Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 13, 1900, Page 2

BE. C, Kiley T J. Austed, KILEY & AUSTED, Editors and Publishers. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA, eat has been preserved in a frozen e for thirty years, and found per- extable at the end of that time. t year there were imported into United States over 1,000,000,000 Ls the grains of quinine, costing over $1,500,- 000. The corner stone for the first Protes- tant church to be built in Cuba was} laid in Matanzas on a recent Sunday. It is to be a Methodist chureb. Rosewood and Mahogany are so plentiful in Mexico that some of the copper mines there are timbered with rosewood, while mahogany is used as fuel for the engines. eionas Bei Pins In the formation of a single locomo- tive steam engine no fewer than 5,416 pieces have to be put ‘together, and these require to be as accurately ad- justed as the works of a watch. The physicians of Columbus, 0., have organized to protect themselves from dead beats. It is ‘the live beats that worry other folks, ‘but probably the ghosts of dead ones haunt physi- clans. The largest balloon ever constructed, capable of lifting over six taps, will ascend from Berlin shortly to make ,eteorological .observations. It will be supplied with provisions for several weeks 2nd two beds. Emile Zola expresses his deep ‘sym- pathy with Maitre Labori, who ‘has been so boycotted because of his part in the Dreyfus case, and in a recent interview urged ‘that every possible support and aid be given to the brave lawyer. The first electric launch ‘to ‘be used on the canals of Venice, Italy, has been delivered from England. The launch, which is called the Alessandro Volta, will accommodate 50 passen- gers. Its length ‘is about 56 feet and width 10 feet, John Sherman ‘has left Mansfield, O., and will hereafter re- n Washington, D.C. It is barely »le the venerable Ohio statesman have felt that Mansfield’s recently d reputation in connection with ism is somewhat more than a man in his feeble health should be ebliged to help ‘to carry. Ex-Senator This ‘is the great Parisian store, the rehe, which has 4,000 employes. The smallest kettle contains 100 quarts and the largest -500. Each of fifty roasting pans is big enough for 300 cutlets. Every dish for baking pota- toes holds 225 pounds. When omelets are on the bill of fare 7,800 eggs are used at once. For cooking alone sixty cooks and 100 assistants are :always at the rances. There was recently discovered near the Ocklockonnee river, Florida, what is believed by experts to be the most wonderfully pure vein of fuller’s earth ever discovered. This vein is said to ld immense quantities of this pe- culiar earth, which stands the 100 test —that is to say, ‘that it is absolutely pure. y all the mines of this kind of earth contain, besides the val- uable . commodity, rock, flint, gravel, sand, etc., but this deposit is entirely free of such substances. son M Poverty is an-incentive and a disci- pline. If most ef us were rich and had nothing to work for the world would be 1 and degenerate, softened with spoiled by lack of healthful op- Any condition that deprives us of hope is a condition of living death; but a poverty that makes us industrious, resolute, hardens our bod- ies and sharpe: unfortunate, among its happy attributes is that heaven-sent faculty of living in a fu- ture that has no offset to its perfect- ness—the faculty of hope. Cases of nervous and muscular af- | fections, aecording to the Berlin cor- | been | respondent of the Lancet, have observed im pianists, especially in young players. By the excessive stretching of the fingers, the tendons, joints and ligaments of the hands are injured. This condition may become chronic if the patient eontinues to play, and, in course of time, the nerves are involved. Neuralgic pains of the hands and arms may occur and are liable to extend to the shoulder and the ba Atrophy of the muscles may be a ult of the disease im severe cases. The disease is caused by the ¢ umstance that the ordinary key- board of pianos is too long for the hands of children. The patients must abstain from playing for a certain time, and massage, combined with electricity and bandaging, is advisable. At Boiogna the other day a bell ringer had a most trying experience. While ringing the bells in the campa- nile of a church he was struck by a great bell in its swing and hurled out of the window in the tower. Fortun- ately he alighted in a sitting position on the roof ef the church, some fifty feet below, and, though stunned, was otherwise uninjured. Slowly recov- ering he was able to descend without mishap, and the crowd who had seen his involuntary flight, now rent the air with enthusiastic cries of “A mir- A miracle!” ~ acle! TieMevald-sBoview. GOV, LIND DECLARES | has.cost $30,000 more last year than it | our wits is far from | for it contains within it- | self the elements of eure, and prime | | gentleman tells us that during the past UNDER NO CONDITION WILL HE BE- COME A CANDIDATE FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE. Wold Consider It Political Dishonesty if He Were to Become a Candidate For the United States Senate in Case He Should Not Be Elected Governor—That Republican Spellbinder — Irreproach- able Record of the Present Adsinis-’) tration—Bureau Notes, Etc. RerorM Press BUREAU. Sr. Pau, Oct. 8, 1900. Governor Lind has made a declara- tion and it is one thatadmits of no misunderstanding, misinterpreting or juggling. It is such a one as could not be expected otherwise from a man whose reputation for honesty and moral integrity is as irreproachable as that of Governor Lind. It was.at Benson, Minn., during one of the most successful meetings of the campaign. In introducing the gov- ernor, Chairman Julius Thorson re- ferred to hisrecordin very favorable terms and added the statement that his ‘friends hoped to see him elevated toa seat in the mapper house of congress. In reply to this allusion the governor made the following plain statement: “Iam not, never have been, nor dol expect to be a candidate for the United States senate. Tam a candidate for governor, and if elected governor, will serve out my term. Any other course would be politically dishonest. While I appreciate the kind words of the chair- man, I wish to make this statement as emphatic as possible, that there may be no misunderstanding.” A mere, common, self-seeking poli- tician might have been tempted to shift and temporizeand consider hisown im- mediate interests, but for a man whose record hasearned for him the title of “Honest John” no other course was possible or even to be thought of. It is mice to be good at figures. A ‘man who is good at figures can prove a thing and then turn around and prove the exact opposite with equal dispatch and felicity. An example to the point in. question is the Republican spell- binder of whom the Republican press exultingly announces that he “‘fired.a deadly volley’’ into the state adminis- tration. However, the funeral has not been announced yet, and gifts of flow- ers would be decidedly previous. After a good deal of hard figuring, the gentleman makes it appear that the grain inspection under Mr. Reishus did twe years ago under Mr, Clausen. | The only wonder is why he didn’t go back a year ot two further, or even five or ten years. If he had, he could have gotten a much better showing for his side than what he ‘has now. Why didn’t he tell us that the cost of the department in 190) was $45,000 greater than in ’97, or $47,000 greater than in °96, or $74,000 greater than in 95. If he had only carried the iri- descent logic of his reasoning out to the bitter end, he would have told us that in 1900 the department cost $221,000 more than it did the year before it was started, which in point of fact would have been indisputable, but as an argu- mentit would have been an absurdity. By a very simple process of subtrac- tion, we find that the cost of the de- partment in ’96 was $27,000 greater than in the preceding year; for ’97 the increase is $2,000; for ’98 it is $15,000, and for 99, the last year of Clausen’s regime, the cost of the department was $22,009 over the preceding year, so that the expense of the department in ’99 were $66,000 more than in °95. Mak- ing an average increase of $16,500 4 year. But our Republican speilbinder will not let us consider the last year of Clausen’s regime, because he worked under a Democratie governor that year. Now just why a Republican grain in- spector should be obliged tospend more on bis department under a Democratic governor than under a Republican gov- ernor, surpasses the understanding of an average citizen. A good, staunch Republican no doubt can easily see it, but.a common, average citizen would be inclined to think that according to the laws of human nature, the Demo- cratic governor would be inclined to keep a Republican grain inspector un- der him onas short an allowance as possible. But evenif we throw out the year ’99, we still find that in ’98 the department cost $44,000 more than in ‘93, making an average increase of nearly $15,000a year. And so if the year the cos{of the department was $80,000 more than it was two years ago, he merely tells us that the expenses have increased at an average of $15,000 ayear, the the same rate of increase that had prevailed during the last five years of the Republican administration, an increase which is founded on the natural growth of the department. Everybody knows that more elevators are built and more scales are put in every year, and state weighers and in- spectors are required in each elevator; and consequently the expenses of the department. have constantly increased. Moreover, the expenses do not depend merely on the sizeof the crop. - As Mr. Clausen, Mr. Reishus’ Republican predecessor, himself has said, it costs more to inspect a poor, unsatisfactory and uneven crop, like the one we had | the opposition of trusts, Governor Lind vas 12 per cent. this year, than a big, fine crop. But this is not all. The Republican spellbinder insists on adding the cost of the Board of Appeals, amounting to $14,000, to the expenses of the grain in- spection department of the present year. Bnt this Board of Appealsisa new institution, established by the law of ’99, and being a new institution, it naturally requires an extra appropria- tion to suppors it. In comparing the expenses of the 7 department with former years, it is therefore no more than fair to leave out this extra item, and this will leave the | expenses $2,000 less than in ’99, and only $16,000 more than in ’98. In other words, the’ increase of the expenses for two yearsunder Governor Lind was only $16,000, while under the Repub- lican administration the average in- crease in the expenses was $15,000 a year, or $80,000 for two years. : Before the joint legislative committee of the last legislature, Mr. Clausen and his sibordinates themselves admitted that theydhad made the grading of wheat more severe early in the season, and had gradually made it more lib- eral as the season advanced; in other words, in the fall when the farmer sold, the standard of grad- ing was high and the farmer re- ceived a low grade on his wheat anda correspondingly lower price; but later in the season when the wheat was sold out of the elevators and warehouses, the standard of grade was low and the wheat received a comparatively higher grade, and brought a comparatively higher price, the profits of which went into the pockets of the warehouse and elevator men. The gross injustice of such a practice is apparent to every one, and no farmer can view it with feelings other than those of bitterest resentment. It was Governor Lind that put a stop to this flagrant abuse, and determined that the grades on wheat shall be main- tained with the same integrity and fi- delity at all times for the protection of seller and buyer alike; that the stand- ard of grading shall not be high at one time and one place, and low at another time and another place; that there shall be no discrimination against the farm- er, and in favor of the elevator and warehouse men. And now comesa Republican spell- binder and calls upon the people of Minnesota to repudiate Governor Lind, and put in his place a man who showed his hostility to the interests of the farmer by dodging the vote on the bill which provided for the erection of grain elevators on the right of way of rail- roads, and the construction of side tracks to elevators near the right of way of railroads; measures which be- came law, without the captain’s vote, and which have done more to keep the grain warket out of the clutches of monopoly than any other laws on the statute books. These bills the captain did not want to vote for and he did not dare to vote against them, so he dodged. The captain will probably say that he forgot to vote, but the farmer will not forget. In no department of the state has the excellent business jndgment of Gov- ernor Lind been more apparent than in the managemerit of the state twine plant. In spite of being obliged to buy at disadvantageous prices, in spite of has succeeded in protecting the farmer against the greed of the trust and net- ting a fair profit of $13,000 besides, Put the state admin‘stration into the hands of the Repubiizans and the Twine Trust will have its own way and scut- tle the state twine plant as they did in Kansas, and then where would the farmer be? It was under the direction of Gover- nor Lind that the railroad commission- ers investigated the freight rates and regulated them and reduced them in some casesas mach as 43¢ cents per hundred, thereby saving for the farm- ers of the state more than $400,000 a year; more thanit takes to run the county government of all the counties affected. It was Governor Lind who worked to secure the passage of a bill to tax the business and capital of foreign cor- porations operating in this state, a bill that would have brought thousands upon thousands of dollars into the state treasury, and it wasthe Republi- can legislature that prevented the pas- sage of the bill, and as a result, cor- porations like the Standard Oil Trust, doing a business of millions of dollars in this state, go practically untaxed. It was Governor Lind who tried to secure the passage of a gross earnings tax bill whereby the railroads would have been taxed on their gross earnings as they are in other states. And it was a Republican legislature that opposed the bill and defeated it. In other states the tax on gross earn- ings on railroads is as high as 5 per cent, and in Kansas it iseven as high By the refusal of the Republican legislature to raise the tax on the gross earnings of railroads to 4 per cent, they have deprived the state of $2,000,000 of taxes, even if the next legislature should make the raise as soon as possible. It was at the initiative of Governor Lind that the Somerville law was passed, and a license fee imposed on foreign corporations for the privilege of doing business in the state, which law has already brought upwards of $50,000 into the treasury. It was under the direction of Gover- nor Lind that the state board of equali- zation raised the assessment of the street railway company of the Twin Cities nearly $2,000,000, and raised the assessment of the mining companies in St. Louis county $1,600,000, and raised the assessment of the lumber syndi- cates and other tax dodging corporations soas to make them bear their just and proper share of the burden of taxation, and not let the bulk of it rest upon the shoulders of the people at large. And now comes this Republican speilbinder and on the strength ofa few trumped np charges and statements expressly manipulated to mislead the unwary he calls upon the people of Minnesota to repudiate Governor Lind and putin his placeaman who is bound hand and foot to the interests of syndicates and corporations, who would not dare to say his soul was his own; whose record from start to finish proves him to be a man that ever stands wavering between interest and duty, and has always consistently turned and dodged every time it came to a pinch. FIL No novelist of the present da; like the Dickens, as Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. No. B St. Paul, Oct. 10. — Wheat — Northern, 80@803-4c; No. 2 Northern, 71 @ 791-4c. Corn — No. 3 yellow, 41@41 1-2c; No. 3, 401-2@40 3-4c. Oats— No. 3 white, 251-2@26c; No. 3, 243-4@ 25 1-4c. Minneapolis, Oct. 10.—Wheat—No. 1 hard, Sle; No. 1 Northern, 79c; No. 2 Northern, 76@767-8c. Corn — No. 3 yellow, 39@391-2c; _ No. 3, 38@38 1-2c, No. 4, 371-2@38c. Oats—No. 3 white, 23 1-2@24c; No. 3 oats, 231-4c. Barley —No. 4, 47@49¢c; No. 5, 45@51c; feed grades, 36@41c; malting grades, 41 @ 46c. Rye—No..1, 49@51c; No. 2, 511-2@ 52c, Flax—Cash, $1.61; to arrive, $1.61. Duluth, Oct, 10.—Wheat—No. 1 hard, cash, §13-4c; to arrive, 813-4c; Octo- ber, 813-4c: December, 82c; May, 85c; No. 1 Northern, cash, 79 3-4c; to arrive, 793-4c; October, 793-4c; December, 80c; May, 83¢; No. 2 Northern 74 3-4c; No. 3 spring, 71 3-4c; oats, 23 3-4@24c; rye, 58c; barley, 38@55c; flax, cash, $1.63; to arrive, $1.63 1-2; October, $1.61; November, $1.56; December, $1.52 1-2; May, $1.55; corn, 41c. , Chicago, Oct. 10.—Cash Wheat—No. 2 red, 77@781-2c; No. 3 red, 73@77 1-2c; No. 2 hard winter, 73@741-2c; No. 3 hard winter, 72@731-2c; No. 1 North- ern spring, 77@80c; No. 2 Northern spring, 77@80c; No. 3 spring, 71@78c. Corn—No. 2, 407-8; No. 3, 403-4c. Oats—No. 2, 221-2223-4c; No. 8, 22 1-4c. Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 10.—Flour is steady. Wheat higher; No. 1 Northern, $11-2c; No. 2 Northern, 79 @ 80c. Rye higher; No. 1, 551-2c. Barley higher; No. 2, 58c; sample, 48@58c. Oats easier; No. 2 white, 25 5-8c. Sioux City, Iowa, Oct. 10.—Cattle— Beeves, $4.75 @ 5.20; cows, bulls and mixed, $2.25@3.50; stockers and feeders, $3.25@4.25; calves and yearlings, $3.50@ 4.25. Hogs, $5@5.15; bulk, $5.05. Chicago, Oct. 10.—Cattle — Good to prime steers, $5.50@5.95; poor to medi- um, $4.50@5.40; stockers and feeders, $2.50@4.50; cows and heifers, $2.65@4.65; Texas-fed steers, $3.25@4.85. Hogs — Mixed and __ butchers, $4.95@5.40; good to choice heavy, $4.95@5.40; light, 4.9095.40; bulk of sales, $5.10@5.30. Sheep, $3.40@4; lambs, $4.20@5.10. South St. Paul, Oct. 10. — Cattle — Good to choice butcher steers, $4.65@ 5.15; fair to good, $4.25@4.60; common to fair, $4@4.25; good to choice butcher cows and heifers, $3.50@4.15; fair to good, $2.75@3.50; thin cows and canners, $1.75@2.65; choice corn-fed bulls; $3.500 4; fair to good butcher bulls, $3@3.25; bologna bulls, $2.50@2.75; good to choice veais, $5@6; fair to good, $4@5; good to choice feeders, $3.75@4.10; fair to good, $3.40@3.75; good to choice stock steers, $3.25@3.50; fair to good, $3@3.25; com- mon steer stuff, $2.50@2.90; good to choice stock cows and heifers, $2.75@ 3.10; fair to good, $2.50@2.75; common cow and heifer stuff, $2@2.40; good to choice steer calves, $3.50@4; fair to good, $3.25@3.50; good to choice heifer calves, $2.75@3; fair to good, $2.50@2.75; stock and feeding bulls, $2.50@3; good to choice milkers and springers, $35@ 40; fair to good, $30@35; common, $200 28. Hogs—Good to choice light, $5.15 @ 5.20; mixed and butchers, $5 @ 5.10; good to prime heavy, $5 @ 5.05; fair heavy, $4.85@5; rough packers, $4.65 @ 4.70; boards, $1.75 @ 2.50; pigs and skips, $3.50 @ 4.25, Sheep—Good to choice butcher lambs, $4.60@4.75; fair to good, $4.40@4.60; good to choice fat wethers, $3.40@3.75; fair to good, $8.25@3.40; good to choice fat ewes, $3.25@3.40; fair to good, $3.10@3.25; good to choice stock and feeding lambs, $4@ 4.25; fair to good lambs, $3.50@4; feed- Li wethers, $2.25@3.50. MINERS WILL MEET. President Mitchell Calls a Conven- tion, Philadelphia, Oct. 10. — President Mitchell issued his call yesterday for the much talked of miners’ conven- tion to consider the operators’ offer of a 10 per cent increase in wages., The convention will be held in Scranton, and will open on Friday next. Repre- sentation in the convention will be on the basis of one delegate and one vote for each 100 persons on strike. It is the general expectation that the de- cision of the convention will be to ac- cept the increase and return to work. Quietness prevailed throughout the anthracite regions yesterday, the call for the convention being generally ac- cepted as a signal for the cessation of hostilities all around. There were many expressions of satisfaction by ‘miners and operators and by mer- chants and others in the mining sec- tion over the prospects of an early settlement of the troubles. Yesterday completed the third week since the strike officially went into effect. The miners will have parades and mass meetings at Shamokin to- day and at Scranton to-morrow. Pres- ident Mitchell will be in attendance and is expected to speak at both places, Pension for Railroad Men. Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 10.—Nearly 200 of the leading employes of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway company met here yesterday in con- junction with the mammoth meeting of railway union men, and after a long discussion decided to submit a proposition to a mail vote of every employe of the system looking’ to the establishment of a pension fund to be created by setting aside one-fourth of 1 per cent of all wages. The company has already agreed to start the fund with a generous appropriation. Favors Creed Revision. Chicago, Oct. 10.—The presbytery of Chicago decided’ to recommend to the general assembly the preparation of a supplementary creed. The report of the committee making the recom- mendation was adopted by a vote of 86 to 18 after a discussion lasting five hours. Courtmarti:led for Hazing. Annapolis, Md., Oct. 10.—A general court-martial will convene to-day to try six naval cadets now under arrest and such others as may be implicated for hazing cadets. The penalty, if convicted, is dismissal from service. Postmaster in Trouble. Poplar Bluff, Mo., Oct. 10.—William Goodwin, postmaster at Attie, Oregon county, was arrested yesterday on a charge of rifling registered letters. He was held to await trial in the federal court at St. Louis, ‘way line to Tien-tsin. Li Hung Chang Goes at the Work in Earnest. Pekin, Oct. 3, via Tien-tsin, Oct. 6, via Shanghai, Oct, 10.—It is reported that imperial troops, acting under Li Hung Chang's instructions, are pun- ishing the Boxer forces in the Cho- chan district. Four leaders have been beheaded and eighteen villages are to be destroyed. Private letters from Singan Fu state that the emperor is enjoying perfect health. He seems badly worried and is anxious for a settlement of the troubles. Both Gen. Chaffee and Gen. Wilson are to remain here. Gen. Chaffee says he is satisfied that Li Hung Chang will not come to Pekin. He believes that the Russians have corralled him. Count von Waldersee is of the same opinion, The Russians refuse to com- plete the work of restoring the rail- Gen. Chaffee has suggested to Count von Walder- see that the road be returned to its owners. He will guarantee the United States’ share of the expense of repair- ing the line. ' WAR BEHIND PEACE PLANS. China Is Pushing Military Prepara- tions. London, Oct. 10.—A Shanghai dis- patch to the Standard says Ying Nieh, who was cashiered at the same time Prince Tuan was degraded, has al- ready been reappointed to a high post. The Chinese continue pushing their military preparations. There is the utmost activity in the manufacture of arms and ammunition and in putting the various forts in a state of de- fense. Chang Chih Tung, the viceroy of Hankow, who, it was recently re- ported. had been appointed a peace commissioner, has been ordered to ex- pedite the completion of the Hanyang arsenal. AGREE WITH FRANCE. All the Powers Except England Are in Line. A Paris dispatch to the Post says all the powers except Great Britain have replied favorably to the proposals made by M. Delcasse, the French minister of foreign affairs, in regard to a settlement of the Chinese trouble. Lord Salisbury has as yet made no reply either to the French or German notes on this subject except to ac- knowledge their receipt, and states that before making any answer he desires to receive certain information from Sir Claude MacDonald, the British minister at Pekin. Held by the French, The Shanghai correspondent of the Times, wiring Oct. 7, says: It is re- ported that French troops hold Lu Kechio, on the Lu Han railway. The Russians and Germans hold the Pei Tang forts and have also taken Lon Shan and Kai Ping mines, thus monopolizing the coal supply in North China. It was expected Count von Waldersee would maitnain an even balance between the powers, whereas the actual results of the operations places all the strategical points in the hands of other nations. An opin- ion prevails that the situation is daily becoming more gloomy. Defented Imprrial Troops. Five patch to the Daily Telegraph from Canton, dated Oct. 7, have defeated the imperial troops and occupied sev- eral places between Mira Bay and Deep Bay. They are now moving southward. The viceroy dispatched Admiral Ho and Gen. Tong to oppose them. Labor Wasted. Washington, Oct. 10. — The Chinese minister has advised Secretary Hay of the receipt of a dispatch from the Southern viceroys stating that the im- perial court is en route from Tai-Yuen to Singan, where the imperial estab- lishment will be set up. It is seen, therefore, that the effort to induce the imperial court to return to Pekin has faired after a week’s persistent effort on the part of the powers. CONSPIRACY UNEARTHED. Scheme to Swindle Insurance © panies Out of the Amount of Poli- cies. Chicago, Oct. 10.—The prosecuting authorities of Cook county last night laid hands on what they regard as one of the startling crimes of the coun- try’s history.’ Charges of conspiracy, back of which are alleged insinua- tions of murder, are lodged against three men. These men will have to answer allegations of a carefully laid plot to swindle an insurance company and two insurance societies — a plot which, it is said, progressed with the growth of fear into the actual death by poison, it isthought, of the insured person. According to the theory on which the prosecution will proceed, the dead person, a young woman of Chicago, was originally one of the quartet of conspirators. She had ex- pected that her death was to be feigned, and that another dead body was to play the passive role of her corpse; instead of that real death came to her. The person whose death adds a new phase to what otherwise would have been a simple insurance swindle, was Marie Defenbach, twen- ty-three years old, and the three per- sons arrested upon bench warrents is- sued by Judge Gibbons are Dr. Au- gust M. Unger, Frank H. Smiley and F. Wayland Brown When Marie Defenkach died there were three in- surance policies on her life, aggre- gating $12,000, all of recent date, and issued in the following company and associations: New York Life Insur- ance company, $5,000; Canadian Order of Foresters, $5,000; Knights and La- dies of Honor, $2,000. ‘ The Cologne Volkszeitung announces the laying at Cologne of the corner stone of a Roman Catholic church on a site presented by Emperor William. e Alabama’s Coal Output. Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 10. — State Mine Inspector J. Deb Hooper of this city estimates that the coal output of Alabama for this year will approxi- mate 9,000,000 tons, an increase over last year of 1,250,000 tons. Secretary Root Is Better. Washington, Oct. 10, — Secretary Root, who for some weeks past has been ill at his Long Island home, is expected back at his desk to-morrow. The secretary is reported to be im- proved in health. ; thousand Triads, says a dis-* NEED’T DIG UP. State Department Employes Don’t Have to Answer Political Calls. Washington, Oct. 10. — By direction of Secretary Hay the employes of the department of state have been notified through Chief Clerk Michael that they are under no obligations whatevér by reason of their being in the public service to make any contributions or subscriptions for ‘political or other purposes or to render political service, and that they will not be molested or in any way discriminated against for. failure so to subscribe, contribute, or to serve. The circular conveying this notice recites the provision of the civil service act bearing on the subject of political contributions as well as a letter of warning on the same subject from President Proctor, of the civil service commission. YOUTSEY ON TRIAL. Cireumstantial Evidence Strong Against Him. Georgetown, Ky., Oct. 10, — The Youtsey trial began in reality yester- day and remarkable progress was made once the examination of wit- nesses began. The jury will be taken to Frankfort to-day to view the scene of the tragedy. The most important witnesses yesterday were James Toad, Frank Johnson, J. B. Matthews, Louis Smith and Wade Watts. Their testi- mony was circumstantially strong against Youtsey, but his attorneys are confident of disproving any presump- tion of his participation in the murder. Culton and Goldman have yet to testi- fy as to Youtsey’s talk about the stee} bullets and his receiving the key from John Powers. BLOODSHED IN CHICAGO. Rioters Attempt to Break Up a Po- litical Parade. Chicago, Oct. 10. — Bloadshed fol- iowed in the trail of Chauncey De- pew and his three-mile escort o! Re- publican marching clubs last Just as the last company in line tu the corner of Sedgewick street and Chicago avenue it was charged by an organized gand cf men who had con- cealed themselves in the dark recess of an unlighted alley. The rioters were repulsed finally by the marchers, but not until three or four of the Re- publicar. marchers had been injured. FOR CUBA LIBRE. Knights of the Antilles Supposcd to Have Been Established With This Object in View. Key West, Fla., Oct. 10.—A new so- ciety called the Knights of the An- tilles is being rapidly established here. Its objects and plans are being jeal- ously guarded. It ran like wild fire through the West India islands and is spreading through Florida among the Cubans. The Freedom of Cuba is sup- posed to be one of the objects of the order. For Discharging Unien Men. Philadelphia, Oct. 10.—Former Gen- eral Superintendent I. A. Swie~: the Philadelphia & Reading I company, was arraigned bfeore Uni States Commissioner Bell on c plaint of the Brotherhood of F~ Trainmen,’ charged with viol federal law prohibiting the d 7 of employes of a railroad because their membership in a labor unior waived a hearing and entered bail for his appearance in court. Minister Wu as an Orat~ Pittsburg, Oct. 10—Wu Tin Chinese minister to the Unite? St and Christopher L. Magee will be the speakers on Founders’ day, No-. 1, at Carnegie institute. That was led upon at a meeting of the bor of trustees of the institute y The theme of WuTing Manis : will relate to educational matters. He will appear upon the platform in his native costume. Telegraphers in Session. St. Louis, Oct. 10—The gra vision of the Order of Railway egraphers met in a_ special s here yesterday. Because of dif between W. Powell, the p: of the order, and H. D. Perham. “the secretary-treasurer, which involve charges of misuse of funds of the or- der, the meeting may develop a sen- sation. Population of Delaware. Washington, Oct. 10. — Late yester- day the census bureau announced of- ficially that the population of the state of Delaware was 184,735 in 1900, as) against 168,493 in 1890. This is an in- crease of 16,242, or 9.6 per cent. The population of the District of Columbia is 278,718, as against 230,392 ten years ago, an increase of 48,326, or 20.9 per cent. Seriously Injured. Scranton, Pa., Oct. 9. — By the wrecking of his special car, caused by a yard engin on the Erie & Wy oming Valley railroad running into General Superintendent Sydney Wi iams, of the Pennsylvania Coal com- pany, was seriougly, perhaps fatally, injured, and Engineer R. W. Winter- stein was slightly hurt. Oscar Gardner Outpoirted. Louisville, Ky., Oct. 10.—Dave Sulli- van outpointed Oscar. Gardner for fourteen rounds of what was to have been a twenty-round bout at Music hall last night. Gardner refused to go on in the fourteenth round. claim- ing a foul which the referee re?vsed to allow. The referee then gave the de- cision to Sullivan. “Skin the Goat” Rearresxted. Liverpool, Oct. 10—James Fi ris, the Phoenix Park m1 known as “Skin the Goat,” wes arrested here last evening for f-iting to report himself under the te-~=> of his prison release license. It ie ~* *b- able he will only be temporarily tained. re Forty Men Crushed to Death. St. Petersburg, Oct. 10.—Five thon- sand pilgrims assembled at the St. Nikander monastery for a r« us festival. One of the upper fle> = «al- lapsed and four men and thirty-six women were crushed to death. Canadian Parliament Dissolved. Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 10. — A special? order in council was passed at a cabi- net meeting yesterday dissolving the dominion parliament. Nominstions will take place on Oct. 31 and the election on Nov. 7 eat eurens :