Hii iGGATES si iii mm KEPT SECRET WELL Mourned for Five Yean At Fallen en Foreign Battlefield Discovered After Year of Search. Mourned for five year db dead by a bowed liulivr ond on Invalid mother honored ns a hero, fallen In the Spanish-Ann . lean War Karl McGre gor, jvara oid, mm of William ilf Uri'Hor ol i'itteburg, l'a., Ima been lo cated In the Ohio pcnitintlnry at Co lumbus, where lio has served three years of a 10 year sememe for a rob fcoiy ho In now thought never to have committed. Bearing his disgrace In silence, under an assumed name, that lie minht shield his highly respectable family, he divulged his Identity to the world only when rapidly falling health convinced l'.'m that he would not live to s.e the expiration of his sentence. "We tliouuht him "dead," said the grieved lather at his Carson street fcome, "Tho mother does not yet know Hint he Is olive. Sim Is Just recovering? from a sevens attack of typhoid lever, end I fear the news that he Is in a State prison would cdfher Kill her or drive her mad. His letters to use ceased just about the time of the breaking out of the Span ish War, In the spring of '98. He was always Impulsive, patriotic, noble and we concluded that he had enlisted and died In the service of his country." Young McGregor tells the story of his predicament In a letter to a Dayton frltnd, he says: ,-I started out to make a living among strangers, fol lowing the optical business. I had been traveling through West Virginia and was taken sick with fever pecu liar to that district, and my money oon become exhausted. I had to re sort to freight riding to get out of the State and met with an old man who was bound for Cincinnati. For com pany's sake I traveled with Mm, think lng I could procure lenses there and tart afresh canvassing. One morn ing we reached a small town In Ohio called Midland City, which Is the Junction of three roads. It was bit ter cold, and we joined two men who were standing about a fire. Later we jumped a freight that we thought was going to Cincinnati, but discover ed that we were on the wrong road and got off at Wilmington, returning to Mldlnnd City on the next train. Getting the right line we Jumped an other train that finished Its run at Lockland, a town five miles north of Cincinnati. Here we again met the men whom wo had seen at Midland City previously. Shortly after we had met all were placed under arrest and developments showed that a robbery had been committed .In Wilmington the night before. We were all held for the grand Jury. The victims of the robbery came to Jail and Identified the two strangers as the men who had held them up. When the trial came I was advised by my attorney to make no statement and was advised that we all stand trial together. On tire evidence of the two victJnis, who Iden tified the two strangers, we were, all found guilty and sentenced to 10 yiears' Imprisonment. I gnve the fic ticious name of Lewis McComb, I de cided to bear out the sentence under that name and shield my family from disgrace." VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE. Carroll D. Wright Thinks Acturail Skill Can Supply Table. The International Congress of At cuaries at Naw York, was addressed by Carroll D. Wright, United States Commissioner of Labor, who said In part: "During the last four years I have been frequently asked to furnlBh a rule or measure of damages to be ap plied when a man is killed in some mechanical trade. Tire court's are without the rule and I am unable to supply It. I think, however, that with the assistance of acturlal skill suf'i a rule may be applied so that we may have fairly correct tables show ing the expectancy of life in the vari ous trados. Such a work by the ac tuaries of this and other counties would knit the tics between the In surance companies and the people. It needs the actuaries of the different countries to ascertain with reasonable accuracy those expectoncy tables. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL. Advices were received from Admiral Cotton announcing his departure with the cruisers Brooklyn and San Francis co for Beirut. General Wado has cabled the War Deportment from ManJla announcing the death of Colonel Richard Eskrldge, U. 8. A., retired, who died In the hos pital August 29. He was retired Jn 1901. Several employes of the Dundy Time Clock company of Blngliampton, N. Y., whose alleged contract to supply clocks to the postal service has figur ed In the postal Investigations, were examined by the inspectors. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, has commenced the distribution of public moneys among the national banks In pursuance of hlg plan for putting out Mu.outyiuo to prevent a monetary stringency. The report from Rear Admiral Cogh lan on the accident to the Olympia during the Joint maneuvers says the Injuries are slight, but the ship Is leaking badly. The Olymphla left Provlncetown for the target grounds in Vlueyard Sound. The Agricultural Department dis cusses the quality of milk supplied to cities In a bulletin just Issued. Rev. Daniel H. Fleming, of Lead vllle, Col., has been appointed a chap Iain in the army. He was chaplain of the First Colorado volunteers In the, Philippines. Mr. Fleming Is an Epla copalian. The War Department ordered that contract be entered into with the Pennsylvania Steel Company of Phil adelphia for a highway bridge across the Potomac, above the Long bridge, The company's bid was $914,000 fur the bridge with a permanent floor. LIVES IN DANGER. Local Authorities In Venetuela Hunt lng Down Foreigners Daring to Present Claims. A correspondent from Wlllcmstad, Island of Curacoa. soy harsh Injustice Is being meted out to foreigners resid ing 4 n the Interior of Venezuela, where the local authorities are hunting down nil foreigners who dare to present claims aitolnst Venezuela In accord ance with the recent protocol. Near Coro a local tribunal refused to accept tht testimony of five Italians. On the latler Insisting In tendering their dep ositions, three were arrested and thrown Into Jail. Two of them at tempted to escape and were fired upon one being killed. The Venezuelan government does not deny this occur rence, but Is doing nothing to prevent repetitions. It J a learned on good au thority that letter sent to foreigners from the Italian and other legations Instructing them to send In their claims were seized In the post so as to prevent the claims from arriving in Caracas In due time. At Cmnana, Venezuela. In a street of that city a gibbet was erected on which was hung an effigy representing a foreigner, and the populace heat the dummy with sticks amid shouts of "Death to the foreigners." Two leading traders. M. 1'alazzJ. a Frenchman, and Herr Spriek, a Herman, were recently nr rested In Ciudad Bolivar by order of President Castro for refusing to pay their taxes, which had already been collected by the revolutionists during the Iatters' occupation of the city. The French and German Ministers at Ca racas protested and obtained the Im mediate release of their fellow coun trymen. TRIBUTE TO LIPTON. To Present Memento to English Yachtsman from Americans. The Initial step toward the presen tation to Sir Thomas Ltpton of a me mento from the American people, prob ably In the form of a silver service, was taken In New York, when the fol lowing resolution was adopted at a meeting held at the Waldorf. "The undersigned committee, named to ar range a memento for Sir Thomas Lip ton, feel accured that they represent a universal sentiment of appreciation among all classes of Americans who love sport and admire a sportsman, and, acting upon this assurance, they suggest to the general public a popu lar subscilption to meet the end In view. The Western National bank, of New York, has consented to receive subscriptions. It Is desired that these be National In character, Blnce there Is no state or section where the pluck, liberality and good temper of our late antagonist, ever our friend and now our guest, have not won all hearts." Gen. Joseph Wheeler 13 chairman of the committee. CASSATT IN COURT. Answer to Manslaughter Charge as Re suit of Traction Accident. The seven members of the board of directors of the North Jereey Street Railway Company appeared In the Es sex county, N. J., court for trial on an Indictment charging them with man slaughter. On February 19 last nine Newark High School students were killed In a collision between a Clif ton avenue trolley car and a Lacka wanna express train. Indictment were returned against Alexander J. Cassatt. president of the Pennsyl vania Railroad Compajiy, John D. Crlmmins, of New York; Edward F. C. Young, president of the North Jersey Street Railway Company; Dr. Leslie D. Ward, Ellsha B. Gaddis, director of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company; David Young, vice president and gen eral manager of the traction company, and others. The indictment followed a verdict by the coroner's jury fixing responsibility on the North Jersey Street Railway Company for the acci dent. BOLD THIEF CAUGHT. Took Package .Containing $500 by Means of Wire. The Germanla National Bank at Mil waukee, Wis., was robbed of $500 by a daring thief who gave his name as George F. Johnson. The money taken was a package of currency, and was extracted from the paying teller's desk by a short piece of copper wire while the teller was engaged at the telephone. The thief was run down and captured and the money recover ed. The man acknowledged that his real namo Is Joseph Shea, and he Is suspected in police circles of having robbed the Metropolitan National Bank of New York of $10,000 on July 23. 1S99. DRIVE GUARDS OFF. Forcible Possession Taken of New Bridge Over Ohio River. Following a disagreement between the American Bridge Company, which erected a large bridge at Marietta, O., anc: the Ohio River Bridge and Ferry Com; any, the former refused to turn the finished bridge -over and the latter took forcible possession by aid of the United States marshal and Marietta police, running the bridge company's guards off and ojmratlng electric cars over the bridge. The electric cars car ried United States mall and could not be stopped. MEET NEXT IN 8T. LOUIS. 1904 Reunion of Society of Philippines Goes to Fair City. The National Society of the Army of the Philippines at St. Paul. Minn., selected St. Louis a the place for the next annual reunion. In an address of some length Oeneral Irving Hale delivered a eulogy on the work of the army in the Philippines. General Hale scored a hit In his address when be declared that the Society of the Army oi ine rmuppines was here to stay and must never allow itself to be uaoruea. MADMAN SEEKS LIFE OF PRESIDENT EVIDENCE OF A PLOT. Was Armed With Big Revolver Fully Loaded 8usplclous Persons Frightened Away. Because he held President Roose velt responsible for the recent labor troubles throughout the country Hen ry H. Wellbrenner, a young farmer of Syosset, a small town five miles from Oyster Hay, armed with a revolver, made three attempts to reach tho President's summer home on Tues day night. It Is the belief of all of the guards around Sagamore Hill, of Secretary Iieb and of the crazy man s relatives that a tragedy was narrow ly averted by the vigilance of the secret Bervlce men. It has been learned that for months Woilbrenner has been nursing a hatred for the President. Crops had gone wrong, a younger brother had been thrown out of work through the Btrike of the building trades and two mortgages on the form were lieairt-breakdng .bur dens. Wellbrenner's mind lost Its balance. That was months ago, and steadily the conviction grew In the farmer's weakened brain that the blame lay with President Roosevelt. In the moment of his capture by the secret service guards Wellbrenner fought like a madman and shrieked In answer to the question of his captors: "Yes; I came to kill the President. I had the gun with me to do It." When the dangerous character of the man wa discovered by jhe secret service guards, he was within a stone's throw of the President's house, and In full view of Mr. Roosevelt, who was standing on the front veranda when the arrest was made. It was shortly after 10 o'clock when Wellbrenner made his first attempt to get at the President. He drove up the drive way and declared to the two guards that the president had telephoned for him. He had no order to be admitted and was turned away. He drove off, but soon returned and was sent, away a second time. The third time he drove up he refused to go away and made a leap from his wagon. A loaded re volver fell to the ground as be did so. The President was standing on the porch, and heard the struggle that fol lowed between the man and the de tectives, who soon secured the man and locked him up In a box stall In the stable. He was sullen and re fused to say much at first, but he did not resist. He gave his name as Frank W eldbrenner," of Syosset. Five other Government agents here were quickly aroused and the prison er was hustled to town. The prisoner on the way In became talkative and asserted thnt he came for the purpose of killing the President. The detec tives ore Investigating evidence of a plot. Seaman, the gardner says he was awakened by persons talking near his cottage. The detectives armed with lanterns made a search. They found that below the tennis court there were ruts Indicating the place wnere their prisoner had turned his buggy. They saw In the soft soil the traces of many fresh footprints which, to all appearances, had been made by several men. Similar footprints were observed near the cottage of the Gar dener. MAY CLOSE ALL MINES. Miners Must Return at Once, or Work Will Be Suspended. All the 8,000 coal miners In Mis souri may become Involved In a strike unless the 600 men In the Novlnger district return to work promptly. They went out against the orders of Presi dent John Mitchell, and In violation of the Chicago conference, and the op erators may refuse to enter the con ference scheduled to be held at Kan sas City on September 10. It the op erators should decline to confer fur ther it is predicted It will result In the closing of all the mines In the State. Judge John C. Tarsney, owner of the Idle mines in the Novlnger district, is quoted as saying: "All the mines of the district will be running In a few days or none of them will be. Presi dent Mitchell is acting In good faltb undoubtedly, and now it is only a question of his power in the affected district." James Mooney, the local leader, who Is responsible for the present strike, incited the miners to quit work In order, it is said, to show his defiance of President Mitchell, whom he has previously opposed. BOTTLE-MAKINQ MACHINE. Same Relation to Glass Trade as Lin otype to Newspaper, A company has been incorporated at Toledo, O., with a fully paid capital of $3,000,000. subscribed principally by New York and Pittsburg people, to ex ploit an automatic bottle-making ma chine which bears the same relation to the glass trade as the linotype to the newspaper business. The machine will save $3,000,000 per year on the cost of beer bottles alone, and will dispense entirely with skilled labor. The Incorporators are: E. D. Llbbey, M. J. Owens, inventor of the machine; William S. Walbrldge. F. L. Geddes and Clarence Brown, of Toledo. It la undetermined yet whether to erect plants in various cities or license the present beer bottle manufacturers, this Industry being developed first. The principal glass manufacturers of the United States have quietly visited To ledo and seen, and approved the ma chine. IRON ORE LODE8 FOUND. Prospects Near Houghton, Mich., In dicate Addition to Supply. Dennis Donohue and John Cargh lln, experienced miners, report the dis covery of Iron, ore outcrops In Hough ton county, near Covington, Mich. The ore is of good quality, and prom ising quantity. The district where the discovery was made, is In the proper geological horizon for ore and lies in a direct line between the west ernmost limits of the Marquette range and the easternmost mines of the Oobeblc range. I LATEST NEWS N0TE3. Howard C. Gilbert was shot and kill ed by Arthur Sherman, at Superior, Wis. Arthur H. Dingley, son of the late Congressman Dingley, of Maine, died In Denver. William Scallny Whltwell, the miss ing Harvard student, ha been found In Texas. A steamer rammed an excursion boat filled with Londoners, and six persons were drowned. Flie nt Nashville, Tenn., destroyed Timothy Bros." department store and several other buildings. Attempt of the National authorities of tho waiters' union In Chicago to cut out the men there failed. The rostofllce at Cape May Court House, N. J., was robbed of money and stamps amounting to $2,000. Frederick R. Coudert, the famous Now York Inwyer, Is seriously 111 at hi home on Cove Neck, L. I. Anderson Finch, colored, was legal ly hanged at Richmond, Va., for on attempted assault on Mrs. C. A. Gerg han. A special meeting of the Southeast ern Railways' Iand and Industrial Agents' Association was held at Buf falo. A threshing engine working on a farm near Geneva, 111., blew tip, killing John Stevens, a farm hand, from West Virginia. Duncan Swan, a farmer residing north of Otsego, Mich., accidentally shot Ms daughter Mary. She died from the wound. Aloystus Cavanaugh, of Washing ton Grove, Md., shot and killed M. II . Guiney, his business partner. He was mentally deranged. Operators In the Indiana block coal field announced an advance of 25 cent a ton on all coal free on board cars at Brazil, Ind. Sister Mary Leonldos, of Syracuse, N. Y., the possessor of a rare voice, will go to the leper colony In the Sand wich Islands to sing. Wax impressions have been taken of the hands and feet of Mrs. Aurora Hodge, to be used In the Ryan mur der trial at Salt Lake. Engineer H. W. Lucas was killed and Fireman J. W. Stafford fatally scald ed on the Norfolk ft Western near Winston Salem, N. C. Daniel MInthorn, aged 90, a well known Inventor and geologist, died at Watertown, N. Y. He was the first to grind Iron ore Into paint. Assistant State's Attorney of Chi cago was sent to jail for contempt for advising police officials contrary to Judge Cavanaugh's ruling. Deputy Sheriff Louis J. Cook, of Baldwin, L. I., shot and killed one bur glar, probably fatally wounded a sec ond and captured two others. . Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie are passengers on the White Star line steamer Celtic, which sailed from Liv erpool for New York September 4. Stephen B. Ronth, of Norwich, Ct a second David Horum, Is engaged In distributing a fortune among his rela tives as a diversion in his old age. Good authorities are of the opin ion that the production of Wagner's sacred opera "Parsifal" In the Unlied States cannot be prevented. One woman was killed and two per sons were fatally Injured by on ex plosion In a building used for the man ufacture of fireworks at Maspeth, L. I. At Llgonler. Md., Mrs. William Bill man, Mrs. Ollle Peters and Blanche GUI were run down and killed by a fast train while walking on the tracks. L. A. Plahvlng, principal of the Polnto Coupee Industrial College for Negroes, was shot and killed by un known persons at New Roads, La. A meeting of the directors of the Independent Glass company was held at Columbus, O., and prices of glass for the coming year were discussed. In the North avenue Mllwauke sew er R. J. Hickey, contractor; Superin tendent Schunke, of the city water de partment, and a negro, were asphyx iated. The Schwclzer club Saengerbund, of Chicago", was awarded first prize In the fourth saengerfest of the Swiss-American Saengerbund of the Central States. Sherman P. McPherson has been ap pointed United States attorney for the Southern district of Ohio, at Cincin nati, suocecdlng W. E. Bundy, do ceased. The secret service announces a new counterfeit $10 National bank note on the Mechanics National bank, of New Bedford, Mass. The series is of 1882, check letter B, charter No. 743. Action Is expected at any time on the evidence which has geen presented to the Grand Jury regarding the acts of a former postal official, both during his term of office and subsequent legal practice. Judge Belden, of Hamilton, O., re fused a new trlul for Alfred A. Knapp, confessed murderer of two of his wives and three other victims. De cember 12 has been fixed for tho date of execution. Secretary of War Root, ex-Secretary of State Foster, Hannls Taylor and Judge John M. Dickinson arrived at Liverpool for the meeting of the Alaskan Boundary Commission to be held In London. Of the 11 suspects arrested by the police following the murder of Frank Stewart and John B, Johnson, em ployes of the Chicago City Railway Company, and the looting of the com pany's safe, seven were held. Former United States Senator Wel lington denied In court that be threatened negro delegate. A shaft erected at Gosnold, Mass., to mark the spot where, In 1002, Barth olomew Gosnold landed with his 22 men and founded the first English set tlement in New England, and the sec ond in America, was dedicated. Federal officials received word that two Scotland Yard detectives loft Liverpool, England, for Indianapolis, armed with warrant and complete ex tradition papers for James Lynche haun, the Irish fugitive wider arrest there. RELIANCE WINS DECIDING RICE CUP CONTEST ENDED. Shamrock III. Outsailed From the 8tart, Falls to Cross the Finish Line. After a week of weary waiting for a favorable wind, the third and final race between the cnallenger Sham rock HI. and defender Reliance for the America's cup was sailed oft Sandy Hook, New York, September 3. In the early hours the outlook was almost hopeless, and the start was postponed to await developments. Soon after noon the variable zephyr settled In tho south and It grew so steadily thnt the Regatta Committee was able to send the boats off at 1 o'clock. In the start Reliance won out to decisively that she crossed within four seconds of the expiration of the time limit (two min utes). She held Shamrock under her lee so effectually In the meantime that the challenger was handicapped three seconds In crosF.ing, and was then obliged to tack across tfle stern of Re liance and endure the back wind In order to get from under the blanket Burr had spread for her. No better work was ever seen In a cup race than that of Captain Barr In this day's start. The course was laid due south Into the wind 15 miles and return. Tho breeze averaged eight knots. In every respect conditions were precisely thoBe In which Mr. Fife declared that Shamrock III. would do her greatest work. American yachtsmen were as sured that even If Reliance should win out In the series Shamrock would un questionably win whenever these con ditions should prevail. But In beat to windward a leg that Reliance cov ered In 2:38:43 the challenger was beaten by 11 minutes flat actual sail ing, or 44 seconds per mile for every mile of the leg. The run home waB extraordinary, but most unsatisfactory. When Reliance had about half cover ed the course a heavy fog from the southeast covered the yachts and fleet In such fashion that no vessel was within the view of any other. Through this fog Captain Barr drove Reliance at a speed that averaged above eight knots for the leg. Although he had only the blasts of the steam whistles on the committee boat and the light ship to guide him, and a floodtlde was carrying him toward the Jersey bsach, he was less than a length out of his ec.urse after a seven-mile sail practic ally blindfolded when the line came Into view, lue Shamrock did not fol low Reliance across the finish line. Coming home she was lost in the fog ar.3 passed to eastward of the light ship. When first seen by the Regatta Committee at 0:01 shew as a quar ter of a mile away to the northward of the lightship and had no head Bail set but her Jib. The other sails were soon lowered. She failed to finish, therefore, and no time could 1)0 taken. How the two racers compared on their run homo In this final race cannot be told definitely. It was observed the challenger was more than a nillo and a half astern when Inst Been. At the turn Bhe was a mile and two-fifths astern by an accurate computation. BOUND FOR THE PHILIPPINES. Bishop Dougherty and Secular Priests Going to Island. Bishop D. P. Dougherty, of Phila delphia, accompanied by secular priests J. Carroll E. Cook and D. Oeerrke and Profs. J. McCloakey and I. MeGlnley, have arrived In San FranclBco, pending their departure for Manila. These six clergy comprise an Important American delegation of Catholic priests bound for the Phil ippines to restore the institutions and Importance of the church In North eastern Lu:.on. Bishop Dougherty will be nt the secular head of the re glon and have hi headquarters at Vlguan, a city about 200 miles north of Manila. In addition to the revival of the work of the Catholic church he will re-establish tho seminary at Vlgnan. TELEGRAPHERS COMPROMISE. Get One Day Off Each Month With Pay. The committee of Railroad Tele graphers and General Manager Atter bury of the Pennsylvania R. R. agreed on the following compromise: That all vacations of seven days annually be dispensed with, and that all opera tors on the system east of Pittsburg and Erie, whether working eight or 12-hour Bhtfts, be given a relief of one day a month with pay, operators at present receiving two days a montn relief continue to receive tho same and the operators In the superinten dent's office and the general office to bo In no way affected under the now proposition. The new arrangement will go Into effect on October 1. SIX PERSONS KILLED. Passenger Train Goes Through a Bridge In South Carolina. Six persons were killed and 25 in jured, one fatally and two seriously. In a wreck on tho Southern railway near Yorkvllle, S. C. The dead are: Engineer Brlskman, Fireman R. Hlne, Postal Clerk Smith, three unknown negroes. The Injured are: Julius Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C probably fatally; W. L. Slaughter, Hickory Grove. N. C, seriously; T. C. Hicks, Lancaster, S. C seriously. Nineteen other white persons and three negroes residing mainly In South Carolina towns, wore bruised, but not seriously hurt. The wreck was caused by the collapse of a trestle 40 feet high, over Wishing creek. Preplexed by Silver Advance. Officials of the United States treas ury are uneasy lest the price of silver bullion should advance to such a Ha ul u as to make the new Philippine pesos worth more as bullion than as coin. If that should occur the new monetary system of the Islands would break down, for the coins would be shipped to Hongkong and melted for sale as bullion. Sliver on March 26, sold at 49.1 cents an ounce. REBELS BLOW UP SHIP. Twenty-nine Persons Bound to Con stantinople Perish After Leav. lng Bulgarian Seaport. Three explopiotiB ocrured on the Austrian steamer Vnskapu soon after leaving the Bulgarian port of Burgas, en route for Constantinople, Turkey, by which 29 persons perished. The vessel caught fire and had to be benched. It Is thought to have been tho work of Macedonian revolution aries. A telegram conveying the news wa received by tho agent of the Hun gailan Levant line at Constantinople, to which the Vnskapu belongs. Th9 telegram snld the Vaskapu has been destroyed In the Blnck sea. The cap tain and officers of the ateamer and six of her crew were killed, a total of 29 IIvcb being lost. The Vasknpit sailed from Varnn, Bulgaria. The deck of tho vessel took fire and she had to be run ashore at Mlslvrla Bey. 18 miles north of flurgas. The report of a general uprising In Northern Mace donia Is denied at Sofia. Bulgaria, both In official and revolutionary circle. Well informed persons, however, as sert that the report was correct,' but that Its premature publication disar ranged the plans of the revolutionists. According to reports from Mouastlr, thousands of Bulgarians In the vil ayet are confronted with famine In addition to Turkish persecution. Peas ants who are continually arriving from Monastlr complain of the attitude of Hllml Pasha and the Turkish atrocl ties. The Insurgents in the district of Adrlnnople appear to be less active. Tho Turks are pouring In an over whelming force and the revolution aries are taking refuge In the mount ains. The Bulgarian leader, Oerglcoff, has been wounded and has fled to Burgas, Bulgaria. The Russian gov ernment has declined to receive the visit of the deputation of Macedonian fugitives In Bulgaria, who proposed to go to St. Petersburg and Inform the czar of the pitiable condition of Mace donia and 'beg for his Intervention. Tho deputation has been Informed that the Russian government deems the visit quite unnecessary, as It quite understands the purpose of the depd tatlon. The Insurgents, It la reported, have captuied the seaport of Ahtaboly, near Va?illko, on the Black sea, and the Turkish population has fled to Constantinople. The Insurgents have organized a local government at the captured seaport and are giving ships their clearing papers and sanitary cer- tincates. RIVAL TO ROCKEFELLER. Organize In Opposition to Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. E. H. Barlow has been in Colorado the past two weeks as the special BRent of John D. Rockefeller, accord ing to common report. Mr. Barlow has been busy Investigating the rec ords of the Colorado Fuel and Iron auxiliaries with a view to reporting to his principals the possibility of Os good organizing the rival company. Stockman Must Pay Fine. Stockmen throughout the West who have for many years been enjoying free transportation from their home and the shipping centers, will find this privilege curtailed after January 1, 1904. The executive officers of West ern lines have agreed that on and after the date mentioned, they would discontinue the Issuance to stockmen of return transportation. Human Ostrich Not Eligible. Because he Is a "human ostrich" and eats, glass. tackB, brass watch chains, soap, collar buttons, wire nails and broken china, the civil service commission holds that Lee W. Wright is not a lit subject for employment by the government. Wright headed the eligible list for appointment to the Mobile (Ala.) postoffice. CABLE FLASHES. A dispatch from Kobe, Japan, says three Japanese have been arrested on suspicion of plotting the assassination of the premier of Japan, Vlsclent Kat s ura. The Duke of Aosta, the heir appar ent to the throne of Italy, left Rome for Germony, where, on the Invitation of Emperor William, he will attend the grand maneuvers. During target practice at Wesel, Prussia, a revolver In the hand of an officer went off prematurely. The bul let struck a sergeant of an Infantry regiment and killed him. A motion was submitted In the chamber of deputies at Lima, Peru, to prohibit the immigration Into Peru of the memliers of those religious or ders which were expelled from France. Jose Marreo, a non-loprous patient, who was liberated from the leper colony, near San Juan, Porto Rico, as a result of the recent Investigation, died of heart disease, superinduced by Jcy at his, release. Oskar Messter, who' has Invented an apparatus combining the phonograph and moving photograph machine, so as to produce a speaking photograph, gave a private view of his Invention at Berlin, Germany, with satisfactory results. The arguments of the United States and Great Britain based on the cases and counter case in the Alaskan boundary arbitration already filed, were submitted by counsel of the two governments to the Alaskan boundary commissioners at London, England. Professor Lammasch, of Austria, has been appointed one of the arbitrator at The Hague, of the claluiB of the allied power In tho settlement with Venezuela. Dr. Zorn, a professor at the University of Koenlgaberg, repre sents Germany. Agutnaldo, the ex-revolutionary j leader, but now a pronouueed support- J er oi me poucy mmuiuuieu oy me United States In the lsland3 has ad dressed a letter of advice to his coun trymen. In this he urges them to for sake their besetting sin of gambling; to improve their methods of agrlcul-: ture and to attend the public schools, j Our. Budget of Humor. Her Kmnla In Arithmetic "Two and two, and two and two, You know," I mid, "make ight Now, how," I asked, "are you to write This example on your slate?" "Oh! just emy," laughed Louise, Her crayon quick in hand; "Four the multiplier will be, And two the multiplicuu." "Whnt next!" I gently prompted. As the hT figure drew. "Eight," said ohe, "thn product is) xdy 'sample's four time two!" Washington Star. As It ftomrtlttK Beems. "What's his business?" "Well, a near as I enn make out, he Is matrimonial agent for hi two daughter." Chicago Post. It's Vp to Him, "I'm going away to-monow. Won't you thlult of me sometimes while I'm gone 7" "Hadn't you better ask papa If I may?" New York Journal. Absolutely Necennnry. She "Did the bride look pretty at the wedding?" He "Of course. Wasn't she a bride?" Somervllle (Mass.) Journal. Ifou and llofts. Nell "DTe married her for ber beanty but she hasn't much left." Belle "And she mnrried him for bla money. So they are in the same boat." Philadelphia Record. A Want of Time. FInnegan "Don't be so lazy an' dis couraged about It. . The best way to folnd out what ye can do Is to try." Flunngan "Ay! But that' the worst way to folnd out what ye can't do." Philadelphia Public Ledger. Itaplil-FIre Thought. "Always think twice before yon speak," inld little Tommy's mamma. "Gee, maw," he answered, "If you do that you must do some pretty fast thlnkln' sometimes r.-hen you git to golu' for paw," Chicago Record-Hep-aid. Seeking Speclflcatlonfl. "You are the light of my life!" be protested. "Candle, kerosene, gas or electric?" nsked the practical girl, for well she knew that nil light are not beld In the same esteem at the present time. Chicago Post. Hnuli end the Three Grace. "This hash," said the star boarder, "remind me of the three graces." "Ob!" replied the delighted landlady. "In what way?" "One is foolish to tackle It without faltb, hope and charity." Chicago Record-Herald. A Great Hani. "Young Briefly bad only been ad mitted to the bar a week when he made a fortune. He wa caught In a railroad wreck in which forty people were Injured." "And be was one of those wbo got damage?" "He was all of them. He got all the victims to retain him." Philadel phia Public Ledger. Reasonable. "I'll cell you them fish, for ten dol lar." "In't that rather high?" "Wal, a feller that buys two hun dred dollars wutb, o' flshln tackle to ketch nuthln with orter be willin ter pay somethin fer fish." New York Journal. A Discriminating Do. "Ye, the neighbors complain abont my dog." "Does be biter "No; he's too affectionate. He has the reputation of being a Judge of beauty, auti every time a pretty woman passes along the street be frisks about extravagantly." "I should think the women would like that." "Ye, but there are only two pretty women on the street and the others) gomi)ialned.n-H01eTeland Plain Dealer. t A.
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