Show DOMESTICDOTS Trlerrapli News from All Tiirts oi the Land Over Which the Star rtud Strlnes Wave ST LOUIS Two persons were frozen to death last night as a result of the unexpected cold wave that struck this city and two others narrowly escaped a like fate NEW YORK Barbara Aub who confessed that she made false charges of assault against Walter Langerman was indicted by the grand jury today for perjury 1 WASHINGTON Captain Carlos F Dexter of Michigan who has been chief usher in the executive mansion since the beginning of the present administration ad-ministration has resigned that office to accept an appointment as postofilce j Inspector jI I j PITTSBURG The Bar Iron Manufacturers Manufac-turers association met today t with the I Intention of forming a national organization organiza-tion but a there were only fortyeight firms represented the big majority of which operate west of Pittsburgh nothing was accomplished in tho way of organization I organiza-tion jior was the price of bar Iron advanced I ad-vanced BALTIMORE Stevenson Alexander Co one of the oldest and moat prominent prom-inent boot and shoe jobbers in Baltimore Balti-more assigned for the benefit cf creditors cred-itors today Liabilities supposed to be about 150000 The assets amount to something like 5100000 and consist of merchandise and book accourJts I SCRANTON The entire police force of this city with the exception of two paArolnKini who r on their vacation I were summoned before Mayor Connell today and formally notified that Rev Charles E Robinson1 in the Second Presbyterian church pulpit on Thanksgiving Thanks-giving day had charged that Scranton policemen led ycrons men to houses of Ill fame ST LOUISA mass meeting of prominent business men was held at the Mercantile club for the punposj of making arrangements to secure one or both of the national conventions for I St Louis next ysar Twentyfive thousand thous-and dollars was raised for that purpose and fifty thousand more will be subscribed sub-scribed S PAUL Minn Commanderin Chief Walkerand staff of the G A R arrived in the city today and after lunch went into executive session for the transaction of Grand A rmy business busi-ness in connection with the next encampment en-campment A rate of one cent a milo has been secured from the railroads NEW YORK The womans executive execu-tive committee of the home missions held their regular monthly meeting at 1 1rhee To W their new quarters nIY offer of 50000 towards the erection of a Christian Chris-tian cole e in Alaska made by Dr Sheldon Jackson the government superintendent su-perintendent of education in Alaska was made and will probably be accepted ac-cepted NEW YORK Some five hundred steam fitters and helpers belonging to local organizations affiliated with the Knights of Labor cent on strike today The refusal of certain employing firms to accept the terms of the unions annual an-nual agreement particularly a clause providing tttsat employers shalt pay car fares to employees to and from Jobs within a certain radius caused the strike CHICAGO The Gas trust injunction was taken up in Judge Showalters United States court today The issue la one for an injunction to prevent the proposed consolidation of the Chicago gas companies into one trust The bill is brought by Pitt Barrows of Wlllimantlc Conn a bondholder of several of the local companies severa SPRINGFIELD 111 Milroy H Gibson Gib-son a member of the thirtyninth general assembly from Chicago indicted in-dicted by the Sangamon county grand jury for receiving money relating tog to-g resolution calling for an investigation investiga-tion of the Interstate Building and Loan association of Bloomington was acquitted in the circuit court today and discharged t t SA CITY The state suprem i e court handed down a decision today sus taming the decision and sentence ot the lower court in the case of Elmer C Satt Icy cashier of the defunct Kansas City Safe Deposit and Savings bank who was sentenced to four ear in the state penitentiary peni-tentiary for having received deposits for the bank after he knew the institution to I be ei insolvent Sattley ha1 been allowed I his freedom under 10000 bonds and was engaged in the insurance business in I Chicago He was taken ei t custody there tonight He waived all proceedings In I extradition and is now en route to Missouri to begin his penal term in the penitentiary NEW YORK The strike of the housesmiths did not come to an end 1 today as was expected However sev eral conferences were held between delegations del-egations from the strikers and the employing em-ploying builders and tonight a representative repre-sentative of the housesmiths union stated that In all probability the strike would be declared off tomorrow I is said the strikers blare abandoned their demand for recognition of the union by their employers and stand now on their secondary demand for an increase of 25 cents on tne day WASHINGTON Hagop Bogi gian the secretary ol the meeting recently cently held In Faneuil hal Boston in the interests of the Armenians called on Secretary Obey today with a view of learning if the American funds collected col-lected for the relief of the sufferers could be distributed through the Instrumentality In-strumentality of Minister Terrell The retr suggested the Reid Cross s ciety as an agency best adapted to the work of distribution Mr Bogigian later called on Miss Barton the president presi-dent and some of the staff of correspondents corres-pondents of the society regarding the matter While the answer to his questions ques-tions were rather noncommittal the impression he received was that If there was a popular demand or request that the Red Cross undertake the work it would do so NEW YORK General Horatio C King of Brooklyn late Democratic candidate for secretary of state Is attorney for r Margaret Mather Pabst in the divorce proceedings between be-tween her and her husband Colonel Gustave Pabst the millionaire brewer When asked regardingthe case General Gen-eral King said an amicable settlement final and satisfactory to both parties had been made He declined however how-ever to go Into details and declined to tell of Colonel Pabsts whereabouts General King denied knowing anything of the truth of the reports that his client became seriously H from prostration pros-tration after she had horsewhipped the colonel and while lying thus prostrated prostra-ted in a hospital church In Chicago had become a member of the Roman Catholic church |