EVENTS OF THE DAY
toy llo.ns Gathered from All
Paris of tlio World.
PREPARED rOR THE 1JUSY READER
i-n Important hut Not Lot tutors
sling Happenings from Points
OuUldo llio QtAtn.
Admiral Cnppn snyn the niivy needs
morn i-nllleirt.
Aiintrlii declare lii! will urunh Her
vlu If reed hn.
Aiiilri-w Cnrnegln hit J nut celebrated
bin TM Inrtliiliiy.
Aimtrlu IhreateiiM wnr with Turkey
tinleiw ulin come to terms,
Oiolern hnn ngnln broken out in
ItiiMtlu hihI Ik cnunlng iiiucli iilitrm.
If Auntrlii Hml Turkey slnuld light,
Bulgaria would probably Invade Mnro
tlonln, A ntenim r struck n reef oil tint
IhIhimI of l.umn iiihI 101) rillpiiKw WMII
drowned.
Tuft linn oir'rtil Prank II. Hitchcock
llio (Hwltliin of iMMtmiutcr geiieml. Ho
Will Iteeept,
Kaiser Wllhelm, who hnn been nuf
ferlng frimi h nervoun piIIhhh, In re
covering. Italians In California fought
MrHt battle with ilyiimnlte,
HIHl gUIW. TWO IIH'II will iIIh.
n do
knlve ..r....i.ii, f i.
urK'iniMtUHi or low-
",...,..-. ......
Tint mUlmml
motive engineer
... ,...i ! ' '"lup the intliriiiK crowd nn it collwtnl
WW IfthttT lfllpl Ht CtliCHgll,
It In rMirliil thnt Montenegro hnn
mounted henty hntlerleii im the (wight
commanding Cnltaro, one of Austria's
iMiimrrclnl eMirtn.
I Miami In much Interested In Cnn
tro'n vinit to Kurope.
Ili'iiy In mi fur recovered thnt he
took nn uuto rldi Thnitkglvihg day.
A storm oir tin' California Nwt
vati-ed nil vimmcU to run fur shelter.
An rirort will bn mnde In Tennosce
to nrnwl tin' lyncher of threo negroes.
A 18-yenrold Henld-burK. Cnl., boy
nhol bin ntep father in defenne of bin
imithor.
Admlrnl Sporry hm Krnnted nhore
Irnve to nome of tho hnttlenhip crown
nt Mmiiln.
AMnnnlnntion nml bomb throwltiK by
Hindu revolutlonlata have rnuieil ter
ror in Indin.
(Indntoiut Dowle, nun of the prophet,
dfiiloti thnt ho Intends to mnrry or thnt
be wnn ever kiiMiil,
Fimr erimn were drowned
nteumer culllnlon olf Samly Hook.
In it
Onu
of tbn Veimoln nunk,
Demonntrnliom nt Homo nniunt
Auntrin continue nml tho populmo In
in u very uly mood.
A monument to ludinnn noldlern who
lieil In Andernonvlllu prlnon bnn Junt ' thnt of h. K. Hancock, wanted by tho
been unvelbil by K'overnor Hnnley, of rtiulhorltlca of North Cnrollnn on u
ludinnn. chnrj;o of embetzlement.
Tim Kuvernorii of I'ennnylvnnln nnd Hancock anlled from hero nevernl
VlrK'Inln kldniimd the Kvernor of weekn nKo mid onlera for bin nrrwt
Hhodo Inhutd whllo ho wnn on bin lion. "V"' cn ,,,h1 to Nnpankl. Ho left the
4ymoou trip. nhlp at Honolulu, however, nnd return-
, , til to thin city on theateiimerMonKolin,
A honvy nnow fnll In remrleil w,r, rrlved to.lny.
throughout Colomdo. Knolllnn denlitu thnt hit In Hnncock,
lint Morne ntenmnhlp linen on tho "l W l i member of the broker
Atlwntlc connl hnvo been renr'innixod. liiK" llrm of Coiirtlnml, llnbcock & Co.,
A divert) electrical illnturlinnco n
tilyxod tvli'Kriipli linen In Illlnoln, Iowu
nml Winoonaln.
Stormn have blocked the (Irent
Northern nml Northern l'aclllc IIiioh in
Montmin nnd North Dnkotn,
Tho Iowa e;ilnturo lum electisl
Oovvnior ('umminn United Stilton nen
ntor tonucceiHl Willlain II. Allinon.
Tho nhnli of I'ornln Iiiih been
frlKht-
fiieil ny KUHHiu anil t.rent lirltuln into
wltlulruwIiiK bin rofunul of u constltu-
H"11' j
A Coeur d'Alenu milllonnlnt bus nn-
nouncisl tho piirchiinu of ohl inlnott nenr
Hnrcelonii, Spuln, which ho will opernto
under mmlorn mothodn,
a -e i,... i.
4 it'Hiii'nirv iiiiir litifci'ii iiitii iiiiki i
neRroert Imd been triiil for mtinler mid
weiiteiu'ed to receive tho duuth penalty
when It took tho threu from Jail mid '
lynched them.
Lor! Ilobertn' deulurntlon thnt (Ireut
Ilritniii needn 1,000,000 more Boldicrtt
to nrovuut u nonniblo Invnninn from
(Jernmny, Iiiih enuned nijrentHtlr In tho
(Senium cnpltnl.
Latent reportn from Governor-elect
CoHRrove, of WHuhliiKton, Bny ho la im
proving. In n riot between Ciermnn nml Ital
ian utudentH nt Vienna, moro than 150
were Injured,
In n raid on clubaofG I u In for
dlupunuliiK liquor out of hour, I ',' men
wore urrcutud.
REGENT FEARS REBELLION.
Heavy Quants Placed nl All Dales 01
City ol Pokfn.
lVkin, Nov. 21. Whllo nil In quiet
In I'okln, ilotnclimentn of troops gutird
thu cty gnteH mill ondurinca nro on
duty lit thu iijipronclirit to thu foreign
legations. Thu government linn not
rt'fiHi'tl to tiikn tirreniitlminrv tnmiM.
",r; ,for rvoiuuo,,ri...ir ,,.r,, K
nil kinds of
rvHirm, winrji migiiv "ci
llkn llri'liriiixlM to tlio spirit of uni'ioil
ni'ioi underlying present condition In
China.
There Imvii been rumor of nn Insur
rectlonnry movement In thu South, hul
I dlu liiiy t.vjtti..! lit I. . milii tla.i.ia .
break n mnng Hi" .rtlll,.ry iind cnvnlry
i..i ... j....Li.. ' '
n mi iinivii lib tvminillt
Nuvi'rtluiKwfi, It him Ihtii thuucht
lulvlniililii to pout n t;iiurd nl curli of
thu KUti'H of 1'i.klti, iiml half C-OIM)HU-n
of Cliiui)i.ii rfnulari nn now unilcr
iirum nt thi'i Kiintn.
It wiih owinK to olio of tin-no dUtiirli
itncrM that thu odlctof Novemhor U0
wiih IuuihI, In which It wH MilutiKl
out thnt Inwlcmi coimplrulori. Iiml trhil
to Invitclo tlio liitorlnr, iiml mII olllciiiln
Mi'ro onlorril to nrrt't nml cummurily
hi'hi'nd tht'in whornviT foutHl.
HtriiiKi'iit moniHiriti have Imimi Inkon
hi'ri' to nuppri'Hii miy HiKiiof rimnplrncy,
nml tlio Kovcrnuii'iil Iiiih ordonil nn In
vititltition of tho Kovi'rnor of Nnnj,'
I'ui'i province, on uromitof n Hllcht up
rlnltiK that tiMik place thrro.
HOLDS TOWN AT UAY.
Four Mnn Shot In Ellort In Cnpturo
Moxican Hold-Up Mam.
Itino, Nov., Nov. '44. Detitctiil nn
ho wun IhiIiIIiii; up tho Court unloo-n in
I llnttlo MiHintuin Into IhuI uiKht, u
I Moxicnn lirok through thu door nml,
"."lK '" Nl:ht I'ullrvnmn Cihmi,
. .. , , ' i , ,. I,,
i nlHit tint o I er I u tho Jnw: thru hokl
lit tho KCetio. Cowlwiyn nml mlnorno
cnllwl for niwlntnnfi'. nml runhlnc tho
rotiitor, woro ri'iKjiniii liy inn tiro
l)eHity Khorilf Titnwurth wnn hit in
the KToIti, nml two o thorn were nightly
Injuriil.
The Mexican bnckwldown the ntreet,
forclnjr everylwnly In nlKht to follow
him. When he drew nwny from the
rmloonn ho duckeil into the darknrnn, A
inspect, noeii by Deputy Hhvrilf llnnp,
wnn caue.ht when bimrtlliu: n freight
train early thin mornitiK. The deputy
nherlir called to tint mnn to hnlt, but
KettlliK no reniKinne, nhol tho fellow in
tho lej;. The town, nnmnedby the out
rnk'on, ntnrted on n mnn hunt: nml
fnriiiem, honrliiK' the idinnllui;, rnme
into town with their Innternn, They
currl.nl themt lit-hta about with them
neekltiK the robber, nml nevernl tlmen
nhot nt each other w hen they thought
they hud "llunhod" the dure-dovil Mex
ican.
CABLE USED FOH MAN HUNT.
Man
Cliaiod Hall Around World by
Dltpatcbai If Caught.
Snn Frnnclnco, Nov. 21. -A mnn
hunt, extemliiiK half wuy nround the
world, which wnn conducted by cable
dinpntchen, enme to nn end today when
local dotectiven Itonrtleil the ntenmer
MotiL'olln nml nrrented I.. K. Knolllnn.
whimo dencrlntion in nnld to tnllv with
or -J i rum nireej, jxew lorK. ue wnn
m Ifiljiii tn flm ,-ift, .trli,i .ut.ull.i.r
the
arrival of mi olllrer from
Una.
mnvii ... ,.. V'J . i". i'm.iii
North
Cnro-
Will Fortify Honolulu.
Honolulu, Nov. 21.- A detachment
of United Stnten entrlnoorn, under Ma
jor Wlrwlow, which nrrivwl recently
jon tho trannH)rt Sheridan, ban com-
Inlund. Tho Hrt work to bo done In
,u, ,,r,.mrton of mllitnry mnpn. Tlio
,imli:lnj: for tho liirK'e drydock to bo
built ill I'enrl hnrlwir and tho deepen-
li'K ' U' channel nlno will beKin In
tin. nenr future. Sovernl locnl cui-
trnctorn luivn depnrted for WnnhlnKton
where tho bldn for tho ilrwlKliiR con-
tr"cU wl" M ol10""' ' Uccombor.
Fall In Uncord FIIrIiI.
London, Nov. 2-1. -Wonl linn been
. received Here thnt the balloon owned
by the Dully Graphic, which nnccudod
from this city Wednemlny mornliiK Inst
in mi attempt to rench Sibcrin nml
break thu loiiL'-dlrttunco record, wnn
compollod to dencend In n Rule on
Thumdny nluht near Novo Alexnnd
rovsk, KuhhIii, nfter having traveled
about l,:ino in Hep.
Survl.ins Lota Saventaen.
I'nrlM, Nov, 2 1. -A i iupntch from
Vienna tmya thnt n bund of Servians,
whllo croaalni; tho lloaniun frontier,
nenr Suvornlk, wiih ropulaed by Auh
trlnu troona, Tho Sorvlnna loat 17
men killed and tho Auatrlans three
killed.
NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
MILLIONS FOII IMPROVEMENTS.
Control Will ISe Atkcil Largs Sum
(or lllvort nnd Hnrborn,
WimhliiKton, Nov. 28, Fifty million
dollurn in tho ncKreKatu of tho nppro
priiitioim rocommi'iiilwl by HrlKwIlcr
Conoral William I.. Marshall, clilof of
oiiKitii vm Unltiil Htutiti army, for work
on rivorn, hnrborn uml fortiflcntlonn
mr tho cnmliiK lineal your, In bin an-
""" W'rl " "'" ' "71 1o """""'
i Wnr l.uki. I-:. Wrlicht.
o
Apiiroxliiintoly fj.(l(l0,()()l)0 in rocom
moiidod for application onoxintiiiK con
trni'tn for river mid harbor improve
ments $!t,IO(i,uun forKonoml work on
rhrrn nnd hitrborn, IncludlnK uxnminu
tlnu, niirvijn nuil coiitlnuonclon; 12,
0i 0,01 0 or work pro(MMiol by tho Mir.
nlrmippl river couimlnnlon.
'I he num rec nnrm n leil for fortlflcn
tlonn In (7,7.'2,2.':, of uhlch tho iiiihiI
imHirtnnt entimiiten nro f2,.'tfi'J,UnU
for noHCimnl liattononat Manlln; 1 1'J,
000 for repnir ami protection nl I'enrl
harbor, Honolulu; $.'.07,100 for tho de
feiimi of I'ennncolu, Fin. ; for the mod
ernlzliii: of old umplncementn, nencral
ly. foUO.000; electrical InnUillntion,
m,'lM; tor nenrcbllKhtn, $007,000.
Commenting on the fortillcatlon ol
lintular NXeMinn tho reportn refern
In the "very iiet'tfMnry ii.kiitionnl do
fennifi Ht Miniln." It WJKKont" that it
the amount rerommendeit cminot be
fill y nppropriiUeil, nl leant $'.',000,000
h'iuld be mnele nvnllnble during tho
coimIiik )nr, "no thnt a nubttHiitlnl
plant ran be provided nml work enn be
nmdiictiH) in nn eUVcUvo nnd ecimomi.
cnl mnimer."
A connidernbltt proportion of the
HUKKotl uiiproiirintlon fur nonrch
I HuhU In to ric.imtiiinileJ to bo i-xncml
in tho I'hilippitien nml llnwnii,
JSomi - of the moro imortnnt iiilimnton
lor the year for rivora nml hnrbors
were nn followa:
California Kan DI.'K'o bnrbor,
000; San l'edro bny, $100,000;
$30,-Oak-
land hnrlwr, $W1,000.
Oregon nml WnnbinKton -Columbin
river. $1,101,000; Columbia river
mouth, $4fi0,000; Grnyn bnrbor. $181,
000; I'UKet nouml, JIH0.000; Tncomn
hnrltor, $10,000
Hawaii Honolulu bnrbor, $600,000;
11 Ho bnrbor, $000,000.
An appropriation o $2F,000 in roc
om in tided for tho Snernmento nnd
l-eiilhor rivrn cou.idmil.
To Honor Phil Sheridan.
WnhltiKton, Nov. 27. To the lint
of iipientrlan ntntuen fur which Wnnh-
InKton nlrendy In fnmoun another will
Ihi nddod tomorrow, when n Imndsorno
ntntue of General "I'liil" Sheridan will
be unveiled nml formally presented to
thu city. Thu ntntue cent $u0,000, nml
wnn modeled by Guzton IiorRlum of
New York. It hnn been plncod in the
center of Sheridan circle, nt tho inter
nvction of Mnnnnchunettn nvenue nm!
Twenty-thin! ntreeU At the dedica
tion I'renldent Hoonevvlt in expected to
npenk nml there will be n considerable
mllitnry dinptny. Thu went will be
nttondod by the widow nnd other mem
bern of General Shcridnn'n family.
No Trouble, Says Root.
Washington, Nov. 25. Although
I'renldent Koosevelt nnd Secrctnry of
State ltoot deny there la nny friction
between thu United States mid Jnpan
ri'KurdliiK' thu op4-n door In China, nnd
II in said no request or demnnd hnt
been mndeuKm Japan, it In understood
thnt diplomatic exchnngoa of viewn on
thin subject have taken place in the
last few dnyn. Ambntvndor Tnknhirn
made severnl calls on Secretary ltoot
Inst week nml It In nuthorltively ntoted
thnt those conference, concerned Jn
pmi'a policy in Munchurin.
Tost Navnl Ollicera.
WiiHliiiiKton, Nov. 27. Tho recom
moii.int on of tho Nnvy department in
relation to n byalcnl teat for ollicera
In now awltinj,' the president's Hniil n
provnl. For ollicera of tho line below
the rank of renr mlmiiil and ntnlf olli
cera below tho rank of crptnin, whll
aervliiR on aluire, it will be Hlmiliir t
that now prescribed for the coast artil
lery, which ia n fifty-mllo walk in
threu days. Watch ollicera ut son may
bo requi ed to take duty alto nntely
every four bourn for 72 hours.
Iniofionti Morrill Ik Dead.
WnshiiiKtoii, Nov, 26, Mm. lino
jjene Hoblnson Morrill, n celebrated
portra t mid historical painter, died
early today in n room of a todi'lne;
bouse, ulomt mid frloiuHon and mnid
BurroiindiiiKH of squalor mid diHtresa.
In 1H7D she ostalilished tho National
Academy of Fine Artfl. in this city.
Shu had received scorca of mednla for
notable worka.
Certiorari Writ Filed.
WiiHhtnuton, Nov, 20. - - Attorney
General Donnpnrte yesterday tiled in
tho United Stntca Supremo court n pe
tition for n writ or certiorari to review
thu Judgment of the United States
Court of Appeals In tho $20,000,000
Standard Oil case, under which tho
case, waa remanded for retrial. '
ASKS OMDEH FOH HEDATE.
Lumbar Cofnpanyt Stranp;o Petition
to Interstate Uo.ird,
WiinhlriKton, Nov. 20. A curious
niUeht In mndo of tho Interntiite Com
merce rommiMlon in a iiotltiori filed by
tho Nntiuunl Lumber company, of Lou
Annelen, nualnst the Snn l'edro, Ijm
Ati;elen h .ShII Lake Itallroadcomimny.
The complaint nuya that in the pant it
hnn been granted on shipment of lum
ber and bulldliiL' material from Iam
Ai.Kolea to vnrloun points n ynrdinir-in
transit rabuto to onublo it to meet thu
competition of companion having their
yiir.ln nl ami 1'idroon thu I'aciflc const
I he defendant ruilrod U willing to
Krnnl the ribate, but holds thnt It can
not do so under tho law, Thu commis
nlon In ri-Uetl to direct the railway
company to my the relmto on certain
shipment, already amounting to $771.
No such reiKirt ever before wan made
to the commission.
DAN ON ALL FAKE LABELS.
"Guaranteed Under Pure Food Act"
Doesn't Mean Purity.
Washington, Nov. 21. According to
n aweeplnj; decision by tho commis
sioner of patent, any label bearing
the inscription "Guaranteed under the
tturo food nml drug nets, June 30,
1 000," whore such Inscription is In
tended to imply that the government in
responsible fur the pur.ty of the goods,
will bo refused registration. It In
claimed that hundreds of packers nnd
otliern throughout the country nru so
printing labels an to give thin Impres
sion, whereon it is held by tho oflicials
thai the goyernmtmt simply accepts thu
assertion of thu manufacturer that thu
goods are puro ami then Investigates
Ills business. Upon proof that tho
pure food ami drugs act in being violat
ed tho goods nro confiscated nnd tho
manufacturers punished.
Rejects Dattlesbip Bids.
Washington, Nov. 26. All the bids
for the building of the battleship Flor
ida hnvo been rejected by tho Assist
ant Secretary Newberry, of tho navy,
nnd tho machinery will lie built by the
government in tho Brooklyn navy
ynrd. Mr. Newberry'n nction np-
provea thu reitort of the board of con-
strucllon, which u i authorized to in
vestigate the entire matter relating
to thu construction of this machinery.
The board held that congress intended
to have nil possible work connected
wltli the Florida performed at the New
l ork navy yard.
Ban on Eastern Stock.
Wnshlngton, Nov. 2G.CattIo breed
ers of Pennsylvania and New York will
not be permitted to exhibit any cattle
at thu International Stock show, to bo
held at Chicago, owing to tho preva
lence of tho foot am! mouth diseases
in those states. This decision waa
roochod yestcrdoy at a conference held
at the White House between President
Roosevelt and Wlllett M. Hayes, as
sistant secrctnry of agriculture, and
Dr. Alonio D. Melvin, chief of the bu
reau of animal industry. Tho decision
includes sheep, swine and goats.
Date Cannot Yet Be Set.
Wnshlngtton, Nov. 27. The Su
preme court will probably announce on
December 7 whether it will review the
Standard Oil $20,000,000 cose. In ac
cordance with tho petition of Attorney
General Honapartc. The court is now
in its Thanksgiving recess. Tho np
pllcnt'on f r the writ of certiorari will
be presented fcrmnlly to the justices
Monday by the clerk, with whom it has
boon tiled. The ruling will thon prol
ably be made on the following Monday.
Putting; Marines Ashore.
Wnshlngton, Nov. 2-1. Action has
begun detaching tho marines from tho
battleships nnd nsalgningthem to shore
duty. Orders were issued todny de-
t aching those aboard tho New Hamp
shire. In SO days all marines aboard
the ship of thu third Bqundron of the
Atlantic fleet, now in Atlantic quart
ers, will hnvo been reliuved from duty
aboard tho vessels.
Pinchot In Cabinet.
Washington, Nov. 21. It la stated
here t'xlay on apparently good authori
ty that Forester Gilford Pinchot has
been offered the pot of secretary of
agriculture in President Tuft's cabinet
and that it in nlmot certain he will ac
cept. It ia stated also that Overton
W. Price, nt pronent nssistant forester,
hna been relucted na Plnchot's successor
In tho olllco of forester,
Fulton to Confer With Tatt.
Washington, Nov. 27. Senator Ful
ton loft for Hot Springs Thursday
uvening for n conferenco with Preal.
dent-elect Taft and Nntlonnl Chairman
Hitchcock,
Holmoi 'ppo'n'ed
Washington, Nov, 20. Arthur W.
Holmes has been appointed rural free
delivery 'carrier on route No,
1 at
Mount Angel,
OPENS FINE 8UBWAY,
Boston Tunnel Cost 810,000,000 And
Take Cars Off Surface,
lioston, Mann,, Nov. 23.-- What In
claimed to tho tho most ccompleto and
perfect tunnel for passenger traffic to
be found nnywhero In the world has
junt been completed in thin city, and
will bo opened for unc during the week.
It in known as the Washington street
tunnel and la designed to rolievo tho
congestion of tho narrow ami crooked
street of Boston's business section.
The tunnel will be used to carry tho
trains of the Boston Klcvated railway
company through tlio downtown sec
tion of the city. Tho old tunnel, known
an the Tromont street subway, which
was thu first to bo built in America,
will bu employed exclusively for the
noddled surface car traffic. With both
tunnel In use tho downtown streets
will be practically relieved of all atreet
earn.
Thu new tunnel is 5,070 feet long.
It in fireproof throughout. All thu
steel construction la protected by con
crete from rust or fire. All tho doom
nnd ticket booths and escalator balus
trades are escased In sheet bronze.
The telephone offices and package rooms
and electricians rooms have tiled walls
of masonry. The signs aro of metal
ami the seats am! bonches of ccmenu
There Is not a bit of wood throughout
me completely nreprooi structure.
The tunnel was begun and finished
with no disturbance to the traffic over
head. lo insure agalnit tho cutting oir of
the current at any time and thereby
plunging the stations into darkness,
three different sources of supply are
arranged for, each Independent of the
other, and all so arranged that should
tho current be shut oil" from one source
it is instantly supplied from another
source automatically by an arrange
mer.t of the main switches.
Thu tunnol was built by tho Boston
Transit commission and leased to tho
Boston Elcvnted Hallway company for.
25 years from tho beginning of its use.
It Is built through that section Of Bos-
ton which contains tho highest priced
land, with due regard for the liestfcas-
iblu grade and alignment with respect
to the narrowness and crookedness of
thu streets. Its cost, together with
me cost oi its npproacnea ana equip-
ment, is estimated ntover$10,000,000.
WHITE MAN UNSAFE.
Ex-Naval Official Makes a Startling
Statement on Japan.
Ottawa. Ont.. Nov. 23. "There Is
no law for tho whlto man In Japan,
Tho treaty made between Japan and
Great Britain counts for practically
nothing since tho timo of the school
trouble In San Francisco."
This strong and amazing statement
was made by an ex-officer of tho Brit-
ish royal navy, who has been employed
for some years as a civil engineer by
tho Japanese government and who has
just passed through
way homo to England
this city on hla
The information which this gentle
man has to give with regard to tho in
dignities and inconveniences that he
say are heaped upon white men in tho
mikado's kingdom should provo a sur
prise to those who havo been accus
tomed of late years, at least, to regard
the Japaneso people as being possessed
of most friendly feelings toward tho
people of Great Britain
According
to tho Information ho Is ablo to fur-
nish nt first hand, no white man ia at emergency tho crisis may bring, ac
all safe in the owneihip of any prop- cording to advices received today by
erty in Japan unless he becomes n nat- tho British foreign office.
uralized citizen of that country.
BIG PLANT RESUMES.
nuga steel works in Chicago to He-
Open In Full Blast.
Chicago, Nov. 23. All la joy in
South Chieogo. Tho army of workers
in tho big mills of the Illinois Steel
company is to have a real Christmas
this year.
The exuberant nnd unrestrained gleo
.. ... . ... . . .
nnd thankfulness wero caused by an
announcement today by oflicials of the
company, which employes a largo ma-
jority of thu inhabitants of thu town,
that tho shops would bo running in full
blast by December 1. By that time it
is expected 12,000 men will bo work
ing in many departments of tho im
mense plant.
About half of tho workers in tho
mills have been unemployed for moro mosques of tho shah's proclamation
than n year, nlneo many of tho depart- withdrawing thu promiso of n constitu
monta shut down on account of scarcity tion for Persia. Tho clashes nro not
of orders for steel mils nnd other pro- gerious, but It is feared tho unruly de
ducts of tho company. Many of tho n,ent in tho population will got beyond
others employed sinco n partial reopon- control before nightfall. Many Br
ing Inst summer Irnvo been working on tvsti have ulroady been made. Tho
a abort schedule. liberals, on account of tho failure of
The re-employment of thousands of the constitution, aro in a belligerent
men means much also to tho merchants mood,
of tho suburb.
Shots Fired by Servians,
Budapest, Nov. 23. Tho Austro
Ilungnrinn patrols on tho Servian fron
tier nro being strengthened in conse
quence of reports that Servian troops
recently fired across tho Danube at n
po'nt near Zomcdria on a party of Aus-triana.
FEARFULTORNADOES
Thirty Dead and Scores Hurt by
Arkansas Storm.
SEVERALTOWNS ARE DEMOLISHED
Two Twisters Sweep Path Over Four
Miles Wide Both Start at
Same Time.
Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 21.- Two
tornadoes, one north and tho other
south bound, swept over West Arkan
sas yesterday afternoon destroying
many lives am! much property. All
means of communication waa cut off
and only indefinite reports hnvo been
received from the districts visited.
From these reports it appears that at
least 30 lives wero lost. The property
loss will reach hundreds of thousands
of dollars.
Ono tornado started In the cxtremo
southwestern part of tho state and
traveled northward following the sec
ond tier of counties from tho western
. boundary lino. The other started in
I the northwestern comer of tho state
land went southward, to all indications
following the second and third tier of
counties.
Tho counties through which the tor
nado passed aro Lafayette, Columbia,
Mi er. Pike. Howard. Hi.mnti..iri.
Montgomery, Yell, Pope, Johnson,
Franklin and Carroll,
I According to advices received, tho
storm wan nt It holaht when It nvmnt
through Piney. a German settlement
on tho Iron Mountain railroad, be
tween Knoxvllle and London. Lato
reports from Kussellvillo with which
communication can be bad, aro that
between 12 and 20 persons were killed.
rive lives arc reported to have been
lost ten miles from Mullwrrv.
A report from Fort Smith states
that 25 Uvea were lout in tnunsn.itj.ifln
of Piney and Mulberry. This dispatch
declares that the destruction of tho
town of Cravens waa complete. Four
persons wero killed, two were fatally
Injured and eight were missing nt that
place.
Tho tornado, approaching from tho
southwest, crossed the Arkansas river
several miles south of tho settlement
of Piney and proceeded in a northeast
erly direction. It swept through tho
towns of London. Wcllerville. Jenhro.
I Lodi, Lewisville, Paterson and Barry-
1 , .. w. , ,
vllle and outlying portions of Mulberry.
cither completely wrecking or laying
waste tho larger part of these places
and destroying' timber and crops
throughout the intermediate country,
I Advices from Lewisville, in the
western portion of Lafayette county.
report tho destruction of several build-
Ings. Considerable property damago
and injury of several persons are re-
ported from 1'almos.
. In response to an appeal from Piney
for aid, a relief party, including threo
physicians, left Knoxvllle, Ark., lata
last night for that place.
JAPAN PREPARED.
Mikado Evidently Resolved to Over
look Nothing In China.
London, Nov. 24. Japan is watch-
ing closely tho development of affairs
in China and is preparing for whatever
Despite Japanese uenlnls of Inter
ference in Chineso affairs, there is
every indication that the mikado ia
keenly alive to tho possibilities of the
Oriental situation nnd will not bo
-
i founa unprepared in any event
Chinese messages, reaching London
l) wa' of Jain. ay that Prince Chun
is splitting up tho Chineso army and
appointing division commanders with
separate authority, as ho fears to trust
to n consolidation of power under any
ono general.
la ia w"6" to mean that serloua
dlsfTection exists in tho ranks of the
"my nn Ra co to tho report that
a revolution ia threatened.
Persia Denied Liberty.
Teheran, Nov. 2L Street fighting
between tho liberals and reactionaries
is going on today in all parts of tho
eitv na tho result of tho nostinir in tho
Colonel Zimmerman Dead.
Brazil, Ind., Nov. 24.- Colonel W.
II. Zimmerman, aged 72, of this city,
died yesterday at Macon, Go., on a,
train whllo en routo homo from Flor
ida. Ho was colonel of tho regiment
In which President McKinley enlisted
as a private and issued tho commission
of lieutenant to tho young private.