at 4 i i Eight Sentenced to Death and Forty- | PRIEST KILLED AT ALTAR Aharchist Shoots While Clergy- man Administers Sacrament. CAUSED PANIC IN THE CHURCH 1 Policeman Captures Fighting Assassin, Who, In Guarded Cell, Boasts of Crime. Denver, Col.—Father Leo Heinricks fas shot and killed Sunday by Giu- reppe Guarnaccto, an avowed an- archist and priest hater, while the priest was administering the sacra- ment at early mass in St. Elizabeth's Roman Catholic church, Eleventh and Curtis streets. Kneeling at the altar rail between two women (Giuseppe pressed the muzzle of a revolver against the hody of the priest, after receiving from him the consccrated wafer, and shot the priest through the heart. Exclaiming “My God! My God!” Father Leo fell prone in front of the altar and died. With an inarticulate scream the as- sassin sprang into the aisle and, wav- ing the smoking pistol about his head, idashed to the church door. For a moment the hundred or more persons inthe church were dazed. Then a woman shrieked and the congregation Pecame panic stricken. Several women fairted and many others became hys- terical. Several men, including Patrolman Daniel Cronin, started in pursuit of the murderer. Policeman Cronin over- took the fleeing Italian on the church steps. Guarnaccto attempted to shoot the policeman, but was foiled and overpowered after a desperate strug- gle. in which several men assisted the officer. . The murderer was hurriedly remov- ed to the city jail. Guarnaccto was Ilaced in solitary confinement. He rdmitted to a policeman that the priest whom he had killed was a stranger to him, and, in explanation of his crime, said: “f just went over there because I have a grudge against all priests in gencral. They are all against the workingman. I went to the commu- nion rail hecause I could get a better shot. “I left Italy three months ago and went first to Central’ America and then came tc Denver. I am an Anarchist, and I am proud of it. I shot him, and my only regret is that I could not shoot the whole bunch of priests in the church.” CANNIBALS EAT MISSIONARY Send Bones and 350000 Worth of Pearls to Warship as Indemnity. San Francisco.—News of the mur- der of Rev. Alexander McLoughlin, a missionary, who was devoured by can- nihals on St. George Island of the Sclecmon group, was brought to this e¢itv. by the barkentine S. N. Castle. MclLougzhlin’s bones are now in the possession of the government of New Zealand, having been conveyed to Auckland by a gun boat sent to punish the cannibals. The gunboat Hinemoa bombarded a village on St. George Island, where the chief offending tribe lived. The natives, to check the bombardment, sent the bones of the missionary aboard the warship together with 50 tons of pearl, valued at $1,000 a ton, a3 indemnity. Boni Pawned the Jewels. Paris.—The appeal court today con- firmed the decision of the lower court condemning Count Boni de Castellane and Mme. Anna Gould, his former wife, to pay to Vera Nemidoff, the actress 120,000 francs ($22,000) for pearls that the count bought from Mme. Nemidoff in 1902. He did not pav her for them, but gave her his re- ceipt only, saying that he wished to | give them to his wife to wear and | wished her approval. Mme. Anua | Gould, then Countess de Castellane, swore that she had never seen them. As soon as Count Boni received the jewels from Mme. Nemidoif he pawn- ed them for $1,000. TURKS RAID FRONTIER VILLAGE | iia | Three to Life Imprisonment. Tiflis—News was received here] that the Turks recently raided the | frontier village of Carina, in the prov- | fmce of Van, Adriatic Turkey, and | captured 51 Armenians, whom they | accused of heing members of a revolu- | tionary society. A courtmartial was formed on the spot ond after a speedy trial eight of the men were sentenced | to death and 43 to life imprisonment. The dispatch says that great excite- ment prevails in the village in the vieinity of Carina, and that it is feared the populations will rise and interfere | with the carrying out of the sentences. The Turks have taken advantage of the situation to push their reinforce- ments nearer the frontier. Better Pay for Lifeguards. Washington.—Concordantly with a recent message of the President to congress, the house committee on in- terstate and foreign commerce in- structed Representative Lovering of Massachusetts, to draft and introduce a bill to increase the pay of life guards on the coasts of the United States. To Commemorate Battle. Washington.—A bill to aid in the erection of a monument at Point Pleasant, W. Va., to commemorate the partle of the Revolution, fought at that point between the Colonial troops and Indians, October 10, 1774, was passed by the senate today. Filipino Army Cadets. Washington.—Seven Filipinos may receive instruction in the United States military academy, according to SIX KILLED BY TRAIN Members of Merry Coaching Party Meet Swift Death In New York State. Spring Valley, N. Y.—A pair of foam-specked horses that tore through the streets early Sunday dragging a splintered wagon pole brought to the village the first news of a grade- crossing accident in which nine mem- bers of its most prominent families were killed outright or frightfully in- jured. The runaways brought up at tke livery stables of George Young, from whom they had been hired the night | before to take a party of men and girls to a basketball game at Nyack. Returning in the early hours, the wag- on lead of merrvmakers was run down at a West Nyack crossing by an On- tario & Western express train. Four of the party were instantly killed, two died while being removed to the Hud- son Hospital at Hoboken, N. J. and the other three lie in a serious condi- tion at that institution tonight. The dead—George Reith, aged 30, assistant superintendent of the tele- nhone office and manager of the Spring Valley basket ball team; Nel- son May, aged 19, who drove the team: Bertha Singer, aged 18; Edith Singer, aged 20; George Shinn, aged 38, a basket ball player; Jeannette Palmer, aged 21. The injured—Warren Palmer, 22 years, condition serious; Henry Die- teren, 23 vears, basketball player, will probably recover; Mary Edith Bird, aged 18, condition critical. The responsibility for the accident is in dispute. The survivors cannot be questioned yet, and the only other witness was the crossing gate, tender. He claims the team was driven through the lowered gates. The gate on the side of approach was broken down, but the opposite gate was in- tact and if previously lowered must have been hurdled by the frightened horses after the wagon had been struck and torn from its pole. The animals were uninjured. NUMBER OF DEAD IS THIRTY Only One Body Recovered After Ex- plosion Wrecks Powder Factory. Berkeley, Cal.—The latest reports from the scene of the terrible dymna- mite explosion at the Hercules powder plant, in Pinole place the number of | dead at 30. Four of these were white men, the others being Chinamen. The body of the foreman, W. WW. Stillwell, is the only one recovered. The other 29 were blown to atoms. Not a man at work in the packing house and on the train used for hauling the dynamite to the depot escaped. The six injured girls and four men will recover. No cause is assigned for the accident. The damage to the plant amounts to $10,000. Superin- tendent Birmingham says the com- pany will rebuild at once. MINERS KILLED IN SHAFT Hood Is Demolished as Men Are Being Lowered—Five Are Injured. Wilke -Barre. Pa.—While 10 miners were being lowered into the Stantion mine of the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company, a large body of ice in the shaft fell, striking the hood of the cage and demolished it. Two of the men were killed. Another died on the way to a hospital and three others, it is believed will die of their injuries. The injured, five in all, are foreign- ers. 't'wo of the men on the cage es- caped injury. The cage was near the bottom of the shaft, which is 1,000 feet deep, when the ice fell. Restcration of Motto to Coins. Washington. — President Roosevelt was overridden by the house commit- tee on coinage, weights and measures, wher?, by unanimous vote, it was agreed to report favorably the Mec- Kinley (lllinois) bill requiring the restoration to gold and silver coins of the National motto “In God We Trust.” During the discussion Reprezenta- tive Iknowland of California, being in a facetious niood, moved that the com- EX-GOVERNOR A WITNESS Many Matters Brought to Light of Which He Was Ignorant. DISAPPOINTMENT TO DEFENSE Ex-Governor Confessed That He Did Not Know Many Things That Took Place. Harrisburg, Pa.—Called as a witness for the defense, to protect the men under indictment for conspiring to cheat and defraud the state, Samuel W. Pennypacker, former governor of Pennsylvania, was forced by the state’s attorneys to admit that he was entirely ignorant of the import- ant transactions carried on by the con- tractor and his associate state officials on the beard of grounds and buildings in “trimming” the new capitol. Pennypacker confessed that he did not know that almost $2.000,000 had been paid to Contractor John H. San- derson before the bills had been ap- proved by the board of which he was president: he confessed that he did not know that two months after the contract had been awarded Sanderson, the state had advanced the contractor $125,000, and that four months after- ward an additional $106,500 had been advanced, none of which had been au- thorized by the board of grounds and buildings. . He confessed he did not anticipate that the “trimmings” of the capitol wouid cost over $800,000; ‘he confess ed the “special” schedule had been prepared by Superintendent James M. Shumaker, that the “quantities” book had been prepared by Auditor General Snyder and he knew nothing of its real purpose; he confessed that the | board did not depend ‘“‘entirely” upon the architect’s certification but be: lieved that Superintendent Shumaker was checking up the “trimmings.” He also confessed that he was not aware that the contract for metallic furniture for the new capitol had been awarded to the® Pennsylvania Con: struction “Company eight months be- fore ground was broken for the cap- itel. Despite these ‘‘confessions” Penny- packer insisted that the board of grounds and buildings had ‘taken every precaution” to protect the in- terests of the state; that he believed that it had accomplished its work and that the capitol, “trimmings” and all, was a great achievement. An important witness was James H. Stevenson, bookkeeper for Sanderson. It was shown by Sanderson’s testi: mony that bills for house and senate furniture amouting to over six hun- dred and fifty thousand dollars were made out as so many feet in bulk and paid in the course of Sanderson’s business with the state and that “months” afterward Stevenson, when ordered to make out detailed bills, simply took the lump sum of feet and “apportioned” it among the articles. He had some “feet” left over, and he added that to the rostrums in the senate and house caucus rooms. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Billings, Mont.—Heyden Peoples ar rested in Tacoma for the murder and robbery of John Seyfried, a saloon keeper of St. Joseph, Mo., broke down here and confessed. San Francisco, Cal.—Valentine Gold- smith Hush, capitalist and mining op- erator, is dead at Fruitvale from heart disease. He was a native of Qhio, and was 65 years of age. Hastings on the Hudson, N. Y.—The old cclonial mansion, in which the family of Admiral Farragut lived dur- ing the years of the Civil war, was destroyed by fire. : Boston.—Daniel IL. Demmon, treas- furer of the Franklin Mining Company, and for many years identified with the Lake ' Superior Copper industry, died suddenly. Rochester, N. Y.—Charles F. A. Young, grand chief ranger of the For- esters of America, is dead of typhoid pneumonia. He had been ill only a few days. Albany, N. Y.—The senate has pass- ed by a vote of 30 to 7 the Page bil, providing for a commission of 15 to mittee further recommend placing upon all clearing house certificates the Biblical inscription, ‘I Know That Mv Reaeemer liveth.” Cur Billion-Dollar Navy Best. Washingten, D. C.—That our pres- ent system of the best possible committee on naval affairs. The cp- inion was announced in the senate and was given, as he said, as the re- sult of 30 years’ experience in naval legislation. Sepator Hale said: that | the navy as it exists today had cost $1,200,000,000. Ten Killed In Teheran Panic. Teheran.—Ten persons were killed and a score or more wounded, includ- ing several ecclesiastics, as a result of a panic in the main streets here during the passage of a religious pro- cession celebrating the Mohammedan Muharram religious festival, held dur- ing the first month o fthe Mohamie- dan year. No Fear of Wage Reductions. New York.—Having satisfied itself that the large railroad lines in the east do not’ intend to reduce wages now, and hearing encouraging reports from the west and south; the commit- tee representing the railroad brother- hood, which has been in session here, adjourned. Permanent Embassy Building. Washington, D. C.—The committee cn foreign relations voted to report the bills making appfopriations for the purpose of sites and erection of build- ings for the consular establishments in Japan, China and Korea and $400,- 000 for the purchase and repair of the building used for the American em- bassy in Paris. Boxers’ Leader Dies. Shanghai. — General Tung ». leader of the Boxers in the up- in 1900, is dead. He had been Fuh a bill passed Dy senate. banished to Kan-Su. naval construction is | is the verdict of | Senator Hale, chairman of the senate | investigate the government of New York city. Jefferson City, Mo.—The Missouri ! State Democratic committee met here | and decided to hold the state conven- tion here on May 20. Seattle, Wash.—Becauce his wife threatened to secure a divorce from | him, L. Asbury shot and killed her {last night. He then turned the gun | npoen himself and sent a bullet into | his brain. Boston.—Mrs. Mary McDcnald and her 19-months-cld baby were danger- ously injured in escaping a fire be- { reath their tenement on the third | fivor. Thirty Years for Kidnapping. Chicago: — William Jones,” also known as William Birmingham, and his wife, Alzina Jones, were found guilty by a jury in Judge Kersten’s court of having kidnapped Lillian Wulff. 12-year-old girl, from her home, in Chicago, last December. The punishment. of Jones was fixed at 30 years, and that of his wife at 21 years, | in the penitentiary. : Kansas City, Mo.—Claude Brooks, 2 Hendon, was found guilty of murder in the first degree, and his punishment fixed at death. UNIVERSITY DEFEATED Loses Suit for Recovery of $200,000 on Waggaman’s Bond. Washington.—Justice Wright of the | supreme court of the District of Col | muta, directed that a verdict be re: negro, who confessed to killing Sidney | | turned in favor of the estate of Dr | Daniel B. Clarke in the suit filed by | the Catholic University of America | | for the recovery f n the | bond of the late Ss Wagga g treas of the Cath-| | Arenas the “"*" STOESSEL CONDEMNED Penalty Is Death, But Commutation to Ten Years’ Imprisonment Is Recommended. St. Petersburg.—Lieutenant General Stoessel was condemned to death by 1 military court, for the surrender of Port Arthur to the Japanese. General Fock, who commanded the Fourth East Siberian division uf Port Arthur, was ordered reprimanded for a disciplinary offense, which was not connected with the surrender, and General Smirnoff, acting commandant of the fortress, and Major General Reiss, chief of staff to General Stoes- sel. were acquitted of the charges against them, for lack of proof. The court recommended that the death sentence upon Stoessel be com- muted to 10 years’ imprisonment in a forti'ess and that he be excluded from the service. The sentence of death was pronoun- ced upon General Stoessel ‘for sur- rendering the fortress before all the means of defence had been exhausted, for failing to enforce his authority and for military misdemeanors.” Commutation of the sentence was asked on the ground that “Port Ar- thur, beset by overwhelming forces, defended itself under General Stoes- sel’s leadership with unexampled stub- bornness and filled the world with as- ‘ tonishment at the heroic courage of its garrison; that several assaults had been. repulsed ‘with tremendous losses on the part of the country; that” Gen- eral Stoessel throughout the seige had maintained the heroic courage of the defenders, and finally, that he had taken energetic part in three cam- paigns.” AMBASSADOR RECEIVED Strong Undercurrent of Desire for Peace Shown in Their Greetings. Washington.—The formal reception of Baron Takahira as ambassador of Japan to the United States, took place at the White House on the 20th. The ambassador was brought to the White House in President Roosevelt's pri- vate carriage accompanied by Colonel Bromwell, the President's military aide. The suite of the ambassador in diplomatic, military and naval uni- forms was present at the reception. The speeches exchanged between the President and the new ambassa- dor, while on their face purely formal, were characterized in each case by an undercurrent of strong desire for the preservation of peace. The ambassa- dor, said: “The maintenance of lasting peace with all nations and the conservation of the rights and interests of all peo- ple are the cardinal objects of my au- gust sovereign.” For his part the President said: “I feel that I can do even more than reciprocate these assurances. I can most sincerely pledge the earnest co- operation of the United States to in- crease the good we mutually bear.” BREAKS ALL RECORDS Cruiser Charleston Sets New High Mark for Navy Shooting. San Diego, Cal.—Wireless messages from Magdalena bay state that the cruiser Charleston, flagship of Admiral Swinburne’s squadron, has broken rec- ords previously made at target prac- tice. Last year at target practice here the Charleston crew broke all previous target records and this year have beaten themselves. It is understood that without figures being given that for sub-calibre records she has set a new standard for the navy. Bank Wrecker Pleads Guilty. _ Norfolk, Va.—Alexander B. Butt, cashier of the wrecked Peoples Bank of Portsmouth, Va., pleaded guilty upon three of the 22 indictments against him, and after making resti- tution to the depositors to the extent of $47,000 ‘on the total shortage of $252,066, was sentenced by Judge Bain to thrce years in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $7,184. Cut Postal Appropriation. Washington.—The postal appropria- tion bill as revised by the sub-commit- tee carries a total appropriation of $220,715,000, approximately $9,000,000 less than the estimate submitted and $8,500,000 more than the appropriation for the current fiscal year. Santa Fe Shops Close. Topeka, Kan.—The Santa Fe rail ‘oad shops at this point will not open | omorrow morning for work. The of- icials say the closing down will only | be temporary, perhaps until Monday. I'his means the throwing out of em- sleyment of 2,000 men. Lack of work ind the financial stringency is given 1s the cause. 8 Santa Fe Curtails 18 Per Cent. Topeka, Kan.—It is announced here that the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company has ordered a reduction of 18 per cent in the mech- anical department all over the system. Two hundred were discharged this afterncon in the Topeka shops. Re- Juctions were made in other Kansas shops. B. & O. Raises $6,000,000. New York.—Six million dollars 5 per cent one year notes of the Balti- more & Ohio Railrcad Company have been purchased jointly by Speyer and Company and Kuhn, Loeb and Com- pany, according to an announcement made today. The notes are secured b+ $8,000,000 Pittsburg, Lake Erie and West Vrginia refunding 4 per cent bonds. Fleet Arrives at Callao. Callao, Peru.—The American bat- tieship fleet, Rear Admiral Evans com- manding, arrived here on February 20, having traversed some 10,000 miles since it sailed from Hampton Roads on December 15. From Punta scheduled cruising speed of 10 knots an hour was maintained. Callao was thronged with thousands of persons from Lima and other city to places, who had come to ti see the fleet and we 1e i FOR POSTAL SAVING BANK Proposes to Carry Out the Post- master General’s Plans. DEPOSITS WILL DRAW INTEREST Money Received to Be Deposited With National Banks in the Same Vicinity. Washington. — Senator Knox intro- duced a bill to .cstablish a system of postal savings banks. The bill em- bodies the plan outlined by Postmas- ter General Meyer in his annual re- port and which he has advocated in public addresses as being calculated to encourage economy and thrift and to afford a place to deposit free from any possibility of doubt or suspicion for vast sums of money which might be otherwise hoarded and kept out of circulation through ignorance or lack of confidence. The bill authorizes the postinaster genera] to establish a system of pos- tal savings banks comprised of such money order offices as he may desig- nate for that purpose. Open to Persons Ten Years Old. Accounts may be opened and depos- its made in any postal. savings bank established under this act by any per- son of the age of ten years or over in his own name, by a married woman in her own name and free from any control or interference by her hus- band, by a trustee as such on behalf of another person, by a parent, guar- dian or other person for the benefit of a child under ten years of age, or by the charitable or benevolent society or association. Provided, that no person or organ- ization shall have more than one pos- tal savings account, except that a trustee, parent, guardian, or other person, may have an individual ac- count and an account in his represen- tative capacity for each person or child for whom he may be entitled to open an account. Deposits to Be in Even Dollars. The bill turther provides that such postal banks shall receive deposits of money in even dollars, with one dollar as a minimum, and postmasters are required to make daily reports to the postmaster general, who will forward to the depositor a “written acknowl- edgement of its receipt. Depositors are not liable to seizure or detention under legal processes against the depositor, and such funds are exempt from taxation. Interest at the rate cof two percent per annum is allowed depositors, and the post- master general is authorized to place the money deposited in postal savings banks in National banks at a rate of interest satisfactory to the secretary of the treasury. Money Kept In Circulation. These National depositories are to be in the immediate vicinity of postal banks from which the money is drawn, as a safeguard against central ization of currency and as a means of facilitating the return of money to the channels of trade. National banks are prohibited from receiving any compensation for cash- ing or collecting any checks or any other service in connection with pos- tal banks. Withdrawals of deposits may be made.at any time subject to certain regulations. The bill carries an appropriation of $100,000 to give it effect. RELIEF FOR TOBACCO GROWERS Farmers May Sell Leaf Tobacco to Dealers Without Tax. Washington, D. C.—As a substitute for the more than a dozen bills in- treduced for the relief of southern to- bacco growers the house committee on ways and means authorized a fa- vorable report on a bill by Mr. Dalzell of Pennsylvania removing the internal revenue tax of 6 cents a pound on vnstemmed tobacco in the natural leaf which has not been manufactured or altered in any manner and providing that farmers and .growers of tobacco may sell the leaf tobacco of their own growth and raising to manufacturers of tobacco, snuff and cigars without being considered leaf dealers or manu- facturers of tobacco and shall not be | subject to the dealers’ and manufac- turers’ tax. SHOOTS THE CHUTE Driver Goes Down With 20 Tons of { Coal, But Gets Out Alive. Winsted, Conn.-—Walter Humphries, employed by a Torrington coal dealer, was shot through a coal chute with 20 tons of coal and came out alive. Iie opened the trap door in the bottom of a car standing on a side track over the elevator pit, but the fuel was fro- zen and did not move, when he mount- ed the car with a pick and was at- tempting to loosen the mass when suddenly the coal started to run into the pit, and he was carried through the trap door. Senate Ratifies Treaties. Washington.—The senate in execu- tive session ratified the arbitration convention between the United States and #¥'rance, which was signed on Feb- ruary 10. A naturalization treaty be- tween the United States and Peru also was ratified. Carnegie Gives $5,000 to Bride. Atlanta.—Andrew Carnegie has giv- en Miss Annie Wallace, who is to be married to Max Franklin Howland of Boston, $5.000 in steel bonds. Miss Wallace was librarian of the Atlanta library. STOESSEL SHOULDERS BLAME If Court Holds Surrender a Crime He Asks the Death Sentence. St. Petersburg.—The trial of Lieu- tenant General Stoessel reached the last act February 18, the prosecution waiving rebuttal. The accused gen- eral uttered only a few senteiices in RABID OVER THE MAINE Spanish Paper Charges She Was Blown Up By Orders. Havana—The Diario Espanol, the organ of the ultra-Spanish element, in a leading editorial today, referring to the special commemoration by Amer- icans of the tenth anniversary of the blowing up of the battleship Maing, says: “They commemorate the blackest blot on American history, the world, including honest Americans, believing that the ship was blown. up by direct orders from the war department for the purpose of justification in the plan to despoil Spain of Cuba.” The paper adduces as ‘‘convincing proof” that the officers of the Maine attended the funeral of the victims in full dress uniform, which showed that they must have sent their uniforms ashore “in anticipation of an explo- sion,” and alleges that the reason the wreck has not been raised is that it would conclusively demonstrate that the explosion was in the magazine. ELEVEN MEN INJURED Fire Engine Responding to Call Runs Over Another, Who Can Hard- ly Recover. Lowell, Mass.—Ereven men were in- jured, two probably fatally, by the ex- plosion of an economizer attached to one ‘of the boilers in the new power house. of the Hamilton Cerporation, a cotton manufacturing establishment in this city. * foe The fatally injured—Alexander Ol- sen, Lowell, a workingman; Thomas Kennelly, Lowell, a rag picker. Olsen was injured by the explosion, while Kennelly was run over by a fire engine that gyas responding to an alarm of fire fi the factory. . The explosion caused extensive property damage and necessitated the shutting down of the ‘entire plant, threwing out of employment more than 1,800 operatives. ILLINOIS FOR CANNON Republican Committee Passes Resolu. tions Indorsing Him. Springfield, I1ll.— The Republican state committee met and adopted resolutions indorsing Joseph G. Can- non for the presidency and fixed March 26, as the date for holding the state convention in this city. The resolutions adopted by the state central committee, after indorsing the policy of President Roosevelt, “Invite the attention of the country to the wel known fact that without the sup- port of the Honorable Joseph G. Can- non, as speaker of the house of repre- sentatives, it would have been impos- sible for the recommendations of the President to have been enacted into law.” ORIGINAL PACKAGE RULING Food Inspection Board Decides What Constitutes One. Washington.—The United States board of food and drug inspection made public its decision in the matter of what constitutes an ‘‘original un- broken package.” The board decides that in enforcing the law original un- broken packages “will be restricted to such a package containing the food and drug product as has been prepar- ed for shipment or transportation and shipped or transported, as an entirety or unit and delivered to the consignee, remaining his property in the identi- cal form and condition in which it was shipped or transported.” Such a pack- age will not be regarded as original it,, after arrival in a state or territory and delivery to the consignee any part of its contents shall have been removed. OHIO DEMOCRATS FOR BRYAN Nebraskan Gets Indorsement—Voters To. Express Preferences. Columbus.—William J. Bryan’s visit to Columbus was signalized by the Democratic state central committee unanimously indorsing his candidacy for the presidency. While indorsing Mr. Bryan, the committee made provision in the call for the state convention by which the voters of any county in which there is a registration city may express their preference for a candidate for president by having the names of can- didates printed on delegate tickets. WAINWRIGHT TO COMMAND President Decides To Give Fleet To His Charge. It was stated that in all probability Rear Admiral Evans will not preside over the destinies of the battleship fleet in its journey across the Pacific, after arrival at San Francisco. Admiral Evans will retire August 18, and as the warships will start for Manila before that date, it is ex- pected he will turn over the com- mand. It is reported in naval circles that the President has practically de- cided to elevate Captain Richard Wainwright to command. President Pardons Embezzler. Chattanooga, Tenn. — President Roosevelt has pardoned Allan Parker of this city, who was convicted in the federal court in Nashville two years ago and sentenced to serve five years in. the federal priscn at Atlanta, charged with misuse of funds of a bank at Tullahoma, Tenn. Parker was prosecuted by a Baltimore bond- ing company, but every dollar used by him was made up. FOURTEEN PERISH AT SEA Steamer Bound for Trondhjem Wreck- ed on Coast of Norway. Trondhjem, Norway. — The British steamer Aslak, bound to this port from Middlesborough, has been wrecked on the Norwegian coast. Her crew of 14 a firm voice and shouldered the entire | responsibility for the surrender of Port Arthur. “If the court decides the surrender was a crime,” he continued, “I ask | for the death sentence.” 1 £30.000,090. perished. Directors of the Illinois Central j railroad have tentatively agreed to | recommend an: issue of equipment trust bonds, which may amount to beg 10 as anc bre We
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