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"'VWTTi',!d r t ' fTft ! 'ir'J fl t THE OHIOAOO E -A. OX. 333 . ') . U ' 7' 4 itf & i r37s u. J & ' FOR EAGLE READERS. News from All Parts of the World Carefully Selected from the Press Telegrams. A Weekly Digest of the Most Important Facts and Happenings for Busy Readers. tloii averted n strike In tlio tailor Miops of Clilcnso which threatened to Involve 15,000 employe. The union men chnrged Hint tliclr employer had violated tlio "clowl shop" agreement. Tlio Inttor promised to lot no contract In tlio future to nny "unfair" titllor shops. It rnme to lifclit Hint dressmaker's stock vnlucil nt more than $7,000 had n narrow escape from destruction by fire In Hoston. Margaret Murphy conducts tlio cstnMMimeiit nt 104 Hoylston street, nntl with her employe, left 'the prcm lies nu u recent evening nt 7:110 o'clock. There were two llnUheil costume upon the drcM forms liml the remainder of the vuliiulile stock wns left nhout the room. The next morning nt 7 o'clock, when the dressmnkers returned to their work, they found the two dresses liurned oS the forms mid stock to the rntuc of nbout $2,000 destroyed. The State police were notified, mid after conducting nn In vcstlgntlon reported thnt owing to the nlrtlghtness of the rooms, nnd therefore lack of oxygen, the lire could not spread liny further than It did. ROUBUMS MAKB GOOD HAUL, Bind and Cuff county Treasurer nncl Wat 8)15,000. James It. Ktorni, country treasurer In Treyeott, AH.:.. wis found loekeil in the steel vault of his otrice, lioiiud and gagged, with $l,',000 missing from the cash funds of the treasury. Mr. Storm had heeu In the vault sixteen hours when feiiud hy his dnughter. He says thnt nhout A o'clock the other afternoon, whllo neated In his olllce, two men entered the door with hntidkerchlefs tied over their facet, and presenting n revolver to his henil, ordered him to throw up his hands. Storm compiled nnd the two men closed the door of the nillcc, produced n string of baling wire, with which they securely bound his feet and hands. Tliey forced n handkerchief Into his mouth and push ed him Inside the vault. After gathering up 9ir,00( and leisurely ransacking the office for more money, the men closed tlio door of the vault, locked It nnd de parted. Storm was tumble to give any nccurnto description of the men. CALL TO THANKSGIVING. Kentuoky Mayor.Uraes Charity and Olves ThnnHs for Babies. Mayor J, 11. I'owell of Henderson, Ky., uns Issued a Thanksgiving procla mation that gut fnr nwny from the ordinary official papers. Tlio proclama tion Is as follows: Ml)y authority vested In me, as Mayor of an unpretentious lit tle city, I do thus publicly proclaim: Whereas. In nccord with Christian cus tom, Thursday, Nov. 24, 1004, hath been set apart ns n day of thanksgiving nnd prayer, I do beseech saints and sinners to go to church nnd bo good. Whether chanting hymns, shooting qunll or sip ping delicious poison from tlio eyes of beauty, 'keep Innoceucy, and tako heed unto the thing that Is right, for that shall bring a man peace nt tho last. Lot us bo thankful that our colonels nro not o fnll of corn as our corn Is full of kernels. Though the surrounding soil, tickled with n hoe, Is laughing with a harrcxt. poor folks are still with us. From thin soup and cold potatoes, good Lord, deliver them. O! Christian men and women, astonish tho stomach of tho starring sufferer with oysters, turkey nnd mince pie. Adorn tho ragged pauper with comfortable clothing. An ounce of practice Is worth n pound of preaching. Dearly beloved, let ns nlav unon n harp of n thousand strings a new song of praise, give thanks unto the Lord for tho most ehnrinlng crop of beautiful Itnbles ever horn In tho old town slnco creation dawned mid the morning stars snug together. Sweet, dainty dnrllngs, smile on, like Minbcams in shady places. Kick up your little heels and mako of earth n heaven." TKST3 SHOW LOSS OF WATER. ChloAffo Cats No Pay for I.OOO, 000,000 Gallons In stook Yard. Secret tests tnndo by the city of Cht rngo with pitonietcM show that nearly 1,000,000 gnllons of water n yenr nre pumped Into the Stock Ynrds, for which the city receives no revenue. This repre suits n loss In thnt district alone of more than ?.'W,.1Hil. The tlgurcs arc given in n report tnndo by I'd ward S. Cole, who has boon carrying on tho Investi gation for the city. His work was not confined to the Stock Ynrds district, but he points out the conditions there be cause of tho great amount of water used and recommends that the Investi gation lie carried further. Commissioner Hlockl In discussing the report said he did not believe any one In tho Stock Ynrds was stealing tho water, becauso "we hnd an Investigation of the water mains there some years ago, and the big manufacturer are, to the best of in) belief, paying for all the water they get." It Is estimated the per cnplta consumption of water is more than 2.10 gnllons n dny nnd the nveragc dnlly pumpnge Is nbout 400,000,000 gallons. riLBMOfta, lam view is. HANDS FROM BATTLESHIP MAST. Philadelphia t'oy Resoued from Perilous Ml t nation by a Sailor. Caught in the ropes of n topmast, Charles Ilowan, IU years old, dangled bead downward for ten minutes from tlio military mast nf n battleship nt League Island navy yard, Philadelphia, before being rescued. A piece of rope which caught in his shoe was the only thing that saved him from being dashed to death. The boy had been dared by his companions to touch the pennant flying fiom the mast of the battleship. He suc ceeded, but while descending he misled n step nnd fell ocr. He was seen dang ling In the air by Howard Itcnxlcr, a sailor, who quickly climbed tho mast amid the cheers of several hundred vis itors to the yards and rescued the boy. Parkar Issues Statement. Alton 15. Pari; or has issued a state ment to the Democracy, urging organiza tion and harmony, declaring thnt corpor ation money hi elections Is tho greatest moral Question heforo the country nnd expressing the belief that tho people will yet turn to his party for relief from "tnr IIMed trusts." Operations' of Furnaces. J. U. Itutlvr, Jr., chnlrniun of tho Ilestemer Pig Iron Association, an nounces that on Nov, 1 187 furnaces, users of Lake Superior ore, reported to the association. Of this number JUI nro in blast mid ."15 out of tho blast. Tho furnaces in blast represent n dally ca pacity nf 111,255 tons. Fatality at n "Helltatf." Frank Miller, living near Red Hnw, Ohio, was killed by tho nccldentnl explo sion of a shotgun In the hands of a friend, Hubert Campbell. Tho boys, with a number of others, wero attending nn old-fnHhloiied "helling." Miller wns 10 years of nge. Campbell Is prostrated with grief. Rope Rrankei Thren Men Killed. Three workmen wero killed In a bug gy used to wrap a wlra cable on the now Steubeiivllle, Ohio, suspension bridge. The rope supporting tho buggy broke, throwing It against a pier nnd hurling the men to death mi the ground below. Guests Humect to Death. . The Silver Queen Hotel, In the Sour Lako oil field of Texas, was destroyed by fire nnd four persons were burned to death. The hotel was filled with guests. Tho cause of tho lire is not known. Groat Britain Will Join. (Ircnt IJrltnin has accepted President Koosuvelt's Invitation to join in n pcaco congress, hinds Itussln in North Sen cits, and Informally propones arbitration of Itiiriso-Japant'so war. Killed in an Argument. lu u light which grew out of n political argument In Maxwell, Itul., Charles Van ISIalrton htruck Robert Kruzler on tho head with a heavy weltlug hammer, Kill ing him. Van Itlalrlon was nri-ested and hurried to (ireentleld by the clicrl!? and placed In jail. Threntn t rouuht Ueath. "Pock" Walton, a farmer, nnd n Dem ocrat, wiih shot and killed nt Ills homo In Claiborne county, Teiin, llu attended a political inciting recently and It is said threatened several pel sons. Pony Vote to Worn on. After n hplrltcd dchato tho Vermont' Ilouso of Representatives, by a closo voto of l0 to 07, has refused a third reading to tho bill granting municipal suffrage to women who are taxpayers. The Judiciary committee hnd reported favorably. Woman. Kills Laundryman. Jim Wo Kee, Chinese laundryinau, is dead from wounds on his head and face, received during a light In his laundry in New York with a whlto woman com panion, Mollio Donovan, 22 years old, of l'hlladtdphln. 8k is iu a dangerous condition. SON DEAD UOVS SHIELD MOTHER Impersonate Lost Brother and Sava Aged blind Parent from shock. That their mother, aged and blind, may uot know of the loss of her first born, tho two remaining sons, in Phila delphia,, linvc decided that one shall im personate the lost brother until her death. Tho mother Is Mrs. Kathcrine Kelly. One son, Lawrence, died sudden ly at tho homo of a sister, whero he re sided, and was buried tho other day. Matthew and James, fearing the news might kill their mother, decided Matthew should Impersonate Lawrence. When the mother called for "Larry" Matthew responded: "Here I am, mother." "I wondered why you wero so late In get ting home," she replied, and dozed oil to sleep again. BANDITS RAID TOWN. Thieves Invade MoCoysburjr, lnd Loot Poatoff loa and Baoape. A wholesale raid was made by robbers at McCoysburg, Ind tho other night. Five stores and tho poitofflce wero rob bed. In tho postofUco the richest booty was obtained. Hero the ing safe was blown to pieces with nitroglycerine. All tho stamps and money, Including some church funds that had been deposited there, were taken. Tho amount stolen la uot given out by Postmaster McCoy. Killed by Gas Bxploslon. Ono man wiih killed, thrco persons se riously injured nnd nearly u scoro of others cut nnd bruised in an explosion ui minimi m" m "if iiuni'iui'iii nt 11 uirvu- story structure nt 70 24th street, Chi cago. The blast, which was caused by someono searching for a leak in tho gas main, practically wrecked tho building, damaged Uhmo adjoining and jarred the neighborhood for a block around. 9 1 B.OOO Vnsua Are Stolen, Six exquisite vases, valued nt $15,000, hnvo been stolen from John S. Mclchcr, a New York lawyer and nrt collector. Mr. Mclchcr recently moved Into a now house. Ho prized tho vases so much that ho asked to Imvo them carted in n separate van. Thieves learned of this re quest, backed up to Mr. Melchcr's house with ii vim, packed tho vases into it and coolly drovo uwny. Work of Train Wrookore. Express train No. I! of the Susquehan na and Western from Jersey City was wrecked near Mlddletowu. N. Y. The englno nnd three conches left tho track and turned over. Tim engine was demol ished, but Kiigluccr PollUon escaped In Jury. No passengers were hurt. The cause was a tlsh plate driven between the rails apparently for tho purpose of wrecking tho train. Glean Until In the Arctic. Mylius nrlckscii's expedition, after two and a half years of exploring In Greenland, returned to Copenhagen with valuablo ethnological nnd scientific rec-, ords, tho explorers having lived with the natives nud studied their language nnd customs. Sermons In Flamea on Grave, The will of Rev, John K. Melborn, filed In Pittsburg, instructs his adminis trator to have all tho sermons which he had wrltteu lu life gathered In a pile on his grave nnd destroyed by fire. No ex planation Is given, but tho request has been compiled with. Western Writers Name Officer". The Society of ostein authors at n meeting nt tlio Art Museum iu Cincin nati, elected tho following officers: Pres ident, O. D. (irovcr, Chicago; Vice Pres ident, J. O. Adams, Chicago; Secretary, F. O. Sylvester, St. Louis; Treasurer, Carl A. Uuehr, St. Louis. Wilt i!xpl uirl ttmokors. School girls lu Wnsliliigton, Pa., must not smoke any moro elgnret If they would contluuo as pupils of tho local school. This is the ultimatum issued by the town board of education. OIKS TO SAVE COMPANION. Watohmnn Reoelvos Burglar's Bul let Mqantfor Knglnear, John Kerr, aged 42 yenrs, n watch man for tho Pennsylvania Sweep nnd Smelting Company, Philadelphia, was killed by n robber while attempting to save n fellow workman from being mur dered, David Rlkle, engineer for tho company, came upon two young men robbing freight cars. Ho ntteinpted to catch them, when one of tho robbers drew n revolver nnd Just ns ho pulled tho trigger Kerr Jumped between tho burglar and Rlkle. Tho ball entered Kerr's breast, killing him. The robbers escaped. NBW CRUISER MAKBS OOOD TIME. Maintains Better Speed than Build er's Contrnot Called For. Secre'tnry Morton has received a re port from Captain Dayton, president of the board of inspection and survey, say ing that tho cruiser West Virginia maintained nu average speed, ns correct ed for tidal currents, of 22.140 knots per hour for four consecutive hours nt her recent trlnl over the measured course off Capo Ann, exceeding by .140 of n knot tho speed called for ill tho contract with her builders. Fire Kills Koroto Woman. In attempting to rescue her grandson Mrs. S. Reynolds rushed Into her burning home at St. Louis avenue, nnd tho Illinois-Michigan canal lu Chicago nud was burned to death. The bodies of tho giandmothcr nnd grandson wero found charred to a cinder after the flames hnd been extinguished. HENRY E. BRANDT, Paints and Wall Paper, 446 A 44t Lincoln Avenues yiintlnge laprh,nglng Band Psrmt.irn LUTHER LOOMIt PrMlOant WILLIAM LOOMIt Vies President IAS. A. HOOAN Oan'l Mgr. and ILLINOIS STONE CO.. Dimension and Rubble Stone QUARRIES AT LBfiONT. Main Office, cor. 33d and Lumber Sti. Yard N. I. aad LumlMr St. Tl. Canal IM. retEPffOTJB CAIfAl fJ. Yam N. a. CHICAOO Elitoi !., 1 Mi. fcrt. IMtlu Tal. Manraa Ml. WM. LORIMBRPrM.aaTrsaa. J. J. McKBNNA, Vlca-Pra. WM. J. MURPHY, m. Murphy &Lorimer Brick Company Tweed & Rau MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRAOEZ Glass Signs and p'nG Advertising Frames 298-300 W. Madison Street, - - CHICAGO TELEPHONE MONROE 1370: FRED W. UPHAM, President. O. O. AQLER, Sec'y and Treat Fred W.Upham Lumber Co. WISCONSIN HARDWOOD 215 Dearborn Street 'Phone tUtrison .4280 639 Rookery Building, Chicago Yards Archer and California Ave. Telephone Olllce, Harrison 933. Trnln Wreok Proves Fatal. A through freight train from Worces ter to Albany, on tho lloston nnd Albany Uallroud, was wrecked nt Snrlnglleltl, Mass. A trnmn who wns beating his way, and Thomas Uowlcr, llugman, and Peter Chnnipngne, brakemnn, wero in jured. Tho train broke, iu two as it was entering tho ynrds. Fatnl Hatiroad Wrecks. Ynrdmnster J. K. Johnson and Divis ion Engineer (leorgc A. ltlchards of the Hook Island road wero run down and killed while on nn Inspection tour near Chlckasha, I. T. Engineer E. B. Lynch nnd Fireman II. I. Klbbs were killed in n Norfolk nnd Western freight wreck near Kadford, Vn. JSSEOTsSSfe CEMENT PAVING as - 177 LA SALLE ST. SSICAGO, TXLIPMONK OsftttlfAi. One Is Dead. Two Injured, One man is dead nnd two others are seriously scalded ns a result of an ex plosion lu the boiler room of tho tug Wnrulck of Toledo ns she, lay nt tho plant of tho Urent Lnkes Engineering works In Kcorse, near Detroit. Clarcnco Corey, aged 23, of Toledo, is dead. Uuslness Houses Hurried, Tiro In thu heart of Ilnttl" Crcols'u business district damaged tho Noblo block and Annex building to tho .extent of $00,000. Thu blocks nro both thrco story structures owned by thu Alouzo Noblo estate. Dlff 3nl of Copper Property. TliomiiH K. Cole, Jiimcs Iloiitsnu nud D. l' Woodhrlilge, nctlng for Ciilumot and Ilecln interests, hnvo closed u deal for tho imrchiiHu of thu Copper Chief group of claims, near Jerome, Ari., for $a,ooo,ooo. One Hundred Persons Drown. A hundred persons wero drowned hy tho sinking of tho Trench steamer Ol nnido after having been in collision with the l-'rcneh steamer SchhiMno, near Her billon, twenty-three, miles from Bona, Al giers. French Deputies In niot. Fierce riots marked thu debate in tho French Chamber of Deputies, following nu assault on lieueral Andre, Minister ol War, and troops led his nttaeker from thu sitting. Asks Unmuffns for Lookout. Thu Brotherhood of Carpenters nnd Joiners hns begun suit In Now York ngalust thu president of tho Building Tiades Employers Association for $'-'30,-000 damages as a result of tlio lockout. Shot, Man I'nlls 3.O0O Koet. After being accidentally shot whllo ex changing guns with his son, William II, Joy of Hkugwny, Alaska, fell 11,000 feet down a glueier. Thu body was recov ered. Campaign Expanses of Parties, Cost of the campaign to both parties! is estimated at ?--,.uu,ismj, which, wuiio not up to the record of 1800, compares with tho SUOO.OOO spent by thu two na tional committees In 1804, CHAS. C. BREYER PlumberOasfitter 187 W. DIVISION ST., Netr Milwaukee Av. Tlphon Monro 67S. vHouse Draining a Specialty. Dealer in All Kinds uas Fixtures. Jobbing Promptly Attended T tfHEr&r&&& &&&&&& Telephone; Wait 1361 GEO. EDMANSON & SON I OYSTER m m ! HE EMPLOYMENT OFFICES WEST SIDE BUREAU I to 9 South Oanal Street XCTiPIONES MAIN OOl I NO CHARGES OF ANY KIND MADE TO EMPLOYER OR EM PLOYE FOR FURNISHING ALL KINDS OF EMPLOYMENT FOR MALE OR FEMALE HELP. ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY 1 1 ATTENDED TO . . S. P. REVERE, Superintendent HIHHHlHHim "II ! ! JOHN SPRY LUMBER COMPANY .. A SPECIALTY OF MAPLE FLOORING ASHLAND AVENUE AND 22nd STREET TELEPHONE OMIL 46 JOS. J. DUFFY. M. J. SCANLAN. JOSEPH J. DUFFY S CO., DEALERS and SEA FOOD BROKERS t Irvlm Ave., CHICAOO & Kll3nt GENERAL. Fisherman Wantonly sialn. Tho coroner's jury nt Hull, Enelnud. found Ueorgo Henry Bmltli nnd William Loggett of (liimccocU fleet were killed by aliota flred without warning or provo cation from Kumlnu worships. Averts Tailor Shop Strike, By yielding to tho demands of tho upeclnl order clothing worker tho Na tional Clothing Manufacturer' Anocla- Finds arandsoVs Crave. Mra. Julia Vnn Alntyne, of Auburn, N, Y., after n vearcli of threo years for her grnnddon, found Mb body In an unmarked grave In Jew lurk Ulty. Jump In Hlver with Baby, A woman, faslilonnltly dressed and car rying an infant In her arms, jumped from n bridge luto tho Allegheny river at Pittsburg, and both wero drowned. Akron Uualneaa Blook Burn. Tho new five-Btory Dobsou block nt Akron, Ohio, wan bmlly damaged by lire. I.orts on building ami to tenants, $50,- 000. Well-Known Preachor Resign, Itcv. William M. I.awreuco, for twenty-tour years pastor of tho Second Bap tist Church lu Chicago, bus resigned ami will accept a call at Rast Orange, N. J, Loss of Japanese Warship. Japan admits tho loss of tho battleship Ynslitmn, which was sunk lu Juno by a Russian mine. A report printed at tho timo was deuled by Toklo, Buys Hulk of Maine, A sulvage company has bought the bulk of tlio bnttleshlp Maluo in Havana Harbor, and will tow it to Coney Islaud, wkero It nill bo placed on exhibition. In;....ln,f..li......-;-..-:"h.ra"r-l"l-'"HK'rt'r1'1'V'laMil4.4.4H TELEPHONE 363 BLACK' T I t t FRESH EGGS AD BUTTER SPECIALTY ...,,.. .... nnnnpnU ...n ..rT t MCUAHICN DHUd, UnUUtnl AND MANnCI 67-69 NORTH STATE STREET CHICAGO DEALERS IN GROCERIES, MEATS, POULTRY, ETC. CONTRACTORS 907 Chamber of Commerce. Telephone Main 4688. Tanner & Conley, MERCHANT TAILORS First-Clan Work at Moderate Frioei. W. M. 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