KILL WITHOUT MERCY Paoic-Stricken People Flee From Lodz and Cossack;. AN APPEAL FOR PROTECTION. la On Instance thf Brutal foldlcrt Killed Eallrt Family ol Jews Who W ere Out Driving A Millionaire's Servant Robbed and Murdered Utacril Shallow Promises Punish Offenders. Lodz, Russian Polam! (By Cable). The most MTmiK phac (f the fighting between the military am! striker is at an cud, I. tit there arc still isolated at tack in the suburbs. At Balmy Cos sacks attacked a Jewish family of five persons who were driving in a cab to the railway station and shot and killed all including the eahman. At Pabjanicc, mar Lt d, workmen at tacked two poiiccmen, and shot and kill ed one and wounded the other. There is a genera! exodus from Lodz. Twelve thousand persons have alrcaely left and all trains are crowded. During the disturbances 35 govern ment li(tior stores were destroyed by the mobs, which appropriated all the rash and stamps found on the premises. The cash and stamps were added to the funds of the Social1 st parly. Some prominent citizens telegraphed Central Shustow. commanding the troops here, asking for protection against the brutality of the soldiers, especially the Cossacks, who in one instance killeel and robbed the senar.t of a millionaire named Rosenblatt, who was carrying $5,000 to the bank. The General prom ised to punish the offenders, but said he required witnes-cs of the occurrence to testify against the Co-sacks. Warsaw (By Cihlci. The proclama tion issued by the Social Democratic party of Poland and Lithuania, calling out workmen as a protest against the Lodz massacres, declares that in order lo show the solidarity of their brethren and to protest against "the new and iD cessant crimes of the Emperor's govern ment1' a!! Warsaw must stop work. The proclamation orders that not a single factory or work-hip siia'd be operated, and that offices, shop', restaurants and coffee houses must close and all traffic must cease. It say; that the red flag, the flag of the workingmen, must float in the streets of Warsaw, and calN upon all workmen to help their brother arrange a general strike. The military is patroling the streets in the factory and Jewish districts. In the suburb of I'raga workmen shot and wounded two policemen. In Ogrudowa street there was an en counter between gendarmes and a crowd and shot were fired e.n both sides. Three civilians and erne gendarme were wound ed. In other street- processions of work men were dispersed. Lodz is the capita! of the district rf the same name in the government of Tiotrkow, Russian Poland. It is 87 miles southeast of War-aw ami stands on the banks of the Luelka Kiver, oc cupying an area of about 11 square miles. The city is a great manufacturing center, particularly in the line of textiles. There are some 400 establishments, employing more than 40,000 persons and having an annual output valued at $35,000,000. Cot ton goods and woolens are the principal products, but silk-, machinery and linen are abo manufactured. CHILDREN HELD AS PEONS. Be ulor Syt'cm of Slavery Believed to Exiit io Cbiiago. Chicago (Special). A system of vir tual .child slavery, in which children under 14 years old are "farmed out" into households in an attempt to solve the "servant-girl problem." is a state ef af fairs that has been brought to the at tention of the Department of Compul sory Education, following startling reve lations in various notice court- of Chi cago in the last three weeks. That such a system e.i.-:s to an alarm ing degree is the declaration of Super intendent W. I.. H dine, who has se cured the convict:.:!! of Mrs. Ottilie Krosnick on the char;. e' of violating the Compulsory Education law. "This is the tenth ca-e of it kind that I have had in the la-t three weeks." said Mr. Undine. "Judging from the testimony e.f various witne--es at the trials of the-e ca-e. I am convinced there are hundreds of children, from in-t:,:i-tions who are drudging as servant- 1:1 many household- 0: ti.e city without !.-.-ing sent to school." .Mrs. Krosnick was fined vo ami c .-!-. the limit in such caes. The two chil dren under her char.ee were- Adelaide Walliy, 13 years oh!. ..::'. Edward kin der, to years old. The woman .i.od -he had taken the girl :'r-:n a ectar:an or phan asylum in !':'' city tight year- :.jo. Warrants h..e b.cn secure.! for sc enl persons, many of whom are said to have taken children from institutions anel forceil them to elo work far beyond their strength. Boy Kills Baby Brother. Tort Jervis, X. Y. ( Special). Wil liam Smith, ij years old, shot ami killed his brother Harry, iS months ohl, while they were playim. alone in the parlor. The Run belonged to an older brother and stood in a corner of the room. It was suppesed not to he loaded. Cor oner Case decided that the shooting was accidental. The mother sale! Willie had diphtheria a few mouths ago, and his iniii'l had been affected since. Marooned 00 W'ccdiof Eve. Clayton, N. Y. ( Special). Gorge Cooper, of Syraeu-e, who is to be mar ried to Miss JcStH'tte? Williams, also of Syracuse, was inaroflncd by joking fricneta on a barren island in the miel dle of St. Lawrence Kiver. In order to reach Syracuse in time for the ce re mony he swam a mile- to Grindstone Is land, whe re he secure el a boat anil ar rived at Clayton in time to catch his train. 1,009 Vein For Negro! Waco, Texas ( Special). A sentence of 10 centuries;, or 1.000 years, in State' prison was pronounced upon Lee Rob ertson, a negro laborer, who attempted to assault Mrs. Alonz.-i Robinson, wife 1 1 his employer. Mrs. Robinson's hus band was absent at the time, ami in re sisting the; attack her scalp was badly teirii artel ons haul was bitten lo the lone'. The jury roil 1 not assess the death penalty, as the deed was not ac complished, but, there being, no limit as to the tin:? be mi.ht he given in the pr-'i'entiury, the court made it ic ccn ti riei and or.e hy over NEWS IK SHORT ORDER. tit tatcil Itappcalnga Coedeoneo' for Rapid Reading. Domestic? According to Kiogoro Takaliashi, Japan might desire another loan to take up the dome-tic loan made soon after the declaration of war. Paul Morton returned from Wnshing tem to New Veirk anil resumed his work as chairman of Hie Equitable Society. The Houston and Texas Central Kail road will sell its lands in Northwest Texas south eif the Oklahoma line. The village of Yicksburg. Mich., is bankrupt a.- the result of the closing of the Viiik-hurg Exchange Bank. The eilhcials of (he Lake Shore Rail rohel are still investigating the wreck of the Twentieth Century flyer. Assistant Secretary of State l.oomis has sailed for Europe on a secret mis sie ii for Pri-iilent Rejoscvclt. Kev. Augustus Kohrlock resigned as secretary e! the Evangelical Lutheran Gcne-ial Synod of Missouri. Mrs. Aggie Myers, who was found guilty of murdering her hu-hand, was sentenced te) be hanged. The convention of Moelern Wooelmen at Milwaukee ended with the installa tion of officer . The Seaboard Air Line will extend its road to the sources of the Big Sandv River. An effort is to be made for the pres ervation of the home of Paul Revere in Poston. Naval officers witnessed the test of the new gun turret at Hethleliem. A fatal case ef bubonic plague oc curred at La Uocay. Con-ul General Wynne saileel for England. Another warrant was issued for the arrest of Jnlm W. Hill, formerly chief of the Filtration Bureau of Philadel phia. 0:1 charges of forgery. Mr. Hill is now under $8,000 bail for trial on sim ilar charges. A condition bordering: on slavery has been found to cxi-t in Chicago in sev eral case- f cbi'dren who were trans ferred from institutions to families who d:l not raise them properly. The Moelern Wtu.dmcti, in session at Milwaukee, have indor-ed a plan to he Id a congress to urge fraternal insur ance over old-line insurance. Mis- Lillian Moore, of Poiiahkerp-ie, was fatally, injured in a troiiey collision at Fishkill Landing. lilinoi- coal miners have ottered to submit their differences with operators to arbitration. The Vick-hurg (Midi.') P.auk. a pri va'e institution has closed its doors. Govcrneir Carter, of Honolulu, has e signeel. Westbound passenger train No. e, on the Denver and Rio Granele Railroad, was wreekeel at Pinto, a small station ('0 miles west of ('.rand Junction, Col. No fatalities rcsulteel. The repeirt of Superintendent of In surance Hendricks, of New York, was submitted to District Attorney Jerome fer his use, should he think criminal action is justifiable. W. H. Grcnell, of Pierrepont Manor, N. Y., was electeel presielent of the American Seed Association at the an nual conveutiein at Alexandria Kay, N. Y. A boiler at the sawmill of the Curtis Attalla (Ala.) lumber plant exploded, killing James Watts. Will Rosson, Gus Cash and Marion Maehlox. The lard refilling buihliug at the pack ing plant of Schwarzschild & Sulzberger, at Armounble, Kan., was destroyed by lire. Lo-s, Jjoo.oem. Mrs. I.ucinda Sanson, of Davenport, la., refused a bequest of $.to.ooo that was made on condition that she became a Catholic. The Supreme Court of Illinois grant eel a new trial to Jewph P.riggs, con ictcel in Chicago eif the murder of Hans Peterson. Augu-t Belmont has tenilcreel his res ignation as director of the E(uitahle" So ciety to former Presielent Grovcr Cleve land. Carl Schurr, of New York, delivered the address at the commencement ex ercises at the University of Wisconsin. The train dispatchers in convention in Denver, Col., reiterated its stand in fa veir eif the block system. The festival of the North American Gymnastic Union began in Indianapolis yesterday. t oieign. Thirty persons were elrowned recently through the capping e,f a bark which had arrived in the- Mink- Kiver, in Spain, from Portugal. The French public :- said to have the war fever, anil military men are making a comparison eif the armies of the two countries. Stephen Okjjeia, who threw a bomb ii.to a police statiiii in War-aw, killing -.x poh.-emetl, was sentenced to death. Mr-, lame- P.n.wil Potter's household effect- were '.old at auction in l.onelon 11:, i! r a b:il ..f -ah'. M- Beatr-.i V.'inan; was married in Paris to Prince Henry Galard dc lie arn et de Cli.el.n-. i".i::;;e-ror William was e nteriained on ti e American yacht- at K.ei. The S'.iitan of Turki-v is reported to be ill. At a meeting of ("15 polieyholelers in the Equitable A-mraiiee Society in Ber lin it was eleciilcel to form a Committee of three policyholder ami three member-, of the German Fire In-urance I'uioil, which sugge-te-d the mo'tiiy. The Ger man representative ef the Equitable to the meeting reael a telegram iroin Paul Morton, the new chairman, couched in rca'-uring terms. A banquet was given by the Pilgrims Chrl,. in London in honor of Mr. White law Ri i !. the American amba--ador to Great Britain. Speeches were made hy Mr. Reiel. Irel Roberts (who presieled), Premier Balfour and others. The French note to Germany on the Mor iccan situation has not alleviated the delicacy of the situation, anil there i- uneasiness in both capitals. The House of Commons authorieel the raising of a loan of $10000.000 for the constructiein of railroads in Inelia. A man carrying a bomb was arrested in front of a police station in War-aw. Twenty-two persons were killed in the firing by Ceis.-acks on a procession of workmen in Lodz. Twei women wert crushed to death. Ten of the wounded will die. A Russian countess was suspected of robbing American guests at a hotel in St. Peter-burg. Emperor William raced his yacht Me teor HI. against the Hamburg and won by a minute. King Alfon-o approved the new Span Mi Cabinet, of which General Monte ro Rios is premier. Fifty persons are reporteiel to have Seen killed in a collision between the -trikers anil the troops in Lodz, Poland. The new ministry formed in Greece .-.'ter the recent assassination of Premier (Jclyaimis has resigned and the crisis H crriou. i . TWO STEAMERS CRASH Collision in St. Clair River, Detroit Near STEERING GEAR GOT OUT OF ORDER, Wooden Vessels City of Rome and Llodea Rue Into Each Oiber Two Member! of the Crew of the Llodea Were Drowned There Were Passengers on Both the City ( Rome and the Llodea. Detroit, Mich. (Special). -The wood en steamers City of Rome and Linden collided in the St. Clair River, opposite Tashmoo Park, and both were sunk. Two member of the etiw "af the Lin den the coe.k and his wife were drowned. The other members of beth crews escaped in safety from the sinking boats. The City of Rome was bound deiwn, with a cargo of iron ore. and the Linden was tipbound. Off Ta-hmoo Park the Linden, it is said, suddenly sheered and rammed the City of Rome, damaging her so that the steamer sank almest immediately, (10 feet off the Tash mnn dock. The Linden, although alsei badly dam aged, limped along until off the licad of Russell Island, where she sank in the channel. All the members of the crew excepting tin ceiek and his wife escaped from the sinking boat. The Linden's cabin ami other works broke away from the hull as the steamer went down, and, with the captain on it, drifted some' elis tance down stream, where is grounded on a shoal. The City of Rome was built at Cleve land in iHSt, and belonged to the J. C. Gilchrist fleet. The Linden was built in iHg5 at Port Huron, and is owned by the Sandusky Box and Lumber Com pany, of Sandusky, O. Captain Holmes, of the City of Rome, -ays that the collision occurred a quar ter of a mile above Tashmoo Park. He -ays that something evielently went wremg with the Linden's steering gear when the steamers were but a short dis tance apart, for she suddenly sheered into the City of Rome, which struck the Linden just abafe the bow, tearing a tre mendous hole, through which the water rusheel with such force that it swept the upper works off the Linden, and the steamer sank immediately. Leaking badly and steadily settling, the City of Rome floated down a quarter of a mile until off the dock at Tashmoo Park, when she, too, sank. Cook Hardy and his wife were in the after deckhouse of the Linden and were drowned when the steamer sank. ATTEMPT TO HOLD LP TRAIN. Western Robbers W ere Foiled Bandits Could Not Operate Engine. Tacoma, Wash. (Special). Train robbers made an unsuccessful attempt to hold up the North Coast Limited from the Twin Cities, three miles west of Puyallup. A man boarded the train at Puyallup, and when the train was three miles from the station ordered the engineer to stop the tram at a fire which was burning neiir the tracks. En gineer Woods did not stop the train until a half mile beyond the fire. Brake man Harkins ran up to' the engine to see what the trouble was and the ban elit shet at him. Harkins threw his lantern into the ditch ami started back for the train. The bandit then ordered the engineer and the conductor to get out of the way, while he made an attempt to back the train to the fire, where his confederates were stationeel. He failed to get the engine started, anil caileel for the engi neer to come back. The robber then began to realize his position, and as the engineer stepped into the cab he fired twice, one bullet flattening on the boiler head. The bandit then jumped to the ground and ran into the brush. The train pulled into Tacoma, leaving the fireman ami brakeman behind, as they were unable to catch the train. An engine was sent out for them, anil they were brought in this morning. WEVLCR BOBS UP AGAIN. He Is Minister of War in Ibe New Spanish Cabinet. Madrid (By Cable). King Alfonso approved the new cabinet, as follows: Premier Gen. Memtero Rios. Minister of the Interior Scnor Garcia Pie-.ro. Mim'-ter of Foreign Affairs Scnor Sanchez Roman. Mini-ter of Finance' Scnor T'rzaiz, Minister eif War General Weyler. Minister of Marine Senor Milla ntieva. Mmi-ter of Agriculture Senor Ro- manones. Minister of Justice Senor Gonzales P.na. Minister of Public Instruction Senor Mellardo. Canal Commission. Washington (S pe c i a 1). Presielent Roosevelt has directed that the quar terly meeting of tile Isthmian Canal Coin-mis-ion to be held July 1 be convened in this city instead of at the offices of Gov ernor Magoon 011 the isthmus. The in structions of the President te govern the commission, issued April 3 last, require four quarterly meetings a year to be held on the isthmus. This is announced as the only exception that will be maele to this requirement, and is due to the fact that all of the members of the com mission except Governor Magoon are now in this country. No Orealcr PllUburg Now. Philadelphia ( Special). The Supreme Court issued a permanent injunction re training the merging of the cities of Fill: bi r? and Allegheny City. The Su preme Court holds that the law timler which the. consolidation was to be maele is speciaj legislation. The injunction re strains the city of Pittsburg, the Mayor of Pittsburg ami the presiilents of Select and Common Council of Pittsburg from taking any proceedings for the merging of the two cities. Costly Qaart of Vinegar. New York (Special). It cost Post master Sylvester Pearsall, of Lynnbrook, L. I., $1,200 to draw a quart of vine gar for a stranger who called at the combination store and postoffice in that village. Pearsall went to the cellar, where the vinegar barrels are kep, leav ing the stranger in the store. When he returned the customer had disappeared. An investigation disclosed that postage stamps valued af $1,200 were missing. LONG-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS. The Weather Bnrcan Trying to Counteract MIscbicTOBi Statement of Astrologers, Baltimore, Md. (S p t c I a !). The United States Weather Bureau has just issued the following letter to counteract as far as possible the mischievous effects of the work of astrologers, who pretend to foretell the character of coming sea sons or the progress of storms and ordi nary weather condition for a month or a year in advance, and whose unfounded fnd unreliable forecasts arc too often given undue circulation: The ceaseless change in the midst of essential stability ami permanence that is apparent among the heavenly bodies suggests a relation between those move ments and the destinies of men and of nations as well as weather sequences. So obvious is this analogy that it is not strange that in the childhood of the race it was exalted into an absolute casuil connection. There is no more interest ing page of history than that which traces the growth of astrology through its various phases, the art of divination, the taking of the heiroscopes and auspices, and the gradual development of the sciences of astronomy and meteorology. The first crude theories and conceptions of the Chaldean priests and the Magi were honest efforts to interpret natural phenomena. In later and less simple ages, however, when the priestly class were still the repositories of wisdom, they sought to perpetuate tbeir influence by concealing knowledge from the masses or hy enshrouding it in mystery, and finally they wielded it not to enlighten but to enslave. And so persistent is mental slavery, and so deep seated in the heart of the race are these early teach ings anil beliefs that there is even yet a predisposition to accept the supernatural rather than to seek the natural causes of things. The infinite desirability of foreknow ing the seasons for the benefit of hus bandmen is at once the opportunity of charlatans and the justification of na tional weather services. It avails little to elecry the methods of impostors or to brand them as fakirs ; the court of final resort must always be a comparison of re-ults, and such comparison everyone can now make for himself. Weather maps showing the actual conditions on every day are now published by pract1 cally every civilized nation and are ac cessible to all, and all that is needed to cure the most implicit belief in almanac preelictions is an honest comparison of these predictions for a single season with the actual occurrences as shown by these maps. Conspicuous instances of fail ure, such as those of the artificial rain makers', who a decade ago were given the fullest opportunity to test and exploit their theories, cr the colorless results of. the cxten-ive campaign of bombard ment as a protection against hail, which has been conelucted for several years in Southern Europe, do not convince the credulous. They do serve, however, to illustrate the "confusion of tongues" among the prophets of these latter days, ,who bombard the skies to precipitate storms and bombard the clouels to dissi pate them. Government meteorologists are not alone m the denunciation of the fallacies, absurdities and pernicious ef forts of so-called long-range forecasts. Professor Young, probably the foremost American astronomer, speaking of lunar influences, points out that the frequency of the moon's changes is so great that it is always easy to find instances by which to verify a belief that changes of the moon control cond tions on the earth. A change of the moon necessarily occurs about once a week. All changes of the weather must, therefore, occur within three and three-fourths days of a change eai the moon, and one-half of all changes ought to occur within 46 hours of a change in the moon, even if there were no causal connection whatever. Now, it requires only a very slight predisposition in favor of a belief in the effectiveness ot the moon's changes to make one forget a few of the changes that occur too fur from the proper time. Coincidence enough can easily be found to justify pre-existent belief. "Unquestionably there is a general de sire feir an extension of the range of fore casts to cover the near future, and, if possible, the coming season. If some explorer in meteorology and astronomy should discover some fundamental law, hitherto unknown, whereby he could ac curately calculate the time of arrival, the force and pathway ci storms for weeks and months in advance, and could warn the people of future floods or droughts in defined localities, he would at once take rank as the greatest scien tist of the world. And then if he would reveal the secret of his discovery for the benefit of future generations, he would be honored as the greatest of philan thropists as well as the wisest of man kind. Put, alas, up to date this man has not arrived. "The problem of seasonal forecasts is receiving at the hands of the ablest and most painstaking students of both conti nents a comprehensive consideration that is certain to be fruitful and far-reaching in its ultimate results. "So important and so pressing is the work and so promising is the field that the Chief of the Weather Bureau is building ami equipping a large observa tory, wherein the best talent available will soon be employed to study the in tricate and profound problems of the atmosphere, whose solution promises im provement over present methods and re sults in forecasting and may lead in time to seasonal predictions on a truly scientific basis." Twenty-Two Dead; Tea Dying. Lodz (By Cable). Twenty-two per sons were killed in the firing' by dragoons and Cossacks on a procession of 50,000 workmen wmcii haei been organized as a demonstration against the government. LITE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS. T. --.'.!.... T 1. A t , 1 leseeeeiie jsejesevcil ill a ICW Gays Wllj pass upon the reinstatement of govern ment cmphiyes who have resigned to run tor oince. Three new cases of yellow fever are reported on the canal zone. Public schools will be established in the Panama Canal zone. Commodore Harry M. Hoelges, in charge of the Hyelrngraphic Office of the Navy, has up: lied to be placed on the retired lis. The Chinese exclusion question and the danger of an effective boycott against American goods in China were discussed at some length in the meet ing of the Cabinet. It was agreed by the President and his advisers that the prcposed boycott is ta be regarded as one of the gravest importance to Ameri can commerce, The internal revenue receipts during May were $tf;,6fii,?46, an increase of $1, 110,815 as compared with the corre sponding month last year. The consulting engineers of the Isth mian Canal Commission will meet in Wellington next September. SLOW TOWARD PEACE Both Parties Are Jockeying For the Advantage. NEITHER ONE ASKS AN ARMISTICE Continued lllneti of Mlnhder Lamadorff Olren ai the Reason for Delay on Russia's Part Preaident Rooievelt Trying Hard to Avert Big Baltic la Manchnria by Peace Negotiations. Washington, D. C. (Special). Peace negotiations between Russia and Japan have come to a dead halt on account ot the illness of Count Lamsdorff, the Rus sian minister for foreign affairs. It is explained officially that nothing in the form of a hitch has occurred, but that the negotiations merely have been sus pended temporarily. Count Cassini, the Russian ambassa dor, hael a brief interview with Presi dent Roosevelt, but he had no addition al important advices from his povetn ment to communicate. He called mere ly to pay his respeets to the President prior to the hitter's departure for Oyster May for the summer. They discussed informally the peace situation, the Presi dent expressing his earnest hope that another general engagement on the bat tle field of Manchuria might be averted by the negotiations for a permanent peace now peneling. It is learned that up to this time sug gestions for an armistice have not been received with absolute favor by eithrr Russia or Japan. Quite naturally each government is seeking an advantage over the other in the diplomatic sparring that is going on now, and among those in touch with the situation it is regarded as unlikely that definite arrangements fer an armistice will be conchieled even if they should be concluded at all be fore the formal meeting of the pleni potentiaries of the two powers. As heretofore noted; there is serious apprehension that unless a temporary su-pension of hostilities be arranged, a great battle may be precipitated, the re sult of which might wreck completely the pending peace negotiations. It was expected confidently that an announcement of the names of the en voys of the two pewers to the Washing ton conference, could be made by the end of this week ; but, as a matter o fact, the ne-gotiations have not pro gressed in the least since Tuesday. That both Russia and Japan have decided upon their representatives at the confer ence is quite certain, but each govern ment, for reasons of its own, declines to make formal announcement of them. It .seems scarcely probable, at this mo ment, that President Roosevelt will 'be in position to authorize a further offi cial statement of the status of the pend ing negotiations before he goes to Oyster Hay for the summer. While both Rus sia and Japan have indicated tb.it they may be ready to open the conference about the first of August, the belief in well-informed quarters now is that the convening of the plenipotentiaries is like ly to be delayed and that they may not get together until the middle or latter part of August. St. Petersburg, June 24. Information from the front is still scanty. While the preliminaries are in progress, a gen era! engagement has not yet begun. Sin ister rumors continue to circulate that Linevitch is surrounded, but apparently they have no other base than the Lon don Daily Telegram's dispatch from lokie). An optimistic fe-elmg prevails at the offices of the general staff. 1 he negotiations for a meeting of peae-e plenipotentiaries are nroceetling slowlv. There were no developments today. For eign Minister Lamsdorff is still ill and unable to see Ambassaelor MVyer. DIRECTORS MIST DIRECT. Comptroller Now Require! all to Sign Certain Replies. Washington, D. C. (Special). Capt. W. B. Ridgcley, Comptreiller of the Cur rency, has adopted a little plant which is reported to be causing a commotion in certain national banks throughout the country. Responses to letters written by the Comptroller concerning laxities, or er rors, in national banks are now required to be signed by all the directors. Mr. Ridgelcy for years has been urging that the cure for bank failures is to compel bank directors to direct. He has pointed out that in many cases where banks have failed it has been shown on investiga tion that the directors of the institution were not in touch with its workings. Hitherto whenever a bank examiner has reported loose methoels or careless ness in a bank the Comptroller has writ ten a letter to the bank about it. Usual !y replies were received from the presi dent or the cashier explaining the mat ter or "promising to be good." Now all letters go out in the same manner, ael dre.sed to the bank, but at the feieit is a note stating that the reply must be signed by each elirector of the bank. This is done for the purpose of making each director cognizant of the criticisms in question. Sinks Another Steamer. Singapore (By Cable). The British India Steam Navigation Company's steamer Ikhema was sunk by the Rus sian cruiser Terek June 5, J50 miles north of Hongkong. The crew was landed here by the Dutch steamer Per lak, which the Terek met June 19. The Ikhona was carrying mails and rice from Rangoon to Yokohama. Voted Onl of Office. Meriden, Ct. ( Special). The Even ing Times says that Edward J. Lynch, of Brooklyn, president of the Interna tional Union of Polishers, Buffers and Metalworkers of North America, has been voted out of office, iidward P. Coyle, of this city, one of the official counters at the recent election, an nounced the result. A. B. Grout, of Kenosha, Wis., is Mr, Lynch's success or. The fight was one of the hottest that has taken place in the order, the majority of the successful candidate be ing but J 16. . Tbt Vesnvlut lo Commission. Boston (Special). The torpedo train ing ship Vesuvius, formerly the dyna mite cruiser of the same name, was placed in commission in the Charlestown Navy Yard. The Vesuvius hat been out of service for seven years, and re pairs made on the ship have cost $200, 000. The announcement was made that the battleships Illinois and Missouri, which are now at this station for re pairs, will be ordered to New York, since it has been found that the Charles town drydock ia not yet suitable for the work to be done here. MANIAC ON THE WARPATH. Shoolt Nine Perioos and Then Kllla 1 Himself. San Francisco (Special). After hold ing 1,000 persons at bay for two hours in Eddy street, shooting nine persons and defying the police, Thomas Lobb, a manaic, killed himself. The wounded were W. K. Koffman, shot three times, wounds in check, nose and forehead; C. T. Chcvalis, shot in eye ; W. Jones, wounds in cheek ; Emil Roberts, a boy, shot in leg; Quong Do, Chinese, bullet in hand ; George A. Ue laughton, nine wounds, six in arms, two in hand and one in cheek; Vinccnte Ro nianto, shot in cheek and car; Joseph Laribc, two shots in chin,'' one in lip, others in shoulder, face and arm; Po liceman Patrick Kassane, shot in check while firing from aeljoining room. Seven shots passed through his helmet. None of the wounded will die. All the victims were hit with No. 4 shot, except the Chineman, who received a rifle ball. The insane man was barricaded in his room on the fourth floor of the United States Hotel, 121 Eddy street. He went to the hotel at night and in the morning began throwing furniture from the win dow to the street. Several persons nar rowly escaped being struck. He then began firing, using a shotgun. He placed S50 and ?too bills in the muzzle eif the weapon and fragments of the paper were scattered over the street. A big crowd quickly gathered. Hundreds of men were afraid to pass the hotel.' Street car traffic was entirely suspended after one car had been fired upon and it! windows broken. Police Lieutenant Cole rushed a squad of police to the scene, atneing the offi cers being five members of the crack rifle team of the department. The) were unable to accomplish anything however, as the maniac was strongly in trenched in his rexim and appeared tc have an unlimited amount of ammuni tion. It waS determined that he must be captured, dead or alive, and all the rooms adjoining the one he occupied were filled with armed officers. A live ly fusillaele was begun through the door, transom and walls of the maehnan'n stronghold, to which he replied with re markable rapidity. The plastering was scattered from the ceiling and walls, ant! the police were soon covered with the white flakes and nearly blinded by the lime. Officer Hassans attempted to peet through the transexn, when he received a charge of shot which disfigured his face and completely riddled his helmet. Then Officer Hutchins descended from the room to the room window, while the other policemen maele an attack in force on the door. When Hutchins saw the majiiac's attention was diverted he gave a prearranged signal by firing his re volver. Hearing the report from an un expected quarter, the murderous lunatic rushed to the wimlow, which was open, and literally blew off the top of his own bead. The brains and fragments of skull flew through the air into the street, to the horror eif thousands of spectators who had assembled in the ncighhorhooel, which is near the heart of the city. ROOSEVELT NOW A DOCTOR OP LETTERS. Degree of L, It. D. Conferred By Will.ams College. Williamstown, Mass. (Special). The zig-zag journey of President Roosevelt among the colleges of Western Massa chusetts ended with his departure from Williamstown, after he had received from Williams College'the rather unusual hon orary degree of L. H. D. (doctor of let ters). His stay in this State, which was of scarcely 32 hours' duration, was a busy one. He attended three college commencements, at two of which he re ceived high honorary degrees; traveled several hundred miles, and, besides ele livering significant addresses at each commencement, made a number of speeches irom the platform of his car to citizens who had gathered at stations along the route. The President rose early and lcaneel from a window' to enjoy the superb view of the Berkshire country. After break fast the Presielent devoted a few minutes to meeting the classmates eif Federal Commissioner James R. Garfield, who is a trustee of Williams, and then maele a quick inspection of the new memorial chapel. After a short walk the Presi dent accepted the invitation of his host for a drive, which, ended just before the commencement exercises began. He spoke twice here, once upon receiving the degree and again from the steps of the emirch, where the commencement ex ercises were held to the people who could not get into the auditorium. Port Arthur For Japanese. Chefoo (By Cable). American and European firms still in Port Arthur have been notified by the Japanese authorities to depart and to remove their merchan dise. Many of the firms are now ar ranging to charter steamers for that purpose. Shipments of contraband of war for the Japanese continue to be made, particularly from Chefoo to Dal-ny- Cousin of President Married. Boston (Special). Ornje Clarke, of London, and Miss Alfrida Roosevelt, cousin of President Roosevelt, were married at Emmanuel Church by Bish op William Lawrence, in the presence of a large number of prominent Bostom ans. Miss Katharine L. Roosevelt acted as her sister's maid of honor, and the briilegroom was attended by Clarence Nichols, of London. FINANCIAL American Cement directors declared a semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent, This makes 6 per cent, for the current year. Prior to that the dividend was 8 per cent. In five years the coke industry of West Virginia has- been multiplied by six. That is good business for Chesa peake & Ohio and Norfe!k & Western. W. L. Bull wired to Winthrop Smith : "The buying of Wisconsin Central looks good, but we know of no especial reason for its advance just now." American Woolen Company directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of 1)4 per cent, on the preferred tock. Secretary Paul Morton admitted that the Atchison Railroad, of which he was vice-president, gave rebates to the Colo rado Fuel Company, which John D. Rockefeller and George' Gould own. Apropos of the new and swift trains of the Pennsylvania and New York Cen tral on which extra fares arc charged, it it interesting to note that 49 per cent, of the people in Germany ride third class and ao per cent, fourth class. U. S. MINISTER BOWEN President Roosevelt Orders His Dismis; sal From Service. SIR. LOGttIS CALLED INDISCREET. In His Letter, Mr. Rooaevcll Bitterly De. ouncea the Condact of the Late Minister to Veoeiotla At "Complete Disloyalty" Saya He Devotrd Hlmsell lo Hunting Up Scandal and Oois'p. Washington (Special). The dismiss al of Mcrbert W. Bowcn, for many years United States minister to Venezuela, and the exoneration of Assistant Secre tary of State Francis B. Loomis of the allegations brought against him by Mr. Bowen are the outcome of the Loomis Bowen controversy, which has attracted wide attention for many months past. This disposition of the case is made by President Roesevclt in a letter ad dressed to Secretary Taft. approving Mr. Taft's report on his findings and conclusions in the case. The President scathingly arraigns Minister Bowen, de claring that his conduct "is especially reprehensible;" that Mr. Bowen asked one of his witnesses to enter the em ploy of a certain company for the pur pose, "in plain words, of stealing" docu ments which he hoped might incriminate Mr. Loomis, and that Mr. Bowen had evidently for many months, indeed for the last two years, devoted himself "to hunting up scandal and gossip until it became a monomania and caused him "to show complete disloyalty" to the country he represented. ' The .President says he had helped to promote Mr. Beiwen, as during much of his service he had demc gooel work, but that his usefulness in the diplomatic service is now at an end. The President adds that he would di rect that Mr. Bowen's resignation bt requested, but for his statement thai he would consider a resignation an ad mission of misconduct, and the dismiss al is therefore ordered. The letter quotes correspondence and testimony. The President states that it appear! that Mr. Bowen. while minister, se cured the publication of attacks on Mr. Loomis and furnished to the press doc uments pending before the State De partment! for approval, and that his ex planation is inexcusable and shows hi! "entire unfitness" for the service. Even if Mr. Loomis hail been guilty, says the President, Mr. Bowen's conduct would be unpardonable. The letter quotes cer tain correspondence and testimony. The report of Secretary Taft on the case, em which the President's action is based, is a voluminous document reviewing the charges and the evidence taken. In his report Secretary Taft says that there was nothing dishonorable in the transactions in which Mr. Loomis fig ured, but that he was not discreet. The report says that Mr. Loomis was tmt justified in becoming pcr-onally interest ed in any of the schemes, either with a mere nominal interest or substantial interest. He holds, however, that Mr. Loomis has been "most cruelly slan dered." commends him for the self restraint with which he has met the charges, and points out that Mr. Loomis' bitter experience in this case makes it unnecessary to point out the moral that a minister cannot afford in the country to which he is accredited to make pcr onal investments, etc. NEW FLVER WRECKED. ZOlo Century Limited Going Mils Minute Runa Into Open Switch. Mentor, O. (Special). Running at the rate of a mile a minute, the Twentieth Century Limited on the Lake Shors Railroad dashed into an open switch at the n:is('iitri.r Eintinii luT shorliv be fore 10 o'clock P. M. Eleven persons I were killed and 15 or 16 badly injured. 1 he combination baggage and smoking buffet car and the coach behind it caught fire and were destroyed. v The" train was castbound, having left Cleveland about 9 o'clock, and as it does not stop here it was running at great speed. The, engine left the rails, and the two coaches following it jammed into it with great force and were crush ed, the fire from the engine setting them ablaze. Fortunately most of the occu pants of these two coaches were res cued before the fire reached them. The combination car was burned com pletely am! cooled off at J 1.30 so that rescuers could get to work. About 15 passengers were known to have been riding in this car, and at least six o the number arc dead. Engineer Tyler, of the train, was taken from uneler the sielc of the engine dead and horribly- mangled about two hours after the wreck. Eire departments from Mentor and from Painesville were called and were at work trying to extinguish the flames in the combination car within 30 min utes after the wreck occurreel.. The scenes following the collision were pitiful, the moans of the dying being mingled with the cries ami screams of the women oil the train. Those in the rear coaches were net injured, and they set about at once to rescue those pin ioned in the burning cars. , Tornado In Wisconsin. Bluemounds, Wisi (Special). A farmhand, name unknown, was killed on the farm of Charles Collins, several other persons were injured at various points, over $150,000 damage was done to crops and farm buildings, and scores of head of stock were destroved by a tornado that passed through Dane and Iowa counties atid over the townships of Bameveld and Bluemounds the other night. Mr. Loomis Oolng Abroad. Washington (Special). Assistant Sec retary Loomis, of the Stale Department, sailed from New York for Europe to be absent about a month. He hopes to be in Paris about July 4, in which case he will participate in the exercises incident to the removal of the remains of John , Paul Jones-from that city to Cherbourg, preliminary to their transportation to the United States by Admiral Sigsbee's squadron. 1 Greatest Gas Producer. . Mansfield, O. (Special). Expert oilj ajid gas well-drillers believe that the, monster gas gusher recently struck at; ' Bueloer, O., will be the greatest pro-, ducer of gas in the world. The well is lending out with tremendous force, 5,000,000 cubic feet of gas every 34 hours, and shows no indications of dii minishing pressure. Every farm within a radius of 30 mil.es has been leased byi oil and gas capitalists. Much excite ment prevails at Butler.
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