PUT TRUST CHIEFS IN JAIL Noted Men Deliver Addresses at Jamestown Expcsition. TRUSTS AND MACHINES SCORED President Wilson of Princeton Governor Hughes of New York State Their Views. Independence was celebrated @t the Jamestown Exposition by the first reunion of descendants of signers of the Declaration of Independence and speeches: by: Gov. Charles E. finghes of New York and President Woodrow: Wilson of Princeton Tiniver-, sitv.. The attendance of visiters.num bered over 50,000. Gov. Hughes was the center figure and was given an enthusiastic wei- come. 11is tribute to President Roo velt brought forth a ‘demenstra Hut the blows he struck: at peliticn and his co < in gunremacy of the peopl machines nals for even greater 2 President Wilson i the unlawful practi dustry: “One really res i one 1eal originator of and transactions which. are cont: to the interest—legally lode in the 1 1 could YO Wi more tl a mu! in. fines, de geniune and What this son said, is man in the sch ship of punish agers of violations manipnul: thefts” “and said ished as such. like overigoking iv2 Fs only in this way we can i =neialism. It is absurd te indict or 3 agzainst railroads- the he of tions, as dissolve ‘corporations for effen a the vubhlie i arrest and confiscate eauce their owners Ki Jf the individual the difficulty will be g« as NAVAL BASE ON PACIFIC United States Proposed to Buy From Mexico. Necotiations are now pending the purchase by the United: Stat from Mexico of Magdalena hay o peninsula of ‘lower California. intended to- establish there base with sufficient coal serve all the ships on the ‘Pac tion. x If Mexico does not care to sell the Pav with the necessary land for the purposes of the United then this country stands ready to buy the whole - peninsula. Overtures = have been made to the Mexican govern- ment by the state department and. in- formation has come through Ambas- pador Creel that Mexico thinks well of the preposition. It is probable that nothing definite will be done in matter until fall, when Secretary of State Root will go to Mexico. ! the ROCKEFELLER IN COURT Says is Position is Honorary and He Knows But Little. John D. Rockefeller, on the witness stand in Judge Landis’ court in Chi- cago, pleaded ignorance of the Stond- ard Gil Company's affairs, saying that while he was vresident of the com- pany the position was an honorary one, and that it had been many vears since Le had any active part in its management. Another official, how- ever, said that the Standard Oil Com- pany cf New Jersey owns the control- Ying interest in the Standard Oil Com- pany of Indiana, which was the prin- cipal thing the court wanted to de- velop. : Seven Years Past the Century. Mrs. Mary Manley celebrated 107th birthday at the residence of ner grandson, N.. W. Danforth, at Cum- derland, Md., July 4, havving been horn in County Mayo, Ireland, in 1800.7 She was previous to her mar- America 84 years ago. ASSOCIATE MASTERS. NAMED Judge Aldrich Unwilling to Sit Alone on Mrs. Eddy’s Condition. Dr. F. J. Jelly of Boston, a special- Blumer of Providence, R. I appointed co-masters with Judge Id- gar Aldrich of Littleton, N. H,, to de- termine the competency of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, the founder and head of the - Christian Science faith to trans- | act business and care for her own in- | terests. Judge Aldrich wrote to Judge Chamberlain, who has presided over the Liddy litigation, ed about accepting the sole responsi- bilitv on accoune of “the delicacy and sensitiveness of the situation, and in view of the general public interest in the question.” Jesse R. Grant for President. Jesse IR. Grant's boom for the Demuveratic presidential nomination was launched at a dinner given him at St. Louis, Mo., July 7. Grant is zoing to Arkansas in a few days, thence to Texas and elsewhere in the south and west to look over the situa- tion. ? GIRL JOCKEY WINS Girl Makes Debut as Rider —Cheered by Crowd. Miss Dorothy Tyler, aged 14, daugh- ter of R. B. Tyler, former mayor of Joplin, Mo. made her debut as a jockey at the local race track and won her first event, a quarter-mile race, on her own horse, Blackmare, cross- ing the wire ahead of Dolly Varden, ridden by Will Brown, and Annie, with a professional jockey nanied McDow- ell, up. Missouri and | { him: | principally l to tell, the ; Sentence Passer aiding and | Three Central her | new { Central America by a union of Ghate- : > | Nicaragua. appears plausible to riage Miss Mary Welsh, and came to | | schemes of Zelaya, | lies. and Costa { were subdued they killed three | diers and wounded a sergeant that Le hesitat- ! : Si BETRAYED BY A WOMAN Bank Clerk Soon Caught—Part . Stolen Mcney Found. Chester PB. Runyan, the paying teller of the :Windsor Trust Co. of York, whe embezzled 06,317.70, was arrested this aficrnoon by policemen attached to the West One and-Fiftyv-cecond street station, where he had heen hiding since he disan- ared on Saturday. Mrs. Laura M Yarter. with whom he betrayed him to the police. Of the $96.317.70, - which stole from the ‘trust company, $54,- 410 was recovered by the police, and | the rest was accounted for. | th2 remaining $26.- | $16,000 of What became of 000 has not been definitely determin- ed. Runyan 215.000 of it claimed Runyan which she subse to. Mrs. who gave quently returned to nit that. he idual sums on her, valuable jewelry. 1e- knew more about the than she was willing detained Mrs. Car- of grand larceny. st Runyan made. 2a b. the opinion of wed that his: escape ical which had come k in recent years. “He small sums he had defaulted had lost this sum Then the sum came. knowing just why, n he walked out of office on Saturday: with a valise, he had no definit Carter, her SNe 1 £ th: missing $26,006 polic ter on ac ze After in had st from pa undil } that he stocks. op- a large PRISON FCR BANK CLERKS Uren Two Clerks of Ente Bank. rials were refused the crimes in transac- defunet. Enterprise Na- Judge Nathaniel Ew- States Dis Two. of the ; rprise the ited in two sentence od and P was months Mac}lillan, ger sentenced to . serve and to pay the Charles Menzemer, was sentenced to serve 0 months. roe five years Tn the case Ta. individual r., who was ‘ieted of misapplication -and abstrac- vf suspended to await charge hookkeep funds, outcome another asainet-hinn + In teller: and Lemert of . Thomas W. Harv=y, S. Cook, who the ‘tare nd who is charged with abetting Clark in speculations, which ended with wrecking of the bank and the suicid: of Clark, sentence was deferred. T.ee Clark. a Garibaldi Centenary Seized On as Occasion for Big Outbreak by People in Rome. The centenary of the birth of Gari- baldi. was celebrated in Rome as a na- tional holiday. Shops which attempt- ed to remain open were forced to close by Trabbld which paraded .the | streets from an early hour. It is estimated that there were 50,000 peo- ple in the procession. Anti-clerical feeling ran rahs for Garibaldi were drowned by shouts of “Death to the Pope When the procession pa high. Hur- priests.” the shouted “Down with the aristocracy,” and when in frent of the Austrian embassy. “Down with -Austria.” The vatican was surrounded troops and the bridge leading thereto was strongly guarded. by UNITE AGAINST ZELAYA American Republics Join in a New Combine. from Honduras that a has been effected The report alignment in Salvador against the diplomats of those countries in Wash- ington. The alliance is in opposition to the the Nicaraguan president, to unite these four repub- Rica in a tion, of which he would be the virtual mala, Honduras and | dictator. ist in mental diseases, and Dr. G. A. | were | MUTINY AND MURDER Russian Soldiers Revolt, a Jew-Baiter is Slain and Political Pris- oners Are Freed. Twenty-two soldiers of a battalion at Bobrinsk mutinied. Before they sol- and four soldiers. Capt. Pashkin of the Gendarmerie was assassinated at Yekaterinburg and the murderers escaped. He was the organizer of the attacks on the Jews at Volgada in October, 1905, when many Hebrews were massa- cred. At Bakhmul four armed men at- tacked troops guarding nine important political prisoners, killing one sol- dier and wounding another and en- abling the prisoners "to escape. Troops captured two of the attacking party and recaptured six of the pris- oners. x Telegraphers’ Strike Order Recalled. President Small of the Telegraph- ers’ Union has temporarily withdrawn the order for an early strike in Chi- cago, pending the report of United States Labor Commissioner Neill to adjust the trouble with the Western Union and Postal Companies. From Odessa comes the report that the Black Hundreds there have begun their bloody work-of -massacring the Jews. and that several of this unhappy people have already fallen victims to their violence. of | New | Hundred | had been living, | Runyan | told the police he gave | ponulation $5.000, | had | five | need to terms in the West-| stig one more | Ralston, | cenn- | Was a business associate of Cashier T. LEA | New frent of the Hunt Club the mob | confedera- -of navigation. TOWN NEASLY DESTROYED A Tornado of Great Violence Re- ported from Wisconsin. SEVERAL KILLED; MANY HURT Horse and Buggy Blown Away—Wo- man Found in Top of Tree. Mr. and Mrs. John Dame were kill: ed at Oakdale, Wis., by the tornado, and Mrs. Wm. Butterfield was fatal- ly injured. The town of Oakdale. 500, : was - nearly swept away. The the village: of Toro was struck by storm. A woman named Paves and her child were killed.-Many other persons. were injured. It is now believed that at least 15 persons w killed. At Oakdale there were two whose names have not reported: at Millston, Mrs. Jas: and baby: at Fryeville, An- Baumel: at. Warrens, two chil- dren 2 Buchner; at Dilsville, les, Mrs. Augusta Grand Rapids, ere heen ner Pp drew unknown Gn wore (0 and sd at Tunnel Siding. Elis “driving ©: a ‘horse and the storm struck and horse were ve not been found. blown into the top of a stave when the hoine of Lyman: Charles a 1! gathering was in progress. The caught in the ruins of killed. One of his fatally injured, ‘erely hurt. SHUT-DOWN WILL BE BRIEF was ie and probably oes guests ‘eral were Steel Shapes Will Make July Busy. n° Age says:- While there ya some closing down of mill and plants for repairs and = better- nts during July, it will be less than owing to the great pressure for | : In nearly every branch of | zation (1 trade it is the same story | in any a sh of specifications, and mills have not made headway at all to relieve the fon. he operating oft driven to the utmost. ig iron is being taken right along yd contraets, and there is some mand anticipating h indicates that the consumption innes on an unprecedented le. doubtful, however, whether some the a for It*ig understood that a ig’ iron, | good deal ‘of foreign iron was import- ed under an arrangement with a large and that the latter would take tar i! that could not be sold in the cof over a certain 1 } price, It is 1 this and now price, has v been believed, wached, WALKED OFF WITH BIG SUM York Bank Officials Are tounded by Daring of Trusted Employe. Calmly stuffing $96,317 into a dress suit case. Chester B. Runyan, paying teller of the Windsor Trust Company, As- | New York, is alleged to have cheerily | hade his co-workers goodby and then disappeared, since when no trace of him having been found. The robbery i| was so daring in its conception that 10 hank officials have not yet recov- | from their amazement. ed for Runvan’s apprehension. The theft was discovered Monday morning, DROWNED BY A FISH Eifteen-Pound Pickerel Upsets Boat, Throwing Out Occupants. After hooking a 15-pound pickerel, Mrs. (Geo. Cutler and Chas. T. Cham- x hoth of Ionia, Mich., lost their in Chippewa Lake in attempting | d the fish. The pickere! was »d upon a trolling line, and run- under the keel upset the boat, rowing Chambers and. Mrs. Cutler to the water, drowning them. Increase in New Vessels. A zreater number of vessels vessels of immensely greater naze were built in the United ton- in anv year for the past half century, and the gross tonnage of the vessels has been exceeded during only two years in American history. tons, were built in the United States and officially numbered ‘by the bureau Ship” construction 1855 aggregated 583,450 tons, and in 1854 was only 526,046. In those years the tonnage built in the United States ereatly exceeded that. of Great Brit: ain. Roberts to Succeed. Eckels. The resignation of 'G&o. E. Roberts as director of the mint will take ef- fect on Aug. 1. Mr. Roberts has been elected president of the Commercial National Bank of Chicago, to succeed the late James E. Eckles. Mr. Rob- erts’ successor has not yet been named. The French government has ferred the Cross of the Legion Honor on Richard Strauss, the man composer. con- of Ger- Texas Town Partly Destroyed. The town of Merkel, Tex., was part- ly destroyed by a storm. A dozen dwellings and many barns and out- buildings were blown from their foundations. Several persons were hadly injured, including R. A. Miller, Geo. Langdon, Mr. and Mrs. Parker and an unknown boy. A Lithuanian woman in jail at Scranton, Pa., reported by police to have confessed that she burned her hushand to death so she might be free to marry a former sweetheart. { not f1vo | nye Otto Balgordel { oo i The Montana Ex-Senator Held to] her. | blown | Miss | while | ; i tsa Unorecedented Demand for Finished | conges- | departments are ’ J I freezing | his 620 s iat $500 a 0 1 their rea shipments, |= iki 7 {only about $3 a share. Judge Amend holds that Clark shall | | water, we | shall centinue to absorb much foreign | award of $2,500 has been offer- | | tered about the floor. and | States | during the fiscal vear just ended than | | St. Louis | roads filed suit in | | at’ Des Moines, Ia., to enjoin the rail- | During | road companies from putting into ef- | the year, 1,463 vessels of 510,865 gross | AN ERRAND OF PEACE Oyster Bay Punctures Tale That Jap Troubles Induce Pacific Cruise. The basis of a report that a fleet 16 American battleships was to be to the Pacific is. probably ex- plained in an official statement made public at the executive offices, Oyster Bay. N. Y. July 4. It is intimated the battleships may go to the Pacific in the near future, but if they do it wil] be in the furtherance only of a plan of routine naval maneuvers. The matter of destination is undetermin- ed and the fleet is quite as likely to be ordered to the Mediterranean or to the South Atlantic as to the Pa- cific. : In any event, the statement empha- sizes that no political significance is to be attached to trip; and it is fur- ther made clear that the inference that friction between individual citi- zens of this country and natives of i Japan has influenced the government | its fighting sea | | evidence being accumulated. in the #&isposition of | force is not justified. of the navy depart- | the battleships together | it is the policy ment to t occasionally Arrangenients for now ‘under way. mature by the an exended cruise. such a cruise are They may or may coming winter. for MUST ACCOUNT FOR MILLIONS Have Made lllegal Sale of United Verde. i Judge Amend, in the Supreme Court Wm. A sion of ossions of York, ex-Senator special of New of the United Verde Copper Company, hi t involving more than $300.,000.000. The 13 | years of suit for decision comes after eight litigation, as the result of a by George A. Treadwell minority stockholders. According to Charles WW. 0] for Mr. Treadwell, n which the court orders will show that Clark now derives an in- come of -825,000.600 a year from Unit- ed Verde, much of which, Mr. mond sa to Treadwell. Judge Amend, in rougnt Desmond, the inves- over his ruling, United Verde Company to a reorgani- committee for $500,000, al- thongh the property is valued at $90, illegal, and the property to the original stockhold- sale, according to made for the purpose him: out, ares. instead of being rated share, which he value, would be valued at OHO 061), shall revert This was ers. well. permit Treadwell to make a thorough investization of all the United Verde property and go through the books of the corporation. HOMAGE TO MURPHY Thousands View Body. Thousands of citizens of Los An- eles joined in rendering homage to Francis Murphy at his funeral. The national colors on all public build- ings and scores hung at half-mast, the hack with bands of black crepe. Banked high in flowers. ferns countless floral pieces and draped in a huge American flag, the ‘body lay in state for three hours, while thou- sands of citizens passed the bier. The Rev. Frank DeWitt Talmage deliver- ed the funeral oration. The city councils, headed by the mayor, went in a body. Burial was private at Rosedale cemetery. iN STOCKING HOLE { Woman Scatters Diamonds and Pearls at Every Step. There is a hole in one of the stock- | ings that Mrs. Monroe Green of San | Francisco wore zt a hotel in Pasa- dena, Cal, and every time she took a step some of her diamonds and pearls, worth $3,000 in ail, were secat- Mrs. Green put them there because she thought they wonld be safe. She says the stones cut the hole in her stocking, which had none in it when she put it on. A hotel clerk found the gems and re- stored them all to her just as she dis- covered her loss. TEST TWO-CENT LAW Enforcement. Stockholders of the Minneapolis & and the Towa Central rail- the federal court fect the Towa two-cent fare law. As Judge McPherson was at be procured to-day. It is alezed in both petitions that | the two-cent fare act is unconstitu- ional in that the new rate is confiscat- | ory. Captured by Bandit. Caid General Sir Henry Maclean, | Sultan’s body Sultan, commander of the guard, and next to the chief. will hold the general prisoner until the Sultan grants the terms which he, Raisuli demands for his own pardon and MacLean’s release. Four hundred journeymen plumbers of St. Louis have struck for an in- crease from $5 to $6 a day. Brewers Lose in Kansas. Judgment by default was rendered at Topeka, Kan, in the state supreme court azainst the Schlitz, Heims and Pabst Brewing Companies, and their property in the hands of the state brewery receivers ordered sold. This is under the same order that applied to the Anheuser-Busch Company. The Mesabe ore docks at Duluth last month broke all records for ship- ping. Their total was 2,156,956 tons, making the amount shipped so far this year 4,094,786 tons. { relationship s | the { originate. 2 ; i James J Clark must account forall the dealings i closely { submit Des- | should have been turned | says | | that the sale of the property of the’ Tread- | of | for the reason that | says is | | Los Angeles Flags at Half-Mast and:| mense stone dam. | soon of business houses | folds caught | | Bales has lost 28 pounds. ; 3 z { measurement | Suits Brought in lowa to Restrain Its bl t 34 Kansas | | City, a temporary injunction could not | in | f the | most influential man in Morocco, has | been captured by Raisuli, the bandit | Raisuli has announced that he | WILL TRY SMELTER TRUST Investigation by Federal Authori- ties on President’s Order. INDEPENDENTS CROWDED ouT Business of Smelting Monopolized and Terms Dictated to Railroads Carrying the Ore to Mills. The great smelter trust, headed by Simon Guggenheim, Senator-elect from Colorado, has fallen under the ban of the Federal authorities and trust-busting experts are conducting an investigation to determine whether it is not a combination in violation of law. It is expected to base a suit for dissolution of the corporation and possibly criminal proceedings on the | The - smelter was personally ordered Roosevelt, ineciudes not only tions: of anti-trust law, but also. the ined by the smelter roads which traverse which smelting ores investigation, which by President trust toward country A statement ally to President it -was alleged the was submitted person- Roosevelt in trust has become I so powerful that it is able to dictate | +1 te on rail lines aggregat- $ to 40.000 miles, whieh controlled by I. H. Harriman. an Hill, "and that the independ- miners have been to the wall that many of them bankruptey - or of res rates r S0-000 ent either go into the must to the snielter trust. have taken preliminary toward the formation poraticn, and given by powerful ciors that the capital coming for such an SLeps assurances have been Wall street finan- will be forth- enterprise The American Smelting & Refining New | the | in by Clo., which was incorporated Jersey in: 1899. is controlled Guggenheim Bros. - it and issued $50,000,000 stock and $50,000,000 cumiilative pref of of 7 d stock. per ROYS VILLAGES Discharge of Rocks Dams River and Causes Overflow. A dispateh from. Valdivia, July 1, is ejecting huge columns of which together with stones, sand and ushes, has caused the death of 15 Indian families and many herds of cattle. A volcano, which has appeared in La Union district, stopped the course of the Papahuin river: with an. im- An extensive lake formed, the waters of which filled the valley up to the crater. Soon after the water began to boil and: as it continued to rise its pres- Says | sure swept the dam away, ihundating the neighboring cities. Everything living was killed. Fourteen corpses have been found among the steaming | debris. and | The new - volcano lies close to Moeho Puyehue and Pilan volcanoes. A special bulletin issued by Weather Bureau at Washington, C., July 1, says the seismographs at the: Weather Bureau at 8 o'clock in the morning recorded an earthquake of moderate intensity, which sembled in many respects the record | of the Kingston made Jan. 14, 1907. earthquake, FASTED A MONTH Pounds in Weight—Testing Health Theory. After fasting since May 30, which time he tasted nothing water, Dr. I. J. Eales of 111., broke ing of a small quantity of malted milk. His fast was instituted to test his theory that total absinence from food for a period is = beneficial to health. = After taking the malted milk he said he would fast longer, to ascertain what Lost 28 during but at 192 pounds, His chest Beginning his fast has been inches. 225 pounds to demonstrate that his aly - strength has not been diminished. PLANNED DEATH OF WITTE. Man Entrusted to Execute Plot Be- trayed and Murdered by His 5 Assistants. From revolutionary sources has been obtained and published full details of a sensational reactionary there | plot for the murder of Count Witte, the former Russian premier. The assassination was planned by the Moscow branch of the Union of True Rissian people, and the execu- tion was entrusted to the leader of the Moscow branch, a man named Kazantseff, who came to St. Petersburg the latter part of May. He enlisted four men to assist him. It was plan- ned to throw a bomb at Count Witte's carriage. The plot, however, was betrayed by the revolutionist bureau, which gave Count Witte warning. Kazantseff was killed by his supposed assistants. Great Dearth of Teachers. Appeals for male teachers keep pouring into the office of Prof. Frank R. Hall, superintendent of the Wash- ington county (Pa.) public schools, and the demand cannot possibly be supplied. Many of the townships and borough boards have already meetings to elect teachers, and with few exceptions there were not a suffi- cient number of. suitable applicants to fill the schools. Especially for principals, where boards desire male teachers, is the demand greater than the supply- viola- | which | crowded so | of a rival smelting cor- | has authorized | common | cent | Chite, | The Rinilahue voleano | ° boiling | the | D.. | re- | Belleville, | his abstinence by partak- | 24 hours | effect the | nourishment would have upon his sys- | | tem. : reduced from | {43 to 40 inches, his waist from 44 to He lifted a man weighing | held | A MISSOURI GRIEVANCE Gov. Folk Objects to Federal croachment on State Laws. Folk of July En- his Fourth Ind., of Gov. Missouri in of complained of speech. at Ilvansville, Federal invasion states rights. He said: “Nowhere is this encroachment on the rights of the state more marked than in the wholesale nullification of state laws by federal injunction without hearing and before trial. The result is, unless the consent of a railroad can be obtained to pending legislation, the state becomes power- less. No one could object to a court, state ar federal, declaring a statute unconstitutional if found to be so after hearing. Dut there should be protest against statutes of the states being suspended as presumptively bad until the case is determined. A number of important laws of Missouri are now embalmed by the federal injunction vefo. In the course of years, when | the eases are tried. the court . will { probably hold they are valid, but they | might as well be killed to- he chloroformed by injnetion until their | validity is gone. people as not such, Missouri prejudiced against railroads -as sentiment of justice which. brought the. freight law and | the two-cent law into being will cause their repeal if they ave found to be unfair. Dut the people of Missouri object to a federal court de enjoining the state from enforci laws before they have been de valid.” : are and the same fare sO STEEL ORDERS FALLING OFF | Dron frem 175.000 Tons -in May to 70,000 Tons in June. been a sharp falling in « s for structural is estimated that the structural - steel for tordered during June tors, In. the | the orders booked tot mately 175 art of the asonable slackening pris the summer on whole the drop between fand June 175,000 to 70,000 fair: barometer of the t structural trade in respect to the future outlook. as Cf [ 25.000 total volnme future deliv hag not ex 170,000 preceding mot led approxi O00 tons. falling off is of advances, due to the new : enter. pur May ons as the from sentimen 1 18.a in tho new business placed in June tons went: to the American Company. which now has 500.000 tons or orders, plants working the first of the = the iridee booked about | suflicient to k at full capacity its until 01) year. Boston Wool Market. Prices -for new wools of all grades are hardening and the highest quota- tions of the season have been record- od. In Montana 24c¢, in Wyoming 23¢ and in Ohio 35¢ show the trend of the prices. Unwashed Ohio and Pennsyl- v wools find buyers at 30¢, with large sales. There have béen transactions Michigan = and Wisconsin fleeces. The offerings. of territory wool is expanding, especially the betetr elass. The foreign: wool market is steady, with_.a limited sup- ply. The leading quotations range as | follows: Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces; XX, 33: fo 3d4c;: XX, 31 to. 32¢; No. 1 washed, 3S to 39¢c: No. 2 wash- ed, 37 to 38%c: fine unwashed, 25 to 26¢c¢ fine ‘unmerchantable, 25 to 23¢; half blood clothing, to 28c; half | blood combing, 32 to 33c; three- eighths blood combing, 32 to 33c. in o= yo Earthquake Razes Town. At Longpine, Neb., three persons were hurt and many buildings damag- | ed by: an earthquake: The Methodist church and a livery stable were de- | molished. Several buildings were un- i roofed. Streets were piled high with | trees, fences and roofs. Hail broke {all windows and destroyed crops. The loss in Longpine is $100,000. CURRENT NEWS ITEMS. of- line of British. admiralty and war fice have both drawn the color | against a youth born in London a negro father and English mother. The Mrs. Col. French, wife of the Salva- tion Army commandant of the Pacific coast, has offered to go to the leper [isiands of Molokai for mission work. Meyer joined the | Daughters of the Confederacy in an effort to have Jefferson Davis’ name | again chiseled on a bridge near Wash- ingten. > Magnus . Thompson of Blackbrook, Wis.. shot and fatally wounded Minnie Phalum and blew off the top of his own head. The girl had refused to marry him. : Dock Posey, a middle-aged white man, the self-confessed assaulter of his 9-year-old step-daughter, was tak- en from Whitfield (Ga.) county jail after midnight and hanged to a rail- road viaduct. : The Prudential Insurance Com- pany anncunced that following the ex- ample of a number of other life insur- ance companies, it will withdraw from. Texas. considering it impossible to comply with the law recently passed in that state. The Lowell expedition to the Andes has succeeded in photographing: the canals of Mars, according to a tele- gram received at the Harvard obter- vatory from Prof. Percival Lowell, di- rector of the Lowell observatory at Flagstaff, Ariz. Congressman Is 102 Years Old. \ | Josiah Zeitlien, who was at Russian Poland, July 3, 1805, land came to this country 25 years ago, celebrated his 102nd birthday at his home, 136 Lexington avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. The Polish patriarch is still able to move around. He | would pass for a vigorous. octogenar- jan. He drinks, beer, whisky and | wine in moderation, and smokes regu- |larly. [is picture adorns the adver- | tisement of a whisky tonic. He has | four sons, one daughter and 14 grand- children. : born | Lodz,
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