THE NEWS Domestic Relatives of Benjamin Hard, the elf-expatriated Virginian, who died In Paris, leaving an estate of $2, 000,000, will contest the will. Winners on the Montreal track were Dune Campbell, John Griffin II., Pocotalljro, I'fere. High Hat, Won Ami and Collia Oamsby. Rev. Dr. Charles A. Dickey, a for mer moderator of the General Ap eembly of the Presbyterian Church, died in Philadelphia. Dr. Frank T. Boulllns-er, a well known veterinarian of New York, killed himself because of the death of bis bride. Four boys at Paterson, N. J., were sent to Jail for six years for as saulting Julia Rimer, a young girl A lone bandit held up a passenper train on the El Paso and Southwest ern Hallroad. in Texas. A granrtnifce is to contest the will of Isaac C. Wyman, who bequeathed bis millions to Princeton. Three men were killed outright and sir injured when !nn Mountain fast mail for Texas, will, h carried no passengers, left the rfX.a neir St. Louis and crashed through the brick wall of a manufacturing plant. The executUe committee of the Seaboard Air Line Railway recom mended payment on August 1 of the first coti)on of the company's adjust ment live cer cent, bonds. The Jury In the case of the sugar weighing frauds in New York has received the charge of the Judge, thu summing up having been concluded. Northwestern University, of Chica go, graduated the larcest class in the history of the institution, r,;i2 per sons receiving degrees or diplomas. In the presence of 20.000 Knights of Pythias of Illinois, the Aged Pyth lans and Orphans' Home was dedi cated at Decatur, Illinois. Princeton University will receive about $i,r00,000 as a result of an nouncements made at a special meet ing of the board of trustees. Four people were killed and ono Injured when a locomotive struck a coach returning from a funeral at Haverstraw, N. Y. The search for Esther McarBon, the 16-year-old girl, who left u. borne of her father, Joseph Mearson. a retired jewelry salesman, of New York, looking for office employment and did not return, wa3 continued by detectives and the police without success. At the commencement exercises at Union College the honorary degree of doctor of laws was conferred up on Count Johann von Eernstorff, am bassador of the German Empire to the United States. About 11,000 of the 12,000 strik ing mlneworkerg of the Pennsylvania Coal Company, who have been on strike for the past three weeks, re turned to work. The barkcntlne Good News, for merly of Baltimore, has been lost at sea, Captain Erekson and crew be ing picked up by the British steam er Metis. Fire caused the students of the Overlook Lelleck Military Academy, at Norwalk, Ct., to leap from the second-story windows. An excursion train of ten coacher. was brought to a halt on the brink of 8 burned bridge at Rockport, 111. Mrs. Glendower Evans, a Boston society woman, was arrested for picketing in a labor controversy. Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa., has received gifts ag gregattng $90,000. Foreign Yellow fever has broken out in the Ecuadorian Army, now being with drawn from the Peruvian frontier. Sir Charles Hardinge has been ap ponted British viceroy of India in uccesBloi. to the Earl of Minto. The Russian Douma parsed the bill giving that body authority over the Finnish Diet. The Presbyterian General Assem bly of Canada decided to take no action on the retention In the coro nation oath of the British sovereign of that portion denying belief In Catholic doctrines. Sir George Newne. the founder of the Westminster Gazette. Tit-Bits end the Strand Magazine and the doner of the International Chess Trophy bearing his name, died In London. , Captain Moller. head of the Rcan-dlnavlan-Americnn Steamship Line, died at Copenhagen. Earl Grey sailed for England for consultation with the home govern ment regarding his successor as governor-general of Canada. Herr von LtnJegrist has been ap pointed to succeel P.ernhard Dern Lerg as German secretary of the state for the colonies. Russian police continue to search for Jews in the Province of Smolensk nd drive them out from wherever found. A German aeronaut lost control of Ills biplane, at Budapest, which dash ed Into tbe grandstand. Injuring six women. The King and Queen of Italy re turned to Rome from the earthquake district in Ave'.llno. Fire destroyed 4S0 buildings, in cluding three synagogues, In Borls- sov, KuHsla. At Dorchester Mouse, the residence In London of Ambassador Reid, a re ception wag given in honor of Mr. nd Mrs. Roosevelt to the members of the Pilgrim and American Socie ties. The Itootsevelts sail for Now York tomorrow. The Viscount Maidstone and Miss Mar; aretta Armstrong Drexel, daugh ter of Anthony Drexel, were married t fit. Margaret's Church, West m ins. ter, London. The Princess Agatha Von Ratlbon nd Prince Frederick Wllhelm of Prussia, second cousin of Emperor William, were married at tbe palace t Potsdam. Tbe King and Queen of Italy vis ited the ruins of tbe earthquake at Calltrl One section of the town was burled under tbe walls or ao old cas tle. President Comet, of Cubs, signed tbe bill amending tbe Amnesty Act of l0t. through which a large num. ter ef political offenders are re leased. A suit brought against Commander Peary In Berlin la reported to have been Instituted by Rudolphe Francke, assistant to Dr. coo. Tbe BrltUh Parliament reassem bled, but It la expected the constitu tional crista will be stayed oft until autumn. French vital statistics show a con tinued, decrease to the birth rate in th.St country. 20,000 BED TO BE IN BIS PARADE Xew York Plans a Grat Re ception for Col. Koosevelf. DELEGATIONS FROM DISTANT CITIES. Remarkable Display Expected Next .Saturday When The Former Pres ident Gets Hack Home Spun If h War Veterans Will Hove About 2,000 Out And The Roosevelt Neighbors' Association flOO Gov ernor And Two McmlH-rs Of Cnbi not Will Also He Present. New York (Special). Secretary Cosby, of the Roosevelt Reception Committee, estimates that between 15,000 and 20,000 persons, compris ing local and visiting orcmiznMons, will be in. line along Fifth Avenue next Saturday afternoon at the time of the parade in honor of Theodore Roosevelt's return. R. A. C. Smith, chairman of the harbor display com mittee, rlaces the estimate of boats at something over 100. ' Many or the organiratlons wl'l be In uniform cr wear some insignia of their order, and nearly all will have hands. To earh organization com prising more than 100 persons a block has been assigned on Fifth Ave nue. Many will carry Roosevelt flag and other society flaps and the na tional emblem. They will not march, but will stand In their places as Colo nel Roosevelt, the Rough Riders and other Spanish War Veterans co past. The Hamilton Club, of Chlcaso, under the leadership of John H. Bat ten, will send 100 members, who will go down the bay on the steamship Commodore and later have a stand on Fifth Avenuo. The Pittsburg Business Men's Association will send fiOO, marshaled by Col. A. P. Moore. Omaha will send a delegation and Philadelphia. Cincinnati and other cities will add to the numbers. The Army and Navy Union has ask ed for a place for between 200 and 300; the SpnnlFa War Veterans, who are to march, will turn out about 2.000 locally, and the Roosevelt Neighbors' Association, of Oyster Bay, together with a delegation t?nm the Nassau County Board of Super visors, will have 000 men. Representatives of sovernora will he given positions on the stand at tb? Battery, as will the governors who arc present. Thoy will also go down the bay on one of the cutters to greet the former president. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and Secretary of the Navy Meyer have been assigned positions on the stand and will also go down the bay. LIVING TO BE STILL HIGH Kit. Prediction Hy E. II. Gary, Of The U. S. Steel Corporation. Chcago (Special). Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the executive board of the United States Steel Cor poration, in an interview predicted an increase in the cost of living, a general wage advanco and an ad vance in the cost of production of nearly all commodities. "We are now in the center of one of the greatest harvests of prosper ity the country has ever witnessed," 'said Mr. Gary, "and the future is bright for a continuance of good limes; but with these good times will surely come In Increase in the cost of living. Commodities are going upward; materials are higher and wages are advancing at a fair rate. This means more money for the butcher, baker and others that provide for tbe home. And it Is not only Just and proper, but will make for a better general result all over the country." MADItIZ MUST RE GOOD. More American Marines Are Sent To Rliieflelds. Washington, D. C. (Special). Consul Moffat, at Blueflelds, has con firmed the prers report to the effect that General Rivas, commanding tho Madrlz forces at the bluff, has threatened to prohibit American owned vessels of Nicaragua register, but carrying the United Etates flag, from passing the bluff to and from Blueflelds, if tho vessels at any time have been In the service of the revo lutionary party. Commander Hines, of the Dubu que, informed General Rlvls that he would not permit any Interference with the movements of American owned vessels, and that if fired on he would consider It sufficient ground for attacking the bluff. Lightning Strikes Park. Berlin (Special). Six persons were killed, seventeen severely In jured and more than a hundred slightly hurt by a single shaft of lightning that struck In Jungfern haide park. All the victims were poor working people residing in North Berlin, who were seeking In the park relief from the Intense heat. Tele gra pliers Get More. Washington, D. C. (Special). An increase In wages, amounting to more than $88,000 a year and a de crease In the working hours have been granted to the telegraphers of the Southern Railway by the arbi trators appointed under tho Erdman act to mediate the differences be tween the railway company and its 2,100 telegraphers. Swallowed Pins; Dead. Ecuth Norwalk, Conn. (Bp clal). In the opinion of the coroner, Mrs. Frederick B. Walk in, the young wom an who swallowed a handful of pins with suicidal intent and died after six hours of agony, not only took the pins, but swallowed poison as well. It Is Coroner Huntington's opinion that the pins would not have caused death so quickly. Just what kind ot poison Mrs. Malkln took he was unable to state In his finding, as an autopsy was not performed. A Memorial To Tilde. Washington. D. C. (Special) The Library Committee of the House agreed to report favorably Represen tative Suiter's bill to erect a suitable statue In the City of Washington to the late Samuel J. Tllden. The site end statue are to be selected by the chairmen or me joiai committee on Library of tbe House and Sen ate, the Secretary of Bute and John Blgelovof New York City; Tbe sum of IS, 500 is appropriated for the purpose, vr. Suiter has been advocating the till ever since be came to cosgiesa if years ago. JEWS ARE HUNTED LIKE WILD BEASTS Victims of Persecution Ilide in the Woods. Reports Received Show Unmerciful Treatment Throughout The Oar's Dominions Driven Out Of The Health ResortsThe Cruelties At Kleff A Report Made To The State Department By Tho Ameri can Embassy. Berlin (Special). According to dispatches received here by the Jew ish Aid Society, Jews are being un mercifully evicted from their sum mer country residences throughout Russia. These dispatches set forth that Hebrews are not even permitted to reside In the suburban town, while tho sick who are visting watering places are examined by government commissioners to determine whether their state of health makes their so journ In these places necessary. In most instances, they are driven out. One dispatch says: "The police In the province of Smolensk are draw ing mounted cordons around whole districts daily. Every Jew unable to fully establish a right to domicile is arrested. Many Jews are hiding in the surrounding" woods, where the police are hunting them like wild game. Numbers are fleeing to the country abandoning their homes and effects. Most of those engaged in the grain trade are not allowed to visit the country districts to deal with the farmers, and, accordingdly have given up their business. Kiev. Forty-five Jewish families were expelled from Kiev. Of this number 2'J families were forced to leave the city, without preparation. Others have been given three days In which to arrange for their departure. EKI RUNS INTO FUNERAL Four Persons Killed and One Fata ly Hurt. Awful Cantrophe At A Grade Cross ing At . Haverstraw, X. Y. The Driver Lashed His Horses Fran tically, Hut The Heavy Gates Held Them On The Track And The On lookers Saw The Locomotive Run The Coach Down. Haverstraw, N. Y. (Special). Three mourners, their pastor and their driver sat In a funeral coach here and watched certain death come rushing on them at 50 miles an hour. With a screech of grinding brake" a heavy West Shore freight engine, hurrying south to pick up a freight train at Wcehawken, crashed Into the coach, scattering Its occupants along the right of way, and came slowly to a bault 150 yards beyond the crossing. All the occupants were either killed outright or fatally In jured. The dead: Omath, Rev. A., pastor of the New City Methodist Episcopal Church. Seifred, E. V., New City, N. Y. Selfred, Mrs. E. V., New City, N. Y. Beebe, Williams, HaverstrBW. Fatally Injured: Kessler, Mrs. Perry, skull frac tured, both legs broken and body crushed. The accident was not only un- UBual, but dramatic and horrifying to a degree! It happened at the foot of Graveyard Hill, in full sight of the returning funeral procession of which ebe wrecked coach was the first, and of tbe terrified and help less watchman. The watchman was eating a bite of luncheon In bis little cabin when the tinkle of an eleceric bell warned him of an approaching train. Me chanically he pulled the lever that set the heavy, balanced gates In mo tion. Then, glancing from the open door, he saw a sight that will not be out of bis dreams for many a night. Just what happened will probably never be known, but some eye wit nesses say tbat tbe arms of the cross ing gates, late In descending, block ed tbe coach after It had crossed the first two tracks and held It prisoner on the rails, while the terrified oc cupants sat paralyzed gazing at the onrushlng locomotive. The driver lashed his borses In a futile attempt to force the vehicle from the track until, with a sharp crack, the picture dissipated and It seemed as f the coach literally blew up. Fragments of splintered wood and mutilated shreds of humanity were flung far and wide. The en gine stopped. There was absolute silence save for the hiss of escaping steam. A search for the dead followed. The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Seifred were found side by side 50 yards down tho track. The wife was JuBt returning from the burial of ber father, by whose death she had come Into a tidy fortune. Young Beebe, the driver, was the son of a wealthy llvery-owner. He lay 20 yards near er, stone dead. The Rev. Mr. Romth was the clergyman who bad offici ated at the funeral. Gives $15,000 To Save The Rlrds. New York (Special). Mrs. Rus sell Sage gave $16,000 to the Na tional Association of Audobon Societies for Its work In tbe South. Earlier In the week she gave (500 to the association. The sura of $500 was given to start a special "robin protective fund," which tbe associa tion Is raising In an effort to' protect the robin from extermination In this country. Crushed Under Auto. Indianapolis (Special). Lena Al bert, ot Pittsburg; Janet Scanlan, and Edward Belser, with Jap demons as chauffeur, started out to Mlllersvllle In an automobile to a chicken breakfast. While rounding a short curve In the street one of the tires burst, and Miss Albert, 'seeing tbe machine wabbling, jumped. 8he fell with ber head toward tbe ma chine just as It turned, ber bead be ing caught underneath and crushed Into a shapeless mass. Iielser and demons were both badly Injured. DEAD IN TRUNK IS f, The Woman, Mary Scott Castle, a Former Actress. THE COUPLE OH THEIR HONEYMOON. Her Second Husband. Torter Charl ton, Stepson Of Mrs. Paul Charl ton, Daughter Of Dr. Alfred Wan stall. Of Baltimore Mrs. Chart ton Says The Young Man Married Against His Father's Whites Judge Charlton, Of Washington, The Father, Snys He Relieves Ills Hoy Has Also Been Murdered, rrobably By Jealous Rival. Rome (Special). Detectives are busy trying to solve a mysterious murder at, Lake Como. Fishermen discovered, submerged In a lake near the village of Maltrasio, near Lake Como, a trunk which, when towed ashore and opened, was found to con tain the body of a woman about 30 years old. The head and body of the woman were covered with blood stains. She was evidently killed by blows on the head with some blunt instrument. The body wag jammed In the trunk so tightly that the head rested on the knees. The trunk had been weighted down by stones. The body was dressed In black, and on the left hand was a wedding ring bearing the initials "P. C." There were also in the trunk a packet of letter written In English, a photo graph and two prayer-books. The body has been identified as that of Mrs. Chnrlton, formerly Mary Seott Castle, of Thirty-fourth Street, New York City,. The police believe the woman was not dead when she was placed In the trunk. They think she was stun ned, and while still alive was put In the trunk, which was thrown into the lake. The photograph found in tbe trunk 1b that of a young man about 23 years old. IM.mippeiired From Villa. The woman is believed to have been the wife of an American named Porter Charlton. The couple recently occupied a villa at Maltrasio, but they disappeared several days ago. They had formerly occupied apart ments at the Hotel Suisse, on Lake Como. A Russian Arrested. The police have arrested a Rus sian of the name of Constantine Spolatoff, aged 50 years, who came from St. Petersburg. He was track ed to Roggiano. He admits that he knew the Americans. He gave con tradictory and confused replies to the questions asked him. The police sus pect that the present murder is con nected with the recent murder of Miss Reid at Naples, but refuse to give the reasons for their suspicions. beverci persons who had known the woman In life and viewed her body declared that she had told them she had been married to Porter Charlton, the son of an American naval officer. Charlton is described as being 23 years old. and is said once to have been a student at the university of Pennsylvania. The woman apparently was about 35 years old. LIGHTNING'S MAD PRANKS. Tears Corset From Woman's Body And Shoes From Feet. Pony, Mont. (Special). -During a baseball game at Ennls. lightning struck the grandstand. Mrs. M. E. Buck was holding a sunshade over her bead. The lightning came down tbe shade and branching on Its four rlbe, knocked down five women and four men. Mrs. Buck's corset was torn from ber body and her shoes from ber foet. Mrs. Buck was seri ously Injured, remaining unconscious until late at night. It is thought she will recover. The nine persons knocked down were all more or less burned and Injured. Mrs. Buck being most seriously injured A dog at ber feet was Instantly killed. DIAMOND RING I.N A FISH Is Valued At $50, Hut Man Paid Only 45 Cents For Fhh. Boston (Special). Stanley T. Kedder, of West Brewster, while cleaning a codfish which he bad bought from a fish dealer found In the fish a diamond ring which be es timated to be worth $50. Kedder declares the ring must have been in side tbe fish for two or three years, because It had turned partly black. The original color of pure 14-karat gold, however, was restored when he used polish. The ring bad engraved on the inside "K D O 1804." Mr. Kedder paid 45 cents for the codfish and considers he got a good bargain. Like Juices In Stomach. Kansas City, Mo. (Special). Glu. ten from unbleached flour was as simulated when placed on leaves of a Droeera plant; gluten from bleach ed flour killed the plant, testified Dr. Gustave Mann, a professor in Tu lane University, In the "bleached flour" case. The Drosera plant, ex plained the Professor, contains juices similar to those In tbe human stom ach. Dr. Mann also said he experi mented on animals with the two kinds of flour and found that the bleached product did not digest as easily or as thoroughly as tbe un bleached. Walks With Neck Broken. Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). With his nock broken and supporting his head with both hands to keep It from falling limp onto his shoulders, El mer Grove, 25 years old, walked home with the assistance of two com panions after be bad fallen from a street car. When taken to a hospital later the physicians said the man might live, although the spinal col umn was broken near the base of tbe skull. An operation will be per formed to remove pieces of broken bone. Artist A Suicide, New York (Special). It became known tbat Walter A. Fitch, well known as an artist, wbo died In a hospital in Green port, L. I., had com mitted suicide. Fitch HveJ in Ccs Cob, Ct. His mother Is a wealthy resident of Pasadena, Cat., and be bad been visiting ber for the last eight months, returning Kast only a short time ago. He had been In poor health tor sometime and went to Greenport for the summer. He bought a revolver and shot himself, after leaving notes for his wife and mother, asking tbair forgiveness. . GOSPEL OF HEALTH PREACHED TO 4,000,000 Churchgoers and 40, 000 Sermons. Great Work Done Ry National As sociationMuch Good Accomplish ed In Educating People In Fight ing Dread Disease Foreign Coun tries Observed The Day Also. New York (Special). Over 4,000, 000 churchgoers, nearly 40,000 ser mons and preachers, and more than 1,250,000 pieces of literature, are some of the totals given in a pre liminary report Issued by the Nation al Association for the Study and Pre vention of Tuberculosis, of the re sults of the first National Tuber culosis Sunday ever held, on April 24. The report states that fully one eighth of the 33,000,000 listed com municants of the churches of the United States beard the gospel of health on Tuberculosis Sunday, and that the number of people who were reached by notices and sermons printed In the newspapers will ag gregate 25,000,000. Hardly a paper in the country failed to announce the occasion. From clipping returns received at the National Association's head quarters, it is estimated that fully 20,000 newspapers, magazines, re ligious and technical journals gave publicity to this national event. For this assistance on the part ot the press, the National Association de sires to express its thanks. Although the movement for Tu berculosis Sunday was handicapped by a lack of time and funds, the National Association feels that the campaign has been worth while. Many foreign countries observed the day also. Plans are now under way for a wider observance of the day In 1911. Tho uctive co-operation of every religious denomination, be sides that of the governors, mayors and public officials, as well as that of other agencies, will be sought. The promoters of this movement announce that they do not wish to Interfere with the church calendar of any denomination. It is not planned to have a special Tubercu losis Sunday as a regular church day. The plan Is to have the subject of health, and particularly tuberculosis, brought up in the churches for any service or part of a service and as nearly simultaneously in all parts of the country as possible. BUTCHERED BY WASHINGTON BY TELEGRAPH L. De Lara, a political refugee from Mexico, told tho House Rules Committee a dramatic story of per secution by Americans and Mexican officers in this country. According to the Bureau of Statis tics, the imports under the Payne tariff law for the first nine months were greater than under previous tariffs. The Emporer of Japan sent to President Taft a cablegram express ing his appreciation of the reception accorded Prince and Princess Fu-1 shlml. The Western Union Telegraph Company was indicted by the Fed eral Grand Jury on the charge of violating the bucketshop law. Broodle L. Duke, the tobacco mag nate, of Durham, N. C, was quietly married to Miss Mylanta Roschelle, of Durham, N. C. Secretary of State Knox wants $25,000 so the government can par ticipate In the International Opium Conference at The Hague. Brigadier General William L. Mar shall, chief of engineers, United States Army, retired from active serv ice. Railroads filed a notice with the Interstate Commerce Commission postponing the operation ot the ad vanced freight rates until after the new railroad law has gone Into effect. The Interstate Commission decided that tbe agreement between the Pres ident and the railroad officials Involv ed only freight and not commutation passenger ratee. The House passod the Postal Sav lngs Bank Bill, and the Senato adopt ed the conference report on the Rlv- ers and Harbors Bill. Secretary of the Navy Meyer has commended James Denver, a seaman, for bravery In rescuing a shipmate from drowning. Senator Dixon has lntorduced a bill for tbe Incorporation ot the Vet eran Reserve Corps as a "third line of defense." Tbe new Turkish Ambassador to the United States, Youssouf Zla, made his first official call to Secre tary Knox. President Taft accepted the resig nation of Maurice D. O'Connell, so licitor ot the Treasury Department. President Taft refused to receive Representative Burton Harrison, who had come as spokesman for a dele gation. Medical Director Richard C. Dean, U. S. N.. retired, died at his resi dence. The President refused to order the removal of the Twenty-fifth Reg iment, colored, from Seattle because ot an assault charged to have been made on a white woman by a soldier. The Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill and the conference report on the Rivers and Harbors Bill occupied tbe attention ot the Senate. Nearly a million acres of arable Jand In New Mexico will be thrown open to settlement by the President's proclamation. Major General Wm. H. Carter as sumed tbe duties ot acting chief of staff of the Army. A memorial sent by the Illinois Voters' League making formal charges of bribery against Senator Lorlmer was laid before the Senate. A. Piatt Andrew was sworn In as assistant secretary of the Treasury. First Lieutenant Edmund B. Igle. hart. Third nfantry, U. 8. A..' was examined by an army retiring board at Annapolis, preliminary to being retired from active service. Governor Clark, cf Alaska, tes tified before tbe Senate Committee to tbe good oharacter ot Rustgard and Faulkner, nominated for federal officers la the territory Attorney General Wlckershan has decided that Richard Parr is entitled to recover from tbe government for Information against the Sugar Trust Details of the Massacre in a Mexican Town. TROOPS HUNTING DOWN IHE REDS. One Man Cut Down Before His Wife And His Body Hacked To Pieces The Mayor. Chief Of Tolice. Town Treasurer And The Chief Of The Telegraph Office Among The Vic tlms Sacked Building In Which They Had Taken Refuge. Mexico. City (Special). With telegraph wires cut and operators murdered or forced to flee for their lives, definite Information Is lacking as to the present situation at Valla dolld, Yucatan, the scene of a bloody massacre by Indan insurgents sever al days ago. Meagre advices receiv ed by the government estimate the number of killed at 40. More than 2.000 Indians are said to have been engaged In the attack. The Insurgents held Valladolld at last accounts, having fortified them selves in the jail and other buildings. Federal and state troops and volun teers, numbering 2,000 men, are con centrating at Daltas, near Valladolld,' and are about to march on the reb els. Gen. Ignaclo Bravo, commander of the Tenth military tone, whose headquarters Is at Santa Crux de Bravo, In the Province of Qulntana Roo. has been ordered to the scene to take command. Those engaged in the uprising are chiefly Indians of the towns of Xocen and Chlchl mllla. who never have been submis sive to authority. Reports as to the cause of the outbreak are conflicting. Some de clare that it began with a protest against certain orders Issued bv the civil officer (Jefe Politico), in charge of the municipality, while others say that It was the result of a drunken spree. Whatever Its origin. It appears to have had some semblance of or ganization and Is said to have been led by political malcontents. Col. Bonllla Montenegro, formerly at the head of the civil government of Val ladolld, Is said to have been in com mand of the raiders. The first attack was made on the building containing all public offices. After sacking this building, the riot ers turned the attention to Jefe Politico Regll. The slaughter began in the nght, and it was 2 A. M. when the attack was made oh the building where Regll and many citizens had taken refuge. A bloody butchery followed. The wife of Regll left her four children and went to the assistance of her husband, seeking through her tears and prayers to reach the hearts of tbe Infuriated raiders. Regll was . cut down before the eyes of his wife and big body was hacked to pieces. The wife, also, Is said to have been murdered, as were all of the 20 men in the build ing. Later the six gendarmes in the town met a similar fate. The people were terrified. Many fled In the direction of Merlda. The mob surged through the town, cry ing for blood and pillage. Victor Ojed, judge of the first Instance, fell Into their hands and was assassinat ed. Other victims were Florentine Echaratta. commander of the police; Jose Maria Hernades. second In com mand; Pedro Hernandez, mayor of the town, the treasurer, Jose E. Trlay, chief of the telegraph office at Valladolld: Alonzo V.' Annueva and Demertlo Rlvero, merchants, whose stores were also sacked. It is claimed that Triay was put to death after horrible tortures. Otber operators fled to the country and escaped. POET BARRED OUT. Immigration Officiate Don't Thin-, Poetry Will Pay. New York (Special). The immi gration authorities decided that to write prose and poetry Is not a re liable means of livelihood. Their ruling was in the case of William Peterson, of local celebrity to New York Scandinavians for his writings, who has lived In this country 12 years without ever taking out natur alization papers. When he returned after a brief visit to Denmark with only $24 in cash and could only give his pen as his means cf support, he was exclud ed and then ordered deported. Peterson Is 50 years old and a bach elor, ot established good character. On the way over he aroused great enthusiasm among tbe immigrants by delivering an address on "Amer ica, and how to succeed there." Eleven Aviators To Race Indianapolis. Ind. (Special). Eleven aviators already have entered the national aeroplane race meet to be held all of next week at the In dianapolis Speedway. Six of the aeroplanes belong to the Wrighf brothers and will be manned by members of their staff. The otber five entrants own their machine in dividually. Bolt Hits BayoneU; Kills. St. Petersburg (Special). Light ning struck the bayonets In a patrol that was maneuvering at Krasnoye Selo, killing one soldier and fatally injuring another. 1 Aviator Gets A Tumble. , New York (Special). Clifford B Harmon, an amateur, was jolted from the seat of hit teroplane and hurled to the ground as he waa about to alight after a flight at Mlneola, L, I. He escaped with a bad shaking up and a few bruises, but tbe ma chine was wrecked. One of the pro peller blades waa driven into tbe ground, baiting the machine and pre-' venting more serious consequence,. Glenn H. Curtlss was one of the wit nesses of the accident. Belaya Still Plotting. New Orleans ( Special ). Louis Cousin, brotber-ln-law of Zelaya, the deposed president of Nlcarauga, pass ed through this city few days ago enroute to Nicaragua, under an as sumed name, according to informa tion which has developed here.' He Is said to have eome direct from Belgium, where Zelaya Is supposed to be stopping, and his return ty Ntcsragua la considered here as fore casting some Important move by the titular government , . f i . . ; . , PENNSYLVANIA Marriage Swindling Charge. Lancaster. David H. Hartman aged about 25 years, of East Petcn! burg, a little village near here, wM held under $1,000 ball for trial the United States' DUtrlct Court og a charge of having used the malls to defraud. The arrest was made bj Postofflce inspector Shoenberg and Deputy United States Marshall Thom aa, both of Philadelphia. With tfa arrest of Hartman, the authority declare they have broken up one of the most fartrenchlng matrimonial swindles in recent years. Hartman, who Is a boy in appear ance, advertised Tar and wide, tbe authorities allege, that a certain Catharine L. Hartman, of East Petersburg, wanted a husband. Tho replies came thick and fast and the prospective wooers were mulcted for sums ranging from $3 to 15. The field covered a dozen states and to inquirers Hartman sent t photograph of his wlfo, who, it la said, can neither read nor write. The postofflce inspector states that Htirt man admitted having gotten into the matrimonial game after a relative had married through this medium. Dog Raves Boy's Life. Chester. Howard. Johnson, an 8-year-old boy, of Upland, was resrufj from drowning by a Newfoundland dog. The lad was playing about tbe Cro'zer mill property when he trip ped and fell into Chester River. Hlg cries attracted the attention of a fish erman on the opposite side of the stream. Realizing that it would be Impossible for him to get to the hoy In time he despatched his dog after the ciild. Tho canine swam swiftly to the boy, and catching his clothing firmly between Its teeth, swam ashore, although the weight of the lad kept Its nose under the water the greater part of tho time. A playmate of the boy bad seen him fall into the river. He notified the lad's mother, Mrs. Howard John son, who arrived on the scene just as the dog was trying to scramble up the bank with his burden. Grasp, ing the boy In her arms she helped the animal to dry land, where she alternately hugged boy and dog. Neck Broken By Fall. PIttsbur-. With his neck broken and supporting bis head with both bands to krer. It from falling limp onto his shoulders. Elmer Grove, 25 years old. walked home with thj as sistance of two companions after he bad fallen from a street car. When taken to a hospital later the physicians said. the man might live, although the spinal column wss broken near the base of the skull. An operation will be performed to remove pieces of broken bone. Hat Costs Man His Life. Easton. Howard F. Siegfried, aged 40, a milkman, was killed near bis home in Forks Township by losing his seat on bis wagon, while it waa descending a' hill. A gust of wind blew off his hat and In trying to recover It, he lost his balance, fell forward under the feet of one of his horses. The team ran away and two wheels of the wagon passed over his head. Toy Pistol Gives Boy Lockjaw. Shenandoah. While eleven-year-old Sullivan Tenant was firing a blank cartridge revolver, he accl dently ahot himself in the left hand. Lockjaw developed and physicians give little hope of the boy's recovery. This is the third accident of this kind occurring the past six days. The authorities have taken steps to stop tbe sale of all these weapons. Raise $R8,000 Eor Cretans. Collegevllle. Tbe annual meeting of the board of directors of Urslnus College was held at which the report of the committee having in charge the fortieth anniversary fund was received, showing tbat $58,000 has been raised in honor ot the anniversary. Button Saves Man's Life. Hazleton. John Kopsy, of Colo ralne, owes his life to a button on bis coat. During a fight at Colo ralne, John Bokops. it is alleged, shot at Kopsy and aimed at his heart The ball struck a button and was deflected, causing only a slight flesh wound. Berks 8oclaMU Elect Officers. Reading. At the annual meeting o' the Berks Socialists the following officers were elected: Orgainzer, Birch Wilson; recording secretary, Charles A. Herner; financial secre tary, Wade Stlne; treasurer, Caleb Harrison; literary agent, P. W. Siote; assistant. -Wayne Sands; librarian, Edward Stump. Portraits For Wilson College. Chamberaburg. Two portraits of former presidents of Wilson College were presented to the institution by members of tbe alumnae. It being Alumnae Day- Tbe portraits were of Dr. Tryon Edwards, the first pres ident, and Dr. Joton Edgar. They were tbe gifts of Mrs. A. Nevtn Pom eroy, or Chamberaburg, a membor of the board of trustees, and Mrs. Q. Fred Zlegler, of Greencatter. The address waa made by Dr. John Grler Hlbben. professor ot loglo at Prince ton University. , t Cermaa Alii ace la PottsvUle. PottsviUe. As the result of a visit here by C. A. Haxamer, of Philadel phia, national president of tbe German-American Alliance, a branch waa instituted In PottsviUe. It start out with a large membership, ad tbe charter rolls will be kept open for several weeks. The oncers elect ed are: President, A. W. Bhalck; Nldboles Ianbauw, Drat vice-president; O. W. Btrtgel, second vloe president; K. H. Meyers, secrefT; and Mai Minderjahn. tr ?-. r
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