SHOALS MC TEEN
Nearly a Score l.ose Their Seats
in German Reichstag.
THE COLONIAL POLICY UPHELD
Clerical Center Retains Most of
Strength It Held Ovation to
Von Buelow.
The German government has won
a definite victory in the general elec-
tion ‘held January 25 for a
reichstag. The Liberal, Radical
Conservative supporting
Prince Von DBuelow’s colonial policy,
have won at 20 seats, but more
important for the government than the
success of its colonial plans, is the
smashing defeat administered to the
Socialists, who will lose 17 ‘or 18
seats.
Thig is the first election since 1887
that the Socialists have not increased
{heir representation in the reichstag
by from five to 20 seats. They have
lost especially in several large cities.
The clerical center holds almost all
of its former seats, having lost one
or two to the Poles in Silesia. There
is a possibility however, that rebal-
loting in the undecided districts may
lose one or two more seats to the
Center party.
The Conservatives have won six
seats, two from the anti-Semites, two
from the National Liberals and two
from the Socialists.
Reballoting probably will be neces-
sary in 175 constituencies, so
complete returns wil not be in before
February Certain districts in up-
per Bav: snowbound have
not vet be
considered
When it—b
hour that
immense
north of
new
and
parties,
least
>n hea
at a late
ent had
streamed from the
gpaper offices and
evident
113
zathered in front of the palace in the |
Wilhelm stra of Chancellor Von
Buelow.
By the overwhelming majority of
835,000 votes against 90,000, as repre-
sented by the delegates, the labor con-
ference at Belfas
proposed amendment
tion of the part the effect of which
swwould have been to transform it into
an avowedly sceialistic crganization.
The opponents of the proposed amend-
ment ‘declared that it would
irreparabl¢
the trade-unionists
themselves
to the constitu-
were
ope
\
pledging to socialism.
THAW TRIAL OPENED
First Days Spent in the Selection of
a Jury.
5K.
tanford
for
at
The Harry Thaw
the of S White
Madison Square Garden on the even-
in: the
Supreme
killing
1966 began
branch . of: the
at New York, January
Judge James Fitzgerald.
ing of June
criminal
99
“0,
court be-
fore
—A-number of FThaw’s-—relatives were;
the
Mrs.
May
and
Car-
Mrs. William . Thaw,
of Yarmouth,
George L.. Carnegie and Miss
MacKenzie, Mrs. H. K. Thaw
Edward Thaw and: Gecrge L.
negie.
The widow of
lives now with
Cambridge, M
York in connection
Mrs. White's
lege and she
him. :
The first thr days were taken up
if the
present:
Countess
Stanford White, who
her son Lawrence, in
will not go to New
with ease,
is attending col-
1 with
as5s..,
the
con
ue
moved re to
Gary, Tix
of what is
the
The
8.000
vation being
(le i
the .com
ract,
Out,
of Tan n whieh to
which, when
ent an invest
rial ‘cit
will repres
5.000.008
CHINA DOOMS CPRIUM
Mcngolian Government Takes Steps
Habit.
Moore, the
the State
Chi-
to Stamp Out Drug
Ewing
Peking,
ceipt of
Through Thome
Ameri Charge
Department is i
nese imperi wipt covering. .regu-
lations for the ion of opium
crowing and smoking in China.
By these it is intended gradually
to eliminata the culture of the poppy,
and the Vicerovs and Governors are
instructed to see that the magzistrates
investigate and. report on the acre-
age of peppy lands and issue licenses
to farmers on condition that the quan-
suppressi
tity of poppy be replaced with what- |
ever cron the soil may be fitted for. |
- : |
ee orion? —
Duel With Police Fatal.
R. E. Reynolds,
chant residing near
a ~young . mer-
Chatham,
police officers in Danville, Va. Prior
to the killing Reynolds shot and in-|
ten |
jured Tom Cecrbin. Eight or
shots were fired at Reynolds before
he fell dead. None of the policemen
was injured. Corbin’s injuries are
not regarded as fatal.
Marble Court House Burns Down.
The Columbia county Court House,
at Hudson, N. Y., was burned. The
loss is probably $200,000. Tha build-
ing was of white marble and in addi-
tion to all the county offices contain-
ed the office of Justice Cochrane of
Appellate division the Supreme
Court.
AE
C1
There was a terrific hurricane Fri-
day night and Saturday which lail
the greater part of Ccokstown, Aus-
tralia in ruins. There were no fatal:
ties-
that
led a capable and sagacious executive
1887 |
I bert,
rom, but they are |
for the Center party.
: | candidate
won, |
Ireland, rejected a |
| the
create}
dissension in the party, as |
| them
| their
Va., |
was killed in a pistol duel with three |
DEATH OF GENERAL ALGER
Distinguished Scldier and Ex-Cabinet
Member Passes Away at Wash-
ington City.
United States Senator Russell A.
Alger, of Michigan, died suddenly at
his residence in Washington, January
24 at 8:45 o'clock in the morning fol-
lowing an acute attack of oedema of
the lungs.
Russell Alexander Alger, soldier
and twentieth governor of Michigan
(1885-87) was born in Lafayette
township, Medina county, O., Feb-
ruary 27, 1536, the son of Russell,
and Caroline Moulton Alger.
At 11 years of age Alger was left
an orphan, with a younger brother
and sister.
his ‘board
lowed to
three months
When the
and clothing and
attend the district
each year.
Civil war broke
was
Changed conditions in
market swept away
dollars. In August
er business.
the lumber
few accumulated
18¢C1;
in the Second Michigan cavalry,
‘was promoted to be captain in the fol-
lowing month, and to major
25, 1862.. His career as a soldier was
a brilliant one. He took part in more
than 60 battles and skirmishes.
June 11, 1865, he was breveted ma-
jor general of volunteers for gallant
service.
In 1866,
residence
shortly
reneral Alger took up his
at Detroit, Mich.,
became president of two
lumber companies which owned large |
and other |
land in Michigan
States. In 1884. he was
and. elected governor of
He was inaugurated in 1885, and prov-
tracts of
nominated
renomination in
and returned to private life.
At the National Republican
vention, in 1888, General Alger was a
for the presidential
, and on the ballot preceding
break that caused General Har-
nomination, received 142
but declined a
nation
the
rison’s
votes, 100 of whom stood by him to |
the end.
tary of war in
cabinet. His administration
the Spanish-American war met
the most vigorous criticism. An
vestigating committee appointed
President exonorated Alger.
-esigned August 1, 1899. He wrote
“The Spanish-American War,”
York, 199].
in-
by
TWELVE MINERS
Victims’ Bodies Recovered After
Others at Work Undergreund
Narrowly Escape.
and
KILLED
T'ive Americans seven ns
Buclthannon,
following it
and nearly caused
entombment of all the miners,
meted at 100. The bodies . of
have been recovered.
The Americans who met death are:
Charles Boserman, William Bailey,
James Scott, Charles Johnson, Glenn
Miles.
The
] mine
va. Immmed
mine caved in
ny’s near
iately the
the
12
Italians are known only by
| numbers.
The explosion occurred just as the
day force. was leaving * the mine.
Only a few of the men had reached
the surface when with a terrific re-
port the firedamp- exploded. The
mine elevator had just started for
the top. carrying about 20 men, and
almost men were’ still at the
tom of the shaft.
was a among the men
the There was but one dir-
cetion ‘hich they could run, and
this w into the drift. From
this however, a flow
p enveloping Cm.
1 i to-
the
SO
panic
mine.
in
back
strong
tl
hi like
greatly
The
10
demons io hoard
retarding the
ar was - finally load-
the top.
work
and run
With gre
the
sion and quickness
continued to make the
all men at the bot-
shaft brought to the
On two. trips a
of were upeon-
and carried from
at
elevator
preci
nntil the
the
trips
tom of were
the last
the . men
had be
to
CHOOSE TRAGIC DEATH
Ycuth and Maiden Stand on Tracks
and are Killed by Electric Car.
With entwined an
aris
young man and a young woman stood |
of.. the
railroad over
N.: J.
the
electrie
on tracks Pennsylvania
Newton creek,
Camden, and
awaited until an electric
down. Both were
bodies were hurled
water.
The body of the woman, who was
about 25 years old, was recovered
and taken to the morgue. The cloth-
ing was of fino texture and she was
of refined appearance. The only
mark that may lead to identification
are the.letters “W. C.,” on a gold
watch found on the body. The body
of the man has not been recovered.
A Narrow Escape.
near
train
killed
into
ran
and
the
Gov.
San
A special ~“ train conveying
Winthrop of Porto Rico, from
completion of the railroad connect-
ing San Juan and Ponce was derail-
ed near Quebradillas. The coach
containing the governor's party stop-
ped within six inches of a precipice
1,400 feet high. The governor jump-
cd, and was not hurt.
members of the party were shaken up,
but no one was iniured.
In 1848-49 he worked for | |
al- | Fuel
school |
out he |
was successfuly engaged in the lumb- |
his | ¢
| in the
he enlisted as a private soldier |
but |
i great
April |
| and other
and | moved.
| trance.
Michigan. |
con- |
nomi- |
[n 1S7 General Alger became secre- |
President McKinley's |
during |
with |
He |
New |
di
esti- |
unknown, |
calmly |
Juan to attend the celebration of the |
The “other |
20 KILLED IN EXPLOSION
Terrible Disaster ina Mine—The
Air Shaft Shut Off.
WORK OF RESCUE IS DIFFICULT
Explosion Shattered the Timber Sup-
ports and Brought Down Great
Masses of Rock.
Twenty miners = are known to be
dead and scores of others were injur-
ed as the result of an explosion in
the Primero mine of the Colorado
and Iron Co., at Trinidad, Col.
The explosion occurred in the
main entry of the mine, and, accord-
ing to reports, was caused by -a
“windy” shot.
The day shift was going to work
and a great number of miners were
entry when = thé unexpected
occurred.
entries were badly damaged,
masses of rock falling and
choking off both exit and entrance.
More than 10 men were killed out-
right. Others were pinioned under
huge quantities of broken timbers
debris.
Only those near the entrance es-
caped unharmed. The body of Frank
Hobat, timberman, was the first re-
It was found near the en-
Beyond him the dead and
injured lay in profusion.
The force of the’explosion shatter-
ed the timber supports, bringing
down. rocks and coal. The rescuers
worked in dense smoke and dust un-
til the fans could be started.
Two of “the dead are Frank
miner, and R. J. Lumley,
The names of the other
have not been learned, the
chift boss who ehecked up the men
who went into the mine at night is
missing. All the men except Lumley
were foreigners, most of them
ians.
blast
The
Ho-
fire
boss. men
killed
as
PHILADELPHIA PRIMARIES
City of Brotherly Love Selects Can-
didates for Coming Election.
John E. Revburn, congressman from
the Sccond district, received the Re-
publican nomination for mayor in
Philadelphia, = polling 30,000 more
votes than his nearest competitor,
{John M. Walton. William = Potter,
former United States minister to Italy
received the City party and Demo-
cratic nominations.
The total Republican
| 98.420, and of ‘this
[ Reyburn received 60,256.
|. vote 'w 29.952. and the
votes were divided between
didates.
Potter's nearest competitor on
{ the City party and Democratic tick-
was Rudolph Blankenburg, city
commissioner, Potter received 23,065
votes from 2
from the Democratic. The total City
party vote for mayor was 37,618.
Hugh Black was nominted for re-
ceiver of taxes by the Republicans
and Franklin S. Edmonds by the City
party and Democatic voters.
riggs, Hughes, Moore and Scott
are the Republican nominees for mag-
istrate and Fitzpatrick and Gorman
the City party and Democratic.
MANY ARE FROZEN
vote
Congressman
27
| ets
Village and Grain Crop Ruined.
Reports of heavy loss of life and
great suffering are arriving from
Akmolinsk steppes, Central Russia.
During bl rd the temp-
the
rature fell aes Zero.
rYecent
to 47 below
nN vered in one
180 Oi
n hodies
i= frozen
i are froze
he Alps
ter: 25 deg
have
old.
A recs
and th there
from
Zero
veral deaths the ¢
FOUR LIVES ARE LOST
rn
Firemen Make Several Daring Res-
cucs While Flames Rage.
Four lives were lost and $500,000
damage was done to property as a
result of fire which destroyed mill
No. 1 Manufacturing
Cofapany. at Dover, N. H. The bod-
| ies of four boys, charred beyond hepe
of identification; were found in the
smoking ruins and as boys are
known to be missing.
[ The fire broke out long
500 or more operatives had
led for their day's work. Friction
from a belt generated sparks which
lodged in a mass of cotton and the
of ‘the Cocheco
five
after
assemb-
building. The exits -scon = became
blocked by a struggling mass of mill
from the windows.
ropes and descended to the ground.
The executors of the estate of the
late Marshall Field of Chicago, filed
their inventory. Counsel for the exe-
cutors place the total value of the
property described at $75,000,000.
Shonts Resigns.
It was announced at the White
House that Theodore P. Shonts,
chairman of the Panama canal com-
mission, had tendered his -resigna-
tion to take effect March 4, and the
President had accepted it..
Shonts leaves the service of the
zovernment to become president of
the Interborough-Metropolitan Com-
pany of New York, as the successor
of August Belmont. The company
controls the subway and many - sur-
face lines in that city.
Ital- |
| was
| than
| into
| every
{ him on the pension list.
has caused more or |
Mrs.
| . .
[ eligible, but
l company
|
Walton’s |
remaining |
can- |
To Fifteen Die in One Day Near Russian |
Immediately there |
still in |
the
| contagious
: | were
ames ickly spre hroughout the! os
flames quickly spread t = i where finished garments are sent out |
{in large quantities daily from houses |
hands and many were obliged to jump |
Others secured |
Mr.
FAVORS SHIP SUBSIDY
President Urges Passage of Bill to
Aid Shipping.
The President sent to congress
message callihg attention to the
“great desirability of enactment of
legislation to help American shipping
and American trade by encouraging
the -building and running of lines of
large and swift steamers to South
America and the Orient.’’ . The ur-
gent need of our country's making an
effort to do something like its share
of its own carrying trade on the
ocean has been called to his attention,
the President says, in striking fash-
ion by the experiences of Secretary
Root in his recent South American
tour, State aid to steamship lines, the
President says, is as much a part of
the commercial system of today
state employment of consuls to
mote business.
The President
posed law
a
as
pro-
says that the pro-
which has been discussed
in congress is in no sense experiment- |
the best and
experiments, as for
recent Cunard con-
British government.
It is based on
most successful
instance on the
tract with the
The President
before the committee
would surely be disereditable for
to surrender to our commercial riv-
als the great commerce of the Ori-
ent, the great commerce we should
have with South America, and even
our own communication with Hawaii
and the Philippines.”
AGE LIMIT RAISED
al.
“Tt
us
and says:
Pennsylvania Rail"oad Will Employ
Men Up to 45 Years of Age.
Because of increasing difficulty in|
getting men for various branches of
| its service, the Pennsylvania Railroad
I Company has made an important and
It
45
rules.
to
its
from
far-reaching change in
the age limit
o=
oJ
When the company established its
pension system the hard and fast rule |
that
old
of
prescribed
years
the service
no person
should be
the railroad.
more
taken
oD
service out of
before
o=
0)
least
man
at vears of
or officer
limit
and
This age
less trouble
first.
of men who were in every other way
it also prevented
getting many = good
discontent from the
nien
whom it
iSLAND ENGULFED
Earthquake Causes It to Sink into
the Sea.
The which
some
tic
of
south
lal
the
wave devastated
Dutch
Atchin,
East Indian is-
lands of as
Island of Simalu.
According to the latest information
received Simalu has almost disap-
peared.
persons lost their lives. Violent
earth shocks continue to be felt daily.
According to the dispatch which
first announced the devastation
wrought by the tidal wave 300 per-
and 40 on the Island of Simalu, Puda
Babi, or Simalu, is situated off
northwest coast of the Island of Su-
matra.
SEVEN KILLED IN WREZK
Light Engine Collides With Caboose
Filled With Laborers.
eo led and, at least
ww York Central
half mile
by
about
} CH ~
Bi i locomotive,
west, ‘crashed the All
1 injured werd i
{
1+
Le
Zoing : a into car,
the mon killed “an
this city
m were
wr and
Rensse
Italians.
or
Senate Concurs in Increases.
When the in
house amendment salaries of
vice president, speaker of the house,
cabinet officers and members
ongress were raised 50 per cent.
is contained in the legislk
judicial appropria-
LOW to. the
President’ for his signature. It is
quite probable that the P ident will
consent to the raise in salaries.
senate concurred the
the the
executive and
tion bill,
which oes
Sweatshops Spread Disease.
Declaring that sweatshops are
largely responsible for the spread of
disease in - Chicago ' the
health department began a series
raids on such places. Several cases
found in the Ghetto district,
where cases of diphtheria and scar-
let fever exist.
Railroad Employes Indicted.
Four indictments were
against employes of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad by the grand jury on
account of the wreck at Woodville,
Indiana, on November 12, in which
61 persons lost their lives.
Would Tax Bachelors.
A bill to tax bachelors was introduc- |
: The |
legislature.
as follows: Be-
ed. in the Indiana
scale proposed is
tween the ages of 25 and 30 years, 35
annually; between 30 and 40,
and over 40 years of age, $10. Bach-
elors supporting their mothers are
exempied. The money thus raised
would be devoted te the school fund.
The Spanish Cabinet has
as a result of dissensions
Liberals and Radicals over
of associations.
*
between
the law
discusses the bill now |
I was
| party from
Fon
The |
idea was that the company should get |
placing |
It. not only barred hundreds |
the |
i cival Gable,
vanted and could not employ |
except by special vote of the board of |
1 directors. |
was |
| Tox...
I Yaqui
announced. |
“January: 11, practically engulfed the
the City party and 2.251 y
t but
| able to force an engagement with any
It is said that probably 1,500 |
i were killed.
sons perished on the Island of Tana |
the |
| elected
| 132 Republican members of the legis-
| lature.
| Cullom
received
| house
| powerful equipment as
of |
returned |
| January
$7.50, |
| was injured.
| university
resigned |
CONDEMN THE OFFICIALS
Americans Who Were at Kings-
Complain Bitterly.
NO CARE FOR THE WOUNDED
People Who Sought Shelter on Eng-
lish Vessel Were Refused w th
Incivility.
refugees from Kingston,
Jamaica, ‘arriving ‘in New York, Janu-
ary 22, on board the steamer Prinz
Eitel Friedrich, which sailed from
the stricken city on Thursday, Janu-
ary 15; unanimous in condemn-
ing what they termed the “inactivity
and utter inefficiency’ of the English
authorities, on the island during the
first days following the disaster.
For three. days, they = said, there
American
were
| was no semblance of order, and noth-
| ing definite done in the matter of re-
lieving the sufferings of many of the
wounded. :
It was asserted that men and wo-
men who sought shelter on board the
British steamer Port Kingston, which
chartered for Sir Alfred Jones’
England, were put ashore
and that pleas of the American refug-
i ees that the women of their party be
| allowed at least the privilege of sleep-
ing
i Kingston
on Port
great
of the
“with
the open decks
were refused
incivility.’’
The wounded who had been
board the same steamer
lum were put
lowing the earthquake, Tuesday, and
were left on the wharf until cared for
by the American naval authoerities on
Thursday.
The Prinz Eitel's passengers told of
the great relief the arrival of
American squadron brought to
terror-stricken people and
amazed to hear of the rupture which
has occurred between Governor
Swettenham and Admiral Davis.
for
were
————
STARVING MILLIONS
Chinese Missionaries Report Suffering
Has Only Begun.
The American Bible society has re-
ceived the following cablegram from
the Rev. John R. Hykes, D. D., the
agent of the society for China:
“Notify all boards that the Shang-
hai Missionary association urges re-
lief for famine-stricken natives, 1,-
250,000 of whom are starving. Refug-
ees are flocking to the cities. Many
millions are affected. Hundreds of
deaths have already occurred, though
sueffring has only begun. General re-
lief committee representing all inter-
ests in this part of the east unite in
the appeal.”
A special meeting of representatives
of missionary bodies of the United
States having work in China, has
been held in New York, in response
| to this cablegram, and it was by them
| unanimously
taken |
an |
ashore the day fol- | ot
| the
| places
the |
the |
| Several
recommended that
societies and individuals be
urgently requested to contribute lib-
erally and promptly to meet this
emergency, which must continue un-
til June.
churches,
EUROPE'S CLIMATE REVERSED
Blizzard and Deep Snow at Constan-
tinople—Rain in Arctics.
Arclic weather conditions continue
to prevail over the whole of Europe,
whiie. .the actual - Arctic regions,
Northern Norway and Iceland, re-
port a prevalence of mild and rainy
weather. All the vessels reaching
British ports are covered with long
icicles.
Many deaths are reported. In Aus--
dead
SNOWS
and
several
Slight earth-
from Batumu.
found
heavy
Turkey
over in
sentinels were
posts. The
in Russia and
Danube is froze
in Roumania.
gnakes ate reported
The blizzard continues at Constantl-
nople, -where the srow is said to be
feet deep. Navigation on the
Bosphorus and the Black Sea has
tria two
their
continue
{ been practically suspended.
Among those who embarked on the
Eitel Friedrich at
Rev. Lee L. Weliman,
Miss Helen Bennett, department
education, Philadelphia; John
il, Lansdowne, on. Mr.
Joseph Weitzenkorn,
Barre, Pa.; Joseph Roberts, Philadel-
phia;- Rev. Harry F. Auld and: the
Misses Fulmor, Hatboro, Pa.; :Per-
Norristown, Pa.
Prinz
are:
0.3;
of
BATTLE WITH INDIANS
20 Killed and
Reports
Wounded.
were received at El
of ‘a desperate fight
Indians and Mexican treops
mountainous region southeast
Sonora. Mexican
hunting the Yaquis since
incident last
January 23
Several
the of
Guaymas,
have been
the IL.encho
not until were they
considerable force.
In this fight 20 Mexicans
killed and a number wounded. The
Yaquis were defeated with consider-
able loss, but as they took both their
dead and wounded with them when
retreating it
Senator Cullom Re-elected.
Shelby M. Cullom, who has been
United States senator from Illinois
continuously since 1883, was re-
by a unanimous vote of the
Mr.
sen-
This ig the fifth time
has been elected to the
ate, ‘The Democratic aspirants were
former Supreme Court Justice Carroll
and Col. James H
amilton
lscn Has a Walkover.
ithe i
separa
d
Gov. Johnson ‘in nem
tion. As there was no second to tha
nomination of Gov. Johnson it was
permitied stand, and Nelson
the vote,
name ine.
not 10
Donilis
Popuilst
BIG MONEY FOR THE NAVY
Another Battleship, The Equal to Any
World, Authorized.
$95.000.,-
in the
about
the naval ap-
upon: by "the
affairs. A
provided for, to be
one authorized
year, which was re-
heavy armor and
any vessel of
highest pos-
radius of
An
(00 is provided for in
propriation bill agreed
committee on naval
appropriation of
new battleship is
a sister ship of
by congress last
quired to carry
V
the
as
have the
and. greatest
its class, to
sible speed
action.
The
two torpedo hoat destroyers and ap-
propriates $2,000,000 for submarines.
Provision is made for about 3,000 ad-
ditional sailors and 900 additional
marines.
Great Northern Appeals.
The order of Judge F. B.
of St. Paul, enjoining the officers of
the Great Northern Railway Company
from issuing $60,000,000 worth of new
stock, was taken on appeal to the
Minnesota Supreme Court. A decis-
ion is expected about March 1.
Kingston. Again Shaken.
Two earthquake shocks, the heav-
iest since the destructive one
14, were felt in Kingston,
January 22. Several buildings were
thrown down and there was great
alarm among the pecple. No one
Andrew Carnegie has given Yale
$40,000 to build a swim-
ming pool as an annex to the uni-
versity gymnasium. This is the first
zift made directly to Yale by Mr.
Carnexzie.
of |
Kingston |
Bryan, |
and |
Wilkes- |
199
Mexican Troops Said to Have Lost 2
Paso, |
between |
in |
troops |
December, |
| law,
were |
is not known how many |
bill also makes provision for |
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Hallam |
| tion.
i lature,
Boston Wool Market.
wool market steady, with
trading moderate. There is consid-
erable inquiry © but. little ~ buying.
Sellers are showing much determina-
tion to hold out for their own prices.
Holders of pulled grades are firm.
The foreign wools are firm and quiet.
l.eading domestic quotations follow:
Ohio and Pennsylvania—XX and
above 34 to 34%c; X, 32 to 33c; No.
1, 40 to 41c; No. 2, 39 to 40c; fine
unwashed, 26 to 27c¢: unmerchantable,
30c: half blood, unwashed,
de: three-eighths blood, un-
34 to 3be: quarter blood, un-
331%, to 34c;. delaine, washed,
38¢; delaine, unwashed, A, 30c.
The
is
Ann Arbor Company Demurs.
The Ann Arbor Railroad filed demur-
rers in the United States Court at
Toledo, O.; to the 155 .indictments
returned by the federal grand jury, for
violation of the interstate commerce
in hauling ice for the Toledo
fco ‘trust.’ The demurrer states
that the indictments are not sufficient
in law as set forth severally to cover
the same and that the defendant is
not therefore bound by law to ans-
wer.
Will Demand Shorter Hours.
An executive meeting, which was
attended by 200 representatives of the
railroads west and northwest of Chi-
cago, was held in Chicago, January
23 to formulate demands for a shorter
working day and for increased wages.
The demands will be nted to the
the im-
presi
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the military
carrying
the
all
from
* homes, were
man and
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Starbuck,
frozen
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the Chicago police
166. mien believed t«
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Under direction of
the most
crous cranks sia. -
Fred W. Mulkey
Portland, Ore., was
United States nate
teri, and Jonathan
publican) of Portla
term.
On account of the immediate neces-
sity for funds for -the relief of the
famine sufferers in Russia, it is un-
derstood that a new international
loan of $25,000,000 will be issued be-
fore parliament assembles, probably
February.
Rumors of an anti-dynastic move-
ment in the middle Yanktse region of
China, have received some confirma-
A fresh outbreak has taken
place at Houangchoufu and two regi-
ments have been dispatched thither
from Hankoy. The insurgents num-
ber 3,000.
of
to the
short
(Re-
long
(Republican)
elected
for the
Bourne, Jr.,
nd for the
St
Senatqr Bailey Re-elected.
Joseph’ W. Bailey was
United States senator by a vote in
the two branches of the Texas Legis-
of 108 to 45. In the Senate
the vote was 19 «in favor of Senator
Bailey and 10 against; in the lower
House it was 89 to 35.
Tillman Re-Elected.
Both Houses of the South
lina Legislature re-elected B. R.
Tillman to the United States Sen-
ate. The election was confirmed in
joint session.
Caro-
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re-elected,
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