DENIED RIGHT OF DEFENSE Casslaa Government' Latest Circular to the Jews. M'MBER OF DAMAGE SUITS ENTERED. Tbe Oovtrnor ol Bessarabia Summoned to St Petersburg Mr. Levi Natrona), Prcsl feat of B'osl D'ritb, Says It Is Not Wise to Execrate Russian Oovernmml tor Brutality of a Mob. St. Petersburg ( P.y Cable). -Lieutenant General von Reuben, governor of Bessarabia (tbe earital of which is Kis riencff), has been summoned to St. Petersburg. A ministerial circular forbidding the Jews to defend themselves has been is sued. It is expected that this step will atimulate Jewish emigration to America. Three thousand suits for damages Tiave been instituted against the state at Kisheneff. The damages demanded amount to $1,500,000. New Haven, Ct. (Special). During fthe course of the proceeding' at the au aiual convention of District N'o. I, Inde pendent Order of B'Nai B'rith, sub scriptions were called for to aid the Kis JienefT (Russia) sufferers and more than $1,000 was secured among the dele gates, about 140 of whom were present. President J. B. Klein read his annual report of the work of the lodges in the 'district, after which he presented to the meeting a message from National Presi dent Leo N. Levi, of New York, con cerning the Kisheneff affair. The state ment from President Levi w'as as fol lows: "The recent masacre of Jews at Kis Jieneff has aroused great excitement and, as usual when excitement prevails, er rors of lasting influence arc likely to be committed. To the end that the B'nai it'rith, the great world-wide permanent representative Jewish organization, may rot be hereafter embarrassed or crip pled in its usefulness by mistakes in this crisis, I beg through you to lay before the subordinate lodges the following facts and considerations: "When the massacre was first re ported the executive committee, through erne of its members, Samuel Wolf, ap plied to our government for an official report of the reported event, containing a list of victims, a statement of the re lief required and the manner in which it could be afforded without offense to Kussia. The Secretary of State cabled 1(rr such a report, and under date of Way 9, 100.1. furnished ,1 copy of the cablegram received from Ambassador McCormick, at St. Petersburg. It is as follows : "Tt is authoritatively denied that there is any want or suffering among Jews in Southwestern Russia, and aid of any kind is unnecessary. While the effer and spirit in which it is made is appreciated, it is gratefully declined.' " SOUTHERN MILL A1ERQER. Expert Accountants at Wcrk to Hasten Con summation. Philadelphia (Special). To effect an early consummation of the Fries Mill merger under the charter of the South ern Textile Company, expert account ants were put upon the books of all the mills concerned in Georgia, Ala Lama, Tennessee and Mississippi. Judge Hulinc, chief counsel of the Southern Railway in Alabama, has ben authorized to pass upon' the title to all the properties involved, and the actual transfer will be made as soon as the ccarches are completed, some within the week. It is announced with authority that the merger will be effected upon the terms originally proposed. j HEROIC ENGINEER. I Cave L'p Ills Lite In Trying to Save the Passengers Two Killed. "Washington C. II., O. (Special). The Cincinnati and Pittsburg express cn the Midland Division of the Balti more and Ohio Southwestern was 'wrecked five miles cast of Washington C II. Two persons were hilled and sev eral seriously injured. Ail the passen gers w-ere bady shaken up ana sonic ustained painful bruises. The accident Tvas caused by spreading rails. The train was running at a speed of about 45 miles an hour when it kit the track. Engineer May stuck to his post, shut eff steam and applied the airbrakes. Bowea off to Venezuela. New York (Sj.ecial). Herbert C. Eowen, United States Minister to Ven ezuela, sailed for Venezuela. He will return in a month when he will pro ceed to The Hague as a member of the arbitration commission between Vene zuela and the other powers. Mr. Bow en was accompanied by William E. Eainbridge. commisioncr on the part f the United States as the claims ar bitration to occur in Caracas; W. T. S. L)oyle, assistant United States agent ; Ward A. Fitzsimmons, disbursing offi cer, and Senor Riano, of the Spanish Legation at Washington, representing the Spanish government. Wotnaa Choke- aol Robbed. Vaterbury, Conn. (Special). The fourth assault on a woman within a fortnight took place here, when a negro leaped from the bushes on what is call ed the Bunker Hall road and clutched Mrs. E. A. Stevens by the throat, lie threw her to the ground, tore her cloth ing badly and seized her purse. Mrs. Stevens is hysterical as a result of her experience, but otherwise uninjured. The negro is believed to be the same man who has been terrorizing girls and young women in different parts of the city. Caisiol Refutes Aid to Finns. Lincoln, Neb. (Special). Governor Mickey received a letter from Count Cassini, Russian Ambassador at Wash ington, declining with thanks the $-oo appropriated by the Nebraska Legis lature for the relief of sufferers in Fin land and returning the check. The Am tassador in hit letter states that the Kussian government hat provided funds for the relief of the Finnish people and that the money can be better employed where there is greater need for it. A Tragedy a Trala. KnoKville, Tenn. (Special). A special from Harriman, Tenn., tell of 1 mur der committed on a Queen and Cres cent passenger train between Cardiff and Harriman. Matthew Swycegood, aged 16 years, was stabbed and in lantly killed by Robert Shirks. 1 lie two young men were returning to their home, at Emory Gap, alter attending a carnival at Kockwood. Both were drinking. A misunderstanding aroe when, the train was near Cardiff, and the result was that Swycegood was tabbed in four places. Shirks was arretted. THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER. Domestic. A heavy snowstorm cut off commun ication with the President, who is in the mountains of Yosemitc, Cal. Rev. Henry Austin Adams, formerly a wcll-krown New York clergyman, who disappeared last August, has been located ;it Auckland, New Zealand. A federation of employing buiUL-rs was formid in New York to fight the labor unions. The C. M. Schwab Free Industrial School was dedicated at Homestead. Senator A. P. Gorman saileJ from New York for a trip abroad. Another negro church was dynamit ed in Chicago. supiHiscdly by negroes. In a dispute between Assistant United States District Attorney General Ern est E Baldwin and Postoflicc Inspector J. P. Oldficld in New York growing out of the investigation of the New York Postofticc, the men came to blows. The organized labor committee in Denver, Col., owing to the refusal of the Citizens' Alliance to agree to ar bitration, called out 1000 additional union men, increasing the number of strikers, to .jr.oo. Comptroller Grout charges gross frauds in the New York armory board. He claims that dirt was delivered to the armories instead of coal that had been paid for iit the rate of $) a ton. A party of Americans stormed the stage of tiie Librrtad Theater, in Ma nila, and stoj ped the play because it was seditious. The actors were routed and the furniture smashed. General Miles has written a letter to the Army and Navy Journal in which he strongly condemns the officers of the Army who ordered cruel treatment of Filipinos. George M. Peteron and Mrs. T. M. Fairchild were shot and killed in a ho tel at F.l Paso, Tex. Mrs. F'airchild's husband is a traveling salesman. Former State Senator Buschc made a complete coniession to Prosecutor F'olk in St. Louis of his connection with the bribery scandal. Mrs. Sarah Lcduc, a sleepwalker, was taken, while sound asleep, from a win dow ledge oi the Astral House, in New ork. Employes of an express company in Cincinnati drank a bottle of whisky broken in transit, and one man is dead and several critically ill. The liquor contained poison, und tbe package was addressed to Mrs. Kate Nobbe. oi Cin cinnati, who gave the police informa tion, upon which Elizabeth McCormick was arrested in Memphis. She denies sending the liquor. President Gincral B. Hiss, of the Southern Cotton Spinners' Association, at the annual meeting in Charlotte, N. C denounced the manipulators for the injury thev do to legitimate trade. Miss Grace Noble, in a paper read , before the Hull House Meeting Club I in Chicago, stated that professional 1 women, to attain uccess must shun i cocktails, man and flattery. Injunction proceedings were begun against 16 tire insurance companies in Illinois, charging them with tailing to comply with the insurance laws oi the State. United States Marshal Bates sold in Detroit for $19,175 581 diamonds which had been brought in by Louis Busch, who has been convicted of smuggling. I oteign. Sibyl Sanderson, the noted prima donna, died in Paris of pneumonia. Turkish authorities are disquieted at the recent appearance of bands of Ar menian revolutionists coming from Rus sia and are adopting rigorous measures to guard the frontier. The Cunarder Umbria arrived safely at Cjueenstown. It is reported that anti-religious riots are planned in France. Victoriano Lorenzo, the Indian chief, who was a leader of the guerillas dur ing the recent revolution in Panama, J and w ho was convicted by court-mar- tial fit various crimes, was shot to death yesterday. The French government continues its repressive measures against unauthor ized congregations. When the monks I r.re arrested crowds of sympathizers j follow them to and from the courts. Premier Balfour and Chancellor of the Exchequer Ritchie gave little com fort to a delegation that called to pro test against the remission oi the grain tax. 1 he ill feeling between Emperor Wil liam and the hereditary Prince of Saxc Mcir.ingcn resulted in the latter's res ignation from the Sixth Army Corps. 11. L. Kussell, t he government as tronomer of Australia, claims to have discovered that the moon controls the rain. The. rebel chiefs in Morocco have chosen a new pretender to the throne named Hubel Kader. The reduction of naval armaments was discussed in the British House of Commons, Sir Charles Dilke suggest ing that in view of the improved rela tions between Great Britain and France those nations might approach Russia on the subject. Rev. R. J. Campbell cai scd a scene in the City Temple, London, by an nouncing his adhesion to the "passive resistance" movement against the new British Education Bill. The Sultan has warned the governors of the provinces of European Turkey that they will be held personally respon sible for massacres occurring in their districts. The losses from the destruction of property at Valparaiso by the striking dock laborers was very heavy. An important naval experiment ol storing coal under water has begun at Portsmouth, England. At the University College in London Ambassador Choate delivered his in augural address on his election to the presidency 0 the Social, Political and Educational League. 'the House of Commons passed the second reading of the London Dock Hill, which was referred to a joint com mittee of the House of Lords and the Mouse 01 Cc unions. Financial. Subtreasitry has taken $1,800,000 from the banks since Friday. Better demand .for bonds. People must put their money somewhere. I he shipment of $,000,000 in gold eagles to South America will not af fect the money market. It is estimated that United States Steel is now earning about j6 per cent, on its capital stock. American Express Company has de clared a semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent, and an extra dividend of $1 a share. The high price of raw cotton is clos ing cotton mills in different parts of he country. Mohave mining shares have advanced 100 per cent, in four days. The American Railways Company keeps up its regular 6 per cent, divi dend rate by declaring a quarterly of I l-a per cent. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who took a big flyer once in Leather, is now un derstood to'le heavily interested in Colorado Fuel. A director of the United States S;-l Company says: "The Steel Corporation and its principal competitors expect to do a larger business than last year." ' SLAIN BY MORO BOLOMEN Captain Clou.'rh Ovcrion and a Private Killed la the Philippines. SIX OF THE ENEMY WERE KILLED. About 390 Insurgents Armed With flolos, Re sisted tbe Landing ol a Force ol Scouts at Catalman, Camlguln Island They Chart ed the Scouts and Wounded two ol Th;m It Required an Hour to Disperse Insurgents. Manila (By Cable). Capt. Clotigh Overton, of the Fifteenth Cavalry, and Private Harry C. Noyes were killed and Private Harry Partlow, of Troop D, Fifteenth Cavalry, was wounded in a bolo rush at Sucatalan, Island of Min danao. It is said that six of the enemy were killed. It is thought the natives ap proached Captain Overton's command, pretending friendship, and then attacked the Americans. About ,loo insurgents, armed with boios, resisted the landing of a force of scouts at Catalman, Camiguin Island. They charged the scouts and wounded two of them. It required an hour to disperse the insurgents. Twelve of the latter were killed and many w ere wounded. The scouts, whose gallantry has been commended, arc pur suing the insurgents. Capt. Clough Overton was a graduate of West Point, having been appointed to the Military Academy from Texas in For several years prior to the Span ish war Captain (then Lieutenant) Over ton was stationed at the Maryland Agri cultural College as director of military tactics, where he was a favorite. He was assigned, as second lieutenant, to the Fourth Cavalry in June, 18K8, on his graduation ; was promoted to first lieu tenant in the First Cavalry in December, 1895 : was made captain in the Four teenth Cavalry on February 2, 100.1, and in July, i)02, was transferred to the Fifteenth Cavalry. Harry C. Noyes, the private killed, enlisted in Troop 1), Fifteenth Cavalry, at Cincinnati. Captain Pershing Is III. Manila (fly Cable). Grit. John J. Pershing has been relieved of the com mand of the Lanoa expedition and has been succeeded by Lieutenant-Colonel Rodgcrs, of the Fifteenth Cavalry. Captain Pershing, who is ill, has been ordered to Zamboanga for medical ex amination and will subsequently be sent home. Second Lieutenant Francis A. Rug gles. Ninth Cavalry, and an enlisted man were slightly wounded in an ambush. ONE KILLED AND MANY INJURED. A Train Jumps the Track and Rolls Down An Embankment. Hot Springs, Ark. (Special). The outbound passenger train on the Choc taw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad, which left here at o o'clock a. m., jump ed the track on a 13-foot embankment about a mile cast of this city, wrecking all the cars except the Pullman sleeper, and carrying an iron bridge down into the Gulplia Creek. One man was killed and at least 20 other persons were in jured, one fatally, and several others seriously. There were at least a dozen others more or less hurt. A number of dele gales to the state convention of the Junior Order of American Mechanics were passengers, and many of them suf fered injuries. " Fmgineer Ryan, who is in n critical condition, said tonight that the .wreck was caused by the tender jumping the track on the approach to the iron bridge and two coaches crashing into and tear ing the bridge from its abutments. FORTUNE FOR LAUitA BIGGAR, The Actress Will Receive $620,000 From Ibe Beno;tt Estate. Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). By an agreement reached between Attorney E. G. Ferguson, of this city, and law yers representing 'Miss Laura Biggar, the actress, Peter J. McNulty and R. M. Gulick. proprietors of the Biiou Theater, in this city, will pay Mi;s Big gar for the interest siie had under the will of the late Henry M. Bennett in the property on Penn Avenue and Sixth street, occupied by the Bijou Theater and Office Building. Under the terms of the agreement Miss Biggar will receive in cash from the sale of the property $480,000, an apartment house in New York valued at $40,000 and personal property esti mated to be worth $100,000, making a total of $620,000, besides an annual al lowance for life of $1800. The settle ment closes one of the most sensational estate fights which this country has had in years. Railroads Control Compress's. Memphis, Tenn. (Special). The Com mercial . Appeal says that it may be stated on reliable authority that the railroads entering Memphis have clos ed a deal whereby they secure a five years' lease on the two cotton com presses of this city, and that hereafter the railroad companies will operate the compresses themselves. Threw Pepper In His Eyes. Cincinnati (Special). Displeased by the outcome of a case in the police court, Mrs. A. E. Ltland, aged 38 years, tried to blind Judge William II. Luc ders in his office by throwing cayenne pepper into his eyes. Physicians state that no serious injury has been done. Laid $1,175 Per Fool. Atlantic City (Special). A beach front lot, at the corner of Connecticut avenue and the Boardwalk, was sold at public auction for $146,875 to Frederick J. Mason, of New York, a cottager here. The lot is 125 feet on the beach by 300 feet deep, and the "price is at the rate of $1175 per front foot. This tract was bought in 1889 for $1.1,400 by Judge Allen B. Endicott and Bart ll. Bullock. Mr. Mason says he will hold the property as an investment. Ohio's CeoUonlal as Stat. Chillicothe, O. The centennial anni versary of the admission of Ohio into the Union will be celebrated here this week with an extensive program. All of the surviving former governors of Ohio will be here, with Governor 'Nash; also Senators Foraker and Hanna, Ohio members of Congress, all the itate officers and members of the legislature and others. Chillicothe was formerly the state capital. The city has been elaboratly decorated for centennial wek. NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. Land Lost by the N ivy. Acting Secretary of the Navy Darl ing has just discovered that the Sun dry Civil bill passed by the last session of Congress gives to the Treasury De partment for f.se as an immigration station several acres out of the naval reservation tit Honolulu. As a result of the discovery there is considerable vexation shown bv the Navy Department, official of which de clare there has been a practice made of the insertion of obscure paragraphs in other thr.n naval bills whereby land has been taken away from the navv without its knowledge. One high official said 'th:t things were evidently coming to the point where it world be necessary for the protection of the navy to employ n man during Congress to examine nil bills to see that the Navy Department sropcrtv is not molested. Acting Sec retary Darling pointed out that this is the second time the Treasury Depart ment had thus benefited, a section in one of the bills having deftly set aside for use as an immigration station at San Diego, Cal., six acres in the heart of the naval reservation there. Postal Inspection to Be Extended. Inspection by civil service authorities of clerical lists in postofficcs probably will occur outside of Washington. President Proctor, of the Civil Service Commission, who is watching the in spection of the local postol'ticc, said that he hoped the work would be ex tended to include many other offices. The practice of transferring postal clerks from outside offices to civil ser vice places in Washington has now ceased completely, the recent orders of President Roosevelt, Mr. Proctor said, stopping that practice. There were un doubtedly many instances, said Mr. Proctor, as has been shown irj the re ports of the commission, wdierc clerks were put into postofficcs about to be classified, with the purpose of having them transferred to the classified ser vice in the department. Under the new rules all such clerks in postofficcs must have served six months before they arc eligible for a transfer; and, moreover, if a transfer is contemplated, under the rules the clerk desiring it must pass an examination for the new work in view. Only Two Men Involved. Senator William B. Bate, of Tennes see, had a conference with Postmaster General Payne concerning the reported intimidation of John Allgood, the ne gro carrier on the rural mail route at Gallatin. Tenn. Mr. Bate informed the Postmaster General that only two persons had par ticipated in this intimidation, and maintained that the entire law-abiding community should not bo held respon sible for the actions of the two men. He urged that the department restore the service on the route. No action will be taken pending the receipt of the report of Inspector Con- ' gcr, who is investigating the case. His report is expected to reach the depart ment this week. Amhcssatlor McCormlck's Visit. Ambassador Robert S. McCormick has obtained a month's leave of ab sence and in company with Mrs. Mc Cormick is leaving St. Petersburg for the United States to attend the wed ding in June oi their son. Joseph Mc dill McCormick. to Miss Ruth Hanna, daughter of Senator M. A. Hanna. The Ambassador's leave was granted long before the Jewish trouble arose in Rus sia, so that he is not coming on any mission in that connection. Two More Officers Resign. Two more officers of the armv have resigned their commissions in order to engage in private business. They are 1'irst Lieutenant Howard W. Ileal, of the medical department, and F'irst Lieu tenant Ii. H. Rhett, Corps of Engi neers. Wireless Plant to Be Established. Acting Secretary of Agriculture Moore has made plans for establishing a wireless telegraphy service between San Francisco and the Farallone Is lands, 30 miles from San Francisco. 1 he service will supplement the cable between these points, which was broken recently and is now in course of repair. The wireless plant will not be installed until the next fiscal year. In the Departments. Postmaster-General Payne declares S. W. Tulloch's charges concerning the postal administration consist in part of "glittering generalities." A special board of naval officers re ported against the proposition to trans fer the National Observatory to the Department of Commerce and Labor. It is rumored that Secretary of the Navy Moody may be appointed to the Supreme Court bench when a vacancy occurs. The State Department has received a letter from F.llcn M. Stone demand ing damages from the Turkish govern ment on account of her abduction by the brigands. Surgeon Banks, of the Marine Hos pital Service, reported that pneumonia has reached almost epidemic propor tions in Chicago. Christopher H. Payne, of Hunting don, W. Va., was appointed consul at St. Thomas, Danish West Indies. Secretary Cortelyou has appointed a committee to rearrange the work of the bureaus and offices of the Depart ment of Commerce. Recruiting for the Navy was ordered to be suspended because of the preva lence of contagious diseases at the var ious training stations. The Postoftice Department has can celed the order establishing a post office at Quinocquia, Md and the ap pointment of the colored postmaster has been canceled. The American Gynecological Asso ciation adjourned after electing offi cers and deciding to meet in Boston in l4. Miss Floy Gilmore, of Indiana, has been appointed assistant attorney gen eral for the Philippines. General H. M. Duflicld was appoint ed umpire in the Germany-Venezuela claim case. The State Department has informed Governor Dockery, of Missouri, that it cannot secure the extradition of Ellis Wainwright, the millionaire St. Louis brewer. The service of women immigration inspectors at New York was discon tinued. Quite a lurry of excitement has been caused in the National Cathedral School for Girls by a new version of the pop ular song "Mr. Dooley." The Lorenz Method of bloodless sur gery was discusced at the meeting, of the American Association cf Physicians and Surgeons. An immense fund or corruption pur poses has been placet! in China by Rus sia. N There is a chance that Captain Persh ing, the hero of Mindanao, will be made a brigadier general. PIOT AGAINST PRESIDENT The California Police Took Great Pre cautions. MAV0R OF OAKLAND WAS WARNED. Received a Communication Signed "K. N." Declaring Tbnt Two Men, One an llalinn Who tried to Kill Emperor of Austria In 1867, Hod Agreed to Meet to Discuss a Plan to Assasina:e lb; President. Oakland, Cal. , (Special). The ex treme diligence which was exercised by the local police in guarding President Roosevelt during his journey through and his brief visit in Oakland was the subject of much comment, and this ex traordinary precaution is now explain ed by the fact, not heretofore known to the public, of information received by the authorities of a plot which, carried out, would have meant the assassina tion of President Roosevelt in thi:i city. Late Wednesday night Mayor Olncv received a communication signed "K. N.." stating that two men. named Chas. Girardo and Antonio Polivinco. the latter an Italian, who tried to kill the Emperor of Austria before St. Steph en's Church in Vienna, on May 13, 167, had agreed to meet at Girardo's house to discuss the killing of the Pres ident. The writer added: "I heard that Girardo was in corre spondence with Czolgosz at Los An geles." The letter was referred to the police, who decline to discuss the matter. Mr. Roosevelt in the Vosemlte. Wawona, Cal. (Special). President Roosevelt, for the second time since he left Washington on his present trip, is cut off from communication with the outside world. . He is camping in the big tree country and will remain secluded several days. A detachment of the Ninth Cavalry, which is stationed at Wawona, was at the station to meet him, and will act as an escort to the big tree country. As soon as the President had finished breakfast he left his car and made a short speech to the large crowd that had collected. He thanked them for greeting him, ar.d mentioned the good time he ex pected to have during his four-day stay in the Yosemitc Valley. The President and his party then boarded stages and started on their 44-mile ride to the Big Tree country, where the night was to be spent. The day was warm and the dust thick, and the ride had not pro gressed far when the members of the partv looked as though they were clad in khaki. The President is pretty well tired out rftcr his strenuous program in San Francisco, and is looking forward with much pleasure to the quietude of the next two davs. TORTURED AND THEN MURDERED. Nails Driven Into Woman's Head Girl's Eyes Cut Out By Brutes. Kishineff, Bessarabia, Russia (By Cable). Dr. Doroschcwski, the head physician of the National Hospital at Kishineff. after examining the dead and wounded, has given the following spe cific instances of hideous cruelty: A Jewess named Sura Fonaresciii was brought here with two nails, seven inches long, driven into her brain through her rose. She died. "One Jew was brought 111 with one hip, both ankles and wrists broken, his severed hands and lcet dangling by the skin. 'Another named Chariton has lost his upper and under lips, which had been cut ' away w ith a kitchen knife, after which his tongue and w indpipe had been pulled out through his mouth with pin cers. "The cars of a Jew named Selzer had been cut away and his head battered in 12 places. He was a raving maniac. "At the corner of Spischnof and Gos tinof streets a woman about to become a mother was dragged from her house, seated in a chair within a circle of her lormenters, laughing diabolically, and thrashed. "A carpenter was surprised r.t work and both oi his hands were sawed off j with his own saw. A Jewish girl was ! assaulted by several brutes, who then cut her eyes out Willi a pockctkmlc. One woman, after trying tn defend her children, was thrown upon the pave ment, disemboweled, and feathers and horsehair from her bed were stuffed into her body. Three Persons Curncd to Deat!. Ashcvillc, N. C. (Special). In a Jire of mysterious origin which broke out in a large house at Waynesvillc, N. C, owend by State's Attorney General Gilmer and occupied by C. J. Galbcath. who runs a boardinghousc, I. W. Payne, a telegraph operator formerly connected wi:h the Postal Company at I Richmond and a negro woman and her daughter, servants of the house, were burned to death. Someone passing the house at midnight discovered the lire and gave the alarm.' Galbcath and four others were aroused and struggled through suffocating smoke to a place of safety. Used B bis as Club. Honolulu (Special). A case of a na tive Hawaiian who was beaten to death, with a Bible in the hands of a kulutna, or native sorcerer, is reported from the Island of Hawaii. The victim was ill in bed, and after being treated by n reg ular physician, sent for a kuhuna. hav ing more faith in the native "medicine man." The kuhuna declared that the patient was possessed by devils, and proceeded to cast them out by beating him over the head with a Bible. The wife of. the sick man was also induced to do some beating, and then the ku huna resumed operations. Ninety Hours io aTrancs. Pottstown, Pa. (Special). Able to tell the names of those who visited he1-, and even to describe the kind of cloth ing they wore, Miss Edith Smith, 18 years old, daughter of 'Charles Smith, awoke after lying in a trance for 00 hours. During ail that time she was apparently unconscious of everything happening around her, nevcr.once open ing her eyes. At infrequent intervals she asked in incoherent sentences for drink or food, of which she partook sparingly. Murderer Cheats Gallows. Lexington, Ky. (Special). William McCarty, wife murderer, who was to have been hanged at 8 o'clock a. m., took morphine some time during the night. The death watch, Alexander McKecver, who tut within three feet of McCarty all night, says he is absolutely at a loss to know how or when he took the drug. At 1 o'clock McCarty be came restless and turned over on his cot. Jailer Robert Wallace was in the cell tit the time. McCarty called ir whisky, but Wallace brought him cof fee instead. He drank the coffee and wont Uiti) violent convulsions. JACKSONVILLE FLOORED. A Square Miic cf the City Is Under Waler. Jacksonville, Fla. (Special). The rain which had been falling incessantly for several days assumed about daybreak almost the proportions of a cloud burst, and when the citizens prepared to leave for their places of business many of them found their homes completely surrounded by water. Many were driven Irom their resi dences or forced to go to upper storici by the water that in some cases reach ed the level of the first-story windows. In all as much as one square mile ol the town was under water. Fully a half-mile of Bay street, the principal thoroughfare of the city, was undet water, and much damage was done tc stocks of goods. On this street a mule hitched to a wagon got beyond its depth and was drowned, and the driver, attempting to cut it from the vehicle, nearly lost hit life. Skiffs and later in the day a nap tha launch were plying on Bay street removing people from their submerged homes. The water was two feet deep in the waiting-room of the Union Depot, and every railroad track entering the city was under water. The damage to the railroads in and near the city is considerable. The rain in its intensity seemed to be local, and the railroads arc not damaged except in and near the city. The city was in total darkness. The water was a foot deep in the electric light powerhouse and stopped the dy namo. The damage to the electric light plant, which belongs to the city, is estimated at $3000. It will take prob ably $.30,000 to put the streets and bridges in repair. The railroads suffered losses prob ably amounting to $100,000. The losses of individuals cannot be accurately es timated. Many bridges in the county were washed away. The total loss will probably not be less than $400,000. In addition to this, it is feared that Bridge street viaduct, which cost $250. 000, has been made dangerous by the llood. Ropes were stretched across the viaduct to keep the crowd off. F'ivc houses were overturned or de molished near the banks of Hogans Creek, in the negro part of the town. They were all small. The foundations of many others in the same locality were undermined, and they were ren dered uninhabitable. A number of ne gro families were rendered homeless. The total rainfall for the 24 hours ended at 8 a. m. amounted to 8.41 inches. ' Fell Five Feet Killed. New York (Special). Mrs. Mary Knozer, 45 years old, caretaker of a tenement house on Sixth avenue, was al most instantly killed at her home by falling five feet. She was sweeping the doorstep leading to the back yard. There is a small bridge over the yard, but some time ago the railing on one side .was broken. In its place were several piccc3 of rope, over which .Mrs. Knozer trip ped and fell backward. Her head struck on a step and she received fatal injuries. After falling from a fire-escape to the street at her home, on the fifth floor of a First avenue house, Mrs. II. Margaret Ignc received only a fracture of the right arm. The contrast with the other inci dent is remarkable. A Cautioui Widow. New Y'ork (Special). The marriage of Mrs. Annie Zahm, and Thomas Stein, of Harrison, N. J., by Justic? Murphy at Jersey City might not have taken place if Stein had not, just before the ceremony, made a will bequeathing to his wife several pieces of unimproved real estate in Flushing. Mrs. Zahm said to the justice: "I love Mr. Stein, but I cannot marry him unless he makes his will. Life is too uncertain." Stein remarked that a "wilful woman must, have her way," and that he would make the will. Mrs. Zahm said she was "not wilful, but cautious." The will was drawn as Mrs. Zahm desired and the ceremony was performed. RobbeJ By Masked Me a. Monroe, Mich. (Special). Three masked men battered in the door of Laurence Gregory's home, five miles northeast from here, bound Gregory and then robbed him of $56 cash, a certifi cate of deposit for $20 and a check fot $340. Gregory, who is a bachelor, aged Ct) years, lived alone in the house. Dur ing the struggle with the thieves he was struck on the head with a blunt instru ment and evidently left for dead. Greg ory's hands arc badly bruised by the ropes the robbers tied around them, and bis right side is also badly injured. There is no clue to the thieves, 110 Years Old. Upper Sandusky, Ohio (Special). Peter Stanslcy died' in this city aged 1 10 vcars. lie leaves a widow aged 103. They were married in 1816. Stansley was not only the oldest man in Ohio, but the couple were, perhaps, the long est married persons in America. Both claim to have been the offspring of Alas kan parents, but during their long resi dence here were regarded as negroes. Deceased said he witnessed the battle of Lake Eric off Sandusky in 1813. Judge Arrested and Fined, Bradford, Pa. (Special). A. E. Tim merman, game and fish warden of Mc Kean County, arrested Hon. A. J. Avery, Associate Judge of Potter County, foi having trout in his possession under six inches in size. He was fined $ioo, which he paid. A 4-Year-01d Hero. Wilmington, Del. (Special). While playing on the tracks of the Philadel phia and Reading Railroad John Pu laski, 4 years old, was struck by a freight train and sustained injuries from which he died at the Delaware Hospital one hour after the accident occurred. The little fellow's nrm.i and legs were badly mangled, but he never whimpered as the patrol wagon con veyed him to the hospital. An officer noticed that the child held something tightly in his hands, and asking what it was the little fellow opened his hand and displayed a nickel. SPAKKS FROM THE WIRES. T. P. Jones was warned to leave Wil son, N. C. Failing to do so, he was at tacked by a party of men in his room and shot and killed. ' Amemorial arch erected in Oberlin, O., to the American missionaries who suffered martyrdom in China in 1900 was dedicated. Health officers of Manila are prepar ing to inoculate the $0,000 Chinese resi dents with bubonic serum to prevent a spread of the plague. The LebauJy airship made another ascension, circling Mantes, Rosuy and Mcrsou. 1 THE KEYSTONE STATE Latest Nevs of Pennsylvania Told !i Short Order. Pensions granted: Levi Vandpwort Warsaw, $17: Benjamin Ramsey' Baync, $40; Thomas Hitnes, ICvc-pit i": John J. Esher, Ene, $12; Part All-.. t.l! I . If iieii, miewiKMi, Cornelius Kvai 1.'. .!..., . eu. t c 'i .solute, .j.iuiwii, .so, i,iMiit ocnriver Vn, -,.,, I .-.. I I. 1 - ...... ws,,i SM" J.'seiu i.eo la-d -ivui, o, union uasseii, V,nrry $55 : George B. Gissinger, Allegheny' -e: Frederick S. Shaffncr, Brown 11111, 5112: vjinsou u. .Moore, iiutlci mo: uiiuam wuncan, Indiana, $ 10; imi'iy iviiuiey, vj.irncr, J12; rostri 1 j a 1 1 - . . . i-. iioogcs, state Line .Mills, Sm r:i.nAi l aii 1 .. . 1,", i v.. rscner, Broad roru, .?o; Agms C. Mahoney. livcrett. $ia: Martin J Sterling. Oil Citv. $8: Marcaret i Hamilton, Pine Flats, $8: Veronica Hcrbst, Erie, $8; Wcthly Kinnv, Gar ner. $8; Liverton T. Unks. Pittsburg, f8: William Hcdernann. Allegheny. $x Sar.ford Goodrich, Bradford, $6; Mose' Little, East McKccsport. $N; Sannul C. Goodwin, Connellsville, $u; John r. iiumer, ntisuurg, o; tuten It. J rnbv. Altoona Sin -snmnM ;i,;.i. Bellcfonte, $12; Isaac J. Green. MUr.' nocKsvnie, ijH; llcnry 11. Pomim Bellcfonte, $10: James B. Phillins. OaV. mont, $,S; John B. McKaig, Beaver Falls, $.S; John S. Stahl. Miftlintowr. M4; ueorgc 1, Alto, Parmcrs .ille' tin. f A T ..f I I, riv, sjeiuje uyiorn, ruiuscrvilic, fto; Elizabeth Marshal, New Castle' ?8: Mel issa J. Campbell, McKccsport $12; Janet C. Hamilton. Sandv I nt.' f-S: Catherine R. Lucas, Ligonier, &' 1 nomas .u. u uonncn, uenesec, S12. H. B. Mutthcrsbaueh. nicht h. sagemaster for the Pennsylvania mac" an also clnct ol police ot Unftwooi discovered two Durgiars breaking intc mc store ot J. U. Mrookbank shonlj after midnight. The robbers saw thi olliccr nt the same time and ordcrej mm to halt. For reply he drew a re volver and fired and the burglars botli began shooting. Mutthersbaugli be ing in the open, a plain mark in tiie moonlight, retreated behind some cars whence he emptied his revolver at the two men, who were in the dark anil sheltered behind posts. One b-illet penetrated the policeman's hat. Mm thersbaugh was reinforced by citizen! and a descent in force was made on tie store, but the robbers had flown. A silk mill employing 400 skilW workmen, will be erected in South Sharon. At a meeting of the hoard oi trade a communication was read h- a .sew 1 orK tirm. in which it was su ed that if South Sharon will subscribe in stock and site, the sum of $.,o,ax. they will consider the location of such . . "1! T- . . n miii. 1 nc company is already capi talized at sVo.ooo. A wonderful exhibition of vitr.litv ii being given by Williafn Wheeler, a'eei M. 01 icwisiown, a uraKcman, w in t I. . . . , . .iiarcn 10, was caugnt in a wreck- arc burned from the waist down. Doctor; said he was fatally injured. Both legs have been amputated, and he mav re cover. Tl... T- -'.I- - , -rt . , joim iricK, aged is, sustained in juries at the Sharon tin mill that wiil result fatally. He was struck by the wabbler and knocked down'. He su tained a fracture of the jaw bono nidi compound fracture of the collar bone the broken bone piercing his Inn?. The H. C. Frick Coke Company h put out the following ovens on arco;r.i of stocked coke on hand: Alverton Xo 2, 104 ovens; Mullin, 82; Isabella, jji Alverton .o. I, 52: .Monastery, 43 Kedstone. 20, and Lcith, 40. 1 wo I'hiladelphians are prouimcni among those upon whom have her conferred the honors of J'tickncH'i fiity-thtrd commencement. Thee a:( Miss Hannah Goodman and ILiwarc King Williams. Among others wIkm names arc enrolled on the honor li-l is Reese Harvey Harris, who is a a of (Buckncll s present chief executive Prcident John H. Harris. The Butler Coal and Coke Cor.ipnnj has bought 557 acres oi coal land in two townships in Butler countv. Fire consumed the barn of Frederick Beliz. of Deny. The horses were sav c;l. Loss Ri2uo. Morris Williams, aged 24, was kil!o on the Baltimore and Onto at r lusii inif. lie was sleeninir on the track. 'Work was started on the East fine' street 'railway between Sharon anil East Middlesex. Pittsburg capitalist! are interested in the road. Miss Carrie Chatham, aged wtf probably fatally buried at All'o::a She threw a quantity of wood alcoM in a stove to hurry the fire. H. L. Sadler, -ot New Kensington, in jail at Lmontown on a charge ti false pretense. Josiah V. Williams- brick manufacturer, alleges that Sadlct got brick worth $804 on the asscrti; that he had real estate, and now tMM liams cannot collect the bill. Judge Bell, at Hollidaysburg grantee nermission to residents of Willia"1 burg and tbe Williamsburg Paper Mar ufacturing Company to join with Mt Mollic 1 rcesc in restraining the l res cent Powder Comoanv. of Pittsburg from, rebuilding its plant, which rt rentlv hlpw tin. klllifi(7 cirrht men. I New Castle policemen were called e'l to quell High School students. Daniel Adams, Edward McElh.i"! and Herman Erbv. while raising 01 rigs at Frcdonia, were hurt by fiilliiif I timbers. , I M. Milli-r of Rpllpvprnnn. has W Justice of the Peace Jacob Rolcy i"1 $10,000 damages lor alleged laisc ' met Wf TI.Mitliilf rn r,t tienur SllOl I William Douthitt, of New Castle. Al from iuiuries received bv falling unoc' a train. Af I Via npnuhlirnn rnuntv orillliriC- J at Irwin there was a strike of electio' offices in the First and Second waru T!iu rpfnsprl to work for u rtnllar ea Susan McCauIcy has won her suit ' I Sharon against the executor ot tne ? 1 talc of the late Joseph Chamberlain I the jury awarding Her $1200 nno est lor 78 weeks nursing. The court of Washington county f be petitioned to adjust the trouble ' the borough council of Cauonsbuf For several weeks the body has bcc:i' tempting to get down to business,. a deadlock has prevailed every t"1!f and no agreement can be reached. The Pennsylvania Railroad Comp" has begun improvements on linc the Middle Division went of Ham burg. It awarded contracts lot v of he proposed four-track system t I ween New Vork and Pittsburg, . The dates selected for the fart burg Fair this seajon are ff ptefl"" 15 to 18 inclusive. 1 1 Luther Moyer, of Scarlet's Mill. Ju; his jaw fractured by the kick of "j" An explosion o! gas burned R. Cu-iniiig. of Lai sfoid, and a Huirul helper at No. 4 rol'ieiy. ' Phoebe Morrii:, aged 74 5'car "-1 struck by a fain 01 the Reeding road near Uvy:,,town and killed- I A large barn rc-or.cted with the at tack homcittsd. PCI West Chester. -destroyed by fir. The loss " , Eiglit-yVsr-old Mtry Phillips, olV liamsport, as struck by a tro!,c,Ar and died n th's snibulmicc on tc to th? hospital. v'l
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