CZAR YIELDS MUCH LAI Millions of Acres of Crown Pre serves to Be Sold. CHECK ON THE TERRORISTS New Agrarian Policy to Bring Land Slaves over to the Side of the Emperor An Important Berles of conferees were held nt Peterhof on the ques tion of the immediate distribution of the Russian Crown lands and appan ages to the peasants in an attempt to find a partial solution of the agrarian question by measurably appeasing the land hunger of the peasantry, and an ukase will be issued directing the agrarian commission to begin the dis tribution of 1,800,000 desslatines (a desslatine is about 1 acres) belong ing to the Crown nnd 2,000,000 dessia tines of land offered to or purchased through the Peasant's bank. Only the forests nnd lands belong ing to the state, the preservation -of which Is considered necessary for the future agricultural prosperity of the country, will be reserved. The trans action will be financed through the Peasants' bank. Little cash will be required. The landlords and other sellers will bo given marketable land script, eventually redeemable by the peasant purchasers in Installment notes designed to meet the Interest and amortization. The Emperor will not give the land of the Imperial family as a free gift, but like other landlords he will no cept script. Moreover, it is believed that no Parliament will ever dare to repeal this temporary law. Nearly nil the present restrictions upon the peasants as a class will also be re moved. This in substance is the Govern ment's bold bid for the support of the Russian peasant millions against the propaganda of the revolutionists. REBUILDING VALPARAISO Public Utilities Restored and Business Resuming. Fernandez Blanco, Governor of the Province of Valparaiso, has proclaim ed the city of Valparaiso in a Btate of siege and lias conferred su preme authority on navy Captain Gomez Carreno. The Prefect of Police is charged with the duty of collecting nnd dis tributing food. One of the first acts of the Military Governor was to is sue an order that any persons found breaking water mains should be shot. The water supply is fairly adequate, and repairs are actively progressing at Baron Hill, Vina del Mar and Ramaditns, where a largo number of mains were broken by the earthquake The whole of Victoria street Is il luminated by electric lamps. Two other streets also are lighted anil Cerro and Alefres streets will be lighted. Electric cars already are running between Baron station and Becreo, and the operation of cars will be extended to Vina del Mar. The total number of corpses buried up to August 21, was 618. The main postoffico has been reop ened. At Llaillai there is not a sin gle wall in good condition. There were 30 persons killed there. At Cablldo the railroad station was dam aged. - It was announced that the Ministry of Public Works had been advised that it would be necessary to demol ish more than 3.000 houses at San tiago, as the result of damages which they received during the recent earth shocks. BANDERA KILLED Negro Insurgent Leader Slain by Cuban Guards. Gen. Quentin Bandera, the negro insurgent lender, with two compan ions, was killed in a fight with rural guards;, which took place between Mariano nnd Hoyo Colorado. A force of 100 mounted rural guards which had for three days been seek ing to surround the Insurgent force commanded by Bandera, finally suc ceeded after the veteran commander had pitched his camp for the night. Two of Bandera's followers was cap tured. It was announced from Havana August 20 that Gen. Handera, who greatly distinguished himself In the Cuban wnr for independence, had left Arroyo Arenas, 12 miles west of Ha vana, with about. 20 Insurgents, whose numbers were augmented later by a force armed with gnns and ammuni tion, which set out from Havana. The next day it was reported that Ban dera hud been wounded In the head in a skirmish. Bandera was about CO years old. He took part in the 10 years' war, as well as In the war for Cuban inde pendence. He was well known in every province of Cuba and had great Influence with the colored people. When in Havana Bandera was In the habit of gathering crowds of ne groes about him and making speeches to them on the Ingratitude of repub lics. The bodies of Bandera and his companions were placed in a wagon and taken to Havana. An examina tion of Bandera's body showed that his principal wound was a machete blow on the head. To Increase National Deposits. Secretary Shaw has taken steps to Increast the 'deposits of public mon eys in national depositories In various parts of the country to $50,000, the amount authorized by law. It affects about 150 banks and will aggregate about $3,000,000 additional deposits. Further fighting baa taken place In Morocco between the Pretenders and the Sultan's troops, resulting in a vic tory for the latter. Only a few men were killed or wounded on either side. OHIO DEMOCRATS MEET State Ticket Nominated County Op tion Defeated Bryan Highly Complimented. Democrats of Ohio nominated the following ticket: Secretary of State Samuel II. Hos kius of Auglaize county. Dairy and Food Commissioner Rodney J. Dleglo of Erie County. State School Commissioner Charles A. Haupert of Wayne county. Member of the Board of Public Works George H. Nelswonder of Darke county. Chnlrman of the State Executive Commit tee Hnrvey C. Garber of Darke county. The question of nn Indorsement of county option in temperance legis lation was under discussion, nn at tempt by W. L. Flnley to amend the platform nnd give Btich an Indorse ment being defeated on n roll cnll. The discussion developed opposition to the general Idea of county option. Aside from these features the de feat of Mayor Tom L. Johnson, of Cleveland, In the State central com mittees was still the subject of comment. This defeat was made un mistakable by tho election of Judge B. V. McCnnn, a Garber man, for permanent chairman. The platform adopted declares, among other things for the payment of the State's expenses without call ing on counties for a levy, each coun ty to raise only what It needs for Its own expenses; It advocates the taxa tion of public service corporations at their salable value; It recommends home rule for cities, towns and vil lages, especially as to the public or private ownership of public utilities; II. favors the Improvement nnd reten tion of the canals; It calls for legis lation making it unlawful for public otllclals to accept, or public carriers to give, free passes; It demands the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people. "In order to secure purity In elec tions." it says, "we favor the repeal of all special limitations as to time within which criminal prosecutions mav bo begun for bribery In elec tions." Tho platform condemns the late Congress for refusing to pass a law making it a punishable misdemeanor for corporations to contribute money to the campaign funds of political parties. Attention Is called to the many laws for the people passed by the recent general assembly of the Stnte, chief among which was the 2-cent railroad fare law. Tribute is paid to tho late Gover nor Pattlson, and adhesion to the policies he inaugurated Is urged. The concluding paragraph of the declaration of principles Is a high encomium to the personal nnd politi cal virtues of William Jennings Bry an, who Is caled "America's most dis tinguished private citizen." WHOLESOME ACTIVITY Trade Reports Indicate It, With No Evidence of Reaction Jobbing Trade Brisk. R. Ci. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says : "Wall street provided the only Im portant development In the business situation during the past week, prices of securities rising within nn aver ago of $2 per share of the high rec ord established last January, while the general public became interest ed to an extent that lifted money rates for all periods to the legal maximum. "Trade reports indicate wholesome activity with no evidence of reaction, even those Industries that are of ne cessity quiet at this season contribut ing to the general confidence by re ports of large orders In sight. "As the vacation season draws to an end there is gradual resumption of idle machinery and with the opening of many new furnaces nil records of iron production will bo surpassed In the fall. Yet steel mills will require ail the material that can be furnished. This is typical of the situation in all leading branches of Industry. "Jobbing fall trade is opening briskly. 302 buyers registering In the New York market alone In a single day. Owing to a few exceptionally large undertakings last year In New York City, tho total value of all building permits Issued in July was slightly smaller than a year ago, but outside of New York there was a heavy Increase. "Crops are now nlmost beyond danger and their movement Is becom ing a dllTlcult traffic problem. Rail way earnings In August show an averagu gain of 21.1 per cent, over last year's figures, while foreign com merce at New York for the last week provide gains of $2,275,692 in im ports and 1,446,521 in exports as compared with 1905." Business failures In the United States for the week ending August 23 number 155, against 143 last week, 176 In the like week of 1905, 185 in 1904, 192 in 1903 and 140 In 1902. In Canada failures for the week number 22. ts against 22 last week and 14 in this week a year ago. Mines Pay Big Dividend. The directors of the Calumet and Arizona Mining Company declared a ouarterly dividend of $700,000. or $3.50 a share. This is an increase of 50 cents a share In the quarterly divi dend so far this year aggregate $1,800,000. The total dividend dis bursements aggregate $5,200,000. The mine Is now paying at the rate of $2, 300,000 per year. Town Completely Destroyed. According to the latest reports re ceived from the scone of the earth quake the town Qulllota, situated about 20 miles from Valparaiso and having a population of some 10.000 souls, has been completely destroyed. Insurance commissioners nnd at torneys general of a number of States met at the new State Capitol to sub mit and discuss a uniform code of Insurance laws, which the several Bute Legislatures will be iftked to adopt at their next sessions. ATTEMPT TO KILL NUNEZ Town of San Luis Captured by Cuban Insurrectionists. PALMA EXPRESSES NO FEAR 8ays Government Was Taken Una wares, but That Peace Soon Will Be Restored. An attempt was made to asslssa nate General Emlllo Nunez, governor of the province of Havana. A man had a revolver leveled at the governor as he wns entering his home. Another man who wns pass ing by saw the would-be assassin and cried out, whereupon Governor Nunez turned and drawing his re volver fired over the' miscreant's head. The latter was so surprised that ho dropped his revolver. Hu wns promptly arrested. His Identity Is not known, but he Is a white man and was well dressed. The Insurgents In the province of Plnar del Rio captured their first city there on the 22d. The force led by Pino Guerra, an ex-congressman, and sundry other Insurgent bands, at tacked San Luis, which Is situated on the railroad, about II) miles west of Pinar del llio city. A sharp and decisive engagement followed, during which a number were killed or wounded. The town wns defended by less than 100 rural guards, 50 of whom surrendered to the Insurgents and are held as pris oners. The Insurgent forces are In possession of the railroad station and of the town, which Is resuming Its normal condition. By the capture of San Luis, which has about 5,000 inhabitants, the In surgents hnve obtained an Important base for future operations. Luis Perez, the last liberal gover nor of the province of Pinar del Rio, has Joined the Insurgent forces In that province. A dispatch from Rancho Veloz, pro vince of Santa Clara, says that a band of Insurgents has' been organized there under Colonel Relnos, and It Is believed that Ex-Congressman Men dleta Is with them. A new party of 50 insurgents ap peared nt Santa Crux Del Norte, Ha vana province. President Palma said: "Our situation, nt first, was one of unpreparoilness, as Is usual in such cases. We are taking a little time to prepare to cope with it. But there is positively no cause for alarm. The movement In Santa Clara province Is small; In Mnntnnzas It is trifling and the bands In Plnar del Rio are smaller than reported and are poor ly led." TO FINANCE REVOLUTION Agents of Venezuelan Rebels Arrest ed in New York. On a charge of making dies of counterfeit tho standard silver, dollar of Venezuela to finance a revolution In that country, secret service officers nt New York, orrestod Capt. George Boynton, former resident manager of the Orinoco corporation of Venezuela, nnd L. M. Thompson, an attorney of New York city. Both prisoners were admitted to hall In $5,000. Joseph Keller nnd Sidney A. Keller, die makers, were also arrested In con nection with the case. Boynton nnd Thompson aver that tho plan to dup licate tho Venezuelan money Is not counterfeiting. They said after the revolution proved successfull this 13 sue of money would be legalized, both bv executive decree and by act of the Venezuelan Junta. The accused men characterize this plan ns a "war measure." They also allege half of the South American uprisings are similarly financed. HANGED AND SHOT Negro Caught Entering House Where 11-Yenr-Old Girl Was Alone. William Spain, a negro 21 years old, was shot to death by a mob near St. George, Dorchester county, S. C. S. L. Connor, manager of the Dor chester Lumber Company's stores at Badhain, was notified by a negro that be saw another negro attempting to enter n window of Connor's home. About two hours later Spain waa captured nnd brought to St. George. Shortly afterward 40 or 50 men went to the Sheriff and forced him to give up the keys. The negro was taken to the house of Connor, where his 11-year-old daughter positively Identi fied him as the man who tried to climb through the window. The girl wns alone In the house at the time. The negro admitted that ho had gone to the residence with the inten tion of entering it, but for what pur pose he did not say. The mob strung Spain to a limb and shot about 500 bullets into his body. NEWS NOTES. The Brazilian congress has voted an appropriation of $666,000 for the relief of sufTerers by the earthquake at Valparaiso. The steamer Francis II. Lcggett ar rived at San Francisco from Astoria having In tow the largest log raft that lias ever come Into this harbor. It contains 11,000.000 feet of lumber. Is 740 feet long. 60 feet In breadth nnd draws 24 feet of water. , Set Date for Convention. The election day proclamation for Oklahoma nnd Indian Territory, set ting naldt November C as the time for the election of the delegates to the constitutional convention and Novem ber 20 as the day for the convening of that body, has been issued. The two territories are divided Into 111 districts. Two families of Italians engnged In a battle in Main street, Buffalo, N. Y. Two men are dead and four are In the hospital with serious wounds. EARTHQUAKE IN CHILE. The Disturbance Wee General Throughout Chile and Wat Felt In Argentine Republic. At 7;02 o'clock hint Thursday even lug Valparaiso, Chill, experienced an earthquake of great severity , and during lhat night 82 shocks were felt. Most of the buildings of the city either were ruined or damaged. The loss will he enormous, probably reaching $250,000,00(1. Two thousand persons killed Is considered to be a fair estimate of the casualties. Most of the damage was due to (ire, which started Imme diately after the first shock. Tho whole population Is sleeping In the hills, the parkR or the streets. The towns of Vina del Mar, Petor ca, Klerrho, Vlejo, Llul Llul, and Seeupullar, Chile, have been destroy ed the earthquake. In the city of Santiago much dam age was done. Many public build ings, particularly churches, were dis mantled. The buildings of Congress, the municipal buildings, the normal school the courts, the I'eruvlan lega tion, the residence of President Rles co, the central market, the prefec ture of police and the National tele graph ofllee till were seriously dam aged. Tho earthquakes In Chile have ceased, the resultant llres have been extinguished and people of the two cities, Valpnralso and Santiago, are taking organized steps to relieve suf fering, care for the wounded and bury the dead. Dispatches received from Chile tend to show that the first estimates of casualties and material damage had been greatly exaggerated. Five hundred persnas are dead at Valparaiso as a result of the earth quake shocks, according to the latest advices, based on reports of refugees who reached Santiago. The momentary loss at Valparaiso runs Into the millions. The banks at Valparaiso are safe and the damugp to the commercial center Is not serious, but the popul ous quarter lias been completely wrecked. Six or eight other cities have been destroyed. The railroad, street railway, tele graph and telephone systems are thoroughly demoralized. The known dead In Santiago num ber 20. Madame Montt, wife of Ad miral Montt, who was reported kill ed. Is alive, but srlously Injured. 58 RUSSIAN OFFICIALS KILLED Meet Death In One Week and 43 Others Are Wounded. Last week's statistics show that 53 officials were murdered and 43 were wounded In Russia proper, that 50 bomb depots were discovered, that six safes were rifled of money and that 63 persons were robbed. These olllclal figures do not take Into ac count the pillaging in the country, nor do they give the number of mili tary executions or n wests of agita tors and revolutionists and there are no figures showing the number of persons sent Into exile. The St. Petersburg Gazette says that 2,300 persons were banished In one day from St. Petersburg alone and that 750 were placed on trains bound for the interior. Prefect of police Von 1 .on nil z has declared his Intention of clearing the capital of all "vagabonds." BIG VESSEL WRECKED Earthquake Shock Disturbed Ocean Currents No Live Lost. Wandering from her course during a heavy rain storm the monster steamship Manchuria was wrecked on a reef off Rabbit Island and Hon olulu. Her 150 cabin passengers and S00 Asiatic steerage passengers were taken ashore In safety." The wreck of the steamer i:i directly attributed to the Valparaiso earthquake and the unusual phenomena and currents fol lowing the dlstut bances. The Man churia was 15 miles out of her course when she struck the reef. Rabbit Inland Is a small speck In the sea close to the windward of the Island of Oahu, on which Honolulu la situated. The Manchuria Is a twin screw steel steamer of 15,639 gross tons nnd 8,730 net tonnage. She is C00 feet long with a beam of 05 feet 3 Inches and a depth of 31 feet 1 inch. Zlon City Trouble Continues. John Alexander Dowle said that all negotiations between himself nnd Wll bcr Glenn Vollva for settlement of tho Zlon City tangle have been de clared on. Dowle Issued a statement.. In which he says: "All the attempts at negotiations have ended In failure. I made u clean-cut proposition, but Vollva and his adherents refused to consider it. Then I offered to con sider a proposition from thorn, but It was twice stated that they had none to offer. Hence, negotiations are clos ed nnd there Is nothing moro at this time to say." PoEtoffice Changes. An additional rural free delivery route was ordered to be established at Sandpatch. Somerset county. Pa., service to be begun September 17: length of route 20 miles; population to be served, 351. John M. Steele has been appointed n rural carrier at Urookvlllc, Pa.: Oscar S. Huntcinger nt Hugins, and Charles B. Smith at Alliance, O. Candy Makers Take Blame. At a conference held In Philadel phia. In the office of Dr. B. H. War ren, State Dairy and Food Commis sioner, counsel for the Corn Products Refining Company of New York as sumed the responsibility in the cases of tho candy manufacturers and dealers against whom warrants had been Issued charging them with using glucose containing sulphur dioxide in the manufacture of their candy. There are between 300 and 500 of these cases and the minimum fine In each case will be about $60. REVOLUTION IS GROWING Insurgent Cubans Take Town of Guines and Hold Roads. .. GEN. GOMEZ LEADING TROOPS Revolutionists Plan to Capture Point of Communication With Capital Before Beginning Attack. A signal defeat for the Government forces has resulted In the first gen eral movement of the insurgents who are opposing the Palinii administra tion In Havana Province, and It was admitted that the town of Oulnes, 30 miles from Havana, with 2,000 Inhab itants, was taken possession of by the rebellious Rural Guards and allies. Communication with Plnar del Rio is sllll shut off. Whether the report Is true tht.t. the Insurgent forces have attacked Plnor del Rio city is a sub ject much mooted here la tho cup Hul. Some otllclals believe that It Is so, while others declare that the present plans of the revolutionary element simply provide for the hold ing of the highways loading toward the town, anil also the railway sys tem. Fighting has already been In Santa Clara province, where the advocates of the Palma administration claim the Insurgents are led by General Jose Miguel Gomez, who, as the Lib eral candidate for the Presidency, Is claimed to have. plotted the present Insurrectionary movement. Secretary of State OTarrell has received no particulars of conditions In Santa Clara. General Gomez's secretary, .luan Mencl, who has been arrested, Is being "sweated" by the authori ties in an effort to have him reveal the plans of his superior. All of the suspects under arrest In Havana are held under heavy guard In the city prison nnd no one Is per milted to approach them. Members of the secret police are searching the houses, nnd personnl effects of the men under nrrest In the hope that they will be able to secure a list that will Indicate the Identity of the lead ers of the opposition. So fur they have been unsuccessful. l:p to the present time tho casual ties In the general fighting have been lnsignlllcnnt when compared with the number of men concerned. No Information as to the extent of the Government losses, however,. Is to be made public at present. An Insurrection has begun In Ha vana province. Gen. Quint in Bandera the negro who distinguished himself in the war for Independence, left Arroyo Arenas, 12 miles west of Havana, with a force estimated at over 20 men. which It Is believed was largely augmented by a band nrmed with guns and nmmimltlon, which set out from Havanna. Gen. Handera was the first man who crossed the Spanish troclia which shut off the province of Plnar Del Rio from Havanna piovlnre. The government admits that Ban dera has taken up nrms. The Senate and House met to con sider the situation. Rural ennrds stationed nt Four Posts, In the provinces of Plnar Ilol Rio deserted to the rebels operating In the province. About 40 men are Involved. The government dispatched n train load of troops to Plnar Del Rio province to command the situation. President Palma appointed General Rafael Monlalvo secretary of public works, to be in direct charge of all military operations against the In surgents. President Palma also de creed the Increase of rural guards to 4.000, tho number contemplated In the bill Introduced at the last session of congress. Velez Oarcla. General Carlos Gar cia and General .Tusto Garcia, sons of Genera! Cnllxto Garcia, Generals Monteagudo and Loynaz Del Castillo and Colonels Pledro and Albertl were arrested on charges made by the se cret police of being Implicated in a conspiracy to assassinate President Palma and overturn the Cuban gov ernment. General Loynaz Del Castil lo made his escape. All the others were placed In jail. WILL ABANDON FORT BROWN President Adopts This Plan to Set tle Race Wart. The negro Federal troops have been ordered out of Texas. Instead of go ing to Fort Ringgold, which Is about 100 tulles up the Rio Grande from Fort I.rown, the battalion of the Twenty-fifth Infantry has been or dered to Fort Reno, Oklahoma. This action Is In accordance with the direction of the President. Fort Brown Is to be abandoned. The com pany of the Twenty-sixth Infantry which was sent there will not stay very long. Its duty Is to pack up nil the movable Government property, which will be shipped to other posts when the troops will be ordered away. . Illinois Nominations. The following ticket was nominated by the Republicans of Illinois in a convention marked by harmony and good feeling: Treasurer of State, John F. Smubki; Superintendent of Public Instruction, Frincls G. Blair; Trustees of the State Unlveislty. Mrs. Carrie S. Alexander, Fred Hatch, Alexander Mcl.ain and L. L. Leh man. CRUSOE'S ISLAND GONE Earthquake Destroys Juan Fernan dez, Made Famous by De Foe. A report reached New York city that the Southern American earth quake destroyed the island of Juan Fernandez, off the Chilean coast. It belonged to Chile, and on it was a penal settlement and a fort. This is the Island made famous by Daniel De Foe as the scene of the thrilling adventures of "Robinson Crusoe." TROOPS KILL PEASANT8 Terrible Slaughter fr6m Taunts i Of- fered at Fair. At Kharkoff, Russia, where a fair was being hel l, a number of soldiers acted in a boisterous manner, which led the peasants to taunt them with, such remarks as, "Oh! You are very brave nt home! If you are so brave, why didn't you whip the Japanese " This angered the soldiers, who re ported to their commander that they had been insulted by the peasants. The cummnnder culled a company of soldiers and ordered them to charge tho peasants. The peasants were shot down In cold blood. When 57 had been killed, the soldiers were with drawn. From Warsaw it Is reported that the chief of police In Sledlce was killed by a bomb. Two policemen and a woman were Injured by the ex plosion. The bomb-thrower made bis escape. BOYS TORN TO ATOMS Parts of Bodies Found Scattered All Over Hillsides. At Yreka, Cal., two boys were killed and another was probably fa tally Injured when powder house No. 1 belonging to the Great Powder Company was blown up. In nearly every business house In Yreka v win dows wore broken. Remnants of clothing and parts of bodies found on a hill Indicate two boys were blown to atoms. Bert Holland was found 25 yards from the powder house with his face lacerated and two hides In the temple, evidently caused by fly ing stones. Two damaged rifles were found near the bodies. It is supposed that the boys shot Into the powder house through a ventilator. A carload of powder had been stored in the maga zine. WORK TRAIN CRASH FATAL Causes Five Fatalities and the In jury of Fifteen. Three Italian laborers, are dead, two are dying and 15 more are lying Injured in the Charlotte House at Charlotte, Mich., as a result of an accident on the Michigan Central railroad. A work train crew was relaying tracks and the engine of the train In some unexplained manner was backed Into the train while the 50 laborers on the work train were eating their dinner. A majority of tho men were sitting about on several flat cars, which were wrecked and thrown off the track when the engine crashed Into the train. Eoston Wool Market. The wool market is firm, following a period of gradual Improvement. Tho lending quotations follow: Ohio and Pi cas-. Ivania-XX and above. 31 to 35c; X. 31 to 32c; No. I. 40 to 41c; No. 2, OS to 3!ic; fine unwashed, 20 to 7c; one-half blood unwashed. 25 to 3tc; three-eights blood unwashed 31 to 3."c; quarter blood, unwashed 32 to 33; rMdno washed, 30 to 3G'-ic; delaine unwashed, 27Vi to 2Sc. CURRENT NEWS EVENTS. It I? announced that the Santa Fe railway has granted its 1,000 tele graph operators an Increase of wage3 avnaglng about $4 a man. The mining town of Johnsvllle, Plumas county. Cal.. was practically wiped out of existence by fire. Two miners were killed and 25 buildings wore destroyed. At Duliilh, three hundred freight handlers struck for 35 cents nn hour and a further advance for certain hours of labor. T'.iey also demand recognition of their union. Pig Iron producers have booked orders for 10 months ahead arid manufacturers of finished lines of steel predict nearly a year of good times. A sharp earthquake shock was felt at Zaborze, near Kattowltz, upper Silesia. Doors were forced open, pic tures nnd mirrors fell to the floor and tho frightened Inhbabitants fled into the streets. A serious potato blight has appear ed In the West of Ireland and threat ens the failure of the crop. Spray ing with sulphate of copper may save it, otherwise, a potato famine is feared. it is reported that scrap iron dealers are forming a company to erect a $2.000. 000 mill near Cincinnati. Prices for scrap iron have tumbled on ac count of new processes, and scrap Is now cheaper than pig. , Four thieves traveling In an auto mobile robbed the postofllce at West bury, L. I., of a quantity of stamps and escaped after an exchange of shots with citizens. Charles Row land, a hotel employe, recived a bullet in the arm. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company of South Dakota I has tiled incorporation papers at ! Pierre. S. D. The capital stock Is : $4,ooo,noi), and the object of the com i pany is to build a line of railroad from the Missouri river to the eastera border of Montana. Miners Ambushed by Indians. Four Mexican miners were ambush ed near Las Cabrezas by a band of Yaqui Indians. One miner was killed one U missing and supposed to be dead. The other two escaped. A Mexican armed force pursued the Yaquls. but found them strongly la trenched. Mob Kills Negro. "Bob" Etherldge, the nego who attempted to assault the seven-year-el 1 daughter of T. H. West, a farmer of Saluda county, S. C. was taken by the child's father to the scene of the crime, where he was shot to death by a mob. Dies at Age of 120. Mahala Lewis, a negress. said to ba 120 years old. died at Ottawa. Kan. She liked to tell Incidents In the life of George Washington, whom she In sisted she had seen many times.
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