SUMMARY OF THE NEWS,
Domestic.
William Hall and George F. lLech-
man, two members of the Allentown
(Pa.) green goods gang, were arrested
in Philadelphia and taken to New York
on the charge of trying to work their
game.
The veterans of the First Regiment,
Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, dedi-
cated a monument at Spotsylvania bat-
tiefield in memory of their comrades
who fell in that bloody battle.
James R. Keene, the New York
speculator, presented to his wife a
bracelet worth $100,000 out of the
profits of his recent dealings in Wall
street.
Vernon Ellzey killed himse and
Myrtle Ellzey, his cousin, with whom
he had eloped to Elmo, Texas
Richard Smith, a worker at the Cum-
mer Lumber Mills, in Berkeley, Va,
committed suicide,
Petitions for involuntary bankruptcy
were filed against the Shaw Piano Com-
pany and Matthew Griswold, of Ere,
Pa., in the United States District Court
in Pittsburg.
“Sailor Bob,” indicted with eight
others for murdering Father Riegel with
knockout drops in Cheltenham, Pa,
pleaded guilty to murder in the second
degree.
Generals Fred Grant and J. C. Bates
arrived at San Francisco from Manila.
General Bates will likely be placed in
command of the Department of the Mis-
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sours.
The beautiful country
Thomas B. Wanamaker,
Pa., was completely destre
the total loss being placed :
The Morgan Line st
launched at the Newort New
Mrs. Robert Stocker bei
The strikes of the ma ‘ ¢
Manufacturers number of
cities de ) je-
mands.
Miss Taylor, a Princess Anne (Va.)
school teacher, sprinted away on her bi
cycle from a negro, who!tried to assaul
her.
Mrs
dren were struck by
over, Pa, and
SCIOUS.
Lorrie Mandanso, a crazy Portuguese
artist, shot Alice a girl,
in Chicago, and then killed himself
Mrs. Elizal Newell and r four-
year-old daughter starved to death at
their home in Hunt nm, W. Va
Mario Donato,
Caesar,
himself in the forecastle.
Dr. H M. Wharton's
Young Ladies, Va.
in creditors’
The torped.
t the Bath
William
tendent of
ance Company, at Yo
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Henry Mertz and her four cl
htning néar Han-
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uncon
nd were rendered
Cusack,
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rom injuries
There was a
nd University
received
row between
¢ Tie
Lilt
In which there
sides.
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of nos
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ass
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udulent purposes
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Akron, Ohio,
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unable to
of the C
receiving
their re
The
American
monument
Sullivan
General
order,
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farewell
endir lief ex-
pedition in Chin:
will sail Thursday
It is reported
rebels
that the governm
end the revolution
Domingo Almen:
ter Finance, has
sign, owing to the dispute over the salt
monopoly.
Mgr. O'Connell was consecrated by
Cardinal Satolli. bish Portland,
Me., in the Church of St. John Lateran,
in Rome.
The Sultan
to the foreign
have suspe
a, Peruvian Minis-
of threatened to re-
hop of
of Turkey has apologized
ambassadors for the
lations of the foreign mail matter.
The Korean government is
to have leased to Japan a tract of land
formerly sought by Russia.
The revolutionary groups celebrated
in Paris the anniversary of the Com-
mune.
The German press and public are be
coming excited over the great commer.
cial and manufacturing progress of the
United States, and recognize that this
country is now their greatest rival in
trade.
Russia continues to maintain anti-
Jewish measures in the frontier districts.
notwithstanding the Prussian Govern
ment’s remonstrances
Emperor William is now at odds with
the leaders of the Conservative party,
and indignant because they fail to appre-
ciate his pro-British policy.
The draft of Secretary Hay's proposals
for a new Isthmian Canal Treaty has
been received in London, :
Lady Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina,
Duchess of Cleveland, mother of Lord
Rosebery, died in Germany.
The Turkish custome authorities have
forbidden the importation of typewriters
inte the country
Partially successful observations of the
sun's eclipse were obtained at Sumatra,
Strikes and riots prevail in St. Peters.
burg.
A member of the Belgian Chamber of
Deputies raised an uproar by protesting
against the suppression of the temporal
power of the Pore
YiO-
reported
Financial.
A very large amount of Northern Pa-
cific stock arrived from Europe last
week,
The Secretary of the Treasury con-
tives to purchase bonds in small quan-
tities daily.
Payment of the third installment of
25 per cent. of the $40,000,000 Union
Pacific convertible 4 per cents. is due
to-day.
Money in London is 2 per cent. on
call and 3 4
Discount in Berlin is 3 to 3 3-
¢ and in
Paris 2 7-8 per cent.
|THE DEDICATION
OF PAN-AMERICAN.
the World in Parade,
VICE-PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SPEAKS
All of the American Republics Were Repre-
sented at the Dedication, and Their Mili-
tary Attaches and Commissioners Were
Special Guests.
Buffalo (Special)
a vast concourse of people
In the presence of
with cere
Pan-American Exposition was dedicat
ed formally Monday. The day was fair
and the industrious, energetic who
planned this great enterprise rejoice in
Hattering success. The day began with
a parade, in which there were men from
nearly every country in the world,
'nded with an aerial b
flying bombs and a
illumination
Between
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brilliant electrical
ST. LOUIS FIREMAN DASHED TO DEATH
Slips From a Linc of Hose and Falls Sixty
Feet to Pavement.
SHAMROCK IL WINS
Comes Out One Minute Ahead on the Trial
Rua With Old Yacht
ton By Cable
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advantage Shamr
about a nunute
Captured After Two Years’ Search.
W. Va i
3 iy, who is said to be wanted
in Martin county, Ky.. for the killing
of Joseph M. Kirk about two years ago,
twenty
United
Charleston, {Spec
ty . ( iy
A8S1IC
five miles from here, by De
Marshal C r Cassidy
without A
$400 is offered for his capture
murdered was a brother of
sheriff. prosecuting attor
ney and county judge of Martin coun-
ty. He will be taken to Kentucky.
States
unni
surrendered re
ward of
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prese
Actress Germaine Poisoned.
Minneapolis, Minn. (Special).—~Kath
erine Germaine, playing the leading role
in “The Highwayman' at the Metro-
politan Theatre, in this city, swallowed
nearly a dozen strychnine pills and may
die. She was suffering from toothache
during the afternoon and resorted to a
dentist's office. He gave her the pills
with instructions to take one every three
hours. The instructions were misunder-
stood, and mot knowing their deadly
contents Miss Germaine took the over-
dose. At midnight her condition was
critical,
Sues for $4,000,000,
Beaumont, Texas (Special). —Patillo
Higgins, who says he gave Capt. A. F.
Lucas the information which caused the
latter to bore the first oil well here, has
filed suit for $4,000,000 against Lucas
and his associates.
In his petition he avers that the
knowledge which he imparted to Lucas
was well worth $4,000,000 and one-tenth
interest in the output of petroleum;
that on account of possessing the infor-
mation Lucas found oil, and that the
product of the well was worth $35.000
s day.
Turkey Makes Apo'ogy.
Constantinople (By Cable) Ahmed
Tewfik Pasha, Ottoman Minister of
Foreign Affairs, called upon the am.
sassadors and notified them of Turkey's
desire to re-establish the status quo
ante in the postal question and her in-
ention to
to apologize for the violations of the
foreign mail bags.
Ambassador to determine what attitude
mission of the Sublime Porte.
WIFE OF SECRETARY GAGE DEAD.
Heart Trouble, the Result of Grip Complica-
tions, Cause of Death.
Washington (Special). Mrs.
Gage, wife of the Secretary of
died at her residence,
Massachusetts avenue northwest,
an illness of nine weeks
Heart tr
the
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the immediate cause of
Gage was exposed to the
Mrs
inclement weather about an hour on
auguration day, but at that time
visit her married daughter.
wad a chilll and took
to Washington, where she had been con
fined to her room ever since
Mrs. Gage was a
Mr. Gage in Denver,
Through all the course
as a member of the Cabinet fam-
She married
in 1887
ily she remained
Her manner
her
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most
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which she
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MORE FIGHTING TO DO IN CHINA.
Waldersee Fitting Out Another Punitive Ex
pedition-
«French Troops to Stay.
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MARTIAL LAW REVOK:eDL
Jacksonville Agsin ian Civil Control Safe
guarding Reports.
have resume
RANSACKED THE HOUSE
Bold Operations of a Band of Burglars
Near Maristta, Pa.
Pa al zrta R
Marietta
burglars’
and two
green m Covering
ie awoke
fashirg
Hashing
Wearing
their
with revolvers
other men
'
revolves
masks
ran
stood
then
and
sec
us iy
ie another
They
noroughly
ed again to the
or Engl boys attempted to fol-
ot
searched
when they
nd
aescenag
d fle
on
low were ven back at the point
ol feve 8. | Engle was bound and
Wcked in a closet and Mrs, Engle was
ordered to stay in bed and keep quiet
The burglars cut the telephone wire and
then departed. They secured only $20
in cash, two watches and some articles
of small value
oof SR 1 1
of revolvers. Mr
Walked lato Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls, Y. (Special). —A
man supposed to be Wm. Gardhouse, of
Brampton, Ontario, walked out into
Niagara river, near the brink of the falls
in Prospect Park, and was swept over
the brink and dashed to death on the
rocks below. A large number of peo-
ple saw the man deliberately walk to his
death, but he was carried over the falls
so quickly that no one could do any-
thing to save him.
Hypnotic Subject” Killed.
Woonsocket, R. I. (Special). —Dur-
N
Prof. Frankie Farnsworth and wife, of
Fitchburg, at the Opera House, one of
the subjects, Thomas Bolton, also of
Fitchburg, was killed. Mr. Bolton was
resting between two chairs with a 600-
sound stone on his body. A
Placksmith, Clifford Trask, attempted
to break the stone with a sledge ham-
ner The chair on which
| head. :
Hon. E. F. Uhl Dead.
ministration, died shortly after noon
Friday. 1. HA
suffering with a complication of dis-
eases, among them Bright's disease.
Capital Now $100,000,000,
Denver, Col. (Special) ~The Ameri
can Smelting and Refining Company
has filed a certificate with the Secretary
of State increasing its capital stock
| from $65,000,000 to §100,000,000,
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OBJECTIVE OF THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP
Miss Barber, the Niece of Mrs. McKinley, Per
forms the Function that Had Been Assigoed
to the President's Wife-She Presses the
Button, and Miss Deshler, of Ohio, Breaks
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McKinley's condits
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$
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Mc to attend
Perncid v
resident
of the battle ship Oh
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of the Union iron
launching of thus
, named Ohio, native state, was |
the real objective of the President's long
trip across the
event which has attracted to the Pacific
Coast the governors of three states, the
Ohio congressional delegation, several |
Un.ted States senators and many other |
notable and distinguished people i
Dramatic and picturesque as was the
sight of 14.000 tons of steel sliding nto
the fullbreasted tide of San Francisco
Bay. it was not so splendid and magni-
ficent as the great naval pageant which |
accompanied, nor as profoundly impres- |
sive as the greeting extended to the |
President by the 4,000 employes of the
shipyard.
When the President left the sick room
of his wife every arrangement had been
made to notify him on the instant of any
change for the worse in her condition,
He was driven to the wharf in a closed
carriage, escorted by a squad of mount-
ed police. The Cabinet and other dis-
tinguished guests were already aboard
the transport tug Slocum, which was to
convey the party to the Union Iron
Works,
The President's flag, an eagle and
shield on a blue field, was flying from
the main mast, and the Union Jack was
¥¢
continent and was the
A
the gangway to the accompaniment of
sail over the shining waters of the bay.
It proved to be a triumphal journey, the
College Degree for President McKinley.
Berkeley, Cal. (Special). ~The degree
sity of California. Only twice before
since the founding of the university in
1868 has this degree been bestowed by
Head Severed by Train.
Martinsburg, W. Va. (Special).
Rev. H. H. Kennedy and wile, who
ing an appointment at Bardane, were
press train at Shenandoah Junction
shortly before 5 o'clock, with fatal re-
sults. Both were terribly mangled.
Mrs. Kennedy had her head severed
from her body and Rev. Kennedy's
skull was split. He is still living, but
cannot survive, The horse was cut to
pieces and the buggy completely demol-
ished,
Years ago
were the |
binet
‘resident
La
Deshler,
the shi
and many uni
and Navy
the President stood
before the electric app!
trolied guillotine
the rope which woul
that was to kn
Miss Barber, with her finger on
ton, was looking intently at th
At 12.22Y;, two and a half
na
SeVeT
loosen the weight
last beam
on the but.
e indiga-
minutes
ance which
the that was to
iid
wk out thie
time set for the launching, there sudden
ly shot into the face of the indicator the
Miss Barber pressed the button, The
last block fell away. At the same time
Miss Deshler let go of the bottle of
champagne suspended at the side of the
bow by a red. white and blue ribbon,
and, as it crashed against the side, she
uttered the words “1 christen thee
‘Ohio. ”
Released from its bonds, the heavy
hull of 14.000 tons of steel went plough-
ing through the thick grease of it: cra-
die, slowly at first, then faster and faster
she slid down the ways, taking the flood
majestically, and piling up the water in
great waves before her. The band
crashed, whistles blew and the multitude
shouted.
The trip back to the city was almost
a repetition of the journey to the yard
When the Slocum came alongside her |
wharf the President did not wait for the
gangway to be run out. He stepped over |
the rail to the pier and almost ran to the |
carriage which was waiting for him. |
The door slammed. and he was off at a |
gallop for the bedside of his wife,
Matches Fed the Flames.
Detroit, Mich. (Special). «Fire to- |
tally destroyed the entire plant of the |
Walkerville (Ont) match factory and |
a large quantity of match stock. The |
total loss is given at $115,000, with $73,- |
000 insurance. About 100 men were |
employed.
Gov. Nash Wi in San Francisco.
San Francisco (Special). ~The pro.
gramme for the entertainment of Gov.
Nash and the Ohio visitors was declared
off on account of the illness of Gov, |
Nash. While attending the christening |
of one of the big trees in his honor near
Santa Cruz he was poisoned with poison
oak. He was partially blinded, and suf.
fered very much while addressing the
Union League Club at night. While his
affliction is not serious, it prevents him
from participating in any of the func.
tions that n arranged in hus
honor,
ANOTHER BIG GIFT
BY MR. CARNEGIE.
He Gives $10,000,000 for Free Educa
tion in Scotland.
ONLY SCOTS TO BE BENEFICIARIES.
The Fund Given to the Four Universities
Which Are to Provide Free Education for
Every Scotch lad snd Lassie, Rich and
Poor Alike, Who Is Able to Pass the
Entrance Examisstions.
ne-
10,~
London ( Andrew Car
has £ 2.000000 {about §
O00 000 stablish educa
5¢ : unin n
lasgow, Aberdeen
He 51
rie
free 107
¥ye
ersities— Ed
and St. A
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ipuiates thal the
hi Scottish
English i
The fund will apply
: :
medical and ¢
no
oreigners
1
eral mimerc.a
ill be put in the t
li pay th
benefited
€ EXpenses
under the
arnegie
de
BOERS DYNAMITE TRAIN.
Major Heath, of Lancashires, Killed--A Soldier
Runs Amuck
Saw Comet in Twilight.
Cal
al
The comet
Australia,
the strong no
seen, the only bein
position observed by Mr
p. m. was right ascension
33 minutes, declination
37 minutes north. This :
the comet has been seen at an;
vatory in the northern hemisphere. The
comet 15 much famter than when dis
covered, and wiil not be visible here
without a telescope.
Gufiy's $15,000.00 Cil Charter.
Austin, Tex. (Special).—-The largest
oil charter ever incorporated under the
laws of Texas was filed here in the sec.
retary's office. The charter is that of J
M. Guffy Petroleum Company, of Beau.
mont, capital stock $15.000,000. It means
a consolidation ui the Guffy-Galey bold.
ings, which are the most extensive in
All of the stock,
it is said, has been paid in. The incor
porators are J. M. Guffy, of Pittsburg,
Pa; A. F. Lucas, B. F. Drexel, Perry
Wiess, Hal W. Greer and R. A. Greer,
of Beaumont.
Violent Scene in a Palace.
Belgrade, Servia (By Cable). There
was a violent scene in the palace here
when the Cabinet advised King Alexan-
der to divorce his Queen because of the
recent stories concerning her accouche.
ment. The King became frenzied at the
suggestion and s%used the Ministers in
the coarsest language, and swore that he
would stand by Queen Draga at any
cost.
Observatory, S
~overed
peCiai) —
(Jueensiown
was
3 2
“ds
or
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Saw Ayers Killed,
Washingfon (Special). «At the ine
quest over the body of James Seymour
Ayres the coroner's jury held Mra, Lola
Ida Henry Bonine on the charge of
murdering young Ayres, who was found
dead in his room at the Kenmore on
Wednesday last. This announcement
was made Ly Chief of Police Sylvester
alier Mrs, fonine had made a state.
ment in which she confessed having
been in the room when Ayres was
killed, alleging that he had held the
pigtol and the wounds were inflicted
during a struggle in which he was at-
tempting to assault her.