i RETIRE NES BERET rr RT HUNDREDS SLAIN IN HTTACK ON KERMAN City Falls into Insurgents’ Hands After Bloody Battle. VICE GOVERNOR ASSASSINATED {nsurgent Leaders Organize a Gov- ernment and Ignore Present Administration. jer confirm the revort that the revo- luticn is in full swing in the western and southern parts of Persia. All the tribes in Persicn Kurdistan have raized the banner cf revolt un- der the leadership of the constitution- s, and the immediate convocation of a parliament; other- wizo they threaten to declare for in- dgpendence. The government into the hands of the everywhere and a large soldiers have been killed. The gov- ernor of Svultenieh has fled with a small remnant of loyal troops, the re- mainder of the troops having joined the insurgents. The governor's resi- dence was pillaged and burned. The uprising in the provinces of T.aristan and Kerman is rapidly gain- ing ground. The city cf Kerman iz2 entirely in the hands of the revolu- offices are falling insurgents number of tionists, the government officials hav- | ing cither fled or submitted. The vice governor has been killed. The seizure of the city was preced- ed by a bloody batttle hundreds be- ing killed or wounded. The insur- gent leaders, who include Kazim Khan, have organized a temporary government and declared their inten- tion to ignore the central govern- ment. TRIED TO SCARE PRESIDENT French Soldier Attemnts Blackmail on Roosevelt Family and Gets Into Jail for Six Days. Bordeaux, France.—An extraordin- ary story was told at the court mar- tial here ef a member cf the military ambulance corps, Camille Marquet, who was charged with attempting to blackmail President Roosevelt. According to the evidence before the court, Marquet wiote to the Pres- ident cn January 9 demanding, on be- half cf “my society,” without other specifications, $2,000 “on account of services rendered during the presi dential election,” and promising" fur- their “immense help.” Receiving no reply to his demand, Marquet wrote again on March 9, threatening a scandal “which will cast dishonor upon the whole family, unless the money is forthcoming at a fixed date.” In conclusion the writer of the let- ter recommended the greatest discre- tion, adding: “The highest heads are no longer safe on their shoulders, look at Port ugal.” ; The president handed the letters to the French consul general, who com- municated with the French police. Marquet was brought' up for court martial, but the court in considera- tion of the good character of the youth sentenced him to six days’ imprison- ment, giving him the benefit of the first offender’s law. WILL PROBE OIL FIELD Pittsburg Men Lease Indiana. Richmond, Ind.—Gas and oil leases on 612 acres of land near Richmond were filed, showing that Pittsburg capitalists are preparing to make a thorough investigation of an alleged gas or oil field. The leases were given to David J. Roberts, represen:- ing a party of Pittsburg capitalists. Mr. Roberts stated that operations would begin in the field within the next two cr three weeks. The men behind Mr. Roberis included Max Kauffman, a wellknown Pittsburg merchant, D. S. Andrews, a success- ful operator in the West Virginia oil Big Tract in fields, and other prominent Pitts- burg men. . Diamond Robbery. | Paris.—The police arrested Bene- | dict Lupraska of San Francisco, wno the police say, for a long time has been victimizing Paris jewelers. He drove up to a jeweler’s in an automo- bile with a female accomplice and | be shown jewels of great, asked to value. The woman pretended to faint, and, under cover of the ccnfu- sion which resulted, the man abstract- | He was | ed a number of the jewels. detected in the act. It is estimated that his total up to more than $50,000. To Stop Seaside Orgies. Sea Girt, N. J.—In a startling pub- lic proclamation issued from the sum- mer capital, Governor Fort declares | that unless the excise law is observ- ed in Atlantic City, which he calls a “Saturnalia of Vice,” on Sunday and | all saloons and cafes closed tightly, he will call an extraordinary session of the legislature and may send the | New Jersey state troops to the fa- mous resort, declaring the city to be under martial law. LOOKS LIKE FAIRBANKS Resemblance to Vice President Saves One Man a Fine. Cincinnati—John Lampton * looks like Vice President Fairbanks and is glad of iu This resemblance saved him money the other day. Lampton, an Ohio river pilot, was arraigned in court in Newnpert, Ry. end pleaded guilty to intoxication. Judge Hawkins said: “Because you look like Vice Panks, I'll fine you $1 and costs and suspend sentence.” recent robberies foot | President Fair- | CHADWICK FILES PETITION | Assets of $75 to Meet Obligations of | $500,000 — Pittsburgher Has" | Claim of Half Million. | Cleveland, O.—The writing of the ! last official chapter in the records of the monumental swindle of the late {| Mrs. Cassie Chadwick, was be- | gun when Dr. Leroy S. Chad- | wick, husband of the late | wizard of | in bankruptey, finance, filed a petition in the United States | district court here. With asset's of | $75, except for medical books and | office fixtures valued at $1,700, which | he claims exempt, Dr. Chadwick hopes {to wipe out obligations aggregating | over $600,000. | The action of Dr. Chadwick is con- sidered to be only formal in effect, for the purpcse of clearing himself from any connecticn with the various notes his wife gave and which he had indorsag Although Dr. Chadwick was jointly indicted upon one of the transactions with his wife, yet the case was nolied. Mrs. Chadwick died in the GChio penitentiary a few mcnths ago. DY. Chadwick original- {ly had a fcrtune of upwards of $50,- 060. In the schedules of liabiiities there are a score of minor ilems. The largest include $500,000 in favor of J. W. Friend, of Piitsburg, money loaned Mrs. Chadwick on valuables and securities; $50,800 in favor of Herbert B. Newton, of Boston, who began the suit that expesed her cper- aticns; $5,000 in favor cf the C. T. Beckwith estate, of Oberlin; $7,000 in favor of J. W. Albaugh, of Canton, lone of Mrs. Chadwick’s attorneys. GEEAT LOSS BY FLOOD Many Perscns Drowned and Much Property Destroyed in South. Augusta, Ga.—Great loss of life and damage to property resulted from the flcod in parts of Georgia and the Carolinas. The exact number of lives lest is not known but over 20 bodies were fcund and many are miss- jing. .- The property loss in Georgia and South Carolina amounts to $2,500,000 of which $1,500,000 is in Augusta. In Augusta the princival suffering is along deep gulleys known as Brid- {wells bottom and Perry's bottom. | Here the houses were covered to the eaves. Every mill in Augusta where loss of life occurred has been shut down land there will be mo manufacturing | operations for weeks. Five thou- | sand persons have been thrown out |of employment in® Augusta and the [list will swell to 25,000 when the mills in other Georgia cities and in | South and North Carolina are consid- | ered. | FIFTY-ONE LIVES LOST Te | British Vessel Goes Down Off Coast of Japan — Only Two Aboard Escape. Tokyo, Japan.—News of the sinking of the British steamer Duncarn and | the loss of all but two of the 53 mem- ibers of her crew in the typhoon | which raged August 26 off the port of Goto on the Island of Kiuhiu, has i reached here from Moji, a town on | the same island. | The names of the survivors are |given as William Phillips, an engi {neer, and John Landon, a seaman, both of whom were picked up by the Japanese steamer Sakyo Maru. The Dunearn was bound from Niko- laiesk, Asiatic Russia, to Singapore land put in at the port of Karatsu for | coal. Again putting to sea August 24 the ship ran into the center of the typhcon which sent her to the bot- tom. The Dunearn was a steel screw steamer of 2,220 tons, commanded by Captain J. Graham. She sailed from Hamburg for Nikolaiesk May 27 and arrived at the latter port August 21 BIG FIRE IN NEW ‘ORLEANS Firemen Were Attending Their An- . nua] Picnic When Fire Began. New Orleans.—Fire swept over por- | tions of three blccks, destroying a |large number of wholesale houses, { manufacturing plants and small | stores. Originating at Blenville and | Chartres streets the flames worked their way north as far as Conti street and west toward Royal, bringing | about a loss of between. $1,000,000 and | | $2,000,000 befcre théy were finally | subdued. When the alarm was turned in the New Orleans firemen were in the midst of their annual picnic at a sub- urban park, and the engines and pa- trols responded with a mere handful of men. It was fully an hour before the department was in position to | make anything like a successful fight | against the fire, and even then the | water supply was inadequate. FIVE MEN KILLED Runaway Car Strikes Ascending Car { in Mine Slope. Wilkes-Barre, Pa.—Five men were instantly killed, and five others were seriously injured in a collision at the Warrior Run colliery of the Lehigh { Valley Coal Company, about six miles | from this city. = The men were being hoisted up the slope when a runaway car struck the passenger cars, on which. were 20 men, who were- employed in the mine. | Only six of them escaped uninjured. | Those killed were horribly. mangled, jand one of the injured probably will | die. Cable Company Fined. Caracas, Venezuela .— The civil court cof first instance handed down a | judgment declaring the French Ca- ble Company guilty cf complicity in the Matos revolution against Presi- dent Castro and condemning it to pay damages to the amount of nearly $5,- | 000,000. In addition the company must pay a further amcunt to be as- sesTed later by experts. General Electric directors declared the regular quarterly dividend of $2 | per share. | 90 MEN SUFFOCATED™ IN OKLAHOMA MINE Flames - Destroy Hoisting Shaft and Cut Off Air from Below. RESCUE WORK DIFFICULT Fire and Smoke Roaring. from. Shaft Prevent ' Those Outside’ from Entering. ‘McAlester, Okla—Nearly 40 min- ers are believed to have perished in Hailey (Okla.) coal: mine No. 1, 14 miles east of McAlester, when fire de- stroyed the hcisting" shaft vand air- shaft and cut off air from the men below. It is impossible to enter the mine. At 8 o'clock at night, 12 hours afier the explcsicn, 25 bodies’ have been taken from the “mine. : After the miners had gone down in the cage, a fife broke out, occasioned by the ignition cf a barrel of oil, which a miner was trying to divide. The flames spread at cnce to the hoisting shaft and the airshaft, and all communication with the top was cut ofl. Sa : Si RoE The first indication the people at the surface had of the trouble was when flames and smoke poured out of the top of the shaft. Hundreds of miners rushed to the scene and tried to get into the airshaft, but this was impossible, the flames and smoke were coming up that way, which drove 4 and her daughter, she said, went up- TRUNK MYSTERY CLEARED Wife and Daughter of Windber Man Confess Soh Killed Him Be- cause He Beat Them. Baltimore, Md.—With the arrest of Mrs. Bonnie Rosenbloom and her daughter, Eva, and their subsequent confession here to the detectives, the mystery surrounding the death of the husband and father, Samuel J. Rosenbloom of Windber, Pa., appears to be cleared up. Rozenbloom’s body was found ‘in a trunk at Belle Mawr, near Camden, N. J., on August 16, by a party of picnickers. He had been missing from his home since the middle of last November. Mrs. Rosen- bloom said that her son, Alexander, for whom the police are searching, killed the older Rosenbloom because he had beaten her and her daughter. The Confession. She said cn the night of the mur- der her husband quarreled with her and’ with her sen and daughter. She stairs to their room. Jihey heard loud words in the store beneath. In the morning when they came down- stairs her husband was not there. They asked her son, Alexander, where his father was. He replied that he had “gone away.” Later Mrs. Rosen- bloom said, her son said to her: ey have killed father, because he quar- reled with al] of us and beat you and Eva.” They sold trunks in the store, she said, and she supposed that her son placed the body in one of the trunks and carried the trung and body into the stable in the rear cof the store, where he kept it until he was ready to take it away. Mrs. Rosenbloom said that she did not know of her thém mck. ; Then an effort was made to oper- ate the cages running up and down | the hoisting shaft, but it was found tha: the cages, the cables and the guiges had been burned. There was “absolutely no help for the imprisoned miners. The Hailey-Okla mine is owned by Dr.’ D. M. Hailey, James Elliott and | a number of Chicago and St. Louis capitalists, among whom are several directors of the Rotk -Iskand-’Frisco road. The property loss cannot be esti- mated at this time, but may reach $50,000. The mine is one. of the most valuable in the southwest. Following - is a list of the known dead: Ross Milton, Andréw Dunil- ken, Dominick Mariana, Steven Zelo- vich, George Smith, R. H. Webster, Nicholas Ytcovich, W. H. Parker, Roy Pierce, Dan Elacoma, Jog Elacoma, Frank Elacoma, “Nick Elacoma, “Lee Harvy, Tom Raimon, George Glenden- ning, Al. Davis, Walter Jones and Alec Ross. Se es At least 20 more, whose names are unknown, are. in’ the mine. IRON TRADE IMPROVED Pittsburg Company's - Contract for Vessels Tends to Improve Outlook. = ~~ Cleveland, O.—The kron- Trade Re- view gays: “Orders for lake vessels: and freight cars, which will .require about 25,000 tons of plates and shapes, negotiations pending for 10 or 12 other lake vessels and numerous in- quilies for cars, have greatly im- proved the hope of the finished ma- terial market. In addition to the large orders placed, specifications on nearly all finished products are com- ing in satisfactorily. “The order for two lake vessels, foreshadowed last week, has been placed by the Pittsburg Steamship Company, which is the vessel depart- ment of the United States Steel Cor- poration, with the American Ship- building Company, each vessel requir- ing about 5,000 tons of steel. The plates will be rolled at the Home- stead plant of the Carnegie Steel Company. The ordering of lake ves- sels during a season of great depres- sion in lake traffic indicates confi- dence that this year’s inactivity will be followed by years of great prosper- ity. “The Chicago & Alton railroad has ordered 1.000 cars, to be built by the Standard Steel Car Company of Pitts- | py, | son’s whereabouts ‘and that he went away a few days after November 12. PREACHER COMMITS SUICIDE Disgusted With Conditions of Modern Christianity. New York.—Ill, half blind, criticis- ing the church on the score of un- truthfulness and insincerity and de- claring -that he could not worship “America’s trinity—success, pleasure and gold. Rev. Albert H. Trick shot and killed himself in a room in Mills hotel. He was once pastor of a Presby- terian church in Chicago, and later, had a charge at Saratoga, N. Y., but had no regular pastorate for several years, obtaining an insecure liveli- hood-as an insurance agent.’ In a remarkable letter which he left to Charles N. Dowd, of this city, who had befriended him, the former pastor declared that he was lonely even in the church when he attempted to “square his soul by the teachings of Jesus,” and asserted that the mod- ern church more nearly follows the example of Robert Ingersoll than those of Jesus. : . DEATH CLAIMS TONY PASTOR Patron of Wold-Wide Stars in Theat- rical Firmament at 76 Was Active Until Recently New York.—Tony Pastor, the vet- eran theatrical manager, died at his home, Elmhurst, August 26. The cause of death was a complzate physic- al breakdown. Mr. Pastor was 76 years of age. Until a few weeks ago he could be found every day at his vaudeville theater next to Tam- many Hall in East Fourteenth. street. Pastor was known as the “Father of the Variety Stage.” The names of the men and women who got their first start under Tony Pastor in, his old Broadway Theater would make a long list. Big Telephone Merger. Columbus, O.—It was announced that a company will be incorporated within a few days to lease the prop- erties of the United States Telephone Company, the Cuyahoga Telephone usta SEVEN MEN KILLED BY FALLING WALLS Twenty Others Are Injured When Building Collapses. * CONT RACTO RS ARE ARRESTED Buiuding Inspector Had Warned the Foreman to Stop Work as the Walls Were Crumbling. Chelsea, Mass.—A forty-five foot high brick wall in Chelsea square collapsed suddenly burying beneath it some 30 workmen. Seven were killed outright or died in ambulances on the way to the hospitals. About 20 others were injured, eleven of whom ivere taken to the United States Marine and Naval hospitals here, some of them being in a serious condition. A number of others 2s- caped with minor injuries. The dead—Meyer Arlwok, 60 years old, Chelsea; Ferrie Santte, 48 years old, Boston; Felechi Genelife, 34 years old, Boston; Morris Zachlad, New York; Joseph Adler, 38 years old, Malden; Russian boy, unidenti- fied, about 20 years old; unknown man, features hardly recognizable. M. Gordon of the firm of Gordon & Seegal, the contractors who had the work in hand, was arrested on a war- rant’ charging manslaughter. Medical Examiner George B. McGrath had a conference with Chief of Shannon and it was decided to hold an inquest as soon as possible. the .iwall, it is said, Inspector of ling. It was planned to build a four story hcuse on the spot, which was the site of the old Academy of Music. The wall which fell upon the work- men stood against the Park hotel Beams of wood were being fitted into this old wall in order that it might be utilized for the new structure. It is claimed that the wall was under- mined by the large holes that were dug into it and that with no proper support above it gave way. ; MR. KERN NOTIFIED Candidate for Vice President on Dem- ocrat Ticket Accepts—Mr. Bryan Makes an Address. Indianapolis, Ind. — John Worth Kern, Democratic candidate for Vice President, was notified formally of his nomination by the national conven- tion at Denver, and accepted the honor in a speech delivered to 15,000 people inthe Coliseum at the state fair grounds on the 25th. The noti- fication speech was made by Theodore E. Bell of California; chairman of the committee selected at Denver to of- ficially inform Mr. Kern. William Jennings Bryan, candidate for President, was present and spoke at length on the subject of trusts. Mr. Kern’s speech was in part a reply to the speech of acceptance de- livered at Utica by Mr. Sherman, the Republican candidate for Vice Presi- deni. He devoted some time to the question, “Shail the people rule?” deprecating what he claimed is ex- cessive power in the hands of the speaker of the House of Representa- tives and denied that the people have ruled because he said their will had not been given effect. F OPEN MORE INDIAN LAND Government Ready to Let Homestead- ers Into Reservation.in South Dakota. Washington.—The president has is- Company, of Cleveland, and the Citi- | zens’ Telephone Company of Colum- | bus. . Options have been taken on | these properties by the new compa- The United States Telephone | sued a proclamation for the opening | to settlement of the surplus lands of | the Rosebud Indian reservation in | South Dakota. The area covered { comprises about 8(%,000 acres, and burg at its Hammond (Ind.) plant. | Company is capitalized at about $4- includes all the land in Tripp county The plates will be rolled by the Illi- nois Steel Company. The Atlantic Coast line has ordered 500 from the Sputh Baltimore Steel Car and Foun- dey Company, and the Harriman lines have awarded a contract tons of structural mateiral. “It is expected that other western roads will contract for 40,000 to 50,000 tons at an early date. A .feWw inquir- ies for standard sections steel rails | for 10,000 | | 000,000. It operates, over 12,000 miles of long distance wires. | Cuyahoga company is capitalized $3,000,000. Taft Declines Invitation. Youngstown, O.—Beczuse he con- siders it not in good form for him [to come here to the opening of the | | Republican National campaign on September. 5 and® hear the laudatory are pending from electric lines, but | remarks which will: undoubtedly be no important orders from-other elec- tric or steam railroads are reported. Driven to Cannibalism. St. Petersburg.—Details are in Yakutsk newspapers of a revolting case of cannibalism among given | the no- | | made by speakers, Willlam H. Taft | has declined the repeated invitations | extended him to talk here i time. Escaped Death Fourteen Times. Constantinople.—Fuad Pasha, who madic tribe of Lamuts, living on the | was exciled for being identified with river Korkodin. One of the nomads, | the Young Turks party in 1902, but driven desperate by hunger, devoured | who recently returned to Censtanti- the bodies of his brother's wife and | nople, says that before his deporta- | four children. A party of; hunters came upon the deserted enca pment, ‘found the remains of the bodies and reported the case. Work for 1,600 Men. Granité City, I1L.—The rolling mills of the National Enameling & Stamp- ing Company, which have been closed since June 30, will re-open. Within two weeks the full force of 1,800 men will be employed. Big Falling Off in Receipts. Washington.—The monthly ment of the collections of internal revenue shows that the total for July, 1908, was $22,029,316, which is a falling off of $2,829,508, as compar- ed with July, 1907. The most note- worthy decrease is in the receipts from the retai} liquor dealers’ special tax, which amounts to $216,149. This indicates that 8,646 retail liquor deal- ers went out of business during July, which is said to be largely due to prohibition legislation in the various state- States. tion his life was attempted 14 times, his struggle against the infamous pal- ace rule involving him in dangers of all kinds. i | 1 | | | Toronto Stock Yards Burn. | Toronto, Ont.—Half of the Union | stock vards at West Toronto was | wiped out by fire. The loss is esti | mated at $150,000. Seven nouses in | Keele street were also destroyed. The origin of the fire is not known. i 1 | Unwritten Law Approved. Eastland, Tex.— While urging moth- | | ers to give greater protection to their | daughters by curtailing their liber- | ties, the grand jury here openly rec- ommended that the “unwritten law” should be placed on the statute books {as a means of protecting the home. Jap World's Fair Postooned. | Tokio.—The government has post- | poned the International Eposition, | which was to have been held in 1912, | also United States Senator from Wis- | | for five years, or until 1917. The | at that’ of that state. | According to the terms of the proc- ling will take place at Dallas, S. Dak, | October 19, and will be under the di- rection of James W. Whitten, chief ‘land clerk of the general land office. The minimum price is $6 an acre, ‘and the homestead laws are made ap- plicable to all entries. Registration | will begin October 5, and continue Ito October 17, and app:icants can reg: (ister at Dallas, Chamberlain, Gregory lor Presho, S. Dak, or at O'Neill or | Valentine, Neb. | — ee pi SCORES DROWNED Continuous Rains Cause Great Floods ! in the Carolinas. | Columbia, S. C.—No fewer than 40 | | | | | lives are lost and property worth sev- | eral millions has been destroyed by | flood conditions unparalleled since | August 1840. { In both the Carolinas heavy rains | have fallen continuously for 48 hours | on ground already water soaked, and Bg is still raining. } At Camden 19 persons lost their | lives. They were on a toll bridge watching the flood, when the structure | gave way. Their bodies are still in the water. Former Cabinet Officer Dead. | Madison, Wis—Colonel William F., | Vilas died following five weeks of | illness. The immediate cause of | death was a second stroke of paraly- | sis. He suffered a cerebral hemor- | rthage early on the morning of July | 20 at his home in Madison. Colonel Vilas was Postmaster General in { President Cleveland’s Cabinet and {later was Secretary of the Interior, | succeeding Secretary Lamar. He was | gonsia in the early 90's. Police | Five minutes before the collapse of | FAMOUS DEBATE REHEARSED Senator Doiliver Impersonates Lins colin, Colonel Davidson Douglas. Freeport, IlL.—In the presence of nearly 15,000 persons here the mem- orable. debate of 50 years ago, in which Abzraham Lincoln forced Stephen A. Douglas, Lincoln's Demo- cratic opoonent for the Senatorial toga, to say the words that cost Douglas the Presidency two years later, was re-enacted. Speakers of national fame repeated the words of the respective party leaders of 1858. The spot was the same, but the scene was changed, and paved streets and dwellings replaced the sheltered the audience in 1858. Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver of Iowa was the first speaker, having for his subject the “Emancipator’s” part in the campaign of 1858. Colonel W. T. Davidson followed with an ad- dress cn the “Little Giant.” Others who spoke were Congressman Frank O. Lowden and General Smith D. At- kins. ELLIS TO AID BONAPARTE President Roosevelt's Tender of As- sistant Attorney Generalship Is Accepted. Washington.— Wade H. EHis, now attorney general of Ohio, has been tendered by the President and has accepted the position of assistant to the attorney general, recently held by Milton D. Purdy. Mr. Ellis will assume the duties of | his new position as soon as the busi- ness of his present office, which will require his attention for some weeks, will permit. SHIP BATTLE-FLAGS : : 295 Bullet-Riddled Emblems Sent .to Toledo. Columbus, O.—Two hundred and. Buildings Frank Weymouth had or-|pinety-five bullet-riddled flags carried dered the foreman of the gang to stop | bf the Ohio soldiers in the Civil War work, as he saw the wall was crumb- | were shipped from the State flag and [relic room at the | Colonel J. Corey Winans at Toledo, | chief of the staff of the commander- State House to in-chief of the G. A. R. The flags. will be carried in the parade Sep- tember 2 at the National encampment. of the G. A. R. in Toledo. This is the second time the flags have ever been permitted to leave the relic’ room. Mrs. Sage’s Fortune. New York.-—Surrogate Beckett ap- proved the transfer tax on the estate left by the late Russell Sage who died on July 22, 1908. The appraisal of the estate for the purpose of transfer taxes was $64,153,800.91. Of this Mrs. Sage’s share is appraised at $63,778,800.91, while the shares of 29 lesser relatives amount to $650,000. The total amount of the transfer tax as approved is $667,538.01, of which Mrs. Sage pays $635,038.01. Railroads Will Reorganize. New York.—Bankers identified with the Ann Arbor & Detroit and Toledo & Ironton railroads said that a basis for the reorganization of those prop- erties had been reached. The Ram- sey committee, which is believed to hold a majojrity of the company’s notes, will be permitted to name three directors in place of those whose terms expire at the annual meeting next month. Big Failure on Stock Exchange. New York.—The big brokerage firm of A. O. Brown & Company fail- ed for a sum popularly estimated as running well above $5,000,000. The transactions of A. O. Brown & Com- pany covered nearly 75 per cent of the trading in the sensational session of the stock market on Saturday, Au- gust 22, and it was stated officially by a member of the firm that delivery had been made on only 277,000 of the | more than 700,000 shares handled. To Rescue Chinese Lepers. News comes through the columns cf the Hongkong Telegraph that a Chinese leper settlement is about {o be established near Canton by Rev. Fr. Conrardy, who was with Father Damien during the last seven years of his life in Molokai. | CURRENT NEWS EVENTS. i | Prices of fresh meat have taken at | ]amation the lands will be selected a tumble and § | acking house m _ | by the lottery process and the draw- b 3 © TuaLAZETS report that a stil] further reduction | will be made [pork and mutton. | Jackson, Ky.—Judge Adams over- ruled the motion made by the prose- cution for a change of venue in the | case of Beech Hargis, charged with {the murder of his father. Baltimore, Md.—There was a light fall of snow in the suburbs of this city on August 26, and flurries are re- ported from other points in Maryland and West Virginia. Reno, Nev.—The rush of old seek- ers to the new camp at Schurz, near Rawhide, continues, and the stream has been so steady thaf scores are without accommodations of any kind. _ Topeka, Kas.—Before an audience which filled the atditorium to: oyer- flowing, William JF. Bryan, Democratic candidate for President, spoke on the subject of guaranty of bank deposits. Cincinnati.—Judge Thompson in the United States court here, denied the petition of the Union Distilling Company and others for a temporary injunction restraining the govern- ment from carrying out its order that as such. Lightning. Nears Bryan Mascot Mule. - Lincoln, Neb.—During a-storm the windmill at the home of William J. { Bryan, located close | where the Democratic mascot mule is stabled, was struck by lightning jond damaged slightly. A large bale | of hay reached Lincoln from the | Bryan-Bailey club of Forney, Texas, | addressed “To the Man Who Keeps [i Democratic Mule, Lincoln, Neb.” | { | } 1 Geneseo, N. D—The State bank in this place was robbed of $2,200. The thieves escaped and left no clew, ET —— Lr grove that in the price of beef, : “imitation” whisky must be branded : to the barn. 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