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w- 1 A 1 1 te- Si -r-; ri -V i I py 1-: VJ." STRIKE DECLARED OFI Delegates Ottefelly Had the tdofCoa Strike 3 'tlaiied Strike LEGS GROUND OFF i Harrr llimnind Staps fetoiThraablag Zi Maehlaa Cyiiwlar terrible threshing piachine accl-dent occurred near the Village of Oak, in which a young man by tha name of larry Hammond lost his life. He attempted to step? over the cylinder of the machine whejn lt gave way under his weight, letting him through into- toe Iseperator, in yhlchhls legs were litterally groufld; off. Everything. ul r-1 Thanka tht PmidMl for HU Effort Had tha najV; Detail (ho Case of the trlkara- Hope for lloro Amicable Relations 'o i egraphlccorrndent5rconltr VV ln of the letter of -Roosj-' Telt to John1 Mitchell president of ihje tJnited Mine Workersand the Istteri been so eager: tb: spond to the peoples' demand for ebat. that during the progress of the strike; we- have more only offered But we: bave lnTariabiy bieu met with the reply, We will not per- mit -outsiders to dictate to ns in the management of our affalrs.

We hive nothing to Now that the managers of the companies have been compelled by you and a thoroughly aroused public conscience to recede from this position. we jare proud that the. firmness and the hefole endurance of our men and women) In support of their rights, and 6f a vital American principal have: won the jric- The poor, mine of these coal regions. -who toil hard from early morning until late atnight fbr livelihood, nobly supported by organized labor ln this and other lasds; these corporation' mina gerS a useful, lesson ln civic and sbcial duty. We exult: Over these, tributes to ths dignity of because it.

is the triumph of right and of good pQhlie vWe do notj' exult over our opponents. We apesl to theca now as we have from the -first to their eyes to the future and to co-ope ate with us in an effort to establish! he ler relations between employer and. ploye for' the advantage of both; 5 "We forgive their arromm reftisal. to deal us, and In Ithli hour, when they are forced to acknbwl4 edge their Inability: to -operate! the mines our consent -and cbbp eration we hold, out the right haqd'oj friendship and: ask them to Join Us securing amicable relations and wiol some conditions in this reglon. We fo: give them even1 the false accupstlofi which they have made against us.

Th charged us with being criminals, ric ere and anarchists, and wonr. orgahi tlon they, denounced db lawless and responslbla'; They know and did know that their charges were Untrue tang without foundatlon ln fact; they knew that every- offleerofthe, United Mbb Workers of from: the. preap? dent down; has constantly, urged upop its. membership the.lmpecmtiva need bf; respecting-the law; every majp. who commits.

a deed of violence, la-an painted as commissioners rBrlgadl General 'John; M.Wilson,MnE. Parker, Judge George GreyyjMr. -E E. dark; HL Watkins and BlshopJohn Trith Hon Cafvoll D. Wrlght as recorder, These names; are accepted by the operators and I now most earnestly ask and urge that 'the, miners likewise accept "the commission If Is' a' inatter of yiial "our ttf in.

our great oitiiss iifiio. least well Offvthat coal should he resumed without, a day's unnecessary "delay. HBODORE. ROOSEVELT" V-j i jl i mmrn iitVIL iL 1L sm. Jh 1 Hon.

Theodore Rooserelt, President i tit the United Stated? am' in' receipt of your telegram of October lB Re plying thereto I. beg to inforai you that i your recommendations submitted to the' members of the executive boards of districts 7. and 9 tnited Mine Workers of and they hard unanimously agreed to call delegate convention, to, held next Monday, and will recommend to the convention all. men now on strike return to thei positions and working places for merly; occupied by them and submit to the commission appointed by all Questions- at. Issue, between the orators and mine workers of the "thracite fields.

In connectibn with subject we are glad to know that the managers of the coal companies have decided io recede from the 'untenable you op- an- position which, they, jo 'occupied TRAGEDY Members, of New York Business Firm Shot Down 1 4 MURDERER KILLS 4 HIMSELF f- i Hava Dbmilta Over BiAmh Affaire 1 sad It Became Dltter Other Kiwi a- rA V- of General Xetere- sad later-: acting Cbereeter' A New York, OcL 17. dispatch says: -William CL -Turner this morning shot and instantly killed Albert Hamilton and William J. Mallard and then com- -mitted suicide hu turning the pistol upon hhnselL Tbe tragedy occurred in the1 law offices of Cantor Adams it McIntyre, 25 Broad streeL- in; the heart of the financial district and caused considerable exdtemsnL All three men were interested In too Climax bottling company. It le stated that. Turner, who at one time was; treasurer of toe was 95,009 short ln his accounts.

The three met In the law offices at 11:80 In. an effort to effect settle- ment of their difficulties, The discussion grew heated and after passage of words, Turner reached, into his pocket for a pistol' His aim was accurate and both Han- ilton and Mallard dropped dead." Before Interference came Turner, himself lay stretched upon the Boor a corpse. Turner was a native of Mount Ver-' non; New York, Agter being forty-seven and had wife and two children. Mallard was a New-York main and well to do. He leaves a widow and two child- Hamilton was from Pittsburg and was president of the CUmax 'bottling company of New York and president of the J.

T. Hamilton company, glass manufacturers, of Pittsburg. Ha was aged fifty-eight and came to New York to attend the negotiations. 1 k. STRONG INAUGURATED 's 9 1 4 -j Kiw.

Ghaneellor' oftKanaas University -inducted late OBe i'- L- In thj- barely completed museum building handsomely decorated by tha college fraternities -and classes. Frank Strong was Inaugurated an chancellor of toe university of Kansas at Law- rence Prefidenf Hadley of Yale; delivered the inaugural address, to which Chancellor! Strong, replied. The new -chancellor is a Yale graduate and for--merly of the. university of. Oregon, superintendent of public schools at Lincoln, Nek; and principal of 8L Joseph, high schooL The in- stallation was attended by thousands of visitors and faculty, representatives of Harvard; Princeton.

Chicago Missouri, Minnesota, Illinois, Nebraska, Oberlln, Colorado and several minor col lfges. 1 -S W.O.T. V. FfMpero Reports occupied toe opening session Friday, morning of too national con-i of toe W. CL Tr U.

at Portland, -Me, Secretary Fry occupied some time ln detailing the history, of done In' foreign lands, particular atreea being' placed on the Philippines, Jsian Bermudan Fbr toe year 8,928 total abstinence pledges were secured new 4.702. Mrs Barker, national treasurer, reported the order In a prosperous Con- trlbutlons to the Frances Willard memorial fund were 94.417 from- every state In toe union. i--tr- a Cmntot a JMBMtloa A sensation i caused In Omaha at- the Christian church, national convention by an announcement from Denvers that the Rev. Bruce Brown pastor, of toe 'Central church, there bad been asked resign on: account of alleged sensationalism in his pulplL. Mr, Brown, when he was aware of.

opposition and: differences of opinion, but had only a few minutes' warning that his resignation would be asked for before he left Omaha. I1 LIcmm Adnara'! Maurice CL Sheehan of Kansas CItyj a witness In. toe I -Smoot 825,000 damage suit, brought here from Kansas City, obtained a license here to wed. Miss Maggie Duggan, also of Kansan CIty. jWho.

was not present, says a Se-dAllA, dispatch.1 He stated that he would- be busy when he returned home so would secure toe document now, althong his prospective bride was not aware of Intention. r'-i-i- Bln Hatol The Grand hotel at Point 'Chautan-: qua, one of the largest and finest hotels ajound Chautauqua Lake. New York, was burned to the ground together with Its contents, also the amusement' hall and a summer, cottage owned by the company. The hotel was owned by a Falls and Bnffalo syndicate. The lose will be fully 4 4.

I The houSe ot Foreman Doblin bf the Anchor washery; at: Furnace HiB. was blown up by the use of dynamite. No one was Injured. General Schall said he thought tae troops would remain In the, field at two weeks after toe strike. was declared off for.

toe reason. that repeated fends would: occur- union non-union Klteheuer flora to ladla London, Orti" 17. -Lord Kitchener has started for -India assume command of the British forces Hrfgoes by way. of-Paris and will vislt Khartoam. Absolute secrecy maintained regarding all -the: arrangements, for 'hla denature, so he got away unnoticed.

'-Patrick A. McHugh, member of par- liament from Leitram, North, has been sentenced to two men tat. hard labor for Intimidation. Pending an appeal McHugh Was admit ted A. I' A.

I r- i i Faith la Ultehall A' Wllkesharrj; Pa' October 21'dlsi patch aaysr With a shout that1 fairly shook, the invention building the representatives ot 147,000 mine-workers who haVe? been oni strike: since last May. officially declared off at noon. today-toe greatest; contest ever waged between capital and and placed all toe. questions Involved In the struggle intp the hands of this: arbitration commission Appointed 1 by the -r president of toeUuited StStes. When the news flashed to thS towns and villages down In the'val-leys and on the mountains.

of the coal regons i the strife-affected inhabitants heaved -a sigh of Many days have gone, by since more welcome news -received: Everywhere there was rejoicing and in many places the end of toe. strike was tha signal for Impromptu town The anthracite coal region from Its'! largest 1 city Scranton down to toe lowliest coal patch has suffered by the now looks for better the large army of mine-workers said.1 their families, numbering approximately a 1 half million persona; are grateful that work Is to be resumed on Thursday the strikers have' still; to learn what their reward wlllba lfif 'C. i -r A it I 'Ar1- VFREIGHThCARS Jlnoirt TmIH Hwltd th TtMK on tha I'-' "CSwps i Freigit train Nol 71. northbound on toe Missouri Pacific, in charge of Conductor Ford and Engineer was badly wrecked a cut: about four miles north of Falls; Nelx, lata Sunday 1 freight 'bar 'of tha train the track and thirteen cars loaded with lumber, -jj coal; coke and salt piled on top of each other. AIL trains I were, delayed until late Monday evening.

A brakeman on tbp of one bf the cani thatJeft.toe track was badly shaken bpt not hurt. Just one separated the" part that' remained off the track from the part that1 was dltchen. that car six or eight employes of a gang of; the road were zleeping. Had that cat gone wlth the one in front 7 all would1? undoubtedly hart been, r. i' 7 Wl LL MAKE ITS PAPER (2 3 "1 1 Sanras Cltrjtar WlUfiMt; Flknt to iXl.

Manttf actnra Paper The- ansaa Clty owners bL.the Kansas City Star (afternoon) and the Kansas- City Times' (morning) bought ai block of ground .800 by 255 feet in: size in the- east bottoms upon which it will; erect a mill.to manufacture Vail 'toe while paper, used in' toe publication of those papers. The mill will have of, one thousand tons1 of papers month, will cost upwards of 8250,000 and employ about paper will be 'made from pulp manufactured In the north; The Star will. It is' beV the first individual -newspaper in world to manufacture Its own. paper, -1 1 'it Charles i T. terkes apparently has won his fight against' Morgan tot control of Londons underground" system.

Ths Yerkes tubs passed, the third reading of the house bf commons Mon-r dsy.while-Tuesdayiat a Jneeting of the commons railway committee to conald-er Morgans scheme. sthe withdrawal of Morgans bill' was announced Sir Edward Clark Stating that the parltea in terested had, TjS'lut Ten persons were injured, several seriously; in a wreck' on. the Cincinnati, Dayton railroad at Ellwood Rlace, O. A fast passenger train from Jm ran -through1 an switch, crashing into a swltbh engine and a number, of freight Blake of Hamilton, probably la fatally MrA Blake and Brakeman Green had both. legs Engineer.

Fireman alsobadly The house "in which! John Greenleaf was born badly damaged by, fire. The -Place is occupied by a ri and, Mrs." Era'and Is! in charge of the association which keeps it as a visiting place for passerby saw smoke coming from the house and befors the fire could je 'extinguished toe house had almost1 destroyed. Mm1- Era saved a lot of Whittier relics. The as-so elation wlll rebuild toe. house.

KfcViNEWS IN jf pnknown: origin destroyed the elevator of. the IB. A Lockwood Oraln company at- Marshalltown la, with 25,000 ofr grain and: 100 tons Iof coal, and burned the Chicago: freight deppt. Loss: 860,000: George Barber? of; Lusk; Wyo lost -of Jheep Burlington railroad track; near town. holding" them- a.

short rdlstanqp from Edgemont; 8. Dl. waiting for ears1 to ship them- -J They strayed itoe railroad track in the night andr were his ibjwa train. Dead BhMp were strewn along the, track for a quarterof mileXi'-fe. -wf -a gang of horee thieves that has been -operating in eastern" Illinois, northern Missouri Slid southern, and as south rAs been; broken up thj poUce of eo-fcWfcZ ttL The1 members are being iaken'tO: and; toe grand Jury: la) busy, finding indictments against them.

All the horses stolen have been recovered m. a M'fM-ol but one, members' of the gang Alexandra has promised to; Stand godmother to the son 'Duke and Duchess of formerly1 Miss child' consequentCmfwyprrg vmbfwyp Zimmerman Clnrinrtatl, the child consequenUy will be named suq owwqueuuix a 1 nTnriilrn t1 -r A Alexandra. ww, i i According to a statement made by President Dudley EvanS of the. Wells-Fargo: Express company; toe persistent nunors of proposed I merger of; toe interests of the' Wells-Fargo company the United. States, the Adams American Express fxnupuuies are nn founded.

11 jL 1 te VIA London dispatch John Mor-ley has; presented; theh library of the late Ird Actonwhicj was glven1 him by Andrew Camcgi Ito JpambrIdge finiverslty.1 'Th Womans LldmesMiBslonary society of. the, Methodist Episcopal church at gMUt City, started Amove-. mentto BibleplacedLn toe' public schools of tola country, -Thmnaa farmer aix miles north of LarimOr A N. DL, was hdd up on his way hOma and robbed of 82Aoa Two'menat the of. IP 'i King Oscar- of Sweden "Decides Qamoan Controversy 'A1' SAGAINST UNITED.

STATES a fi 7 4. 'V- j. 1 ls. CpMtf AU Calealatleaa 4 by Xaadlag of HariasS to Qaall Pp tf a ft. 'Daaaago 1 Jk Dselariag A Washington, OcL 22, dispatch says: Klng Oscar of Sweden and Norway has decided the Samoan-, controversy ln favor of Germany.

The- fact' became? knowh'upon the return of Mr. the minister, of Sweden and Norway, from a long visit to his home. Mr. Grip called at state department, did not, oT course, dlsclosa the decision of his sovereign, which must be formally presented simultaneously, to the torpei. governments.

The announce-mentwlU be. astonishing. to toe gov-ernmentsi toe United Great Britain; which were I confident that they would establish. fully, the piQpriety, bf the joint landing of marines at Apia, lb 1899, to sustain the declslOpof th Samoan and end the revolution. i The full scope of the arbitral de-' cree of Klng Oscar.

Is not yet divulged, and toe extent to which; it covers the claims for. damages filed by the citizens? bf the three 1 couotries, ind of FTsnce; may not known for several days, -These claims, which are nomln-aliy. the prime cause for. -arbitration, are soweveT, compared with; the question: bf national 1 honor upon which 1 depended; and if the action of. the United States and Great Britain had sustained by the arbitrator they.

would have fallen to ground. v.r The Samoan dlapnte grew out of the action of Rear Admiral of toe United States, navy and Sturdy bf the British navy In landing a combined American and Brit-ish force at Apia on April 1, for "the purpose' of making a 7 reconnaissance and breaking up jMataafag supporters, who were in rebellion against the recognized government. It was on this occasion that Phillip Lansdale, the executive nffleer of the J.H.Monaghan, two en-llster! Americans, Lieutenant Freeman and two British sailors. were Surgeon Lung, now President physician; was medical officer, of the lafiding party. The United States ship Badger was promptly sent to the ene, canylng an f.

International commissioner; com-posed of Bartlett Tripp; representing the United States Von Sternberg, the German commissioner, British commissioner. yi Claims amounting to nearly thirty thousand dollars were man; French, British residents on account of by toe landing party: suit of-toe Invest! gatibns of. toe the trl-partite 'agreement of 1899 1 was! Abrogated, toe Islands divided; between, the United? States and Germany; whllef.Qreat Britain; with A jwaa signed at Washington November sub-tnltting the Claims of Sampan residenta to toe king of Sweden and Norway for arbitration, the main I questions; being whether the 'United' States and Great Britain had Veen Immedi ateiy.the aggregate of of them German -and American, to About' 8800.000&. i'5-Vf -J-. 'Mf In! King Oscar consented to -act as arbitrator, and last? spring hrief containing the arguments of the mainpolntat issue and.

the schedule of' claims was submitted tQ him. PROVES EARTH REVOLVES Camilla. Flammarlon, itronomer. Dam oaatxata j' Aj1 Paris Oct. 22, dispatch says Camille Flammarlon, an eminent astronomer, In presence of official representatives of; the government, toe most' prominent sclensists and 5,000 'people's! Pantheon at 2.

oclock thJS afternoon, renewed, the. only risible proof given of the earths rotation. The proof never had been demonstrated since FbuCaunlds-'Original experiment in 85L. The principle the demonstration la a pendulum which swings 1 in anl invariable plane. iTom the Pantheon (lome -a-kwelght of sixty-two pounds was suspended by a wire! seventy-bight yards In length.

The pendulum was1 started' by Flammarlon and each double heat of sixteen seconds showed1 an Appsrentdevlatlon 'of of Inch- in direction contrary to toe earth's rotation.1 toe successive beats the deviation clearly. perceptible and jbe spectators cheered wildly) Afterward Flam marlon "The experiment. is toe grandest les son given in. popular1? astronomy, and we now know ith' our eyes toat lnhkblt a moving planet and are citizens': of the heavens as If rYirrf. 3 Vhoioo A wagon load.

at limburger cheese 1,700 -was' stqlen' from Zion cheese factory mile of Oris-kany, N. Y. Notwithstanding, the Voluminous odor no scent. bf a dew, has been obtained by th ievre drove up to the The the factory; before daylight and entered through a- win- dowi; iI Kltchencx ri Lord, Kitchener nbV en to. In dia, in an interview at -Rome admitted tbat- lf the aituatipn l.in!-5 Somaliland grows worse he.

might, yause there on his way and organize an anti-Mullah The'Boei; general arrived London Wednesday, Their lecture tour probably 'will not be- undertaken for some tlme.Secretary Devellers said toe general had no) Intention of asking toe colonial secretary for a furtoer in-jtyiewj; "iv- i- 4 Welcome s. Botkln, whose wife was convicted of the' mnrder of John has sued fora divorce, on7 toe. grounds 7 pf, infidelity; says a San': FrancJsco dispatch. Botkin, atobd "by. his Wife throughout the sensational trial and only recently ar? rived at the cofidurton that separation naa advisable: Admiral SchleVs departure from Austin for San Antonio has been postponed Owing- to the.

continued Illness of Mrs. Schley. who was 7 threatened and Is jtlR very Clucbsef factory Bumsaud Em VERY RAPIDLY Workmen Laboring i Story Conld Wot'Hsenpo. yVomT 4.X vanelnr HImboo HnaSbor of Octi By; 'which broke out shortly, be fort Ijmidnlghf jut night In the; plant iof the GlncoM sugar refinery, jituated at street iuul tteChlcab'Hv; thatf siwaglaimbst; and' "that itwen; nnmbey of rdead-' Sum )tot; hsbn established ss yef but lt Ii known that they vm in the JtaUdlng working Tbn "seventh Therflraeb spread sbjrepidljf thatri' man who wiusi working thd third floor had barely tlme to escape with hiS life, and it la 'nof thought by 'the employes of jthe firemen that; the men in thi upper story: could hsve A' At midnight. from; the rulrn lmt the fire wib burning jo flereeiy that it was impossible to make further The plant of the 'refining consisted of i torts buildings; the idling house seven stories hlghf toe main refinery, fourteen stortes hlgh) apd another structareof 1 -Tho firt started in the drying, house; being caused by an' exploston.

The flames 'spread with: almost Incredible rapidity, and by- the time the, first of the fire department bad arrived the building was; blazing; from foundation to roof. i If. sit was lmposslble for toe firemen; to make any effective fight 'against flames, and in a short rtlmj all the walls were the jf building Within one-half hour from the time; of then explosion was a- masaof debris. The fire was so hot that at one time It was feared that the street viaduct, across which access is had to the south side of the city, be but1 toe firemen to save this structure after a hJrd strug- They. 'bent every effort having the fourteen-story ibulldjfig of the refinery; but so intense was tod' fire in toe.

drying house, that -toils caught fire in jereral and- at 12; 80 m. it was evident that evenlf It could, be saved at, all, lt would' lbe 1 badly rv The toe company, when Informed ithat thetwo smaller buildings had been destroyed ghld that the fourteen-story, building would not make any estlmjte of damage. Gne of -them- said f-f jnay be anywhere between 81,000,000, vand; is all, we can say -at The' places! too loss at toe lower figure hut Chief Marshall of the- department, said that therd might be stock in the buildings of the HAVE CUT LOOSE AnrlB OathollM DaelaHj ane of: BUKIm! KxMpj It is sxpected that Cardiid Glboiui wUlshortlycaUameetingof tbehrish-f ope, of toe Baltimorerprorlrcs tQ con-slder the-vital Question as to 'whether toe CathoUc church of thlspcountry fi to remain in a missionary to Romeoraskforanindependent aelf- governing body under the direct con-. trol of and responslble only to the pope; It; is understood that if the American helrarchy dislres Independence such will be grant6d.r The ques. tlon is to be voted on the provinces; some of which already havp expressed preference for; toe statu jquo.

It: la generally expected that a majority will, favor the present condition on ths ar-gument that as forelgnere by birth. stUl dominate in the affairs of the. Catho-I llcchurch, it would be Injudicious to establish! an American church from toe element when itrwould be; American jn name' fX Vi' 4ssftas A London Oct 21, dispatch says Fears afe entertained the Somaliland. expedition, which recently suf- fered a reverse at the haiids i of Mad Mullah, hair been annihilated.1 A'pri-vateletter from one of the officers of the expedition. to a Mr.

Green, received todaysays: I.ve-fi1'' No'pne wlll apprertatj this! thing until It )is too late. -i We Are in a regular have had. some stiff fights and lost many inen. The worst 'Of It is our? blacks are. flunking sWe may muddle out.

1 thoughf I hardly expect to see you i again. Our camels are nearly all killed or cap! tured- jWe have next to! no-water;" no supplier annd next to no ammunition. They captured two of our Maxims September 8th. 1 suppose they dov hot care whatlhappens to uS at homat Jt1 a brutal shame to Send us blind In an: ambush like this. The letter 'is 'likely to Indignation against the government.

vAband of rohhera ntiered 'toe mail car of i the Spanish express 1 at Iruh land, held clerks. There war some1 resistance and one of thd clerks 4 mortally wounded. The robbers secured checks and money, or-derstotoevalue of twojmillianfrancs Me dispatch toys Lillian M. N. national president of, the T.

Uj was reelected; receiving StS votes' Out 'of a total of CbUlekoix passenger traln on the Internktlon al A Great JYoithem was run- fnto. by freight train near on the Brazds Valley Hna' Two metrand pos-jibly others were! Idllej and eleven' seriously Injured. The engiheeri qf toe freight lost control bf hit engine as toe passenger was passing the crowing. Svi message focelved ln Bah-FranCisco flrpm B.Grelg, popularly -known as the King bf Fanning1; Island.I coveyB i 1 V.1 V-; S- U. V.

i 4. B1 1 1 was done for him possible, but he bled to death in a short i STRIKERS BACK AT WORK -v 17 Oaaaral Baaamptlaa of Xabor I lka ti Coal Bagloea A Wllkesbarre, Pa. Oct. 25, dispatch says: The first of the; strikers. to i- work' this morning, are pumpmen.

black-tlmbermen, and bosses and whose work? is to keep; toq mines ln shapa- They) will "work double until toe timbering Is carefully shafts are cleared and the danger of Accident, elmlniated. Union, and non-union men went to work together and, so: far aa learned, there was no violence. No hostile move is expected for too present; Many, of the steam men were turned away, their, places having been filled. The railroads this) morning; were busy placing care on the sidings and getting engines The production of coali will go with rush. Before Saturday night It Is expected that tons will: have toe mines for market! and next week over 17,000,000 tons whl be put ou 1 BURIAL AT OLD HOME v.

Body pt Jamee Yeeager v.sr i Xe's Sammlt Interred at jT.f Whej Jim Youngers body arrived at the Union depot at- Kansas City Wednesday a great crowd made a rush for jthe boxeoverlug -the casket with a view-of cutting aotivenlre. The -depot guards were swept aside, and the police called! box was actually smashed before the pfflcers drove the hob of people away. The remains were: strongly- guarded until taken; to Lees Summit later in the between' lines of people with hats removed, -1 the? remains of Younger, a former outlaw who com? mlttedi.sulcide itt.Bt Paul; were from toe train cin thielr arrival at Lees Summit from! Kansas City. Pallbearers era are old 1 members of Quantrells band of guerillas and former associates of the Younger boyj 1 MOB HANGS TWOyC 1 I 1 Lefilly Usrdmrt Lynched by TcxSs Mob i ts After being tried in legal fores for criminal assault and murder and given toe death penalty in each': case, Jim Weeley and -Reddick were taken from the authorities' of Tex.J pud lynched -In the public square by) 'mob. district judgep asked toe! governor ibr militia to accompany, the negroes from the Jail at they were safe.

At: toe Of; a large; number citizens of Hempstead, who, it- Is signed' a promise to toe authorities in i preventing any, mob law; Judge Thompson cqjmtermanded his request and too. troops did not ae-company the negfoe A -BArton 'was first then Wesley. Both men pleaded guilty, to criminal asssujt, and -then; to toe murder! of Mrs. Susan aged sixty-three Sunday, October -1 1. JbrrlM Fn l-Blodcd liras Rev Sherman Co olidge, a flill-blood-ed Arapahoe Indian, and Mist Grace D.

Weatberbee" of Seventy-second street; New York, were married at Fort Washakie by Rev.F Roberta. The cou-plemet at toe agency three years ago when Miss Weatheroee was visiting, the -west with Bishop Talbott and family of Pennsylvania. She came again-In 19(lL Rev. Coolidge-paid frequent Ylalto to New York also. Rev.

Coolidge waS token captive by the Shoshones when a mere lad, later" being adopted by Coolidgei of toe -Tenth cavalry, who sent to. HobArt' college, Geneva; Y. Later he was sent to Falrbault, Minn, by Blvhop Whipple. He completed his education 'there coming to Cheyenne In 1882, being ordained a Jininister of the: Episcopal church hare 'in: 1884 since which, time he! has been doing missionary work among the dboshone and Arapahoe Indians In centray- He is sixty! years of age and. his bride Mrs.

Coolidge4 father-la proprietor; of tha Manhattan hotel ln New York1 and! Is Hoibr to Explain CoL. John S. Moeby, special agent the' land' office. Is ln Washington and ha had. a' conference with the secretary of.

the Interior regarding the re? moval of fences In western Nebraska. Colonel Mosby has taken a very strong position in administering toe Jaw to garding these fences and cattlemen have protested, with toe result that Colonel Mosby la called upon by the secretary- to 'explain. -Tt i could not to learned occurred at the confernence between the secretary and Colonel Mosby, but the latter was! requested, to make a report coyer? ingi 'toe controversy from It vras said at toe interior 1 department Colonel Mosby, it) is lj' writing bis. report and will doubtless JUbmit it in a few days. here and there ncnc ni i ns 4' I jwla Ik-, rhe convention of the household, economic- association opened at Milwaukee.

't riv- The RevDr. Tj- Sabine, pasbv the First Reformed Episcopal church. New York; toe presence of several thousand persons; consecrated A bishop, to succeed the lute Bishop Frank Norris, the novelist; operated upon at San Francisco fbr ap-' pe4dldtls.VThe 7 Operation was -rrery? successful and lt ls believed there la no dagger of; romplicatlons. The annnai meeting the American Missionary association was held at New4 London, Conn' A pro gram was submitted and accepted; pro- idlng for a limited membership j. and a yesposnlsbie 1 voting membersliip of the assoclatlon-The next annual vention will? be held in Cleveland.

i i-w The national wagon manufacturers association at Memphis, elected thj following ocers President, R. James Memphis; vice presldentT 0. Gere, and treasurer; W. A Rosenfield, Moline, 111, Chicago' was chosen as the next and tb accept a modified position for the arbitration of ihe coal and to glve you ftdl, latitude In the sdeo of a commission. -1 It will remembered that we proposed on October 8 to pUcc) the whole matter in your hands add to i accepta verdict, pt i a tribunal of your own selection, if; will tealw yeiuembered.Jhatf the company managers at" thktTtlme tefused t6 aq, cept ithe arbitrament of the president the United States and preferred that of the Ideal common pleas judges.U We proposed to cleave everything toi I'you without condition, having the utmost faith in your, and judgment.

v. 1 W- In their refusal to accept your ar-' I bitrament operators sought to hold yoh ln part accountable for the! very conditions you i were trying to remedy, and instruct, you as to your duties concerning Eight days tl later they again appeared before dropping the common pleas Judge and to abide by verdict of a tribunal appointied. by you, but at tempting to prescribe Within fixed, and narrow-limits the. and! voca-. tlon- of the men youi were to name.

this proposition, as the operators made it, we were unalterably opposed. First, because" our. respect for you as a -man and'Qur ideas as to what due -to the dignity of your olfice demanded that we should not be a party to -a rj-Quest of you to accept the great re-' I eponeibillty accompanied by detailed 7 important restrictions as jto; the manner1, in which, you should mjeet it; second, because careful. analysis of their prbpoeltion, disclosed to us, as if did to' you and the public, -that the restrictions were too to enable you to secure under them well" bal-anced thoroughly1 Impartial trl-bunal. ri But now that you have yourself removed these objections by broadening iwf strengthening the we feel confident that our convention; will declared Its willingness have all questions between the employing companies and.

the 95 per cent of their employes who are members of ourj organization: determined by the bard of eminent and Impartial 1 men chosen by you. We feel grateWl to you Mr. for the patriotla i efforts. -which you haveimade to bring, about honorable settlement of the) strike;" contfoued fiespite the--remarkable spirit and-conduct. which, you at first found in the cbmpany xaan- bctts.

-1? noitiin trvlaTmna- jt k- enemy to our. cause' has been) watchword. Despite these admonltio supported with all our lnfluence, the1 have been a. few crimes. and a numr of misdemeanors chargeable to on strlke.

But, President; we the nnquallfied imported guardians of, law and 6 the companies coal and lrOn Uoll have committed more unprovoked) ders during this strike thancan 'pb charged to the-great men Wo' have been in idleness for fhe past five months. We have repeatedly andn' language" not1 susceptible to mlscop-: structlon, condemned tfanzgressionsgpf law on the irt of; those we challenge the coal companies jto point; to one public utterance on tlsir part ln they have even depre cated' acts of violence committed 'hired V'Zr-' "We "declare that; it was. unfair unmanly for the coal presldenisilto Insult 1 us were your guests and charge our 1 organization spOnslbllity 1 for1 acts of lawlessness during the strike. It would be Jusfks logical to charge the American); amy In the Phillpplnea with being an aiy, of murderere, torturers and because a few 'crimes were committed' by soldierS there. the mUleniunl, there, will hoi primes, in every commiml-N ty aaid human nature la the sameno betted andr rio'worse, among the' naif mlhibiiplople dependent upon mp in the Coal fields: as If ls everywhr our country.

pretense of toe operators they were 'unhle 1 to produce -coal: causelntimldatlon kept from jr-men; who were willing to work has proved false by the fact itbat the protection they demanded haQ-'ide creased rather than increased the number of 'men mining1 coajf 'A; huntoed thousand- troops could not1. havren-r shied this operators to start their regies for toe simple reason that toe menwho work them are members of -the Dnlted MineWorkers offAmerica. men prho were determined stand to tne last for rights, to organize through thetrarganization- to demand better- wages and Improved conditions of employment. They shouder to shonlder to the last. The 'operators declared that kthey would "have nothing to do -I wltotoe United Mine Workers of AmericilJrat they found ituecessary to the power Of the United America, through you, Mr.

and to seek terms of, peace which enable them to resume their of and jelling coal. The nitlon of our strength thus forced toe operators by sheer, rneccasi exult 1 over," not to any, narrow but because we, believe it'marks ward step toward a new pra. TJ; foundations, laid through; war. ready to Join" with them in bulldl better conditions and a long peace. yWhein toe Inevitable on the operators 'attempted to themselves upon the- false, ours is an irresponsible organisation, -which waS dominated by vlobedce.

When society attempted to interfere to settle toe. strike they declared, appointed right to be lefrabjjne. When representatives of natlonrajand state, governments tried- to; ijaSmte they resented such "meddling bpli-: tlclans. But thanks to denf and to the nower. of publli ion, they have been brought alizatlon of the fact that; toe or: welfare of the' American pi not be ignored with Impunity.

rf'By the eminent tribunal whl have We; have confident" Justlcewill be'done 'Cfur to have a chance to appear, such empowered to and dlSpose of all questions. a First. Among these IS the dem the: mine, workers fof increased jnj Teduction In toe hours oC second is the relations which exist between employers and 1 ranization- whlch the men have and which them; Froni this arbltraflon we beUeve will come a cpnxplete jMJstoc-: torr and permanent solution ftfthe troubles Nrhich. have vexed toe, fafttn-; cite field from timer" memorial Re- apectfullyypur. JOHNi "Prtsideni -United Mine Work 4 '5 lt 11 i Portrait Confsdsrste Judge John Reagan, toe suinrivingv member of Jefferson Davis Conjffcder-! ate cabinet, recently sat for portrait to be painted and thoJCon-) ryl'at)j-)EUchi Btatistlcs show; the lived people have generally whq.

made breakfast the prinel toe We. were -in a sympathize with your' inasmuch; as long been forced to enduro.erTOgance, Insult and false witness fromthe same Our gratitude is due to and tor the Americanpeople: and press who have supported you' and. us in the long struggle which hppeds now about to During all these long months ln orhlch our 7 have been. Impugned1 and -our ters maliciously assailed, we 1 bave re-trained from 'wying a word or1 taking any action that; would tend tb' render reconciliation vqoto, jut now It becomes a duty, to defend qurselves again the slanders which have -been heaped upon-us-and to proclaim -we have from the first favored the 'method which Is a now employed': to motives charac-. break -the deadlock.

11. In our proffer of arbitration or. impartial investigation had beenj accepted 'six months: instead of there need have been na ksve A 1- -t 'l-rf 1 Cost of Craoborfy Bop, Tbe cost of making a cranberry bog productive Js 8800 to 9500 an acre1 and Eight new theaters be opened In New York cir within next eighteen months.1 w- j-i i i i ii( -j .5.. A -Mount Carmel, Pa, OcL -17, dis- patch says: Out of twenty meetings of -v locals held by. the miners today, i when delegates were chosen to attend the Wllkeabarre convention next the rmajority -of the! latter were in- structed to follow toe advice of Mitchell and tbe district officers: i 1 The-average ylelff of wine in France Bmm Sink Thd' tug Wilson with twenty-two coal, barges, at rnck a submerged dyke two nflles from-' CaUettsburg, Ky and eleven sank.

Fully lSO.PJK) bu-shels of coal are piled np in mJ? lreanv blocking tha ehanneL yj meeting I- r' ti v. tr V-; 1 if-' I. a -V '-J -V, rl t. '''I 4 i i.

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