"WENT INTO EFFECT.
<
Strike Order Generally Obeyed
by Mine Pumpmen.
President "'litclielM'lnlnm tliat NO Per
Cent, of tlie .lien Quit Work— I
Operator* Are Not San-
K ill ne— lll Mil r bailees
Arc Keported.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., .Tune 3.—The or- 1
-der of the United Mine Workers of '<
America, calling out on strike all en- :
gineers, •firemen and pumpmen em- '
ployed at collieries where the eight- 1
hour work day at present wages was 1
not granted, went into effect Monday, '
and as had been predicted, a majority 1
of the men obeyed the order. Neither 1
side can claim a victory at this time i
because the struggle on this phase of
the anthracite coal miners' strike has
just opened.
There was only a partial showing i
of strength yesterday. The real test I i
of whether or not the mine pumps |
shall be manned will begin to-day. | |
Although a majority of the men quit j '
work, the companies, generally speak- ! i
ing, succeeded in keeping their |
pumps in operation. ! 1
National President Mitchell, of the j
Miners' union, gave out a statement j '<
in which he says that 80 per cent, of !
the men are out.
On the other hand an official of one
of the largest conl companies, who
received accurate information from 1
the entire coal belt, made this state- <
luent: i
"President 'Mitchell's estimate is i
too high. We have received figures i
from all our collieries and other col
lieries, but they are not to be given
out, as it would not be policy tore- ,
veal our weak spots or to betray our
strongholds, as far as they relate to
the collieries individually
Wilkesbarre, l'a., June 4.—There
were no incidents of special mention
in the anthracite coal miners' strike
yesterday. The mine workers tried
hard to bring ont additional en
gineers, firemen and pump runners
and the operators were equally earn- !
est in their efforts to hold the men
that have been loyal to them. The (
union succeeded in getting out quite j
a number of men. One or two col- j
lieries were compellled to shut down j
their pumps because of a lack of men. j
but in all other cases the operators
were able to fill vacancies by drawing |
on their reserve force of office anil ■
other employes.
,i. _.„,iery of the Lehigh |
\\itkesbarre Co. an employe came
out of the colliery for the purpose of j
buying meat for the men inside the (
works. When his errand became
known a crowd gathered and he was ;
driven back to the mine. There was !
i cutting affray at Edwardsville. A I
striker hung an effigy of one of the <
workmen on a telegraph pole, and !
when the victim of the prank learned j
•112 it he sought out the man and |
stabbed him in the arm. The work- j
man was followed by a crowd, who .
stoned him. lie is slightly injured.
Wilkesbarre, l'a., June 5. —More en- j
gineers, firemen and pump runners
obeyed the call of the Miners' union !
and struck yesterday, but in most in- j
stances the coal company officials j
were able to fill the places of the i
strikers. The Susquehanna Coal Co.'s |
colliery No. 5 at Nanticoke was th» j
worst sufferer, all the firemen refus
ing to go to work, which compelled ■
the company to shut down the en
•gines.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., June 6. —The
spirit of unrest that has been mani
festing itself in this city and vicinity
during the last few days broke out |
in earnest at two places in this city |
Jast night and as a result a boy was j
dangerously, if not fatally, shot by a j
guard at the Stanton colliery and'a j
iarge portion of the fence around the
Murray colliery was destroyed by
iire.
At the Murray colliery, also oper
ated by the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre
Co., in the eastern part of the city,
a crowd of boys succeeded in burning
•about 400 feet of a high board fence
that surrounds the company's prop
erty.
Scrant'in June 6.—The first serious
outbreak of disorder in connection
with the miners' strike in the Lacka
wanna region occurred last night at
Forest City. David Owns, a pump
runner at the Clifford colliery of the
Hillsdale Co.. was attacked by a mob
■of 300 strikers while on his way to
work and beaten into insensibility,
lie was revived and his wounds
■dressed and then taken to his home.
Fairmont, W. Va., June 7.—The
order for a general strike of the coal
miners in the two Virginias takes ef
fect to-day. The uneasiness mani
fested in business circles during the
past week has in a great measure dis
appeared, for there is no evidence
that the strike order will be general
ly obeyed.
Shamokin, Pa., June 7.—The Locust
Gap and Locust Spring colleries be
gan flooding Friday because of the
sub-bosses quitting work rather than
keep ii]) steam for the pumps.
'Hnrrisburg. Pa., June 7. —The min
ers in the Lykens valley threaten to
make trouble if the pumpmen and en
gineers do not quit work.
Washington, June 7.—After a con
ference with the members of his cabi
net yesterday, President Uoosevelt
decided that there is no legal ground
for interefernce by liiin in the settle
ment of the dispute between the coal
operators ami striking miners.
I<°«uild an Illicit IliNtlllery.
New York, June 7.—As the result
•of n fire in a large country home at
Yonkers last night the fire depart
ment discovered one of the largest il
licit distilleries ever known in the vi
cinity of New York. The house was
rented some tine ago to a man giving
his name as Harris, who passed as
having considerable means. A neigh
bor discovered the fire and the fire
department extinguished the flames.
It was then found that the interior of
the house was equipped as a distil
lery, having a very large capacity.
Harris and his family have disap
peared.
HIS LIFE IN DANGER.
fonnty Attorney Sayn HP wa» Threat-
Plied ivilli Dentil Bpf«u«p of Hl»
Pronecu(lon of Alleged Hoodlerß.
■Minneapolis, June 7. —There was n
sensational interruption of the trial
of Irwin A. (larrlner in Judge Harri
son's eourt. Friday afternoon, when
County Attorney Sinitli submitted an
affidavit setting forth that his life
had been threatened because of his
participation in the prosecution. The
affidavit includes the mention of the
name of Mayor Ames as one of those
anxious to stop pressure of the case
against Gardner, who is accused of
having accepted a bribe as special of
ficer to protect shark gambling
establishments from police interfer
ence. Chief of Police Ames is also
under indictment. Mr. Smith says
this is the second time he has been
approached.
Mayor Ames was on the stand for
the defense in the Gardner case. He j
remembered perfectly that he had j
never received the SSOO which Kdwards j
and Crossmnn, the confidence men, j
had sworn they had paid Gardner to j
give him for protection, but his mind j
was a blank on many points of vital |
importance. He could not explain J
■why he had appointed Gardner a spe- |
ciai officer without pay, but he re
voked the appointment two months
after it was made. He could not ex
plain why there was no allusion to
this step in the records kept by his
secretary. It Gardner's commission
was revoked before the commission
of the alleged crime, he cannot be j
convicted of having received a bribe \
as an official of the police depart
ment. This would make a technical
defense.
THREE SQUADRONS.
They Will « nlle i" Went Indian Wa
ter* for Two .HoiitiiM* Ilrlll.
Washington, June 7. —The navy de
partment has made public the orders
for the assembling next winter of the
'essels of the North Atlantic, South
Atlantic and European stations to
participate in the most extensive fleet
maneuvres ever attempted by the
navy in the West Indies. The orders
recite that about November 1">. next, j
the department will assemble all i
available vessels of the stations i
named, and about January 1, 1003, j
these vessels will be gathered at ;
Culebra, Porto ltico, or Guantanamo, j
Cuba, and drilled for two months
as a fleet.
The list of vessels which will take j
part is as follows: Kearsarge, 1 own, J
Massachusetts. Hrooklyn. Illinois,
Alabama, Indiana, the new Maine
(probably), Olympia. Haltimorc, Cin
cinnati. Raleigh, Albany, Chicago,
San Francisco. Newark, Atlanta,
Detroit. Montgomery. Nashville. Mari
etta. Machias, as many of the 30 or
more torpedo boats and destroyers
as are available at the time, and a
fleet of naval colliers.
A ltri<!i> of Terror In Kentucky.
Lexington. Ky.. June 7. —John TI. |
Johns, an attorney of this city, has |
[returned from Jackson, Ky., whither
lie went to defend Thomas Coekrell,
charged with murdering Hen Hargis.
Johns-says the court and bar of Jock
son are in terror over threats by both
the Coekrell and llargis factions, and
j that Judge Ucdwinc refused to act on
i the application for a change of venue
! because of fear of his own life and
| the lives of others. Two other attor
neys were elected to preside as spe
cial judge, but each refused to act
for fear of his life. Gov. Ueekham
has been appealed to. Johns says
the county is bordering on revolution, j
Knd of tlie Teanmtcrs' Strike.
Chicago, June 6.—The packing j
| teamsters' strike, which has dis- j
turbcil tiie city for nearly two weeks, 1
| and which caused the most, serious
j rioting that has occurred since the
American Railway union strike in
1894, came to an end Thursday as the i
result of a conference between repre
sentatives of the packers and the
teamsters. The agreement reached
is a partial victory for the teamsters
in that the packers declare that they
will not discriminate against mem
bers of the union. The scale agreed
upon is two cents lower than that de
manded by the men.
Tlip Price of Victory.
London, June 6.—An official state
ment issued by the war office shows
that the total reduction of the Brit
ish forces in South Africa, up to May
30, 1902, was 97,477. This includes
killed, wounded, prisoners, deaths
from disease and men invalided home.
Of these many have recovered ami
rejoined their regiments, leaving 25,-
434 dead, or permanently incapaci
tated. The total number of troops
killed in action, or who died from
wounds, is 7.792, while the number of
deaths from disease is 13,250.
A Plzllt tviili HaiMlltn.
'Manila, June 7.—American soldiers
and raemoers of the native constabu
lary have recently been hunting for
Para Iso. the bandit leader of the
island of Negros, in the mountains
near Lanas. Negros. In a recent, en
gagement between the Americans and
bandits five of the latter were killed,
four were captured and many were
wounded.
Killed Two Women and Suicided.
Philadelphia, June 6.—Oscar Webb,
colored, during a family qua* .-1 yes
terday shot and killed Ids wife and
her mother in Germantown, a suburb
of this city. He then turned the re
' revolver on himself ami inflicted a
fatal wound.
Prof. Weleiiinan It Dead.
Anderson. Ind., June C. —'Prof. f.ew
j is J. Wcichinnn died here last night.
| lie was CO years old and for manji
j years had conducted a business col
; j lege. With the exception of John
•j Suriatt, now in Haltimorc, Prot
, ! Wcichman was the last, witness in the
trial of John Wilkes Hooth, the as
• sassin of President Lincoln. Although
| his evidence was true in detail, Prof
t Wcichman always brooded over the
- matter and said that his testimony
. | was the cause of the Conviction and
- sentence to the gallows of Mrs. Sur
1 rut.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1902.
INCOMPETENCE OF KINGS.
In*tanee* of litnoranee of Monarch*
Concerning Condition* in
Their Unu liealni*.
"Seems hard to believe this," said the
reader of"China in Convulsion," look
ing up from his perusal of that re
markable book, relates the New York
Herald. "Mr. Smith says that every
body in China knew about the danger
threatened by the Boxers; that trav
elers, merchants, missionaries, edit
ors, and evea government consuls
knew about it. The exception, he says,
was the legations—they, of all others,
to be in ignorance! They knew noth
ing and would hear nothing about it.
What do you think of that?"
"It- does seem strange," said thf
Browser, who had been deep in I'renr
history. "But here's a coincident?*..'
I've just been looking over some books
dealing with the French revolution
and later periods of France —Victor
Hugo's 'Choses Vues' and Watson's
'Story of France* among them. And
what do you think? The king's of that
country were just as ignorant of im
pending calamities which threatened
their thrones and lives as were the
legations in China, according to Mr.
Smith's account. That, it seems to
me, is even more astonishing.
"Take Louis XVI. at Versailles.
What do you suppose he was about
when the mob went to fetch him to
the Tuileries? Why, shooting rabbits
in the woods, to be sure, with all
France in a fever and the shadow of
the guillotine on his door. Much he
knew about what was going on! Then,
41 years later, we have Charles X.
with his edict annulling the very con
stitution which gave him his throne.
Indlnn Itelie Trust.
A meeting was lately held by the
Omaha and Winnebago Indians on
HON. ALBERT J. HOPKINS.
The republicans of Illinois', recently assembled In state convention at Spring
field, by a two-thirds vote passed a resolution requesting the r.ext general
assembly to elect Mr. Hopkins, who at present represents the Aurora district
In congress, to the United States senate, to succeed Senator William E. Mason, who
Is a resident of Chicago. There wore several candidates in the field, eager and ready
to snatch convention honors from Mr. Hopkins, but their efforts proved futile.
The picture here given Is from Mr. Hopkins' latest portrait, taken only a
few weeks ago.
their reservations, and a relic trust
was formed. Great Thunder, a leading
financier of the Winnebagos, was
elected president. Great Thunder's
specialty is making bows and arrows.
Green Rainbow and Prairie Chicken,
makers of belts, and John A. Logan,
manufacturer of eagle feather war
bonnets, were made directors. All the
members of the tribes will obey these
leaders in matters pertaining to the
prices of Indian goods.
Turkey's Smartest Town.
Smyrna is the smartest town in
Turkey so far as trade is concerned.
It does a bigger business than Con
stantinople. It is the headquarters
of the wool and of the rug and carpet
trade.
An Afterthought.
It is always well to remember, says
the Chicago Record-Herald, that the
extinct volcano, like the reposing
wasp, will bear watching.
WHERE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE WAS BORN.
_ . -
l-'ort de France, which r.ow Is the center of interest on (he island of Mar
tinique, has historic Interest as the scene of the girlhood of Empri >- J sepi.ir.e.
The cut is suppo-i d to represent the house near Fort ue France wt m Josti liir.r- de
Tnscher de 1 i P •«. tK vas borr. ar.d lived until sin w married, at the age of 14. to
Vlcbmte de BeauharnaU. Th« home was the sugar house of the plantation, a» the
great house of Josephine's father was destroyed by a hurricane. Abov* tin low
building of plaster, il <tnnu ris.-s a huge chimney. In tl:-. city ul Fjii ie i'rai.jc
tk u ttAiut ux Uiu tuipt tss.
ENVY OF PROFESSIONALS.
AreonlliiK to This Authority Arch
itect* Have the Lenit and Ac
tors Have the Moat.
An Italian philosopher, Signer Fer
riani, lias amused himself by con
structing a scale of degrees for the
measurement of professional envy,
reports the Buffalo Commercial. The
highest point in this envy measurer is
ten. Architects are happily placed
lowest on the scale. They register
only one; advocates, priests and mil
itary men are ranged at two; and in
the ascending scale he gives us pro
fessors of science and literature four;
-'ournalisf s, five; authors, eight; pliy
iieians, nine; actors and actresses, ten.
The small amount of envy among
architects is held to be due to their
precise, severe and rigid studies. The
same thing applies to advocates.
Among the clergy envy is found most
ly in preachers. In the military career
envy is quiescent in time of peace, but
can become acute in time of war. Envy
makes me.i of science and literature
lead solitary lives, diffident of each
other. Among physicians envy is still
more prevalent, and they do not spare
their colleagues, often terming them
charlatans. In the theatrical world
envy, according to Signor Ferriani,
reaches its acute form, vanity playing
a great part in its production.
PRINTERS ARE TOO SLOW.
The Vnliie of Government Itei>ort«
In Impaired by Delay* ill
l'uhlieation.
The public as well as the government
suffers greatly by the dilatory meth
ods in vogue in the printing of official
reports. The value of work done by the
scientific bureaus maintained by the
government especially is lamentably
lessened by the tardiness with which
the results are given to the public.
Official information does not make its
appearance until the question has be
come obsolete or enough light has been
shed on it through the medium of a
more energetic press.
The delay, says the Chicago Chron
icle is caused by the difficulty in get
ting the reports printed. In many
cases the manuscripts prepared under
the direction of the bureaus do not see
the light of publication for three years.
Pressure, it is claimed, is frequently
required to rescue the fruits of labori
ous research, and the author of a time
ly and well-designed paper is met by
most persistent and disheartening dila
toriness.
Junn Fi'Piinndez Lobtitori,
Robinson Crusoe island, Juan Fer
nandez, lying COO .miles west of Val
pariso, is to be given a civil govern
ment by Chili on account of its lob
ster canning industry.
FRIARS MUST GET OUT.
Order (ilvrn Kov. Xitll In Dealing Willi
111*' Vatican on <»olng to Home.
Washington, June 7.—Secretary
Root has sent to Ihe Philippines com
mittees of the senate ami house the
textual copies of the instructions
given by him to <iov. Taft for his
guidance in dealing' with the Vatican
respecting the acquisition by the
United States of the friars' lands in
the Philippines. These instructions
were exhibited by Gov. Taft to the
Vatican officials and served the pur
pose of credentials. The text is as fol
lows:
"Von are authorized, in the course
of your return trip to Manila, to visit
Koine and there ascertain what
church authorities have the power to
negotiate for and determine upon n
sale of the lands of the religious or
ders in the Philippine islands, and
if you find, as we are informed, that
the church at Rome has such power,
you will endeavor to attain the re
sults above indicated. Any negotia
t'.iins which you may enter upon are
always subject to granting of power
by congress to follow the negotia
tions by binding action. In any nego
tiations you will bear in mind the fol
lowing propositions, whieli should bo
fully stated to the other side in the
negotiations:
"One of the controlling principles
of our government is the complete
separation of church and state, with
the entire freedom of each from any
control by the other. This principles
is imperative wherever American
jurisdiction extends, and no modifica
tion or shading thereof can be a sub
ject of discussion.
"The religious orders cannot longer
perform in behalf of the state the
duties in relation to public instruc
tion and public charities formerly
restng upon them, and the power
which they formerly exercised,
through their relations to the civil
government, being now withdrawn,
they find themselves the objects of
such hostility on the part of their
tenantry against them, as landlords
and on the part of the people of the
parishes against them as representa
tives of the former government, that
they are no longer capable of serving
any useful purpose for the church.
Xo rents can be collected from the
populous communities occupying
their lands unless it be by the inter
vention of the civil government with
armed force.
"For several years past the friars,
formerly installed over the parishes,
have been unable to remain at their
posts, and are collected in Manila
with the vain hope of returning.
Thev will not be voluntarily accepted
again by the people and cannot be
restored to their positions except by
forcible intervention on the part of
the civil government, which the prin
ciples of our government forbid.
"Under these conditions it is for
the interest of fhe church, as well as
of the state, that the landed proprie
torship of the religious orders in the
Philippine islands should cease and
that if the church wishes to continue
is ministrations among the people of
the islands and to conduct in its own
behalf a system of instruction with
which we have no desire to interfere,
it should seek other agents therefor.
"It is the wish of our government,
in case congress shall grant authori
ty, that the titles of the religious or
ders to the large tracts of agricul
tural lands which they now hold
shall be extinguished, but that full
compensation shall be made therefor.
It is not, however, deemed to be
for the interests of the people of the
Philippine islands that in thus trans
! ferring wholly unproductive tracts of
land into money capable of produc
tive. investment, a fund should there
by be created to be used for the at
tempted restoration of the friars to
the parishes from which they are now
separated, with the consequent dis
turbance of law and order.
"Provision should be made for as
certaining what rentals, if any, ought
to be paid for convents and other
church buildings which have been oc
cupied by United States troops dur
ing the insurrection, this being of
course subject to further specific ac
tion by congress.
"Your errand will not be in any
sense diplomatic in its nature, but
will be purely a business matter of
negotiation by you as governor of
the Philippines for the purchase of
property from the owners thereof,
j and the settlement of land titles in
such a manner as to contribute to
the best interests of the people of the
islands."
Another Kruptloii of .Tloiit Holee.
Castries, Island of St. Lucia, June
7. —The steamer Kden arrived here
Friday. C'apt. Down reports that
while leaving Fort de France, Friday
morning, Mont Pelee erupted and
threw out an enormous cloud of
smoke, which passed to the eastward.
The passengers on the Eden were
much alarmed. Almost entire dark
ness prevailed. While three miles
from the island of St. Lucia, clouds
of volcanic dust obscured the coast
and made it difficult for the vessel to
enter the harbor. At :! o'clock Friday
afternoon the darkness was intense
over at. Lucia.
A Tlioimaiut Pooplo Killed.
San Francisco, June 7.—Upward of
1,000 lives have been lost and half
of the city of Uatalhulen, Guatemala,
| has been destroyed by the eruption
I of Taeana volcano, according to ad*
! vices received here by the steamer
l'alent, from Valparaiso.
Another Hiii Strike In t'roiuixod.
Chicago. June 7.—l'nless the Union
iStock Yards Co. shall agree to rein
state the 17 cattle drivers who, it is
said, were discharged last Tuesday
because they were union men, the
s,niio butchers and meat cutters at.
the packing houses and 700 stock
yards employes will n#t goto work
! Monday. The issue was squarely
! made at a conference last night be
tween Michael Donnelly, president of
the Butchers' and "Meat Cutters*
| Union of North America, and A. O.
Leonard, general manager of the
| stock yards.
FARMS SUBMERGED
Kansas and Nebraska Suffer
from Storm and Flood.
Tlie Town of Bralrlrr, !Ne!>., lint* •
Severe Uone-A Number ol \Va»l»-
outon Kallroad* Hrpi rlrd
—The Italnlall U'a)
Very Heavy.
Kansas City, June 7.—Tlie loss of
property l>y the overflow of the Neo
sho and Cottonwood rivers will
amount to several hundred thousand
dollars in the Emporia district.
There has been, however, no loss of
life ami both rivers are fulling'. Where
the two streams join, farms for miles
around are submerged in from one to
six feet of water. In several places
swift currents leave the main streams
and cut across the country, devastat
ing hundred of acres of corn and
wheat. In some of the bottoms fami
lies have been rescued in boats. The
Santa Fe tracks are covered with
water for two miles.
Trains for Kansas and Oklahoma
points are arriving here many hours
late on account of the floods. Crops
on bottom lands have been overflowed
and in southern Oklahoma the wheat
harvest has been suspended. The
most serious farm loss is reported
from near Emporia, where the
Neosho has become a lake five mileß
wide.
"Beatrice, Neb., June 7. —The flood
caused by the Cortland cloudburst
reached this city yesterday and has
practically cut off the city from out
side communication by railway. All
the bottom lands and residences
along the creek are under water.
There is eight feet of water in the
Union Pacific round house and a quar
ter of a mile of track is washed out
between this city and Cortland.
Nearly all of the Union Pacific
track between this city and Pickrell
is under water and trains are unable
to move cither way.
The main line of the Burlington is
badly washed out. One train on the
Union Pacific, with 20 passengers, is
laid up at Pickrell and is unable to
move.
St. Paul, Neb., June 7.—A rainfall
of between three and four inches
within four hours yesterday caused a
flood in this part of central Nebraska.
The town of Dannebrag, nine miles
from here, was inundated by a rise
in Oak creek, which runs through
the town. The water stood three feet
deep in the streets last night and was
steadily vising and people were mov
ing to higher ground. The railroads
are suffering, the Union Pacific hav
ing its tracks washed out and the
Burlington losing a bridge. Much
stock has been drowned.
Slitchell, S. 1)., .June 7.—The great
est storm that has visited this sec
tion for years swept over here Fri
day. A violent tvind storm was fol
lowed by a torrential rain for an
hour and the streets were flooded.
Practically every basement on Main
street is full of water, and great dam
age has been done to stocks stored
in them. In a great many residences
the water stands even with the floors.
Seven inches of water fell during one
hour. Hundreds of trees were blown
down, and many buildings more or
less damaged. Telephone and tele
graph lines were badly crippled by
the heavy wind.
Marshalltown, la., June 7. —This
section of lowa is literally deluged
and great damage to property and to
growing crops will result. A terrific
c'oudburst occurred at Gladbrook
yesterday, washing out several miles
of railroad track on both tin* Chicago
& Northwestern and the Chicago
Oreat Western. Both roads have lost
bridges. Heavy damage is also re
ported on other roads. The lowa river
here is higher than it. has been for
many years, inundating the bottom
lands, submerging crops and threat
ening the residents of lowlying locali
ties. Cornfields in many places are
four feet under water. Stock is be
ing rescued by boats. Boniford l.ang
don, a 7-year-old boy, was drowned.
TRADE REVIEW.
Labor I>l»pntei» aro the Only fnfavor
able Feature* Note J.
New York, June 7. —15. 0. Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says:
Peace in South Africa has greatly
improved the outlook. Foreign in
dustrial markets will quickly benefit
by the development of that country,
while a return to active gold mining
will be a helpful influence in mone
tary circles. Owing to the present
exceptional home consumption, pro
ducers in this country may not be
able to take advantage of the op
portunity immediately, but even the
i indirect effects must be beneficial.
Domestic conditions still have but the
one drawback of labor disputes,
which have reduced the earning pow
er of a large force.
Failures this week in the United
States were :>IS, against is.", the cor
responding week last year, anil in
Canada 10, against 20 last year.
Killed by Llshinlns;.
Chicago, June 7.—A heavy thunder
storm passed over tins city last even
ing and much damage by lightning is
! reported. Several buildings were
j struck and at Wheaton, Wilbur Chase,
i the 17-year-old son of llev. 11. W.
I Chase, pastor of the Centenary
Methodist church, was killed by an
electric bolt.
A Doctor'* Huso Kill.
Pittsburg, June 7.-—-The bill of T)r.
Walter C. Browning, of Philadelphia,
: for $190,070 for professional services
1 hi attending State Senator Chris L.
Magee during the long illness which
: resulted in his death, came before
Judge Over, of the orphans' court,
Friday. The executors refused to pay
i the bill, averring l that i> was exorbi
! tant. Counsel for Dr. Browning stat
ed before the opening of the hearing
| that Dr. browning's claims against
the Magee eslate aggregated $ 1.M1.000,
\ but he would not make public the
I items which goto make the claims.
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