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DIPLOMAT IN PEST
STRICKEN GITY
American Consul to La Guaira is
“Said“to Be in Want.
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MINISTER'S CHILLY TREATMENT
No Official -of Castro's to Say Goodby
When Mr. Russell Leaves—
France Aroused, Too.
Willemstad, Curacoa.—Thomas P.
Moffat, the American consul at La
Guaira, Venezuela, is still at that city
without the means of communicating
because of the plague and, it is fear-
ed, without the necessities of life. It
is thought that the United States may
send a gunboat there.
President Castro’s decree shutting
off I.a Guaira may be prolonged in-
definitely, or until a full week passes
without new cases of the plague mak-
ing their appearance.
There is great distress among the
unemployed, of. which the number is
large. Merchants in La Guira are
doing little business and are no longer
able to support the poor. An appeal
has been made to the chamber of
commerce in Caracas for help.
A second relief train was sent to
the isolated city yesterday with pro-
visions. The death list is growing
and the whole town seems to be in-
fected.
W. W. Russell, the American minis-
ter to Venezuela sailed from here to-
day on the steamship Caracas for the
United States where he will spend his
vacation of two months,
The American minister arrived here
from Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, sail-
ing from that port yesterday after a
visit to the United States gunboat
Paducah. His departure from Puerto
Cabello was greeted with a salute of
15 guns.
That there is a tension in the di-
plomatic relations between the United
States and Venezuela was shown by
the fact that none of the Venezuelan
officials was on hand to bid Mr. Rus-
sell good-bye.
Paris.—The recent expulsion of
eight Frenchmen from Venezuela has
served to increase the resentment of
French public opinion against Presi-
dent Castro's arrogant treatment of
foreigners.
FIVE MEN DROWNED
While Enjoying Ride Engine Breaks
and Victims Are Swept Under
Barge.
ast Liverpool, O.—While enjoying
a pleasure ride in a naphtha launch
bn the Ohio river, five men were
drowned, just before midnight.
The dead—Thomas Nagle, plumber,
married, with two children; Donald
Mundy, ——— Johnson, James Daw-
son, brother of patrolman Clifford
Dawson, Carson Finch, married.
A party of nine men went out on the
launch to spend the evening. When
opposite the Chester tin mill the en-
gine refused to work and the launch
drifted helplessly with the current.
The boat was swept against a fleet
of empty coal barges tied tied up at
Babb’s island, it was upset and went
under the barges.
Four of the men clung to the barge
and saved themselves, hurrying to
town when the police were notified.
Nagle is a bowler, prominent in the
National Bowling association, and did
excellent work at the Cincinnati
tournament a few weeks ago.
FIVE ITALIANS DROWNED.
Naphtha Launch Capsizes and Four
of Nine Are Rescued.
Newburyport, Mass.—Caught by. a
big wave at the mouth of the Merri-
mack river, nine men in a naphtha
launch were capsized Sunday and five
of them drowned.
Captain George E. Bailey, the own-
er of the launch, and three other men
were picked up by passing boats.
The drowned men, all Italians em-
ployed in shoe shops here, were:
Bernardo Parisco, Pietro Milone, Rio-
co Schent, Joseph Colombo and
George P. Lumis.
MAYOR'S LIFE THREATENED
Blackmailing Letters in Educated
Hand Come to Reyburn.:
Philadelphia.—Mayor Reyburn’ de-
clared he has received recently a
number of blackmailing letters, some
threatening his life and others threat-
ening to blow up his home. He said
that he had received a number of the
letters written in the same “intelli-
gent” hand, evidently from a person
of education.
“Whenever an outburst against me |
or my A policies appear in the public |
prints,”’ suid the Mayor, “these black-
mailing letters begin to come in.”
To Abolish Opium’ Traffic.
London.—The house of commons
unanimously -adopted a resolution urg-
ing that steps be taken for the speedy
abolition of the system of licensing
opium dens in crown colonies, partic-
.ularly in Hongkong, the Straits Set-
tlements and Ceylon.
Prof. Herbert F. Roberts of the
Kansas State Agricultural college and
experiment station, will visit Europe
in search of superior sorts of hard
wheats for introduction into Kansas.
Big Fire in Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga.—Two solid business
blocks of Atlanta are in ruins as the
result of a fire, which threatened for
a time to carry its destruction through
* the business section of the city and
perhaps wipe out the entire downtown
district. The fire los may be con-
servatively estimated at $1,500.000!
Project is under way to build a new
steel bridge over the Ohio from Park-
ersburg to Belpre, O, for interurban
trolley purposes.
and Ambassador
CAN'T CONVICT, THE RICH
Nearest Jerome Ever Came to It Was
to Send Thaw "to Asylum.
New York.—District Attorney Jer-
ome, testifying in his own defense in
cdnnection with the charges of dere-
liction. against him, said that the
nearest he ever came to sending a
gvealthy man to jail was in having
one of them committed to an insane
asylum.
"" “You ‘mean Harry Thaw?’ asked
Attorney Pierce, for tne complain--
ants.
“Yes, Thaw’s the man,” responded
Jerome.
“You forget Al Adams,” interjected
Assistant District Attorney Kresel.
“Oh, yes,” replied Jerome. #So 1
do, but he had only two and a half or
three millions. He wasn’t one of the
big fellows.” 1
Mr. Pierce asked what justification
there could be for making contribu-
tions to either political party in 1904.
“Differences in economic doctrines,”
Jerome replied.
“How could the economic doctrines
affect the insurance cases?” he was
asked.
“Well, the New York Life, the Mu-
tual and the Equitable held between
them some $1,500,000,000 worth of se-
curities. There was an opinion cn
the part of President McCall that a
panic would follow Parker's elec-
tion, and you can figure what a 5 per
cent depreciation on the $1,500,000,000
would amount to.”
CASHIER ACCUSED
Defalcation in Pittsburg Bank Said to
Be $469,000.
William Montgomery, cashier of the
Allegheny National Bank of Pittsburg,
was arrested by United States Mar-
shal Robert H. McBurney, charged
with the embezzlement of $469,000 of
the funds of the institution, which
is located on Fifth avenue helow Wood
street.
The information was made by Bank
Examiner William IL. Folds, following
an investigation. Examiner Folds
says Mr. Montgomery claims to have
used the money in helping his friends.
It is understood that some of the
loans thus made are backed up with
collateral security; also that Cashier
Montgomery has considerable proper-
ty and that practically every cent of
the $469,000 alleged to have been mis-
appropriated will be returned.
Examiner Folds says the Allegheny
National is in such good shape financ-
ially that its credit cannot be impair-
ed in any way by this shortage, and
he adds that the chances of the bank
not losing a cent are very good. “The
bank can more than take care of it-
self,” he declared.
NO PIG IRON AGREEMENT
Producers Say Price Now Is $8 Lower
Than Last Fall.
New York.—Following a meeting of
the leading pig iron interests of the
country at the United States Steel
Company's offices the following state-
ment was issued:
The meeting was called for the pur-
pose of hearing reports from the blast
furnace interests of all sections of
the country in pegard to conditions as
affecting particularly the foundry iron
trade. Prices of pig iron were only
incidentally referred to. There is
no agreement to maintain the price
of pig iron. Prices are now $8 or
more below the high mark of eight
months ago. It is believed the price
of ore will not be reduced below* the
price of last year.
MRS. SAGE OFFERS $500,000.
Will Give Bible Society Money If
Equal Amount Is Raised.
New York.—The American Bible so-
ciety has received from Mrs. Russell
Sage an offer to contribute $500,000
toward a permanent endowment for
the society, upon condition that an
additional $500,000 shall be contribut-
ed for the same purpose before the
end of the present year.
The reports of the organization for
the year 1907 show that during the
year the society distributed 1,800,000
Bibles, testaments and scripture por-9
tions. These were printed in about
100 different languages, and were cir-
culated in all parts of the globe.
Orchard Pleads for Death.
Bois, Ind.—Declaring that the con-
tempt to which he is subjected from
the other prisoners makes life in the
penitentiary unbearable. Harry Or-
chard said today that he wanted to
die on the gallows and that he hoped
the board of pardons would reject the
application of Judge Wood to have
his sentence commuted to life impri-
sonment. “I want to have an end”
to it all,” he said.
Bay State for Bryan.
BRoston.—With ' some : opposition to
instructions in favor of William J.
Bryan for presidential candidate, al-
though such instructions were adopted
finally, and with a more decided con-
test over the selection of delegates-
at- large, the Democratic state conven-
tion elected ‘four leaders to represent
the state at the Denver convention. .
Earning $10,000 a Year, Steals.
Joliet, Ill.—Robert E. Ward today
pleaded guilty to forging notes aggre-
gating $20,000, and was given an in-
determinate sentence. Ward was
agent of the Equitable Assurance so-
[ ciety. His income was $10,000 a
year. Grain speculation caused his
downfall.
Treaty With Japan Signed.
Washington.—A general arbitration
treaty between the United States and
Japan was signed by Secretary Root
Takahira. This
treaty will permit of the arbitration
at The Hague of nearly every class of
dispute, which may arise between the
signatory powers.
Governor Gooding of Idaho, granted
a reprieve until July 2 to Harry Or-
chard sentenced to be hanged Friday, |
May 2.
OHI0 DEMOCRATIC
STATE CONVENTION
State Ticket Nominated, Platform
Adopted and, Bryan:Endorsed
for President.
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TOM JOHNSON “bgses. BATTLE
Judson Harmon Selected for Head of
Ticket Against Wish of _
“Cleveland Mayor.
Columbus, O.—In a tumultuous con-
vention characterized by the intense
factiona] feeling, the Democrats of
Ohio nominated Judson Harmon of
Cincinnati, for governor, indorsed Wil-
liam J. Bryan and instructed the Ohio
delegates to the national convention
to vote for the Nebraskan. A com-
plete state ticket was nominated,
former Governor James E. Campbell
of Butler county, was indorsel for
United States Senator, and delegates
and alternates at large to the nation-
al convention were selected.
The Ticket.
For Governor—Judson Harmon,
Cincinnati.
Lieutenant Governor—David L.
Rockwell, Kent.
Judges of Supreme Court—Hugh T.
Mather, Sidney; George B. Okey, Co-
lumbus.
Secretary of State— J. H. Newman,
Troy.
Auditor of State—W. W. Durbin,
Kenton.
Treasurer of State—D. S. Creamer,
St. Clairsville.
Attorney General—Timothy S. Ho-
gan, Wellstown.
Board of Public Works—J. A.
States, L.ima; Bernard Doran, New
Lexington.
Dairy and Food Commissioner—Da-
vid E. Ely, Jeromeville.
State School Commissioner—John
A. McDowell, Millersburg.
Clerk of Supreme Court—Oliver C.
Larason, Newark.
Delegates-at-LLarge to the National
Convention—Tom 1.. Johnson, Cleve-
land; W. S. Thomas, Springfield; E.
W. Hanley, Dayton, and Matthew R.
Denver, Wilmington.
Presidential Electors—John J.
Lentz, Columbus; Samuel A. Hoskins,
‘Wapakoneta.
National issues were left to the
Denver convention; but the platform
endorses especially Johnson's initia-
tive and referendum in state and lo-
cal legislation and the taxation of
franchises.
The platform strongly indorses W.
J. Bryan and instructs the delegates
to the national convention to vote for
him. The unit rule is declared for.
The other provisions follow:
Direct vote for United States sena-
tor on the Oregon platform is favor-
ed. The initiative and referendum
is recommended in its strongest form
for state, counties and municipalities
with the majority of votes on ques-
tions at issue to rule. Home rule and
the principles of self-government are
referred to as desirable.
An employers’ liability, child labor
and eight hour laws are ‘urged. \Di-
rect labor instead of the contract sys-
tem is recommended for all public
works. No temperance or anti-tem-
perance plank was inserted.
National issues are mot alluded to
except as they affect the state. In
other’ respects they are referred to
the national convention.
Congress is asked for a nine-foot
stage of water in the Ohio river.
FLEET ENTERS GOLDEN GATE
Warships ‘Reach San Francisco and
Are Hailed With Delight.
San Francisco.—The battleship fleet
was led into port by Rear Admiral
Evans in person, anchored off the
southern part of this city at 2:15 on
the 6th.
San Francisco, Oakland and other
cities nearby all took a holiday to wit-
ness the coming of the fleet. There
was a complete cessation of business
and the streets in the downtown sec-
tion were absolutely deserted.
BACHELOR 109 YEARS
Centenariaf’ Just Dead Never Mar-
ried; Indians Killed Sweetheart.
Traverse City, Mich.—Uncle Dan
Whipple, aged 109 years, died here
from hemorrhage of the brain.
Mr. Whipple was born in Cattarau-
gus county, N. Y., March 1, 1799. He
was a member of General Fremont’s
exploring party across the Rockies,
long a companion of Kit Carson and
served through the Civil War in an
Iowa regiment. He never married,
being true to the memory of a sweet-
heart who was tortured to death by
Indians before his eyes when he was
a young man in the West.
One Subsidy a Failure.
Washington.—A bill providing that
for a period of six years passengers
between Hawaiian ports and other
ports of the United States shall be
permitted to travel on foreign vessels
without being subjected to the pay-
ment of the $200 penalty, was report-
ed favorably to . the senate. This
penalty was for the encouragement of
American vessels on the Pacific ocean,
but has operated to the inconvenience
of travelers.
JAPANESE COMING HERE
Financiers of Mikado’s Kingdom
Reach New York.
New York.—Accompanied by a party
of distinguished Japanese men of
finance, Baron Yoshiro Sakatani, un-
til three months ago minister of
finance of Japan, arrived here en
route to Washington. After visits to
Pittsburg the party will return to
New York on May 20 and sai] for Eu-
rope,
TRYING TO SAVE FINE
Allege in Appeal That Standard Oil
Company Did Not Know Its
Rates Were Illegal.
Chicago.—The Standard Oil Compa-
ny of Indiana has commenced a new
fight to escape payment of the $29,-
240,000 fine levied by Judge Landis
in the United States district court. At-
torneys appeared before the United
States circuit court of appeals to argue
thet appeal from the judgment of the
lower court. ;
The’ benny argument of the com-
pany was made by: John’ 8. Miller. Mr.
Miller declared thit a reversal should
be granted because, according to his
statement, the oil, company did not
know that it was’ using fllegal rates,
and that each train ‘load of the com-
pany’s product should have been tdken
as the basis of ‘a shipment, instead
of each car, as charged in the indict-
ment under whiche the company was
convicted.
RELIGIOUS CRANKS
Make Oklahoma Town Hideous and
Mayor Calls Extra Policemen.
Bromide, Okla.—Mayor Isaac Smith
of Bromide, swore in 10 additional
police officers to preserve the. peace.
A band of “Holy Rollers” landed in
town and took possession of several
springs without regard to common
usage and the ordinance of the new
town.
The “happy band of religionists,”
as they call themselves, proceeded to
make the new town hideous by their
loud acclaim and the beating of drums
and the tooting of brass horns. They
actually removed their clothes and
waded into Bromide spring, which
had recently been enlarged and made
several feet deeper. Five buxom
young women horrified the residents
‘of the town by disrobing and wading
out into the cold spring water, singing
and praying all the while at the top
of their voices.
KILL FOR LESS THAN $100.
Train Robbers Fail to Get Big Prize
in Exnress Car.
Denver, Col.—Train rot»ers, who
boarded a Denver & Rio Grande train
at Castle Rock shot and killed the ex-
press messenger, Charles H. Wright,
aged 60, employed by the Globe Ex-
press Company. From the dead mes-
senger the robbers took the keys to a
small safe in the baggage car, which
they opened and took the contents, in
all worth less than $100.
A big safe in the car, which con-
tained a large sum of money, and the
combination of which is known only
to clerks of the company in the prin-
cipal stations along the route, was
tampered with, but the robbers were
unable to enter it.
BIG DEAL IN OIL LANDS
Operators Sell Property to Ohioans
for $235,000.
A deal was closed for the transfer
of the holdings of the Superior Oil
Company in Crawford county, Illinois,
to the Ohio Oil Company, for a con-
sideration of $235,000. The property
consists of leases on 2,200 acres, on
which there are 39 wells with an ag-
gregate producing capacity of 1,000
barrels a day. Only about 800 acres
of the total holdings have been devel-
oped, but the rest has been tested and
is known to be productive. The re-
mainder of the property will be de-
veloped at once.
The Superior Oil Company is a
subsidiary of the Benedum-Tree Oil
Company.
WANT MEXICO TO EXPLAIN
Guatemala City.—Persistent reports
on the Border. .
Guateamia City.—Persistent reports
are current regarding the presence of
Mexican troops on the frontier, and
the Guatemalan government. has re-
quested the gevernment at Washing-
ton to ask an explanation from Mex-
ico.
The Mexican government has made
the statement that the reports so far
as special bodies of troops are con-
cerned is untrue, and that only the
regular frontier guard is there. Nev-
ertheless the rumor. is insistent that
federal. troops are massed on the
frontier.
Pardoned by Alfonso.
Madrid.—To commemorate the first
anniversary of the birth of the prince
of the Asturias, King Alfonso’s first
son, his ‘majesty pardoned Nakens,
Ibarra and Mata, who have been serv-
ing a sentence of nine years’ impris-
enment for aiding in the escape of
Manuel Borales, the man who threw
a bomb at the King and Queen Vie-
toria on. their wedding day, May 11,
1906.
Thaw Now in Jail.
Temporarily, at least, Harry K.
Thaw is out of the Matteawan Hos-
pita] for the Criminal Insane. As a
result of proceedings on the writ of
habeas corpus sued out in an effort
to have him legally declared sane, he
will remain in the Dutchess county
jail until the final decision on the
writ is handed down.
Senate Passes Relief Measure.
Washington.—The senate passed
without amendment a house resolu-
tion appropriating $250,000 for the
relief of the sufferers from the cy-
clone in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi |
and Louisiana. The resolution re-
quires only the signature of the®Pres-
ident to become affective.
, Trust Company Assigns.
Cleveland, O.—The Euclid Avenue
Trust Company made an assignment
to the Cleveland Trust Company. The
bank was capitalized at $200,000. J.
P. Madigan, county treasurer, is the
president of the institution. It is
understood that the deposits amount
to between $1,200,000 and $1,300,000.
A company has been formed for
introducing wireless and long-distance
telephone service between Mexico
City and Vera Cruz.
MURDERS REVEALED
IN INDIANA TOWN
of Woman Who, With Her
Family, Burned to Death.
CLEARING HOUSE FOR CRIME
ett
Expressman Told of Trunks Delivered
at Gunness House During Last
Six Months.
some wholesale murder mysteries ever
unearthed came to light when the
bodies of five persons, all of them
murdered, were found in the yard
of the home of Mrs. Belle Gunness,
who, with three of her children, was
burned to death on the night of
April 28. .
This makes a total of nine proba-
ble victims of murder on the prem-
ises, with possibly others yet to be
revealed.
But this is not all. Other previ-
ous crimes are coming to light, includ-
ing the murder of a former husband
of Mrs. Gunness and several fires
started to collect insurance.
The discovery of the bodies led ex-
pressman to tell of the delivery of
five trunks to the Gunness farm dur-
ing the last six months, and this fact
has caused the authorities to work
on the theory that the place was a
clearing house for murderers. They
suspect that wealthy persons, after
being lured to Chicago and killed,
were packed in these trunks and sent
to Laporte and disposed of.
Three Bodies Uninidentified.
So far only two of the bodies
found today have been identified.
These are Andrew Heldgren, who cgme
to this city from Aberdeen, S. Dak.
to marry Mrs. Gunness, whose ac-
quaintance he had made through a
matrimonial bureau.
The other is that of Jennie Olson
Gunness, a Chicago girl, who had
been adopted by Mrs. Gunness. She
diappeared in September, 1906, and
it was said had gone to Los Angeles
to attend school.
The other bodies were those of
two men and a woman. None of
them has been as yet identified.
The body of Heldgren was dis-
membered and the arms, legs, trunk
and head were buried in different
parts of the yard.
It is believed by the authorities
that Guy Lamphere, who has been
under arrest since the burning of the
Gunness home on the charge of mur-
dering Mrs.. Gunness and her family,
committed the Heldgren crime. Lamp-
here is a carpenter, and the manner
in which the body of Heldgren was
dismembered leads to the belief that
it was done by some one familiar with
the use of a saw.
The developments also caused the
authorities to recall that the two hus-
bands died under peculiar 'circum-
stances, both meeting violent deaths.
The first, Max Sorenson, was insured
for $8,500 and the second, Gunness,
for $3,500. This insurance was paid
over to Mrs. Gunness by the com-
panies.
MORE BODIES FOUND
Further Search Proves Extent of
Woman’s Crimes.
La Porte, Ind.—A possible solution
of the Guinness farm mystery, which
was deepened when four additional
bodies were found in the barnyard,
developed. [Evidence tending to show
that the nine dismembered corpses
taken up had been shipped to La
Porte, probably from Chicago, came
to light.
Testimony of draymen, who. had
carted trunks and boxes to the Guin-
ness home, lent color to this suppo-
sition. L.a Porte police also re-
ceived information that two trunks
consigned to “Mrs. Belle Guinness,
La Porte, Ind.,” are held ¢iny an’ ex-
press office in Chicago. Assistance
of the Chicago police in unraveling
the puzzle was sought at once.
Two of the nine ‘mutilated bodies
were identified this afternoon with
reasonable certainty. Antone Olsen
of Chicago, viewed the body supposed
to be that of Jennie Olsen, 16 years
old, foster daughter of Mrs. Guinness,
and pronounced it to be his daughter.
A sister of the girl, Mrs. Lee. Olean-
der of Chicago, confirmed the father’s
identification.
The Matrimonial Bait.
Chicago.—Following is Mrs. Gun-
ness’ “matrimonial ad” with which
victims were lured to death: :
PERSONATL—Comely widow, who
districts in I.a Porte county, Ind., de-
sires to make the acquaintance of gen-
tleman equally well provided, with
view of joining fortunes. No replies
by letter considered unless sender is
willing to follow answer with personal
visit.
To Maintain Iron Prices.
Birmingham, Ala.—Southern pig
iron manufacturers decided that there
were no reasons -for any reductions
in iron quotations. A resolution was
adopted by the two companies repre-
sented addressed fo Northern produec-
ers, requesting that there be a steady-
ing of conditions in the North.
British Kill Sixty Afghans.
London.—Sixty Afghans were kill
ed in the fighting which took place
between a large Afghan force and
the British troops in the Khyber Pass
near Landi-Khotal, according to a
dispatch sent in by a correspondent
with the British column.
Daniel Lawler, the Democratic nom-
ine for Mayor of St. Paul, was
| elected over Joseph McKibbin, Re- |
| publican, by an estimated plurality |
| of about 3.000.
Many Bodies Exhumed on Farm:
Laporte, Ind.—One of the most grew-
owns large farm in one of the finest |
BIG MONEY FOR TRUST
Hitchcock Arraigns Department of In-
terior for Gross Misinterpreta-
tion of Law.
_ Washington.—Charging that the of-
ficials of the department of the inter-
jor had been for years guilty of mak-
ing a “gross misrepresentation of an
act of Congress,” Mr. Hitchcock of
Nebraska, in the house of representa-
‘tives said that in consequence the
government in the last ‘seven years
had been deprived of $57,000,000 to
which it was entitled. He was re-
ferring to the stone and timber act,
which fixed a minimum price on cer-
tain timber land of $2.50 per acre.
He declared. that 8,000,000 acres had
been sold for $20,000,000; “while the
department in all its branches has
admitted,-and in writing, that the act-
ual aggregate value of that land was
$77,000,000.”
These lands, he asserted, had pads-
ed into the hands of the lumber trust
and were sold to the people of the
United States at an advance of 70 per
cent.
AFGHANS REPULSED
Prompt Move by British Officer Has
Good Effect.
Simla, British India.—The prompti-
tude shown by Major General Sir
James , Willcocks, commander of the
British forces, in rushing his troops
to the scene of the disturbances has
deprived the Afghan raid of present
danger.
He attacked the raiders on the
hills west of Landi-Kotal, in Khyber
pass, and drove them back over the
frontier, scattering them "in : various
directions. Finding no support from
the other tribes, ‘the raiders are
dwindling away. According to ad-
vices received- here, the Mohmands
and other border tribes are quiet and
engaged in harvesting.
TRY TO WRECK EXPRESS
Two Foreigners
Switch With Old Iron.
Philadelphia.—The “Royal Blue” ex-
press train on the Philadelphia &
Reading Railway had a narrow escape
Nicetown, a suburb. Two men, said
to be foreigners, jammed the switch
with old iron. which was sufficient
to derail the express, then nearly due.
A towerman saw-the men tampering
with the switch and telephoned for a
railway policeman stationed nearby,
who removed the obstruction."
The policeman arrested Wencys
Koowl, a Pole, on suspicion. The
suspect was held in bail for a further
hearing to-morrow. The towerman
identified the prisoner.
SAYS THAW IS INSANE
Asylum Physician’s Opinion of the
Prisoner’s Condition.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.—Dr. Amos T.
Baker, acting superintendent of the
Matteawan State hospital, in’ his re-
turn to the writ obtained by counsel
for Harry K. Thaw, denied the allega-
tion in the petition of counse] that
Thaw is now sane, and averred, ‘on
the contrary that Thaw is insane. Dr.
Baker has had Thaw under observa-
tion during his confinement in Mattea-
wan following the trial for the slaying
of Stanford White.
MINERS RATIFY THE PACT
Referendum Vote Approves Toledo
Agreement by Big Majority.
Indianapolis, Ind.—It was announc-
ed from the headquarters of the
United Mine Workers of America that
the two-years’ wage contract entered
into at Toledo last month by miners
and operators of Western Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio and Indiana had been rati-
fied by a referendum vote of the lo-
cals by 77,000 to 7,000.
New Jersey Uninstructed.
Trenton, N. J—The Republican
state convention to select delegates to
attend the national convention today
named a delegation that is uninstruct-
ed. The convention also voted down
resolutions | “endorsing the candidacy
of ‘Secretary Taft for President and
favoring "the ‘renomination of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. A resolution favor-
ing former Governor Franklin Mur-
phy for Vice President was adopted
without’ opposition,
Dowie’s: Personalty Worth $1,200.
Chicago.—Mrs. Alexander Dowie
was awarded $400°by the appraisers of
the personal property of the late
founder of Zion® City. They filed
their report showing that instead of
| the great wealth supposed to have
| been held by Dowie, the total amount
was $1,200. Mrs. Dowie received the
widow’s share, one-third. She still
has a claim on the real estate, what-
ever it is or may prove to be.
CURRENT NEWS EVENTS.
While trying to save their brotHer,
Benjamin® and John Henness were
drowned in a slough of the Quivre
river, near St. Charles, Mo.
It is reported that there is a strong
likelihood of the management of the
Japanese railways being taken over in
the near future by a syndicate of lead-
ing European financiers.
The Senate passed the Gallinger bill
to regulate the employment of child
labor in the District of Columbia.
Chairman Dolliver, reporting the’ bill
to the Senate, said the measure ap-
plied to the district alone.
Three Killed in Automobile.
Bakersfield, Cal—W. E. Loucke, hig
wife and their baby were instantly
killed when an automobile in which
they were riding was struck by a
Southern Pacific. train at Reedley.
Loucke was a prominent business
man of Selma. [
St. Paul.—During a performance at
the Majestic theater Mrs. Bert Swan,
who occupied a box fired six shots at
her husband an alligator tamer while
he was on the stage. None of the
| shots took effect.
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