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1T COST THREE LIVES,
Explosion Of n Steam Pipe mt the n.
linois Steel Works.

CHICAGO, October S.-Two men were
killed today ct the Illinois steel works and
five injured by the explosion of a steam
pipe.
VIM. Miller, thirty years old. married, and
A. &. Sparrow, unmarried. were killed.
The injured were John Holstrom Thomas
Dorsey, Oscar Wagner, Joseph Todhunter
and Peter Moxey.
All were employees at the South Chicago
mill and the injured were taken 10 the
company hospital there
John Holstrom died later OF his injuries.
The room in which the accident occurred
filled with steam from the broken pipes and
almost every one of the fifty men at work
there was more or less burned. All but
seven. however, were able to go to their
homes and the company's physicians re-
ported that none Of the others were dan.
gerously hurt.
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THE CHINA-JAPAN WAR.
A Crisis Looked for Within the Next
Ten Days.

The crisis of the China-Japan war is
looked for within the next ten days or two
weeks by those most interested and best
Informed on the contest. The legations of
the two countries are expecting daily to
hear that the decisive battle has been
fought. This is based on the fact that the
japanese have been gradually closing In
around Pekin, and the invading army is
CT cCmpelled by force of circumstances to
strike their blow at once or not at all. The
intense cold which comes on about the
middle of October makes this imperative.
The japanese climate is very mild, even in
winter. and the japanese troops are wholly
unprepared for the rigorous climate about
Pekin which is due within two weeks
The Chinese look upon this as one of their
defenses, and the Japanese fully appreciate
that IT compels them to concentrate their
campaign for this year into the next few
weeks, and. If possible. days. For that reason
they are expected to make heroic efforts to
decide the contest at once. They are with
out the heavy clothing, camp equipments
ETC., for a campaign in the bitter cold.
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AGAIN IN SESSION.
The Supreme Court COnvenes With a
Full Bench.

VII bcucHs
The United States Supreme Court assem-
bled today at noon for the fall term, with
full bench. This fact encourages the at
torneys practicing before the court to hope
that the docket of the court may be more
than half cleared up before the adjournment
In May. The court room was we'll filled
with spectators and members of the bar
when, precisely at noon, the blacks -gowned
forms of the chief justice and his asso-
ciates were to be seen filing through the
doors at the north. They were greeted by a
general rising and the sonorous tones of
the crier as he commanded attention. The
chief justice announced that the usual
custom of a visit to the President would
be abandoned owing to the absence of the
President from the city. Therefore the
court would hear motions that might be
made. About a score of attorneys were
presented for admission to the bar Of the
court and took the oath. Then motions
Were made and entered in a number of
cases. after which the chief Justice an
nounced an adjournment until tomorrow at
noon.
This means the gain of a week over the
usual course. and the court will get down to
work at once. There are some important
matters coming before the judges at this
term, including test OF the Sherman anti
trust law. on which will depend the life of
some of the great trusts of this country
opening of the court this morning. This is
favorite fad in social circles, and the gay
costumes of the visitors furnish much of
the relief that the black gowns of the JUS
tices and the equally somber attire Of the
members of the bar need. Among the law
yers who occupied seats within the semi
circle before the judges this morning were
ex-Attorney General Garland. Assistant At
torney General Whitney. ex-Assistant At
torncy General Maury. Mr.. Calderon Car
Isle. Judge Jere Wilson and Mr.. r. Ross
Perry.
The arguing Of cases before the court
will begin tomorrow, and will continue
until, as has been stated, 1t is hoped that
the calendar will be considerably cleared
before the May adjournment.
When the court adjourned last spring
there were ia cases on the docket, and
about 100 have been filed during the recess,
making S14 on the lists for argument and
decision at the present time. There is an
average of about 100 new cases to come in
curing each term, so that there will be
about 914 on the calendars altogether by
the end of the term. The average of dis
posals is about 4j0 for each term, and this
will leave a few more than $50 undecided
at the close of the present term. This re-
suit has been attained by reason of the re-
lief afforded by the establishment of the
circuit courts of appeal, which take a great
burden from the Supreme Court, which will
eventually be enabled to quite catch up
with the current work and clear the docket
at each session.
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SEVEN NEGROES KILLED.


HAWESVlLLE, Ky, October S-As an
excursion train from the Owensboro' fair
arrived at Powers station, a few miles
west OF this city. last night, a race fight
occurred between thirty drunken negroes
and a few white men. Seven negroes ara
said TO have been killed. The negroes were
angry because they were forced TO ride in
cars set apart for them. They made a rush
for the coaches occupied by the whites.
Deputy Marshal Moses Burlington, who had
his family on the train. met the negroes and
attempted to quiet them. The negroes then
began firing. Deputy Burlington and Squire
Aldridge and Marshal Jones and Col John
Patterson Of Lewispcrt and half a dozen
others then began firing. These statements
are from the lips OF United States Marshal
BullingtOn.
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Treasury Affairs.

1t is stated ut the Treasury Department
that the excess of expenditures over re-
ceipts during the first three months Of the
present fiscal year was only s7s0.0G4. in
stead of $l9,oOo,WO, as published In several
newspapers. The correct figures for the
first three months of the present fiscal
year are: Receipts, s97,StS.17i; disburse-
mentS, s9S.6 2IS. Last week the receipts
exceeded the expenditures, and at the close
of business Saturday there was no deficit
for the present fiscal year.
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PRAYERS FOR THE CzAR.
A Change for the Worse Has Alarmed
Russian Authorities.

IRESLAU. October S-The Schleslschs
Zeitung publishes a dispatch from ST.
Petersburg, which says that sudden
charge for the worse has taken place in the
condition OF the car.
The minister OF war has ordered prayers
for the preservation OF the life OF the car
to be offered up in all the garrison and
regimental churches. Painting fits are re-
ported to have supervened and to have ren-
dered an operation Immediately necessary.
The court dignitares and other high Rus
sian officials have hurriedly starred for
LivaCia.
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Opening Ohio's Democratic Campaign.

Special Dispatch TO The Evening STAR
COLUMBUS. Ohio, October s.-Democrats
here are astonshed that the opening OF the
campaign has been fixed by Chairman
Thurman at Mansfield, in the fourteenth
district, where the party has so far been
unable TO get n candidate. IL begins TO
look ns though Mr.. Thurman wants TO get
back at Congressman Harter. the leading
opponent of free silver In Ohio. and is car
rying the war into his home. 1t will be re-
mernbered that Harter and Thurman had .
personal wrangle over the silver question
in the Thurman Club rooms last winter.
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PRESIDENTS RETURN,

18th.
Private Secretary Thurber brought his
family to Washington Saturday and al
most Immediately returned to the President
at Gray Gables. 1t is said at the White
House that the President and family will
return to Washington between the 18th and
Goth instants and that all the repairs to
the Executive Mansion will be fully COM
pleted before the first-named date. The
mansion is still in torn-up state. but can
easily be made ready for the Presidents 8
occupancy in a few days.
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The Catholic Vote.
Pardon Granted.

The President has granted pardon to
Peter Green. convicted in South Carolina
of having counterfeit coin in his possession
1t is represented that the convict is hope
lessly i'll with consumption and that he can
not possibly survive but short time.
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Naval Promotion,

The President has appointed Richard
Wainwright lieutenant commander, and
Joseph p. Mickey a chief engineer in the
navy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-08

John Cooper. sixty-eight years old. was
taken sick near 7th and G. streets southeast
about the same time, and was sent to the
Washington Asylum.
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A virginia Postmaster.

r. II. Hillsman has been appointed post
master at Gills. Amelia county, Va, vice
Mrs. 8. ]. Gillis, removed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-08

@e proof Of f8e paSoins is
in fee eating. Saturdays
Sfar contained 81 columns
Of aeoerfisemenfs. msaoe up
Of 1,12o separate announce.
menfs. xBese aeoerfisers
BoasM pu8fieifp-nof m,erefp
space.
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Mr.. Hills best friends see his peril, and
privately admit that IT is very great. There
a SO much at stake, and in case of sue
cess he would win SO largely! If achieved.
n Will be the most stupendous triumph In
the history Of American politics. He will
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26
OUR FORTY FIFTH STATE.
Utah Adds Another Star to Old Glory'l
Blue.

Utah Adds Another Star to Old Glory't
Blue.
BY a few strokes of his pen Grover
Cleveland made operative the bill
which provides for the admission OF
Utah to the Union as a State. BY the
conditions of admission this, Oar forty
fl tn State, will have full powers of
statehood Upon the commencement of
the next session Of Congress-that is,
she is to send no Representatives or
Senators to the present Congress.
Utah, with an area of 84,476 square
miles, had in 1897 @ population Of 2O7,-
900, which was greater than that OF
either Delaware, Montana, Idaho,
Moth Dakota, Nevada or Wyoming.
Utah is divided into twenty counties.
Salt AXE City is the capital and largest
city. Utah is divided into two pa is
by the Wahsatch mountains. The
west part belongs to the great basin,
its waters having no outlet to
the ocean. while the east part is
drained bv the COLORADO River of the
West. This river is formed by the
junction of the Grand and Green, and
flows southwest into Arizona. West of
the Wahsatc Mountains are several
lakes, of which those with no outlet
are salt or alkaline. The largest of
these and the most famous is the
Great Salt Lake. South of this lake.
into VIII CHI it flows through the River
Jor dan, ~forty-five miles long, is Utah
Lake, a sheet of pure fresh water
Astounding in fish.
In the valleys the climate is gener-
ally mild and healthful. with little
snow. On the mountains the winters
are severe and the snowfall is more
abunc ant. Much of the soil of Utah is
fertile, and by thorough irrigation can
be made to produce good crops. But
tie plains in their natural state are
for the most part hard, dry and
barren and frequently covered with a
sa inc incrustation. The principal
agi icu,tural products are wheat, oats,
barley, potatoes and other root crops.
Apples, pears, peaches, plums and
grapes grow we'll. Grazing is cOn-
Quoted on a larger scale than is agri-
culture.
Utah 70: ms part Of the territory a
quired firm Mexico in 1913. 1t was
settled in 1S47 by the Msrmons under
Brigham Young. Utan-named from
a tribe of Indians of that name-was
organized as a Territory in 1850, and
embraced 20, 1876 square miles. With
in its limits were portions of what
have since become Colorado, Wyoming
and Nevada.
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air. Their mangled remains we're az
,erward found 200 feet or more away
from the scene.
Equally terrible was the fate Of Joe
Caller, of Troop B, just behind the ex-
plosiOn. His head was crushed by the
shells. The caisson was totally
wrecked. Bits of the wheels were
driven into the buildings on both sides
OF the street, and barely enough was
lett n the re galway to indicate the
spot where the vehicle had stood. The
Tour horses We're frightfully cut and
mangled by the shrapnel. They
plunged about in agonies on the ground
lOr a few moments and then lay still.
The horses on the second iece of ar
u'lery right behind the explosion Jared
iittle better. All except n were
killed.
The cause Of the EXPLOSION remains
mystery. AS nearly all the cases in
the ammunition chest were discharged,
me cause of the accident will never
oe discovered. 1t is supposed. how
evyr, to have been caused by the acct
dental unscre wing of an imperfect
'arapnel shell cap.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26

be made. Within the city limits tower
houses have been burned and tracks
been tcra up. Damage has been done
in many railroad shops, and enormous
sums expended in defending the roads
against rioters. What the railroad
companies will do in the way Of de.
handing financial redress from the
county and city has not been deter
mined by the General Managers, but
many suits are expected.
The commission men of South Water
street will meet to formulate a plan OF
action in regard to claims against the
railroad companies. 1t was estimated
that the claims would aggregate $780,
WOO, and that the losses Of the commits
sion men would not be less than ST.
500, 900.
In Chicago and vicinity. including
Hammond, eight or, indirectly. ten
lives were lost, the victims being
killed outright or afterwards dying OF
their injuries, while the number of
wounded, as lar a. reported, was forty
one. At east nine, and probably ten,
lives have been lost throughout the
West outside of Chicago. This does
not include those killed and injured by
the explosion Of the caisson on a Chi
cagO boulevard.
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THE A PLAGUE.
Its Spread Directly Attributable to Native
Superstition.

Superstition.
The spread of the black plague in
China was due to d great extent to the
superstition of the natives. In Hong
Kong it was by a mere matter of acct
dent that the European authorities
learned Of the disease, as the natives
carefully corcealed tire spread of the
cOntagiOn. Placards were brought to
Hong Kong from Canton, which reveal
the deadly SUSPECT IN of all foreign
means of treatment. These placards
warned all people not to 60 to Hong
Kong nor to permit their wives
and children to go, because they
would TALL victims to the foreign
doctors, n were chopping up all
sick persons in order to make medicine
out of their eyes and bones. No
amount OF explanation has yet suficed
to eradicate the d~eep-seated suspicion
that all foreign doctors are on the still
hunt for the eyes Of dead Chinese.
The people cannot understand that
European medicine does not value cer-
tain parts OF a body for medicine, be-
cause their own physician, who are
mainly Quacks, insist that by eating
certain parts of the bodies OF animals
one may secure the b st qualities of
those animals. They cling to this be-
lief, AMI therefore such absurd stories
as those Of Christian missionaries kill
iny native children to secure theireves
find ready credence.
In Hong Kong tn 8 silly suspicion of
foreign doctors led to thousands Of UNI
necessary deaths. When the physi-
clans began hOuse-tO-hOuse inspe ctiOn
for patients suffering from the plague
there was a tremendous clamOr. fla
cards were posted not to permit the
foreign devils to enter their homes, as
this search for patients was merely a
ruse. These warnings also declared
that many who were removed were not
suffering from the dread dis ase, but
had been selected as spec ally suit.
abe for furnishing medicines. In
the excited condition of the
public these p,acards and rumOr
crea ed such an Outbur.t OF
fanatici- IN that the doctors were forced
to give up the house inspection for two
days. Before they relinqui. he'd it,
however. they we're actually stoned By
crowds which followed them in the
streets. The police detailed armed
Sikhs to accompany the doctors, but
this was found to promote dan er OF an
instruction and it was finally decided
to yield to native C amor. After two
DAYS the inspection "a resumed, the
native Governor having issued a proc
lamation warning every n from in.
terfering with the doctors. All pa
tients, however, were tran -ferred to
the native hospitals, as the Chinese
absolutely refused to use the European
hospital.
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Cause of the DtS3st6r UNKNOWN.
Nv the explosion in Chicago of an
ammunition chest belonging to Bat
tsry + of the Second Artillery, from
Fort Riley, Kan, four soldiers were
instantly killed, eighteen other peo-
nIe, soldiers and spectators, were
ro1nded, and nine artillery horses
were killed.
The carnage produced by the dis
,harre of the forward gun c~aisson,
l,aded with the death-dealing shrap-
ne shells and steel percussion shells,
was frightful. The houses in the
reighbOrhooi Of the scene of the ex-
nlo-ion, which was the intersection of
nrand and lakewood boulevards, we're
riddled BY the pro ectiles of all
kinds from shrapnel bullets and
canister and larts of the gun
carriages. Two of the soldiers
were literally blown to pieces. Their
b dies. mangled beyond recognition,
we're picked up > 0 feet or more from
where the explosion took place. The
peop!e for b ocks arOund were stunned
by the conclusion. Windows were
shattered books away from the acct
lent. and the pc pie rushed out into
the -treets in alarm, thinking it was a
dynamite bomb whicl some one had
ct off. All except five of the injured
were soldiers of the regular army.
The accident occurred at Las o clock.
Tn detachment. consisting of three
troops Of cav. Try and one battery OF
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ment. He soon entered the engineers
office, and in 1877 became Chief En-
gineer of the Southern Minnesota Rail
road. Later he became come ted
with the S uthern Pacific. and in 1881
was chosen General Superintendent of
the st. Paul, Minneapolis and Man toba
Railway. In 1888 be assumed the man
agement Of the Chicago, st. Paul and
Kansas City Railroad, and in 1890 be-
came president Of the company, a po-
sition he held until April of the pres
ent year. He knows all about the rail
road business, and by nature is pecu-
liarly qualified to fight and put down
strike
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26

GROVER SPEAKS OUT.
Letter from Him IndOrsinE the Wilson
Bill Read in the House.

A Washington dispatch says: In
tense int crest was created by Mr.. Will
sons announcement in the House
Thursday that he had a letter from
President Gle Gland, which the
latter had permitted to be-
make public. Tn, letter was
then sent to the desk and read,
amid profound silence. TIE letter was
in the President vigorous sly 9, and
was a stirring tribute to the Wilson
bill and a direct bow at any surrender
to the Senate bill. The letter was &C
companied by a speech fro m Mr.. Will
son. He denounced the Senate
and the manner in which the
House members had been treated
in the conference. With unmistakable
suggestion he declared that, should it
be proved that the sugar trust had
cOrruptly influenced legislation, it was
the duty OF Democrats to make a bitter
reprisal on this conspiracy by sweep
ING aside the duty or refined sugar.
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SENATOR'S in DANGER.
SUGAR SCANDAL MAY POSSIBLY
LEAD TO ARRESTS.
Throe Prominent Statesmen Said to Have
Perjured Themselves in the Recent In
vestigatlon-Talk of criminal Prosecu-
ton and Exposure.
Sugar ROmb MAY Burst.

It IS reported here, on what is said
to be good authority, says a Washing
ton correspondent, that, despite the
denials of speculation and the worn
statements Of Senators who had been
called before the investigating COM
mittee, it would be proven that in
three instances at least speculation
had been engaged in, and that the
three Senators referred to had been
guilty of perjury.
An interesting story is going the
rounds "a sto.y so startling in its de-
tails that it Is almost past belief. 1t is
said there Is a man in Washington who
has in his possession the original
brokers' contract whereupon one of
the SenatOrs-a prominent one at that
contra ,ted to buy sugar when
it vas down to 90, just before its phe-
nomenal rise. 1t is said that interest
ed persons short" on sugar, and who
had ben squeezed" in the process of
manipulating the market, or because
they did not have the inside tip" had
lost an immense amount of money. and
had determined so break the sugar
schedule at all hazards.
The most interesting part Of the
story is the way in which they intend
to set this schedule aside. 1t Is by no
other process than by the arrest of a
certain Senator on a charge of per-
jury. In a criminal oase of this kind.
it is said, stock brokers would be COM
PEELED to show their books in court and
the persons back of this scheme say
they can prove, not only by the evil
dence they now claim to have, but by
what they could thus lay bare, that
somebody has been doing some tall
lying before the Investigating commit
tee.
1t is thought this particular Senator,
rather than submit to such proceed
ings, would undo the work it is said he
has assis ed in doing, and through the
influence he is said to yield, sugar would
be placed on the free LIST. and the men
short" of the stock would recoup their
capital dropped while they were on the
wrong side of the market.
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artillery, was proceeding south on
Grand boulevard to Washington Park.
Capt. Dodd from Fort Riley was in
command. With him were troop B OF
the Seventh Regiment, Capt. \arnum;
troop + of the Sixth Regiment, Lieut..
Hyer; and two pieces Of artillery of
battery +, under command of Lieut..
Gayle.
Soldiers Blown High In Air.
Troop F was in the lead, with troop
B following. Behind this came the ar
tillery, and troop E brought up the
rear. In this order the soldiers we're
riding. Just as the artillery reached
the intersection of lakewood boulevard
the explosion occurred. First there
came a terrific conclusion which blew
the men seated on the caisson high
into the air and Frustrated the artil-
lie Y horses and the neares, cavalry
men. This was followed immediately
by a series Of lesser explosions These
caused much less slaughter than the
first. Donovan and Doyle. two gun
ners coated on the exploding caisson,
were thrown hundreds of feet into the
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Appeals. In 1901 he AMES u. GEORGE.
was a member of the convention in
Missis ,ippi which passed the ordinance
OF sece ssion. and he voted for and
signed that instrument. He was a
Brigadier General Of the State troops,
and held other offices during the war.
In 1879 he was Chief Justice of the SUI
preme Court of Mississippi, but re-
signed his seat on the Supreme Bench
to enter the United States Senate in
March OF 1881. He was reelected in
1856, and again in 1892.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26
ITS COST.

Railroad Losses, In Chicago Alone, Caused
by the Strike May Reach SS,OOO,OOO.
One of the General Managers in
speaking of the cost OF the great strike
- the railroads in Chicago alone said
That the losses to the roads might go
as high as so, $50, OOO. The loss Occa-
stoned by suspended traffic will be the
largest item, but the destruction OF
property will be by no means a small
one. Nearly co. Panhandle cars were
destroyed in one blaze, AMI OF this
number n~inety-eight contained mer-
~chandi,e. 1t will be necessary to
learn what these cars contained
before any computation of loss can