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shift turns tonight. none of the skilled
men reported for duty and the plant
had to close down.
Later the following was received con-
|cerning h mill considered by the
manufacturers unexceptionaIly loyal:
"Monnessen. Pa, July 1.-THE Mon
|nessen steel hoop plant is closed and
has been organized by district delegates
iof the Analgamated Association. The
delegates arrived in town this morning
land went to work Immediately. BY 8
O'Clock this afternoon they had all the
local men in the association and left
this evening for Pfttsburg, after adj
|vising the men to stand firm. The men
held a meeting tonight to elect officers
land name their lodge" .
The conquest Of these two plants is
considered by the association people as
an instance Of their strength.
EFFECTS OF THE STRIKE ON
COAL MINING.
Kansas City, Mo. July 15--John
Mitchell. national president OF the Unit
ed Mine Workers Of America. was ask
led today what action the coal miners
Iof America would take relative to the
Ition of Steel Workers, which has been
declared at Pittsburg:
II can tell you better what effect the
lsteel strike will have on the coal min
lers." he replied. 1.-The coal and steel
Industries are SO closely allied that a
lgreat strike Of steel workers and the
lclosing down of the great steel mills
will very greatly lessen the consump-
ton of coal. That will mean that many
local mines will cease operations"
rs there likely to be a sympathetic
Istrike ordered among the coal miners? p
Il don't care to say anything abou'
that" replied Mr.. Mitchell. THE strike
lof the steel workers has not yet as
lsumed definite proportions. 1t cannot
be told how far-reaching it will be
even within the order Immediately af.
lfected. 1 would not care to sal
whether or not the coal miners will be
ldrawn into it, or even whether such
la thing has been considered.
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AMERICAN SECURITIES
LOSE THEIR FORMER PRESTIGE ON THE
LONDON MARKET
AS COLLATERAL FOR LOANS

They r not so Readily Taken by b
London Bankers Rumors that b
Latter Have Refused to Make Loans
on American Steel Corporation Stock
Our Strikes, Reports OF Bad Crops,
Railway Fights and slump on the
New York Stock Market Causes Un-
easiness There.
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Fearful Storms In Germany

Berlin, July 15.-The weather today
was the hottest known in Berlin for
years. Number of persons died
|of sunstroke.
Violent thunder storms are reported
various sections of the country and
There an enormous ~cloudburSt at Pots
dam. Two men and many cattle were
in the Harz mountains by light
ming; several houses were burned and
|one man killed by lightning near Men
burg. At Herrenborg and Wurtemburg
the crops have been half ruined by hail
and they have been badly damaged in
lother sections.
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NON-UNION MILLS JOIN THE
STRIKE.

Pittsburg, July 15.-In addition to the
very general and in some instances
rather unexpected compliances with
the strike order the Amalgamated AS
sociation tonight has added two more
mills to its list, both of which were
claimed oda by the companies to be
beyond the each or organization.
When the William Clark Sons Co.. rii
at Thirty-ffth street. which operated
lall day with non-union men. came to
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Through Pullman sieepers from Hamlet
20 al points North. South and South
west.
Train 3S-Leaving Hamlet at s:l0 a m.
passengers from Train No. 81
leaving New York at l2:S p. m. Bald-
more at 5:f5 p. m. Washington s:5 y.
m, Richmond 1870 p: M. Portsmouth
$50 p. m. Norfolk $40 p. m. Raleigh
a. m. From Train IS. leaving Atlanta
at 500 p. M. Athens 1l:23 p. m. Chester
4:10 a.. m. Charlotte $50 a. m. Monroe
sos a. m. arriving at Hamlet at 7:+o a.
m. From Train No. &C. leaving Jackson
Vile at S:55 p. m. Savannah u:S p. m.
Columbia 3:S a. NJ. arriving at Hamlet
at TAO a. m.
For tickets. Pullman reservations. etc,
apply to Thomas D. Meares. General
Agent Wilmington. n. -.
R. E. L. BUNCH.
Gene-a Passenger Agent
JAS. NJ. BARR,
LIST ". P. and General Manager.
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NOTICE..

d National Bank Of Wilmington,
ocate at Wilmington, in the state of
North Carolina, is closing up its affairs.
All note holders and others. creditors
or said association, are therefore here
by notified to present h notes and
other claims against the association
for payment. J.. W. YATES,
9th May 1901. Cashier.
my Is swim. Il
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-25
" Here We Are Again!"

Sir-I have the honor of acknowl-
edging the receipt Of your communica-
ton of this date in which YOU for
Warded the following communication OF
this date from the hOnora biz secretary
OF war: I am directed by the president
to ask Edgar 5. Maelay. special laborer,
general storekeeper's Office, navy yard,
New York, to send in his resignation
respectfully submit that l was reg
ularIy appointed to my present position
after having duly passed a clerks ex-
animation in accordance with all the
requirements of the civil service reguIa-
tiOns and therefore cannot be removed
or be compelled 10 resign without def
mite charges being made against me
and without having an opportunity to
answer those charges. / have Deen IN
this Office fifteen months have been
promoted for efficiency and so far as I
know my work has been satisfactory to
my superiOrs. / have violated no rules
or regulations Of this office or Of the
navy yard. so far as I am aware.
Such being the case I feel that it
would not only be an injustice to my
self to resign under such circumstances.
but it would be establishing a prece-
dent that vitality concerns thousands Of
civil service employees, both national
and state. Very respectfully yours,
EDGAR S. MACLAY.'
Secretary Longs dispatch to Rear
Admiral Barker. directing Maclay's re-
moval was as follows:
Washington. Dec. 20.
Rear Admiral Barker, L. 5. N. Com
mandant Navy Yard. New York:
"By direction of the president Edgar
S. Maclay is discharged. Notify him.
LONG"
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GYPSUM TRUST is THE
LATEST ONE FORMED

Chicago, Dec. 24-The consolidation
Of twenty-five companies controlling
the principal GYPSUM fields of the
United States was effected today under
the name of the Gypsum company. The
company has a paid up capital of S10-
000.0e0. II win have no bond issue, and
its stock will not be offered for sale,
as ii has been unwritten by the per-
sons entering into the combination.
The company's avOwed purpose is to
develop the use of gypsum in the man
ufacture of plaster. instead of lime.
George Emery of Boston, Emil Durr
S. 7. Meserveni Of Fort Dodge, Ia; w.
A. Avery of Detroit; Hewett Boyce of
Kingston. y. Y. compose the advisory
committee of the new company. Al
though Incorporated in New Jersey
the principal Office Of the company will
be at Chicago, with distributing
branches st Omaha, st. Louis and Buff
falO.
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MACLAY "MCIDENT CLOSED"
CaumnaOr Of Schy Would Not Resign So President Roosevelt
Directed Secretary Long to Fire Hin
And He is Fired

III ASHINGTON, Dec. 24-Secretary
w Long has discharged Edgar
Stanton Maclay from his posi-
ton as a skilled Iaborer in the Brook
lyn navy yard Maclay having refused
to resign when requested to do so.
Secretary Longs action was taken by
direction of the president and followed
a conference between the president and
the secretary, who took to the White
House with him a letter from Maclay
in response to the request for his res
ignatiOn sent by the secretary last Sat
urday. In this letter Maclay submitted
that he could not be removed or be
compelled to resign without definite
charges being made against him and
without having an opportunity to an
swer those charges. Although the civil
service rules give employees of the SER
vice the opportunity Of answering
charges that may be preferred against
them, the president exercised his pre-
negatives in the present incident and
directed Maclay's removal, it being
held that the latter was aware unOr-
rcially, if not officially, of the reasons
which actuated the executive in taking
the course determined upon.
Secretary Long said the action taken
today would dispose of the case finally.
MaclaY's letter to Secretary Long, re-
plying to the request for mis- resigna-
ton. is as follows:
Navy Yard, New York,
"Ofice of the General Storekeeper,
December p. 1901.
Rear Admiral Albert s. Barker. L. S.
n, Commandant Navy Yard New
York:
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n HICAGO, Dec PA special from
| Washington says young Archie
Roosevelt this evening discoyered,
to his sorrow, that while his father is
president Of the United States he is
none the less the head of the household
and as result Of the test he made OF
his sire's good nature he was sent to
bed early. after being soundly spanked.
The Roosevelt children have had
their curiosity excited during the day
by numerous gifts which have been
coming. Friends all over the country
have been sending them tokens OF
Christmas and the juvenile members OF
the presidents household have been on
the qui Yive ever since breakfast time.
The executive, however, forbade them
to look into any of the bundles and this
mandate was reHgiOusly Obeyed by an
save Archie, who had his curiosity ex-
cited by the appearance of one bulky
package, which he decided to open ana
did omen.
Just as he was about to feast his eyes
on the beautiful trinkets contained in
the wrappings the president came in.
Selling the youngster by the collar the
president proceeded to castigate him
with his well developed hand until the
youth TOared for. mercy. His task fin
ished the president went back to his
desk and continued the work of writing
letters to friends who have been send
ing congratulatory kilograms all day
and in endeavOring TO make up his
mind who win succeed the secretary of
the treasury.
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IRRIGATION BILL IS READY.
western Committee Will Have Meeting Next Month to Discuss
Its IntroduCtiOn-Mes Will Not Talk
Other Capital News

VIII take station at San Francisco.
renewing Lieutenant Colonel c. Z. L.
Davis o. the f9rtificatien Of river and
harbor work in his charge, and of other
cuties, including that of engineer OF
| theTwelfth lighthouse district. Lieuten-
ant Colonel Davis will proceed TO Ma
Mia for duty as engineer officer on the
stan of the commanding general, and
for duty as senior member of the boarf
Of officers appointed last September 20
report on the subject of the defense
Of the important harbors of the Philip
pine Islands, relieving Major Clinton 5.
Sears Of these duties. Major Sears has
been assigned to command the Sec
ond battalion Of engineers, now serv-
ing in the Philippines.
Havana's Sanitary Condition.
The division of insular affairs of the
war department has prepared for pub
LEGATION a summary OF the vital sta
tistics Of the city of Havana for the
month Of November, 1901. The saai-
tary condition Of the city is excellen-.
each month showing a steady improve
ment. During the past eleven years The
average number of deaths for Novem-
Der has been 902. In Novemb.w this
year there were 443. The death rate
was 1888, which compares favora bly,
with the cities Of the same size IL
the leading civilized countries Of 'he
world. During November there were
no cases and no deaths from yellow
fever. This can be said of no preceding
November since 1872 During the last
seven years the average NUMBER Of
deaths from this disease in November
has been forty-eight.
New Naval Reservation.
A general order issued by the navy
department today sets apart as a naval
reservation certain lands on Culebra
island, heretofore selected by a naval
commission as a naval reserve. The
island lies to the eastward Of Porto
Rico, and came under the flag as one
Of the dependencies of that island.
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KILLED TWO WHILE
SHOOTING UP A TOWN

Williamson, Va. Dec. 24.-Several
Logan county men rode into Dingess.
a few miles west Of here today, and
while intoxicated shot up the town. -
The citizens fed in terror as plate glass
windows were cracked by flying bull
lets. In the party We're Walter Adams
and John Mullins, half-brothers. Con-
stable John Dillon was sent for and
half an hour later arrived and at
tempted to arrest the men, when a
regular street duel occurred, probably
twenty shots being fred. Constable
Dillon and John Mullins were killed in
stantly, and Adams was slightly
wounded. The latter mounted his horse
and rode rapidly to the interior.
Dillon is widely known. The excite
ment is intense and should Adams be
captured a lynching may occur.
Sheriff HI Williamson of this city
heads a posse that is also after Adams.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-25
M0RTENSEN SUBJECTED
TO TERRIBLE ORDEAL
Driven Nearly Frantic by MurderOuS Cries of Raw
ing Maniac in the County Jail.
Accused Mans discriminating Warning His Wife on the Night of
the Murder of Hay

DETER AoRTENsENs spirit like
his usually Dhegmato in the dark
Below raved in frenzed tones 1t was no commonplace
Now Of LANGUAGE that eanated from the unfortunate
fixed for the moment with CALCULATED to make
contemplation danger collapse With muscles
ed by madness he ratified the bars of his grated
on the stone
Imagination pictured standing over him.
sHRIEKs OF BIAD1IAN
love of Cod save me, oh-hhh.
am dying It is Ny
nerve-vracng cries echoed
heavy leading to the rotary cage
where the greater part of the prisoners
Office were tightly closed and those within ceas5 tbeir
weird silence Not building
To the solitary Egyptian gloomy
the prans across the
EFFECT ON THE PRISONER
ss 55S5i 5 63'iR sa 5 5s5 cracks
fa3e that he was FUZZY aRa T a mo- ne n iHa s
@ % s upon the pallet told more o99eny than words of the col
s S6Fds f e @ n 3 listened " the door heard hi" echo
WAS TRAGIC INCIDENT
Pea EVERY mind the thought mat ns S 3 had ra e si to
heroic accused guilt
But shT Nayor him any
such revival OF the inqusi2n It was simply ch9o9e Of those
such working diseased What
Eud or no. plant the maniac almost under Soensen feet to torture his
II WAS NO TRICK
The as f s 2 26as THAT Brought Ess No R 5 Tas a9 a35
padded ceth talking
Lat offering from
it
o
to
j
is
startling
t.
contained packages brought relatives gladden. his Christmas
he
it different
a
CROWS NERVOUS AGAIN.
No
From
could
o a
in Office to
nothing Of
should send him ganows
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THRILLING EXPERIENCE OF "A PROVO
MAN WHILE IN SOUTH AME2lGa

New York. Dec. 24.-J. B. Fairbank
of Provo, Utah, arrived here tonight on
the Atlas liner Andes from South
American ports.
He was member of party ol nine
which set out from Provo to obtain
specimens. alive or dead, Of the fauna
and flora of Central and South amer
lea.
others of the party fell sick; and
some of them were targets for rebel
bullets in the southern portion Of Co
lcmbia when they attempted 70. reach
the coast in order to seek their way
home.
The party left twenty months ago,
all on horseback. to collect animals,
birds. pelts and plants for the Brigna IN
Young academy. After exciting adven-
lures they reached Mexico ana proceed
ed to the interior Of that country. In
Guatemala four Of the adventures
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If there is q contractor living in SUI
gar House who spent an hour with
Peter Mortensen Monday night of last
week he can save the latter from a
terrible fate by coming forward ana ac-
counting for that hour of Peer Nor
tensen's time.
The mystery about the Hay murder
has simmered down to a point where
that man is essential TO clear the a.
cused from the network of circumstan-
tial evidence that has been woven about
him. Briefly, the evidence IN the hands
of the officers Is as follows;
On Monday night Sept is, Peter Nor
Jensen and James r. hay left the for
mer's home together, some time near
$3.50. Mortensen says he shook hands
with Hay at the door and returned 10
the house. Mrs. AIoTtsnsen says that
Peter Aortensen left the house with
Hay and did not return for a period
of from forty to sixty minutes later.
he was flushed and appeared hurried.
She asked him where ne had been, and
he replied that be had just transacted
some business with a contractor who
wanted TO see him at Sugar House.
She asked who it was, and MOrtensen
did not reply Instead, he turned TO
,sEbere his sister-in-law sat and told
that if she wanted him 10 escort
her home she would have TO start soon,
as he had a great deal TO attend 10.
Peter Mortensen occupied something
ike fifteen minutes in taking his SIS
ter-in-l law to her home. The distance
was a short block. and he did not taSry
It her home.
Mrs. Mortensen's curiosity had been
aroused by his svasiSe reply in rela-
tion TO where his time had been spent
after leaving with Hay, and at once
began to question Mortensen. There
was something about mis- manner that
aroused in her mind a premonition Of
trouble. MortenS,n reiterated his state
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4iORTENSEN WARNS WIFE NOT TO REVEAL
HIS MOVEMENTS ON THAT MONDAY NIGHT

ment and said that he could not recall
the name of the contractor. Here the
matter would have dropped had not
Mortensen said:
II anything should happen jim
Hay, II you should hear thu lead
or ran away, don't tell an. ie that
was out tonight 1t might look bad"
Mrs Mortensen shrank at the sug-
gestiOn, but did not at that time at
tach the significance 10 the remark
that subsequent developments justify
Tuesday it was learned that Hay
had disappeared. At the same time the
information leaked out that Mortenseu
had paid him $500. The first sugges-
tiOns thai Hay had absconded are. said
to have come from Mortensen.
Books, papers and checks are in the
possession of the authorities. A cur
sorry examination revealed the fact
that MOrtensen did not and could not
have had the amount of money he
claims 70 have paid Hay. II has been
found that within a short period pre-
csding the expiration Of the mortgage
on his home held by the Pacific Lum-
Der company. MOrtensen collected con-
siderable money. stating in a number
of instances that he needed 1t for the
purpose of meeting the bill due the
Pacific company.
Tt has since been learned that in or
der 10 prevent The absolute destruction
Of his commercial integrity and his
credit. he paid out the money to other
creditors almost as soon as il was col
iected. One note of $500 fell due Just
before the Pacific company's mortgage
and was paid. The note is in the pos
session Of the authorities.
There were other debts that had 20
be met at that time, and Mortensen
was I'm desperate Snancial straits. H
met these other bills al that time, ex-
hausting between 500 and $500 of the
money he had collected. II is not
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-25
CAR SHORTAGE IN THE
EAST WORSE THAN EVER

Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. 24-The car
shortage in the Pittsburg district IS
worse than ever before, and as a result
many mills are shut down or only in
partial operation. All Of the mills along
the Allegheny Valley road including
the Carnegie city mills, have suspend
ed. and it is probable that the big Car
negie company plants at Homestead
and Duquesne will be unable to re-
sumo for a week or more after the
Christmas holiday shutdown PFesi-
dent Schwab, during his recent visit
here. said 5000. 600 worth of finished
products was piled up in the yards of
these two concerns with no present
prospect of removal
Practically all of the furnaces in Ma
honing and Shenango valleys are shut
down because of inability TO get raw
material.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-25
COMPULSORY ARBITRATION is
FAVORED BY PAN-AMERICAN MS

Mexico City. Dec. 24-Though the
Pan-American conference, as a whole,
viii undoubtedly fall back in the mat
ventiOn, 1t is learned that a number
of the South American nations viii
join among themselves to sign a sepa-
rate convention of compulsory arbitra-
ton. Some Of the nations who Will
sign the compulsory plan viii not re-
fuse to sign the mildeT arrangement to
be formulated by the congress, but
others. ike Argentine, are so bent on
compulsory arbitration that it is
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claimed they will decline to sign any
thing less radical.
Nowhere is the Argentine dis
pUte followed with greater interest
than in Mexico just now. Articles set
ting forth both sides of the dispute and
supposed TO be inspired by the repre-
sentatives Of the nations at the Pan
American conference appear daily in
the press.
If war were to break out the confer
ence would almost certainly dissolve,
as there is little question that the Ar
Sertine delegates and those who sym
pathize with them would withdraw.
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Chicago Wan suicides

Chicago. Dec 24-James A Todd, man.
ager of the Towle Manufacturing com
pany, silversmiths. at 1878 State street
was found dead in the laVatory of the
store today. He had locked himself In
the laVatory after having drawn a tube
from a gas Jet through the keynote. Mr.
Todd was 81 years old and came here sew
eral years ago from Walcott. Conn. He
lived in the suburb of Ia Grange. His
business associates say he had no domes.
tic or business troubles: that il was worry
and overwork that caused him to commit
suicide
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-25
IMPUDENCE OF UNITED STATES is
BRILLIANT SAY GERMAN PAPERS

alludes to the expression from the late
Prince Bismarck that the Monroe doc
trine was "a piece of impudence." This
Utterance of the German statesman.
which is doubtless authentic. has just
been published for the first time by the
Hamburger NaChrichten. Bismarck s
household organ. Nevertheless, the
Cologne Volks Zeitung admits that "the
impudence of the United States is sue
cessfully brilliant, and that Europe is
already accustoming itself to the idea
of the tutelage Of the United States in
South America"
The Cologne Volks Zeitung concludes
BY saying: Must Germany really ask
Washington permission to collect $780,
000 marks from Venezuela? Must we
pocket all sorts of warnings and con-
cealed threats?'
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Berlin, Dec. 24.-The announcement that
Germany had sent an ultimatum to
Venezuela has been cOnspicuOusiy printed
in the press here Newspapers maintain
ing the closest relations with the govern
ment affairm that the news is premature.
While the ultimatum has not yet been
delivered to Venezuela. the step will soon
be taken unless Venezuela yields to what
are deemed the reasonable demands Of
Germany.
The Cologne Volks Zeitung i'm an ex-
tensive article asserts that the assurances
of Dr. Won Holleben. the German am
bassadOr to the United States. with re-
gard to the Venezuelan matter, indicates
Germany's recognition of the Monroe
doctrine in a more absolute manner than
has heretofore been done 1t says Ger
many bows to the Monroe doctrine, and