fr — Bellefonte, Pa., June 30, 1905. ATT P. GRAY MEEK, - - - Epitor i ————————— Terms or ' SusscairrioN.—Until further notice this paper will be furnished to subscribers at the following rates : : Paid strictly in advance................... Paid before expiration of year.......... Paid after expiration of year........... 2.007 — Democratic County Committee for 1905. Precinct. ame: P. 0. Address. Bellefonte N W C. Harper, Bellefonte 4 SW p H. Gerrity, od £ WW Geo. R. Meek, hi Centre Hall Boro D. J. Meyer, Centre Hall Howard *e Howard Moore, Howard Milesburg = “¢ James Noll, Milesburg Millheim id Pierce Musser, Millheim Philipsburg 1st W J. W, Lukens, Philipsburg 2nd W Ira Howe, bid rd W Ed.G. Jones ee 8. Philipsbur; Josenh Gate * State College Boro D. Ma State College Unionville P J McDonell, Fleming Benner Twp. N P John F. Grove, Bellefonte # S > John Grove, “R.F, Boggs Twp. N Ira P. Confer, Yarnell E P J. C. Barnhart, Roland &. W P Lewis Wallace Milesburg Burnside Twp. William Hipple,” Pine Glenn College = Nathan Grove, Lemont Curtin se R. A. Poorman, Romola Ferguson ‘“ EP Wm, H. Fry, Pine Grove Mills f# W P Sumner Miller,Penna Furnace Gregg Twp. R P J.C. Rossman, Spring Mila P H. P. Herring, Penn Hall i WP John Smith, Spring Mills Haines Twp. w 2 Bal h E. Stover, Asronsbur; 1g Orndorf, Woodwar Half Moon Twp." Hm McAfee, Stormstown Harris John Weiland, Boalsbur; Howard $e feo. D. Johnson, Roland R.F, Huston i Henry Hale, Julian Liberty Twp. E P W. F. Harter, Blanchard Liberty Twp. W P Albert Bergner, Monument Marion .e . J. W. Orr, Walker Miles Twp 5 P H.F. Mosianaway, Wolfs Store P Geo. B B. Winters, Smulton ” Nb G. Ed. Miller, Rebersburg Patton Twp. Ros M. Jtey, Waddle Penn W. F. Smith, Millheim Potter “ S P Geo. Goodhart, Centre Hall te *“ N P Geo. H. Emerick, Centre Hall 4 « y P % > Spangler, Tusseyville Rush 6 P . Frank, Philipsburg i. £ P Femi LL Munson Sta. 8 P Jno.T. Li Retort Snow Shoe E P a Rng: Snow Shoe WP James Culver Moshannon Spring, Twp. ¥ P C. M. Heisler, Bellefonte P John Mulfinger, Pleasant Gap » “ P Jno. L. Dunlap, _ Bellefonte Taylor Twp. P. A. Hoover, Port Matilda Union * John O. Peters, Fleming Walker Twp EP Solomon Peck, Nittany M P John McAuley, Hublersburg . W P John Co Zion Worth JA. Wilttams, Poh Matilda H. 8. TAYLO. County I irman. Democratic State Ticket. FOR STATE TREASURER, WILLIAM H. BERRY, of Delaware county. FOR JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT, JOHN B. HEAD, of Westmoreland county. The County Ticket. For Sheriff : ELLIS 8. SHAFFER, of Miles Twp. . For Treasurer : DR. FRANK K. WHITE, of Philipsburg. For Register : HARRY J. JACKSON, of Bellefonte. For Recorder : JOHN C. ROWE, of Philipsburg. For Commissioner : JOHN L. DUNLAP, of Spring Twp. C. A. WEAVER, of Penn Twp. For Auditor : JAMES W. SWABB, of Harris Twp. 8S. H. HOY, of Benner Twp. For Coroner : DR. P. 8. FISHER, of Walker Twp. SCA —————— ADDITIONAL LOCALS. -——S8heriff Taylor's family of boarders on the hill numbers ten. pe ——There will be but nne week of court at the August term. er gf neste ——Re-opening services will be held in the Evangelical church at Spring Mills to- morrow evening and Sunday. ——Philip H. Meyer bas organized a class in vocal music, which will meet on Tuesday evenings in the Evangelical church. “ —— einen. ——The families of C. F. Montgomery, E. H. Richard and J. H. Lingle expect to have a house party at the Nittany Coun- try club over the Fourth. — ——The mercantile firm of W. G. L. Crain & Son, at Port Matilda, has been dis- solved and in the future the business will be conducted by C. W. Crain. 4 ——— AP iin. ——Charley Schad expects to harvest a thousand bushels of peaches from his orebard-in-the mountains above ‘the chain” works. He has one hundred pigs in pasture there; all 61 whith sééhi’to bé thriving. O— ll —erreemeemeemmm. ——H. M. Bidwell has a mortgage on the. WATCHMAN office that we- won't ~he able to wipe out until June,1906, no matter how hard we try. He dropped in bere Friday, and paid for the delivery of a paper to his home each week until that time, ———— A een — 1 will probably be a’ matter of in< terest to his friends in. this (vicinity: ta kfow: :$hat one: of the prettiest marches which the Coleville band has played in its regular Saturday evening concer programe,’ thug far this Season, is one composed by Dr. are ‘B. Woodcock, of Soranton. A farther evidence that it isa good one is the fact that it is a favorite with director Bryant, a rs ee A sin ¥ ——Talk about educated trout, we have them in Spring creek if they are to be found" anywhere. Last week when the State Fisheries ‘Association met in this place the members patrolled the banks of the creek with rod and line in the hope of landing even one of the hig beauties known to in+ habit the waters,but they were not favored: with even a sight of one of the monsters, les alone catching any. Bag Wednesday of this week, when none of the members of the association were here, a halt dozen treat, from twelve to sixteen inches in; length. very tanntingly disported up and, down the creek in plain view from the. windows of the WATCHMAN . office; and: yesterday afternoon John: Thomas, a thir teen-year-old boy, landed a fice shirteenn ——DMrs. John Noll, whose illness has been already noted in this paper, is slowly oonvalescing as she is able to sit =p fora short time each day. ee i tees SECOND BRIGADE ORDERS. — Brigadier General John A. Wiley, of the Second brigade, N. G. P., bas issued his orders No. 5, containing detailed directions for the brigade encampment at Erie July 15th to 22nd. The advance details to prepare the camp will report at Erie July 11th. Major W. Fred Reynolds, of this place, has been appointed provost marshal. ———Fewer Gallons ; Wears Longer. reese (QQ ereeeemeeeeeaeersee. ——Among the decisions handed down by the Supreme court, last week, was the case of W. L. Shellenberger vs. The Al- toona and Philipsborg Connecting rail- road company, in which the decree of the lower court was reversed. The suit was brought by the holders of mortgages D | amounting to $256,000 to compel the fore- closure of same, and was tried in Clearfield county court before Judge John G. Love, of this place. —— ps ——Last Satorday J. B. Shuman, pro- prietor of the State College hotel, sold off all the hotel furnishinge at public sale, owing to the fact that the old hotel will be moved down Allen street to make room for the big new thiee-story hotel building to be erected at once on the'site of the old structure. Mr. Shuman shipped his hounse- bold goods to Huntingdon and stored them for the present while he and Mrs. Shuman will spend a month or so with their daugh- ter in New York. Asbury Park, just issued by the passenger department of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., might be the means of helping some of you whoare in doubt as to a nice place to spend your summer vacation. Asbury will be particularly attractive this summer because the National Educational associa- tion meets there and to persons who are after a profitable, as well as a recreative vacation, it is a fine placetogo. A Zot. .| stamp enclosed to Geo. W. Boyd, general passenger agent of the P. R. R. at Phila- delphia, will secure one of the brochures for you. ee —~—TheChildren’s day service in the Methodist church last Sunday evening was, as usnal, well attended and interesting. Scarce of cultivated flowers, the committee on decorations showed how pleasingly flowers of field and forest could be arrang- ed. The children graduated from the pri- mary department in the main room and who received diplomas and bibles for commit- ting the twenty-third Psalw, command- ments, beatitudes, Apostle’s creed, the | Lord’s prayer and names of the books of the Bible were Georgiana, Helen P.and Miriam Smith, Helen Eckenroth, Mary Hepburn, Margaret Gehret and Henry Ogden. While a service of children is beautiful at any time, the morning hours, bright with sun- shine, fresh flowers and happy wide-awake child faces, seem more appropriate than the evening when nature as well as children drowse. GoLD WATCH MYSTERIOUSLY Disap- PEARS.— Wm. Doll, the baker, was minus his gold watch which mystericusly disap- | peared from his vest pocket between 9 and 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. Mr. Doll bad taken off his vest and hung it up in the kitohen of his bakery in the Bush Arcade... At .9.0'clock he took -the- watoh out of his vest pocket to tell the milkman the time of day. About a balf hour later he went to see what time it was and the watch was gone; and though he searched everywhere for the timepiece it could nos be found. Outside the employees in the bakery only one person: had been in after the milkman went out, Jobn Delige(color- ed) after the off-falls. Doll swore out a warrant for Delige’s arrest but at the hear- ing there was no evidence that he had taken the watch and he was discharged. Tuesday night Doll’s delivery wagon was | housed, as usual, in the Brockerhoff stable. Wednesday morning when the driver brought the wagon around to the bakery and opened up the bread box he found the watch in the bottom of the box among the baskets. How it got there is as much a mystery. as its disappearance was Tuesday moming. BATHDEST FAMILY REUNION.—A very :| pleasant family reunion was held as the home of the venerable Lawrence J. Bath- urss, near Roland, last Thursday afternoon and evening. * Of the ‘large family of chil- dren those present were Mr.and Mrs. Alfred Henderson, of Bellwood; Mrs. Amanda Weakley, Chicagd; Mrs. Heni'y Vaughn and son, of Philipsburg; John Bathurst, Pine Croft; Mrs. E. Furney and five ohildren, Bellefonte; Mrs. Wilson Varner, Juniata; Mrs. Bert Bathurst, Harvey, Wm., James and Earl, of Bellefonte, and Armona and Lawrence, at home. Two of the children were unable to get home. In addition to the family guite a number of friends and neighbors gathered at the Bathurst orabie one. REE Ee 5 Mr. Bathurst is one of the old time resi- dents of Boggs township and held in high up until a few years ago he was a hard- | working citizen but a fall a couple year ago left him somewhat orippled and sivoe thas time he has lived quietly as his cozy home near Roland. One featuie of last week’s reunion was the recounting of various family reminiscences, hut perhaps the main featnre. was the -elegaus supper prepared by Mrs. Bathorst and her esti- mable daughters, jubi ih from within a fly-cast of she Bush ing room. i BOM a TW ant family gatherings. ——The handsome little brochure on home and made FEE oecasi on quite a mem. esteem hy all who know him. All his Nie] May Mr, Bathurss ——O0n Wednesday the Board of Pardons refused to commute to life imprisonment the death sentence of Mrs. Kate Edwards, of Berks county. Slo geen il ~——Mr. and Mrs: Chauncey F. York, of Warriorsmark, bave gone to Clarke Lake, Michigan, where they will occupy their own cottage during the summer season. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Keller and Miss Orvis have issued cards to many of the younger people of she town for a reception shis evening from eight to eleven o’clock. tp ie ——The families of W. R. and Harry E. Jenkins went to the Willows on Monday to spend a week. It must have been to make ready for the excitement incident to tae Fourth for so quiet is our town at pres- ent that even the discharge of a fire cracker might prove deleterious to one’s nervous system. —— Aree -——Fewer Gallons ; Wears Longer. mA CONCERTS AT HECLA PARK.—The Fri- day afternoon and evening concerts and dances at Hecla Park that in former . years have proven go attractive will be resumed on this Friday, June 30th, and continue during the balance of the season. The Park management has again secured the services of the Smith orchestra : for these occasions. Concerts will commence at 3:00 p. m. each Friday afternoon. 26 Sr ——— Gy fp nse. o’clock Thursday morning fire broke out in the double house occupied by Mitchell View, and ere the flames could be extin- guished the building was entirely destroy- ed and two other houses badly damaged. One of the damaged houses was ocoupied by an Italian family while the other was vacant. The houses were owned by the Bush estate. — ein ——Fewer Gallone ; Wears Longer. ~The north bound passenger train on the Tyrone and Clearfield railroad, between Sandy Ridge and Osceola, escaped what might have been a very serious wreck, last Friday night, endangering the lives of one hundred and twenty - eight passengers aboard. Wallace Moore, a little ocurly- beaded eight-year-old lad whose parents lived close by the railroad, noticed that a switch had heen opened, either purposely or anintentionally, and knowing that the passenger train was soon due, stood in the middle of the track until he saw it ap- proaching when he waved his hat and flagged the train to a standstill. Naturally the little fellow was made a hero of by the trainmen and passengers. —— A remem MARRIAGE OF EDWARD SAMPLE. —A Kansas paper of recent date contains no- tice of the marriage of Mr. Edward Sam- twenty-third, at the home of the bride’s parents ip Osborn, Kansas. This is of in. ‘terest to many of our readers as be is the son of James Sample, who lived for years in Pine Grove Mills, and the family bave many friends apd relatives in Centre county. Although Ed was but a small boy when he went west his fame as the Boy Orator of theWest has kept us all in- terested in his career. He is now Dis- trict Attorney of Topeka, Kansas, and witi- ning bis way to the foremost rank of west- ern lawyers. The bride is a gradnate of Washburn College, Kansas, class of 94. After a wedding trip through Idaho and other western States they will go to house- keeping in a handsomely farnished house in Topeka. ie pe id Two WEDDINGS IN PHILIPSBURG.— Two weddings were celebrated in Philips harg, Wednesday of last week. The first was 889.30 o’clock in the morning, in St, Paul’s Episcopal church, and the contract- ing parties George Gibbs Kinkead and Miss Grace Waugh. The ceremony was performed by the pastor, Rev. F. J. Clere. Miss Katharine Waugh, a sister of the bride, was bridesmaid, while the groom’s brother was best man. The second wedding occurred at 4 alook in the afternoon and was that of Dr. Harvey Glenn Jones, .of Winburne, aud Miss Mary Ethel Beam, youngest daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Jesse Beam. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Wallsee, of the M. E. church. — WILLIAMS—MUSSER. — Wm. E. Wil- liams, of Altoona, and Miss Margaret Musser, of Pine Grove Mills, were married in the Lutheran church at the latter place, as 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, Rev. C. T. Aiken performing the ceremony in the guests. Following the ceremony the young couple drove to Boalsburg where a recep- tion was tendered them. well-to-do young man and is foreman ina lomber yard in Altoona. The bride isa daughter of the late William Musser and isa very charming young woman. - rr en. DS —Ed ward Clayton Fish Mr. and Mrs. Henry Swartz, in Philips- burg, as high noon on Wednesday, Rev. George D. Pennypacker performing the ceremony. Only the immediate friends of the family were present. ——— ——The wedding of Mr. Minot Curtis Brewer to Miss Alice Campbell VanPelt, at Camden, N. J., on Saturday, June 24sh, ‘hae heen announced. Mr. Brewer will be remembered as a draftsman wish the Stand- ard Scale works when they were Tosagey in this place. ——Oage reason why a man looks better senior live to enjoy many more such pleas J in a cheap photograph ia thas it is easier for him to look pleasant while thinking of what it will cost him. THURSDAY MORNING FIRE.—About 7 Young and John Richard, at Pleasant ple, to Miss Florence Morton, on June presence of a large number of invited The groom is a dl at the home of the bride's patents; Is 1T FAT R?—While only one of the large dry goods houses in Bellefoute regularly uses the WATCHMAN asa medium of reach- ing the public we feel that itis only dne to all of them to call attention to a manifestly unjust action on the part of some of the people of the town toward our home stores. During the week there has been an itiner- ant vender of cloth and dress goods making a house to house canvass in Bellefonte and we understand that he has sold goods to the amount of nearly $1000. Some of the purchasers are families of men who are renting store rooms to mer- chants in the same line of business, others are families of business men themeelves who expect the patronage of dry goods merchants and their families. Aside from the responsibility of this itinerant salesman it is scarcely fair to onr merchants to ask them to pay rent for store rooms, pay taxes for public improvements, furnish employment for clerks and con: tribute their share to the prosperity of the community ; while others pay no attention whatever to_their share of the duties ot good citizenship. Now, a word of consolation. If the gen- tleman who has been selling dress goods in Bellefonte during the past few days is the same fellow who was selling suitings to State College students several weeks ago —and we are told that he is—the purchas- ers of his articles might find their great bargains a great fake ere long. We know, as a positive’ fact that when the beautilul suits—in the piece—that were sold to the College boys, came to be made up the colors in many of them ran so in the sponging as to make them utterly. useless. While we do not wish any such misfor- tune to befall the Bellefonte purchasers referred to, yet we could not censure local merchants if, upon hearing of such, they were t0 remark : Good for them ! ELECTION OFFICERS GO TO JAIL Plead Guilty to Stuffing Ballot Boxes and Are Fined and Imprisoned. Philadelphia, June 28.—The sensa- tional case of ballot box stuffing in the 21st division of the 13th ward, which came to a quick and unexpected ter- mination in quarter sessions court, when three of the accused men plead: ed guilty, while the other two pleaded not guilty. The latter pair were dis- charged by the recommendation of the prosecution. The three who pleaded guilty were a fine of $500 and disfranchisement for seven years; Strauss to five months with four months and a fine of $250. ‘When District lined to the judge the claims of the reommonwealth and. told him that they could be proved, the allegations he made created a sensation in the crowd: ted court room. He said that on the morning of the election the officers stuffed 200 fraudulent ballots into the “box. He produced a book used at the polls containing the names of voters, and said that it contained 200 fictitious names written in it by a woman. He said when she was accused of writing these names the woman fainted in his office, and that later Persifor Frazer, an expert, was of the opinion that It was her handwriting. 3 f PRESIDENT GOES TO 0 OYSTER BAY Mr. Roosevelt Made Three Addresses During Harvard Commencement. Cambridge, Mass., June 29. --— Al: though nominally celebrating with his classmates the 25th anniversary of tha class of '80 from Harvard University, President Roosevelt was the honored guest of America’ 8s most ancient seat of léarning. Following the conmimencement exer- cises, the president made three publi¢ addresses, one at the Harvard Union, a second, and the principal one of his Memorial Hall, and a third from the steps of -Memorial-Hall'to-the mem of the alumni who' could not gain a mittance to the; Memorial Hall exe ciges, ; The, speech in Memorial Hal which was.a general discussion of th gE of the. . college, evoked th test enthust spate Be left at 2 0 clock this morning for Bridgeport, where party boarded the Jacki Sylph for Oyster Bay. A ‘DOUBLE ‘SUICIDE Naval Bandmaster and Wife Preferred Death to Separation. Paterson, N. J, June 27.—Unable to endure the thought of a long separa: tion involved ‘in the foreign service to which he was ordered, Henry Eichen- rodt, bandmaster of the United States battleship Alabama, and ' his young wife, to whom he had been united less than a year, committed suicide. After the last cruise of the North Atlantic fleet Eichenrodt came home and was to have rejoined his ship last night, with the understanding that he {would not again obtain. shore leave be- | fore departing for the Asiatic station. Friends gathered at his home to bid farewell to the bandmaster. In the midst of the festivities Eichenrodt and his wife left the party and later were found dead in their bedroom, clasped in each other's arms. Examination showed that after turning on the gas both had swallowed carbolic acid. Stoned Old Man to Death. Sterling, Ill, June 28. — Jesse BE. Koser, 18 years old, has confessed that following a quarrel he stoned to death Jacob Weaver, aged 65, at Savannah last Saturday night. Moser and his "!'brother ” Frank, aged 16, and their father, Edward Koser, have been held to the grand jury as accessors. All are laborers, a Th Rt A took place at the February election, William Yost, judge of election; Ber: nard Strauss and William Glenn, the inspector's clerk. Yost was sentenced’ to imprisonment for five months and: and a similar fine, while Glenn got oft Attorney Bell out: tour, at the annual alumni dinner in THA Ema hE THREATEN TO BOMBARD ODESSA Red Flag of Revolution Floats at the Mast Head, and a Naval Battle Is Expected When Black Sea Fleet Ar- rives—Rioters In Odessa Are Defiant and Rein of Terror Exists. Odessa, June 29.—The red flag of revolution is hoisted at the masthead of the Kniaz Potemkine, Russia's most powerful battleship in the Black Sea, which now lies in the harbor in the hands of mutineers, The captain and most of the officers were murdered and thrown overboard in the open sea, and the ship is com- pletely in the possession of the crew and a few officers who have thrown in their lot with the mutineers. The guns of the Kniaz Potemkine command the city, and in the streets masses of striking workmen who on Tuesday fled before the volleys of the troops are now inflamed by the specta- cle of open revolt on board an imperial warship and are making a bold front against the military. All day long firing has been heard in many quarters of the city. A number of barricades have been erected, and tumult and disorder reign. The main squadron of the Black Sea fleet, consisting of the battleships Georgei Pobiedonosetz (George the Vic torious), Tri Sviattitelia, Rostislav and Ekaterina II, with two cruisers, are expected to arrive here, and a regular naval battle is in prospect. The rioters are in a most defiant ‘mood and are not inclined to surrender without fighting. Reports of the TAT which oc- curred while the battleship was at: sea, are difficult to obtain, as the muti- neers refuse to allow communication with the shore, but it is ascertained that it arose from the shooting of a sailor who was presenting on behalf of the crew a complaint against bad food. | According to one version, this sailor, whose name was Omiltchuk, objected to the quality of the ‘“borchteh,” or soup, and was immediately shot down by a mess officer. The crew then rose and seized the ship and the officers, eight of whom were spared on condi- tion that they would join the muti- neers. The others were killed and their bodies thrown overboard. After a period of vacillation the Kniaz Potemkine headed for Odessa and arrived here, accompanied by two torpedo boats. The body of Omiltchuk was brought ashore in one of the bat- tleship’s boats and was landed on the new Mole, where it has been exposad in semi-state all day. It was visited oy thousands of persons, many of whom placed coins in a basket at the head of the body towards a fund to defray the cost of the funeral, which the sail- ors propose to hold, and ‘which the strikers will make the occasion of a great demonstration. + An inscription on the breast of the ‘dead sailor states on behalf of the crew that Omiltchuk died for the truth, be- cause he presented a just complaint of the crew. : The authorities have made no at- tempt to remove the body,’ the sailors having served notice that: the ship would open fire on any one seeking to interfere with it. A police agent visit- ing the spot was killed by strikers. During the day a red flag was hoist- ed on the Kniaz Potemkine, and mem- bers of the crew rode from : ship: to ship in the harbor, forcing the stop- page of all work thereon. Food was supplied them by sympathizers on shore, who pillaged the maritime store- houses. The strike is now general in the city, and the rioters are. growing .in numbers and boldness. There were ex- changes of shots all day, but the num- ber of victims cannot be stated. A bomb was thrown in Cathedral ‘Pale ace, killing its thrower and a Dpolice- man. During the day ore. of the torpedo. boats which accompanied the ‘Kniaz Potemkine came into the harbor and seized the Russian steamer ‘Esperanza. The steamer was laden with 2000 tons of coal, ‘Which the ‘battleship is taking on board. Bee a Fle lS The # Shipping and Quays in Flames. . “London, June 29:=-A disp teh from’ Odessa to a news agency dated Wed: nesday night says: = “The, whole of the quays .and the buildings. around ‘the, harbor, as well as much shipping; are in flames. ‘Mobs: of incendiaries by armed force ‘pre- vented ‘the’ fire ‘brigade working. ‘The the Kniaz FP 8 threaten a p is im. | possible and - everybody is.: watching. and... waiting, i Tuesday: night's col lisions: between thé mobs and the po lice and military ‘resulted in the loss of 17 lives, ‘including thy three policemen. fh ‘BLOODY BATTLE AT LODZ Polish City the Scene of a Frightful Slaughter, | Todz,. Russian Poland, June 27.— Since the proclamation of martial law the situation has become more quiet. The governor general has proclaimed a state of siege at Lodz. The rumor of an approaching mas- sacre of Jews has caused 20,000 Jews to leave the town. The victims of last week's outbreak total over 1200. Thus far the bodies of 848 Jews and 218 Christians have been buried. The wounded number over 700 | persons. The solhtghters included women’ and children as well as men. Wives of the strikers fought with desperation, and in We first encounter a girl of 13, i armed with a revolver, blew out. the | brains of a Cossack. In the same en- E counter a man hurled a bomb into the ranks of ‘the: Cossacks and killed ‘or | wounded 20 of them, a ER AN —— wt ” — POINT WILD RUMORS, DENIED Russian Staff Claims They Have Woa ictory In Manchuria. St. Pte). June 29.—The gen- eral staff announces that it has abso- lutely nothing to support the many wild reports that General Kuropatkin has been killed or has committed sui- cide and that a portion of the Russian army is surrounded. On the contrary, the staff reports that the Russians have achieved a considerable victory. According to the information in pos- session of the staff, the operations thus far have been in the nature of preliminaries for a general engage- ment, which has not yet begun. They regard the movement of the Japanese in Korea as being most serious, be- lieving that it indicates their deter- mination to drive a wedge northward and isolate and invest Vladivostok be- bore the peace negotiations begin. There are indications that the Rus- sians propose to offer resistance at the Tumen river. FOUND GIGANTIC SKELETONS Remains of Indians. Eight Feet Tall Discovered In Maryland. Baltimore, Md., June 29.—The Amer- ican has learned that a number of gi- gantic skeletons of prehistoric Indians, nearly eight feet tall, have been dis- covered along the banks of the Chop- tank river, in this state, by employes of the Maryland Academy of Sciences and are now at the academy's building, where they are being articulated and restored by the academy experts. They will be placed on public exhibition early in the fall. The collection comprises: eight skele- tons, of which some are those of women and children. They are not all com- plete, but all the larger bones have been found, and there is at least one complete specimen of an adult man. The excavations were in progress for months, and the discovery is consid- ered one of great importance. The re- mains are believed to be about 1000 years old. The formation of the ground above and the location of the graves gives evidence of this. During the ex- cavations the remains of the camps of later Indians were revealed. These consisted of oyster shell heaps, frag- ments of cooking utensils, etc. These discoveries were made fully 10 feet above the graves which contained the giant skeletons. INSISTS ON CONFERENCE Germany Refuses to Accede to France On Moroccan Question. Paris, June 28.—Germany’s reply to the French note on the subject of Mo- rocco was presented during a confer- ence between Prince Radolin, the Ger- man ambassador, and Premier Rouvier at the foreign office. While most friendly in form and entirely lacking in peremptory tone, Germany’s response none the less maintains the position that the Moroccan question must be regulated by a conference of the pow- ers, without any agreement in advance: limiting the scope of such conference. This was accompanied by the presenta- ‘tion of Germany's general point of view in such an amicable spirit as to disarm the suspicion entertained con- cerning Germany's ulterior motives. ENDOWMENT FUND FOR YALE John D. Rockefeller Gives $1,000,000 and Graduates a Like Amount. New Haven, Conn., June 29.—Presi- dent Hadley, of Yale, announced at the alumni dinner that a gift of $1,000,000 had been recently made by John D. Rockefeller. President Hadley ‘also said that $2,000,000 in all have been given to the university ‘within a com- paratively recent time, the other mil- lion being subscribed by graduates in sums, varying from $50,000 to $250,000. The. names of the latter donors were. ney made public. ‘D.B. HENDERSON STRICKEN Former’ Speager “of ‘Congress Suffers Slight Stroke of Paralysis. Dubuque, fowa, June 29.—D. B. Hen- derson, formerly. speaker, of the. na-, tional house of representatives, is con- fined ‘ to hotel apartments suffering from a slight primary stroke of para-: lysis. His right side’is ‘affected. Hopes | aré entertained that he will be able’ to leave his Apartments in a few for. JUDGESHIP FOR McCOMAS Appointed to Vacancy On Court of Ap- eals of District of Col mbia. Washington, Juné 27. — The prosi- dent. has appointed former Senator Louis E, McComas, of Maryland, an associate justice of the court. of. ap- peals of the District of: Columbia, “iee. Maru X-iMorsts, Resigned. % bib i "New Dock Floats. the. Towa, Wali; | Baltimore, Md., June 28.—The new floating ‘dock Dewey, now at the mouth: of the Patuxent river undergoing tests’ preliminary to its acceptance by the United States government, floated the’ | battleship Towa, giving 16,000 tons. dis- placement by the filling of her water compartments in less than half the tame the ‘contract would “allow. ‘When . accepted by the government the dock will be towed to the Philippines. Degree For Carroll D. Wright. Amherst, Mass., June 29.—Ambherst college conferred the honorary. degree of LL. D. upon Carroll D. Wright, pres- ident: of Clark :eollege, and that of D. D:/'upon Rev. Herbert = Barclay Turner, chaplain of Hampton Insti- tute, Virginia. Peanut Chokes Child to Death. Altoona, ‘Pa., June 28; ~~ Charles, the 3-year-old son of Abraham Miller, of ‘Conemaugh, was ‘was eating Deanuts, ~when one of the kernels lodged in his | throat, ehoking him to death, | Kubelik to Tour United. ‘States. Lendon, June 28.—Jan Kubelik, a violinist, has signed a contract. for a . “season of; 100 .coneerts in the United: iStates, beginning December I next. BLE Fila