The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 4, 1901, Page 14

14 OANDIT AOBS THE DRUMMERS Forest Hill and Colfax Stage Stopped by = Sl ey Two Commercial Travelers Lose Twenty Dollars in Coin. Special Dispatch to The Call. AUBURN, Aug. up them horses This was the command that came from behind the business end of a shotgun to Frank Powell, who had the ribbons on the Forest Hill and Colfax stage when it t three mil 'Whoa, driver! Puil rear of the weapon was a t—cool and calculating of usky individual physically bitably intent on business as been on the road long enough what “Whoa, driver!” means, no time in halting the ed age were two commercial trav- ] Outlaw. ! s out of Colfax this | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 4, NEWS FROM THE CAPITALS OF EUROPE |INDIINS SLAY BY CABLE TO THE CALL. GHINESE ESGORT FOR TRAVELER Li Hung Chang Is Mak- ing Provisions for Their Protection. e i Military Posts Will Be Estab- lished on Dangerous Roads. e A WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—The State Dc- | partment has received through Mr. Squires, secretary of legation at Peking, | & note from Li Hung Chang, describing {lhe regulations for the control of the | mounted patrol which it is proposed io establish along the road between Ching- ting and Paotingfu. Squires says this is the first step on the part of the Chincse of them named George Gray. aiso an elderly man. The pas- € ge at the ban- the trio and scrutinized rly pa he didn’t care laboring de to empty the h in abou but 0 take money The drummers kets and the $: the b0x, b in!”" he commande rs did so with aston toid Powell to he road in front of him whip and went Kiting ghtened mountain wagon on a down and a large posse are on andit and hope to capture roing. @ o STEEL MAGNATES REFUSE TO YlEL Continued From Page Thirteen. 1 th urg that the ex- i they would not n's terms e contained the state- e foregoing. d the message ith unconceaied officials left his was glad of it. carried to a fin. 1d once and ce of the | of the | was no rs being return. Or- erican Federation t the headq: dur- one or two of the but they only re- eard among the strik- was that President zed with the trust offi- the workers are the exten- the mills of t that a gen- in a short s of the United States ve been preparing de apparent during 1 ned on the attempt is to be the strike by the n men into all the e officials of the com- 1 Steel Company, Park to prepare to next week. The of- wowever, that they have a or their hands and ex- outcome make the h haste as is known concerning Tin Plate Company. If that enger with a | | authorities toward the protection of for- | eigners traveling through the disturbed | districts of the province of Shansi and Chili. The regulations are quaintly ex- | pressed, but in substance they provide for the establishment of military posts at nine stations on the road, the commanders of which are to furnish ‘escorts for travelers. travelers, whose pace must set s to disperse people who about the travelers and are bois- tercus, and its members are not to accept v pay from a traveler under pain of i A post will be forwarded Ty two days NTSIN, Aug. 3.—The Governor of Shantung, Yuanshikai, is constructing arsenals in that province for the mainten. and smokeless powder. He is engaging experts who were formerly mployed in the arsenals here. The Chi- re also sufacturing arms and ammunition at Paotingfu. Trade is improving but the attitude of | the Chinese is sullen and defiant. | HARSHLY CRITICIZE ACTION OF THE DUKE OF ORLEANS English Press Urges Rejection of His | Contribution to Queen Victoria Memorial Fund. LONDON, Aug. 3.—In great contrast with the favorable comments elicited here by the contribution of £5000 to the Queen Victoria memorial fund by the delegates of the New York Chamber of Commerce who recently visited London, is the anger with which the Duke of Orleans’ contri- bution of £100 has been received. The St. James Gazette thinks the Duke’s action is astounding impudence, and, in common with the Daily Chronicle, urges the Lord | or to reject this contribution on ac- ount of the part which the Duke of Or- leans took in the caricatures” of Queen Victoria_which appeared in the newspa- pers of Paris, The same paper says the New_Yorkers' gift ‘‘emphasizes in a dig- nified and graceful manner the feeling which, we are sure, is general in the United States.” company intends to utilize non-union men | it is not known where they will get them. 1t is_said that fancy prices are being of- fered to & few reaily skilled laborers to take a hand with the trust in order to | get the plants in operation. In some in- stances at least it is said that the offers have been refuscd because the men have fear of personal violence from the strik- ers. e el T | STRIKE TO BE MADE GENERAL Thousands of Workers. Who Are Likely to Be Called Out. PITTSBURG, Aug, 3.—It is considered probable by all interested that the strike order will be made general, ealling out the union men in the National Steel Com- pany, the Federal Steel Company and the National Tube Company. Nothing defi- nite, however, can be known until after the meeting of the executive committee of the Amalgamated Association to-mor- row. All the workers seen to-night are confident that the order will be published at once and expect the response to be gen: eral and hearty. Following is a complete list of the com- | panies whose employes are now on strike and those likely to be involved: American Sheet Steel Company, Union mille, Cambridge works, Cambridge, Ohio; Canto works, Canton, Ohlo; Chartiers works, Carne gie, Pa.: Corning works, Hammond, Ind.: Dennison works, _Dennison, Ohio; Dresden works, Dresden, Ohlo; Falcon works, Niles, ol Hyde Park works, Hyde Park, Pa. deep. All this week August 10th, provident Owl Bird Seed 3 Ibs. 15¢ A 25 bag with cuttie bone and booklet. Raymond’s Complexion Cream 25¢ Regular 35e. Theatre Rouge 2 for 25¢ Regular 20c. Hires Root Beer 2 for 25¢ Some stores charge zsc—our reg- wlar price zoc. \\ Cleavers English Un- ?{:\cented Soap 4 fer 25¢ \ Regular price 3oc a cake. gine G 1128 Morhes St.. Prices this week We've cut our cut rates and we've cut them doliar by taking advahtage of this special sale: until Saturday night, bl]_VCYS can save many a Duffy’s Malt Whiskey Allen’s Malt Whiskey One bot. each $1.25 Regular price of Duffy's $1.00; Allen’s, Ssc. - Moth Balls Sc Ib. o Full strength—the best buy—regular price 10c Anita Cream + 30¢ Advertised at goc — our regular price is goc. 30c Malvina Cream Y Afoc cream that we always sell /- forzse. Munyon’s Soap Otier stores charge 15c. o AL e, The escort is to keep within twelve feet | { @erstood that GEAMAN TARIFF BILL DI3CUGatD Centrist Party Holds Balance of Power in Reichstag. Political Writers Not Afraid of Russia’s Starting a Trade War. ERARS il BERLIN, Aug. 3.—The tariff bill con- tinues to be discussed in a lively manner. It is generally rccognized that much de- pends upon the attitude of the South Ger- | man Cabinet, and during the past few | days the semi-ofiicial utterances - there take the cue of the North German Ga- | zette that the Dill is only tentative. DBut | | it is regarded us certain that Soutn Ger- | mar officials desire considerable changes. | Regarding the bill passing the Reichs- | tag, it is recognized that the balance of | power wili rest with the Centrist party. | Therefore the ron-Centrist press (his ek has been eagerly watching for indi- | cations as to the Centrists’ attitude. The Centrist papers, however, carefully ab- | | stained from committing themselves. ‘But | now the Cologne Volks Zeitung prints an editor:al, which is heing telegraphed all over the country, coming our stronzly for the tariff bill. The editorial adwmnits that | some -duties may be changed and some, | perhaps, . further increased, but the | Centrists zre 1eady to support the measure | substantially in its present form. The writer of the editorial asks who | will be frightened by Russian “big talk!’ | when it is remembered that Russia has | only the German market for her surplus | | of ryé. An Austro-Russian tariff alliance | against Germany is impossible, since Aus- tria herself exports grain. The writer | further points out that the United States | | is far less ignorant about the tariff biil | than the Gernuun Libera! press wishes. | In this connection the Vossische Zeitung | | prints a cable dispateh. from New York saying that Embassader White advises hington to send Rockhill here as his | 1 ect and received a telegraptic reply sa: “Nothing known = here about the | tter.” | The correspondent hears from Bayreuth | that the people genera'ly have refused to | | sign the petition asking for a prolonga- | tion of the Parsifal” monopoly. The | Anzeiger, a newspaper printed at Hof, | | says that Albert Neimann has advised { Frau Cosima Wagner, ‘widow of the com- | poser, to have a Bayreuth opera every | vear for five years to place the undertak- | ing upon a firm financial basis, and_ that a plan has been accepted for the perform- ance of the opera again in 1902. Other | papers reproduce the above with reserve. | Appointments in the Navy. WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—The President to-day made the following appointments in the navy: William White, lieutenant commander; Alfred A. Pratt, lieutenant. i Laufman works, Paulton, Pa.; Midland works, Muncie, Ird.; New Philadelphia works, New Philadelphia,’ Ohio; "Picqua works, Bicqua, Ohio; works, = Canal Dover, Ohlo; Scottdale - works, Scottdale, Pa.; Struthers works, Struthers, Ohio; Aetna-Standard works, Bridgeport, Ohio; W. D. Wood works, Mc- Keesport, Pa. These milis_employ 16,000 men. Non-union mills: Apollo works, Vandergrift, twenty-seven mills; Kirkpatrick, Leechburs, six mills; Old Meadow, Scottdale, six mills; Saltsburg works, three mills, In the non-union mills 9000 men are working. American Tin Plate Company, union works: American” works, Elwood, Ind., twenty-six mills; Anderson works, Anderson, Ind., seven mills; Atlanta works, Atlanta, Ind,, six mills; Banfleld works, Irondale, Ohio, four mills, Beaver works, Lisbon, Ohjo, seven mills; Can- nonsburg works, Cannonsburg, Pa., five mills; & Champion works, Muskegon, Mich., seven mills; Chester works, Chester, W. Va., four mills; Cincinnati works, Cincinnati, Ohlo, (four mills being dismantled): Crescent wi land, & ills; ix mills; Cumberland works, Cumberland, Md., Ohio, Cambridge works, Cambridge, Elwood works, Elwood City, alcon works, Niles, Ohio, six stern works, Joliet, TIl, four 5 works, Connellsviile works, Connelleville, Pa., six mills; Irondale works, Middletown, Ind.. six mills; Johnstown works, Johnstown, Pa., two milis; Labelle works, Wheeling, 'W. Va., ten mills; Laughlin works, Martins Ferry, Ohio, fourteen mills, adding eight mills more; Monongahela works, Pitts- bi fourteen mills; Moorewood works, Gas City, Ind., eight mills; Newcastle works, New- castle, Pa., twenty mills; Pittsburg works, New. Kensington, Pa., seven mills; Pennsyl- vania works, New Kensington, Pa., two mills; Reeves works, Canal Dover, 'Ohio, six mills; Shenango works, Newcastle, “Pas, thirty mills: Pittsburg, eight mills; United eleven mills. Humbert at Monessen, employing 600 men. American ~ Steel Hoop Company — Union Mills: Painter mill, Clark mills, Lindsay and McCutcheon mills,” Pittsburg; Upper _and Lower Union mills, Youngstown, Ohio; War- ren and Girard mills, Monessen plant; Kim- berley works, Sharon and Greenville; Pome- y iron and Steel Company, Pomeroy, Ohio; Far mill plants at Mingo Junction and Bridge- port. They employ men. The only non-union mill is the small one at Duncanville, employing 300 men. Federal Steel Company—Included in this com- pany are the Iilinois Steel Company, Lorraine Steel Company of Ohio and the Lorraine Steel Company of Pennsylvania. The following plants of the Illinois Steel Company are organized: Bridgeport 2000; gy. South Chicago works, 3000 men; works, Chicago, 2000; Joliet works, view works, Milwaukee, 2000. The plants of the two Lorraine companies at Lorraine, . Ohie, and at Johnstown, are credited ‘with being non-union, but it un- Amalgamated Association has lodges of varfs sizes in the plants and they may be drawn into the struggle. National Steel Company—Union Mills: She- nango Valley Steel Company, New Castle, Pa.; Bellaire Steel works, Bellaire, Ohlo; Aetna Standard Steel Works, Mingo Junction, Ohlo. These employ about 9000 men. Non-union plants—Ohio Steei Works, Youngs- town, Ohio; King, Gilbert & Warner Works, Columbus, Ohio; Buhl Steel* Works, Sharon, Pa. These employc o il 1l1s—Re- I Tube Company: on mills—] Hationed outh Side, Pittsburg; ublic Iron Works, Penneyivanta Tube Works, Pittsburg; River- side Iron Works, Wheeling, W. Va.; Conti- nental Iron Works and Elba Works, Second avenue, Pittsburg; National Rolling Mills, Mc- Keesport; Boston Iron and Steel Works, Mc- Keesport. These employ . an aggregate of 20,000 men. Non-union plants—Natlonal Tube Works and Monongahela Steel Works, McKeesport; Na- tional Galvanizing Works, Versailles, = near Mokessport; Syracuse Tube Works, Syracuse, New York; ‘Tube ‘Works, Warren, Ohic; Alligon Plant, Philadelphia; Chester Pipe and Tube Company, Chester, Pa.; Pittsburg Pipe Works, Second avenue,’ Pittsburg; American Iron and Steel Works, Middletown, Pa., and Youngstown, Ohlo; Ol City Tubs Works, Oil City, Pa. These employ 85,000 men. The National Tube Company employs at its McKeesport works about 8000 men, but not all of these are organized, but those who are occupying skilled posi- tions, and if they quit work will at once tbe stopped in all af or 1 rocess of lpelfiuu gepanman& Wi ‘bangimsld to quit goon- The ‘same conditions exist in er or later. the. various.companies that Ar: placed in the non-union list, although id some the on, is so weak as to be entirely in- effectual unless strengthened. There is scarcely one of the 400,000 em- ployes of the United States Steel Corpo- ration but may feel the stroke. It may be that the American Federation of La- bor will call out its thousands who han- dle products of the United States Steel Corporation. The structural steel workers may refuse to handle steel from the mills of the trust; the miners may refuse to dig coal for trust mills; the railway organizations may be drawn into the contest, althouflh hat is not probable; unless it be speedily roken by the United States Steel Corpo- ration the strike and its results will be felt over the whole of the United States, Mills that manufacture finished products and obtain their raw material from the trust in many cases 1 be closed. The f: s “that manufacture iron will be compelled to pile it in stock and VIEW GERMANY WITH DISTRUST Liberians Look to Uncle Sam and England for Protection. Negotiating to Procure the Right to Navigate Manna River. LONDON, Aug. 8.—A number of of- ficlals of Liberia have arrived in England for the purpose of endeavoring to procure from Great Britain the right to navigate the Manna River, which separates Liberia from Sierra Leone. The delegation, which consists of Secretary of the Treasury Bar- clay, Chief Justice Roberts and Senator King, who was the Liberian Commis- sioner to the World's Fair, have had an interview with Colonial Secretary Cham- berlain, and negotiations to secure the de- sired right are now in progress. Barclay, who has- held office for about twénty vears, in speaking of the matter to-day said: Liberla is progressing well. Thanks to the firm stand of the United States and Great Britain we are untroubled with European ag- gression, though, to tell the truth, we are rather afraid of Germany, as she is so patent- Iy on the lookout for colonies. However, I don't think she will get a chance to appropriate our country. I understand that steps are on foot in New York for the formation of an American line to West Africa. 1 believe it will be an advantageous undertaking, as-the oils, timber and such products now used in Liberia and other West African countries come from Amer- ica, but by way of-England. ‘A direct service would obviate this miscarriage of profits. Re- turn freights are still scarce, put with the rapid development of the country's mining interest this difficulty should shortly be overcome, while rubber {s always plentiful. There is gold in Liberia and a company has already been formed to develop the mines. Financially Liberia is progressing. One hun- dred thousand pounds would wipe out all her debts. Considering that we have not recelved any financial assistance, except from American colonization, Liberia’s standing compares fa- vorably with that of any West African State. We are getting little negro immigration from the United States, At present, indeed, it is hard for immigrants to get work, for the na- tives are willing to work for $3 a month. Later there will be plenty of opportunities for those cognizant of mining matters. If American ne- groes would take up this branch they would have a great future on the West Coast, where they can stand the climate twice as well as a white man. We are working slowly and stead- ily in the endeavor to find a common basis of government for our civilized and native popula- tions. The latter number over a million. We are endeavoring to avold the mistake so patent in the Crown colonies around us of forcing our ideas upon the natives.. A gradual assimilation of customs is the only way of dealing with the problem, and how successful we have been can be judged by the fact that we haye no organ- ized police force, and often no serjous criminal cases occur in six months' time. Barclay says the Liberians were very glad to hear that it was proposed to re- establish the American squadron of war- ships in European waters, though there was no harbor in Liberia at present fitted for a coaling station. B e e e e e S ) then stop if the strike be carried for any length of time and coke ovens will close when the furnaces stop. The big works of the Carnégie company are almost free of uniomism, but this is the citadel that will be attacked at once by the Amalgamated Association. If the union men can close the other milis and prevail “fm“ union men to stop handling structural steel and plates the plants at Homestead and Duquesne can be serious- {ikcrlpp!edv as their product would not be en. The Edgar Thomson Steel Works .at Braddock will not likely be affected. This concern has contracts placed by railroads direct that will operate it for seven months. If the Chicago rail mill be closed the Edgar Thomson mill could roli some of its contracts. The Homestead armor plate department would scarcely be af- fected, although if the workers there could be induced to come out it would place, the company in a bad situation re- garding its armor plate contracts with the Federal Government. At the Duquesne sheet and fron plant bars are made large- ly. Much of the stuff made there in the last week has been stocked. Labor lead- ers think that the upper and lower Union ;nflglznr:lg?t 'iveulnduced to Cz;lme out in case ral strike in all the corporatio: companies is declared. o B — - AN APPEAL TO McKINLEY, President Is Asked to Interfere in the Steel Strike. NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—The Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers held a special meeting to-day and decided to send a petition to President McKinley asking him to interfere on behalf of the men in the strike of the Amalgamated Assoclation of Steel, Iron-and Tin Work- ers. The Times, which will to-morrow prin this information, says the petition ta.ke: the stand that the strikers have not had a fair trial in public opinion, and asks for investigation of this and other strikes. ke iy i Ry Steel Companies Join Syndicate. COLOGNE, Aug. 3.—According to the Cologne Gazette negotiations were con- cluded here to-day by which the members of the unwrought iron syndicate agreed to an extension of the terms now in force until the end of 1%02. The Hoesch Iron and Steel Works and the Deutsche, Kais- }e]x; dml;‘lithle‘;’ten'sth gteelt comfmnlen. which 0 8too: u al p: ment, jolned the syndieater - o 287ee —_— SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE IS SEVERELY CRITICIZED Objection Made to Recent Report Re- ferring to Kansas as a Semi- Arid Region TOPEKA, Aug. 3.—F. D. Coburn, State Secretary of Agriculture, gave out an in- terview to-night severely criticlzing Sec- retary of Agriculture Wilson for the lat- ter's recent reference to Kansas as a “semi-arid” region. Coburn sald Wilson has defined the corn belt as composed of Iowa, Illinois and Missouri. - Wilson is further quoted as saying that Kansas and Nebraska can | never. be counted upon. The Kansas Secretary presents man: facts and figures, showi 5 how, in hlz estimation, Kansas and Nebraska far overshadow the other States mentl in the way of corn growing. e Mail Service From St. Michael. ‘WASHINGTON, Aug. 8—The Postoffice Department has established a gteamboat mall service from BSt. Michael, at the mouth of the Yukon River, to Beetles, a riew Postoffice at the head 'of navigation, on the Koyukuk River. The distance 13 1 (ntermediate pointa. 18 1o b perioE nts, 5 until the close & nuglsaugn this 0! year. What are Humors? They are vitiated or morbid fluids cours- ing the veins and. affecting the tissues. They are commonly due to defective diges- tion but are sometimes inherited. How do they manifest themselves? In many forms of cutaneous eruption, salt rheum or eczema, pimples and bols, and in weakness, languor, general debility. How are they expelled? By Hood'’s Sarsaparilla which also builds up the system that has suffered from them. ’ It Is the best medicine for all humors. 1901. WHITE MINERS Story of a Massacre Is Brought From the North. Five Men Reported to Have Been Killed on Valdes Trail. Sk g Special Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, Aug. 3.—Advices brought ddwn on the steamship Humboldt, which arrived from Skaguay 'this morning, give meager details of a horrible mas- sacre of flve men committed by Indians on the Valdes trail. The advices do not give the names of the victims. The news was brought to Juneau by the steamer Newport, which arrived there July 30, the day before the Humboldt sailed. The officers of the New- port said that the names of the filve men had not been procured when the boat left Orca, and from the scant information received 'at that time little could be learned of the details of the tragedy. The crime was committed at a point fb?ut 200 miles from ‘Valdes in the in- erior. ‘Another tale of horror from Valdes is that an unknown man was found on the trail almost dead from starvation and ex- posure. He was discovered by prospec- tors, who took him into their camp and fed him. The man declared that he had not tasted food in thirteen days. _—— NORDICA WILL TOUR THE UNITED STATES Owing to Other Engagements She Refuses an Offer With the Nikisch Orchestra at Leipsic. MUNICH, Bavaria, Aug. 3.—The wide- spread interest manifested in the opening of the great new Wagner Theater here in September next increases, and the at- tendance of notables from the musical world is expected to be immense. Mme. Nordica is preparing in the Black Forest. The final rehearsal of the opening opera “Tristan and Isolde” was given privately before the Prince Regent and the fact that Mme. Nordica filled the role of Isolde will be recorded on tablets in the new theater. During her four weeks’ sea- son in Munich the American songstress will appear each week in the role of Isolde and as Elsa in “Lohengrin.”” At the con- clusion of the season she will go to Lu- cerne to rest before sailing for America, at the end of October. Mme. Nordica has decided not to appear next season in either opera or_ concert in New York or Phila- delghxa, but she is booked for upward of eighty recitals throughout the United States. Owing to her engagements she has been obliged to refuse an offer to ap- pear with the Nikisch Orchestra at the Gewandhaus, Leipsic. e o o CONTESTS NANSEN’S RIGHT TO VALUABLE ESTATE Niece of the Late Mathias Blessing Lays Claim to Share in Large Fortune. CHICAGO, Aug. 3—By a petition filed in the Probate Court here to-day the fact that Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, the explorer who came near to reaching the north pole, is engaged iIn litigation here, was made public. Nansen was In a fair way 0 get the fortune left by Matlilas Bless- ing, a wealthy Scandinavian who died in this city two years ago, as the other heirs, it Is sald, had waived their,claims in his favor. To-day’s petition, however, is filed by Mrs. Martha C. Cunningham of Chat- tanooga, Tenn., and a8 she claims to be the daughter of the decedent’'s brother, David, the litigation is taken to be pro- longed. She asks the court to delay the distribution of the assets of the estate until she has had a hearing of her claims for a share. PO A POLICE UNABLE TO TRACE CLERK McCAULL Secret Service Officers Detailed to Solve the Mystery of His Sudden Disappearance. WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—John McCaull, the alleged defaulting quartermaster’s clerk of the transport Egbert, which sailed for Alaska some time ago, was ap- pointed to this position in April, 1869, from Virginia, upon, the recommendation of hie father, Captain P. H. McCaull, who was a volunteer quartermaster during the Spanish war. The latter's accounts are straight and the quartermaster’s depart- ment has learned that the funds for which Captain McCaull was responsible have been deposited in the Treasury by John McCaull. Captain McCaull “was mustered out with other volunteers on June 30. Secret Service officers are look- ing for John McCaull. BOERS ATTACK AND WRECK BRITISH TRAIN Twenty-Eight Gordon Highlanders Killed, Eighteen Wounded and Ten Captured. LONDON, Aug. 3.—A letter from a sol- dier in South Africa, dated Nylstroom, Transvaal Colony, July 6, says the Boers wrecked a train near Naboomspruit July 4. One hundred and fifty Boers attacked the train guard and twenty-elght Gordon Highlanders were killed, eighteen wound- ed and ten captured. The conductor, en- gineer and fireman of the train were sub- sequently shot. B R N e a2t 9+ THE DAY’S DEAD. B 4+4 444444444444 444 BALLASTON, N. Y., Aug. 3.—Colonel Henry Clay Conde died here to-day, aged years. He served in the civil war as colonel on the staff of General Nelson, participating in the Kentucky and Ten- nessee cam;a-lgn. At the close of the war he resumed the practice of law in Mem- his, Tenn., and later removed to St. Rouis. He ‘became bilnd about twelve Keus ago _and has since made his home ere. In 1888 he was nominated as Chief Justice af Alaska but declined the ap- pointment because of his then failing eye- E Frank Collier. CHICAGO, Aug. 3.—Frank Collier, once well known as a politiclan and an attor- ney, died to-night at the County Hos- ital. He had been {ll for some time with 'yphoid fever and had never fully recov- ered from mental troubles, the result of injuries received several yéars ago in an assault made upon him as a result of a political feud. i gt i ‘William H. Clagett. SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. +—Judge. Wil- liam H. Clagett of Was] n and Idaho, died early this morning at his residence. He'was ent in fusion politics in Idaho and was candidate for United States Senator before the Legis- lature. He was a prominent lawyer. Judge Clagett was born in 1833, el S William B. Beach. LONDON, Aug. 3.—Willlam B. Conservative member of Parliament for the Andover district of Hampshire, died to-day as the result of injuries sustained through being thrown from a cab yester- day afternoon into the excavations in Parliament street. 3 e Rt. Rev. Abram L. Littlejohn. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.,, Aug. “8.— Right Rev. Abram L. Littlejohn, D. D., LL, D., Bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Long Island, died suddenly to-day at Gray Luck Hotel, of apoplexy. He was 77 years of age. He been here a week on a vacation. = g Miron A. Decker. NEW YORK, Aug. 8.—Miron A. Decker, a well known piano manufacturer, is lead, aged 83. ker was born in the Catskills and began_the manufacture of planos in this city about forty years ago. ADVERTISEMENTS. VERY TRYING TO WOMEN Are the Peculiar Ills Brought on by the Depressing Weather of Summer. [Péruna Is a Tonic Especially Adipted to Their Peeuliar Diseases.] Mrs. A. M. 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Atter five long years of suffer- 1 began taking it the first week in October, and Than! truly celebrated and gave thanks for restored health and usefulness. giving day -Mrs. Bra- ing you gave me gcod health through your blessed Peruna, and now it has been six years since | first wrote to Dr. Hartman, and through his invalu- able adviee and never-failing Peruna I am jn perfect health. “T eould not; sit up over a half hour at a time when I began taking Peruma. I am now in perfect health, and have not had any signs of my old complaint, (pel- vic catarrh) for six years. There are not many of my age as healthy as I am, as I am 44 years old ‘Peruna’ is the name of our family ‘physician—it is never failing, gives quick relief.”—Mrs. E. Riker. Dr. Hartman’s Advice. Tha above are only three of thousands of cases of female weakness that have been cured by Dr. Hartman's advice. All ailing women should write Dr. Hart- man. Advice free. Address Dr. 8. B. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarfum, Columbus, Ohio. WILSON THINKS CROP CONDITIONS EXAGGERATED Studying to See if Something Cannot Be Done to Lessen Destructive- ness of Droughts. SIOUX CITY, Towa, Aug. 3.—Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, who Is Investigating crop conditions in the Northwest, ex pressed the opinion to-day that the situa- tion was not quite so bad as reported. He said: “The real object of my trip out here is to make a scientific investigation of the crop conditions of the Middle West. By scientific I do not mean an estimate of the financial loss or the decrease of the crop product caused . by the recent drought, but I want to see if something cannot be done to lessen the destructive- ness of droughts. I am satisfled that by means of scientific study in the agricul- tural sphere a way can be devised where- by the loss to the farmer by drought can be materially lessened. I have not yet reached a conclusion as to how this can be done, but the results of my Investiga- tions will be given out on my return to ‘Washington. first noticed the effect of the drought when I struck Indiana. From there west as far as I have been the dam- age is quite perceptible. I went to Omaha and Lincoln first that I might have an op- ortunity to see the condition of the crops Fn Southern Iowa, as I had heard that they were hurt the worst. From what I have seen from the crops around Sioux City 1 think they are in much better con- dition than those in the southern part of the State. It is impossible for me to esti- mate the extent of the loss. That will be given out in thz monthly bulletin, which will be issued August 10. I am go- ing from here through Minnesota to St. Paul and probably will come back again to Towa. I suppose I will visit Missouri before I return to Washington.”” FRUIT TRANSPORTATION AND TRUCK FARMING Exhaustive Report Being Prepared Under the Direction of the Agri- cultural Department. WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—The Agricul- | tural Department is preparing to {ssue an | exhaustive report by E. D. Ward Jr. and Edwin S. Holmes Jr. on truck farmin, and the transportation of - fruits = an vegetables in the United States. The re- port covers the following points: 1—A description of the transpertation of fruits and vegetables from Southern truck farms to Northern markets, 2—A description of the Calliornia fruit industry and the movement of California fruits to interior points and Atlantic sea- reight rates and refrigerator ch: on perishable products in all impertant sections of the country. ~ report says: “Such a thing as a par- ticular season for any kind of vegstable in our prmcig(a.l markets is at this time prac- tically unknown and it is now possible fto draw upon the different sections of the country and receive at any season of the year nearly all the standard varietles of vegetables.” —_— Court-Martials to Be Held in Manila. WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—Court martials are to be held in Manila on Lieutenant Preston Brown and Captain Francis P. Fremont, Second Infantry. The lieuten- ant is accused of killing a native who re- fused to recover the body of a soldier from the river. The charges against Cap- tain Fremont are not known yet. gt B Prince Henry of Orleans Dying. SAIGON, Aug. 3.—Prince Henry of Or- leans, who has been ill recently, has had a serious relapse and is suffering from grave intestinal complications. " Small ope Is entertained for his recovery. the World-famous:J shoe for Womer) i £ — —— 4 \% Yhape v oe for men- \ rfim‘éflta, ROSIS _ A PAIR 330