SGOUTS SLAIN IN SHAR Lieutenant and Thirty-seven Men Ambushed and Killed. LIEUT. ABBOTT SUMMONED AID. Commanding Officer Served During Boxer Outbreak and Distinguish- ed Himself by Protecting the Flag. The Pulajanes have ambushed and killed at Dolores, on the Island of Sa- mar, a lieutenant and 37 enlisted men of the Thirty-eighth- company of na- tive scouts. Two thousand-Pulajanes it is reported, threaten the town of Dolores, and the situation is said to be critical. Lieut. Abbott, in com- mand of the scouts, has requested that aid be sent him. First Lieut. George F. Abbott, who commands the Thirty-eighth company of Fhilippine scouts, was a corporal in the Ninth United States infantry in the fight at (Tien Tsin, China dur- ing the Boxer "troubles. Officers in Washington familiar with his record, say that he distinguished himself in that engagement by seizing the col- ors when the color bearer fell, and holding them in the line. LEFT BY THE JAPS. Christmas Gift Found by Russians in Deserted Trench. A dispatch fromm Mukden says: The Russians succeeded in advancing the position of their siege guns four miles south along the wagon road in the face of a pretty heavy artillery fire. Russian volunteers the night of De- cember 21 occupied Japanese trenches opposite their positions. trenches were evacuated by anese with scarcely a fight. The vic-| tors were. surprised to find a box ly- ing in plain view which they opened. | carefully, fearing that it might con- | tain explosives, but they found in it wine, biscuits and sweets and a letter in Russian politely requesting its ac- ceptance “from disturbing neigh- bors.” ; Along the front of General Oku’s army during the night of December 20 the Russians made a determined attack on Lamuting, but were driven back with heavy loss. sustained no casualties. Dismounted Russian cavalry attacked the cavalry on the extreme left of the Japanese line on the night of December 29 but | were repulsed with heavy loss. Small detachments of ‘Russians nightly attack Japanese outposts and patrols. PURIFYING THE MAILS. Obscene Publications and Suggestive Illustrations Excluded. R. P. Goodwin, assistant attorney general for the Postoffice department in his annual General R. J. Wynne, aumber of fraudulent concerns has been greatly reduced in consequence of the vigorous enforcement of the postal Jaws. The result is shown by the marked decrease in the number of complaints received. There were 144 *raud orders issued during the year and 23 orders were issued against foreign lottery companies and their agents who were found to be opera- ling through the mails. | Much has been done in the direction of exclud- ing from the mails publications con- | taining obscene and suggestive illus- trations, -advertisements and. other matter considered unfit for circula- | tion. : Alaska’s Needs. The annual report of the Governor of Alaska, John G. Brady, made public at the Interior Department, estimates the total white populatjon of that dis- trict at 26,550. The report says that this estimate for the whites will dis- appoint those who -have steadily maintained the number is more .than five times the figure given. No mark- ed change has occurred. in the native population. The report asks for bet- ter transportation facilities;s>represen- tation’ by’ a delegate in Congress and legislation to’ encourage the home seeker and ‘home builder. NEW WAGE AGREEMENT. ‘ Ironworkers a New Scale. A new wage agreement for 12,000 bridge and structural throughout the United States has been Structural decided upon by the executive com- | mittee of the International Associa- tion of Bridge and Structural Workers, in session in Chicago for the last 10 days. The scale provides for 85 to 45 cents an hour, according to locality. In some districts the new scale pro- vides an increase, while in others it is about equal to the present rate of! wages. Members of the committee said to- night that all asked to sign the agreement and that strikes would be called wherever the request is refused. Bank's Deficit $800,000. F. D. Kilburn, State superintendent of banks, has given: ‘out a further statement of the condition of the sus- pended German bank of Buffalo, N. Y. It shows that the surplus tal stock of the bank were wiped out, fhe “deficit being ‘$781,646. Grafts Law Unconstitutional. The supreme court of Ohio hand- ed down a decision holding the Crafts | bonding act tional. case of McKell judge of Ros The decision was given in the vs. Robbins, probate 7... The Crafts act court, that S administrators, | trustees, ans, ete., all public officials, ting notaries public | mil and the superintendent of in- | surance should give a guarantee com- pany bo This is set aside by th decision of to-day. [hree | the Jap- | The Japanese | report to Postmaster | says that the Ann ounce | iron - workers | Iron | employers -would be | anc capi- | of last winter unconstitu- EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS. A Large Part of Next Year's Steel Production Has Already Been Engaged. Demand for holiday goods has ex- ceeded expectations, but trade in -sta- ple merchandise is seasonably quiet. Business conditions are satisfactory, however, manufacturing plants pro- ducing freely, except where insuffici- ent water supply restricts operation, and a large volume of option trading was recorded for the week at the leading commodity exchanges. Dispatches from the leading cities are encouraging. Traffic returns continue favorable, railway earnings for December thus far exceeding last year's by -7.6 per cent. = Foreign com- merce at the port of New York dur- ing the last week showed increases of $1,415,389 in exports and $2,089,050 in imports, as compared with the same week in-1903. Low water gion is the only disturbing factor af- fecting the iron and steel industry. Coke output and transportation are both unsatisfactory in consequence, and fires are banked as the supply of 1 becomes . exhausted at the blast furnaces. Instead of having no ex- tensive effect on the industry, as was at first hopelessly predicted, this scarcity of water is seriously retard- ing recovery in the Pittsburg region, and it will be some time before nor- mal conditions are restored. Were it not for this setback it is almost certain that the production of pig iron would now equal tha highest point on record. There is less dis- position to defer orders for steel rails, and a large part of next year's pro- duction has been engaged, or is now under negotiation. Other forms of railway equipment are -more active. Jobbers are placing orders for pipe on a scale that indicates expectation of higher quo- tations, and there is unusuai Interest for this season in structural ial. ® Wire and tin plate reported as running close to their full capacity. Conditions in the cot- ton goods market are calculated to in- | duce conservatism and trading is re- stricted “to immediate Prices are fully well maintained. Business in -woolens is brisk, buyers evidently anticipating an early ad- vance in the newly openexl heavy | weight goods. | ‘Failures this week numbered 251 in the United States against 284 last year, and 32 'in Canada, compared with 22'a year ago. FEDERAL CONTROL. Report From Commissioner of Cor- poraticns Stir Things Up. Characterizing the present State system of incorporation as a situation of anarchy, James R. Garfield, Com- missioner of Corporations, in render- ing the first report of his bureau’s investigations of inter-State corpora- tions, advocates Federal franchises or licenses as a solution of the trust problem. Independent State action, | he declares, is totally inadequate. | Callers at the White House say the President is as deeply interested in this as in the proposal to extend the power of the Inter-State Commerce Commission. The views of Mr. Gar- field are those of the President. Hence, the report is regarded as of the utmost importance. It is con- sidered to be the first word officially spoken of a comprehensive program- me, revolutionary in some respects, which will - be the most important work of the Roosevelt administra- tion. TERSE TEER When Dr. Leroy Chadwick lands at New York he will be arrested on a charge of forgery. : In the case of Nan Patterson, on trial for the murder of Caesar Young in New York, the jury disagreed. Governor Van Sant has announced his formal entry into tne Senatoriai campaign of Minnesota, as a succos- sor of Senator Clapp. Mrs, James Ferguson, of Warren, O., who has celebrated her eighty- seventh birthday, has lived all her life in the house in which she was J. J. Esch, .of ..,La , has announced ‘his can- United States Senator to didacy for succeed Senator Charles V. Quarles. The Wabash Railroad has closed a deal for the lighthouse property at ! Hancock, Md. It will be torn away to make room’ 'for a‘ passenger and | freight depot. The houses ‘of John Gibbs Frank P. Smith, Salem, O., were en- tered in broad daylight by house- breakers, who carried away watches and jewelry worth about $100. Fire in Sioux City, Ia., destroyed property. worth $1,000,000, and a fire- man lost his life. The City National | Bank and the Northwestern National Bank were among the 1 fire. Several other bi | were destroyed. Wants Libraries Abolished. Mrs. Maud B. McNary, of Houston, presented a resolution in the Wash- in. the Connellsville re-| mater- | works are | | | | lieved 5 | brothers, requirements. and | portionment. sippi, | ington County (Pa.), Teachers’ Ins- | titute, which provides for the amend- | ment of the State constitution to the | effect that the Bible be read in the | school and that school libraries be abolished. Mrs. McNary says libra- | ries are “a barrier to the cause to | tianity and the salvation of the | souis.” No action was taken resclution. Recaptured the Gen. Kur pain telegraphed 1 . & | the general received a 2nonE from Chinese sources that the i h ptured 203 Mete withr the guns Japanese. on her Hill. taff "4K the Tribesm Rebellion. about en in Zer, 16 er, buen have su nde and threaten to sack the town unless onsul and one handed over to them. sd e | the Frenc | subject are Britishe | states that | Alcazar | { | | { { | { | | ago, i purchase price is not stated SEVEN PERISH IN A MINE Suffocated Owing to Fire at the Mouth of:Mine. gre NINE OTHERS WERE INJURED. Rescued, but Their Condition Is Criti- cal—Others Taken Out Unhurt. ’ Man Bravely Gives Warning. Seven men were -suffocated in the Indiana mine of the Reese-Hammond Fire Brick Company, near Bolivar, Pa., Twenty-two miners were in the work- ings when the checkhouse at the mine entrance took fire. . Of this number 15 ‘escaped death. Nine of the sur- vivors are in a critical condition as the result of exposure, following their rescue. The dead: old; Evan Michael Mareno, 27 years Banco, 18 years old; George Banco, 35 years old; . Millen Norsuk, 22 years old; Joseph Mien, 30- years old; John Stimeck, 45 years old; John Gergewick, 19 years old. All the dead were single, with the exception of George Banco, who is survived by his wife and a three- months-old child. The injured were Fred Johns, Harry Johns, John Felton, Samuel Devlin, Henry Gibson, George Kernick, Geo- rge Budick, Jacob TUchino, Andy Bucos. The fire is supposed to have origi- nated in a small shanty, where the miners ‘left their clothing. It is be- a coat became ignited from a lamp which smoldered until the men entered the mine and then set fire to the shanty, the blaze being com- municated to the checkhouse. The smoke was sucked into the main en- trance. Jack Felton first noticed it. He ran back and warned the miners and then, partially suffocated, fought his way to the entrance and through the checkhouse, his coat being ablaze he emerged. DMareno, the Banco Norusk, Stimeck, Mien and Gergewick ran toward the main en- trance, although warned by the Ameri- can miners not to do so and perish- ed 250 feet from the outlet. Devlin, the Johns brothers, Felton, Gibson, Kernick, Budick, Uchino and Bucas retreated further into the mine and huddled about the air chute. The miners who escaped injury ran to the extreme end of the heading and were little affected by. the smoke. When Superintendent W. D. Rob- erts arrived at the mine he ordered the air compressor operated full ca- pacity, which undoubtedly saved the lives of those afterward rescued. as COMPLETE RETURNS. Decrease of 460,078 Votes Compared With 1900. The official canvass of the votes cast November 8 for Presidential electors was completed, when the result was announced in Minnesota, North Dako- ta and Washington. As compiled by the Associated Press, the total of the 45 States is 13,508,496, against 13,- 968.574 in 1900, a decrease of 461,078. The ballots were divided as follows: Roosevelt, Republican.......7,627,632 Parker, Democrat eiseie» 20,080,054 Debs, Socialist -...... crane es 991.537 Swallow, Prohibitionist ..... 260,303 Watson, Peoples ....... eens 114,637 Corregan, Socialist-Labor.... 33,453 Holcomb, - Continental Labor... 8360 Roosevelt over all -........ 1,746,768 } Roosevelt over Parker...... 2,547,578 In 1900 McKinley had 467,046 more than all the other candidates, and 859,984 more than Bryan. The vote for Roosevelt was 409,822 more than | for McKinley, while that for Parker was 1,277,772 less than for Bryan. Mec- Kinley polled more votes than Roose- | velt in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Missis- New Hampshire, North Caro- as and Virginia. than McKinley States. ‘Parker received in the other more votes than Bryan in Delaware, Georgia, Missis- sippi, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, South Carolina and West Vir- ginia, while Bryan got more than Parker in the remaining 37 States. The ‘Republicans made gains over their vote, of 1900 in 32 States and the official figures show losses in 13. Roosevelt carried 32 States against 28 by McKinley, and has 336 elector- al votes under the apportionment of 1900. McKinley had 292 .under the apportionment of 1880, there having been an addition of 29 by the last ap- Parker . carried 13 States against 17 140 electoral votes. Sader the apportionment in force in ( WOMEN CHARGE THE POLICE. Spy 1 Destitute Wives of Reservists in Po- | land Put Officers to Flight. An antiwar riot was started by the women of the town of Dombrowa, Poland. The wives of the reservists who had been mobilized, gathered, de- manding relief from their destitute condition. The police tried to dis- perse .the gathering, but the women charged them with sticks in their hands and fired a volley of stones. he police. were put to flight. The women stermed the town hall and captured the mayor. They said that they. would keep him prisoner until he ‘has agreed to their Cossacks were sum drove the women ofi leasing the mayor. oned, and they with knouts, re- Purchased a New. Rolling Mill. W. F. Burdeil, H. A. Lanman and other Columbus business men have purchased the new rolling miu at Cuyahoga Falls, O., and will dismantle the plant and move it to Columbus. The plant cost $250,000 six months but has not been successful. The The Pennsylvania and Mahoning | Valley Electric Street Railway com- pany, which secured a perpetual fran- chise over certain streets at New Ca tle, Pa., has already started to lay its tracks. demands. | FATAL WRECK ON B., R. & P. Conductors of Trains Had Different "'Qrders—Two Killed, One Scalded. Two freight trains, each drawn by two. engines, crashed together on Jewettville ,curve: : about two .miles worth of West Fall on the ‘Buffalo, Rochester © & “Pittsburg railroad. James Brogan, brakeman, and-L. Cole, fireman, both of -Buffalo, were Killed, and T. M. Bratton, a fireman, was badly scalded. The conductor of the extra south- bound train claims he had orders to meet the train going north: at West Falls. The crew of the northbound train say they had orders to meet the extra freight at Hamburg, the next station north of West Falls. EF + 2 2 2 3 BUSINESS BLOCK Is BURNED. Fire at East Liverpool Causes Loss of $80,000. Fire in the Exchange building, one of the finest business blocks in East Liverpool, O. caused ‘a loss of $80, 000. Several of the firemen were ov- ercome, among them Assistant Chief James McCullough and Fireman Patrick Woods, who were fourfd 'un- conscious and revived with difficulty. The principal losses were: D.-M. Ogilvie & Company, dry goods stock, $60,000; J. C. & C. C. ‘Thompson,.on building, $10,000; Lewis Bros., furni- ture dealers, $4,000; Grand Army of the Republic, $1,000; other tenants, $5,000. All were fully | insured. CURRENT NEWS "EVENTS. Robert S. McCormick, American ambassador to Russia, who has been on a two month’s vacation trip to his home in the United States, started on his return to St. Petersburg on the steamer Moltke, which sailed for Hamburg. The strike of the 150 longshoremen in the employ of the Merchants and Miners’ Transportation Co., of Boston, was ended when the men made a voluntary application for reinstate- ment. About 50 were taken back. Rumors are current in the Russian capital that England and France will shortly attempt to mediate in the Far Eastern war. Official confirmation is not -obtainable. President Roosevelt accepted an in- vitation to visit the city of Richmond, Va.,- some time during the approach ing year. The Metropolitan Club house, the home of the most fashionable club in Washington City, was burned out, in- volving an estimated loss of from $60,000 to $100,000, partially covered by insurance. The fire was caused by a spark from an electric wire near the elevator ‘shaft. Secretary Taft issued an order di- recting the Quartermaster General to award the ‘making of some 55,000 pairs of trousers for the enlisted men of the army at the Schuylkill arsenal, Philadelphia, to seamstresses in that city, mainly the widows and orphans of soliders. Mrs. John Johnson and her two young sons were cremated in a fire which destroyed their home at Ban- gor, Me. New York Central directors declar: ed the regular quarterly dividend of 114 per cent, payable January 16 to stock of record December 31. . A semi-annual dividend of 114 per cent. was declared on Reading com- mon, the first in its history. As a result of diphtheria, the public schools at West Waynesburg, Pa., have been ordered closed by the directors ; Postmaster-General Wynne to-day removed two more rural carriers for alleged * efforts . to influence legisla- tion, the employes being H. E. Nivin, of Berthoud, Col, and J. W. White- head, of Medina, O. ! The agricultural machine factory of John Thompson & Son, at Beloit, Mich., was, destroyed by fire, causing | a loss of $100, 000.: 7: - lina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Tex- | Roosevelt got more | 32 | by Bryan, and has | Bryan had 155]! | ket here | was on hand Antonjo Flores, former preston of Ecuador, has been appointed minister to Germany with the special purpose of urging Emperor Nicholas to accept the ‘designation of arbitrator in the | boundary dispute’ between Ecuador and Colombia. By the explosion of an oil stove in a New York apartment house, Alice Swinson, Charles Reynolds and Char- les Painter, children, were burned te death and Isaac Smith and Charles Reynolds were seriously injured. 3 Boston Wool Market. The little demand for wool now in evidence in the wool market is prin- cipally for lots of scoured wool, es- pecially for B supers and wools of that grade. Prices are steady. The general opinion is that the available supply of domestic wool in the mar- is less than one-half than last year. Territory | wools are quiet and pulled grades are 1 - | attempting | steady. | against the The market is firm for for- eign wools. © Quotations in this mar- ket are about as follows: Ohio and Pennsylvania, XX and: above, . 35@ 36c; X, 30@31c; No.1, 38@39¢c; No. 2, 37@38c; fine unwashed, 24@25c; 1; blood, unwashed, 32@33c; 3% blood, 32@33c. Depositors Take Action. J. A. Morris, representing himself and all of the depositors of the de- funet Lima. (O.) Savings Bank and Trust company, filed an action directors and steckhold- ers asking judgment of $50,000. The petition states that the liabilities are $75,000,+and assets but $25,000. The court is asked to prevent the defend- ants from encumbering any property available to be levied upon. Will Make Copper Plate, Announcement was made that Ber- thold - Goldsmith and sevaral assis- tants, all of whom were until recent- ly connected with the American Tin Plate company, have bought that com: pany’s tin-mill at Lisbon, O., and will manufacture copper plate. N.. J., John Carroll, a pe fatally shot Ernest a negro, while the latter was to rob the saloon. Frank Johnston, an alleged accomplice of Baker, was arrested. a At saloon Baker, | and KILLED BY FALLING WALL Tons of Brick and Mortar Crash Through Minneapolis Hotel. ‘SLEEPING PEOPLE ARE “CAUGHT. Ruins of Building Topple Over in a Gale Upon a Three-Story Structure. The side wall of the O. H. Peck Building in Fifth street, south, Min- neapolis, which was left standing by the great fire of last week, toppled. ‘over in a gale early Tuesday ontosthe Crocker hotel, a three-story structure L adjoining. The tons of brick and mor- tar crashed completely down through the flimsily-constructed building, carrying floors and all into a mass of debris in the basement. . The 14 persons who were sleeping in. the were: Eight of them various apartments the crushed structure. were killed. The dead: Hans Anderson, employ- ed at Ronner’s livery; James Hamil- ton, employed at Ronner’s Hvery; C. M. Kenyon, foreman of Daniels’s lin- seed oil mill; William Lillyblade, em- ployed in Daniels’s linseed oil mill; Mrs. Maggie Leclaire, cook; William Emmermon, laborer; William Bray, contractor; Joseph Violet coachman. The injured: Mrs. Carrie Boyce, cut about face and bruised; W. er, badly bruised and suffering from exposure; Mrs. Jennie Murphy, chest injured; Mrs. Evelyn Williams, face cut and badly bruised; Mrs. Nevins, face cut and badly bruised. Some of those injured were in the Belmont Hotel adjoining the Crocker and were hurt by the debris that was forced through the wall separating the buildings. : : A passerby, who heard the crash, turned in a fire alarm and the depart- ment arrived in time to check an in- cipient blaze. The firemen and police- men at once turned their attention to rescuing those still alive and recov- ering the dead. & FOR BAREFOOT TROOPS. Philippine Scouts Said to Be Burden ed With Too Much Clothes. : General Wood, commanding the De-; partment of Mindanao, Philippine di- vision, in his annual report to the War Department says the troops have been in the field a great portion of the vear. Conditions among the Moros are now generally peaceful. | General Wood adds: i “The establishment of civil govern- ment and the extension over them of certain laws and regulations has caused some excitement and at times serious resistance, especially the law prohibiting slavery. “In Jolo affairs. are (quiet. The prompt crushing of Hassan’s upris- ing has made a deep impression on the people, and the abrogation of the Bates agreement has done’ much to bring to: an end the unfortunate con- ditons which existed under it.” Dato Ali’s party, the report adds, is the only band of Moros now openly hostile, and it is small and is being followed by troops and scouts. Gen- eral Wood says: “The scout’s ability to do excellent marching barefoot should be improv- ed and his feet kept in condition so to do. We have swathed and toggled our tropical native soldier, whose na- tive clothes weighed only a few oun- ces and hung loosely on him, with all the clothing requirements of those for the temperate. zone.” Death. of .Bishop Phelan. The Rt. Rev. Richard Phelan, bish- op of the Pittsburg diocese of the Roman Catholic. church, died at St. Paul’s Orphan asylurhr in’ fdléwood. He had been in a:comatose condition caught jin J. Crock- Anna Mec- | | permit railways to employ for several days and passed peacefully away, without: recovering. canscipus: ness. Richard Phelan was one:of the most distinguished men of the Ameri- can Roman Catholic church. possessed, a strong and great mind, exceptional business skill. pe was straightferward and hlunt, charit- able and kind; and simple in’ his hab- its. He was born in the townland of Stralee, near Ballyragget, County Kilkenny, Ireland, January 1, 1828. SEIZED BY .JAPANESE. Both Vessels Were Carrying Russian Naval Officers. * The Japanese protected eruiser Tsushima seized the British steam- er, Nigretia, bound for Vladivostok, off Ulsan, Korea. * The Nigretia was sent to Sasebo for trial before the prize court. It is reported she had on board officers and men of Russian torpedo boat destroy- ers who had escaped from intern- ment at Shanghai and were attempt: ing to regain the Russian lines. The British steamer King Arthur was captured while. attempting to leave Port Arthur yesterday by the Japanese guardship Asagiri. She has on board Russian naval officers whe were attempting to join the Russian second Pacific squadron. ~ She ; was taken to Sasebo for trial. ¢ : $k Aged Woman Victim of Fl&mes. On leaving home in Youngstown, O., Mr. and Mrs. John Hartshorne left their children in charge of Mr. Harts- horne’s mother, 78 years old. She smoked her pipe ang her clothes caught fire. Neighbofs found her on a bed enveloped in flames. The wo- man was burned to a crisp. Great. Merger of An alliance of from Cincinnati, Trolley Lines. traction interests Indianapolis, Toledo, Cleveland and Philadelphia, is being completed that will give to Western Ohio and Eastern Indiana the most far-reaching system of suburban lines | in the world. The main spirits of the’ undertaking are the Elkins-Widener traction interests of Philadelphia, represented by W. Kelsey [Scheoep?, He’ ‘S. Black; ex-Sectetary A squadron of of powerful ¢ cruisers un-| ler# Admiral Kamimura has '@ gone | [long to the China sea to meet the. | second Pacific squadron. Russian | product about $2 WARSHIPS ARE NOT SEAWORTHY Port Arthur Fleet Not Considered a Factor in Coming Fight With Ad- miral Togo. While declining to give details the admiralty admits that Russian advi- ces from’ ‘Port ‘Arthur sent by Gen. Stoessel substantially confirmed the Japanese advices « of the partial wrecking of the Russian ships in the harbor. It is claimed that several of the larger ships and a respectable number of torpedo boat destroyers are still seaworthy, but they are not being considered as a factor in the coming fight between Admiral Togd’s ships and the Russian second Pacific squadron. The whole series of misfortunes . which has attended the Port Arthur squardon i§ a bitter chapter im Rus- stan naval annals, but since. the arri-. val of the latest advices there has been less; “disposition to criticise: Rear. Admiral Wiren’s failure to make a sortie, Gen. Stoessel having decided that further defense of the fortress would be impossible if the gang of the warships, and the spilors Janded ° were § reembarked. : been able ;to,go out under ‘the: condi- | tions existing, they would have been at. the. mercy of the Japanese and have been sacrificed without hope of inflicting commensurate damage. If the fortress is relieved, it!is believed that most of the ships will be raised and saved. EIGHT-HOUR REST LAW. Bill in Congress. Proposes Intermis- sion’ in Day's Work. It is proposed by Representative Norris of Nebraska to enact what is known among railway men as the eight-hour rest rule into law and give the interstate commerce ‘commission the power to see that it is enforced. By the provisions ef the: Norris bill that was introduced it shall not- be lawful to employ trainmen, engine- men, dispatchers or telegraph opera- tors on railways engaged in .inter- state commerce for a lgnger period than 24 hours without a rest of eight hours intervening. The intent of the bill is to give, men in the train ser- vice eight hecurs rest between trips. This idea* is incorporatéd into the rules of most of the large systems, but is ‘not. -always enforced. There is a«provision in the which will. men extra * time in clearing up wrecks. The en- forcement of the law is placed in the. hands of the interstate commerce commission, which is empowered to investigate all alleged violations and report them to the courts in the dis- tricts in which they occur. As fine of $500 is agtached to each violation. DINNER GIVEN TO PARKER. unavoidable accidents Republicans as Well as Democrats Welcome Him Back to the Bar. Alton Brooks Parker, former Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals and Democratic candidate for the Presi- dency in the last campaign, was the guest. of ‘henor at. a dinner at the Waldori-Astoria.. : The = dinner was given by the bench and bar of the city. of New York and Republicans and Democrats alike were present. Former Justice D’Cady Herrick also was a. guest. Justice Morgan J. O’Brien of the appellate division of the Supreme Court was the presiding officer. The speakers included ex-Governor Frank of War Elihu Root, William B. Hornblower and Judge Parker. The list of subscribers included nearly all of the Justices of the Supreme Court and other courts of the city. CLAIMS AGAINST BAN KERS. Officers of ‘Wooster Bank are Declar- ed Bankrupt. P. Ohliger, president, L. and J. R. Zimmerman, jchairman.of tie board of directors of: the, Woo tery tional bank, ‘which Ie ently suspend- ed, were adjudged bankrupts Tory by Referee W. F. Kean Judgment. is against them as in- dividuals and as partners of Zimmer- man. & Co. December 31 was fixed as. the: date for the first meeting of the. creditors. ¢ Ohliger and, Zimmerman have been absent sincé. the suspension of the Hank and of the firm of Zimmerman & Co. Nearly 200 concerns’ have filed claims against the firm. £0.) Na: WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES. : The monthly statement of the col- | lections of internal .revenne shows the total receipts for -November $21,262,- 332, an increase over November, 1903, of $414,497. For the five months end- ed November 30 the receipts were $101,673,667, a decrease as compared with 1903 of $796,869. The President accepted an invita- tion to attend the Lincoln Day din- ner of the Republican €lub of New York February 13. Vindication for all the officers and men on the Massachusetts is contain- ed in the report of the hoard appoint- ed to investigate the recent accident on that vesgel, in which the death of several men was, causer ing off of a gasket. | 3 The President sent to thé Senate the’ following = nominations: Naval Officer. of Customs, Walter: T: Mer- rick,- in :the District of Philadelphia, Pa. Postmasters—Pennsylvania, Ja- eoh:D. Laciar, Wilkesbarre; Ohig; Granville W. Springer, ‘Croaksville; West. Virginia. Na than . €.0 7 McNeill, Marlinton; William R. ‘Brown, West Union. EARS AND PL ATES ADVANCED. anufacturers of Both Products Meet and Boost the Prices. The Steel Bar association at a meet- ing in Je r City. advanced the price oi steel $2 a tén. The steel plate manufaéturers held a meeting there also and voted to advance the vice of steel tes $2 ton. The m TAREa oun rs” "of "structural steel also advanced the price of their a ion: Xow “ Had ithe, ships & bill that 1 makes it not applicable in the case of by. the blow-: ~ a é re —. Sap et Cled crouchi bank, | feet hi ‘their gi ments g pla of spo chance Throw. stream them. naked day be by a - they v .clums; “an ord ‘chase highes . I could swith t Witl stufdy clad ® and e lathi, feet ic knob. of the fuel. have pen. The kind 1 4. side ¢ “:- mile seame . rains belt, & ' antelc _ sand empt} the rg ~ in the . were sg high, i ter's "bones i. strew “hole the n an o the 1 dens, One * quest entra whic “borh of cu ‘havi Leave « the ¢
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