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OH!O DEMOCRATS
sen Nominated for Governor on
Second Ballot. |
After a continuous session of six
hours the Ohio Democratic conven-q
tion at Columbus named: the follow-
ing ticket to be voted on at the State
{ election in November:
| For Governor—John M. PatRison,
| Clermont: county.
His Health Was Broken by His Work! Lieutenant roverncr—Louis B.
“in Connection With Far East- Houck, Knox county. .
ern: War: * | Supreme Judge—Hugh T. Mathers,
| Shelby county.
Attorney General—James A. Rice,
Secretary of State John Hay dieq | Stark county. ..
13:25 Saturday The | State Treasurer—Charles F. Mason,
TL es EE € | Butler county.
signs immediately preceding his death | Member of the Board of
DEATH OF SECRETARY MW ..
Long and Brilliant Career Came!
to Peaceful End.
ILLNESS WAS NOT ALARMING
at morning.
Public
were those of pulmonary embolism. Works Patrick McGovern, MusKing-
Mr. Hay’s condition during all of Fri- | U% county.
y : £ fr The platform notes “with satisfac-
day had been entirely satisfactory.
“Secretary Hay arrived at Newbury, |
N. H., from Washington -ofie week |
before his death, his health apparent- |
ly, greatly henefitted by his recent |
European trip and the course of]
baths he topk at Bad Neuheim. On|
Sunday the secretary was, stricken |
with an illness, believed at:the time | contracts by railways.” It pledges the
to be uraemia. So, serious was- his! Ohio Democratic party .to eliminate
condition’ that Dr. Charles L. Scudder | “graft,” demands ‘that the laws shall
of Boston and Dr. Fred T. Murphy of | p@ amended to secure for each coun-
Boston were: summoned to attend him. | tv home rule in taxation, deelares tliat’
In order that there might be no delay, the present “laws for ‘assessing the
a special train was chartered for-their property of steam railroads and other
use, and the two physicians made 2 public service corporations should be
tion the determination of the National
Administration to purchase supplies
for the Panama Canal in the markets
of the world and not pay tribute to our
protected monopolies,” and demanded
“that our representatives in Congress
aid in the enactment of such law as
will prevent. all rebates. and secret
MUTINY ON BATTLESHIP
Russian Crew Killed: Officers tor
Shooting One of Their Men.
THE RED FLAG IS FLAUNTED
Squadren from Black Sea Is Ordered
to Quell Mutineers, and May
Join Them.
The red flag of revolution is hoist-
ed at the masthead of the Kniaz
Potemkine, Russia’s most powerful
battleship in the Black sea, which
now lies in the harbor, at Odesa in
the hands of mutineers. The captain
and most of the officers were murder-
ed and thrown overboard in the open
sea and the ship is completely in the
possession of the crew and a few
officers, who have thrown in their lot
with. the mutineers. *
Reports of the mutiny, which oec-
curred while the battleship was at sea,
are difficult to obtain, as. the. muti-
neers refuse to,allow communication.
with “the shore, .but it is. ascertained |
that it arose from the shooting of a
sailor who was presenting on be-
half of the crew a.complaint against
record-breaking trip from Boston tog; chanced as to compel the assess iv food. According tc one version,
Newbury, : = - Gp = 3] {iF epee iithis ssajlor 5 ve
Newbury. : | ment of these properties at not less a8 gallon, Whose name yas
Mrs. Hay and Drs. Scudder. and!ihan their Omiltchuk, objected to the quality
salable valfie and to pre-
. - 5 ni 7 OTE Ar Al. X . el e “bor iE *
Murphy were at the secretary’s bed-| yent their evasion of” just taxation, | of the “borchtck,” or soup, and was
side when ‘the end came. “The sec- i ily, telat immediately shot down by a mess
: : >C- | and demands ‘that the .. Legislature |
retary bade “good night to his wife! officer. The crew then rose and
shall enact such laws as will enable |
a tax to be levied on local franchise |
privileges. “a
“Each city, town and :village,” the
eh Do 2 | platform continues, “should be allow- |
os Stentor , according t0' DI. oq to decide for itself all matters of |
The pe, La ¢ r i local policy, especially : as between, |
" HE Scretary Spe ton 2 od ie | public or private ownership of all pub- |
old pains in his chest which charac-|jje ytilities, including street rail- |
and to his attending physicians about |
10 o'clock at the close of one of the
best days he has had since his ill--
ness. The local trouble was clearing
terized his earlier illness. he
%e 1 arlie i He had ways as well as water works and |
been perfectly comfortable all aay, | yi ont; ot 3 s |
anc hatpy in the anticipation oftleav. lighting systims. There is also a |
241) - De 4 : | plank in favor of the retention, |
ing his bed for th reater freedom : :
g eg maintenance and improvement of the |
seized the ship and the officers, eight
of whom were spared on condition
that: they would join the mutineers.
The: others were killed , and
bodies thrown ovrboard.
The official’ version of the affair
claims that the mutiny
their | has been spoiled.
| favorably.
{and Ohio valley
CORN GROWTH IS SLOW
Suffering from Lack of Cultivation In
Ohio Valley and Middle Atlantic
' States.
The weather bureau’s weekly sum-
mary of crop conditions issued is as
follows: Sun shine is generally need-
ed in the Central Gulf States, Tennes-
see, Ohio valley and" lower lake re-
gion. Except in the upper Missouri
and Red river of tne North valleys
where, as a result of low temperature
the growing of corn has been slow,
this crop has made good progress, al-
though suffering somewhat from lack
of cultivation in portions of the Ohio
valley and Middle Atlantic States and
in Central and Western Nebraska. In
Iowa corn has made vigorous growth,
and the outlook in Illinois, Missouri
and Kansas, where early corn has
reached the silk and tassel stage, is
very favorable. Heavy rains have in-
terrapted the harvesting of winter
wheat in the Ohio valley.. Harvest
is now in progress in the northern
portion of the winter wheat region.
Some complaints of rust and weevil
in Gentral and Western Ohio, and of
smut in New York, are received, and
some grain in shock®has been damag-
ed by rains in Kehtucky and: Tennes-
see. Spring wheat on “lowlands in
Dakotas and Minnesota,” is” suffering
somewhat from rust, but as a‘ whole
this crop has made vigorous growth:
Except on lowlands in Southern Iowa
and portions of the Dakotas and Min-
nesota, the oat crop has advanced
In Texas rains interferred
with harvesting, and in Tennessee
caused some injury to oats in shock.
The weather has been unfavorable for
haying in the Middle Atlantic States
and on the North
| Pacific coast, where considerable hay
on the |
Kniaz Potemkine was: the result of a |
plot concocted by 20 sailors, who were |
members of a revolutionary
zation. The complaints against bad
food were, it
organi- |
is asserted, mere pre- |
|
I ie for Algeria.
or e | texts. When the: complai was |
ar) ol ies quiet- canal system of the State. .The}u,aq6 to the es of ir i By
ly. A few minutes after 12 he called | unfair treatment of the agricultural pg caused the bluejackets to be
the nurse, who at once summoned Dr. | eras aor Biare at the hangs | drawn up on the decks and asked
Sryader. ‘Both Dr. Scudder and Dr.) of, the Republican party,’ and, i194 thosewho were satisfied to step ‘out,
Murphy hastened to the bedside. The | present fee system” are condemned,
3 i ; : ‘hile, “the rigid ins i d super- |
secretary was ‘breathing with *diffi- Yi, fhe ad 5a
culty, and expired almost immediate. | YiSion Of State ang DHIVaig anks, |
, Sp - Pp 9.9K | gisiation I 2 -
ly afterward, at 12:25. legislation which will make unlaw
. Secretary Hay's Career | ful the giving to or accepting by pub- |
cretary ys eer, | lic officials of railroad passes,” the |
John Hay was born in Salem, Ind, | “election of United States Senators |
October 8, 1838; graduated at Brown | by the direct vote of the people,” and |
Uniyersity in'1858, and studied law In | the “initiative and referendum, es- |
Springfield, Ill; was admitted to prac- | pecially with: reference to th issuing
tice before the Supreme Court of | of municipal and county bonds and |
Illinois in ass but immediately went | the gragting of public franchises,” |
to Washington as assistant secretary | are favored.
to President Lincoln, remaining with | YU naen ouseipoe
him until his death; acted also as his|- ARRANGE SILENCE PACT
adjutant and aid-de-camp, and served | By .
pd Generars nt 2d Gilmore, | gecrecy to Be Maintained Until Peace |
and was brevetted Colonel; was ap-| . :
pointed . secretary of legation to : Is Established. .
France March 22, 1865; retired March | Russia and Japan have entered. into
and it was seen that they were in the
majority. Whereupon the: minority,
SUN’S TOTAL ECLIPSE
Government Scientists Sail for Algiers
to See Phenomenon.
To observe the total eclipse of the
sun on August 30 a party of Govern-
ment astronomers sailed from League
| Island Navy Yard on the: cruiser Dix-
The cruiser will go
to Bona, where the party will dis-
embark. . t
The scientists composing the party
are Professor ‘G. A. Hill, assistant
headed by the revolutionists, who are | astronomer of the Naval Observatory;
said to have included foreign an-
Professor E. J. Yowell and J. A. An-
archists, seized the guns and turned | drews of the Naval Observatory, Dr.
| N.
them upon their comrades.
A bloody scene followed. Nine offi-
cers and many men were killed or
jumped overboard, and the mutineers,
after placing the remaining officers in
irons, took charge of the warship.
Commander Golikoff was among those
killed. The red flag was hoisted
when the Knaiz Potemkine appeared
off Odessa. When the body of Omilt-
chuk, the man who was shot’ by the
commander of the warship, according |
| to previous reports, was taken ashore
for burial, it was surrounded by
crowds of students and revolutionists,
18, 1867; apointed secretary of lega-
tion to Austria-Hungary May 20, 1867,
where he acted as Charge d’Affaires
until August 12, 1868; appointed sec-
retary of legation to Spain June 28,
1869; retired October 1, , 1870; then
became an editorial writer on the
New York Tribune, remaining
years, during seven month§’ of which
he was editor in chief; removed to
Cleveland in 1875 and took an active
five |
|
part in the Presidential canvasses of
1876, 1880 and 1884; was appointed
Assistant Secretary of State Novem-
|
i
ber 1, 1879; retired May 3, 1881:" in|
that year he represented the United
States at the International Sanitary
Congress in Washington, of which he
was President; was appointed Am-
bassador Extraordinary and Plenipot-
entiary to Great Britain March 19,
1897: retired September 19, 1868;
appointed Secretary of State Septem--
ber 20, 1898. ;
Big Men Lose Jobs.
Chairman Paul Morton, of the
Equitable Life Assurance society, an-
nounced that United States Senator
Chauncey M. Depew’s retainer ot
$20,000 a year and the retainer of
former Gov. David B. Hill of $5,000 a
year, both as attorneys, have been dis-
continued. George H. Squire, a form-
er employe of the society, has been
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| expects to give way on some points |
an ironclad .agreement that until the |
terms of peace are signed not one
word will be said, officially or inform-
ally, about the progress of the negotia-
tions.
but until then there must be -abso-
lute silence.
Russia believes she can make
better terms with Japan alone, than
with the support of outside influence,
which necessarily would come from
some Power that is
suspicion by the Japanese. Neither
does the Czar intend to be used as a
tool for the protection or advancement |
of the Far Eastern Tights of other
nations. :
Japan is equally - determined that
she will not be dictated to or again |
conspired against in an effort ‘to rob
her of the fruits of her victory.
Japan, it is known, is prepared to
make some concessions- and Russia
| on which she now. claims, to be im-
notified that his pnsion or salary o:]
$1,000 a month will cease July. 1.
Bubonic Plague in Panama.
One case of bubonic plague has de-
veloped at La Boca, on the Pacific
coast side of Panama. A 14-day’s.
quarantine has been established. Re-
ports have come through official chan-
nels that if this quarantine is con-
tinn~d it will soon be impossible to
handle more supplies from the United
States to Colon.
Mutiny Breaks Out at Libau
The Russian sailors at Libau mutin-
ied, attacked the government stores,
seized the arms and fired into the
officers’ quarters. Infantry, artillery
and cossacks were brought to the
scene of the fighting, but the result is
not known.
Found Dead in Bed
Charles BE. Pride, one of the best
kncwn business men of Clarksburg,
W. Va. was found dead in his room
at the Waldo hotel. It is thought he
had been dead for 12 hours or more
before he was discovered. He was 48
years of age, and is survived by two
children.
Treasury Deficit
The statement of the operations of
the Treasury for the fiscal year end-
ing June 30, has been made public:
The deficit will be
$24,500,000. The last report of
Secretary of the Treasury estimated
a deficit for this : ~ of $18,000,000. 1
The actual deficit excecds this br si
@#da8 one-half millions. The receipis
goL2the fiscal year have been about |
$5484000:000, or $2,000,000 more than
lagt. The expenditures were $567,500;~
000 or about $8,500,000 more than was
estimated.
movable. If it were known that eith-
er Power was yielding the other Pow- |
ers would jump in and throw their in-
fluences one way or the other.
The Pittsburg and Lake Erie Rail-
road company has awarded to the
Nicola Construction company, of
Pittsburg, the contract for the erect-
jon of a new station at Beaver Falls,
Pa., to cost about $30,000.
TWO MEN KILLED.
Fast C & P Train Wrecked Near
Atwater. , .
A fast east-bound passenger train
on the Cleveland and Pittsburg
branch of the Pennsylvania railroad
was derailed, and wrecked near At-
water, O., causing the death of one pass-
enger and the engineer, while about 20
other persons were injured. The dead
| are: C. M. Munhall, Cleveland; com-
mercial agent Cleveland, Akron and
Columbus railway; R. A. Baldwin,
engineer, died at Alliance.
The train is one of the fastest be-~
tween Cleveland and Pittsburg, mak-
ing the run of 140 miles between the
two cities in three hours and 15 min-
utes. When the accident occurred the
train was probably running 50 miles
ian hour.
approximately |
the |
A section gang was making
repairs on the track and, it is said,
had removed a rail. A flagman was
sent out, but for some reason he fail-
ed to stop the flyer and the wreck
followed.
Maxwell K. Moorhead of Pittsburg
has been appointed American Consul
at St. Thomas, Ont.
One Hundred Germans Killed.
Confirmation has been received of
Chief Marengos’ reported victory
over the Germans at Karasborg, Ger-
man Southwest Africa, June 22. It is
said that 100 Germans were killed.
Six Killed in Tornado.
A message from Fairbury, Neb, to
Division Supt. Wilson says Phillips-
burg, Kan. was wrecked by a torna-
g to be
known
do.
Jersons are
persons are
When the treaty is signed its |
terms will be announced to the world; |
regarded with |
many of whom were Jews. Inflama--
| tory speeches were made and subse-
quently some of the revolutionists
went on board the ship and assured
the sailors of the army’s sympathy
and readiness to co-operate with
| them. The sailors then turned their
attention to the ships in the: harbor
and to the portion of the city along
the water front, which was soon on
fire in many places. SE
During the wild excesses of Wednes-
day night about 300 rioters were kill-
ed by the troops and several hundred
| were wounded, a number of them be-
| ing Jews. Many drunken rioters -per-
ished in the flames.
To Replant Forest.
The bureau of forestry has received
application for the preparation of a! Eight-Year-Old
planting plan for 3,500 acres of land
tin Wayne county, Pa. Many years
land and it-is now covered with scrub
| growth. An agent of the bureau will
examine the tract, determine the
| species that should be plan®d in the
a™rerent locations, establish a forest
nursery and give all necessary in-
structions for reforesting. Chestnut,
red oak, yellow. locust, basswood
white, Scotch and Norway pine and
Paropean larch are the species that
{are in general suited to this part of
Pennsylvania.
SON KILLED FATHER
|
| Remainder of Family Arrested and
| in Prison.
| Edgar Uhl, a hotelkeeper of Mar-
| rietta, O., was killed by his son, Ed-
| gar, Jr., the young man ‘using a
| double-barreled shotgun. Shortly af-
| ter killing his father, young Uhl went
to the Sheriff’s office and gave himself
| up. Mrs. Ida Uhl, wife of the dead
| man, stated that her husband had
| kicked her out of bed three times dur-
| ing the night, and that he had
| threatened to kill the entire family.
Upon telling her son of the treatment
received from her husband the son
is said to have killed his parent. Mrs.
Uhl was arrested, charged with being
‘an accomplice and with her two
daughters, one a mute, is in jail.
Danish Steamer Sunk.
The Danish steamer Prinzesse Ma-
rie was overhauled June 22 by the
Russian auxiliary cruiser Terek, which
June 5 sank the British steamer
Ikhona, and after the cargo of the
Prinzesse Marie had been declared
contraband the ship was sunk. Her
crew are safe.
Gypsies Charged With Cannibalism.
killed and eaten many children whom
they had stolen, 20 gypsies have been
arrested near Jaszb r, ‘Hungary.
The leader of the b al-
leged to have eaten
Yale Gets $2,000,000.
At the Yale alumni meeting Presi-
erey
and alone is
18 children.
had
pledged
ago the forest growth was cut off this
Under the terrible charge of having |
|
|
{
| consent thereto.
E. Gilbert and Dr. ,L. E. Jewel
The party will be in charge of Captain
J. A. Norris of the United States
navy
The expedition is under the direc-
tion of Admiral Chester, who sailed
from New York on the Minneapolis.
ROOSEVELT JOINS CLASSMATES
Visits Harvard on Twenty-fifth Anni-
versary of Graduation.
Joining with his former college
mates in celebrating the Twenty-fifth
anniversary of the graduation of their
class from Harvard, President Roose-
velt returned to his alma mater, not
as the chief magistrate of the nation,
but as a private citizen and a loyal]
Harvard alumnus. Although the old
university would have been glad to
pay him all the honor due his high
office, it was the president’s request
that he be regarded merely as a mem-
ber of the class of ’80 rather than as
the president of the United States.
Nevertheless students, alumni, and
the citizens of Cambridge united in
giving him a hearty greeting as he
drove through the streets of the uni-
versity city.
BOY FLAGGED TRAIN
Lad Shows Great
Presence of Mind.
The northbound passenger train on
the Tyrone division of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, between Sand Ridge
and Osceola, escaped what might
have been a serious wreck the other
Wallace Moore, eight years old, no-
ticed that a switch. had been open-
ed and knowing that the passenger |
’ | train would soon be due stood on the
track until the train approached when
he waved his hat and succeeded in
stopping it.
Barrett Succeeds Bowen.
The formal announcement was
made at the State department of the
appointment of John Barrett, of Ore-
gon, as minister to Colombia, to which
post Mr. Barrett was recently assign-
ed to relieve Mr. Russell, who was
ordered to Caracas, Venezuela, when
Mr. Bowen was summoned to Wash-
ington. Mr. Barrett was minister to
Panama at the time, but was given
permission to visit the United States
before going to Bogota.
Prison for Lorenz.
George E. Lorenz, of Toledo, O,,
who was convicted in the court at
Washington, D. C., more than a year
ago of conspiracy to defraud the
Government in connection with the
sale of letter box fasteners, was re-
manded to the custody of the warden
of the district jail for removal to the
Stage prison at Moundsville, W. Va.
His sentence is two years’ imprison-
ment and a fine of $10,000.
Chief Engineer Wallace’s resigna- | gtrictions, to the General Education | try.
tion from the Panama canal
secretary of War Taft.
King Oscar's Position.
King Oscar has directed the court
marshal to issue the following state-
ment regarding the rumor that his
majesty would be willing to place a
prince of the house of Bernadotte on
the throne of Norway. “The king does
not approve the idea and will not con-
The only condition
| under which his majesty could re-
dent Arthur T. Hadley announced that |
John D. Rockefeller had promised a
gift of $1,000,000 to Yale, and that
certain g s of e university
consider this decision would be the
unexpected expression of the wish of
the riksdag that a prince of the house
erna 1 ascend the
}AQUIS ON A BLOODY AAID re
Dynamite Explosion.
Nine men were killed and about 15
others were injured by an explosion
of dynamite at the plant of the Em-
porium Powder company, three miles
west of Emporium, Pa. The dead
are: Richard Cavanaugh, Harry
George, Marvin Garvin, Joseph Frantz,
Max Halderman, Anthony Rose, Will-
jam Shade, Glenn Holcomb, Joseph
Strang. With the exception of
Strang, who lived at Buffalo, all the
victims were ‘residents -of Emporium, .
Although some™ of the injured” were -
seriously hurt, all are expected - to
recover. .
About one ton of dynamitp explod-
ed for some unknown cauge and
wrecked the mixing plant, the pack-
ing house’ and several: other build-
ings belonging to the .,gompany.
Thousands of persons hurried to*the °
place, but were afraid - to | venture °
close. to thé “burning buildings, . as °
there ¥were .7;000 pounds of dynamite ?
packed in boges in a store house near-..
A Dozen Ranchers and Several
Women and Children Slain.
FIERCE BATTLE WAS FOUGHT
Indians Lose About Twenty of Their
Number and Five Taken Pris-
oners Are Lynched.
_ At least 12 ranchers and several
women and children have met death
at the hands of a band of 100 Yaqui
Indians who have been raiding. the
country. along the San Miguel river
in the Ures district of Sonora, and a
party . composed largely of American
thining men, headed by Joseph Dewitt,
has gone out from Pozo station to
rescue the unfortunates who are in
brought the news. of the trouble, whith
hegan® June’ 23rd. After - several
families had been murdered by the
Indians, ranchers made a determined
stind®at Buenos Ayres ranch, wihiere,
aided by about 30 employes, they suc-
ceeded, in repulsing the Indians, al-
though Jesus Ortondo, proprietor of
the place, his brother Frafitisco,.Luis
Carranza, ‘pfoprietor! of an adjeining.
Liabilities of KAigh- Donnellys
Co. May Aggregate $3,000,000."
The: failure: of ;the- grain ‘and “sto
brokerags firm of Kniglit,"Donaelly-&
Co., of.Chicago, dssumed gigantic pro-..
portions. The liabili}ies JWill'yaggre- =
gate ‘not. far from: $3,000,600. * The §
assets may sum up-$2,500,000, ‘although
they may dwindle considerably owing
to the’ character of many of the loans .
ranch, and, several other: neighbors Si
; = nd : 1 firm’: The assets are
2 redeiv in. the | made by the Sy
from’ wounds received ‘made up largely of stocks, many of
ee | iste S Te CRE
Dr. Touissant attended Carranza, | (hem not - listed. Some" are secur
| ities in promoting schemes, such as
eas companies in small towns, which
the. firm undertook to float. Com=&
siderable of,sthe liabilities: are’ notes
al
who was brought into Lachumata, 2a |
mining town, near where the fight
took place. Besieged Mexicans took
It’ is thought that 20 Indians were | Penns ard si :
killed, although the number can oply| L158 nOMesTor hand aggresate 7.3
be estimated, as the savages carried } }
off the dead and wounded when they
retired. i
The nearest armed force is sta-
tioned at Ures, and when Dr. Touis-
sant left Hermosillo the soldiers had
been sent to the scene of the out-
TWENTY-TWO CADETS DROWN
British Vessel Rams and Sinks Danish y
Training Ship. on
A serious disaster occurred; near '
rages. Five Yaquis taken just outside | Copenhagen when the Danish cadet ©
of Lachumata. and thought to have training schooner Georg Stage was
taken part in the massacre were im-| rammed and sunk by the ritish .
mediately hanged. : steamer Ancona. Thé GeorgéStage
sank in one and one-half ‘minutes.
TO RECOVER MONEY Twenty-two cadets were drowned.
The Ancona was considerably dam= ’
aged along her water line. The port
authorities have: placed an embargo
on the Ancona, which . will remain
here until the inquiry into the col-
lision is completed. First = Officer’
Myhre of thie “Georg-Stage attributes
the aecident to the Ancona changing
her course. Fool :
Morton Begins Legal Proceed-
ings for Return of Funds.
As chairman of the Equitable Life
Assurance society's board of directors
Paul Morton has begun legal proceed
ings to recover money, alleged to
have been wrongfully taken from the
society, and he also has cut off cer-
| tain perquisites in the society. Mr.
| Morton made the following state--
ment: :
Paul
. Boston Woe! . Market. :
In- the amount. of sales:-ithe wool.
market i§ more quiet than for.some
time, but this. tore is-not theiresult’
danger of being massacred by the by. - A \ 4 3
Indiams.. =| yo Tr. :
+ Dr. Frank J. Touissant, who has re- FAILURE "Js" GIGANTIC. oo ue
turned to Tuscon, Ari, from . Ures .T% 3 5 Spo. Tg
stock
“I have retained Messrs. Austin G.
Fox and Wallace MacFarlane as spec-
ial counsel for the Equitable society
| in connection with the*inyestigations
| of the past financial transactions of
the society by Price, Waterhouse &
Co., and Haskins & Sells, chartered
accountants, which is now in progress
and to institute such legal proceed-
ings as they may consider to be ap-
propriate . for the recovery of any
money and property to which “thé
Equitable is found to be entitled as
the result of their examination.”
RUSSIANS CUT OFF .
General Kurooatkin is Said to Have
Been Killed.
A rumor spread throughout the city
of St. Petersburg, that Gen. Kuro-
patkin has been killed. This rumor
was connected sometimes with a re-
| port that 70,000 Russians had been
| cut off by Gen. Nogi’s army and that
| Kuropatkin had been taken prisoner.
| Nothing confirmatory of these rumors
| has been received either : by the
| general staff or in press dispatches.
A report received from Gen. Line-
| vitech indicates that the Japanese ad-
| vance continues steadily, and that the
| Russian van posts, under pressure are
retiring fighting.
Government Buys Cartridges.
A contract for 9,000,000 rounds of
ball cartridges of caliber .30 was a-
warded by Acting Secretary Oliver, of
the United States War department,
the contract being divided equally be-
tween the Winchester Arms company
the Union‘ Metallic Cartridge company
and the United States Cartridge com-
pany. The bid of the three companies
was ‘identical in every .particular, the
price of each being $42.50 per 1,000
rounds.
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“> General Wood Returns.
Major General Leonard Wood and
| wife arrived at San Francisco on the
| Pacific mail liner Manchuria, from the
Orient on a flying trip to the east. He
will be the guest of President Roose-
velt at Oyster Bay later.
Rockefeller Gives $10,000,000.
Announcement was made of a gift
of $10,000,000 by John D. Rockefeller
to'the cause of education. The money
| was given straight, with very few re-
on 1 com- | Board, an organization of prominent 000 acres which
mission has angered the president and | men working under a special charter | Zlon’s church wished to secure has
| from Congress.
Banker Short in Accounts.
The Vigo County (Ind.), National
| bank issued the statement that Cash-
jer Conseman had resigned and that
EBay
|a shortage had been discovered in his |
| accounts of about $16,000. Following
the announcement of the shortage of
| Cashier Conseman a run was started |
on the bank. All demands for
| posits were promptly met.
| ara
The correspondent of the Associated
| Press at Peking is informed that
China desires to be represented
the Russo-Japanese peace conf
eo
| LAC
of any weakness in: the situation. The
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CURRENT NEWS EVENTS.
It costs too much to fire the great-
est gun in the world and the famous
16-inch “rifle, the first of. its kind,
built “for the’ American’ Government,
has been cast into a. diteh at the
Sandy Hook proving grounds.
. An alarming increase. of tuber-
culosis in Kansas. is ascribed in, the
annual report of the state board of
health - to
conditions of railway sleeping cars,
which carry sufferers of tuberculogis
from eastern states through Kangas
to Western health resorts.
riage occupied by the chief: of po-
wounded.
by the employers and the latest
peace prospect in the strike has van-
ished.
Big Railroad Deal.
The Lake Erie and Pittsburg rail-
road, now in course of construction
between Lorain, O., and Pittsburg,
has been purchased by the United
States Steel corporation at a cost of
de- |
sveral million dollars. The road will
be completed as socn as possible, and
| officials of the corporation. expect to
| handle. the majority of its ore and
| finished product, between Pittsburg
{and the lakes, over the new road by
| this time next year.
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Dowie Gets Mexican Concessions.
Gladstone Dowie, Judge Barnes
(and party have returned to Zioa City
{ from Mexico, having .completed their
| negotiations with the Mexican gov-
| ernment for the land and concessions
| they wished to secure in that coun-
It is understood of all the 500,-
the. “Prophet” of
been purchased or optioned.
Stoned Old Man to Death.
| Jesse Koser, 18 years 1, ha 5
fessed that folowing a es ce
stoned to death Jacob Weaver, aged
| 65, at Savannah, Ill. Koser and his
| brother Frank, aged 16, and their
father, Edward Koser, have been held
| to the grand jury as accessories.
2ach, United States dis-
the District of Co-
ened and his i
accepted
nation becomes
A bomb was thrown at a jar.
By an almost unanimous vote the:
striking teamsters of Chicago refused -
to accept the terms recently offered’
market is exceptionally sfrong. x Olio |
imperfect . and, *unsanitary: :
iice, M. Pavloff, of the town of’
Czenstochowa, government of’
Piotrkow. The chief of police and
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