HAD ENOUGH OF THE X RAY
Wizard Edison Will Stop Experimenting
With It.
ASSISTANT PRACTICALLY HELPLESS.
sn ——
Result of Selfssacrificing Work in Studying
the Possibilities of the Mysterious Power,
and the Noted Wizard Himself Had His Eye
Ways.
New York (Special)
: ’
sight, cancerous disease
to
exposed to or
may come him who is continually
mexperienced in
use of roentgen rays has been dem
onstrated by an f
the
Clarence
laboratory
Ly:
onstratron, while
suffers from the di
of his eves through
the
to find for it som
mysicrious
The chief suff
depend entirely
Mr. Edison, in
plemented by an enti
deeper
i
delve
which
ed in sol
pacitated
dens
man.
Ihe
and
Dal
year
wish te
tyr to
the
not
him
vices
ble ob
experienced
X
nto ty
interested in
an improved «
daily
kept my e3
virtuall
results that
1 1"
aily al
when 1 came ou
closed my rig \
everything looked d
to an oculi
was something over
cus. It is still imperfect, and I do not
think that it ever will well.”
FIGHT SHERIFF'S POSSE
be entirely
Said to Have Been Killed.
Cal
report
Placerville,
messengers that a figh
place between the sher
by the Placerville mil
caped convicts. Two militiamen
ported wounded and two
either wounded or captured.
i$
nsy
a: and 3
ia and ine
are re
}
i es
tory Mine, three miles from here.
Sacramento, Cal (Special).~The
chief clerk of Folsom prison has tele-
phoned that three of the sheriff's posse
were killed and that two convicts are
thought to have been wounded. It is
stated that preparations are being made
“The Evansville Riot.
Evansville, Ind.
Walling returned his verdict in the
in the recent riot. He found that they
ed by some unknown persons.
port said:
of unknown persons. I further find that
the said wounds were inflicted during
a riotous attack on the county jail and
militia defending the same on the 6th
day of July, 1903. Alter taking the
depositions of 66 persons who were
present at the time of the riot, 1 am
unable to say who the person was who
fired the shots.”
Lynchers After Him.
Kenton, O, (Special) —Harry Minard,
60 years old, was found dead with a
bullet hole in his breast at his home,
three miles from Kenton. William
Nickolson, a mulatto, i= suspected of
the crime. According to a statement
made by Nickolson's sister, he confessed
took $200 in money. Nickolson later fled
from town. A posse is in pursuit, and
there are threats that if captured he will
be lynched.
THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER
Domestic.
The trustees of the Newport Hospital
have received from Mrs, Vanderbilt the
formal transfer of the $250000 ward
which she has caused to be erected as a
memorial to her husband, the late Cor-
nelius Vanderbilt.
Judge Lochren, of the United States
Circuit Court, in the case of the State of
Minnesota against the Northern Securi-
ties Company, decided ‘in favor of
defendants and dismissed the bill of com
3
the
ine
Ida M. Tritt, the first woman to hold
executive position in any railroad In
United States, has been elected
New
an
It is expected in Boston cottor
circles that more th
les will
1
during
an 2.
be idle
h the month of August
Eighteen British subjects were refuses
landing by the United State
at San
§ IMmigs
Francisco because
ntract laborers
svidence was given In
Ky., of
for ki
n that Jett admitted the k
A freight train ran into
drawbridge on the Delaware a
, kill ireman and
Curtis
greates
n waters ha
} Je
1 30,000 IMmIigrr:
P#ul en rou
were uncovered in Chicago
Foreign.
wenchien, a Peking journalist, boldly
as
was be
ination of the Manchus, and
headed
of Cardinals, in conclave in Rome, but
King Edward, Queen Alexandra and
The members of
not to emerge until a pope has been
elected. It was a trying ordeal for the
cardinals and a day of excitement at the
Vatican.
A warrant was issued at Budapest,
uty Dienes, who was charged in the
Diet with having attempted to bribe
Deputy Papp.
The levying of countervailing duties
imported and bountied sugar with
Far been extended to March 31,
on
1904.
The religious ceremonies at the Mon
astery at Svropp, Russia, which will
last for five days, promises to be very
interesting. The relics of St. Seraphim
will be exposed. :
Ten striking workmen were killed
and 18 wounded by the troops at Mik-
hailovo, on the Tiflis Batoum Railway,
by Russian troops they had attacked
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain, in
the House of Commons, defended the
South African policy of the govern-
ment,
Floancial
The price of tin advanced 5 shillings
in London,
Gates is said to be carrying 40.000
shares of Atchison,
An official says Atchison has $12.
ooo,000 cash available for the come
pany's needs.
Copper metal is down to 13 cents a
pound, and seems to grow a shade
easier,
A general refunding 4 per cent. bond
to the amount of $250,000,000 1s talked
about for Rock Island.
v
Hundreds of People Struggle For Life
in the Water.
THREE PERSONS WERE DROWNED,
Haviog Been Built Sixteen Years Ago, and
Time, Although it
Many Fell Between the Boat Houses.
Portland,
the
Ore.
bridge
( Special) —A
of which the Willa
spans
the water. Three pers
arc
been drowned, and it is
all are accounted
houses
the bri imme-
Ige,
houses
«11
or
from
i
1G
*d them up
MINUTE HAND SIXTY FEET LONG
Dial Will Be 120 Feet la Diameter Clock for
World's Fair.
Two Sisters Burned to Death.
tel contain
ir room in the
ET Hooper, of
ccupied a room on
arely escaped suffo
way to the
was found by
inmates
Ihe property
was
her
second story, where
firemen. Several oth escap
loss was small
Turtle Stood the Shock
Derby, Conn. (Special). That tur
ties withstand without
can
tremendous electric force was demon
strated here when more than 300 volts
sent through them. Ed
ward Frost, a Central Village natural
ist, tried the experiment. The turtle
only quivered slightly when the cur
rent was applied and then crawled off
unharmed, when it was turned off. Mr
were one of
bony body pilates such a
shock 1s because the heart has two
auricles and one ventricle, rendering
it almost impossible to cause sudden
cessation of the action of the organ
can resist
Couldn't Survive Loss of Paper.
Warsaw, Ind. (Special). ~The loss of
the paper which he had published 30
believed have caused the
death of Frank H. Zimmerman. Disatis-
fied Democrats, it i¢ said, forced Zim-
merman to sell his paper, the Warsaw
National Union, by threatening an op-
position journal The veteran editor
bowed to the inevitable, but shortly after
his health gave way
years 18 to
Sulc des Cheerful Letter.
New York (Special).--Miss Louisa
Killian, 26, tired of lile, according to
a letter she wrote, killed herself by
drinking carbolic acid in an open lot
not far from her home, in Jersey City
This is the note found near the body:
“Don't, bury me. Cremate me. Don't
worry. Laugh and grow fat. Ha, ha,
ha!” Miss Killian's parents are dazed
They cannot account for her rash act,
except on the theory that her brain
had heen affected by the heat
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS,
More Postolfice Indictments,
A series of indictments, possibly the
most important yet drawn in the post
office investigation, have been reported
by the Federal grand jury. Five new
names are implicated in transactions,
the organized
“grafting” which permeated
front of the
ex-Supt. A, W
used of
nigh a dozen
head and iniquitous
Ma
wrongdo
appears
heretofore a
1
well
chen,
under indict
ments, It is also
Mr
Groff
Machen, as
patent f:
be gan hi
entered the free-delivery divi
although the spec ific chars
to
1s 1
confined
m
m
1
i
sh batch
tations
leather ca
nection with contracts {or
for carriers and in ti
ry painting of letter
were
IMgenious
were
rats A
awlord,
and resident
lncreas: Nearly Fourfold,
by
rey
the first
four ave been $2,
931.782, again 31.011 in the
1.215.657 in 1800
A comparison of the customs reve
nistration for
10 years from 188s to 1898, wit]
period from August 20, 1898, to
April 30, 1903, under American occu
pation, shows the volume of business
to have increased about fourfold
the
In the Departments
Secretary Root gave a hearing to the
cius Littaver, the glove manufacturer,
whose gloves were furnished the War
through Contractor E. R
Lyon
Rear Admiral Bowles holds that the
13.000-ton battleships will not be defi-
cient in coal supply or inferior in radius
of action to previously designed vessels
of that type
The
been
federal grand jury, which has
considering cases arising from
the postal investigation, has agreed
upon four additional indictments for
conspiracy against August W. Machen,
the former general superintendent of
the free delivery service of the Post
office Department, and several other
indictments
Pension Commissioner Ware and
Acting Chairman Cooley, of the Civi
Service Commission, agreed to refer
to the Attorney General for an opinion
the question as to whether the exam-
ining surgeon is included in the civil
service list,
Contracts were awarded for work at
the Naval Academy. The Noel Con-
struction Company of Baltimore was
the successful bidder for two con
tracts.
The government has decided to ac
quire a square between Eighteenth and
Nineteenth streets, E and F streets, as
a site for the proposed hall of records
for government archives.
Operations under the refunding offer
of Secretary Shaw, made in April, con
cluded. The amount turned in is $81,
000,000,
Secretary Cortelyou, of the Depart-
ment of Commerce and Labor, has ap-
pointed Herbert Knox Smith deputy
commissioner of corporations,
The Agricultural Department will
make an analysis of certain food pro
ducts shipped to this country from
abroad.
The subject of coaling and naval sta-
tions was discussed at the first meet.
ing of the General Policy Board. ‘
{ Gunpowder Magazines Are Blown Up in
Lowell, Mass., Suburb.
| Four Boys 200 Yards From the Magazine
Killed by the Concustion-—14 Frame Houses
Leveled to the Ground —Seven Caught Fire
and Were Consumed The Explosion Heard
in Towas Fifty Miles Distant.
Half 2 de zen
! men who
kegs of powder
from one of
were
blown
1
were
at once
men
ing, bu
explos
theref«
1
urred
ie the first to
tou of
1
severai
teams, and
| second magazine
BIBLE THEIR WEAPON
Police Force of Zien Armed With Them lo
stead of Clubs.
{ Special).—Dr. Dowie has
Chicago
In-
revolver
for the pol ce force of Zion City
of
Zion
baton and
will carry
usual
guard
stead the
each
Bible
The innovation was made a thanksgiv.
ing service. Colonel Stern, who
the office corresponding to chief
police, was called to the platform
Overseer Speicher
“Draw your sword"
commanded
the
overseer
bard at his hilt pulled a pocket Bible
from the audience.
Overseer Speicher
henceforth every member
announced that
of
scabbard at his belt
Union Shave for Corpses.
Trenton, N. J.
journeymen barbers have begun a cru
Corpses,
from union undertaker helpers,
barbers also ask all union men to as
sist them by giving orders before death
They have promise of support
union provision. Union coach driver
will not serve at any funeral where 1
by a non-union man,
Mra. Rooseveil Wields Ax.
Oyster Bay, N. Y. (Special).—Stove-
wood was produced about twice as fast
as usual at Sagamore Hill Tuesday, for
Mrs. Roosevelt shouldered an ax and
made a tree-trimming expedition with
the President. Mrs, Roosevelt and the
President turned their ax blades on the
yet uncut limbs and branches of a re.
cently felled tree of the Sagamore Hill
forest. As fast as the tree was stripped
the cord lengths were piled up, to be
later reduced to stove Pent for the
fire in the kitchen wove
|
INSTRUMENTS TO PREDICT WEATHER,
Experiments With Monster Coelostat by the
Scientists of the Smithsonian.
D. €.
Smithsonian
{Ge ”
{Spec y
wi ai)
gerie
TRAIN STALLED FOR TWO YEARS
Resumes Its Journey After & Long Period of
W giting
Killed His Mother's Assailact
(irlenr 1.8. § >i
hundred
Westing!
Pittsburg, are on
refusal of the
Three
by the
Whitaker Wright, th
talist, accused f swindling,
Ludlow Street Jail and b
steamer Ocear {
Judge Kav
1 iver pool
Chicago has
have night
‘ a place where a
strike 1s in progre
William Smith aur
will endow
a college for women in the suburbs of
Geneva.
The International Federation
4
muugonaire
of Com-
Mac
kinac Island, Mich. elected offic
ac .
The sheriff and posse had a brush
and
Nao one was hurt
1002 were
$182.
Brazil's exports in
and rubber exports had reached record
1901, the value of 1001 ship-
ments of coffee being $110.807,000,
against $101.674.800 last year, and of
The Czar, Czarina and their suited
sined the great oghodox pilgrimage to
Tamboff, where the
the hermit Prokhor
monization of
'
tatew
Rear Admiral Cotton and the officers
of the United States European squadron
were inspected by the King and Queen
of Portugal, who are expected to visit
the American warships,
The Countess of Mallespaile having
failed to accomplish the murder of her
rived, tried to butt out her brains against
the walls of her cell, in Paris.
Senhor Manoel Cardia, a Portuguese
journalist, killed bimself because a
young opera singer with whom he was
m love rejected him,
The French Minister of Marine will
marry a school teacher,