Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 7, 1902, Page 2

FREIGHT H%\DLER% T0 QUIT Nine Thousand in Ohlugo Rewlve to Desert Places at Warehouses, STRIKE MAY INVOLVE Takes Effest Wit Forty-Elght Hours as Result of Rallways' Re- fa TEAMSTERS in to Recognize Unlon— Strikes in Maryland. CHICAGO, July 8.—The freight handlers, numbering nearly 9,000 men, employed in the different railway warehouses and depote in Chicago, at a epecial meeting tonight decided to go on 2 strike within forty-elght bours to enforce t.elr demand for higher wages. Beveral days ago the freight handlers’ unfon submitted a proposition to the gen- eral managers of the railways asking for an increase in the scale of wages. The re- quest was refused. The railroad officials, Rowever, offered to confer with committees from thelr own men in an effort to effect a compromise, but they refused to recognize the officers of the unfon. This was unsatis- factory to the men, as recognition of the upion was ome of the principal demands made in the proposition submitted to the railronds. Chairman F. W. Job of the State Board of Arbitration has been using his best ef- forts to prevent a strike, but the men claimed they were tired waiting for raflroads to take some action and the de- clsion at tonight's meeting was the result The strike in all probability will involve | the teamsters, as the latter have declared that they will not deliver freight to the | railroads If it I to be handled by non- union men. It is extremely probable that an ulti- matum will be put to the roads tomorrow. The decision reached at tonight's meeting provides for the calling of a strike any time within forty-eight hours and this may mean some ‘imo tomorrow or any hour be- fore Tuesday evening. The decision is that there shall be no delay after that time. Twenty-six 1aliroads centering in Chicago are lovolved fa the trouble. According: to President Curran of the frelght handlers’ unlon, who lssued & statement after the meeting adjourned, the ronds will not be compelled to treat di- rectly with the unlon. All that ls asked is that they shall comply with the demand for the precise advance specified in the union's Bcale of wages, submitted June 26, and there will be no complaint it a united agreement on the part of the rail- way managers shall be presented to thelr «~Individual working forces in the various freight houses in Chicago. Carpenters and Pants Makers Strike. BALTIMORE, July 6.—Pursuant to the ultimatum given the contractors and build- ers three weeks ago, about 600 carpenters will lay down their tools tomorrow. Bix ‘hundred others employed by twenty- three firms will remain at work, their employers having signed a modified agree- ment. The original demand of the labor unions was that the men be paid $3 for an elght-hour day; as modified the pay will be $3 for nine hours, as at present, apd eight hours on Saturday. Those who strike tomorrow will demand that the modified scale be agreed to by their em- ployers. Five hundred pants makers and pressers wiil strike tomorrow. This was the de- clsion of the executive committee of the pants makers’ union today. The strike will tie up 200 shops, many of them so-called sweatshops. The strike i8 over the fur- ulehing of machines and tools by the men. The sewing wuchines cost the men $§75, which they pay in instaliments, and they are compelled o pay for the hauling of the machinss from sbop to shop. The men clalm they ara cowpelled to work wighteen hours a day anl earn but $8 a week. The pressers are compelled to furnish thelr tools The union men want the contractors to furnish the muchines and all tools here- after MITCHELL ~ LEAVES QUIETLY Min President Slips Away to New York on Secret Mi. sion. WILKESBARRE, Pa., July 6.—President Mitchell of the miners’ union left here at noon today for New York. He slipped out of town so unexpectedly and so quietly that only two or three persons around strike headquarters knew of his departure. As he did not announce he was going to New York, there is an element of mystery about his journey, but the Assoclated Press learns on good authority that he went to the metropolls for the purpose of meeting leaders of other labor organiza- tions. The purpose of the meeting Is ot defi- Bitely known here, but it is understood to have & direct bearing on the question of labor organizations affiliated with the American Federation of Labor assisting the miners’ union fmancially. It is known that some of these organizations, through their national offi have expressed their (willlngness to help the mine workers in his way. M». Mitchell, while In New York, may meet the officials of railroad unions or other organizations that can assist his Peaple by other tham Snancial means. The miners' president, it is expected, will re- turn here tomorrow. He had an engage- ment for Tuesday to address the delegat. of district No. 1, which will open its an- nual convention at Nanticoke tomorrow morning. ! Tomorrow will begin the third month ©of the great strike. There have been meny rumors and opinions published that certain coal companies would in a few days attempt to start up one or moi calleries. The officlals of the big col panies who are willh to talk deny all knowledge of any attempt of their re- apective companies to start work. They say, however, that the number of men applylng for work is growing larger each week. Many of them are given employ- ment and the pames of the others a placed on the waiting The number of miners m. the ap- plicants who are applying for work is very small, and so long as the miners them- selves refrain from going to the collieries %o coal can be mined. Of the 147,000 men and boys employed about the mines, approximately 36,000 are miners. Usder the laws of the state mo company can employ a man to cut coal unless he has a miner's certificate, showlng that he has bad two years' experience in the amthracite mines. These certificats are awarded by examining boards co of miners appointed by the county courts. ‘Therefore, if 100, men and boys were willing to return, they could not lawfully »‘m collierles unless the striking s also went to work. ”MN'I‘ON. Pa., July 6—The Central ZThe Non-Irritating Cathartic Easy to take, easy to operate— Hood’s Pills the ' Labor union today Ioaugurated a fight against the act of the assembly permit- ting the appointment of the coal and iron police. All the central labor bodies in the state will be asked to secure from every candidate for state senator or rep- resentative a pledge that he will, if elected, vote for a repeal of the Jaw. The coal company superintendents here are a unit in emphatically denying that a canvass s being made among the strikers at the Instigation of the companies to se- cure enough men to start up a colllery here and there. Superintendent Rose of the Delaware & Hudson sald today: e not running after the men. When ant to return to work, they will to come to us. Others spoke in a similar strain. At all three masses in St. Patrick's church at Oliphamt today a letter signed by District Board Member Stephen Reap was read, in which he made humble apol- ogy for his conduct of last Sunday, when he led a body of strikers from the church because of the presence of a nonunion man. In his letter Reap says he was so enraged at the time that he lost his head. GOMPERS SUFFERS DEFEAT His Plea for Rel graphical Union No. 16 Turned Down by Chicago Assembly. CHICAGO, July 6.—President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor suffered defeat today when his plan for reinstatment of Typographical Unfon No. 16 was rejectsd by the trades assembly. The delegates to the federation refused by a vote of 118 to 101 to make any overtures to the printers. They suggested, however, that if Typo- graphical union No. 16 admitted that Its policy with regard to the federation had been a mistake, its delegates wcu'd be reated at the next meeting of the federation. As soon as the result of the vote had been announced, President Gompers left the feferation meeting, re- fusing to comment on his defeat. Typo- graphical Union No. 16 was expelled from the Federation of Labor because the print- ers falled to support the pressmen, while on a strike a year ago. NO INTENTION TO STRIKE Acting Grand Master of Locomotive Firemen Says There ia No Trouble on Roek Island. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., July 8.—J. J Hennahan of Chicago, acting grand master of the United Brotherhood of Leocomotive Firemen of America, spent today in the city, attending to business preparatory to the meeting of the organization to be hell here in September. Mr. Hannahan was qustioned regarding the rumor of a coming strike of the firemen on the Kock Island atement of Typo- Mr Hannahan sald: “I was astonished to read the Kansas City report this morning. The Rock Island route 1s one of the roads that is thoroughly in touch with the workings of locomotive firemen and the greatest friendship exists between the officials of the road and their employes. There is not the slightest prob- nhnuy of, a strike among the firmen on road. FLOODS IN NEW YORK (Continued !ram First Page.) brought down from the surrounding hills. The electric light plant is under water and the village is in darkness. The city water l;pnly for fire and domestic purposes is cut off. Ratiroad Tracks Washed Out. BATAVIA, N. Y., July 6.—Scores of houses on West and South Main streets werb entirely surrounded with water and rowboats were plying in the thorough- tares at 9 o'clock tonight. Both the Erle raliroad and the Attica branch of the Clnu-ll are under water most of the dis- ce from Batavia and Attiea and are maly washed out. Several barns and houses were struck by lightning and burned WELLSVILLE, N. Y., July 6.—Bhortly after midnight this morning Wellsville and vicinity were visited by a cloudburst. The water In all the streams !s running rap- \dly. Madison street was a raging flood all the way to the Erle tracks, which were soon covered with water and mud. The water on Maln street was one foot deep. Damage to property s estimated at 3$50,- 000. All cellars are flooded, doing great damage. There was sald to be several cattle floating down the river at daylight and a team and wagon. No trains are running on the Erfe or the B. & S. rail- roads. The turnplke bridges were carried away and crops in this vieinity suffered BOLIVAR, N. Y, July 6.—One of the heaviest rainfalls that has occurred in years took place last night and early this morning. Two inches of rain fell in two hours. The main streets were under a foot and a half of water at noon today and at 8 a. m. the water was six inches @eep in the city building. CANANDAIGUA, N. Y., July 6.—A $600,. 000 cloudburst is the extent of the storm that burst upon this section of the country along the west shore of Canandalgua lake. At Granger's polnt & barn was carried balf-way into the lake. The vineyards are under from two to three feet of water. | Johneon's suit of Sunday black and had the | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE MONDAY. PRETTY CHILD SAVES FAMILY Oregon Oenviot Tracy Bays Bweet Faoce Prevents Murder. SLEEPS IN SEATTLE GRAVEYARD Fagitive Now Pursued by Sheriff Deputies in Tug Sea Lion, Who icapped by Fif« teen Hours. SEATTLE, July 6—Harry Tracy, the es- caped Oregon convict, has again eluded bis pursuers after a display of great daring. His last act was to impress a farmhand into embarking on the sound in & rowboat late yesterday and at noon today Sheriff Cudihee chartered the tug Sea Lion and with a posse started in pursuit. According to information recelved at the sherif's office here today, Tracy' slept in a graveyard on the outskirts of Seattle after attle Thursday night with Seattle offi- On Friday morning he proceeded to the ranch of A man named Fisher, secured food and slept and rested in the woods all that day and night Early Saturday morning be appeared at Meadow Point, on the water front three miles north of Seattle, his original point of landing. There he compelled a Japanese fisherman to row him to Madison Point, twelve miles across and down the sound from Seattle. He dismissed the boy, de- claring that the latter would be killed by Tracy’s pal it he told of the trip. They landed near the home of Rancher Johnson and Tracy watched the house for an hour to make sure of the number of men there. Finding but two he entered and announced that he intended to kil everyone on the ranch and take charge of the place for a few days. He added witl kil 56 Sne 1 Prepares to Stay All Day. sm 1 be here all day. ety ittle mind me. The family prepared breakfast for Tracy and ome plate on the table against the wall. “This is not right,” declared the convict, “put the table in the middle of the room and all sit down with me,” which was done. Tracy then read Friday evening's papers and after learning how Mrs. VanHorn had betrayed his presence in her house to the butcher, sald he had been careless in not keeping everyone in that house comstantly under his eve. carelessness in this respect made it | ry to kill two officers,” he sald. Binds and Gags Whole Family. He forced the Johnsons to give him & bundle of clothing and hats and six days’ supplies of food, cooked for him; put on ut after seelng your Jou sk food, clothing and blankets made into bun- dles. At 8 o'clock he bound and gagged the | Johnson family, made their hired man, And- erson, carry the bundles to Johnson's row- boat, put Anderson In the boat at the oars and started down the sound. Mrs. Johnson released herself and the others two hours later and notified Deputy Sherift McKay, who lives at Madison Point. McKay secured a boat and sent word to Seattle this morning. Sheriff Cudihee was summoned from Bo- thell and at 10:30, with several men, started down the sound in the Sea Lion, an electric tugboat, looking for the desperado and the tarmhand. However, as Tracy had fifteen hours' start, it is believed he will make good his escape. The supposition is that he will row all night, probably kill Anderson, sink the boat and disappear into the wild forests of north- ern Washington, where he may live many days on his supply of food KING’S CONDITION IS GOOD Edward Continues Satisfactorily and May Be on Royal Yacht in & Month, LONDON, July 6.—King Edward's condi- tion tonight continues to be good. It is thought that if his improvement continues at the present rate he will probably by the end of the month be well enough to be transterred to the royal yacht in Southamp- ton waters. A bulletin posted at 9 o'clock tonight says: The king's condition continues In every way satisfactory. Soon after the bulletin was issued Queen Alexandra and Princess Victorfa visited Mariborough House, where they attended di- vine service with the prince and princess of Wales. The queen stayed within Bucking- ham palace for the rest of the day. Most of the churches in the United King- dom celebrated today the announcement that King Edward was out of danger with informal thanksgiving services, special mu- sic and the einging of the national anthem. The government has issued orders that the Indian and colonial troops now in Lon- don shall postpone their departure Indefi- nitely. These orders are due to the strongly expressed desire of the Indian troops espe- eapt, The order convening the eourt disregarded all the allegations, except the one of cruelty to natives. BRITISH STEAMER WRECKED LONDON, July 6.-~The British steamer Rappahannock, Captain Buckingham, s aground at Holyhead, Wales. As a result of & collision with the British steamer Dalegarth, Captain Henry, the Rappahan- nock h rge hole in its port side, amid- ships. Its second hold and its cross bunk- erg are full of water and there is elght feet of water In its engine room. The collision occurred in a fog off Southstack light on the island of Holyhead. One man was killed and two injured on the Dalegarth. This vessel was badly stove and its fore- peak was fllled with water. It proceeded for Birkenhead. The Virgiola line steamer Rappaban- nock belonging to the Chesapeake & Ohlo Steamship company, limited, sailed trom Liverpeol yesterday for Newport News. The steamer Dalegarth belonging to the Clapham Steamship company, limited, of Newcastle, England, was from Libau, Rus- sia. Lukban's Followers Examined. MANILA, July 6.—A number of the former followers of the insurgent general, Lukban, who operated and was finally captured on the island of Samar, are being examined here on the charge of misappropriation of revolutionary funds. General Chaffe: permitted Lukban to go through the tured insurgent archives in Manila for the purpose of obtaining documents to show the innocense of his followers. Germany's Exports to BERLIN, July 6.—The total of Germany's exports to the United States for the year ended June 30 is $101,714,084, an Increase of §1,827,060 over the amount for the year ending June 30, 1901. The exports of this last year reach the record figure. In 1898 they amounted to $74,250,000; In 1809, $8 000,000 in 1900, $98,800,000, and In mx $99,887,014. PLAN VIGOROUS CAMPAICN (Continued rnm !‘lrll Page.) {liness. The Ohlo senator whs taken very {1l at the capitol and had to he removed to his home, where he remained for several On Monday, the last day of the ses- slon, he went to the senate, nst the ad- vice of his physician, acd took part in the final deliberations on the bill providing a clvil government for the Philippines, and remained in the senate chamber until ad- journment. Mr. Foraker is one of the strougest men on the republican side of the senate. He fe a very eloquent man and is one of the most effective debaters in con- gress. His speech on the Philippines is re- garded as one of the most forcible speeches delivered at the past session. TO BEGIN PRELIMINARIES Charles W. Russell Goes to P Canal Mission and Attormey General to Follow. WASHINGTON, July 6.—Assistant Attor- ney Charles W. Russell is completing his preparations and within a week will start for Paris to investigate the ability of the new Panama Canal tompany to give the United States a satisfactory title to con- cessions and pyoperty on the isthmus. ‘When this pleliminary work shall have proceeded to a certain point the attorney general, according to the president's ex- pressed wish, probably will go over and personally look into the matter. He has invited Senator Spooner to go along and sist, In view of the senator's well known femillarity with the matter, and the at- torney general's opinion of his ability, and hopes that he will go. POSTAL IS NOW IN CHARGE Has Begun Operations Under Contract with Pemnsylvania Road at Last. PHILADELPHIA, July 6.—The Postal Telegraph company today practically began operations under its contract with the Penn- sylvania Rallroad company, by preparing for the handling of messages at Jersey City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Har- risburg and Pittsburg. Instruments were installed in the Pennsylvania railroad offi- at these points, and according to Su- perintendent Lemon of the Postal company, business will be commenced tomorrow at all of the offices named. It is undefstood the Western Unlon company will share the wires with the Postal until December 1, when the contract between the Western Unlon and the Penneylvania Rallroad ter- minates. cially to see the king before they return home, and they aleo indicate an intention to retain the troops here until the corona- tion. The colonial and Indian troops will par- ticipate in the eption to be gl Lord Kitchener when he arrives in England about On the beach from Black point to Wood- ville the landslides have formed many points and penineulas large enmough to build cottages upon. At Vine Valley the bridge connecting tbe pier with the maine land was borne down into the lake. Gale Strikes Milwaukee. MILWAUKEE, July 6.—After a swelter- ing hot day Milwauk visited tonight by a fierce wind and rainstorm. Consid- erable lumberin & yard located at North Milwaukee was & signs were detache around the city. The wires of the Wis- consin Central railroad, leading from Mil- waukee north, are demolished and the 4 as severe in the northern A special from Phillips says: A tors pado passed just morth of this city Sate urday night, wrecking a portion of the mammoth tannery of the United Sates Leather company. One resident was se- riously Injured during the storm. At Janesville, Wi tonight, during & flerce storm, lightal struck the spire of St. Patrick's Catholic church and the edifice was destroyed. HOPE, ldabo, July 6.—A cloudburst at Ellisport, east of Hope, swept away twelve or fifteen houses and washed out two miles of track om the Northern Pacific. There was no loss of life. For a considerable dis- tance around Elllsport the country |Is flooded. The creek s wide and swift and all the trestles are gone from Clarks Fork to Hope. Passengers eastbound are trans- ferred trom Sand Polat by boat to Hope and west from Hope to Sand Polnt. There are several slides wlong the road each way. WELLS, Minn., July 6.—A wind aad raln- storm passed over this section last night, dolng great damage. Four miles west of town it demolished one of the largest barns in the county, killing B. R. Cook, its owner. His wife and son also o the barn and were pianed down by timbers and unable to aseist Mr. Cook. A mumber of horses and cattle in the barn were also killed. WICHITA, Kan., July 6.—A very heavy rain, amounting at Apthony slmost to & ¢loudburst, fell over tem counties in central Kansas today. It will delay harvest to a &reater or less extent, July 22. The lord mayor of Lendon, Sir Joseph Dimsdale, received a letter tonight from Sir Francls Kuoollys, private secretary of the king, to the effect that his majesty had commanded him to convey to all concerned his gratification at and warm thanks for the energy and foresight which made the king’s dinner to the poor Saturday such a great success and to repeat how sincerely his majesty regretted his inability to be present and how touched he was by the loyal and kindly feelings so universally dis- played. SOLDIERS END OWN LIVES Captain Shollenbarger and Lieute Ryan Commit Suicide in the Philippines. MANILA, July 6.—Captain John Sholl barger of the Tenth infantry committed sul- cide by shooting himself at Iligan, in the island of Miudamao, July 4. He acted from despondency. Second Licutenant Thomas. Ryan of the Philippine scouts also committed suicide by shooting himself on July 5 in the interfor of the island of Mindanao. WASHINGTON, July 6.—Captain John H. Shollenbarger, whose sulcide is reported in the Manila dispatch, was a native of Penn- sylvania, from which state he was appofuted a cadet to the military acas n 1889, After his graduation from the academy he was assigned to the Tenth infantry, with which regiment he served continuously, ris- ing to the rank of captain in 1898. Adjutant General Corbin sald tonight that the War department had not received any news of Captain Shollenbarger's sucide, nor that of Second Lisutenant Thomas Ryan, aleo reported in the Maanila dis- patch. Admits Judge Rhode's R MANILA, July 6.—The court-martial which is trying Captain James A. Ryan of the Fifteenth cavalry on the charge of be- ing unnecessarily severe with the natives of the province where he was stationed, bas sdmitted for purposes of cross-examination the entire report of Judge Rbode, which forms the basis of the charges against the e, INDIAN UPRISING MENACED Clash with Cattiemen 1s Threatened for Alleged Killing of Stoek by Choctaws. ARDMORE, I. T, July 6.—Grave trouble between cattlemen and Indians in the Choctaw nation is feared because of the killing during the last week of nearly 400 JULY 17, 1902 WATER FLOWS IN STREETS Town of Plpllhan l’loofled a2 Result of | Recent Heavy Rains. FOURTH TIME WITHIN LAST MONTH Hatlstones Fall at Harvard After Downpour of Rain, but Dam- age Proves Very PAPILLION, Neb., July 6.—(Special.)— Another terrific rain storm visited this sectlon last night, and about three inches of water fell. The Papplo creek 18 clear out of ita banks and both sides of the bridze are flooded and the water |s running nearly thiee feet deep across the streets. The south side people cannot get over to town, unless driving across. This makes thé fourth time within a month that the Pappio creek has been out of its banks and today's rise is the highest been for several years. Hail Falls at Harvard, HARVARD, Neb, July 6.—(Special)— Yesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock a heav: rain storm came up from the west, and between (his time and 8 o'clock about two inches of water fell. In mencement considerable hail fell, the stones being of flat rasged shape, many of them being fully two inches across by one inch through, but as the amount was not very large and the wind not heavy, lit- tle serio amage has been reported further than a general breaking down of grain standing and well wetting of that in thock and delaying until the ground dries out further eutti JUMPS UNDER MOVING TRAIN Anton Votava Adopts This Pla End His Earthly Troubles, to SCHUYLER, Neb., July 6.—(Special Tel- egram.)—Anton Votava committed suicide st &n early hour this morning by throwing himeelt under A passing westbound fast freight. He was at a small culvert just west of the city. The engineer saw him make a move as if to throw himselt under the train and eounded the whistle, which frightened him momentarily from hls pyr- pose. Watching to see what he would finally do, the engineer saw h't: plunge | under the train at the third car back of the engine, where he met Instant death by belng cut In two. Votava was about 60 of age, leaves a wife, with whom he I8 said to have had trouble, and this is considered a probable cause of his suicide. AGUINALDO MEETS CHAFFEE Filipino Has Interview with Amer- fcan General for the First Time, MANILA, July 6.—As a result of the proc- | lamation of amnesty of July 4, the guard of American soldiers has been withdrawn from the hou dlan, brought the Filipino today to see Gen- eral Chaffee. It was the first meeting be- tween the American general and the leader of the Filipino revolution. Lieutenant Wil- liam E. McKinley of the Ninth acted as in- terpreter. Aguinaldo was told that he was free to go anywhere he a asked him if he had any complaint to make of American discourtesy or harshness. Aguinaldo replied that he bad no such complaint to make. He told General Chat- fee t he was going to visit friends at his bome In Cavite Viejo, in Cavite province, and inquired what protection the American authorities would afford him. He seemed to be afraid to venture out. General Chaffes replied that Aguinaldo would get the same protection any other citizen. The former Filipino leader then asked General Chaffee to prevent the courts from requiring him to testify in civil suits. General Chaffee sald he had no authority to grant this request, and advised Aguin- aldo to make a special call upon Acting Civil Governor Wright. This, Aguinaldo sald he would do, but that he would go at night, a8 he was timid about appearing on the streets in daylight. The release of the former Filipino leader has renewed speculation to possible veéngeance upon him by friends of Luna and his other enemies. Luna was a Filipino leader, whom Aguin- aldo caused to be killed in 1899. May Yet All who bave severe lung troubles need Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, It cures or no pay. b0c, $1.00. Shampooing and hairdressing, 25c, at the Bathery, 216-220 Bee bullding. Tel. 1716. THOUSANDS HEARD HER WORDS. e Saved. Mrs. Bddy's Message to the Christian Sclentiats, A religious gathering rarely seen any- where, in point of numbers and sustained interest throughout, reports the Boston Herald, was the annual communion service Bunday In Mechanice' hall of the members of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, the mother church of Christian Sclence. Under this somewhat modern title is included, however, all the Christian Bclentists of the cattle, supposedly by the Indian The trouble arises in the violatlon by the cattlemen of the law providing that noncitizens of the nation shall have no more than ten head of eattle aplece. It is asserted that the cattle owners have violated the law with impunity and aroused the bostility of the Indians. BANDITS’ PLUNDER Booty of Roek Islan o’ 4 o Chicage. FOUND Heldups Dis- CHICAGO, July 6.—Watches, knives, spoons and jewelers supplies, part of the plunder secured by the bandits who robbed the express safe in the Rock Island train at Dupont Thursday night have been found and the indications are that the désperadoes are near Chicago. A sack contalning the plunder was A\ coverel today on the farm of He iry Sehult three miles and a half north of Tinley par by Dexter Manard, a farmer who lives within a balf mile of the place, where the train was held up. GORED TO DEATH BY BULL Meets Frightful End t in Odemah, Okla- GUTHRIE, Okl., July Miss BEfie Har- tison was gored to death by a bull at Odemah, in Greer county, today, the ani- mal knocking her down and running its borns back and forth through ber body. GUTHRIE, Okla., Jul of the direciors of the road rapidly as distance of 200 miles, wi be made with the ral, thus avlu l t llu ta *u. Houst 0 be back of the 'Il'nllot world who are openly and professedly such. In the message during the service of Mrs. Eddy, the pastor emeritus, it was announced that these mow numbered 24,415, of whom 2,784 were admitted Sunday. Not all of these were at the communion necessarily, but a great many were. 1a; ball bad been packed with chairs and benches available, on which 5,000 people could sit. Every one of these chairs was taken long before the service began. 80 far the count s fairly exact. Tt was esti- mated that all of a thousand more stood throughout the service, both in the morning and afternoon. The storm had not delayed many who had intended to come. evidentiy, and it was therefore probable that all of one-third of the members of the church were present, allowing even for a generous attendance of the general public who were not of the faith. The service was “congregational” in the sense that all had a volce in the choruses. Judge SBeptimus J. Hanna, the first reader of the mother church, led the meeting, as- | sisted by Mrs. Eldora O. Gragg. The elng- ing was led by Miss Elea Marshall, and Prof. Albert F. Conant provided the piano sccompaniment. Prof. Richard Wood Cone read the message from Mrs. Eddy, the cen- tral feature of the meeting. The service at 3 p. m. was an exact repe- tition of the morning service, the device belng obviously designed to afford all Chris- tion Seclentists in town, numbering about 2,000, at the annual gathering, an oppor- nity to participate in its privileges. An- Bual meetings of the church have been held in Mechanics' hall before, but this s the first communlon service, demanding the spa- clous areas of the hall for comfortable par- 1t bas | the com- | | promise of a more convenlent season. where Aguinaldo lived in Manila | and Lieutenant Johuson, Aguinaldo’s custo- | {llflnanon of those desiring its benefits Thie fact was urged ae a remarkable testl | mony to the growth of Christian Science, in ‘ the numerical strength of {ts followers. Judge Hanna called attention to what was doctrinally the chief reason for the meet- ing, saying ‘The time baa come In our order of ser- vice when we Should bow our heads and hearts by kneeling in deep and sacred com- | munion with our all-loving, all-present and all-powerful Father and Mother God." The communfon service, a eimple cere- | mony of stlent self-communion by all Seci- | entists present, followed by the recitation | in unison of the Lord's Prayer, was an im- pressive moment indeed, an entirely ade- quate expression of religlous belief by a large assemblage. UNIQUE DECISION, m of Humor on aw of Contracts, Judge Turns a the tr It is not often that judges of supreme courts permit their sense of humor to take form In opinfons from the bench on weighty questions, but in the case of Judge Marma- duke H. Dent of the West Virginia supreme court it s different The judge has handed down an opinion it the case of Eli Moore, from Randolph county. Moore made an assignment for the benefit of creditors, but, hoping to reserve something for himself, he got' his father- in-law, Rev. Anthony Mustoe, to invest | thie secret reservation in lands for his daughter, Clara, wife of the assignee. The reverend personage bought the ground at a ridiculously low figure and kept it. His the property, but lost. supreme court and won. thus: “This is a suit from the peaceful shades of Randolph county, instituted by Clara, intermarried with Bli Moore of Montrose, against her pa, Rev. Anthony Mustoe of | Brietz, near the happy land of Canaan, the neighboring county of Tucker.” Referring to the contract between Clara and “pa” the court says: ‘Her pa agreed to purchase for her at such sale three tracts of land, and did purchase them. On the purchase price, the §630 note wae to be credited and the residue pa was to take In timber, tanbark and rent. Bue he became dilatory, for some reason, and she decided that pa must toe the mark. * * * Eli, like a faithful helpmate, seconded the mo- tion to the extent of his skill and ability. He says he knew creditors always wanted something to kick at, so hé put in the $500 note to furnieh them the necessary ex- erclse.” Touching the part “Pa” Mustoe played, the court says: “The ovidence tends to show that, while Pa Mustoe does a little preaching, trying to gather the lost sheep into the fold, and has one eye on the peerly gates, where the wicked cease from trou- bling and the weary are at rest, he keep the other to windward to make friends with the mammon of unrighteousness. While trying to serve two masters he gives his present allegiance to the one he can see, taste, hear, fell and smell, and puts the other off with a little preaching and the Pa Mustoe ‘acknowledges that his son had him She appealed to the Judge Dent opens | arrested like poor old Bunyan and thrown into jail for burning down the Mustoe barn.’ He makes a big effort to outewear the other witnesses. His efforts in this direction will hardly win him a crowd when he presents his credentials at the gates of the new Jerusalem.” In conclusion the court says: “If pa ls to continue preaching—and it 18 to be hoped, for, from the conduct of this suit and the testimony of the witnesses, Elf is not the only one in need thereof—he should eultl- vate a greater regard for the truth and try to overcome his lust for the fleshpots of Egypt.” BLIND RUNS A MILL. His System of Welghing Grain With Little Stioks. Hugh Lee, sealer of weights and measures, a few days ago, In his tour of inspection, tumbled onto one~of the most remarkable business men in Connecticut, D. F. Dicker- man, who owns a grist mill on the West- field road, near Meriden, which he conducts in & very successful manner. He is blind in both eyes, but has been at the mill so long that heé knows every plank in the building, and, without assistance, is able to grind the grist of the farmers, as well as sell grain and feed to others. { One of the most interesting portions of | his work is the weighing of the grain and | teed which he sells. He has devised a | system whereby he can welgh out any quantity with accuracy. He has a number of little sticks, which are cut just the length to mark off on the arm of the scale the different weights. By selecting his fity-pound stick—which he can pick out by feeling of its length—he places it against the end of the arm of the scale, and then moves the pendant up until it reaches the other end of the stick. He has sticks for weighing from five to ffty pounds, and it he wanted to weigh elghty pounds he would take his twenty- pound stick and place it at the opposite end of the arm, which 1s graduated for 100 pounds. After getting the scale to welgh what he wants, he puts the goods on the platform, and, by putting his hand lightly over the arm, s able to tell when the scales balance, and thus he welghs accurately any amount he desires. All the different gralns are kept in sep- arate bins, and he knows where to find every article in his place. He handlly walts on the farmers who drive up to the big front door to buy feed for their stock. In operating the machinery of the mill he is just as methodical as clockwork, and any- one watching him would not dream. that he could not see. Only those who are per- sonally acquainted with this blind miller know that such a man exists. OUR OWN VOLCANORS, Many Extinet Cones in the Rockles and a Dangerous One in Hawail. 1t will be comforting to a great many people, says the New York Sun, to learn that the United States is comparatively free from volcanoes, extinct or otherwise. With the Philippines we have acquired fitteen or twenty, but they are a long way off. Then there are volcanoes in Hawall and Alaska. Our own volcanoes, according to an expert opinion in a recent sclentific paper, are to be found almost entirely west of the Rocky mountains. In New Mexico there are several old volcanic cones and miles of country 1s covered with lava which once, at & period earlfer than is reached by legend or history, ran in a molten flood all over the valley, devastating great tracts. One of the most beautiful of our volcanie mountains is Mount Shasta, which rears magnificent twin cones in Cailfornia. Then there are the beautiful Mount Helena in Oregon, Mount Hood, Mount Jefferson, Mount Adams, Mount Ralnler, Mount Bal and Mount Lassen, all of volcanic o The most dangerous volcanoes we posses: apparently, are in Hawall. Mauna Loa, ‘B-CG BEERS Guaranteed Pure. None So Good. ay & Company feet high, is one of the most remarke le volcanic cones in the world. It has everal craters. Kilauea, on its southern slope, had an eruption in 1840 in which it ejected a river of lava forty miles long, which would have covered a square mile to a depth of 800 feet. Kilauea's latest outbreak was in 1868, but that was milder, Woman Denth, \llhl NTAIN VIEW, Okla B H Yates of Ontario, burned to death here tod ing to light the kitchen kerosene Her father-in law was burned severely in | trying to save her. Mrs. Yates was mars ried recently, coming with her mother, Mrs. Wildman. from Canada Burned to EAU de COLOGNE Jobann Maria Farina s""’"" 9 11 in Koln, ln the flenulu. Ask Connolsseurs. ¥or sale by W. R. BENNETT CO. 8. W. Cor. 16th and Harney Sts | daughter sued him in the circuit court for | (18 cents by mall,) secures in 24 weeks each section of “Living Animals of the World” the most remarke able work on Natural History ever published. More than a thousand Animals Photo- graphed, including Fishes, Birds and Beasts. 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