A Nihilist Tirows a Bomb in the
treets of St. Petersburg.
THE ASSASSIN WAS CAPTURED.
Minister of Justice Stoned While on
His Way to Report His
Coileague’s Death.
M. von Plehve, Russian Minister of
the Interior, was assassinated in St.
Petersburg by a bomb thrown at his
carriage while he was driving to the
Baltic station to take a train for the
palace at Peterhof, where he was to
make his weekly report te the Em-
peror. The minister's coachman was
also killed, a number of pedestrians
were wounded and the carriage in
which Von Plehve was riding was re-
duced to kindling.
As Minister of Justice Maravieft
was driving to the Peterhof palace
to report to Emperor Nicholas the
assassination of Minister von Pleh-
ve, stones were thrown at him and his
carriage windows were broken. The
identity of the minister’s assailants
has not yet been discovered.
“Plre assassination of Minister von
Plehve is believed to be the outcome
of a widespread plot, the existence
of which had been suspected for sev-
eral days. Numerous arrests have
already been made, including that of
the assassin, a young man who is be-
lieved to be a Finn named Leglo, and
who is now in a hospitl severely and
perhaps fatally injured by the explo-
sion of his own bomb. An accom-
plice of Leglo, also apparently a Finn,
but whose name is unknown, has
been arrested. He had in his pos-
session a bomb which he tried to
throw, but he was overpowered by
the police just in time to prevent
great loss of life. When throwing
the bomb the assassin sheuted:
“Long live freedom.”
The minister's death was instan-
taneous. When the body was un-
dressed at his residence not a sinzle
wound was found on the trunk, but
the lower part of the face was liter-
ally blown away. A heap of debris
from the carriage, a portion of the
coachman’s uniform, mute and
tered in the street.
The assassin wore a brown over-
coat and a railroad official's cap. He
stood on the sidewalk just as Minis-
ter von Plehve’s carriage was about
to cross the canal bridge near the
station.
piti- | on
able relics of the tragedy were scat-| men,
‘ese fire and caused them to shift their
The minister was escorted |
by a number of detectives on bicycies, |
and one of them jostled the assassin,
who then rushed into the road and
threw the bomb
The missile struck the hind wheel
and exploded with fearful force, kill- |
ing or wounding over a score of per- |
BONS.
coachman were killed outright,
an officer of the guard was fatally
injured.
One of the cyclist detectives arrest-
Minister von Plehve and his |
and |
ed the ‘assassin, who endeavored to |
escape, though wounded by splinters
In the face, arm and abdomen. He
made no attempt at resistance, how-|
ever, when seized by the detective
and confessed his crime, but refused
to give his name.
The police immediately after the
explosion arrested a suspicious indi-
vidual who took refuge in a hotel op-
posite the scene of the tragedy.
carried a bomb similar to that thrown
by Leglo. As soon as the
He |
police |
saw the bomb they scattered, but an
employe of the hotel rushed up be-
hind the accomplice and pinned his
arms.
M. Durnovo, who was assistant to
M. von Plehve, Minister of the Inter-
lor, has been appointed to succeed to
the office ' until a new minister is]
chosen.
Slocum Case Indictments.
Captain Van Schaick, Federal
Steamboat Inspector Fleming and
former Inspector Lundberg were in-
dicted by the federal grand jury in
New York in connection with the dis-|
aster of the General Slocum on June
15 last when nearly 1,000 lives were
lost.
mander of the Slocum.
WOMEN WERE ACQUITTED.
Their Accuser Arrested and Must
Stand Damage Suits.
Mrs. Evaline M. Schopfer and her
sister, Aurora Cupps, who were on
trial at Pittsburg, were acquitted of
husbard of one and brother-in-law of
the other woman. J. Henry Jahn,
,who made the charge of murder
against the women and was the star
witness for the commonwealth,
fail.
As soon as the women were
Van Schaick was the com-|
is in|
re- |
leased they entered suits against Jahn |
for $20,000 damages for
defamation |
of character and the annoyance they |
had ' been put to by the charge of
murder.
CAR STRUCK AUTO.
and Woman Killed in Accident
Near Sidney, O.
Arthur Nutt and Miss
Man
Amelia
Davis were killed four miles north |
»f Sidney, O., by their automobile be-
ng struck by a work car on the elec-
tric line. Nutt was an Ann Arbor
student home for a vacation. Miss
pavis was a former student at Ox-
lord, O.
—_—
Turks Kill 50 Bulgarians.
On Sanday last a detachment of
troops near Kumanouva surprised a
Bulgarian band of 52 men, who were
jetting fire to the granaries. The
band was destroyed, only two of them
escaping.
New Steel Company Incorporated.
The Steel Company- of America,
with an authorized capital of $3,000,
800, was ihcorporated at Trentoen, N.
J. to manufacture and deal in steel
and other metals. incorporators
are A. H. Henderson, A. E Smith
_ and E. C. Sjcardj, of Jersey City
The
after the carriage. | mittee. It
the murder of Charles T. Schopfer | befship in the Phi Beta Kappa So-
JAPS LOST HEAVILY. i
Casualties at Ta Tche Kiao Reported |
Over 4,000.
The Japanese loss at Ta Tche Kiao |
is estimated at from 4,000 to 5,000, |
resulting chiefly from their attempts
to take entrenched positions in the
face of heavy artillery fire.
The Russian artillery was beiter
disposed than in any previous fight.
The baiteries scientifically supported
each other, all of them being in a
position to deliver the most effective
fire. On the last day's fight, July
24, the Russians fired 4,016 shots,
and frequently smothered the Japan-|
batteries. Colonel Paschenko, whose
battery distinguished itself, had a
marvelous escape. He was thrown
bodily into the air by the explosion
of a melinite shell, but was unharmed
and continued to fight.
SUICIDE OF BANK RECEIVER.
Body of W. G. Taafel Found in the
Licking River.
W. G. Taafel, receiver for the New-
ark, O., Savings bank, general mana-
ger of the Citizens Electric I.ight and
Power Company, Supreme Secretary
of the American Protective TJnion,
Secretary of St. Luke's Commandery,
Knights Templar, and a ‘prominent
member of St. Paul's Lutheran |
Church, committed suicide by drown- |
ing himself in the north fork of the]
Licking river.
A note was found on Mr. Taafel’s
desk, addressed to his wife, saying
that he was wholly innocent of any
wrong-doing at the defunct savings
bank, and that every dollar he had
in the world was gone. He ended
by saying: “I must end this mis-
ery.”
TWO KILLED IN WRECK.
Trains Running Forty Miles an Hour
Meet in Cut.
In a wreck on the Pennsylvania]
Railroad at Sharpsville, Pa., two men |
were killed and five others were hurt. |
The dead are: James Robinson, of |
New Castle, engineer; Charles Mec-|
Williams, of New Castle, fireman.
The injured were:, John Baptist, of
Erie, conductor of passenger engine,
face, hand and legs cut; R. J. Jones,
of Erie, 22 years old, head and hands
cut and possibly internally injured;
M. West, of Pittsburg, traveling sales-
back sprained body bruises.
Train No. 217, hauling two passenger
coaches and a baggage car, and an
engine running extra, met in a cut
while running over 40 miles an hour.
World’s Fair Salaries Cut.
An order reducing the salaries of
all those employed at the World's
Fair was issued by the Board of Di-
rectors through the Executive Com-
is to take effect on Au-
gust 1 and will affect every employe
who receives a salary over $50 a
month.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
W. M. Langhorne, of Virginia, has
been appointed consul at Chungking,
China.
American railroad accidents in the
first quarter of 1904 resulted in the
killing of 919 persons, while 12,444
persons were injured.
The arid-land reclamation fund in
the United States Treasury has been
increased to $25,000,000.
Gas made from cocoanut oil is used
for illuminating purposes in the Phil-
ippines.
English Liberals gained a Parlia-
mentary seat in West Shropshire in
a contest over the tariff.
A statement was made that the
Archbishop of Canterbafry would ar-
rive in America about August 27 or
28.
The decree of foreclosure of the
$16,000,000 mortgage against the
United States Shipbuilding Company
in favor of several New York trust
companies was signed in the United
States Circuit Court by Judgze Platt
in Connecticut.
George Robinson, a convict, serv-
ing a three-year sentence for burg-
lary committed in Hudson county, N.
J., died in State prison hospital of
tuberculosis, ten minutes after a par-
don for him had reacfied the insti-
tution.
Fire in the Chicago stockyards dam-
aged Swift's Tard factory, and the
teamsters joined the strike.
William Pickens, the young negro
who was graduated with high hon-
ors at Yale a month ago, has just
been notified of his election to mem-
ciety.
Millionaire Benson is Discharged.
John A. Benson, the California mil-
lionaire, who was under indictment
in Washington on a charge of con-
spiracy to defraud the United States
by the acquisition of school lands
known as forest reserve lieu lands,
was discharged in the United States
Circuit Court at New York.
A general resumption of work has
been ordered in the Joliet plant of
the Illinois Steel Company. About
1,500 men will be put to work.
Secretary Hatzell Resigns.
Charles Hartzell, Secretary of Porto
Rico, has announced his resignation
to take effect in October. He will
represent the insular government at
the trial of the cases next winter in-
volving the title to property worth
$3,000,000, claimed on one side by the
h and on the other by
Cc
Catholic Chur
the island and municipalities.
Attacked by a Bear.
After being viciously attacked and
mangled by an infuriated Russian
pear in the presence of the Sunday
crowd at the Highland Park Zoo,
Pittsburg, Gerhard Muser, aged 51, a
keeper, wa ed James Neal,
another atte who, single-hand-
ed, sprang into the cage and beat the
beat into submission with a strong
i But f Neal the bear cer-
ry would have Kille Muser, who
armed and at the mercy of the
on Lar.
ROBBERS SHOT PAYMISTE
Fatally Wound Him and Kill His
Driver near Portage, Pa.
GCT $3,000 AND ESCAPED.
One Victim Hit With 37 Buckshot
and Died Half an Hour
After the Attack.
Charles Hays, a driver employed
by the Puritar Coal Company, is
dead, and Patrick Campbell, the com-
pany’s paymaster, lies perhaps fatally |
hos- |
wounded at the Altoona, Pa.
pital, as the result of a holdup and
murder in the township road lead-
ing trom Portage, Cambria county,
to the mining town of Puriian.
The two were in a buggy taking a
satchel containing about $3,000 with
which to pay the coal company’s em-
ployes ,at Puritan from the Adams
express office at Portage to the coal
town. :
quarters of a mile out of Portage thay
were * suddenly fired upon by three
men armed with shotguns. Hays
fell to the bottom of the buggy
pierced by 37 buckshot, being wound- |
ed in his neck and breast. - He died
about a half-hour later. Campbell
was hit in the shoulder and fell from
the buggy. The highwaymen came
out from their place of hiding in the
wood to the right of the road, se-
cured the satchel holding the money
and escaped.
STRIKERS KEEP POLICE BUSY.
One-Fourth of Chicago Force Needed
About Stock Yards.
Chicago is strike ridden. There is
nsw required one-fourth of the police |
force to maintain the peace where
the workers
to prevent others from working
their places. This is no temporary
condition. Foi three years scarcely
a day has been known when less than
200 of Chicago's force of 2,700 police- |
men were needed to prevent labor dis-
order. On the occasion of the team-
sters, the street car employes and the
present packing trade strike this
number has had to be increased al-
most 1,000.
Besides the strike at the stock
yards there are now 91 other places in
which policemen are detailed to guard |
non-union men and protect the prop-|
erty of employes who have had disa-|
employers. |
Sunday Chief O’Neil received the re-|
port that 475 patrolmen were on duty |
at the stock yards and 250 at other]
greements with their
places, making a total on strike duty
of 725 men.
PASSENGERS ROBBED.
Mai! Cars Uncoupled from Engine
and Dynamited.
Rock Island train No. 4, which left
El Paso, Tex., was held up near Tu-
cumcari, N. M., and robbed. The
passengers were lined up and their
valuables taken from them, after
which the express and mail cars were
uncoupled from the train and run
about two miles up the track and
there dynamited and robbed.
The robbery was reported at Logan,
a small station some distance from
Tucumcari, by one of the passengers,
who had escaped the robbers. At
the headquarters of the El Paso and
Northeastern railroad the news of
the train robbery has received partial
confirmation, but the officials say
they can learn nothing definite, as the
holdup occurred off their division.
VENEZUELA MUST PAY.
Germany Demands Prompt Settles
ment of Interest on Award.
It is reported that Herr Pelldram,
the German minister at Caracas, has
delivered an
the amount of the award to be paid
to Germany as stipulated in the pro-
tocols signed by Herbert W. Bow-
en, representing Venezuela, in Feb-
ruary, 1903. If this demand is not
complied with, the report says, the
minister wili leave Caracas August 4.
EXILE IS NOT IMPROBABLE.
Finn Professor Taken to St. Peters.
burg Under a Guard.
The father of Eugen Schumann, the
Bobrikoff, Gov-
been
sent to St. Petersburg under an escort
assassin of General
ernor General of Finland, has
of gendarmes.
Prof. Gummerus, of the University
of Finland, has been exiled to Rus-
sia, being the fourth prefessor from
this institution to be exiled since the
General Bobrikoff. Noth-
ing is known here of Leglo, the al-
leged name of the assassin of Minis-
theugh rumors are
afloat that he was in Helsingfors three
murder of
ter von Plehve,
weeks ago.
Found Dead in River.
The dead and badly decomposed
body of Joseph Lamar, Jr, of Pitts-
burg, was found in a clump of willows
near the Panhandle freight station at
Wheeling, W. Va. A knife wound
through the heart may have been
self-infli but the police incline
in a murder theory.
e to disclose.
WORLD'S FAIR VISITORS.
Numher of Admissions Gaining De-
spite Extremely Hot Weather.
The statement of the
mi ) for the week
30) was given out by the
ms
of the week previous.
attendance
admissions
week's
total of
Fair since its
to the
When at a point about three- |
rctuse to work and try |
in |
| with 100 rattlesnakes.
ultimatum demanding
the immediate payment by the Vene-
zuelan government of the interest on
A thorough in-
t:gation is being made, and the au-
s are Delieved to already be in
n of facts which they do not
recorded ad-
ending July
World’s Fair
management and shows an attendance
ng that period of 551,842 persons,
ynsiderable gain over the record of
Last
brings the grand
World’s
opening up to 5,657,577.
JAPS OCCUPY NEW CHWANG.
Troops Enter Stronghold After Czar's
Army Take Flight.
Special dispatches from the Far
East confirm the news of the Japan-
ese occupation of New Chwang, but do
not give any further details of the
fighting.
The Japanese occupied New
Chwang on the 25th. It is reported
that heavy fighting has occurred be-
tween Liao Lang and } ukden.
Lloyd's: agency at New Chwang
wires that 50 Japanese cavalrymen
have entered New Chwang. The
French flag is flying from all the
Russian buildings. The town is
quiet.
It is reported that the Japanese lost
380 in killed and wounded in the
fighting which has taken place outside
of New Chwang during the last two
days. The Russian losses during
| the engagements are not known. It
{1s reported that the Japanese took
| the Russian position at Ta Tche Kiao
‘at the point of bayonet.
|
CONDITIONS ARE GOOD.
i
|
| All Crops Reported Progressing All
| Over the Country.
The weekly crop report of
| Weather Bureau, is as follows:
| While rather cool for best results
in the Lake region and portions of
the Central valleys, with lack of sun-
shine and tco much rain in the Mid-
| dle Atlantic and Central Gulf States,
| the weather conditions of the week
ending July 25, as a whole, were favor-
able. Limited areas in the South At-
lantic States, Tennessee and the Ohio
and Upper Missouri valleys and North
| Pacific coast need rain. With the ex-
| ception of portions of the Central
| Missouri Valley excellent weather for
! harvesting and thrashing prevailed in
the Central valleys, where harvesting
| is nearly finished and thrashing has
made rapid progress. Quite generous
and much-needed rains occurred in
the Middle and Southern Rocky Moun-
tain districts, partially relieving the
severe and protracted drought.
the
| BIG ORDER FOR SNAKES.
Man Furnishes Many Rattlers for the
Smithsonian Institution.
| Jacob Shilling, of Clover Creek,
| Blair county, Pa., has closed another
contract with the Smithsonian Insti-
tution at Washington to furnish it
Shilling has
| been engaged in capturing rattle-
snakes on contracts for a number of
years. Every year he supplies the
Smithsonian Institution with new
specimens. All the snakes are
caught with a forked hickory stick.
The poisonous fangs are always re-
moved by Shilling before he ships the
| snakes, to guard against mishaps at
| the other end of the line. It is es-
timated that he derives an income of
$2,000 a year from snake catching.
FACES CHARGE OF MURDER.
Contractor Held for Criminal Court at
Parkersburg, W. Va.
| Jack Carlin, a wealthy brick con-
| tractor, was held for Criminal Court
at Parkersburg, W. Va., charged with
having murdered Frank McCabe,
white, and with shooting with intent
to kill Arch Justice, a negro. Carlin
fired five shots at Justice a week ago.
One went wild, killing McCabe, and
another almost fatally wounding Jus-
tice, for whom it was intended.
The charge against Carlin is mur-
der in the first degree, the killing of
McCabe constituting this under the
circumstances by West Virginia
statutes.
|
|
|
Japanese Lost Eight Hundred.
In a daring night attack against a
Russian force, estimated at five divi-|
sions with one hundred guns, General |
Oku succeeded in driving the enemy
from their strong line of defense south
of Tatchekiao. Advancing on Sunday
General Oku found a superior force |
confronting him and that a heavy artil- |
lery fire from the enemy was checking |
his men. He thereupon decided to]
hold the position he then held and to
attempt a night surprise. This was
successful, the Japanese troops hust-
ling the Russians into retreat to Tat- |
chekiao. The Japanese had only 800
casualties. No estimate of the Rus-|
sian losses are given.
|
ENGAGEMENT DENIED.
Both Ex-Senator Davis and Mrs. Rey- |
nolds Contradict Report.
Ex-Senator H. G. Davis refused flat-
ly to be interviewed on the subject of
his proposed marriage to Mrs. John
Reynolds, of Shepherdstown, W. Va,
but denied the story, and said that
there was absolutely no truth in the
report. It could be plainly seen that |
the ex-Senator had been very much |
disturbed by the reports coming from |
Shepherdstown.
Mrs. John Reynolds, of Shepherds-
town, W. Va., made an emphatic de-
nial of the report of her engagement
to former Senator Henry G. Davis.
She said there was no foundation for
the report and was indignant that
such a false statement was published.
Russia Arming Volunteers.
The London Times says that six
German steamers have been charter-
ed to take $1,500,000 worth of war ma-
terial from Hamburg to Constantino-
ple. The inference is drawn, accord-
ing to the Times, that this material
is intended for the equipment of the]
Russian volunteer steamers or other |
Russian warships in the Black Sea.
Tramps Kill Operator,
L. W. Coxe, of Columbus, O., a tele |
graph operator on the Norfolk and |
Western Railroad, was shot and ins- |
tantiy killed and Police Officer otis |
Riley was seriously wounded by two |
tramps 1n the railroad yards at Will- |
iamson, W Va. A posse of railroad |
men caught the tramps, who gave|
their names as Richard Martin and |
Peter Donaghue, of Kentucky. Riley |
is in a critical condition. Threats |
are being made against the prisoners. |
| gion.
ROOSEVELT WAS NOTIFIED
Formal Announcement of Nom-
ination at Sagamore Hill.
PROMINENT MEN PRESENT.
Guests Were Entértained at Luncheon
cn the Veranda of Presi
dent's House.
President Roosevelt was notified
formally on the 27th of his nomina-|
tion for the Presidency by the Re-
publican National Convention. The
ceremony took place at his country
home at Sagamore Hill, three miles
from Oyster Bay. In accordance
with the wish of the President, the
ceremony was made as simple as
possible.
The formal notification of the ac
tion of the convention was made on
behalf of ‘a committee representing
every state and territory in the |
United States, by Joseph G. Cannon,
Speaker of the House of Representa
tives.
On arrival at Sagamore Hill, the
committeemen were received by Pres-
ident Roosevelt, Mrs. Roosevelt and
National Chairman George B. Cortel-
+
you.
All of the house guests of the Pres-
ident were gathered on the veranda
and as the occupants of each carriage
alighted they were welcomed by the
President and each was presented to
Mrs. Roosevelt.
At the conclusion of the informal
reception, the ceremony of notifica-
tion began. While the members of
the family, the house guests and some
of the visitors were assembled on the
veranda, a majority of those in attend-
ance gathered on the lawn facing the
veranda.
Following the address, President
Roosevelt held an informal reception
and received the congratulations of
the committee on his speech.
Among the invited guests were
Chairman George B. Cortelyou, Gov-
ernor B. B. Odell, Senator T. C. Platt,
Senator John Kean, of New Jersey,
former Secretary Root, Cornelius N.
Bliss and former Governor Frank S.
Black.
INDEMNITY WANTED.
Protest Against Russian
Seizure of the Arabia.
The State Department at Washing-
ton has finally received a formal pro-
test against the action of the Rus-
sian navy in seizing American goods,
and as a result of its preliminary
study of the law and precedents gov-
erning the subject it is prepared to
act energetically and promptly. This
protest relates to seizure of an Amer-
ican cargo on board the Hamburg-
Formal
American steamer Arabia, bound
from Portland, Ore. for Hongkong,
China.
United States Senator J. H. Mitch-
ell, of Portland, Ore., telegraphed the
department a statement of the condi-
tions under which the Arabia car-
ried out this cargo. Mr. Mitcheil
stated that he represented the Port-
land Flour Milling Company, which
had shipped on the Arabia for Hong-
kong 99,000 sacks of flour worth about
$100,000. He declared that this flour
was in no sense contraband, for it
was not destined for Japan, and it
was part of the normal trade of the
company, and was not a war order.
Mr. Mitchell requested the department
to take the necessary steps to secure
indemnity and satisfaction for the
owners of the flour, and also to pro-
tect legitimate neutral trade from
such serious interference as these at-
tacks by the Vladivostok squadron.
The officials decline to say what
course they intend to pursue save for
a declaration that there would be
no inconsiderate action; that the
whole subject of interference with
American trade by belligerents in the
present war will be considered, and
each protest that may be forwarded
will be part of a uniform and consist-
ent policy to be followed by the de-
partment.
VILLAGE DESTROYED.
Twenty-Five Killed and
Taken Into Captivity.
The London Daily Mail publishes a
dispatch from Taurus, Asia Minor,
saying that on July 13 the well-known
chief, Cheikh Salan, attacked and de-
stroyed the village of Ootchkilissa.
Twenty-five persons were killed, in-
cluding a priest and servants attach-
ed to a convent. ‘Women were taken
into slavery. The dispatch says that
massacres are expected in the Sand-
jek of Bayazil and immediate help is
urgently called for.
Women
Connelisville Coke Report.
Of the coke trade of the Connells-
ville and Lower Connellsville re-
gions, the Courier, the official jour-
nal of the region says: There is a
feeling of easiness in the coke trade.
Demand has been fair for a mid-sum-
mer month during the past 10 days.
One of the best indications of pros-
perous times ahead in the Connells-
ville district is the action of the H.
C. Frick Coke Company, representing
the United States Steel Corporation,
in contracting for 1,000 new ovens in
this and the Lower Connellsville re-
American Ship Sunk.
The Vladivostok squadron sunk the
American steamer Knight Commander,
from New York, cif the province of
Izu, after transferring the crew of the
Knight Commander fn the steamer
Tsinan. The Vladivostok squadron
also captured a German vessel, believ-
ed to be the Arabia, with 39,000 tons
of flour, and an unknown British
steamer. The two vessels were sent
to Vladivostok in charge of prize
Crews.
| of gun forgings,
STEEL DIVIDEND UNCHANGED.
Earnings for Second Quarter Show In-
crease Over the First.
The directors of the United States
Steel Corporation deciared the regu-
lar quarterly dividend of 1% per cent
and elected Thomas Morrison, of
Pittsburg, a director in place of
Charles M. Schwab, resigned. No
other business was transacted.
Among the directors present were J+
P. Morgan, H. H. Rogers, John D.
Rockefeller, Jr, W. E. Corey, G. W.
Perkins and John F. Dryden.
A financial statement placed the net
earnings for the quarter ended June
30 at $19,490,725, a decrease of $17,
151,583, as compared with the same
quarter last year and an increase of
$6,281,839, as compared with the quar:
ter ended March 31, 1904.
After appropriating $469,425 for
sinking funds on bonds of subsidiary
companies, $3,059,062 for depreciation
and reserve funds, $5,867,175 for in:
terest on United States Steel Corpor:
ation bonds for the quarter, $1,012,
500 for sinking funds on United States
Steel Corporation bonds for the
qnarted, and $6,304,919 for
the preferred quarterly dividend,
there remained a surplus for
the quarter of $2,777,644. This sur-
plus compares with a deficit for the
first quarter this year of $1,857,120,
leaving a surplus for the six months
ended June 30 of $920,524.
SPORTSMAN ARRESTED.
Charged With Getting $800,000 by
Get-Rich-Quick Scheme.
John J. Ryan, a race horse owner,
whose horses Reliable and Monster
won the first and third raee at Brigh-
ton Beach was arrested at the Brigh-
ton Beach track on a warrant charg-
ing him with larceny by
means of an alleged “get-rich-
quick” scheme of which it is said he
was the head. The amount involved
is said to be $800,000. The warrant
for Ryan’s arrest was made in St.
Louis and the arrest was made by a
New York central office detective,
who was accompanied by a St. Louis
detective and George Fickesson, as-
sistant to Circuit Attorney Folk, at
St. Louis.
ROBBERS SHOOT VICTIM.
Restaurant Proprietor Attacked by
Four Men in gn Alley.
William Offman, a restaurant pro-
prietor of Frostburg, Md., was gagged,
shot and robbed of $160. He was
passing through an alley making a
short cut home when four men, two
masked, pounced upon him. In the
struggle he was shot through the hip,
the bullet entering the groin. It can-
not be located. Four negroes are sus-
pected. At Pugh’s saloon the quartet
inquired about Offman and the amount
of money he usually carried. Off-
man will recover.
NEWS NOTES.
tg F. Keith, the New York vaude-
ville magnate, purchased the Pros-
pect Theater at Cleveland.
Edward Ritter, a 10-year-old boy,
was drowned while swimming in a
shallow pond at Johnstown, Pa.
1ne Krupp Company has received
such large orders from Russia for war
material that the shops are working
overtime.
Miss Emma Hanna, of New Castle,
Pa., has been elected to the chair of
mathematics in Caldwell college, at
Danville, Ky.
The skeleton of the only man ever
hanged in Pottercounty, ra., is to ve
exhibited during the centennial cele-
bration of that county.
According to the schedules of the
estate of the late William C. Whitney,
which were flled, the estate is esti-
mated at $21,334,101.
‘While bathing in Duck Creek, 13
miles north of Marietta, O., Miles and
Walter Coon, 12 and 14 years old re-
spectively, were. drowned.
Judge Parker has fixed August 10
as the date for the ceremonies noti-
fying him of his nomination by the
Democratic national convention as a
candidate for the Presidency.
The body of a dead infant was found
at Monongahela, Pa. The mother of
the child has been arrested and will
be held pending the result of the coro-
ner’s inquest,
Cyrus P. Walbridge, of St. Louis,
was nominated for Governor of Miss-
ouri on the first ballot by the State
Republican convention.
Rear Adrir. $j H. G. Taylor, of the
United Fates wavy, who commanded
the Indianz 3% the battle af Santiage,
died at Coypr--» Ciill General Hospital,
Sudbury, Ozniario. :
M. Marshali Langhorne, of Lynch-
burg, Va., has been appointed consul
at Chungking, China, and Frank S.
Hannah, of Evanston, Ind., as consul
at Magdeburg, Germany.
Rev. J. L. Goodnight, D. D., of Lin-
coln, Ill., has been offered the presi-
dency of Waynesburg College, a Cum-
berland Presbyterian institution at
Waynesburg, Pa.
Two persons were killed by bolts of
lightning, many fires broke out and a
number of houses were struck during
hail and rainstorm that swept
across the city of Chicago on the 27th.
Rear Admiral Converse, chief of
the Bureau of Ordnance, awarded
contracts for about $1,000,000 worth
dividing the award
equally between the Bethlehem and
Midvale Companies.
Louis Banks, colored, 35 years old,
committed suicide at Johnstown, Pa.
Two Killed in Collision.
Two persons were Killed and sever-
al injured in a collision between a
Big Four passenger train and an elee-
tric car, at Washington and Missouri
streets, Indianapolis. The dead are
Mrs. William J. Harris, colored, and
an unidentified man. The locomotive
struck the front of the electric car,
throwing the car 20 feet.
Thomas Taggart of Indianapolis was
chosen chairman of the National Dem-
ocratic committee.
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