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DARING TRAIN ROBBERS.
Highwaymen Secure $4,000 From a
Fast Mail Near Chicago.
Safe In an Express Car Blown Open With
Dynamite-signal Operator Gagged
-Holdup Very Dramatic.

CHICAGO, Ill. (speciaD.-Five masked
hIghwaymen held up the fast mail train on
the Chicago and Northwestern Railway at
switch tower "W," between the stations OF
Elburn and Maple Park, forty-seveu miles
west OF this city, and by dynamiting the e1'
press car secured about $1,000 in cash.
Armed detectives and dozen blood
hounds were put on the robbers track,
and the Northwestern Railway Company
and the American Exp ress Company have
offered reward OF $4,000 for the capture
and conviction OF the thieves. For the ar
rest and conviction OF any one OF the high
waymen one-third OF the reward Will be
paid. This offer Is to hold good until an
the miscreants are behind the bars OF the
Illinois State Prison.
The story of the holdup, rs reported to
the officials Of the Northwestern road by the
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Pho del Pillar offers for the sum OF $50,
300 to refrain from attacking Manila with
bis army; for the sum Of S25o,O0 he offers
10 surrender his army after sham battle,
both sides firing into the air. and for the
Sum OF $500, 900 he says he will procure the
overthrow OF the insurrection and the cap
lure Of Aguinaldo, Palermo and the other
leaders.
In the course Of tho communication he
refers to Aguinal 10 In contemptuoss terms,
indicating that strained relations exist be.
tween them. Reports are being received
from districts occupied by the enemy that
the Filipinos believe that Pho del Pillar mas
an audacious plan to break through the
American lines into Manila and to seize
General Otis and the Archbishop. POSI-
bly, these rumors wers started with nm ioea
of helping him to make a deal with the
Americans. It Is unnecessary TO say that
the Americans would welcome an attack OF
that sort.
There has been much speculation OF late
regarding the whereabouts OF Pho del
Pillar. The recent attack at La Iona is
credited to his men. 1t is believed that he
Ia now In the Vicinity OF San Mateo Valley.
with force OF from 1900 to 5000 men.
Ten former Spanish soldiers, who were
captured by t'>e Filiplnos and for a time
acted rs officers and members OF Fill.
pino artillery regiment located In the vi.
oinity OF Santa Rosa, In the Laguna dc Bay
district, determined to surrender the ar
tillery to the Americans, Tho plot was
discovered by the Fillplnos, who killed
seven OF the coDsplrators, the three others
making their escape to Manila.
1t appears that when the surrender was
determined upon the Spaniards delegated
one OF their number to proceed to Manila
and to propose to General Otis to sur.
render, after a prearranged mock battle,
about twelve pieces, including Krupp
and Nordenfeldt rapid6re guns, well
supplied with ammunition from the
Lipa powder factory, in exchange for
certain sums to be paid the Spaniards,
who were to be pardoned for carrying
arms against tho Americans and to be
transported to Spain. The delegate left
Santa Rosa. and, ompanied by three
Filipinos. ehtered tho American lines at
Calamba. The FllIpinos did not proceed
far, deciding to await his return ut given
time. As the delegate was detained In Ma.
nIla longer than they had expected, they
grew suspicious and returned to Santa
Rosa. The plot was then revealed and the
remaining Spaniards were attacked.
The gunboat Napindan, coasttng neal
Santa Rosa, perceived two men on the
beach, hurriedly embarklng In canoe and
pushing out toward them. She took them
on board, and they reported that the Fill
pinos, on discovering the plot to surrender
khe artillery, had cut tls throats OF seven
OF their Spanish companions, and that they
themselves had barely escaped with theii
lives.
The three Spaniards are now hiding ir
Manila. fearing Filipino vengeance. Gen.
sral Otis had declined their offer through
the delegate to surrender the artillery for
morey, but he promises to send the three
to Spain.
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Domestic.

Captain John K. Fleet, OF the United
states Shipping Company, has received at
Nevport News, w., what Is said to be the
(lrst Portuguese gold medal OF honor ever
presented In this country, for saving the
stipwrecked crew OF the Portuguese bark
Alice two years ago.
Attorney General Monnett, OF Ohio, has
rendered decision In which he holds that
The ground between railroad switches ts
roadbed and can be taxed as such. This
will add large amount to the Ohio tax re-
ceipts.
Miss Mary Hubbard, OF Winterpo-t, Me-.
was burned to death in her house. She
was wealthy and her home was one OF the
Qnest in Maine.
William Leggett, OF Rochester. N. Y, In
the employ OF Gaskill's Midway Company,
was fatally injured by an elephant at
Knoxville, Tenn, because he struck the
animal on the head with hammer several
weeks ago at Battle Greek, Mich.
Admiral Sampson, who has been de-:
tailed to the Charleston Navy Yard, arrived
IN Boston few days ago and assumed COM
mand at the Yard.
Rear-Admiral Norman h. Farquhar ar.
rived at Old Point Comfort, Va, from
Washington and Is now In command OF the
Admiral ". T. Sampson.
Under the spell OF the preaching OF the
Rev. DR.. A. B. Simpson, the sum OF $6S, ,3o0
In pledges was raised on Sun day, for the
Christian and Missionary Alliance at Car.
uegie Music Hall, in New York City.
Leo Casaua, seventeen years old, who
lived with his parents In New York City
was taken to Bellevue Hospital violently
Insane from smoking cigarettes.
In a boiler explosion at Brownsburg.
Ind, three men we're instantly killed and
five others were seriously injured. The
Head are Ian Wasson. engineer; Nate
Cook, head sawyer, and Milton Roberts.
President Mckinley attended the wei.
come home from Manila OF the Thirteenth
Minnesota Regiment in Minneapolis, and
made q speech broadly favoring expansion
and retention OF the Philippines.
J.B. Drumond, OF Boston, a member OF
The Massachusetts Legislature, was killed
oy his guide, who mistook him for q deer
and shot him while they were hunting In
:he Maine woods.
Mrs. Matte Askins, OF Thompson, Mloh.,
las made a confession that she killed her
fourteen. year-old daughter with morphine.
The mother then administered the drug to
ner son and also to herself, but tho poison
Aid not kill.
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Foreign.

The London Morning Posts Madrid cor.
respondent says: THE appointment OF
General Weyler as President OF the Con-
.ultative Council OF War has been con-
armed, and is severely criticised BY both
military officials and civilians"
The Neuete NachrIchten, OF Berlin, says
that the colonial council has adopted q
resolution declaring 1t compatible with
German colonial interests to abandon
Samoa In return for sufficient indenniica.
tlon.
Smallpox has broken out at Cape Town,
South Africa. among the natives from
johannesburg.
DR.. Kapper, editor OF a German paper
has been sentenced to six months imprls-
onment for crlticising the Emperor.
The long-standing question regarding
the payment for the 2700 tons OF coal pur
chased at st.. Thomas, D. ". l., for the
United States Government in the war has
been settled, the United States Govern.
mont paying $4,000.
Grown Princess Stephani, widow OF the
Gro wn Prince Rudolph, will be married to
Count Ellemer Lonyay, nephew OF former
Hungarian Prime Minister, In London, on
November o.
The Soclalistic Convention In Hanover,
Germany, has resolved to move In the
Reichstag for the abolition OF the lese ma-
jeste paragraph OF the Penal Code.
Hiram Maxim Is preparing to send from
London two batteries OF Ma kim -Norden.
feldt guns to the Philippines for the use Of
the American troops.
The Queen has sent personal contrlbu'
ton OF $4,000 to the family OF the Frenct
sailor recently shot by the British cunboat
Leds while fishing In English waters.
Philadelphia woman named Caldwell
residing In Berlin was attacked In her resi-.
dence by robber, who felled her with hi:
fist, then took her money and valuables
and made his escape.
Formal notification that a state OF wal
exists between tho South African Republic
aud Great Britain was made TO the French
Government by the secretary OF the Boel
agency in The Hague.
circular has been sent to the inspec
tors OF the Royal Irish Constabulary asking
for volunteers for the new South African
police which it is proposed to organize.
kilograms received at Vienna from Linz
capital OF Upper Austria, ON the Danube
report that the inhabit' g OF that distrtc
are in state Of terror wing to serie
Of "Jack the Ripper" murders. Five WON
On have been murdered.
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and had It not been that In the last five
miles the Shamrock, by being the first to
catch a suddenly freshening breeze, les.
sened some OF the wide gar that separated
her from the Columbia, she would have
been beaten even more badly than she was
Sir Thomas was prompt with his con.
gratulations. Before the yachts reached
the Horseshoe he gave another instance OF
the true sportsmanlike spirit with which
he Is trying to Cliff the cup. Ranging
the Erin alongside the Columbia, he HIM
self led his officers and men in giving three
lusty British cheers for the Columbia and
three more for the crew. They were as
heartily responded to by the Columbia's
men, led by Mr.. Iselin.
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Newsy GleanIuYs.

The new registration law in South Da-
kota goes into effect this year.
An international exhibition OF automo.
biles has just peen held IN Berlin, Ger
many.
Through the efforts OF enterprising
Americans the city OF Mexico is to have
public automobile service.
Prussian manufacturers have donated
over $3.50, 900 for the benefit OF the Tech
biological Institute In Berlin.
The Government has planned notable
exhibition Of colonial products for the
9an.American Exposition at Buffalo.
The Commissioners Of the District OF Co.
lumbis have forbidden the sale OF giant
arscrackers and dynamite torpedosa-
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Our Adopted Islands.


Mrs. Letorde. wife OF Military Governor
audlow's acting chief clerk, died In Ha
vana from yellow fever.
The Manila newspaper Patria has beer
suppressed and its editor arrested, charged
with sedltious utterances.
The Boers showed every courtesy to Mr..
Conynham Greene, the British Agent, on
his Journey from Pretoria to Cape Town,
South Africa. Six OF President Kruger's
body guard escorted him to the Transvaal
border. The burghers OF the Orange Free
State were equally courteous.
The Mayor and Councilmsn OF Mayaguez.
capital OF the province Of that name, Porto
Rico, have resigned owing to political dif-
ferences.
The taking OF the census throughout the
island Of Cuba has begun. The people re-
,eiye the enumerators we'll aud give all
the desired information readily. No dlf-
lculty is expected in the cities.
The six artillery batteries stationed at
Honolulu, Hawaii, have lost between
twenty and thirty mon in the last few
lays by desertlon. All the soldiers there
are anxious to be sent 70 Manila. They
are willing to stand thirty days in the
kuardhouse for the chance OF getting to
lhe seat OF war.
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Cycling Notes.

Sunday bicycle races lack support in
Chicago.
The bic ycle Is said to be losing some Of
Its popularity in Pittsburg.
The free-w wheel device will be applied tc
the chainless in this country on next years
model.
A little attention now and then will keep
the wheel looking much more attractive
than II neglected.
Although 1t has thousands OF wheelwom'
en-. Melbourne, Australia, does not possess
one women's cycling club.
The latest bicycle attachment Is sheep
shearing machine made ut Birmingham, /,
England, for use In Australia.
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COLUMBIA THE VICTOR.
She Wins the First Race by Ten
Minutes and Eight Seconds.
SHAMROCKS TOPMAST BREAKS.

Tho Defender Wins the Second Race-Ac-
cident to tho Challenger Disables Her
and the Columbia Sails Over the
Course Alone-Sir Thomas Leads Brit
ish Cheers For His Successful Rival.
NEW YORK CITY Special. D.-Fairly and
squarely the Columbia beat the Shamrock
Monday in q wind without nukes upon
which to hang excuse or plant, and under
weather conditions which were said to pc
cullarly favor the challenger. The Colum-
bia won by ten minutes and eight seconds.
From the moment the Columbia took the
lead, a few minutes after the start, the Is
sue wa. never in doubt. Every mile saw
the advantage OF the Columbia Increased,
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Tho Labor World.

The American Federation OF Labor has
increased its membership over 25O, 900 this
year.
Switzerland has at present 1928 co-opera-
tive associations for buying food, with
104, ,920 members.
A New Orleans (La.) man Is said to have
invented sugar cane planter In the form
Of wagon, that with three men and -FOUR
mules will do the work heretofore done by
nine men and nine mules.
A general strike affecting all freight and
-four handlers In West Superior, Wis, has
been ordered by the 'Longshoremen's
Union. Five hundred men went out. The
men demand that none but union men be
hired. ........
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INSANE FARMER KILLS FIVE.
Babcock Shoots Wife and Three Sons
Then Slays Himself.

Babcock Shoots Vile ana three son1'
Then Stays Himself.
REDWOOD FALLS, MINI. Especially D.-Frank
e. Babcock, a farmer living near this city,
murdered his wife and three sons on his
farm and then committed suicide. The
murder, it is supposed, was committed In
O lt Of insanity.
Babcock loaded his gun and went to
whsre his two little boys were playing
near the house and shot both OF them
dead. His wife saw the deed and ran 10
ths harm for safety. He found his vile In
the barn and shot her through the head.
She fell dead.
From the barn he walked to where his
Oldest son was at work, and at close range
fred shot that killed him instantly. ne.
ionSIno he placed the muzzle OF the weap-
on IN Ills mouth and fired one barrel, KILL
ing himself instantly. He fell over on the
gun, which still had one barrel cooked.
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BOY DIES OF A WHIPPING.
School Teacher Held Responsible Fo
the Death OF Pupil.

school IoaCnor heIu heepousiuAo xvi
the Death OF Pupil.
HAMMOND, Ind. (special).-W. d. Reich
ers is Principal OF the Robertsdale School,
a division OF the Hammond City Schools,
and among his pupils was an unruly one
named Arthur Whitney. After vain efforts
to control him by other means, Professor
Rslchers gave him such whipping as ne
thought the bov msrlted. Shortly there'
after the boy became Ill and died. Apost-
norton examination disclosed Injuries to
the spinal cord, which the physicians
assert were the cause OF death. and when
are claim ed to be due to the whipping. :,
Some days ago Relchers was arrested
upon charge OF assault, and held UNDER
$500 bonds, which were furnished by su-
perintendent Belman OF the city schools,
who approves the teachers method ana
actions. The Board OF Education has de.
cided to stand by him In the defense, ana
will attempt to prove that he did no bodily
injury to the child. Reichers was held
on the charge of manslaughter.
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General Shafter Formally Retired.

General William r. Shafter, who has helt
the positions OF Brlgadier-General In the
regular army and Major-General in the
volunteer army, has been placed on the re-
tired list of the regular army. He will,
however, remain In command OF the De-
nartment OF the Pacific until relieved by
order of the President, or until he Is mus.
tered out on July /, 1901, on which date
ths enlistment OF all Spanish war volun.
teers will expire as provided in the Wal
act OF Congress.
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Gomez Offers to Return Horses.

General Gomez, in letter published In
the papers Of Havana, Cuba, says he has
three horses which he acquired during the
war, and which therefore do not belong to
him. Now that the war Is over, and, though
he has great love for the horses, he zoos
not feel justified in retaining them In his
possession. II any one can prove owner
ship, the horses will be returned.
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GENERAL BUlLER SAILS.

Prince OF Wales at tho Station to Bid the
British Commander God-speed.
LONDON (By Cable).-General Sir Redvers
Butler, who is going to South Africa to as
sumo command OF the British forces, has
sailed for Cape Colony. General Butler
Is accom- panied by his daughter. A few
minutes before the train started the Prince
OF Wales and the Duke OF Cambridge, for
merly Commander-in-Ch Chief OF the British
army, drove up to the station. A huge
crowd had assembled outside, and when
the Prince and Duke arrived to bid General
Butler God-speed, they received tremen-
dous ovation. /
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$4,000 VERDICT FOR A BOY.

Chicago Jury Says the City Is Responsible
For Terrible Injuries.
CHICAGO (SpeciaD.-Paralyzed from his
waist down, his hearing impaired, his
tongue injured to such an extent as to rob
him OF his power OF speech, and suffering
from n broken spine, Henry Walters, nine
wears old. has obtained the largest verdict
Tor personal injuries ever returned against
the city Of Chicago-t90,e 600.
In January, 1898, when walking along
the Thirty-llfth Street Viaduc:, the boy
fell through hole In the planking, which
had been obscured by smoke from pass
ing engine.
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Imprisoned Miners Rescued.

An explosion Of gas occurred at the shen'
andoah City Colllery, ut Shenandoah, Penn,
and fire Immediately broke out In the
mine, hemming In twenty-five men who
we're at work. Those attracted to the sur
face OF the mine by the explosion at once
began vigorous efforts to rescue the I'm.
prisoned men, and In this they were sue
cessful, all the men being taken out alive
In a comparatively short time: Three oil
the number, Adam Sobolinski, William
Skavinski, and Joseph Caspavage, were
Severely burned, and ttelr injuries may
prove fatal. Several others sustained
severe injuries.
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FAITH CURE BELIEVER ACQUITTED.

An Indiana Judge Holds That Parent
Need Not Call Doctor for His Child.
La PORTE, Ind. (SpecIaD.-The trial OF
James Chenowth, believer in faith cure.
who was indicted by the grand jury OF
Clinton County for murder, being held re-
sponsible for the death OF an infant chlld,
because he failed to summon physician,
has been acquitted. The case was taken
from the jury by Judge Kent. who held
that there Is no law requiring parent to
provide medical attention for his children.
The state will carry the case on appeal to
the Supreme Court. The decision OF Judge
Kent Is regarded al great victory by be.
levers In faith cure.
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sUeoNlc PLAGUE IN ENGLAND.

Bombay Steamer Lands miiu Caso'
Which IL Promptly Isolated.
LONDON (By e).-The Pentnsular
and Oriental steamer Peninsular, from
Bombay, arrived few days ago at Ply
mouth, England, and landed a coal
trimmer who is suffering from mild
attack OF bubonic plague. The symptoms
were developed the day after the steamer
left Marseilles. He has been Isolated.
No other cases are reported. The pas
sengers, who landed ut Plymouth, were
all In good health.
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Three Firemen Are Killed.

Fire caused the loss OF three lives and
property worth 100000 at Knishtstown,
Ind, q few days ago. The dead are Tru-
man Rhodes, Charles Schutter and Fon
Davey, members OF the volunteer fire de.
partment. They were fighting the fire
when tho front wall OF three-srory build
Ing fell outward. They were caught by
the falling bricks and crushed to death.
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;HE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Warrington Itsma.

The Schley Testimonial Committee OF
he Royat Arcanum has presented hand
Iome loving cup to Mrs. SchleY, the wtfe
II Rear-Admiral Schley.
President Mckinley telegraphed the Sec
setary OF War an order promoting to tho
grade OF BrIgadier-General the following
off1cers: Colonel A. C. M. Pennington,
Second Artillery; Colonel Royal T. Frank,
First Artillery; Colonel Louis q: Carpen-
;er, Fifth Cavalry; Colonel Samuel Oven.
shine, Twenty-third Infantry; Colonel
The war in South Africa will result In
the cutting Off OF our mail service with the
Transvaal and the Orange Free State, said
an official OF the Post ONCE Department.
All mail matter from this country for South
Africa enters by way OF Cape Town.
Commander Taussig, OF the Bennington,
has sent report to the Navy Department
praisinc the work OF officers and crew In
an engagement at Malabon.
Many trust officials and attorneys arrived
In Washington In answer to the subponas OF
the Industrial Commission. They appar-
emily fear that there may be legislation re-
garding the appointment Of a. commission
to control the trusts.
Major Woodruff, Chief Surgeon at
Manila, has cabled Surgeon Stsrnberg, re-
auesting that the corps OF female nursee
at Manila be increased to correspond with
the increase OF troops under General otis's
command.
The task OF recruiting the volunteer
army for the philippines Is practically
completed. It was announced at the wal
Department that all the regiments have
been filled except one OF the additional
colored regiments the Forty-ninth, which
needs less than Ave hundred men.
Dr.. Senner, former Commissioner OF I'm
migration, told the Industrial Com mission
he was opposed to further restrictions or
immigration.
Australian federation is considered ar
accomplished fact, according to Consul
General Bray, at Melbourne.
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Body Picked Up by q Yacht.

STANFORD, Conn. (speclaD.-A Boston
yacht on its way from New York City ran
through lot OF burned wIeckage, sup
posedly from the Nutmeg State and near
the wreckage the body OF a'mnn was found.
The man was apparently about sixty years
old, and had q vraylsh beard. The body
was brought to this city and was taken tc
to the Morgue to await Identification.
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alexandria. Va, Has Celebration.
The founding OF the city OF Alexandria,
Va, $50 years ago was celebrated few
DAYS ago with an elaborate outdoor dis.
pIay. Crowds OF ofvisltors from Washington
and the surrounding country thronged the
streets, Bunting and the national nag
adorned all the business houses and private
residences.
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SOUTHAMPTON (By Cable). - When the
the train from London arrived here WIFI
General Redvers Butler aboard there was
great dem monstration. There were at least
ten thousand persons on the quay: Ihey
sang "God Save the Queen" and "hule,
Britannia" and as the transport Dunottar
Castle steamed out OF the harbor there was
1rent ohAerInQ.
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Texas's Drought Since July Broken.

The first rain that could be called
general that has fallen In Texas since
early In July fell few days ago. The
most severe drought experienced IN
dozen years is at last broken. The grain
growing and cattle-raising districts were
greatly benefited and threatened water
famine in Dallas and other Texas cities
aYerted.