Oi the educational! bod
nd are considering about the
Eshment of a new university
t of bachelor of commerce, and
University of London has the prep. |
ion under serious consideration. A
ree of this kind has already been
established in sowe of the
The ides
matters have as-
ichools of Leipsig, Germany.
is that commercial
sumed so prominent a part in the great
times that
achievements of modern
young men should be specially educt
ed for a career of that kind,
If the
announced purpose of convert.
Swedish government carr
out 1s
ing its entire system of 4200 miles of
public railway into electric
iment will be of the utmost
expel
terest to all the rest of the world. The
change will solve the coal problem, fou
the
ant in
one thing: naturai water-power
sO
abund Sweden wili furnizh ail
the
cinderless,
necessary current; travel will be
smokeless, heatless. What
changes must be contemplated ir our
gigantic steam railroad systems are
but a passing phase in the develop.
ment of transportation!
“Civilization of the Indian seems
pretty close,” says'the St. Louis Globe-
Demogpat, “wien we read that marble
y Omaha
hereby they
have just closed a
are-ts erect fo:
cand. fgallala Sioux In-
pient (0 be placed on the
roulitded Knee, in South
the
a massacre,
Indians insist on
: There is«al-
monument to the United States
Fort Riles
that
1ers who feil there ai
IKanse and with both sides to
sapnguinary conflict commemorating
it, it iz not likely to be
though the circumstances have already
faded from the memory of nearly ev-
Should the Indians generally
ia
sotten, al-
fore
eryone.
to
Pave
VE
take up monuments where
they met their white adversaries
the country would be pretty
thickly with Those
who doubt that they will ever fall into
the customs and modes of thought of
ought to find something
convincing in this project of the Sioux
Indians. It
un ginea
in battle
sprinkled then:
the whites
is less than hall a genera-
they were in blankets
turkey feathers.
degreg
technical
lines the |
in- |
1 new
| by them for
| prepared to give it out.
| that President

and |
|
OW
It is no
Swift & Co.
$50,000. Offi .
clare that this will cover the
as nearly as they are capable to
mate it at the present time.
any de-
damage
esti-
was a
high.
and it
one story
destroyed,
building,
house,
house, was badly damaged, a portion of
The
its walls being torn down, but it is only |
With the exception |
two stories high.
of the demolished
no damage that
within 10 days.
THE MINERS’ CONVENTION.
there is
repaires
boilerhouse
cannot be
More Than Twe Million Dollars Were Given |
for the Strike,
Indianapois, Ind. (Special).—It
officially announced at the
headquarters of the mineworkers
when the miners meet in national con-
vention here in January, to prepare a
wage scale, Secretary Wilson will
report that the amount of money given
the strike was nore
$2,000,000.
The convention here last Januar
changed the constitution of the organi-
zation so that the cfiicers are elected by
the referendum plan. The locals make
the nominations and every member has
a vote on the candidates.
A list of the nominations has been re-
ceived, but Secretary Wilson was not
It is not likely
Secretary Wil
Lewis will have
although it has
Mitchell,
or Vice-President
serious opposition,
son
any
[ been rumored for some time that WW. ID.
Ryan, secretary of the Illinois miners,
and J. P. Reese, president of the Iowa
miners, might be brought out for Mr.
Lewis’ place.
It was also officially
the assessment of hers
ceased Novemb er 13.
that
strike
announced
for the
Tried to , Rob Bank.
(Special).—The
Morgan.
Dallas, [First
National
county,
£5,000 in
cured.
ence of the
Tex.
Bank at
gold, silver and currency se-
gang, believed to be three
in number, was when a loud explosion
was heard. Before citizens
the bank the bandits had secured the
money in the outer safe and made their |
escape.
Soufrier’s Firey Torrent,
Kingston, St. Vincent (By (
Wednesday's eruption of La
occurred at the head of the dry
Rabacca, where huge quantities of vol- |
canic deposits have blocked the water-
course since the eruptions last May, in |
spite of the subsequent heavy rainfall. |
After the eruption, a raging, stear i
torrent flowed from the base of the La |
Soufriere and swept down the Rabacea, |
completing the destruction of the sugar |
works there. Sand at the same time
fell on Georgetown and-other places.
river,
The build- |
ing in which the boilers were located | pana
was the only structure to be entirely | sentenced to 10 years penal servitude,
small brick ..!
store- | Nicaragua state that carthquakes
which stood close to the boiler- |
1 | bondholders against Venezuela, If
i the
fand for
was |
national |
that |
i has replied to the Russian note regard-
{ing and offers te!
submit the question of sugar and all oth-
than |
i of landlords
: the
Yai
Pda
Bosque !
was dynamited by robbers and |
The first intimation of the pres- |
oud reach |
Cable). — |
Soufriere |
0 oes a sta
financial depression. Of
abot a third of the mines are working.
| because of the scarcity of labor.
Syndon, the French artist who killed
M. David, a stockbroker of Paris, was
Passengers arriving at
tinue in that country,
Imnortant steps were taken in Lon-
don through an Anglo-American bank-
er to satisfy all the financial and diplo
matic claims bv foreign powers
Gireat
succeeds, Germany and
take
will have no cause to
steps, now contemplated.
The minority caused a big row in the
German Reichstag over the attempt of
majority to railroad the tariff bill,
that body the president was
suspend the sitting.
Great Britain is the
only power
the sugar conference,
er goods to The Hague Arbitration
! Court.
The convention of Irish landlords has |
{eclined the invitation to a conference
sale of the land to the latter.
General Nord has issued an ultima-
tum demanding the invalidation of the |
election of friends of NM. Firmin, the
ler of the recent rebellion.
Berlin Vorwaerts reiterates the
The
resents the attack made upon it by
Emperor.
The Turkish
barous methods
donian peasants
terribly tortured.
The Colombian invaders, after several
defeats, were driven back across
the
in crushing the
Christians
| frontier by the Venezuelan troops. |
By Herr Krupp's will the factory at |
Essen is bequeathed to his daughter,
Bertha.
Rev. Dr. Joseph P a noted Eng-
lish preacher, died in oy
Emperor William, in his farewell au-
dience of retiring Ambassador White,
presented him with the gold medal of |
After |
White lunch- |
the empire for science and art.
the audience Mr. and Mrs.
ed with the Emperor.
(Genéral Nord, who 1s on his
way to Port au Prince with a large
army, will precipitate-a revolution by
declaring himself president.
Financial.
Rubber declares its regular quarterly
dividend of 134 per cent.
The Pennsylvania owns 38 per cent.
{ of the Baltimore & Ohio’ s stock.
Mr. Baer is firm in the assertion that
he will not be president of Lehigh Val-
ley.
Those Baltimore & Ohio “rights” are
not so valuable now, with the stock be-
low par.
Jersey Central’s gross earnings in Oc-
© 1 tober fell off $450,000 and there has been |
a decrease since July 1 of $1,600,000, wll |
| due to the coal strike.
i the shalt,
and |
this |
Britain |
vigorous | © ys
States im the year
{ tember 1, 1901,
{ tween September 1,
the first time in the history of | Pp
orcec 0 |
forced t i ward to the year 1902-03.
i mercial crop oi
that |
i amount actually grown by 606,746 bales.
1
over
and tenants with a view to |
{ ship
{ on a trial trip aiter
i hauled,
barges it made against Herr Krupp and |
| the large turret guns exploded,
{ the gunroom with glycerine rd water,
Porte is adopting bar- | aun- |
Mace- |
have been !
| on
| Old Point.
the |
tice Fuller
{ mandamus
There is apprehension in Hayti that |

1¢ scene of the
made a rush for
and several were ove
by the after-damp Sos the explo-
ston.
arty sent at once to the gangway.
recognition. Anxious wives and
dead and injured
surface, and their grief
Cotton Crop of 1902.
Washington, D. C.
final report of the statistician of
Department of
actual growth of cotton in the United
1001-02 to have been
0,006,478 commercial bales, of which
113,550 bales were marketed before Sep-
and 9,000,330 bales be-
1901, and August
31, 1002, 154,502 bales being carried for-
The com-
amounted to
the
the
the year
10,603.224 bales, thus exceeding
This excess was due in the main to the
very extensive marketing of cotton held
from prévions years.
Narrow Escape of Battleship.
Hampton, Va. (Special).—The battle-
Texas had a narrow escape
being blown up at the
She leit the Portsmouth
having
out to the
was had.
Navy
went Capes,
practice
and
where gun
filling
magnificent work of the
the vessel {from serious
well as the lives of those
her, The ship returned
but the
ners saved
damage, as
board
made an injury.
examination of the
Constitution's Enemies Loose.
Richmond, Va. (Special).—Chief Jus-
delivered his opinion in the
proceedings brought by
Capt. John S. Wise,
eral unregistered colored voters,
test the validity of the new Constitution
of Virginia, and refused on the ground |
{ mus,
of non-jurisdiction to issue the injunc-
tion prayed for against the State Board |
body |
ving certificates to the recently |
Wise |
of Canvassers to prevent that
from iss
elected Congressmen. Captain
declares he will take the case to the
United States Supreme Court.
Family Tragedy in Tennessee.
Sneedville, Tenn. (Special).—In Han-
cock county, in the mountains of Upper |
East Tennessee, Richard Green prob-
ably fatally shot his wife and daughter
and then shot and killed himself, using
a shotgun. The discharge of the gun
ignited his clothing, and when found
his apparel was burned irom his body.
It is supposed jealousy or insanity was
the cause of the deed.
said, did the first killing in the Jones-
| Green feud 10 or 12 years ago.
fae foot of
crcome |
| the army
They were rescued by the relief |
The |
faces of the dead men were mangled be- |
{ yond 1
i mothers gathered about the mouth of
Panama irom | the shait as the
Son | brought to the
| was pitiful,
| troubles
were |
| tection
(Special).—The |
Agriculture shows the |
from | D
| was $12,000 for probable catch of 1.000 |
seals, and there were allowances of $10,- |
imprison- |
ment and some allowances for personal !
i second defeat. t!
Virginia Capes. |
Yard 000
been over- |
Two of}
to |
A special inspection board |
| he asks is that Mr.
{ of the
| before
permission has already been granted by |
| the department. {
in behalf of sev-|
to |

Green, it is
ips, he believes, may be
udgment of Congt ress without recom-
iendation, but it is suggested that at
east two battleships should be author-
zed cach year ‘with any other vessels
brovided,
fast fiscal year.
is shown everywhere to have
been most cordial and its share in re-
storing peace in the Philippines is
mented upon. The activity of
the Caribbean sea since the Panama
and the necessity of establish-
of Ameri ican
Uncle Sam Won His Case.
The State Department was advised of |
|
the |
American |
the award of Professor Asser in
arbitration of the claims of
sealers against the Russian government,
its information being to the effect that
the total award was $101,270, with 6 per
cent. interest.
lowance in the Kate and
the lump sum of $1,488 for
The allowance in the Pigeon
made up of $30,000 for
minus $7,750 for indemnity, and the re-
maining items for owners’
service of crew, provisions,
scullers’ expenses.
In the Lewis case the principal item
was $9,co0 for the vessel,
allowed for imprisonment and $6,000 for
probable
case was
The principal item in the White case
for the vessel, $3,000 for
claims.
The Tradgedy in Guatemala.
Minister ITunter, at Guatemala
has
24 years of age, 1s in business on
the protection of the legation.
Bailey, the secretary
allowed to tes
courts.
legation, be
the Guatemalan
Two More Rebel Generals Surrender.
The Colombian legation received a dis-
patch from General Perdomo, command-
ing the government forces on the Tsth- |
- - 1
surrender of Gen- |
announcing the
erals Vergas-S antos and Soto, two of the
foremost of the revolutionary
They surrendered to (General
Valencia. The
Gonzales
country. Bola
Ambassador Cambon’s Farewell.
Cambon, the French ambassador,
presented his letters of recall to
President. He sails this week for his
new post in Spain. In bidding him fare-
well the President expressed his appre-
ciation of the loss sustained by this
country in the departure of so distin-
guished a diplomat.
Items of Interest.
Lieutenant Peary, i ectu
the National Geological Society,
the Norih Pole could and
M.
said
American energy.
left to the | secretary
| consider
| to has been in the front of
The report begins with a history of | the practical removal of
the operations of the fleets during the |
Their co-operation with | {
| that this step means the
{ the party.
com- |
ships in
| fail
| ernment of Mexico will demand the
It appears that the al- |
Anna case was |
124 skins. |
expenses, |
board and !
{ dispatch
but $8,500 was |
catch, with $3,088 allowance for |
skins on board.
City, |
cabled the State Department that |
[ his son Godfrey, who shot Fitzgerald, i |
his |
l own account, and therefore is not under |
All that |
tify |
This |
Po
leaders. |
, :s | have been placed onsale at §
| dispatch adds that this | b
completes the pacification of the entire
higher figure 3,
the |
-»
{ Sen
murder case so
| a statement in which he
in a lecture before |
| but
would be fo
reached, and urged that it be accom- |.
| vlished by !
1s appointed.
Palma did not tequest
his resignation wa
by the Nationalist party, i
Cul
The Republicans are jul
the i
of the Nationalist party from tI
important cabinet position,
tics.
and
$100,000 Swindie Charged.
El Paso, Texas (Special).—Th
against Mason and Richardson, t!
ing a special squadron there for the pro- |
interests is one of |
{ the developments in the year pointed out |
Woy Mr. Moody. i
leged insurance swindlers, may as
an international
that the courts of the United States
to convict them, it is
aspect. In the «¢
said the
The indictments alre
against them ave on these
Conspiracy to murder W,
Conspiracy to murder
| person.
Conspiracy to murder
Sanguinett.
Forgery.
Conspiracy to
Life Insurance
swindle
Coin
§ | coo.
loss of catch!
The Mad Mallah's Defiance.
Cable).—A sq
Somilil
Arabia (By ectal
Garrero,
Aden,
from ind,
dated November 20, announces
the Mad Mullah recently
camp the train of
from Colonel
column, He was careful prev
render all the stores unfit for n
accompanied his presen: with a defiant |
nessage promising to whip the British | ¢
whenever, they were ready to risk al ap
sent mto
supply cam
Swayne’
jousiy to! gq
i
Jritish
els captured
use, and
New Castle Prisoa Burned.
Wilmington, Del. (Special). —Fir it
unknown origin damaged the New C:
tle County Workhouse to such an ex-|
tent that it will have to be almost the
pletely rebuilt. The prisoners in tur
the institution were gotiei: gape eadhott ag
injury, though some of tht ved
an inclination to be unruly, and
had to be knocked down in 31
bring him to terms. One man escaj
conl-
105
World's Fair Souvenir Coins.
Louis, Mo. (Special).—
tions for the $1 souvenir
pouring into the
Exposition Company,
far received being
Oly 50,000 of the
St. -Subser
coins a
Purcha
et ordé
for 1,00
Louisiana
the lar
one
230.00
3 each, and
at the re
Colin
coins.
probable \
seems h
will be
the issue
it now
mainder of
sold at
Youtsey Ready to Talk
(Special).—Hens
whose
Frankfort, Ky.
| Youtsey,
sational
concerning
confession in the
many stories have be
circulated in the past two months, mac
said, in sul
“No document from me is 1
have
stance:
the hands of the prosecution. I
never been called to the witness stand
I have been so abused that I fee
I should be willing to tell what
about the matter, no matter
know
| which side called me.”