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ROCK ISL AMMJS. VOL. X.I. NO. 45. ROCK ISLAND, IliL., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1901. PRICE TWO CENTS. r f ARK CRIME A Washington Woman Found in Mutilated Condition. RIVALS BONINE CASE A Despondent Michigan Man Attempts to Kill His Family. Washington, Dec. 10. Mrs. Ada Gilliert Dennis, a fashionable dress inakor, was found in an almost dy ing condition in her room at 5 this morning under circumstances that promise to rival the Bonine case. Her skull was fractured, iie jaw- iMine broken and the left ear almost severed from the head. There was evidence of a struggle and her clothing and bedding were saturated with blood. A large force of detectives was put -n the case. The name of her assailant is unknown. Attempt Hatchery of Ilia Family- Copper Kalis. Mich.. Dec. HI. At 2 this morning' John Kinonen despond ent i'ver inability to procure work anil provide for his family, with a razor nt the throats of his wife anil two yonn? sons while they wen; asleep in bed and then cut his own throat. Kinonen is dead, the others are in a serious condition but will probably recover. KING FIXES DATE Determines Upon Jane 20 Nest for His Corona tion. London, Dec. 10. At the privy council today the king1 definitely fixed June 20 next as the date of his coronation. Parliament meets Jan uarv 15. FLIGHT OF CASHIER Get tinc Away With $100,000 of the Money or the Dank That Trusted Him. Los Angeles. I'al.. Dee. 10. IT. J. Fleishman, cashier of the Farmer' and Merchants' bank, of this city, has dlsap'ienred with a sum of the bank's money which Vice President II. W. llellman estimates at $lOu.OoO. The shortage was discovered yesterday. Fleishman has not lieen seen since I o'clock Saturday morning. At that hour he was at his club. lie not I lied the bank people that he was 111 Satur day morn in;;, and would not be at his desk. Nothing was thought of the matter at the time. When Fleishman failed to report yesterday his accounts were gone over CDd the shortage discovered. The ex act amount has not yet leen ascer tained. . Fleishman legan work fur the bank w hen a boy in 1S". lie was under bond with a surety company for .'JO.X.. In addition to this he had real estate and personal property In this city sufficient, in the opinion of Ilellmau to protect the bank from the loss of a doll jr. The bank wlil coif tinue right along: in business. Fleish man was a man of do known bad hab its. He had Leon married but was di vorced. blt CoupMJ to Ituild Boat. Milwaukee, Wis.. Dec 10. The L. J. Petit Salt company, of this city, will this week place an order for two wooden steamers to cost JfOO.Ooo each. The company has been trying to buy the steamers suitable for the trade, but has been unable to do so. The company ranuot use steel construction, and the steamers are to be onlv of twelve-foot draught. They wis be ready next season. Fight Pulled Off In Ohio. Painesvllle, O., Dec. 10. The flzht tietweeen Jimmy Hoy and George Sid dons which was to have taken place a week ago, but was prevented by the tiheriff on orders from Governor Nash, was brought off early Sunday morning at Rcllvmond. Hoy was knocked out in tbe'nlnth round. No arrests have been made and it Is said there will be none. ; Belgians Exploiting Iiollrlju Lima, Peru. Dec. 10. Advices from Ta Paz say that the Bolivian congress lias sanctioned a concession to a Bel gian syndicate to construct a port at Babia Negra and a railway from the river Paraguay to Santa Cruz, with branches to Sucre and, Fotosl, and has also authorized the government to ne gotiate a foreign loan, the basis of which it not made public. Ia Memory of m Dead Man. London. Dec. 10. The White Star Line Steamship company has endowed the charities of Liverpool and Belfast to the extent of 20,000 in memory of the late Thomas Henry Ismay, founder of the line, who died Not. 23, 1809. Smallpox la Michigan. Lansing. Mich.. Dec. 10. The spread of smallpox has been somewhat retarded. It is now present In seven- ty-three places In Michigan, only three more than ewe week. as:o. . . AD FREED BY CORONER Inquisition Finds That Mrs. Dale's Child Died by Acci dent. New York, Dec. 10. Mrs. Elizabeth Howe Dale was exonerated from all blame in connection with the ioison ing of her child. Emmet line Dale, by the verdict of the coroner's jury that concluded the inquest last night. It was found that the child's death was due to poison, but that this had been taken accidentally and without the knowledge of the moth er. Airs. Dale is the Chicago woman whose child died suddenly while the two were living temporarily in iio- boken. Charges have been preferred against her and despite the action of the coroner's jury she must face u grand jury in connection with the death. Her attorneys announce that thev will ask her release on bail pen.ling the healing by the grand jury. LOCKJAW SERUM Pittsburg Physician Says He Can Cure the Dread Antic lion. Pittsburg. Dec. lo. Dr. A. I.eteve. of the C. I.. Mflgee pathological depart luent of Mercy hospital, has dls-overed what has every indication: of being a successful serum treatment for tetanus or lockjaw. After a year of patient experimenting on lower animals the doctor, within the last three weeks, had the opportunity of testing his the ory on human subjects, one a middle aged man. a middle-aged woman and a loy 10 years of age. According to the physician's state ment, when these patients were first given the injection of the serum they were violent. lelng in spasms and con vulsions. The treatment soon brought them around, and within tire or six days they were restored to their for mer health. Dr. Leteve does not claim that the treatment will, cure every case, but believes that the problem of treating tetanus successfully has been solved. HELLO GIRLS MAY HAVE TO GO Kaltlmore 31 an Invents a Dettoe for lls- posingof Her Services. Ernest A. Faller, an electrical and mechanical engineer of Baltimore. has invented and successfully oper ated an automatic telephone ex- hange. .Mr." Faller is "a native VTft he Black Forest in south Germany and is but 31 years old. Six years ago. while installing a telephone ex change in San Francisco he conceiv ed the idea u)Kn which his "mechan- cal operator" is built. lie secured financial backing, hid himself awav first at the viaduct plant, anil later at 705 East Fayette street in Baltimore, and in May last an exeriniental machine, rudely built, was given a trial, and every hope of the inventor was realized. Then followed the actual building of a lOO-'phone exchange equipment. Sweeping patent rights were secur ed, and the machine is now complete. Some of the merits of the mechan- cal oierator as compared with pres ent day manual and so-called auto matic exchanges, will be seen by the following: A multiple exchange of l.OOO circuits has 1.250 or mtire mag nets; the present automatic ex change of the same size has 3.0O0, while the Faller system only requires 154. and the proportion holds hrough all sizes of exchanges. A small multiple exchange of 1,000 subscribers with metallic circuits would have 10,000 talking contacts.' The present automatic of the same size would have 2,000,000 while this new mechanical operator would have only 3.0O0. The multiple exchange of ,0O) subscrilers woultl have 160.000 contacts; the present automatic 32, 000.000, which is wholly impractic able, while this new mechanical op erator would have only 12,000. The new system is flexible, with no "multiple" feature. The slmplic- ty of circuits is fully preserved. It works as fast as the multiple system now used. No calls can be lost as the result of n rush on any section. The apparatus is easy to operate and the necessary attachments can be placed on any equipment now in use in n short jieriod. It has "num ber wheels," which expose a number through a small opening, leaving n. means of check that the right num ber is set for the subscriber. It is set by a half turn of a knob. and the subscriber does not have to stand with his ear at the receiver, but can proceeil with other business until the bell announces that connec tion is made. From the moment the sender is set o the required number and the call ing knob turned until the end of the conversation the exchange operates automatically and independently at the subscriber, and it is impossible for him to interfere with it. Notice is given of the completed connection by the ringer, and, as in manual ex changes, the act of hanging tip the receiver restores all parts of the cir- uit to normal or postion of rest. It cannot be definitely learned whether the new company is nego tiating with the other companies. but it is believed that it is. SUBSIDY SCHEME Persistent Measure Introduced by F rye in the Sen ate. IfLAURIN AND TILLMAN IN PEONT With a Debate on the South Carolina Quarrel Philippine Tariff Measure Capital City Notes. ... -. Washington, Dec. 10. The ship sub- rldy bill was introduced In the senate yesterday by Frye. It provides seven distinct classes with a rate of SO to twenty-knot steamers, increasing from S.tX to 10,0(10 tons the minimum size; $'1 for sixteen-knot steamers provided the size is increased from 5.000 tons, the present minimum, to S.OOO tons. The proposed maximum mail rates per gross ton per hundred nautical miles are: Over 1O.00O tons, twenty knots, 2.7 cents; nineteen knots. 2.5 cents. Over .Ot0 tons Eighteen knots. 2.3 cents; seventeen knot. 2.1 cents; sixteen knots, l.J) cents; fifteen knots. 1.7 cents. Over 2,000 tons Fourteen knots, 1.3 cents. Provide for a IVnerul Subsidy. The second title "general subsidy" contains the general sulisidy for all vessels, steam or sail, which an not under mail contracts. This general subsidy Is uniform, 1 cent ier gross ton per loo nautical miles for not ex feeding sixteen entries in one year. To promote the building of new ocean ves sels an additional allowance of one fourth of a cent per gross ton Is mad; for five years. Any vessel to receive the general subsidy must carry mails, lr required, and must train in sea manship or engineering one American youth for each l.tmo tons, the vessel to lie at the. service of the govern ments If required for defense. uhity Also to Isliermcn. The bill provides an annual bounty of $2 a ton for deep sea fishing vessels and of $1 a month for American citl zens when engaged In deep sea fish eries; that n vessel shall receive only one form of subsid v. .and that a vessel which has rcelved aubsidv shall not be sold to a foreigner except by con sent of the secretary of the treasury I.x1ge Ask Quirk Action on the Treaty. Washington, Dec. 10. Lodge j-ester- nay presented to the senate in execu tive session the report of the commit tee on foreign relations reeomniendin? favorable action upon the Hay-Paunce- tote isthmian canal treaty, and gave notice that today he would ask Hie senate to go into executive session for the consideration of the treaty, repeat lug the request each day until the sen ate should act upon It. The report of the committee on judiciary recom- ii'tnding the confirmation of Attorney General Knox was submitted, but went over. SENATORS 1'KOM SOUTH CAROLINA They Occupy the Floor and Mont of the Time of the Senate. Washington, Dec. lo. The senate chamber wa the scene of a highly dra- inane episode yesterday wbeu liilir.an of South Carolina challenged his -ol- league, Mcl.aurin to resign with him on the spot, in order, to use his own language, that they might bo able "to wash their dirty linen at home. Mc- Laurln did not take up the gauge. The incident was the direct sequel of the very bitter controversy which arose between the senators in South Caro lina last spring. McLaurin yesterday, Ieakiiig to a question of cr8onal privilege, complained that there was a conspiracy to discredit him as a Demo crat in his own state. Ixn-ause he did ot act with his party, out of which he declared he would not be driven. It develoxd 1n the course of the de bate that he was not in line with the Democracy as to the tariff, the Span- sh war. the Phlliplpne policy and the upbuilding of our merchant marine. He said that last spring, before the ad journment of the senate, the chairman of the Democratic national committee in the cloak room asked him why he no longer attended the Democratic caucuses. lie had replied that in view of his opinion of the questions growing out of the Spanish war he thought his presence might be embarrassing. The Democratic chairman had replied: Then iverhaix it would be less em barrassing to you not to be invited to the caucuses?" McLaurin said he had replied: "Certainly." In replying to Mcl.aurin Jones cf Arkansas said the cloak room Incident was this way. He (Jones) had been asked by the caucus Ulcer for the list of senators who were to bo summoned to a caucus, and McLaurin's name be ing mentioned lie (Jones) had said he himself would see the senator from South Carolina. ' "I met him In the loak room." said Jones, "and recalling the fact that he had not attended a Democratic caucus for more than two vears I asked him what his status was. lie replied that his relations with the party were such that he thought it would be embarrassing for him to en- er the Democratic caucus. I then said to him: 'Yon do not wish to b Invited then?" and he. replied: 'Cer- inly.' " Then Tillman took the floor and said that ' though his name had not been mentioned he knew he was the cause of It all. He then told the story of the quarrel from his standpoint; of the resignation or ootn or tne senators uiving been tendered to the governor, who had recommended that said reslg. nations be withdrawn; of the with drawal of McLaurin's. without quall- cation. and of the withdrawal of his own with the, qualification "if it can be withdrawn." He said he did not relieve the resignations could be with drawn, but that the matter could eas ily be settled. He wanted the Judici ary committee to look into the matter. as. h should enjoy, nothing so much UJJ CAPITAL DOINGS AT A GLANCE Washington, Dec. 10. The ways and means committee of the house organized today and the sub-commit tee was appointed. The Philippine tariff measure was agreed ujxm. It- is designated as a temporary measure and provides that the tariff laws of the Philip pine, commission shall have full force and effect. ' The bill will lie reported to the house Friday and ofter a -day's de bate passed under the special rule.. The house committee on appropri ations organized, tha'rman. Can non said no appropriation bills will be presented before the holidays. In the house a resolution passed providing for holiday adjournment from Dec. l'J to Jan. 6. After routine business the senate went into executive session to con sider the Hay-Pauneefote treatv. The president has decided to ap point Judge Francis K. Baker for the vacant seventh circuit court Indian judgeship. The president has accepted the resignation of Assistant Secretary of the Navv JIackett. Charles 11. Darling of erniont will be his suc cessor. The treasurv officials decided to anticipate the interest due Jan. 1 and Saturday Treasurer Roberts will mail checks covering the inter est amounting to $4 ,((6.1.7-12. Of this amount $2.22U.70.' is on the 2 per cent consols of l'J.'IO and $2,4:10,020 on the i per cent funded loan of 1007. as to "wash this dlrtv linen at home Jumping to ids feet McLaurin de clared in ringing tones that he was ready to meet his colleague at any 7ince or at any tune for the discus siou of the Issues between them. Theteupon In most dramatic fashion ?iWmaii challenged his colleague to re sign on the spot. "Let us draw up tho papers now," said .he. "and tender them to this man pointing to the pre siding ollicerf. and that will settle it. All eyes were turned U'von McLaurin, but the latter did not rise from his scat or make reply. Hoar's contribution to the incident was the declaration that he doubted whether either gentleman from South Carolina was entitled to a seat, now; that probably their resignations wern trood at the instant oflered and could pot be withdrawn, as they ceased to 1 senators the moment they signed their resignations. He alluded to a pre cedent supplied by Blaine when speak er of the house, who decided that the signature and delivery of a resignation ended the official life of a representa tive, prevented him from speaking in the house anil stopved pending - pro ceedings for expulsion. TA III FK AXU TIIK I'll II.1 111 N KS lipheme That Will I'rolmldy Ite Adptel by the Ilepiiblicnns. Washington. Dee. 10. Secretary of War Boot, accompanied by Col. Edwards, chief of the insular division of the war department, was with the Bcpuhlicau members of the ways and means committee throughout yester day afternoon, going over the Philip pines tariff situation. Boot empha sized the fact that the new tariff of the Philippines ci'iumisison had gone into effect only a few weeks ago, on Nov. 1.1, and he favored a Voutinuance by congress of the rates established by the commission. Representative: Russell thereupon determined not to further urge the proKsitIon he had put forward earlier ill the day for a 15 per cent, prefer ence to American goods. The com mittee took no final action, adjourning for the day. After tlie meeting the members stated that while no conclu sions had !kcii reachi'd and no votes taken the discussions anil the hearing of Root hail practically determined that the Taft tariff rates of Nov. 15 would be applied against goods enter ing the Fhilipipnes, and the Dingley rates against -goods entering the I'nit ed States from the Philippines. The proposal to grant a rebate of tax cn goods paying an Internal revenue tax Is still under discussion, with the piosp-t of its being Incor'Kirated in the final draft of the bill. IlllnolH .Machinery All Hight. v Washington, Dec. 10. Engineer In Chief Melville has Investigated the -ublished reports that the machinery of the battleship Illinois, now in dock at New Orleans, has ben found defec tive, and as a result it Is declared that the Illinois' machinery Is all right. Certain cracks in a flange of the high pressure cylinder were lound to lit what are known as shrinkage cracks. resulting from the cooling of the metal after casting, and are declared not to constitute a defect to the engine. Will Appeal to Conicresft. Washington. Dec. 10. The McKIn- ley National Memorial Arch associa tion has determined to change its plan of operation so as to apical to con- ress instead of to the public for the erection of the proposed McKlnley me morial at Washington. The associa tion will be reincorporated and contri butions received bv the association for the proposed memorial arch' will be returned. Nominated by the Preoltlent. Washington, Dec. 10. Among the nominations sent to the senate yester day by the president were these: Levi M. Willcuts. district of Duluth, Jlinn., and William II. Devon, district of Mil waukee. Wis., collectors of customs; AVashington Ilaverstick, of Wisconsin, general inspector, treasury department. New Agricultural Officer. Washington. Dec. 10. The secretary of agriculture yesterday announced the establishment of a new'divlslon of soil management In. the bureau of soils, with Professor F. H. King, formerly professor of soil physics in the Unl- ct-rsity of Wjscon?n." In charge. AS TO MACHINERY Cigarmakers at the Federation Convention Fail to Have It Condemned. THEIR FIGHT IS WELL PLANNED, But the Victory Is Willi the Qpposl tion Metu.1 Trades 1-Vdera, tion Organized. Scranton, Ta.t Dec. 10. The confer ence of the American Federation of Labor was in seslon only two hours yesterday, adjournment being taken until this morning in order to enable the several committees to consider the large number of resolutions still in their hands. There was a lively dis cussion on the floor over the question of boycott lug machine-made cigars. It ii the same question that the Cigar- makers' International Union has brought up at previous conventions of the Federation, and the union has al ways been defeated In its light against the introduction of machinery in the c'gar trade. At the present time not a machine-made cigar in the United States, it is said, bears the label of the Cigarmakers International Union. Argument of the Anii-Machine Men. The matter came up in the form of a resolution proscuted by Iresident tiompers and John C. Deerhell and Thomas F. Tracer, of the Cigarmak crs' Union, and -was referred to the vommittee on labels. It denounced a rertaln company for making cigars by child labor and machinery, and called upon the Federation to assist in union Izing the various plants of the com pany. J he committee reported the resolution back with the recommenda tion that the word "machinery" be stricken out and the resolution adopt ed. Then the cigarniakers opened their tight. They insisted that the term "machinery" should not be elim inated, and argued that' cigars made by machinery are not as good as those made by hand, and that the machines diive hand cigarniakers out of the business. Aineniled Iteoolntlon "fJetu There. The speakers in opposition to the cigarniakers" proposition argued that to oppose machinery would be folly. Ma chines are nemg introduced In manv Iies of trade, they said, aiid the union could not successfully light the law of progress. It was pointed out to the cigarniakers that the lest thing to do was to organize the operators cf the n aclnnes and adopt a wage scale, just us the ty'iographical and other unions have done when machinery was intro duced in their trades. The discussion promised to 1m very lengthy, but the moving of theprevious question ended the debate and the resolution, with the word "machinery" stricken out, was adopted as recommended. Metal Trale Federation Organizctl. The Metal Trades Federation, after a series of meetings, finally organized jtsterday by electing officers. The following officers were elected: Pres ident, E. .1. Lynch, of New York, na tional president of the metal olishers; vice president. Robert Kerr, of Mo- line. Ills., national president of tho blacksmiths; secretary-treasurer, John O'Leary, Worcester, Mass., president of the corcmakers. The executive committee Avill be composed of the above officers and all the national presidents of the other trades allied with the Metal Federation. All of the trades in the Metal Federation ere affiliated with the Federation of Labor, and the object is to have an associa tion that can deal directly with the manufacturers, who are organized un der the name of the National Metal Trades nssm-lnfloTl Scranton, Pa., Dec. 10. The Amer- can Federation of Labor convention tislay adopted a resolution pledging the Federation to use every honora- ile n. cans to prevent the passage, by ongress or the anti-scaiping legis- :ition. The question of autonomy was referred lo a special committee. HOOPESTON'S LOSS Fire Wipes Out Values Estimated at Nearly $100, OOO. IIonp?sto!i. UN.. Dec. 10. This city was visited by one of the most disas- rous fires in its history Sunday, the loss aggregating nearly $100.H)O. The lire started in the basement of B. E. Oppenheim's general store, adjoin- ng the postotliee, in the First Nation al Bank, block, in Main street. The en- ire icocK, tne nnest in me city, was onstrueted of brick, and fully two- thirds of it was destroyed. Four two story brick business rooms, in which the postotliee and three stores were located, were totally consumed by the tire, and but little of the contents was saved." The heaviest losers are: J. S. Mc- Ferren, banker. $.lo,M: B. E. Opnen- elm. general store. $18.0x; C. F. Da vis, furniture. $2,500; J. -S. Dunscomb, grocery. $((.O0O: lloopeston Telephone ompany, $1.00: Charles A. Allen, at torney, notes and valuable papers. 10.kj0. A numlver of other firms also ufftred severe losses by the flames. The origin of the fire is not known. The insurance so far as known aggre gates $JG,500. BAD FIRE RAGING IN WEST VIRQINIA Huntington. W. Va., Dec. 10. Fire s raping in the Wayne court house, 20 miles south of this place. Eight een buildings are said to have burned. ' FIGHT IN TIEN ' TSIN British and Germans Slain in Battle That May Cause Com- -plications. Tien Tsin, Dec. 10. Serious inter national complications may result from an encounter which took place yestetdav between the German troops and a company of Punjaub in fa n try, which is stationed here Three German privates were killed and die German officer was mortally wounded in the fight. On the Brit ish side three men were slain and several more wounded. The ae counts of the fray, which was short but decisive, differ somewhat, the Germans claiming that they acted from first to last in self-defense while the Indian troops aver that the Germans were aching for a chance of showing their hatred for the English. Hi' trouble was started by a sen try belonging to the Indian regi ment, who ran amuck and killed two of his comrades. The sentry, who is said to have been crazed by liquor, while quarreling with companions suddenly brandished two revolvers ind without- a word of warning shot at random into a crowd of unarmed soldiers who had tried to quiet him Two men were killed outright and others were slightly wounded. Th. sentrv then ran through the streets of the city, shouting and swearing. The people fled in terror right and left. A company of Pun jaub infantry was at once sent out to secure him. The sentrv later met i. company of German troops, whom he celled cowards and" brutes, saying that they deserved to be treated like the Boers in South Africa. He emptied his revolver in the regiment. wounding one German officer mor tally, lie was shot dead by the Germans. In the meantime the companj of Punjaub infantry arrived on the scene. A row ensued between the commanding officers and a free fight was precipitated. The battle last ed but a short time, the Punjaubs being put to flight, leaving their dead and injured on the street. Af terward the Germans took the wounded of both sides to their bar racks and cared for them. The ierman troops have been confined to heir barracks until further orders. SLOWLY ROASTED Horrible Death of Three Workmen in u Railroad AV reck Train Ditched. Peru, Ind., Dec'., 10. A box tar loaded with workmen ahead of the eii- piue of a construction train on the Cincinnati, llichmond and Muncie ail way jumped the track two miles east of this city yesterday and rolled down a fifteen-foot embankment. There were fifty men on the car, ana hey fell in a heap at one end. a red- iot stove catching Perry Landers, of North Judson. beneath it and pinning him down until extricated by fellow workmen, lie was horribly burned ol out the body and face and will prob ably die. Others badly hurt are: Nevada Walters, of Wabash, Ind., both legs fevered; Charges Peterson, Fremont. )., fractured shoulder and ribs, hip dislocated: Thomas O. Laughton. Ur bana. O.. both arms dislocated, face adly cut: Louis Jann, Louisville. Ky., prained ankle, hip cut; Frank Tonard, North Judson. Ind.. cut about head, and right shoulder dislocated: William ito North Judson, Ind., knee dislo cated. A score of the men escaped with cuts and bruises. The first two u the foregoing list are serious cases. CATHOLIC FEDERATION MEETS IN .CINCINNATI Cincinnati, Dee. 10. The first con ference of the American Federation f Catholic societies convened here oday with about 500 delegates pres- nt. Beligious services at the cathe- Iral preceded thebusinesssession.the latter being held at the auditorium. Gov. Nash, Mayor Fleischmann and fliers delivered welcoming address- s which were, responded to by of- cers of the federation. 1 oril Had Alrrady KettlgiMMl. Denver. Colo., Dec. 10. Charles D. Ford, chairman of the Ilepubllcan tate central committee, announces that he had placed his resignation of the secretary of the committee, to be cted upon at its next meeting, rord aid that this action was taken several weeks ago, and that his letter of Tes tation ante-dated by about two weeks the order of the attorney genet' 1 to the effect that federal office holders must not hold active office in local political organizations. Aged Farmer Goes I'p for Life. Knoxvllle, Tenn., Dec. .10. P. B. Bundren, a well-to-do farmer nearly W years of age, has been sentenced at Butledge, Teuu., to serve a life Im prisonment for the murder of Attor ney John II. Crozier, who was shot down in a public highway last July. Crolzer had sought to collect for a debt from Buudreu. Boat Rnu Late This Yriar. CUieago, Dec. 10. Announcement vis made here yesterday that owing to the unusual number of boats re maining in orvice on the upper lakes fter. the expiration of Insurance, the United States weather bureau "will l-non nil lt trtatlona In that district J open until Dec. 15. WEEirSWORK In Prosecution of the War Against Strug gling Boers.- I KITCHENER REPORTS Way Open- to theBritish Orange River In- j vasion. ' London, Dec. 10. Lord Kitchener in a dispatch from Pretoria reports the result of the week's work is 31 Boers killed, 17 wounded, 352 prison ers, and 35 surrendered. Quantities of supplies were captured. By ad- . vancing a line of blockhouses in the eastern part of the Transvaal Kitch ener is now able for the first time to carry out systematic and continuous operations in the vicinity of Ermelo. Bethal and Carolina. v Clearing Southeast Districts. Columns have cleared the south eastern districts of the Orange river colony and are now operating north ward on the Thabanchu line. Th Boers are still in force in the extreme west of Cape Colony. They are commanded by Maritz who re cently attacked Tontellbosehkop. The Boers have been driven off and Marit:: severely wounded. ALL CAPITAL SUNK Whole of the $500,000 of the Omaha Loan Company is Gone. Omaha, Neb., Dec. 10. President A. U. Wyinan, head of the Omaha Loan and Trust company, announces that no receivership will be requested at this time. He admitted that a confer ence of directors had been held to dis cuss relief measures. Later develop ments indicate that the company's lia bilities will reach a much higher fig ure than at first supposed. Stock holders say frankly that the $o00,000 representing the capital stock is en tirely gone, and that they have no expectation of ever realizing a cent from it. It is learned in the district court. however, that a request for a receiver was made by the company several days ago. attended by peculiar condi tions. Attorneys Crofoot & Scott, act ing for the company, asked the court to designate a certain receiver and re ceiver's attorneys, the matter of choice t; be left to the company. The court istened to argument at some length and finally refused to appoint a receiv er under such restrictions. Collision ft ills engineer ana Fireman. North Yakima, Wash., Dec. 10. A head-end collision between an extra east-bound freight and No. 54, a freight, two miles north of here on the Northern Pacific, resulted in the death of two trainmen and the injury of sev- ral others. The killed are Engineer Cooper and the fireman (name un known). The Injured are Brakemau J. Peters. Fireman B. B. Scott, Brakemnn W. T. Darcey, Conductor Joseph Chare and Fireman Alfred Channe. Way They Do tn Alabama. Brookside. Ala.. Dec. 10. Rev. J. W. Bradford, who had been returned here as Methodist minister for another year, remarked at Sunday school that the relations between himself and his congregation would be pleasant if they could stop 6uch men as It. D. Coffman from lying about him and toe church. Coffman, who had been expelled from the church on some charge, when to the minister's home later and fired wo shots at him, causing his death two hours later. Long Married People Celebrate. Elgin, Ills., Dec. 10. Mr. and Mrs. ndrew J. Kennedy, of this city, Sun day celebrated the sixtieth anniver- ary of their marriage. The festivi ties took place at the home of their daughter, Mrs. H. L. Blackman. Ken nedy is SG years old and his wife is 85. Both were among the earliest set tlers of McIIenry county. Tils., coming west from New lork in 183 1. . ja, i s :! Some Wise Donte, Don't . confound hauteur with dig- ity or repose with stupidity. . Don't "howl." "roar" or "explode." To laugh heartily is better. Don't pose. Alfectation is a bar to respect, let alone confidence. Don't groan over the .wickedness of the world, but mend your own. Don't boast. - The illiterate and the self conscious are thus made manifest. Don't use superlatives. Few things require them, and they weak- n description. Don't preach unless you have prac- iced. Deeds are tremendously con vincing. Don't forget that politeness is the foster sister of diplomacy and an essential tact. Don't appraise a book at anoth er s valuation. Critics are not cen sors absolute. St. Louis -Post Dis- 1 patch.