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YEARS COAL PRODUCTION
LARGE AND VALUABLE

The production Of coal in the United
States for 1858. as will be shown by the
report Of the United States Geological
Survey, was greater and Of larger value
than ever before.
The country produced $50 4Zl.5ll tons
an increase Of IS. 900. 900 tons. while the
value Of the product was $J06 1870 733, an
increase Of IS per cent.
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CAUGHT IN PETTY THEFT.

ATLANTIC CITY. y. J., Aug. Al
bert Kleppies, ffty-three years old.
hanged himself fifteen minutes after he
had been caught rifling the ice box Of
his employer Gustave Kessler. He was
cut down before life became extinct, but
died In the hospital from the effects OF
STANDARDIZATION.
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PRINTERS TO ENTERTAIN
VISITING DELEGATION

About twenty delegates Of the Typo
graphical Union are expected to
arrive here Friday from Boston, New
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore. and sew
eral other Eastern cities. on their way
to attend the convention in St Louis.
beginning August g.
The ex-delegates held a meeting yes
terday, appointing seventeen men to
act in conjunction with the seven ap-
pointed by the union, in entertaining
the guests. AS II is not known what
time the visiting delegates will arrive,
plans for their entertainment are indef-
mite. but il is thought that there will
be time for a luncheon and a ride
around the city. after which they will
take an afternoon train on the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railroad for St. Louis.
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Improved Service TO Bufalo.

Commencing August 1st, Pennsylvania
Railroad train for Buffalo. leaving t;50
a. m. daily. will operate cafe dining car,
furnishing meals la carte Same ser
vice on day train from Buffalo.
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81 Harpers Ferry, Charlestown, and

Winchester and return. B. & .. r r..
Sunday, August :. Leave Washington
$50 a m. Splendid opportunity for coun-
try outing. and a visit to the Guard at
Harpers Ferry.
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RAWHIDE EVIDENCE
IN FINCH CASE
Child Shows 1t on the Wit
ness Stand.
SAYS FATHER BEAT MOTHER
Brother Declared to Have Demanded
$4,000 for working Up" Mar
riage With Heiress.

SIOUX FALLS. S. D.. Aug. Inter
est in the suit Of Mrs. Fenton f. Finch.
a Virginia heiress, for divorce, has been
intense. The testimony, now complete,
was closely followed. Decision is anx-
iously awaited by friends Of the Finches
here.
During the trial Mr. Finch was ask ID
If his brother was not about TO sue him
for $780, claimed for having worked
up the marriage between Finch and
Miss Martha A Nelson, the Newport
News heiress.
The ten-year-old daughter of the
Finches produced on the witness stand
rawhide, which she said her father
had used on her mother after a stormy
scene when her mother had declined to
sign some papers.
Wanted $4,000 More.
Didn't you telephone your wife. -
Finch was asked. that is she would
give you a certain piece of property in
Newport News. and estimated to be
worth $4,000. you would not appear in
this case?'' 4 said I would consider
the matter" replied Mr. Finch.
What do you mean by consider
when you opened the conversation p
continued the questioner Il was mere
~ following my attorneys instructions, "
said the witness
Didn't your wife ask you If she was
TO understand that the S25. 600 was the
additional value you PLACID on the chill
drenE asked the attorney for the plain
TIN i don't remember" was the re
ply.
Finch had previously received $50. OO'
from his wife. which appeared by the
testimony to have been for a quit claim
on the children.
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B. & O. R. R. Worlds Fair Coach Ex-

cursiOns Wednesday. August 3. and each
succeeding Wednesday during the month
from Washington at 1905 a. m, arriving
81 Louis 1880 noon next day. $500 for
the round trip. See agents for particu-
lars
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Cultivate the Saving Habit

BY opening a bank account with Union
Trust &, Storage Co. 1914 +. Interest
paid on deposits subject to check.
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Excursion to Toronto B. & o. R. R.

Account Friends General Conference.
Tickets sold August 9 10 II, valid return
ing until August 81. One fare plus s. for
the round trip. See agents for particu-
lars.
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$40 Niagara Fails Excursion, B. & o.

z r. Special train standard coaches
and parlor cars. from Washington 7
am, August g. Route via Philadelphia
and picturesque LehiEh Valley. Tickets
good for ten days. St)pOvers returning
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ASSASSIN
DIES Of WOUNDS
Made No Disclosures Be-
fore His Death.
BURIAL OF THE MINISTER
Widow Faints During the Ceremonies.
Car Is Visibly Affected-F0l-
lows Coffin.

ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 1.-The as
sassin Of Minister OF the Interior NJ.
Plehve, died today as the result Of the
Injuries he sustained at the time of
throwing the bomb at the minister.
He made no disclosures before his
death
Plehve was buried yesterday, and in
every city and hamlet of the vast empire
church bells were tolled and masses and
prayers said for the repose Of the soul Of
the murdered minister.
Imposing Ceremonies.
Services here. according to the rites
Of the Orthodox Church, were imposing
At II o'clock high mass was said in the
stately chapel adjoining the ministry Of
the interior.
Emperor Nicholas and the Dowagei
Empress stood with the broken-hearted
widow and the children Of the minister
at the foot of a great mound of flowers.
on which rested the casket Among
those present were other members Of the
imperial family and the foreign repre-
sentatives, including Spencer Eddy,
charge d'ahaires OF the American en-
bassy-
Widow Overcome.
Al the most solemn moment, when all
kneIt and many were affected 10 tears,
the widow was overcome and tainted.
The Emperor came to her assistance and
she was carried out by gentle hands.
The Emperor was visibly moved, and
upon the conclusion OF the mass he fol-
lowed the coffin. which was taken up on
the shoulders Of the ministers and borns
TO the street
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SERVICES IN MEMORY OF
LIFE OF ST. IGNATIUS
High Masses Sung and Special Sermons
at ST. Aloysius and Holy
Trinity Churches.

Two elaborate services were held yes
terday in commemOratiOn of the feast
of St Ignatius.
Solemn high mass was sung at st.
Aloysius Church and at Holy Trinity
Church. Georgetown, both of which are
conducted by members OF the Jesuit
order.
The Rev. Timothy J. Barrett, S. J.. Of
Woodstock College, Maryland, delivered
the sermon on St. Ignatius at st. Alloy
sius and reviewed the life Of the founder
Of the Jesuit order. He outlined the
early years of the saints life. his ser
vice at the Spanish court, his military
career and finally the motives which led
him 10 the organization of ore OF the
most noted religious communities In the
world.
In the celebration Of the solemn high
mass the Rev. Edward y. Fink, S j,
pastor Of St .Aloysius, ofhciated. Assist
ing him were the Rev. John o Hara'
S. J., as deacon, and Ignatus Fealy as
subdeaCOn. Mr.. Feaiy was formerly a
student at St AlOysius school, and Is
now studying for the priesthood at ST
Mary's Seminary, Baltimore. Francis
Cahill was master OF ceremonies.
At Holy Trinity Church.
Solemn high mass was sung at 9
o'clock at Holy Trinity Church. The
boys choir. under the direction OF
George Herbert Wells. furnished the
music. The Rev. Jerome Daugherty.
6. J., president Of Georgetown Uni
versity, celebrated the mass with the
Rev. David II. Buel, S. j.. and the Rev.
Francis Cassidy, s. J., as deacon and
subdeacon, respectively. The Rev. James
F X Mulvaney, pastor of Trinity,
preached the sermon. A profusion OF cut
flowers and candles were used in deco
rating the altar and the service was
attended by an unusually large congre-
cation
The retreat Of Jesuits, which has been
going on tor the past ten days, closed
Yesterday morning with low mass cele-
| brated in Dahlgren Chapel.
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HOLY GHOSTERS
WANT NO SPIES
Sanford Wants No Med
diers at Convention.
NO OUTING FOR THE CURIOUS
Saints of Sect to Find Everything Free,
But Warned Against
InteTlopers.

DURHAM. Ne, Aug. 1--Spies or per-
sons seeking a free vacation IN the
country are not wanted at Shiloh. where
the Holy Ghost and Us Society begins
a three weeks convention today. This
is made known in a proclamation issued
by the Rev. Frank W. Sanford. head Of
the society.
God has called Shiloh and the sur
rounding region the place prepared OF
Cod says Mr.. Sanford.
Believers Invited.
7 call upon every believer in the
Lord Jesus Christ and His prophet
every follower of Christ and His fore
runner, every sheep that desires the an
swer to the last prayer Of the Master,
that we all be one and thus gathered
into one fold, every bridal soul that de-
sires the offices of the friend of the
Bridegroom that she may be fully at
tired in the wedding garments TO meet
her soon coming Lord, every human be-
ing that wishes 10 prepare for the aW-
full judgment day. the great and dread
ful day of jehovah now breaking upon
the globe. every such person. without an
exception (unless special providences OF
God shall plainly say otherwise), ! call
upon every such person through living
faith 10 cast all mountains into the sea.
to piow through all difficulties and
reach this promised land, the places pre-
pared OF God for you.
Free 70 the Saints.
There will be no expense whatever
connected with the entertainment Al
will be free TO the Saints as the privil-
eyes Of Heaven. This applies only
however to Saints or to those who wish
TO become Saints. This does not apply
10 those who wish an excursion into the
country where they may have a three
weeks outing free of expense. nor 70
spies who wish 20 spy out our liberty
and gaze curiously at the working OF
this movement rather than TO come
here to worship the Mighty God il
there come any unto you and bring not
this doctrine, receive him not into yOul
house. neither bid him gOdspeed, for ht
that biddeth him godspeed is partakel
Of his evil deeds
MI Sanford was recently convicted
OF manslaughter as a result Of tht
death Of a boy inmate Of Shiloh and is
out on bail awaiting a hearing on Al
appeal
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GOMPERS PREDICTS
STRIKES SUCCESS
Sees No Need of Federal
Interference.
NO NATIONAL HELP LIKELY
Labor Leaders Preparing to Give Work
men ALI the Financial Assist
ance Necessary.

ATLANTIC CITY. ~ j.. Aug. l.
Neither Federal interference nor the
calling of a national sympathetic strike
will be necessary 20 insure the winning
of the strike Of the Chicago packing
house employees. according to the state
ment Of Samuel GOmpers. president OF
the American Federation of Labor.
Gompers came here in company With
G. w. Perkins. president of the Nat
ional Cigarmakers' Union, and Daniel
Harris. of New York
Questioned as to the probability of
calling out men of allied trades ali
over the country. he said:
Il have been away from Washington
for several days, and in that time have
received no official information regard
ing the strike.
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81 B. & o. R. R. Excursion to Harper.

Ferry Sunday, August I. Leave Wash
ington $50 a. m. Camp OF District OF
Columbia militia located one and three
quarter miles from railroad station, Har-
pers Ferry. Easily reached ny public
COnveyances.
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Have Matter in Hand.

From statements made to me from
President Donnelly, of the Packers
Union, 1 believe he and his men have
the strike Wen in hand and will win,
despite the contrary statements made
by the owners Of the packing COM
panies.
Our business, however. is TO give all
possible aid to members OF the unions
The organization stands ready 10 assist
all laboring men to secure their rights.
At the present time / believe the men
Will win without Federal interference or
the calling of q national strike"
Gompers refused TO discuss the prob
able effect on the labor vote in the com
ing election of the several big strikes in
progress or threatened
Denis J. Hayes. PRECEDENT of the Glass
Blowers National Union, and one of
the vice presidents of the Federation,
also is here
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Chean Barricade..

1t is droll, the attitude Of the Demo
cratic party in the present campaign.
1t has nominated candidates of mod
crate talents as fgure-heads for the ven
lures of the discredited party, and ex,
poets the people to support them, while
the Democratic National Committee and
Tammany are expected to buy or steal
success.
The Democratic party, with its un-
sound views, financial and economic, lies
hopefully behind Parker and those un.
named expectancies voiced ny Williams,
Bryan and other Democrats.
q And Bryan promises to %reorganize the
party after the election! How? Evi-
IDENTIFY on lines of socialism, government
and municipal ownership of telegraph
and railroad lines, with all the sequence
What a vagueness of thought and prom.
Use! How may so-called leaders of any
party. expect to get the votes of sensi.
BILE men upon a proposition so dim as
this! The fault with the Democratic
party. this year, is that it does not even
furnish a good dissolving view.
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ROOSEVELT GOOD ENOUGH.
The People Like the P~rssident,s Dem
ocratic Wave.
[John S. Wise. of Nirginia.l

[John S. Wise, Of Virginia.
The people have seen more Of Roose-
velt-now as youth and cowboy and
sportsman and naval secretary and po-
lice commissioner and soldier and gov
ernor and President to think themselves
fair judges of his ingram democratic ard
republican personality. They believe he
would spring at and grapple with n
usurper or n monarchist as fiercely as
he would !asso a wild broncho or fight
a Spaniard. And they like his demo-
cratic ways, more democratic far in ac-
ton than the %aristocratic and exclusive
ness Of Parker, with his colorless demo
cratic platitudes.
Talk does not settle popular estimates
of public men. Thousands-nay, hun
dreds of thousands-of Democrats see
more real democracy in the vigorous, ag-
gressive, ~wideawake Theodore Roosevelt
than in the colorless, secretive Alton B..
Parker. The platforms are mighty near
together. The men are going to be a
more decisive feature of this campaign
than usual. And with my knowledge
of the American people ard the things
which please their taste and fancy and
ell their ideals of what real American
manhood is l would. if l were a betting
man, stake all l had that Roosevelt will
be an easy winner.
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Imperialism Of Steel.

When the great iron and steel indus
try of the United States thrives, other
American industries thrive. The Dem
ocratic party could not legislaie to de-
stroy the protection to the iron and steel
industry without legislating to destroy
the prosperity of the United States.
The millions of additional profit and
wage that have come to the iron and
steel industry under Republican rule
would have been earned, if at all, by
foreign nations, had Democratic policies
prevailed during the last eight years.
The gigantic rise of this industry dur
ing the last eight years added enormous
ly to the wealth of the United States,
and every branch of American industry
and agriculture has been stimulated by
it. prosperity at home and prestige
abroad has indeed been intimately con
nected with the increasing imperialism of
steel, which once was Pauper but now
is King.
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Mr.. DAVIS CONTRIBUTION
Democratic vice.Presidential candi-
late Draws the Line at $4,000.
A press telegram dated CumberIanl.

Democratic Vice-Presidential Candi-
late Draws the Line at $4,000.
A press telegram dated Cumberland,
Md, Sept. Z, says:
1T is stated on reliable authority from
Elkins that the campaign contribution
of Henry G. Davis will not be anything
like the amount the Democratic manag-
ers had expected. He has fixed the
amount for all purposes at $4,000 and
his brother, Col. Thomas B. Davis of
Keyser. w. Va, gave a similar amount.
Mrs. Elkins and Mrs. Arthur Lee,
daughters Of Mr.. Davis, are known to
have objected to their father contribut-
ing large sums, and his son, John II.
Davis, is said to rave done likewise.
-Four years ago John Il. Davis spent
Il large sum in four counties when his
Uncle Tom was a candidate for Con-
gress, but no results were obtained. Col.
Davis being defeated by a large vote.
Since then the Davises have little faith
in politicians judiciously expending
money"
There's some sense in the Davis fam
lily, it appears. The ex-senator himself
has always succeeded in hanging on to
his dollars.
How much better it will be to use
some of papa's money to buy pretty bon
nets and gowns with. thar to throw them
to the mocking-birds of the Democratic
campaign committee.
And all for nothing, too!
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and asking support under false repre-
sentations. and the farmer never favors
or supports insincerity or fraud.
Uo.sLlNoI
Democratic Nswspapers Are Horri-
6ed When Facts Are Rs@.ea.

2 " nCu 1oCtO Ab eSSySIs
New York Tribune.
To charge that the President Of the
United States is so reckless and I'M
s%crupulous that he means, if elected, to
grasp Mexico, the West Indies, Central
America and South America, and con-
solidate all in one huge American en-
pire-that is moderate and proper polit-
ical discussion. The candidate is the
issue"
To recite, with scrupulous moderation.
the historic facts concerning the entry
into public life of the opposing candi-
date-faets that no man disputes or
dare dispute-that is ''mud-throwing."
To mention that his first political
friends and creators were the ballot-bo1
suffers of Stony Hollow and Jockey
Hill; that his debut as a political man
aSer was, while a surrogate judge, as
the State chairman for and personal
representative of David B. Hill. who in
gratitude made him a Supreme Court
Justice; and that. when he needed a
close friend to intrust with his bid to
Bryanites for the Chief Judgeship Of
the Court of Appeals on the ground that
he had voted for Bryan, he chose as
such confidential representative the cleo
tion thief Danforth-to mention these
n%ndisputed and ~indisputable facts. it
seems according to the mortified Demo
cratic organs. is 'mud-slinging."
We'll. shivering souls, il those facts
imply mud" then that is the sort of
mud our candidate lives in. You in
woke in vain n ~cast-off judicial robe to
hide it. The candidate is the ISSUE
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THE woRKINGMAN's FRIEND.
Railway Firemen Pay Notable Trib,
ute to Prsaidant Roosevelt.

No President ever received a more
notable tribute from a la Dor organiza-
ton than Theodore Roosevelt did at the
convention OF the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen held in Buffalo. A pub
lie meeting was held on the night OF
Sept. 10. Fully 5000 persons We're in
attendance.
Grand Master Hannahan, in conciud-
ing all address. called attention to the
fact that a New York newspaper had
criticised the President because he had
accepted an honorary membership in the
brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen.
Let me say" said Mr.. Hannahan. that
IL the President of the United States or
any other of its citizens does nothing
worse than accept membership in this
organization he will neither merit the ill
VIII nor deserve the censure of any of
his fellow-men. (Cheers.)
IF the rest OF the public, and particu-
larry those who are intrusted with the
direction of our government and the
management of the nations greatest en-
terprises would do as the President and
meet us upon a common level, there
would be fewer strikes and less strife
and more of peace and goodwill in the
industrial world
What has the President done for
you?' shouted an intoxicated man. who
stood near the stage door on the right.
What has the President done!' re-
peated Grand Master Hannahan. 1.-The
President has proven to the organized
w~orkingmen of this country that he has
an interest in their welfare by accepting
an honorary membership in an organiza-
ton of men whose faces are begrimel
by smoke and dust, and who daily and
hourly face the gravest dangers"
The monster audience burst into
deafening cheers. The tumult rolled
from wall to wall and pack again. Men
stood up on the benches, wildly waving
their hats and cheering for the Presi-
dent. The demonstration was spon-
%taneous and was general all over the hall.
Finally it died down and some one in
the audience shouted:
"Hurrah for Theodore Roosevelt"
And again the crowds burst into
cheers and when the second demonstra-
ton died out the intoxicated man was
nowhere to be seen.
During the demonstration the men ON
the stage sat silent and made no effort
either to check or urge on the remark.
able ovation which the President had re-
eeived. The brotherhood does not per-
NIT politics to influence it's action, but
its members, regardless of party, enter
tain a high opinion of President Roose-
welt and will stand by him as firmly as
he stands by them.
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raxxart L. Fascinated.

Tom Taggart is so fascinated by the
inscrutable mystery behind Judge Par
ker's speech of acceptance that he can
not lay it aside long enough to take his
meals. He pores over it from morn till
dewy eve. He reads it in his bath at
French Lick Springs and drops to sleep
reading it in bed. He declares that the
elusive mystery of what it all means
becomes clearer with every perusal, ana
that by the close of the campaign he con-
tidently expects that it will be MS clear
as the water of his own Pluto spring.
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Tho truth il. there is now more dis.
affection in the Democratic party than
there was when Bryan was nominated
the first time. Neither Bryan Demo
Gratis nor friends of w. II. Hearst will
support Parker. In New York State the
Bryanites have put a State Poputist
ticket in the field and will vote for Wat
son, the Popuiist nominee for the Presi-
dency. In New Jersey the Hearstitcs
have organized the Peoples Demo
cratic party" and will fight the regular
organization. In Indiana and other
States the free silver and Bryan Demo-
Gratis are in arms and will worry the
Parker party.
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CAS- MAINE eQEs."

y
In each campaign
They look to Maine
To make the future outcome plain.
For each one knows
That as Maine goes
The tide OF public judgment flows
~
One time Maine went
- bent for Kent"
This year the State
Has struck a gait
That sets Republicans elate.
At Esopus
There is a fuss,
Because the votes are going thus.
And Gassnway,
So blithe and gay.
Must write checks till election day
The Texans shout
And jcer and tlout
Because their State is not in doubt:
But u. b. Hin
Has had a chill
And thinks that he had best keep silk
Much pain is felt
Beneath the belt
OF those opposed to Roosevelt;
They have the blues
AT this great news
They know that Roosevelt can't lose.
The record shows
That as Maine goes
The tide of public judgment flows
The fight is vain.
For all explain
That they will have to vo'e With
Maine.
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Handicapned.

Marshall P. Wilder's most successful
joke of the season has a political tang
to it that is calculated to make even
a Democrat with any sense of it's eternal
aptness laugh. He tells of a teacher who
asks a class Of boys whether they would
like to be President of the United
States. Observing that amid the gen
eral enthusiasm of assent one boy was
silent and disconsolate, she said:
What's the matter, Willie? Don't
you wish to be President?'
"Yes'm, hut 1 can't" replied the boy.
How do you know you can't?" she
asked.
Because I'm a Democrat"
That let him out.