A
GREETING TO 1 J. BRYAN
New York Harbor Dotted with
Craft Bearing Admirers.
OVATION GIVEN BY THOUSANDS
City Filled With Democrats From
Many States, Among Them Being
Governors, Senators and
' ' Congressmen.
Unparalleled In the recent history of
the port of New York was the wel
come extended William J. Bryan, who
returned on board the steamer
Frlnzess Irone from his tour of the old
world. He arrived at Quarantine at
precisely two minutes after 3 o'clock
p. m. Sirens from every craft with
in the eyesight gave htm a rousing
welcome. And the Nebraska "home
folks," who had gone down the bay
to meet him, shouted heartily.
Mr. Bryan did not enter New York
as was at first plnnned. He was tak
en oft the ship at Quarantine on the
private yacht of Louis Nixon. After
landing at Stapleton, Staten Island,
Mr. Bryan, his wife and daughter were
t once driven In an automobile to
Mr. Nixon's homo.
Here Mr. Bryan spent the night, the
evening being devoted to -a conference
with Intimate personal friends and
Jnen of prominence in his party. No
especial political significance was at
tached to the conference by those who
attended it, and who declared its pur
pose was merely to learn Mr. Bryan's
wishes regarding the plans which have
been made for him during the next few
weeks, and to acquaint him with the
drift of affairs at home.
NEARLY MOBBED BY THE CROWD
Twenty Thousand People 8hout Them
selves Hoarse at Madison
Square Garden.
William Jennings Bryan's entry into
New York was a series of ovations,
beginning with his landing at the
Battery at 4 o'clock and reaching an
early climax when he arrived at the
Victoria hotel, and hour later.
Here the home-coming Nebraskan
was fairly mobbed by the thousands
of persons who had gathered outside
the hotel entrances and the hundreds
who had forced their way Into the
corridors.
Such a welcome as seldom In this
country's history has been accorded
a private citizen was given to Mr.
Bryan at Madison Square garden in
the evening.
As the guest of the Commercial
Travelers' Anil-Trust, league Mr.
Bryan was greeted by more than 20,- ,
000 persons, who filled the great'j
structure from floor to tipper gallery.
At the same time the streets and
avenues outside the garden were
choked for blocks by other thous
ands who stood patiently for hours
for the privilege of even a fleeting
glance at the- distinguished visitor.
The interior of the garden was a wav
ing sea of color. Every person In the
audience had been provided with a
miniature American flag and every
cheer from 20.000 throats was accent
uated by the waving of 20,000 tiny
staffs bearing the stars and stripes.
In his speech Mr. Bryan told of
his observations while abroad, and
compared the systems of government
of other nations with that of our
own. Mr. Bryan In concluding this
feature of his address, remarked: "I
return home a better American than
when I went away."
He discussed many topics of Na
tional interest and declared himself
in favor of government ownership of
trunk lines, an eight-hour day for
workmen, and arbitration of labor dis
putes. Blind Man Receives Sight.
JVim.es Wrentzler of Manchester,
Pa., who for several years prior to his
death a few days ago had been to
tally blind, recovered his sight just
before his death. Deceased was 69
years of age. Some days ago he
suffered two strokes of paralysis and
at the second stroke his eyesight re
'turned. FIRST REBATE SUITS
P. R. R. Made Defendant in a Suit
Asking for $500,000.
The first suits for damages for al
leged discrimination and giving of re
bates to favored coal corporations by
railroad companies following the re
cent investigation by the Inter-State
Commerce Commission, were filed In
Philadelphia by nine retail coal deal
ers. The charges asked aggregate
more than $500,000, and the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company is the sole
defendant In the concerted legal ac
tions. Reform Spelling Introduced.
Superintendent Chancallor of the
District of Columbia public schools
announced that he would introduce
the simplified spelling system alter
natively in the higher grammar
grades. The pupils will be given
their cho'ce of the old or the new.
In the lower grades the old system
will be continued.
John Sparks, Oovernor of Nevada,
was renominated by acclamation by
the Democratic State convention.
Jewish Children to Be Deported.
The case of the 40 Russian Hebrew
children, who arrived in New York
on the steamship Amerika, was heard
by the board of special Inquiry at the
Immigrant station on Ellis island, and
the board after deliberation decided
that the children should be excluded
from this country. Accordingly their
deportation was orderd.
Frost was reported In Iowa August
17 for the first, time this season. It
Is not thought that the great Iowa
corn crop will suffer-
HIPPLE EMBEZZLED
Receiver of Defunct Trust Company
Makes the Charge.
UAdlUIUHllUII Ul I.UC BV M I HICB IIUIU
by the defunct Real Estate Trust
Company of Philadelphia developed
the fact that Frank K. Hippie, presi
dent of the Institution, who commit
ted suicide, was an embezzler. The
authority for this statement is
George H. Earle, Jr., receiver for the
trust company. Mr. lEarle declined to
say what securities are missing, but
he declared that Hippie had hypothe
cated $05,000 worth of the paper, se
curing $30,000 for the securities,
which he never returned.
Receiver Earle further declared
that President Hippie embezzled the
$3,000,000 he loaned to Adolph Segal,
the promoter. These loans, he assert
ed, were personal transactions.
LANDS FOR RUSSIANS
Peasants to Be Given a Chance to
Buy 4,500,000 Acres.
More than 4,500,000 acres, forming
part of the crown lands which consist
or 20,000,000 acres Including 12,500.
000 acres of forest lands, are to be
sold under the imperial ukase of
August 25 to peasants through the
medium of the Peasants' bank. The
lands are mostly situated In the pro
vinces of Samara, Saratov and Sim
birsk. The government has been gathering
statistics of the result of the recent
reign of terror. They gave out the
figures showing that during the week
Just past 101 public officials lost their
lives. In addition to this 92 gendar
mes, policemen, soldiers and other
public servants, were wounded.
Added to this is a total of 291 citi
zens, who either lost their lives or
were injured.
PROMOTER FRIGHTENED
Offers to Turn all His Property Over
to Receiver.
Frightened by rumors of criminal
prosecution as well as by threats of
bodily barm, from depositors who lost
money in the Real Estate Trust Com
pany crash, Adolph Segal of Phila
delphia made a proposition to receiver
George H. Earle to turn all of his real
estate and wildcat schemes Into ready
cash for the use of the company.
In his estimates are Included var
ious properties which he claims to be
worth from $8,000,000 to $10,000,000,
but on which Philadelphia hankers de
clare they would not loan a million.
Mr. Earle flatly declined to entertain
the proposition saying that he had an
other plan.
START FALL FIRE OCTOBER 15
Glass Manufacturers Want Surplus.
Stock Absorbed.
The United States Glass Manufact
urers' Association decided not to start
the fall fire until October 15, to per
mit the company to absorb the sur
plus glass on band. Nearly i,lG0
pots were represented. It was decid
ed that hereafter each member of the
organization be assessed $35 a pot
annunlly and that the money be plac
ed In the treasury as an evidence of
good faith.
A wage committee was appointed
to meet representatives of the unions
In an effort to arrive at some under
standing regarding the scale.
Astor to Be Made a Baronet.
William Waldorf Astor according
to renort will soon be made a baro
net by King Edward because his
second son, John Jacob, a subaltern
In the life guards, gallantly rescued
one of his troopers, who was drown
ing In the Thames at. Windsor. The
son's lieutenancy is made perma
nent. Wanted for Panama Canal.
The Panama canal commission
called for bids for 40 additional mo-'
gul freight locomotives and 5,000 tons j
of steel rails. The contract calls for ,
nearly $500,000 worth of material for J
use on the cannl. The locomotives ,
are to be used In the dumping work, j
They will be substituted for the old ;
French engines.
PACKERS WILL OBEY LAW
Secretary Wilson Reports Meat Plants
in Good Condition.
Secretary Wilson, of the depart
ment of agriculture, lias returned from
his trip through the West and North
west. He inspected personally many
meat packing plants In various cities,
and In a majority of Instances found
good sanitary conditions. The pack
ers everywhere, he said, seemed dis
posed to meet the requirements of the
Inspection law without quibble or pro
test. By October 1 the secretary be
lieves that the majority of the pack
ing plants will have completed their
arrangements for full observance of
the new provisions.
Railroads Talk Back.
The railroads of Ohio have sent to
the state executive committee In ans
wer to a request for rates to the Re
publican convention at Dayton, a let
ter stating that as the Ohio legisla
ture established a two-cent fare the
railroad could not be reasonably ask
ed to further deplete their revenues
by conceding reductions from this
rate.
P. R. R. Mileage.
In line with Its announcement sev
eral weeks ago, the Pennsylvania
railroad will place on sale a trans
ferable mileage book at the flat rate
of $20. The holder of such 1,000-mile
books are privileged to allow mem
bers of their families or persons de
pendent upon them to ride on mile
age from the same book. It is not
expected that the 2-cent regular
passenger rate will become effective
on the Pennsylvania before Novem
ber t.
TROOPS KILL INSURGENTS
Cuban Rebels Routed in Battle
Near Campo Florido.
THE REBELS WERE VICTORIOUS
Battle Also Reported in Pinar del
Rio; Danger to Travel
Growing.
In a three-hours' conflict between
150 rural guards and volunteers and
an insurgent band estimated to num
ber 300 near Campo Florido, 20 miles
east of Havana, the Insurgents were
routed.
An official report of the fight says
the combined forces of Captain Col
lazo's rural guards and General Re
go's volunteers, totaling 130, attack
ed 400 rebels, fought two hours and
charged and completely dlspe' 1 the
enemy, who left 15 dear" .. three
prisoners. Captain Co.iazo was
wounded in the arm, but not seriously
hurt.
One of the prisoners captured says
that probably 40 insurrectionists were
killed and that many more were ter-
I ribly slashed with machetes in the
cnarge or tne rural guards.
Fighting: In Pinar del Rio and Ha
vana was reported and the govern
ment forces In the latter province
were defeated, but with small loss.
The loss In Pinar del Rio has not
been announced.
The fighting In Havana took place
near Calabazar, less than 20 miles
from this city. An outpost of 15
ru rales was attacked by a force of
50 Insurgents, who were well armed.
There was sharp firing for a half
hour, when the rurales retired with
one man wounded. The commander
of the loyal force says that his men
ran out of ammunition.
There is still some lively guerril
la fighting in the neighborhood of
Clenfuegos.
DREAM OPENS AN OLD SAFE
Man Figures Out Missing Combina
tion in His Sleep.
A safe In Allegheny City Hall
which hnd been locked for 16 years,
lias been opened. The last time It was
opened was during the administration
of'Mayc, Richard Pearson. The com
bination had been lost for years.
Messenger Wlllllam Farrell says he
dreamed the combination was 16-5-12-4S.
Next morning in the presence of
Chief Clerk George .1. Schad he tried
that eomblnnlion and it proved suc
cessful. There was nothing of value
in the safe.
Insurance Losses Paid.
Thirty-five Insurance companies
out of the i20 involved in the San
Francisco disaster have paid In the
aggregate $55,193,863.22, according
to their office records to date. The
i Royal, of Liverpool, Is credited with
j $3,804,000.41, the Hartford with $2,
j 013,705. the New York Underwriters
I with $3,496,787. the Aetna, of Hart
ford, Is down for $3,126,502 and the
Liverpool and London and Globe for
$3,721,238. Six companies have paid
upward of $2,000,000 apiece, while an
equal number have exceeded $1,000,
noo. '
Honor for John Brown.
' An Impressive Berviee was hold at
! Ossawatomie, Kan., the anniversary
of the battle of Ossawatomie, at the
monument of John Brown. A chorus
; of 60 voices sang the "star-Spangled
j Banner," the strains of which were
i taken up by 4,000 spectators. Cavalry-
! men then drew up In line saluted
1 amid cheers, and the national colors I
were run up on the flagpole, 80 feet !
high. I
Civil Marriages Restored.
A royal decree publised In Mad
rid restores the civil marriage for
malities and suppresses the obliga
tion on the part of parties desiring
to get married to declare their relig
ion. .This Is directly oposed to the
papal nuncio's claim and It is expect
ed will arouse a political struggle
when parliament reassembles.
Six of the Crew Drown.
The steamer City of Selkirk arrived
at Selkirk, Manitoba. Aug. 29, from
the north end of Lake Winnipeg and
reported that the steamer Princess,
with 16 hands on board -ran into a
rock near Swampy island Sunday
night, and six of her crew were drown
ed. Those drowned were: Capt.
Hawes, Miss Flora MacDonald, stew
ardess, Mliss Johanass, stewardess,
William Grayeyes and two Icelanders.
The vessel was engaged In the fish
trade.
Comer Nominated for Governor.
Returns from Alabama's Demo
cratic primary Indicate B. B. Com
er's majority for governor will be
between 13,000 and 20,000. The re
sult for lieutenant governor Is in
doubt, the fight being an open one
between H. B. Gray, D. J. Meader
and Emmett O'Neal.
After taking 434 ballots the Repub
lican convention of the 18th Ohio
Congressional district, adjourned sine
die after the adoption of a resolution
to refer the nomination back to a
popular primary vote of the Repub1
llcans of the district.
Three Spanish Ships Bring $103.
Threo Spanish ships captured by
Admiral Dewey in Manila Bay, May 1,
1898 were sold by the Navy Depart
ment for $103. The three ships are
the Albay, Manileno and Mindanao.
They are simply old hulks, practically
useless for any purpose of the navy.
Announcement is made by the
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
that it intends to extend the third
mortgage 7 per cent bonds of the com
pany, maturing on November 1, to
July 1. 193S.
BIG BANK WRECKED
.1
Real Estate Trust Company of
Philadelphia Closes Doors
President a Suicide.
The Real Estate Trust Company, of
Philadelphia, organized in 1885, the
depository for nearly $1,000,000 of
the funds of the Presbyterian
Church, holding $300,000 of the
money of the city of Philadelphia
and $175,000 of Slate deposits, clos
ed Its doors.
The failure was caused by heavy
loans made by the late President
Frank K. Hippie to Adolf Segal, a
promoter, on Insufficient security.
A desperate effort was made to
save the Institution by the board of
directors through an appeal to the
Clearing House- association, but that
body declined to subscribe a guaran
tee fund of $7,000,000 because of in
sufficient security.
The liabilities are placed at $10,
000,000. with quick assets of $3,500,
000 and doubtful collateral amounting
to $8,000,000.
George H. Earle, Jr., president of
the Finance Company of Pennsyl
vania, was appointed receiver, and
In a statement to the public he ex
pressed the hope that he. may soon
be able- to recommend a plan to the
depositors that will better serve
their interests and terminate his ser
vices. President Hippie was always re
garded as a conservative financier,
but following his sudden death a few
days ago an investigation by the di
rectors developed the fact that his
loans to Segal had been made t .
gardless of proper security and that
he had made false statements to the
directors of the bank's condition.
Friends of the president express the
belief that Segal exercised a hyp
notic Influence over Mr. Hippie.
Persistent rumors that President
Hippie committed suicide were
borne out when It was authoritatively
stated that he took his life at his
home Friday morning, August 24.
Mr. Hippie is said to have taken a
dose of laudanum with suicidal In
tent. While still conscious he filled
his bathtub with water and later was
found apparently drowned.
RESCUED FROM BURNING BOAT
Thinly Clad, They Waited to Be
Taken Off Lake Steamer.
Twenty-one persons, including the
captain's wife and two little children,
were rescued from the burning
steamer Charles A. Eddy by' the De
troit and Cleveland line steamer
City of Mackinaw, off Port Sanilac,
Lake Huron.
The fire broke out In the forward
end of the boat and spread so rapid
ly that several members of the crew
had to break the windows over their
bunks and crawl through as the regu
lar means of egress were' blocked by
fire and smoke.
Captain Elsey's wife was forced to
leave the boat clad In a night gown
and stockings, and the two baby
girls wcr almost nudo. The second
mate had on only a fur overcoat
when rescued.
AUTOS COLLECT MAIL
Will Take Place of Wagons in
Larger Cities.
Automobiles are to' be substituted
for one-horse wagons in the collec
tion of mall from letter boxes In
large cities. Baltimore Is the first
city In which a contract for collection
wagons will terminate. Two automo
biles will do away with four wagons
and will compete experimentally with
15 wagons to be retained.
Baltimore is a hilly city and the au
tomobile collection service will be
(ested there under somewhat unfav
orable conditions. If it proves suc
cessful the service will gradually be
established In other cities.
Russia's Death Score.
Official statistics of the terrorism of
last week show that. 101 officials, gen
darmes, police and soldiers were kill- i
cd; 92 wero wounded: 291 prlvato per- j
sons were killed or wounded: 31 spir-!
It shops were plundered; private and ;
individual institutions were robbed of .
$180,815' and Slate institutions of!
$84,981. Besides this there were over j
150 armed attempts to rob banks,:
houses, etc. j
The Boston Wool Market.
The wool market Is firm, with fair
trading. Large purchases are looked
for Immediately by the trade with an
accompanying revival of interest In
the market.
Pulled wools are In fair demand.
A supers continue to move at 62 to
64c, while B's sell at 52 to 55c, For
eign grades are steady. Leading
quotations follow: Ohio and Pennsyl
vania XX and above, 43c; X, 21 to
! 11., M 1 in In iti- 'n 9 fin tn
39c; fine unwashed, 25 to 26c; half
blood unwashed, 33 to 34c; blood
unwashed, 34 to 35c; quarter blood
unwashed. 32 to 33c; delaine washed,
36c; delaine unwashed, 27 to 28c.
Express Companies Ask Time.
Every one of the carriers under the
recently enacted railroad rate law Is
seeking an extension of time In which
to file with the Inter-State Commerce
Commission its schedule of rates pro
vided for by the act. All of .them
represent to the commission that it
has been impossible, thus far to com
ply absolutely with the requirements
of the law, because they have not
had the time necssary to complete
their schedules of rates.
Old Eggs Worked Over.
Health officials of Chlcngo uncov
ered a big factory devoted to the "re
processing" of malodorous eggs. The
establishment was closely guarded.
Eggs beyond all hope of sale in the
markets are mixed in great vats, run
over wooden rollers, deodorized,
dried and sifted and finally shipped
to bakers all over the country for
cooking purposes. Owing to the na
ture of the business only the initials
of the firms buying the stuff were put
upon the packages.
Total of 6,428 Counts Returned
by Federal Grand Juries.
FINES TOTALING $128,560,000
With Jamestown, N. Y., Indictments
It Face Possibility of Paying
$131,080,000.
In the longest Indictment known to
history, the Standard Oil Company
was charged by two Federal grand
juries at Chicago, with accepting re
bates from seven railway companies.
The charges are contained In 10 In
dictments, comprising 6,428 separate
offences.
The charges are brought under the
interstate commerce lnw and the com
pany ts liable to bo fined from $6,
428,000 to $128,560,000 If convicted of
al) the offences. The statute fixes
the punishment for each offence at a
line of from $1,000 to $20,000. Added
to the Indictments returned at James
town, N. Y., the oil trust faces the
possibility of paying the United
States the vast sum of $131,080,000,
as punishment for the offence of mo
nopolizing the oil Industry, by means
of rebates secured from railroad com
panies. All of the indictments save one,
grow out of the shipments of oil from
Whiting, Ind., to various points In the
South, Southwest and central portions
of the United Slates. The exception
is the Indictment charging the com
pany with having accepted a rebate
In the form of cancelation of storage
charges at Chicago from the Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern.
It is charged that the oil trust ac
cepted from the seven railroads
named net rates upon Its oil ship
ments to the South, Southwest and
central sections that were from 12
to 27 cents per 100 pounds less than
the rate published by the roads, and
charged to other shippers.
Each count of the indictment rep
resents the shipment of one car of oil
or other petroleum products from
Whiting, Ind. It is shown that on
6,428 cars thus shipped, the Standard
paid approximately $847,690 less than
its competitors were required to pay
on the same shipments.
No indictments were returned
against the railroad companies. They
are the Burlington, Alton & Terre
Haute. Illinois Central, Southern and
Lake Shore.
Such Indictments are likely to come
n't a later time, and II Is stated that
no promise of Immunity was made
for the purpose of getting testimony
from the roads.
Attorney James S. Miller, for the
Standard Oil Company, said that bis
client had not. decided as yet what
Its course would be.
PRESIDENT ADOPTS REFORM
All Public Papers Will Be Spelled
According to the Simplified
Forms.
President Roosevelt's correspond
ence is now spelled in accordance
with the recommendations of the
simplified spelling reform board, of
which Professor Brainier Matthews
is chairman.
All of them escaped uninjured and
were brought to Detroit on the City
of Mackinaw. The Eddy was destroy
ed. An official list of the 300 reformed
words reached the executive office
and all letters mailed since have been
spelled In accordance. This list will
be the official dictionary of the exe
cutive staff henceforth, and when the
committee shall add new words to
the list Its recommendations are im
mediately to be adopted.
The President's spelling order re
garding simplified spelling will be ex
tended to nil parts of the Govern
ment. By his direction all public
documents are to be printed with
that form of spelling. At a mooting
called by Public Printer Stilllngs of
the chief clerks of the various de
partments a committee was appoint
ed to formulate rules for carrying out.
the order.
HUNDREDS MADE HOMELESS
Disastrous Floods Sweep, Over Region
of Mazatlan, Mexico.
Several hundred persons have been
rendered homeless by the disastrous
flood which swept over the region
about Mazatlan, Mexico, for the last
few days.
Twenty days of Incessant rain
throughout this region of the Pacific
coust has made the whole lower coun
try a vast sea of water. Tho waters
of the bay have been supplemented
by torrents which poured down from
inland. Scores of houses located on
the beach were swept away. A broad
boulevard which connected the city
with the sea has been destroyed. The
losses to sugar planters will be very
heavy.
Five Skeletons Uncovered.
The skeletons of five persons were
found within a radius of 10 feet by
workmen who are laying the water
line for tho Pennsylvania Railroad
Company at New Florence, Pa. It
is believed that the remains were
those of Johnstown flood victims.
They had been covered with several
feet of sand.
Eight Killed; 32 Hurt.
After a meeting of workmen at
Yudooka, Russia, which was address
ed by ex-Member of Parliament
Mlchallchenko, shots were fired. This
resulted In an encounter between the
workmen and Cossacks and police,
the latter firing nine volleys, which
killed eight persons and wounded 32.
At Carioftcha, near Yenldjc, Aug
ust 26, a band of Bulgarians defeated
a mixed Greek-Turkish band, kill
ing nine of the latter, Including a
Turk.
INDICTMENT HAS 126 COUIM
Standard Oil Company and Railroads
Held by Grand Jury.
Two additional Indictments were
returned by the federal grand Jury, at
Jamestown, N. Y., one against the
Standard Oil Company of New York
nnd the other against the New York
Central railroad. The Indictment
against the railroad contains a single
count, failure to file with the Inter
state commerce commission the rates
It Is claimed the railroad maintained.
The indictment against the Stan
dard, however, has 126 counts, each
for a specific violation of the law.
The charge Is the Standard accepted
an ttnlnwful discrimination from the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, the
New York Central and the Central
Vermont railway, in that during the
year 1901 the rate from Olean, N. Y.
to Burlington, Vt was 15 cents per
hundred weight, while the rate for
like shipments from Bradford. War
ren, Struthers, Clarendon, Oil City
and Titusville, Pa., was 33 cents.
INSURGENTS INCREASING
Government Troops Ambushed and
Several Killed.
The Cuban Government reports
announce that a detachment of the
forces of Colonel de Strampes, num
bering 33 men, at Gaines, province of
Pinar del Rio, were dispatched to dis
lodge the Insurgent forces of Colonel
Aaliert, camped on the hill "Flor de
Mayor," near the town! The Insur
gent commander, having-87 men, sent
part of them to the base of the hill,
where they ambished the Government
forces, killing four and capturing one
man. Other renntts give the number
of dead as nine. The survivors retfr- '
ed In disorder.
Insurgent bands are multiplying In
Havana nnd Pinar del Rio provinces,
many smnll parties having left Havana
to Join them. All are well armed and
mounted. All the Insurgents are re
ported to be mounted. '
REBEL8 DEFEATED
Cuban Government Forces Cut Up
Insurgent Band.
At the moment when the govern
ment was Issuing Its proclamation of
fnrlng pardon to rebels who woulaV
lay down their arms, Its forces were
dealing the most telling blow that has
yet been struck against the insurg
ents. For several days It had been stated
that General Guzman's force of In
surgents, which was variously esti
mated at from 200 upward, contem
plated an attack on Clenfuegos.
Colonel Vnlle, with a detachment of
rural guurus and volunteers! was dls
pelehed to engage Guzman.
They met and the encounter re
sulted in the worst reverse the In
surgents have yet sustained. They
lost 17 men killed and many wounded,
while I ho loss to the government force
was one man killed.
ASSASSINS BUSY
Two High Military Officers Killed by
Russians.
True to their promise to continue
the work of nssassinatlon till the gov
(innient grants the reforms demand-"'
ed. the Russian terrorists killed two
high military officers and attempted
the life of a third.
The first nssassinatlon took place at
Warsaw, where General Venliarliar
skl, the acting military governor gen
eral of the city, was shot to death as
he was driving through one of the
main streets. His slayer escaped.
Following almost immediately upon
this news came tidings that Colonel
Riemar.n, of the Heminovsky regi
ment, had been murdered at Luga.
An attempt was made upon the life
of Unrun Shilil in the grounds adjoin
ing the pulace at Feterhof, but failed.
Fata) Boiler Explosion.
Harry Mautz was killed and Evan
Carter, Ben Johnson and Charles
i Slaker were Injured when tho boiler
I in the sawmill of Jacob Staker, near
Duncan Falls, O., blew up. The huild
! Ins and machinery were wrecked.
CURRENT NEWS EVENTS.
Captain J. Frank Gregg, who was
with Quantrell in the famous raid at
Lawrence. Kas., died at. his home at
Grain Valley near Oak Grove, Mo.
Mr. Mlyaoka, the Japanese chaigo
advised Acting Secretary of State
Ailee that Japan will open Dalny to
the commerce of all nations after
September 1.
Four Greek laborers were killed and
another man was fatally Injured by a
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern train
at Synimes, three miles from Love
land, O.
Miss Deane, a well-known actress,
playing at a summer theater at
Williamsport, Pa., fell down an ele
vator shaft at the Park Hotel and was
killed.
President Roosevelt apointed Basil
Miles of Pennsylvania as first sec
retary of the American embassy at
St. Petersburg. Mr. Miles was pri
vate secretary to Ambassador Meyer.
Through the explosion of a boiler
on a locomotive of the New York.
Central near Little Falls, N. Y., two
persons were killed. The dead are
Chris. Wagner, engineer, and Fireman
Hall.
Japan has entered into a compact
with the Diamond Match Company
to form an International trust. In
matches on two continents. An Eng
lish match concern dominated by Bry
ant & May will also be taken Into the
combination.
Paul O. Stensland the missing Chi
cago banker, has been located in Bra
zil, according to a report made by the
Plnkerton Detectivo agency to the
bank directors. A similar report was
made to Acting State's Attorney
James Barbour.
The Pennsylvania IJnes West and
all other railroads doing an Interstate
traffic In Ohio have met tho demands
of the Ohio railroad commission by
announcing that beginning October 1.
or earlier, all interstate fares will he
based on the two-cent rato within the
state of Ohio.
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