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"Wins by Six Thousand Plurality in a Hotly Contested Race for Mayor of Chicago, ELECTIONS IN OTHER STATES

Democrats Carry. St Louis, While Republic cans Get Everything is Sight at Kan sas City Notes of the Election,

Chicago, April 8. The first returns received of the city election gave ev- . 7 indications of a Stewart victory, there . being Jarge Stewart gains, he carrying Harrison's own precinct. The gains kept up pretty well, bnt not enough to defeat Harrison, the final returns showing the following state of the case: Harrison, 14GJ523; Stewart, 139,375; Harrison's plurality, G.91S. CIRT1B B. HARRISON. "When the counting of the votes had proceeded for only an hour Representative Lorimer greatly revised the pre-election rnres. He said: "Mr. Stewart will be elected by 3,000 votes." Party estimates were away out of line tefore the election. The Republican chairman claimed a plurality of 47,000 for Stewart, while the Democratic chairman figured 50,000 for Harrison. Other Candidate Had Few Vote. The other candidates for mayor had few votes: Cruice, Labor, got 0,999; Brecken, Socialist, 11,212; Haines, Prohibitionist, 2.&4S; Sale, 7SS. It was reported In the morning papers that Cruice, the labor candidate, was claiming a plurality of 30,000 or so the night before the voting. lata of the Election. , The chief issue in the campaign was the traction question, both candidates favoring ultimate municipal ownership of the street railways. Stewart advocated an immediate improvement of conditions, making the best terms possible with the companies. Harrison recommended a delay until the city . had obtained what Is desired from the companies. Mayor Harrison said: I regard the present election as less of a personal victory for myself than as. a victory for municipal ownership a victory which should lead to the development of public national as well as municipal utilities. Partisan lines were cast aside to a great extent, but the result is at the same time a substantial Indorsement of my administration." City OQctn aad Council. The Republicans elected John F. Smulski for city attorney by 8,700 plurality, and Fred C. Bender for city clerk by 3,700; the Democrats elected Ernest Hummel for city treasurer by 21,700. The .new city council will be: Republicans, 35; Democrats. 33, and independent Democrat, 1. The result in one ward is still In doubt The old council wat 39 Republicans, 30 Democrats and 1 independent. Other Illinois Return. Qulncy, Ills., April 8.-rThe entire Democratic ticket here Is re-elected by majorities ranging from 1,000 down. Joliet, Ills., April 8. The township election went Republican, there being zsj opposition. East St Louis, April 8. The entire Independent municipal ticket with one exception was elected here. Mayor 11. IX. Stephens, who was defeated by Jcd3 Cilas Cook, tad been mayor for Crco excessive teres. Cork's plurality Is 1.192 votes.. The Citizen Cicict elected ens sl-crman. Cprintld, Ills., April a The most dcitlnj city election ever held In C-zizzZzll resulted in th? election of : Hcrry IL Dererem (Deb.) mayor by LCC0 over William J. Butler (Rep.). iczrd cf c-pcrvbora ia Tcry clc:? end perhaps may be a tie. Gzl-zic, IH-L, April Q.Ttn cititr3' ticket elected mayor, treasurer, Ctzzczcz and CTve- aläPmnan ; ; fb ell b-

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J erals elected clerk, attorney; three suI pervisors. and six aldermen. Rock Island, Ills.. April 8. Six of the seven Republican candidates for aldermen nr elected. There Is no change In the local political situation. . Democrats Capture Mankatoo. St Paul. April 8. -Elections were held In villages and cities of the third class throughout Minnesota. They were without political signification, most of the tickets being unopposed, and where more than one ticket was in the field party lines were not drawn. The election at Mankatöö wns an exception. The contest was keen and resulted in a sweeping Democratic victor j. . , , . : SIEBECKER CARRIES WISCONSIN Elected Justice of the Supreme Court Municipal Vote Results. Milwaukee, April 8. The Judicial election in Wisconsin passed off very quietly. Judge Robert G. Siebecker, of Madison, judge of the Ninth circuit was elected to the place on the Wisconsin supreme bench made vacaut by the recent death of C. V. Bardeen. The indications are that Judge Siebecker is elected by about four-fifths of the total vote cast - ... There were no changes In the four circuits which elected judges. Judge Silverthorn. of Wausau, Is re-elected Judge of the Sixteenth circuit. John Goodland, of Appleton, of the Tenth; James O'Neill, of the Seventeenth, and O. T. Williams, of Milwaukee, of the Second circuit There were hot contests for the position in every circuit except the Second, where Judge O. T. WMliams was unopposed, and the Seven ienth. The proposed amendment to the constitution Increasing the number of justiro of the supreme court from five to sr tn undobtedly carried. Comparatively few mayors were elected in the state, and there were few political changes in the cities that chose executives. Oshkosh re-elected Mayor Mulva (Dem.), and LaCrosse has defeated, it appears, the Republican candidate. Fox Lake. Waukesha and Marinette went for the Republic ans. The Democrats carried Neenah, Amherst Berlin, Portage and Beayer Dam. License carried in Lake Mills, Glenwood, Stoughton-, Sparta, Deerfield, Richland Center, Sturgeon Bay and Proadhead. Viroqua voted against license. DEMOCRATS CARRY ST. LOUIS XVearly Clean Sweep of All Offleee la the Bridge City OaUlde Results. St Louis, April 8. St Louis went Democratic by a plurality of over 18,000 in about one-half the registered vote, which is 122.000. Fire Republic ans and one independent candidate were elected-to the house of delegates. The other 22 members elected are Democrats. The Democrats elected then: six candidates for the city coun dL The Republican, and Democratic nominees for the board of education were elected and the Democratic nom inee for inspector of weights and meas ures won. The Republicans assert that gross frauds were committed at the polls. Throughout the state the Democrats lost in three third-class cities that they formerly controlled, but made enough gains In otljers to fully preserve their political equilibrium. Outside St Louis the Republicans carried Jetferson City, Carthage and Lamar; the Democrats were victorious in Nevada, Mexico, Rich Hill, Warrensburg, Kirksville, Butler, Richmond, Excelsior Springs, Moberly, and Joplln, and an independent ticket won at Sedalia. The most surprising Democratic gain was in Kirksville, which had been held continuously by the Republicans for more than forty years. At Jefferson City the Democrats at tribute their defeat to the enforcement of the Sunday closing law by the pres eht Democratic administration. PACT? LI3Z3 T7En NCT D3AT7IT la City Zliz-s-i Css Llrar C?tst!sa Df Issue ?eelmea Hesulta. Omaha, April 8. Municipal elections were held in all the cities and towns cf Nebraska with the exception of Omaha and South Omaha, both of which work under, special charters

Party lines were drawn In but few" Instances, the matter of permitting the sale of liquor being the issue in nearly every town. Republicans were successful in most of the towns heard fron up to this writing, where party Hnej were followed, although Democratic majorities were given in a num

ber of towns that have heretofore elect ed Republican officers. At Fremont the Republicans elected their ticket with the exception of two officials, and Blair elected a majority of the Democratic candidates. David City, West Point, Elnrwood, NeHjrh, Tekamah, Springfield, Fullerton. Ainsworth, Oakland, Friend, Orleans, Norfolk, Elk Creek and a number of other small towns will have high license for two years. The Prohibitionists carried Stanton, Lawrence York, Osceola, Stromsburg, Alma. Nelson, Ainsley. Cozad and Craig voted for no license. Norfolk elected its entire Republican ticket REPUBLICAN GAINS IN KANSAS Kansas City Overturn a 2,000 Democrat ' lePluralltj. Kansas City, April 8. Elections was held in all tbs large cities of Kansas. The liquor question was an issue in a number of cities, notably Topeka, and in other places various local matters weie in controversy. The result as a whole shows large Republican gains. Kansas City, Kan., the largest city in the state, turned a Democratic plurality of 2,000 two years ago into a Republican plurality of more than 2,500. - In Topeka W. S. Bergundthal, Rep., was chosen for mayor by a plurality of 2,000. He was the "dry" candidate, and received a large majority of the woman's vote. One year ago a Democrat was elected mayor by a small plurality. : In Wichita B. P. McLean. Rep., was elected mayor by 300 plurality. D. R. Anthony, Jr., was elected mayor' of Leaven worth by "a majority of more than 1,000, overturning a Democratic majority, of 500. BRYAN TO SPEAK EAST In Many He Will Deliver a Series of Addressee In New York and New England. New York. April 7. William Jennings Bryau 'has not! fled his New York friends that he will be in the east in May and that he will deliver a series of addresses on political subjects in the states of New York, Connecticut Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Maryland, says the Brooklyn Eagle. The first of these addresses will probably be delivered at the Academy of Music in Brooklyn. ' It now seems likely that his Brooklyn speech will be the only one Colonel Bryan will deliver In the state of New York, as his time will be limited and he has many more invitations to speak than he can possibly accpt General Strike of Machinist. Chicago, April 7. A general strike las been called of the machinists, blacksmiths, pattern-makers, electricians and pipe fitters in the Deering division, Irondale, of the International Harvester company. 8ERVED AS A 8HIFS D0CT0E Truman W. Brophy, Dean of the Chicago Surgeon Dentists, Has a Novel Experience, Paris, April 6. Dr. Truman W. Brophy, of the faculty of Rush college, Chicago, who is here on his way to the SB. TBU1CAH W. BB0FHT. International Medical Congress at Madrid, had a novel experience on the trans-Atlanticvoyage, serving as ship's doctor on the Minnehaha of the Atlantic transport line, whose regular urgeon failed tc appear at the last moment Veteran Xoswyer Pi Chicago, April 7. B. F. Ayer, for the last twenty-five years general counsel for, the Illinois Central Railway company, is dead of pneumonia. He was 78 years old. 31 arise Band Will Take Part. Washington, April 6. The navy department Jias consented to aVow the marine band to participate inthe dedication ceremonies at St I.iuis, April ' Generously XSewardtd. Helena, Mont, April 6.r-A plumber while excavating in the cellar of a store owned by a man named McCormlck unearthed three cans containing $33,000. lln. McCormlck was at once of the cene 5n reply to a cry of sur-prf-a uttered by the astonished workcsn, and generously awarded him $L T71U Gscsect Iowa aad TTUeomla. Dubuque, la., April C. The Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin Railroad comrcad company has been organized with a capital stock of $75,000. The company purposes to build ah electric read from Dubuque, la., to PlatUvllIe, Wis., a distance of thirty miles.-

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City Elections in Hanna's StateCity and State Choose Officers in Michigan, CINCINNATI SAYS NO TO INGALLS Electing Fleischmann by an Increased Plurality Toni Johnson and Golden Iluie Jones Succeed Again. Cincinnati, April 7. The city election here was made more than usually interesting because there was a split in the Republican ranks, many Republicans going In with the Democrats in the nomination of M. E. Ingalls, president of the "Big Four" system, for mayor, against Fleischmann, Republican. More than half the vote was cast before 9 a. m. and most of the balance by noon. Returns are also early.. At 7:15 p. m. fifty precincts or about one-fourth of the city had reported, showing such Republican gains that Fleischmann's re-election as mayor was claimed by from 10,000 to 12,000 over Ingalls, on a total vote larger than .it any presidential or other election. Fleischmann's plurality for mayor three years ago was 5,500. What the Returns Show. Complete returns from the 228 precincts in Cincinnati give Fleischmann 42,907; IngaJls, 20.287; Swing, Socialist, 3.774; Martin, Prohibitionist 845; total, 73.S13.' Fleischmann's plurality, ltf,C20; majority, 12,001. The council and school boards each stand 20 Republicans to 4 Democrats. The entire Republican city ticket. Including all the boards, was elected by about the same vote as that of Fleischmann. Booms That Are Boomed. There is iuuch diversity of opinion as to the effect of the municipal elections upon the next Republican nomination for governor, but it is conceded that Mayor Tom L. Johnson, of Cleveland, will now become a formidable candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor a few months hence and the Ingalls' organization will be continued with a view of making him the Democratic opponent of Hanna for the senatorshlp. Bow the Result Is Viewed. Melville E. Ingalls heard the returns at the Queen City club and declined to make a formal statement but his colleagues on the fusion ticket stated that the'result was due to the superior organization of the Republicans in a city normally a Republican stronghold, fraudulent registration, repeating and corruption. Mayor Fleischmann said: "The election of the entire Republican ticket is a victory of the people of Cincinnati. They have filed their protest against the defamation of their city's fair name. This triumph means not only that Cincinnati will continue to progress as she has progressed during the past three years, but it means that the next governor will be a Republican, that Marcus A. Hanna will be returned to the senate and that Theodore Roosevelt will be the neit president of the United States." Tom Johnson and Jones Re-Elected. Cleveland, O.,. April 7. Tom L. Johnson was re-elected to the office of mayor by a ruajority vote of about 7,000 over Harvey D. Goulder, Rep. The other city candidates elected were all Democrats. , Toledo, O., April 7. Mayor Samuel M. Jones was re-elected for the fourth term by a plurality of about 2.S00 over John W. Dowd, Rep., and Chas. Edson, Dem. . " OVER IN MICHIGAN STATE Republicans Gather in the State Ticket City Ticket Returns. Detroit, April 7. The Republicans of Michigan f.iected their state cicket by a majority estimated between 35,000 and 40,000, the ticket being: For Justice of the supreme court, Judge Frank A. Hooker, of Charlotte; regents of the State university Peter White, of Marquette, and Loyal E. Knappen, of Grand Rapids. The vote through out the state, excepting where local issues lent interest to the fight was light In Detroit an unusually light vote was cast The only municipal officers elected were a police justice and eight school inspectors. Justice Sellers, Republican, the present Incumbent was re-elected by a large majority and the Republicans elected six of the inspectors. In Wayne county" the Republicans re-elected Auditor Burt and Circuit Judge Mandill.and Hooker carried the county by some hundreds. The proposition to bond the city to maintain a Carnegie library vas lost 6,900 to '8.338. Local issues determined the results in most of the smaller cities in "the state. At Battle Creek the Socialist party had made a strong campaign, but a Republican was elected. The Socialists elected two aldermen, giving them four in the present council. At Escanaba the Independent Labor party's candidate, J. J. Sourweln, was elected mayor. J. It. Santo, citizens' candidate for mayor at Traverse City, was elected, the rest of the oQces goln to the Republicans. The Democrats gained considerable of the council at Marshall, and re-elected Mayor F. II. Mottt by an increased majority. For the ürst time in ten years the Demcrrcats swept the city at Musktoa and elected their city ticket The proposition to consolidate Bay City and

West Bay City was defeated by a small adverse majority in the latter city.

Jackson, Mich , April 7. The Republican state ticket won here by plurali ties from 100 to 150, the larger figure being for the re-election of Judge Frank A. Hooker to the supreme court Grand Rapids, Mich., April 7. The Republicans elected their entire city ticket ii this city and gave the Republican state ticket between 1,000 and 2,000 plurality. Saginaw, Mich., April 7. The Democrats elected their candidates for recorder and Justice of the peace by from 75 to 100 plurality. The Republican state ticket in Saginaw county will have a plurality estimated at from 300 to 500. Kalamazoo, Mich., April 7. This cit5' gives the Republican candidates on the state ticket about 300 plurality. Bay City, Mich., April 7. This city gave a majoilty of 800 to the Republican state ticket and elected the entire Republican city ticket by from 450 to 800 majority. Houghton, . Mich., April 7. The Republican state ticket won by about 2,500 majority. Sault Ste. Marie. Mich., April 7. The Democrats make heavy gains over previous years, electing a mayor, a treasurer and two aldermen. The Republicans elect two aldermen. The Republican state ticket received a majority of 300 votes In Sault Ste. Marie. Marquette, Mich., April 7. The Republican state ticket carried In Marquette county by a majority of 2,000. The total vote was SX) Greene, People's party, was elected mayor of Marquette. Socialists 'Win In Anaconda. Anaconda, Mont, April 7. The Socialists elected John Frinke mayor; Patrick McIIugh, police Judge; Michael Tobin, treasurer, and three out of six aldermen. The Democrats got two aldermen and the Republicans one. AS TO THE OPEN DOOR rncle Saui Gives Russia an Opportunity to s.ew Bow Sincere She Is. Washington, April 7. It is practically admitted here that the new commercial treaty between the United States and China has been in one phase especially designed to test the soundness of Russia's promise to maintain the open door in Manchuria. Ever since Russian occupation in 1900 the province has been practically governed by the Russians, who have regulated all external trade. United States exports of great value have entered Manchuria and as the state department had no mind to lose that trade to any other nation it challenged Russia's purines and received specific promises that open door shall be maintained. The provision in the treaty now under negotiation declaring Moukden and its port Taku Shan at the mouth of the Yalu river, open to foreign trade affords the opportunity for the test . LATEST FROH MANILA United 8tatee Forces Continue to Hunt Ladrones Moro Sultans Ask for Old Glory. Manila, April 7. The pursuit of the bandits who raided Surigao, island of Mindanao, recently continues spiritedly. The constabulary overtook and defeated the band Saturday on the shore of . Lake Malnit, killing five of them. Three of the constabulary were wounded. Two sultans, one being the datto of north Lanao, recently requested that they be furnished with United States flags. They were supplied by the military authorities and the Moros are now floating them over their settlements. CITY ELECTIONS IN OHIO Of Extra Importance This Tear Presidential MReceptivesM Making- the Baee for Mayors Chairs. Cincinnati, April 6. The local elections throughout Ohio today are more important than heretofore, owing to the new municipal code Vnacted by tha legislature, which reorganizes every municipality. There will be no officers holding over, and for this reason the party advantages secured will be greater than heretofore at April elections. With more -at stake than previously the party organizations have been unusually sctive. There are the usual cries of fraud, only more so this year. The mayors of all the larger places, like Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo, Dayton, Sandusky, Zanesville, and other cities are running for reelection and Jones, of Toledo, for the fourth time. Tngallä, in Cincinnati, and Johnson, In Cleveland, are credited with being candidates this year, foi the Democratic nomination for governor, as well as for the mayoralty of their rripective cities, and next year for the presidency. Divorce) la the Swift Family. . Chicago, April 7-A petition for divorce in which Charles H. Swift is named as the 5eef ndant has been filed named as the defendant has been, filed in the circuit court at the instance of Mrs. Lutie M. Swift, who charges her husband with cruelty. The couple was married in 1S94 and separated last November. Cecoad Attempt of srirvhage. Washlsgton. Ind., April 7. Tbs ssccnl attempt within a week has been made to burn the town of Montgomery, tsven miles east of this city. Just bsfcre daylight five fires vrere started with oil-soaked rags In as many buildings In the business section of the town. All the fires were extinguished without heavy' loss.

COLLEGE ATHLETE LED THEM fl PHASE Mitaken for a Lunatic He Eludes a "Posse" and Later Joins in the Search for Himself,

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Hanged Herself to the Hinge of a Door and Died by Slow Strangulation Muncie Merchants Plan to End Strike,

Washington, Ind., April 8. One of the country districts near here has had a fright from which it Is not expected to recover soon. Lester Wratten, a high school athlete, was out In his gymnasium suit a short-sleeved shirt, muslin trousexs and sandals. Wratten is a five-mile runner, and was racing over the country with his angular arms and legs and hair flying in the wind. He jumped fences and ditches and occasionally made short dashes along the roads. He presented such an unusual sight that people In the country thought that he was an escaped lunatic. ; Farmers Tblak Qlm a Lunatic Wratten was unconscious of the sensation he was causing. One farmer who saw him spread the word among neighbors that a lunatic was at large and a posse was organized. The women gathered their children in the farm houses and locked the doors. The posse carried several hundred feet of rope with which to tie Wratten and the chase began. They soon caught sight of Wratten speeding along a country road and the entire party rushed after him. W ratten Quits the Game. The athlete not fully understanding the situation, entered Into the spirit of the thing and sprinted a short distance ahead of the crowd, leading them over hills and dales, through fences, woods and meadows. The farmers had increased their number to almost half a. hundred of shouting men, when Wratten decided to quit the game. Making an extra sprint, he disappeared in the woods, leaving his pursuers beating the brush in a vain endeavor to locate him. Then Joins the Search for Blmself, Going borne and changing his clothing, Wratten soon returned and joined in the search for the "escaped lunatic" He told the police that had been summoned by the farmers the entire story, treating it as a joke, and the police finally explained to the farmers. 8HE WEARIED OF ILLNESS And Banged Herself to the Dins of a Door, Dying- by Slow Strangulation. Anderson, Ind.. April 8. Miss Hall, 57 yeari old, committed suicide by hanging in a bed room at the home of Charles Bagot, a lawyer. Miss Hall had spent the night at the Bagot home In company with . her , niece, . Mrs. Crouse,- who Is the housekeeper for the Bagot family. Mrs. Crouse says that when she got up Miss Hall was apparently sleeping peacefully, and decided not to awake her. Two hours later the body of Miss Hall was found .dandling from, tha door of her bed room. She had been dead for an hour. To end. her life, she bid used a small rope and between the rope and her neck she had placed a towel and thea tied the rope over the top hlnga, and evidently sank on the floor and awaited death, which was due to strangulation. Miss Hall had been in bad health for several months. State Soldiers Home Board Meets. Lafayette, Ind., April 8. Trustees of the state soldiers' home met here and reorganized, electing ex-Lieutenant Governor W. S. Haggard president, to succeed General James It. Carnahan. and Captain L. B. fulwilen, of Peru, secretary, to succeed Colonel J. B. McDonald, of Columbia City. Captain A. M. Scott was re-elected treasurer. Colonel Ritter, of Indianapolis, and Csptaln Lawler were sworn in as trustees, having been appointed by Governor Durbln to succeed General Carnahan and Colonel McDonald, whose terms tad expired. ' TTTO TTOSION HI LIT AMT One TTlelde a Clllet of Wood the Other a Pistol, and Detfc De Desnae. - KokocQO, Ind., April 7. There was a pitched battlson the James Loop farm, utar this city, in which Jaots D. Loop and his brother Noah each were struck over the head with a billet of wood furiously wielded by Mrs. Anna Loop, the muscular divorced wife of James Loop, and In which Mrs. Loop herself received a. broken arm and a badly battered face. All three are In the hospital under the care of a phy

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sician. Six months ago, while Noah Loop was a visitor at his brother's home, the pie was passtd around. Noak took the largest p'e. which enraged Mrs. Loop, who bice Noah's arm with an iron poker. Delphi. Ind., April 7. William LaFuze, of Frankfort, was shot twice by his former wife, Mrs. Charles Howard. The shooting occurred at Pittsburg, a mile west of here. She secured a divorce from La Fuze and a few weeks ago was married to Howard. La Fuze appeared at her home, she became frightened aDd securing a revolver, opened fire. One bullet struck La Fuze in the arm and the other in the hip. His injuries are not serious. Agreement as to Shooters. i 1 Terre Haute, Ind., April 7. The miners' and operators' sub-scale committees have agreed to a settlement which in all probability will be ratified by the mine workers, so that the men may return to work tomorrow. The operators agree to pay a quarter of a cent a ton gross weight, the miners to employ the shooters in the Clinton district. One operator, one miner and a mining engineer from one of seven eastern colleges is to decide what mines require shooters. Will Respect a Voided Law. Richmond, Ind.. April. More than a year ago laborers employed In the city street cleaningdepartmentbrought suit for back pay, under the state minimum wage law. The men were paid the amount due them, and the hourly scale was advanced from 15 cents to 20 cents Although the supreme court has held the law to be unconstitutional, the city will probably not go back to the old system. Freeze -Oat Plot Is Alleg-ed. Indianapolis, April 7. John E. McGettigan, one of the promoters of the Indianapolis Southern railroad, has filed a sensational suit for $110,000 against D. M. Parry and .W. E. Stevenson, president and treasurer, alleging conspiracy to freeze him out of the corporation. Stoat and the Ghoul Cases. Noblesville, Ind., April 7. Lucius U. Stout, former county commissioner and a wealthy farmer, has been arrested charged with grave robbing, the case being connected with the notorious ghoul conspiracy at Indianapolis. Stout was arrested several weeks ago, but released, his attorneys claiming immunity for him under the statute of limitation, and the present charge is based on the fact that the crime was concealed for a year, thus barring the limitation claim. Will Try to Rcmnd Them All Up. Indianapolis, April 7. The national executive board of the United - MineWorkers of America has begun a meeting here at which it Is understood arrangements will be made for bringing all of the miners of the country into the organization before the next annual wage convention. Munde, Ind., April 8. Monde's merchants, building contractors and furnishers of material met and decided on an absolute lockout to settle the strike of the tinners, plasterers, carpenters, la tliers and other local unions called five weeks ago. No material of any character will be sold or allowed to be used and all trades will be locked out Wednesday. It is hoped the plan4 will force a settlement with the unions. Hiaers Adopt the Scale. Terre Haute. Ind., April 8. The Indiana miners' convention has indorsed the report of the scale commit- ' tea and the annual contract will be signed st once. The 10.000 miners prob- j ably will return to work immediately. The rote was 53 to 27. . i j Cvaasvllle Is Short of CeaL Evansville, Ind.. April 8. The coal fci tuition In Kvansville is serious, as t result of miners quitting work. No ccal is to bt had and if work is cot resumed, factories and steamboats will tare to step. "Dry Town Is Prosperous. Roachdale, Ind., April 8.Roachdale has been a "dry" town since March 11, and business men say their trade is the best they ever knew for this season of the year. " j

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