LATEST NEWS
Domestic
Five men were Injured when the
Adams Express fast freight, known
M the Million Dollar Freight on the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad, crashed Into a switch en
gine on a .sharp curve at the Port
Morris freight yards In New York.
William Jeffries was hanged In the
St. Charles (Mo.) Jail yard for the
murder of William W. Wussler, a
fanner. In March. 1905. FYlly 1.000
persons witnessed the execution.
Congressman .1. F. I, suing, Repub
lican, of the Fourteenth Ohio District,
and a candidate to succeed himself,
has been Indicted as a result of the
recent bank failures at Norwalk. O.
Right Rev. Robert A. Gibson, bish
op of Virginia, sailed for Europe on
the steamer Mauretanla. Olga Neth
ersole also was a passenger on the
steamer.
Mae O'Reilly, who was said to have
been murderei! on the Guinness
farm. Is alive and well In Saratoga,
N. Y.
State Senator .lames P. McN'Ichol.
of Pennsylvania, was held for court
on a charge of criminal libel.
Daniel H. McMillan, district feder
al Judge in New Mexico, died In Den
rer. The steamer Corwln, from Seattle,
has been the first vessel to reach
Nome.
At the annual dlocesean conven
tion of the Protestant Episcopal
Church of Delaware, Rev. Dr. F. J.
Kinsman, of the chair of ecclesias
tical history of the General Theolo
gical Seminary, New York City, was
elected Bishop of Delaware to buc
!eed Bishop Cayton Coleman, de
teased .
Thomas A. Mclntyre, senior mem
ber of the firm of T. A. Mclntyre, re
fused to answer questions regarding
stock deals before a United States
commissioner on the ground that the
replies would Incriminate or degrade
him.
Charles T. Muir. paying teller of :i
branch of the Corn Exchange Nation
al Bank, New York, upon the dis
covery that he was short In his ac
counts, went into the cellar of the
bank and blew out his brains.
It Is claimed that an adopted
daughter will be the chief beneficiary
to the estate of P. J. Montague, the
wealthy wine merchant and former
Balllmorean, who died In New York.
The United States Steel Corpora
tion is figuring on a contract to sup
ply the Russian government with a
million tons of steel rails to cost
125,000,000.
i President Underwood, of the Erie
Railroad, issued inslructions that all
the road's locomotive and car Rhops
be placed on a 10-hour-a-day basis.
It Is rumored that the Cutiar.l
Steamship Company will spend $4.
000,000 to build a ship to beat the
Limit an ia and Mauret anla.
Before the hearing in New York
to dissolve the Standard Oil closes,
3,000,000 words will have been tak
en in evidence.
Bishop Edward Wilson, of the Re
formed Episcopal Church, died at
Metuchen, N. J.
Rev. Dr. J. M. Gordon was found
dead in a buthaub at Hopklnsville,
Ky.
Foreign
The British Admlrallty Court, af
ter hearing evidence In the case of
the collision of the American Bt earne
st. Paul with the British cruiser
Gladiator, withheld judgment until
after the courtmartlal arising from
the Iobs of the cruiser.
The Russian Ministry of Railway?
denies the report that it is contem
plating the purchase of Pittsburg
rails. The State as well as private
railroads in Russia are obliged by
charter to buy their rails from Rus
sian works.
Deep public interest has been man
ifested in Berlin In the announcement
af the approaching reduction in the
postage rates between the United
States and Great Britain to two cents
an ounce.
In the House of Commons violent
protests were made by socialist and i
laoor memi)ers against rting re
ward's visit to Russia, but a resolu
tion condemning it whb defeated.
Ambassador White has made en
ergetic representations to the French
government with reference to the ac
tion of the Llllle authorities In the
case of Charles von Mlle,icb, said
to be in Philadelphia.
QriiHontfl In various n n i veriti t if In
4i.u4t.lo ii . t t i.n a Dt rila niralnat flip '
removal of Professor Wahrmund, of
Innsbruck University.
Governor Magoon has Issued an
order closing all Cuban ports agalns;
ships from Venezuela, where the bu
bonic plague Is raging.
The Anfloos tribesmen, supported
by the Cherifian troops, recently de
feated the Mtouguls after a bloody
battle.
Harry Ickls, a governmet mining
expert, and his guard were killed by
Moros while asleep in a hut.
The International Cotton Congress
adjourned after adopting a number
of Important resolutions.
Sir Robert Gillespie Held, a famouj
railroad builder and capitalist, died
In Montreal.
ROBBERS BATTLE
WITH DETECTIVES
Man Shot to Death and
Detective Wounded.
BARRICADE A HOUSE LIKE FORT.
Member of Gang. 1 sing Wife and
Child as Shield and Bundling Two
Rig Revolvers, Holds Off a Mob of a
Thousand Men - Detective English
Kills Thomas Manning.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). In a
desperate battle between county de
tectives and members of n gang of
robbers who have been committing
depredations in the vicinity of Mc
Keesport for several months past.
Thomas Manning, one of the robbers,
was shot by the county detectives and
received Injuries from which he died,
while County Detective John S. Eng
Itfti who was In charge of the case,
and who fired the shots which killed
Manning, was twice wounded tind Is
In a serious condition.
Wilmer Patterson, another member
of the gang, in whose house the rob
bers took refuge and barricaded
themselves, stood off a mob of 1,000
men for two hours after the shoot
ing of Englert and while other mem
bers of the county detective force
were hurrying to the scene. With his
wife and little son as a shield, and
leveling two big revolvers nt them,
Patterson defied the mob. It was not
until 20 members of the county de
tective force arrived and surrounded
the house that Patterson was arrest
ed. 1-ater In the day his father, Jo
seph Patterson, and his brother, John
Patterson, were placed under arrest
as members of the gang.
For a number of weeks past fhe
residents of the Youghiogheny Valley
have been terrorized by a gang of
burglars who have been robbing
stores, residences and railroad sta
tions, the climax being capped sever
al weeks ago when a street, car on
the West Pennsylvania Electric Line
was held up In true Western style and
everyone aboard robbed. Suspicion
led to the Pattersons and early this
week County Detective Englert start
ed to weave a net about them. Sat
urday he had his case well in hand,
and, after watching the residence of
Wilmer Patterson for several days, he
was rewarded by seeing Patterson
and Manning enter. Although he
knew that the men were desperate,
Englert did not anticipate that they
would put up a battle. When he
knocked at the door and demanded
that they surrender he found himself
looking Into four revolvers, two In
the hands of each man.
Without waiting to argue Englert
pulled his own weapon and the battle
commenced. Manning dropped at the
opening of the battle, two shots hav
ing entered his head. Patterson then
started to fire at the detective and
endeavored to drag the unconscious
Manning back In the house. Englert,
In spite of the fact that he was twice
shot, drove Patterson Inside and kept
Manning. Scores of people had been
attracted by the shots and within half
an hour the mob had been Increased
to 1,000. Meantime a physician had
taken Manning to a hospital and
dressed the wounds of Englert on the
spot, he refusing to leave. He had
hurriedy dispatched a messenger to
the office of Chief of County Detec
tives George K. Waggoner, who, with
20 of his best men, hurried to the
scene. Patterson still refused to sur
render when Waggoner commanded
him to do so, and it was not until
he was told he would be smoked out
that he finally surrendered. Later,
when the house was searched, much
of the stolen plunder was found.
ROOSEVELT'S AFRICAN TRIP.
President Acknowledges That He Is
Going Alter Big Game.
Washington, D. C. -(Special).
Acknowledgment was made that
President Roosevelt would start In
April, 1909, for an extended hunt
ing trip In British East Africa. While
it has been known for sometime past
that the President has been contem
plating such a trip, no confirmation
of the report was given until today.
It Is planned that early in April
President Roosevelt will sail, accom
panied by his second son, Kermlt,
and go direct to Africa. The Presi
dent expects to spend one year on the
expedition and already a good deal
of correspondence has taken place
preparatory to the arrangements for
the hunt, such as guides, transporta
tion and subsistence supplies.
The President will carry with him
a full equipment of the modern weap
ons for killing large game and he
expects to bring home with him one
specimen of each of the species
abounding in that region. He in
tends to devote much time to the
study of African wild animals and
will study the habits of the beasts
In their homes.
Lcufd To Her Death.
New York (Special). Fire start
ing In the basement of Mrs. Mary
Mooney's boarding-house in West
Thirtieth Street completely cut off
toe escape of Mrs. Mooney'a 20
boarders and when the firemen came
ne young woman had thrown her
self from the roof to the pavement
and was dead, several others were
severely burned and the upper win
dows, front and rear, were crowded
with men and women begging to be
saved. The dead woman is Miss
Marie Beletraine.
Former Mtlliuuire Penniless.
Milwaukee, Wis. (Special). C. J.
L. Myer, a former first president of
the Chicago and Northwestern Rail
road, and worth at one time a mil
lion dollars, came to Gustave Frell
son, of the Associated Charities, and
applied tor admission to the Milwau
kee County Poor House. He told of
his failure In business, of his losses
In first one direction and another uu
tll Anally ho was left entirely penni
less. He has two daughters, both of
them married to wealthy men, but
neither of them reply to bis request,
for aid.
Moroncy Suspended,
Farkersburg, W. Va. (Special).
As a result of charges being pre
ferred against him, alleging drunk
enness, City Recorder P. H. Moroney
was suspended by the board of af
fairs. His suspension has created a
tremendous sensation in local poli
tical circles. The accused man's
friends say ihaf It Is a plot instigated
by bis political enemies, and that
when th- hsarlDf, comes up counter
charges will be made that will cause
a still greater sensation.
Cleveland' Wedding Anniversary.
Princeton, N. J. (Special!. The
twenty-second wedding anniversary of
former President and Mrs. Grove'
Cleveland was quietly celebrated at
their home, here. A large wedding
cake 20 Inches In diameter, bearing
the Inscription "To G. C. and F. F. C.
June Z, 1908," being the Initials or
Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland, was present
ed to the Clevelands by Princeton
friends. Mr. Cleveland Is reported
to be doing well, though he has not
as yet takesMs accustomed after
noon driVawHVit Prim i-t.jii
TORNADO SWEEPS
OVER ARKANSAS
Twenty-One Lives Lost in Nebraska
and Kansas.
Omuha, Neb. (Special). A torna
do which passed over Southern Ne
braska and portions of Northern
Kansas Friday evening was the most
destructive and covered the most ter
ritory of any similar Btorm which
has visited that region In many years.
At least 21 persons were killed, 5
were fatally Injured and a score of
others hurt. In addition, reports to
night sny that several persons were
killed at Byron, Neb., and Phllllps
burg and Courtland. Kan., which
towns have been cut off from com
munication. The storm was genernl throughout
Fillmore, Webster, Franklin and
Thayer Counties, Neb., and reached
over Into Kansas, from where reports
are coming slowly of great destruc
tion. The towns of Carleton, Fair
field, Deshler, Shlckley, Geneva,
Franklin, Ong and Rlverton, Neb.,
are among those visited by the storm,
and in no one of them did the ele
ments spare life or property.
At Carleton five residences and
two churches were destroyed, while
a new school building and 30 houses
were partly wrecked. The home of
Lester Carter was demolished and
his wife and baby were killed, while
Carter himself and another child suf
fered severe Injuries.
At Geneva the storm wrought
great destruction; and In the ad
jacent county claimed several vic
tims, dead or injured.
At Fairfield more than 40 build
ings were partly wrecked or de
molished. The loss there will exceed
$100,000. Vague reports from other
points cannot be confirmed because
of broken wires.
Trains in all directions are aban
doned because of washouts and de
stroyed roadbeds.
WASHINGTON
Hanged Himself On Scaffold.
Lincoln, Neb. (Special). C. F.
Wllber, a Beatrice, Neb., butcher,
Improvised a gallows in the presence
of workmen and hanged himself.
The deed was done In the building
ho formerly occupied as a store. Ho
parried questions while attaching a
rope to a celling hook and, when
attention was diverted, drew a noose
over his head, leaped from his lad
der and was killed. His neck was
broken by a fall of seven feet. It U
sui pssed be was demented
The President requested the pres
ent members of the Inland Water
ways Commission to continue their
work, with the exception of General
Mackenzie, and added Senator Alli
son, Representative RanBdell and
Professor Swain, of the Massachu
setts institute of Technology.
The International Lodge of Good
Templars decided to allow each of
the various grand lodges to decide
the dancing problem for Itself.
Plans have been perfected to send
the gunboat Yorktown to the Bering
Sea to patrol the seal fisheries this
summer.
Col. Baron de Bode, military at
tache of Russia to the United States,
formally was presented to Secretary
Root. Bernhard Bettman was appointed
by President Roosevelt as Internal
revenue collector at Cincinnati.
President Roosevelt appointed
John F. O'Brien collector of cuBtoms
at Plattsburg, N. Y.
Admiral Dewey Is to attend a flag
raising at the Francis Scott Key man
sion, in Georgetown, S. C, June 13.
President Roosevelt directed Gov
ernor Magoon to Issue u decree which
will result in the construction of
waterworks and sewer system for
Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Bishop Charles Henry Brent, of
the Philippines, declines to accept
the bishopric of Washington, declar
ing that God bids him to stay in the
Philippines.
Major General Leonard Wood has
been designated as the representative
of the United States at the tercen
tennial celebration of the University
of Saragossa. In Spain. September 20.
Ratifications of three treaties re
cently drawn up between Great Bri
tain and the United States were ex
changed by Ambassador Bryce and
Secretary Root.
The Honduras Minister of Foreign
Affairs has ordered the arrest of F.
G. Bailey, fugitive president of thi
Export Shipping Company of New
Jersey.
The President is reported to be
planning to go on a hunting trip to
British East Africa after he has laid
down the presidential cares.
Members of the board of visitors
to West Point found upon their ar
rival at the academy that they had no
legal status.
Miss Susan Hlvlre Hetzel, a charter
member of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, died of pneu
monia. Mall advices from the Canal Zone
describe the premature explosion by
lightning of 26 tons of dynamite at
Calmlto Mulato, in which two Ameri
cans were killed.
In Washington and London an
nouncement was simultaneously made
of an agreement for two-cent postage
between Great Britain and the United
States.
Jackson Smith has resigned as a
members of the Isthmian Canal Com
mission and manager of the Depart
ment of Labor, Water and Subsist
ence.
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf has
practically declined a request to re
open League Island Navy Yard to
the public on Sunday.
The President appointed Roy H
Chamberlain, representative Hep
burn's son-in-law, general appraiser
at New York.
The War Department Issued a bu!
letln showing the result of pistol and
rifle practice fn the Army.
President Roosevelt bad an exceed
ingly narrow escape from a serious
accident while horseback riding in
Rock Creek Park.
John C. Schoneld has been appoint
ed assistant and chief clerk of the
War Department, to take effect July
1 .
John Hays Hammond has decided to
enter the contest for the nomination
Ol vice president on the Republican
ticket.
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
l.ane handed down an opinion in the
matter of released rates.
The United States government has
asked the Honduran authorities (o
arrest and extradite F. U. Bailey,
wanted for fraud.
The District Court of Appeals de
cided that the Employers Liability
Act, which was declared unconstitu
tional by the United States Supreme
Court, is valid In the District of Co
lumbia.
The remains of former Senator
levies K. Jones, of Arkansas, will be
.. : erred In Rock Cite,. Cemetery
6 PEBPLE KILLER BN
UNITED STATES CRUISER
Boiler Tube Breaks on Tennessee
While at Sea.
THE MEN WERE BAKED ALIVE.
The Vessel Is Under Commend of
Capt. Thomas B. Howard, and Bad
Left Santa Barbara for the Port
of Los Angeles When the Accident
Occurred.
San Pedro, Cal. (Special). A ter
rible accident occurred on board the
United States armored cruiser Ten
nessee while the ship was steaming
at 19 knots on a speed trial off Point
Huenene, Cal., a steamplpe in the
stnrbonrd engine-room bursting un
der 235 pounds pressure, killing six
men and Injuring eight others, all
the men In the compartment nt the
time.
The explosion, the cause of which
is unknown, occurred only a few
minutes after Admiral Uriel Sebree,
Cant. W. H. Ward and Chief Engi
neer Robertson had left the engine
room on a tour of Inspection. Four
of the men were killed Instantly and
two more died at San Pedro after
the arrival of the Tennessee.
There were 14 men in the flreroom
when the tube, which Is 4 Inches In
diameter and Inclosed with water In
side the boiler, blew out, driving a
torrent of scalding steam, coal dust,
cinders and hot ashes through the
ash pit and showered the half-naked
men.
A blast of white steam from the
ventilators told those on deck of the
accident, and Lieutenant Command
er S. S. Robinson, the navigator, in
stantly sounded a general alarm and
dropped twenty lines of hose ready
for instant use In case of fire.
Within the doomed flreroom, No.
3, amldshlp on the starboard side,
which Is one of the 16 Inclosed fire
compartments, the surviving sea
men were fighting for life. Rein-
hold and Meek were stricken dead at
their posts. Roggs and Wood crawl
ed Into the adjoining flreroom, No.
11, and died almost Immediately.
The surviving seamen, all of whom
suffered some injuries, acted with
the greatest heroism in aiding their
unfortunate mates.
Crew Acted Heroically.
Rear Admiral Sebree himself es
caped death or serious Injury in the
rated tire pit by a narrow margin.
lie had left the room where the ex
plosion occurred not 50 seconds be-
for the fatal blast. The Admiral
stood In the engine-room ndjoining
tne nreroom with Chief Engineer
Koocrtson and Captain Howard. His
first intimation of the tragedy was
as he mounted the ladder and a half
naked fireman leaped paBt him suffer
ing of severe scalds.
When the smoke came from the
flreroom the fire call was sounded
and all the crew went to their sta
tions In perfect order, and in a few
seconds fifteen to twenty HneB of
hose were ready to turn on the fire.
Several of the crew behaved with her
oism and will be reported to the
department later when full particu
lars are known.
Tne ship was undergoing Inspec
tion by the commander of the Second
Division, and had been under way
for over two hours, the engines, boil
ers and all machinery working per
fectly and fully equal to the accept
ance trial.
ADRIFT ON A RAFT.
An Entire Family Floating Down The
Mississippi River.
St. Louis, Mo. (Special). J. W
Appleton, of Missouri Point, Mo., is
floating down the Mississippi River
with his family, 12 pigs, 3 cows, 2
horses and some poultry on a large
raft, which he launched Just beforo
the river broke over lis bank and
covered his farm with several feet
of water. He started Tuesday aft
ernoon. Intending to steer his raft
tor high ground, but thus far has
not been able to effect a landing.
The raft, which Is an enormous af
fair, was built by Appleton two weeks
ago In preparation for the flood. It
Is surrounded by a railing to keep
the cattle from falling Into the river.
Food for man, beast and fowl to last
several days was taken along.
Coral Weighs Two Tons. '
New York (Special ) .What is be
lieved to be the largest and most
valuable piece of coral reef ever gath
ered for any Institution In the world
was brought here by Capt. Joshua
Slocum In the little 10-ton yacht, In
which he formerly sailed alone
around the world. The piece of cor
al, which weighs nearly two tons,
Is the property of the American Mu
seum of Natural History. It was
found by Dr. B. E. Dahlgren, who
spent several months off the coast
of Andros Island exploring reefs,
gathering coral and getting photo
graphs for the museum.
On Horseback Across Continent.
iteno, Nev. (Bpeclal). Robert H.
Treupel, a prominent real estate man
of Mamaroneck. N. Y., Is In this
city with his father preparatory to
making a horseback trip across the
continent. He will leave Verdi, Cal.
pass through Denver, San Antonio
8t. Louis, Washington and New York
He expects to make the trip in les?
than lour months.
Holdup Man Kills Policeman.
San Francisco (Special,. Police
man W. H. Helns was shot and killed
In a dance hall by a holdup man
named T. O. Young. Young entered
the hall, drew a revolver and covered
the bar tender, who promptly ran for
the door and escaped. Policeman
Helns, who saw the disturbance, en
tered the hall. At the doorway, be
fore he had time to draw his revol
ver, Young met him and flred at close
range. Young was captured and Ib
now in the city prison.
Three Robbers Got 10.0(M.
Tulsa, Okla. (Special). Robbers
cracked the safe of the Bank of
Faltiand. at Falrland, Okla., 30 miles
east of here, and escaped with 110
000. The robbery was committed' by
three men, who escaped on horse
back. Posaes are In pursuit.
Mile. Feeilorovnu Hanged.
Voronezh (By Cable). Mile. Feo-
dorovna, the woman who made an
unsuccessful attempt to assassinate
General Blblkoff, governor of this
province, on May 6, was bauged here
Hbe was 18 years old and was form
erly a Kchoolti uclier
A HEAD-ON COLLISION
ON THEJU ft A. LINE
8 People Killed and 19 Badly
Injured.
Baltimore (Special). Two enrs of
the Washington, Baltimore and An
napolis Electric Railway Company,
while running at high speed, collid
ed near Camp Parole, two miles from
Annapolis, about 8 o'clock P. M., and
were completely wrecked, the acci
dent causing the death of eight per
sons six men, one woman and a
child.
The child was the three-year-old
daughter of Wm. E. Slaughter, gen
eral traffic manager of the road. A
particular element of tragedy was
given to the affair by the fact that
the woman and two of the men were
evidently on their way to attend the
June ball nt the Naval Academy, and
they presented, lying dead on the
track dressed In the attire of the
ballroom, a sad suggestion of the
light and dark in human life, one In
stant full of happy anticipation of
an evening of dancing and Joyous-
ness, tne next brought face to face
with eternity, their pitiful bodies and
bloodstained faces to be gazed at with
compassion or idle curiosity, accord
ing to the nature of those who com
posed the crowd which quickly as
sembled.
The responsibility for the accident
haB not been definitely determined,
but there was, It was stated, a con
fusion in the orders as to where the
cars should paBS. The cars were both
specials, the down car from Balti
more and the other from Annapolis,
which left at 7.45. The accident oc
cured about 7.50. It is said that
orderB had been Issued for the Bal
timore car to wait at Best's gates,
three miles from Annapolis, where
there Is a long siding, but in some
way the orders were not received or
understood, and the car continued
towards Annapolis.
Just as the curve had been round
ed, In which the trees obscure the
view, the two cars dashed together,
and In a mor.ient were lying on their
sides, the life dashed out of eight
of the passengers of the two cars
and both cars hopeless wrecks.
The accident was described bv Mr.
William Harhesty, an eyewitness of
the collision. He lives near Camp
Parole, and was at his home looking
toward the track when the collision
took place. He Bald that the cars
approached each other at a high rate
of speed, but that the motormen, or
one of them, undoubtedly tried to
check his car, as the witness heard
the noise of the brake tightening.
A PEARL FARM.
Minnesota ClHlms Ability To Make
Every Clam A Bearer.
St. Paul, Minn. (Special). E. R.
Jefferson, of Dulutb, has devised a
scheme for treating clams so each
may prove a pearl bearer. He made
a study of the pearl question, as ap
plied to bivalves, and ascertained tne
scientific theory of the origin of the
pearl in shellfish. Then he figured
the cultivation of the gems was pos
sibly a practical venture.
Several years ago Jefferson se
cured a number of clams, and after
Inclosing a space on a lake shore
planted them in the water. Before
doing so he bored a tiny hole In the
shell and lodged a grain of sand In
each. As a result he succeeded In
getting a number of small pearls.
He says he doesn't know how many
years are supposed to elapse to grow
good-sized pearls.
USED HORSE WHIPS ON SOL
DIERS.
German Sergeant Punished On (100
Cruelty Charges.
Berlin (By Cable). Eight non
commissioned officers of the Guard
Artillery Regiment who were tried
by court-martial have been sentenced
to terms of imprisonment varying
from 'I weeks to 15 months. They
were charged with the maltreatment
of subordinates.
There were no fewer than 600
counts in the charges against the
principal prisoner, Sergeant Thamm,
who Is said to have caused a gun
ner to commit suicide for fear of
further 111 treatment. Thamm, ac
cording to the evidence of the sol
diers, freely used horse whips and
bit chains upon his victims and forc
ed them to run the gauntlet betweeu
two lines of older soldiers.
FINANCIAL
Atchlnson directors declared a
semi-annual dividend of 2 V6 per cent.
Reading's output of anthracite In
May was 1,261,000 tons, compared
with 249,000 a year ago.
Regular dividends were declared
on American Smelting common pre
ferred. The former's rate is now 4
per cent.
"Steel manufacturers are working
in absolute harmony," said C. M.
Schwab in reference to the cut In
steel prices.
Commercial failures in the United
8tates during the month of May, ac
cording to statistics compiled by R.
G. Dun & Co., were 1379 In number
und $13,643.3)41 ITI amount of liabili
ties. This is the most encouraging
monthly statement as to the amount
of defaulted indebtedness since July
of last year.
There Is no verification of the re
port from St. Petersburg that Russia
will buy 1,000,000 tons of heavy
steel rails with which to relay the
tracks of a part of the Siberian and
other lines.
May fire losses in the United States
snd Canada were oniy $15,000,000,
the smallest amount for any month
in Jnst one year.
Wabash cut the passenger fare
from Chicago to New York and the
Nickel Plate has now met the reduc
tion. London liquidated 30,000 shares of
American stock.
The Imperial Relchsbank, of Ger
many, reduced Its discount rate to
4 V4 per cent. No change In the Bank
of England's 2 per cent. rate.
Union Pacific fell 4 per cent, now
that the mystery 1 out of the bond
issue.
The output of pig Iron In May was
1,163,997 tons, an increase of 14,
395 tons ovor the month of April,
and a decrease of 1,131,508 tons as
compared with May, 1907. The dally
production has fallen off from 38,
2S tons in April to 37,648 tons on
I nnn 1.
DREYFUS SHOT BY
MILITARIST NEAR ZOLA'S RIER
Crime Committed Almost In Presence
of French President
SIGNS OF A ROYALIST PLOT.
Writer on Military SubJret Declares He
Shot at Hero of the Drey fu Case in
Protest Against the Preence of Sol
dier at Ceremony to Honor Author
Who Maligned the Army.
DREYFUS' EXCITING
CAREER.
Major Alfred Dreyfus, convicted
In 18 ft 4 by n secret court-martial
of selling military secrets to a
foreign power. Publicly degrad
ed January 4, 1895.
Imprisoned on Isla du Diablo
for two years. Move begun In
November, 1897, to prove his in
nocence. Major Esterhazy tried and unan
imously acquitted, after being
charged with forging the charges
agnlnst Dreyfus.
Agitation begun by Zola's fa
mous letter forced a second trial
for the accused officer August 7,
1899. Again convicted and sen
tenced to 10 years' Imprisonment.
Case finally presented to the
Supreme Court, and after an ex
haustive examination, Dreyfus
was declared Innocent July 12,
1906, and restored to the army.
Under Secretary of State Sar
raut and M. Pugllesl-Cantl fought
a duel after a fight growing out
of a discussion of the case In the
House of Deputies July 13, 1906.
Dreyfus given the Cross of
Chevalier of the Legion of Honor
July 21, 1906.
Shot and slightly wounded by
Louis Gregorls, an editor, at the
national ceremony of entombing
Zola's remains In the Pantheon,
June 4, 1908.
Paris (By Cable). The French
capital was thrown Into a state of in
tense excitement by an attempt to
assassinate Major Alfred Dreyfus in
the Pantheon. The man who tried
to kill the major is Louis Amhehne
GregorlB, a military editor of the
staff of the La France Mllltaire, a
Journal devoted to military progress.
The scene of the crime was the Pan
theon, and the bravo officer nearly
loBt his life while paying homage lo
Emile Zola, the great leader of his
cause. Gregoris is under arrest. It
was at first feared the attack was
directed against President Falllerea.
United States Ambassador White
was not far away from Major Drey
fus when the shots were flred, but
he was not in any danger.
Some 230 arrests have been made
in connection with the outrage.
Emlle Zola, who died in September,
1902, was 10 years ago twice con
demned to a year's Imprisonment for
addressing to Felix Faure, then pres
ident of France, the famoua letter
"J'AccuBe," In which he laid bare the
conspiracy In the general army staff
against Major Dreyfus. Thursday his
dust was Interred with national honors
In the Pantheon, the French temple of
fame, with Impressive ceremonies.
The proposal to give Zola glorious
burial, made first In 190C, aroused
In France all the dormant animosi
ties that came out during the Drey
fus trlalB and the transfer of his ash
es, although duly voted by the Cham
ber and the Senate, had to be twice
postponed because of the state of
public opinion. Disorder and rioting
were expected and the authorities
found It expedient to take measures
for the preservation of peace.
The affair has created a tremend
ous sensation In Paris and the mo
tive of the would-be assassin Is the
cause of much mystification, for
Gregorls, Instead of being an ordi
nary fanatic, such as is carried away
by the political passions of the mo
ment, Is a man of mature age, hav
ing been born In 1844, and was high
ly esteemed in the circles where he
was known. Although born of Ital
ian parents, he has been an ardent
Frenchman for years, and has writ
ten authoritatively on military sub
jects, enjoying closo relations with
many high French officers. His
friends are at a loss to understand
what Induced him to commit such a
foolhardy act, and many are disposed
to question his statement that he sim
ply shot as an Individual in protest
against the participation of the army
In the ceremonies attending the plac
ing of the asheB of Zola in the Pan
theon. Some do not hesitate to express
the opinion that he may have been
the tool of a little clan of Royallsta,
who, under the name of L'Actlon
Francaise, have never ceased to In
sist that the Court of Cassation il
legally prevented an appeal of the
Dreyfus case, nor abandoned hope of
seeing a revision favorable to the
contentions of the Nationalists.
Predict Revolution.
By the shooting of Dreyfus, they
point out, the whole affair may he
Indirectly reopened before July, be
cause assassination or attempted as
slsslnatlon must come before the As
size Court for trial. Some color Is
lent to this theory by a series of re
markable articles that appeared In
L'Actlon Francaise, from the pens
of Charles Maurras and Leon Daudet,
son of the poet, who are the leading
spirits among the Royalist supporters
of the restoration of Phlllipe of Orleans.
ON ICEPACK WITH
MAOOENED OOGS
Th riling Experience of Or. Wilfred
Grenfell.
St. Johns, N, F. (Special) Bat
tling for 40 hours against a pack of
hunger-madd) ned dOKS rn an Ice pack
off tno coast of Labrador, with the
temperature below zero and with
only a knife to defend himself from
being torn to pieces by the savage
brutes, Is the thrilling experience
that Dr. Wilfred Grenfell, the cele
brated missionary-I'hyrii Ian, has re
cently passed through. The story of
Dr. Grenfell s es-ape from death Is
told by Capt. W. Bartlett. of the
steamer Strathcona, which has just
arrived here from tl.e north. Cap
tain Bartlett was with Commander
Peary on scvetal of his expeditions
to the Artie.
Dr. Grenfell had left Battle Har
bor. Labrador, to attend several
patients at another settlement 10
miles distant, and was traveling over
the Ice with a pack of dogs when he
found himself driven off the coast
by a moving Ice field. Before he
realized It he was In an area covered
only with broken drift Ice, and before
he could stop the dogs the ualmals
had carried him into tne wnter. 1'he
dogs attempted to climb on Dr. Gren
fell's back and he was obliged to
fight them before he was able to
climb onto n solid piece of drift Ice.
The dogs alsj succeeded In saving
themselves.
With the wind blowing a gale
from the northwest, tne temperature
ten below zero, and night at hand,
the doctor would have been frozen
to death, for his clothing was satur
ated, but for the originality and in
genuity he displayed. Taking off .its
sklnboots he cut them In haives and
placed the pieces over his bark and
chest to shield thoBe parts of his body
from the blast. As the wind and
cold Increased, when night came on
he determined to kill three of the
dogs to afford him more warmth and
to supply the other beaEts with feed,
fearing that becoming hungry they
would tear him to pieces.
As it was they attacked him sav
agely, and he was bitten terribly
about the hands and legs. He spent
a trying night. He wrapped himself
up In the skins of the dend dogs, but
still found It so cold thai he repeat
edly had to run about the ice to
keep up the circulation of the blood.
Hoping that next day he would DC
In sight of land, though the Ice wa.i
fast receding frotn the shore, the doc
tor took the legs of the dead dogs'
and binding them together made a
pole, to the top of which he attached
part of his shirt to serve as a signal,
and this eventually proved lo be his
salvation, for the flag was seen by
George Reld and others, of Lockes
Cove, Mare Bay, and they affected
a rescue.
FORTUNE FOR GOOD CAUSE.
Mr. Aver ill To Make 120,000 People
Happy.
Los Angeles, Cal. (Special). C.
W. Averlll. who recently Inherited
$10,000,000 from an aunt Jn Massa
chusetts, declares he 1b going to make
20,000 or more people happy. After
a visit to his old home In Farming
ton, Me., he will establish headquar
ters In a big city, where, he says,
all who need help and deserve It can
And It.
"1 am not going to be a fool about
this." he said, "but if being a fool
is being deceived occasionally, all
right. I have succeeded in piling up
a few hundred thousand by my own
exertions, but can never spend thein
come of $10,000,000.
"If a man has $500 and needs SJ
much, more to carry out his plans
and make him a success and thereby
happv, I proposeMo give him the ad
ded $500.
"Another thing. I am going to help
bad people as well as good. The
good people have churches anil re
spectable folks to care for them, but
the bad have no one but the devil
and the police.
"I want to help the intemperate,
the convict, the girl who has to haug
her head, the man who has mado a
failure of himself. Lots of us cannot
resist temptation.
"I have Bet the number I will aid
at 20,000, but if I succeed In helping
them I will look for 20,000 more. I
suppose my hendquarters will be in
New York of Chicago, because I can
each farther from either of those
places than any other."
Death And Life Together.
Columbus, O. (Special). Stricken
with apoplexy at the bedside of Mrs.
Edward Loney. who had just brought
luto the world a 'tiny boy baby, Dr.
R. D. Council, equally well-known
as homeopathic physician and pujillc
spirited citizen, breathed his last on
the porch, where he had been taken
In the hope that fresh air would re
vive him, before his wife and daugh
ter, who had been hastily summoned,
could reach his side.
His Wives Confiscate.!.
Mequlnez (By Cable). Mulal Hu
fid, the usurping sultan of Morocco,
has confiscated the wives of Genernl
Bagdanl and his brother and has In
formed them that the women will
be sold unless submission is sent to
him immediately. General Bagdanl
has laid the case before the Moroc
can Foreign Board, which suggested
that he request the intervention ol
the diplomatic corps.
Telephone Girl Strike.
Wllkes-Barre, Pa. (Special). An
gry because their view of the street
below them was cut off by window
shades rolling upward from the bot
tom, the girls employed In the ex
change of the United Telephone Com
pany at Berwick went on strike today.
They declared the shutting off of the
view was an unnecessary hardship
which they did not mean to stand.
The company is trying to fill their
places.
Women In Bribery Case.
Columbus, O. (Bpeclal). Mrs. Nel
son Cannon, whose husband Is In Jail
here In connection with the bribery
of officials In the East Broad- Street
paving contract with the Cleveland
Trinidad Paving Company, was ar
rested and held as a witness in the
case of President Brantley, of the
Trinidad Paving Company, of Cleveland.
Marquis Ikeda, fifth son of Prince
Togowa, last of th; Bhoguns. has ar-
rivod at Victoria, B. C, on a trip
an und tho world.
The Yorodzu Choho, a paper of
Toklo, anounces that It has discover
ed In Kosaburo FuJlmatsu, a resident
of the Province of Chlkugo, the old
est person In the world. His age Is
asserted to be 170,- and he has on
of his great-great-grandsons living
with him.
Countess Tolstoi is in Mcscow su
pervising the organisation ot a in.,
seum lu honor of her Illustrious bos'
band. The museum will contain .1
great mass of letters received by Lb I
Count, many of them being from
America.
In the course of a report to the
British Colonial Office the resldeul
of Borgu province, Nigeria, mentions
that the chief, Kokafu, Is said to have
reached the age of 205, while bis
Ma did not die until he was 157.
The latter visited Sokoto not many
years ago.
As the celebrated British thirst di
minishes the British sweet tooth be
comes more exacting. Fifty yoar ago
the annual per capita consumption
it sugar in tne United Kingdom was
29 Vi pounds; now it is nearly 1 00
" pounds.