EIGHT KILLED IN WRECK
Operator Responsible for Blunder
Killed Himself.
MESSENGER FATALLY HURT.
Order to Freight Train Contained
An Error of Twenty Minutes
Too Much Time.
Eight persons were killed and five
injured, two seriously, in a head-on
collision shortly after midnight be-
tween Union Pacific west-bound pass-
enger train No. 3 and an east-bound
extra freight train, a short distance
west of Azusa, Wyo.
The dead are: Engineer William
Murray, Engineer B. S. Eckles, Mail
Clerk H. M. Sherman, Car Inspector
Samuel Efferson, Fireman William
Comstock, two unknown passengers
in day coach.
John B. Winslow of Evanston, Pa-
cific Express messenger, was fatally
injured. Frank Nolan of Cheyenne, |
mail clerk, was badly
may not recover. :
The wreck, it is said, was the re-|
sult of an error in a train order by a
telegraph operator. The freight train |
was given 30 minutes to make Azura |
and meet the westbound passenger, |
but the order delivered to the freight |
crew read, “50 minutes” and the |
trains came together at great speed.
Both engines were demolished, the
mail and baggage cars telescoped,
and the day coach went into the |
ditch. The Pullmans did not leave |
the track.
The operator responsible for the |
blunder that caused the collision near |
Azura shot himself on hearing of the |
disaster.
injured and |
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GEN. KUROKI! KILLED.
Commander Struck by
Fragment of Shell.
Nemirovich Danchenko, the well
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Japanese
known Russian war correspondent,
telegraphing from Mukden, says the]
reports of the death of Gen. Kuroki |
are confirmed. According to his ver- |
sion, a splinter of a shell struck Gen.
Kuroki, tearing out a portion of his
breast and abdomen. He died Octo-
ber 4, at Liao-Yang, and his body was
sent to Japan.
A rumor is persistently circulated
that a kinsman of the mikado, Siao-
sanai, literally “little third prince,”
has been appointed to succeed Gen.
Kuroki, but the actual command of
the army has been entrusted to Gen.
Nedzu, who is reviewing operations.
FOURTEEN ARE HURT.
Wabash Passenger Train Wrecked
Near St. Louis.
A northbound Wabash passenger
train was partially wrecked in the |
outskirts of North St. Louis, on a
sharp curve of the Belt Line tracks |
of the Merchants’ Terminal Railway
association near the west approach |
to the Merchants’ bridge over the |
Mississippi, injuring 14 persons. |
The. accident was caused by the |
wheels of the tender leaving the]
rails on the curve.
Among those injured were BJ.
Birdsley, of Silver Creek, N. Y.
bruised; John Aeschetman, of Mon- |
and Mrs. |
D OC.
roe, Mich., hand broken,
Alma Price, of Washington,
sprains.
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BOXERS GROW RESTIVE.
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American Missionary Says Another
Slaughter Is Threatened.
Sensational reports of a threaten- |
ed Boxer uprising come from Peking, |
China, in a letter from Charles F. |
Gammon, of the American Bible So- |
ciety, to his father, E. M. Gammon of |
Beloit, Wis. |
Mr. Gammon says that a second |
Boxer outbreak is inevitable, and
states that United States Minister
Conger is alive to the -danger, and |
has notified the Chinese officials that
unless the movement is suppressed |
at once, he will request United |
States troops to ‘be sent to Peking. |
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THIEVES GAVE BATTLE. |
One Outlaw Shot Dead and Another
Mortally Wounded.
One outlaw is dead and another is
$n jail mortally wounded as the result
of a desperate battle between cattle
thieves and officers near Deeth, Nev.
Sheriff Clarke and his deputy, of El-
ko county, caught James McKelvey
and Charles Winslow in the act of
skinning a steer of the Graham
bdrand. When called upon to surrend-
er they dropped behind the carcass |
of the animal and began firing at the
officers. The latter sought shelter
and for 20 minutes a duel continued.
Finally McKelvey fell dead. A few
minutes later Winslow surrendered |
and was found to be mortally wound-
ed.
Dropped Dead in Church.
Jacob D. Hutson, aged 62 years,
dropped dead from heart disease in
a psw at St Thomas’ Catholic |
Church at Zanesville, O. Father
Shields said mass over him in the |
rear of the church, while Father Far-
mer conducted the regular services |
without interruption.
! Four Tramps Cremated.
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Four tramps were burned to death |
in. O. W. Haggerty’s barn, near Al-|
toona, Pa. which was destroyed by |
fire. The men had gone into the |
barn to sleep and when the fire]
broke out it burned so rapidly they |
were unable to Six horses |
were also cremated.
ture, $20,000.
A boiler attached to a threshing
machine, near Laporte, Ind., explod-
ed, killing John Boltenhouse, aged
80, and Warren Bassett, aged 10.
escape.
J.oss on struc-
| wear.
| communication with the west.
| seriously
| pany, at Johnstown, Pa, will be run
| full turn in the future.
I cago Junction, O.
{ aged other property, causing a loss of
SOLDIERS UNIFORMS.
New Regulations Will Go Into Ef-
fect Next Year.
By the direction of the Secretary
of War, orders have been issued
carrying into effect the recommen-
dation of the general staff making
changes in the uniforms of the army.
The provision for substituting as
collar ornaments the letters “U. 8.”
instead of the coat of arms will take
effect June 1, 1905. As a rule various
articles of the new uniform for en-
listed men will not be issued until
the corresponding articles of the old
pattern shall have been exhausted.
The cap prescribed is intended for
habitual wear in the garrison with
the service uniform, but the cam-
paign hat is retained for wear on
certain occasions. The wearing of
the white uniform is made entirely
optional with both officers and en-
listed men.
Enlisted men are forbidden to have
their clothing altered, owing to their
tendency to make the clothing, es-
pecially about the chest, of too tight
a fit. It is also prescribed that no
decoration received from foreign
governments shall be worn by officers
and men while on duty with United
States troops, the law forbidding the
practice. A woolen service uni-
form is prescribed for the United
States and cotton khaki for tropical
MESSAGES FROM CLOUDS.
Wireless Telegraphy From Balloon
to Earth Successfully Achieved.
As a result of a scientific experi-
mental balloon ascension made at St.
Louis, from the Aeronautic Con-
course on the World's Fair grounds, |
the practicability and accuracy with |
which wireless messages could be re- |
ceived, both as to altitude and dis-|
tance, were satisfactorily tested. |
More than 20 messages were trans-|
mitted from the World's Fair wire- |
less tower and received by the oper-
ator in the aerial craft.
Paul Knabenshue of Toledo, ac-
companied by the operator, AW.
McQueen, of Guthrie, Okla, and W.
S. Foreman of St. Louis, made the as-
cension. After making a successful]
journey through the air for an hour |
and a half, Aeronaut Knabenshue
made a safe landing four miles
southwest of the concourse. The
highest altitude reached was estima-
ted at about two miles, the balloon
passing through the clouds.
STORM ON THE COAST.
Wind, Rain and Snow Break the
Wires Down.
Wires by the score were blown
down Sunday by a heavy ‘windstorm
which swept over the sea coast cities
and the country close to the coast,
carrying everything before it. On
the wings of the storm gusts of rain,
sleet and snow dashed along, cover-
ing the wires with ice and making
their destruction by the wind all the
more certain. Washington, Balti-
more, Philadelphia and New York
were almost completely cut off from
The heaviest snowfall along the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad was at
Martinsburg and Harpers Ferry,
where the ground was covered with
about an inch of snow.
FIGHT WITH GYPSIES.
Fatally Wound Two of a Band of
Kentucky Mountaineers.
In a pitched battle between citi-
zens and a band of horse trading
gypsies near Alpine, Ky, two citi-
zens were fatally wounded and others
injured. Several of the
gypsies fell victims to the skillful aim
of the Kentucky mountaineers, de-
spite the fact that they were protect-
ed by a barricade made of their
wagons. ;
The citizens who fell in the battle
are John McKee, Anderson Freeman
and D. Haines. One gypsy, at least,
is known to have been desperately
wounded, and several others badly
hurt.
: Two Killed by Explosion.
A boiler attached to a threshing
machine on the Samuel Kauffman
farm exploded near La Porte, Ind,
and killed Warren Bassett, 10 years
old, and John Boltenhouse, 60 years |
old, both of Elkhart. Six others |
were hurt.
NEWS NOTES.
Mrs, Frank C. Miller, of New
Philadelphia, O., fell down the stairs
of her home. A lighted lamp, which |
she carried in her hand, exploded and |
she received burns from which she
died.
Frank F. Maxheimer, 48 years old,
a farmer, living near Massillon, O.,
shot himself in the head and will
probably die. He has seven chil-
dren.
After months of dullness’ it is an-
nounced that the mechanical depart-
ments of the Carnegie Steel com-
Supt. Thielman of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad detective force, arrest-
ed five alleged safe blowers at Chi-
The receipts for October in the 50
largest postoffices of the country
were $6.206,979, as compared with
$5,960,599 for the same month last
year. New York stands first with
receipts aggregating $1,350,125.
Fire at Knoxville, Tenn., destroyed
Woodruff’s hardware store and dam-
8250.000. An explosion caused by the
fire injured six firemen.
Herman Haas pleaded guilty of
embezzling funds from the Corn Ex-
change - National bank, of Chicago, |
and was sentenced to six years in |
the penitentiary.
The Ecuadorian Minister to Gator)
bia has signed at Bogota a treaty |
submitting the Ecuador-Colombia
| boundary dispute to the arbitration |
of Emperor William of Germany.
Chinese Government is formu- |
a scheme of State lotteries to |
the indemnities granted to
d corporations. The prizes |
egate $30,000,000 in gold. |
ANOTHER POSTAL INQUIRY
Alleged Fraud in Railway Service
Being Investigated.
EVERY SPOT MUST BE CLEAN.
Investigation of Contracts May Lead
to Changes That Will Effect
Large Savings.
A new investigation of the post-
office department is now under way,
directed against the railway mail
service. Half a dozen railway mail
contracts are now before the depart-
ment of justice for examination as to
their legality, and an investigation of
charges of collusion by government
officials, some of whom are supposed
to be in congress.
President Roosevelt ordered this
investigation before the death of
Postmaster General Payne, but the
fact that inquiry has been going on
for nearly two months did not Ne
known until a few days ago. The Te-
port of the department of justice will
be made to the president, who will
take up the matter with Postmaster
General Wynne for whatever action
developments may show to be neces-
sary.
Meanwhile Mr. Wynne is deter-
mined to have every suspected spot
in the department cleaned up. It is
Mr. Wynne’s intention to transfer the
division of postoffice inspectors from
the fourth assistant’s office to the
office of the postmaster general.
Other changes contemplated place all
of the letter carriers in one bureau,
together with all postoffice clerks not
immediately connected with the de-
partment at Washington.
Mr. Wynne has ordered a further
investigation of certain contracts in
the supply division. It has been re-
ported to him that perhaps $30,000
can be saved on twine alone, and ex-
periments are being made to find out
if this can be done. Mr. Wynne says
if it is found such a saving can be
made he will not hesitate to break
contracts now in force.
One reform likely to follow in the
railroad department applies to the
method of weighing mails on which
to hase a price to be paid to the rail-
roads. This is done once in four
years for a short time, and on this
basis a four-years’. contract is made.
It has been charged that mails were
increased during these periods by col-
lusion between postoffice officials and
the railroad companies.
A NEW BATTLESHIP.
The New Jersey Christened by the
Daughter of Gov. Murphy.
The battleship New Jersey was
successfully launched at Quincy,
Mass., in the presence of a large
number of guests, including Gov.
Franklin Murphy, of New Jersey,
Gov. -John L. Bates of Massachus-
etts, former Secretary of the Navy
John D. Long; Rear Admiral Harris
of Washington, D. C.; Rear Admiral
George F. Wild, commandant of the
Charlestown navy yard; Commander
Bontakoff, naval attache of the Rus-
sian embassy at Washington, and
Congressmen McNary, Powers and
Tirrell of Massachusetts. The battle-
ship was christened by Mrs. William
B. Kinney, daughter of Gov. Murphy.
The New Jersey was built for a
speed of at least 19 knots. She will
carry four 12-inch guns, eight 8-inch
guns, a broadside battery of 12 6-
inch rapid-fire guns, and a secondary
battery of 12 3-inch guns, 12 3-pound-
ers, eight 1-pounders, two machine
guns and six Colt automatic guns.
She will also be fitted with submerg-
ed torpedo tubes. ‘
The vessel's complement will con-
sist of one flag officer, one. command-
ing officer, one chief of staff,
wardroom officers, 10 junior officers,
eight warrant officers and a crew of
772 men, including 60 marines, mak-
ing a grand total of 812.
On the proposal of the Italian Min-
ister of Foreign Affairs King Victor
has decided to send to J. P. Morgan
of New York the insigna of Knight of
the Crown of Italy as a testimonial
of the gratitude of the Italian nation
for the voluntary return of the Ascoli
cope to the Italian Government.
TWENTY LOST IN NORTH SEA.
| at of the Crew of the German Bark
Thalia Perish.
The crew of the German bark
Thalia, bound from Iquique for Ham-
burg, all of the members of which
were lost through the foundering of
the vessel during a storm in the
North sea, numbered 20. There were
seven men in the crew of the schoon-
er Neptune, the loss of which was re-
ported at the same time as that of
the Thalia.
A storm which raged along the
coasts of England and other Euro-
pean countries for several days.
Many minor wrecks are reported,
among them the loss of the bark
Charmeuse, from America. The
crew were saved.
The whole of the south coast of
Portugal has been inundated and
many buildings and churches have
been damaged.
The storm has done more damage
than any like disturbance ' since
1813.
Gives to Pattison Fund.
In a letter in which he laments the
fact that public men who are pure
die poor, Andrew Carnegie has sent
a check for $5,000 to the fund being
raised for the family of the late ex-
Governor Robert E. Pattison, Carneg-
je’s check brings the fund up to
$13,437.
.
billet pool will meet on
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LAND MINE KILLS 700 MEN.
Japanese Siege Guns Also Set Fire
to Military Warehouse in
Port Arthur.
Etse mountain, according to Chi-
nese, 120 of whom arrived at Chefoo
from Port Arthur, is proving a costly
obstacle to the Japanese. On the
mornings of November 5 and 6 fierce
assaults on the position were made
by the Japanese, who were repulsed.
During the second assault a shell,
soaring over the other hills from
Palichuang, dropped on Etse moun-
tain® and exploded other mines.
The Russians were holding the
trenches on the boundary of mined
section. Six or seven hundred were
killed. he Japanese not having
reached the place, were unhurt.
Etse mountain owes the best part
of its strength to the peculiar topo-
graphy of the surrounding country,
which prevents a direct artillery fire
and does not enable the Japanese to
advance trenches with the success
evident elsewhere.
A report from Gen.
quarters before Port Arthur,
November 9, says: “The enemy's
military warehouse, situated in the
northern part of Port Arthur, was
bombarded November 6 with heavy
siege and naval guns. The bombard-
ment caused a conflagration.”
head-
dated
Nogi’s
COUNTRY’S CORN CROP.
Total Yield is About Two Billion and
a Half Bushels.
Preliminary returns to the chief of
the bureau of statistics of the depart-
ment of agriculture on the produc-
tion of corn in 1904 indicate a total
yield of about 2,453,000,000 bushels,
or an average of 26.7 bushels per
acre as compared with an average
yield of 25.5 bushels per acre as fi-
nally estimated in 1903, 26.8 bushels
in 1902 and a 10-year average of 24.2
bushels.
The general average as to quality
is 86.2 per cent as compared with
83.1 last year, 80.7 in 1902, and 73.7
in 1901. It is estimated that about
3.6 per cent. of the corn crop of 1903
was still in the hands of farmérs on
November 1, 1904, as compared with
5.2 per cent. of the crop of 1902 in
farmers’ hands on November 1, 1903,
1.9 per cent. of the crop of 1901 in
farmers’ hands on November 1, 1902,
and 4.6 per cent. of the crop of 1900
in farmers’ hands on November 1,
1901.
FOUR DROWN AT SEA.
His Wife and Two Sailors
Find Watery Graves.
Captain Robert Walton, his wife
and two seamen, lost their lives off
Barnegat Light, when the United
States supply ship Culgoa cut down
the Norfolk lumber schooner. Wil-
son and Hunting three members of the
crew, the mate, cook and a seaman,
were rescued by the Culgoa and
were brought to New York.
The Schooner was 10 miles west of
Barnegat, tacking off shore, when
she was struck by the Culgoa which
was making for New York.
The steel bow of the supply ship
struck the schooner nearly amid-
ships, and cut half way, throwing
the smaller vessel on her beam ends.
The Culgoa kept on at full speed, |
with the intention of keeping the |
schooner fastened to its bow until |
the crew could be rescued.
Captain,
ROBBED BANK.
Bandits Tock Big Pile of Money Af-
ter Blowing Safe.
Safe blowers entered the Church-|
ville bank, 11 miles west of Rochest- |
er, N. Y., exploded seven charges |
against the safe and secured $3,000. |
This represented but a part of the]
contents of the safe, a large sum of |
money being blown to pieces by the
force of the explosion, which -shat-
tered the windows in the bank and |
adjoining buildings.
Three men were in the party and
while two operated in the bank, the
third patrolled the street in front)
with a gun. The village hotelkeep- |
er, E. J. Ames, living across from the |
bank, was aroused by the noise but
was held back by the man with the |
gun. After securing their booty the |
thieves left in a rig stolen from Jos-
eph Snow, living a quarter of a mile!
from the bank. !
OFFERED PEACE TO AUS3l
Japs Believe Struggle in the Far
East Should Be Concluded.
RUSSIA NOT READY TO QUIT.
Intervention May be Undertaken by
United States, Great Britain
and France.
Japan has unofficially made repre-
sentations to Russia looking to peace.
This action has resulted in failure
and such representations, even pri-
vately, are not likely to be repeated.
Although the suggestion was made
unofficially it had behind it all the
weight of an offer by the Japanese
government. :
It was made direct to Russia. No
power acted as an intermediary. The
proposition was put forward tenta-
tively and unofficially so that = the
Japanese government would be in a
position to deny any report, that it
was suing for peace. The failure of
ibese direct negotiations, however, re-
sulted in bringing intervention with-
ir. a measurable distance.
Foreign Secretary Lansdowne’s
plea for arbitration is taken at Lon-
don to be a pointed suggestion to the
United States and France that the
time is approaching when the powers
must take some action.
It can be definitely stated that
Lord Lansdowne made his speech
with full knowledge that Japan
would not resent a proposition look-
ing to peace from the United States |
France and Great Britain.
There is a definite impression in
London that the initiative will come
from President Roosevelt, though the |
action would be joint. Lord Lans- |
downe’s remarks are held by those |
in his confidence to mean that what
ever the United States may do in the
matter Great Britain will co-operate,
even in the event of France not par-
ticipating. It is known, however,
that Ambassador Cambon, who con-
tinues his work assiduously to bring
about some arrangement, hopes for
joint action by the three powers.
In an interview regarding the fore-
going, Baron Hayashi, the Japanese
minister, said:
“I should not be surprised to see
the three powers named, or two of
them, take the action suggested. It
is ccmparatively easy to make peace
in this case, as neither side is thor-
oughly defeated yet. The : prospects
for the success of friendly inter-
vention have vastly increased since
the commencement of the war. The
two nations now respect each other
to a degree never dreamed of before
they met in battle. That mutual re-
spect is the most hopeful factor for
peace.
“Japan does not want to go on
fighting forever. Yet, even with all
the victories won during this war,
her statesmen would render them-
selves liable to be most seriously mis-
understood, especially in Russia, if
they openly suggested in the name
of humanity some method whereby
the war could be stopped. But noth-
ing can be done until the fall of Port
Arthur.” .
Baron Hayashi intimated that he
thought that the fall of the fortress
would not be long delayed and add-
ed:
“In the meantime I have no doubt
that the powers who are now so will-
ing to express their desire for peace
THREE BURN TO DEATH. i
Fire in New York Apartment House
Probably of Incendiary Origin.
Three persons = were burned. to
death, half a dozen-others were over-
come by smoke and saved only with
the greatest difficulty by the firemen,
and more than 30. ethers, after a
thrilling experience on a Narrow and
crowded fire escape, were taken to
the street in their night clothes in a
fire which destroyed a five-story
apartment house on the upper East
Side, New York.
Of the three victims two were
Blanche and Lillian Euhlan, 15 and 18
years old. The other was their
grandfather, Frederick Webber, 69
years old.
lytie, yet, under the excitement of the
terrible fate threateming him, he
arose from his bed and made his way
to the hall where his body, burned to
a crisp, was found.
The fire is believed to have been of
incendiary origin.
$20,000,000 MORE NEEDED.
Treasury Embarrassed By
Demands For Africa.
A supplementary budget of $20,000,
000 for the expenses of the army in
German Southwest Africa as a re-
sult of the insurrections will be pre-
sented to the Reichstag in December.
Even this sum embarrasses the Im-
perial Finance Ministry, which is
striving to reduce the annual deficits
and at the same time provide addi-
tional funds for various public works
and for the army and navy.
The progress in suppressing the
native risings appears to be going on
measurably well. About 1,400 re-
cruits are going to Southwest Afriea
largely to replace the losses of the
commands in the field from sickness.
German .
ROBBERS SECURE $15,000.
Arizona Bandits Lock Treasurer in
Vault and Escape.
James B. Storm, county treasurer
of Prescott, Ariz., was found locked
in the steel vault of his office, bound
and gaged, with $15,000 missing
from the cash funds of the treasury.
Mr. Storm had been in the vault 16
hours when found by his daughter.
He says that about 5 o’clock in the
afternoon, while seated in his office,
two men entered the door with hand-
kerchiefs tied over their faces,, and
chucked him in the vault and took
the money. s
Want a Larger Navy.
Three "battleships, five scout cruis-
ers, six torpedo: boat destroyers, six
torpedo boats and two squadron col-
liers, at an aggregate maximum cost
of $41,300,000, is’ the ‘building pro-
gram which the general board of the
navy has recommended the secretary
of the navy to urge Congress to au-
thorize at its next session. |
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
American. Graphophone directors
have declared a+ dividend of 1 per
cent. on the common stock, payable
December 15 to stockholders of rec-
ord December 1.
The National Lead directors have
declared the regular quarterly divi-
dend of 13, per cent. on the preferred
stock, payable December 15 to stock
of record November 25.
Because her husband had reproved
her, Mrs. Katherine Green of Brook-
lyn shot herself through the 'heart.
Overcome with horror, the husband
picked up the same revolver and shot
will confidently exchange views in
the hope of arriving at some sugges-
tion practical to both belligerents.”
In official circles at St. Petersburg,
Lord Lansdowne’s veiled suggestion
that the Russo-Japanese conflict
might be settled by arbitration finds
an unfavorable echo. The sentiment
prevails stronger than ever that Rus-
sia’s prestige must be vindicated be-
fore the idea of peace can be enter-
tained.
Hopeless as seems the idea of
bringing the war to a conclusion,
there are those in high quarters who
consider that there is a bare possi-
bility of it on the basis of arbitra-
tion, if such a proposition came di-
rectly from Japan. A proposal from
Japan to arbitrate the controversy
would appeal strongly to Emperor
Nicholas.
M. De Pressense, Socialist, said in
himself, probably fatally.
Potter Palmer was sued for $50.-
000 by Mrs. Mary C. Murphy, 9325
South Chicago avenue, for injuries
said to have been incurred in a con-
| tract with the young millionaire’s
automobile last Derby. day.
| The hoisting engineers’ union in
| Illinois is a thing of the past. All
| the coal mines in this district re-
| sumed operations as if there had been
| no strike. The old engineers have
I returned to work and have joined the
Miners’ Union.
The state department has been in-
formed by the charge at Caracas
| that Frank Plumley, of Vermont, has
| heen selected as umpire to settle
| the French claims against Venezu-
| ela not adjusted by the mixed com-
| mission.
|
KAISER WILL SHOW LENIENCY. the French chamber of deputies, that | son, George Kirk, 4 years old, were
Pardoning Power
erally in Cases of Lese Majeste.
It is announced that Emperor Wil-
liam has decided to hereafter use the |
pardoning power liberally in cases of |
lese majeste, especially when an of. |
fender is shown to belong to the un- |
educated classes or to be incapable |
of weighing the consequence of a
hasty word. Leniency will also be|
shown in dealing with offenders com- |
mitted during drunkenness or while |
the offender is in an excited condi-|
tion. The emperor has directed the |
ministry of justice to deal liberally
with all persons convicted of an in-
sult to his majesty, who petition for |
pardon and show penitence.
Aged Woman Burns to Death.
Carrying a lighted lamp, Mrs.
Frank C. Miller, aged 80, fell down
a flight of stairs at her home in New
Philadelphia, O., and received burns
from which she died several hours
later. In an effort to save her, Mrs.
W. H. Miller, a daughter-in-law, was
horribly burned about the hands and
face.
Fatally Wounded.
John McLaughlin, 30 years old,
shot and probably fatally wounded
John Perry, 34 years old and married,
at Rochester, Pa. McLaughlin is a
well-known citizen and Perry is one of
the owners of the Penn Glass com-
pany, a glass-cutting shop.
The directors of
Western Railway Company have de-
clared the regular semi-annual divi-
dend of 114 per cent. on the common
stock, payable December 16 to stock-
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holders of record November 30.
| he hoped France, Great Britain and | purned to death in
to Be Used Lib-| the United States would soon find | grandmother rushed into
means of joining in intervening to
| stop the lamentable slaughter in the
far east.
Previous Landslides.
Great as’ Mr. Roosevelt's majority
is, it is by no means unprecedented
in.the electoral college.
In 1820 James Monroe received 231
electoral votes to 1 cast. for John
Quincy Adams, a majority of 230.
This was the climax of the noted era
of good feeling.
In 1840 William H
ceived 234 votes to 6
Buren, a majority: of
In 1852 Franklin Pic: received
954 votes to 42 for Winfield Scott, a
majority of 212.
In 1864 Abraham Lincoln received
212 votes to 21 for George B. McClel-
lan, a majority of 191.
In the election of 1872
ceived 286 votes, while 80 Greeley
electors were chosen, whose votes
were divided when the college met
by reason of Greeley’s death, Grant’s
majority being 200.
rrison re-
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Grant re-
68,946 Enlisted Men in Army.
The annual report of Gen. F. C.
Ainsworth, the military secretary of
the U. S. Army gives the total
strength of the arn:y at the close of
the last fiscal year at 3,781 officers |
and 68,946 enlisted men. The loss of
officers from death, di sal, retire-
ment and other causes was 155. The
number of enlisted men lost by death
was 456. The average cost of sub-
sisting cadets at West Point was
stated to be 64.3 cents as against 53.9
cents the previous year.
| Mrs. Julia Reano and her grand-
Chicago. The
the burn-
ing house in an attempt to save the
child.
| President Roosevelt entertained a
number of guests at dinner at the
‘White House in honor of John Mor-
ley, the British parliamentarian who
is now visiting him.
| John Farrell, a fireman, was killed
| and 10 persons were injured in the
| wreck of the ‘Katy Flyer,’ on the
| Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad
pt South Mound, Kan.
All records on the Pennsylvania
| railroad for long-distance runs were
| broken by a ‘special train from
| Crestline to Ft. Wayne, Ind., with
| General Superintendent Schoyer on
| board.
| was covered -in 113 minutes.
! In a pistol duel between man and
| wife at Pueblo, Col, Mrs. C. A. Cur-
| ry was shot and killed, and her hus-
| band fatally wounded.
A memorial window to the late
Rresident Benjamin Harrison will be
placed in the First Presbyterian
church of Indianapolis, of which
President Harrison was a ruling eld-
er for many years.
Claim Big Vote for Debs.
| Leaders of the Socialist Democrat-
ic party are authority for the state-
| ment that Eugene V. Debs, the
| party's candidate for President, poll-
ed over 600,000 votes in the recent
election, or more than 4 per cent. of
the total vote. Four years ago Debs
received 97,730 votes for the ° same
| office. The party leaders say over
100.000 Debs votes were .ecast in
Illionois. Pennsylvania, it is claimed
| gave 30,000 votes to Debs.
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