STRUGGLE WITH MANIAC Perilous Fight in Darkness on a Hos pital Roof. BAD TO BE CHOKED INTO SUBMISSION. Cipt. Clark, at New York Fire Department, and Two Firemen Risk Their Lives to Save Man W ho Became Suddenly Demented -Desperate Struggle Eighty Feet From the Ground on a Ledge 12 Inches Wide. New Y'lrk, (Special). Captain Clark, of the New York fire depart ment, an. I two firemen engaged in a desperate struggle with a maniac be fore daylight on a 12-inch ledge wliicli forms the base of the mansard roof f the Manhattan Eye and Ear Hos pital, in this city. The ledge is Ko itet above the ground, and the man Ihcy risked their lives to rescue from bis perilous position1, was powerful and fought viciously; but he was finally forced through a window into the hospital, where several policemen took up the struggle and subdue .1 l.im. The maniac was Robert Hindman, who had been admitted to the hos pital a week ago to prepare for an operation for the removal of a swel ling in the ear. He showed no sign ot mental disturbance until Saturday night, when he suddenly became maniacal. Sometime after midnight he escaped from his Toom to the nar row ledge, carrying with him a heavy pitcher with which he threatened the nurses and policemen, who appeared at the window to induce him to return. As it was impossible to get behind the desperate man from inside thu hos pital the fire 'department was at last appealed to. A "6-foot extension ladder was cautiously raised and in the dark llindmann's attention wus not at tracted by it. Captain Clark, Tefused to assign any of hrs men to so danger ind unusual" task, and went up him self, followed by Firemen Jeremiah Scanlmi and Henry VY. Kimley. Hindman had just thrown the itcher through the window where the lolicenirn were holding his attention, v.hen Clark crept up behind, seized the man by the throat and choked l-im w!?.lc his companions grasped In- legs. Though taken by surprise, ilindmnn fought back desperately. He was cut by broken glass when his captors finally dargged him to the window and thrust him through. MINISTER SENT LP FOR BIOAMY. Rev. J. fi. Taylor Begins Ills Four-Year Term in Prison. Des Moines, la., ( Special I. Smiling a simulation of indifference ami vow ing thet he would become the lawful kusband of the prosecutrix, the Rev. i. B. Taylor, handsome and debonair, was sentenced by Judge Scott at Sigourncy to four years' imprisonment lor bigamy. When sentence had been pronounc ed Taylor laughingly remarked to the sheriff: "Glad it's all over; let's go." Taylor is only .26 years old. brilliant and magnetic, and one of the most promising evangelists ever in the em ploy of the Methodist Church in Iowa, victim was Florence Graves, the belle f Martinsburg, one of the cities in hich he conducted a scries of meet nigs. The greatest shock occasioned fcy Taylor's downfall was to the bishops of his church and to President Handier, of Iowa Wesleyan L'ni versity, Mount Hcasant, whose prote ge Taylor was. It was impossible (or them to believe him guilty of such perfidy. One little woman was not greatly surprised, however. She was Mrs. Taylor No. I, who was eking mil a living for herself and child in Wil mington, Del., ignorant of the where about of her husband. Miss Graves is now rearing their two children and says she will marry Taylor as soon as he has completed his sentence, provided a legal sepa ration from wife No. I may be had. She was a reluctant witness at the trial, and the prosecution of Taylor as pushed bv her father over her pro test. Wants An Ind an Wife. Muskogee, 1. T., (Special). Orlan do Hand, a fanner, who lives at P.ridgchampton. L. I. says he is lio years old, that he is a hustler and last jear raitcd 10,000 bushels of Iri-h po tatoes, .1000 bushels turnips, 1000 bushels of corn and keeps twenty cows. He says ho has been post master and does not drmk, swear or tmokc. He wants the Indian officials to send him names of two or three likely Indian maidens and give his let ter to one who will answer it. lie ays above all things he want a worn an who will love him and make him l.appy. Spurns a Fortune. Omaha, Neb, (Special). James Doyle,, an aged man of this city lias a fortnne awaiting him at Dixon. 1 II., but he declares lie does not wish it and will not go there to claim it. "1 don't want tn tip bothered about this fortune, he sawl impatiently when informed that a relative had d-td at Dixon and left him side hetr Co a large estate. "I don't want any more money. I've always got along without riches, and I'm too old to be gin to worry about them now. I would not go across the street for j 100.000. I certainly am not going fcvcral bunded miles for it." Tweoly-Three killed. Forty W oaaded. Budepest, (By Cable). A serious riot is reported to have taken place at the market town of Elesd, near Gross-Wardein, resulting from a col lision between meetings of the Social ist and Independent parties. While order was being restored by the gen- armerie a Socialist fired a revolver, killing the commander. The gen dramcs thereupon fired a volley, killing j I of the rioters and severely w ound ing 40. The military were summoned from Gross-Wardeui. Art Working Day andluht. St. Louis, Mo. (Special). An addi tional force of 3,500 workmen, mak ing an all night working khift of near ly 2.000 men, are forcing the work n the world's fair lo completion for the opening. The night force to be put on immediately will, it is said, nor than make up for the work lost during bad weather. Slilcea Drowned. Berlin (By Cable) The Swedish steamship Dries, after being in col lision with another vessel in the Bal- tic off SwinemunJe, 1'russia, sank. Her crew of sixteen wera drownml. NEWS IN SHORT ORDER. The Latest Happenings Condensed lor Rapid Reading. Domestic A chip of wood cut from the door post of the Page residence bearing the bloody finger-prints of the murderer is believed to be the most important hit of evidence against Charles L. Tucker, held in Waltham, Mass., on the charge of murdering Miss Mabel I'age. James J. Jeffries, the champion heavyweight pugilist, was married at Oakland, Cal., to Miss Freda Meyer. 01 New York city. The couple left for Harbin Springs, where Jeffries will train for his coming fight with Mon roe. The interior of the four-story build ing of the Victor Talking Machine Company, in Camden, N. J., was gutted by fire, the loss being estimated at $?oo,ooo, E.x-Statc Senator Henry S. Little, a prominent New Jersey financier, railroad man and Democratic leader, died at his apartments, in Trenton, X. J. The factory of the Empire 'Furniture Company, at Jamestown, N. Y., was destroyed by lire. I.oss, $100,000; in surance, $(15,000. Gen. Thomas T, lirady, one of the defendants 111 (he famous star-route case, died at his home in Jersey City. The Steamer Etruria brought to New York a large number of Irish exhibits and people for the St. I.ouis lair. Judge George Gray will preside over the Lake Mohonk Conference, which i pens on June 1. Former Judge Stevenson Burke, of Cleveland, died in Washington of a jii.ralytic stroke. President Charles It. Mover, of the Western Federation of Miners, who is under arrest, had a hearing before the Colorado Supreme Court on writ of habeas corpus. W. I). Haywood, secretary of the federation, struck a captain of the military guards, and angry soldiers then beat the labor official with the butts of their guns. At a special stockholders' meeting of the Northern Securities Company in Hohoken, N. J., the proposed dis tribution plan was ratified despite the protest of the Harnmaii interests. James1 liroderick, president, and V. L. Collins, cashier, of the Indiana National Hank, at F.lkhart, were sen tenced to 10 and 0 vears in prison for violating the banking laws. James Neilson Abeel, who posed as j. igden Goelet and became engaged to Miss Eleanor Anderson, in New Wrk. was found guilty of forgery in til" third degree. " Charles O'llare became demented v. hile returning from abroad, and cre ated something of a panic among the steerage passengers on the steamer Majestic. Daniel J. Sully & Co.'s demurrer to the bankruptcy petition tiled against l.im was overruled by the United States District Court in New York. Sidney Sladdcn was arrcsteil in Boston on his return from a bridal lour abroad on the charge of being a fugitive from justice in Kentucky. John E. Found, United States com missioner 'and former chief regent of the Royal Arcanum of the United States, died in Lockport, N. Y. Secretary Taft delivered an address before the New York Chamber of Commerce on labor conditions in the Philippines. Harold Stephenson, 21 years old, a son of Kate Claxton, the actress, shot and killed himself in his lodg ings in New York. It has been decided to hold the convention of the United Irish League ol America in New York on August 20 and jl. j Foreign. 1 President Loubet, of France, ac iconipanied by a distinguished party I of officials, arrived in Rome and was i given a magnificent reception by the I King and the Italian government ! officials. I Rioting between members of the Socialist and Independent parties at ; l'.lccd, near Gross-Wardein, Hungary, I resulted in a Socialist killing the j commander of the gendarmerie and jlht gendarmes firing a volley, killing 2 and wounding 40 rioters. Lieutenant Douglass and 70 United 'States marines will sail from Korea I for Manila, the presence of a Japanese i guard at Seoul now being sufficient to 1 preserve order. ; I lie will of Vcresteliagin, the Rus ; siasi painter, who perished ill the battleship Pctropovlovsk disaster at Port Arthur, leaves the entire estate to the widow. During a consideration of the ques tion of automatic railroad couplings by the llritish House of Commons ! the President of the Hoard of Trade Declared that the railroad service in 1 England was less dangerous than in j the United States. I The Socialists in the Reichstag in ' lerpellated the German Chancellor oil l what remedy he proposed to adopt j the shutting down of the colljtries in 'Western Germany, causing loss of 1 employment. The live tortoise-shell fishing schooners captured while in Nicara i gnaii waters and taken to Minefields ,iad hoisted the lintish Hag on an island off Cape Gracious-a-Dias, Nic aragua. 'I he opinion is gaining ground in Germany that large reinforcements must be sent to Southwest Africa to 'jm-ll the revolt of the Hereros. Rumors were again circulated in Paris that the United States was seek ing to buy the Islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon. A conference of steel magnates was held in lyotidon looking to doing away with dumping for their mutual inter ests. A coaling tuition will be established in the Aleutian Islands by the United States government. The Academy "of Fine Arts proposes to create a free scholarship 111 memory d Yrrestchagin, the painter, who lost Ins life at the time of the Petropav lovsk disaster. A train on the Trans-Caucasian Railroad was held up near Novo Sen aki by four armed robbers, who es caped with loot valued at $.s0,ooo. Ludniila Remiamkoff, one of the Russian "Terrorists" who was im prisoned for complicity in an assas- ination plot, has been released. The Russian Ambassador is said to have insisted on the payment of the i 1, 000,000 war indemnity due from the Sultan to Russia. Emperor William climbed Mount Etna, declining the use of the mules which had been provided for him and his party. Emit Paur signed a contract in Dresden to direct the Pittsurg Or chestra for three years. The Univt-rsity of Glasgow confer red the honorary degree of doctor of taws on United States Ambassado Choate. I CAR-BARN BANDITS HANGED Niedermejer, Who Tried Soicide, Was Carried to the Scaffold. SHORT BIT THRILLING CAREER. Marx and Vandlne, Who Had Professed Cath olicism, Went Calmly to their Doom, While Neldermeyer, Who Had Boasted ol His Nerve Was Carried Half Dead to the Scaffold -Incidents oi the Execution. Chicago, (Special). Petor Nicder meyer, Gustav Marx and Harvey Yandine, the notorious car-barn ban dits and confesed murderers of eight men, were hanged here separately Friday. Niedcrmcj er, wins was hanged first, had to be carried to the scaffold be cause of his desperate attempt at suicide last Monday. Straps were placed over his ankles and just above his knees. He was then placed 011 a truck and wheeled to one of the lower floors of the jail, after which he was carried to the scaffold and placed in a chair on the trap. He wore a red rose, but no coat. He was not asked the customary question if he had anything to say. and the rope was quickly placed about his neck. He instinctively settled his neck into the noose and the trap was sprung at to..?;; A. M.. The physicians an nounced that his neck had been broken. During the reading of the death warrant Niedermeyer snatched the paper from the chief deputy's hand and placed it in a pocket. He made angry remarks at this time, and once or twice, when he was being taken to the scaffold. Shortly after 11 o'clock Marx was led to the scaffold, neatly dressed ; nd with a white rose, which had been given him by his small sister the night before. He was pale, but his courage never left him. He made no state ment. Two priests of the Roman Catholic Church, of which Marx had become a member, accompanied him to the gallows. He repeated the lit any with them, kissed a cricifix, after which the jailer adjusted the noose, and sprang the trap at 11.17. He was pronounced dead at 11.34, his neck having been broken. The hanging of Vandinc occurred at 11.55, and was without particular incident. The priests accompanied him and, he, too, wore a white rose. At first it was the intention of Sheriff Harrett to hang the trio sim ultaneously on one scaffold, as the Anarchists were executed some years ago. The plan, however, was aban doned, mainly on account of Nieder meyer's attempt at suicide, which made it advisable that he be hanged alone. Attorneys for Yandine were trying lo sec the Governor, to obtain a stay of execution for the bandit, Jailor Whitman said, an.l that was why consent was given to hang Yandine last. Marx and Yandine, who joined the Catholic Church recently, spent their last hours in reading, writing and praying, several nuns and priests be ing constantly with them. Niedermeyer continued to reject all spiritual advice, and it seemed that he would carry out his idea of dying an atheist. When the last death watch was placed before his cell for the night Niedermeyer shook hands with the guard who was leaving, and said that he had been a "good guard," inas much as he had planned to trick him a number of times, but had been till able to do so. A large crowd assembled at' tlie jail preceding the hour of execntion and sought admission, but were turned away. Only a limited number, provid ed by law, were allowed in the jail to witness the execution of the ban dits. The hanging of the youthful car barn bandits in Chicago followed closely a period of crime of less than six months. In that time eight mur ders were committed, all attendant upon robberies or efforts to escape arrest. It was during an attempt to escape on a stolen train, after an ex tiaordinary battle in the swamps of Northern Indiana, just east of Chica go, that, 011 November 27. the rap- lure of the gang was completed by I the arrest of Niedermey er, Yandine jand Kmil Roeski, their associate, Marx having already l-en placed behind the bars. The specific offense for which Yan dine, Niedermeyer and Marx were tried and sentenced was the murder of Frank Stewart, a clerk ui the Chi cago City Railway car bams during a lobbery there oil the morning of Au gust .to, 11X3.1, James H. Johnson, a mo lorman, was also killed, ami two per sons were wounded. The bandits es caped after having secured $2,240. Roeski was not concerned in this crime, but alter the conviction of his companions was tried separately for rue of the murders in which he was the principal. He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. (in January (1 the trial of Nieder meyer, Yandine and Marx began. But little testimony favorable to them was offered. No defense at all was made Mr Nivdkrnieyer. In the casr of Yandine evidence was introduced to show that he hail been since birth afflicted with a form of epilepsy which had made him irresponsible. A plea for clemency for Marx was made on the ground that his confession had led to the capture of his companions. None of the bandits had yet reached the age of 25 years. Death Rather Than Dishonor. San Francisco, Cala. (Special). Robert Nicholson, chief boatswain's mate of the United States gunboat Petrel, after twenty-two years of honorable service in the United States Navy has shot and killed himself here rather than face a charge of having brought liquor on board the ship. Nicholson was born in the Shetland I .lands forty-four years ago, had a good record since his enlistment in 1P80, and served through the Span ish War with ciedit. lasuraact Rales Raised. Toronto, Out. (Special). The work o freclainiing the fire-devastated area is well under way. The firemen are still pouring water on the smouldering ruins, and the work of ttaring down the standing walls has begun. As a sequel to the fire, an advance of 7j per cent, in the insurance rates in the congested district, or the business portion of the city, has been decided on by the 'underwriters. These changes were made retroactive and are rffective from midnight of Tues day '. ti dai of tii fir LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS. United States Lcadi World. Geological Survey statistics just made public place the world's produc tion of petroleum in 1902 at 185,151, 089 barrels. Of this the United States and Russia produced 91.44 per cent. For years Russia' has led in point of production, hut an increase of to. ,177, "22 barrels in the production of the United States in 1902, and a de crease amounting to 4,628,515 barrels in the production of Russia, caused these two countries to change places, and puts the United Slates at the head of the list. More than double the quantity of the higher grades of refined products is obtained from the average crude petroleum produced in the United States than is obtained from Russian oil. The United States produced near ly 2.6 barrels of refined products in 1002 for every barrel produced by the rest of the world. Civil Age Limit 70 Years. The House Committee on Reform in the Civil Service authorized Chair man Gillctt to introduce the following bill with reference to superannuation in the Government service: "That upon the 30th day of June, 1007, every office in the classified serv ice of the United States held by a per son who is then over 70 years of age shall become vacant. "After the 301I1 day of June, 1907, every office in the classified service of the United States shall become vacant when the person holding it shall be come 70 years old." The committee directed Mr. Gillctt to report all oending bills granting pensions to civil employes of the Gov ernment to the House, with the rec ommendation that they lie on the ta ble. Also that he draft a bid reclassi fying the clerical service of the Gov ernment, with a view to providing for more frequent promotions in the smaller salaried positions. Chinese Exclusion. The General Deficiency Appropria tion Ft ill, as reported to the Senate, contains as an amendment the 1 1 it t Chinese Exclusion Kill, which was ac cepted by the House before the bill was passed. The Ilitt bill was introduced in the Senate by Mr. Penrose and referred to the Com mittee on Foreign Relations. In this committee the discovery, it is said, has been made that the bill will affect the introduction of Chinese coolie labor into the Panama Canal zone, and to a considerable extent affects the im migration to this country of Koreans and Filippinos, and the deportation from the United Stales, Hawaii, Porto Rico, and any territory "subject to the jurisdiction of the United States." ot any person held to come within the definition of the words "Chinese person," and objection has been mad; to the far-reaching effect of the bill. Beef Trust Inquiry. Representative Gaines, of Tennes see, introduced a resolution calling upon the attorney general to inform the House at this session why tie has t.ot moved to advance the beef trust case in the Supreme Court of the United States, as one of recognized public interest, just as the merger case was advanced, and why he has not in stituted criminal proceedings against the defendants in the beef trust case. It also asks what information he has that the beef trust is violating the in junction against it and what infor mation he has as showing or tending to show that there is another beef trust engaged in interstate commerce n violation of the antitrust law. Carriers as Solicitors. While a complete agreement on the postol'lice appropriation bill has not yet been reached by the conference committee, the Senate conferees have decided to accept the House provis ion relating to the pay and duties of rural letter carriers. This fixes the salaries of the carriers at $720 a year and prohibits them from doing any business outside of then- work for the government. The Senate authorized the carriers lo also act as -agents for newspapers and periodicals. The House con ferees have stool out firmly against this provision. Why a Warship h There. To prevent any possible misnnder ftanding the British Government, through its Ambassador here, has ex plained fully to the State Department the object of the dispatch of the Hritish warship Retribution from Ja maica to the Mosquito coast of Ni caragua, and this explanation is iaid to be satisfactory. The Hritish Government is anxious to have the Nicaragua!! Government protect the Mosquito Indians formerly under a llritish protectorate, and also lo inquire into the claims of the cap tains of certain small turtle-fishing vessels, now detained at Minefields, that they may nave been wrongfully arrested. Medals for Volunteers ol 'U. The House committee on military affairs authorized a favorable report on a bill appropriating $5,000 for med als of honor to the volunteers who responded to President Lincoln's call in 1HO.1 and who served without pay. The medals will go to about 1.1,000 fersons 111 tlie states of New York, 'enusylvania ami Maryland. Congressional and Departments. Angus M. Cannon, for 25 years president of the largest Mormon stake in the world, gave some sensational testimony before the Senate com mittee hearing the charges against senator Keed Smoot. Haron Sternburg, the German am bassador, presented to the President Kugen Zabel, the principal editor of the National Zeitung, of Merlin. The remains of Harry II. Smith, former journal clerk of the House of Representatives, were interred at the Oak Hill Cemetery. The Senate passed the Emergency River and Harbor Appropriation Hill Slid the Pension Appropriation Bill. During an examination by a com mittee of Congress Representative Roberts confessed that he ha I been married three times and that he has three wives living. The House of Representatives passed the Panama Canal substitute bill unanimously. The House Judiciary Committee will report favorably the resolution of the minority asking the Attorney General to transmit certain informa tion to the House. BALTIC FLEET READY Kjssiao Ships Being Manned for Im mediate Use. WEDDING PARTY UNDER HOT FIRE. Thousands ol Japanese Employed on the Coast ol Island ol Sakhalin Disguised as Soldiers and Sailors Enormous Cost ol the War to Rilssia Daily Expenses Average $75,000 May Have to Float Internal Loan. St. Petersburg (By Cable). The ships of the Maltic fleet here and at Lilian will be in commission an.l ready to sail this week.' The naval reserves of the neighboring provinces are arriving for distribution to the ships. All hope is given up of the recov ery of the body of Vice Admiral Ma karoff. It is believed to be beneath the overturned ship. The official re ports dace 80 as the number of per sons saved from the Pctropavovsk. The Admiralty denies the statement made by the London Times in its wireless report that the Japanese mincship Koryo Maru was fired upon while laying mines before Port Ar thur. It is said that if she came in and laid mines the "Russian search Fghts failed to pick her up. Advices received here from Alexan droff, Island of Sakhalin, say if is believed that 2,000 to .1,000 Japanese employed on the eastern and southern coasts arc disguised soldiers and sailors. Many of them have been ar rested in the Korsakoff district with arms in their possession. The fami lies of officials and residents of Kor sakoff and Alcxandroff. it is added, ore secretly secreting their valuables and fleeing into the interior. United States Commercial Agent Creener, at V'ladivostock, has been instructed through Ambassador Mc Cormick to inform the Japanese con sul at the Island of Sakhalin that a vessel will be sent to the island to take back to Japan the consular staff and the refugees. The arrangements lor sending the ship arc to be made by Japan through the authorities at Washington. A private letter from Port Arthur describes a wedding which occurred during a bombardment. The wedding guests were nearly stampeded, the car riage horses tried to bolt, and shells were bursting as the procession drove to the church: but after the cere mony 100 guests danced while shells were Hying and bursting over head. The newly married couple, it is fur ther asserted, were quite happy. Grand Duke Cyril, who was injured at the time of the Pctropovalovsk dis aster, is protesting against returning to Russia. He desires, as soon as he has recovered, to go back to Port Arthur, but his mother, the Grand Duchess Vladimir, is insisting on his rtnrn. Russia has made a new issue of $15,000,000 in paper currency against free gold in the state bank. At the Ministry of Finance it was explained that it was an ordinary issue an.l in no sense was forced. Under the law paper is issuable to double the amount ol gold up to $150,000,000 gold, in ex cess of which paper issued must be covered rouble for rouble. In the State Hank there are, in round figures, ?400,ooo,ooo in gold, which would per mit of an issue of $550,000 in paper, but tlve paper issue at present only amounts to $.150,000,000. The daily expenses arc averaging $750,000, and it is estimated that a year's expenditures for the war will toial $.'50,000,000. To meet this there existed a free balance of $50,000,000. which was increased to $115,000,000 by reductions of the ordinary bud gets, leaving ostensibly $1.15,000,000 lo be found. Unt a portion of the lat ter is made rp by the increased earn ings of the" railroads owned by the government. It being in reality a question of bookkeeping, how the bal ance is to be raised has not yet been determined. The Ministry of Finance believes it may be easy to float an internal loan late in the summer or fall. KILLED LAY1NQ A MINE. Aleileff Was Apparently Blocking Japs Out Port Arthur.' St. Petersburg, (Hy Cable). Vice roy Alcxieff's announcement of the destruction of a launch and the loss of twenty-one men by the explosion of a Russian torpedo at Port Arthur has added to the gloom which has prevailed since the disaster to the i'eti opavlovsk. "We are paying the price of care lessness," said a member of the ad miralty, "and previous disasters seem to teach nothing.'' The war commission suppressed part of the viceroy's dispatch which snowed where the mines were being laid. It is believed that as launches were employed they were mining the entrance to the harbor in order to prevent the Japanese from forcing an entrance and attempting to destroy the remaining ships. It is evident from the closing of the entrance that Viceroy Alexieff has no intention of letting his ships go to sea again, even against an inferior force, though this may not be the policy of Vice-Admiral Skrydloff, who will determine on a plan of over ations when he assumes command. Alcxieff's report, as given out, was: "1 respectfully reuort to Your Ma jesty that during the placing of mines Hy some steam launches, Lieutenant 1 ell and twenty men were killed through a mine exploding premature ly under the stern of one of the launches. , Rumored Dickering for Islands. Paris (Hy Cable). Renewed re ports are circulating here that the United is fecking to purchase the Islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon. Deputy de Mahy, former marine min ister, representing the Island of Re union, in an interview on the subject, makes an energetic protest against the sale of the islanJs. The foreign office heretofore has authorized the statement that the islands will not be sold to any government. Father aad Child Killed. Richmond, Va., (Special). In the Runnctt Bag section of Franklin county, James Kowlin, while returning home from F.ndicott on horseback, was shot from ambush by unknown persons, as was his little daughter, who was siling in front of him. Both were killed and the bodies were found in the road, with the child's arms around the father's neck. Now tin was known among illicit distillers as an informer, and this it suvposed lo account for the murder. UNCLE SAM'S PROPERTY. Contract ol Transfer ot Canal Hat Been Signed and Delivered. Paris, (By Cable"). The contract by which the ownership of the Pana ma canal passes to the United States is signed, scaled, delivered and com plete. The title to the canal route is now vested in the government of the Uni ted States. The document by which this trans action is consumat'ed bears the sig natures of President Ho and Directoi Kichman of the Panama Canal Com pr.ny, who signed for the company a its responsible officials. The transfer is complete and with out reservation, and the United State? secures a perfect title. The result has been accomplish ed quietly and unexpectedly, a; the public had been given to under standthat the contract would not be executed until after the meeting ol the stockholders of the Panama Com pany, at which the question of rati fication would be presented. As a matter of fact, however, when the meeting takes place President Bo will announce that the sale has been com pleted, and instead of asking for au thority to execute a future contract it will only remain to ratify the contract of sale which the officers of the com pany have already formally com pleted. Only a few of the highest officer? of the company arc now aware of tin secret, which will not be known ex cept by this announcement in the l.'nited States up to tlie time -of the meeting. . r It is confidently believed that the completion of the sale before the meeting will increase the vote fot ratification, as it will be recognizee that nothing more remains but tc pcquiesce in the action taken by th highest officers of the company When W. A. Hay and Charles W. Russell, the United States assistant attorneys general, who are in Paris lo assist in the transfer of the prop erty, reluctantly admitted that the transfer had been consumated, and ir order to avoid misunderstandings re garding a transaction of this magni tude they furnished the following I otlicial statement in writing: I "The papers transferring the rights and property by the new Panama Ca j i.al Company to the United State? I have already been executed and de- livered. i "The arrangement includes a gen ' cral conveyance and provisions for j deeds and resignation in the Republic f Panama and in the canal zone now under the jurisdiction of the United States in which zone tlie civil law continues in force by reason of the cession of the zone from a civil law sovereignty. All formalities of the local law 011 the isthmus have been arranged for and secured to the Uni ted States. "The property will shortly be de livered on the isthmus, and upon that being done the purchase price will be immediately paid. "The United States gets an unen cumbered title." The main figures in the transfer have been Messrs. Bo and Richman, for the company; Messrs. Day and Russell, for the United States, and Consuls General John K. dowdy and Roberto Lewis, for the United Stales and Panama, respectively, the two consular representatives joining in af fixing the seals and attesting the sig natures. AN ANARCHIST PLOT. Attorney Alleges That Syrians Have Banded Together. Pittsburg, Pa., (Special). Attorney X. A. Shiblcy, of New York, made a startling statement in the Central Po lice Station, where eight Syrians who had been arrested for riot were being tried. Mr. Shiblcy arrived late from New York and asked for a postponement of the hearing, but this was refused. He then stated that an anarchistic so ciety under the guise of a benevolent society had been organized there and that they had put their priest. Rev. Mr. Korkcmas, in jail. Many of their countrymen of good character, he said were forced to flee from New York because they were opposed to the society, and members of the organiza tion had threatened to torture the wives and mothers of their, enemies in true oriental fashion. Mr. Shiblcy said that he had about a dozen witneses to show before the proper tribunal that this was true. The men were ordered to forfeit $1"; r,r to serve twenty days in jail. Killed By Son-ln-Law. Norfolk, Va., (Special). John Mor gan, 60 years old. was killed by n blow from the fist of Jefferson H. Jones, his son-in-law, in Portsmouth. It was the first time the men had met in three years; then there was a police court scandal, in which Jones was ac cused of treating his wife badly. Mor gan had his son-in-law put under a bond, and since then there has been bad feeling between the men. D. A. R. Agaiost Smoot. Washington, (Special). The laying of the corner-stone of Memorial Con tinental Hall in this city, a protest against the coutiuance in office of United States Senator Smoot, of Utah and the defeat of two proposed con stitutional amendments to relegate lo cal controversies to intermediary noarus were tnc leaiures ot tne con gress of the Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution. Will Outshine St, Louis. Portland, Ore. (Special). Governor Bradytif Alaska has reached Portland from Sitka. The purpose of his com ing at this time is to confer with the Lewis and Clark management con cerning the Alaskan exhibit in 1905 The Governor declares that the ex hibit which his territory will make here next year will exceed by fat that at St. Louis, which is itself the most elaborate ever attempted by tin Alaska people. Mr. Harrlaaa Loses. St. Taul, Minn.. (Special). In the United States Circuit Court Judges Senborn, Thayer, Van Devanter and Hook unanimously denied the appli cation of E. II. llarriman and W. S. Pierce and the Oregon Short-Line) Railroad Company for leave to inter vene in the case of the United States against the Northern Securities Com pany. , . The Bath county farm has been sold by the Board of Supervisors, who wilt purchase a better place. Mr. J. L. Blakey bought the property for $5,500. - TORONTO'S BIO FIRE Flames Checked After Loss of Manj Millions. STOP f ED AT THE WATER FRONT, The Total Damage Conservatively Estimate at Twelve Million Dollars Dynamite ltd To Cbei k the Progress of the Flames Bj Blowing tp Small Houses Customhouu Was a Barrier to the Fire. Toronto, Out.. (Special ). The fin that raged throughout Tuesday niht i.i Toronto's wholesale and retail bus. iness district was the most disa.itmut in the history of li e city." The total loss is conservatively estimated x $12,009,000; insurance $8,.too,ooo. Tin principal warehouses of the city wen redu-efl to :iilir. nnrl m.-irtv izr firm, were put out of business. The area covered by the tire is three block ii length and varies from half a blocli to two blocks in width. Every building up Bay street, from Mclinda street southward to the Es planade at the water front, was wiped out, and the fire spread on Welling ton and Front streets and the Esplan ade, along the water front, from theit intersection with Hay street for dis tances of a few hundred feet to a whole block. The total number of buildings de stroyed were: Hay street, cast side 20, west sine 30; Wellington .iireet, north side 12, south side 7; Front street, north 22, south 27; Esplanade, 4; Piper Street I. Larly in the evening, when the fire assumed alarming proportions, appeals for assistance were sent to London, Hamilton, Montreal and Buffalo, Special trains were at once started from these points, but it was long after midnight before the first of them began to arrive, and in the meantime die local firemen were having the fight of their lives. From the time the fire started on the north side of Well ington street, a short distance east .if Bay street in the E. & S. Currie Xeckwcar manufacturing plant, until it burned itselt out at daylircak, there was not a moment when a shift of the wind to the north would not have re. f nltcd in the destruction of the greater part of the city. Despite the crashing of walls and the confusion, only one serious acci dent occurred. At an early stage ol the fire Chief Thompson got trapped by the dames and was forced to jump I10111 the top of a building. A net work of wires broke his fall and saved his life. He escaped with a broken leg. When the chief made the leap for his life a traveler from Montreal was on the roof with him, and no trace of him has since been seen. It ii probable that be perished in the flames. The fire started in the elevator shafl in the rear of the 'Currie Building, Thence the flames spread across thl street to Brown Bros., and thence easi to Bay street. The wind, which had been brisk, increased to a gale. A general alarm was sounded, but before all the force had reached the scene thl fire had leaped to the high buildingl occupied by Anslcy & Co. and Pugs ley, Dingman & Co. Then Suckling cU Co.'s building,, adjoining Currie'l in the east, caught fire. Almost sim ultaneouslv great forks of "llamcs be- fcan to shoot out from f lie Brows building, and the firemen were oblig ed to split their forces. The roof ol Dingman & Moneypenny's building on the northwest corner of Bay and Wellington streets, was the next place to burst into llamcs. In an incredibly short time Suckling's, Currie's, Brown's and Dingman and Money penny's were all a mass of flames, and the streams of water thrown into them had no apparent effect. BANK ROBBEfTKiLLEb. Emmert Stewart Shot By the Watchman at t Richmond Bank. Richmond, Va., (Spccial).--Dctect-ed in an attempt to rob tlie True Reformers' Bank, Emmet Stewart was riddled with bullets by Joseph Ward, the night watchman, and instantly killed. The desd man was the butlet of Hon. Henry Stuart, who owns a splendid estate in .Loudon county, but Tcsides here as a member of the Corporation Commission. Ward heard a noise in the bank about 2.20 o'clock A. M. He listened l.nd waited and beheld Stewart prowl ing around the desks. "Ho slipped back to his room in the building and got a riot gun loaded with five shells, each having 12 huck'hot. On the ground lloor in the bank was a simi lar gun, Stewart evidently heard the wncth man, for he picked up this gun and started for the street, goin through the front window, the glass of which he had broken in order to enter. Ward was as quick and reached the street through the main entrance inj nme to meet the burglar. He or dered him to halt, and in reply Stew rt brought the riot gun to liis shoul der and aimed. Ward fired, the 12 nuckshot striking the burglar under rhe left arm, killing him almost in itanlly. Murderer Airllo Hanged. Brookvillc, Pa. (Special). John Baptise Aiello was hanged here for the murder of Frank Carfa on the night of May 2 last year. Carfa was an innocent spectator of a street fight and Aiello rushed upon him with a knife, stabbing hi mthroiigh the heart Aiello s execution was twice post poned to hear appeals for pardon. Husband aad wilt Dead. Ogdcn, Utah, (Spccial).--Mr. and Mrs. J. C Stone wcie found de:.d in tacb other's arms at their room in a lodging-house here. It is believed by the police that the woman first poison ed her husband and then herself, Stone had refused, to let her have charge of his children by a former wife and this had been the cause f fre quent iiuarrels between the two. Jeal ousy of Stone's sister, who had jc barge of the children, is supposed to have been the cause of the 'iuarrrls.1 Rat War Dlaaoad. Mount Holly, N. J.. (Special). A' rat wearing around its neck a gold ring set with u solitaire was killed at the barn of Uriah J. Allen, of Newt Gretna. The family cat v. as he for tunate ratter and so proud wi,a she ot her 'prey that she broiijiht it into, the house, where it was about to bei brushed out when the gliticr of the, diamond waa noticed. An examuia- tiou showed that it was the rimr of; Miss Maggie Adams, lost two year ago. It was fitted so tight about thei neck that the rat must bavc nearly) strangled. '
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