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lbmci By the Prohibitionists in Conven
tion for President.
THE KOMINEE MAY DECLINE HONOR.
Ccitril Miles it th Last Moment Eliminated
Mia sell kjr Seadiog Telegram Requeuing
Tkal Hit Nan Be Not Presented-Lota ol
Enthusiasm, Only One Disturbing Voice
Tee Platform Adopted.
Indianapolis, Ind., (Special). The
prohibition party, in national conven
tion, nominated Rev. Dr. Silas C.
Swallow, of Harrisburg, Pa., for
President and George V. Carroll, of
Texas, for Vice-President.
The platform was adopted withr ut
argument after a long deadlock in
the resolution committee. It was de
scribed by I. H. Ames, of Oregon,
secretary of the committee, as the
Iroadest platform ever placed before
the people by the party.
Cm. Nelson A. Miles put an end
to the movement to nominate him for
President by sending to John G.
Woolley a telegram from New York
asking that his name be not presented.
3 his was considered final and the
sncvement to Mr. Swallow was unani
mous, no other name being consid
ered. Subscriptions for Campaign Fund.
Over $10,000 was raised by subscrip
tion pledges from the floor of the
convention, which, with $11,000 in the
treasury, will be the nucleus of the
campaign tund. National Chairman
Stewart and National Secretary Tate
were reelected.
The prohibition editors organized
Joe the campaign by electing Kdward
Chirk, of Indianapolis, president.
ne convention program clo-ed
with a mass meeting, at which addres- !
rts were made by National Chairman !
Stewart. John G. Woolley and others, j
Chairman Wolfenbarger called for
the report of the resolutions com- j
mittee. Chairman Tracy of the com- !
snittee, announced that there was a I
majority and a minor report ready, !
fcnt be requested an adjournment of
the convention till 1.30 in order that j
The committee might make another j
(Tort to agree. This was seconded -ly
Secretary Amos of the committee, !
who represented the majority report
tf the committee. The convention took (
recess until 1.30 o'clock without
ilher report being read. The resolu- t
ttens committee again went into ses
eaon. j
The differences were compromised, !
nd the report of the committee was ,
wianimoiisly adopted. It is in part !
ma follows: j
"The prohibition party, in national
convention assembled at Indianapolis;
Jane .10, 1004, recognizing that the '.
chief end of all governmente is the es- j
lablishment of righteousness and jus- ;
tice, and believing in the perpeti?atin '
f the high ideals of government of '
the people, by the people and for ,
the people, established by our fathers, j
snakes the following declaration of
jprinciples and purposes: !
The widely prevailing system of
alcoholic beverages is so ruinous to
individual interests, so inimical to the i
jut lie welfare, so destructive to na-,
tircal wealth and so subversive to the ;
-Tights of great masses of our citizen- '
hip that the destruction of the traffic !
at and tor years has been the most ,
important question in American
politics. I
"We denounce the lack of states
manship exhibited by the leaders of .
the democratic and republican parties :
in their refusal to recognize the para- ;
mount importance of this question,
and the cowardice with which the lead- '
era of these parties have courted the i
favor of those whose selfish interests
re advanced by the continuation and
augmentation of the trafflce, until to. j
day the influence of the liquor traffic
practically dominates national, state !
d local government throughout the -station.
I
We declare the truth, demonstrated
?v the experience of half a century, I
that all methods o, dealing with the .
liquor traffic which recognize its right ;
to exist in any form, under any j
system of license or tax to regulation,
Jiave proved powerless to remove its
evils and useless as checks on its
growth, while the insignificant public
revenues which have accrued there- ,
from have seared the public con- j
tience against a recognition of its '
niiiquity.
" The safeguarding of the people's
rights by a rigid application of the
-principle s of justice to all combina
tions and organizations of capital ami
.labor.
"A more intimate relation between ,
tie people and g"vrrnircj y a wise ,
arirption of the prnrplcs ot the initia- (
tive and referendum.
"The safeguarding to every citizen
in every place under the covernnunt'
of the people of th L'nitd States of ail
the rights guaranteed by the laws and
the constitution.
"International arbitration; and we i
declare that our nation should con
tribute in every manni-r, consistent ;
with national dignity, to the perma- ;
tirnt establishment of peace between
all nations. I
"We declare ourselves in favor of
the extension and honest administra-j
tion of the civil service laws. I
We declare ourselves in favor of 1
ffce election of United States senators ;
Miy vote of the people."
Torsade Kilts Twe.
Holmesville, Neb., (Special). A
tornado near this place killed two
aver sons, fatally injured a third and
caused the severe injury to five others,
all members of one family. The tor
nado folowed a sultry afternoon.
Great damage was done to crops and
acvrral farm houses were destroyed.
Cafca's Secretary at State Resigns.
Havana, (Special). Secretary of
State Zaldoa has resigned the port
folio and his resignation has been
accepted by President Palma. The
'Withdrawal was not due to political
reasons, but was due to the fact that
Zaldoa wished to retire to private life,
"When Zaldos accepted the position
It was with the understanding he
would resign in two years. It is said
that Secretary of Finance Montes will
Succeed him as secretary of state.
Bbwa Up on OassJa Lsanch.
Minneapolis, Minn., (Special). Two
prominent society and clubmen of
Miamespolis, George Christian and
George Upton, received injuries from
' which they will probably die, and five
sMber persons were painfully burned
fa aa explosion of a gasoline launch
at Lake Minnetonka. Mr. Christian
was cavcrtaining party of six grown
' rrsons and two children snd his boat
headed for the bay when the ex
- oaloa occurred. It was caused by s
ht the gasoline tank and the
t was wrecked.
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
The Litest Happenings Condensed (or Rapid
Reading.
Domestic,
Justice Robert W. Steele, ff the
Colorado Supreme Court, filed an
opinion dissenting from tne dccisi-m
ot the majority refusing a writ of ha
beas corous to Charles II. Moyer,
president of the Western 1-cderati .11
of Miners.
The Louisiana Exposition paid into
the United Statis Suhtreasury, in St.
Louis, $213.00215 as the tccctid in
stalling on the repayment of the loan
made.
George L. Upton, a prominent so
ciety man of St. Paul, and his wife
were killed by the explosion of a
gasoline tank on his gasoline launch.
The police saved trom a mob of
foreigners in Chicago Stephen Wac
lavik, who had shot and killed Mrs.
Annie Waclavik, his former landlady.
Capt. Edward Alfred Graham, divi
sion counsel for the Southern and
.Scabaord Air Line Railways, died in
Montgomery, Ala.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Furt. of
New York, were robbed of their
diamonds at the Park Hotel. M UUIlt
Clemens, Mich.
Two trolley cars collided near
Marshall, Mich., and three men were
seriously wounded and a number
shaken up.
Key. Dr. Swallow has not decided
whether or not to accept the Prohibi
tion nomination for president.
Pending the adoption of a new
wage scale, 7.500 union miners in the
Alabama district suspended work.
Rev. Charles Mayne, pastor of the
Methodist church at Nevada, la., was
shot and killed by a burglar.
The Gloucester fishing schooner
Harry G. French was sunk by the
nanumrg-Amcrican steamer De.itscu- ,
land and the crew was taken on the
steamer to New York. I
Baron fpeck von Sternburg de- I
liverid the commencement address at
the University of the S"ii:h. in
Suwancc. Tenn., and received the de
gree of doctor of civil law.
Dr. Floyd Whitecomh, of Warren,
Pa., was drowned in Conewango
Creek, near prewsburg, N. Y., while
driving on professional bii'ine's.
A number of trainmen were injured j
in a collision between passenger trains '
on the C, II. & D. Railroad near,
Miamisburg, O. !
W. H. Maxwell, superintendent of
instructions in New York, was elected
president of the National Educational
Association. '
Henry F. Hillings, manager of the '
inyestment department of Granger,
Farwell & Co., brokers, of Chicago,
committed suicide.
The motion to quash the Brooklyn
indictment against George W. Heav
ers was quashed by United States
Judge Thomas. I
A locomotive boiler exploded near
Shocnfcld, Pa., killing three men and .
injuring two others.
Yale University bestowed the de-!
gree of doctor ot laws on Dr. William '
Stewart llalsttad, of Johns liopKins
University. Harvard University be-,
stowed the same degree upon Dr.
William Osier, also ot Baltimore.
The report ol the committee on'
synod winch was submitted to the
Coiilercnce of American kabbis, in
session at Louisville, favors the es
tablishment ot a synod tor the central 1
government of the church. I
Air. O J. Kern, of Illinois, made an'
address on the country school uetore
the National Educational Associa
tion, in session on the World's Fair
grounds.
Wesleyan University conferred the
degree of LL. L). upon Abram W.
Harris, president of Jacob Tome Ins
titute, Port Lie posit, Md.
Directors of the Lehigh Valley Rail
road declared a dividend 01 10 per
cent, on preferred stock and I per
cent, on common stock.
Dr. C. Alphonso Smith, professor
of English at the University of North
Carolina, was elected president of
that institution. t
Forty firemen were overcome by
smoke and gas in New York while '
fighting a blaze. Four will probably
die.
The W'est Virginia Building on the
World's Fair grounds was dedicated. I
In an address before the Harvard
Law School Association at Cam- 1
bridge Secretary of War Taft de- j
bended the American government of
the Philippine Islands, and pointed:
out what the government hoped to ac
complish. John Bailey Tyler, who was believed .
to be the ' youngest Confederate sol- !
dier, died in Chicago. He enlisted;
when 12 years old as a cavalryman, j
Walter Scott, an Alaskan miner,'
says he was robbed of $12,000 in gold j
on a Pullman car between Pittsburg
and Harrisburg.
Thousands of nersons are readv to
make the rush into the new tract
thrown open to homesteaders in Ne
braska. Foreign.
The budget committee of tin- French
Chamber i Deputies voted for tiie
suppression of the appropriation for
the French Embassy at the Vatican.
The committee censured the Premier
for retfusing to express the govern
ments views on the subject.
The French Foreign Minister has
presented to the Council of Min
ister the State Department's note ex
pressing President Roosevelt's thanks
lor the earnest and effective elforts
that France made in the Perdicaris
affair.
King Edward arrived in London
from ins visit to Kiel and was warm
ly greeted by crowds of people at the
station, including numbers of Salva
tion Army visitors from foreign
countries.
The F'rcnch authorities met with
violent resistance in closing the large
estblishment of the Preinonstrant
and the Capuchin Orders at Nantes.
M. Waldeck-R ousseau, the former
French premier, 'who underwent an
operation May 5, has attempted to
commit suicide.
George Frederick Watts, the noted
portrait painter, died in hmdon.
King Edward started from Kiel on
his homeward voyage on the myal
yacht. By the accidental explosion of
a rocket on board an Fnghh cruiser
escorting the royal yacht two of the
crew were killed.
Great Britain has successfully
brought pressure to bear upon Turkey
for the relief of the persecuted Ar
menians. Premier Combs informed the
budget committee of the French
Chamber of Deputies that the recall
of the Ambassador to the Vatican wa
effective and he would not return.
A divorce was granted in Paris to
the Duchess of Valancay, the daugh
ter of former Vice President Morton.
. The British Cabinet considered the
situation in Tibet and received a re
port from Viceroy 'Curzon.
Chiefs of the Anghera tribe have
threatened to follow the example of
Raisuli and capture Englishmen to
hold asJiost&ge unless the Sultan of
Morocc releases imprisoned mem
bers of their tribe.
JAPS CAPTURE OUTPOSTS
Three Forts, According to Report, Were
Taken in a Sunday Battle.
RUSSIANS FORCED TO RETREAT.
panes Advancing to Oatei of Mukdon
(leoeral Samsoooff Contesting Oka's Pro
Kress, Br', is Not Otis-ring Serious Resist
ance Ironclad Netron Mcola Crashes Into
ttat Navsrln at Cronstadl.
Tokyo, (By Cable). It is unoffi
cially reported that the Chik-Wan-Sshnn
Chit-An-Shan and So-Cho-Shan
forts, southeast of and a part of
the Port Arthur defenses, were
captured Sunday after an all-day fight,
beginning with an artillery duel. So-Cho-Slian,
it is added, was the first
captured and the other forts fell
soon afterward.
The Russians retreated west, leav
ing forty dead. The number of
wounded has not been ascertained.
The composition of the Japanese
forces has not been learned beyond
the fact that it is said to have con
sisted of all branches of the service.
The Japanese lost three officers and
too men killed or wounded and cap
tured two guns and a quantity of
ammunition. The officials here do
not confirm the report.
To Gates of Mukden.
Hai-Cheng, (By Cable). The Jap
anese are continuing to advance trom
Siu-Yen and F'eng-W ang-Cheng. Gen
eral Oku is also moving north from
Senu-Chcn. General bamsonoff is
contesting his progress, but is not
offering serious resistance
The Japanese force advancing from
the Mo-'lien pass (?) is composed of
at least three regiments and ten bat- 1
teries of artillery. A force of equal ;
strength is advancing from Fen- i
Shui pass, on the high road to Liao- j
Yang. The fiank move on the latter !
is supported by a column marching
from Saimatsza.
Which Mo-Tien Pass? j
It would appear that confusion has
arisen through the use of the words
"Mo-Tien pass" in General Kuro- '
patkin's dispatch of June 27. The Mo
Tien pass, known as the "Gate of
Mukden," is easily located, but troops
would not be likely to advance from
there on Hai-Cheng, or Ta-Tche- ,
Kiao, as they would have to move
nearly one hundred miles southwest
after getting through the pass.
On the other hand there is a Mono-!
Tien pass near Hai-Cheng and about '
forty miles from that town. It is
possible that Mono-Tien pass has been ;
meant when Mo-Tien pass was men-j
tioned. It also seems probable that
the reference to Ta pass in General i
Kuropatkin's dispatch meant "Dal :
pass,' or "Daling." otherwise Da '
pass, which is about twenty-five
miles southwest of Ta-Tchc-Kiao. j
It was announced from Hai-Cheng
that a heavy engagement was ex
pected near the village of Si-Mou-Cheng,
fifteen miles south-southeast
of Hai-Cheng and an equal distann
due east of the railroad.
Si-MouCheng is about thirty miles
trom .Mono-lien pass.
.
Battleship Rammed,
Cronstadt, (By Cable). The Rus
sian batnesi.ip Navarm while re
turning to tier anchorage was rammed
by tne Russian ironclad Netron
Menia, which struck her amidships.
1 he damage to thef Navarm is not
serious, though it may be necessary
to dry uock the vessel. It is believed
that , the period required for the re
pairing the battle. Inp will not be a
long one.
'the Navarin is a battleship of to,
Job tons displacement and 0000 indi
cated horse power and carries a crew
of 630 men. She was completed in
1895 and was last commissioned on
Saturday. The warship had a belt
of compound armor sixteen inches
thick, twelve inches of the saint: armor
above her belt, twelve inches on her
bulkheads and twelve inches over tier
heavy gun positions. Her armament
consistes of four twelve-inch guns,
eight six-inch guns, fourteen quick
firers and four smaller guns.
The Netron Menia is a coast de
fense ironclad of 3340 tons displace
ment. She is an old vessel, having
been completed in 1865, but was sup
plied with new boilers in 1R07. The
armament of the Netron Menia con
sists of fourteen six-inch guns and
probably a few smaller quick:firiug
guns, fler armored belt is 3.5 to 4.5
inches in thickness and she has the
same thickness of armor over her bat
tery. Fire at League Island Yard.
n,;i!.,t..it.;a a...-i-A uv.,t,
the new dry dock at the League It-'
land Navy Yard met with a serious !
setback by a fire which destroyed the
cable tower on the west side of the
dock. The tower is a huge timber
construction about fifty feet high and
connected with another similar tower
on the east side of the dork by a four
inch wire cable, forming a great trav
eling crane on which the blocks of
granite for the dry dock are conveyed
to tneir places.
Killed Man for a Deer.
Paul Smith, N. Y., (Special).
Henry Prentice, a unique character,
who was known to hundreds of New
York visitors here, was found dead
in the woods. Some time later Jerry
Parsons was arrested and confessed
that he had shot Prentice. He said
he had mistaken him for a deer.
Sir Hugh Gilzean Reid, LL. D., of
London called upon President Roose
velt and Secretary Hay.
Trads la Jspaa Depressed.
Seattle, Wash., (Special). A de
pressed state of trade, espcially as
regards the sale of American flour, '
obtains in Japan, according to a letter j
received by an exporting firm of Seat
tle from their correspondents at Kol e. .
lapan, they say., is overstocked with'
fiour through heavy purchases made
by speculators and merchants during
the close of iqo.1 in anticipation of
the war. Money is believed to be
tightening up, and the government
is arranging for another internal loan
of 100,000.000 yen.
Trains la Collision.
Miamisburg, O., (Special), In a
head-on collision between a Cincin
nati, Hamilton and Dayton north
bound passenger train and the Toledo
and Ueiroit express, southbound, at 1
a switch a mile south of here, three 1
trainmen were seriously injured and 1
the locomotives and baggage cars of
both trains were demolished. The
passengers escaped with a severe
hake-up. The iniured are Richard
Cahill. engineer, of Hamilton, O.j F.
L. Hunter, express messenger, of
Marion, 0., and William Snyd:r, fire
man, on Cincinnati.
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
Octs Wireless Circuits.
Rear-Admiral Manney, chief of the
Naval Equipment Bureau, entered in
to agreement with Abraham White,
president of the American De Forest
Wireless Telegraph Company, for the
T" !hf NVy, f
fjna, v II vll SS IClt-'K'!"1 I"
cuits in tlie world up to tins date,
two of them being over 1,000 miles
in length.
The navy has felt keenly the neces
sity of a wireless connection between
us navai nases at ouanianamo, iuie-
bra and K w, ,v,. iJ
the event of hostility with a foreign ollcr's jury in the Slocum inquest re
power the existing cable system 1 turned a verdict finding
would be the first point of attack I That the immense loss of life on the
the necessity of protecting the canal r:,.,..i Ci .. j . .
zone has enlarged the problem of encril Slocum was due to the tms
finding a secondary means of com- COI,tIuct of the directors of the Knick
munication, and the Gencr;.l Hoard erbockcr Steamboat Company.
'rTi'L" i".i"n f.ro,Vhe isol ':i That Captain Van Schaik ' is
tion of Port Arthur in the present 1 .. .
war. Therefore some time a':o the I cr,"1,nI,y responsible.
Equipment Bureau began a serie. of j That Captain Pease of the Grand
competitive tests under the immediate Republic, as captain of the steamboat
l.rnJl0.nHlL L,e"ena,lt-C'm,la",. r j company's fleet, is criminally responsi
Jaync, and the result was the arrange- : . . . , , .. , ' '
ment today between Admiral Manney ble ln ,nat he fal,cd to properly equip
and Mr. White to sign a contract for 1 the Slocum with fire apparatus,
the supply to the Government of, That Mate Flannagan acted in a
wireless instruments, guaranteed to "cowardly mant er "
maintain reliable service on these' T, . . ' ,
circuits: Key West to Panama, t.o-o Xhat xhe c,"n of Inspector Lund
miles; South Cuban Coast to Panama, n"K should be brought to the atten
720 miles: Pensacola to Key West, tion of the federal authorities
600 TileV SUlh CUb 10 rrt RiC' ! Cofon" Berry has issued warrants
Tha service proposed is exceptional for ,h rre of the directors and offi
in that the wireless current muM rials of the Knickerbocker Steamboat
traverse not only the ocean, but to Company. Inspector Ynndberg and
L?Pr.?K''!JnVJbL' T.h : Me Flannagan have been held in
iter case, and perhaps in the others, . ,0o nai' acn.
run a risk of crossing currents set un The charge in each case was man
by apparatus on islands not a part slaughter in the second degree. Bail
of the United States. The contract- was fixt(1 fc the Cf,roner in amoutl
intf company assumes full responsi- , ' ' :
bility for the working of the system ; varyng from $1000 to $.sooo,
in such cases. The directors of the company are:
On its part, the Government agrees Frank A. Harnaby, president; Charles
!lTLrnie harn,on' wi,h s,,cn E- Hill, vice-president; James K. At-
tions and vessels as now use the De , . ,
Forest svstpm unA .,; ; . kmson, secretary, and C Dclancey
tend to Manama. The Government's
instruments will be attuned to har-
I0'i;vlth- '.h7e f ,hV"mpany
to prevent interference. The navy
will have the company's kev. so the
two may work interchaneeably with-
out the possibility of their messages
Jb,'.T.,f,HPi!ck'.d 7 r " r M'p;
pressed bv vessels or stations equipped
with oth-r kinds of apparatus. The
enormous value of wireless teleg-
raphv in naval operations, as revealed
bv Admiral Togo's last exploit off
Port Arthur, has hastened the Navy
Denartment to ronrliV V,iK ronfmrt
The Navy Department has received i President Barnaby and Secretary At
permission from the Department of kinson, and bonds were furnished at
Commerce and Labor to establish a once.
wireiess teicgrapn station on harell-
ton Island, off San Francisco and is
now arranging to erect pole and equip
the station at once. ,
Peace Suggested By Thlr Country,
While the officials here arc satisfied attorney's request the coroner com
from their private advices that the re- mitted the assistant engineer. Edwin
cent visit of King Edward to his '
nephew, Emperor William, was
llfflMI'r.t 'ihfltll Ktf n hitrrtrico s-x m.lioi. I
.. MordThereMo'of!
between Russia and lanan. 1
tl.. ' reason to believe that some
very . . 1 and discreet inquiries as
to the importunities of some such
overtures at this time have emanated
from Washington. j
It may be stated that the result has
been to disclose the fact that neither,
of the belligerent Powers is yet in
a humor to sue for p? ace, nor even
to entertain overtures from any third :
Tower on that subject.
The State Denartment will continue
to maintain the friendly position it
has so far held toward both Russia
and Japan, standing ready to meditate
and extend its good offices to the full
whenever the belligrents indicate
their willingness to accept them. It
cannot be saiH (tint th situation i
sensibly changed from what it was
a month ago, saving the fact that
there is a more optimistic feeling in
official quarters that there will soon
be an opening for diplomacy to exer-
cise its peaceful methods in the Far
Eastern struggle.
Probing Colorado Trouble.
The Bureau of Labor is making an
investigation of the labor difficult!,. .
in Colorado, under the organic act
of the bureau, which charges the Com-:
missioncr of Labor to investigate the
cause of and the facts relating to :
controversies between employers and
emtiloyes.
The investigation, which is already;
under way, may last for some time, as
it is the intention of the bureau to go
to the very beginning of the trouble ,
and try to learn exactly what the,
difficulties are and the causes leading
to them.
For State Militia.
Acting Secretary Oliver, of the War
Department, has male the usual al
lottment of the $1,000,000 appropriated
by Congress to provide arms and
equipments for the organized militia
of the United States. Among the
amounts appropriated to the s 1
CicncR- v,,nh rmtinn tun.r niJ
tric't'of Columbia, $i8.fW4: Pennsyl-
vania. 507.K22: Virginia, $.3.9.371 West
Virginia, $li,o'l. I
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Congressional and Departments. !
1- c . m i .1 t. '
Ex-Senator Marion Butler, of North
Carolina, announced his retaliation
. . . .
as chairman of the executive com-
m.ttee of t lie Peoples party ,
The President appointed D. A. Rob-
inson postmaster at Dallas, Tex. ,
There had been a vigorous contest
:over the office. j
President Roosevelt directed the ;
appointment of Col. Theodore A. .
liingham as a brigadier general.
Mr. Moody was sworn in a at
torney general, and Paul Morton as
secretary of the Navy.
Andrew Whet-don was acquitted of
the charge of murdering his mother-in-law.
secretary shaw tins given out a
statement showing that the actual I
surplus is only atiout tnrte-iourtn ot
a million less than was estimated
though no account was taken of the.
Isthmian Canal right of way or the
Louisiana Exposition loan.
Lou Payn, former railroad commis
sioner, of New York had a chat
with Presidcti Roosevelt.
The President has confirmed the 1
selection 01 rroiessor inurici r,
Pkholi to be professor of mathe
matics at West Point, with the rank
r?on0,deceaTrd"d,ng Pr'e"r Ed" j
Admiral Manney, chief of the Naval.
Equipment Bureau, entered into an
agreement with Abraham White, of
a wireless telegraph company, for the
acuuisition by the Navy of five of
the longest wireless circuits in the
world.
William B. Galtree, divison super
intendent of the Rural Free Delivery
Service at Cincinnati, has resigned.
Charges Fad been mads against him.
THE SiCCUiil DISASTER
Misconduct and Negligent is Charged
Against Owners and Officers.
MATE IS BKANilED AS A COWARD.
Ball W.sRxcd for $5,000 E.cb for President
Harnaby and Secretary Atkinson and
Bonds Were Furnished at Once Captain
Van Schalck is a Prisoner In the Lebanon
Hospital,
v, Vr.t cc i t,
iNew Y ork' (Special). The cor
Evans, Robert K. Story, Floyd S. j
Corbin and Frank G. Dexter.
1 he ma,e. EJward Flannagan, who
, . . .
was under detention as a witness, was
the first arraigned. He pleaded not j
guilty and his bail was fixed at $1000. I
N' bondsman being on hand he was
. j . ..
con'nil,lcl to jail.
Inspector Lundbcrg pleaded not j
guilty and was released on $1000 '
bonds I
r, , . . , , i
113,1 ' ""ed at $S0O0 each for
Captain Van Schaik is a prisoner in !
the Lebanon Hospital. Captain Pease I
nlay not b, arre!(,ed ltntil tomorrow, i
when it is expcc,cd that the directors :
ot the company will also be taken into !
custody. At the assistant district
Brandow, and the deckhands Coakley j
LXr"
'
Vn ck Testified.
The jury was in session until 4.4 ;
o'clock in the afternoon. Captain Van !
Schaick, the commander of the Slo- !
cum, was called as the first witness. 1
He was wheeled into court in an in-j
valid's chair. He and Captain Pease !
looked after the equipment of the
Slocum each season. He said the,
government inspector had condemned
some of the life preservers since 1891, 1
"d he, personally, had thrown out '
about thirty.
In the course of the hearing Caotain '
Van Schaick was asked what he did
when informed the steamer was on
nr. He siiid he ordered full speed,
"I ran to see what the fire was
like," he said. "I ran back to the
pilot house and said to the pilot: 'Ed,
she's gone: beach her.' He said:
'Where?' and I pointed to North!
Brother island. 'Shave that dock and !
Pt her starboard side on the beach.' I
Then I started to go aft. but the :
flames were coming like a volcano and
my hat caught fire. That's where
my face and hands got burned. There
was no chance to move." j
Captain Van Schaick said that he
8nd his mfn looked over every life 1
go examined some of them, but h did
not test any of them by putting them
jn watcr vr ,e ,est ,he weight !
carrying power of any of them in ,
water. Neither the witness nor In-
tpector Ltmdberg or the other in-
spector who visited the General Slo-;
cm fvfr st the hose at the forward :
standpipe, which burned. No test of ;
the lifeboats was made. - He did I
hold three fire drills prior to June iv
between decks, when the men were J
shown how to use the hose.
Attorney Called to Ordet. I
A number of times during the ex
amination of Captain Van Schaick,
"i.sc-1 McManus, of the Knicker-
..'iuit Meamboat Company, inter
r.p'.cd with advice to the witness and :
iirotests to the court against the man
ner in which the examination was be '
ing conducted. Finally the coroner
'old Mr. McManus that he would be
refused the courtesy of the court if
"V, r - c 1 1 t. a 1 r.
After Captain an Schaik had left'
the Hand several persons who were 1
on the steamer at the time of the fire !
were examined. .1
AuguslllB Lutzcn kaiu he fir iaw
,u. c" ...1. . a v:...;.u .
IHC IIIC W lll'll I'll . uic-iicui biilci, wmi
notific(1 one ofi the crfw
KrBk Priwdaiki. the only aurvivor
flf a famjiy f ,iX( Raid he saw the
fire when off Eighty-sixth street, but
did not report to the captain until the
learner had reached One Hundred
and Twenty-ninth street. At that
lime the captain told him to run away
and mind his own business.
Mors Pay ta disss Workers.
Pittsburg, Pa., (Special). The ,
American Window Glass Company
has advanced the pay of the cutters ;
and flattcncrs 20 per cent, and has :
also given the guarantee of $15 per;
week market money. A revision has
been made in the wage scale and the
wages are now almost as high as the
original Philadelphia scale. The
American Company proposes to oper
ate all of its machine-equipped plants
throughout the summer.
Deported Mca Held Up.
Colorado Sprngs, Col., (Special).
Anitti trainln&H ft Hnnr.-t m m
ha. been sent out from Victor with
s.u,uruo
Springs, but upon the arrival of the
train here Captain Moore, in charge,
was met by Chief of Police Rerfolds
and a force of policemen and order
ed to not permit the men to leave the
train. The train was held awaiting
the result of efforts on the part ol
the military' and police to arrange for
the transportation of the men to
Valvar i-ake r Dwec,
SWEH BY CLOtDlUST.
Buildings sad Bridges Were Washed Away
Horses or.d Cattle Onwr.td.
rittsbttrg, Pa., (Special). Over 500
homes, business houses and school
houses, a short distance from Pitts
burg on the Tan Handle railroad, were
inundated in from two to ten feet of
water in Robinson's run hollow and
the Charities valley by the cloudburst
there. Many buildings and bridges
were washed away, horses and cattle
were drowned and at least one life
was lost. It was rumored that others
had perished, but the reports have not
been verified. There were many nar
row escapes.
In the Bastian Hotel, McDonald,
Charles Hayes, the engineer, was
caught in a room in the basement.
Almost without warning the water
poured in upon him. Escape by way
of the door was cut off. He reached
safety by crawling through the tran
sonic
The Murchland sisters, who conduct
a millinery store at McDonald, nar
rowly escaped death in .the flood.
Their store was washed from its base
with the three women in it. They
were rescued by Charles Cameron,
who waded out to the building and
carried out the sisters one by one.
The house of Arnold Glascr was over
turned by the force of the rushing
water. The five, members of the
family had sought safety in one of the
upper rooms. AH succeeded in reach
ing land by swimming and wading.
Miss Blanche Hush, a clerk in a
news-stand at McDonald, had a nar
row escape . The store was listed
from its place and swept into the
stream. .Nliss Hush was caught in the
structure, and as it floated away she
screamed for help Her cries were
heard by George Hemmerling, an oil
operator. He plunged into the water
and swam out to the building and
back again, taking Miss Bush with
him. Both the electric light plants at
McDonald were flooded and the town
waF in total darkness.
The flood did not subside until day
light, and many families slept oirj
doors all night.
The oniv fatality reported so fat
was the drowning of an unknown
Italian. whnsf body was found float
ing in Rohinson's run. The damage
will reach $100,000.
SHOT WOMAN'S HEAD OFF.
Unknowa Tramp Commits Terrible Crime at
Wileyville. W. Va.
New Martinsville, W. Va., (Special)
Because Mrs. J. W. Fix, wife of 1
farmer if Wileyville, refused to cook
him a breakfast, an unknown tramp
blew off the top of her head with
shotgun.
The man appeared at the Fix home
fiead just after the farm hands had
finished brekfast, and asked for some
thing to eat. Ffe was offered cold
meat, brend and butter, but refused
that, and, in 'threatening terms, in
sisted that she prepare him a hot
meal. He became impudent, and she
oj-dered him from the premises.
Knowing that she was at his mercy,
he pushed by her, seized a shotgun
and shot her head almost from her
shoulders.
News of the murder spread rapidly,
and men are scouring the country in
search of the murderer. So intense
is the feeling against him that lynch
ing may follow his capture.
Robbers Used Dynamite.
Houston, Tex., (Special). Thieves
worked a successful scheme for the
robbery of a gambling-huose. About
9 o'clock a piece of dynamite was ex
ploded under a poker table and the
crowd of too immediately made a
nish for the exit. A second explosion
followed, and the crowd was frantic.
IJuriiiK tiie excitement some one grab
bed the bank roll at the faro table,
getting between $1,200 and $1,500 out
of the drawer. Men had been station
ed at each of the crap tables and all
the roulette wheels, but the rolls were
not touched, so it is presumed the
robbers weakened.
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Site For New Zion City.
Highland Falls, N. Y., (Special).
John A. Dowie, of Zion City, Ills.,
came here in a special train from New
York and, according to report, pur
chased some land near Port Mont
gomery for the establishment of a new
Zion City. Dowie was accompanied
by some officials of the West Shore
Railroad and several other gentlemen.
After viewinir the property the party
returned to New York.
Run Into By the Mayflower. '
Gibraltar, (Special). The United
States dispatch boat Mayflower col
lided today with the British armored
cruiser Bacchante, while the lattei
was at anchor. The damage done, i(
any has rot yet been ascertained.
FINANCIAL
The Bell Telephone Company of
Philadelphia has declared the usual
quarterly dividend of 1J4 per cent.
For the third week in June the
earnings of the Buffalo, Rochester A
Pittsburg Railroad decreased $5,195.
Prime says: "The new wheat will
be of good quality and the yield will
be much better than was anticipated.
Gould manipulation of Wabash was
the general comment in the failure to
pay the interest on the debenture "A"
bonds.
Apropos of the Seaboard Air Line's
financing, iormer President John Skel
ton Williams says: "The company is
in a thoroughly healthy condition."
Harriman peopie are still buoying
up Southern Pacific and Union Pa
cific. A lot of London buying in tha
latter was supposed to be for those
interests.
There are only $,1500000 of the
Wabash Debenture "A's" and the I
interest for a year amounts to hut
$'210,000. As the interest has bern
paid regularly for ten years it seems
odd to discontinue it now, the sura
involved being so smalt.
In May the Jersey Central's gross
earnings increased 4.6 per cent., the
net profits increased 18 per cent, and
the surplus rose .10 per cent. Any
body ran see how that helps Read
ings treasury.
Charles H. Cole, the Boston bank
wrecker. Sets no pardon from Presi
dent Roosevelt. As Cole anj his as
sociate's personally owed the bank
$1,000,000 it would seem hardly pos-j
sible to expect a pardon. . 1
II. E. Huntingdon,- son of C P.,
Huntingdon, the "father f Southern,
Pacific," has just resigned as vice-l
president of that company.
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THE KtVMOiU STATE
Latest News of Pennsylvania TolJ in
Short Order.
Wheat growers of York and Adams
Counties are alarmed by a blight in
the grain, the like of which they
never before saw. Fields which ap
pear to be in splendid condition on
ciose examination are found to con
tain heads ttf dead wheat in profusion.
The affectea wheat heads have the ap
pearance of being prematurely ripe,
ind inspection shows that they are
shriveled and hollow. It is asserted
5y experienced farmers that a lare
percentage of the heads are dead.
The Cecil Rhodes Scholarship Com
nittee of Pennsylvania, at a meeting
in Harrisburg, selected Thomas Ellis
Robins, of Philadelphia, a graduate
Df the University of Pennsylvania, for
:he the three years' scholarship at
Oxford University, England. The
Competitors for this scholarship were
x,r. Pobins. Sidney I. Watts, Pitts
burg: Richard Mott Gummere, Haver-
0. is., .iiiu ticrifcl Leigh Alexander,
New Wilmington. The committee
consisted of Presidents Harris, Buck
ni.11; sharplcss, of Haverford Col
lege; Crawford, of Allegheny Col
lege; Provost Charles C. Harrison,
University of Pennsylvania.
"Well, if she is happy, I'm sure I
am, " remarked T. iviorrison Mc
Kenna, a wealthy member of the Mc
Kenna Brass Manufacturing Com
pany, of Pittsburg, when told that
his fiancee, for whom he had furi.t.-hed
a handsome home, had married an
other man. Miss Charlotte Martin
was a school teacher. She has been
engaged to Mr. McKenna for some
months and they were to have been
marrie during the week. Last winter
Miss Martin met William Hamilton,
a member of a Michigan hockey team,
while it was playing in Pittsburg. The
acquaintance ripened into love and they
were married. They are now at the
bridegroom's home in Saulf Ste.
Marie, Mich.
Four men disguised as "white caps"
and dressed in women's clothes kid
napped George Frick at his home in
a suburb of Pottsville, and taking him
to a promontory at Goat Hill placed
a rope about his neck. The other
end of the rope was thrown over the
crossbeam of a trolley pole. The
men were about to string up F'ricke
when policemen arrived and rescued
him. It is alleged that Fricke had
paid no attention to repeated warn
ings sent turn by the "white caps."
A feeling of decided animosity pre
vails among the farmers of Monro
county against the "red devils" and
other varieties of automobiles that
have invaded the county with the com
ing of the summer visitors. The auto,
however, had everything its own way
until this week. Morgan Hibbard, of
Philadelphia, and Albert Rhoades
while riding in their automobile over
took two farmers riding in a farm
wagon on a narrow road and request
ed the farmers to allow the auto to
pass. The farmers refused and fot
two miles the young men "walked"
their machine. Finally the patience of
the two young men in the auto was
exhausted and one of the young men
jumped out of the auto and turned
the horses aside. In the fight that
followed the farmer threshed Hibbard
severely, drawing blood.
State Treasurer Mathues' statement
for June shows a balance of $1.1,685,
326,67 in the general fund of the Stile
Treasury at the close of the month'"
business. During the month Mr.
Mathues added the following institu
tions to the list of depositories!
Charleroi Trust Company, Charleroi.
$50,000; Farmers' Trust Company,
Carlisle, $50,000; Halifax National
Bank, Halifax, $50,000; Union Na
tional Bank,, Summerville, $2sono;
Yough National Bank, Connellsville,
$25,000. Mr. Mathues also withdrew
the State deposits from the Ancoi
Savings Bank. Pittsburg; First Na
nional Bank. Somerset, snd Pruden
tial Trust Company, Pittsburg.
Pittsburg school teachers have se
cured over 70,000 signatures to theif
petition for an increase in their sala
ries. The blanks have been in circu
lation three weeks, and it is expected
that the number will be increased to
00.000 before the end of next week.
Several hundred teachers are working
in behalf of the movement.
A locomotive boiler exploded on
the Pennsylvania Railroad while the
train was going up the mountain fifty
yards from Ehrenfcld Station, killing
three men and injurinar two others.
George Faust and Miss Sarah Sher
man, lovers, were attacked on the
street in Mahanoy City, by a frienzied
Italian and seriously stabbed. The
young woman sustained a long wound
across the back part of the neck and
Eaust lost part of his left ear in trying
to shield her. The couple believe they
were mistaken for others. The for
eigner escaped.
During the progress of a severe elec
trical storm at Lancaster lightning
created a panic at the residence 01
Joseph Colin, where a large numbet
of persons were assembled attending
the funeral services of Cohn's daugh
ter. The bolt came down the chimney
into the room where the funeral party
was assembled, passing out through
an open door. A number of person!
were severely shocked and Colin wa
badly burned about the neck.
The family of Harry B. Tavlor, 1
retired hardware merchant of Chester
narrowly escaped being poisoned. A
I domestic mistook a drug for vanilla
I flavor and used it in making ice cream.
Discovering her error later she rushed
into the dining room, shouting, "Don t
eat the cream, it's full of poison." She
was just in time, for the family had
reached the desert course.
Phillip Stufflet, aged 36, was killed
in the tool-grinding room of the Mc
Clintie - Marshall Construction Com
pany's plant, Pottstown, when an em
ery wheel burst and a fragment struck
him on the head,
While Mrs. J. B. Scott, wife of
prominent farmer, of near Finland,
was driving to the Finland Creamery
she emt in the roadway a monster
black snake.. Escape from the mon
ster being almost hopeless, she de-
j cided to leap from the wagon a id give
battle to the eight-toot repti.e. Al
ter a terrific fight of fifteen minutes
the killed the snake. Another story of
pluck comes from a town beyond Fin
Und, where nine-year-old Amil Sou
der, of Morwood, killed wo maker
of the same species, one of which
a - 1 . t . i . a
measured nve ana mc oiucr i
one-half feet.
John Booth, a Conshohocken manu
facturer, has been appointed a trustee
of the State Hospital for the Insane
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Dr. G. M. Stiles.
Pickpockets relieved Miss Melton, of
301 Sumac Street, Wissahickon, of her
gold watch on a Lehigh Valley Trac
tion Company car bound for Easton.
A charter was issued at the State
Department to the Elk Street Passen
ger Railway Company to construct
a line seventeen miles long in Elk
County, connecting Ridgway, Whistle
town, Johnsonburg and St. Marv'a
Capital, $103,000. 1
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