SWEPT BY A TORNADO
Birwell, Nebraska, Alone Suffers Loss
of Ipward of $50,000.
ONE PERSON KILLED AND SIX INJURED.
la Onuna fit Lest This a Dozes Ltrge Slortt
Hid Putt (Hut Wladowt Blows la nil
Stacks Considerably Dtntfed Tht Btif
meat sf lk Dally Ncwi Olllca Was Flooded
sad Larp Stack al Paper Dtaufed.
Omaha, Neb. (Special). Eastern Ne
braska and parts of Iowa were visited
by the worst tornado and rain storm of
the year.
Extensive damage was done in Omaha
and Council Bluffs, and the loss by wind
and flooded basements will be large,
reaching many thousands of dollars.
The storm reached the proportion of a
tornado at Burwell, Neb., where one
person was killed, six injured and $50,
000 damages done to property.
In Omaha no less than a dozen large
Morn had plate glass windows blown
in and stocks considerably damaged. The
basement of the Itaily News office was
flooded and its entire stock of paper
damaged.
The roof of the Dodge Hotel was
torn away, and the occupants of the
buildings rushed panic-stricken into the
streets. A negro porter was slightly
injured. A fire which started was quick
ly extinguished.
All the lower part of Council Bluffs
is under water. The torrents of rain
could not be carried away by the sewers,
and Broadway, the principal street of
the city, was covered for several hours
by two feet of water.
The lower part of the city, in the vi
cinity of the railroad yards, is under
from two to five feet of water. The
Northwestern and Illinois Central pas
senger stations jre in the. flooded dis
trict. The damage to small buildings, the
trees and billboards in both cities is very
great.
FIVE KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION.
Alletcd Dcfectlrt Boiler la a Start Mill
tot Close.
Pinconning, Mich. (Special). By the
explosion of an alleged defective boiler
in the stave mill of Edward Jennings
here 5 men were killed and 8 or 10 in
jured. The explosion came without the slight
est warning to the workmen, and the
destruction of the mill was complete.
Portions of the wreck were scattered
about for several hundred feet
Thirty men were at work in the mill
when the explosion occurred. The con
cussion was so terrific that windows
were broken a mile from the mill. The
bodies of the five men killed were badly
mangled. None of the injured are thought
to be dangerously hurt.
Swtra Over Iba Telepboae.
Palestine, Tex. (Special). R. J. Hy
att, a drummer for a Dallas house, was
shot to death by Policeman Jeff Watts
em the stairway of the Lindell Hotel
while he was trying to make his escape
after having shot and seriously wound
ed A. P. Henderson, manager of the
telephone company. Henderson's thigh
was shattered, and even if he recovers,
which is doubtful, he will be a cripple
for life.
The shooting followed a fist fight, in
which Henderson broke Hyatt's nose
with a blow. The trouble arose over the
use of bad language by Hyatt in trying
to secure a telephone connection.
T Mark Jackioa's Birthplace.
Charlotte, N. C. (Special). The
Mecklenburg Daughters of the Confed
eracy are raising funds to place a mark
er or a monument at the birthplace of
President Andrew Jackson near Wax
haw, Union county. The house was long
since demolished. In recent years there
has been much dispute as to Jackson's
birthplace, but the daughters have col
lected evidence which seems to substan
tiate fully the claim of Union county.
Madt Cltlieaa Ftr U Etch.
Chicago, III. (Special). The state's
attorney's office has laid before the grand
jury evidence of trafficking in citizenship
papers. One man was arrested on the
charge of perjury in connection with
the frauds and many true bills arc ex
pected to follow. The information se
cured by State Attorney Healy indicates
that certain naturalization agents made
it their business to secure papers for
from $3 to $10 for immigrants.
Bridft Fills; Tort Drews.
Topeka, Kans. (Special). The Kan
sas avenue bridge, over Soldier Creek,
in North Topeka, went down owing to
the high water. A buggy containing
Mr. Cecil and five colored boys, was pre
cipitated into the stream. Mr. Cecil
and two of the boys were rescued, but
the other three were drowned.
Prtildcal Din It 75,
Mexico City (Special). President
Diaz Friday celebrated his seventy-fifth
birthday, which was observed as a na
tional holiday. He was in excellent
health, and enjoyed the many manifes
tations of public good will.
Oat Killed; Six Hart la Rial.
Memphis, Tenn. (Special). One man
is dead and five or six hurt as the re
sult of a riot which occurred at Ger
trrantown. Caatol Let Midt Mlaltttr.
Oyster Bay, N. Y. (Special). The
following changes in the consulate serv
ice were announced by Secretary Loeb
this afternoon. Joseph W. I.ee, of 'Mary
land, U. S. consul at Panama, trans
ferred to the post of minister to Ecua
dor in place of Archibald J. Sampson,
resigned. Mr. Sampson will leave Ecu
odor the last of October. Hey ward O.
Vansant, of New Jersey, consul at
Cuelph, Ontaria, oppointcd consul at
Kingston, Ontario.
Remarried la Her Flrtl Lett.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Nan
Patterson was married to her former
husband, Leon G. Martin, whom she
divorced three years ago in San Fran
cisco after she met Caesar Young, the
horseman, who met such a tragic death
while riding with her in a cab in New
York. The wedding was a very quiet
one and took place at her father's resi
dence, in this city, only the family be
ing present. Rev. Dr. Charles F. Dud
ley officiated. The fact that Nan was to
be married was kept quiet, and only be
came known when her brother Charles
secured the license.
FEVER IN CINCINNATI.
Flt attaint Cuts Art Brauf hi la llfbt
Frooi Loiltsoa.
Cincinnati (Special). At least five
persons suspected of having yellow fever
arrived here over the Queen and Cres
cent line at 4.45 A. M. Those held are:
Mrs. T. J. Koan, of Tallulah, La.; Miss
Anna Stone, of Tallulah, l.a. ; Mrs. J.
Stone, of Tallaluh, La.; Willie Walters
Smith, of Lake Providence, La., and
Miss Stnckncr, of Lake Providence, l.a.
They were found upon examination to
be afflicted with the malady.
The train consisted of 200 refugees
from Lake Providence, La., and Tallu
lah, La., who were fleeing from the yel
low fever. Dr.. Clark W. Davis, health
officer of this city, being notified by Gen
eral Passenger Agent Kinearson that
he was bringing about 200 people from
the South up in a special, sent Dr. B.
F. Lyle and an assistant to board the
train at Lexington, examine the people
aboard and wire him.
Ambulances were at the train to re
ceive the patients in response to a mes
sage from Dr. Lyle.
When the train reached Lexington sev
eral persons who were sick attempted
to escape, but were caught by the po
lice and forced back onto the train.
They were taken to the branch hospital
on their arrival here.
All the other passengers of the train
were allowed to go to their destinations,
but the names and addresses of all were
taken and they can be reached by the
authorities if needed. Reports that a
large number of these were also sick
were investigated by physicians during
the day.
Fifty of the party of 200 came up to
this city absolutely penniless, though
each carried a lot of hand baggage.
These 50 gathered together in a group
at the Grand Central Station. Con
gressman R. E. Ransdale, of Lake Prov
idence, La., was on the train, and he
and his family rendered every assist
ance to the stranded group of 50.
At Tallulah, La., 75 persons boarded
the train, but they did not get on at
the station. Knowing they would have
difficulty in getting out of town, which
is in the heart of the fever district, they
walked out a mile and a half, and there,
"when the engineer stopped for them, the
crowd of men, women and children got
aboard. Some of these are among the
penniless ones.
Children Saw Trafctfy.
Cincinnati (Special). While his wife
sat by his bedside, Eulass Morgan, a
rich farmer living three miles from Co
rinth, Ky., suddenly seized a razor and
cut her throat. Almost immediately
Morgan drew the razor across his own
throat. Physicians said that it would be
impossible for either to recover. The
tragery was witnessed by two young
children of Morgan, who were found sit
ting in the room, calling upon their pat
ents to speak to them. Morgan had been
ill for eight weeks with tvphoid fever and
grew despondent, believing recovery im
possible. Tobtcce Growers Is MteL
Indianapolis, Ind. (Special). The Na
tional Tobacco Growers' Association,
representing Kentucky, Virginia, Tennes
see. North Carolina and Wisconsin, will
meet in annual convention at Owens
boro, Ky., October 18, and continue three
days. The principal matters to come
before the convention are the price for
the 1905 crop and discussion of a uni
form system of controlling and market
ing the crop.
Twe Years Past a Century.
Chicago (Special). Isaac G. Leon
ard, said to be the oldest man in Chicago,
died at the age of 102 years. Mr. Leon
ard had measured and made suits for
the grandfather of the present Czar.
He was born in Germany, October 14,
180.1. His long life he attributed to
"wise living," which included early ris
ing and retiring, healthful food and
plenty cf exercise.
Staadard Pats Up Oil
Pittsburg (Special). The Standard
Oil Company advanced the price of all
grades of crude oil. Pennsylvania oil
was raised 3 cents and the other grades
were advanced a cents a barrel. rhe
quotations follow: Pennsylvania, $1.30;
Tiona, $1.45; Corning, 07 cents; New
castle, $1.22; Cabel, $1.05; North Lima,
cents ; !outh Luna and Indiana, 83
cents; Somerset, 77 cents; Raglan, 49
cents.
Mlsa Alice la Pckla.
Peking (By Cable). Major-General
Corbin, Rear-Admiral Train, Miss Alice
Roosevelt and other members of their
party arrived here. They were met by
American Minister W, W. Rockhill and
Mrs. Rockhill, Baron Mumm de Schwar
zenvtcin, Wu Ting-fang, vice-president
of the Chinese Board of Foreign Affairs;
Liang Tang and other notables. Mist
Roosevelt is the guest of Minister Rock
hill and family, and Baron Mumm de
Schwarzenstcin is entertaining several ol
the visitors.
FINANCIAL.
The ginning of cotton so far this year
has run well ahead of the amount in
1904.
Business in this country as meas
ured by bank clearings is greater than
ever before.
Union Pacific's net earnings in July
gained $471,000 and Southern Pacific's
gained $591,000.
America exported of last year's great
cotton crop over 8,627,000 bales. This
is the South's contribution to the na
tion's wealth.
Drcxel & Co. and other large bankers
advanced call money from 3 to 3', per
cent.
The most tangible thing about the
speculative raid on Copper shares has
been the marked weakness in the price
of copper metal.
Directors of the West Jersey and Sea
shore Railroad declared a semi-annual
dividend of 3 per cent. This is an in
crease of one-half of one per cent, over
the previous rate.
For the year ending June 30 the Amer
ican Locomotive Company earned gross
$24,150,000, compared with $33,000,000
the previous year
American Car & Foundry's net profits
for the quarter ending with July were
$625,311. The regular quarterly divi
dend of 1 per cent, on the preferred
stock has just been declared.
Seventy-two railroads reporting for
July show a gain of 9 per cent, in gross
earnings and C'A per cent, in net profits
over July of last year.
A news agency despatch which was
not accepted as accurate by very many
persons was as follows : . he net earn
ings of the United States Steel Corpo
ration during August were 2J per cent
larger than those of the bast month in
the company's hiitory."
FEVER GERM IS FOUND
Dr. Archinard's Investigation Is Said
to Be Successful.
ROOSEVELT 0?ENS THE FESTIVAL
Pteplt sf New Orletat Takt Holiday Is Par
tlclpstt Is lbs Dliatid Festival WbUk
Was Arranfed Is Swtll tat Fands far
Flhtlag Iht Fiver Eacsaraflof Mttstft
Frto tbt Fr( deil
New Orleans, La. (Special). The
yellow fever situation Sunday showed
little change. The people of New Or
leans took a holiday and joined hands in
making a brilliant success of the Dia
mond festival, Saturday, arranged to
swell the fund for fighting yellow fever.
A multitude gathered at Athletic
Park, where the festival was held. The
feature there was the singing of patriotic
songs by Miss Blanchard and 800 school
children. The festival was formally op
ened with a telegram to Mayor Behrman
from President Roosevelt, which was
received with universal enthusiasm. The
telegram said:
"I hereby open the diamond festival
for the benefit of the yellow fever fund.
I give utterance to the sentiment of all
the people of the United States when I
express my earnest prayer for the suc
cess of the people of New Orleans and
all Louisiana not only in this, but in all
other efforts they are making with such
high and generous courage to fight the
plague from which they are suffering.
The federal authorities will do all that
in their power lies to help in these ef
forts." While nothing has been given to the
public concerning the results of investi
gations made at the Emergency Hospital,
Dr. Hamilton P. Jones, surgeon in
charge, says he believes Dr. Archinard
has discovered the germ of yellow fever.
Nothing will be officially published until
the investigations Dr. Archinard is now
making are completed.
Dr. Richards has sent an encouraging
report from the camps on Bayou Bara
taria saying that there arc no new cases
and no deaths in the camps under his
charge, and that those who are ill have
recovered. He considers that he has
killed all the mosquitoes in the vicin
ity. The situation at Patterson is less
promising because funds have run short
and there has been a general abandon
ment of disinfection.
The Public health Association has
been permanently organized here, and
Vice President Charles Janvier, of the
Canal Louisiana Bank, elected president
I he report to 6 r. M. is:
New cases, 42; total to date, 2,547.
Deaths, 2; total, 333.
New disease centers, 7.
Cases under treatment, 341.
Cases discharged, 1,873.
SUICIDE COMPACT BETWEEN Q1RLS.
Miss Thompson Esds Her Life a Mostb Afttr
Her Chaa Killed HtrstIL
Marion, Ind. (Special). In carrying
out her part of a suicide compact enter
ed into with her chum, Geo Messier,
who committed suicide at Muncie, Ind.,
a month ago, Miss Chloe Thompson,
aged 17, swallowed a quantity of arsenic,
and death resulted. Miss Thompson was
with the Messier girl when she ended
her life, and she, too, had purchased
poison and intended dying with her, but
she postponed her act. Relatives then
suspected that she planned suicide, and
watched her. She swallowed the poison
while on a downtown street, called a
cab and then calmly directed that she be
driven home. She became unconscious
while in the cab, and died soon after.
the was the daughter of Mrs. Eliza
beth Thompson, and the Messier girl
was a daughter of Rev. Amos Messier,
a well-known minister of Marion. The
girls agreed upon suicide after a quar
rel with sweethearts.
A Fsrf tiles Pritaatr.
Olympia, Wash. (Special). A man
convicted of murder in the first degree
and sentenced to be hanged has been
allowed to lie in jail at Walla Walla un
disturbed for nearly three years. Oscar
Bradshaw was convicted in Franklin
county in December, 1902, and was sen
tenced to be hanged. He gave notice ot
appeal and was remanded to the Walla
Walla County Jail. Bradshaw never
prosecuted his appeal, and has been al-
owed to remain in tail undisturbed over
since. The prosecuting attorney for
Franklin county now asks what he can
do about it, and the attorney general ad
vised him to file the record in the Su
preme Court and move a dismissal of
the appeal for want of prosecution.
Mayor Cellist Dttd.
Boston (Special). The death of May
or Patrick A. Collins at Hot Springs,
V., was announced by M. J. Curran,
secretary to the Mayor. Mayor Col
lins left Boston about a week ago for
Hot springs to obtain a greatly needed
rest. He was accompanied by his eldest
son, Paul Collins. When he started
South the Mayor was apparently in
good health.
ladlasa's Auditor Removed.
Indianapolis, Ind. (Special). David
E. Sherrick, Auditor of the State, was
removed from office by an executive order
issued by Governor Ilanly. The order
charges that the official is guilty of vio
lation cf the law and betrayal of public
trust in the investment of trust funds
belonging to the State in private inter
ests of his own.
Big Profits Foe Policyholders.
New York (Special). Mr. Frederick
Cromwell, the treasurer of the Mutual
Life Insurance Company of New York,
in the course of his testimony before
the state committee of investigation, an
nounced that the profits derived by the
policyholders of the Mutual Life, and
obtained through transactions managed
by the subsidary trust companies,
amounted up to date to over $16,000,000.
The entire profits realized from all
sources from organization of the com
pany to date and now held for the bene
fit of policyholders, exceed $94,000,000.
Old Coaftdtrali Flag Rtlorsil
Chicago (Special). An old, shot
pierced, ragged Confederate flag, one
of the last in the State of Illinois, was
taken from the walls of Memorial- Hall
and formally returned to the Thirteenth
Regiment of Virginia Volunteers. The
flag was captured at the battle of Pooles
ville, in 1862, by the Eighth Illinois Reg
iment and was brought to Chicago, At
a meeting of the United Confederate
Veterans, Camp 8, h was voted that the
old flag be returned to the remnant of
the regiment from which it was 1 takeo
during; the Uvil War.
THE LATEST NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD.
BOMES1IO
G. A. Kimmell, once a wealthy bank
er, of Niles, Mich., was found in the
Mattcawari Insane Asylum, in New York.
It is charged that his disappearance was
the result of a scheme to defraud insur
ance companies.
The Boston and Maine Railroad is
using briquettes of peat in some of its
engines on the shorter runs in and out
of Boston, and experiments with the new
fuel have been pronounced successful.
After having been so near death's door
that he was able to compromise on $1,500
for his $2,000 life-insurance policy, M.
J. Harrison, of Sioux City, has appar
ently regained complete health.
Katie Mohcr, who for more than a
quarter of a century, under the name
and guise of a man, lived the life of a
freighter, cowboy, scout, gold-seeker and
slage-driver in Montana, is dead.
The body of the young woman found
off Pelham road, in the Bronx, New
York, has been identified as that of Au
gusta Pfciffer, 22 years old, whose home
was near where the body was found.
Felizarbo, chief of the Filipino outlaws
in the Province of Cavitc, who has made
considerable trouble for the authorities,
was surrounded, and leaped off a cliff to
insmnt death.
Romaine Daurignac, brother of Mmc.
Therese Humbert, now serving a sen
tence in France on swindling charges,
has been ordered deported by the New
York immigration officers.
Massachusetts state police are inquir
ing into the death of Mrs. Jennie P.
Chase, who was declared by the medi
cal examiner of Lynn, Mass., to have
committed suicide.
Letters from Santo Domingo assert
that the recent revolutionary flurry was
the outcome of the visit of an American
known as Senor Larawes or Mr. Rawls
Readcr. The Japanese minister, Mr. Takahira,
expects to sail for his home, in Japan,
in a few weeks to join Mme. Takahira,
who has been over there for nearly two
years.
George Wagner was killed and Robert
Hills and Milton Eckert seriously injured
in a landslide at the quarry of the Pitts
ton Slate Company, at Slatington, Pa.
Large pieces of iron placed on the
track derailed the San Antonio and
Aransas Pass Railway's "Davy Crock
ett" special, near San Antonio, Tex.
Dr. I. G. Tracy, who returned to New
York from abroad, says good results
have been secured in experiments to
cure insanity by the use of radium.
John Morrisscy, an aeronaut, was
caught in a storm in Nebraska and fell
into the Nemaha River, where he spent
the night clinging to a tree.
Frank Clazebrook bought a farm near
Monezuma, 111., and found a gold mine
that had been revealed to his wife in a
dream.
Prof. Wiljiam J. Armbruster declared
to a St Louis audience that most wealthy
women were doing their best to go to
hell
On the stand in the insurance investi
gation in New York George W. Per
kins produced a check for $48,000 drawn
by the New York Life Insurance Com
pany December 30, IQ04, payable to J.
f. Morgan & U5. Mr. Ferkms testified
that this check was a contribution to the
National Republican Committee, and
was promised to Cornelius N. Bliss,
treasurer of the committee. Mr. Perkins
said the same thing was done in 1896
and 1900. The reason for these contri
butions, he said, was that the company
feared its assets would be endangered
in case of Democratic success.
Engineer Merritt Turner dropped dead
in the cab of his locomotive just as he
was about to apply the brakes to stop
the Erie Railroad g Chicago train, known
as the Pacific express, at Deposit, N. Y.
David iu. bhernck. who was removed
by Governor Hanly, of Indiana, from
the omce ot auditor of state, was for
mally arrested on a charge of embez
zlement. NearScranton, Pa., Lewis Crocker, a
foreman, his wife and four children
were poisoned by eating toadstools. One
child is dead and two others cannot live.
A prisoner has been found in Walla
Walla (Wash.) Jail who was sentenced
three years ago to death for murder.
Buildings at West Lebanon, Pa., be
longing to the Cornwall Railroad Com
pany, and valued at $50,000, were burn
ed. The old Grant farm, near St. Louis,
will be converted into an amusement
park.
A hailstone fell in Nebraska which
measured six inches in diameter.
FORE1G!
The Norwegian and Swedish Com
mission held a Sunday session and dis
cussed the question of fortifications.
The resignation of Minister Yoshika
wa, of Japan, has been received with
satisfaction by the people.
The Russian Red Cross administra
tion during the war just ended expended
$11,000,000.
The Crar, the Czarina and Grand
Duke Alexis started on (a cruise of Fin
nish waters.
The German government has pro
posed to France and to the Sultan of
Morocco that the Moroccon conference
be held at Algeciras, Spain, instead of
at Madrid, as Premier Kouvier desires,
or at Tangier, as the Sultan wishes.
The Russian army maneuvers at Cob
lenz ended with an action along the
entire front. The Empress rode horse
back along the front arfd was cheered
by the troops.
Rumors that British Foreign Secre
tary Lansdowne has been asked to arbi
trate the questions in dispute between
Sweden and Norway are denied.
Thousands of Hungarian workingmcn
marched to the Parliament House for the
purpose of making a demonstration in fa
vor of universal suffrage.
The Czar's ukase abolishing retalia
tory duties on American imports was
gaeetted. , ,
Miss Alice Roosevelt and the ladies in
her party visited the Dowager Empress
of Japan, who gave them rings and
bracelets.
Count de Braza, the French explorer,
died in West Africa.
Vice Admiral Rojestvensky has com
pletely recovered from the wounds
which he sustained at the battle of the
Sea of Japan, but he will not return to
Russia until the peace treaty is' ratified.
The filibustering steamer sunk by her
crew after landing a portion of her cargo
of arms on a barren island in the Gulf
of Bothnia has been identified as the
John Crafton, of London, Eng.
Isaac Guggenheim, of New York, gave
$2,000 to be expended in sending home
the stranded Americans connected with
McCadden's Circus.
Prof. Alexieff Torigony, formerly of
the University of Moscow, who was im
prisoned for alleged complicity in the
assassination of Alexander II., in 1881,
will become an American citizen.
Premier Katsuka, in a speech to the
local governors of Japan, expressed the
hope that, under their experienced guid
ance, the nation would fully realise the
fruit of its victories.
The Japanese Minister of the Navy
denies reports that mutiny occurred on
the battleship Mikoia.
PUSHED INTO THE FLAMES
A Mad Fight For Life in a Factor?
Fire.
SEVEN DEAD AND MANY INJURED.
Esplsslos el Fast Causes s Flrt Is s Fast
Factory Met tod Wooes Employes Rush
Tcrror-strlckcs for Iht Doors sad Windows
Tboss L'aiblt is Escapt Buraed to
Death.
Avon, Ct. (Special). The explosion
of a fuse, followed by a fire, in a build
ing of the Climax Fuse Company, in
this city, caused a panic among 20 em
ployes in the building, and resulted in
the death of seven and injuries that
doubtless will prove fatal to Several
others.
There was no way of coping with the
flames, which soon spread rapidly, and
in less than an hour after the explosion
occurred those who were unable to es
cape were in the clutches of a fire that
eventually burned their bodies to ashes.
As the day wore on the great crowd
that collected in the hamlet saw the
bodies of men and women roastiner in
the fire, and were powerless to even
check the flames.
The exact cause of the accident, which
caused the loss of seven lives, may never
be known ; but it is the accepted theory
here that in an effort to burn out a
stoppage in one of the machines, a work
man caused an explosion of a fuse with
the hot iron he held in his hand.
Those who were in the room where
the explosion occurred say that the ex
plosion was not severe, and ordinarily
would not have caused a panic. In
flammable material, however, was set,
on hre, and in a few moments the room
was a mass of flames. In an instant
there was a mad rush for the doors and
windows, and during the scramble many
were pushed back into the building,
while others were severely hurt.
There were but 60 hands at work in
the entire plant. It was stated that some
of the dead may have been overcome
by smoke before they had a chance to
flee and that it is improbable that any
one of the seven victims lost his life by
the force of the explosion.
An accounting was made for all the
employes but seven, whose names are
given.
Ten physicians from nearby towns
came to the rescue and did good service
in caring for the injured, the screams of
some of whom could be heard for a con
siderable distance.
The scene at the fire was heartrend
ing. Friends and relatives of the miss
ing were almost frantic when it be
came known that bodies of those close
to them were being burned to a crip in
the ruins of the factory. As there is no
fire department in the town, it was ut
terly useless to cope with the flames with
buckets.
As one of the walls of the second
largest building fell several bodies could
be seen entangled in the mass of ma
chinery in the basement, and in a short
time they were reduced to ashes. Early
in the evening the body of a woman
was seen near the edge of the fire, and
an effort was made to pull it away from
the flames, but on account of the great
heat this was impossible.
Soon after the building in which the
lives were lost was consumed the fire
spread to the new structure, which was
just completed at a cost of $35,000, and
in a few hours this building was gutted,
only the four walls remaining. The
smaller buildings were reduced to ashes,
making a total of four burned, the loss
on which is estimated fb be $100,000.
Pell From Capital Dome.
Columbia, S. C. (Special). While
writing his name with a piece of chalk
upon the dome of the State Capitol,
Warren Scruggs, Jr., the 15-year-old son
of Warren Scruggs, of this city, fell from
the inside dome to the marble floor, 60
feet below, and was instantly killed.
Young Scruggs had not finished the
name when the metal ceiling upon which
he was standing gave way, the chalk
making a long mark as he fell.
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
A delegation of Virginians called upon
Secretary Shaw and discussed with him
the question of the proposed removal
of the office of collector of internal rev
enue from Alexandria.
The dismissal of Midshipman Hamil
ton E. Hutcltins from the Navy for vio
lation of regulations was announced.
Friends of Acting Public Printer Rick
etts believe that his appointment will be
made permanent.
Copies were received of the proceed
ings in the case of William S. Albers,
the American who was arrested in Nic
aragua, and American Consul Donald
son, whose exequatur was canceled in
consequence of a letter he wrote to Pres
ident Zelaya.
William F. Willoughby, treasurer of
Porto Rico, submitted his report and
discussed insular finances.
An effective war is being waged on
the "lazy worm" disease in Porto Rico.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
has decided that manufacturers of pat
ent medicines composed largely of dis
tilled liquors must take out rectifiers'
licenses.
United States Consul Marshall Hal
stead, consul at Birmingham, reports a
method devised by a German, by which
alcohol can be made from sawdust.
Brigadier General George H. Weeks,
a retired army officer, and at one time
quartermaster general of the Army, died
at his home, in Washington.
President Roosevelt approved Chair
man SJionts' action in awarding the ho
tel and subsistence concession on the
Isthmus of Panama to Market:
Acting Public Printer Ricketts has de
cided to put a stop to the custom of daily
passing around "hand books" on races
in Government Printing Office. Money
sharks will also have to go.
According to advices received in Wash
ington, the boycott situation in Shan
ghai is improving. In Canton, however,
there is an appreciable growth in anti
foreign sentiment:
There was a notable increase during
August in the postal receipts of 50 of
the largest cities, as compared with re
ceipts of same month last year.
William F. Powell, of New Jersey,
minister to Hayti, will resign.
Dr. James Laws, for many years a
surgeon in the Navy, and for a time
fleet surgeon under Admiral Porter, is
dead.
The United American Mechanics elect
ed officers and decided to hold their next
annual convention in Dayton, O.
A suitable program for a reception to
the President upon his return to Wash
ington is being arranged.
Gen, Lawrence Pike Graham, U. S. A.,
retired, died in Providence Hospital.
Dr. Morris Fishberg, an agent of the
Bureau of Immigration, reported that
steamship companies can do mow than
they arc doing to keep out undesirable
irnti if rants.
NEW YORK AS SEEN DAY BY DAY.
New York Citt. N. T.
The oddest penalty for being pretty
heard of in many years is that suffered
by 19-year-old Helen George, of 91 John
son street, Brooklyn, who has been so
violently beseiged by a score of admir
ers whom she never saw or heard of
before that she has been driven ill by
their attentions. For more than 10 days
the girl was unable to set foot in the
street without being dogged by one or
more of the men, who waited for her
at darkened corners and even camped
all might on her doorstep. The fact that
her 'two brothers thrashed one of her
suitors so severely that he almost need
ed the serviots of an ambulance sur
geon, and the arrest of another of the
men by the police seems not to have
abated the fervor of the remainder. The
man arrested was Antone Bardare, 40
years old. The police believe that some
disappointed suitor has hired a num
ber of bravos to persecute the girl. De
tectives have been detailed to solve the
affair.
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As a crowded Ninth avenue elevated
train reached the fatal curve at Fifty
third street, where the "L" tragedy oc
curred Qn Monday, . at the rush hour,
shortly after 6 o'clock, Elizabeth Smith,
an operator for the Western .Electric
Company, who lives at 72 East One
Hundred and Twentieth street, began to
scream and cry and to throw herself
about the car in the wildest hysterics,
shrieking that she saw the victims of
the disaster in their dying agonies. Her
condition grew more violent and danger
ous, and those on the train failing to
control her, the motorman blew the
police whistle, and at Fifty-ninth street
Policeman Holland boarded the train
and sent her to Roosevelt Hospital.
There, in her lucid intervals, it was
learned she had been on the doomed
train on Monday morning, and escaped
from the third car, the one which hung
over the structure and whose trucks fell
into the street, killing those below. She
declared the glimpse of the scene of
the tragedy had brought the whole hor
ror of Monday morning back upon her
with uncontrollable force, and she suf
fered ten times the anguish she experi
enced in her escape from among the
dead and dying.
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Thomas French, 17 years old, and a
student at the High School at East
Orange, N. J., has been arrested by
postoffice inspectors charged with send
ing threatening letters to Valentine Ri
ker, also of East Orange, an officer of
an insurance company, and with mailing
to Mr. Riker three infernal machines.
These contrivances are said to resem
ble the ones received recently at the
offices of Jacob H. Schiff and M. Gug
genheim's Sons in this city. The boy
has always borne a good reputation and
has never been away from home. In
the garret of his mother's house he had
a workshop, and there, according to ad
missions he is said to have made to the
officers, he constructed the three ma
chines which he mailed to Mr. Riker.
Ttje boy, it is also alleged, showed the
postoffice inspectors a card bearing the
numbers and locations of all the fire
boxes in East Orange. Against some
of them he had made check marks, and
it is said he admitted that fires had
been rung in on these boxes, and that
he was fond of fires.
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Historical and topographical circles in
the Borough of Queens were agitated
by a rumor that the new plans for lay
ing out streets in the western half of
Jamaica provided for the naming of the
new streets after eminent Japanese sol
diers and sailors. A map of the streets
had been made under the supervision of
Borough President Cassidy, to be pre
sented before the Board of Estimate and
Apportionment at a public hearing on
September 22. Besides naming some of
the new streets after Togo, Nogi, Oya
ma, Oku and others, several of the
streets which formerly uoic i'ne nuiiica
of American Presidents have been
changed to names adopted from foreign
countries.
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A neatly dressed woman who regis
tered at the Hotel Manhattan, Forty
second street and Madison avenue, as
Miss A. W. Wildey, Washington, D. C,
was later found dead in her hoom. She
had shot herself through the right tem
ple with a t.ew 32 calibre revolver of a
cheap make. On the dressing table lay
a plain white card on which was writ
ten with a lead pencil in a neat hand :
"This body will be called for. A. W.
W." Miss A. W. Wildey or Wilday is
unknown in Washington so far as could
be learned. The name is not in the di
rectory and the local police are unable
to locate her. "
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What was supposed to have been an
ordinary case of suicide by asphyxia
tion may develop into murder, in the
case of Alfred Krattinger, an expert
accountant, who was found dead in his
room at 436 West Fifty-sixth street.
Coroner Scholcr was about to give . a
certificate, when it was discovered that
the transom was open, the doorkey bro
ken and a window unlocked unusual
circumstances in such cases. A further
examination disclosed a bruise over the
right ear. A diamond pin worth $1 100
was missing, as well as a wallet, usually
well filled. The man's face was not dis
colored, as would have been the case in
death by gas. There was so little smell
of gas that a theory is offered that some
murderer for robbery turned on the gas
to hide his crime.
A burglar with a distinctly humorous
vein visited the historic home of Dr.
Joseph Hasbrouck, on North Broadway
in Dobbs Ferry last week. In the din
ing room he left the following note:
Dear Sir Why the dickens don't you
hire a man to look after your things
while you are away? I read in the pa
pers the other day that the police blame
the public for all the burglaries, and it is
right. It is your own carelessness; you
can only blame yourself for it. It is no
use to tell the police. Don't bother
them; they have enough to do already.
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The second case within two days of a
masked man walking Into a woman's
apartments while she was in bed and
robbing her of diamonds .occurred in
Brooklyn. Mrs. Bertha Lazarus of 327
Winona avenue, was awakened by a
man, who, after telling her to keep
quiet, drew a $400 diamond ring from
her finger, went through the bureau
drawers, taking her valuables and es
caped. Further delay has occurred in the pub
lication of the text of the Anglo-Japan-ess
treaty.
MILLIONS NA BOYCOTT.
Orer $8,000,501) Worth of Cottoi Goods
la Shanghai.
BIG AMERICAN STOCKS ARE HELD.
Tjtil Vtlnt sf Amerlcto Products Is Sbttf
hal Mono It Placed si $25,000,090 Oold
Boycott si Shaafhal It Practically al
As End, Bui SHU Exists Is Sons Ex
lesl la Csatoa.
Washington, D. C. (Special). The
State Department received from United
State Consul Rodgers ut Shanghai a
mail report on the boycott by Chinese
merchants of American goods. Infor
mation has also been received by cable
indicating that the boycott in Shanghai
is practically at an end, but that it still
exists to some extent in Canton.
Consul-General Rodgers says:
"There are at the present time in
Shanirliaf W9r,hnitti anflrnvlm.l.L f .
ooo bales of American piece goods, val
ued at 12,000,000 Haikwan taels, or near
ly $8,000,000 gold. The question of mar
keting this commodity and of collecting
the money therefor under the present
conditions and with Manchuria closed
presents a very serious condition and is
apt to cause great difficulty not only to
the Chinese merchants, but also to the
importers.
"What is true of piece goods is also
true of all other lines of staple prod
ucts. The market has been overstocked
and now nothing is moving, and, while
the Chinese merchants arc now suffer
ing, the foreign firms will assuredly feel
the effect on the settling dates. The
total value of foreign goods likely to
feel the effect of this boycott movment
in Shanghai alone has been estimated
conservatively at $25,000,000 gold."
TEXT OP THE ARMISTICE.
Plans For Cessation sf Hostilities Between
Rossis sad Jipta.
London (By Cable). The protocol of
the armistice between Japan and Russia
consists of six paragraphs, fixing the
zone of demarcation between the two
armies in Manchuria as well as in the
Tumen region, providing that the naval
forces of one of the belligerents shall
not bombard territory belonging to or
occupied by the other, and setting forth
that maritime captures will not be sus
pended during the armistice.
The Japanese Legation here gave out
the text of the Russo-Japanese Armis
tice protocol as follows:
"First A certain distance, as a zone
of demarcation, shall be fixed between
the fronts of the armies of the two pow
ers in Manchuria, as well as in the re
gion of Tumen River, Korea.
"Second The naval force of one of
the belligerents shall not bombard ter
ritory belonging to or occupied by the
other.
"Third Maritime captures will not be
suspended by the armistice. 1
"Fourth During the term of the ar-,
mistice new reinforcements shall not be
dispatched to the theatre of war. Those)
which are already on their way there
shall not be dispatched north of Mukden
on the part of Japan, or south of Har
bin on the part of Russia. i
"Fifth The commanders of the ar
mies and fleets of the two powers shall
determine in common accord the condi-j
tions of the armistice in conformity with
the provisions above enumerated.
"Sixth The two Governments shall,
order their commanders immediately!
after the signature of the treaty of peace
to put the protocol into execution."
The protocol was signed by M. Witte,
Baron Rosen, Baron Komura and MJ
Takahira.
' BARON KOMURA HAS TVPHOID.
Japaaest Pctct Envoy Very III of Slow
Fever.
New York (Special). Baron Komu
ra, the Japanese peace envoy, has ty
phoid fever in its first stages. This was
announced by Dr. Francis Delafield, after
consultation ith Dr. W. B. Pritchard
and Dr. George Brewer, who have charge
of the case.
Mr. Sato, spokesman for the Japan
ese delegation, gave out the news. Dr.
Pritchard, however, said that he still
held to his original diagnosis of inflam
mation of the gall bladder.
Many messages of inquiry as to Ba
ron Komura's conditions, including one
from President Roosevelt, reached the
hotel. Flowers and cards have been
left by many friends. Mr. Sato, spokes
man for the Japanese party, issued the,
following statement. i
"Drs. Delafield, Brewer and Pritch
ard saw Baron Komura in consultation,
again at 6 P. M. They announce thq
Baron's condition to be favorable, no
new symptoms having developed and the
patient having passed a very comfort
able day. They are unanimous in the,
opinion that the Baron's condition indi
cates nothing alarming or serious at
present."
Saved from Lynchers By Sheriff.
Winchester, Ky. (Special). Prompt
action by Sheriff Woodson McCord
probably saved Samuel Hisle from lynch
ing here. Hisle, who had been held at
Lexington on a charge of assaulting
Mrs. Mary Case, was brought- here lot
examination. When news of his com
ing was received a mob quickly sur
rounded the jail. Sheriff McCord, arm
ing his deputies and leaving them in
charge of the prisoner, who was shrieking
for mercy, walked alone and unarmed
into the mob. He told the mob plainly
that his men were armed and would
shoot to kill. v
. Mlalsttrs al Theitre.
Chicago (Special). A clergymen's
matinee was held at McVickar's Thea
tre by invitation of William A. Brady;
and Joseph R. Grismer for preachers
of all denominations to see perform
ance of "As Ye Sow," by Rev. John Sny
der, the first play written by a preacher
to be presented on an American stage.
There were more than 1,000 preachers
at the matinee, which was given exclu
sively for them, the theatre being closed
to the paying public. "The play was well
received.
Won as Bettts lo Onto.
New York (Special). Mrs. Mary
Horn, who lived with her husband at St.'
George, Staten Island, was beaten to,
death by one of two men who called at'
her house during the afternoon and'
with whom she was heard quarreling. It
is said by neighbors that Mrs. Horn
ordered the men out of her house and,
it was while she was in the front yard'
tnai snt was atiacKca. 1 ne woman stag
gered 300 yards from her house, and
then sank to the ground, being dead wheal
neip arrived.