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MINNEAPOLIS NEWS - - .-' '--'-""- -,-»)•".-.■';■.■ -.'* ,-h DEMOCRATS PLAN TO MAKE CONTEST Democratic Committee Will Meet Today to Arrange for a Recount Today the Hennepin county Democratic committee will meet for the purpose of arranging the' preliminaries for the appli cation for a recount of the votes for mayor. The Democrats are confident that they cast enough votes to elect their can didate for mayor, and they -will insist that the lids of the ballot boxes shall be pried off and the votes counted as cast. Michael Breslaur, who aspires to be surveyor, general of logs in Minneapolis, will have some opposition, for James Dwyer, who was defeated for re-election from the Tenth ward, has entered the iieW and is a candidate for the place. WILL PRESS BONDS Advocates of More Indebted ness Will Apply to Legislature Whenever the electors of Minneaixilis vote down a proposition to issue bonds, an application is made to the legislature for a "curative act," and the bonds are issued in spite of the failure of the propositions to receive a sufficient number of votes at the general elect'on. At the recent election the voters refused to approve the proposition to issue $1, --000,000 of bonds for the installation of a filtration plant, $100,000 for a new high school and fIOO.OOO for graded schools. The plea made by those persons who in sist that the bonds should be issued in spite of the opposition of the voters is that those who failed to vote on the prop ositions did not know that a failure to vote was equivalent to a vote against the matter. The campaign to have the legislature re verse the action of the people will be be gun as soon as the Hennepin delegation is organized. WOMEN DISCUSS THE WORK OF MISSIONS All-Day Meeting Is Held at Oak Park Congregational Church The Woman's Missionary Union of the Congregational churches of Minneapolis held an all-day meeting yesterday at Oak Park church, and some of the workers in foreign lands told of their experiences. The morning programme waß presided over by Miss Margaret J. Evans, of North - Held, and during the W. B. M. I. hour Miss T. A. Jameson repotted Dr. Paton's address delivered before the recent meet ing at Gule.sburg. 111. Mrs. Horace Eddy presided in the aft ernoon, during which a collection was taken for new work in Mexico. A mis sionary, not yet appointed, is to be sent w there. Impressions of the meetings of the American board were given by Mrs. G. R. Merrill. Mrs. C. E. Leavitt, Iff*. S. V. S. Fisher and L. E. Jepson. The meet ing of the national council at Dcs: Moines was described by Mrs. L. H. Hallock and Airs. S. W. Dtekinson. In the last hour reports of the annual meeting were given UftL A. W. Wood. WAITE IS ASSURED POSITION ON BENCH Reform Chief of Police Will Take the Place Vacated by Holt E. F. Wait, who was chief of police under Acting Mayor Jones' reform admin istration two years ago. has landed the position of municipal judge of Minneap olis. liis closest friends having announced that <;<>v. Van Snnt. prior to his departure for lowa, had said the former chief would be appointed to succeed Judge Holt, who has been elected to the district bench of Hcnnepin county and who will retire late in December. The candidates for the other place arc numerous, but it is believed the fight lies between James Robertson, F. B. Wright and A. C. Finney. at present third as sistant attorney. Wirt Wilson, an assist ant county attorney, is said to be out of tli.- running. There are about twenty candidates for the place. MASKED ROBBERS CLEAN OUT SALOON New Brighton Dramseller Is Loser to the Extent of $160 Two masked men vie i ted Frank Matushak's saloon at New Brighton Sun day night and relieved the proprietor and customers of $160. They were unfamiliar with the locality, for several cattlemen possessing COO were not molested. Dies From Tremens Andrew Ahearn, of 16 Western avenue, died yesterday at the city hospital from delirium tremens caused by an overindul gence in poor whisky. AN OBJECT LESSON In a Restaurant ' A physician puts. the query: Have you never noticed •in any large restaurant at lunch or dinner time' the large number of hearty, vigorous old men at the tables; men whose ages run from sixty to eighty years; many of them bald and all perhaps gray, but none of • them . feeble or senile? ; Perhaps the spectacle is so common as to have escaped your observation or com ment, but nevertheless it *isr an object . lesson which means something. : if you will notice what these hearty old* fellows are eat ing, you will observe * that - they are not 'munching£.bran: crackers nor gingerly picking their way through a menu card of new fangled health foods * on the contrary they seem to prefer a juicy roast of beef, a properly turned loin 5 of mutton, and even the deadly -broiled lobster is not altogether ignored. ■'■■-* ■"■-■ The point, of-all this is that a vigorous old age depends upon good ; digestionr and plenty of - wholesome : food and ; not upon dieting and an endeavor to live. upon bran crack .-■•-■ _ .■••.^ ...',--..- There is a certain ■ class• of food cranks who seem to believe that .meat; coffee and main other good, things are rank poisons but these cadaverous, sickly-looking- in dividuals are a walking condemnation-of their own theories. ..---- . -■■: .... .->. The matter in a nutshell : is: that :if the stomach secretes ■-; the natural digestive juices m sufficient quantity. any whole- some food will be promptly digested: if the . stomach does not do so. and certain foods cause distress, one or two -of . V .Stuarts ■ Dyspepsia Tablets after each" meal will remove-.all difficulty, because they-sun" . ply just what every weak stomach lacks ' pepsin, hydro-chloric ;• acid,, diastase and S tuarts Dyspepsia Tablets Ido , not act upon the bowels and in fact are not strict-" , ly a medicine, as they almost 'entirely I lvPOnnV U;, fc' eaten digesting it thorough^ I and thus giving otherstpmach a much IS res and;an a PPe for;the,next . Of people who travel, nine out of ten : thl St Kt S; D>,*P<Tsia Tablets, ? knowing them to be perfectly safe- to use at any time and also having found out b>" experi ence that: they * are a saf eeuarrii« am tn*t ' ♦..digestion in any form? and"Sating « fA^ Ve + 'i, tO^ at * all hours and all kinds of food.. the traveling 'public for 5 years have pinned ' their faith to i Stuart's Tab! full-sized packages and any drugglst^from" c Tes» £& foTaW PrmaV£k MEPIN SEEKS All THE SPOILS Legislative Delegation Holds a Caucus and Appoints a Steering Committee The fifteen Republican members of the house delegation - from Hennepin county held a preliminary caucus yesterday after noon. W. W. Bardwell was elected chair man and B. F. Timberlake secretary. J. T. Mannix was chosen press agent. The Hennepin county men are out for all the spoils that can. be landed. A steering committee, of which the chairman is to be one, will be appointed, and this will call upon the candidates for speaker of the house and the votes will be deliver ed to the man who promises the most and shows he will be able to keep his prom ises. The senatorship was not discussed, but will be considered at a later meeting. WOMAN DRINKS ACID DEATH IS PROBABLE Elderly Woman Swallows Dtadly Poison and Is Not Expected to Live Mrs. Allen Walters, of 411 Plymouth avenue, drank a quantity of carbolic acid last night and lies at the point of death at the city hospital. Mrs. Walters is 65 years of age and it is feared she will not survive. According to the stories told by those who are intimate with the family there was no family trouble. Mrs. Walters was opposed to h«r son going to Montana and she left the supper table and went to her room. She did not return, and after waiting a few moments, Mr, Walters and the others went to the room and found her unconscious. Two physicians were summoned and they directed that she should be sent to the city hospital. At an early hour this morning she was unconscious and it was feared she would die. NEW ULM SUSPECT IS NOT WANTED Man Addicted to the Us* of Cocaine Is . Not Murderer of Dentist Malcolm Carnes, the man addicted to the use of cocaine, to whom the Minne apolis .newspapers devoted two columns of space because he might be the man want ed for the murder of the New Ulm dentist, was discharged yesterday. No charge was made against him. Carnes admitted he had been a victim of the drug for a number of years, but the sheriff of New Tim and his friends who have been scouring the country for men addicted to the use of cocaine were unable to connect him with the murder. Carnes was arrested Sunday. Will Abate Nuisances The Minneapolis park board has secured possession of the strip of land adjacent to the Milwaukee tracks near Minnehaha falls which has been occupied by refresh ment stands and other institutions, and this little tract will be made into another park and the nuisances will be abated. Rev. Bradley Phillips Dies Rev. Bradley Phillips, who came to the Northwest in 1869. and who organized the First Presbyterian church in Northern Wisconsin, died yesterday. He had been a resident of Minneapolis seventeen years. Chinaman on Trial R. Sing, one of the Chinamen accused of mistreating young girls. Is on trial before Judge Elliott. DEATHS OF THE DAY OAKLAND, Cal., Nov. 15.—Mrs. Le lia Kirk ham Yarde-Buller, well known as Lady Yarde-Buller, died today, aged fifty-four. She was the daughter of Gen. Kirkham and Inherited part of his fortune. Her complications with her husband some years ago made her a figure of international interest. She •was declared mentally incompetent a few years ago and was confined In a Banitarium. Last week she was Jn court endeavoring to be restored to capacity. LONDON, Nov. 15.—Thomas George Baring, Earl of Northbrook, is dead. He was born in 1826. Hopes for Drug Trade NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 15.—Presi dent Clayton F. Shoemaker, of Phila delphia, opened the annual convention of the National Wholesale Druggists' association today. Reviewing the bun iness of the year, President Shoemak er said that results in the trade would, at the end of the year, be found better than expected. He urged the impor tance of continued existence of the re bate plan because of the benefits it gives to wholesalers. He urged the wholesalers to co-operate with the re tailers and proprietors In a movement to give relief in the matter of price cutting. Women Managers Have Big Balance SST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 18. — At a meeting today of the board of lady managers of the exposition, a letter was authorized and sent to the secre tary of the treasury. Mr. Shaw, re ferring to him the disposition of the $50,000 balance of the 1100,009 appro priated for the board's use. Among the suggestions is one that the money be turned back into the treasury of the United States, us it was a part of the government loan to the exposition com pany. Others believe it should be sur rendered to the exposition company. Warned to Stop Striking DETROIT, Mich.. Nov. 16.—As the result of the strike for increased wages on the part of metal polishers and buffers employed by the Clayton & Lambert Manufacturing company, the Detroit Employers' association has issued an ultimatum that unless the strike is immediately called off mem bers of the association will refuse to employ or continue in their employ any members of the Metar Polishers and Buffers' Local Union No. l. Judge Parker Locating in New York Special to The Globe NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—Judge Alton B. Parker has established himself in the office of Sheehan & Collin, though he said tonight he had not as yet actu ally formed a partnership with the firm. The judge has been in town since Monday, and will probably spend all his time here, with the exception of Saturdays and Sundays, when he will be with his family in Esopus. It is possible he will bring bis family to this city for the winter. Harriman Wilt Spend Millions PORTLAND. Or.. Nov. 15.—Three mil lion dollars will be expended by the Har risnan lines in Oregon during 1905 on im provements and general work on the maintenance or way and structures. The amount will be spent in the laying of track i in southern Oregon, reballastlng the road between Portland and Huntingdon, and replacing wooden bridges with steel in places where it is impossible to fill. It U intended to commence the work im mediately and to complete the wort be fore the close of next summer. THE ST. PAUL GLOBE. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1904 LION BRAND TRADE MARK FRONT 2*4 IN. BACK Ir£ Ht LIONOLA. Anti Aqua Finish. Patswteo May 27, 1902. Collars Free Five "Lion Brand" Collars free for evsry $5 worth of paid "Plymouth" laundry slips handed In any time before March 1. 1905. Twenty-six styles to select from. The best 1~5-csnt. 2 for 25c, collars made. The Plymouth Linen Laundry Is the only exclusive lhien laundry in the Twin Cities, and occupies the 7th floor of the main Plymouth building. Shirts hand ironed; collars and cults finished equal to new. KEEP YOUR SLIPS Seventh and Robert GEN. LEW WALLACE IS NEAR DEATH Abandons Hope of Recovery and Is Awaiting the End Special to The Globe CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind.. Nov. 15.— In spite of denials that have been made of reports that Gen. Lew Wallace is in a serious condition, the fact remains that the distinguished Indiana soldier, diplomat and author is fast approach- Ing his end. He has broken greatly within the last year and the last few weeks have tried his weakened consti tution severely. Members of the family, as well as close friends, deny the statement that his trouble is can cer of the stomach, but the denials are couched in language so ambiguous as to leav* little doubt that this Is the real trouble. Gen. Wallace himself has apparently given up hope of recovery and is awaiting the end. WYNNE WILL BECOME CONSUL GENERAL Henry Clay Evans to Succeed Him as Postmaster General Special to The Globe WASHINGTON, D. C. Nov. 15.—An apparently well authenticated report was circulated tonight that immedi ately after his inauguration the presi dent will send to the senate the ap pointment of Robert J. Wynne, now postmaster general, to be consul gener al at London. This office is now held by Henry Clay Evans, of Tennessee, who, it is said, will be returned to Washington and be given the cabinet position made vacant by Wynne's transfer. DOUGLAS PAID VERY HEAVILY FOR ELECTION Massachusetts Governor-Elect Puts Up Over $34,000 BROCKTON, Mass., Nov. 15.—Gov ernor-elect W. L. Douglas today filed with the secretary of state a statement of his election expenses. The state ment certifies that on Sept. 23 .last Mr. Douglas gave to the Democratic state central committee $34,300 for the purpose of conducting his campaign. Mr. Douglas adds that he had no other expenses. BLIND WANDERER SLAIN, WIFE DIES GRIEVING Struck by Train, With Little Wagon in Which He Had Drawn Her About MLDDLETOWN, N. V., Nov. 18. — Aged Mrs. Eliza Cronk, grieving over the death of her blind husband, who was killed by a train on the New York, Susquehanna, & Western railroad on July 3, died here today. Abraham Cronk and his wife, hav ing no near relatives, roamed the coun try for years, she being drawn a boot in a little express wagon by her hus band, whom she directed in his course. While he was trying to cross the rail road tracks at Franklin, N. J., the wheels of the little wagon caught be tween the rails, and before they could be released an express train struck the aged couple, hurling them from the track and demolishing the wagon. The aged man died in a hospital hers soon after. His wife, who was practically uninjured, continued to reside here, supported by charity, until she died of grief today. Two sons of the aged couple were killed by trains several years ago. SCARLET FEVER KILLS MANY IN PENNSYLVANIA Epidemic in Enon Valley Carrying Off Victims at an Alarming Rate SHARON. Pa., Nov. 15.—The worst epidemic of scarlet fever that ha 6 been reported to the state board of health for several years prevails in Enon Val ley, a settlement in Lawrence county, and nine deaths have resulted within the last two weeks. Other victims are In a precarious condition, and It is ex pected several more deaths wilh result. Altogether there are seventy-four rases In the village out of 500 inhabitants. Included in this number are a score of adults. Of the nine who have died with the disease three were aduits. The disease has spread rapidly, but the health, authorities have taken stren uous measures to check it. and believe there will not be many additional cases develop. The local doctors have worked day and night, and physicians from Newcastle and other towns have gone to their assistance and are working he roically among the afflicted. The epi demic is c-onflned entirely to Enon Val ley, and the danger of its spreading to other towns is past. Her Trouble "Does your wife ever borrow trou- j ble?" "Well, she's "always worrying over what she'd do if she were traveling in Europe and should be locked up with a crazy man in one of the compartment cars they have there, although the prospects are that she'll never get to Europe unless she can swim over."— Chicago Record-Herald. mian run f ipfmm Twelfth National j CoaQressr Meets and Mexico May Join the Movement"" EL PASO, Tex.. | Nov. „ la.—The ' twelfth national inigaUtVn congress was call«d to order toUajr ti? "Senator Willlair A, j jgkrk. of Montaaa,.it*i»r«B- Ident ' Senaraf A. G. Newfands. of ,< Nevada ;• Gqr. Pardee, of 2 CStrfornfcf. J and Gov. Morrison, of Idaho, delivered addresses at the opening: session/" At the afternoon President Clark delivered his annual . address. He' ' spoke in; baxifas*: follows: aT^jis-m^e^^ v-As, the government cannot proceed uut.iL all titles are"^iroiierly vested in If.'it Is i evident that rapid progress in every iQ-. [ culity can Tmt be expected The 'work : beir.jr prosecuted in thirtt-r-n staiosiLaEHll .three -terrttort*. nil possible projects are being examined. Some of^thpm which 1 on ; th<: s«rface'pecm f easy and -iea»ble' are found *to be, entirely t Impracycable and' their I ahsuujwilw nt -/rise to * disap-1 pointment.and~a<lveTßeT2r<«cißau,wWcinis"- : rent»Tely-Unfogirflabte:j?Whatever>- benefits : one section of this republic ctoiajßtirall^to' ibenefit r the country. This scheme i? . not a sectional one. as the of more ■ than one-half of its entire area is;lnvolved,', and the indirect ; contribution; to the na ; tional . prosperity -of * the; other half is : in- - calculable. The East must' depend. -4>n the West ? for ;- its food supplies and ?, likewise! :. i for a market for its manufactured prod- J . ucts. This :is • the • kind of reciprocity that enriches the country, genuine reciprocity. V~' Letters were read from - Presidents ' ; Roosevelt and• Diaz and Vice President" ■ : Corral, of Mexico, also l letters; from; all - • the f members "of j President "Roosevelt's '■ - i cabinet. , There were two -letter* from ! President Roosevert. They Baidf^l^tU- -,":-.- :: Advice From Roosevelt 'yjf~>J£rt - Th* ' best use of the public land is that ■ made: by the man who has «tome; to : stay. You should. make yourselves the guardians of the future and I prevent'the waste *of any of the great national resources of the country.-.r" ■* *",--• •'■^'■'-'^'•i > »i".'-i ~r •■^-.-^;;--w N; He ' said :. irrigation , ajid all : other in iterests of tne % country were interlaced, as I: irrigation would make a the West 4 prosperous, end », if the West - prospered, it would cause other . sections to pros per as a result. Ji;j^. t ._j"-i~'..- .^ 4 Gifford Pinchot, chief of the forestry, division of the United StatPs depart ment of •■ agriculture, delivered an " ad dress. He - was followed by E. Benja min Andrews, chancellor of the Uni versity of Nebraka; H. F. Williams, as sistant J chief of the United "States" weather bureau; William E. Smythe. of San. Diego. . CaL, and F. H. Newell, chief of the United States reclamation : bureau. Resolutions, credentials and permanent :is organization -;? committees: were appointed and the meeting ad journed until 8 p. m. tonight. t*.. • .•-'-. r>" .The Mexican .^delegates resolved to day to ask : the , congress to gjy.e them 1 ! official recognition and effort will ; likely be made to make the • congress inter- MtlonaL:;^V-l".-ri^2^«^- -'T.^sr:^ --/ ; -"," ENGINE EXPLODES WITH FATAL EFFECT Car; Inspector Is Killed and' Another ;~i ;"' -. . Man">Mortally ; Injured si^-'rila - EAST ST. LOUIS. 111.. Nov. 15.—One man was killed, one probably fatally; injured "and seven oth- in seriously'hurt in Qe»'tx*)itt6l6» of7a swttch fetiglhl 'at , the Southern railroad in that com pany's : yards ; here tonight. The dead: ii ALBERT ANDREWS, - twenty-six years old. - cat inspector. f-^riLV .-.; Fatally injured: John J.'*. Branner, thirty-five- old, laborer. -., The engineer and fireman were hurl- = ed - through the cab ' windows by the . force -of - the a explosion,--; but escaped; with . less injuries r than ♦ did the ' meti •who^.were on 'i the ground 1 beside the locomotive. What ; caused the explo -1 sion has not' been determined. PUT FEWER FRMS ON UNFAIR LIST Continued From First Page feried to by the committee were those existing between the Longshoremen «nd Seamen's union, Whlc^,the execu tive council -recommended ..be discuss ed In. a special conference be held in this city ; - during: the present session ;"j and the t dispute « between f the Brewery ■ Workers and i the International Asso- ': ciation of Firemen and --"^Engineers,, /which"^the'lcouncil _ recommended be .'submitted •to a special committee to be' composed of two members from each union t involved and ; a like * number of , representatives •> from : the v American Federation of Labor. It was pointed out that most: of the trouble between these organizations ! arose fi»m the fear entertained ■; by the • Brewery "Workers , that by comply Ing with the demands of •the I Engineers and Firemen, the ; life of the r= Brewery Workers' union -> was i threatened.**tT \'.' : •;.v^»;^,-rril''———■; r7; The ultimatum lof the. council '- was | that unless the i latter organlza'tfoii"rec ognized the previsions of tb.e .constitu tion :of the ■ federation } ; and • low ed the engineers \ and , . firemen »V employed 7~- in . breweries :to come under the j jurisdic tion of i their respective organizations before .the £nd of the present no attention would be paid to the ; !brewers I;petition* to place. firms on JL he. unfair list; that the firms so listed by j the brewers would not be recognised as such, by .the. federation and t that - the ' brewers' label would not be' considered : by tbe federation. ommm Disciplined for Boycotting Another central labor body which came in for censure of the executive council wa* thai of New Orleans. The latter organization boycotted a union labor paper of the city, because of an expression of opinion on the part of the editor. TMs was styled by the council as a violation of a t freejpress and a fundamental principle'of'urJJori-'^ ism and the New Orleans body was given thirty days in which to remove the boycott or the alternative of-hav ingl its charter revoked. Unions every where were cautioned to be more con servative in their actions relative to placing Arms on the unfair list. It was recommended that such cases be referred to the federation which would then thoroughly investigate Ihe boy cott. The situation in Colorado was re ferred to as "shocking" and a determi nation was expressed to aid the West ern Federation of Miners, both moral ly and fiancially, Ln their efforts to have the matter brought' before' the highest court of the Jand for fix&l ad judication. The report concluded by urging all union men to work •persist* ently to the end that an anti-injunc tion bill eight-hour law and measures to regulate labor and enforce Chinese exclusion might be passed by congress. Michael Davitt was called to the platfortn. He made a speech; express ing Ws sympathy with organized labor and was loudly applauded. Funny •' The comic supplement of The Sunday Globe is funny. Order It by phone. K. W. Main 1021. T. C. H4«. With Every Dining 7&'+i£»firK^' - '"2" s Room Outfit, Set of «^§f * I SI Pl&6 ¥ S Dishes or $25 or toyi' _^^^ • ; I^^^^S — niture Purchased Jp Jif" •-3*!^3§r 1,000 of them tD ba at this Store From mS**' V 5? 5, rlftji^r given away to all SjMbwiUniiUThanl^.^llii^^^V^ v - purchasers of Din giving We Will V%2i|kSat«N j^3k ln9 Koom. Uutflts» TUR XE V HEJir of Furniiure. ' ======== ITP £8 ■■•-'■« <•' Dow"» and I Absolutely Free!! B Sffjp^ • tfs?;« Isl Per Week • " " SMITH & FARWELL CO. The Home Furftishers rSsCtgSSal^3»*Cgr^!g^S»^-!--'^'>.T>l!..t.~-.<.y >-'•* "- -• v:,;.•; >^. .:_-T*vi -^ iT :a»xlh and Minnesota - Streets. GENER4L B4TILE SEEMS AT HAND Continued From First Page saults ceased shortly before sunset, when fire broke out in the new tbwn of Port Arthur; and at nightfall the Japanese opened a shrapnel fire on the eastern ridge to cover the retirement of theUvJsolated assaulters, whose sit uation' was critical before the east and the south Keekwan forts. The total Japanese casualties exceeded 2,000. Unmask Positions "Although the assaults failed in the capture of the main objective, they ab solutely unmasked the eastern posi tions and their strength. The casual ties are relatively small, for, although seven regiments were engaged, not half the troops issued from the parallels, owing to the attacks being so skillfully manipulated and finally ceasing With out supports being utilized. For strength the Russian position was un assaultable and it would have been useless to endanger double the force and incur double the casualties'. After dusk the Russians sortied und recov ered the ground lost between the east and south Keekwan forts. They recov ered the P fort at 10 o'clock in the evening, but Gen. Ichinoye gallantly restormed the hill, and despite 250 casualties, expelled the Russians by sheer dash of courage. Indeed, his per sonality won the hill for the Japanese. "Having captured the caponiers (cov ered galleries) on the each Keekwan fortifications, the Japanese engaged in a bloody fight in the underground pas sage, slowly winning the vitals of the fort, inch by inch, despite the bombs and mountain guns of the Russians de fending the casements. On Nov. 6 the central and fort sections of the capo neirs were gained. The work, how ever, is progressing slowly, owing to the nature of the ground, a combination of quartz and conglomerate lime stone." The Telegraph's Ohifu correspondent gives details of renewed Japanese at tacks on Port Arthur with 15.000 troops between Nov. 2 and Nov. 6, with 1.200 ■caßua*i*s. The Telegraph, however, does trot credit these rumors. The correspondent at Tokyo of the Tinws Bays the dispatches from Port Arthur still give merit for the stub born defense which is maintained thero to Gen. Fock, who commands the Rus sian left. Leading Tokyo newspapers, the correspondent says, complain that the facilities given to the second Pacific squadron of the Russians ro coal at neutral ports is analogous to giving troops permission to pass through neu tral territory. Thought They Saw Torpedo Boats ST. PETERSBURG. Nov. 15.—A difference has developed between Great Britain and Russia over the language of the article in th* North sea con vention relative to the question of re sponsibility. At the foreign office it is said that Russia does not desire to in any way recede from the basis of the agreement, but she proposes a modifi cation of the language submitted in the England text. Th« admiralty, it is understood, contended all along that the international commission should confine its inquiry to the establish ment of the question whether torpedo boats were off the Dogger bank and whether In any event the Russian ships were justified in firing. Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's detailed report shows that some shots from the battleships hit the Russian protected cruiser Aurora, one of the shells enter ing the wardroom and wounding a i priest, who afterwards died at Tan j gier from the injuries. The Russian j admiralty contends that this is addi tional proof of the good faith of the vessels which fired on what they be- I lieved to be torpedo boats, not having j seen either the fishing vessels or their j own shins of the cruiser division. j Lieut. On. one of the Russian wit nesses, will swear positively that he i saw flames rising out of four funnels of ! a low-lying ship. Lieut. Ellis, another Russian witness, who was in a turret of the Russian battleship Alexander 111. declares that he is positive he saw a torpedo boat destroyer. Capt. Clado. also one of the witnesses, insisted that he saw two torpedo boats and the depositions of the officers of the Rus sian transport Kamchatka say they saw four boats resembling torpedo "boats. Chifu'Has a Visitor OHIFU, Nov. 16.—The Russian tor pedo boat destroyer Ratstoropony put into this harbor this morning. Firing was heard half an hour before she en tered the harbor. A snow storm and high wind was prevailing at the time, and It is believed that the Russian ves sel, under cover of the storm, attempt ed to escape from Port Arthur. The captain of the Chinese cruiser Hai Tung was the first person to go on board the Ratstoropony. He held a brief conference with her commander, after which the Ratstoropony came further into the stream and anchored in the" tome spot that the destroyer Ryeshitelni did last August before she was cut out by the Japanese. Japs Set a Good Example MUKDEN. Nov. 15.—The Manchur ian Army Vestnik. published under the sanction of the Russian officials and the only newspaper published at the theater of war, gives details of the scrupulous care shown by the Jap anese for the relics and other effects of the Russian dead found on the battlefield and tells how the Japanese have forwarded such effects to St. Petersburg. The paper highly com mends this action and announces that Gen. Kuropatkin recommends that all his commanders shall observe a sim ilar practice regarding; the Japanese dead. Britain's Own Inquiry HVLL. Eng., Nov. 15. —The inquiry ■which Great Britain conducts on her own behalf into the North sea inci dent opened today. Vice Admiral Bridge and Butler Aspinwall, an ad miralty court lawyer, who were ap pointed to conduct the inquiry, and whose report will form the basis of the British case .before the International commission at Paris were present, with an array of counsel and government officials. Sails With Contraband SEATTLE. Wash.. Nov. I^.—lfTs re ported from Vancouver, B. C, that the Canadian Steamship company's steam er Athenian, formerly a United States government trahsport, sailed from that port Sunday with a contraband cargo of cotten for the Japanese govern ment. Fears are entertained for the vessel's safety, as Russian agents have advised St. Petersburg authorities of the nature of the Athenian's cargo. Destroyer Is Sunk CHIFU, Nov. 16.— There is every ev idence that the Ratstoropny will dis arm here only as a last resort. It is thought that she hopes to elude the Japanase -destroyer reported outside the harbor, at night. The Ratstoropny brought copies of the Novakrai, a Port Arthur newspaper. In one of the Is sues it is ?ta«ei that while a Japanese destroyer %\>»^ iaying mines Nov. 11 she was surprised by the battleship Retvizan and sunk. JOHN HODGSON DIES A MISERABLE PAUPER Brother of Famous Authoress, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Lived in Hovel KNOXVILLE. Term.. Nov. 13.—De serted and penniless, John Hodgson, aged fifty-three years, and brother of the famous auchoress, Prances Hodg son Burnett, died in the city hospital today of meningitis, which he con tracted while indulging in excesses. He came to this city in 1575 with hi* widowed mother and sister, and learn ed the carpenter's trade. He worked hard and saved money, which he gave to his talented sister. Her writings in spired him to higher things and he studied and became ;« ripe scholar. A few years ago he was regarded as th« most brilliant man In labor union cir cles in the city, but he took to drink and his wife and son left him. The last three years he spent in a hovel, where he was an object of pity and charity. He frequently received mon ey from his sister. In "Little Lord Fauntleroy" and "That Lass o' Low ries" hP nature is portrayed as one of the characters in each book. The body is being held here until the sister now residing in Kent. Eng., can be reached. Frances Hodgson Burnett did her first literary work here when only eighteen, and married Dr. Burnett, of this city, from whom she was later di vorced. . John Hodgson. during the later years of his life would never dis cuss his sister, saying he was not worthy of the name he bore. HE HASN'T SAT DOWN IN LAST SIX YEARS Nebraska Farmer Fears Satan Will Catch Him if He Does OMAHA, Nov. 15.—Charles Nagle. a Nebraska farmer, whose .superstitious fear of Satan has kept him from sit ting down for the last six years, is In jail here charged with assaulting John Hanschild with a pitchfork. - Hanschild continued to operate his threshing machine despite the remon strances of his eccentric neighbor, who declared that the machine was pos sessed of the devil, and that its opera tion would release his satanic majesty to tlie undoing of all the nHghbor hood. Finding his objections disregarded Nagle rushed into the barn and re turned with a pitchfork, with which he sought to drive Hanschild away from the dreaded Implement. Nagle sleeps in an apparatus of his own contrivance, eats from a high shelf, standing, walks to town with his team and never rides in a street car or an elevator. He believes that if found in a sitting posture an evil spirit will capture him unawares. Nagle owns a fine farm ten miles from Omaha, and works in the soil as any other farmer. He is 40 years of age, and talks in an intelligent manner. Except for his fear of evil genii there appears to be nothing wrong with the man either physically or mentally. Mrs. Roosevelt Receives NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—Mrs. Theo dore Roosevelt, wife of the president, and Mrs. George B. McClellan received tonight at a formal reception, cele brating the opening of the comparative art exhibition of 200 foreign and American masterpieces at the Ameri can Fine Arts building. The reception was given under the auspices of the new society of art collectors. The en tire proceeds of the exhibition, which will continue a month, are for the ben efit of the eye and ear infirmary of this city, the oldest institution of itskind in the country. Charged With Murdering Girl TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Nov. 15.—Ed ward S. Cooper, of Seeleyville, who sup rendered and stated to the police that Ethel Keely, whpse body was found on a blood-soaked bed in a resort here yesterday, had been killed by the ac cidental discharge of a revolver, was today arraigned in the police court on a charge of murder in the flrs* degree. I Cooper entered a plea of not guilty. He was returned to jail. Horror* of the Stock Yards The foreigner was inspecting the hog killing department. "Zey don't speak softly here," he said, "but zey are all in favor of ze pig itlck." —Chicago Tribune. Disappointments If wishes were horses Small good ft would do. You'd find they would mainly Be "also-rans," too. —Judge. SAID TO HAVE USED MAILS TO SWINDLE Men Arrested Alleged to Have Wrong fully Obtained Consignments NEW YORK, Nov. 15. —Hyman Kestner, of No. 71 Commerce street, Newark, N. J., and Charles Edwards, also known as Davis, of Philadelphia, Pa., were arrested yesterday at New ark by Detective Sergeant Corbally at the instance of Postomce Inspector Cortelyou. The government official and the local police claim to have ground for believing that the prisoners have been conducting illegal operations as commission merchants. Charges, the police say, will be made today on which the prisoners will be held. For several months the government had been seeking the source of a large number of letters sent to merchants in H»e West and in this section of the country asking for shipments of sam ples of foodstuffs. It is alleged that after samples had been sent C. O. D. orders would follow, but the orders, it is claimed, invariably failed of deliv ery because of the failure of anybody to claim the goods.. It is alleged the swindlers operated under the name of "Thomas J. Lees & Co., Newark, N. J.," and when Kest ner and Edwards were arrested a lai'ge quantity of stationery with this firm name was found in the store at No. 61 Broome street, where the arrests were made. While Jhe police were in the store a consignment of cheese to "Thomas J. Lees & Co." was received from the ■ Vermont Clover Creamery company. The t\^o men are held at the request of Strong. Barnes, Hart & Co., of New Haven, who, it is said, allege that by trading as "Thomas J. Lees & Co." they secured goods worth $1,350, for which they claim no returns Aveie made. The Steepest Railroad When the Jungfrau railway is com pleted it will unquestionably be the steepest railway in the world, for its grade is within 2 per cent of 45 de grees. The Jungfrau. one of the most beau tiful mountains in Europe, is one of. the chief peaks of the Bernese alps, and rises far above the limits of per petual snow. For many years all ef forts to render this virigin mountain more accessible proved unavailing, un til the late Guyer-Zeller, of Zurich, solved the problem that had puzzled so many engineers. In 1894 he obtained a concession extending- over eighty years from the Swiss federal council for what is unquestionably one of the most stupendous engineering feats ever attempted. "The difficulty of the project was in creased by the fact that the Eiger an.l the Moenich had to be pierced before the Jungfrau could be entered in order to obtain the required grade. But in August. 1896, all preliminary obstacles had been surmounted, the line of th*» railway had been decided upon arid rail laying had been begun. And in September, 1898, the first section was opened. The starting point of the railway is at Scheidegg, on top of the Wengern alp, which may be conveniently reach ed by rail from Interlaken. From here an electric car takes you to the Mer de Glace station, which has been just completed, and is the present terminus fof the road, 10,720 feet above sea level. The trolley line runs first on open ground, gradually ascending on the slopes of the great snow-capped Eiger. When the mountain side is reached the line plunges into the rock at a grade of 25 per cent. Thus far only four miles of the six-mile tunnel have been cpmpleted, the length of the en tire road, as projected, being eight " miles. The work of tunneling is slow, owing to the tenacious character of the calcareous rock. At the present rate of progress—two yards a day—it will be several years before the re mainder of the task will be accomplish ed. Three hundred Italians delve In the hearts of these mountains all the year round, being cut off from the world during the winter months—ex iles in the snow.—Chicago Chronicle. Goodyear Rain Coats and Mackintoshes are stylish and serviceable. 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