Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 25, 1906, Page 4

BY DROPPING OF CAGE SIX MINERS MEET DEATH IN AC CIDENT AT COLLIERY NEAR CARLYLE, ILL. BODY OF ONE VICTIM RECOVERED OTHERS ARE BURIED SUMP HOLE AT BOTTOM . OF THE SHAFT. St. Louis, Dec. 24—One miner is' known to have been killed, five others are belleved to be dead and another was seriously injured by the dropping of the cage in the shaft of the Breese- Trenton Coal Mining company about ten miles west of Carlyle, Ill. Carlyle is forty-eight miles east of St. Louis. The accident occurred as the second cage full of day shift miners was descending into the mine. The cage containing six men had descended 300 feet down the 400-foot shaft when it stuck momentarily and then went crashing to the bottom with a noise similar to an explosion. William Fritz, the injured miner, was at the bottom of the shaft work- ing almost under the descending cage when he heard the shout of the miners above him as the cage stuck. As he looked up the cage dropped and he barely had time to spring to the side when the crash came and debris was piled about him. His leg was broken and he was badly bruised. At the bottom of the shaft is another hole called a sump and a portion of the debris plunged on down the sump, carrying five of the miners with it. The sixth, August Foppey, jumped as the crash came and was cut squarely in two. Up to noon his was the only body recovered by a hundred or more rescuers. The debris was so tightly wedged into the mouth of the sump that it will likely be some hours be- fore it can be removed. No sounds or cries have been heard coming from under the debris and it is believed that the five miners were instantly killed and probably badly crushed. The sump or sumphole in a mine is a drainhole into which the water that collects in the levels is drained. It was stated that the sump in this mine contained fifteen feet of water and no doubt is entertained but that the five miners were drowned if they had miraculously escaped death in the crash before being plunged on down into the sump. S8EX OFFICIALLY SETTLED. Verdict of Coroner’s Jury in Much Discussed Case. Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 24—A cor- oner’s jury summoned to investigate the death of Nicolai de Reylan, for- merly a clerk in the Russian consulate in Chicago and three times married, whose death a few days ago revealed the fact that the deceased was a wo- man who had masqueraded as a man, has returned the following verdict: “The person residing here since the 10th of November, 1906, as a male, under the name of Nicolal de Reylan, was., as a matter of fact, a female, and the body inspected at the morgue by this jury was the same person and that death was due to pulmonary tu- berculosis.” The body will be photographed and probably will be buried here, although this is not definitely decided. SISTERS SLEPT |IN BUILDING. Big Polish Parochial School at Chi- cago Destroyed. Chicago, Dec. 24.—Fire early in the day practically destroyed the big St. Stanislaus parochial school at Noble and Bradley streets. The building was a seven-story brick structure and was attended by approximately 4,000 day pupils, mostly of Polish parentage. None of these children was in the building at the time of the outbreak of the fire. Nearly 100 sisters in charge of the school work under the direction of Sister Superior Rogeria had apart- ments on the top floor of the school building. All of them are reported to have escaped. The loss is estimated at $250,000. SHOCK ROCKS HOUSES. Earthquake in Colorado Lasts Three Minutes. Glenwood Springs, Colo., Dec. 24.—A violent trembling of ‘the earth was felt on both sides of the Grand river In the neighborhood of Newcastle. The shock lasted three minutes and caused houses in the town to rock. Develop Alabama Iron Mines. Norfolk, Va., Dec. 24.—The Wood- stock Iron and Steel corporation has been chartered here with a capital of $1,600,000 for the purpose of estab- lishing pig iron furnaces at Birming- ham and Anniston, Ala., and the oper- atlon of extensive iron mines in that state. The corporation is headed by J..M. Barr, former. president. of the Seaboard Air Line railway. Two Men Burned to Death. St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 24.—1J. 8. Gil- liland and an unknown man were burned to death in a car in the Rock Island yards here. Gilliland was mov- ing from Northboro, Ia., to Marlin, L. T. An oil stove in the car was tipped over and set the household goods on fire, roasting the men alive, t IN DEEP Get Your Office Suppl % WEALTH A GREAT BURDEN. John D. Rockefeller Discusses Larg Fortunes. New York, Dec. 24.—John D. Rocke feller, while on his way from Lake- wood, N. J,, to Pocantico Hills, N. Y., made some interesting statements re- garding the majesty of the law and the need of thrift in-this country. In response to a request for a Christmas sentiment he thought a moment and then said: “Good will to all men and gratitude to God—that, I should say, should be the Christmas sentiment for every one.” Mr. Rockefeller, in speaking of large fortunes, had this to say: “I am not prepared to discuss the ethics of large fortunes, but this much I can tell you: Great wealth is a great burden, a great responsibility. It invariably proves to be one of two things—either a great blessing or a great curse. We are only stewards.” It was at this point that Mr. Rocke- feller declared that the American peo- ple are too prodigal and that our ex travagance will have to be paid for by some one. “We cannot buy toys always,” Mr Rockefeller said, “our present pace is one that cannot be kept up.” Mr. Rockefeller’s declaration regard- ing the majesty of the law was brought out by a question if he would go to court whenever the government de- sired him to do so. He said in reply: “It wili Le a sorry day for the coun- try and for all of s when our courts are not respected: or “we cannot re- spect them and our laws. are not up- held. We must have Jaw and order and we must have,courts to enforce them. e “What else can I-do Hut go to court when summoned?” BROKERAGE FIRM <SUSPENDS. Stringency of Money. Market Given as the Causel New York, Dec. 24—The suspen| slon of the brokerage firm of Arnold Leo & Co. has been announced on the Stock Exchange. The board member of the firm Is Edgar F. Leo. He has been a member' of the exchange since 1904. The firm' did a very active business and it is understood that recently it has been' carrylng & number of accounts in Reading, which has been declining re.' cently. L. V. Hubbard, to whom the firm has assigned, issued a statement in which he sald that the assignment was made for the benefit of all creditors. He said that the firm's embarrassment was caused directly by the stringency of the money market and tnat ne was; hopeful that a settlement satisfactory to all the creditors may soon be made and that the firm will soon be able to resume business. The firm of Arnold Leo & Co. was established thirty-five years ago by Arnold Leo. He retired from active business some time ago and since that time the business has been under the direction of his son, Edgar E. Leo. The firm had an office in Phila:| delphia, where a large business was done. ENJOINED FROM STEALING. Court Appoints Watchers to Oversee Gold Miners at Work. San Francisco, Dec. 24.—On the ap- plication of George Wingfield, one of the principal stockholders in the Gold- fleld-Mohawk mine, Judge Morrow of the United States circuit court for the district of California and Nevada has issued a writ of injunction restraining the lessees of the Mohawk mine and their employes from stealing or per- mitting the stealing of high grade ore by the miners. The court authorized the appoint- ment of fifty watchers, who will be officers of the court and are empow- ered to go down into the mine at any time to watch the miners while at work and to search them for stolen ore. Shonld any ore be found on any one he will be arrested, brought to San Francisco before Judge Morrow and tried for contempt of court. FOR RELIEF OF SHIPPERS. Commerce Commission Will mend Legislation. St. Louis, Dec. 24—C. A. Prouty, member of the interstate commerce commission, said during the day the commission will meet within the next few days at Washington and recom- mend to congress some legislation for the relief of the shippers who have been suffering from the car shortage conditions. “The damage to grain and cattle shippers In the West and South, espe- cially in Texas and Oklahoma, cannot be estimated,” he said, “and active and stringent methods will have to be adopted to relieve the situation.” CONDITIONS GROWING . WORSE. Immense Numbers of Chinese Unques- tionably Starving. ‘Washington, Dec. 24—Consul Gen- eral Rogers, at Shanghai, has cabled the state department as follows: “Kiangpet famine conditions are daily growing worse, brigandage and rioting in adjacent districts resulting. Very dangerous state of affairs anticl- pated by officlals. Chinese govern- ment will probably provide work on a grand canal for the destitute hordes. Immense = numbers. unquestionably starving. Sickly, afilicted and old left in the famine district. Refugees con- centrated in adjacent citles, where they are poorly provided for.” Recom- Gazes on Body and Dies. Kington, Tenn., Dec. 24.—Mrs. Mar- tha Jackson went to the home of a neighbor where lay the dead body of Charles Hood, & youth. She gazed upon the box and fainted, dylng a few. moments later. ‘When Bernhardt Was Fooled, Sarah Bernbardt once fell victim toa udden attack of homesickness while she was traveling In eastern Europe. She announced that she was going back to Paris immediately. Bucharest was the next city on the route and Bern- hardt's Impresario at once sent the fol- lowing telegram to his advance agent, who was then in the Roumanian capi- tal: “Wire me immediately as follows: ‘Nobllity and leaders soclety preparing magnificent reception. Minister of fine arts will be represented station. Torch- light procession, massed bands. Wire exact hour arrival’” This telegram was duly sent and the Impresario showed it to the actress, who forgot her homesickness In view of the magpifi- cent reception awaiting her. When they arrived there were sixty solemn gentlemen In evening dress, with many decorations, on the platform, there ‘were torches, flags and flowers, massed bands played the “Marseillaise” and the triumphal procession started for the hotel. “Are you not coming with us?’ said the lmpresario to his advance agent, who showed signs of remaining at the station Iustead of going to the Botel. “No,” he said. “I must look after the nobility and leaders of so- clety. I am afraid they will bolt with their dress clothes.” But the actress, 80 the story goes, never guessed that the sixty great men at the station were supers hired by the advance agent at 36 cents a head. Life Saving at Fires. If lives are in danger at a fire It is a universal rule that life saving takes precedence over fire fighting. If fire escapes are lacking or seriously ob- structed all hands devote their entire energles to the work of rescuing by ralsing ladders, by forcing a passage through smoke filled hallways or by other emergency means. Life nets are spread and held ready for those who have not the nerve to walt for their rescuers. Life saving consumes valu- able time which could be applied to ad- vantage In fighting the flames, and the probable necessity for expending this time, governed as it is by many con- slderations, plays an important part in studies of underwriters. Occasionally pompler ladders or window scaling lad- ders are used in emergencies for mak- Ing rescues. These furnish thrilling incidents for the newspapers, but are less efficient, slower and a great deal more dangerous both to the firemen and the rescued than the plain or ex- tension ladders.—Insurance Engineer- ing. He Obeyed Orders. Sir Henry Roscoe tells this of the sclentist Faraday and .his assistant, Sergenut Audersun: “And n rao the sole assistant to Faraday and of course was utterly uneducated In scien- tific matters, but he could obey orders, which Is not always a characteristic of an educated man. One day Anderson was told by Faraday to keep sthrring a pot containing soine chemicals over a fire until he returned, Faraday being In the habit of goirg upstairs to tea in his rooms and coming down directly afterward to work in the laboratory during the evening. For some reason he was prevented from coming down again and forgot that he had told An- derson to watch the pot. On coming down the next morning he found An- j derson still stirring the pot, having been at it the whole night and thus car- rying out the order which was given him.” The Perverse Golf Ball. A collector of evidence on the subject ,maintains learnedly that the golt ball is the most perverse of human insti- tutions. Here Is a list of strange lies noted by a follower of the ancient game: In another player's pocket, ‘where it had dropped after traveling 200 yards; in a cow's mouth; on the roof of a clubhouse; behind the glass | protecting a painting hanging on a coftage wall; in a clump of daisies, Which It so resembled that it was not found for an hour. When it fell in the cow’s mouth the frightened animal galloped 276"yards nearer the hole and then restored the ball to its owner. He promptly claimed to have driven it 397 yards and the right to play it from ‘where it lay. An Ancient English Workhouse. In the records of St. Thomas hos- pital, London, is an entry of the year 1570 to the effect that “In consideration of the hote tyme of the yere” the poor be allowed ‘“every one a day three pyntts of Bere for two months,” a quart at dinner and a pint at supper, and at the end of two months return to ‘“there olde ordinary allowance, ‘wyche I8 one quarte.” The food at this anclent workhouse was to be dealt ‘with as liberally as the drink. The al- moner and steward were to “bye no byffe but of the best, without bones and_ in speciall without the marybon, and none other to be bowght.” * Professional Dignity. “What wages do you expect?”’ asked Mrs. Randolph of Aunt Phronie, who had come to hire as cook. “Well, Ah tell you, Ef Ah cooks an’ ‘waits on de table, too, Ah ’spects $2 ebery week Ah lives, b-u-t ef yo' all has family reach at de table ‘an’ Ah Jes’ hab ter cook, den Ah charges er dollar an’ fo' bits.”—Plittsburg Dis- patch. This In Different. “Love makes the world go round.” The world seems to go round, but love makes ‘your head swim. That's the , explanation. How to Be Beautitul. “What do you do to keep so beauti- ful?”’ tHey asked the butterfly. “I?. T do nothing,” she replied. ! A deep, genuine sincerity 18 the first’ characteristic of all men In any way | berofc.—Carlyle.* o ies at t rnals, Etc., Stationery, Christmas Stickers, 1907 Diaries, Typewriter Paper, Scrap Books, Lead Pencils, Pens, Holders, Ink Wells, Etc.-Rubber Stam f'.:,".'? e, ’:::'}.“,".Tafi‘:k Ciiondar Pads, Document Files, Nots Books, Time Books, Scals Report Books, Trial Balance Books, Rulers, Erasers, Kneaded, Rubber Squaren, DISMISSAL OF NEGRO TROOPS. Constitutional League Denounces the President’s Action. Philadelphia, Dec. 24—Willlam 8. Sinclair, president, and N. F. Mossell, secretary, of the local branch of the Constitutional league, have sent a lengthy message to President Roose- at the Bemidji Most Complete Stock West of Duluth and Pads, Fountain Pens, Letter Copy Books, Paper Clips ownship Plats in book form, Fine SENATE RESOLUTION PROVIDES FOR INDEPENDENT PROBE OF i BROWNSVILLE RAID. velt denouncing the action taken in|. dismissing the members of the Twen- ty-fifth infantry. After protesting against his “superheated denunciation of the colored troopers” the message takes up the reference to shielding criminals and charges that even up to the present day “murderous organiza- tions of white men in the South are carrying on their war on the-colored people.” The protest continues: “These secrét clans hesitate not to assassinate United States government officials gnd band together to shield and protect each other. They are supported by the white people and have very recently seized and lynched a prisoner who was in the custody of the supreme court of the United States and while the lynchers were in ‘Washington answering the charge of contempt before the supreme court of the United States the nation was shocked by the fact that the president received and honored the lynchers at the White House. As a matter of fact no people has shielded more crim- inals and covered up more crimes than the-white people of the South. And in the South the blood of more innocent men and women, slain by brutal ‘red handed white clans, cries from the.ground unto the vengeance of God than in all the other parts of the country taken together.” OIL TRUST IS DISSOLVED. Standard’s Reply to Suit of Federal Government. New York, Dec. 24.—When the gov- ernment’s. case against the Standard Oil company is called at St. Louis next month its attorneys will claim that the trust has practically been dis- solved in so far as it conflicts with the federal laws. Against this the government attorneys will contend that the trust is not yet dissolved. The bill filed against the New Jer- sey company by the federal: govern- ment alleges that the concern holds stock of seventy-two distinct corpora- tions, which practically control the oil business of the country. ‘This, it is contended, is in restraint of trade and therefore falls under the laws by which the Northern Securities merger ‘was dissolved. But when the govern- ment is confronted by the declaration that most of the stock of these com- panies is now held by private_individ- uals ‘the case will assume a remark- able aspect, It is'due to the tremendous efforts of Attorney General Hadley of Mis- souri that this new phase of Standard Oil ingenuity has come out. He caused sworn statements of high officials of the Standard to show that all the stock of the big selling companies is now held by individuals. Years ago it was admitted by Standard Oil men that one of these concerns was owned by the Standard Oil company of New Jersey. . WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS. Action In Federal Court in Case of Mrs. Myers. Kansas City, Dec. 24.—Judge John F. Philipp, in the United States dis- trict court, has granted a writ of ha- beas corpus in the case of Mrs. Agnes Myers, in jail at Liberty, Mo., under sentence to be executed on Jan. 10 for the murder of her husband. The sheriff was ordered to produce Mrs. Governor Folk has been quoted as saying he would no longer interfere with the carrying out of the death penalty either in the case of Mrs. Myers or Frank Hottman, her accom- plice in the crime, who also is under sentence ' of death. They -already have been reprieved four times. Mrs. Myers’ attorneys asked the writ of habeas corpus, the granting of which means her temporary release, and there may be a further delay of the execution on the ground that the county court which tried and convict- ed her had no jurisdiction in the case. FOR “BENEFIT OF CREDITORS. Property Worth Over $400,000 Turned Over to- Bank Receiver. ‘Waynesburg, Pa., Dec. 24.—Property valued at over $400,000 has been placed on record in favor of the Farm- .ers_and Drovers’ National bank by Receiver Cunningham. . The previous owners were J. B. F. Rinehart, former cashier and vice president of the de- funct institution, and John J. Keebert, sheriff of Greene county. The prop- erty Includes Rinehart’s home, valued at $100,000, coal lands ‘and building sites. The coal lands are valued at about $300,000. »; As far as has been ascertained the notes in the bank which are alleged to be of doubtful signature amount to a little more than $100,000. - ‘Affects Two Thousand Men. Baltiftiore, Dec. 24—The ‘trainmen, enginemen and yardmen of the West- ern Maryland railroad will be given an advance in wages beginning Jan. 1 next. -About 2,000 employes will be affected. General Manager Robertson #ald’ he could not yet glve the per- centage , of increase, as the details were sul_! being worked out. Train Strikes an Auto, El Paso, Tex.,, Dec. 24.—Master Me- chanic Kipp of the American Smelter and Refining company’s smelter here and his wife were: found unconsclous beside their ‘automobile, which was found near the Southern Pacific: rail- road tracks. It is supposed that they were struck by a train. Both are be- lieved to be fatally injured. b ‘Myers in court at Kansas City Dec. 31.| £ ;‘PHESIBEITIAI. MESSAGE ON SUBJECT 'EXECUTIVE DECIDEDLY SEVERE IN HIS CRITICISM OF SOL. DIERS' BEHAVIOR, —_— | Washington, Deg,2'-—The question Whether the senate should make an Independent investigation of the IBrownsville (Tex.) raid was raised in {the senate by Senator Foraker imme- dlately after the reading of the pres- ident’s message on the subject. He flered a. resolution glving the com- Imittee on military affairs authority to ‘make such investigation if deemed ‘necessary after consideration of the 'testimony transmitted by the presi- ‘dent. Further consideration of the ques- ‘tion was postponed for a day. SEVERE IN ITS CRITICISM. Message to Congress on Discharge of Colored Soldiers. . Washington, Deec. IRoosevelt has complied with the re- jquest of the senate, made on the sec- ‘ond day of the session, in transmit- lting to that body a transeript of testi- !mony and documents connected with the discharge of a battalion of negro 'troops of the Twenty-fifth infantry. (The message, a lengthy document, was | decidedly severe in its criticism of the ! isoldlers alleged to be concerned in *“ghooting up the town” of Browns- (ville, Tex. Its reading was listened to lintently. In part, the president says: “I ordered the discharge of nearly |all the. members of Companies B, C iand D of the Twenty-fifth infantry by mame, in the exercise of my constitu- 'tional power and in pursuance of what, lafter full consideration, I found to be my constitutional duty as commander- ‘in-chief of the United States army. I jam glad to avail myself of the oppor- ltunity afforded by these resolutions to llay before congress the facts as to the murdarois . ronduot of _certajn mem- ers of the companies in question and as: to- the -conspiracy by which many of - the -other :members of these com- 'panies. saved the criminals from jus- tice, to the disgrace of the United States uniform. Says Evidence Is Conciusive.- “The evidence proves conclusively ‘that a number of the soldiers engaged in a deliberate and concerted attack, cold blooded as it was cowardly; the purpose being *to terrorize the com- ‘munity and to kill or injure men, wo- men and children in their homes and beds or on the streets, and this at an hour of the night when concerted or effective resistance or defense was out of the question and when detec- tion by identification of the criminals in the United States uniform was well |nigh impossible. . So much for the orig- linal erime. A blacker never stained the annals of our army. It has been Supplemented by another, only less !hlack, in the shape of a successful con- #piracy of silence for the purpose of hielding those who took part in the original conspiracy of murder. These Soldiers were not ‘schoolboys on a rolic. They were full grown men, in the uniform of the United States army, armed with deadly weapons, sworn to ‘uphold the laws of the United States and under every obligation of oath and honor not merely to refrain from criminality, but with the sturdiest rigor to hunt down criminality; and the crime they commilted or connived 'at was murder. They perverted the power put into their hands to sustain the law into the most deadly violation of the law.” i ON CAR SHORTAGE QUESTION. “Senator Hansbrough Again Confers With President. Washington, Dec. 20.—Senator Hans- brough again talked with the president during the day about the car shortage uestion, which has seriously affected arfous portions of‘the Northwest. -“There is nothing particularly new in the situation,” he 'said, as he came om the president’s office. The sen- ‘ator expressed himself as hopeful that ome permanent good will result from he agitation of the subject. As indi- cated In previous dispatches Mr. Hans- brough favors legislation giving the Interstate ° commerce ' commission power to equalize the distribution of railroad equipment and other reforms 80 that the railroads may more readily meet the demands of trade in time of need. PLEADS GUILTY 'TO MURDER. Fifteen-Year-Old Boy Goes to Prison . for Life. SRy : Chicago, Dec. 20.—Robert Gordon, ffteen years old, was sentenced to the reformatory ~for life after pleading guilty to the charge of murdering Joseph Reed, elght yoars of age. = ‘Gordon pulled the Reed boy under a sldewalk, pounded him 'on the he and then dug & hole in. the earth, in which he placed young Reed. Gordon en heaped the earth over Reed and allowed him to suffocate. - * The young 'murderer ‘showed emotion_either. when he entered his plea of gullty or when he was sen- ced. 20.—President | with a brick until he was unconscious | $ % iy cirs o Lo Gy Freies, e Fai S, ik 15 G, S, s v | i | INQUIRY IS AUTHORIZED O CLOSE SUNDAY THEATERS. New York Officlals Will Appeal to Civil Courts. i New York, Dec. 24—The city ad- ministration has declded to turn to the civil courts for assistance in putting an end to Sunday theatrical perform- | ances, according to an announcement | made during the day. It is proposed to make the first move in this direc-| | tion in a few days, when Oscar Ham- | merstein will be cited to appear in the supreme court and show' cause why, the license of his Victoria theater should not be revoked. The action will be taken by request of the Actors’ , Church alliance and the city will be | represented in the case by a repre- sentative of the corporation attorney’s | office. Many arrests have been made for alleged violation of the Sunday the- ater law in the past few years on , complaints made by the New York' Sabbath committee, but in the major- ity of cases only a nominal fine was imposed upon some employe of the theater. ! George A. Blumenthal, manager of the West End theater, has been held in $100 bail to for trial on a charge' of permitting entertainments in his theater in violation of the Sunday law. The specific complaint, agalnst' him is that he permitted dancing on the stage on Sunday. PRESS DENOUNCES POLICE. | — Latter Fire on Street Car Strikers at Lima, Peru. Lima, Peru, Dec. 24—Street car traffic has been suspended here as a | result of a strike of the conductors and motormen, culminating in a con- flict between the police and the strik-: ers and their sympathizers. During the disturbance the police fired on the rioters, wounding several persoas. ; The newspapers declare. that the ac- | tion of the police in firing on the strik- ers was not justified and urge the au- thorities to be more prudent. The various benevolent organizations ot | Lima are assisting the strikers and the butchers are furnishing them with meat and the bakers with bread free of charge. Ex-Senator Caffery Dying. * | New Orleans, Dec. 24.—The condi- tion of ex-United States Senator Donel- son Caffery, who {is suffering from, acute kidney trouble, is practically unchanged and his physiclans hold out only faint hope that the aged sen—f ator will be able to resist the attack. Drug Clerk Kills Negro. Indianapolis, Dec. 24—Arthur C. killed Albert Harvey, a negro, in the store. Metzeler says the negro start.| ed to go behind the counter over his protest and the shooting followed. Violated Child Labor Law. Springfield, IIl, Dec. 24—Proprie tors of thirty-seven factories and busi- ness houses in Springfield, charged with violating the child labor law,' pleaded guilty and each paid a fine of $6 and costs. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Dr. William Herbst of Trexlertown, Pa,, widely known as a botanist, is dead. = Influenza of a particularly virulent type is raging in London and as usual its victims include many prominent people. The circuit court at Lima, O., has handed down a decision holding that' common law marriages cannot be rec- | ognized under the laws of Ohio. The contract for the British battle- ship Superb, the third of the Dread- ' noughts to be laid down this year, has been. awarded to the Armatrongs of Newcastle-on-Tyne. } Lieutenant Commander John B. Ber- nidou, U. S. N, has been assigned to duty as naval attache at Rome and Vienna, succeeding Lieutenant Com- mander William L. Howard, who re- mains as naval attache at Berlin. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Dec. 22.—Wheat—Dec., 76c: May, 787%ec; July, 79%c. On track—No. 1 hard, 79%¢; No. 1 North- ern, 785c: No. 2 Northern, 76%c; No. 3 spring, 73%¢. 8t. Paul Union Stock Yards. 1 St. Paul, Dee. 22.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $5.50@6.25; common to good, $3.25@4.00; good to choice cows ' and heifers, $3.50@4.50; veals, $4.00@ { 5.50. Hogs—$5.90@6.05. Sheep—Weth- ers, $4.50@5.26; good to prime spring lambs, $6.507.25. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Dec. 22.—Wheat—To arrive 1 and on track—No. 1 hard, 78%¢; No. 1 Northern, 78%c;: No. 2 Northern, | 76%c; Dec., T7c; May, T9%c; July,| 79%ec. . Flax—To arrive, on track and in store, $1.19%; Dec. $1.18%; Jan,, $1.19; May, $1.22%. Chicago Grain and Provisions. ’ Chicago, Dec. 22—Wheat—Dec., T4l4c; May, 77%¢. Corn—Dec., 41c; May, 43%c. Oats—Dec., 33% @38%c; May, 85%c. Pork—Jan., $16.20; May, | $16.67%. Butter—Creameries, 22@ 31c; dalries, 20@27c. Enn—xloflo.' Poultry—Turkeys, 12¢; chickens, 9¢; | springs, 9c. I .- Chicago: Union Stock Yards Chicago, Dec. 22.—Cattle—Beeves, 00@6.90; cows and helters, $1.50@ 5.10; stockers and’ ‘Teeders,- $2.40¢ | 4.50; Texans, $2.56@4.50; 1 $3.90@5.60; calves, $5." 0 —Mixed and butchers, $5.95@86.25; good heavy, $6.15@6.25; rough heavy, lignt," $5.85@6.20; pigs, Pioneer Office Metzeler, a drug store clerk, shot and™ RUSSIAN GOUNT SLAIN FORMER GOVERNOR GENERAL OF KIEV THE VICTIM OF AN UN. _ KNOWN ASSASSIN. RECEIVES SIX BULLETS IN S BODY MURDERER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE BUT IS SEIZED AND TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. Tver, Russia, Dec. 24.—Count Alexis Ignatieff, a member of the council of the empire and ex-goverror general of Kiev, Volhynia and Podolia, was shot and killed by an unknown man in the refreshment room of the hall occupied by the nobles’ assembly. The assas- sin fired six bullets from a revolver into his victim’s body and then tried to commit suicide, but was seized be- 'fore he could do so and is now in cus- tody of the police. General Count Alexis Pavolich Igna- itlefl was born in 1842 and after com- ‘pleting the usual course in the corps of pages entered a regiment of hus- sars of the guard. In 1863 he was appointed commander of the regiment of Chevalier guards, the most coveted rost in the Russian army, and in 1881 Ze became chief of staff of the guard corps.. Count Ignatiefi entered the administrative service in 1885 as gov- ernor general of Irkutsk and in 1889 was appointed governor general of Kiev, which rposition he held until 1897, As a result of the disorders which occurred throughout Russia after “red Sunday,” Jan. 22, 1905, Ignatieff was sent by the emperor to investigate the situation in Southern Russia and his report on the immediate necessity for granting reforms was one of the chief reasons . which induced the emperor to proclaim the first Russian parlia- ment. During the debates preceding the adoption of the parliamentary law of Aug. 6, 1905, Ignatieff advocated the granting of a large measure of power to parliament, but it appears that the success of the repressive measures following the Moscow revolt changed his opinion, for he became the active coadjutor of General Tre- poff in supporting the repressive pol- icy of Minister of the Interior Dur- novo and in the intrigue which result- ! ed in the downfall of Count Witte. It was said at the time-that the plan was to proclaim Ignatieff premier and dictator, turn the guard regiments against parliament and apply the iron rule which Trepoff, Ignatieff and their colleagues considered necessary to govern Russia. Captain of Police Killed. Kostromo, Russia, Dec. 24—While a squad of police headed by Captain Preobansky was entering a lodging- house suspected of harboring revolu- tionists several men opened fire with revolvers on the police, killing the captain and mortally wounding a po- liceman. The revolutionists succeed- ed in making their escape. CAPTAIN MACKLIN MAY RECOVER Would-Be Assassin Believed to Be Former Negro Soldier. El Reno, Okla., Dec. 24—Captain Edgar B. Macklin of Company C, Twenty-fifth infantry. who was shot a this home here late at night, is con- scious and physicians at the hospital expressed the belief that he would re- cover, No trace of the would-be assassin, who is believed to be one of the negro soldiers recently discharged on order of President Roosevelt, has been found. Samuel Bartell, a detective, has arrived here early from Okla- homa City with bloodhounds, which he placed upon the trail of the negro. Captain Macklin says positively that the man who shot him was a negro. He says he knows of no cause for the assault. Oklahoma City, Okla., Dec. 24—In a telephone message from Fort Reno at 2:456 p. m. Major Penrose stated no trace of the negro who shot Captain Macklin _had been found. Blood- hounds followed the trail to the depot 'at Darlington, a few miles away, ‘where it is supposed the negro took a passing train. There have been no ‘arrests. SHAH'S CONDITION VERY BAD. Persian Ruler Experiences Another Relapse. Teheran, Persia, Dec. 24.—The shah has again had a relapse. After a few days’ improvement his condition took a turn for the worse and his physi- clans nmow rteport that his condition is very bad. 3 Among the state papers which the shah signed Dec. 20 was a decree for- mally- appointing the heir apparent, Prince Ali Mirza, regent. The latter had eatlier in the week assumed gen- eral charge of rnmental affairs. Rough Rider Declines Job. Washington, . 24—Captam John C. Ureenway, who was in President Roosevelt's regiment of Rough Riders, has deciined the position of commis- sioner of the general land office soon “vacated by Commissioner Rich-