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A prompt denial is made by the sultan
of Turkey of the report that he has been
disciplining a squad of his wives by
drowning. He is indignant at the
charge of such a wanton waste of wa
ter.
If the mere kissing of a pretty girl
is punished in Connecticut by 15 daj s'
imprisonment what would be the Con
necticut idea of justice in the case of a
man who pleads guilty of having 42
wives?
In fixing the new boundary line the
Alaskan modus vivendi throws the Por
cupine country on the American side.
There is pot much demand for porcu
pines at present, but it is an industry
that can be nourished, and hence
will do.
Trade is usually described as follow
ing the flag, though some people aver
it goes in the opposite direction. How
ever that maj be, the trade that follows
the flag is all right. It is only when
it wants to get on the flag, in the shape
of an advertisement, that the American
people object.
New York citj was full of fakirs dur
ing the Dewej celebration, and the
"land-lubbers" were duped with all
sorts of tiicks. The best fakir of the lot
was a nervy fellow who picked out peo
ple from the interior who had never seen
a body of water big enough to float a
canal boat and sold them "canes made
from the log of the OI3 mpia."
The special expert sent abroad by the
agricultural department in search of
new seeds, grains and plants, has
brought back among other things an
"everbearing strawberry." This won
derful straw berrv, which comes fiom
France, is said to produce fruit for
months on the same plants, and a small
patch will keep a family supplied for
many, many eeks.
The South African republic is not so
email as most people think. Its area is
about 120,000 square miles, and it is
larger than New York state and the
whole of New England combined, and
considerably more than half as large
as either France or Germany. The
Orange Free State is not so large, but
together the two sister republics form
a territory about the size of Iowa, 'Wis
consin and Illinois combined.
It is strange how much a person may
go through and come out uninjured,
and how little it sometimes takes to
kill. While a train was running 40 miles
an hour near Waseca, Minn., a deranged
woman who was being taken to an asy
lum jumped through the car window
and was unhurt. In the same exchange
we notice a dispatch telling of the death
of a physician in a Connecticut town,
resulting fromia scratch by a surgeon's
saw. Fate issues some strange decrees.
The Washington Humane society has
passed a resolution regretting that the
committees of arrangements in New
York and Washington for the reception
of Admiral Dewey "disregarded the hu
mane sentiment of the people of the
country in providing docked horses for
the carriage used for the guest of honor,
thus giving countenance on conspicu
ous occasions to a senseless and barbar
ous fashion which it should be the duty
of all right-thinking people to discour
age."
The Engineering News has taken an
automobile census,and finds that there
are now 10,000 of the new-fangled ma
chines in Europe, 5,600 of them being in
France, and a third of that number in
Paris. The News says that there are
now 500 automobiles in the United
States, but that Americans have their
orders in for 4,000 machines, and hun
dreds of others would purchase the ma
chines if they could get them without
waiting several months for the factory
to fill the orders.
Lord Wolseley, field marshal of the
English army, has had a remarkable
career as a soldier, and his advancement
has been wonderful. His army history
may be summarized as follows: En
eign, 1852 captain, 1855 major, 1858
lieutenant colonel, 1859 colonel, 1865
deputy quartermaster general, 1867
assistant adjutant general, 1871 major
general, 1873 quartermaster general,
1880 adjutant general, 1882 general,
1883. For his services in Ashanti he re
ceived $125,000, and for his conduct of
the Egyptian campaign he was given
$100,000.
A New York woman has gone into re
form in a novel way. She thinks the
way pies are now made is a disgrace to
civilization and she proposes to give
Americans real pie—the kind your
mother used to make. The intention is
all right, but the fact is, when a man
gets old enough to talk about the pies
his mother used to make he has lost
the appetite he had in his youth, and
that was what made the old-fashioned
pies taste so good. Pies will never taste
to him as they tasted when he came
from school and drifted into the kitch
en for "sumpin to eat."
If there is any one thing which should
be inculcated in the coming generation
of American children it is the love of
justice, and manifestly it is not just to
distort facts in literature or history,
even in a cause supposed to be good.
.. It Trill not hurt the child to understand
that great men of history had their
faults, and that some men who had a
bad influence were honest in their be-
Jiefs and erred only through ignorance
A of the truth. The child will then grow
iup determined to understand the facts,
"5#Ml _ca*£ ^rore^giving judgment—and
^thus avoid hasty action.
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IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION
AH the Latest News of Interest from
Washington, From the East, the
West and the South.
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.
The dead letter office's annual re
port shows that it received 6,855,983
pieces of mail matter in the last fiscal
year, nearly nine per cent, increase
over the previous year.
Admiral Dewey's engagement to
Mrs. W. B. Hazen, of Washington,
widow of Gen. Hazen, formerly chief
signal officer of the army, is announced.
In Washington the Philippine com
mission held its first meeting, but none
of the deliberations will be made public
until the commission finishes its labors.
At Arlington Gen. Guy V. Henry was
given military burial, the president and
his cabinet being present at the cere
monies.
The death of George Bartle, the old
est clerk of the state department,
"keeper of the great seal," and a close
friend of Daniel Webster, occurred in
Washington.
In October the government receipts
were $47,533,5SS, against $39,031,051 for
the same month last year, and the ex
penditures amounted to $44,012,000,
against $53,903,000 last year.
THE EAST.
From Southampton to New York the
steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
made the trip in 5 daj 17 hours and 48
minutes, breaking the world's record.
At the age of 84 William Henrj Webb,
one of the country's famous shipbuild
ers, died at his home in New York.
During the year just ended 60 men of
the Gloucester (Mass.) fishing fleet
were lost. They left 45 widows and 23
children. Fifteen vessels, valued at
$70,750, were lost.
In New York city Dwight Townsend,
a member of the Thirty-ninth and For
ty-third congresses, died at the age of
73 years.
In a collision the fern, boat Chicago
was sunk in midstream in the North
river in New York and four lives were
lost.
George Hermans killed RhodaHorton
and her daughter at Stephenstovvn, N.
Y., and then killed himself. Jealousy
was the cause.
Vice President Ilobart's family say
that he is suffering from a complication
of heart troubles and that he will not
again take part in public affairs, even
if his life should be spared.
Fire destroj ed the Hackettstown (N.
J.) seminary, the students barelj escap
ing.
Fire destroyed the new administra
tion building at Sing Sing (N. Y.) pris
on.
The death of Henry Adams Neely,
bishop of the Protestant Episcopal dio
cese of Maine, occurred in Portland.
"WEST AND SOUTH.
In a Baptist church he built 70 years
ago near Elizabethton, Tenn Stephen
B. Lewis celebrated his one hundredth
birthday.
In San Francisco the Twentieth Kan
sas regiment was mustered out.
The famous inventor of the Mergan
thaler typesetting machine, Ottmar
Mergenthaler, died of consumption at
Baltimore, Md., aged 45 years.
The death of Maxium St. Martins oc
curred at Two Creeks, Wis., aged 107
years.
Near Atwater, 111., a hand car was
run down by an engine and John Nor
vil, George Cramer and Samuel Allen
were killed.
Heavy rains and winds for four days
did extensive damage throughout the
province of Santiago de Cuba.
Fire nearly destroyed New Boston,
a suburb of Portsmouth, O.
In Alabama leading republicans met
at Birmingham and adopted resolu
tions indorsing the administration of
President McKinley and his foreign
policy in particular, and demanding his
renomination and reelection.
Flames swept away the entire busi
ness portion of Horatio, Ark.
The death of Henry C. Harris, su
preme judge of Choctaw nation, oc
curred at his home near Harris, I. T.
A mob hanged TomHayden (colored)
at Fayette, Mo., for the murder of An
drew Woods, a white man.
In St. Louis Robert R. Jennings, sec
retary of a car company, was robbed of
a package containing nearly $50,000
while boarding a street car.
From Cape Nome goldseekers arrived
in San Francisco with $2,500,000 and re
ported that many fortune hunters had
died in quest for treasure.
Flames wiped out the business por
tion of Fairview, Kan.
In the Cripple Creek (Col.) district
the October gold output was $2,001,
600, breaking all monthly records..
At Weir City, Kan., George Wells, a
negro miner, suspected of having mur
dered Gus McArdie, a white man, was
lynched by a mob.
At Richmond the torpedo boat Shu
brick was launched in the presence of
President McKinley, many members of
his cabinet, Gov. Tyler, of Virginia, and
an immense outpouring of people.
Near Dennison, Tex., a train robber
secured $10,000 from an express car on
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas road.
Near New Orleans a train jumped the
track and nine persons were injured,
several fatally.
In North Carolina a storm wrecked 33
cottages belonging to summer resort
ers at Wrightville and Carolina Beach.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
In the vicinity of Ladysmith Gen,
White, at the head of 12,000 British, and
Gen. Joubert, commanding 16,000 Boers,
measured arms and the British claim
the victory, but another report says
that the whole British army surren
dered and that the troops were prison'
ers of war.
Filipino cavalry made a fierce at
tack upon a detachment of the Thirty
sixth volunteers that was reconnoiter
ing between Lubao and Floridablanoo.
The Americans stood their ground, and
before the insurgents retireJ the latter
had }o|t' fore* officers, and .eight men.
One Americas, was wounded.
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Mrs. Langtry and her latest husband,
Hugo de Bathe, have separated in Lon
don. He was jealous.
In the Congo the Belgian telegraph
expedition was attacked by 1,500 na
tives. The Belgian loss was nine killed,
47 wounded natives, 300 killed, 600
wounded.
For service in the Philippines 50 of
the Olympia's crew, who fought in the
battle of Manila, have reenlisted.
The Royal British fusileers, No. 10
mountain battery and the Gloucester
shire regiment were surrounded in the
hills at Ladysmith by the Boers, and,
after losing heavily, were obliged to
capitulate. The captured troops num
ber 2,000. The Boer losses in the battle
were placed at 900 men. Latest advices
say the Boers were preparing to attack
Ladysmith.
In Colombia seven insurgent ships
were sunk by government cruisers and
one of them went down with 200 men.
The main insurgent army in front of
MacArthur was retreating to the north
east and Aguinaldo has established a
new capital at Bayongong. Gen.
Young's column was steadily contin
uing its advance to the north, the ob
jective points being San Jose and Caran
glan.
Flames destroyed the Webster hotel
in Montreal and three persons lost their
lives.
In Lake Winnipeg the steamer Lady
of the Lake went down with a big car
go. All on board were saved.
Proof that the Filipinos are receiv
ing arms and ammunition from Japan
has been received by the state depart
ment in Washington.
Between France and China war is
likely through Peking's alleged failure
to yield territory claimed.
LATER NEWS.
Be.vond a statement that the fight
ing at Ladysmith was in progiess no
late news from the seat of war was
given out bj the war office in London.
When the last report from Ladv smith
left the battle was still on, the Boe*s
and British fighting anartilleij duel.
Gov. Murphy, of Arizona, saj the ter
ritory will ask for admission to state
hood when congress meets.
Alvin Saunders, who was territorial
governor of Nebraska during the civil
war and afterwards United States sen
ator, died in Omaha, aged 82 jears.
Samuel Dickie, chairman of the na
tional committee of the prohibition
partj, has resigned.
The annual report of the adjutant gen
eral of the armv. Brig. Gen. Corbin, sums
up the militarv foices now in the serv
ice of the United States a«: Requl ir
army. 64,5S6 volunteeis, 34,574 total,
99,160.
The annual report of the adjutant
general shows the casualties in actions
and deaths in the regular and volun
teer armies between May 1. 1S9S, and
June 30, 1S00. numbered 10.076.
An explosion of mill dust in the New
England mills in Chicago wrecked half
a block of buildings and caused the loss
of five lives.
The steamer Geoi L. Colw ell, bound
from Fernandina, Fla., to New York,
was wiecked in a hurricane off the
South Carolina coast and 13 of the crew
perished.
Judge John D. Long, of Florida, has
been appointed diplomatic agent and
consul general at Cairo, Egvpt.
The public debt statement is6ued on
the 1st shows that the debt decreased
$2.276,19S during the month of October.
The cash balance in the tieasury was
$1,025,155,S49. The total debt, less the
cash balance in the treasury, amounts
to $1,046,049,020.
The monthly statement of the comp
troller of the currency shows that the
national bank note circulation in
the United States on the 1st was $242,
9S4.694.
The Fift.v-first Iowa regiment was
mustered out in San Francisco and im
mediately left for home.
The rapidity 6f Gen. Lavvton's move
ments in the march north from San
Isidro gives promise that the Philippine
insurrection may be crushed in a few
weeks. Maj. Parker, of Gen. Lavvton's
command, with two troops of the
Fourth cav airy, captm ed Aliaga, a town
of 17,000 inhabitants 16 miles north
west of San Isidro.
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
The Boer war will cost Great Britain,
it is estimated, $100,000,000.
Col. R. W. Huntington, marine corps,
has been retired, to take effect January
10 next.
Floj Sing is the first Chinese child
ever admitted to the public schools of
St. Louis.
Miss Eva Johnston is the first woman
in 20 \ears to be elected to a professor
ship in the University of Missouri.
The national debt of Santo Domingo
is now about $25,000,000 gold. The pop
ulation is somewhat less than 500,000.
The first head of the Vanderbilt fam
ily died at the age of S3, the second at
the age of 65 and the third at the age
of 51.
Although 77 years of age, John A.
Peters is still performing his duties as
chief justice of the Maine supreme
court.
Benjamin H. Lee, who will have
charge of the Connecticut exhibits at
the Paris exposition, held a similar post
at the world's fair in Chicago.
Emperor William will exhibit the
Frederick the Great collection of cu
rios, literary treasures and French
paintings at the Paris exposition.
The Kansas City & Eldorado railroad
has been sold to the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas Railroad company for the
amount of its bonded indebtedness,
$225,000.
Oscar Darling, a well-known civil en
gineer and inventor, has become the
father of his twenty-third child. The
last arrival is a son. Mr. Darling is 56
years old.
Wyoming papers predict that Hart
ville will become a second Pittsburgh,
owing to the rapid development of its
hematite ore beds, which are the larg
est in the world.
S. S. McClure will be the active man
ager of Harper & Bros. Sweeping
changes have been made in the edi
torial staff. J. P. Morgan has invested
$2,000,000 in the company.
The house in Washington in which
Abraham Lincoln died has been reno
vated accordance with the act of
congress providing for it. It is now
used as a museum of Lincoln relics.
The Ohio supreme court has rendered
a decision which has the effect of legal
izing the practice of osteopathy in Ohio
without the formality of securing a li
cense from the state medical board.
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VICTORY FOR BOERS.
Two BrltUh Refflments and Guns Cap
tured In a Fierce Battle—Re
port of Gen. White.
London, Nov. 1.—The war office has
received a dispatch from Gen. White,
commanding the British forces at
Ladysmith, reporting that the Kdyal
Irish fusileers, No. 10 mountain battery
and the Gloucestershire regiment were
surrounded in the hills by the Boers
and, after losing heavily, obliged to
capitulate. It was reported that the
Boers suffered severely during the en
gagement, some persons estimating
their loss at 900 to 1,000 killed and
wounded.
London, Nov. 2.—The British war
office Wednesday made public a dis
patch received from Gen. White, de
scribing the operations of Monday. It
was as follows:
"Ladysmith, Oct 31 Took out from
Ladysmith a brigade of mounted troops,
two brigade divisions of the Royal artil
lery, the Natal field battery and two brig
ades of infantry, to reconnoiter in force the
enemy's main position to the north and, If
the opportumt} should offer, to capture the
hill behind Farquarhar's farm, which had,
on the previous day, been held in strength
by the enemy In connection with this ad
vance a column, consisting of the Tenth
mountain artillery, four half companies of
the Gloucesters and six companies of the
Royal lush fusileers, the whole under
Lieut Col Carlton and Maj Adye, deputy
assistant adjutant general, was dispatched
at 11 m. on the 29th, to march by night
up Bell's Spruit and seize Nicholson's Nek
or some position near Nicholson's Nek,
thus turning the enemy's right flank
"The main advance was successfully car
ried out, the obiective of the attack being
found evacuated, and an artillery duel be
tween our field batteries and the enemy's
guns of the position and maxims is under
stood to have caused heavy loss to the
enemy The reconnaissance forced the
enemy to fully disclose his position and,
after a strong counter-attack on our right,
the infantry brigade and cavalry had been
lepulsed, the troops were slowly with
drawn to camp, pickets being left on ob
servation Late in the ergagement the
naval contingent, under Capt Lambton, of
S Powerful, came into action and si
lenced, with their extremely accurate fire,
the enemy's guns of position.
"The circumstances which atterded the
movements of Lieut Col Carlton's col
umn are not yet fully known, but from re
ports received the column appears to have
carried out the night march unmolested,
until within two miles of Nicholson's Nek
At this point two bowlders rolled from the
hill and a few rifle shots stampeded the in
fantry ammunition mules The stampede
spread to the battery mules, which broke
loose from their leaders and got away with
practically the whole of the gun equipment
and the greater portion of the regimental
small-arm ammunition
"The reserve was similarly lost
"The infantry battalions, however, fixed
bayonets and, accompanied by the person
nel of the artilelry, seized a hill on the left
of the road, two miles from the Nek, with
but little opposition There they remained
unmolested till dawn, the tirre being oc
cupied in organizing the defense of the hill
and constructing stone sangars and walls
as cover from fire At dawn a skirmishing
attack on our position was commenced by
the enemy, but made no way until 9 30 a
when strong reenforccments enabled
them to rush to the attack with great en
ergy Their Are became very searching and
two companies of the Gloucesters in an
advance position were ordered to fall back
The enemy then pressed to short range,
the losses on our side becoming very
numerous
"At three our ammunition was prac
tically exhausted, the position was cap
tured and the survivors of the column fell
into the enemy's hands The enemy treat
ed our wounded with humanity, Gon
Joubert at once dispatching a letter to me,
offering a safe conduct to doctors and am
bulances to remove the wounded A med
ical officer and paities to render first aid
to the wounded were dispatched to the
scene of action from Lad smith Tuesday
night, and the ambulance at dawn
Wednesday morning
"The want of success of the column was
due to the misfortune of the mules stam
peding and the consequent loss of the guns
and small-arm ammunition reserve
"The oincial l.st of casualties and pris
oners will be reported shoitly The latter
are understood to have been sent by rail to
Pretoria.
The security of Ladysmith is in no way
affected
The concluding sentence of Gen.
White's dispatch, relating to the safety
of Ladj smith, was received here with
a certain reserve, in view of the fact
that similar official assurances were
given recently at Dundee and Glencoe,
and theie is intense anxiety for further
news of the reported renewed attack,
which is not mentioned in the official
dispatches.
Slosson Wins the Match.
New York, Nov. 2.—Slosson won the
professional billiard match Wednes
day night at Madison Square garden,
Schaefer being beaten by 900 points to
758. Slosson again outplayed Schaefer
by 300 points against 262, and he there
fore increased the advantage which he.
held when play began, by 38 caroms,
and finally ended 'with a lead of 145.
Slosson's average for the full 900 points
was a shade over 4%, and his best run
of the match was 37. Schaefer exceeded
this run twice, making 41 and 39 in
Wednesday night's play. His average,
however, was a little under four for the
full game.
Retired Clergyman Passes Away.
Saratoga, N. Y., Nov. 1.—Kev. Dr.
John Wesley Cracraft, a retired clergy
man of the Protestant Episcopal
church, died here Tuesday of paralysis,
aged 72 years. He was born near Cleve
land, and had built a number of
churches in Illinois and Ohio. The
largest was the Church of the Ascen
sion, at Chicago. He was a graduate of
Boxley Theological seminary, of Gam
bier, O., and afterwards studied at Lane
Theological seminary, in Cincinnati.
Ferryboat Ran Down.
New York, Oct. 31.—Run down by the
Savannah line steamer, City of Augusta,
the Pennsylvania err boat Chicago
was cut in two at 12:30 o'clock Tuesday
morning. How many are lost is not
known. One body was found an hour
after the collision was reported. Esti
mates of the lost vary all the way from
two to 20. Even the number who were
on board the ferryboat is unknown
many say 40, and the estimate varies
all the way up to 150.
Dickie Resiffna.
Chicago, Nov. 2.—There is to be a
shaking up of officers when the national
committee of the prohibition party
meets in this city December 13. Samuel
Dickie, the chairman, has resigned, and
Oliver W. Stewart, chairman of the Illi
nois state committee, is slated to take
his place. William T. Wardwell, secre
tary of the national committee, has in
timated his resignation would be hand
ed in at the committee meeting.
New Dlscalt Company,
San Francisco, Nov. 1.—It is stated
that the organization of the Pacific
Coast Biscuit company is an assured
fact. The syndicate is capitalized .for
$4,000,000.
Death of OUhop of Maine.
Portland, Me., Nov* 1.—Henry Adams
Neely, bishop of the Protestant Episco
pal diocese of Maine, died at nine
o'clock Tuesday night.
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ENTERS CABANATUAN.
American Troops Meet with No Re
sistance from Insnrgents—Ad
vance of Gen. Youn&r.
Manila, Oct. 31.—Maj. Ballance's bat
talion of the Twenty-second infantry
entered Cabanatuan Monday, meeting
with no resistance. The natives wel
comed the Americans, shouting "Viva
los Americanos." The insurgent troops
had lied to the mountains. Gen. Bates
will be appointed military governor oi
the Mohammedan islands, with head
quarters at Jolo, until Zamboanga is
occupied. Gen. Fred Grant will com
mand Gen. Bates' brigade.
Washington, Nov. 1.—Cable advices
to the war department Tuesday indi
cate that Gen. Young's column is stead
ily continuing its advance, in spite of
unfavorable conditions. A cablegram
from Gen. Otis sajs:
"Young's advance north and east Ca
banatuan, will occupy Talavera and prob
ably Aliaga to-day, objective San Jose
and Carranglan, wet season has rendered
roads in that section impracticable for
wagon transportation and progress diffi
cult."
Manila, Nov. 2.—All signs show that
Gen. Young's rapid advance is demoral
izing the insurgents northward. Pris
oners report them to be fleeing to the
hills. There are many deserters and
sick men, and the former are taking
their arms to the Americans. The cav
alry's rapid movements are a puzzle to
the insurgents, who think that the
Americans, in striking so many places,
must have overvv helming forces.
A DAMAGING STORM.
Man? Bandings Demolished at North
Carolina Resorts Pecuniary
Loss Is Very Large.
Wilmington, N. C, Nov. 1.—Authori
tative reports from Wrightsville and
Carolina Beach say the northeaster
which prevailed all of Monday reached
the height of its fury in that vicinity
at four o'clock Tuesday morning. Much
property was destroj ed, but no loss of
life has been repoited. At Wrightsville
there aie O odd cottages, and of this
number 15 are a total loss and others
badlj damaged. The loss is estimated
at from $20,000 to $25,000. The trestle
of the Wilmington Sea Coast railroad
and track aggregating in extent abou
three miles is a wreck, and the damage
is estimated at from $40,000 to $50,000.
At Carolina Beach, near the mouth of
the river, there aie about 25 cottages,
boat and club houses, aud also a large
hotel. About 18 of these were totally
destioved, and the remaining ones were
badly damaged. This loss is placed at
from $12,000 to $15,000.
THREE MEN KILLED.
Hand Car on Which They Were Go
iiitf for the Doctor I«* StrncU hy
a Passenger Train.
St. Louis, Oct. 30.—A special to the
Post-Dispatch from Carlmville, 111.,
sajs: Ihree men were killed on the
Jacksonville & St. Louis railroad be
tween Barnet and Atwater, Macoupin
county, Saturday. James Brj ant, foie
man John Noivell, George Cramer and
Samuel Allen, members of a Quincj,
Carrollton & St. Louis section crew,
were on their way on a hand car from
Barnet to Atwater to secure the serv
ices of a phvsician for a friend who
was very ill. The men were in the em
ploy of another road but took chances
in running over tlie Jacksonville & St.
Louis railway to fulfill their errand of
mere}, when they were run down by a
passenger engine. Bryant escaped by
jumping.
Torpedo Boat Launched.
Richmond, Va„ Nov. 1.—The torpedo
boat Shubrick was launched here Tues
day in the presence of President Mc
Kinley, many members of his cabinet,
Gov. Tjier, of Viiginia, and an im
mense outpouring of people. The dem
onstration was marred in some of its
features by a heavy rainstorm. The
civic carnival parade had to be aban
doned for the daj', owing to the weath
er. The launching was a great success,
the boat being christened by little Miss
Carrie Shubrick, of Rocky Mount, N. C,
great-grandniece of Commodore Shu
brick.
His Systems to Combine,
Philadelphia, Nov. 1.—The North
American sajs this morning: One of
the greatest financial combinations of
the century is in process of formation.
The organizers of the Continental Tele
graph, Telephone and Cable company,
recently incorporated in New Jersey,
have obtained control of all the inde
pendent telephone companies in the
United States and aim to combine these
with the great telegraph companies and
the five Atlantic cable companies.
Long Distance Line Opened.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 2.—The long-dis
tance lines of the American Telephone
and Telegraph company connecting the
north and south were formally opened
Wednesday night. President McKinley,
from his office in the white house, in
conversation with Col. Robert J. Lowry,
president of the Lowry Banking com
pany, congratulated the city of Atlanta
and the south upon having completed
this new commercial link which binds
the country closer together.
Wor at the Mint.
Philadelphia, Nov. 2.—During Oc
tober more than 20,000,000 pieces of
money were coined at the mint in this
city, sepresenting a total value of $3,
263,563.26. Of these 175,000 were Costa
Rican coins, of 20,10 and 5 colone value,
worth altogether $698,023. Of United
States money there were 26,000 eagles,
1,002,000 half dollars, 3,368,000 quarters
and 3,850,000 dimes. In nickels and
pennies 11,250,000 pieces were cast, val
ued together at $304,450.
Ex-Governor Snnnderi Dead.
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 2.—Ex-Gov. Alvin
Saunders died at an early hour Wednes
day morning. He was one of the earliest
settlers in the state and during his en
tire career was a prominent figure in
its political and business life. His
daughter is the wife of Maj. Russell
Harrison, son of the ex-presid,ent. The
infirmities of old age were the cause of
the ex-governor's death.
Slain by a Watchman.
Lincoln, 111., Oct. 30.—John Petter, a
recently discharged private of company
D, Thirty-ninth United States volun
teer infantry, and native of Oakland,
Cal., wds shot and instantly killed by
W. C. Mowry at two o'clock Sunday
morning while, with a gang of bur
glars, he was attempting to enter a
general store at Beason,
A DUST EXPLOSION.
It Canses, the Collapse of a Building
In Chicago In Which Three
Persons Are Killed.
Chicago, Nov. 2.—Three men are
known to have perished and three others
are reported missing as the result of the
collapse of a six-story building at 139
to 141 West Lake street Wednesday
evening. Considerable damage was
done to adjoining property. The loss
is about $200,000. The following are
dead:
Joseph B. Doctor, barn foreman of the
New England Milling company, caught In
building at the explosion body recovered.
Franklin S Hanson, proprietor, body re
moved, badly burned Harry Hilton, book
keeper, body under wreckage
Missing—Charles Mullons, peddler, last
seen struggling to reach exit, buried in the
ruins, thought by some to have escaped.
Unidentified woman, said to have been
caught by falling walls, burled beneath
the debris C. Williams, employe of the
Leonard Seed company, unaccounted for
Injured—Patrick Peyton, blown into the
street, cut, bruised, W Adams, saloon
keeper, head badly cut Charles Henning,
badly bruised. A J. Kelly, bruised. J. C.
Taylor, bruised.
The cause was an explosion in the
flour-milling establishment of F. S.
Hanson at 145 and 147 West Lak« street.
Accumulated flour dust was generally
conceded by Chief Swenie and others
who investigated to have been the com
bustible whose ignition by an unknown
cause resulted in the disaster.
The losers are S. F. Leonard, whole
sale seeds, $100,000 C. T. Bowal, owner
of the building, $50,000 New England
mills, F. H. Hanson, proprietor, $25,
000 J. C. Mever, dealer in pickles and
vinegar, $10,000.
DEWEY TO WED.
Aniiotince* His Engagement to the
Widow of the Late Gen.
W. B. Hazen.
Washington, Oct. 31.—Admiral Dewey
announced to some of his more inti
mate friends Monday night the fact of
his engagement to Mrs. W. B. Ha?en,
of this city. Mrs. Hazen is the widow
of Gen. Hazen, foimerly chief signal
officer of the armj who died about ten
ears ago, and is a sister of John R.
McLean, democratic candidate for gov
ernoi of Ohio. Mrs. Hazen has no chil
dren, and since her husband's death
has made her home with her mother.
She is a woman of laige means, about
40 years of age, and popular in the best
society circles of Washington. The
date for the wedding has not been
fixed.
The admiral's first wife died in 1S72.
She was the daughter of a foimer gov
ernor of Vei mont. One child from that
marriage, a son, is now living in New
York Gen. Hazen, the former husband
of Mis. Hazen, died on the lGth of Jan
uary, 18S7, and a son from their union
died last year.
Admiral Dewey on Monday took pos
session of his new home. The last of
the furniture was airanged in the new
house and the admiral's trunks were
brought up from the apartments he has
been occupying at the Everett.
DEAD LETTER OFFICE.
The Annnal Report Shows That Aear
lj 7,000,000 Pieces of Unclaimed
Mail Were Received.
Washington, Oct. 30.—The annual re
port of the dead letter office shows that
it received from all sources 6,855,983
pieces of mail matter, nearly nine per
cent, increase over last year. Of these
over 145,000 consisted of insufficiently
paid mail, 250,000 were undelivered let
ters to hotel addresses, over 167,000 un
claimed parcels and more than half a
million pieces of foreign mail. Mail
directed to fictitious addresses de
creased by 45 per cent., indicating a
notable restriction in operations of
fraudulent concerns. More than three
quarters of a million of letters and par
cels sent to the dead letter office were
subsequently delivered to the owners
unopened. Money, drafts, etc., found
in the dead mails aggregate a face value
of $1,168,000.
Bold Robbery.
St. Louis, Oct. 31.—Robert B. Jen
nings, secretary and treasurer of the
Broadway cable line, was robbed of
$1,043 in cash and two checks
each for over $40,000 while stand
ing on the rear platform of a
Broadw ay car at Broadvv ay and Wash
ington avenue at noon Monday. The
police attempted to suppress the facts,
and as a consequence, the news was not
known generally until three or four
hours later in the day. The robbery,
committed in broad daj light, on one
of the busiest corners of St. Louis, is re
garded as one of the most daring crimes
committed in the history of the local
police annals.
Cubans Show Improvement.
Washington, Oct. 30.—Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee, who arrived in Washington Satur
day night from New York, in an inter
view said that the people of Cuba are
steadily improving under the existing
protectorate of the United States and
are slowly but surely rebuilding their
war-wasted homes and repairing their
crippled fortunes. Life and property
are secure in Cuba, owing largely, he
said, to the salutary restraint exercised
by American military authority. He
thinks the time not ripe yet, however,
for a purely Cuban government.
Ocean Record Beaten.
New York, Oct. 30.—Again all ocean
records have gone to smash. The big
North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser
Wilhelm der Grosse crossed the bar at
1:03 p. m. Saturday, lowering the
world's western record 17 minutes. It
took the big German but five days, 17
hours and 48 minutes to steam from
Southampton. Thus it beat its own
record made on September 5,1899. The
average speed was 22.14 knots per hour.
Fire in Chicago.
Chicago, Nov. 1.—A five-story build
ing at 39-43 West Washington street,
occupied by the Empire steam clean
ing works, M. McGregor & Co., manu
facturers of machinery Frank Swett
& Co., saw manufacturers, and Becker
Brothers, electrical engineers and man
ufacturers, burned this (Wednesday)
morning. Loss, $125,000.
Twelve Lost at Sea.
New York, Nov. 2.—Word was re
ceived in this city of the loss of the
steamer George L. Colwell off the South
Carolina coast. Twelve sailors were
lost. Capt. Gaskeel, of the wrecked ves
sel, sent a dispatch to the owners from
Charleston, S. C, saying he was the only
survivor of a crew of 13. He gave no
further details.
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MINNESOTA NEWS.
WILL TEST THE LAW.
The report comes from Duluth that the
assessors of that city will next spring be
ordered to place upon the county tax rolls
all railroad property of whatsoever na
ture, with a view to collecting taxes
thereon for the exclusive benefit of St.
Louis county.
It is explained that this course has been
suggested by reason of a decision recent
ly rendered by the supreme court of
Iowa, in which it was held that a gross
earnings tax upon insurance companies
was unconstitutional. Inasmuch as the
constitution of the state of Iowa is en
tirely different from that of Minnesota,
it is not easy to conceive why the Duluth
people should obtain the impression that
their proposed action would be success
ful.
The railway gross earnings tax has
been In vogue in Minnesota many years
and has proved highly satisfactory in the
main, and it would be rather surprising
if a supreme court could be found to
sanction any decision declaring it uncon
stitutional. It is known, however, that
Duluth is eager to abrogate the system
and substitute some method which would
be of benefit to Itself.
In St. Louis county there are enormous
railroad Interests, and it would mean
thousands of dollars of taxes in the
treasury of the county. In fact, any sys
tem of direct taxation, under which the
taxes would be paid into the treasuries
of the differenr counties, would be of
great benefit to all large cities, the larger
the city, the greater the benefit.
WILL FIGHT THE LAW.
The supreme court having upheld the
Gnndeland law, the commission men are
preparing to continue the fight The law
requires them to give a bond and pro
vides other irksome regulations relative
to the conduct of their business Palmer
& Beck the St Paul attorneys who
fought the Redpath case in the courts,
have been instructed to apply to the su
preme court for a rehearing Until the
law is knocked out or materially
amended the commission men say they
will be practieajly out of business
At the present time many dealers de
clare their intention of giving up entire
ly the commission business, as long as
the present law stands What they handle
in the future will be bought outright
One prominent commission man stated
that the many so-called commission deal
ers in the city of Minneapolis did not
reality handle much goods on commis
sion, and he went so far as to suy that
the business done on commission on the
produce exchange did not amount to 15
per cent of the volume of the business
There are three points in the law that
the court did not decide upon
CANNOT O E
The state game and fish commission
has no authority to use anr part of its
annual appropriation of $25 000 for the
puipose of erecting new buildings for the
fish hatchery at the Itasca state park ac
cording to an opinion written by Atty
Gen Douglas The commission had about
decided to move the hatcheo from St
Paul to the park in question as soon as
new buildings could be put up
Under the present agreement the state
is pajing nearly the value of the pres
ent site every month in rent and has
been doing so for over eight years The
present buildings occupied by the hatch
ery are mere shells. In view of the at
torney-generals decision hov\o\er the
hatchery will remain at Willow Brook
until the expiration of the present con
tract in 1901
NEWS IN BRIEF
The Catholic church and parish resi
dence at Spring Hill, Stearns county,
were destroyed by fire
The bank at Hampton has opened for
business
The Spanish cannon receivcl b\ the
city of Mankato will be placed in Sibley
Park
Mrs E Fafiernere a Minneapolis
woman has been honored bv the gov
ernor of New Mexico with the appoint
ment of commissioner to the Paris ex
position
E. A Keppeis manager and butter
maker of the Albany Creamerj Com
pany, Albanv, was struck by an east
bound Great Northern fljer and instantly
killed.
Three carloads of mules, passed
through St Paul on their way to the
Philippines from Virginia. They had
displayed their natural propensities and
disposition towards expansion by kick
ing the roofs of the cars dunng their
long journey. One of the cars was so
badly demolished that a new car had to
be obtained in St Paul
Preliminary steps have been taken to
ward building a new court house at
Ada.
Two heavy freights on the Northern
Pacific crashed together at Carlton in the
yard limits Three engines and twenty
box cars are piled together forty feet
high. No one was injured The air
brakes failed to work on the eastbound
train. The tram crews jumped
L. May, the St. Paul florist and
seedsman, has purchased the Thornton
farm of 240 acres, in the town of Afton.
for $10,000 Mr. May will establish a
nursery and seed farm there
In a saloon row at Madeha a stranger
attempted to stab one Fitzpatrick He
missed Fitzpatrick and accidentally
drove the knife into Dan Bohan side.
A mob chased the man with clubs, but
the police caught him and locked him upj
Arthur Hoagland, 3 years old, wan
dered away from his home in St. Paul
and went to sleep upon the railroad
tracks He was discovered before any
trains passed
Mabel Yould, 4 years old, fell out of a
third-story window at her home in St.
Paul She broke her left thigh, was
bruised about the head and face, and it is
thought that she is hurt internally.
The star postal service has been or
dered discontinued between Thief River
Falls and Ware, from Nov 11.
James Alll'son, near Franklin, was
nearly killed by a roof falling upon him
while he was tearing down an old log
house.
A postoffice has been ordered estab
lished at Bricelyn, Faribault county,
with Canute O Sandam as postmaster.
The postofflce at Synnes, Stevens
county, has been ordered discontinued
George H. Hayes, chief clerk of the
state reformatory since it was estab
lished, was succeeded by Thomas Helher,
for some time a teacher in the institu
tion.
The 13th annual convention of the Min
nesota Christian Endeavor Society was
held at St. Cloud. A chorus of 200 voices
furnished the music.
The store of March & Co., at Luverne,
was burglarized of considerable cloth
ing.
Final settlement has been made for the
transportation of the 13th Minnesota from
San Francisco to St. Paul. The number
of men and officers transported was 1,037,
at an aggregate cost of $31,110. Of this
number the Great Northern brought
about one-third, the Northern Pacific
bringing the balance.
Anna Berndgen, employed at the North
Star Boot & Shoe factory, Minneapolis,
met a terrible death by falling four
floors down an elevator shaft in the fac
tory.
Contract was let for building a new
Presbyterian church at Pipestone.
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