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SOCK ISLsAXD, tXLu. Til UllSD AY, 18, ly 04.
L'KICK TWO CENTS.
THIRD FIGHT THOU
BIG FRAUD IN LAND
METBYTHOUSANDS
F EUROPE
TO HAVE TAKI
Grand Jury of District of Colum
Citizens of Cleveland Turn Out
WE T
bia Reports Fcur True
Bills.
to Show Respect for
Senator Hanna.
GHT
U. S. VESSEL
OPENS FIRE
WAR i HEART 0
ii PLAGE
BELIEVED TO BE
Meeting of Fleets Due
at Sea Off Port
Arthur.
RUSSIANS LEAVE PORT
Czar's Troops Are Mass
ing in Vicinity
of Wiju.
Snsabo, Japan, Fob. IS. The opinion
of Japanese naval officers hero Is that
a third light has occurred off Port Ar
thur, some of the Ilusc-ian war vesse ls
having been reported aa leaving that
place.
JtdMlan Hold TOIJa.
Seoul. Feb. 1. Three thousand
Kiissian troops have arrived at Chin
Tien Chong. opposite Wiju, on the
Yalu river. Wiju itself is occupied by
:5.;M) Kussian troops. The first col
lision is expected somewhere in that
ticinity.
Alexleft" Hboota Lieutenant.
London. Feb. IS. The St. Peters
burg corresponient of the Kxprcss
telegraphs:
"1 learn from official sources news
of Ihe dramatic serpiel to the Kussian
disaster at Port Arthur. It is to the
etTeet that alter the attack by the
Japanese Admiral Alexiett" summoned
before him the Kussian officers whose
culpable, negligence was the main
cause of the Iisaster.
"After cross-examining them as to
their conduct the admiral, convinced
of the guilt of a lieutenant anionic
them, is declared to have drawn 'his
revolver and shot the young officer
dead in front of his comrades. The
lieutenant is stated to have taken a
party of officers ashore on a torpedo
boat, whereas he should have
on guard."
been
ItrltUh Strainer Fired On.
Shanghai. Feb. Is. The Kritish
steamer Ilsiping arrived here today
arid reports she was tired on by Rus
sian ships ami forts when seeking
shelter near Port Arthur. She was
ordered to Dalny. where she was de
tained four days. The Kussian run
boat Mandjur remains at this port in
defiance of orders of Chinese officials
to leave.
Kay Many Were Killed.
Merlin. Feb. IS. A Chemuipo dis
patch reasserts thai 17 officers and
4'.l'. men if the Ilussian wnrshis Ya
riag and Korietz were either killed or
drowned1 when the esseN " w ere de
sl royed.
Accepting Volunteers
St. Petersburg. Feb. is. The gen
eral sJatT announces today the war
office is willing to accept vobmleers
for service in the far east. They mnsf
be under 40 years of aire and have had
military training.
Safe In Port.
Tien Tsin. Feb. is. The P.ritish
steamer Ilsiping believeil to have Im-ch
captured by the Kussians arrived to
day from Shanghai.
Offer to Help Kutmla.
Washington. Feb. is. The Kussian
embassy is being Hooded with offers
of assistance from Americans in vari
ous walks of life. The Kussian am
bassador has been obliged to abandon
his original intention to answer each
f these offers with a personal letter,
but a cordial letter of thanks is sent
by the embassy to each writer. The
offers are declined, as Kusia does not
stand in need of medical or military
aid.
Tell or Torpedo float Attack.
Washington. Feb. IS. The Japanese
legation has received from the for
eign office at Tokio the following elis
pateh. giving details of the toriodo
attack at Port Arthur on the morn
ing of the 14th. "On the 1.1th of Fet-rr-ary
a detachment of torpedo boat
destroy er proceeded. . braving the
tierce north storm, towards Port Ar
thur. At 3 o'clock the next morning
the Asueiri, a Japanese torpedo loat
destroyer, amidst a shower of shells
from the enemy's fort and ships, tor
pedoed a Kussian man-of-war, and fur
ther firing ou the enemy's guard loat
Kifely returned to it tieadquarters.
Anothrr Torpnlo Srnt Home.
"The Hayatori.another Japanese tor--evIo
beat destroyer, at 5 o'clock of the
same morning, a pproai bod tothe mouth
of the port, where she found two of
the enemy's men-of-war. and in defi
ance of their tiring Immediately tr
pedod on? of them with effective ex
plosion and safely withdrew."
It ai la's Report la ntfferent.
St. Petersburg. FeU IS. A dis
patch received liere from Port Arthur,
dated Feb, 17MT? tfcat la the action
YATES FORCES WIN
IMPORTANT FIGHTS
Overcome Difficulties at Peoria and
Best Ijowden in
Whiteside.
Peoria, III., Feb. IS. (Jov. Yates
met the enemy on his own ground in
the Pecria county convention, and
when he left the city last night he
had the enemy in his pocket, lie
routed a hostile force and captured
21 of the 27 delegates to the state
convention. The other six probably
will fro to I.owden. while Lawrence Y.
Sherman, who expected much in Peo
ria, got nothing. Kxcept for a time
honored custom permitting the wards
and precincts to select their own
quota of the delegation, the governor
would have "Tabbed off the entire 27
votes, but precedent alone saved the
Lowden-Sherman followers from com
plete disaster.
Sterling'. III.. Feb. is. After a hard
fight the Yate.s and Deneen alliance
overwhelming! v defeated Frank O.
Low den for indorsement in the White
side county primaries, the fcrmer se
curing 17" delegates to the county
oon vent ion and I.owden Ks, giving
the alliance a majority of (7. The al
liance carried Prophetstown and
leneseo.
off 'that 'i oiT of Feb. 14th the Ku'-sian
volunteer fleet steamer Kherson was
struck by a U-inch shell in her upper
work?. A slight lire broke out. w hich
was quickly extinguished. There was
no loss of life.
Our Mlii. .fat-kef May Me Landed.
Washington. Feb. IS. Kear Ad
ntirnl Kvans. commanding the Asiatic
station, has t ra n.-mit ted to the navy
dep irtinent a cahlcgiam from Com
mander Staunton, of ti e gunhnat Hel
ena, now In mud dock at Niuchwantr,
China, in which h says that condi
tions there are greatly disturbed, and
that he is viy;:usly investigating the
repci-t that the Kussian officials have
delayed cert :i in United States and F.rit
ain merchant m i. In the event that
the I'nited ;Jt.Us consulate i endan
gered it is slated that Commander
Kt.ic.nton will land blue jackets and
murines for the protection cf Consul
Miller.
i:imian Warship on tlie Move.
Copenhagen. Fob. IS. A dispatch
has loen received her.' from Wisly.
island of Cnthlam?. s,iyii:g that ix
Russian warships passed the island
Fib. 1, going south. Cothland is In
the I altic sea. and if tins reiort is
true it u."aiis that n Russian smart
ron has left Kronstadt. probably en
route for the seat of war.
m:.si:itvATKN nv tiik mikado
Relative to Hi Acceptance of the Hay
Note Regarding C hina.
Tokio. Feb. IS. It is stated on high
authority that the Japanese govern
ment. In responding through United
Stales Minister Criscoui to Stcretary
llay's note, agreed to the neutraliza
tion of China, excluding Manchuria,
which Russia is. now occupying. Jap
au. it is also said, n-serves the right
ti eouutrr-balaiioe any action of Kus
bia in violating China's neutrality.
The emperor, the supreme council
of war. the privy council, and a ma
jority of the cabinet will probably dc
part on Feb. :! for Kyoto, w here it is
planned to temiorarily establish ini
1 rial headquarters. The iate. how
ever, has not yet leen definitely de
cided upon. Later, it is exected. the
emperor ami councillors will go to
Hiroshima, where the cnqierior will
personally watch the embarkation of
the troops.
UNION FIREMEN'S PLANS
FOILED BY CHICAGO FIRM
Chicago, 'Fob. is. Union firemen
planned to tie up the elevator servh-e.
shut off the heat and put the build
ing of Montgomery Ward & Co. into
darkness, but failed. Non-union lire
men had been engaged and were work
ing as freight handlers when the or
der to walk out was given the united
stokers. Non-union engineers were em
ployed, having taken the place of thf
unionists wlio struck, and it was
against these that the union firemen
ttruck.
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STREETS IN BURNED AREA
CLEARED OF FIRE DEBRIS
I .:iiUi:'e. Feb. is. The work of
clearing the slncls in the htmi"d dis
trict has Uen o mp'.oted. and the rest
of the "week the gang of street clean
ers will follow- up the work of throw
ing walls and buildings. City Kugine-r
1-Ynea'u said that by Sat unlay perudLS
would le issmtl to rebuild.
IOWA MAN SAID TO BE THE
OLDEST ODD FELLOW, DEAD
Iowa City. Ia.. Feb. 1S.S John Nor
wood Clark, aged tx. longsr a contin
uous memlter of-the Odd Fellows than
any ether person, is d-ad. He joimd
the enler at Baltimore In 1S37.
MEN OF PROMINENCE INVOLVED
Scheme Was to Purchase School
Lands by Use of Ficti
tious Names.
Washington, Feb. IS. As a result
of the investigation of the alleged
wholesale public land frauds In many
western states the grand jury of the
District of Columbia Las repotted a
joint indictment fer conspiracy against
John A. Benson, a wealthy real estate
operator of San Francisco: Frederick
A. Hyde, of San Francisco, closely
identitied with Benson In land affairs;
Henry C. DimouJ. of California, an
attorney representing Benson and
Hyde, and Joost II. Schneider, of
Tucson, A. T., an agent of Benson and
Hide.
Ilond Made $20,000.
Bench warrants were immediately
issued and Schneider was arrested' i'-i
this cstv. Schneider was t:l;en before
JrMico Barnard and the latter fixed
his bail at SL't UXX. The scheme out
lined in the indictment and alleged to
have lwen practiced in these transac-tioih-s
was to obtain school or other
lands by applications, assignments and
purchases In the names of. fictitious
persons, or of persons not really de-
eirmg, or qualitieel to purcnase wieui.
Hyde and Benson paying them small
sums for the lanus.
DESIRE ACTION
AGAINST TRUSTS
Newspaper Publishers Wish Proceed'
ings Against Paper Manu
facturers. New Yen k, Feb. is. At a meeting
of the American Newspaper Publish
ing association held today the famine
in white paper was iliseused. A res
olution was unanimously adopted i-e-(iiestmg
'Pret-hV.Mit Roosevelt autl the
attorney general to institute a suit
against any of three paper combina
tions to test the legality of their ex
istence and w bet her "they do not stifle
competition.
THOMPSON WILL NOT BE
IN THE RACE FOR SENATOR
Lincoln. Ne'o.. Feb. IS. D. E.
Thompson, I'nited Stales minister to
Brazil, hfis siinplilud Nebraska poli
tics by announcing that lie- will not
again be a candidate for United States
senator. He believes he can perform
better service as minister to Brazil.
He was a candidate for senator during
the great struggle which resulted In a
compromise on Charles II. Dietrich.
ABNER M'KINLEY IS VERY
ILL IN PENNSYLVANIA
Johnstown. Pa.. Feb. is. Abner
McKinley. brother of the late presi
dent, who has been suffering from
!'tvoiis pt'ost rat ion. is reported w orst'
at his Inline in Somerset, being con
fined to his room.
MINISTER BUCHANAN HAS
PRESENTED HIS RESIGNATION
Washington. Fob. 1. The taU de
partment has received and accepted
the resignation .f W. K. Buchanan.
American minister to Panama. No
successor has been appointed.
CLEVELAND SEES OPPORTUNITY FOR
DEMOCRATIC VICTORY NEXT FALL
Philadelphia. Feb. IS. In an article
written for this w eek s Saturday liven
ing Post ex-President Cleveland urges
his "rank and lile associates" i f the
Democratic party te unite and take
advantage of the opportunities of ne:.t
November. "I am one of those." he
wiites. "who believe tint there is an
opportunity for Deinovratic suci-ess in
the coming pivsi.lenti.il election.
Though attachment to the party n
which I ant enlisted, and an intense
desire for its ascendancy, make s::ch
a belief exceedingly welcome they cer
taiuly do aiot create it. It is built up
on an unshaken and abiding trut itt
the iatriotisin anu intelligence of my
f el lo vv-c-ouu t ry turn.
Cleveland's paper opens with a re
iteration of the declaration that he
made thn-e years ago: "Our lighting
forces will respond listlessly ar.d fal
teringly if summoned to a third defeat
in a strange -aie; but if they hear
the rallying of true Democracy thy
will gather for battle with old-time
Deimxratie enthusiasm and courage."
Kef erring to his faith in his Demo
cratic associates he continues: "This
trust will not permit me to overlook the
meaning of the daily increasing unrest
among our people, growing out of the
startling and nippant abandonment by
the party in jower of bur national
traditions and maimims, its disre
gard of onr national moral restraints.
Reported Bombarding of
Insurgents in Santo
Domingo.
TALK OF ANNEXATION
Opinion at Washington
Such Step Will Soon
be Taken.
San Juan, Forfo Kico. Feb. IS. A
private message nas been receive! here
from Santo Domingo City, dated Feb.
17, saying that a Fniied States warship
bombarded the insurgents at Pajarlto.
near Santo Domingo, and then landed
marine These men. however, sub
sequently re-embarked.
Talk of Annexutlon.
Washington. Feb. IS. Annexation
of San Domingo by the I'nited States
is predicted by men high in public
life and closely in touch with the pol
icy f the administration. The island
would have been annexed several
weeks ago. it is deflated, but for the
Panama treaty pendbig in the I'nited
States senate. This authority assert
that the government is quietly wait
ing for the ratification of the treaty
Tuesday next and' will then take ac
tive steps in the direction of annex
ing San Domingo.
Anarchy Prevads.
The conditions there have become
unbearable. Anarchy and revolution
reign supreme, business is paralyzed,
and the troubles of the little black
republic- are regarded as a sore spot
frein which may spread much trouble
to perplex this government, and per
haps cati.-e international complica
tions of serious consequences.
DECIDES IT WILL
PROCRASTINATE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Not Iteady to Proceed
Against Railroads.
Washington. Feb. IS. The inter
state commerce commission today an
nounced as a result of its investiga
tion of the feasibility of requiring
railroads to publish tariffs for the
movement of export and import traf
fic, the same as domestic traffic, it
has decided to leave the matter in
abeyance for a time.
GIFTS FROM OFFICERS IN
ISLANDS SUBJECT TO TARIFF
Washington. Feb. IS. The presi
dent has issul an executive order re
voking those of President McKinley,
allowing gifts from officers of the army
and navy and the-ei vie establishment
in Porto Bico. Cuba, the Philippines,
etc.. to be admitted into the lnited
States free of duty on the ground that
conditions justifying the same no long
er exist.
its iflcoiisldetate tendency to set nsuie
national good faith, its willingness to
break jtway from Kife and accustomed
moorings, ami its contemptuous nig
lect of our national mission.
Surely these conditions, together
with the broken pledges and forgot
ten promise's ef refwrin tliat vex the
sight on every side, nol only abundant
ly explain the popular dtstru-t and
fear prevailing everywhere in the land,
but suggest that in such stressor ioliti
cal weather those of our fellow-citizens
who thoughtfully and -onstantIy
love or.r f:"o institutums will neit be
unmindful of such wafityand ejuiet as
may I e offered them lf a patriotic and
conservative I emocra v."
Cie eland
justify the
opportunity.
thinks these conditions
assertion Juf Democracy's
He siivHt -It should lo
reaiemlered, however, that opporunity
i
may be only distantly related to actual
accomplishment, and that it does not
of Itself, unaided and alone, warrant
the expectation of reaching success
ful results. This is no time for cun
ning finesse, nor for the use of words
that conceal intentions or carry a
double meaning. The Democratic par
ty has a message to send to Its fol
lowers and to the masses of the Amer
ican people.
"Det that message le expressed In
language easily understood, uncon
fusedi by evasion,, and untouched by
TRAIN DELAYED BY A WRECK
Men Stand With Bared Heads
Storm as Remains Pass
Through Streets.
in
Cleveland, Feb. IS. The special
train bearing the body of the late
Senator Hanna, members of the fam
ily and' friends arrived here at 11 to
day. The train was delayed an hour
by a freight wreck at (irinville. Pa.
At Salem the governor's staff boarded
the train and the Cleveland commit
tee joined the funeral party at Ba
venna. Many thousands of citizens
gathered in the vicinity of the station
here.
Bare Ilead in Storm.
I'nder the escort of a troop of cav
alry the body of the c-natc.r was tak
en to the chamber of commerce,
where it will lie in state until Friday
noon. All along the line of inarch
the reverence, respect and love felt
for the dead- senator were shown.
Men stood with bared heads, in an al
most blinding snow stom while the
cortege passed ami many eyes were
filled with tears.
MINE WORKERS HAVE
MANY RESOLUTIONS
One Hundred Presented Discussing
Blacklisting of Mem
bers. Chicago. Feb. IS. Delegates to the
coal miners slate convention here to
day ti.ok up the question of black
listing. Charges were made that op
erators have instituted a system of
blacklisting members of the I'nited
Mine Workers who took a prominent
part in local affairs. More than a
hundred resolutions were presented
anil referred to committees.
HELD GUILTY OF KILLING,
BUT MERCY RECOMMENDED
St. Paul. "Feb. IS. The coroner's
jury which investigatml the killing of
Fred Watson by David Parker, ren
dered n verdict placing the responsi
bility for Watson's death on Parker,
but recommending tlntt the grand jury
exercise clemency in its indictment
against Parker. Parker is a negro, ami
was employed as a hostler in a barn
owned by Fred Watson's father. Fred
Watson and his brother entered the
barn early Sunday morning with the
intention, it is said, of frightening the
negro. The latter struck Watson on
the head with a piece of gas pipe, kill
ing lnm instantly.
STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION
JOINS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Calesburg. III.. Feb. IS. Yesterday's
session of the Illinois State Press as
sociation was devoted largely to rou
tine proceedings. On request of (Sen.
Smith D. Atkins, of Freeport. it was
decided to unite with the State His
torical society. The annual address
was delivered by 11. N. Wheeler, of the
Quincy Journal. who contended
strongly that partis-iin politics should
have m place in the association. He
advised the members not-to be docile
and long-suffering donkeys for poli
ticians r gratuitous pack-horses for
parties. The papers of the day re
lated almost entirely to business and
equipment of newspaper plants.
the taint of "jugglery. Obsolete issues
and questions no longer challenging
popular interest should be manfully
abandoned." Cleveland urges tariff re
form, pleads for economy in the ex
Ienditure of public money, and charges
the opposition with having made prom
ises and broken them.
He arraigns the administration's
Philippine policy and refers to the
isthmian caual in these words: "The
Democratic party has been consistent
and unremitting in its' advocacy of an
inter-oeeanie canal, and has with the
liveliest satisfaction looked forward to
the day when such a highway of mm
meree. built under the auspices of our
government, would be contributed by
America to, the world's progress and
civilization. It is. nevertheless, not
within the mandates of the Democrat
ic ore-ed that, even in consummating
so noble an enterprise as this, the ter
ritorial rights of any other nation
should bo disregarded, rr that our fwn
national gfiod faith should le subject
ed to reasonable suspicion."
Cleveland concludes as follows: "At
such a time as this tie Democratic
party cannot with honor undertake the
battle of the people except under a
leader that not only represents Its liest
traditions and purjKws. but fully real
ize what' Is meant by the tremendous
issues of the conflict; and his selection
e-hould not depend upon so small a
consideration as the Wutitv whence
he comes."
DISORDER MARKS
ITALIAN FESTIVAL
Socialists In Mask Insult State Offi
cers and Police Take
Hand.
Rome. Feb. IS. The carnival fes
tivities have resulted in disorder and
bloodshed in southern Italy and Sicily.
Troops and ioIice were obliged to in
tervene, and a score or more persons
has been wounded. M:ny arrests have
also been made. At Trani a number of
socialists in masquerade costumes
started the trouble by insulting stat
institutions, and in the lighting which
followed several officers and soldiers
were wounded.
The police then stepped in and as a
result the jail at Trani is now full. At
Piazza Armerina. in Sicily, the mas
querading brought altout a conflict be
tween the menibers of two local politi
cal parties, and an attack was made on
the city h;tll. The disorder became so
great that troops were called out and
tired on the people to disperse them.
Fourteen of the rioters were wounded
Quiet wa sthen restored.
WHOLESALE FRAUD
IN NATURALIZATION
Conditions in Montana. Itevealed by
Italian at New
York.
New York. Feb. IS. Statements of
tJiovanni .MorreJli. tin Italian miner of
H title. Mont., who was stopped by the
immigration authorities here ou his re
turn from a visit to Italy. Indicate, it is
said, wholesale natui alizat'.on fraud in
that state. Morrelli was found to be
suffering from a valvular disease of
the heart and was ordered deiorted.
He produced his I'nited States citi
zenship papers, issued by the court at
Iiutte, .Mont., but admitted that he
first came to the United States only
three years ago. He allegenl that he
did not know about fhe residence qual
ification, and that hundreds of Italian
miners in P.utte. like him. had secured
full citizenship papers without having
resided in the United States the neces
sary period.
HAD AN AFFAIR IN GREECE
Oilier Fellow I Now Coining Over
Here
to Seek Itevonge in tlio Fine
Grecian Style.
Muskegon, Mich., FtL. IS. Nichol
as Katis.aOreek boatblack of this city.
is living in mortal terror of assassina
tion, owing to occurrences in J recce
before he came to this country. Katis.
who lived in the village of Oalcia. was
sent a ticket by a Creek in this coun
try to come here. A Creek city otticial
who had embazzled a sum of money
from the city heard of the fact and
tried iv rob Katis in order to use
the ticket to escape.
Katis fought, and in the struggle
stabbed the other While the wonded
man was recovering his crime was
found out. II was arrested and sent
to prison for one year for robbery. lie
was released some weeks ago and Ka
tis' mother has written him here that
he is on his way to this country to
have revenge ou Kati.
DISCUSSED. LABOR PROBLEMS
icYKpaM-r Inl)IinhoiM Tell Kach Othrr of
Iitrr-ain IMiiiiiut of llic Vari
ous ( iiiun.
New York. Feb. IS. Newspaper
publishers who are attending the
eighteenth aunuil convention of their
us-ociatioii at the Waldorf-Astoria de
voted a diiy to a cli-ccssion of labor
problems. Kepresentative publishers
from many citiis told of increuidng
demands of the various unions and
of the steps taken to avoid conflicts.
It wjis suggested that the present
union rules regarding ar-prentie-; have
a tendency to not only limit the sup
ply of printers, but to drive men of
intelligence to other trades.
GERMAN VESSELS WILL
ASCEND TH MISSISSIPPI
Kcrliii. Feb. is. The Hanover Cour
ier says several vessels of the Cer
man West Indian squadron will go
up the Missi-sippi to Ie present at the
opening of the St. Ixmls exposition.
Itntmaic Plague Mumped Out.
Lima. Peru. Feb. IS. Xo new ens"
of bubonic plague has devehqfed at
Pa ca- mayo during the hist seven days
and it Is hopd that the outl rrak has
been stampetl out.
Salvation Army to Hold Her !.
New York. Feb. IS. The Salvation
Army Mill hold memorial services for
Senator Hanna next Sunday at the ra
tional headquarters, conducted by
Commander Itooth-Tucker. t Senator
Hanna had for j-ears had taken in
a keen interest in the work of the
Salvation Army.
Washington Has News
Turk is to Invade
Bulgaria.
NOTE SENT TO POWERS
Grave Danger All Eu
rope Will Become
Involved.
Washingti n. 1'cb. is. War in the
heart of Kurope is declared to be at.
hand. Turkey is about to inai!e liul
garia. This startling news has reach
ed Washington in weil-authenticated
form. .1 list when the first gun of
actual warfare will be tired canncl be
stated definitely, nor can it be safeiy
predicied at- this time how large a
general conflagration may follow af
ter Ihe ignition of ihe first spark, but
it is declared that there i-; danger of
all Kurope becoming imolved.
Has Sent a Note.
Diplomats in Washington interested
in the llalkau situation liae learned
that. Turkey recently has a:!il rese I a
note to Kuropean powers, and this
note is ci lisidercd by the Turkish
government, so they understand, as
sufficient not i ticat ion of its purpose.
The facts slated in tin note are be
lieved lo warrant the stern measures
which are con temphi t cd.
CASE IN HANDS OF SUPREME
COURT AN IMPORTANT ONE
Springfield. 111.. Feb. IS. Viie i;si
of the Weare Commission company s.
the people, under adisintent by the
supremo court, will determine w'.iether
a member of the boa id of trade of
the city of Chicago can opeiate :i
branch establishment in another city
in the ;-1ate.
The case Is probably the nn::-t iui-
ixirtaut liefwre the supn me court at
this term. It came from P.unau co.m
ty. where a decision was lendend
against the Chicago conunij-sion til in.
which I i.; a member of the Chicago
Hoard of Trade. Weare established
a branch at Princeton and telegraphed
orders to Chicago, w'here purchases
were made.
SEARCH INSTITUTED FOR
A STERLING YOUNG LADY
Sterling, 111.. Feb. t.--Miss Crace
I'cesler. a young lady of this city, has
disappeared mysteriously. The police
departments of Chicago. Washington
and Philadelphia are working on the
ease, but so far luMe found no trace
of her. She left here about a year
ago. going to Chicago. Later she
wrote from New York City. The last
letter recehed was about a month
ago. saying she was to be married in
Washington to Klery I'.nrg. The mar
riage license department of f hi Dis
trict of Columbia ha- no such name
on its records.
SPRING WATER FOUND TO BE
FULL OF RADIO ACTIVITY
Washington, l-l-b. is. Hichard Cucn
ther. consul general at Frankfort. Cer
many. has report id to the state de
partment that a professor of the Uni
versity of Freiburg, who has been in
vestigating as to Ihe existence of ra
dium in nature, has come to the con
clusion that all natural springs of wat
er, and also the petroleum wells, jhis
sess a heavy gHS. whose radiations nr
similar ti, and probably identical with,
radium.
f irenirfii Lose liii I. lie.
Piedmont. W. Ya.. Feb. is. A'
freight train of eighteen loaded rjiin
ran away on a seventeen-mile grade
near Kverctt tunnel, just west of this
place, going over the embankment and
.wrecking the oar. Firemsn Francis
P. Kagau was killed, his body being
buried under the wrecki-e. Porter
Kenny, engineer, -sustained a brokeu
lejf.
Will Free I a t'ement Flaul.
Saginaw. .Mich., Feb. IS. Wi lling-
ton K. Kurt, of Saginaw, and his wm,
CJeorge Kurt, have purchased the Mich
igan Alkaili company's ipuirrieH nt
Kollevno, fn Fatm county, for alout
$.-,0,000. and will erect a Portland ce
ment plant at a cost of X.soo.000. Ac
cording to the Michigan I mentor th
prrnluct of the Kurt plant will be near
ly wUO.OOO barrels a year.
Funeral of Dr. fiwenea.
Salina, Kan., Feb. IS. The fuuerol
of the late Dr. Carl A. Swetissen. th
founder and head of Kethany college,
will be held at Lindliorg on Tuenday
next The services will be In charge"
of Dr. Nore-lius, of Minnesota, presi
dent of the ,SwHl!Kh Lutheran synoX
of the United tSates.