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Domestic
Herman Bllltk, the Bohemian for- ,
tune-teller, condemned to death foi
the murder of Ave members of thi j
Ar.ral family, wan granted a May ol j
elocution until he has been afforded
Kn opportunity to appeal nis case hi
the Supreme Court of the United
States.
Harry K. Thaw will remain In the
Poughkeepsle .Tall pending an appli
cation of hi counsel for a change ol
the order committing him to the
8tate Hospital ror the Insane at Mat
teawan. Charles H. Rogers, convicted ol
the murder of Fred H. Olney at Wal
klll, Orange County, N. Y., was de
nied a new trial In a decision hand
ed down by the New York Court ol
Appeals.
The bodies of Frank Tenaco and
Mrs. Margaret LIU were found In n
Held near Morrtstown, N. J. The
man is supposed to have killed the
woman and then committed suicide.
W. H. Latimer was recorded not
guilty on charges of embezzlement and
conspiracy In connection with the op
eration of the Provident Investment
Bureau, in Philadelphia.
Quincy A. Shaw, well known In
mining and financial circles, and whe
was prominently Identified with
Calumet and Hecla, died at hlg horns
'.a Jamaica Plain, near Boston..
Directors of the American News
paper Publishers' Association, In ses
ilon In New York, adopted resolu
tions to continue the fight against
the paper manufacturers' combine
In the matter of news-print paper.
As a result of a political quarrel
It Stanberry, Mo., R. H. Duncan, a I
lawyer and candidate for prosecuting
attorney, Bhot Charles R. Butler, city
marshal, seven times. Butler died
on the way to a hospital.
Raymond Hitchcock, who was ac- i
quitted on one of four Indictments I
growing out of charges made against
him by young girls, was released
from Tombs prison on ball.
A. J. Burt, for many years audltoi '
of the Michigan Central Railroad,
died suddenly from heart disease at
his home, In Detroit.
Herman Billlk's application for a
new trial on the charge of murdering
Mary lzral was denied.
Col. William Leete Stone, a writer
on American historical subjects, died
at Mount Vernon, N. Y.
Senator John Walter Smith and
former Senator David B. Hill sailed
on the Baltic for Europe.
A Cleveland trolley car was blown
Bp by dynamite and seven passengers
were Injured.
Two charges of forging notes In
violation of State laws were made
igalnBt William Montgomery, former
cashier of the closed Allegheny Na- I
tlonal Bank, now In jail awaiting
trial In federal court upon charges I
of abstracting $500,000 or more I
worth of the bank's fundB and se- 1
turltles.
Capt. Edward Rabey, commander
of one of the steamers at the New '
York Quarantine Station, died from
hydrophobia. The physicians who ,
attended him are convinced that his !
death was a direct result of an at
tack made upon him by a dog nearly '
Bve months ago.
The answer of the Pennsylvania i
Railroad to the suit of the govern- I
ment declares the commodity clause j
of the Hepburn Act is confiscatory. '
Colonel John Flnerty, who found
ed the Chicago Citizen, fought In
dians under General Cook, and was a !
member of Congress. Is dead.
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller present- !
!d a copy of the biography of Alice
Freeman Palmer to each of the 210 j
graduates of VaHM College.
William .R. Hearst has shown I
total gain of lf8 votes in 300 ballot
boxes reopened In the Now York i
mayorallty contest.
Willie Barkest, aged 11 years, con- j
fesses he wrecked Burlington freight
train as an easy way to get coal.
Oliver H. P. Belmont, who mar- ;
rled the divorced wife of W. K. Van- i
lerbilt, died at Hatnpstead, L. I.
The estate of James Compton wan
given a judgment of 1840. 000 against !
he Wabash Railroad.
Foreign
The International Miners' Con- j
gres in Parts passed a resolution in
favor of the nationalization of mines, I
but upon the condition that tin
miners be secured in their light to i
preserve their union organizations '
The mayor of Tampico, Mex., say- j
that if the women of the American
coiony do not stop wearing the scant i
bathing costumes of the style worn
at Atlantic City they will be arresied. I
Renorted that Riiss'Ia has been uiv-
en to understand that the com his, n
of a formal entente of Great Britain
Russia and France would be con
strued as hostile to Germany.
The Japanese are reported to hav
get fire to a house In Korea in which
one of the rebel leaders had taken
refuge and 1C Koreans were buruei
to death.
Charlemagne Tower, former Unit
ed States ambassador to Berlin, raid
on leaving there that he never ex
pected to revisit Berlin.
A great combination has been af
fected In the British Iron and stetl
trade Indusirv, with a reported ccp
lial of $37 j, 000.000.
A uumber of persons were burned
to death In the wreck of a pausing r
train near Tournal, Belgium.
Viscount Morley, becretary for
India, In a speech In London. De
clared tiio situation In India critical.
The Marquis dl Rudlnl, forme
premier of Italy, la Buffering from
cancer of the liver.
A monument to the Russian dea.l
erected by Japan was unveiled at
l'orl Arthur In the presence of de
tachments of the Japanese and Rus
sian Armies.
The court-man Uil to inquire into
the collision between the St. Paul
and the English cruiser Gladiator be
gan taking evidence at Portsmouth.
The death U announced of Marie
Louis Gaston Boisaler, grand officer
of the Legion of Honor and perpetual
becretary of the French Academy.
Robert M Higgs. an American,
was aentenced to 10 years in prison
at Baltlllo. Mex., for the murder of
L. M. Kldd, another American.
Dr Duvid J. Hill arrived at Lux
emburg to present his letters of vt-
eaii.
Among other courtesies King Ed
ward appointed Czar Nicholas an ad
miral of the British f.eot.
Thirteen person were executed In
various clllas for political offences
t BIG SHIP BLOWN
UP BY A TORPEDO
Warlike Experiment of the Monitor
Florida.
DAMAGE SERIOUS, BUT NOT VITAL
A Whitehead Torpedo, Carrying a
Charge of Guncotton and Fired at a
Distance of Four Hundred Feet, Tears
a Big Hole In the Florida's Side and
Docs Other Minor Damage.
Fort. Monroe, Va. (Special).
Pierced with an American White
head torpedo carrying a charge of
gun cotton which tore a big hole In
her side, the United States monitor
Florida now rests In the dry dock lit
the Norfolk Navy Yard, a victim of
a naval experiment to test the vul
nerability from torpedo attack of
water tight bulkheads The water
in the vessel's hold gives her a list
of 1" Inches to Rtiirhoard.
The test took place off Pine Beach,
near the Jamestown Exposition
grounds, where the monitor waB
anchored In 15 feet of water. The
naval officials, while admitting that
the damage done to the vessel Is
serious, declare that It is not vital
and say that the test Is Batlsfactory.
They ussert that a battleship equip
ped with bulkheads similar to that
tested could continue fighting if In
jured to the same extent, unlesB sev
eral compartments on the same side
were similarly punctured and the
weather conditions were bad. Thor
ough investigation will be necessary
belcre all the actual damage to the
bulkhead and collateral Injuries suf
fered can be ascertained and the ef
fect of the torpedo charge properly
measured.
The teat was witnessed by a num
ber of officials, including Secretaries
Metcalf and Taft, PoBtmaster General
Meyer and ordnance officers of the
Navy and Army. The cabinet officers
vvent to the navy yard after the test.
Messrs. Metcalf and Meyer made an
Inspection of the yard and Secretary
Taft awaited them on the yacht May
flower. The arrangements for the tests
v-ere carried out in detail without an
apparent hitch. Admiral Mason and 1
other officials from Washington
boarded the Florida before 8 o'clock
and gave the final orderB for conduct
ing the test. Aboard the float an
chored 400 feet away, from which
IhC torpedo was dispatched, the crew
Wai ready for their work.
Directions to fire were given from
the monitor about K.20 o'clock, and.
live minute-s later Lieutenant Bab
cock, aboard the float, touched the
lever which sent the torpedo whizzing
tix feet below the water on Its mis
sion of destruction. A roar accom
panied the expleiFion.
The spectacle which followed was
grand. The great mass Of water
thrown into the air cast shadows for
some distance around. The column
exceeded in height the high mast of
the Florida. Almost simultaneously
there was a shower of pieces of steel
fragments of broken torpedo, accom
panied by fine dust, which scattered
for fully a third of a mile around.
There, was a scamper for shelter by
persons on half a dozen vessels in
the vicinity.
A dummy f.gure of a man had been
erected on a bridge of the Florida,
and, although it was 50 feet from
the point of torpedo Impact, the
shock knocked It over. The dozen
or more officials and crew inside the
BQperfltruCtUre of the vessel waited
for a few moments before veturlng
out on the deck to ascertain the dam
age. They found that on and above the
deck the damage done was confined
to bending some of the fameworks
which supported the booms holding
the torpedo nets, the cracking of sev
eral plates, the breaking of Iron
guy ropes and breaking three booms
from their fastenings, letting a net
used for protecting the afterpart of
the hull drop into the sea. When
she was struck the Florida hud about
four feet of freeboard, and was an
chored In about IS feet of water.
A collision mat put against the
hole made by the torpedo kept the
water out while the pumps were
working. By direction of Secretary
Metcalf. visiting newspaper men
were allowed on board the Florida
filter the test and were taken down
In the boiler and engine room, Just
aft of the compartment into which
the torpedo was sent. In that por
tion of tho ship there appeared to
be no damage. The Injury done was
largely to the compartment fired into
and also just forward of that com
pa It meat, It was estimated that the
Change penetrated six or eight feet.
During the test steam was kept
up In one of i he boilers on the ves
sel, but for precautionary reasons
was shut off in the pipes None of
the pipes, so far as was apparent
from hasty examination, suffered in
jury. The 12-inch turret so badly shat
tered two weeks ago by a testing
shell had been covered with cauva..
to hide the damage.
Chains Train To Track.
Jacksonville. Fla. (Special). -
Chaining .i paaeenger train of the Vai
dnata Southern Railroad to the track
ami standing guard over ii with i
tiiolgun. Deputy Sheriff 1. C. Hunter,
of Poneil, Fl., ran aniiuk with the
postal laws ol the United StateB by
delaying the mails according to an
indictment returned by ine federal
grand jury Hunter was brought be
fore Commissioner Locke and held
under bond for hla appearance in the
Dm kmber term of the court.
FOUND SEVEN
DEAD IN HOUSE
Bloody Crimes of An Insane
and Mother.
Wife
Cadillac, Mich. (Special). -Seven
persoiiB. all of the family of Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel Cooper, were murdered
some I line Friday night, probably by
the wife and mother, who has been
Insane.
Fred Cooper, a son, aged 17, la
the only one of the family now alive,
and he Is dying at the Mercy Hos
pital, unable to give any account of
the tragedy.
In every Instance the victims were
killed with a bullet through the head.
The dead are Daniel Cooper, 48
years old; Mrs. Cooper, 46 years;
Harry, aged 14; Inez, aged 11; Sam
uel, aged 10; Georgianua. aged 5,
and Florence, aged 1 4 years.
When Mrs. ('coper's mother and
Other neighbor! entered the home,
on Chapln Street, about which there
was no signs of life, bodies of the
victims were scattereed all about.
Some were In their beds and others
on the floor. Mrs. Cooper lay across
the body of the baby on a bed with
an emptied revolver beside her.
It is believed Mrs. Cooper com
mitted the murders and then killed
herself. She was once confined In
an insane asylum, and for sometime
has been brooding over the fact that
Cooper was out of work. A few days
ago she Is reported to have said she
would "end It all."
Until a short time before he died
Fred Cooper insisted he was all right
except for n hard cold and the meaB
les. Just ns he wns about to pass
away, however, he said: "Mother
did it." Developments indicate that
the crazed mother first chloroformed
the members of the family before
shooting them. There were no signs
of a struggle In any instance. Neither
were there powder marks, which In
dicates that the woman stood some
distance away In tiring the shote. A
four-ounce chloroform bottle was
round in one of the rooms.
It has also developed that the
woman had been mentally unsound
ever since the birth of her youngest
child, Florence, IS months ago. She
was sane at intervals, and during
her lucid moments brooded over her
mental condition. She frequently
cursed the baby, even in the presence
of her pastor. Dr. Johnston, of the
Presbyterian Church. Dr. Johnston
had expressed the fear of such a
tragedy.
Maternal "Instinct."
Thermopis, Wyo. (Special).
When the four-year-old daughter of
Mrs. J. Powers wandered away from
Sheep Camp, 40 miles northwest of
here, half a dozen parties scoured
the country 48 hours fruitlessly. Ex
pert trailers failed to trace the girl's
tiny footprints. Then the wonderful
something designated as "Instinct"
developed in the frantic mother. She
walked six miles straight into the
hills, where the baby, like a Little
Red Ridinghood. lay asleep under a
sage clump, watched by a pack of
hungry coyotes, too cowardly to at
tack the child.
j WASHINGTON
Blinded By K winning.
Chester, Pa. (Special).- William
Kennedy, nine yeas of age, is in th
Crozer Hospital totally blind Phy
sicians say that bathing in too col.!
water is the cause of the lad's mis
fortune. William was in bathing in
Chester Creek when he began to
scream. Companions swum to his
assistance, and when he wus brough'
BBbore he could not see. Specialise
have been summoned from Philadel
phia, and efforts will be made to re
store the boy'a sight.
Fell Dead At Wedding Feast,
Blnghamlon. N. Y. Opeclal). -While
Rupert Smith, 30 yours of age.
was celebrating thu marriage of his
sister, Katherine Smith, at a wed
ding feast In Middletown Center,
Fa., he fell to the floor dead The
merrymaking was at its height and
the bride's brother was laughing and
chutllug when tic suddenly threw
up both hands and dropped. The
physician said the fatal attack wus
caused by the excitement of the wedding.
DEGRADATION OF
A NAVAL TRAITOR
Ensign Utmo, of France, Convicted
as a Spy.
EXCURSIONS RUN INTO TOULON.
Attempted to Sell Naval Secrets to a
Foreign Power In a Public Square,
In the Presence of Many Thousands of
Hooting People, He la Degraded, Then
Sentenced to Devils Island for Life.
Toulon (By Cable). A pitiable
spectacle the degradation of the
traitor, Charles B. Ullmo, formerly
a naval officer occurred at St. Roch
Square here In the presence of an
enormous crowd. Ensign Ullmo was
arrested at Toulon last Octobet
charged with being a spy. An ex
amination of his effects showed him
to be In possession of many valuable
documents. LaBt. February he war
found guilty by a court-martial of at
tempting to sell naval secrets to a
foreign power and sentenced to llf"
Imprisonment in a fortress and to be
degraded In rank.
Train excursions were run into
Toulon, and thousands of people
from the surrounding country came
In to witness the ceremony. They
packed the sidewalks and covered
the adjacent roofs, wulls and ram
parts. The pressure of the crowds
was so great that 1' threatened to
sweep away the lines of soldiers and
sailors drawn up around the square.
After the troops had been rein
forced with two line regiments, a
battery of artillery and two squad
rons of cavalry, Ullmo, wearing his
uniform and sword, was led into the
rectangle, where the commandant
read the order that Ullmo had be
trayed his country and was not
worthy to wear Us uniform. Two
subalterns then took off his sword
and stripped him of his chevrons and
buttons. One of tne sunaiterns
broke the sword across his knee and
threw the broken blade at Ullmo'3
feet. In this plight lilmo was com
pelled to march at the head of a
squad of soldiers around the rect
angle amid the hoots and Jeers of
the crowd. He walked with his bare
head sunk upon his breast "and his
eyes staring straight In front of him.
Tears were streaming down his facs.
Several thousand recruits who
witnessed Ullmo's degradation were
greatly Impressed by the ceremony.
Ullmo will be deported to Devils Is
land, off the coast of French Guiana,
where Major Dreyfus was confineu
from 1894 to 1899.
KILLED HERSELF INSTEAD.
The recent collapse of an apart
ment house in this city, with two
fatalities regarding which President
Roosevelt wrote a letter directing
prosecution to the limit of the law
was followed by the suspension from
office of Snowden Ashford, the dis
trict inspector of buildings, pending
an Investigation.
Another radical change in the pos
tal relations of the United States with
Croat Britain and Ireland has been
effected by Postmaster General
Meyer, Increasing the weight limit on
parcel post packages to these coun
tries from four pounds and six ounces
to 11 pounds, talcing effect July 1.
President Roosevelt has affirmed
the verdict finding Assistant Surgeon
Spear, of the Navy, guilty of forgery,
but reduced the sentence to one
year's imprisonment.
J. Martin Miller, former United
States consul at Rhelms, makes af
fidavit that a statement presented
by Mae Wood In the lecent Wood
Platt Bult In New York, signed by
him, was a forgery.
The President insists upon a thor
ough investigation to fix the respon
sibility for the collapse of an apart
ment house.
The cruiser Tennessee won the
trophy for the best record made by
turret guns alone.
The bulletin of the crop reporting
board shows an increase in the vege
table crop.
The .Iberian envoys had another
conference with Secretary Root.
Secretary Straus has arranged for
a thorough investigation ot the opera
lions of the telegraph companies of
! the country.
Joseph Mite- was married to .miss
Juliette Williams, daughter of Colo
nel and Mr. John R. Williams.
Two persons were killed, two oth
er, seriously injured and a number
ol other persons sustained Blight in
juries us the result of the collapse
of un apartment house.
The Navy Depuriment has asked
for bids lor the construction of the
big concrete and ganite dry dock at
the Puget Sound Navy Yurd.
The new battleship South Caro
lina will be launched on July 1 1 at
the yurdB of her builders. William
Cramp fc Sons, ut Philadelphia.
The Secretary ol the Navy nn
noaneod the appointment of Capt. J.
K. Harttl to be chief of the Bureau
of Steam Engineering.
The District Court of Appeals re
fused to dismiss John A. Benson on
trial for complicity in land frauds.
A; the triennial convention of
Good Templars officers were clecjteij,
to serve for the next three year.
Secretary Metcalf announced that
the two new battleships will be
named Floridu and Utah.
"reparations are being made to
cany the new Currency Law Into
effect.
According to a bulletin issued by
:he Department ot Agriculture, the
condition uf spring wheat ou June
1 was 95 per cent, of normal.
President Roosevelt appointed a
national conservation commission, di
vided into subcommisslons, on lands,
waters, forests and minerals.
William R. Wheeler, of San Fran
clsco, was Inducted into the office of
assistant secretary of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor.
Charles Nlebaua, of New York, has
been selected aa die icutptor for the
Tcihn I-.. Jones munuuiei.l.
A Woman Who Hud Been Ordered
To Kill The Czar.
London (Special). It was not to
be expected that the journey of the
Czar to Reval to meet King Edward
would pass off without a story of n
plot, and this is now duly provided
by the Dally Express, according to
which he only escaped assassination
by the refusal of the woman appoint
ed to do the deed.
The paper says she is a local
school teacher who joined the revo
lutionists a long time ago. but after
wards withdrew from active work
In connection with the organization.
The revolutionists, however, learn
ing that nobody would be admitted
to the station at Reval on the occa
sion of the Czar'B arrival except
school children and teachers, called
upon the aforesaid school mistress
to prove her loyalty to the cause by
assassinating the Czar with a bomb.
Rather than comply she committed
suicide by throwing herself in front
of a train two days before the Czar's
arrival. She was burled at Reval
in the presence of hundredB of school
children, with whom she was popu
lar, and a few teachers and towns
folk wfi"o were aware of her story.
PROBABLE SUICIDE PACT.
The Bodies Of A Man And Woman
Pound In A Field.
Morristown, N. J. (Special). The
bodies of Frank Ferrnco, n barber,
and Mrs. Margaret Litz, both resi
dents of this place, vyere found
on the field club property, in the
southern part of the town.
The police believe that they died
as a result of a suicide pact. The
woman, they say, was shot In the
head by Ferraco, who then put the
pistol to hla own face and pulled the
trigger.
Ferraco and Mrs. Lltz were both
married, but they became infatuated
with each other, it is said, about six
months ago, and since that time have
been frequently together.
A RICH MAIL
SACK IS MISSiNG
Registered Pouch Disappears
Kansas City.
in
Los Angeles, Cat. (Special). Re
luctant admissions made by postal of
ficers of three cities confirm to some
extent the belief that the disappear
ance of a registered mail pouch some
where within the jurisdiction of the
Kansas City postoffico Inst Saturday
night will prove to be one of tho
largest losses In the history of the
Postoffico Department. From priv
ate sources, It was learned that a
package of at least $50,000 in cur
rency was among the contents of the
pouch, which carried In addition an
unusually large number of letters and
packages containing money and other
valuables. The amount can only be
conjectured, but It may reach a total
of $100,000.
The pouch was In transit from Loa
Angeles to New York, and the pos
tal Inspectors, who have had the case
In charge for 4S hours, refuse any
explanation of the manner in which
it became lost to sight. That a pouch
of value has disappeared was admit
ted by the Department at Washing
ton, by Postmaster M. H. Flint, of
Los Angeles, and by Inspector W. J.
Vlckery attached to the Kansas City
postotflee, who appears to have the
case for lnvestigtalon.
The fact thot the mnil in process
of transfer at the Union Station at
Kansas City, is handled in a tempor
ary substation, since the destruction
of the regular branch office by fire
several months ago, supports the
theory that advantage was taken of
conditions presumed to be more lax
than ordinarily.
There Ib reason to believe that the
$50,000 package of currency waB a
shipment made by a Los Angeles
bank to Its New York correspondent.
Postmaster Flint, of Lob Angeles,
stated that It would bo Impossible
for any officer of the department to
estimate the total contents of the
missing pouch until the holders of
receipts issued on the day of ship
ment had made affidavits ns to the
valuables mailed. Cashier Charles
Seyler, of the Farmers' and Mer
chants' National Bank, tonight said:
"According to our Information, a
mall pouch made up here on June 3
and leaving for New York on the fol
lowing morning has disappeared. A
conservative valuation of the cur
rency contents, furnished by this and
other banks of this city, will be $50,
000. The total amount Is made up
between 30 and 50 packages. Our
correspondent at New York is the
Chemical National Bank, to whom
our portion of the shipment was con
signed." The registered pouch left Los An
geles over the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railroad the morning of
June 4 and was due In Kansas city
on Saturday.
BLAZE IN NEW ORLEANS.
Two Fires Render Five Hundred
Homeless.
New Orleans (Special). Over 500
people are homeless, one death has
been recorded and a property loss of
over $200,000 has been brought
about as a result of two fires which
destroyed several blocks of stores
and residences in different parts of
New Orleans.
The fire destroyed a score or more
of residences and several stores in
the neighborhood of Berlin and Mag
azine Streets. John Jung, who
owned one of the fn-nlture storeB de
stroyed, went back to his stable in
nn effort to save his horses. A gust
of wind swept the flames over the
barn. Jung's charred body was
found.
The second fire, at Delachaise
Street and Louisiana Avenue, de
stroyed 20 cottages, occupied princi
pally by negroes.
Dreams Way Out Of Mine.
PottBville, Pa. (Special). While
imprisoned by a fall of coal at the
WeBt Schuylkill Colliery David Meyer
fell asleep and dreamed he saw a
manhole by which he could escape
to the suface. When he awoke he
succeeded in finding the manhole,
which had been abandoned so long
ago that it was forgotten, and while
efforts were being made to rescues
him he surprised the rescueiB by
suddenly appearing in their midat.
FOR THE FOURTH BRIDGE.
Baal River Spanned For The New
Structure Across It,
New York (Special). The Easi
River, which Beperates the borough
of Manhultan from Brooklyn, was
spanned by Kb fourth bridge, when
cables were put across It for the new
Manhattan bridge. ThlB structure is
near the old Brooklyn Bridge, and
between it and the new Williamsburg
Bridge.
Four five-Inch cables were laid
across the river, a barge carrying the
four reelB being towed from the Mun
hutiun to the Brooklyn lowers.
These will support a temporary foot
bridge, upon which workmen will lay
the big cables which will support the
great structure when completed.
A Buttle Willi Bandits.
Mexico City (Special). A special
dispatch from Durango received here,
says that in a fight between bandits
and Rurales on the San Inguaclo
Ranch, near Narnar, Chief Meretz,
of the Rurales, and two of his men
were killed. Two other soldiers were
wounded. One of the bandits was
killed and the othera escaped. This
band recently killed H. S. Jones, an
American, and the aoldlers were In
pursuit of them for that crime. The
outlaw- arc still pursued.
The Salem Is A Flyer.
Boston. Mass. (Special). An un
official speed mark of 25:24 knots
was reported for the new scout cruis
er Salem when she arrived at the
Charleston Navy Yard for docking
after the builders' trial. The con
tract requirements of the vessel are
22:50 knots for 24 hours, and 21
knots over a measured course. The
builders' testa will be resumed, and
will i-! until June 22, when she
will go Into drydock prevloua to her
official trial over the Rockland
eoursa
Bora Amidst Flames.
Springfield, MaBs. (Special).
With sparks dropping through an
open window, a child was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Woodman Goldband during
the height of a fire, In which seven
Sharon Street tenements were In
flames. When the bed caught fire
mother and babe were removed to a
neighbor's. The attending physician
was Beverly burned.
DRAMATIC FIGHT WON
OY GOVERNOR NOSHES
Ends Gambling at Racetracks By
Vote of 26 to 25.
MR. FOELKER LEAVES SICK BED.
The Senator, Although Extremely Weak
From an Operation for Appendicitis,
Travels 60 Miles to Break a Tie
Jubilation Over Rumor of tha Sena
tor's Collapse Turn to Consternation
Albany, N. Y. (Special). After
a struggle, the precise like of which
no man In or about the legislature
haa ever Been or expects to see again,
the famous Agnew-Hart Anti-racetrack
Gambling Bills are now lawa
of the State of New York. Governor
Hughes by his signature affixed to
each of the bills at 4.35 P. M. crown
ed a legislative victory, the brilliancy
of which, equaled only by Its un
expectedness, is conceded even by
those who fought him In the matter
to the last ditch and beyond.
The annals of legislation in thll
State may be searched In vain for a
day like this. The decisive voles,
which passed the bills, were cast by
Senator Otto G. Foelker, of the
Fourth Senate district of Brooklyn,
who crawled from a sick bed. and
made a 60-mlle railroad Journey to
do it, bo weak and distressed In mind
and body that he seemed on the
verge of utter collapse, and by a new
senator, William C. Wallace, of Niag
ara Falls, who waB elected at a spec
ial election In the campaign preced
ing which the Governor himself
toured the district speaking in be
half of his election.
Senator Foelker, who underwent,
an operation May 10 for appendicitis,
and whose condition for much of the
intervening time was critical, came
up from Staatsburg, the journey of
60 mlleH being a severe tax upon his
strength. Ho was somewhat strong
er, and was taken to the Senate
chamber Just as the roll-call on a
dilatory motion was being taken.
He was plainly suffering from weak
ness, and his response when his
name was reached was scarcely audi
ble. Up to the very last moment the
opposition to the bills entertained
hope that the measures would fall.
Rumors flew thick and fast that
Foelker had collapsed, and that some
other senator who formerly voted for
the bills had been induced to
"switch." There was even the re
port of an attempt In some desperate
way to prevent Senator Foelker's
presence at the critical moment.
Every step of his progress from his
home to his seat In the Senate cham
ber was guarded, but, as the event
proved, nothing of the kind was at
tempted. Senator Foelker's appearance In
the chamber waa greeted with a vol
ley of handclapplng, which was stern
ly suppressed after a moment by
Lieutenant Governor Chanler In the
chair, who threatened that If It was
repeated he would have the floor and
galleries cleared. On both the roll
calls on the final passage he voted
with the majority.
Senator Foelker expects to return
to the home of his father-in-law at
Staatsburg, where for a month he
has been confined to his bed, recover
ing from an operation for appendi
citis on May 10. Francis N. Murphy,
of Staatsburg, his physician, who ac
companied his now famous patient
from StaatBburg to the Senate cham
ber, visited Governor Hughes at the
executive chamber. He said he call
ed merely to pay his respects. He
confirmed the Impression of all ob
servers that the senator could hard
ly have endured another moment of
the excitement amid which his vote
was cast. He said that the anxiety
and nervousness of his patient un
doubtedly had retarded his recovery,
but admitted that he was better, and
expressed the belief that, while the
ordeal had been very trying, Senator
Foelker had not been permanently
Injured by his experience.
BRIDE RETURNS TO PARENTS.
Daughter Of Governor Cutler, Of
Utah, Had Eloped.
Salt i.;.;.. City, Utah (Special).
Governor Cutler has induced his
daughter, Mabel, who eloped and was
married to Thomas E. Butler in Og-
den lust Tuesday, to return to her
parental home.
The groom asserts that his wile is
only on a visit to ne-r .itui .........
Governor Cutler, however, said:
"Yes, my daughtr is at her home
and will remain with us permanently."
WILL STRAIGHTEN OUT
OLD WORLD TANGLES
Great Things Expected of Czar and
the K ru.
London (By Cable). Foreign Sec
retary Grey's announcement in the
House of Commons that no negotia
tions for new treaties would be in-
Itlated during King Edward's vletl
to Reval put an end, for the time
being, to tho talk of a probable triple
alliance between Franco, Russia and
Great Britain, but It did not affect
the hope of thopc Englishmen who
are desirous of closer relations be
tween these three powerB that Im
portant diplomatic consequences will
result from the meeting In Russia of
King Edward and Emperor Nlcholaa
and their respective foreign advisers.
There is no secret made of the
fact that the presence of Sir Charlee
Hnrdlnge and M. Iswolsky at Reval
is for the purpose of discussing ques
tions that have arisen out of the con
vention which put an end to thee
recriminations between Russia and
Great Britain over Persia, Tibet and
Afghanistan, but more particularly
the present unsatisfactory state of
affairs in Persia.
The good effects of this agreement!
already have been shown In thej
speedy ending of threatening frontier,
war on the Indian border, a situation!
which. In the old days of suspicion
and enmity between Great Britain:
and Russia might have led to an
Afghan war.
The unanimity of the two govern
ments in dealing with PerBla also haa
proved the stability of this agree
ment but the shifting conditions in
Persia make necessary a thorough
threshing out of this subject, upon
which no one Is better Informed than
the men who are gathered at Reval.
Another more difficult question
one that might be resented by the
other powers did they know it was
receiving attention is the Mace
donian affair. It is hoped that this
can be settled by the cordial co-op-CTatlnn
of Russia and British diplo
macy. Following as soon upon the visit
to England of President Fallleros of
France it is hard to disabuse the pub
lic mind of the feeling that King Ed
ward's trip to Reval lias also some
relation to Europeun uffalrs, and, as
an actual alliance is considered im
possible at present, serious thought
is being given to the suggestion that
this exchange of visits signifies that
Great Britain's policy in Europe will
in tne future follow closely that of
the dual alliance, France and Russia.
BREAKS RIB COUGHING.
Kisses Niece With Whooping Cough
And Contracts Disease.
South Norwalk, Ct. (Special).
"Whooping cough is a baby's disease,
I am not afarld," said Mrs. E. M.
Ashe, a prominent resident of Cran
bury, last week, as she kissed hci
little niece, who was 111. Now Mrs.
Ashe is at the point of death as the
reBtilt of the "baby's disease."
She contracted such a severe case
taht in whooping she fractured one
of her ribs, an end of which penetra
ted her right lung. Dr. William J.
Tracey has charge of the case and
states that It Is the first of its kind
In medical hiBtory. Mrs. Ashe's con
dition is aggravated by her frequent
coughing spells.
The Battleship Fleet.
San Francisco (Speclul). The
torpedo destroyers Preble and Perry,
under command of Lieutenant Free
man and Larimer, respectively, and
the torpedo boat Farragut, Ensign
Metcalf, have arrived here from
Portland and Astoria. After return
ing from ""Sacramento some weeks
ago the little warships went to the
Columbia River and return to re
main on the coast tor nearly a
month. The battleships on Puget
Sound are all to return here this
month and the entire battleship fleet
and the torpedo boats will be here
on the Fourth of July.
FINANCIAL
The Glrard Trust. Company, Phlla
delphla, declared a half-yearly divi
dend of 1 2 per cent.
There wan considerable trading in
new Union Pacific bonds at from
95 4 to 96.
In the first third of 190S Northern
Central's net earnings decreased only
$24,000.
The Bank Vf England has retained
its 2 4 per cent, dls-jouut rate for
another week.
Contrary to previous reports, It 1
unuc.dtuuu tuat Onion Pacific stlil
holds u large Llcck of the Hill rail
road stocks.
"No significance in r.'.y admission
to the practice of law in New York
State," said Chairman E. 11 Gary,
of United States Steel.
Thirty-nine railroads have uow re
ported groaa earnings for tho last
week of May. They show an average
decrease of it 8 4 per cent.
Pennsylvania's coal shipments on
its Eastern lines so far this year ag
gregate 19,080,679, against 25.04,9,
930 In the same period of 1907.
Earnings of the American Rail
ways Company In May decreased
$2272.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has
placed with the Pennsylvania Steel
Company an order for 1500 tons of
Bteel.
In one month 90,000 shares of
Philadelphia Rapid Transit stock
huve changed hands. In that time
the price declined from : ' ',. to 124.
fa the March quarter, WeHtern
lluten had a deficit of $832, 278. after
meeting charge and dividends. In
the June quarter, with this month
partly estimated, there should be a
net iirnlim nf I4A9 888.
Canoe Cupsiy.es, Three Drown.
Hutu' i Unifl Idnuildl k
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M-unk H. I'arwell, aged 17, and two
girl companions, were drowned
through the overturning of a canoe
on Lake Qulnslgamond. A fourth
member of the party, Allison D. Wa
trous, the 13-year-old son of a local
physician, clung to the craft until
rescued. The girls were chance ac
quaintances of the boys, and their
identities have not been established.
Spanish Warship At Havana.
Havana (Special). The Spanish
schoolsMp Nautilus, the first Spanish
warship to visit Havana since the
war, arrived off Moro. Elaborate
preparations have been made by the
Spanish colony for the reception of
tne ship and the entertainment of
the officers.
Historian Stone Dead.
Mount Vernon, N. Y. (Special).
Colonel William Leete Stone, a well
known author of historical works,
died at hio home here after a three
week illness. Colonel Stone, who
was 73 years old, was a member of
numerous historical societies through
out the country. Most of his his
torical work dealt with revolution
ary affairs, particularly General
Burgoyne's campaigns In and around
Saratoga.
Steel Trust Will Open Mills.
Pittsburg (Special). The an
nouncement was made here that the
United States Steel Corporation has
decided to start all Rb mills In the
Pittsburg district as full as possible
on Monday, July 6, that orders now
on the books or about . being closed
warrant the belief that It will hq
necessary to start at this time if they
would but keep up with the proces
sion of orders. This will mean the
r--emloynent of mauy thousand
of men who have been Idle practi
cally all tbe winter and spring season
Sale- Of Water Bonds.
Chestertown (Special). The sale
of the Chestertown water bonds
$28,000 offered by the Commission
ers of Chestertown to defray the ex
i pense of the purchase of the water
i works from the present corporation,
and to make needed Improvements,
look place Friday afternoon. The suc
cessful blddera were Boden, Watts &
Co., and Hamilton & Co., of Balti
more, In a combined bid. who pur
chased the entire lot of bonds for
$29,125.60, a premium of $1,125,
60. The bonds bear 4 per cent. In
terest and are redeemable, one every
year for 28 years.
Telegraph Companies' Yuliiation.
Guthrie ( Special.) . State Auditor
M. E. Trapp announced the assessed
valuation of the property of the
Western Union and the Postal Tele
graph Compunles fixed by the State
board of equalization. The estimate
submitted by the Western Union
Company, of slightly In excess of
J300.000, was increased to $1,907,
770, while the valuation of the Post
tal Company wan fixed at $48,240
about double the company's figures.
Kills Woman And Self.
Birmingham, Ala. (Special). T.
Luther Birchfleld, a young electri
cian, shot MrB. W. A. Van Hooser
and then shot himself, both dying
Bhortly afterward. The tragedy oc
curred at the home of Mrs. Van
HooBer, 712 South Twentieth Street.
It is said that Birchfleld had formed
an attachment for Mrs. Van Hooser
and that she repulsed his advances.
Later he went to the house, called
her to the porch uud began shooting.
Cruiser Colorado Ashore.
Port Angeles, Wash. (Special).
The cruiser Colorado is ashore on
Dungeness Spit In the Strait ot Fuca.
The Colorado passed here about 3
P. M., and when the fog lifted, about
6 P. M she could be seen on the
Dungeness Spit. It was high tide
when she struck. Launches sent
from Port Angeles have not yet re
turned. Among the objects found In recent
excavations in Egypt was a whole
company of wooden soldiers 16 Inch
es high.