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a SANTA FE TRAIN WRECKED
The Limited Bound from Chicago to San
Francisco Leaves the Rails ut RothviIIe,
Mo.-Two Trainmen Dead.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 9.-The
Santa Fe limited, bound from, Chi
cago to San Francisco, met with .
disastrous accident at Rothville, a
small town in Missouri, 100 miles
from Kansas City, shortly before one
o'clock yesterday afternoon. The en-
gineer, Samuel Wise, and the fire.
man, Alex Heavlin, were MORALLY in
jured. Both Engineer Wise and Fire
man Heavlin died at the Santa Fe
hospital at Fort Madison, Ia, last
night. Two negro porters sustained
broken arms and four other persons
were hurt. Many of the passen-
gers and all of the train crew were
badly shaken up and bruised.
The passengers say the train was
going at the rate of 40 miles or more
an hour at the time of the acct
dent. The elgine turned over as
soon as its wheels left the rails. II
slid along the tracks for a distance
of about Is feet, tearing up the ties
and tracks and completely wrecling
the locomotive.
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REED PASSES AWAY.
The Ex-Speaker of the House Sue.
cumbs to Uraemia.
Remains Taken to Portland, Me-, His OLE
Home-First Elected to House In 1876
Speaker OF Fifty First and Fifty
Second Congresses.

Washington, Dec. Thomas
Bracket Reed, former speaker Of
the house of Representatives and for
many years prominent in public life,
died here Saturday night at 1910
o'clock in his apartments. in the Ar
ington- The immediate cause of
death was, uraemia.
During the entire day there was .
stream of sympathetic callers at the
Arlington hotel, where the body Of
Mr.. Reed lay awaiting removal to the
railroad station. They included Pres
ident and Mrs. Roosevelt, members
of the cabinet and of the senate and
house and of the diplomatic corps.
Thomas Bracket Reed was born
October Is, 1899, in Portland, Me-, in
the common schools of which city he
received his early education. In 1860
he was graduated at Bowdoin, win
ming one of the highest honors Of
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A MUTINY AT SEA.
Captain and Second Omcer OF British
Ship Shot--The Mutineers Prob
ably Drowned. y

Queenstown, Dec. 6.-The British.
ship Leicester Castle, from San Fran
cisco July &c, reported that on Sep
TENDER three American seamen
mutinied, and Capt. Peattie and his
second officer were. shot. the latter
fatally, after an encounter with the
mutineers, who left the ship on a
raft in mid-ocean.
Capt. Peattie gave the names OF the
mutineerss as w. A. Hobbs, Ernest
Seers and Turner. The second officer,
Mr.. Nixon, was shot while attempting
to rescue the captain. In the dark
ness the mutineers got few planks
and coops, formed raft and
launched it from the ship. which was
then about 300 miles north of the
Pitcairn islands. The captain
searched for the raft the next day
but it was not sighted and it was
surmised that it went to pieces.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-12

widow Berabored a Lawyer.

Hennessey, Ok, Dec. 9.-Judge r.
w. Wiley, was publicly horsewhipped
by Mrs. Krekow, widow residing on
a farm near town. She demanded a
contract between herself and her son
which the attorney was alleged to
have in his possession, and upon his
refused TO deliver it she belabored
the lawyer numerically with. a
blacksnake whip until he finally sue
ceeded in wrestling it from her.
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A BIG COMMERCIAL MOVE.
Two Packers Buy Land In Clay Coun
~, Mo-, and Vast Improvements Are
Contemplated.

Kansas City, No., Dec. s.-Official
confirmation of the statements that
the packers were the owners of the
big tract of land north of the Mis-
souri, river in Clay county and the
old Bates interests" came Saturday
afternoon. j. Ogden Armour and
GustaNus F. Swift told a reporter that
they were the owners. The transfer
of the BATES interests" to these
giants OF the packing business and
the plans they have for developing
what they have bought form the big
gest commercial move that has been
made in Kansas City in many years.
new depot is to be constructed in
the north end which will be used by
many of the important railways; one
and possibly two bridges are to be
built across the Missouri river.
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EDITORS AT a BANQUET.
william Allen white and Hon. Lafe Young
Among Those who Addressed the His
souri, Gathering at Sc. Joseph.

st. Joseph, No., Dec. 6.-The Mis-
souri, Republican Editorial associa-
ton began a two days. session here
yesterday with 125 members in att
tendance. The day, was devoted to
speeches, among which was an adj
dress of William Allen White, of EN-
poria, Kan. In the evening a banquet
was rendered the visitors by the Nc
Kinley and Roosevelt club of this
city. Toasts were responded to by
Maj. John L. Bittinger, United
States consul general to Montreal.
Can; Congressman Nathan Frank.
of st. Louis; Lafe Young, of Des
Moines, Ia. and other distinguished
guests from different parts of the
country.
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NEW TRUST BILL.
House COMMITTEES Favors Little
fields Publicity Measure.
It Provides That the Interstate Commerce
Commission Shall Have Practical Super
vision of All Corporations, and An
nuaI Reports Must BE Filed.

Washington, Dec. 6.-The subcom-
mittee of the house judiciary conn
mittee having trust legislation has
reported favorably to the full COM
mittee the publicity bill. Then the
committee referred this bill and all
others to special subcommittee
consisting of Messrs. Littlefield,
Overstreef, Powers, Clayton and De-
Almond.
The publicity bill as amended pro-
vides that every corporation, joint
stock company or similar organiza-
ton engaged in interstate or foreign
commerce, and every such corpora
ton which shall hereafter be or
ganized, shall file with the interstate
commerce commission on or before
September each year a return stat
ing among other things its name,
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Trying to Gu, a Channel for Water

Nebraska City, Neb., Dec. 9.-This
town was. severely taxed yesterday
for water, owing to the sudder
changing of the course of the Mis-
souri, river, and all dependent on the
city's water supply were forced te
resort to wells. Every available
man, irrespective of class, turned out
with shovel and pick, making an at
tempt to cut channel to the river
through the sandbar, which inter
venes between the suction pipes OF
the pumping station and the river, .
distance of 1000 feet.
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Children Burned. Fathers Neck Broke,

Menominee Falls, Wis. Dec. o.
Fire Sunday night burned the genera
store and dwelling of Max Manthey
at Coalgate. Mr.. Manthey, in at.
tempting to escape, fell from. the
porch and broke his neck, dying q
few minutes later. In the excite.
lment, child, eight years old. was
forgotten and was burned to death
Another child was fatally and three
Others Seriously injured. The mother
and two other children were the only
ones to escape uninjured.
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weddinx pre.s FOR a shroud.

Bloomington, ILL.,, Dec. 9.-With her
wedding dress as her shroud and es
corted by the bridegroom and three
bridesmaids, the body of Miss Angus
ia Rueger was laid away yesterday
The funeral was the most remark
able in the history of Bloomington
The young woman was to have beer
married Wednesday. She fell dead
only a few days before the time. II
was deemed appropriate that the at
tendants she had chosen for her ap
preaching marriage attend her at tho
funeral
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CONGRESSMAN LITTLEFIELD.

date of organization, the statutes un.
der which organized, and if consoli-
dated the names of the constituent
concerning them. 1t also provided
companies and the same information
that the amount of authorized CAPT
tai stock, shares into which divided,
par value, whether common or pre-
ferred and distinction between each,
amount issued and outstanding,
amount paid inflow much, if any,
paid in cash, and how much, if any,
in property, and if paid in property
a description and cash market value
of the property at the time it was re-
ceived as payment shall be stated.
The Indebtedness. it's nature and for
what purpose incurred is to be given,
also a statement of the assets at
their present cash market value,
giving the elements upon which the
market value is based. 1t also is re-
quired that the total earnings and in
come, operating expenses, interest,
taxes, permanent improvements, net
earnings, dividends declared, with the
rate and date during the year pre-
ChC 1SG VI VIC
July, salaries of officials and wages
of employees be disclosed. 1t is pro-
vided further that the treasurer or
other officer. of concerns affected by
the bill having the requisite knowl-
edge, shall answer on oath all in
quiries that may be made in writing
under the direction of the inter
state commerce comission, relative
to the financial condition of its capt.
tai stock. Such answer is not to be
used as evidence against the person
making it, except in prosecutions un-
der the proposed act. A tax Of one
per cent. per annum is imposed on so
much of the capital stock outstand-
ing which is not fully paid in cash or
other property at it's full cash value,
and provision is made for collecting
the tax
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EX-sPEAKER THOMAS B. REED.

the college, the prize for excellence
in English composition. The next
four years was spent by Mr.. Reed
in teaching under study of the lazy.
Before his admission to the bar, how
ever, he was appointed acting assist
ant paymaster in the United States
navy, serving on the Tennessee, Cum
berland and Mississippi rivers. After
his discharge, in 1865, Mr.. Reed re-
turned to Portland, passed the bar
and entered on the practice of his
profession. Three years later he was
elected as a republican to the legis-
lature of the state of Maine. In 1869
he was reelected to the house and in
1870 made state senator, from which
position he passed to that of attor-
ney general of the state the same
year. In September, 1876, he was
elected to the Forty-ffth congress of
the United States. He took conspic-
uous part in the proceedings of the
committee appointed to. investigate
the election of President Hayes, Of
which he was one IF the minority
members. In the Forty-sixth con-
gress his skill as a debater was rec
ognized, his influence each year be-
coming more strongly marked. The
leadership of his party was. finally
conceded to him and lin the Forty
ninth and Fiftieth congresses the
complimentary nomination to the
speakership was rendered him by the
republicans. In the Fifty-frst con-
gress he was elected speaker on the
first ballot. In the Fifty-second con-
gress he was reelected speaker.
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Went to the Grave In.te.d OF tho Altar

Bloomington, ILL.,, Dec. San unu.
sual ceremony was carried out here
yesterday at the funeral of Miss Au-
gusta Rueger, who dropped dead
while serving as bridesmaid at the
wedding OF. a girl friend and who was
to have been married herself next
Wednesday,, Miss Rueger was buried
in the dress that was to have been
her wedding gown and her body was
escorted to the grave by the three
women and three young men whom
she had chosen for the bridesmaids
and groomsmen at her wedding.
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Mayor and Aldermen to Jail.

Denver, Col, Dec. s.-Mayor r. r.
Wright, IL, and IL aldermen were
sentenced by Judge John 1. Mullins,
of the district court, to serve four
months in Jail for contempt of court
in disregarding the injunction issued
by Judge Mullins to restrain the en-
actment of an ordinance granting q
franchise to the Denver City Tram
way company in the form in which it
was presented. -.
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N.eroe. Forced from Their Homes.

Shreveport, La, Dec. 6.-Yesterday
the river at this point rose six inches,
going above the danger line. A fur
Their rise of 3H feet is predicted with
in the next three days. The river
will then begin to fall. Hundreds of
negroes in Shreveport have been
forced to abandon their homes in the
bottoms on account of the high water
and are living in tents and impro
vised dwellings.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-12

Washington, Dec. cit has recent
ly been brought to the attention Of
Postmaster General Payne that about
Is women are holding positions as
carriers in the rural free delivery
service and a call has been made upon
superintendent Machin, of that
branch, for information about them.
An investigation viii be made
whether they are performing their
duties in satisfactory manner. 1t
appears the appointments were made
without knowledge of the sex of the
appointees. Mr.. Payne is said to be
opposed to the appointment of wom-
en- to such service.
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STREETS FILLED WITH SICK.
In Russia Many Working People Are Idle
aud Starving-wages Only II
Cents q Day.

st. Petersburg, Dec. LACK Of
employment is causing unprecedent-
ed distress in the interior of Russia,
In Saratoff, as a fair. example Of
the prevailing conditions, workmen
eagerly accept about IL cents per
day. Hosts Of beggars literally. in
rade the shops and houses, and the
streets are filed with sick and starv-
ing people. Similar pitiful details
come from other interior cities.
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New Roads for st. Joseph.

ST. Joseph, Mo-, Dec. s.-Three rail-
roads vii enter st. Joseph in the near
future over. new double track from
Kansas City. The Frisco system, the
Chicago & Alton and the Wabash are
the lines which will secure valuable
terminal facilities in this city
through the terminal companies
concessions. The distance between
the two cities will be reduced to AZ
miles.
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business Men by Day, Barslar. by Nah

Philadelphia, Dec. 6.-George Dick
inson, alias Wescott, the burglar
who was arrested about ten days ago
in a desperate fight with policeman
and who was discovered by detec-
tives to be robber by night and a
business man by day, was tried and
convicted yesterday and sentenced
to Is years in the penitentiary. The
police accused Dickinson of nearly 60
robberies, but could secure legal evil
dence in but 25 cases. 1t is said near
ly $4,000 was recovered by the po-
lice.
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Buying Enrl,.h rhorou<hbred Cattle.

London, Dec. THE last few
months have. found in the United
Kingdom an unprecedented number
of American buyers of thoroughbred
cattle, whose purchases. of high-class
breeding stock aggregate many thou
sands of pounds. A number of ami
mails bought are intended for exhi-
bition at the st. Louis exposition. The
prices range from $4,000 to $6,25O per
head.
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More Canal DELAY.

Washington, Dec. eff Minister
Hart at Bogota is correctly informed
10 treaty providing for the construc-
ion of the Panama canal can be
.atitied by the Colombian congress
before about June 1 next.
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Lone Wolf Accepts Railroad Proposition.

Guthrie, Ok, Dec. s.-The- Kansas
City, Mexico & Gulf Railroad COM
pany has proposed to make Lone
Wolf, Ok, a terminus for a certain
length of time. put in extensive inn
-provements and commence laying
rails there, within 80 days, provided
the citizens will donate them one-half
the town and enough extra land to
make $50 acres for division facilities.
The proposition was accepted.
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Butler MAY Break a Record.

Washington, Dec. 9.-James Butler,
of st. Louis, probably. will go down
to history as the only man who was
twice ousted from congressional
seat in one session of congress. The
action of the elections committee in
hurrying his case leads to the suppo-
sition that it is the intention to
railroad" Butler out of his seat.
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BIG Shortage of Prov,s,on..

Omaha, Neb., Dec. 9.-Nearly 10,-
100000 pounds is the shortage in the
provision supply at the South Omaha
packing houses as compared with
this date last year. The figures are
pregnant with high prices for all
classes of meats the coming year,
whether or not the packing house
merger becomes an actually.
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Up. Morgan. Latest Undertak,pe.

New York, Dee.- 81. Pierpont
Morgan is preparing to take in every
anthracite coal i, company in the
United States. The combine, which
will be owned and controlled by the
financier as absolutely as he owns
and controls the other projects he
handles, promises to rival and even
Guido the Northern Securities COM
pany in ;mmensity of conception.
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Knn.a. miller. After the Ra,trcad,.

Wichita, Kan, Dec. 9.-Several
Kansas millers held a secret meeting
here and raised $4,000 to prosecute
injunction proceedings in the federal
courts against Kansas railroads put
ting into effect, as proposed, on De-
cember Is higher freight rates on
grain and grain products out of the
Ntate than now prevails.
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round Iu,ltv OF Periurv.

st. Louis. Dec. 6.-Charles J. Denny,
former member of the house of dele
gates. on trial on the charge of per-
jury in connection with the Suburban
deal, has been found guilty and his
punishment fixed at two years in the
penitentiary.
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Barrs,. to SUCCEED Buck.

Washington, Dec. 6.-When the
president comes to take up the ques-
ton of the succession to the vacancy
caused by the death of Minister Buck
at Toxic, it is understood that he
will name John Barrett, of Oregon,
at present commissioner general of
the ST. Louis exposition to Asia and
Australasia, to be minister.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-12
Bever,dre Hopes for . Veto.

Washington, Dec. s.-Senator Bev-
..eridCe wants the president to agree
to veto the omnibus statehood bill
if it's friends succeed in running
over him in the senate. The Indiana
senator spent an hour with the presi-
dent and pointed out the Shocking
conditions prevailing in New, Next
CO."
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U ,,ma,u m. Presented to yenezue,a.

London, Dec. 9.-Great Britain and
Germany have presented ultimatums
to Venezuela, which will be followed
up by the seizure of~the- customs un-
less-a satisfactory settlement is forth
coming within brief period.
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They Become Public Charges.

Washington, Dec. 9.-The senate
committee on immigration gave a
hearing Monday on the bill restrict
ing immigration now pending in the
senate. Goodwin Brown, represent
ing the New York state lunatic COM
mission, urged that the bill be amend
ed SO as to provide for the deporta-
ton of aliens who become public
charges within two years.
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Chicago to Own It's Street Cars.

Chicago, Dec. s.--MunicipaI owner
ship and operation of street rail-
ways forms the subject ola bill COM
pleted by the composite committee
eff aldermen and citizens appointed
by the city counsel several months
ago to aid in securing legislation en-
abling the public control of general
utility concerns.
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No Negro Bulldins at Verbs Fair.

st. Louis, Dec. 6.-There will not
be negro building at the worlds
fair. The authorities have officially
decided to follow the general classifi-
cation of exhibits, which does not
recognize racial distinctions. Ma
tional or governmental divisions of
exhibits are the only distinctions to
be observed.
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The kansas Auditors Report.

Topeka, Kan, Dec. s.-The thir-
teenth biennial report of the state
auditor, Mr.. Cole, shows that of the
s2,624,9O5.96 of appropriations made
by the Hast legislature for the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1902, $2,25s, 593.61
was expended, leaving a balance of
S266 212 az
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.cr.dIe- In.ur.nc. Popular.

Philadelphia, Dec. s.lThe premi-
ums paid upon child insurance in the
city of Philadelphia alone foot up
nearly a total close to s1,5O0, 600.
Four hundred thousand Philadelphia
children under--12 years old are in
sured in the Industrial and Mutual
Benefit company.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-12

New York, Dec ,6.-The White Star
liner Teutonic which reached her dock
to-day completed trip of days anc
Ii hours of almost continual storms
Every day of the trip the passengers
we're kept within storm doors and one
of the crew was nearly washed over
hoard
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Convention ON oklahoma Statehood Bin

Guthrie, Ok, Dec. 6.-Thc an
nouncement is made that the repub-
lican territorial chairman will issue
call for the republican statehood
convention for the purpose of taxi
ing action on the senate substitute
bill for the admission of Oklahoma
to statehood. The convention win
indorse the pending omnibus bill
and pass resolutions denouncing the
substitute bill as directly opposed to
the republican party in Oklahoma.
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Martha w..h,n<ton stamp. Issued.

Washington, Dec.-s.-The post Of
fee department began Saturday to is
sue the stamps bearing the Martha
Washington portrait. These stamps
will replace the present eight-cent
stamps. 1t is expected that about 49,
900, 900 of them will be distributed to
the post Offices of the country within
a year.
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Gen. poo,h at K.n,,,as civ.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. Gen. Will
liam Booth, commander of the Saliva.
ton army of the world, arrived here
yesterday morning and made pubs
lie address in Convention hall at night
to a vast audience. T
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-12
ro ,supnre.. Traf,ic .n f;Ir,s.

Washington, Dec. 9.-The president
yesterday sent to the senate a gem
eral international agreement in the
shape of treaty for the suppress
sion of the traffic in girls for illegiti-
mate purposes.
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Advance on Live stock Rates.

Chicago, Dec. Ga proposition was
submitted to the western roads yes.
terday by the Atchison, Topeka G.
Santa Fe to advance live stock rates
rom the Missouri river to Chicago
from IL cents per 100 pounds to 1914
cents.
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A BIG STEEL COMPANY.
Ono to Be Financed a. . $4,000. 900 Con-
Germ About the FIRST OF
the Year.

Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. s.-The new
Union Steel company is to be financed
as S75,OOO,oOO concern, thereby en-
tering its recognized existence about
the first of the year as thetstrongest
and most aggressive Independent con-
Germ of the kind in the world.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-12

Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 1.-TWO Ital-
ian laborers were killed and six 9TH
ers seriously hurt and four more
slightly injured yesterday by an ex-
plosion in a tunnel being cut near
the Louisville & Nashville railroad
at Bakers hill, IL miles north of this
city
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crim,na, Reckles.ness.

Chicago, Dec. Gas result of
the reckless running of racing au-
tomobile on Michigan avenue yester-
day by an unknown chauffeur, a
park policeman was probably fatally
injured, two horses were killed and
the lives of Calvin n. Favorite and
d. j. Simpson, of the Armour com
pany, were placed in. jeopardy