Ligonier Banner., Volume 38, Number 46, Ligonier, Noble County, 11 February 1904 — Page 2

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: APPORTIONMENT ACT.Judge Artman Hglds the Law Uncon- ; stitutional. | . Lebanon, Ind., Feb. 2—Judge Samuel R Artman Monday rci:xdere'd his decision in the suit recently filed here by the democrats to test the constitutionality of the last legislative apnor- ‘ tionment act. He holds the law unconstitutional and in commenting upon it says: : ‘ f : . "Thb}infaimess in thisg’ apportionment asto the counties of Shelby, Han- - cock, Rush, Decatur and Bartholomew bécomes glaring when compared with the district of Fulton, Miami and Wa.bash, wherein the voting population of Fulton and the excess of Miami is *only 80 short of the official unit but is i united with the excess of Wabash, ,forming a district with a voting population 694 in excess of the official unit.” The gnly pleadings &\l)n;)g?ted by. the defendants were in a demurrer which ~admitted facts menticned in the com- . plaint to be true, but ai‘guéd that they _~did not constitute the cause of action. The demurrér whs overruled. The de“fendants were ruled to b-nswer the complaint but declined and elected to * stand upon the riiling on the demurrer. Judgment f\\"as*remié_)red 111'1 favor of the plaintiff on the ruling on demur- { rer. An appeal was tdken:to the su- ! preme court. e 1 - TRAIN DERAILED. ./ A Number of Spikes and Boits Had . Besn Removed, ' | . Rrinceton, Ind., Feb. 1.«;—-A’ passcn- _ geritrain on the Southern railroad was derailed east of here Sunday. The" . train was running at the rate of 2011 miles an hour wien it left. the rails:The baggage car and day coach were thrown from their trucks and rolled down the embankment. There were i Ny paséengers on the trahi. but all escaped with slight injuries.|. An examination revealed that a number cf‘ spikes and bolts had™ heen removed from the rails, and the detectives claim to have a elew to thfg guilty persSons. : ' = : 4 - e e CAUGHT IN MACH!{NERY. b Theodore Robbins, a Millwright, Was , : ~Crushed to Death. 3iD i = " ~ Fort W;@np, Ind., Feb: 2.—Theodore Robbins, a millwright employed. by the . Fort Wayrne iron and steel mill, was | - crushed to death Monday. The accident occurred while he wés oiling the carrier. chains. His clothing became entangled in the machinery jand he was drawn info the rollirwfig mill, His body was mashed into a|pulp before the machinery (*ould_l'ie s;topped. : -Peculiar Double WJ‘d'&ing. . Frawkfort, Ind., Feb. 3—A double . wedding of many unusual features " took place in this city-at the home of Mrs. Jeannette Lucas, one of the . brides. The contracting Qparties were James P. Dudley, of Paxton, 111., and Mrs. Jeannette Lucas, of this city, and Ediwin ‘R. Weymer and Miss Alta Dudley. Mr. Dudley and Miss Dudley are : fath’r and daughter, and the ceremony was{ performed by Be\-'. Joseph DudJey, af Linden, Ind., a sofl of the senfor Mr. Dudley. el i S G ‘ Ended His Own Life. - . Lafayette, Ind., Feb. 2.—Standing in -his room and pressing tixae trigger of a shotgun with his toes, Vincent Hinton. a farmer near here, hlew hjs head off. The crazed man defied his neighbors and threatened to kill them if they interfered. A s‘nnsq"oke, suffered - ten years- ago, is given as the cause "of his wrecked mind. | . . : Burg:ars Rob’ Safloon. . Brownstown; Ind., Feb. 3.—The salocon of Henry .Lahrmani was entered by burglars, and the cash taken from -the safe. The combination of the safe was.not turned on. Thry pried open the-ircn doer ef«tlieoash{ box and car-l - ried away the contents, consisting of $3OO in cash -and $l,OOO in checks. - ~ Eaflham’Cotfiegg',.WOn[.the Game. Richmond, Ind., Feb. I.—Earlham collége defedated Wittenberg university of Springfield, 0., 28 to 21 in a basket hall game. The contest was a brilliant one on both sides, and the result 'was in doubt until/ the last five | minutes of play. g g St ' To Protect Presidentg‘floo’seve!t. South Bend, Ind., Feb} 2.—A bulletproof cloth company of South Bend ~ will send this week to Prgsident Roosevelt a bullet-proof vest to be worn by “the president as a prot’pction against - assassins. e : : Signed With the Dayton Team. ' Knightstown, Ind., Ft%b, 2.—Shirley - Reeves, of this city{, has signed a con- ~ tract to pitch during the coming sea- - son for the Dayton (O.) Central league 1 team. Reeves played with Noblesville : a'zfxd; Tipton last year: ; ‘ .. Woman Terribly Burned. Frankfort, Ind., Feb. 2.—Mrs: Abracham HAmilton, wife of a rural mail carrier, was fearfully‘};urned by the explosion of a gas stove. Her cloth- - ing was burned from the body and her; hair. was purned f_fi‘om the head. l . Her recovery is doubuul. : gy femeeo e 1 " 'Spelling Society Epidemic. - o ?,uggiswj}l?, Ind:, Feb. 2—A desire ~Tot perfection in spelling is epidemic ‘here.. Farl Eikenberry, a teacher, has organized a “‘spelling society,” which 'me%;;fl;mng,the‘ week and is attendo* v large’ ‘érowds.‘wj ‘ L . ;*‘thUchnm Fire. : - Alexandria, Ind., Feb. I.—Flames qri%?at_f‘gg from an overheated furnace’ Sunday morning; destroyed the First M. 'B, chureh. | The building, i WM*M{:@ brick, ‘b as huilt two ~ years ago at a cost of $28,000. It and xm?c‘%fi*tfits&efé‘%fifim for $13,000. Mfifipw’m@ e, i Bfl@ievwegfig Feb. 2—ln a fight with knives ‘here ififl#&.‘:z:mmerman - received wounds that are thought to 'be fatal. Young z?@%m mmerman is a son .~ of one of fhe wealthiest men of WarWk oty

TOOK ORGANIZATIONS’ MONEY. The Miners’ Union Procured the Ar- " rest of the Embezzler. ; ~ Brazil, ind., Feb. 3—T. P. Lewis, joint representative for the counties of Clay and Owen, was arrested Tuesday on a charge of embezzling $670 from Miners’ local 244. - * | : ) When taken before Justice Couch, Lewis admitted that he spent the money while under the influence of liquor. He was hound over to the grand jury under $l,OOO bond, which he could not give. . ; "He is: the son-in-law of James L. Kennedy, secretary of the United Mine Workers’ union of the bituminous district. e

| AT A RIPE OLD AGE. ' | R ‘The First White Child Born in North- | ern Indiana Expires. Kokemo, Ind., Feb. 2.—Mrs. Betsey Durett died here . Monday, agzed 92 years. She was the first white child born in Northern Indianma, her parents having come to the state in 1808. - When a 'child Mrs. Durett was abducted by the Indians and held captive until 19 years of age, when she was rescued by a company of militia tinder Capt. James Durett. She subseauently married ‘her rescuer. The Indians called her the “White Angel of the Iroguelsr . ‘ _ fe b DIED IN THE CEMETERY.' Ceath Came Upon Him As He Dug Grave For Another. . Decatur, Ind.,. Feb, .3.—The frozen body of Samuel Slobough, sexton of the city cemetery, was found Tuesday aflerneon . He bad just completed a grave for lLieut. Eddington, a Philippine soldier, and- when the funeral party reached the, cemetery bearing -the body, his comrades made the discovery. Slobough had dug graves for more than 30 years and was 60 years old. ° Tiie Judge Reconsidered the Sentence. Terre Haute, Ind., Feb. I.—James Rogers, a coal miner, was on the way to the state prison to serve two years for shooting with intent to kill Perry Johnson, a saloonkeeper, who was tormenting him while drunk, when a.telegram caused the sheriff to return with him. *Judge Perry reconsidered the sentence, and sent him to jail for 60 days_. : i : Dropped Dead With Heart Failure. Lafayette, -Ind., Feb. 3.—Liman N. Andrews, claim agent of the Wabash railroad, dropped dead with heart failure on the streets of this city. The deceased was formerly general freight agent of the old Indiana, Pennsylvania & Chicago railroad at Indianapolis for 19 years: o ! - A New Traction Line. \ Shelbyville, Ind., Feb. 2.—Arrangements are being completed for the incorporation of the Shelbyville; Hope & Columbus Traction €o. The capital stock will be $lOO,OOO. The line will pass atong Flatrock Cave, one of the largest: resorts in this part of the state. e - Murder Is Suspected. Osgood, Ind., Feb. I.—George Newman, who has been missing from his home near Napoleon since Monday, has been found by a searching party. He was:buried in the sugW. It is not known whether ke was frezen to death or had met w@_\gnyxflay. as gashes on his head would Indicate. : Buys Her Life With a Kiss. . Mishawaka, Ind., Feb.-I.—Pleading that she might be spared-from another cruel knife thrust at the:feet of Dennis D. Sharkey, who wielded the keen blade, Lydia Phillips Sunday night saved her life by complying with the request of her assailant for one kigs.

Charles Sumner. Arreszed. Petersburg, Ind., Feb. 3.—Charles Sumner, aged- 17, was*asrrested’ and placed under $l,OOO bond- -Tuesday afternoon for alleged complicity in the assault of Mrs. Lafayefté Dedman in Gladdish Chapel a few.weeks ago. He is a son of a prominent farmer and politician. X A Sleeping Gitl's Walk. Frankfort, Ind., Fey. 3.—Clothed on-’ 1y in her night appawel, with the temperature hovering #&bout the zero ‘mark, Miss Queen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hy I\laXW'eLk;Z’firose from her bed in the éarly houms and walked six squares to the home f'gt,_an -uncle. ; ‘ Snow Ten. Feet Deep. - Marion, Ind,, Feb. 3.—The fiercest blizzard ever expefienced here is raging. About 15 ig(‘hes of snow had fallen, waen a galé blowing 60 miles an hour struck }%re. The snow has drifted in iplacés~along the public roads ten feet deep. - ; Retur@ed%.gg;"His' Old Quarters. Jeftérsonvifte, Ind;, Feb. 3.—Charles W,\’ne,:?‘g;e? 17-year-old boy who was given. a ‘patole of five days to go to his home, at Tell City, to attend the funeral of his sister, returmed unattended, and took up his old quarters in the refomatory». : Building a Creosote Plant. - New Castle, Ind., Feb. 3.—The Big Four Railroad Co. is building a large saw mill and creosote plant at Shirley, near here. It is the intention of the company to treat cross ties and bridge timbers with creosote. eel e e i : Leap Year Proposal Club. . - Indianapolis, Tnd., Feb. 2.—A special says a ‘Leap Year Proposal club” is being formed by the young women of Dunkirk. . The object of the club will be to send written proposals of marriage to the young men favored by the club members. < . Football Player Dead. : Lafayette, Ind., Feb. 2.—Ray Ed‘wards, aged .19, a son of a well to do farmer residing nine miles west of this city, died Monday as the result of inJjuries received to his spine while playing football last fall.- = :

- TYPHOID ALSO ACQUIRED. Germ of the Dixease Has Been Brought in from New Poskessions ' by Soldiers. . _The cost of the wars .oz the United States in foreign climes from disease has been far greater than from the bullets of the enemy, and the conquest of the Philippines is no exception to the rule, says a medical journal. During the Spanish-American war the unfortuJDate conditions that developed' in the camps even at home proved serious by giving: 6pportunities for the wide distribution “of typhoid germs. It is probable that some cf the malaria of recent years in districts formerfy little affected by its germs has been | due to the same cause. Relapses of malaria are not uncommon ,in the springtime, and:so the mosquito gets the chance to become inoculated by the malarial parasites and to spread them in a region never before infected. The epidemie of smallpcx which occurred in this country during the Spanish-Amer-ican war was undoubtedly due to the importaticn of this disease by the campaigners from Cuba and Porto Rico and its transfer to many parts of the country by these discharged soldiers. This has already cost many thousands of Ilves, and the end is not yet." ' During the last three years there has been a notewcrthy tendency to outbreaks of typhoid fever which did not exist for at least a decade before the Spanish-American.war. From a large number of the smaller towns throughout the country have eome. reports of the existence cf: typhoid fever in epidemic form. -At least four university towis have been badly frightened by the presence of typhoid, and one of them suffered.severely from the ravages of the disease.; : There is a general feeling of insecurity with regard to typhoid that probably porterds the occurrence of further epidemic® in' the near future. We now know /that typhoid fever is not the re-. sult of unsanitary conditions in general, or even of the contamination of irinking water by sewer or by excrementitious material from human beings, unless those human beings have béeni suffering from typhoid fever. Unless the pricciple that typhoid fever. never: originates de rnovo is true—that is, un- ‘ less there is an absolute connection of any given case with a preceding one of the diseiuse—all our modern bacteriology is foinded on a false assumption. " It is evident thaf a large number of scattered foci of typhoid fever have somehcw come into existence in this country, and that it is from these that the speciiic germs succeed in finding their way into drinking water or into milk ,or other food materials to cause the éisease in new subjects. The only possible cause for this renéwed activity and widespread digtribution must be some special opportunity for infection incurred by many individuals in different parts of the country. The ideal opportunity for this unfortunate process has evideatly occurred in' the Philippines. Typhoid fever has been commonly epidemic there, and curing the: last {wo years many hundreds of dfscharged soldiers have returned to their homes in the smaller towns threughout the United States; while, probably, still the hosts of typhoid bacilli. It is possible at times that the attack of the disease during tlheir campaigning may have been so slight that in the tropical climate with the liability to passing fevers among the unacclimated, the affection may have been unrecognized. It is very evident that, to the calculated cost of our new possessions in treasure and in soldiers, there must be added the fatal resulis of thesa epidemics at home. The only possibtie advantage to be derived from ‘tl;e' present unfortunate situation is to see that the essons of these epidemics shall not be lost. We are now made sure that the length of time guring which a convalescent from typhoid fever may continue to be a source of infection for others is indeterminate. G

“The fact that typhoid bacilli may remain absolutely latent in the bone marrow for many years after an attack of typhoid fever, and then after the immpnity following the attack has passed off again become a source of danger, shows that there is much yet to be learned in this matter. i

Another and even more important lesson is that the-government shall take special care that returning soldiers may not prove sources of infection. It would seem that soldiers should not be allowed to go directly from foreign countries to their homes, but-that their transfer to this country should be made some months before their discharge, in order to be sure that the possibilities for the conveyance and distribution of infection to others should have disappeared before they return to civic life. . The recent experiences in this country have taught us thht war still remains a serious source cf disease. Before the Spanish-American war it was thought that the development of sanitary science had reached a point that would enable the army medical department to preserve soldiers from epidemic disease. The idea was a complete illusion. The medical history of this country since the war shows the necessity for precaution after men have been assembled in large bodies in tropical and unsanitary climates, and must eventually. add another chapter to the science of military hygiene. L Wanted to Know. : ° “Mamma,”’ said the little Eden street boy, “does ‘dehorned’ mean ‘with the horns taken oft?’ ” “Yes, my lad.” t T -“Does ‘dethroned’ mean having his throne taken away from him?” “Yes, son.” g “Then is that the reason that a detailed account like that one the preacher gave at the missionary meeting, seemed to have had its last end removed so he couldn’t ever reach it?"— Baltimore American. : e - % What He Got. : . Hoping to receive a reward a gatekeeper on the railway between Frankfort and Berlin removed an obstruction which he himself had placed on the line ‘just as an express train was approaching. He has been sentenced to twelve months’ imprisonment. s __ Philosophical, ‘ “Do you like mountain scenery?” “] might as well.” “‘Might as well?” I fear I don’t get your.meaning,” " _ - “l 1 might as well like it, for I can’t change it.”—Houston Post. ;

The Dominican Insurgents Fire on Launch of Cruiser Yankee, Engineer Johnston Is Killed—Drastic Measures Will Be Taken to - A'vense the Murder. : a . San Domingo, Monday, Feb. I.—The insurgents this morning deliberately fired on the launch- of the auxiliary cruiser Yankee, killing J. C. Johnston, ‘the engineer. The bullet entered his head above the eye. United States Minister Powell has directed the captain of the Yankee to take drastic measures to avenge Johnston’s death and this insult to the American flag. ‘Johnston will be buried on shore this afternoon. The funeral of Johnstone took place this morning. The body was escorted to its grave in the Santa Barbara cemetery by a detachment of marines, bluejackets and officers of the Yanksée, headed by the ship’s band. There were in all 100 men from the cruiser in the cortege. United States Minister Powell, the. American consul and vice consul and nearly all the diplomatic and consular representatives here went to the funeral: Tae provisional government sent a detachment of troops to act as an escort. The flags over the governmental buildings and the various consulates were at half mast. - The coffin wascovered with wreaths of | flowers, one of which had been sent by the German consulate on behalf of Em-‘ peror William, while others from the‘ American legation, the American consulate and similar sympathizers. The streets of the city were thronged with people as the funeral procession passed and there were many expressions of sorrow at Johnstone’s death. Santo Domingo, Feb. 3.—Great surprise is expressed by all foreigners here, especially by the Americans, that the commander of the Yankee has not demanded immediate satisfaction for the inexcusable killing of Johnstone and for the firing uponthe American flag by the insurgents. ‘

- VICTIMS OF FLAMES. Three Persons Are Burned to Death in Montreal, and Six in Mahanoy City, Pa. : Montreal, Feb. 6.—Three persons were burned to- death in a fire in a small dwelling house in Cadieux street Friday, and four others probably were fatally injured. The dead: Mrs. Edward Crawford, 40 years of age; Willie Crawford, 15 years of age, son; James Hogan, 23 .years of age, son-in-law. i The injured are: Mrs. Ethel Hogan, 22 years, burned on hands, face and arms cut, may die; James E. Hogan, eight months, infant son of Mrs. Hogan, badly burned, may die; Edward Crawfox"d, 40 years, burned all over | body,/ probably will die; Thomas Hare, '35 years of age, face and hands burned, “may idie. . Three of the inmates. Mrs. Hogan, with | her infant, and Thomas Hare, jumped from the second story of the burn;?n: house. Edward Crawford was carried out after he was badly burned. The fire evidently started from an overheated kitchen stove on the lower floor and spread to the sleeping apartments. - Mahanoy City, Pa., Feb. 6.—After a night’s revelry six persons, five men and one lad, perished in flames early Friday morning at Trenton, a small mining village near here. They were: John Shisnisky, proprieior of the leocal boarding house; his son Alexander, ahd Michael Hodack, John Alanska, Joseph Kaparas and Peter Gribas, boarders. Six double dwellings were consumed. It is believed the fire originated 'froml an overheated stove and that the dead men were stupefied with drink. One of} the number appeared at the window and failing in his attempts to lift up the sash he was seen to topple over and fall back into the flames. The boy came to another window aud he, too, ‘met the sgme fate. The flames spread ‘rapidly and the occupants of other houses escaped barely clad into the ‘Streets, and while the temperature was near the zero mark. Gl

RUMOR OF AWFUL DISASTER.

Entire Town of Java Said to Have - Been Dextroyed by Voleanic Eruption—Hundreds Are Killed.

Amsterdam, Feb. 6.—Advices received here say that an entire town in the island of Java, Dutch East Indies, is reported to have been swallowed up by a volcanic eruption and that hundreds of persons were killed. : Mol Denies Charges of Salsbury. Grand Rapids, Mich.,.Feb. 6.—At the trial Friday of Aladerman James Mol on the charge of bribery in connection with the Lake Michigan Water deal, the defense recalled Dr. Uilke de Vries to show' to the jury by his own acknowledgement that he perjured himself before the grand jury. Mol took the stand in his own defense, and denied the charges of Lant K. Salsbury and other witnesses of the people in toto. : : : . Express Clerk Arrested, Bloomington, 111.,, Feb.’ 6.—Cyrus J. Freed, one of the oldest clerks in the local office of the United States Express company, was arrested Friday charged with the theft of the package containing $l,OOO which was consigned by the People’s bank, of this city, to the W. A, Cameron bank at Elliott a month ago. Palma Raises 6nflel. Havana, Feb. 6.—President Palma's decree increasing the rates of customs duties in accordance with the authority given him by congress was promulgated Friday and takes effect Monday. . Genm. John C. Black Til. Washington, ¥eb. 6.—Gen. John C. Black, chairman of the United States civil service commission and command-er-in-chief of the G. A. R., is seriously ill here. 'He has overtaxed his strength, and is:suffering with partial collapse. ~ LN - Sails for United States. . Havana, Feb. 6.—The United States army transport Sumner, having on board the last American soldiers which ‘had been engaged in the occupation of Cuba, sailed from here Friday for the tinjted States: - . ¢ K

W.'C. WHITNEY DEAD. Former Secretary of the Navy Ex- : " pires Under a Sécond ’ vt % ‘Operation. New York, Feb. 3.—William Collins Whitney, former secretary of the navy, died a few minutes after-four o’clock Tuesday afternoon at his home ‘;871 Fifth avenue. He died, it is said, while under the influence of ether administered preparatory to a second operation for appendicitis. By his bedside were his son, Harry Payne Whitney, and his daughter, Dorothy Whitney, as well as Dr. William T. Bull, the.chief surgeon in attendance. Mr. Whitney was in his sixty-fourth year. : » ‘William Collins Whitney was born in Conway, Mass., on July 5, 1841. He is descended from John Whitney, who came to New England in 1655 with Sir

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Richard: Saltonstall. On his mother’s side, Mr. Whitney’s descent is equally distinguished, beginning with Gov. William Bradford, of Plymouth colony. : Mr. Whitney is:the father of the modern. United. States navy, having been, while secretary of the navy, active in laying the plans “which are still being carried out in the matter of building new ships of every class.” Aside from his service under President Cleveland as seecretary of the navy, his only other public office was that of corporation counsel in 1875 in New York eity. The interests of Mr. Whitney were many and extensive. He was a moving spirit in one of the greatest street railway combinations in the world. ' Ha spent millions for art, and equally large sums in conducting racing stables and maintaining yvaehts. - SEEKS INVESTIGATION. Senator Dietrieh Asks Inquiry Into 'Recent Indietment—Committee to Probe Charge, ! Washington, Feb. 2.—After the routine business Monday Senator Dietrich (Neb.), rising to-a question of personal privilege regarding the Tecent indictment against his connection with post office patronage in Nebraska, read a statement regarding the court proceedings and his acquittal on the ground that he was not a senator at the time his alleged malfeasance “was said to have occurred. He said he felt an explanation was due the senate to determine whether he is fit to sit in the senate. He offered a resolution authorizing the president pro tem. to appoint a committee of five to make a full investigation and report to the senate concerning the charge and his acquittal. The charges related sto the post office at Hastings, Neb., the ap~ pointment of Jaceb Fisher as postmaster and the selection of a building owned ‘by Senator Dietrich as a post office. Senator Dietrich was charged with accepting a bribe, but the charge was disposed of by the ceourts in Nebraska, a full investigation having been had. The resolution was adopted. Later in the day the chair named a committee to make. the inquiry demanded by Senator Dietrich consisting of Senators Hoar, Platt (Conn.}, Spooner, Cockrell and Pettus. Washington, Feb. 2.—lm executive session the senate ratified the naturalization treaty between the United States ana Hayti. Six votes were cast in opposition. The treaty is different from the usual naturalization treaties in that instead of extending naturalization rights it abridges them. It provides that citizens of Hayti who may be naturalized in the United States and then return te Hayti shall cease to be: considered citizens of this country after an absence of five years.

Costly Fire. I Clarksville, Tenn., Feb. 3.—Fire Monday night caused a damage estimated at nearly $lOO,OOO. It destroyed Weaver & McCauley’s liquor house, W. S. Russell’s grocery store and Gerhardt Sons’ dgy goods establishment, while the furniture stock of C. F. Couts suffered from water. Wires and cables of the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph company were aiso destroyed. Orders ‘New York Theaters Closed. ~ New York, Feb. s.—Mayeor McClellan Thursday ordered closed the following theaters: Grand Opera house, Madison Square theater, Princess theater, Vaudeville theater, Hurtig & Seamons, and thg{g.heater part of Huber’s museum. .- Death of a Jurist. Kenton, 0., Feb. 4.—Judge Lucien Sal{sbury died at his home on Walnut Hill Farm, near Kenton, Wednesday, aged 80 years. He was the founder of Salisbury, Mo., and served four terms as a member of the legislature of that state. While a resident of Missouri he served on the contmon pleas bench, Goes to League Island. Washington, Feb. 4.—Capt. George F. Wilde, now captain of the Boston navy yard, has been selected to succeed Rear Admiral Sigsbee as commandant of the League Island navy yard. . : Fifteen Buried Alive. Guayaquil, Ecuador, Feb. 3.—Word has been received here by mail from the Zaruma gold mining district that on Januaryz24 a wall in a mine belonging to some American capitalists collapsed and buried alive 15 native miners. The wall was 75 feet high. : : Kills Wife’s Father. X Hobart, Okla., .Feb. .3.—Near here Frank Warner shot and ‘killed his father-in-law, P. Towne, because the latter had taken Mrs. Warner to the post office against his wishes. Warner is under arrest. : i

TAFT SUCCEEDS ROOT. Takes Onth of Oflice as Secretary of ‘War—Governor Wright ' Inaugurated. - Washington, Feb. 2. — Gov. William H. Taft took the oath of office as secretary of war Monday and at once entered upon his new duties, The ceremony took place in the'large reception room attached to the secretary’s office in the war department and the transfer of authority from Elihu Root, the retiring secretary, to Gov. Taft, while simply made, was more impressive than any ‘simjlar event in many years. Hanging in his office as the new sec=’ retary was inducted into the arduous duties of his post, was the picture of his distinguished . father, Alphonso Taft, who was President Grant's secretary of war in 1876. Thus father and son have held the same portfclio, this being the ‘'second instance in the history of the wdr department, the first being presented in the ineumbency of Simon Cameron under Lincoln and James D. Cameron, hisison, under Grant. There.is a single ’ottlr case of the kind in government history where Gideon Granger was postmaster general under Jefferson .and Madison and Francis Granger, his scn, under Harrison and Tyler. 5 Manila, Feb. 2.—Gov. Luke E. Wright and Vice-Gov. Henry C. Ide were inaugurated Monday. There was an imposing demonstration, ineluding a brilliant military pageant, about 3,000 troops being in line. After taking the oath of cffice, Gov. Wright delivered his inaugural address. It was a straightforward speech, dealing with the most important interests of the islands. - ¥ : | Gov. Wright invited attention to the improvemernts that had_ been accomplished in the Philippines under American rule and declared his intention of adhering to the principles of the Taft administration. He urged Americans to establish cordial personal and business relations with the Filipiros, who must | constitute theirchief customers. In conclusion. Gov. Wright asked for the sym- } pathetic cooperation of all classes to whom, he said, were assured equal opportunities for advancement. |

| A DEADLOCK. ~ Mimers”™ nud Opératers’ (Conferemnee Adjourny Without Reaching an Agreement. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 4.—The méeting of the operators and miners in joint conference was called Wednesday morning, in order that the joint scale committee might report its progress and ask for additional instructions. There was great excitement among the delegates when it was seen that the moment for a declaration of a disagreement had arrived. The scale committee reported the present wage scale as their ultimatum and the operators insisting that nothing less than . the 1902 scale, which is equivalent to a reduction of 12 per cent. in wages, it is claimed, would satisfy them. Mr. H. L. Rgbbins, for the operators, arose and quif&)tly moved that inasmuch as it seemed*{nrpossible to reach an agreement,.thaf adjournment be taken, after appointing a joint committee of eight', consisting ‘6f one minerand one operator from each of the four-states forming the competitive district to fix a date for a future conven“ion. President Mitchell quietly seconded the motion, expressing the hope that'an agreement would be reached. The convention then adjourned, the operators leaving the hall and the miners going into executive session.

FOR GREATER NAVY. _«_._._s_.;. " Admiral Dewey’s Suggestions in Favor of Heavy Fighting Ships . Meet A.pqwumlsh. Washington, Feb.'s.—Admiral Dewey’s suggestions in favor ef heavy fighting ships for the navy prevailed Thursday with the house committée on naval affairs over the recommendation of the general board, submitted by Seeretary ‘Moody. The naval appropriation bill was completed by the committee aftera ihear'w,g granted Admiral Dewey.. Itcarries an aggregate appropriation of $95,- 1 000,000. The ships authorized are one battleship, two armored cruisers, three scout cruisers and two squadron colliers. The appropriation of $500,000 made last year for two submarine boats was reappropriated, the boats te be purchased in the discretion of the secretary of the navy. This building programme gives a total of ‘44,000 tons of heavy fighting ships, as compared with 62,000 last year. The heavy construction provided will cost $21,750,00%, while the lighter eonstruction will bring the cost of the birlding programme up to $28,000,000. Provision was made for an armor plate factory to cost $4,000,000, which the secretary of the mavy is authorized to construct in case he cannot secure armor from private ‘bidders -at a reaseonable pgiifice. ' o e Senator Is Elected. : ‘Annapolis, Md., Feb. s—ln the Maryland legislature Thursday Isidor Ray=or, of Baltimore, who was nominated Wednesday night by the democratic caucus, received the unanimous vote of the democratic majority and was cleeted United Stages senator to succeed Louis E. McComas. The reublican . minority voted unanimously for MeComas. Many Buildings in Ashes. ' Lake Village, Ark., Feb.s.—This town was almost totally destroyed by fire Thursday. Twenty-two business houses, six dwellings, the post office, Masonic Temple and many other buildings were destroyed® The loss {sestimated at $25,000, partly insured. : . ‘Aged Minister Dead. Lawrence,” Kan., Feb. s.—Rev. Amos Dresser, a retired Congregational minjster, died Thursday at his home near here, aged 91 years. He was one of the first graduates of Oberlin university, being a member of the class of '33. . . Fought with Custer. : Stafford, Kan., Feb. 2.-~Walter Scott, ‘'who was a sCout with Gen. Custer prior to the battle of the Little Big Horn, com- | mitted suicide at his home here by taking morphine. No cause is assigned. He was one of the oldest residents in the state. . ‘ ; L B Printers on Strike. . Béston, Feb. 2.—The strike of the 900 book and job printers of Boston and vicinity was begun Saturday. The trouble'is over a new scale of wages demanded by the help and refused by the employers. o :

A SIGNIFICANT BANQUET. - Oorporation Magnates and Trust Millionaires Enjoy White House 2 : Hospitality. e The evidence has at last come out that all the talk of President Roosevelt’s opposition to the -trusts and Wall street was sheer political buncombe. The list of guests present at the white house at the dinenr on January 28th in honor of the supreme court included A. J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania railroad; James Stillman, president of the First National Bank of New York.and head of the Rockefeller banking syndicate; William F: Draper, head of the cotton machinery trust; Representative Littauer, charged with -illegal‘ profits from army glove contracts; Norman B. Ream, director of the steel trust: besides other great financial magnates and corporation -attorneys. As these great banquets are in the publie eye and are exploited in the society columns of the mewspapers, the ‘invitations to the trusts and financial millionaires’showsplainlythat all the talk about their being epposed 'to'.the_‘nomination'and election of Roosevelt is but an endeavor to captivate the “plain people” with the idea that the republican president of the United States, like other people, does .not invite gluests with whom he does mot. wish to associate, or with whom he is mot on the most friendly terms. -The state banquet to the supreme court is ohe of the great events of the W‘as_hingt’onv social season and to be invited to meet the chief justice and his associates is: considered a great honor and much sought after. The guests are carefully sélected and with premeditation. It is therefore strangely significant -that the president should select the head of the great Rockefeller sydicate and one of the leading members. of the Morgan steel trust to meet the judges who have an important frust case now under consideration and would, if the administration was really ‘opposed to the trusts, have these Very men on trial for conspiracy in restraint -of trade. . Whatever object President Roosevelt may have had in“shus bringing the judiciary ,inx&é&efihwi(h the trusts the has most ;‘ertainly served notice.on the voters that he is on the most friendly terms with the great corporation interests and the most important members .of the Wall .street crowd and the money power. - Those republican newsbhper§ which have been attempting to fool the peo-. Dle into believing that they had a trust buster in the . white house will soon: have to be singing a new song, the burden of which will be that the great’ financial interests of the country are united in support of the party and its nominee, who alone will conserve the great business interests. The exegencies of theikeampaign‘may Tequire this open alliance between - Presidept Roosevelt and the trusts that the campaign coffers may. be filled, without which the ‘wheels of the republican; chariot would drag -heavily and the voice of their spell-binders be hushed. The trusts @re still in the saadle and looking forward to another long lease of prosperity if Mr. Roosevelt is elected president of the United States.

PROTECTION RUN MAD. One-Hundred Per Cent. Does Not Satisfy the Avarice of the Pam= pered Industries. T The Wool Growers’ association has just held jts annual convention and the members seem at a loss t 6 understand the depressexicond_iuon of their busi--ness and, like other petted monopolists, are begging more fatherly assistance from Uncle Sam. They have resolved to ask the department of the iritc;n'or to issue equal quantities of mutton and beef to the Indians and the army, as a further stimulant to the sheep industry.. These wool pap-suckers are monopolists and not farmers. They appropriate the use of the government “lands,. driving off would-be settlers who would interfere with their free pasture. Not content with a proteetion duty of about 100 per cent. on wool, ‘they now cry for more aid to protect their languishing/ monopoely. They ask Unele Sam toforce their mutton down the throats of the I'n~ dians and the soldiers, whether thé mutton is palatable or not. There is avast difference ‘in mutton; that from the Southdown or Cottswold slieep being of superior texture and flavor -and that from the pure blood Merino almost un~ eatable—it being stringy and-of a disagreeable and strong flavor. -What the white man of the cities refuses; is to}bew forced on the Indians and soldiers. - All for the further protection..and advan--tage of the few millionaire sheep men. of ‘the plains. - Could any greater ab--surdity be attempted in the interest of a pampered - “infant - industry?” = We might as well force the Indians and soldiers to eat the carcasses of the skunks and foxes, which are now wasted by the proprietors of the skunmk and fox farms that enterprising Yankees have established in-the wilds of Maine. =~ -

On the same -day that the press dispatches announced the meeting of the Wool Growers” assoeiation, there appeared an interview with a leading citizen of Wyoming which shows that protection does not always proteet, although it most certainly extorts from he general public: “With a-tariff on wool that equals 11 cents a pound, oursheep raisers are getting only 13 cents per pound, and hardly that,” said ex-Gov. Osborne, of Wyoming, at the New Willard. “The sheep, if sent to market, bring a very poor- price for mutton, though eastern consumers have to pay a tariff that is simply exorbitant. But While the sheep raisers are feeling a depression in the value of their product, everything they have to procure in the way of ranch supplies has gone up fully 33 1-3 per cent. The burlap, the paint, the twine has advanced a third and over, and the bacon bought by wholesale for the employes is 19 cents per pound; as against nine cents a few yearsago.” 2 No one can know better than Gov, Ostr” the true facts about the sheep industry of the northwest, and yet to hear republican congressmen talk and to read republican newspapers, all ig prosperity as the glorious results of the protective tariff. . - i : High trust prices and proteetion for trusts and favored industries, is now to be supplemented by forcingiour wards to consume what is otherwise unsalable. Too much brooding over protection has made these millionaire sheep ranchers mad. Thank goodness, they are all republicans. i g oy

; TAR&FF. REFORM .POSSIBLE, - Puablic Opinion Will Force Republis -~ -can Senators to Vote for A 3 Revisioa. ] The outlook .for tariff reform was ‘never brighter than at present. The election of a democratic president is more promising than at any timesince ‘1892, and a democratic majority in the next house of representatives is more than probable. A change of only a few votes in a majority cf the close states and congressional districts will producé that.f happy result. Every one, by talking with his neighbors, can find a con_siderable percentage of republicans who ‘are either denouncing trust extortion, or are disgusted with the policy of their leaders. - e ' " The independent voter, the suffering working man whose wages are being re- } duced; the farmer who is paying-pro-tection prices and whose-products sell in competition with the world; thuitil zen of limited income who finds the cost ° ~of living beyond his means; all of these, _who are not hide bound partisans “are awaiting the opportunity to vote far tariff reform. These and other veters are not made more satisfied with ¢condi'tgons, since the manifest attempt of the -republicans to eonfin€ the investigation of grafting and looting in the govern‘ment service to the lesser rascals. ‘ . A large element of conservative reDbublicans is diSsatisfled with President i Roosevelt and many are openly Oppos'ing his nomination for another term. A much greater-number are secretly working for his defeat. Many of the old -soldiers are disgruntled with the.aspect of affairs; they fear the departiure from ° the honest and less spectacular government of former years-and long for the Ereturn to the more conservative admin‘istration of Lineoln and the other fa- . - thers of the republican party. In some of the most important %&ates. such as_ ' New York, Indiana and Illinois, the | prospect is that enough of these dissat“isfiéd elements to turn the .scale will - votz against their party or stay at home on'efection day. i - ; ~ Those voters whose hearts are set }upon reforming the tariff and curbing the exactions of the trusts, but .who think the senate will stand as a bulwark ~against.reform, can take courage when they remember there are a number of _republican senators who are inoculated "w{’th the anti-trust virus and will rei/ spond to the public demand for reason~able tariff reform and an honest and - -economical administration of national ;’affairs. . With a democratic president ?flé;aiority of the house of represeni‘ftati of the same political affiliation _there will be found enough:'serators te pass a reform bill that will at least reduce the tariff so that trust produc- . ~tions will be sold as, cheaply here .as' abroad. - : . 1

PHILIPPINE TARIFF WALL. It Should Be Dispensed With in the Interests of Both Coun- " tries. We are taxing the people -of the Philippines 75 per cent. ‘of the Dingley “tariff rates on their products that are imported into the United States. They are naturally asking us to abolish, -or at least reduce, that exorbitant “tax on their business relations with us. The United States bought the Philippines from Spain and we have undertaken to govern them far our own benefit. It has proven to be a cosiiy ex“periment and will probably 51&\'21!3 re‘main a tax “upon the American people; but to -raise up a tariff wall to ‘prevent their products from ' coming “here and our: products from reachingthem would seem to be taking an unfair advantage of a poor, defenseless people. - The only excuse for taking—. the Philippines and governing them in the- way that imperial governments rule their- colonies is that it will eventually be- profitable to the American people. But even the firancial prospect. is not encouraging; for all of our profits so far' would not pay for the beer that the United States army in: the Philippines consumes. The only ‘way they ever will be a profitable investment is to: encourage them to grow ° tropical preducts that we need and so give them money enough to buy our products in return. A high.tariff tax at both ends of the route will not bring that about; yet:the’protectionists are opposed -to abolishing or even redueing the tariff wall‘between us. The representatives: in congress. of the- protected industries, such as sugar and’ tobacco, are denouneing any attempt to reduce the Philippine tariff 27 and declare they will fight it more bitterly than they fought Cuban reci--procity. The time must come, however, if we continue to hold the Philippines, when there will be free trade between these islands and the United— States. There is no more reason for . a tariff wall between us and the Philippines than there was for continuing the tariff against Porto Rico. We have reduced the tariff in Cuban produets and we do nmot own that island, how can we refuse to do better than that for our own colony? . A few protected interests shounld net be allowed to stand in the way of giving the American people all the advantages that arc possible in return for their enormous’ outlay in purchasing and holding -the Philippires, and any tax on trade is to our advantage. - . CURRENT COMMENT. ——The Hanna boom lacks cabinet facilities. Mr. Roosevelt has coaxed in; dragged in, roped in and fenced in as a .cabinet appointee, pretty nearly every statesman “mentionéd” as a possible rival.—Albany Aggus. : ——From a republican sotiree it comes that President Roosevelt has deserted his loyal friend Foraker. He will pin his hope on Hanna and trust to luck. Of course it is known to the president that Hanna will control the Ohio delegation anyway, and he wants that nomination so badly that he can taste it — Indianapolis Seniinel. | ——So far as can be discerned, there is nothing whatever in the issue of silverjsm but Mr. Bryan’s own personality, yét his trumpetings alone concerning “reaffirmation” are enough to create aimost a panic. It muSt be an unusual personality. that can tius bestride a political situation (hat is bottded bya continent. It has been Mr. Bryan’s week—but there are weeks and weeks - to come.. If Mr. Bryan actually expects to force another indorsement of free silver, he is-expecting the impossible. The majority will rule—Springfield (Mass.) Republican. SEke e R e