„ NO. 263.
VOL. 9.
He Uses a Few Curse Words
and Tells About Bribery
in Slang.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 16—
McMichaels, the former chief
page of the House, called as a
witness today before the House
lobby investigating committee,
admitted that he had been in the
employ of am,! received consid
erable money from Martin Mul
liall in return for such informa
tion regarding legislation as he
could glean from listening to the
conversations of the congressmen
or reading the papers left by
them in their desks and about
their rooms, to .which be had
access.
11 is language, punctuated with
slang and profanity, shocked the
committee. He also testified that
Mulhall had given Congressman
McDermott money in his pres
ence.
The investigation will continue
for several weeks and many con
gressmen are anxious to cross
examine the witnesses, but are
not allowed to.
CUE DOES
GREAT DAMAGE
Two Canadian Provinces Swept by
Fierce Storm—Crops Ruined
and People Killed.
Winnipeg^ dan.. Augt 1(»V-—
Yesterday’s cyclone, which pass
ed over this section, lias caused
millions of dollars damage to
the crops of this section, destroy
ing many buildings and caused
llie death of a number of peo
ple.
vThe cyclone came without a
moment’s warning and with fer
ritic force tore down buildings,
uprooted trees, iilied the air with
flying timbers and beat down the
crops, cleaning the trees< of all
fruit.
All of Manitoba and Saskatch
ewan provinces were effected by
the storm.
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TRANSPARENT
Phladelphia, Aug. . 10.—A
method of medical iusl ruction,
doing away largely with dissec
tion, will he pul into practice at
the Hahnemann medical college
next term.
Physicians and surgeons of the
college are perfecting a process,
based on a discovery of a fluid
by a German scientist, which
makes the human body transpar
ent. Students can study the
veins, muscles and hones far
more easily, it is stated. The
'fluid cannot be used before death.
OHIO LOSES
JJG_ CITIZEN
Cincinnati, 0„ Aug. 10._
President Tali has informed the
city lax assessor that he is no
!• n-er a resident of this city, but
has beocme a (dfS/en of New Ha
ven, Conti. ••
Fine program 'at Hie tirpheuin,
tonight. ’
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ORPHANAGE BURNS
CHILDREN SHED
Another Bad Fire in Blngham
' ton, But No Lives Are
Lost.
Binghamton, N. Y., Aug, 16—
A lire in the orphanage in this
city nearly caused the death of
150 children, who were in the
building at the time. Nothing
but the careful drilling of the
v past year and the cool-headed
work of the matrons in charge
prevented a frightful loss of life.
The alarm brought the lire
companies in a hurry, as the fire
men knew when they left the
firehouses that the lire was in
the orphanage aud in view of the
recent loss of lite at the local,
clothing manufacturing house,
they were anxiohs to prevent an
other loss of life.
The lire apparatus reached the
scene after (lie children had left
Ihe building and quickly put out
the llames, Ihe building* being
only paritally destroyed.
Negro Hanged, Revived.
Starke, Fla., Aug. 16.— Hersey
Mitchell a negro, was hanged in
the .jail yard here recently for the
murder of another negro, and
was declared dead at the end of
38 minutes, by two physicians.
After his body had been placed
in a coffin,. Mitchell, whose neck
had not been broken, revived and
lived three hours.
TAMMANY HO
LEGISLATORS
Also Spent Small Fortune on Oth
ers to Secure Impeachment,
Says Gov. Sulzer.
Albany, X. Y., Aug. 1(5.—Gov.
Sulzer has made the charge to
day that Tammany hall politic
ians bribed four members of the
legislature to vote for his im
peachment and further that large
sums of money has been spent
py the opposition in keeping oth
er assemblymen in line.
The governor is slili in charge
of his office and refuses to va
cate claiming he will light to the
end.
KIND TO MISER
WILLEDJORTUNE
Springfield, Mo., Aug. 10.—■
Tiie Missouri supreme court w ill
be called upon to decide the
$10,1)00 claim of a 10-year-old
boy against the estate of a mis
er, who left him his fortune in
return for little acts of kindness
the child had done for him.
Oris Northup showed a genu
ine affection for James Burge, an
aged feel use, who, on account of
his miserly habits, was shunned
to a great extent b.v his neigh
bors. When the miser died he
left the child his;.affection and
the hut in which they had play
ed together. *
A search of the hut ' revealed
$10,000 hidden in it, and it is
this claim Jhe c6Grl pSg&uj)
on. Direct heirs of Burge are
contesting the will, though until
I he money was found the hut-was
supposed to he of little valife.
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LOST—A self-filling Conklin1
fountain pen. finder please, re
turn to IL B. Sullivan and rdl
g&eiva most liberal reward. Rep
fifel-a keepsake. 1
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FARMERS WOULD PRAY LORD
TO SEND PLENTY OF RAIN
QOV. HUGHES, HOWEVER, WIL L NOT SET DAY ASIDE AS RE
QUESTED IN PETITIONS UNL ESS CATHOLICS JQIN IN THE
PRAYERS— SOME FAN MERC ARE QU»*fl«G
Kansas City, Mo. Aug. 1G.
Gov. Hughes of Kansas, has re
ceived hundreds of . petitions
from the farmers- of the state
asking him to set aside a day of
prayer that the people may pray
to the Lord for water, as did the
people of olden times.
Gov. Hughes has refused to do
■so unless I he Catholic Church
will lake part in the prayer ser
vices and Hie church is loth to
do so.
It was hoped to have tomor
row set as the day and even, in
spite of the refusal of the gov
ernor, the people of the state will
pray plenty today, tomorrow and
until the rain comes to relieve
the present situation, although
some of the farmers spend much
of the time cursing the elements,
fiod and the heat and are work
ing like Trojans to save what
they can of the wreck.
'J he rjvers are so low that the
men and hoys kill the fish with
sticks, and fish are caught by the
hundreds in small ponds.
Leaves are falling from the
trees as in fall, hut the cause
of this is tjie intense heat and'
the lack of moisture.
Minneapolis, Aug. 10.—The
i temperature here is over 100
and' the heat is causing many
| deaths.
NORTHWESTERN
SAILS SOUTH
Did Not Reach Valdez Until Three
This Morning and Sailed
Shortly After.
The steamer Northwestern, in
command of Captain Hunter,
reached Valdez at 3 this morn
ing and sailed south within an
hour. The boat was delayed,
calling at Latouche, and also by
I he heavy fog.
The following passengers sail
ed south:
Seattlel —Mrs. Finnegan, Mrs.
V. 1.. Sedgewick, C. I). Foslman,
(). T. Auveson, W. W. Bush, Mrs.
J. Brosner, K. Davis, O. W. Nel
son, W. H Amy, Frank Boeger.
Cordova—Mi’s. F. Wool ridge,
s. A. BrinkelF.
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MIRflf," SAKS WILL
Bellefontaine,' O., Aug. 16—
One of lli(> most remarkable wills
ever admitted to probate in this
county is Ihat made by James
bake, late of Hiehwood, who left
considerable property to tier
three daughters, Linie, Nora and
Ida. The provisions of the will
arc that the estate shall be equ
ally divided among the three
daughters on the condition that
none of them will marry. If one
of them marries her share of
the estate goes to the 'Wo re
maining single. If all three
should marry the entire estate is
to go tp the board of foreign
missions of the Methodist Epis
Mrs.' J,aHe was a man-jtiater.
Eqr soipe reason she would not
t i«r%te a member of the male \
sex in her house, neither >vouljl
she allow her (daughters to have
any men friends.
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Vancouver, Aug. 16,—The
street car conductors and motor
men here arc about to strike, un
less their, demands f(qLjgtl|f$?r
wages and shorter
granted. ''
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Muh>?Q l)aw?e tonight.
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FOR VALDEZ
r
Has One Hundred Stampeders
for the Shushanna Going in
Via Cordova.
Seattle. Aug. Hi.—The steam
er Sampson of I he Alaska Coast
company, left here last night
with a large list of passengers
and 100 of whom are billed for
the new strike via Cordova.
A number of horses are also
coming north on the ship.
Following is the Sampson’s
passenger list for Valdez: C. A.
Dougherty, wife and baby, Wil
liam McIntosh, Helen Kunaseh
er, Mrs. M. Stocker, Emmett Ball,
('!. Hogue and 100 for Cordova.
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EUGENIC UWS
Madison, Wis., Aug. 10.—Tin*
Wisconsin legislature has taken
a radical stand on eugenic prob
lem and in the closing days of
the session has adopted' radical
measures regulating marriage
and others directed at the future
of the race. The two houses have
passed bills providing for a
health certificate with every mar
riage license, also a hill provid
ing for the sterilization of crim
inals, tisane, feeble-minded, and
epileptic persons in slate insti
tutions. This last bill was con
curred in by the assembly today
by a vote of 39 to 37, although
Archbishop • S. G. Messmer, of
'Milwaukee, wrote a .long letter
urging that it be killed.
The bill will go into effect af
ter the governor has appointed„a
commission of three doctors to
carry out its provisions.
Hongkong, Aug. IG.y-More than
5,00b Chinese were killed yester
day in the fight between the reb
els and federal troops, near Can-,
ton, ami .the fight is still inpro
gretffl.* V.
The rebels, are making a last
stand and are determined to ,wth
a victory
CONDITIONS BAD
AT WELLINGTON
Striking Miners Drive Strike
Breakers Out of Town—In
timidate Merchants.
Vancouver, B. C., Aug. 16.—The
conditions in the coal fields at
.Wellington and Nanaimo, are
worse than at any time since the
present strike started. 400 Vic
toria militiamen, stationed at the
Extension ifaine with Maxim ma
chine guns, have been able to
protect the mine buildings,, but
the conditions in the town of
Ladysmith, are growing worse.
The mob has driven the strike
breakers out of town and have
forced the storekeepers to give
goods to the strikers and threat
en, if credit to the miners is re
fused, the stores will be burned.
Last night, the strikers in
South Wellington, drove all the
Chinese workers out of the works
and the owners have asked for
protection for their men, from
the governor.
The threatened strike of street
cgr motormen and conductors in
Vancouver, while the troops are
north a| the coal mines, has
placed the governor in a position
where he will have to ask aid
from the Dominion government,
if he grants the protection de
sired.
LIND CALLS DN
MEXICAN RULER
Call Is Informal and Lasts But
a Few Moments—Tells of
, His Mission. v
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Washington, I). Aug. Hi.—
(iovermu: Lind lias wired I lie
Slate department that yesterday
he presented his credentials to
Provisional President Huerta
and informed him of his mission
as the special representative of
the president of the United States
to study the Mexican situation
and make a report.
The1 call of (iov. Lind upo'n
President Huerta was Informal
and lasted hut a few moments.
soonImvear
SLIT TROUSERS
Pittsburg, Aug. I(>.—A Fifth
avenue tailor, rather well known
in Piltsbrug for prescience in
male fashb ns. predicted today
that men in a short time will
be wearing slit trousers, proto
type in their own way of the
feminine slashed skirts.
“I have too large a conserva
tive clientele to come out with
the slit trouser myself,” he said.
“I don’t want a reputation for
freakishness, but I believe in a
very short time, men in the large
cities all over the country will
be wearing trousers slit at the
sides.
“Ar.d it probably will mean
that they will have to take to
wearing stockings, for. tlm slits
wiki l:keiy go to the knees.
“Too long men have sweltemt
in dark woolens when the ttjwg
cury was flirting with lhe;^^t
of the thermometers." v'MWt
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Millinery.
Just received from f'.hicago, the
latest, up-to-date fall and winter
millinery at>lhe Keystone milli
ner’s. MHS. S. K. (Jl.KASOX.
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' CURRENCY BILL
Caucus Causes Much Dissection
\
in Ranks of the House
Democrats.
Washington, D. C„ Aug. 16_
The Democrats of the House held
a caucus yesterday on the ad
ministration currency hill and
the light in the party ranks
against lip; measure is very bit
ter.
Congressman Thomas W.
Hardwick, of Georgia, declared
that the bill if passed would cre
ate a gigantic political financial
monopoly that would tend to
Concentrate the Rooney in the
hands of a few irresponsible pol
iticians without, erperience in
directig the linancial business of
the country.
Keep the funds of the country
out of the hands of the politic
ians, allow it to remain with the
trained bankers, Dul pass such
restricting laws as good judg
ment dictates in order to pun
ish unscrupulous ba'nkers, was
the plan advocated by Congress
man Hardwick.
TOP Ml BAKER
Paul Westerlund, of California,
is Winner—One Man Falls in
Crevice.
. . Bellingham. Wash.. Aug. I
Tlie big' marl bun rare from bare
In Ihe 11*|> of Ml. Maker, was pul
led off yesterday, in spile of the
heavy snow slorm raging on the
summit. Paul Westerlund, of
California, was the victor in the
contest.
Victor (ialliraitb. one of the
contestants, fell in a rr.evice on
the glacier, but was rescued by
lowering a rope to him, he was
not badly injured, as his fall was
broken by hilling the sides of tlie
crevice in I lie descent.
manlyraceF
IN NEEDED
Brighton. Kng., Aug. Ui.~The
eugenics scclion of Ihe British
medical conference yesterday
discussed Ihe possillil.il y of
breeding a race of human beings
perfect in body and in moral and
intellectual endowment.
Sir James Barr said:
“What is wanted is a race
more or less immune from dis
ease. There are now some splen
did races of modern savages in
the Balkans—men of whom any
nation might be proud, although
their methods could not always
be approved. If Britain is to
retain her vast possessions she
must raise a more manly breed.
We want not only physique but
moral and intellectual capacity.”
BUTTER TIFF
m IS LOWERED
’ Washington, 1). Aug. 1.0.—
The , Sjjanate today reduced the
tariff on butter imports from 0
to -* cents a pound, in spite of the
opposition of the senators from
ltic farming stales. .