THE NEWS.
Domestic
The resignation of Thomas F.
Ryan, T. Jefferson Coolldge, of Pos
ton, and James H. Dooley, ot Rich
mond, from the hoard of directors
of the Seaboard Air Lino was an
nounced. Justice Powllng, of tho New York
Supreme Court, granted Katherino
Clenimons Gould a separation from
Howard Oould and awarded her $;!.
000 a year alimony and 12,000 for
counsel fee.
The battlcslps Minnesota and Vir
ginia nailed from the Norfolk Navy
Yard, Joining In Hampton Roads the
battleships Georgia, Maine and Kar
Bag.
Governor Frear, of Hawaii, enter
talned Admiral IJichl at Honolulu
and the men of the Japanese fleet
were given shore duty.
The legislature of Washington In
vited President Taft to attend the
National Conservation Congress in
Seattle, August 2 6.
Southern pig Iron manufacturers
announced an Increase in pig iron
quotations to $12 and $12.20 a ton
for No. 2 foundry.
An explosion of white-hot metal
burnpd a Bcore of workmen In the
Jones-Laughlln Steel mills at Pitts
burg. The Dairymen's National Bank ot
Sheboygan Falls, Wis., was closed
by order of the board of directors.
The Northwestern part of Kansas
and Southern Nebraska were swept
by tornadoes.
In two letters written by I,eon
Ling, wanted for the murder of El
sie Slgel, C'hu Gain is threatened with
death If he persists in paying the
girl attention-.
A boy of 14. who had made Black
Hand threats for $1 5,000, was shot
and killed by Chicago police.
Harrimun will Invade Mexico with
a $7o.00n,ono railroad.
Broughton Brandenburg says the
Cleveland signature used in the for
gery cae is not that written for
him.
Harry S. Henry, art collector, died
In Philadelphia.
Kesv Yoik suffragettes are sign
ing pledges not to wed except when
the man agrees to work for their
ca use.
The North American TurnerbunJ.
parade in Cincinnati included 40,
000 persons.
A dozen men fell 315 feet in a
rhino cage In Indiana and several
may die.
Mrs. Katherlne Clemmons Gould
denied in their entirety all charges
of Improper conduct and was sup
ported by Dustin Farnuin in a depo
sition. Sanford Robinson, a former coun
sel of F. A. Heinz, was placed on
trial In New York, charged with ob
s'ruetine; Ji, itice in connection with
the missing books of the United Cop
per Company.
Miss T.HU C'.vhlv Montague has
taken lecal action to gain $50,000
of the est.ite of Peter J. Montague,
formerly of Baltimore, claiming that
she was an adopted daughter of Mon
tague. Seventeen miners were killed and
sixteen injured us the result of an
explosion of gas in mine No. 4. of
the Lackawanna Coal and Coke Com
pany, at Wehrum. Pa.
The American Trust and Ravings
Bank and the Continental National
Bank, two nf Chicago's largest finan
cial institutions, will consolidate.
John Bennett, a legless man ot
Chicago, was unable to move to the
rescue of his wife, who hanged her
self while her husband looked on.
Mrs. Gladys Davis Martin Ben
son, aged ?2. separated from her
husband, committed suicide In Phila
delphia by Inhaling gas.
Six armed men opened the flood
gates of the Colorado Sprlng3 re"
ervoir, on Pikes Peak.
Foreign
I'ifnpp Vr.n Buelow will not resign
as chancellor of the German Empire
and the Reichstag will not he dissolv
ed, according to a semiolllclal state
ment issued in Berlin.
The British government will send
a cruiser and two war sloops to Call- I
fornla to participate In the celebra- I
tion next October of the rebuilding
of San Francisco. j
Tho Venezuelan Congress adopted '
a resolution depriving Cipriario ens-)
tro, former president of the republic
of the title of "restorer."
Bad weather Interfered with the
spectacular features of the official
relehratlon of the birthday of King
Edward In London.
The French goernment has sub
mitted to the Chamber of Deputies
a measure to put an end to the lot
terles. Von Buelow's plan to extend the
Inheritance tax wus defeated In the
Ileichstag. Mula Hafld's trends won the fight
with the rebels at Fez.
Columbia revoked ihe sentences ot
all political exiles.
Oscar Lewloohn. husband of Edna
May, the former actress, was killed
in an automobile accident.
Lleutenaut Noble, with a companj
of the Twenty-third Constabulary,
ftruck part of the Imvno mutineer
In the Philippines and killed Sergeant
Acadeinta. leader of the mutiny, in
the ensuing tight.
The Darwin centenary was cele
brated at Cambridge, England.
At a meeting of London banker!
a resolution was passed protesting
against Premier Asqulth's budget
proposals a tending toward social
Ism. The International Meteorological
Commission, In session in L.mdon,
adopted a uniform system ot mari
time weather slguals.
It'iiarlo Caledron. Bolivian m'til
ter to the United States, arrived a
La Tilt, Balivia, from Washington.
The rebellious brother of tho Sul
tan of Morocco has organlzad an
other revolt a4int him.
Seventreu hundred descendants of
three Senm-bUr brother nttendoj
tbe family reunion In Ottawa. Canada.
Nine tourists were drowned In
Lake IClHurncy. their boat belns
ssmped.
A St. Louis druggist prevents rus
tome. from monopolizing his tree
telephone by a switch In the wire,
operated from behind bis prescrip
tion roiiiitcr.
TRIED 10 HIDE
ELSIE SECTS BODY
Loen Ling Carried Trunk To New
ark, N. J.
NEW CLUES FOUND BY POLICE.
Murderer Of Elsie Slgel Took The
Trunk Containing Her Dead Body
To The HeMmiruiit Of A Friend Of
His On The Hay Of The Murder
AutoHty Clears I'p To Koine Ex
tent The Mystery Of How The
Murder Occurred
New York (Special). The New
York police confirmed the new phase
of the Slgel murder case brought to
light in Newark, N. J., that Leon
Ling was in Newark early in the
afternoon of the day of the murder
with a heavy oval-topped trunk, like
the one In which the body was found,
on his hands, and a pressing anxi
ety to be rid of It. It had been
ascertained that he attempted to
leave the trunk In the Newark res
taurant of Li Sing, but prudent LI
Sing wouldn't hear of having the
trunk dumped on him.
James Halstead. the Newark cab
bie, who Is understood to have driv
en Leon and his burden of terror
back to New York that same day,
could not be found. When the po
lice lay hands on him they will take
him to the property-room at head
quarters and ask him to identify
positively the trunk in which the
body was found as the one he drove
from Newark to New York, with a
crop-haired Chinaman as his only
living fare.
The mystery of Just how Elsie
Slgel was killed was cleared up to
some extent with the announcement
of the result of the coroner'B autopsy,
supporting in a way the theory that
the murder was not preniediated, hut
was committed on the spur of tho
moment by the jealousy-crazed
Chinaman.
Dr. O'Hanlon. of the coroner's of
fice, said that there had been found
no ruptured blood vessels, Biich as
always accompany death by violent
strangulation, but that on the con
trary there was evidence of the con
gestion of the lungs, such as always
goes with death by asphyxiation.
The analysis of the contents of the
stomach is not yet complete and,
on account of the advanced state of
decomposition in which the body
was found, it has presented many
dillicultles.
There is absolutely no confirma
tion of tho statement made to. the
police by a clerical friend of the
Slgel family that Elsie ever married
Chu Gain. Leon Ling's rival, who is
held under bond as a material wit
ness. Chu Gain protested that he
has sorrows enough without being
made out a widower.
The District Attorney's office had
Ong Fung, an English-speaking
Chinaman, up for a little quiz on
the Chinese longs and their possl
blo atllllntions with the case. Ong
Fung told the authorities that noth
ing was known in ChiDatown to con
nect Leon with either of the tongs,
and that apart from his membership
In the Chinese Masons which the
Masons deny) the only other society
to which he belonged was the Four
Brothers, which embraces all the
descendants of the four fabled demi
gods who lived in the cloudy days
before even Chinese history began,
and who gather now for nothing
more violent than to vaunt their
descent.
Ml' LA I IIAI Il WON FIGHT.
Roghi, The IU-lie, Completely K
pulscd At Fez,
Tangier, Morocco (Special). The
troops of the Sultan have been vic
torious in an important engagement
fought outside of Fez with the rebel
army under the command of Rog
hl. This is the engagement that
had been expected for some days i
past and on which the internal peace
of Morocco depended. Uoghi and
his forces were completely repulsed.
YOONG GIRL FOUND
DEUD IN IHE i
Boone County Tragedy Involved in
Mystery.
Miss Edna Lamont Swallowed Pol
son Either With Suicidal Intent
Or Through Designs Of A Jealous
Lover Was A Girl Of Striking
Beauty And Happy Disposition And
Had Many Lovers.
Madison, W. Va. (Special). Miss
Edna Lamont, a pretty girl In her
teens, was found dead In a woodland
near her home In this county. All
indications point to suicide, Btill the
opinion prevails among many of her
friends that she was poisoned, possi
bly by a Jealous lover. Her striking
beauty and happy disposition won for
her many a suitor, and of late rumor
had it that she was soon to be mar
ried to a popular young man in a
nearby village.
That the girl swallowed poison
either by mistake or otherwise Is a
certainty, and a coroner's jury so
found. Miss Lamont was tbe daugh
ter of Clemens Lamont, owner of
one of the finest stock farms in the
county. She left her home to spend
Sunday with a neighbor. Shortly be
fore the noon hour her body was
found In a woodland not far from
tbe public highway. No letter was
left.
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH
New Railroad Line Planned,
Wilmington, N. C. (Special). It
was officially announced from the
office of President Emerson, of the
Atlantic Coast Line, that that road
and tho Norfolk and Western had
completed arrangements for building
a line from Winston, N. C, to Wades
boro, N. C, a distance of DO miles.
Bids for construction will be asked
at once and the road is expected to
be completed In IS months. The
road will connect at Winston with the
Norfolk and Western and at Wades
boro with the Coast Line, giving a
direct line from the West .Virginia
coal fields to Wilmington, Charleston
and Columbia, S. V.
Acrused Of Taking $:K),000.
Los Angeles, Cal. (Special).
Orland F. Altorre, for years a clerk
In tho registry division of the local
postofilce, is under arrest on a Fed
eral grand jury indictment charging
him with stealing the $30,000 taken
from the registered mail sack In the
main postofilce on June 7. There
is only circumstantial evidence.
Photography has multiplied the)
known slars from 457.817 to 30,-
00,000.
Six Hoys Struck Ity Lightning.
Hazleton, Pa. (Special). Six boys
who were standing on a porch during
an electrical storm here were struck
by lightning and two were probably
fatally injured.
Twelve Miners Hurt.
Terra Haute, Ind. (Special).
Twelve foreign miners were Injured
when a cage at the Klondike Coal
Mine, No. 4, near Clifton, fell from
tho pit opening to the bottom of
the shaft, a distance of 315 feet.
Several of the men are expected to
die from their injuries. To add to
tbe horror of tho accident the cage
going up became fast when the cable
became entangled and an hour
elapsed before a rescue party could
be seut to the bottom of the mine.
$123,000 Fire At Philadelphia.
Philadelphia (Special). Fire de
stroyed part of the extemdve plant
of F. W. Tunnel! Co., manufac
turers of glue and fertilizer, in the
northeastern section of this tlty. The
loss Is $125,000. Several firemen
were overcome, but were soon re
vived. While tho firemen were
fighting tbe fire three exloslnns oc
curred, but no one was Injured.
Goods canned pay lower duties In
Mexico than the same articles bottled.
Senor Leon de la Iiarra, the Mex
ican ambassador, accepted an Invita
tion of the city of Toledo, Ohio, to
be a guest of honor at the home
coming celebration August 24.
To effect a quicker despatch of the
malls in the Newton postal district
of Boston, Mass., Postmaster General
Hitchcock has contracted for an au
tomobile collection service.
To encourage American shipping
Senator Elklns introduced an amend
ment which would allow to American
vessels a reduction of five per cent,
in tariff duties.
Otis H. Goodall, for several years
private secretary to the Assistant Sec
retary of Commerce and Labor, has
been appointed special agent of the
Census.
H. Percival Dodge, the American
minister to Morocco, wires that the
Sultan's troops have been defeated by
forces led by the old Pretender.
Stuart McNamara resigned as as
sistant distict attorney, to devote his
whole time to the prosecution of the
so called Panama libel cases.
A general readjustment downward
of the rates on all kinds of wool from
Oregon to all points in the East was
requested.
The Senate voted higher rate3 on
shoes, leather and collodion.
The House passed a bill grant
ing $10,000,000 emergency appropri
ation to the Census Bureau.
Medical Inspector W. R. Du Boso,
who has been In command of the
1'nlted States Naval Hospital at
Yokohama. Japan, has been trans
ferred to Washington.
Thomas Dolan, president of the
Steam Shovelers' Union, of which
President Taft is an honorary mem
ber, had a conference with the Pres
ident. The lumber schedule was disposed
of and the duty on pineapples was
increased by the Senate, the Finance
Committee suffering a defsat in the
latter case.
The President appoved the sen
tence of dismissal in the case of
Second Lieutenant Louis P. Schoon
maker. Tenth Cavalry.
President Taft was mustered In as
an honorary member of the Wash
ington Camp of the Regular Army
and Navy Union.
The President consulted with At
torney Wickersham for an hour and
a half on the subject of tho proposed
tax upon the net earnings of cor
porations. Orvllle and Wilbur Wright started
In at Fort Myer to assemble their
aeroplane, the official government
test of which will begin in a few
days.
The Comptroller of the Currency
received a telegram stating that the
First National Bank of Ironwood,
Mich., closed its doors.
Bids for construction of the two
battleships Arkansas and Wyoming
will be opened at the Navy Depart
ment on August 18.
The mandate of the Supreme
Court in the anthracite coal road
cases Is In the hands ot the Attorney
General.
Tho State Department received
dispatches indicating unrest in Hon
duras. The President's yacht Sylph has
been ordered to proceed to Beverly,
Mass., in time to arrive there by
July 3.
In the Senate the Finance Com
mittee's amendment to take bides
from the free list was under discus
sion.
A call has been Issued for the
International sanitary convention of
American republics, to be held In
San Jose, Costa Rico, December 25,
1809.
To place licorice on the free llBt
Is the object of a bill introduced
by Representative Stanley.
Big Buttle In Turkey.
Vienna (Special). It is reported
from L'skup, European Turkey, that
Gen. Djavld Pasha has suffered a
serious defeat at the hands of 14,
000 Albanian insurgents near Petch,
in a vain attempt to dislodge them
from a narrow pass. Tbe Turkish
loss Is estimated at 14 officers and
350 men killed or wounded. Among
those killed was the young Turk
leader, K lam 11 Dey.
Hoy Of 0 Kills Girl Of 17.
Waco, Texas (Special). Follow
Ing a trivial quarrel George Cohen, 9
years old, secured a target rifle and
killed Maggie Farrell, 8 years his sen
ior. Tbe shooting occurred at Edge
field, a suburb of Waco.
Killed By Son-In-Law.
Knoxvllle, Tenn. (Special). 8. L.
George, a prominent druggist at
Maryville, was shot and killed by his
sou-ln-law, John Mitchell, In their
drug store at Maryville, following the
rmlvsl of an rid family troiibin.
SIR. TIFTS TH PLAN
GOES TP CONGRESS
Senator Aldrich Introduces the Net
Income Amendment,
ALL DATA WILL BE HELD SECRET.
The Act Calls For A Tax Of Two
Per Cent. On All Corporations
Having An Income Of Over $5,000
Many Provisions Made For The
Expenses And Losses Companies
Must Make Annual Report IUv.
cnuo Agent May Examine Hooks
To Verify Statements.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
President Taft's corporation tax
plan was presented to tbe Senate by
Mr. Aldrich, chairman of the Fi
nance Committee, and was ordered
printed as a committee amendment
to the tariff bill.
As drafted by Attorney General
Wickersham and Senator Root the
measure Is believed to be amendment-proof,
and an effort will be
made to put It through Congress
unchanged. It will be designated as
"the Taft plan," the weight of the
President's name being depended
upon largely to encompass Its
enactment.
Briefly stated, the plan Imposes a
tax of 2 per cent, upon the net
earnings of every corporation. Joint
stock company or association or
ganized for profit and having a cap
ital stock represented by shares,
and every insurance company or
ganized under the laws of the Uni
ted States or of any state, territory
or district, or organized under the
laws of any foreign country and en
gaged in business within the United
States.
Every latitude is given to concerns
subject to the tax for the exemption
of expenses, cost of maintenance, the
depreciation of properly, debts and
the interest thereon, o'her forms of
taxation and all expenditures usually
taken from earnings accounts. Every
corporation is also given an exemp
tion of $5,000 of earnings before the
tax shall apply.
All of the machinery relating to
the collection, remission and refund
ing of Internal revenue taxes is made
applicable to the corporation tax,
and the responsibility for the enforce
ment of the proposed law rests with
the commissioner of Internal reve
nue In the same manner as other
Internal revenue taxes.
While the coiporatlons are requir
ed to supply information of a most
intimate character relating to their
business, provision Is made to safe
guard them against wrongful use of
data obtained lor the purpose of as
sessing the tax. Penalties are pro
vided In case of false or fraudulent
retu rns.
Practically every character of in
corporated Institution organized for
profit is brought within the provi
sions of the corporation tax. The
provision defining the concerns from
which the tax will be collected Is
as follows:
"That every corporation. Joint
stock company or association organ
ized for profit and having a capital
stock represented by shares, and eve
ry insurance company, now or here
after organized under the laws of
the United States or of anv stare or
territory of the United States, or un
der the acts of Congress applicable
to Alaska or the District, of Colum
bia, or organized under the laws of
any foreign country and engaged in
business In any state or territory of
the United States or in Alaska or
In the District of Columbia shall be
subject to pay annually a special ex
cise tax wlh respects to the carrying
on or doing business by such cor
poration, Joint stock company or as
sociation or Insurance company
equivalent to 2 per centum upon the
entire net Income over and above $5,
000 received by it from all sources
during such year, exclusive of
amounts received by It as dividends
upon stock of other corporations.
Joint stock companies or associations
or insurance companies, subject to
the tax hereby imposed."
California Towns Sliuken.
Grass Valley, Cal. (Special). An
earthquake, the most severe experi
enced here In several years, occur
red at 11.25 P. M. A second and
lighter shock came at 11.49. Re
ports from Marysvllle, Nevada City,
Chico and Colfax say ibose towns
were also shaken. No damage has
been reported.
To Admit Poor Men To Oxford.
Oxford, England (Special). The
Hebdomadal Council of Oxford Uni
versity, at a meeting which was pre
sided over by Lord Curzon of Ked
leston. the chancellor, adopted reso
lutions to facilitate the admission of
larger numbers of poor men to the
institution and to make provision
for their residence and Instruction.
Oil Fire At Marcus Hook.
Chester, Pa. (Special). Fire de
stroyed the storehouse and wharf of
the Texas Oil Company at Marcus
Hook, Pa. The fire Is supposed to
have been of snontaneous combus
tion. The loss Is estimated at $25,-000.
IS JOHN OF ARC
Great Pageant Given in the Harvard
Stadium.
Fifteen Thousand Persons Witness
A Magnificent Rendition Of Schil
ler's 'Historical Play Live Sheep
On The Stage, State Militia As
Archers, A Great Cathedral Erect
ed And A Forest Specially Created
For The Occasion.
Cambridge, Mass. (Special). The
experiment of producing Schiller's
"Maid of Orleans" beneath starry
skies with close approach to the his
toric detail surrounding the bright
figure of the fifteenth century, was
carried out with considerable success
here in the extensive area of the
Harvard stadium, by Miss Maude
Adams and a company numbering
about 2,000 persons. The perform
ance was undertaken for the bejieflt
of the Germania Museum of Harwrd,
and the greater part of the working
force of the Frohman syndicate was
actively engaged In the production.
More than 15,000 persons, massed
tier on tier, saw the performance.
The beauties of Schiller's lines and
the magnitude of the plan of repro
duction combined to make the few
hours in the stadium this evening a
period of Intense pleasure. Tho his
toric perspective was skillfully main
tained throughout, from the little
pastoral scene In Johanna's father's
home with the flocks of living sheep
and actual trees of the forest, to
the splendor of the French court,
the clash of the English and French
arms, the coronation pageant and the
death scene in the Cathedral.
The motley crowd of serfs and
valets was made up of Harvard stu
dents. Men of the State militia
marched as archers and spearmen In
the French and English nrmies.
Horsemen from militia batteries clat
tered Into the arena In coats of mail
of nearly five centuries ago, while
able actors In armor tramped the
greensward and clashed In duels in
the most realistic manner. And
through all the scenes threaded the
slim figure of Miss Adams as the
French moid, first in a homely peas
ant's dress, then in brilliant armor
and seated on a milk-white charger,
and finally In the knightly costume,
which at last became her shroud.
The scale upon which the scenery
was prepared was consistent with the
proportions of the amphitheatre. A
special electric light plant had been
installed to supply hundreds of bril
liant lights needed, a great cathedral
was erected, a background construct
ed and a realistic forest created.
The performance itself moved with
remarkable smoothness considering
the Immensity of the undertaking,
and the fact that opportunity for re
peated rehearsals had not been
found.
The spoken parts were well played.
The words of the actors could be dis
tinctly heard, despite the great dis
tance of the speakers from the audi
ence, and the absence of acoustic
devices.
Miss Adams was accorded an ova
tion at the end of the performance.
IV CYCLONE CELLAR 2 WEEKS.
Tcxuns Lived On Raw Potatoes
No Water For Two Days.
Galveston, Texas (Special). In
removing a cyclone wreck house on
the farm of Charles Dilson, In
Brown County, the wreckers discov
ered a storm cellar In which were
Dilson and bis wife and 12-year-old
daughter, more dead than alive.
For two weeks they had been pris
oners in the cellar with barely a mor
sel to eat for a week and nothing
to drink for two days. Raw pota
toes had been their subsistence for
six days. They will survive.
After the storm the Dilsons were
missed and searchers believed they
had deserted their place and moved
away. The house had been blown
over and covered the storm cellar,
which was about 20 yards from tho
home, and searchers knew nothing
about It. The trio of prisoners tried
to dig their way to the surface with
their bands and succeeded only in
cutting a tunnel which afforded them
air.
STILL SHOOTING LIONS.
Officer Beheaded By Orderly.
Riga (Special). Lieutenant Erch
In, while sleeping, was beheaded with
an ax by an orderly. His wife and
his wife's mother also were killed
after a short struggle. A baby was
unharmed. The murderer made bis
escape.
IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE
American Woolen will Issue $",
000,000 more preferred stock.
Excepting the gun works, all of
the Bethlehem steel plant is in op
eration, says President Schwab.
London's buying ot Union Pacific
preferred put it to tbe highest price
it ever reached.
Forty-one consecutive dividends,
amounting to $17,500,000, have
been paid upon American Woolen
preferred
Shareholders of the William
Cramp & Sons Company held their
annual meeting and reelected direc
tors. The latter reelected President
Grove and the other executive offi
cers. The company's net profits in
the fiscal year ended April 30, were
$747,949, compared with $555,735
In 1908, and $328,328 In 1907. Af
ter paying fixed charges there re
mained a surplus in tbe last fiscal
year of $448,153. against $242,727
in 1908. and $3,407 in 1907.
Uncle Sam will end the fiscal year
with a deficit of $95,000,000. which
It considerably smaller titan former
estimates made It.
Colonel Roosevelt's' Tarty Piling Up
Collection Of Big Game.
Nalvasha, Africa (Special). All
of the members of the Roosevelt ex
pedition, at present In camp on the
Loletta Plains in the Sotik district,
are in excellent health.
Theodore Rooesvelt has shot an
other Hon, while a very large tawney
maned lion has fallen before the
rifle of bis son Kermlt. The animal
holds the record for size on tbe pres
ent expedition. Kermlt has also
killed two cheetahs. In addition
the party has secured three giraffes,
two eland, six topi and a large num
ber of minor antelope. All tbe
skins are being preserved for the
Smithsonian Institution at Washing
ton. Farmers In Duel Over A Cow.
Athens, Ga. (Special). James F.
Booth, a prominent farmer living
three miles from Statham, was fatal
ly wounded in a pistol duel with
his neighbor, B. A. Boyd, resulting
from a quarrel over a cow, Boyd
was uninjured. He was arrested.
SITE FPU CARMACK STATUE.
Tennessee Commission Iecldc . On
Locution Near Capitol.
Nashville, Tenn. (Special). The
commission authorized by the Leg
islature to select a site for the monu
ment to Benator Edward Ward Car
mack, who was killed on the street
here last November, has decided a
location Just above the south en
trance to the State Capitol grounds.
It is proposed to erect a memorial
costlnn $25,000. . Subscriptions to
the fund are being received.
A Farmer Murdered.
Reading. Pa. (Special). Charles
Franke, aged 65 years, well-known
farmer of Gibraltar, this county, was
murderously assaulted by three men
while driving along the Wbltehouse
road a short distance below this city.
He died an hour later from his In
juries. His neck was broken by be
ing kicked by one of his assailants.
Tbe latter made their escape and the
polico are scouring tUo country for
them. Four men who brought the
injured man to the hospital have been
held aa witnesses. . . ,
SEVENTEEN GOAL
MINERS ARE KILLED
Open Lamp Causes An Explosion
of Gas.
SIXTEEN OTHERS WERE INJURED
Disaster In Lackawanna Coal Com
pany's Mine At Wehrum, Pa.
Women Volunteer For Rescue
Work In Face Of Deadly Blasl
From The Mine's Mouth The
Rescuers Were Overcome By Tin
Fumes And Gas,
Wehrum, Pa. (Special). As th
result of an explosion of gas in mln
No. 4, of the Lackawanna Coal and
Coke Company, shortly after ?
o'clock A. M., 17 miners were killed
and 16 injured. With the exception
of one, those killed were foreigners
With few exceptions those Injured
were Americans.
Twelve of the more seriously In
jured were taken to Spangler Hospi
tal. It was stated that all would
probably recover.
Inspector Joseph Williams, ol
Altoonn, with a party, entered th
mine shortly after 8 o'clock P. M.
for the purpose of ascertaining
whether anyone was yet entombed.
Superintendent A. M. Johnson sta
ted that while the mine has alwayi
been regarded as nongaseous, the
explosion was due to the Ignition ol
a pocket of gas by the open lamp ol
a miner.
- "The mine has been so free from
gas for the past six years," said the
superintendent, "that the State In
spectors have permitted the use ol
open lamps. With 17 dead and 111
Injured, I am of the opinion that
everyone has been accounted for who
entered the mine."
Getting Family Supply.
The mine has only been operating
two days each week Tuesday and
Friday. Those la the mine had en
tered the shaft for their daily al
lowance of coal for family use.
Grouped about the slope entrance
of the mine before the explosion
were several Italians. When the ter
rific subterranean upheaval of rock
and deadly gas spouted skyward
these Italians were caught. Terribly
burned and maimed they rushed
about the settlement crying for old.
The cries and sound of hissing mine
gas at the entrance of the mine
brought the entire town to the scene.
Superintendent A. M. Johnson,
backed by the office force of the
company, stood at the mine entrance
and held back the frantic women
whose relatives were entombed.
The first man to reach the surface
was A. L. Johnson, son of the su
perintendent. Young Johnson had
been in a lower heading. There were
burns on. his arms, body and neck,
and it was stated he had inhaled
flames. He Is one of the few very
seriously injured.
Following the superintendent's
son came two Italians, their faces
burned to a crisp. They were at
tended by the mine physician.
Women Are Brave.
Superintendent Johnson called for
volunteers to enter the mine. In
the volunteer ranks stood several
women. These were ordered back.
With wet handkerchiefs tied over
their faces the first squad of the
relief party started down the shaft.
Of the eight who started, four came
back with their senses. The other.),
overcome with black damp, wew
pulled to the surface with ropes.
A second and a third party en
tered only to be driven back by the
deadly gases, hissing and spouting In
the lower levels.
Oxygen, sent by ' the Cambria
Steel Works, aided the searchers, and
with safety helmets a fourth rescue
party succeeded in bringing 12 bod
ies to the surface. Late in the aft
ernoon five more bodies were recov
ered. They were found huddled to
gether in the lower loft heading,
where they had died In an evident
effort to reach the main shaft.
In twos and three tbe Injured were
found and lifted to the mouth of the
mine nnd these hastily taken to the
temporary hospital established at the
company store. They were later re
moved to the Spangler Hospital, 26
miles from Wehrum.
Shot Wife, Her Brother, Self.
Columbus, Ohio (Special). Wil
liam Reed Puyear, assistant electri
cal engineer at the Ohio State Uni
versity, shot and killed his brother-in-law,
Fred West; fatally shot hit
wife and then rushed to the attir
while the police were after him and
sent a bullet into bis own brain. The
tragedy resulted from a quarrel
Puvear made accusations against hi
wife and she told her brother. West
Deposed Sultan's Fortune.
Constantinople (Special). It It
understood that the government has
ascertained that the cash deposits oi
Abdul Hamid, the deposed sultan oi
Tii.lr.i.i In tha Tmnprlal Rnnli tt liar.
: many amount to 5,000,000 Turkish
pounds, approximately $2 l.uuu.uuu.
How to obtain possession of this sum
Is exercising the minds of the Turk
ish authorities.
300,000 Increase In 3 Years,
Winnipeg. Man. (Special). The
census of Western Canada, estimated
by tbe Government of Canada and
just announced shows a population
of 1,100,000. Of this number 600,
firm llva In Manitoba. 350. 00n In Sua.
I kntchewan and 275,000 in Alberta.
This is an increase ot auo.ooo in
three years.
Vlia AND t-Na.
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A COSTLY
It Will Cost the Defendant a Million
Dollars.
He Is Sparing No Expense In ft,
Efforts To Defeat His Wife's De.
mandft Lawyers' Fees High
Detective Work Expensive M,
Gould Goes To Philadelphia On A
Evidence Hunt.
New York (Special). Inquiry in,
to the cost of the, separation suit of
the Howard Goulds, brought from
close friend of the husband the dec
laratlon that no less a sum thai
$1,000,000 was available, if such as
amount Is needed, to defeat Mr.
Howard Gould's action.
Both sides In the case' have spent
enormous sums already In bringing
witnesses from different parts, la
taking depositions in distant cities
and In foreign lands, and In detective
service. The lawyers have ha4
thousands In retainers and will re
ceive much more before the case it
finished.
It was learned that the work of
the Mooney & Boland Detective
Agency In Howard Gould's behalf
had cost the multimillionaire $67,.
000 up to six monthB ago. The cost
of this detective service up to date
Is supposed to be more than $100..
000.
It Is Impossible to ascertain how
much the law firm of Nlcoll, An
nable, Lindsay & Fuller have ex
pended in Howard Gould's behalf,
but the amount must run deep Into
five figures. Cornelius J. Sullivan,
of the firm, has given practically his
whole time to the case for more than
a year. It has been brought out in
testimony that he has traveled to
distant cities to examine witnesses.
Archibald R. Watson, of the same
firm, has handled the case in the
office and taken affidavits from scoree
of witnesses. The defense has been
under the direct supervision of Dt
Lancy N'lcoll, one of the ost expen
sive lawyers practicing at the .Net
York bar. All three men have been
constantly In court since the trial
began, Jlr. Nlcoll personally conduct
ing the examination of witnesses.
In addition to paying for his own
defense, Howard Gould has had to
bear much of the expense Incurred
by Clarence J. Shearn, attorney fot
his wife. Jlr. Shearn has already
been allowed a counsel fee of $5,000,
which came out of Howard Gould'e
pocket the time Mrs. Gould was
awarded temporary alimony of $25,
000 a year. Justice Giegerich no
has before him an application for an
additional counsel fee of $20,000 foi
Mr. Shearn and an additional $4,000
for expenses already incurred.
I Killed By Xclllo Bly Express.
I Camden, N. J. (Special). Cleon
! II. Dobbs. of Collingswood, N. J.,
J was killed and William Wyand, ol
I the same place, was Injured when
i tho "Nellio Bly" express on the
i Pennsylvania Railroad struck an
J automobile In which they were rid
i ing on tbe outskirts of this city
I Dobbs was operating the machine as
it was being taken across the rail
road tracks in front of the train. He
was thrown under the locomotive
and ground to death. Wyand wai
hurled clear of tbe wreck and sot
Bertously hurt.
I'rge Old-Age Pension.
New York (Special). One thou
sand employes, members of tho new
ly organized United States Civil Serv
ice Retirement Association, held
mass-meeting at the Grand Centra)
Palace and discussed means for fur
thering their project to pension sup
erannuated employes. It Is consider
ed probable that Congress, at it!
next session, will he asked again to
provide for men retired 1 from the
civil service. A bill to this end wai
defeated last yar.
New York Scifl'ingette Arrest.
New York (Special). Miss May
de Malone, who said tho was a teach
er, was arrested while addressing an
outdoor woman's suffrage meeting Id
upper Uroadway. She had wrapped
! about her a largo silk banner on
which was flamboyantly Inscribed:
"Women Vote in Colorado, Utah and
Idaho Why Not In Now York? Har
lem Equal Rights League.". "Equal
ity for women" glittered from l
badge she wore. A magistrate re
leased her with a reprimand.
Chauffeur Gets A Yeur.
Norristown, Pa. (Special).
Charles Scheers, a chauffeur, wbo I
year ago while speeding along tb
Old York Road late at nlgbt ran
down two men, one of whom, Patrick
McLaughlin, died from his injuries,
was sentenced in court here to one
year's imprisonment and $50 fine.
Scheers had been found guilty of in
voluntary manslaughter at the ses
sion of the Crimlnul Court tbe trtl
week of tbe present month.
Europe has 20,000 newspapers,
England leading in daily issues.
Tbe turbine as a means of power
was known, in an extremely primi
tive form, as far back as 120 B. C.
A Greek chemist has discovered a
process whereby the 60 to 65 per
cent, ot sugar contained in currants
may be extracted and crystallzed.
During 1908 269,430 tons of ar
mored warships were launched by
nine nations. Including 10 battleships
totaling 170,400 tons.
Tbe whole Havana province has
not so many people as Baltimore
within the city limits by 60,000,
It Is estimated that tho known
supply of fertilizer In natural ni
trates will be exhausted by the
world's demands in less than 20
years.
The quarter of a million electric
lights at the Seattle Exposition are
supplied with current generated at
Hnoqualmle Falls, 50 miles distant
At the close of last! year there
were approximately 230,000 miles of
railroad in the United States, com
pared with 184,646 miles at the clou
of 1898.
Korean Hanged In Honolulu.
Honolulu (Special). The first ex
ecution on Hawaiian territory IB
three years occurred when Yl Hal
Dam, a Korean, was hanged for murder.
Odd.
Mrs. Von Cerlous was discovered
at 3 A. M . sitting up In bed rcAdlnC
the encyclopedia.
"What In the world are you do
Ing Emma?" cried Mr Von Cerlou.
"Why, 1 couldn't sleeD very we"'
) and an article I saw the other day
. mid much learning could be
quired at odd times. This Is tb
oddest time I could V think of."-"
Harper's Bazar.
There are more newspapers of H
kinds tn Germany than In any other
European country. ;
By Swcut Cf His llruir.'
"So you wore deeply touched W
the poem young Mr. Gufffcon wrol
to you," e.'ild Maudo.
"Yes," (answered Maymle.
"But It wus not a good pocm.
"I don't tare. It was Just
much trouble for him to wilie l
If he had booo Siiukespearo." '
Washington Star.
- Operatiue Income of the FitUburJi
Clncinnuli. Chicago "d St. Lou-'
r.ullioad Incrcobcd lu May $5J,tJ-