The News| Domestic A wedding of international import. ance was celebrated when Miss Amy McMillan, daughter of the late Sena- tor James McMillan, of Detroit, was married to Lieutenant Colonel Sir John Lane Harrington, British min- ister to Abyssinia. Train Dispatcher J. A. Browley, of the Boston and Maine Railroad's Concord office, is held responsible by the Massachuseits State Railroad Commission for the West Canaan wreck, September 16, in which 26 persons lost their lives. The proposition of President Small of the Telegraphers' Union, that the strike be ended because of lack of funds is met with charges of treason George Melville Boynton and a party of explorers will cross the South American Continent by a route never traversed by white men, Whether Jeroy C. sound or false teeth whether he should be tried for a scheme to defrand by mail Edwin M. Watson and his wife, Christian Scientists, at Mount Holly, N. J.. were found guilty on the charge of manslaughter for failing to provide medical treatment for their seven-vear-old Three men were probably fatally of a derick used of the new Nickel the Cuvahloga River, at Cleveland. Purchasing Agent Trainor, of the Standard Oil, declared on the witness stand that he had never received any Harding has may determine son killed and two by the falling the construction Plate bridge over hurt in of the $20,000,000 paid to him, ac- cording to Standard Oil books. A burglary in the Century Build- ing, in New York, was foiled by Rich- ard F. Grey, the watchman, who was badly beaten by the Four sn were drowned and three | others were badly gasoline yacht blew Bay, near Pert! Mrs. Mary bilt, spiritualist ed in New York on a charg larceny The dead Stevens was found float cago River By a ‘ote of 4 to 1 the composing the International Associ: tion of Cotton Growers and Spinners voted to the Heflin resolution, asking Congres the British Par- lfament to ex- changes to for individual action. The n Cot- ton Association v¢ The Met: pany, ways $15,000 committe eration ownersl The about was by Croft car the Prince A jury Ziegle cag nedical attendance late James theater n Heinri« Hetrops 1is hea nonkeyv-hou From st “or i ’ “a the robbers, 3 burned up when their | on Ravitan } wer-Vander- arrest- » of grand of 3 Jennie L i 1¢ Chi- refer the cotton rent *hodlies Souther the negative curities Com- | surfa rafl- | contributed | @ of Cou to ntess nos hi of ro St Lellog tates ng eodir Iroces he comi rom the he pre New J¢ Thirt wand 1.¢ mn in seTn ‘hambers Street, N Xork City The American Tobacco Company, m replving to he government's s nake lar ! was or- zanized JO create uit, and Foreig Capt iam H. Cliff State Marine Cor Moore, formerly of married in France is abou { with Great itain guaranteeing the subjects of ountry re ng in the other the of the Em ors’ Liability Act. The question of the C Inde- | pendent State appears to have reached a deadlock in Belgium, neither Par- | lament nor the King being willing to glve way. Hearing of appeal sentence imposed upon Karl Han, | convicted at Leipsic of the murder of his mother-in-law, opened at Leip- sie. Secretary Taft arrived at Hong- | kong, China, attended a banquet, where he met Minister Wa Ting- Fang, and sailed at midnight for] Manila, Cholera in Russia shows no signs | of diminishing, but, on the contrary, it is spreading steadily. Every prov- ince that suffered from famine last year 8 now in the grasp of the seonrge and every day hundreds of new cases are reported, Count von Pourtales, the Prussian minister at Munich, Bavaria, wil be appointed ambassador of Germany at St. Petersburg. in succession to Herr von Schoe, who succeeds Herr von Tsehirsky as minister for foreign af- fairs, Emperor Francis Josephs is serious- iy ill and the preposed visit of the King and Queen of Spain may have to be postponed. The wife of General Adolf von Buelow, of Berlin, fearing her hus- band was dying, fell dead herself at his bedside. Princess Alexandrine, wife of Crown Prince Christian of Denmark, has consumption. The power of Mulai Hafid, who had been proclaimed sultan in Southern Morocco, has been greatly strength ‘ened. dar fy Vo London riianc di ono « ia benefits Ongo for revision of LOST 100000 IN SPECULATION Manager For Stock Brokers Robbed the Firm, HE CONFESSES TO HIS WIFE. George H. Brouwer, Confidential Man of James H. Oliphant & Ce., Admits He Would Have Made Riches by Use of Employers’ Money Had There Been No Slump in Stock Market, George H of the and who New York Brouwer, (Special). a former member New York Stock Exchange, was arrested, disclosed the detalls of the methods by which he admits he used in speculation $100,000 or more of the funds of James H. Oliphant & Co. Brouwer was manager of the firm's office for several years, afte: having failed in 1899. He said that of his losses were suffered in speculating in copper, Smelters Southern Pacific and the Interbor ough-Metropolitan stocks. He is penniless, he added. "A week ago last cided to make a full my family and my nearest Brouwer said “I was in danger of being discovered, for I had fully covered every transaction. 1 could have gone right on and a million, ‘with nobody the wiser, but I knew I would go insane if I did not confess. “1 called fami wife and two sons, that I had nost now Thusday 1 de confession to freind,’ no Care taken ly about and told £100,000 and more. My wife fainted. [I then the books before Mr. Oliphant revealed transaction “Besides being the manager for carrying a sepa account own. Jay F. Car was carrying a large and when my I would ‘ansfer Carlisle's holdings ym the or | CATTY account from my own account my me, my them stolen per every rate ac account wa some fre Oli phant book, wonld Ome books to my employer's *It was worked it, the imple been the stock should 1 1 le BT abreast was impossil of the struggled do into the pit I me to The more 1 deeper for decline, the am penniless iced to 1 the to 820 ’ ii sive me another an restore avery Oliphant said the Id not exceed $50 .000 SURVIVOR LASHED TO RAFT. The Ship. r npany ts Lak down the was wrecked in Deer Park, ] from Graz crew of second is ter eX] t alk careful the being life-savin in trol the of beach made the search fa is Te g crew Farther to details of that the indicate the been which due the as the to a sudden waters to ves leak rushed with overcome all el afloat. such SMALL SUSPENDED. traying Them. The Commercial Chicago executive (Special). board of the sent out 0 You are hereby notified that the general executive board, in due ex- ercise of the authority vested in it, has suspended 8. J. Small, president of the Commerical Telegraphers' America. “The strike will be conducted by the general executive board. You are directed to keep your striking brothers and sisters in line. “It is the intention of the board that in the future this strike will be conducted by men who have red blood (Signed) “8. J. Konenkamp, “M. J. Reidy, “J. M. Bullivan, “General Executive Board.” Fatal Boiler Eaplosion, Punxsutawney, Pa. (Special). One man wag killed and three others perhaps fatally injured in a boller explosion at the saw mill of Jacob Markle, on the Walter Smith farm, near here. The men wero at work in the mill, and were so badly scald- ed by the escaping steam that their recovery is doubtful. John Thomas, who was killed, was a spectator and was standing near the holler when the explosion occurred. iis body was buried under the debris. The mill was partially wrecked. i SWEPT BY CYCLONE Panic Houses Blow Away in Seaford, Del. as Seaford, Del, cut (Special) .—A cyclone through the city its residents into a panic. and The came from the southwest and The sky a swarth threw storm raged until early morning. began to clear about 8.45 A. M., then the town became dark again with a deluge of rain, and in an instant the cyclone swept down upon the south- ern part of the town, destroying everything in its path. Trees were uprooted, roofe of houses blown off, and in many instances carried sever- al hundred vards. Telegraph, tele- phone and electric light poles were blown down. and traffic on the Dela- ware Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad at this point was stopped for a time The cyclone traveled In direction, and seemed area about 50. yards front vessels thei and dry the land. factory of Lloyd Broth- demolished and ruins blown worst an easter- to have Along were ly an the water blown from now high and large barrel ers was a large portion the river. buildings and High which was completely blocked debris as far south Conwell Street, at which yvelone ch 1g¢ fits Qurse ed of many moorings on The completely of The trees Ww ithe damage as done on into to Street, with as $f point the and pass up the river While the st severe done in in Sea- ford, more damage Nan- ticoke City. a Md., were aurt suburb of where it iz sald that and their Reliance, home awn way and LOOUEN hanties blown down Fair Swept 1 Wraps Wire About Boy's Body. Philadelphia (8; al) The d TRAINS COLLIDE, The Occupants Of The Pullman Injured, r Load ruck squarely thrown n side, VOrv passed injuries C. Smith wi body being badly a brother of Managing Eli P. Smith, of the News receiving od the Legal Step Against Pressmen. Cincinnati, O. (Special), printing and publishing firms of Chi- cago, 8t. Lonis, New York and Massa- with the national officers here ask- Printing Union of violating 1907, de- manding an eight-hour day. United States Court ing that the International Presaman’s and Assistants America be enjoined from in the Old Roosevelt Guide Insane, Ogdensburg, N. Y. (Special). Michael Cronin, one of the Presi- dent's Adirondack guides, has been adjudged insane and brought to the State Hospital here. It was Cronin who drove with Vice President Roose velt 16 miles through the woods of the lower Adirondacks to the nearest raflroad station in 1901 when a cou- rier brought him the news of McKin- ley's assassination, They made the 16 miles in 1 hour and 43 minutes, People Tear Up Tracks, Peoria, 111. (Special) Citizens of Peoria Heights, a suburb, tore up 100 yards of the tracks of the Peoria Rallway Company, and threats were made of blowing up the Company's barns and a viaduct. The trouble grew out of a franchise, the citizens being dissatisfied with the terms offered by the Company. Thirty deputy marshals are guarding the tracks to prevent the Company relay- ing its rails. ® i THE UNITED STATES NEVER RETREATS Choate's Timely Address to Peace Conference. A WARNING AND A REPROACH. Arbitration Committee Adopts a Dec- laration by Count Tomielli, of Italy, Favoring the Principle of Abligatory Arbitration.-United States and Japan Abstain From Voting. The Peace Cable) of an by The Hague (By ar- committee the important Tor- conference of bitration Conference adopted declaration drafted Count nielli, of Italy, that the unnimously favors the obligatory arbitration, States, Japan, Hayti and ined from voting. hoate, of the American made strong and virile which explanied the the American deleg frequently interrupted That the United St treat was the Mr. Choate's address, whi the time warning He i admirable of of his nothing principle The Turkey ab Joseph H delegation in tentation He a speech, he Of Wis not note did ant ates re min predomin ex- Y wosition con viction-—declaring that shaken his belief-—that tional bureau, to act as a the court interna- incellory of 15889 an ch Of of arbitration Condition Of The Crops, The 14 of ig about with estimated for average bushels 31.2 t ol.e § for and winter 825.567.0000 135.260.9570 ago about as compared 16086, 1605 tion at combined . compared a oats Year 51 ¢ baa i O31 is acre for per 1shels Wife Beverly, N. J. (Special). In a de- | Washington | Some Interesting Hap- penings in Brief. In view of the gale of liguor being prohibited in certain Southern and Southwestern States or sections of them, the Internal Revenue Depart- ment proposes to consolidate certain of these States for revenue collection purposes, Weiss, who wa shooting of John Hollow, near prossed by ith's At Va The case of Jacob held for the recent Mullen in Dead Man's Roslyn, Va., was nolle instruction by Commonwes torney Mackey, of Alexandria, The Greek consul lonica, Turkey, M been appointed minister ernment to the United consequently, head the new at Was! general Coromilas Of Stat Legation Hallroad Inters if ft} clan COMpanics » Comm ii:a in al it I burds rmoun The St CX DET Ee Rallroa« agree ate upon COomime« nvestigation anc Attorney General if SHIP ABLAZE AT SEA. ihe Afire In Midocean During Violent Guilia Storm. the day extinguished passengers praved for help The Giulia Triest 14, calling at Pa meria After passing ( September 25, the flames while left e on Septem and Al ribralter. on her tras gtea encoun- Sleindeweaine, taking attempted suicide landanum at the boarding Archibald Warner. Oth- ering the bottle, guessed her act and sent for a physician, After walking the woman eight hours the effects of the poison wore off and her life was saved. Mikado Honors His Heroes, Victoria, B. C. (Special) Mall advices from Japan stated that a number of Japanese diplomats, sgol- diers and sailors have been peers for services during the war. Marquis Ito, Yamagata and were made princes. Kuroki, Oku and Nogi and Admirals Yamometo and Togo were made counts. In all, 102 officials were honored. A Penitentiary For Sale, Verona, N. J. (Special). Frank 3. Goble, the collector of taxes, was authorized by the borough council to sell the penitentiary property un- less the unpaid taxes of $78.50 are paid. “Will you really sell it, Mr. Goble?” a councilman asked. “You ean bet your life I will,” sald Goble. “1 have fooled long enough with these guys, and this is the last call. Just watch me.” The property will be bought in by the borough. ! | i | i daylight on the morning of Octo- her while 700 west of the Agzore Island, one the crew covered fire in the cargo at the tom of No. 2 hold The wind was blowing violently from the southwest and the Ginlia was laboring heavily Captain Che. rubini ordered part eof the cargo broken out, and water was turned into the hold, but the fire stubbornly resisted the efforts of the crew, miles of bot- whori there were 27 in the cabin and 736 in the steerage, learned of the danger Many of them fell on their knees in prayer, while others became hysterical, adding to the the harassed officers and crew when every effort was neces gary to save the ship and her big company. mest any emergency, but after the cargo thrown overboard the fire was extinguished about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD, To read of car famine does not sound like 4 slack in business. Western Union's surplus applicable to dividends was much smaller In the 1907 fiscal year than in any of the seven preceding years. It barely earned the § per cent. dividend. Cable dispatches received by bank. ers showed that while a couple of smal fallures had occurred in Am- sterdam, the matter had been greatly exaggerated in London and America. CISSIE CHADWICK DIES IN PRISON Borrowed $240,000 Wrecked Bank. HAD USED MR. CARNEGIE'S NAME. Spectacular Career of Woman Whe In- duced Bank President and Cashier to Lend Her Four Times the Capi- tal of the Institution Woman Lived in Luxury. Wor-an and umbus, O. (Special) Chadwick whose repr eral of ught to the in v relationship that if his financial He KO York h to the woman name was n pr - ie } papers |i had made known his ¥ testify in court. of the ittent Ney y n on a been in a illing LO The expose out the fact that ¢ case brought ne of the prominent men with whom the woman had financial Jdealings was J. W. Friend ‘a Pittsburg steel millionaire and {friend of Andrew Carnegie The Chadwick case was the direct teause of the death of President Beck with, of the Oberlin Bank, February 65. From the day the bank failed he grieved and became a nervous wreck en East River Yields Gold. New York (Special). East River, 150 feet from shore and 100 feet below the main water mark of Roosevelt Street, gold wag discov ered If the vein assays in propor. tion to the samples brought to the surface, it will run to the enormbas figures of $24,000 a ton. Beneath the Why Bigelow Sent Bombs, Denver, Col. (Special) — Kemp V. Bigelow, arrested for sending in- fernal machines through the msils fo Governor Buchtel, David B. Moll. at and C. B. Kountze, confessed that lack of money was the impeiling mo- tive of his’ acts. He conceived the idea of sending the dynamite after warning the recipients, in the hope that he would thereby become a here and reap. financial reward from the wealthy men whose lives he had saved.
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