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FUSILLADE OF BULLETS.
Dominion Revenue Cutter Made an In
effectual Attempt to Sink
American Steamer.
The Canadian steel armored fish
patrol boat Petrel, a veritable cruiser,
attacked ami fired upon the llttlo fish
ing steamer Silver Spray, of Erie, Pa.,
while the latter was looking; for lust
nets near the boundary line In the
lake August 12. Tire men wounded
were: Capt. Christopher Schau, cut
In fare with Rpllnler or glancing bul
let; Frederick Culver, fisherman, hit
In leg with glancing bullet. Fifteen
or 20 ahota were fired by the Cana
dians, eight of which lodged in the
Ashing boat. None of the shota struck
any of the six other fishermen on the
boat, although the latter were greatly
frightened, and refused to obey Capt.
Schau's order to run the Stars and
Stripes to the masthead while he waa
protecting hi Interests. The Cana
dian authorities have had trouble with
American fishermen for yeara. who
were poaching on their side of the
lake, and the Petrel Is kept constant
ly on the lookout for thorn. About
noon she came upon the Silver Spray
on the Canadinn side, and at once
ordered Captain Christian Chau to
etop. The Petrel Is a strong steel
craft and attempted to ram the Amer
ican boat before she could comply
with thB former's order. Captain
Chan, remembering the fate of several
other boats from this side, which had
been captured and confiscated, de
tided to try to escape and started
ahead at full speed. The captain of
the Petrel when he saw that the Sil
ver Spray was trying to get away,
opened flue with all the guns he hail,
and before he ceased firing some 20
tihotg had struck the Silver Spray.
One passing through the smokestack
Into the pilot house In which Chau
stood at the wheel, and two more
atrurk the pilot house, one of which
came within a few inches of him.
scattering splinters around h'm hend.
Tire chase was kept up for some lit
tle time, but the American ernft suc
ceeded In getting ncrot the line,
'when the Canadian patrol boat ceased
pursuit. Captain Chau sent a report
of the affair to the state department
t Washington. He says he was only
looking for some of his nets whic'a
liad drifted from this Bide toward the
Canadian shore.
INDIANS TO EMIGRATE.
Shuwnees Taking Stepa to Leave Okla
homa end Travel to Mexico.
The commissioner of Indian affairs
received a telegram from Indian
School Superintendent Thackeray, lo
eafed at the Shawnee Indian agency In
OUlaJioma, notifying him that a large
number of the Klckapoo Indians and
somo of the Sl.awnces of the "Big Jim"
"band are preparing to remove to Mex
ico w'lthln the next few (lays, and ask
ing for instructions as to the course to
lie pursued. Commissioner Jones ex
pressed the opinion that nothing could
Xo done to prevent the step.
Roof Garden on a Church.
A loot garden will bo one of the
features of the new edifice to be
reeved iiy members of the Methodist
Church ot Chrlv. at Oakley boulevard
and West Van Br.rca street. Chicago.
It wi:i be open every night during the
Iheated eeas-on.
. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
Attorney General Knox was the
Euest of tho President at Oyster Bay
August 11.
Secretary Shaw has removed Mr.
Cobb, the Speclul architect for the
Chicago building. No cause was as
signed. The state department received a dls-
pitch from Consul Jett, at Fort de
.France, Martinique, confirming tho
press report of the disastrous cyclone
in that ialand.
The state department has been In
formed by Ambassador Choate that the
irst meeting of the Alaska boundary
commission will be ;ield September
5 In the British foreign office,
The Interstate commerce commis
sion ordered another temporary ex
tension until October 15 of tho time
within which a number of railroads
must complete their satiety equipment.
' The President Invited the naval at
taches of foreign governments accred
ited to the United Satates to Join him
on board the flagehip Kearsarse to wlt-
noss the naval maneuvers of the North
AiJai?.ic Bquadrcn.
'The SeDretary of the Interior has
.approved the award of contract for the
construction of an irrigatln;? canal to
connect the Truckee and Carson riv
ers. In Nevada, to Charles A. Warren
& Co., of Ban Francisco.
Captain John H. Perching, Fifteenth
Cavalry, who was in command for sev
eral years In the Moro country, and
Trade the last campaign agaiiiBt the
fillers, reported at the war department,
lie Is a member of the general staff.
The comreJasIon, consisting of Sec
retary Root, Senator Wetmoro and
General Ruggles, appointed to select
a Bculptor to design a statue of Gen
eral McClellan, has ehoBen Frederick
MacMonleJ, of New York.
The state department received a ca
blegram from Kingston, Jamaica, sign
od "American Consul," Baying: ''Port
Antonio greatly damaged by hurricane.
JUany dead and seriously injured are
constantly reported to the consulate."
The President tendered to Charles
P. Mr.Clolland of West Chester coun
ty, N. Y., a membership on the board
ut general appraisers.
The rumor that August W. Machon,
under Indictment for various allogod
offenses In connection with postal con
tracts, bad left the Jurisdiction ot the
United States, la denied by Conrad
H. Byrne, associate counsel for Ma
JShen. The north elevator on the navy de--partment
side ot the state, war and
jTy building, at the door ot the aeo
ratary's office, fell from the second
-floor to the sub-basement. Six clerks
-re in the elevator at the time, but
mo one was injured.
OINKEY IS PRESIDENT.
Succeeds William E. Corey as the Ex
ecutive Head of Carnegie
Steel Compsny.
At a meeting cf the boar of direc
tor of the Carnegie Steel Company
the resignation of W. E. Corey as
president was accepted, Mr. Corey
having resigned when he was elected
president of the United States Eteel
Corporation. Alva C. Dinkey was
e'.e.ted to the position resigned by
Mr. Corey, and the office of chairman
of tho Itoard of directors of the Car
neRle Company, which was abolished
shortly after the organization of the
United 8tates Steel Corporation, was
again created and former Judge James
H. Reed was elected to fill the posi
tion. This offlco was the one held by
H. C. Frick at the time of his trouble
with Andrew Carnegie a few years ago
and was also 111 KM by other men prom
inent In the affairs of the Carnegie
Company. President Dinkey appoint
ed Azor R. Hunt general superintend
ent of the Homestead works and II.
I. Williams general superintendent of
the Duquesne furnaces and works. The
position given to Mr. 'Reed Is ncv,
however, a much more important one
than It was, as the Carnegie company
now Includes everything in the Puts
bur? district th.it ever bore the name
of Cainegle, and also all of the coke
plants of the company therea touts, as
well rs the Bessemer and I,ake Erie
railroad. In addition it includes all of
the plants that were Incorporated un
der the name of the National Steel
Company and also those Included In
the Amertcan Steel Hoop Company.
Thus Judge Reed becomes chairman
of the board of the company which Is
the holding corporation of almost
eveiything controlled by th'e United
States Steel Corporation. Under tho
new organization Mr. Dinkey will have
charge of the opeiating department,
While Mr. Rce.I will act In an advis
ory capacity. As Indicated by Presi
dent Dinkey In an Interview, It Is not
expected that tho changes will make
any difference in the policy of the
company. The present methods have
proven so satisfactory that the stock
holders and ir.anagc.mrnt would not
want any change made, and the new
officers will continue to manage tho
affairs of the company along tho same
lines. The election of a Chairman of
the board will make no diffeience to
Prefident Dinkey. He had no objec
tions to offer. In speaking of the
matter he said that the new chairman
would be of great assistance to him
in the administration of the affairs
of the company.
BAGGAGEMEN MAIL CARRIERS.
Postmaster General Has Plan for Dis
tribution of Newspaper Mail.
Postmaster General Payne has de
cided to make the experiment of em
ploying baggagemen on trains which
are not provided with mail clerks to
take charge of and deliver open news
paper mail. This decision has been
reached alter much consideration, and
In response to a petition filed by many
of tho lending newspaper publishers
of the country, who asked thB post
office department to provide facilities
for distributing open bundles of pa
pers along tho lines from trains which
entry only closed pouches. There are
a larger number of such trains, and
a tho department Is not represented
by an employe on them the postman
ter generul declined to assume re
sponsibility for papers not inclosed in
'.lie pouches. Tho plan contemplates
tint the baggagemastcrs shall bo
sworn in as postofTlce employes, and
that they shall be paid for their ser
vices. It is intended that they shall
deliver the papers to those to whom
they are addressed, at points along
the line from the car doors, thus sav
ing much timo which would be lost in
case the papers are inclosed in
their being taken to the local post
offices before they could be delivered
to agon's. It Is estimated that the
cost of the service, through the bag
gagen en, will be much less than if
postoffice employes were supplied for
all such trains.
HOOLEY AGAIN IN TROUBLE.
Financier Ivisde Object of Application
for Warrant.
Application was made to a magis
trate in l.oi;don. England, police court
for a warrant for tho arrest of Pro
motor E. T. Hooley on a charge of
fradulently and by false pretenses ob
taining fclgnauires to checks and bills
of exchange amounting to over $(iuii,
000. The magistrate reserved his de
cision. Attorney Finlay instructed
the director of public prosecutions to
Investigate some of the transactions of
Hooley in connection with the Sap
phire corundum mine of Canada.
Hooley's meteor e financial career and
failure were tne sensation of London
a few years au-i.
AFTER SHIPBUILDING TRUST.
Action Drought to Foreclose a Mort
gage for $10,000,000.
A bill in equity was filed In the
United States Circuit Court at Hart
lord, Conn., by the Mercantile Trust
Company, of New York, as trustee,
against the United States Shipbuild
ing Company and the Eastern Ship
building Company. The complaint
suy3 the property of the two com
panies wae merged in May, 1902. Bonds
were issued to the amount of $10,
000,000 and a mortgage deed of trust
was given to the plaintiff to secure its
holding cf $10,000,000 worth of tho
bonds. Action is now brouglit to fore
close this mortsase.
DARON WANTS HIS PAY.
Obtained Subscriptions Among Friends
For Shipbuilding,
Paron Robert Oppetihelm, cf Paris,
France, has begun suit in the Supreme
court, at New York, agalimt the Trust
Company of the Republic to recover
$300,000 and interest for alleged ser
vices In obtaining subscriptions among
hlB friends in France for securities of
the United States Shipbuilding Com
pany. He swore to his complaint be
fore the United fetatee consul general
in Fans ou July T. He asserts that be
was engaged from May 1. 190J,,
6RUTH Ml SHOCKS GEORGIANS
GOVERNOR INDIGNANT.
Knoutlng of White Woman Convict In
8tate Prison Equals Cruelty
of Russians In 8iberla.
"The methods which have made Si
beria Infamous are being adopted as
a part of the convict system of Geor
gia." was the burden of the cry of
members of the legislature at Atlanta,
Ga , In demanding an Investigation
of the brutal knoutlng of Miss Mamie
Decrist, at the state prison farm at
Mlliedgevllle. Not In years .has an
event occurred which has so Btlrred
the state, and tins legislature was
flooded with telegrams from every
section of the state demanding a thor
ough Investigation and severe punish
ment for those concerned In whip
ping the unfortunate woman. The re
sult Is that the legislature will Inves
tigate and startling disclosures are
expected. Supt. Foster, over whose
protest Miss Decrist was knouted, has
resigned because of the affair. He
sas In his letter of resignation that
he will not Jeopardize his soul by be
ing part of a system which makes
lite a hades for a lot of unfortunates.
As the fact slowly creep out about
the Decrist affair, the story becomes
more shocking. It Is stated that the
woman was made to disrobe, tied
down Just as unruly male convicts
are treated, and then lashed unmer
cifully. Almost immediately after the
whipping. Miss Decrist was manacled
to a negress and sent to the field to
work, where she fainted and was found
by Supt. Foster. No adequate rea
son has ever been fclven for the whip
ping. One report says she was whip
ped because she angered the warden's
wife who gave Miss Decrial's place as
stewardess to a negreRs. Another re
port given Is "wilfulness." One res
olution Introduced in the house calls
for the discharge of the man who ad
ministered the whipping and the par
don of Miss Decrist. Gov, Tyrrell
called on the prison commissioners
In person and demanded a fuller re
port than the commission had asked
for and Instructed the commission
to send State Warden Moore to the
state farm at once, and called for the
discharge of the whipping boss. "I
want the man who whipped that wo
man discharged," said the governor.
"I want this matter probed to tho bot
tom. Such a thing as whipping a
white woman like that was outrag
eous and I shall not have the name
of the state disgraced with any more
such occurrences." A brlot Interview
with Mamie Decrist was secured at
Mlliedgevllle, but it was in the pres
ence of Capt. Alagood. who did the
whipping. "Miss Decrist, why were
you whipped?" "I was whipped be
cause I talked too rudely to Mrs. Ala
good and did not leave when spoken
to." "Was yuir language vulgar or
profane?" "No, I never uso stich lan
guage." She Bald she waa very sorry
lor her conduct and regretted that
she had been punished.
DI3TRICT ATTORNEY LAID OFF.
Judge Relieved Him from Service in
Miners' Investigation.
JucIkc Owers, at Georgetown, Col.,
suspended Horace G. Thurman, dis
trict attorney of the First Judicial dis
trict, from further service in tho in
vestigation of the blowing up of the
Sun and Moon transformer house and
the expulsion from Idaho Springs of
14 members of the miners' union by
members of the Citizens' Protective
league and appointed as a spealal
prosecutor in the Idaho Springs cases
Willis Elliott, of Denver. Judge Ow
ers censured the sheriff for his laxity
In an official way and condemned his
appointments of men as deputy sher
iffs who had not been In the county
exceeding 48 hours.
MANY LEAGUERS ARRESTED.
Deportation of Union Miners Results
In Criminal Charges.
Sheriff Sandbery at Idaho Springs,
Col., arrested 83 of the most prom
inent citizens of thnt city, who are
members of the Citizens Protective
League, on criminal warrants sworn
out by the Western Federation of
Miners, for the arrest and deporting
of 18 union miners immediately after
the dynamiting cf tho Transformer
house at the Sun and Moon mine. The
warrants were Issued by order of Dis
trict Judge Frank W. Owens, of Load
vllle. FIND ANDREE'S BALLOON.
Portion of Silk. Evidently Belonging
to Explorer,
A special from Vancouver, B. C,
says: "What Is undoubtedly a relic
cf the Ill-starred Andree expedition in
search of, the North Pole, wa3 brought
to Vancouver by a returning mining
prospector, who has spent the last
lour years in the wilds of the Mack
enzie barin. He was Bent out four
years ago to follow the Mackenzie
river to the Arctic circle, and arriv
ed at Vancouver, bringing with him a
portion of the Bilk used in the con
struction of Andree's balloon."
Portland Has Defences.
Nearly (10 miles of cable have been
laid in Casco bay. Me., during the
lias', four weeks and every fort and
every point of prominence Within a
radius of 10 miles of the harbor bide
of Portland has been connected by tel
ephone or guarded by an immense
electric searchlight, In anticipation of
the war game end Joint army and
navy attack on Portland August 22-29.
New Pension Order.
No man who draws a pension for
disability received during the war Is,
in the opinion of Pension Commliuilou
er Ware, car-able of earning full pay in
any position he may occupy in tho
government civil service. He has laid
down that proposition and Intends ad
hering to it In all cases that come
before blm in the Pension office.
Western Iron Works Failure.
The assignment of the Columbia
Iron works, of Port Huron, Mich.,
to Rubs 8. Jenks, as the result of fi
nancial difficulties has been placed on
record. The total Indebtedness is
scheduled at 1368.936.
LATEST NEWS NOTE).
Government offered tho Ire plant ait
Manila for sale at $1,000,000.
Charles M. Schwab continues to pur
chase big blocks of steel stock.
John W. Gates, the Wall street op
erator, Is reported seriously 111 at Sar
atoga, N. Y.
A demented man kills three persons
and wounds many more at a band con
cert In Kansas.
Average condition of corn August
1. as determined by government ex
perts, was 78.7.
Charles M. Schwab will not orgnnlzo
a company to compete with the U. 8.
8tc Corporation.
Frank Tllley, of Rising Sun. Ind.,
waa the twenty-fifth victim ot tbe Wal
lace circus train wreck to die.
Clippie, enticed by Indianapolis
ghouls Into a trap, was murdered and
his body sold to dental college.
Dr. Samuel o. Smith, of St. Paul,
Minn., declined a call to preach in
Westminster chapel, London, Eng
land. Battleship Massachusetts was dam
aged by ledge of rock In Bar Harbor
while proceeding to Long Island
sound.
Timothy Keck, glove manufacturer,
has accused Congressman IJttauer of
buying off bidders on government con
tracts. "Jim" McCoy shot and kIKed John
Hancock, five miles south of Ozark,
Mo., the result of family feud of years'
standing.
Pennsylvania railroad Is said "to"oe
purchasing Reading stock In an effort
to prevent Gould system reaching
tidewater.
President A. W. Thompson, of the
Republic Iron & Steel Company, talks
optimistically on outlook in iron and
steel trade.
It Is estimated that 12.000 opera
tives In the textile trade reported for
duty at Philadelphia, August 10, at
various mills.
American fishermen on Lake Erie
will resist seizure of their vessels by
Canadian revue cutter Petrel and sea
fight is expected.
Thomas McGowan, of Philadelphia,
was killed In a fight In Montana with
three masked men in a Northern Pa
cific freight car.
James Martin, under sentence of
death, one of the six prisoners who
broke lrom the county Jail at Butte,
Mont., was captured.
No word has been had as to the
whereabouts of Oeorge H. EvanB and
Miss Brown, who disappeared from
Canada take, N. Y.
C. P. Perrin, of Knoxvllle, Tenn.,
ha? bought the large Iron furnaco for
merly owned by the Virginia Iron,
Coal and Coke Company.
President Roosevelt and Senators
Aldrich, Spooncr, Piatt and Allison
held conference at Oyster Pay on pro
posed flunnclal legislation.
Tho postal receipts at the CO leading
offices during July show a gain of al
most 9 per cent. Columbus. O., made
the largest gain, SO per cent.
Admiral Ccvera, who commanded
the Spanish squadron' In tho battle of
Santiago, has resigned his office as
chic f of staff of the Spanish navy.
Word reached Bciso, Idaho, that P.
3. Lennott, a New York capitalist,
had Lien killed while going Into tho
Thunder mountain by the upsetting of
a stage.
Miss Maud Espy died at tho summer
home of her father, MaJ. John Espy,
of St. Paul, Minn., from eating toad
stools wlili h she had mistaken for
niUKhrcoms.
Tho International .Typographical
Union changed Its constitution by fix
ing the dues at 35 cents a month per
member. Including, I cents for a special
detenso fund.
Tho effects of tho hurricane upon
tho Island of Jamaica were greater
than at first believed. Port Antonio,
on the North coast, was completely
overwhelmed.
As a result of a neighborhood feud
at Guthrie, Okla., between farmers,
Wl.liara Cooper and his sen, James
Cooper, are dead, and Samuel Bar
rett severely woundcdi
George Rowley, the defaulting man
ager of the Elgin Loan Company, who
pleaded guilty to three charges was
sentenced at St. Thomas, Ontario, to
12 years In the penitentiary.
A deal was closed at Saginaw, Mich.,
whereby the Amertcan Sugar Refining
Com puny has acquired a one-half in
tercut In the Valley sugar factory,
capitalized at $500,000.
The strike riots at Cracow, Austrian
Poland, have resulted, according to a
Cracow newspaper, in GO deaths since
August 5, through conflicts between
the strikers and the troops.
The Building Trades Employers' as
sociation at New York announced thnt
the Journeymen plumbers and gas fit
tors had signed the arbitration plan
and would resume work at once.
Miners John Lang and John Mey
ers were suffocated by smoke follow
ing the explosion of a box of dyna
mite at the seventh level of the Ham-Ilton-Cbapln
mine at Iron Mountain,
Jnch.
E. E. Johnson, bookkeeper for the
Commercial Hanking Cumpany, In Jail
at Duluth. Mich., charged with em
bezzling $45,000 from the bank, ad
mits his guilt and the bank will close
its doors.
Edward Dwyer, former Napoleon of
the Chicago wheat pit, is a bankrupt.
New York police believe that body
found floating in Hudson river is that
of Adolph J. Gerl, who has been miss
ing from his home in Alleshony since
August 1-
Spreadlng rails ditched the "Katy
flyer" of tho Missouri, Kansas & Tex
as near Sedalla, Mo., and 21. persons
were Injured, none, seriously,
Polbon received in either milk or
meat cuused serious illness among 30
niembut of Prof. A. L. Arey's nat
urU science camp at Canaudaigtia, of
young mon and women, moutly from
New York.
A largo number of promotions and
appointments to tho Royal Victorian
Order in connection with the King's
recent visit to Ireland are gazetted at
1indon, England. They Include Lord
Londonderry and Lord Dudley as
Knights Grand Cross.
RELINQUISHES ill PORTFOLIO
SECRETARY ROOT RESIGNS.
Judge Taft, His Probable Successor,
May Soon Retire to Go on
the Supreme Bench.
The oft-heralded and long-expected
resignation of Secretary Root has been
tendered. The President was advised
of the secretary's positive Intention
to get out of the cabinet during tho
visit of the head of the war depart
ment at Oyster Bay a few days ago.
Thj formal letter wherewith Mr. Root
renders up the office he has held sine
August 1, 1899, was sent to Oyster
Bay August 11. In It the Becretary
savs that he desires to give up the
office before he sails for Europe on
August 22, but that the sooner the
President accepts the tender the bet
ter pleased he will be. Mr. Hoot gives
up the office because ho believes he
has accomplished alt that any mortal
can hope to effect In such a branch of
the government. In the four years he
has been the head of It he has' thor
oughly reorganized the service. He
has had abolished the obsolete office
of "General Commanding the Army,"
and has had inaugurated the general
staff system that has been found to
work so well In every army in which
It has boen tried. In addition. Root
has got rid of dozens of old officers
whose thoughts were in another age.
He has had the men who fought tho
Civil war promoted and retired, bo
that they have received ample mone
tary and military recognition for what
they did In that great conflict. Mo'-1
Important than any other reform ho
has made is the enforcement of the
rule that unless an officer studies and
keeps abreast of the times he may not
be promoted. If he falls on the first
examination he is riven a year In
which to Btudy. Then if he falls again
ho is dropped. It Beems to be settled
that .Indue Taft Is the man whom the
President will name to succeed Root.,
this decision having been reached In
a tentative way several months ago,
when Root's retirement was first moot
ed. Judge Taft Is indicated for the
place because of his general ability and
special knowledge of conditions In tho
Philippines, the affairs of the archi
pelago still presenting the most dif
ficult problems with which the war
department has to deal. But In view
of Judge Tart's known desire to go on
the-Supreme bench and the President's
willingness to gratify that desire at
the first available opportunity, his
tenure of the war portfolio will hardly
be a long one. Secretary Root's
friends say his reason for desiring to
quit the cabinet Is solely thnt he may
return to tho practice of his profes
sion. SLATED FOR RETIREMENT.
Eourjht Canceling Ink In Too Large
Quantities.
M. A. W. Louis, superintendent cf
the division of postolllce ruppllea, is
slated for retirement. Postmaster
General Payno lias definitely deter
mined on this course. The charge
against Louis Is that he bought can
celing ink m such quantities as to pro
vldo postofllces the country over for
fi-oni three ro ten years In advance;
also that he paid 30 cents a pound for
Ink when the market quoted It at from
20 to 21 cents. His conduct of his of
fice, with the exception pointed out.
Is nald to hove been above 'criticism,
and his frlend3 believe implicitly in
his integrity.
AUTO LEAPS INTO A RIVER.
Herbert Bromley Goes Over a Cliff
Thirty Feet High.
An automobile driven by Herbert
Bromley, chief engineer of a canning
factory at FaBtport, Me., ran awny
and Jumped over a cliff 30 feet high
into a river. As soon as the vehicle
touched the water there was an ex
plosion and Mr. Bromley and his 3-year-old
son were thrown Into tho air.
Both were unconscious when rescued
by some spectators. The father had
both legs and thighs broken, but the
boy escaped with only some severe
cuts on his face. It is thought by
the hospital surgeons that Mr. Brom
ley's injuries will provo fatal.
NATURAL GAS FOUND.
Workmen Digging Trench In Connect
icut Came on Big Flow.
While workmen were digging a
trench on tho farm of James A. Weed,
Stamford, Conn., they were driven
away by a strong smell of gas. An
expert Inspected the trench, and de
clared that there was a big flow of
natural gas. This Is the first time that
natural gas has been found in that
section.
Governor Durban Is Pleased.
Governor Durblu, of Indiana, has
Bent President Roosevelt a formal re
ply to the executive letter, published
denouncing mob violence, in which ho
says the President's "appeal to con
science and patriotism Is destined to
profoundly affect public sentiment on
a vitally Important National prob
lem "
Mines Closed at Cripple Creek.
Practically all the mines in tho Crip
ple Creek (Col.) district except tho
Portland and those operated by tho
Wocds Investment Company, are
clceed down in consoquenco of the
in ion miners' strike. Tho number of
miners on strike is estimated at 2,700.
Hundreds of miners left the camp for
ether localities.
After the Metropolitan Railway.
John F. Doylo, a stockholder of the
Metropolitan Stroot Railway Company,
applied to JuBtlce McCall In the Su
premo Court at New York, for a writ
of peremptory mandamus to compel
the company to allow him to Inspect
Its books.
Drew the Color Line,
The color line has been drawn by a
union labor organization at Newport
News, Va. The machinists' union local
branch of the International Association
of Machinists, voted to sever its affilia
tion with the Central Tradua and La
bor Council,
REVIEW OF TRAOE.
Indications Are That Almost Every
Branch of Industry le
Booming,
R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of
trade says: Earnings of railways for
August thus far thow an average gain
of 7.7 per cent over Inst year's figures
and 1H.3 per cent compared wit.'i 1901.
Dlptribiitlon of merchandise is very
heavy, more Intcnuptijn to traffic be
ing recorded, and In staplo lines prices
aro steady. Preparations for fail trade
nro vigorous, many manufacturers
working overtime to fill Important or
ders Collections ore fully as prompt
m Uftinl for the seaaon. al'hoiiRh In
tome lines there is less Inclination to
discount bills. Crop news Is reassur
ing. Foreign trade at the port of New
York for the last week showed a loss
of $1,441,049 In exports a? compared
with the samo wtk last year, and Im
ports decreased $2,127,575. Hesita
tion In certain branches of the iron and
steel Industry, incident to the season
nnd aggravated by labor controversies,
Is Indicated with somo oegteo of defl-nltenei-.i
by the monthly statistics Just
published by the "Iron Ago." A vast
amount of bueiress Is being done, but
there is no Indication to anticipate re
quirements of tho future beyond con
tracts already placed. The week has
brought no developments In tho price
situation, but there is a etendy gnln In
purchaBej of pig iron, .tlthough the
meeting of tho leading concerns' com
mittee failed to deciilo upon placing
new contracts, which was a disappoint
ment to some prospective sellers. Agri
cultural Implements and machinery
manufacturers have seem ed n further
Urge tonnage of material. Merchant
Bteel and pipa show Impraved demand,
but In plate and structural material
the wnlting tendency is still dominant.
A Blight Increase In the volume of bus
Iners In cotton gocds Is confined to
small orders for quick ('.vilvery. Quo
tnt.ons me firmly held, and an advance
In staple pilnts occurred this week,
but tho ratio of the product to the raw
matcr.'al Is far from such as to en
cuuragc manufacturing.
"Bradstroet's" ciys: Developments
this week have been largely favorable.
Prominent among these Is the lessen
ing of prssuro at the country's great
financial center, which has led to a
more optimistic feeling In the coun
try ht Inrge. Reports of congestion In
railway trafllc are most severe lu the
KntiEas City district, but this troublo
affects lumber shipments In the North
west and coal shipments In Pennsyl
vania, end this coming so early In the
season Is regarded as sliirlflcant of
the probable volume of business to bo
offered the transportation companies.
Business failures in the United Stntes
for the week ending with August 13
number llio, against Itit last week. 181
In the like week or 10ii2: 178 In 1901.
IfiH -In loco nnd 172 In 1S99. In Con
tda failures for tho week number Iti as
ngalr.st 20 last week, and 23 In this
week one year ago.
DIES AGED 102 YEARS.
Oldest Wcm.in In Baltimore Retains
Faculties to tho Last.
Mrs. Maria Letitla Llsh, known as
the oldest woman In Baltimore, died
AugiiHt 12, nt the ago of She had
been an Inmate of the Church Homo
nnd Infirmary many years. Her bus
abnd was a surgeon in the British
army, nnd Bhe camo to America with
hlni during tho Civil war. She pro
served her mental faculties to the lust.
Ammon Goes to Sing Sing.
Robert A. Amnion, recently convict
ed nt New York on chnrgcH of re
ceiving moneys he knew to have been
stolen. In connection with the Miller
syndicate, and sentenced to prison,
waa taken to Sing Slug to servo his
term.
CABLE FLASHES.
Three Blight earthquake shocks oc
curred at Athens, Greece. Three viU
lages on the lslo of Cythera were al
most entirely destroyed.
Eighty-four bodies have been recov
ered and tho death list will probably
exceed 100 In tho underground rail
way disaster which occured in Paris,
Franco.
Alarm nnd friction prevail in the
Russian Cabinet relative to the social
outbreaks in many parts of tho em
pire, and tho methods employed for its
(suppression.
Several high Jewish rabbis who have
returned to Vienna, Austria, from the
conference which took place nt Cra
cow and declare that the conference
was a great bucccsb.
A court martial hold at Monastlr,
Turkey, condemned the gendarme,
Hallm, to dt-at.h for the murder of M.
Rostkovski, the Russian consul at Mon
astlr. Tho sauteuce was Immediately
carried out.
A large quantity of ammunition in
tended for the Macedonian Insurgents
has been confiscated in the custom
house at Belgrade, Servla. It was
packed in wooden cases, marked "hard
ware" and "nails."
Three men wero garrotcd In Santa
Clara provlnco, Cuba, for the murder
and robbery of a planter. All claimed
to bo innocent. Their relatives had
pleaded iiuavElllngly with President
Pulma for clemency.
Ouo hnndred and fifty revolutionists
wero killed in tho fighting at Zoro
vltcli, according to olllclal Turkish ro
ports. The same dispatches, which
have beon communicated to the Rus
sian and AiiHtiiun embassies, stata
that the insurrectionary movement is
increasing dally.
The American squadron under Rear
Admiral Cotton bus arrived at Gib
ral'uv, from I.lBbon, on its way to
Villei'ranche, Southern France.
Three members of the cabinet, rep
resenting the radical clement in Ser
vla, have resigned. This is regarded
as a sign ot victory for the military
party.
The German government's efforts to
check tho tropical worm disease
among the mine operatives In the Es
sen district have proved unsuccess
ful. The latest reports indicate that
tbe disease Is spreading. Its pro
gress has been discovered In the col
lieries of the Franslska and Berg-niann.
OUAINT WOOINCS.
Eccentrlo Courtships of Some ef the
Great Men.
That there Is no accounting; for the
eccentricities of lovers Is sufficiently
proved, soys the London Express, bjr
the odd methods In which many of the
world's great men have wooed and
won their wives.
When Schumann, the famous com
poser, fell head over heels In love with
Clara Wleok, his master's daughter,
lila path of courtship was by no means
one of roses, for Herr Wleck bad no
wish to see his only daughter the
wife of a penniless musician, and he
forbade the younff lovers to hold any
communication with each otlier.
But love laughs at parental frowns;
and as Schumann could not even write
to his lady love he poured out his
soul to her In a series of "Letters to
Clara," printed In a musical Journal of
which he was editor.
When tbe time was ripe for settling
his deBtlny he made music the vehicle
of his passion, and actually proposed
to Clara on the piano under the very
nose of her father, without a single
word being uttered, and received he
Joyful assent through the same me
dium. Edison's method of wooing was no
le?s eccentric. One day lie strolled In
to one of his workrooms and stood be
hind the chair of a pretty operator
who waa absorbed In her work. When
the girl glanced around, and, looking
shyly up at him, said:
"I knew It was you, Mr. Edison. 1
always know when your are near." He
answered, to her amazement:
"I've been thinking a great deal
about you lately; and If you are will
ing to marry me, I would like to marry
you."
A month later the pretty employe
was promoted to a "partnership"
which she has never since regretted.
Epohr won- his wife with equally dra
matic suddenness. After playing a duet
at a court concert with Dorette Scheld
ler. a beautiful and glfced harpist, and
while the tumult of applause was still
ringing in their ears, he said to his
companion:
"Shall we play together thus
through lifer
For answer "the lady burst Into
tears and sank Into his arms."
One day when Dr. Dawson, an elo
quent preacher of a century ago, called
to see Arise Corbett, a wealthy admirer
of his oratory, for whom ho had con.
celved a not altogether platonlc affec
tion, ho found her reading the Bible.
Stealing up behind her, he looked
over her shoulder to see what she waa
reading, when, without showing any
recognition of his presinco, the lady's
forefinger rested on the words of
iiathan to David:
"Thou art the man."
Even a less marked hint would have
been sufficient for Dr. Dawson, and
we cannot wonder that Miss Corbett
soon changed her name.
Dr. Abernothy, the famous physl
cian, was as abrupt In his courtship
as In his treatment of his patients.
When after a Binglo meeting, he de
cided that MIks Anna Throfall would
make a desirable life partner, he
promptly wrote to tell her so In a di
rect, bimluesBlllco way. Ho told her
frankly thnt he waa "much too busy
a man to have time to spare for love
mnklug," but if Blm was willing to
marry him she might let him know,
and the answer was favorable.
Gainsborough's wooing was made al
most absurdly easy for him. He had
completed a portrait of Miss Burr, a
charming young lady of 10 summers,
when his fair sitter was so delighted
her presentment that slio more than
hinted that, while she took the
than hinted that, while she took the
copy, the artist might claim the orig
inal. Galnaborough did not decline
such a tempting offer.
For constancy It would be difficult to
find a rival for Jeremy Bontham. In
early manhood Jeromy Bentham pro
posed for the bond of a young lady,
who promptly refused him.
Forty years later he renewed his of
fer, with tho same result; and, still
loyally cherishing his love In his old
age, he proposed again, at the age of
80, In a touching letter. In which he
wrote:
"Since the day when you presented
me with the flower In the lane not a
single day has passed In which you
have not engrossed my thoughts."
Bismarck's iron resolution was never
better demonstrated than in his love
making. At his 11 rut meeting with tho
lady who was to share his life for so
many years he proposed to her, and
was accepted, and on tbe following
day, presenting himself at the house of
her parents, who knew him only as a
young man if undesirable reputation,
he rtomandeTl the young lady's hand,
and refused to leave the house until
his Eult was granted.
Adieu, Cats!
Stray cats are a nuisance, not only
In nocturnal prowllngs and yowllngs,
but in their constant appeals to the
pity of people. There Is something
about a vagrant puss that demands
even more than sympathy. It ia said
thnt the best cats for training for cir
cus tricks aro the street tramps, cat
that have beon bred by vasrant pa
rents, with perhaps several genera
tions ot cat hobotsm behind them.
Thoy are quick wltted and shrewd In
Uie dodging of missiles and the cap
turing of food. Their necessities have
made them clever and thus they are
better subjects for the trainer than
tha pampered cat of pedigree. Yet
their voices are unmusical and their
ways unpleasant. They must go.
Washington Star.
The Mighty "If."
It burglars were women the best
iratch dogs would be mice. New
fork Press.
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