Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1901 — Page 2

THE JOURNAL. LESLIE CLARK, Ed. and Pub. RENSSELAER, - INDIANA

MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK.

Items of General Interest Told in Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. Record of Happening, n( Much or Little I importance from All Part, of ilia Clrlilxed World —Incident,. Knterprleee. Aecldeuta, Verdicts. Crime* ami Ware Steamer Alerta, with 200 passengers, including some discharged American soldiers from Olongapo, is believed to have been lost on its way lrom Subig Bay to Manila. General Wood bought the San Juan battlefield for 515,000, which the United States government will transform into a park. Boers attacked British convoy and nearly captured 100 prisoners. Greek ministry resigned as a result of the recent riots at Atltens. Icing Island and New Jersey shores visited by severe gale which did thousands of dollars damage to docks and shore property. Summer homes on Bong Island badly damaged. Many vessels missing. Four lives lost. Two companies of state troops captured camp of striking miners at Nortonville. Ky., and arrested twentythree men belonging to the Unitf-tfMiner Workers. Tents and camp equipage confiscated. Granddaughter of Horatio Seymour eloped with man 65 years old and onequarter Indian, employed by her parents at Marquette, Mich. Holland submarine boat remained fifteen hoars under water at Greenport., K. Y. Officers and crew suffered no discomfort Expert diver located the wreck of the Pacific mail steamer Rio de Janeiro, which foundered off the California coast. Chicago limited train of the Delaware, I*ackawanna & Western road wrecked at Morris Plains, N. J. Grover Cleveland recovering from his illness. Authorities of Riverside Hospital, New York, sent the wrong body to James Kerr as that of his child who had died there. He finally located his child’s body with the help of District Attorney. Salvatore Armes, 9 years old, arrested for throwing a 3-year-old child into bonfire at New York. Its injuries will probably prove fatal. , Building trades at New York to form central body. Strong attempt will he made at the coming session of Congress to have Oklahoma, with its population of 298,331, admitted as a state. Many Congressman favor it, hut are opposed to admission of Arizona and New Mexico.

Count von Hatzfelut, veteran German diplomat, who recently resigned as ambassador to Great Britain, died in Loudon of congestion of the lungs. St, James Gazette repeats charge that English actors are coarsened in America because of the difference between audiences. In the Bonine trial the defense established the fact that there had been a struggle with Ayres. Government drops a witness who gives testimony favorable to the prisoner. President Castro orders arrest of the Venezuelan minister of war and many of his partisans on the charge of conspiracy. City officials of Pittsburg, Pa., appointed by Recorder A. M. Brown, resigned rather than sene under the new recorder appointed by Governor Stone after the removal of Brown. Quay planning to make J. D. Cameron governor. Howard Egleston, an agent of the Illinois Steel company, arrested in Cuba, charged with embezzling $13,000. Riots continued in Athens, the troops having a busy time suppressing violence. Stores closed by police. Clerk in the employ of the Bank of Liveroool disappeared, taking $830,000 of the bank’s money. Rebels defeated goverrment troops under General Alban in a battle near Panama. News of the capture of the isthmian metropolis expected soon. Reinhart Wisse, who sought to get a kiss with a raffle ticket at an Englewood church bazaar, Chicago, soundly pummeled by a woman. Holdup men in Chicago beat and robbed two young women, shot a man in the leg for. failure to ihrow up his hands promptly, and despoiled a Chinaman in the downtown district of ills earnings. James Henderson, a confidence man et Chicago, whose specialty was lake front explosions, convicted of swindling. Brewery at Austin. Tex., lined $3,500 for violation of anti-trust law'. Transport Thomas bringing body of Major Belknap home. Bonine murder trial began at Washington with a statement by the prosecution outlining its theory of how J. S. Ayres was killed. Senator Allison in outlining the work of the coming congress, declared tariff revision unlikely, believed a department of commerc* and a Nicaraguan canal plan assured. Expects reciprocity with Cuba will be arranged. Repeal of war taxes likely. '.Heavy river and harbor bill certain.

FOUR KILLED, SEVEN INJURED.

Head-end Collision Between I-onl* villa Mini Nashville Freight Train*. Birmingham, Ala., dispatch: Four trainmen were killed and seven injured in a head-end collision between two I-ouisville & Nashville freight trains at Hughes' Siding, seven miles from this city. The dead are: William Bell, colored, brakeman; T. A. Cogbill, engineer; Anderson Irving, colored, fireman; J. C. Rattenberry, conductor. Injured: Robert Christian, colored, brakeman; M. H. Everin, engineer; Frank Fancher, colored, brakeman; W. H. Hughes, coal Inspector; Preston Pearce, colored, fireman; W. F. Shannon, conductor; C. Shannon, flagman. Travel was delayed for five hours.

BOER COLONEL IS ELECTED.

Arthur l.ynch Chosen to a K«at In British Parliament. Galway dispatch; Arthur Eynch Colonel of the Second Irish Brigade In the Boer army, has been elected to a seat in Parliament. It is freely declared by his opponents that he will not he permitted to take his seat, and evep that he will-be arrested on the chaige of high treason the moment he steps foot on British soil. The election of Col. Lynch was generally anticipated, but his plurality is greater than even his supporters had expected. He received 1,247 votes, against 473 cast for liis opponent, Horace Plunkett, the Unionist candidate. At jthe last election the Nationalists lost the seat.

Fish Choke Pawpaw River.

A report received in St. Joseph, Mien., from WaterVliet, Mich., says that thousands of perch have been driven up the Pawpaw River, which empties from Pawpaw i«ike, by the recent storms, until the millrace at Watervliet, half a mile up the stream, is a mass of dead fish. The fish were so closely packed together on the surface of the water that it was impossible for a rowboat to pass. Men are dipping up the fish in buckets and using them for fertilizer. It is estimated that over 300,000 perch collected in the channel were unable to get out.

Negroes Lynch a Murderer.

The particulars of a sensational murder and lynching have just reached Shreveport, 1.a., from Herndon plantation, about eight miles below Shreveport, on the Bossier parish side of Red River. The most curious feature of the affair is that the men who did the lynching were negroes and strung up one of their own race. Frank Thomas, a negro, shot and killed a 14-year-old negro boy named Wilburn over a debt of 30 cents. A mob of 200 negroes and five or six white men took possession of Thomas and promptly strung him up to the limb of a tree.

To Part Man and Wife.

Court proceedings will be brought at Boutnedale, Mass., by the parents of Nellie Cobb, fifteen years annul her marriage to Charles E. Harding, a young negro employed at the T. C. Cobb homestead at odd times. Nellie Cob and Harding e’opei and w'ere married at Newport by the Rev. Frank Fleming, a Baptist clergyman. When the couple appeared ,in tow-n and announced that they were man and wife Mrs. Harding had a stormy interview with her parents. She informed them that she had voluntarily married Harding, and that she intended to live with him.

Considine Cleared of Murder Charge.

Seattle, Wash., dispatch: John W. Considine was declared “not guilty” of the murder of ex-Chlef of Police William L. Meredith by a jury in the King County court late in the afternoon. It is not thought probable that Tom Considine, who is also charged with the murder of Meredith, will he brought to trial. The killing grew out of a political gambling feud of long standing. Meredith was killed by Considine on June 15. Meredith was chief of police, and had just resigned ns the outcome of a successful campaign waged against his administration by Considine.

Queen Wilhelmina Better.

Amsterdam dispatch: It is now known that the premature confinement of Wilhelmina occurred two days after she had attended the dedication of the hospital for consumptives, founded by the queen dowager. Prof. Halbertsma, the gynecologist attending the royal invalid, asserts that the , critical slage of her illness has passed, and that she will be able to go about in a bath chair within a few days.

Arrest Four for Murder.

Four men were arrested at Portland, Ore., on a charge of murdering James B. Morrow, who was found dead on the sidewalk near his home last Thursday morning. They are Jack Wade, Frank Dawson, Charles Smith, and W. M. Martin. When taken to the police station Wade and Dawson accused each other of firing the shot that killed Morrow'.

Brigands Munt Act Soon.

Mr. Dickinson, the diplomatic agent at Sofia for the United States, started for Constantinople, there to confer with Spencer Eddy, the secretary of the United States legation, as to the best means of hastening a solution in the deadlock which has arisen in the negotiations over the release of Miss Stone. Mr. Dickinson is considering the advisability of presenting an ultimatum to the brigands, in which he will fix ten days as the period within which £IO,OOO must be accepted by the origands as Miss Stone’s ransom.

HOW COLON WAS CAPTURED

Columbian Forces and City Taken by Surprise. FIGHT LASTS THREE HOURS. American Troop* Landed at Colon Traffic, Across Isthmus of Panama to He Maintained Under Treaty flight*— Mattleshlp lowa on Hand. Colon dispatch: Later reports show that the city of Colon was captured by the Liberal insurgents after a short fight. Twelve or fifteen men were killed, including General Patino of the attacking party, Judge Jean of the criminal court, and several other officials. Thirty or forty were wounded. The United States gunboat Machias landed a force of 100 bluejackets. The sailors are guarding the railroad station. There has been no obstruction of free transit so far. Trains will be crossing the isthmus as usual tomorrow. The city was taken by surprise. On receipt of the news that General Alban, the military commander of the isthmus, had started to attack the Liberals at Chorrera, near Panama, the latter detached 160 men, under General Patino, to attack Colon. This force embarked on board a train bound from Panama to Colon yesterday evening at Las Cascades station, previously cutting off telegraphic communication across the isthmus. On arriving at the outskirts of Colqn, where the government usually maintained a small guard, the Liberals left the train, and in the initial skirmish, which began soon afterward, Patino was killed. The command of the Liberals then devolved on Colonel Frederico Barrera, and they continued their march on Colon, arriving there a few minutes after the train, thus surprising the whole town. Action at Washington. Washington, Nov. 22.—The United States will maintain free transit across the Isthmus of Panama, using force if necessary. The revolutionary leaders at Colon were notified to this effect. The confirmation of the reported capture of Colon by the Columbian Liberals resulted in conferences between Secretary l.ong and Rear Admiral Crowninshield and between the rear admiral and Acting Secretary of. State Dr. Hill. the two last saw President Roosevelt. This was the first time since 1885, when Rear Admiral Jouett opened up transit across the Isthmus of Panama, that communication had actually been stopped. Assistant Secretary Hill cabled Consul General Gudger to notify all parties who are engaged In molesting or interfering with free transit across the isthmus that such interference must cease. Captain Perry, the commander of the battleship lowa, at Panama, was ordered to land marines if necessary for the protection of free transit across the isthmus. He was enjoined to avoid bloodshed if possible. Meanwhile news came that Commander McCrea of the Machias, at Colon, had landed a force of bluejackets and had occupied the railway station. General and Mrs. Corbin have returned to Washington from their bridal tour In New York and Canada.

MAP SHOWING SITUATION OF COLON, WHICH HAS BEEN TAKEN BY COLOMBIAN INSURGENTS.

Must Pay This Drunkard's Widow.

A jury in the t state circuit court at Sioux Falls, S. D., awarded Mrs. Mary Garrigan of that city a verdict for SI,BOO damages against Samuel Kennedy, a Dell Falls saloonkeeper. The plaintiff's husband committed suiqide after a prolonged spree. This is the first case brought under that section of the new state license law prohibiting the sale of liquor to habitual drunkards. Mrs. Garrison has similar cases pending against two other Dell Rapids saloonkeepers.

MAKE ANTI-PASS AGREEMENT.

Passenger Association Will Not Issns Passes of Any Kind. Columbus, 0., dispatch: The executive committee of the mileage bureau of the Central Passenger Association discussed the pass question at a meeting here yesterday, and the official announcement is made that passes will be abolished on Jan. 1. The agreement is as follows: "We hereby agree that for the year 1902 we will not request or Issue annual, term, or trip passes.” This agreement includes the New York Central, Michigan Central, I*ake Shore, Nickel Plate. Big Four, Lake Erie and Western and Boston and Albany of the Vanderbilt system, and the Pennsylvania, both east and west of Pittsburg, Baltimore and Ohio, Vandalia, Norfolk and Western, Chesapeake and Ohio and Erie system.

Lose Lives in Mine.

Eight men prominent in the business and political affairs of West Virginia are believed to have lost their lives in the Pocahontas mines. Experienced miners who went down to search for the missing men were driven back by black damp and hope for their recovery has practically been abandoned. The supposed victims are: Walter O’Malley, superintendent of the Pocahontas Collieries Company; William Priest, state mine inspector; A. S. Hurst, chief coal inspector for the Ca3tnor, Curran & Bullitt Company of Philadelphia; Robert St. Clair, chief coal inspector; Morris St. Clair, coal inspector; William Oldham, substitute coal inspector; Frazier G. Bell, mining engineer; Joseph Vardwell, manager of the Shamokin Coal and Coke Company of Maybury, W. Va.

New One Wire Telegraph.

Or. William Duane, professor of physics at the Colorado University, has just been granted a patent for an invention by which a large number of telegraph messages can be sent and returned over one wire at the same time. In the physical laboratory at the university it is said he has had as many as eighteen circuits working in this manner. On any of these circuits the Morse instrument can be placed and used exactly as with the single wire now in use. Dr. Doane’s invention is based on the principle of synchronizing moters.

Clew in Murder Mystery.

Stewart Fife, who was a clerk in a store at Savannah, Mo., has been formally charged with the murder of Frank W. Richardson, the wealthy merchant, who was killed in his home nearly a year ago. ( Fife has not been arrested, as he left Savannah in June. Fife said he was asleep in the Owl club at the time Richardson was killed. Admissions by the young man since the murder, however, are said to be damaging.

Sealper Win in New York.

The law passed by the last legislature prohibiting ticket scalping was declared to be unconstitutional by the court of appeals at Albany, N. Y. The decision was rendered in the case of Clarence Fleischman, a ticket broker of Buffalo, vs. Sheriff Samuel Caldwell of Erie county.

Many Ships Overdue.

San Francisco. Cal., dispatch: The Prince Albert. 192 days out from Vancouver. for Queensborough, with reinsurance quoted at 20 per cent, has been added to the overdue list at the Merchants' Exchange. Reinsurance of 25 per cent Is quoted upon the ship Roanoke. The British ship Glenbrock, now out 185 days froin the Tyne for Valparaiso, is quoted at 90 per cent. The British bark Agalia, out 157 days from Newcastle, Australia, for Panama, stands at 40 per cent.

CABALLOS HAS 1,000 MEN

Filipino Insurgent Contemplating an Attack on Mauban. AN OFFICER IS CAPTURED. No Wholesale Surrenders on the Island of Samar— Captured Filipinos Show Evidences of Suffering and Hunger— Coasts Patrolled by Gunboats. Manila dispatch: It has been officially reported to General Chaffee that/ the Insurgent leader Caballos ha 3 1,000 fully armed men, including a number of American negroes, under his command In Laguna province, Luzon. An insurgent officer nas Just been captured, carrying papers dated Mauban, Laguna province, Nov. 18, and signed by Caballos. The prisoner admits that Caballos has 1,000 men with him and contemplated attacking Mauban. This probably (accounts for the fact that yesterday the telegraph lines were cut near Mauban and In several places the supporting poles were found to have been removed. News received here from the island of Samar is encouraging, although up to the present time there have been no wholesale surrenders of natives. The Filipinos captured there by our troops show evidences of suffering and hunger. The coasts of the islands are closely patrolled by gunboats and the use of the searchlight makes it almost impossible for the natives to land food on the island for the insurgents. The patrolling gunboats have captured over $20,000 in cash, and SIOO,OOO worth of hemp upon which a tax had been paid to the insurgents has been confiscated. The system of taxation and the collection of taxes maintained by the insurgent leader Lubkan were perfect and exhaustive in every particular and produced revenue from births, marriages, deaths, cock fights, and from the fish ponds of Samar. Hemp was the most important feature of commerce. Two per cent of its price was given to the local presidentes, who collected the majority of the island's revenue from those natives who had sworn allegiance to the United States, and turned it over the the rebel authorities. Smallpox is raging in the southern islands of, the archipelago. The United States Philippine commission is preparing an act to compel everybody to he vaccinated.

TWENTY-NINE KNOWN DEAD.

At Least That Number Perished In Smuggler-Union Disaster. Telluride, Colo., dispatch: The number of victims of the disaster in the Smuggler-Union mine is now known to be at least twenty-nine, with a considerable portion of the mine yet unexplored. Besides the twenty-two bodies taken out and identified at night, seven were located in the afternoon in the north end of the ninth level, but the gas is still too strong to permit the rescuers to reach them, and their Identity is as yet unknown. Several members of the searching parties were overcome in their efforts to bring out the bodies.

Rough Rider for Governor.

Washington, D. C„ dispatch: A. O. Brodie, one of the men who served with the Roosevelt rough riders in Cuba and one of the leading officers of that famous regiment, is to be appointed governor of Arizona if President Roosevelt carries out his present intention. He will succeed Nathan O. Murphy, the present governor, who, it is said, the President believes has lost caste with the Republicans of the ten itory.

Train Robber Pleads Guilty.

Washington dispatch: Postoffice Inspector Houk has telegraphed that Walter Strattan, alias Ben Starne, one of the highwaymen who held up an M. K. & T. train and robbed the. United States mail at Caney, I. T., has entered a plea of guilty to the charge at Antler, I. T. “He was leader of the gang,” wires the inspector, “and is an escaped convict from the penitentiary in Tennessee.”

Passenger Agents in Wreck.

Truckee, Cal., dispatch: The passenger agents’ special had a head-end collision with a freight train at Boca. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Parker of Chicago were slightly bruised; Mrs. H. N. Butterfield of Milwaukee received bruises on the neck and back, and Mrs. W. L. Price of Kansas City had a rib broken. Many other passengers sustained slight injuries, but refused to give names.

Alderman Wounds Assailant.

J. F. WarcX a member of the Highland (Kaiiyß city council, crushed J. E. Springer’s skull with a club, fatally wounding him, after Springer had twice shot Ward as a result of an oldtime family feud. Ward is seriously but not mortally wounded. Springer went to Ward's house with the avowed intention of slvootinc his enemy.

Not Afraid of the Brigands.

New York dispatch: Undismayed by the fate of Miss Stone, the kidnaped missionary, Miss Mary Roys, a girl from La Crosse, Wis., became the wife of Leroy Ostrander, who will take her to Samakoy, Turkey, the very station from which Miss Stone was taken by the Bulgarian brigands. Mr. Ostrander expects to assume the post of an instructor in a missionary school at Samakoy, and his bride wUI help him. The bride’s mother is Mrs. George W. Cole of this city, and the wedding took place at her home.

FATAL FIGHT OVER A GIRL

Jaaloua Youth at Pans. 111., Shoots a / Rival in the Head. 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. Hints 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.

LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Spring wheat—No. 1 northern, 71%c; No. 2,70941072 c; No. 3. 67@71c; No. 4, 62@68c. Winter wheat—No. 2 red. 7194 c; No. 3, 72@ 73c; No. 2 hard, 71>4@72c; No. 3. 7094@ 71>4c. Corn—No. 2 and No. 3. 609ic: No. 2 and No. 3 yellow, 6094 c; No. 3 white. 6094 c. Oats-No. 4 white, 42e; No. 2,389403994 c; no grade, 41c; No. 4,40 c; No. 3,409404194 c; No. 3 white, 42<u-*49< ! c; No. 2 white,-4294® 4394 c. Cattle—Choice export and dressed beef steers, $5.65(06.20; fair to good. [email protected]; Stockers and feeders, $2.654i'4.25; western fed steers, $4.60(05.40; western range steers, $3.25(01.40; Texas and Indian steers, $2.75(04.25; heifers, [email protected]; canners, [email protected]; bulls. S2(O-3.75; calves. $3(05.25. Hogs—Heavy, $5.85(05.95; mixed packers, $5 65(05.90; light, $505.75; pigs, [email protected]. Sheep—Native lambs. $4.25®>4.6&; western lambs, [email protected]; native wethers, $3.2544 3.60; western wethers, $3(03.50; western yearlings, $3.50(04; ewes, [email protected]; eulls. $1.50(03.25. Poultry—Turkey gobblers, 6c; chickens and hens, scalded, 694 c; chickens, hens and springs, dry picked, 6c; roosters, sc; ducks, B@B9jc; geese, 6@Bc; spring chickens. 7c. Potatoes—White stock ruraJs, 80 4482 c; common, 744477 c; sweet potatoes, Illinois, $2.50(83; Virginia, $2.50 per brl; Jersey. $3.60(03.65. Beans—Pea beans, hand picked, $1.88; medium, hand picked. $1.83© 1.85. Butter—Creamery. extra choice, 2494 c; seconds, 14(016c; dairies, choice, 1944 20c. Cheese—New goods: Full cream daisies, choice, 10441094 c; Young Americas, 10c; long horns. 10441094 c; twins. 994@994c. Kggs, 24c. Apples, brls, greenings. $4.7544 5; northern spies, $3443.50; Ben Davis, $2.50 (0-2.75; Baldwins. $3(03.50.

Killed in Row Over Poker.

Harry McGee, son of an oil operator of Pittsburg, Pa., is dead as a result of a shooting affray during a poker game at his home in North Bridgewater. At 2 o’clock Sunday morning McGee and several companions, among whom was Leroy Evans, a young colored man, were engaged in a game of poker, and McGee is said to have struck Evans, wbo left the house. He came back and challenged McGee to a duel. This proposition was refused. Evans drew his revolver and fired. While McGee, was falling he pulled his revolver and fired at Evans, but missed. Evans fired two more shots. McGee died, and Evans is under arrest.

Sunken Craft ls Located.

The sunken wreck of the steamer Rio, which went down in Golden Gate, off San Francisco, last May, has been located by Diver Sorensen. In December, when the currents and tide are favorable, he will dive again hoping to pick up something to prove his assertion. The wreck is in very deep water and his scheme is to warp the vessel toward shore by cables and then to raise her. On board are $400,000 worth of raw silk and $40,000 of block tin, besides $60,000 of general cargo. There are also in the safe Consul General Wildman's official papers, which the government is anxious to obtain.

French Colonists In Revolt.

Antwerp dispatch: The situation in the French Kongo is alarming. It is reported that the natives of the 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 hands of the natives at any time. According to reports received here the colony’s condition is considered hopeless.

No Poison In Stomach.

Hoboken, N. J., dispatch: Developments in Hoboken lightened the clouds which have been hovering around Mrs. Elizabeth Dale since her five year old daughter, Emeline, died with all the symptoms of strychnia poisoning. Dr. Kudlich, assisted by two eminent specialists from New York, performed an autopsy upon the child's remains and it is said that no poison was found in the stomach. The examination by the specialists seems to bear out Dr. Kudlich’s reiterated declaration that Emeline Dale was not murdered by her mother.

Smallpox In Philippines.

Reports from the Island of Leyte are to the effect that an epidemic of smallpox is temporarily overwhelming the health department. The Philippine commission has decided to enforce compulsory vaccination. General Hughes is to return to Iloilo after seven months’ hard campaigning. He is in poor health and will probably return to America. General Smith will take command in Samar.

Bicyclist Attacked by Gorilla.

Frank Biles, a negro, was nearly killed by a gorilla near Bethel camp grounds, at Bridgeport, Del. The gorilla had escaped from a circus at Seaford. Biles was riding a bicycle to Cannons Station when he was attacked by the animal. It threw him from the wheel and dealt him a heavy blow from its fist. Biles drew his revolver and shot twice, making his escape. His clothing was in shreds and he had an ugly wound over the ear. A posse of fifty men is trying to capture the animal.

THE PLOT WAS WELL LAID

Expose of a Scheme to Capture Dawson. WOULD SEIZE TERRITORY. “Order of the Midnight Sun” Numbered Several Hundred When Conepirucy We* Discovered by Secret Service— Canadian Government Working on Case. Seattle, Wash., dispatch: The Times prints the following from Victoria, B. C.: There was an organized conspiracy to seize Dawson, secure the barracks of tae Northwest mounted police with their arms and ammunition, loot the banks and pillage the property of the rich northern gold fields. These facts are confirmed. J&mes Seeley, formerly of this city, is now head of the secret service of the Northwest mounted police. He is in this city and says that not only was there a conspiracy to loot Dawson, but the scheme hatched by the conspirators was a very feasible one. Had its existence not been discovered by the secret service of the Yukon and nipped in the bud he declares the conspirators could have accomplished their purpose, and after taking Dawson could have held that place and the Yukon for six weeks or two months. The conspiracy was born at Dawson and had a branch at Skagway, but no existence in any other place to the south of Skagway, although efforts were made to secure the assistance of pro-Boer sympathizers in Seattle and other points in the United States. It was at Dawson that the plot was made last summer. Several American Fenians, who had 'drifted to Dawson, got together and formed anprganization which was called *t£e “Order of the Midnight Sun.” A number of others were gathered in and the order grew until there were several hundred adherents in September, when the members of the secret service in the Yukon became aware of its existence. Ottawa, Ont., Nov. 25.—1 t has transpired that the mounted police have been tracing up an alleged conspiracy to seize the Yukon territory. The last dispatch which the mounted police department has received on the subject was dated November 4. It was from Superintendent Wood, of Dawson and reads: “Snyder reports he discovered whereabouts in Skagway of papers relating to the conspiracy to seize territory. United States refuses to release unless Snyder makes affidavit as to conspirators. This, of course, he cannot do. Am satisfied such conspiracy exists." Snyder is one of the policemen. It Is said that the papers have been removed from Skagway. At any rate, they were not found.

New Ameer Is Kept Busy.

London dispatch: A dispatch from Allahabad to the Times says that Ameer Habib Ullah is busily engaged in state affairs, the period of forty days’ mourning for his father having expired. Replying to a message of condolence on the death of the late Ameer, and of congratulation upon his own accession, Habib Ullah informed the Afridis that he would follow in the footsteps of Abdur Rahman in all things relating to the Afrldi position. Afghan refugees from India are now Journeying to Kabul in large numbers though only those with passports are allowed to pass Jamrud (at the foot of the Khyber pass).

Bound to Keep Out Chinese.

San Francisco dispatch: About 1,000 delegates from California counties and Pacific coast states met here to protest. against the threatened repeal of the Geary Chinese exclusion act. Former Congressman Thomas J. Geary, father of the exclusion act, was chosen chairman, and H. A. Mason secretary. All labor unions were represented by delegates, and all coast states sent prominent men to speak for them. It is expected that a strong memorial to Congress in favor of the re-enactment of the exclusion law will be adopted by the convention.

Dies at Age of 120 Years.

Utica, N. Y., dispatch: Abram Ephraim Elmer, believed to have been the oldest man in the United States, is dead at his home in this city. His relatives say he was nearly 120 years old. His son in Wisconsin has the family Bible, and a copy of the record it contains is in the possession of bis son in this city. It states that Mr. Elmer was born in the Town of Warren, Herkimer County, on Jan 26 1782.

Want Eight Rides for Quarter.

Elgin, 111., dispatch: Eight rides for 25 cents is the concession which the joint committee from the city council have decided to ask from the Elgin, Aurora & Southern Traction Company in exchange for a twenty-year franchise. Inasmuch as the old franchise for the principal lines does not expire until the year 1917, a new twenty-year franchise will mean extension of only four years.

Big Armour Plant Burns.

Huntington, W. Va., dispatch: Armour Co.’s packing house, located on the river front in the central part of the city, was burned. The firemen abandoned the building and endeavored to save the large freighthouse of the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad. Armour’s packing house and office were totally destroyed, twenty or more box cars loaded with merchandise were badly damaged. The Chesapeake & Ohio freighthouse was saved with some damage. Loss, $30,000 to $50,000,