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Mower County transcript., 1903-12-30
iNcEssANT ACTIVITY PREVAILS.

Japan Rushing Military and Transport
Arrangements.
London, Dec. PA dispatch to the
Reuter- Telegraph company from To-
kio says:
Incessant activity prevails at mill
tary headquarters. The transport and
other arrangements are complete. The
government !; is calmly awaiting the
Russian reply. which, it is hoped, will
be forth booming without delay.
Press dispatches from Korea report
continued disturbances at Mokpho and
the outbreak Of Tonghak insured
ton in Chollato province. The Tong
haks are party Of ofNmalcontents whose
activity was the immediate cause of
the war between China and 5Japan
These reports create uneasfness*e
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-30
Chicago Union Stock Yards,

Chicago. Dec. 2s.--Cattle-Good to
prime, y es3zz $40 ~ Es:s Es :::ss:,oor to- me
dunn, s3.S: S1hO0; stot tkeIs and feed
ers,, $1.75@4.00; cows, $1.50@4.00:s
hetfers,s $2.o0@4.75; calves, $4,000
6:25. Hogs Mixed and butchers, $3.50
,94:9b; good ITO choice heavy, $4.65@:
s4:Sh; rough heavy. $4.50@4.65; light,
s$4.35@4:70.' - Sheep-Good to choice
wethers So. 500 400: Western sheep,
$3.lo@4.o0; native lambs, $4.O0@5.75;=
Western, $4.0O@5.55.$s.1*= ss..f - - - ,.
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MALCOLM: MCDOWELL DEAD!
Known AZ an Iron and Steel
T. =, >:.., Expert.

Chicago, Dec. 28,-Major;. Malcolm
Mcdowell, widely known as an iron
and steel expert, is dead at the age fof
seventy-fiye years. He was the. young
Sst 9s4l erSth1r the ats Major aspe5a
Federal troops at the tirst battle of
Bull Run, Major Mcdowell was aide
de camp on his ssbrother's$ staffsduring
that battle. Deceaseds.was: als.inti-
mate friend-2of Generals Grant, 1Sher-
man, and Logan and Of President
Rutherford. B. Hayes" sv,:.ss + ,:xfs
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-30
NEED MORE ARSHIPS
JAPANESE OFFICIALS NEGoTIAT.
ING FOR SEVERAL. SOUTH
AMERICAN VESSELS.
Japanese Minister in london Says Rus.
sia Must Modify Her Position or
Hostilities Are certain-RepIy Of the
- $50 siA1-.~ IT, -
Cars Government Not Expected for
Some Time Yet-Larse Force Of Jap
2 Il frs>.
anese to Leave for Korea Shortly.

" - ASatt r. =.
London, Dec. 2s.-Japana5ts negotiat-
ing for the purchase Of two Chilean
warships, the armored cruiser Esmer-
aida and another, probably the battle
ship Capital Prat, which are for SALE
1t is now only matter Of price, Ne
gotiations with other South American
governments for the purchase of war
ships are also in progress. Baron
Hayashi, the Japanese minister to
Great Britain, said to representative
of the Associated Press regarding
these negotiations: s~ ~, .
1--WE, want more ships. of course
this is only precautionary measure
and it may be lot of expense for
nothing. l have no indication of the
nature Of the. Russian reply: Person
ally l scarcely expect it will be deliv-
cred for some little time. There is no
truth whatsoever in the report that
Japans last note stipulated a time
limit"
Asked alent the dispatch from Ber-
lin Of Dec. "a, saying the British gov-
eminent had represented to. the czar
that Great Britain deemed Japan's
demands just and earnestly expected
that Russia would grant them" Baron
Hayashi, while he was not aware of
the precise action taken by Great
Britain at st. Petersburg, said:
''The British government is well
aware that Japan will be obliged to
60 to war unless Russia 'modifies the
position she has taken up in her last
note.'' . -
At the foreign Office here nothing is
yet known of the probable nature Of
the Russian reply.
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-30
THREE MEN AsPHYxIATED.
Retired Late and Neglected to Turn
of the Gas. y 5ss#H

Baltimore. Md, Dec. 28.-William
Goebel, twenty years old; Frederick
Haberstraw, thirty.two, and william
Beckhusser. thirty eight years old,
were found dead in their room during
the day. The men were all butchers
and retired late at night. It is sup
posed they neglected to turn on the
now Of Gas and were asphyxiated. f5
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-30
TO MAINTAIN ORDER.
Japan Will Send Fifteen thousand
d: Troops to Korea. .:

Japan Will Send Fifteen. thousand
d. Troops to Korea. :. -.
Paris, Dec. 28.-It is learned in. au
thoritative , quarters that Japan, is
about to send large military force
to, Korea for the purpose OF. restoring
ORDER and maintaining, order lat the
disturbed ports. The departure of this
force is imminent. 1t will probably
consist of a division of $4,000 men.
Japan has been assured that Russia
will not consider the sending of troops
to Korea to be an unfriendly act or a
casus belli. Il is anticipated that the
departure Of the troops will revive the
war rumors,. which, however, it ), is
pointed out inuthe authoritative quar-
ters, will be nnjustified, 4ip vieW OF
Russia S acquiescence..a ~,,.. So.
During the recent exchanges ,of, com
munications -. between Russia and
Japan the former fully recognized the
need of the presence of a Strong mill
tary authority in Korea and conceded
that Japan was in the best position to
promptly send troops to the disturbed
points. The sending Of the troops,
never Iue1eSS, - -COHStIueu DIS having
an important bearing. on the present
negotiations. as it. will, be the first
conspicuous evidence Of Japan's actual
exercise Of paramount authority over
Korea
1t is further said in the same quar-.
tiers that the preparations for this ex-
peditiOn were the cause of the recent
great activity at the japanese arsenals
and dockyards, which, it. is asserted,
has been enormously ascribed to
preparations against Russia
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-30
Girls Terribly sealded.

Elkhart; Ind.,: Dee. :2s.-Anna
Schenk, aged nine, Of Garland, O., and
her cousin Clara Seibal, nineteen
years of age, of Polk, O., were terribly
scalded by the bursting Of a hot water
pipe In the boiler room Of Henry
Schenk's green room Monday. Anna
,Schenk will die. = - ..4,-rse ,:~~. ~.
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-30
81 More Marines for {. Panama: 4.

Annapolis, Nd, Dec Is. detach-
ment Of ety-seven men, In charge
OF Captain w liam Hop pkins and Lieu
tenant Kilgorge, from the naval acad-
emy marine barracks, left here during
the morning for Fhiladel lphia to- Join
he United States steamer Dixie fo1
duty With the Panama bit aljson sss5.
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-30
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, Dec. 28!-Wheat-Dec..
80hc; May, $3.50; July, 82%c. On
track-No. hard, 841sc; No. North.
ern, 82esc; No. Northern, 805sc; No.
3 Northern, 73@76hc. =.
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-30
st. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul, Dec. 28.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, .$3.70@6.O0; common to
fair, $3.25@365; good to choice cows
and heifers, $2.5O@3.25; veals, $4,000
4.25. Hogs-$4.25@4.65. Sheep-Good
to :choide syearling EaWethsrs, $500
4.0Qs: good 10 choices lambs, $4.50@
x4S5Sl ,$E II, s.,
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-30
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

! Ddluth,sDec,h2S.-NheasHE+- arrive
No. :hardfs8331sc,s Nap Northern,
S1ssc;. No. ern., 70 91kc, On track
NO. ! Northern, 81%c; No. 2 North.
ern, 79Rc; No. 3 spring, 761sc; Dec,
8O;%c; May, ,S3hc; July, S2hc. Flax
In store: Son TRACK, to, arrive and Dec.
e711Asc; Max, fyl, slO1A,:;s July, ,$102.
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-30
Testify in Favor Of GraveIle..

= Testify in Favor Of erave'le.,
Helena, .sMont.:,* Dec: 29.-several
witnesses for the defense testified,
Monday in the case Of Isaac Gravelle;
charged with placing dynamite on the
Northern Pacific railway tracks. None
of the witnesses gave testimony of i'm
portance. The case may go to the
Jury Wednesday,
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-30
: =
MURDERER IS .::e!RovvNE0. q

Jumps Into a; River in Order to Es-
cape Pursuers.
Harrisburg, Pa, Dec. 2e.-Jacob
Meyers was fatally stabbed by Joseph
Curry, an Italian laborer, during a
quarrel in a hotel at %Duncannon.
After the stabbing Curry, was chased
them he jumped into the river and was
drowned.
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-30
SEVERAL LIVES ARE LOST.

Five at calumpit, p. l., Destroys Hun
dreds of Homes.
Manila, Dec. pa fire in the pue-
bio of Calumpit Sunday destroyed $50
homes. Several lives we're lost and
1000 persons rendered homeless.
LOSS about $4,000, no insurance.
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-30
I'm: 1904
- -

St. Nicholas will have Complete
=. Stories from
RUTH McENERY STUART
--.,~ BERTHA RuNKLE. -.
CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY
JOAQUIN MILLER
GABRIELLE E. JACKSON
ELLIOTT FLOWER
GRACE MAcGowAN COOKE
FRANK r. STOCKTON
ALBERT B1GELoW PAINE
JULIAN RALPH
LAURA E. RICHARDS
TUDOR JENKs
LIEUT.. scHWATKA
MARGARET vANDEGR1FT
HOWARD PYLE
CHARLES F. LUMM1s
AND SCORES OF OTHER ~
WELL-KNOWN WRITERS
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-30
Thursday, Dec. 81.

George Sykes, widely known as a
woolen manufacturer, is dead at Rock
vile, Conn.,. aged sixty-three.
Anthony Comstock, secretary of the
Society for. the Suppression of Vice,
is reported to be seriously i'll at his
home in Summit, N. j., . 49,.
Signor Savina, the Italian minister
to Cuba, has been authorized to sign
a treaty of commerce and navigation
between Italy and Cuba -
,'' Typhoid fever is rapidly increasing
in Pittsburg and threatens to take on
the character of an epidemic. For the
first twenty-five days of December
there were 40 cases. =. ~ ~.:::
The Dresden court has dissolved the
marriage of Prince Frederick and
Princess Alice of Schoenburg- Walden
burg. The princess is a. daughter of
Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender. ID,
Announcement has been made of the
appointments of G. M. Waters as super
intendent of the division of salaries
and allowances of the postofhce de-
partment; to succeed. George w. Beav-
ers, to take effect Jan. I.
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-30
TWO PERSONS PERISH.
Several Others Rescued After Being
>: = f. Slightly. Burned. ,. sssSiy

'.:, A. Slightly Burned. :syay
Philadelphia, Dec. 2S.-The over
turning of an oil stove late Saturday
night caused a slight fire during which
two persons were so seriously burned
that they, died in hospital Sunday;
The victims: were Mrs. Jane Butler,
aged fffty-one years, and her brother,
Thomas .DeWne! Several other per-
sons were rescued from the house af-
ter being burned, but they will re-
cover
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-30
81; 00 More Than Half Fare via II
g. s Chicago Great Western

To points in; Arkans Colorado.
Kansas, louisiana. Missouri. New
Mexico. Oklahoma and Texas. Tickets
on sale Dec. fstt and 18TH Il 1903 and
January 5th Ind 10th, l9J4 For
further particulars apply TO any Great
western Agent, or ] !. r.. Elmer, G. r y
49, Ohicagy, Ill. S q
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-30

SSNR.iESi:3s4a years tue pest? ana Dest pc
SE! EsS ~ loved of children's magazines !.
E: I'll know of no magazine here
'> . OF ii England which will com:
s:ss< >tssz1tsa> " g pare with. it," says Rebeeca
Harding Davis. 'sThe children of this gen
Grafton are fortunate in having such maga-
zine, - adds Lucy Larcom "Nothing that has
ever comeinto my household of children has been j
in equal degree the stimulus to their artistic and
literary tastes,'' is George w. Cables tribute.
And ST. NICHOLAS for 1904 will be more
entertaining, and better than ever before.
B.: L. Farjeon wrote before his death de-
lightful story called "a Comedy in Wax"
1t has adventure for the boys, fairy doings
for the girls, and pretty bit of love story
for their elders and will run through several
numbers. Then there will be other stories,
short and long, from Ruth McEnery Stuart,
Bertha Runkle, Cyrus Townsend Brady, Joa-
quin Miller, Gabrielle E. Jackson, Elliott
Flower, Grace MacGowan Cooke Frank R.
Stockton, Albert Bigelow Paine, Julian Ralph,
Laura E. Richards, Tudor jerks, Lieutenant
Schwatka, Margaret Vandegrift, Howard Pyle,
Charles F. Lummis, and scores of other we'll
known writers. .
lie isl OF verse WIlteIS ana altlSlS, SOME
of the very best in the land, who have prom
ised their work to ST. NICHOLAS in the next
twelve months is long one. Some of the
interesting articles, all of which will be splen-
didly illustrated will tell of Japanese athletics
for American boys, some queer 81
mail carriers, interesting signs :.
of old London, children in the
White House, the Emperor Ha- ~
drian's wall, day with Hudson
Maxim, how some animals E%
sleep, secret alphabets, div-~ lMA
ing for pearls, historic dwarfs, "a
and many other fascinating &3$3
subjects. -A E.2
:. To-day is good day to -2&S95R&h
Subscribe. No girl or boy A&@GxaE4
should be without ST. MICH &HKSNs@
oLAs. Only three dollars MS8%,
:a year, and that small: 4A&N
sun means limitless ~
pleasure and profit NY'.: -.
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Mower County transcript., 1903-12-30


The smoker followed the engine and
landed sQuarely on top Of it. This al
lowed the escaping steam from the en-
gine to fill the car. The smoker was
packed to It's utmost capacity and all
the passengers were cooked alive Not
q single passenger in this car escaped
with his life and it Is estimated that
at least forty of the dead were In the
smoker.
The scene at the wreck is awful.
Cars are piled one upon the other, ly-
ing sidewise and at angles where only
the earth supports them, while trucks
are piled high upon banks, among the
bushes, as though thrown there by q
giant hand. '~
A full 200 yards from the seat of
the first trouble lies the engine-a
wreck-with battered sides and dis
mantled trucks, where her great speed
carried her after she struck the
wreck. Almost 100 yards beyond
where the engine toppled over is the
forward baggage coach, lying on the
slope Of bank, where it rests at an
angle.
This great train, plunging as it was
through the darkness at sixty miles
an hour, dashed round curve head
long into pile of great timbers and
was wrecked. The speed of the train
sent it plunging ahead as wheels left
the rails and bumped over the ties
until the rails were ripped up and out
and the great engine fell over.
Its two baggage cars dashed on
ahead past the dismantled engine,
leaving the right of way and plunging
down over a bank The first passen-
ger car, a smoker, pushed past the en-
gine and tilted over toward it at the
same time. This car was filled with
passengers and all were killed.
Few Killed by the Crash.
Singularly in such an awful crash
the dead, with few exceptions. were
scalded to death. Scarcely any Of
them we're mangled.
AS fast as recovered from the wreck
the dead and injured were placed on
trains and brought here. The dead
were taken to the morgues and the
injured were at once removed to the
Connellsville Cottage State hospital.
In addition to the eleven who have
died since being taken from the wreck
many others are certain to be added
to the number of victims. All have
inhaled the steam and are suffering
intensely.
Following the wreck thieves were
detected robbing the dead and in
jured. Two white gmen and two col.
oTed men are now in the Dawson po-
lice station charged with this crime.
The foreigners who we're killed and
who remain unidentified were bound
for their homes in Europe. The Du-
Quesne limited connects with the boats
at Baltimore and New York and every
evening for a month past hundreds of
these people have been taking this
train on their way home for the WIN
ter. At the Baltimore and Ohio offices
It was stated that. sometimes there
are as many as 500 or 600 of these
people to go and, then a special train
is made up for them. At. other times
a special car or two is addedIto the
limited. On this occasion; one. special
day coach was added to the train and
1t was in this car that the foreigners
who were killed were riding. The car
was Immediately behind the smoker. q
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-30
Wednesday, Dec. %.

Mrs: T.. J. Cummins, mother of Gov
ernor Albert Cummins of Iowa, is dead
at Des Moines -
Senator Cullom of Illinois is con-
fined to his home in Washington with
a slight attack of grippe. :
Henry Haacke, journalist, inguist
and lawyer, died suddenly Tuesday
at Cincinnati from pneumonia.
The funeral of Frederic R. Coudert,
who died at Washington last Sunday,
was held from St. Patrick's cathedral,
New York city, Tuesday.
Senator Hanna, who has. been i'll at
his hotel in New York for several
days of la grippe; is improving rapid
ly His physicians expect he will be
out within a few days.
DR.. Edgar G. Swain, formerly a
prominent dentist of Cleveland, COM
mitted suicide in his Office by attach
ing a rubber tube to a gas jet and
placing the other end in his nostril.
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-30
, Fridav. Dec, 25.

l.: Mayor-elect George B. Mcclellan of
New York took the oath Of Office
Thursday.
Emery Sheldon and Eli Hemp of
Highwood, Mich, we're run over by a
train and instantly killed while driv-
ing across the track.
The Salvation Army, in keeping with
It's annual custom, distributed Christ
mas dinners to $4,000 of New York's
poor at the Grand Central palace.
Near Madisonville, Tenn, Lon eagle
shot and instantly killed Lee Rasar
while they we're involved in a quarrel
due to too much Christmas whiskey.
A charter has been granted in New
Jersey to the Manufacturers Window
Glass company, the proposed combina-
tion of the principal glass interests of
the country.
The treaty of arbitration between
France and Italy has been signed by
Foreign Minister Delcasse and Signor
Tornielli, Italian ambassador at Paris.
The treaty is identical with that be-
tween France and Great Britain.
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-30
COND b ATIONS.
Tuesday. Dec. 22.

Part Of the business portion Of
Sapulpa, !. T., was destroyed by fire
Monday. Thess loss Isl overss
# IN Mrs. Martha II a. Forbes, the. first,
white woman born in Western Wissa
consin, is dead at La Crosse. aged
seventy-one- g.s:55 h s1. u +
"A Christian Judge and two Chris.
tian gendarmes have been murdered
BY Mussulmans at Gusinye, in North
ern Albania. .,~.>..-....
Rev. Alfred Duane Pell, q member
Of one of New York's best known fam
lilies, has been ordained a priest Of the
Protestant Episcopal church.
According to the Spanish &newspa-'
pers project is on foot for the mar
riage of King Alfonso to his cousin,
the Princess Maria del Pillar Of Ba-
;varia.: She is thirteen years of age. j.,
The secretary Of the treasury gives
notice that the refunding Of United
States per cent bonds, loan of 19OS-
1918, and 4 per cent bonds, funded
loan of 1907, now proceeding under
the circular of Sept. %, will be dis
continued after Dec. 81.
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-30
Saturday, Dec, 26,

saturday, Decs 20
Sir Harry. Ballard, M. P, is dead.
He was born in 1841.
The Bolivian congress, by vote Of
IL to H., has approved the Acre treaty
with Brazil. - 49,,
Fire in the large department store
of B. I1owenstein & Bros. at Memphis
caused damage estimated at $15O,000.
Three men were drowned by. the
sinking of the .dredge General. Roe in
Boston harbor. Twelve others were
rescued. p 80 = =: d: >,~:. ~
: DIR: Jerome Anderson. a prominent
theosophist, is dead at San. Francisco.
He was a native. Of Indiana, fifty.six
years of age. =: ~. 1
The British foreign office confirms
the Associated Press. dispatch from
Panama announcing that Great Brit
ain had recognized the new republic.
L. F. .Loree, president Of the Balti-
more and. Ohio Railroad *Scompany,
will, on Jan. l next, become president
Of the Rock Island company, succeed.
ing William q: Leeds = = ;zts *a:sI> : !.
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-30
st. Mic olas for 1904
4 It Will Be More Inter
e:sting, and Better ii
4 :. Every Detail. F.

~ NICHOLAS, ? for :. thirty
years the best and best be-
loved of children's magazines !!
.'sIknow of no magazine here
OF IL England which will COM
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-30

saba range The. lower court decided
in favor of Kosmerl and the supreme
court upholds this decision: =. =. i.
Fire which destroyed half block
OF buildings at Hoffman and threat.
ened to 'razef the town caused damage
to. the amount :aof $75,000.4 The fire
started in L. L. Breen's general store,
it is supposed, from an ,overheated
stove A. high wind caused the fire to
spread and several other buildings ON
the same side Of; the street, were
burned before. the flames could be
placed under control: ~. ~ e's*s
A. B. @WclvinS has accepted a. propo:
sition rendered him by: the United
States Steel corporation whereby,
even though he retires from active
service as vice president and general
manager Of the# Pittsburg Steamship
company, he, will continue with the
corporation In an advisory capacity
on matters relating to the. interest Of
the concern Of the Great lakes. His
headquarters will be I'll Duluth ~ 5s
!. The state supreme: court, in de-
cision by Justice Brown, has decided
that representatives Of labor unions
have right to enter premises whore
members Of their unions are employed
for the purpose Of ordering them or
notifying them to quit work In this
respect he modifies the injunction
granted BY Judge Cray Of Minneapolis,
which restrained members Of labor
unions from interfering with men at
work or from entering premises where
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-30
THREE SCORE DEAD
SlX1Y.FNE PEOPLE KILLED IN A
WRECK ON THE BALTIMORE
.... !
AND OHIO ROAD.

the Wreckage and the Imprisoned
Victims Are Roasted to Death.
Connellsville, Pa, Dec. 24.-With a
terrible crash and a grinding noise
the Duquesne limited, the fastest
through passenger train from Pitts
burg to New York on the. Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, plowed into a pile
of lumber at Laurel Run, two miles
west of Dawson, at 7:45 O'Clock last
evening" Sixty.five persons were either
killed outright or died within a few
hours and ten others were seriously
injured. -.
or the bodies recovered Sixty one
have been identified and four are des-
ignated as unknown. The: latter are
Italians bound for New, York, en- route
to Europe.
The wreck was caused by the
breaking of the casting on carload
of bridge timbers on a westbound
freight train which had passed Laurel
Run not more than fifteen minutes be-
fore the i'll fated passenger train. The
wreck occurred on curve and it was
impossible for the engineer to see far
enough ahead to detect the, obstruc-
tion on the tracks. The big Atlantic
type engine plunged into the timbers
at velocity of sixty miles an hour.
The engine plowed into the embank-
ment and the baggage and express
cars were thrown into the YOuGhlO-
Rheny river.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-10-21
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

The measure prohibiting slave hunt.
.ng has been passed by the legislative
council Of the Moro provinces, Phil
ippine Islands.
The rebellion in .Albay Province.
Luzon, was ended by the surrender of
General Ola and a number Of his fol-
lowers.
Ex-Mayor Fajardo, of Mayaguez,
Porto Rico, has been acquitted of the
charge of embeZZlement.
About 200 Of the representative cof-
fee growers of Porto Rico held a meet
ing in San Juan to provide for per-
manent organization and establish in
the United States a market for Porto
Rican coffee.
One hundred cases of bubonic plague
have been reported in one Of the north
ern and most populous districts of Ma.
nila.
The Filipinos will petition Congress
for increased representation on the
Civil Service Commission Of the ISL
ands.
Domingo Gomez, charged with
founding the Union Obrera in the Phil.
ippines. an organization which was in.
citing the natives to rebellion, has been
sentenced to four years and two
months imprisonment and to pay 0
fine Of $500.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-10-21
MINOR EvENTSOF THE WEEK
WARRINGTON ITEMS.

Commissioner Richards finds, on ill.,
zcstigation into the Chippewa Indian
.aIds in Minnesota, to be opened for
settlement on November 10, that Of the
763,337 acres about $4,000 acres are
swamp land.
President Roosevelt is spending much
If his time in preparing his message
20 Congress.
TIE President has signed the com.
mission as ensign in the navy awarded
% Gunner Levin j. Wallace, of Mary
and.
President Roosevelt will ask Con.
gress to investigate the postal scandal.
General Corbin was given command
at Governors Island, General Chafee,
who is to succeed General, Young as
Chief Of Staff in January, taking Cor
bins place in Washington.
The President disapproved the appli-
cations Of several officers in the ma
zine corps with rank Of colonel to be
appointed to the rank of commander
and forthwith retired.
The President sent a special message
to Lady Herbert on learning of the
death Of Sir Michael Herbert.