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Domestic
Acting Attorney General Ilayden
Clemf-nt, of Raleigh, N. C, has de
clared that his 8tate cannot accept
or caro for John H. Marly, of Lynn,
N. C, a leper, now riuaraiitiojd In
the District of Colnmoln.
Th.e late Frederick Cooper Hewitt
bequeathed $2,000,000 to the New
York Post Graduate Medical School
end Hospital. $1,500,000 to the Me
tropolitan Museum oi Art and $o00,
000 to Yale University.
Judge Vandeventer, in the United
States Circuit Court at St. Paul,
granted the Injunction asked for by
roads operating In Arkansas, and
which prevent the enforcement o,
the two-cent rate.
Some unknown person put dyna
mite In the onlmney at the home of
John Sllock, Laurel Hill, Pa., and
Mrs. Sllnek and her son were injur.-1
,, ,,
An effort made to have Harry K.
Thaw transferred from the Rough
keepsle Jail failed He will remain
where he Is until the hearing thlj
month.
Orvllle Wright mate a flight In
the aoroplano he made for the Sig
nal Corps In the presence of a num
ber of Army officers at Fort Myer.
Mrs. O. L. Godfrey, wife of a
wealthy Colorado Spring banker, 13
In Chicago being treated for rabies,
having been bitten by a pet dog.
J. Plerpont Morgan and Charles
Steel have returned from a trip to
p. onrl renort conditions as
quite satisfactory.
A panic In ft Chicago street car
resulted In the death of ft baby, which
was knocked to the floor and trampl
ed upon.
ChleT of Police Woodruff, of At
lantic City, claims to be on the trail
of a new suspect In the Roberts shoot
ing ease, declaring that neither jeal
ousv nor robbery was the motive for
the' crime, and that he expects to
make an arrest in a few days.
Dr. Bellisarlo Arrutia Suarez, pri
vate secretary of President Figueroa,
of Sau Salvador, who Is in New York,
Bavs there Is no friction between his
country and the Central American
republics.
The Iron Trade Review of Cleve
land declares August has been the
best month of the year in the iron
business, and looks for a satisfactory
condition of the Industry by January
1, 1909.
City Engineer Keefe, of New York,
says the introduction of electricity In
the operation of railroads tends to
Increase tho amount of coal used.
The Detroit police are Investigat
ing the death of a woman, who was
reported as drowned, but who was
afterward found to have a broken
neck.
Dr. J. D. Burke, principal of the
Teachers' Training School, nt Albany,
N. Y., has returned from an Investi
gating trip to the Philippines.
The Pittsburg Police have found
a letter which may he'p In Identify
ing the man who burned his face
with acid before killing himself there.
The hearing of the suits brought
by the government against various
powder concerns will be heard at
Wilmington, Del., September 22.
Mrs. Bertha Oresham, widow of
Lieutenant Oresham. United States
Navy, has been kidnapped from her
New York home.
Fire at Cleveland, O., destroyed
lumber valued at $100,000, and
threatened the big central viaduct
and Nickle Plate Railway bridge.
A night of disorder followed the
trial of the suit for divorce of Rach
ael Cherry from John Cherry, of
Paris, Mo.
The Spanish War Veterans' meet
ing, in annual encampment at Bos
ton, held n parade, In which 6,000
men marched.
Rear Admiral Glass, U. 8. N., re
tired, died at hl3 home, at Paso
Robles, Cal.. after an Illness of two
months.
A father and son were Instantly
killed in a collision between an elec
tric car and a buggy at Pittsburg.
Foreclosure proceedings on the
first mortgage woiv begun against
the Pittoburg Wat ash Terminal.
HEADLESS BODY
PICKED IN TRUNK
Actress' Limbs and Skull Found in
Kitcken Rarge.
BUTCHER KNIFE WAS THE WEIPON.
Chester Jordan, an Actor, Forced by
the Police to Open Trunk Ihey Sup
posed Contained Stolen Silver Is
Overcome and Confesses Declare
He Killed Wife Acridrntly.
Boston, Mass. (Special). The
most brutal crime committed In
Greater Boston since the death of
Susan Geary, a chorus girl, four
years ago, and one much resembling
it la its details, was disclosed by
the discovery of a torso of Mrs. Ho
nornh Jordan, an actress, aged 23
years, of Somerville, In a trunk In a
bcardtttg-houge at 7 Hancock Street,
on Beacon Hill, this tit y . Later the
head and bones of the limbs were
found in the furnace of the Jordan
homo, at Somerville, and the scalp,
hair and other gruesome remains
were taken from the kitchen range
of the house,
Chester Jordan, aged 29 years, an
actor, of Somerville, Is held by the
police, charged with the murder, and
according to the officers, he mado a
complete confession of the crime.
According to Jordan's confession,
he accidentally killed his wife In a
quarrel at their home, and, becom
ing desperate over what lie had done,
he went out and bought a butcher's
knife and hacksaw, cut up tho body
and placed tho torso In n trunk. He
then planned to take the steamer
Harvard for New York and throw the
parts of the body overboard. The
fact that the Harvard was laid off
owing to an accident disarranged his
plans, and he was obliged to hire a
hackman to take the trunk to a Bos
ton boarding-house to await a more
favorable opportunity.
The discovery of tho crime was
due to the niBplclon of the hackman,
James Collins, who had In mind the
numerous robberies which have tak
en place about Boston recently, and,
surmising from Its weight that the
trunk contained silverware, notified
tho police.
Collins reported that he had taken
the trunk from the North Station, It
having come in from Somerville on
a local train. The hackman stated
he left Jordan and the trunk at 7
Hancock Street.
Pergt. Michael Crowley was detail
ed to go to the house and Investi
gate. Jordan was not In, but the
officer was shown the back room on
the second floor which J-rdan had
engaged, and found the trunk. At
this time tho trunk was not opened.
About 5.20 o'clock Jordan returned
and was commanded to open the
trunk.
Jordan did not appear nervous or
alarmed, but hesitated to open the
trunk, and It was not until after con
siderable argument that he produced
the key to the trunk and Inserted It
In the lock. Turning his head, Jor
dan threw up tho cover of the trunk
and then sank back on his knees,
burying his face In his hands and
sobbing.
Sergeant Crowley staggered back
aghast at tho disclosure, for In tho
open trunk before him lay a sicken
ing mass of hacked flesh, n womnn's
torso filling the great part of the
II GREAT CRUSH IN
STREETS OF MELBOURNE
Women Hurt in Crowds to See
American'.
Melbourne (Special). The streets
of Melbourne late Monday night were
filled with surging, good humored
crowds numbering hundreds of thou
sands, all out to do honor to the
visiting Americans, who arrived here
on Saturday aboard tho 16 great bat
tleships, and the sc. :ie challenged
comparison with that of an election
night In New York. The crush In
the principal thorougfares was so
great that many women fainted and
several persons were Injured. Tho
entire day was set apart to Jollifi
cation and tho day will ever llvo In
tho memory of tho inhabitants of
Victoria.
The federal government tendered
a banquet to the admirals and senior
officers of the visiting warships at
tho Parliament house, at which Lord
Northcote, governor general of the
commonweolth, and Prime Minister
Oeakln made brilliant speeches,
throughout which prominence was
given to the friendly feollng that
exists between the commonwealth
and the I'nlted States. Rear Ad
miral Sperry, commander-in-chief of
the American fleet, replying In be
half of the American Navy, declared
that ft rupture between the English
speaking nations would not only bo
a loss, but a crime.
Ablaze With Electricity.
Tho city was a spectacle of splen
dor. All the public buildings were
ablaze with electric lights, notable
In this respect being the common
wealth state building and Prince's
Bridge, of the Central Railway,
where a striking Illumination picture
of the battleships was displayed.
The Illuminations on shore were
held In conjunction with an electric
and searchlight display on board the
warships in the harbor.
Earlier In the evening a picture
sque torchlight procession was held,
in which the metropolitan and county
Are brigades, numbering about two
thousand men, took part. The pa
rade started at the headquarters oi
the metropolitan Are brigade and
was disbanded over Prince's Bridge.
Rain began to fall at a late hour,
causing a precipitate retreat home
ward. The dense crowds converging
toward the railway station forced the
women and children Into perilous po
sitions, and many were extricated
with difficulty, after being consider
ably bruised. Two persona were se
riously and several others slightly
injured.
The enormous crowd that turned
' out to witness the formal entry of
the American sailors provea 100
much for the Prince's Bridge, which
spans the Yara River, and forms the
main approach to the city proper.
The bridge barriers were overborne,
and, as a result, several people were
slightly Injured.
Formal Reception.
When Admiral Sperry and his of
llcers landed at St. Hilda's Pier amid
salutes from a battery of the Royal
Australian Artillery on the Esplan
ade, they were formally received by
Alfred Deakin, the commonwealth
prime minister; Sir Thomas Bout,
the Victorian premier, and their col
leagues, and the local mayor, who
presented an address on behalf of
the municipality. At tne conclusion
of this ceremony the American visi-
CONSUMPTION TO
JEJTIIMPED OUT
Nearly Conquered Says a Philadel
phia Doctor.
300 PER CENT REDUCTION IN CASES.
Conference on Tuberculosis on Septem
ber 23 Will Assist Greatly in Pre
venting Spread of the White Plague,
Thinks the Physician Delegates
From All Paris of World.
Philadelphia (Special). The pro
gram of the International Conference
on Tuberculosis which will be held In
this city this month, was made pub
lic by Dr. Iawrence F. Flick, head
of tho Phlpps Institute for Poor
Consumptives, and chairman of the
conference. The International Con
gress of Tuberculosis, which will be
held in Washington this month, will
bo under the direction of. Dr. Flick.
The conference, Dr. Flick explained
Is an organization made up of rep
resentatives of national associations,
for the study of tuberculosis, from
all parts of the world. The society
for formed In 1902, when the first
conference met In Berlin. Since then
the conference has met yearly: in
Paris, in 1903; In Copenhagen, in
1904; in Paris again. In 190.1; at The
Hague, In 1906, and In Vienna, In
1907. Its seventh session will be
hold in Philadelphia this year, Sep
tember 23 to 26.
"Each year since its Inception,"
said Dr. Flick, "tho members of the
conference huve had a siory to tell
of great Etridos made toward the
eventual conquering of consumption,
and the conference this year will be
remarkable for the telling of a prog
ress twice as great ns has been made
in any year before.
"In Philadelphia alone, a reduction
of 300 has been made in the death
rate of the last six months, from the
same six months In the year before.
The total number of deaths resulting
from consumption last year In the
city was 3,600, and If the game rate
of progress ls kept up for six years
to come, consumption will be abolish
ed." Asked If, In bis opinion, thfB result
would ever be brought about, Dr.
Flick said:
"I am sure that In 15 years or
loss tuberculosis will be wiped out.
All that Is needed Is a wider knowl
edge of how to prevent its spread.
If we could teach everyone the sim
ple methods of preventing contagion,
we could Immediately stop all further
progress of tho disease, and In a few
yearB It would be gone. Their wide
educational value 1b the reason for
holding the national conferences. This
year we intend to reach as many peo
ple as we can, 'hrough the papers,
through exhibits to cost hundreds of
thousunds of dollars and through
popular lectures."
Among the countries to be repre
sented at Philadelphia by from one
to 15 delegates are:
Belgium, Denmark. Germany, Eng
land, France, Italy, Greece, The Neth
erlands, Norway, Austria, Roumanla,
Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain
and Hungary.
PLURALITY AIHWT 2H.000.
Vermont Klectlon Doe Not Foreoaat
A Bryan Victory.
White River Junction, Vt., Sept. 1.
The Republican plurality in the
Vermont 8tate election seems to hav
been smaller by somo 3,000 or more
than It was four years ago, but the
total vote was smaller, and the Indi
cated plurality of 28,000 for George
H. Prouty'for Governor Is taken as
an earnest of a Republican national
victory by the leaders.
It In a common trying that If
Vermont goes Republic? :i by less than
25,000 In a Presidential yenr a Demo
crat will sit in the White House, and
this test has been borne out In for
mer years.
Tuesday's results, however, do not
seem to forecast a Bryan victory, and
the leaders are cheerful over the fact
that they have a comfortable margin
over the 25,000 danger mnrk.
7,fl7f TOWNS discovered.
They Were Not Official' Known To
Mexico.
Mexico City (Specie. The Geo
graphical Commission I ppolnted by
the government seven years ago to
map all of the towns of the country'
have Just made their report. They
make the astounding E'atemont that
they discovered 7,679 lowns which
wero not officially known to exist,
and which havo herotaforo had no
federal control.
Many of these towns are of con
siderable size, ranging In population
from 5,000 to 15,000 people. Most
of them are situated in the remote
recesses of the Sierra Mndres and
In localities far removed from or
dinary courses of travel.
KM, 111) IN MELBOURNE.
A Sailor And A Bandsman Run Over
By A Train.
Melbourne (By Cable). There
have been several accidents to men
of the fleet In Melbourne. Arthur
Decker, a sailor from the New Jer
sey, met his death on shore. He was
run over by a train and died a few
hours later. A bandsman from the
Vermont named Mlchaelson also was
killed by a train. He was running
to got into a coach when he fell
under the wheels. He was terribly
Injured and died In a hospital. J. B.
Banks, a marine on tho Vermont,
sustained a fractured skull by leap
ing out of a railroad car while the
train was In motion.
MANY SNIPS WRECKED
AND LIVES LUST
Terrific Storm Off the Coast of
England.
28 OF BARK'S CREW PERISH.
The Amazon Ashore at Neath, Wales
Inland Strainer Vera Jean on the
Rocks- Steamer Kmpress Unable to
Land Passengers at Folkestone -Furious
Winds.
TRAMPLED TO DEATH.
.(200,000 FIRE IN ATLANTA.
trunk, while pieces of flesh from; tors, escorted hy a squadron of light
Foreign
other parts of the body were stuffed
Into the corners.
The entire Interior of the trunk
was bespattered with blood. There
was no covering of any sort over the
remains. Jordan submitted to arrest
without protest and was led to sta
tion 3 and locked up. Giving his
name and address, he declared the
body In the trunk was that of his
wife, and said he was perfectly will
ing to tell everything concerning the
case.
For more than four hours Jordan
was closeted with the police officials
and time after time went over the
horrible details. While professing
horse, drove to the city proper, the
suburban mayors presenting address
es of welcome at their respective
boundaries before the city was reach
ed. Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmlchael,
the governor designate, and Sir
John Madden, the lieutenant gover
nor, Joined the procession at Prince'B
Bridge, which was reached shortly
after noon. Here the lord mayor
and the councilors welcomed the
Americans and the governor entered
Admiral Sperry'B carriage. The
route throughout which the proces
sion threaded Its way was lined by
a dense mass of cheering humanity,
Lionel Saekvllle-West, the second
Baroa Sackvllle, died In London. He
was the British miniBter who, in
1888, was recalled at the request
of President Cleveland.
A sergeant of police and six ward
ens of a prison at Dorpat, Russia,
were convicted or torturing political
prisoners and sentenced to one year
imprisonment.
Andrew Carnegie has promised to
give 60, 000. more to the City of
Glasgow, Scotland, for district li
braries. He has already given $500,
000 for the same purpose.
Count Zeppelin will establish a
company to facilitate the administra
tion of the $750,000 fund contribu
ted by the Oerman people to aid him
In building airships.
Mrs. James W. Colfelt, wife of the
son of tne Rev. Dr. Colfelt, of Phil
adelphia, attempted suicide In Paris,
as the result of a domestic quarrel.
President Butler, of Columbia Col
lege, delivered the first of a series
of lectures on "American Civiliza
tion" at the Copenhagen University.
The civil court of Caracas, Vene
zuela, has found the French Cable
Company guilty of complicity In the
Mato revolution and fined It $5,-
000. 000.
Gustav Herzberg, a Berlin banker,
who appropriated his customers'
funds, committed suicide.
The Freuch have been angered by
Germany's decision to immediately
recognize Mulul Hafld as Sultan of
Turkey, and a war cloud is now
banging over Europe.
Edward Harrison caused a panic
on the London Stock Exchange by
flrlug three shots from his revolvor.
He Is believed to be insane.
The Banange Creek Mining Com
pany, of Yukon Territory, has filed
1. suit against the Governor of Cana
da for $17,600,000.
The Moorish tribesmen renewed
their attacks on the French posts on
the Algerian border.
The Franco-American Joint Tariff
Commissioners concluded their labors
In Paris, and James Burton Reynolds,
assistant secretary of the Treasuiy.
and tils colleagues will return home
at once.
Rlcardo Itodrlguez, chief of the
Bureau of Supplies and Vourhers In
the postofflce at Havana, Cuba, frfed
disappeared after the discovery of a
shortage of $53,135, has been ar
rested. Emperor William reviewed 25,000
Infantrymen and 8,000 cavalrymen,
comprising the Berlin and PoUdair.
garrisons
that he was dazed when the crime 1 and the popular wave of enthusiasm
was committed, yet. by the clearnesj ; was continually demonstrated unill
and eonslseness of his tale, it seem-1 the Exhibition Building was reached,
ed that whatever preceded the actual : There a public reception was held
Killing, the most careful plans were by Lord Northcote, the governor gou
la.'.d for the disposal of the body and eral of Australia, In honor of the
the covering up of the Brims j American officers, and to which nuni-
lordan's story of the murder was! erous guests had been invited to
substantially as follows: ' meet the visitors.
He stated that he was married in
September, 1904. to Mrs. Honorah !
Eddy, whose maiden name was
I O'Reillv and whose home was In
Somerville. He did not know who
his wife's first husband was or what I
had become of him. The couple
went on the vnudevllle stage, Mr.
Jordan taking the part of a tram 0
and his wife that of a nurse. In n
sketch. They went first to Rutte,
Mont., four years ago, but onlv re- j
malned three or four weeks. Later
they went to Chicago and appeared
In some of the smalled theaters there.
remaining three months. About
Trunk Factory And Box Plant Are
Banted.
Atlanta (Special). A spectacular
fire here destroyed the plants of the
Atlanta Trunk factory and the Em
pire Printing and Box Company,
burnt a quantity of lumber and dam
aged a number of small wooden
buildings. The loss is estimated at
$200,000.
The fire spread rapidly soen after
It was discovered and a general
alarm was turned In. Only a narrow
street separated the burning factories
from many residences, and It was
with great difficulty that the fire
men kept tho flames from crossing
this street. The burned building:;
are on Madison Avenue, -between
Peters and CaBtleberry Streets, and
run back to the Central of Georgia
Railroad tracks.
Baby Killed During Panic In Chicago
Street Cnr.
Chicago, (Special). Strap-hanging
played a part In the death of
William Finley, five months old. The
baby was being carried by his moth
er, Mrs. Annie Finley, who wns forc
ed to hang to a strap In a crowded
Fifty-first Street car, which she en
tered on August 21. She had travel
ed only a short distance when a tele
phone pole fell, striking the roof of
the car.
Passengers were thrown Into a
panic, and before Mrs. Finley coulJ
get out of the aisle she was knock
ed down, and the baby was trampled
on. Efforts to save the life of the
child at Provident Hospital proved
unavailing, and It died.
Murderer A Bigamist.
Seattle, Wash. (Special). Lee A.
Johnson, following his arrest on the
charge of murdering his wife at
Nome, Alaska, and then dismember
ing and cremating the body, accord
ing to the police, confessed that he
Is a bigamist, and that he was mar
ried to Mrs. Cora Talch Johnson in
1903, deserting her a few months
later. Ho returned to her, however,
after the death of Belle Gilchrist,
the woman he married in Butte.
Mont., and for whose death he Is
now held.
London (By Cable). Terrlll'
storms swept the British channel
and the English, Irish and Welsh
coasts TueBday night.
Reports received here show that
much damage was done ashore as
well as on the sea. The wind at
times t lew at the rate of 70 mile
an hour, which is almost unprece
dented ul this time of the year
Never before has it be; i necessary
in the summer to suspr.il the boat
service between Folkstone and Dovtti
and the midday service to Calais.
An enormous number Li vessel'
have been driven ashore - r obliged
to seek shelter. Many exciting res
cues are reported, bir fortunately
there has been no great I i of life,
except In case of the ' i3h bark
Amazon, the crew of .. Ml had
terrible experience. ', ,e Amazon
went ashore on Marg;:..i Sands, and
the people on the land could plainly
Bee the men clinging to the rigging
or lashed to the bulwarks, but were
helpless to save them. One of tho
masts fell, carrying a number of the
men down. Two of the crews, which
numbered 33, wore rescued by life
lines, and six others were washed
ashore alive. The captain of the
Amazon wns killed In his cabin by
a falling mast.
All the steamers arriving at Eng
lish ports from the continent report
unusually rough trips.
The Island steamer Vera Jean, of
London, Is ashore off Rhoose Point
The crew have been landed.
Tho steamer Empress, from Bou
logne, landed 600 passengers at Dov.
er this morning. The vessel had
spent part of the night in attempt
ing to approach Foulkestone, but
because of the gale this was found
impossible.
State of Pennsylvania
Paris (By Cable). Autumnal
gales of cyclonic violence, accompan
ied by a torrential downpour of rain,
have raged on the Southwest coasts
of Europe during the paBt 24 hours.
All the cross-chonnel traffic has been
seriously delayed. Telephonic and
telegraphic communication has been
Interrupted and the shore resorts
have been greatly damaged by tho
wind and high seas.
Some uneasiness Is felt at Cher
bourg for Dr. Jean Chart-oat's ship,
Pourquol Pas, which has not been
signaled since she sailed Monday for
the Antarctic.
The ship was to have sailed on
August 15, but her departure was
postponed until Monday on account
of bad weather, her commander
wishing to husband the coal supply.
WATCHMAN KILLS BOY.
WASHINGTON
W. W. Russell, formerly United
States minister to Venezuela, i.as
i n appointed I'nlted Slate com
missioner for the expoEltlon at Quito,
kfcjuauor.
Brigadier General Calvin DeWItt,
retired, died at Fort Yellowstone,
Wyoming.
The Navy Departrueut accepted the
resignation of Midshipman John S
Mother Poisons Children.
Hampshire, 111. (Special). Mrs.
Matthew Berna, of this place, poi
soned her three children with carbol
ic acid, and then attempted to end
her own life. One chili, George,
two months old, Is dead, and the
mother and others are not expected
to survive. She left a note telling
her husband that her act was prompt
ed by fear that she was srion to die,
and did not wish to be separated
from her children.
j FINANCIAL
I npi-il Insane Father.
Durham, N. C. (Special). After
escaping from his insane father,
who, it Is alleged, burnt the house
to destroy his two motherless chll-
A ,nn 1 .i I .... i llll... ...I, r. II.....
three years ago they returned to , peouea, of Minnesota, charged with mileg from Durham,' was held by
lne j falsifying his score at the rltle meet , the authorities and the young chll
at camp ferry, u. : arcn were sent to the Oxford Or
The President has directed that a phanage. The house was burned,
court martial Investigate a deal tor i but the children escaped.
and ullpeed nfiurv at Fort I "
Somerville and took a flat in
house at 509A Medford Street
Mrs. Jordan, according to her
husband, had taken to drinking of
late, and he claims, was associating
with other men, and be became teal
Prohibitionists Want Hughes.
Syracuse, N. Y. (Special). A pro
posal to nominate Governor Hughes,
which was mado at the State Pro
hibition convention here, was op
posed by Aaron S. Watklns, of Ohio,
tho party's candidate for Vice-President.
Mr. Watklns took the ground
that the convention should make a
straight-out party nomination. He
addressed a mass meeting tonight.
Bullet Fired To Frighten Him
Glances From The Ground.
Philadelphia (Special). Gustave
Kromer, aged 13 years, was shot and
Instantly killed by Edward Smith,
a private watchman In the storago
yards of Ware Brothers, city con
tractors, In the northwestern section
of the city. '
The boy v. as one of several who
had been playing In this yard and
were ordered away by Smith. Smith
had been bothered by the boys for
some time and when he was attempt
ing to chase them off the grounds
he says he fired a shot downward
into the ground to frighten them.
The bullet, glancing upward,
struck young Kromer, who was just
climbing over n fence. The missile
penetrated his heart. Smith was arrested.
i.oraes
It waa In a jealous quarrel that" " here Col. Daniel
the trouble started which ended In
the death of his wife
Camman is In command
Immigration added 209,000 to the
population of the country during the
last fiscal year.
Secretary Metcalf has returned to
Washington after a three-month va-
Hargls Tiinl To Estill County.
Jackson, Ky. (Special). The trial
of Beech Ilargis for the murder of j cation.
his tamer. Judge James Hargls, will ; mda to build 10 new torpedo boats
be held In Estill County. Jodg? i and 3 colliers were opened at the
Adams granted a change of venue, i Navy Department.
Girl's Corpse Found At Sea.
Atlantic City, N. J. (8peclal).
Whatever mystery there was In the
disappearance of Clara Strickland,
of South Atlantic City, and Charles
Bateman, of Philadelphia, who start
ed on a launch trip last Friday and
were not seen again was partly
cleared up Thursday when the body
of the giii was found by fishermen
15 miles at sea. The launch iu
which they started on the supposed
pleasure trip was picked up Monday
night, and fishermen believe that the
craft was upset In a storm.
Brother (Shoots Hredier.
Philadelphia (Special). George
M. Splegle, a widely-known lumbei
merchant, shot his brother, Henry
Splegle, during a quarrel In the of
fice. The wounded man was taken
to the Samaritan Hospital. His con
dition is said to be hopeless. Georg'
M. Splegle, who Is a member of the
firm of George M. Splegle ft Co., was
arrested. The police, who are In
vestigating the shooting, said that
from what they learned, George
Splegle was not responsible for the
quarrel and that lie shot his broth
er In self-defense.
Secretary Straus approved the ac
tion of immigration officials at Bos
ton, who held up a number of Mor
mon Immigrants.
Albert R. Johnson, replying to his
wile's suit for annulment of marri
age, denied that he was of negro
blood.
Frauds Mooney, an American, was
arrested in Salvador ou the charge
of being involved In the revolution
ary movement against Honduras.
President Roosevelt refused to
pardon William Dutch, colored, who
Is serving an eight-year-term for
stealing his wcddit.g dinner.
Congressman ' . .dore E. Burton,
recently renin. . ..mi London, told
of the Monetary Commission's studies
abroad.
Herbert A. Stevens was appointed
private secretary to Secretary of
Commerce and Labor Straus.
Dr. Ainsworth R. Stafford was ap
pointed chief assistant librarian ol
the Congresalonal Library.
President Roosevelt approved the
plans of the proposed new battle
ship Florida and Utah.
Min later Wu was amused at a re
port from Peking that he was to be
recalled.
Japanese Exhibition Postponed.
Toklo (By Cable). The postpone
ment until 1917 of the Japanese In
ternational Exposition, which was to
be held In 1912, was officially an
nounced. It Is due to economical
reasons and to the lack of time to
make proper preparations. The date
chosen is the fiftieth anniversary of
tho accession of the Emperor.
Kermit Starts On Hunt.
Oyster Bay, N. Y. (Special). The
President's son, Kerrhil Roosevelt,
who will accompany his father on
the hunting expedition into the wilds
of Africa, left here for a hunt of his
own. He will Join John Greenway,
the President's friend and former
Rough Rider, who is now In charge
of the United States Steel Corpora
tion's mines in the lower Mesaba
Range, and together they will hunt
over the big' game regions of the
Northwest.
Wanted To Oust Mrs. Roosevelt.
Washington (Spedal). A woman
about 35 years old, giving her name
as Miss Katherlue M. Roosevolt-Cron-n.
of Oalkand, Cal., called at the
White House. To a policeman at
the door the woman said she had
come to tell Mrs. Roosevelt to vacate
her room, as she was going to take
possession. She claimed that she was
a louf-lost daughter of President
Roosevelt. The police arrested the
woman, and she will be examined to
determine tho question of her sanlta betterments and new construction.'
Chesapeake & Ohio's gross earn
ings in July decreused $295,020 and
net profits fell $22,849.
Cotton jumped about 10 points
when the Government report came
out. The elze of the crop is a little
smaller than was expected.
An order for seventy-five pay-as-you-ecter
cars has been received by
J. G. Erlll Company from New
York. i
Nur'olk & Western's July earn
ings show a gross decrease of $498,
765 and a net decrease of $145,965.
Twenty-five representative rallroud
bonds show an average gain of near
ly 34 ptr cent, over the price of the
same bonds a year ago.
In two weeks the number of idle
cars of tho Pennsylvania Railroad de
creased 8.000.
As tabulated so far, railroads had
a decrease of 1 8 per cent. In grose
earnings In April, 22 per cent. In
May and 17 per cent. In June. The
estimates from a smallor number of
roads put the decrease in July at 14
per cent.
The average 'price of steel rails In
England for eleven years was $26.0
a ton and In the same time $26.22
a ton In the United States. The aver
age tariff duty on rails In this coun
try In those eleven years was $7.84
a ton.
B. F. Yoakum figures out that I'
Amerlrnn railroads wero to charge
as high freight rates as they do In
England, their Income would be In
creased $4,000,000,000. He falls to
state, however, that In Englaud or
dinary freight is moved far more
swiftly than in America, thereby add
Ing to the cost of carrying it.
Flsk ft Robinson, tho bankers
make this announcement: "Our ad
vices all point to a decided Improve
ment In the general Industrial situa
tion. Good average crops seem to bt
assured, and therefore a good pur
chasing power on the part of the
agricultural community. All that ap
pears to be necessary now to start
the wheels of commerce moving
rapidly is to restore the credit of the
railroads, so that they can once more
secure funds with which to make
necessary purchases for equipment.
WOMAN HOUND TO THEE.
Organist At Camp Meeting Was Un
conscious All Night.
ColumbiiB. O. (Special). Miss
Josie Culp, organist for the camp
meeting ut Summerland Beach, Buck
eye Lake, who was found bouud and
gaged and tied to a tree In Smith's
Grove, about 300 feet back of the
hotel, Sunday night, did not regain
consciousness until Monday.
She had been drugged and said
that she remembered nothing that
happened after, 6 o'clock Jn the even
ing, when she was In Newark.
Miss Culp is 19 years old and the
only daughter of William Culp, n far
mer. Hhe has no Iden of the Iden
tity of her assailants.
PLANTS START UP.
Pittsburg (8;celal). The AmerU
can Porcelain Company plant a. Block
House Run. New Brighton, will re
sume operations after several months'
Idleness. There are enough orders
to keep It running full handed until
the first of the year.
Fires have started In tho tank
department of the Macbeth Evan
Class FBCtory. Charleroi. which
means that the plant will be started
in full In about two weeks.
By starting this portion of their
works the company will nearly double
their present output and furnish em
ployment to about two hundred and
fifty more men and boys.
An Improvement in conditio,. ,1 at
the Baldwin Graham plant of the
Pittsburg Stove & Range Company,
New Castle, has been noticeable with
in the past few days. For the great
er part of the summer the Industry
has been riming but tiiree days out
of every six. while now It Is being
operated four days.
BIG shops RkVOPKM.
Hollldaysburg (Special ). Return
ing prosperity wns hernlded by the
announcement of n resumption of op
eration? in the large car' shops in
East HoMidaysburg owned by the
Pennsylvania Rallrrad.
These simps were closed down last
winter, throwing seven hund:,d me
chanics out of employment, and th6
railroad yords were converted Into
a storage depot for 12,000 empty
freight cars. These cars are now be
ing sent to vnrlous parts of the Penn
eylvnnln system for grain and 'coal
shipments In the fall revival of busi
ness, nnd the car shops re-open to
restore the rolling stock to Its for
mer standard.
: U-ike By Mlueitt Called Off.
Birmingham, Ala. (Special ). An
official order calling off the strike of
coal miners in the Birmingham Dis
trict w'as issued to all the camps In
thiB section. It was signed by Presi
dent Lewis, Vice President White
and Secretary-Treasurer Ryan, of the
United Mine Workers of America.
American Win- At Golf.
Newcastle. Ireland I By Cable).
In the second round of the Irish
open golf championship D. Grant,
an American, beat Newett. who was
the Irish champion in 1905, at the
twenty-second hole.
Puy Oft Big Loan.
New York (8peclal). The Trust
Company of America, of New York
City, upon which a sensational run
was precipitated during the financial
panic of 1907, has managed Its busi
ness so successfully as to be able to
pay off the loan . of $25,000,000
which it then effected In Its ent'rety
The company, in pcint of ,-', nnd
liabilities waB the second largest In
the country, and the run which it
successfully sustained exceeded any
ever known in the history of America.
Bryan's Son Engaged.
Milwaukee, Wis. (Special). The
marriage engagement of Miss Helen
Berger, daughtei of Alexander Her
ger, a prominent miller and hoard ol
trade man of this city, and WUllam
J Bryan, Jr., son of tho Demooratlc
presidential Candidate, Is admitted
by Mr. Berger, who just returned
from a buslnebs nip to Colorado
and Nebraska. Miss Berger and hei
mother are at present visiting frlendi
In Lincoln. It Is ssid the wedding
may not tske place for about a year
or longer.
BURNED ON TELEPHONE POLE.
Hazleton ( Specinl ). Jacob Orbna
wait had a narrow escape from being
roasted to death while at work on top
of a telephone polo at Seventh and
Alter Strcet3. That he is allvo It
only due to the fact Hint the shock
hurled him against the pole and he
came In contact with the ground wire,
thus freeing him from the deadly
current.
This fact prevented his being slow
ly roasted to death at the top ol
the pole. Ap It was a current ol
2.200 volts passed through his body.
His InJtttiM consist of painful burnt
of both hands and a burn on the left
shoulder
TWO BROTHERS MURDERED.
Monongnhela (Special). Thf
bodies of the two men who wer
found murdered at Scenery Hill were?
positively Identified by Constabls
John McPherson. of Castle Shannon,
near Pittsburg, as those of Dominick
and Jame3 Mollica. brothers, of Cas
tle Shannon.
Two weeks ajo the brothers, heav
ily armed, started In pursuit of an
I'allnn, who. It Is alleged, kidnaped
Dominick Molllca's housekeeper, a
pretty Italian girl. Constable Mc
Pherson belleveB the brothers came
upon the kidnaper near Scenery Hill
and were killed In the battle which
followed.
CAPITOL AHOUMEXT DATE.
Hariisburg (Special). Deputy Au
torney General Cunningham returned
to this city after a prolonged six
weeks' trip to Europe, and as soon
as the routine business of the office
Is disposed of will take up the Capitol
Mies.
It Is etpeeted to have the argument
on tho motion for a new trial for
Sanderson and the convicted officials
cn October 6.
Unlicensed Gannon Fined.
Chester (Special). It cost three
Italians who were gunning in thi-
cemnty without a license $30 eacli
to pay their fines nnd costs. Tho
men were Biogle Mnrlnelll, Oernesto
Tenza and Silvio Panza, all of whom
reside In the neighborhood of Ninth
ind Federal Streets. Philadolphla.
The men wero unnaturalized, and i:i
luch cases It Is necessary to secure
l license from the County Treasurer.
The-thi-ee men had fifty-four birds in
their possession.
Pennsy Orders Xevv Engines.
Altoona (Spednl). A bit of pros
perity news for Altoona work nu n
was the announcement that the Penn
sylvania Railroad had ordered fifteen
uevv freight locomotives nt its Ju-
nlnlo atirtnu hc.ra li Tin ItitMf nt
They will be bigger than any In berv
Ice and possess greater traction power.
Lo Share In Big Estate.
Altoona (Special). Register' nnd
Recorder Jones decided that Mrs. Kl
len Devlne's second marriago vvul
void, because she Was never legally
jeparnted from her first husband.
John Devine. from whom she parted
in 1864, therefore, her Inst husband,
Charles Johnson, will be prevented
from Bharlng In her $150,000 cstnte,
which she willed to her slaters. The
leclslon was rendered when Johnson
opposed probation of the will.
ITEMS IN HIUEfT
Through Chief Justice Mitchell, of
the Supreme Court, granting an aP
plication for an appeal, the execution
.. . n .. . . . n f t , ,i.. ,1 .. ,
ji uiiaiuie uui niu im uie inn. i .
f State Policeman Kclleher will not
'.akc place at Reading on September
IB.
Philip M'Kernnn. aged 44, a mem-
Oer of the Johnstown Board of School
. . i . ' i 1 1 ! . i - Inra rl.. I ' , . ' 1 1 1 1 . . . r j t ' i ' of
the city, dropped dead of heart dis
ease.
iieatrice tirewer. ngect 4 years,
u . . J L .1 . L n Hat
Nothing Ignited from mntchos.
An Incendiary fired the barn
Valley, and the entlro structure, wit
were destroyed, entailing a loss
$5,000.
ivas removed trvn n train at onnu
lied in a hs'if-'
V " - - .nt-
ri 1 1.-1 ll ir ..I. I, r tl.ii I ... i ,
C IS . V . I'j . llCI.Il' Mil
illle, drying lip, due to the protract
A u V., . tl l. . 1 .. ,,JI
pelled to shut down Indefinitely.
ery carrier at York, wns seriously I
1 1, n ii in ii i i. .i . ... ,i, i iiii-ui, ,.-
thrown from the wagon, and. 1
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Red fully a quarter of a rallo.
Stephen Finnegan. superintend
of the White Hoi k limestone aiir
near Bellefonte, was found dead
bed, having beet suffocated with.
ttinllnnHtiff irnfl A amnll tithe I
Willi line i-iiu uil wie Kill Jin ii""
other ill the dead man's inoiitU-
1 1 1 1 ii hi i .i v inusi mi cue ui in" :
est residents of Salisbury TuwM
Lancaster Countv. nnd a brother
I ,.. lulu Iiirtiri. I 11 I vlnelton U
aged 81 years.