LATEST NEWS | BY TELEGRAPH Domestic Capt. Christian Klengenberg, of the whaler Olga, who killed Jack Paul, his chief engineer, while fast with the Olga in the Behring Sea ice two years ago, was acquitted in San Fran- cisco in the federal court. Klengen- berg said he had to kill Paul to pre- vent the latter from murdering him- self and family. Mystery veils the motive of sul- cide of Miss Josephine Hill, a beauti- ful Kentucky girl, who shot herself in the Housge of Mercy, Kingsbridge, N. Y.. where, for two years, she had led the secluded life of a teacher. Charles H. Rogers, found guilty of the murder of Frederick R. Olney in Goshen, N. Y., was sentenced to be electrocuted during the week of December 8. Bedros Hampartzoomian, the Ar- menian, who shot and killed Tav- schanjian, the rich rug dealer of New York, was convicted of murder in the first degree. The federal court in Washington restrained the railroad companies from raising rates on lumber pend- ing action by the Interstate Com- merce Commission. The vacht Kingdom, with about 60 members of the Holy Ghost and Us colony at Shiloh, Me., on board and a crew of 20, sailed for Jerusalem, The National Tobacco Growers’ Association has decided te curtail crops by not growing “burly” tobacco in 30 counties of Kentucky. James Wardell, who was convict- ed of aiding and abetting in the sui- cide of his wife, confessed in New York that he had murdered the wom- an. In behalf of the donor, Sir Wil- liam Mather, M. P., Ambassador Bryce presented a replica of the Turnbull sun dial to Princeton. Frank Crocker, of Des Moines, 1a., former grand treasurer of the Mod- ern Woodmen of America, committed suicide. The various railroads are refusing to make any more contracts to ship grain from Buffalo to New York. Two attempts were made to wreck the Buffalo express on the Pennsyl- vania, near Kittanning. The Pendleton law has closed 100 saloons in Knoxville, Tenn. riman the directors of the Union Pa- cific Company appointed committee to form a place the securities of panies held by the Union Pacific that plan “to Union Pacific their interest best accure to the stockholders and best protected.” Because Mrs. Bodley Lena Head her mother and Geo. C. Taylor, the latter revoked a bequest of $5.,000,- 000 to five colleges and Mrs. Bodley Inability the concern going caused an applica- tion for a receiver for the Paper Company, of Dayton, ploying 1.500 men. An interlocutory decree of divorce was granted t Collins from Charles Glen former captain of the Came landers Herman B. Potter, broker of Doylestown dead in the Waldorf { York, having taken cyanic tassium Fre« passenger gla after provisions of Mayor M in all departmen New City government stopping adver- tising for new contracts. m- Collins, a oy sall the Philippines, Official announcement that $18.500 was stolen from United States Express Company. Raymond Hitchcock by jury on charges of criminal assault and abduction. Bishop P. J. Muldoon says condi- tions in the financial world are caus- ed by judging the many by the acts of a few. The Moses Taylor Hospital of Scranton, Pa., will receive $750,000 from the estate of George C. Taylor. Miss Salina Cairns, of Philadelphia, from a coastwise liner. The Reading Railroad is moving 2,000 cars of anthracite coal a day, the largest in its history. Foreign Mlle. Ragozinnikova, who on Oec- tober 28 killed General Maximoffsky, of the Russian ministry of the in- terior, at 8t. Petersburg, was hanged. A new version of the disaster Karatagh is that an old volcano blew tip the place. The loss of life is os timated at several fhousand. George Engels, one of the best known German comedians and forme erly a member of the Kleinen Thea- ter Company, of Berlin, is dead. The United States and Russia are negotiating a treaty to reciprocally recognize naturalization in either country, The Tampleo Division of the Mex- lean Central Rallroad of Mexleo is completely tied up by a strike. The struggle began with a fight between the Cardenas operator and a conduc tor. The whole of the town of Kara- tagh, in Bokhara, Russian Turkestan, has been destroyed and many of the population, numbering about 15,000 were buried by a mountain slide. Chinese bound for the United Biates are arriving at Balina Cruz. Since January 1 4,763 have landed there, two-thirde of them on their way North, Heldelberg ig the headquarters for a campaign throughout Europe against impure milk. Nathan Straus, an American millionaire, 1s conduct- ing the fight. A BATILE WITH THE NAVAJOES Troops Suppress An Unruly Indian Band. THE CAPTURE OF THEIR LEADER. The Army Detachment Coneisted of Four Officers, Seventy-four Men and Three Indian Sceuts, Under Com. mand of Capt. H. 0. Willard—Three Indians Were Killed. Washington (Special) .—In a battle between United States troops and In- dians, which occurred in Southern Utah several days ago, three persons were killed and another wounded, all believed to have been Indians. The news of the occurrence was con- veved to the Indian Bureau in a tele- gram from Supefintendent Shelton, of the San Juan agency. The army command consisted four officers, 74 men and three dian scouts. The telegram to Indian Bureau, which was dated Ship Rock, New Mexico, fellows: “The troops have relurned from Southern Utah. They arrested Byl- lillie and nine other Indians. Three others were killed and one wounded while shooting at the Indians. The Indians are quiet and I do not an- ticipate further trouble.” This is the first information re- reived here regarding the encounter. The officials of the Indian Bureau assume that the killed and wounded were Indians. The Indians are part of a joes that have been ble on the Navajo in Northwestern New Northeastern Arizena. For some time a number of Indians, under the leadership of Bylliliie have been cre- ating disturbances because of their disinclination to obgerve the regula- tions of the Indian office and their of In- the at taken into custody band of Nava- making trou- reservation, Mexico and So pronounced have and of- that from doing so. their objections fensive their actions, tendent Shelton made a body of goldiers be the reservation, and accordingly troops I and K, of the Fifth Calvary, under command of Captain H. O. Willard, were dispatched from Fert Wingate, N. M.. to Arnette, Utah, on the 22nd inst It was understood at the time that they should simply go through the Indian country on a practice march, and it was not intended that | their presence should mean any more than a demonstration to the Indians; Mr. Shelton’s idea being that the mere sigh of the soldiers would have beco 80 gent to members of the tribe The War Department {telegram from Captain Johnson, who was dispatched | Ute Indian camp, in South Dakota, | to conciliate that who threat- iened outbreaks. The telegram, which | was sent Thunder | Butte, South Dakota, : “Visited Ute { quietly waiting me to be able Will OU 14 ith wad men, and will ting Agent has and cont police, apd proj received a J to the Carter tribe, {Afar hs at midnight from BAYS: Found arrival, them ibe our exXpect- iat their ing { difficulty. y force Indian 1 anger ile 10 BLOWN UP BY GASOLINE. Serubbed Od] jarrel With Fluid And Struck Match. Jurlington, N. J this city, with y ful Special) a peCial Lodine, of scrubbed out a gasoline, and then lit a match to inspect his work under the care of | clans and likely to die. Even if he gets well, the doctors say, he wiil probably be deaf and blind for life. That | death is barrel linseed ofl Lodine is physi- greatest wonder. The the and alarmed The concussion split epen ting for blocks. | Lodine’s scalp and hurled him into la corner, where he was found buried i § i under debris by a rescuing party. HE ACCUSES WOMAN. Death Overtakes Man Before He Can Give Name Of Poisoner. Louisville, Ky. (Special). — Peter Welsenberger staggered into the City i Hospital and declared that he had | been drugged and robbed by a woman jat Second and Jefferson Streets. | fore he could give any further details i of the alleged robbery he sank into unconsciousness and died within a i few minutes, An examination by Duncan and Dr. James Renfro { vealed that he had been poisoned. Coroner Ellis re- KILLS DOG AND HERSELF, Woman, After Grieving For Years, Commits Suicide. Chicago (Bpecial).-——Mrs. Charles Nahlen, forty-four years old, who has been despondent over her hus band’s death twelve years ago, was found dead, having committed suil- cide by opening a gas jet, after lock. ing the door and closing the windows. Beside the body of Mrs. Nahlen was found her pet black and tan dog. which also was overcome by the fumes, Hole Burned Through Body. Charlotte, N. C. (Bpeecial) Wil lam Templeton, an employe of the Southern Power Company, of this city, was instantly killed near Besse mer City, N. C., by a current of elec tricity, which burned a hole four in- ches in diameter through his body. When dircovered his hands were still clagping the wire. Templeton was fixing the company’s telephone wire When he touched a large transmission wire . WOMAN BLOWN TO PIECES. Pynamite Placed On Stove To Dry Also Injures Her Four Children. Stevens Point, Wis. (8pecial).—- Mrs. Nicholas Kitowski, of Carson, was blewn to pleces by the explosion of a stick of dynamite that had been placed on the kitchen stove to dry. Two of her children, who were clinging to the mother’s skirts when the accident happened, were fatally injured. A third child, aged five, was struck by a piece of the stove, the iron being 4mbedded in its fore- head. A fourth child was also struck by flying metal, but will recover. THE GOVERNMENT TO OPEN ITS VAULTS Offers to Add $300,000,000 to Bank Circulation. MINTS. ARE WORKING OVERTIME. Plan to Leosen Milllons in Ready Cash by Accepting Other Securities in Lieu of Government Bonds Now Held at Washington to Secure Federal De- posits in the National Banks. Washington Cortelyou (Bpecial) .- had a conference with and took up the matter of increasing the national bank circulation in every way possible to give relief as quick- currency but also large cities requiring payroll and such purposes, have difficulty in obtaining currency from their reserve agents. There are a large number of banks that have left more than the maximum amount of circulation outstanding. Many of these banks have government bonds posits. banks Mr. Ridgely is urging these to substitute other to the Secretary of the for thelr deposit security and use the government bonds thus There fs a possibility of 000,000 to $20,000,000 in this way, with circulating notes actually print- ed and now on hand in the vaults of the Comptroller's office There are over $80.000000 of bonds in the hands of the Treasury to secure government deposits, and it will be possible to increase the national! bank circulation by more than $200.000.000 1 the limit of capital stock is reached graph and to urge the banks to take tion in this matter The conditions in the Treasury De- The tele. being used prompt ac- telephone are LITTLE NAVAL BATTLE "AT VLADIVOSTOK Russian Torpedo Boat Under Red Hog FIGHTS THE FLEET AND BATTERY. The Unequal Combat Ended by the Beaching of the Destroyer Skery, Which Had Been Seized by Agitators, but Net Until She Had Done Serious Damage to the Other Vessels. Viadivostok (By Cable).—An ex- citing little naval battle took place in this harbor between the mutinous crew of a Russian torpedo boat de- stroyer and thelr loval comrades. The mutineers finally were subdued, but not before a number of men had been killed or wounded, The muti nous boat is the Skory, and she gave fight to the gunboat Mandschur, the destrovers Garsvovz, Smety and BSer- ditz and the garrison of one of the harbor forts, manned by the Twelfth TOOTH KILLS DENTIST. Polson Infects Instrument And Prac. titioner Plunges It Into Hand. New Britain, Conn. (Bpeclal), Dr. Charles Eugene Monks, thirty- eight years old, a dentist, died from blood poisoning, contracted in reliev- ing a patient's suffering. The man suffered from a badly diseased tooth, and before the den- tist could sterilize his Instruments he plunged the point of one into the | palm of his hand. Blood poisoning Immediately developed and death fol- lowed after three days of intense suf- fering. COUNTRY OUT GF TROUBLE | New York Must Loosen the Purse- | strings. IMMENSE CARGOES ARE READY. | Bankers Insist That the Fast Must | Regiment of Artillery. The Skory to be beached to save her ing. This was not accomplished however, before her guns had ficers and men or the other ships had been killed or wounded. The crew of the Skory were incited by agitators, some of whom had man- of the destrover. She steamed out into the harbor with the red flag fly fire on the A gunboat and three out to engage her, aid of the forts riddled and helpless town and forts, destroyers went with the of the large past week The Director of the Mint has been instructed to work to the utmost ca- pacity the mints at Francisco, Denver and Philadelphia for the coin- age of the large amount of bullion on hand, and every branch the Treasury Department that in any way afford relief is overtime, Sec retary OC disbursements of the San other Of can working rielyou conferred with various representat lumber and other i fos F 14 via of the «0 statement w : Comptroller's way Tease very proper mediate ind note circulation view all such natic have government bonds ir hande of the Treasurer of the United States to secure deposits, and also have any available capacity for increased cir Those mem- had not been surf, and was beached. bers of the crew who killed or wounded by the gunfire were arrested by soldiers they Among the men killed are Captain Kurosch, com- mander of the torpedo boat Ravy, and Lieutenant Stoer, commander of the Skory Lieutenant Maussilief, com- the Serditz, was wounded Several people in Viadivostok killed by shells from the Skory. The town has been declared in a state of glegeo, as St. Petersburg.—The United States Embassy here has received a dispateh from the American Consul at Viadi vostok, stating that an rican wounded in recent rioting in wh Russian sailors and a mob of civil ans participated The dispatch safe and that the wan adds that property governn taken all measures preserve order. ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS, other bonds satisfactory to the Sec government deposits, provided the government bonds thus released are used to Increase circulation “This rule will apply not where the bank transferring the to take out the additional i i i up immediately with The as possible, to circulation printed and on hand (Signed) WILLIAM B. RIDGELY, “Comptroller of the Currency.” | WASHINGTON | Dr. O. B. Hunter, an American citi. zen, has heen arrested and imprison ed at San Pedro, Honduras, charges of a trivial nature, and the United States consul general is in- vestigating. United Btates troops had a battle with Navajoes in Southern Utah, in President Roosevelt discussed with other officials plans for the first meet ing of the International Institute of Agriculture, As a result of the riding tests or- dered by the President, many army officers may be disqualified for active service and retired. Captain Amundsen, the Norwegian Arctic explorer, arrived In Washing ton and will be presented to the President, Secretary of the Navy Metealf has recommended that the width of the Panama Canal be increased from 100 to 110 feet Some of the Army officers who were not able to take the test in horsemanship were retired, Damaging Town. Naples (B hag been can ion Ves ing the eart! The and ¢ of volcano WO ®’ COF funicular en persons reports The recent to badly ws A alg eriously BRIDE OF MONTH INSANE. Mrs. Arza Doak Follows Her Mother To State Asylum. Elkins Aria k, has been ad- ried 1 Doak, of judged insane, and been sent to the State Insane Asylum at Weston for treatment. Her fate is doubly tragic, since her mother, Mrs. Eliza Scott, was commitied to the same institution This bride had just settled in her new home | when she began to manifest symp- | toms of insanity. PULLMAN EARNINGS LARGER. | Increase Of $2,500,000 Shown In| Report Of Year. ing report of the Pullman Car Com- | pany for the fiscal year ended July | 31 will show earnings ¢lose to $32.1 000,000, an increase of $2,500,000 | the previous year The nat! earnings will show an increase of show the Gross | The balance sheet will general features: net, $11,500,000; 5.500.000, surplus, POISONED BY ICE CREAM. Proprietor And Nine Guests Of Ashe- ville Hotel Made NL Asheville, N. C. (Special).—-Nine guests, together with Proprietor D. W. Misenheimer, of a hotel here, have been seriously poisoned as the result of eating ice cream. They were taken violently ill early in the forenoon, and so alarming were the symptoms that several physicians were called in, who found that the trouble was caused by acetate of zine poisoning Mrs. Willlam Ray was the only woman poisoned. Five children were among those who were affected. BABY DEAD; FATHER HELD. Charged That Parents Heat In In. fant's Skull With Pick. Pittsburg, Pa. (8pecial).Joseph Cenino is in jail here accused of causing the death of his sixteen month-old baby, Mary. It is alleged the father, on reach- ing the family home in Port Perry, a mining town near here, several nights ago, flew into a passion, and with a miner's plek crushed in the Let Seme of the Government De- | pesits Come Bouth So as to Hasten | the Mevementeof the Crops, That Will | Bring Many Millions From Abroad. New Orleans This South is tion to benefit greatly the other (Special) nancially safe and in tions of the United States was tl Orleans The New and business men mense exports of cotton and sugar and rice are d on shortly {to bring in gold from abroad Au index of the South's prosperity wae the amount of shipping at this | port Tuesday. There were (0 sea- {going vessels in the harbor and in | {addition scores of river craft, piled | { high with sugar, molasses, cottot jand rice. The harbor activity was tall the more significant because it | followed on the heels of a strike of 10.6000 levee men. the past 24 hours aione 20 vessels have arrived Partly as a guarantee for hampered movement of the crop sta speculative activity involving unnecessary risks in lines business was suspended New Orleans. beth local stock exchanges iclosing until] Monday The cotlon exchange continued open Reports came in Mississippi sae and Tennessee that have followed the lead of and have taken united action to pro depositors lous or confidence Following a conference of New Or. leans bankers, Charles ichaux, president of the Whitney expressed bj opinion bankers relies month's | Within seagoing | the un- i ples any other of in from rural dis Arkan- banks cities trict Alabama small the tet of from mones Go Central al Bank, gave out the following New Orleans and the South can of great benefit in relieving the ituation throughout the country if the East will assis allowing some with it by way, and su- a \ fi ’ hy of the cy deposited the government this to move the to come in order cotton Ear crops "The wwement is slow the ban to 1} and cane The hone izion } z hons to restriet the ally wit and enforce the 60-day rule for savings deposits, has met with unanimous approval of the community at large bhera 10 issue certificates drawals of cash to Peanut Diet Cats Weight. Aurora, Ill. (Special). Aurora's 565 pound police | court judge. is now in the twelfth day of his sixty day test of the peannt as a diet A loss of some hundred pounds of his undesired weight is promised the judge Justice Kliees is | not the only convert to the peanut as a coterie of old men have organized a Peanut Club, seeking re- | juvenation. Medium Held For Trial New York (Special) Mrs. May Pepper Vanderbilt, the spiritualistic Peter the charge lot which The prop- of larceny of a house and belonged to her husband. waa sald, was given to her her aged husband, who recently was declared Incompetent to manage his own affairs. Filipino Papers Urge Free Trade. Manila (By Cable). The leading Filipino newspapers are now asking for free trade with the United States. Heretofore they have opposed the tariff reforms on the ground that they | would bind the Philippines too cloge- | ly to the United States and endanger | ultimate independence. Miners Accept Wage Reduction, Butte, Mont. (Special). —- By an overwhelming vote the NDutte Miners’ Union accepted the reduction of wages from $4 to $1.50, as announce ed by the Amalgamated Copper Com- pany last night. Copper metal advanced again, and it is now 14 cents. Canadian Pacific's net profits last month decreased $386,678. Gold tmports are expected to reach $25,000,000, despite the raising of | the discount rate by foreign banks. ; Bankers in Philadelphia say the Western Governors are overdoing the | matter of closing banks by means of * a baby's skull. “holidays.” COMING FROM “ABROAD Golden Tide New Turning in This Direction, EUROPE BUYER IN NEW YORK. The Situation Generaly Improved in New York—Runs Cease on the Vari. ous Trust Companies and Stocks Show a Rising Tendency The Bank. ers’ Pool Dissolved. [I New York (Bpecial) Europe to the amount, it estimated, of Was 600 bought the “or Yes # ob, shares on balan copper price moved to such ar a Ab exien up to 14 cen wound, and and arranged 150.6060 made heavy purchases of the cereals for export in addition to the an- Vis G00 made on Saturday. total of $16,750,000 gold engagements for two days much at than banking houses had anticipated, and thus constituted an unexpectedly favorable feature of the day ness All the 85,000,001 laid down the o1 r London was this city T which engaged Continent, in L America on § 3 GOOG engagements Was busi- of gold enEags Nore aid, in g¢ rom Buenc 3 ckieheimer & Co $1.5006,600 in B00.600 previou the other greater don, with the remai: These other engagem engagements portion Ware folows in, Loeb & Montreal Chinese Bs National Bank. $1.1 the 1} BK, I des pite BRVY the foreign very Quoted rates of Ht wey led 200 contin | x ss $e ikueaq WEAK DIES HOLDING THROTTLE. Engineer Is Stricken, But Fireman Guides Engine To Destination HAZERS MUST PAY. Whe Awarded Damages. Victim Sued Students Is Rewanee, 11] Special or haz student at a men Charles Stoner, a five ing school Young of in by a jury. The defendants are Willlam Real, Earl Lappin, Arley Harwood, Earl Howe, and Francis Long. They are said to have tied Stoner to a tomb- cemetery. Stoner waz 80 severely frightened that in his attempts to get free he pulled the tombstone over on him- He wreck, for several weaks BURNED TO DEATH IN CELL. Alleged Another Prisoner Set Prison On Fire In Order To Escape. Enterprise, Ala { Special) Leroy this place, was burned to death at an early hour when the jail building was destroyed by fire. Aerie Goins. prisoner, it is said, set the building on fire in order to escape Brown was locked in a cell in a sena- A sheriff's posse is after Goins. who made good his escape. Thousands Pray For Rain, Bucharest (By Cable). The die treas resulting from the unprece- a romark- The bishop: and all together with many able scene here clergy. the city, praying for rain. . All busi- ness wai suspended during the pro- cession throughout the city. Locomotive Explodes, London, Ontario (Special) The Detroit passenger train on the Grand Trunk, due here at midnight, came in here two hours late, with Engloeer 8. Rutherford dead and his Areman fatally gealded. The engine holler blew up when the (rain was passing Newbury, forty miles weet of here. {The passengers were thrown about by he sudden application of (he alr ‘Lrakes, and bralsod, but none was weriously hurt, AI RA a
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