A MAN USES DYNAMITE
House Blown Up, Two Are Killed and
Seven lajured.
CHILDREN NARROWLY ESCAPE DEATH.
Result of the Explosion of a Bomb Under a
Sleeping Family — Nothing Left of a Two.
year-old Infant but Bits of Flesh—Father
Killed and Mother Blown Through a Win.
dow,
Chicago (Special).—A dynamite bomb,
she weapon of a deranged assassin, blew
up the heme of Joseph Kordeck, in
Chicago Heights, killing two members of
the family outright and injuring several
others. The house was set on fire and
burned, while that of a neighbor caught
Size and was also destroyed.
The explosion occurred while the fam-
By was asleep. The father and mother,
with the daughter Lucy, occunied a room
in front of the cottage. On the other
side were rooms occupied by the rest of
the family. The cottage stood two feet
from the ground on wooden posts. The
bomb was placed under the room occu-
pied by the parents.
dismembered Kordick and scattered into
sleeping with her parents, . Pieces
flesh the size of a man’s hand were the
largest remnants of the child's body that
could be found. The force
plosion was directly upward and tore a
piece of flesh from Mrs. Kordick's side
and blew her through a window.
+ and they had har
from the flames, whi $ destroyed
the cottage. Kordick's body, torn to
shreds, was found in the debris after the
fire.
Charles Smith, a fi
Kordick home, who was pa
to one of Kordick's
arrested, charged with
Kordick girl was to have
to another man next wel
clares he is innocent, but nei
clare that he made threats to
if the girl refused t
would blow up the
dynamite.
time to escape
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CROP CONDITIONS.
Summary for October Just Issued by
Weather Bureau.
DC
following summary
Washington,
for the month
issued by the
“The
mild,
and,
over a large part of t}
and Gulf districts,
sulted therefrom,
vart of the month.
eys the con
orable for h
siderable
Lake Region
port; of th
souri valleys
“Rains caused
cotton di
month,
western
weather of ti
of the month
the developm
localities res
month pi
and, with the
able will yet
orable prope
reported from
Texas.
“Winter wheat
factory progress
pleted by the cle
the principal
early sown has,
with
while the
nerally
but a con
in the
yorthern
f:
SLES
oortian
poriion
ons
wa
& oof Sas
ent
Xing
winter
as a rule, germinat
well, good stands i generally re
potted. Fly however, quite ext
sively reported from the states of
Ohio and Mississippi valleys.”
FOUR KILLED BY SEWER GAS.
1a
is,
Threee Others Seriously Affected by the Gas
in Peculiar Manoer.
Niagara Falls, N. Y
sudden rush of gas supposed to have
been sulphuretted hydrogen, four men
were killed and three seriously affected
near the Twenty-fourth street heading
of the big tunnel trunk sewer,
The accident was a peculiar one. Thir-
teen men, comprising the entire second
shift, were working on the sewer. They
{ Special).—By a
had loaded up a blast which was to be
discharged. After loading they walked
back about 225 feet between the head-
ing and the shaft, at
street, but before they could reach the
shaft four of the men fell to the floor of
the tunnel, over which a considerable
stream of water was flowing. The others
becoming alarmed, pushed ahead to the
shaft. Foreman Mulroy was the first to
reach the surface, a distance of go feet,
and gave the alarm. George Rhodes was
ticket to the bottom of the shaft. He
died from the result of his injuries.
Four men lay in the tunnel. All were
.
Three Men Killed in 8 Wreck.
Catskill, N. Y. (Special),~P. Becker
Saugerties. While there Dickman
urished a revolver, which was acci-
dentally discharged. The bullet struck
Becker, who dropped dead.
tried to shoot himself, but was prevent.
ed by bystanders,
The Protector Launched.
Bridgeport, Conn. (Special), = The
lake submarine torpedo boat Protector
was successfully launched here. The
Protector is designed for harbor defense.
She is (o feet long, 11 feet beam and has
a_ displacement of 65 tons submerged.
Her motive power is electricity when
submerged and gasoline when cruising
awash. A trapdoor in her bow will en-
able a diver to leave the boat for the pur.
pose of cutting cables or mine connec-
tions. Her huilders believe she can de-
stroy the submarine defenses of any har-
bor in the world.
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS,
Senator Hanna had a long conier-
ence with J, Pierpont Morgan in Cleve-
land, ©. It was reported in that city
that Mr. Morgan's visit was in connec-
tion with the proposed combination
of all the soft-coal interests in the
country.
The Orders of Railway Conductors,
Trainmen and Switchmen will submit
a new schedule. of wages to the South-
ern Pacific Company asking an in-
cease of 15 to 20 per cent,
Moses Wilson, a farm laborer, shot
and mortally wounded his wife at Le-
roy, N. Y. The man then shot him-
self, inflicting wounds which it is said
will prove fatal
The transport Crook, on her outward
vovage from San Francisco, rescued
ert en
Yoshimi Maru, which burned
the water's edge
The South is threatened with a coal
was
portation facilities.
The Lake submarine torpedo
was launched at Bridgeport, Cr
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Quimby, the
Christian Scientists of White
N.Y,
| indicted for manslaughter, gave bail
William 1. Quackenbush,
ithe New York appraiser's office,
a Seventh-day Adventist, was dis
| charged for refusing to work on Satur-
day.
The
British
| 18
Melrose and the
Calabria, collided
three-master
|
sChooney
the Massachusetts coast.
Edmund Bersch, former
the House of Delegates, was
iin St. Louis of pertury in
with t bribery scand
General Miles landes
ace epted
of
toe!
eq
member
conn
eclion
(sovern
live at the ]
Thurman
and Will
mund Bers
York that he was th
C. Latin
» be either a
er, 18 b
owner of an
$2 is 8:
New York pen
joan of $0
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O00
d R
Negotiations between
and the French coal
continued without decisive
mine Owners were
resuit
Pressue is being brought the
British government fi relaxation of
the regulations created to exclude meat
exports or something which will afford
relief from the excessive prices of
upon
ww
A list of honors and promotions of
Brith officers who served in South
Africa was announced, the recipients
including Lord Methuen, Generals
Kitchener, French and lan Hamilton.
The Emperor: of China
the first Korean minister,
the members of his suite, wore Euro-
pean military uniforms to show that
they are no longer subects of China.
Premier Combes, of the French
government, announced that reports
received from the mineowners showed
a disposition to open negotiations with
the strikers,
Mr.
Ireland, in a speech expressed the be-
lief that the end of the Irish question
was coming soon.
Charles M. Schwab, now at Como,
Italy, will cruise in the Mediterranean
for several months,
A report from St. Petersburg states
that
who. with
i finance ministry for irregularities,
fee plantations of Guatemala and the
| losses are enormous,
Political rioting has resulted in the
Rico, and business in has
| been suspended,
General Botha, in an article in the
London Contemporary
| upon the loyalty of the Boer leaders to
Great Britain,
Financial
The Kaiser is wrestling with the Ger-
man tariff question.
September net earnings
Pacific increased $214.250.
Lehigh Valley is regarded by nearly
all brokers as a good buy at present
prices.
Reading's loss in September amount-
ed to about 1 1-2 per cent. on the $70,
000,000 common stock.
Bank of France's statement for the
week shows an increase of circulation
ni Re von oon francs.
that city
of Union
STEAMER SUNK, LIVES LOST
A Terrible Collision of Ships Near
Dungeness.
ONLY A FEW OF CREW WERE SAVED.
British Steamer St. Regulus Runs into Spanish
Steamer Ernero at Night and the Latter
Soon (oes Down. As the Ship (Goce Down
Her Bollers Burst and These Not Drowned
Are Killed by the Explosion.
London (By Cable).—The British
steamer St. Regulus, Captain .IcMullen,
from Shields for Alexandria, has put into
Gravesend,
with and sunk the Spanish steamer En-
Captain Huelva,
She reports having collided
Delgado, from
ero,
of three members, the crew of the Enero
were drowned. The accident occurred
The St
struck
of the
vessel
captam
his
locked together and thus
St. Regulus, but either were
greatly alarmed to do
they
3ritish ship they
he
drowned,
The Enero sank in a few minutes
ot
many others of her crew. The Regu
badly
¥
ius Ww
as
steamer of
5. 4
was 282 feet
at Newcastle
Enero
ry
i he
tons net reg
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ster
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n-1yne
ARNE
and was built in 18g
80,000 HAVE EYE DISEASE
Trachoma Causing Serious Trouble In New
York Schools.
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of tra
ingle Spe
FAMILY ROBBED AND MURDERED.
Charred Remains of Three Persons Found In
Ruins of Their Burnt Home.
11
INgson rt!
search
ruine William Wickingson's body was
found face downward, with arms out
stretched, and near charred bones
of the right hand was found a revolver
and $365 in gold
A tin box was also found containing
burned fragments, supposed to be hill
amounting to nearly $1,000 The othe
bodies were also found. From the evi-
dence secured it William
Wickingson died h with
revolver and that brother was
struck by his assailant while he was in
the hallway
was discovered. In the
the
I
be
i
¥
his
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Negroes May Lynch Negro.
Memphis, Tenn. (Special). — David
on suspicion of killing Mary, Sophie and
May Gibson, young daughters of a negro
farmer, who were found dead in their
When first caught,
Cross declared another negro committed
the deed and that he was a witness, A
ties by force and hanging him,
sheriff and his deputies snirited the pris-
in hiding.
Norfolk, Va. (Special)g~As a result
of a crusade inaugurated by the su-
perintendent of the Union Mission a
There 1s a possibil-
ity that all of them may be separated
from their children. There were heart-
station
their little ones. The crusade, it is
stated, is for the purpose of saving the
children of the slums,
Damages for Fatal Initiation.
Grand Rapids, Mich. (Special) A
Cirenit Court jury brought in a verdict
of $2800 for Mrs. Mary J. Lewis
against the Modern Woodmen of
America. Mrs. Lewis sued for $50,
000 damages for injuries alleged to
have been received by her husband,
since deceased, while being initiated in-
to the Coopersville Camp of the order
Jast winter. As a result of these in-
juries, it is alleged, necrosis set in,
which cavsed death.
o—
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS,
To Drive Whee's of Industry.
The motive power used in the manu-
facturing establishments of the United
States in 1900, according to a census re-
port, aggregated 11,300,081 horsepower,
as compared with 5.084.655 in 1890, 3.-
410,837 in 1880 and 2,146,142 in 1870. Of
the total power used in manufactures
during the census year, steam engines
furnished 8,742,416 horse power, or
77.4 per cent. of the aggregate ; water
wheels, 1,727,258, or 15.33 per cent;
electric motors, 311,016, or per
cent.; gas and gasoline engines, 143,
850, or 1.3 per cent, and other forms
of mechanical power 54,400, or 5.10 of
cent. Rented power was used
the extent of 321,051
of the total. Of this
183,682 horse power was
and 137,360 was from other
sources of energy.
The statistics in the report relate to
»
2.7
to
of power used yearly for other pur
poses. During 1000, more than 1200
electric railway lines were in operation
FIRST POINT IS DECIDED
Strike Arpitrators Make Important Rul
ing at Outset, y
DISPUTE AVOIDED BY DECISION.
HAny Award Affecting the Existing Raie of
Wages Is Made It Will Be Effective From
November | Preliminary Report May Be
Made as to the locrease of Wages and
Shorter Work Day.
Scranton, Pa. (Special).—The anthra
cite Strike Commission has officially de
cided that if any change is made in the
rate of wages of the men it shall date
from November 1. This
corder Wright,
Voted unanimously that if the Com
at the conclusion of its hear
than 1,000,000 herse power
distribution of electric current for hight.
ing and power purposes, and the total
of power used to gen-
18 timated to more
power,
stean
it ¢ be
Foreign Mai Service.
M. Brooks, s
ithe
I'he report of N
of foreign mails, for
1002,
3
nas ai
gyper
ns
shows
patch
was 10,-
{nll
ollows
1.208017
0,003,088
111
in
Russias Beef For London.
S Halstead
Hie port, as
an reach London
ter slaughtering.
Dissatisfied With Chaoges.
1s the President's dissatisfac-
h the new executive office build.
as the west wing of the
and with the alteration
of the old building,
he will endeavor have other
changes made next spring to conform
to his original intentions. The office
building, costing $65,000, is a plain
barn-like structure of brick, painted
white, entirely out of harmony with the
Executive Mansion.
The accommodations for popular re
ceptions in the remodeled White House
are reported to be totally inadequate,
there being only one stairway leading
to the dressing-rooms,
Oscar's Samoan Decision.
The full text of the decision of King
Oscar, acting as arbitrator of the tn-
angular case of the United States, Great
Britain and Germany, growing out of
the acts of sailors in Samoa during the
Mataafa rebellion, has reached Wash-
ington.
As indicated in the cable advices, the
decision is adverse to the contention
$.
thr
mn ce
to
of the reasons which influenced the sr
it any more acceptable,
Thirt cen-Cent ‘Stamps lesucd,
The new issue of 13-cent
stamps is out
eral has just received the first sheet
of the printed stamps, and the stamps
will shortly be on sale in all the poste
offices in the country,
The issue bears the portrait of the
late President Harrison.
ftems of Interest.
Col. Joseph F. Huston, Nineteenth
Infantry, was reprimanded for allowing
a riot near the gates of the Presidio.
Capt. Colby M. Chester assumed the
duties of the Naval Observatory, in
Washington.
Consul General Mason, at Berlin, re-
ports that industrial depression con.
tinves to prevail in Germany.
Secretary Root approved the recom:
mendations of the rd of Ordnance
that the disappenri "carriage
used with guns of he liter as
{
i
affecting existing rates of wages,
award shall take effect Novem-
ber 1, 1902
The Recorder of the Commission stated
that this resolution was adopted by the
Commission because it felt that it was
important to its investigations
deliberately, and that it might bg well
to relieve itself from pressure
from
make
th and
to inform the overstors
that, should the inve
deliberations following it war
any change whatever, either in the
of
haste,
he miners
1
and the
Of IMCrease or reqguc WARES,
such change should certain
known tha
well
as with those of larger caliber,
question
it one 14
onerators
perators,
y Presid
nusNIon
wanted the
retroactive
MINERS WILL TALK FIRST.
The Cos! Strke Commission te Begin Hearlogs
November I.
The question of making a
the
pre
sss m
of wages, a shorter
working day and the weighing of coal a
the mouth of the mines, has not vet been
officially taken up by the
Fell Fifty Feet Dowa a Shaft.
Des Mot Ia
fell zo down a coal shaft a
Newton and some hem cannot re-
The men were being elevated
to the surface of French Brothers
mine at the close of work. The cable
broke just as they reached the top and
they dropped to the bottom of the shaft
with lightning rapidity. The men were
found piled in a heap at the bottom, all
unconscious. Hugh Smith cannot re-
COMMISSION.
nes, (Special) Five
men feet :
i
of
Snook. Engene Walsh and John Walsh
Tar and Feather Sequel.
Plymouth, Mass.
Barnstable grand jury returned indict-
ments in the Marion tarring and feath-
ering incident of August 6 last, the men
named in the findings being W. H. Potter,
Odber Andrews, Noble E. Bates. Owen
S Bumpus. A. N. Gifford, Hector G.
and Joseph Silva, all of
Marion. The changes are of riotous
disturbance of the peace and of assault
F. Potter and Jas. McDonald
night mentioned a crowd of men gave
and rode him on a rail out of town
Potter was subjected to indig-
Extra Pay for Retired Ealisted Men.
The Navy Department has received
a decision by the Comptroller of the
Treasury to the effect that enlisted men
on the retired list of the navy dre en-
titled to the extra pay of 75 cents for
each medal of honor, pin or service
bar earned by them,
SS
lowa Bask President Accused.
Maryville, Mo. (Special). —H.
Christensen, president of the Sharps.
burg (lowa) Bank, has been arrested
in this city on the charge of embezzling
the bank's money. The amount is said
to be more than $50,000. The doors
of the bank closed last Monday, and
at that time it was stated there was a
shortage. At the same time the presi-
dent of the institution disappeared.
Christensen, when arrested, said he
had property enough to make good the
re
THE NATION'S THANKSGIVING.
President Roosevelt's Proclamation Designates
November 27 as The Day.
Washington, D. C. (Special. )—Presi-
dent Roosevelt issued his proclamation
designating Thursday, November 27, as
a dav of thanksgiving.
The proc lamation
custom of
President
of fes
“According to the
our “people, it falls
at this 1
| tival and than
“Over a
{ pas £€ d since
| among the nations
during that time
| whole more to }
fallen to the
Generation after generation
Cas a day
y Lox
has
piace
and
century and a quarter
this
tn
be
1
it
to manhood and passed
had to bear its pecu
face
away
1 :
ar burdens,
is special eacn
years of
Crisis,
{ known grim
country was menaced hy m
ir foreign levy,
| Lord was heavs nit in
mm bodily
when the
dig
tress and the
penaity
i en
have strugy
now a
being, and under the
High
veverth
we are str
and
BANK ROBBERS INGENIOUS.
Tied Town Marshal so that if He Struggied to
Get Free He Would Hang Himself
b
p
Millions From fhe Klondike,
Dawson, Yukon (Special). —Goid
year are ended, the
total amount for the season being $11,-
200,000 entire yield was
forwarded to i S There
1S great activ ng on the
American side
shipments for the
ates
t
y on Chick-
en Creek, in the Forty-Mile District.
The Nome Nugget's annual estimate
of the gold production of Seward pe-
ninsula for the summer season of 1902
15 $4,235,000
particularly
Accidentally Killed Friend
Oxford, Ohio ex-
{ press for Chicago. over the Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton and Monon
routes, collided with two runaway
freight cars here, wrecking the engine,
baggage car and mail cars. Engineer
Edward Conn and two unknown tramps
were killed. The wrecked cars were
burned None of the passenger
coaches left the track and none of the
60 passengers were hurt, although ail
were badly shaken up.
Kilied by Machinery.
Lynchbur Va. (Special).—Wood
M. Stevens, an employe of the Gla
morgan Pipe and Foundry Company,
was fatally imjured there, his death oc-
curring within three hours, His sleeve
| was caught in the machinery, his left
| arm being crushed and he sastained in-
ternal injuries. He was a native of
| Pennsylvania, 37 years old, and leaves
{a widow and eight children, He had
| been employed at the Glamorgan 13
i years. -— haa
| ODDS AND ENDS OF THE LATAST NEWS
{ Special). ~The
While carelessly flourishing a revolver
in Catskill, N. Y., George Dickman acci-
dentally killed his friend, P. Beaker.
Three members of the Wickerson fam.
ily were found burned to death in their
home, near Elkhorn, Wis, :
The United States army transport with
General Miles and party on board ar-
rived at
Third Vice-President Gannon, of the
rn Railway, tendered his resigna-
Hop toned Swayne, with his force, has
reached Berbera, Somaliland, safely.