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Domestic
Backed by a mass of letters and
photographs found in his room, the
Philadelphia police assert that Har-
ry Ferree, thot dead by A, Jackson
Detsch, Jr., was a blackmailer of
women. That he attempted to black-
mail Mrs. Detsch advanced as
the theory of Detsch’s motive for
shooting the man. Detsch clings to
the ruse that he shot Ferree believ-
ing him to be a burglar
Henry E. Warner, receiver
Arnold Print Works, of North Adams,
Mass.. has been appointed receiver
for the Williamstown Manufacturing
Company and the firm Gallup &
Houghton, which affiliated with
the print works.
Jesus Garcia, a locomotive
neer. gave his life to save the town
of Nacazari, Ariz., by putting full
speed on a train explosives afire,
the train blowing before it had
gone far,
The United States Court of Ap-
peals affirmed judgment against the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail
road, compelling it to pay a fine of
$15,000 for granting rebates on lard
The Old Dominion Line steamer
Jefferson, with nearly 100 passen-
gers, arrived in New York with fire
in the in her CArgo
D. C. Gilman ha resigned as pres-
ident of tl} at fonal ivil Service
Reform
Joseph
is
for
the
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of
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cotton
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livostok,
ican Cot-
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gold coin
the
was ns Ire
to th e¢ Sa 11hte wy 14
equivalent
entire cor
to bank
The
Adams,
hands, | han
Receiver nameqg [or
New York Stat ympany
mond Hitehecock, the ac who
missing a week, surrendered
Attorney Jerome,
in “The
Ray tor,
has been
to District
bail and reappeared
Tourist.”
The trust companies of New York
have taken charge of the Trust Com-
pany of America and the Lincoln
Trust Company.
Gray Gables, the former home of
Grover Cleveland at Buzzards Bay,
has been sold to George Flynn, a
brewer.
The Arctic whaling fleet previously
reported caught in the ice is home-
ward bound with a large catch.
Two Chicago laborers were
trocuted by the cable of a derrick be-
coming charged with electricity
gave
Yankee
i
aloe-
Foreign
Paul Minow, an epileptic, 22 years
old, has the mystery of
erimes in Berlin resembling those of
Jack the Ripper in London by econ-
fessing that he had stabbed four
little girls.
The Austro-Hungarian government
fssued a circular warning prospective
fmmigrants to beware of promises by
agents of would-be employers in the
Southern United States.
Bitter feeling has been
over the selection of an actor to play
the part of the Prince
the ‘Passion Play" at
gan in 1910.
cleared up
Oberammer-
be war between
snd Japan, are volunteering their
services to the American Embassy.
There will be no trouble between
Uruguay and Argentina over the
seizure of a tug In Uruguayan waters
by Argentine officials,
Russian police searched a number
of houses in Libau and seized false
passports of emigrants intending to
sail for America.
Emperor William will see Secre-
tary Taft at Osborne House, Isle of
Wight, during the former's visit to
England.
Sensational testimony was given
in the hearing of the Druce mystery
case in London,
The Emperor and Empress of Ger.
jusny started from Berlin for Eng-
and.
Foreign Minister Hayashi, of Ja-
pan, declares the relations between
Japan and the United States are as
smooth and cordial as ever and he ia
positive the immigration question
will be settled without friction.
The Italian government is taking
military precautions in BSleily to
check possible disorders in connection
with the trial of Nunzio Nasi, former
» minister of public instruction,
United States Ambassador Reid
delivered a speech at Nottingham,
England, on Anglo-American trade
relations.
A WOMAN SAILS
OVER THE BI CITIES
Philadelphia to New York in the
Champion Pommern.
RACES WITH TRAINS AND SHIPS,
Dr. Julian P. "homss, Wife and Party
Just Miss a Monument in Going Up
Parallel the Pennsylvania Railroad
Nearly All the Way Feared Going
Out to Sea.
The giant
mern,
ecial)
Pom
race,
New York
balloon,
{Sp
German which
tried anot!
P. Thomas, her
wife and four other
people on hoard. The start was made
from Philadelphia at 11 o'clock. Dr.
Thomas said at the time that he Was
going to New York. Sure enough,
at 4.55 o'clock the ship news experts
at the Battery sighted a strange craft
heaving in sight over Governors Is-
land. They guessed her to be the
Pommern, from Philadelphia for New
York, in baliast, and guessed right.
After passing over the fort at Gov
ernors Island. the balloon held to a
urse up the East River, passing
directly over the Brooklyn Bridge
One of the bridge who is
tioned at the middle
a newspaper which biew
legs shortly after ‘clock
about the of Pom
moment after he read
beseiged wi jnestion
balloon, ti
won the St. Louis
with Dr. Julian
new owner; his
trip,
cops
against his
and read
mern
EH) 0
the
had
th ¢
start
nounced
would go
balloon was
stoch and
trip
methods.”
before ita
New York, bu
managed by Herr Er
the rema
to
to
Of
the credit
able should be given Gi
man
DEAD.
JUDGE McCOMAS
When It
Expected,
Stricken Down Was Least
Hon
associate jus
of
United
terms
Washington (Special)
Louis Emory McComas,
the Court of
of Columbia. former
genator and for four
seaman from Marviand, died at
his home, 2120 Wyoming Avenue,
Sunday morning His death was due
to heart failure.
His death came with the
gsuddennesge of a lightning
At 6 o'clock he awoke and stepped
to his wife's apartments to big her
good morning. She smilingly chided
him for rising so early on such a
day and bade him go
more hours’ sleep. Two
McComas heard her
husband breathing heavily and in
apparent pain She hurried to his
room, and saw at once he was ill
raised him In her arms and
tice of
District
States
Appeals
awful
gtroke
get a few
later. He was conscious, and evi-
dently tried to speak. but death pre
Editor Dies In Harness.
Utica, N. Y. (8pecial).—John C
Schreiber. for 50 years editor of the
his office, just after he arrived from
his residence. He has been commis
sioner of schools in this city and
served one term as sheriff of the
county.
All The Way On His Hands
Washington (Special). Max Duf-
fek, of Munich, Germany, walked on
his hands down all the steps of the
Washington Monument and won a
wager of $500. He fainted upon
reaching the bottom and was then
Postcards For Children.
Washington (8pecial).—Postmas-
ter General Meyer has ordéred that
hereafter souvenir post cards re-
ceived at the Department, that are
not returnable to senders because of
defective addresses or other reason,
be sent to the orphan asylums and
children’s homes in this city. Bee
tween 40,000 and 60,000 of these
cards are received at the desd letter
office dally.
OLYMPIA'S BRIDGE TO CELL.
Bad Check Man « aims He Was
Lieutenant In Navy.
Pittsburg, Pa. (8pecial).—From a
position on the bridge of Admiral
Dewey's flagship Olympia, in the bat.
tle of Manila, to a cell in a police
station, is the fall of Paul Kelley, a
salesman, according to a story
he told the police upon his arrest on
a charge of forging a check for
22.50, Kelley claims to have been
a lieutenant in the Navy and attach-
ed to the Olympia before being re-
tired for disability afier the famous
gea fight in the Philippines, and says
he is a son of John F. Kelley, once
United States district attorney St.
Paul, Minn.
GAVE UP HIS LIFE
10 SAVE THE TOWN
Engineer Puts Full Speed on Burning
Powder Tran.
FOREIGNERS BLOWN TO ATOMS.
young
at
Gets the Explosives Away
the Community, but the
Train Blows Up While Passing a
can Workmen.
Ariz.
itive
Douglas
focome«
FOUR BURNED TO DEATH.
led-Ridden Man hildre
The
And Three (
Victims,
n
+
AED
dhot
0%
Want School Books Disinfected.
Ha i
{Special )
prevent the spread of disease amon
choo the Mothers’ Cl
this has drafted a ne
nance, which it requests the cit)
ers to adopt, m
the textbooks in
ing to be
» . % "
NOW ven, Conn
bh of
l children
city Ww ordi-
Necessary
A] hool
regulari
Leopold Would Abdicate,
Jelgium (By
this city declares
of a high official
may possibly
than give in the
Parliament the qgqnestion
Congo independent state
Liege, Cable) A
swapaper of
ority
Leopold
upon
the auth that
abdicate
Belgiar
of the
King
rather to
on
Members of the executive council
with the President
to labor legislation
mended to Congress.
President Roosevelt received the
new Turkish minister to the United
the pre-
Secretary
with
to
reference
be recom-
by
i
Ex-Senator Stewart, of Nevada,
on
Rockefeller and men of his stripe.
The President has issued an or-
der consolidating the two internal
revenue districts in Tennessee.
It has been decided to organize a
special submarine and torpedo di-
vision of the Navy.
Over $48,000,000 was expended
on Panama Canal construction up to
June 30 of this year.
Complaint was filed before the In-
terstate Commerce Commission by
the Rall and River Coal Company, of
Bellaire, O., against the Baltimore
and Ohio Rallroad, alleging diserimi-
nation in the distribution of coal
cars to the company’s mines,
The Isthmian Canal! Commission
has appointed 8. E. Blackburn, of
Kentucky, a district judge in the
Canal Zone,
Diplomatic transfers announced:
Arthur M. Beaupre, present minister
to Argentina, to be minister to the
Netherlands; Bpencer F. Eddy, pres
ent secretary of the embassy at Ber-
lin, to be minister to Argentina.
David Jayne Hill, former assistant
secretary of state, now minister to
the Netherlands, will be promoted to
be ambassador to Germany, to sue
coed Charlemagne Tower, resigned.
TWO MORE GIANTS
OF THE NAVY
The Delaware and the North Dakota
to Be Terrors.
LIKELY TO BE CONTEST IN SPEED.
Laying of the Keel for the Former
Has Begun at Newport News, and
There Will Be a Race Between the
Shipbuilding Company of That City
and the Fore River Concern.
Newport News,
The lay the
20. 000-1to0n
at the
News Shipbuilding
pany Thursda
plates will be
the end of
frames and
been
hull
Va.
keel |
battie
1)
or America
nec:
{ Speci:
frye
ing
Of
glant hip Delaware
began plant of the Newport
and Drydock
and all f the
placed on the ¢
the week Many
beams the war }
completed, d the im
will Agsu me
iwo The Of
to launct
and to
Com-
0 keel
tock
of
for hi
have
mensoe
shape withi
ficials of the
the vess in
an
begin to
months
Xneot
150%,
n
vard e
el January
deliver her to the Navy Ix
artment
The law
Dakota
of the
mpany,
men
truction
YY 136
exe
EDWARD'S GREAT DIAMOND,
£750,000 Stone Given Him By The
Transvaal,
sentiment today
to
the
who
plimentary
is very nearly
monarch ane
4 does n govern, save bj
beneficent influence he exerts
the of the kingdom He
surp the hopes of frien
discc the forebodings
if he really has any The
celebrated the event at Sand-
iam, where the King and Queen
Spain and the Queen of Norway
addition to many other members
of the British royal family, are stay-
ot
benefit
ia
of
assed
minted
vi lon
iit #
ing
The mor
ceiving an
gratulatory i{elegrams, letters and
presents from almost all parts of the
world, one of the most notable events
ing the presentation to the King
ullinan diamond, the largest
known, estimated to be worth $7560.-
000.
assembly of the Transvaal
the loyalty of the peo-
ration of the grant of a responsible
IDOL
OF THE FIL IPINOS,
Taft's Farewell At Manila A Great
Demonstration,
Manila (By Cable)-—The departure
of Secretary of War Taft from this
city on the cruiser Rainbow for Viad-
ivostok Saturday was attended by a
remarkable demonstration on the
part of the Filipinos. The horses
were withdrawn from the carriage in
which were steated Mr. and Mrs.
Taft, and it was pulled by Manila
schoolboys from the Luneta to the
dock through cheering crowds of
citizens.
Mr. Taft started from the resi-
dence of Governor General Smith at
8 o'clock A. M. He reviewed the
long military, civic and school parade
on the Luneta at 8 making a brief
address, in which he thanked the
people for their reception.
MAN KILLED FOR BURGLAR.
Boarder In House Fails To Recognize
Owner And Opens Fire,
Philadelphia (Special), — Harry
Parree, forty years old, was shot
dead at his home In the northern
part of the city by A. Judson Delsch,
a boarder in the house, who thought
Parree was a burglar.
Deisch, it is sald, saw Parree en
ter the house, and shot him as he
was mounting the stairs. Delsch was
arrested,
GUILTY OF MAL FEASANCE.
Gurko Disinissed ¥ rom Office In Rus
Government.
St, Petersburg (By Cable) Mr.
Gurko, vice minister of the Interior,
who was implicated in the great grain
scandal during the famine-relief op-
erations of 1906, and who was plac
ed on trial before the Senate as &
high court of justice, has for
of malfeas gentencod
dismissal from orde
sian
ind
10
been
gulity ance,
office and red
make restitution to the amount
$250 000
Through an
UrKoG ma
de
1 ¢ fl
THE SEA SHALLOWS
UP A HOUNTA
|Had Been Cast Up in Arctic By
An Earihguake.
PEAK WAS GROWING BIGGER.
| Captain Tilton, of the Whaler Hen-
nan, Reports That McCulloch Peak,
But a Year Old and 3,400 Feet High
Has Dwin Almost Nothing
Cwing to Earthquakes.
dled to
JAPANESE- AMERICAN LAK]
Admiral Coglan, Tons Thun
To
ting 1
Pacifie
ake,
Refers Coean,
i
‘
eae. An
EXPLOSION MYSTERY CLEARED
Manila
Buinxs
Case Of Shell Brought From
By Soldier Fo und In Fire
B1 n ef
terions explosi
i fon in
week war exp
a 66-inch
in the debris
part
It
tte.
pavil
of cordit
The
of a exhibit
War
Manila
May 1.
soldier of the First Mc«
and brought to Butte
war
fired at
by Admiral
al
1808;
bit
at
recovered
miana Inf:
AMERICANS MISTREATED.
Guatemalan Official Charged With
Having Two Negroes Beaten,
{By Two
American citizens, lored, were ar-
rested here, it I8 a . and fright.
fully beaten by order of the military
governor of the Depar ZA-
capa.
The American charge d'affaires,
| William Sands, is making an inves-
{tigation
Guatemala City Cable)
co
Heged
tment
of
Earthquake In Spain.
Madrid (By Cable).—A
earthquake has occurred at Torre
The earth opened,
sures,
by subterranean
rumblings which
The number of lives lost iz not
known.
"FINAN CIAL
About 1,000 of the Friex Company
Coke ovens have been closed.
The Pennsylvania gave orders this
week for a number of new locomo-
tives,
More gold was engaged for import,
making $35,600,000 on this move-
ment. *®
Philadelphia Rapid Transit gross
earnings In October increased $67.
000 over October, 1906.
Southern Railway's gross earnings
in September gained $432,684 and
net profits Increased $58.5692,
¢ purchase of Tennessee coal
adds 700,000,000 tons of iron ore
to the assets of United States Steel
American tobacco continues its
10 per cent. regular snnual dividend
and 10 per cent. extra on its com-
mon stock. #
“Not including S8an Francisco, the
fire losses of the country are larger
this year than last,” sald the repre.
sensative of one of Patiadeipbin's
leading companies.
——
COMING OUT OF
ITS HIDING PLAGES
Hoarded Money Enticed By Offers
of Premiums.
SENT IN THE INDUSTRIAL CENTERS,
Three Million Dollars of Cash
the Brokers }
Strong
Steady
Off in the Premium
Brought
to Vaults and
‘he
rom
Joxes Within Two Dave
Striam Has Caused
late
s Fal or
a8 raung
HOLD UP A TOWN.
Up A Safe
86.500,
Bandits Blow And Get
: {wo
4s
bank the oli
and sireels
hotel
by the exp
fire and d4dro
ning to kill
appeared The hote! wa
with bullets. Where lights wes
ing in the homes the bandi!
point of the gun, forced the
| to extinguish them. The town
| ror-stricken
FIRE PANIC IN HOSPITAL.
BCTOER
opened
threats
Sixty Patients Are Carried To Safety
By Physicians And Nurses,
hicago (Special). — Much excite-
| ment was caused among 120 patients
lof the German Hospital, in Hamilton
Court, by a fire in the top floor of the
five-story building. There were no
patients on the fifth floor.
Sixty patients were promptly car
ried by phyelciane and nurses into
a new addition which adjoins the
main building, and no one was in-
jured.
Ten Killed By Explosion.
Douglas, Ariz. (8pecis!).—A con
firmed story, with details lacking.
has been received here of a terrific
powder explosion near Necozari,
Ariz., when ten men. probably Mexi
cans, were killed, The explosion oe
curred on the narrow gauge raliroad
between Necorari and the mines near
Bisbee. The powder was in two cars.
Old Sloop Of War Sold.
Washington (Special). The Navy
Department will accept the bid of
$3,210 made by Thomas Butler &
Co., of Boston, who were the highest
of the bidders for the old obsolete
sloop of war, Saratoga, built in 1542
The sloop, which was ove of Com.
modore Perry's ships on his Japan
expedition, has been at League Island
Navy Yard jor saveral years and has
been used by the Pensylvania Naval
Militia.
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