JUSTICE GRAY HAS RESIGNED lil-Health Leads to Retirement From | Supreme Bench. SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS, Domestic. Complaints were made by the farmers in the neighborhood of the anthracite coalficlds mn Pennsylvania that the strikers are raiding their farms, Women OLIVER W. HOLMES SUCCEEDS HIM. | Change Brought About By the Il Health of | Justice Gray—His Successor Is a Son of | the Famous Author, and Is at Present Chief Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of Massachusetts. Oyster Bay, N. Y. (Special) —Presi dent Roosevelt that he had appointed Hon. Oliver Wendell Holmes, chief justice of the Supreme Court of announced £1 Massachusetts. to be an associate justice of the United vice Mr. Justice Gray, resigned. States’ Supreme Court, The resignation of Justice Gray was due to ill-health veral months ago he suffered a stroke of apoplexy, which some time later, was followed by an other. He has not appeared on the bench since he stricken the first time. His advanced age—74 told against recovery witl force. Realizing that he probably never would be able again to assume the place which he so long had filled with dis tinguished ability and honor, he a short time ago to tender nation the President. Wit ception of Mr. Justice Harlan ed on the bench of the Unite Supreme Court longer than any present colleagues. He was appointed an associate justice by President Arthur on December 10, services ex- tending, therefore, a period of nearly 21 years Judge Holmes, President has selected as Mr. Justice Gray's suc- ressor, is one of the {istinguished lawyers and Massachusetts His career on the thief justice of tl preme Court, has tion. Like Justi of Massachusetts. namesake of poet i f Se was years Serious his to through whom most of bench, particularly as Massachusetts Su JUrists »d wide atten and THIRTEEN DIE IN MINE. Victims of Explosion in a Mine in Colorado Power House Blew Up. Special ) { Special snd add niGaa The mi Company of | sit 400 yards f explosion occu the mouth of by fire damp “Immediately had started in plosion occurred, mouth of the slope ings and tant. As filled, the some time, some of the and eight d brought to the surface sot rated on was caused mile mie the mouth of the slope delayed succeeded in rescuers L but men were old seseoke ls quickly throm tRrou } ty LN an welies were MINE EXPLOSIONS Due to Inefficient Management and Employing Inexpericaced Men. Knoxville Special n ture of the convent Mine Workers of District the adoption of r upon three explosions, curred in Tennessee 16 months, causing deaths men. The resolutions charge that mine catastrophes are usually. due to ineffi- cient mine management, knowing, wil- full and malicious violation of mining laws and the placing of cheap and ineffi cient men in charge of mines. The mine workers demand laws making it compulsory for all mine foremen and fire Dy to pass rigid examinations. "Alaska Is Shaken. Seattle, Wash. (Special. )—A special from Skagway, Alaska, says: “Yesterday a severe carthquake was felt here about noon. The first shock was 50 seconds long. Several large plate-glass windows were broken and chimneys in the northern part of the city tumbled down. The water in Lynn canal rose five feet very suddenly, then subsided as quickly, “A report from Juneau says that the little fleet there was pitched around and several boats capsized. The first long shock was followed by a lighter one Yesterday evening at 7 o'clock another light shock was felt.” Caskets Swept From Graves. Madison, N. J. (Special). —The cloud- burst here caused devastation in Hill side Cemetery. About 75 caskets were uncovered by the rushing waters, and » many of them were swept from the graves. The cemtery is situated partly on a hill, but a brook and ravine tra verse the other portion of it. The water backed up and swept across the lowed part of the cemetery. For a distance of about 400 feet the torrent | carried everything before it, and for a width of 50 feet the graves were wash- ed into the Passaic river. Fifteen Killed, Forty Wounded. Marshalltown, Iowa (Special). —~Ac- cording to the latest accounts, 15 per sors were killed and 40 injured on the ienn ) | 1 of the ] No. 19, Searit bearing which have mines In was $ esojutions the last the of Boo cover, has not been entirely cleared away. RR———————— Glycerin Explosion. Bradford, Pa. explosion at Irvines Mills, seven miles wide radius and annihilated two human beings. A team of horses, a wagon and 40 ten-quart cans of glycerin also went up in the flash of fire and cloud of smoke that accompanied the explosion, Joseph ©. Gilson, aged 44 years, a resident of Bradford, and Oscar Berg- vall, aged 17 years, an office boy, em- loyed the Pennsylvania Torpedo mpany, were the human victims. cept scraps of food the soldiers do not The new Chinese minister, Sir Liang Chen Tung, accompanied by Wu Ting- fang, made a visit to President velt, at Sagamore Hill. The President sent the Syinh to New York for them I'he executive board of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters was Roose Oo { the charg: od Treasurer Mc which decided embezzlement Guire By a on the folk and Western Railroad near ington, W. Va. the fireman of one trains was ki Others of were injured Baptist Church was struck by lightning Richard Dodson others were seriously A Michigan boy turned In {OG press against head-on collision Hunt of the Hed the Crews as Leslie, during was killed injured who found Chicago negotiable 2 $25 The an ecur reward by re- ities worth $350,000 was paid owners, Swift & Co. Many ir work in the Penn at Altoona, Pa, and m the Ro sbbers entered the ' Striking ay nos nines, The internation nament was Janowski winning the 3 bury th ¥ he secong prize. Preparations are being : don to give the Boer Generals Bot} Delarey and De Wet a cordial d to lionize them he last paragraph of the tariff was adopted at today's session of customs tariff committee. of the Germ Reichstag Queen Alexandra presented the med als to the volunteers in the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital service, Chinamen and Russians are report. ed to be dying in great numbers of chol- era in Manchuria, The government was successful in the Landsthing elections in the Faroe Islands, Denmark. The Firminists have defeated the troops of the provisional government at Limbe, Hayti. Many soldiers were killed and captured. Two French mountain climbers per- ished from exposure on Mont Blanc and their two guides were killed while seeking assistance The uprising in Siam is reported to be spreading. There was a noticeable lack of enthu- siasm in London on the eve of the coronation, and the scanty decoration was practically confined to the streets to be traversed by the procession Austen Chamberlain was appointed Postmaster-General in the British Cabi- the Earl of Dudley, Lord Lieuten- ant of Ireland, and Charles Thomson Ritchie, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Several more religious schools were closed in Finisterre, France, despiie protests of the inhabitants. At Plon- recet rece fe Pri were barricaded, Capain Rosehill, who sailed from lish his claim, went fully armed. The Japanese now occupy the island he Vatican is reported to disapprove of the action of the Dominican friars in the Philippines in selling their lands to Financial, Southern Railwa | stock for Philadelphia traders, The Diamond Match Company has de- {elared a regular quarterly dividend of | 2 1-2 per cent, Big money was made in Hocking Val- Jey in that seven point rise. Vander. bilts now control it. The Western Union has vacated the Bread Street Station and the Posal has taken its old quarters there. . Jouis San Francisco has de- clared 1 per cent. quarterly dividend upon the second preferred stock, WITH MAGNIFICE by Enthusiastic Singing of ; ) reces heartiest assembled But it was themselves themselves rowds for the King and Queen that the people really let 1m wherever and whenever Their Majesties were seen the cheers were loud and and especially was this so on the long, return to Buckingham Until the box Palace ming of guns announced Alexandra in ti nervous apprehension that even at the bad been achieved, once more plunge the nation into con- sternation. When this was passed the unrestrained jubilation was as a tribute to the King's personal popularity as it was an evidence of relief from the ten sion of the last few weeks. nothing less than marvelous seven thousand members of the nobility, the clergy and the gentry had gathered, with foreign princes, ambassadors, co- lonial rulers, Indian potentates and jeaders from the furthest quarter of the globe where the Union Jack flies, to do honor to the King Two incidents in abbey will live mm the service in the the memory of all The first of this, which almost developed into a dramatic contretemps, centered around the Archbishop of Canterbury. From the commencement of the service the Arch- bishop had the greatest difficulty in reading or remembering the prayers. The book from which his almost blind eves endeavored to read shook in his ’ came to place the crown upon Kine Edward's head his huge frame, towenng above the seated King, swayed so violently that the Bish- ut a while the Dean of Westminster ft was guarding hand under the crown. | i : { Tortured by Robbers. Ohio (Special), — Jacob who lives alone north of the city, was tortured by who broke into his house, and is in a critical condition as a result of his injuries. Mumma at- tempted to defend imself with a shot- un, but he was overcome and bound. he robbers poured coal oil on his feet and started a blaze to compel him to reveal the hiding place of money he was supposed to have, but they secured only a small sum, : . Dayton, ep . this event caused when another ex uman ONC varied the the King was Instead omage of the Prince Edward put his rince and kissed him then recalled him and wrung his han with a manliness of parental affection that brought tears to many eves King Edward was greatly unnerved by the condition of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and His Majesty sat in con- stant dread of a contretemps, though | outwardly calm, as could be judged | from the steadiness with which he held his scepter rod erect during the ordeal The Queen's own crowning was brief and simple. When the four duchesses | went to hold a canopy over Her Maj- | esty’s head, the Duchess of Maribor. ough and the Duchess of Portland led the way. i ro forgotten ceedings, } merely the cepling ™ 1 W aes, in of ee around with the American peeresses was the wearing by Lady Craven of old family | robes once worn by the Queen of Bo. { hemia. who married a former Earl | Craven. . Another incident relating to royalty was the presence of the Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, who, at the ex press desire of Queen Alexandra, sat at exactly the same spot as she occupied at the coronation of Queen Victona. No stage effect could have equaled was placed upon King's Edward's head, electric lights making the thousands of priceless jewels, including those in the crown itself, to sparkle with dazzling brilliancy. The instantaneous movement of the peers, the placing of their coro- nets upon their heads, “God Save the King, ' with its unhar monious, yet genuine, refrain from thou- sands of male and female throats, con: stituted such an outburst of pent-up thankfulness and rejoicing as even Westminster Abbey, with all its historic traditions, never before witnessed. Laundry Boller Explodes. Adrian, Mich. (Special). One man was instantly killed and five persons were injured, at Teast oge fatally, by the explosion of the boiler in Arthur Oram’'s laundry. The proprietor of the wrecked laundry thinks the explosion yas caused by a defective safety valve, The rear of the Gibson Hotel was blown to pieces. A 6Goo-pound section ond Lh es ilding asd lan Duilding asd lan eet away from LIVE NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS, National Banks’ Condition. William Barrett Ridgely, Comptrol- ler of the Currency, made the follow- | ing statement in regard to the summary i / t of condition of the national banks of i » “ | United States at the of Wednesday : “The reports of conditions | banks to be in excellent shape, as |all recent statements of the kind | increase in most of the items of | statement are consistent with the yniver- | sal reports of the prosperous comdition | of and the increase in its { ume all over the country. The footing | of the statement, $6,008,754,075, 18, i { { i 1 the « lose business | on show the have The the business vol / as might be expected, the largest on record The least favorable feature of the state- however, is perhaps the contin mncreal mm] $40,102,145 atement April 30, 1902, : i ihe statement Of In ths of there 1s solid growth values upon | be based, but inflation, ment, | ued 0ans | since the of and $264,053, July 15, 1901 | volume of loans siderable Ove the expansion Lhe of course, Con increase of which loans can aisn DE properly there and there going toe far in thi {he banks has in on April 30 10. the avera jut this verag VETrage Scande! in Manila Bay. officers Wagon Making lodustry. Census Bureau issued of the manufactu wagons for the 31. 1900 report shows a capital of $118 gstry in the thy represent dings, ma implements, and the value of $121.837.276 of $4.073.08 for wages. $6,261, expenses, includ and $e6.676.073 fou supplies, freigh The establishments r" This of 7.0632 United ly the chinery live capital products is which for salaries $20.814.0 46g for miscellancou mg rent, taxes, etc materials used, mill and fuel repor States 2 ta 1 yvaiue ana, Ww wl & mvoived Value of Minerals. The United States Geological Surve) issued its annual statistical summarn of the mineral products of the United States for the calendar year of 1901. It shows for the entire country grand total of $1,002.224.380 as the value of minerals produced in 1901, as against $1.064.408.321 in 1000. This comprises $566,351,006 worth of mri metallic mineral products, $524.873. metallic products and $1,000000 (esti mated) of mineral products unspecified including building sand, glass sand, iron ore used as flux in lead smelting. tin ore. nitrate of soda, carbonate of soda, i sulphate of soda and alum cays used by paper manufacturers. 1 Shan Uprising Spreading. United States Minister King, at Bang- | kok. Siam, has informed the State De | partment by cable that the Siamese up- | rising recently reported is spreading, | Nakawn already having been captured. Chiengmai also is threatened. Thirty- | four Americans thought to be in danger | are ed as safe. An endeavor will | be made to bring into the capital Amer- ican women and children now in the zone of disturbance. The Siamese Gov- ernment is cooperating in the attempt to protect them. Notes of Interest. The President has appointed Oliver Wendell Holmes, now chief justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, to be associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, vice Justice Gray, who has just resigned on account of ill health. : Secretary Shaw has decided that the proposed Cuban loan does not come within the jurisdiction of the Treasury D ment. TF W. Neely asks for the return of the found in his possession ha wes srrested in Cuba, * BREAK THE RECORD Host Bountiful, it is Believed, in the Nation's History. 2 {UGE PROFITS FROM THE FARMS istimates by Experts Indicate a Total Pro- duction of Cereals That Amounts To 4,076. 231,374 Bushels--Kansas Unofficial Esti- mates Place the Corn Crop at 3,000,000 Wheat Yields at 40,000,000 Bushels. the srohit 107 be $2,000,000 000 ] real cuia- beer est) erage re THIRTEEN KILLED IN A WRECK Most Workmen. Forty Persons Hart, of Them Railroad sured, bruised vive The collision out of Rhodes WHS * yes ut on a sharp curve, TO INVESTIGATE BOER WAR. losing a leg and It is thought he cannot occurred just two miles construction tran met the freight ru and mn British Commission Is Appointed Lightuing May Strike Where Least Expected. london (By Cable).—The Premier, A. ]. Balfour, announced the appoint- ment of the following commission of inquiry into the conduct of the Boer War: The Earl of Elgin, chairman; Sir Henry Norman, Sir John Hopkins, Lord Esher and Sir John Edge The announcement was made soon after the articles of peace were signed that the British Government would make a rigid inquiry into the conduct of the war in South Africa. The many tharges of cruelty and of violations of the rules of war will be investigated as well as the conduct of those in com- mand. The investigation will be of the nost sweeping character, and lightning may strike where it is least expected. Mexico Buys Sliver Ballloa. Denver, Col. (Special) —Solomon R. Guggenheim, who is here looking after the interests of the American Smelting and Refining Company, of which he is an official, says that the company has ust sold 20,000,000 ounces of silver bul- fion to the Mexican government, in addition to 5,000,000 sunces recently de. ivered. He declared that the first sale mcreased the market price of the metal two or three cents and predicted a still greater rise as a result of the late deal. Fate of Mountalns Cllmbers. Chamounix, France (By Cable) — Two residents of Paris recently perished from ex re on Mont Blanc and their two guides were killed while descending the mountain in sea of assistance. Twenty-six guides have gone from here to search for the bodies of the mountain climbers and their g guides i Tissot, the Artist, Dead. Paris (By Cable). James Joseph tater! Rae ’
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