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Domestic
The Biilcldr bureau of the Salvn
tlon Army at Chicago ha aved inn
men Rnd women from taking their
own live according to report Just
lasued.
Frank Zottl, of the New York
banking firm of Frank Zottl & Co.,
In the handa of a receiver, U ar
rested on a charge of grand larceny.
Attorney Charles W. Hamilton kill
ed himself while preparations were
being made for removing him to a
Pittsburg hospital.
Col. H. 0. Cntrow, of Dayton, has
withdrawn from the race for Con
gress owing to the fact that he killed
a man with his automobile.
A federal warrant hns been Issued
ngainst .1. T. Talbott. of South Hen.!
Ind., charging him with fraudulent
use of the malls.
Attorney E. M. Ilyzcr. of Milwau
kee, says that the new rule of con
duct la "hate one another." and tha
It Is being lived up to.
The Georgia Railroad Commission
haa ruled that the newspapers may
accept transportation in exchange for
advertising.
The balloon Initial collapsed Just
after being Inflated for two Phlladcl
phlnns who planned a trip bv moon
light. Jnmea .1. Hill, president of the
Great Northern lload, Is opposed to
a reduction In salaries of railroad em
ployes. The crew of the wrecked Nor
wegian baric Fraden had a terrible
experience before reaching New Or
leans. Nineteen survivors 01" the several
hundred South Sea Islanders sold
Into slavery at Guatemala have been
released.
The University of 1'tali has passed
a rule excluding all teachers or stu
dents afflicted with consumption.
The hearing of the Prank J. Qould
divorce will occur as soon as efforts
to reconcile the couple have failed
A severe storm a' St. Paul stopped
the Shriners' civic parade, which
promised to be a big affair.
Twonry-flve hundred strikers In
New York have returned to work af
ter pratlcally winning their demands.
A collision occurred between a sail
boat and a steamer on Lake Michi
gan, the sailer being badly crippled.
An adopted daughter of Benjamin
Hart, of New York, will contest his
will, he having left her nothing.
A second dynamite bomb was ex
ploded at the rear of a saloon in
Chicago, but no one was injured.
The police of Troy, N. Y., are un
able to Bolve the mystery of the
death of Hazel Drew In Teal Pond.
Seized with a mania lo kill and
maim, George Tusel, an Inmate of
the insane ward at the Allegheny
City Home, Pittsburg. Pa., brained
Harry Speller, also an Insane patient,
with a heavy polishing brush. After
beating Speller Insensible Tusel dash
ed at two guards and attempted to
kill them. He was overpowered af
ter a desperate struggle.
At a conference of railroad presi
dents In New York the question of an
advance in freight rates was discussed
at length, and reports from the com
mittee having In charge the checking
of rates were considered, but It was
found that this work had not pro
gressed to such a point as to make
definite action practicable at this
time.
The White Mountain express, on
the New York. New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad, was wrecked at Green
wich, Conn. One woman, Miss Mar
guerite Armstrong, of Wayne, Pa ,
was killed, and about 12 persons
were Injured. Five Pullmans were
overturned.
Three men were killed and a doz
en Injured, at least one of them
fatally, by an explosion of fireworks
In the Boston and Maine freight
house in Boston. The shed was de
stroyed and )Q working on
the whrf at the time ran for their
lives.
Thirteen-year-old Elizabeth Walls
admits that William Williams, aged
64, found murdered in Queen Anne
County, Md., was. in love with pal
and wanted her to elope, but she
denies that she had any idea of mar
rying the aged farmer.
A launch bound from Manila lo
Corregldor Island, with 7f passen
gers, was caught in a typhoon and
foundered. Twenty-five of the pas
eDgers perished, Including sever;,!
Americans.
Mrs. Edith M. 'IVagle. wife or :t
official of the Standard Oil Company,
shot herself in the head at Pasadena
Cal.
Dr. Charles W. HOttffMon, of Phil
adelphia, was seriously injured In
an automobile accident at Atlantic
City.
Hugh MeCnrdjr, former head of
the Knights Templar of tlio 1,'nitud
States, died In Cnrunna. Mich.
The White Star liner Majeatlc bea
the Cr.narder Carmanla 26 minutes
In a 2 4-hour race at sea.
Ous'avus P. English, news editor
of the Associated Press at Chicago,
ta dead.
The battleship fleet arrived at
Hawaiian Islands.
Foreign
China has asked Jnpan to consent
to the restrict ion of the Importation
Into China of morphine, as well as
the Instruments used for the lojeit
tlOB of th? drug. All the other pow
ers long since agreed to this restric
tion. Camnet Intrigues in Portugal con
tinues. Among those who received
Illegal advances of money from the
treasury a tbe Portugese minister
to China, who drew twenty years'
aalary In advance
Eugene Etleune, formerly French
minister of war and minister of the
Interior, together with his chaffeur,
waa seriously Injured In an auto
mobile accident near Alencon,
France.
Kampf, of Kansas City, an Ameri
can gymnast, injured a band so bad
ly that It la leared he will be unable
to enter the tournan cut at Frank
fort. United Slates Minister Jackson
arrived in Berlin from Persia, on
bis way to the United States, lie
aald all was quiet in Teheran.
Germany has protested against the
arrest by French soldiers at Casa
blanca, Morocco, of a German letter
carrier. The Spaulsh steamer Floieuclo
Rodriguez, with a cargo of alcohol,
burned at Malaga. Spain.
Japan la arranging for the con
atructlon f two additional battle
hip. Earthquakes ocnurred In t lie south
ra parts of Peru and Bolivia.
THE PRESIDENTS
(RE INVOLVED
Plots in the Several Central American
States.
UNCLE SAM CHECKING THEM.
Attitude of the United Staffs Cool
the Warlike Schemes of the Several
Rulers President Cabrera's Plan
to K.ncompass the Downfall of
President Zelaya.
Pnnama (By Cable). Central
Americans who are now in Panam.),
and who are Interested In the situa
tion brought about by the revolution
ary movement In Honduras, are con
duced that the presidents or several
of the republics are Involved in the
ufflair, the ramlflcnt Ions of which
rem it tar back. According to one of
thaaa Central Americans. President
Cabrera, of Guatemala, following the
lait conspiracy against his life, or
which he believed President Zelaya.
of Nicaragua, to be the promoter,
conceived a plan for Zelnya's down
fall. Fearing that without aid he
could not succeed in this, he endeav
ored to Interest his neighbor, Presi
dent Flgucioa, of Salvador, who had
an old grudge against Zelaya, whom
he , ti ii ::. d w it i ni in)-' openly some
time ago, men. arms and money to
Dr. Prudenclo Alfero for the pur
poaa of invading Salvador.
For a time President Flgueroa
was undecided, but eventually Qan.
Manuel Bonllla. cx-prcBident of Hon
duras, who was deposed by the revo
lution promoted also by Zelaya, ap
peared on the scene. He recom
mended that they begin operations
by replacing him as president of
Honduras, this merely as a prellm
iirii . step. 1. r .,!! t hrec i c -publics
I (Honduras, Guatemala and Salva-
dor), he suggested, could join forces
: in an attack upon Nicaragua.
Prior to this the Honduran coiifl-
dential envoy in Guatemala, Gen.
Miguel O. Bustlllo. had been Im
prisoned, it is believed, for the pur
pose of precipitating war with HOB
I dtiras, but the challenge remained
I unanswered.
Honduras, however, begnn prepnrn-
Hons and Increased its army by 10,
J 000 men, placing a strong guard
! along the frontiers. A revolution)'
i movement was then ordered by those
I who were endeavoring to bring about
a change in the government of Hon
duras, the revolutionists, invading
that coutnry from the Guatemalan
I and Salvadorean frontiers. President
Zelaya was taken by surprise at the
movement and caught unprepared,
but he immediately saw the peril to
his government I'ndoubtedly to
help as much as possible the Hondu-
I ran government. Zelaya increased the
Nicaraugan Army and placed arms
in the hands of Salvadorean refugees,
i among whom were a number of
j prominent and popular leaders, and
; quietly awaited developments
President Flgueroa, among whose
qualities courage is not believed to
be prominent, knowing that only a
I spark would start a powerful revo
lutionary fire In his dominion, was
j alarmed at the determined action of
! Honduras and Nicaragua and refused
' further to aid the revolutionists In
Honduras,
j In the meantime the beads of both
Honduras and Nicaragua remembered
i the Central American court of jus
tice recently Inaugurated at Cartago,
! Costa Hica. and promptly tiled
charges against Salvador and Guale
! mala, not only with the Idea of
ganlng time, but for the purpose of
bringing more prominently to the
attention of these republics the pos
. sibillty of American Intervention.
Shortly after the presentation of
these charges the United States crul
j ser Albany left for Amapnla with
force of marines und other warships
j were announced as being under or
ders to proceed to the scene of the
I trouble If necessary, and as a result
I of the attitude of the United States
I the belligerent sentiments of th-
various Central American presidents
cooled considerably, for. although
: bearing no love for eaeb other and
i standing In constant tear of an at-
tack from some undetermined quar
I ter, they prefer anything to having
the I'nlted States Interfere In Cen
tral American nffairs. As the matter
I now stands, each one Is accusing the
other and all are making claims to
' having hean new ral,
I . S. .Marine, Beady.
Colon. July 111.--The I'nlted States
cruiser Des Moines arrived here from
Gauntnnamo.
Lieutenant Colonel cole, command
er of the American marines on the
Isthmus of Panama, recently receiv
ed orders from Washington to have
I tO murines ready for immedlnte
field service. It was believed that
the Intention was to dispatch these
marines to Honduras on the cruiser
Des Molr.es
THE SOVERNESS VMS
LDRED TO HER DEATH
Mystery Over Pretty Girl Found
Dead in Pond.
Lightning Kills I wo.
Dayton, O. ( Special ) .Clyde Zar,
aged 20, and Walter Cowltz. aged 14,
were killed by lightning on a farm
near Vandalia. The boys had taken
their horses into a barn und Zat laid
down on the hay inside the barn,
while Cowltz stood outside, leaning
against the barn. Lightning struck
an elm tree standing near the build
ing, leaped to the barn und passed
j through the body of the Zar boy, ran
' down the hay and split the skull of
Cowltz. Another boy standing with
the latter victim was uninjured, but
horses ort the wet barn Moor were
j killed.
Saw Her Husband Drown.
Woira. N. H. (Special). --Walter
D. Martin, president of the Common
Council of Maiden, Mass., who has
been spending the summer with his
wife und two children on Pine Is
land in Lake Winnepesuukee, was
drowned in the lake while rowing
In front of his cottage and within
sight of his wife. His boat was cap
blzed In a sudden squall When Mrs.
Martin saw her husband sink she
collapsed
Dies Near I'm cuts' Grave.
Philadelphia (Special). Within
sight of his parents graves, Edward
it Haas, of ,.: I West Lehigh Ave
I nue, a foreman In Dlsston's tew
j works, put a bullet Into his brain
, in a lot adjoining Mount Peace Com-
ctery. Hu had disappeared from At
1 lantic City last Tuesday Haas had
been out of work for about two
1 months, but it Is thought that th
': suicide wai prompted by a dlsagree
l menl he hud with a Mis o'Hourke.
to whom he had been paying at
lentlon. His body waa found b
August Weigel. who was on bis wa,
to work.
Troy, N. Y. (Special). Develop
ments In the tragedy of Teal Pond.
Into whose swampy shallow! the
body of pretty l!t-year-old Hazel
Drew was flung after she had been
mysteriously murdered, showed con
cluslvely that she was lured to her
death.
The authorities, investigating the
crime, have unearthed certain facts
which they declare lead to no other
possibility than that the girl was
persuaded to start for '.he home of
her uncle, who lives not far from
where she was found dead, on a pre
text to get her in that lonely part of
Rensselaer County.
It Is now declared that the assas
sin or assassins of the pretty young
woman are known and, according to
District Attorney Jnrvls P. O'Brien,
arrests will be made soon.
Died Defending Her Honor.
Developments In this, the most
tragic and most pitiful murder In the
history of Rensselaer County, have
come so swiftly as almost to surprise
the men who 2 4 hours ago were with
out a clue lo the slayer. The ihe
ory that murder will out finds In this
tragedy a vindication. Clever selec
tion of a lonely spot for the con
cealment of the body and efforts to
convey the impression that the girl
Jumped Into the lonely pond to end
her life proved baffling only for a
time. But the murderer's subsequent
demeanor the guilty conscience off
setting the precautions against de
tection have resulted In the weav
ing of a w-eb so closely about the
suspected man that but few strands
are needed until the net is drawn.
Marks about Hazel Drew's body
indicate clearly that she died while
making a brave struggle to defend
her honor. A string tied about her
neck indicates that the murderer and
his accomplice, fearing the blow on
the back of the hend had not been
sufficient to end her life and forever
seal her lips, made sure, doubly sure,
by strangling her. The casting of
the body into the water was as
much an added further precaution
against her living to disclose tbe
identity of the fiends who attacked
her as it was to hide the evidences
of crime.
Man Kills Himself.
Pittsburg (Special) William Mof
fltt, of Slstersville, W. Va., who came
here to attend the funeral of his
s.uter, Stella Moffltt, who committed
suicide last Tuesday, ended his own
life in a manner almost Identical to
that employed by the young woman.
Both took carbolic acid at the home
of their parents In Reed Street, this
city. Grief and despondency over
his sister's death is believed to have
prompted Moflitt to self-destruction.
He wus 39 years of age, and leaves
a widow and five children, all of
whom came here with him for the
funeral.
Ktbei Roosevelt is Eighteen,
Oyster Bay, N. Y. (Special). Sat
urday, the anniversary of the birth
of Miss Ethel Roosevelt, the younger
daughter of President Roosevelt, the
President's home on Sagamore 11111
was the scene of considerable gayety
in honor of the young lady. The
celebration in Miss RooBevelt's honor
took the form of a party to which
a number of her young friends were
invited. The young folks danced on
the broad veranda a! Sagamore Hill
in the evening. Tbe President joined
in the fun and helped make things
lively.
lira, Man Baker g. iiddy s".
Newton. Mass. (Special). Mrs.
Mary Baker G Eddy, founder and
head of the Christian Scientist
Church, Thursday reached her eighty-seventh
year, but beyond congrat
ulations from members of her house
hold and oHiclals of the church, there
was no observance of the event. Mrs.
Eddy Is reported In good health, and
maintain the same routine, which
governed her life at Concord, N. 11 ,
during the past several years.
Town Wiped Gut By Fire.
New Philadelphia. O (Special).
The town of Baltic, Tuararawm
County, containing $00 people, was
practically wiped out by fire Forty
homes and business buildings were
destroyed. The blaze started in a
(lour mill, und among the buildings
destroyed are Huffman's restaurant,
Croycr's restaurant an so veal loaded
felght cara. T.e loss j estimated at
1100,000.
Many Suit Follow Disaster.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Suit
for damages aggregating $9."0.()00
were entered In the United States
Circuit Court againBt the Pittsburg
Coal Company, as the result of (he
Darr Mine disaster, of December 19.
1907. when nearly 300 men wer
killed. There are 18 plaintiffs the
wives or fathers and mothers of the
victims.
Nine Blown (p r, , Powder,
l'acoma. Wash (Special). The
powder magazine of the Northwest
ern Improvement Company, at Clee-
lum, blew up at fi o clock P M.,
while a gang of men were unloading
a car of powder Nine were killed
Gulltj (it Murder.
Tlfton. Ga. (Special). The Jury
in the case agutnsl Dempsey Taylor,
charged with the killing of A. Conger
at Sunday School at Salem Church.
In Tift County. July 5, returned a
verdict of guilty of murder In the
first degree and recommended the
mercy of the court, which means life
Imprisonment. Jesse Taylor, a broth
er of Dempsey, will be tried this
week for complicity In the killing
Roth boys are also under Indictment
for assault with Intent to murdet
tn the shooting of Barney Conger
son of the man killed.
Gun Test Oi . Halloon.
Berlin (By Cgti I During night
practice by a machine gun corps oi
the army, near Augsberg, the gun
ners were ordered to train on a tar
get balloon which had been sent ti
during the day. and waa floating fat
above and to the left of their poin
if encampment. The balloon wu:
brought down at tbe first volley. Thi
test was made for the purpose o:
ascertaining what chance an arm;
would have of opposing a hostll
balloon whlth came near enough t
hen camp to drop an exploalve lnt
their works
ARMY TO ASK FOR
BALLOON MONET
Want Million Dollars To Study
Aeronautics.
TO ERECT TWO BALLOON STATIONS.
If Cash Is Secured General Alien Will
Erect Two Airship Stations on At
lantic Coast Interest in the Experi
ment at Fort Mycr Lend Impetus
to Dirigible Study.
Washington, D. C. (Special). En
couraged by the general Interest
manifested In the coming Fort Myer
balloon tests and prompted by the
advancement of other nations In
aeronautic!, Brigadier General James
Allen, chief signal officer, and the
hoard of ordlnanre and fortification
of the War Department will recom
mend the appropriation by Congress
next winter of 11,000,000 for aero
nautics. With this money General Allen
proposes to erect two balloon sla
tlons on the Atlantic Coast, at New
York and Fort Monroe, Va.. and to
purchase two balloons of the type
of the Republique. the Immense diri
gible built by the French government
to replace to La Patrle. which was
lost at Verdun. France, last winter.
A halloon of this size would cost
about $100,000. General Allen Is of
the opinion that (wo of these shlpH al
each balloon station would be of
great service in warding off an at
tack by warships.
For the past year or more Gen
era Allen has been engrossed with
the study of aerial navigation and j
Its possibilities In the army.
The General's desk Is covered with '
extracts for foreign anil American ,
publications bearing on the progress
In aeronautics. The assistant chief
signal officer is Lieut. F. P. I.ahm.
winner of the Gordon Bennett in- j
ternatlonal balloon race of 1906.
A large steel balloon-house Is
Hearing completion at Fort Omaha,
Neb., under the direct ton of Capt. I
C. DeF. Chandler, of the Signal
Corps. A gas generating plant Is'
being built in connection with tlje
balloon-house, and the electricity for
supplying pOWtr for the plant will
be purchased from the electric light
ing plant at Omaha. This will be
the first modern hydrogen gas plant
to be built for the Army, the pres.- !
ent plant at Fort Myer, Va., being
temporary and Inadequate.
When the plant at Omaha Is com
plated officers studying at the serv
ice schools at Fort Leavenworth, '
Kan., will be instructed in practical j
aeronautics.
Last winter the Signal Corps ask
ed for an appropriation from Con- I
gress of $200,000 for balloons, and
a bill was introduced by Senator
Burkett to place the Signal Corps
on an equal footing with the artil
lery and cavalry branches of the
Army. Both these measures had the
support or rrssuaeni itooseveit and
Secretary Tuft.
EUGENE W. CHAFIN
NAMED FOR PRESIDENT
Chicagoan Heads National Prohibition
Ticket.
MR. LEVERING'S NAME WITHHELD.
National Prohibition Convention at
Columbus, .. Makes Nominations,
Adopts Platform and Adjourns
Rev. Wm. H. Palmore, I f St. Louis,
Is Nominated for Vice President.
SIX HURT IN A RIOT.
I'nion And Nonunion Capmakers I'm
Bricks And ( lube.
Cleveland, O. (Special).- -A riot in
which six men received injuries more
or less serious took place at the cor
ner of Lakeside Avenue and West
Sixth Street. The rioters were union
and nonunion capmakers. The union
men have been on a strike for Severn,
weeks. The trouble followed an at
tempt on the part of the strikers to
prevent the body of nonunlonlsts
from going to work. Bricks, stones
and clubs were freely used on both
sides A riot call was turned In and
a squad of police shortly arrived and
used their clubs freely on the rioters.
A number of arrests were made.
WASHINGTON
The Atlantic Manufacturing Com
pany, of Minneapolis, .Minn., was de
barred from the mails by an order
of the Postmaster General on the
ground that its operations were
i raudulent.
Justice Wright, of the District
Court, issued n mandamus directing
the Commlssoiner of Putetits of be
guided by decision of New York
court.
Official figures show the appropria
tions made ul the recent session of
Con gretl to have aggregated $1,008,
:i7.54;i.r6. The adjutant general of the army
has been informed In dispatches re
ceived from the Philippines of the
murder of Albert A. Burleigh, Com
pany C, Eighteenth lnfuntr, on June
30 by Moros.
The report of the Interstate Com
merce Commission shows that 72x
lives were lost and 14,711! persons
were injured In railroad accidents
during the three months ending
March 31.
Orders have been Issued by the
Navy Department to the gunboat
Marietta to proceed to Puerto Cortez,
Honduras, to Investigate the revolu
tionary activity in that place.
The gunboat Paducah, now at
Giiuntanumo, will be ordered to lluy
II, at the request of the State Depart
ment, to relieve the French warships
now in these waters.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion decided that household servants
of railroad employes may travel on
passes.
The National Conservation Com
mission has begun preliminary work
on the task before It
The government is considering the
advislbality of sending u wurshlp lo
the northern coast ot Honduras to
protect American Interests from the
revolutionists.
Acting Secretary NewbeVry thinks
it may be advisable to remove naval
..eadquarters from New London ue
ause of treatment accorded men.
Secretary of War Wright, accom
panied by several officers, mude u
istt of Inspection to Fort Washlng
on. Interstate Commerce Commission
nas Issued a report on tbu passenger
raffle In the United States.
Arrangements are being completed
at Fort Meyer for the dirigible bal
oons tent soon lo be made.
The United States, through the
e. retary of (he Navy, Is Involved In
, dispute about $3
President Roosevelt has appointed
:.e manager!) of the Yukon-AlasKu
iapoeRion.
The Comptroller of the Treasury
as decided tbat the new immigration
tatlon may go to Gloucester, N. J
a lawfully as to Philadelphia
Columbus. 0, (Special) For Pres
ident Eugene W. Chafln. of Chi
cago. For Vice President - Aaron S.
Wat kins, of Ada, O. .
This ticket was nominated by the
Prohibitionists' National Convention,
and both nominations were made
unanimous. The full lndt ' semeni of
the convention was no however,
given to Mr. Chafln BBtll 'ter three
ballots had been taken.
On (he first two ballot! Jr. Chatln
did not show a great . nonnt of
strength, receiving but L6 out or
1,0K3 votes on the first and 376 nut
of 1,0X7 on the second ballot. His
nomination was assure.! however,
when the rOllcatl began I the third
ballot. His own State, Ahich had
voted largely for Daniel R. Sheen,
of Peoriu, and the New York dele
gallon, followed by those of Indiana
and Wisconsin, came over to Mr.
i I.. in p. and on the third ballot he
received a total of 630 votes.
Maryland did not present the name
of Joshua Leveling, of Baltimore, as
had been expected. The delegation
sought In vain an agreement Insur
ing the select Ion of Mr Levering and
In consequence decided DO! to nomi
nate the Maryland man.
A strong sentiment existed among
the delegates in favor of Mr. Lever
ing, hut the delegation from his
State refused to make a strong tight,
declaring that while he might ac
cept the nominal Ion they did not
desire to place his name before the
convention if any chance existed of
another man being selected. Mr.
Levering was (he standardbearer of
l he party In 1S90. nnd for that rea
son his friends asserted should have
been tendered the nomination If the
party desired him to lead the coining
campaign.
The strongest competitor of Mr.
Chatln was Rev. William B. Palmore,
of St. Louis, who received 274 votes
on the first ballot and a comparative
ly small vote after It wns evident
that, the nomination of Mr. Chafln
could not be prevented.
It was then decided to make Mr.
Palmore the vice presidential nomi
nee, and he was named by accla
mation. He declined to accept the
office, however, and persisted in his
attitude despite the strong urging
of his friends.
The convention, finding Itself con
fronted with the necessity of naming
another vice presidential candidate
and many of tne delegates being anx
ious to catch the early night trains
for home, became Involved In a deep
parliamentary wrangle. The rules
were Heveral tiroes suspended and tne
suspensions immediately revoked.
Flnully it was decided that Prof.
Aaron S. Winking, of Ada, O., should
bo named by acclamation. There
was no opposition to him at the
moment, and Chairman Charles Scan
Ion was on the verge of declaring
Professor Wat kins the nominee when
delegates In various tarts of the
hall broke In with a flood of mo
tions, amendments and suspensions
of the rules.
An extended debate finally result
ed In the restoration of the rules
and In a ballot for Ihe vice presi
dency, Three men were named, Prof.
Wat kins, T. B. Dcmaree. of Ken
lucky, and Charles S. Holler, of In
diana. 'I ,ie bullot resulted in the
nominal ion or Pror. Watkins by an
overwhelming majority, and he was
Immediately thereafter, upon motion
Of the Kentucky delegation, made
the unanimous choice of the conven
t ion.
Both the presidential nnd vice
president lal nominees are candidates
lor governor in their respective Slates
00 the Prohibit Ion tickets.
The forenoon session of the con
vention was devoted to the dischs
rlon and adoption of a platform,
v. hich is probably the .shortest on
1 i cord, containing only 321 words.
THE PLATFORM.
UM Porn mot Touches Upon .Many
Important Subjects.
The national Prohibition platform,
bi agreed upon by the Committee on
t.-v.olut ions, follows:
"The Prohibition parly of the Uni
ted Stales, assembled In convention
ki Columbus, O., July ir, and ltt,
I 'OS, expressing grutitude to Al
mighty God for the victories of our
1 ilneiples In the past, for encourage
ment at present and for confidence
01 early and triumphant BucceBs In
C.e future makes the following dec
l ration of principles and pledges
t, e enactment Into law when placed
III power:
"1. The submission by Congress
lo the several States of an amend
ment to the federal Constitution pro
hibiting the manufacture, sale, Im
portation, exportation or transporta
tion of alcoholic liquors for beverage
purposes.
"2. The immediate prohibition of
the liquor traffic for beverage pur
poses in the District of Columbia.
In the territories, and all places over
The President Greets The Hoys.
Oyster Bay, N. Y. (8peclal).
President Roosevelt apent Sunday
quietly at his home here. In the
morning, with Mrs. Roosevelt and
their son Archie, he attended services
In Christ Episcopal Church In the
village, coming Into Oyster Bay from
Sagamore Hill in an automublle. A
company of boys In uniform, port
of a New York church organization
now In camp at Lloyd's Neck, formed
on the bank of the driveway to the
church and stood ut attention as the
President approuched.
Thieves Bind Woman.
Harrlsburg, Pa. (Special).
Thlevea broke luto the house of
Wade P. Bender. In this city, and
bound Mrs. Bender to the banister,
gagging her. while they ransacked
the house. Bender is employed on
tho Pennsylvania Rullroad at night
When he returned home be found
his wife gagged. She is In a serious
uervuus condition. It Is thought that
the thlevea got Into the wrong house,
as they took nothing, and there were
reports that a neighbor had sold a
number of lots
which the national government has
Jurisdiction; the repeal of the inter
nal revenue tax on alcoholic liquors
and the prohibition of the inter
state traffic therein.
"3, The election of United States
senators by direct vote of the people1.
"4. Equitable graduated Income
and Inhertanre taxea.
"6. The establishment of poBtal
savings banks and the guaranty of
deposits In banks
"6 The regulation of all corpora
tions doing an Interstate commerce
business.
"7. The creation of a permanent
tariff commission.
"8. The strict enforcement of law
Instead of the official tolerance and
practical license of tho social evils
which prevails In many of our cltlee,
with Its unspeakable traffic In girls.
"0. Uniform marriage and di
vorce laws.
"10. An equitable and constitu
tional employers' liability art.
"11. Court review of Postoftice
Department decisions.
"12. The prohibition of child
labor In mines, workshops and factor
ies. "13. Legislation basin;' suffrage
only upon Intelligence and ibillty to
read and write the Fnglish language.
"14. The preservation of the min
eral and forest resources of tLc coun
try and the Improvement of .e high
ways and waterways.
"Believing In the right' tti-ness of
our cause and In the flnnl iumph
of our principles, and cn ,iced of
the unwillingness of the p ihllcan
and Democratic parlies deal with
these isstiefi, we invite I i full party
fellowship all citizens who are with
us agreed."
FOOD FOR MOSQUITOES.
Punishment Indicted On A Man
'aught Stealing Trousers.
New York (Special). Mosquitoes
gave William Johnson horrible pun
ishment for his first attempt at hurg
lary at Fort Salonga Island. John
son was caught, tied up with a coil
of rope and fed to the mosquitoes
for several hours, while his captorB
awaited the arrival of an officer from
North Port.
Johnson is a slalrbullder. He has
been out of work for sometime. He
came to North Port and looked
around, but. apparently, did not like
the trousers on display in windows
of the local stores. He wns caught
In the act of robbing a store a few
miles distant, and in advance of the
arrival of the officer he was consign
ed to punishment by being allowed
to become n victim of the tierce Long
Island mosquitoes.
MOSQUITOES KILL CATTLE.
Clouds Of bisects Drain Animals In
Texas u Their Blood.
High Island, Tex. (Special).
Mosquitos are killing cattle by the
score up In the ranches around High
Island. Tho pest Is the worst ever
known In Ibis part of the Gulf Coast
region. Great eiouds of the Insects
cover the pastures where the cattle
are feeding. They literally drain the
animals of all their blood, causing
them to die from weakness.
One ranchman in Chambers Coun
ty has lost 200 head of cattle from
mosquito bites during the lust 10
dayB. Some of the pastures are
strewn with tho carcasses of the dead
cattle. Smudge fires are kept burn
ing day and night to keep the pests
out of the homes of the people.
KILLED BY SCORPION.
.Many Persons Die n A Mexican
Town From Bites.
Mexico City, Mexico (Special).
According to a report made to the
National Board of Health, scorpion
bites have caused the death of 36
people In the lown of Durango dur
ing the last six months.
The bites proved fatal In nearly
every case. The State government
offers a bounty of two cents for every
scorpion killed. Many deaths from
Ihe bites of ihn Insect have also oc
curred In other parts of the State
and In the mountain towns of Jalisco.
FINANCIAL
Again the report comes out that
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is to bo
the next president of fhe American
Smelting Company.
Approximately 9' per cent, of the
shares of the New York. Philadel
phia and Norfolk Railroad have as
sented to the sale lo the Pennsyl
vania. There no longer seems a houbt
that the West Inghouse reorganiza
tion plun will succeed The company
owes Ihe hanks approximately $&,
000,000. A former president of (he Phil
adelphia Slock Exchange said yester
day: "If they can keep United
States Ste.l moving, tho general bull
market will take care of itself."
Some shrewd operators say that
when such specialties ub Missouri
Pacific. West Inghouse und Consoli
dated Gas are picked out to boom,
the end of the rise In stocks has ar
rived. President II. 11. Rogers, of the
Amalgamated. Is quoted us saying
that the copper trade ha:) not Im
proved nearly so much as ihe stee!
trade. Mr. Rogers la now buck In
Wall Street "with his coat off" ready
for business
Pennsylvania's coal gAd coke ship
ments luat week were7X,H30 ton
or less l han the average tor the year
to date, which Is 860,000 tons.
Directors of the J. O. Brill Car
Co. huve declared the regular quar
terly dividend of 1 per cent, on
the preferred stock and a quarterly
dividend of V4 of 1 per ceqt.. on the
common stock. Theie are the same
us last quarter
It Is figured out that In the lasi
fiscal year New York Central earned
5.4 per cent, net and paid 0.6 pet
cent. In dividends, which Is pretty
close ciphering even for the big
Vundurbllt system.
America's trade balance for (he
fiscal year ending June 30 was $086.
000,000, which was $220,OOO.OOU
greater than In 1907. and $149,000.
000 greater than In 1006. Total Im
ports and exports, however, wert
only $3,054,000,000 In 1908 com
pared with $3,314,000,000 In 1907
und $2,000,000,000 In 1906. Than
figures do not Include the export
..el Imports of silver und gold
It haa been decided tbat the le
mains of Major L'Enfant, the engl
noei who laid out the city of Wash
lngtou. shall real In the Catholb
ItnlvarHltv campqs
WIS MURDERED THEN
HINGED TO I TREE
Farmer 64 Years Old Wanted to Wed
a Miss of 13 Years.
HIS RELATIVES ARE SUSPECTED.
William VVniiam Found Dead From
Blow on Head nnd Strung Up a
If He Had Been Lynched License
to Marry the Child, Klizabrth Wain..
Found in His Pockets.
QUERN ANXR'3 MYSTERY.
William Williams, an agri
culturlsl of means, of Marydel.
Queen Anne County. Md., disap
peared last Paturday.
I He wns found, apparently beat
I en to death and lynched, near
I Barclay, by a farmer picking
blackberries.
In the dead man's pockets wa
found" a marriage license tn wed
thirteen-year-old Kllznbeth Walls.
the daughter of one of his MB
i ants.
I An autopsy Indicates that Wil
I Hants died from a blow on the
! head. Both hips shov wound!
I and his clothing was blood-soak-:
ed
He had been mung up to a
1 tree by a rope nnd noose about
' the neck. The feet Just touched
the ground.
i Members of the Williams' fam
j lly opposed the match, Relative
I of the girl reruse to talk.
I
Dover, Del. (Special). The vil
lages nf Marydel and Templeville
about 10 miles from here and jucl
over the Maryland line In Caroline
and Queen Anne Counties, wet,
great Iv excited when It was learned
that the body of William William
aged 64 years, a prominent farmei
of that community, had been foiiin)
propped against the trunk of a tree
with a rope uround the neck and
with an ugly scar on the top of tin
hend. It was supposed at first thai
Williams had beep lynched, becausi
in his pocket was found a license t
marry Elizabeth Walls, the 13-year
old daughter of one of his tenants
The prevalent belief ;iow is that Wll
lianis was murdered by some of hlf
relatives, who had been bitterly np
posed to his marrying Ihe young girl
The facts brought out at the Inqueel
held at Templeville do not point t(
any particular individual.
Shortly before noon Mr. John U'H
sum, a farmer, living at Barclay
about eight miles from Marydel, wem
into the thicket near his house tc
gather some black berries, and It wet
at tills time that b'e discovered tin
body. He had penetrated the thicket
but a short distance before he ra'i
against the corpse, which wns prop
ped against a tree with a small rope
arountl the neck. The presence Ol
this rope on the body Is what gtvei
the case an air of mystery nnd mal:
Is a debatnble question whether tht
man was lynched for attempting to
marry the child Elisabeth Walls, or
was murdered. In Ihe minds ot
many this question will never be set
tled. When Ruaaum found the body the
feet were on the ground and tho
body wnH in an upright position, with
one arm around a lower limb. The
Idea of a lynching on the part of
the friends of the girl Is hooted at,
because the body when found was
neither drawn up nor was the neck
broken. When Ruaaum found the
body he did not wait to make an
investigation, but ran out to the road
to get assist anco. and he met Dr. J,
R, Smith, ol Templeyllle. iJr Smith
went Into the thicket und .TisiBted In
cutting the body down Relatives of
the farmer were notified, and his son.
Thomas Williams, look charge of the
body.
' Dr. Smith performed an autopa.v,
and found ijiat Williams had been
struck over the head with some
heavy Implement, presumably a
board. It wat; tho discovery of this
wound by Dr. Smith that dispelled
the idea In the minds of some that
Williams had been lynched. When
Dr. Smith and liussum cut Ihe boiy
down they searched the pocketo of
the clothcB and found the license for
Williams to marry the Walls' girl
On the discovery of the license it
ivas at once assumed that William-,
bad not killed himself. The girl has
Just past inio her teens Jtud is not
particularly well developed for her
age. The fact that he had any In
tention of marrying the girl was .1
surprise. The first conclusion w:i;.
that the members of the girl's fam
ily had gotten wind of the affair and
had lynched him for IiIk proaumntioTi.
This theory wus accepted until Di'
Smith found (he wound on the head
Then tho fact came to light tha'
the members of Williams' family had
been bitterly opposed to the match.
They had taken the ground. It Is un
derstood, that a relative of the glrl
was pushing the inalch in order In
get a hold on Williams and event
ually get some of the latter's monej
The old man nnd the girl did not
move In the rume social circles.
From the fuels he gleaned Dr.
Smith deemed it his duty to not i 1 y
Mr. George Whitely uud Mr. Thomas
0, Keating, respectively the sheriff
and state's attorney of Queen Anne
County. They hurried to the scene
and Coroner S. C. Faulkner held an
Inquest, the Jury finding that Wil
Hums came to his death by heinz
struck on the head with some blunl
'nstrument tn the hands of a person
or persons unknown to the Jury.
Mrs. Miner Morris Escapes,
Farmington. O. (Spoclal). All
Francois County was searched by
county officers In tbe hope of finding
Mrs. Miuor Morris, who came into
prominence through charges she
nude tbat she had been forMblv
tjected from" the White House bv
"ecret Service iiipii and who CB-spei
aturday from the State Hospital foi
the Insane here. Mrs. Morris lowtr
ed herself from a second story win
dow by means of towels, and no
1 race of her hus been found.
Plot Aguiiist The Cxur
llerlln (By Cable)--A news bureau
1. aa received a private dispatch from
'.'osnowice, Russian Poland, stating
hat a plot against t he life of Km
icror Nicholas lias been discovered
;here. The conspiracy, according '"
the dispuich. was well planned an-1
l ad many 1 amlncutlons More tban
1 hundred .uieu and women were a;
e.ned at Hosnowice, charged with
being implicated In tbe plot, and
it her arrests are impending.