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| at Northwest News DFAD IN BATHTUB MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY CAUSES A GREAT SENSATION AT GRAND FORKS. HUSBAND AND WIFE ARE DEAD PASSED AWAY WHILE CHILDREN MADE MERRY IN THE PARLOR, MURDER AND SUICIDE HINTED AT INDICATIONS POINT TO POISONING AND WILD RUMORS ARB AFLOAT, Grand Forks, N. D., July 8. — While their son and daughter and several young friends were singing and dancing in the parlor last night, Charles J. McCormick, a Great Northern conductor, and his wife were dying in the bath tub on the same floor, where their bodies were found some hours later by their son, who sup- posed that they had gone to sleep, and tried in vain to awaken them. Mr. and Mrs. McCormick had been out for a drive in the evening, and did con- siderable shopping. They talked with many people and appeared to be in good health and spirits. Going home, they en- tered by the back way and called to their son and daughter, who were entertaining several friends in the parlor, that they were going to take a bath. While out they had procured a jug of beer, and they called to the daughter to bring them some crackers to eat with it. Later they asked her to bring some clothing, which she did. They were Not Heard From Again. The party in the parlor made merry until a late hour, and when the guests had left, Hilby, the son, aged thirteen, went to call his parents. He could not arouse them, and, becoming alarmed, he called for help from one of the guests who had gone but a few steps. Both Mr. and Mrs. McCormick were dead when found. Their nude bodies were in the tub, their clothing lay scattered about the floor, and a partly consumed jug of beer stood near by. Mr. McCormick’s body lay at full length, the feet toward the faucet. Mrs. MeCohmick was crouched at his feet, her arms resting on the side of the tub and her face buried in them. Dr. Wheeler, who was called, thought they had been dead about two hours. No satisfactory explanation of the tragedy can be given. Mr. McCormick was one of the oldest 1 most valued conductors on the Great hern. He was known as President Hill’s favorite conductor, and was select- ed whenever possible to take charge of the president’s private train, He had taken Mr. Hill many times from St. Paul to the coast. He was in comfortable cir- cun ces and had the confidence of all his associates. Wild Rumors Afloat. There are wild rumors that his wife was unreasonably jealous of him; that she was addicted to morphine, and that, in a frenzy she may have poisoned first her husband and then herself. The indi- ions are that death was by poisoning, 2 though by what agent has not been de- termined, as the analysis of the viscera and the beer left in the jug ts not com- pleted. The coroner impaneled a jury, beyond formalities little was done. e evidence showed that Mrs. McCor- m must have got into the bath tub after her husband, and the coroner be- lieves that the husband died first. Mc- Cormick’s features were composed and 1 3 face showed no traces of emo- s no evidence of a strug- 2 ng unusual, and the the- ory of asphyxiation will not hold, as there was no smell of gas in the room. The inquest will be resumed to-morrow. ale a Ea WOMAN MAIL CARRIER. gle or of any’ Mrs. Amanda Brown Travels Be- tween Spearfish and Bear Gulch. Spearfish, S. D., July 8 — Mrs. Amanda Brown is now carrying the mail ‘between Spearfish and Bear Gulch, a dis- tance of sixteen miles. Hugh yvohnston has had the route for the past twelve years continuously, making three trips ‘weekly with almost clock-like precision. it is one of the most difficult routes in the Black Hills, on account of the deep snow in the mountains from November until May. It is not often that a sleigh can be used out of Spearfish and it is mecessary to use a sleigh all winter at the Bear Gulch end, so that a change hhas to be made from wheels to runners at the top of the hill. Te a a eee RIDDLED WITH SHOT. ne Hundred and Fifty Pellets En- tered Gunsolus’ Body. ' Pierre, 8. D., July 8—A post mortem examination of the remains of Milton ‘Gunsolus at Blunt showed that 140 shot yhad entered his body and most of them had pierced vital organs. The verdict of the coroner's jury was that Gun- solus had come to his death from a gunshot wound from a gun in the hands of Bert Linney, which was fired svith the intent to commit murder, <_< SKYROCKET KILLS A MAN. Marshfield, Wis., July 8.—Arzie Sher- uf, aged thirty-two, while a spectator in Auburndale, was struck in the. ab- domen by a skyrocket, from which he died at the hospital here. He left @ wife and three children, Cra Ee RES Epidemic of Drownings. Benton Harbor, Mich., July 8.—Two men were drowned here yesterday, making a total of five lives lost here in this way during the past twenty-four hours. Robert Wilson of Detroit was crowned in the St. Joseph river while trying to swim. Ward Kiser was seized with heart failure while bathing. PaaS Three Boys Drowned. Detroit, Mich., July 8—Three young peys were drowned in the middle chan- nel at the St. Clair flats by the cap- sizing of a sailboat, _ i freight DELIBERATE AND HORRIBLE. iiali-Breed Said to Have Admitted Gullt for Double Murder. Sturgis, S. D., July 9.—Ernest Loves- war, it is said, has finally made a com- plete confession of the killing of Puck and Ostrander at the Puck ranch on White Owl, three weeks ago. He is al- leged to have admitted his guilt in the presence of the sheriff ‘and several oth- er witnesses, and said he committed the crime because Puck had refused to make him a $20 payment on a horse he had sold him. He said he went to'the ranch the night before to get the money. Puck told him he would not pay it, and asked him to stay all night, making down a cot for him. The three men went to bed, but Loveswar did not go to sleep. After the other two men went to sleep Loveswar got up, secured Puck’s revolver, and, holding it to one of the men and his own at.the head of the other, fired, killing them both. He then remembered that men shot, often recovered, and to make sure, he struck the men with an axe several times, af- ter which he took what money he could find and left the ranch. That Loves- war spoke the truth is indicated by the fact that the officers found the bloody axe and revolver where the man said they were concealed. Loveswar is ‘about twenty-one years of age and half-Indian, his parents residing on the reservation. THE NATION’S EDUCATORS. The Forty First Annual Convention of the National Association. Minneapolis, July 9.—Minneapolis has willingly and perhaps joyously capitu- lated to thousands of educators, rep- resenting every state and almost every county in this land of quickened in- terest in the grand subject of educa- tion. The gathering is the most con- spicuously interesting’of any that has favored the city with its presence. There are at this time possibly 10,000 teachers in Minneapolis—men of superb scholarly attainment in the educational world; other men who have given some special feature of public education thought and study; women, brainy looking, good natured and enthusiastic, who find in the thing of teaching the young idea how to shoot a most con- genial and satisfying occupation, The tout ensemble is indeed a grand one. And yet there are many more to come —thousands, and from all directions. With the men and women who are here solely for taking in the good things of such a convention there are many thousands of friends who have taken advantage of the good rates offered by the railroads. BOTH DESERT FAMILIES. Charge Made Against Winona Man and Woman Who Left Town. Winona, Minn., July 9. — Henry Schuppel and Mrs. Mary Batzel are in jail at this place on the charge of adultery. They have /been brought back from Minneapolis by Sheriff Lins, who Saturday traced them there, The complaints are sworn out by Mr. Batzel and Mrs. Schuppel. Henry Schuppel left Winona about two weeks ago and went to Rochester, where, it is alleged, a few days later he was joined by Mrs. Batzel, and together they went to Min- neapolis, where they engaged rooms at a boarding nouse on Washington ave- nue south. Mrs. Batzel secured em- ployment there as domestic and Schup- pel got work at the Lenhardt wagon plant. Schuppel is the father of five children, and a couple of months ago was charged with non-support of, his wife and family. He was directed by the court to provide proper support, put has failed to do so, Mrs. Batzel is ihe mother of six children, and claims that she left home because she could not get along with her eldest son. DID GR EAT DAMAGE. MERRIE i Storm in Wisconsin Was the Worst in Many Years. Hartland, Wis., July 9.—Last night’s storm was the worst that ever visited this section of the country, doing great damage to crops and property. A barn on George Molster’s farm, near Merton, blew down, killing two of Mr. Lemke’s children. Also a number of barns and houses were demolished at A. A. L. Smith's place on Pine lake, as well as in many other places. Valuable shade trees were uprooted. A barn on the farm of Peter Johnson, east of the vil- lage, was lifted from its foundation and carried some distance. On the Crouch farm, north of town, a large barn was completely wrecked and strewn in 2very direction. Grain crops suffered great damage and the country is strewn with fallen trees. TWO CHILDREN ELOPE. Sixteen-Year-Old Couple Run Away From Janesville and Marry in Michigan. Milwauk2e, July 9.—Hazel Woodstock and Clarence Micka, each sixteen years of age, were arrested as they stepped off a Grand Haven boat yeste. lay and taken to the. central police station to await the arrival of an officer from Janesville, Wis., who will return them to their parents. The children, it is said, eloped several days ago, going to michigan, where they were married by a justice of the peace. The young wife showed considerable spunk when arrested, and told the officers that it made no difference, she knew that she was legally married, and nothing they could do could untie the knot. Miss Woodstock’s mother has a millinery establishment at Janesville, and young Micka, up to the time he eloped with the girl, was the driver of a laundry delivery wagon. ill Rd a Pee Killed by Freight Train. Fergus Falls, Minn., July 9. — Mrs. Mary Olson was struck by a fast train while endeavoring to chase a cow off the Great Northern track at Rothsay. Mrs. Olson was eighty years old. Farmer’s Heavy Los: Zumbrota, Minn., July 9. — During one of the storms a barn belonging to H. Buddensick, was struck by light- ning and burned to the ground. The loss on barn, hay, tools, etc., was about $4,000, wnooaigres DOUGLAS CONDENSES. Attorney General's Synopsis of Con- stitutional Amendments, Attorney General Douglas has filed wth the secretary of state his synopsis of the constitutional amendment to be voted on this fall. He is required to do this four months before general election in order that the synopsis may be pub- lished for the information of the voters. There are three constitutional amend- ments submitted. The most important is the amendment to the article on tax- ation, submitted by the extra session. Another is an amendment to section 6 of article 8, relating to the investment of state funds in bonds of municipali- ties and school districts. It provides that the state may imvest in cases where the indebtedness does not exceed 15 per cent of the assessed valuation. The present limit is 7 per cent. The third amends section 16 of ar- ticle 9, It raises the tax that may be levied for the state road and bridge fund from one-twentieth to one-tenth of a mill. The constitution now pro- vides for a state highway commission which is to distribute the fund, the county in each case to contribute twice what the state allows. This provision the legislature has refused to enforce, and has kept the fund for log -rolling purposes, The amendment submitted knocks out this highway commission feature, and in the language of the at- torney general: “The result, if the proposed amendment is adopted, will be to place the distribution of such funds in the hands of the legislature, without limitation or restriction.” A fourth proposition to be submitted to the people is the Jacobson gross earnings bill, raising the gross earnings tax on railroad corporations from 3 to 4 per cent. The attorney general gives a synopsis of this act. Mr. Douglas refrains from comment, on the taxation amendment, but from the language of his synopsis it is evi- dent he is not in sympathy with some of its provisions, As the amendment is. far reaching in its contemplated ef- fect, and will be a live issue in the tam- paign, the attorney general’s synopsis is here given in full: The effect of the amendment, if adopted, will be to amend the existing constitution as follows: First — To prohibit the legislature from surrendering or contracting away the power of taxation. Second—To provide that whatever the income of the state, derived other than from direct taxation upon real and per- sonal property, shall be sufficient to defray all the expenses of the state, and the direct tax levy for such purpose is omitted, taxes for local purposes shall be levied upon the taxable prop- erty of the county, which shall be equal and uniform throughout the county, as distinguished from being equal .and uniform throughout the state. Third—To authorize municipal corpor- ations to enforce, and has kept the fund for under and pursuane to special, as distinguished from general, laws: Fourth—The legislature is authorized to provide for the levy and collection of an annual tax upon franchises granted by public authority, in addition to tax on real and -personal property of the person or corporation holding the same. Fifth--The legislature is authorized to provide a tax upon the gross earn- ings of any person or corporation hold- ing such franchise, conditioned that such gross earnings tax may be in lieu of a tax upon the franchise, or upon the franchise and personal property as well. Sixth--Authority is conferred upon the legislature to provide for the levy and collection of a registry tax upon all real estate mortgages, which shall be in lieu of all other tax upon the debt secured by such mortgage. Seventh--The legislature is author- ized to provive for a tax upon incomes in excess of $1,000 per annum not aris- ing from credits or personal property, or from property otherwise taxed in this state, and also a tax upon the in- come derived from credits as well as from personal property. Such tax shall be uniform throughout the state, and may be graded as progressive, or both, and shall be levied at a rate not to ex- ceed 10 per centum upon incomes de- rived from credits and personal prop- erty, and at a rate not exceeding 4 per- cent per annum upon such other in- comes. In case of the imposition of the registry tax above referred to, or of an income tax arising from credits or personal property owned by the party against whom such registry or income tax is imposed, is exempt from all tax- ation while the law imposing such in- come or registry tax is in force. In other words, where an income tax upon salaries or earnings of individuals is provided for, all personal property and credits must be subjected to taxation, while in case of the imposition of an income tax arising from credits and personal property, or of a registry tax, such credits and personal property are exempted from taxation. Eighth--The legislature is authorized to exempt personal property of each individual to the extent of $300, provid- ed the same shall ‘not apply or be al-~ lowed to more than one member of the same family. Ninth--Other provisions of the exist- ing constitution involving the subject of taxation are preserved and continued in force. Pussy’s Queer Family. In the barn of W. H. Bunch a Malt- ese cat is reising a family of three 2f her own kittens, two black kittens, tw? fox squirreis and a wild rabbit. The nother of the family is impartial in her devotion to the young ones. The two squi:reJs are the “black sheep” of the family, and they give the old cat considerable trouble by their friski- ness.—Plainview (Ind.) Dispatch to the Indianapolis News. Nui Ps esto ‘Too Expensive for Himself. Doctor (who is not teeling well, to himself)—What shall I do? I havén’t any confidence in any of those other doctors, and as for myself, my charges are too high—Cassell’s Journal. - "The weight of a girl in love may crease, but her sighs increase. ge | COLONIES FOR INSANE PEOPLE. Beard of Control Would Like to Adopt This Plan. Xven with the addittonal room to be gained by the addition of the wings to the Anoka and Hastings asylums, and the cottages to be erected at those in- ititutions, the board of contro] finds that the insane hosritals and asylums of the state will be crowded beyond their capacity. The additions are four in number. The two cottages, one at Anoka and one at Hastings, will sost $40,000 each, and each will have accom- mod@ations for forty patients. They will probably be used for women. Only men are now kept at these hospitals. The cottages will be erected at consid- erable distance from the main buildings in which the men stay, and will be practically separate institutions, Be- sides this there will be a wing built at each of the hospitals costing $29,000 each, with accommodation for about 100 men. While the increase in the number of insane committed to the care of the state is not disproportionate: to the increase in population, every little increase under existing conditions taxes the capacity of the institutions out of proportion to the actual number committed. The officers at the hospi- tals and asylums are all anxiously awaiting relief. But the new additions will provide only for the surplus of pa- tients already in the hospitals, and within a short time the present condi- tions will again exist. The last monthly report of the heads of the various institutions shows that the patients are divided among the hospitals as follows: Hastings asylum, 137 men; Anoka asylum, 136 men; St. Peter hospital, 485 mes and 486 women; Fergus Falls hospital, 887 men and 559 women; Rochester hospital, 609 men and 515 women; a total of 2,204 men and 1,560 women. “The plan which is apparently the most up-to-date and the one which the board of control would like most to see in this state,” said Judge O. B, Gould, “is the system of colonies for the in- sane. These could be established near the home institution, and some of the patients could be assigned to each. The colonies would have their own working system, their own land, and would be practically self-supporting. The large number of patients that are able to work could be used in this way to the benefit of the state and of the patients themselves. The cost of establishing these colonies, when compared to the building of a hospital, would be small, and the plan is valuable in itself as a jrethod of treating the insane.” STATE TO FIGHT TUBERCULOSIS. People Must Be Taught to Prevent Disease. The state board of health is seeking to enlist the aid of the physicians of the state in particular and of the peo- ple generally in a crusade against tu- bercular diseases. Although the dis- eases are claimed to be preventable, fully a tenth of all the deaths reported in the state are credited to some form of tuberculosis, and the records for 1898 and 1899 show a marked increase over the records of the previous eleven years.! ; ‘The average number of deaths from tuberculosis for the period including 1898 and 1899 is greater than the aver- age number for the preceding eleven- year period in all the months except- ing December and August. The highest death rate reached during the eleven- year period was 150 per 100,000, which was the average for May in the eleven- year period. The average for May in the two-year perior was 180 per 100,000. The members of the board feel that the figures quoted are a startling com- mentary on the professed knowledge of the medical fraternity, and of the peo- ple at large on the control and sup- pression of tubercular diseases, and that something practical should be done. The qvork which the board will undertake will consist mainly in in- structing the people of the state in the proper understanding of the disease ‘and the care and treatment of persons afflicted with it. STATE’S LAW CAUSES IT LOSS. Care of Non-Resident Sick an Ex- pensive Proposition. The State of Minnesota has paid out nearly $20,000 for the care-of non-resi- dent smallpox patients during the past two years, according to the quarterly report of Dr. H. M. Bracken, secretary of the state board of health. A large part of the money was spent in the northern part of the state for |- the care of lumbermen, many of whom are non-resident. The proportion which the expense bears to the number of pa- tients is smaller than it was several years ago. Formerly high prices were charged owing to the fear of the dis- ease that people entertained and the consequent inability to get persons to take care of patients. The state loses sconsiderable money because of the present law which com- pels lumbermen to pay the men their salaries on demand. Many of the men spend their money as fast as they get it, and when taken sick have nothing to their credit. They are, therefore, unable to pay for their care and become wards of the state. During the past three months twelve deaths occurred from smallpox and 2,143 cases were reported. Diphtheria has been bothering the state board more than any other disease during the past six months, except smallpox. The health authorities have difficulty in enforcing quarantine and the doctors are too conservative in us- ing new remedies. pee a FATAL WIND AT WELLS. E. R, Cook Is Killed—Storm Does Considerable Damage. Wells, Minn, July 8 — A wind at 9 o'clock last evening, causing great damage. Four miles west of town it new barns in the country and killed E. R. Cook, the owner. were pinioned down so th and rainstorm passed over this section} completely demolished one of the largest His wife and son also were in the barn at the time, but ey were unable ‘Thirteen cattle 5 In the state save Itasca, POPULIST STATE TICKET. Thomas G. Meighan at Head of List of Candidates. Governor—Thomas G. Meighan, Fill- more, Lieutenant Governor—John B. Honte, Otter Tail. Auditor—O, S. Reishur, Yellow Medi- cine. iy ' Treasurer—H. W. Knatvold, Freeborn. Attorney General—F. J. Seidle, Trav- erse. Clerk Supreme Court—H. B. Imstahl, Marshall. Secretary of State—Spurgeon Odell, Lyon, Railroad and Warehouse Commis- sioner—F. C. Gibbs, Le Sueur. Chairman Central Committee—Victor E. Lawson, Willmar, The foregoing was the ticket nom- Inated by the Minnesota Populist con- vention in Century hall, Minneapolis, last week. The nominations were all made by acclamation except that of E. W. Knatvold for treasurer. J. B. Dukes of Hennepin and F. X. Beaudette of Da- kota ran against him. John McGuire sf Lac qui Parle was placed in nom- ination, but his name was withdrawn. Knatvold received 353 votes, Dukes 123 and Beaudette 79. Mr. Meighan made a short speech in accepting the nomination in which he said Populism was his religion. Mr. Honte declared he was a Repub- lican of the Abraham Lincoln school ar.d this remark was heartily applaud- ed. He said that conditions which later came up in the Republican party had made him a Populist. The coayention was called to order by Victor E. Lawson, chairman of the state Central committee. He opened the convention with a few brief re- marks on what was expected of the dclegates. “The whole Northwest has its eye upon you,” said Mr. Lawson, “to see what action you will take regarding fusion with the Democratic or other parties. The Populists of this state and ef every state in the Northwest have become disgusted with us, but if we take independent action and refuse to surrender the party organization, the old-time energy and enthusiasm is sure to return.” T. J. Meighan of Fillmore was chosen temporary chairman and R. W. Sand- ford of Kandiyohi secretary. The temporary organization was made per- manent. The following executive com- raittee was also appointed: Stevens, R. M. Hall of Morris; Grant, Herman Hillmond of Elbow Lake; Traverse, F. J. Seidl; Big Stone, Ray Farrington, Ortonville; Swift, L. B. Olney, Benson; Yellow Medicine, C. G. Nelson, Canby; Lac qui Parle, John Maguire, Dawson; Renville, H. V. Poore, Bird Island; Chippewa, O. H. Arntzen, Wigdal; Crow Wing, O. W. Pope, Brainerd; Kandiyohi, Roy Sper- ry, Willmar; Lincoln, D. T. Jones, Hendricks: Lyon, E. S. Reishus; Cot- tonwood, John Arnold, Seaforth. THOUSANDS OF ACRES TAKEN. Uncle Sam _ Gobbles Lands. A letter was received by officials of the Duluth land office from Land Com- missioner Hermann, directing them to withdraw from settlement, entry or any other form of disposition certain townships in Cook and Lake counties, embracing in all 400,000 acres. This action is taken pending a de- termination of the advisability of es- tablishing what is known as “The Lake Superior Forest Reserve.” Nearly one-third of Lake county would be taken up by the reserve un- der the plan as proposed and a large portion of Cook county. * The law providing for forest reserves was passed in 1891, It gave the presi- dent power to select any public lands for that purpose. The argument in its favor was that it would preserve the fcrests, game, springs, etc. Commis- sioner Hermann’s, letter states that bona fide settlers will be given their rights, but it is a question with land attorneys whether any who have squatted on lands would care to remain under the proposed arrangement. The land is not especially rich in tim- ber, but it is \well adapted to cattle ranching and farming. What are be- lieved to be rich mines hidden under- neath the surface will also be rendered inaccessible. Up Minnesota WILL GRIND STOCK FOOD. State Institutions to Be Provided With Grist Mills. The state board of control is planning the addition of several feed mills to the farming plants of the several state institutions, Last year the school at Owatonna was in need of several kinds of cattle and horse feed and the super- intendent attempted to purchase it. He found the price too high for his purpose and he secured the consent of the board to purchase a small mill. At one of the other institutions the superinten- dent has established a mill which he 1uns in conjunction with his electric lighting plant and in which all the feed necessary is ground. " This process has been found to be so convenient and economical that the members of the boards are favorably impressed with the idea of adding such plants at other state institutions. As the state farms produce much of the grain needed at the institutions lo- cated on them the cost of grinding is the largest item of expense in connec- tion with the stock feed. FORTY MILES OF DITCHES. Construction in Aitkin County to Be” Authorized This Year. The state drainage commission will authorize the construction of forty miles of ditches in Aitkin county this year. George Ralph, the sprveyor of the work,' is now laying out the routes for the ditches. Aitkin is the first county in the state outside of the Red river valley to be given attention. It. has more state land than any county ABUSED IN ITALY, Catholic Priest Makes a Complaint Against Ambassador Meyer. Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 9.—The first official caller on President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill since his arrival here was Rev. John Hay Cushing, a Catholic priest of Denver, Colo., who went there yesterday to fire a complaint against Ambassador Meyer, at Rome. Mr. Cushing claims that he and twenty- eight other priests were driven out of the Denver diocese by Bishop Matz for no other reason than their failure to vote for him for the bishopric. He said be was the fourth to go. Protests were sent to Rome and later the twenty-nine priests, as well as Bishop Matz, went there to state their case before the Vatican. The fight has continued with- out success ever since 1888. In 190L Bishop Matz is alleged to have had Mr. Cushing arrested in Rome for fore- ing himself into his presence, and it is said Cushing was put in jail by the Italian authorities, who openly ad- mitted that it was in retaliation for the lynching of Italians in New. Orleans. He claims he was trated to great indig- nities, and that Ambassador Meyer and Consul de Castro were negligent in protecting him as an American citizen. Mr. Cushing claims further that three New York men furnished Bishop Matz with $30,000 with which to fight the priests in their claim to restoration to ecclesiastical functions) When Mr. Cushing called the president was not at home, but he left certain papers and will return on Thursday. LOOK FOR SPEEDY SETTLEMENT. Strike of Freight Handlers Will Not Last Long. Chicago, July 8.—Hopes of a speedy settlement of the strike of the freight handlers’ union, which was declared yesterday, are entertained by officials of the union and members of the state board of arbitration. The officials of the union at a conference last night told Chairman Job, of the board of ar- bitration, that they were willing to per- mit employes of the different compa- nies to meet officials of the same to discuss the wage scale providing a joint eenference should be held at which of- ficials of the union would be permitted to act as advisers to the men. The arbitration board is now working on the matter in an effort to bring about a conference between the railway man- agers and committees representing the men. As the railroad officials have favored this step from the beginning of the controversy there is little doubt that the strike can be settled satisfac- torily to both sides if the conference shall be arranged. AVAL OFFICERS. SNAP OF } Secretary Moody May Take It Away From Them. Washington, July 9—Secretary Moody has begun in earnest preparations for carrying into effect his intention to re- duce the number of naval officers on shore duty. While he believes a cer- tain amount of shore service is neces- sary to the proper professional educa- tion of an officer, he is convinced that every man holding a commission in the navy should spend most of his time on sea. The secretary has prepared a circular letter, a copy of which will be addressed to\ every naval officer. In this letter Mr. Moody asks each officer a number of questions. One of ‘these is whether the officer addressed cannot conveniently perform the duties to which he has been assigned in com- bination with the duties performed by some other officer or officers at the same place without detriment to the service or danger of being overworked. He asks whether a civilian could not just as well perform the duties as the officer addressed. t SONGS FROM SOLOMON. Cantor of Boston Hebrew Congrega- tion Unearths Tunes and Airs of the Ancients. Boston, July 9.—Revy. Max Halpern of the Hebrew congregation of Beth Israel of this city has just unearthed @ number of the sacred tunes and airs of ancient Jewish composition, known as the “Lost Chords of Solomon.” They are contained in some very aged manu- scripts and have remained hidden be- cause of the profound learning neces- sary to recognize and translate them. These newly discovered hymns, which are unquestionably of Solomon’s own time, exce2d in excellence any more re- cent compositions and furnish evidence of the high attainments of ‘the Jews of old. The key to the songs consists of an arrangement of accents about the letters of the text, and its discovery is a highly important one. MOROS GROW BOLDER. Large Body of Armed Savages Pre- vented in Attack on Train. Manila, July 9. — A large body of Moros from Masieu, island of Min- danao, armed with twenty-one rifles, recently planned to ambush a pack train of the Lake Lanao column, but the Americans were warned in time and anticipated the attack. One shell from a mountain gun dispersed the Moros. The Moros in the towns of Masieu and Bocolod are growing more apprehensive. Gen. Chaffee has advised Gen. George W. Davis to. disregard the insulting letter received from the sultan of Bocolod, and to remain un- aggressive unless attacked or in the event of an overt act being committed. MILNER UNPOPULAR. Government, Recognizing the Fact, Makes Term of Office Brief. Manchester, Eng., July 9 — The Guardian suggests that the govern- ment, in declining to suspend the capi- tol constitution, has made Gov. Milner’s tenure of office very brief. The cabi- net, the paper Says, is gradually awak- ening to Sir Alfred’s unpopularity with Boer and Outlander. MASCAGNI MAY LOSE JOB. Noted Italian Composer Likely to Be Deprived of Honor. Rome, July 9.—There is some talk of depriving Mascagni, the composer, of the directorship of the Rossini lyceum in consequence of his undertaking a concert tour in the United States. Al- though this is the highest musical po- sition in Italy, the salary is only $2,400 yearly. Mee % : f ' ;