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Wi fo: ' Jcr fndl imcn tr. il ar i tn crro tlaw npeti pyin is ar othe 3 fo: Com IIool rulin ? Ik "TO ft act, o th -a em erro! it th irdin ilci ii ted i i wit in a joint votin, iconu div rang. prlt in e ALT! ( Kin thrc rince; Z of In tt whit aotht 'I fo treale d as be A ,copol it r chi any le rai so at jr pe woul t it y .3 Chi) aronel ouj ' Jenatq i relW incJo of tt! ; on a to ro v th, m IK pold b aft d. tion nt yet, fougii 1 on bravfj mdurt rer an be Mi t EM be. .nimefl i mad than bt epj itriw bis r serM in m i nr mm it w i . m II miim M v lw mm, mm mmmm m rm m f!a4liauiil Imis 111 JJ llwillU UHMIWHU uviu ! Farts df the World. INI I K4 fell tmr M HIIW V A I H rnini ii i nn iiiii niiaii ni.iiiiL.ri ins Important but Not Loss Inter esting Happonlngo from Points Outsldo tho-Stato. t .f. Hill Hitvs liis ronds aro nropnr- g to handle a heavy immigration to a coast iioxi year, T.n Follotle. In his weekly mngnzlno, tarply criticise Prosldont Tnft and ii i i i i m toilftSi) recent mossngo. T'nnco Albort of T'lnndors, a nopliow ( the Into King Leopold of Belgium, ill occupy tho throne. An exposition company has been in- jrplirtUCU in ouil xmnvnuv m vviu 'I . . I.lt... - J 11. II . ratf tno compiowon oi mo i-uuwnu inn1 Thi- United States Stool corporation preparing to abandon Pittsburg and '.. I i , r r...1l.... ... jttlllllHIl HHOII III Vlliry, Xliuiuu", un us- ount of labor troubles. The Monarch Oil company of Cali fornia owned by i. u. nnu a. u. nprocK- !$ will establish a northwest .ronnory act distributing station nt l'ortianu. fitrikinir switchmen In Bpokano pay rcrv union railroad man in that city L;il In- called out If tho road do not jfcrce to arbitration before Christinas. Huron Shibusawn. whd has rccontly fturucd to Toklo from n visit to Amor a, cays Americans nro' Japan's best ricmls and at tho naiuo timo nor uonu- ft' enemies. A boiler explosion at the Royal Clay ork, at Now PhilaUolphiti, Ohio, illt-d two nion and wrotked tno ontiro ant A third man Is missing. One was blown 200 yards. A sensational attack upon Secretary ullingcr on tho floor of tho house tikes it practically certain that a borough invostlgation of tho gonoral oluco will I to mado soon nrtor iriitmus. efe It arnogio will give $100,000 for a pub natioB l,uruO' building in Honolulu. formal J. J. Hill docluros the striko of the Mtiic hmoii is over, so far as tho Hill .j ils nro concorncd. More oats uro raisod than any other inU of grain, tho world's crop for M being 3,oou,uuu,uuu uusuois. The stato supromo court of Indiana i li-Hiirml tho countv local option lridetr of that statu to bo constitutional. Three dnrinir robbers smashed tho rnibinntion of tho vault in tho Exotor iat blink in Tulare county, Cal., and got ray with $7,000 in gold. .firf.Mnntiitlvn H-ili-hrnck started a clI"lht for an investigation Into the of- Ul , rts of Ballingor una tho uuggonuoims control tho entire minorui item oi Jasku. The houso committee on expositions y Han Frauclsco and Sun Dlogo must ttlc which ouo is to hold a fair in p, or noithor ono will got any pub It inoucy. The O. It. & N. road will spond iW.uOO improving its 'lino between "le Dalles ami Dos Chutes, and will Mutually double-track tho ontiro lino Portland. Mrn. Caroline V. Martin, 01 years ae. and a resident of Now York, lieen arrested charged witli mur- rinj, hor daughter, who carried in- rlnctw rai.ee of $24,700. The bodies of.two men, mangled by h txplosion of nitrb-glycerine, worn una in Oklahoma, witli a complete 'B11' ml nt Tacksmen's tools. It is thought kv wero bank robbors. Hcne.v will lecture through tho south- nit ru states. One boy was killed and 14 sorloualy jured in a coasting accldout in In na. King Loopold survlvod a sovoro op- lition, but has taken a turn for tho Tho sccrotnry of wnr has choson Qon- I'll Wood chief of staff to succeed ;nfrnl Boll. A North Carolina passongor train angrd ovor a trostlo, killing 12 and juring about 40, Hill will begin immodintoly Uio con . Lfction of a railroad from Vancouvor in weif Kootonay, B. O. 8tril;ing switchmon in Butto are rq '"nig to work and ono mining com- .v employing 3,000 men lias started i, e op(V. Zclnya oltors'to tosicn In favor of driz, his chiof Biipportor. It believed that bofh Arizona and r Mexico will bo admitted as statos tii'ir constitutions qro found satis ttorv. A portrait of O. II. McOormiok. in- '"tor oi tho ronping machlno, has unvoued at tho University of IiDlH. jn th thuckIo Bros., tho Inrtrost comnotl of tho Amorlcan Sugar Boflning "T'lny, nave paid Into tho United treasury $uoo,073 as back du ' un sugar. 't Is ronortnil flinf TfnnlrntnMnr wtll 1(1. " ' - " V VWHU.ViUi IT foliBl a chain of rotail drug stores '"Ughout tho country, thnrnliv rnnn. vJn tho Proflts ou th by-products imnmou uy tno drug trado, "even porsons dlod in a Cincinnati cui iiouao flro. of tlJ President in, ,do5n8 his Christmas shopping .t tor Now York, 4 lti?B'iPrcsl1t m- ..I.,.., , . i 11 V,B" vo wowory INTERVENTION IS OOKSIDEKSO Moxlco May Join united Btatos in Rul ing Nicaragua. .Washington, Doc, Iff. Ono of tho projects for tho solution of tho Nlcurn gttan situation that has boon strongly urged upon tho stato dopartmont is tho establishment of a protoctorato, cither singly by tho Unltod Statos, or jointly with Moxlco. This may bo rogardod as nocossary in tho ovont that tho insurgents fail to dlsplnco Zolnya by tholr own efforts, and it may follow nn lnsurgont triumph that' would loavo tho country without rosponsiblo loaders. lt is said procodont for such action could bo found in tho cases of Santo Domlnao and Cuba. In tho first in stance largo sums of money, duo to American citizens, could not bo col loctod from tho Dominican govornmont (thon in a stato of chaos; by diplo mntlo moans. In tho caso of Nicaragua tho gov ornmont has defaulted in payment in agrood allotments on tho Emory claim. In tbo caso of Cuba stato of disordor that throatonod lives and proporty of Americans and othor xorotgnors was tno warrant for intervention. Thoro is reason to bollovc that a forward movomont will bo adopted by tho govornmont perhaps as soon as a sufllciont numbor of marines havo boon cntJicrod off tho Nicnrojruan coast. To day's news from. Managua, Indicating tho imminonco or. noting Doyonu mo ability of tho local government forces to suppress, might servo as a basis for landing tho marines and their dispatch to Managua if nocossary to maintain ordor, just as was done ori tho Isthmus of Panama a few yoars ago. It is not part of tho plan, to maintain such a forco in Nicaragua permanently, but only long onough to permit of a fair and freo gonoral olection and tho es tablishment of a president pledgod to obsorvo constitutional obligations. WAB DECLARED ON STEEL TBUBX Amorlcan Federation of Labor Opens right to a Finish. Pltt8burff. Doc. 15. Wnr was for mally declared upon tho United Statos Stool corporation by loaders of organ ized labor throughout tho United States and Canada at tho closo of a two days' conforonco today. Tho decision to bat tlo against tho stand takon by the stool corporation in its policy of "opon shop" was rcachod after hours of do bato. At tho conforonco Samuol Gompers, prosldont of tho American Federation of Labor, presided, and through him tho mcasuro was put upon tho record books of tho oxocutivo council of tho federation. Tho grievances of organizod labor against tho stool corporation, as set forth in tho resolution, havo been for wardod to Prosldont Taft, to tho United Statos sonato and to tho houso of rop- rosontntlvos, Govornors of tho states in which tho Unitod States Btcol cor poration owns plants or has interests nlso will reccivo copies. Aeroplane for Threo. Worcester, Mass., Dec. 14. A remark ablo assertion of tho practicability of aviation Is ombodiod in tho announce ment toddy of Wallaco E. Tlllinghnst, vlco-prcsldont of a Worcestor manufac turing company, who asserts that ho has invontod, built and tested sccrotly an aeroplane capablo of carrying threO pas songers and in which ho says ho has ilown from Worcestor to Now York, thenco to Boston nnd bnck. A spcod of 120 miles nn hour was mndo nt times, ho declares. Mr. Tilllnghast fl,iys tho mnchino is a monoplane, weighing 1050 pound;., equipped with a 120-horsepower gasolino ougiuo. He rofuses to toll whero tho machlno is, but says ho will bring it to Worcestor for a public demonstration. Big Four Striko Favored. Cincinnati, Dec. 15. Railway tolog raphors omployod'by tho Baltimoro & Ohio Southwestern railroad, in demand ing n now wage scnlo and a chnngo in working conditions, nro mooting with tho eamo opposition from tho company as aro tho Big Four tolographors in their domands, it was announced today. It is undorstood tho Baltimoro & Ohio mon ask for a 15 por cent incroaso. C. O. Bont, gonoral manager of tho Baltimoro to Ohio Southwestern, de clares tho domands nro unroasonablo. Tho Big Four tolographors havo not yot complotod their roferondum voto on a Btrlko, but 00 por,cont o tho votes that aro now in favor of a striko and two-thirds of tho total havo voted. Soosovolt Sends Slavo Skulls. Washington, Doc. 15. Tho Smith sonian African oxpodltion, headed by ox-Prcsidont lioosovolt, had takon 0,003 Bkins up to Docombcr 10. Fowor than ono-hnlf havo boon rocoived nt tho in stitution. Tho collection consists of 243 largo mammals, 1,500 small mam mals and 1,350 birds. Tho collection has a sorios of human skulls plckod up along tho lino of nnoiont slavo trails. This fltntomout of tho work of tho ox podltion was mado today by Secretary Walcott at tho annual mooting of tho boartl of regonts of tho Smithsonian institution. Wrights Sua for Rights. Buffalo, N. Y., Doc. 15. Threo of tho world's famous aviators, tho Wright broUiors and Qlonn II, Curtiss, of tho Horrlng-Curtiss company, joined issuo in a logal battlo horo today. Tho pro ceedings, bofora Judgo Hazel in tho. Unltod Statos circuit court, woro in n suit brought by tho Wrights for a preliminary injunction to rostraln Cur. ths and his associates ' from manufac turing and soiling aoronlanos alloglng that Curtiss is infringing patents of tho Wrights. Russians Moot Ohinoso. Harbin, Manchuria, Doc. 15. A con fcronco was oponod horo today botwoon reprosoniativos of tho railroad manage ment of tbo Russian consulate and of China for tho purposo of working out tho details of tho Russo-Ohinose ngroo monb for tho govornmont of tho Man churian railroad zone I PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS IN BRIEF " ' ' i Friday, December 17. Washington, Dec. 17. Denunciation of ollleiiils of the executivo departments of tlio government who' critlclso with out jiiflt eaiiHo wnx mndo in a speech by Representative Mann of Illinois, and also another speech of similar tonor'by Representative Fitzgorald of Now York, who said "a certain dis tinguished olllclal" was responsible, thuruforo, bccaiiso of tho bttd example ho had set for IiIh subordinates. This enlivened an otherwise dull session of tho house today. It was undorstood generally that Mr. Fitzgerald luul ox-President I.'ouxovolt in mind. The District of Columbia appropria tion bill was read, but was not put upon itB passage, and will bo taken up Mondny again, Somo saving was ef fected by reducing appropriations for Increases in salaries for district ofllcers by eliminating altdgothor paragraphs making provisions for new oillces. Reprosontntivo Macon, Arkansas, again assumed tho rolo of tho "watch dog of tho treasury" and made points of ordor nguinst sovcrnl sections of tho bill, and not wholly without success. Rather unexpectedly tho houso agreed to insert in tho bill nn amendment ap propriating $17,000 for playgrounds for children of tho district. Washington, Doc. 17. Senatorial friends of Secretary Ballingcr are pre paring to introduco and pass a resolu tion authorizing sweeping congressional investigation into conduct of tho inte rior department, gencrnl land offlco and forpst service. Secretary Bollinger is in hearty nce.ord with this purposo and said today lie would welcome such an investigation in his dopartmont, for ho Is satisfied that a fair and impartial Investigation will bring forth satisfac tory answer to every uccusatioff that has been made ugninst him nnd against other oflicials of his department. Army engineers, in a report sent to congress today, recommend nn approp riation of $0,000 for dredging a chan nel 40 feet wido and two nnd a half foot deep in tho Cowlitz rivor, from Cnstlo Rock to Toledo, -and tho annual appropriation of $2,000 to maintain tho channel. Thursday, December 10. Washington, Dec. 10. Performing tho functions of a municipal legislative body the house' today devoted nearly five' hours to consideration of tho Dis trict of Columbia appropriation bill. Tho measure carries $10,150,473 for tho expenses of the district for 1911. Representative McCrcdio today intro duced bills authorizing tho erection of public buildings at Vancouver, Hoquiam and Aberdeen, Wash., to cost $150,000 each. The same bills wero introduced in tho senate by Senator Jonos. Washington, Doc. 10. In a brief session of tho senate today a resolu tion by Cullom was adopted calling on tho secretary of the interior for. in formation respecting mining disnsfors and facilities of tho federal government for rendering aid in such cases. Honator Foster today introduced a joint resolution authorizing tho war de partment to return to tho stato of Lou isiana tho originnl ordinanco of seces sion adopted by tho people of that state. If favorable action is takon upon tho subject of Louisiana, it is expected that other states' which seceded prior to tho civil war will request similar returns. Senator Piles today introduced tho following bills: Increasing tho limit of the cost of Bollinghnm public build ing from $120,000 to $420,000; increas ing tho cost of the Evorott building from $130,000 to $400,000; npproprint lug $30,000 for tho Eliza Island light house; appropriating $10,000 for launch for PugM Sound customs service, Senator .lonos today introduced bills authorizing tho purchnso of sites nnd tho erection ot public buildings nt Wenatchee, Watorvillo and Ellonsburg, Wash. The sonnto today confirmed tho fol lowing Idaho postmasters: John E. Jones, of Kellogg; Henry B. Curtiss. of Ulnekfoot; Leola Wyman, of Mulian, and nlso Presley. F. Homo as register of tho Hailoy land office Wednesday, Docember 15. Washington, Dec. 15. Sitting until after nightfall, tho houso buckled down to business today, passed tho Esch bill, requiring railroads to inako full month ly reports to tho interstate commorco commission of all accidents, and a measure giving tho commission power to compel railroads to provide uniform equipment for their cars, and thon took up for consideration tho Mnun Pana ma canal bill, on which gonoral dobato was concluded. Vigorous opposition to tho proposed plan to abolish tho Isthmian canal com mission ami to vest building or tne Panama canal and of governing the cannl zono in ouo direetor-gonornl, ap pointed by tlio president, cropped out in tho houso today in general) dobato on tho Mann bill, roported by tho com mittco on intorstato and foreign com morco. Scarcely less intonBO was tho protest aroused whon it was learned that the commiltco had recommondod that the judicial power of tho canal zono bo vestod in ono circuit court and such inforlor courts ns tho prosldont may constitute. This would roqulro tho abolition of the existing Hiipromo court on tho zono. An nppoal direct to tho aupromo court of tho Unltod States is author ized, however, In quostions arising out Agreement Arrived at on Rata Oases, Washington, Dec. 10. A final acroo- mout was reached tpday botwoon coun sel for both sidos in tho lumber rate casos. Argument will 1m horo or at Chicago. Tho roads attach imparlance to tno casos, judging from tho uttontion they give, It is ovidont tho real monnina- of the nn attack on tho powora of tho com- mission man tno quostiont of ratos, al though ostensibly rates coustituto tho chief issue. of the constitution, treaties or laws of tho United States, involving a death sentence or imprisonment. Similar ap peal is nllowcd in civil cases involving moro than $5,000. Roprcsontativo Mann (Illinois), au thor of tho bill and chairman of tho' committee, attempted to explain the necessity for his measure. "What aro tho sources of authority from which tho president (Roosovolt) derived tho right to claim to govern tho canal zonof" Interrupted Repre sentative .Harrison of Now York. Tuesday, December 14. Washington, Doc. 1-1. Taking up tho president's annual mpssago to congress, tho house of representatives today wont through tho formality of referring it and distributing it among the various committees. Mr. Payne, who brought in the reso lution for roferenco, offered an amend ment providing that thoso paragraphs roloiing to appropriations bo referred to what ho designated as tho "sleep ing" committocs on departmental ex penditures, of which thero is one for each department. Washington, Dec. 14. A bill provid ing for a central bank of America to bo established at Washington with branches throughout tho country was introduced today by Representative Fornes, of Now York. Tho bank is to have a capital of $100,000,000, thrco-flfths of which is to bo subscribed by tho United States treasury through an issuo of 50-ycar gold bonds. Tho remaining two-fifths is to bo offered to national banks of the country. Branches are provided for in New York, Chicago, Now Orleans, Boston, Donvcr, St. Louis, Atlanta, San Fran cisco and Portland, Ore. Representative McDermott of Illinois spoke briofly in favor of freo wood pulp. Tho District of Columbia appropria tion bill, carrying an appropriation of moro than $10,000,000 for expenses of tho district in tho fiscal year of 1911, was reported, as were also several in valid pension bills. The latter were read and passod. Tho houso today agreed to take re cess Tuesday over the holidays, voting to reconvene on Tuosday, January 4. At 2:47 p. m. tho houso adjourned until tomorrow. STANDARD OIL UNDER BAN. Secretary Dickinson Shuts Octopus From Government Contracts. Washington. Ill -Tim Rlnnnnl Oil and certain iihtirli wore placed under tbo ban today by tnn.n(on TMaI.Ihiiah V .1 . uvviwuy rii;AiuDuu. vrrucxa were JB' SUed tO nil branches nf fhn xvnr rlnnnrf merit directing that no contracts were to bo mado with them. This action was taken by tho secre tary on uio ground tjint if a corpora tion had been ndiinlrrorl nn illnrrnl nnv binntion or trust by a court of law, it was not propor ior tno government to enter into contracts with tho offenders. Similar action was taken somo time ago by him with regard to the tobacco trust. The present! ordor includes not only . i m i . . . . . - auppnes ior mo various orancnes or tne uoparunoni, uui ior tno x'nnama canal as well. SLAVE BILL IN COMMITTEE. Foroign and Interstate Transportation to Act as Bar. Washington, Dec. 13. Tho white slavo traffic bill, introduced hv Hhnir. man Mnnn, of the houso committeo on iniersinto anu roroign commerce, will bo takon up by that committee today. Tho intention is to nress tho menaiirn. and its advocates expect its passage by jinn iiousus ox congress. Tho only stumbling block sighted is tho hairbreadth nf distinction no tn tlm jurisdiction of tho interstate commerce law over sucn a matter, but thoso urging the bill beliovo mombers of both houses will havo no differences ns tn tlin limrits of the proposed legislation. Tho Mnun bill is designed to regulnto and provent tho transportation in inter state nnd foroign commorco of nlion women nnd girls for immoral purposes. Many Deaths by Drowning. Washington, Dec. 15: Drowning was rosponsiblo for moro deaths during 1908 ii; tho United Stntna nnw nnrt mnrlno corps, with an avorago strength of r.l inn a 1 - 1 1 . j-,ui,i, iiniji uuy oiuor cause, 4V men ll.ivillf Hint tlinir fntn in n vaninrv rrmxm out of a total of 305 deaths for tho year. Tlio ratio of deaths per 1,000 wns 5.70. neeonlinf tn fhn nnnnnl rn. port of Rear-Admiral P. M. Rtxoy, sur- Keoii goncnu oi mo navy, xunercuiosis was responsible for 30 donths, pneu monia for 24, and .heart diseaso for 21. Would Holp Anti-Ttrust Law. Washington, Dec. 13. Without ox pressing any porsonnl opinion ns to tho probability for or against tho.passago of such a mcasuro, Representative Mann, chnirmnn of. tho houso commit tee on interstnto and foroign commorco, today gavo as his "legislative opinion" that if n bill should ba passed by tho houso amending the nnti-trust law, that law would bo strengthened rather than weakened. , Mann BUI Sent to House. Washington, Doc. 13. Tho sweeping ohango in tho administrative workings of tho Panama canal proposed by the Maun till to provide for tho govorn mont of tho canal zono and tho construc tion of tho Panama canal, was discussed by tho house committeo on intorstato and foreign co:imorco today. It was ordorod favorably roportod to tho house, Heyburn to View Canal. Washington, Dec. 13. Honator Ioy burn will loavo Wednesday with tho souato naval committeo on the cruisor Dolphin for a trip to Panama. Tho party will inspect tho canal and return to Washington about January 4, AMERICAN MEAT SHUT OUT. Gorman Conservatives Strongly Opposo Tariff Concessions. Berlin, Dec 13. In tho conservative party convention today at Berlin, Count Schworin-Lcowitz, ono of tho most prominent agrarian members of tho roichstng, took strong ground against Oormany's making concessions on American meats in ordor to secure bet ter tariff rates. "Tho higher duties in tho now tar iff," ho said, "aro especially unfavor able to Germany, but German agricul ture is practically concerned about tho question whether tho German conven tional tariff will bo accepted again by Americans without something equiva lent in tho way of concessions, because of tho fear in agricultural circles that tho federal government might mako tho provisions for tho American meat im ports adopted for tho protection of the health of our pcoplo and today moro necessary than over tho subject of commercial treaty negotiations. This fear I regard as unfounded, in view of the certain information which has been conveyed to me. "Such a thing I would expect oven less from tho present chancellor than from his predecessor, ilo values too highly tho interests of our public health and it too just toward our Ger man livestock growers to do such a thing. Moreover, the chancellor knows too well the sentiments of tho country and tho great majority of the reichs tog." BREEDING IS ALL PROFIT. Paper to Be Devoted to Enrichment Through Better Stock. Omaha, Dec. 13. Willett M. Hays, assistant secretary of agriculture, with his associates, will start a magazine devoted to the scientific breeding of plants and animals. A new department has been organized in the American Breeders' association to study tho heredity in man, and David Starr Jor dan will head tho work and conduct this department in the magazine. This was decided at the closing meet ing of the American Breeders' associa tion today, when 1200 new members wero obtained and the organization voted to ask manufacturing, commer cial and transportation 'interests desir ing an increase in farm products to provido the association with sufficient funds to put tho publication on a busi ness basis at once. Assistant Secretary Hays, of tho Breeders' association, said: "Wc have at least induced the public to believe that a billion dollars can be added to our plant and animal products by scientific breeding. Another billion can be added by bringing more rfcres under cultivation and adding fertilizers. "Tho scicntinct fact, however, is that tho billion added by breeding will be almost all profit, while the increase from more and better farming will cost $900,000,000." ST. CROIX OIL SOAKED. Former Engineer on Burned Craft Tes tifies Tanks Leaked. San Francisco, Dec. 11. That . the fuel oil tanks of the steamer St. Croix, which was destroyed by fire off the coast of southern California, leaked badly and allowed seven barrels of oil to oozo into the bilge during one trip, was tho statement mado today to the federal inspectors by John D. Druillard, formerly first assistant engineer of the burned craft. Druillard was not on the St. Croix at tho timo of tho disaster. He stated that tho condition of the vessel was such that he did not care to go to sea aboard of her, and loft the employ mont of the company after making his fourth trip. Druillard said ho discovered the con dition of the tanks and roported it to Chief Engineer Doe, who ordered that thoy bo loaded only to tho point where tho" leaks were located. This order was later countermanded by Captain Warner, according to the witness, and tho tanks filled to tho top. The wit ncss stated that ho measured tho oil in tho hold, and found it was several inches deep. From this ho computed tho total leakage at 7 barrels. Or ders wero issuod against opon lights bolow decks, but Druillard said that ho twice found lamps burning and throw them overboard. Druillard believed that a lighted cig arotto might have been thrown down a ventilator by a passenger and caused tho tire. -Tho inquiry closed today. Arbitration Will Begin. Chicago, Dec. 13. Negotiations be tween tho railroads conforonco commit teo, representing tho General Managers' association, and tho switchmen's com mitteo will begin in Chicago on Mon clay, according to an unauthorized state ment issued here todaji by the General -Managers' association, interstate Com morco Commissioner Knnpp and Labor Commissioner Noill on Monday will take u also tho disputo between the Illinois Ceutrnl railroad and its telegraphers, who. havo askod for an increase of 10 per cont m wages. Sutton Caso Is Up Again. Washington, Dec. 13. Tho Sutton caso is to be revived. Mrs. Rosa B. Sutton, mother of Lieutenant James N. Sutton, who died nt Annapolis under poouliar 'circumstancos, is preparing, with her attorneys, to go beforo tho Maryland grand jury whon its sessions nro resumed in Baltimore noxt month nnd attempt to socuro indictment of ono or moro of Lioutenant Sutton's follow officers who figured in the Annapolis inquiry last summon Oldest Oddfellow Dead, Bancor, Me.. Doc, 13. Phlnoas Bach- oldor, said to havo boon ho oldest mom ber of tho Independent Order of Odd fellows in tho world, died last night. agod 98 years. Ho had boon an Odd follow for moro than half a contury, and had held tho office of grand pat BELGIAN KING DYING Mind Remains Clear, Condition Is Practically Hopeless. MAY OPERATE AS LAST RESORT Dying Monarch Calmly Makes Will, Receives Sacrament and Bids Farewell to All. Brussels, Dec. 14. At 5 o'clock this morning the condition of King Leopold was unchanged. Brussels. Dec. 13. Leopold II, king of the Belgians, tonight is making a desperate effort for bis life, and the odds aro strongly against the aged monarch. As a last resort, the surgeon's knifo will bo tried tomorrow. If tho opera tion is successful, King Leopold may live. If it fails, the end is inovitablo. All will dopend on the king's strength and vitality, which are ebbing fast. Rheumatism has already conquered the aged and wasted frame. Dropsy has developed, and an obstruction of the intestines, which must be removed, has greatly aggravated his condition. The general opinion is that the king will not survive the operation. Indeed ho may die at any moment. The mon arch is rather optimistic, and today exclaimed to his physician: "Operate, and the sooner tho bet ter." But he added with a wan, wist ful smile: "Perhaps, doctor, the long, long jour ney is at hand." King Leopold is still as lucid of in tellect as ever. This masterful mind. which conceived and carried out the gi gantic Congo project and ronsed tho whole world into bitter indictment and discussion, calmly directed what seems to be the final chapter in bis spectacu lar career. The picture was pathetic enough. Separated from his two eldest daugh ters by a tragic skein of events, with scandal of his own personal life whis pered by every tongue, Leopold lay tonight in "Tho Palms," a little pa vilion of six rooms, close to the great Lacken attended by his faithful daugh ter Princess Clementine, Crown Princo Albert and the royal household. The day was a mixture of anxiety, hope an dy despair. As his strength failed tho king, his chaplain, an aged priest with tears wetting his cheeks, approached the bed to hear the king's confession and administer communion and extreme unction. In the morning the king, assisted by a notary and so licitors, settled his private affairs. To Count Oultremont, marshal of the court, his majesty said: "You have served me well for more than 20 years. I am grateful. Beforo I die, I want to tell you so and givo you my thanks." The king then summoned Princess Clementine, whom he kissed several times, telling her not to cry. She was led fainting from tho room. Other rela tives followed. . Subsequently he received the papal nuncio, who brought the benediction of tho holy father, and the Spanish min ister. The mayor of Brussels came to the castle as the bearer of the good wishes of the people of Brussels, and to express the popular hope that his majesty would recover, but the king was too tired to receive him. SEVEN" DD3 IN FIRE. Cincinnati Tenement House Scene of Fatal Panic. Cincinnati, Dec. 14. Two women, two men and three children lost their lives and seven other persons were seriously injured in a tenement fire at Third and Sycamore streets, which broke out at midnight. Three of tho dead wero burned to cinders. Tho frenzied inmates gathered in th windows and climbed , to. the roof whence they jumped into blankets. Six men iled to the roof, where fire men had to use forco to provont them from virtually committing suicide by jumping to tho street. A Woman, clasping her 8-year-old son window. Both woro instantly Itied. Dwollers in tho tenoment wYvso overwhelmed by panic that some Kfcrfied headlong into tho flames. Tho fire was extinguished with slight trouble with a total loss of about $25,000. Ruin as Governor Snaps. Camas, Wash., Dec. 14. The governor on one of tho high-speed engines used for running a dynamo at tho Crown Columbia papor mill broke about noon today, causing the engine to tear it self to pieces. Ono larco piece of the llywheol wont up through tho second floor, tearing out heavy timbers and. seriously injuring Sam McKovor, who was working on a papor machine on. tho second floor. Ono paper machine wns also badly wrocked. Several men woro near tho engino whon the accidont hnpponed, but woro not injured. Part of tho mill is shut down for repairs. Boys' Play Proves Fatal. Los Angeles. Dec. 14. Wesley Haughtclin, 11 yoars old, died early to day as the result of a schoolboy on counter yesterday over a came of mar- bios. According to statements of othor boys, Hnughtolin becamo involved in an argument with Truman Fliut. a 15- year-old lad. Tholr disputo led to blows, and a rough-and-tumble light. W. E. Haughtelin, father of the lad says death was the result of nn nccl. dont, and that ho will not prosecute. young Flint. , Sicentlfic Data Burned, Los Ancrelos. Doe. 14. -Thn "Mnn. astery," the homo of tho scientists and nttaehos of tho Mount Wilson observa tory, was destroyed by flro today, AH tho valuable records and papers of the. observatory, togethor with tho soien- itifio library of Professor Hale, wera ' burned.