Armored Cruisers In Par East to be Withdrawn to the Coast. DUE TO RISE IN JAPAN snr Naval Policy Includes the Fortl feeaUon of the Phllllpplnes And Hawaii Presidont Determines to Vranflfr Powerful Atlantic Fleet to the Western Ocean. Washlnpton July 8. President stooaevett has determined upon an tonortant change of American naval yostcy along the lines of reoent edl fcsrtsJa advocating concentration of Its battle ship strength of the navy tax the Pacific Ocean. He has been sjratck to recognise the strategic im portance of increased American sea power in the only tone of probable suable. The new policy embodies fttksse features: Transfer of the Atlantic fleet of ststeeu battle ships and two armored Baton to the Pacific. 'Withdrawal from Asiatic waters to the Pacific coast of the armored ookw division now in the Far East. Withdrawal to the Atlantic of the protected cruisers now comprising Cm balk of the Pacific fleet. Portlflcation of the Philippines . Hawaii and development of their bases. Hn first three of these changes so, be effected, despite many dlffl- simply by the President's or- The fortification of the insular In the Pacafic requires Isbsjb appropriations from Congress, stnkm has hitherto been blind to tat necessity. AS efforts of the Navy Department win be bent toward placing the At lantic battle ship fleet, commanded by Bear Admiral Robley D. Evans, (n the high state of efficiency re VKtaad for the cruise of 18.67T miles twm Hampton Roads to San Fran cton via the Straits of Magellan. 13 long voayge cannot be begun wtfhTn six months, and probably the Stoat armada will not get under way oatfl late In the spring of 1908. It la Inevitable that diplomatic 4prfficance will be attached to this Tsarsje of policy. The movement of asml forces necessary to carry It oat will take rank with the most im portant international policies in the 3D of peace. The Navy Department is not yet to announce these important for no orders have yet been 1, but It is known in the high lit nwwol circles that the policy was fissH mined upon last week, when awMtary of the Navy Metoalf and Obtomel W. W. Wotherspoon, of the sny, and Captain Richard Waln nfferht. of the navy, who are mera Xb of the Army and Navy Joint rd, conferred with President 'rtoowrreU at Oyster Bay. Japan's Rise the Cause. B Is the rtae of Japan as a first -Jam power In the Far East which nls the necessity for strengthen ed American Influence In the Pacific ihrjasd any diplomatic Inquiry be nsxte by Japan or any other Power M to the reason for concentration of b balk of the navy In the Pacific, :1m United States can call attention :o the fact that Its possessions and -,'ttal Interests In that ocean are sec nd to those of no other Power. OVO TRIP POIl MB. STRAUS. Will Visit All Our Chief Immigrant Station. Washington, June 18. Secretary Kmrm of the Department of Com ' "stow and Labor, accompanied by JfM. Straus and his private secre ta T. L. Weed, will leave Wash inpJbOD Saturday on the moat exten 'irm trip ever undertaken by the head if that department. He will be ab anet about two months. In that time 'M win visit all the Important stat "xm of the department In the North am, Western, and southern part of 'he country, and win make a two teaks' sojourn In the Hawaiian Is- C302BS 1.B81 MILES IX 24 nOURS. A. F. Edge Mokes an Average of 60 MUes an Hour. London, July 2, In twenty-four hours S. F. Edge, In his six-cylinder Xaptor motorcar traveled 1,581 miles j.nd 1,810 yards over the Brooklands racing track at Weybrldge. No other man since the world began rver traveled so far In one day or iame within several hundred miles of Joing It. kfr. Edge's average was almost ex actly sixty-six miles per hour, and nothing approaching that speed had tven been maintained for twenty 'our hours by motorcar, railroad '.ram, or any other locomotive appar atus. PRISON WALL BLOWN UP. Twenty Prisoners Escape at Sevasto pol Odessa Official Slain. Sevastopol, July 2. The explosion -if an Infernal machine here caused the prison wall to collapse. Twenty political prisoners escaped through the breach. Odessa, July. 2. Dr. Poppoff, Med teal Inspector of the Harbor, has bees assasnlnuUd. LOV1XO NOT 01 ILTY. Only One Ballot In Case of ex-Jndge Who Avenged Daughter. Houston, Va., July I. After be ing out an hour the jury, late Satur day afternoon, returned a verdict of not guilty in the case of ex-Judge William O. Loving, who was tried for the murder of Theodore Estes, the son of Sheriff M. K. Estes of Nelson County. Judge Loving, who is the manager of the valuable Vir ginia estate of Thomas F. Ryan, shot and killed young Estes on the after noon or April 22 at Oak Ridge. Estes had taken a buggy ride with the Judge's daughter, Miss Elisabeth Loving, and she told her father that he had drugged and assaulted her, The trial began last Monday, before Judge Barksdale. The jury retired at 4:45 o'clock Saturday afternoon and from that time until the verdict was returned Loving remained In the seat he had occupied since the trial began. He was surrounded by the members of his Immediate family with the ex ceptlon of his daughter, who was not In the courtroom. At 6:45 o' clock a loud knock was heard on the door of the jury room and Judge Barksdale ordered the Sheriff to pre serve order, and cautioned the large crowd to be quiet when the decision was announced. The verdict was read by Foreman B. S. McCraw. Judge Barksdale thanked the jury for Its attendance upon court at great sacrifices, and declared that he believed the verdict was in accordance with the consclen done vlews of the members. After the jury had been dlscharg ed. Judge Loving, bis wife, and other relatives shook hands and thanked each juror tor the verdict. Tears streamed from the eyes of both the defendant and his wife. Judge Lov lng was congratulated by many of bis friends, though. In accordance with the warning of Judge Barks dale, there was no demonstration in the court room. Foreman McCrow, a merchant and farmer, said that when the jury re tired one of them did not exactly understand aQ of the instructions of the court, which were read to him. When he called for a vote be re guested all who favored the acqultal of the defendant to hold up their right hands. On the first ballot every hand promptly went up. When asked what the basis of the verdict was, be said, "Insanity." He and other members of the Jury believed that Judge Loving was out of his mind when he killed young Estes. MAT NOT DEMAND AN EXTRA SESSION. Feeling at Albany That It Would Not Serve to Break Dead" lock Governor Silent. Albany, N. Y., June 28. With the deadlock on reapportionment un broken to the end, the Legislature has adjourned without date, and speculation is rife over the possibility of an extra aeswlon. Many feel that there would be no reapportionment this year even if the Governor were to recall the Legislature to Its task. Feeling Is so bitter on the sub ject that It la declared Improbable that either sMe would yield, even under the pressure of an extra sess ion. Governor Hughes would not aay whether he would call an extra session, and the legislators them selves had to depend entirely upon rumor. Just before adjournment the Sen ate passed the McCue bill making the carrying of concealed weapons a fel ony instead of a misdemeanor. There was some opposition from members representing rural districts, but Sen ator Grady explained that drastlo measures must be taken If the "Black Hand" and such elements of terror Wre to be successfully combated. TO IMPROVB CUSTOM SERVICE. New Set of Regulations To Be Issued In a Few Weeks. Washington, July 2. In the four months since George B. Oortelyou be came Secretary of the Treasury he has learned a great deal about the complicated machinery tor the col lection of customs duties, and he thinks be sees opportunities for Im provement in several directions. Wthln a few weeks a new set of cus toms regulations will be Issued by the Secretary, the revised rules be ing intended to bring the service thoroughly up to date. The new reg ulations will be of the greatest In terest to importers, and they will be of no small concern to all Americans who travel In foreign countries and return home with personal baggage. 8 Year Old Girl Strangled. New York June 28. Viola Boy Ian, eight years old, missing four days, was murdered by stranglers In a dark coal bin under her home at No. 2290 Second avenue, where her blood-covered body was found Less than a half hour after the dis closure of the crime a crowd of sev eral thousand were In front of the home prepared for a lynching. A leather belt used, the police be lieve, in strangling little Viola Boy Ian, was found to-day within a few feet of the coal bin where the child's body was thrown. The belt, which was almost new, had been shortened until It made a noose about five or sue Inches In circumference. Red spots were soaked into the leather and appeared on the niokle of the basfcfe, j THE COLUMBIAN, Covering Minor Happen' , Ings from all Over the Qlobe. HOME AND FOREIGN Compiled and Condensed for the Busy Render A Complete Record of European Despatches and Im portant Brents from Everywhere Boiled Down for Hasty Perusal. D. C Darls, a Marietta banker, testified In a suit in Pittsburg that he was robbed of $76,000 by a "brace" faro game in New York city last October. The efforts of the defence In the Haywood trial were centered in an effort to prove a conspiracy between mine owners and detectives. Members of the Utilities Board be gan their work of regulating New York's public service corporations. After another day of bomb throw ing and rioting the strike of the gar bage wagon drivers in New York city was declared officially ended, the men deciding to return to work. The prosecution in the Haywood trial expects to get the confession of "Steve" Adams before the jury. Cubans warmly praised Frank Stelnhart at a dinner given on his re tirement from the poet of United States Consul General at Havana. The armored cruisers Tennessee and Washington will be added to the fleet now In the Pacific Tokto despatches declared China is on the eve of a great rebellion. John D. Rockefeller was reported at the home of his son-in-law, near Plttsfield, Mass., guarded from re porters and subpoena servers. Mexican troops guarding the Guat emalan frontier captured spies with maps and plans of defence. Secretary Wilson, of the Depart ment of Agriculture, declared that discoveries made by scientists In his department during the last year would be worth millions of dollars to the American people. The Fall River line steamer Purl- tan ran Into the schooner Mildred A. Pope near New Haven, but was not seriously damaged. San Francisco police arrested one Frank Kelly, who says he Is the mot- orman wanted In New York for an elevated road accident. Many leading New York bankers declared, In interviews, that the un- parol led amount of deposits now in the city savings banks Is proof of unusual prosperity. While Mayor McClellan of New York was saying that the garbage drivers' strike would Increase the death rate the Central Federated Union Indorsed the strike and de manded the removal of Commissioner Craven. John D. Rockefeller was perempt orily ordered by Judge Landis to ap pear in the United States District Court In Chicago on July 6 and sub mit to examination. The Board of Naval Construction recommended the Installation of tur bine engines In one of the 20,000 ton battle ships. Witnesses for the defence In the Haywood trial denied much of the testimony given by Harry Orchard. Secretary Taft denied stories of trouble In the work on the Panama Canal. Through the great bravery of fire men two hundred men were saved from death In a fire at the Manhattan end of the Thirty-fourth street tun nel, New York city. With garbage accumulating on every hand the striking drivers of the Street Cleaning Department of New York Indulged In riots and other disorder and the city remained un cleansed. New York Central commuters wore notified of an advance In rates be ginning Jury 1, while a reduction was announced In single and return trip tickets. FOREIGN NEWS. Having tendered final courtesies to local and naval officials, Rear Ad miral Stockton, with his cruiser squadron, leaves Royan, France for La Rochelle. German stallions are soon to be shipped to Kentucky for bredlng pur poses to re plena! h the Imperial cav- alrw. Mr. Joseph H. Choate. with other heads of delegations to The Hague peace conference, was received in audience by Queen Wtlhelmlna. In Paris the Fourth of July is cele brated by a banquet of the American Chamber of Commerce, at which the Ambassador speaks. Karl Han. a Washington nrofesnor will be tried at Karlsruhe on July 17 on the charge of murdering his mother-in-law Frau Molitor. A general Improvement was shown on the London Stock Exchange dur ing the week In all classes of securi ties. According to a Paris despatch the Bourse is gradually recovering from the low prices which have prevailed for several months. Mr. Joseph H. Choate, at the sess ion pf the First Ctomnrltieg sL iha BLOOMSBURQ, PA. Pence Conference at The IlAgue, spoke successfully in favor of the principal of the oxomptlon of private property from capture on the high seas. Iron and steel manufacturers In Great Britain are combining to com bat American and German compel! tlon. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Belmont gave a dinner at the Rlts Hotol In recog nition of the courtesies they have re ceived In the French capital. SPORTING NEWS. The Belgian crew, holders of the Grand Challenge Cup, rowed a trial over the Henley course in 7m. Is. Starting in tholr first team race, A. H. Cosden's chesnut trotters, George M. and Crown Prince, de feated Governor Holt and Deputise, in 2:20 and 2:18, at the Empire track New York city. Governor Stokes, of New Jersey, has agreed to provide troops for the Vanderbilt Cup race in that State If special legislation be obtained. James T. Hyde says New York will have an International horse show and that American horses may go to Paris In 1008. "Con" Walsh, the champion Irish weight thrower, broke the record for throwing the 56-pound weight over bar at the annual games of the County Cork Men's Association held at Celtic Park New York. Harvard's freshman eight oared crew defeated Yale by a little more than one length, while Yale's 'varsity four won from Harvard by ten lengths. In a polo match at Meadow Brook a men's combination defeated the women's team by 8 goals to 6. CUBAN PROTEST TO TAFT. Early Independence Demanded American Mortally Wounded. Havana. July 2. Gen. Lovnax Castillo has sent the following tele gram to Secretary of War Taft: "The newspapers say that eight een months will be required after the completion of the census to restore the republic We hope that such an unjust and unlawful delay will not be. It must not be. Cuba in nn. xtoas that her Independence shall be postponed not one day beyond July 4.1908.- Mr. Levitt, the editor who has been indicted for libel on eleven counts publishes a most virulent attack nn Consul General Stelnhart Havana July 2. In a clash with the police of Holguln, In the Pro vince o fSantlago resulting from tho alleged refusal of four American soldiers of the Eleventh Infantry to pay for drinks, Corporal P. J. Green was shot and mortally wounded. Green's companions were placed under arrest. JOHN D'S BARGAIN AUTOS. Hue Eight, Worth $1,300, on the As sessors' Rolls. Cleveland, July 2. Automobiles In Cleveland suddenly drop In value when the Assessor makes his annual visit. Our supposed millionaire auto lsta must be riding in second-band machines, The average value on when their owners pay taxes Is $100. Mayor Johnson Is the only Cleve lander according to the tax dupli cate, who can engage in a real stylish and comfortable auto ride. He has three machines, valued at $4,700. When John D. Rockefeller Is In Cleveland he rides In eight convey ances, all valued at $1,800. Samuel Mather, one of Cleveland's wealthiest men, rides In a $50 auto, and Alex Wlnton, millionaire auto manufact urer, says he usee a $300 oar. MORSE ANCHOR FOUND INLAND. as Discovered in Minnesota Six Feet Below the Surface. Crookstown, Minn., July 2. Con tractors ditching on the State Experi mental Farm to-day found a ship's anchor of antique pattern burled at a depth of six feet In solid day under sod that had never been broken. The anchor Is similar to those used by Norsemen about nine centuries ago. The anchor, it Is believed, is a relic of a Norse expedition In an era when the Red River Valley was a portion of Lake Winnipeg and could be reached by sail from the Atlantic Destroy New Mexico Town. Hi Paso, Texas, June 28. It Is reported that the town of Guadala jara, near San Antonio, in Socorro County, N. M has been washed away by floods. Another report Is that the old church at Seneca, on the Mexican side of the Rto Grande, below El Paso, has been wrecked by high waters and that some bodies In the ancient cemetery were washed out. The church was built in the sixteen th century. All the buildings in both towns were of adobe. No loss of life Is reported. Cornell Again Winner. Poughkeepsle, June 28. Cornell again won the Intercollegiate eight-, oared race here this evening and such a race. Over the entire four miles her crew was lapped by Col umbia, and in the last halt mile act ually passed by the Blue and White. She won out less than 100 yards from the finish, but by so narrow a margin that no one ashore coild have been sure of the winner. II) f $11 fi U. S. Express Stockholders Seek Removal of the Senator. WHERE ARE PROFITS It Is Snld by Holders of 25,000 Khnrva That the TlatU Own Only 600 Shares. Sons, Edward an Frank Out Of Management Of the Company AImo. New York. July 2. The move ment of the minority stock holders in the United States Express com pany for an increase in dividends from 4 to 7 per cent, is likely to go further If cortatn powerful interests have their way, and result in the ousting of Thomas C. Piatt and his sons, Edward T. Piatt and Frank H Piatt, from the executive manage ment of the company. The demand of the minority stock holders for a more liberal dinUlbu tlon of the company's earnings was started last Spring In a qulot way, the minority committee and their counsel, Eugene G. Kremer, refusing to discuss the controversy In any of Its phasos on the ground that It was a matter between partners in a pri rate enterprise the therefore privi leged. As the Investigation of the com pony's affairs has progressed, how. ever, and new facts have come to light, many of the minority stock holders have expressed dissatisfac tion with the state of affairs that has been revealed, and believe that the committee's expressed approval of the present administration's conduct of the business has not been deserv ed. If these stockholders can muster sufficient strength they will not stop with the granting of their demands for a higher dividend, but will lnnlnt on the retirement of Senator Piatt. The first reply of the Piatt man agoment to the minority's movement for a higher dividend was the state ment that the company's assets did not exceed the share capital of $10, 000,000. Since then the minority committee has demonstrated that the assets are at least $21,000,000, In round numbers. The other big com panies, several of them with consid erably larger capital, are paying from 10 to 12 per cent. In annual divi dends, against the United States Ex press Company's 4 per cent, rates, and all have larger acknowledged surpluses. The Adams Express Com pany only a few days ago made a distribution of 200 per cent. In 4 per cent collateral bonds out of srrplus. HUGHES NAMES COMMISSIONERS Ten Men Chosen to Exercise Powers Over Pnblic Utilities. Albany. N. Y.. July 2. The ten men who will have sweeulnx juris diction over the street railways, steam railroads, gas and electrlu companies throughout the State, hav ing been chosen by Gov. Huahea to execute the far-reaching powers con ferred by the Public Utilities law, are: .First District (Greater New York). William R, Wilcox, of Manttawn. Chairman. William McCarrolL of Brooklyn. Edward M. Bossett, of Brooklyn. Milo Roy Moltbiu, of Manhattan. John E. Eustis, of the Bronx. Second District (all other coun ties). Frank W. Stevens. Jamestown. Chairman. Charles HaDam Keep, of Buffalo. Thomas Mott Osborne, of Auburn, James E. Sague, of Hamburg. Martin 8. Decker, of New Poltz. Seven of these are Renubllenna three are Democrats. Of the seven Republicans only one. Dosalblv two. can be called organisation men. Not one of the ten Is a regular politician. bix of the ten are lawyers three are business men. one is A. mrnnmttnn Investigator. The salary of each Commissioner Is $16,000 a yrar. S DEAD IN PINE BEACH FIRE. Heavy Property Loss Outeido James- sown Exposition Grounds. Norfolk, June 28. Six blocks of smouldering ruins mark the track of the fire which swent Pine Roorh laying low fifty hotels, saloons, eat ing houses and stores, destroying $200,000 worth of property, costing the lives of possibly five persons, and endangering the negro building. In side Inn, and several State buildings within the Exposition srounda An explosion of a gasoline stove In the rear of the Berkeley Hotel causod the fire. Larry Harrison, a negro, was touud mortally burned under the Hotel Berkeley; a man is believed to have perished In the National Club, Mary land Avenue, and two women and a baby are believed to have been caught when the walls of tho Hamp ton Roads fell in. Japan Wants Equality. London, June 28. The n!lv Mall's Toklo correspondent khth , apparently Japan and the United mates nave agreed that the existing treaty shall be replaced hv n, treaty In 1909, when, the correspon- ueiu says, japan win fight hard to place her subjects on an equal foot ing with Europeans. I Until then. It Is added, no mrinn. 1 difficulty Is dreaded. N. Y. MARKET LETTER (From our Special Correspondent) WHEAT. The wheat market open nervous and ruled Irregular during the early part of the week, with th tendency of prices downward. Lou In the week there was a sharp rally but values again reacted and uJ market closed steady. Cablo advloej from Liverpool were disappointing, since they made a poor response to the advance scored In our markets. The professional element, and ta some extent outsiders also, favored the boar side, believing that cron damage news had been greatly aggerated and that the recent favor able weather would go a long way toward restoring the crop to normal conditions. The English marksts were Influenced. CORN. Trading In corn was of fair dimensions only, but the undertone was steady. There wore numerous reports of backwardness In th ap. pcaranco of the crop notwithstand ing the favorable weather, and this together with a good shipping do. mand prompted light offerings and encouraged speculative support. CHEESE .The upward tendency of prices was ohecked, all lutereau be ing satisfied that Thrusday's s4 vuuee to llttc for small and 12 for large cheese will give this mar ket about all the stock It can handle at the extreme figures. Complaints are numerous concerning the heated condtion of many well-known factor, les. About every handler has on hand accumulations. Supplies q large slses are not as liberal u small, but there has been a limited demand this week for export. LIVE POULTRY. Jobbers will tw obliged to carry over about six cart of heavy-weighing fowls and a few lots of ducks and roosters. Spring chickens have sold freely this nut and close clearances were effected. Small sixes of fowls have been want ed to the full extent of the offerlnns, but heavyweights dragged and closed' weak. Whkat July.. 1.08 Sept.. .105 Dec. 107V CORM July.... 63 Sopt 62 Doc. ...81 Oats. Mixed, 61Wafi2Jc, MlT.lr Exchange price for standard mi it T- ity is 2 He per quart Butter Crkamxry. Western, extra f Wa.25) Firsts 3a24c. State dairy, finest aSS Ciucb.sk State, full cream, .allt Snmll nu" Eaos " Jursoy Fancy.. aSOo State Good to choice. .18al9 Western JHrsu ! Bkhvej). City dres'd. BoOo. Oalvbs. Citv drau'd. sUaia try drtuised ur lb. uaiOo. bHKKP. Pur 100 lb. I3.50a7.60. ( Houtt. Live nor 100 lh. rt 7Knfl on Country dressed per lb. SJaOJio. J may.-prime, 100 lbs., $1.24. Straw. Long rye. 66a70a ' LrVK POULTBT 1'owls. Per lb. aU. Cmatxjis. Spring, per lb., a30a J Ducks. Per lb. ai8o. Gkeiie. Per lb. alO. Dkbsskd poultry 1 Turkeys. Per lb. 14c , Fowus. Por lb. 1 Sal 8c. ; VsKJXTAiiLBS . Potatoes. Old bbL, af 1.T5. t ; . Cucumbers. Bosket, fl.00a2.50. ' Onion. White, per bbL 2.25a2.Tl Lettuce. Basket, .&0oa.76o. Spinach. Barrel, .80oa75o. Bests. per 100 bunches. t3.0Oa5.00t Strawberries. 5al4o. FINANCIAL Wabash directors nrevnted In junction proceedings by Interest pay ment on "B" dtbenture bonds. Nearly 2180. 000. Mn who n&M out In July 1 dlsbursments for dividends. Interest and other credits. E. H. Harrlman exnlalnad that tils arrest at the Yale-Harvard boat race was due to a misunderstanding on his part. After early advances stocks de clined toward the market's close. Brail & Co. will take ovur IS. 000. 000 short term note Issues of Chesa peake & Ohio. BASEBALL LEAGUE SUMMARIES. Standing of the Clubs. National. W. L. P. C. Chicago 48 16 .760 New York 87 23 .027 Pittsburg 84 j(j .067 Philadelphia 84 27 Cincinnati ao 85 .458 Boston 26 84 .43 Brooklyn 95 83 ,87 St. Louis 16 51 .239 American. W. L. P. 0. Chicago 41 91 Mi Cleveland 40 24 .6H Philadelphia 85 27 .565 Detroit 83 2T .M' New York 20 80 .492 St. Louis 27 88 .411 IU)Bton 23 89 .871 Washington 18 80 Standard Jury Discharged. Flndlay, Ohio, July 2. The jury In the case of the State of Ohio RKalnBt the Standard OH Company, charged wlih violating the antl- trust liiwB. reported to Judge Duncan that It had boen found lm possible to agree upou a verdict. The court there HVBn cjered the Jury disoharged..
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