THE AGITATION EFFECTIVE Determined Prosecution of Kishencff Assassins. MANY PERSONS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED. Tbe Ring letder of tbs Massacre Commuted Suicide on Learning that the Director ol 1he Rnsiiao Mloistry ot Justice Had Ar rived, Commlttloned by the Ciar to Make a Thorough Investigation. Berlin (By tabic). The Frankfurter Zeitung says it learn?, liy way of Buch arest, Rouuiania, that tlic ringleader of the KishcncIT atrocities, a man named Piscrjcwski, has committed suicide at KishcnefT, because the director of the Russian Ministry of Justice had arrived there, commissioned by the Czar to make a stringent investigation into the horrors. The Frankfurter Zcitung's corres pondent adds that a number of persons previously discharged from arrest at Kishencff have been rearrested and that other persons morally responsible for the murders have been arrested. The Frankfurter Zeitung also says it learns from another source that former Governor von Raahcn has returned to KishcnefT, and is endeavoring to get the Jewish population of that place to unite in a testimonial to the effect that he bc haved correctly during the massacres. Washington. T. C. (Special). Infor mation of an entirely reliable character concerning the Kishencff massacre has reached here. From advices received it appears that the protests which arose in the United States and many other civi lized countries against the murderous attacks upon the Jews in Kishencff last spring has not been without practical effect This information states that the Russian government has been moved to vigorous action in the matter of investi gating and punishing those who were responsible for the Kishencff massacre. Fully 800 arrests have been made, and as a result of the preliminary examina tion .150 persons have been remanded for trial in the lower courts. Four hun dred and fifty cases have been sent to the Court of Appeals, of which 53 arc indictments for manslaughter. A change cf venue having been ordered, the trials of those accused of murdering and hor ribly maltreating the Jews at Kishencff will occur in September at Tiraspol. The services of four distinguished lawyers have been secured to assist the prosecution in the murder cases, and three well-known lawyers will aid in the prosecution of the synagogue property cases. COUNTERFEITERS CAUGHT. Spurious Colo and Raised Bills Found la Their Hous:. Chattanooga, Tcnn. (Special). Gov ernment Secret Service agents have made what they regard as an important capture of alleged counterfeiters at Gadsden, Ala. The parties arrested are Dr. James Young and George Wind sor. For the past year there has been thousands of dollars of counterfeit money placed in circulation in that sec tion, and it has found its way to other populous centers. The government agents have been at work on the matter for some months. Saturday, on capturing these parties, they searched their home, which is lo cated on Sand Mountain, and reported that they discovered there a quantity of spurious coin, a complete counterfeit outfit, and a number of raised bills, mostly $1 bills that had been raised to $S- The men were taken to Gadsden, where they will be held pending a fur ther inquiry. Eiptct the Mlllcnlnm In Ten Years. Denver, Col. (Special). A Bible tudents' convention, conducted by the Watch Tower and Bible and Tract So ciety of Allegheny, Pa., is in session at the Gettysburg building, in this city, and in connection with it is a conven tion of believers in the atonement sac rifice of Christ. President A. E. Wil liamson, of Allegheny, is in charge, and C T. Russell, author of the book on the millennium. "The Plan of the Ages," was one of the chief speakers. Fifty converts were baptized by im mersion. The followers of this sect be lieve that Christ returned to earth in spirit form in 1878 and that the mil lennium will come in 10 years. Two Die From Lockjaw. Chicago (Special). Two boys died at St. Elizabeth's Hospital of lockjaw, at the result of injuries received in play ing with Fourth of July explosives. When the boys reached the hospital the disease had become so advanced that it was impossible to give them any relief. The victims are: Andrew Os born, aged 12 years, shot through hand, and Frederick Dccknian, aged nine, in jured by a cannon cracker. Case Out the Wrong End. Bay Shore, L. I. (Special). Miss Jlollie Oustcrhoudt was bady burned while spraying carbolic acid on a woond on her pet bull terrier. The Blast syringe failed to work properly and the acid gushed out at the wrong end, covering Miss Ousterhoudt's face and neck. Some of the acid entered one of ber eyes, and it is (cared she may Jose the sight of it. Miss Oustcrhoudt came here about a year ago with her parents from L'tica, N. Y. Uihlalof Strikes Oil Tank. Chester, Pa. Special). During a se vere electrical storm lightning struck the United Oil Companies' 30,000 gal lon tank at Marcus Hook, near here, canting an explosion which shattered the roof of the tank into hundreds of pieces. The force of the explosion a hook the houses in Marcus Hook and vicinity and did damage estimated at $50,000. The burning oil has broken through the fire banks, and nearby tmildiugs are threatened. Maakal N.ta Thai Kills Mosquitoes. Stamford, Ct (Special).-It hat been discovered that a certain musical note raised to a great number of vibrations Ir second will result in the sudden and complete paralysia of the mosquito. It is claimed by the discoverers that not only does the intensified note arrest the insect in its flight or hurl it from the ceiling or wall, but also because of atrange construction of the mosqui to's auditory system, it causes it to plunge toward tbe spot whence the MIUCI. I THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER. Domestic. Two convicts, Terry Hawkins and George Mance, who escaped from the state farm in Lexington, S. C, were shot, one killed and the other mortally wounded, by It. L. Swygcrt, win had been asked to join in the man hunt by the guards. He is held blameless. Unusual heavy rainfalls in Pcnsacola, Fla., and vicinity have caused consider able damage. . Mrs. Henricks, wife of Dr. Henricks, who was convicted of conspiracy with Laura Itipgar to break Millionaire Ben nett's will, has gotten a warrant for Miss ISiggar's arrest, charging her with stealing her husband away. Barry C. Fastham. a student of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was held in Jr.cco bail on the charge of robbing the Harvard Co-operative So ciety's store. Gilbert MuUin, a federal prisoner who escaped from rort l-cavcnworth and was in jail awaiting trial for murdering one of the guards, overpowered the sheriff and escaped. Judge Hardy, in the Superior Court in Boton. appointed Horace K. Swift, of Hyde Park, receiver fur the Motor cycle Manufacturing Company of Brock ton. Charles V. Roxhury, a tea expert, was found robbed and so badly beaten in New York that he died without being able to give any clue to his assailants. J. St. John, president of the Colorado Springs City Council, indicted on a charge of having accepted a railroad pass as a bribe, was acquitted. The coroner's jury which has been investigating the death of Andrew Hudock, treasurer of the Pennsylvania CI 1. r-.(. t if , .i.ii .uiioiic c nioii, in iiazicion, Pa., rendered a verdict of murder. The National Division of the Sons of Temperance, at its concluding session in New Haven, Conn., decided to meet next year in New Haven Conn. There was an immense crowd in Car hnndalc. III., to witness the hanging of Calvin Price and Jerry Grecves for the murder of Mrs. Nellie Reichelderfcr. Julius Frank and Israel Roscnfield were shot and fatally wounded in Ma son City. III., by Edward Barton, who narrowly escaped a lynching. The district attorney in Chicago nip ped a scheme to interere with the pro secution of the election judges now un der indictment. Mrs. Louise Olsen returned to her home in Rockford. III., after an absence of 20 years, to find her husband living with his third wife. ''Deb' Flynn, colored was mobbed in Marincjte, Wis., for walking with a white girl. Eleven prisoners accused of serious crimes escaped from jail in Williams burg. Ky. Judge Durbin of Indiana, refused to allow Lee Brown, the negro accus ed of murder, to be taken back to Evansville for trial until after he had sufficiently recovered to be able to make a defense. Frank Marlcy, arrested in New York on the charge of entering a house with intent to commit a burirlarv. claimed to have gotten in while walking in his ' sleep. hile trying to escape from an angry wife, Mrs. Bridget Cavanagh plunged from the fifth story of her house in New York and was killed. The Waldtnere Hotel, on Lake Chau tauqua, at Lakewood, was destroyed by fire, believed to have been oi incendi ary origin. I c reign. Twelve hundred Turkish troops have surrounded 2(0 Bulgarians near Ama tova and 1 he two leaders of the Bulgar ians were killed while attempting to es cape. bloods in Austrian Silesia have done immense damage. Numerous villages have been inundated and many houses have collapsed. Municipal bakeries have been tried with great success in the Town of Cat ania. Italy. Piscrjcwski, the leader of the Kishcn efT massacre, is reported to have com mitted suicide. M. Ralli. the new Greek premier, an nounced the personnel of the cabinet. Premier Zanardclli had a conference with the Italian Minister of Justice con cerning the eventual right of veto, which the Italian government might exercise at the next conclave. Three Catholic powers Spain. France and Austria enjoy this privilege. The foreign offices of the French and Italian governments are considering the advisability of postponing the visit of the King of Italy to Paris, owing to the condition of the Pope. Lord Mayor Samuel gave a luncheon at the Mansion House in London in honor of Hear Admiral Cotton and the officers of the American squadron. The Duchess of Argyll unveiled a memorial bust of Sir Arthur Sullivan on the Victoria embankment, fronting the Savoy Theater, in London. Lord Lansdow-ne stated in the House of Lords that India would certainly be invluded in the coming fiscal inquiry. Quite a number of shipping disasters were caused along the Autralian Coast and in the South Seas by the terrific gales. President Loubet had an imposing farewell reception on leaving England, King Edward escorting him to the rail road station. On his arrival at Calais the French gave him an enthusiastic reception. The Frankfurter Zeitung says the new issue of stocks and bonds on the German boerses for the half year amounted to $277,300,000, against $.584, 500,000 for the same period in 1902. The officers of the American Squad ron were entertained at a luncheon given by the Pilgrims' Club, Admiral Bcrcsford presiding as toastmastcr. financial. If reports from Denver are to be be lieved, Colorado may yet become a rival of Pennsylvania as a producer o.' anthracite coal. The New York Subtreasury paid tt banks $260,000 on telegraphic order from San Francisco against the deposit of Klondike gold at the mint. The Bank of England rate remains unchanged at 3 per cent. The propor tion of reserves to liabilities is 51. 42 per cent.; last week 4206 per cent.; last year 48.69 per cent. The bank lost in bullion on week 594,000. Independent pig iron manufacturers have cut the price of pig iron. New York delivery, 50 cents a ton. Birming ham No. a is now quoted at $18, while Northern iron is reduced to $19. No cuts arc reported from Southern Asso ciation sources. Directors of the Dominion Iron & Steel have taken up the issue of $1,500, 000 second mortgage bonds, paying par for the same. Snow's report on corn gives condi tions as follows: Nebraska, 82; Ohio, 7f Indiana, 80: Illinois, 76; Iowa, 74; Missouri, 75; Kansas, 77 per cent. He estimates that acreage is at least J.ooo, or 10 acres lets bap, latt year. BALTIMORE STORM SWEPT Havoc Wrought All Over Cily By Wind, Rain and Lightning. 72 CITY BLOCKS FILLED WITH DEBRIS. Three Terrific Storms, Whieh Wera Said to be the Ssverest in Recent Years, Broke Over Washing on, D. C Winchester, Virginia Was Flooded, the Water Reaching the Highest Point Since 1855. Baltimore and vicinity was visited Sunday by one of the most terrific storms in years. The elements broke over the city and northern suburbs with all their fury, and before they ceased their attack hundreds of thousands of dollars' damage had been done. While no section entirely escaped the fury of the wind and rain and light ning, the most unfortunate section was the northeastern, which seems to have been a special prey to the assailing forces. Innumerable houses were unroofed, walls were blown in, trees uprooted and fences torn down. Lightning struck repeatedly. Car lines were brought to a standstill and poles and wires laid low. Thousands of cellars were flooded. Although a number of persons were hurt, no one was reported killed. The maximum temperature in Balti more was eighty-five degrees, which mark was reached before noon. The downpour that followed at about that hour lowered the temperature so sev enty, and did not reach a much higher point at any time during the rest of the day. The maximum velocity of the wind was forty-six miles an hour, and its direction was westerly. From various points in Maryland re ports come of severe storms which caused damage to crops and property. The Middletown valley was swept by the most disastrous flood experi enced since the Johnstown catastrophe. The Big and Little Catoctin broke their their banks and wrought havoc to the bordering country. Grain crops were submerged and ruined, cattle were swept away and bridges lost. A cloudburst visited Winchester, Va.. flooding the streets and doing much damage. Many people were rescued through windows, and others, caught in their stores, were forced to swim through the submerged streets to places of safety. A terrific thunderstorm swept over the District of Columbia. Lightning struck a boathousc at Washington in which a number of persons had taken refuge. One of the inmates was killed instantly and several others injured. LEO SUBMITS TO ANOTHER OPERATION Stood the Ordeal Bravely and Was Much Re lieved as a Result. Rome (By Cable). After undergoing a second surgical operation for the re moval of bloody, irritating serum from the pleura, the Pope passed some hours comfortably, and at night obtained a little sleep. At. sunrise he awoke in some pain and a dose of chloral was ad ministered. The following bulletin tells the story of the operation and its effect upon the Pontiff: The august patient passed the first part of the day fairly peacefully, but afterwards the difficulty in his breath ing became more marked, coupled with discomfort and an increase of the feel ing of oppression. The pulse is small and weak, at the rate of (jl. Anyrexia was complete and there was little diu resis. A llow of cndoplcuritic matter being observed, a second operation was decided upon, and immediately per formed by I Jr. Mnzzoni. About a thousand grammes of bloody serum was extracted. The Pontiff bore the second operation very well, and 'in consequence of it both the respiration and the power of the heart at once improved. (Signed) ROSSONI, LAPPONI, MAZZONI. SAYS SHE WAS WIFE OF OLITEAU. Defense Made by a Man Who la Being Sued for Divorce. Chicago, 111. (Special). Mrs. Anna B. Allen, said to have been at one time the wife of Charles J. Guitcau, who murdered President Garfield, is the complainant in a suit for separate main tenance that has been filed in the Cir cuit Court against Enoch Allen, an em ploye of the McCormick Harvester Company. They were married, accord ing to Allen, in November, 1001. The latter declares in an affidavit that Mrs. Allen is the widow of Guitcau. She denies this, but asserts that she was at one time his wife. Allen avers that the complainant concealed this fact from him until alter their marriage. Mr. Allen declares that she has not received proper support from her husband, who is able to make a good living for her, she avers. Allen charges that his wife has made his home a "hell on earth," and that she is more able to work than he is. In reply, Mrs. Allen alleges that she is in poor health and weighs but fl.5 pounds. According to Allen, his wife was divorced from a man named Dun mire prior to their marriage. Suicide Was Craiid by Heat Stamford, Ct. (Special). Crazed by heat, William June committed suicide at his boarding place in this city. He arranged a shotgun by his bed, lay down, reached out and pulled the trig ger. Turks and Bulgarians Flghltng. Paris (By Cable). According to a dispatch from Constantinople, published here, engagements have taken place be tween Turkish and Bulgarian troops on the frontier, which the Turks accuse the Bulgarians of crossing. On the other hand, the Bulgarians assert that the Turks tried to occupy the neutral zone. The dispatch adds that a ministerial council was hurriedly summoned at Yil diz Kiosk and more troops have been called to the colors. Shot Fro Anbusb. Syracuse, N. Y. (Special). Geo. Moore, a molders' union picket, was shot and badly wounded from ambush at the factory of E. C. Stcarni & Co. A strike breaker is believed to have fired the shot from a Winchester rifle. A strike has been in progress at the fac tory for several weeks. The police re serves were called out and two arrests made. Several rifles were found on the premises and seized. Intense excite ment trivile. NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. War 00 Reed Smoot. That there is to be a determined fight in the Senate next fall to declare the scat of Senator Smoot, of Utah, vacant, there is no doubt, and the fact that let ters and remonstrances are coming to the Senate Committee on Elections every day indicates most clearly that the junior senator from Utah may find him self out of that body, although he has already taken the oath of office. There is strong evidence of a tidal wave of op position from tbe religious people against allowing Senator Smoot to re main in Congress, audi a one as en gulfed and overwhelmed Brigham H. Roberts when he essayed to take his seat in the House. All this opposition is carefully guarded from publicity and filed away in the pigeonholes of the desk of Senator Burrows, of Michigan, who is chairman of the Senate Committee on Elections. Mr. Burrows will not say what view he or any other member of the committee will take of the case. It is understood that an effort is be ing made among well-informed men in Utah to get proof that Smoot is now and has been for years a polygamist, which evidence they hope to have in time to present to the committee when the Senate meets in December. Whether or not such proof will be forthcoming remains to lie seen, hut tt is very appar ent that great pressure is being brought upon the Senators from all sections of the country to use their influence to have Senator Smoot expelled from Con gress. Bancroft to Release Ships. The Navy Department, at the in stance of the State Department, has taken steps to prevent further interfer ence with American shipping in the Orinoco river by cither Government or rebel forces. This action was taken upon the ad vice of Mr. W. XV. Russell. United States Charge at Caracas, to the effect that the Government forces had de tained two shins beloncinir to the Ori- j noco Steam Navigation Company, at .-sail rcrnanclo, and the insurgents liad detained and were likely to destroy three other ships belonging to the same company at Ciudad Bolivar. Or ders were cabled to the commander of the gunboat Bancroft, at Port of Spain, to proceed at once up the Orinoco and I release the detained vessels. No re- : sistance is expected. Both Roads Granted the Privilege. j The Secretary of the Interior has j solved the problem arising from the ' controversy between the "Soo" road j and the Great Northern over the right ! of way through the White Earth In dian Reservation in Minnesota bv i granting the riirht to both comnanies. The two companies desire to connect their lines north and south of the res ervation by links across the reservation and each sought to keep the other out on technical grounds. More Time for Acre Case. United States Minister Thompson reports to the State Department under date of Pctropolis, June 17. that an ar rangement has been concluded at La Paz for the extension until October 21 of the period allowed for the negotia tion of a different arrangement between Brazil and Bolivia for the settlement of the Acre dispute. A Great Religious Gathering. The regents of the American Society of Religious Education have decided to call an interdenominational congress, in the interest id religious education, to be held in Washington next April. The call declares the basis of the con gress to be "the common teachings of Evangelical churches." In the Departments. Director of the Mint Roberts ascribes the European demand for gold to nor mal causes. Consular advices indicate the new German Meat Inspection law is costly to importers of that country. A negro elevator conductor in the Geological Building was suspended for insulting a young lady by handing her an anonymous letter written by himself. Vice Consul General James Allison Bowen, at Paris, has been ordered to report to the State Department at ashington for assignment to other duty. Viscount Charles de Chambrun ar rived to take up his duties as third sec retary of the French Embassv. Secretary of War Root is to confer with the President at Oyster Bay on the subject of promotions to fill the places of major generals about to retire. Postmaster General Payne and Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow had a long conference over the post office investigation. Former Clerk J. M. A. Watson, in the District of Columbia auditor's office, pleaded the statute of limitations in the civil suit against him. The President has summoned mem bers of the B'nai B'rith Council to a Conference at Oyster Bay. An official of the State Department is quoted as authority for the statement that Russia will concede practically all that the United States desires in the way of open ports in Manchuria. Four companies of coast artillery have been detailed by Secretary of War Root as permanent garrisons for the United States naval station in Cuba. Congressman Sydney E. Mudd, of Maryland, will go with the Commit tee on Naval Affairs on a tour of in spection of the navy yards on the At lantic Coast. Counsel Cromwell, of the Panama Canal Company, is of the opinion that the treaty will be finally ratified by the Colombian Congress. The State Department has been notified that the Chinese government has paid the third instalment on ac count of the Boxer indemnity. James Watson, a veteran of the Mex ican War, is trying to prove to the officials of the Pension Bureau that he is not dead. Harlan D. Brush, of New York, has been appointed United States consul at Milan, Italy. In the opinion of General Davis, the conditions in the Philippines are such as to warrant the reduction of the force. The United States battleship" Kear sarge smashed all ocean records for speed in her journey to Kiel from New ork. Wrecked By lilt Owa Corner. San Francisco, Cal. (Special). After losing $45,000 in cornering the lima bean market and securing 6,000,000 pounds to find nobody who wanted the beans. Lyden & Co. have assigned. The liabilities will amount to $300,000 and the assets are estimated at $.25,000. A Bulletbale la HlaltTae. Janesville, Wis. (Special). Charles Randall, a brother ol Gen. George H. Randall. United States Armv, was found dead in his bed with a bullet hole in his head. He was very wealthy and lived alone ou the outskirts ol tbe city. TO HAVE TOBACCO SQUAD Dr. Wiley to Note the Effect of Weed Upon Human System. HOW EXPERIMENTS WILL BE MADE. Having Concluded His Investigations Upon Federal Clerks In tin "Government Board log House," the Chief Will Start In to Ascertain the Effect of Tobacco L'pon the Digestive Organs. Washington, D. C. (Special). Tin experiments which Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, the chief of the bureau of chem istry of the department of agriculture, has been conducting at the "govern ment boarding house" promise some day to be of considerable interest to all users of tobacco and all manufacturers and dealers, for at the conclusion of the tests of the effect of the various preservatives used in foods Dr. Wiley will take up the question of the effect tobacco has upon the digestion and on the human system in general. Jut as the cigar comes after the dinner, so Dr. Wiley will postpone his experiments in relation to tobacco until after he has fed his boarders on all sorts of food. Consequently, it will be some time belorc he readies the to bacco question. When he docs, it is understood that he will proceed, as he has done in the case of the foods: that is, he will take pure tobacco in various forms smoking and chewing and see what effect its use has upon the consumer when taken in small quan tities, larger quantities, and so on. He will then take up the adulterated to bacco, or flavored tobacco, and ascer tain by experiments what effect to bacco of this character has upon the system. Just how far these experiments will go has not yet been definitely decided, nor has Dr. Wiley decided whether he will use Turkish, Cuban and other brands of foreign tobacco, or whether he will confine himself to domestic to bacco. Should the bureau of chemis try go into the subject exhaustively and ascertain the difference between the ef fect of cheap cigars and cigarettes on the system as compared with that of high class, pure tobacco, cigarettes and cigars, the result would be very inter csting, to sav the least. It is Dr. Wiley's intention to take men who arc regular smokers and as certain their physical condition as to incir neart action, breathing, digestion, etc., while continuing the use of tolne co under normal conditions, and then to have these men to suddenly cease tlie use of tobacco entirely. The ef fect of such stoppage will be carcfullv noted, and Dr. Wiley expects to be aoie to report on the benefits or in juries in the sudden change of the hab its of smokers and chewers. After the effects of the prolonged use of tobacco have been eradicated !rom the system, it is proposed 'bat the subjects of experiment shall re commence the use of tobacco, begin ning in small quantities, which will be Ktadually increased until thev ar; us ins as much or more than they w.-'e using Detore the experiments first be gan. Throughout the course of Uc experiments the effect of the tobacci 011 the digestion will be carefully noted ENGINES AND CARS DROP 2,000 FEET. Jump the Denver and Rio Grande Tracks and Tumble Into River. Canon City, Col. (Special). Three engines and 20 cars of a freight train jumped the Denver and Rio Grand; track in Royal Gorge and plunged into the Arkansas river, a sheer fall of 2000 feet. The engines have not yet been found. Ten freight cars arc also missing. The river is very deep and high and the current runs at a terrilic speed. The three engineers, a fireman and a brakeman have disappeared in the wrecK. The accident occurred near Hang ing Bridge, in the Roval Gorce. about six miles cast of Canon City. It is the most picturesque railroad spot in the West. The gorge is only 50 feet wide, but the rocks rise perpendicularly from the Arkansas river to a height of more than a third of a mile. The freight train was bound east. Two of the engines were "dead." being drawn along with the cars. Withou warning the locomotive that was fur nishing the power jumped the track, bumped along on the ties for a few feel and then plunged into the abyss, drag ging the other engines and 10 of the cars after it. Two of the firemen jumped. The en gineers refused to leave their post and fell to certain death in the torrent 2000 feet below. A brakeman was thrown into the gorge when the cars ran off the track. The Pacific express was backed to Canon City and its engine took a wrecking crew and physicians to the scene. They found no trace of the engines or of the cars that fell down the gorge and there were no injured to be treated SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. Elmer McGibbney, 21, from Pitts burg, Pa., was drowned in Gull Lake, near Kalamazoo, Mich., while swim ming. The mutilated body of Mrs. Mary Gillmore was found in a shanty near the Wabash river at Terra Haute, Ind. A brother of Gen. George H. Randall was found dead in his bed at Janesville, Wis., with a bullet hole in his head. The body found in the Niagara river below the Falls has been identified as that of Delahanty, the ballplayer. Miss Henrietta Distler committed suicide in Cincinnati because she could not marry her brother. The steamship Heathford, with her cargo of tea, was burned at Colombo, Island of Ceylon. Bishop Thomas F. Gailor, of Tennes see, was among a number of prominent men who made addresses to the teachers at the convention in Boston. Andrew Carnegie, who donated $t. 500,000 for a "palace of peace" for The Hague tribunal, has received letter of thanks from Queen Wilhehnina and from Count Castini in behalf of the Czar. Aid was asked for the sufferers from the flood at Jeannette, Pa. The German shippers find that they are losing trade on account of the Meat Inspection Law. Brussels carpet weavers of Philadel phia who have been on strike accepted the compromise and promised to, return to work. A number of bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Methodist Epis copal Church South were in session at Ocean Grove for the purpose or revising the catechism. Rear-Admiral C S. Cotton and some of the Officers 'of the American naval squadron attended the state ball at Buckingham Palace, London, while others were entertained in (Portsmouth. WILL JAPAN FIOHT UNAIDED? Conference of Prominent Russian Offi cials Held at Port Arthur. Kin-Chait (By Cable). All the promi nent Russian officials in China,- Man churia and Korea are attending the con ference at Port Arthur. Among them are Minister of War Kuropatkin, Admiral AfcxicfT, the Rus sian ministers at Peking nnd Seoul, the political agents in China and Korea, in cluding M. Pokotilc.fT. recently Russian financial representative at Peking: Gen eral Dcssino, tbe military agent in China; the civil and military officers at Mukden, Harbin and Kirin and the administrator of Niuchwang. The proceedings at the conference arc enveloped in profound secrecy. It is popularly supposed that the Russian offi cials arc considering war questions. The foreign commercial officials at Niuch wang and Port Arthur believe that the possibility of war is increasing steadily. The Russian policy is believed to be to hold the present positions in Manchuria, including Niuchwang. and to take on steps to avert hostility with Japan, if it is assured that Japan will fight unaided. 1 he war feeling among the Japanese in North China is intensifying. The Russian civil administrator, with the governor general of Niuchwang has commenced the erection of a government building designed to hold all Russian offices, including the telegraph and tele phone departments, in the center of the foreign settlement, partly on land ceded by the Chinese, according to the Rus sian explanation, and partly on the pub lic square, about which the foreign con sulates are congregated. The residents of other nationalities are preparing to protest against this encroachment on the public square. Shanghai (By Cable). The American treaty negotiations are deadlocked, ow ing to the failure of the Chinese authori ties at Peking to reply to the demand for the opening of Manchurian port to trade. GEN. CLAY ADJUDGED INSANE. Aged Kcntucklon too III to Attend Hearing, But Denounces It. Lexington. Ky. (Special). A jury in the court of Judge Turpin, at Rich mond, found Gen. Cassius M. Clay of unsound mind anil asked the Court to appoint a committee to look after his financial affairs. General Clay was ill at Whitehall, six miles from Richmond, while the trial was being held, and was not repre sented. When it was told to General Clay that he had been adjudged a lun atic tho old warrior's eye Hashed fire and arising from his bed clutched his trusty bowie knife and declared lie would kill the first man to enter the room. He was greatly unnerved over the action of his children in having him adjudged insane claiming that they are disgracing him at death's door be cause they do not want his former child-wife, later divorced. Dora Clay Brock,-whose husband was killed re cently, to return to him. He said he was only allowed a trifling living by his children and that now he supposed they wanted to take that from him. . JEANNETTE ASKS FOR AID. Fitly Families Homeless and Vast Damige Done By Flood. Jeannette, Pa. (Special). The search for bodies of victims of the Oakford Park flood is progressing slowly, and scarcely anything has been done to clear up the wreckage that is scattered for miles from Oakford Park down to Manor. This is due to the scarcity of labor and the absence of a duly con stituted head for the work. The recov ered bodies number 20, with 20 still missing. At least 50 families were rendered homeless, fhey are tailoring people and their household goods were all destroyed or washed away. All the flood stricken people are mov ing away or have found shelter in the homes of their hill-top neighbors. Mud and filth were washed in the houses, which will more than likely engender disease without prompt disinfection. Roland Merrill, treasurer of the re lief committee, has issued an appeal for help. Gagged Tlisir Guard. Chicago, III. (Special). Overpower ing and gagging their guard and forcing him to march ahead of them for a mile from the headquarters at Fort Sheridan, two prisoners. Privates McLean and Mc Pherson, have made their escape from the post.- No trace of them has been found. The two men came recently from the barracks at Columbus, O., where they had received sentences of a year each. Kaasaas Kidnapping Farm Hands. Boston, Kan. (Special). Forty farm ers stopped a Missouri Pacific train here and went through it, searching for har vest hands. The train ordinarily does not stop here and the farmers flagged it with a lantern wrapped in a red hand kerchief. Thev offered passengers $2.50 and $.1 a dav for three weeks to get off the train. There is a great scarcity of harvest hands. For Friendship ol Whites. Memphis, Tenn. (Special). The an nual meeting of the Southern Negro Congress convened here. About 200 del egates, representing nearly every South ern State, were present when President A. J. Golden, of Mississippi, called the meeting to order. The principal sub ject of discussion will be that of plan ning a way to bring about more friendly relations between the races. Only Two Sailors Desert Washington (Special). The follow ing cablegram was received at the Navy Department from Rear Admiral Cotton, at Portsmouth, England: Only two stragglers at Kiel; both Americans by birth; still absent. Admiral Cotton cabled this information to the depart ment in response to an inquiry as to the accuracy of the report that a large number of sailors, chiefly of foreign birth, had deserted from the American warships during the visit of the squad ron to Kiel. Noble Mother's Sacrifice, Cleveland, O. (Special) Mrs. Can- ovino, a working woman, her three children and several other women who work in the vineyards east of the city were walking on the New York, Chi cago and St. Louis Railroad tracks. The party was crosing a trestle when a fast train approached. Only by ly ing down upon a plank at the edge of the bridge could the women escape be ing struck by the train. Mrs. Cs no vino thought not of her own safety. Her only purpose was to save the children. , it THE KEYSTONE STATE Latest Nes of Pennsylvania Told J short Order. Mrs. John Houston, who reside farm near the Lake Erii R.ii;.-,j few miles west of New Castle, wa ,j i'i uv Miming a young colored Oliver Goodman, in her came from Pittsburg about three ; so. 1 11c Durgiar was not aware the discovery and was at the t,. when neighbors, whom Mrs. Hnmt, notified, arrived and surround . place. In the meantime Sheriff JaJ i. uMiiYn Hiiu oilier onicers were moncd and captured Goodman, was placed in tail. A band of gypsies, who made il ramp near Franklin, kidnapped u- Km. iMary and Anna Uakcr, aged r spectivcly 4 and 19. They were cmic into the camp late nt night and the p sies departed with them early in r im.rning. Sheriff McCollum ind t( u vuy ponce got on tnc trail oi t gypsies, out at the forks of a ro! lost tneir game. 1 lie search is )c continued. The family of Martin WhitfiM.t Oil City, consisting of four perso; was poisoned by eating chicken, 1 flesh of which had become imprcgna' "in owihc iiiison, prcsumaD v na- green, sprinkled bv a farmer on vines. Prompt medical work plact them out of dancer. About 700 miners at Pealc arc cr uccausc a tew ot the men have relui to sign for the check-off- Joseph Swihart, a Washington cod siaoie, wno killed Larlcs Bcbout, was resisting arrest, has been exont aicci Dy a coroner s jury. Attorney H. A. Davis, of Alton; announced his candidacy for judpc Blair county. He will be indorsi.,1 the Frohibitionists. Martin Bell, t' incumbent, is the Republican nomine a. v. uivclv, . Uctnocratic, and J. Lciscnring, Union party. George and lacob Walters, atrnt ind 13 years, of ShofTs, went swim mini 111 uie ausqucnanna 111 disobedience '.heir parents' instructions. T younger was carried into the edJit Ihc older boy went bravelv tn h rescue and in the struf?le both sar. sun were drowned. Reports from all parts of Nortliaro ton countv show that there city of school teachers. Country teach ers are cnoosing otlicr lines of ployment. claiming that the pay is to smau and tlic scliool terms too short. Samuel Kuhns. aped fie Rcfton, was walkinc on the Ouarrvvil Railroad tracks and started to cros the high bridge spanning the Pequt; Creek at Herrville. When about ha way across a train approached. Then was not room enough for Kuhns t step aside and so he coolly jumpt iroin inc nriugc. fortunately, lie la: cd in the mud, twenty feet below, suffered no material injuries. William Shaw. 22 years old. of Hop well, while waitinir for a train at .V dcrson's Station, was killed by an ti press tram, iiis mother, father ac sifter witnessed the accident. The Board of Commissioners of Pi lie Records, created bv the last Lcc: lature to look afte( and secure as mar historical records as possible, was 01 ganized at the Executive Departmer: Harrisburg. There were present Gov ernor rennypacker and Mate Litiran; Montgomery, who were elected pre dent and secretary resncctivclv: lo; Wolfe Jordan. Julius F. Sachse. Frar R. DifTenderfer. Bovd Crumrinc an Carnegie Librarian Anderson, of Pittr ourg. While Mrs. W. W. Oberly, assist ant postmistress at Yvoniclsdorl, ; canceling the postage stamps ol large pile of letters, there was an t: plosion which knocked the datcr ir, her hands, and scattered the lcttei and packages in all directions. It w found that a large quantity of w caps had been placed in a scaled r velopc, which caused the explosion. 1 an instant the entire pack of letters sn surrounding papers were- 111 a ula: Mr. Oberly arrived on the scene in tic to gather un the burnimz material a' throw it to the navcnient. Mr Oberly!s arm was burned and her clot ing torn by the explosion. Ex-Register and Recorder Frcdr ick Hess died at his home in CI1111I Township, aged 77 years. Joseph Koch, aged 32 years, whifl picking huckleberries on the mount; north of Hazlcton, was overcome the heat and died. During a severe storm near Gretf Castle. Harry laylor, aged 7 ycat was killed by lightning. His fath was stunned and a 3-year-old child burned. Mrs. Maria C. Hcinitsh djed at M uouie 111 Lancaster, ageu 7 ycar9a, was president of the Ann C. Wilwl Home for Aged Vompi, and he.pf organize the Children's Home a": Dorcas Society durintr the Civil V! The differences between the Shtl Metal Workers and the Master li ners' Association have been arnica!),' arranged and the strike has been o ed off at Pittsburg. Five houses were wrecked and m' persons had narrow escapes from in by a mine cave-in at Old Forge, thr miles from Scranton. The settling curred in the old workings of tt- Jermyn No. 2 mine, and nearly t acres were affected, the surface sink about five feet. The buildings damagt were all located on George street,' the borough, and were occupied as f'; lows: Thomas Tones and family, & yatore Bianco and family. Matzia B itagc and lamily, Isaac Kobmsoii family and Clement Maratina and fs ily. I'he occupants of the houses ') m bed when the cave-in occurrea when the structures tumbled i'0' their foundations and fell over up" their sides many were thrown to t Moor and were dazed and filled witn ror. The noise of the rave-in arotis'- hundreds living near. Some 0M1 nouses were damaged beyond rcpa". The home of Chief of Police Ja"" Howells, at West Pittston, was if aged by a dynamite explosion. Do of window Danes were smashed, dish? were broken and the porch was dcnyl ished. Chief Howells recently "Jj trouble with several persons in ''I town and arrests are expected as outcome of an attempt to blow up t:' house. While several hovt were rrltbratirfl at Columbia, John Murray, aged was shot in the chest, he haying ?l Droached unne reeivrd. A terrible M 'was torn in his breast and he died lJl1 altcrwards. I Six-year-old Annie Smith, of Wr Bethlehem, climbed f upon a rock'" chair at her parents') home. The cha tilted and Annie was thrown ag, a table. The oil from a lighted lffl spilled over her and she was burs'' to death. . J Mrs. John Taylor, wife of a hard merchant and gunsmith of Chester, enped death through the fact that V wore her pompadour low down on 1"; forehead. A bullet crashed throu the window of the house as Taylor s" his wife were seated at a table struck the woman in the head, the right temple. The great mat hair acted as a ruthi""
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