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FOREIGN.

The Paris Figaro says man was de-
tected attempting to climb a wall of the
Elysee Palace 1t is believed that be
intended TO hide in the palace garden in
! the hope of obtaining an opportunity to
| assassinate President Loubet.
The depreciation in the value of silver
has cost the insular government in the
Philippines approximately $1.000.000 in
gold, as it is carrying SI0,000,OO0 in sill
| yer. Further depreciation will increase
the loss. The official rate is S2.40 silver
| for 81 gold.
News of the death in London. England.
| of Prof. Sidney II. Short. formerly OF
Cleveland, a famous electrician. has beer
| received. Prof. Short was a pioneer ir
| the electrical world, having done note
than any other man in the perfection of
electric railways.
A message received at the London for
eign Office from Gen. Manning. dated at
Berbera, capital of Somaliland. an
nounces that the force commanded b.
Col. Swayne. which was threatened wit 4
destruction by the army commanded ts
the Mad Mullal, has reached Bohotic in
safety.
According to the Onlooker Queen Alex
andra has promised to be godmother TO
the son of the Duke and Duchess of Mar
chester, formerly Miss Zimmerman ci
Cincinnati, and the child will be namz3
Alexander.
At Copenhagen, the landsthing rejected
the second reading of the bill provi,lins Z
for the ratification of the treaty betweea
Denmark and the United States in re-
gard to the cession of the Danish Wea.
Indies to the latter country. The voi :
stood 81 to %. a tie.
Four British gunboats stationed {.
Shanghai, have been ordered to ascen,
the Yang-tse-Kiang as far as HankoS
because of the failure of the Chinese ar-
thorities to deal adequately with tl'
murderers of Bruce and Lewis. two Eng
lish missionaries who were killed in Hq
Nan province.
From authoritative sources the corr
spondent of the Associated Press III. /;
learned that France. Great Britain an
Germany have concluded an agreemei-t
for the military evacuation of Shanghai
by their forces. These negotiations alsc
have brought about an important cxrer-
sion of the open door policy, as urged lag
Secretary Hay.
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The railroads continne
piling up earnings and not
Mithstanding the great de
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DIE. IN a FIRE TRAP.
Many Victims of Biaze in Big Chi
cago Buildings.


Twelve men or more killed, thrice as
many injured and financial loss of $780,
900 are the net results of a fire in Chi
cago Tuesday night that destroyed rix
large buildings comprising part of the
Corn Products Company's plant at West
Taylor street and the river. A furious
gale swept huge brands over the city,
endangering millions of dollars worth of
property and causing score of small
fires, the subduing of which kept engine
companies not at the big blaze busy.
The fire, which originated in the corn
crushing and feel-drying department CT
the extensive plant, was a veritable fur
mace before it was discovered. Thirty
four men were in this building. Most Of
them were on the fifth and sixth floors
when the flames erupted They took TO
the windows. Some jumped into life
nets, some leaped to death and others
were seen falling back into the flame be-
hind them.
Firemen almost lost self-control when
they approached from all parts Of the
city. Five buildings were in flames when
the department began the work of saving
the city from what seemed q threat Of
general disaster. Though the principal
building of the glucose plant, a thirteen
story structure standing directly east Of
the burning building, seemed doomed in
the face of the terrible force Of destruc-
ton. it was saved as though by a miracle.
From the first to the thirteenth story
it was wrapped in flames. Every win
dow on the west side of the structure was
alive with fire. Only quick action of the
department in connecting a sprinkler sys-
TEN with the fretug Illinois in the river
saved the big building. which, had it
burned, would have swelled the property
loss to 81, ,O00,000 and would have caused
a blaze that could not have been con-
fined to the building itself. 1t was IN
appalling prospect for full three-quas-
ters of an hour and the fremen strug-
gled as they had not struggled in years.
Fifty thousand people watched the inn
posing spectacle. Walled in by viaducts
the blaze was surrounded with miles of
elevated standing room, on all of which
swarmed the spectators. 1t was spec
tacuiar show that needed no rehearsing
and none in years has drawn so large a
crowd Of spectators. The flames lit up
the sky all over the city and the tides
Of sparks rolled northward before the
wind
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Interesting News Items.

In wreck. Thompson, Ark, Fireman
Abraham was killed.
Fire Mt 4TS-4S0 Pearl street, New
York. did $4,000 damage.
Ex-Gov. John B. Neil of Idaho died at
Columbus. Ohio, of cancer of the throat.
The corner stone for new New York
custom house was laid with appropriate
ceremonies.
\ woman was accidentally killed by Il
pick in the hands of miner. Laredo.
Texas.
Range riders in southwestern Wyom-
ing may clash because of the importation
of foreign sheep.
Cuban custom receipts for September
were S26i. i.490 greater this year than for
the same month of 1901.
Alonzo Garrett of West Virginia, con-
sui at New Laredo. Mexico, is missing
since going on hunting expedition
Sept. 0.
Warden Jewett of the Kansas peniten-
tiary is said to be making an effort 20
get shoe manufacturers to establish a
factory at the prison and use convict
labor.
Two freight trains on the Gulf of Colo
RADIO and Santa Fe Railroad collided
head-on ut Ardmore, /. L. Two mem
bers of the crew were killed and five in
jured, two perhaps fatally,
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Chicago

clines naturally to be expected in the re-
ports of the anthracite coal roads, tie
forty-three leading lines show an agy-e-
gate increase for the first week in October
of ,61 IS per cent over the corresponding
week last year. The Great Western re-
mains an uncertain factor in the western
rate situation The Milwaukee is be-
lieved to be contemplating an extension
to the coast, although the latest report
says traffic arrangements have been per-
fected with the Union Pacific and that
the Milwaukee will not build, at least
not at present. There Is some grumbling
on the part Of railway employees in the
West. but nothing has occurred to war
rant any uneasiness or apprehension Of
any trouble.
Cooler weather has helped retail trade.
Moderate advances are noted in many
commodities. while iron and steel arc na-
terially higher. With coal obtainable
many furnaces that have been crippled
for q month or more are expected to
resume operations on the former large
scale. The Northwest is making sub
stantial gains in the general volume of
business. The Northwest leads the cou1-
try. Last week Minneapolis broke every
previous record with a production Of 443.-
$50 barrels of flour. The flour demand is
good, with inquiry coming from every
quarter and the prospect favorable for
heavy grinding by the Northwestern mills
to the turn of the year. Grain receipts
are increasing somewhat. Jobbing and
manufacturing lines are doing satisfae-
tory business. The banks report the
financial tone very favorable.
The wheat market has been continu-
ously strong, partly in sympathy with
the strength in corn. There is little
wheat in Minneapolis and not more than
enough coming to supply the mills, while
millers selling -four freely have been bid
ders every day for wheat TO arrive.
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Lille owned three bloodhounds. Two Of
them were poisoned and died. Lille is
the agent for Il grain company which has
elevators all over Nebraska.
Marshall o. WaSgoner. for sixty years
prominent attorney of Toledo, Ohio, and
whose conversion from a widely known
materialistic iniidel TO an equally agsrcs-
siye Christian upon the death of his wife
was accompanied by the public burning
Of his extensive library at Toledo some
years ago, died at Detroit. at the age of
81 wears
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AR6ITERS IN SESSION.
Miners Strike Commission Begins
Work at White House.

Miners Strike mission Begins
Work at White House.
The members of the strike arbitration
commission, appointed by President
Roosevelt. met at the White House short
ly after 10 O'Clock Friday morning and
went into conference with the President.
The President greeted the members of
the commission cordially. The interview
was brief, lasting scarcely twenty min
utes. The work 10 be done by the com
mission was informally discussed. The
President impressed upon the commits
sion the Importance of expedition and in
formed them that he had decided 10 aI,-
point two assistants TO the recorder. 10
facilitate the work.
He then presented to them their in-
structi0ns, as follows:
''To the Anthracite Coal Strike Com
Observation-Disclosures: At the request both
of the operators and of the miners | have
appointed You commission to inquire
into, consider. and pass upon the queS-
tions in controversy in connection with
the strike in the anthracite region and
the causes out of which the controversy
arose. By the action you recommend,
which the parties in interest have in ad-
vance consented 10 abide by, you VIII en-
deavor to establish the relations between
the employers and wage earners in the
anthracite fields on a just and perm;I-
nent basis. and. rs far rs possible, 10
do away with any causes Tor the recIr-
reno, of such difficulties as those which
you have been called in to settle. l sab
nit 10 you herewith the published state
ment of the operators, following which
/ named you as members of the commits
sion, Mr. Wright being named rs re-
corder, also the letter from Mr.. Mitchell.
II appoint Mr.. Moseley and Mr.. Neil
as assistants to the recorder.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
With the instructions We're the state
ments of the operators. The members of
the commission withdrew in body.
When they left the White House ,hey
declined TO comment upon their inter-
vic
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King Oscar of Sweden and Norway,
whose decision as arbiter of the disputes
arising out of the Interference of the
United States and Great Britain in the
Samoan insurrection in 1899. is in faTor
of Germany. has several times before
been selected TO pass judgment on in
ternational differences. He is popular
choice for arbitrator, because of Swe-
dens freedom from entangling alliances
with other nations. 1t is announced
from Washington that King Oscars de-
cision, while it will be accepted in the
Samoan matter. will not be recognized rs
making n precedent. as such course
would involve the payment of big claims
by the United States whenever marines
are landed to protect American interests.
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States on business connected with the
church.
While in South America Bishop Nc
Cabe says he made some interesting dis
coveries. At Conception. Chill, city of
51.OO0 inhabitants, he found two large
boarding and day schools. one for boys
and the other for girls, with several hun
dred students and large corps of teach
ers. The schools are so prosperous fnan-
cially that all expenses are paid from
tuitions and there is profit to be used
for the support of native preachers.
The bishop found that the desire for
education in the South American coun-
tries, which is steadily increasing, gives
the missionaries unprecedented opportu-
mites for reaching and influencing the
masses of the people.
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T'BElAGg7|5HS


Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
800 to $3.50; hogs, shipping grades,
SI.25 to S1.15. sheep. fair to choice. 500
TO $3.50: wheat. No. . red, 70c TO tic;
corn. No. 2. 56c to SIC: oats, No. 2, 26c
to 2Sc: rye. No. .. 4Sc to 49c; hay, tim
othy. $3.50 to $3.50; prairie. $500 to
$500; butter, choice creamery, 21c to
2Ic; eggs, fresh. 1Sc TO 22c;5potatoes,
S5c to 42c per bushel-
Indianapolis-Cattle shipping, $500 to
$3.50; hogs. choice light, $500 to $3.50;
sheep. common TO prime. $3.50 TO $3.50;
wheat. No. =. IOc to ilc; corn, No. z
white, 6oc TO 61c; oats, No. white,
Sic 10 Sc.
St Louis-Cattle. $4oO to 500; hogs.
$500 10 SEQ; sheep. $50 to S4.W;
wheat, No. >. tSe 10 69c; corn. No. :,
Doc to 5iie; oats. No. :, 29c to Soc; rye,
No ,. 4ic TO 4Sc.
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about Is months
ago. His first wife
W as Caroline .
Speare. and the
lady to whom he is
now reported TO be
engaged is Miss
Ellen May Of Port
land, Ne. The Sem
ator is now - years
old. Forty-one years
ago he made his de-
but in public life as
- - Il.
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and honored with the degree of doctor
of laws. At the same ceremony the same
degree was conferred on Joseph III.
Choate, American ambassador to the
court of st. James: DR.. Andrew ID.
White, American ambassador to Berlin:
Alexander Graham Bell of Washington
and Henry White. secretary of the Amer
lean embassy in London.
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paper men Of the
country. He has
come into prcmi-
nence by boltins the
nomination of Ton.
gressman David III.
Mercer, who has
represented Ih c
Omaha district since
1892. The sensa-
tional action of the
editor is interpreted
x-orinuSlv Som G
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To Reduce the Army,

A general order to the army was issued
recently announcing that by direction Of
the President the organization Of the en-
listed strength of the army under the reor-
ganization act of Feb. 2, 1901, shall be
reduced to 81, ,9S9, the minimum authorized
by law. Under this order the various arms
Of the army will be programmed as follows:
Infantry companies, 65; coast artillery
companies, 109; field artillery batteries,
10O; two siege batteries, 100 each; cavalry
troops, IS; engineer companies, l04, except
that at the service.schools at Forts Leay-
euworth and Riley the cavalry troops are
SLOWED IS enlisted men and the infantry
companies 1S0 men. Another exception
IL made in the case of the legation guard
Of infantry at Pekin, which is fixed at s.
men
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NEWS IN BRIEF GUSTS
BLOWN in FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE EARTH.
An Important Record Of the Week
Al Told by the TeleEraph-Latest
from Foreign Shores-Crinsss Cas-.
ualties, Fire., Etc.
The Panama Title Valid,

Attorney-G General Knox has presented
to the President, his opinion as to the
validity of the title to the Panama canal
property, in the event that the government
should accept the offer Of the company to
sell the canal to the United States for
$4,000, 900. The document is exceedingly
voluminous. Including the various ex-
hibits and appendices it contains about
800 pages. Besides finding that the new
Panama Canal Company's title is valid
one, il is understood that the Attorney
General presents in his report certain
guarantees from the directorate of the
company and from the French Govern
ment that no claims shall be presented to
the United States by stockholders or
creditors of the Old Panama Canal Com
nany
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Murder in New York.

William c. Turney shot and killed Al
bert Hamilton and W. ]. Mallard, lis
business partners. in the law office of
Cantor, Adams & Mcintyre in New York.
Before the revolver with which he com.
mitted the double murder could be wrest-
ed from his grasp Turner placed the
weapon ut his head and sent shot into
his brain, dying instantly.
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step, yet the .hasn
has been bridged 10y
James Ii. Doyle OF
Boston. Mr.. Doyl,
in everyday life j:
a saloonkceper and
acts as his own bar
tender. He is ais
a shrewd politician
and is one of The
city's .'ouncilnien
Recently when May
or Collins teniporLr
iIy divorced himself
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lhe Treaty Approyed.

Havana special: 1t is stated in high
political circles here that Secretary
Hays reciprocity treaty, with few minor
changes, is acceptable to both President
Palma and his ministers. The recon-
mendations for these changes, it is said,
were sent to Minister Quesada at WASH
ington, and should the alterations prove
acceptable to the American Government
the treaty will be sent to Congress soon
after il recOnvenes next month.
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Tax Fixera conxicted.

The verdict of the jury in the Masonic
Temple tax-fxing case was read in Judge
Chetlain's court at Chicago and both Luke
Wheeler and Captain Williams were
found guilty Of attempting to defraud Cook
county out of taxes legally due on the
Masonic Temple. The penalty imposed
was fneof s, 200 and imprisonment in the
county Jail for two years for Wheeler,
while Williams was let off with a fine of
el,sO0 and Jail sentence of six months.
It was charged that Wheeler and Williams,
assisted by others, by means of forgeries,
made it appear that approximately $4,000
taxes due on the Masonic Temple had
been paid. The forgeries were discovered
and the conspiracy disclosed.
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to have robbed the
city by resortins TO
bribery. and now he
declares he will land
them in the penitcn-
tiary. Mr.. Folk was
born in Tennessee.
For years he was a
struggling young
lawyer in ST. Lodis.
Then he was elected
circuit attorney.
There is nothing
particularly tempt
fua, ,I,,,t chi n.et-
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present poor hymns.
is 4 prominent Phil
adelphia divine. eji-
tor of the Sunday
school publications
of the Methodist
Church and secre-
tary of the Sunday
School Union. DIR.
Neelsy is said to he
foremost among his
brethren in his
knowledge of the
IfsF,r,- &c tho ..hu-.,,
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Dssaatrous Wreck.

At Oneida, Tenn, in collision between
double-header freights ON the Cincinnati
Southern, Charles HURT, white, fireman,
was killed. Both locomotives. fifteen cars,
two residences, two store buildings and a
Toulouse were destroyed by fire caused
by the wreck.
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Enraeed Bun Run. Amuck,

An enraged bull made his escape from
the stock yards at indianapolis, and ter
rorized the southern part Of the city. He
gored Charles Gregory, telegraph boy.
The boys leg was broken. The bull also
gored j. I. Carpenter, flagman. The
animal was killed later.
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Retaliated with a Gun.

Because her husband threw bucket Of
water on her. while she was asleep at her
home at jerome, Iowa, Mrs. John Kreebs
blew his stomach off with shotgun,
killing him. Mrs. Kreebs refused to get
mp to get breakfast. He retaliated with
the cold douche, and she with the shotgun.
She has been held for murder.
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consideration next
Congress, is the
representative of
the Second District
of Maine and was
elected to fiji the
vacancy caused by
the death of Con-
gressman Dingley.
Mr.. Littlefield is 4
native of Lebanon,
Me-. and is 81 years
old. He was ad-
mitted to the bar in
1876. became a
u,arntar of .ha
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mutual protection
against the aggres-
sion of Russia in
the Orient. Though
the marquis in re-
signing the premier
ship of Japan seem
ed - retire from
politics. il is evident
that he resigned to
perform an even
greater political mis-
sion. He made his
tour &C the world,
passing through this
couutrv ard visiting
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Slain bx Burglars.

Harvey Lille. well-known grain man,
was shot and fatally wounded by burglars
at David City, Neb. Two Of the three
bloodhounds owned by Lille were pois-
ened. The intruders secured $3.50. 1t is
believed the shooting was precipitated by
Mr.. Lille attempting to rise from his bed.
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ton. has told the
members of lris
congregation that
the lowly are TOO
much overlooked
by the high. He
believes that mis-.
sion work should
he undertaken in
the dark districts
of the city. His
congregation thinks
rs he does. for the
preparatory steps
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n member OF The
Maine Legislature. He was a presiden-
tial elector in 1864. was first elected To
Congress in 1871 and has represented
Maine in the Senate for twenty-one yeas.
-.
Rev. Thomas B. Neeley, who advocated
better church music before the Rock
River nnN conference and scored the
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for eleven months,
during which he has
visited the missions
of his church in
S out h America,
Germany, Switzer-
land and Denmark.
His trip to Europe
was largely 10 en-
able Bishop Vincent.
who has charge Ct
the missions on that
continent, to return
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popularity wi t h
Presbyterians of
the village was sup
posed to be a him
drance to the new
pastor. Later the
Presbytery rescind-
ed its action. and
Mr.. Smith will re-
main. After thirty
years of active ser
vice Mr.. Smith re-
signed. Then came
the new minister
and the trouble.
.,a.r-.n-,
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City discharging the receiver of the
Guardian Trust Company and instructils
! him 10 turn the property over to i co.n-
mittee of the stockholders. The minority
is identified with the interests of Jo1n
". Gates
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Hurricane in Argentina.

Adispatch from Buenos Ayres, Argen-
tina, says: A hurricane has swept over
Port Diamante, province of Entire Rios.
Fifteen persons were killed and many
injured. 4 hundred houses were destroyed
and several ships were sunk. NogyOya
and other places were also damaged.
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London and St. Petersburg. The trip
scented innocent enough, but he was blaz-
ing the way for Japan. Before he ceach-
ed home. the negotiation of the treaty
was announced.
-.
Congressman Charles Edgar Little
field. who will be requested by President
Roosevelt to draft an antitrust bill for
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LixeIv Day in PurIiament

The British Parliament opened with
threats of armed revolt by Irish mem
bers; Baifour obtained suspension Of all
but government business over protests
by Irish and radicals: John O'Donnell
shook his fist in Balfour's face and was
suspended.
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Thirty-eight Russion Orloff carriage
horses, just imported, were auctioned of
in New York City. One four-in-h1ld
team sold for $3.50. The buyers nams
was not disclosed Many sales were
made around Sl.500.
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Two Section Men Killed.

Henry Geswine and Charles Davidson,
section men on the Norfolk and Western
Railway, were instantly killed and Frank
Geswins seriously injured near Irontou,
Ohio. .-.-..---L.
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Maine Legislature in 1885. and Speaker
in the following year. He served as At
torney General of Maine from 1889 to
1898.
Little He'll" in Chicago. is to have
a church. Rev. DIR. John ii. Boyd of
the First PRESBYTERIAN Church of Evaas-
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from his dutics and J-AA.s H. UU- =
set onr on three weeks trip to the South
for the benefit of his health, and Mr.
Doyle succeeded to the mayoralty chair
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Fire wiped ont the entire business Tor
ton of Gervais. Ore. two blocks of frame
buildings being destroyed. The loss is
$4,000