The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, October 02, 1901, Image 2

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    77
HIE PRESIMJllltn fill
RELATIVES REMEMBERED.
Practically the Entirt Estat of $250
000 Left In Truat for Dead
Statesman's Widow.
The will of President McKlnley was
filed Friday at Canton liy Judge Wil
liam R. Day. who wan Secretary of
State under McKlnley. ami Secretary
Cortelyotl. Together they went to the
Probate Judge olllce shortly nrtcr 3
o'clock and presented the Icpnl docu
ment to Judgo Aungst. All tllO prop
erty la left In trust to Mm. iMccitn
Ipv. but an annuity of $l,nim la given to
Miss llolen McKlnlpy. sister of tho
President. Hie will In full la aa fol
low: Executive Mnnnlon,
Washington. I). C.
I publish the following ns my lateHl
will and tPRtnnipiit, hereby revoking
all former wllla:
To my beloved wife. Ida 8. McKIn
ley, I bequeath nil of my real estntp.
wherever sltoatpd. and the Income of
any peraonal propel '.y of which I nmy
be possessed at dentil, during her na
tural Hie. I make the followlim charge
upon all of my property, both real and
personal: To pay my mother during
her life $1,ono a year, and at her death
aald sum to be paid to my sinter, Helen
McKlnley. lr the Income from prop
erty be Insufficient to keep my wile In
great comfort and pay tho annuity
above provided, then I direct that such
of my property be sold so aa to mnke
a sum adequate for both purposes.
Whatever property remains at the
death of my wile I give to my brother"
and sisters, share and sharn nllkp. My
chief concern la that my wife from my
eBtate shall have all she require for
her comfort and pleasure and that my
mother shall be provided with what
ever money she requires to make her
old axe comfortable and happy.
Witness my hand and seal thla 22d
day of October. 18lt7. to my last will
and testament, made at the city of
Washington, District of Columbia.
(Signed) William McKlnley.
I Seal.)
The foregoing will was witnessed by
li thla 22d day of October, 1897. at
the request of the testator and his
name signed hereto In our presonco
, and our signature hereto In hi pres
ence. O. n. Cortelyou.
Charles Loefflor.
The text of tho will show that no
bequests are mado outside of the near
relatives. President McKlnley was.
as the term goes, a poor man. and his
chief concern was to leave enough
property to care for his widow, and
aged mother, as his mother was alive
when the will was drawn. His mother,
however, died about a month and a
half after the will was made, hut ho
did not take time, or else Intentional
ly neglected It, to make a new will or
attach a codicil.
SECURING LINCOLN'S BODY.
The Twelfth Removal Will Place It
In Concrete Blotk.
The remain of Abraham Lincoln
will soon be put away for all time, at
Springfield, 111., in accordance with the
wish of his son, Robert T. Lincoln. Au
excavation 15 feet deep la being made
beneath the vault where they now
rest, and In this tho casket will be
placed. It will be surrounded by an
Iron cage, which Is to be Imbedded In
and made a part of a solid concrete
block, eight by eignt feet and 13 feet
long. The transfer will be made after
the return of Gov. Yates. Thl will
make the twolfth removal of the body.
CHINA IS COMPLYING.
Will Erect Expiatory Monument In
Cemeteries Arm Barred.
A dispatch from Commissioner
KOCKnui at rening report that the
Chinese Government ha made satis
factory arrangement for the erection
of expiatory monument In the for
eign cemetorle in China that were
desecrated by the "Boxer." An im
perial decree will be Issued promptly
by the Chinese Government prohibit
ing for two year the Importation Into
China of firearm ana ammunition,
as well aa of material serving exclus
ively for the manufacture of arm and
ammunition. -
WHEAT CROP THREATENED.
Ravage of Hessian Fly Reported by!
Ohio Experiment Station.
Charle E. Thorne, Director of the
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
ha Issued a special bulletin, in which
Ve tells of the ravages of the Hes
ilan fly on the wheat that has been
town, that It Is propagating wonder
fully and that all wheat that has been
sown will be destroyed. He advises
that all field that have been planted
be resown after a day or two of cold
weather.
HELD OFF THE LYNCHER8.
Brother of the Woman Induced tho
Mob to Respect Law.
A negro giving the name of Pley
ton Payton, who assaulted Mr. Wtl
da Hale, at Edgar, Neb., Friday night,
wa captured after being shot three
time and wa landed In Jail at Center
City, Neb.. Sunday. Tho mob gather
ed around the Jail at Edgar after mid
night, and made an attempt to get at
the man. but wa unable to do so. A
brother of the woman made aa appeal
to the mob to allow the law to take
it course, which quieted the member
and they dispersed. Later the sher
iff went to Edgar and brought the ne
gro to Center City.
German Interest In Roosevelt.
None of President Roosevelt's qual
ification appeal to the German peo
ple so much as hi ability to talk Uieir
language. It Is recalled in Berlin that
never since the time of President Ar
thur until now has the kaiser's am
bassador at Washington been able to
speak in bis native tongue at the
White House. This circumstance is
generally considered a happy omen
for German-American relations.
STEEL MADE CHEAPER.
United State Truat Pay Mor Wage
Than England and Make
Steel $2.50 Lent Per Ton.
Joseph Lawrence, member of par
liament for the Monmouth district,
who recently returned to England from
the United Stales, In an address to the
Newport chamber of commerce made
the most Interesting nnd comprehen
sive statement of the enilnes of Amer
ican superiority In the steel trade
whith hiis ct been provided for the
nlnnned Ilrltlsh public.
He told his audience Hint Charles
M. ;m liv. nl assured him the United
States Steel Corporation could deliv
er steel billets In England for $lfl.f0
per ton. whereas the lowest price for
which Ilrltlsh manufacturers would
make thpm was $19. Mr. Schwab also
asserted that when bis company bad
completed certain ocean transporta
tion arrangements now pending, the
American price would be still lower.
In addition to this statement. Mr.
Schwnb railed the attention of Mr.
Lawrence to the fact that bis steel
workers got double the wngos paid
Ill-It lull workmen in the snme lino. Mr.
Lawrence went on to drnw a striking
contract between freight charge In
Great Urltnhi and the United States,
allowing that the cost of carrying steel
fiom Pittsburg to New York wns less
thnn the cost of carrying it from Bir
mingham to Liverpool, though the (11m
tunce between the two I'iikIImIi cities
wns only one-quarter of that between
the American cities named. He pilot
ed from President Hill and cited fig
tires of the Pennsylvania Railrond
Company to demonntnite the compar
ative exorbitance of Ilrltlsh freight
rates, warning his hearers that these
rate mtiHt come to a more reasonable
basis. If the Ilrltlsh hoped to meet
tho competition for which tho Ameri
cans are now bo actively preparing.
Having pointed out that It would be
also necessary to resort to cheaper
ones, Mr. Lnwrenco announced that,
as a result of several years' study of
these problems and consultation re
garding them, ho and Thomaa Edison
would shortly begin business In Nor
way with the Idea of supplying to
Groat Britain cheaper ore.
LESS INTERNAL REVENUE.
August Collection 8how Decrease of
Three and a Half Million.
Tho monthly statement of the col
lections of Intcrnnl revenue how that
for the month of AugUBt, 1901, the to
tal receipts from all source were $22,
107.191. a decrease a compared with
August, 1900, of $3,428,625. The re
ceipt from the several sources of
revenue are given aa follows: Spirit,
$8,492,931, Increase $U01,029; tobacco,
$3,991,381, decrease $1,C19,4U0; fer
mented Ignore. $7,624,138, decrease
$9(14,8-18: oleomargarine. $217,726, In
crease $39,062; special taxe not elso
whore enumerated, $350,071, increase
$64,141; miscellaneous, $1,409,921, de
crease $1,548,442.
TRANSFER OF A RAILROAD.
Lake Shore to Take Charge of the
D. A. V. and P. Road.
The Lake Shore Railroad Company
will, on and after October 1, operate
the Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and
Pittsburg railroad, which run from
TitUHvllle, Pa., to Dunkirk, N. Y for
the New York Central, which owns
tho smnllor property. Tho deal doe
not mean the transfer of tho property
to tho Lake Shore in any other way
than to give the offlelui of the latter
jurisdiction over the property. Finan
cially the New York Central remain
responsible for the llttlo road.
CAUGHT TWO DYNAMITERS.
Had Demanded a 8um of Money or
Would Blow Up Tracks.
Superintendent Hohl of the Burling
ton route at Platte City, Mo received
a letter unsigned, mailed at Waldron.
Mo., demanding that $4,000 be deposit
ed by a certain light on the public
road or the track would be blown up
with dynamlto. Superintendent
Hohl. Detective McMlchael and Sheriff
Elgin of Platte county went to the
place at the appointed time and cap
tured John and James Sanderson, ono
of whom confessed.
PENN'A COAL FOR EUROPE.
Full Cargo of Anthracite for the Amer
ican Stoves In Germany.
The British steamship Ormeaby has
been chartered at Philadelphia to take
tho first full cargo of Pennsylvania
anthracite coul that haa ever boon
shipped to Europo from the United
States. The cargo will consist of 3.600
tons and wl.l be shipped to Stettin,
Germany, but will finally go to Ber
lin. The coal will be laid down In
Berlin at 31 shilling 6 pence per ton,
which is two shillings cheaper than
Welsh coal, which 1 generally used
on the Continent. The coal Is for
use in American stove which havo
been shipped to Europe lately In large
numuers.
Unique Divorce Case Order.
Judge D. W. Jones, of Marietta, O.,
has announced that hereafter In ap
plication for divorce he would ap
point counsel to discover the fact ad.
verse to the divorce. This 1 a de
parture and I taken by Judge Jone
because, without these facta the Judge
in an courts cannot ooiain an Impar
tial view of the case.
Emma Goldman Free,
"Dismissed for lack of evidence.1
wa the record placed opposite Em
ma Goldman s name In Justice Prlndl
vllle's docket at Chicago Tuesday. The
majority of the nine Anarchists who
were released Monday were on hand
to congratulate ner.
Suit for Large Estate.
The trial of the case of 2nd n
tinlra tit the Moaer eatata era u
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
began ai i-wtiuo, r., luesuay.
ATTACK SfflilJI 1 VAULT.
IGNORED CHALLENGE.
8oldler at McKlnley' Tomb Has
Murderous Encounter It De
struction Attompted.
A dastardly attempt wn mado Sun
day night by two uneaptured and tin
1 nown men to desecrate the tomb at
('anion where rest remain of tho late
President. What could havo been the
motive of the mlRcrcnnts I matter of
alarmed conjecture. If the object was
not to destroy the tomb with dyna
mite It may have been the (dealing of
the remains nnd holding them for ran
som, as In the case of A. T. Stowart,
the New York millionaire, a score of
years ago. Private HePrend was on
gunrd duty on top of the vault at a
point commanding the entrance below
nnd tho man approached from the rear.
Shortly before 7:30 he saw what he
took to bo the face of a man peering
from behind a tree about forty feet
from his pout. Ho watched It for 20
minutes, bo snys, and at 7:45 saw the
nmn hurry, to a treo 10 feet nearer. Ho
challenged the mnn to halt but this
wns not heeded and tho fellow np-
prouehed nearer. DcPrcnd leveled bis
gun and aimed to shoot for effect, but
Juiil at that luHtnnt another man who
(nmo toward him from tho opposite
Hide caught the gun, threw it up. and
the bullet wns spent In the air. This
man struck DcPrcnd on the right side
of tho abdomen with a knife or other
sharp weapon, cutting an "L" gnHh In
bis overcoat nn Inch and a half long
each way, and a smaller one In bis
hloiiHo. The llesh was not broken, but
was bruised under the cuts In the cloth-
I tig. DcPrcnd In the Btrugglo fell and
rolled down tho side of tho vault.
I ieiitennnt Aehbrldgo. officer of tho
day. was In front of the vault, and
ruBhed to the top on bearing tho Bhot,
put the men made good thels Y-scnpe.
All members of tho company' on hear
ing the shot hurried to tho vault, and
beside searching tho cemetery, the
guard wns Increased. DePrend is a re
cruit enllBted in Now lork four months
months ago. Ho Is said to be an excel
lent soldier and to have a fine record
with his offlcers. He say the man
who attacked him wa masked, but the
first one he saw was not masked. He
say tho latter carried a white pack
age In hi right hand and something
mat guttereu in his lrt. There aro
70 soldiers at the cemetery. 20 of whom
aro constantly on guard duty about the
van ii anil cump.
CONCERT OF POWERS.
European Nation Will Bring the Sick
Man of Europe to Time.
The Colli rler iln Soli- nt P..I. .....I,..-
the following sensational statement:
One of the results of the conference
between Emperor Nicholas and Presi
dent Loubet. Count Lnmsdorf. M. Wal-deck-KoiiBBcnu
ami M flu ion .. .I,.-
Ing the czar' vlult to France I an ex-
i-uunge or view between European
cabinets, now progressing, with the ob
ject of arriving at an understanding
a to action against Turkey. Ger
many concurrence m assured, as Em
peror William hnu ,,u.,t...i i.,..
Count von Buelow haa raised objoc-
uuua iu buiuo oi me details.
COUNTING ANARCHIST8.
8ecret 8ervlce Bureau Searching for
All Possible Information.
Postoffleo Inspector all over the
United State have been ordered by
the department tn nhtnln
list of all tho annrchlBts In their re
spective district as soon a possible,
and forward tho same tn w..i,in.in.
Chief Wilkle of the secret service bu
reau win compile the names and data
furnished, anil hnvA Ihnm n .(.., .1 i
' - v. ... ,, iiiiVJU u
the "Red Book," which will be used
tor tne information of congress In
shaping contemnlateil InirUintinn f
the suppression of anarchy.
WHOLESALE IMPORTATION.
Alleged Trust Meaning of Coming of
Belgian Glass Workers.
A renort from M uncle ln.1 nova tho
party of 240 Belgians who recently left
in Hunt-m, iiuiiuu ior Aiuucie, will work
in the factories Of the Anu.i-lnnr, mln.
dow glass company, and this means
mm me American company has plan
lied a general Imnnrtntlnn nt niDi.n.
to man tho factories, as there Is a
great shortage of American skilled
workmen, and tho company's plants
have been mnnv 1mmti-n,i n.i..n.
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snoii ior mo nisi uiroe years.
Organization to Fight Anarchy.
Tn ntfiniti nut. unnrrhv ami a ......
chlHts in Chicago a number of citl
7ans nr AllHtln nnvn rnrmuri
- ... v. u Oi:. I n,
nnth.hnilnil ni'ifnnlatlrin wM,.li tw...
hope to extend to every city through-
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uui vhc milieu oiuiua. incorporation
paper were issued tor It at Springfield
...1.1. T. ,i
wilu mo uuiuo ui i no ikepiiujic.
Delegate to Farmer' College.
Governor W. A. Stone ha appointed
delegate to the Farmer' National Con.
gresa at Sioux Fall October 1, among
them being Levi Morrison, Greenville
A. L. Martin. Enon Valley; William
Knorerer, Allegheny; W. O. Patterson
Biaie johchu. j. c. urr, nttsburg;
ana juiiub wmuira, nasninglon.
Pu-Chun Too DUilpated.
A ritnnAtch from Shnmrhnl in T .
don, "that, on the arrival of the Court
at K.ai-r ong- u, tne impress Dow
ager will disinherit the heir-apparent
Pu-Chun, on the pretext that be 1
leading a lire of dissipation.
Telegraph to the Klondike.
The whole world was connected bv
eloctrlo telegraph with the. Klondike
at 1:20 o clock Wednesday. The first
message wa one of congratulation
from Gov. Roaa of the Klondike, now
In Vancouver, to bi legal representa
tive at Dawson.
Earl LI Well Again.
Li Hung Chang has about recovered
his normal health. He has resumed
bis administration of provincial and
other affair at Peking.
NOW TWENTY THOUSAND.
Exaggerated Reporta Corrected by the
American Agent Located at
Vladivostok, Mr, Greener.
The State Department ha received
from Commerc-lnl Agent Greener, at
Vladivostok, under date of July 21 ,a
most comprehensive report on condi
tion In Manchuria. Mr. Greener say
that there is much exaggeration as to
the number of Russian troops In Man
churia. He places their number nt
about 20.IIU0. Manchuria hn an area
or .1113.000 stpiaro miles, I ono of the
most fertile countries on the globe,
and there are no better crops In all
Asia. The Miiuclniti have bandy
scrutched the buiTucp, and yet tho bus-
niPHS activity, the actual traffic, and
the tangible results aro a continual
surprise. American goods are already
known and favored on account of their
cheapiiPiiH.
Aa to Russia's uluns In regard to
Manchuria, Mr. Greener says Hie Rus
sian' policy In one of conciliation.
Ho know how to deal with Chlnene.
Ho will not supersede the Mnuchil as
an agriculturalist, however, or even
as a miner. It will lie some time be
fore he Is a success, In the Western
Bonne, In either of these lines. As to
exploring permits for mining and other
purpoNcs, It Is Hinted that such per
luliirloii does not now depend on Kiif
slon nulhorlty, 'mt muiit come from
Peking throiiKh the ChlncHO Gover
nor.
The nrea of gold fleldH In Manchuria
extends more thnn 1,127 miles along
tho shores of tho Argun and Amur
river, and there la no doubt ns to tho
richness of the mines. Smnll parties
of RusHliitiH Illegally mining there,
earned from $:to to $loo a day. The
statements that no foreigners are al
lowed to go Into Manchuria are to an
extent true. (July Russians and Chin
ese may go Into the country overlnnd.
It would not bo Bale, ho snys, for for
eigner to venture Into the country
now.
MR 8. ROOSEYELT THERE.
President' Family Now Settled In
the White House.
Mr. Theodore Roosevelt took up
her permanent residence In Washing
ton Wednesday when a mistress of
tho White House she occupied apart
ments there for the first time. She
reached the city about half past nine
o'clock, bringing with her two of tho
Roosevelt children, a governess and
a housekeeper. Apartment In the
southwestern part of the building had
been specially fitted up for the new
Presidential family.
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
The new crulBer Cleveland wns
launched at Bath, Me.
The cup defender Columbia beat tho
Shamrock by 37 seconds.
J. II. Haverly, the famous minstrel
leader, died at Salt Lake.
A great drouth in North England
threatened to seriously affect trade.
Twelve cases of the plague have oc
curred among the dock luborers at
Naples, Italy.
The thirtieth annual meeting of tho
Society of the Army of the Cumber
lund will bo held October 8 and 9.
The coroner of Fayette county. Pa.,
set the date for the Inquest Into the
deaths of 12 miner at Port Royal.
C. F. W. Neely, the alleged embezzl
er In Cuba, wrote a letter to hi sister,
stating be expect to go free soon.
Emperor William rejected plans for
monument In Berlin and vetoed a
bridge measure which resulted in a
clash of authority.
Medical nu n nil over the country ap
plied to the AuOurn. N. Y.. authorities
for pieces ot Aisassln CzolgoBz'a brain
after the execution.
The English appointment ot General
Buller to command the First army
corps was assailed from many side
by active fighting men.
Charles E. Meiner, a United States
marine deserter, wa shot and fatally
wounded by a guard at New York,
while trying to escape.
It wa reported In Wall street that
the net earnings of the United Statoa
Steel Corporation for the first six
months amount to $54,ooo,ooo.
Captain J. M. Forsytho and Geo. E.
Ide hnve been placed upon tne retired
list upon their own applications, with
the rnnk of Rear Admiral.
Certificate have been issued author
izing tho First National Bank of Sher
idan, poBtofllee at Sherldnnvllle, Pa.,
to begin business; capital, ZuO.uoo.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
returned to England Wednesday from
the continent. They were loudly
cheered on their way to Marlborough
House.
Chinese are 'cooking to evade the
restriction act by taking advantage of
the transit privilege. They come to
San Francisco and at once depart for
Mexico or other foreign ports, only
to cross the border back into this
country.
in the competition for mixed choirs
for the grand prize of $1,000 at the
Pan-American Exposition the second
prize was awarded to the Lima-Ada
(O.) cnorai umuu.
John Graham, of Cleveland. O., one
of the three burglars who dynamited
the poBtotllce safe at Armada. Mich.,
and was wounded, died and the other
two have not been captured.
The postponed convention of the
trust company section of the American
Bankers' Association will be held at
Milwaukee October 10, the second day
ot the Bankers Association conven
tion.
The Secretary of the Treasury Frl
day purchased bonds a follow: Four
hundred and nmety-tnree thousand dol
lar worth of long 4s, $8,100 of short
4 and $7,260 of abort 3a; a total of
$508,300.
The health of Abdul Ifamld, Sultan
of Turkey, Is said to be falling. The
German embassy In Constantinople re
ceives dally reports as to bis condl
tlon from It agents stationed near the
Ylldlz Kiosk.
Governor Beckham, of Kentucky
has ordered troops to Madisonvllle
during the mine trouble.
48 AMERICANS KILLED.
Savage Samar Islander Gurprlte
American Regular While at
Breakfast 24 Escape.
A disastrous fight betwepn United
States troop and Insurgents occurred
Saturday on the Island of Samar, near
llalnnglga. a portion of tho Philippines.
A large body of Insurgent attacked
Company (', Ninth lnfuntry, only 2 4
members of the compnny PMcaping. All
the others are reported to have been
Killed. Tho company was at break
faHt whpn attacked and made a deter
mined resistance, but the overwhelm
ing numbers of tho Insurgents com
pelled them to retreat. Of tho survi
vors, who have arrived at llnsey, 11
aro wounded. According to the Infest
returns the strength of the company
was 72. The survivors Include Cnp-
tain Thomas W. Council, First Lleu
letinnt Kdwnrd A. Ilumpus and Dr. It.
S. GriHwold, surgeon. Captain Edwin
V. Hooktiiillcr of the Ninth Infantry re
ports that General Hughes Is assem
bling a force to attack tho nurgents.
The Insurgents captured nil the Htorca
and ammunition of the compnny and
all the HllcB except twelve.
News of the disastrous light between
troops of the Ninth Inlniitiy and the
Insurgent was sent promptly by Gen
eral Robert P. Hughes, commanding In
tho Island, to General Chaffee nt Ma
nila, and by him transmitted to tho
Wur Department. It Is the first severe
reverse t lint hus occurred for a long
time. The American forces of occu
pation In Hiiinnr number In nil between
2,000 and 2,51111 men. These are dis
tributed among various pouts In the
island, n lurge number being located
at the more important centers.
6CHLEY'S BATTLE REPORT.
Sampson Aide Substituted Familiar
Cablegram of Hio Chief.
When the Colon had surrendered nt
the close of tho battle off Santiago Ad
miral Schley sent Lieutenant Com
mander Sears, hi Flag Lieutenant,
ax'iore, announcing the Spanish defeat.
Lieutenant Commander Staunton of
Rear Admiral Sampson's staff stopped
the Schley announcement and substi
tuted the now famous dispatch from
hi chief, In which he announced that
the squadron under his command pre
sented the destroyed Spanish fleet as
a Fourth of July gift to the American
people. The dispatch that Admiral
Schley tried to send haa never been
published, and tho reason it was not
sent will be brought out In the court of
Inquiry. This dispatch reads:
Santiago. July 3, 1898.
Secretary of Navy, Washington, D. C:
The Spanish squadron came out of
Santiago harbor this morning, July 3,
at 9:30, and were all captured or de
stroyed In a running fight to the west
ward of about 3 Mi hours. Very few cas
unities in fleet, ElIls.ChlcfYcoman. kill
ed, and one man wounded on Brook
lyn. Report from othor ship not In
yet. The Commander-in-Chief now
superintending transfer of prisoners
from tho Cristobal Colon, which sur
rendered to the Brooklyn and Oregon
at 1:15 p. m. Victory complete. Do-
tall later. Several water tight com
partments of the Brooklyn filled with
water. Probably pierced or .strained.
Schley.
Staunton went ashore to file Samp
son' dispatch nnd found Lieutenant
Commander Sear at the cable office
with Commodore Schley's dispatch
Sears asked him about sending Com
modore Schley's dispatch, and he is
said to havo replied "You know wheth
er you ought to send a report in the
presence of a senior officer. "
The first knowledge the public had
of the existence of this report wa
brought out by it publication aftor
the investigation opened.
OIL FOUND IN ILLINOIS.
Peoria People Think They Have Made
a Find Land Values Soar.
Oil ha been discovered bubbling
rrom tue ground on the Weigher farm
on the Tazewell side of the Illinois riv
er. A company ha been formed and
options secured on 600 acres. .Tho
price of land In the Immediate vicinity
nas assumed extraordinary value,
Over a tract a mile square the soil
exudes an oily substance, mixed with
sulphides ot iron. Trees and vegeta
tion have died where the oil Is bub
bling from the ground and the soil
1 upheaving from the pressure be
neath.
No McKlnley Stamps at Present.
The Postmaster General has decided
that the proposition to Issuo stamps
for general use In commemoration of
tho Inte President McK' ley Is Im
practicable, in view of the length of
time required tor preparing the issue
and other difficulties. No such stamps.
therefore, will be Issued.
Precise Location of Russian Famine,
The Minister of the Interior at St.
Petersburg has proclaimed that famine
exist In the Kbvalynsky and Kamy
shlnsky districts of the Government of
Saratoff, In the Meuzelinsky and Bele-
beefsky districts of the Government of
Quia, in the Starobesky and Izumsky
districts of tne Government of Khar-
koff.
Preparing for Repairs.
The Bethlehem Steel Company has
received a big order from the De
partment of Bridges ot New York
city to furnisb eye bars and other ma
terial for the Brooklyn bridge to re
place the parts of the bridge struc
ture recently conaemnea.
Negotiating for West Indies.
The new Danish ministry has resum
ed negotiations with Minister Swen
son for the sale ot the Danish West
Indies to the United States. The min
istry favors the sale, and Is anxious to
be In a position to give the rlgsdag def
inite Information when It meets, short
ly. .
Big Coal Combine.
The Clarksburg Fuel Company has
been organized It takes over 13
mines in the Clarksburg district In
West Virginia,
HEARS DEATH SENTENCE.
Czolgosz Denies Existence of Plot
Electrlo Shock Timed for Last
Week of October.
After bearing lilmsplf sentenced to
bo put to death at Auburn prison dur
ing tho week beginning October 2S,
the Anarchist who slew President Mc
Klnley slunk from the court room at
lluffnlo through line of ncowllng peo
ple, like a whipped cur. His vaunted
nerve had entirely deserted him. A
he tood before Justice White, ho
made a pretense of addressing tho
court. He spoke perhaps 200 words.
Ho did not speak them, but mumbled
replies to the questions asked him In
a tone so low, that even the court sten
ographer had to stand within a few
Inches of him In order Unit he might
catch drooling words that came from
between lips, purple nnd chnttorlnir
from sheer fright. Not a single word
did ho attempt to utter In Justification
of his atrocious crime, no vindication
of bis belief In the doctrines of nnnr-
by. Ho made one futile attempt to
vindicate tho father that gave him
life nnd bis slsteis and brothers. Ho
gave his record as follows: "Age 28
years; nativity. Detroit; residence,
Broadway, Nowok's, lluffnlo; occu
pation, Inlioier; single; degree of ed
ucation, common school ami parochial;
religious Instruction, Catholic; pa
rents, lather living, mother dead; tem
perate or Intemperate, temperate;
former conviction of crime, none."
In reply to question of the court,
Czolgosz said no one had anything to
do with the commission of bis crime
but himself; that bis fatbernnd mo
ther and no ono elno bad anything t'i
do with and knew nothing about it.
' I was not told anything about that
crime nnd I never thought anything
about murder until a couple of day
before I committed the crime.
Justice White in passing sentence
said:
"In taking the life of our beloved
President, you committed a crime
which shocked and outraged the moral
sense of the civilized world. You
have confessed that guilt, and nftcr
learning all that at this time can be
learned from the fact nnd circum
stances of tho caso, 12 good Juror
have pronounced you guilty and have
found you guilty of murder In the first
degree. You have said, according to
the testimony of credible witnesses
and yourself, that no other person aid
ed or abetted you In tho commission
of this terrible act. God grant It may
be so. The penalty for the crime for
which you stnnd convicted Is fixed by
this statute and It now becomes my
duty to pronounce this Judgment
against you. Tho sentence of tho
Court Is that In the week beginning
October 28, 1901, at the place, In the
manner and means prescribed by law,
you suffer tho punishment of death."
The death warrant signed by Justice
Wli I to I addressed to tho agent and
warden of Auburn State prison and
direct him to execute the sentence of
the Court within the walls of the
prison on some day during the week
beginning October 28 next, by causing
"to pass through the body of the said
Ion F. Czolgosz a current of elec
tricity of sufficient intensity to causo
death, and that the application of tho
said current of electricity be contin
ued until ho, the said Leon F. Czol
gosz, be dead."
LEHIGH VALLEY BEER TRUST.
Own All Breweries and Nearly All the
Hotels and Saloons.
All breweries In tho Lehigh valley
outside of Easton. Pa., have been com
bined under the control of one corpora
tion, which also owiib or controls 90
hotels and 8iV per cent, of all the li
censed saloons from Bethlehem to
White Haven. This corporation ha
been organized under the New Jersey
law, with the title of the Lehigh Val
ley Brewing Company. The capital
will be $4,000,000. There will bo $1,
500,000 bonds.
AMERICANS GET CONTRACT.
United States Firm Will Build an Eng
lish Tramway to Cost $760,000.
Tho firm of J. O. White & Co. Amer
ican electrical engineers, have been
awarded the contract to build the cor
poration tramways In Bournemouth at
a cost of $76o,ni)(. Special Interest at
taches to the proposed lines for tho
reason that they will be the first ever
constructed in Great Britain combining
tho conduit and overhead trolley sys
tems. The Bournemouth lines will bo
constructed by an English Company
organized by Americans.
CABLE FLASHES.
Count von Waldersee. who has been
ailing is worse. He suffered from a
painful sore on the leg and has 110 ap
petite. Ten Boer leaders, who havo been
captured since September 15, have
been permanently banished from
South Africa.
Judge Splogle. at Cincinnati, has
overruled a motion to punish certain
strikers for contempt of court because
they continued picketing.
A dispatch from Constantinople ro
ports that a sanguinary conflict has
taken place between Musslemans and
Christians at Beirut. Syria.
Empress Augusta Victoria, of Ger
many, whose return from Romlnten
was earlier than she had intended. Is
111 and connued to her bed.
The cable between St. Michael and
Cape Nome bas been cut by the Ice in
nine places. A new repair cable bas
also been badly damaged. A land
route will be surveyed.
The State Hospital investigation ot
New Jersey was adjourned because
Dr. W. S. Baldwin, aged 77. one of the
managers, was stricken with paralysis.
No time has been set for the resump
tion. Saavedra. the dragoman ot the
Spanish legation, bas arrived at Mara
kesb and been received in audience by
the Sultan of Morocco, who promised
that all the Spanish claims should be
satisfied.
Reports which have arrived from
Venezuela confirm the rumors that the
partisans ot General Jose Manuel Her
nandez, known as "El Mocho," (The
Maimed, because of a crippled arm),
the very active. A new outbreak is
expected at several points shortly.
OS
CJETIFIC
NDV5TFJ.
Battleships Massachusetts, Alabama
snd Kenrsnrge to be equipped tat
wireless telegraphy.
A $DO,000 electric lighting system I
fo be Installed In the Church of Noire
Ilnmn In Pari. Heretofore the mas
sive edifice hn received Its truly "dim
religion light" from wat candle. It
wns feared that gn would damage
tuo paintings ami walls.
People often wonder why 0 thin?
that is a miccos on n smnll scale 1
often n failure when tried on a large
scale. M. Nagell has recently been
weighing bacteria, anil he find that
they average about onc-tpn-tboiisnnil-millionth
of n milligram. The length
of a gpncrntlon Is fifteen to forty min
utes, and In seven days. If there were
no limit to such expansion, a single
germ would produce 4770 billions,
which would weigh 7H tons. For
tunately the rule of reproduction doe
not apply on such a large scale, for
various nnturnl check result In keep
ing down the bneterial growth.
Aided by n special fund presented
by n friend of the American .Museum,
says Hclcnce, Professor (n!)orn hn
sent out two expedition espeelnlly la
rearch .of fossil horses one to Texas
nnd one to Eastern Colorado. Word
hn been received nt tiie niUKpum thnt
llie very first discovery made njr tne
Tptss party included a deposit of
skull of the tbree-lned horse, Proto
lilppus, associated with parts of the
limbs, feet and backbone. The find I
au especially importnnt ono for the
study of the evolution of the canine
species. The Protohlppus 1 thoitgbt
to be the Immediate successor of the
true horse.
One of the method of protecting
brond grasslands from fire 1 to burn
a swath called a "fire guard" around
the area to be protected. A Montana
stockman suggests that this offer
good opportunity for Inventors to do
V 1SH H II III I' 11 I lit W II II 'II. 1 171 Hn 111 be llVf
the gronnd llko a horse rake, sha
burn the grass clean from a spa
about eight or ten feet in width.
rofldv an nnnnrntna nf thla Irlnrt 1
been Invented, using gasolene to
tub grass vu ure nuu a iram oi s
brushes to extinguish It before it
spread beyond the proper limits,
the stockman think that a chenne
machine can be made. "Fire guards
fifty miles or more In length, are de
slrable.
.
The loftiest engine room In fbe
world Is that located In a new cold
storage warehouso In Chicago. In
stead of following the conventional
plan of placing the boilers and en
gine In basement they are to occupy
space In the top story of the building
100 feet from the ground. This was
done In order to prevent the beat rla
ing through the cold storage rooms.
The power equipment with ammonia
machines, etc., weigh over f00 tons,
which, when In full blast, would wreck
an ordinary building. Hence special
foundations were made'for the struc
ture, which rests upon 1800 piles driv
en sixty feet Into the ground. OH I
used for fuel and electricity will be
tne motive power. -
A French writer, Henri Coupln, says
that the fact that, notwithstanding
their simplicity, the songs of the bird
cannot be imitated with musical In
strument arises from the imposslbllty
of reproducing; their peculiar timbre.
Tho notes of birds, while correspond
Ing with our musical scale, also in
dude Tlbrationa occupying the Inter
vals between our notes. The duration
ot birds' songs Is usually very short,
two or three seconds for thrushes and
chaffinches, four or five seconds for
blackcaps, but from two to five min
utes for the lark. M. Coupln remarks
that while one In every ten specie of
European bird U tuneful, the propor
tion diminishes to only one in a thou
sand among the gorgeously clad birds
of the tropics.
Coantlng-lloora Errors.
Somebody rises every now and then,
but not often enough. It seems, to de
mand that more attention be paid In
our schools to the proper teaching of
the English language. To write and
speak correctly should be considered
the most Importnnt thing to be taught,
but the pressure of other studies too
often makes It subordinate. The man
ager of a large business bouse said
lately that It costs bis firm $20,000 a
year simply to correct errors In in
voices and other papers, errors that
are due to poor writing and bad Eng
lish on the part of the employes In the
office. Here 1 a bouse that loses
enough every year, through the Ignor
ance and cnrelessues of Its clerks, to
run a big school where young men and
young women might be taught to write
and speak correctly. As It Is, the
large business offices are secondary
schools, where the really fundamental
branches of education form the curri
culum. Meanwhile the employers, be
causo they cannot help themselves,
undergo an expense that should be
wholly unnecessary.
Motor Cor Kltxtioam. ' !
Mme. Echuiuhl, In the Nouvelle Re
vue, proposes motor-car kitchens, her
idea being a kind of ambulant restau
rant from whence food can be served,
ready for the table. She point out
that some plan of this kind I actually
In working order lu Berlin, but there
the ambulant restaurant only concerns
itself with the preparation of food for
the sick and ailing.