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WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES. happenings of week brief ly OHRONIOLBD. BAT W ILL REMAIN Jk Cabinet If Republicans are Suc cessful. Other Newa Fresh From the Nalon's Capitol. Representative Hepburn of Iowa, chairman of the House Committee Interstate and Foreign Commerce, ealled at the White House and dis cussed with the president a contem plated trip to the Panama Canal strip t)y the members of the House Com mittee. It is Mr. Hepburn's belief, in view of probable canal legislation the coming session, that a trip to the Panama Canal zone by the members of the committee would be of on assis tance to them in formulating the nec essary laws. At the same time, Mr. Hepburn thinks that instead of a junketing tour it should be made a congressional Dutch treat ; that is to aay, eaoh man should foot his own ex penses, the government to throw in a ship to couvey them there and bnck. Mr. Hepburn admits that this phase of the trip may seem unique, "but for Heaven's sake," he added, growing confidential, "don't circulate this view until we have had the opportu nity to complete the party. He said the president had prom ised him a ship. The party will sail from a Gulf port, probably New Or leans or Galveston. The itinerary contemplates a four or five day's trip over the territory, which could be made by the Panama Railroad. There •re only twenty-six miles where excavations have been made that are to be explored. The party will leave the United States during the early pert of November. The Senate Com mittee has been asked to join the par ty. Mr. Hepburn doubts the feasi bility of the plan attributed to Chief Engineer Wallace, by which it is in tended to change the flow of the Cha gres river and thereby enable the con struction of a sea level canal. Judge Davey is the ranking democratic mem ber of this committee. no of be if the the a at of been • I That Secretary of State, John Hay, is to remain at the head of the State Department in case President Roose velt is elected in November has been settled, according to President Ben jamin lie Wheeler, of the University of California. President Wheeler •aid: "The best news I had while in the East I had from President Roosevelt, to the effect that John Hay has now definitely consented to remain at the head of the State De partment in case of President Roose velt's election. This will be heard with satisfaction by all American cit sens who appreciate how important are the international questions likely to arise within the next two or three years. There has been apprehension at various times lest Mr. Hay, yield ing to his liking for a quiet life of seholarly leisure, might withdraw from office. I was, therefore, very much gratified to learn that the matter was settled." "It is easy to trace the influence of the cotton picking season in the South in the remarkable decrease in the amount of silver dollars which the government has on hand," remarked Assistant Secretary Keep, of the Treasury Department. The negroes demand hard money in return for their labor, and silver dollars are the acoustomed medium. They will have nothing else, and the planters see that they get what they want. The call this year has been especially insistent. On July 1, just before the cotton-picking season began, there were 18,.503,500 standard silver dollars in the treasury and sub-treasury. Today's statement shows that the amount has fallen to $9,683,052. Labor in the south is scarce, and there is a strong demand for piokers. They get from 55 to 65 cents a hundred pounds for picking the staple, and it requires a great many silver dollars to pay them. Acting Secretary of 8tate Loomis has cabled Consnl General John Good now, at Shanghai, permission to re turn immediately to the United States and answer charges preferred against him of roaladminsitration of the af faire in hie office. All the papers in the ease are in the hands of Mr. Pierce, the Third Assistant Secrotary of State, who has just begun the pre paration of a report to the President on this subject. The effect of the deoision to allow Mr. Goodnow to be heard personally will be to postpone Anal action in his case until near the •od of the year. ■ > After a number of consultations with the President, Acting Secretary of the Treasury Taylor has reached a conclusion in the matter of the cus toms stamp on boxes containing im ported cigars. While no definite in formation is obtainable as to what the decision is, there is reason to be lieve it will he fairly satisfactory to both sides. Neither side obtained all it requested. An order was issued at the Navy Department providing that all em ployees of navy yards and stations in the United States shall be paid dur ing working heurs. The labor unions have loug objected to having their members paid off after working hours. Th« monthly statement of the pub lic debt shows that at the dose of bus iness Sept. 30, 1904, the debt, toss ■***h in the treasury, amounted to 8*2.38?, 897 , which Is a dftreasa foj }fe# çfgtti pf MM0 f 4)9, a a * V It would appear that a pronounoed chanta has occurred in the volume of immigration to the United Staten, judging from the latest available fig ure« on the subject. The Immigration Bureau ha« just completed the pilation of report« from all parts of the country for the month of July, and it seem« that there was a falling off In the total arrivals in that month of almost ten thousand, as oompared with the same month of 1903. The most encouraging feature is the fact that nearly all of the reduction is in the immigration from countries that «end us the least desirable aliens— Austria and Italy. There was a do eline of Sf)06 in immigration from Austria in July, and of 4517 from Italy, ts compared with July a year ago. An thor cheering indication was in increase in immigration from England, whch sent us 3622 alieus tk-n was the case in July 1903. Small rains were also reported fr&m Ireland. Scotland and Finland. New York ri\v is the goal for the great* est por it n of foreigners who seek our shores. Of the total number of ar rivals in July, 57,949, about three com more fourth«. or 43.093, landed at the port of New York. The inspectors arc keeping » sharp lookout to bar all alines a.Tiieted with diseases of a con tagiou? character, and in the month of July 8$2 were turned back for this and other causes. What is described as the biggest graft in violation of the Interstate Commission law that has been uncov ered since »lie revela.ions regarding the rebates given by the railroads to the beef trust is to be investigated by the Interstate Commerce Commis sion. The later will try to break up the private car line evil, which has grown from a very smalll beginning into a gigantic industry, involving the operaton of huge transportation sys tems which are exempt from the re strictions of the interstate commerce act.i The inquiry is to be held in Chi cago, whch is the heart of the evil, beginning on October 10. By thor oughly ventilating the system it is hoped to break up the whole business of giving private rebates and allow ances to the owners of private car lines, or at least place them under the control of the Interstate Com merce Commission. The White House is not a safe place for a stranger with a hobby, or even with a cranky notion which may be entirely harmless, to visit, because if there is anything about his appear ance to excite the least suspicion of the secret service men who guard tho doors, or if he cannot tell a straight story, if closely questioned, be prob ably will find himself either in St. Elizabeth's Insane Asylum, or in jail, before he is a day older. Such was the experience of an aged negress, Matilda Stuart, of Louisiana, who walked to Washington on a righteous mission, attempted to plead her cause before the President, was pushed into a van, which finally landed her at the asylum, and is now traveling home at the expense of the district. An interesting controversy, in al ed, the . for I, ble or will sell is ing An interesting controversy, in which the firm of Paul Gelpi & Bro., of New Orleans were parties, has just been decided by the Treasury Depart ment. The firm alluded to made sev eral importations of cordials from Europe upon which a large amount was charged in excess of what they believed they were rightfully entitled to pay as duty. The decision of the collector o# customs at New Orleans was appealed from by them, and was subsequently reversed by the Board of General Appraisers sustaining the claims of the New Orleans importers. President Roosevelt reiterated to Representative Cooper, of Wisconsin, his expressed determination not to participate in any way in the fac tional trouble now in progress in that state. Mr. Cooper informed the presi dent that in his opinion the Republi can national ticket would receive the support af all Republcans in Wiscon sin, despite the unhappy factional differeneces which exist in the state, and that those differences would not affect in any serious degree the na tional election. The Navy Department has accept ed the protected cruiser Des Moines, now attached to the European squad ron. This vessel was bnilt at Qnin cy, Mass., and fell a little short of meeting the complete contract re quirements in the matter of speed. a Pay Another $500,000. St. Louis.—Another semi-monthly payment of $600,000 on the $4,600, 000 government loan was made this week by the management of the Loui siana Purchase Exposition. The total amount paid up to date is $3,408,149. George Kerr Dead. Louisville, Ky.—George Kerr, fa mous a few years ago as a cartoonist and illustrator, is dead at the Sol diers' Home in Dayton, Ohio. He served in the Northern army through out the war and at its conclusion be came an illustrator for an Eastern magazine, going later to a Nt*w York comic paper. He was a friend and contemporary of the late Thomas Nast. la Sleeper^ included Laporte, Ind.—For saving a train from going through a burning bridgt near Wellsboro, Laporte county, Mrs. Margaret Trump received, with com pliment« ef high officials of the Bal timore and Ohio Railroad Company, a railroad past for herself and family to the World's Fair at St. Louis and a cheek for $25. The train we brought to a «top Ju*t * few rods frer the bridge, wMeh vm thirty fçs biffe god wit biddtrj by a #urv«, es es MISSISSIPPI NEWS MATTERS A Brief Chronicle of the Important Happenings for publication later. It hat been sug-1 Rested that the meeting was called for the purpose of forming a powerful combination of cotton buyers to <*otton # against the bear raids and machinations of the mill men, who are making every effort to beat down prices. A Brief Chronicle Cotton Buyers Meet. There was a secret meeting of cotton euyers of Mississippi and some from Memphis and New Orleans at Ed wards House in Jackson. The gather ing asembled quietly, held a meeting behind closed doors, and then as quiet ly disbanded. Leading buyers from this city, Vicksburg, Greenville, Green wood, Lexington, Yazoo City, Meridi an, and other parts, besides some from Memphis and New Orleans, were on hand. The members positively de cliucd to give the slightest intimation of the object of the meeting, stating that they might have something to say The increase in taxable property in Harrison county over that of last year is very gratifying, and gives this county fifth place in point of wealth in the list of counties in Mississip-1 pi. The increase n the personal as Good Showing Made. sessment is perhaps as large as that I of any other county in the state. The following is a comparative statement for the yean 1903 and 1904: Person al assesment for 1904, $2354,950; 19-1 03, $1, 930,902; increase, $423,958. Real estate assessment for 1904, $5,-1 020,546; 1903. $4,547,720; increase, $472,82. Total real and personal as sesment for 1904. $7,375,241; total as sessment for 1903, $6,478,712; total | increase over last year, $896,529. • I Many Convicts Received. Secretary MeWillie has finished his report for the month ended Sept. 25 -YTie report shows that during the month there wore received at the pen itentiary forty-eight convicts. Dur ing this time twenty-five convicts who | had served their time were discharg ed, three escaped and one was par doned, while none died. This is a splendid record for the penitentiary systetn of Mississippi, and shows that the convicts of the state are humanely treated. There are now in the pen . . . itontiary 1,060 convicts. The net g*m for the month was^niuc îeen. Must Have Ten Cents. n ., . , , •, Cotton receipts show a considéra I, . ... * - j ble falling off on account of the de cline in the price and at Hazlehurst, when farmers were unable to get 10 cents, they put their samples in their wagons and carried them back home or left them with the banks. The crop is so short in this county that it will take a considerable time to con vince the farmer that he will have to sell at less than ten cents, and there is a general disposition to hold. Pick ing is progressing very rapidly and the hill cotton is about all opened. the hill cotton is about all opened. To County Superintendents. State Superintendent Whitfield is | sending out notices to the county su perintendents of education to have their reports show the receipt and dis bursement of the June distribution of the common school fund. The fiscal year closes on Sept. 30, and the new year begins on Oct. 1. The delay in the fund into the new year, but Mr. Whitfield instructs the superinten dent to have their reports show the receipt r|id disbursement, even if they have to hold back their reports to do *o. Call Bells at Capitol. A system of call bells, the same as used in all the big hotels, is being in stalled in the new capitol and the state officers in the future, whgn they desire a boy or a porter, will not have to strain their lungs in calling him. In each office there will be a push but ton and the indicator will be in the janitor's office. The old eapitol com mission had the matter under eonsid-1 eration, but decided not to put in the system, but it has been found that it is absolutely necessary. a of of Wheat in Clay. Some of the Clay county farmers tried wheat crops this year and found that it yielded well. They will have biscuit made in Mississippi and with little care if wheat is way above the dollar mark. While it is not always a a safe crop, almost every farmer in the hill sections of the state could raise enough wheat to make his bread anyway. be of at a up Marshal Kills Negro. A negro named Curge Conklin was shot and killed by the town marshal tof Utica. The negro had a dispute tvith a white man and went home and hot his shotgun and was returning to town to kill the white man when he was stopped by the marshal. When ordered to put down his gun. Instead of doing so, the negro drew it on the marshal, who shot him, killing him instantly. 800 Back Tax Oases. J. A. Robinson, of South Seminary has many oitations from State Rev enue Agent, Wirt Adam«, citing par ties to appear at Williamsburg, the county «eat on Oct. 12 to 15, to show cause why a suit to recover back tax es should not be instituted. Robertson stated that suit would be brought against no less than 800 peo ple ef Covington county for back tax es on amodie ranfiflff from «10Q to JftiOOO, Sheriff located in Ruleville, Sunflower eoun ty, with a capital stock of $10,000, W. F. Wilson and A. C. Wilson, incorpor holdjators. a is New Industries. The Governor has approved the fol lowing oharters: The Newton Wagon Company, to eated at Newton, wi;h a capitol stock of $250,C00 with M. Fout and other incorporators. The Amory Light and Power Com pany, located at Amory, Miss with a capital stock of $8,000. The Picayune C-Operative Milling Company located at Picayune, Han cock County, with a capital stock of $10,000. Incorporators, George W. Weinhart, A. A. McGehee and others, The Ruleville Hardware Company, Company Inspected. Lieutenant Colonel Virgil Jones has inspected a proposed military com pany recently organized at Lumber ton and from indications it appec .* : that it will soon be mustered into the state's service. There is much in terest manifested among the young ra en of the town and also among the business tpen. The following officers were recendv elected: Captain, J. I w. Hinton; First Lieutenant, R. W. Hinton, Jr.; Second Lieutenant, W. L. Lowry, and J. L. Mason, First Ser géant, ■ ■ • — Ben Yaney of Tippah county raised & sweet potato which measured 27 inches in length and 19 inches in cir cumference. That was a pretty good | potato and confirms the Champion Potato. contention that the red hills of North Mississippi should be utilized for the trucking in dustry. The lands are cheap up there and produce abundantly of all vegeta I ble crops. All that is needed to make them of the most valuable in the state | is for the people to inaugurate the trucking industry. State's Credit Good. The credit of the State of Missis sippi is equal to that of New York City as proven by the recent bond deal. While there may have been a little underhand work for political revenge done that retarded the closing of the dea , for some time> t £ money hag been received and our state takes its *tand alongside anything except Un cl# Sam with his long time bonds. This is very gratifying to all con * * 3 s ' ccrne VardamKn Growing. A good report of progress comes from the new town of Vardaman on he Houston branch of the M. & O. railroad. The action of President Roosevelt in refusing to name the post office Vardaman because of his antipathy for the Governor of Mis iissippi, has attracted attention to the place and it promises to be one of the best towns in the state. she she sy . | Boring for Oil. A gentleman of considerable means arrived at Rosetta ten days ago from the North and is now engaged in bor ing for oil some six or eight miles west of this place. Fifteen years ago the character of the water at this partic ular place attracted attention, and it is thought oil will be found from the boring now in progress. progress. Big Sanitarium. Dr. Charles T. Chamberlain, Jr* of Natchez, has awarded a contract for a three-story brick building, which is to be used as a sanitarium, building will have* seventeen rooms, offices, parlors, sitting, operating room, laboratory and Turkish baths. It will be modem in every respect, and is to be completed by January 1st. The Mobile, Jackson and Kansas Citv is of Rioters in Jail. A riot among negroes at Mossville, a small town west of Laurel, on the Railroad, resulted in the wounding of a negro and the attempted shooting of a conductor of a passenger train by a negro woman. About ten blacks were arrested and brought to Laurel and lodged in jail. Closed on Sunday. The druggists of Biloxi have enter tered into an agreement to close their places of busuiess at noon each Sun day during the winter months. The stores on Sunday afternoon will only be opened in emergency to fill pre scriptions. In in lo Judge Sykes Indorsed. At a largely attended meeting of the Aberdeen bar, resolutions were adopted indorsing the administration of Judge E. O. Sykes and requesting Governor Vardaman to reappoint him. Negro Church Burned. On the outskirts of Scranton, the A. M.E. Zion church was totally destroyed by fire. Loss $2,000; in surance $1,200. Origin unknown. Electrician Killed. Hugh Tate, son of Dr. R. A. Tate, of Bolivar, Tenn., was instantly killed at Corinth while at work on the elec tric light wire. He had climbed to a top cross arm and was working away when suddenly he was seen to throw up his hands and fall backwards. and and at zen to as to was one Many Divorce«. Chancery Court has adjourned at Brandon, Fifteen divorce» were gren *d, thirteen ot them to negroes, WILLIAMS AND GROUT. Open Democratic Campaign in Brook lyn. New York.—John Sharp Williams of Mississippi shared the honors of the honors with Edward M. Grout at the opening of the Democratic cam paign in the Clermont Avenue Rink, Brooklyn . A big crowd attended the rally and Mr. Williams and Mr. Grout were enthusiastically cheered. Senator William J. Stone of Missou ri, was an early visitor at Democratic national headquarters and spent some time in cpi Taggart, Vi Secretary Woodson. Senator Stone was vice chairman of the national committee in 1900. The senator was emphatic in stating his belief that Judge Parker will be elected. Grover Will Speak. New York.—A democratic mass meeting will be held in Madison Square Garden about the middle of October, at which it is the intention to have as speakers former President Grover Cleveland and a number of the fore most democrats of the country. At a meeting of the Campaign Committee of the Manhattan Club it was decided to co-operate with the democratic club and the gathering will be held under the auspices of the two organizations. The date has not teen fixed definitely bqyond agreeing that the meeting shall be some time between October 15 and 20. Arrangements were perfected al so for the reception to be given to Judge Parker next Wednesday night. Three thousand invitations are to be issued to members of the various dem ocratic organizations. Alleged Shortage. Mobile, Ala.—Because of circum stances attending an alleged shortage in his accounts as County Tax Collec tor for 1899, John Case has resigned as Chief of Police of Mobile. Case is allaged to be short over $8,000 due the state, and the matter has been acted on by the governor. The books are being examined as to the affairs of the county. Case was bonded by a Baltimore Bond Company and an agent of that company is now 'going through the books before answering a probable demand of the state when he settled at the close of his term, and beyond that he kgows nothing. Shot His Father. Austin,- Ark.—John King, a far mer living five miles southeast of this place, is lying at the point of death from a gunshot wound at the bands of his son, Walter, 17 years old. It is claimed King was abusing his wife, when Walter took his mother's part and told his father repeatedly not to abuse his mother. The angered fa ther is said not to have heeded the warning given by his son, and the latter seized a gun and fired, the load entering King's neck. Young King has been arrested. nference with Chairman ice Chairman Nicoll and : a he ple a Died for Love. Huntsville, Ala.—A citizen Double Springs, Ala., came to Hunts ville with news of the suicide of Miss Mary Curtis, a popular young lady of that village. Because her fathefr re proved her for going with the young man of her choice, the young lady took a dose of stryohnine and died in fifty minutes. The doctors thought she had a severe attack of colic and she would not tell them what she had done, and it was not until the autop sy that they learned she had taken poison. by in Fe arc of tion poison. Bryan a Grandfather. New Orleans, La.—William Jen nings Bryan is a grandfather, a daugh ter having been born to his daughter, Mrs. William H. Leavitt, in this city. Mrs. Leavitt was Miss Ruth Bryan, Mr. Bryan's favorite daughter, and she was married in Lincoln, Neb., last October. Mr. Leavitt is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron L. Leavitt, of New port. The mother and daughter are doing well. The infant is Mr. Bry an's first grandchild. Trust "Buster'' Idle. New York—A considerable increase is shown in the total capitalization of companies organized under the laws of the Eastern States during Septem ber, with $1,000,000 or more author ized capital stock, as compared with the previous month. The new com panies show an aggregate capitaliza tion of $66,250,000. This is more than double the total of August. Wife Murderer Hanged. Chicago—Frank Lewandowski, con victed of wife murder, was hanged In the jail yard here. Lawandowski, in a drunken rage, cut his wife's throat and then his own because she would not compel her son, his step-son lo work. Isthmian Water Supply. Washington, D.. C.—The Isthmian Canal Commission has awarded the contract for furnishing cast iron pipe and specials for the water supply of Fanama to the United States Cast Iron Pipe Foundry Company, of New York. The contract calls for 43,000 tons of pipe at $21.70 per 2000 pounds and the special casting at two and one-half cents a pound, delivery to be at Colon. Rich Old Man Killed. Raleigh, N. C. Dr. Thomas C. Hogg, an aged and prominent citi zen here, was run over by a freight train and killed. Dr. Hogg is reported to have laid down on the track, and, as once previously he had attempted to take his life, it is supposed this was a ease of suicide. He was eighty one years old, and was a large prop erty owner here and in New City, Temporary aberration of the mind i' imppewd to b#n mV THE CITIZENS ARE STARVING of at ALARMING CONDITIONS OF THE PORT ARTHUR PEOPLE. SUGGEST SURRENDER Which Makes General Stoessel Very Mad. Says That He Will Keep Up The Fight Until Every Availa ble Resource is Exhausted. Rome.—A dispatch from Tien-Tsin says that a junk from Port Arthur brings word that the garrison has been reduced to the most desperate straits. The men are without the commonest necessaries of life. Many of them have to be sent from the fortifications being unable to take part in the work of defense. The situation at the hospital is ter rible. The wounded are in a wretch ed condition. Without, not only all delicacies, suck as are needed in the sick room, bat without a sufficiency of ordinary food, their sufferings are said to be intense. ■* The cutting off of the water sup ply is the most serious factor. The garrison has to depend upon wells and on the condensing plant. Driven to extremities, the people of the town, it is said, recently suggested to General Stoessel the advisability of surrendering. He became frantic at the idea, raved like a madman, and declared he would continue fighting as long as a grain of powder remain 0C. White Man is Lynched. Columbia, S.C.—In the town of Kershaw, this state, John Morrison shot and instantly killed Will Floyd, a prominent farmer, who lives near that place. The shooting occurred on the main busiuess street of the vil lage. It is said that Morrison asked Floyd to lend him ten cents, and on being told by Floyd that he t^d no change, Morrison fired two shots, one lodging in the hack and one ether in the arm. Floyd was the fourth man that Morrison had killed, his last vic tim being a negro, for whose mueder he was recently acquitted. Morrison tried to escape, bgt was captured, and there were many threats of lynch inging. Fearing. trouble, the militia was ordered to protect Morrison, but before it arrived a mob of citizens overpowered the local officials and spirited him away and lynched him. Both men were married. This is the first lynching of a white man in South Carolina. Floods on Rio Grande. N,M.—The wild Albuquerque, sweep of water raising the Rio Grande river to the highest point for more than a year has made 200 peo ple in this vicinity homeless. Barclos, a suburb, is under water two feet deep and many homes have been abandoned. Alameda is threatened by the terrific pressure upon the dam, which it is believed may give way. The railroads have suffered severely in the Rio Grande valley. The Santa Fe is at a standstill and through Now Mexico. On the El Paso brane.h there arc miles of track fnder water and approaches to two bridges are gone. Explosion of Gas. Cleveland, Ohio.—A two-story brick building at Fleet street and Indepen dence road, used by the East Ohio Natural Gas Company as a distribu tion station, was demolished, and two men probaly fatally injured, as a re sult of an explosion of gas. The men were employees and were buried in the ruins. Because of the explosion natural gas was shut off from a large portion of the city, causing much in ccnvicnce. The cause of the explosion lias not been learned. Carelessness of a Miner. Scran on, Pa.—Carrying a naked lamp into one of the old workings of Mount Jessup colliery, near Peckville, Paul Skovera caused an explosion of gas which caught a dozen men at work in the shaft, resulting in the death of himself and John Manoski and the serions, burning of nine oth ers; five of the latter are so badly in jured that their lives are despaired of. She Toted a Gun. Birmingham, Ala.—In the second division of the Criminal Court Mrs. Jennie English, the wife of a miner re ading at Littleton, was convicted on the charge of carrying concealed weapons and a fine of $50 and costs was assessed against her. This is probably the first instance in Ala bama that a white woman had been convicted on the charge of carrying concealed weapons. When to Whip a Bey. Sheboygan,, Wia.—A father may thrash his son unUl stripes are raised wuheut 'being liable to arrest for as sault, provided that the boy is not old enough to have his dignity injured according to a decision of Jufige Kir in the Circuit Court, Franz wan, Radloff, contractor, was scqoitted of .trashing his nine-year old boy with a whip because the hoy watched a eir eiiR parade. . _ Memphis Girl Drowned. Memphis.—Commander Vail's fourteen-year old daughter, Margaret, was drowned at Grand Tower while en route for Memphis, with her father en the Oleander. Holman Mrs. Mary C. Starnes. Nashville, fenn.—Mrs. Mary C. S nrna*, widow of the distinguished ! Confederate General, J. VT- Starnes, | i dead at her home in Franklin, i* '-nn.j çgpd 7f y«*™* t Unknown Possession. . New York/*- After nearly thirty five years, Thomd» Looney, a broker, has just leanied that lii# mother, Mrs. Louisa M. Looney, whose home is in Memphis, Tenn., is the owner of two* valuable tracts of land on Long It* land, which neither of them knew arpr thing about. An attorney in examin ig title* recently to property near Huntington and Islip, found the rec ord of Mrs. Looney's holdings and spoke about them to the broker, whom he knew. Investigation showed that the elder Looney, who died five years ago, had bought the property and deeded it to his wife, and that the matter had been forgotfcen. The ItgrU ^ are valued at $25,000. Telephone Girl an Heiress. Kansa City, Mo.—Miss Clyi 'M Griggs, 15 years old, daughter of Ulys^ ses Griggs, a painter, received a letter this week from a lawyer in Cape Nome, Alaska, informing her thnt she was tie heiress to mi estate valued at a half million dollars, left by Mrs. Lil lian Warner Moore, her second cousin. The estate, the let*er said, consisted principally of interests in mining property, shares of mining sto*k and some money. Miss Griggs is employ ed as a telephone girl. all of of at \ Dowie Loses a Fortune. Chicago.—A jury in Judge Tut hill's court rendered a verdict that John Alexander Düwie is not entitled to the $55,000 left to Dowie by the will of Fred Sutton, a wealthy New Zealand shepherder, who died in Dowie 's * * Hospice ' ' serrai years ago. The jury found that SuUon was not in his right mind when he made the will. The bequest was contested by the decedent's brothers and listers, who eame*from New Zealand t\> tes tify. Counsel for Dowie announced that an appeal would be taken. Chappie" Moran Insane. Boston —" Chappie " Moran, arrest ed in man? cities, and who had achiev ed a reputation as one of the most suc cessful operators in his line during recent years, has been adjudged in sane by the State Board of Lunacy. This saves him from imprisonment in the State Penitentiary at Chaxleeton under his sentence for robbery. Draitk £yo and Died. New Orleans.—Sidney Kitova, m colored boy of two years, who resided with his parents, at No. 1510 Gasquet street, drank lye and died. The little fellow was at play in the yard and got hold of a box of concentrated lye and drank a good deal of the stuff. He was hurried over to the hospital, where he died. Committee on Revision. Richmond, Ind.—James E. son, of Indiana; Tracy R. Bangs, North Dakota; C. D. Meyers, Illinois;;: D. C. Richardson, Virginia; U. S. O.. Cherry, South Dakota, have been named by Charles E. Shively, Su preme Chancellor ôf the Knights of Pythias, to revise the Pythian con stitution. « * Wat Need Campaign Money. New York.—George Ärater Pea body, treasurer of tl»e Democratic Na tional Committee, wifi issue an appeal next week for contributions to carry on the Democratic national campaign. This is the second appeal of the kind, and it will be directed especially to those who can afford small contribu tions. Veteran Tired of Living. Oklahoma City. Okla.—Gen. John C. Casler, who was a distinguished member of the armies of Stonewall Jackson and Lee, and who wrote a history of the civil war in Virginia, attempted to commit suicide by tak ing morphine. He will recover. Walking Match. London.—At the Crystal Palace F. B. Thompson broke the world's am ateur record J>y walking fifty miles in seven hours fifty seven minutes and thirty-eight seconds. There was sev enteen starters, including all the best amateurs known in England. Heat and Ant Poison. Houston, Tex.—Ed Drascher, living near Caldwell, was overcome by the heat and fell near a bed of ants. He is in a critical condition, and his body is badly swollen by the poison of the insects, which were covering him when he was found. Earthquake Shakes Ohili. New York.—A severe earthquake ha6 wrecked the governor's building and four school houses at Talcahuano, according to a Herald dispatch from Valparaiso de Chili. The Quirquina light house was ruined. No deaths been reported. Wichita, Kan.—Mrs. Carrie Nation, Mrs. Lucy Wilhgrte, Mrs. Lydia Mounts and Mrs. Myriam C. Henry broke two large plate glass windows in the Mahon Wholesale Supply Com pany's warehouse. They were arroat ed and are now in jail. Phfllipshurg, N. J.—The main luildmg of the American Sheet Iron Company's plant burned. Loss, $100, 000 . Loufsvilto, Ky.—A special from Jackson says: who was recently acquitted at Mount Sterling of the charge of perjury at the Gynthiana trial of Jett and White for the murder of Attorney Marcum, was shot and killed by his recently di vorced wife. Ticky'' Jim Bach, * - Mobile, Ala.—Stephen W. Town toy, an employe of the marine ways who suffered sunstroke is dead. This i* tho first fatal »unstroke in tfef }»■• t Qr T 9? K°W p *