The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 10, 1899, Page 2

permenant TERRE RET ota MEER en ra eceedaienientaea nansiemene en of Printing and Wograving in Wash 2 THE SEATTLE An pt Sunday, CHASE, sient MAN ACR delivered Fei cent nipelve cents pe froe copies ATONEMENT DUR DEEYEUS, i Hix vents por week, | Experiments have been jmade tn Zurich to operate street joare by NHauid air oe Duplox cars, that can be used both In summer and winter, are still being projected by the carbullders, ee f the Citheons’ mpany, of India petitioned the city a cent recently not to advocat | oy we chief sufferer Recent dovelapments in the Drey-| oes tus case, a8 Investigated by the Sourt of Caseation, indicate almost |"Y Withdrawing the last of it# cable sion has the matter under way, and |/ ceyond the possibility of a doubt During tho last month Baltimore, ara, has placed itself on the roll of American cities employing exclus- hat the wretched prisoner of Devil's | ively electric power for street rail- ‘sland ts an innocent man. | ways, Should the court declare this to be | sof Dek @ fact, then the monstrous infamy Which has been shouldered upon this unfortunate officer of the Frenoh | ponds on suburban army, involving the most humiliat- ing and degrading punishment ever | Very profitable for thieves. eee meted out to any man, calis for a moet thorough reparation on the part of the French government Dreyfus innocent is the most fright fully outraged man upon the face of the earth today. Having first been branded as a traitor and then sub- Jeoted to the humiliation of having his shoulder straps torn from his uniform and bis sword broken in the presence of the assembled army, he t# sent into lifelong exile on an deland of suggestive name, branded throughout the world as an outcast and tohuman fiend, fit only to ex- Patiate his crime amidst the devils of creation. It would have been a mercy to thia man to have shot or banged him—et least such was the ing proofs of Dreyfus’ innocence be- | Loan company at noon today and | city, there is a grim monument to Joracked the big depowit safe with | the terrors of the past rigorous win- | frightful phantam the a of Dreyfus wronged hovers the fair land of France today | ‘The latest ache to steal the cop- per used in street railway construc~ ition work is to steal the copper rait- road With copper at 20 cents a pound, this ix Street car builders are working out [a plan of consolidation to embrace all the principal companies, and to take in, as well, the principal truc builders. Present that the scheme will be carried out | successfully VAULT ROBBED Safe-blowers entered the banking- rooms of the People’s Building and dynamite, and got away with the cash contents, something lke $2500. It wae during the noon houf, and, contrary to custom, the bank was closed while the cashier and secre- tary went to lunch. The crooks, who must have been watching for the over and threatens to precipitate a revo- | opportunity, made quick work of the z i may end in another terror, The army, dis- ed against the people. knows what moment the | ploeten will come that will from end to ond. Dreyfus’ vengeance ap- hand " 3 tt 3 Fa 5 £ job, but had they been one day) eartier they might have obtained a/ much larger sum of money, which | had been deposited with @ local| bank. | ‘They forced a rear window, and, finding the outer safe doors unlock- ed, put in & dynamite cartridge and closed the doors The explosion | wrecked the Inner doors, and was able reparation that could be offered money to this man would be @ humbie writ. | drawers were rifted of all cash ex-) ten apology, signed and sealed by the S*pt & 1° gold pee. The the victim, with the privilege of pub-| gate stood in front of a big plate- Ushing it to the uttermost ends of | the | true, is the fact that Up to the present time in the his- ‘ered & passenger to the tory of men no nation _|man, while the latter gazed tie! je eat has ever pub- |i at the man who was sputtering ly apologised to citizen whom it jiike « lamp going out. judicial mistake publicly made an object of con- no exception to the) In this country today there | laws in existence which unjustly convicted of crimes and) afterwards proved to be innocent. Yet not @ year passes by but what @ number of unfortunates, who have | Jong as human justice is liable to err. | Special rehabilitacion laws with cash | indemnity features, should be en-_ acted, so as to partially atone to the | ‘vietims for the mistakes of criminal The woeful story of Dreyfus may for specific atonement to all indiv- Sduals wrongiy convicted of crimes. __oo Our treaties with China provide that whatever rights or privileges of | mavigation, commerce or intercourse may be granted by the Chinese gov- ernment to other nations shall also be enjoyed by the cMtizens of the United States, This treaty will en- title us to demand, even within the “spheres of influence’ marked out for themegives by other nations, commercial, opportunities similar to those enjoyed by Russia, Germany, Great Britain and France so long as the sovereignty and independence of the Chinese Empire shall be main- tained. In undertaking to guarantee that independence it would seem that Russia and Great Hritain have equitably bound themselves to main- tain the obligations of treaties which China has negotiated with other Powers, With such an understand- ing the arrangement entered into between the two great Kuropean Powers would be of the most obvious advantage to the people of the Unit- ed States. It would insure a stabil- ity in Chinese affaires which would warrant great effort for the exten sion of our commerce in that vast market. _— Captain Coghlan remains on the cruiser Kaleigh and will probably at~ tend no more banquets for time to come. OO some Father Time {a reported to be high- | Jy gratified that Susan B. Anthony, fs once more president of the Wo man's Suffrage association. Susan {# certainly old enough to vote, and ‘would probably vote right if she had | the chance. it would seem that the only reaton- | neard in the adjoining buildings, but aroused The hie’ fellows. The United | head. perspiration sought ite water- ers | i | treat jare read in one community they no suspicion, Was given in loss than five minutes after the robbery. giase window, not twenty feet from the street, yet the robbers came, completed a neat job. and escaped unseen, and there is no clew, Wrong Place to Stutter. Tt was in one of the elevators of a sky-seraper. As the elevator shot) toward the senith, a little stout man with @ mourning band on his silk bat, began to sputter, His face as- sumed the complexion of a lobster t has passed away in boiling wa- ter. | “Bub-but, rt—st-——st—b'r’ country te entitied to the | said, ax the veins stood out upon his 'r.” he neck. “Guess he'll have a stro! At the top story the stout man's eyes were nearly starting from his | theds on the map of his countenance. | and as he grasped the arm of the elevator man the latter nervously pulled the lever and the lift started for the bottom at @ terrific rate The solitary passenger danced about, gurgling spasmodicaily, and it seem- ed as if the threatened stroke would get him before the ground floor was reached. As the car struck bottom, however, he rushed through the door, and up to an important individual whose cap | bore the screed, “Starter.” } “S-a-m-nay, sputtered, “t-t-this te the th-th-third trip I-I-I-I've tak~ en In the 4-d-d-—— elevated,'n I-1-1-1 w-w-wanter «-g-«-eet off at the sev-sev-seventh f-f-fl-floor. Before I-T c-c-can say sev-sev-seven 1. I-I-I-I'm up to the ta-ta-top, ‘n be-| be-before I-I-1 can cat-cat-catch my br-br-breath I-I-I'm down h-h-here | again, ‘n I-I-I-I'm in a beh-h-hell | of a h-h-h-hurry.” The starter put him on a car, clos-| ed the door, said “Seven,” and the car starte RAILWAY NOTES. Express companies are experl-| menting with refrigerator cars for shipping fruits long distances. A train of berries was recently ship ped from points in Lovisana to Chicago, Il, which arrived there in perfect condition. . ee The Seaboard Air Line ratiroad, which runs through Virginia, the Carolinas and Geor has intro- duced the novel scheme of ablish- ing circulating libraries for the use of the people living along the line The books are all standard works, and appropriwte to the locality tn which they are circulated. They) principally of farming and | housekeeping, and in improving ones | surroundings. As soon as the books | sent to another town and repla by an entirely different set. | see The Canadian government has re- cently contracted to pay Wider, | Dempster & Co, a bonus of $250,000) each for their two new twin-serew | which will run between and Landon, providing y make 500 miles per day. Un-| Jer the terms of the contract th company must add at least one new steamer every year, and carry for the rate of $15 each. | the part of the Canadian Govern- | ment has for its object the settling | and development of th orth went territory Mt will undoubtedly de- arriving at the port of New York. “A husband who advises hia wife |to smoke,” has been writing to the London Daily Mail, He thinks that if smoking Is soothing to the nerve | women need it even more than men | do. Id ultimately be the | AT NOON HOUR lorat weeks ago on account of heavy | rain. A complete grading outfit left | here this morning for the went | the government 150 immigrants at|for the next three or four This move on |The |North Yakima Is Arranging a Great Program. } | NORTH YAKIMA, Wash. May 10. |The state fair commision is ar jranging for a grand reunion of the [heroes of Manila dur fair week. Our boys will have returned | from the Philippines before Sept, | \25, when the state fair opens at this and all the peep! will be de sirous of meeting the volunteers and shaking hands with those who fought with Dewey, ‘The commis will make every effort to effect the reunion | One of the most Interesting feat ures of the fair will be the Indian exhibite, ‘The commission proposes giving the Indians camping «round inaide the enclosure and to furnish | them with woed, hay and other |camp equipment, and «ive them a barbecue, There will be Indian races every afternoon, Indian war dances and other exhibite, and a new fea. ture of Indian life never before ex hibited will probably be among the happy surprises and Interpsting jsights, Details of all these enter tainments will be announced later }as plane are completed | The exhibits of this year promine to exceed anything ever had at the state fair, As the commission has | secured @ special rate of $55 per car load on livestock for all points in the | state reached by the thern Pact: | fic, many fine exhibits of cattle, | |aheep and bogs are already lated | by well known breeders. Some of the | | finest stock in Britieh Columbia has Doors Blown Open by Oymae eon promised, and Oregon stock- | mite and $3,500 Taken, |" Will be weil represen | ASHTABULA, Obi, Mey 10 | Stands Upright in Death LARAMIE, Wys, May 10.—-Out ¢ the Laramie plaina, west of this ter. Between the two Laramie riv- ere there stands a horse which w frozen to death during one of the | very severe storms of the past sea- son. The animal was frosen while | standing, the snow having drifted | im about him and held the carcass erect. The snow has since metted/ away but the carcass in still stand- ing. His forefeet are extended tn a bracing position. SHERIFF SELLS WHEAT Foreclosure at Garfield and Good Prices Obtained. GARFIELD, Wash, May 10. The sheriff yesterday sold 2456 bushels of wheat at sheriff's wale here and at | Walter's siding, two miles east of Garfeld on the O. BR. & N. track. ‘The wheat was the property of W H. Worley and was sold to satiefy @ chattel mortgage given by Worley | to the Second National bank of Col- tax ‘There were 1998 bushels of the wheat stored in the warehouse of the Garfield Hardware and Mercan- tile company, om the Northern Pact- fie tracks In Garfield. This was sold to the hardware company for (4c per bushel. ‘The remainder of the wheat. 49 bushels, was stored in the Pacific Coast Elevator company's ware- house at Walter's siding, two miles, cast of Garfield. This sold for tle} per bushel, the Second National) bank of Colfax being the purchaser. | The sale ie considered & good one for) « forced wale, the @rain bringing al-| most the market price. | Chinese Invasion Planned AUSTIN, Tex. May 10.—The fed-| eral authorities of the western dis-| triet of Texas, embracing all of the | Rio Grande border, have received tn formation that a gigantic plot is now under way to emuggie Chinese in- to this country from Mexico. A few months ago the Western Central Railway company Imported about a thousand Chinese to work on exten~ sions of that line. They were brought direct from China and soon after their arrival a professional American Chinese smugater got in with them and caused many of the/ men to desert their work, and they are making their way toward the Rio Grande frontier In small bands Railroad Extension. VANCOUVER, Wash. May 19. Contractor L. M. Hidden, of the} Portiand, Vancouver & Yakima rail. | road, will resume work this week on the extension of that road. The work of grading was stopped sev- terminus of the road, near Battle Ground. The work of grading and track-laying will be pushed from) now on as rapidly as possible, on the | present proposed extension of the} road to Yackoit prairie, a distance of thirty miles from here. WILL INSPECT THE STAMPS. A Secret Service Operator to Look for Counterfeits. PHILADELPHIA, May 9%. — The Treasury department has sent to! Phiadelphia an operative of the Se cret Service Bureau, who Is consid. | ered an expert on the subject of revenue stamps, for the purpose of ascertaining whether any of the counterfelt revenue stamps turned out at acobs’ factory In Lancaster may not have been disposed of among other unwcrupulous cigar manufacturere in thie city, The operative in question, who has done | some excellent work in connection with the attempted fsaue of forged bonds in New York, and in helping to break up the spy system estab. lished at Washington at the begin- ne of the late war by the Spanish government, will remain In this clty weeks. treasury department has no |‘ m to believe that ar of the yunterfeit stamps have been dis |posed of in this way, but it t» Jered not at al improbable t maid. | Pa crease the number of immigrants |cobs may have succeeded in getting |, & G. |some manufacturers to purchas |nome of the large stock which he |had on hand, If this supposition proves to be true the purchasers of the #tamps will be proceeded against on the charge of aiding and abetting | |the conspiracy. ‘The government stamp expert ex- ington, Had the paper on which their #20 sliver certificates were printed been just a little better the counterfeit would have defied detec thon. oir imitation of thy revenue Stamp was not #o good, posmibly be they did mot think tt neces vote #o much tw not werutiniged as if It Bull it would requir @ Vory close observer to tell the dif ference between it senutne stamp, A great fault te in the he of Clay, All counterfeiters fall ada, for the smon that not aver In the ov n exactly There is In it, not per naked eye, but evi dent when examined by the scope, Taylor and Hredell bh en Clay an entirely diff mary t i, a it were money nlere sion from ¢t which he the genunine note Hie right eye, you Will observe, is #lightly blurred, and bincker than It ought to be Ther are several othe wiight de fects in the note, nearly all of them results from an imperfect copying af defects in the genuine note. The wnterfelters, however, are expert enough to get a salary #2000 & year in the bureau of print ing and engraving at Washington.” GETTING RICH QUICKLY Gas Company at Terre Haute | i: Had Fast Meters. TERRE HAUTE, Ind, May 1A bitter Nght in on here between F. of 84, Louis, and the Terre Haute Gas oo any, > an inspector who searches for “fast” meters and gets rebates from the company for customers, found a big number of meters that were fast from 2 to 10 per cent. When this fact became known loud complaint went up from the consumers, Then both sides hired lawyers. The gas company has apparently come down from its original position because today It is announced it will test all meters free in the presence of the consumers, William Flynn, of the Indianapolis Gas ven pany, will do the inapecting, So far no re~ bates have been paid over, Mistaken Identity. A Cleveland real estate man says that a few days ago as he wan watk- ing along # certain street in New- berg. where he had been to Inapect ® building lot, when a small boy leaned over @ gate and addressed him. je Was a weasened small boy of perhaps nine year “Hay,” be said, layin” fer you.” "What's that?” cried the real es- tate man. Jur hired girl's layin’ fer you,” Tepented the small boy. “She says she'll mash your head the next time you come around.” “You must be mistaken,” gasped the man of lands and houses. “I never saw the lady.” “That don't make no difference,” said the boy with a broad grin, she'll smash you just the same. You spelled her name all wrong an’ her beaus don't khow where she tives an’ she’s hotter an’ Diezes.” polled her name tn my life,” replied the deater, “You did too, You apelted tt with aC when it should be with a K." ur hired girl's “What do you take me for?” cried the dealer. The di man—ain't your* “Certainly not said the dealer with great emphas Well, you got @ hat just like hin,” said the boy Then the dealer passed along. REUNION OF VETERANS Palouse Will Entertain Them This Month. COLFAX, Wash, May 10.—The fotlowing invitations have been ts sued by the Grand Army of Whit- man county The!third annual reunion of the Whitman thon will be May %, County V associa ran held in Palouse City on and 2% next, under the ¢ Major Anderson post, No, 2, GA. RB. Everybody is cor Jially invited to attend and partak of the enaoyment of a fine patriotic programme. n. J. W. Reid, of Lewiston, Ida ho; Rev. B. BE. Uta, of Spokane Hon, N. Rosenkaupt, of Spokane Judge Norman Buck, of Spokane; a. J. F. MeLean, of Walla Walia; and William Goodyear and W. B Hargrave, of Colfax will address us upon the living issues of the day on patriotic lines Out on Permanent Bail, DALLAS, Tex., May 10.-The bond of C. H. Alexander, former president of the Dallas Consolidated Exeqtric Street Railway company, charged with having been an accessory to the murder of Col. J. G. Randall, has n made per nt tuntil the case against him shall be tried on its merits. New bond was secured with J. B. Wilson and C. B, Bir¢ sure- ties, Harnett Gibbs, who was on the temporary bond, is not on the per- manent instrument MILWAUKEE, asserted that th , Sorry. Wis., May 10. anti-pass law Tt in will leost the city about $1000 per month law the policemen n no long *, and it Is maid and ride Under the city employes free on the street that the work i# such that the city will have to pay the fare of the policemen and sanitary inspectors or lone much valuable time by having them walk. No provision has been for paying the fares of the may and there i @ disposition do #o for a time, but to at to make the law obnoxious ne © city business by the time caused by the niking instead of riding. men's BIRDSBORO, Pa, May 10.—The employes of the blast furnaces of the Iron company have been notified of another advance of 10 per cent. in wages, taking effect on May 15. ‘They will then be get- ting @ raise 1898 wages Ko Prescription Specialists. per cent. over the Phoue Pike 2 attention to repro of $2000 to nm, who is Sherman Can Only Be Beaten by United Action. WASHINGTON, PD. ©, May 9 Representative Dolliver, of Lowa, who is pushing General Hender for Speaker of the House of Kepre sentatives to muceged Mr. I to ay in an interview said that Mr | Sherman, of New York, in his opin mn would win, unless the We united on a candida nd that consequently he would sug {mest to the western candidates that the western men enter into an agree- ment to vote for the western Bpeak ership candidate receiving the high- est number of vote on the first bal- lot Kepresentatives Bherman believes that he will be Speaker of the next House, Representatives William Al len Smith, Michi, to that State to secur votes to give Mr. Sherman the piac Sherman haw already been promised seven votes from Kansan and four from Qhio. He claims that he is now assured of 72 votes east of the Alleghenies, This will give him a total of #3 votes, Only 92 are re- quired for the caucus nomination Mr, Smith is anxious for the Gub. ernatorial nomination in Michigan next year, and unless he can secure an Important committes assignment at the next semsion, there ts lit probability of his suce ro he has decked to cast his lot with the Sherman candidacy, The Shed Col TOLEDO, 0., May 10.—Four men were Injured this afternoon at the Armory Baseball park by the 1 inpae Of a shed adjoining the base- ball grounds, One man, Frank Har- |mon, will die, He js injured intern. ally. A game was in progress between Fort Wayne and Toledo when the shed collapsed. There were nearly % people on the top of it, but they Mh escaped with the exception of Harmon. Frank Hogan was also internally injured; Frank Wilson, a leg broken, and Frank Ranks, wrint broken. The injured were taken to hospitals, and with the exception of Harmon, will recover. CRIME OF A FATHER The Murder of Five Children Deliberately Planned. HUTCHINSON, Kan, May 10.—~ The trial of John Moore, charged with murdering his five children here in March last, has begun. The throate of the children were cut, their akulle were crushed and th house was fired to conceal the crime. In hia opening address the county attorney stated that it would be proved that Moore and hie wife had been unable to procure employment on account of their children; that Mr. Moore had told a prospective employer that he would dispose of them, and that he deliberately pre- pared to murder them. The defence will be on the ground of epilepsy. Foul Play Suspected. TEXARKANA, Ark, May 10. Today, while wome boys at Texark- ana Junction, five miles west of here were strolling along the railroad track they found @ negro lying near the rafis in an unconecious condition hia head being crushed and in the back of hie neck were two knife cute. It is believed that foul play was perpetrated and the victim placed near the railroad track to shift sus- The negro was 4 stranger, with no means of identification, Followed His Frie: ERIE, Pa, May Harty, descendent from by shootinghere.u -eH|-Se shrdfwy committed sujeide here yesterday by shooting. Norman Bates, a friend of Harty, read of the suicide in an evening paper, and, retiring to his bed reom, put @ bullet through his |head, killing himeelf. Cut in Two by Car Wheels NORRISTOWN, May 10.—Charles Lukens, 3 years old, was instantly killed this afternoon on the Reading railway at Bridgeport. A coal car [had been deratied and Lukens and | Conductor Wiliam Stonler were un- der the car amwisting in getting It on the track. An engine backed up against the car, shoving it over Lu- kens, whose body was cut in two. HIDDEFORD, Me., May 10. hundred machinists employed in the Saco and Pettee shops here have struck for an advance of 20 per cent, In wages. MAY DIE IN ITS INFANCY This Trust is Disrupted by In- ternal Trouble. CHICAGO, May 10.—The latest strawboard combination may be Western manufacturers of commodity met all day yesterday at the Grand Pacifie behind clomed doors and the session was far from armontous, It is said that some those present declared that they d then and there withdraw from th trust The meeting was called for the purpose of seeking a remedy for nae which, tt is sald, be- came apparent » formation awhoard industry, At the meet- of the $2,000,000 combination of the ing held yesterday these matters were brought up for arbitration and settlement, but some of the manu- facturers refused to accede to the de mands of others and it was then the nbination was declared broken. Bh, Weston, of St. Louis, was ed president of the combination when it wae formed at a meeting held in the Grand Pacific about six weeks ago. Robbers Use Dynamite. JACKSON, Tenn., May 10,—About 2 o'clock this morning the postoffice at Selmar, county seat of MoNair county, forty miles south of here, wae broken into and robbed of $87 Dynamite was used in blowing open the safe, Tho robbers escaped ajn Ww Two strangers were arrested wie ea | AND Seem Your NEW YORK, May 10.—Great suc coms in attending the undertaking to obtain subseriptions in this eo to the Jewish Colonial Trust, Hete |for which, In purxuance of a rexolu a n adopted at the Zionist congress d at Galee, Bwitseriand, in Aug » lust, 1898, were opened on March 20 in New York and London. The ob ject of the trust is to give practical : ZI sin 1358 to the objects of Zionism and to| Come to See T Jaseivt in the establishment of Jew ish states in Byria and in Palestine, under the suzerainty of the sultan of Turkey. Jewish Colonial Trust. NEW YORK, May 10.—Formal an nouncement of the organization of the American Hide and Le | company wan made today. company will be incorporated with Bagge 4 capital of $70,000,000, of which $20,-| We will be open until g p. m., and we want to show you the 000,000 will be 7 pe t. cumulative | preferred stock and $4,000,000 « |mon stock, The plan of the org sation in to have $6,000,000 of each tock remain in the treasury. It tn | Understood that J. & W. Seligman & leompany will finance the combina- Itton. Already options on 26 le aner' We know you don’t companies have been secured | hav time during the day, and now that warm weather is coming on, we think the Gas Stove is just what you want. DIDN'T LIKE = SHIPPING WORK So “Tim” Hogan Left His Job at the Penitentiary. COLUMBUS, ©, May 10—Tim| Hogan, the noted mail box robber, | who operated in Cleveland as well | as in all the other large cities of |the country, and who was arrested |here in Columbus a year ago and jwent to the penitentiary for five years, yesterday afternoon made his escape from that institution and has thus far eluded the authoritios j Hogan was at work in the #bip- ping department of the cigar factory and was watched over by two trus- tiew and Guard Foster. It was his duty to nail up the boxes. ‘Then ‘ Guard Foster inspected them to ree that they were all ready for ship- ment. About 4 o'clock yesterday af- terncon Hogan climbed into one of the empty cases and an associate nafied the box up. Along with the rest of the freight ready for #hip- ment the box wae carted to the Hocking Valley freight depot. Not « thing was suspected until the men at work in the freight de- pot heard the squaking of the nails as Hogan was prying his way to lib- erty. When they appeared on the woene he was free and was speeding toward the door, He was dressed in the prison uniform save that he had on an undershirt instead of « biouse. No trace of him has as yet deen found. And _ promotes happi- ness in every household where used. (as Ranges Sold at Manufactur- er’s Prices, freight deducted, and con- nected FREE of CHARGE. When Hogan was arrested here « —_—_——_ year ago keys which would fit the mail boxes in 124 olties of the coun- att @ bas try were found on him, as were also eighty-four letters taken from the) 1 .—————— ‘doxes he had robbed. The law maker the carrying of each key a separate crime, Therefore Mr. Hogan had a good chance of spending the rest of his natural days in prison, UNIVERSITY SPORTS. ‘The Girls’ Athletic asenciation wil! give a handball tournament tomor- row and Friday forencon at 10 o'clock, in the University armory It will consist of doubles and singles. The opening contests will be play- ed Thursday, and the eem!-final and | cotiations have been completed by @ final games on Friday. Prizes will | syndicate of prominent Pittsburg be offered by Prof. Van der Veer in| and Eastern capitalists and coal op- both singles and doubles to the |erators, headed by J. L. Dawson young ladies winning the event. Speer, of this city, for the purchase cee of 4000 gcree of coal lands, compris- ing the largest undeveloped coal acreage In the entire Pittsburg dis- trict. The deal approximates about Electric Co. 7_U4216 Cherry Steet BOUCHT COAL LANDS Eastern Capitalists Purchase a Tract Near Pittsburg. PITTSBURG, Pa, May 10.—Ne- The tournament will be a hand!- cap meet. The entries for the meet are: Misses Shricker, Walker, Me- Donnell, White, Hubert, Street, | $1,000,000 The tract is located on Souder, Creuger, Herren, Case,|/the banks of the Youghlogheny riv- Lynch and Rou er and has a frontage of two and ‘The first spring outdoor athletic meet of the University for this year will be held on Friday at 2:30 o'cloe on the University Athletic grounds. ‘The meet will be inter-class, The eventa will be as follows: On@ hum dred yards dash, running broad Jump, 120 yard hurile, putting 16- pound shot, 440-yard run. jhalf mitew along the Baltimore & Ohio railway. HOPKINSVILLE, Ky., May 10.— MeKnight'’s large sawmill, five miles north of Hopkinaville, was blown up this morning, killing the owners, B. |McKnight and Effie McKnight. J. White's lees were blow off and he is ‘Ghaiaan i, dying. T. T. McKnight was sert- Wanna the Natural Leader |. mjured. The mill is @ total NEW YORK, May 10.—Pastern | Wreck. rumors that Senator Hanna should give way to some one else as Re~ publican leader are foolish,” said Senator Chauncey M. Depew today. “Mr. Hanna has shown a wonderful | genius for organization. He did) more to get the party into battle ar- ray in 1896 than has been done by any chairman tn the party's history. Hie services to the part yare of in- estimable value.” . WEW SUITS FILED. New suits filed in the superior court yesterday afternoon were: Frank H. Morse ve. Perey W. Roch- ester—promimory note; Ada Pow ve. John Sharp and wife—wages; Mary McKeown vs. John M divorce; Jane BR. Wales board of county commissic Junction; Ida J. Bergert ve. ~ete—_ H ER E On Your Business Suit will you a suit of clothes worth every penny of $20.00 for Chas, Henniger, et al., promissory note; J N. Wallingford vs. A. Thompson. writ of restitution; Vinjenzo Cals izai ve Rodia Matteo—execution of| We deed; Emily L. Davis ve, A. T. Van | De Vanter—damages, GIRLS AT THE PLOW. 15.00 sell Kansas WomenTake the of Soldier Brothers. | WICHITA, Kas, May 10.—The| We carry an assortment of wives and sisters of soldiers of the | “se sarab ~cide Twentieth Kansas regiment, in the | theee,- Wearables)” decided Philippines, have turned herotnes| novelties, very swell and y o eo ed o 0 | y and many of them started to work| tony, Made better than in the flelds today, “Ou badly In need of attention,” said Miss| Your tailor can make. We Mamie Dix, whose brother was slain | "se g 2 in battle, “and we feeel it our duty | fit’ these garments ‘to you to take our brothers’ places in the} perfectly, field. Nearly ail the members of th Twentieth Kansas are farmers, | The experiment of having bath tubs in one of the public schools is | >!0 st Top Coat House In the State, i tried in Chicago, First Ave., oor, Colasibla St. a ae Atawewoesn © ® * © * t eerrwscen ue wey “wae e4%s wews enacas atin tad egeaansud