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11)0 REPORTED DEAD
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Domestic
Miss Fola Lafollette, daughter of
Senator Lafollette, hag filed a motion
In the federal court at Chicago to
et aside the order of adjudication
In the bankruptcy of the Will J.
Block Amusement Company. She
ask $;.: damage, alleging that
he was engaged to play a role In
"Honor Bright." that m never stag
ed, and. as a result, failed to receive
$50 a week salary agreed upon.
Charles Humphries, chief clerk in
the Bureau of Police of Philadelphia,
and Harry B. Bromley, of a well
known family of manufacturers, were
run down and killed by a train while
crossing the tracks, of the Reading
Railroad at Nlcetown Station In the
northern section of the city The
auto crashed through the gates at
the crossing directly In the path of a
train.
Kidnapped and held a captive for
24 hours In a lonely hut. where sho
was horribly maltreated. Clara Kon
ter, aged is. was mysteriously return
ed In a dying condition to her homo
at Shawsiown. near Pittsburg.
Charles .1. Swsln. former president
of the Quaker City Auto Club, and
Dr. John H. Overpeck were seriously
Injured by an auto turning turtle
fnto a ditch.
S.ieclal agents for the government
In Chicago are collecting alleged evi
dence to substantiate proceedings for
the disruption of the Harriman sys
tem of railroads.
President Truesdale. of the Dela
ware, Lackawanna and Western Rall-A-oad.
refuses to treat with the Switch
men's i'liion, and a strike is threat
ened. The conference between the attor
neys for the government that has
been held at Lenox. Mass., has ended,
after deciding to prosecute the Stand
ard Oil case with all possible speed.
August Kberhardr, of New York,
the self-confessed murderer of his
aunt, has been Indicted and held
to trial In September at Hackensack,
N. J.
Officials who investigated the
death of Edward Lauterbach, of New
York, declare his death was due to
Insatiate fondess for automobile
speeding.
A scientific analysis of the con
tents of the stomachs of Mrs. Belle
Guinness and children, of Laporte,
Ind.. shows traces of strychnine.
The millionaires of Great Neck and
other towns of Long Island are arous
ed over the number of evidently In
cendiary fires in that section.
The youngest son of Secretary
Luke Wright sustained a broken leg
In an encounter with an unknown
man at Memphis.
The mother of Barbara Relg
threatened to kill Officer Shellard
when the coroner's Jury brought in a
verdict of suicide.
It is now believed that George B.
Cortelyou will not be a candidate
for nomination as governor of New
York James MrCafferty. chief of the New
York detect l4(Pliireau, is to be tried
for conduct II becoming an officer.
Mrs. Robert Fink, of Philadelphia,
has filed a suit for divorce, charging
barbarous and cruel treatment.
Percy Raisbeck will probe the mys
terious drowning of his father and
stepmother at Annandale, Minn.
The New York policemen are busy
killing all the unmuzzled and un
leashed dogs In the city.
Mrs. Elizabeth Gruber, of Philadel
phia, and the baby she attempted to
kill are dead.
James H. Budd. former Governor
of California, died at his home, at
Stockton.
Mrs. Estella M. ft. Merrill, known
as "Jean Ktncald," of Boston, Is
dead.
The Sante Fe passenger train was
wrecked and the engineer killed.
Foreign
President Davtla of Honduras nas
cancelled the exequatur of the for
eign consuls at CeitM for alleged
friendliness to the revolutionary
movement.
Following the rioting at Vigneux,
France, the labor leaders are to be
arrested and the federation may bo
suppressed.
The Anticholera Commission met
at St. Petersburg and considered
means for preentlng the spread of
the disease.
Nine hundred and fifty common
criminals have been released from
the central prison at Constantinople.
Major Sturdzn. of Viennn. declares
the Roumanian Army is without dis
cipline and has no drills.
Count Bonl de Castellane, at
Paris, has secured temporary pos
session of his three children.
Oil well In Austria continues to
burn and four more men have been
killed, making a total of 88.
Terrific storms near Vienna. Aus
tria, have caused the death of a large
number of people.
i'Mieinn Minister Paul, of Venezu
ela, declares his country lias been in
sulted by Holland.
Thomas F. Gargun. of Boston, died
at Berlin following an operation for
etnmach trouble.
The English Parliament f London
has puss"'! the old-age pension bill
ma I Ing it a law.
The aged directress of a girls'
boarding school at Paris was murder
ed by two men.
The Sultan of Turkey discharged
Rami Pasha, minister of marine; Iz
et Pasha, chamberlain to the Sul
tan; Zekki Pasha. Inspector of mili
tary schools, and Sellm Pasha, min
ister of ml nS.
Fifty thousand men of the build
ing and allied trades went on a 24
hour strtue in Paris as a protest
against the killing of strikers by
troops In the labor troubles at Vig
neux. David B. BUI, of New York, has
arrived in Wiesbaden, where he will
take the waters.
Police fired on the mob during a
demonstration made by strikers In
Vigneux. France.
The Sultan of Turkey proclaimed
amnesty to all political refugees, of
whom. It is estimated, there are 200,
000 in the United States.
The Netherlands government has
oraered the big battleship Jacob van
Heemskerk to he made ready to sail
for the Caribbean Sea.
The bill demanding the arrest und
Impearbment of the Franco cabinet
passed Its second reading In the Por
tuguese cabinet.
The Universal Peace Conference,
In session in London, received a de
putation of blsbops of the Lambeth
Con re re a re
Spaniards In Manila are complain
ing Of intemperate speeches made by
Simon Villa, a FUlpluo candidate fur
ifflce.
Canadian Towns Destroyed and
Countryside Swept
FLAMES EXTEND OVER 100 MILES.
Entire Country on the Crows Ntst Lin
of the Canadian Pacific Is a Seeth.
Ing Mass of Flames-Half Dozen
Towns Are Ksported Wiped Ont. and
Others Are Threatened.
Winnipeg, Man. (Special). As a
result of bush fires that s'.arteu Sat
urday and still rage for many miles,
Fatal, B. Ci Is wliied off the map.
Michel. 14 miles distant, Is in flames,
ind the fate of Hosmer, Olsen and
I Sparwood, Intervening towns, is In
' loabt, as they are cut off from com-
I municatlon.
More than 100 lives are reported
lost, 7 4 of them In Ferule. A tcrri
tory 100 square miles in extent is
I seething mass of flames. Through
It are scattered hundreds of lumber-
! men and prospectors, so that the ac-
I tual loss of life will not be known for
1 lay..
Much property of the Canadian
Pacific and the Great Northern Rail
ways Is destroyed. Including bridges
and rolling stock burned, so that it
I is Impossible to enter or leave the
j burning area. The inhabitants of the
I affected towns have fled to open coun
try to seek safety.
The railway companies have placed
all available trains at the disposal
of refugees and unless there Is a
change of wind within the next 2 4
hours the whole of the Crows Nest
j Pass country will be abandoned to
I the flames.
I There Is no possibility of estimat
ing the loss of life and property
which will result, for the flames are
I driven by a half gale, making it lm
, possible to put up a fight against
I their advance. The conflagration Is
j the greatest which has ever viBited
Canada.
For the past month forest fires'
have been raging in the mountains
j of the Elk River Valley country, but
they have not beeji considered seri
j ously. Saturday morning a heavy
I wind sprang up from the west and
! early in the afternoon the flames
; appeared over the crest of the moun
I tains to the west of Fernle. They
ran down the mountain side and be-
l fore :t fire guard could be organized
i had entered the town.
Within an hour the town was
! doomed and the Inhabitants sought
safety In flight, leaving everything
behind them. All night and Sunday
morning the exodus continued, the
destination being a small prairie in
the valley three miles south of the
town.
At present 3,000 people are camp
ed there in the open, their only pro
tection being shelter built of brush
or blankets, while a constant shower
of sparks from the burning area
keeps falling through the pall of
smoke by which they are surrounded.
For a time communication with
towns to the east was kept open,
but with the burning of the bridges
across the Elk River this way was
j closed. Scattered through the val
ley are many small prairies and all of
these have their groups of refugees.
The hills in all directions arc a
seething mass of flames, cutting on
every avenue of escape. The lire
spread with unprecedented rapidity,
and it is feared that several parlies
who tried to get through the pass
have been cut off Families have
been separated and there is at pres
ent no means of checking up the
fatalities.
At Fernle the only buildings re
maining are six smau shacks on the
banks of the Elk River, the offices
of the Crows Nest Coal Company and
the Fikes wood warehouse. The of
, flees of the Canadian Pacific Railroad
; and Great Northern are gone togeth
er with all of the rolling stock in
! the yards, the sleeping car Osceola
! being the only car left. One hundred
j cars of coke, the property of the
I Great Northern, nre gone, and the
! stock piles of coal and coke, holding
. about half a million tons, are In
' flames.
It is now feared that the fire may
1 get in the mines themselves, several
of which are open In the neighbor
hood. This will meun incalculable
damage as the whole of the valley
' is underlaid wilh coal.
I At preient the fire Is following the
: crest of the mountain chain above
Sparwood. cnting down into the
valleys on either side It 1b travell
ing al a tremendous rate of speed
md unless there Is a change of wind
will cross the boundary Into Mon
tana within the next 12 hours.
There are thousands of mines and
r prospector's claims in the track of
i the fire, ail of which are In peril.
Nut Cutting Dividends.
New York (Special). The Union
j Pacific Railroad Company declared a
: quarterly dividend of 2 Vi per cent.
I on its common stock and a semian
nual dividend of Z per cent, on Us
I preferred stock. The Southern Paci
fic Railroad Compdny declared a
quarterly dividend of 1 per cent.
I on Its common stock. All these divl
: dends are unchanged from the last
previous quarter.
THOMAS L HISGEN IS
NAMED FOR PRESIDENT
Massachusetts Man Candidate of
Independence Party.
Chicago (Special). For President
THOMAS HISGEN, of Massachu
setts. For Vice President JOHN TEM
PLE GRAVES, of Georgia.
This is the ticket nominated by
he national convention of the Inde
pendence party. Hlsgen was nomi
nated on the third ballot and Graves
on the first.
The first ballot for President re
sulted: Hlsgen. 396; Howard. 200;
Graves, 213; Lyon, 71; Hearst, 49.
The second ballot was: Hlsgen,
590; Graves. 189; Howard. 109;
Hearst, 49.
On the third ballot the vote set
steadily toward Hlsgen, and It was
soon evident that his nomination was
certain.
Virginia broke from Graves and
placed him within a few votes of
success. Then came Washington
with 10 votes for Hlsgen and he was
nominated. There was a scramble
for the band wagon. Missouri was
the first to discern In what direction
It was headed and swung its vote
for Hlsgen. Georgia changed from
Graves to Hlsgen and then they enrno
too rapidly to count, all changing
from Howard and Graves.
Alabama withdrew the name of
Howard after Hlsgen had been ac
tually nominated and cast Its vote
for Graves.
Mnile It Unanimous.
The third ballot resulted: Hlsgen,
S31; Howard, 88 i Graves, 7; Hearst,
2
A roar of applause followed the
announcement of the ballot and a
motion making unanimous the nonil
naion was adopted with a yell. The
usual parade of standards around
the ball then commenced while the
band played patriotic airs.
The uproar continued eight minutes
and then a committee was Bent to
escort Mr. Hlsgen to the hall.
Chairman Walsh appointed as
members of the escorting committee
Messrs. Howard, Graves, and Lyon,
who had Just been competitors of
the Massachusetts man.
While the committee was seeking
the nominee the roll-call for the
nomination of a Vice Presidential
candidate was begun.
Clarence J. Sbearn, of New York,
presented the name of John Temple
Graves and asked that It be given
the unanimous vote of the conven
tion. Indiana's candidate, Charles F. S.
N'eal, was nominaed by E. G. Bal
lard, of Gary.
Graves was nominated on the first
ballot.
The name of William Jennings
Bryan almost caused a riot In the
convention when a Kansas delegate
attempted to put In nomination the
nominee of the Democratic party.
What Plat form Provides.
The important planks of the plat
form are as follows:
1. Initiative and referendum.
2. The right of recall of office
holders. 3. Government ownership of rail
roads as soon as the Government
run show Its ability to operate, and
Government ownership of telegraph
companies.
4. All money to be Issued by the
Government .
5. Postal savings banks the de
posits to be loaned In the people
on good and sufficient security.
6. Good roads.
7. No Injunctions to be Issued
without notice and hearing, and all
contempt court cases to be tried by
a jury.
8. Elght-hotir-day labor law.
9. Opposition to child labor.
10. To suppress bucket-shops and
prevent flctltuous dealings in farm
products.
11. Physical valuation of the rail
roads. 12. Against the immigration of
Asiatics.
Woman Tortured.
Hot Springs. Ark. (Special).
Mrs. N. Pettit was attacked by a man
who, after beating her almost in
sensible, thrust a rag saturated with
arsenic Into her mouth, bound her
to her bed with wire and then tied
a number of matches to her mouth
so that they would become Ignited
if she moved her head. Two hours
after Mrs. Pettit had been bound and
gagged her husband returned from
work and released her.
IN II PISTOL DOEL
WITH BURGLARS
Three Robbers Dash Off in Auto
Into Darkness.
BATTLE ON LAWN OF HOME.
Watchman of 12,0(j0-acre Estate Ex
changes Shot for Shot With Men
E. C. Convene, a Wealthy Ntw
Yorker, Joins In Fnslllsdo Ons of
the Burglars Wounded.
Greenwich, Ct. (Special) Conyers
Manor, the 1,200 acre estate of E.
O. Converse.- a wealthy New Yorker
and a director of the United States
Steel Corporation, was the scene of
a thrilling pistol duel between three
burglars and the night watchman on
the estate. The men were driven
off after a number of shots had been
fired and Just as Mr. Converse, him
self heavily armed, rushed from the
house and went to the watchman's
assistance. The watchman declares
that one of the would-be robbers
was struck by a bullet, but he prob
ably was not dangerously hurt, as
he picked himself up and made his
escape with his companions. It Is
believed (he .three men had an auto
mobile in waiting outside the
giounds, as a moment after the
shooting a car carrying three men
was seen racing away toward Bed
ford, N. Y.
The presence of the burglars in
the grounds was made known by
Mr. Converse's pet collie, who dash
ed out of the house, barking loudly,
and ran to a hedge near the watch
man's cottage. The watchman went
down to make an Investigation. As
he approached the hedge three men
sprang upon him, pinioned his arms,
and then one of the trio pointed a
revolver at his head and directed
him to make no outcry. In the
meantime the collie's barking had
aroused the household, and when
lights began to flash In the windows
the robbers became frightened nnd,
releasing their prisoner, ran down
beside the hedge toward the street.
The moment he was released the
watchman opened fire with two re
volvers which he carried, and the
fleeing desperadoes, turning as they
ran, sent back she for shot. Just
as the three men were about to turn
through an opening in the hedge
leading to the road, the watchman
says one of them threw up his arms,
sprang Into the air and fell to the
ground in a heap. A moment later,
however, he was on his feet and
running after his companions. All
three succeeded in getting away Just
as Mr. Converse, with a revolver In
wither hand, rushed across the lawn
to take a hand' in the battle.
The Converse estate is one of the
finest of many beautiful summer
places maintained by wealthy New
Yorkers In this vicinity. It is situ
ated about eight miles from the cen
ter of the village proper.
DIES Of ELEPHANTIASIS.
JUDGE WILLIAM H. TAFT
NOIIFIED OE HIS NOMINATION
Republicans Must Carry On Policies
of President, He Asserts.
Woman Weighed BIO Pounds And
Buffered For 19 Years.
Pittsburg (Special). After suffer
ing for 19 years from elephantiasis,
Mrs. Anna E. Lynch died at her
home on the State road, near Mc
Keesport. At her death she weighed
510 pounds. When afflicted years
ago Mrs. Lynch weighed ICTj pounds.
The disease started similarly to ery
Blpelas and the lower limbs began
swelling. Her left limb measured
8fi Inches around the calf und the
right leg 6f inches. Finally the
whole body became affected, and the
physicians claimed the disease killed
her when Is reached the heart.
Mrs. Lynch was 00 years old and
formerly an ardent worker of the
First Reformed Church of McKees
port. During the past Beveral years
she listened to sermons by the aid of
telephone.
Many physicians of the I'nlted
States and Europe visited Mrs. Lynch
for the purpose of studying the disease.
SALIENT POINTS IN TAFT S
SPEECH ACCEPTING RE
PUBLICAN NOMINATION
The chief function of the next
Administration Is to complete and
perfect the machinery by which
these (Roosevelt's) standards
may be maintained.
The practical constructive
work of those, who follow Mr.
Roosevelt Is to devise the ways
and means by which the high
level of business Integrity and
obedience to law . . may
be maintained and departure from
It restrained without undue Inter
ference with legitimate business.
Mr. Roosevelt has favored
I regulation of the business in
I which evils have grown up I hb
to stamp out the evils am ' ier
mlt the business to continue The
tendency of Mr. Bryan's pro isals
has generally been destruct e of
' the business with respect to . Iiich
I he Is demanding reform.
Unlawful trusts should be re
strained with all the efficiency of
injunctive process, and the per-,
sons engaged In maintaining hem
should be punished with all the
severity of criminal prosecution,
In order that the methods pur
sued In the operation of their
business shall be brosght within
the law. To destroy them and to
eliminate the wealth they repre
sent from the producing capital
of the country would entail enor
mous loss and would throw out
of employment myriads of work
ing men, and working women.
A revision of the tariff under
taken upon this principle . . .
(making It approximately equal
to the difference between cost of
production at home and abroad)
began promptly on the
incoming of the new Administra
tion, and considered at a special
session with the preliminary In
vestigations already begun by the
appropriate committees of the
House and Senate, will make the
disturbance of business Incident
to such a change as llttlo as pos
sible. This provision . . . (for
Jury trial In prosecutions for con
tempt of Federal Injunctions)
. . In the (Democratic) plat
form of 1896 was regarded then
as a most dangerous attack upon
the power of the courts to en
force their orders and decrees,
and It was one of the chief rea
sons for the defeat of the Demo
cratic party in that contest, as It
ought to have been. The extend
ed operation of such a provision
to weaken the power of the court
in the enforcement of Its lawful
orders can hardly be overstated.
The Republican platform adopt
ed at Chicago explicitly demands
Justice for all men without regard
, to race or color, and Just aB ex
plicitly aeciares ior me enforce
ment, and without reservation,
letter and Spirit of the Thirteenth,
Fourteenth ind Fiiteentb amend
ments to the Constitution. It is
needless to state that I stand with
my party squarely on that plank
of the platform.
We must be prudent, and not
be lulled into a sense of security
which would possibly expose us
to national humiliation.
SET TRAP FOR
Shoot Captive Balloon.
Magdeburg (By Cable) The army
made experiments In shooting at a
captive balloon at a distance of two
and a half miles Although it was
struck 30 times the balloon did not
collapse.
Cholera In Russia Virulent.
St. Petersburg (By Cable). -The
cholera appearing In Russia this
year is almost virulent Out of 12
cases in Tsarltsyn there have been
11 deaths. According to investiga
tions made by Deputy von Anrep, a
distinguished medical authority, the
sanitary conditions In the Volga
towns are horrible. The absence of
a sewerage system and water works
puts the Inhabitants at the mercy
of tho epidemic.
Suicide On The Steel Pier.
Atlantic City, N. J. (Special).
Convinced that he had only a few
more mouths to live because bis
health was falling, Ellsworth Nutt,
:i wutchman on the steel pier, took
i.nusual means to end his life
Climbing the rsillng at the ocean
end of the pier, he knotted the bal
ynrds of a flagpole, and tying a noose
about bis neck. Jumped wide ol the
jiler. His neck was broken. Nutt
was 50 years old and married He
bad frequently told friends of bis
luleullon to kill himself.
I WASHINGTON
i
Army medical experts in the
Philippines say the dengue fever,
which waB prevalent at Fort William
MrKlnley, Philippines, Is not con
tagious. England will Bend a large delega
tion to attend the international con
gress on tuberculosis, to be held in
Washington in September.
One hundred observation telescopes
are to be purchased by the Ordnance
Department of the United States
Army.
The government is to try different
colored underclothing on the soldiers
in the Philippines.
Dr. Hamilton Wright, one of the
members of the commission, Investi
gating the opium traffic, finds the use
ot the drug has largely Increased in
I he past Ave years.
Chile and Ecuador have concurred
in the parcels post convention.
D. A. Tompkins, of Charlotte, N.
C. was elected president of the Ap
palachian National Forest Associa
tion. The United States and the Mexican
governments ate stirred up over tuv
lawless doings on the Mexican bor
der. Former Senator Harris, of Kansas,
is urging the War Department to
lake steps to harness the Kaw River.
Col. Perry Carson, an unique fig
ure in the political life of Washing
ton, has passed out of the spotlight.
Acting Becretary of the Navy New
berry announced that .11 me bids
tor building colllen the Navy
wers rejected, none uning satisfac
tory. Orders have been issue relieving
Admiral Hemphill and placing Cap
tain Harber In command of the
Asiatic squadron.
Col Thomas W. Symons. Corps of
Engineers, was placed on the retired
Htl of the Army.
Recruiting officers hsve been or
dered not to enlist former national
guardsmen unless they can show that
they have been honorably discharged
Switchmen May Strike.
Scranton. Pa. (Special). Grand
Master Hawley, of the switchmen's
union, announced that 80 per cent,
of the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad's men have voted
for a strike, and that the grievance
committee Is now awaiting a reply
from President Truesdale to a letter
sent requesting a conference with a
view of affecting a sett lenient before
the committee takes up the question
of ordering the men out.
Stricken After Son's Funeral.
York, Pa. (8pecial). On return
ing from his son's funeral, Peter
Kessler was stricken with a vertigo
and his condition, physicians say. Is
serious. The son was killed several
days ago by lightning and five other
members of his family were injured.
All being incapacitated for work,
neighbors worked the Kessler farm.
17 Pasteur Cases At Once.
New Orleans (Special). Bitten by
an alleged mad dog, whose head they
brought with them, a party of 17
men, women and children of Tecum
seh, Okla.. appeared at (he Pasteur
ward of the New Orleans Charity
Hospital and applied for treatment.
In the party were 2 white women.
11 wblte children, 1 while man and
a negro woman and her two children.
Parachute .luinpei Killed.
Jackson, Mich. (Special). Wil
liam Oliver, a young aeronaut of
Mason. Mich., was killed while mak
ing a parachute drop at Hague Park,
on Vandercook Lake, near here. Just
as the parachute filled the strings on
one side snapped and (he aeronaut
dropped 2,000 feet to his death, the
parachute trailing, a useless rag, af
ter him. Oliver landed near a crowd
ed merry-go-round, and lived live
minutes after being carried to the
nearest house.
Policy On Tuft's Life.
New York (Special). A Wall
Street house took out a policy for
$100,000 with the Lloyds, of London,
on the life of Judge William H,
Teft to Insure them against loss In
case of Mr. Taft'a degih wltbin a
year. The rate was five per cent.
Village Destroyed By LamHIIdc.
Innsbruck. Austria (By Cable).
The village of Mer-Leg-Bains has
been destroyed by a landslide. Six
teen persons are reported to have
bean hilled.
Cincinnati, Ohio (Special) Stand
ing on a flag-draped platform in
front of the old colonial portico of
his brother's home, Judge William
H. Taft at noon Tuesday accepted
the nomination of the Republican
party ot be its candidate for the
Presidency.
The quaint old residence of
Charles P. Taft once In the outly
ing residence section of the city, but
now almost swallowed up by the
big business buildings that have sur
rounded It was the centre of a dem
onstration unequaled In Cincinnati's
history. Political leaders from far
and near, gathered to give the affair
its political significance, while from
the city and surrounding suburbs
(he friends, neighbors and admirers
of Judge Taft among his own towns
people turned out in large numbers
and without regard to party affilia
tion. The notification of the candidate
was made the occasion of a holiday.
From early morning the downtown
streets were filled with gay throngs,
waving flags, shouting and moving
In a seemingly endless stream to
ward the Taft residence.
Senator William Warner, of Mis
souri, past commander In chief of
the Grand Army of the Republic,
headed the notification committee,
which consisted of a member from
every State, Territory and Island pos
session of tho nation. The repre
sentatives on the committee were
chosen from the delegates attending
the nominating Convention at Chi
cago. There were also present many
members of the Republican Nation
al Committee, including its chairman,
Frank H. Hitchcock, who made a
flying visit to Cincinnati on his way
from. Chicago to Washington and
New York.
After formally accepting the nomi
nation tendered by the chairman of
the notification committee, Judge
Tift at once launched, without any
attempt at oratory, into the very
essence of his declaration of prin
ciples, the first portion of bis re
marks being a declaration that Re
publican strength lies In a mainte
nance of the "Roosevelt policies."
Sewing Machines For 23 Cents.
St. Petersburg (By Cable). A
special dispatch from Tabriz, Persia,
says that the horsemen under Rachld
Khan, who Is operating on the side
of the Shah, have pillaged the Kusso
Perslan High School at Tabriz, de
stroying the laboratories and library.
Later they sacked the warehouse
of an American sewing machine com
pany, next door to the school. Find
ing the machines loo heavy to carry
away on horseback, the pillagers sold
them from 25 to 30 cents a piece.
Pitchfork In Skull
Lorain. Ohio (Special). While
loading oats, J. Craven, a farmer,
thrust Ms pitchfork Into what seem
ed an unusually heavy sbeaf. Glanc
ing up as he raised the fork, he
found bis K-year-old son Charles
dangling from It. The boy was hur
ried to a hospital, but died in a few
hours He had been playing around
a shock, and as the father attempted
to lift a sheaf the bo stumbled and
he fork penetrated his skull.
The Universal Peace Congresv
-fii' ct London, discussed the air
ship iu warfare.
Tarred and Feathered, Beaten and
Thrown Out
WOMAN A PMtTtO THE PLOT,
Mrs. Chan. Marthlnaon, Handsome VV'lf
of Wealthy Lumberman of Washing
ton, D. C, Says F. E. Bliss. Jr., An
noyed Her by His Attentions Inform
ed Husband and Set Trap for Men.
Washington. D. C. ( Special ).- An
amazing story of hypnotism of aa
attractive young woman by an ardenl
suitor, with the result that the lattci
was soundly thrashed and then tar
red and reathered by the lady's hus
band and two muscular friends, lies
behind the arrest here of Charles
Marthlnson, a wealthy lumberman,
living In Mount Pleasant, a fashion
able suburb of Washington; Jnmee
L. White, a stockbroker, and Henry
C. Cole, the manager of a tabu atlng
machine company, charged by c E.
Bliss, Jr., with assault and battery
technical terniB by which are covered
the responsibility for the blows i.:id
the tar and the feathers from v 'Ich
Mr. Bliss has not yet fully recovered.
From the statements of the various
principals or their attorneys, it rc ,ig
that Mr. Bliss has known Mr. I th
Inson and his very attractlv wife
for sometime. His attentions o the
young matron have been v. . y pro
nounced; so pronounced, indeed, as
to arouse the displeasure of Mr.
Marthlnson and the alarm of hla
wife.
On last Wednesday Mrs. Marthln
son told her husband that Mr. BUsb
appeared to possess extraordinary
hypnotic power, and that Bhe desired
an immediate end of their acquaint
ance. Mr. Marthlnson entirely shar
ed his wife's views. He consulted
with hla friends. Messrs. Cole and
White.
That afternoon, whilst Mr. Marth
lnson was at home, Mr. Bliss, it Ib
stated, called up Mrs. Marthlnson on
the telephone to make an appoint
ment to call on her that evening.
By her husband's advice she arrang
ed that ber admirer should call that
evening.
How Trap Was Net.
"When I called in the evening, "
said Mr. Bliss, "she asked me to
enter the house, by the basement
door. It seemed an unusual request,
but I obeyed It nevertheless. When
I stepped Into the house three men
grabbed me, tied my hands and one
of them pointed a revolver at my
head and then they smeared tar and
feathers over me."
It Is added tnat they then thrashed
Mr. Bliss and threw him out of the
house.
Mr. Marthlnson and his friends de
clined to make a statement, but their
counsel, Mr. E. F." Colladay, spoke
for them.
"The statement made by Mr. Bliss,"
he said, "grossly misrepresents the
facts. He had a very unpleasant ex
perience because he attempted to
break up the home of Marthlnson."
Mr. Colladay stated that the
Marthinsons have been married six
teen years and have always lived hap
pily until Mr. BUsb came on the
scene. He told of Mr. Bliss' atten
tion to Mrs. Marthlnson. Mr. Bliss
Is a student of hypnotism. Mr. Col
laday went on to state how the plan
was made hy which Bliss was lured
Into the basement of the Marthlnson
home. He said:
"Bliss called as was arranged, and
was Been by Mr. Marthlnson and his
friends to attempt to' embrace Mrs.
Marthlnson. He was then confronted
by the augry hutiband and bis
friends. His explanations were by no
means convincing. His admissions
infuriated his hearers, and they then
gave him a sound thrashing and tar
red and feathered him and then kick
ed him ont of the house."
Shoots Whipping Husband.
Cnnonsburg, Pa. (Special) WhlU
whipping his wife during a domestic
quarrel, Frank Talmer was shot
through the abdomen by Mrs. Tal
mer. He was taken to a hospital
probably fatally Injured, while llu
woman is at her home is an uncon
scious condition from her Injuries.
FINANCIAL
A seat on the New York Stock
Exchange has been sold for $79,000,
as against $78,000 for the last previ
ous sale.
The Giles cotton estimate places
condition on July 25 at 86.6 per cent,
against 80 per cent on July 10 and
at 85.3 per cent, on June 25.
Application has been made to the
New York Stock Exchange to list
$11,555,100 new capital stock of (he
American Steel Foundries Company.
A despatch from Pittsburg states
that "the business of the Crucible
Steel Company for July Is showing a
considerable Increase over June, and
orders are being received from agri
cultural implement makers, which
are not usually placed until Septem
ber or October."
The conference of traffic officers
of the Southern Railway, in progress
for several days In Washington, has
adjourned It was their consensus
of opinion that the large crops in the
South this year will go tar towards
reviving business in that section.
This belief Is confirmed by W. A.
Garrett, formerly of Philadelphia,
now president of the Seaboard Air
Line, who states (hat a considerable
Improvement in business is evident
there already.
The syndicate In which is vested
control of the Wisconsin Central
Kailroad l.aB extended its agreement,
which was to expire cn August 21,
for a term of one year This syn
dicate Is distinct from that compris
ing Brown Bros & Co., Mattland,
Coppell & Co., Edward Sweet & Co.
and George A. Fernald & Co., which
underwrote the Wisconsin Central's
last issue of bonds, amounting to
$7,000,000.
The Bank of Montreal has shipped
an additional $250,000 gold coin to
Canada from New York.
Concerning the quarterly state
ment ot the United States Steel Cor
poration, P. A. B. Wldener, a direct
or, In commenting upon the showing,
said: "If the company can make
guch a good showing In the worst
three months In years, thero Is every
reason to believe that- each succeed
ing quarter will show a correspond
ing Increase. Especially will thla be
true when the railroads begin to
place their big rail orders, which
have been 'hanging fire for some
time."
The British Houee of Lords pase
ed the Old Age Pension Bill
PINIONED UNDER
JMRMNG AUTO
Mr. W. K. Vanderhilt's Stepson the
jnctirrt
Paris (By Cable). In one of the
most terrible sutomnblle accidents In
many years in Frsnce, O. Wlnthrop
Sands, a stepson of W. K. Vander
bllt, was killed Just outside the
grounds of Mr. Vanderbllt's beautiful
country seat, the Chateau St. Louis
de Poisey, 20 miles from Paris.
Mr. Sands was driving bis 50
horsepower car along at a terrific
clip In a desire to reach the chateau,
where Mrs. Sands and her Infant
daughter were staying. He had al
ways been known as a reckless dri
ver, and, as he had been delayed at
railroad crossings, he opened the
throttle wide as ho approached the
chateau grounds
Almost immediately a tire burst
nnd the machine crashed Into a tree
turning turtle and burying Mr. Sandi
under the forward pnrl and pinning
the Chaffeur Ptcklns to the ground
An explosion followed and In a mo
ment the car ens In flames.
Peasants working in the adjolnllif
fields were the only witnesses to tin
accident. They rushed to the rescue
but fearing a further explosion o:
the gasoline tank and deterred by thi
sweep of flames they stood Idly by
not knowing how to give asslrlnne
to tho injured men. Finally thej
managed to raise the rear of thi
car and released the chauffeur, botl
of whose feet had been held tight
and a little later after hnatlnft dowi
the Are, they dragged out the torn
bleeding and burned body of F.nndn
Help soon arrived from the cha
lean, which Is In the center of Mr
Vnnderhllt's great breeding farm
The Injured men were carried to thi
house, whene It was found that Fandi
was beyond the hope of recovery
but (hat the chauffeur was not serl
ously Injured.
MIL TAFTS NARROW ESCAPE.
Woman Standing Near Candidate Ii
Shot.
Cincinnati, O. (Special). Th
steamer Island Queen was fired or
during Its trip up the Ohio Rlvei
with Judge Wm. H. Taft and lh
notification committee and guesti
aboard. Mrs. C. B. Russell, or thil
city, standing on the hurricane deck
directly under the seat occupied b3
the presidential candidate, was struck
in the face and breast by a numhej
of small shot. She was not seiiouslj
Injured.
Very few of those on the steafriei
knew of the occurrence and Judge
Taft was not told. A shotgun was
used being fired by a man from
shanty boat moored to the Ohio side
of the river. The Identity of the
shooter is unknown
The Island Queen had steamed
Blowly around the bend at Dayton
Ky., and va! near the middle of the
river when persons leaning on the
larboard rail saw n man emerge from
the cabin of a shanty boat moored
on the Ohio hank and fire a shotgun
He was in bis shirt sleeves and wore
a straw hat.
Mrs. Russell gave a scream and
declared she had been shot. She
was hurried Into the enhln, where It
was found she wns not seriously In
jured. One of the shots had pene
trated the skin over her left eye nnd
another had struck her on the chin
Onre Iiich; Died In Poverty.
York, Pa. (Special). After living
for years In great poverty, without
even a bed to sleep on, John Mc
Dowell, an aged Dallastown resident,
who, it Is said, was at one time pos
sessed of great wealth. Is dead
About a week ago McDowell, who
was helplesg from what Is said to
have been neglect, was taken charge
of hy the Humane Society of thi
city.
Killed Uysi'nlted States Marshal.
Doniphan. Mo. (Special). V. F.
V.'hltwell, who kept n country slore
In Ripley County, was shot nnd killed
while resisting arrest hy V. G
Smith, a deputy United States mar
shal from Chicago. Aceording to re
ports, Whltwell .was wanted olf
chargeB of deserting the United
States Army two or three years ago
Hard Pressed For ljiho.
Winnipeg, Manitoba (Special).
The Manitoban Government announc
es that 30,000 men are needed to
harvest the wheat crop in Western
Canada. It recommends to the gov
ernors of Jails that all men In prison
for vagrancy and other minor of
fenses be released early next month
on condition that they work In the
harvest fields
Three Mull Clerks Injured.
Atlunta. Ga. (Special). Train No
38 on the Southern railway, known
as the New Orleans-New York limit
ed, northbound, which left here at
noon, met with an accident 30 mile
from Charlotte, N. C. The tender
nail car and club ear left the raJtt
and three mall clerks were Injured
No passenger was hurt and no one
nut killed TTe trnle eruceuded al
ter a delay of five hours
Explosion In Peking.
Peking (By Cubic;. Fire In the
German guard section ut the legation
quarter of the city at 10.30 o'clock
P M., burned the s tables nnd mss
room and exploded a quantity ol
Hmmuuiiion Two German and ont
French Boldler were killed and eight
German and five French soldier
were severely wounded and lour sol
Hers and civilians slightly wounded
Southern Cotton Mill To Curtail.
Columbia, S C. (Special). It it
announced that beginning next week
Olympla, Granny. Richland and Capi
tal City cotton mills of this city will
run only four days u week. It ;
not stated, hawever, how long t hie
curtailment will continue. These
mills aggregate 200,000 spindles
Other cotton mills In the 8tate arc
following a similar policy, some ol
which are closing down complete!)
for a period of 10 days or two weeks.
Rohert Slevler, who was accused
of attempting to blackmail J. B. Joel,
the millionaire nephew ot the lets
Barney Barnato, the diamond king,
was acquitted in London.
The University of Straosbure con
ferred the degree of doctor on Prlnct
August, fourth sou of Emperor Wil
liam. The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion will at once begin an Investigs
lion of the freight rate situation.
Captain Baldwin will recolve$0,
700 from the government If his tests
at Fort Myer are aitsfucinry.