PRESIDENT SENDS A
WARNING TO CUBA
Cabinet Conference Decides Upon
Vigorous Measures.
STRONG LETTER TO SENOR QUESADA.
Cuban Congress Empower Prcsi
dent Palma to Prosecute War
Against the Rebels by Tripling
Government Forces -Warships For
Cuba on Way.
IMPORTANT MOVES.
Secretary of Wiir Taft and
Assistant Secretary "t State
Bacon sailed for Havana Sim
day to Investlstate tho situation
and probably net. as peacemak
ers. In a loiter to Senor Quesada,
the Cuban mlnUtcr. Pesldent
Roosevelt warns the Cuban
people that the United States
will Intervene If they "acquire
the Insurrectionary habit."
The Cuban Congress, in ex
tra session, empowered Presi
dent Palma to use all public
funds needed to prosecute tho
war against the rebels.
Tho government's forces will
be tripled, providing the men
can be secured.
More warships are being
hurried to Cuban waters with
large forces of marines and
rapid-fire guns.
The destruction by the reb
els of a number of large Ameri
can tobacco and sugar planta
tions. Including the Homiguero
Central Company's Constancla
plantation, near Cienfuegos,
has quickened the desire for
American Intervention.
Alfredo Zayas, Liberal lead
er, wired the rebel commander
to cease fighting pending nego
tiations for surrender to the
American naval commander.
Oyster Bay. X. Y.. (Spe-tal). Af
ter a protracted conference with Sec
retary of War Taft. Acting Secretary
of State Bacon and Secretary of the
Xavy Bonaparte, President Roose
velt addressed an Important commu
nication to Cuba and arranged to
send Secretaries Taft and Bacon to
that Island on Sunday to make a
thorough investigation of the condi
tions there and lend their influence
to restore peace.
The communication 1b addressed
to the Cuban Minister to the United
States, Senator Quesada. It is an
impassioned plea to Cuba to realize
her responsibility a.-! a self-governing
republic and to restore peace in tho
Island. Her attention is called in no
uncertain language to the responsi
bility which the United States bears
to the island, and the certainty that
such responsibility will necessarily
bo exercised should peace not be pre
served. The President says he has certain
information that tho peace of the
island is now menaced, and that
American property has been de
stroyed. The President's Letter.
The President's letter to Senor
Quesada follows:
Oyster Bay, X. Y., Sept. 14, 190C.
My Dear Quesada:
In this crisis in the affairs of the
Republic of Cuba I write you, not
merely because you are the min
ister of Cuba accredited to this gov
ernment, but because you and I were
Intimately drawn together at the
time when the United States Inter
vened in the affairs of Cuba with
the result of making her an inde
pendent nation. You know how sin
cere my affection and aJmlra'lon and
regard for Cuba are.
You know that I never have done
and never shall do anything in refer
ence to Cuba save with such sincere
regard for her welfare. You also
know the pride I felt because it came
to me as President to withdraw the
American troops from the Island of
Cuba and officially to proclaim her
Independence and to wish her god
speed in her career us a free republic.
I Jesire now through you to say a
word of solemn warning to your
people, whose earnest well wisher I
am. For seven years Cuba has been
in a condition of profound peace and
of steadily growing prosperity. For
four years this peace and prosperity
have obtained under her own inde
pendent government.
Her peace, prosperity and inde
pendence are now menaced, for of
all possible evils that can befall Cuba
the worst Is the evil of anarchy Into
which civil war and revolutionary
disturbances will assuredly throw
her. Whoever is responsible for
armed revolution and outrages, who
ever Is responsible in any way for
the condition of the affairs that now
obtains, is an enemy of Cuba, and
doubly heavy is tho responsibility of
the man who. affecting to be the es
pecial champion of Cuban independ
ence, takes any step which will Jeo
pardize that Independence. For there
Is Just one way in which Cuban in
dependence can be secured, and that
in for the Cuban people to show their
ability to continue In their path of
peaceful and orderly progress.
This nation ask nothing of Cuba
navo that It shall continue to develop
as It has developed during the past
seven years; that It shall know and
practice tee orderly liberty which
will assuredly bring tin ever-increas-
LynclicU For ( lilting .Man,
Houston, Texas (Special). One
hundred formers hanged Mitchell
Frazi')r, a negro, at Rosebud, be
cause he pushed Frank Hess, a white
farmer, from a walk. I less struck
the negro and the latter used a knife
on Hess. The mob stormed the town
prison. Mayor Stlping tried to stop
them. They pushed him aside, and,
breaking In the door, took the negro
to a scaffolding supporting tank and
hanged him.
Killed Ity An Automobile,
Bordontown, N. J. (Special). John
Robinson, a colored, boy and an or
phan, aged 14 years, was struck and
killed by being hit with an autonio
inoblle on the outskirts of Hord en-
town. The boy was found by Albert
Haikel, of 1504 Broad Street, Tren
ton, who bailed an automobile coin
Id from Trenton to Bordcntown,
which was owned and driven by U.
J. Kernan, of 1 2 tit Hancock Street,
Brooklyn, N. Y., who picked up tho
boy and brought hJm Into Horden
town. He was taken to a physician.
Ing measure of peace and prosperity
to the beautiful Queen of the Antilles.
As To Intervention.
Our Intervention In Cuban affairs
will only come If Cuba herself shows
that she has fallen Into the insur
rectionary habit; that she lacks the
self-restraint necessary to peaceful
self-government, and that her con
tending factions have plunged the
country into anarchy.
I solemnly adjure all Cuban pa
triots to band together to sink all
differences and personal ambitions,
and to remember that the only way
that they can preserve the Independ
ence of the rcpnblie to prevent the
necessity of outside interference by
rescuing It from the anarchy of civil
war. I earnestly hope that this word
of adjuration of mine, given in the
name of the American people, the
stanchest r:ie:id- and well-wishers
of Cuba that there nre in all the
world, will bo taken ns it Is meant,
will be seriously considered, nnd will
be acted upon, and If so acted upon
Culm's permanent Independence, her
permanent sueeo.-s as a republic, are
assured.
The President's Iluty.
Under the treaty with the United
States government I as President of
the United States have n dtity In thl3
mntter which I cannot shirk. The
third article of that treaty explicitly
confers upon the United States the
right to Intervene for the mainte
nance in Cuba of a government ade
quate for the protection of life, pro
perty and Individual liberty. The
treaty conferring this right is the
supreme law of the land, and fur
nishes me with t he right and the
means of fulfilling the obligation that
I am under to protect American in
terests. The Information at hand shows
that the social bonds throughout the
island have been so relaxed that life,
property and Individual liberty are
no longer safe. I have received au
thentic information of injury to and
destruction of American property. It
is, In my judgment, imperative for
the sake of Cuba that there shall be
an immediate cessation of hostilities
and some arrangement which will se
cure the permanent pacification of
the island.
1 am Rending to Havana the sec
retary of war, Mr. Taft, and the as
sistant secretary of state, Mr. Bacon,
as the special representatives of this
government, who will render such aid
as is possible toward these ends. I
had hoped that Mr. Root, the sec
retary of state, could have stopped
In Havanna on his return from South
America, but the seeming imminence
of the crisis forbids further, delay.
Through you I desire in this way
to communicate with the Cuban gov
ernment and with the Cuban people,
and, accordingly. I am sending you
a copy of this letter to be presented
to President Palma. and have also
directed its immediate publication.
Sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Senor Don Gonzale de Quesada, the
Cuban Minister.
PALMA HF.F.DS THE WARNING.
His Final F.ffort To Restore Pence In
Cuba.
Havana (Special). The govern
ment Sunday evening is making final
strenuous efforts to restore peace in
Cuba and thus avoid any kind of
American Intervention. The object
of these endeavors, it Is stated, is
that It may be able to say by the
time Secretary of War Taft and Act
ing Assistant Secretary of State Ba
con arrive that peace has already
been secured, and that, therefore,
there is no need for the American
government's intervention, either to
restore peace or insuro permanent
tranquility.
Members of the government say
that they are making tho efforts in
accordance with the advice contained
in President Roosevelt's letter; that
they have no objection to the friend
ly assistance of tho United States In
the matter if it becomes necessary,
but that they believe they can settle
it between the government and tho
revolutionists without the necessity
of any intervention. At least, they
say, they are making au attempt to
accomplish this end unaided, and
with fair prospects of success.
This Is the latest phase of a rapidly
changing situation that developed late
Sunday afternoon, when an extra
ordinary gazette was issued contain
ing a decree signed by President
Palma on the recommendation of the
secretary of public works, Montalvo.
Object To Sunday Mail.
Hackensack, N. J. (Special). The
Hackensack postolfico was recently
placed in the first class, and Postmas
ter William .letters established Sun
day collection by carriers. The new or
der, while meeting the commendation
of business men, Is criticized by some
of the more strict subbatarians as an
""necessary infringement upon the
day.
Tragedy In Washington.
Washington (Special). Joseph
Paoleucchi, a shoemaker, 32 years
old, Bhot and killed Lucy Dodge, 17
years old, and then attempted to take
his own life. The tragedy occurred
o:i the sidewalk. Paoleucchi fired
three shots at the girl, one of the
shots passing through her heart and
proving fatal. He immediately turn
ed the pistol on himself and ln-
flicteu a serious wound in the chest.
Wife Promised Support.
Philadelphia (Special). White
and bent with age, Victor Albis,
nearly 80 years of age, weepingly
told the court when arraigned on
charges of falling to support his wife
that hU wife promised to support
him when she proposed marriage,
two months ago. "Ilo deceived me
as to the property he owned," de
clared Mrs. Albis, who appeared only
slightly youngwr than her husband.
Pulinu's Decree.
The decree follows:
"All campaign operations are sus
pended, and In consequence the gov
ernment forces will act only nn tho
defensive throughout the republic.
The secretary of the Interior will la
sue all the necessary orders for the
execution of this decree."
A band of Pnlajanes surprised the
colored troops near Bava, Leyte, kill
ing two and wounding eight. The
soldiers finally routed the fanatics,
killing and wounding many. .
THE NORTH MAGNETIC
POLE 15 LOCATED
Triumph of the Discoverer of North
west Passage.
CAPTAIN AMUNDSEN AT SEATTLE.
Norwegian Navigator Who Has Been
Three Years In the Polar Seas
Arrives on Pacific Coast After His
Journey Through the Long-sought
Northwest Passage.
Seattle, Wash. (Speclnl). Cnptnln
Ronald Amundsen, discoverer of the
Northwest Passage, reached Seattle
on the steamship Saratoga from
Nome. He was met by a committee
of tho Commerce and the local Nor
wegian societies.
Owing to his df sire to reach the
government, observatory at Sitka to
complete his magnetic observations.
Captain Amundsen sailed for Sitka
o.i the steamer Jefferson a short time
after hla arrival.
"My observations extend over a
period of three years, and It will take
three years to calculate them," said
he. "Until that time It Is utterly
Impossible to say positively what I
have accomplished by my observa
tions. "I believe, however, that I have
found the north magnetic, pole, I can
not say as yet whether It is a shifting
point or extends over a large area.
"We also took careful observations
of the aurora borealls, and I believe
that my observations will show that
this phenomena has marked effect on
the compass. Our zoological and
ethnological collection has been care
fully attended to and Is fairly com
plete." Valuable scientific instruments used
by Captain Amundsen In taking mag
netic observations were not found
when he left the steamsip Saratoga.
It was at first thought they had been
stolen, but he later said they had
probably been left in Nome.
Their loss may Beriously Interfere
with his magnetic observations.
OH I LOVED him:
Hying Words Of A Girl Who Relieved
She Had Been Jilted.
New York (Special). "I loved
him; oh, I loved him!" These were
tho dying words of Tlllle Shoul, a
pretty 19-year-old girl, who, fearing
that her fiance had jilted her, swal
lowed a large quantity of carbolic
acid at her home, 190 Montlcello
Avenue, Jersey City.
She was found lying on the floor' of
her room by her mother, who was
attracted by her sobs. Xear her was
an empty vial, wheih has contained
the poison.
The girl was hastily taken to the
City Hospital, and as the doctors
were carrying her through the portals
she moaned her motive, gave a ?iGh
and closed her eyes In death.
The police are trying to find the
young man. The parents of the girl
say they de not know of any love af
fair of their daughter that would
have Inspired such un act.
MUST UK ROAST BEE1
Packers Make An Unsuccessful
Ap-
peal To The President.
Washington (Special). "Roast
beef" will continue to he called
"roast beef" on the lables under the
new Meat Inspection Law, with the
provision that immediately nftor tho
name there is placed a description
of how the meat is prepared, whether
actually roasted, or parboiled and
steamed. This decision was reached
at a conference which the Chicago
packers, represented by James E.
Wilson, had with Secretary of Agri
culture Wilson. Senator Hopkins, of
Illinois, was also present. The pack
ers desired to have the designation
"roast beef" remain on the label un
qualified, aiid when this privilege
was denied them by the department,
they took the matter to Oyster Bay.
The President referred them back to
tho Secretary of Agriculture.
Juntu's Organ Sei.ed.
St. Louis, Mo., (Special). The
plant of Regeneracion, organ of' the
Mexican junta here, has been seized.
According to the statement of Senor
A. P. Arcujl, only member of the
staff about the premises, the next
number of the paper will probably
be issued in Europe or In Venezuela.
Uicardo Flores Mager, president of
the junta, and Juan Sarabia, vice
president, are In Europe. Tho seiz
ure was under an attachment suit for
$2,t60, filed by attorneys represent
ing Col. W. C. Greene, the copper
king, of Cannaea, Mexico. He
charges libel.
Prosecuting Standurd Oil.
Jefferson City, Mo., (Special).
Chas. Connor, special agent of the
Department of Justice at Washing
ton, who has been here for the last
10 days examining the evidence ob
tained by Attorney General Hadley
In his proceedings againBt the Stand
ard Oil Company, left for St. Paul,
where he will submit a report on
the result of his Investigations to F.
B. Kellogg, special counsel for the
government In the Standard Oil In
vestigation. The presumption here
Is that proceedings will bo Instituted
at St. Paul
Thirty Hollar Club.
Boston, Mass. (Special)" A num
ber of most attractive girls in the
suburb of Maiden who believe that
splnsterhood is preferable to marri
age and poverty have organized a
"thirty-dollar club." Tho members
are pledged to refuse all offers of
marriage which come from Joung
men earning less than $30 a weok.
At its next meeting the club will act
upon applications of admission of 10
candidates.
CaNrara Will Itn Hcarce.
Portland, Ore. (Special). In the
States of Oregon and Washington,
which supply the " world with cas-
cara Bagrada, practically no bark
was gathered this year. The season
for peeling has just come to a close,
and the returns received show that
not to exceed two car loads was
peeled in Oregon, and only about
four car loads in Washington during
the summer months. A few yearn
ago, when the excitement In the cas
cara bark market waa at its height,
the dally receipts at Portland often
exceeded that amount.
THE NEWSJFJHE WEEK.
Domestic.
At the unveiling of the McKinlcy
tatne In Columbus, O., there was a
panic among the crowd Just ns Gov
ernor Harris had begun his speech.
A woman standing In front of the
stand where Mrs. Nicholas Long
worth was seated fainted, nnd In tho
effort to carry her out the crowd be
came unmanageable. No one was
seriously hurt.
New counsel In tho Thaw case ap
peared when John H. Iselln, former
assistant district attorney, called at
the Tombs and registered as asso
ciate counsel for Harry K. Thaw, the
murderer of Stanford While. Mr.
Iselln was closeted with Thaw for
a:i hour.
The bodv of H. K. Wnmpolo, a
wealthy Philadelphia manufacturer
of chemicals, was found In Goat
River, New York. He had been miss
ing for several days. It Is believed
he committed suicide.
Five men were arrested In Chicago
on tho charge of selling bogus bonds.
Surrounding the arrest of Dr. W.
W. Turver, of Buffalo, is a mystery
which is baffling to tho police. Dr.
Turver conducts a private maternity
hospital and is under Indictment for
illegitimate practices. A few days
ago the body of Miss Edith Pinner
was shipped to Hoboken, N. J. It Is
believed she died as the result of a
criminal operation In Dr. Turver's
hosptlal.
The trial of Cornelius P. Shea and
16 other officials of the labor organi
zations of Chicago who were con
nected with the teamsters' strike of
1905 began. The cases have been
pending on the Criminal Court docket
since June, 1905. The prediction is
made that the trials will consume a
year's time and cost $200,000.
In an Interview In Pittsburg Presi
dent John Mitchell, of the Miner's
Union, heartily Indorsed President
Gompers' stand In entering the po
litical campaigns.
There was a lively fist fight on tho
deck of the steamship Graf Wnlder
see, In which a number of Polish Im
migrants were the combatants.
After being a fugitive from justice'
for nearly a year, Granville M. Gwye,
cashier of the Bank of Haytl, Mo.,
returned and surrendered.
At Denver, Col., Alva Adams, of
Pueblo, was nominated by the Demo
cratic State Convention for governor
by acclamation.
Dissatisfied stockholders of the
Pullman Company are asking for a
distribution of the accumulated large
surplus.
Col. W. H. Knauss, of Columbus,
O., was elected president of the Union
Veterans' Legion.
The United States Rubber Com
pany has established a branch In
Great Britain.
Connecticut is reported to have
raised an unprecedented tobacco crop.
At Albany, X. Y., a certificate of
Incorporation of the Commreclal
Cable Company of Cuba was filed
with the secretary of state. It is
organized with a capital of $100,000
to operate telegrnphic, communica
tion between New York and Havana
by way of Florida and Key West.
At Findley, O., a plea of "not
guilty" was entered In the Probate
Court by John D. Rockefeller on the
charge of violating the Anti-trust
Law through the Standard Oil Com
pany. Mr. Rockefeller was not per
sonally In court. He pleaded through
an attorney.
Lightning struck a flagpole on n
16-story, building in Xew York. The
employes of the Butteriek Pattern
Company, mostly girls, were for a
minute thrown into a panic.
Because she would not give up
property that belonged to his dead
wife, Harry Dalmond, aged 23 years,
shot and killed Mrs. Bertha Cohen,
his mother-in-law.
Former Congressman Theodoro A.
Bell was nominated for governor of
California by the State Democratic
Convention at Sacramento.
Atlantic City was chosen as the
place for the next convention of the
Order of Hoo-Hoos.
Seven trainmen were killed in a
railroad collision at Ringgold, Ga.
Twelve persons were killed In a
wreck on the Canadian Pacific Rail
road at Sudbury.
Foreign.
A bogus message of sympathy to
the widow of General Min, In St.
Petersburg, purporting to have been
sent by King Edward, has caused n
stir among diplomatic circles.
A movement has been started to
supplement the Anglo-French entente
and the Franco-Russian and the Anglo-Japanese
alliances by a Franco
Japanese agreement.
It has been determined to reopen
the Russian universities and end tho
paralysis in the educational system,
which bus lasted two years.
The Turkish government has sent
a note to France and other powers,
calling attention to Bulgaria's war
like preparations.
There has been moro fighting be
tween the Dominican government
troops and the rebels and Monte
Christi Is beselged.
The Russian imperial yacht, with
the Czar, the Czarina and the heir
apparent on board, Is cruising In
Finnish waters.
Prince Henry of Prussia has been
appointed commandor-in-chlel of all
the souadrons in active service.
Ex-Goernor Francis presented the
St. Louis Exposition medals to King
Frederick of Denmark.
Former Premier Witte of Russia
will have to undergo a dangeroiiB sur
gleal operation.
Earthquake shocks in several parts
of Sicily have caused a panic among
the people.
Anti-Jewish agitation Is rlfo in
Odessa, a proclamation issued by tho
"Union of Russian Peoplo," urging
patriots to exterminate tho Jews.
Santos Dumont's new aeroplane
broke uown in midair, fell rapidly.
and the aeronaut had a narrow es
cape.
The Chiliun volcano is In full erup
tion and more earthquake shocks
have been experienced between the
Provinces of Santiago and Manle.
Ninety thousand German troops
were engaged In the concluding mili
tary maneuvers In Prussia. The Em
peror himself waa In the saddle 10
hours.
All European powers, with the ex
ception of England and Switerland
have united In a movement to stamp
out terrorism.
Thirty Bulgarian are reported to
have been killed at Ismallova tn i
conflict with Greeks and armed Turk
Ish peasants.
An operation was performed on the
Duchess of Fife, eldest daughter of
King Edward.
BEATEN TO DEATH" '
WITH A HATCHET
A Farmer's Wife Murdered Near
Media, Pa.
THE HUSBAND UNDER SCRUTINY.
During the Absence of Her Husband
Mrs. E. H. Pavitt Wan Attacked
and Kilted by an Unknown As
snilnnt Her Rudy Was Crushed
Almost Into a Pulp.
Media. Pn., (Special). Mrs. K.
II. Pavitt, wlfo of a farmer, wits
beaten to death at her home, In Mar
pie township, near here, with a
hatchet in the hands of nn unknown
assailant during tho absence of her
husband. Her bo,dy with tho head
crushed almost Into n pulp wa3
found lying on the kitchen floor by
her husband upon his return from
Chester, where ho had gone to dis
pose of a load of farm produce.
When the husband reached his
home, after nn absence of three
hours, he found nil the windows
closed and the front door locked.
Entering through the kitchen door,
he came upon the body of Mrs. Pavitt
stretched full length upon the floor
In a pool of blood. A hatchet be
longing to the farmer was lying near
the body. The blade and handle
were covered with blood and the
walls of the room were spattered.
The woman's teeth had been knock
ed out, her arms were lacerated and
her skull was crushed to an extent
that showed her assailant must have
wielded the hatchet with fearful
force.
A trail of blood leading to the
front window was evidence that the
murder had left the house through
the winodw and pulled the sash down
aiter him. Pavitt notified his near
est neighbors of the crime. In a
short tlmo a posse of farmers wfl3
organized, and a few hours later Wil
liam Kelson, colored, aged 19 years,
was taken into custody on suspicion.
He denies all knowledge of the
crime. The coroner and district at
torney visited the farmhouse as
soon as they were informed of the
murder.
A negro answering Kelson's de
scription wns seen loitering near
the Pavitt farm about 8 o'clock A. M.
The negro proved an alibi and was
released. Meantime tho authorities
a. investigating the movements of
Pavitt, whose statements, they say,
are not entirely borne out by tho fact3.
Pavitt told the coroner that he exper
ienced somo difficulty in opening the
kitchen door because his wife's body
was jammed against it. Tho coroner
measure' the distance from tho door
to where tho body had apparently lnln
and said It could not have prevented
the door from opening.
Pavitt said also that his wife
spoke to him when he entered the
room, hut the coroner's physician
declares the condition of the body
indicated that the woman had been
dead at lear.t four or five hours.
Pavitt said ho left homo for Chester
at o'clock. He was seen In Chester
nt 11 o'clock. His wlfo was In bed,
lio said, when he departed.
THE MNKRS WIN.
Dettry Secures Rack Pay For His
Men To April, lOOit.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (Special). At u
meeting of the conciliation board
here President Dettry, of tho Seventh
District, won his case for the men at
the Cranberry colliery of A. Pardeo
& Co., after a three-year struggle.
He secured for them back pay from
April 1, 1903.
The company put in force a scale
of wages by which tho inside hands,
including company miners nnd driv
ers, were recueea in wages about
hree cents n day. This reduction,
tho company contended, waa for an
allowance which had formerly been
made for oil. The men, however,
proved that for many years prior to
April 1, 1H02, they wore paid a cer
tain rato for work, with no mention
of an allowance. The ruling poos
nto effect April 1, 1903.
The grievance of the Grarny Island
miners of the Dataware and Hudson
Company, which alleged discilmlna
tion against men working in certain
veins, was brought up, but no docls
on was reached. Io word has been
received from Umpire Nclll in regard
to the three caBes now beforo him
for adjustment. The next meetlnn
of the board will be held hero o.i
September 24.
MISS ROOSEVELT'S PERIL.
President's Daughter Thrown From
Vehicle Not Rnilly Hurt.
Oyster Bay, X. Y., (Special).
While Miss Ethel Roosevelt was driv
ing down from Sagamore Hill her
horse became frightened by nn auto
mobile said to belong to Bradford
Weeks, and, bolting down tho road,
wrecked the light cart. Miss Roose
velt was thrown nut, but escaped
serious injury. The accident occurred
near P. L. Forn s place, and Miss
Roosevelt, after resting a few minutes
at the house, ordered a groom who
had captured the runuway to hitch
him to another carriage, and drove
back to tho Hill. Mias Roosevelt's
uervo was, apparently, unshaken by
the accident, for a short time after
ward she drovo back to the village.
She bore not the slightest trace of
tho accident from which she escaped
so fortunately.
Missing Man Located.
Charlotte, X. C. (Special). W. A.
Jones.cashler of the Hope Mills Bank,
a branch of the Bank of Fayettevillo,
X. C, who dlBnppcared 10 days ago,
was located at Crewe, Va., where he
has taken a position In the dl
natcher's office of the Norfolk and
Western. The news t amo In a me
sage to .his father, all previous efforts
to locate him having proved futile
His accounts are found to be straight
and no cause is known for bis
strange action.
Killed Hi Mothrr-iu-LuH'.
New York (Special). Because she
would not give up property that be
longed to bis dead wife, Harry Dia
mond, 23 year old, shot and in
stantly killed Mrs Bertha Cohen, his
mother-in-law, and then shot blnmelf.
Diamond had mado sevralo attempts
to get from bla mother-in-law Jewelry
valued at $600 that wm the property
of his wife. Mrs. Cohen steadfastly
refused to give up tho articles, and
the tragedy resulted. Diamond is in
Hollevue Hospital In a dying condition.
AT THE NAWS CfiTAL
Some Interesting Happenings Briefly
Told.
Tho Inteistale Commerce Com
mission announced that It would take
under consideration the petition for
a waiver on the 30-day notice provis
ion of the Railway Rate Law re
garding Intended changes in cotton
rates.
The Parkersbnig and Ohio Bridge
Company of Patkersburg, W. Va., ap
plied to the Secretary of War for
permission to erect n bridge across
the Ohio River nt Pnrkersburg.
A conference was held between the
Interstate Commerce Commission and
representatives of the const wise
steamship companies in reference to
the new rate law.
Tho Department of Agriculture In
conducting experiments with a view
to the profitable manufacture of al
cohol from cornstalks ar.d corncobs.
Justice Peckhnm. or tho U.ilted
United States Supreme Court, Is stild
to contemplate retirement. He will
be succeeded by Attorney General
Moody.
Dr. Eugene II. Fluni.uher, Ameri
can consul at Maracaiho, has mad..1
an Interesting report on his experi
ments with leper patients there.
Exports from Porto Rico are twice
as large as in the preceeJlng year.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion was asked to modify that pro
vision of the law requiring railways
to give 30 days' notice by publication
before changing rates. Tho railways
maintain that the export rate for
cotton Is governed by the English
markets, and declare that so great
and rapid are the fluctuations in rates,
by reason of the abundance or scarci
ty of bottoms for ocean carrying that
It would he an utter Impossibility to
obey the law and maintain an export
through rate.
The Treasury Department declined
to make Its weekly purchase of silver
bullion, the lowest offer being 68.87
cents an ounce. This Is 2 cents over
the price obtained by tho government
a month ngo, when it began buying
tho metal.
Samuel Gompers, president of tho
American Federation of Labor, ex
presses himself as satisfied with the
opposition of the Federation to the
re-election of Congressman Llttlefleld.
Tho Commissioner General of Im
migration has decided flint the chorua
girls Imported by Director Conried
are artists, end not contract laborers.
A. Danelisnn. an Armenian, waa
arrested for trying to bribe Immi
grant Inspector Carbarino to let In
undesirable Armenians.
Col. William S. Stanton, Corps of
Engineers, was put on tho retired
lint.
CAN'T EAT OR DRINK.
Unfortunate Plight Of A New Jersey
Woman.
Passaic, X. J. (Special). Physi
cians 'hero are puzzled by the case
of Mrs. Abram Tack, 70 yearn old,
of 63 Linden Street, who for 15 days
and nights hns been unable to take
food or drink. Early in June Mrs.
Tack was troubled with indlger.tlon
and when she recovered refused all
diet except bread and milk, insisting
that all other foods were poison to
her.
Sho lived on bread and milk until
two weeks ago, when she became un
able to eat. even that simple food or
even to drink water. She had no
symptoms of disease nnd continued
to do her housework until last Sun
day, when she became too weak to
siand alone. She cannot retain any
medicine given her nnd the doctors
are powerless.
The woman suffers no pain, but
is gradually wasting awny. Her hus
band, when seen, said that she did
not weigh more than 35 pounds.
Her caso is exciting considerable in
terest among medical men.
AMBASSADOR SLIGHTED.
Mr. Francis Not Invited To An Event
At ltudllM'Kt.
Vienna, (By Cable). According
to a report published in tho Budapest
newspaper Anap, the Stute Depart
ment nt Washington has advised
Consul General Chester not to at
tend tho unveiling of the Washington
statue nt Budapest, because tho com
mittee in churge of the, ceremonleB
omitted to invite Ambassador Charles
S. Francis.
Mr. Chester, however, could only
Attend In his private capacity, not
being entitled to perform any official
function nt tho ceremony. At the
American Embassy here It was Btated
lhat nothing was known regarding
tho matter, execept the fact that Am
bassador Francis has not been In
vited.
Tho Hungarian government will
be represented at the unveiling by
Premier Wekerle, minister of com
merce; Francis Kossuth and Minis
ter of Worship Apponyl.
MANY DEAD IN WRECK.
A Terrific Crash On the Cunudian
Pacific
Sudbury, Out. (Special). Twelve
persons are known to be dead and
there were a score injured In a head
on collision between two Canadian
Pacific Railway possenger trains at
Azilda', Beven miles west of Sud
bury. '
Tho third section of a harvester's
train was standing at Azilda waiting
for tho castbound express, when the
fast truiu came along and crashed
Into It head-on.
FINANCIAL WORLD.
Reading bull3 say it will croBS
Pennsylvania this week.
West Jersoy & Seashore directors
declared tho regular Keml-unnual
three por cent, dlvldend.-
In the year which ended April 30
tho American Smelting & Refining
Company earned not $10,161,000, an
increase or $1,362,000. The amount
avuilable for tho dividend on the
$50,000,000 of common stock was
$5,27 1,000, or a little more than
10 per cont.
Missouri Pacific's gross earnings
In the flucal year 1906 were $44.
066,000, a gala or $1,401,000, while
net profits wero $14,284,000, an in
crease of $1,249,000.
A foreign dispatch said that Ger
man capitalists had offered to buy
the Bank of Russia for $300,000,000.
Atchison directors met, but took
uo action on the dividend, but It Is
predicted that tho rale will be In
creased next month.
A director of tbo Republic Iron &
Steel Co. says the net earnings of the
corporation for the current calendar
year will bo between $4,000,000 and
$5,000,060.
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. .
Latest News Gleaned From Various
Parts.
A factory Is being equipped In
York by the Teter Heany Developing
Company for the purpose of manu
facturing a new Incandescent lamp.
During a heavy electrical Btorm
lightning struck one of the large
buildings of the Kopp Brick Manu
facturing plant near Emigsvllle, York
County. Three buildings In which
kilns wero located and severnl build
ings used for stornge purposes were
destroyed.
Joseph Davis, an old resident of
Hudson, near Wilkes - Barre, was
struck and fatally injured by a Dela
ware nnd Hudson Railroad train.
Hoyt Hess, an engineer at. the Xo.
4 colliery of the Susquehanna Coal
Co., who was crushed under n fall
of top rock while repairing n slope
engine, died at tho hospital, Wilkes
Barre. The county comlssioners of Lu
zerne have decided to grant no more
exonerations from taxes, unless the
claimant has a recommendation for
exoneration from the poor board or
the scnool board of his district. Hith
erto, they have granted these at first
hearing.
The Xew Mountain City Trust
Company of Altoona opened its doors
Wednesday. The first day's depos
its amounted to $75,000. II. L.
Nicholson is the president and E. J.
Lomnltz, secretary-treasurer. The
capital is $250,000 with o0,000 sur
plus. Armlta Huber, aged two years,
pulled a pot of boiling coffee over
on herself at Altoona and was fatal
ly scalded.
Burton Funk, aged 19, employed
at the Pennsylvania Railroad round
house, tripped and fell in front of
an engine at Altoona and was decap
itated. As the result of annoyance, due to
frequent shortage of water In various
parts of Wilkes-Barre, a movement
hns now been started to ascertain If
the citizens desire a municipal water
plant. Councilman Evans has Intro
duced Into the city council a resolu
tion that the question be submitted
to the people of the city at the Spring
election.
V.lllam Reinsmlth, aged 67 years,
wns fatally injured at Allentown by
being thrown from a load of brick
and run over by the heavy wagon.
Mrs. Thomas O'Neill, of Bridge
port, was beaten with a hammer In
the hands of a burglar at 3 o'clock
the other morning and rendered un
conscious for a time. She was
awakened by a noise on the first
floor of her residence. Thinking that
her husband had returned from work
earlier than usual she went down
stairs to make an Investigation. As
she entered the dining room Mrs.
O'Xelll was struck a blow on thy
head and knocked down. The
burglar then escaped.. Xear the
O'Xelll residence later the police
found a coat that had evidently been
dropped by the burglar In his flight.
Several pieces of jewelry were
found In the pockets. The cont may
lead to the Identification of the thief.
A coal train on the Lehigh Valley
Railroad was wrecked at Delano nnd
twenty-five loaded gandolas were pil
ed about in a promiscuous heap. The
train was traveling at about twenty
five miles an hour when the axle of ,
a car snapped, causing tho smash-up.
Traffic was delayed for several hours.
The William Paige Boiler Com
pany manufacturers of cast iron
heating boilers and radiators, cf
New York, signed a contract with
the Chamber of Commerce of Mead
ville, to bring its Norwich, Conn.,
and Exeter, X. H., plants to Mead
ville. The company will erect big
bblldlngs and be reudy for opera
tions with tvto hundred men within
one year.
Students at the high school at
Snyro who nazed a fellow-student
were given such affright that they
have not recovered yet. Their vic
tim was Abram Booth, a newcomer
in the Bchool, and they started to
haze him In the approved method upon
the Bteps of the schoolhouse. Booth
fought fought back and in the melee
fell or was thrown headlong down
tho stairs. They picked him up but
he was unconscious, and, badly
frightened, they hurried him to the
hospital, thinking him dying. There
the physlcans found that he had
little more damage than a bruised
head and hip, while the boys who
took him there and others who
awaited their report had severe pal
pitation of the heart.
EXPLORER RIDES ON A TURTLE.
Six years ago M. de Rougumont
appeared before the geographical soc
tion of the British Association at
Clifton and described with much de
tail hla remarkable adventures in tho
heart of the Australian continent.
He included among them some strik
ing reminiscences of the pearling In
dustry in Australasia, and added
that, having been wrecked, he occu
pied noma part of his leisure by rid
ing turtles in the lagoon of his dos
ert island. Yesterday, after the
lapse of many days, he appeared In
striped bathing blanket and a bath
ing suit before a, British audience
at the Hippodrome tov demonstrate
the truth of this part of his narra
tive. ' There is no ground for supposing
that it is the same turtle which
shared M. de Rougomont's solitude
in Australasia, or that it 'is a con
federate In any way. Yesterday It
lay placidly by the Hippodrome la
goon while M de Kougemont lec
tured once again on his entertaining
experiences, and It gave no sign of
intelligence while he described the
whole art of tui tlii riding. Suddenly
the explorer flung off his blanket,
and seizing the turtle unceremonious
ly by the scruff of its neck and the
back of Us shell hoisted it Into the
water. The turtle sank, but rose
again. M. de Rougemont went In.
after if and In a moment was on its;
back. Down It went again and then'
once moro rose. This time the rlder
grasped It firmly, crylug. "Ta. 'Ra1
'Ra!" and slapped It with somo se
verity. It was an exciting and amus
ing entortaiuinent from the specta
tors' point of view and M. de Rougs
luont also appeared to enjoy' It very,
much. Of the turtle's enjoyment w
have some doubt, but Its general at
titude was that of a passive resistor.;
At any rate, M. de Rottgomont did
rid It. Loudon Dally (travhlc, '