16 DEAD UNO 100 !,' HURT IN ATLANTA Race Rioters Defy Troops and the Fire Department A DOZEN MOBS RULED THE CITY. Indignation Over Assault on Thirteen White Women by Negroes Causes All-night Reign of Terror -10, OOC White Men Kill or Heat Every Color ed Man Found on Street. TtFIGN OF TKRROH. i A negro suspected of as- ; faulting a woman was taken from Hie police anil shot to i death in the streets. Tho tiro department turned Bl reams of water on the rioters and the .Mayor made an appeal ' for order without effect. The 16 negroes were, slain in 1 different parts of the city, in- ' eluding the business and fash ionable sections. ' TtnilroHtl and hotel property was damaged in the search for hlsk men. i So many negroes have fled 1 the city that it is without, ser vants and colored labor. All citizens have been order ed off the streets an.l 1,000 ! I militia are on guard. ' ! ! Atlanta, (ia. (Special). Modern Atlanta has never witnessed such scenes as have been a feature of an entire day following the exciting in cidents of Saturday night. A negro was lynched on Marietta Street thin Sabbath afternoon. Tho negro who was lynched was suspected of assaulting ono of the white women Saturday, and was be ing taken to Ja.ll when he was tak en from the officers by a dozen men and shot to death in the street. Militia have patrolled tho streets, while croups of citizens have stood upon the corners discussing the sit uation from their various stand points. The number of dead at the last renort was Ifi. but may exceed 20. The Injured are several times that number. About a dozen women are seriously hurt. Doen Mobs Attack Negroes. The outbreak was against the ne rro race, and was marked by all the savRgry which accompanies a racial eruption. Russians massacrelng Jews In Odessa was not more cruel than the Atlanta mob. Ordinarily the Southern mob goes afer some par ticular negro, and after punishing him, washes Its hands and becomes respectable. Rut Saturday night the mob was after all negroes because they were negroes. Thirteen white women have been a'tackd by negroes at Atlanta In the last two months. Four of these women were assaulted Saturday evening. Only ono of these assailants had been caught and lynched. Tho temper of the whites, already strained, was snapped by the four assaults Saturday, and the mob reigned in Atlanta. Some white man mounted a box on Marietta Street, near the postofllce, and. holding aloft a night extra announcing "the fourth assault on white women," cried out: "Are we Southern whit? men going to Rtand for this?" "No; let's kill all the negroes, so our women will be safe," was shouted back, and the mob was soon on. Hurled From A Car. Just then a trolley car appeared In which were two negroes Hitting be hind two wtolte women. "Look at that!" someone cried. In a twink ling white men boarded the car and threw the negroes into the midst, of tho mob, where one was cut to death and the other fatally beaten. Tho mob germ was evidently In the atmosphere, for In less than .10 minutes after the initial outbreak on Marietta Street there came re ports of mobs attacking negroes in more than a dozen sections of the rlty. The stories were all the same, the whites would Fee a negro and cry: "There is one of the black fiends who assaults our women!" And in n few mintes the negro would be dead or beaten into insensibility. Impelled I rem The Nobility. Kursk, Uu.ssia Hy Cable). At an extraordinary meeting of the Mar shals of the Nobility It was decided by a vote of !)X to ,1 to expel from the ranks of the nobllitv three mem bers of the late parliament. Includ ing Prince peter Dolgoroufccff. vice president of the lower house, who signed the Viborg manifesto. Abdul Hamid's Illness. Paris (By Cable). The Temps says it learns from an absolutely unquestionable source that the latest consultations of medical advisers of the Sultan of Turkey est Hhlishi d the fact that Abdul llami l was suffering from cancer of the kidney. This mal ady, the paper ways, does not per mit of an operation being performed, and is usually fatal within a year." Cily Of Seattle Stranded. Tacoma (Special). The steamship City of Seattle, en route to Alaska, went on the rocks at Trial Island, 10 miles from Victoria, at " o'clock, in a heavy fog. The steamer Salva dor and two tugs have gone to her assistance from Victoria and Port Townsend. All passengers, are re ported safe. I.iitiilH i- Itlae In M.koii. Macon, Ga. ( Special ) .- Fire in the Central City Planing and Lumber Mills, the largest in this section, de stroyed ail the machinery and piles of lumber there, extending loo yards alongside the Southwestern Railroad. The buildings of the Central City Ice Plant, on an adjoining lot, caught fire from flying sparks, and were nearly destroyed. The fire raged for hours, endangering the cottonseed 011 mills and other property. Tie logs is estimated at ? 100,0m). Must I'rolit lly DIkuhUt. Vallejo, Cal. (Special). Tho boil er which exploded on board the gun boat Bennington In San Diego harbor In June of last year, killing 65 of the Ihip's crew, In to he shipped to Anna oll8, where it will be lined at the Naval Academy for Illustrative pur poses iu tho Instruction of the mid shipmen for engineering work. All four bollem of the ship have been removed. The Interior of tho ex ploded holler has been left In ex actly the same condition in which It was found Immediately after the explosion. THE NEWS - OF THE WEEK. ' Domestic. President Roosevelt has decided to appoint Judge Joseph Rufllngton as Judge of the Third United States Cir cuit, which Includes the states of Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey. Judge Bufllngton Is now United States district judge of tho Western Dl.-.trict of Pennsylvania. He will be succeeded In that place by Judge Nathaniel Kwlng, of Kay otto County. Vice President Charles V. Fair banks laid the cornerstone of Chi cago's new county building, which, when completed, I to he the largest courthouse in the world and at night 'he guest of honor at a bamiuet giv en hy the Hoard of Commissioner!1 "f Cook County at the Auditorium Hotel. liy a settlement arrived at In New York the legatees under the will of tussel Sage nre to rcelve from the xecutors of the estate double the imounts of the legacies upon con litlon that the will be not contested. The will was admitted to probate without contest. Legal proceedings have been begun in Utah looking to the issuance of a wnrrr.nt for the arrest of President loseph F. Smith, of tho Mormon Church, who is accused of having tlve wives. He Is tho father of 43 child ren. Proceedings have been begun In Texas to oust the Waters-Pierce Oil 'ompaay an the allegation that It is 1 trust, being a part of tho Stand ard Oil Company. Prof. II. K. Held, of Johns Hop kins University, wa-i a member of a arty which had a narrow escape while descending Mount Orizaba. Newport women will wage war -"calnRt objectionable billboard pos ters. President Roosevelt approves a "people's lobby" to be established at the national capital. D. Clarence C.ibboney, candidate for the district attorneyship In Phila delphia, has asked Mayor Weaver to prove the assertion that Gibboney was nominated by bribery. Testimony was given before the Interstate Commerce Commission In Omaha that the ,1'nlon Pacific Kall road had a monopoly on the coal along its line. A starving child was found locked In the room with the corpse of Mrs. Catherine Dunham, who dropped 'lead in a Brooklyn tenement Satur day. The wrecked Milwaukee Avenue Savings Hank of Chicago will be re created Into an institution, to be supervised daily by the directors. A petition asking Governor Hlgglns o reconsider the Patrick-Itleo mur ier case has been signed by nearly l.fiOO physicians. Prominent estates of San Fran cisco have combined In a $500,000 suit against Insurance companies. The Supreme Court of the United States has decided that government bonds are taxable. Klght masked men held up the village and robbed a bnnk at White Cloud, Mich. The governmental commission on pure foods and drugs has decided on regulations regarding tho label ing of all articles affected by the Puro Food Law. Harry K. Thaw has had a falling out with hla lawyer, Clifford Hart ridge, over a proposed examination by alienists and may dismiss him. Wall Street financiers are of the opinion that Harrlmnn may acquire the Baltimore and Ohio to sell it again. A Chicago court has declared Vo llva elected the head of Zion City by an almost unanimous majority. Preparations are being made in Paris for a long-distance balloon race for an International cup. A blanket increase in the price of paper has been made In the West. Foreign. The mysterious automobile which has been worrying the St. Peterburg police has been seized and several suspects arrested. Professor Carre, of Breslau, gave the results ot some Interesting ex periments lie made In transplanting blood vessels. Police officials, while searching a house In Tlflis, found a bomb, which exploded, killing throe and wound ing others. The enitre fbet of 00 fishing junks was lot In the typhoon nt Hongkong. This Increases the mor tality to $1 O.OOO persons. Count lioni de Castellane's plan is to interpose delays to the dlvocre trial in order to obtain money from the Goulds. The Royal Bavaiian Mint In Mu nich was robbed of a sum equal to $ . 2 , r, 0 1 1 In newly coined ten-mark pieces. Haisuli, the bandit chief. Is re ported to bo seriously ill. It Is said In! has been poisoned. A terrorist named Tarle, who kill ed a policeman, was quickly tried and executed. A call has been Issued for a con vention of the Russian Constitutional Democratic party to plan a program for the coming parliament. Another storm struck Hong Kong and added to the death list In the city, and Increased the property d n sruc tion. The synagogues in Odessa were protected by troops. An attempt to provoke a riot was suppressed. It Is definitely state! that laws pro claiming religious freedom will short ly be promulgated In Russia. Hall Calne's drama, "The Bonds man," was produced at Drury Lane Theater, in London. The Grand Duke and Duchess of Baden celebrated their golden wed ding anniversary. In Warsaw five terrorists shot and killed Colonel Nleolaleff, an artillery officer, while he was walking In the streets. The murders escaped. Rent" Admiral llrownson'8 squad ron arrived at Gibraltar and ex .iimn.d tuitutea with the British squadron, commanded by Prince l.ntiu of Batteubeig. General Knropatkln has completed his book on the Russo-Japanese War. Docks worth several million dol lars In Buenos Ayre were destroyed. General Trepolf was buried at the Peterhof. Tho terrorists made no demonstration. The Czar was not present, still being absent on his yacht. A story current In St. Peters burg is that a pint has been formed to drop bombs into his palace from a balloon. Fifty 'persons, of whom 10 died, were poisoned accidentally at a con firmation service at Tornsstow, Russia. TOWN WRECKED BY , . DYNJ1TE EXPLOSION Nearly Every House in Jellico, Tenn., Damaged. TWELVE DEAD IN THE RUINS. Railroad Car of Explosives Blows Up, Wrecking the Business Section of the Community Five Hundred People Made Homeless Property Loss a Million. Joltlco. Tenn. ( Special) .Twelve L-atlw, the Injuring of scores of other lersons and $.'.00,000 damage to pro ict ty were caused hero when a car load of dynamite standing on a track iear the Southern Hallway depot ex ploded with n report that was heard for 20 miles. Buildings were shat tered In tho business section of the town and nearly every pane of glass within a radius of ono mile of the scene was broken. Ten Tons Of Explosive Go I' p. The explosion occurred at 8 o'clock A. M. The freight car, one belong ing (o the Pennsylvania Railroad Mnes rantalned 450 boxes of 20,000 tionnds of high explosives consigned to the Rand Powder Company, at Clearfield, Tenn. Two causes are assigned for the -xplosion. One is that three persons were shooting at a mark on the car and that a bullet entered the car and caused the explosion. The other Is thnt while the car was standing on a side track a carload of pig Iron was switched against it and that the Impact caused the explosion. Per sons here are divided as to the theo ries, some going so far as to say that they actually saw the men firing at the ear with a rifle. Jellico is situated on tho Tennessee-Kentucky line, about 60 miles from Knoxvllle, tho main business portion of the town being on the Tennessee line. Two lines of rail road the Southern and tho Louis ville and Nashville Railroads enter it. Tho depot of tho Southern, which was located near the scene of the explosion, was wholly wrecked. Two hotels, the Glenmorgnn and the Carmathlan, were badly shattered, the third story of tho latter being wholly destroyed. Mavk Atkins, who was asleep in a room on the third floor of the Carmathlan at the time, Is one of the most seriously Injured of the entire list of Injured, which will number fully 200, counting all who were but slightly hurt. Business houses were badly disfigured and stocks of goods ruined, while resi dences Buffered severely, windows and doors being blown out In houses- as far from the scene as ono mile. Some Total Wrecks. Among the buildings totally de stroyed were the Armour Packing Company's warehouse, the Jung Brew ing Company's warehouse, Pinnacle Brewing Company's warehouse, oil tank and warehouse of Kentucky Consumer's Oil Company and the Standard Oil Company's warehouse. Besides the two damaged hotels the Jellico Furnituro Company's build ing collapsed and the stock of the Smith Dry Goods Company was prac tically ruined, although the building which it occupied, the Cumberland Opera House, tho finest structure In Jellico, escaped with little damngo. Fully 20 other, firms suffered losses, but they occupied small buildings. Rescuers begun work soon after the explosion and-medical aid was asked of Knoxvllle, which sent a dozen physicians to administer to the wounded. Twelve of the most seriously Injured were sent to Knox vllle on the night train to hospitals In that city. Precaution Against Looter. Mayor R. B. Balrd Issued a circu lar notifying tho public that all per sons found on the streets after 8 P. M. would bo urrested, unless they were owners of buildings or stocks of goods or agents therefor. Many peoplo aro homeless as tho result of the disaster, and as almost every chimney was destroyed cooking cannot be done In many of the houses. TIIKY THlt EAT KNilKV KXfi K. Russian IU-voIiitlorilsts Sending Out A Violent Manifesto. St. Petesburg (By Cable). In re venge for the execution of Zenadlo Konoplianikovo, tho assassin of Gen eral Mln. the Social Revolutionists are sending broadcast a violent mani festo directed against Emperor Nicho las and vowing to remove, ono aftor another of "the props of tho coward ly, murderous autocracy." The mani festo is as follows: "The die has been cast. Ono thing remains: Annihilate mercilessly all enemies of the people. There must lie life for life, death for death, cent for cent. With tho Illuminating memory of Konoplianikovo to guido them, all true Russians must strike terror to the heurts of the execu t loners." Shot Through Tho Heart. Bellalre, Ohio, (Special). Wil liam SheetB, a well-known resident, was found in tho Baltimore and Ohio Railroad yards shot through the heart. During the night the police had a running battle with tramps in the yard, in which shots were ex changed. It is presumed that Sheets was passing through at the time and was struck hy a stray bullet. Woman Runs For Cougi-ehN. Fort Worth, Texas, (Special). Laura B. Payne, of Fort Worth, In accepting the nomination on the So cialist ticket for Com.rebs In this district, comes out strongly for gov ernment ownership of railroads and goes a step farther than Mr. Bryun In advocating government ownership of all packing houses. .Miss Payne Is the first woman to run for Con gress in Texas and says she will push her campaign vigorously. leaves I'alma's Cabinet. Washington (Special). The Cu ban Legation Is Inormed that Senor Hevla, Director of the State Depart ment of Cuba, has resigned, and that Pedro I dago, the Director of tho Be parlment of Jtisllce, bus been ap pointed to succeed Hevla. It Is be lieved here (hat the change" grows out of the dissension between Presi dent I'ulma and Hevla over the In vestigation by Mr. Taft and Mr. Ua ( on. ; 5000 LIVES WERE LOST i . Death noil Of Hongkong's Typhoon ' ... .. Grows. i ' Hongkong (By CBblc). Conserva tive estimates placo the number of Chlneso who lost their lives In the typhoon at t000, Bnd the total of 'ho material damage to tho colony at $20,000,000. Another storm, les3 violent, how "Ver, broke here at midnight and blew for six hours. The damage apparently wns not. great. Reports of disasters at sea are con stantly being received hero. The steamer Albatross, with 150 passen gers on board, foundered near Futau men Pass. Only six passengors and two of the crew were saved. They swam ashore. The steamer Hong kong was also lost, and her entire crew Is misslag. The steamer Ying fat, from Samchun, foundered and 130 passengers and 10 of her crew aro mlnsing. Only two of the crow nre known to have been rescued. Mrs. Iloare and her search party have returned. They found no trace of her husband, Joseph Charles Moare, Anglican bishop of Victoria, whoso yacht was lost during the ty phoon. No news has been received of the Canton steamer Klnshan, on board of which aro several hundred passen gers. At tho request of Sir Matthew Nathan, Governor of Hongkong, the British naval commander has dis patched a fleet of torpedo-boats to cruise around the Island for tho puriKise of recovering corpses. Num erous dead are floating along tho water front. Tho Chinese hospitals are providing free burials. Governor Nathan has formed a Chinese Relief Committee, and has headed a fund with $500.. He has promised to contribute in behalf of the Government, subject to tho Legis lative Council's approval, an amount equal In' the nggregate to the com munity subscription. Ho has accept ed the offer of the American squad ron to co-operato In rescue work. One hundred and fifty soldiers are assisting in clearing away tho wreck age to facilitate the loading and un loading of ships. The membership of tho relief committee has been aug mented by additional representatives of tho community. The Government Is willing to lend money without In terest for tho rebulllng of native boats. It is proposed to placard tho streets of Hongkong with English and Chinese versions of the cable message of sympathy received from King Edward. Viscount Hayashl, the Japanese Foreign Minister, also hos telegraphed his sympathy to the typhoon sufferers. ltll.ES FOR PURE FOOD. There Will lie No More Sailing Under False Colors. Washington (Special). Further rulings In connection with the en forcement of the meat Inspection law, after October 1 next, were made public by the Secretary of Agricul ture, and give on Idea of what con sumers are to expect hereafter when purchasing meat produce, particular ly canned goods. Anything savoring of a false or deceptive namo will not be tolerated, and no picture, design or device which gives any any false indication or origin or quality will be permitted upon any label, as for example," the picture of a pig appear ing on a label placed upon beef pro ducts, or tho picture of a chicken upon the label of a veal or pork product. Geographical names are allowed to be used only with the words "cut," "typo," "brand" or "stylo," as tho case may be, except upon foods pro duced or manufactured In tho place, state, territory or country named. For Instance, ''Virginia ham" must bo marked "Virginia stylo ham-," "English brawn" must be "English style brawn:" "Westphalia ham" must be "Westphalia style ham." The word "ham," without a prefix indicating the species of animal, is considered by the department to be a pork ham, but trimmings removed from the ham, and used in tho pre paration of potted meats or sausage, or when used alone, may be known as "potted ham" or "ham sausage." Frankfurter sausage no longer can be known as such, but must be called "Frankfurter style sausage." Tho rules clearly define what con stitutes pure lard, but prescribe that a substance composed of lard, stear in, or other animal fat and vegetable oil may be labeled "lard compound." Among the restrictions are tho following: Picnic "hams" cannot bo called "hams," but may bo called "picnics" or "picnic shoulders;" "lit tle pig sausage" may bo called "little pork sausage" or "pigmy sausage:" extract of beef must bo actually made from beef, and veal loaf can not bo called such unless tho meat used is veal only. The same rules apply to other canned products and manufacturers are warned that the rulings do not exempt them from the enforcement of state laws. FINANCIAL WORLD. Robert W. Deforest Is a' new di rector of Jersey Central. Tips were circulated brondcfa.it that Baltimore & Ohio will rise to 150. An official of Philadelphia Rapid Transit denies that Wabash will lease the Market Street elevated and subway line. New top records for Baltimore & Ohio and Southern Pacific. Tho lat ter tuny lie mode tho holding com pany for the former. Sell wall says the earnings of Beth lehem Steel are not so large now as they were a year ugo, but that they are up to expectations. Judge Bradford, of the United States District Court, at Wilmington, signed an order directing tho sale of the Diamond State Steel Company on the petition of bondholders. The day of sale will be set by the receiv ers. It is understood that a syndlcato of bankers will underwrite those de posits of the Real Estate Trust Com pany which are not assented to the Earle plan of reorganization.' It is not expected that the amount will be large, possibly not over $1,000,000. It Is recalled now as a prophetic Incident that A. J. Cassatt and E. II. Harrlman were the only conspicuous railroad men who openly favored the new railroad law. Other railroad men criticised Mr. Cassatt very much nt the time, but he takes tho ground that all the Pennsylvania requires a fit I field and no favors. ALL READY TO SEND . AN ARMY TO CUBA The General Staff Has Prepared the Plans. GEN. FRED. FUNSTON INSTRUCTED. The General, Who Will Command the Army of Occupation Should Intervention Become Necessary, Spends the Day in Conference With the Chiefs. WANT NTERVENTION. i I I Business Interests In Havnnn I are disappointed at tho pros- poet of a sett Moment ot tho ! trouble without. American In 1 terventlon. They do not be I Hove a lasting pence can bo bo- cured without an American i Army to enforce It. I Secretary Taft says If the I Moderates and Liberals spree, I the United States mubt regard the compact ns made In good faith.- Marines landed stores and supplies, so that a force can be quickly put ashore should the I emergency arise. , Lieutenant Commander Chap I In examined Havana fortlfica- Hons and declared them nbun I dantly strong to protect tho I city. I Nineteen guns fired for Scc I retary Taft. L -. Washington, D. C, (Special). Brigadier General Frederick Funs ton, accompanied by his ald-de-camp, First Lieutenant E. J. Mitchell, of tho Twelfth Infantry, arrived In Washington and went at once to the New Williard, where they had break fast, and then proceeded to tho War Department and called upon General Bell, chief of staff of tho Army. General Funston ramo to Washing to carry out the Instruction of Secretary Tnft to proceed nt once to Ilavanna and join the Secretary, but it was found that no steamer for Ha vana sailed from Tampa until Sun day night, and General Funston de termined to remain In Washington and consult with the army officers here In regard to the Cuban situation and tho plans for tho military occu pation of Cuba should such a thing become necessary. General Funston spent, most of the day with General Bell, Colonel Wetherspoon, chief of the third di vision of the General's staff, who has made tho plans for the, military oc cupation of Cuba, and Colonel Pond, acting quartermaster general, who has supervlson of the transportation of troops from this country to Cuba. General Funston found that General Bell, (he chief of staff, had prepared complete plans for the third division of the General's staff for tho sending of an army to Cuba. The Plans Mapped Out. The Quartermaster's Department had arranged the matters ot trans portation, food supply and equip ment In detr.il, and these were all explained to General Funston, who will have charge of tho nrmy of oc cupation should it. be necessary to send ono to Cuba. General Funston was told the exact number of troops which woulJ.be at his disposal in enso an army Is sent to Cuba, and was also told from what parts of the country his army would bo taken. Ho was made aware of tho fact that tho department has made every preparation for sending an nrmy of occupation to Cuba. After spending tho morning with General Bell, General Funston called upon General Ainsworth, the military secretary, and spent sometime In con sultation with him. Ho will be fully prepared to leave Washington on Saturday morning nnd proceed to Cuba, where ho will await develop ments aiid assist. Secretary Taft and his associates in the peace negotia tions now going on. Busy .t The Arsenals. Preparations Is the watchword of tho Army regarding Cuba. Not only have comploto pluns been prepared, but every department has made ar rangements to meet the emergency of Intervention if It should occur, General Crozier, chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, Is now at tho Rock Is land Arsenal, In Illinois, and a few days ago he visited the Frankford Arsenal, at Philadelphia. As a result considerable activity has been displayed In getting ammu nition for small arms and light field guns ready for movement In case orders for such action are issued. Tlie ordnance bureau has on hand a supply to equip a small army, but not enough for a large army, and It is supposed that General Crozler's visit Is with a view to supplying the deficiency. It Is stated in' other bureaus of the department that tho plans for a possible movement of troops have ! been progressing for sometime, and that any necessity can be promptly met. Aid For Typhoon Sufferers. Hongkong (By Cable) Europeans and Americans have contributed $2,000. and tho Chinese $25,000, to tho relief fund of tho sufferers from the typhoon. Boisterous weather continues and Is hampering tho work of salvaging In tho harbor. Tho body of Bishop Hoare has not been re covered. Rolrt R. Hilt Dead. Narragansett Pier, R. I., (Special). Congressman Robert It. HRt, of Illinois, died at his summer hom here. Congressman Hitt came hero last June and since thnt time he has been very 111, requiring most of the time tho constant attention of nurses and physicians Heart fail ure, following a long period of In creasing physical weakness, finally caused his death. Mrs. Hitt and her two sons, W. 8. Hitt and II. 11. Hitt, were at the bedside when he died. To Anaylase The Potoinuc, Washington (Special). With the view of ascertaining the adaptability to Industrial purposes of tho waters of the Potomac River at Cumber land, Md., the hydrographlc branch of the Geologlcal'Survey hii arrang ed to have samples of the waters of the streams at those points forward ed to Washington dally for analysts. The object of tho analysis is to as certain the umouut of mineral car ried by the water, and the experi ments will continue for a year. FOR AN EIGHT-HOUR OW President Roosevelt Extend Order To All Public Works. Oyster Bay, N. Y. (Special) Pres ident Roosevelt extended the eight hour law to apply to all public works under tho supervision of any depart ment of tho government. This ordir affects more particularly work on river add harbor Improvements. Charles P. Nelll, commissioner of labor, who, at tho direction of the President, has had charge, Blnce last, winter, of tho enforcement of the eight-hour law, has Bent to the Pres ident a report, of whlch'the follow ing Is tho concluding pnragraph: "I might add here .that I found thnt. ono very noticeable effect hni al ready been produced In this matter of the eight-hour law. Contractors fully realizo now thnt the law is go ing to bo enforced with earnestness, and they no longer dismiss it hi a. matter ol no consequence. They piutmbly like tho law less than ever, but their attitude, none the less. Is rapid!) changing l:ito one of becom ing respect for the ptatute." To carry out Commissioner Nelll's recommendations the President has signed the following executive order: "1. All departments of the govern ment under the supervision of which publlo works are being constructed aro hereby directed to notify tho representatives stationed at such pub lic works to report at once to their respective departments nil cases In which contractors or subcontractors on works now under construction have required or permitted laborers or mechanics in their employ to -a-ork over eight hour9 In any ono calendar day. "2. All government representatives In charge of construction of public work3 are further directed that It Is part of their duty to report to their respective departments each and every case In which laborers or me chanics are required or permitted to work over eight hours a day on the works under supervision of such gov ernment, representatives. Wherever reports showing work In excess of eight hours a day are received by any department they nre to bo referred to the Department nf Justice for ap propriate action. "3. All departments of tho govern ment under the supervision of which public works are being constructed by contract are further directed to have their respective legal officers prepare and forward to the President a list, of such statutes and executive orders as have a direct bearing on contracts for tho construction of pub lic, works, and with which bidders on such works should be made ac quainted. (Signed) "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." NURSE'S HORRIBLE DEATH. Oiblwi Part And Woman Is Dragged Down The Slinft. New York, (Special). Miss Sophio Hfgginbotham, a nurse. 2S yenrs old, living In the Graduate Nurses' Club of the New York Hoanital, mat a horrible reath in the i levator shaft of the seven-story building occupied by tho nurses, at. No. R West Ninety second Street. After belntt dragged by tho car from the reventh floor o the bnsement along the side of tho shaft by her clothing and her flesh bruised, she wns picked out of the wreck of the car screamintr with pain. Before the arrival of a doctor Miss Illgglnhotham died in ncuiy. Miss Hlgginboth.ini was graduated several years ago from the Brooklyn Hospital. Sho was taking a rest at the club. She had dinner on the main floor of the building, and, go ing to the elevator, she started up stairs to tho rootmi of n friend. Wil liam Rollins, the "negro elevator boy, lost control of the car Immediately after It left, the grnu.id floor, .md if. shot to the top of the shaft, where it hung for a few moments. The ne gro saw that (he cables were parting, and he sprang into a narrow apace between the aider: of the shaft and the car and tried to 'ling Miss Higpln botham with him. He bad succeeded In getting her halfway through when the cable brol:o and the elevator crashed to tho hnsement. carrying the womaa with It. Tho scrajis ot the nurse as the car dropped rould be heard for a block, and some 20 other nurBes who came to the shaft looked down the nreaway nnd then fainted. Rollins wns arretted. AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL .. Some Interesting Happenings Biicfly Told. President Gompers, of the Federa tion of Labor, criticises the adminis tration for tardiness in applying the eight-hour law. A firm of Baltimore Chinamen offer to supply 2,500 coolies for work on the Panama Canal at 1 2 Mi cents an hour. Captain Comly ami Deck Officer Prcssy, of tho Alabama, will be court-martialed for the collision with tho Illinois off Newport. President Roosevelt, has Issue a proclamation opening 505,000 acres of Indian lands In Oklahoma to tho public. Tho Navy Department objects to reformed spelling and hr appealed to the President. The Interstate Commerce Com mission Is to simplify rnllroa.l freight rate schedules. Tho PostoOlce Department opened bids for pneumatic tube mall service. Brigadier Conor: I Samuel M. Mills, chief of artjllory, It: '.o retire. , Major General .Fredc-lcV D. Grant declares that 00 per cent, of deser tions in tho Army nre duo to bad liquor and absence of Hie urmy can teen. Captain Southe.land reports a revolution likely In Santo Domingo and suggests that im more wa-ships lie-taken away f.om lho-,e waters' Joseph E. Rnnadell, of House. Com mittee on Rivers nnd Harbors, favors an appropriation of $.".0,000,000 for deeper channel:!. Secretaty of Agriculture Wilson has issued the regulations governing tho Inspection of meats for intoi-stato or foreign trade Tho Interstate Co-imerco Commitf Hon dccldod (hat. nothing but money con be rocolved In payment of trans portation. Pay Director Rogers, of the Navy, vho wos appointed pnym,;tor gener. ul, was not an applicant, for tho of fice. Tho lnterstnto Common? Commls Mrm I ukIhe tho simplified word "thru." Scorrjary Bonaparte has decided lo relievo (ho Divio i t Clrpfiiojjoa. STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA Latest News Gleaned From Various Parts. Another brutal murder occurred at West Berwick the other morning. Domlnlck Caluso was shot and killed at his own door. His body was rid dled by buchr.hot. Caluso and hitt wife came to West Berwick from Pittston two weeks ago. They retir ed about 10 o'clock and nt 3 o'clock in the morning Mrs. Caluso anJ i other persons l.i tho neighborhood were awakened by the Bhootlng and found Caluso dead In tho yard, dress ed only In his nlRht shirt. When Mrs. Caluso realized thnt her hus band was dead she got a revolver and was with difficulty prevented from killing herself. As usual In these cases, the foreign element refuses to talk, but it has been learned that Caluso had trouble with tho Rlark Ha-.id In Luzerne County nnd thnt he had been warned he would nol live more than two weeks In his new home. Caluso was "' yenrs of nge nnd Is believed to have answered '. secret summons nt the door when he was killed. Fish Commissioner Sleehan is striving to protect tho shad. He nys that unless Immediate measures j nro taken for the protection of shad In the Delaware and Susquehanna Rivers this great food fish will he exterminated In a few years. He N suggests thnt the beat means of "rotectlng the fish Is for the next Legislature to pass a law providing for a longer weekly close Boason dur ing the open season, a larger mesh for gill nets, a closer supervision :ver all other forms of nets and to -egulate tho pollution 'of tho rivers. Commissioner Meehan has taken up the matter with the fish authorities of New Jersey nnd New York, who have promised to co-operate with Mm to secure tho enactment of a similar bill by the Legislatures of heir States. He Is also attacking 'he dams at Trenton. An Investigation Into the death of John Casnm, of Lee Park, reveal ed the fact that he was a Christian Scientist and refused to have a phy sician, being contented to hear the readi.igs of Kugcne T. Smtlh. a lead er of the sect In Wllkes-Barre. His wife, as ho grew worse, says she begged him to have a physician, but he refused. Smith has left the city. Mrs. Casam says her husband suf fered from tuberculosis for nineteen yenrs and did not find relief until eighteen months ago, when he be came a Christian Sceintist, and was nblo to resume work. Last week, when he was attacked with dysen tery, he bl'leved that Christian Science would cure him In the same ' manner. Tho Farmers' Deposit National 'tank of Pittsburg, Increased Its capi tal stock front $800,000 to $t?,000, 00 with a dissenting vote. Tho In crease Is made by a stock dividend, each stockholder receiving six and 'i half additional shares for each ono formerly held. The last quotation of tho stock was $17S0 In 190u. Last year It paid 4 4 per cent. The new stock Is expected to pay at least 8 per cent, nnd be worth from $20n to $250 a share. The change will give tho bank nn opportunity to con duct its business on a largely In; creased scale, as the $0,000,000 capi tal will greatly Increase Hie loaning power. When Miss Susan Phillips, of Falls alighted from a Lehigh Valley Rail road train the other morning, a middle-aged man rushed to her and kiss ed and hugged her vigorously. As soon as she got her breath she struck him nnd screamed for help. He re leased her quickly at the outcry nnd wn3 no less startled thnn sho when he perceived that she was not tho young woman he believed ber to.be. He stammered an apology and then ran down the platform and disap peared. Mrs. George Kelqri, wife of Chief of Police George Kelm, was bo badly burned about the body at her home, In Spring City, while preparing a meal that tho burned flesh dropped off and the bones could be setrn. She struck a match which set fire to her clothing. Her son Chnrles rushed to his mother's assistance nnd wnj badly burned on tho hands and feet. Mrs. Kelm Is not expected to live. Having adopted the standard for Ice cream Bet by the Food Standards I 'ommisslon of the United States '.overnmont, a crusade against the spurious stuff that has been sold In Pennsylvania under the name of Ice cream has boen begun by the puro Food Department of Pennsylvania. Tho Government standard holds that leo cream Is a frozen product of cream and sugar containing 14 pet' cent, milk fat. Nut and fruit Ice cream contains 12 per cent, milk fat. Kggs, gelatine, corn Btarch and col oring matter will not be permitted In cream under the new regulations. Milk ico cream will bo a thing of the past. It will not come up to tint standard. Dr. B. H. Warren bus never been able to secure a recog nized standard for Ice cream until now. He has notified all his agent to begin lifting samples at once. Francis Pollock, aged 29, was struck and Instantly killed by a Le high Valley express train at Allen town as ho was returning to his home from the American Steel A" Wire Company's plant. Pollock bad Just received word that the stork bad left a double blessing at his home, and reported off in order to go home. The widow and four children survive. It Is believed that counterfeit mon ey Is either being manufactured at llBzloton or that counterfeiters arc making tho town one of the centers of the distribution of their spurious coin. When the butcher shop of Edward Trautman, of Pine Grove, was dis covered on fire Rov. Lewis Kramer, of the Pottsvlllo SOeot United Breth ren Church, was ono of tho first on the ground and personally directed (he formation of a bucket brigade until the arrival of the Iiobo company with their apparatus. William Carter, a Chester negro, pleaded guilty In court at Media to stealing a horse and buggy from. Joseph Eyre, of Chester, and selling it to Miles Herr, a farmer residing near Luncuster. Carter was Bentene- ed to four years In the Kastern Peni tentiary, While William Weller and Edward Llebner, employed In the molding J partment of the Reading shops Pottsville, were carrying a ladle Oil ed with 200 pounds of molten metal one of them tripped. They fell, dropping the ladle. Splashee ot the UquM terlously burned Weller. while Llebner escaped with Blight Injnrles. .
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