Seward gateway., 1905-09-30
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Cleveland, Sept. 2S Several hundred busincs, men and editors called upon John D. Rockefeller today at his country home near this city to make @ formal expression of their appreciation of him as citizen Several culogistic speeches were made. Replying to the addresses Mr.. Rockefeller said that men ought to turn their thoughts to higher objects than mere moncy-get- ting. He said:
 "Nou should seek to serve humanity and so act that usefulness will come out of WON'T worka"
 san Francisco, Sept. 2S- Secretary taft reached san Francisco today from trc Philippines His party are all in good health.
 In an interview the secretary dis cus,gd his trip freely. He says he found tha, great progress has been made there during the past year, in spite of urfayorablc conditions. The cholera epidemic last fall created much trouble and the locusts this year de- ,,roycd 75 percent of tho crop. Never tnole,, the people generally seem couteatcd. Judge Taft says he talked plainly 10 the natives and they under ,.aud the attitude of the United State, government on the ,uhjoctc1 indcpcnd- uuce for the islands, realizing that it will come when they ma it for it.
 Colon, Panama, Sept 2a Luck saved ,n, city from total destruction by fire las, night. The post office, cNiccs of ,.ry officials, governors house and many hotel, and teuemcu,s were consumed. The lire ,.upIy died away when the wind sJb,iued after blowing strongly Cor hours. The flame stopped in time 0o .yc the American quarter which va, untouched. The cityhas few racii- uus for fighting fire and the efforts to check i, were nearly aborDile until it practically ceased og itself
 Tents wore rapidly erected in the burned district in which the people
 ru sheltered who lost their homes.
 seattle. Sept. 2g-Jamo, L IHu is expected in Seattle tonight. r. r. -H..Dy Of Boise, Idaho, formerly general umagcrof thr Great Northern Imuoad Company Is aIroody in the ,I.r ,o meet Mr. U1l and i. possible ua.l,, his supper, ror Mr. Shcihy's aspiration Co obtain place on the interstate commerce commission.
 Dawson. Sept. 2g-Chr.s Johnson. who was reported to have been mur- oue.d in the upper Tmauarogjou near ia. mouth of the White r,vgr returned here ,0d.y He na, been prospecting in the interior lie doe, not know whose corps, tt was that the finders satl was his but denies that the rc- main, were his own.
 Seattle, Sept 2g-Lout5 Jermonc reached onl, city today after am absence of nineteen years in Nnchwia. He ,lgs ,ue country is destined to become a great gold producer Tn, metal is found in all streams but no attempt ua, been made by tha native, jo dc- ye.one ,he plucers.
 Magnolia, Mo, Sept. 29 Bessie Per- kiu-, white. Wal, this morning sentenced 1 10 serve ten year, in the pcnitcniary . for killing negro. The presiding judge said he wished he had power to make che sentence heavier aS the crime was wholly wauton.
 New Orleans, Sept. 29- -Twcnty-three new eases and four deaths were re- ported yesterday from yellow fever The epidemic i, again on the increase, . due Co hotter weather.
 Budapest, Hungary Sept 29-| Socialists and members ol the coalition party clashed here in the streets today and fifty on each side were wounded l some cf them perhaps fatally. Clubs and missiles were used freely and some shots were fired
 The most serious collision took place 1 when the police charged a mob of thousands which was trying to wreck 1 a newspaper office The police sue ceeded in driving away the mob with | nuhcrous broken heads. Some of the ] officers were Slightly wounded. The !. Socialists tried later to enter the roomS , of the Independence club but were , driven oh