PACKERS FINED S26000 Four Members of One Company in Chicago Plead Guilty. JAIL SENTENCES WERE WAIVED Cases Concluded at Defendants’ ouest to Prevent Collapse of One of Them. Re- Four Packing Co. of Chicago, were filed an agsregate of $25,000 by Judge Hum- | phrey in,the United States Court at Chicago. The fines followed a plea of guilty to indictments charg- ing conspiracy to accept railroad re- | bates. The defendants were Samuel Weil, of New York, vice president; B. 8S. Cusey, traffic manager; Vance D. Skipworth and Chess E. Todd, as- sistant trafic manager. Mr. Weil was fined $10,000, other three $5,000 each. With the entering of the plea, the declaration was made that unless at least one of the cases is immediate- 1y settled, the life of Samuel Weil, who is vice president of the company, and is one of the defendants, is in Jeopardy. He is said to be a nervous wreck, and fears were entertained the for his life, if he had been allowed | to continue under the stigma of an indictment. The plea was entered, it is de- clared, after an understanding had been reached between counsel for de- fendants and Attorney General W. H. Moody. . While in Chicago, the attorney general was appraised of the condi- tions of Vice President Weil, and, it is said, agreed to the entry of a plea of guilty, with the understanding that the jail provision of the law under which the indictment was re- turned should be waived, and merely a fine imposed. The same conces- sion was made in the case of the other three defendants. The four defendants were charged with unlawfully combining and agree- ing to solicit rebates for the Michigan Central Railroad Co., the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, the Grand Trunk Western Railroad, the Lehigh Valley Railroad Co., Boston and Maine Railroad Co., and the Mo- bile and Ohio Railroad Co. Charges were made that the de- fendants ‘conspired with each other in presenting pleas for danages which were in reality for rebates, BANK DEFRAUDED Man Accused of Getting $3,800 by Tapping the Wires. Charged with being the principal in an ingenious wire-tapping scheme by which $3,800 was secured from a bank at QGettysburg, S. D., B. V. Dunnam was arrested there. A telegraph operator, who had acted as Dunham's accomplice, gave to ‘the police the information that led to Dunham’s arrest. Dunham, who is also known as F. D. Miles, is charg- ed with representing himself as a cattle buyer, of Miles City, Mont. He is charged with having applied to the Gettysburg bank for $3,800, giving a Chicago bank as reference, and ask- ing that the Chicago institution be wired as to his financial standing. His accomplice, it is charged, sta- tioned himself several miles from town, tapped the wire and intercept- ed the Chicago message. later the wire tapper sent a reply, ostensibly from the Chicago bank and of such a character that the money was paid to Dunham by the Gettys- burg bank. immediately followed. To Consider New Inaugural Date. District Commissioner McFhurland, | Commit- | chairman of the National tee to consider the advisability «changing the for the inauguration of the President of of the United States, has issued a call | for a meeting November ‘8. The com- mittee is composed of the governors | and Territories, and 15 the District of of all States residents of bia. August 30 day in April have been suggested. JAPS SEIZE ISLANDS ™ave Taken Pcssession of Famous Kommander Groun. News has been received in St. Petersburg that the American steam- «er Montana, having on board Baron Bruggen, manager of the Kamchat- ka Trading society, was seized by the Japanese near Nikolskoe, Bering | island, and that the Japanese after- ward occupied the Kommander lands and hoisted the Japanese flag. Neither the date of seizure of the vessel] nor that of occupation of the island is given. The seizure of the Mcatara has al- ready been chronicled, but there has been po mention of any occupation of the* Kemmander islands. Early in the war the governments | United to of Great Britain ‘and the States entered into an agresmeni protect the seals at the Kommander | islands until the termination of hos- tilities. The Russian «<cnsented to this arrangement. Dr. James R. Chadwick, of Boston, | was | found dead just outside his summer = lecturer at Harvard college, residence at Chocorua, N. H. German Trooos Kill African Rebels. The German government received jnformation from German East Afri- ca that attacks by the rebels on Mahenge have successfully been re- pulsed, that the MIrorogo rebels lost 350 killed and that the Graw.rt2 col- umn had arrived at Kilwa after in- flicting severe losses on the in six fights. Sergius Witte, the Russian peace envoy, will visit Emperor William before he leaves Germany for St. Petersburg. officials of the Schwarzschild | District | Sch- | ‘warzschild & Sulzberger Co. from the | Four hours | The arrest of Dunham date of the ceremony | Colum- | and the last Thurs- | is- | government | rebels FIVE KILLED; EIGHT HURT Passenger Train Collides With Freight Train on a Curve Near Harrisburg, Pa. Five men were killed and eight | others seriousiy injured in a collision on between a pay train and a combina- | tion passenger and milk train on the | Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pitts- | burg branch of the Philadelphia and i . . | Reading Railroad at Roushs curve, | near Mount Holly Springs, Pa. None | of the passengers, | three women, was injured. [ « The dead are: Ephraim McCleary, | engineer of milk train, 135 Vernon among whom were street, Harrisburg. C. J. Shearer, fireman of milk | train, 1411 Swatara street, Harris- | burg. John Hill, fireman of pay train, 6i8 South Tenth street, Reading. Edward Lauchs, paymaster’s clerk, Reading. Thomas Marion, train, Pottsville. Hill died on the way to the Har- | risburg hospital, the other four were | kiled outright. The injured: John E. B. Zellers, Alfred Hawn, Isaac Mec- Hose, Robert Richwine, reorge O. Sarvis, John Miller and Harry Bom- berger. | The pay train, consisting of a lo- | omotive and one coach, was going west to pay the men along the divi- conductor of pay Amole, D. sion, and was being piloted by | Trainmaster Sarvis. The - combina- | tion train, composed of locomotive, combination coach and two passenger coaches, was coming east. The two | trains ran together on the curve, | which is a sharp one, and is flanked | by a heavy clump of trees. IN CUBA { BLOOD FLOWS | Leader of Liberal Party is Killed in | Political Fight. | Official dispatches received from | Cienfuegos, Cuba, say Congressman | Enrique Villuendas, leader of the | Liberal party and the most able lorator in the Lower House, and the | chief of police of Cienfuegos were | during a conflict between the | killed two political parties, the Liberals and Moderates. The Government advices say the police had information that within the hotel in which Villuendas resided a quantity of arms had been deposited and they went to the hotel to in- vestigate the matter. As the police ascended the stairs they were met by a party of l.iberals, who fired on them, killing Chief Illance. The pol- ice returned the fire, killing Villuen- das and wounding several others. A dispatch to the Associated Press from Cienfuegos says that six per- sons were killed and 25 wounded during the conflict. ENGINES ORDERED FOR CANAL Contract Awarded for 120 Locomo- tives to be Sent to Panama. An order was placed by the Pan- ama Canal Commission with the American Locomotive Works of New York for 120 locomotives. This is said to be one. of the largest sales of the year, and aside from its new steamships is* the largest: purchase made by the commission. A hundred of the locomotives are of the largest type of switch en- gines, to be used in pulling dirt from the excavating machinery on The other 20 are road or freight engines, ecuipped with the latest improvements. The deliveries are to begin in December and to be | completed by June. the canal. BOYS BATTLE WITH CAGLE Bird Fights Desperately, but is’ Kiil- ed With Ball Bat. A bald eagle measuring 5 fzet frcm | tip to tip of the wings was killed in Vailsburg, N. J., by Felix and Edwin Base Ritters, aged respectively 12 and 13 years. The boys ware crossing a field with a doz when the eagle | swooped down on the Carine and at- tempted to carry it off. to the rescue and seized the eagle by the neck. The bird fought des- perately, tearing the lad’s clothing into tatters with its talons, but he held it fast wunil his brother killed | it with a bascball bat. | AGREE TO SEPARATE i Lae Union of Sweden and Norway Will | Be Dissolved. | After 1-ofracted sessions ing over some weeks, the Norwegian and Swedish delegates Karlstad to settle the terms. of | separation of the two countries, arriv- | ed at an agreement on all | The terms were not made public. That Sweden never objected to an | arbitration treaty, is shown by the riksdag’s decision in which ticn was first mentioned and which perizet’y with Sweden's ex- ¢ desire for peace. A protocol is now being drawn up which will be presented to the repre- sentatives of both nations signatures. The protocol will be pub- i lished simultaneously in Stockholm | and Christiania. | ah | Agrarian disturbances are taking | place in the Caucasus, where peasants | are plundering estates and churches. The first case of cholera has oc- curred in Berlin, that of a canal | boatman, who died of the disease. | Twelve thousand spectators of a bull fight at Nimes, France, broke up the chairs, other seats and the boxes | and set fire to the barriers surround- ing the arena because the matadors refused to kill ancther cere after they had dispatched five. The motorman wv killed and 15 passengers injured in a collision on the Albany & Hudson Electric Rail- when a pass- milk car. way at Nassau N. Y,, | enger train ran into a Edwin ran! extend- | who met at] points. | arbitra- | for their | pull as an en- | BOMB EXPLODED PEKING Wu Ting Fang, Former Minister at Washington, Injured. FOUR. KILLED; TWENTY HURT Official Circles Fear Adoption of Russian Methods by Native Revolutionists. At the Peking railway station, as a train carrying one of the four mis- sions ordered abroad to study foreign political methods was leaving a bomb was exploded inside a private car, killing four minor officials and wound ing over 20 other persons. The wounded include Prince E. Tsai Tche, who heads the most im- portant of the missions, and Wu Ting Fang, former minister to the United States, both of whom received slight injuries. The perpetrator of the out- rage, who was in the car, was blown to pieces. The affair has-created a profound sensation and causes apprehension regarding the safety of members of the court and leading officiais of the government. The government officers and the railroads are now strongly guarded. The edict appointing the missions was issued July 16. The missions were appointed to study foreign systems of government. The dowag- er empress intended to issue a decree at the new year for the establish- ment of a parliament 12 years hence. When the dispatch containing an account of the explosion of a bomb in a private car was shown to Sir Chentung Liang Chang, the Chinese | minister, at Washington he express- | ed his horror over the occurrence, | and said: {+ “There are two parties in China, the new reform party, which is de- | sirous of having the people and | government profit by the adoption of | whatever is for the good in occident- | al civilization and methods, and the | party that you call anarchists in this | country. The leaders of the latter | are really devoid of any principles. | The late action in regard to the send- | ing abroad of missionaries has es- | pecially angered them.” OOD & COLOOEIEAE 5 COO 3 Yellow Fever Record. The official report of the Yellow Fever Zecases in’ New Orleans up to 6 o’clock p.m. Ser t. 24 is summarized as follows: New causes, 24. Total to date, 2,831. Deaths, 2. Total deaths to date, 367. <o Add DOO 000 ADA AAA SOLA EDEDD TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS A severe earthquake shock was felt at Turmeno, Venezuela, but no damage was done. The Roman Catholic church will establish in New York a pedagogi- cal college for women. Federal authorities will begin prosecution of railroads for giving re- bates in violation of law. Wang Tai Shei, first secretary of the Chinese legation, at Washington, has been designated as Chinese min- ister to the court of Great Britain. Adolf Hedin, a parliamentary veteran, known as the father of the Swedish riksdag, is dead. sented Stockholm as a Liberal dur- ing 36 sc2ssions. President Roosevelt is aiding a plan mall countries to form a big repub- lic in the region of the Panama can- al, The dist Episcopal church adopted resolu- tions condemning Gov. Myron T. Her- hi? i to for kh! r 1 8 1 TiC 5 action In threatening veto the Brannock local option bill. Venezuela has aroused great indig- nation in France by offensive attitude toward the French charge d’affaires. 1s He repre- | cr the consolidation of the several I | hio conference of the Metho- | | the Oneonta fair grounds. ATTACK JURY DRAWING Meat Packers Are Fighting Every Little Point. A plea in abatement was filed by the packers indicted in the United States District Court at Chicago on a charge of conspiracy to monopolize the meat industry. The plea is not supported by aflidavits. It is signed Chicago by the defendants and their aitor- neys. It is charged in the plea that the date and hour of the drawing were kept a profound secret, and the packers were unable to learn who had been selected to sit upon their case, although the Government had an opportunity to investigate cach man whose name had been drawn. Four men connected with the Schwartzchild & Sulzberger Com- pany, named in indictments charging them with accepting railroad rebates, are now in Chicago. They have been notified to appear ; before Judge Humphrey to plead to the indictment. One of the men, Samuel Weil, vice president of the company, has just returned from Europe. The defend- ants other than Weil are: Beth 8S. Ausey, traffic manager; Vance D. Skipworth, assistant traffic manager, and Chess E. Todd, assistant traffic manager. TO RECOVER EQUITABLE MONEY Paul Morton Will Try to Compel Trust Company to Pay Back. Paul Morton, president of the Equitable Life Assurance society, made public the fact that he has di- rected Wallace McFarlane, as counsel for the Equitable, to begin suit against the Mercantile Trust Com- pany to compel restitution by it of sums aggregating, principal and in- terest, more than $1,000,000. Mr. Morton asserts these sums were ap- plied under the former Equitable management to improper or unauthor- ized leans, and his report, which is addressed to the board of directors, throws light upon some extraordinary financial transactions of the former regime, both before and after the death of the late Henry B. Hyde. In this connection Mr. Morton also refers to the $685,000 loan carried by the Mercantile trust, which has been the object of much speculation as to the uses to which it was put by James W. Alexander and Thomas D. Jordan. CHARGED WITH CANNIBALISM Backsliding Christian Arrested for Eating Other Africans. Definite information contradicting the reported death of Daniel Flick- inger Wilberforce, the native African missionary who, after being educat- ed in this country, renounced the Christian faith several months ago and returned to heathenism, has been received. Wilberforce, with several other natives, has been arrested by the English Commissioner of West Africa, charged with cannibalism. He declared his innocence, and in case of acquittal asserted that he would asK forgiveness and return to the Christian faith. PRESIDENT BECOMES DICTATOR Reyes Imprisons Judges Precipitates Riots. Unconfirmed reports reached Pana- ma that Gen. Rafae] Reyes, president of Colombia, declared himself dicta- tor September 8 and imprisoned the members of the supreme court at Bo- gota. Mobs, Gen. and angered by this action, at- tacked the presidential palace and were fired on by troops, who Kkilled or wounded many of the rioters. The reports say revolution have been started in Antiquia and Santand- er. Carried Away in Balloon. Floyd Wallace, a 16-year old boy, of Oneonta, N. Y.,, had and exciting | ride in a balloon that got away from | The boy | had gone in the balloon, which | up i was pulled down in the regular man- ner. When it was about 100 feet from the ground the rope broke, and | the balloon and boy shot up in the| It is officially announced that Dr. | Rosen, the new German minister to | Morocco, and the French government | | have reached a complete accord on the program at Morocco conference. Frank A. Durban, of Zanesville, O,, was elected president of the Ann | Arbor railroad, succeeding Ramsey, Jr. Durban is i dent of the Detroit, ton railrcad. | Investigation of the New York Life Joseph | also presi- Toledo and Iron-| Insurance Company developed the i fact that $300,000 was lost in one syndicate transaction, although the | | company on the whole made large profits in such deals. | When Smith College, at Northamp- | ton, Mass., was opened President L. | Clark Seylee announced that Andrew Carnegie had promised $125,000 to the college, provided friends of the insti- tution will raise an equal amount. Robert Blickensderfer has resigned his position as general manager of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad and {As Wabash Terminal railroad, to become consulting engineer of Wabash lines east of Toledo. still five pencioners on War of the Revolu- tion, one of them being Esther S. Damon, widow of a Revolutionary soldier, and the cther four daughters of such soldi Mrs. Damon is 91 years old. Canal Boatmeon (Hold Reunion. The twelfth annual rcunion of the Veteran Canal Associa- | tion was held at Blairsville, Pa., and | the roll call showed that 150 of the | old bcatmen were present. Pittsburg | and Johnstown were well represent | ed. The address of welcome was { made by the Rev. T. F. Pershing, | of the Blairsville Methodist Episcopal Church. The response was made by | his cousin, Daniel Pershing, of New | Mlorence. The Rev. Pershing was one { of the original canal boatmen. There are account of the Boatmen’s the’ The balloon rose over two miles | before it disappeared from | The boy, however, managed to | the valve rope and let] landing at Summit, 30 air. high view. get hold of out the gas, miles away. Damage by Flood. A message from St. Louis, Septem-| | { ber 20 says: The floodtide in the] Mississippi river has about reached | its crest, and is still below the 30- | foot danger line. In the vicinity of | St. Charles, 25 miles northwest, the] Missouri river covers the bottoms for | 92 miles and is two miles wide. Growing crops are ruined. About 150 families have been driven from their homes to higher ground. Dashed Over Bridge to Death. William A. Furisch, the driver of a newspaper delivery wagon, was thrown over the railing of Williams- burg bridge over the East river at New York, and dropped 150 feet to the stone ssidewalk. He died almost instantly. An automobile frightened Furisch’s horse, and when the wag- on swayed the driver shot from his seat and over the railing. He was dead when picked up. W. H. Hunt, formerly president of the defunct Pan-American bank, of Chicago, was sentenced to the peni- tentiary and ordered by Judge Kers- ten to pay a fine of $298. Beavers Can’t Plead Guilty. A decision has been reached by the department of justice not to al- low ex-Superintendent George W. Beavers, former chief of the division of salaries and allowances of the post- office department, to plead guilty to charges of conspiracy in the Dore- mus cancelling machine contract without trial. Justice William J. Gaynor, declined to accept the fusion nomination for mayor of New York city. or MANY CALS FOR MONE President of the New York Life on Witness Stand. SAID THERE WAS NO BOODLING Told of Large Sums Paid Company's Legal Adviser out Vouchers. the With- to John A. McCall, president of the New York Life Insurance Company, while on the rack of the legislative inquisition denied the New York Life ever had made political campaign contributions during the period of his except in the three. in- Mr. Perkins had al- and he could not ex- account those dona- presidency, stances which ready detailed, plain to what tions had been charged up. Mr. McCall volunteered the addi- tional statement that Alton B. Park- er, when chairman, had never misse- ed a chance to. collect corporation money for campaign purposes, and that even during the national cam- paign last year the Parker manag- ers had been a source of continual annoyance to him, dogging him with their solicitations for money. Mr. McCall denied with vehemence that a dollar of the New York Life's money had ever been used, with his knowledge, in the effort to influence legislation in New York or any other state, but admitted that hundreds of thousands of dollars of the company’s money had been advanced solely on his order to Andrew Hamilton of the New York Life's law = department, and that Mr. Hamilton represents the company in ‘legislative and taxation” matters in the various’ states, in this country, as well as in Canada. Mr. Hughes brought out admissions that $235,000 thus advanced remains unaccounted for, and that it is cus- tomary for Mr. Hamilton to report his expenditures exclusively to Mr. McCall, who takes Mr. Hamilton's re- ceipts and vouchers. The witness ad- mitted the cempany has on record no vouchers for any! of these ex- penditures made by Hamilton and has not had since the beginning of “Judge Hamilton's connection with it. Sums aggregating this amount, $235,000, were charged to the home office annex account, with the ex- ception of $36,000, which was carried in the “suspense account.” The payments to Andrew Hamilton, ag- gregating $235,000, were made be- tween December, 1903, and March, 1904. FIFTY PERSONS INJURED Large Circus Tent is Blown Down During a Severe Windstorm. During a windstorm, a large circus tent was blown down at Maysville, Mo., and 50 persons in the audience were injured. The severely injured: Charles IL. Robinson, scalp wounds; Edward Booth, ribs broken; Mrs. Edward Booth, leg broken; Miss Booth leg broken; Mrs. Thomas Clark, two ibs broken; John EH. Orm, arm broken. All the tents of the circus were torn to shreds. All the injured will recover. Boston Wool Market. The wool market has been more dull than for some weeks. .The de- mand is fairly well distributed. There is a quiet demand for quarter blood and low medium fleece wools. Ohio mediums are quoted at 34w3be. Pulled wools are scarce. Territory grades are in steady movement. Foreign wools are firm. Leading quotations follow: Ohio and Pennsyl- vania, XX and above, 36@37c; X, 34@35c; No. i, 40@41c; No. 2, 41@ 42¢c; fine unwashed, 23@Z2%; quarter- bicod, unwashed, 34@35¢c; 3%4-blood, 35@36c; %-blood. 34@35c; unwash- HONORS TO MISS ROOSEVELT Rides Through Korean Capital on Imperial Palanquin. Through streets crowded with white robed Koreans and lined by the im- perial bodyguard, standing at “pres- ent arms,” Miss Alice Roosevelt, rid- ing in'the imperial yellow palanquin, triumphantly progressed from the railroad station to the American lega- tion at Seoul. The roadways had been freshly paved and the shops draped with Korean and hastily hand- painted American flags. Miss Roosevelt, Rear Admiral Train, Senator and Mrs. Newlands, the Misses Boardman and McMillin and Congressmen Longworth and Gil- lette arrived at Chemulpo on the 19th. American Minister Morgan and staff, and a number of high Koreans oreeted the party, which proceeded to Seoul by a special train. The im- perial car, which is only furnished to royalty was placed at Miss Roosevelt’ disposal. FUSION IN NEBRASKA Ss Rockefeller’'s Gift to State University Spurned. Fusion of Democrats and Populists of Nebraska was effected. by the nomination by both the State. con- ventions of the following ticket: Justice of the Supreme Court, Will- iam G. Hastings, Democrat; Regents of the University, D. C. Cole, Popu- list, and louis Lightner, Democrat. The feature of the Democratic gathering was the speech of Will- iam J. Bryan. Mr. Bryan commend- ed President Roosevelt for what he declared to be his advanced stand on the principles long advocated by Democrats. On these principles he hoped every Democrat would uphold the President. A resolution which was promptly adopted denounced the Rockefelier gift to the University of Nebraska, criticised the Regents for accepting it and demanded the return of the gift to the donor. RAINS INJURED CORN The Weather Generally Favorable for Crops, However. The weekly summary of crop condi- tions issued by the weather bureau says: While corn has experienced favor- able conditions over a large part of the corn belt, late corn in the upper Ohio and Missouri valleys is maturing slowly and the crop in the lower Missouri valley has suffered seriously from excessive rains and high winds, especially in Missouri and Kansas. In the first mentioned State a large part of the crop hac been blown down that in shock is beginning to mold. Over the southern part of the corn belt from two-thirds to three-fourths of the cron is now safe from frost. Notwithstanding frequent showers in the spring wheat region, threshing of spring wheat has been general, shock threshing in Minnesota being nearly completed. Considerable smut is reported from the Dakotas. GHOULS FAILED Two Men Bent on Robbing the Studebaker Grave. But for the alertness of Thomas Hackney, a guard whq is employed to watch the grave of Clement Stude- baker, the millionarie wagonmaker, of South Bend, Ind.,. who died a few weeks ago, his body would now be in possession of ghouls. After midnight Hackney saw two men crawling to- ward him, and within 10 feet of the Studebaker grave. As they rose to their feet he fired. The two men promptly returned the fire. He pur- sued them and they fired back, but all the shets failed to hit. A spring wagon was in waiting by the roadside, and as soon. ‘as. the ghouls cleared the fence they sprang into it and drove rapidly away. CURRENT MEWS Neither Swedish nor Norwegian EVENTS. ed delaine, 30@31c; unmerchantable, 31@32c; fine washed delaine, 39@40c. The state of Indiana will bring suit recover money iost by ex-Auditor in gambling at French to Sherrick Lick. Erie Contro!s C., H. & D. President Underwood, of the Erie | railroad, made the following announ- | cement: At a meeting of the board of directors of the Erie Railroad company, the purchase of a majority of the stock of the Cincinnati, Ham- ilton and Dayton Railroad company was; authorized. By this purchase the Erie system has acquired Dbe- tween 3,500 and 4,000 additional miles of trackage. At Chicago, which is the Western terminus of the Erie, it will connect by the new purchase with a number of the principal cit- jes in Ohio and Michigan. Panhandle Given Verdict. A verdict of $100,000 against the city of Chicago was given the Pan- handle railroad in a damage suit for the burning of a number of freight cars during the American Railway union strike of 1894. Near Madison, Ind., George Ford, who is thought to be insane, ere- mated his wife and three children by setting fire to the house while they were asleep. All four perish- ed in the flames. Verdict on Wreck. The inquest into the wreck near Butler, Pa.,, on the Western New York and Philadelphia Railroad Sept. 7. which resulted in two deaths and many injuries, was finished with a finding that the wreck was due to Engineer Popham’s watch being slow and said: “We further find that the orders by which trains were that day operated on the Western New York and Philadelphia division of the Pennsylvania Company, were. in- adequate for the protection of the soldiers will be sent to the frontier, but troops are kept on watch. The barge George W. Robey, of Cleveland, which went aground, burned to the wharf’'s edge with her cargo of soft coal. She was built in 1889. Loss estimated at $64,000. The pope has given 340,000 for the | relief of the earthquake sufferers in Italy, the largest donation made. The Standard Oil Company has ad- vanced the price of refined oil 4 cent a gallon and gasoline 1 cent a gallon. The Toledo Tool and Machine Co. of Toledo, Ohio, has been awarded a contract by the Japanese government for 19 car loads of iron, to be shp- ped within the next three months. M! Wiener, the French minister, has lodged a protest with the Venezuelan government against its action in closing the station of the French Cable Company and expelling the manager of the company, M. Brun. The Japanese government an- nounces that the Tokio riots were not directed against Americans. It was simply unfortunate that some proper- ty owned by Americans got in the way of the mob. President Roosevelt appointed Ar- nold Shanklin of St. Louis consul general of the United States at Panama to succeed J. W. Lee, who a few days ago was appointed United States minister to Ecuador. The position pays about $4,500 a year. Exchange of Treaties. It can be- stated definitely that the exchange of the ratification of the treaty of peace between Japan and Russia will take place in Washington shortly after the treaty has been rati- fied by the respective sovereigns. It is probable that this will be done i the White House as a compliment to President Roosevelt. There are six cases of yellow fever at the Detention hospital in Cincin- lives of passengers and employes.” ! nati. or lodged, much is under water, and , 4 Cre Ns k i ? u C] EF rh LN mn (} ANNAN
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