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TRIPS TO BANK
Stcosland's Methods Disclosed at the
Investigation.
SEASON FOR THE PRESIDENT'S FLIGHT.
Shortage Already Dltcovtrcd In lh Mllwiuket
Avenue Bank It Between (800,000 and
$1,000,000 Bookkeeper Saye Slentland't
Son Knew What Wae Oolnf On Mgtat
Vliili to the Bank.
Chicago (Special). Stale Bank Ex
aminer J. C. Jones continued liis exam
ination of tlic affairs of the defunct Mil
waukee Avenue State Bank. The ex
aminer was reticent concerning the ex
iict results of his investigations, but
intimated that the total Oiortagc dis
covered is between $Nuo,ooo and $l,ooo,
ooo. Inspector Shippy examined more thai)
a dozen of the bank's employes. The
bookkeeper was positive thai Stensland's
son was cognizant of the shaky condi
tion of the bank before July 14, the
date on which young Stensland says he
first suspected irregularities on the part
of his father. Other employes told the
inspector of midnight trips to the hank
by President Steiisland ami Cashier
Hcring.
The rea'. reason for the precipitate
flight of Stensland is that he knew that
lie had had his day. and that the end
was in sight. For years he had hood
winked Examiner Jones and carried on
his tremendous robberies of the jj.ooo
poor depositors directly under the nose
of that official. But now he was to be
brought face to face with a surveillance
that he could not deceive watch upon
his own and other banks instituted by
the Chit-ago Clearing House Associa
tion. Aroused by the scandals in Chicago
Mate banks, which the state system of
espionage has failed to prevent, the clear
ing house organized a sho'rt time ago a
system of examination of all the banks
enjoying its privileges. The sv-tem i
now being extended to banks outside of
the association and the intention is even
tually to force it upon all state banks.
Any bank that refuses to submit will
be denied clearing privileges, even
though an association bank.
It was divulged by a prominent bank
er that suspicions of the conditions in
the Milwaukee Avenue Bank were en
tertained by the clearing house bankers
for several months. Stensland had rea
son to know that he was under the
scrutiny of the big banks and saw the
move being made to reach him.
In this regard the banker referred to
said :
"The expectation by Stensland that
this system of examination would soon
be extended to outside banks is thought
to have forced his Might and precipitated
the failure."
DOQ ATTACKS PRESIDENT'S COUSIN,
W. E. Roosevelt Saved By a Secret Service
Agent.
Oyster Hay, X. Y. ( Special) V. Eni
len Roosevelt, the President's cousin,
was saved from a mad dog by the cool
nerve and straight shooting of a Secret
Service agent, James Sloane. Mr. Roose
velt was walking along the edge of a
pond on his properly, near Sagamore
J 1 ill, when attacked, fie had with him
& pet dog. which at first attacked the
rabid animal, but tojti turned tail and
rled.
Mr. Roosevelt van out into the road
and was trying to beat otT the Least
when Sloane drove up on his way to
duty at Sagamore Hill. Ju.t as Sloane
came in sight the mad dog made a
vicious lunge for Mr. Roosevelt's throat,
but fell short. The dog made a second
leap and buried his teeth in Mr. Roose
velt's coat.
Sloane jumped out of the carriage and
opened fire with an automatic pistol.
At the first shot the dog turned on the
Secret Service man. It took two more
shots to stop the beast, and then Sloane
fired two more shots to ma'ce sure the
bullets took effect. The dog was a large
mongrel. He had been seen about the
village for several days acting strangely
and snapping at other dogs.
CAR PLUNGES INTO THE WATER.
Many Persona Injured in a Trolley
Accident.
Cleveland, O., (Special). A car, con
taining 50 persons, on the Cleveland and
Eastern Traction Line jumped the track
eight miles southwest of Chardon, O..
injuring eight and nearly drowning a
dozen others in a large", stagnant poo!
jnto which the car plunged.
The car was headed towards this city
snd was going at moderate "-peed, but
1he accident happened so quickly that
none of the passengers realized what
had happened until they were immersed
in the foul water. Nut a passenger es
caped a wetting, and a wild panic pre
vailed. The passengers and crew of the fol
lowing car, close behind, went quickly
10 the rescue and saved a dozen or more
from death.
Found a Pearl In a Clam.
Utica, X. Y., (Special). Eugene
Smaltz, employed at the Kemingtom
Typewriter Works, at I lion, went to a
clam hake a t mple of days ago and
found a rare pearl in a clam which he
was about to devour. The gem, compe
tent judges say. is worth about $1,000.
The pearl weighs four and one-eighth
karats and is without a flaw
Killed al a Croialnf.
Tamaqua, Pa., (Special). Milton
Whetstone, aged 33 ye'irs, cashier of
the Citizens' National Bank of Lans
ford, was instantly killed and Daniel
, McGeehan, aged 27 years, assistant cash
ier of the same institution, was fatally
injured by their carriage being struck
by a trolley car. The men attempted
to cross the tracks of the Eastern Penn
sylvania Street Railway Company, when
a ear was almost on top of them. They
whipped up their horse, but before they
could get across the car crashed into
the vehicle.
Horses Alllicted With Odd Disease.
Norfolk, Va., (Special). Advices
from Elizabeth City, N. C, received
here say that throughout Hyde Coun
ty a peculiar disease, somewhat like
the staggers, has broken out among the
horses and they are dying in great num
bers. It is reported that in one neigh
borhood around Middletown and Lake
Landing, 60 horses have died recently
from the epidemic. Many of the best
animals are being sent to Washington
. to put them out of the reach of the dis
ease. The farmers already had sustain
ed considerable loss.
DO.8TIO
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
the Standard Oil Company and the
Vacuum Oil Company were indicted on
charges of rebating in New England.
Judge Alton B. Parker has informed
Seymour Eaton that his resignation as
secretary of the International Policy
holders' Committee came none too soon.
The Interstate Commerce Commission,
has begun an investigation against 14
railroads entering Toledo, it being alleg
ed they are party to an ice trust.
Mrs. Wilhemina V. II ill, formerly of
Richmond, was assaulted and robbed in
her New York home by burglars, who
entered in the daytime.
Frank Kowalski, paying teller of the
failed Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, of
which Paul Stensland was president,
shot and killed himself.
George Hall, one of a lynching party
that hanged three negroes in North
Carolina, has been sentenced to 15 years
in the penitentiary.
The Standard Oil inquiry Chicago has
been halted, owing to complaints that
the methods used by the federal authori
ties are illegal.
Nadage Doree, a Jewish authoress,
has sued Secretary to the President
I.oeb for SsO.ooo for alleged false arrest.
Fifty persons were injured by a Fort
W orth and Denver train striking a brok
en rail in rounding a curve in Texas.
Samuel Moruch, who tried to starve
himself to death in his cell, was hanged
in Morristown, N. J.
A number of troopers were arrested
for disorderly conduct in Mount Gretna.
Four persons committed suicide, ow
ing to the heat, in Chicago.
John I.nvett, the orange man of Har
vard, is critically ill.
Governor Warficld, of Maryland, was
the principal speaker at the reunion of
former Marylanders at Springfield, ().
lie was twice greeted as the next Dem
ocratic candidate for vice president.
Governor Harris, of Ohio, also spoke.
Engineer J. G. I.afeever. of Pittsburg,
was killed in a collision between a lo
comotive and a New York and Chicago
express on the Baltimore and Ohio, near
Ladi. O.
The live children of Thomas O'Daniel
were cremated by a fire in their home,
on the estate of Dr. Geogre L. Miller,
near South Omaha, Xeb.
The Chicago police arreted Cashier
Henry V. Herinu. of the wrecked Mil
waukee Avenue Bank, who blames con
ditions on the missing president.
Abraham Goldman, a wealthy manu
facturer of Cleveland, was killed while
attempting to board a railroad train after
it had started.
Mrs. Keziah Snyder, of Trenton. X.
J., was drowned in attempting to save
her son from death in the Delaware and
Raritan Canal.
Thomas McKcnna threw his child out
of the window of his Cincinnati home
and then jumped out after the young
one.
Five thousand men took part in a
sham battle in the maneuvers at Indiana
polis. Prof. Richard Darlington, of Darling
ton Seminary, is dead.
The Federal Grand Jury of Chicago
returned an indictment of 10 counts
against the Standard Oil Company,
charging nonpayment of storage charges
to certain railroads, procuring thereby
unfair and illegal advantage over their
competitors in violation of the Elkins
law.
Five marines have been placed in
double irons and ten sailors are under
arrest as the result of a mutiny at the
League Island Navy Yard.
Governor Edwin Warficld was extend
ed an ovation in Ohio, but the governor
of the Western State failed to meet
him.
A Pittsburg mob threatened to Ivnch
Clifford Hooe, the negro who testified
against the wife m the Ilartjc divorce
case.
William Methnor and wife, of New
York, attempted suicide together, owing
to poverty.
ice President Theodore Stensland,
of the Milwaukee Avenue Bank, of Chi
cago, has been arrested, and President
Paul O. Stensland and Cashier Henry
XV. Hering have been declared fugitives
from justice.
Gilbert T. Rafferty. the "Coke King"
of Pittsburg, has been sued bv his
daughter-in-law for the alienation of her
husband's affections.
Fourteen ice dealers of Philadelphia
were indicted on the charge of con
spiring to control the price of the ccm
moditv. William H. Laidlaw, who received the
force of a bomb intended for Russel
Sage, is to sue the Sage estate for dam
ages.
01(l.I(i.N
An address, signed by leading French
tate-.nien and politicians, expressing
sympathy with the Ru-sian parliament,
was sCnt to Fro.fessor Mourointscff.
The Woman Suffragists, in convention
in Copenhagen, decided to hold the next
international meeting in Holland.
The King of England and the Emoer-
ors of Austria and R;ismu will be god
fathers to tnipcror H nltams grandson.
Impressive ceremonies were held on
the flagship Ohio at Yokohama over the
body of Rear Admiral Train.
A young girl accidentally dropped her
reticule, which contained a bomb, in
Odessa and then shot herself.
An incipient mutiny of an infantry
regiment at Onstigbora was crushed anil
the ringleaders arrested.
The Spanish government maintains a
firm determination to divide church and
state.
Turkey and Persia are mobilizing their
troops on thle fronitr. Trouble is an
ticipated. A band of brigands on bicycles is
rubbing villages in the vicinity of Mos
cow. Thousands of applications are being
made by English teachers to take part
in the excursions to the United States
during the fall and winter. Only about
500 will be accepted.
The Spanish cabinet decided to uphold
the civil authority. The conflict arose
with the clergy on the question of deny
ing burial in consecrated ground to
those married civilly.
Prince Trouhetskoy. aid-de-camp to
the Czar, delivered medals at Cronstadt
to the loyal soldiers.
In Paris President Fallieres received
a deputation of the committee of the St.
Louis Exposition.
Complaints are made by a German
niwspaper that the automobile tax on
foreigners keeps them from bringing
their machines across the French border.
The peasants of the Russian village of
Gravoff almost beat to death M. Ste
fandrik, who represented them in the
recently dissolved parliament.
President Paul Morton, of the Equi
table, gave out a statement in Paris,
saying the company would comply with
the French insurance laws.
A bomb was thrown into a crowded
waiting room at the railroad station In
Sosnowice. One woman was killed and
manv were wounded.
FILIPINOS KILL
FIVE AMERICANS
Dr. Calvin D. Snyder, of Baltimore,
One of the Victims.-
FIGHT WITH THE Tl'LAJANES.
Small Force ol Americana la Outnumbered,
but Flfbla Bravely Lieut. James, Dr.
Snyder, Collector Wlllliroi and Two Pri
vates Killed Father ol Or. Snyder Livet
In Baltimore.
Manila, (By Cable). First Lieuten
ant lohn Iv f:miei .iml two nrivates of
the Eighth Infantry, with Contract Sur
geon Calvin Snyder and Internal Reve
nue Collector Williams, of Illinois, were
killed in a hand-to-hand fight with a
force of Pulajanes at Julita, Island of
Leyte. The detachment, which consisted
.1 iv nun, was icauy uuinuimivM,
but made a gallant light.' The Pulajanes
captured tnrce pistols, Jour rsrag jor
genseti rifles and loo rounds of ammu
nition.
Washington, (Special). The War
Department has received the following
dispatch from General Wood, dated to
day at Manila :
"Lieut. John E. James, Contract Sur
geon Calvin D. Snvder. Privates Wil
liam J. Gillick and Mathies Zock, Com
pany F. Eighth Infantrv. killed at about
6 P. M. August o near Julita, Leyte, by
1 ulajancs.
Julita is a barrio ward of the city of
Burauen. which has been the scene of
three serious conflicts between the regu
lars, the constabulary and the Pulajanes
within a few weeks.
PAINTING MAY BE CONFISCATED.
Appraliera Increase Original Value ol a
Calnsboro.
New York, (Special). The United
States custom authorities here took ac
tion which may result in the confiscation
of the Gainsboro painting, valued at
$.W,ooo. The picture, "The Countess of
Bristol, which depicts the head of the
famous English beauty, was shipped re
cently from London by Thomas Agnevv
S: Sons, English art dealers, The mi
porter is a resident of Chicago whose
identity has not been divulged.
The painting was invoiced as having a
value of $15,470. Appraiser Fowler had
the importation examined, and upon cer
tain information which came into his
possession advanced the value to $20,000.
After he had made his return Collector
Strauahan learned from London that the
painting was worth at least $30,000.
He then requested a renppraisemcnt
before the board of United States Gen
eral Appraisers. The case came before
Judge Somcrvilie. Scott Si Fowles', art
dealers here, the consgnces of the pic
ture, were twice notified to appear be
fore general appraiser to defend the suit.
but for some reason did not do so and
were not represented by counsel.
Acting on the additional information
obtained, Judge Somcrvilie rendered a
decision, advancing the value of the por
trait to $,30,000, or too per cent, more
than the original invoice. As the gov
ernment's duty is 50 per cent., the United
States vviil take possession of the paint
ing and hold it for sale unless a full
board of the three general appraisers re
duces the increa-e made bv Judge Som
crvilie.
SAW A SEA SERPENT.
Captain Spier la Willing To Take An Oalb
To It.
New York (Special). Captain Spici,
of the steamship St. Andrew, of the
rhoenix Line, which arrived at her
Hoboken dock, de-ires to be placed in
touch with some expert in piscatology,
tor the purpose of telling him that he is
convinced that such a monster of the
deep as a sea serpent really does exist.
I he Captain and several members of
his crew are willing to testify under oath
that while a few miles off Lands End
they saw emerge from the sea a monster
of great size. It had a long, slim head
which did not resemble that of a shark
and was not at all like that of a whale.
About 18 feet of the head and body were
seen. How much more there was to the
mysterious inhabitant the witnesses are
unable to say. Considerable data and a
rough drawing of the monster are in the
possession of the Captain.
A NEW VOLCANO.
New Island In tbe North la Now 900 Feet
hlfh.
Tacoma, Wash., ( Special). Captain
Truebridge, of the steamship Northwest
ern, displayed a photograph that he
brought from the North, taken by an
officer of the revenue cutter Perry, of
a newly formed island lying 50 miles
west of Dutch Harbor, directly between
the Bogoslof Islands, commonly known
as Castle and Fire Island.
The new island made its first ap
pearance during June, and is now 900
feet high. The length could not be
ascertained, as the Perry could not get
close enough to make an accurate
measurement.
Clouds of steam rise from its summit,
and it is surrounded by boiling water.
Pgllcemcn Mutiny.
Rio de Janeiro (By Cable). Accord
ing to advices received here from the
State of Sergipe, the police of Aracaju,
capital of that state, have revolted and
attsujeed the Governor' palace. The
movement is not considered to be of
great importance. The government has
sent two'battalions of taoop; from Bahia
to subdue the mutinous nolicemen.
Submarine Telephone.
Berlin, (By Cable). Experiments be
gan at Lake Constance with a subma
rine telephone constructed under Pro
fessor Pupin's system. The cable con
nects Friedrichshafen, on the northern
shore of the lake, in Wurtemburg, and
Romenshorn, on the opposite shcre, in
Switzerland (a distance of about seven
miles), and reaches a maximum depth
of Sjo feet. It was laid bv the Sicmens
Hal'ke Company for tin- Bavarian Wur
temburgian and Swiss Telephone Depart
ments. -Important results are expected.
Locomotive Hits Express Train.
Pittsburg, Pa., (Special). A Balti
more and Ohio Railroad engine, running
light and in charge of -Engineer J. G.
Lafetver, of this city, crashed into the
rear of the New York and Chicago
express, east bound, near Lodi, O. In
the collision A. C. Evert, fireman, of
Pittsburg, was Wiled and Engineer L:i
feevcr was slightly hurt. The express
sustained no damage. The passengers
and crew were uninjured. As a result
of the accident the express was delayed
fivt hour. ..
LITE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
John Milbourne, a Porto Rican, was
killed, and Charles P. Thurston, an
American deputy receiver of customs,
was fatally injured by smugglers oil the
Dominican frontier.
A lockout by the Master Plumbers
may lead to a sympathetic strike in the
Washington building trades.
The I.sthmian Canal Commission has
decided to import 2,500 Chinamen for
work on the Panama Canal.
Dr. Julius Dreher, of Selwood, S. C,
was appointed consul at Tahiti, Society
Islands.
Extensive repairs arc being made at
the White House.
In a letter addressed from Chicago to
the chief of staff, Second Lieutenant
John S. Hamilton, of the Army, declared
his intention to commit suicide. He is
now reported to be missing.
Because of the scarcity and increasing
demand for subsidiary coinage the
Treasury Department will purchase 100,-
000 ounces of silver bullion each week.
President Roosevelt has ordered the
revenue cutter McCulloh to resume pa
trol duty in Alaskan waters.
Acting Secretary Murray decided that
the government had no authority under
the circumstances to deport Raschid, the
leper.
Government contractors accused of
violating the Eight-hour Labor Law paid
the fines imposed.
Instructions were sent to United States
district attorneys in Kentucky, Tennes
see and Alabama to bring suits against
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
The Secretary of the Navy has ordered
the court-martial of Lieut. Edward IL
Dunn, U. S. X., on the charge of scanda
lous conduct.
FOR THE CEMETERY; NOT THE ACADEMY.
Secretary Bonaparte'a Comments on Experi
ment! of An Ambitious Lad.
Washington, D. .C, (Special). Scerc-
tray Bonaparte wrote a letter to an
embryo Nebraska inventor which was
designed to interrupt some interesting
experiments in throwing explosives.
John Sweeney, a 17-year-old boy 01
Ericson, Neb., wrote to the Secretary
asking for a full statement of the re
quirements for admission to the Naval
Academy, and outlining sonic experi
ments w"hich he is conducting in throw
ing dynamite preparatory to becoming
a useful officer of the Navy.
At present the young inventor says he
is able to throw .004 ot an ounce 01
dynamite 150 yards with a Winchester
rifle of .44 caliber range 300 yards.
With a large siege gun, he believes he
could throw 400 pounds of dynamite
six miles, and asks if his achievements
will not assist him in gaining admission
to the Annapolis Academy.
Secretary Bonaparte replied to the
young man that his experiments were
better adapted to taking him to a ceme
tery than to the Naval Academy, and
suggested that he abandon them and
adopt some other means of preparing for
a naval career.
JAP WILL STAY AT ANNAPOLIS.
President Roosevelt Llkea Hla Style, and Mid
sbipmeo Must Acquire It.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Al
though many protests have come to the
Navy Department against the continua
tion of the services of the Japanese
wrestler at the Naval Academy at An
napolis, the President has decided that
the Jap will stay and give his instruc
tions in Japanese wrestling.
I he Jap has never been nonular at
the academy, and certain officers arc
out-spoken in classing the Japanese style
ot wrestling as unfair, and as altogether
too unmanly from an American point of
view. It is said that the midshipmen
themselves do not take kindly to the
sport, but President Roosevelt is an
ardent supporter of the Japanese style,
and at one time was a pupil of the
professor now at Annapolis.
Population ol Canal Zone.
Washington, (Special). According
to a census just taken by the Health
Department of the Isthmian Canal Zone,
the population of the zone is 22,137.
As the inhabitants of the zone are con
stantly moving it was impossible to
enumerate all of them,' and it is esti
mated that the number missed is proba
bly about 5.000, bringing the total up
to 27,137. In addition to this, the offi
cials point out there should be a liberal
allowance, probably 10 per cent., made
for persons who live just outside the
zone, but are employes of the commis
sion, and, to all purposes, are residents
of the strip controlled by the United
States.
Sneak Thief Caught.
Berkeley Cal. (Special). A well-
dressed young man, giving his name and
address as Alfred Johnson, 186 East One
Hundred and Eleventh Street, New York
City, attempted to steal the cash drawer
from a jewelry store while the Droorie-
tor's back was turned. When detected
he started to run, but was captured after
an exciting chase in which several hun
dred students of the University .of Cal
ifornia jpined.
Major Scolleld Commits Suicide.
San Francisco (Special). Maior Wil
liam B, Scofield, paymaster in the regu
lar Army, son of the late Lieutenant
General Scofield, U. S. A., retired, shot
and killed himself. Major Scofield was
on a leave of absence on account of 'ill
health; and in explanation of the suicide,
it is said that he feared an attack of lo
comotor ataxia and that he would be
come a burden to his wife.
Killed Hla Bride.
Erie, Pa. (Special). Angered because
his bride of three months announced
that she would no longer live with him,
Edward Culm, a gunsmith, ajed 50
ycarjj. shot and killed her on the streets
and then turned the weapon upon him
self. . The bullet made a severe scalp
wound, but Culm, who is under arrest
at the hospital, will recover. The couple
had trouble at the home of a relative
and Culm mounted his wheel and rode
home to get his revolver. Suspecting
his errand, Mrs. Culm attempted to es
cape. Tbre Men Lynched.
Charlotte, N. C. (Special). A mob of
3.000 determined men, shortly before II
o'clock P. M. forcibly entered Rowan
County Jail, Salisbury, removed there
from three of the six negroes charged
with the murder of the Lyerly family,
at Barber Junction, July 13, and lynched
them. Nease and John Gillespie and
Jack Dillingham, supposed to be the
principals in that crime, were the victims
of mob vengeance. The remaining ne
groes, Henry Lee, George Erviu and
Bella Dillingham, were not molested,
and later tonight officers hurried them
off to Greensboro. .
ANGRY PfASANlV
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TAKE REVENGE
Venting Keen Wrath on Their Re
pres:ntalives.
A LARGE NUMBER BOMBS SEIZED.
Another Member of the Dissolved Douma
Murderously Anallcd H la One o( Those
Wbo Received Nolle That Tbey Had Been
Sentenced to Death lor Failure to Secure
Liberty for tbe Peasants.
St. Petersburg (By Cable). Two tin
known men attacked M. Annikin, one of
the peasant leaders in the outlawed par
liament, in a street at Terjioki, Finland,
near where M. 1 lerzenstcin, the Constitu
tional Democatic leader, was murdered.
In response to his cries passcrsby hur
ried up and M. Annikin's assailants de
camped. It was announced on June 30 that
MM. Annikin and Alladin, the peasant
leaders in the outlawed parliament, had
received warnings from the 'League for
the Salvation of Russia," of Odessa, that
they had been sentenced to death.
Some bombs seized in a suburb of
St. Petersburg were found to be charged
with six pounds of dynamite.
Arrests are being made in ever-increasing
numbers. It is stated that the
principal members of all the trades un
ions arc now in custody.
The removal of Admi'ral Birilcff, min
v,cr .f '"arinc, as head of the Russian
Navy is understood to be recommended
by the court of inquiry which investi
gated the recent mutiny at Cronstadt.
Vice Admiral Dubasoff is mentioned as
his probable successor.
Ihe following appointments to the
cabinet have been officially confirmed :
Prince Vassilchikoff, minister of agri
culture. M. Filossofoff, minister of commerce.
M. Iswolskv, procurator general of the
Holy Synod.'
Since the failure of the negotiations
between Premier Stolypin and the Oc
toberists about the rounding out of the
cabinet with bneaucratic elements nego
tiations have been opened between the
Octobcrists and the Constitutional Dem
ocrats in an effort to unite the peaceful
progressive elements in the coming elec
toral campaign. Conferences arc now in
progress at Moscow. Alexander J.
Guchkoff, Count Heydcn and other lead
ers of the party of peaceful regeneration
and prominent moderate Constitutional
Democrats arc looking to an alliance
whose aim shall be to make the coming
parliament an organ of constructive legis
lation instead of revolutionary agitation.
An arrangement for the division ot
seats between the two parties also is
contemplated.
The Constitutional Democrats realize
that thev cannot carry the radical wing
with them, but they consider a split on
the new alignment of parties inevitable
not later than the assembling of the
prospective parties to congress, when the
extremists will break from -llic open
revolutionists.
Several German bankers have formed
an insurance company to guarantee Rus
sian landowners against losses from
agrarian disorders or the expropriation
of their land.
The directors of the insurance com
pany say the success of their undertak
ing is assured. If the revolutionists in
Russia win the struggle pending be
tween the people and the government
Germany is sure to intervene and will
relieve them of their obligations. On
the other hand, if the Russian govern
ment is able to retain its position there
will be 110 expropriation of land, and,
consequently, the company will not be
called upon to fulfil its guarantees.
The sentences passed upon the Scbas
topol mutineers probably will be miti
gated. It will be recalled that the .papers
in the cases of these men disappeared
mysteriously after the arrival at Sebas
topol of Admiral Skrydloff, commander
of the Black Sea fleet. Before he left
Sebastopol the Admiral intimated that
he considered the condemnation of the
mutineers prearranged and unjust, and
said he thought the officers had been
more to blame than sailors. There is
more than a suspicion that the "seizure
by revolutionists" of the papers in those
cases was staged by Admiral Skydloff
himself.
CAMPAIGN SPEECH CAUSES TROUBLE.
Policemen Nab Candidate For Governor at
Order ol Iba Mayor.
Columbia, S. C, (Special). A. C.
Jones, candidate for governor, was ar
rested at the state campaign meeting at
Chester by orders of Mayor Hardin,
who was seated on the platform.
Jones had made his speech along with
the other candidates for governor. When
J. Frascr Lyon, candidate for attorney
general, was delivering his speech, Jones
interrupted him with a question. Lyon
replied with a question. Jones then de
manded that he be heard, but the chair
man refused the demand.
Jones persisted in being heard, where
upon his arrest was ordered, two police
men coming from the audience and mak
ing the arrest. The incident was then
closed.
FINANCIAL AFFAIRS.
Wheat and corn exports in July were
away ahead of last year. The actual
figures were 13,11,000 bushels, against
10,171,000 bushels in July, 1905.
"I thing Morgan is going to put up
Southern Railway," was the tip sent out
by a leading firm of brokers.
Pittsburg sold $1,500,000 of city 4 per
cent, bonds at 100.15, which is a lit lie
below the price received by New York
for its 4 per cents. With city bonds sell
ing on a 4 per cent, basis, it i not
much wonder that investors refuse to
buy railroad or other bonds which yield
no more, or stocks which yield even less.
United States Steel common on a 5
per cent, basis looks dear 10 a good
many people who see city bonds selling
on a 4 per cent, basis.
London was a large seller of Ameri
can stocks. Paris liquidation of Russian
securities continues.
Cashier Calwell, of the Com Exchange
Bank, said in reference to money:
"There is still a very big demand-from
mercantile houses for time loans. These
run from four to six months, and the
rate of interest is about s'A per cent.
We expect the demand to continue."
This big request for funds reflects the
very active stale of business outside of
stock market and financial circles.
One of the leading corporation men
in Philadelphia sold short a large block
of United Statei Steel common at a
fraction above 40, "I won't cover it
until it touchea .15." was his comment
on the transaction.
ACTIVE WAR UN SEAL fOACHERS.
The Japanese Caught Pilfering To Be
Troscciited.
Washington (Special). Vigorous ac
tion will be taken by the United States
government against the Japanese poach
ers whose arrest in the Aleutian Islands
has been reported to the Department of
Commerce and Labor by Solicitor Sims,
who was sent to Alaska sometime ago
to investigate the general subject of seal
fishing. Mr. Sims' report of the killing
of the five Japanese poachers and the
arrest of U others while they 4vcre
making a raid on seals, has been turned
over to the State Department, the Treas
ury Department and the Department of
Justice. The State Department will for
mally protest to the Japanese govern
ment against the continuation of the
poaching raids in Alaskan waters by
Japanese fishermen. The Treasury De
partment will order the revenue cutter
McCulIoch to return at once to the seal
island', to make every effort to run down
.my remaining raiders in the vicinity.
The Department of Justice will take up
the matter of prosecuting the prisoners
now held. It is desired also by the
Department of Commerce and Kabor to
get an opinion from the Attorney Gen
eral as to whether raiding schooners
vvunin me tnrce-milc limit can be seized
for piracy.
This morning Acting Secretary of
State Bacon sent a long cablegram to
the United States ambassador at Tokio
detailing the circumstances of the kill
ing of the Japanese fishermen. It is
stated at the denartment that then- will
be 110 international complications with
Japan over the incident. The United
Mates government considers that the
Japanese were entirely in the wrong and
that agents of the United States were
entirely in the right in what they do.
SOLICITOR PI MS' RETORT.
Following is the text of Actinz Sec
retary of State Bacon's cablegram to
Ambassador Wright at Tokio contain
ing the facts as reported by Solicitor
Sims, of the Department of Commerce
and Labor:
'Fur seal rookeries St. Paul Island
were raided by crews of Japanese schoon
ers July 16 and 17. About 200 seals
were killed, but raiders were eventually
repulsed as a result courageous action
Chief Agent Lembkcy and Assistant
.'sgent judge, at head ol native guard.
Five raiders were killed and ti captured,
two of latter being badly wounded.
Three boats and some small arms also
captured, force protecting rookeries suf-
tered no casualties. The schooners were
first observed on July 16 and were close
to shore, easily within three-mile limit.
On this day boat's crew of six men,
which has landed at Northeast Point, were
surprised and captured by Agent Lemh
key and native rtiards without casualty
on cither side. On the morning of July
17 two native watchmen shot and killed
two and wounded one of an armed land
ing party. Crews of schooner under pro
tection of dense fog, shot seals in water
close to shore most of day. During this
time shotgun firing, which could be
easily heard from shore, was freuuent.
Unknown how many seals were killed
m this manner, but number must have
been considerable.
RAIDS WERE PREARRANGED.
'On the evening of the same dav crews
of at least three schooners made con
certed raids on widely separated rook
eries : raid on Seapandi rookeries was
repulsed hy native guard after consider
able firing. Raid on Northeast Point
was partially successful. Owing to
dense fog raiders there were not dis
covered until nearly 200, seals had been
killed. This raid, which was apparent
ly participated 111 by an entire ships
crew in five boats, was repulsed by
Agents Lcmbkey, Judge and native force
only and three of raiders were killed and
five captured.
Some of the raiders taken state thev
are from the schooner Toyai Marti No.
2, and one of the captured boats bore
that name. One prisoner states he is
from schooner Mci Maru. During the
time Solicitor Sims, of the Department
of Commerce and Labor, was on the
island schooners were frequently sighted
less than three miles from shore.
JllleJ Heiress For Beauty.
London (By Cable) During the hear
ing before a jury of the official inquiry
into the state of mind of the Marquis
Townshend a witness testified that the
engagement of the Marquis to an Ameri
can one of the richest heiresses in the
world was about to be announced when
he married last year Miss Gladys Ethel
Sutherst, daughter o. Thomas Suthcrst,
a lawyer, said to be the most beautiful
woman in England.
No Dispatcher! Ne:ded.
Scrantou, Pa. (Special). Official an
nouiioaaicnt was made here that the Del
aware, Lackawanna and Western Rail
road will, at an early date, dispense with
the services of all telegraphers on its
system and will control the movement
of trains with the automatic block signal
system and the additional telephone fa
cilities. The change will affect the entire
main line from Hoboken to Buffalo, as
well as all the branches.
Postolllo Clerka Act.
Philadelphia, Pa. (Special) The Post
office Clerks' Beneficial Association of
Philadelphia, having about 800 members,
was made the defendant in a bill in
equity filed by four members of the or
ganization, to enjoin it from paying the
expenses of delegates selected to attend
the National Convention of Postoffiee
Clerks a Savannah next month. The
proposed trip of the delegates is declared
to be nothing more than a junket.
Mra. Phoebui Dead.
Newport News, Va. (Special). Mrs.
Annie J. Phoebus, widow of the late
Harrison Phoebus, onetime owner of the,
Hygeia Hotel, at Old Point, is dead.
She was 67 years old and leaves six
children: S. S. Phoebus and Frank M.'
Phoebus, hotel men of Atlantic City;
Charles M. Phoebus, .1 Baltimore hotel
man; Mrs. Dr. G. K. Vanderslice, of
Hampton; Mrs. Roland Davis, of Shef
field, Ala., and Miss Elsie Phoebus. Mrs.
Phoebus' maiden name was Stevens, and
she was a native of New York City.
I
Roth Battleiblpe Need Repair.
Washington, D. C. (Special). The
Navy Department has been advised that
both the Illinois and Alabama, the ships
that were recently in collision while in
a fog off Brentons Reef, will have to
go into a yard for repairs; but it is not
expected that tbey will be prevented from
taking 'part in the maiieuvcrv of the
fleet which have been planned for Sep
tember. The Illinois will be sent to
Boston and the Alabama to New York
for repujrs, '
THE KEYSTONE STATE
Tbe Lateit Pennsylvania Nawi Told fa Short
Order.
Orders have been issued by the State
Superintendent of Public Printing and
Binding that 110 more presentation copiej
of Smith's Legislative handbook arc to
be issued nor are any copies to be re
bound in fancy style at the expense of
the State. This will cut off the gilt-edg.
cd, finely-bound copic of the valuable
handbook of Pennsylvania which are
annually distributed to officials and
prominent persons, and will save the
State from $.000 to $10,000 a year, The
cntire issue of 25.000 copies of the in
dispensable book will hereafter be bound
in navy blue cloth with leather tips and
back and reduced to document size,
thereby cutting down its bulk and 'cost.
The rebinding, or making of presenta
tion copies, has been done at the rate of
from Hooo to 10,000 a year, each book
costing nearly a dollar. The handbook
for J006 is in the hands of the printer
and will be distributed next month. It
will contain some new pictures, includ
ing one of the new Capitol and the Ex
ecutive Building, more attention being
given to proper indexing.
While working at the hayloft of a
ham in the Holy Cross Cemetery, Yea
don, the superintendent of the cemetery
stumbled over the body of a man who
had been dead for several days. In his coat
pocket was the picture of a girl, apparent
ly about 19 years of age, and pretty.
The dead man was about 70 years old
and wore a gray beard. He was well
dressed.
After suffering several days of agony
as the result of swallowing a tack, the
one-year-old son of George Peck, of
Williamsport is dead. The tack lodged
in the child's lung and could not be re
moved. Abraham Goldsmith, a wealthy manu
facturer of women's garments, of Cleve
land, was killed beneath the wheels of
the westbound Lake Shore limited in
Erie. Goldsmith was en route from
New York to Cleveland 011 the limited.
He left the train for a moment and at
tempted to board it again after the train
had started.
The statement of John E. Patterson,
unsuccessful aspirant for the Democratic
judicial nomination, was filed, being the
first filed in Dauphin County under the
Corrupt Practices Act. It cost him
$137.10. of which $103 was the registra
tion fee.
The Lehigh & Wilkcs-Barre Coal
Company announced that it has entered
into an agreement with Tax Collector,
Kisbangh, of Banks township, to collect
the taxes of all men employed at its,
collieries. This new plan will put an:
effectual check on lax dodgers. Here
tofore great difficulty has been encount
ered by collectors. It is believed that all
of the coal companies will adopt the new
plan.
A charter was issued by the State De-'
partmcnt Thursday to the Honcsdaie,
and Hawiey Street Railway Company, toi
operate a line between the two Wayne1
County towns. The company is capi-j
talized at $80,000. John Kuhbach, ofi
Honesdalc, is president. !
Harry Baniitz, a well-known Carlisle:
man, who resigned a railway postal;
clerkship a year ago, dropped dead from'
heart disease while inspecting a farm
near Carlisle which belonged to him.
A sympathy strike movement in
Pittsburg, inaugurated ten days ago by
the Pittsburg branch of the Structural
Trades Alliance, to aid the carpenters
and against the employment of non
union men, has spread to a number of
large building operations, and work has
been suspended on the Carnegie Insti
tute, Duquesue power plant.' Philadel
phia Company building and Mercy Hos
pital extension.
Samuel E. Mclviu, of Falls, began suit
against Parry Place, of the same town,
lor Ijj.ooo damages. He charges Place
with alienating the affections oi his wife
and declares he has suffered much in
consequence. He lias also commenced
suit for a divorce from his wife.
Dared by companions, Charles Gros
a 6-ycar-ofd boy, of Pottsville, ran un
der a heavily loaded log wagon moving
slowly and emerged sately on the other
side,' Again dared, he attempted to
repeat the feat, but the heavy wheels
caught him and crushed him to death
almost instantly. .
A number of Wilkcs-Barrc children
were saved from a mad dog by the
bravery of Policeman Peter lleim. He
threw himself before them as the dog
dashed at them, knocked it down with
his club and shot it. -
Claiming that he was counted out,
in the election for borough Council,
Michael Hoblak, of Edwardville has
commenced a contest against Michael
Sloan, of the same place, who was de
clared elected. Hoblak claims that the
Election Board counted Sloan in, al
though he received a minority of the
votes cast.
Torn from her scalp by a locomotive
on the Delaware & Hudson Railroad, the
jolden curls of Edith Bellam, aged 7, were
left on the track as the passenger train
passed her home at Moosic. The child
unknown to her parents had started to
cross the track when the train came
along and she was struck by the tender
of the locomotive. The little body was
tossed aside and the long curls fell
across the rail. The next instant the
great wheels had torn the hair from her
scalp. The train was stopped and the
passengesr 'hastened to the little girl's
relief. Bleeding and bruise'! as she was
it was discovered that she was not fatally
injured and she seemed more distressed
at the loss of her hair than at the pain
which she suffered.
The' Northern district of the P. 0S.
of A., of Bucks County, held its seven
teenth annual meeting at Springtown
and elected these officers: Past Presi
dent, R. R. Cronian, of Camp No. 50;
vice president, Edward Gerhart, of Camp
669; secretary, J. II. M umbo we r, of
Camp 59H; chaplain, Joshua Smith, of
Camp 48J.
With an unmailcd postal card in his
pocket addressed to his wife, explaining
why he did the deed. B. S. Yeagcr, of
Aloona, committed suicide at the Logan
House by shooting himself through the
head.
A national bank that will do business ,
every one of the 24 hours of the day
and night is a project that was an-no'-'ced
itr Pittsburg, tetters announc
ing the organization of the new bank
have been sent to bankers throughout
the State. These letters state that the
institution will have a capital of $250,000
and a paid-in surplus of not less than
$62,500, while it is claimed that de
posits of about $1,000,000 are assured.
There are two such banks in the coun
try now, one in New York and one in
Chicago.