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The Yale Expositor. J. A. Mkm2:k.k, Publisher. YAI.K, M1C11 The lalt ct..i;u-'ratIon shows there iiv l,1o.uii.t,'itH apple trees In the Ful led States, an increase C forty per ecu. tu tn years. Michigan and Illi nois are I hi loading apple Stati n West. Next comes Missouri, Kansas, Arkan sas n Nebraska. Now York lead In the lluist. Since the Columbian WdiM'rt Fa!r was held nt Chicago In lS'.Kl the xvlrc less telegraph, the automobile, dirigible balloon, wireless telephone, trausmN bluti or right ly wire and telephoning from railway train and trolley earn in motion havu been Invented. .Ml of these will be on exhibition at St. Louis lu I'JOI. The Pes Moines Keglster and Lender remarks that Newgate, happily. Is one of tin few sun Ivln;; prisons of the olden time, and now It, too. Is to dis appear. It Is a long and dreary way between them prisons of the older time and those of to-day, In which punish ment Is based on the Ideas of publl. safety and the cure of certain moral obliquities, for which It Is held the In dividual Is not wholly responsible. The old prisons were starting places for the guillotine and the gallowit; the new ate sought to be made a Marling place for a better life. Ibiutnanla has lately put In force a i low labor law which carries one ba k ti m illeval times, when guild were :ill powerful umoug artisan". Finler this new net no one will bo allowed to worl; at a handicraft unless he has oh taincd a i-crtllh-ato from one of the guilds which are established by the law. These are to be under the super vision of the local chambers of com merce, and Will be required to estab lish Insurance funds, to maintain labor registries, and to found adult techni cal schools. The guild must Issue ccr titlcato to all who show satisfactory knowledge of their trades, and have a No to nominate two workmen and two mp'oycr to ai t with n representative of the Government as ix Hoard of Con ciiiation. The most Important clause of the new law encourage asso iatlons of workmen on the lines that have worked well In Italy and New Zealand. These association of Iloumaulan workmen are to have the right to de posit aa security ouly half of the amount required of private linn ten dering; for Government work. We nay enjoy the beauty of virgin nature In secluded forests whi n we climb mountains, but the gratification lioump tiresome when wo find nobody to share. It, observes n writer In the Kevlew of ltevicws. lv n Mr. Fur-ru-!is I, a been obliged sometimes t.i content himself with the company of his faithful dog. A comrade Is al ways wi Icome, but Uot Indispensable. In streets, where the pleasure of oxer i heightened by cVcr-i hanging ihts and sounds. The most harmon huts cries if street Vender lire less i-ucet than the Im Iodic of singing bi.-d; dowers that Erect us from win dows of ln:M . lack the fragrance of Ijature. I'.llt I consider the melodious t ham s of city churches preferable, to th" thiMider of Niagara, and the friend ly b' k of a charming woman to the vi-t:t from Tike' IV.ik. Pickens found In every street of I.ondo:i u sub ject worthy of description by his mar cIo::s iH-n; tx-rronal observation en nlled Victor Hugo to delineate the Id streets of Pari, as If he had livid tit th. time of (Juasluiodo. "American farmers, rushing Into the Northwestern States, and, in even grci'i-r numbers. Into the Mrltlsh .Noi'thv.'cst," say the Chicago Tribune, , "are causing a land boom In the West and tilling the retraining ainble lands at an unprecedented rate. According to stall'tic furnished by real estate turn fru.i Kama north to Winnipeg land values have Increased nearly Hfty per cent. In the Irjt I wo years. It I siima'.cd over "Limi American farm er L ive settled In the Canadian North u. t in the ilr.-t seven months of ltsrj, .mi! f'e csllm.ite for the year Is over r.o.'N). Anu riean syndicates and fann ers have puri-han d over .".( i.ijnt acres f land In the Canadian Northwest. Hrmind of thousand of acre of Minnesota land have Wen filled, with prices r.d vaiu-ing In a marked degree; Fie Pako'as ere having n land ltoom 'wuleb Is greater than those Slates ever knerr before, cud the unoccupied lands ;nre filling fast, with talues jlslng rai jldly, over fifty per cent. In many eases. Iowa, IlKuois and Indiana farmers jfuiiu tha Ufijority of the rgraoti." j V FROM ALL OVER MICHIGAN AAAAAAAV I: wh It Is conceded to be the great est football game ever played on a wo-tcrn gridiron. Michigan decisively iHeated Wisconsin In Chicago Satur day, and undoubtedly won nt the same 1 1 in the championship of the west, though a later game must be won be fire that honor can be claimed. The I s, i.l). WHS I', to (I, bltt it does o fully how Michigan- superiority. Uuly oio-e .lid Wisconsin have the ball in Mlchb gaii' half of the Held. Three times did the Wolverine get Insltle the ItadgciV leu yard line and otiee within two feet of the goal, but Wisconsin' magnill cent defense saved her a beating of at I ast is to . 1 The trick was turned In the presence if .'ti.iHHi enthusiastic spectators, and the din made by the rooters wa In cessant, and deafening at times, drown ing out the sound of the sknabi so the j play were run oiT with dltlb ulty. I Tin weather wa line, but too warm for such a hard game, and the player suffered accordingly. There were few delay for disability, and Michigan showed the effect of her continued ag gressive offense III having men laid out. IHjintlhnuurtl Mint It oMtrtl. It. i:. Trick, a traveling salesman from I.oausport. Ind.. wa sand bagged Friday niht at White rigenii. lobbed of 1'.mi and thrown on the rail road track In an unconscious condi tion. He was waiting for the 11 o'clock train to return to hi home. The trai l being late. In walked down the truck toward the water tank. He wa" k:io ked down by bis as iilanl and drained a bio. k v here the men put ; out the sw itch lights and threw- h i body on the track. He cam- to a thj Ix-ailiuht shone on him and realizing' his condition uot oiT the track Jut as, the train pase.l. He was found by! the s;ni,,u inront and taken to the I hotel. The physician found the concus sion on the head very had and Mr. I Trick delirious most .f the lime. It is! stlpposi-il juts. . mis boarded the( train and cut to Chicago. No tr ice of j hem li.is cl beell oU:id. j Triol) Snl.l.lf. While bunting near the asylum at Newberry, f lias. Itichelf. ;t the edire of Itie woods lo ir tie1 asylum, found the bleached bolie o ; tl 1 1 1 11 :l 1 1 skele ton. Tin re were no clothes; nothing except a few shred. rottM a way. and ii old vbiH'. Near by. dangling . from t!ii. limb of a tree, wa a rope, j almost ready to drop from decay, j wlii. h told tin' try of the manner in whi. li the man met Ids death. There! weio no means of lib ntlln atlon. but the letter M. I". otl one oj the sIkm-s led till- authorities t" believe that the n-iiiii ill were those of Paul .Messenger, who had beii an inmate of tie asv 1 11 1 11. He was a "tiusty" and was allowed to 'o to ;i ball game one day. Iioin ' W lib ll be liev er l et limed. j l.l.iir In l.iimltf-r I nnii, A pt'oiulneut railroad manager who resblt-H in another state, but who has railroad Interest In the iq.pi-r peiiln- j sill. i, ha written a letter to Kallro.nl Cotninlssloncr IKbic.ii eoiiipla Iniug of I llie sale of liquor in the lumber camp of that region. II' interest in the mat ter appeal when be s.iys that as ooii as a man get drunk up north the tiri thing he .I'M Is to go and lay down on the railroad Ira. k. So many men are killed In this way. the railroad, manager uteris, that there Is a short ; age in Ihf labor supply of the region, j There Is already more jobs ut there than tlo-re are men to till them, he says, and lu hi- opinion the railro.nl depart-, 'liclit of the state should Interfere. l I'tiullltr lnrUrll llnt-k. j ! Joseph XV. Stock well, who wai charged with being one el the conspir Jlli't v, ho blackmailed Jacob Kaqilet. the wealthy Saginaw brewer, out of .v., i mi, arrived at the J ill In Flint from New Oilcan Wednesday morning in J cust.-.ly of Sheriff 1111. and say be Is J glad his days ot being a fugitive fioin j Justice are over. lie expects conv ie- ' lion and is anxioii for hi trial. Stock- ! We'l s.iV be hi been In poor health for the past nine mouths. ;iml bis ap pe;iraie-e does pot belle hi Word-., lie has fallen oif in welglit froiu to I.V. mhiihN and hi face i peaked ami wari. lb shaved off hi miisiaclie the IdPr to 1 l.b leteclloll. He Would lit talk alout his case to the report ers. j 1I.- l.lrU sinrllnl tin- M.itlirra. j The Hoeicty young wonim of Kala mazoo give a theatrical performance Wednesday night called "Casuiorunia of the World." that has caused u whole lot of talk. Sixteen young wot : n took part und about half were dressed in knlckerlxM kern, ete. ...-n they ap peared th fashionable mnllrnre pres ent wer ORhafft. but finally rallied and Mime of the younger ones broke out Into tumultuous applause. The Indies present, especially the mothers and relatives of the "a tresses,' were too astonish! to do anything except hide their blush Im hind their fans. I Mver l' Veteran attemled th fourth bb unlal reunion of (be s--onl Mleidgaii cavalry lu llattle Creek. There I a seanity of teacher for tin public schools of Clare county. At th recent examination only three eer titleatis wi're grant'il ami some ills trhts are imt yet uplle. with teacli er. Higher salarl- than usual an l ing paid. . ltoger. of Marengo. Is now sell lug the third crop of strawberries pick ed liiu the ame lm this year. The llrst crop brought P i-ent mt iiart. Ib, Moond 1." tent ami thi rop 11 nts. Ilailro.td Commissioner Osborn ha Issued 11 statement showing the earn ing of Michigan railroads for the month of Septetnlior t have le $.- .".'-'"..Vtl.lJ. a eimpareil with :i.!rj.. 4,JI..'IH for the com-qHindlng jh tIiwI one year ngo. The total earning from Jan nary 1 to Octotwr 1 were :i:t.2i.r,sii.s, nn Increase of J.7o1.ini!h or x.7l p.r cent, over the -orr'"oiiilng jhtIihI of ItK'l. WAAAAS AWAW 'the eoJteuc sirlUc la 0rr. The strike of the Agricultural Col lege students came to an end Friday morning. A mass meeting vuih held Thursday morning, th outcome of whhh vvus that the itmb-nt body agreed to aubmlt a settlement of the differences oUtlng between the stu dent m and faculty to a board of arbi tration. 1 5fore the meeting was for mally ittlled to order Impromptu ex ercises were held. The proposition of the faculty to tne ktudents was pre heated, the provisions of which fol low: I. That the students should resamo dass work Immediately. That the matter khoubl be sub mitted to the old committee of the faculty, to an enilrely new committee, or to the entire faculty. 3. That a committee of five from the student body should meet wl'.h the faculty committee, and If they could show cause why the aentencea of the suspended students were unjust or excessive, tne sentences would bo materially lightened. Furthermore. If the matter could not be settled in a manner satisfac tory to both parties by this arrange ment, then the mauer would be pre sented for the consideration of tho Mate Loan I of agriculture. After considerable utsi-us-slon. the student lsnly passed a motion accept ing the proposition of the faculty, and chose to submit the matter to u new discipline committee, wl bh will bi composed of the fobowlng niembera: Prof. F. p. Hedrlck. Frof. F. C. Kedzle. prof. J. A. Jeffry. Frof. W. liahcock und Prof. II. K. Ve.bler. The strike throughout has been con dinted In a very orderly manner, and all acts of rowdyism and hot headed demonstrations of any kind were ion spicuoiib for their absetne. I'ritttu M XI urilr rrtl. Hope that C. A. Kichnrdsou. tho Voi.ng civil iitgiliecr ill charge of the co.istrm-tlon ! the Muiiislng Paper Co.'s big mills. I alive l a been aban doned, ami it I considered practically certain that ho ha been murdered at lii. -ago. Itlehardson lias been mis ing lor nearly a month, and despite that no .xpense I Li ing spared by President I'.vcr.ird and hi associate in the company lit an endeavor t solve the mystery of the disappear aiieo of the young man r hi body, no tangible ilue ha been discovered. The accepted theory I that while walling at the station lor hi trh-i'd who failed to materialize, a classmate at ol h -go. 111. hanlsoii wa Induced t.v sot. 10 iinknow 1 person to accompany him to II hotel or other revolt, im. I that Ie re h' wa drugged and after wards robbed and murdered. Tli. vming man had about bH on hi per son. Terrlliljr Injur-. I. Fgbrt I.. Hang, of Flint, has re ceived wo r tint livvlght F. Hang, hh son. si:p 1 Intendeut of tit North l)a- k.la s.l I for the te;if, located at lievil's Lake, bad suffered an accident which threatened the sight of hi eyes, lie was using a fumigating machine l ll.d with formal. b h.v b when it ex ploded, throwing the acid all over his lace and tilling hi eye. The Injured maa wa removed to Fargo, where al! tb.it Uictllcal si Icli. e Col 1I1 J do I being tried. Mr. and Mr. Hang have left (or Fargo and will remain with their sou this winter. A 4 ll Ml nr. At tin Saginaw coiimil meeting Tuesday night Mayor Haum asked: "Why cannot Saginaw itahlih a eo:;! rniieV l.et the city get all enabliiig aet from the legislature, permitting ji to mine 1 i i. No other city In 1 he state is so well situated ! !o this." The mayor recommended that a commit!."' of five be apHiintcd to take tie mat ter under consideration und report Up II the b sf Uiealle to be e.l. The motion was jolopted miis v. adopt unaei- ilie retiree Trlnl. Will Coffee and the famous Mr. I.i.xb Cotl., who have been Inmates of KalamaoM Jail slm last. May, hive lieen brought to Crainl Capitis for trial. It U hargtd that they iis.d the nails of I nele Sam to carry out swindling operations Home time ago In the vicinity of Foil nip Corners, wher l.ly.le Coffee conducted a matrimonial bureau 11 1 1 I . with the aid of Maxim lilliott's picture, swindled hundred of men. v oiing and old. . iitl ret Hit 1 1. Tin supreme court Wednesday mod ule. I the . onstrii.-tloii ot Its decision regarding bail for Frank C. Andrews, the licti'olt bank wrecker, allowing bin. to furnish bail lu the sum of jc-jt m i. m m 1 xx- It Ti any number of seen Ti tle. That Is, be may lurnUli two se curities who can qualify for $ I . n io, or four or live who will quality In the aggregate of . rS'jiNi.iNsi. A stay of jnv ci-edlng for l day was granted An ilrews III whhh to furnish bill, nnltier Detroit XlNrtler. Another deplorable murder ha hoctl added to Ih troit' initial of crime for I'.Mrj, for llortoii Warren, proprietor of the liodcth h house, died at St. Mary's hospital Wednesday evening, the vic tim of a bullet wound leeched In a vi'-lou assault In the entrance to Ids own hoiisi- on the midnight previous, vxlo'P b attempted to stop txv thug w ho bad rol.tic.l a sb-pliig guest. Hoth i-. aM nn. I the olle have no clue. A letter from tin Portland. I ml., po lice to tin jM.llee of Hay City, say that Fdwnrd Iteilly. the man shot and killed by t local ottlccr. wa Fdward M'MM'y, formerly of Portland. Lyndon Iu1mI. aged :k years, a blacksmith of Mason, couimltteil sui cide by l iking chloroform. Poor health I supM.-i o 1 1 the cause. He Is surviveil by n widow and daughter. Mr. Sablna Sprlngstifi.l. of Vpsl lantl. who recently ob.'rvel her tstli birthday, illed this morning of old age. S 10 xvii iMtrn In New York state ami was married nt the age of "."J, tier li alden name Ik-Iiij 'falter. s,ti i: i:un ixi iutii:r. S.iullae Centre I soon to haxe n new bank. Montgomery I to have a big grain elevator. There Is a 1" ye.ir-dd boy who Is attracting attention hi Ogemaw as 11 preacher of the gospi 1. Kalamazoo physician have com bined to raise the price of day call t M..VI and night calls to f'.l. I."cal attorney assert that the claim of Ceo. S. liicllier. of ln-trolt. to a large section of Sturgi Is outlawed. Tin average wage paid to women factory employes lu Lansing I '. t cent a day. In many cities It Is but T.'t cent. Tin nut crop throughout Michigan thi year Is said to Im larger than usual. Watmiti In particular are a large crop. Illadstoiie huslucNtf men have formed an association the object of v lib h Is to secure tin location of a beet sugar factory In their city. Hoprle flreer, of Owosso. an expert 1 heese maker and manager of the Hur ton cheese factory, oged CO. and re cently married. Is missing. Potatoes stored for winter shipment are being taken out and shipped a fast as possible because of a rot that 1 threatening to destroy them. The Michigan Central Traction Com pany ha been Incorporated with f'-'N.-"! capital to build an electric Ilue be tween Lansing and Hattle tVeek. I t.v premature explosion In WalMib mine. Iron Mountain, six men were In jure!. Two of th. 111. Capt. Henjaudn Martin nn.l John Heard, cannot live. Tin city of Owosso I buying soft coai from Ohio lu the open market at S-. I" a ton f. o. b. The bot private coiis'iin r can do on soft coal I ?"-" a ton. .bdin Klgllng. of Owosso, n.t at a burglar retreating through a window Tuesday night and the retreating mar in. I. r left a trail of blood. He got 11. 1 plunder. The three weeks' old child of Mr. and Mis. Joseph Surtzer. living about tdx miles In the country, was smoth er d to death while the couple were driving to Hart. Mar'ng the !. trie 1 1 storm Sunday. Mr. Mam li. .f Sand Hill, wa holding his horse in a -hurdi shed in lb dfotd. When both horse Wele struck by lightning and killed. Lightning tiii.k the shed at the M .meal hall at Hell Hra o h. killing dice horse ami badly h king Henry Lacy, who was holding hi hro by the 'head when It wa killed. The common council of Owoo ha il dared in favor of a public lighting plant, and 1 committee ha been ap pointed to look up the matter at once. The nivi ,v Conilllll Llectlio Co. service I unsatisfactory. A. L. Stephen, member of the board f tie Home for ti e Ft ebb Minded, and XV. 11. M rlarlty. uicmler of tin Marquette prison Itoaid. have resigned, l.'ov. Hlls ba appointed lieu. Netor, of h.troit. to till th' first naimsl va u' my. Th Kennedy Paper Co.. purchaser if the plant of the Ann Arbor Print ing Co.. are removing tin former plant of the Ypsilaiitl Co"im r ial to Ann Alb'T. The pl depart nn nts of the Arge and Tim will hereafter be separated. Prof. Fraud Kiboy. head of th" Latin department f the Fnlvcrlty of Michigan. Is in a critical condition ll'oiu a complication of ailments. HI eiigageim nts n a lam resident lectur er at a number of universities have been canceled. P.eeaiue ho sat III a chair Instead of a regular scat In a ear that got Into a collision, the supreme court den!' .Monro O. Freeman, of Lansing, dam age for Injuries In received. The court hold that Freeman did not ex--rcls due caution. Somebody put four pound of dyna- ! ml:1 In th foundation wall of Ceorg llroxvticir house, about the lul'o cast of Marshall. Tuesday night and tried to i xpbI' the stutf. Owing to poor connection tin fits, burned out with out setting on lb- explosive. I. (J. Hale, a Crand Itaplds lalsir Ing man. while walking home from work at nlsht, was struck and killed by a Ml til can ( entral passenger train at Hall street crossing. The body was frightfully lacerated, the flesh b Ing literally stripped from the bones. L. lloger", of Marengo, ha delivered the third crop of strawberries rasid on the same vim 011 hi farm this year. He rctalcd the lirst crop f..r pl cent, per quart, the second for ir, cents ami cent for Ibis. Th her rb arc large ami of excellent quality. vYrig'ht & HoMt. of Hlg Haplds. have purchased the Menr water nwcr mill . at Hoyn. Fails. It will In thoroughly ! overhauled and retitted with new tna-' chlnciy. Wright Ilol are large manufacturer of ah and door. Th" plant at Hoyne Fall will be utlllr.ed Ir working up all limber which ha been regarded a waste. The Folate An Marque asss.M-a-t ti tu ba a large force of men at work enlarging the club bouse to double Its present capacity ami next season It will ait oiiniHMlate I.iM guest. A number of new inttage are ulso to be erected. Tin season recently closed Is sal I to have Inch the most successful III the history of the resort. Wm. H. Klrhy. of Detroit, was brought to Saginaw Thursday from May City, where he wos arrested. It Is alleged that Klrhy and a companion were on a spree recently, and that Kir by drew up a (heck and gave it to his companion, "who had It cashed. Tho check was for $lf. .'al and turned up in Huffalo, belnic returned aa no good. 11. II. Stevens, an Indlamip lls patrol man, ha I tec n discharged for rohblug slot machtniHi In saloon and restaur ant by mean of slug and wire, hav ing first 1 o red Into them with a gimlet which he always carried. After htitodlng for l.'t year over the accidental shooting of 11 friend. Henry Sweet, a farmer living near Fast Ulen wood. III., killed himself with the name shotgun thai bail ended the friend's life. The 11 evident fr which the farm er apparently didril t atone occurred wlill Sweet and hi friend were on a hunting trip. No blame wa ever at tached to Sweet. VAAAAAA VAAAAAf vAAAAXvAAAVAAAAAXxAA,VxAAAAA SAAAAAy VA THE NEWS OF NAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAA AAAAAA I The Coal I n vest lNf loll. The majority of the members of the anthracite coal strike commission left for Seranton. Pa., where they will meet to begin their Investigation of the con dition in the milling region. The hearing will led begin until the formal lalm of th inliiT ami the answer of the ojtcrutor have been tiled. The llrst place to be Mlcd after leaving Seranton probably will be Wllkesharre. The tour of the commis sion through the coal Held In advance of the heat lug vv 111 be of a preliminary character, a the same point will be visited later for the taking of testi mony of the mine loo. foremen and the miner t!ie::iselv e. The town to be vllt'l probably will In hub Hazleton, Shenandoah. Potts ville. Tamaqua. Shatuoklu and Carbon-da!.-. M'inh-r of the commission say they will go Into the subject exhaustively, ami one of them said he believed the reoit would be ready within two month. The Miner elehrwle. Mitchell dtv wa cchbratisl by all th union mlm-r in tjio anthracite r glo.i VVislin'silay. There was a gen eral t.11-iH'iislnii of unil A few wash- er.es were working but their output of - coal vv a v rv sma There were demonstration In many of the near by towns and after the parades the people tbx'ked to Will.-- i harrc lu large number to see the big ' parade there. j At Sham. kin ".. miner, headed ! by the Tenth Keginnut band and troops, paraded the street, after, whhh the mine worker were al lr si'd by several labor 1 adds. All business xx a generally siisoeuded. i Mlt h II day" Is the anniversary of j the do". of the l l-t big strike. Oei. i '-.'. l'.i. when the mine worktrs re tni'i'. to work after being out six w.ok. t!ie owner; having granted n M per cent increase pi xva e ami 1 1 r l-oliecssimis. ' As it the prcsrtii -uik-, Presl.'.ent t Mit hll then conducted the strik' foe he mine vvorki rs. I llulf Token. , A. It. Marnes, Kahuna.o.. wa t; p...-siH..r of riches for pi years that he knew teithiiig about. While workmen engaged in tearing down bis old store building were at work In the cellar! they came across j kg covered with an Inch of diM. One of th in n g.tvcj It a kick. Intending to push it out of his way. but be Is sorry now that he' lid It. as his to. wi! lo in a sling for several day. The keg weighed several hiimlie.l pound, and the linn opened It out of cnrloHy. On removing the cover they -saw thoUs.imU of bright coin which at tlrst xvciv supposed to' be petinic. but closer Inspection show ed them to be commercial coin udi a were Used during the war of the re bellion, ami were furnished to mer chants by private mints. Tin-re are about Mi.iHMi of the coins, ami Mr. Harm, who occupied the store l yeai'. l.Msn't know how they came. there. .KhnUen l. l .n rl l.i nil V e. There have been further serious earthquakes thioitghout (iuateitiala ami tin volcano of Santa Maria is yet lu great eruption. Tl. re were ire mcudou detonations Tin sday morn ing. The vobano ba thrown a deep mantle of ash up ui th town of oucalteiiango (which hi been part ly rebuilt since the earthquake of last Aprili ami upon the (own of Mcy.au tetiaiigo. The voh-aiio is mar both of these places. All tow ns, village- ami plantation l:-ar tin voh-ano havt been abandoned and tie residents are fleeing to place of safety. Th' entire republic I iii a disturbed condition owing to the seis mic wave. Uu.it mala City, although mere than Pi miles from Santa Maria, ''cars lis continuous thundering XVonl.l It 11 in Itliitt. Minister Wit Is working hard to In duce th power parties to the treaty of Pekiu to cm.. cut to arbitrate the Im portant question as to whether the In demnities to be paid them shall be paid on a gold or a silver bals. Th isue Is of the iiIiiiikI iiupoi lance to hln i; In fact. It I ald that the Insistence of the owcr upon a settlement n the goltl basis would mean the ruin of the Chinese empire, which I totally 1111 ible to pay the vat sum of m arly Ioi.imm.. imsi tat Is in gold. Willi Ibis object In view, Wn ha ap pealed to the Fnlfcd State for help in Influencing I he other powers to accept the pioM.stoii In behalf of the I'nited Slate If the other powers can be brought into line. Ilurneil Ml lite Stnke. An unknown nesrn wa burned at the stake at Parting. Mis.. Friday night, for the murder of F. O. Jackson, ami a mill owner named Itoselle. at Parting. Ml".. Wednesday night. Two xvhite men. Implicated by the negro In his living confession are being held by n jM.sse pending an Investigation. The negro xva burned by a mob of -l.ittNi person. Itoth white and black, ami. Just lie fore the lighting of the fun eral p.vre. he nmfessed that he had committed the double murder with the assistance of two white men. The tm tlve wa robbery, ami n considerable sum wa secured, which the negro stated was divided a lining the three. 1)mh In n lout Mine. The seven commissioner appointed by President Roosevelt to aujust the differences existing Utween the an thradte mine workera anu iaelr em ployers, on Thursday made a tour of the extreme upper coal field of Seran ton. and saw every step tastn In th production of coal from the time It la blasted from tne ground, hundreda of feet below the surface, up to the point where It Is sent to market ready for the use of the consumer. The arbitra tor had an Interesting day and re turned to their hotel grimy from coal e'ust and tired after eight busy hour of oltservatlon and Investigation. THE WORLD Will the I land Cur Uoltert Smith, a member of thix life saving station at Sleeping Mar point, says there la considerable anxiety felt In South Manltou Island over the fait that It is thought the island may sud denly disappear In the lake. A few days ago the members built a small Itoathouse near the station. After It had been computed a fchort time the ground about the building begin to sink and suddenly toe entire buihtinr; dropped out of night. Capt. Lafberg. In charge of the life-saving ttatlon at Sleeping Hear point, made careful Koundlnga and found that where there had previously been but three feet of water It now registered over ... He has made careful soundings In and about the island wh.ch he ha, for warded to Washington, giving it us his opinion that soon the entire island will disappear. The lihitul iueul. Itufus Cantrell, of indlr.napolia. the leader of the negro grave rublters. whose dli closures have be'-n o start ling, testified before the grand Jury and Implicated, he says. l. additional physicians and utu'ertakers. and every one of the local medical and dental (colleges that have inu3 far c.scaied I scandal. ii niuo ii.ql..j iim w t T1.oo.11 inn: He als't makes the statement that ,(,f, op wu f.ml)an,f rs ttU, ,,, shown guilty of toTupliilty In the pur chas and coucealnunt of bodies. He says he has shielded these nun long enough, and he Is al.vi tired of pro tecting the women. Doctors ooniicitl with the medical colleges of Fort Wayne, Louisville and Clndnnati will b i:nplUatd. Can tie II says. The Vletli-MH n leu iiii'm ' trl. iJrnxvcr 011 hacienda near Tapa- hill. -la. Mexico, will suffer great lo-s tl'olll I he fact that their stock calino! pro. tire too l, the tie!.'. being oV led Willi ashes Until !ie Slllt l M ill. I Vtd alio. 1'he liliHil are choked with ashes and Imb i ,ml all the m lglib Ing roads are com re I. The offee planter Will come off better thill lin stock r.llsets. Investigation shows in. 11 there was no Joss t,f Hie lining the r cent disturbam . IC p- rts fioiu toix n aeros the ;nateinal.i border show that the alarm was Intense, everybody tear Ing a similar fate to that which befell Martinique and St. Vincent. Cxcin II. Cllt expert .If' studying the cf. eels of the l I'Upt loll. I tilomhlii In IV.tee. Cell. Frlbe-Fribe. m of the n ! 1 of the Colombian revolution, has stir rembp-d with eauuoll. -..'''' litb-s. and .'lie.iim rmihiU of ammnnitioi.. Filbe-Frlhe' ior.es of 1..Vmi nu-i vx ere defeated on Oct. II at La Cle iaga. Th. y 11 treated t. Ulo I'rio. vv b. r--they vv -re surrounded. The uri emler aim aft.-r two day' t.ghtiug. lien. Ca.stlllo was xxltb I 'ribe-Fribo. 1 tails of tin lighting ate I., eking but the casualties oil both shies an said to have been vcrv heavy. The sic render of I ' i.l -1 "r . t : to complete th. padticatloii of tin p.iriineets of Magdalen. 1 ami H ' The i-evoPttlnist now occupy sthmus only. aid le r. th-- Vrnrlv XV lteil Out. The bivvti of St. Pi i re. M iqed.n. N. V.. ha been .b-x;. stated by tire. A .ii astrons ooiitl.tgratioii started Sunday night and sw.pt the m.iia pilio i of the town. Tlie governor' boas... the government buibl.'ig. the imin house, the building occupied by tin ministry of marine, the Ib'iii.m Catholic cathe dral, the presbytery, the schools ;,,. a number f ether buiMln. were d - ! stro.x el. The extent of tli" disaster is ! very far teaching, and the tin 1 m ill j p.-s will probably r-a h half a million dollars. Tl'cr was serious accident. no U, of Hie or I'iiImimi In the l.lipior. The sudden death of s-eveo old s.,;. db-rs. member of the Naiionl s I ili.r' bom lu Marlon, li.l. has aroused suspl. Im that a'l ! t.ot right. Within the p. isj jvvo weeks. s"V ti n have been Itlllld itc.'d In tl.llr be. Is after a night of thhikbig at ne.irby i- 1 Kill. It Is believed that drugs h.iVc been placed In the l.oi;, r and a petition being circul.itt.l among She .'i I ,mMM.,-4 f (. p, ,1 ftaln t drinking for PO d..y. member signe! the 1 More than I tli i..n. Will lelritj ttie t'nfTee 'one. The entire co:fce r.ine cf Guatemala has been destroyed by flames anu smoke from tne volcano of Santa Maria. Krtiptlotis threaten the de struction of every Ilv.ng thing within reai h of the fumes and fire that pour front the burning mountain, according t.i n cable to Castle Mroa . Importers, of San Francisco, received from their co.Teo plantation In Guatemala. Only meager i.etalls are given. Crimen Tern. A cold wave swept over western Texas during Sunday, and teuts fnoi the surrounding mountain regions In tlicate that the sin.xv fall has been .-av otl the so's lu .New Mexico. Hun dred of sheep caught unexpectedly and unprepared lu the open have per ihcd. ami below- 111 Paso In the Hit (ramie val!ey the !osi have been 1111 merous. A big grain e!evatnr will ! built al Montgomery In the spring. The body of n woman was found la n tlcbl near Iteatling, Mass., Wednes day. She wn iliisi like a tramp The woman had been shot live llme In the bead nml In r neck was gu,tl with n knife. There was every Indi cation that the murder Itself hid Ih'cii committed elsewhere and that the tHNly lunl I wen taken from a wagon and dragged Into the Held where it was found. Preparations are Wing made by th .In panes student nt Yale to elal orntely celebrste the birthday of tin mlk.itio, who. 011 Nor. .1. will lw .V years old. The exenUes will be he!,. 011 the campus. ( l