LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH Domestic As a consequence of the NMM death of Grover Cleveland, its rhalr man and coenael, thp Aesoclatiou of Life Insurance Presidents voted td amend Its constitution by abolishing thn office of chairman . which had been held by Mr. Cleveland since its organization. MIsh Marie McKenna, daughter of E. W. McKenna, Vies preldent of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, has gone among the gluss workers of Alton, 111., to aid the poor. Sheriff Lane, who refused to com ply with all order to produce Harry K. Thaw before a PttUburg court, has been ordered to explain his dere liction to the court. Vice I'rPBident Charles W. PsVH" bauka delivered an address at the cornerstone laying of Allegheny County Soldiers and Sailer's Memo rial Hall, Pittsburg. The answer of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana to the govern ment's petition for a hearing by the United States Circuit. Court of Ap peals will not be answered by Dis trict Attorney Sims. Because his son Richard refused to give him money which he de manded. John Burkhurdt. 66 years old, of Union Hill, N. J., shot aud ertously wounded hi.) son. If the warning of Miss M. Cary Thomas, president of Bryn Mawr College, Philadelphia, Is heeded, Miss Helen Taft will probably escape hal ing. A full-grown African Lion escaped trom the winter quarters of Leon Washburn's Circus, as New Bruns wick. N. J. James H. Vahey has been nomi nated for governor of Massachusetts by the Democrats of that state. The attorney for Martin Schleyer, Of Kenosha, Wis. charged with the murder of his wife, acquitted his client by dropping the unwritten law and substituting Byron's "Don Juan." Mrs. Claudle Llbby Hains. wife of Capt. Peter C. Halns, In answering her husband's stilt for divorce, de nies that she acted Improperly with William E. Aula. A committee of the Indiana Legis lature has exonerated Coventor Han ley of charges of trying to Influence the vote of a member of the General Assembly. Vilhjnhlmr Seffanson. of the Ameri can Museum of National History, found himelf In the Arctic regions short of matches. The Demler tin plate plant, at McKeesport, Pa., the cradle of the tin plate Industry of the country, is to be abandoned. Miss Emily H. Nlles, a wealthy woman of Arlington, Mass., was frightened to death by the scream ing of a maid. The United States steamer Tar lack waB driven ashore on the Sa moan Island by a gale and may be a total loss. Samuel Hohenshelt, a wealthy resi dent of Cherry Valley, Pa., was kill ed by a fall from a porch TYPHOON HITS BJ8 BATTLESHIPS American Fleet Safely Rides Out Storm at Manila. MUCH DAMAGE DONE ASHORE. The Storm Was Expected, but It Broke Suddenly, and Ships' Cutters and Launches Had to Scurry for Safety Inside the Breakwater All Warships Had Steam Up. Manila (By Cable). The Atlnntlc battleship fleet has safely outridden a hurricane which swept Manila Hay for 11 hou-i, and did much damage ashore. Typhoon signals were displayed early Sunday morning, but the storm broke over the bay suddenly, and unexpectedly at noon. It was Im possible to hoist the cutters and launches belonging to the fleet, be cause of the danger of smashing them against the steel sides of the but tlehlps, and the little craft were sent scurrving Inside the breakwater into the Paslg River, whore they remained all night. The storm quickly increased In In tensity and the torrential rains shut in the ships. At 8 o'clock Sunday night the storm had reached it height, and then gradually tapered down, until at midnight it was comparatively calm, although heavy seas swung across the harbor. During the storm all the battleships had steam up, ready for any emergency. Rear Ad miral Sperry finely ordered the flag ship Connecticut and the Kansas, Minnesota, Vermont, Virginia and Ohio under way. They were close to the breakwater, and Admiral Sper ry feared they might drag anchors. The six vessels stenmed down close to Cnvlto, where they anchored. At times the wind blew at the rate of 100 miles an hour. All com munication with shore was cut off. It was Impossible during the height of the storm to see the warships through the haze of rain and spray. On shore It was dangerous to go about. Several carriages were over turned by the wind, trees were blown down, electric wires were prostrated and several buildings were unroofed. Among the buildings unroofed was the depot of the commissary. Sev eral naval officers ashore on various errands were compelled to remain ashore all night. Foreign A Moarl patient at the New Zea land leper station was discharged as cured, alter having been treated for eleven mouths by Dr. Mason with In jection of cultures. The American lleet arrived at Ma nila, and felicitations were exchanged between the commandants of the forces on laud aud on the warships. The rabbis of St. Petersburg recommended that the customary fasting on the Day of Atonement be omitted, abstinence being favorable to cholera. France has decided to support the proposal made by RuBsla to submit to the signatories of the Berlin Treaty the question of the occupa tion by Bulgaria of that part of the Orient Railroad lying In Rumelia. The steamer Erik, which carried supplies to the Peary Arctic steamer Roobevelt, at Etau, West Greenland, has returned to St. Johns and reports all members of the expedition well. A revolutionary movement against President Gonzales Viguea, of Costa Rica, was attempted, under the di rection of former President Ignasia-s. A mob at Smyrna burned the of fices of the company to which the steamer belonged that ran down a ferryboat, causing the loaB of 140 lives. The indiscriminate bombarding of the town of Tabriz, Persia, continues, and two shells recently fell close to the American consulate. Rev. Dr. Andrew T. Taylor, of Gaston Memorial Church, Philadel phia, has accepted a call to Cooite Presbyterlau Church, Toronto. The second International Congress for Popular Education was opened in Paris with an attendance of 6,000 delegates. Wireless telephony experiments, conducted for the British Admiralty by Dr. Lee DeKorrest, have been aatljfactory. Russia's war budget for 1909. as aubmitted to the Douma, carries an increase of $20,000,000 of which 18,000,000 is for increases In salaries of officers of the lower rank. Since the beginning of the present cholera epidemic in St. Petersburg there have been 5,655 cases, 2,168 deaths and 1,651 recoveries. It Is feared that pestilence will follow the flood in Hyderabad. India. There were several thousand fatali ties. The Austrian government contin ues to warn Its subjects against emi gration to America, particularly Pennsylvania. The German Emperor was the sub ject of an experiment with Roentgen rays at a Prussian hospital. Japan will reduce its large force of troops In Northern China to only two companies. A Turkish steamer ran down a fernyboat off Smyrna and 140 per sons were drowned. The United States battleships Ala bama and Maine arrived at Gibraltar. tttcul From lilldren't. Bunks. York, Pa (Special I Spring Grove have been visited by several mean thieves, who have been going from house to house taking money and other valuables. At the home of George Messersnilih they broke open the banks of the hlldren. who had gathered together about 40 cents to admit them to the York County Fair. A man was arrested at the to tie of C. K. Bower, and It Is thought hu wan implicated in the crime. OIG POWDER HOUSE BLOWS UP AT SPENCER Two Fire Fighters Hurled To Death With Debris. Spencer, N. C. (Special). Two lives were lost and 20 or more, per sons wore Injured In Spencer by the explosion of a powder storage house on the yards of the Southern Rallwny Company and most of the buildings nearby were damaged by the shock and the fire which followed. The dead are C. H. Layton, aged 4 8, of Raleigh; 'ioorgo Oould, aged 30, of Spencer. It Is feared that other bodies arc In the ruins Fire was discovered In the stor age room of the powder houre and The Spencer shop Are department rushed to the scene. C. II. Layton and W. F. Stafford wero holding the Are hoso when the explosion occurred and were burled under the debris. With groat difficult their bodies wero pulled out of the burning ruins after the scene was reached by fol low workmen. The fire consumed 20 or more cars and other material. It le said that a powder magazine oontalned a half carload of powder, dynamite and other oxploslvoa. Every building hi Spencer and for many miles around woo badly shaken up and damaged. Of the Southern's buildings the blacksmith shop Is tho most seriously damaged. The large new machine shop. 200x 600 feet, was also badly demolished, all windows being torn out and a number of columns torn down. THOUSANDS DEAD 1MB STARVE The Conditions in India Are Ap palling. CITY OF HAIDARABAD DEVASTATED. JAPAN'S GREAT WELCOME. WOMEN IN FIGHT FOR A MILLION rorn.er Peddler Lived in Paris in Style. Plans To Outdo Every Other POCett (Ion To American Fleet. Toklo (By Cable). Japan Is plan ning to give the American battleship fleet a welcome that shall eclipse in splendor and enthusiasm any of the receptions teudorod the American vessels on their voyage around the world. The arrival ot the fleet at Manila has given a stimulus to the Interest In their forthcoming visit to Japan, and the preparation for the constant entertainment of the American officers and men are now completed. The vessels are due here October 17 and will remain a week. The Japanese authorities have tak en delight In thinking up new ways and means in extending hospitality to their guests and making their stay here thoroughly enjoyable, and vari lous exceptional attentions have been planned which will aid In making the sojourn of the Americans in Japan something always to be remembered. The entertainments and receptions will begin at Yokohama and continue there for two day.-t before the scene of hospitality is removed to Toklo. At the special wish of the Emperor, Admiral Sperry Is to be entertained and will reside for four days at one of the Imperial palaces at the capi tal. The program provides for the constant entertainment of officers laud men and everything will be free. There is to be telephonic connec tion between the shore and the flag ship; all telegrams for the American officers will be delivered on board the ships; three special boat landings have been erected for the exclusive use of the visitors; five information bureaus will be established on shore at Yokohama, suites of rooms have been engaged by the Japanese au thorities at the principal hotel in Toklo for the use of the visiting of ficers, and there is to be a sieclal train service for both officers and men between Yokohama and Toklo. No American in uniform will have to spend his own money for a rail road ticket, and the various trolley companies have expressed their de termination to carry any member of the fleet free of charge. New York (Special). Anothor sensation was sprung Tuesday In the contest over the will of Benjamin Hart, an American millionaire, who died In Paris on May 11, when Stew art and Shearer, attorneys for Mi chael Hart, nephew of Hart and pro ponent 0i his will, submitted to Sur rogate Beckett, in reply to an ap plication by Lawyer Franklin Blen for leave to ICstelle Kitty Hart, who claims to be Hart's widow,' to Inter vene In the proceedings an affidavit : howing that Hart had, on May 10, 18S3, obtained from Justice Dono hue a decree of ubsolute divorce on statutory grounds, naming a Mr. Ma gellan, otherwise known as Count Magellan. Hart, who first accumulated a for tune as a peddler of clothing In Vir ginia, after the close of the Civil War, which way subsequently increased by Judicious deals in real estate, resid ed In Paris for 25 years prior to his death, living on a most lavish scale. He left an estate valued at $1,000, 000. For years he had resided at 29 Rue de Galilee, Paris, his establish ment being presided over by Mme. Mabrielle Juliette Antoinette de Bie, to whom he left an annuity of $1G, 000 a year, his Paris house, and $25, 000 to be paid her Immediately af ter his death. To his nephew, Michael Hart, who lives at the New York Athletic Club, he left $100,000 In cash and the Income of his residuary estate, which Is valued at several hundred thousand dollars. His adopted daughter, Isabel Luc- chesl Hart Gulllemln, who Is the wife of Jean Gulllemln, a prominent mem ber of the French diplomatic corps, was cut off without anything. Mme. Gulllemln contested the will, alleging that It was procured by un due influence on the part of the Mme. de Bie and others and Mrs Hart, living In this citv, rfhder the name of Mrs. Elizabeth Wright, also filed objections to its probate, claim ing to be Hart a widow. Denies She Wrote Letter, Clinton, 111. (Special). Author ship of the letters alleged to have been written by Mabel Snell Mc Namara, of Kansas City, niece of the late Col. Thomas Snell, a millionaire of Clinton, and which were a feature of the suit to break Snell's. will, is emphatically denied In an answer filed in the Dewltt County Court by the niece. The answer Is made to a suit recently filed by the contesting heirs to have deed of laud which Colonel Snell gave Mabel set otide. Pestilence Threatens to Follow Flood Subsiding Waters Leave Sea of Mud Relief Expeditions Cannot Traversa Quag-mire City or 400,000 Population Wracked. Bombay (By Cable). Between two and three million people are shelterless, facing starvation and threatened with a fever pestilence as a result of the flood that has devastated the city of Haldarabad and the entire Musi River Valley. Rescuers who are. now on the scene report conditions as more appalling as the waters subside. The whole val ley 1b a sea of soft mud. from which the arms, legs and heads of thou sands of victims an; protruding. The relief expeditions are unable to traverse this quagmire for fear of being swallowed up In the soft mud. Boats cannot be propelled In the slimy streams, and It will be probab ly two weeks before the stricken section will be sufficiently dried out to permit of a thorough search. Haldarabad. a city of 400.000, has been completely wreckod, and dozens of small towns have practically dis appeared. The danger from fever and starva tion Is still tho greatest menace. Rescuers are wearing clothing soak ed In disinfectants to prevent con tamination, and at tlmea the stench Is so fearful as to drive them from their work. The total casualties resulting from the disaster will undoubtedly reach 10,000. Half this number are be lieved to have dieen drowned, and as many more deaths will undoubt edly result from the terrible con ditions now prevailing In the region. BOMBTHROWER AN EXILE. Do Rudlo, Who Tried To Kill Em peror, Living In Califoruia. San Francisco (Special). A story published here Is to tho effort that Conte Camlllo De Rudlo, tho Italian exllo who threw one of the bombs (hat shattered the carriage of Em peror Louis Napoleon III and Em press Eugenie, killing ten persons and injuring 150 others in Paris on tho night of January 14, 1858, is living quietly in Los Angeles with his English wife, who aided him to escape tho scaffold and who has been with him over since. Do Rudlo says tne idea back of the plot to kill the French Emperor was a hope that an uprising in France would be followed by one In Italy, in which tho monarchy would bo overthrown. De Rudlo, In his siory, connects Francisco Crlspl with the plot, declaring that he saw him in conference with Orslnl a few mo ments bofore the bombs were thrown. FIND LOST MAN IN BROOK. Rich New Eiurlander May Have End ed His Life. Saxonvllle, Mass. (Special). The body of Frederick C. Dawson, su perintendent of the Saxonvllle Wool en Mill, for whom several hundred men have been hunting since his disappearance, was found In Lyniane Brook, at East Sudbury INSPECTOR KILLED 811 POSTMASTER Victim Had Found Shortage in Accounts. Washington, D. C. (Special). F. E. McMlllen, chief postofflco Inspect or, has received a telegram announc ing the murder Ot PostofTioo Inspect or Charlee Fii.gerald at Clinton, Miss., while In the discbarge of his duties. Inspector Fitzgerald who was sta tioned at Jackson, Miss, went from that place to Investigate the Clinton pOBtofflcc. After checking up he found that the accounts were several hundred dollars short. As he was going to the railroad station to re turn to Jackson to make his report he was met by W. S. Sorsby. the r at Clinton, and Mrs. Cablness. the by drew a pistol 1, who died shortly deputy postmar the son-in-law i poetmistrese. 1 and shot Fltzgc. afterward. Inspector Fit: erald had been In the service Blnce 1895, ana was re garded as one of the moat efficient and reliable men on the force. He had the reputation of being diplo matic in (he conduct of his duties, and never Incite I trouble. This is the first case of the killing of a postofflco Inspector while on duty. The department will tako steps to bring the slayer to Immediate Jus tice, and In the meantime has sent another agent to further investigate the Clinton Postofllce accounts. TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE. Hundreds Perish In Iteccnt Great Floods In India. Bombay (By Cable). Thousands of native houses have been washed away and there has been a heavy loss of life In the Hyderabad and Deccau districts as a result of the floods, which followed an unprecedented rainfall. The river Musi rosn 60 feet, all the bridges were carried away and the country was devastated for many miles in either direction. Corpses aro strewn everywhere and scores of bodies have been found In the branches of trees, where they were lodged by the swollen waters. The native hospital at "Hyderabad was undermined by the waters and collapsed and all the Inmates were burled In the wreckage. LOCKED IN A DDK CAR DT HAZERS Student Bound and Gagged and Miss ing Four Days. SUFFERING MAY CAUSE HIS DEATH. Story That Young Men of Kentucky State University Placed Captive In Freight Car and Sealed the Door Youth Disappeared Monday and the Box Car Cannot Be Traced. IS WORSE THAN LEPROSY. St. Louis Hospital Has Patient Suf fering From Bare Disease. St. Louis, Mo. (Special). Strick en with one of tho jarest diseases known to science, Koran Zignl, 34 years old, Is a patient in the Skin and Cancer Hospital. No hope Is entertained for his recovery. "Pem phigus follaceus" is the name given this disease. It resembles leprosy. In leprosy the skin crumbles and wastes away. In Zignl's aliment It completely disappears, giving the body the appearance of being severe ly burned. Often the entire skin disappears before death comes lng the victim terrible pain. glv- 140 PERSONS PERISH. A Turkish Steamship Runs Down A Ferryboat. Smyrna (By Cable). A Turkish steamship ran down the steam ferry boat Stambul outside the harbor. There was nothing about the body One hundred and forty persons wero to Indicate foul play, and some oi urowneci. his friends believe that the wealthy mill man Jumped into the water to end the mental depression from which he has recently been suffering. SCHOOL FOB WIVES LATEST. i ANAL WORK GOING WELL. Col. Goetlials Telia President It Will Be Finished In 1014. Washington, D. C. (Special). Col. George W. Goethals, chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission, and Major W. L. Sltert. one of the army engineer commissioners, arriv ed In Washington for a thorough dis cussion of canal matters with the authorities here. Colonel Goethals discussed the aubject at some length with the President, telling him that every thing was going along nicely; that they had met with no unexpected obtacles, and that he still adhered to the belief that the canal would be 'ready for business January 1, 1915. Bowie Wus A Millionaire. Chicago (Special). G. D. Thomas, receiver for the estate of John Alex ander Dowie. founder of the relig ious community of Zlon City, 111., filed a report in the Federal CouU showing the assets of the estate to be $1,709,647. Against this are se cured claims of $326,327 and unse cured claims, including a number still in dispute, of $4,903,726. j FINANCIAL Cigarettes In Chelsea Fire. Boston (Special). Cigarette smoking by ragpickers who were vio lating the Sunday ordinance was the cause of the great Chelsea fire, which destroyed property valued at more than $1,500,000 and resulted in the death of 18 men and women on April 12 last. Such Is the report of Judge Cutler, of the Chelsea court, who held an Inquiry to deter mine the cause. Israel Smarlsky, foreman In charge of the ragpickers. Is held directly responsible for the cigarette smoking. Death Of Naval (instructor. Washington (Special). Word reached the Navy Department of the death at Elizabeth, N. J., of Naval Constructor John B. Hoover, retired. He was a native of Philadelphia and was appointed an assistant naval con structor on July 29, 1875. London's New Lord Mayor. London (By Cable). Sir George Truscott was elected Lord Mayor of London In succession to Sir John Charles Bell. He will aaiume office November 8. Wright's Time IMended. Washington, D. C. (Special). Sec retary Wright has approved the rec ommendation of the acting chief sig nal officer of the army that Orvllle Wright's contract time for delivering his aeroplane to the Government be extended to June 28, 1909. This was done In order to allow Wright ample time to recover from the In Juries he received In the accident to his aeroplane at Fort Myer, Va An Old Mason Hend. Belllngham. Wash. (Special). Possibly the oldest member of any secret order in the I'nited StattB died at Lynden. He was the Rev Alexander Le Claire, 96 years of age. who had been for 75 years a member of the Masonic fraternity. For 40 years he was a frontier preacher, leaving the Catholic Cuurcb at tho age of 21 to Join the .Meth odists. He was born in Canada of Scotch and French parentage and learned the cobbler trade. At the age of " e gave up the ministry. Chicago Clubwomen Will Teach Thi Means To Domestic Felicity. Chicago (Special wives is the latest undertaking of Chicago clubwomen. At a meeting held at tho Union League Club, representatives of a number of local women's clubs met to found an institute of domestic science which, ultimately, It Ib planned, will be a national organization affiliated with the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Courses will be given in making clothes, cooking, household econo mies and general housekeeping. Eight-Hour Law Unconstitutional. Madison, Wis. (Special). The Su preme Court declared Unconstitution al the Wisconsin eight-hour railroad telegraphers' law which was enacted at the 1907 session of the legislature. The law Is declared unconstitutional on the theory that It Is In conflict A school for i with provisions ot tne leaeral con stitution. , Lexington, Ky. (Special). A story la in circulation here which causes anxleny as to the fate of W. E. Smith, the Kentucky State Uni versity student, who disappeared Tuesday night. It is currently re ported that a boy whose business throws ill in In close relations with tho students at the university stated to bis father, wito, In turn, told other persons, that he overheard sev eral of the students say that In the course of a hazing experience to which Smith was Bul.octedsdho night of his dlsappearnr.ee the gang of students who had l.im In hand took him ncrose the 1 ta which intervene between the unlver 'y grounds and the Queen and i scent Railroad Yards, and, bren .g open the door of a box car, h:. I placed their cap tlve, bound an;', gagged, Inside the car, and, sealing the door, had left the helpless victim to his fate. If the story la true, it may be as sumed that the act was done In pure mischief by the boys who took part In It, they undoubtedly believing that the car would be entered next day by some of the railroad people while It stood in the yards, or at some adjacent station, and that Smith would be released unharmed. These expectations were, however, not realized. The car which con tained the boy has been taken to Borne distant point or left abandoned on a aiding. Efforts to trace the car have proved fruitless. The police have been unable to secure a confirmation of the story, as the persons who allege that the statement was made to them by the father of the orlglnul Informant, rea olutoly refuse to give the name of the perBon who told them, as the claim It would almost be worth the life of the boy If the studentB al leged to be guilty learned of his name, and, besides, tney siaie u boy's evidence would not be conclu sive, as he does not know the names of the students he overheard. That some of his fellow-students aro fully awaro of his fate and are using every effort to Btop Investiga tion received further confirmation today, when Ernest Smith, a sopho more at the university, and who hnd roomed with his missing brother, re ceived tho following communication In a sealed envelope in his mail: You had better stop thlB Investi gation. (Signed) BLACK HAND. Ernest Smith has been untiring In his search for hiB brother, and authorized the announcement of a reward of $50 for any Information of hlB whereabouts. He was much alarmed when he received the threat ening communication today and at once reported the matter to the de tectives, who will take whatever steps are necessary to Insure his per sonal safety. The faculty of the Kentucky State Unlversjly and the police officials of Lexington have been puzzled for over a week over the disappearance of young Smith. A committee appoint ed by the faculty has made an In vestigation. andt they ridicule the story tlt Smith1 was thrown Into a box car by his fellow-students. They, however, have failed in discovering the whereabouts of Smith, and say tney are at a loss to know of his mysterious disappearance. A GANC OF OUTLAWS TERRORIZES THIS TOWN Arvonla, Near Richmond, Has a Reign of Terror. Auto Crash Kills Girl. Louisville, Ky. (Special). Miss Katherlne Hord, member of a prom inent family, was almost Instantly killed; Robert Payne, a young so ciety man, was crippled and four other persons were bruised, when an automobile collided with a street car at Twenty-eighth Street and Broadway. WASHINGTON Munila Heurs From Fleet. Manila (Special). Admiral Sper ry has notified Capt. U. R. Harris, commandant of the Cavite Naval Sta tion, by wireless that the fleet will arrive on Friday afternoon. The cholera la steadily decreasing here. 2(M),(00 Fire In Bullae. Dallas, Texas (Special). One fire man wat killed and Bvo persons seri ously injured In a fire In the bus! neaa section, which caused a loss of 1 $200,000. Niplssing's quarterly dividend of 3 per cent, has Just been declared. One of the things that Is hurting American Smelting Is the fact that so many mining companies are now treating their own ores. Cripple Creek's output of gold this vear Is expected to reach $17,000, 000. In tlfe past year the leasers on Goldfleld Florence have paid divi dends of $315,000. It is not Improbable, say the bank era, that $30,000,000 of Panama bonds will be issued this year. Reading's September anthracite tonnage Is expected to exceed 1,000, 000 tons. "There will be little If any Im provement prior to election in tho steel trade," says the "Jrou Trade Review." Net earnings of Utah Copper In August approximated $240,000. George A. Huhn has returned from a quick trip to Paris. He says the foreigner Is anxious to buy good American securities. Gold In small amounts continues to flow from this country to Canada, where It Is needed for crop-moving purposes. Engineers who have recently ex amined the Nevada Consolidated say that the company has ore blocked out sufficient to keep the big reduc tion works busy for twenty-five years. The Chicago & Alton Railroad has ordered 1,000 freight cars. Belmont again attracted the chief attention in the Philadelphia mining market. The prices advanced to 1. The buying of this stock appears to be first-rate and it is said to be based cpon the favorable reports received from the company's mines. A statement was made at Chicago Tuesday that transcontinental roads will increase rates on eighty com modities westbound and twenty east- bound on Januarv 1 from every ter rltory east of Missouri to the Paci fic Coaat. The average increase will be S to 8 per cant. Robbers Escape On Handcar. Ladysmith, Wis. (Special). The State Bank wae robbed of about $3,000 by cracksmen who escaped on a hand car. Citizens turned out to ascertain the cause of the explo sions and were met with a volley of bullets from the robbers. Night Of ficer Gordon was shot In the arm. Three Bliwks Burned In Vermont. West Falrlee. Vt. (Special). The business section ot this town was nearly wiped out by fire. The loss, estimated at $26,000. Includes tnree business blocks, the Eagle Hotel, two livery Btables, two dwellings anjd a dozen smaller buildings. Skull Fructurcd By Fall. York. Pa. (Special). Samuel Oil ier, the 16-year-old son ot Joseph Diller, was thrown from a horse and sustained a fracture of the skull. The Dillers live on a farm near Burn's meeting house. Tho boy Is still unconscious. Crushed By An Auto. Holland. Mich. (Special). While on an automobile trip from Grand Rapids to Holland. Dick Brink, of Grand Rapids, a prominent morchant. was accidentally killed. While driv ing down a hill near Vrlesland the steering-gear broke aud the auto mobile turned bottom sldo up In a ditch. Mr. Brink was almost In stantly killed. The other members of the party Mrs. Brinks, Mr. and Mrs. Bush and Mre. Ten Brock, all of Grand KapldB escaped with slight Injuries. Six Deud And Eight Injured. Portland, "Ore. (Special). A log ging train at Scappoose was In col listen with a Northern Pacific passen ger train. Six loggers were killed and eight Injured. None of the oc cupants of the passenger train was nun. 2 Firemen Killed; Badly Hurt, Youngstown Ohio (Special). Two firemen were killed and six badly hurt as the result of a fire In Knox's 5 and 10 cent store The building which had three atorles. was wrecked The quantities of the principal articles Imported for manulacturing industries were considerably larger in August, 1908, than In the same month last year, when manufactur ing concerns were making their greatest record. President Roosevelt has made pub lic a letter written by him to uuv- ernor Haskell, of Oklahoma, relative to the shipment of whisky Into pro hibition territory. Five diamond r'lncs, five set with opals, one set with topaz, one watch aud other articles of Jewelry were recovered from the well-hole of the sewn- at Thirteenth and G Streets, Washington. Capt. Ten Eycke DeW Veeder, commander of the battleship Alaba ma, at Gibraltar, has reported to the Navy Department the death at sea on September 27 of Eugene W. Cooper. Surgeon General Rlxey has completed his organization of a corps of nurses for the Navy and the appointments have been announced. Director of the Mint Leach an nounced that he would resume the P'irchase of fine silver for subsidiary coinage. The case of a colored soldier dis charged for his part in the Browns ville affair was carried to the Su preme Court. The Forty-fourth and" Forty-third Companies, Coaat Artillery Corps, from Port Washington, Md., at the fire command practice at Fort Mon roe, Virginia, on September 10, 1908, made seven hlta out of eight shots fired at two targets. An aggregate loss of $1,000,000 a day during the months when forest Area have been prevailing In varloub parts of the Unttcd States la esti mated by W. J. Magee, the erosion expert of the Department of Agri culture. Secretary Wright will attend the dinner at Boston to be given by the merchanta' association of that city to W. Cameron Forbes, the vice governor of the Philippines. The Eastern Public Education As sociations continued the reading of papers on pertinent topics. Recent reports having failed to Indicate the presence of yellow fe ver In Havana, Cuba, the Public Health and Murine Hospital Service has removed the quarantine. Mr. Lane, of the Interstate Com merce Commlsalon, declared that the commission haa Jurisdiction of for elgu commerce between the seaboard and interior points. Secretary of War Wright approv ed the application of Orvllle Wright for an extension of tlma for nlu months in which to deliver an aero plane to the government. Judge DeLacey decided the Diatrlc child labor law to I... cnnnUtutlnnnl Richmond, Va. (Special). Com monwealth's Attorney Edmund W. Hubbard and Sheriff L. W. Williami left Arvonla for the purpose of track ing down the Thomas-Zimmerman force of outlaws, who aro terrorizing the countryside, and who are believ ed to be guilty of the shooting of N. W. Gregory, on Saturday night. The outlaws are In hiding In their stronghold between the Slate and James Rivera. Their spies are re ported traversing every section of the country, rendy to warn the des peradoes of any attempt on the part of the citizens to hunt them down. Warrants have been issued for Mrs. Arthur Zimmerman, wife of the leader of outlaws, and her sister, Miss Burton, as alleged accomplices to the many crimes with which Ar thur and RenJamln Zimmerman and William and Charles Thomas are al leged to be guilty. The women have dlaappeared an dare believed to have Joined tho outlaws In the fastness es. With the leaving of the county authorities the citizens of Arvonla are left without protection. They have been authorized, however, to shoot to kill If the town Is attacked. A cordon of determined and armed men aro guarding the little hamlet tonight. Outlaws Are Desperate, Associated with the outlaws are the Zimmerman and Thomas and Sweten families, numbering In all probably a hundred men. All ol them are desperate characters and win fight If the posse of citizens comes upon them. The three fam ilies have Intermarried throughout the countryside until almost all the country population Is In league with them. There are also several fam ilies of negroes implicated with the gang, notably those of William Brown and George Martin. The gang remains In hiding during the day, sal lying forth In the night time to seek food for themselves and their wives. Robberies are of almost nightly oc currence. Roberts Banks, a negro, reported in Arvonla, stating that with ample pro tection he would lead the citizens to tho hiding place of the despera does. The negro states that should ho give evidence against the gang and the desperadoes should escape his life would surely pay the forrelt The negro reports that the gang was Joined by Samuel and William Zim merman, of Albemarle County, the later going to Payne Station from f.hich point sufficient provisions to withstand a siege were shipped to tne outlaws. The place in wtncu the outlaws are hiding is densely wooded. It is said that it would take hundreds of men to tako them la their formidable fortress. The depredations of the Zimmer man and Thomas clans began two years ago. They aro HrebugB, thlev.s, illicit whisky dltlllers, and with tho shooting of Gregory, whose life Is despaired of, the charge of assassin would be added. In many Instances faims have been visited and the plants torn up and haystacks and barns burned. The Rev. Plummer Jones Is actively engaged in the work of bringing tho citizens to gether. His statement Is: "I would kill any one of them without a pang of conscience." Appeals For Aid. The following communication from Arvonla was addressed to Governoi Swanson: "Conditions here intoler able. Gang of assassins strongly In trenched three miles away. Ono citizen shot in back; others-threatened; county authorities appear power less. We need detective and blood ound8. Can you come up?" 8 DEAD IN NEW YORK FIRE. Children Hurled From Windows By Tenement-House Inmates. New York (Special). At leas; eight persons were burned to death and many were injured, one fatally, in a fire In a crowded tenement house on Mulberry Street early Sunday morning.' At 2.15 o'clock four bodies hud been recovered from the building. those of two men, one woman and a little girl. Four other bodies were In the upper part of the building. The fire started on the first floor, In a dry goods store, and spread rapidly. There was a fire-escape ou the Iront of the building, but It was of little use, as the 50 persons in the building, believing themselves wrapped by the fire, completely lost their heads, and children were thrown from the windows to tho streets. Nearly all the children were caught by persona on the sidewalk. Orders 50 Wright Airships. Le. Mans (By Cable). Lazare Welller, the French aeroplane pro moter, announced that he had given an order to Wilbur Wright for tne construction of 50 Wright aero planes. The amount of this contract i $100,000, and M. Welller Is con vinced that Mr. Wright can parr) It out. Town Wiped Out By Fire. Winnipeg, Manitoba (Special). -A dispatch from Fernle received here sayo that the new town of Michael waa wiped out by fire. The town was partially dotroyed during the big fire on July 31. $000,000 Ixist By Fire. Pittsburg (Special). An explo sion of gaa at the plant of the Pitts burg Plate-Glass Company's works No. 2, at Tarentum, a suburb, re sulted In a loss by fire of $500,000 and threw 800 men out of employ ment. W. A. Long, a watchman, wal t' nocked down hy ha Hynies'en, bruised' about the body and inter nally Injured. Halt U the plant j in rulnB and the flames wore only checked by a large steel bulldlnf. recently erected by the company. Cholera Not Increuslug, St. Petersburg (By Cable) .Chol era has reached the station"' stage In St. Petersburg, the n cases reported In the last few daJj ahowlng but little variation. Tnwr wore 267 new cases reported "P l 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon M 1 13 deaths. Miss Katharine Wrlgbt, on buUIJ of her brother for an extension tho time set for the delivery of tni aeroplane to the government I time limit having exolrtwl Monday.
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