y DUNS WEEKLY 8UMMARY AT CUBANS RESPECT TRUCE Twelve Killed and Many Injured by Explosion. REPORT HEARD FOR 20 MILES Property Loss Will Reach Million, While Many Who Escaped Death Are Terribly Maimed. Twelve deaths, the Injuring of scores of other poisons and $500,000 damage to property were caused at Jcllico, Tenn., when a car load of dynamite standing on a track near the Southern railway depot exploded wilh a report that was heard for 20 miles. Buildings were shattered In the business .""section of thei town and nearly every piece of glass within a radius of one niilo of the scene was broken. The explosion occurred at 8 o'clock In (ho morning. The freight car, one belonging to the Pennsylvania rail mail lines, contained 450 boxes, or 20,000 pounds of high explosives, consigned to I ho Rand Powder Com prttv at Clearll 'Id. Tenn. Two causes are assigned for the explosion. One is that, three parties were, sliooling at a mark on the car and 1 ha! a bullet entered the car and caused I ho explosion. The other 13 thai, while the car was standing on a side truck a carload of pig iron was switched against it, and that the im pa"l caused the explosion. The dead are: George Alklns, John Cook, Walter Roilgers, John Gordon, James Sharp, James l.ovette, Ida Kayne, James Reynolds, John Hoch in a and Joseph Sellers. .') body remains unidentified, niaKlug the total dead 12. There is a bare possibly that other bodies may be recovered from the ruins of build inus, but this is hardly prabable. R O. BaJrd. the Mayor of the city, is among the injured. AGAINST MORMON PRESIDENT Proceedings to Bring Smith to Trial for Polygamy. Hurley S. Christiansen, county at torney of Salt Lake county, was cited to appear in the criminal division of (he Slate district court before Judge Armstrong and show why he should not direct the issuance of warrants for the arrest of Joseph F. Smith, president of the Mormon church, on a charge of sustaining unlawful rela tions wilh one of his five wives. The' citation was issued on the petition of Charles Mostyn Owens, who was active in gathering testi mony against Senator Smoot in the proceedings at Washington:. On September 11 Owen swore to a complaint, making a statutory charge against President Smith. The com plaint was based upon the fact that on May 21, last, President Smith's forty-third child was born to Mary T. Schwartz Smith, the Mormon president's fifth wife, at her home in Salt Lake city. As witnesses to the fact, the complaint cited the four other wives of President Smith and several apostles and leaders of the Mormon church, including Senator Smoot and Governor Cutler. REBELS NOT FRIGHTENED Secretary Taft Sends Gloomy Mess age to President. Secretary Taft has sent a gloomy message to President Roosevelt, Ray ing (hat private, reports received by him from the interior are that a state bordering upon anarchy prevails throughout almost the entire island, exception being made of the sections on the coast. The arrival at Havana of three of the largest United States battleships, (he Louisiana and the Virginia, and two cruisers, the Cleveland and the. Tacoma, in aldition to those already there, has had little effect on the in Burgents in the field, and when the leaders of the revolution were ap prised of the big squadron now in Cuban waters they greeted the in formation with Spanish expressions to the effect that "they cannot come to the bush." It is known that Secretary Taft baa decided absolutely not to treat with armed rebel forces. This taken to mean that American intervention niyl Amorican occupation must in evitably follow. SMVT NOUVXVJ. 3 N ! !AI V X 2 Governor Harris Appoints Men to Recommend Amendments. Governor Harris, acting in com pliance with numerous requests from buiiiriesa and industrial organizations, appointed the following commission Id examine the present taxation laws of Ohio and report to him with recom mendations as to needed amendments , iu time for transmission to the grin- ' eml assembly at. the opening of the next. H'ssion in January,' 11108: Attorney General Wade H. Ellis, Ex-H'.a.-.e. .-ieatitor Alfred C. Cassatt, or Cincinnati: George E. Martin, of j Ln.nc;:Si.er; Th.mias if. Hogggelt, of i Cleveland, and Allen Pomerene, of j Ci'.iilou. ! Gets Fifty Years and a Whipping. Charles Conley, the negro who at tacked r.nd eerhmslv injured Mrs. Beartrice Prankish and her daughter, Miss Gussie Leitch, on a public road, iu Delaware, 10 days ago, was senten ced to '50 years' imprisonment and to receive 30 lashes at the whipping post. Year in Jail for Stealing Pies. For the theft of two cherry pies from the pantry of John Fallon, Frank Price was sentenced at Sidney, to one yfcar in the pcnltantiary. William Somers, who remained outBide, con fessed to eating half a pie, and got six months. John Torrey Morse, the oldest grad uate of Harvard university and sole survivor of the clasj of 1832, died at bis home in Boston. He wae 93 years of age. Unseasonable Weather Holds Back Fall Goods and Reduces Stocks of Summer Merchandise. R. G. Dun's "Weekly Review of Trade" says: "Unseasonably high temperature in some sections of the country retard ed distribution of fall goods, but, with the assistance of special sales, reduced stocks of summer merchan dise to a most satisfactory position. High rates for money have delayed mercantile collections somewhat, and there is still complaint regarding the scarcity of labor, but confidence in the future remains unshaken. "Preparations for winter and spring keep machinery well employ ed, large crops are being secured, and building operations are very heavy. The volume of domestic trade is beyond all records, and foreign commerce exhibits some striking comparisons. "Total merchandise exports in August were valued at about $12,000, 000 more than the same month in any previous year, nnd imports rose $10,000,000 above the preceding rec ord for August. "Foreign trade at New York alone for the last week showed gains of $2,930,507 in exports and $:t,3:!S,34 1 in imports, as compared wilh 1905. Traffic blockades are frequent, de spite increased facilities that made possible a gain of 11.1 per cent in railway earnings in September thus far. "Textile conditions have not ma terially altered the mills operating a large percentage without having much new forward business. "Footwear jobbers have not been operating in case lots for spring de livery during the past week, which made trade somewhat more quiet, and shipments from Hoston fell be hind those of the corresponding week last year, but Eastern wholesalers are placing duplicate orders for fall goods, maintaining a strong mar ket. "Commercial failures for the week in the United States as reported by R. 11. Dun & Co., are 200, as against 171 last week, 1.33 the preceding week and 200 the corresponding week last year. Failures in Canada num ber 16, against 21! last week, 8 the preceding week, nnd 34 last year." REACY FOR A SUDDEN CALL Head of Army Desires to Be Prepared in Case of Intervention Being Ordere-d. Army order3 cabled to Germany di rect Brigadier General Thomas H. Barry, assistant chief of staff, and Brigadier General W. H. Duvall, com mander of the Department of the Gulf, to return to the United States at once. If it becomes necessary to send an army to Cuba they will be con spicuous figures in the preparation of the expedition force. Orders directing the battleships Virginia, New Jersey and Louisana to go to Havana were sent by wireless to the vessels. The Virginia and Louisana were off Charleston nnd the New Jersey was off the coast of the State the name of which she bears, ft was no trouble to pick them up by wireless. TWO WEEKS OF GRACE October 1 Fixed as Last Day to Set tle Cuban Trouble. October 1 Is the date sef the administration by which Secretary Taft and acting Secretary Bacon are to bring about peace in Cuba. If their efforts are fruitless In the next two weeks the United States Govern ment will intervene forcibly In the af fairs of the island. It is learned on high authority that this is the plan of the administration. Secretaries Taft and Bacon arrived In Havana, September 18 on board the cruiser Des Moines from Tampa. They were met by Mr. Sleeper, the charge d'affairs, nnd are already go ing over the latest developments of the situation. ONE SHIP BRINGS $10,000,000 Carmania Lands 275 .Boxes of Gold in New York. Enough gold to sink a small ship came into port at New York on the Cunard liner Carmania. There were 275 boxes of the precious stuff, each box weighing "between 300 and 400 pounds, and the total value of the contents was 10,32S,500. It was the largest gold shipment ever sent to this country in exchange. Most of the gold was in the form of American double eagles, although there were some English pounds and a number of bullion bars. Big Four Will Lower Rates. It is unofficially announced that the Big Four will Install Its new inter state rates, based on 2 cents In Ohio and ZVt cents in other states traversed by its lines on October 1, thus taking the lead with the Erie in this regard. The Balti nore & Ohio has announced th;it it wiil meet the Pennsylvania railroad's reduction to 2 cents for local one way fares on November 1 east of Pittsburg, but has made no announcement for the lines west of Pittsburg. The Pennsylvania lines west are not yet ready to announce t'.iclr l:it";it!on, but it is expected that this iuiunnrieement will be that the rate for every mile of road west of Pittsburg will be 2 cents. Boston was selected as the meet ing place next year of the convention of the Supremo Council of the Scot tish Rite Masons of the Northern jur isdiction. Eight-Hour Law Extended. President Roosevelt extended the eight-hour law to apply to all public work under the supervision of any de partment ri'i the government. This order affects more particularly work on river and harbor improvements. In an engagement between raemberB of the MullinB-Fleming factions In Pike county, Kentucky. James Ander son, a member of the Mullln's faction was killed, and Hiram Mulllns, lead er of the faction, mortally wounded. Forty shots were fired. Many Killed, Injured and Missing in Rock Island Wreck. TRAIN DROPS INTO RIVER Many Thrilling Scenes Attend Res cue Some Float Fourteen Miles Down the Stream. Eight persons are dead, 20 more or less injured and as many more miss ing as the result of the wrecking of a Rock Island passenger train three miles from Dover, Okla. The engine, tender, baggage and mail cars, smoking car and day coach of passenger truln No. 12, north bound, left the high bridge that spans the Cimarron river and plunged into the stream which is flanked by treacherous quicksands. The loco motive disappeared almost immedi ately. The mall and baggage clerks escaped from their cars and swam to the shore. The accident was due to driftwood, which piled against the bridge nnd swerved it out of line. The train wtis an hour late nnd was running at high speed. The engineer did not see the condition of the bridge until he was within a few yards of It. He shouted to his fire man and jumped. He landed on the verge of the river and escaped un hurt. The fireman sustained severe injuries. When the engine struck the bridge the structure collapsed, precipitating the engine, smoking car nnd day coach into the water. Two Pullmans remained on the track. The current whirled the day coach down stream and lodged it against a sand bank. The occupants were helped out through the doors and windows. The smoking car floated to a sandbar nnd four men were seen to clamber through the windows and pull them selves to the top of the car, calling loudly for help. Those on shore were unable to reach them on account of the high water, and while they were begging for assistance a mass of driftwood swept them away. Three other men crawled through the rear door of the smoking car. They were rescued. The most authentic accounts place the number of passengers in the smok ing car at between 25 and 30. With few exceptions they have not been accounted for. One man was fished out of the river at Cushion, 20 miles from the disast er. He was almost dead. Others have been reported floating down the river. The injured were hurried to King fisher, where the residents have turned their homes into temporary hospitals. It may he Impossible to ascertain the exact number of dead for several days. Many of those reported miss ing may turn up safe at some point down the Cimarron. TUBE TRUST IS SUSPECTED Pneumatic Mail Service Will Necessar ily be Delayed. Postofllco Department officials ap pear to be up against a trust in the matter of pneumatic tube service in the larger cities of the country. Bids were asked for on July 27 for con tinuing the service in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Brooklyn and Boston. Bids for establishing the ser vice in Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Balti more, San Francisco and Kansas City and extending it in St. Louis were asked for. None was received, how ever. The bids for the maintenance of the service in the cities that already have it were so high that, if they are accepted, the service cannot be established in any of the others. For instance, the contractors who own the tubes In New York asked $407,000, which Is more than one-third of the amount appropriated for the whole country, which was $1,250,000. ! Tho bids for the maintenance of ! service now in existence are all on j the basis of $17,000 per mile. The j present contracts run from $13,500 i per mile to $15,000. When these contracts were made there was no competition and a com- j pany believed to bo Independent of ' the combination, now suspected, got ; the contract. But the Philadelphia , company turned up with a bid identi- j cal with that of its supposed competi-1 tor3. j TRAIN JUMPS BRIDGE Accident Near London Fatal to Ten, With Injury to Sixteen. The crowded train on the Grand Northern leaving London was wrecked outside of Grantham at midnight. The train should have stopped at Grant ham, but failed to do so. Shortly after passing tho station it left the rails and Jumped a bridge. The en gine and several cars were dashed over the embankment, the engine turn turtle. Several coaches immediately took fire. Ten dead and 1G injured have been taken from the debris. Tho fire has been extinguished. At the spot where the express was derailed there is a curve and It is supposed the brakes failed to act. The train appears to have gone upon a siding, smashing the parapet of the bridge. The ordnance bureau of the Navy Department awarded to the Crucible Steel Company of Pittsburg the con tract for 32 sets of three-inch gun forgings. ZION TURNS FROM DOWIE Voltva Elected Spiritual Leader by Overwhelming Majority. Ashen pale and with death hovering over him John Alexander Dowle was badly beaten In the election ordered by the Federal Court to determine the spiritual head of Zlon. Wllber Glen Vollva won easily in a tidal vote ap proximating 2,500. Propped up by pillows on a couch at an open win dow in Bhtloh House Dowle occasion ally pleaded with or cursed bis once faithful followers. WHEAT CROP BEATS RECORD Cereal Harvest of 1906 One of the Greatest Ever Produced. The London Economist, in a long review of the wheat harvest this year, asserts that' "the world's cereal har vest of 190G, cannot fail to prove one of the greatest ever produced." It remarks that "oats alone, among the cereals in England, seem likely to turn out be'ow the average in product iveness." In most of the countries of Conti nental Europe the harvest Is a good one. The wheat crop Is above the average in the great producing pro vinces in the north of France, but It has suffered from drought in the smith and west. It Is thought that Fiance will need to Import very lit tle, if any, wheat. Spain has reaped a good harvest generally, while Ger many has good crops of barley and oats, as well as of wheat nnd .rye. According to the latest official esti mate, Austria-Hungary will produce a much larger wheat croo this year than last. From Russia reports vary greatly. The winter wheat crop has been officially reported to be a good one, while the more Important, spring wheat crop Is a poor one In all but n few provinces. Roumania is now ex pected to produce a record wheat crop, and wia and Bulgaria have good crops of wheat. The Canadian wheat harvest on the whole will not prove a very abund ant one. In Austrailia the crops, sown under favorable conditions gen erally, have yet to undergo the haz ards of the spring and summer seas ons. India's wheat crop harvested last siring was the greatest but one ever known. WILL CONTROL B. & O. Union Pacific Interests Have ' Ac quired P. R. R. Holding. E. H. Harriman nnd his associates, It Is said in quarters usually well informed, have acquired control of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com pany, and propose using it, with prob ably the Chicago & Alton as the con necting link In forming with the Un ion Pacific a through line from ocean to ocean. Mr. Harriman and James Stillman have for some time been directors of the Baltimore & Ohio, and presum ably, with other members of the Un ion Pacific party, have been exten sive holders of its stock. It is now said that the $10,000,000, in round numbers, of Baltimore & ! Ohio stock recently sold by the Penn- j sjivania Railroad Company to Kuhn, j Loeb & Co., 1ias been disposed of by ; the banking house to the Union Pa-' cifie interests. The Pennsylvania at the beginning of the year owned directly $:!0,000,000 common and $21,480,000 preferred stock of the Baltimore & Ohio, and held, through Its controlling compan ies, $19,t)00,(iO0 more of that stock, taking common and preferred togeth er. These holdings aggregated $71. 379,900, or nearly 40 per cent of tho total stock of the Baltimore & Ohio. YANKEE SWINDLES BRITON Obtains Loan on Strength of Pretend ed Donation from Alleged Uncle. A man calling himself Gerald Mor gan, and representing himself to' be a member of the Harvard rowing club and a nephew of J. Pierpont Morgan, has been remanded for trial at the Greenwich Police court, London, Eng., on tho charge of obtaining fraudulent ly a small amount of money from Dr. Dickey, resident surgeon of the Miller hospital. Morgan signed orders on an ex press company directing the payment of $5,000 to the hospital and promis ing an annual payment of $125, to the Institution, saying these were dona tions from Wsmnolc, J. Pierpont Mor gan, himself. Then Morgan told Dickey he had loi-t his purse and ob tained a loan. He is probably the same young American who victimized several West End tradesmen out of several hundred pounds sterling last mori by posing as a member of the Harvard crew. WOOD EXPECTS TROUBLE General So States in Reports of Operations in Mindanao. Two reports of the operations of the Mindanao department, Philippine islands, were made public nt the war department. One wns Major Gen eral Leonard Wood, who commanded from July 1, 1905, to April 12, lauC, and the other by Brigadier General Tasker H. Bliss, who succeeded Gen eral Wood. General Wood devotes eonsidernb'e attention to the battle of Mount Dajo, defeating his course there. General Wood says that it Is not ex pected that tho disturbances are at an end, but thinks that there will bo some troubles from time to time. ELEVEN SMACKS WRECKED Fishermen Off Labrador Coast Have Hard Time. The Government of New Foundland dispatched the cruiser Fiona with pro visions and other supplies for the fishermen who were shipwrecked In the Strait of Belle Isle during Friday night's gale and later sought tem porary refuge with the keeper of the lighthouse on Belle Isle. In all 11 fishing vessels reluming to St. Johns from Labrador with the season's catch, were driven ashore and the 140 men, women and children aboard barely escaped with their lives. The smacks, with their car goes, are total losses. Churchill Defeated. After one of the most wonderful fights In tho history of New Hamp shire politics, Winston Churchill was defeated tor the Republican guberna torial nomination by Charles M. Floyd, of Manchester, by a narrow margin. Dowie to Quit Zion City. John Alexander Dowte announced a farewell service at Shlloh House for next Sunday. Immediately after this service Dowie will leave for Mexico, and it Is not expected that he will ever see Zion City again. Hundreds Killed and Many Ships Are Destroyed. ONE AMERICAN SHIP WRF.CKED Generally Believed That Bishop Hoar Is One of Victims Dead Bodies Strew Coast. It Is now estimated, conservative ly, that the property loss caused by the typhoon ut Hong Kong, will ap proximate $20,000,000. Thirty steam ships are known to have been wreck ed and 30 more were seriously dam aged. Among the latter are the American vessel Hitchcock and two Philippine steamers. It was reported at llrst that the United States gunboat Callao had been damaged, but tills proves to he un true. She Is unhurt and has done gallant work In the rescue of the un fortunate natives. The loss of life among the Euro peans was Insignificant. Not more than six are believed to have been killed. The native fishermen suffered worst. The wrecks of their little craft are everywhere along the coast, which Is strewn with hundreds of dead bodies. It seems to be established that Dr. Hoar, the bishop of Victoria, is dead. The searching expedition that was sent out has returned and report that no trace of the bishop could be found. Three steamers, with over 400 pas sengers, are reported lost, and out of all the passengers and crew but eight are known to have escaped. Business iu the city is at a stand still and the confusion is such that It has been impossible to obtain an ac curate Idea of the extent of the dam age. It Is known, however, that the hospitals are overcrowded nnd temp orary morgues have been establish ed to afford shelter for the bodies of the dead. Several chinches ami many dwell ings In the residence section have been wrecked. The loss of life has been the heaviest in the native quart ers and the junks and other native craft iu the path of the typhoon also suffered most heavily. Pearl river and the surrounding waters were filled with native craft and it Is believed very few of these escaped. The Empress of Japan, which was In the harbor when the storm broke, wns among the few ships to escape damage. Tills was due to her partly sheltered position, as well as to the strength of her engines which en abled her to resist the fury of the wind and sea and avoid being driven ashore. Latest advices from Hongkong slate that 5,000 lives were lost during the ! typhoon nnd that the damage to prop-1 erty, public and private, will nmount I to millions of dollars. Twelve ships ! were sunk, 24 were stranded, seven damaged and one-half of the native j craft In port were sunk. The ship- j ping trade has been paralyzed through j lack of lighters. Only a few Euro- ! peans are missing. UNVEIL SHAFTS TO SOLDIERS Governor Present to See Honor Paid Pennsylvania Reserves. About 500 veterans of the ivil war, survivors of the Third, Fourth, Sev enth and Eighth regiments, Pennsyl vania reserves, assembled on Antle tam battle field, September 17 which marks the forly-fotirth anniversary of that, conflict, for the purpose of de dicating monuments erected to tho memory of fallen comrades. Follow ing the unveiling ceremonies the monuments were formally transferred to the United States Government. Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker, of Pennsylvania, who attended with his staff, first received the memorials and In turn banded them over to the care of the Government, which was represented by Chief Clerk Schofleld of tho war department. Members of the Philadelphia bri gade and Pickets, division of con federates, who had been nt Gettys burg, attended the ceremonies at Antietnm. CUBA-BUYS GOULD'S YACHT Government Purchases the Aileen, Which Sails for Island. It was announced nnd confirmed by the Cuban consul that Edwin Gould's steam yacht Aileen has been sold to the Cuban Government. The Aileen Is a steel yacht built in 1S99. Her dimensions are 154 feet over all, 125 feet water line, 20 feet beam and 9 feet draught. She is equipped with triple expansion en gines. Agents of the Cuban Government have been offered the Tarantula, own ed by William K. Vanderbilt. No re ply has been received to the proffer nnd tho commissioners said it was their belief that the republic would make no more purchases at the pres ent time. Connecticut Republican Ticket. The' Republican convention In New Haven, adopted a platform endorsing Roosevelt and donllng with State issues. Following Is the State ticket: For Governor, Rollln S. Woodruff; Lieutenant Governor, Everett J. Lake; Treasurer. Freeman F. Patton; Secre tary of State, Theodore Bodelnweln. Cloudburst Works Havoc. Water from a cloudburst rushed down tho valley of Elk creek, Nebras ka, sweeping away hundreds of tons of hay. drowning hogs, flooding cel lars, washing away railroad tracks and doing other damage, aggregating $100,000. The wave of water In the creek when it struck Jackson was sev en feet high. Several men have been killed In a mutiny on board the Turkish troop ship Assarl-Tewflk, at Port Said. Quiet has been restored. Palmas Agents Confer With the ItV surgents About Peace. , A message "from Havana. Septem ber 17 Bays: The only results thus far of President Palniu's order for the suspension of hostilities have been Hint Liberal leaders, who hith erto have had every reason for antici pating arrest, are circulating openly in Havana again, and even conferring with members of the government with regard to hp-"- and that such Insur gents In the field us have been con sulted, while they express themselves as agreeable to settling matters ami cably, nt the Bame time assume an Independent attitude which cannot be said to bode particularly well for a prompt settlement of existing diffi culties. in tb" inennttme Clenfuegos la in a slate of siege, communication by telegraph being severed not only In the direction of Havana, but to San tiago as well. It Is known that Clen fuegos had not been attacked up to midniirhi Sunday, hut what has trans pired since that time Is not known. KILLED BY BOILER EXPLOSION Parts of Engine Scattered Half a Mile as Boiler Blows Up. Through the explosion of the boiler of a Pittsburgh, Virginia & Charleston 'freight engine two men were killed, four others severely injured and the engine and caboose reduced to scrap iron. The explosion occurred near Houston run, four miles below Moti ongaheia City. The dead: Amos Wllhelm, engi neer; killed Instantly; Lawrence Pat terson, fireman; died In '" Memorial hospital two hours later. The Injured are T. J. Hagan, con ductor; Ed. Morris, flagman- " -W. llowernier, brakeiiian, and Alfred De vore, brakeman. PROTECT BRITISH PROPERTY State Department, Makes Answer to an Inquiry. In answer to an Inquiry the State Department has responded that, in affording protection to American In terests In Cuba during the revolution, the United States will also give pro tection, as far as possible to British Interests and property. Subjects of Great Britain have large Interests in railroad properties in Cu ba, and these have suffered by the operations of insurgents. Other prop erty on the Island is held by British subjects, and anxiety is expressed as to Its security. Chinese Coolies Can't Remain. Chinese laborers taken to Panama for work on the is!h ' canal must he deported at the conclusion of their service. To insure their deportation iiie Panamanian government will re quir" 'h contractors who furnish mo Chiii'-ed laborers tn nive a bond of y i , l m 1 1 "" the lint - '"'-"Tien ii ml -0 each for laborers In any num ber iu execs: of 2,500. Want to Tax Hindoos. Delegat'.H from all parts or Canada, now In session at the Dominion Trades Congress, will bring forward resolutions seeking legislation for the imposition of n tax on Hindoos, large numbers of whom have been entering Canada within the last, few months. Othr legislation sought In cludes Hie abolition of the Senate. CURRENT NSWS ITEMS Congressman Robert R. Hitt, of Il linois, died ut his summer home at Narragansett. Pier, R. I. San Francisco reports that there is plenty of work there for thousands of men at high wages. Warren Rlggs, 20 years old of Littletown, W. Va., was accidentally drowned through a skiff capsizing while crossing the Allegheny river at Henrys Bend. Twelve Jnpanese, arrested for poach ing on St. Paul island, off the'Pribyloff group, and convicted at Valdez, have been sentenced each to three months in the jail nt that place. Two men were shot dead and an other man was severely wounded in a saloon in Hammond, Iud., as a re sult of an argument over the merits of Battling Nulson, and Joe Gans, prize fighters. The bureau of yards and docks awarded tho contract to the Westing house company of Pittsburgh for sup plying the electrical equipment for the Norfolk navy yard, at $91,995. O. B. Stollard, cashier of the Peo ples State bank of Sedan, Kas., disap peared, leaving a note saying he was a defaulter and had fled. The safe is time-locked and the amount ot money missing is not known. Contracts for all the structural steel required for the new Palace Hotel in San Francisco, have been awarded with the assurance that the materials will bo delivered within four months after the specifications have been placed In the hands of the Eastern manufacturers'. An International & Great Northern extra freight train from St. Louis, was derailed at Prices switch, near Houston, Tex. A car of matches ig nited and flames spread to 14 cars of the 23 derailed. The merchandise de stroyed was valuable. Maj.-Gen. John F. Qesteon, com maiuLn" " department of Luzon, Philippine Islands, in his annual re port --vs 41 stations have been abandoned during the year and there me 2S stations garrisoned by 7,360 American troops and 2.4S8 native troops. The recently elected President of the republic of Chile. Don Pedro Monti, was Inaugurated into office, with the usual ceremonies. Members of the diplomatic corps and prominent representatives of the army, the navy and tho bench were present. 200 Condemned to Die. , Arraigned for trial before a military court composed of officers who recent ly organized the terrible massacre at Sledle, 200 persons arrested while the outbreak there was In progress were condemned to death for alleged acts of violence committed during the massacrsw
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