1 1 IE MS CF THE WEEK. Domes! ir. The Standard Oil Company and the New York Central Railroad Com pany wero Indicted by the federal grand Jury of Western New York for violation of the Interstate Commerce law. J. B. Osbourne, socialist candi date for governor of Georgia, has heen arrested for making a public speech without a permit. Sixty policemen was overpowered by a rush of depositors at the Mil waukee Dank, Chicago. One man was drowned and seven Others wero rescued In a severe Btorm off Atlantic City. The telephone system In the downtown section of Chicago was crippled when 200 "hello girls" went on strike, defying a command that they pass through an alley for 800 feet to a rear entrance of the telephone building and ride to the operating-room on an elevator lo cated there, Instead of using the main entrance. Senator Pick, of Ohio, favors the framing of the state platform by the convention in committee of the whole, nil questions to be debated. No committee on resolutions, he ays, should be appointed. Traffic officials of all railroads and steamship llne3 operating In the territory south of the Potomac and Ohio Rivers have promised to comply with the provisions of the new rate regulation law. Between 100 and 200 corpses wore washed from their graves In Eltnwood Cemetery, Knnsas City, in the flood following an unprecedented rainfall. Charges of peonage and cruelty are preferred against the South and "Western Railway Construction Com of North Carolina. In the hope of removing the cause of a recent serious uttack of illness, an operation was performed upon Mrs. Reginald C. Vanderbilt at her country home, at Sundy Point. R. I. The physicians announced later that It was entirely successful, adding that It. was not a serious one, though the effects of it might not wholly he overcome for a month. One of the worst storms in recent years visited the military camp at Mount Gretna. Pa., blowing down tents and flooding company and regi mental streets. At the boathouse of Lake Conewago the waters rushed down the mountain side making It difficult for women and children to escape. Many of the people were rescued by the soldiers. Insurance commissioners and at torneys, representing several States, are meeting In St. Paul, and are pre paring a uniform code of insurance bills which the legislatures of sev eral States will be asked to adopt. At Lincoln, Neb., Attorney Gen eral Norris Brown was nominated for United States Senator to succeed Senator Millard on the sixth ballot by the Reublican State Convention. Senator Beveridge made a speech at Portland. Me., in which he said that President Roosevelt is an im portant issue in the campaign. M. M. Hench, of near Harrisburg, Pa., refuses to hand over $2,000 to men who threaten to kidnap his 17-year-old daughter. Louisiana sugar planters have im ported 100 Porto Ricans as an ex periment in labor on plantations. A proposition has been made to tax all deposits in Chicago banks, amounting to $600,000,000. Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longsworth will unveil the McKinley statute at Columbus, O., next month. Hon. T. M. Healy, an Ivish mem ber of the British Parliament, ar rived In New York. Jay C. Morse, a brother-in-law of the late Senator Mark A. Hanna, is dead. Vv . A. McAncny, a New York law yer, committed suicide. After a stormy session the Illinois State Democratic Convention laid on the table Bryan's request for the resignation of Roger Sullivan as national committeeman and Indorsed Bryan for 1908. It was a complete victory for Sullivan. Foreign. A break in the British Liberal Cabinet Is said to be Imminent. War (Minister Haldane is expected to re ,tlre, owing to the opposition to his army reform schemes. Reported that Rockefeller a vear ago offered Count Vine to advance Russia $100,000,000 in gold in re turn for a concession to construct the Baltic-Black Pea Canal. The Viceroy of Canton has been requested by the American consul general to suppress the boycott as HOdation for the hindrance of Ameri can commerce. The new Imperial loan for $2", 000,000 for famine relief, to be taken by the irovcrnment's savings banks, was ugr.ee 1. y the Czar. The indications are thnt Walter Vi'ellman will not be able to start on his balloon expedition to the Arctic this year. The Finance Minister of Russia declarer, the government bar; ample fund.) In tiriht to tide over the pres ent year. The Chilian government has ap propriated $4,000, 000 for relief of the destitute. As nil the cemeteries of Varparaiso were destroyed, the authorities are having difficulty pro viding Interment for tlTe dead. The residents of Bilbao, Spain, are panic-stricken, owing to the riots In connection with the strike of Co, 000 men. A Unionist parly has been organ ized at San Salvador to work for the formation of a Central Ameri can Republic, to Include all the Cen tral American republics as now con stituted. The Russ'an government has de cided to proceed with the original 1 plan of Bottling the Agrarian ques tion by the distribution of land re gardless of Parliament. The Earl of Leven and Melville, lord high commissioner of the Pres byterian Church in Scotland and keeper of the privy seal, is dead. A new Cossack regiment ha3 been created, to act as the personal escort to the Czar. The International conference at Rio Janeiro has decided that as all nations are interested In the forci ble collection of, debts, the Drago doctrine should be sent to The Hague tribunal for settlement. The Dowager Enipreso of China has called a conference of officials to discuss a constitution for China An attempt has been made to poison Genorul TrepoJf, commandant of the Imperial Guards at the Czar's , palace lu St. Petersburg. GENERAL MIN SHOT BT II GIRL She Misses Governor Kaulbars, But Wounds Herself. ANOTHER GIRL DROPS A BOMB. General Min Had Been Marked for Death Because He Suppressed Mos cow Riots-Hated for His Harsh Methods and Cruelties Had Narrow Escape Before. TERRORIST RECORD. The terrorists are swiftly and secretly pushing their deadly campaign. Young women are taking a fearless and active part In exe cuting the terrorists' sentences. General Min, commander of the regiment who suppressed the riots at Moscow, was shot and killed by a girl at the railway station at Peterhof. The General's name had been on the terrorists' death list be cause of his. cruelties. Even men In hiB own regi ment had threatened to kill Min. A girl dropped a bomb near the palace of Govenor Kaulbars, at Odessa. Her hand was shat tered; her mission failed. St. Petersburg (By Cable). Sat urday's unsuccessful attempt on the life of Premier Stolypin, with Its sickening slaughter of 32 persons, was followed Sunday night by anoth er revolutionary outrage In which General Min, commander of the Sem lnovsky Guard Regiment, and who, since his promotion to be a general has been attached as a personal ad jutant to the suite of the Emperor, was killed on the station platform at Peterhof by a young woman, who fired five shots Into his body from on automatic revolver and then, without resistance, submitted to arrest. The capture of the girl was effected 'oy General Min's wife, who held her until the arrival of an officer. This was the third successive at tempt on the life of General Min. who was condemned to death by the ter rorists Immediately after the Moscow revolt last December on account of the stern repression practiced by a batallion under his command, and es pecially for the wholesale execution of persons condemned by drumhead court-martial for being caught with arms In their hands. General Min was returning from the capital to his summer residence, at Peterhof, and had just greeted his wife and daughter on the plutform, when a young woman almost a girl approached from behind and fired two shots Into his back and then throe more Into his body as It sank to the ground. Further shots were prevented by Madame Min, who threw herself upon the murderess and siezed the hand which held the pistol. The woman did not attempt to escape, but she cautioned Madame Min not to touch a handbag which she had placed on the platform be fore shooting the General, explaining that it contained a bomb. To the police the girl acknowl edged that she had done the deed, saying she had executed the sentence of the fighting organization of the so cial revolutionists, but she refused to give her name. CAUSE OF TYPHOID. Bodies Of Thousands Of Young Spar rows In Reservoir. Three Oaks, Mich.. (Special). The cause of an epidemic of typhoid fever among the 1,000 Inhabitants of this place was discovered when a member of the board of health climbed to the top of the water works standpipe and found the dead bodies of several thousand young sparrows, In various stages of de composition, covering the surface of the water. Immediately the mayor gave Instructions to empty the stand pipe, scrub and paint it. Hundreds of sparrows nests have been built on a ledge that runs around the summit of the standpipe, and the young birds are supposed to have fallen into the uncovered standpipe while trying to fly. The cover made for the standpipe when it was con ducted was never put on. There are now 21 cases of typhoid In the town. Frisco's New City Hnll. San Francisco, (Special). The board of supervisors has decided to build at once a temporary city hall to house all departments of the municipal government on the free library site, at the southwest corner of Van Ness Avenue and Hayes Street. The new building will be frame, two stories high, costing about $M).000, and will.be rushed to completion. The supervisors ex pect to have the hall ready for use within three months. At the con ference with tho mayor, held Wed nesday by the building committee, it was also decided that the perma nent city hall will be built on the Van Ness Avenue site as a modern office building. Russian Count Shot. Warsaw, (By Cable). An un known man shot and slightly wound ed Count Fermor, a colonel of gen darmes. A patrol of soldiers replied with a volley, killing two passers by. Watched His Face Grow Pale. St. Louis, (Special). After taking carbolic, acid with suicidal intent, Otto Radeck stood In front of a mir ror, his wife and two children by bis side, and watched his face grow paler and paler, until he dropped dead to the lioor. He had denied to his wife that he had taken poison. She stood by his Bide too frightened to move until after her husband was dead. Radeck came from Hamburg, Germany, two years ago, ana has been employed as a tailor here. Will Not Yield. Harrisburg, Pa., (Special). In the hollow of a tree, to which his attention had been directed, M. M. Hench, of near New . Cumberland, found this notice: "If you do not pluce $2,000 in the place where you find this note within two weeks we will kidnap your daughter Delia and keep her until the above sum Is given us. The Hencn family to- fuses to be scared and will not give up the money. Miss Hench, who Is 17 years old, said she can shoot straight and Is ready for the kid (napping to begin. THE DRAGO DOCTRINE. Question Is Bent To The Hague Tribunal. Rio de Janeiro, (By Cable). The Interanttonal American Conference adopted, with a slight technical modification, the Mexican convention relative to the exercise of the liberal professions. The resolution recommending the submission of the Drago Doctrine on tho matter of the use of force for the collection of public debts to The Hague Tribunal was adopted unanimously. The preamble states that no definite conclusion was pro posed by this conference, composed exclusively of representatives of American countries, but that the principles in question should be pnssed upon by an assembly com posed of representatives of all na tions, as the principle affects the Internal sovereignty and rights of nations. It further expresses the opinion thnt the declaration should be extended to cover all controver sies having pecuniary origin. The resolution recommends "thnt the governments represented in thlB conference consider the point of in viting the second conference of The Hague Tribunal to consider the ques tion of the compulsory collection of public debts, and in general means tending to diminish between nations conflicts having exclusively pecuni ary origin. In the committee on location of the next conference, Chile, demand ing that precedents be followed, has made strong opposition to Argen tina's plea for the selection of Bue nos Ayres. Chile is now compromis ing, owing to the bond of sympathy created by the calamity which befell that country last week, and Buenos Ayres' prompt tender of aid to the stricken city of Valparaiso. The re port of the committee will adhere to the proposition for the choice of Mexico City for the next conference but it will be accompanied by a recommendation in favor of Buenos Ayres for the conference of 1910, the centenary of several of the South American republics. ACQUITTED OF DELAY. Employes Not Responsible For I.nte Prints. Washington, (Special). The Gov ernment Printing Office is acquitted on the charge of undue delay in sending final prints of bills to Con gress In the last end of the recent session. An inquiry Into the cause of delay was made by the Senate Committee on Printing, the Investi gation being conducted by A. H. Howe, clerk of the committee. The report to Senator Piatt, the chair man, was made public Wednesday. The inquiry had especial reference to the General Deficiency Appropri ation Bill and the omnibus Public Building Bill. The conclusion reach ed was that the amount of time consumed in handling these two measure was "not unreasonable, but rather positively expeditious." Af ter showing that the bills in ques tion were handled In an incredibly short time, the report says: "The amount of work performed during the first session of the Fifty-ninth Congress exceeded by approximately three times the amount of work performed at the preceeding long session, and exceeded approximately by 5 per cent, the amount of work performed during all three sessions of the Fifty-eighth Congress. The bill force of tho printing office dur ing the last session was smaller by seven men than during the previous Congress." President's Relative Dead. Little Falls, N. Y.. (Special). Mrs. Douglas Robinson, aged S3, of New York, died at her summer home in this county. Her son is the hus band of Corinne Roosevelt, sister to the President. AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL Some Interesting Happenings Briefly Told. The Army Is interested in the con troversy over the dual command of Greely and Funston at San Francisco, the controversy being likened to the Sampson-Schley case. Major Charles McCawley, social aid to President Roosevelt, has been sueperseded by Captain McCoy, ow ing to the Major's recent wedding. Bids were opened at the Bureau of Insular Affairs, War Department, for $1,000,000 of Philippine certifi cates. Numerous bids were sub mitted, but It is expected that the whole amount will be rewarded to Flsk & Robinson, of New York, whose bid was 102.2S for all or none of the amount. Secretary Shaw announced that he had placed about $3,000,000 of government money on deposit in about 150 banks in the Fnlted States. This money goes to replace funds previously withdrawn from the banks on account of Panama ex penditures. The deposit in each of the banks is brought up to not less than $50,000. The Governor of Illinois has re quested the State Department for extradition papers for the missing banker, Stensland, president of the defunct Milwaukee Avenue State Bank of Chicago, who is believed to be in Mexico. He has not yet been arrested. First Assistant Postmaster Gen eral Hitchcock will abolish the prac tice of imposing fines upon employees of the department for making errors Major General A. W. Greely, com manding the Pacific Division, in his annual report, protests against de partmental methods. Vice Consul Magnlfico, at Smyrna, Svria, advised the State Department that he had received many appeals from Americans in Syria for the protection of the American consu late against brigands, who Infest the country. Many Immigrants who were affile ted with trachoma, a disease of the eye, have been returned and fines Imposed upon steamship companies The Government Printing Office is acquitted by a congregational ra- port of the delay in sending out final prints of bills. The Japanese Embassy Is inves tigatlng the killing of seal poachers In the Pacafic Ocean. The director of the mint purchased 100,000 ounces of silver at 67 cents an ounce to be delivered at New Orleans. The price paid last week was 66.62 cents. HOSPITALS AND THEATERS GONE But One Church Left in the City of Valparaiso. FIGHTING FOR FOOD TO EAT. Twenty-eight Bodies Found Under . One Stairway Wounded Are With out Proper Care Four-fifths of Houses Destroyed in Wide Area. ' Valparaiso, (By Cable). The peo ple are still fighting for food. The supply, although Increasing, is in sufficient. The wounded are with out proper care. The army and navy arc working heroically, but progress is necessarily slow. When the work of clearing the streets begins it will be necessary to tear down many buildings on account of the danger of some weakened walls falling. Twenty-eight bodies have been found under the stairs of the telegraph office. From the Flaza de la Victoria, as far as the plaza in the section called Las Dellclas, four-fifths of the houses are completely destroyed and the remaining fifth are badly .damaged. From the Plaza de la Victoria down to the custom-house only about one third of the houses sustained dam age. The banks of the city and the custom ware-houses were not dam aged. With the exception of the Esplrltu Santo, all the churches in the city were destroyed, as were the hospitals and the theatrees. The tragic scenes of the San Fran cisco disaster were reproduced. There was the fight against fire, the lack of water and robbery and pillage. The authorities are now beginning to get in provisions, and water again is being supplied. All the fires have been extinguished. All dwellings 'which are safe will be fitted out for the occupancy of the homeless as rapidly as possible. Fugitives who fled to the hills for safety continue to fiock bnck to the city, and the growing number adds to the responsibility of the authori ties in caring for the victims of the disaster. It is estimated that 60, 000 persons are dependent on the relief bureau and without home3. Fully 100 ghouls and robbers caught looting and plundering have been shot, in many cases the offen ders were publicly executed. For the most part the robbers were convicts released from the prisons when the building collapsed in the earthquake. The Bummary execu tion of those caught In the act has had a good effect, and the looting has almost ceased. The dead num ber more than 2,000. Shipload Of Homeless. Hamburg, (By Cable). A cable dispatch was received here from Cap tain Blass, of the Hamburg-American Line steamer Thurlngia at Val paraiso, confirming the reports that a great part of the city had been de stroyed by earthquake and fire. He said: "The shocks continue. The dis tress Is extreme. Am giving help us far as possible. Have 300 home less persons on board." Earthquake In Germany. Berlin, (By Cable). A sharp earthquake shock was felt at V.a- horze, near Kattowitz, Upper Silesia. Doors were forced open, pictures and mirrors fell to the floor and the frightened inhabitants fled into the streets. The walls of a number of houses were cracked. Brazil Gives 9((0A,0OO. Rio de Janeiro, (By Cable). The Brazilian Congress has voted an ap propriation of $666,000 for the re lief of sufferers by the earthquake at Valparaiso. . . POSTAL SAVINGS BANK. Extensive Plan On Foot For Enter prise In Chicago. Chicago, (Special). A movement to secure more than 1,000,000 pe titioners for the establishment of postal savings banks was started by the North Side Turner Society, many of whose members suffered by the collapse of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank. The plan contemplates that the National Association of Turners shall turn each one of its 37,296 members into a canvasser for signatures. Every candidate for Congress throughout the country will be urged to state his attitude toward the inauguration of postal savings institutions, and all political parties will be requested to assist in the campaign. Bobbers In An Auto. New York, (Special). Four thieves traveling in an automobile robbed the postofflce at Westbury, l.. l., oi a quantity of stamps and escaped after an exchange of shots with citizens. Charles Rowland, a hotel emplove, received a bullet in the arm. The robberB used dyna mite in their operations, and the sound of the explosion aroused the town. Cholera Reported In Berlin. Berlin, (By Cable). A child died here apparently of cholera. The authorities are making an Investiga tion. The authorities say that an outbreak of cholera is Improbable. A "Baron" Arrested. Berlin (By Cable). The Lokal Anzeiger today announced the arrest at Hamburg of a man who described himself as "Baron Santos von Do-browskl-DonnerBmark," but who Is said to ho a metal worker .named Konrad, who married an American girl of good family in Manila May 4 last. The man is charged with having de serted his wife In Paris, taking with him her Jewelry, valued at $8,000, and a sum of money. His arrest is reported to be due to the American consul at Hamburg. Robberies In Itiissln. St. Petersburg (By Cable). Sums amounting to hundreds of thousands of rubles are stolen daily from rail' way stations, trains, banks and tuc torles throughout the country. A large store of arms, ammunition and bombs has been discovered at Tiflls The sum of 14 8,000 rubles consigned to the state bank by private persons has been stolen from mall trains In the Caucasus, A meeting of factory hands In the Bakhnjut district was dispersed today by Cossacks, who fired on the men, killing and wound Ing many. PLEA OF EMOTIONAL INSANITY. Line Of Defense Agloed Vpon By Thnw's Attorneys. New York, (Special). Harry Ken dall Thaw's attorneys, after a some what protracted conference follow ing a consultation with their client, decided to entertain a plea of emo tional Insanity. They also decided that Evelyn Nesbit Thaw will be the chief witness for the defense. The arrangement, it was declared, was that the defense would base Its case almost altogether on the testi mony of Mrs. Harry Thaw. For this purpose the lawyers of the defense had her make the lengthy statement In affidavit form take the place of those statements she had made to former Judge William M. K. Olcott. According to one of the attorneys In close touch with the defense's lawyer, Clifford W. Hartrldge will add to the emotional-Insanity plea the claim that Thaw was suffering from this form of dementia when he shot White, but that ho is sane now. Thaw had a slight rold, but it was not severe enough to necessitate a visit from the prison pnysician. His wife visited him in the Tombs, accompanied by Miss May McKenzle, her chorus-girl friend. Mrs. Van Rensselar Cruger, one of the most beautiful women to visit the Tombs in years, was admitted to see Thaw. She was splendidly- gowned, and her appearance created a sensation. A crowd waited for her reappearance. Mrs. Cruger talked with Thaw for a long time. She was annoyed when asked the reason for her visit. "Kindness," she drawled, "kind ness purely. I assure you It was kindness." Mrs. Cruger explained that she had known Mrs. William Thaw, Harry's mother, a long time. When Mrs. Cruger left the Tombs she faced a great ' crowd gathered to see her. REFORM IX SPELLING. Assumes Tho Bole Of Nation's Schoolmaster. Oyster Bay, (Special). President Roosevelt has indorsed the Carnegie spelling reform movement. He is sued orders to Public Printer Stll llngs that hereafter all messages from the President and all other documents emanating from the White House shall be printed in accordance with the recommendation of the spell ing reform committee headed by Rrander Matthews, professor of Eng lish at Columbia University, and fi nancially backed by Andrew Carne gie. This committee has published it list of 300 words in which the spell ing is reformed. The list contains such words as "thru" and "tho," as the spelling for through and "though." The President's official sanction of this reform movement Is regarded as the most effective and speediest method of Inaugurating the new sys tem of spelling throughout the coun try. Not only will the printed docu ments emanating from the President utilize the reform spelling, but his correspondence also will be spelled In the new style. Secretary Loeh has sent for the list of 300 words which have been reformed and upon it arrival will Immediately order all correpondence of the President and of the executive force of the White House spelled in accordance therewith. As the spell ing reform committee shall adopt new reforms, they will be added to the President's list and also to that of the Public Printer. While the order to tho Public Printer today does not contemplate an Immediate reform In the spelling of official documents from the execu tive departments In Washington, it is regarded that more than likely the respective heads of the departments will fall In line with the President's Idas and have their official documents printed in the new spelling. Handful Of Diamonds. Winnipeg, Man., (Special). Prof. Reuben Andrea, well known in Win- nepeg and Portage, La Prairie, re turned to this city with a handful of diamonds in the rough, which he asserts he discovered somewhere within the confines of the province. He took them to several local Jewel ers, who pronounced them stones of the first water. He has staked a claim and forwarded samples to New York. FINANCIAL WORLD. The bond market continues dull and narrow. The cotton market is beginning to feel more bullish. Books of the New Jersey Central will be closed from September 4 to the 24th. Charles M. Schwab says that the Bethlehem Steel Company is now employing 20,000 men. More general activity in tho stock markets has stiffened money rates, but brokers are not heavy borrowers yet. An old trader remarked that Pennsylvania was groaning under the weight of the unsold convertable bonds. The Reading Company has ship ped a little more anthracite coal this month than In the same time in August of last year. A resumption of dividends on Tonopah Extension ie expected. Rumor has It that a number of big speculators who made n "kill ing" in Union and Southern Pacific are accumulating Pennsylvania Btock and are operating Bolely on tho ex pectation of a dividend Increase. The Interstate Commerce Commls slon has dismissed the complaint of Well Brothers, of Ft. Wayne,. against tho Pennsylvania Railroad. The compluint was alleged unjust rates on wool In tho grease from Phila delphia to Ft. Wayne, Ind. It is conceded to be fine bull tac tics to give the market abrupt re actions folloved by good recoveries and still higher priceB. The reason Is simple. People are soon educated to buy on the reactions nud when they have been taught to do that the bull campaign Is assured. The accounts of the Lake Superior Corporation for the fiscal year are about completed and tho results show that after paying all fixed charges and . expenses they have earned a not revenue in excess of $500,000. The output of steel rails was 160,000 tons, as against Vt,000 tons last year, TALK AMNESTY . RJRJBE REBELS President Palma, However, Hesitates To Issue Decree. INSURGENTS MI3HT TURN IT DOWN. Situation Serious as Ever, and the Govr. intent Considering AH Sorti of Means for Making Peace With out Bloodshed -The Insurgents Daily Gaining. STILL SERIOUS. The situation continues so serious that the enlargement of the government forces will con- . ttnue Indefinitely, as volunteers are not numerous. President Palma and the cabi net have framed a decree of am nesty to the rebels, but hesitates to Issue It, fearing thnt It will be futile. Colonel Aqnlrre, reported l.eud of the Cuban rebel Junta In New York, brands General Andrade, speaker of the House of Representatives, as a liar and coward and challenges him to a duel. The Insurgents are rapidly strengthening their forces and are gaining recruits in unex pected places. Havana (By Cable). The anx iety of President Palma to extend every posshible opportunity for peace witnout bloodshed, and his desire to permit those who Joined the insur rection under misguidance to repent and return to their homes unmo lested, combined with the general wish to end a situation fraught with so much loss and suffering, has led o consideration by the President and his cabinet of a project decreeing a .io-uny amnesty period, during which the insurrectionists are Invited to lay down their arms and return to their peaceful pursuits. It was proposed to issue the de cree Monday, but persons close to the President strongly opposed the measure, and the matter was de ferred, and may be relinquished. General Montalvo, who Is now act ing secretary of the interior, on leav ing the President, said that at pres ent there was no Intention to issue an amnesty. Font Sterling, secretary of the treasury, said the matter was not being seriously considered now, and other friends of President Palma. declared it would be an unwise move. bo far as actual conflict went Sun day proved to be a day of inactivity, but preparations proceeded without abatement. A fund of $2,000 has been set aside by the treasury for defense and drafts on it are heavy and constant. . The situation is so increaslnclv serious that fhe enlargement of the army will not stop at anv given number, but will continue Indefinite ly. While the number of men at present leaving their regular occupa tions to enlist for the war Is small, employers are beginning to find that they will be soon confronted with a 'considerable scarcity of labor. Many laborers are gatherina in front of the bulletin boards, unon which are displayed the call for vol unteers issued by President Palma Saturday night. They discuss the at tractiveness of a soldier's life at such unusual pay, and as a result many resolve to enlist. SCALED PEAK OF VOLCANO. c- Oflicers Of The Perry Visit New Born Island. Washington (Special) The Treas ury Department received a brief re port of a visit made by the officers of the revenue cutter Perry a few weeks ago to tho new peak which recently sprang up on Firo Island, one of the Bogoslov group of the Aleutian cnaln, about CO miles west of the town of Unalaska, Alaska. The southern end of Fire Island consists of two long spits, from a half to three-elhths of a mile in length and about 15 feet above high water. On the western spit tho new vol canic peak has sprung up, rising abruptly from the water to a height of about 700 feet, and In shape great ly resembling a monster beehive, with a base of about 900 feet In diameter. From the numerous crev ices columns of steam and sulphur ous gnses continuously arise and form a cloud which is visible for more than 30 miles, although the surface of the new peak was warm and soft in places, the officers suc ceeded in reaching the summit. In recognition of the fact that the offi cers of the revenue cutter Perry were the first persons to visit the new peak they have namd it Perry Peak. Sheriff Took To The Woods. Atlanta, Ga., (Special). A mob of 1,500 men remnlned around the Lawrence home, near Copen Hill, all night Intent upon burning at the stake the negfo arrested in Dekalb County on suspicion of being the as sailant of the Misses Lawrence" in the event he was identified by them, Arthur Reed, tho Atlanta suspect, was seen by Miss Mabel Lawrence and declared innocent. The sheriff of Dekalb County, baring of the formation of the mob, camped in the woods all night, and has not been located either by the mob or the county police sent to hiB rescue. May Get Constitution. Peking, (By Cable). Tho Dowa ger Empress of China plans to sum mon a conference of high officials, Including several viceroys, to discuss the adoption of a constitution. Tho Chinese commissioners who recently visited the-United States and Europe and who have returned from their tours, recommend a gradual change to a con"'ltutlonnl government, tak ing 10 to 15 years to educate tho people thereto. Broker And Wife Drown, New York, (Special). George II. De Witt, of tho New YorK Stock Ex change firm of C. H. De Witt & Co., and his Wife were drowned by the upsetting. of a launch in Luke On tario during a squall. It. W. Weu born, skipper of the launch, was also drowned. Mr. De Witt and his wlfo wero summering at Cape Vincent, and opent most of their time cruising about in a 26-foot launch. Mr. De Witt had virtually rotlred from active business late last spring, having ac cumulated a fortune. . ' NEW YORK DAT BT DAT. Some of the Things Done Daily In the Metropolis. Orders Caps For Police. Rhlnelander Waldo, First Deputy Police Commissioner, Issued an or der that when approaching winter retires the summer helmets, caps shall be substituted. A policeman In a cap will be a novel sight for New Yorkers. At present caps are to a certain extent insignia of rank, be ing worn by sergeants, captains and inspectors. The traffic squad and mounted police, the bicycle squad and the motor cycle squads wear caps, but they are of a distinct de sign, and are not to be confused with those of the officers. Head Crushed In Elevator. Miss Sarah A. Fletcher, a public stenographer, wns Instantly killed In the Townsend Building in an ele vator. Miss Fletcher tried to leave the car before the floor had been reached, and the elevator boy placed his arm across the door to prevent her egress. The woman pressed against his arm and he involuntarily pulled the lever. The car shot up and Miss Fletcher's head was crush ed against the top of tho doorway and the floor of the car. Tried To Burn Babies. The most cruel attempt at revengo or the strangest manifestation of In sanity probably ever dealt with by the Police Department was brought to' public notice here, when it was learned that twice in four days ef forts have been mnde to burn In fants In their carriages on the block known as "Baby Carriage Row," where, every day, 250 helpless In fants are Been. Because of the work of the maniac mothers will not let their smaller children out of their sight. Dleil In Undertaking Shop. Walking into the rear room of an undertaker's shop where bodies are prepared for, burial, Henry Krekel, a ticket speculator, who was known as "Handsome Harry" before his dismissal from the police force, com mitted Buiclde by shooting himself in the mouth. Krekel was one of the best known ticket speculators in the city and was conspicuous along Broadway, where he conducted a handbook on the races. Child Hit By Car Unhurt. Five-year-old Grace KaufTman, while crossing Madison Avenue, was knocked down by a swiftly moving northbound car. She fell under the front of the car and was dragged along for several feet. The end of the car had to be lifted up to get her out, and everybody in the crowd thought she must have been killed, for she made no noise. The girl was, Bowever, only slightly bruised. "Pat" Crowe Arrested. "Pat" Crowe, of Omaha, who be came notorious through his connec tion with tho Cudahy kidnapping case, and who recently came to this city, was arrested Tuesday. Crowe was charged with being a suspicious person. The police were unable to find a record of a case against him in which he was wanted, however. After being nt headquarters about an hour he was released. Many Illegal Divorces. In compiling the statistics of the divorces granted in tho county of York, William N. Jarvis, of the Washington Census Bureau found that in many cases the Judgments have not been entered upon the rec ords and duly filed.- The result Is that no decision hna been placed upon record and the parties have not been legally divorced. If made public, this would make bigamists of many couples married in good faith. Accused Motormnn Gone. Notwithstanding Its promise that it would have Molorman De Moss Cosnomos on hand when Coroner Brewer opened the inquest into the death of Fannie Rodlnsky, the B. R. T. officials failed to produce the man. They said that they , had searched everywhere, but could not . find him. This statement angered the Coroner, who declared he would no longer rely on the pledge of the Railroad Company, but would under take to find the motorman himself. Sculptor Weds At 7fl. J. Q. A. Ward, the veteran sculp tor, married his landlady on July 19, and succeeded in keeping the wedding a secret until Thursday. He is 76 years old, and this is his third marriage. The new Mrs. Ward was a widow, Mrs. R. M. Ostrander Smith. The sculptor is well known be cause of his Btatuo of Washington in Wall Street Woman Smashes Tramp. As Miss B. Sheldon and Mrs. B. Rogers of Newark were cycling through woods, a tramp Jumped into the road and grabbed the handle-bar of Miso Sheldon's muchlne. Mrs. Rogers ran her wheel Into the couple, knocking them both down. The man then seized Mr?. Rogers, whom he attempted to drag off the road. MIbs Sheldon picked up a large stone, and, smashed him in the faco with it. TJie man, with his (face bleeding, disappeared in the woods. Killed By Locomotive. Syracuse, N. Y., (Special). A pe culiar accident occurred here, re sulting in the death of George Car berry, 30 years old, while aslep in his bed. A shifting engine on the West Shore siding went over a tie crosswise of the" tracks, tore down a telegraph pole and. flag shanty and crashed into the Curberry house. The second story fell In on the first, pinning carberry lit his bed. Three of the family on the second floor escaped serious injury. Hotel Insurance Loss. San Francisco, (Special). The ln unrancn Vibh on the Palace Hotel has been adjusted $1,302,610. This is more than the Insurance companies will have to pay, for the total insurance of the building was only $1,265,000. It being a total loss, therefore a liability of a trifle over a million and a quarter will be distributed among 98 companies in volved In the loss. ThlB is said to have been the largest loss upon a single risk ever adjusted In this country.
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