Show roasts another boy alive in view of others chicago sept 1 A dispatch to the chicago tribune from hannibal ma bays charles christian 11 years old sou ot lee christian was roasted alive to union street last night by another boy named mclain ho dashed can 0 gasoline over the clothes 0 youn christian and then applied a lighted match christian was playing on the street with several other boys when walked up swinging a gasoline can after twice threatening to roast the christian boy alive he finally mada his word good he unscrewed the cap of the can rushed upon christian and drenched him from head to foot with gasoline before the unfortunate lad could get away he touched a lighted match to his trousers were soaked with the gasoline instantly the boy was ae lopeA in flames he fell to the ground screaming in agony and fighting the fire many persons ran to his resene and succeeded in extinguishing th flames every stitch ot clothing nasf burned from young christians back the boy will die MINERS AGREE ON SCALE OF WAGES butle mont sept aa miner special from helena says that at a confer enc between the united mine workers of america for the district comprising montana and wyoming tha miners have agreed on the present scale of wages tor another year this action precludes any possibility 0 a strike on this score for another year astronomical expedition was a failure owing to clouds obscuring the heavens st johns N P sept 1 the uck astronomical observatory ex which went to cartwright labrador to observe the solar eclipse wednesday latt buet with complete failure heavy banks of clouds obscured the acay ens during the entire period of eclipse and the result of the attempted observations was so unsatisfactory that the astronomers would not even attempt to develop the photographic plates which were exposed the aport of the failure of the mission waa brought here today by governor mcgregor who had accompanied the party to cartwright and who returned here today the governor feared also that the expedition sent out by the german and canadian governments ern ments which was located at hamilton only 50 miles from cart was fully as unfortunate as those from lick |