RUSSELL SAGE, FINANCIER, DEAD Noted Money Man Stricken Suidcnty n Ninetieth Year. BE WAS ILL ONLY A FCW H01R5. Death ol (he Great Hnaocler W Due lo (leneral Ureokiog tip ol Ihs Vltlil Force Prom Old Age He lUd No Idea Death Wit Near aod H at Joking With Hl Wife a Few ttloute Before Hie End Came. Rl'SSEl.L SAGES TRAITS. Had an income of $5,000 a day, and put $5 in tlic collection plate at church every Sunday. Wa worth nearly $100,000, and, in a bust oi generosity, once gave $50 to nii-stons. Wore the same hat and over coat for jo years, and paid $J a pair fur his shoes. Was a grocer's boy at 15. petting $4 a month and his board, ami saving money on it. Was member of the Ways and Means Committee of Con gress in 1854, but reigned from the House to go back into the business of making money. Began making money in Wall Street in 107 and lost $6,000. 000 in one dav in the panic of May. 184. Used W. R. Lnidlaw, who was in his office on business, as a shield against a crank with dynamite, and refused to com pensate Laidlaw, who was se verely injured by the explosion, and fought his suit off in the courts until it was dropped. Was twice married, and Rave $1.20.000 for the erection of a memorial hall to his first wife the largest sum of money lie ever gave away. New York ( Special ). Russell Sane died suddenly Sunday at his country home, Cedarcroft. at Lawrence, I.. I. The immediate cau-e of death was heart failure, resulting from a complication of diseases incident to old ape. The vet eran financier would have celebrated his ninetieth birthday on August 4. At noon he was .eizcd with a sinking Spell and collapse, falling itito uncon sciousness about two hours before his death, which occurred at 4.30 o'clock. There were present at the end Mrs. Sage, her brother. Col. J. J. S locum ; the Rev. Dr. Robert Lcctch, Dr. Theo dore S. Janeway, of Xevv York ; Dr. J. Carl Schmuck. a local physician, and Th. John P. Munn. for many years Mr. Sage s family physician, who was .sum moned from New York when the first alarming symptoms were manifest. The funeral services will be held at the West Fre-byterian Church, in West Forty-second Street, of which Mr. Sage had been a member for many years. The interment wiil take place in Troy. Mr. Sage was propped up in his bed tm the second floor of the house, and he gaed out on the ocean. Calling Mrs. Sage to the room shortly after noon, he pointed out to a full-rigged ship, with all sails set, that was disap pearing on the far eastern horizon. The two talked for a short while, and Mr. Sage was in the best of humor. He didn't realize that he was a very sick man. and the doctors had not at tempted to impress on him the fact that the end was near. About u.30 he grew faint and sank back on the bed. In a twinkling he was unconscious. Dr. J. Carl Schmuck. the local physician at tending Mr. Sage, saw the condition of the p.tient and sent a hurry call to this city for Dr. Janeway. The latter made for Lawrence, as fast as hi- automobile could travel.' He reached his house sometime before Mr. Sage expired, at 4.30 o'clock. As Mr. Sage bad sunk into uncon sciousness, there were no farewell words. Those at the bedside say that the end was quite peaceful. CHILDREN GAMBLED THERE. Official Finding In French Lick and Baden Hotel Cise. Indianapolis (Special). Auditor of State Bigler has written to the French Lick Springs Company and the West Baden Springs Company that as a result of investgation he instituted there last week he finds that two companies have been engaged in "wanton and wilfir! violation of the criminal laws" of the State. He demands that both companies cease their "unlawful practices." This is the official finding, following examination of the papers, records and documents of each company. The Au ditor says he found that each company had been violating the criminal laws of the State in that they permitted gamb ling to be carried on in the hotel from about December, 1005, to April, ijo6. and that children were among those allowed to gamble there. Two New Coaaul. Oyster Bay, N Y., ( Special). Presi dent Roosevelt signed recess commissions for two new consuls. William II. Gale, of Virginia, was appointed consul at Puerta Plata, Dominican Rrpublic, and George Bucklin, Jr.. of Oklahoma, was assigned to Gauchau, Saxony. The President also signed proclamations creating the Hepner forest reserve in Oregon and the Pinnacles fore.-t reserve in California. 490 Miner on Strike. Charleroi, Pa., (Special) The 400 miners employed by the Charleroi Coal Works went out on a strike in sympathy with the striking miners at Creighton, as it is alleged that the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company has been shipping coal from the Charleroi mine to their plant at Creighton. Thtre were no demon strations of a disorderly nature, the men simply staying away from the mine and cleaning everything $ if preparing for an extended shut down. Very Fiw Suicide. San Francisco (Special). It took an earthquake and three days of flames to persuade a certain class of San Francis cans that life wa really worth living after all. It has pr. .euted, says Dr. (J. C. Kucich, autopsy surgeon for Coro ner Walsh, a great uumlxr of people from quittiiDg the world via the suicide route. Before the eartliqrakc and fire the morgue was the depository of an aver age of from to to 13 suicides each week. There have lieen only three suicides Aincc tbo earthquake. lOMKSTIC Chtrcnce Y. Watson's horse Ringing Hells, which won a decision over News boy at the Atlantic City Horse Show, was defeated by New.-boy. The rival are to meet again. Governor IVimypackcr has set dates in September for the hanging if four nurd-, rers. John Williams, Cornelius Combs, Frank Johnson and Joseph Gib son. The selectmen of Bclchcrtow 11, Mass., have offered a reward for the body of Wirgola Mabel Gondall, who has been missing for several days. The rival counsel of Harry K. Thaw and his mother arc at odds over which Mi- shall receive the reports of the in sanity expert-. Al 1 lauckcnbt'ck. a Minneapolis sign painter, was notified that he had fallen heir to $joo.ooo by the death of a broth er in Seattle. The Cincinnati, Columbus and Tolylo Railroad Company was incorporated at Cohuubus. The capital stock is $10,000. The crew of the Norwegian bark I'n dal was rescued by the New York 7.25 miles east of Sandy Hook light. President John F. Dryden. in answer to queries by a committee of the New Jersey legislature regarding bis salary of $65.01x1, replied that ability commands price. Fifteen hundred excursionists were thrown into a panic daring a collision between the steamboats Thomas l'atton and Perseus in New York harbor. Mrs. Florence 1,. Viza. of New York, ill with nervousness, killed herself by bailing from the sixth story oi the Hotel Touraine. Botou. The sewer Pipe Trust, facing probing by a federal grand jury, agrees to dis band on condition that the investigation be called off. The town of Socorro, X. M., has been badly damaged by earthquakes, many of the "inhabitants having tied or camped out The National Business League has indor-cd Roosevelt's work in placing the consular service on the merit system. A number of New England cotton mills have made a five per cent, increase in operatives' wages. Two Kentucky feudists, Dick Hall and John Thornbcrry, were shot to death from ambush. Henry H. Rogers and William Rocke feller, of the Standafd Oil interests, have withdrawn from the committee of trus tees of the Mutual Life Company ap pointed to nominate a new board of director'. Proprietors of New Jersey coast re sorts have protested against the dump ing of New York's garbage so close to shore that it drifts in on the Jersey beach. Former Judge Ilargis and former Sheriff Callahan, charged with the mur der of Attorney Marcum in a Kentucky feud, were declared not guilty. Chicago hears that the New York Central Railroad has made a bid of $18. 000.000 for John R. Walsh's two In diana railroads. The mother of Harry K. Thaw and her lawyers have decided to ask that the prisoner be committed to an insane asylum. Two lives were lost and three persons were injured in a fire in the Park Ho tel, Pittsburg. Consul General George E. Anderson, at Rio Janeiro, reports that many Bra zilian diamond companies are frauds, with Americans as the victims. Samuel Meanley and his son and daughter were struck by a train on the Manhattan Peach Line, in East New York, and all three were killed. Charles Kngel. a wealthy merchant of Constautine, Mich., married Miss Seg ridge Johnson, the parlor maid al the Hotel Manhattan, New York. lOr.EIGN A trcatv of peace between Salvador and Guatemala was signed on board tne I'nited States cruiser Marhlehead wbile on the high seas. By the wiil of Alfred Beit, the South African millionaire, filed in London, mil lions arc left for charitable and educa tional purpo-es. The I'nited States schooMiip Saratoga arrived at Southhampton. During the ship's stay there the cadets will visit London. A new move, to keep American pre served meats out of Germany has been started bv the agrarian'. Tin- German Asiatic company s oil depot in Singapore was burned. Three riersims lost their lives. The Jaapne.se government litis decided to litiv six railroads for S125.ono.01X). The suit of Edna Wallace Hopper, the actress, to break the will of her step father, in which Ins .brother, formerly the premier of Briti'h Columbia, was named as legatee, has been passed up to the Privy Council of England. A large delegation of the International Congress of Architects, in session in London, were received by Ambassador Reid, and also paid a visit to Windsor Castle. John Burns announced in the House of Commons that the government would provide $1,000,000 for the relief of the unemployed in London the coining win ter. The Scottish members of the British Parliament will introduce a bill provid ing for the establishment of a parliament for Scotland. Two English Army contractors were fined for .supplying adulterated and col ored foodstuffs for the soldiers in Houns low Barracks. The report is denied in Vienna that under certain conditions Austria would support Russia in suppressing a revolu tion. Major Dreyfus was present at a dem onstration at the tomb of F.mile Zola commemorative of his acquittal. The sarcophagus of Charlemagne at Aix la Chanelle was opened at Em- peror William's wish for the purpose of examining two precious cloths. The general congress of socialistic in terparliamentary committees opened in London under the presidency of James Keir Ilardie. Six guard regiments, 26 line, 7 caval ry, ft artillery and 5 sapper regiments of the Russian Army have joined the revo lutionists. Santos Dumont lias been experiment ing with a flying machine made in the shape of an enormous bird. Over 20 estates in the Province of Veronegh, Russia, have been burned and a numlier of tne proprietors killed. A strike of police in St. Petersburg is the latest source of trouble to the gov ernment. The death is announced .of Countess Marie Von Coluchowski, mother of the Austro - Hungarian foreign minister at Skalat. Admiral Skrydloff has been officially named as commander of the Black Sea fleet WOULD HAVE GEN. STOESSEL SHOT The Tort Arthur Commission So Recommends. A REPRIMAND FOR GEN. ALEX1EFF. Incilljalloo of (he Surrender of Port Arthar Kcsullt la Sutgeatlooa lor the Infliction of Sever Peoaliiet Upon All the Rutaian Offlcera Concerned Dlimltial From (he Army lor Oca. Fock. HEAVY PENALTIES. The commissioners recom mendations are: Lieutenant General Stoessel, dismissal from army and death. Lieutenant General Feck, dis missal and 20 years' bard labor. General Keiss, dismissal and banishment. Admiral Alexieff, reprimand. Lieutenant General Summon, reprimand. General Yernander, repri mand. St. Petersburg. (By Cable). The commission appointed to investigate the surrender of Fort Arthur has finished its labors and recommends that Lieuten ant General Stoessel, the former com mander of the Russian forces at Port Arthur, be dismissed from the army and shot ; that Lieutenant General Fock. who commanded the Fourth East Siberian Division at Fort Arthur, be dismissed from the army and undergo a year's hard labor; that General Reiss, chief of staff of General Stoessel. be dismissed and banished, and that Admiral Alexieff, former viceroy in the Far East ; Lieu tenant General Smirnoff, commander of the Tort Arthur fortress, and General Yernander be reprimanded. The formal trial of these officers will t.iKc place snort iv. , Socnrrn, brought a number of refu A t ie officer-, named 111 he report of 1 , ' . ". .. n the commission ranked among the high est in the Czar's service. Gen. Anatole Michaelovitch Stoessel is of German ex traction, and Emperor William, after the fall of Port Arthur, decorated him for his splendid defense of Port Arthur. The Japanese General Nogi and others and Admiral Togo also praised the brav ery of the Russian commander. The statements after the war of cer tain under officers who went through the seige with Stoessel indicated that he did not deserve the credit for the de fense of the fortress. The story of the surrender of the fort ress, however, as told bv the war corre- pondents, was that Stoessel had defend ed it for 241 days and could do no more. He had less than 10.000 men able to stand on their feet. He had 22,000 sick and wounded in the hospitals and was without medicine and surgical sup plies. His men were worn out under the strain of the bombardment that week after week, day and night, ' had swept Port Arthur with a storm of steel. Having done his best, according to the correspondents, Stossel sent a note to Nogi offering to surrender. At 9 o'clock on the evening of January I, 190;, the guns were silenced and the long seige was ended. After the surren der there were thousands more men turned over to the Jaapnese as prisoners than were first reported to be in the garrison at the time Stoessel gave up the fight. When the seige began the forces un der Stoessel comprised 44.000 men, with 7N0 guns. Admiral Alexieff, who it has been recommended be reprimanded, has al ways been regarded with high favor by American naval officers who have been thrown in contact with him. He was the Russian naval commander-in-chief in China during the troubles in 1900 and the military governor of Knangtung Peninsula. Subsequently he was made viceroy in the Far F.ast. Owing to se vere criticism of his conduct in the war with Japan he was relieved on his own request. goes ballooning again. Mrs. Thome and Her Husband Sail Over New York. New York, (Special). Dr. Julian P. Thomas made a balloon ascension in the Bronx, touched the housetops of One Hundred and Sixth Street and Fark Avenue, sailed northward over the F.ast River to Newton, L. I made a couple of farmers angrv bv tearing up their garden patches with the drag rope of the balloon, came back again over the East River, swept over Central Park, skipped the water of the North River and finally landed at Woodcliff. which is in New Jersey, opposite about Sixtieth Street. Mrs. Thomas accompanied her hus band on the trip. So did Roy L. Kuab enshue. Dr. Thomas -ays they got as high as 9,000 feet, the highest he has ever been, jhev had a camera for tak ing moving pictures along, and they think thev got results. Mrs. Thomas says she wasn't scared, and she is not sure that ballooning is very exciting. Everything went smooth; ly from shart to finish. Blaie at Crablree Mine. Greensboro, Pa., (Special). Fire of mysterious origin destroyed the tipple washerv, oilhouse, fanhouse and black smith shop at the Crabtree Mine of the Jamison Coal and Coke Company, near here. 1 he plant was one of tne largest in the field, and the officials estimate the loss at $75,000. About 250 men were thrown out of employment by the blaze. Stomel's Sentence Shock Japan. London. ( By Cable). The correspon dent at Tokio of the Daily Telegram sends the following: "The report that General Stoessel has been sentenced to death has shocked the public sentiment of Japan. Military opinion, from the highest to the lowest, conscientiously be lieve the verdict wrong, racts ascer tained by the beseiging army at Port Arthur would not only have acquitted the General, but have gained him the gratitude of his country.' Porlrail ol Secretary Hay. Washington, ( Special I . A portrait of the late Secretary of State John Hay, personally selected by Mrs. Hay, was placed in the diplomatic reception-room in the State Department. It U the work of a new England artist, Miss Ellen Emmet, of Salisbury; Ct., and is a three quartered life-size reproduction, in oil colors, of a photograph of Mr. Hay, taken at his home, which represents a front view of him seated in a chair. The delay in placing a likeness of the late Secretary Hay with those of his predecessors is due to the large number of competitors among artists. TOWN WRECKED BY EARTHQUAKE. Thouiaoda ol People Fleelog From Socorro, lo New Mule. El Paso, Tex., (Special). Socorro, N. M., south of Santa Fc, has been severely damaged by an earthquake. Fifty-two shocks have been felt since Sunday morning. The courthouse is reported wrecked. The buildings of the School of Mines arc cracked and nearly everv residence in the city is cracked or wrecked. More than two-thirds of them at least are damaged or destroyed. The town, which is largely of adobe and brick, is almost shaken to pieces. The people are fleeing, but no one has been killed. The Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe Railway has sent box cars to Socorro to take people away and many have already fled to other towns. Huge boulders have been jarred down on the railroad track and trains cannot enter the town. They stop several miles out side the place. The water in the Hot Springs, near Socorro, has increased several degrees in temperature and the inhabitants fear that the extinct volcano lo miles from the town will break out and begin spurt ing lava. ... Many of the people arc fleeing with out anything, locking up their houses and getting out of town as soon as they can. The entire surrounding country has felt the shocks and much damage has been done, especially at San Marcia and Magdalena. A cloudburst occurred near Carlsbad, N. M., and three inches of rain fell in an hour. Most of the people of So corro are still camping in the open. The action of Mayor Bursum, who, at his own expense, is doubling the capacity of the City's water supply to meet any fire emergency, is restoring confidence, as he keeps the men at work even during the frequent earthquake shocks. A Santa Fc train arriving four hours late, having been delayed by boulders thrown on the tracks by the earthquake gees from that region. Passengers re port that the earthquake shocks con tinue and that many chimneys have been shaken down and walls of houses in So corro cracked. Rumbling noises are heard beneath old lava beds near So corro. But few inhabitants are left in Socorro now. according to the state-, ments of the refugees. CANAL LOAN A Bid SUCCESS. Large Premium Ottered For lb Bonds Issue Oversubscribed. Washington, D.C. (Special) Bids were opened at the Treasury Department for the $30,000,000 ten-thirty Panama Canal bonds under Secretary Shaw's circular of July 2. It is evident that the entire issue has been subscribed for at an average of from 103.94 to 103.0V.. Secretary Shaw is deeply gratified at the great success of the Panama Canal loan. The average bid is 103.97. 'Pe lowest price at which any of the bonds will be sold is 103.63. Fisk & Robinson, of New York, will probably get the bulk of the bonds at prices ranging from 104 to 103.63. All bids below 103.50 were thrown aside without being considered. There were probably 2,500 bidders, and the loan was oversubscribed maiv times. Xo awards were made, as Secretary Shaw desires to consider some of the bids before reaching a final decision. While it was believed that the national banks would be almost the only bidders, a surprisingly large number of bids from private persons were received. The total number and amounts of bids made will not be ascertained, but it is apparent that the whole issue has been ubsenbed for several times over. 1 he argest best single offer was that of Fisk & Robinson, of New York, who made six bids of $5,000,000 each, at an average of 103.85. Smaller sids at higher prices, however, will probably reduce the amount which will likely be awarded to them to about $15,000,000. One bid of 106 for the whole issue came from a man named Lindsay, at New Orleans, but on account of conditions named and for other reasons the hid was not con sidered. Several telegraphic bids were received too late to be considered, but the prices named were too small to be successful. The secretary having stated that the bonds would be numbered serially be ginning with the highest bid, one offer was made at 125 for $1,000, thus secur ing to the bidder bond No. 1. An ex animation of the best bids shows that offers of 104 1-16 and up aggregated $15,340,860; 104 to 104 1-16 aggregated $1,100,880; 103.75 to 104 aggregated $14,- 178,000. LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS. The Civil Service Commission an nounced that the wives and sweethearts of federal employes in the Philippines arc eligible to become teachers. A telegram to the Navy Department announces the arrival of Secretary Root on the cruiser Charleston at Pernam buco, Brazil. Executive officers of the various de partments are confronted with difficult questions in enforcing the President's eight-hour order. An investigation by the Department of Labor has shown that in several Indus tries convict labor has driven free labor to the wall. A general court-martial was ordered in the Philippines for the trial of Capt. L. M. Koehler, accused of insubordina tion. Secretary Wilson, upon his return from Chicago, reported that the condi tions in the packing plants are improv ing. The Philippine Commission has estab lished in the islands a postal savings bank system. Senor Velasquez, the Dominican min ister of finance, and Dr. Hollander' have formulated a plan for settling the debts of San Domingo. Washington officials doubt the profes sion of Gourdain, the Chicago Broker, who claims to be anxious to get into the Johet Pentcntiary. President Roosevelt has issued an or der directing government officers to prosecute contractors who violate the Eight-hour Labor Law. The Department of Commerce shows that the foreign trade of the United States for the fiscal year just closed was $2,070,000,000. The Bureau of Insular Affairs has completed arrangements for sending the Igorrotes back to the 1 liihppmes. Plans are being prepared for building a monster drydock at Brewerton navy yard, W ashington btatc. Plans have been arranged for the meeting of the Fan-American Confer enre in Rio Janeiro. The colony of leper on the Island of Culion has elected a president and ouncilmen. THE LITTLE WAR 1 . JSABOUT OVER All Anxious To Get On the Warship of Teace. AN ARMISTICE IS DECLARED. Uncle Sam' Crulicr Read; to Take on Board the Representative ol th Three Retllcoae Republic aid Carry Tbem lo Se lo Settle Their Difference Exmerated Reporl ol lb Carnage During Hie Hostilities. La Lihcrt.nl, Salvador (By Cable). The I'nited States cruiser Marhlehead, Captain Mulligan, left Acajutla for San Jose, Guatemala, with American Min ister Merry and the peace commissioners of Salvador and Honduras on board. The American Minister also represents Nicaragua and Costa Rica by permis sion of the authorities at Washington. At San Jose the peace commissioners from Guatemala, the Charge d'AITaires of the United Stales and the Mexican minister will be received on hoard the cruiser and a treaty of peace between the warring republics will be drawn up and signed on the high seas. After leaving the parties from Guate mala at San Jose the Marhlehead will return to Acajutla ith Minister Merry and his associates. An armistice be tween Guatemala and Salvador is ar ranged. The Marhlehead after accom plishing her mission w ill await orders at Acajutla. Salvador Boast ol Ureal Victory. San Salvador (By Cable). Never before in the history of Central America has there been such hard lighting. Sal vador, as a government, was not pre pared, and Guatemala had about three men to one. Notwithstanding the great odds. Salvador won every battle. The loss on both sides was great, Salvador losing about 700 killed and 1,100 wound ed, and Guatemala about 2.800 killed and 3.000 wounded. General Regalado, when killed, was over a mile m advance. He nau 50 picked officers and men with him. Every one was killed, and alter the rear .troops came up and drove the Guatemala troops forward, they found over 600 dead Guatemalan soldiers, including several officers. In every battle Salvador captured the enemy s artillery. 1 lien imatemaia asked for peace. Salvador refused, but 12 hours later a telegram front Presi dent Roosevelt changed conditions. Honduri lo Act With Salvador. Washington. (Special). Honduras was not a partv originally to the attempt of the United States to bring the war ring nations together, but after it be came clear that Honduras was involved in the difficulties the Slate Department made overtures to that country, and the reply was in effect that Honduras would be governed by the action of Salvador, which is its ally. State Department officials are with out advices as to what questions will be considered by the representatives of the b ittling republics when they meet on the L nited States cruiser Marhlehead. As a country signatory to The -Hague Conference, the I'ljjted States is held by the State Department to be duty bound to exert every possible effort to bring about peace, and it is maintained that the I'nited States cannot be charged with interfering in any way with Central American affairs, because it has made no attempt whatever to direct the nego tiations, but has merely offered Its good offices and exerted all its influence in getting the fighting nations to settle their differences by peaceful rather than by warlike methods. WOULD SPANK SON OF MILLIONAIRE, Soo ol Banker Wormier Fined Fifty Dollar. Hastings, N. Y (Special). There was a dramatic scene in Justice Thomp kins' court here, when Isadore Wormser, Jr., the son of the well known banker, was arraigned for exceeding the auto mobile speed limit and fined $50. Presi dent of the Village Zinsser personally appeared to push the case against Worm ser. In speaking of the case Mr. Zinsser said : "Wormser belongs to that class of people who believe that money can do anything, and I appeared to show him that laws arc not to be laughed at." "Did you call him the bad hoy of the Hastings?" "No, not 111 that language. I did tell him be was 110 gentleman, but a loafer, and if he was my son I d take him out in a woodshed and spank him with a shingle." Wormser is about 30 years old. BLEW UP HIS DOUSE. Attempt to Kill A. C. Howell aod Family- All Escaped. Wilkes-Barrc, Pa., (Special). An at tempt was made at Avoca, near here, to kill A. C. Howell and his family by blowing up the building in which they lived with dynamite. All escaped, how ever, with slight injuries caused by fly ing glass and falling plaster. 1 he front of the building, of which they occupied the second floor, was badlv wrecked nearly all of it being blown out. The lower portion was occupied by a store A store and house across the -street were also badly damaged. Hanied Himself la Cell. Detroit, Mich., (Special). Christo pher Spindlemen, the Windsor (Ontario) cigarniaker who shot and killed his w-ife, hanged himself in his cell in the jail at Sandwich, Ontario, with his shoelaces. Despite the fact that the guards were keeping a close watch over him and that an electric light was burning In Ins cell Snindleman removed his shoelaces, tied them into a noose and made the end of it fast to the chains supporting his bed, strangling to death slowly. Sleel Officials Resign. New York (Special). Edward Mc Elvaine, first vice' president, and Adolph E. Boliue, second vice president of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, tendered their resignation at a meeting of the board of directors. Archibald Johnson was elected first vice president and Henry S. Snyder, second vice president Mr. Snyder was formerly secretary and treasurer. J- A. McGregor, the assis tant secretary and treasurer, was elected to succeed Mr. hnydcr, and M. II Jone was elected assistant secretary. HE ISN'T A OE I.A VAlJLX. A Philadelphia Boy Trie Aerial Slunt With An Umbrella. Philadelphia, (Special). As a result of his aerial aspirations, James Gillinr; hain, 9 years old, of 5046 Crittenden Slrcct, is lying in the Jewish Hospital with a broken arm. James had seen several balloon ascensions n; county fairs, and aeronautiiii; looked easy to him. lie resolved to tike an aerial trip. With a large umbrella he went to the roof of a stable near his home and jumped off. He sailed grace fully Ihrongh the air and alighted on the ground without a jar. Then he tried 11 second trip. This time the parachute collapsed as he stepped off the roof, lie struck the ground with a thud. When thev picked him up it was found that his right arm was broken. DROVE NAILS INTO HER HEAD. Aged Arkansaa Woman Adopt a Nove1 Meant of Su'clde. Paragoula, Ark. (Special) --Mrs. Alice Tompkins, 70 years old, committed sui cide at bet home near this city by driv :. nails into her brain. I Mrs. Trvnnkins. , who was deaf and nartly blind, had attempted suicide once I bef, re by ctitliug her throat with a case j kin.'e when she was ;-.n inmate of an asy J ium for the insane. On Monday she was 111 a particularly angry mood and blond was seen in bet hair. When her head was examined, the heads of two horseshoe nails were seen It was found that the nails bad been driven into the scalp and penetrated the brain. Thev were extracted and a physician called, but :n spite of all he could do she died. LADY CL'RZON DIES IN LONDON. Once Vicereine nf India and Daughter ol Levi Lelter. London. (By Cable). Lady Curzon. formerly Mi's Mary Victoria Lciter, de scendant of a Maryland family. 'wife of the former Viceroy of India, died Wed nesday. She never qui'c recovered from her serious illness at Walmcr Castle. Kent, in 1004. and the recent hot wea ther brought on a pronounced attack of general debility, ending in heart failure. Sir Thomas Barlow, physician lo the King's household, and Sir Wil liam Broadhent, physician in ordinary to the King and the Prince of Wales, were in attendance upon her. The fu neral will take place at Kedleston. Lord Curou is overcome with grief. Meads Tuberculosis Leaf ue. Atlanta ( Special). A meeting of the executive committee of the American Anti-Tuberculosis League was held here at which Dr. George Brown, of Atlanta, was elected president and executive of ficer and Atlantic City was selected as the meeting place of the league next June, the exact date to be fixed later. Vice-presidents, representing various sec lions eif the country, were choen. The cot. :ittcc on national legislation, head ed by Dr. T. M. Gray, of East Orange. N. J., and the committee on State legis lation, Dr. Grant J. Ross, chairman, of Sioux City, Iowa, also were appointed. Rich Man Dead in Pond. Hatiiesburg, Miss., (Special). The body of F. P. l.ydell. head of the l-val firm of F. P. l.ydell & Co,, woodwor':. 1-., was found in a pond near here. Mr. l.ydell, who was wealthy, was last seen on Thursday riding in a iiack driven by a negro. Early Kridaye morning two ncaroes were seen dumping a heavv ob ject into the pond from a hoat. There were no marks of violence on the body, but an autopsy has been ordered. Mr. l.ydell leaves sons in Chicago, who have been notified. Heal Makes N:wboy Blind. Wilmington, Deb (Special). Howard Gordon, r.gcd ' years, was stricken blind here ns a result of being over come by the heal. He is a newsboy, and while on his route felt his sight leaving him. Upon Teaching home he was total ly blind. -Subsequently he partially re gained his sight, but is still in a critical 'audition. He has been troubled with his eyes for some time, but his presenl affliction was unexpected. Within 610 Miles of Pole. Danes Island, Spitzhcrgen (by wire ess to Hamtucrfest, Norway) Wireless communication has been opened from within 600 miles of the pole, via Ham- merfest. Even-thing is progressing fav orably at Camp Wellman. The balloon house is under construction. Walter We'hnaii. leader of the Wellnian-Cliica-go-Reeord-IIerald expedition,' hopes to start on his aeriai voyage toward the pole by the middle of August. FINANCIAL AFFAIRS. The Reading Company values its total assets at $Xu.ooo,ooo. A company in Philadelphia which asked a bank what would be the interest 011 $1,000,000 for a year was told 6 per cent. Gross earnings of the American. Rail ways Company in June increased $j6, IQ2 and for the entire fiscal year the gain was $jj8,6j7. Railroads have been requested to furn ish to the Interstate Commerce Com mission within the next month informa tion relative to the storage of grain. The new Widener-Elkins electric rail way combine includes 425 miles of road in Ohio, his company will have cap italization of $11,000,000 of common and $1,000,000 of preferred and a total au thorised bond issue of $12,000,000. It is asserted by some believers in higher prices that the short interest in the market amounts to from 750,000 to 1,000.000 shares and that there has been no such short interest in the market for Iwcn'y years. United States Steel at 2A was at lite lowest point of the present )-ear. The Philadelphia Fire Association will issue $1,500,000 of new stock, of which all but $250,000 will he converted into surplus to meet San Francisco losses. The aiew stock will be old at 300. "The retirement of American life in surance companies from France is likely to be followed by a retreat in other di rections," said a Philadelphia captalist familiar with insurance matters. "I think that America will suffer a good deal in a financial way, it our companies in the. future cannot go on doing the big busi-ir.-s over there 1HE KEYSTONE STATE Tb Litest Pennsylvania New Told la shop Order. B. Frank Hayden, of Stroudsi,.m has received word that a fortune oi 000 is awaiting hiin nt Atlantic Citv," the bequeath of an uncle, Deniel iuv. den. Mr. Hayden is a locomotive t.,, " neer of the Eric. The new Forest Hall, in Mllford, Wat dedicated Thursday. Profs. Grave. Tno mey and Weir, of Yale, and J, H. Yar Etien, of Milford. made addresses. The Lakeside Powder Comprm-'s mil against the Codorus Water Company, n' Ryan Township, for $jo,ooo damajfM was concluded in Pottsvilic Thursday The plaintiff claimed damages b--"im( the water company cut off the s'rcair which furnished the power to opcrat, their powder pltinl. An award of ?..ji: was given the plaintiff. Attorney General Carson has giver Secretary Critckficid an opinion to tin effect that the local authorities-of Dcla ware County can collect from the Sty, a tax levied upon property owned by it which was levied mior to the purchase Deputy Attorney General Flcitz jtl. forms Fish Commissioner Mcchan thai the question of conflicting licenses f0 the right to fish for eels in the s!m stream is not oijc for the Fish Com mission to settle and belongs in t!i courts. Charged with slandering him jn , letter to their mother in Germany, Tohr Demnicl, of Allentovvn. began proceed, ings against Mrs. Julia Giberson, hi; sister. James McClefierty. of Allentovvn, i dying at St. Luke's I lospital as the re sult of a fall from a scaffold at tin Bath Portland Cement Mill. William Albright, a conductor 011 the, night shifter on the P & R. Ry at Birdsboro, was run over and killed by iiis own engine. By a broken flange on a freight car, twenty freight cars were wrecked at Lorain'c, on the main line of the p. ft R. Railway. The track was datnagcil for more than a mile. Prof. S. A. Thurlow, who was prin cipal of the Pottsville High School for uvciuy-nvc years, nas dccii elected su perintendent of the Pottsville public schools to fill the unexpired term of two years of the bite Rev. B. F. Fatter son, who died last week. The salary fixed is $iNoo a year. Charles Monk hanged himself at hit home in C.trbondale. His son. Jo'm Monk, returned about midtiigh ti the house and found his father's body hang ing behind the door. The man was aged and was supposed to have com mitted the deed in a temporary fit of despondency. Robbers made a wholesale raid upon the clothing store of Wolf Ansel, at Man. hcim. getting away with I to suits of clothing valued at over $700 and jewel ry to the value of $300. The r.)hhers forced a rear door and carried their plunder away in a team. Falling into a pit at the dismantled Bessemer Steel plant at Danville. George Fasnot, the tl-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Fasnot, v'as drowned. His companion. Clarence Farr, made a fran tic effort to save him, but failed. The only thing adduced at the in vestigation . by Mayor Walker, of Al toona, of charges of graft in the Public Works Board in connection with the $300,000 paving contracts, was that the Board of Public Works, George A. Kle sins, Georg-; Kuebler, Blair Andrews visited Chicago at the expense of the American Asnhaltum & Rubber Cn, which got the contract, to make an inves tigation of the filler which had been in use there for, years. A. B. Richmond, a lifted criminal law yer, died nt his home in Meadville, iiRt-d 81 years. He retired from practice a tew years ago, after having been retained in over fiu: thousand criminal cases. Over one hundred of them were homi cides. " After a journey oi 3000 miles across the continent -,i's' Rhoda Crosby, 3 Sunday School teacher, of Mahono) City, arrived at Raphael, California, and was wedded to Charles Willis, a fruit grower of that place She got in com munication with the man through a mat rimonial agency and wires that she it atisfied. A wild ride in a pony cart, driven b) an escaped female lunatic, was the ex- l e ience ol two children ot J. L,. milli ard, of Lower Mcrion. The woman, who proved to be Sadie I.ampton. ol Ashland, Ky.. is a cousin of M-irl Twain and U an inmate of a sanitarium near West Conshockcn, She managed to elude her caretakers and overtook the Pritchtud children, who werc.drivmj a pony team along the State RnaJ. neai their home. She seized the pony and jumped into the vehicle beside the fright ened children. Taking reins and whip, the demented woman lashed the pony at a breakneck speed across the river bridge to Con.'hohocken and continued her wild ride toward Norristowti. The team had narrow escapes from overturning a:i! collisions. To add to the excitement the children were screaming with terror As soon as the true state of affairs be came known, through the pursuit ol the institute's nurses, a crowd of excited citizens took up the chase. This ended in Norristown. where the woman tried to end her life by jumping beneath i train. She was prevented by scvera men, who took her to city hall, where the pursuing party found her later ! took her back to the institution The Pritchard children were taken to then home unharmed, but in a very nervotn condition from their exciting ride. ( Shepherd Kiesslcr, ofMount Pleasant Township, shot a pure vliite crane th' measured 56 inches front tip to tip of it' Vings. The bird is one of extraordinary beauty and is rarely found so far north Herbert Fielder,' a Danville boy. at tempted to swim from the shore to coal digger anchored in the SusquelW;"1 River and became exhausted when Ham Muss swain to his assistance. T boy managed to get his arms about Nu in a grip. which the later could not break and both were drowning wdicii Charlr Rueh reached them in a rowboat and rescued the struggling pair. The Bell Telephone Company i spending more than $50,000 in Anihlet for improvement:! of service. The m' provnicento consist of a new exchange building, almost completed, which will, be "central" for more than 3500 'phones; undergrounding wires and modern in strument's. The new $40,000 "Ceulra Building, at 'Jcnkintown, will be ready (or occupancy next month. Thieves forced an entrant to the Rcn cral merchandise store of S. P. Engle a Co., at Rheetns, and secured considerable booty In th shape of clothing, sli"1'" cutlery and money.
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