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QUE ADOPTED ISLANDS.

Governor Taft established concentra.
tion zones In Rizal Province. Luzon.
p. l.. as the first step In an aggressive
campaign against ladrones.
Fifteen organizations Of troops In the
United States were ordered to ex.
change places with an equal number
Of organizations In the Philippines.
vice-Governor Wright, Of the Philip
pines. says that an era Of great indus.
trial development Is just beginning in
the islands.
Captain Stevens. Of the American
schooner John I. Snow, who shot and
killed Frank Stoddard, at Fajardo, p.
R.. was acquitted. the evidence show
Ing that the shooting was accidental.
The wholesale purchase Of rice BY the
Manila Government and Its distribu-
ton among natives has broken the
combination that was holding prices
up.
Midshipman Richard Wainwright.
Ir., son of Commander Wainwright,
was stricken with fever as the result
Of heading a canal digging party at
Culebra Island, P. I.
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WRAPPED CHILD IN. PETTIcoAT.
Omahs Society Woman Took Pity on Half
Frozen Infant In . Street Car.

Omahs Society Woman Took Pity on haif.
Frozen Infant In . Street Car.
Omaha. Neb.-By reason Of q little
act Of Kindness to shivering. poorly
clad child on a street car Mrs. Harry
Cartan, q wealthy society woman Of
Omaha. Is the talk of the city. and the
comments are all highly eulogistic.
A few days ago Mrs. Cartan got on
a street car to 90 to her husbands
place Of business to join him In the
atrical party. She saw on the car a Ia
boring man with young baby in his
arms; the child was poorly clad. and
seemed to be half frozen. the weather
being bitterly cold.
Mrs. Cartan arose from her seat and
calmly removed her silk petticoat. then.
walking down the aisle. she asked the
mans permission to wrap the garment
around he infant. He made no OBJ.
lection. and she tenderly took the
young baby in her arms and wrapped
the warm. soft petticoat around It,
then laid 1t back in the fathers arms.
Then she quietly took her seat again.
the admiring. approving gaze Of every
person in the car resting on her.
Mrs. Cartan was Miss Sadie Nash.
the daughter Of the Secretary and
Treasurer Of the Smelter Trust.
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DEATH ON THE BIG LAKES
The Seasons List of 40 Sailors
Drowned the Largest on Record.
Lake Erie Leads With tho Loss Of Fifty
nine eLises-Inerease In Fatalities n
the Result Of CoIlisions.

Chicago.-The death harvest on the
great lakes during the season of 1902
has been the greatest recorded. 40
lives having been lost. The figures for
the last seven years are as follows:
1896. 66 deaths; 1897. SO; 1898. %: 1900,
100; 1900. 10; 1901, 1872: 1902, 40.
Lake Erie. which last year had only
II deaths charged up against 1t. now
leads with so. Lake Superior was the
watery grave Of 40. Lake Michigan
had IA. Lake Huron %. and Lake On.
tario 5. Ten sailors We're lost In the
Detroit and ST. Clair Rivers.
Notwithstanding the years large to.
tai. six more sailors went down with
their ships In 1901 than In 1902. the
figures being SO and So. On the other
hand. Al men fell overheard and were
drowned during the season just closed,
q big increase over 1901.
Loss Of life In collisions increased
from In 1901 to Is in 1902.
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FOREIGN.

Seconds of VI. Syveton and the
French Minister OF Justice favor arbi.
trat!on instead OF duel.
The Cuba Railway opened through
traffic. the first train leaving Santiago
for Havana.
Ecuador. appointed Alfredo Bacque-
rle Moreno. its Secretary OF Foreign
Affairs. to be Minister to the United
States.
The Paris Journal Francois stated
that Jean dc Rydzewski will be prose-
cuted on n charge OF homicide through
imprudence for causing the death OF
Mrs. Ellen Gore.
The British ship Tartar Prince was
totally burned a: sea Oh a voyage
from New York City to Port Natal,
but all on board were saved,
Secretary Of Legation Bailey at
Guatemala and another man wrote
that Godfrey Hunter. Jr.. killed VIII
lam A. Fitzgerald In self-defense.
Colonel Lamb. q member Of the Brit
ish rifle team which visited Canada.
shot and killed himself on the Cunard.
er Etrurla rs the vessel was entering
the Mersey.
There was buying Of thoroughbred
cattle on a large scale in the United
Kingdom for Americans.
1t Is expected that Premier Balfour
will lave a royal commission appoint
ed to study the question OF municipal
trading in Great Britain.
The Italian Government received re-
newed appeals for protection from
Mascagni. the composer. but decided
TO ignore them.
The French Government suspended
the salaries OF several Roman Catholic
prelatrs because OF rhci" activity In
opposing the law OF a..0 atoms.
The House OF Lords passed the sec
ond reading Of the Education bill by
III votes to 81.
The French Chamber OF Deputies rat.
ilicd a convention between France. IT.
ally. Belgium a"d Switzerland, author
iZiug each country to issue additional
silver coins 10 ihe value o: $.2.500.OO0.
Prince Henry OF Pless is the kaiser's
choice for German Ambassador at
Washington 10 succeed DR.. Won Hole
ben.
Mrs. Ellen Crbcson. widow Of John
Harris. formerly United States Consul
1T Venice. and distinguished Confed-
erate nurse. died at Florence Italy. She
was eighty.six years OF age.
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DOMESTIC.

Barry Johnston. IN actor. who killed
Mrs. Kate Hassett. an actress, In Phil.
adelphia, confessed on his death bed
that the two had discussed double sui
eide. and that during an endeavor to
force her to carry It out she shot him
and he then killed her.
julius A. Meyer. a New York dent.
ist. was found dead in the Harlem
River. Murder Is suspected.
DR.. Lucius G. Adamson, noted ex-
pert on religious mania and other
forms Of insanity. was sent to the In.
sane pavilion Of Bellevue Hospital, N
New York City. having suffered men
tai breakdown from overstudy.
The body OF Thomas B. Reed was
taken to Portland. Me-, the dead
statesman's home. where the funeral
was held.
II. Jules Cambon. retiring Ambassa-
dor from France to the United States,
sailed from New York CITY. and ex-
pressed his sorrow at having to leave
America.
Struck by q street car James B. Hill,
a retired capitalist. Of st. Louis. No.,
was instantly killed.
Having failed In business. Frank
Mummenhof, commission merchant,
Of indianapolis. Ind. killed himself BY
cutting his throat.
After six years Of work, costing ST.
100000. the water works tunnel under
Lake Erie for Cleveland, Ohio. was
,,ro ctfoo 1ly nnmniptah
The schooner Aloha. given up for
lost on Lake Michigan. was picked up
with the crew on board and towed to
Garganfua.
George Bear. the Indian convicted
Of numbering his squaw. was hanged
ut Sioux Falls, 8. D. He behaved with
great stoiclsm.
Mrs. Ella Gailaugher, who was re-
Gently acquitted at Iowa City. lows,
of the murder of her husband, was in
dicted for perjury. She Is alleged to
have sworn falsely in her own de.
fense.
At st. Louis. No.. the jury in the
case Of Charles 4. Denny. on trial for
perjury in connection with the Subur.
ban Railway Doodle deal, returned q
verdict Of guilty and imposed n SEN
tence of two years in the penitentiary.
The statIstician OF Dun's Review
says the cost of living Is one per cent.
less than year ago.
A skif1 containing Charles Love. aged
thlrty.two years. and John Rock. aged
sixteen. both OF Rlce's Landing. Pa,
went over dam No. O. on the Monon-
sahela River. and both were drowned.
A big windstorm swept over North
ern Mississippi and Southern Tennes-
see. doing CO. siderable damage.
The total vote Of Tennessee at the
last election was 100. 149. falling on
OF forty per cent. from 1900.
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PORTO RICO MAKING PROGRESS.
Governor Hunts Report Shows Steady
Advancement.

Washington. D. C.-The report Of
Governor Hunt. OF Porto Rico. dated
July 10. 1902. just made public. Is the
second one presented since the innuSu-
ration OK civil government. 1t advises
the President Of healthy progress and
steady advancement throughout the isl.
ands in NIL substantial respects. 1t
states that there has been progress in
comprehension Of the institutions OF
the United States: that administration
in municipal affairs has improved: that
education Is spreading Its good infiu.
ences; that more land has been culti-
waited. exports and imports have In
creased. new roads have been built.
the telegraph system has been extend
ed. the health OF the people Is better
and the death rate has decreased.
Sugar Is regarded as the principal
crop OF the island. and It Is stated that
the crop Of 1902 Is the largest save one
ever produced. In commerce and man
ufactures n remarkable increase ap.
pears. The value Of imports from the
United States for the last fiscal year
aggregated S10.7l9,944. Imports from
foreign countries amounted to $2.4D.-
600: the exports from Porto Rico to the
United States In the same period
amounted to $S.29I 40. and to foreign
countries S4,592.505.
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E.SPEAKER REED DEAD
Famous Statesman Expires at the
Arlington Hotel, Washington.
He WAS SICK A few DAYS ONLY

His Death Caused BY Uraemic Poissnins
Slight Attack OF Appendicitis Brought
On His Fatal Iliness-wifo and osuEh.
ter with Him at the End-His LoeE
Service In State and National Aasirs.
Washington. D. C.-Thomas Brackett
Reed, the former Speaker Of the House
of Representatives. died here In his
apartments In the Arlington Hotel.
The immediate cause Of his death was
uraemla.
With him when the end came were
Mrs. Reed, their daughter, Miss Cath
crime; Doctors Gardner, Macdonald,
Bishop and Goodno and the nurses.
Mr.. Reed passed away peacefully
and without pain. His mind was In
such q state on the day previous to his
death that he did not realize the seri-
BUSINESS of his condition. He was
cheerful and conversed with those
about his bedside. When 1t became
apparent that he would not survive
his illness, his wife and daughter were
Informed, and they remained constant.
ly at the bedside until the distinguished
patient breatbed his last.
Mr.. Reed returned to die In the city
where he had made his great reputn.
tion. first as member Of Congress and
the acknowledged leader Of his col
leagues, later as Speaker Of the House.
and then as candidate for his party's
nomination for the Presidency. Like
that other "man from Maine" this last
ambition never was realized by Mr.
Reed.
Growing old and without financial
competency Mr.. Reed finally left the
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Business Block in Georgia City Burned-
Loss Nearly 500 900. y
Atlanta, Ga.-Fire wiped out almost
q block Of business houses in the heart
Of the city. causing loss estimated mt
between 100000 and $500,0O0. The
fire originated In the furniture store
of Shook & Austin, on the Whitehall
street viaduct. 1t spread with great
rapidity to the Norcross building. six
stories high. taken up largely with the
offices Of physicians. dentists and at
torneys. Both buildings were de.
stroyedL The building adjoining the
Norcross building. on Marietta street.
also was gutted.
The Williams House. q small hotel
located on the upper floor Of the Ja.
cobs Pharmacy Building. contained
about sixty.dve lodgers, all Of whom
escaped.
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Sporting Brevities.

Tobin bronze will be used In the cor
structlon of the new cup yacht by the
HerreshOffs.
+. Z. Farnsworth has been elected
captain of the West Point football!
team. and c. c. Soule. Jr.. captain or
the Annapolis eleven.
Cincinnati has eleven pitchers signed
for l903-Hahn. Wigs. Phillips. Poole
Harper. Thiclman. Vickcrs. Allemans.
Ewing. Hooker and Sutthof.
The Westchester Racing Association
has acquired GAO acres Of ground ut
Queens. Long Island. and will con-
struct an extensive race course.
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Minor Mention.

Cotton has been found to grow weh
on the west coast Of Africa.
4 live African lion has been installed
as n model at the Munich Academy OF
Arts.
South Carolina has paid S2OO.227 this
year in Confederate pensions to 7IoO
persons.
The coronation rejoicings In London
have been followed by q wave Of
crime In that city.
Museums are much In favor in Rus.
ala. Even In Siberia nearly every town
of 10000 nhabitapts has one.
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Town Springs Up In . Might.

Eagle City. Oklahoma. few days
ago, was corn fields and raw prairie.
On the following morning 1t was 4
town Of 1000 Inhabitants. with cen
plete municipal organization. n bank
In operation. n daily newspaper estab-
lishcd. a fairly good hotel. four reslau-
rants. seven saloons. nj least n score
OF mercantile establishments. and no
end OF gambling houses. 1t looks now
rs II Eagle City will have 1000 resi-
dents soon. 1t Is to br n division point
OH the San Francisco line.
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MINOR EYENTS0F THE week.
wAsMrhcrON ITEMS.

Having failed Of promotion, Naval
Paymaster John e. Sullivan was or
dered before retiring board.
Postmaster General Payne win inyes.
tigate the anonymous attacks by O
mysterious letter writer on wealthy
families in Chicago.
Colonel Fl. G. Hasbrouck. Artillery
Corps. commanding at Fort Adams. r.
l.. was promoted to be BrIgadler-G Cen
eral, preliminary to retirement.
Charles II. Butler. Of New York City.
was appointed reporter Of the decisions
Of the United States Supreme Court.
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Personal Mention.

The Duke Of Portland Is said to be
the tallest man In England.
The Shah Of Persia Is one OF the nm
est chess players In the world.
The Rev. Hugh Price Hughes. the
celebrated Wesleyan preacher, died
suddenly In London.
Lord Kitchener visited the Nile dam
of the Assouan reservoir the other day
and expressed great admiration for the
work.
John g. Sargent, the portrait painter.
will soon leave London for the United
States to paint Dortriit OF Presidens
Roosevelt
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REEDS MEMORY aoNoREp.
a RsmazksSls Irib.,s Paid By ths Hoaa
Of Representatives.

- Ao036k8o0I0 xr1D0to EnIu ~ tne noo8o
Of Representatives..
Washington. d. C.-The House paid
n remarkable tribute to the memory
Of former Speaker Thomas B. Reed.
His death had created a deep impres.
sion. and there was q universal desire
among the membe-s that the House
show a signal mark Of respect to his
memory. For the House to take action
on the death of q former member had
only three precedents In It's history
the deaths Of Benton, Blaine and Alex.
ander II. Stephens. when 1t adopted
resolutions and adjourned out Of re-
spect to their memories. The House
followed these precedents In the case
OF Mr.. Reed. The chaplain Mt the
opening Of the session made feeling
reference to the death Of the former
Speaker. No business was transacted
except the formal reading OF two mes
sages from the President and an ar.
rangement to postpone the special or
der for the day until the following day.
Then the resolutions, which enumer-
ated the qualities and achievements of
Mr.. Reed and expressed deep sorrow
for his death, were introduced and
adopted, and the House adjourned.
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r AsANpoNS A TOWN.
hanges Its Course. Suddeniy Cutting on
" nter SuODIv.

Changes Its Course, Suddenly Cutting on
water supply.
Nebraska City. Neb.-Nebraska City
Is without water. due to the Missouri
River channel changing. The water
pipe which extended into the river
sticks cut Of dry sand. and there Is not
a drop of water to come through 1t.
This condition OF affairs has been
wrought In twelve hours. and the town
Is now two miles from the river. An
entire new channel has been made by
the sudden jump the river has taken
far to the eastward Of the city. The
city Is without fire protection. and
should a blaze occur. the entire town
would be burned up.
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Speakershlp and Congress tour years
ago. His income In legal practice since
then, II is estimated, had been between
100000 and 100000 year. equal at
least to that Of q President, and he dies
leaving the competency he sought for
bis widow and the daughter. who was
his chum.
Mr.. Reed died Of uraemia, which
means, rs his physician said, that be
had a chronic case Of Brlght's disease
for many years, which had broken
down his system, and which suddenly
became acute and deadly when
appendicitis was contracted recently.
His kidneys suddenly refused to per-
form their functions, and the uraemic
poison passed directly into his blood.
All efforts to save him were futile.
Thomas Brackett Reed, member OF
Congress from the First District OF
Maine for twenty-five years. and
Speaker of the House Of Representa-
lives during eight sessions: lawyer.
public speaker, debater and author.
and, in 1906, prominent Republican
candidate for the Presidential nomin-
alton, was born In Portland, Me-,
slxty.three years ago. He grew 10
manhood in Portland. and began his
business career in that city. which
honored him with many offices OF
trust, first making him Representative
In the State Legislature. and then
electing him successfully to the offices
of State Senator, Attorney-General OF
Maine. City Solicitor of Portland and
member Of Congress. Since 1888. when
Mr.. Reed resigned from Congress. he
had been q resident Of New York City
and a member of the law firm OF Reed.
Simpson, Thacher 6 Barnum. Ee
leaves a wife and daughter.
Mr.. Reed probably will be remen,'
bered. more than for anything else.
for the revolution he wrought In par
liamentary procedure while Speaker
of the House Of Representatives. The
rigorous manner In which he carried
out the rules Of which he was the au.
thor cause him to be widely spoken OF
by his political opponents and others
as GEAR" Reed.
Mr.. Reed was not In sympathy with
the acquisition Of the Philippines. or
with the expansion policy OF the ad-
ministration of President Mckinley.
Personally he was most loved BY
those who knew him best. He was
bubbling over with good humor and
good fellowship; he had ready wit and
keen sarcasm. In ordinary conversa-
tion. no less than In public addresses.
he showed n remarkable fund Of infor.
nation, broad reading. strong. pene-
trating mind and keen power OF logi.
cal analysis and analytical reasoning.
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pENvER's MAYOR TO JAIL.
Eleven Aldermen Also Sentenced r.
Contempt OF Court.

Eleven Aldermen Also Sentenced For
Contempt OF Court.
Denver. Col.-Mayor r. P. Wright.
Jr., and eleven Aldermen were SEN
fenced by Judge Mullins, Of the Dis.
trlct Court, to serve four months In
jail for contempt Of court In disregard
Ing the injunction issued by Judge Mul.
Inns to restrain the enactment In the
form In which 1t was presented OF an
ordinance granting a franchise to the
Denver City Tramway Company.
Mayor Wright signed the ordinance.
though this act was specifically forbid.
den by the court. The Mayor and
Aldermen will appeal from Judge Mul.
lins's decision on legal points involved
In the case and remain at liberty under
bonds
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Mexico to Pay Plous Fund Award.

Secretary Of the Treasury L:n:ah'
tour has asked the Mexican Congress
to authorize the payment OF S1.42n,'
GS267 In Mexican currency to the Uni
ted States Government. together with
Sl3. 3.O5099 as interest thereon. In ac'
corhance with the award in the matter
Of the Pious Fund. The former pay-
ment Ia to he made within eight
months from October II. and the lat
ter February -, 1903.
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News Of the Toilers.

All the carriage and wagon shops In
Albany. y. Y. now employ union Mer.
a new union OF steel and irOnwork.
crs has been formed in SOutbin2ton.
Conn.
Union moul,lcrS In Connecticut have
asked for ten per cent. increase In
wages.
All the machine shops in Denver.
Col. are Unicnizcd with ninc-hour
work day.
Servant girls at Wheeling. W. Va.
propose forming q union TO regulate
hours and wages.
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LENiENcY FOR BANK OFFICIAL:
Prssidsns Commates Sentence OF Giiicoi
w. Marsh. Convicted In Phliadslphia.

Prssidsas Commates Sentence OF Gideon
W. Marsh, Convicted In PHILADELPHIA.
Washington. d. G. - The President
has committed to a term of imprison-
ment to expire December "A next the
sentence Of Gideon w. Marsh. who
was convicted In Philadelphia Of vio.
latlon of the National banking laws.
and on December Is, 1S9S. received
three sentences aggregatlng twelve
years and three months imprisonment
In the Eastern Penitentiary. at Phila-
delphia.
Marsh pleaded guilty to three in.
dictments consolidated, expecting to
receive one sentence. The Attorney.
General recommended the commuta.
ton. as he believed that the usual pun.
ishment Of five years Imprisonment
was sufficient.
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Death For Boy Burglar.

Earl Whitney. aged seventeen. was
found guilty ut Lexington. Ky. Of
completely lu the murder OF the mer.
chant Addison Chinn and sentenced to
death. Claude O'Brien. his compan-
lon, who actually fired the shot. will
be Immediately placed c1 trial.
O'Brien Is eighteen years old. They
were daring burglars.
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GREAT NILE RESERVOIR OPENED.
X hsdive Tulns Key and Duchsss or Con.
narght Lays Last Stone.

Assouan. Egypt-The great Nile re.
servoir and dam were opened In tie
presence OF the Khedive. the Duke aud
Duchess Of Connausht. Lord Cromcr
the British agent Consul General In
Egypt. and Lady Cromer. the Minis.
teYs ard many other distinguished
persons.
The ceremony took place in the after
noon. when the Khedive turned key
which put the electric machinery In
motion. whereupon the sluice-garcs
were opened and a great body OF
water rushed through them. The
Duchess Of Connaught then laid the
last stone OF the dam. the foundation
stone Of which was laid by the Duke
Of Connaught on February IL, 1899.
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gsasy GlssHsncs

The nints of Siam have been closea
to the free coinage Of silver.
Eighty-two acres Of London were
sold at auction for $2.S25, 600.
Confederate veterans in Virginia
have started fund for monument
ut Richmond. Va, to General U. 8.
Grant.
Government naval prisoners will
hereafter wear a uniform Of plain
dark. gray. with q round hat Of the
same hue.
Roumania has decreed that only cit.
1xens may hereafter practice law or
9ct a. lawyers' clerks. this being aimed
ut the Jews.
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MURDERER BREAKS JAIL.
Grether Catahes Keeper Mapping ant
Jumps From Q window.

Grothor Cntnhee Aeopor NoppsDS euA
Jumps From 9 Window.
Stroudsburg. Pa.-Charles Grether.
the convicted murderer of Constable
Adam Strunk, escaped for the second
time from the county jail. Daniel Fap-
buskirk. another prisoner, got away
with him.
After breakfast Grether was taken
to the bathroom by Reinhart. the
watchman, who then walked out OF
the Jail corridor to the reading room.
falling to lock the big iron doors.
Grether was quick enough to notice
the watchman's mistake. and he and
vanbuskirk quietly stole upstairs and
jumped from a window.
Grether was found by David Smoke.
q young bootblack, and four friends
near Spragueville. They discovered
him In a barn and pulled him out OF
the haymow. He was brought back
to the Stroudsburg jail.