MRS. EDDY'S TRIAL OPENED
Judge AkS Blo otiams About the
Efficacy of Prayer.
ATTORNEYS IN A TANGLE
&Rerapt to Show Aged Leader Might
Fear Son and Still Be in
Right -Mind.
Jadz= Aldrich in the first day's ses-
awn mf the trial by which her son
aed “next friend” seck to show that
WIrs Mary Baker Glover Eddy, the
aged head of the Christian Science
sStrerely, is incompetent to manage
#er affairs, speaking for the masters
aypenited to testimony,
#he following ruling:
“We are all of the opinion that
fe evidence tending to show that
Mrs. Bddy is in a delusionary mental
take made
aoudilion in respect to forces Operat- |
ung wmpon her relatives and ‘next
Yriemds” and through them upon her
#usiness, if of a character to show
mental impairment and to influence
%er in Business affairs, is admissabie.
“Tis is limited to alleged delusions
which reasonably connect themselves
mH Tespect to the management of
araperly affairs. The majority of the
board think that as these alleged de-
Husioms relate to conditions of mental
prejudice, going back to 1290, they
ave remote.”
To his vuling,
“Fhe Tuiling shut out
musitions taken in Boston, but
i were introduced various
writtenn by Mrs. Eddy to Rev.
Micen, who in
he Christian
“These Telters show
#Weliered that evil mental
mere danz exerted to
wandc, and to cause her son
tithe purpose of breaking her
both sides excepted.
most of the de-
under
letters
Science
that Mrs. Eddy
influences
hinder her
to form
publication of her works. The hear-
img was adjourned.’
The term ‘general insanity” as ap-|
whivd fo the condition of Mrs. Eddy,
Wy Wrwiil . Howe, counsel for the
wilaintits, was formally withdrawn by
r. Howe at the hearing.
wxpdaized that while the courts
aepeatadiy to describe such
en, 5 3s not the technical term used
fay afienisis.
#% This point Judge Aldrich, speak- |
sz for the masters, said that : the
sphestion to be determined is that
somprelentve to manage property,
seme ef -ifusanity, general delusion
melisicns delusion.
“Be will show your honors,”
Selired Alr. Howe, “not a
wn fhe part of Mrs. Eddy, but a con-
«ition © insanity which
wrers action of her life.”
Jwdge Aldrich asked if the masters
Bad any more right to decide against
"hristizn Science as a religion than
apasnst Catholicism or Spiritualism.
"Christian Science is a system
medicine, not religion,” replied
Howe.
“fuarciar as Christian
speculation, it cannot be called
Muster, Pot when it is based upon
supposed facts, which can be proved
wot to he facts, then it is a delusion.”
Jade Aldrich asked how this
watter of delusion was to be con-
pected with business competency. He
spoke #7 the widespread belief in the
«ffcirmes of praver to alter natural
woe iitions, and asked if that was .noct
@s much @ delusion as a belief in the
aur of disease by praver.
“ot at all,” replied Mr. Howe.
TE former is entirely a matter of
spacelation; the latter is susceptible
off prooi.”
Br. Mowe sought to
aelweens Beliefs which are speculative
weitirely and therefore not capable of
not
de-
of
Science is
russ, 27d those which are susceptible |
of [TO
“The craiser Buffalo has sailed from
#an Francisco under telegraph orflers |
Ameri- |
had been on a trip to Newport from
Tem Washington, to protect
way myPerests at Pribloff Island from
Ure poxching depredations of the Jap-
BEE.
FIWE HURLED TO DEATH
Pefective Nlachinery Causes
ties in Mine.
to what said
in
Fatali-
Owing is have
een a defect
apee ooniaining
paring 10 descend to their work in a
wwe HT the Sonman Shaft Coal
2 Seumzan, Pa., about 16 miles. east
of Johnstown, started upward instead
ef ecoinz down, and rising to the top
«#Y the iipple, SO feet above the
ground, furned over, throwing the
men oul - :
Five of them dropped down
sha®t, a distance of over 400 feet, and
were Killed, while the other three
guoveeded in catching hold of
to.
the machinery, a
cight miners,
O.
ight injuries.
“The dead are: John
mmadmon, of Jamestown, near
wwe, aged single: Oscar Groki,
wamper Sonman, Pa., married; Ralph
Ricky, utility man, Portage, Pa., aged
»*; mingle: Adam Kummko, utility
wm, Sognma married and Russell
"Haiers, engineer,
UR, sgle
McAllister,
55;
Sawrager Empress to Quit.
THRspetcees from Shanghai
he imteresting news that
mess Dowager of China has
wowaced hor determination to
gate xt the next Chinese new
Fhe desires to the
state to the Emper 0
Tmpress is now 2
hetween
of the
res
contiai
the
To
isd
n-
yenr.
hand over
al
i
Nezotiations the arbitraf-
are and leaders riers
Beiffast, Ireland, in
went of the lavor troubles.
tod gottle-
| followed
Dr. |
1890 was in charge of |
publications. |
will |
wpon der death and stopping further |
Mr. Howe |
of |
thin 2nd other States use this phrase |
a condi- |
| sible,
of |
ori:
ity,
monomania |
influences |
Mr. |
a de-
| field - express at
| ing, near Great Barrington, Mass., on
Three of the motoring party |
two prob- |
differentiate
| boat
re- |
the |
the |
YWowber of the tipple and escaped with |
Johns- |
Portage, Pa., aged
life
abdi- |
GENERAL STRIKE ORDER
Talk ~7 Arbitration to - Settle Tele:
¢raph Operators’ Hours and
Wages.
Commercial Teleg-
The strike oi
! of America became
raphers' Union
general on the 16th, when
tional President S. J.
strike order from Chicago.
by the announcement
the telegraphers' union would accept
This was
the general board of arbitrators cf the |
American Federation of Labor in set-
tling the question of wages and hours
involved in the strike.
The general strike order had little |
effect in New York city, as the strike
had been unofficially under way for
four days, and nearly every member of |
the union had already deserted his or
her wire. This was true of Chicago,
Boston, Washington Pittsburg and
other big
vut before the union officials formally
declared the strike.
A large number of telegraphers in
smaller cities and towns obeyed the
order, and by walking out added to
the crippled condition of the telegraph
service.
John Mitchell,
Gompers of the American
of Labor and Daniel J. Keefe
Longshoremen’s Union, are the
trators accepted in Chicago by
telegraphers’ vnion.
New Yorkers did not receive the
bitration plan good naturedly. The
local feeling seems to be: that the
Postal and Western Union companies
cannot operate effectively without the
members of the union, and that ail
concessions should come from the
companies. .
In an official statement
lecal headauarters it was déclared
the business of both companies re-
maing sadly crippled.
President Samael
Federation
of the
arbi-
the
ar.
al
INNOCENT MAN SUFFERED
Bostcn Sub-Treasury Official Honest
Half a Century, Then
Steals $3,000.
J. Warren Hastings, since
trusted official at the United States
sub-treasury in Boston, was
The money was taken from.a pack-
age containing $105,000 in bills,
pared for shipment to Washington to
be rétired from circulation, and the
shortage was made good by another
clerk, who, technically, was
but who at no time was under
ion.
Iastings’ record for pearly 45 years’
service was practically faultless. The
cne who has made good the shortage
because of his technical
was: J: H. Vassar,
clerk, who had counted the
previous to shipment. The
tion on his part practically
away his life savings.
The shortage was discovered at the
treasury department at Washington,
three $1,000 bills being missing.
the specie
money
EXPRESS HITS AUTO
Three Killed and Two
Massachusetts.
An automobile containing a
of five persons from Bristol,
ccllided with the New York & Pitts-
Ashley [Falls cross-
Injured in
Sunday.
were killed
ably fatally
he dead
and the other
injured.
are: Charles J. oot, 40
years of age, an automobile
facturer of: Bristol, instantly killed!
Mrs. Root, his mother, who died from
her injuries while being removed to
Pittsfield by train, and Miss Roberts.
sister of Mrs. Root, instantly killed.
BOAT EXPLOSION FATAL
Two Killed and Five
Gasoline Blows
A gascline tank
Up.
in a 30-foot
in the Seaconnet river exploded,
causing the death of two persons and
serious injuries to five others. The
boat contained 14 young people. who
ifall River and had stopped at Tiver-
ton on their return.
George Antuya and Lida
severe burns.
lances were summoned from
River to convey the injured to
hospital in that city.
Japs Find Seal Islands.
While in the
The incident
suffering from
Fall
delimitation
to the
engaged
of boundary,
treaty at the close of the Russo-Jap-!
anese war. the Japanese discoverad
five islands hitherto unknown, each
swarming with fur seals.” The new
islands are near Walrus Island,
No1rth Saghalien.
BOARDING HOUSE FALLS
Five Persons Killed and Eleven [najur.
ed by the Collapse.
Five persons were killed and eleven
{others were injured, three seriously.
by the collanse of a two-story frame
buildiuz on Fry street, Chicago, ocen-
pied as a boarding house. Your
thms were instantly killed and
fifth died a few mimmtes after
taken to a hosnital.
The dead are Mrs. Annie
er two young children, Albert Stehm
and Annie Narwaranski.
Dynamite Blows Up;
A dynamite factory
Mecklenber
Many Killed.
at
is known to have been lost, eizht
missing and are regard-
20 persons were 4
danger-
ahd 60 ww slightly
persons
ed ns
ous
hurr,
are
1 s are dead, two others
dying and are injure
salt of a coll
us
car at
Manhaitan Beach
Interna- |
Small issued a
centers where the men were |
issued from |!
ja
| Susquehanna.
| the
| tended.
1864, a
arrested |
on the charge of embezzling from the |
| government $3,000 in cash on June 7
| last.
ably
pre-
respon- |
old,
i the
responsibil |
resiiti-d
wiped |
| O!d Orchard. Maine,
party |
Conn. |
| ness,
| wonden buildings
| hoarding houses
| dred cottages and small buildings had
: ' been reduced to ashes.
Injured When |
motor |
| of
i Randolph, Tex,
Mercier
i were Killed, and the injured are all
Ambu- |
the |
i of
tof
| tor
vie- |
the |
being
Nesal and
Doemitz, |
kwerin, exploded. Cne {
DEATHS IN AUTO WRECKS
|
|
{ One Machine Plunges 175 Down
into Suquehanna River.
AUTO HITS TELEGRAPH POLE
tha |
| Driver Attempts to Turn Round on
Mountain Road, Puts Foot
on Accelerator.
An
auto- containing four persons,
|
| BONS
when
FOR A DEEPER CHANNEL
Strong Plea for a Nine-Foot Stage
the Ohio.
nmevement to secure
of: the Ohio’ river, so as tn
a nine-foot stage at all sea
received an important impetus
the reviewing board of United
States engineers met in Pittsburg and
in
tho canal
ization
provide
{ accorded a hearing to the representa
| tives
of the river interests. The
| judgment formed by the board on the
two of them little girls plunged from |
a mountain road high above the Sus-
aquehanna river, and, whirling over
and over, plunged into the river with
| three cf its occupants.
The dead—Helen Brush, 6 years
old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
I C. Brush, of Susquehanna.
The injured - Frances
|' daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jas.
fin, seriously injured; Harry
Brush, suffering from a broken
Thos. oylan, suffering from
G.
occurred. not
It was the
in driving
D.
accident
Susquehanna.
of ignorance
The
from
sult
car.
The machine, owned by Mr. Brush,
went over an embankment 175 feet
high and plunged into the Susque-
hanna river. Brush was held in the
| machine. His two little
crushed and bruised by being hurled
against trees and other objects.
ian escaped by jumping when
car started down the bank.
About a mile above
the highway runs alorz the
mountain with a s1¥ ar drop
the: river below. Brush decided
turn his machine and start back for
He had succeeded. in
getting part of the way around when
he made the mistake of putting his
foot
the
side
to
reverse lever, as he had in-
The machine shot ahead, and be-
fore he could again regain controi of
it it had plunged over the highest
embankment.
The lives of a little
man were lost, another
fatally injured and
were seriously hurt: in
motor car accident that
cured at Bernardsville N. J., on the
Child's estate, completely wrecking
a 60 horse-power automobile. The
dead—D>Margaret Kuhlewind, 8 years
of Bernardsville; Joseph Clark,
chauffeur... The accident
red on the army road, the
hacame unmanageable and
from one side along the road
finally smashed into a telegraph
pole. :
girl and a
women
frightful
swerved
BiG FIRE AT RESORT
Out of Existence.
Old Orchard, Me., was
wiped out of existence Aug. 15.
a dozen hotels, nearly 100 cottages
and scores of smaller buildings were
destroved, and at least three lives are
believed to have been lost.
Hundreds of people, mostly visi-
tors, are homeless temnorarily, and
the vronertv loss will foot up very
nearly $1,000,000. .
The fire started shortlv before §
o'clock at night, presumably in the
room of one of the employes of the
Hotel Olympia.
is unknown.
practically
There was a
spread with almost incredible swift-
enveloping the hotel, and then
Nearly Wiped [invited to
strength of may be re
it will de
this hearing
zarded as conclusive since
termine the nature of the report to
be submitted by the board to the
war department. A favorable finding
practically guarantees favorable ac
| tion by congress.
| transportation.
From every center of industry af
fected, representative men were on
hand to plead the cause of improved
They came from the
| towns along the Allegheny, Mononga
Griffin, |
Grif- |
rivers and from Mis
sissinpi perts as far south as Cairo
itself. Among them were congress
men, coal operators, manufacturers
hela and Ohio
| merchants and delegates from boards
of trade, municipal councils and pub
girls were !
| died
Susquehanna |
of |
into |
1101}
lic rovement associations.
DEATH OF A NOBLE WOMAN
Miss Kate McKnight of
Passes Away.
Miss Kato Caszatt McKnight, one of
best-known women Rittsburz
prominent in woinen's elubs, in patri
otic societies, in civie work, in chari
I
Doy- | fies and in the thousand other things
which her active intellect turned
sttddenly in the Danville Sani
tarium, Danville, N. Y., from a stroke
of paralysis.
Miss McKnight was known through
out the length and breadth of Penn
sylvania for her active interest in the
schools, child labor, summer piay
grounds and every great civic ques
to
i tion of the past decade.
on the accelerator instead of on |
‘her
was related to the
oldest families in Pittsburg throug!
mother, who was Elizabetl
O'Hara Denny. Sh= had a prominent
social position, and was a great fav
orite, but in recent years she hac
Miss McKnight
{ devoted a greater part of her time fc
! club and eharitable work.
man is prob- |
three |
al
ac- |
oceur- |
machine |
| men
and |
| ices
Hal? |
| breast.
The cause of the fire |
sharp
| breeze when the blaze started, and it
manu- |
communicating to a number of smail |
about the
structures.
At midnight six hotels,
and about
a dozen
one
Stolen Pigeon Flys Home.
“Winona,” an English homing
pigeon, belonging to Harry Lathrope;
Warsaw, Ind., which was stolen
the Adams Express office, at
while en route to
Abelene, Tex. a year ago, put in-an
appearance at the Lathrope home,
15, having traveled 800 miles.
from
ne
ug.
HORRIBLE CRIME
Tramp Compels Little Girl to Remain
in Woods.
A mistreated
Whitehead, the
Rev. R.-B.
Methedist church at
The girl left to
house of a neighbor on the ourskirts
the village, about dusk. She meat
a stranger, gvho. after inquiring the
tramp horribly
14-year-old
Whitehead. pastor
daughter
the
>a. homo zo to the
way to Simons, O., placed a knife at
her threat and compelled her to en-
a wood, where she was kept all
night.’
A posse of citizens went in
bleadhounds on the trail,
pursuit,
put and
[captured the fiend.
Schooner Given Up for Lest.
Tha schooner Fleetwood, owned by
Capt. Clark ‘Tyler of DBelleviile, Ont,
believed to have gene down in
Ontario with all hands. The
left Summerville, N. Y.
Aug. 6, laden with coal for
lav. and is now a week overdue.
addition to Capt. Tyler, the crew in-
{ cluded Wm. Babeock and Jehn
son of Belleville.
is
Lake
vessel
South
Agitating Holy War.
the attitude taken by
ulema, the moslem doctors, who in-
terpret the Koran. On learning of
the cceupation of Casablanca by the
i French, the cadi of Fez, with severa
turbed by
bigger |
| transactions
T'nited States Commissioner
hun- !
: matter of prices bv erushing out
criminal
| From Salary of $123 Per Month
of
Turnersviile, |
| farmer
| that
| tion .of the
|
| England.
on |
In |
| of
Gib- |
The Sultan is said to be. greatly dis- |
he |
| ceeding
| being
Her father
was Hon. Robert McKnight, a mem
ber of Congress from Allegheny, wht
has been dead about 20 years.
italian Details to Police the Harrow
ing Initiation of Black Hand
Society.
sult of the arrest
Paterson, N. J, for
iTand operations,: the - police
have learned some of the secrets of
that dreaded band of plotters. The
information came from one of the
men under arrest, who claimed he
was decoyed into the Black Hand.
The man, George Sportally,
hecome a member
Patriotic Italian Society,” "with of-
New York. He took the ini
tiation, which was a hair raising per:
formance. Drops of blood were
drawn from his arm and mixed with
that drawn from another member of
the society. He was compelled to
swear eternal allegiance and obey-
ance on crossed daggers, while an:
other dagzer was pressed against his
His name was enrolled in a
formidable black book on the cover
of which was painted a dagger drip-
ping with blood.
of several
alleged
As a
in
Black
wr
of a
in
STANDARD OIL METHODS
Further Light Upon the Evil Deeds of
the Octopus.
another chapter concerning
of the investigaticn of
of the Standard Oil
of
Smith,
the
the
Co.
Cor-
has
In
result
porations Herbert Knox
| thrown further light upon that organ-
| izations
doings. He shows how
it has sold great quantities of oil
foreign peoples at very low prices
and compelled the American peopla
to pay unduly high ones in order to
recoup its losses abroad, as well as
make a large general profit. It bas
heen able to do as it pleased the
evil
tn
on
ition in many places by the most
nieans.
DOS
WHEELING WOMAN'S LUCK
to
$9,000,000 Fortune.
the.
$125
woman
$9.000,000
Fi:
prl
the
with
credit is the rapid transition
enced bv Miss Arna M. Hume, on t
death cof Jonathan Hedges. a wealthy
of Derbyshire, Eng, and
uncle of Miss Hume.
Miss Hume, who is 42, has beén in
the government” pricting office for
24 years. and being of a retiring na
ture, did:-noet care to discuss her
prospective good fortune. She said
has had no official notifica
will froin the lawyers in
Sha was first told of it by
relatives in Wheeling, W. Va., where
she was born, and where has
many friends. She did not know her
great uncie, for he had never lefi
England. :
avarnmant
ZOovarnmaent
in
at
mm a clerk
office
of
than
month
of
nting per to
wealth
to
experi
position a
more her
ne
rant
great
she
she
The fireproof History building. last
Jamestown exposition bhnild
be completed, was opened
Plague in South Manchuria
Jubonic plague has broken out
Manchuria and 16
have been reported... Travelers p
into North’ Manchuria
medically examined
The
in South
deaths
at
| chingtsu.
other members of the ulema support- !
demand for a holy war and
reported to fear deposi-
tion, or even assassination, if he de-
| clines to put himself personally at
the head of this movement.
ed the
ihe Sultan is
|
|
Hor
It is stated that the ipvesticg
into the affairs of Frank A. Warren
special agent of ‘the New England
Mutual Insurance Co., who disappear
ed, reveals a tage of $2.000
his accounts. A warrant has been is
sued.
Allegheny
THREATENED BY THE MOORS
Town Hemmed in by Fanatics
Europeans Prepare Barricade.
CASABLANCA GORY FIELD
Arab Charge
Troops Again and Again Over _
Bodies of Their Comrades.
Hcrsemen
Saffi, a seaport on the
of Morocco, threatens to be next
fanatical
the
Europeans.
Arabs
Already the
have beleagured
upon it at any moment.
The European residents
ricaded their homes in
for a desperate fight.
have
They ~ have
obtainable.
Reports from
desperate attack was
blanca, Aug. 12. by
tribesmen were mounted. They
bered between 4,000 and 5,000.
Their bravery was superb, but the
French troops drove them back after
hard fighting. Only the bravery of
the Eurcpean troops saved the town
from invasion.
The troops were aided by a heavy
from the warships. t
Tangier state that
made on Cas
Moors The
num-
The. tribes-
charged repeatedly, dashing al-
to the French guns. They
r&ulsed with heavy loss of life
French losses were inconsider-
five
men
most
were
The
able.
The tribesmen
ned their attack.
had carefully . 1
They first charged
in" regularly. drawn fighting lines.
The French holding the position of
vantage, drove them back, unseating
many saddles. ;
The Moors were
Urged on by their leaders,
frenzied indifference for death,
reorganized their lines, and charged
azain. Once mora the terrible fire
from the troops and warships drove
them back. This time they retreat
ed. Their. loss was heavy.
fight.
a
of
with
full
ALTON HEARING POSTPONED
Judge Landis Calls Sudden Halt in
Hearing of Rebate Charges.
Judee Landis. in the United
distrier court at Chicagn - postponed
until. Sept. 3 the grand jury investi-
zation of the charges of
1zainst the ‘Chicago & Alton
oad. growing ont of the recent
which resulted in the conviction
che Standard: Oil Co. Indiana.
It was the orizinal intention
zin “the investigation Aug. 27, bur
Tudee Landis said he had received
wotification from Atforney General
Bonaparte that the Chicago & Alton
had been promised immunity, and
‘he judge. ordered the adjournment
n order that the records of the case
might be lenked into.
The transcript of the record in tha
Standard case will be sent to At-
tornev General Bonaparte for exan-
nation and if he concludes that tho
‘ailroad fulfilled its promise in the
Stindard case, the grand jury will
10t investigate further.
rail
trial
of
REBEL CHIEF LOOSE AGAIN
Frouble Once More in Store for Ger-
many in South Africa.
The Germans are threatened
tf revival of the insurrection in
South African territory. Jakob
:ngo, the chief who has cavsed them
nore trouble than all the others
yined, and who has been in the cus-
:odv. of the British sinee he sought
‘efuge in Cape Colony after the last
instilities formed a jnnetion
with another from the German
wlonv, and with 400. followers, re-
urned swiftly to German Southwest
Africa. The Cape police followed, but
he difficulties of the country
vented them from intercepting
fugitive chief.
Morengo has
fiarman parties, killing 20
affair. and the German authori
‘ies have five times jovfiullv, though
nistakenly announced his death.
with
their
ezcaned
chief
ambushed
or: 30: in
rencatedlv
ach
New Presidential Candidate.
Washinzton
Chanler,
York,
of
Irformation reached
‘hat Louis lien-
enant
her
Stuyvesant
nf New
the candidate
for fir
ticket. = Since
lieutenant
worl
the
lace
governor
urged as
New York
the
Zhanler’s
Democracy
n Democratic Mr.
TOV-
election os
rnor fall, it is understood there
14s been a quiet movement conduct-
»d by of the young-
ar element York Democ-
‘acy with his nomination
1s the Democratic candidate
President, and, it stated,
movement has met. with success.
Chanler said to have strong
ort in the up-state- counties of
state.
representatives
of the New
a view to
this
Mr.
sup-
the
is
is
Bubonic Plague in ’Frisco.
Bubonic nl has broken out
San Francisco and already one death
has resulted from it. The first
mation of the plague was received
Thursday from San Francisco by the
marine hosnital serviee, |
ases and one death ars reported.
The cases wora found within “two
bleccks of Old Chinatown.
on
al
1e
Five Die in. Shipwreck.
American Park Prnkeia,
March 20, for Port -Towns-
bec wrecked in the bay of
and four
The
Norfoel
end has
Flindero.
a1
n
The captain sail-
ors were drownad.
on & Steel Co. and
Iron. Association
he scale which was
of. Concilia-
the cement
The Berublie
Wester
ha ve. ag
anproved
tho
res
at
Associa-
only a
French
west coast |
scene of a Moslem outbreak against |
town. |
"hey are threatening to charge down |
bar- |
preparation |
laid in all the ammunition and guns |
they |
States |
rebatin#
of |
to Lie-|
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{ JAP LIVES SWEPT AWAY
.Brings News of Great
in Different Paris
of Kingdom.
1Toavy loss
Central
| cording
Steamer
Dizaster
life is renorted from
Japan, because of floods, ac-
to advices received by the
[steamer Athenian. Several hundred
pare said to: be drowned. The prop-
i erty loss was heavy.
A score of lives also were lost at
an island off Izu, in an
earthquake, which destroved - many
| houses and sent the islanders to the
hills in a panic. At Takigawa the
ground subsided 20 feet and a large
| mymber were killed and injured. The
Japanese government sent the steam-
| er Tenshin with relief supplies.
In Hiroshima province the floods
were most severe. The banks of the
Seno river gave way. The villages of
Yano. Nakano and Okikaita, in Aki
province, were flooded and - houses
washed away and many drowned.
The city of Kure also suffered con-
sidarably.
| Great damage
a tvnhecon, which
vizinity. Several
in Kobe harbor.
gawa eollided
of
caused by
Kobe and
were sunk
Nachi-
breakwater
within .five
one woman
saved.
was also
raged in
lighters
The steamer
with
foundered
Excenting
board were
the
minutes.
those on
WILL ENRICH STATE $20,000
Envelope Left With State Officials
to Be Opened in Year 2200.
Among fhe papers which
the Pennsylvania
of revenue commissioners
meeting, "Ang. 15.
1 ich had
» state
were. laid
state board
at their
sealed en-
velape been in ‘the posses-
sion of the treasurer since 1881.
This envelope was sent to the capitol
in that vear and is marked “Contract
of: C.F. McRKav. With the - Girard
Title and Trust Company.”
It bears injunction that it: is
not to. be opened until: July 4, 2000,
when the proceeds are to be applied
to the state debt. Indorsed across the
n handwriting of ex-Gov.
is order that the - request
be
before
was a
wh
the
face i
Hovt
shall
It
tains
the
an
honored.
is that
an order to turn
| sticte-320.000 worth of state. bonds
held by that company. The commis-
sioners ordered that the envelope be
kept as directed.
said the envelope con-
over to the
CONGO BLACKS IN REVOLT:
English Missicnaries. Repcrted to
Be Stirring Savages Up—
Troops in Field.
of blacks
State which: it=is
declared, was planned as a bow. to
Leovnld’s authority, is reported
on the British packet
| Albertville, which has arrived from
the: Congo. They say the revolt was
reported to have been ineited: by
English missionaries in the Bengal
and. Abir districts, who urged the
jnegroes -to stop work.
It stated ‘that Capt. - Van der
Cruyssen, commanding 175 soldiers,
is trying to restore order and compel
the to work in the Oriental
provinces,
| broken out.
A widespread revolt in
| the Congo Free
| King
| bv passengers
negroes
Iron Markets.
The Iron Trade Review savs:
| Sharp declines in the stock market
land predictions of disaster naturallv
attracted attention in the iron wprld
I during the past few days, but the
former do not reflect conditions in
the iron market and the latter come
from men so closely connected with
the recent prosecutions of the gov-
ernment .. that they are not so un-
biased as to be able to judge justly
ior look hopefully into the future. It
is true that some concessions in the
prices of pig iron have been made,
but there is no expectation of fur-
i ther decided recessions.
CURRENT NEWS EVENTS.
Cot-
fire.
mills at
by
The Tuscaloosa cotton
tendale, Ala., were destroyed
The loss is $300,600.
Three Japanese: colonies
established in the state of Rio
Brazil. I they they
doubt, be followed by others.
It reported . that
throughout the Russian
led for political = offenses
be
Janei-
will,
to
are
ro, prosper
no
274 persons
empire were
during
is
a
It.is now believed the British ship
Dundonald, which has been for some
time posted 2s overdue, has been lost
at sea.
The scecond trial of Harry K. Thaw.
charged with the murder of Stanford
{ White, is not likely to take place un-
til: the January term of court.
New designs for United States coins
by the artist Augustus Saint Gaud-
{ons have been accepted by the Gov-
ernment. Three denominations will
he affected--the doible eaclE” the
eagle and the bronze cent.
{ ~The Attorneys General of the Mis-
i sigsippE. Valley States: met in St.
i Louis to formulate plans for a na-
| tional conference of attorney generals
meerted action to enforee
can be
{at whizh
various state anti-trust laws
arranged. :
L. A. Adrian of Cleveland
cancelled a $10,600 insurance
carried in a Pittsburg company be-
canse he was told in series of
dreams ‘that he would die in a few
and he wanted to be honest
insurance company.
says he
policy
weeks
with the
No One Killed by Tornado.
unaccounted for after
at La Crosse, Wis,
and it be-
re lost by the over-
the
storm in
is compara-
200.000.
Persons
storm
nave been found, is now
lieved no lives
| turning of on
river. Ths
| La Crosse and
tivesly ‘estimated at §
IW. Hudson and wife, aged 55,
t] at their
found shot to death
is sup-
100.
wore
{home in Noblesville, Ind.
I nosed the obiect was ronb
where a revolt -has.alse: