The leader., 1905-02-25

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boys were skirmishing for fuel.
In the epidemic Of fires on the 10th
inst, indianapolis suffered the worst.
several large buildings in the whole
sale district bounded by Meridian
street, George street, jackson place and
Union station being destroyed. The
loss is over 1,500, 900.
Timothy B. Edgar, one Of the last
survivors of the anti-bellum financiers
of st. Louis, is dead. He was born in
Railway, N. j., in 1916.
The sanitary conditions in the
Philippines are in such excellent shape
that much of the quarantine restric-
tons have been removed.
The strike situation in st. Peters
burg is again becoming threatening
and troops are returning to and patrol
ing the city.
Twelve buildings were burned at
Bryant, S. D., causing a loss of $50, 900.
The Japanese government has sig
nided its willingness to sign with the
United States a copyright treaty pro-
vided it shall not be retroactive.
The Frances e. Willard National
Temperance hospital, in Chicago, was
formally dedicated with impressive GER
monies.
While going to his private Russian
bath in his old official residence in
Moscow, on the 18th inst, Grand Duke
Sergius, uncle of the car, was assas-
sinated by means of bomb thrown and
exploded beneath his carriage, between
the great bell tower and the Nicholas
gate.
A lieutenant and three men were
killed and IA others injured, one Of
them fatally, by explosions Of gasoline
on board British submarine boat at
Queenstown, Ireland. The explosions
were heard ten miles away. The boat
was not seriously damaged.
The Filipino scout battalion has left
St. Louis for Fort Thomas, near New
port, KY, where they will remain un-
til they go to Washington to take part
in the Inauguration parade.
Jay Cooke, the well-known financier
Of other days. died. rather suddenly,
at his home near Philadelphia, of all
ments incidental to old age. Few ex-
cept his closest neighbors knew that
he was i'll.
The London Daily Express says that
the Union Castle lines steamships
Roslin Castle, Raglin Castle and Dunol-
ly Castle, and the Clan liner MacPher-
son. have been sold to a mysterious
German firm, presumably for service
in the far east.
Luis Evaristo Da Costa Cabral, a
millionaire manufacturer of Rio ia
nerio, Brazil, died suddenly at the Ho-
tel Breslau, New York city.
Rear-Admiral Prince Louis of Bat
tenberg, with his squadron of British
warships, will visit American waters
in October Prince Louis will bear
King Edwards greetings to President
Roosevelt.
Gen. Lew Wallace, soldier, diplomat
and literrateur. died at his home in
Charlottesville, Ind, on the night Of
the 18th inst, aged IS years. The gem
erals health had been waning for sew
eraI years.
The Missouri senate defeated bill
TO allow witnesses who testify in brib-
cry prosecutions against themselves to
be exempt from prosecution. The meas
ure was regarded as unconstitutional.
Henry Luschinger, well-known sa-
loon man and sport, shot and fatally
wounded F. B. Cooper. an employee of
the Bell Telephone Co., who went to
Luschingers saloon at st. Joseph, Mo-,
to collect bill
A drunken Indian went on the war
path 80 miles south of Tonopah, New,
killed three squaws and buck and
fed to the mountains, with a posse Of
Indians in pursuit.
Board of trade men and people of all
degrees, in st. Louis, have rallied to
the assistance of Mrs. Annie Eckman,
whose husband died at Festus. Mo-,
seven months ago, leaving her desti-
tute, and are showering her with
money, bedding and clothing to care
for the triplets the stork has just left
her.
Earl TT. Prince, Chicago board OF
trade broker. has been arrested for
larceny, on the charge made by clients
at Elgin, ILL.,, that they placed money
in Princes hands to invest and have
received no accounting.
BY killing "a out of a possible 25
birds at the Rush House traps at De-
troit, Mich. r. r. Bennett, Of Pitts
burg, Pa, won the title of champion
live bird shot of North America and
the handsome Gilman and Barnes
trophy.
The Colorado house has passed the
eight-hour bill amended SO as to APP
ply only to what it defines as danger
GUS employment in mines, mills and
smelters.
The Kansas Oil Producers associa-
tion has made an appeal to the presi-
dent and secretary of the interior, and
through them the congress, to remove
the oppressive heel of the Standard Oil
Co. from their necks.
The members of the Commercial
club Of Chicago who went to Cuba,
have returned enthusiastic over the
possibilities of the new republic and
their generous treatment
Susan B. Anthony celebrated her
eighty-fifth birthday anniversary at
Rochester, N. Y, on the 18th inst, and
received gifts and gratulations from
all parts Of the world.
Ex-Gov. Horace Boies. Of Iowa. is "
ing critically i'll at hotel III Hot
Springs, Ark. 1t is feared he may not
recover.
The French armored cruiser Sullys
which went on the rocks in Along
bay, northeast Of the Red river delta.
Tonquin, on February 8. will probably
prove total loss. Her armament and
stores are being removed.
s. D. Works. head Of the manufac~
turing and construction corps Of the
National Biscuit Co., died suddenly on
Lake Shore train. at Ellhart, Ind.
while returning to Chicago from the