a position which he believes will render Laings Nek untenable to the Boers. Dispatches from China say that all the foreigm residents in Peking have been compelled to take refuge in Le gation street for safety frpm the mobs. Seventy-five native Christians, well-known men, who had been trained for years by American mis sionaries. have been massacred near Tung-Chau. Exports at the port of Manila. Phil ippine islands, for the first three months of 1900 show an increase of $2,0*50,443 over the same period of 1899. Boers cut Lord Roberts' line of com munications at Roodleval, north of Kroonstad, in the Orange River col ony. Unexpected appfearancie of 2,000 burghers there made the situation se rious. In Venezuela the cities of Cubana, Cumanacoa and Cariaco were nearly destroyed by an earthquake: UTBR NEWS* Wheat sold for 74 cents in Chicago the 11th, the highest since October last, when the Boer war began. The Boxers burned the American mission house at Tung Chow, the river port of Peking, and massacred many of the native Christians. The empress dowager fled to the Russian' embassy for protection. Lieut. Gen. Sir Frederick Forestiei Walker, in command of the lines of communication in South Africa, re ports disaster to the British troops June 7, at Roodeval, where the Boers cut Lord Roberts' line of communica tion. The fourth battalion of the Der byshire regiment was all killed, wound ed or made prisoners except six enlist ed men. Two officers and 15 men were killed, and five officers and 72 men were wounded, many of them severely. In a duel between James Delaney, a private watchman', and an unidenti fied man. supposed to have been a bur glar, in Chicago, the stranger was shyt dead and Delaney is suffering from two gunshot Wounds, one of which is serious. The Central Trade and Labor union of St. Louis proposes to establish a bus line to run parallel to the lines of the street railway company. The monthly report "of the govern ment shows the condition of spring wheat 87.3 winter wheat 82. Wm. Kean. of Hastings, Neb., one of the oldest bankers in the state, was buncoed out of $13,600 on a gold brick scheme. George W. Peck was nominated for congress by the democrats of Fourth congressional district of Wisconsin. An unknown negro was lynched at Metcalfe, Ga., for the attempted as sault on the daughter' of E. H. String er. After a year's suspension the ar rangement between the United States and Portugal, estkblished reciprocity on certain articles specified in section three of the Dingley act, went into effect the 11th. As the result of a fight on board of the Italian bark Pieta, in port at Pen sacola, Fla., G. Scotto,- the first mate, is dead, Seaman Rafael Pisano is fatal ly, and Captain Mazella and another seaman are slightly wounded. The battle ship Kentucky will be ready for her official trial the 25th. Two hundred and fifty Boers have surrendered to General Hunter at Ven ters Dorp, and the remainder in that district have promised to give up their arms. CARELESSNESS WITH MONEY. The secretary of the treasury has a very large directory of careless people— of people who have money to burn or otherwise destroy, and who appeal to him for reimbursement. 'Uncle Sam la kind enough to restore lost money when he Is satisfied that it Is actually out of ex istence, and the treasury department has to look after this branch of his financial affairs. A woman in Indianapolis got ten dol lars in greenbacks mixed with greens she was preparing for dinner, and boiled them into an almost unrecog nizable mass. A Washington man, a couple of weeks ago, went in person to the secretary of the treasury to get $35 for somie badly mutilated bills that his playful pup had been exercising with for an hour. A Boston man took from his pocket what he says he thought was a piece of paper, and burned half of it in lighting the gas. The gas light revealed the fact that he had used a $20 bill for a lighter. An Ohio man wants to sell the treas ury department a mouse net for $100. He says he had that amount in bills in a bureau drawer, and that the mice appropriated it in bits to build a home in which to rear their family. A loving I^iiladelphia papa has asked $20 for a few strips of green ish paper and a score of pellets of the same material. He says they once constituted a $20 bill, which his pet boy had torn to pieces, rolled into balls and blown through a glass tube at the cat, canary bird and nursemaid. A Kansas farmer has sent a lot of chopped bills that he says represent $40. According to his story they were in the pocket of a vest that was hung on a feed cutter, and when it was be ing operated the corner of the' vest that held the money got between it3 knives and with the money was torn in shreds. The claim is now in process of adjustment. A Vermont farmer has sent to the treasury department a mass of rem nants of bills that approached the condition of pulp, and asked for $280 in return, which, after some delay, he received. He said he had very careful ly hidden the money under the raft- ers of his "barn, and somehow it had gotten into the hay and bran fed to one of his cows. The cow was chew ing the green feed when its nature waa discovered^ FIRE UPON BI0TER8. Sheriff's Deputies Do Bloody Work in St. Louis. Clash wltk Strikers and Their $yni pathlsers—Four Men Ave Killed, and Several Wounded—A Very Riotous Sabbath. St. Louis, June 11.—Sunday was one of the most eventful and bloody since the great strike on the St. Lotus transit began more than a month ago. There were numerous encounters be tween strikers and other riotous in dividuals and the constituted authori ties, resulting in four deaths andi the wounding of five or more persons, mostly strikers. One of the latter will die. The dead are: The Victim*. C. Edward Thomas, striking conductor on the Choteau avenue line, shot in breast by a deputy sheriff, died on his way to the hospital. George Rine, striking motorman on Del mar avenue line, shot in abdomen by a deputy sheriff, died at city hospital. Fred Boehm, aged citizen, shot, and in stantly killed while standing in his front yard, by a deputy sheriff. Ed. Burkhart, striking conductor on Delmar avenue line, shot in the head, lived until nearly midnight. Wounded—Oscar Marvin, conductor on the Lee avenue line, shot in right hand and arm serious. Oscar Marvin, conductor on the Lee avenue line, shot in right hand and arm serious. August Smith, shot in right arm and breast «iot serious. Charles Ludwig, shot in hand not seri ous. Men Attack a Car. The most serious trouble broke out between six and seven o'clock in front of the six-story store building on Washington avenue, between Broad way and Sixth streets, occupied by the sheriff's posse comitatus as a bar racks and headquarters. Several hun dred striking street car men had gone to East St. Louis earlier in the day to attend a picnic given for their benefit at Wolff's grove. Toward evening they began returning home singly, in groups of two or three, and others in companies of a hundred or more. No serious trouble occurred until one of these companies, composed of nearly 150 street cpr men i:i uniform and headed by a drum corps, came west on Washington avenue. Just as they were passing the bar racks, a car of the Park avenue divi sion was going west. A number of the men broke from the line and rushed for the car with the intention, it is said, of boarding it and taking a ride. Another statement was made that it was the intention of the strikers to assault the ino'torman and conductor whose car was without the usual po lice guard. However that may be, the trouble started here. A brick was thrown through the car window and a shot was fired by somebody not known. Sheriff's Posse Acts. At the first intimation of trouble members of the sheriff's posse swarmed from the building and. surrounded the crowd of strikers about the car, call ing upon them to disperse. Other shots were fired and then some of the deputies turned loose their repeating shotguns, loaded with buckshot. As far as can be learned only four of the men in the strikers' ranks were hit. Not a deputy was wounded even. George Rine, a striking motorman on the Delmar avenue line, received a terrible wound in the abdomen. He was taken to the City hospital, but died on the operating table. Another of those hit by shots from the depu ties' guns was Ed. Burkhart, a strik ing conductor, also of the Delmar av enue line. Several buckshot struck him in the side of the head, causing a wound from which he died:. Oscar Marvin, a striking conductor on the Lee avenue line, will probably lose his right hand as a result of the fusillade. It was badly torn. Under the command of Col. Caven der the deputies arrested 20 of the strikers and took them into the bar racks. where they were searched. Three revolvers'and a number of pockr et knives were secured and the pris oners were taken to the Four Courts where they were locked up, pending an investigation. The remainder of the strikers fled west, followed by S squad of mounted police that had been summoned. They dispersed with out any further trouble. Says Shooting Was Unprovoked. Mack Missick, the secretary of the strikers' union, was seen at Walhalla hall, where he was waiting for par ticulars regarding the riot. Missick said: The men were marching along when as accurately as was possible under the cir cumstances I remember that a small bojr marching beside the men threw a rock at an approaching car, which had not yet reached Sixth street. There was a revolver shot, but I am positive that It did not come from our side, as our men were unarmed. Instantly after the shot was fired there was a fusillade of shot's from the deputies. They swept the street from Fourth to Sixth and from Sixth to Fourth. It was a miracle that there were not 50 men shot. I expected a bullet momentarily. After the firing we tried to get at the men who were lying in the street, but everywhere we explained that we wished to assist them we were driven away, and the men lay, there suffering until the ambulance came. The shooting was unprovoked. It was' one of the most unpardonable outrages ever perpetrated in the United StatesJ The Hazelton riots do not compare with It." At His Old Hume. Rochester, N. Y., June II.—Gen. E. S. Otis, who is to be the city's guest next week, accompanied by his wife and daughter and Capt. Laighton, of the United States army, arrived in Rochester at 3:15 o'elock in the morn ing, coming through from Chicago. He made a flying visit to his old liom4 on the Liell road just outside the city line and left for Washington during the day. When asked if there was any thing he could add as to the subject of the Philippines he said: "The war in the Philippines is over that is all there is to say about it now." A Most UjnusuRl Action. New York, June 11.—The New York stock exchange has taken an action which is said to have few precedents ih. the history of the exchange, and or dered the' dissolution of a brokerage firm of which one of its members is a party.. Under the power conferred by the Constitution of the exchange, the governing committee has warned Paihe, Schuyler & Co., that they must dissolve partnership within the next 30 days. The firm is composed of Sid ney S. Schuyler, who is the board iqem ber J. Overton Paine and the latter's brother, Thomas B. Paine. KEEPS HER WORD. Philadelphia Is Ready to Torn Over Ulir Convention Hall to Re publican Managers. Philadelphia, June 11.—The repub lican convention city of 1900 has every thing in readiness, practically, for the quadrennial gathering of the repub-. licans of the United States. All the hard work and all the anxious moments attending the preparations for the coming of the republican hosts are over, and the city is beginning to dress up to receive its guests. Tfie magnificent convention hall, on the west bank of the Schuylkill river, is complete in every detail, and awaits only the hour of noon,, June 19. Desir able hotel accommodations for the next two weeks will be extremely hard to find, as all the larger hostelries and the exclusive apartment houses have been booked to their capacity." Quite a number of state delegations have rented houses entirely for all of next eek. The storm center of the convention between the sessions will be the Hotel Walton, at Broad and Locust streets. At that 'hotel the national committee will have its headquarters, occupying the entire fifth floor. The meetings.of the national committee, beginning next Wednesday, will be held in one of the banquet rooms on the tenth or top floor of the hotel. The room is well adapted for the purpose, being large enough to accommodate the full com mittee, witnesses and representatives of the contesting delegations. The Walton also will be the stamping grounds of the Maine, Connecticut, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Missouri state delegations. The vice presidential booms of the sons of three states will also find lodjgement at the Walton, National Chairman Hanna and Secretary Dick will occupy suites of rooms at the Bellevue, a block from the Walton, along with Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, and other leading republicans. At the Lafayette hotel will be quartered the delegations from Alaska, Indiana, Idaho, Minne sota, New Jersey, Rhode Island, South Dakota and Virginia, while the Con tinental hotel will house the Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Kan sas, Maryland, North Dakota, Texas and Wyoming contingents. The Sten ton will care for the Colorado, Dela ware, Massachusetts, New Mexico dele gations. West Virginia and Nebraska have engaged rooms at the Stratford, and Tennessee, California and Louisi ana will hold forth at the Bingham house. Other state delegations will be quartered at various smaller hotels and boarding houses. The convention hall is located in West Philadelphia, close to the Uni versity of Pennsylvania group of build ings, and is 1 ys miles from the national committee headquarters and! the hotel district. Transportation to and from the hall is ample, the facilities in this respect having been thoroughly tested time and time again last fall during the National Export exposition, on which grounds the great hall is located and to whom it belongs. The seating capacity of the place is close to 16,000. The main floor is pro vided with 34 entrances, the main entrance is at the north, and the stage is at the southern end, eight feet above the main floor. The press stand for 500 working newspaper men is directly in front of the stage, and is four feet above the main floor. In front of the press stand is the space for the delegates, which is exactly in the center of the hall. In back of the delegates are the alternates' seats. On all four sides of the hall, running from the main floor well up to the roof, are banked row after row of seats. There is only one gallery, which runs the entire width of the hall at the rear. The band will be lo cated in the center of the gallery. Back of the stage and away from the noise of the crowd are located numer ous committee rooms. The telegraphic facilities are ample, the Western Union and Postal Telegraph compa nies and the Associated Press having spacious rooms close to the stage, and which are reached by tunnels under the seats. There are nearly 200 wires running into the hall. The exterior view of the hall is beautiful. For months the city's for ester and landscape gardeners have been at work beautifying the grounds surrounding the hall. The main en trance to the building stands back 600 feet from the gate of the fence which surrounds the grounds. The approach to the hall, known locally as the Esplanade, is well covered with fine shrubbery and young trees. NATIONAL BANKS. More Than 100 Have Been Chartered Since the Sew Financial Law Took Effect. Washington, June 11. Chairman Brosius, of the house committee on banking and currency, has prepared a report relative to the operation of the new financial law from the date of its passage, March 14 to June 1. This report shows that since the new law went into effect tnere. has been an increase of 104 in the number of national banks, an increase in the ag gregate of capital stock of nearly $7, 000,000, and an increase of bank note circulation of $46,714,323. Finds Conditions Satisfactory. Havana, June 11.—Gov. Gen. Wood has returned from his trip to Caibrien and Sagua. He reports that every thing is quiet, and. that no political op position has developed in the election arrangements at either place, one be ing nationalist and the other support ing the views of the union democratic party. A Trasedy in Texas. Fort Worth, Tex., June 11.—John Hendricks stabbed his stepfather to death here Sunday! As a result of this tragedy Hendricks' mother died an hour later from fright. Death of Dr. Bra.den. Nashville, Tenn., June 11.—Dr. John Braden, president of Central Tennes see university, died here Sunday. Dr. Braden was one of the founders of this institution, which is one of the largest in the south "for the education of colored youths, and has been at its head tor 35'years. To Be Tried In Special Sessions. New York, June 11.—The district at torney has decided- that the case of the Ice company Officials who were held by Magistrate Zeller in police court for 'general sessions* shall be sent .to spe cial sessions lor trial. VAN WYCK UNDER FIRE. Mayor of Sew York Teatltes Refard iflf His Coaaectlon with the lee Trust. New York, June 11.—Mayor Van Wyck Saturday, in sworn testimony before Justice Gay nor, of the supreme court of Brooklyn, confessed, under examination by lawyers in the pro ceedings begun under the "anti Tweed" provision of the charter, that he now owns 4,2pO shares of the stock of the American Ice company, known as the ice trust, and that a large amount of the stock was still unpaid for. He declared he had been advised to buy ice stock by C. W. Morse, presi dent of the company, and his intimate friend John F. Carrqll, deputy leader of Tammany Hall. When Messrs. Mprse and Carroll were put on the stand later they flatly contradicted this statement, saying they had never so advised the mayor. It developed from the mayor's testi mony that he understood at the start he was going to get in on the "ground floor," or, as the mayor expressed it. he was to get, the stock at "rock-bot tom prices." He bought 5,000 shares of the company's stock in April, 1899, 2.500 preferred and 2,500 common, from C. W. Morse, president of the company, for $250,000. For this, he said, he paid $50,000 in cash and the remaining $200,000 in nis personal notes. One of these notes for $50,000 was paid only Friday. The mayor's testimony also shows he subscribed for $^50,000 of stock par value in the copper trust in the same month he ac quired the ice stock, thus buying $750, 000 worth of stoeks in less than tliree weeks. He admitted that he had been receiving ten per cent, dividends on his 4,200 shares of stock, although he still owes $150,000 for them. TEAR UP THE TRACKS. Doers Destroy Many Miles of Rail* way and Seriously Embar rass Lord Roberts. London, June 11.—The Boers have torn up 21 miles of Lord Roberts' vital line of railway between America Sid ing and Roodeval. It is a bold raid and vexatious, but it does not disquiet the military authorities as yet, for they expect Gen. Kelly-Jienny to drive off the marauders and to reopen the line. The rapidity of the advance of Lord Roberts cannot have permitted him to accumulate large reserves of stores. Therefore an interruption of the railway, even for a week, must embarrass the army and may bring the forward operations to a standstill. Nothing has been heard from Lord Roberts for three days. This raid on the railway, the strenuous .opposition to Gen. Rundle, and the nimble es cape of Commandant General Botha's division have forced the war office ob servers to the reluctant conclusion that the war is not yet over. Gen. Buller is in Boer territory. Dis patches of correspondents with him, filed Sunday at sunset, describe the corps as camping at Gansoloi, close to the point where the frontiers of the Free State, the Transvaal and Natal meet. PLATFORM OUTLINED. Republican Leaders Discuss Its Prob able Planks at a Dinner to Senator Ilannn. Washington, June 11.—The repub lican platform was the principal top ic of discussion, and all the planks which it will probably contain were gone over at length at a d'inner given •by Senator Hanna Saturday night. Those present were Senators Spooner, Depew, Fairbanks, Davis and Bever idge and Postmaster General Smith. On the authority of a leading repub lican senator this outline of declara tion of party principles can be given: It will declare that the insurrection in the Philippines has been stamped out. excepting guerrilla warfare, and civil government is being established: con gratulate Porto Rico on territorial gov ernment and Hawaii on annexation commend McKlnley's administration as thoroughly American and prosperous declare for gold standard favor reduc tion of war taxes reaffirm Monroe doc trine advise vigorous foreign policy and construction of Nicaragua canal con demn trusts and indorse legislation passed by the house reaffirm protection and reciprocity policies, and declare Cuba will be given freedom as soon as is safe. Ex-Governor Kills a Xegro. Montgomery, Ala., June 11.—Ex-Gov. W. C. Oates shot and killed a negro on his premises in this city Saturday after the man had killed his colored cook in her room in the servants' quarters. It was afterwards learned that the negro man's name was IjJd Parker, a drayman, who, it is said, has killtd a man before. There will be no charges made against Gov. Oates. as he was entirely justifiable in what he did. Shipload of Italians. New York, June 11.—Immigration of ficials went down the bay to make an investigation of the steamer Gran An tilla, which has arrived at quarantine with more than 1,000 Italian immi grants on boardi The passengers, it is said, are clean and healthy and the agents of the ship here say that noife of them has come over in violation of the contract labor law. It is probable that they will a-11 be admitted. Widely Distributed Rains. Minneapolis. Minn., June 11.—The rains of Friday night and Saturday morning covered a large area. T'hey extended from central southern Min nesota northward through the state and on into the British possessions. They included the Red river valley wheat fields. After Mexican Fugitives. Phoenix, Ariz., June 11.—The sher iff's posses in pursuit of the four Mex icans who killed Anton Olsen and John Stewart, and robbeditheir store at New River station are reported to be close upon the fugitive murderers. Four Killed. Providence, R. I., June 11.—By a col lision which occurred in Warwick, on the suburban line of the Union Rail road company Sunday noon, two cars striking end on, four persons were killed and about 25 injured, of whom three are probably fatally hurt. Veteran Shipbuilder Dead. Cleveland, Ov June 11.—Isaac W. Nicholos, a pioqeer shipbuilder, died here Sunday, aged 85. He built the first three-masted ^schooner on the lakes, the Escanaba, which is still in commis sion, and he also built the first steel steamer^the Orono. V- wm ^VyT TO MARCH ON PEKING. Foreign Powers to Send a Bit Fore to the Chinese Capital to Back Up Ministers' Demands. London, June 11.—The admirals at Taku, acting in concert, are forcibly reopening the railway from Tien-Tsin to Peking. Gangs of laborers are re pairing the damaged line, which is guarded by 1,500 men, composed of de tachments from the foreign fleet. One hundred Americans, under Capt. Mc Callc, are among them. They* have guns and armored trains for use when the line is repaired', which can hardly be effected^ before to-night. Ten thousand troops of all national ities, according to a dispatch to the Daily Express from Shanghai, will be sent to Peking to back up the demands of the ministers upon the government, or, if necessary, to suppress the Boxers themselves. Tien-Tsin, June 11.—There are 31 for eign war vessels at Taku. A message from Peking to the admirals asserts that the situation is hourly growing more dangerous for foreigners. All those at Peking have taken refuge in Legation street. The civilian males are under arms to fight with the regulars if necessary. he approaches to Le gation street are surrounded by howl ing mobs of undisciplined soldiery, with cannon and bayonet®. The inter national guard c? holding off the mob, which screamed insults and threats. This was the situation Sat urday when the couriers got through with the latest ddspatches. The em press dowager was amusing herself at the palace with theatricals. It is re ported that government arms are being dealt out to the Boxers. The troops of lung Puh Seang are said to be as sisting to kill native Christians after malignant tor.ures. The special train that went to ex amine the line and reconnoiter re turned Saturday night. The railway was found clear two miles beyond ^ang Tsuh. The engineers, with the guards, walked iy2 miles further. They found the ties and two bridges burned and the railway torn up. They saw a few hundred persons, apparent ly villagers, gathered ahead of them. The first repair train, with Admiral Seymour and his staff, 650 British, Capt. McCalla's 100 Americans, 40 Italians and k.6 Anstrians, left Sunday morning. A Hotchkiss and other guns were mounted in the center of the train. A second train left at 11 with 600 British, Japanese, Russian and French troops. Repairing material and new rails were taken along. London, .Time 11.—Details have been received from Shanghai regarding the recent, murders of railway engineers by Boxers. It seems that a party of 30, including six ladies and one child, left Pao Ting Fu in 12 boats under military escort. After traversing 50 miles in safety they missed their way The boats grounded, and the Boxers opened- fire upon the unfortunate oc cupants, using both rifles and wooden cannon. The engineers returned the fire effectively, and the party landed. One lady and three men got separated from the main bod}*. They were bru tally killed. The survivors formed a square, with those able tfo bear arms outside, and the women inside, and made off toward Tien-Tsin. They traveled three arid a lialf 'figfciV ing all the way. More than 2,COO cartridges were expended, and ammu nition was running short. They es timated that they killed at least a hundred rebels. The men behaved like heroes, carrying the women and chil dren. One lady of the party was close to maternity. Twelve miles from Tien-Tsin three men disappeared and were murdered. The survivors eventually met the rescue party, and. much exhausted, they were escorted to Tien-Tsin. London, June 11.—The Peking corre spondent of the Times, telegraphing Sunday, says: The American mission buildings at Tung-Chau, 12 miles from Peking, which were abandoned by the missionaries, have been looted and burned by the Chinese -soldiery who were sent to protect them. Within three days 75 native Christians, well known men. who had been trained for years by American missionaries, have been massacred1 near Tung-Chau. Many of them were burne- alive. Brings Much Gold Dust. Port. Townsend, Wash., June 11.— The steamer City of Seattle arrived Saturday night from Alaska with $400. 000 in gold dfust and 260 passengers, most of whom are from Dawson. Thus far five boats have reached the lakes from Dawson. and the rush for the states is fairly on. Among the return ing Dawsonites are many women and children. Up to May 28, it is stated, the clean-up had reached $18,000,€00. The season opened from three to four weeks earlier than in any previous year. White IN Reticent. Berlin. June 11.—The attention of Mr. Andrew D. White, the United States ambassador, was called by the correspondent of the press to Amer ican dispatches connecting his name with the vice presidential nomination. Asked for a formal statement on the subject, Mr. White declined to give this, saying he could not discuss the nomination, because it had not yet been offered to him FACTS AND FIGURES. A man walking ten miles a day would require nine years to cover all the streets of London. London pawnshops do a business amounting to nearly a million dollars weekly. Nevada has a population all told of 45,761—about one-fourth of the aver age congressional district. The French government has liber ated in Madagascar during the last four years above 1,000,000 slaves. Geneva, which has just concluded its census of the canton, reports that the city has a total population of 100,761, of which 32,079 were born in the city, 28,052 are natives of other parts of the country, and 40,630 are foreigners. Official figures recently compiled show the n^ain line mileage of mail roads in Missouri to be nearly 7,000. This .total is likely to be considerably increased this year. The number of vessels passing through the Sault Ste. Marie canal prior to May 1 was 427, carrying 473, 482 tons of freight. In 1899 no freight passed through the canal before May 1. TOO LITTLE DEBATE. Senator Green's Opinion of the Serv ices Held in mm Episcopal Church. Senator Benton, of Missouri, one of the most conspicuous figures of the century in either house of congress^ had a formidable antagoin6t in Senator James Stephen Green. Congressman Hitt, according to the Chicago Chronicle, relates this anecdote of the two gladiators: "Senator Green was not only a man of splendid genius, but of charming manner. He .boarded at the National hotel, where he was popular with men and women. The latter found out that the senator was not much of a,churchgoer and insisted that he should mend his ways in that regard. One Sunday he was late for dinner. The women asked him why. 'I have been attending divine worship/ replied the senator, gravely. 'To what church did you go, senator?' asked a woman. 'I don't know/ answered the courtly Missourian. 'I walked up the avenue, turned up Fourth street and entered a church on the left-hand side.' This was an Episcopal church. 'How did you like the services?' asked another woman. 'It appeared to me,' answered the sen ator, 'that there was too much reading of the journal and too little debate.' AN UNEXPECTED RESULT. It Was the Mother and Not the Daugh ter Who Accepted His Com pliments. "Say," said the man with a worried look, "do you remember giving me a lot of ad rice on how to conduct my own love affaire about two months ago?" "Yes," replied the man with the wise ex pression, relates the Baltimore American. "Told me if I wanted to win the girl I should make love to her mother?" "Uh—-huh." "Said if I could get the old lady on my side all I had to do was to toddle around with a ring and say: 'When?' to the girl." The wise man nodded. "Said for me to compliment the mother on her youthful appearance," continued the worried man, "ana give her a jolly about how gad 1 was that the young ladies of the present were not to be compared with those of the past?" "Yes. Yes. You won the girl, I suppose?" "Yes, I did—not. The old lady has sued her husband for divorce end me for breach Of promise." The State of Washington Is known as the Evergreen State because of its vast forests. Outside of the limited areas of BIO TREES in California, there are no such forests of pine, fir, hemlock, spruce, cedar, etc.. as are found here. The trees ars long and straight, and the massive tim bers and fine shingles made from them are shipped all over the world. Washington Fruit is a product of great value. Its flavor and color are unsurpassed. East of the Cascade mountains, the climate is dry and warm, and irrigation is neces sary. This makes the farmer independent of rain. West of the mountains irrigation is unnecessary and the rainfall is ample for all purposes. Canneries and fruit drying establishments can be operated profitably in this state. Grain, hops and alfalfa arc very profitable crops, and beet sugar is rapidly making headway. Washington is a coming empire. Brains are'in demand in all professions, and labor is wanted and is paid remunerative prices. Fuel, coal as well as wood, is abundant and cheap. Schools and churches abound, the state is well supplied with railways. Varied altitudes and climates render this country a desirable place of residence, and all can be suited. For further information, rates, etc.. ad dress Chas. S. Fee, Gen. Pass. Agent, Northern Pacific R*y. St. Paul. Minn. Book Asrent with an Inspiration. Irate Gentleman (angry at being dis turbed)—You book canvassers make meE» angry with your confounded nerve and im pud ence that I cannot lind words to express my indignation. Canvasser (jumping 'with enthusiasta)— Then, sir, am a great help to you. I have here the very thing you need—a dictionary of the English language, containing all the words and slang phrases known, and only two and six. Take it, and you will never be at a loss to express yourself again.—Ciga rette. Too Anxious. 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