Marshall County Independent, Volume 7, Number 5, Plymouth, Marshall County, 11 January 1901 — Page 2

THE WEEKLY INDEPENDENT.

C W. METS UHR, Pub. and Prop. PLYMOUTH. . UJDIANA. I" w in Items of General Interest Told in Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY Record of HAppenlnc of Mach or Little Importance from All Vvfi:t of the Clillzed Worlil Price of l'rm Prodncti In Wtrn Market. Comrrreree of the great lakes for 1900 broke all previous records. Jeffries and Ruhlin -will begin activ training today for the Cincinnati fight. Northwestern railroad disguises detectives as tramps to wage war oa "wandering Willies." Eight men are suffocated in a fire in the Howard lodging hou.se in Minneapolis. Steamship Kaiserin Maria Theresa crushed the schooner I'avia off tha Newfour.dlan coa.-t. Ui.nown writer in letter to IMward fiuiahy offered to tell about abduction of packer's Joa His proposition accepted. Mrs. Berr.arl Maloy of I-ittsb'.irg dreamed h-r d ad liU'S'jand called ( upon her to foiiow him and she is preparing for death. Prof. s.Mir Vaughn o Michigan uni versity Medi..-ai .-ehool p.dernlc of smalirox. te ted epi- j Wis. crin mri ho-tg:.': "." acres ; 11 or:. -'.a Ind. on whb h will es-tab-lis!: Wisconsin colony. ToIf. Jo Manual Training s jaool declined gift oi SS.'."' o::er-'u by Andrew Carnegie. C.reat Novthrn .-aid to have absorbed Northern. Pacific and St. Paul lineö. Denials by President Hill and others do not say -tep is not planned. Lines may combine tj ; educe expenses. Cyrus F. Adams of Illinois appointed assistane rgicte:- of the treasury. Many Filipino oficers c:tpured at Cavite Viejo in a sw( ss:ul action by Third infantry and the navy. Sir Alfred Mi!n-r app-.-.nre, govrrr.or of Orange Rive;- '(,";.:iy and the Traasvaal; Sir Wal.-r Franeis Hely Hutchinson male governor of Caps Colony. Other Souh African appointments. Congressional eomniittee bgan Booz hazing investigation. Kansas and Missouri towns shaken by earthquake. Gov. Dietrich and other Republican state ofaeers are inaugurated with ! pomp at Lincoln, Neb. Colonel Huntington W. Jackson, well-known Chicago lawyer and club man, dies at Newail:, N. J. Telegraphet.s go out for the scalps of officials of their order. Joseph Sch river throws John Korda from a pier at Chicago and says in was hired to kill him. President Renjarain Me Wheeler of University of California talked of for president of Harvard. Mayor Wheeler of Springfield. III., caught sneak thief after chase. Director of Mine Roberts declared total stock world'i money is now $11,600,000,000. Champion. Iron and Steel company sold its Muskegon plant to tin trust for JoOO.000. John A. Gaugar, Chicago, hM on charge of hiring men without disclosing strike in hi3 mill. Thirty-two persons arrested for high treason in Russia. Robert P. Porter predicted population of United States at end of present century will be 200.000,000. Gen. Wood's firm stand quickly ended strike of stevedores at HavanaParcels post convention between New Zealand, Venezuela and the United States became operative on Tuesday. Sentiment in congress growing in favor of making term of representative four years. Pat Crowe seen in Bad Lands of Wyoming. Indians and cowboys on trail. Suspect arrested near Chadron innocent. Eddie Cudahy failed to identify J. J. Crowe. Hill in Nebraska legislature to punish abductors by life imprisonment or death. Joseph Jefferson invested $37,000 In Hyde Park, III., real estate. Order3 issued for mobilization of French fleet at Toulon on Jan. 15. Briefs to support argument that constitution followed the flag to Porto Rico filed in United States Suprem 'Court. Joe Gans and Harry Lyon going to England, where fights are being arranged for them. Friends of M. S. Quay organized the Pennsylvania legislature lifter exciting contest and hope' to elect him to tht United States senate.

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l;)b'..cr IlwiJ tUno Town. The vi!!;;-,- of Cav tie, six ir.H?3 ncrth of Van Wert, 0., ca the Cincinnati Northern railroad, was thrown into ;i fury of excitement by the sudt'ent appearance of a desperate gang of eight or ten robbers, who aroused the town by promiscuous shooting and by the blowing open of the safe of William Holland's general store. They secured about $",'.) in cash besides a lot of valuable papers. In the neighborhood of 1 .-hots were exchanged between the robbers and citizens. The citizens had by this time become generaldy atoused nd armed themselves to give battle. They were nut with, volleys from revolvers and Winchesters, the thieves retreating with thtir booty to the outskiits of the town, where they h id several buggies in readiness, having stolen .them from farmers near the village. The battle was contin'.ed 'intil the gang drove hurriedly away. They were folvpd several miles in the direction of Lima. Thieves from T.inla are suspected. None of tlm citizens was hurt.

Heart Hurt JS.-.000 Worth. Mis Anna Reeves has brought suit against Samuel Davis at Terre Haute for $",eee, for breach of promise b-T-ruu.-e he failed to ba on hand Sunday for tiie wedding at ;i r home in the round ry near Terre Haute. The guests were assembled and. Davis not appearing, a ruesstnger was sent to hi? home on a near-by farm. Davis said be had discovered that lie did not love Miss Reaves. He is and she is IS years of age. e i.v.ms a good farm. Miss Reeves alleges in her complaint that she had once postponed the date 3f the marriage at his request. ot to Cut Ituhher Price. The United States Rubber company at Boston will not make the threatened 25 per cent cut in prices as propos'd. This is due. it is said, to the fact that the Hood Rubber company has agreed to consider a proposition for the sale of its business to interests friendly to the United States company. Pending these negotiations no change in prices will be made. Main on Railway "ro!njj. Joseph Bougie, a well-known citizen of Marinette, Wis., was killed by a Northwestern train while driving over an unguarded crossing. His companion had his legs cut off. Another Mariuette man was killed at the same place and in the same manner ten days ago. bougie leaves a large family. His daughters are prominent in society. Kilted by a i:irelar. Walter C. Casley. a druggist, was shot through the head and instantly hilled in his store at Pueblo, Col., by a burglar. The holy was found by a clerk in the employ of Casley when he entered the s-ore. The cash regisI 1 ,1 1 1 .1 1 , i. neeu im a aim feiy jiulm l in ine murtKre.; man s ciotues iiau ; laa turned inside- out. Hlj: CrfwrrT Combine. A rombinatio!i of the Zauesville, O.. rewe;-i-s has hvn otisummated. The Sta! lrewerv :as j) ;! into the hand-: of Si:, ion Lin.-er an 1 David Schmitt, who already controlled the Washington and Riverside p hints. This gives TTiem compile control of the Zanes--dlle output. The breweries are the largest in southeastern Ohio. Art to Iim-U Consumption. The compulsory registiation of cases of consumption, with a vie.w of preventing the spread of that disease, was urged he-fore the Philadelphia board cf health at a meeting of that body by a committee, represuiting the Pennsylj vanta Society tor the Prevention of Tuberculosis and the Philadelphia County Medical srk ty. Kailmad Auditor Vd- Stenographer. Noble J. Waterman of Detroit, agtd CTt years, traveling auditor of the Michigan Central Riilroad, and Miss Clara C. Tompkins, aged 27. stenographer in the Michigan Central freight depot at Day City, were united in mariia.;'e at that ei:y by Rev. Otis A. Smith. 1). 1).. pnstur of the First Presbyterian Cbuich. 1'npiU Mint be V;ic inated. The supreme c nut of South Dakota' decided that a b-iard of education has power to exclude from the .schools a pupil who h.'i.s nor b en vaccinated. The case; was that of G orge Glover, a grandson of the noted Christian Scientist. Mrs. Eddy. The supreme court hold that the board had full power to act. Aliier III Mill. I. Grippe. Fx-Secietary of War Alger is ill at his home in Detroit with a bad attack of grip. He had arranged to go with a party of friends in his private car to Lansing to attend the inauguration of Governor Bliss, but was forced to give up the trip. His physician hopes that he will recover in a few da vs. Srrioun Fire at GaWestou. The Galveston factory of the National biscuit Company and a grain conditioning elevator belonging to Jockusch, Davidson & Co. were destroyed by hre. The lire originated in the cracker factory. The loss is JGO.OoO, partly covered by insurance. Kl? Fire In I'lttUnrK. The extensive pattern plant of S. JarvLs Adams & Co.. corner Thirteenth and Etna streets, Pittsburg, was almost completely destroyed by lire today, together will, a large n umber of patterns and molds. The loss is estimated at $100,000, and i3 covered by insurance. JefTeroon'M Servant Die. Peter Fos.sett (colored), who was the body servant of Thomas Jefferson, died at Cincinnati Thursday night. He was born at Monticello, Va., in 1S15. Revolt In A Vent Africa. The colonial office at London is in receipt of news of a native rising in the Gambia river region of West Africa. The dispatch conveying this Information adds that a puitive expedition is being organized. Train Itlown from Track A report ha 3 reached San Francisco from Reno, Nev., that a train on tho Nevada, California and Oregon railway, north of Reno, had been blown from the tracks. Several passengers i are reported Injured

Jilt Li Millionaire Dies at His Home in Chicago. A SUMMARY OF HIS CAREER. The Great Meat Klug Wa the Employer of Twenty TtioiiaDl Men Forluue Won In Grain and IacUIn Intimated at 8:0,000.000. Philip D. Armour dird Sunday evening at C o'clock in his palatial home, Chicago. The end of the great packer axKl merchant, was as peaceful as a child falling into a deep sieep. To he community his death was a surprisd and a hock. He had been ill for tvo years, but no alarm was felt by his family. Recently 'he had several depressing periods and not until Saturday evening did ho give any sign of collapse. The noted financier had PHILIP I). an attack of pneumonia following a bad cold and he was considered out of danger. Wednesday his heart, which had given him some trouble, showed signs of weakness again, and the gravity of his ailment disturbed the physicians and family. Mr. Armour was not unconscious of his own condition. -Saturday afternoon he -was attacked -hy intense 'pain, which Dr. Frank Billings ptonounced acute my-t-oraditis. His son. J. Ogden Armour. Mrs. J. Ogden Armour and Mrs. Philip 1). Anr.o ir. Jr., wete. suipmon'd to the house ana remained at the bds.ide night with Mrs. Armour. His family suxjd by thv bedsido and watched the ebbing of his life. With them were Dr. billings and Dr. J. A. Capps. For three hours he lingered in a calm and quiet sleep and his passage into death was almos; unnoticed by the watchers. The heir to the vast interests that were controlled by Mr. Armour is J. Ogden Armour, his son. on whom the gre.it burden doubtless will fall. For two years Mr. Armour know i that his days were numbered. Shortly after his first attack of heart trouble, his brother, Augustus W. Armour of Kansas City, died and the shock affected him greatly. He sought health at tho curative, springs of Nauheim, Germany, and returned greatly improved. Last winter while in California his eon, Philip I). Armour, Jr.. was stricken with pneumonia and died. Tho aged packer nvcr recovered from tho heavy a miction. Arinmir and III F.state. Born in Stockbridge, Madison county, N. Y., IS'52; b?gins business in Milwaukeke, lS."iO; married Miss Belle Ogden. lSti-; Armour Sc Co. founded, 1SC1; makes Chicago his home, 1873; died, 1001; estimated fortune. $70.000,000; men in his employ, 20.000; principal heir, J. Ogden Armour. l!iMiivt Interest. Armour & Co. Armour l"levat?d company, C., M. & St. P. Railway company. Baltimore and Ohio Railway company. Illinois Trust and Savings bank. Northern Trust company. Metropolitan National bank. Continental National bank. Union Stock Yards and Transit Co. Union Stock Yards Co.. South Omaha. Kansas Citj' Stock Yards company. Metropolitan Street railway. Kansas City. National Biscuit eonipany. Northwestern National Insurance Co. Led World in Hi Line. Mr. Armour was never inclined to discuss the magnitude to which his 'business interests grew. At one time in the conduct of his affairs he was employing 23.000 men, or more than the average railroad corporation employs at any time. The average numPorto Kloo llait Trolley. Thousands of people in San Juan do Porto Rico witnessed the starting of the new trolley system, the island's first road of that description. The people were much astonished. Klllrxl by Fall from Street (r. 1. Sain, for the last seven years city editor of the Volksblatt, Pittsburg, Pa., was almost instantly killed by being thrown from a street car. He was 4(J years old and had been connected with German. nwsppers in Pittsburg many years. Made an Larl by Oaeen. The queen bestowal an earldom on J.orc Roberts upon his arrival In England Wednesday from South Africa. The queen also gavn a special remainder for his daughters. Ho wa3 also made a knight of the Garter. Argentine Wheat F.itlmate. The minister of agriculture at Buenos, Dr. Martin Garcia Mercu, In his annual report estimates that thero will be 1,700,000 tons of wheat available for export this season. He says alio that the corn crop is good.

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past. In busy times this number was often increased to 0,000. His pay roll for tho last five years has been from $5,000.000 to $10.000,00 a year. Mr. Armour did say cf this once with a touch oi pardonable pride: "Through the wages I disburse and the provisions I supply 1 give more people food than ny other man living." Liberal in IIU I'liarltie. In works of charity Mr. Armour's monument will be'found in the Armour Institute, to Thii-li but 1 short timo ago he gave 750,000 in one remembrance. Asked once what he considered his best paying investment, he replied: "The Armour Institute." The institute tod:ty represents an investment on the part of Mr. Annour and his brother Joseph of $-7:0.000, with a yearly expense for maintenance' of $100,000. More than 1,200 young boys eager to be mastcis in manual training work are studying at the institute each year, and the applicants for admission far exceed the number who can be cared for. ARMOUR. MANY B0ERS0NTHE MARCH. ItaltW-rs Are Giving the Hrltl-.li Plenty of Work. Two hundred and fifty Boers captured fourteen men of Ncshitt's horse fifty miles southeast of Colcsburg. The enemy, since? increased to üOO, has appeared near Weltevredcn and is driving off stock. The Cape Town correspondent of the London Mail, which dwells upon the gravity of the position in Cape. Colony, says: "Tho Boer invaders now number over 3.000. The western i"vasiun gives the most concern. It h..-. split into two divisions, which are marching like ptongs of a fork, one by way of Sutherland toward Malmesbury. and the other toward Beaufort west." The Eng!i.-h authorities at Cape Town are greatly alarmed over 'ho extent of the Boer invasion of Cape Colony, and dread a possible nttcck on the towns. That the situation is considered grave is shown by tiie fact that "nig naval guns on tho bat'lesh'p Monarch were landed and set up at the most advantageous, defensive positions. The early proclamation of martial law in the Cape Tj-vn division expected. This division coes not include Cape Town itself. The larcst reports show the situation to be generally as follows: Kuruman, i si ill uninvested, probably soon will be besieged. Griqualand Y.'est is fillel with tmall parties of Boers, who aie working south toward Priska for tho purpose of cooperating with or supporting Commandant Hertzog. whose advance partics arc in the neighborhood of Frasorburg. The Boers are closr to GraafRcinet, where of late: the Dutch have given many demons ration 3 of extreme sympathy. In the easc-un part of the colony the advance suard of the Boers is close t0 Maraiohu.-g. about twentyfive miles northeast t Cradoek. British authorities in Cape Colony are making desperate efforts to check the uprising. London received Lord Roberts on his return from South Africa with a roai of welcome. Shaft for ltattle Ground. Congressman Crumpacker of the La Porte (Ind.) district will introduce a bill in congress for an appropriation of $50,000 for the erection of a monument to mark the scene of the famous battle and victory at Tippecanoe, near the battle ground in Indiana. Simultaneously with the introduction of th? bill the? state legislature will be memorialized to make an appropriation of $00,000 for the same purpose, thus creating a fund of $100,000 for th erection of a national monument to mark the place of General Harrison's victory. Would Stop Football Plajlng. The New Mexico Superintendent of Public Instruction M. C De Baca in his annual report makes a recommendation for the prohibition of the playing of football In the territorial institutions and the public schools. He regards the game as more brutal than prize fighting. Ilo ha gathered statistics showing that last year fifteen boys were killed and U00 seriously injured In the United States while playing football. Km to Rave U Father. William Turk, the 17-year-old son of Thomas Turk, killed Kimball Aiken near Eatonton, Ga., Monday. Thomas Turk had erected a small house on tho land of Aiken, with the understanding, it is said, that he could move it when he desired. He went to move the house and Aiken Interfered. In tho quarrel that ensued Aiken drew a pistol. Young Turk, seeing that his father was in danger, shot Aiken. Aiken is said to have been of a fussy nature. Ho killed a negro on July i last, it was said, in self-defense.

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Summary of Legislation in National Body. MEASURES IN BOTH HOUSES. Senate rant. Lodjre Itesolntion to Prohibit Sale of Opium to the Uucivillzed ml Aboriginals House IisuAbrldjjeiuMit of u IT rase in Sotilh. Thar'i'ajr. January 3. Both houses resumed work after the holiday vacation. To haten actio, on the army hill the senate sidetracks the subsidy b li. The house had a lively s .ish:i and delayed action on a resolution att u k- j ing southern siafv: for disfram hising voters. FrlUi.y ..Inii'iiirv 4. The senate passed Lodge resolution declaring in favor of prohiLiiing, by treaty or otherwise, sab; of opium or intoxicants to uncivilized races or aboriginal tribes, and a.-king co-operation of other nations in movement. Dovoted res: of day to debate oa army reorgmization bill. The hous-', ai'ter prolonged debate on Olmstcad resolution to invc.--tig.ite j abridgement oi' suffrage in ccita'a j southern states, referred it to census ! committeee. which course was oiiginally desired by its opponents. Dis cussion of reapportionment bill was ! then taken up. Sutnrdar, January 5. Members of congress confused by the statistics of population furnished try census officials to assist them in reapportionment. Residents of Washington allege privileges granted senators prevent legislation against telephone monopoly. Free Lunch for Employes. The Diamond Match Company of Oshkosh, Wis., inaugurated the system of serving noonday lunch to its employes. Stewed oysters, coffee and sandwiches were served to every employe of the plant. A large and comfortably furnished dining-room has been fitted up and a chef placed in charge. Most of the employes of the company, the majori of whom are girls, reside at a considerable distance from the factory, and have been compelled to carry their dinner. They are now given a hot dinner at the company's expense. The management believes that the welfare of the employes of the company is alike advanced by the humane movement. Mieen and Cattle Perish. Tho weal her in the 'vicinity of Waldenburg, Colo., has been the coldest in several years. This condition was preceded by a snowstorm lasting several days. The snow was fine and the wind drove it right to the hide of exposed stock. This, followed 'by such severe (old. will cau.-e the loss of considerable stock on the range. Reports an coming in of heavy losses of sheep. One herd ranging ca?t of Walsenbarg is reported to have lost fully ."0 per tent. Most of tin's loss was occasioned by the sheep piling on top of each other to escape th cold and snow and smothering those underneath. Losses of cattle are also renorted. Too Mueh ;r.-ed for iVealth. Thomas Cookscy Ward, aged 10S years, who resides with his son and daughters on a farm at Charlotte Hall, in St. Mary's county, Md.. and who holds the distinction cf biug the oldest white man in the state, in speaking of the century that had just closed, said: "Well, it was a wonderful age. but with all the marvelous inventions I do not think the human race is any better oil than it was K0 years ago. There is too much greed for wealth these days, and people are not as honest as they used to be. and more confidence could be placed in them." Joe Leiter in llijr Deal. Joseph Leiter of Chicago has spent a good deal of time in Canada during th3 last fortnight and has succeeded in securing an understanding among the Canadian packers for a syndicate with a capital of Sä.UDO.OöO. The Ontario government has offered to assist any well-devised scheme for establishing a U. S. OFFICERS WHO

REAR ADMIRAL SCHLEY. GEXKKAh PPPI INdToN. REAR ADMIRAL lnCHliORN. A large number of United State iray and navy officers will retire this year. Prominent among them arHr Admirals Schley and Hiehhorn and General Buffington.

Pahllo Library Burn. The public library of Seattle -was burned to the ground Tuesday niftht. The 'fire originated in the northeast corner of the basement, possibly from the furnaces. The stock of boolts, numbering 2a,000 volumes, and valued at over SilO.OOO, is a total loss. 'Hie firemen responded quickly to tiio alarm, but after half an hour's work were entirely unable to cope with the blaze. The fire broke out in several places at once, and they could do nothing with it. Mrs. Hut lielder Horn In 1794. Mrs. Sally Batchelder of Peabody, Mass., sat up until after midnight to Ece the dawn of the new century, the third in which she has lived. Mrs. Batchelder, who is 10G years old, was born in Chichester. N. II., Aug. 8, 1791, her maiden name being Sally Ring. When 21 years old she moved to Loudon, N. IL, and six years later she was married. Her husband died fortyeight years ago. She is the mother of four children, of whom Samuel D. Batohelder pf Concord, N. H., survives.

dresse-d mr-:;t in du -try in Or.! a 1:0, ax4 if the new syndicate can secure government aid the deal will be completed in a very short thr.e. The abbat'drs to secure government aid must be of the most modern equipment, and Mr. Leiter agrees to furnish such equipment. RU SSIAFEARS "ÄFÄM I N E. Serious 4'n!it ion in tlio Amur aul -""aritlme Province. A dispatch received at St. Petersburg from Vladivostok rt ports tlu. famine threatens the Amur and maritime provinces. The crops tlcre aro bad and the railways, being alino?! wholly engaged for war purposes, can not be used fur the transportation of f)od to the inhabitants. In addition the prohibition of lori'un coast wis--trade has prevented imporiali.in- in;o the threatened provinces. The ri;u--tion is deplorable and becoininc; worse. Count Lamsdorl'f, the Russian minister of foreign affairs, who is at pr:it. at Yalta, has telegraphed to the Unite States ambassador her Charlemacrn" Tower, hearty New Year's congratulations. Mr. Tower, in replying, jccipiocated the compliments of the as-m and also expressed gratification over the recovery or the emperor.

Kfrport Crowe Takvn. When the detectives starte! a p-.sse after Bat Crowe from Ch oi;; :;. N b., they wnv on a hct trail. ;:!id th have captured their rnan. Th-v- riders following Crowe's trail cam up.'-n him cn the Bine Ridge re.--rv ';o ;. near Celrieh?, S. I)., and captured him after a wiid chase. Ciowe was drying a team and buckboard. He whipped the horses and tried to on run the horsemen, who soon brought him to a halt with their six-.suo.jtns. John Crowe, a brother of Pat Crowe, whom the police believe to be a principal in the Cudahy abduction, was taken in;o custody at Council Bluffs, la., by Omaha detectives and taken across the river. The warrant charges Crowe with the abduction of young Edward Cudahy on Dec. IS. Crowe consented to accompany the officers to Omaha without the formality of requisition papers. Dctttli of Ifithou W. X. Made. Bishop William X. Ninde of the Methodist Bpiscopal church died at his home in Detroit Wednesday night. Tho immediate cause of his death is given as heart failure. Bishop Ninde was raised to the Kpiscopacy in 1?S4 at which time he was president of the Garrett Biblical institute. Bivious to that time he had filled the pulpit of Trinity church, Cincinnati, and of Central church. Detroit. In l$7:i he was elected professor of pastoral theology at the Garret Biblical institute and after several years of service returned to a second pastorate hi Detroit. He was soon recalled to the Biblical institute as president. Frank James Wants Office. A picturesque contest for ofhc" in the Missouri legislature that will m t at Jefferson City this month is that of Prank James, the once noted bandit, for doorkeeper in tbe hor.se of lepresentativct. In discussing his c.iruiidncy Frank James .aid today: "I have tubus many votes as any other candidate, and no combination can bent me." Notwithstanding this confident sta:ement a movement is said to be under way to eliminate James from the contest, the opposition asserting that to honor him with a place in the housj. of representatives would be humiliating to the state at large. Serious K.nlroad Wro'k. A telephone message from Pave ie. Miss., says that two heavy fivignt trains on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad, both double headers, collided near Hays station, and that seven men of the eight in the crews were killed. Fayette and Harrison were called upon for .surgeons and at the time the telephone message was sent an engine had just left for The scene of the wreck', carrying all the doctors obtainable. .Tames YV. Priestly Asphyxiated. James W. Priestly, founder of t hJames W. Briestly Carpet mills, was asphyxiated by illuminating gas at th--home of his con, John W. ITicstly, i:i Philadelphia. He was S2 years old. Charles Priestly, a grand son. was a!.v overcome by the gas. but his life wa ; saved. WILL RETIRE THIS YEAR. Helen Gould In Mining Deal. Helen Gould and M. Mancus, a Polish tailor of Leadville. are about to become mining partners. Last summer he located at Two Bit gulch several claims that he believed are valuable, but he has not money enough to enable him to develop them. Recently he wrote Miss Gould asking her to furnish, the money for a half inter st in the property, while he is to do the work. He received a favorable reply, and she made an offer which he has accepted. Tin-riate Mills Are Sold. The Champion Iron and Steel company's tin-plate mills at Muskegon, Mich., have been bought by the American Tin Plate comptny. The price paid is about 1500,000. The capacity of the plant is over 100,000 pounds daily. Frtoe of Sugar Reduced. The American Sugar Refining Company has reduced the price of all grades of sugar 10 points and the National Sugar Refining Company has made a cut of 5 points, making fSj prices of both companies the same.

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Diplomatic Necol:atIor.s Are ir. Progress. ARE ACCUSED OF DUPLICITY, Cbiurse (n' i:tl It irjjvrt nlth IIa I rlfc, I In the I tulcmiiit y Arr.iiiv: ment I. :i ruuilnufil Kiiii:r of (lio !-stl of C'ourc Von YValt!ert-r. the ( ommandcr. Tud iv, -laioairr I. t-'np' w. ,i . ,--iv-.: aml. -?ado4 Wi-.ite and .; s.-..-i !.S c.Lfactiort at :!.- a;-.pr..-.cb in;; sutut a--:: ' tiie Chine.-e o:; : Mr. and Mr. r-' i Hun Krat.ci .-, .5 f , , . vi.c: .;: - ing tl: sv-e t;f i, kj.; ji,, v- r:;: .. , ::.::2. to have killed T'1' rs. The murderer of Baron von Kctlcr. the (lernmn mini-:"r. v as 1. h-ud "i Monday in Hara-nan st:.et. p, kin, tn: principal t!:: n-'a-o rf the ea;i:a. The exeeu'ion. '. . : . ; W.l: Oer man s:pervi.--io:i. took phn e at tL' busiest hour of ti.r day. A c :. t ow I ws !-' d-d:;.. -a tro-.p, :' crder. ''); murd. rer v.- , s :-,' kr' o:i his l.:.r..;s ar.-l !-.:. e; jn position for v.i'f !: . ..w:ii-;n.r li." a' -rival Ol" ;: u ( .; ;. a'; i v.- -1 ' i; :-.'.' ;he vs' 11 tic tn .;::' ti.e exceutio-o. 1 - v , a . ,;;d, :y man. i" y m a ;:..,. bioodv i i '.:.:.- The pair .':ad ;-: -...'h.-iated eigaother kiihtus and did no: ht. t.m : to put or. c h an garitients. AVeiln":a . .1 niiurr 'i. The ministe;-.. ;;a'd a meeting ir Pekiii at whi.Ji d was decided not te answer any Chin,- e ((uesrior..s concerning the demands of tiie p.-waus until V.u acceptance of iu preliminary note i formally signed. Thpy will ask hi Hung Chang to sign the note immediately. Meanwhile the ministers wili prepare a memorandum of what must he done in the way of pani.-hment anc otherwise to carry out tin terms of the demand note satisfactorily. lliursilaf. January ?.. Britain is hound by treaty with Tti.s sia not to resist, ilie c;:ars ab---:rp,i: of Manchuria, and now lit. gland an..Germany may seize ports of China Count von Wählers. f . accoiding runconfirmed runior In Europe, has b'tslain by an o'Jicer of tiie allied arme in Chimi. Friday. .Inuarj -t. Chinese government aeiu.--d .f duplicity in payinpr; indemnity for mi.--sinus destroyed by Boxers at, Sh. I "lung. Sunday. U. Miliary .. It is re ported from :. ian-KV. 'I.at th?mpres.s dowager lias u-duc.l (iener! Feng Täo Tsui, cotniuander in th'- province of Yun-Nan. to i)v rc-& wiMi Lis army to the. Vung-Tso Va!! y. and I'ron. that, section to n-.ve nun i: w: d. H;force is said, to .-o:,.-i.-t f 'irmed with modern v.--upon.-. (', ,; Vtui Vv'aid' rsee, jr ;s .? s, fjed. h;.s , ränge I w ith Pi': l .1 ; !i i.i ' !i:; Cimng tiraf the "'-d troa;.- a: n to opftate in ii;e pr ;" . ture.- of Shu' Te. Ih!U::--i';;-g and Ta-Ming. :n C pr(vi:ue of t i'i-Li. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. 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Imk'ks. - t Aj -tdes-tfl .- ' . - l'otatt s l-'air to ch-ice. pt-r .o. f.ie Cattle Nat l sh'.ppinc and x$..rr -"terrs. ?I..."'.;."i.'", w:th tr i . !v.ae n; V f';."0; i'r'SM-d l eef :i ret b it ' or st. ---, t !."i'd 7.. so-, is und. r lae. u.s. $-;..T..-:-am Ki'i's ar.d acr-. J.'.l.' M.1-1: c iw .: I heifers. $ L ' 4.7".: -inners. tl. -'! -7. : 1-:;s l. ii: Tex:;; :"id lw'.ian !-r. .::.:. :l rows and h.-.i-i. J J.:;.' ! II"; - i :.: and Ikhts. ! Wjl.'-C: t-ackers. !i I'Ut. h.is. . 7'-. S!i-; ; Nota.- r.i-T - tons. VP'S. : !. 1. and Links. i: stock rr. j-:-;. J.'.: liny It a!t in I'ortucal. Twenty-five thousand tens of common salt purciiascd in Lisbon. Portugal, have been contracted for by thArmour Packing Comp my of Kansa.City. ''We found that prici's have gon steadily up on account of the .-alt trust," said the company's purchasinc agent, "and so we went outside of thicountry for our salt." Twenty-five carloads of the shipment are alread on the road and thirty-live additional carloads will follow soon. Kach (.et w 1,000 Policy. The Ahrens Är Ott company, manufacturers of bath tubs and plumbinp implements, at Louisville, Ky., prtsentcd over S0 of its employes with $1.000 life insurance policies. lvery employe was given a policy with th first premium paid up. The employes promised the membeis of the firm that they would not allow the policies to lapse. Dural l'arty Starts on Tour. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester, accompanied by Lord limhert, the Duchess' maid, the Duke's valet, and Mr. Zimmerman's butler, started from Cincinnati Friday night over the Cincinnati Southern railroad in Mr. Zimmerman's private car for an extended tour through the south and vest, 'nie tlrst stopping plate was Birmingham. Ala. Thence they go to New Orleans. thence to San Francisco, returning Y' way of the Rocky mountains. ThJ party expects to be gone a month. Trees to Hide War' Sien. The government is making preparations for rehabilitating the forest cn tho reservation embracing the Chicka-mauga-Chattanooga National Military park. For this purpose the department of agriculture will send to Chattanooga a corps of expert foresters who will direct the work of replanting tho trees. Thousands or dollars will bo spent In restoring the trees. Sorce parts of the park, before the government acquired it, were almost denuded of trees by relic hunter:.