TERRIBLE ORDEAL
OF YOUNG WOMAN
Bound, Gagged and Robbed in Her Home
> at Glassboro.
EXCITEMENT IN A JERSEY TOWN,
About to Take a Train.
Glassboro, N. J. (Special). —Mrs. Wil-
liam Shaw, of South
held up in her home at the point of a
gagged the
house looted of money and several
cles of value.
Mrs. Shaw, who is only 1B years of
age, was formerly Miss Anna George, of
this town. She was attending to house
hold duties on the first floor, when she
turned around and saw a man covering
her with a revolver. He threatened her
with death if she made any noise. He
then seized a pair of the woman's stock
ings from a clothesline and with one
these tied her hands behind her back
He then bound her legs with the other
stocking. He then, still covering her
with a revolver, found an old flour sack,
with which he gagged her. Then he
took an old piece of carpet and secure
ly bound it over her head
When Mrs. Shaw was discovered, two
hours later, she was nearly suffocated.
and neighbors who released her found
her prostrated. She was frothing at the
mouth, and it was half an hour before
she recovered sufficiently to tell what
had happened. She then gave a de
scription of her assailant, and several
posses of citlzens were hastily gathered
together and ured the town in all
directions to capture the culprit
Town Marshall William
several other men to the railroad
depot, thinking the man might have
gone
ram
Glassboro, was
revolver, bound and and
arti
of
with
Martin
went
escape by a
vo strangers about
srsed } 9
WATCHING THE LEVEES
Farmers Eear Fiood Break on the
‘ Mississippl
Keokuk, Iowa
kuk scout!
lilinois
S18
\ ready
$6 000 000
as t «© va
3
al
Alexandn
tian levee
send four
town.
The «
Missou
mna, wi
centres
This Woman is sot Slow.
Ore. (Special). ~Th
ceca ped
Salem,
of David
have been del
tentiary,
Mrs.
body
readily
prison : t
Waggoner made a f
the rewar 00
Lee declined to ps i
ber $300 for her
and explaining
only be paid f§ he capt
vict, and not fo ere finding of his
dead body by Mrs. Waggoner
refused the amount offered and made a
formal written demand for
ward. to be presented to Governor Geer
emetery
in :
al demand for
of Superintendent
offering
and expense
x $1
the re ward Conta
ire of the con
a.
accident
the full re
Wrangie Over Carnegie Gifts.
ittsbur Andrew Carne
{ Special)
gie will give to the city of Pittsburg a
polytechnic
$2. 000000, and make it
worth $5000000 if the city will provide
a site large enough for the purpose. The
city is now wrangling over the site. It
has got into politics, the Citizens’ party
wanting a $2-acre tract for the site and
the old Republican machine wanting an
11-acre tract for it. The city has enough
money to buy the latter site, but to buy
the larger one would necessitate an is-
$F 4 :
which will cost
to
sides are unwilling to submit an issue of
bonds to the people.
A ——————— A ——
Lives Lost in Tornado.
Chesterville, Ont. (Special). —A tor
nado of great fury passed within a mile
of this town, and everything in its path,
The country presents a scene of devas-
tation. Dwellings are overturned and
dead cattle are lying at nearly every
farm. Several persons were killed and
a number injured. The damage will ex
ceed $200,000.
American Trade Activity.
T.ondon (By Cable) ~The trade com-
miission sent out to inquire into the best
methods for promoting British trade in
South Africa seems much impressed
with the great activity of the Ameri
cane, In its first report the commission
says America will be the greatest men-
Americans are making a fine effort to
get hold of the market, and are intro
ducing their practice of specialization
as is «0 well exemplified in other parts
of the world
Domestic.
Richard Day, former private secre
tary uf the late John W. Mackay, said
in San Francisco that tHe multimillion
aire could not accurately estimate
value of his big estate,
Victor Rouillot, secretary of the brok-
| erage firm of the Rouillot Commission
| Company, Philadelphia, was found dead,
cuffocated by gas at his home, at Ger-
mantown.
President
{ from Senator
Roosevelt received a letter
McLaurin declining
| the United States Court of Claims,
i Frederick Morrison,
ied himself while
land, O., with Miss Mary Cow
{ had refused to marry him
Robert E. McMahon, special pe
man for the Auditorium Annex in i
cago, killed {f two holdup men and
captured the other
The monitor Terror went aground on
¥ leland, in Chesapeake Bay, and
was pulled off by the tug Hercules
¥. Robinson, late president
sland and Central | rust
Rock Island, 111,
Northwestern Ui
American University,
11
Out
riding in Cleve
ley, who
one ot
Tavlor
James F.
i Rock 1
vings Bank of
to the
the
nglon,
American Line
Philadelphia for Queenst
Liverpool, was towed into Halifax
N. S. by British steamer Schola:
I'he Belgenland's shaft is broken
President Williams, of Seaboard
denied ti Chesapeake and Ohio
Norfolk Western stock had
purchased by John W. Gates and others
n the interest of ad
reported tha sveral coal
attempt thas $
¢ anthractie region, a
» th it
steamer
irom
the
tne
» os ol
ailii
It er
“ai
op
¥
h Ls + erate
will week to opera
¢ cansca
’ + }
frivy
States
culated hy
from a tuberculous cow in order to
Dr. Koch's tl
consumption resulted
Panopoulus, a
y ost ¥
who committed
prove eory, declare
gentleman’ brigand,
some remarkable
beries, has been arrested in Athens
Minister Bowen has cabled the State
Department: at Washington that the
President of Venezuela has abandoned
the idea of attacking the revolutionists
at Barcelona.
King Leopold of Belgium visited
King Edward aboard the English royal
yacht. King Edward's condition con
tinues favorable,
The contract was signed in London
for the manufacture and laying of the
cable between Honolulu and Manila.
rob
|
»
i
Faft, of the Philippines, says:
main lines for future negotiations, n-
dicated in the notes, having been ac-
cepted by Secretary Root, the repre.
sentative of the Vatican in the Philip-
pines will enter into relations with the
authorities in the Philippines.”
Countess de la Warr was granted a
divorce in London on the ground of the
Earl's desertion and misconduct. The
Countess was given costs and the cuss
tod: of her children.
Financial
WAS CUT IN TWO
Fifty Lives Lost ina Wreck on the River
Elbe.
THIRTEEN BODIES ARE RECOVERED.
Members of a German Choral Society Among
With a Tug — Majority of the Passengers
Their Parcots.
Hambus Cable) fhe excur
(By
Primus,
S10n steamer with 185 passen
n board, was cut in two and sunk
tug Hansa on Elbe at
LIVES LOST AND BUILDINGS WRECKED.
Ten People Killed in a Storm thet is Driven
With Hurricane Velocity.
PANIC CAUSED BY EARTHQUAKES
People of St. Vincent Fearial that a Cates
trophe Was impending.
A Released Convict's Crime.
HEago (Special Because his wife
for him had
ing months
Witham Nelson
¢ and then turned
gave evidence that her love
canned
in the
shot her to death
his revolver upon himself in an ineffec
tual agempt to take his own life. Their
baby, too young to realize that a crime
was being committed, wis the only wit-
ness to the tragedy. When the murder
was discovered the cold form of the
wile was clasped in the arms of the man
who had taken her life. The man's
wound was only superficial
Tracey Huat Abandoned.
Wash, (Special) After 40
days oi continual pursuit by men and
while he
State
was sery 17
prison
Tacoma,
ture Harry Tracey, the escaped Oregon
convict, has ended
cey through Clark, Cowlitz,
Thurston, Pierce, Kitsap,
and King counties has cost these coun-
ties $10,000. Oregon's refusal to pay
Mrs, Waggonet, of Chehalis, the re-
ward for Merrill's body has done much
Lewis,
at 224000000 bushels, a decrease of
28 000,000,
Pacific Mail's net earnings for the
year were only $16847. & decrease of
| $400,142.
An Amalgamated Copper quarterly
dididend of 1-2 of 1 per cent was de-
clared,
Since January 1 the consumption of
| increased only & per cent,
is SA SA
Charge of the Rough Riders.
Santiago (Special) ~Vaesili Verest
commissioned to paint a picture of the
steamship Segurance. He has complet.
and the scene of the battle with Admi-
ral Cervera's fleet, which will probably
Ver.
estchagin was much annoyed by the an
founded reports of hs dangerous iil.
LIVE NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS,
Bragg May Be Recalled.
| Cuba has taken formal notice of the
| statement of Consul-General Bragg, at
| Havana, that “Uncle Sam might as well
{ as to do anything with these people.”
| General Bragg has himself made an
explanation to the State Department,
but it 1s generally conceded that
usefulness as a diplomatic representa
tive of this Government in Cuba is
ended. The matter has been passed to
{ President Roosevelt. who will
| retired His red
i probably
t chined to pre
Ihe
all irom Havana
iollow, whether Cuba 1s
the matter or not
Citban Government brought the
he attention United
ister Squiers at Ha
ked whether or not
in
of the
responsible for the
published in
faletter
Russian Prince Coming} Here
re received by the
from Alfred 1}
Minister to Japan,
Russia sailed
1
‘rancisco
State
Suck,
that
J a
from
Fhe mun
i
| & J
rrince would
remain in
. $inte
oming to thi
no arrangement:
the State Depart-
on. He will
lor :
nit beyond
Count
nothing about
First of the Military Po (2
L035 & Iv sep
¥
“
Farms.
ure the U
th
fease gure
Censtis
ng
\ .
fas increased
ng now 2.730,
wdvanced from
K41.000,000
farm prop
$20.514.001
in
£ 260 680 10
alve of farm produc
i 1800
COn000 as compared with
ts IC
nn S4.000,
$2. 200 000 000
ried for was more th
fr rIRO0
nber of
what it
value 1s
that the nus
fonr times
their
he Bureau states
nearly
ago,
times as great
1H
a while
VEArs
five
Whitelaw Reid Not to Attend.
Mr. Whitelaw Reid changes
his there will be no special repre-
sentative of the United State: at King
Edward's coronation next month, and
Mr. Choate will attend in the usual
orm
Mr. Reid has notified the State De
partment that he intends to sail for the
United States this week. and, of course,
the special embassy will be broken up.
Cuba io the Family of Nations
The new Government of Cuba is be-
img rapidly established in the family of
nations, A cable message received at
the State Department from Mr. Squires,
| our Minister at Havana, says that up to
| date the Republic of Cuba as been for-
mally recognized by the United States,
| Great Britain, France, Spain, Switzer
i land, Haiti, Nicaragua, Costa Rico and
| Guatemala,
t . ———
: Capital News in General
The President has
Robert Maitland O'Reilly, of the med-
| ical department of the Army, to be sur-
i geon general, to succeed Gen, William
IH. Forwood i
Judge Hagner issued a rule on Secre-
tary Root in mandamus proceedings in-
stitsted by Miss Rebecca Taylor, who
| was dismissed from the War Deparnt-
Lent
{ Corporation Counsel A, B. Duvall, of
| the District. decided that under the new
| code all offices in the District must
{ close on Saturday at noon,
Ya
No EAE
1 1
mina
JOHN W. MACKAY
DIES IN LONDON
American Millionaire Succumbs fo Heart
Failure.
Went to Californian Made snd Lost One
Fortune Before He was 30 Years Old-
His Oreat Luck With the Comstock
Lode.
London
kay, of
ogg el os
i
pneumonia
' :
Mrs. Macka
r 12
jathier § ceain
Causes Shock in Sea Francisca
Fi isco, Cals S 1
BROTHERS SHOT BY A WOMAN
Oge of the Men Killed Yas
Husband
the Woman's
2.500,000,000 BUSHELS
Record Crop of Corn Predicied for This Season
By Pau! Morton
high-water
els will be
oon oon bushels
Hotel Manager's Strange Death
Citv. N i \
anager
Nathan
1 what 1s thought
Atlant
Fhomas Ormrod, 01
Leekan, a
IY The
into the bottling establishment of
Forman and took a drink of
brandy. Ormrod immediately became ill
and died a short time later in convul-
sions leekan was == seized with
anvulssons, and the physucians have
tittle hope of saving his life. It is be-
lieved that some persons put strychnine
into the brandy, and an analysis is now
being made.
men
went
Charles
Silk Culture in Georgia
Atlanta, { Special). are
nearing completion for the introduction
into Georgia of silk culture and manu-
facture on a large scale. A considerable
tract of land near Tallulsh Falls has
been acquired for the experiments. The
Ga Plans
of 25 acres cach, and it is proposed to
have these farms tilled by expert Italian
Italy, the principal silk-growing country
for the erection of mills for the manu.
facture of the silk.
Yokohama, Japap (By Cable) ~The
Marquis Saigo, a distinguished states.
man, died here of cancer. He com-
manded the Formoss Punitive Exped:
tion, held many cabinet posts and was
a brother of the hero oi the Satsuma
rebellion,
Four Men Killed by Explosion.
Columbus, Ga. (Special) ~The mill
of Pridmore & Reese, at McCrary, Miss,
was destroyed by an explosion of bel
ers. Both proprietors and two other
men were killed Lo ;
A Plot Discovered By American Secret Service
Men,
A) 1
vw ashington - Jtaly can
{ Special)
Ys « 4 $ g ¢
thank the United States for information
which prevented an attempt
on the part
of a Paterson King
Victor
anarchist to slay
r
Emmanuel, her sovereign
at the State Department de-
fact that the t
Italy, gave
whose
mar ater
1 who
the na
of
were
me
quarters
sUgRestion
SOME WeeKs
Two Murderers Must Hang.
Building Stopped in Jacksouvilic.
rue
Alice Roosevelt Not Engaged
{ Seve
Decmer,
Americ an
CoOunciis
Harry
United
TANI : 120
0.000 Mmemners
the order
Dr. BW
tory at the
Arnold professor of his
State Normal School at
Farmville. Va.. was elected professor of
history and economics in Randolph-
Macon Woman's College.
Miss Lonie Farmer was arrested at
Winchester. Va, on a warrant sworn
out by her father, Gere Farmar, of Ber-
yville, Va., on the charge of running
Way
Seven directors of the Prussian Mort-
gage Bank, charged with falsifying bal-
ince sheets, were sentenced to different
erms of imprisonment and to pay heavy
nes, .
Two unsuccessinl attempts are report
#d to have been made by revolutionists
ww seize Nicaraguan ports,
A. 1. Balfour, the new British premier,
presided at the first cabinet meeting of
the new admimistration. It ix reported
that the Duke of Marlborough will suc.
reed Lord Curzon as Viceroy of India,
but there is little credence given to the
rumor,
The Sultan of Zanzibar died of a
stroke of paralysis. His death has
caveed no disturbance,
Whitelaw Reid, the head of the Unit.
ed States embassy to the coronation of
King Edward, in a speech at the ban
quet of the American Chamber of Com.
merce in Liverpool, defended the Mor-
gan shipping combine, declaring it was
pot a monopoly, and that it obviated
violent flsctuations in rates and insured
to Great Britain a great neutral fleet,
Ax extensive cordon of constabulary
has been arranged in Cavite Province
the ladrone chiefs Montallon
dg apd so followers,