II PLOT TO ROB
THE EASY RICH
Clever Scheme Disclosed By a Thiers
Notebook.
THE RICH ARE EASY TO TOUCH.
Naireiof a Number of Prominent Peo
ple Found In It, With Remarki
About Their Accessibility Attempt
to Wrench Diamond From a Young
Lady' Finger.
New York .(Special). A daring
plot to rob the "easy" rich was re
vealed here following the capture of
Charles Anderson after he had held
up Mis3 Gertrude Becker at a pistol's
point in the vestibule of her home
and attempted to wrench a diamond
ring from her finger.
A list of prospective victims in
cluding Mrs. Leslle-Carter-Payne and
Mrs. Vanderbllt, was found In a note
book In the young thief's possession.
After the name and address of the
noted actress was the notation "Pret
ty easy, night."
While locked up In the Harlem
Police Court prison Anderson talked
with apparent pride, much as an
enthusiastic young business man
would discuss some legitimate enter
prise, about his plans to enter the
houses of rich residents of Manhat
tan and Brooklyn. He observed that
the very rich of the city are the
easiest to "touch."
"I have nothing to say about
that notebook," said Anderson. "I
think the names speak for them
selves. You think I was aftr big
people? Well, you're not far from
wrong. The rich people are a cinch
when it comes to this sort of work.
They are easier than the middle
class. The rich nre careless.
"The man just in comfortable cir
cumstances is more careful about
guarding his valuables. It would be
an easy thing to get into one of the
Vanderbllt. nouses. I have looked
them over, and if this hadn't hap
pened I might have had a chance to
try my theory. I have nothing to say
about any gang. 1 did not rob Mme.
Jacobl. I only went to her house to
collect a bill for $75." And he
chuckled a bit.
Anderson was held by Magistrate
Walsh in $2,500 for further exam
ination. When Patrolman MenJlessohn took
Anderson to police headquarters to
be photographed It was found that.
In spite of his youth he is just past
25 he had recently been discharged
from the Elmira Reformatory, after
serving a term of more than a year
for robbing Madame Josephine Ja
cobl, the opera singer. The police
are of the impression that he is one
of a gang of thieves of the rising
generation which had outlined a ser
ies of robberies.
The circumstances surrounding the
capture of Anderson were highly
dramatic. Miss Becker, daughter of
a stationer whose name appeared
among the thief's list of "easy
marks," was returning from the store
at 1626 Madison Avenue to her
home, at 26 East One Hundred and
Ninth Street, at 6.30 o'clock, when
she noticed that a good-looking fel
low was following her. As she stop
ped into the vestibule of the house
her follower. Anderson, poked the
muzzle of a revolver in her face and
said: "Give me that diamond ring,
and don't make any noise about it."
Miss Becker screamed and attract
ed the attention of a maid descending
the stairs. Anderson tried to take
the ring from Miss Becker's finger,
and, falling to do so, struck the
young woman a blow in the face
that rendered her unconscious.
Anderson fled east In One Hundred
and Ninth Street, followed by the
maid, who noticed that he was joined
by a confederate at the corner. The
confederate fled south in Madison
Avenue, and Anderson continued
eastward. As he approached the
arch under the New York Central
viaduct Patrolman Mendelssohn start
ed after him.
Under the arch Anderson turned
on Mendelssohn, aimer the revolver
at the policeman's head and said: "If
you come a step nearer I will shoot
to kill."
Mendelssohn is not so easily
frigntened. He made a dash at the
young man. and struck his arm be
fore Anderson could pull the trigger.
In another Instant Anderson found
hln hands held tightly together by
Mendelssohn's "bracelets."
Widespread Famine.
Moscow (By Cable). Fifty prom
inent zemstvoists, representing 2 2
provinces, assembled at Moscow un
der the presidency of Prince I.voff,
primarily to discuss measures for
famine relief through the zemstvo
organization, but also serving the
purpose of a political conference with
the OctoberiHta and other moderates,
who are chiefly represented In the
organization. Dmitri Shlpoff, presi
dent of the council of zomstvos, and
several members of the late parlia
ment are participating In this con
ference. Brooded Over Bank Loss.
Chicago, (Special). Johann Kin
dler, 18 years old, became violent
and alarmed passengers in an Ash
land Avenue car while brooding over
the loss of $K0, which he had de
posited in the failed Milwaukee Ave
nue State Bank.
Shot Ills Wife.
Macon, Gu., (Special). A special
to the Telegraph from Albany, Ga.,
says: Howard Hayes, a middle-aged
man, placed one hand over the eyes
of his wife and with the other fired
a bullet into her head. He then
killed himself. Before the shooting
occurred the woman's screams were
heard by neighbors, but when they
arrived she was dead and her hus
band dying. The cause of the trag
edy Is not known.
Cupt. Wood's Wife KeaxHured.
Norfolk, Va., (Special). The wife
of Capt. Joseph I). Wood, who com
manded the floating drydock Dewey
on her voyage from Solomons Island.
Md., to Olangapo, Philippine Islands,
has received a cablegram from her
husband stating that he Is safe
aboard "he stranded transport Sheri
dan, oh Honolulu. Mrs. Wood was
made ill by information that the
Sheridan's passengers were in great
danger, but the Captain's cablegram
has reassured her.
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Domestic
The Supreme Court of New York
affirmed the lower court's decision,
denying application for manda
mus compelling the state superin
tendent cf insurance to remove from
the "administration ticket" for trus
tees of the Mutual Life Company the
names of four members of the Inter
national policyholders' committee.
Judge Alton B. Parker made an
attack on the growing demand for
new legislation to meet the "hysteri
cal clamor" of the day before the
American Bar Association.
Vice President Fairbanks deliver
ed an address on "One Country and
One Flag" at the fiftieth anniversary
of the first battle of the Civil War In
Kansas.
Directors of the Equitable Life
Assurance Society accepted the resig
nation of Henri? J. Gould and Judge
Iierrlck.
In New York two men were drown
ed when the Jersey Central ferry
boat lied Bank crashed Into the
naphtha launch Hudson and splinter
ed the little boat ngalnst the bulk
heads of the Jersey City pier of the
railroad. One of the men struggled
for 10 minutes in the water, beg
ging those on board the ferryboat
to save his life. The other man
sank from view soon after the colli
sion. C. E. Messenger, watchman for the
American Bridge Works Company
in Athens. Pa., was found dead with
seven stab wounds In his body, one
of them through the heart. The
discharge of an Italian a few days
ago was attributed to Messenger,
and the man is said to have made
threats to get even. The murder
Is laid at the door of the Black Hand
Society.
Postmaster Busse, of Chicago,
says if the National Union of Pos
tal Clerks, which will affiliate with
the Federation of Labor, works along
the same lines as the Chicago unions
there should be no objection to it.
One man was killed and several
others seriously injured In a freight
wreck on the New York Central Rail
road at One Hundred and Seventy
fourth Street and Park Avenue, New
York. William Maxwell, superintendent
of the schools of New York City, has
accepted membership in the Simpli
fied Spelling Board.
The Southern Pacific Railway
Company may use electricity to haul
trains over steep grades.
The body of James F. Sloane, a
pioneer merchant of Spokane, was
found behind a pile of rocks in an
alley near his home. Sidney Sloane.
the 17-year-old son of the murdered
man, was taken into custody by the
police shortly after the body was
discovered and broke down and con
fessed. He said he slew his father
with an ax in the hope of getting
$500 which he thought his father
carried.
Maddened by jealousy, Martin
Winterstein, a fireman on the steam
ship Colon, shot and Instantly killed
Mrs. Annie Larson and fatally
wounder her companion, Mrs. Fan
nie Bruhn, in their room in Brooklyn.
At St. Paul, Minn., the plant of the
American Can Company was destroy
ed by fire. The loss is $500,000.
The Heinze Pickling Company's dis
tributing warehouse also was de
stroyed. The loss is $30,000.
Foreign.
Protests have been made to the
State Department at Washington by
Americans whose property has been
raided by revolutionists, and the at
tention of the Cuban government
has been called to the matter.
Pedro Montt, the vice president
of Chill, who was chosen president
July 2 7 for the term of five years
by the electoral delegates, was pro
claimed president of Chili by the
unanimous vote of Congress.
The Great Western Railway of
England has opened a new short
route to Ireland, which will save sev
eral hours in the transportation of
American malls from Queenstown to
London.
Santo Domingo revolutionists have
met with serious losses, but at Monte
Crlsti, on the north coast, General
Camacho Is besieged by revolution
ists. Hostilities between the Turkish
and the Bulgarian trops have been
suspended pending investigation of
the frontier dispute by a commission.
A general council of Armenians
was opened at Erivan, Russia, to
consider measures for ending the
race war between the Armenians
and Tartars.
King Alfonso of Spain has signed
the modus Vivendi with the United
States.
Lady Campbell-Bnnnerman, wife
of the British premier, died at Ma
rienhad. The Count Rodellec du Perzics
accuses M Alexander Gregor, of the
Russian diplomatic service, of steal
ing a former French crown jewel
from the Countess.
General Orloff, who put down the
revolution In the Baltic provinces,
has been chosen to drive the ter
rorists out of Warsaw.
Germans are selling their property
and fleeing from the Baltic provinces
fearing another uprising against
Russia.
The offer of Russian crown lands
to the peasants is regarded as (oo
late to be conciliatory.
A well-dressed Impostor has been
posing in London as a member of the
Harvard boat crew.
Turkish troops have occupied Per
sian territory, Including 25 villages.
The legislature of Iceland has de
cided to invite 4 0 members of the
Danish parliament to accompany the
King of Denmark on his projected
visit to Iceland in the summer of
1907.
Walter Wellman has decided not
to attempt an expedition to the North
Pole this fall, on account of defects
In the mechanical equipment of his
airship.
August RoBenburg, of Seattle, who
was arrested as an anarchist in Ber
lin, has filed a claim in the courts
for damages for false Imprisonment.
Japan Is to establish two new
naval stations In the Sea of Japan
and In Korea.
Kaiser Wilhelm's first grandson
was christened at Potsdam.
Great BrltalD and other European
powers are preparing to dispute Ger
many's expected attempt to obtain a
footing in Persia.
Threats have been made to exter
minate the Jews of Warsaw In re
venge for the killing of General
Wonlarlarskl.
The Russian revolutionists have
resorted to fire as a weapon and are
burning valuable properties.
REOELLION SPREADING
LIKE WILDFIRE IN CUBA
The Government is Unable To Protect
Property.
AMERICANS' LANDS BEING LOOTED.
Insurgents in Control of Towns in Santa
Clara Province-Puerto Principe, in
Which Americans Have Extensive Cat
tle Interests, the Only Province Not a
Field of Insurrection.
REBELLION SPREADS.
The rebellion has spread to
Santiago Province and the situa
tion is graver than at any time
since the trouble began.
Puerto Principe Is now the
only province peaceful. Ameri
cans have extensive cattle In
terests there.
To avoid complications grow
ing out of the enlistment of
foreigners, all foreign recruits
have to sign an agreement that
they only enlist to suppress the
insurrection.
A portion of the machine gun
corps has been sent to Plnar
del Rio Province.
Another American plantation,
the Mercedes estate, has been
raided by revolutionists. The
government is trying to protect
such estates.
Eighteen men of a rebel body
In retreating were drowned in
the Sagua la Grande River.
Talk of American interven
tion is stronger than ever.
A semi-official newspaper in
Havana Is trying to stir up feel
ing against the United States.
Havana, (By Cable). The situa
tion is far darker now than at any
previous time since the Insurrection
broke. News of an uprising in San
tiago Province, while not yet pub
lished here, is spreading about the
city and causing the greatest con
cern. When Mr. Sleeper, the Ameri
can charge d'affaires here, was told
the contents of a Santiago dispatch
he endeavored to verify it through
the State Department, but was told
It was absolutely untrue. Subse
quently the dispatch was verified
from private and newspaper sources.
The extent, of the rising in Santiago
Is not known, but It is the opinion
here that the worst calamity of nil
to the Palma government would be
an Insurrection In Eastern Cuba.
Cardenas, which hitherto has been
considered a perfectly peaceful city,
was the scene of desultory fighting
between police and rural guards on
the one side and roaming Ipsur
gents on the other.
The only province remaining per
fectly peaceful is Puerto Principe.
Americans having great cattle inter
ests are apprehensive lest It, too,
become the field of insurrectionary
operations.
A correspondent at Cienfuegos tel
egraphed that there are 3,000 armed
Insurgents in that vicinity and that
all the small towns In Santa Clara
province are controlled by insur
gents, who attack and loot trains
and seize the property of foreigners
as well as of Cubans.
Trinidad Is surrunded by Insur
gents, and the government appears
powerless to protect the property of
Americans and other foreigners.
Railway trains are held up at will
and passengers searched. The Cu
ban Railway has declined to assume
responsibility for the safety of pas
sengers or freight.
Recruiting for the government
forces is making good progress here.
The government continues to make
good headway wherever there Is
open fighting.
The troops In the western portion
of Pinar del Rio province have not
yet come up with Pino Guerra, and,
according to a correspondent with
the forces, there is no present likeli
hood of their doing so, as the troops
might march for 10 years and all
the while Guerra would still be just
ahead of them In the hills. There
are thousands of mountain trails
with which the Insurgents ore fa
miliar and which lead In all direc
tion. If Guerra cared to harass the
government the troops could be
killed off by sharp Bhooters.
The government has no cavalry in
Plnar del Rio, and the only real sol
diers are the artillerymen, but as
they are afoot they cannot cope with
the well-mounted veterans on the
insurgent side. Guerra does not
want to fight. His scouts can always
be seen at a distance along the gov
ernment line of march. The corres
pondents report more looting by
Guerra's men.
With a slow-to-calm public feeling
a dispatch from the governor of San
ta Clara province was given out at
the palace, but its statements are not
borne out by any other testimony.
Americans who come to the lega
tion to ask for protection of their
property are answered by an imme
diate call upon the government of
Cuba, which promises to do the best
it can for them. Charge d'Affaires
Sleeper advises all such callers to
file their complaints in the local
courts and forward copies of the pa
pers to the legation.
In a discussion the semiofficial or
gan of the administration, In an ed
itorial, calls upon Cubans to lay
down their arms and save the re
public from the danger of interven
tion. Cottages For Frisco Victims.
San Francisco, (Special). The
Relief Corporation has let a con
tract for the building of 2,000 two
and three room cottages In the parks
of the city. They are to be com
pleted In 4, 8 and 12 weeks. The
executive committee was authorized
to enter into a similar contract for
2,000 additional houses, which will
give the corporation 4.000 bouses at
the end of 12 weeks.
New Spelling At Lehigh.
Bethlehem, Pa., (Special). Prof.
Mansfield Merriman, of the depart
ment of civil engineering of Lehigh
University, posted notices to the stu
dents of the Institution in his depart
ment that hereafter the Carnegie
system of reform spelling would be
used In all quizzes, lectures, bridge
reports, etc. The notice affects near
ly 400 students.
The Republican campaign In the
West will be opened with a monster
muss-meeting In Chicago on Septem
ber 2.
HIPPLE SUICIDE
JjNCEMBEZZLER
Securities of Real Estate Trust Com
pany Missing.
A CO-RECEIVER IS ASKED FOR.
Truth About the Death of the
President of the Real Estate
Trust Company Suppressed by the
Coroner in the Interest of the
Company.
Philadelphia, (Special). Exami
nation of the list of securities held
by the the defunct Real Estate Trust
Company developed the fact that
Frank K. Hippie, president of the
Institution, who committed suicide,
was an embezzler. The authority
for this statement is George H.
Earle, Jr., receiver for the trust
company.
Mr. Earle declined to say what
securities are missing, but he de
clared that Hippie had hypothecated
$6.1,000 worth of the paper, securing
$50,000 for the securities, which he
never returned. Receiver Earle fur
ther declared that President Hippie
embezzled the $5,000,000 he loaned
to Adolf Segal, the promoter. These
loans, Mr. Earle asserted, were per
sonal transactions. "Although made
in the name of the bank, the direc
tors had no knowledge of them, con
sequently the money was stolen by
Hippie," said Mr. Earle.
Another enterprise in which tho
aeaa president was financially inter
ested was discovered, when it became
known that he was one of the In
corporators of Miss Wright's Select
School, for ladles, at Bryn Mawr, the
suburb in which Hippie had his sum
mer residence. The other Incorpora
tors were his son, F. Wharton Hip
pie, and Miss Wright. The latter
five years ago began teaching school
at Bryn Mawr. She made the ac
quaintance of Mr. Hippie's daughter,
now dead, and Mr. Hippie displayed
a friendly Interest in her. Last year
Miss Wright purchased a large stone
building at Bryn Mawr, at a cost, ft
is said, of $60,000, and established
her select school.
Miss Wright said that Mr. Hippie
visited the institution two or three
time a week. His last visit was
made, according to Miss Wright, on
Thursday afternoon of last week, the
day before he shot and killed him
Belf. Among the- developments of the
day was the application for the ap
pointment of a coreceiver by inter
ests claiming to represent 10,000 de
positors. There has all along been a sus
picion that Hippie, who was found
dead at bis home in Bryn Mawr,
Pa., committed suicide, and it was
confirmed by Joseph N. King, coro
ner of Montgomery County. When
he made the announcement Dr. Al
bert H. Read, the coroner's physi
cian, was standing near, and he add
ed: "You ran say that Mr. Hippie
blew out his brains."
Since the death of Mr. Hippie the
family physician and the coroner
maintained that he died of cerebral
hemorrhage while taking a bath.
The coroner said:
"When I went to Bryn Mawr Fri
day to investigate the 'sudden death
of Mr. Hippie I found that he was
the president of a trust company,
and when I discovered he had com
mitted suicide I decided to suppress
the fact for a few days in order to
prevent a run on the trust company.
I thought that if there was anything
wrong in Mr. Hippie's transactions
the directors would have a chance
to make up whatever defects there
were."
SUE THE PENNSYLVANIA.
More Than $.'00,000 Asked For AI-.
leged Discrimination.
Philadelphia, (Special). The first
suits for damages for alleged dis
crimination and giving of rebates to
favored coal corporations by railroad
companies, following the recent In
vestigation by the Interstate Com
merce Commission, were filed in thiB
city by nine retail coal dealers.
The damages asked aggregate
more than $500,000, and the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company is the
sole defendant In the concerted legal
actions.
Officers of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company professed ignorance
regarding the suits.
Conspiracy will be charged against
the railroad company, and it will be
stated that the dealers were discrimi
nated against In the collection of de
murrage charges.
FINANCIAL WOHLI).
Hill has reduced grain rates to
the far East.
Dick Brothers, who are generally
well posted on Pennsylvania Railroad
affairs, were buying Chesapeake &
Ohio.
Canadian Pacific's net earnings In
July Increased $734,033, or more
thfl" 40 per cent.
Jim Keene was accused of making
a bear drive at Reading. If he did
he must have been sorry before the
day was over as it rose more than
3 per cent.
A gas expert, who has been, in
Europe for six months, says: "The
Philadelphia gas plant is the best In
the world. It certainly has no equal
in America."
The new rate law, says President
Shipley, of the Atchison, will pro
tect the small shipper. That Is what
It was Intended to do.
The "Iron Age" says: "Pig iron
prices have advanced from 60 cents
to $1 a ton and variations In selling
prices grow more noticeable. In
steel-making pig iron some large
buyers are chiefly concerned, and
they are willing to let a shortage be
a shortage. The market has calmed
down. Heavy business In both sheets
and tin plates Is reported in the past
week."
The Reading's statement for July
Is not very satisfactory. The total
surplus was $472,109, compared with
$552,884 for the same month last
year. The railroad company's net
earnings decreased over $78,000,
while there was a small gain In the
coal company s profits.
The United States Steel-Great
Northern ore deal is nearlng com
pletion. It Is said that when the
terms of tbe lease are announced
they will provide for the mining of
750,000 tons ore the first year, the
amount rising rather to maximum
of 4,000,000 tons a year.
AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL
Some Interesting Happenings Briefly
Told. .
Secretary Wilson has informed the
.meat packers that labels must be
placed upon all meat products that
will not deceive the public.
President Roosevelt will soon ap
point a major general and paymaster
general for the Army.
The enlisted strength of the Army
has been Increased by the addition
of 1,961 men.
The locks for the Panama Canal
will be enlarged to measure 100 by
1.000 feet.
The principle of the open shop Is
to be applied to the postal service.
Bids were opened In the office of
the chief clerk of tha Navy Depart
ment for the remodeling of the pres
ent bout house at the Annapolis Naval
Academy Into a gymnasium. The
bidders were Snare & Trlest Com
pany, of New York. $147,800, and
Noel Construction Company, of Bal
timore, $133,300. The latter con
cern will get the contract.
The railroad and express com
panies asked the Interstate Com
merce Commission to extend the
time In which to put the new rate
law into effect.
" Secretary Wilson returned after
a visit to the Western meat, packing
plants, whose sanitary conditions he
reported to be much Improved.
The Treasury Department an
nounced the regular weekly pur
chase of silver bullion.
Secretary Shaw will leave Wash
ington on September 7 for a tour
of the South.
Major Flagler, United States En
gineer Corps, who is now in Porto
Rico, has Issued an order that u tour
be made of the island by members
of the corps to examine conditions.
He also ordered that the hurbor of
San Juan be dredged.
NEW TARIFF WITH SPAIN.
Concessions On Imports Are Made
I5y Both Countries.
Washington, (Speclnl). The State
Department made public a proclama
tion by President Roosevelt declar
ing and putting" into effect on Sep
tember 1 next the new ngreenient
as to reciprocal tariff concessions be
tween this government and Spain.
Under the agreement American
goods are to pay duty according to
Spain's second tariff schedule, the
rate accorded favored nations, in re
turn for American concessions In the
way bf tariff reductions on wines and
other Spanish Imports into the United
States.
According to a dispatch to the
State Department from Mr. Collier,
the American minister at Madrid, the
royal decree putting into effect the
new tariff agreement was to be pub
lished In Spain Wednesday, and, he
added, American goods In Spanish
warehouses are to have the benefit
of the favored-nation tariff treat
ment. Engineer And Fireman Killed.
Little Falls, N. Y (Special). The
boiler of freight locomotive No. 2433,
of the New York Central and Hud
son River Railroad, exploded just
west, of here, causing the death of
Engineer Chris Wagner, of Albnny,
and Fireman Edward Hall, of Oneida.
The locomotive was drawing a heavy
east-bound freight when the explo
sion occurred. The boiler w.as
thrown from the trucks high in tho
air, and landed on Its end 100 feet
away, blocking all four tracks of tho
road.
School Kod Supply Safe.
Chicago, (Special). Organization
of the National Hickory Association,
the purpose of which is "the protect
ing, fostering and preserving of the
present supply of hickory timber,"
was completed by the election of
officers. H. B. Holroyd, of the United
States Forestry Bureau, who ad
dressed the meeting of delegates,
declared that unless steps were tak
en to protect hickory trees the sup
ply of this timber would be exhaus
ted in this country within fifteen
years.
3,00 In Hospitals.
Santiago, Chile (By Cable). The
ambulance stations and hospitals at
Valparaiso are now caring for 3,000
persons who sustained Injuries dur
ing the earthquakes or the fires which
followed. Mme. von der Lund, wlfo
of Col. von der Lund, the German In
structor of the Chilean troops, died
as a result of the Injuries which she
received during the earthquakes.
Hurled Two As Husband.
Chicago (Special). Mrs. Annie
Kempler has twice burled bodies of
men taken from the lake as her
husband. She has collected his life
insurance, $2000. Now, Bho has dis
covered him alive, so Bho says, and
has appealed to the police to causo
his arrest on a charge of abandon
ment. He Is said to be living . in
Allegan, Mich.
Luke Steamer Wrecked.
West Selkirk, Man., (By Cable).
Word reached here that the steamer
Princess, the largest passenger and
freight boat on Lake Winnipeg, was
wrecked at Georges Islands, Sunday
night. Captain Howes and six mem
bers of the crew or passongera nro
known to have been drowned.
Chili Continues Shaking.
Valparaiso, Chili, (By Cable).
Fresh earthquake shocks have been
felt at Taena and Arica and through
out that section of the country ex
tending to the Peru frontier.
The terrified residents are leaving
home. Hundreds have left their
homes and are Bleeping In the public
squares, while others 'have taken to
the open country outside the town.
Slight shocks continue at lengthen
ing Intervals.
A Black Hand Murder.
Sayre, Pa., (Special). What
believed to have been one of the most
deliberate Black Hand murders en
acted in this section was committed
when C. E. Messenger, night watch
man of the American Bridge Works,
in Athens, was stabbed to death with
an Italian stiletto. Sometime ago
Messenger had trouble with an Ital
ian laborer whom he discharged, and
the man Is said to have threatened
to put the Black Hand on his trail.
Two Italians were arrested and are
held pending the action of tho coroner.
THE IMPERIAL
MOTS PERIL
Russian Terrorists Are Preparing To
Strike High.
JEWS ARE AGAIN THREATENED
Revolutionists Enlisting the Aid of
Anarchists in Other Paris of Europe
-Soldiers Take an Oath to Avenge
Gen. Min's Death Mav Attack at
Night.
Geneva, Switzerland, (By Cable).
Active sleps ure being taken by
Russian revolutionists to organize
revolutionaries In all European cen
ters for a concentrated attack upon
the Czar and members of the Rus
sian bureaucracy. All members of tho
imperlnl family, as well ns bureau
cratic supporters, are to be done
away with, and the Rusnlnn terror
ists are Reeking help to curry out
their plans from their friends In
other countries.
M. Netllkoff, command or of the
militant Russian revolutionists, has
arrived here from SI. Petersburg on
the first visit of a tour of European
centerB of revolutionary activity to
enlist support for the terrorist cause
In Russia. He openly avowed the
purpose of the revolutionists he rep
resents to nssnsslnate those who aro
opposing the4r plans for reforms in
Russian. To a correspondent, he
made a statement, in which he said:
"We fully realize that pacific
measures have failed. A new era
of the revolution has begun. Tho
attacks on Premier Stolypin and
General Min aro only the first of the
series." ,
May Again Attack The Jews,
St. Petersburg. (By Cable). It is
feared that the next revolutionary
attempt will be attended by another
wholesale murder of Jews In War
saw. This means that some revo
lutionary disturbances will be made
the excuse for a massacre.
The gravest fears are entertained
that tho soldeirs of the Semenovsky
Guard Regiment have planned to
make a night sortie from their bar
racks to wreak vengeance on the in
mates of the political prUon.
There was a significant scene at
the funeral repast on the occassion
of the interment of General Min,
the colonel or the regiment. Mad
ame Min, was presont, and the sol
diers crowded nround her, express
ing their gratitude and their devo
tion to her and her husband's mem
ory. A scene of hysterical excite
ment, followed, which culminated in
cries for vengeance.
The soldiers lifted up their hands
and took an oath to avenge General
Min's death. The battalion that is
in barracks In St. Petersburg re
mains In a dangerous frame of mind
and nny be expected, any night, to
attack one of the four political pris
ons in St. Petersburg and shoot down
all the prisoners.
The custodians of the fortress-prison
of St. Peter and St. Pnul, of the
Remand prison In Serge Street and
of tbe prisons of Kreete and Litov
skl, which are occupied by revolu
tionary prisoners, have been warned.
Another Russian loan .Is to be
made to enable tho government to
raise money for the relief of the
famlno sufferers In many provinces
where there have been crop failures.
An Imperial ukase, Issued, author
izes the Russian minister of finance
to Issue 4 per cent, rentes to the
nominal value of 5,000,000 to raise
money for famine relief.
Dispatches ' received here from
Saratov state that the peasantry of
the Volga provinces are talking of
an uprising at an early date. Noth
ing, it Is stated, will satisfy them
but the distribution of all land.
Agitators are swarming all over the
provinces, and it is quite common
to hear peasants singing the "Mar
seillaise" at the piers whilo await
ing the arrival of steamers.
To Burn Pauper Dead.
Washington, (Special). Despite
tho unpopularity of municipal crema
tories In cities where they have been
tried, th5 national capital is to have
a place for burning the bodies of
tho pauper dead of tho. District uf
Columbia. Congress approved the
project at the lust, session by author
izing an appropriation of $'15,000 for
the crematory. The District Com
missioners are now having plans pre
pared for a sultnble building and
plant or. tho grounds of the Wash
ington Asylum, mid within a year'e
time the crematory will bo in opera
tion. American Divines In London.
London, (By Cable) .Many Amer
ican divines occupied leading pul
pits in London Sunday, Including
Professor Garr, of Lincoln Univer
sity; Rev. Reuben Tuoiuas, of Bos
ton: Rev. Dr. Whitman, of Philadel
phia; Rev. T. S. Ham41n. of Washing
ton; Rev. Hugh Johnston, of Balti
more, and Rev. Wayland Hoyt, of
Philadelphia.
Uvplobivcx Discovered.
Hamburg, (By Cable) .A search
of the room occupied by n young
Russian who was 'arrested here dis
closed quantities of explosives, u
number of revolvers and bills-of-lad-ing
for shipments of ammunition and
explosives to Russian Baltic ports.
Lcasct Sibley's Old House.
Washington, D. C, ( Special ).
Tho Government of Japan haa Just
leased the' white granite residence
la B Street, opposite Franklin -Park,
to bo used as n Japanese embassy,
It la a largo and commodious resi
dence, built by Senator Sherman a
Bhort time before his death. For
the past two or three years it has
been leased to Representative Sib
ley, of Pennsylvania, whoso hospi
table entertainments all official
Washington knows.
Hoy Drowns Ju Torrent.
Keyser, W. Va., (Speclo!). a 14-year-old
son of Andrew Hnltermun
was drowned in Straight Creek, In
Pendleton County. Ho wau walking
over a bridge and the handrail broke,
precipitating htm Into the stream.
Ground To Death F.y Train.
Scranton, Pa., (Special). Frank
Holland, thlrty-flvo years old, who
was traveling with tho Barnura and
Bailey circus, was ground to death
by falling under a circus train here.
His borne was In Ingersoll, Canada..
V
NEW YORK DAT Bf PH.
Some of the Things Done Daily in the
Metropolis.
Child Hues Mother.
Alleging she Is not a proper per
son to be his costodlan and has
practised fraud and deception upon
him, Henry Russel Dro-vne, Jr., 9
years old. Is suing his n .her In tbe
Supreme Court. On April 20 last,
the boy charges, his mother suddenly
and without justification broke up
their home whilo his father was en
gaged in serving on a Jury, By de
ception, trickery and force. It is
charged, she removed much furni
ture and other valuables belonging
to the home and abandoned his fa
ther, compelling the plaintiff to go
with her.
Thieves Now Using Motor Boat.
Joseph Canning early Sunday
morning saw two men enter a freight,
house at. the steamboat landing nt
Sea Cliff, L. I. Being alone, he de
cided that discretion was the better
part of valor, and walked back until
he met two friends. They returned
to tho freight house, and the men,
Immediately took to a motor-boat
and made their escape. Five men
were seen In the boat, and a case of
enndy and some bottled beer were
found to be missing.
Out Of Job; Into Hlvcr.
Discouraged because he had lost
his Job, Henry Newburger, 16 years
of age, attempted suicide by jump
ng Into the North River at the foot
of Forty-second Street. Capt. John
Cameron, of the steamship Mon
mouth Jumped In and saved him.
Young Newburger was employed up
to Saturday as a filing clerk by A. L.
Silversteln, a cutlery dealer. On
Saturday the boy was discharged.
Bomb For A Bunker.
An attempt was made the other
morning to blow up the banking ofJ
flee of Joseph Tamburro with a
bomb. Policemnn Wilkinson saw an
object sizzling and spouting fire, and
doused it with a pall of water. The
bomb consisted of a piece of gas
pipe, with a long cotton fuse attach
ed, and Is believed to be filled with
explosives. Tamburro had received
several letters In the last month
threatening his life, signed "Black
Hand," and demanding $400.
$70,000 III Gems Held Up.
Alleging gross undervaluation, a
consignment of diamonds and other
precious stones, said to be worth
$70,000, has been held up by the
customs authorities at this port. The
gems are consigned to Eduard Van
Dam, of this city. C. A. Treadwell,
an assistant examiner, reported to
ICd ward S. Fowler, the Appraiser of
the Port, that the Importations were
heavily undervalued.
Colonel Gardner Rebuked.
Col. Asa Bird Gardiner, former
District Attorney, who was removed
by Governor Roosevelt, in an affi
davit in the General Sessions cast
aspersions on a judicial act of the
late Judge Martin T. McMahon.
This brought down upon him the
wrath of Assistant Corporation
wrath of Assistant Corporation Coun
sel Kelly and the censure of Judge
Rosalsky. Mr. Kelly went so far
as to suggest that the Colonel should
be "thrown bodily out of the court
room." A New York School For Wives.
Within a year New York may have
a technical high school to prepare
girls to become wives. How to nurse
a Bick husband, how to attend to
the thousand and one wants of a
b'aby, and how to keep down house
hold expenses as low as the trusts
will allow, are among the things
the girls will be taught. Such is the
plan officials of the Board of Edu
cation now have under consideration
His Spine Crumbling Away,
The surgeons of Fordham Hospital
never before had a case like that of
John P. Miller, whoso splno is crumb
ling, Miller first noticed that some
thing was wrong with him when
he found he could not bend forward
any more, but could bend backward
so fur that his head would strike
his heels without the least trouble.
Ho went to the Hospital, where the
Burgeons told him the hones -of his
spine were rapidly-crumbling away.
Maxwell Joins Spelling Board.
The missionaries of the Simplified
Spelling Board rejoiced over the ad
dition of several prominent, cenverts.
William H. Maxwell, City Superin
tendent of Schools, "got reform" sev
eral weeks ago. He has since been
elected a member of the Board and
has accepted. Tbe board regards his
addition to its number as an event.
The Black Hand Again.
The Black Hand has added an
other to Its long list of crimes in
WeBtchester county by the attempted
assassination of Michael Griffin, a
contractor of Mount Klseo. While
Griffin was sitting at the Biipper table
with his family on Tuesday night,
three shots crashed through the win
dow and lodged in the wall within
three inches of his'head. He caused
the arrest of two men who formerly
worked for him.
Bricklayers Go Ont.
The executive committee of the
Bricklayers' Unions of Greater New
York ordered a generic rnike of all
the union bricklayers on tho various
stations and buildings now being
erected by the New York Central
Railroad because of the employment
of non-union men on cof Tacts in tbe
upper Bronx. The contracts affected
ore the buildings at the Oranii Cen
tral Station, Cathedral Heights, One
Hundred and Fiftieth Strat and Ger
man Place, and a number of smaller
contracts.
, Retracts McCnrrnn ( barge.
Mrs. Mary A. Dixon, who recently
Instituted an action to recover $200,-"
000 damages against Senator Pat
rick H. McCarran, charging him with
deceiving her, changed her tactics
and made a retraction of everything
she had said about the Senator.
When the Union Pacific was fore-,
closed nine years ago the Harrlinanl
people paid $58,000,000 for it.!
Wednesday the 2,000,000 shares of;
common stock alone were worth"
37.000,000.