. -
nmppED boy
WHS MURDERED
Horace Marvin Found In Field Near
His Home.
WAS PLACED THERE BY SLAYER.
A Dock Hunter Find the Four-year-Id
Lad in a Spot Where All
the Graaa Had Been Burned Away
nd Which Haa Been Traversed
Dally by Searchers.
MYSTERY STILL DEEP.
The body of Horace Marvin,
irho disappeared March 4. was
found near hla father's farm.
All indications point to the
probability that It was plared
thero within the laat few days.
Dr. Marvin, the father Is cer
tain the boy was kidnapped and
purdered, and every effort will
Be made to solve the mystery.
Dover, Del. (Special).. Lying face
vnw.ird on a marshy pleco of
ground, which has been traversed re
peatedly since he disappeared, the
body of 4-year-old Horaco Marvin,
who has ben sought in many part
of the country since March 4. was
Sand Saturday afternoon. It was
I fourth birthday and two months
alBaopt to the hour since he was last
seen
That the boy was kidnapped, mur
dered and hlB body brought back re
eently is the boiler of those concern-
In the case, Dr. Horace N. Mar-
, the father, being firmly con-
aced that the little fellow was mur
dered.
The body was In a state of pre
servation Indicating that the lad had
rabably been dead not more than
few days and was dressed exactly
aa when he waa last seen. The only
marfe to indicate foul piny was a
llecoloration of the face. However,
an autopsy is to be held and a rigid
fnrestlgatlon made.
The spot where the body was found
about half a mile from Dr. Mar
vin's Bay Meadow farm, and the dis
covery wag made by "Ollle" Pleasan
ton, a farmer.
Pleasanton, who lives on a farm
adjoining that of the, Marvlns, camo
upon the child's body' while gunning.
It lay face downward In a patch of
meadow grass. Pleasanton says he
amw It at a distance of 20 feet. Fri
day several gunners passed over this
land, but none saw the body. If It
was there then. The spot where the
body wan found is midway between
the Marvin home and the Delaware
River.
When "Ollle" Pleasanton came up
on the body he found the clothing
Intact. The tiny woolen reefer was
buttoned securely about the body
and not an article of clothing which
he had on when he disappeared was
missing. His knit cap was pulled
over his face and his mittens were
on his hands. i
Had Ilrcn Burned Over.
Dr. Marvin says he searched over
the same marsh nearly every day
since the disappearance, and with
detectives, burned the grass off the
place four weeks ago, but saw no
signs of the body.
The theory that the child has been
recently placed where he was found
la supported by the fact that Dr.
Marvin, as well as detectives, stood
on the spot when they burned the
tail sage grass from It. Further
than this the marsh has been tramp
led over time and again within the
last week by neigh liors, and no sign
of the child was seen.
Dr. Marvin went on a run to the
place described by Pleasanton and
gently picked up the little form, pull
ing hie cap from the face to make
sore that It was his boy. Being satis
fied that It was his son, the Doctor
wrapped the body In a sheet and car
ried it to the house, where he noti
fied the family.
Dr. Marvin, shortly after the body
was found, said:
"Though I am unable to exam
ine Horace closely until the cor
oner arrives, I am certain ho was
murdered, his body brought back
and left lying on the marsh to give
the Impression that he wandered out
there and died. The clothing showed
no signs of having burned, aa would
undoubtedly have been the case had
the body lain there when the fire
swept over the marsh."
There are fcome persons who still
argue that the boy wandered into the
marsh and froze to death, Just as
has been contended by them since
the beginning of the mystery, but
these persons, in building their theo
ry, are unable to reconcile it with
the thorough searches that were
made of the wohlo stretch of marsh.
SCORES KILLED AND HUNDREDS HURT
Gunpowder Magazine In Canton, China,
Explodes Massive City
Wall a Wreck.
Hongkong (By Cable). Great de
struction of life and property was
caused at Canton by tho explosion of
a gunpowder magazine. Twenty-one
bodies already have been recovered
from the ruins. Hundreds of per
sons were injured.
Fifteen buildings were razed to
the ground and over 100 were seri
ously wrecked. A section, 200 feet
long, of the massive city wall was
thrown down. The historical many
storied pagoda escaped with slight
injuries. The officials and staffs of
the hospitals are doing their best to
succor the sufferers.
In the Shamlen suburb, where the
foreigners live, n terrific shock, caus
ed by the explosion, was felt, but
the residents were unharmed.
Some idea of the force of the ex
plosion may be gathered from the
fact that the roofs of houses a mile
distant from the exploded magazine
were blown off. A number of Im
portant Chinese and foreign mercan
tile establishments were completely
demolished.
The bodies recovered from the
ruins in the vicinity of the magazine
were shockingly mutilated. Many
corpses of men and women were with
out heads.
Tho officer in charge of the maga
zine was among those killed, and
when his body was recovered a pipe
was found clutched In his hand,
which suggests the possible cause of
tho explosion.
The financial losses are enormous.
The city of Canton is about six
miles In circumference and Is enclos
ed by walls about 20 feet thick and
from 25 to 40 feet high. There are
1 1 gates into the city, besides two
wates gates.
The famotiB nine-storied pagoda,
dating from the beginning of the Mid.
: die Ages, is situated In the western
part of what is known as the Old
I City. Tho foreigners reside In the
Shemlen suburb, founded in 1850
on an artificial Island on the Honan
side of the river. The population
of Canton Is estimated at about 900,-
000.
Higher Bute On Meat.
Washington (Special). An excep
tion to the general rule In fixing the
rates of duty on American Imports
into Germany under the new arrange
ment uow pending In the Reichstag
at the minimum extended to other
nations appears to have been made
In the case of meats. In thnt case the
present minimum rntes for "ments,
except bacon, and edible entrails, ex
oept those of poultry, fresh or chill
ed," Is 27 marks per 100 kilos. The
now rate on such meats Is placed at
85 marks.
Parade Of Protest.
Boston (Special). About 10,000
people participated in the parade and
mass-meeting held by the labor or
ganizations of this city Sunday as
a protest against the proceeding
gainst Moynr, Haywood and PetU
fcono for alleged conspiracy In the
murder of Governor Steunenberg, of
Idaho. A Scundanavlan social club,
which brought up the rear, displayed
three plain red llags. A thousand
or more women were In Mne.
Monument For llurtlioldi.
Paris (Uy Cable) . Frederick Au
Eurto Bartholdl, tho sculptor of the
Btatue of Liberty In New York har
bor, la to havo a monument erected
to bis memory at bin birthplace, Col
mar Alsace. M. Bartholin died m
104. It was hoped that tho un
Tellli g would take place on May 26
Of this year, hut the organizing com
mittee in Paris, under the presidency
of Auguste Lalunn, haa not yet re
ceived sufficient support to carry on
the wotk, which has been Intrusted
to the ssvlj tor, Louis Noel.
MANY DEAD IN
MINE DISASTER
Dreadful Explosion in West Virginia
Colliery.
FIFTY HAVE NARROW ESCAPE.
Catastrophe Probably Due to an
Extraordinarily Heavy ShotThere
Were 64 Men in the Mine at
the Time, but 53 Managed to
Escape I'nhurt.
Charleston, W. Va. (Special).
Three men were killed, four were
severely burned and four others are
entombed and probably dead as a
result of a mine disaster at the Whip
ple Mines in the Leap Creek district.
The mine where the explosion oc
curred ts a shaft 450 feet deep. It
has two openings and belongs to the
Dixon interests, who also own the
Stuart Mine, where an explosion oc
curred last January that killed 60
men.
The explosion occurred at about
3.30 o'clock In the main return head
ing about 1,200 feet from the foot
of the shaft.
It Is supposed to have been caused
by an extraordinary heavy shot.
i Ninety-four men are employed in
the mine, but 30 left the mine Just
before the explosion occurred. Of
the 64 men left Inside 33 escaped
through the second shaft of the mine.
Tho other 11 men are accounted
for as either dead, wounded or miss
ing, and the mine officials think the
casualties connot amount to more
than 11 at the most.
A syndicate, headed by the Fayette
coal man Dixon, owns the mine
which Is considered one of the most
valuable properties In the Fayette
or Leap Creek coal mining district.
Although damaged, the fans, which
have a capacity of 125,000 cubic feet
of air por minute, continued working
and doubtless did much to help the
work of rescue. Early reports from
tho region Indicated that over 60
men had perished In the disaster.
WRECK OK A KLV1.I1.
Disastrous Imaatinp On Ohio River
Division of 11. & O.
Parkersburg. W. Va. (Special).
Train No. 716, northbound, flyer on
the Ohio River Division of the Bal
timore and Ohio, was wrecked at
3.30 o'clock at Pleasant View, 40
miles below here, while going at 50
miles an hour.
About 20 persons were injured,
and three or four of that number
will die.
The relief train arrived hero from
the scene of the wreck at 8 o'clock
p nnH ntinnt a dozen of the in
jured, including the three mentioned
gbOV, were removed to St. Joseph's
Hospital, The wreck was caused oy
a bad rail. Not one of the train
crew waB Injured. Three coaches
rolled over an embankment.
OVKK A M I LI. ION IN OATS.
Chicago OpOIMSOf Said To Have Cor-
uend Tin- Market,
Chicago (Special). By manipulat
ing the oats market Jim Patten, "the
king of coarse grains" is Bald to have
cleaned up $1,130,000. Patten's
holdings arc estimated all the way
from 12.000,000 to 15.000,000 bush
els and he now has a profit averag
ing 11 cents a bushel.
Had not Patten sold 2,000,000
bushels of May during the last few
days the price would doubtleBB have
reached 50 cents or a higher level.
By manipulating the prices, the Pat
ten brokers have been enabled to
keep around the 47-cent level, al
though It has been up as high as 48
cents, the highest since May. 1902,
when It reached 4 9. A big fight
is on in oats, and it is expected that
Patten will win out.
Suffragettes Tuke A Man.
London (By Cable) Owing to the
failure to secure the Immediate ad
mittance of women to membership
In Parliament the National Union of
Women's Suffrage Clubs has decided
that the next best thing is to be
represented in the House of Com
mons by man. It will, therefore,
run a Parliamentary candidate of Its
own In the person of Hon. Bertrand
Russell, who will contest the Wim
bledon division In behalf of suffering
women.
100,000 Driven Krom Homes.
Odessa (By Cable). One hundred
thousand people are estimated to
have been driven from their homes
by the overflowing of the Dnieper,
DnleBter and Dvlna. The Inunda
tions are more widespread than usual
and have caused extreme distress
over an enormous area.
Police Graft In Missouri.
Kansas City, Mo. (Special). Fol
lowing allegations of corruption In
the Police Department here, an In
vestigation having the approval of
Governor Folk will probably be start
ed at once. Governor Folk Is quoted
as saying: "If there are crooks In
the Department they must be found
out, and If they are found out they
must be summarily dismissed. There
will be no halting. Conditions at
Kansas City are not reassuring."
Chains Little Girl To Wagon.
Galveston (Special). Mary San
derman, 13 years old, was rescued
from her father, Gustavo Sanderson,
n farmer, who had chained her by
the ankle to a wagon which he had
driven for almost six miles. The
child said he had chained her to the
bed at night to prevent her escape.
Neighbors heard the story, procured
a rope and were preparing to hang
him when deputy sheriffs arrived and
spirited the man to Jail.
21 Years In Lone Room.
Chicago (Special). A five-day no
tice to move pinned on tho door of
an unkempt room on the top floor
of the Otis Building, and a note from
an artist asking him to come to pose
for a picture, tells the story of the
last days of D. P. C. Stockel, 65
years old, once well to do, who was
found dead in his room. He had
lived there 21 years. Stockel is said
to havo resembled the late President
McKlnley, and to have posed for stat
ues of him.
IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD.
Secretary Cortelyou has put $4,
000,000 In Washington national
banks, to remain during the tax-jjay-ing
period.
Since January 1, 1906, United
States Steel has tuken $64,500,000
from earnings to spend on new con
struction work.
In nine months of this fiscal year
the Reading's net surplus was $1,
503,000 less than in the same period
of 1906, which 1b a decrease of Just
20 per cent.
Norfolk & Western's net earning-.
In March decreased 4 per cent, al
though gross earning.' Increased 7
per cent.
The fact that there was a Burpius
for the ten months of the fiscal year
up to May 1 of $56,000,000 In the
Federal Treasury is not a bad bull
card In stocks.
Commercial failures In the month
of April, according to the reports
of R. G. Dun ft Co., were 799 In
number and $11,082,096 in amount
of defaulted Indebtedness, compared
with 763 failures In the same mouth
last year, when liabilities amounted
... k nr.s 649
Battel Worth $150,000.
Chicago (Special). The estate of
the late James H. EckleB, president
of the Commercial National Bank
and former comptroller of the cur
rency, Is said to amount to only
$150,000. The property consists
chiefly of roal estate and bank stock,
and by hi.- will goes entirely to his
widow and daughter.
Killed By Kail Down Stairs.
York, Pa. (Special). Becoming
entangled in a blanket which she wob
c arrying, Mrs. Rebecca Blxler, of this
city, tripped and fell down stairs.
She died shortly afterwards. Mrs.
Blxler was just recovering from a
severe sic kness, and was alone in the
house at the time of the accident.
Millionaire Gives S,0OO.
York, Pa. (Special). Theodore
Helb, a millionaire business man of
this city, presented $5,000 to the
endowment fund of the theological
seminary at Lancaster. The presen
tation was made through Rev. H.
Apple, of this city, Mr. Helb's pastor.
( bus. J. Steedman A Suicide.
Paris CBy Cable). Charles J.
Steedman of New York and Philadel
phia, son of the late Rear Admiral
Charles Steedman, commmltted sui
cide by shooting at the Hotel de
i'Orlent here. Mr. Steedman aud his
wife, who is a daughter of u former
Governor of Rhode Island, reached
Paris on April 30 from Italy. They
had been touring In Hn automobile
with Senator Aldrlch of Ithofle is
land. Since bis arrival bare Mr.
Steedman had become despondent,
Gun Kills Kntiiv Kainily.
New York (Special). Wllihin
..-.-. his wife und their two hoys
were found dead from inhaling lj
luminatlng gas In their flat lu Jersey
City. Gas was pouring from a dis
connected pipe in the kitchen.
Mrs. A. E. Heneberger, of Har
risonburg, vice-president general of
the Daughters of the American Revo
lution of Virginia, is this week the
guest of Mrs. William 8. Welch, re
gent of the Peggy Stewart Tea-Party
i '..i of Annanolis
THE NEWS OE THE WEEK.
Domestic
Another complication in the dis
tribution of the fortune loft by the
late James Henry Smith, the "Silent"
millionaire, who died while In Japan
on his honeymoon, is promised
through the discovery that Smith
had an older brother In Chill.
More than $43,000,000 In Improve
ments and work on every building
In Philadelphia is at a standstill as
a result of fruitless' conferences of
employers with bricklayers' and
stonemasons' unions over a division
of work.
J. E. Sullivan, agent of the Ala
bama Southern, at Birmingham, Ala.,
and Frank Richardson shot and kill
ed each other during a quarrel over
freight
Cyrus D. Fobs, son of Bishop Fobs,
has been removed from the secre
taryship of the Philadelphia Civil
Service Commission by Mayor Rey
burn. Count Otto von Wuldsteln. a noble
man of Austria, was shot and killed
by mistake for a desperado by a
posse In California
District Attorney Jerome is to look
Into all Insurance companies referred
to In the Investigations In New York.
William 8. Alley, a former mem
ber of the New York Stock Exchange,
has filed a petition In bankruptcy.
Firefighters in nutos traveled 28
miles lu 30 minutes in a dash across
Iowa.
Secretary Shaw predicts war over
the control of tho Pacific Ocean.
Charles T. Thornton, note-teller,
and William W. Baker, bookkeeper,
of the Hamilton National Bank, of
Chicago, were Bent to the Peniten
tiary for embezzlement.
Arrested on the charge of vagrancy
In Philadelphia, John Dempsey at
tempted suicide In a cell at the police
station by gashing his throat with a
razo.
Capt. Edgar Macklln, of the Twenty-fifth
Infantry, was fully and hon
orably acquitted by court-martial In
San Antonio, Tex.
Constantin Brun, the Danish min
ister to Washington, sailed for Eu
rope from New York.
Alex. A. Chlsolm was tried in
Birmingham, Ala., on the charge of
embezzling $100,000.
C. G. Stickle, of Pittsburg, leaped
from Suicide Pier, In Cleveland, and
was drowned.
Albert Koenlg shot Nettle Woods
In St. Louis nnd then shot himself.
Fourteen Bteamers brought 20,729
Immigrants to New York In 24 hours.
Wilson Mlzner, the young hus
band of the widow of Charles T.
Yerkes, was named as the defendant
In a divorce suit brought In the Su
preme Court of New York by Mrs.
Yerkes-Mizner.
William F. Corey, president of the
United States Steel Corporation, and
Mabelle Oilman, the actress, an
nounce that they will be married
May 13.
Governor Stuart, of Pennsylvania,
vetoed the bill placing osteopaths
on the same plane with other medi
cal practitioners.
A committee of the Protestant
Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts
has made a report favoring early
marriages.
Judge Embry. of Oklahoma, who
sentenced John W. January, the re
captured convict, favors the man's
pardon.
The corneratone of the Masonic
Temple at Hummond. Ind., was laid
by Vice President Fairbanks.
Carroll B. Short, a Texas attorney,
was shot and killed by Dr. Buck
Paul.
The Pennypacker Libel Law of
Pennsylvania has been repealed.
Foreign.
The British steamer Westgate ar
rived at Plymouth, England, with
the survivors of the crew of the
British tank steamer Silversllp, de
stroyed by an explosion of benzine.
The engineer and four firemen were
killed and four others seriously
burned.
Under the drumhead court-martial
now abolished In Russia, 1,144 per
sons wero executed, 79 condemned
to the Siberian mines for life and
710 to minor terms of imprisonment.
In anti-European riots at Rawal
pindi, Punjab, India, a Hindoo mob
burned the mission church, looted
tho postofflce and smashed the win
dows of the residences of Europeans.
At the Primrose League demon
stration In London ex-Premier Bal
four, head of the Unionists, came
out squarely in favor of protection.
Charles J. Steedman, of New York,
son of the late Rear Admiral Charles
Steedman, committed suicide by
shooting In a hotel In ParlB.
Two Americans are among the sus
pects arrested in Guatemala city in
connection with the attempt upon
the life of President Cabrera.
Twenty new battalions of Chinese
troops will be raised by conscription
to form a special armv for the de
fense of Manchuria.
The British colonial premiers re
viewed a portion of the nation's
navy at Portsmouth, including the
Dreadnought.
The Sultan of Turkey has as last
Issued an trade In regard to the
American schools and other ques
tions. The British Cabinet is considering
a plan for giving the colonies a quid
pro quo for their preferential treat
ment of British goods by subsidizing
lines of steamers between England
and the more important colonies.
Professor Curtis, who incurred the
imperial displeasure byhls publication
of the von Hohenlohe memoirs, has
resigned the presidency of the Prot
estant Consistory of Alsace.
General Botha, premier of the
Transvaal, at the imperial conference
In London declared his uncompromis
ing opposition to a commercial con
ference within the empire.
Harry Gullam, a professional golf
player, after quarreling with his wife
and striking her at Edinburgh, com
mitted suicide by throwing himself
over a precipice.
It Is announced that the French
government will welcome any action
by the United States looking to the
creation of a Joint tariff commission.
English women suffragists will op
pose the election to the House of
Commons of Henry Chaplin, ex-president
of the local government board.
The Reic'istag passed the first read
ing of the Kiel canal bill providing
for $3,760,000 as the first instalment
to be expended.
Russia's Council of the Empire
adopted the army recruiting bill and
the bill appropriating $3,000,000 for
famine relief.
MEXICO'S DEMAND
ON GUATEMALA
Strained Relations Causing Some
Anxiety.
REVOLUTIONARY JUNTA IN MEXICO.
Should Guatemala Pefnse to Fxlradite
Gen. Lima, DieJomall Relations Be
tween the Two Republics Will Be Ter
minated, but There Will Be No Decla
ration of War by Mexico.
Washington, D. C. (Special) The
strained relations between Mexico
and Guatemala arising from the fail
ure of the latter to surrender under
extradition proceedings for trial In
Mexico General Lima, charged with
complicity In the assassination of ex
President Barrillas, Is a matter of
serious concern to the officials here.
They are sincerely desirous of the
maintenance of peace in all of the
three American pending the meeting
and conclusion of the second Hague
Conference; otherwise the presenta
tion of certain subjects to the con
ference by the United States would
lose much of Its force.
With this In view the Stnto Depart
ment has gone to unusual lengths
in Its efforts to terminate the war
between Nlrarauga and Honduras and
prevent Its spread to other Central
American countries, and also to
guard agantst further troubles In the
future by providing for a permanent
peaco commission to "meet In Nica
ragua. The details or this last ar
rangement, particularly as to time
and place, are expected to bo dis
closed in the treaty of Amalpa when
the text of that recently negotiated
convention reaches Washington.
Hence the officials view with ap
prehension the Increasing frirtlon be
tween Mexico and Guatamala, and
there are frequent conferences at the
State Department, tho last being be
tween Secretory Root, Assistant Sec
retary Baron and Ambassador Creel,
of Mexico, In the pursuit of a com
mon purpose to avoid a fresh out
break of war. As the situation
stands, It may stated upon authority
the Mexican government does not be
lieve It will be necessary to go t
the length of actual hostilities.
It does feel that It has a right to
demand of Guatemala tho surrender
of fugitives who have committed tho
greatest crimes upon Mexican soil.
It 1b feared that, the demand for
Jose Lima will ultimately be refus
ed by Guatemala, If for no other rea
son than because Lima is regarded
as the right hand man of President
Cnbrera, in whose interest he is
charged with having connived ut the
assassination of Barrillas. But even
In that event war might not follow,
according to this nuthorlty.
The Mexican troops that have been
mobilized on tno Guatemalan fron
tier to the number of 10,000 would
be retained there nnd dlplomtlc re
lations of the two countries would
be terminated, but there would be
no declaration of war and no hostile
acts on the part of Mexico so long
as there was no fresh provocation
by Guatemala.
Such a situation would be un
pleasant, but not Intolerable, and
might be terminated In one or two
ways either by the breaking out of
a revolution directed against Cabre
ra's government, or by the decision
of the latter to yield to the Mexican
demand for Lima's extradition. The
Guatemalans asserts that a very act
ive Junta exists in Mexico, with the
object of financing and starting a
revolution in Guatemala against the
existing government, and It Is point
ed out that General Barrillas was
assassinated because he was the head
of that Junta.
FACTORY ;illLS IN PANIC.
Nearly A Hundred Penned In A Tex
tile Mill By Fire.
Philadelphia (Special). Nearly a
hundred girls penned In the upper
floors of the textile mill of FranciB
A. Bruner had perilous experiences
when flames attacked the four-story
structure. The flro was discovered
on the second floor, which was used
for storage of yarn, and spread
rapidly.
The operatives had Just settled
themselves for their day's labor and
the alarm of Are created a panic
among them. Those working on the
second floor had little difficulty In
leaving the building. On the third
and fourth stories, where 100 girls
were at work, thero was a stampede
for tho exits, and in the dense smoke
which confronted them several girls
were knocked down and trampled on.
Tho police and employes from oth
er mills succeeded In restoring order,
nnd the operatives were got out wlth
our serious Injury.
Tornado In Tennessee.
Memphis, Tenn. (Special). A
meager report was received by the
Commercial Appeal from Covington,
Tenn., of a tornado which struck
that place, causing considerable dam
age; but, so far as couid be ascer
tained, no lives were lost. Two com
presses owned by the Gulf Compress
Company were unroofed, and among
the other buildings damaged was the
Illinois Central Depot. An Illinois
Central Bouthbound passenger train
was detained at Covington for sev
eral hours by the storm and accu
mulation of debris along the track.
Railroad President Angrjr.
New Orleans, La. (Special). Be
cause he could not secure an annual
pass over his own line, former Gov.
H. C. Warmoth resigned tho presi
dency of the New Orleans, Fort
Jackson and Grand Isle Railroad, a
60-milellne extending down thebanks
of the Mississippi Hirer. Bondhold
ers took over the property in 1890,
and since then have boon forced to
economize on every item. Tho tall
road extends past tho . plantation
home to Mr. Warmoth, who makes
dally trips to New Orleans.
Defended His Home.
Ironton, t). (Special). Dr. Uuyne
McCoy, a prominent physician at
South Point, was shot and killed by
Capt. John Davis, of 0o Portsmouth
ferryboat Captain Davis asserted
that he was defending the. sanctity
of his i ne.
Major Itathbone Dead.
San Francisco (Special). Major
Gerald Hathbono died here after a
Hrtnf HlnAUH Ha WHi eonui.l , i, .
under the first Cleveland administra
tion. uiiu ai n ,(,, am ou
the staff of Genera) Scofleld.
UNDER CHARGE OFGONSPIRACY
Manager International Policyholders'
Committee.
New York (Special).- Sensational
results have quickly followed the In
quiry by the dlstlct attorney's office
Into the recent election of directors
of tho New York Life Insurance
Company.
George R. Scrughatn, manager of
the International Policyholders' Com
mittee, which Inspired the present In
vestigation, making grave charges
against those who conducted the
election, was himself placed under
arrest at Albany and put aboard a
trnln, leaving Albany for New York
at 1.16 o'clock A. M.
Scrugham Ib charged with con
spiracy, and he was the third man
Identified with the International Pol
icyholders' Committee to be taken
Into custody since noon. The other
are Charles Stirrup and Charles F
Cnrrlngton. These two were not
members of the committee, but were
employed as watehurB for the com
mittee at the election. Stirrup was -wate'
. r at the director's election ol
the Mutual Life Insurance Company
while Carrlngton acted In a simi
lar rapacity at the New York Llf
election.
Conspiracy Is Charged.
They are specifically charged wltr
having "unlawfully conspired togeth
er together for the perversion and
obstruction of the due administra
tion of the laws of the State of Ne
York, with relation to the electlor
of directors of the New York Life
Insurance Company." The warrant!
were Issued on the complaint of As
slstant District Attorney Walter B
Howe.
Stirrup, It Is alleged, was employ
ed In a subordlnte capacity at the
office of the policyholders' commltte
previous to December 1 8. and the of
fense with which he Is charged was
commltteed prior to that date.
Jacob Frank, a New York Life In
surance Company agent, was arrest
ed, charged with forgery In the third
degree. Frank had been summoned
to explain the signatures of severe'
policyholders to alleged forged bal
lots cast nt the recent election of di
rectors of the New York Life. At
the time of his arrest Frank, It Is
said, made a statement to Assistant
District Attorney Smyth and Howe
that had an Important bearing on
the late developments.
The policyholders' committee,
headed by Scrugham as manager and
Samuel Untermeyer as counsel, and
with a membership of many distin
guished persons In this country and
Europe, fought the "administration
tickets" in the recent electioiiB of di
rectors of tho New York and Mutusl
Life Insurance Companies.
ROSSI CUTS OUT HIS TONGUK.
STATE OK PENNSYLVANIA.
Latest News Gleaned From Various
- Parti
Lost His Voice And Recently Ile
canie Insane.
Milan (By Cable). Arcnngelr.
RobsI, the tenor who wan with the
ConrledOpera Company In San Fran
cisco during the earthquake, and
who, as the result of the fright he
experienced, has not since been well
endeavored to commit Biilcide here
Recently he lost his voice.
Thin calamity weighed so deeply
on his mind that he went crazy, and
Wednesday he cut out his tongue
with n phlr of scissors. He was taken
to a hospital In a critical condition.
Last winter. In New York, Rossi,
during a performance of "Don Pas
quale" at the Metropolitan Opera
House, broke down while suffering
from a serious nervous trouble, and
did not Bing again with Mr. Conrled's
Company.
AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL
Somo Interesting Happenings Briefly
Told.
The Santiago difficulty was brought
up at the Cabinet meeting, Secretary
Taft laying before the President all
the Information he has received from
Governor Magoon.
Secretary Taft will strongly urge
upon Congress at Its next session the
necessity of procuring land for army
posts east of the Mississippi.
Despite rumors to tho contrary, it
was stated ut tho Whlto House that
the President will not issue any state,
ment at the present time declining
to be a candidate for re-election.
The long-expected order .making
changeB In the stations and duties
of the general officers of tho Army
was lBued by the War Department.
Plans have been approved for the
special Investigation of tho water re
sources of the proposed Appalachian
forest reserve.
American manufacturers are mak
ing an unusual record in the Impor
tation of foreign materials for use
In their industries.
The General Mc.Clellan statue was
unveiled In the presence of his wid
ow nnd members of the Sootetles of
the Armies of the Potomac, the
Tennessee and the G. A. R. Ad
dresses wero made by President
Roosevelt nnd General Dodge.
StntomeutB wero niado to the In
land Waterways Commission by Rep
resentative Burton ami. Commission
er of Corporations Smith.
The Equitable Lifo Insurance Com
pany applied In tho Supreme Court
for a writ of review in the case of
J. Wlllcox Brown.
The Navy Department was advised
of the death of Nnval , Paymaster
James E. Cann, at Portsmouth, N. H.
The 8oclety of tho Grand Army
of the Potomr.c adopted a resolution
favoring arbitration to avoid war.
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission received from the Cullfomia
Fruit Growem' Exchange a com
plaint, filed by telegraph, against the
Southern Pacific- and the Atchison,
Topeka nnd Santa Fe Rnilroada.
President Mellon and FlrBt Vice
President Byrnes, of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad,
had a talk with President Roosevelt.
They declined to discuss purpose of
visit.
W. T. Wllloughby will be promot
cd to the secretaryship of Porto Rlro
Ho is now treasurer of the Island.
Admiral Dewey and his veteran
officers celebrated the ninth anniver
sary of the Battle of Manila Bay
with a reunion and dinner.
C. H. Hlnlon. a Patent Ofllcet ex
amlner, dropped dead in the lobby
of tho Y. M. C. A. Building. Death
was due to cerebral hemorrhage.
A number of promotions In tho
consular service were announced C
M. Caugby. of Maryland, wao made
consul at Malaga.
Railway lines south of tho Poto
mac and Ohio and cast of Mtssiuuippi
have filed notice of withdrawal of
reduced rates on party tickets.
The miners released trom rneir
late imprisonment In the flooded
mine at Foustweil are Improving at
the Wlndber Hospital, although all
suffered the expected temporary re
lapse. Thomas Oessler, a young Media
boy, was run over at Moylan by a
large delivery wagon of a Phlldeiphla
, department. Btore. His right leg was
so badly Injured that It had to be
amputated
Cynenlus and Frank Irwin and
Oeorge and Joseph Jacobs, of Norrls
town, were sent to the House of Re
fuge for setting fire to Oak Street
8chool, In that borough.
The prohibitionists of Wayne
County met at the courthouse and
elected a County Committee, consist
ing of H. A. Olives, chairman; il
A. Dexter, treasurer; C, H. Allen,
secretary. Treasurer pexter's state
ment showed a balance of $4.03 in
the treasury.
The Salem Methodist Camp-Meeting
grounds in Wuyno County have
been discontinued as an outdoor
place of worship. It has been in use
since 1818.
At niddelstinre furnace a Rroadton
locomotive through mistake shifted
a car upon which eight men were
working Into a short high tressle.
Before It could be stopped the car
shot over the end of the trestle, kill
ing three Italians and injuring two
others.
An unknown German boy, neatly
dressed, was killed on the Pennsyl
vania Railroad below Bristol. De
puty Coroner Rue took charge of
hiB body. Nothing could be found
on him to Identify him.
Clark Phillips and James Tonal,
laborers In the Standard limestone
quarry, near Lewlstown, were seri
ously Injured by a fall of stone.
Phillips' skull was fractured and
Tonzi's right leg crushed.
The People's Street Railway Com
pany, at Nanticoke, will extend lta
line from that place to Benton, Col
umbia County, and already the great
er part of the right of way has been
ecu red. The lino will go by way of
Shickshinny and Huntingdon MlllB.
Richard Spahr, of Mechanicburg,
who has received a West Point Mili
tary Academy appointment from
Congressman Marlln E. Olmsted, of
Harrlsburg, Is at Fort Myer, Vir
ginia, for examination.
Carnill Rose, an Italian, was mur
dered by Carman Marcorla, a fellow
countryman, at Thorndale, a station
east of Coatesvllle. Marcorla was
arrested by Constable Gray and woe
given a hearing beforo Squire John
son and committed without ball. Ap
parently without any provacation
Marcorla committed the deed. The
Italians were siting on a bench con
versing when suddenly Marcorla
Jumped to his feet and fired two shota
into Rose's body.
A source of graft by justices of the
peace, of Pottsvllle, In tho duplicat
ing charges, which cover the same
offense, was discovered by District
Attorney Reed, which may lead to
prosecutions, the multiplication of
these charges causing a correspond
ing Increase in fees. The District
Attorney has balked this plan by
pinning together all these charges
and will bunch them on one Indict
ment. Though Henry Fredericks, aged
17 yearB, of Pottsvllle, has hlB left
arm sawed off and is otherwise maim
ed, In addition to there being a
deep cut In his left side through
which can be distinctly seen his
heart, In its palpitation, the sur
geons say he baa a chance for re
covery. The accident occurred at the
Williamson colliery. Fredericks
trlnned over a plank and fell full
! upon" a huge saw. He was removed
to the Miners' Hospital.
Heart broken by the death of her
aged husband, Mrs. Andrew Romans,
of Lyon, prayed that she, too, might
Join him In death. Three hours later
her wish was granted. She was in
duced to He down and never awak
ened from tho sleep which then came.
They were married fifty-three years
ago.
Theodore Wenos was held up by
three highwaymen in Springfield.
They shoved revolvers against his
breast and ordered him to hand over
all hiB valuables. He had $200 In
an Inside pocket and a five dollar
note In his trousers. He gave the
highwaymen the latter bill and beg
ged to be released. He was kicked
and struck with a club after which
-the gang fled.
The trustees of the Moravian
Church, Nazareth, elected J. L. Ros
enberry as organist of the church to
succeed Ellis Schneebell, son ot
former Congressman Schneebell, over
whose occupancy of the position
there has been so much trouble. Mr.
Rosenberry wus formerly an organist
at Bangor and at Btrn'udsburg.
George F. Baer, president of the
Reading Railway, will be invited to
make the principal Reading Day ad
dress at the Jamestown exposition.
April was the greatest building
month in tho history of Reading,
permits for 209 new structures, rep
resenting half a million dollars, hav
ing been Issued.
Building Inspector Orner. of Al
lodia, prosecuted Silverman Broth
ers, managers of the Grand Theater,
a vaudeville and picture show house,
for keeping It open when It did not
comply with the safety law require
ments. C. F. Savage, assistant secretary
of the Harlem Branch of the Young
Men's Christian Association, of New
York, has accepted the invitation to
become general secretary of the
Pottstown Association. Mr. Savage la
28 years old and is a graduate of
Brown University. "
The Eleventh Avenue Opera House,
Altoona, was abandoned as a theater,
after many years of successful opera
Ion. Trie big audience present rose
at the cloae of the show and, led by
the orchestra, sang "Auld Lang
Sync."
Rosa James, aged 31 yean, one of
the beat football playerB which
Schuylkill County has ever produced,
waa instantly killed at the OakhlU
Colliery, near "Pottsvllle, by a fall of
rock.
David Carr, of Cressona, a Reading
car Inapector, stumbled and fell while
at work. When fellow - employees
lifted him up he was dead.
Michael McDerniott, of Port Car
bon, aged 96 years, sustained probe'
bly fatal Injuries by falling down!
stairs at his home. He fractured his
it' it-ii and received internal hurta.