Marshall County Independent, Volume 7, Number 52, Plymouth, Marshall County, 6 December 1901 — Page 2

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CL W. XETSKER, Tub. and Trop. PLYMOUTH, - - INDIANA. Joseph Flory lulls his "wife and himself at St. Louis, making orphans of threo small children. Thomas W. Lawson lost $12,000,000 by tho drop in copper. Ho will hold to his steel:, however, at all costs. Religious services held Sunday at the Charleston exposition preliminary to tho formal opening Monday afternoon. Syndicate of Chicago men bought six gold mines at Idaho Springs, Coio., for $203,000. Company in-orpcrated at Baltimore to make whisky out of watermelons. The whisky will be. made from the ripe fruit in tho summer and in the winter from the seeds. The water used will be furnished from the fruit itself. Fifty-seventh congress convened at noon Monday. Fleet of twenty-seven steamships ownsd by Samuel & Co. cf England reported sold to American interests for $40,000,000. Eastern oil properties included in the deal. Tall in price of silver sent gold to a premium at Manila. Speculators importing Mexican silver from Hongkong to take advantage of the situation. Buller demonstration given at Hyde Park, London, hut most of the 100,000 persons present were attracted by curiosity rather than sympathy. Constantinople correspondent of a Vienna paper declared the dead bodie3 of Miss Stone and Mmc. Tsilka had been found near Dubritza. Chile and Argentine republic buying arms and munitions of war in Germany. Conflict between the two countries believed to be imminent. Russian steel and i)on trust may be formed az a result of the metallurgical congress at Kbarkoff. King Edward and the queen to visit Cacne3 this winter. Miss Vivian Sartoris, granddaughter of U. S. Grant, reported engaged to Morton Xichols. Botfly threatens to exterminate rabbits cn Long Island. E. II. Harriman indicted in Orange county, N. J., for violation of the eighthour law by company of which he is president. Henry If. Terwilliger, a private banker of Montague, Mich., mysteriously disappeared, notifying his family they might never see him again. His financial affairs apparently in good condition. Deputy collector of customs of Detroit who examined baggage of emigrants who were in the V"abash wreck declared there were at least seventyfivo killed at Seneca. Farmers of Solomon county, Kan., made arrangements to ship their surplus wheat direct to German consumers. Theodore Duddleston, confidential clerk of National Stock Yards bank of East St. Louis, embezzled $12,000. Automatic telephone exchange invented and successfully operated by a Baltimore inventor. Fifteen foremen of the Carnegie works at Pittsburg given $130,CU0 worth of company bonds. Connecticut Law and Order league began movement to stop prizefighting In that state. Calve found a child in Los Angeles with a remarkably fine voice. Col. John N. Partridge, superintendent of public works for the state cf New York, appointed police commissioner by Mayor-Elect Low. American Baseball association completed its organization, with clubs at Indianapolis, Milwaukee, St. Paul, Columbus, Toledo, Minneapolis, Omaha, and Kansas City. Herr Wolf, leader of the Pan-German party in the Austrian reichsrath, forced out of public life by a scandal. Crisis approaching in Venezuela because of government's disregard for rights of Americans and Germans. Mrs. Honine's confession telling of the shooting of Ayres read to the jury. She may testify in her own behalf. Army officers incensed at barbaric methods of warfare adopted by Filipino insurgents. Fifteen persons drowned by the capsizing of a launch in New Caledonia. Transport Wright, formerly a hospital boat, struck a reef in Lamon bay, Island of Samar, and sank In shallow water. Minister and Mrs. McCormick observed Thanksgiving day in Vienna by holding a reception. Young Corbctt knocked out Terry McGovern in the second round of their fight at Hartford, Conn., by a cleancut blow on the point of the chin. Fighting fierce in both rounds. Mrs. Fred Gebhard, who recently secured a divorce from her husband in South Dakota, married Henry Clews, Jr., son of the New York financier. John Kraus, a tobacconist of Trenton, N. J., killed by an employe, whose "wife revealed the crime. Caused by quarrel over wages. Victims of the Wabash wreck at Seneca, Mich., now believed to number eighty, although the officials of the road declare not more than twenty were killed. Coroner's Jury impaneled at Adrian to Investigate the disaster. Governor of Oregon Informed Governor Van Sant his state has no laws regulating combination of railroads. Woman who died at Lake Junction, Wis., left $10,000 hidden In various places In her house. Mls3 Stone declared to be alive on Nov. 24. Rumor of her death discredited. Secretary Root, In his forthcoming annual report, will suggest the formation of thoroughly drilled army officers and reserves In order to avoid all confusion when emergencies arise. Power for St. Louis Exposition to be generated by use of Texas oil as fuel.

EX-G0V. WA1TE IS DEAD. Death Come to Him Suddenly While Peeltnfr Apples. Aspen, Colo., dispatch: Former Gov. ernor Davis II. Waite of Colorado fell dead here at 9 o'clock in the morning while peeling apples. He had been in good health up to the moment of his death. It is believed that the cause of death was heart trouble. In the summer of 1S93 Davis H. Waite won the sobriquet of "Bloody Bridles" Waite, and this name clung to him to the day of his death. The

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EX-GOVERNOR WAITE. .ncldent happened during a silver convention In Denver. Mr. Waite had then been In the gubernatorial chair for about a year, and he was one of the chief speakers. Among other things he said: "This is not a question to b compromised; no question cf right or wrong can bo compromised. The people of this great state ar. bound to assert their rights, even if they have to wade In blood up to the bridles of their horses to do so." David Hanson White was born in Jamestown, N. Y., on April 9. 1S25. He came to Colorado in 1S79, practicing law at Leadville and Aspen. He was a Republican in politics previous to 1S92, when he was a delegate to the Populist convention at Omaha. He was nominated for governor of Colorado In that year by the People's Party and was elected. He was a candidate for re-election in 1S94, but was defeated by Charles A. Mclntyre, Republican. Victims of Ferry "Wreck Number 4. Only four persons are known to be dead as the result of a collision in San Francisco bay Saturday night between the ferryboats Sausalito and San Rafael, from which the latter sunk. They are: W. G. Crandall of Sausalito; G. T. Treadway, waiter on the San Rafael; Patrick Ryan, an employe of the Hibernia bank; four-year-old son of Charles F. Waller, who was being carried by his mother across a plank to the Sausalito, when in a lurch she was dropped. Among those supposed to be lost are: Two Paoli brothers, fruit dealers; Miss May McMahon, San Rafael; O. Fairplay, Mill Valley; J. Hartwell, waiter. Defamer of President Held. A. K. K. Mueller, aged 39 years, was held under $S00 bail by Magistrate Kocbersperger at Philadelphia on the charge of inciting riot by using violent language against President Roosevelt Edward T. Tobin caused Mueller's arrest because he had given utterance to a remark in a saloon that "McKinley was not the one who ought to have been shot it should have been Roosevelt." The defendant Informed the magistrate that he was a Swede, and had come from Wilmington to get work at his trade as a machinist. He Eald he was unemployed, and was not responsible for what he said. Nonunion Labor Is Barred. It was announced at St. Louis at all labor union meetings that no nonunion labor will be employed on the work of the world's fair. Director of Works Isaac S. Taylor has notified ail the St. Louis unions that in case the organized ranks of that city are unable to furnish enough workmen to complete the buildings within the time limit, union labor from Chicago, Kansas City, Cincinnati and other places will bo employed. This ends the friction begun between the union metal workers and the fair authorities, and Is regarded as a great triumph for the organizations. World's Fair Is Too Soon. Adolphus Busch, of St. Louis, chairman of the committee on foreign relations of the Louisiana purchase exposition, has announced that he will resign from that office. Mr. Busch denies that there is any friction between President Francis or other members of tho world's fair directory and himself, but states that his large business interests require all his time. Mr. Busch recently returned from Europe and announced it to be his opinion that the world's fair cannot be held In 1903 because foreign countries could not get their exhibits ready. President Francis declared in interviews that he thought Mr. Busch was mistaken. 8500,000 Illaze In Ilrooklyn. Ner York dispatch: The block of factories belonging to tho National Enamellne & Stamping Company were burned. The loss is estimated at $500,000. George Koch, night watchman, is missing and 13 believed to have been burned to death. The company's plant was located in the block bounded by Bedford, Driggs and Metropolitan avenues and North First street, BrookIra. There were twenty-two buildings, ranging from one to four stories in height, and all are total wrecks. Bice Defeats Harn. New London, Conn., dispatch: At the New London opera house Austin Itlc of this city and Johnny Burns of New York fought a twenty-round bout and Rice was awarded the decision by Referee Jimmy Nelson of Waterbury. Earns Money for Indians. Eloux City, Iowa, dispatch: Inspector Jenkins has realized $100,000 for the Indians of the South Dakota reservation by leasing all unallotted lands for grazing at $1 for each head of cattle during the year.

FATAL FIGHT OVER A GIRL. Jealous Voai.li at I'ana, 111., Shoots u Uiral in the IIad. Pana. 111., dispatch: John Hines invited Elmer Dannenbarger to accompany him on a buggy ride, and when they were alone shot his guest in the head, producing a fatal wound. The young men were rivals for the affections of the same girl, and Dannenbarger seemed to be gaining a lead in the race. Revival services had been in progress at Pleasant Valley church, near this city, and Dannenbarger and the girl have been attending. Hines drove up to the church, sent in a message to Dannenbarger to come out and then invited him to get in the buggy and talk it over. After proceeding a quarter of a mile the shot was fired. Dannenbarger is dying and Hines is under arrest.

Resort to Sav.ijje Warfare-. Washington disprtch: AdjutantGeneral Corbin today received the following cablegram from Gen. Chaffee, dated at Manila: Lieuts. Feetcr and Wethcrell, nineteenth regiment, United States infantry, badly wounded by bamboo spikes in a pitfall near Carmen, Bohol. Feeter wounded in foot. Wethcrill in thigh: operation necessary to extract sticks. Lieut Smith slightly hurt. First Lieut. George R. Feeter is a native of New York. He entered the army as a second lieutenant In May, 1S99. Second Lieuts. Richard Wethcrill and Ira A. Smith were appointed from the ranks in February last. Society Kleots Officers. Carbondale, 111., dispatch: The twenty-eighth annual session of the Ilor ticultural Society cf Southern Illinois has closed its session. The following officers have been elected for the ensuing year: President, J. W. Stanton of Richviile; first vice president, R. B. Thompson of Makanda; second vice president, A. A. Hinkley of Dubois; third vice president, J. W. Fuller of Anna; secretary-treasurer, E. G. Mendenhall of Kinmunuy. Kncagement of Mis Helen Hay. Washington, D. C, dispatch: The engagement of Miss Helen Hay, daughter of the secretary of state, and Payne Whitney, the second son of William C. Whitney, has been formally announced. Miss Hay has spent much of her life as her father's companion, taking a keen interest in study, literature, and the fine arts. She is also an acknowledged leader in athletic sports. No More "Itleeding" Kansas. Washington, D. C. dispatch: The Census Bureau has made public a report on the manufacturing and mechanical industries of Kansas. The total capital represented is $GG,S27,3C2, Invested in 7.S30 establishments that turned out products valued at $172,129,298. The wages of the workingmen that performed the labor amounted to $10,317,CS9. Knights in Itailway Crash. A special train on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad, bearing COO Syracuse Knights of Columbus, north bound, was reported in a rear-end collision at Tulley, N. Y., at 1:13 a. m. Friday. Meager reports say a few are injured, although no serious casualties are now known. Free Postage on Papers. Washington, D. C, dispatch: The charge d'affaires at Lima, Peru, has advised the state department that in accordance with a constitutional en actment the Peruvian government has abolished postage on all democratic newspapers. The object of this is to aid the education of the masses. Hurt by Tidal Wave. London dispatch: A remarkable tidal wave, accompanied by strong winds, has done much damage along the eastern coast of England from Norfolk to Kent. Rivers have overflowed their banks, dams and sea walls have been Invaded and miles of country have been submerged. McKinley Tribute Omitted. Rome dispatch: At the reassembling of the Italian Chamber of Deputies no reference was made to the death of President McKinley because the Radical and Socialist members of the Chamber had threatened to speak apologetically of Czolgosz, and the government preferred to avoid any unpleasantness. Will Not Kill Miss Stone. According to a letter dated Dubnitza, November 28, Miss Stone and Mrae. Tsilka are still alive. The letter in question further says that at a recent meeting of the committee held in Dubnitza it was definitely decided not to kill the prisoners upon any pretext whatever. Nevertheless the committee insisted upon the payment of the full amount of the ransom.

rioneer Klondike Woman Dead. Seattle (Wash.) dispatch: Mrs. Louise Wordon, a pioneer of the Klondike, and one of that region's most famous women, died at Victoria. She owned valuable properties near Dawson and was one of the first women to enter the district. She was a native of California. Cashier Admits Shortage. East St. Louis (111.) dispatch: Theodore Duddleton, Jr., assistant cashier of the Slock "iards bank, was relieved from duty on his admission to President Knox that he was short some $13,000. It may be more. Duddleton is under bond In $25,000, and his bondsmen will make good the deficit. Experts now havo the books of the bank, and are going over the figures. Duddleton is 27 years old, married, and lives with his wife and child on North Ninth street. He stood very high in the community. Hawaii Wan tu SlO.OOO.OOO. Honolulu (D. C.) dispatch: Honolulu papers received here by the steamer Mlowera contain extended accounts of the purpose of the visit of Congressman Wilcox to Washington. He will ask for $10,000,000 appropriations for Improvementsi In the islands. Counsels Irish to Ficht. John Dillon, member of parliament, addressing an Irish league demonstration at Loughrea, counseled the evicted tenants to take back their farms by storm and that they should fight and Kiiffr If norrpsarv.

REACHES ffjii LANDS Pennsylvania's Move Starts Report of Immense Combine. EXCITEMENT IN WALL STREET.

Morgan, Vanderbilt and Casatt Interested iu a iirt-at Enterprise Scheme Reported to Merge All the Railways Into Three ST'tcms. New York dispatch: In explanation of the remarkable rise in the price of Heading and other coal road shares it was said in Wall street today that the Pennsylvania company Is buying up the shares to secure controlling interests in every cue of the coal carriers. Pennsylvania already controls 30,410 miles of railroads, besides vast deposits of coal. If its attempt to get control of the other coalers is successful it will have almost 20,000 miles of railroad. The First National bank is the

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THE TRANSFORMATION open purchaser of Reading stock, and it was not until today that Pennsylvania was said to be behind the deal. Morgan In tbo Deal. Reading recently acquired the Jersey Central through J. P. Morgan, and it is now said Morgan is securing stock in the other coal roads and in the Reading itself for the sole purpose of turning the entire outfit over to Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania also bought largely of Wabash stock todiy. The total capital stock and bonded iut ebtedness of these roads would be graater than that of the steel trust. It is said that this vast scheme of the Pennsylvania company was devised by W. K. Vanderbilt, A. J. Cassatt and J. P. Morgan, and that all three are bending every energy to accomplish it. These combined companies will own wharves from which iron and coal can be shipped anywhere. Plan Three Great Combines. Wall street theorists suggest that Morgan and his friends have plotted three great railroad and industrial trusts for the United States. According to them the Pennsylvania company will be the eastern end of the Central system, which will reach the Pacific by way of the Union Pacific, Missouri Pacific and Atchison railroads. The New York Central sj-stem, joined with the Northern Pacific, Burlington, St. Paul and Great Northern and interlacing lines would care for the northern section of the country. Southern business is to be transacted by way of the Southern railway, Seabord Air line, Louisville and Nashville and southern systems, of which the Mexican Central and Mexican National will be the feeders in tho far south. Report on Salt Production. Washington (D. C.) dispatch: The census bureau has issued a final report on the manufacture of salt during the calendar year 1S99. It shows a total capital of $27.123,301 invested in the 159 salt establishments reported. The value of the products is $7,9G6,S79, to produce which involved an outlay of J499.748 for salaries of officials, clerks, etc.; $1,911,140 for wages; $700,539 for miscellaneous expenses, including rent und taxes, and $3,333,922 for materials used, mill supplies, freight and fuel. Hunters Kill Game Wavden. Chilton, Wis., dispatch: Word was received from Hayton of the shooting, east of that place, of a game warden, Bald to be F. M. Bissinger of Green Bay, by violators of the state game laws. Bissinger, it was said, was in pursuit of two men, when they turned and shot him. Tho wound was not Instantly fatal, and he was found In time to give a description of his assailants, but was unable to give their names. Nothing definite can be obtained, however, and tho story is received with some doubt. French Colonists In Ilevolt Antwerp dispatch: The situation In tho French Kongo is alarming. It Is reported that the natives of tile entire colony are In revolt and that many agents of the French government have been surrounded in outlying stations and are now abandoned to their fate, relief expeditions which were sent In some instances having been driven back or overpowered. Brazzaville, one of the principal towns in the colony. Is expected to fall into the bands of the natives at any time.

HITS MRS. BONINE'S DEFENSE. Statement of Woman, Made Prior te Confession, Is Read. Washington dispatch: District Attorney Gould, who is conducting the prosecution in the Ermine murder trial, scorced another surprise on the defense when he produced in court a statement made by Mrs. Bonlne in the office of the Washington chief of police on May 17. This statement was made three days before Mrs. Conine's confession to the po'.ice, which resulted in her arrest. The defense did not know it was In existence. It was taken down by a shorthand clerk without tho knowledge of Mrs. Bonine. Mrs. Bonine in the statement produced today told the police that Ayres was a model young man with one fault this was tho drinking habit. He was, she said, an attractive man to women. She admttted dancing with Ayres on a number of occasions and admitted that her husband was out cf town for months at a time. When asked If she was ever in Ayres' room she said that she had often stood in the doorway with Ayres, but never went inside. The

OF THE FOOTBALL FLAYER. Chicago Tribune. first intimation she had of the death of Ayres, she said, was when told by some one in the house that the young man had shot himself. Canadian Canal Project. Application will be made to the Canadian parliament next session for an act to Incorporate a company under the name of the "St. Joseph and Lake Huron Ship Canal company," with all necessary powers to construct, operate, and maintain canals so located as to make a navigable waterway from some point on the eastern shore of Lake Huron, in the county of Huron, or of Lambton, in Ontario, to some point on Lake Erie, between Rondo Harbor and Port Burwcll, in the county of Elgin, with power to vary the above routes should further surveys prove it advisable, and also for all other powers in connection with operating a ship canal. Keep Grip on Cuba. Brigadier General Leonard Wood, governor of Cuba, arrived in Washington Friday evening and dined at the white house with President Roosevelt. Secretary Root was also present at the dinner. Governor Wood's mission is to discuss with the president and Secretary of War Root certain features of our occupation of Cuba and the disposition of United States troops following the inauguration of the new Cuban government in May next. It is now nearly definitely settled that not all of these troops will be withdrawn to the United States when the Cuban government is formally Installed. Training: Ship for Russia. Bremen dispatch: The Howaldt works at Kiel have begun work on a Russian vessel, which is styled an "engineer, machinist and stoker training ship." It will be the only craft of its kind in existence. Tho vessel will be fitted with tubular boilers of four systems, including the German "Schulz" boiler, and will carry the different styles of auxiliary engines used in warships. The new training ship has a displacement of 12,000 tons, and will carry a crew of 730. The vessel, which will be named the Oklan, will cost 5,000,000 marks ($1,190,000). Weds Mrs. Fred Gebhard. New York dispatch: In the presence of a few relatives and invited guests Henry Clews, Jr., and Mrs. Frederick Gebhard were married Thanksgiving day in Christ church by Rev. J. M. Farr. Mrs. Gebhard was Miss Louise Morris, daughter of one of tho most prominent residents of Baltimore. She became Mrs. Louise Ilollingsworth and later she married Gebhard. She secured a divorce from Gebhard in Dakota this fall. Gebhard, previous to the marriage, was noted for his devotion to Mrs. Langtry, the actress. Lays Tracks Up an Alley. Omaha, Neb., dispatch: The Burlington road took a hand in the trackage fight In its own behalf and before daylight a force of fifty men laid a track tip the alley west of Eighth street and were In the act of putting in a crossing over the Northwestern track when a squad of special police stopped the proceedings. Both roads now have tracks laid In violation of the orders of the city council and are keeping a foro of watchers to prevent Interfer net with the progress already mad

M'GOVERN LOSES THE FIGHT, Vouus" Corbet t Defeat Champion of the Feather Weights. Hartford, Conn., dispatch: Honors were won and lost with great, rapidity when T'-rrenee McGovern passed t lie feather-wight championship of the world to Wilih.m Rothwt II of IVnwr. who is l etter knvv.n as .'!- bett. The battle lastid a short t.w: rounds, but into the f.-ur minute ami forty-four seconds tlu.t the men actually faced each other tin was crowded more fighting than is tuten se. n in a contest that goes tho full limit of twenty round. From (he- mo:m-nt the go:ig sounded calling th" two pugilists together for the first time- until the final blow was struck, with the excepii-m of one minute for rest, it was give and take. From one ride of the ring to the other the madd.-nod lipia.--.; iY.rerd each ether. A clinch on the V(;, s would" he followed by a sharp ex hange of blows in the miter f the. ar na. Aprain two lithe forms would Hit in an 1 out. glove. 1 lifts- moving with a rapidity that it was ii:Hcult f.r eye to iViiov.

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Jj.T.V' t.iö: W stern fed steers, .fh; Western ranse t. rs. $3.5-14.5": Texas and Indian steers. 4.S". Hops, ?C.5e'ii;,.-(. Slu'.p Fed muttons. $3.511 3.te srasr. wethers. I'o.U'); grass lamhs, S3.".ci 4.2.".: ewes. $i.50ya. Killed hy a Hishhimlcr. As a result of Highbinder outrages three Chinese were killed and one wounded in San Francisco Thursday night. Quon Lucy and an unknown man were asleep in a lodging-house on Stockton street about 5 o'clock when some unknown Chinese entered and fired five shots into their bodies, instantly killing the latter. Quon Luey died soon after his removal to the hospital. At almost the same time four Chinese got into a quarrel at a gambling house on Waverly place and Jung Ming fired one shot into the neck of Jew Doo. He then turned his pistol on Loo Fook and fired four times, every shot hitting its mark. He was removed to the receiving hospital and died there. Doo's wound is not fatal. The assailant escaped. I.lhernls Give Up Colon. General Alban, commander of the government forces, entered the city of Colon Friday afternoon with 330 men. Captain Perry of the United States warship Iowa handed the town over to him as the representative of the Colombian government in accordance with the agreement made on board the American gunboat Marietta. Before, this the Liberal force surrendered to Captain Perry. Senor de la Rosa, the Liberal chief, subsequently surrendered his sword to General Alban, The American marines, who were occupying the Quartel, were then withdrawn, with the exception of a detachment, which remains to guard the property of the Panama Railroad company. The Iowa's men have returned to Tanama. Name of Damn Is Fatal. Eecause she was obliged to go through life weighted with an undesirable name Martha A. Damn of Fast Cane, near Rochester, X. Y., committed suicide. She drowned herself in the cistern at her home. Ever since her marriage her children had been subjected to ridicule. Mrs. Damn was of a sensitive nature. Day after day her children came home from school in tears as the result of teasing by thoughtless companions. Friday Mrs. Damn said she would stand it no longer and she disappeared. A search Sunday revealed her lifeless body. Five Are Victims of Fire. Shortly after 2 o'clock a. m. five persons, a mother and her four children, were burned to death at Gwyn station, on the Wopsononock railroad, three miles north of Altoona, Pa. The husband, Carl W. Burk, escaped with severe Injuries. The dead are: Mrs. Mary C. Purk, 42 years old; Adam G. Burk, IG years old; Mary E. Burk, 12 years old; Joanna Burk, 11 years old; Joseph Victor Burk, S years old. Crowded Train Is 'Vrerkl. Syracuse, N. Y., dispatch: A special train north bound on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad, carrying COO Syracuse Knights of Columbus, ran into a freight train on a siding at Tully at 1:15 o'clock a. m., wrecking both trains. A wrecking train has just been sent to Tully, and railway officials say the accident is not serious. A special dispatch from Tully says several were injured. Women Looted lVking: Shops. London dispatch: The Paris correspondent of the Times gives what he declares is the reason for tho disinclination of tho French government to make public the reports of Gen. Voyron, who commanded the French expeditionary force in China. The correspondent asserts that, after tho legations were relieved, European women went through the best shops in Peking, pillaging loads of the most precious articles. Silks, laces, jewelry, gold and silver objects, and Ivories were among the valuables taken. Former Jet Seven Yearn. New York dispatch: Charles L. Roller, a former real-estate dealer of Newark, N. J., was sentenced by a court In that city to seven years' Imprisonment at hard labor and to pay a fine of $1,000 for forging notes to the amount of $350,000, which notes he had discounted at banks. After the forgeries Roller became a fugitive from Justice. Ho was arrested in Portland Ore., but succeeded In satisfying the authorities there that they had the wrong man. and he wap released.

IS HIPP Secretary Root's Report Gives Development Details. FINANCES IN GOOD SHAPE. UKj;eMs That I.-.iw Iff Iis-;-l I'crmittiu the ll loptni nt f the ".r.iterial Kesoure s f the Il.nls I Ji Improve-lut-nts iu Manila I!:ir!o.-. "Washington dispatch: Tin second part of the annual n jMit cf Secretary of War itoot, made taii tod sy, is devoted entirely to the a m. icnt of tho Philippines. The r.-port reveals, as has no oilier !h: d.u ;::m r.t issued this year, the ji.u -.. s made; by the Unit'd Stales iu .Mi.-hins a modern t-VfUm ef cov. rune nt in tho archipelago, riuauüaüy ti:j insular government is on co 1 f ..ilnr. The revenues for t'r.o f".-.-;,i y ar 1501 a:ro-:nted to ;.(,;. a. a.-.uu.-t C,7G!,v2 tor Vjv.i. The e.p: n di tares were ?G.Tco,S21 iu lt''l, as r.traimst ?3,21S.CS1 in 11'0-m. suip'ir.s r.t tha date of the hut r pun w.i.s 1. '5C.S10. Commerce Is ;rowin. Commerce is increasing at a rapid rate. The total value; of merchandise imported in the li.-cal year of 1001 was $30,279,400', an increase ol 7 per cent over 1900. The experts amounted to $23,21-1 .IU S, an incr. -e of 17V; per cent over 1900. The impurts from the United States show an increase of 72.4 per cent over the import of 1000, and tho experts to the United States show a decrease of 27 per cent from the exports of 1900. The impoits from th? United Kingdom, from (Jermany, from France and from the British Ea.-t Indies have increased in a greater proportion than the imports from tho United Stato. Kecommemlatious to Congress. Secretary Root makes the following recommendations : That congress at once pass laws permitting the development of the material resources of the islands by private capital. That the national banking system be extended to the islands, there being no American banks and no power to create banking corporations. That the United States authorize an insular coinage of pesos, of a little less than the weight and fineness o: the Mexican pesos of 377.17 grains of pure silver, at the rate of two silver pesos for one gold dollar. That the insular government and the cities of the archipelago be given power to raise money by the issue of bonds for educational and public works. That the lands owned by religious orders 403,000 acres, be purchased by the government. I'rogress of Public Works. Secretary Root devotes a larce part of his report to tho progress of public works in the islands. Manila harbor is beinr improved at a cost of $2,000,000. Two million dollars (M. xuan) is being expended in tho construction of highways and bridges, S00 mi'fo of road being in process of construction. FILIPINO REBELS ACTIVE. Commissary Waon Attacked anil Two American Soldiers Captured. Manila dispatch: The insurgents have attacked a commissary wagon between Magdalena and Gajayjaza, seriously wounding a sergeant ar.u a private of the Eighth regiment and capturing privates Dunn and Frenning, two horses, three rifles, and COO rounds of ammunition. There has been a recrudescence of insurgent activity at Tanauau, province of Batangas, Southwest Luzon. An interpreter of the name of Alberto has been killed in the market place for refusing to donate a percentage of hl3 salary to the Insurgents. Other government employes have been similarly threatened. i:.iitor I Sne.l for l.ibel. W. E. Sehet, editor of the Harvard (Wis.) Enterprise, has been arrested on a charge of criminal libel sworn out by Otto Chrishanson, county clerk of Sawyer county, lie had previously been made defendant in two civil actions for $10,000 and $15.000, respectively, brought by Chrishanson. Sehet in his paper made vigorous attacks upon county and town officials, claiming they were dishonest. The cases will not come up before next spring.but tho outcome will be watched with interest. It is the sentiment of the best citizens that while not approving of Schet's personal attack, his fight may lead to purer municipal affairs and he has a strong following of sympathizers. Tue Poison Wife lrln-. Owensboro, Ky., dispatch: Garfield Worsley, charged with perjury in connection with illicit sales of whisky in Grayson county, attempted to commit suicide by taking red precipitate, but will recover. His wife, it is alleged, went to the jail and gave him the poison. Treat on Isthmian Canal. William I Merry, United States minister to Nicaragua, Salvador and Costa Rica, is in daily conference at Managua with Dr. Fernando Sanchez, the Nicaraguan minister of foreign affairs, concerning the construction of tho Nicaraguan canal and the terms under which tho undertaking shall bo carried out. A new commercial treaty between the United States and Nicaragua is also under discussion. Mr. Merry expects to leave here Dec. 3 for Costa Rica. American Woman Atronomer't Sarctsfc London dispatch: The Paris Temps says that Miss Kumpke, the young American astronomer, will succeed Dr. Isaac Roberts at the observatory at Starfield. Crowborough, Sussex. Stortl Kourtli Respite. Boston. Mass., dispatch: Governor" Crane yesterday continued the respite of Luigi Stortl till Deccmbar 14. Thl$ is the fourth respite granted tho manJ who is sentenced to be electrocuted, 1

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