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An explosion occurred in the primer dry house of the Union Cap & Chemical company at Alton, III., causing the death of Foreman Anthone Beechy, who was terribly mangled. The explosion set off 10,000,000 gun and cartridge primers and blew the stone dryhouse to pieces. Two men were killed and three seriously injured by an explosion in the Potomac electric power house in Washington, D. C. Charles J. Devlin, the widely known coal mine operator, who recently underwent bankruptcy with liabilities of $5,631,000, died at St. Elizabeth's hospital, Chicago, as the result of a stroke of paralysis. The Farmers' national bank of Kingfisher, Okla., has been closed by the direction of the comptroller of the currency. Joseph R. Carpenter shot himself in the railway offices of the Rock Island railroad in New York. He was a vice president of the Stickley Brothers' Furniture company, of Grand Rapids, Mich., and the eastern traveling representative for the firm. No reason for the deed is known. The monthly statement of the public debt shows that at the close of business October 31, 1905, the debt, less cash in the treasury, amounted to $1,002,646,125, which is an increase for the month of $6,068,116. W. O. Chadaeyne, of Buffalo, N. Y., has completed a motor cycle run from New York city to San Francisco in 47 days 23 hours and 50 minutes. James H. A. Brooks, a well-known manufacturer of Philadelphia, was killed, Michael G. Price, a business associate, and the wives of the two men were seriously injured in an automobile accident, near Absecon, N. J. Cholera has broken out in Lodz, Russian Poland. A number of cases are reported in the most populous section of the town. Gen. Tchertokoff, an aide-de-camp of Emperor Nicholas and formerly governor general of Warsaw, died suddenly in Paris. President Roosevelt returned to Washington from his visit to the south, thus completing a tour of the entire nation during his term of office. Rear Admiral Train, commander-inchief of the American Asiatic squadron, and his son, a lieutenant, were attacked by a mob in China, and the son is held as a hostage, on account of the accidental shooting of a woman. Thirteen persons were killed and 30 injured in the wreck of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe passenger train, No. 1, which struck a loose rail, ditching five cars, one mile east of Blue River, which is the eastern limits of Kansas City, Mo. The Norwegian storthing has decided to allow the people to vote on the proposition of calling Charles of Denmark to be king. Lord Curzon, the retiring viceroy of India, was prostrated by fever as a result of exposure to the sun. Secretary Taft has been ordered by the president to take personal charge of Panama canal matters, abolishing the office of chief of administration. Cuba is reported to have asked Minister Squier's recall for implication in the annexation plot. Gov. Warner of Michigan plans to compel railroads to restore the northern mileage book. Saloons in Minneapolis must close on Sunday, according to a drastic order issued by Mayor David P. Jones, following a strenuous reform campaign. Paul Morton says the insurance agitation will result in placing the companies on a better basis. Saloon passengers on transatlantic liners in the future will be inspected by federal doctors, like steerage travelers. The Commercial association reported a 20 per cent. increase of Chicago trade in the year ended October 31 over the preceding year, and 100 per cent. over a decade ago. Two men who registered at a hotel in East St. Louis, III., as M. M. Donaldson and Toney E. Donaldson, his son, were found asphyxiated by gas in their room. The younger man was dead. The other was unconsclous. Laws to protect song birds from being killed by cats, requiring license tags for the animals and holding their owners responsible for their depredations, are urged by the president of the National Association of Audubon Societies in New York. Charles H. Darling, has retired from the office of assistant secretary of the navy, which post he has held since December 16, 1901. He is succeeded by Truman H. Newberry, of Detroit, Mich. The United States, Russia, Great Britain, Italy, Switzerland and Brazil have already declared their readiness to enter into official relations with Norway. The life Insurance inquisitors in New York find it necessary to extend the investigation to take in some of the fire companies and those issuing industrial insurance and policies on the lives of children. Charles Nickel, mayor of Chenoa, III., and bank president, was shot and killed by his brother-in-law, William La Duc, who then killed H. D. Jones, who sought to disarm him, barricaded himself in the bank vault and wounded two others. He successfully defied capture for six hours, but finally surrendered. Family troubles caused his