The News Domestic Seven men, picked up In a small boat In mldocean after eight day of terror In their alight shell of a craft. In: ' starved and dead of thirst. Ujelr llmhs swollen nnd their bodlei covered with sores, arrived In New York on the oil tank steamer Hotbam Newton and told a story of the wreck of their hark Oermanlc. the drowning of the captain and the disappearance of another small boat containing the other eight members of the crew. Charles Sander, editor of the Hun garian Dally News nnd a former member of the Hungarian Parlia ment, was killed by fulling down the levator shaft of the Presbyterian Building, New York. One hundred arrests were made In ifce street car strike riots at Muncte. tnd. Five persons were Injured and Ihree cars destroyed by the mob. Sixty theatrical managers, repre senting 200 productions, have or ganized the National Association of rheatrtcal Producing Managers. Marquis C. Gasper, 85 years old, a lea merchant, formerly a member of :he Produce Kxchange and prominent In riding and driving circles, was round dead In his bedroom on the lecond floor of his residence. In New Vork with a bullet in the right temple. Curtis Guild. Jr., was inaugurated for his third term as governor of Massachusetts, and made an address the legislature condemning the service given by the railroads in New England. A tenement-house Ir. New York til wrecked by dynamite. It Is believed to have been the work of the Black Hand. Robbers blew open the vault of the McCurtaln (Ok.) state bank, se cured 13,000 In gold and silver and escaped. Dr. Nicholas Senn. a prominent Burgeon, formerly of the Army, died In Chicago. Day and nigbt shifts are working at the Pittsburg Ulas Works. The explosion of an oil lamp dur ing the night at the home of George Steger. near Colllnsvllle, 111., cast the burning oil over a bed In which Mrs. Duwnnski and three children were sleeping, burning the children to death and seriously injuring the mother. Anthony Comstock, secretary of the Now York Society for the Sup pression of Vice, will be a witness for the defense when Harry K. Thaw la again placed on trial next Monday for killing Stanford White. James Treadwell, director of the California Safe Deposit and Trust Company, being unsble to furnish 160,000 bail on a charge of embez zlement, Bpent New Year's in Jail. Robert Holmes Page, a banker, of Philadelphia, rescued his two small children at the peril of his life when fire destroyed Mount Airy, his mag nificent country realdence. The National Guard of New York tate is to be put on a war footing at once, if the recommendation of tho commission that Investigated its affairs is adopted. Fifteen passengers were injured, ome of them seriously, when the Pennsylvania express from Buffalo for Philadelphia was wrecked near eunbury. Pa. Pittsburg celebrated New Year's with a 150.00u downtown fire, which for a time threatened to de stroy an entire city block. Chief of Police Jotepn Davidson PETTIBONE AND MOVER 60 FREE Orchard's Bloody Story Fat's to Convict a Man. COLLAPSE OF A FAMOUS CASE. William D. Haywood Having Been Ac quitted, the Trio of Officials of the Western Federation of Labor Accused of Complicity in Atsassintlon of Gov. Sleunenberg Art Now at Liberty. HISTORY OF THE CASE. I The trouble at the mines In i Colorado began with a strike In the Coeur d'Alene region. The Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines were blown up. The militia was called out and a bull pen established. Frank Steunenberg. who had been governor of Idaho, and friend of mine owners, was blown up by a dynamite bomb. Harry Orchard confessed to the murder of Steunenberg and im plicated Haywood, Moyer and Pettlbone. Moyer, Haywood nnd Pettlbone were rushed to Idaho on a special ; train without having a chance to ; consult attorneys or friends. Steve Adams confessed com plicity In tbe murder of Steunon berg. nccurslng Moyer and Hay wood. Adams repudiated his confes sion, declaring he implicated Moy er und Haywood under fear of death. Haywood's acquittal has been followed by the acquittal of Pet tlbone and the dropping of the case against Moyer. JAPS UNO OUR PEACE POLICY Baron Kurino Gives Out Reassuring Statement Paris (By Cable). Baron Kuri no, the Japanese umabssador to France, gave out a reaasurlng state ment In which he declares that the Japanese government hos too much confidence In the pacific policy of President Roosevelt to take any stock In the bellicose Intentions attributed to the government at Washington by the sensational press. "We Interpret the American bat tleship fleet's cniise, which has creat ed such a stir," the Baron continues, "more as a manifestation In favor of a larger navy by demonstrating the necessity of reinforcements in Pacific Witt 18 ' Nothing, he said. Justified the so called warlike preparations and the pronounced talk that Japan was cov eting the Philippine Islands was a fable. Continuing, the Ambassador says the question of Japanese pupils in the schools of San Francisco has been practically settled and that he could see no cause for a conflict. He pre dicts that three months will Justify his optimism. The Pntrle In its issue of Friday afternoon asks In big headlines "Where Is the Japanese fleet?" and publishes an alarming story based on reports that It has been seen cruis ing off Hawaii. GERMANY ON THE WATCH. Boise. Idaho (Special). After 14 hours' deliberation. I verdict of not guilty was reached by the Jury tring j George A. Pettlbone, charged with complicity iu the murder of ex-Gov. j Frank A. Steunenberg. No demon- stration of any kind marked the reading of the verdict" which made Pettlbone a free man after two years awaiting trial. All eight the ballot lag of the Jury stood 10 for acquittal j and 2 for conviction. There was no change until the Anal ballot a reached, both men who had been holding out givlug way at the same time. The case against Charles H. Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, who, with W. D. Hay wood and George A. Pettlbone, was charged with complicity In the as sassination of former Governor Steu nenberg, of Idaho, was dismissed. William Haywood having been ac quitted last summer, the attempted prosecution of the three leaders of the Western Federation of Miners, based on the confession of Harry Orchard, has fallen flat. The defendant, Pettlbone. pale and emaciated because of his long Illness, merely smiled as he heard of his freedom, and a moment later he was surrounded by his attorneys and friends. His wife, who has been by his side at every Session of the court during .the trial, wept for Joy. Expressions from members of the Jury after their discharge showed that, from the sta-t, 10 of them maintained that the state had failed to prove the defendunt guilty of the crime charged. The verdict caused A Critical Period In America's Re lations With Jnpnn. Berlin (By Cable). The next two months are regarded by the German Foreign Office and the admiralty as constituting a critical period in the relations between the United States and Japan. If they pass without witnessing a break In the relations high government officials are con vinced that the United States and Japan will then enter upon an easier and safer basis of r.greement. The development of the American Japanese situation is being studied here day by day, brenuse from it there may issue events which might change the present International equilibrium and deeply affect Europe as well as America. The Marine Rundschau, the principal naval mag azine of Germany. Bays in its January number: "If war does not come between Japan and the United States the Unidn may thank the preponderance of Its fleet for the maintenance of peace. This fleet already Is suffi ciently strong to restrain Japan from the hazard of war.1' In conclusion, the Marine Rund schau soys the threatened conflict may now be entirely avoided as a result of the transfer of the fleet to another defensive measure In the Pacific. A 1008 NOVELTY. DYNAMITED A CROWDED BANK 250 Persons in Wild Scramble For the Doors. POWDER AND SMOKE FILL AIR. Supposed That Someone Unable to Withdraw Funds Discharged Ex plosive Within Few Feet of Vault of First National Bank of Kansas Nina Persons Injured. Kansas City. Mo- (Special). A bomb was exploded In the basement of the magnificent three-story marble building of the first National Bank, at the corner of Tenth and Balti more StreeU, In the business center, a few minutes after the noon hour. The force of the exuloslon was ter rific, and caused much damage. John F. Polletler, superintendent of the Fire Insurance Patrol, who was In the banking rooms at the time of the explosion, and E. F. Swln ney, president of thj bank, are au thority for the statement that tho explosion was tho result of a bomb set off by some person unknown to them. At first It was snpposed to have resulted from leaking natural gas. Neither were pble to give any cause for the commission of the art. The bank was crowded with cus tomers at the time, these, together with tho employes, numbering, per haps, 250 persons. A panic ensued, and there was a wild scramble for the doore. The First National Bank building was one of the most beautiful struc tures in the city. It wns finished last year, and cost close to $1,000, 000. The main floor was occupied by the bank, which is the largest financial Institution In Kansas City. The two upper stories aro occupied principally by real estate and law firms. A POSTOFFK'E SHAKEIP. Change About In Inspectors' Dlvislon-IM-omot Ions. Washington, D. C. (Special). Postmaster General Meyer had a shokup In the Postofilce Department, by which the chief of the Inspectors' division for Maryland, the District of Columbia, the Virginias and North Carolina Is promoted and a new man Installed In his place. F. E. McMil lan, who has been division chief, be comes chief of the entire force of Inspectors at a salary of $4,000 a year. John R. Harrison, the chief In charge of tho Denver division, comes here as chief of the Washington nnd Maryland division. The change is due to a desire for more prompt and effective work with tho entire Inspection force. W. J. Vlckery, the retiring official, Is trans ferred to the head of a division at Kansas City. The action Is a part of Kir. Meyer's program fo.r a reor ganization of the department. little surprise in Boise. In view of onri Rnhri KvnnR n merchant, shot the verdict in the Haywood case. each other to death at Beattyville, j The defense introduced practically gy, no evidence and did not argue the I case, simply maintaining that the Foreign i state had entirely failed to connect t e ! tnp defendant with the killing of Many Japanese are being arrested j Steunenberg. at Vancouver for carrying arms and ! Attorneys for the state admit that examples, It is asserted, will be made j the prosecution of the Western Feder of all against whom convictions can utlon of Miners' leaders for the Steu- be secured for violating tr.e law in . nenberg murder hi ,u an end. this respect. The Countess of Yarmouth, who was Miss Alice Thaw, of Pittsburg, has begun proceedings for the nulli fication of her marriage with the Earl of Yarmouth The powers may have to resort to a Joint naval demonstration against Turkey to force her to institute finan cial reforms in Macedonia. In a wreck on the Canadian Pacific Railway, near Chaplean. a woman was killed and a score of other per sons lnjuivd Mrs. Von Sehoenbeck. of Allen steln. Prussia, whose husband was killed by Captnln Von Goeben, ha gone insane. Raised 8l;l7,081 In 20 Days. Colorado Springs, Col. (Special). Colorado Springs has within 20 days raised $137,081 to complete a $500, ikmi endowment fund for Colorado College (non-sectarlau), of this city. Included In the $370,000 previously subscribed were subscriptions of $50, 000 each from Andrew Carnegie and the general educational fund, the latter being made conditional upon the completion of the fund by New Year's Day, 1908. Women Allowed To Smoke In New York Restaurants. New York (Special). So success ful was the plan of allowing women to smoke In the public dining-rooms, Introduced at one of the prominent Broadway restaurants for the first time In New- York New Year's Eve, that another of the famous Broadway eating places has followed suit. It Is expected that several more of them will fall In line Immediately, but the big hotels and the Fifth Ave nue restaurants will not, so the managers say, follow suit, for the present at least. Countess Of Warwick To Lecture. London (By Cable)- The countess i of Warwick announces her intention I to start on a lecturing tour of Amer ica, the proceeds from which, as well as from her memoirs, which she is now writing, will be devoted to realizing "my great ambition, owning and editing a paper." GIVKS $2,201,000. WASHINGTON Hoy ghosts; Mother Dead. Stroudsburg, Pa. (Special). Mru. George Hoenshllt. of Rcranton. wns Rioting in the Japanese quarter at I a(.cldenta fch an(J h b .ncouver. w th the fatal wounding , ner e,Bht.ye.MM ,on, Lew)g. Mr Hoenshllt. who was visiting her father, Samuel Edinger. was talking to a friend over the telephone when her son, who had previously been shooting at a mark with a flobert rifle, came into the room, and. point Van of one and serious Injury of two other white men, promises to bring Cana da's troubles with the Japanese to a speedy crisis. The relations between Captain von Goeben and the wife of Major von Sehoenbeck. which .-nded In the kill- ! illK ,nt. weapon at her. pulled Hie ing oi uie muer BJ ine lornier, au 1 trigger, caused a sensation In German army ; circles. Count Quadt, who was at one i time first secretary of the German j Enitiassv at Washington, and latfl:- consul general at Calcutta. ha been I miner, editor of the Halletlsvllle Her nppolnted German minister to Persia, 'aid, was shot and killed by his wife. The Cuban custom receipts for the i arJeKt 8nJ, under year 17 were the largest it, the hit- ' - m,, l,ond Domestic troubles are Editor Killed By His Wife. Hallettsville, Texas (Special). As tory of the island. They amounted to $20, 00',, o I-, as against $1S,.,11. 29G in 1906. Nineteen persons have been arrest ed In St. Petersburg accused of con consplring to murder the Dowager Empress Feodorovna three weeks ago Fire broke out in the bedroom o: Prince Eitel Filedrich In the royal chateau lu the Tlergurden. Berlin, and did much damage to tbe castle. Chief Bobroff, of the provincial geudarmerie. Samara, Russia, was hot dead on the street by terrorists. Prince Rupprecht, of Bavaria, made an ascension at Berlin, in a ucw army steerable balloon. The French troops In Morocco captured the citadel of the Medlunus tribe Scurvy has broken out among the natives In the province of Erlvan, Russia. Governor Vardauiau has denied admission to Italian children Into Mississippi. J. L. Berrott, tho chauffeur who v.. nt to auk it,. i with a young girl, was arrested gpon the arrival of tbe While Star liner Majestic at Plym outh. The convent of tbe Sisters of Charity at Rlmonsky, Quebec, was de stroyed by fire Majo. Cosies Phillips, an English officer, who distinguished himself In the Boer War, committed suicide. Tho Cunard Steamship Company announces that It will nut abandon Llwrautt) um lis urt. blamed. Harden Gets Four .Mouths. Berlin (By Cable). Maxirnlllon Harden, editor of Die Kukunft. was sentenced to four months' imprison ment on the carge of libeling Count Kimo von Moltke. I omul Puckuge Of IMMHHV Pottsvllle, Pa. (Special). Law rence Prlckett, a draftsman employ ed at the plant of the Eastern Steel Company here, returning from a hol iday visit to New Jersey, picked up in a Pullman car a package with $7, GOO in gold bonds and $4,500 more in negotiable paper. Having communlcatod with a Philadelphia broker, he ascertained the owner and returned the money by express. He received a $500 United States gold bond from the owner. Power Jury I m-.iui -. Georgetown, Ky. (Special). -After being out more than 48 hours, the jury iu tbe case, of Caleb Powers, tried on a charge of complicity in the murder of William Goebel, re ported for the second time that they were unable to agree upon a verdict, and were discharged by Judge Mor ris. This makes the fourth trial of Powers. In two of the former trials powers was convicted and sentenced to life Imprisonment, and In the third trlul he was also covkted and given a death sentence. In a report to the President, Attor ney General Bonaparte makes I vig orous reply to the strictures of Presi dent Ripley, of the Santa Fe, who questioned tbe motives of the prose cution of his railroad. It has been decided to retuin at Thunder Buttee Station. S. D., troop of cavalry which hus been operating to maintain peace among the dis turbing I'tes. A report on the situation at Gold field, Nev., was made to President Roosevelt by the members of the special commission which he sent there. Secretary of the Navy Metcalf has signed the order assigning Surgeon Stokes to the command of tho hos pital ship Relief. President Roosevelt accepted an In vitation to attend the dinner to be given by the Gridiron Club, January 25. , Secreui les Root and Metcalf had a conference with the President con tern. ng the Japanese exclusion ques tion. The President has asked for the resignation of Ernest G. Eagleson. surv.-yor general at Boise, Idaho. The President and Mrs. Roosevelt entertained at dinner several debu tante, of the wlnier and college friends of Kermlt Roosevelt. Second Lieutenant Thompson, of the Marine Corps, hah been permit ted resign for the good of the service. A movement is on foot looking to closer relations between the National Guard and regular Army In coaRt de fense. The appropriation bills will be de layed owing to the death of the father of Representative Tawney. It was announced at the White House that Capt. J. E. Plllsbury would be appointed chief of the Bureau of Navigation, vice Rear Ad miral Brownson, resigned. Tbe armored cruiser North Caro lina has sailed for her speed trials on the New England course. Despite panicky financial condi tions, there was a increase of 375,000 tons in shipments on tbe Great Lakes In November, 1907, over November, 1906. Tbe First Natioual Bank of Mingo Junction, O., which closed Its doors November 9 last, was authorized to reopen for business. Sen or Don Luis Fsllpe Carbo has returned to Washington In the ca pacity of minister from Ecuador. Committees, of both houses of Con Bies are working on.a financial bill Rockefeller's Gifts To Chicago Uni versity $28,800,001. Culcago (Special) John D. Rocke feller's annual New Year's gift to the I'niverslty of Chicago has arrived. The donation amounts to $2,291,000, making the total of Mr. Rockefeller's gifts to the university which he founded $23,809,061.98. Notice of the donation was receiv ed by Martin A. Ryerson, chairman of the board of trustees in a letter from John D. Rockefeller, Jr. The letter said that that the elder Rocke feller had placed at the disposal of the university securities to the amount of $2,000,000, which will give the school an Income of $80, 000. The other parts of the dona tion weTe $155,000 to cover the defi cit of 1907 and a miscellaneous fund of $36,000. - r.. , ... . i I" - 10,782 PERSONS TOOK LIVES But 1907 Had Fewer LyncMii.s (63) Than in List 20 Years. Chicago (Special). Suicides In the United States continue to Increase, as they have for several years past, and also continue In cicess of other rorms of violent death. The number for 1907 was 10,782, accord ing to reports from all sections of the country. Until 1906 about twice as many men committed suicide as women, but last year there were nearly three times as many men, and this year there are more tha,i three times as many, the record showing 8,188 men and .594 woman suicides. Causes were as follows: Despond ency. 4,028; Insanity. 1,010; do mestic Infelicity, 2,178; disappoint ment In love. 1,213; 111 health. 851; liquor, 493; business losses, 123; un known, 786. In killing themselves 3.917 took poison and 8.681 used revolvers. Be sides these. 1,134 used the rope. 974 drowned themselves, 801 cut their throats, 85 threw themselve? In front of trains, 40 stabbed them selves, 81 Jumped from windows or roofs, 6 blew themselves up with dynamite, and 2 starved themselves to death. There was a smaller number of lynchlngs In 1907 than In the last 20 years. The total Is IS, as compared with 69 in 1906. The number of lynchlngs In the various States and Territories was as follows: Alabama. 11; Arkansas, 3; Georgia. 9; Iowa, tl Kentucky, ij Louisiana. 11; Maryland, 2; Mississippi. 13; Nebras ka, 1; South Carolina. 2; Tennessee. 2; Texas, 4; Indian Territory, 1, and Oklahoma, 2. Deaths by ail kinds of violence except Bulcide and lynching were 8,172, or 638 less than for 1906. The number of legal executions In 1907 was 104, or 19 less than the number In 1906. Serious automobile accidents were reported In 362 -places, as compared with 192 places last year, showing the rapidly Increasing use of this kind Of vehicle. There were 324 killed and 1,244 Injured, as com pared with 200 killed and 851 In jured last year. BONI DE CUSTELUWE FIGHTS A PRINCE Mme. Gould, His Former Wife, Probable Close. THE PRINCE IN LOVE WITH HER. EXPIAISION IN STEEL Mill. MENINGITIS CURE FOUND. Dr. Flexner's Serum lcclared To Be An Absolute Success. New York (Special). Cerebro spinal meningitis, the dread disease which in 1905 took unchecked more than one thousand lives in three months In this city, has apparently been conquered by Dr. Simon Flex ner, head of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. Dr. Flexner. after almost three years of research and hundreds of experiments, has discovered an anti-toxin serum with which to combat the merciless "spot ted fever." Recently he has treated more than sixty persons with It. In no case was there a failure. Two Dead And Thirteen Injured At Edgar Thompson Plant. Pittsburg, Pa. (Special) Two men were killed and 13 ethers were ser iously Injured by an explosion In converter No. 3 of the Edgar Thonip- ion plant of the United Steel Com pany, at North Braddock, about seven miles east of here. Six of the Injured were Americans and tho others Slavs. All were re moved to a hospital in this city, where it was said their Injuries were not serious. No official statement on the cause of the explosion has been Issued, but old converter mill men say the cause could hardly be other than that some of the molten metal sifted through the soapstone lining of tho converter and came In contact with ! the steel shenthlng, which, perhaps, Was damp. When the explosion occurred the j bottom of the converter dropped out. throwing 15 tons of molten metal Into the pit where 15 men were work- j I V. 1 .... I ' I-1 m ....... I in; ui in' in ij ii'.- , i'i-ii '. .t: mi I im port when the hot mass of steel struck the bottom of the pit. hut In stead Haines of burning gas were sent up, which burned the men in the pit The two men who were killed had been working under the converter and their bodies were terribly man gled. The force of the explosion blew the sheet Iron roof off of tbe converting mill and caused two of the walls to collapse, besides break ing all of the windows In buildings In the vicinity, and partially de stroying the engine house nnd ware house near the converting mill. A Jealous Soldier's Crime. Des Moines, la. (Special). A 19-year-old trooper of the Second Cavalry, U. S. A., Roy Howard, con victed of murdering Miss Martha Pic ray, was sentenced to eight years in tbe Anamosa Penitentiary. Howard attempted to shoot down a jealous rival and shot Miss Plcray instead. He pleaded accident as an excuse. Killed Two Policemen. Knoxvllle, Tenn. (Special). Pa trolmen Mike Wrenn and O. L. Jnrna gin was shot and killed while trying to arrest Ernest Wells. Wolls sur rendered to a citizen. His explana tion was that he knew if they arrest ed nim he would go to the work bouse, and he would as soon hang. Wells Is about 2 3 years old. Several Mills Will Start Up. Buffalo, N. Y. (Special). The Lackawanna Steel Company will re light the flrge of its open-hearth furnaces this week. With the .re opening of the furnaces several mills wbich have been close four weeks will go back lu service as a conse quence. Several hundred men will be re-employed The renewed activity follows a series of conferences be tween President B. A. 8. Clarke, of New York with tbe local manage ment. An Hoar's Fight With Knives. Morganton, N. C. (Special ). News has been received from Collettesvllle, Caldwell County, 10 miles from Le noir, of a futal fight between four mountaineers, two brothers named Clark and the brothers Rador. Knives were tbe weapons, an4 the men fought for an hour without In terference, with tbe result that both of the Clerks and one of tbe Rader brothers were killed, and the other Ruder badly slashed. Moonshine liq uor Is said to have Inspired the beitje Give Life To Suve Boy's. Ann Arbor, Mich. (Special). Loe Frazer, a young milk-wagon driver, sacrificed his life In saving that of a little son of John O'Hara, his em ployer. The wagon was struck by an Ann Arbor Railroad train at the Pontlac Street crossing. Frazer saw the train In time to throw his Child companion from the wagon. When he Jumped he foil under the locomo tive and was horribly mangled. Gain In Gold And Silver. Washington, D. C. (Special). Tho semi-annual provisional statement le aned by the Director of the Mint shows that there has been a gain in the stock of gold and silver coin In the United States since June 30. I '.".. of $118,686,508. FINANCIAL The income of the Girard Estate for 1907 was $1,983,000. Canadian Pacific shareholders au thorized the Issue of $2 8,000,000 un sold stock. According to a British authority stocks dealt In in London declined during the year $1,700,000,000. It Is expected that a general re sumption of currency payments by the banks will come now at an oarly date. The report from Washington of pushing the plan to make the Union Pacific give up control of the South ern Pacific did not alarm the traders. There was an increase of $69,853 lu Atchison's November gross earn ings, but a net decrecte of $1,222. 942. The average net decrease for five months In net profits was 25 per cent. American stocks wore favorably affected by tbe reduction of the Bank of England's discount rate from 7 to 6 per cent. It was an Indication of Improving money condition abroad. A 2 per cent, extra dividend I now talked of for Northern Pacific There waz a gain of $14,988 In Chesapeake & Ohio's net profits in November. Rock Island's gross earnings In November decreased $100,788 and net profits fell $588,268. Fire losses In the United States lu 1907 were 1215,000,000 against $459, 004), 000 In 1906, and $175,000, 000 In 1905. San Francisco was re sponsible for tbe big loss In 1906. It Is estimated that the railroad gross earnings for the calendar year 1907 Increased fully $2,000,000,000 over 1906, or over 11 per cont. The Arst six months showed an Increase of about $121,400,000, or 12.6 per cent., and tbe last half of the year Count Bonl and His Brother, en Emerging From Churth, Attack Prince de Sagan, Their Cousin, the Count Spitting In His Face They Clinch and Roll Into a Gutter. Paris (By Cable). Couut Bonl de Castellans, from whom his wife, who was Miss Anna Gould, of New York, van recently divorced, and Prince Helle de Sagan, who on sever al occasions was reported to be en gaged to Mme. Gould, had a per sonal encounter at the Church of St. Pierre de CbaMlot while a service to the memory of Lady Stanley Er rington, a relative of both men, who died lately In England, was In prog ress. Beginning Inside the church, where. Count Bonl says, tho Prince Insulted both him and the sacred edifice, the encounter was resuried at the door way, where Count Bonl, followed by his brother, Count Jean de Castel lane, overtook the Prince. Count Bonl spat in his cousin's face. Then came the clash of canes, fol lowed by a rough-and-tumble fight on the pavement, which ended in the gutter, where the men were finally separated by a butcher. Count Bonl at the moment of Intervention was holding down the woll-nlgh Insensible Prince, while Jean, recording to eye witnesses, was administering lo him a severe kicking. In The Butcher's Grip. When the police arrived the butch er was holding the two principals la the fight, who were covered with mud. The Prince was bleeding pro fusely from a wound In the right temple, where l.e had been hit by Count Boni's heavy stick. With the butcher's hand on bis collnr. Bonl was haranguing n crowd which had gathered as to why he had spat In thf Prince's face. The police invited th two men to go to the station-house and this, after some disputing, the agreed to do. All three of them, be spattered with mud. accompanied Hit police, and, followed by several thous and persons, they marched off to th station, where they mnde "explana tions.'' Both Count Bonl and the Prince gave their own version of the quar rel, each clnimlng that the other wa: the aggressor, but the Prince nlonc lodged a complaint, charging the brothers was assault. A "process verbal'' having been written out. according to the Frencl law, tbe three men signed It and then were released. The case now will go before the public prosecutor, who will decide what, If any, step shall be taken. No Duel Likely. In view of tho fact that Prime Helle has elected to pursue the mat tor In the courts, the idea of a duel seems to be precluded. Besides, Count Boui declared that It wa? doubtful whether he would receive the witnesses of the Prince, oven If the latter could find anyone to act In that capacity. Prince Helle is laid up In bed with his head swathed in bandages, while Count Bonl spent a part of the evening In visiting the newspaper oftices, telling the story of the encounter. Wben seen by a correspondent he was In high humor. Throwing back the lapels of hi- fur coat In order to better display one of his famuos white silk waistcoats, he began the recital with the history of his cousin, whom he painted In the blackest col ors, declaring that Prince Helle had been ostracized by his own .family, not one of whom would. permit him to enter the honse. Count Bonl, then proceeded to explain the episode and declared that It had nothing to do with Mme. Anna Gould, but was the result of an old grudge between him and the Prince. He added that the Prince had not been Invited to the ceremony at the church. A Dangerous Man. I'he gossip at the el. Is thai u duel may be the outcome, after all. The Prince Is counted a very dan gerous man both with the sword and pistol. He has accumulated the reputation of being a halr-trigget brawler and stickler on points of honor who has fought aliriost r, hundred duels and marked his man more than score of tlmos. Count Bonl Is reckoned no coward anr very handy with the little duolln pistol himself. The underlying motive of the quar rel is evldeut enough. So much lift : Prince Helle's name boon In the mouths of the gossips llnkod with Mme. Anna Gould's pf late that Count Boni's pose of martrydom. which he succeeded In large measure in Impressing upon the popular gym pathles. had recently suffered grent ly. Since tho Prlr.ee is so close a re latlon to Count Bonl, the heraldin-.' of his possible c'lancoa at the Ooub' fortune had rankled the more deeply in the small chest of the lute hi: -band. "Living Skeleton" Dead. Providence, It. 1 I. i Special) Charles II. Perry, who travelled Wttti sevorul of the larger circuses for 15 years, figuring as "tho skeleton man.' wa; found dead lu u but on the out ukirts of this city, where be hud lately led a ncrmlt a lire. Ferry wa; known to the public as Eugene Fer alto. Although he was 6 feet 1 Inch In height, he weighed only 80 pound;,. Cheese Poisons A Dozen. Wharton, Ohio (Special).- A doz en persons wore .poisoned hers b eating eheese. Clarci'co Bell, wlf. and three children are dying. The others pqlsoned are Mr. and Mi Wheeler Crlder and two children' and the family of L. F. Long. Austriu-Hiingary Gives Aid. Pittsburg, Pa. (8pec'an. An nouncement U made that. $6000 has been added to the relief fund for the sufferers of the Naomi, Monon gah aud Jacobs Creek mine disasters by the Austria-Hungary Government. Increased $78,600,000 cent or 9.8 per Shot May Prove Fatal. Scranton, Pa. (Special). Wblle loading a shotgun to rout chtckon thieves, Michael Murray, of Carbon dale, accidentally discharged the weapon and the shot shattered both legs of his Invalid wife who was ly ou the bed. The physicians do not look tor her recovery. The father opened the breech and the daughter inserted the shell. Chief Of Polite ,Kiuhlimted. Samara, Russia (By Cable). Col onel Bobroff, chief of the provincial geudarmerie, was shot and killed lu i irowded street liore. - COMMERCIAL COLUMN. Weekly Review of Tndi and Latest Market Reports. R. G. Dun & Co's Weekly Review of Trade says: Holiday trade was very heavy dur ing the last few days before Christ mas, raising the total for the season above expectations, although com parisons with last year's figures are unfavorable at most points. Ooneral business has been quiet, as Is custo mary at this time, and manufacturing plants have Increased the percentage of Idle machinery. The hanks furnish currency more readily for payrolls, but little Im provement is recorded In mercantlk collections. More wage-earners art unemployed than at any prevloui time this year, yet many factories and mills announce resumption early ir 1908, and consumption of stapli commodities is not perceptibly dimln Ished, because of the saving of the preceding extended period of full oc cupation. The year draws to a close with brighter prospects for spring business In footwear than have been seen for several months. New business has been secured at the expense of values however, quotations for most va rieties of hoots and shoes being mod erately lower. Wholesale Markets. Baltimore. Wheat The receipts of Southern wheat were very small and confined to a few hundred bush els which sold, by sample, at 96c. Tho market for Western opened firm er; spot and December, 101 102c; No. 2 red Western, 103; January, 102 Si; May, 109. Corn Western opened firm; spot, 62c; -January, 62; February. 62. Selling prices wore: No. 2 white, 68 c; No. 2 white, new, 62; mixed, 68; new, 62; steamer mixed, 58; steamer white, 58r No. 8, 57. Oats White No. I, heavv, 57 5i c; No. 2, light to medium, 56 n67; No. 3. heavv, 56ff56- No. 3, medium, 56 56 ; No. 3, light, t4ff?55; No. 4, light to heavy, 62 (&'53. Mixed No. 2 54 54c; No. 3, 6253; No. 4. 50 Butter Mnrket llrm and demand generally good. Separator. 20 29 hi ; Imitation. 21 (n L'.'f. Cheese Market steady. Jobbing prices: Early flat, 17c; ponv size, 17; late, flat, 16; pony, 16. Eggs Market steady. Ready sale for choice fresh stock, and receipts of such are light. Quote, per dozen, loss off: Maryland, Pennsylvania and nearby, firsts, 31c; Western, firsts, 81; West Virginia, firsts, 3n- South ern firsts, 28 29; guinea egss, 15 (a 16. New York Wheat No. 2 red, 104 elevator; No. 2 red, 106 t. o. b., afloat; No. I Northern Du luth. 121 f. o. b., afloat; No. 2 hard winter, 116 f. 0. B afloat. Corn Spot market easv; No. 2, 71 c. elevator and 65 f. o b.. afloat; No. 2 white, 60 Vt, nnd No. 2 yellow nominal f. o. b., afloat. Oats Receipts 4 5,000 bu.; ex ports 1,456. Spot steady; mixed, 26 to 32 lbs., 55c; natural white, 26 to 32 lbs., 67 60; clipped white, 32 to 40 lbs., 6965. Eggs Pennsylvania and nearby, fancy selected, white, 45 (f? 48c; good to choice. 38 42; brown nnd mix ed fancy, 38; average best, 3637; first to extra first, 32 35; Western first, 32(3 33; seconds, 2881. Philadelphia. Wheat, c. lower; contract grade, December, 101 102c Corn steady; December, 61 61. Oats firm; No. 2 white natur al, 6757c. Butter firm; extra Western cream ery, 81c; do., noarby prints, S3. Eggs steady, fair demand; Pennsyl vania and other . nearby firsts, free cases, 33c at mark, do., do., current receipts, in returnable cases, 32 at mark; Western choice, free cases, 38 at mark; do., fair to good, free cases, 82 at mark. Cheese quiet but steadv; New York, full creams, choice. 16 16c; do., fair to good. 15 16. Cg Live Stock. New York. Deeves Feeliug weak. Dressed beef slow at 7 10c. for native sides. Exports, 800 cattle, 1,100 sheep avid 0,510 quar tes of beef. Calves Veals steady; barnyard calves and Westerns firm; all sold; comtnou to choice veals at $5 to $9.75 per 100 lbs.; a few barnyard crwves at 13; Westerns at $i4.7 city dosses veals stood v it IU 14c; country drese1 r.t R In 1 " u. Sheep and Lambs Sheep slow aud 15c. lower; lambs 26c lower. A car of sheep unsold. Common to choice sheep at $3 4.75 per 100 lbs.; a few ueaa or exira oo at 1.5 to $5.25; or dinary to prime lamba at $6 to $" a smau 101 at 9i.n1. Chicago. Cattle Market firm ar.J 1015c. higher; steers, $8.906.25 cows. $2.76 4.60; heifers, $2.50 6.25; bulls, $2.604.90; calves, $8.?07.00; Blockers aud feedera $3.00 4.60. Hogs Market 15 2 5c. lower choice heavy shipping, $4.40 4.50; butchers', $4.40 4.1,0; light mlxod, $4.854.40; choice lights, $4.40 4.45; packing, $4.00 4.40; pigs $3754.15; bulk of sales, $4.30 Pittsburg, Pa O.tttg Choice, $5.306.50; prime, $6.106.26. Sheep Prime wethers. $4.80(TrS5- culls and common, $1.80 2.60 luiuos, i ou o.ob- veal calves 8.60. $8 THIS AND THAT This century will have 25 leap years, the greatest possible number. Four hundred millions of sardines are taken yearly off English roasts. An orange tree has b"eon known to produce 15,000 oranges at ouo crop. Cotton growing In Peru dateB back before the time of (he Spanish con quest. Alexin, ii. 1 the Great, when on campaign, ate the rations of a com mon soldier. The average weight of tbe British salmoti Is eight pounds. In tbe farms of Norway during planting and harvesting time mora women than -men ore seen In the fields. The library of Jobn Burns, M. P , fills three small rooms. As a boy he sacrificed himself to collect booku. A French engineer has made oati matee for the expenditure of a total of 11,600,000 for the Improvement Of three Oretan porta. The total commerce of the world in 1800 waa about one and a bait iilliotis of dollars;. In 1900 It was more than twenty billions of dollars.
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