Show J SHORT STORIES PoPtmastorGeneral Payne relumcu to I TVnahlngton yesterday from Milwaukee Knoxvllle Tenn was In total darkness IHAI night and half the utrecl cars were taken off as tho result of Iho shortage In coal I Secretary Moody resumed his official diitks at tho Navy department yesterday after an absence of several weeks In tho I West and Now England The first cold wave of tho season ox t l4 < ndb over the upper Missouri valloy region re-gion today with minimum temperatures ranging from 5 lo 10 above zero Tho report circulate and originating at Scranton Pa that tho Delaware Hud eon railroad properties Including coalmines coal-mines had been sold for rWOtOMO was denkd positively by President Ollphant Th conference between Secretary HaY i and Colombian Minister Concha who arc I engaged In tho preparation of tho pro i jected Panama canal treaty continue at slated periods Tho negotiations proceeding pro-ceeding satisfactorily I At a conference between officials of the Chicago t Eastern Illinois railroad and the shop employees at Danville III tho Jutter were granted un Increase of 3 cents II I in lieu of tho demand for 5 cents This nppllvs to thomachinists over the wholo system In Van Burn Ark yostcnlny Hal Ma hone colored was executed for assault ing Mrs Rebecca McCloud fIx mile from that city on September 6th The execution took place on a scaffold In tho courthouse jard and was witnessed bv about 5f 00 people Mrs OMahoney who Is proprietor of the Waierford Ireland Star refused to furnish ball to guarantee that she unulcl CN a5i > the publication of boycotting no tiers and under the crimes act was I Hont to Jail for two months II P jjV nan editor of the same paper was also I I arrested and sent to Jail for a similar term |