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n.aaMW §mmm BINA, 'j* He laughs best who laugh* at the Joke» you crack. A fine, well-appointed, hospital s, what every great college football cen ha A There are agreeable signs, that the Balkan war cloud is abojit to take^a well-earned vacation. A11 that was left of Sir Thomas after the yacht races has. succumbed to American Indigestion. King Alfonso of Spain recently slaughtered his first wild bull, but has he ever busted a broncho? Telegraphic communications to Nome being now established we can have our gold stories fresh. Adam Bede attended the Associated Press banquet in New York. Rip Van Winkle was unavoidably detained. Dr. Wiley announces that we are soon to be a hairless race. And what are the barbers going to do r.bout that? Capt. Mahan, the naval expert, Is an aldermanic candidate in New York. He is now about to have the fight of his life. Maxim has invented a gun that will kill faster tban any present device. He ought to be able to sell it in Bul garia. Now that the American Indian cuts hi? hair, washes his face and goes on strike he may be considered strictly uj to date. A New York minister has found Scripture sanction of yacht races. Does he mean to insinuate that Lipton is a Jonah? When we read in the papers that the beef trada or flour trade is promising the consumer is always able to sup press his joy. It must be comforting to King Peter of Servia to realize that the world is betting on how long it will be before hose house he is assassinated. A man who knows himself to be in tho wrong generally tries to end the conversation, whereas, a woman—is never in the wrong. I A lady has been elected professor of language in the University of St. I.oui.. This is thoroughly in accord with the fitness of things. I The Boston Globe issues a warning against the practice of eating great big heavy dinners of sixteen courses and the like. The advice is wasted on There is an emergency clause in the sultan's constitution which always en ables him to act at once when he needs money from any of his rich sub jects. Punch has the exclusive news that the British museum will henceforth be devoted exclusively to picture pos tal cards. Mr. morgan has Dought an the books. New York's water supply will be drawn from three sources in the state, but if there is any sign of famine some of the Jersey corporations might be tapped. Now that Frank James, the former outlaw, has announced his intention of becoming a farmer other farmers are wondering just where he is going to settle down. "It seems strange," remarked the philosopher, "that the man without any vices always aggravates ordinary people into having more vices than they had before." An injunction restraining a Chicago firm from paying debts is the latest thing in the injunction line. Get your application for an injunction in early and avoid the rush. It appears that Prince Alert, the new champion pacer, has to be dosed with whisky beiore he starts in a race. Well, Prince Alert isn't tne only thing that whisky has caused to set a fast pace. That child that was christened in a lion's den in New York will probably live to be thankful that its parents were not fool enough to have the cere mony performed in the stock ex* change. Four of the five elk which were placed in the Adirondacks last year to breed have been killed by hunterq within two days. Evidently the hunt ers were better' marksmen tban they -are citizens. j. 1 j*'i:"X In Germany an electric car haw been run on the Zossen military road at the rate ojt 106 miles an hour, and the en gineers expect that a rate of 126 miles an hour wilt be reached. Btffc, .who wantsto ride as fast as that? ougbt to make men feelashamed rigtjKV QWt bom raany bdniaets all the r» thiy haVe/ smoked would buy*— tothink 'boyr many cigara all the fya- '2? V&« M' OF^ABER- BUSINESS SECTION DEEN, WASH., WIPED OUT BY FIRE' «'v rOUR MEN LOSE fHEIR LIVES PIJOPERTY FJFTJL^ATFD AT ABOUT ONE MILLION DOLLARS. ,A.: BUItBINGS 4RE DYNAMITED AN ATTEMPT TO PROGRE8S OF FLAMES. IN AN A TTEMPT TO STAY THE THE Aberdeen, Wash., Oct. 17. Fire that burned from 9 o'clock yesterday morning until 2 in the afternoon oausejl four deaths and destroyed property valued at approximately one million dollars. It practically wiped out the main business street of this town, which is built mostly of wood. Ten business blocks and residences were destroyed. Every business man in the city is a loser, either by fire, water, removal, breakage or loss by theft. Not anticipating that the flames could get beyond the fire de partment's control, many waited until the fire was clo^e upon them before starting to move out. The streets were soon strewn and littered with all kinds of material and the rush and haste of teams and people in every direction causpd great confusion. The fire started in the old Mack building on Hume street, which had been regarded as a fire trap and a dangerously constructed building. It was three stories high audi was occu pied by numerous single men who cooked their own meals chiefly on oil stoves. It was in a room on the third floor Where the Flames Started, and the interior of the building was a mass of flames when the alarm was sent in. The four dead men lost their lives in this building. From the Mack block the fire spread to the fine n..w and headquarters of the fire department. Great volumes of flames shot into the air and the heat became unbearable a block distant, The flames spread with remarkable rapidity, licking up building after building despite the heroic efforts of the firemen. In order to stop the further progress of the flames dynamite was used on several of the buildings upon which the flames were advancing. Tele phone messages brought the fire de partments of Hoquian and Montesano to the scene and they did effective work. Aberdeen has a population of about 7,000, and the chief industry is lum bering: Several large sawmills are located near the town, but the fire dis not roach them. ZION HOST IN GOTHAM. Dowie and His Army Prepare for Reformation of the Metropolis. New York, Oct. 17.—Dowie's restor ation host, 4,000 strong, arrived here early yesterday, 'rhey landed at the Battery and at once boarded cars for Madison Square garden. As soon as the first car started the crowd on board began singing a hymn, and a large crowd of curious spectators gathered around those waiting outside the ferry house. The men were all dressed in a uniform resembling that worn by the United States infantry. The women did not wear uniforms. The crowd around the ferry house grew so large that it blocked the street, and the police drove the spec tators back to the curb. Dowie him self arrived in his special train at the Grand Central station, disappointing the crowds who were awaiting, him at the West Shore railroad ferry.v A number of his own people greeted Dr. Dowie, but there was little demonstra tion. "Elijah" and. his elders, chief priests and patriarchs will have apart ments at the Plaza hotel. MILLIONAIRE DISAPPEARS. Believed to Have Been Murdered in Mountainous Regions of Virginia. Big Stone Gap, Va., Oct. 17.—E. L. Wentz of Philadelphia, twenty-eight years of age, general manager of the Virginia Coal and Iron company, in terested in coal lands in Southwest Virginia and Eastern Kentucky and himself a millionaire, left Big Stone Gap on horseback for Kelly View, twenty-five miles east of here, on Wednesday and has not been heard of since. All circumstances point to the conclusion that he has been murdered in the mountainous regions. A hun dred men are now scouring this sec tion of the country. The horse ridden by Mr. Wentz was found Wednesday afternoon by a youth and to the sad dle was attached the coat worn by the missing man. WAGES RAISED 20 PER CENT* Telegrapherm en Rock Island Railway Secure Their Contention. Chicago, Oct 17.—Telegrapherii ^Bal^ ployed on the Rock Ialand railway system have been granted, a*20 per cent jncreas© in wages. The Ordef of Railway Telegraphers announces .fit* successful termination of a a^onth's negotiations with the railway pfdcials. Thirty other committees are making jttft-jpsie demands pf ptb rptiuKiifaantes. NOW THE ARGUMENTS*? Evidence Concluded in' the Mjller and Johns Trial, Cincinnati, Ohio/ Oct. 17.—The evi dence was concluded and arguments were bepin yesterday in the trial" of Miller and Johns foralleged conspir acy "To extort a bribe. Afe six hoilfs were allowed fd? arguments and. only half an bonr w&s consumed before court adjourned last night, it is evi dent with five and a half hours for argument to-day and additional Ume for the chaise of ..the jury^rii&'motibqs that^he case will fiot*&£to''tite'-jury until this, evening^ It is thought by some that there jwMt fbe no verdict' until Monday. TheJ feature yeBteirday was the testimony of the two defend ants. ^Johns was cross-examined for overman hour. He denied that bfe had Hold luspector& 'Vickrery and i?ulton when they were investigating1 ftim at Roclvi!le that ihe would ,'talk-7(f. he .thought nothing would come of. it ex cept the dismissal of a c)er^ in Wash ington. Most of his evidence yester day consisted in such denials. Miller was on the witness &tand from 11:30 a. m. until 4 p. m., and was generally conceded to be an exceptionally strong witness for himself, both in di rect and cross-examination.. GIVEN LIFE SENTENCES. Leaders of the Mutiny in Federal Prison at Leavenworth Convicted. Leavenworth, Kan., Oct. 17. The five leaders o£ the Fort Leavenworth prison mutiny of November, 1901, charged with killing Guard Waldrupe, were found guilty of murder by a jury in the United States circuit court here yesterday morning without capital punishment, and will be given life sentences. The prisoners are Gilbert Mull ins. Turner Barnes, Frank Thompson, Fred Robinson and Robert Clark, all desperate men. Mullins and Robinson had practically finished their terms at the time of the out break, and the others were short term men. VIGOROUS PROTEST. Union Veterans Object to Lee's Statue in Hall of Fame. Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 17.—One of the concluding acts of the Union Veteran legion, which closed its annual meet ing here yesterday, was the adoption of a resolution bitterly protestina against and denouueiug the plan of placing a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee in the Hall of Fame. The reso lution asserts that such an act would be an insult to the Union soldiers now living and to the memory.of the sol diers dead. BiLLS MARKED. Superintendent in New York Postof fice Arrested. New York. Oct. 17. Alexander Haff, superintendent of the foreign mail branch of the New York post office. was arrested yesterday by post office inspectors and arraigned before United States Commissioner Shields a charge of embezzling letters from the mails. According to the in spectors §S in marked biils were found in Half's possession. The bills had been sent by the inspectors in "test'' letters. MYSTERIOUS MURDER. Officers and Bloodhounds Hunting for Unknown Assassin. Clarksburg, W. Va., Oct. 17—Joseph Gray, while returning to his home at Salem from this city, was attacked by some person unknown, who,,, without a word of warning, shot him through the stomach. Gray crawled to his home, where he died shortly after ward. The assassin disappeared. Of ficers and bloodhounds are scouring the country. The murder is regarded as very mysterious. GIVEN FULL POWER. Admiral Alexieff is, to Maintain Rus sian Prestige in the Far East. Berlin, Oct. 17. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says it is stated that the czar has telegraphed to Admiral Alexieff, viceroy of the far East, as follows: "I fully empower you to maintain the prestige of Russia by force of arms if necessary." It is pointed out, however, that a similar story was current when Admiral Alex ieff was first appointed.' •x NEGROES RESIST ARREST. ''Vi Constable and One of the Negroes Are Killed McKeesport, Pa:,J Oct. 17.^—^8 the result of an attempt by three officers to arrest negroes: at. Glasisport last night, Constable William Shields was shot through the heart and Almost stantly lulled and Peter Melvin, -^he of the Negroes, was' shoty dead by Peter Kelley: Postmasters Appointed., Washington. 0«$r 17,—Edward Vi Antwerp was, yesterday "appointed postmaster at Dora, Otter ^ail coun ty Minn./vice William J. Hoffman. re signed ale» Johij::Gertz. at-ftose Hill, Cavalier county," D„ vice Peter Block, resign«|l $•. a Wmki meot an^^xbound liis. theories wtdenli^M the" in^ititld^3, Ooz^n Are Injur/"4 Vai, «e«F|o ftot thfr Seventh strefet linT, .&r&ig)arM 4 BLMOT MASSACRE RU88IA PAVING THE WAY FOR THE SLAUGHTER OF fiR- MENIAN8. 'Vf* CHANCE "tti^VENT RAClAi flATftllfr MUSSULMANS WILL 6E TURNED LOOSE ON, PEF^NDING CHRISTIANS. ARMENIANS ^BfiEN WARNED EXPEDIENT FOR PREVENTING REVOLUTION OF TH£ WHOLE PEOPLE. ... ... St. Petersburg, Oct. 17. EJvery town in Transcaucasia inhabited by Armenians, including Erivan, Kars, Alexandropol, Nukha and Nakitcbe van, has been proclaimed in a state of minor siege. This means the suspension of the main features of civil administration in order to give a free hand to the military in repressing outbreaks against the government's sequestra tion of the property of the Armenian church. It looks as if Von Plehve, minister of the interior, were paving the way for a massacre of the Armenian, since the Moscow Gazette, the Novoe Vre rnya and especially the Bessarabetz— all of which newspapers participated in the crusade against the Jews in Kisheneff and Gomel—are now pur suing a similar course with reference I to the Armenians. The Armenians Are Warned by means of those journals that per sistence in opposition to the policy of the government means that the Mus sulman population of Transcaucasia will be turned loose to vent its radical and religious hatred against the of fending Christian sect. Such a course would be quite in ac-. coid with Von Plehve's latest expedi ent for preventing a revolution of the whole people by encouraging one na tionality to attack another whenever a disposition ., is shown to break the peace. Fortunately the Georgians, who form a predominant part of the Trans caucasian population, sympathize with the Armenians and they have prom ised to stand by them against both the government and the bloodthirsty Turks, whom the government has been grooming for. a campaign ever since the last massacre. GIRLS STABBED IN. *^IOT. r% Strikers Engage in a Fight With Non Unionists. New York, Oct. 17. In a riot last night, the result of a strike at a rag factory in First street, several girls were stabbed, one of them so serious ly that she had to be taken to a hos pital. The employes, about fifty in number, recently organized under the name of the Clip Sorters' unioq. De mands were made upon the firm which were refused, and a strike was declared. To carry on their business the firm engaged a number of Italians. Then the new union proceeded to sta tion pickets near the factory. Last night when the Italians came out of the factory a free fight occurred and the Italians, it is said) used knives to defend themselves. IMPROVE LABOR CONDITIONS. Action Possible -That Will Bring La bor and Capital Closer Together. Chicago. Oct. 17. Although ques tions of dispute and of great, interest to the wage earners and the employ ers, such as the "open" shop,' meth ods of paying wages, piece work and bonus, came up before the conference of the National Civic Federation yes terday no action has yet been decided upon that will improve the relations of the principals in the controversy. However, it was not considered im probable that before the. session .is brought to a close, some action 'that will aid infringing labor and capital1 closer together may be tak^n. A num ber of the speakers at the session yes terday favored this, saying |he pc-' casion was opportune. King Peter Will Visit, Vienna, Oct. 17.—The Neues Tage blatt asserts that King Peter of Servia will visit the Austrian and Rus sian. courts in December. As both the courts have declined' to receive Ser vian officers it is evident that King.:. Peter can only take with his a:^ciy.ii suite. Canf+lk ChiliTa Sex. Vlztk Geneva, N T., bct. 17.—Dr. Rabbitt, one'of tb^.p^eQsors of the recent]^ founded Smith.' cojlege tor wamftjR^ Three Seriously Irijtjrqd.. New York, Oct. 17.—Three persons were seriously ..' injured, a score of ^others were cut' by flying: glass tend1' badly shaken up, and a panic was pre-. cipitated when an Eighth avenpe eldb tria car crashed intohorse |as|E night. 8hot. by.: a Cincinnati, Qhio, Obt poosman,. seriously wounded 'Ifaf, .nfc&t by nnluwfwn ntfan^ho f«.inithi #Wn ^••terdiur iYeniha HSM tv %Hs*' A#** Tract North of Settlement KTev. W Creokston, Minn, Oct, IT/'-r-'The CrootatOn land office ts^bus$. getting renty-lpr the opening to settlenii^nt the fend north of The dOiee is: in lett&€ idiily relative, to•'*1*^ would seem that people from «ll^^ye|:^ the /country *re ft slicfe&if tjjjr $Newlind8:.$$$iif secret here that the lands aire tnoltiir wbiuteia! "With" townships lie "in"" tfie"' great "sw«m| north of Red feke ax& are' great quag mires. ^he timber is Sttint^fi tim-j arack godd for nothing but wood, and the ground is suih tba£ it can only,be .traversed in winter. -The timber 6an-, not ifce removed for years owing to the lack'of railroad facilities. A BURGLARS OFFER BRIBE. ELLIOTT ADJUDGED INSANE. Surgeons Say He Is Liable to Be Vio lent at Any Time. Washington. Oct. 17.—Peter Elliott of Minnesota, who was arrested at the White House recently, and who made a violent attack upon the officers who had him in custody, yesterday was of ficially adjudged insane and recom mitted to St. Elizabeth's insane asylum. Doctors Vale and Marbury, police surgeons, testified that Elliott is a paranoiac and is apt to be violent, at any time. Elliott was entirely calm during the hearing and did not ask to be heard. KILLED SEVEN PERSONS. James Little Plume Confesses Indian Reservation Crimes. Browning, Mont, Oct. 17. James Little Plume has confessed to the murder of the seven people killed Sun day on the Blackfoot Indian reserva tion. This confession was made be fore United States Commissioner Ar naux. Among, the seven killed was the wife of Little Plume.: His inten tion, he said was to kill fourteen more, but a shell stuck in his rifle, rendering, it useless. He then cut a gash in his own, throat and arm to al lay suspicion. PROMINENT MAN GONE. Treasurer of Pembina County, N. D., Passes Away. Neche, N. D., Oct. 17: W. A. Murphy, chairman of the Republican county central committee and treas urer of Pembina county, died at his residence in this place yesterday of pneumonia, after an illness of less tfian a week's duration. He has long been one of the leading business men and politicians of this part of the state, and was prpminent in secret so ciety circles, being a Knight Templar, Shriner, Knight of Pythias and an Elk. K- ROBBED OF $5,000. Streets of Viborg, 8. D., Patrolled by Bandits While Safe Was Robbed. Sioux Falls, S. D„ Oct. 17. The Bank of Viborg was robbed of $5,000. The robbers were seen by citizens who did not care to venture, on the streets, which were patrolled by armed robbers. Half of the money stolen was gold. The robbers es caped on a hand car. Citizens secured another car and gave chase./ The men were seen at Volin at 5 o'clock and were headed, toward Yankton. The bank is protected by insurance. Forger la Wanted. Blue Earth, Minn., Oct. 17. Two checks bearing the forged signatures of Elias Kjarstad, a saloonkeeper of this city, have receutly appeared. The last was c,ashed by tlie L. B. Waugli Company of Minneapolis. Officers are after the. forger, who has done some clever warlc as Kjarstad writes a pe culiar signature, .iwnSSF! _,vlri Bankruptcy Court Fergus Falls, ®$imi., Oct. i7. iviVi- :4W Offer City Marshal $200 to- Keep Away While They Rob a Bank. Woonsocket, S. D., Oct. 17.—An at tempt to rob the Citizens' National bank was made. Four suspicious characters landed in the city and one of them tried to bribe the ehief of police by offering him $200 if he would get off the street and keep quiet. He also confided to him that they in tended to rob the bank and then steal a rig and drive to Wessington Springs and rob the bank there. The marshal arrested the bunch, and one of the men exchanged shots with him. •.\k, i-l An- drew H^tienniann, a prominent mer chant and former' postmaster of St. ,Clbud. filed a petition, in bankruptcy, placing his. assets at of whjch $70 is exempt, and his liabilities vat $10,8a7.25i! Who Has Been This Boy7 ^rble^Slc^vrio^a/ Oct: 17.— iFletcher, flfteeii years old, has jSeeA miasiQg slpce Sept, 14. wo#£*bln$ oye^Us, !torkj co^t and cap., brown ha^ri slim face and weighs«110 poundSi A reward is offerkl for |fo^9n#ii!ernliig hiin. vik Mi ,'kdcured aul has GIGANTIC7 SWINDLE MAY' gjg s&fer ir Mir* 4®^ ^b'RGERY CONSISTS OFDUPL)ci C0MIS TO LIGHT LEADS TO BELIEF THAT THE LI ^OPERATIONS HAVE EXTENSIVE Milwaukee, Oct. 17. Special de testives of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road have been assigned to investigate what may prove to be a most extensive series of forgerieB. Whether the amount involved is many thousands of dollors, or the single instance that has come to light is the sole example of the work of the forgers, is not known. The forgery consists of a duplication, according to the statements of officials of the road, of the pay checks of the company. A few days ago, according to the story told Col. John A. Hinsey, who is at the head of the detective service of the company, a check was received at the paymaster's office in this city that had been cashed at an interior point. The check was made payable to "Jack Dillon," and was for $63. It. was .on a form similar to that used by the company, being An Exact Duplicate of the railway check, save that it was printed instead of engraved. It bore what purported to be the signatures of the two officials of the auditing de partment that are necessary to make the check valid, and that of the as sistant paymaster. The check bore the indorsement of' the supposed "Jack Ejillon" and those of others through whose hands it had passed. Special detectives of the company are now engaged in an effort to trace it back -. to the person who originally received it. Up to yester day it is said tliat only one of the forged checks has apepared at the paymaster's office. It is considered by the detectives, however, to be incred ible that 6nly one check was printed,. filled in and signed. SAULE IN JAIL. Former Cashier Is Unable to, Furnish Bail of $25,000. Iowa Falls, Iowa, Oct. 17. Edwin. O. Saule, late cashier of the Home Savings bank of this city, held on a charge of larceny by embezzlement, was given a preliminary hearing here yesterday afternoon. Saule waived examination and the case will' go to the grand jury, which convenes Tues day. His bonds were increased to $25,000, and, in default of the same/ he was taken to jail at Eldora to a^ait the action of the grand jury. Yester day's hearing was held behind closed doors, but it is said that evidence was introduced showing a shortage of $29, 000. ,' DYNAMITE MAY COME NEXT. Unpaid Employes Threaten the Costly Works at the Soo. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Oct 17. The Evening News has received a let ter from a former workman of the Michigan-Lake Superior Power com pany, threatening that unless the men are paid soon something will happen beside which: the riots dn the Can adian Soo were insignificant. The watchmen at the head gates of the canal and power house have nightly seen men prowling aSout the prem ises who openly make threats against the vfoirks.-'- The officials fear dyna mite may be used. ,, ft t~.j TWO OUNCES OF LAUDANUM. St.: RauL Man Commita Suicide J: in Sioux City.' Sioux City, Iowa, Oct. 17.—Despond ent on account of domestic troubles and because' he had been on a de bauch, T. McHonan of St. Paul took two ounces' of' laudanuih last -night in his room. He ha&a yife and'aeveral children in St. Paul. 7 "'11: TWO OUTLAWS. K1LLED..-|^^ Orivon Off Reservation by Indi^m in ?$$• f-- a Running Fight, Great Falls, Mont., Oct. '17.— gang of thidves who triedSto run horses off the Fort Peck .reservation yesterday were ambushed And two of them killed. The Indiana engaged in a running fight with the outlaws, drivrt ing them off the reservation/ i' [jTiffrlr Ijl Mi. S Lynching is^earfciT Butte, Mont., Oct l7.^Albert Beck^- whKr illnnesQjta ucatfonal jssoclatlQp'i eaopiWntion b« fctdd ifi thhi city. r-Ht* theme wilt WiWWfP-l, .l BfltlMh ^jr alleged pofsonr examinatioaBi St ft $flfi fbrmer sweetbc at has Lyn^iinrla 'km r'! c^nr^d of depptin!: i'W prisoner bsckf \M lr.^Kaup .{nn-yearold dau