WANTS TO AVOID WAR
Sit It Hostilities Are Forced Upon Bui
taria She Will Accept the Challenge.
JIANY DEPREDATIONS OF THE TURKS.
Tie Macedonian Qaeitlon Can Not Be Settled
Wlthoot the Intervention ol the Power
Bulgaria's War Minister Declaref That,
Skoald Tarkey Attack, the Present Army
Ctald Hold Tnrkt In Check.
Sofia, Bulgaria (By Cable). Accord
ing to reliable reports from Varna at
the recent council of ministers presided
over by Prince Ferdinand at the pal
ace of Euxinograd it was resolved that
Bulgaria should continue to maintain
an attitude of the strictest neutrality in
the Macedonian question, and further,
that the most stringent measures
should be adopted to prevent anything
lively to cause a disturbance in Bul
garia's relations with Turkey.
The war minister is reported to have
spoken strongly in the council against
any thought of Bulgaria declaring war
rm Turkey first on account of the
enormous expediturc that such a war
would involve, and secondly. because
the great powers would never permit
. . . . . . .
Bulgaria to reap the advantage if she
were victorious.
Should Turkey attack Bulgaria, de
clared the minister, the present army
-could hold the Turks in check for the
first few days, while the entire Util
itarian Army could be mobilized within
three to twelve days. Bulgaria would
never creclare war, he added, but if
war was declared against her sie would
accept the challenge fearlessly.
As an evidence of Bulgaria s peaceful
intentions the council decided that
tipon the first symptoms of disorder on
the frontier martial law would be pro
claimed at Burgas, Kostendil, l'hilip
popolis and Sofia.
The ministers expressed the opinion
that the powers would soon reach the
conviction that the Macedonian ques
tion could not be decided without their
intervention.
The Autonomye publishes the names
of fifty villages burned by the Turks in
the following districts: Resen. thirty
villages; Kostur, fourteen, Krushevo,
six and one monastery.
The Turks burned four villages in
the district of Strii'hkopolis and mur
dered the priest. The population fled
to the mountains. The Turks have de
stroyed all the flour mills in the dis
trict of Resen and also every church.
DRL'Q VICTIMS FEARFUL FIGHT.
A Chicago Pbysldsa' Efforts to Core Him
self. Chicago, 111. (Special). In a cell
Tike chamber in the People's Hospital,
with heavy metallic gratings over the
doors and windows and all possible
means of committing suicide carefully
removed, a self-appointed representa
tive of the army of victims of opiates
in Chicago is passing through the ter
Tiblc ordeal of being suddenly shut oft
from the drug he craves. Since Thurs
day afternoon he has been deprived of
the morphine that for years has con
tributed to his strength and has acted
as a substitute for his mentality. In its
Mead and through the hypodermic
syringe with which morphine was for
merly supplied his craving system he is
being given three compounds of his
twn preparation, with which he hopes
to effect a cure and bring hope to the
outcast and social pariah whose fall
tan be traced to drugs.
The subject of the experiment is a
t'hysician whose life has been milieu
y morphine. He is a ward of the
Hitrher Practical Education Society, a
lihilanthropic organization. That body
is behind the experiment. If the suc
cess now promised is experienced its
founder, J. W. Gossard, a Wabash ave
nue wholesale milliner is expected to
open a hospital for the cure of similar
habits, to be operated in conjunction
with the slum work of the society.
Twice since his incarceration the
physician has sought means of self-de-atruction.
At times his ravings fill the
air, and he has been in repose scarcely
moment.
The gas in the chamber has been shut
off to prevent an attempt at asphyxia
tion. Alternating between madness and
moments when rational he has plung
ed over the bed and torn about the
room, seeking things visible only to
his fevered imagination; then turned
calmly to the attending physicians and
nurses, advising them as to his pro
gress and to follow the written instruc
tions he prepared before undertaking
the experiment.
BaiUIng Collapses.
Vinton, La. (Special). William John
aon, a laborer, was killed and five paint
ers were injured by the collapse of the
front and side walls of a two-story brick
building occupied by Quinu's grocery.
Several workmen were carried down in
the debris. 'I he building had been un
dergoing repairs for a month, and an iron
support under one corner gave away.
The injured: George Pitts, body and legs
bruised; William Bowen, cut about
bead; Fred Drake. Albeit Fisher and
CUreuce Prays, legs lacerated.
Want Iteglcide Jrl:4.
Belgrade. Servia (By Cable). A
number of officers of the Nish and
other garrisons in Scrvia have been
arretted in connection with the issu
ance of the proclamation demanding
the trial by court-martial of the con
spirator who were concerned in the
assignation of King Alexander,
Jueea Draga and their Ministry, and
threatening to resign their commissions
ii the demand was refused.
Reported . tcret Trea:y.
Paris (By Cable). A dispatch to the
Temps from Sofia, Bulgaria, confirms
the report that the official journal
Dncvnik, which enjoys the confidence
f( the palace and is the organ of Min
ister l'opof, had published the sensa
tional information that a treaty of al
liance exists between Russia and
Bulgaria. The Dnevnik claims to pos
ses a copy ol the treaty, the terms oi
wbich guarantee that in case of war be
tween Bulgaria and Turkey the former
shall have the co-operation of Russia.
Par! Waaaa Cllmbsr.
Kew York (Special). Simultaneously
with the telegraphic report that Miss
.Aunie S. IV. k ha successfully ascend
ed Mount Sorata, s letter has been
scccivcvl iu which Mis Peck tells of
tier tirst aight oi the Andean Peak, the
Vfc'ieit on the Western Continent. Miss
i'uk writes: "1 see Sorata in the dis
- tirct It l magnificent, all covrred
wtth twrm. Laubvr, the guide, who is
it to Alpine peak, says it looks lor
widable, more to than he expected,
fttaguiguax. the chief guide, is stolid.
1 will reach the summit whether any
time cU due ir Dot,' he Mrs.
THE LATEST JEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Domestic.
Francis M. Bengue, who sent a num
ber of annoying letters to Secretary of
State John Hay, was arrested in New
York.
It is expected that Seth Low. fusionist,
and George H. McClcllan, Democrat,
will be the opposing nominees in the
coming New York Mayoralty contest.
(inv. John W. C. Iteckha'm, of Ken
tucky, opened his campaign for re-election
at Winchester, that State.
It is rumored that the life of Gov. J.
II. I'eabody, of Colorado, has been an
onymously threatened because he order
ed troops to Cripple Creek.
'Hie International Congress of Actu
aries in New York chose Berlin for the
place of meeting in 1006 and adjourned.
A negro who tried to strangle to
death Mrs. Margaret Gerahn, a white
woman, aged 45. in her home, at Ar
mntinlale, Kan., escaped and drowned
himself, fearing that if caught he would
be lynched.
The United States district attorney
entered suit in Knoxville, Tenn.. for
$10,000 damages against Sheriff Knox
and his bondsmen because the sheriff
allowed Harvey Login, the Montana
train robber. t. escape.
I Andrew
McCulh.ngh. aged 14. fire 1
j at a pipe in the mouth of his brother
and slmt and fatally wounded his sister
' at their home, in Philadelphia.
I Tl . . - ... L . f I T " t ... . .
I'n '' a.oru. vet., are mat
1 fn nfrf nc it I rim n t enc m tint 11-
cinitv i m larse that tho canning fac-
f.irii'K n rn ttnn'itd tr nficL- tli rrrt
"John L. Fislur. a constable of Lcb-
anon, fa., was arrestee! on the charge
of murdering City Solicitor J. Marshall
F'.mck.
Congressman Timothy D. Sullivan,
of New York, was elected grand wor
thy master of the Fraternal Order of
Lnglcs.
Harry Brooks, the 'gentleman" bur
glar. was sentenced by Recorder GolT,
in New York, to 23 years' imprison
ment
The Board of Conciliation, at Potts-!
ville, Pa., decided to hold its next ses
sions at Philadelphia, beginning Sep
tember 15. The board was deadlocked
on the questions of a short Saturday
and the payment of the 10 per cent,
increase on the net earnings of miners.
These questions will likely be submit
ted to Umpire Wright, who, it is said,
favors a reconvening oi the strike com
mission to decide the problems now
piling upon him.
ucorge ii. Kamuodt. who claimed to
be the owner of the Harvrv Hotel, at '
Niagara rails, and city treasurer ol that i
place, was arrested at Louisville on the 1
charge of passing worthless checks on
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, that city.
In the trial of the directors and offi- I
cials of the North Jersey Street Rail- 1
way Compnnv in Newark, N. J.. on a !
charge of manslaughter for last Fcbru- 1
ary's crossing accident, the court di- !
rectcd a verdict of acquittal of all the
defendants 1
V r .. J ft
Six men were injured, nearly all of
them terribly scalded, by the explosion
of a boiler in the Hanson Van Winkle
Company's works, at Newark, N. J.
Secretary Shaw denied in Chicago
the story that he is contemplating in
creasing the government deposits in the
national banks to the extent of $.)0,
000.000. Fc reign.
The situation in the Balkans is fast
approaching open war between Turkey
and Bulgaria.
The British Government appointed a
commission to inquire into the state
ments that the English people, as a
whole, are deteriorating physically.
I ir.tifl rrrl T!rit;j, Mini.i., , !
Cuba, warns Fngiish manufacturers that ! "ther person in the country to tinder
they are in danger of losing Cuban trade I ,akc thls w,"rk;, Hi'.pays a high compli
to the Americans. ' j Plcnt t'- -"r- Peary s courage and abil-
Dr. Ladislntts dc Lukacs declined the j
invitation of Fmperor Francis Joseph to :
lorm.a Hungarian Cabinet.
The Chinese authorities agreed to the.
trial of the reformers on the newspaper
Sr.pao bv the mixed court,
A French fleet will be ordered in
readiness to proceed to Turkish waters,
and it is said similar preparations have
been made by Italy, Austria, Russia
and Great Britain.
An alleged American priest who gave
his name as Guiclinski was arrested at
Glciwitz, Poland, on the charge of en
ticing young girls out of the country.
Seven hundred Servian officers were
concerned in a plot against the army
conspirators who were responsible for
the coup at Belgrade last June.
A force of troops were kept in Bud
apest during Emperor Francis Joseph's
visit there yesterday because of the dis
turbed peditical situation.
President Loubet of France had a
conference with King Leopold of Bel
gium, presumably upon the conditions
in the Kongo State.
Count von Deym, the Austrian-Hungarian
ambassador to Great Britain,
died in Silesia of heart disease.
Every passenger train on the Man
churian Railway is now accompanied by
a detachment of soldiers.
Mr. Witte has been relieved of fur
ther connection with the administration
of finances in Russia.
On the anniversary of his accession
to the throne the Sultan of Turkey, in
replying to the Ecumenical Patriarch's
speech, of congratulations, said he de
sired the welfare of the population,
without distinction of race or religion,
and he hoped the measures taken would
insure tranquillity.
There was an anti-Austrian demon
stration at a congress of students, held
at Udmc, near the Austrian frontier.
Two or three supposed Austrian spies
were discovered and threats made to
brrn them alive.
M. Svetkoff. the agent at Bucharest
of the Macedonian Committee, has
been arrested for extorting, by men
aces of death, subscriptions to the funds
of the revolutionises.
I11 a fight between 15 French sol
diers and 4 Americans at Peking the
French u-ed bayonets and 2 of th;
Americans were suriously wounded.
Financial.
Eight banks have already received
$1,000,000 under Secretary Shaw's new
relief plan.
The Government's good report on
the cotton crop caused a violent break
1:1 September options.
Lake Superior common shareholders
have a right to expect the full payment
of assessments on the preferred.
Westiiifchouse Air Brake at 11754
was tins week at the lowest point s'iuce
H(JS. There has been forced liquidation
by some important stockholders.
Standard Oil people seem to be pro
tecting Amalgamated Copper.
Street reports multiply that the Rock
Island is buying more Atchison and
also Lehigh Valley, hoping to shove
its extremities to San Francisco and
New York.
Pittsburg banks are calling in loans
to meet the demands for about $7,000,
000 which belongs to the State and
which the State Treasurer will call for
this month.
'Die Bank of England has advanced
its discount rate from 3 to 4 per cent.,
after several months of the lower rate.
London pmst offer this extra induce
ment to keep gold at home.
DASH FOR THE POLE
Commander Peary Will Lead Another
Expedition.
WILL BE THOROUGHLY AMERICAN.
The In Ire pi J Explcr.T Secures a Three Years'
Leave of Absence, and His Enterprise High
ly Commended by President Roosevelt and
Acting Secretary Darling The Essential
Features ol the Plan.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Com
mander Robert F. Fcary, U. S. N the
well-known Arctic explorer, will make
another dash for the North Pole. Leave
of absence for three years has been
granted him, with the permission of
the President, by Mr. Darling, Act
ing Secretary of the Navy, and he has
been assured of the hearty sympathy
of both these officials in his new ven
ture. In his letter of application for
leave of absence Commander Peary
briefly outlines his plan of action. In
" """"'c s'l n "'e 01 our nest
enmvnrlc riM ti i it-.-,wl fiitrt cFnniTt muni
to the maximum degree and fitted
with American engines, "so that she
may go North as an exponent of Amer
ican skill and mechanical ability." Com
mander Peary hopes to start with his
j expedition about the first of July next
Upon arriving at the Whale Sound
region he will take on board a large
number of Eskimos and establish a
permanent base at Cape Sabine.
Thence he will force his way northward
to Grantland. where he hopes to estab
lish winter quarters on the northern
shore. As far as practicable along the
route he will establish caches. The fol
lowing February, with the earliest re
turning light, he will start due north
ycr ,llc P"'ar Pa,ck, Vlh a small, light
pioneer parfy and followed by a large
mam party. In his letter of application
to Acting Secretary Darling for leave
of absence Commander Peary says:
"I should expect to accomplish the
distance to the Pole and return in about
100 days or a little more, an average
travel of about 10 miles a day. Re
turning, 1 should break the ship out
late in the season and return home.
"If ice conditions the first vear were
such as to prevent reaching the north
crn "orc ot Grant Land 1 should win-
tff 1 C (.. r,..l, no . . -.. ,. . i .. .. I . 1
, ,"" ,01 """
u'rct. J',c .smP to thc, ""Ted location
tllc flowing year. In this event the
expedition would be gone two years."
Distinctive features of Commander
Var' 8 l,Ians arc the "sc of individual
sledges with comparative light loads,
"rn b" : the adoption of Kskimo
""thods and costume and the fullest
utilization of the hkimos themselves,
Commander Peary believes the ad-
vantages ot Ins plan and route arc a
fixed land base 100 miles nearer the
Pole than any other route; a more rigid
ice pack extending further poleward
than is to be found on the opposite side
of the Pole; a wider land base on which
to retreat, and a well-beaten line of
communication and retreat from winter
quarters to comparatively low latitudes,
which is practicable at any season of
the year.
Acting Secretary of the Navy Darl
ing, a close student of Arctic work and
an enthusiastic believer in the ability of
American pluck and daring to find the
Pole, says in his letter to Commander
Peary granting him three vears' cave
of absence, from April 1 next, that he
ihitiKs he is better eouinned than anv
J.'.T
, "
conclusion." he savs. "I nm
pleased to inform you that the Presi
dent oi the United States sympathizes
with your cause and approves the en
terprise." The following are the Arctic records
made by explorers:
I.otlhnlo MI'eB From
lteaelii'd. tlio Pole.
Yenr.
l?o6
1607
1700
1X06
1H27
if 76
li-'8j
lso5
1900
Exnlorer.
Barentz
Hudson
Phipps
Scoresby
Parry
Nares
Grcely
Nansen
Abruzzi
7940
KO.2,1
80.48
81.30
8.I.20
8.1.24
86.14
86.JJ
71.1
"54
6.15
57
500
460
455!4
200
241
TO FOUND MODERN ETHIOPIA.
New York Broker Starts to Make Abyssinia
a Nation lor Negroes.
New York (Special). William Henry
Ellis sailed from this city on board the
steamship Lucania, bound on a remark
able mission to Abyssinia. It is the pur
pose of Mr. Ellis, who is a millionaire
several times over, to commercialize
Abyssinia and make it the great country
of Ethiopians prophesied in the Bible .
Mr. Ellis was accompanied by his
bride, formerly Miss Maude Sheymond,
to whom he was married a few days ago,
and an emissary of King Mcnclik II,
who came to New York recently to con
sult with the broker toward the fulfill
ment of his remarkable plans.
Among other things Mr. Ellis intends
to establish an Abyssinian bank, bring
aliout friendly commercial relations be
tween all countries of the world, train
the natives to the highest standard of
modern warfare and systematize the
laws and government. In this he expects
to have the full co-operation of King
Mcnclik.
With these preliminaries completed
Mr. Ellis will proclaim Abyssinia as the
modern Ethiopia, where all negroes of
the world will find refuge among their
own. In this way he believes that he can
solve the great race problem once anil
for all. drawing the world's color line
about the boundaries of Abyssinia.
Mr. Ellis will move on the Abyssinia
capital with impressive pomp, lie will
engage a great caravan and a force of
several hundred servants.
A Trolley Car Wrecked.
Wilkcsbarre, Pa. (Special). A trol
ley car on the Wilkesbarre and Harveys
Lake Railroad returning from the lake
was wrecked in a mountain gorge five
miles from this city and plunged down
a 30-foot embankment, killing I pas
senger and injuring it others. 1'hc
wreck was caused by a stone, believed
to have been maliciously placed on the
track, at a sharp curve. The forward
end of the car rested in a creek below,
and the passengers were injured by
jumping out of the car when it went
over the embankment.
Boy Milliner Wins Prlu.
Chicago (Special). Earle Hodge, 19
year old, won tlie prize for the best
dress hat at the Milliners' Convention,
which just ended here. He has been in
Chicago a year a a hat designer. It
was through the interest of a woman
milliner, who recently "discovered" his
work, that the boy milliner was per
suaded to enter at the convention. Hodge
exhibited a shirred toque of velvet 111
two tones of the new prune shades, The
lines were long and l renchy, and at the
left front of the hat two purple military
pompons aroe jauntily.
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
No Change In Treaty.
Secretary of State Hay has sent a
long telegram to United States Minister
Bcattprc at Bogota, directing him to
reiterate to the Government of Colom
bia the statement made previously by
him that the United States will not ac
cept any modification or amendment
of the Panama canal treaty. Mr. Beau
prc was told to make it clear that Pres
ident Roosevelt, by whoc authority
the instructions were sent, was obliged
to be guided by the limitations of the
law authorizing the construction of the
canal, and that he regarded the terms
given by the United States as the most
liberal that could be obtained bv Co
lombia within the scope of the iaw.
The spirit of the instructions is that
Colombia can accept the rejected treaty
as it stands or lose the opportunity of
having the United States build the ca
nal in its territory.
Dr. Thomas llerran, the Charge
d'Affaires of Colombia, is to be asked
by the State Department if he was cor
rectly quoted in the assertion attrib
uted to him in a newspaper interview
that if he had attempted to make such
representations to the United States
Government in regard to a matter
pending before the United States Sen
ate as were made to the Colombian
Government by Mr. Beauprc, the
American Minister at Bogota, con
cerning the Panama canal treaty, his
passports would have been given to
him by the State Department.
Should Dr. llerran admit that he
was correctly quoted, he will be politely
but emphatically admonished that the
sentiment expressed bv him is offensive
to the United States and its repetition
win not ue tolerated.
Salicylic Acid In Wine.
The first instance of the Government's
refusal to admit to this country adulter
ated wines under the Pure Food act was
noted when entry was refused of a ship
ment of white wine from Bordeaux,
France.
L'pon analysis this wine, it is said, was
found to contain salicylic acid. Under
the Pure Food act entry may be refused
to any article of food, wines, etc., where
sale and consumption of the same arc
prohibited in the country whence im
ported. In this case it is shown that on
February 23. 1HS1, the French Govern
ment expressly prohibited the sale of any
food substance, solid or liquid, in the
composition of which there enters any
quantity whatsoever of salicylic acid or
its derivatives.
Pay for National Qunrd.
The War Department has published a
decision of the Comptroller of the Treas
ury, in which he holds that any portion
of the organized militia that shall engage
in actual field or camp service for in
struction, and the organized militia of
any state or territory that shall partici
pate in any encampment, maneuvers and
field instruction of any part of the Regu
lar Army, at or near any post or camp
on lake or sea coast defenses of the
United States, are entitled to pay, sub
sistence and transportation allowance
for the entire period from the time when
such militia shall start from their home
rendezvous to the time of their return to
their home rendezvous.
In tlie Departments.
The present conditions in Turkey have
given rise to efforts to revive the pro-Armenian
agitation on broader lines, con
templating the intervention of all Chris
tian powers.
A State Department official practically
admits that hope of the Columbian Con
gress ratifying the canal treaty is aban
doned. The Government has refused to admit
a consignment of white wine from Bor
deaux, France, because analysis showed
the presence of salicylic acid.
Minister Leishman reports that the
Turkish government has furnished sev
eral special guards for the American
Legation, but that several of the Eu
ropean powers have landed marines at
Constantinople for similar purposes.
Thomas V. McAllister, colcctor of
customs at Vicksburg, Miss., has re
signed, and Albert L. Pierce, of Mis
sissippi, has been appointed to the va
cancy. The federal grand jury adjourned
without making a report in the pend
ing postal cases.
Sherman P. McTherson has been ap
pointed United States attorney for the
Southern district of Ohio, at Cincin
nati, succeeding William E. Bumby, de
ceased. Dr. Herran, the Colombian charge,
will be asked as to the truth of his
reported criticism of Minister Beau
pre's activity at Colombia.
Civil Service Commissioner Coolcy is
working out regulations for the labor
ers in the government service.
LIBERTY BY DYNAMITE ROUTE.
Flv Convicts Tried It Four Sbot and Two
May Die.
Birmingham, Ala. (Special). Four
convicts were shot at Pratt-Mines Prison
in an attempt to escape, the wounded
men being "Tom" Fay. John Brewer,
Richard Kinnebeck and Thomas Melzen.
Brewer and Kinnebeck probably will die.
All are white and were serving terms
ranging from two to twenty years. They
had secured a quantity of dynamite and
blew an opening in one end of the Prison.
They ran through this and hurled sticks
of dynamite at the guards. The latter
opened fire with Winchesters and suc
ceeded in preventing what might have
been a wholesale delivery. J. H, Emery,
serving 20 years, was the only one to es
cape. The crowd was led by "Tom"
Fay, who was the youngest member of
the famous Miller-Duncan gang of safe
blowers. Train Robbers Foiled.
Great Falls, Mont. (Special). What is
believed to be an attempt to hold up
express No. 151 on the Great Northern
Railroad almost within the city limits
of Great Falls was foiled by the engi
neer, who ran his train by the spot
where it was to have been halted, so
(att that the robbers could not get at
him. Just east of the city the engi
neer saw figures by the side of the
track in the darkness. Someone shout
ed something, but the engineer paid no
attention.
Sli Killed and Many lanrd.
Charlotte, N. C. (Special). Six per
sons were killed and 24 injured one fa
tally and two seriously in a wreck on
the Southern. Railway, near Yorkville,
S. C. All the bodies have been taken
out save those of the engineer and tire
man. The wreck was caused by the
collapse of a 40-foot trestle over Fish
ing Creek. The train consisted of an
engine 'and three cars. It left Rock
Hill with about 40 passengers on board.
At Fishing Creek, thre mile cast of
here, as the train was passing across
the trestle, 30 feet above the creek the
entire structure gave way.
CRANK AFTER PRESIDENT
Secret, Service Men Believe He Was
Bent on Assassination.
HE CARRIED A LOADED REVOLVER.
Selted and Disarmed, the Assailant Openly
Avowed His Purpose To Murder, But Later
Assumed A Different Air And Pretended
That He Expected To Marry Miss Alice
Roosevelt Seut to lussne Asylum.
Oyster Bay (Special). A demented
man, who was armed with a fully load
ed revolver and whom the secret 'ser
vice operatives believe intended to slay
President Roosevelt, was arrested here
after making three attempts to get to
the President.
The man is Frank Weilbrenncr, the
son of a German farmer living at Syos
set, about five or six miles from Saga
more Hill.
He was arraigned before a magistrate
and then turned over to insanity ex
perts. Dr. George A. Stewart and Dr. Irv
ing S. Barnes conducted the examin
ation. Weilbrenncr was declared by
them to be insane. He was placed im
mediately in the custody of Sheriff
Johnson, of Nassau county, and taken
to Mineola on an evening train.
Shortly after 10 o'clock Weilbren
ncr drove to Sagamore Hill in a bug
gy. As he approached the house he
was stopped by the secret service opera
tive on duty. ' Weilbrenncr said he had
a personal engagement with the Pres
ident and insisted on seeing him. As
it was long after the hours when visi
tors arc received the officer declined
to permit him to go to the house and
turned him away.
Soon' after Weilbrenncr returned and
again insisted that he be allowed to see
the President if only for a minute. This
time he was ordered away and warned
not to return.
Just before it o'clock the man re
turned a third time and demanded of
the officer that he should be permitted
to sec the President at once. The otii
ccr seized the man and pulled him from
the buggy, believing now that the fel
low meant sonic harm.
Weilbrenncr was taken by the. big
six-foot secret service man to tlie sta
ble back of the Roosevelt house. Two
stablemen were given revolvers and sat
guard over the captive while an investi
gation was made.
The first thing found was a fully load
ed 32-caliber revolver, which Weilbren
ncr left in the buggy. Footprints near
the house aroused tile suspicions of the
secret service man that Weilbrenncr
had companions. A telephone message
was sent to Oyster Bay, and the en
tire squad of secret service men there
five in number sprang upon horses
and galloped top-speed to Sagamore
Hill.
A complete search of the neighbor
hood failed to produce other develop
ments. Weilbrenncr talked rationally to the
officers on" all matters concerning the
mission on which he desired to see the
President.
After midnight he was brought to
Oyster Bay and locked up.
President Roosevelt was aware of the
trouble. After the man had been turn
ed back the second time, despite his in
sistence that he had an engagement
with the President, the officer, to make
assurance doubly sure, inquired of the
President about thy fellow. Mr. Roose
velt was in his library, only a short dis
tance from the sprit' where the officer
had slopped Wielbrenner's horse. He
told the officer he had no engagement
with anyl)o!y.
When Wlieilbrenncr returned the third
time and the officer seized him and
drew him out of the vehicle over (Iil-
front wheel, the scuffle attracted the
President's attention. He appeared at
the door overlooking the driveway from
the veranda, but returned to the library
almost immediately.
The Weilbrenncr incident is the first
ferious occurrence of the kind during
the President's summer sojourn at Sag
amore Hill. It has demonstrated com
pletely, in the opinion of officials here,
the wisdom of the close and systematic
guard which is maintained at all times
over the President. He is exposed fre
quently, it is true, to assault, but every
care that human agencies can devise
is exercised constantly to insure his
personal safety and immunity from
danger.
Personally he was not perturbed by
the Weilbrenncr incident, but, al
though the maintenance of the guard is
often distasteful to him, he thoroughly
realizes the necessity in the circum
stances of having made as certain rs
possible the personal safety of the
President of the United Slates.
TO COMPETE WITH BEEF TRUST.
An Independent Packing Concern Formed By
Stockmen.
Kansas City, Mo. (Special). Twenty-five
stockmen from different parts
of the Western grass country met in
this city and arranged to perfect the
organization of a packing company to
compete with the alleged Packers'
Trust. The new company was named
the Independent Packing Company.
The company will have a capital stock
of $5,000,000 and will be incorporate!
under the laws of Arizona.
Of the total capitalization 61 per
cent, will be so disposed of as to be
held in escrow by the board of direc
tors of the company. This will insure
stockmen who interest themselves in
the plan that the company will always
be controlled by stock interests. The
rest of the stock will be sold to stock
men, if possible, although no purchaser
will be barred. Two million dollars
of the stock will be issued at first and
the rest will bs put out later.
Mrs. Mollnetu Divorced?
Sioux Falls, S. D. (Special). Mrs.
Roland B. Moliucux has left her Sioux
Falls permanently, it is thought. The
testimony in her divorce case is re
ported to have been taken last July be
fore a referee at Castlewood, Hamlin
county, and the decree is said to have
been granted a few days ago, presum
ably by Judge Whiting, of Desmct. All
papers relating to the case, it is said,
were carefully suppressed. Mrs. Moli
ncux is said to have gone back to New
York. Passenger Steaour and dun Boat Collide.
New York (Special). The Metro
politan Line steamer II. M. Whitney,
bound for Boston, was in collision in
the East river with the gunboat Scor
pion. The two vessels struck at a point
in the river well toward the Brooklyn
shore. The Scorpion hit the. Whitney
on the starboard bow and drove two
holes in the vessel, one about seven
feet above the water line and the othei
about two feet above. The Whitney
put back to her pier, where she dis
hsrueil br freiwht ud oassenoers
OUTCOME NEVER WAS IN tCLLT
Reliance Wins Her Third and the DerM
Ing VIcicry.
New York (Special). The Reliance,
the American cup defender, Thursday
won the third and final race and the
scries for that famous sea trophy, the
America's Cup. In a dense fog, which
prevented vision beyond 200 yards, she
finished the race at 5.3002 amid the ac
clamations of the assembled fleet.
Shamrock IIL niter running for mort
than an hour in the fog, missed tht
finish line, passed by it and then re
turned to it from the opposite direction
As the Reliance was then, being tow
cd through the fleet, yacht ensigns flut
tering from her truck and spreaders ir
celebration of her victory, the Shanv
rock HI. did not cross the finish line.
As often said of the historic race when
the America won the cup, there was nr
second.
This successful result was achieved
only after four futile attempts to saf
off the final race and after the out
come had been admitted by even Sit
Thomas Lipton to be a foregone con
clusion. Thursday's was the eighth at
tempt to sail a race.
After one fluke the Reliance won the
two following races, one by seven
minutes and three seconds and tht
other by one minute and nineteen sec
onds. A week ago the first attempt tc
sail the third race failed, and attempt!
nave uecn made every day since.
On two occasions the Reliance led
the Shamrock to the finish line by abom
two miles, but failed to reach it bcfori
the expiration of the time limit of fivi
and a half hours. Thursday's victor;
means that the cup is destined to re
main in America until England is abb
to produce a genius equal to Hcrrcs
hoff in yacht designing.
Rarely if ever has there been a mon
spectacular finish than the Relianci
Thursday. After racing for more thar
an hour at terrific speed through 1
blinding fog, the Reliance burst through
the wall of mist upon tiie visions of tin
spectators on the fleet assembled at tin
finish line and, heeling under a great
bellying balloon jib topsail until her lee
rail was awash, fled across the finis!
line almost before the spectators coulc
determine for a certainty that it was
she.
Once more the Yankee boat had add
cd to the long string of victories in con
tests for the honored old silver trophy
that carried with it the blue ribbon ol
the sea.
A fleet of less than thirty vessels
went down to the familiar waters ol
the international course to witness this
fi 1 th effort of the Reliance to cover
the course of thirty miles within the
time limit. It had become a race of the
American boat against time instead of
a contest of two well-matched craft.
THE OTHER POWERS LAND MARINES.
United States Cruisers Brooklyn and San
Francisco at Syrian Port.
Beirut. Syria (By Cable). The
United States cruisers Brooklyn and San
Francisco have arrived here.
Washington (Special). Minister
Leishman has cabled the state depart
ment that owing to the disturbed condi
tions in Constantinople an additional
kavass, or detective force, had been sta
tioned at the American legation. This
action was taken on the suggestion of the
Turkish government, which has assured
the American minister that it will U'-c
every precaution to protect all foreigners
but has warned the different embassies
and legations that it would be well tc
strengthen the force inside the buildings:
The; disposition of the cruisers Brook
lyn and Snn Francisco, of Admiral Cot
ton's squadron, which arrived at Beirut,
has not yet been finally determined by
the administration. No orders regarding
the future movements of the vessels have
been sent to Admiral Cotton, and much
will depend on the character of the re
port he makes concerning conditions in
and about Beirut, and on the representa
tions which may come from the minister
as to the necessity for the presence of
American war vessels in Turkish waters
to look after the protection of the inter
ests of the citizens of the United State'
in the Sultan's dominions.
In case a necessity develops it is prob
able that the Turkish government will be
requested to allow the United States tc
send a detachment of marines from the
squadron which arrived at Beirut. Min
ister Leishman has not yet made such
a request of this government. The
United States has no authority to send a
warship through the Dardanelles, and
would have to have the consent of Tur-'
key and also that of other European
powers to do so.
DIQ YIELD OF WHEAT.
Farmers Daughters Went IntJ the Fields to
Save the Crop.
Topeka, Kan. (Special). The farm
ers of Rush county, Kan., this year
raised 615.39 bushels of wheat for every
man, woman and child in the cuntry.
The State Board of Agriculture believes
thi.t is the largest per capita in the
world.
The . population of Rush cntmty is
0.300. The wheat yield was 4.000.053
bushels. At 60 cents a bushel the prent
Rush county crop is worth $2,400,033, or
S369.23 per capita.
The yield came from 180,000 acres.
This fall the farmers will sow 300.00c
acres. Six years ago Rush county bad
only 25.000 acres of wheat. Ten years
ago it had only 5,000 acres.
Rush county is in Western Kimsas, in
what was termed the semi-arid region.
Now the wheat belt includes Rush
county, which has raised a wheat crop
of such importance that the State Board
of Agriculture is issuing a bulletin about
it.
Tweoty Insurgents KM:d.
Manjla' (By Cable). The Jolo con
stabulary have come in conflict with a
body of insurgents in the Province of
Cavite, near the Laguna dc Bay, and
killed 20 of them during a sharp engage
ment. The constabulary had one man
killed during the fight. Reiiiforcemsntf
have already left Manila for the scene
of the disturbance to subdue the insur
gents, who have taken up a strong posi
tion in the mountains which flank the
Laguna.
"Joe" Qrlmu, 754 Jb., Dead.
Cincinnati, O. (Special). "Big Joe"
Crimes,' said to have been the largest
n an In the world, is dead at the home 0
hit. parents in Cincinnati as a result of v
peculiar accident. While riding in a cab
lilt great weight broke through the bot
tom of the vehicle and one of his legs
was gashed, the wound refusing to heal.
Grimes u-iiu1ifH noundu ftnrt wac u
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years of age. He was' 6 feet 4 Inchti in
height and hi body and limbs were of
ponderous proportion,
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THE KEYSTONE STATE
Latest' Ne s ol Pennsylvania Told Id
Short Order.
Patents granted: Horace IT. Be
lows. Huntingdon Valley, railwav b ind
William M. Bcnsing and M. Gimbcrj
Pittsburg, screwdriver: John Bigham,
Pittsburg, sliding block puzzle; Cnarlei
W. Bray, rittsburg, roll heating and
cooling apparatus; Samuel Cokle,
Hookstown. railway joint; John F,
Courson, Pitcairn. draw head for cars
James V. Cruikshank, Pittsburg, p'au
glass annealing oven; George W. John,
son, Eric, pipe wrench; Ludwig A.
Krah, Allegheny, valve for water heat
ers; William H. Logan, Carnegie, fish
plate and rail fastener; Charles R. Mc
Kibbcn, rittsburg, automatic hammer;
Albert R. Mulvanc, Corapolis, nut lock;
Frank R. Ross, Rochester, valve lor
dry pipe fire extinguisher system;
Ulysis C. Blosser, Millvalc, thill sup
port; Albert Schweitzer. Pittsburg,
electric arc lamp: Henry W. Westing,
house, Edgewood Park, feed water reg
ulator. Fear that he would be arrested in the
pure milk campaign being conducted
in Reading by Commissioner Robert
M. Simmers, it was learned was the
motive which prompted Alfred Billman
to hang himself on a farm where he
was employed. Mr. Simmers secured
seventy samples of milk, all of which
were analyzed by Prof. Cochran, of the
State Department of Agriculture. Of
the samples nine were found to be adul
terated. These were from three deal
ers. When an investigation was made
by Mr. Simmers he found that R.
Reeser sold milk just as he got it from
Daniel Rothcnbcrgcr, a farmer near
Bernharts. Simmers examined Roth
enberger's hired man, Billman, who ad
mitted that he put something into the
milk from a bottle. He said he did so
under orders from his employer. The
bottle was obtained by Simmers, who
found it had contained formaldehyde.
Rothenberger blamed Billman. who
worried over the matter and committed
suicide. With two other dealers, Roth
enberger was arrested and given a hear
ing before Magistrate Sandt. Each
was fined heavily.
Mine workers are preparing to pros
ecute Mine Examining Boards on
charges of violating the law in granting
miners' certificates to men who have
not passed the necessary examination.
This is the first move in an effort to
raise the standard of miners and pre
vent accidents by having competent
men in charge. Committees of inves
tigation have reported that certificates
have been issued with only a partial ex
amination; with names of two instead
of three examiners, and that meeting!
were held tw ice a month and in saloons
Attorneys have been consulted by the
union.
Twenty-five hundred musicians will
participate in a massed band concert to
be given after the parade of the State
firemen's convention in Allentown next
month. This will be. the largest band
on record, exceeding in number the one
that participated in a similar event in
Berlin, Germany.,
George Stabon and Michael and An
drew Matty, of Hazleton, the latter
being sons of District Vice-President
Matty, of the United Mine Workers,
while in the woods three days ago ate
berries that deranged their minds. Since
then they have acted like persons af
flicted with delirium tremens. They
show signs of recovering.
Three hundred milk dealers in con
vention at Pittsburg have perfected an
organization which virtually places the
trade of Pittsburg and Allegheny In
the hands of a combine. A condition
of membership is that the members
must ship only pure milk.
Sixty brown Leghorn chickens, own
ed by W. Theodore Wittman, of Allen
town, which were prize-winners in Mad
ison Square Garden, New York, and
Boston poultry shows were found poi
soned by strychnine. The birds were
worth ?iooo, one alone being valued at
$200.
After urging his wife to remain i.i
bed. Lewis Adams, a septuagenarian, of
Mahanoy City, went down stairs and
cut his throat with n razor. Illness
and wory prompted the deed. His re
covery is doubtful.
Thieves broke into the stable of Dr.
W. H. Pears, of Suterville and stole
two suits of clothing used for visits to
smallpox patients. It is feared that
the infected clothing may spread tho
disease.
The 13-year-old son of Harrison Nor,
of Carlisle, was attacked by two large
bulldogs and fatally bitten. The flesh,
of one of his arms was torn from tho
bone. The dogs were killed.
At the Mcnnonite camp meeting at
Macungic. Rev. William Gchman de
nounced fine churches, Brussels carpet,
cushioned pews and paid choirs as de
tracting from true worship.
In answer to a call issued last week
by Judge Harry White, the public road
supervisors of Indiana county met at
the courthouse to hear the newly ap
pointed State Commissioner of High
ways, Joseph W. Hunter, discuss the
$6,000,000 appropriation made for road
improvement by the State Legislature
last winter. Mr. Hunter explained that
the appropriation is to be apportioned
among the various townships that ap
ply for it according to the number ol
miles of road in each.
The manner in which the young ne
gro woman wdiosc body was found
lying in a ditch at Essington came to
her death is still a mystery. Since
the finding of the body part of the wo
man's clothing was found in a thicket
about 100 yards distant from the ditch
where -her body lay. The garments nny
lead to her identification. One theory
advanced by the police is that the wo
man became suddenly insane and di
vesting herself of her clothing wan
dered about the marshes until ex
hausted. If U not nrnhnbti that the Doyles-
town Bank directors will be able ti
raise $220,000 towards resumption, a
it has been I'cemed doubtful ii the $i5.-
coo at first suggested as necessary
could be raised. It is altogether prob
able that the reorganization scheme win
csult in a failure, and in this event it
' believed a new bank will be founded
When a son of Elmer Renninger. of
Lancaster, returned home he noticed a
light in the house and found two rob
bers in the kitchen making preparation!
'.o carry off plunder. The rubbers r!'J
without getting any spoils, i
A jury in court at Lewistown ren
dered a verdict awarding Henry V.
Miller $4100 damages in his suit nRam-t
the Lewistown Light, Heat. & Power
Company. . He claimed that a falling
wire knocked him down and he was so
badly hurt that he is now partly paru
lyzed. Reese Jones, a miner, aged 45 y'r.
hot his wife in the shoulder at their
home in Olyphant. and then turned the
revolver against his own person, in
flicting wounds from which he died
few hour later. His young son saved
the mother' life by knocking the re
volver upward and .diverting. 111 u"-
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