| Murderer Believes He Scale jority was Two to One Against the Scale and for a Str ke President Mitchell Much Pleas- cd Another Conference Between Operators and Mine Workers to Restore Agreement. Indianapolis, Ind, national Mineworkers of headquarters Amer the vote of the miners puted by the are positive t cepted and there will be Of the voting it voted, and of the the scale and 46 and in favor of a strike Maryland did sure it Virginia nations ' . ne scaie 100,000 nminers 1 estimated is Ez S¢ was report estimate 1s made votes—a major the scale [ir with a majority of the scale in Pennsylvnia a majority of Kentucky ha to one for 000 votes, with a Michigan scale. Ohi four to Preside pleased ana tne cast come in that the would case joint scal be called sign the cont petitive fi When understood for operat field an manner ment sv The cont inc wi represen of 100,004 EXPLOSION OF LIQUID AIR. the ne "rs 8 exXne One Man Killed, Another Injured and the Vicinity Shaken, New Y« ri sion of a laborat ry Air Compan a panic ar place, and hood Corliss, of i at a comps the tank, away fr report. ( its Jated. Only {4 HIKE ne le pt SOCke 1 ly tory at the time hurt Soon sel, regain the superinter resigned “If 1h desperate would have be said as he and Jeparted «LIKE A CITY OF DEATH." Port Arthur Seemed to Be on Fire From a Boat. London, from Cheefo correspondent By scribes an made from seemed to be smoke were Bread Hill fered terribly tered and the ear guns were vis on the T have sufferec sign of life and Port Art} death. TI anside up. Charged With Peonage. Savannah, Ga, 1 United States District Judge Speer, argument on the constituty { ND ¥ ionaiity $ Congress against peonage gies indicted are Sheriff McClell Ware county, and Attorney Crawley, of the Way Cross bar, charged with selling negroes to be held Judge Newman, of the norther trict of Georgia, has 4 be invalid An argun law by William Toomer right of the state c« needed action Ticket Office Robbed. Harrisburg, Pa, ing revolvers into } Operator and Ticket Agent C. U sel, in the Hammelstown oar ya AT 1 Dey in Pe held ent ssrt ty tal iE 8 LaAXKe any (Special) . : the ace Station mustaches, demanding all the in the office. Cassel, who had been sitting with his back to the door, was taken by surprise and compelled to open the cash drawer, which contained $15 in small change. The men took the money and escaped, going toward Harrisburg. Russian Treason Case, Vienna, (By Cable).—A telegram from Lemberg says that Captain JX. eontieff of the Russian General Staff having sold to a foreign Power a list of the secret agents maintained by the Death Penalty, N. XY received al) Governos | Albany, | Odell has most extraordi nary letter from a man condemned {to death for murd ting mterterence ot he executive to pre vent any 1 ty NEWS IN SHORT ORDER The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid Reading. Domestic. New confirmation of the W $ base fio, mur L.aboree, Persia Benjamin E points wm of the ar 40, tn of Paris are consid French law to insure United States voo.000 for Panama Canal made [14] eC? payment ot property : wines is The German government has asked the Reichstag to appropriate $1,675, ooo for expenses in suppressing the Herero South Africa Lewis Vernon-Harcourt, RON of Williams Vernon-Harcourt, has been elected to the House of Commons a : rebellion nn German wed eldest It is admitted in British government that Premier Balfour suffered 1 i i i i : : i ! maitority of 406 tinued in the investigation of the War Office documents in the Dreyfus case On account of conflicting of the intentions of the commanders in Manchuria the Russian i | | districts of Russia's western neighbor The discovery was made through the delivery of a money order to an- ‘other person of the same name, .Leontieff is reported to have been shot, Twenty-four States of the United mm laws Waitresses at Rochester, N. Y., have A shorter workday tie is desired. The trials of the rioters and mur. derers at Kishineff were concluded, One man was sentenced to 20 years for the murder of a Jewish couple. | { | Northern Securities Company. | Harlan, Brown, McKenna, Day and Brewer Outvote Others. Chief Justice By White, Peckham and Holmes Supported Sherman NO POISONED SWORDS. Blow Up sian Cavalry. talk of "pyre having 1 § OSE nations Holding Company a Mere Dodge. i Brewer PENSIONS FOR Mall CLERKS. Penrose’s Bill Alms to Proteet Those Employed on Railroads. A plan for pensioning railway mail Senator bill clerks has been advised ny embod Senate Penrose and is presented in the be accumulated by deducting per cent a month from the salary of the clerks and from fines imposed on them by the department for neglect of their duties. iniractions of discipline or for other reasons. This fund will be con trolled by the postmaster general and will be irsed under his direction The bill provides that cierks who have years in the railway mail service and have been (ncapaci tated by reason of such service, be cause of ill-health or by accident, or who have attained the age of 656 years, shall be eligible to retirement at full pay No clerk so retired shall re celve more than $1,000 a year, all salary payable to him in excess of that amount being turned into the pen: gion fund. One per cent of all pen glong shall also be deducted for the benefit of the general fund It is understood this has the approval of the postoffice department and was in part prepared by the de partment, $4 diab iG gerved 20 1 ii Suicide to Music. Omaha, Neb, (Special).-~Maj Wil H. Bean, U.S. A, committed Ordered to the Philpippines, be had his trunk pack. ed and taken to the depot. Im. mediately afterwards he asked his wife to play on the piano, and while she was playing he thrust an army revolver to his right temple and fired The bullet lodged in his brain and he liam died almost immediately. N A —— vot Dealers Philippines. in the To Mandamus a Judge. plying to the alleged Diplomatic Appointments, The Senate in executive session con firmed the follow nominations John te ng Jarrett, Oregon, envoy Arthur M i 11inois, to be envoy extraordmary and extra ary Panama; Beaupre William W. Russell of Columbia, envoy extraor Pu 3 New of legation at 1.labon, Nelson (Shaughnessy Dawson of Columbia, consul at Mon of the of Columbia: James H. agent for the Indians Blackfleet Agency, Montana Congressional and Departments. Chief Judge Clabaugh sustained the demurrer of former Commissioner of Pensions H, Clay Evans to the amend- ed declaration of Henry D. Phillips, Professor Burr discussed the ques tion of sanitation of the Panama Ca- nal route before the House committee, Commissioner of Pensions Ware has jssned an order making changes in the age considerations in ratings. The Dietrich Investigating Com. mittee resumed its inquiry into the charges against Senator Dietrich, NEW PENSION RULING. ereau Fixes the Age Limit for Civil War Velcrans, Commissioner of Pensions Ware with the fiteh has approval of pri becrelary ymulgated the most import that has been The order fol ruling time on of pen ’ gald act of June 27 it shall evidential fact not appear NOL appea taken an and if ceedin to he biiitie other tion prefac { Ling hag eplal Ago nature of age; Mexican the oid war per soldiers whi on Commiss leaving for as foil which he EPOKe BAC ana the money has Giers of and long ing a There max re 3 Veal 1Or GERMANS WANT SANTO DOMINGO. forts to Secure Control! of that Revolutionary Island. COURT HOUSE DYNAMITED Attempt to Demolish Baliding Failed to fizve Much Effect attempt was made to W Marys red at St plosion occurred about ¢ night. and although Policeman Riggs was on the spot within min he found no traee of the perpetrators Windows were ghattered, the ce ling torn loose and the floor of the court room raised in that corner A foot Some thunk it was done by someone who had once been confined in the jail Others suggest that the deed was committed by parties who are in favor of a new Court House vears ago the County Commissioners caused to be recorded in their minute book the fact tnat the building was un gafe and also parsed An order pro viding for the erection of a new build ing. going so far as io pay about $2 000 for an architect's plans, but have gince done nothing All Three Shot Dead. New (Special) —Dr. W W. Jones, a of Philadel phia, Miss, and Roy Esche, a planter became engaged in a shooting affray on Sunday, due to Dr. Jones circu { lating damaging reports concerning | Esche's sister loth men were killed, | us was Frank Burnett, a brother of Feche., who tried to restore peace Letween the two men Saloonkeepers Held for Death, The appellate court at Springfield, | 111, holds that salcon men are lable { for the death of their patrons who die while under the influence of liquor sold them by the defendants The cage was that of Kate Algood, who was awarded $3000 damages against William Botwinis, a saloon man of that city, for the death of her hus band. George Algood, who had been deinking In the saloon of Hotwinis, and who, while on hig way home in an intoxicated condition, fell from his five ites Two Orleans, physician | buggy and received fatal injuries, UNIVERSITIES MAY MERGE. Three Big Washington. Plan to Unite Institutions af lore WILD PANIC IN COTTON. Rush fo» of Failure Brings Seling Orders. Announcement Reward for Indians. deed of wh ornie . gt Government tor Quay can gert an item ss poronris appropris $lpw iad end Due Wright and her 8iX White lod aptive COLLECE BITS. BR aennt fliave conditional ple made to thd College boon Allegheny eG Univers) chair of railroad « por iv w pute hijel ng and tra n nginees i ation in general * The chemical State University was recently with na loss of $100, © : at Oli burned imboratory A scholarship of $5000 hax been pre- Brown University by Edgar 1. Marston, of liew York President Tucker mittee to a has named a S2H50.000 fond fon for raise lege : It hae beey discoversd by the anthor ies of the University of Michigan that the gambling fever has struck the institution, Dickinson Denny Hall, fire. wis College's finest bnilding hae been destroxed hy It valued at $50.000 and Dr. BE. B. Wilson, professor of soaloes i { 1 i ed 28 member of the Accademia del The Rév. Joseph HH. George, Presi dent of the Chicago Theologica! Sem- inary, has been offered the Presidency of Drury College, at Springfield, 1.
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