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HE SEES SILVER'S TRIUMPH.
.eta tor UabnU. of Idaho. Thinks the
Trait. vua! War Will Solve the I) sa
tiny of th White Metal.
Chicago, Dec. 26. "If. the war in
the Transvaal continues for two or
three months longer, the cause of
silver will have been won," said form
er United States Senator Du Bois, of
Jdnho, one of the fcilvcr republic m
leaders, who was in Chicago yester
day. "The short time it has been in
progress," continued Mr. Du Bois,
"has furnished proof of the conten
tions of friends of silver that there is
s not enough gold in the world to
form the basis of the world's money,
and if the war continues the length
if time I have indicated the truth oi
this will have become too apparent
for successful contravention. I be
lieve the Transvaal war will be a
mighty 'influence n the campaign
if next year in this country, that it is
not safe to place on gold the entire
burden of the monetary volume of
the world. It may be interesting to
observe that the panic in New York
was simultaneous with the passage
of the house gold standard bill. Now,
if a panic had followed the passage
of a silver free coinage bill, the wise
men and the press of the land would
have attributed it to the passage oi
the bill."
RELIEF WORK IN PORTO RICO.
rhe War Department Issues an Interest
Ing Statement as to What Was
Done In That Island.
Washington, Dec. 26. The war de
partment made public yesterday a
statement showing the progress made
in relief work in the island of Porto
lfico between September 25 and No
vember 30, 1899. The population oi
the island is estimated at 918,926 Tht
average daily indigent was 221,08'J
persons; average weekly sick, 17,372
and the average weekly deaths 632
persons. The annual death rate was
.35 per 1,000 inhabitants, while the
normal -rate of deaths was 26 per 1,
4.;00 inhabitants. The increased mor
tality was confined to the mountain
districts, where, in some localities the
death rate increased 300 per cent. The
amount of cash received for the reliei
of the suffering people of the island
up to November 30 was $15,224. The
amount of money disbursed up to the
dite mentioned was $7,417.
of food received to relieve the suffer-
Up to November 30 the total amount
ors was 17,162,738 pounds. Of this
amount 16,548,316 pounds had been is
sued up to November 30. The amount
of unissued food on hand at San Juan
November 30 was 614,272 pounds.
DEED OF A MISSOURI FARMER.
William J. Thompson, Residing Near Chtl.
licothe. Killed 111 Three Children
and Then Suicided.
Chillicothe, Mo., Dec. 26. Haunted
by a promise made to his wife as she
lay dying from t!. effect of poison
administered by her own bi nd, Wil
liam J. Thomas, a iarmer w'io lived 11
miles southeast of tnis place, took his
life and the lives of his three children
yesterc.ay morninjr by applying the
torch to his home, a neighbor finding
all of the bodies cremated in the
ruins.
About a year ago Thomas wife
killwl hrsflf liv t.nkintr pn!nn V"hi1
on her death bed she exacted a
solemn promise from ner husband
that he would kill himself and their
children and join her in the land of
shadow3. lie had frequently told the
neighbors of the compact he made
with his wife on her bed of agony,
and said that some day he should
keep his word. lie said that his wife
seemed to be calling to him from her
grave to make his promise good, urg
ing him with unheard voice and un
seen hands to sevr the strand of his
own lif, to put out the lights in his
children's eyes and quit the world and
its disappo'nting struggles.
KaUer Friendly to England.
Berlin, Dec. 25. A change of public
opinion in Germany regarding the
war in South Africa is becoming ap
parent. It is led by the inspired sec
tion of the press, and yesterday sev
eral articles appeared pointing in the
new direction. Emperor William's
influence is now strongly exerted in
a British direction. It is s-iid that he
has repeatedly expressed himself dur
ing the week in the following vein:
"Itight or wrong, wc must continue
friends with England.'
Mother of Mr. Johnson Killed.
Peoria, I1L, Dec 2b. Mrs. Johnson
70 vears old. mother of J. Li. Johnson.
chairman of the democratic national
committee, was severely burned la
night and cannot live. Mrs. Johnson
was lighting a lamp and the match
fell from her hand, setting fire to her
dress. Her clothes ere burned fro
ber ?ody and she inhaled flames and
smo'.e.
President of the Globe National Arrested.
Los Angeles, CaL, Dec. 24. Charles
II. Cole, former president of .the Globe
National bank of Boston, which failed
on Thursday last, was arrested at Re
dondo by United States Marshal Os
Iwrne and brought to this city. The
.arrest was made on a warrant charg
ing him with misappropriating gov
ernment funds
EARTHQUAKE KILLS SEVERAL.
San Jacinto and Adjacent Places la Cali
fornia IZeceive a Severe Shock 3Ioy
Two-Story Building's Wrecked.
t5an Jacinto, CaL, Dec 26. A dis
astrous earthquake occurred at 4:25
yesterday morning. Nearly - very
two-story building was wrecked, and
it is estimated that the damage will
aggregate over $50,000. The main
rhock was preceded by a loud, roar
ing sound and awakened many just in
time to escape from the doomed
buildings. The business street was
such a wreck that tons of debris had
to be removed before buildings could
be entered. At Saboba Indian reser
vation six squaws were killed by fall
ing walls, two fatally injured and
many seriously injured The shock
caused dry artesian wells to flow
larger streams than ever before. Con
siderable damage was reported in
nearby villages.
Appeared in Their Night Clothe.
Santa Ana, Cal., Dec. 26. The se
verest earthquake in years visited this
section yesterday morning at 4:25-Third-story
hotel guests were almost
rolled out of bed. Clocks were stopped
all over the city and the walls of sev
eral brick buildings were badly
cracked. Hundreds of people were on
the streets a few seconds after the
c-hock, some appearing in night
clothes and remaining up until day
light. Lodetnc nooses Emptied at Anaheim.
Anaheim, Cal., Dec. 26. The heavi
est earthquake shock ever known
here occurred at 4:25 yesterday morn
ing. It lasted fully ten seconds and
was violent from the beginning.
Lodging houses were emptied and the
streets were filled with shivering peo
ple. A number of buildings were
cracked but no serious damage was
done.
Clocks Stopped at Ventura.
Ventura, Cal., Dec. 26. A heavj'
prolonged earthquake shock was felt
here this morning at 4:24. Houses
were badly shaken and clocks stopped
but no damage resulted. The vibra
tions were followed by high wind and
a heavy sea. .
Given a Thoronrh Shaking Up.
Needles, Cal., Dec. 26 A terrific
shock of earthquake was experienced
here at 4:25 yesterday morning, stop
ping clocks, rattling w;ndows, break
ing glass and giving the town i
thorough shaking up.
EARLY AFTER PENSIONS.
One Soldier Oat of Every Twelve of the
Spanish-American War Wants Pay
from Uncle Sam.
Washington, Dec. 26. The business
teal of the pension attorneys threat
ens to bring the pension list of the
Spanish-American and PIClippine wars
up to startling proportions. Already
25,000 applications for pensions grow
ing out of these wars have been filed
with the pension bureau. The fact
that from the Ninth Massachusetts
regiment alqne 650 applications have
beeu filed is eviaence of the pension
attorney's activity.
The total number of enlistments for
the Spanish-American war and the
Philippine war was about 342,000, but
nearly 40,000 of these were re-enlistments.
It is estimated, therefore, that
the total number of individuals en
listed tor the two wars is approxi
mately 300,000. As there have, up to
the. presen.1 time, been 25,00 applica
lioi.s for pensions growing out of
these wars, it will be seen that one
soldier in every twelve of those who
served is a pension-seeker. And this
startling proportion, is attained in
loss than two j ears from the date
upon which the war with Spain was
declared, and in the face of the fact
ihat the American losses in battle
upon sea and upon land were, propor
tionately to the forces engaged, the
smallest sustained in any American
Over a Thousand Military Bills.
Washington, Dec. 26. Thre are 1,
2S6 bills before the house committee
on military affair; to correct records,
rr-s4ore names to :he rolls, remove
charges of desertion and perform
similar acts of beneficence toward the
oi I soldiers who fir.d trouble in get
ting a pension. Chairman Huil will
assign these bills numerically to the
members oi the committee, and each
member will have 71 bills to work on.
Not over fi"c per cent- of this great
mass of bills will pass. ' .
Minor Can Enlist in the Navy.
San Francisco, Dec. 26. Judge De
Haven, in the United States district
court, has decided that minors over
IS do not require the consent of their
parents to enlist in the navy and
when once enlisted they roust serve
their term. The decision was made
in the case of Edward L. Norton, aged
10. His mother sought his release
oi u writ if habeas corpus, which was
denied.
He May Qolt the Cabinet
Washington, Dec 26. Secretary
Gage's presence in New York and
the fact that he was in consultation
with the financiers who constitute
the directory of the National City
bank revived the-rumor that the sec
retary will shortly tender his resig
nation to President McKinley to be
come president of a New York bank.
I AWFUL MINE DISASTER.
Probably Fifty Men Were Killed by an
Explosion In the Hrazarll Mine Near
Brownsville, Pa.
Brownsville, Pa., Dec. 26. The hor
ror of the Braznell mine disaster of
Saturday grows in intensity with
every hour.. The number of the dead
is now estimated at 40, and may pass
that figure. At the same time there
is a strong presumption that the laws
regulating mining were carelessly and
probably criminally disregarded. Yes
terday the first bodies of the victims
were brought out of the mine and
never in the history of mine disasters
were human beings so horribly muti
lated. The estimates of thie number of the
dead are conflicting. A. B. Braznell,
president of the Stockdale Coal com
pany, yesterday afternoon said he be
lieved that but 20 to 25 men had been
killed. Men who were working around
the mine yesterday morning give dif
ferent figures. They say 35 to 40 men
went down the mine shaft in the
cages, while about 20 climbed down
the steps in the elevator shaft. From
55 to 60 men were in the mine, and of
this number 12 have been recovered
alive. All the rest, whatever the num
ber, are dead.
. "It was awful,"' said the fire boss.
"The men were i rapped there like
rats and there is no hope that a single
man is alive. The two shafts were
both disabled and there was no other
exit. I have never seen a more ter
rific mine explosion. Stone stoppings
two feet thick and cemented together
were utterly destroyed. Not even
partieles of rock remained. The stone
was blown into dust."!
A GALLANT IRISHMAN.
Capt. O'Neill Murphy Calls Ont a French
Editor for Hit Insulting' Attacks
on Queen Victoria.
Paris, Dec 26. Capt. O'Neill Mur
phy, brother of the late Daniel Mur
lhy, the San Francisco millionaire,
and uncle of Lady Wolseley, wife of
Sir Charles Michael Wolseley, Bart
no relation to Lord Wolseley has
shot in a duel and perhaps killed M.
Marcel, editor in chief of La Carica
ture. -
It was some of La Caricature's car
toons insulting Queen Victoria that
loused the ire of the Irir.h captain,
who served for many years in the
horse artillery, and is a crack shot.
When the gallant captain saw his
oueen attacked he wrote to the of
fending editor and called him a dog
rnd a coward.
The combat was of the briefest du
ration, for Marcel was put hors de
combat at once. As he fell his re
volver went off and a bullet grazed
Murphy's arm. The editor lies in a
precarious condition in Switzerland,
while the Irishman is out skating in
the Bois.
TWENTY-ONE DROWNED.
British Steamer Stranded Off Cape Hat
teras and Only Eight of Her Crew
Get to the Shore.
Norfolk, Va., Dec. 26. The British
steamship Ariosto, Capt.. Baines,
bound from Galveston to Hamburg,
was wrecked at four o'clock this
morning six miles south of Hatteras,
N. C, and 21 of the crew were
drowned. Capt. Baines and eight of
the crew were saved by the heroic
efforts of the Ocracoke life saving
crew unde Capt. James Howard.
Those who lost their lives attempted
to reach the shore in a small boat,
which was swamped, shortly after it
put off from the ship. Capt. Baines
and the eigh men remained aboard
and were landed by the life savers in
a breeches buoy, but not until after
a struggle which lasted all day.
Not to Mention Free Silver.
New York, Dec. 20. llepresentative
William D. Daly, wrho returned from
Washington to-day said: 1 "Col. Bryan
has arranged to meet the democratic
leaders in Washington next month
and the itinerary will be mapped out.
I have. agreed to accompany Mr. Bry
an on his trip through New Jersey.
I understand his topic will be impe
ralism and trusts, and that he is to
speak in Camden, Trenton and Jersey
City before going to New' York. He
will reach New Jersey probably be
fore February. Nothing is to be said
about 16 to 1 so far as I can learn.
Biff Fire at Hastings, Neb.
Hastings, Minn., Dec. 26. Nearly
three blocks of buildings in the busi
ness portion of this town, principally
fronting on Vermillion street, were
burned early yesterday with a loss of
about $200,000. The fire broke out in
R. C. Libby & Co.'s sawmill, evidently
the work of an incendiary, and the
t-ntire plant, with planing mill, store
houses, lumber offices, sheds, etc,
were consumed- One million and a
half feet of upper grade lumber were
also burned.
Will Appoint Mrs. Palmer.
Chicago, Dec. 26. Mrs. Louisa L.
Mann, secretary of the Woman's Aux
iliary to the Blue and Gray legion,
has received a letter from President
McKinley say ing. that Mrs. Potter
Palmer will be appointed director of
the American woman's department at
the Paris exposition.
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j A SUMMARY OF KANSAS EVENTS, j
Because She Nanred Him.
At Wichita, W. T. Shepherd sets
op in his petition for divorcethat his
wife has nagged him until he hasn't
the heart to say grace at the table.
As a second cause he charges that she
has threatened to take the whole
family to the creek and drown them.
As the children are all grown up, the
youngest being more than 17, the
spectacle of ' this woman drowning
the whole utter would be a rare one
indeed. Kansas City Journal.
Sets Up a Unique Answer.
The city of McPherson is torn up
over the unique answer filed by one of
its prominent citizens to his wife's
petition for divorce. The husband's
answer is that at the time cf the mar
riage he obtained his license, a beau
tiful marriage certificate and the cer
emony uniting them, on credit, and
still owes for them, he is not legally
united to the woman, and prays her
petition for divorce be dismissed on
these grounds.
Found Dead In His Store.
At Hutchinson Christmas day a
family reunion was arranged at the
home of J. H. F. Plate, a wealthy
merchant. When the relatives had all
gathered, Mr. Plate was sent for, but
he was found dead in his store, a
suicide. No cause was known for the
act. Previous to taking his life Plate
sent a box home which contained a
big roll of money and a statement
that all debts were paid.
A Santa Clans' Clothe Bnrned.
At a Christmas tree entertainment
near Atchison Perry Lucj. acting as
Santa Claus, wore a suit covered with
cotton, which caught on i?re. Lucy
rushed, his clothes in a blaze, into
the frantic audience and a panic re
sulted. Lucj was dangerously burned
about the face, and Henry Nestler, a
farmer, and John Hefflenn"-er, a
teacher, and a child were alio burned
The Bank Finally Won Out.
District Judge Bland, of Atchison,
et aside a jury verdict in favor of
Mrs. Eliza Price, widow of the late
Senator John M. Price. She sued the
First National bank to set aside mort
gages to the extent of $13,000 given by
her husband in 1894, on the . ground
that her husband was of unsound
mind, and was also unduly influenced
when he gave the mortgages.
Killed by an Irate Father.
J. A. Foley, station agent at Perry,
on the Union Pacific, was shot and
instantly killed by Tom Kerby. the
postmaster and hotel keeper of that
place. It is reported that the shott
ing followed a dispute which the two
men had concerning the relations of
Foley and Kerby's 17-year-old daugh
ter. Foley was unmarried and lived
at Kerby's house.
Jordan a Former Kanfan.
Arthur Jordan, who is reported to
be walking from New York to Topeka
and wheeling his five-year-old boy,
formerly resided in Topeka and is a
brother of Josiah Jordon, ex-superintendent
of schools of Shawnee coun
ty. Five years ago he moved to New
York to study for the ministry. Later
he took up with "divine healing."
Senator Matthews Acquitted.
Koyal Matthews was acquitted at
McPherson of the charge of receiving
deposits after he learned " the First
state bank of that plate was insolv
ent. Mr. Matthews was president of
the bank. Nineteen per cent, is all
that has been realized from its as
sets. Mr. Matthews is the state sena
tor from that district.
Bank Depolts Still Invreaalne.
Bank Commissioner Breidenthal
says the reports of the state and pri
vate banks now coming into his de
partment under his- last call, when
tabulated, will show combined de
posits of over $25,000,000. This will
be an increase of $1,000,000 over the
deposits as shown by the call three
months ago.
Postmaster in Trouble.
Cyrus E. Beed, postmaster at St.
Clere, was arrested on the charge of
embezzling government funds. A post
office inspector caught him fchort $188.
He gave bond for his appearance.
Chance for a Humane Society.
It is reported that an Effingham
woman gets rid of neighbors cats by
tieing a rock around their necks and
throwing them into a vessel of boil
ing water.
Friends Aided His Escape
Harry Howard escaped from the
county jail at Dodge City by the aid
of unknown persons. Fifty dollars
reward was offered for his rearrest.
Court Fixes the Value of a EIh.
In Hutchinson a couple of farmer
lads. were. fined $5 each for attempt
ing to "snatch a kiss from two girls
whom thev met in the road.
Nearly a Hair Million Ufa Insurance.
C. J. Devlin, the Topeka coal mine
operator, carries 1415,000 in life in
surance, of which $250,000 is in one
company.
Lecislatlon for the Cities.
The officials of all Kansas cities of .
the first class, in convention at Kan
sas City, adopted some interesting
resolutions. One calling upon the
legislature to pass a law autnorizing
cities of the first, second and third
class to condemn and purchase water,
gas and electric light plants, was
unanimously jndorsed. A resolution
favoring the taxing of franchises was
also adopted. They will also ask that
the legislature enact laws permitting
them to plant shade trees along the
streets and to cut weeds from va
cant property when the owner fails to
do so. They want laws permitting
them to levy special taxes against the
property for such work.
Kanoas bay Club's Banquet.
The programme for the Kansas day
banquet, at Topeka January 29, as
prepared by the executive committee,
includes addresses by these well
known Kansans: "Kansas," Earl W.
Evans. Wichita; "Some Fundamen
tals," E. W. Hoch, Marion; "Expan
sion," Scott Hopkins, Hortcn; "Con
valescence," F. D. Smith, Kinsley;
"Ourselves," Capt. Clad Hamilton, To
peka. Toasts will also be responded
to by J. W. deed, of Topeka; John S.
Dawson, of Graham county and M. F.
Compton, of Weir City.
Prosperity Has Its Drawbacks.
The big corn crop of Kansas is re
sponsible for a new swindle now be
ing worked throughout the state. An
alleged farmer, who shows ears of
corn from six to eight time the size
of ordinary ones, calls at a farm, of
fering to sell the seed corn, claim
ing it to be an importation from a
brother in a foreign country. He of
fers to sell 100 grains for 25 Cents, or
an entire ear for $2. Those who buy
find sections of ordinary com glued
top-ether to form one large ear.
tils Cmsm Was Remarkb'e.
Corporal Frank Sample, company
C, Twentieth Kansas volunteers, died
at Leavenworth from the effects of a
bullet wound in the head received in
the battle at San Tomas, Philippines,
May 4. Sample's case is remarkable.
The bullet entered near the temple
and went through the brain. When
removed from the field he was sup
posed to be dead but revived and was
sent home on the hospital ship Belief.
Up to four days before his death he
was able to walk about.
DWrressine Affair In Topeka
On Christmas day a number of
children, including Maggfe Dreyer,
aged 14, were at the hone of Mrs.
William Taylor in Topeka nlavinir
with popguns, when Mrs. Tior, say
ing that she had something that
would beat their popguns, picked un
an old musket, which Ehe accidentally
discharged. . The entire loud of shot
entered the snrl's breast. Death re
sulted immediately. It was feared
jurs. laylor will lose her reason.
eriou Fire at La Harpe.
Fire which started in the machine
kiln room destroyed over $50,000
worth of property of the Lanyon
Zinc company, at La Harpe. The
smokestack, 200 feet high, of metal
lined with brick, fell and killed two
men who were working on the roof.
They are Jess Matthews and J. B.
Schaub, both married.
Kan. as Bankers Hare a Grievance.
The bankers of Kansas want a
larger portion of the cattle loan busi
ness of the state, and threaten dire
vengeance on the Kansas City live
stock commission firms if t:iey do not
get it. At present they handle only
a small per cent, of it. The commis
sion merchants place the paper in the
east.
Was m Preent from Law ton.
Dr. J. II. Page, of Ernporia, is car
rying a cigar case which was given
to him by the late Gen. Law ton at the
close of the Indian campaign of 1879
when Lawton was a captain in
the Fourth cavalry and stationed in
western Kansas. Dr. Page was then
a surgeon in the army-
McLsne May Jet Out of (t.
It is reported that Charles A. Mc-
Lane, who was recently arrested at
Parsons for the alleged theft of sev
eral thousand dollars from a milling
company for whom he was collector,
had effected a compromise with his
accusers and would escape trial.
Burred 5,000 Bnahels of Wheat.
The elevator of the Arkansas Val
ley Grain company at Great Bend
burned the other night. Thcelevator
contained about 5,000 bushels of
wheat in addition to corn and rye.
The loss is about $10,000.
Recalls Kansas Boom History.
Alva, Ok., has purchased for $4,000
a water works plant from Greens
burg, Kan., which originally cost $40,
000. In this transaction may be read
the whole history of the rise and falj
of western settlements.
Mr. Lee Has a Good Thine
H. D. Lee, of Salina, who ie the pur
chasing agent of all the tobacco job
bers in the Lnited States, receives a
commission of about $100,000 a year.