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A friend. Proves false, another dies,
Black clouds hang over social skies;
2A. little child we love grants cold,
Pleasure turns pain, and hope is old.
Fast, hard and cold, falls trouble down,
Like hail upon a mountain’s crown;
Justice seems deaf, as well as blind,
And self is ruling all mankind.
Not so: Stand firm, be brave, be true,
Fling out your banner; start anew,
,Write courage on it. clear and bold;
ZHope in the heart cannot grow old.
Look up: The darkest sky but hid'es
,The altar where the sun abides;
False friends, false words, the better prove
The glorious truth of changeles-s- love.
.286 brave: Good soldiers face the fire;
'Brave men who fall will still aspire;
'No harm can come to me, to you,
For God still reigns: Be brave, be=true.
' -—Kate Tannatt Woods, in-Unity.
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By Charles Dwight Willard.
THE, JACK POT. i
[The Los Angelespapers recently have
mentionedthe fact that Mr. Charles Dwight
,Willard has been appointed librarian of the
,‘Los Angeles library, and the further fact
‘that he was for years a contributor of the
_ TArgonaut. He was indeed. Up to the time
:that he became secretary of the Los An-
‘geles chamber of commerce be furnished
:the Argonaut with the following stories:
“The Herald of Fate," “The Fall of Ulys-
‘ees," "The Doppelganger," “The Diamond
of Dorey," “King Cole," “The Itinerary of _
Caliban," “The Pal pest." "The Turn of
a Hand." "Tomas , '- “Auto Da Fe,"
"‘The Earth Bubble.” “Sentence Suspend- '
ed,” “Evolution of News." “The J ack-Pot,"
E“The Family Tree," "An Introduction,“
"Affairs of State," “Flngal, the Hoodoo," '
"A Superfluous Man,” "A Sense of Juan
.tice,” “Joan of Arc." "The Scapegrace," '
:“The Mortal Coil." "An Amendment to
Destiny," “County Roads,” “Sleep No
.’More," “Poor'Little Girl," “Female Rela-
.-'tions," “Second Death," "Subsidy Bill,"
“A Lost Soul," "Earlier Bird.” “Brother’s
Keeper,” “By Any Other Name,” “The In-
cident at Casey’s," "The Masculine De-
coy," “Jonah and the Maseotte.” and
-“Boys and Frogs." Among these there is a
great diversity of treatment. As asample .
fof Mr. Willard's humorous style, the an- ;
.nexed story, "The J ack-Pot,” will be read
with interest by those who are not familiar
with his work and will be reread by those
who remember him.—Eds.]
HERE were five of us in the party
-si.x, counting Long Tom, the
guide. After two days’ hard climbing,
, ' . - d ed 'th " — .
meh the burros en ur WI exem §poker andafew cockroaches.”
plary fortitude, we arrived at the little
valley. high up in the mountains,
through which threaded the trout
stream. -.
there and make yourself comf‘ble, while
I ’tend to gettin’ this stuff unpacked,”
said. Long Tom; “there ain’t no one
there. My pardner, he’s down below.”
“The cabin appears to be two ca bins,"
said the colonel, as we approached it.
“That is for economy in ridge-poles.”
said the doctor; “sleeping apartments
'on one side and kitchen on the other,
In the space between, you keep your
fishing tackle and worms." ‘_
We entered the-fight-hand- section of
the twin cabin, which proved to be the
kitchen side. There was not much
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. "Excuse me,“ interrupted the stock
i broker, tapping the table; “are you in
f this pot?”
E The professor made a deposit, and i
! proceeded:
“Have you noticed that our host is
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SWlN DLERS CAUGHT.
Tin Notorious Whiteman and Four
Others Locked Up. .
NEW YORK, Nov. 15.——Four at of
five members of what is declared by the
police to be the most accomplished and
successful gang of bank swindlers in the
-country are locked up at police head-
: a very tall man? Like most men of his -
lheight, he hates to bend over. if the
stove were near .the floor, he would have
to'stbop down low when he whirled a,
fiapjack or speared a rashcr of bacon.
Now he can stand up and do it with
ease. Your draught theory'is no good;
5 the longer the pipe, if it is straight, the
’ better the fire will burn.”
“Professor,” remarked the colonel,
“I regret to have to tell you that your
money is gone. Long Tom told me, on
the way up, that his partner did all the
cooking, and he is aman of rather short
. stature.” The colonel then paid ' his
compliments to the jackpot, and con-
tinued: “Now, my idea is that the
stove he ts the room better there than
i on the 11 or. It is only a cooking stove,
- to be sure, but when the winter is cold
it makes this room comfortable. Being
up in the middle of the space it beats it-
‘ all equally well, which it could not do
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if it were down below.”
' The doctor greeeted this theory with
a loud laugh. “Colonel," he said, “you
are wild—”way ofi the mark. Hot air
rises, of course, and the only way to dis-
: seminate it is to have your-“stove as
! low as possible. According to your idea.
it would be a good plan to put the fur-
nace in the attic of a house instead of
in the basement.”
“I think,” said. the colonel, “that l
’ could appreciate your argument better
if you would ante.”
“The pot is mine,” said the doctor, as
" he depdsited his coin; “you will all
adopt my idea. the moment you hear it.
and Long Tom, who will. be here in a
minute, will hear me out. This room is
very small; it has but little floor space,
and none of it goes to waste. Now. if
' he had put the stove down where we ex-
pected to find it, Long Tom could not
have made use of the area underneath.
' as you see he has done- On all sides of
' the supporting posts you will notice
there are books, on which he hangs his
pans and skillet-s. Underneath there is
a kitchen chest for pots and cooking
utensils of various sorts. What could
be more convenient? Under your or-
dinary stove there is room only for a
The judge, who had been listening to
the opinions offered by the others with
the same grim smile that occasionally
“Jest you all go over into the cabin ornmented his face when he announced
‘ that an objection. was overruled, now
stepped forward and dropped a coin on
the table. He then rendered his de-
cision as follows: ,
“It appears that none of you have
I noticed the forest: of books in the roof
furniture—a table of hewn logs, achair
of bent saplings, and a rough- bench.
However, we did not notice such
furniture as there was, for each mem~
.ber of the party, as he stepped over the ‘
high threshold, had his attention in-
stantly attracted by the stove, and a
brief roundelay of ejaculations went
along the group.
“Well, that staggers me,” said the
stock broker. _
“H’m,” said the professor, in a\mys—
te-riou's tone, and rubbed hischin.
The stove was a plain, small cooking
range, rather old- and rusty. The
strange thing about it was its posit-ion.
Its abbreviated legs stood upon large
cedar posts, which were planted in the
floor and were over four feet in height.
This brought the stove away up in mid-
air, so that the top was about on alevel
with the face of the colonel, and he was
a six footer. .
We form-ed in a circle about the stove
and stared at it no solemnly as agrou-p
of priests around! a. sacrificial tripod.
We felt of the posts—they were firm
and solid, showing that the- mysterious
arrangement was, a permanent, not a
temporary one. Then we all bent our
necks and opened our mouths to look
up at the hole in. the roof through which
the stove pipe vanished.
' Suddenly the stock broker burst out
into a laugh.
“Oh, I understand it now,” said he.
“Understand what?” asked the colo-
nel, sharply. .
“Why Long Tom has his stove hoist-
ed up so high from the floor.”
“So do I,” said the doctor; “but Isus-
pect that my explanation is not the
same that anyone else would oife'r.”
“Well, I will bet that 1 am right,"
said the stock broker, “and put up the
money.”
“I am in this,” said the judge; “l have
a clear idea about that stove and will
back it." '
“Make it a jackpot," said the colonel;
“I want to take a ham .”
The stock broker drew a small yel‘
low coin out of his pocket and dropped
it on the table.
“He has the stove up there,” he said.
“to get a better draught. in this rare-
ficd mountain air there is only a small
amount of oxygen to the cubic inch.
and combustion is more difficult to se-
cure than in the lower latitudes. l have
heard that if you get high enough you
can’t cook an egg—that is, I mean,
water won’t boil—or something like
that,” he continued, thrown into sud-
den confusion by the discovery thatihe
professor’s eye was fixed; upon him with
a sarcastic gaze.
“Is that supposed to be science 2‘" dc-
manded the professor. *
”Well," said the stock broker, dog-
gedly, “never mind the reasons. Ex-
) g'perience is probably good enough for
Long Tom. He finds that he gets a bet.-
ter draught for his stove by having it
up in midair, so he has it there."
- “The right explanation,” began the
just over the stove. They arenot in use
at present. but they are there for some
purpose. I imagine that during the
winter huge pieces of venison and bear’s
meat dangle over the stove, and are
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dried for use later. Now, if the stove
were on the floor, it would be too far
from the roof to be of service in this
way."
“Here comes old Tom." shouted the
colonel, who had stepped to the open
door while the judge was speaking.
The old trapper put down. the. various
articles of baggage with which his arms
were leaded and came into the kitchen
cabin where we all stood. He glanced
at the group and then at the siilted
stove in our midst.
“I see you air all admiriu' my stove,"
said he, “and I’ll bet‘you‘vc been a-won-
derin’ why it is up so high.”
“Yes, we have," said the professor:
“how did you know it?"
“People most. allns generally jest as
soon as they come into the place begin
to ask me about it—that’s how i
knowed."
“ Veil, why is it up so high?" de-
manded the stock broker. impatiently,
with a. side glance at the well-developed
jack-pot on the table.
“The rcas-cn's simple enough.” said
Long Tom, with a grin- that showed his
bicuspids; “you see we had to pack all
this stuff up here from down below on
Unrros. Originally there was four j‘ints
of that stove pipe, but the cinch wasn‘t
drawed tight enough on the burro that
was carryin’ them, and two of ’em
slipped out and rolled down the moun-
tain, When we got herenand found that
there wasn’t but. two pieces left, i reck-
oned that I would have to kinder h'ist
the stove to make it fit the pipe—so l
jest in and h’i-sted. her. And thar'she is.
Say, what’s all this here money on the
table for?"
Therewas-adeep silence. which lasted
so long that Tom ventured to repeat
his question about the money.
“It is a jack-pot." said the doctoraaad'
ly, “and as near as i can make outitbe-
longs to you.”—Charles Dwight' Wil-
lard, in San Francisco Argonaut.
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Man Through Telescope.
The largest telescope in existence
does not make the planet Mars appear
any bigger than the moon does through
to opera glass.
quarters in this- city. The fifth man in
the quintet is a prisoner in Pittsburg.
The leader of the gang, in the opinion
of the police, is Alonzo J. Whiteman, a
college graduate, once a millionaire, an
ex-senator of the state of'Minnesota and
at one time a candidate for member of
congress from the Duluth district of that
state. When he lost his wealth, in 1890,
he started on a career which has made
his name notorious in this country and
Europe and which frequently has threat-
ened to end in a felon’s cell. 'He has
been arrested innumerable times and at
least twice has been convicted and sen-
tenced to imprisonment, but the extraor-
dinary cleverness for which the police
give him credit has stood him in good
stead, and he has never yet worn con-
vict’s stripes. He was arrested in this
city May 28 last on a charge of passing a
bad check on Martin Mahon of the New
Amsterdam hotel, but gave $500 cash
bail in the police court and disappeared.
The other men under arrest here, as
their names appear on the police records,
are Frank Edmunds, 40 years old, a
clerk, unmarried, of 560 Columbus av“;
enue; John Thompson, alias William
Hartley, alias P. Lawton, alias George
W. Johnson, 31 years old, a clerk, resi-
dence refused; Robert J. Knox, 42 years
old, a lawyer of 138 West Thirty-third
street. The man in the custody of the
Pittsburg police is Charles E. Stewart,
alias Charles Ward, 72 years old. All of
these men have served terms in prison in
this country except Knox, and‘he is said
to have been convicted and imprisoned in
Mexico.
Whiteman came from Dansville to
New York last Saturday and went to the
St. More hotel, where he registered as C.
IV. Colwell of Philadelphia. It is be
lievcd he intended to meet his confed-
eratcs here and incidentally to swindle
the hotel. W'hen his room was search-
ed, nothing was found save a small valise
and some linen and an open telegram on
the dresser/inviting him to lunch at the
Down Town association.
Whiteman is wanted in Chicago. He
was tried there a year ago for passing
a bad check and sentenced to serve one
year in the house of correction and to
pay a fine of $2,000. His case was ap-
pealed, and he was released on bail. He
jumped his bail when he learned that the
Illinois court of appeals had affirmed his
sentence. He probably will be turned
over to the Chicago police, who are on
their way here to get him. The Boston
police, however, have telegraphed a re-
quest that he be held for them, as he is
wanted for a crime in that city. There
is also at least one charge hanging over
him in New York. ‘
Thompson will be tried in Kings coun-
ty for a swindle in Brooklyn, while Ed-
munds and Knox probably will be sent
to \Voonsocket to stand trial with Stew-
art for the bank transaction by which
$3,000 was obtained. ‘
VVhitcman is said to have swindled the
following hotels with bad checks: The
Bartholdi hotel of this city, in May,
1898, $250;7_t;hc Grand. Pacific, Chicago,
in May. 1898, $2.30: the Parker House,
Boston. in June. 18.98, 8200: the Isle-
worth hotel, Atlantic City, in August,
1898, $1.00, and two other hotels in At-
lantic City for similar sums. ’
Trunk Railway Consolidation.
CHICAGO, Nov. 13.—-The Chronicle
today says: “John \V. Gates, William
Edenborn, Isaac L. lVood and John Lam-
bert, the heaviest stockholders ip the
American steel and wire interests, have
joined hands with E. H. Hai'riman and
the other members of the Harriman-
Gould syndicate in a comprehensive plan
of campaign which has for its object the
consolidation of the leading trunk rail-
ways in the United States. The scope of
the plan is said to be not merely one of
traffic/alliances, but the welding together
of actual ownership in a determined ef-
fort to uphold traffic rates independent
of the interstate commerce commission
or other government aid.”
The Home Show.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13.———The dress pa-
rade for the annual horse show, which
opened this morning in Madison Square
Garden, was held yesterday, and every-
thing promises well for the event. It is
the fifteenth in number, and indications
point to an even more successful exhibi-
tion than any previous one has been.
This year the entries are more numerous
than for any other show. In the list of
competing owners there are more than
60 newcomers. The amount of the prize
money is greater, and there has been an
increase in the number of classes.
Fire In Miami, Fla.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 13.—A
special to The Times-Union and Citizen
from Miami says: “The Miami hotel, a
wooden building of 100 rooms; Mrs.
Maggie Knapps’ restaurant, owned by J .'
C. Glidewell; the Greet store and board-
ing house, the Miami Metropolis building
and Joseph McDonald’s machine shops
and stables have. been burned. The fire
started from the explosion of a gas stove
in the hotel. The total loss is $60,750
insurance, about $18,000.”
Japan Defies Russia.
LONDON, Nov. 14.———A dispatch to
Dalziel’s News agency from Shanghai
says the relations of Russia and Japan
have almost reached the breaking point.
The trouble is caused by Japan’s refusal
to allow Russia to take possession of
land held by the J apanesc government at
the Korean port of Masampo.
Island Communication Restored.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—General
Greely. chief signal officer, has received
a cable from Havana stating that tele-
graphic communication betweén Havana
and Santiago has been restored. «It had
been interrupted for nearly a week on
account of the storms on the island. '
Newfoundland Liberals Win.
ST. JOHN’S, N. I“., Nov. 14,—Thc
ministerialists have been defeated in the
byclections in the divisions of St. John’s
and Fortune Bay, the Liberals carrying
the former by a majority of 435 and the
latter by a majority of 117. The govern-
ment has tons lost three elections this
year.
A Kentucky Shoot-hut. \
BEATTYVILLE, Kin, Nov. ‘14:;
Louis Spicer, Republican election com-
missioner of this county, and Julius An-
gel, a prominent citizen, on their way
home engaged in a difficulty which result-
edtin both men‘bciug shot twice. Neither
is expected to recover.
-” ..—n.. .V. .
‘ing counsel of the state.
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MEXICO:S«“PIITURE. I"
Expects to Supply $100,000,000 of Si!-
ver Annually.
‘ NEW YORK, Nov. 15.——In a paper ,on
“The Mexico of Today,” which will ap«
pear in the forthcoming issue of The In-
dependent, Vice President Mariscal of
Mexico makes a statement and relates
an anecdote touching Mexico’s silver re-
sources. He says:
“For 300 years she has produced one-
third of all the silver that was mined.
The production at present is more than
$60,000,000 per annum. When Li Hung
Chang was in Washington he asked Se-
nor Romero how much silver Mexico was
mining and how long she could keep up
the supply. Senor Romero, trying to be
conservative, replied that Mexico was
turning out $50,000,000 per year and
could keep it up for 200 years. Li would
not hear of such a thing. He insisted
that our minister had been so long away
from his own country that he had for-
gotten details and that he must be mis—
taken about the abundance of silver.
Mexico expects to supply the world with
$100,000,000 of silver per annum soon.”
The writer further says:
“It will not do for Americans who do
not understand the language or habits of
the people to go to Mexico to live unless
they have sure employment. American
laborers are much superior in skill to
those of Mexico, but you can hire from
. eight to 12 Mexicans for the $3 American
money which you pay the American
miner per day. Ordinary American labor
canngt go into Mexicgnnd compete with
Mexican labor, the Mexican laborer can
live so very much more cheaply. There
is a field for skilled laborers, but they
should have employment secured before
going to Mexico.
“For Americans with a little capital,
say $2,000 or more, Mexico ofiers a great
number of advantages. But they must
have patience .to study and adapt them:
selves to new conditions.”
THE KENTUCKY CONTESTS.
They Involve Four Thousand Vote.
In Seven Counties.
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 15.-——The progress
of the contests in various counties of the
state is the point on which interest in the
fight for the governorship is centered.
The determination of these disputes may
swing in either direction the result of the
face of the returns as they will be made
to the state board of election commis-
sioners. These contests involve over
4,000 votes in seven counties.
There is no longer any doubt of Tay-
lor’s election in Kentucky if the votes are
properly counted, for the figures of all
the Louisville papers, including The
Courier-Journal, now show a plurality
for Taylor. But that paper does not con-
cede his election. Oiiicial and uncontest-
ed votes from 114 counties show a plu-
rality of 2,919 for Goebcl.
The state board of election commis-
sioners will meet at Frankfort Dec. 4.
Before it the points involved in these dis--
puted ballots will be argued by the lead-
The official count in J efferson county is
progressing satisfactorily, with little
change from the unofficial figures. Five
wards have been completed.
Thirty-five cases of alleged violations
of election laws came up before Judge
Toncy yesterday. Each of the prisoners
was bound over in the sum of $500.
Three Islands Not Ceded.
MADRID, Nov. 15.——In‘ the Spanish
senate yesterday Senor Montero Rios, re-
plying to Count Almenas, who recently
declared that owing to the neglect of the
Spanish-American peace treaty commis-
sioners, three islands of the Philippine
group—the two Batanes and Calayan is-
land, both north of Luzon—were not in-
cluded in the scope of the treaty, said the
islands referred to were not ceded be-
cause they belonged to Japan and were
not claimed by the Americans. Senor
Rios urged the premier, Senor Silvela, to
demand a fulfillment by the Americans of
their engagements under the treaty pro-
viding for commercial advantages to
Spain in the Philippines. Senor Silvela
replied that difficulties had arisen in the
execution of those stipulatio s in the
treaty, doubtless because the ericans
had not yet fully established their sway
21‘. the Philippines.
Another Wholesale Bigamist.
CHICAGO, Nov. 15.—James Monroe,
the alleged bigamist and swindler, who
was arrested here Sunday, has left for
Rochester in custody of police officers of
that city, to be tried on charges of swin-
dling and bigamy. Monroe waived extra-
dition proceedings. Mrs. Mary J. Col-
thar of Bunker Hill, Ills., whom it is
said Monroe married and afterward de-
serted in Rochester after obtaining $4,-
100 from her, identified Monroe yester-
day. According to advices received by
the police, Monroe’s record as a bigamist
bids fair to eclipse that of the candy
peddler, Farnsworth, who was recently
arrested, charged with ' g 42 wives
in diifcrent parts of the world. The po-
lice already have the names of 26 women,
mostly- in eastern cities, all of whom, it
is asserted, have been married and vie.
timized by Monroe.
The Boston and Albany Lease.
.BOSTON, Nov. 15.——The Transcript
.ast evening published the following:
“An. arrangement has been made by
which the form of the lease of the Bos-
ton and Albany railroad to the New
York Central railroad has been made
satisfactory to the so called protective ’
committee, and an addition of $1,500,000
has been made to the cash about to be
paid by the New York Central railroad.
The protective committee has decided
that under all the circumstances it is for
the best inter-est of the property and the
stockholders that this new lease should
be ratified.”
A Welcome to Lipton.
LONDON, Nov. 15.-Sir Thomas Lip-
ton was given a dinner of welcome at
the Carlton hotel last evening. Mr. Jo-
seph H. Chontc, the United States em-
bassador; Mrs. Choate, the Earl and
Countess of Clanwilliam, Lord and Lady
Twccdmouth, Lord Russell of Killowen,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Russell, Mr. Her-
bert Gladstone, Lord and Lady Charles
Beresford and the Earl of Cork were
among the distinguished company pres-
ent.
English Education cl Cuban Girls.
Fifty Cuban girls wore recently re-
cvived into a Catholic convent at Al-
raona. Pa.. where they will receive an
English education.
New Method of Blasting.
A new way of blasting rock is to place
a cartridge of water into a shot hole
and copvert it into steam instantly by
electricity. This method io‘eepeeiolly
applicable in con-i. mines. .'
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A‘Mnrder at Sea. ,
ST. JOHN. N. B., Nov. 13.—A murder
at sea on the schooner J. B. Van Dusen
has been made known by the receipt of a
message from the vessel’s mate to the
owner’s agent in this city. It is stated
that Captain Baisley had‘been stabbed
by a sailor-named Maxwell, had after-
ward fallen overboard and had died in
the ship’svboat which had put off to res-
cue him. As for the schooner, it had dis-
appeared in the darkness under condi-
tions which made it seem probable that
the murderer and another member of the
crew had got ithe schooner under way
and headed her in toward the Nova Sco-
tia coast.
explosion occurred in the glazing house
of the California Powder mill. Four
cylinders containing 16,000 pounds of
powder exploded. A' small amount was
fuse powder and the remainder blasting
powder. The explosion wrecked the mill,
blew down miles of fencing, destroyed
the saltpeter warehouse and extinguished
the electric lights in Santa Cruz. Pat-
rick hughes, night watchman, was kill-
ed. No cause for the explosion can be
ascertained.
'l‘o Photograph Meteors.
SAVANNAH, Nov. 13.——Arrangements
have been perfected here for photograph-
ing the shower of meteors expected to
morrow,Wednesday and Thursday nights.
The observations will be for Harvard
university. Preliminary observations have
been made, and the apparatus is in place.
Professor Otis Ashmore, superintendent
of schools and an astronomer of note, has
charge of the enterprise, which will be
under the auspices of the Savannah Cam-
era club. .
Choir on a strike.
ELMIRA, N. Y., Nov. 13.——The choir
of St. Mary’s Catholic church, in this
city, have gone on a strike, and low mass
was, in consequence, celebrated instead
of high mass. Last Sunday the pastor,
Rev. Father Matthew O’Dwyer, criticis-
ed from the altar the singing of the choir
and gave alleged imitations of their vocal
music, which angered the members of
the choir, and they say they will never
again sing in the church.
Road In the Copper River Country.
SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 13.-—Captain
W. R. Abercrombie, U. S. A., builder of
the military road from Port Valdes to
the interior of the Copper river country,
returned on the steamer Alkali. He says
he has completed the highway for a dis- FREMONT. 0-, Nov. 14.——The 9X1
tance of 80 miles from the coast. The sion of a nitroglycerin wagon at Gibs ,
government, Captain Abercrombie said, burg, owned by the Hercules Pow‘ 3
can complete the road to the Yukon next company, blew the driver, Ben 03111.1 1.
season. small bits. The team and wagon sha:
“—“'—“—~_‘ 1" his fate. The shock was felt here and .
T"? Fighter” filhcd' other places. Serious damage was di - , '2".
SHAMOIxIN, Pa., l\ov. 14.—Whiic to buildings in the town. 9.,
John Yunsk and Conrad \Viuske. young _________ '5;
unmarried Hungarians, were engaged in Higginson’s Gift to Harvard,
a fist fight on the Philadelphia and Read- CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. 13,41» :7
ing railroad track near Enterprise an ex- mass meeting at Harvard to show - fl: 7
press train ran them down and instantly students’ appreciation of Major H. .. '1
killed them both. The men had been to Higginson’s gift of $150,000 toward ‘. ' '
a Hungarian christening at Enterprise, new university club will be held at S V’-
and becoming involved in a (11131‘1'91 they ders’ theater this evening. Professori "1':
walked down the railroad to fight it out. N, Hollis will preside, and the speak '1'
The trainmcn were absolutely blameless, will be Governor Wolcott, President Ell- . 3:
the fighting men not having been seen by and Major Higginson,
the engineer in time to stop the train.
‘ Editor Assaulted. j - .= ‘.
LYONS, N. Y., Nov. 14.—Editor Fred : Th N [k F I E «
H. Shephard of the Lyons Republican 8 ”Na HIE “finance "
was assaullted yieitcrdny it? the park by HasnowCompleted ts ‘
Joe Pan-is 1, a a orer, w o resented an . . ..
article published in the paper. Shephard szasuccnssrur. 808nm” YEA} I
Andhas not outstanding a dollar of any: ‘
was just out of bed after an illness in
Whicl- he suffered from typhoid fever. He
was luuilfi' mod, and a relapse is feared.
Parrish is 1, . arrest.
Navy 1‘ .-.rd Hands Discharged.
BOSTON, Nov. 14.—Ninety-six men
have been discharged from the construc-
tion and repair department of the navy
yard at Charlestown in the interest of
economy.. Naval Constructor Baxter
says that he anticipates a further reduc-
tion next month unless congress meets
the necessities of the case with a defi-
‘ziency appropriation.
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Naval I Hovein ents.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—The Iii»
Orleans is beating the Brooklyn in :_"r'-; 1
ocean‘race for Manila.
sailed yesterday- from Port Tewfik t.
Aden, at the mouth of the Bed w
while the New Orleans arrivcdat I‘m-
Said, at the western end of the Suez .g-
nal, but the New Orleans, it is said ,
the navy department, where the racv
The Brool‘
i
being watched with interest, has gain
a full day’s time on the crack Amerir-x.
cruiser, as she is only three days behina’
starting under «a handicap. The Ya a
ton has sailed from Port Royal for Gite
re.
The Solace has sailed from £1179
Francisco for Honolulu en route for Tia-r
\ Powder Explosion. nila. The Eagle has arrived at Nucw
SANTA CRUZ, 0211., Nov. 13.—An tas, the Monocacy at Shanghai, rho l
Adams at “’hatccm and the Scorpion a: :,
Kingston.
Big Diamond Robbery.
CLEVELAND, Nov. 14,—Thirty the :5
sand dollars’ worth of diamonds were sw -..
len yesterday afternoon from the store d.
Sigler Bros. at 354 Euclid avenue. Th; , '*
mcn entered the store, which is on '5":
second floor. One of the trio stood
the elevator cage, and the other tworr;
tered the office of Mr. Sigler. One w
the strangers engaged the attention
one of the clerks, and the other talked
Mr. Sigler, at whose side was a his ~
box, 4 by 10 inches, containing the din-
monds.
was distracted for a moment. and up 1
'2
Mr. Sigler says his attent : ,
turning to his supposed customer bi 3.
‘ had fled, and the box of jewels was gun.»
The police have no clew save a descr
tion furnished by Mr. Sigler.
Death In Mince Pie.
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 14.—Two p
ple are dead and a third is seriously ill
Kansas City, Kan, from eating mir‘i
pies apparently containing ptomaine par--
soning. The pies were eaten at dinnnr'.
George W. Hoffman, aged 72 years.
carpenter, and his son-in-law, John Saf.
on, aged 45 years, died after hours
agony. Mrs. Hoifman is critically ill.
Captain Howard’s Successor‘.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—The 'pr.
dent has appointed First Lieutenz- ‘
Thomas H. Slavcns, Fourth cavalry
captain and assistant‘quartermnster, v.-
Captain Howard, recently killed in .-
Philippines. Lieutenant Slavens v.1:
graduated from the Military acade
and appointed to the Fourth cavalry (-
June, 1887.
Nitroglycerin Explosion.
losses orclaims for losses. 1V0 soun c. m
1mm, insures for less
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