Fair play., 1902-12-06
A WEEKS RECORD
ALI the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOME STIC.

Fire partially destroyed the resi-.
dcnce of Walter Knickerbocser near
Hcsperia, Mich, and the aged couple
were fatally burned.
Duston Sarvis, a telegraph operator.
shot Miss Jody Burns and committed
suicide at Nichols S. c.
Former Chinese Minister Wa Ting
Fang issued a farewell address thank
ing all the people for uniform kindness
and courtesy shown him.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt gave
their first dinner of the season at the
white house.
\ Kansas City bull fight scheduled
for Thanksgiving was forbidden by
the police.
Central Pacific stockholders have
sued the {. p. Huntington estate for
over $l00o0OO00 charging fraud in
manipulation Of finances of western
roads.
Secretary Moody finds it will he inn
possible to complete the naval acad-
emy buildings within the limit Of cost
liked by congress.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States dur
ing the seven days ended on the 2lst
aggregated 81, ,s23. The in
grease, compared with the CORE
spending week OF last year was los.
The Reading road refuses to coun-
tenance settlement of the coal strike
out of court, and will insist that the
presidents commission proceed with
its work.
The post Office at Enon Valley, Pa,
was robbed Of $4s2 in cash and $3.50 in
stamps.
Anthracite coal operators will
grant ten per cent. wage increase to
miners if Independent operators
agree.
Col. Carroll ID. Wright, recorder
for the anthracite coal strike com
mission, had a conference with Pres
ident Roosevelt and outlined the
work of the commission.
Railroad and express companies
have joined forces for the purpose
Of throtlling The train robbing indus
try and a reward of $1,000 has been
offered thief catchers.
The Ministerial alliance of Salt
Lake has adopted resolutions oppos-
ing the election of Reed Smoot, Nor
mon apostle, TO the senate.
The president has decided to appoint
Judge Francis NJ. Wright, now Judge Of
the circuit aud appellate court of Hi
nois to the vacancy on the court Of
claims caused by the death of John
Davis.
John Mccormick, former sheriff Of
Gladwiu county, Mich, was shot and
killed near Newbcrry while hunting by
Bert Ensign, a companion.
At Lancaster, Ky. two negro women
and one negro man were sold by the
sheriff To the highest bidder, one for
three months, the others for two and
three years, respectively. They were
convicted of vagrancy in the circuit
court.
Charles V. IIerdIiska, United States
consul at Callao, Peru, has rendered
his resignation, and it has been ac-
ceptcd.
Wu Ting Fang, former Chinese min
lister, sailed for China from San Fran
cisco on the steamship Hong Kong
Maru
The annual report of w. II. Elliott,
commissioner Of the interior for Porto
Rico, announces subs tantial progress
along all governmental lines in the
island
The Bancroft bank al Bancroft,
Neb,, was broken into by robbers, the
safe blow open with nitroglycerin and
$1,000 TO $4 600 in cash secured,
"Self-defensc" was the tenor Of ca
blegram received by William A. Hunt
er, Of Lexington, Ky, from his father,
DR., W. Godfrey Hunter, in regard to
the killing of William a. Fitzgerald
in Guatemala City Guatemala.
Settlement between the anthracite
coal operators and miners outside of
the arbitration commission has been
refused by the operators and the hear
ing will go on. The refusal is due to
the Independent operators. who de-
clared a ten per cent, wage increase
meant surrender to the United Mine
Workers.
The president has completed his
message and submitted il 70 members
Of the cabinet.
The cabipet discussed the Panama
canal treaty and thinks Colombia is de-
laying matters until the franchise ex-
pires in 1904, hoping for better terms.
Secretary Shaw in his annual report
will deal largely with evils of the pres
ent finanial system and urge reforms
by congress