pa— M Pino Guerra Defeated in Battle. Two Hunred Killed. ON THE RUN ‘REVOLUTIONISTS Situation cf Government Forces in Neighborhood of Pinar del Rio Improved. i ‘According to a well-founded report Teceived at Havana, the Government forces have been victorious in the big- \gest battle fought so far in the pres- lent revolution, having routed the in- surrectos near Palacios, killing 200 irebels. The Government's losses are mot given. The scene of the battle was the position of the armored train which e Government sent out Friday, and Mhich was compelled to return to Palacios. The train carried nearly 300 smen and rapid-fire guns in addition to some 260 horses, and the force it Rransported was sent out to drive the insurrectos from the line of the West- ern railway, on which they have al- xeady blown up four bridges. But #he train was forced to return to @Palacios Friday night and Saturday started forth again. It had not pro- ceeded far when the rebels made the attack they were expected to make and laid siege to the train, which they succeeded in halting. Sunday a re- Yief train. carrving 100 men, two bat- teries of light artillery and two ma- chine guns, was sent out from Ha- wana. But meanwhile Colonel Avalos, the commander of the Government troops, made a rear attack on the in- surgents, besieging the train and a pitched battle was fought, resulting in the rout of the insurgents, according fo report, with the casualties as gtated above. It {s stated that after the besieged $rain had been relieved, its forces oined the command of Avalos and marched to the besieged town of Ovas, seven miles farther on, and re- Bieved the Government troops there. A fight is reported to have taken lace at Guanajay in Santa Clara pro- ¥ince. There were fierce machete charges and the rebels retired. Sev- ral of them were wounded and five were captured. LOOTING METHODS No Wonder Real Estate Trust Com- pany Came to Disaster. The methods by which President Frank K. Hipple ruined the Real Es- tate Trust Company of Philadelphia, Sere laid bare in a hearing before Magistrate Kochersperger in the case of Adolf Segal, William F. North and M. S. Collingwood. Segal and Hipple are accused of being. the direct conspirators and Col- lingwood and North the passive tools $n the looting of the institution to the extent, it now appears, of $10, 00. It was not unusual for Hipple and Segal ko overdraw thelr joint ac- counts $700,000 to $800,000. When the overdrafts were so large as to call for remonstrances from minor officers and clerks in the bank, Hipple would fill out a note for the overdraft, Segal would sign it and it would go into the bank as cash. The overdrafts were reported to the State banking department as cash on hand. All of this was established by wit- messes at the hearing, and more start- ling developments are yet to come. At the request of District Attorney John C. Bell, Sega’, North and Col- lingwood were held for the grand Jury. Receiver Earle, after a conference with the directors of the trust com- pany, issued a statement announcing that he hopes soon to reopen the doors of the bank and that all de- positors will be protected. Gomez Tries to Incite Rebellion. A dispatch from Manila says, Domi- nar Gomez, at a political rally declared England, France and Germany would recognize a Filipino republic. He said money collected by him had been used in sending cablegrams to Europe to create a sentiment in favor of a Philippine republic, and that fav- orable replies had been received. DREAM CAUSES DEATH Woman Imagines Negro is Trying to Kill Her and Succumbs. Seized with a frenzy of fright over a dreamin that negro was trying to kill her, Annie Morgan of Columbus, 0O., was overcome with an attack of heart trouble and died within a few minutes. In her fright Miss Morgan ran out of her room shouting: “A big colored man is standing over my bed trying to kill me with a knife.” Then she sank to the ficor unconscious, and died in a few minutes. Death was due to heart disease. a Loot Was $3,000,000. Erik Waldomar Ehrstrom, a Fin- lander, has been arrested at Santa Ana, Argentina, on the request of the Russian legation, accused of the em- bezzlement of $3,000,000 while acting as cashier of a big corporation. Twelve Chasseurs Drowned. During the land and sea maneuv- ers at Constanza a boat load of chasseurs was capsized while being towed by a torpedo boat. Eleven pri- vates and one officer were drowned. California Nominations. Congressman James N. Gillett was [nominated for Governor by the Cali- lfornia Republican convention on the lfirst ballot. H. C. Sloss was unani- ously nominated for the unexpired erm of Associate Justice. Judge F. Henshaw and Judge William G. Lorigan were nominated for assistant gustices of the Supreme Court. The paltform adopted by the convention gpeaffirms allegiance to the policies of the Republican party as set forth in the National platform of 1904. CUBAN INSURGENTS LOSE THE IRON TRADE Contracts Made for Large Tonnage of Non-Bessemer Grades. The “Iron Trade Review’ says: “Makers of pig iron, impressed by the firmness of iron ore sellers in de- and by the soundness of the reasons given for refusing, are less insistent, but content themselves by making reservations to meet their require- ments for the vear ending May, 1308 Hence, although no actual sales have been made, practically all of the Bessemer ore to be mined next year has been spoken for, as well as large tonnage of non-Bessemer grades. “The pig iron market is still active and in some districts prices are high- er, but the disposition noted last week to place orders with more deliberation is still .clearly in evidence. Con- ditions may on the whole be best de- scribed by the somewhat over-worked expression ‘sane and safe.’ “In most buying centers the short- age of pig iron for prompt shipment is not much relieved and the short age of cars is making delivery from Southern points very slow, but the willingness of some buyers to pay high prices for spot has acted like magic in bringing tonnages from unexpected quarters. TO PUSH 2-CENT FARE FIGHT State Board of Trade Will Disre- gard Railroads’ Concessions. The IExecutive Committee of the Pennsylvania State Board of Trade, at. a meeting in Harrisburg, decided to meet at Harrisburg October 3 to consider bills giving trolley compan- ies the right to carry freight and pro- viding for a flat 2-cent passenger rate on steam railroads and other legisla- tion to be presnted at the next ses- Sion of the Legislature. The committee decided also to con- tinue its campaign for a 2-cent fare on steam railroads regardless of the reduction in fare and other conces- sions made by the Pennsylvania and other railroads recently. S. M. Wil- liams of Pittsburg, secretary of the board, reported that he had pledges from 121 of 137 candidates for the Legislature in Pennsylvania to vote for the two-cent fare bill. GOLD IN ADOBE WALLS Mining Company Will Smelt Mexican Houses at a Profit. More than 300 buildings in the city of Guanajuate, Mexico, which were built many years ago from adobe blocks made of the tailings from a primitive smelter, mixed with mud, have been sold to a mining concern. It was recently discovered that the walls of the houses assay from $5 to $20 in gold per ton. The company which purchased them will smelt the mixture with modern methods and expects to realize a profit of several hundred thousand dollars. The walls of some of the larger houses contain gold valued to the amount of $3,000 or $4,000. old TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. Mrs. Elizabeth Van Hart, a para- lytic, 60 years old, was killed by rats in her home in Elizabeth, N. J. Her daughter-in-law called early and found her dead. The Realty Trust Company of Memphis, Tenn., has failed. The as- sets are placed at $60,000 and the liabilities $50,000. The books are said to be in a confused condition. Premier Stolypin’s announcement of swift and stern punishment for as- sassins and revolutionists had a qui- eting effect in Russia and caused booms on the St. Petersburg and Moscow bourses. Insurgents are winning in Santo Domingo, having captured Dajabon without a struggle and being joined by many former adherents of the government. The navy department has decided to concentrate all the batleships in the navy on the home stations and to replace those on the Asiatic sta- tion with armored cruisers. Col. Pino Guerra, the Cuban surgent leader, declared that he is ready for actual war on President Palma and will accept no peace con- ditions or agree to anything except the legal election of a president. | | A Georgia policeman has been ar- rested for giving Hoke Smitth an af- fectionate hug. It is reported that the Pennsylvan- ia Railroad Company had concluded a deal by which it expects to turn | over to the United States Steel Cor- poration its control of the Cambria Steel Company. to, Locomotive Contract. The Isthmian canal commission opened bids Jor the purchase 'of 40 locomotives. There were three bid- ders, the lowest being the Baldwin Locomotive works of Philadelphia. whose bid was $11,465 each, or a total of $458,600. The other bidders were the American Locomotive Company of New Ycrk, and the Lima Locomo- tive Company of Lima, O. The con- tract will be awarded to the Baldwin company. Duel With Sabers. As the result of a violent scene over a trifle at the Hotel Palais, at San Sebastian, the Marquis Viana, King Alfonso’s master of horse, and the duke of Andria fought a duel with sabers. The marquis received a cut in the head and the seconds stopped the fight. | 2 Killed; 14 Wounded. {A dispatch from Cienfuegos, pro- | vince of Santa Clara, says that in the | engagemeR? between government troops and insurgents near Palmira, the fbrmer lost two men killed and | had 14 men wounded, while the in- surgents had six men killed and 20 | wounded. The dispatch adds that | more government troops deserted to | the insurgents from Cienfuegos. Fif- | ty of the government troops in Santa | Clara have gone over to the rebels. | They took their arms and horses with | them. clining to quote prices for next year | in- | HUNDREDS SLAUGHTERED A Massacre in Which Christians and Jews Suffer. JEWISH QUARTER ATTACKED Frenzy of Soldiers Was Not Abated Until All Were Killed or Driven Away. Riots and massacres occurred at the town of Siedlce, 55 miles from War- saw. The troops, after being baited for hours by the terrorists, who systematically assasinated soldiers and policemen, attacked the Jewish quarter about noon. They devastated three streets, filled with Jewish dwel- lings and stores, and killed or wounded hundreds of occupants of the quarter. The scenes were terrible. The sol- diers battered down doors and drag- ged men, women and children into the streets or hurled them from win- dows. A number of persons were killed by being thrown from the roofs to which they had fled in hope of es- cape. » Dozens were shot down in flight, while others who attempted to resist were bayoneted and clubbed to death. Many houses were fired and a con- flagration at one time seemed immi- nent. Vandalism of all kinds were practiced. The soldiers in their ex- cesses committed all kinds of out- rages. The section did not quiet down un- til evening, and by that time most of the inhabitants had either escap- ed or been killed or wounded. The morgue was filled with bodies during the evening and the local hospital was crowded with injured. The outbreak found its inception in the murder of two soldiers Saturday night who were on guard at the gov- ernment spirits dispensary. A crowd was about the store when the murders were committed. Siedlce is the capital of the gov- ernment of the same name in Rus- sian Poland, and is about 55 miles southeast of Warsaw. It is little more than an administration center of the government. Ft has a population of about 20,000. NEGRO PRISONER CREMATED Started Fire Himself, and Turnkey Could Not Be Found. Beating at the iron window bars of the city jail, at Mineola, Tex., while a crowd of 400 men and boys tried in vain to break ‘down the doors and rescue him, a negro named Silas Johnson was cremated. Johnson was arrested the night be- fore on a drunkenness charge, and in the morning he attempted to burn his way out, the fire getting beyond his control. The prison. door was locked and the turnkey could not be found until too late to free the doom- ed man. A heavy battering ram was proeur- ed, but the iron doors withstood the shocks. Axes and sledges had no ef- fect on either the rock walls or win- dow bars and the crowd was forced to stand by and watch the victim burn to death. FORGED NOTES FOUND Discovery of False Paper in Wrecked Trust Company. Forgeries for more than a quarter of a million of dollars by Frank K. Hipple, the suicide president of the defunct Real Estate Trust Company, of Philadelphia, have been discovered by Receiver Earle. Hipple, in order to meet his im- mense overdrafts, used the names of some of the most prominent business men of the .city on notes, which in some cases amounted to $150,000. The president had taken copies of | the signatures of a number of busi- | ness men while some of their checks |or negotiable securities passed | through his hands, but in every case | | he avoided the use of the name of a | Real Estate Trust Company depositor. | ———————————————————————— Congressman Nevin to Retire. Congressman R. BM. Nevin,” now | serving his third term as Representa- | tive from the Third Ohio district, posi- | tively declined to accept a re-nomina- | tion. . . COTTON KING OF EXPORTS $400,000,000 Line. “Cotton is king in the export rec- ord of the United States for the fiscal year just ended.” This is the introductory sentence of a statement just issued by the ue- partment of commerce and labor. Continuing the statement says: “The total value of raw cotton ex- ported for the first time crossed the $400,000,000 line and exceeded by far the value of any other article of mer- chandise sent out of the country. Ex- ports of breadstuffs of all kinds ag- gregated but $186,000,000, those of provisions but $211,000,000 and those of iron and steel manufacturers but $161,000,000. The Phoenix and Hoerder com- panies, two of the largest coal and | iron companies in Germany, have de- cided to consolidate their stockhold- ers. Meetings have been called for October 10 to approve the plan which includes an increase of $2,500,000 in the capital of the amalgamated con- cern. wu Cruiser Boston on Rocks. A message from Anacortes, Wash, says the United States cruiser Bos- ton ran on the rocks near there and is sinking. Help was dispatched but from the reports here there is little chance of the ship being saved, as she is lying in a bad position. The Boston is a protected cruiser of 3,000 tons, and is commanded by Capt. DeWitt Coffman. She is at- tached to the Pacific station. The Boston participated in the battle of Manila. Last Year's Shipment Crossed the | A BKIRMISH NEAR HAVANA Reports from Country Districts Say That Two-Thirds of the People Are Insurgents. ’ Col. Sima’s detachment of rural guards encountered a band of 50 in- surgents near Canasi, in Havana pro- vince. The rural guards charged the insurgents and killed two of them in- cluding the leader, Antonio Gon- zales, with machetes, and captured six. The insurgents then scatter- ed. Sixty insurgents at Santiago de las Vegas, 10 miles from Havana, broke into stores, seized provisions, arms and ammunition, supplied themselves with horses, cut the telephone wires and rode out of town with shouts for the liberal party and the constitu- tion. The most conservative testimony from the country districts of the pro- vinces of Pinar Del Rio, Havana and Santa Clara is that two-thirds of the people in the country and small towns of these three provinces are insurgents. The managers of the insurrection have permitted the publication of a document purporting to have been found in an abandoned rebel camp, but which, it is stated, was first is- sued in Havana and the original of which is in a deposit vault in the United States, signed by leading con- spirators, which gives the fnll pro- gram of the revolutionists’ policy. It is in the form of an agreement, and is dated Havana, July 26. The program calls for the vacating of the offices of president, vice president and all civil governors of the six pro- vinces; the forming, by ‘those sena- tors elected in April, 1902, and those representatives elected in 1904,” of a congress, the election of an ad interim president and vice president “who shall call elections of said offices and also for governors, sena- tors, representatives and provincial councilmen.” Reports of insurgent activity con- tinue to pour in from various parts of the island. The most ominous of these tells of a great battle near Cienfuegos, which lasted two days, and in which the government forces, under Colonel Valle, have sustained heavy losses. VERMONT ELECTION Republicans Elect Son of Senator Proctor for Governor. Fletcher D. Proctor, son of United States Senator Redfield Proctor, was elected governor of Vermont over Percival W. Clement, the Independent and Democratic candidate, by about 15,000 plurality. The normal Repub- lican plurality in Vermont is about 21,000. Scattered returns from the two congressional districts indicate that Represntative David J. Foster of Burlington, Republican, has been re- elected in the First district, and that Represntative Kittredge Haskins, Re- publican, has been returned from the Second. The legislature will be over- whelmingly. Republican. National issues were not involved in the con- test. BANDERA ASSASSINATED Report Declares Rebel Leader Was - Killed in Bed. A dispatch from Havana, Cuba, says: Quentin Banderas, the negro rebel leader, was not kiled in battle between his men and the loyal troops, as at first reported, but slain in his bed by hired assassins of the Government. According to the story, | word was sent to Banderas that if he would visit the house of a certain there {o discuss concessions to the rebels which the Government might be willing to consider. The old man fell into the trap and went to the | house named one hight after dark- | ness had fallen. He was -given a | room in which two other men were | to sleep. | been shot in the back | while he slept. of the head San Francisco Death List. | as the result of the earthquake and | fire of April 18, the local health de- partment so stated in a formal re- port sent to the state board of health. Of the victims 266 were Killed by falling" walls, 177 perished by fire, seven were shot and two died as the result of ptomaine poisoning due to eating ‘emergency’ canned meats. Fighting Suspended. have been directed to suspend active field operations until it can be de- termined what can be done to end the war. The propositions, which promo- ters of the peace movement have in mind, include a special session of congress to pass acts of “amnesty, for the holding of municipal elections within 60 days, to be supervised by members of both parties and a new general election law providing for minority representation in all branch- es of the national and municipal governments. Killing Goes on at Warsaw. Gen. Tumenoff, commander of a brigade at the garrison at Warsaw, was wounded by five revolutionists, who fired upon him with revolvers as he was leaving his residence. Gen. Tumenoif participated in the recent pacification of the Baltic province. Two policemen were Killed. The murderer escaped. A soldier, while searching a pedestrian, killed a boy and mortally wounded a passerby. An officer was mortally wounded. His assailant escaped. Dismissed from the Navy. By direction of the President, Lieutenant Edward H. Dunn, U. S. N., was dismissed from the service of the United States. Lieutenant Dunn was attached to the receiving ship Independence at the Mare Is- land (Cal.) navy yard and was recent- ly convicted by court-martinl of scandalous conduct. The government of Brazil has ap- propriated $300,000 toward the fund for the relief of the Chilean earth- quake sufferers. official other officials would meet him | ARRESTED IN BANK GAGE Promoter and Two Officials are Called to Account. FAILURE MAY REACH $10,000,000 Confession of Hipple Found in Which He Says Segal Got All the Money. Charged with having defrauded the depositors of the Real Estate Trust Company, of Philadelphia, out of many millions of dollars, Adolph Se- gal, a promoter of many enterprises; William F. North, the treasurer of the trust company, and Marshall S. Collingwood, the assistant treasurer, were arrested at the instance of Dis- trict Attorney John C. Bell. Segal was held in $25,000 bail and®| the two oificers in $10,000 each. This turn in the affairs of the com- pany is only one of the many sensa- tions expected to develop in con- nection with the failure, which. it is estimated. will exceed $10,000,000 be- fore Receiver Karle finishes his in- vestigation. The receiver of the company filed at Hollidaysburg assignments of 227 South Altoona mortgages, which Se- gal had assigned on August 5, 1904, to the bank for the sum of $100,000 and “other valuable considerations.” The name of F. W. Hipple appears as the subscribing witness to the assign- ments. Last week the attorney for Receiver Harle filed assignments of 197 South Altoona mortgages at Hollidaysburg, which the trust company had purchas- ed from Segal for $485,000. The total number of South Altoona mortgages is 1,356, of which 424 were tuined over by Segal to the Real Es- tate Trust Company. There remains 917 mortgages, the present ownership of which is un- known. It developed that Segal not only traded on his South Altoona real es- tate venture with the Real Estate Trust Company, but also with a chain of banks throughout the State. Just what value Segal’s bonds and stocks have in the public estimation was seen when $25,000 worth of Penm- sylvania Sugar Refining Company first mortgage 5 per cent. gold coupons, due in 1931, brought $2,500 at auction. It was 10 cents on the dollar and the buyer was a broker named Sinkler. His was the only bid. On the day President Hipple shot himself his son, F. Wharton Hipple, found a note in his father’s room. Re- ceiver Earle and District Attorney Bell came into possession of this note. Jt was written in ink on the back of an envelope. It bore no ad- dress and read as follows: “Segal got all the monev. I was fooled. but have no one to blame but myself.” According to Mr. Bell, the note im- FOUR TRAINS IN WRECK Dead Brakeman Pinioned in River by! Engine. A dispatch from Martinsburg, W. Va., says: A fatal and disastrous wreck occurred near Sir Johns Run, in which seven lives were lost and much damage done to the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. A fast freight train crashed into two other freight® trains, which had stop- ped, and whiie injured and dying trainmen and tramps were buried in the wreckage of the three trains an- other fast freight added to the hor- ror of the wreck by plowing into it and then toppling over into the Po- tomac river The dead are: Brakeman W. L. C. Woods of Brunswick of the fourth freight train, body buried under engine in river; Fireman Frank McKeever of Martins- burg, of the fourth fast freight train, brought to King’s Daughters Hospital, where he died; five tramps, buried in the wreckage, whose names are un- known. The injured: Engineer F. J. Sny- der of Brunswick. Several other trainmen were bruised and cut, but not fatally hurt. SIMON BURNS GETS DECISION Hays Faction Fails to Enjoin Rival Knights of Labor from Meeting. In the supreme court of the District of Columbia Justice Gould discharged the rule issued against the Burns faction of the Knights of Labor, re- quiring them to show cause why they should not be enjoined {from holding a special assembly of the order in New York city September 10, The rule was issued at the instance of John W. Hays and others, com- monly called the Hays faction of the Knights of Labor. The court agreed with the view taken by the Burns faction that the proceedings of the Hays faction was an attempt to set aside the opinion of the court of appeals which held that the equity court was without juris- diction ilo determine which of the factions was properly elected at the Niagara meeting in November 1902. BLAMES CASHIER Stensland Says Hering Got Most of Stolen Money. Paul O. Stenslund made a confession to Assistant District Attorney Olsen, at Tangier, Morocco. It clears up much of the mystery surrounding the events leading up to the crash which involved the ruin of the Milwaukee Avenue Bank. He took much of the blame upon himself, but declared Cashier Hering was the forger and that Hering got most of the money. He exonorated his son Theodore and the directors. He declared it a lie that he had spent any money on Leone Langdon Key or any other woman. He declared that he never spent more than $5,000 a year himself and that all the money he took he put into real estate or investments in the hope of “making good.” plicated no others. TROUBLED BY CONSCIENCE Repay Stolen Money. Troubled in conscience during 19 intervening years because he away with $200 belonging to Brockett, a farmer of Conn., a former farmhand returned several days ago and repaid money. ‘While in Chicago the man came under the influence of the Salvation Army and through the organization secured employment with a big dry goods firm. partment manager, but in all past. On his vacation this summer He never rose again, having | In all 452 persons lost their lives | The Cuban government commanders | he determined to find Mr. and repay the money. | | Russian Famine. | Fifty prominent Zemstvoists assem- | bled to discuss measures for famine | relief through the Zemstvo organiza- | tion, and for political conference with | the Octoberists and other moderates. | At least $75,000.000 will be needed to | combat the famine, which is severest | in seven procinces, Samara, Saratoff, | Simbirsk, Pena, Kaan, Tamboff and | Ufa, AFTER BRYAN WITH KNIFE White-Haired Kentuckian Makes Scene in Chicago Hotel. A white-haired man who gave his name as Samuel Browning, and his residence as ‘Kentucky,’ created a disturbance among the Bryan visit- ors in the lobby of the Auditorium Annex, at Chicago by brandishing a knife and demanding to see Mr. Bry- an. He was arrested by the house de- tective and turned over to the po- lice. a Wants Indictment Quashed. A hearing on motion to quash the information filed against John D. Rockefeller as the responsibe head of the Standard Oil Company by Prose- cutor ‘David was heard in Probate Judge Baner’s court at Findlay, O. Virgil P. « Kline, represented the Standard and the gist of his argu- ment was that the Standard could be criminally prosecuted only under an indictment found by a regularly con- stituted grand jury. Prosecutor David argued in suport of the infor- mations. Judge Banker reserved his decision. Hurry Order to Arsenal. Frankford arsenal, near Philadel- phia, received a rush order for 3,- 000,000 cartridges of the Krag-Jorgen- sen type. The order was sent by the federal] government, and is the big- gest hurry order sent to the arsenal since the Spanish-American war. The belief at the arsenal is the war de- partment wishes to be prepared should this country be called upon: to aid Cuba in suppressing the island re- volt. The arsenal expects to deliver | the 3,000,000 cartridges in five weeks. Man Returns Nineteen Years Later to | ran | John | Montowes, | the | He finally became a de: | the | years was always troubled by his! Brockett | The Boston Wool Market. There is unflagging interest in the | wool market, though the traders have expected heavier buying than has prevailed. The market is firm. | Strong efforts to break prices have | failed. Pulled wools are quiet. There is a demand for that which is scarce and in which supplies that are plenti- fu® are difficult to move at current prices. Foreign grades are scarce. Leading quotations follow: Ohio and Pennsylvania—XX and above, 34c; X, 31 to 32¢c; No. 1, 40 to 41c; No. 2, | 38 to 39c; fine unwashed, 25 to 26¢; half-blood unwashed, 34 to 35c; quarter-blood unwashed, 32 to 33c; | delaine washed, 36 to 37c; delaine unwashed, 28 to 29c. CURRENT NEWS EVENTS. The Pennsylvania railroad announ- | ced it had sold half of its holdings in | the Baltimore and Ohio and the Nor- | folk and Western to Kuhn, Loeb & | Co. of New York. r | A Georgia fruit commission house filed complaint with interstate com- merce commission of unequal freight rates to the north and excessive charges for refrigerator car service. The Dominican insurgents, who be- sieged Monte Cristi, on the North coast of Santo Domingo have been de- feated. pind Gale which swept Bermuda, de- | stroyed buildings, and also wrecked | ships at sea; conflagration was pre- | vented by cloudburst; two or more | persons were killed. The Methodist Episcopal Mission lin Japan is erecting at Nagasaki a splendid brick structure for a college building, capable of accommodating 400 students. Wheeling and Lake Erie reports for July an increase of $22,993 in gross and an increase of $40,018 in net. Prsident Roosevelt has received from the Philippines 702 orchids to add to his fine collection, now being | cared for by Colonel Brown, superin- | tendent of the Government propoga- tion gardens. Carl Smith of Brockton, Mass., a pro- fessional aeronaut, fell a distance of 125 feet from a balloon at Lewiston, Me., at the Maine State fair grounds and received injuries which will prob- ably result in his death. The Moorish authorities will inter- pose no objection to the removal to America of Banker Stensland. A Dis- patch to this effect has been received at the state department from Minister Gummere, at Tangier. The dispatch added that Stensland is a prisoner in the American legation theYe. Hoke Smith Named. The unanimous nomination of Hoke Smith for Governor of Georgia and the cndorsement of William J. Bryan for President in 1908 was the principal business transacted by the Georgia Democralic State convention. The platform adopted contains many radical recommendations and substi- tutes the majority vote in primaries for nominating conventions in gub- ernatorial contests. The army transport Sheridan went aground on extremity of one of the Hawailan islands.
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