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supplies for the quartermaster's de-
partment.
The estimate made by COnmiSsary
General Weston for subsistence stores
for the current fiscal year was 11,112,-
242, and this will be exceeded
Secretary Roots estimate for the
military esta blishment for the current
year aggregated S128,170, 5S3. and they
viii undoubtedly be larger for the next
fiscal year. Estimates Will also be sub
mjtted for public works, including con-
structiOn and repair of arsenals, con-
StrUctiOn, repair and armament of for
tihcdtiOn. construction and repair Of
military posts, river and harbOr i'm
prOvements, maintenance Of the ma
tiOnaI home for disabled volunteer sol
dierS, etc, which viii make the war de-
partment estimates figure up nearly
500, 0C0, 600. The secretary, however,
will, whenever possible largely reduce
the estimates of his chiefs of bureaus
As an indication of the growth of the
navy, the estimate for its increase is
slightly above 81. GOO, 00O-more than it
has ever been before Rear Admiral
CrOWninshield has estimated for larger
enlisted force and unless the secretary
determines not 70 adopt the recon-
mendatiOn OF the chief of the bureau
of navigation, il will necessiJate larger
appropriations for pay, equipment and
maintenance Of the men
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Chicago, Oct. S.-The prosecuting au-
thorities of Cook county last night laid
hands on what they regard as one of
the startling crimes of the county's his
tory. Charges of conspiracy, back of
which are allied insinuations OF MUIR
der. are lodged against three men. two
Of whom are already in custody.
These men viii have to answer allie
cations of q carefully laid plot to
swindle an insurance company and
two insurance societies plot which
il is said progressed with the growth
of fear into the actual death, by poison,
it is thought, of the insured person.
According to the theory on which the
prosecution will proceed. the dead per-
son, a young woman of Chicago, was
originally one of the quartet of con-
spirators. She had expected that her
death was to be feigned, and that an
other dead body was to play the pas
sive role of her corpse; instead of that,
real death came to her
The person whose death ADDS a new
phase to what otherwise would have
been a simple insurance swindle was
Marie Defenbach, % years old, and the
three persons arrested upon bench war
rants issued by Judge Gibbons are:
Dr. August NJ. Unger.
Frank Il. Smiley.
T. w. Wayland, assistant manager
Of the Mooney & Boland detective
agency.
When Marie Defenbach died there
were three insurance policies on her
life, aggregating $4,000, all of recent
date. and issued i'll the following COM
pany and associations:
New York Life insurance company,
$1,000; Canadian Order of FOresters, So
GOO; Knights and Ladies of Honor, ST.
600.
Refused a Large Policy.
Last April Miss Defenbach applied
10 the New York Life Insurance COM
pany for a 600 policy. This was re-
fused, and later one for S., 600 taken
On or about Aug. 10 last she also Sc
cured insurance in the Canadian Order
of FOresters to the amount of 5000.
At the same date she took out a policy
in the Knights and Ladies of Honor
for $1,000. Two weeks afterward she
was dead, leaving a Will, which direct
ed that a part of these insurance pol
icies should be paid to Frank H.
Smiley. her "affianced husband" and
thar her body be cremated.
Her death was attended by horrible
agony. The attending physicians re-
fused to issue a certificate of death, but
the coroner's jury later, and after the
body had been embalmed, found d YER
dict of death from dyser terry.
The next day the body was cremated
and the ashes were scattered t. the
four winds of heaven. without much
delay proceedings were begun TO re-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-09
MARK HANNA'S COUSIN ALMOST DIES
ON THE DESERT NEAR The UTAH LINE

r, III ago. Oct S.-A dispatch to the
-'ohicie from Phoenix, Ariz.. says:
l. IS Hanna, cousin of Mark Hanna.
superintendent OF forest reserves for
arizona and New Mexico; A. F. Her
u Ill brother of Land Commissioner
,IF Herman, and w. Z. Pierce had
:, ,'II-Ilns experience and almost lost
CT Hves on the desert between the
Utsi oanyon of the Colorado and the
O1aa state line.
Fe-Hen within forty miles of Lees
tbaf-S Jhey camped for the night and
e. horses escaped. Pierce was lost
oy-a L-i me party, and after jourueying
81 turning sands all day Hanna was
- listed that he could not proceed.
J,bttIllan continued his search for water.
tbas. ne discovered five miles fur
nc returned with water to Hanna
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MIR. Ha7na's Campaign Masquerade.

lawless element of the country in
power. He made no specific reply to
Senator Stewart, ignoring the latter'S
personalities, but completely refuted
his labored Indictment of Bryan. He
spoke in terms of praise of President
Mckinley as a citizen and stated that
his first impulse was always for the
right, but that his acts under the influ-
ence of advisors was for the opposite.
The meeting was in striking contrast
to the cool reception given Senator
Stewart at this place. Before Stewart
had closed half his audience was gone
and the meeting was frosty and I'M
responsive from first to last. Mr.. New
lands audience remained till the last
word was spoken and cheered the
speaker at every telling point.
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BOTH SIDES SHOULD TAKE PART
Secretary Treasurer Wilson Urges
This Plan for Convention.


Indianapolis, Ind, Oct. S.-W. B. VIII
son. acknowledgements of the United
Mine Workers Of America, issued a
statement today. in which he SAYS in
part:
All of the coal opera tors now having
conceded an advance in wages. il can
De truly said that the miners OF thu
anthracite region have achieved a srea T
victory Yet the dispute is not settled
nor VIII 1t be. even though the miners
accept the proposition of the operators
and return to work. The sliding scale
dOckage, semi-mOnthly pay and other
grievances complained of by the miners
nave not been considered in the prOpO-
SitiOn of the operators. and the advance
IN wages is SO complicated with reduc-
ton of powder that many Of the miners
do not understand IL. Under these cir
cumstaces the sUreSt and best method
OF securing settlement and establish
ing permanent peace would come from
a meeting of the operators with the
anthracite miners when they meet to
consider the offer Of the coal cOmpan-
les
THE anthracite coal field is divided
by its mountain ranges into two dis
tinct regions, each having geological
conditions peculiar to itself thus re
curing different systems OF working
and different methods OF employment.
THE only method by which satisfac-
tory explanations can be made is for
the operators to meet the miners when
2 convention is held 10 consider the
offer OF the operators
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Jamaicans Go Under Contract.

Colon, Colombia, Oct. 8 (via Laredo
Juncticn)--The first batch of 900 of
the 5000 Jamaican laborers engaged bv
J. + Mcdonald. the contractor. to
work on the Guayaquil- Unto CFcua-
dor) railroad, arrived here TODAY in
transit, accompanied by a. representa-
tive OF the Jamaican government. who
viii act as their protectory The men
are engaged for two years service
They are to receive so cents per dav
and free lodging, hospital and medical
attendance
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fused to say anything as to what the
convention would probably decide TO do
IN the matter OF the 10 per cent net in
crease Neither would he antfcipate
what business other than that relating
10 the advance in wages would be
Drought before the delegates. Il is not
unlikely that the abOlishment of the
ssiiQlhS scale viii come in for some con-
Slderatlon- None Of the labor leaders
mere Will publicly say whether the in
crease viii be accepted or rejected, but
there IS a strong belief that the men
IN convention viii vote to go back to
work
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-09
A. H, REEL, OLD SALT LAKE FREICHTER
and CATTLENAN, DIES IN WYOMING

territorial council and in several SEES
sions Of the state legislature. He serv-
Ell one term as mayor of cheyenne and
several terms in the city council
Mr.. Reel made a comfortable fortune
in raising cattle
A WIDOW. two sons and a sister. the
latter, Miss Esteile Reel, suDerintend-
ent of Indian schools, are left to mourn
his loss.
Mr.. Reel was prominent in Masonic
circles, and the funeral VIII be con-
Quoted here by that body.
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Strike Ordered in Seattle.

Seattle. Wash, Oct. S-The trades
council of Seattle at a meeting held
tonight decided to order a strike on all
buildings in course OF erection by con-
tractors who refused to sign the scale
OF wages demanded by the council.
Work Will be stopped on between thirty
and forty buildings, and it is estimated
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-09
REGIMENT OF NATIVE SRMORNS
PROPOSED FOR The AMERICAN ARMY

New York. Oct. s.-Having found the
natives of Tutuilo fit to serve as po-
lcemen and maintain peace and order,
Commander B. F. TiHey believes they
would make excellent soldiers TO man
the Notifications OF Page Page harbor.
In private letters to officers on duty
there he has indicated that they would
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-09
ANOTHER REPORT COMES THAT ANDRES
PARTY WAS EATEN BY SAVACES

Minneapolis, Mimi, Oct Starry S.
knaDpen, a newspaper man, returned
today from a perilous trip to the Hud-
son Bay country in which with rine
white men and eight Indians, he sailed
600 miles up the east shore of the great
inland sea.
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MEAT. BILL HITS GERMANS.
Australian Packing Trust Industry
Involving Their interests.

Berlin, Oct. S.-Thia evening the
Vossische zeitung publishes a letter
from Brisbane asserting that the meat
inspection law, especially the prohibi-
ton as to canned meats, has already
proved a heavy blow to the Australian
packing industry in which Germans
are heavily interested financially
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who was unconscious and almost dead
On the following day a cowboy dis
covered Hanna and Herman wandering
aimiessly about the desert and directed
them to their destination. A searching
party later found Pierce frantic with
thirst The three men were taken To
Flagstaff on Monday ~
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Mr. Knappen was assured by Eski-
mos whom he met that a ''skyboat''
had come in the region on the extreme
northeast shore of the bay two years
ago, that it came TO the ground and
that the savages who inhabit that cOun-
try had killed the white men in it.
This, he explains, was Andres ill
starred expedition.
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make effective artfllerymen-
To enlist a regiment OF natives II
would be necessary 70 obtain special
authority from congress The natives
who are acting as policemen were en-
listed by Commander TiIley as lands
men. It is likely, however, that force
of marines viii be permanently sta
toned at Page PagO-
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Especial to The Hersld.)

E, NY sAne' Wyo-. Oct Sat his ranch
-aparge. in Uinta county, Wyo.,
.'.,A"1der Il. Reel died suddenly today
d heart f-ilure.
i,- .'-' Keel came to Omaha in 1860. and
~, number of years Ireighted across
o. t-ainS between the Missouri river
IN 10 -l Lake. Removing TO Wyoming
~ 800, ne engaged in the stock bust
asss- Fe was a prominent Democrat.
i7pissented his party in the last
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-09
FITZHARRIS ARRESTED.
''Skin the Coat Is Nabbed by Liver
pool Police.

Liverpool. Oct. S.-James Fitzharris.
the Phoenix Park murder accompIice
known as Skin the Goat" was rear
rested here last evening for falling to
report himself under the terms of his
prison release license.
1t is probable that he viii be only
temporarily detained.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-09
EDITOR IS IMPRISONED FOR LESE
MAJESTE IN IMPERIAL GERMANY

Berlin. Oct. S.-MaximiIlian Hardin.
ediJor and publisher Of the Zukunft,
mas been sentenced to six months i'm
pilsonment in a fortress for Lese Ma
JeSle. his specific Offense being an ar
I'.e IN the Zukunft entitled. THE Bat
H. With the Dragons"
Inc trial was held behind closed
doors, although the discriminating ar
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-09
DEFENDANT RISES IN COURT and
SHOOTS HIMSELF IN THE HEAD

Bennington, Vt, Oct. SIN the munic-
ipa1 court today Dennis NJ. Blackmere
who was being arraigned on the charge
Of felonious assault on a 1O-year-old girl,
rose in his seat and shot himself in the
Iorehead, lnhictinS a wound which viii
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ticle had been widely circulated before
the confiscation OF the issue contain
ing il.
In November, 1898, Herr Hardin, who
IS well known socialist writer was
sentenced to six months Imprisonment
for a series of articles in his paper. in
one of which, 'Pudel Majestat,'' he
compared Emperor William to a poodle
prince.
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Ban Put on STATEMENTS.

Springfield. III. Oct S-State Secre-
ary-Treasurer Ryan of the United
Mine Workers OF America has notified
the operators Of mines in other places
having agents in Decatur that they
must not ship any coal into Decatur
until further notice after filing what
orders they now have, basins his no
tice on a claim of the Miners union
that the Decatur miners are not max
ing living expenses and the mines have
been idle more than half Of the time.
Some of the operators are inclined to
fight Ryan order, and there may be
trouble.
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tHARVARD IS :.
: STRONG FOR BRYAN
Especial to The HeraId.l

Boston, Oct. S.-Bryan sentiment
is overwhelming at Harvard
, At meeting of the Bryan club
, President Washburn told of talk
, he had with President Charles w
; Elliott of the university. The fam
Gus educator declared that his
ballot would not be cast for the
present administration.
1t was said at the meeting that
p nine-tenths of the faculty are for
Bryan.
; %%%A ~
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undoubtedly cause his death.
Mr.. BlackmeTe is a well known resi-
dent of Bennington, Is 60 years Ct age
and married. He was a member Of the
First Vermont cavalry during the civil
war and was formerly adjutant general
of the G. A r.
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Pilgrims Killed in a Panic

St. Petersburg, Oct. S.-Five thou
sand pilgrims assembled at the ST
Nikander monastery in the Porkhoff
district for a religious festival Dur
ms the night one of the upper floors
collapsed and many OF those sleeping
there fell upon those below. A panic
was caused by a false alarm Of fire
and four men and thirty-six women
were crushed TO death, many others be-
ing seriously injured.
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Founder OF 6cribner,s DE-

New York. Oct S.-Andrew c. Arm
strong, one of the founders OF Scrih-
ner's Magazine, and one OF the OLDEST
publishers in this city, died at his
country home at Stamford, Conn. to-
night, aged Il.
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Berlin. Oct. s.-The Cologne Volks
.Zeitung announces the laying today at
Cologne by Thurston Of a Roman AN
Ole cfurch on a site presented by En-
Deror William.
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Kaiser &C Catholics Sc.

that fully 1000 men viii be out OF en-
DlOyment-
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Silver and Lead.

Silver. 64lkc per ounce.
Copper. 1534c per pound.
Lead. A S. q r. Co s price, 3. 90; New
York exchange, S4.371z; Kew York brok-
ers', $500
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Republicans Favor Lawless.

He took up also the subjects of she
trusts, Imperialism and militarism
and showed how the tendency of fbe
Republican party was TO enthrone the
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cover the value of the insurance poll
cies she had left. This was resisted by
the Insurance companies, with the re-
suit that the fraud was discovered.
Washington sentinel., 1900-11-03

To american V0tsys LyyelpectiVe of
Past Party utilization.
Washington sentinel., 1900-11-03
THE MINNEAPOLIS SALOON PLAN.

THE MINNRAPoLIs SALOON PLAN,
For the last six years the retail liquor
traffic in Minneapolis has been regulated
and restricted by fixing a definite line
around a small district IN the centre Of
the business part of the city, outside Of
which district no liquor licenses are
granted Moreover, when this system
was adopted, the license fee was raised,
first from SIoo to $500, and subsequently
to 81 900, saloons were prohibited in
rooms or buildings adjoining theatres
aud other places OF amusement, more
than one license was forbidden to any
one person, and other safeguards against
abuses were instituted.
One effect OF these provisions was to
reduce the number of saloons from sag
to ago.
All this was done by ordinance OF the
Common Council, the legality of which
was at first disputed, but was afterwards
affirmed bv the courts, and il was finally
ratified by an act of the legislature
embodying it in an amendment to the
city charter.
The same plan, according to the
Albany ArgHS, has been adopted in St.
Paul, with the approval OF Archbishop
Ireland and other prominent citizens,
and is said to work well.
In an article on the subject contributed
to the Bi5HOtHeca Sacy by Judson N.
Cross OF Minneapolis, the reform is
declared to be effective and satisfactory.
Washington sentinel., 1900-11-03
INFORMATION FOR BREWERS
AND OTHERS.
BrloIuM LEADS rHR WoRLD.

In a paper read before the British
Statistical Society and reported in the
London Hospital, Mr.. Bence Jones
points out that although almost all
people indulge in some form OF intoxi'
cant the majority drink the liquor that
their own country produces, The nations
OF southern Europe drink wine; even
the peasant has his flask OF thin and
rather sour ordinaire. Those oi the
North drink beer almost as universally,
though in the bleakest regions the pref
erence is for more ardent forms OF
alcohol. But everywhere it is the drink
that can be produced at home that is
the drink OF the people.
The amount OF wine that is drunk
a head in wine consuming countries is
amazing, In France the consumption
per capita is "a gallons year, while the
average Italian drinks twenty gallons
annually and the average Spaniard Is.
But in mere quantity the beer drinkers
far exceed the wine drinkers. Thus the
annual consumption of the United
Kingdom is nearly 90 a head; that oil
Germany is AZ gallons: that OF the
United States is I3 gallons The general
impression is that Germany is the
country par excellence OF beer drinkers,
Dut this is true only OF parts of the
Empire. Bavaria leads the world in the
consumption of beer, its inhabitants
drinking at the rate of So gallons per
head ayear. Wurtemberg makes good
second, with 43 a head, while each
inhabitant of the Grand Duchy of Baden
may be reCkoned as drinking SO in
year. But this indulgence is balanced
BY a very moderate rate Of indulgence
in other parts. Taken as a whole Bel
gium LEADS the world IN the matter OF
drinking, its rate per inhabitant being
IS gallOrs, In fact, Belgium seems to
be self indulgent little country, for in
addition to this large amount OF beer,
its inhabitants drink per capita twice as
much wine and spirits as the English
do. Belgium drinks more Of alcoholin
every form rhan any other nation in
Europe (of which statistics are to be
had) with the possible exception OF
Denmark. Denmark is not so much OF
a beer drinking country, though its 40
gallons head annually is a pretty fair
average, but it has the distinction Of
drinking more spirits than any other
nation-no less than three gallons head
No other nation consumes more than
two gallons a head. The countries
which take even so much are France,
Germany. Austria, Holland, Belgium
and Sweden. In the United Kingdom,
the Russian Empire, the United States,
and Switzerland the average consump.
tion is abouta gallon per inhabitant. or
course the spirits thus consumed is Tor
the most part manufactured in the
country where it is drunk.
Washington sentinel., 1900-11-03
A Question OF Power.
HaSAiaRtoN ID. c. Post, Rep.

Eashiagtoa ~. c. Post, Rep.
America as a world power" is a
theme Wholesome ofouT contemporaries
seem to delight in discussing. Pride in
the prestige OF this nation is by no means
Objectionable, but the assumption that
we waited until 1898 before becoming a
factor in Old World affairs ls untenable.
Even in the colonial period and during
the war of the Revolution Great Britain,
France, and Holland were not free from
American influence. America was
enough OF power to win independence,
and that example and the use made OF
that independence have been a con-
stantly increasing power in the affairs Of
all nations for more than a century.
Millions of the inhabitants of European
countries have emigrated to the United
States, and the world has felt the power
oil that movement. For more than
seventy years the United States has
been so much world power that no
other nation has enlarged its colonia
area on this continent. At the close o
AuG kAGdk NdA ~ WtAANA oAEAN SAANNAAp
France, and Austria hoped This republic
would be disrupted we had power suffi.
cient, through its moral force, to send
French army out of Mexico and back to
France. That power, operating in the
same way, induced Great Britain to
avoid war with us by paying S1s.oco,ooo
for depredatiops on our commerce by
Confederate vessels built and equipped
by Englshmen. Before Oriental expan-
sion began the Venezuela incident
demonstrated our influence in interua'
tional affairs.
Whatever else may be credited to the
war OF 1893 and the resulting expansion,
it was not that which has given us such
a marvellous increase in foreign trade,
nor was II that which first admonished
Europe of our capacity for defensive or
offensive war. II we had remained on
this side Of the world, continuing to
make good use OF our most fortunate
geographical position, our prestige in a
certain sense Of the word might have
been less, but who is prepared to say
that our outlook tor the future would not
have been brighter' We are not finding
fault with the divinity that has shaped
our ends. Our entrance into the Orient
as a sovereign over the Philippine
archipelago seemed wise before we
began to learn its cost in life and treasure.
But the fact that we are in the Orient
fighting because we are being fought.
killing because our soldiers are being
killed. is not contemplated with joy.
That the increase OF world power which
that situation gives US will be a full
compensation is by no means certain,
We were far better situated geographi
cally in the spring of 1898 than any other
people on the globe. Can we say that
noW1