STATE CAPITH L DEDICATED
Magnificent Building at Harris
burg Pennsylvania.
PRESIDENT DELIVERS ADDRESS
Brief Speeches Were Made by Gov
ernor Pennypacker and W. A.
Stone Military Parade
: Follows.
Pennsylvania's magnificent state
capitol was dedicated October 4th with
Imposing ceremonies, despite a steady
downpour of rain, which began to fall
at an parly hour. The rain was the
only discordant feature of the day's
proceeding.
President Roosevelt and party ar
rived on their special train shortly
after 11 o'clock and were met at the
station by the dedication commission.
The President's salute was fired from
the arsenal across the river and the
party proceeded promptly to the
capitol through the drenching rain.
Accompanying the President were
Surgeon General P. M. Rixey nd
United States Senators P. C. Knox
and Holes Penrose. The President
was escorted to the capitol by the
dedication commission, Mayor Edward
Z. Gross, of Harrisburg, and the
Governor's Troop.
The President was received at the
capitol by Gov. Pennypacker and staff
members of the Supreme Court and
other honored guests.
Meanwhile a throng of people solid
ly covering the streets for three
blocks was waiting in the rain for the
appearance of the nation's chief exe
cutive, and the most of them were un
provided with umbrellas, taking the
downpour in great good nature.
The grandstand was erected at
State and Third streets. It had no i
provision of rain and the elements
made things unpleasant for the
President and guests. The President
was undisturbed, apparently, by either
the immense throng of people which
crowded about him or by the rain
which descended In torrents.
The exercises began shortly before
12 o'clock, with Gov. Pennypacker
presiding. The band played "Hall to
the Chief" as the President entered
the grand stand. Everyone rose and
remained standing during the rendit
ion of "America," which followed. A
Scripture reading by John H. Dilling
ham, of the Society of Friends, was
followed by a silence which was pro
found and impressive. W. A. Stone
was then Introduced and formally pre
sented the capitol to the common
wealth as the president of the building
commission.
The address accepting the build
ing was delivered by Gov. Pennypack
er and it was pronounced one of the
governor's most noteworthy efforts.
He was greeted with prolonged ap
plause. Following the governor. President
Roosevelt made an address, reading
from manuscript. It was a najterly
effort and he was given the ..Wisest
attention throughout its delivery.
Congressman Marlin E. Olmsted of
Harrisburg, was chief marshal and
Col. W. F. Richardson chief of staff.
The state constabulary, a large de
tachment of which was present led
the parade, followed by a provisional
brigade of the National Guard, State
College Canets, Soldiers' Orphan
School Cadets, Carlisle Indian School
Cadets and other organizations. There
wore many bands to enliven the par
ado. The new Cap tol is one of the mosl ;
beautllul and imposing buildings in ;
the United States, not only in its '
architecture, but also in Its interior
decorations and furnishings. Thus lar
the building and its furnishings rep
resent an expenditure of about $13,
000.000. The building is Roman
Corinthian in its general design and is
faced with Barre granite. It covers a
trifle more than two acres of ground.
The Capitol consists of a main build
ing and two wings, the total length
being 525 feet and the breadth 254
feet. The whole is surmounted with
a dome rising 292 feet above the first
floor. The most striking feature of
the exterior ornamentation is the em
ployment of 32 great granite mono
liths, each weighing 35 tons. The
interior of the dome is decorated in
gold, cream and blue, and at the top
there is a patch of sky, Btidded with
glitteikng stars.
Two great corridors load off from
ihe rotunda to various suites of
offices. From the rotunda gallery on
the second floor elaborated doorways,
with heavy maho;any hangings, lead
Into the Senate and House chambers
on either side.
The building contains 4S1 rooms, ;
and is occupied by all of the depart- I
ments of the State Government, in-1
rlnI;Tn tha Snir3niii nnrl Gtnnnplr.i. I
courts. It contains more floor space i
than that of the Capitol at Washing- i
ton and mure than that of the Capitol 1
at Albanv
Bank Robbed at Noon.
Two robbers entered the Kimmon
Ginko, a Japanese bank, also known
as the Golden Gate bank, at 1588
O'Farrell street, San Francisco, at
noon and after fatally beating S. Ura
kata, the munaser pnd seriously in
juring A. Sassaki, a clerk, with a piece
of gag pipe, escaped with $5,000 in
gold. Manager Urakata died two
hours later, from his injuries. Ura
kata was acting as teller of the bank.
Insurance Rebates Condemned.
The National Association of insur
ance Commissioners adopted a strong
resolution against the practice of
granting rebates as a great injustice
to the public. An -address by Charles
B. Hardy of Chicago foreshadowed
increased rates of fraternal Insurance.
The Octopus, the new submarine
addition for the United States navy,
was successfully launched at the yards
of the Fore River Shipbuilding Com
pany, Qulucy, Mass., la the presence
of many distinguished naval officers.
DUN'S WEEKLY SUMMARY
No Unfavorable Development Have
Appeared Except Storm In the
South,
R. G. Dun's Weekly Review of
Trade says:
No unfavorable developments have
appeared except the damage by storm
at the South, which was almost en
tirely local in effect.
Autumn trade Is now In full swing,
especial activity being reported in
drygoods, millinery and footwear.
Manufacturing plauts are engaged far
in advance In all the leading indus
tries, the metal departments making
the most striking exhibits, and the
activity of transporters Is shown by
railway earnings in September 9.2 per
cent larger than last year's figures.
Crop returns are up to expectations
aside from some loss in cotton, which
caused a violent rise in prices.
Scarcity of most forms of steel and
pressure for quick delivery tend to
harden quotations, while the rise In
pig Iron has continued until the In
flated position of a few years ago
seems about to be attained.
Practically all the pig Iron furnaces
are now in blast and work will soon
be started on many new plants of the
open variety. Any decrease In de
mand for structural steel for buildings
on account of the approach of winter
Is more than offset by the urgent
needs of car works, which are falling
further behind with deliveries. High
prices continue to prevail for minor
metals.
The most important development
this week in the textile Industries was
the limitation of irregularity in pri
mary markets for cotton goods be
cause of the sharp advance in the
price of raw material. Purchasers
who had hesitated to place orders be
yond Immediate needs In the hope
that better terms would soon he avail
able changed their attitude abruptly
and endeavored to arrange distant de
liveries. Curtailment of production by scar
city of labor has prevented accumula
tion in first hands. No support conies
from the export division, a small sale
to India being the o:ily business re
ported this week.
New England manufacturers of
footwear liberal orders for spring de
livery, not only from Western jobbers
who have been operating freely for
some time, but interest is shown by
Eastern jobbers and large retailers
from all sections.
Commercial failures in the Vnited
States are 1S3, against 188 la.tt week,
and 200 the preceding week, and 193
the corresponding week last year.
Liabilities of commercial failures
reported for September are $0,253,905,
compared with $8,039,947 a year ajo.
FIVE KILLED, MANY HURT
Special Train Bearing Troops to Cuba
Crashes Into Regular Passenger.
Five passengers were killed out
right and a score were injured in a
rear-end collision between a regular
passenger train and a military spec
ial on the Boston & Maine railroad
directly in front of the Lanslngburgh
depot north of Troy, N. Y.
The dead are: F. L. Block, Peoria,
111.; Mrs. Wallace E. Shaw, Bath, Me.;
Mrs. Stevens, Boston; Mrs. J. W.
Dacey, Arlington, Mass., and Mrs. H.
S. Poole, Concord, N. H.
Among those most seriously injured
is W. H. Seymour, Kenton, O., scalp
wounds.
The collision took place on a heavy
grade and sharp curve. The passen
ger train consisted of five cars, and
mnt, olinnt nno hrtui tnte when It. reach-
6(, Lansingburgh station, waiting
lher(! fol. a cnance to get Into the
Trov d t vvilhout apparently any
.'. ,hB Rnprini rnmft thunderinc
along with IS cars and crashed Into
the passenger train, smashing the last
two cars, which were Pullmans, like
eggshells. Both these cars were
swept from the track and rolled down
the embankment. The engine of the
special kept on for a dozen yards and
then turned turtle.
The special was drawing four troops
of the Fourteenth United States cav
alry from Fort Allen to Newport
News, where they are to embark for
Cuba. The soldiers quickly got to
work to rescue the injured. In a com
paratively short time most of those
pinned down by the wreckage were on
their way to a hospital.
One man's grief was pitiable. His
name was J. W. Dacey and he ran up
and down the track crying for his
wife. In a few mi.iutes her lifeless
form was identified. They had been
married the previous night at Arling
ton and were on their honeymoon,
having planned an extended trip,
which included a visit to her sister
in Pittsburgh.
Disbar Two Prominent Lawyers.
The supreme court of Illinois issued
orcJer3 barring George S Baker
an(1 Herbert B. Wickersham, formerly
Prominent Chicago lawyers. Baker is
charged with collecting money for a
client end iamng lo mrn it over.
He
was indicted and arrested, gave bond
and then fled. Wickersham, who Is
dm reed with a slmfiar ofTense, was
Pi'lMed end has been missing ever
sine:'.
300 Horses Burned Alive.
A stubborn blaze in the livery and
sales stables of B. Gray on West
Third street. New York, destroyed
nearly ,300 horsed said to be valued at
$100,000 and many carriages.
SIXTY-ONE DROWNED
Emigrant Steamer Founders and Only
28 Escape.
The emigrant steamer Charter
house, voyaging between Hoihow and
Hongkong foundered off Hainan head.
Capt. Clifton aud 60 passengers were
lost.
The North German Lloyd steamer
Kohslchang has picked up a raft be
longing to the Charterhouse, on which
were thief Engineer Dowse, 23 of the
crew and two women, after they had
been drifting for 43 hours.
FATAL EXPLOSION IN HE
Sixteen Known to be Dead and
Many More Entombed.
CAUSE OF DISASTER UNKNOWN
Wives and Sweethearts Crowd Around
Entrance to Shaft, Pleading for
Loved Ones.
Twenty-nine bodies have been re
covered from the West Fork of the
Pocahontas Collieries Company mine
at Pocahontas, Va., and a conserva
tive estimnte places the total number
of dead at 70.
The rescuing party reached the
scene of the explosion but the Im
mense amount of debris and wreck
age has hampered the search for bod
ies. There Is no evidence thus far
of fire.
The explosion, the cause of which
has not yet been learned, occurred In
the St. Paul entry of the celebrated
west mine of the Pocahontas Collier
ies Company.
A few men escaped from the Tug
River side of the mine, these are
mostly drivers and engineers, who
were working in the entries. The
force of the explosion was scarcely
noticeable at the mouth of the mine,
as the force was directed toward the
north side and two and one-half miles
under the mountain.
The work of rescue proceeded slow
ly, all the miners in the south mine
being taken out in a semi-suffocated
condition.
There was no record to show the
exact number of miners working In
this section of the mine, as it was
about the hour the shifts were chang
ing. The scene about the entry was ap
palling. Mothers, wives and sweet
hearts rushing about in wild confus
ion, weeping and wringing their
hands and pleading with the officials
to be allowed to enter the smoking
tomb. Officers were being stationed
about the entrance to quell the ex
citement. The catastrophe Is the worst since
the disaster In the nineties, when 20
miners' lives were snuffed out in a
similar explosion.
President James E. Jones was on
the scene shortly after the explosion
and is directing the work of rescue.
Fire broke out in the mine and ser
iously hampered the work of rescue.
PROBING FRAUD CHARGES
Claim That Defective Tubes Were Put
Into Naval Vessels.
Secret Service agents of the United
States Government, working under or
ders from the Department of Justice,
are investigating charges filed with
Secretary of Navy Bonaparte that the
United States Government has been
made the victim of a gigantic fraud.
It is charged that several of the
largest and most costly battleships In
the United States Navy are equipped
with thousands of boiler flues which
were never subjected to the Govern
ment tests and that many of them
were delivered to the Government and
placed in the vessels after they had
been rejected as defective by the Gov
ernment inspectors.
The warships directly involved In
the charges are: New Battleship
Maine, Battleship Georgia, Armoured
Cruiser Colorado, Armored Cruiser
Pennsylvania.
The charges are against tho boiler
flues placed in these vessels at the
time they were built, but also affect
nearly every vessel in the American
navy which has had flues installed
since 1S9S.
The author of the charges, which
were submitted to Secretary Bona
parte through United States Senator
J. B. Foraker of Ohio, is Frank L.
Emmett of Sharpsville, Pa., who was
In charge of the shipping department
of the Shelby Steel Tube Company's
mill at Greenville, Pa., when this com
pany made the tubes for four war
ships. He confesses his part In the
alleged fraud against the Government
and swears to a statement containing
all the charges.
STOLEN MONEY FOUND
Slayer of Pearce Family Admits Rob
bery Led to Murder.
That Elmer Dempster, the negro
slayer of the family of Samuel
Pearce in Cecil township last July,
committed his crime In perpetration
of robbery, was disclosed at Wash
ington, Pa., when the negro, who is
In jail under sentence of death, told
the olflcers where the money he stole
could be found.
Officers discovered, wrapped up In
a piece of cloth, $12.50 hidden in an
oil derrick near the Pearce home, as
he said they would. The money was
taken from a pocketbook belonging
to Mrs. Pearce. Dempster said that he
killed Mrs. Pearce when the latter dis
covered him rilling the purse, and
that he slew the rest of the family to
prevent their telling of the first
crime.
Fifteen men are supposed to have
lost their lives in an explosion in the
Dutchman Coal mine at Blossburg, N.
M., a small camp five milea from Ra
ton. Three boiijles have been, re
covered. Mrs. John Severson of Mondovl,
Wis., has given birth to four boys.
The babies are strong and healthy and
physicians say they will live.
Russia Anxious for Peace Meeting.
The convocation of the second peace
conference at The Hague is being
urged by Great Britain and also by
Russia, the latter wishing to show
that the International situation in that
country Is again becoming normal
and in any case It does not affect her
foreign policy.
Anti-admlniBtratlon Republicans of
Alabama, in convention at Birming
ham, nominated for Governor Judge
A. Stratton of Montgomery. The plat
form calls upon President Roosevelt
to stand for a third term.
BALLOON RACE
Lieutenant Lahm, of Sixth U. S.
Cavalry, Victor in Contest.
The Aero club officially announced
that Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm, of
the Sixth United States cavalry, one
of the American contestants, was the
victor In the Hist competition for tli
James Gordon Bennett cup for Inter
national aeronouis.
The race started Sunday afternoon,
when 15 balloons, representing seven
countries, sailed away from the Tul
lerles Gardens In Paris, France. C.
S. Rolls, one of the English contest
ants, has not been heard from.
Up to the present time, however,
tho performances of Lahm and Hor
sey, In the balloon United States, in
reaching 15 miles north of Scarbor
ough, England, Is the best record at
tained by anyone of the 15 starters.
Santos-Dumont had an accident
which compelled him to descend. His
arm caught in tho niechaniclsni of
his motor, paralyzing it. His injury
was not serious anil he returned to
Paris.
PALMA GOES OUT PENNILESS
Minister from Cuba Confers With
Secretary Root.
Gonzales tie Quesada, minister from
Cuba to the United States, conferred
with Secretary Root regarding the
situation in Cuba. Mr. Quesada ex
pressed full confidence in the friendly
attitude of this government toward
Cuba. Quesada Bald President Paliua
after spending 40 of the 73 years of
his life in fighting for Cuban liberty,
leaves the palace in Havana without
a dollar. His private fortune, as well
as the best energies of his life have
been patriotically poured out In 1he
cause of his country. Quesada add
ed. "I have cabled to President Palma
an invitation to make my house his
home if he decides to come to the
United States. Although President
Palma Is practically penniless he has
hosts of friends who will remain
steadfast, even though adversity has
become his portion."
KILLED PRISO..-A3
The Dominican President Wins Vic
tory and Then Slaughters Cap
tured Rebels.
Advlce3 from Monte Crlsti, Santo
Domingo, which was besieged for
some time by Dominican revolution
ists, ani.-.mnce that President Caceres,
with 1,200 men, recently attacked the
revolutionists, raised the selge and
pursued the besiegers, dispersing
them and captured a number ot
prisoners.
Twenty-four of the prisoners were
executed, and the property ot the
recalcitrant revolutionists was de
stroyed. Later the revolutionists ral
lied and according to the last advices
were preparing to make another at
tack on Monte Crist i.
CUBAN FUNDS ALL RIGHT
President Palma Departs from
Ha-
vana for His Home.
Former President Palma, who de
parted from the capital to his home
with no money remaining of his once
large fortune, left the Cuban treasury
In a satisfactory condition with $13.
000,000 In it. The obligations out
standing will soon necessitate paying
out one-half of this, but tho income
of the government amounts to nearly
$2,000,000 a month and loans are not
considered necessary, ns nearly all the
congressional appropriations have
been canceled.
CABINET WILL CHANGE
Attorney-General Moody and Secretary
Shaw Will Retire.
Two retirements from the presi
dent's cabinet are slated for the com
ing winter. They are those of Attorney-General
Moody, whose resig
nation will become effective about
December 1. and Secre'Tv of the
Treasury Shaw, who will retire in
February.
For one of the vacancies the Presi
dent will nominate George .
L.
Meyer, American ambassador to Rus
sia. For the other he is not yet ready
to make an announcement.
Cooked Alive.
Literully cooked alive in a boiler
into which steam was turned on by
mistake, Gustave F. Friend of Vin
cennes. Ind., lived five hours 'with his
flesh dropping from hlin In chunks.
He remained conscious and arranged
all his worldly affairs, bade his
friends goodbye and then prayed with
his pastor till death came.
President's Son Must Answer.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and several
of his fellow students at Harvard, to
gether with two police officers have
been summoned before the Suffolk
county grand jury In connection with
an investigation by that body ot an
assault upon one of the officers on
Boston common.
Held for Smuggling.
Twenty thousand dollars' worth ot
emeralds were found by United
States customs officials at New York
on Manuel Suarez when he arrived on
the Oceanic of the White Star line.
The jewels were seized and Suarez
who says he is a Colombian, was ar
rested on the charge of smuggling.
United States Commissioner Shields
later admitted him to $300 cash ball.
Gen. Guerra and his Insurgent
forces in Cuba offered no trouble to
Americans and peaceably gave up
their arms without any sign of dis
order. Mint Statement,
The statement of the director of
the mint shows that tho coinage exe
cuted at the mints of the United
States during September, 1908,
amounted to $10,893.7:14, as follows:
Gold, $9,4(10,1(12: silver, $1,308,000;
minor coins, $125,571. In addition
there were coined 400,000 five peso
gold pieces for the Mexican govern
ment. The theater at Odessa where the
Jewish Company played has been en
tirely destroyed by fire. A professor
and two students perished.
Forty Either Swept Into the Sea
or Damaged Beyond Repair.
RED CROSS WILL RECEIVE AID
Those Who Wish to Contribute Can
Send Money to the National
Organization.
Forty-four lighthouses either swept
into the sea and lost or the struc
tures so badly damaged that no lights
can be shown, and four lighthouse
keepers drowned during lust week's
hurricane Is the summary of the re
port made by Inspector Sears of New
Orleans. These lights were located
on the coast and adjacent islands be
tween the mouth of the Mississippi
river and Mobile.
Fort McRea, out from Pensacola,
Fia., has oeen swept almost oft the
earth with its new and modern bat
teries and disappearing guns, and it
was here five men were drowned and
five others underwent such a harrow
ing experience they are now chained
In the army hospital, raving niainacs.
Fort Pickens has been greatly dam
aged, but not to the extent of Fort
McRea. The estimated loss at. Fort
McRea is $40,000, at Barrancas $5,
000 and at Pickens 12.000. There has
been no definite news from Fort Mor
gan. Mobile, since the storm.
The American National Red Cross
decided to receive contributions for
the relief of the storm sufferers In
the iflilf states, and sent Instructions
to the presidents of all the state
branches of th organization asking
them to make announcement that they
will receive money for the purpose in
dicated. Persons living in states
which have no Red Cross branches
may send their contributions to the
national treasurer. Charles Hallam
Keep, assistant secretary of the Unit
ed States treasury.
The commanding officer at Ft.
Barrancas, Pensacola, confirms tho
report of the drowning of Quarter
master Sergeant Maurice O. Oberlund
and Private Rex. A. Jordan, both of
the Twenty-sneond ompany' of Coast
Artillery. The bodies wore not re
covered. DEATH LIST INCREASING
Later Report Swell the Number of
Casualties on Coast.
The number of casualties in the
great storm U slowly increasing ,as
messages are received from place.-)
which have heretofore been lnaccess
able. Tha total of the known dead
was brought up to n certainty of 79,
and a possibility of 102 by the report j
that have reached Mobile.
Four bodies not before counted
huve been found at Coden, and It Is
estimated that 23 lives have been
lost from the oyster fleet around
Cedar Point. This last estimate is
probably somewhat exaggerated, for
the reason that it includes among the
dead tvery man aboard a fishing boat
who has not been heard ot since the
tstorm.
DROWNED HIS LITTLE SON
Drunken Man Throws Child Into River
and Jumps After.
Drink-crazed Patrick Coyne of
Pittsburg, while crossing tho Twenty-second
street bridge with his' 3-year-old
son, suddenly seized the lad
and hurled him far out over the rail
ing. The boy sank to death In the
Mouongahela river, but scarcely had
the body disappeared before the
father also leaped from the bridge,
falling almost in the spot which
marked the son's watery grave. The
father was taken out unconscious,
the bodv of his son has not yet been
recovered.
MORMON UNDER ARREST
! president Smith Held on Charge of
Livlna With Five Wives
The president of the Mormon
church, Joseph F. Smith, was arrested
and bound ovei to the district court
on the charge of living unlawfully
with five wives. The complaint was
sworn to by a Mormon deputy sher
iff, the warrant was served by order
of a Mormon sheriff, and the com
mitting magistrate is also a Mormon.
President Smith was arraigned im
mediately after his arrest and waived
preliminary hearing. After being
bound over he was released on his
own recognizance.
TWO KILLED IN COLLISION
Refusal of Air Brakes to Work Said
to Be the Cause.
Two persons were killed and 29 in
jured in a rear-end collision on the
New York division of the Pennsyl
vania railroad near Eddlngton, Pa
19 miles north of Philadelphia.
The dead: Mrs. W. H. Council, wire
of an employe of the railroad; Mrs.
Mary O'Malley of Philadelphia.
U. S. Marshal Removed.
Tho President has determined to
remove from office Vivian J. Fagin,
United States marshal for the South-
em district of Ohio, upon the report
of the civil service commission that
he has been guilty of making politi -
cal assessments, and Marshal O'Nell,
of the Western district of I,oulslana,
on tho allegation of general unfitness,
as disclosed by tha report of a com
missioner of tho department of Just
ice. Cruiser Reaches Santiago.
The arrival of the American cruiser
Des Moines, nt Santiago, Cuba, Oct.
1, relieved a serious situation. Fully
4.000 armed revolutionists were en
circling the city within three miles,
threatening a raid. The government
forces were not sufficient to drive the
besiegers away.
Eleven persons were hurt In a col
lision betweeu two passenger trains
on tho St. Louis & Cairo line of the
Illinois Central railroad at Murpheys
boro. III.
MAGOON WILL BE GOVERNOR
President Roosevelt Makes Him Pro
v visional Executive Over the Af
fairs of the Island.
It was announced at the White
House that, upon further considera
tion of the subject, the President had
decided to adhere to his plan end
send Chares E. Magoon to Cuba to
relieve Secretary Taft as provisional
governor, allowing Governor Wlnthrop
to remain In Porto Rico, where hi)
services are needed.
Government Statement.
The monthly statement of the Gov-'
eminent receipts and expenditures
shows that for the month of Sep
tember, 1900, the total receipts
amounted to $31,497,190 and the
expenditures $40,270,154. leaving a
surplus for the month of $11,227,036.
The receipts from the several sources
of revenue were: Customs. $27,280,
010; internal revenue, $21,491,481;
miscellaneous, $2,725,099. The re
ceipts last month were $1,240,000 in
excess of those for September, 1905,
and the expenditures $1,040,000 less
than for September, 1905. For the
three months of the present fiscal
year there is shown a surplus of $5,
871,000. Seven Entombed in Mexico,
By what Is reported to have been an
intentional firing of the timbers of the
Buena Tlerra mine, near Chihuahua,
Mex., seven men lost their lives sev
eral days ago. A report of the catas
rophe has just been given out and the
authorities have Instituted an lnvesti- '
gallon. Particulars are not available
and no cause has been assigned which
could have prompted the act. The
Buena Tlerra mine is located in the
Santa Eulalla mining district.
Find $50,000 in Spinster's House.
That gold, sliver and bills aggregat
ing $30,000 were found In the Robin
son homestead, Hudson, N. Y., where
Miss Frances Carolyn Robinson, a
recluse, was found dead four weeks
ago, is announced. The treasure wa9
stuffed in pots, cups and vases which
were hidden in nooks und corners.
Mis Robinson left a will dividing her
estate among four, charitable socle
ties. CURRENT NEWS ITEMS
Gen. Bell will take
charge
of
American troops In Cuba.
District Attorney Jerome will ask
that the case of Harry K. Thaw be
transferred to supreme court.
Fire destroyed the Avery hotel at
Mount Clemens, Mich, causing a loss
of $30,000, with $23,000 Insurance,
M. t'no-'. Hip Swedish vice consul
at Baku, was shot anil killed by an
unknown assassin while out driving.
Mrs. W. J. White of Cleveland, was
arjntod a divorce from her husband,
President of thp Chewing Gum Trust.
Mrs. Ellen Nngle. a prominent
society woman of Canton. 111., was
robbed of $2,000 in cash and diamonds
at the Saratoga Hotel, Chicago.
The Republicans of the TTflrfet'nJ-
Congressional district of Freeport. fll.,
nominated Frank O. Lowden to fill the
unexpired term of Robert R. Hitt.
In spite of the appeal for mercy
of the widow of General Kozlow, who
was murdered July 14 last In mistake
for General Trepol'f, the assassin was
executed.
The Swedish Government has ban
ished a number of Finnish students
as vagrants and persons dangerous
to society. Their return to Sweden is
absolutely prohibited.
Gen. O. H. Burton, Inspector gen
eral of the army, retires at his own
request, alter 40 years' service. He
is to be succeeded by Col. E. A. Gar
lington, inspector general.
Thirty thonsnnd pounds of decom
posed poultry was seized t cold
storage warehouses in Chicago. An
analysis of the chickens by the' city
chemist showed that they were putrid.
President Roosevelt appointed
Eugene 55. Lewis to be the Marshal for
the Southern District of Ohio. Sena-
: tor Foraker recommended the ap-
1 polntnient or L,ewis less man mree
hours after Marshal Fagin was dis
missed.
Acting Postmaster General Hitch
cock has ordered the exemption of
over 1,700 assistant postmasters In
first and second class postoffices from
the requirement of recording the time
of their arrival at and departure from
their offices.
The proceeds, amounting to $1,195.
of an excursion from Ithaca to Niag
ara Falls was stolen from the cash
drawer of the Lehigh Valley railroad
station at Ithaca. N. Y., early in the
morning. B. T. Bryant, the telegraph
operator was asleep.
Arma Tashjian, an Armenian who
was arrested in New Y'ork charged
with the murder of his brother,
Markar Markarian, confessed to the
police, he killed his brother. He said
he threw his brother's head Into the
Hudson river.
The Boston Wool Market.
The w-ool market held firm, active
in some directions and dull In others.
N'n- Inree blocks of Territory wool
nave heen BOu( but Territories are
I moving freely. Pulled wools are
j steady.
j The price ranged from 41c to 44c.
Leading quotations follow: Ohio and
Pennsylvania XX and above, 34 to
: 34.c: X. 31 to 32c; No. 1, 40 to
41c: No. 2. 38 to 30c; fine unwash
23 to 2Cc; half-blood, unwashed,
to 34e; three-eighths blood, unw
ed. 34 to 35c; one-quarter blood.
washed. 32 to 33c; delaine, washe
30 to 37c;
Packers Guilty of Shortwelghlng Lar
The Omaha Packing Company, A
mour & Co., and Llbby, McNeil .
Llbby, were adjudged guilty of sellin
short weight lard and a fine of tZ
was Imposed upon each firm by Jus
ice Sheldon, of Chicago.
Yellow Fever at Havana.
The marine hospital service has
hn nut I fled bv cable from Havana
of the aupearance of two new cases
of yellow fever there, making seven
cases reported during the past
week.
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