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VOL. LV. NO. 249.
THE AllGUS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1900. TWELVE PAGES.
ntlCE TWO CENTS.
ISLAND
RUSSIAN STRIKE BEGINS;
GOVERNMENT IN A PANIC
Both Sides Illy Prepared
for Struggle Now
Imminent.
PREMIER REPUDIATED
Fresh Mutinies Break Out as
Fast as Others Are
Suppressed.
Warsaw, Aug. 3. A portion of the
troops of the summer camp of Rem
bertoff, near here, mutinied yesterday
and are in open revolt today. The ar
- tillerymen have driven the officers out
cf their quarters. Cossacks sent to
overpower the mutineers were received
with grapeshot. Details are lacking
Extraordinary precautions were taken
to prevent the facts from becoming
public.
Strike Begin at Noon.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 3. A general
strike has been formally ordered to
begin in St. Petersburg tomorrow noon
and as a preliminary men employed in
a dozen establishments struck today.
Were Not Vnanlmoun.
The final decision was not reached
without a strong fight in the workmen's
council. The failure of the strike is
predicted since the workmen generally
are not prepared. The plan is to be
gin the strike here tomorrow and at
Moscow Monday, and gradually extend
it through the empire until everything.
Including railroads and telegraphs are
at a complete standstill.
Street HaJIvray Tied Up.
A section of street railroads here
stopped running this afternoon.. The
signal to strike has been forwarded to
72 different proletariat organizations
throughout the empire.
I.icbtlns I'laatM Affected.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 3. (Evening).
The strike here has already affected
15.000 men. including employes of the
electric lighting plants. - -
Stolj-pin to ReMijcn.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 3. Premier
Stolypin has gone to Peterhof, with the
intention it is believed of tendering his
resignation.
Report of Break Confirm cil.
St. Petersburg. Aug. 3. The report
last night that Emperor Nicholas had
flatly refused to accept the conditions
which Premier Stolypin agreed to in
his negotiations with certain non-bu
reaucrats for the reorganization of the
cabinet, and which the premier rec
ommended that the emperor accept is
officially confirmed.
Count Heyden and his conferees have
now washed their hands of the govern
ment, and all of Stalypin's glittering
promises of "strong-handed reform" are
dashed to earth.
Bring; Oat Troop.
Guard regiments which were sent
back to camp at Krasnoyeselo at the
end of last week when the government
was pluming Itself with the belief that
the country had accepted the emperor's
fiat, are again returning to the capital.
The patrol in the streets has again
been reinforced, all public buildings
are heavily occupied by troops, and
the number of domiciliary visits and
arrests has been redoubled. The au
thorities act as if they were dazed and
not knowing what to expect next.
Search lights of a cruiser stationed in
the lower reaches of Nova and similar
lights on the roof of the Baltic works
were placed last night on the river as
if St. Petersburg was besieged by a for
eign foe.
Fire are Started.
The Rech has been confiscated and
several other papers suppressed. Last
night's incendiary fires did not spread,
giving relief to those who feared the
whole city might be set on fire.
Reports from Cronstadt today say
all the sailors have not yet surrender
ed. Trials by drumhead court mar
tial was resumed this morning, and it
is believed further executions are In
progress.
Collixion Reported.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 3. A collision
between workmen and troops, during
which shots were exchanged Is report
ed to have occurred fn Narva suburb.
Other disorders are said to have taken
place in the Viborg section of this city.
Investigation by the Associated
Press 6howed rumors of fighting In the
Narva quarters were unfounded.
Caanaltiea la Thoaaaada.
Helsingfors, Aug. 3. A soldier who
came from Sveaborg fortress during
the day expressed the opinion the total
casualties would run into thousands.
The garrison consisted of 6,000 men.
The leader of the Red Guard, Captain
Koch, has been arrested.
A number of . workmen are on strike
and streets cars are not running, but
there were no disturbances today.
Orders Courts to Be Firm.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 3. The minister
of justice today Issued am appeal to the
public in the name of the emperor to
observe the law, saying he Is especially
charged by the emperor to warn courts
that justice must be administered with
out fear or favor.
Capitulation Complete.
Helsingfors, Aug. 3. The Sveaborg
fortress is completely In the hands of
the government this morning. , The
prisoners have been marched out and
sent to Skatudden island, where they
will await trial. .
Artillerymen Mutiny.
Warsaw, Aug. 3. Artillerymen in
the summer camp at Rembetoc, near
Warsaw, have mutinied. Infantry and
Cossacks have been dispatched to quell
the revolt.
Troop Alone Railway.
St. Petersburg. Aug. 3. All stations
of the Finnish railway between St. Pe
tersburg and Viborg, as well as the en
tire length of the coast, have been oc
cupied by troops.
Break Up Meeting.
Riga, Aug. 3. A secret revolutionary
meeting which was attended by 500
persons was surrounded last night by
dragoons, who captured every man
present.
Manifento at Odeaaa.
Odessa, Aug. 3. A revolutionary
manifesto was circulated here today de
claring Russia is on the eve of a miii
tary and naval revolution which will be
sharp and desperate.
More Troopa Revolt.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 3. With the re
volt at Sveaborg quelled and a des
perate attempt to capture Cronstadt
frustrated, new terror was added to the
situation last night by a report that
the troops and sailors at Revol are in
mutiny.
With this report there reached the
capital news of a mutiny on the cruis
er Panayat Azova, off the Esthomen
coast
Red Flag; on Cruler.
Then late last night, to clinch the
desperation of the government's plight,
it is reported that the red flag has been
hoisted on the cruiser Asia, which was
conveying Admiral Birllefl to quell the
revolt at Sveaborg. '
The only grain of comfort the govern
ment found in the situation was a mes
sage received by Grand Duke Nicho
las late last night saying that the loyal
portion of the cruiser Pamyat Asova
had " made prisoners of TLe'mutTneers
and turned them over to soldiers on
shore.
There has been, however, no con
firmation of this message.
May Mean Admlral'a Death.
News of the mutiny on the Asia was
shock to the government officials.
It may mean the capture, possibly the
death of Admiral Birileff, who was de
pended on to cope with the disaffection
in the navy.
The rapid rush of events toward a
general uprising has paralyzed the of
ficials and thrown the imperial family
into terror.
Panic at Palace.
When the firing began at Cronstadt
Wednesday night there ensued a wild
ROOSEVELT TO AID
Sends Taft and Cannon to
Speak for Congressman
Littlefield, of Maine.
Washington. Aug. 3. Announcement
is made that Mr. Taft, "the secretary of
war, is going into Maine to take the
stump in favor of the reelection of
Representative Charles E. Littlefield,
for whom Speaker Cannon also will
campaign.
This is regarded here as significant
of the fact that the administration has
definitely decided to fight the Ameri
can Federation of Labor in Its efforts
to punish republican -members of con
gress. If there is a point in the United
States where the issue between a re
publican representative and the Amer
ican Federation of Labor has been
acutely drawn it is in the Second con
gressional district of Maine, Mr. Lit
tlefield's district.
Ha Taken FUId.
The American Federation of Labor
has openly taken the field against Mr.
Littlefield. It opposes him because, as
a member of the Judiciary committee,
he for several years obstructed the
eight-hour labor bill and various other
measures desired by labor organiza
tions, including the anti-injunction bill.
Mr. Littlefield was also the introducer
and" chief advocate of the bill abolish
ing compulsory pilotage, opposed by
the National Pilots association. Sam
uel Gompers already has spoken in
Maine against Mr. Littlefield, and some
of the most active members of the fed
eration are canvassing the district.
Taft Favora Injunction.
Secretary Taft. while taking steps
recently to see that the eight-hour law
was enforced, has always been opposed
to the attitude of united labor in advo
cating the abolition of the right of in
junction
When on the .federal , bench
DIES BY OWN HANI
E.A.Gage. Son of Former' Sec
retary. Kills Setf at
Seattle.
MYSTERY SURROUNDS CASE
Had Lived at Various Hotels Under
Assumed Names Little Known
at Chicago.
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 3. E. A. Gage.
sonof Lyman J. Gage of Chicago, for
mer secretary of the treasury, commit
ted suicide by shooting at the Tourist
hotel yesterday. Much mystery sur
rounds the suicide. Persons informed
as to the motives are keeping the facts
under cover as long as possible.
Gage had been in Seattle for several
days, staying at various hotels under
assumed names. It also is known that
his wife arrived two days ago and that
detectives had been hunting for the
young man.
The suicide was committed some
time during the day, but was not dis
covered until late in the afternoon.
' Younjr Gage Little Known.
Chicago, Aug. 3. Mr. Gage was about
3C years of age. He was born in Chi
cago, the son of Lyman Judson and
Sarah Etheridge Gage. Considering
the prominence of his father in Chi
cago for many years, both in public
and financial life, the son was little
known in the city and had compara
tively few close acquaintances among
young men of his age.
Until his marriage he resided with
his father and mother at their North
State r.treet residence. His wedding
took place Oct. 9, 1893 (Chicago day,
at the world's fair). His bride was
the daughter of John Weare of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa.
JUDGE KINKAID .
FULLY SUSTAINED
Exonerated at Toledo of Having Prom
ised Leniency to Ice
Trust.
Toledo. Ohio, Aug. 3. Judge Bab-
cock in the common pleas court today
handed down a decision in the ice case.
sustaining Judge Kinkaid in every par
ticular and exonerating him of" having
made any promise or suggestion of
leniency as claimed by attorneys for
the Ice trust.
panic in the Imperial palace at Peter
hof, as the palace lies under the guns
of the fortress. All preparations had
been made in advance to flee to T.-irs-koe-Selo,
but a report afloat yesterday
afternoon that the emperor and his
family actually had fled in the middle
of the night was denied later at the
chancellery of the imperial household.
It was explained, however, that on
account of "dampness" at Peterhof ar
rangements had been made for the re
turn of the imperial family to Tsarskoe
Selo. THE FOE OF LABOR
he was one of the first judges who used
the injunction against railroad strikers
In Ohio.
FAY TEMPLET0N MARRIES
Pittsburg Business Man Latest Hus
band cf Well Known Actress.
New York, Aug. 3. Fay Templeton,
comedienne, was married yesterday to
William J. Patterson, a Pittskurg mer
chant. The ceremony was performed
at the home of the bride's brotaer-in-law.
Dr. Gile, at Ridley Park, a suburb
of Philadelphia. Immediately after the
ceremony the couple left for a honey
moon trip. Fay Templeton, 41 years
old, has been identified with the stage
since childhood. Her father and moth
er were theatrical performers.-Her last
appearance was In George Cohan's mu
sical comedy, "Forty-five Minutes from
Broadway," in which she closed in Chi
cago about two weeks ago."
CANNOT RESTRICT
HOURS IN FACTORIES
New York Judge Holds Law Limiting
Employment of Women and
Children Invalid.
New York, Aug. 3. The state law
restricting labor by women and chil
dren, to 10 hours a day and CO hours a
week in factories was declared today
by Justice Olnistead, in a decision hand
ed down in the court of special sessions,
to be "an unwarranted invasion of con
stitutional rights" and class legislation.
Fasts Forty-Nine Days; Dead.
Detroit, Mich., Aug. 3. James B.
Postlethwait, employed in the electri
cal department of the Michigan Cen
tral company in this city, died In a hos
pital here yesterday after having fasted
49 days for the benefit of his health.
ISSUES UP
TO VOTERS
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First Test of New State
Primary Law Comes
TomorrovY.
CAMPAIGN WAS LIVELY
Each Individual Will Have Ex
pression of Choice on
Nominees.
Chicago. Aug. 3. The first test ot
the new Illinois primary law passed at
the special session of the legislature
this year, enabling voters to name the
party nominees, will be given tomorrow
after one of the liveliest primary cam
paigns ever waged in the state. Every
voter In the three parties, republican,
democratic and socialist, will be call
ed upon to vote directly for candi
dates for offices and -delegates to con
ventions, i
Candidate to Be oterf On.
The candidates to be voted upon are
representatives in congress, members
of the legislature, state treasurer, and
superintendent of public instruction.
The vote tomorrow will also establish
party sentiment on United States sen
ator.
Democrats, have no candidate for
senator. Interest in thU direction cen
ters in the contest between former Gov
ernor Yates and Senator Cullom, who
is seeking renomination.
THRONG ASSURED
Madison Square Garden Wii! Not
Hold Crowd at Bryan
Reception.
PLAN AN OVERFLOW MEETING
Affair Will Cost $100,)0 Nebraskan
Writes Letter Conme,nding Mayor
Tom Johnson.
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New York, Aug. 3. j-The executive
committee of the Bryau reception com
mittee held a meeting, yesterday after
noon to perfect final arrangements to
welcome the Nebraska Aug. 30. It
was figured the affair would cost $10,
000. The financial committee reported
It had funds sufficient to meet this ex?
penditure.
It was decided that 12,500 seats be
put on the floor of Madikon Square gar
den and that delegates? from the vari
ous states would occupy these. So
many applications for seats have come
In it would require ten Madison Square
gardens to accommodate all.
Hold Overflow Sleeting;.
.An overflow meeting will be held in
Madison Square park. Mr. Bryan will
address the crowd there after the re
ception in the garden.
A letter was received by Mr. Hoge of
the Commercial Travelers' Anti-Trust
league from Bryan, In which the latter
declared hi satisfaction at the choice
of "Tom" Johnson as chairman of the
meeting, and praised him for having
stopped money making to do good. He
said he also was' pleased at the selec
tion of Augustus Thomas as the princi
pal speaker.
POLICE CHARGE j STRIKERS
Use Drawn Revolvers tdf Subdue Crowd
of Men at Detroit.
Detroit, Mich., Aug. Cl After repeat
ed charges with drawny revol vers, the
police yesterday afternoon successfully
put down a riot of strikers and strike
sympathizers, at the Ideal Manufactur
ing company's plant on Franklin street.
A riot alarm called out reserves when
the crowd had swelled to 2,000, and had
begun to roughly handle several of the
officers. The trouble arose from the
alleged assault by strikers upon a ne-J
gro employe of the company this
morning. Eighteen arrests were made.
GEN. MACARTHUR ARRIVES
With Japanese Army at the' Fall of
Mukden.-
San Francisco. Aug. 35. Major Gen
eral MacArthur, U. S. A.; commander df
the Pacific division, has returned on
the Pacific Mail liner Manchuria, after
an absence of 18 monthsr In the Orient.
General MacArthur was tnt to Manchu
ria by the president toward the latter
part of the Russo-Japanese war to ob
serve the Japanese military operations.
He was attached to the second army
under General Oku, chief of the gen
eral staff, and. arrived in time to be
present at the fall of Mukden. At the
close of the war he entered on an ex
haustive tour of China. Indo-China.
Java, Siam, Burmah, and India.
UPHOLDS TAGGART
Michigan Democratic Convention
Defeats Resolution to
Investigate
CHARGES AGAINST CHAIRMAN
Enough to Attend to Own Business
Charles H. Kimmerle Named
for Governor.
For Governor
CHARLES H. KIMMERLE
For Lieutenant Governor
RUSH CULVER
For Secretary of State
: P. J. DEVINE
For State Treasurer
CHARLES WELLMAN
For Attorney General
JUDGE E. J. DOYLE
For Auditor General .
JOHN YUELL
For Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion ELMER R. WEBSTER
For State Land Commissioner
CLARENCE L. SHELDON
For Member State Beard Education
JAMES E. SULLIVAN
Detroit, Mich., Aug. 3. Endorsement
of William J. Bryan for president in
190S, the defeat of a resolution calling
upon the national democratic commit
tee to investigate the charges mado
against National Chairman Thomas E
Taggart and demand his resignation if
they, be proved, and the nomination of
Charles H. Kimmerle of Cassopolis for
governor over Stanley E. Parkhill of
Owosso, the only other candidate, after
a spirited ballot, were the features of
the democratic state convention yes
terday. About 350 delegates attended.
The resolution asking for the inves
tigation of National Chairman Taggart
was presented to the convention by
Chairman Fowler of the resolutions
committee, affcer the platform had been
adopted. E. O. WTood of Flint, former
chairman of the state central commit
tee, was on his feet as soon as the res
olution had been read with a motion
that it be laid on the table.
Own Troubled Are Knouch.
He said there was nothing to prevent
wholesale unproved charges from be
ing made against any man. and that it
was improper and wrong for the con
vention to take any cognizance of such
accusation. Another delegate observed
that the convention had plenty to do in
looking after its own business, with
out interfering in other people's. Ed
ward Ryan of Houghton vehemently at
tacked the motive which he said was
responsible for the resolution. It wa?
then unanimously laid on the table.
During the early balloting for gov
ernor Parkhill showed unexpected
strength, and until Wayne cast its 130
votes for Kimmerle the result was in
doubt. Wayne's vote gave Kimmerle
the head of the ticket. Parkhill imme
diately moved that his nomination be
made unanimous. j
There was no contest for any other
office. In fact, it was necessary to call
ANTI-MILITARISM
ELECTION RIOT IS FATAL
Controversy at Memphis Leads
to
Shcoting at Voting Booth.
Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 3. One man
was killed, another fatally injured, and
a third slightly hurt in a riot following
the closing of a voting booth in the
Fifteenth district after the county
election here yesterday. During the
count of votes J. G. Wellington, keeper
of an alleged negro div and leader
of a big gambling faction, got into a
dispute with B. F. Conn, saloonekep-
er and election judge, over a blotted
ballot and a moment later the shooting
began. The police say Wellington
used an automatic revolver, while Conn
got. a double shotgun. Wellington was
killed almost instantly, W. J. Cook,
election judge was shot in the intest
ines and will die, and Conn was shot
in the foot.
MAYOR JOHNSON
WAS NOT GUILTY
Judge Frees Him From Contempt
Charge in Connection With
Traction War.
Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 3. Judge Ken
nedy in the common pleas court today
decided Mayor Johnson is not guilty
of tontempt of court as charged in con
nection with tearing up the tracks of
the Cleveland Electric company last
week.
Director of Public Service Spring
horn was fined $100 and costs.
Miller Loses Job.
Washington. Aug. 3. W. A. Miller,
assistant foreman of the bindery of
the government printing office, who
was suspended by the public printer
July 21 for insubordination, was dis
missed from the government service
yesterday. '
FIRE
RAGES If EUROPEAN
POSITION ART EXHIBIT
the roll twice to secure a candidate for
auditor general.
CIdbm L,eKllatlon In Denounced,
The resolutions say:
"Evils under the form of combina
tions and trusts, which have so shock
ed the moral conscience of the nation
ii the last few years, are a direct out
come of class legislation by the repub
lican party, conferring privileges upon
corporations at the expense of the
common people. A continuance of such
legislation is now threatened by the
many bills of like character as. for
instance, the ship subsidy bill, and in
adequate remedial laws enacted by the
recent congress showing that there is
no honest purpose on the part of the
republican party to relieve the people
from the evils thus cast upon them by
this unjust legislation. Its affiliations
with the classes thus favored make it
absolutely impossible to obtain relief
from republican sources."
LARGEST SMELTERS
IN WORLD CLOSED
Strike Affects 6,000 Employes of Bos
ton and Montana Company at
Great Falls, Mont.
Great Falls, Mont.. Aug.3. The elec
trolytic smelters of the Boston and the
Montana company of the Amalgamated
Copper company closed down last eve
n'rg is the result of the strike of the
Hr.u'lirnien. following the refusal of
ih'- superintendent to recognize the un
ion. A committee of which demanded
that five discharged smeltermen be re
instated. Six ti.dUEam! men are directly or in
c"? ocll;-' .'ifl'itted by the walkout. The
smelters are the largest in the world.
MINERS ARE FOUND DEAD
Caught in Tunnel by Colorado Cloud
burst and Perish.
Ouray, Col.. Aug. 3. L. A. Thomp
son, general manager, and V. W. Mader,
foreman of the Mickey Breen mine of
the Tejppest Apex company, who disap
peared a week ago, were found dead
yesterday under a mass of debris in a
small tunnel half a mile from the
Mickey Breen mine. They evidently
sought refuge in the tnnnel from a
cloud burst and were overwhelmed by
the rocks and dirt that washed into the
opening from the mountain side.
WARSHIPS MUCH DAMAGED
Alabama and Illinois Will Be Sent to
. Drydock as Result of Accident.
Newport. R. I.. Aug. 3. It was learn
ed last evening that the damage done
the battleships Alabama and Illinois of
the fleet of Rear Admiral Evans, which
were in collision on Monday night
while making for Newport, is more se
rious than at first supposed. It will be
necessary for the vessels to leave the
fleet immediately and go into drydock
to receive extensive repairs at the navy
yard.
A SERIOUS PEST
Emperor William Declares the
Welfare of Europe Threat
ened Thereby.
Paris, Aug. 3. The Matin today pub
lishes an interview had by its Berlin
correspondent with Emperor William,
in which his majesty said the yellow
peril was not the sole danger threaten
ing the- world, there being also a red
danger.
"The heads of states," the emperor
added, "whether absolute or constitu
tional monarchies or republics, hourly
risk their lives. President Fallieres
runs the same risks as the czar and
President Roosevelt the same risks as
King Alfonso."
Noted Warithlp'M AbMcnre.
The correspondent says at the Kiel
regatta the kaiser noticed the French
armored cruiser Ieon Gambetta was
not present. He thought the war ship
had been invited to be present during
the regatta and he said to the French
naval attache:
"It's a pity the Gambetta is absent.
Come, come, I know what this means.
We still are suspected and kept in pun
ishment.". The kaiser inforced his remark by i
genial laugh. Speaking to another
French naval officer the kaiser. said:
- Denlea Iteporta.
"It freely' is . reported I am pleased
when I learn some fresh scandal has
broken out in the French army. It ab
solutely is false. We Europeans live'
too closely together and our national
lives are too Intermingled for us not to
feel the evil occurring in any single
member. Any harm befalling the
French army fills me with uneasiness.
Anti-militarism is an international pest.!
A nation rejoicing thereat resembles V
city rejoicing at an outbreak of chol
era In a neighboring , (town." j
Damage of $2,500,000
Done at Milan,
Italy,
SPREAD IS CHECKED
Several Sections Representing
Foreign Countries Are
Destroyed.
Milan, Italy, Aug. 3. FIro this morn
ing in the international exposition did
nearly two and a half million dollars
damage. The sections devoted to dec
orative arts and architecture of Italy
and Hungary were totally destroyed.
Several firemen are carbineers were in
jured. Started ia Hungarian fceetloa.
The fire was discovered at 5 Ihls
morning in the Hungarian section and
spread rapidly to the art sections situ
ated in an adjoining park. For a time
the British, Swiss, Japanese and Neth
erlands sections were threatened, but
by energetic work the firemen suc
ceeded in saving them. The Jewelry
and fine aits sections were also threat
ened. l'eople Much Kxclted.
."The cjty was thrown into a state of
excitement and vast crowds of people
collected about the exposition.
Th origin of the fire is attributed to
an electric short circuit.
BANK CLERK HELD
FOR BIG THEFTS
Pittsburg Ycung Man in Jail on Charge
of Embezzling from $126,000
to $300,000.
Pittsburg. Pa.. Aug. 3. Clifford 8.
Hixon. a bookkeeper for the Union
Trust company, is in jail on a charge
(tf embezzling from h.'s employers sums
estimated at from $125,000 to $300,000
within only the last bix months. Hixon
explains the? matter by saying merely:
"I was wrong on the market." Anoth
er employe is under surveillance.
Detectives who have been working
on the case declare that Hixon has
made a full confession.
The Union Trust company Is the
largest and strongest financial Institu
tion in Pittsburg. It paid its stock
holders dividends of 300 per cent last
year. H. C. Frick. United States Sen
ator P. C. Knox, Henry Phipps, and a
score of Pittsburg millionaires are di
rectors of the institution.
MURDERER BREAKS JAIL
Condemned Man -Digs His Way
Through His Prison Walls.
New Castle, Pa., Aug. 3. Thomas
Toole, under sentence of death for the
murder of his brother-in-law, LeRoy
Barber, escaped from the county Jail
some rtme last night. Blood Mounds
were put on his trail within half an
hour. Toole Is said to have unques
tionably had outside aid in dleeine
through the brick wells.
END A LONG LAUNCH TRIP
Party From Chicago That Passed Here
Arrives at Red Wing.
Red Wing. Minn., Aug. 3. Through
the Chicago drainage canal and the
Illinois river to St. Louis, then up the
Mississippi to Red Wing, a distance of
1,800 miles, all the way in an 18-foot'
launch, is the trip just completed by
Ed Misener. accompanied by his wife
and son. The trip was made in 23 days.
Stopovers were made and the boat
was not run at night. There was not
a mishap during the trip. A fine voy
age of speed was ma le, and the Misen-
ers says the trip down the Illinois was
ideal.
EX-MAYOR GETS 12 YEARS
A
William H. Belcher, Absconding Execu
tive of Paterson, N. J., Sentenced.
Paterson. N. J.. Auk. 3. Wll'iam H.
Belcher, who. while mayor of the city
absconded a year ago, and surrendered
himself on Monday last, was sentenced
today to 12 years' Imprisonment.
Marshall Killed.
Ardmore, I. T.. Aug. 3. Benjamin C.
Collins, formerly a deputy United
States marshal, was assassinated at bis
home near Emet, last night by un
known iersons. Bloodhounds hv
been sent to the scene. Collins was
member of the Indian police at th
time of his death and was well known
over the territory, , t