WIS II MURDERER BUT NO COWHRD.
AN INDIAN EXECUTED.
Flayed Ball While Wilting for lhe Say of
Punishment
Wnlkn, the Creek Imllnn who shot
Jonas Deer, nnnther member of his
own tribe, wns legally executed for thit
crime at Chelscn. I. T.
The men were rivals fur the hand
of the same girl, and fought nt n
dance at which she wns present tn de
ride who should gnln her. Walka
killed Deer and afterward married the
Indian maiden,
Several days prior to the time prep
nratlons for hln wife's future welfare
were romideted, and, the pain of part
ing over, Walka net out alone to the
public execution grounds. In due lime
lie arrived, and the crowd was wait
ing. , ,
The prisoner assumed his position, on
bended knees, with anna tied behind
and eyes blindfolded. The rllle wns
placed In the hands of n Rood maiks
man; the sharp crack, and the while
spot mnrlced for the heart was discol
ored with the spurting blood caused by
the deadly bullet.
After his conviction Wallcn nppcatcd
his case to te Supremo Council or the
Choktaw Nnllon, and In the meantime
was released on his personal parole,
accordion to the custom of the tribe.
He employed his time while his case
was pending In the Council In travel
Inn about the rountry with the Indian
bnll team, of which he was n member.
The team played In many West -in
tfwns. Including Kansas City, and
everywhere Wnlkn carried off the
honors.
Ho wns easily the most dexterous and
enthusiastic member or the team, nnd
won ravor with the audience by his
(rood humor. He evinced absolutely no
concern as to his rate, although he
knew the chances were ten to one that
the Supremo Council would atllrm the
verdict of the court that condemned
him. Asked If he was not afraid to
die, and If he was not tempted to take
advantage of his parole to escape,
Walks replied: "Walla Tonaka no
coward. Will be there when the time
Comes."
The man was 24 yar old. and phys
ically was a splendid specimen of his
race.
HOME RULE FOR CUBA.
The Spaniah Minister Admit! that Unlverial
Suffrage Will be Oranted.
The Spanish minister, Sennr Depuy
do Lome, consented the other day to
speak concerning the, policy of auton
omy which the Spanish government
proposes to apply to Cuba. This hnn
been referred to In general terms since
the advent of the Sagasta ministry,
but there has been lack of authentic
details. Senior Dupny d Lome gave
the evolutions through which auton
omy had passed leading up to the pres
ent policy, and the general outline of
the policy Itseir.
Under this policy as applied to Cuba
the Island will have a system on the
lines or those of Cnnnda. or of the
American states, maintaining Its In
dividuality on nil Internal affairs, and
yet retaining Its place as a part of the
federal system, it will have a viceroy,
or governor-genernl, as Is always tho
case In the maintenance or a colonial
system, such as that or Australia. New
Zealand or Canada. The Island will
have Its own legislature, chosen direct
ly by the people, who will enjoy uni
versal suffrage. From the majority In
the legislature the governor-general
will choose his ministry, consisting of
a president or the mlnlHtry, ami four
ministers, namely, minister of the In
terior, minister of public works, min
ister of public Instruction and minister
of tlnnnce. At the same time Cuba
will have representation In the Spanish
enrtes, as well as her local legislature.
The representatives to the cortes will
also be elected by the pc"pl? cf Citbj
through universal suffrage, and V'!!'
not be selected by the ministry, as h.tB
been erroneously stated. The ministry
will be responsible to the legislature
and not to the governor-general. The
subjects before the legislature will In
clude thoso of taxation, tariff, publlo
instruction and all matters of the In
ternal administration of the Island, in
the broadest sense of the term.
. FOUND HQ SYMPATHY.
Trampi ComplaU af Whipping! Received
Which Brought Blood.
Seven tramps who had been whipped
with switches until their backs were
cut, and with blood dripping from them
complained to the county authorities
at 8t. Joseph, Mo., the other day. They
said they had been whipped by a vigi
lance commltteo In tho country near
town. Their statements were Investi
gated and found to be trqe. It Is not
likely that any arrests will be made as
the vigilance committee In the county
were organised with tho sanction of
the authorities. So many highway
robberies have been committed lately
that the fnrrr.ero found It necessary to
organize for their own protection.
John Chllcoat was stopped on the high
way at night by two masked men, and
robbed of all his money, nnd valuables.
William Larson was robbed by tho
same men. Hubert Hurger was at
tacked by four men who shot one of
his horses, and sent several bullets
through his wagon and one through hl.4
hat.
Valuable Content!.
In order to facilitate the settlement
of tho estate of tha lato James G. Full'
the executors recently obtained an or
der of court permitting tho transfer of
14,000.000 tn bonds from New York to
Ban Francisco. Wells. Fargo & Co. de
manded nearly $5,000 exproasngo en
the bonds, which amoii'it t!m cxecutirs
decided to savo. Accordingly, the Honda
were placed in tine 5 driB suit valises,
and In caro of W. F. MarOnl and Chan.
D. Neal were brought acrosj the con
tinent on the ordinary pataenger
trains. The precious baggage was
carefully guarded, but Its value was
not known and no attempt at robbery
was made.
Mint Oisaiter,
A fatal disaster was developed In the
fire which gutted the lilver Slope if the
Delaware and Hudson Company's Von
Storvh mine, in Scrauton, Fa., latt Sa
turday. At least seven men are known
to have been suffocated by smoke and
possibly ono other, a Polander. Is
among the dead. The dsad are: Thos.
Hill, John Farrell, John Francis Mo
ran, Michael Walsh, John McDonnell.
Joseph Yomkaakl, Thomas Paddeu.
liTHondrei Killed.
Dispatches from Berber, the south
ernmost point reached by the Anglo
Egyptian expedition on the Nile, says
that according to the report of spies,
the Deivlsh commander at Metemmeh.
the Dervish position between Berber
and Khartoum, has announced in the
nr.osque that he lost 600 men during the
bombardment of Metemmeh by the
J rltlsh gunboats on October 0, sen
I Erltlsh shelled the town
TERSELY TOLD TELEGRAMS.
The Nashville, exposition closed last
Saturday,
frost In the south has begun to chock
the progress of yellow fever.
Austro-Hungary Is short of wheat.
She will have to Import 60,000,000 bush
els. Halloween pranks caused a loss of
$.ni,tmn by lire nt Princeton, Ind., Inst
Salurday.
A son was born to Mr. and' Mrs.
Orover Cleveland at Princeton, N. J.,
Inst Thursday.
William 1,11 tie, of Allegheny, Pa.,
nn kicked to death by a vicious horse
a few days ago.
Vessels laden with passengers for
the Klondyke are now caught In the
Ice of the Yukon,
Doming J, Thayer, n civil engineer
of note, became violently Insane at
Chicago Saturday.
The validity of a North Dakota di
vorce will be tested In the New York
court of nppenlH.
The Union Trust Company' building
nt Pittsburg was destroyed by tire last
Friday. J,ors ."ii,(VM).
General lllnnco, the new Governor
tleneral or Cuba, hits nrrlvi d and
taken charge of the iHlnnd.
Fred C. Samhcs Is alleged to have
hilled his wife at Denver, Saturday,
whose life was heavily Insured,
At Louisville, Ky., Tom Needy, work
ing on n roof, struck Ferdinand Heard
on the head with a hatchet, killing
him.
While standing beside the collln of
her mother nt Chattanooga. Tetin., re
einlly. Mrs. Jennie l.yle tell ilcud or
heart disease.
. In a light between two Indians nnd a
game warden at Leech Lake reserva
tion, Minn., all three and nil Indian
woman were killed.
A thief the other night killed Peter
Braun, a grocer In the suburbs or Au
rora, III. The thief also shot and killed
his own partner ami eaciped.
Twenty thousand acres of lund hnve
been secured in Matgordu county,
Tex., on which veterans of the Into
war and their families are to be lo
cated. Chief of Police Klpplcy of Chicago
removed 40:1 members or the force for
polltlcnl reason. Their places were
Immediately taken by ex-po!lcemen of
the demccratlu persuasion.
Thirteen-year-old (loorge Keck, of
Mascontah, III., caught bis foot In the
track, and was unnble to signal an up
pleaching train last Saturduy. His leg
was crushed off above the ankle,
fine million four hundred thousand
dollars was paid by the Standard till
Company for oil lends In Bradford and
McKean counties, Pa. The wells on
this land hnve a capacity f 5,000 bar
rels a day.
From the room of a wealthy widow
at the Hotel Bartholdl $20,000 worth of
diamonds were stolen a tew days ago.
Van Gammon, connected with the
t'nlverslty or Georgia football Uam,
was killed In a game a few days ago.
Reports from Snake river are that
Came Warden Wilcox attempted to ar
rest some Indians near Lily Park for
violating tho Colorado game laws and
wns fired upon by the I'tes. Tho of
ficers returned the fire, killing five
Utes.
Walter It. Houghton, aged in, wns ar
rested at Cheyenne, Wyo., last Friday
for stealing a registered package, con
taining $15,000, which hnd sent Sep
tember 29 by the Hank of the Kcpuh.lc,
Chicago, to the State National l!a:ik at
Butte, Mont.
The Alaska whale catch for this
year, according to advices from Dutch
Hat her, Is considered to be a very good
one, considering the number cf vejsels
ei-gagcd. The total amount of bone
will aggregate about !0,C)0 pounds, tik
en from fl whales.
Willis I. Norman, aged 49, was shot
accidentally and killed by his 6-year-old
oon, Walter, In his residence at
Chicago the ctlr r flight. The shooting
was the result or alluwlng the child to
play with a revolver, which was Blip-
posed to bo unloaded.
Frederlco Mora n.d Rleardo do Tie
nuesens, found guilty ot making false
notes of tho Bank of Costa Rica, ami
the curency of the Uepubllc of Colum
bia, were sentenced at New York tho
other day to years' imprisonment at
Sing King, and to pay a tine of 12,000.
Under the Influence of liquor, Jacob
Emas and Henry Hergenkreuger of St.
Paul committed suicide last Saturday
by Jumping Into the Mississippi river
fiom a bridge 200 feet above the water.
Colonel Waring of New York wants
$100,000 for alleged false report from
Klchnrd Croker.
Moses Welsenfeld, the 12-year-old
son of David Wlesenreld, secrctury of
Baltimore lolge of Elks, who wai p ay
Ing on the roof garden of the Auditori
um Music Hall nt Baltimore a tew
days ago fell through a Hkyllght 40 feet
Into the orchestra, striking the piano
and crushing his skull. He died an
hcur later.
Counterfeit silver dollars of greater
weight and fineness than those turned
out from I'nclc Sum's mints are flood
ing St. Louis. For the lint week St.
Louis bank tellers have been accepting
the counterfeit in question without
hesitation. It was only when they
reached the St. Louis sub-treasury that
the spurious character was detected.
At tho regulnr monthly meeting of
the trustees of tho Sun Printing and
Publishing Association, of New York,
Mr. Franklin Bnrtlett, Mr. Paul Duin,
Dr. Thomns Hitchcock and Mr.Willluni
M. Lallln being present, Mr. Paul Daun
was unanimously elected president of
tho association and editor of the Sun,
to succeed his father, Char'.es A. Dana,
deceased.
Bo great was the force of an explo
sion In tho Ainarlllna shaft of the
Grand Central mine at Mlnas Prlestas,
Mex., a few days ago. that out of four
men fully 200 feet distant from It, three
were killed Instantly. The bodies of
six who were nearer are totally unre
cognizable. Thirteen were killed. Tho
mine was recently purchased for J1.0JO,.
000 by a English syndicate.
Oov. Hastings of Pennsylvania has
drawn a warrant for $15,000 on Jhe statj
treasurer. In addition to the three war
rants for f 116,000 previously annr.unc.d
for the payment of the expenses Inci
dent to calling out troops to suppress
the disturbance In the vlelnlty of Han.
leton. The aggregate cost to the statu
ot the strike will probably run a little
higher than the SISO.OOO already drawn
from the treasury.
The steamship Milwaukee sailed
from New Orleans recently for Liver
pool with tho largest cargo cf cotton.
If not the largest general eargo, eve.
floated. It consisted or 23,850 bales of
cotton, 30,200 bushels of grain, 28,818
pieces of staves, 2,300 bushels of cats.
Her entire cargo being equal to SC.lod
bales of cotton. It would take BOO
freight cars to carry her cargo, and
the train would measure threa and a
quarter miles In length.
Two Oreat Northorn freight trains
collided near Glasgow, Mont. Two man
were killed and three Injured. Tw,nty
cars burned after tho wreeii.
f RMOOS REFORMER DIES SUDDENLT.
HENRY GEORGE GONE.
Wat Candidate for Major of Orsater New
York.
Henry (leorge, author of "Progress
nnd Poverty." and candidate or the
Thomas Jefferson Democracy for may
or or isew York, died nt 4:fM o 'clocK
hist Friday morning, In tho Union
Square hotel, or cerebral apoplexy.
In his great Cooper union speech ac
cepting the nomination rnr mayor, less
i nun a month ago, be en Id:
"I'M make this race ir It .costs me my
lire. This Is a call to duty, and, as a
good cltlxen, I have no right to dlsre
gnrd It on account or mere personal
ci nslderatlon."
It was about 3:30 o'clock when Mrs.
Ocergo was awakened. She found Mr.
(Irorge sitting In an arm chair.
"I am not reeling oulte comfortable."
said Mr. (leorge to his wire.
'Won't you go back to bed?" Inquir
ed Mrs. (lenrgo nnxlotirdy. "I will sit
here n while." was the answer.
Mrs. (leorge grew anxious as to her
husband's condition. Mr. (leorge grad
ually grew Incoherent and lapsed Into
semi-consciousness. Mrs. (leorge call
ed her son, Henry (leorge;, Jr., from an
adjoining room. Frank Stevens wns
also called In. Mr. (leorge then was
iirconsclous. A call wns sent to Dr.
Kelly of 117 Kant street. When he
ci mo Mr. (leorge was still unconscious
and all cfTorts to revive him foiled.
Without a sign or recognition to those
around hi in he passed peacefully away
at i.4. o clock.
Henry (leorge wns born In Philadel
phia, Pa.. September 2. lx.ta, and entr
ed the high school In IHM. Leaving
si hool, he went Into n nvrennlHe olllce,
made several sen voyages and settled
III California. In 18"i8. There he worked
na n compositor for some years, but left
the canes to take up tho pen, and for
several years waa editor of several
newspapers. Some essays and speech
es which ho prepared attracted atten
tion, nnd In 1ST I he published a pamph
let on "Our Land nnd Land Policy." In
this he outlined the theory of single
taxation: which afterward made him
widely known. This theory was devel
oped further In "Progress nnd Pover
ty," published III I87!, a book which at
tracted attention on both hides of the
Atlantic.
He returned to New York In ISSf) and
went to lOnglnnd nnd Ireland the fol
lowing yenr, where he was twice ar
rested as a suspect, but afterwards re
leased when his Identity became estab
lished. Mr. (leorge Is best known to
the world nt largo through his writ
ings upon economic questions, notably
his work, entitled "Progress nnd Pov
erty," published In IS7H. His other
works are "Our Land end Land Policy,"
U77: "Irish Land gwstlon," 18SI; "So
cial Problems," 1NS:1; "Property In
Land," a controversy wit the duke of
Argyll, 11S4; "The Condifon of Labor.
An Open letter to Pope Leo XIII.,"
INi'l. and "A Perplexed Philosopher"
(Herbert Spencer). 1WI2. ISSfi Mr.
leorge wns nominated by the United
Labor party for mayor or New York,
polling ss.cioo votes, against, HO.000 ror
Abrnin S. Hewitt, the Democratic nom
inee, and CO.aoo ror Theodore Iloo:'evelt,
i-i.w npsiPtant secretary of the navy,
Republican.
Mr. (leorge was about five reet five
Inches high and or slender build. His
head was bald nnd his brown beard
wns fnst becoming gray.
The funeral services were conducted
at the Urnnd Central Palace, New
York, Sunday. Mere than 110,000 people
viewed the remains nf the honest re
former. Addresses were delivered by
clergymen representing Catholic, Jews,
Kplacopnliana and other denomina
tions. The Tuneral cortege then moved
to Brooklyn, and thence to the lot";
philosopher's home ot Fort Hamilton.
The Interment took place at Green
wood Cemetery, Monday.
FATAL FOOTBALL.
Fierce Student! fndulge in Oame Which
Broalti a Neck.
Andrew Ilascfie; cf New York, died
?.'ucnday In the Astoria hospital, An
o'rla, L. I., of a bioken neck. The In
Jury was received during a scrimmage
In a game of football In which Hasche
played at Casino beach, near Stelnway,
on Sunday afternoon. Hasche was U
years old. Tho root ball game was bet
ween representing clubs known ns tho
Malcom A. C, or which young Haschs
was a member, and the Holy Cross ly
ceum. The scrimmage occurred In tha
second hair. The Holy Cross team was
ahead and hnd rushed the ball Inti the
opposing team's territory. Hasche's
aide was fighting hard to prevent the
advance nf the bnll, and scrimmages
were frequent and tierce. When the
players disentangled themselves after
one of tho struggles Hasche wns found
unconscious at the bottom of the heip.
When ordinary efforts to revive hlrn
proved vain physicians were sum
moned, and an examination uhoweJ.
that his neck was broken.
Farmeri Fight a Duel.
Bid MoCurry and Jerome Peterson,
well known farmers, but old enemies,
of Unicoi county, Tcnn.. fought a duel
or. Jocks Creek the other morning.
Kiflcs were used, the combatants start
ing at hundred feet apart. Peterson
was killed at tho first shot of McCurry,
who Immediately lied toward the
mountains of North Carolina. Soon
after the murder ( t Peterson, his stock
wan Khot and house burned. This was
while his family was en route to the
scene nf tho duel. Indications point to
a conspiracy of McCurry nnd his
friends to hnve Peterson's stoctt killed
and houno destroyed no matter how
the fight terminated.
Branlah Trade (trowing.
Tho Imports at Madrid for the first
nine months of 1H'J7, It Is officially an
nounced, have Increased 6,741,717 pese
tas, as compared with the same period
of lrt'.'S. and the exports have increased
43,41.",i:il pesetas, compared with ex
ports of the first nine months of 1SJ6.
Tho customs receipts for the flrt thiei
months of the present financial year
have decreased 4,677,373 pesetas. a
In Twelve Langnagoi.
It Is announced that St. Louis will
soon have a magazine pilnted In twelve
different languages, and It will be the
only publication of the kind In the
world. The Idea originated with Wil
liam Bnrsodl, In .connection with Alex
ander Konta, of th! city, aid will pub
lish a separate magazine for each na
tlcnality in their native tongue, but
the contents of each will differ but lit
tle. The home ofllce of this company
will be In St. Louis. They propose to
print such articles as will tend t i teach
those unable to speak the iCngllsh lan
guage tho advantages of the American
Institutions and Jutt what good citizen
ship means to them In the future.
W. 0. T. V. Officer.
At the W. C. T. U. convention, which
closed at Toronto latt Tuesday tha fol
lowing officers were elected: Hnnoraiy
president, Mrs. M. C. Leavltt, Boston:
president. Miss Francis E. WillarJ,
Kvanston, III.: vlce-presldent-at-large,
Lady Henry Somerset, England.
THANKSGIVING.
Preiident MeKlnley Appoint! Hovomber tS
si the Day.
In remembrance of (lod's goodness to
us during the past year, which has
been so abundant, "Let us offer unto
Him our thanksgiving and pay our
vows unto tho Most High." Under His
watchful providence Industry has pres
pcreil, the conditions of labor have
been Improved, the rewards of the htis
bnndtnen hnve been Increased nnd the
comforts or our homes multiplied. His
mighty hand has preserved peace ami
protected the nation. Itespcet for law
and order has been strengthened, love
of free Institutions cherished, and all
sections of our beloved country brought
Into closer bonds cf fraternal regard
nnd generous co-operation. For these
great benefits It Is our duty to praise
the Lord In n spirit of humility nnd
gratitude and to offer up to Him our
most earnest suppllcfit ions.
That wo may acknowledge our obli
gation ns a people to Him who has so
graciously granted us the blessing or
free government nnd innteilal pr.ifp'r
Ity, I, William McKinlcy. President of
the United Slates, do hereby dcHlgnnti
and set apart Thursday, the twenty
bfth day or November, for National
Thanksgiving nnd prayer, which all
the people am Invited lo observe with
appropriate religious services In their
respective plnces of woifhlp. On this
dny or rejoicing and domestic reunion
let our prayers ascend to the (liver of
ex cry good nnd perfect gift for tho
ci ntlnuance of Ills love nnd ravor to
II m, that our hearts may be filled with
charity and good will, and that we may
bo ever worthy or Ills beneficent con
cern. Ill witness thereof. I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the ii.nl uf the
United States to be nfllxed.
Done In the City or Wnshlngton. this
twenty-ninth day or October, In the
enr or Our Lord, one thousnnd eight
hundred and ninety-seven, and or the
Independence of the United States the
one hundred and twenty-second.
By the President,
WILLIAM McKIXLICY.
JOHN SIIRHMAN.
Se cretary of State.
BY MAGNETS.
Ediion't Lateit Sncceis in Separating Ircn
Ore from the Other Matter.
An nutliotatlve account of Thomns
A. Edison's success In recovering by
electrical means the Iron contnlned In
low-grade ore was made public a few
days ago. The Inventor's experiments
have been carried on during the pant
six years at the old Ogden Iron mines,
a few miles from Dover, N. J., where
be has built up a plant covering sev
eral ncres of ground and which, nft.-r
many experiments, Is now capable of
producing dally from 1,000 to 1.500 tons
of almost chemically pure Iron. The
ore contains on the nverage about 25
per cent, of Iron and resembles In np
pearanoe a very poor quality of gray
rock. Mr. F.dlson states that there arj
200.(100.000 tons or thls'oro on the lan l
Immediately surrounding his plnnt,
from which can be produced fiO.OiKI.OOO
tons of Iron, Ills process, In brier, con
sists of blasting the ore rrom the
mountain sides, and then, by means or
steam shovels and cars, conveying It
to mnsslve crushers, where It Is br iken
up and passed on to other mills, wher i
It Is pulverised. The powder Is then
allowed to fall In close proximity to
electric mngnets, which deflect the Iron
to one side, and the non-metallc m it
ter rnlls to the other side by grnvlty.
From the time the ore Is blasted until
It Is resolved Into this metallic rorin
and compressed Into brlcquottes f . ir
shipment, the process Is entirely auto
matic. 1
A STUPENDOUS TRUST.
All the Wire Mills to be Consolidated. Stan
dard Oil In'.orojted.
It Is reported at Chicago that J. Pler-
pont Morgan Is now In London Tor the
purpose of securing subscriptions tn a
syndicate which will purchase all the
wire, barbed wire and wire nail mills
In tho United States. It will control thi
manufacture' of plain wire, market
wire, wire nails and barbed wire, an
Industry which uses 1.000,000 tors i f
steel billets and which employs 60,040
men. The plan Is for the purchase nut
right, so as not to violate the antl-truu
laws. The company, as now contem
plated, will have a capital stock of
1100,000,000, a large portion of which
will be subscribed by capitalists In
England; the greater part or tho re
mainder of the stock Issue will be taken
by John D. Rockefeller and others in
terested In the Standard oil company.
The principal mills which are to be
combined, providing the plan goes
through, will be the Consolidated Steel
and Wire Company of Chicago; the
Oliver Wire company of Plttiburg;
the American Wire company of Cleve
land, and the HP Nail company of
Cleveland.
Dbi viahee Mamcre a Tribe.
A column of troops from Cairo, Egvpt
eommonded by Gen. Hunter, has start
ed to drive Osman Dlgma, the greit
dervish general, from the Atbara river,
but It is feared Osman will not wait
for the Anglo-Egyptlnn troops to at
tack him. Detail cf tho revenga of th-
dervishes upon the Jaalln tribe, caused
by the refusal of the latter to Join tha
forces of the Khalifa atnlnstthe Brit I -eh
show it to have been terrible. The der
vishes butchered every male member
of tho offending tribe and took the
pretty women to their harems. Tin
dervishes also threw many women and
children Into the river.
CAPITAL GLEANINGS.
Available cash balance, $210,655,502;
gold reserve, 'r-2,554,2C6.
Ex-Confederate General Longstre.it
has been appointed Commissioner of
Kali road s by President McKlnley,
iThe sum of 1200,000 was transferred
by the Subtreasury at New Ycrk to St.
Louis the other morning. The money
Is being paid out to help move the cut
ton crop.
The Bethlehem, Pa., ordnance wcrks
the other day shipped to Newport
News, Va., 2U7 tons of finished side ar
mor for the battleship Kentucky which
is building there.
Assistant Secretary Vanderllp haa
authorized the. director of the bureau
of engraving and printing to print and
deliver to the treasurer silver certifi
cates to the value of 128,000,000.
loads' Power in War.
The Odessa correspondent nf the
London "Dally Mall," commenting cn
the "Immense growth of the Hmalaei
navy In recent years, especially In
transport vessels," says: "Kuatla could
quickly pour hundreds of thousands of
troops and the material cf war Into
India by way o.' the Black Sea and th
Trans-Caucasian and Dagnestan rail
ways. Kngland would be at an enor
mous disadvantage if Involved In a
war with Russia, while the Russians
boast that In the event of a crisis tha
amver of Afghanistan wculd be on
their slde.'
T.
HAYTI IN TROUBLE.
An Oflieer't Unjnit Arreat and Impriaonment
Causei Xxeitement
Serious trouble lias Arisen between
Hnyll and (lermnny. The Herman
minister to this republic, Count
Sehwerln, hns hauled down hln flag
nnd according to current report, Hire
German warships are expected at Port
An Prince to back up the ultimatum of
that minister to Hnytl, demanding of
that country on Indemnity for the al
leged Illegal arrest and Imprisonment
of a (lermnn citizen. The affair has
caused considerable excitement among
the native population, and some of the
people have threatened to kill the Ger
man minister, all the Germans In this
place and vicinity. The affair g;ew
out or the arrest a rew weeks ago or a
young (lermnn named Under. The
Germans any that a dozen policemen
entered Llnders' house and arrested
one of his servnnts, Llnders went to
police hendqunrters to complain, but
was himself arrested, charged with as
saulting and attempting to murder po
lice ofllcers In the execution of their
duty. Llnders wns promptly condemn
ed to pny n fine of I4S and to undergo
one months' Imprisonment nnd wns ta
ken to Jail. Claiming he was Innocent,
I. holers demanded and obtained a sec
ond trial. Witnesses testified thMt the
had not seem Mr. Llnders strike nny
of the policemen, and that even ir ho
had done so under the circumstances,
he would not have broken the laws or
Hnytl. In spite or this, I.liid'-rs wns
condemned to pay a fine of $.100 nnd
was sentenced to ono years' Imprison
ment. Fifth-fonr Persona Killed.
In the village of Khnleloff, In the
Kozloff district, on the western coast
of the Crimen, while service wns In
progress In the vlllnge church, an
alarm of fire was raised. A panic en
sued In the crowded congregation, anil
the efforts or the officiating priests to
calm tho tumult were absolutely una
vailing. In the stnmpede for the exits
54 persons were killed by suffocation
or being trampled, and 80 others were
seriously Injured.
FROM ACH0SS THE SEA.
Princess Mary Adelaide, duchess of
Teck, mother of the duchess of York,
died at London Wednesday.
It Is said that Gen. Janiat will suc
ceed Gen. Saussler as commander-in-chief
of the French army.
The strike of the bakers at Madrid
has become general nnd It Is difficult to
procure bread In the city. Soldiers
are being used as linkers.
It Is said Emperor William Is using
his Influenco to have the sultan of Tur
key turn down the Armstrongs of Eng
land nnd buy guns for his navy from
Heir Krupp.
The German emperor has been great
ly Incensed for some time at the un
favorable comments made In American
and British newspapers upon his per
sonality, and has Instructed the chief
nf his literary bureuu not to submit to
him any clippings of this character.
The national congress of German
Journalists and writers at Lelpsic has
petitioned the relchstag to change tho
existing laws so as to prohibit the pres
ent mode of punishing prss offenders
by treating editors as common male
factors on a par with thieves and
murderers, keeping them in chains
In dungeons and giving them the same
fere as common criminals.
The Amalgamated Society of Engin
eers of London has replied accepting
the board of trade's proposal for a con
ference, but Insisting that the question
of the eight-hour demand shall be dis
cussed and that tho conference shall
be presided over by a "thoroughly de
tached. Impartial chairman." Thus
both sides are Imposing conditions and
there Is little likelihood that a confer
ence will b made.
Conld Not Meet Ita Debta.
On application of President Paul E.
Werner and Superintendent George T.
Rowland; of Akron, Richard P. Mar
vin was last week appointed receiver
for the Werner Company. Incorporat
ed under the laws of Illinois, but doing
business In Ohio. The company has
done an Immense business In the pub
lishing nf books and general lltho
giaphlng and printing. Of the 8800.000
Indebtedness of the company $7C0,0uO is
duo in the next three months: this
amount cannot be met. and, Indeed,
the paper is now going to protect. The
assets of the company were placed at
3.750.00O, of which $2,000,000 Is in real
ertate, $1,000,000 In accounts outstand
ing and t'oO.liOO In manufactured pro
duct on hand.
The Gold Eoierve.
At the close of business, Saturday,
the last business of the month, the gold
reserve In the Treasury amounted to
$I53.I',1,811, which is by a few thousand
dollars the highest point recorded
aince November, IS'JO. The deficit for
the month was $'.l.322,5'J, or $1,019,723
greater than the deficit for tho same
month last yenr. The total receipts
for the month were $24,31)0,347, while
for October. ISM. they were $25,327,072.
Of the receipts $0,713,495 was received
from customs, compared to $10,B7H,ii20
for last year. The total expenditures
for the month were $M,713.0iO, as com
pared with $33.0.10,000 for October, I'J6.
Stage Soldiora Do Seal Work.
During the performance of "RlcharJ
III.," at McOulre's opera house at But
te, Mont., recently, John Fay Palmer,
who plays Richmond, accidentally drew
blood from John Grlfflth's hand, and
suggested that the curtain be rung
down, but Orittlth told him to continue.
A moment later Griffith made a terrific
downward thrust, and caught Palmer
across the face, cutting a filghtful gash
over the nose, breaking the bone. The
curtain was rung down and Palmer re
moved to a doctor's office, where a piece
of bone was removed, and the wound
sewed up.
Wool Imports
The total Imports of raw wool at the
principal wool ports of Now York, Bos
ton and Phllad lphta during September
amounted to 2.429,873 pounds, a de
crease of 446,026 pounds from the pre
ceding month. The Imports ot wool
during July, Including the seven days
subsequent to the date on which the
new tariff act became operative (July
24) were 21,485,709 pounds. Of the Im
portations during September 1.638.148
pounds came from Argentina direct to
the port of Boston, all of it being of
class 1.
Inhuman Parents,
William Carr. of Liberty, Mo con
fessed a few days ago be had drowned
his 3-year-old daughter, whose body
was found on a sand bar. Carr stated
his second wife, the child's step-mother,
told him to get rid of her. On his
way to Kansas City he offered her to
some campers. As they refused her he
tied a stone to her waist and threw
her Into tho river. "The child," he
said, "gave one iittlj cry and sank."
TRADE REVIEW.
Continued Warm Weather Hinders Retail
Dealings. Foreign Reeda.
R. O. Dun A Co's. weekly review of
trade reports as follows:
The testing of retail trade Is In prog
ress, but results are remarkably re
terded by long continued mild weather
and also by the fever In southern dis
tricts. Even from thnt quarter some
large orders lately received show bet
ter distribution thnt wns yet expected.
In spite of unseasonably warm weath
er, which greatly hinders retail deal
ings in winter goods at nil points east
of the plains, the large number of sup
plementary orders with pressure for
quick delivery make It clear that tho
sales In many branches have exceeded
the expectation of dealers so that re
plenishment of stocks Is not vet finish
ed. Mennwhtle wholesale trade and or
ders to manufacturers have been
smaller than when the rush was great
est, but hnve nevertheless been large
for this stage, even tn the year of gen
eral prosperity for the payments
through the principal clearing houses
have ror the week been 3.0 per cent,
larger than In the same week of 189J
ami ror the month 6.1 per cent.
The, possibility that rorelgn exports
may bo checked Is not to be overlooked,
but the heavy engagements besides ex
ports for four months past prove that
foreign needs are real nnd large. Tho
ccrn movement wns smaller, though ex
ports fell only 300,0(10 bu h It beliW
last year's and tho price advanced but
slightly.
The fall of cotton to S cents for spot
nnd B.K8 cents for January, making the
price the lowest since Mnreh 14, 1H95,
ami not half a cent above tho lowest
for nearly hair a century. Is partly due
to embarrassments caused by the fev
er, but also Indicates the prevailing be
lter that tho quantity to come forth Is
large. For two months more cotton
has come into sight than from the
greatest crop every grown, In spite of
delnys caused by quarantines, but the
unfavorable conditions about the time
cf maturity render it less likely than
usual that the top crop will be satis
factory, so that the receipts may drop
off earlier than usual. On the other
bnnd. It Is to be noted that extensive
labor troubles threaten tho manufac
turers In England, while lower prices
tver known here for print stock of
other goods as well.
Wool markets have become quiet. In
stead of 13,000,000 pounds reported sold
In Boston In the last week of Septem
ber, 9.200,000 the next week, 5.6O0.OO) the
second week of October, nnd 8,000,000
the third week, sales have been but
2.710,000, and at three chief markets
5.2:; 1,300, mnkliig the aggregate ror the
month ,16.:i4,00 pounds, agalnt 66,000,-(-00
pounds in September. Prices are
well maintained, although 2 to 8 cents
below, but occasional heavy sales Indl
cnte concessions for liquidation of
fpeculatlve lots.
The buying of Iron and steel pro
ducts, though smaller than nf late, con
tinues to keep works well engaged
ahead and Induces others to resume
operations. Both buyers and manu
'Hdurers find It prudent to limit en
gagements ahead and the period of ad
justment will make the Industry safer
for some time to come. There Is great
iressure for speedy deliveries, but
some abatement of demand, with
slightly lower prices for nails. The
coke output Is larger, 149.553 tons week
ly but the anthracite coal Is weaker and
Is offered here nt $4 05, against $4 3j
named In circular.
Failures ror the week have been 219
In tho United States, against 270 last
year, and 25 In Canada, against 40 last
year.
PICKING UP GOLD.
Romoval of Eonlders and Mon Reveala the
Freelons Metal.
Another strike has been mnde at
Dawson City, and the camp Is on fire
with excitement. Nearly four hundred
bench claims have been staked out on
a side hill In Skookum gulch. In half a
day last Friday, a foot below the sur
face, two men with a rocker picked out
$K5 In gold. Two nuggets, valued at
$17 and $25 respectively, were found,
and hundreds of others, worth from $3
to $20, were taken out of the side hills.
Thousands of people In tho last year
have walked over the ground and no
one suspected Its richness. Bowlders
were turned over, and there, lying ex
posed to tho light of dny, were nuggets
scattered In the gravel. The moss Is
about twelve Inches thick, and beneath
it two men picked up over $S09 In
coarse gold.
Experienced miners are unable to
offer a theory as to how the gold got
there. It Is worn but little, and Just
below In the gulch some rich speci
mens or float were found. The opinion
is general that beds of quartz rich with
gold lie concealed Just below the sur
face. In many places small pieces of
quartz were found lightly adhering to
tho gold. Someone advanced the Idea'
that It IS the bottom of an old bed of
Eldorado creek, but the condition of
the gold and the lay of the land alomr
side of the mountain exploded this
theory. ,
CHEAP AND HANDSOME.
A New Yorker'i Hotel Built la Behalf of
Needy Hon.
A new enterprise was Inaugurated at
New York Wednesday when Mills
House No. 1. the 10-story hotel erected
by I). O. Mills, the multl-mllllonalre.
In Bleecker, Sullivan and Thompson
streets, was opened and ready for bus
iness. The hotel is dasigned for the
accommodation of men of moderate
means. It has 1,500 rooms, and the
charge for these will be 20 cents each
a day. The rooms are small, but clean,
comfortably furnlahed and properly
ventilated. There are large reading
and smoking rooms, and courts where
chess, checkers and other games can
be played. The class known as "Bow
ery lodgers" will be discouraged from
patronizing the place. At the opening
Bishop Potter delivered a prayer and
Chauncey M. Depew and D. O, Mills
made addresses.
Children Will Convict a Parent.
There was a dramatic scene the other
morning In the Plnkerton murder trlul
at Laporte, Ind, John and Daisy Plnk
erton, son and daughter of Charles
Plnkerton, who Is on trial for bu Ut
took the witness stand and gave evi
dence, which. If uncontradicted, wl'l
send their father to the gallows or de
prive him of his freedom for life. The
son testified that the killing of the
younger Charles Plnkerton was with
out Justification. If this evidence la not
controverted by the defense, the ac
cused sought the quarrel which had
Its fatal ending. The daughter, the
comely widow of the murdered man,
between her sobs, testified to the hear
ing her father make threats to take
her husband's life.
Corpse Was Awake.
Thomas L. Henry, of Pine Station,
Pa., ceased to breathe Saturday and
his relatives were notllltd that he waa
dead. Two hours after the supposed
death his wife entered the room to loos,
at the corpse, when Henry opened his
eyes, smiled and asked the time of day.
On Sunday Henry, who Is a mere skel
eton from long sickness, again ceased
to breathe for twenty minutes. His
physician believes he will rorover.