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SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS
Domestic
It is said that the United States government is considering the ad-
visability of annexing the island ofon account of frequent dis
orders which threaten American interests there
In the mimic warfare off the NewEngland coast four warships attackedFort Wright on Fishers Island and ahard fight The claims tohave put all four warships out of action
In the naval maneuvers in BuzzardsBay the cruiser Brooklyn AdmiralCoghlans flagship ran on a rock andwas injured so that she will probablyhave to go in drydock
Simon Johnson col a burglar was shotand probably fatally wounded by Attorney Charles N Sheldon in ClevelandO as he was escaping from his homeThe sum of 3730 was thrown into thelarge American carried in the la-
bor parade in Chicago The money isfor the miners
Governor Stone of Pennsylvania willcall a special session of theto pass a compulsory arbitrationend the coal strike
William F Howe of the law firm ofHowe Hummel New York died ofheart disease at his home in that cityHe was 75 years old and was for many
rfyears one the leading criminalyers of the New bar
In Queens Borough N Y Jerry Hunter a negro was captured after he hadwounded II policemen and 3 citizensHis wife was seriously wounded Hunter fought to arrest
W Bissell a prominent capi-talist of Detroit received injuries in arunaway of which he died His horseswere frightened an automobile
The report of Special Examiner Mabeyin the Northern Securities case hasbeen filed at Minneapolis It makes amillion words of testimony
Two hundred and thousand pupils were enrolled pn the open-ing day of the pupils schools ofcago
President Roosevelt resumed his tourof New atabout 1235 where he made S speechHe left Burlington at lostopped at Proctor where hedriven through the town and made aspeech
President Mitchell of the UnitedMineworkers a rousing reception-in Philadelphia There were 12000men the parade and 40000 attendedthe President Mitchell made astirring speech
Chicago bitten bybelieved he would be attacked
with hydrophobia He told his family-to away from him locked himselfin a room and the malady quickly deve-loped
Gen Ell Torrance commanderinBrief of the G A R has issued anappeal to his for aid in theerection of a building for Confederateveterans at Mission Creek Ala
The Keystone State Telephone Comand the United Telephone and
Telegraph inPennsylvania will be amal-
gamatedPresident Roosevelt made a trium
journey from New Hampshireinto on a drawnsix horses Enormous crowds greetedHim at Cornish and at Windsor
Robert Edwards while coasting onhis bicycle at Harpers Ferry W Va
with a stubborn steer and wasthrown violently narrowly escapingwith his
Governor Cummins and staff of DesMoines will attend the launching ofthe cruiser Des Moines at QuincyMass September 17
Roosevelt Jr andleft Chicago en route to the North-west on a hunting trip
Alfred D Jones first settler In
Nebraska died at his home in Omahaaged 87 years
Three Italian workingmen employedin a sewer at Schenectady weredrowned
President Roosevelt has been invitedto visit Birmingham Ala
Foreign
Croatian rioters in Agram Hungarypillaged the and residences theServians Captain Witas being the principal of rioters
Ships arc forced to leave the ofBarcelona without discharging theircargoes because of the strike of the docklaborers at that place
Vessels are being sent to the variouspoints of danger on the coast of Mar-tinique to carry off the survivors of the
Pelce eruptionTorrential storms deluged the west
coast of England and Ireland and severefloods was reported at vari-
ousLord Connemars former British un-
der of foreign affairs died athis residence in London
The Emperor Empress of Ger-many and leading empireentered the Polish capital TheGermans received
but the Polish majority ofpeople were cold and no demon-stration
The British Trades Union Congressby a vote to thatthe South African wasThe president of the congress denouncedthe present governments reactionarymeasures
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PRESIDENT IN A COLLISION
Nations Chief Has a Wonderful Escape from Death at Pitts
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A SAD ENDING TO HIS NEW ENGLAND TOUR
Secret Service Agent Craig Killed and the DriverSeriously Crane of flassa
chusetts Escaped Injury Secretary Cortelyou Cut and Rendered Unconscious
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Pittsfield Mass Special PresidentRoosevelt was the central figure in aropey car accident here in which Wil-liam Craig a Secret Service detective
up his life in his effort to save thenations chief
David Pratt driver of the carriagecontaining the President was
the car was severely injuredThe President was to
ground and cut and bruised about thelace and B CortelyouSecretary to the President was
Crane Governor of and George P
in Congressfrom the First Massachusetts districtescaped with only a few bruises Allthese were in carriage with MrRoosevelt
Under the sunniest of September skiesthe distinguished party was
in a landaudrawn four white horses the reinshandled Pratt the President and hiscompanions from Lenox
carriage was struck squarely behindwere sitting The vehicle was hurled 40feet across the road
Craig was instantly killed and groundunder the of the carinto an unrecognizable mass
The was thrown into the airjnd landed on the right side of his facein the
Mr Cortelyou was thrown out andalmost unconscious
Governor Crane who next to Craigwas the nearest to the immediatetine was thrown out but as previouslystated escaped with only bruins
Pratt was over bodily in the airitruck on his side and was after-ward to have received a dislocation ofthe shoulder besides bruises and cutsHe was taken to the Hospital of theSisters of Mercy
In fs a little hill Itdips into a valley where there was oncet brook this hill runs the tracksjf the suburban trolley line
Along the road had been greatcrowds and on the brow of the hill therehad been marshaled an of cameraenthusiasts because the position offeredi particularly good point vantage At
the tracks swervesharply
the hill came the Presidentscarriage Down the hill too came thecar laden with passengers whowere anxious to reach Clubgrounds before Mr Roosevelts carriage
The car was in charge of EuclidMadden as motorman and Kelley-is conductor
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Then he was nurled through the airmd fell under the car wheels
The car struck the carriage squarely-ust of the box on which satmd Craig
President Roosevelt was hurled intohe air and dropped fairly upon his rightpeek
When the car came crashing down thetill Governor Crane saw themost as soon as did He Jumped-
to his feet and instinctively threwrm in front of the as if heould shield him from the dangerThe crash came the Governor was not
hurt Hs jumped to his feet and saw the
President rising Again he threw hisarm across Roosevelts breast
Steady sir he saidGovernors hair was disheveled
and he wasAll this had happened in less time than
it takes to tell the Pres-idents had rushed to theoverturned and his first thoughtwas for the President Mr Rooseveltand Governor Crane were helped to aneighboring cottage andwere cared
Mr Roosevelts thoughts were allfor Craig whose body then lay on the
in the rear of the car whichhad brought swift death to him
said the PresidentHe walked over and looked at the
of the man who had scarcely beenbeyond sound of his voice since the
rtooseviK took the chair cfthe President
Then his thoughts reverted to thepeople who 1iad been for himHe turned to Mr Cortelyou
We will go on the journeyhe said Just as we have butlet there no cheering
Frederick S was an eye-witness of the accident sayshad gone to the of Howard Hillfor the purpose of securing a photo-graph of the President in his carriage
was near the Howard House whenhe saw the approaching
Mr Clark saw thrownout on the left side and saw the Governor assisted to his feet As thePresident rose to his feet Mr Clarksaw him walk to where the motorman-was standing after leaving the car and
to himPresently the carriage appeared In
a vast crowdhad congregated and when it droveup was the silence of death
was a picture that will not soonbe forgotten those who witnessed itPale covered with dust Iris black-ened from the bruise his cheek swelling visibly Mr Roosevelt rose
My friends he said there has beenan accident One of our party has beenLHtd lie was William Crate of ih J
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United States Secret Service r hadcome to have for this man a genuineadmiration not alone for his ruggedhonesty and for his loyalty to me
devotion and the love Which heshowed for my children I beg ofthat there be no cheering no
of I thank yojiToni tire bottom of heart for thegreeting which you have given me
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jfititly the people who had come toRjeet him into each others
and knew that the President offlic United States had preached a fu
giant who guarded MrKsevelt with his life and in
msiiiiiKS in the While Housegrounds used lo to little Kermittlia beneath the funny pictures
the greatbig man who loved him could tell him
with the broad humor ofa Scotchman in whom was born a
eart which loved the little childrenffid which quailed never in the face ofhe strongest man
on to Bridgeport and then toBay
WANT MEAT COMBINE
Onrsbidows Evea the Billion Dollar Steel
K Trust Armour at the Head
Ill Special A gigantic
Combination of the packing houses of
to be known as the UnitedStates Packing Company with a pro
capitalization of 500000000 on
j yhich an annual business of from
7Sooooooo to tocoooooco will be transacted at a net profit of from 75 000000-
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j These are some of the details comingtj the surface in Eastern financial circlesdf the most farreaching of all the trustsiet projected
tive denials from Armour Swift andother interests the combine is
as a certainty It overshadows-the United Steel Corporation
It is understood that the basisment by the new trust to be known asthe United States Packing Company forthe corporations and firms it is towill be twentyfive times the earningsfor the year The earnings aggregated over seventeen millions of dollars
The division of capital amongthe principal interests in the 500000000
is as followsArmour 2ooooofxc
Swift Company 100000000 NelsonMorris Cudahy2cooooo Schwarzschild Sulzber
ger Company 35000060 othersStates 50000000 miscel-
laneous expenses including cost of promotion etc 25000000 Total son000000
T Ogden Armour is to be chairman-of the finance committee and head thefinancial departmer and if his healthwill F Swift is to bepresident The full list of oncers
board of directors J OgdenArmour president G F Swi treavrer general mansgsr
department Edwardchairman committee J Oglftr-Armour
Due to Action ol American Trusts
London By Cable Dear meatdue more to the action of certain Ameri-
can trusts than to the closing of theports against cattle is what the presi-dent of the Board of Agriculture RW told awhich he addressed at Shrewsburywhen defending the action theof Agriculture in prohibiting the impor
of stock Ministcialso expressed his approval recent
bases of and said hwould not have been sorry if a furtherduty had been placed on flour explaining that while raise theof the food of the half a centit would revive the milling industry ofthe country
Across Continent In a Dfllloon
Denver Special fli Glory onof the largest balloons ever constructedwas successfully started from this cityon a trip the purpose of which is tobreak the distance record-as well as all previous records for fastballoon sailing It is expected ulti-
mately to New The bal-
loon contains 140000 cubic feet of hydrogen gas and was built especially forthis The occupants the balloon are Capts and PercyHudson aeronauts
Ask Impeachment of Cubes Official
Havana Special The MunicipalCouncil of Havana passed almost
a resolution asking the House f
Representatives to impeach the sceneManuel Luciano
Diaz for granting a concession for thelectric Havana on the groundthat the act of the was unconititutional as the granting of municipalconcessions is ofMunicipal Council only It is thoughthat the of Representatives back
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NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS
Growth of the Nation
A moving picture of conditions inUnited States at decennial intervals from1800 to 1850 and annually from 1850
to 1902 is presented in ajust issued by the Treasury Bureau olStatistics
The area has grown from 827844square miles in 1800 tomiles in exclusive of Alaska andthe islands to the UnitedStates The population per square milewhich was 36 1810 was 261 in 1902The total wealth has from7000000000 in 1850 to an estimated94000000000 in and the per
capita wealth from 307 in 1850 toin
In 1800 the public debt was 15capita in 1840 it had fallen to 21 centsper capita in 1852 it wa 267capita in 1861 before the beginning-of the war 274 and thenrapidly until it became 7698 per capitain 1866 gradually again afterthe war is in 1902 Themoney In circulation amounted to 1385 per capita in 1860 and in 1902 2840
has ever reachedDeposits in savings banks
1138576 1820 and 2597094580-in Igor The individual deposits in national banks have grown from 500910
1865 to in 1902The number of farms increased from
in 1850 to 5739657 in 1900the value of farms and farm propertyfrom 4000000000 to 20000000000and value of their product whichwas not measured until 1870 grew from
1958000000 in that year to000 in 1900 The value of farm animalsincreased from 544000000 in 1850 to2081000000 in 1900The value of the of the man
ufacturing industries grew from 1000000000 in 1850 to 13000000000 ini9oo the number of peopletherein grew from than 1000000to 6 50000
Civil Service ReportThe annual report of the Civil Ser-
vice Commission has been made public-It opens with the statement that 47075persons were examined during the yearof whom 21028 were examined for thedepartment service The service doesnot include merely the departments atWashington but all the federal classifiedservices outside of Washington withthe exception of the Postal Customs
and GovernmentPrinting services Thus the railwayand Indian services aite divisions of thedepartmental Services Nearly 21000persons were examined for the Postoffice Service or a little over a thou-sand less than the number examinedfor the departmental service About69 per cent or 33739 of those takingexaminations passed and 14959 failedCompared the previous thisrepresented an increase 2112 thenumber of persons examined a decreaseof in the number who andan increase of 3140 in the number whofailed
The total number of persons receiv-ing appointment Philip-pine service and the municipal
District of ofwhich is subject to the provisions of thecivil act was 9870
In the entire executive service of thegovernment there are in round num-bers 235000 places of which numberabout 121000 are classified Of the114000 remaining unclassified 72498are of fourthclass postmastersThe annual expenditure for salaries forthe entire executive service is statedto be about 130000000 and of thus85000000 or nearly twothirds goesto salaries for positions subject to thecivil service rules
Ruling Upon Civil Service Law
President Roosevelt has made a ruling upon the civil service law whichapparently disposes of the case of MissRebecca J Taylor who is testing incourt the right of the Secretary of Warto discharge her
The Presidents ruling which hasbeen pomulgated by the Civil ServiceCommission as one of its own rules is
For the of allmisunderstandings and improper construction of saiddeclared that the term just cause asused in Section 8 Civil Service Rule 2is intended to mean cause otherthan one merely political orwhich promote the efficiency ofthe service and nothing insaid rule shall be construed tothe examination of witnesses ortrial or hearing except in the discre-tion of the the removal
Since the President is the fountainhead of the civil service rules this dec
has the force of a lawand is of equal force and effect with allother
Woman Peculiar Death
Hanover Pa plant-ing flowers the grave of sonseveral weeks ago Mrs Edward Baumgardner 55 old of Marburg tliiscounty slightly injured with-a rusty trowel she was using Bloodpoisoning developed and death resulted
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SET FIRE TO TIlE
Strikers Apply the Torch After Desperate
Battle With Guards
VOLLEY AFTER VOLLEY EXCHANGED
Fighting Between the Guards and the Miners
After the Firing ot the Pocahontas Mines
Situation Strikers Enraged
Because Several 01 their Number Were
Injured
Bluefieid W Va Special Thewest mine of the Southwest Colliery atPocahontas was set on fire by strikersThey broke the lock on the door olthe Bcartown entrance and carried ina lot of old lumber to a point aboutzoo feet from the entrance
The flames had gained considerableheadway when the alarm was given and
work of extinguishing them wasextremely
was entertained that if theflames were not soon extinguished thatthe accumulation of gas causean explosion-
A late report says that the fire companies while rushing to the scene olthe fire were shot at several times fromambush strikers The strikers arestill in the woods and an effort will bemade to arrest them
Guards and Strikers Exchange Volleys
Bramwell W Va Special Til-great mines of the Pocahontas Col-lieries Company are on fire Strikersapplied torch to various portionof the mine near the west entrancewhich is on the Virginia side and themine is now said to be burning furi-ously
The guards and strikers fired volleyafter volley at each other but athour is not known whether anyonewas killed
Officials of the PocahontasCompany claim that the fire In their
is practically under concrol and they apprehend but little moredamage
Three strikers are reported injuredthe result of the conflict withsoon after the fire was discovered
The iltlne in which the fire is inis known as the Baby Mine and
is the same one in which 20 miners andi number of officials lost their lives several months ago and the same where
miners lost their lives a dozen yeanago It is the largest on the line othe Norfolk and Western Railroad and
four main entrancesEvery entrance is now being hcavil
guarded Mine officials expect the gov-ernors of both Virginia and
to comply with their request forroops
TEXAS WHEAT YIELDS FOR
Crop Estimated at 8000009 Bushels SameQuantity of Oats
Austin Texas Special The following estimate of the grain yield of Texashis year has been issued by H B Dorley secretary of the Texas Grain DealIrs Association There are about
oooooo bushels of wheat in Texas thisrear and about the same quantity of
As to corn there is no whichi reasonably accurate estimate can benade However the crop this year isighter than it was last No oatsmere exported except for seed purposes
toast Something like 2000000 bushel-sf Texas oats were shipped last yearInd the same amount
Labor lIsa Its Day
Washington Special The annualcelebration of Labor Day was observed-in 33 States and in the District ofColumbia today Three other StatesLouisiana North Carolina and Pennsyl-vania set aside other for honors
to labor In Louisiana Novemberis observed as Labor Day in North
the first in Septemxr is the day and in Pennsylvania
Saturday in
Trolley Line Across Cuba
Cleveland O project-o build an electric street railway in
and a trolley line across theof Cuba was assured at a meeting
in this city by capitalists chieflynterested In the enterprise Denison
Co of city W H Park-f Youngstown and Geo F Penhalef New York are the projectors Theompany is at 1000000
of the company have notet been announced
Girl Commits Suicide
Meyersdalc Pa Special MissBrunton aged i8 years persuaded
girl companion to take a walk wither to a large tree about a quarter ofmile east of town where she suddenly
roduced a bottle of andrained the contents Her companion
for assistance but Bruntonied before a physician or her father
reach the scene No motive hasdiscovered
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