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THE WEEKLY INDEPENDENT. CL W. METSKER, Pub. and Prop. FIT240UTII, - - INDIANA, MINOR EVENTS TELE Domestic and Foreign Items of General Interest Told in Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. Record of Happenln? of Mach or I.lttl I luportuniK from All Parts of the Ciw .lzel World Incident. Enterprise. Accident. Verdicts. Crime nl Wr Edwin Ionian-, the organist of St. Margart t's. Westminster, Lugland, has accepted tlit? position of organist at Carnegie hall. Pitt.-burg. The pi iure vi Wales presided at a meeting i i ho goeiiiors of the Impe rial institute Saturday. It was decided to pieseiit tl.- institute to the nation. The wedding of Senator Chauncey 31. iKp.w, win arrived at Pi mouth Dec I'tj on t-i- North G i n.un Ldoyd steamer Kai.-T Willi Im ih r lj rosse, and Miss .May I ü 1 in r has now Leeu lixed for Dee. I's at Nice. A dispatch t the Imdon Standard from Home .-ays that the Italian for eign ediie- has been informed that the con. uil g iiei.il of the United States to Cairo. Lgypt. John G. Lone, lias with drawn his, charge that the Italians have en.- ;! ag .1 slaw-trading in the italian tolony vi Lritiea. The British court circular announces that tin journey of King IM ward and Queen Alexandria to Sandrin.gham (where they were to go to sp-'nd Christina.- has he en postponed in conse quence of a slight indisposition of Que. !i Alexandra. It is understood her majesty's indisposition is not serious. Charles M. Muts, superintendent of the tity park of Portland. Ore., was th:ov.!! by runaway horses in front of a sti.it ear. The ear ran ever him. l-:i!Iiii-c hhn instantly. J'o!ire:n:i:i George Hanlon of Louis a ill--. Ivy., was found guilty of the murd-:- of Police Corporal Fred Rieh-tt-rkessinu' and his punishment was fix i at life inipi isonment. Corporal KieiiterkessiiuT was shot and killed the night of April 1 on Policeman Hanlon's beat. Kichterkessing had reported Ilar.It.n for violating the police regü-.itir,n-. (i. .! i;c Ya:u l bilt and brothers as sured obligation c' ."'.i(.in in a Ta in::;;!, l ank failure to save family name fro."; disgrace. T '.'." ';:!;(! and another badly h i"; i;i ; r,Iii-ii.:i p.vo f-,.,r fr. ight.; ":. ...rt!,v. : t in li:: . near Litti s . v. (; ' Vau: ; i.-rme.i on Itu.----. I! A. ,-. '.)' 'ii'iticr. is --i-rioi:;-". hut v ;f -'. ' - ' ! i 'i of ,'-. i ec')verv. "i t : . I ;v. r ; looking f i r tin--;:-". Turl: j and the rul ers '.f I'-',: Britain and Itu--- -w -M.-':i; r ,:: !; !' r.-ian gulf l y .:.. ;.i .- ii- ir mj, ;; , ;l( ,,n i,, ,(!!;,!()!: y. r '! jthai::-" follows ::i. id of an I--TV : : -i tk i u'.iscrupuioas Anuri- atj- ! l..s :i..!ii '1 l..i the ;..'e:.u.'.- i 'ii.'j or th- mark t. Wiiiiam I i t!.i k. an Ainerivan. who as priat" sc; t;i:y to Li Han Chan.'. di s at P kinc. !i: hiddinir farf-well to a ileh-ation cf Filii'.o Coveinor Tal't s:;ys h.- will Dun'- r. view of tnide reports an un usually Lfavy holhlay hiisiness. buyers ! mala!::.- th" hettr Stades of Roods. HI-:!; prices for grains are cheeking exj'.oTts. Iron and steel producers are unable to r,:eet tlie extraordinary de- uiands. Car shortai; - still continues. Wall i-'Ti'i market, I'ri.iay. breaks away from influence of copper ami maintain-; steady ton on fairly active buslri'-s. Andes wins feature evtnt at New Urb ans, heat ins Henry Doi t by a head in the handicap. Saloonkeeper and bait rider held up and imprisoned in he box by thieves who then robbed the sa'oon. Hypnotism as a cur' for ills given sone -essfu! experimental trials ut Chii-iico university. Dayton H. Milhr. secretar and treasurer (,f the Crow's Nest Coal and Coke company, was shot and killed hv a n.friu ar. Toms CTek. Va. The ne Sro m;iy 1. lynched. J. II. ilhlver. seeretary of the Jew ctt ar wirks at Newark. Ohio, wa.-s lound .bad in bed with a bullet hoie in his he:!d. It was evidently a case Of sUieide. liev. h.uiiei S. Pradley of Grand Kapids, Mich., it is reported, will he letted president of Iowa College at (Irinneil. j,.v. Mr. Pradley is a graduate of Oberlin and made a suc cessful record as acting president of Yankton S. I.) College. The State Dank and eight other buildings have been burned at Fran cis. I. '!".. tlie loss heinK estimated at $jO,0u0. Tiie fire also dest roved much business property at Stennet. I. T. Iifceipts f 'A öftrer weeks Cliicago en cragement iTbnt Henry Irving we.-e J.'e'.ouo. "The Nationatifßüfe Pank at New York planning tfte'tfiibJ i.ow,u() structure on site of jVA, custom house. Defense cUjf'd its evidence in the Sullivan at Chicago. Score of prominent lawyers in rebuttal. Young CVubett returned to Denver and was given enthusiastic welcome. Cincinnati authority says William II. Taft, governor of Philippines, has been off i Ml portfolio of secretary of state. bu William Peering, head of the Ufer ing Harvjr company, Chicago, re tired from business. German foreign office says new meat inspection kfl is not yet in effect and that the United States will be notified at once when the date is decided upon. Wireless messages to England at the rate of TbPnt a word or less are predicted tilMarconi at a banquet in New found 'nods' eemb purpr Archbishop Chapelle returned to New Orleans from the Philippines. Given residence by friends. Syndicate of Illinois investors, in cluding Congressman Cannon, bought lO.Oi'O acred in Nebraska, Kxtensive forgeries of railroad tick ets discovered at Kansas City. All western roads losers. Wabash railroad let contract for $1, 000.000 bridge over Ohio river at Mingo Junction. Admiral Peardslee, retired, com mended Dewey for his stand in favor of Schley. Sieamer Discovery believed to have been lost off the coast of Alaska. Professor Novy of Ann Arbor Uni versity experiments with new prepara tion, "benzozone," which he declares a success in curing all troubles of the intestines. Use of carbonic acid for making soda water in residence premises prohibited by court at New York. Woman died of starvation in New York and her five children likely to meet tho same fate. Tobacco trust bought plant of Wil son &; MiCallay at Middleton. O. Entries for the Iluffulo bowling tour nament received from thirty-four cities, and thirteen more are expected to send players. A. (I. Spalding notified the clubs of the National league he could not act as president until the Freedman in junction suit is disposed of. Germany is to send an ultimatum to Venezuela and hack it with a naval force. President Hoosevelt consented to the measure. Argentine government asked help of the Dritish Arbitration Commission in settling the dispute with Chile. Superior Court of Hesse divorced the Grand Duke and Duchess of Hesse. Prigands reported to have agreed to release Miss Stone for $70,ooo. Army aad navy men are deeply inter ested in the action of the President in censuring General Miles, dismissing Historian Maclay and indorsing the majority report in the Schley case, and wonder if he will be able to "snuff out" the bitter controversy. Feeling growing among Dritish Lib erals that Campbell-Hannerman should bo asked to retire as leader of the party in order that Lord Rosehery may take his place. War sphit high in Argentine. Eighty thousand men in patriotic mood marched through the streets of Ruenos Ayres in demonstration against Chile. Fcur thousand Federalists called upon Governor Taft at Manila to bid him farewell before his departure for the United States. Jackson and Diss De Dar found guilty in London and sentenced to long terms of imprisonment. Arrest Of C. P. Chipp disclosed con spiracy to rob the New York Con troller's oh'ice. Loss may reach $100. 0 'o. Reginald C. Vanderbilt at New York came into possession of $7..G0,oii0 left him by his father. Gardie r knocked out Kid Carter in the eighth round of their light at San Francisco. Winner clearly showed his superiority. One hundred girls in a wild panic from lire in tie- Raroness de Hirsch Home in New York. AH rescued by the lirenn n. Youth years old kills three ne groes in re.-i-ting attack of drunkeu bla. k miners. Freedom of worship. William K. Curtis wiifes. is one of the guaranties in the constitution of Servia. although the state religion is the Greek ortho dox faith. Work of preparing the St. Louis site for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition begun at Forest Park in the presence of state and fair officials. Mandamus suit begun at Springfield, 111., to compel state equalizers to in crease assessment of railway real es tate in Chicago. Four boilers in the Rlack Diamond steel works at Pittsburg. Pa., explod ed, killing Jive men and injuring a dozen. School teacher of Perth. Ind., myste riously disappeared after drawing his pay. and it is feared he was killed. Condition of ex-Secretary Alger con sidered serious. An operation may be performed. Representatives of thirty box and paper board manufacturing companies met at Buffalo and formed the Unit ed Rox Roard and Paper company with $.".0,000.000 capital. Secretary Gage, according to a well known financier, will retire from the President's cabinet within a month and return to the banking business. Secretary will neither affirm nor deny the report. Dr. John Duncan Quaekenbos, pro fessor of psychology at Columbia uni versity, hypnotized an actress who suffered from stage fright and enabled Ii r to make a successful first appear ance. Italian Falliment considered sub ject of lynching Italians in the United States. Foreign Minister said Ameri can government had admitted its ina bility to prevent such outrages. Marvin Hughitt given $:,o,000 Christ mas present by Northwestern di rectors. Charles P. Chipp, an employe in the New York comptroller's ollice, robbed undetected for twenty years. Relieved to have stolen large amount. Lived a dual life. Secretary Gage the guest of honor at banquet of New York State Rank ers' association in New York. Ex-Secretary Alger seriously ill at Detroit. Progress of the South African cam paign now causing more satisfaction in England. Marked recrudescence of public opinion in support of General Kitchener. Eight lives were lost by the wreck ing of the steamer Kanawha Reil near Charleston, W. Va. Wife of Richard Woodville, a Lon don artist, granted divorce by a Ne braska court. Lone robber held up a bank at Springdale, Ark., and secured $7,000. Emperor William in Hpeech on occa sion of completion of Alley of Victory declared Germany should be the world's model in art. Attorney General Harlan of Porto Rico ordered newspaper returned to its owner which a judg suppressed. SCHLEY ATTACKS TFIND Says the Majority Report Should Be Set Aside or Amended. HE SETS UP MANY POINTS. The Exceptions Keatl Almost Like an Arraignment of the Officer Iray Tlmt Approval of Opinion of Majority lie Withheld. Washington, D. C, dispatch: Rear Admiral Schley's exception to the find ings of the court of inquiry were sub mitted to Secretary of the Navy Long late in the afternoon. The exceptions read almost like an arraignment of the ollkers who made up the majority report. In addition to the protest against the majority finding permission was asked to reply oraliy to the objections of Sampson to the Dewey finding. The Sampson objections were to have been filed simultaneously with those of Schley, but it was learned that they would not be put in until late. Long ItrervPH Statement. Secrtary Leng almost immediately after the receipt of the communication called Judge Advocate Lemly and the solicitor of the department, Mr. Hanna. into conference. At its conclusion the Secretary said that he had no state ment to make regarding any action that he might take in the premises. He, however, indicated to Mr. Teague through the Judge Advocate, that he would not hear an oral argument by Mr. Rayner regarding Rear Admiral Sampson's piotest. but that he would receive a written statement. The Kzccpfioas in 1'itrU The bill of exceptions in part is as follows: "1. The majority of the court have given their opinion that Commodore Schley should have proceeded with the Utmost dispatch off Cienfuegos when there was no specification covering this subject, and when the applicant did not have sullicient opportunity to bring In proper and convincing evidence in reference thereto and when the only evidence taken by the court on this subject was directly contraiy to the opinion rendered. "2. The majority of the court have held that the applicant should have endeavored to open communication with the insurgents at the place desig nated in the memorandum by Com mander McCalla. delivered to him on the morning of the 2Md of May. 1S9S. when, in fact, there was no place men tioned in said memorandum as being a place at which a camp of insurgents was located. "3. The majority of the court have arrived at the opinion stated in tho foregoing paragraph without regard to the fact, which was pioven by an over whelming wc ight of testimony, that the saiii McCalla memorandum was sent to Commodore Schley only for use in connection with the information it con tained relative to certain batteries at. or being constructed in tlie vicinity of, the entiance to the harbor of Cienfue gos. as is attested by the order No. dated May P. IS'as. and sent to Com modore Schley by Admiral Samp.-on. "4. The majority of the court in the (pinion rendeied hold that Com modore Schley should have maintained a close blackade of Cienfuegos, when '":'-- vi i mL,,I(1 NEW POSTMASTER-GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, WHO WILL TAKE CHARGE IN JANUARY. ;irl Puts Kobher to Flight. Youngstown, Ohio, dispatch: A stranger entered the office of Justice Webb in the morning, and, finding his clerk. Miss Clementine Hamilton, alone, demanded that she open the safe, which contained $2,000. Upon her refusal he attempted to strangle her, saying: "If you don't open the safe I'll kill you." Miss Hamilton succeed ed in breaking away and securing a re volver. She fired at tlie fellow. He ran out of the house and escaped. It is not thought he was wounded. News from Arctic Kiplorer. St. Petersburg dispatch: Karon Toll, ! the Arctic explorer, telegraphing via Yakootsk. East Siberia, says bis win ter quarters have been established in the neighborhood of the Lena Delta, and that an observation station has been opened at Kotclnitch Island. Dur ing the summer the expedition reached a latitude of 77 degrees 32 minutes In tho new Siberian islands. Karon Toll intended to spend last winter on Talmyu peninsula, and, if possible, to circumnavigate the Siberian islands during the summer. by orerwtielming testimony it rrcs proven that a close and effective block ade of that port was maintained, the Judge Advocate having substantially abandoned any charge cf the contrary. Frayer of Applicant. Thus the bill goes on at great length, being numbered under thirty-one heads in all, and closing as follows: "Wherefore, the said applicant most respectfully prays that approval of the opinion of the majority of said court of inquiry be withheld, and that said opinion be disapproved and that he may be afforded the opportunity to have the testimony of record of himself and his witnesses properly considered and passed upon, and that the proceed ings be remitted to the court for that purpose, and that he be given such other and further relief as he is en titled to in the premises. "W. S. SCHLEY. "Rear Admiral, U. S. N. (Retired). "ISIDOR RAYNER, "JAMES PARKER. ''Counsel for the Applicant." THREE NEGROES SHOT DEAD. Killed by a Young Kcntacki.in in R Saloon at Ititvy, AV. Ya. Welch, W. Va., dispatch: Wayne De mon, IS years old. shot three negroes to death in a saloon in the mining town of Davy, this county. In the evening. It was pay day at the Davy mines and the negroes had begun their holiday celebration. When about a dozen of the black men entered Eu gene Dye's saloon on the leading street, revolvers in hand, and demanded that all the white men retire the trouble began. The haltender stepped into an adjoining room for his pistol and all the other white men save Demon made a run to get away. Demon pulled his revolver and in a twinkling had shot three of the negroes and the others were falling over themselves to get away. In the excitement De mon, whose home is in Catlettsburg, Ky.. left the saloon by a rear door and tip to a late hour at night had not been captured. In fact, but very little effort is being made to apprehend him. He is an assistant bookkeeper for Cole, Crane & Co. of Cincinnati, who are engaged extensively in timbering in this county. FOR GIANT BANKING TRUST. Secretary Oage Propones Imnieuse I'o.ilition of Interests. New York dispatch: Secretary Gage of the Treasury Department proposed to the bunkers of the City of New York a giant banking trust a coali tion of all individual members a fed eration of financial institutions, so to speak the greatest trust of all. Ho did not go into details and warned them in advance that he be lieved in evolution rather than revolu tion, in banking as well as all other business and political functions. He added that the iaw of nature provided better advantages to aggregated wealth by faithful service than bv theft. Will Test r.ort Ice Law. Madison, Wis., dispatch: The ice law of Wisconsin, which provides for a tax of ten cents a ton on all ice shipped out of the state, will be tested at once. Counsel for Klippers have informed Governor Ii Follette and Attorney General Ricks that they were piepared to make a test case and have it car ried to the supreme court for the Jan uary term. With this end in view a car load of ice will bo shipped from Racine county next week, the arrest of the shipper to follow. Approximately 1,000,000 tons of ice are shipped out of the state annually. . Companies of Cycle Trust Formed. American Ricycle Company Inter ests have incorporated two companies in New Jersey, one the American Ri cycle Manufacturing Company, with $S,000,00) capital, the other the Inter national Motor Car Company, with $2.000.000 capital. George Pope was elected pn-vddent of the motor com pany and J. E. Rromley president of the bicycle company. The American Ricycle Company becomes a security holding concern similar to the Unit ed States Steel Corporation. Order spelling American. The authorities at Reyrout, Syria, have notified naturalized American cit izens that they must renounce their naturalization within fifteen days, otherwise they will be expelled from Turkey. Spencer Eddy, first secretary of the legation at Constantinople, has made an energetic protest In the mat ter. Ho has written the Turkish au thorities, demanding the withdrawal of the measure. The incident may be come serious, owing to the absence oJ a naturalization treaty. MANY PERSONS DIEJPMES Forty-Five Perish in a Great Fire in a Mexican Town, MARKET BUILDING BURNS. The Refrigerators Are Stocked with Vast Amount of Provisions An Attempt to Save Meats Proves the Direct Caue of Fatality. Reports of a frightful catastrophe in the city of Zacatecas, capital of the state of Zacatecas, Mexico, reached San Antonio. Tex.. Sunday. During a lire in tho principal market of the town forty-five m-n lost their lives. The market contained a vast amount of meat for local consumption, including the various vit.mls for the Christmas and New Year holidays. It was dur ing the attempt to save these provi sions that th firemen ami the citizens who volunteered thir services fell vic tims to the iiaip.es. The conilagration will cause serious iiicoiiveiiM-nce to the people of Zacatecas and of the country for miles around, who dp.-nded on Uiis market for thur holiday provisions. The lower put of the structure con tained a large number of cellars and lefrigerating apartments. These were tilled with the stock of a combine of merchants. The lire broke out in these cellars and when discovered had made considerable headway. In order to save as much of the meat stored in the cel lars as possibb- a large forc of men were ordered by the authorities into the burning structure. Whib this force was working the llames burned their way to the lop of the market com pletely enveloping it. Th- fire depart ment was unable to check the progress of the fire and after burning several hours the building collapsed, the crumbling walls burying the tue fight ers under the ruins. La tot advices state that fifteen dead bodies had been taken from the ruins. There i no hope that any of the bodies under tlu ruins are alive. How th tire originated is not known. Scalding Steam Sweep Car Perry. While entering Ltulington (Mich.) harbor Sunday at midnight in a heavy southerly gale, the Ivre .Marquette car ferry, No. H.. struck a bar. disabling her machinery and breaking the main feed steam pipe. (J real volumes of steam instantly escaped. Mike Taft, a coal passer, whose home was in Chi cago, was scalded to death, and two other coal passers, whose names are unknown, were also terribly scalded. They now Ii in the -Marine hospital hov ring between life ami death. Many others who wer' in the hold of the :;r ferry reeiv:d bad burns fiom the st -am and suffered givat hardships during th1 nine hours whi-li followed before th-y were r'scu'd. From the time of the a-videut until morning there was neither liht nor heat en the boat. The wind was bitterly cold. (Ir :it seas roll d across tlu ti-i k. and ice formed wlieieer the wat-r teil. Ptir PerUh on a Parin. At Summerviil-. .It ife' sou c ounty, l'a., the iituue of John Ashuauuh. a fanner, was destroyed by lire and four persons were burned to death. One was fatally binned, while four others were seriously injured. The dead are: William Ashbaugh. '22 yars old: May bel Ashbaugh. a Ri-ycar-old daughter; Harry Ashbaugh. a lu-year-old sou: Jam's Ashbaugh, a D-year-ohl son. The injured are: Herman Ashbaugh. S years old; fatally burned; Mrs. Ash baugh, seriously injured; John Ash baugh. the husband and father; se riously burned ami suuering from ex posure. Two young children, painfully burned. The lire happened at an early hoar in the morning and was caused by an overheated stove. Kuril in a Sweat Shop. Isaac (Jill, a tailor, 52 years old, and an unidentified man lost their lives at a fire which destroyed a four-story sweat-shop building in Clinton street, New York, Sunday night. Four peo ple were injured, none of them fatally. About forty men and women were at work in the building. The lire started in the basement and gained such head way that escape was cut off. The peo ple jumped from the windows to save themsel-es. Many were slightly in jured. The loss is figured at 10.000. Whisky Poisons a Child. While his mother was preparing din ner at Pittsburg two-year-old John Uyrne found a bottle of whiskey, in some manner pulled the cork from the bottle and drank the contents. Short ly afterward the mother found her child in an unconscious condition on the floor. The empty whisky bottle by its side ti Id the tale and the moth er sent for a physician. The child died after two hours of intense suf fering. Taft for Secretary of Stale. Wichita, Kas., dispatch: Word has been received here from a reliable source in Cincinnati that Governor William H. Taft of the Philippines has been tendered the portfolio of Secre tary of State by President Roosevelt, and that the real reason for the re turn of the governor to this country is to confer with the President upon the subject. President Roosevelt has on a number of occasions expressed his high regards for Governor Taft and the able manner In which he has disposed of the intricate Philippine problems. Alger in a Critical Statt. Detroit, Mich., dispatch: General Russel A. Alger, who has been con fined to his home for some days with a return of his old trouble, gall stones, was reported critically ill to-day. A consultation of three of the city's lead ing' physicians was held on his ease this morning. They have not thus far succeeded in their efforts to dissolve the gall stones. It was practically con ceded that if the general is not better by to-morrow an operation of some sort to relieve his sufferings would be performed. TROUBLE IN PERSIAN GULF. Sheik of Koweyt Itefusg to Allow Sul tan's Mission to Land. Bombay dispatch: It is feared hero that fresh trouble is brewing on the Persian gulf. Mabarouk. the Sheik of Kowat. the proposed terminus of the Ragdad. railroad, has recently refused to allow a special commission, sent by Sultan from Constantinople, to land, and declined to accede to the Saltan's desire that he visit the Yildiz palace at Constantinople and make obeisance to his suzerain. Mabarouk has also threatened a revival of the troubles with Ibu Rashid. the Emir of Nejd. who. at the instigation of the Turks, has collected a fresh army. Mabarouk has again appealed for British pro tection. At Koweyt are the British third-class cruiser I'omone and gun boat Redbreast. The Russian American-built ruiser Yariag has arrived in the Persian gulf. Her powerful search lights and heavy guns have greatly impressed the natives. The Variag's commander is paying marked atten tions to the Sultan of Muscat, and Russian doctors are investigating the healthfulnes.s of Ormuz Kishi. opposite Runder Abbas. LATEST MARKETQUOTATIONS. "Winter WIi. at N. 2 v . T:-1 ; No. 3 red. 77'' Me; No. o hard, 7." : -jt . Spring W'h'-at-No. ! p.ort !,. ;m. 7ÖU'i7-.c: No. 1 im. i ilj.-i ii, .'-. '! ..".; N". Z -;-r:iiK. TUV'T'-.c. Corn N'm. 4, f.l'iiMc: N'n. 4 'jv.'-.c: No. 3 yellow. '."'-(; No. vvbi;. . ..' i .i : i).a No grade. ;,"C-c. No. -3. 4r. ;i7:lc; No. 4 white, 4."i'..'.f )S' ; No. whit'-. -.7',' JV: No. r, l'o;.;i,,-; No 2 wJdU-. i' - l Hay Choice titnothv quotable at $V-t 14. Ho-s-l.i-ht. 0..V,; heavy paekie, 'au! Met -ves. .:!.: '''-7. tows nni heil I S. it t i.'.C; Texas t ers. .'"i 4.7"; stockers and f- tier-'. NU ; 'S. Sheep-- Native sln p. i2.'" i i : w st- i II!-. ?l'.7."i'' i.l: laliv la in i -s, i'..."."; !.".. ; westerns, .""( "..7". Putter Kxtr.i er ana ii' s, ;. firsts. 'J'i'J.i-: tiairi- s ..;. vsi, in; Jnis. Y-t IT.-. "hees. Full cfe.'im. ( t w c; daisies. t-lioit t . !"'. ; ye. ;n,- A ire riea . 1"'- 4' .r. lav- Poultry- Tti-k y.; irol-i.b rs and laus. 7c; yo'ii.L;. te:7c. Chi ).' :is : H :c-. 7c I lacks: O-.od. Je se, ?;;.,.;;,. p-r lo;c. Ks--: j-' ::. '. als 'at :;' s w o.-h:!.,: ' U s, 4 '.;.r..-; :';;:. ll.s. 1 "otao.. Wit It- -' k. '". ". --''"; red stot k. eho;,-. , 7"'j7e .- .... Fruits- A ; s. P.. ii lJ,r. K fa'.. . Senator Sew ell Is Itettcr. dnted States Senator William J. Sewoll. who is lying s'-rio lsly ill his itsiiU nee in Camd. n, N. J., v." a 5 I: , - --Tec-.-. Vr" " 'V'S'" " " " v;. ;0s ,.v;-v. SENATOR Si:wrL. considerably improved s.u ".:.'.;. is cheerful and car: ;, d 0:1 a .o::v. na tion during the ve::i;i' wit:: the dv tors. The physicians ::e:t;i:n r.o ap prehension at this time K, - seriou change in his condition. Itunkcr H Id to C.r in.l .Jury. Rirmingham. Ala., dispatch : The pre liminary trial of George Y". Morgan, president of tlie defunct Conti:. :ital Security Company, charged with tho embezzlement of -..eeo and a check for the same amount, was hi ought to a sudden termination late in the af ternoon by Justice Benners. who re fused to hear any further testimony and held the defendant to wait action by the grand jury. Bond was fixed at $3,000. Petroleum Pound in I'jrypt. Operators employed by the petroleum syndicate, after working two years at Gebel Geit, near Suez, FJgypt, have encountered petroleum, said to be at a depth of 2.11ä feet. A terrific How of gas ensued. This was followed by an explosion, which wrecked the bor ing plant and blocked the well. This points to the existence of an extraor dinary quantity of petroleum. The discovery is considered most im portant. Kcporls Delarcy in Despair. The war office at London has come into possession of a cipher telegram purporting to have been sent by the Roer commandant, k Drdarey. stating that he could not hold out longer than January. According to the correspon dent of the Times at Pretoria. Delarey is believed to be forty miles northwest of Klerksdorp, with about 400 men. The war office is taking a more hopeful view of the war than it has taken at any previous time. St. I.ouls Pair Uroiintl Itroken. St. Louis dispatch: Tin Govern ors of the Ijouisiana purchase states Minnesota. Nebraska. Arkansas and Missouri several members of Con gress, and the World's Fair national commissioners. and other invited guests, among them General John C. Rates, commanding tho Department of the Missouri, and Colonel John I). (J. Oglesby, representing Governor Yates of Illinois, were present and partici pated in the ceremonies attending the breaking of ground on the site of the World's Fair in Forest Park. Would Pujol 11 Mino Workers. The St. Bernard Coal Company, re cently Incorporated in Delaware, filed a petition in the Federal court at Louisville, Ky., for an injunction against President James 1). Woods and others of the United Mine Work ers of America, to prevent them mo lesting the plaintiff's property or em ployes. The St. Bernard Company was incorporated outside of Kentucky so that it could ask for Federal pro tection. Judge Evans granted a tem porary order. y v .. if . V" ' s. s r- MAKING LIS AT WASHINGTON I j The Record in Brief of Legis I lative Work in Senate t ! and House. SEVERAL BILLS INTRODUCED. i Senator Maou of Illinois Is ;ien th ! Chairmanship of the Ccnnmitlee on ' rot offices Secretary iae Propose ! Severe law Against Counterfeiters. ! Thursday. December 1 i- ! Five subsidy bill to be pushed in the I Senate by its author, and it will prob j ably pass the upp r house .inly to j meet with disaster in the House of i Repres ntativ s. I General Chaffee, in commenting on. courtmartial cases in the l'hilippines, : said that presumably all of tin? Fili ' pinos are traitors ami full of dissimu- ; lation. Appraiser Wakeman of New York, ; in letter to th' I resident, refused to resign, ami scored SV.-err tary Gage's ' administration of the customs depart- mcnt. Germany and the United Sta'cs . reached uipb-rstar.'üüg on Low far for- mer may go in Venezuelan affair with- ! out encroaching n the Monro. doc j trine. . Iill introduced ia Congress to make i Schley. Sampson and Ciark vic ad , mirals. Canal bill will be tal.cn up in the Ilous-e on Jan. 7. I rid.ty, l'cenihM- '. I Judge Advocate I.eiiily. for the ma jority of the Schl-y court f inquiry, has tiled with Secretary Long a pro test against reojv-ning the .. At torneys for A'I:airal Sampson fib'1 a protest a-Min.-t Admiral I'm we y'.-; mi nority report. President ILeo-.- v It -ummnri'.y re move, l Wilbur F. W;k man. Appraiser of th- Port of New York. 1. ;n- of his attack on the Scrr-! :iry of the Treasury in a b-tt'-r declining to re sign. Chairman Fnss of the ilo Naval committee denied thai Sp.-ak-r Hen derson tri-d to in!' a- T.ce him in the Schiev c;;s(.. Th' re will be no Chrtmas me at the Whit- Ho i;. b-;t th. i 'i-tcm of hanging up s !.:;."- " ii; ' - ob- W. M ::: :;.- C:ar.--. Gnv. rh-n- r: Ma?- c 3 1-Gar- It!, rd . I It t e'i; I r i C 's -.!, Y.i: I' P. ir. :.. : :. ;.. . .;. .... L.r::-.. '..- : . :! .1- .v!: 1 y :;.ir : Ar.u : nc Bar. r :v'. I .-. -i; t - ui'.t again-: l1".: :.-: -. a'. I in :; t- m-.T.ts in th- :::'::: :: in the Ohl Baia-y. Tlu- ;u ,.:v st:.T.h.- i .l.uk-o:: to fifteen years a: p -nul s-rviraie and the wo::: an To m-v. n years at penal servitude. The jury was ml three minutes in reaching a wivkt Try to Capture De Wet. The South African dispatches t London report small skirmishes and an unusual attempt to surreuini Geo. ra! De Wet. who is stated to have mui and two guns. The Boer casualties are placed at 27. The war 0ÜU0 issues a mail dispatch from General Kitch-nei detailing further instances of alleged murders of natives by Roers. In most of the cases the only testimony against the Boer is furnished bv natives. Analysis Shows N' Poison. Jeffersonville, Ind.. dispatch: In the trial of Newell C. Rathhun, charged with causing the death of Charles Goodman at the Falls City hotel in this city, Dr. L. B. Kestenhin; of Louisville, who made the chemical analysis of Goodn an's stomach, testi fied that ho found no poison. Ho stat ed, however, that lie 1 lieved Good man's death had b-n caused by either prussic acid or chloroform. "iet-Itit'h-Ouick Muri In.lhte.l New York dispatch: The grand jury brought in an indictment against Colon! Robert A. Amnion. legal tie fender if Charles F. Miller of ".'.L'U per cent Franklin Syndicate" notoriety. Amnion's indictment is basd on a charge that the lawyer roeiivetl stolen goods from Miller wlwn he accepted from him $14o.U00 of the receipts ol the syndicate. Sulllran Tonn! Guilty. AlcxamU'r Sullivan was d' hired at Chicago Sunday to bo guilty of con spiring with others t remove frnier Bailiff James J. Lynch, indicted jury briber, from the reach of justice. The jury in Judge Smith's court fixeil his punishment at a fine of $2.V, tho maximum tine provided by the statute. The verdit carries no penitentiary sentence. Immediately upon the read ing of the jury's finding Mr. Sullivan's attorneys moved for a new trial, and in the event that this is ilenied they will appeal the case to the Appellate Court. lyterjr of Two Death Cn solved. The mystery surrounding the death of John F. Bull and wife, reported at Parsons, Kan., Is still unsolved. The most probable theory is that their death was due to the accidental es cape of natural gas, and the coroner's Jury returned a verdict accordingly, but there are many circumstances that do not sustain such a verdict. Colonel Bull was in the Twelfth Ohio during the war and was a prominent member of G. A. R. post No. 81. He was on the pension rolls on account of heart disease.