Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 46, Number 14, Jasper, Dubois County, 18 December 1903 — Page 2

Weeklu Courier. DO AM:, rabllikrr. JASPER. I t Ol ver Perry Ludlow, a prominent Indiana whig before the ar. and since then a leader in the republican pan?, died, on the ith. ai La Pott ln! . agsl S9 years Secretary Shaw, on ihr 8th. transmitted to congress a request for flä.UOu additional fir the department td justice for 'enforcement of the antitrust lao.'' Representative GilleU. of hiassachueetts. Introduced a MB in congress. 01 the th, " to protect anti-gambling law from nullification by Interstate enabling by telegraph. Senator Hoar introduced a bill la congress, on the 11th. providing for a site and authorizing; the erection, in Washington. D C . of a monument to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Cora, dowager counter of Strafforc (formerly Mrs. Samuel G Colgate, ol New York, and M T Kennard wen married, on the tth. at S: Georsei church. Hanover square. London Commander Cameron Mi R Wiaslo was designated, on the Sth. as nava. aid to the president, to succeed Capt W. S. Cowles, who had been aligned to command the new ta:-:--h p Missour: Chairman J K Jon on the 9th. Issued a call for the meeting of the democratic national committee, naming January as the date and the Shoreham hotel. Washington. D. C . as the place. Mrs Everett Mallory Culver, daugh ter of Senator Clark, of Montana, was granted a divorce, in New York city. n the loth, from Dr E M Culver, by Justice Maddov of the a-ptvme court. Half an hour's hearing in the dlroret court, in Iondon. on the l"th. sufficed to secure for Countess Mabel Russell, who sued her husband. William Brown, a former coachman, for divorce, a da creo nisi. The British tlalOnT Flora, which crashed into the rocks at Village Point. B. C. was floated, on the l"th the vessel having meantime been lightened until she was a mere shell. She was leaking badly. Cardinal Herrero y Espinoza. arch bishop of Valencia, died, on the th at Madrid Cardinal Herrero y Espir.oza was 11 years old. He was ere ated a cardinal by the late Pope Lec XIII . on June last. Minister Thomas at Stockholm. Sweden, cabled the state department at Washington. f C . on the Sth. that the government of Sweden and Norway had recognized the Republic of Panama as an independent state The I'nited States Potters' association, in session at Washington. D. C on the id. re-elected the following offker? President. Joseph G l-e; secretary'. H. A. Keefer; treasurer James G. Godwin, all of East Liverpool. O. i: ht human skeletons, supposed to be- the remains of continental soldiers who perished during the revolution, were uncovered, on the 7th. by workmen excavating in City Hall park. N. w Yrk. near the old ball of records In :ie presence nit l.n reople. and wp.i elaborate ceremoiilo. Gov. J. C. W Berkham, at Frankfort. Ky . on th 8th. was for the second time inaugurated as governor of Ken'ueky. making the thir l 'ime he had taken the oath In that office. The New York state board of can-va-sffl, at Its meeting, at Albany. N Y.. on the llth. d-c!ar. 1 th-- $1"1.'".-fo-liarg- canal project carried, by a Vote of 21"'. 'II - Th-r.' w.-re "10 toftei in favor of the proposition, and 427 against it Hal T Iewls. prominent throughout the state, and formerly associate justice of th tJeorgia supreme court, died at tlreenslwirtr Ga. on the loth, pg' d ."' As a i- legate to the Chicai democratic convention, in VtM. lie nominated William J. Br;. an for the praaHeDcy. V T Mafiott, meiver of the Vardalia railroad, announced, on the Sib, that he had appointed Benjamin K li Kean. general manager of the Van daiia nd. to suceed H. I Miller. wh was appointed eeneral manager of th J lock Island system, with headquar tens at Chicago. The house committee on industrial art and wxposltions decided, on the 10th. to take up immediately altar the holiday re-ccHs the Williamson bill for an exposition at Portland. Ore. cele brating the one hundredth anniversary of th Iwls and Clark expedition tc th Had lie crast. It Stag reported on theith 'hat the iverted cruiser Yankee and the gun boat it ;., ka. of the Atlantic traliflnt nonadroTi. now in Hampton Roads would a company the cruiser Minneap oli to Orleans to participate it the en nnial of the Iw msih Par chase. Iieemlter II to 20. Representative Pnnce. of Illinois, a BiemliiT of the banking and currency committee. Introduced a bill in coo gre ; on ths 7th. providing that 1190. t.f t'.t- puldic mon new d posited with national bank :;.-"t rU stall be Invested by the secretary of the treasury st the rat of I J. 906.000 O month la date. count y and mnnhvpal bonds which pay jptern-t ( :; then two per cent

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N V 1 RRTF1R Coxp : - - xt.sxls Scarce. FIFTY EIGHTH CONGRESS. Tha rreert lnr-tlctVv frau. t:.c : r.- 1 1- la Mr ; cd frt t ... - - rXI " T' , ' t p., J kC-.-n of the hur tl. i. : l ihe apeoiuri' i.- --a ?v. irrocity MU as prep. t act with a like ite to reprewst the 'r in Xw fr-nm-oasfalfvw of th S. r.-te- Th-r w ? sene cn th '.Ith. no i rm :'.jr Mil. fa of tbrts Mppci ff th Mil and ' ion to tt The oppo mad- tr Mr Bard tt c.!.T-r.dl that the t'nl und-r no lltKf to to "uta. i"edail" whaait pursue two tnjtu ladtMUtaa. Mr. McCrr In t tn a - ive furthe- aid to do so ww rlows to our own r. f Kentucky, i th senate, and tin with oar towards Cafcw. beJIeved it t'3 f tf"rm Bsvwhttr of PanbT this onPERSONAL AND GENERAL. Misa Clizaheth Cillespie. who SM bot 7 "n assassin while sitting at a window, on the Sth. died at Rising Sun. Ind.. on the b'th. The murderer has not been arrested. The hearings on the bill mr-ninar statehood to New Mexico began oa the llth. before the bous- cxmitt-e on territories The bill wa aJvocatod by a delegauon o! citizens from that territory. The post office at Altheimer. Ark . was burglarized, no the Huh. and rec kttered packages containing tZ.'fV were taken There w as an clew to the burgiars Fire, on the I'sth. destroyed t bewholesale millinery stock of Lyman Uro, at Cedar Rapids, la. loss. SS.Stw. with SO per cent insurance A dispatch to a London news agency from Monte Carlo nnnonp'rc death there, on the loth, of Baron de Rothschild Edward Irkin. who killed Harvey Bardonner, at Salina. Kas . on Oc tober 29 last. was. on the l'nb. found guilty of murder fa the second decree The pre-:dnt on 'he llth pardeiped John Barttaglia. who was coavicted in Bt lmis for using false ceriflcate of naturaliration. and was sentenced, on May Zi 1 tn imprison meat for threw vear tn the Missouri peniten Uary The pardon w craned ia federation of services rendered the governTiett !n seturing he cobv:cIob off the principal i on pi rat or The cabinet mating, on th Uth, was comparative ly brief Some anater reiatinc a ma were d seace of the saa ill. ao d - ' ' r. I id. hat ia the abary of at who HttMi wa UKU.

The "Hying squadron" of th Chleaax police department eontrr. fd It toand op. on the night of the 1 Ph. of all f rsons who could not satisfactorily account for the.r presence on the streets after ten o'clock Twrniyfive arrest sere made and a few gun raptured On.- of the men carried a file, auger and a Utile of powder Senator Teller introduced a bi!' In congress, on the Uth. to establish pro bate courts la Indian territory The part of the Club theater In Joplla Mo. containing the sale, was peeked, on the morning of the llth by burglar, who secured In money The president sent to the senate, on the llth. the nomination of Cornelian

X Van Hosen, to be registrar or tne I J ce Springfi. 1 MO ey. KiCatbo'.ie bishop of Manchester. N H was reported critically ill. on th llth. of intestinal trouble. John McCrea. the colored murderer -f Detective William M irphy. hanged at Peoria. Ill on the lit LATE NEWS ITEMS. I

fenate- Immediately after the cools. I elusion o' the rojttnc bi!iness. on 'he e-1 12th. the senat- r umed discussion if the Cuban reciprocity bill with Mr. p- ' Foster La t as the peakt-r He opJ2i Posed the bill oc toe ground of ita tw-1 eaactment into law would prove tnJJjj I jnrioas to the sugar producing an J mä. I other imrorcant irterest- of tl e l'nitet JJJ States. Th president sent ti th- ent a: ate the following nominations: AssistJJ'ant treasurer. Thomas J Aikins. at h-.St Lc-u;s Mo Env-y extraordinary JJ'and minister plenipotertiary to Pan

ama. William I Buchanan, or isev York General Manag- r Gridlej of the Chicago. Peoria t Louts railroad stared, on the Kith, that there was no truth in the report that the road had been sold to the Cincinnati. Hamilton k fmyton. and declared that no offers had been made for the road from any awrce. He said the Chicago. Peoria t St. Louis w juid allow other roads tn use its tracks to St. Louis for the World's lair buslness. Adjt -Gen Scott issued an order on the l.rh. at Saringfkld. II!.. announcing the appointment of John V. Clinhan as iuspector of rifie practice of the Fifth ttttsnii :nfantry. vice Butler, to rank as captain The re-electkin of Albert E. Butler as first lieutenant of Troop C. First cavalry, was confirmed Chicaco was selected, on -be 12th as the place for holding the next nat"!3. r- - an .. Th

rjJVr vote wa as follows Chicago. 43; 'jImb r-ec-1 Pittsburg 7 t 1uis. 1 The coml xiheheu i,ni5tee' fixed June 21. at 12 o'clock, as a be m ..1 .the time for the meeting of the contlowaT,ln I Ten ioB' tion of um I Torr. Clark a member of tue Belknap E tkth I nr ' eounterfefters which had -Wtken th -keadq carters in 'nicag-. and wanted P;it Itork Island Gaksbarg. Rockford j.1 Vhe!BB other places in Illinois, was arr .lrpste'1 00 ,h ,-fh- f Cedar Rapids if sort t r F federal authorities. Clark con-

MStML John J BerrT of Ramena. Has . sued Hiarl. Hap?ooc miMionaire plow manufacturer, for fi" " personal damc-s ar.-l - -"sent damsee- Berry tt !h;ri- loan and !an 1 agent and was re.-ntly c la reed with emberrlement. but acquitted. M V Coons i banker of C!-veland. 0. ewnFleted the deal, on the 12th. f-r ov-r : a r.f nil land fn ' -n part of Chau'anona cotm'ies. Kas. Snate Tre senate spent the 14th on the Cuban bill, most of the time beinc ore-pied ty Mr Bailey, of Texas :a an elabora'e argument against the constitutionality of the proceeding Ho, claimed that no treaty chang ng fho revenue laws that was not first authorized by legislation originating in the I house of representatives was valid Mr. I Bailey also oppted the bill as a matI Ter of general policy Brief sp-e hs jwero made by Senators Teller. Depew and Lodge At I I'" o'dork the sena'e went into executive session, and at 4:15 adjourned House The house was in session for a little mora than four hours, on the 14th. during which time there was a general disi ussiwn on varied topics The pension appropria tion bill w before the h"-.-- : r.o cone lusion on it was reaw bed The istbanal and the Repxibiii of Parv'he tariff, tobacco interests and que?enr.s affecting labor sere dei,ad The house, at t IS, adjourned until the MUh Viola Sands Hazard, thm-.ghr to be the oldest woman ia Rhode Island, died. r the 14th. at her home at Wakefield. R I . at the age of !.. years She was known as the only d - nt of the sole survivor of the ship Palatine, which was wrecked at Mock Inland in e -en'tin and h:r h liecame celebrated as the "phantom shipin Whi'lier l poem D. C Copley member of the executive hoard of the Western Federation of Miners, who was arrested at Victor. Col . on the 1 .Ith. by the militja. was rHensed. on the 14th. by an order of Got. Pea body He was one of 2-! men fhar-d with dynamiting' the Sua Moon mining property at Idaho Spring Col School children placed a bolt on the track where the incoming: Rock Island Pacific passenrer tra.n fron ttw east at a point ten miles nua of Colorado pr.n. Coi. oc 'je !4tl:, and the tooo I motive, baxzaga car and first osSatl I see deraile.1 Thtce trainmen were bad'y hurt. I'nited Saaras minister Iteaipre ro pnrtevl to be state department at Vasht::rton. I C. from BopMa on the llth. that ereryhinc was quiet there cd be saw no occasion to postpone h i Hati of ateenre. and he wrsild -'art at once f.e the l aited Spates The rief Justice 4 the supreme court of the I aired States, oa the 14th. aanooared a recess of that body .'-if two -, from 'be 21st

WITHIN OI R LIMITS.

News by Telegraph from Various Towns in Indiana. ( 4urlal St-hitul. HfStiouth. lnd . Dec. 11. A traveling a. ho.)l of i ourtkhip. by means of which orphan girls, reared to womanhood iu the institution which she conducts here, may be provided with husbands, is the novel scheme which Mr Julia E Work will . it into execution next summer. She Cr has under her care more than a score of girls who have rant hsi a marriageable age. and next sprinj; she will go west with the girls When a suitor appears and makes his choice his worthiness will be put to the strengest tests. Should he come up to all Mrs Work's requirements she will buy the license and pay the preacher. 4. ! law. Indianapolis. Ind . Dec. 11 The supreme court has declared that the gravel roal law. enacted last spring, is constitutional The suit decidt-d was brought by Melvin L Bowiin. to prevent therotistrut tion of a road in Tipton countv and the col lei tion of asst-ssmentsfor it- .ur. The ol'jt . :cn urgt d against the act was that the title wa defective and provided for taking proprry without due pro. - s of law . and also i onferretl i lasa privileges To ait wuuf Beate. Terre Haute. Ind.. Dec. 11 Pr sirler.t Wilson, of District No. 8. I'nited Mine Workers of America, the block coal district, has issued a call for a special convention to meet at Brazil January z to consider such changes in next year a scale or working agreement as may be de:red. The delegates to th-- rational convention, which meets in Indianapolis Jatuarv 20. will be Instruc'eU on 'hese points. .Irl rrolril. Sullivan. Ind . Dec. 11 Five girls anc. one boy have been arrested, charged w;;h l-in-lir.i: :h;r t.ai l.er. Mi?s Krln.e Sin lair, and leaving her to die in a pond of i y water Warrants were secured harging each of the following with assault and battery: Floyd Dtckard.Ii.a Bechatd, Parl Parks. Katherine Parks. Jessi'-a McC.eilan and Gertrude McCleilan. Hnppii Msrelsd. Madison. Ind . Iec. 11. Miss Jennie F -- u - hool tea In-rat I" r -r. V,s., some time ago had an encounter with w:,di-at. vanquishing the animal am! die playing great bravery . An account of the incident was nad by John E Bower, a wealthy farmr near here. II paid court to Misa Foes through the mails. Ml suit was favorably reosivBi and th? o-h.r day -h- were n.arried. heewaal teheel. Xoblesville. Ind. Dec. 11 Prof. Walrer Jessup. superintendent q the Westfield public schools, was here and stated that all of the arrangements have been eotnpleted for a norma' school in that town next spring It will be a permanent institution, and will be in the charge of Prof Jessup The idea Is to make a spec ialty of training '"achers. ants a I'a rtila. Richmond Ind . Ih 1 1 S ' ers. of Indianapolis, mother of Orlis Sellers, who was sent to the Indiana reforn.atorv fr m 'hi- iy fiv.' tarato for larceny, is here with a petition to the board of pardon.- asking that a parole be gran'ed her son The petition is being generally signed by the ioeal court officials and other well-known men. I.inrrnmrnl foltlna. Indianapolis. Ind . Dec. IL On January 5 of next year the l'nit d .-"tares civil service commission will hold examinations in this city for the posiMoni of stenographers and typewriters bt the I'nited States and Philippine ser.icc. The examinations are open to men and won n. although men prefer rei to fill the positions. Itinl in l.rrmioi). Richmond. Ind . Dee. 11. Omar I Hirtie. one of the wealthiest bitsiteaa men in astern Ir. i. r i I at Heii.elberg. Germany. h !. had been -r ten months for the beat fir of his hea.th. He was .".1 years of aw Mr Hin lev. as born and reared here, being the son of pioneer settlers of eastern Indian. BanpOeye crirbrato. New Aibany. Ind. Ib-c il -Thnnas Birch, one rf th pMesl employes in the servh of the Monon eompany. i e'obrated his eighty-first birthday anniversary He ha- b n or. u ay roll of the company for over I years and is now flagman at the Kim street crossing. a stssaa imo, Indianapolis. Ina . Ie 11. A WashInrt in dispatches sa that astatemcnt fufn i?t. d " th- hutis chow- thatmstoms taxes aggregating $.-or.8J were BStlactea in Indiana in the last fiscal year. Of this amount fi.:.: ,w wa-Iri-ted In this city and $42 721 at Kvanrvllle Jtilneit the Murines. ;re ncastie. Ind. De II Rev. W. M Porter a ctndent at De Pans- university, who disappeared so mysteriously abotr rn days ago. has notified the people in Green astle of his a hereabours He is now starb, ned in Washington D. C In the marine harracka I nmpriimUril. For- Wayne. Ir.d . Dee. 11 Aftr IS years of litigation, the suit of S bast lan Miller against the Wabash railroad for setting fire to plaintiff's grove of willow basket trees has ben set'led by mm. promise. The Wabash patg Miiler H.1 I and seftbs the costs. Hnre Mrrliiig Indianapolis. Ind. Dec 11 -The annual meeting of the Indianapolis Haclng association will he held at :he Grand hotel on DerenilvrlT. wh n tl fiireetetw will cuirider the qaestion ofgivinctwe race meetings In Indlanaw:i rext year.

1 PLOT TO KILL MINISTER POWELL

Assassination of American Minister Planned at Sao Domingo. HATCHED IN THE CABINET esse IM! la laeassessmee i ailed Isal Mlelalsi Peateti Hern Meetlel I. lliiiuliilraa reneal Wsassal at Ren foots New York le U -The Nasi Vorh vVorld this morning prints the following: News of a plot to assassinate I'nited riMtes Minister Powell at San D'tn tigo ss recalToa Is 'ins city Mnsidaj it was bmughi to the Dominican consulteSsSrsi, Manuel I .1 Galvan. by a BSSS v i.jer arriving OS the ieSJnOf Foxhall from Puerta Flau. The private dispatches bear the signature of a prnsslllf Ii r Dominican official TIo- dispaiches also tell of two attempts on the lite of Jimincz Halehed in the OavMaet The she ssntasl Minister Posrell wss hatched in the cabinet of the provisional gov eminent, of which G-u Morales is the head. It is said that on the nistht id Deoasshsr I a high official of the provisional government made the propoMtioii "I assassination 'o the Mitrales cabinet in the following wtirds: We must get rid of MtSlfttT Powell. He is too independent and we tan do nothing with him If he is out of the way. we can get a minister sent here whom we ran influence. It will be an easy matter let a logiis fiht be started with Powell within easy striking distance Should the American fall in the melee he would have been killed by acc ident It Is our only way to get rid of him " Minister ritel the I'lnn. Several members of the cabinet. Carlos Guiebra. the minister of iis.ts and telegraphs, in particular, approved the plan of assassination, but it was aliaiidoned by a formal vote The lesi-ln-formed men on the island, however. lelieve that the vote wa.-. a trick to appease the few objectors, and that .Minister Powell s life is in imminent danger. MANY HAVE CLOSE CALL I hl rt -I lit hl Winnen I nrrlril 1 Safel) I'roni h tliirniiiu I hieaitu iinti'i Several l eeeaaelens Chicago Dee. 1" Pani -stricken, several endeavoring to leap from wiudows in their frantic attempts to escape. :!8 women, ail scantily clad, were driven out of the four-story buildings at HI Michigan avenue, used as servants' quarters for the Auditorium hotel, by fire early Monday morning The structure is jus south of the Auditorium Annex. B determined effort all were rescued. A number were found unconscious in the smoke-swept hallways of the burning buildings and were carried out into the bitter cold and to ssjstf Only by the early discovery of the flames ami prompt anion on the part of the members d" the night force of the annex wa a holocaust prevented The property loss was slight. SURRENDER UNION CARDS. The i inb Peel senpans Sags triarr Mimt lleelile HrlMeen COSBS I'tiin and the Minrm' llilitn. Salt Ike City. I'tah. Dee. l."i Any miner who wants to work for the I'tah Fuel Co must choose between the company and the miners' union." said VtOSPresiuent Kramer of the I'tah Fuel Co "We will not take liac k a single one of the strikers so lonf as thev are unwilling to surrender their union cards." Th Utah Fuel Co i ahttofs the mines at Sunnvside. Winter Quarters. Scofleld and Castle Gate, whit li have hStfJ Iartially tied up for several nonlS as ;he result tf the miners' sirik MURDER SUSPECT ARRESTED. I v if I ill. Mi-- Wittti. I in I mi ii i-et ! MIHI I i-hlr KJUtaa In Stt I '! milurril in .in iiiIii. Detroit Mu h. Hit. tf Two Italians, both aged IS years whw gave ue names "! John Miriani and Louis Stella, were arrested across the rtfef Is Windsor, 'in, .Monilay night by Ieteitve Ferdinand Palma The nu n are wanted in Si Loads In connection with the murder of an American by three Italians in that ity I)eiemler 5 The susimi ts ame ui ross the river without itemandlnir extradition. They are said to have admitted being in St. Louis when the murder was committed, but harge that a third Italian whose name is withheld. m rn It ted the crime lli-lrmilp Psoas rrti Mien. Washington. Dec. 16 The committee on insular affairs of the house Monday favorabh reported a bill giving Porto Rico a delegate In conuress. Hint at l hnniili-. KM. Chanu'e. Kas. Dec. 15 During S drunken not on the streets here a policeman shoi iM McLaln through the ehest McLaln and Klisha Wells then made a stand and fired into a im il -f 1!ki tM-rsons who pursued them A policeman returned the shots, but none was hurt. McUin will likely die. ilmlral InilliMv I mprni lnr. leew York, Dec IT, Hear-Admiral N"ll Ludlow, who has !cct, Rt his home tn Oakdab. L I., with heart disease, wis said Monday to U greatly impro.' tl

V0TIN6 FOR 6ENERAL STRIKE

Trades Councils in Chicago Plan For 30,000 Men to Wslk Out. Tke Quratlua I flrOVrlaa a strike I Ihr Nforlv V ard Krtpluyra Is I'rartleall "rlilrU. Chiiaio l r Failing in their attempt to BSCSSw favorable terms, delegates to the pa-king trades SBSSSSthl Monday ssSSSSa t go ahead with their plans for a PMtnl MrUpj of the stisk yard employes The piestinu d ordering a strike -ill be voted on by the various unions The ac tion met with the approval of the meeting uf oleomargarine workers held Monday night The pac king trades council held Monday decided that nothing but a settlement f the coopers' strike on terms acceptable to the strikers -an prevent a general strikte. While they are preparing for a walkout the officers of the union are endeavoring to avoid trouble if possible. Headed by Michael Donnelly, their inteniatiun.il pn-ident. (;.- r. ;.. . rr.i lives of the employes called on the packers Monday They discussed the demands of the coopers, the pat kers de lar.ng the were w illing to pay 2." cents an hour They stipulated, however, that what they term "light repair work" should be done by boys at the rate of l.'i cents an hour This later demand of the packers led to the breaking off of the conference, ihe men delaring that 1,40)0 strikers would tie thrown out of wotk Another i inference will In? held to-day. SERIOUS FIRE AT PITTSBURG. t It. -men liirrroar l nukr aaS . riii 11 a I ll.ii i. I : knot Will each al I ii-t SltVW.Otat. Pittsburg. Dec li After an exciting tiht of four hours in the bitter cold Monday firemen succeeded in subduing one of the most stubborn an 1 SaUaparOSS tire- the department ha beer ' a I led n to handle for some time. Spontaneous tombusion is the only cause iven for the fire, which was first discovered on the seventh th - r of the Arrot power building. The loes will reach at least fi" '.- r bn't-d between the Mb higan Furnittire Co, ILiw.-'! ! ' ravitu and Printing Gi. R W Ihunie Flectnplaune Co . the Pluml r Suj'ply Co . the Chuddy ChewiPi.- Gum Co and other smaller oecnpan. uf tin- building Th losses are pretty well toeersi by insurance. Cap; William Menuett of engine company No I and Joseph Furley. nossleman. wire overcome by smoke and were seriously burned before their conirab-s could rescue them. DROPPED DEAD IN COURT. n Ku-tt hi cm una li Hi. .1 lit it-nrt OIri- a Me trirtl In: Ihr !lnema llu. Chicago. Iec Ci After having walked slowly a ross the rowde! ourt root i. and just as he was preparing to step into the witness box, John H Fi a her. 7" years of age. and a!led as a sjftatM Monday in a laneny axbefore Judg Walker in the criminal court, suddenly pitched forward and dropped dead at ihe feet of the Jurymen The aged man died instantly, 'supposedly of hean disease. He did not mutter a word rr move a mu le after he dropped to the Ü xir. The court room was- thrown into confusion, and extra bailiffs were netessary to keep back the throng as the body was carried out and removed in an aribulame. SIX SAILORS ARE DROWNED. Seh'tttiirr SaHOfW' llmnr Urion V iure Darlaa ' Irrce I. air anil VII tin It. nnl l.nat. ft Johns. N F . Dec 15 During the fieri e gale Sunday night ihe schooner Sailors' 11":-.' v.as ilriven ashore at St Mary 's bay and the i rew of Ix persons perished The s booner It now a der Ii t. and ws seen dr.fting about in the ix in Moiiday This Is the second disaster of 'he kind in the last two weeks, the previous one liclng the wreck on Ferryiand Mead, near ",iie Ha'", of the Danish schooner Sirrld Dn ihat oxaslon flsbernien were lowered : :et down rhe face of ihe cliffs by means of ropes. reMUin:.' ib. Indies of ih five mem tiers of the crew and giving 'hem Christian burials. The crew of the Sailors' Home ha-. e not yet lien seen, hut they will probably be washed SsnOfe today GREAT HONOR CONFERRED. inif. Mwasfc Kleelsi la i-iae t. mht rahlf In the M nl Ittrulmien I --nilrO nl l.timlatn. Chicago. Dec. 15.- Prof. George W Hough, a member of the faculty of Northwestern university, and prominently known as an authority on astrunoniv . was mtified by cable Monday that he had been elected to aasoci.Me membership In the Royal Astronomical Society of Ixindoc. This Is considered one of the greater.! honors that 'an be irranted to an astronomer. V..O- in Dewllaoe irike. Teiluride. Ool., Ihn If The m'?.r union bus voted to continue the mi ... in thi district until a settlement ioi an eirht-hoiie day is reSShSa with mine and nilli managers The mine mtnp gers say they will not recognise th' union or grant its- demands. it. fnetl " in Waats. Boston. DSC IS A reduction in wager averaging ten per cent involving operative!, i made. Monday, in the c: on mills at Adams. North Adaoi. Miss , and Norwich. Conn.