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VOL XII.
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fifS0N SENTENCES FOR
RAILWAY REBATERS
Burlington and Four Beef Con
cerns Fined $1 5,000 Each.
JAIL FOR TWO NEW YORK MEN
Gcorg" L- Thomas Fined $6000 and
- Four Months in Prison and L.
V. Taggart Fined $4000 and
Throe Months.
Kansas City; Mo. -In the United
gtate District Court Judge Smith'Mc
pheison, of Red Oak, Iowa, sen
tenced each of the four packing
houses, and the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy Railroad, recently con
victed of making, accepting and con
spiring to accept rebates on ship
ments, to pay a fine of $15,000.
Besides the railroad the companies
thus convicted and fined are Swift
k Co., Cudahy Packing Company,
Armour Packing Company and Nel
fc.ua Morris & Co..
George L. Thomas, of New York,
was fined $6,000 and sentenced. to
four months in the penitentiary, arid
L. B. Taggart, of New York, was
fined $4,000 ancU sentenced to three,
months in the penitentiary.
Thomas, who is a freight broker,
and Taggart., his chief clerk, were
convicted of securing rebates from
railways on shipments from New
York to St. Louis and Kansas City
by dry goods concerns.
At their trial several prominent
merchants who admitted having
signed contracts with Thomas testi
fied to receiving at various times
sums of money from mysterious
source?-. '
Many thousands of dollars were
thus received, and some of the wit
nesses admitted the likelihood of it
having come from Thomas.' "
The penalty provided is a fine of
not less than $1,000 nor more than
$n.0oo. or imprisonment in r the
penitentiary for not more than two
years, or both fine and imprisonment.
The four packing-companies were
tried jointly and convicted on the
charge of accepting concessions from
the Burlington Railroad, in connec
tion with connecting lines, on pack
ing house products, for export via
New York. -
The Burlington Railroad Company
was convicted on four counts of
granting concessions to the packing
companies.
The penalty provided in the case
of the packers and the Burlington in
volves a fine of from $1,000 to $20,
0A0 on each count, but no imprison
ments. Apnals were filed in each case.
Thf Lends in the case "of Thomas
and Tagsart were fixed at $61000
each.
These two men appeared in court
rersonrMly and upon being sentenced
promptly furnished the required
bonds.
The bonds in .the case of the pack
ing companies and the Burlington
were fixed at $15,000 each. Motions
for new trials for the packers, the
Burlington Railroad and Thomas and
Taggart were all overruled'.
MCTJXY ON CONVICT FARM.'
Louisiana prisoners Turn on. Guards
. .Four Men Killed.
Xatchez, Miss.- Four men were
kHled and a fifth was fatally injured
during an. attempt by three life con
victs to escape from the Angola (La.)
State convict farm. Captain J. W.
Block, foreman of the State convict
sawmill, jwas shot dead, as were
three convicts. J. W. Gibson, , a
guard, was shot through the body.
All of the convicts were rent up
from New Orleans and were working
in the sawmill. At 9 o'clock, a. m.
while Captain Block was reading a
paner, Singleton, a convict, obtained
Block's revolver, and in company
wish Dutch 'and Bird were making
off, when' the attention of the guard,
Cihson. was attracted.
Cibson fired on the party and Sin
'RiHon ' -returned the shot, shooting
Gibson through the body, and as Gib"
?on fell, Bird, another convict, took
'ttm revolver. Compelling Foreman
Block to accompany them, the con
victs started toward the river and
had placed their captive in a skiff
when they were fired on by a trusty
Tamed Deleth. Singleton then shot
and killed Block.
Pay , Guard J. T. Ogden joined
1!-H1j. and in (the fusillade of shots
that ensued three men were killed.
EXPELS LEGISLATURE.
rav Jsirato- House Finds Member
CniUy of Attempted Bribery.
Boston, Mass. At a session,
narked at one time by unusual dis
order, the Massachusetts House of
Representatives voted to expel .Rep
resentative Frank J. Gethro, of Bos
on. The House thus upholds the
report of the Committee-on Rules.
A'hicn, after a long investigation of
charges of bribery, made in conriec
on. with the defeat of the Anti-iucket-shrp
recommended Ge-
Jros elision, nn the ground that
" ' nr,cl ? r's.t i if! properly to Influ
ence legislation. The vote was 142
ju favor of expulsion and 54 against
Double Guard at Pekin.
Arrangements were made whereby
Cn,Tca's LeSation guard in Pekin
HI be doubled.
K G
HAAKO
CROWIID
Democracy Keynote of the
Norwegian Coronation.
Striking Contrast to the Old AJiking
Ceremony "When New Ruler
Ascends Throne.
Trondhjem, Norway. Inv striking
contrast to the kings whom he suc
ceeds, the Vikings of 600 years ago,
King Haakon VII. and his queen,
Maud, were crowned sovereigns of
re-born Norway in this the ancient
Norse capital. Visitors from far
away countries could not fail to
think and to give expression tq the
thought, that the Vikings made them
selves kings King Haakon was
made king by the grace of the people
of Norway.
Everything was carried out with
the utmost simplicity, in this respect
resembling more closely the inaugur
ation of an American President than
a royal pageant.
Mingled with the expression of pa
triotism from the thousands of Nor
wegians in the old capital city, was
the sentiment that their new crowned
king was the ornament to the new
political structure that the people
had reared, while the visitors from
abroad viewed the coronation more
or "less as a peculiar survival of me
dievalism and perhaps among the
last such occasions of kingly pomp to
survive the twentieth century, the
era of democracy.. .
Beside the new-crowned king was
his bride, crowned in her turn, Queen
Maud, daughter of the King of Eng
land. Affection mingled with the
patriotic sentiment that stirred thou
sands here for the coronation, but
underlying the general feeling there
was clearly shown a spirit, almost
fierce, of nationalism, "All for Nor
way," as the national motto has.it,
that has never been equalled since
the days of Norway's independence
and power.
The coronation ceremony took
place in Trondhjem Cathedral, not
yet completed, but so covered with
decoration for the occasion that its
defects were not noticeable. King
and queen sat in ancient chairs under
canopies of red and gold, capped by
crowns embroidered with the initials
of Haakon and his wife, the whole
placed between . the . two transets
under the dome of the structure; "
The royal procession from the pal
ace to the cathedral was truly im
pressive. The populace, augmented
many-fold by the visitors, seemed
never to end their shouting. In the
cathedral it was the same, although
more dignified.
. A battery of artillery boomed out
its royal salute as the coronation
was completed. The coronation
music followed, consisting of ar spec
ially composed cantata in four parts,
the work of Conductor Halversen, of
the National Theatre of Christiana,
and sung with a chorus of 220 voices.
RICH, HELD FOR MURDER.
Mrs. Kauffinan Goes to Jail Charged
With Killing a Servant.
Sioux Falls. Mrs. EmmaKauff man,
wife of Moses Kauffman, a million
aire brewer of this city, was held
without b'ail for trial in the State
Circuit Court on the charge of the
murder of. Miss Agnes Polrel3, a sixteen-year-old
girl, who was employed
by her as a domestic. Mrs. Kauff
man soon after the conclusion of her
hearing was taken to the county jail.
Her husband accompanied her to
prison. She had a nervous collapse
in the afternoon.
The proceedings in court occupied
only a few minutes. When Mrs.,
Kauffman emerged from court her
carriage, through a misunderstand
ing, was not at the curb. The crush,
became so great and the demeanor of
the people so threatening that the
party was comnelle'd to seek refuge
in a livery stable across the street,
where they hired a rig. Shouts of
"Lynch her" "Hang her!" followed
the carriage until it had passed out
of sight.
DIVORCE FROM TASKMASTER.
Plaintiff Had to Commit Classics to
Memory Each Night.
Chicazo. Mrs. William Palmer
Armstrong, whose husband said her
culture did not equal his. and gave
her daily "stunts" to do in the way
of memorizing the dictionary, has
obtained a divorce. It was the task
of the girl-wife each night, before
retiring, to properly spell and thor
oughly define the meaning of many
Words not ordinarily in present use.
As a side line, and by way of recrea
tion, she was expected to commit to
memory such trifles as Milton's
"Paradise Lost" and the majority of
Shakespeare's plays.
According to the plaintiff the tasks
were hard and the results were not
all that her husband desired.
TURKISH SOLDIERS 3IUTINY.
Feizi Pasha Turned His Artillery
Upon His Own Troops,
rnnstantinonle. Turkey. Feizi
Pasha', commanding the Turkish 1
troops in Yemen Province, whose
hands are already full In attempting
to subdue the rebellious Arabs, has
been obliged to deplete his artillery
against his own mutinous soldiers.
Whole companies of regiments
anxious to get home mutinied and
decided to go to the coast. A stub
born fight between the loyal and dis
affected troops ensued.
The latter finally surrendered
after sustaining heavy losses. '
LAFOLLETTE TRIES
TO SAVE COAL LANDS
Resolution Will Prevent Grab ofs
45,000,000 Acres.
PRESIDENT IN FULL ACCORD
Purpose is to Keep What is Left of
Nation's Fuel Beds Out ot the
Control of Monopolies and
Trusts.
Washington, D. C- Standard Oil
and railroad senators sat up and
took notice when Senator La Follette
introduced concurrent resolutions
which, if adopted, will prevent the
Federal Government from selling
any more public lands underlaid
with coal, ignite or oil, the purpose
being to keep what is left of the
lands out of the grasp of the copora
ations which have been grabbing all
they could get as rapidly as possible.
It is Senator La Follette's idea
that there are left 45,000,000 acres
of public lands known to be under
laid with rich supplies of , fuel. He
thinks they will become a factor in
the future industrial development of
the country and should be retained
by the Government. He has no radi
cal notions about the Government
operation of these fuel beds, but he
is firm in the conviction that these
necessities should be kept out of the
greedy maw of the monopolies and
trusts which are grabbing for them
wherever they can be obtained by
purchase or theft.
. La Follette's belief Ms that with
the Government in perpetual control,
of these fuel deposits it could pre
vent any threatened tieup of -fuel
such has been imminent in the past
from coal strikes. President Roose
velt is in thorough accord with Sen
ator La Follette on this subject.
Soon after Senator La Follette had
spoken in the Senate on the flagrant
wrongs being perpetrated against the
five civilized Indian tribes by the
seizure' of 'their valuable coal and
mining lands by the railroads, the
President sent for the Senator from
Wisconsin and talked over the en
tire question with him. The Presi
dent then wrote in his message ac
companying the Garfield .report oij,
Standard Oil:
"The time has come when no oil
or coal lands held by the Govern
ment either within the public domain
proper or in territory, owned y the
Indian tribes should be alienated.
The fee. to such lands should be kept
in the United States Government
whether or not the profits arising
from it are to be given to any Indian
tribe, and the lands should be leased
only on such terms and for such per
iods as will enable the Government
to keep entire control thereof."
The central point of the resolu
tions is contained in this section:
"That the President be authorized
to withdraw from entry and sale all
public lands known to be underlaid
with coal, lignite or oil and all such
lands as, in the judgment of the di
rector of the geological survey, con
tain deposits of coal, lignite and oil,
and that all such lands be withheld
from entry and sale until such time
as Congress shall determine other
wise." Senator La Follette in presenting
his resolutions spoke briefly, saying:
"I believe that there should be no
doubt in regard to the President's
power to withdraw these lands from
entry and sale. There is little more
to say in regard to the resolutions
other than I believe every man in
this country has a direct interest in
knowing the character and extent of
the coal deposits.
"There is not a pound of coal
which should be wasted. The Gov
ernment ha about 45,000,000 acres
of coal and lignite deposits.
It
should retain cpnfrol of them. I do
not contend that it should operate
them. It might lease these lands to
private companies upon its own
terms to prevent the monopolization
of the fuel supply, the manipulation
of prices or the occurrence of such
diastrous strikes as the great strike
in the anthracite coal fields. The
fact that the Government would own
the coal supply and could dispose of
it upon such terms as it would be
pleased to impose, would enable the
Government to enforce arbitration at
least in all disputes between labor
and the operators. I know that the
President is anxious to conserve the
fuel supply of the country, and the
purpose of my resolution is to clear
up all doubt as to his authority to
withdraw these . public , lands for
sale." .'
Another feature of the La Follette
resolutions indicating the possible
Government development of the fuel
lands ready for operation, was this:
"That the Secretary of the Interior
cause to be made a thorough investi
gation of the fuel, lignite and oil de
posits of the United States and report
to Congress the nature, ' extent and
best methods of mining the same, so
as to operate them with the least
amount of waste."
Standard Oil might find a com
petitor in the oil field which it could
not crush in the United States Gov
ernment. Two Drown From Canoe.
While canoeing on Lake" Auburn
Winslow Burbank, nineteen - years
old, a freshman at Bates .College,
and Miss Lulu Libby, seventeen
years old, the adopted -daughter of
John L. Libby, of Auburn,. Me'., were
drowned.
BATES CUT III KENTUCKY
State Commissioners "Deal a
Heavy Blow to Railroads,
Order Reduction of 25 Per Cent, ii
Freight Rates Called Astound-,
ing aftd Revolutionary.
- Louisville, Ky. The State Rail
road Commission, sitting in Frank
fort. dealt a heavy blow to the Louis
ville and Nashiiille and Illinois Cen
tral roads, others also being affect
ed,; when a decision was handed
down ordering a sweeping reduction
in rates to all local points, effecting
a -saving to shippers of an amount es
timated at $1,800,000.
The Louisville and Nashville is
hardest hit of all the roads, the com
mission ordering that its present rate
be reduced twenty-five per cent. The
Illinois Central is also singled out
for censure and is forbidden to
charge in excess of the rate fixed for
the Louisville and Nashville.
The freight rate charged on the
main stem of the Louisville and
Nashville running down toward Nash
ville is taken as the basis for all
freight rates in Kentucky. The Cinr
cinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pa
cific and Southern are also held to
be charging, unfair rates, but these
roads are not censured as" are the
first two named.
;- The Chesapeake and Ohio is practi
cally exonerated. It is practically
certain that the Louisville and Nash
ville and ..the Illinois Central will
make a vigorous fight against the en
forcement of the new ruling. It was
shown in the report that Cincinnati
was, greatly favored over Louisville..
The effect of the decision is summed
up in the terse statement of a prom
inent railroad man:
"The decision is astounding and
revolutionary."
VOTE FOR LOCK CANAL.
Last Obstacle Removed From Path
of Panama Waterway.
Washington, D. C By voting in
favor of a lock instead of a sea level
canal at Panama the Senate prob
ably decided for all time the question
which two weeks ago seemed likely
to remain undecided for a long per
iod. -.
The amendment for the lock plan
to the Sea Leyel bill reported by the
committee was offered by Senator
Hopkins. Senator Kittredge moved
to table the amendment, and on this
the test vote came. Thirty-one fa
vored the sea level and thirty-six the
lock plan. Twenty-one Democrats,
together with Ankeny, Burrows,
Burnham, Dick, Gallinger, HaleKit
tredge, McCumber, Nelson and Piatt
voted for the sea level plan. Thirty
five Republicans and one Democrat,
Patterson, of Colorado, voted for the
lock plan. .
A lock canal is estimated to cost
$135,000,000 and to require eight
years for its completion The Pres
ident held that the canal should be
biiilt for present use and not for
posterity, and he favored whichever
type would be the least expensive
and produce the most speedy results.
It was estimated that a sea-level
canal would cost $235,000,000 and
require at least twelve years for con
struction, "As soon as I receive official noti
fication of the action of Congress
I'll tell Shonts to cut loose."
This was the first exclamation of
the President when he learned that
the Senate had declared in favor of
a lock canal. '
100 EDITORS POISONED.
Ill After Partaking of Canned Chick
en and Ham.
Warsaw, Ind. Nearly one hun
dred members of the National Edi
torial Association, due in Chicago
for breakfast, were poisoned by eat
ing ham and chicken sandwiches, in
Marion, Ind. Many narrowly es
caped death. All of the ill are not
out of danger. v Manv were unable
to accompany the excursion further, f
They are confined to their beds in
Winona Lake, two miles from here.
The meats which contained pto
maine were from packing houses
whether or not Chicago houses is not
known. So frightened were the-editors
that they cancelled an invita
tion, previously accepted, to take
breakfast with the Chicago packers.
I Instead" they ate in the Press Club.
ior win iney go near me stocK
Yards.
DROWNED OFF PALISADES.
Clerk Wandered From Home' While
Mentally Unbalanced.
New York City. The body of
Samuel Westervelt, of Tenafly, N. J.,
was found in a culvert at Clinton
Point on the Palisades. He appar
ently crawled-part -way into the cul
vert and was drowned, probably in
one of the heavy downpours of rain.
He had been missing since , the day
before. .Jor two weeks he had been
ill, and it is supposed that he wan
dered away while mentally unbal-kneeil.-
He had been connected with . the1
firm of Lord & Taylor in New York
for many years. He was Treasurer
of the village, also- of the local Royal
Arcanum and of the Presbyterian .
Sunday-school, and also Clerk of the
school -district. . .. '.
The Wheat Outlook.
At the moment the outlook is for a
very good yield of wheat, though
damage reports are numerous.
WHEAT III DANGER
i FROM LACK OF f,lEll
Strong Inducements Used to
Tempt Hands to the Fields.
HELP RECRUITED FROM JAILS
Sending Out Appeals For Help in
Garnering Great Crops Before
It Spoils -Country So Busy,
Labor Is in Demand.
Topeka, Kan - Kansas is sending
out the strongest appeal of her his
tory for men to work in the harvest
fields. The difficulties of the last
few years to get enough help to gar-
ner the wheat before it becomes dead
ripe and shatters in the gathering
will be intensified this year if the
advance signs are any token of what
is to come. At least twenty-five
thousand more men than are now
in sight will be needed, and if need
be there will, be resort to desperate
measures to draft men into the ser
vice behind the self-binders. Al
ready a move to empty the jails of
small offenders has been made.
Competition this year for labor is
stronger than ever before. There
seems to be no surplus of idle men
anywhere. Appeals have been ad
dressed to the employment agencies
of Chicago, St. Louis and other large
Western industrial centres. The an
swer has come back in almost every
instance that it is impossible to fill
the orders. Factories are running at
full capacity all over the country.
Building operations are going on on
a scale exceeding anything of the
kind in past year s. These activi
ties, in addition to the many public
Improvements that are going on,
have absorbed the bulk of the labor
of the country, skilled and unskilled.
One of the heaviest drafts for men
comes f rom the railroads in the
Northwest. In that region exten
sive road building is going on, and
with all the efforts at colonization
not enough men have been obtained
to make the progress desired by the
t ailro.ad management. To supply the
deficiency for the railroads alone
effort is making to divert the tide
of immigration from New York to
the Gulf ports.. Several weeks ago
it, was announced that fifty , thou
sand more men could . be acceptably
used in the Southwest. ' Every de
mand from that source increases the
anxiety and woes of the Western
wheat producers.
Farmers were comforting them
selves prior to the settlement of the
bituminous coal strike in Western
States with the satisfying belief that
they would be able to draw on this
line of industry for men to help
them temporarily in the fielda The
coal strike is now settled, the men
have returned to work in the mines,
and that hope has vanished. Kansas
is looking elsewhere for assistance.
New York City and other Far
Eastern centres have been appealed
to for aid. The same dearth of
labor exists there as is experienced
in the Western cities. Thousands of
men who might have been counted on
have pone to San Francisco, attract
ed by the fancy prices for common
labor said to obtain in the demol
ished city which is now so energeti
cally rebuilding.
As in recent years, much store is
set by the sturdy college men who
are finishing their year of study.
Hundreds of these men who have
worked in the wheat fields are com
ing back this season. Those of ath
letic training are hardened for the
most exacting labor In the fields, and
they are much sought after by the
farmers. During the cutting . and
threshing season many of them will
make money enough to sustain them
during half the college year.
The fiat had gone out unofficially
that there must be no idle able bod
ied men in Kansas at harvest time.
The street loafer who can work will
be obliged to work or leave the
State. Local authorities in cities
and towns hitherto have co-operated
With the agriculturists in enlisting
the whole available force for field
work. They- will do so again this
year. . .
A movement of that kind is al
ready on.v In several of the famous
wheat - producing counties of the
State, like Saline, Benton, Stafford
and others, farmers have made ar
rangements by which men confined
in county jails and city prisons for
finable offences may be released, pro
vided they give their word to accom
pany the farmers to their homes and
work in the harvest fields at remun
erative wages. This system will save
both the State and the farmer a
vast deal of money and it will give
the prisoner a good chance to regain
his liberty.
ALDERMAN STRANGELY DEAD.
Succumbs' After Public Censure in a
Court Room.
i
Easton, Pa. Joseph Breininger,
Alderman from the Fourth ward of
this city, was found dead in his of-
fice.- BreirMTiTer returned to Critnin
.a! ' fru ii. tho case oi an eiy iit-vear-
old boy accused of mischie.vousness
and the trial was set for that day.
The Court dismissed the lad and
severely scored the Alderman and
those who were associated with him
in the case.- Breininger became
greatly excited during his ordeal be
fore the Court and it is thought
that this was the cause of his death.
PULAJAIIES RAID A TOWII
Surprise and Defeat Native Police
in the Philippines. '
Desperate ' Fight on the Island , of
Leyte Five Defenders Killed,
Others Taken Prisoners.
Manila, Philippine Islands. X
band of 300 Pula janes, under Caesa-"
rio Pastor, attacked the town of Bu
rauen, on the Island of Leyte.
They killed five policemen, wound
ed five and captured the remainder
of the force, except the lieutenant
who was in command.
Pastor, the Pulajane leader, wa
killed. The attack occurred early in
the morning. The police , were
caught unawares and their sentinel
was rushed from his post. The ban
dits then entered the tribunal and a
hand-tohand fight took place. Tha
police fought .desperately, but were
overcome by superipr numbers.
The. loss of the Pula janes is be
lieved to have been great, but it can-
not be
estimated, as they carried off
their
fight.
dead and . wounded after the
The I municipal records were takeo
from the tribunal, piled in the street
and burned. The destruction of
these papers was ' one of. the most
serious phases of the raid, as they; .
included deeds, license receipts, etc.
The safe containing the town funds,
was not disturbed. The bandits car
ried away the arms of the police and
a quantity of ammunition.
A detachment of constabulary
under Lieut. Johnson immediately;
started in pursuit of the Pulajanes;
At the time the raid was made, Pro
vincial Gov. Veyra was In another
part of the Island, securing evidence
wanted by the Pardon Commission
to obtain the release of prisoners in
the Bilibid penitentiary.
QUAKE IN PHDLIPPINES.
Series of Shocks Felt in Luzon, but
Little Damage Done. .. ;
Manila. A series of earthquakes '
occurred in northern Luzon. The
most perceptible was felt in Manila
at 8 o'clock, p. m. '. Severe shocks
were experienced in the Babuyanes
and Batanes islands, and ' on For
mosa. No damage was reported.
The shocks began at 7.25 o'clock,
p. m.t and continued at intervals
through the night until 9.45 o'clock
next morning. . ;- ; ; , ; - ,
The Manila Observatory, reports
that the earthquakes probably were
more severe in the Babyuanes Islands
and Formosa. ,
DEAD MAN ON PILOT.
Killed in Erie, Pa. Body Found In
Dunkirk, N. Y.
Dunkirk, N. Y: Wheh the 'Lake
Shore Twentieth Century. Limited
came into the Dunkirk depot at mid
night a dead man was discovered
sitting upon the locomotive with feet
tightly wedged between the slats of
the pilot. A carriage whip was
clutched in his' hand and his .eyes
were wide open a terrible sight
after a fifty-mile run through the
darkness. i ' v, .
The man was George) Frank. He
was struck by the train while driv
ing in Erie, Pa., fifty miles west of
Dunkirk, and was1 instantly killed.
Orders were telegraphed t to ; Dun
kirk to look !for the body on tho
pilot, as ; It could not be found, in
Erie. The engineer knew, nothing of
the accident till the train reached
Dunkirk and the search was made.
FARE BILL PASSES HOUSE.
Annual $25,000 for President Warm
ly Supported by Bourke Cockran.
Washington, D. C Representa
tive Bourke Cockran of New York
vigorously supported before the
House the Watson bill to allow the
President $25,000 a year permanent
ly for travelling expenses.
Mr. Cochran cited the rate , bill
as due to Mr. Roosevelt's influence,
and expressed the belief that through
his efforts "standpatism" would be
broken down. , r ,
"This, is the best influence we ever
had in the country," - declared the
speaker, alluding to the President's
speeches on public questions, "and"
I am not going to do anything ... to
withstand it."
The bill passed the 'House, .176.. to
68, receiving considerable Democra
tic support. -' . . "
MAHANOY COLLIERIES FLOODED
Heavy Rains Render Pumps Useless
- Work Suspended.
Mahanoy City, Pa. Twelve col
lieries in the Mahanoy region, em
ploying about 8000 men and boys,
are flooded, as a result of the heavy
rain. Workmen were called out of
bed to hoist the mules from, the
mines, the water having partly sub
merged the animals. In several of
tllf TT1 inPS f F Cfc TATTriTvci rieva roon van
dered useless by the high water, and
' it is thought that It will be a. week'
before the collieries can be operated.
C M. YORK KILLED.
Chief-Justice Fuller's Secretary Falls
From. Window. '
Washington, D. C Clarence M.
i,York, private secretary: to Chief Jus
tice Fuller, of the Supreme Court
of the United States, fell or jumped
from an upper window of the Gar
field Hospital some time during the
night and was found dead on the'
pavement next morning .. He was
taken to the hospital the day before
suffering from a nervous breakdown,
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