THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMS BURd, PA. rm r i mm inUULU LC LJW STOLEN Hi etO Negro Clerk and vVL'i.c? Cmp;. yo of Standarc Oi' Ciir,r?n.r;y Did Ire Job. HEARST FA!D TO S12,0:0. Taken From Trust Office riles hi 1904 Missives Counted Corpuru tion In Political wry with Senators and Statesmen lit Wahlnton. New York, . Y., Oct. 22. Tho John D. Archbold Standard OH let ters Involving Senator Forakor, Con gressman Sibley and others which W. R. Hearst has reail in public re cently were stolen fiom the Arch bold flies In 1)104 by a negro cm ployed in Mr. Archbold's office and told by him to the Herrst papers through a white man, a confidential messenger of the Standard Oil Cosi oany, according to an article In Col lier's Weekly. The neprn and the srhite man are Hald to have mude v trifle more than $12,000 out of he deal. The white man In his interview with the writer for Col .er'8 hints that the best of the let ers are yet to bo used and that some jf those held in reserve have to do jvith a Senator from Rhode Island tnd one from Pennsylvania. Tho article Is headed "Mr. Hearst's Thieves," and Is written by Vrthur H. Gleason. One of the men who, according to Mr. Oleason's itory, got the letters for Mr. Hearst vas William W. Winfield, a nosro Ue clerk, messenger and door-ten-ler In Mr. Archbold's oflice nnd step on of Mr. Archbold's butler, James . Wilkin's, who has been with Mr. Vrchbold's family for twenty years. .Villain Wlntield's brother John Is orter in the National I'ank of Tnr ytown. Winfield had been in the Jtandard Oil Office for ten years vhen he was dropped in 1903. The other man, Mr. Gleason says, vas Charles Stump, in the Standard Ml office for six years when he too vas dropped in 1905. Winfield Is epresented as furnishing the bruins 4 the combination, while Stump was ned by him as a white go-between to rrange the negotiations with the .learet people. Just after the Presidents I c-lec-ton of 1904, Winfleld brr ght to 'tump the first batch of t! j Arch old correspondence and soon Stump -egan making visits to the New fork offices of the Hearst newspa iars. It. was but natural that letters rc 'eetlng corporation scandal upon t&tesmen, and especially upon Sen tors of the United States, should sek the Hearst market in those tenths. The compilation of the learet "Cosmopolitan Magazine's" rles, "The Treason of the Senate," fas In progress. The need for more trldence of treason was urgent; the apply was flourished with the de mand. IFE INSURANCE IN NEW YORK, FALLS. lerreane of 150,303 In Number of Policies Written During 1007. Albany, Oct. 20. A decrease in '.te insurance in this State for the sar ending December 31, last, is lown in the report of State Insur ace Superlntendant Kelsey. Com ' ired with 1906, it appears that tho jmpanles Issued 159,303 policies ss last year, and the amount of 'su ranee written decreased $241,--6,308. At the close cf 1907, the compa es doing business in this State had 124.517 policies in force, insuring '0.404.7:6,638. classified as fol vs. Whole life, 3,336,078 policies, siulr.p- t f ,S02,761,082; endowment i27,fi(!G policies, Insuring, $2,797, 3.1 "4 : til ether, 260,773 policies, mrtng 4734,308,017; total of ad .tlon, f 09. 603,81 C. iEPORTERS BARED BY RECTOR. 'arm Them frimi Church Door, Ob jecting to Their Write-lps. Lenox, Mass., Oct. 20. The Rev. I'arold Arrowsmlth, wearing the estments in which he preaches, ap cared before the door of Trinity plscopal Church and barred report rs from entering the church. Asked the reason for not admit ng newspaper writers, Mr. Arrow nlth said members of his parish had . len annoyed by reporters taking totes of members of their house y trUes, and that lie personally ob icted to having the departure of parishioners written up and de rlbed as a "fashion-parade." The teident, with a large approaching mpany of churchgoers, attracted inch attention. CUBAN FUNDS MISSINd 1 aVann Official Churned with Em- Havana, Cuba, Oct. 21,-i-Mlguel "L, tor re. Collector pf.ulrttfirnaJ ' ' ivcn' for flio jiHoviiire. of JUvana, ts arreBtod. charge:', vith the em- xzlement of $195,000 ut the funds bli department. inn Ml C!5iGAC0 CUSS WIN j ' THE WORLD'S PENNANT. Aricrlcan Lcimuo Once Mora Yields Palm of Ljisehall Supremacy to National Final StiiKiliiiK In World's Herlei W. Ij. I'.C. Cblcngo X:th .lie's .... 4 1 .P;:o Detroit Americans .... 1 4 .SICK) Detroit, Oct. 22. The restlns place of the championship of the world, for the third year In succes sion, is Chicago. The Windy City's National League representatives cap tured the baseball honors of the uni verse for the second consecutive time by defeating the Detroit Tigers. To show how much superior they were, the Cubs blanked the Ameri can Leaguers, 2 to 0, and 'fully dem onstrated their right to the title of World's Champions. Orvle Overall and Bill Donovan hooked up in the final combat and the laurels weut to the Californian, who pitched one of the grandest games of his career. Ten of the Tigers struck out and only three of them put the ball out of the reach of the fielders. Tho victory made it four out of five for the National Leaguers, against four straight last year. Detj-oit is heart broken over the failure of Jennlng's men to make a respectable showing against the Cubs. The Cubs won their victory over the Tigers on their merits. The Cubs outbatted their opponents by .281 per cent, to .209 per cent. They made twice as many sacrifice hits and stole three times as many bases as the Tigers did. The games were singularly freo from squabbling, and on only two or three occasions were the deci sions of the umpires questioned. At no time was it necessary for a player to be sent to the bench to enforce discipline. The series, however, cre ated less interest in tho two cities moBt affected than that of last year, if the attendance may be taken as a guide. The paid admissions were only 62,232 for the five games, and the receipts totalled $94,976, as com pared with $101,000 last year. Of the money taken in, the play ers of Chicago, the winning team, get $27J569 and the Detroit players, $18,446. The club owners get $19, 681 apiece and the national com mission $9,497. The Cubs thus earned $1,307 apiece and the Tigers $922. RICH BROKER KILLS GIRL AND SELF. First 'Phones of "Terrible TraRcdy," but Police Arrive Too Late. Omaha, Neb., Oct. 20,--Extrava-gance and dlssapatlon, which by slow stages broke up a family and wreck ed a home, ended in a double tragedy when Miss Eva Hart was shot to death by Sewell Sleuman, a million aire broker, at the handsome home he had given her. He then killed him self. Sleuman was fifty years old and his son and four daughters are all married. He had grandchildren twelve to fifteen years old. He and' his wife had been separated several months ago on account of his atten tion to Miss Hart. Sleuman was for years a leading member of the Methodist Church in Hastings. When he began a broker age business his pastor preached a powerful sermon on the evils of the bucketshop and Sleuman left the church. Stringent bucketshop laws in Kansas and Missouri caused him to come to Omaha, where he estab lished a chain of offices and became wealthy. Sleuman had lavished money on Miss Hart. Recently he accused her of Infidelity and extravagance. J. P. Comstock, Sleuman's office manager, received a telephone mes sage from Sleuman requesting Com stock to notify his brother, In Hast ings, Neb., that a "terrible tragedy" was. about to occur. An officer was hurried to the Hart home and found Sleuman and Miss Hart lying on tho floor of the front parlor, dead. The shooting was done with a small revolver, and both were shot in the temple. The dead man had carefully re vised his will a short time ago, and left his wife and children his entire fortune. BLAZE IN CHAUTAUQUA The Colonnudc on Assembly Grounds and DuslnesH Places Destroyed. Jamestown, N. Y., Oct. 21. Chau tauqua' had a fire which wiped out approximately $125,000 worth of property. The blaze was confined to the Colonnade Building, which shel ters all the business places on the grounds. The building was sup posed to be fireproof, but the flames destroyed the entire interior. The heaviest loser is C. C. Taylor, who print the Chautauqua publications. Ho lost' a modern printing plant worth $25,000, Including the Novem ber edition of the "Chautauqua Mag azine," which had been printed and was in the building. There was $10, 000 Insurance. Clerk Gone, $:!0,000 Missing. New York, N. Y., Oct. 22. Rufus W. Rowe, for fifteen years or so em ployed by the Stock Exchange firm of A. W. Kllborne & Co., of 40 Wall street, disappeared a week ago and an examination of the firm's books by expert' accountants convinced his employers that he had got away wi'h about $80,000 since the first Of January lost, PI WELCOMES . OUR BATTLESHIPS Flucts SiTrrv.'-'J hi' P.-.r'Jcs in Ecrtr r.-S. Men c- fi!-.sre Alv.'T.yt Sr.!:?C'4. VESSELS SrCTKAT BATTERED Show Btrcs c f Vo.vn';o ,COO Ja panese Sclico! CMMwn S'ng Am erlran Anthem States Fired and Official Vis-it? A re lield. Yokohama, Japan, Oct. 22. Storm-battered, but niarnlflcent, the American battleship fleet lies in the harbor, the entire pjsemblage mak ing a display unprecedented in the history of Yokohama. After the ships came to anchor, the mist which has shut out their coming, cleared and a light breeze carried away the smoke from the saluting guns, re vealing from the BhorcTront the lines of white ships backed by the gray of the Japanese. Scorps of small craft chartered by Individuals and associa tions, darted in and out among the battleships, the American Asiatic As sociation being among those to give the heartiest welcome. Two thousand school children sang the American national anthem, the sound of the singing reaching far over the waters. The ships show the effect of the tremendous battering by the waves, which is described by old officers as the worst they have encountered. The Kearsarge, which got separated from the fleet, is still undergoing re pairs. Rear Admiral Sperry said Im mediately after anchoring that he was glad to arrive at Japan, and that he greatly appreciated the evidences of a sincere welcome, the arrange ments for which appeared to be per fect. Commander John A. Dougher ty, the American Naval Attache at Tokio, who came here to take part in the welcome to the fleet, boarded the Connecticut and discussed the programme with the Admiral. Everywhere about the streets the American officers and men are treat ed with the greatest .courtesy, being saluted by the police and Japanese soldiers. Crowds continued to swarm the streets about the waterfront all day, and at nightfall magnificent il luminations lit up the entire city. Electric lights and lanterns were swinging everywhere, and at a prom inent point a huge design, in which the word "Welcome" was spelled with brilliant lights, was surrounded by hundreds of American and Japa nese flags. The lantern parade, in which there were many flower floats, made an inspiring spectacle as thou sands upon thousands of the little Japanese in quaint costumes nad bright colors took part. All of the Japanese phlps were outlined at night In electric lights and each carried an American flag at its mainmast. - ICE POOL SECRETS LAID BARE AT TRIAL. Prominent Financiers On Witness Stand Tell Of Losses. New York, N. Y., Oct. 21. It was victims' day in the trial of Charles W. Morse, the former ice king, and Alfred H. Curtis, formerly president of the National Bank of North Am erica, who are on trial for alleged frauds in connection with that insti tution. Three multi-millionaires, two of them at least accredited with being among the wisest of the wise In Wall Street, told, with chagrin, how they had been lured by the little wizard of ice into stock-gambling pools and had suffered losses estimated at al most $5,000,000. These men were Charles M. Schwab, formerly -president of the United States Steel Trust; John W. Gates, and Isaac Guggenheim, of the Smelting Trust. Trailing along behind them came John F. Carroll, the former Tam many leader, who also claims to have been trapped by Morse. 3 BROTHERS SUICIDES. All Have Killed Themselves in Twc Years Because of Financial Trouble Carroll, la., Oct. 21. W. I,. Cul bertson, president of tho First Na tional Bank here, sent u bullet into his brain causing his death. The bank is closed pending investiga tion. Culbertson was 05 years old, a civil war veteran, an ex-legislator and very prominent. Within the last two years Culbertson's two bro thers have both committed suicide in a similar manner as a result of financial embarrassment. Paperiiinker Strike in Canada. Montreal, Oct. 22. Twelve hun dred operatives employed by the Laurentlde Paper Company, at Grande Mere, Que., struck in Bym palhy with the American papermak ers on strike in the States. . They say they have no individual griev ances. Chicago Iteglytrution Heavy. Chicago, Oct. 22. The revised registration flenres show a total of 411,120, as analnst Ua,0.17 four years ago, a gain of 8,103. It is the heaviest registration the city ver knew. WORLD NEWS OF THE WEEK. Covering Minar Rappcalaf Frost All Over Id Gloi. r.-.'J DOMESTIC. j The federal court at Pittsburg do elded that Harry K. Thaw need not be removed from New York to tes tify in bankruptcy proceedings. Figures were presented in the Morse-Curtis trial in New Y'ork to show that C. W. Morse was the prin cipal ico stock buyer and seller dur ing the time the prices of those se curities were booming. Tho pleading of the Hains bro thers to charges of murder was halt ed by their counsel, who attacked the indictments on the ground that the foreman of the Grand Jury was a friend of William E. Annls and prejudiced against his clients. Officials of the Steel Trust said that Pennsylvania Railroad had fail ed to make its annual purchase of rails. The Maine arrived at Portsmouth, N. H., after circling, the globe in company with the Alabama, "which reached New York about the same time. Because Captain P. C. Halns is imprisoned on a charge of murder, Jugdo Car in Brooklyn, refused to compel him to pay counsel fees and alimony to his wife. H. Clay Pierce must go to Texas for trial, the United States Supreme Court having refused to grant him a rehearing. By the calling out of more union men in the paper mills the press of the country is threatened with a shortage. In the Panama Canal inquiry at Washington William F. Brothers was accused of suggesting bribery to a canal official. A New York syndicate Is forming to take $10,000,000 of a $75,000,000 loan sought by Brazil to meet the cost of a vain effort to corner the coffee market. The annual report of the Western Union Telegraph Company showed a decrease of $4,274,194 in revenue, owing to the strike of the telegra phers and general business depres sion. More than twice as many children are seeking employment in New York this Fall as last Fall, and there has been a decided falling off in mar riages, according to the records com piled by the Health Department. FOREIGX. Through Rear-Admifal Sperry, President Roosevelt and the Mikado of Japan exchanged messages of good will. The Mikado's reception to officers from the American fleet was declared t- be the most brilliant function the Imperial Palace has ever seen. Rear-Admiral Sperry's welcome to Toklo surpassed, the Japanese say, that given to Admiral Togo when he returned after the battle of Japan Sea. Governor Magoon made public a telegram from the Bureau of Insular Affairs refuting a Havana news paper's statement that he has been ordered to support Mr. Gomez. The Duke of the Abruzzl, it Is believed in R6me, has sailed or is about to sail for America to wed Miss Elkins. The arrival of the American battle-ship fleet at Yokohama, Japan, was delayed by a tremendous storm on the north coast of the Island of Luzon, of the Philippine group. . Chinese papers controlled by Ja pan were ordered to ridicule the Ameriean-Chiense alliance. The Mexican Foreign Office - con firmed the resignation of Ambas sador Creel; it was rumored in Mex ico City that he would succeed Senor Molina in the Cabinet. Lives of foreigners in Tabriz, Per sia, were reported to be in danger on account of the attitude of the nationalists. POLITICAL. Senator Patrick H. McCarren, of Brooklyn, declared that in the event of a democratic victory he would en deavor to force a repeal of the Hart Agnew gambling law. If President Roosevelt speaks at all in this campaign, it is reported that it will be at a meeting presided over by Ellhu Root In Carnegie Hall, New York. William J. Bryan charged the re publican party managers with gath ering $1,000,000 to buy the election of Taft. Names of contributors to the Dem ocratic Congressional Committee's' campaign fund were made public. The fund amounts to $20,000, and the largest contribution, $3,000, came from the National Committee. A deputy sheriff at Omaha smash ed in the door of a Pullman state room occupied by W. R. Hearst and his' wife and served Mr. HearBt in a $600,000 suit for libel and slander begun by Gov. Haskell, of Oklahoma. Molvln G. Palllser, nominated for Bupreme Court on the Independence League ticket in New York has de clined the nomination. The Rhode Island Republicans held a harmonious state convention at Providence, nominating Aram J. Pothler, of Woonsocket, for Governor. FIBE REFUGEES DIE IN-BLAZINB TRUX . . i !nV.ahitanlief P'cis. Lefl Curr.inj Michicct! Horr.Ci Or.ly to Die cn Way lo Ccfciy. m DITCHED, ALL CREMATED Two Jowiim Wiped Out itml Million in Property Lust by HiifSiiiK l"lmn" In the Northern Peninsula Ran Off Track In MUM of I'iir. Detroit, Mich., Oct. 22. Twenty two known dead, with scores of oth ers missing and probably dead, n do zen more who have escaped with life, but were badly burned, two small towns wl;ed out, many others In Imminent danger, scores of farm houses burned, millions of dollars' worth of property destroyed all this Is a day's rgcord of the forest fires In Northern Michigan. That many more lives undoubtedly have been lost. Is practically certain. With forest fires raging about their little villaRe from every direc tion as far as tho eye cffnl 1 retch, the men and women of Met, hnmlrt. Mich., flung themrelven r.brard n hastily made-up relief trRln of freight cars at 1 o'clock In tho morn ing, and with their children in their rms began a desperate ride for rr.t ety toward Lake Huron's banks, fifty miles to the north. Two miles beyond the village. tho conflagration, flaring ncross tho tracks, forced Engineer Foster to halt, and the train plunged back through the flame3 In the forlorn hope of reaching safety to the south ward. A burned-out rulvert ditched It at the Nowlckis siding, In the very heart of the flames, and at 9 o'clocit the next night the skulls of seven teen of the refugees, mostly women and children In arms, had been found In the remnants of the steel gondola car, which Is all that is left of the train. How many others of the seventy-five escaped or lie In cinerated In the burning forest is not known yet. Relief crews sent out over the Detroit & Mackinac Railroad came upon Art Lee, the fireman of the train, literally boiled to death in a nearby water tank where he had taken refuge. On their way they picked up Engineer Foster and Con ductor Kinville crawling over the smoking ties toward Posen. Kin ville was completely blind and naked and Foster was bereft of reason by the flames that had burned his feet and fingers to the bone and his hair to the scalp. - At the scene of tho wreck the rescuers came upon the family of John Nowlckle, who kept the sta tion there. The man, wife and three children burned to death as they struggled to get from their little hut to the fatal refuge train less than a hundred feet away. The railroad estimates that in this one forest tragedy alone twenty peo ple lost their lives. At Hurst, Pres que Isle County, Henry C. Kemps, his wife and two children were Incin erated before they could leave their home. . . . Bolton, South Rogers and Mctz are among the destroyed villages. More than fifty farms are reported to have been swept by the fires to-day and their buildings destroyed. The prop erty loss Is more than $3,000,000. ROBS POOR TO GIVE HIS SIX AFFINITIES. Moloney Indicted, and Woman Flees from Mansion. New Orleans, Oct. 19. Sparing neither priests, widows nor orphans, Robert J. Maloney, noted attorney and high churchman, ' indicted, on three counts for forgeries, mortgago manipulation, and crooked notorial transactions extending over ten years and which are alleged to have brought him more than half a mil lion dollars, admits that he robbed the helpless to satisfy the tastes of half a dozen affinities. The woman on whom he spent the most, money has been missing three days and is bel'eved to be now in New York. BRIDE KEPT HER WORD. "I I M S Killed Herself When Husband Would Not Go to Her Church. . Shreveport, La., Oct. 20. Mib. Bonnie Mattlock, seventeen years old, a bride of a few months and a Baptist, disagreed with her huBband, a Methodist, as to which church they should attend, and shot herself dead. As Mattlock left home for the Meth odist church his wife galled after him, saying: "If you don't wait and take me to the Baptist church you will regret it all your life." Mattlock did not top until he heard a shot. He returned and found his wife dead. Martial Law Lifted in Polunil. St.N Petersburg, Russia, Oct. 16. Owing to the pacific condition of the country full martial law has been raised in all the provinces of Po land with the exception of Pletrkow, in which the great Industrial centre of Lodz is located. M3HT RIDERS LYNCHED TWO HOSTILE LAWYERS. Hail Incurred Kin'inlty f tu-ii:n:ti- ity iy PuyiiiK I ishinx t:i ',h:. In HoelfiK.t l,n!e, Tci.n. Union City, Tonn.. ' Oct. -t'i. Masked night, riders battered down I I the door of Ward's Hotel, at Walnut Log, on Reel root Lake, Tenn., tuar here and dragged Colonel R. Z. Tay lor nnd Captain ()iiintln R. Rankin, two prominent lawyers, of Trenton 1 Tenn., from their beds nnd lynched them. Captain Rankin's body was found net morning hanging to a tree mar Peelfoot Lnko. literally riddled with bullots. Colonel Taylor's body w;ij not found until .nearly noon. e had been hanged to a tree In n dense wood almost a mile from where Ran kin was slain, nnd his body also bore a score or more of bullet wounds. It Is the theory o' thf officials that Colonel Taylor snw his companion murdered. The trees to which th two men were hanged are scarred by many bullets, showing that tiin victims wero suspended when tln mob opened fire on their swinging bodies. Sheriff Osgood, of Obion County, heads a posse now seeking the night riders, nnd tho others are coinniiuul cd by his deputies. Governor patter son who was a rinse 'friend and rela tive of Colonel Taylor, has declared Obion County under martial law nnd offered a reward of $10,000 fur tli capture of .the assassins. lie ban cancelled his engagements' for cam paign speeches and gone to Hum boldt to confer with the people and authorities about the outrage. Th Governor was Informed that 'Rankin and Taylor had with them a survey or, who was also dragged from the hotel and shared the same fate. Thli cannot be confirmed. ' Colonel Taylfcr and Captain Han kin were Incorporators and orgnnlx ers of the West Tennessee Land Company, which had control of the fishing In Reelfoot Lake. They In curred the hatred of many nntlvea by their attempts to collect a per centage from all fishermen. The fishermen defied their . nttempt nnd this Is thought to have been the cause leading up to their murders. GIVES $500,000 TO OHIO INSTITUTE. Widow of Thomas J. Emery Pro. vldes Memorial for Husband. Cincinnati, Oct. 17. Announce, ment was made that Mrs. Mary M. Emery has given to tho Ohio Me chariics' Institute $500,000 to ba used in constructing a building to be known as the Emery Auditorium. The new structure is to be a home for the Institution primarily, but Mrs. Emery stipulates that it shall likewise be devoted to the use of the music loving people of the city for lectures, symphony concerts and other entertainments. Mrs. Emery Is the widow of Thos. J. Emery, millionaire capitalist, and the gift to the institute Is a memo rial to him. LAND FRAUD CHARGED ; Government Demands Hack Rich Tract Held by Harriiuun. Denver, Col., Oct. 19. Three hun dred thousand acres of mineral land, worth upward of $100,000,000 and held by E. H. Harriman for tho Cen tral Pacific and Southern Pacific Railways, Is demanded back by the United States ' Government, which claims the land was taken by fraud and false affidavits. Sensational disclosures are prom ised in the investigations now under way by M. D. McEniry, Chief of the Field Division of the General Land Office, with headquarters In Denver. The land in question is in Nevada and comprises the richest gold, sil ver and copper veins in the State. 2.7UO Dead in Typhoon. Amoy, China, Oct. 22. At least 2,700 persons perished In the recent great typhoon, according to belated reports. NEW YORK MARKETS. Wholesale I'rlees of Farm Products Quoted for the Week. WHEAT No. 2, Red, $1.07U $1.9 Vi. No. 1. Northern DulutU, $1.13. CORN No. 2. 8484. OATS Mixed, white 52 52 Vs BUTTER Western firsts, 23 26. State Dairy, 22 24. CHEESE State full cream, UVtQ 14. MILK Per quart, 3 c. EGGS State and nearby fancy. 36 38; do.,' good to choice, 2$tt 33 western fancy 27 28. SHEEP Per 100 lbs., $2.25 $4.00. BEEVES City DresBed, 710- CALVES City Dressed. 8 1416. HOGS Live Per 100 lbs., $5.60 $6.15. , HAY Prime per 100 lbs., 87''. STRAW Long Rye, per 100 lbs.. 80 LIVE POULTRY Spring Chicken per lb., 14c; Turkeys per lb.. 14c; Ducks per lb., 12 13c.;, Fowls per lb., 14c DRESSED POULTRY Turkey? per lb., 1220., Fowls per lb.. 11 15c; Chickens, Pbila., per lb.. 16 24. v EOETABLES PDtatoes, Jersey. per bbl., $1.76 $2.10. ONIONS White, per basket, 75 V 1.26.
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