Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1899 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. OEO. E. MARSHALL. Publisher. 'NS&EIAER, - INDIAN

NEW MILITARY PARK

Wan to preserve important §l., BATTLEFIELDS \ i a, Inmlectora Lay the Project Before the & Secretary of War at Washington— Sait as a Caneeqnence of a £ Bank bobbery at Lima, Ohio. The members of the Fredericksburg ||kntional park commission called on the Hpjjstetary of War at Washington to lay Mh(£pre bitn the plans of the commission otoc a memorial park which wiU include £ahe battlefields of Fredericksburg, Chan|?OriiorsviHe, Tebb’s Tavern and several other fields comprised in an area of gffWelve miles square on the south side of ppe Rappahannock. A bill is pending before Congress on this subjecL The committee, headed by Gen. King and Gen. Buggies, laid the plans before Secret ary H>ot to give Mm a fuller idea of the feasibility of the undertaking and to secure, If possible, his indorsement of the plan |i»fore the next Congress. The Secre|t(ury of War, without binding himself to SMUT positive action, promised to do what |p* could to further the wishes of the I BANK ROBBERY CAUSKB SUIT. for Damage* the Sexual to a Mysterious Crime at Lima, Ohio. Another suit for damages, the outgrowth of the sensational and mysterious robbery of the American National Bank on last Christmas eve, when over SIB,OOO was taken, was brought at Lima, Ohio, by Elijah Bowsher, janitor of the ImPk at the time, against N. L. Michaels, Vice-president of the bank, for $20,000. Bowsher claims the damages for injury to his reputation by Michaels declaring that he was the one who had the money and who robbed the bank. Bowsher bought a farm and paid part on it and Michael told a number of persons that be had no money to buy a farm with prior to the robbery. The basement of the bank, where Bowsher had his head|hnarters, was searched several times and ■detectives dogged his footsteps for months, but they could find nothing against him. 'Other suits will probably I; TWO ROBBERS GET $50,000. Package of Money Stolen from 8t Louis Street Railway Official, v Robert R. Jennings, secretary of the Broadway Cable Oar Company, was robbed of a package containing nearly $50,SjjjpD shortly after noon the other day While boarding a car at Washington avenue and Broadway, St Louis. He had Just drawn the money from the Boatman's Bank and was on his way to the office of the company. Two well-dressed paen boarded the car just before he did, blocking the way. They jumped off while in front of the Union market. Mr. Jen- ■ sings instantly discovered his loss, made «m effort to follow the strangers, but they had disappeared. Springfield, 111., Man Murdered. John Galt, proprietor of a dairy, was murdered in the rear of his home in West Gapitol avenue at Springfield, 111., by an unknown man, who made his escape immediately after the murder. Galt was shot twice with a revolver. After receiving the. wounds he staggered into the house and fell dead. The murdered man had no known enemies and no cause for the murder can be found by the police. ';T Attempt to Rob a Saloon. | Two masked men entered Russell & Higbie’s saloon at Dead-wood, S. D., and attempted to rob the place. Mr. Russell grappled with one of the robbers, and a man who was in the place succeeded in getting out during the melee and giving the alarm. The robbers fled, having secured only SB. Wreck at Carbon, Pa. ' Vestibuled train No. 6, on the Pittsburg and Western Railroad, from Chicago to New York, was wrecked at Carbon, Pa. Fireman George HoHiday was killed and Engineer George Cupps and the baggagemaster were slightly hurt. None of the passengers was injured. Heavy engine caused the rails to spread. Indian Land Title Ruling. The United States Supreme Court has decided that by the customs of the Chippewa tribe of Indians the eldest son of a chief succeeded to his father’6 title and to the possession of the property held by him. The decision, it is said, will control the possession of large tracts of land in the Northwest held by Indian titles. Five Killed in Mexican Mine. A cave-in occurred in the San Pablo mine, situated a short distance west of Gavilanes, Mexico, and caused the death of five miners. Ten other workmen were badly injured. iv—lira. Langtry end Husband Part. : Mr*. Langtry and her latest husband. Hugo de Bathe, it is beiieved. have separated forever. The popular account of the'quarrel is to the effect that De Bathe was jealous. Fcotaman’a Captain I* Held. At Quebec the court of inquiry in the Scotsman disaster holds Captain Skrimahiro responsible and has suspended him for nine months. Admits n Heavy Loss. There has been a bloody battle between the Boers and British at Ladysmith. Geh. White reports 100 British killed. Sh p* Land Manv Immigrants. Sunday was a busy day at the New York barge office, more than 3,000 immigrants passing before the inspectors. «•» Price of Cocoa Doubled. \ Reliable dispatches announce that the of cocoa in the regions of Lamar and Huauta, Department of AyacupgH> 4 Peru, will be very small, owing to A|| damage done to the plaints by insects. Sprees for cocoa are now double those *.L .Wt* vis Hit? it iii s I v t ;i l , . rn D for Lftent Blue A * * , • *. * ’

Great railway deal on. Flint Stop Toward the Amalgamation of Eastern Properties. William Rockefeller has been elected a member of the executive committee of the New York Central Company at the meeting which authorized an issue of $15,000,000 additional stock. The New York World says: “The election of Mr. Rockefeller to the executive council of the New York Central system is of farreaching importance, as it marks the surrender of the New York, New Haven and Hartford system to the New York Central. Mr. Rockefeller was elected a director in the New York Central a few weeks ago. He and his brother, John D. Rockefeller, have never heretofore commanded any influence in New York Central affairs, although they have for several years held a big block of its stock. But they have been important factors inri the management of the New. York. New Haven and Hartford system. William Rockefeller’s election to the executive committee of the Central is, therefore, accepted as an indication that the union of the two systems will shortly follow. The next step in the deal will, it is believed by railway men, be the absorption of the Boston and Albany, the Boston and Maine, the Fitchburg and the Maine Central. The amalgamation of all these interests under the auspices of the Vanderbilts will end the war between the New England roads, which has continued for years.” RIVAL FLOCKS BESET PASTOR. Two South Dakota Town* Quarrel for Possession of a Parsonage. Rev. Air. Norvell, a Methodist minister, is the central figure in a fight between Miller, 8. D., and St Lawrence over the attempted removal of the parsonage at the latter place which was recently purchased with funds raised by the women of his congregation at Miller. When Norvell and some of his flock wont to St. Lawrence to haul the house away they met with the opposition of the people there, some of whom were members of his St. Lawrence flock. The outcome was the arrest of the parson. On a change of venue the case came up before Justice Butterfield, who dismissed the charge. Mr. Norvell has been rearrested on another warrant. A large number of Methodist women, accompanied by the sheriff and a gang of workmen, went to St. Lawrence after their parsonage building. A number of them were arrested, but the work went on. Senator King, Dr. Taylor and Mr. Loomis of St. Lawrence were arrested by Miller people for intimidating laborers. The women claim a victory.

MICHIGAN CENTRAL IN WRECK. Freight Train Crashes Into a Trolley Car Near Detroit. As a rapid railway car, Detroit bound, from Mount Clemens, Mich., was crossing Beaufait street, Detroit, it was run into by a freight train. Conductor Tony Schneider of Mount Clemens was killed. There were twenty-five passengers on the car, the greater number of whom were injured, several severely. It is charged that the trolley car did not come to a dead stop before crossing the street car tracks, instead it simply slacked. The trolley was about two-thirds over the crossing when the freight train struck it. The trolley car was lifted high in the air and tossed aside. It fell with a crash and was smashed almost to splinters. The conductor was standing on the back platform at the time of the collision. The demolished car caught fire and there is but little left of it. SENT TO JAIL FOR KISSING. Yale Student and a Yonng Woman Arrested, bnt Appeal tbe Case. Stephen O. Lawrence of New Haven, Conn., a Yale studeilt, was sentenced to jail for fifteen days for kissing Miss May Carroll. She was out walking with young Lawrence and was kissed by him when in front of a Crown street case. She made no protest, but a vigilant policeman saw the act and immediately arrested the couple for disorderly conduct. In city court Judge Dow said he had decided to make an example of the prisoner, as recently he had a similar case in court and then stated he would send to jail the next culprits found kissing in the street. The student and girl appealed the case and (grnished S3OO bonds.

Suicide Is Doubted. There is a possibility that W. D. Manro, the Auburn, N. Y., man who leaped from the Washington avenue bridge at Minneapolis, may be still alive. A wat-er-soaked meal ticket belonging to Manro was found on the river bank three-quar-ters of, a mile below the point where he jumped in. It is difficult to explain this on any other theory than that Manto climbed ont on the bank and dropped the ticket where it was found. Joplin Mines to Resume Work. The zinc mines of the Joplin-Galena district, in Missouri, which had been shat down for three weeks by order of the Zinc Miners’ Association, have resumed operations, the shut down having been declared off by the association. The cause of the shutdown was the refusal of the smelters to pay the association’s schedule of prices for ore. Oklahoma Wants Statehood. Sidney Clarke, chairman, has wsued a call for a meeting in Oklahoma City Nov. 17 of the Oklahoma statehood executive committee, “for the purpose of taking such action as may be deemed best to secure the passage of an enabling act by Congress providing for the admission of Oklahoma into the Union as a State.” Fire Kills Fourteen People. Fourteen people were burned to death at Faires, Ala. The dwellings of Harry Goodlow and Samuel Smithson were burned and ail the occupants of both houses perished. The families formed part of a colony that had recently settled in that region. They were from lowa. Kllk Mill Employes Strike. The Liberty silk mill in West Fiftyseventh street, New York, was completely tied up by the strike of employes. Of 510 employes, but one, a woman, was at work. The strike was conducted in an orderly manner. Nenrro Lynched in Georgia. John Goosby, a negro, was lynched at Reagan’s Mill, Ga., by a mob from Twiggs County. Goosby a few (jays ago provoked a difficulty with his employer, John Robinson, which resulted in the negro cutting Robinson’s throat. ' Gen- Guv V. Henry Dead.

STUDY CANAL ROUTES

AMERICAN PARTY INVESTIGATING IN NICARAGUA. Officers Are Working to Decrease Cost of Building the Isthmian Waterway —Standard Oil Company Bnya Mnch Gas Land in Indiana. The canal commission in Nicaragua is actively and successfully engaged in the work of straightening the proposed route and otherwise lessening the cost of constructing the waterway. It is estimated that the commission will decrease by several million dollars the amount mentioned by Admiral Walker in his recent report to Congress. Captain A. P. Davis of the commission has charge of the hydrographic division, which is to examine the five proposed routes across the Central American isthmus and report the result of their investigations to the Government of the United States. Captain Davis has under his command a number of engineers who are taking the measurement of streams of water that flow into the lakes along the course of the projected canal. He reports that there is a bountiful supply of water for canal purposes in Nicaragua. He will shortly start for Panama to study the water supply for the Panama, Darien and other routes. \ OFFER TO ARBITRATE. Canada’s Final Proposition to Settle Alaskan Dispute. Canada’s final proposition for a permanent settlement of the Alaska dispute is very different from her former demands and was delivered to United States Ambassador Choate by the Canadian minister of marine and fisheries, Sir Louis Henry Davies. It is as follows: “That the boundary line be arbitrated upon terms similar to those imposed by the United States and Great Britain over Venezuela. That, as a condition precedent to and absolutely preliminary to arbitration, Skaguay and Dyea would be conceded to the United States without further 1- claim if Canada received Pyramid Harbor.” In other words, Canada gives up much of the disputed gold country in return for a seaport.

PURCHASING GAS TERRITORY. Standard Oil Company Buying Thousands of Acres in Indiana. The Standard Oil Company is buying up and leasing many thousands of acres of abandoned gas territory with the knowledge, satisfactory to itself, that with the exhaustion of natural gas the territory will be flooded with oil. Experts haye decided that this is the secret of the advance in the price of oil recently. Both oil and gas men believe that it will not be long until Marion, Alexandria, Anderson and other gas belt cities are surrounded by oil wells. More wells are being drilled now than at any other time in the history of the Indiana oil belt. STREET CAR COMPANY STOPPED. Judge Orders All Track and Equipment of Wichita Road Removed, Judge Dale of the District Court at Wichita, Kan., granted a permanent injunction restraining the Wichita Street Railway Company from operating its plant and ordering all the cars and track from the streets. The injunction was asked as a last resort by the Mayor and City Council to get a new system of street railway. A company with $200,000 capital was organized two months ago and given a franchise by the City Council to build a new line, but the old company refused to surrender the streets. Must Restamp Mortgages In the United States District Court at Keokuk, Judge Woolson rendered a decision on the construction of the war revenue act. The decision was rendered in the casq of the bank of Orion, Kan., against Jamison. The claim was made that the mortgage in question should be stamped at every change of ownership, whereas it carries only the first stamp, put on at the time it was executed. The court sustained this view.

Faithful in Face of Death. A head-end collision occurred on the. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad five miles east of Cambridge, Ohio, wrecking both engines and fourteen cars. Engineer W. A. Carney refused to leave his post and received injuries from which he died an hour later. The accident was caused by Engineer Carney’s failure to take a siding as ordered. Advance in Furniture Prices. Announcement is made that all grades of furniture will be advanced 10 to 20 cents in price as a result of the efforts of the Grand Rapids Furniture Association. The advance will include all parlor, chamber, extension table and desk furniture and will take effect immediately. Czar Agrees to Arbitrate. Russia, it has been learned, has at last agreed to arbitrate with the United States the claim resulting from the seizure of sealers in the Bering Sea, which has been pending for about eight years. Cooper Gets New Place. Mr. Bewail has informed the State Department at Washington that H. E. Cooper, at present Attorney General of Hawaii, has been appointed minister of finance ad interim. Hanged at Waco, Texaa.Walter Ford, who murdered his sweetheart, Lucinda Moore, in June, 1898, was hanged at Waco, Texas. He died without faltering, saying he was going straight to heaven. France and Rnaaia Max Interfere Telegrams from Brussels announce that in the Transvaal legation circle it is stated that France and Russia will not permit the annexation of the Transvaal and Orange Free State to England. Kansas Railway Sold. The Kansas City and Eldorado Railroad has been sold to the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad Company for the amount of its bonded indebtedness, $225.000. Gases Explode at University. An explosion of gases in Kent chemical labpratory at the University of Chicago caused a mild panic among laboratory students and coeds. ’’Billy” Ing-

NO pLACi: FOR PROVISIONS. Viking Ha Room for Everything but 'Food for the Crew. Somebody will have to answer for a remarkable discovery which has been made on the gunboat Viking. The Viking had been fitted out at the Norfolk navy yard for duty in Central American waters. Much money had been expended on the equjpment of the ship. It was equipped with a rapid fire battery and was stocked with the usual supplies, such as fuel and the many other articles of.a warship on a long cruise. It was placed in commission a few days ago and the detail of officers and selection of a crew was made. When it came to placing the provisions on board it was discovered that there was no place for such stores. No amount of figuring could re-arrange the material on board so as to accommodate the provisions for the crew. There was nothing to doi but remove all the supplies, disarm the ship and put it oi\t of commission. It is likely the Viking will be sold. It is of no use to the navy. HEAVIEST YIELD OF CORN. Reports Show the Crop for 1899 Exceeds Ail Previous Records. The annual crop review of the Omaha Bee show that the corn crop of 1899 exceeds the record of the best previous year by 14,217,240 bushels. Previous to 1899 the greatest corn crop was two years ago. The figures show that the crop of 1899 reaches the enormous figure of 244,125,093 bushels. The average yield per acre is 34.5 bushels, and the quality of the crop is excellent except in very limited portions of the State, where hot weather in August damaged it somewhat. The crop is not only the largest, but taken as a whole is of as good quality as any ever raised in the State.

SAYS BDLLO.K ROMANCES. Confessions of Stillwater Convict Are Doubted by Former Guard. A. L. King, a Kansas City gripman, who claims he was a guard in the Nebraska penitentiary at Lincoln seven years ago, declares the confessions of George Bullpck, alias J. C. Mcßride, the Stillwater, Minn., convict, are romances. King declares that Bullock, while confined at Lincoln in 1892, made the same confessions, with the exception of the Osawatomie, Kan., crime, which was not committed till three years later, and at the time he was considered insane. True Bill Against Jester. At Paris, Ho., Alexander Jester was indicted on a charge of murder ip the first degree. His alleged victim was Gilbert Gates, brother of John W. Gates of Chicago, who disappeared twenty miles west of Paris in 1871 while in company with Jester. Chickasaws 21,000 in Number. The Dawes commission has completed its enrollment of the Chickasaw Indians. The enrollment shows 17,000 Indians and 4,000 freedmen, the latter being slaves and descendants of slaves brought to Indian territory from the South by the Indians, Ridest Son Cut Off. Vanderbilt fortune is $70,000,000. Alfred gets $50,000,000 and Cornelius only $1,500,000, but younger son gives brother $6,000,000 additional, making his share equal to that of others in family. He would have contested will if brother had not offered extra sum. Lieut. Brumby Given a Sword, Georgia paid tribute to her ranking hero of the Spanish-American war —Flag Lieutenant Thomas S. Brumby of the Olympia—by the presentation of a handsome sword in recognition of his services at Manila.

Farmhousc Is Burglarized. > Five masked men, armed with a heavy plank, broke in the door of Warren Irvin’s residence in Harris township, Ind., bound all the occupants, and then robbed the house of several hundred dollars in money, watches and jewelry. Will Be No s-trike. After a conference between General Manager Schaff, General Superintendent Vanwinkle of the Big Four and the firemen, an agreement on wages was reached at Indianapolis, although the scale 4 is kept secret. Jeweled » word for Sampson. New Jersey's token of appreciation of the services of Rear Admiral William T. Sampson in the American-Spanish war, a beautiful jeweled sword, costing $2,600, was given to that officer at Trenton. Day of Thanksgiving. President McKinley has issued a proclamation designating Nov. 30 as Thanksgiving day.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prim*, $3.00 to $7.00; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 71c; corn, No. 2,31 cto 33c; oats, No. 2,22 c to 24c; rye, No. 2,55 cto 57c; butter, choice 16c to 18c; potatoes, choice, 25c to 35c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $6.50; hogs, choice light, $2.75 to $4.50; sheep, common to prime, $3.25 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 67c to 69c; corn, No. 2 ■white, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white. 25c to 27c. ‘ • St. Louis—Cattle, $3.25 to $6.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,71 cto 73c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 32c to 34c; oats. No. 2,23 cto 25c; rye, No. 2. 55c to 57c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep. $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,70 cto 72c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 35c to 37c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 25c to 26c; rye, No. 2,63 cto 65c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat. No. 2,71 cto 72c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 36c to 37c; oats, No. 2 white, 26c to 28c; rye, 62c to 64c. v Toledo—Wheat, No, 2 mined, 70c to 72c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 22c to 24c; rye. No. 2,58 c to 60c; clover seed, $5.85 to $5.95. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 Northern, 67e to 69c; corn, No. 3,32 cto 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 2«c; rye, No. 1. 57c to 58c; barley, No. 2,47 cto 49c; ’pork, mess, $7.75 to $8.25. Buffalo—Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $6.50; hogs, common to choice, $3.25 to $4.75; sheep, fair to Choice woths3.2s to $6.50; hogs,

THANKSGIVING DAY IS SET.

The President Issues a Proclamation Naming Thursday, Nov. 30. President McKinley had issued the following Thanksgiving proclamation: A national custom dear to the hearts of the people calls for the setting apart of one day In each year as an occasion of special thanksgiving to Almighty God for the blessings of the preceding year. This honored observance acquires with time a tenderer significance. It enriches domestic life. It summons under the. family roof the absent children to glad reunion with those they love. Seldom has this nation had greater cause for profound thanksgiving, No great pestilence has invaded our shores. Liberal em£loyment waits upon labor. Abundant crops ave rewarded the efforts of the husbandman. Increased comforts have come to the home. The national finances have been strengthened and public credit has been sustained and made firmer. In all branches of Industry and trade there has been an unequaled degree of prosperity, while there has been a steady gain In the moral and educational growth of our national character. Churches and schools have flourished. American patriotism has been exalted. Those engaged in maintaining the honor of the flag with such signal success have been in a large degree spared from disaster and disease. An honorable peace has been ratified with a foreign nation with which we were at war, and we are now on friendly relations with every power on earth. The trust which we have assumed for the benefit of the people of Cuba has been faithfully advanced. There Is marked progress toward the restoration of healthy Industrial conditions, and under wise sanitary regulations the island has enjoyed unusual exemption from the scourge of fever. The hurricane which swept over our new possession of Porto Itico, destroying the homes and property of the Inhabitants, called forth the instant sympathy of the people of the United States, who were swift to respond with generous aid to the sufferers. While the insurrection still continues in the island of Luzon, business Is resuming its activity, and confidence In the good purposes of the United States is being rapidly established throughout the archipelago. For these reasons and countless others, I, William McKinley, President of the United States, do hereby name Thursday, the 30th day of November next, as a day of general thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed as such by all our people on this continent and In our newly acquired islands, as well as by those who may be at sea or sojourning In foreign lands; and I advise that on this day religious exercises shall be conducted In the churches or meeting places of all denominations, In order that In the social features of the day its real significance may not be lost sight of, but fervent prayers may be offered to the most high for a continuance of the divine guidance without which man’s efforts are vain and for divine consolation to those whose kindred and friends have sacrificed their lives for country. 1 recommend also that on this day, so far as may be found practicable, labor shall cease from Its accustomed toll and charity abound toward the sick, the needy and the poor. In witness whereof, I have set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aflixed. WILLIAM M’KINLEY.

KILLED IN FEUDS.

Hostile Factions Came Reign of Terror in Clay County, Kentucky. Five more men have been reported killed within the last four days by participants in the Baker-Griffin-Philpot feud, and terror reigns in Clay County, Kentucky. Judge Eversole fled from the county seat, fearing to hold court, and the Governor was asked to send troops to restore order. Jim Bob Travis was killed Saturday at Hamlet postoffice. His body was found in a well. Four men shot to death from ambush is the record for Tuesday and Monday. Tom W'hittemore was ambushed and shot through the head seven miles from Manchester Tuesday while he was on the way from Horse Creek to Manchester with Dan Parker, who is to be tried for killing one of the Turners, Parker, who is an old fighter, was also Shot, but he threw himself on the ground and escaped with a few wounds. This is the twentieth time Parker has been ambushed by his enemies. Parker and

TYPICAL CLAY COUNTY HOME.

Whittemore were friends of the Philpots, and it is supposed they were ambushed by some of the Griffin faction. One of the Philpot faction was ambushed and killed on House branch of Horse creek Tuesday as he was coming from the Pigeon Roost district to attend court. A clash between the Baker and White factions occurred on Sexton’s creek, and it is reported that two men were killed. Circuit Judge Eversole, who was to have opened court Monday at Manchester, came within two miles of town, and, when he heard the news, fled, fearing assassination, as he was in the old Perry County French-Eversole fend. The county bar held an election and appointed Carlo Lytle special judge. Both the Philpot and Griffin factions at Manchester are in small armies, heavily armed.

THREE MEN STARVE TO DEATH.

Perish Miserably in a Blizzard, with Belts Full of Gold Dust. William Lafler, who has returned to Tacoma from Alaska, brings a tragic story of the deaths of N. C. Daily and two Frenchmen, names unknown, all of Boston, on the Bonanza river, in northern Alaska, last winter. The men had been searching for gold, but ran out of food and starved to death during a terrible blizzard,' though their belts were filled with gold dust Daily and two Frenchmen got separated from Lafler and his partner during the blizzard, and wandered away almost without provisions and with only scanty clothing. When the storm moderated Lafler’s party searched for their missing companions, and finally found their tent. The men’s bones had been picked dean by wolves, though their belts and gold dust remained intact. One camp stove in the tent was found. The kettle was filled with the rawhide thongs of snowshoes which the starving men had tried to boil for food.

Dawson Offers 100 Riflemen.

Davfeon, the northernmost city In the world and the most famous for its age, has offered for service in Soath Africa a company of 100 expert riflemen for such time as the empire has need of them, undertaking to equip and maintain thin force from thf .tUjß* of their departure i... ,\f, ,n ... r _ ■■ i t «i;

KILLED BY THE BOERS.

Gsn. Symons the First of Hl* Rank to Fall in South African War. The death of Gen, Sir William Penn Symons, the British commander at Gleacoe, who was shot in the stomach in thebattle with the Boers at Dundee Hill Oct. 20, has caused sorrow throughout all England. Gen. Symons, the first of his rank to fall in the present war with the Boers, had been in the British army' since hewas 20 years old. He was born In Cornwall in 1843 and was educated privately. He took np the profession of arms ilk 1863 and saw a good bit of service in India. He fought the Valekas in the campaign of 1877-8 and participated in the Zulu campaign in 1879. He also saw service in the expedition against Burma in 1885-9. His services in the Chinese war won him a brigadier generalship and he was also given a medal and clasp for his conduct in that military enterprise. For his services in the Chin-Lu-shal. expedition of 1889-90 he was made a Companion of the Bath. Among hi» other military exploits may be mention-

GEN. SYMONS.

ed his work as brigade commander of the Toehi field force, as brigade commander during the Warziristan campaign of 1894-5, and as a division commander of the Tirah expedition of 1897-8. For his conduct in the last mentioned campaign Gen. Symons was made Knight Commander of the Bath. He never knew the meaning of fear in battle and probably would have been killed long ago had his other enemies been as expert riflemen as are the Boers.

DOWIE STONED BY A MOB.

Chicago “Divine Healer" Chased Oat of Hammond* Ind. “Dr.” John Alexander Dowie and nearly a score of his followers were mobbed* stoned and finally run out of Hammond*

DR. DOWIE.

Huehn’s Hall was crambed to the doors when Dowie and his band appeared on the stage, and the moment he attempted to speak the hostile demonstration commenced. His every word was met with cat calls, jeers and slurring re* marks. The din became so deafening that Dowie sought refuge behind the scenes. The noise continued until 10 o’clock, when Dowie left the building by a rear entrance. The mob, armed with clubs, stones and mud, followed, and an exciting chase ensued. Dowie, surrounded by his allies, ran three blocks to where an electric car was in waiting. He was struck several times, and hds clothes were besmeared with mud. The car on which the fugitive took refuge was besieged for several minutes, all the windows in it broken and the passengers, in addition to the Dowie party, were thrown into panic.

BRITONS WANT THE NEWS.

Great Indignation at the “Doctor* ing” of Reports* There is great indignation in London because of the method of the War Department in “doctoring” official reports of the fighting in Natal. Field Marshal Lord Wolseley, who has given out only meager information, calling it "a summary of the situation,” is coming in for condemnation on all sides. It is likely that a strenuous public demand will be made for a return to the earlier methods, when reports from the commanders in the field are given out in full as soon as received. The new practice has only tended to increase the tension, as it appears to be the policy to withhold bad news. The public, however, feels that it would be better to know of reverses at once. It is realized that the Government controls all telegraphic communication with South Africa, and that press dispatches are sadly mutilated. Official dispatches, it is argued, should therefore be made public as quickly and as fully as the interests of the country will permit.

GENEROSITY WAS FORCED.

Alfred GWynne Vanderbilt Compelled to Give Brother 96,000,000. According to a statement made by Cornelius Vanderbilt tbe intimation is given ont that the supposedly generous act of his brother, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, in transferring to him about $6,000,0QQ of their father’s estate, was brought about through the intervention of the disfavored heir’s attorneys. It is undertsood that the amount required to Cornelius’ portion was turned over to him In actual cash before he signed the waiver of citation which took away his right to Contest the will.

Trade and Industry.

St. Louie horseshoers have raised their prices. Japan’s tea crop is enormous and prices will be low. Milwaukee is now the largest manufacturer of bicycles. Southern cotton mills find it difficult to obtain sufficient labor. American timber is being used for sleepers on Japanese railways.

Ind., Friday night* after he made repeated attempts to deliver his discourse on “divine healing.” Nearly' 400 infuriated townspeople took part in the chase, and but for the interference of the police Dowie would have been roughly handled.