CZGLGOSZtS CONVICTED Electric Chair For President McKinley's Assassin. IUBY OUT THIRTY-FIVE MINUTES. The Murderer Imnoved n. the Fore man Pronounced Hl* Doom—He A\ 111 Bo Sentenced lo Dcntli Tomorrow. The Trial a quick One. Buffalo, Sept 25.—The jury in the trial of the assassin of President Mc kinley declared liim guilty of murder in the first degree at 4:25 o'clock yes terday afternoon, lie will be sentenced to death tomorrow. The jury retired at 3:15 o'clock after having heard an impressive charge from Judge White which lasted twen ty-four minutes. He spoke in a clear, deliberate voice. The address of both counsel for tlie assassin and the district attorney mov ed their hearers to tears. The mur derer was unmoved. 'Plie jury had been not overliasty, and its deliberations covered thirty live minutes. .Indue While'* Charge. Judge White concluded his charge at B:51 o'clock. "This man." he said, "is charged with murder in the first degree. The law guarantees that he shall be tried by a body of honest, intelligent men. He lias received such a trial. If you are satisfied that this man fired the pilots that killed President McKiuley, it is your duty t,o find lilni guilty. "If any doubt rests in your mijuls. he is entitled to the benefit of that doubt. You are the sole judges of all the facts presented in the court." lie showed great emotion when he spoke of the life of President Mclvlu- U\v. In closing lie said: "If on Sept. ( the defendant did will fully without cause slioot ami wound President Mckinley and such an as sault committed with a premeditated plan, if such shooting and wounding resulted in the death of President Mc kinley. you will find this defendant guilty of murder in the first degree." He explained to the jury the different degrees of murder. District Attorney Penney then asked the judge to charge tlie jury that the law presumes every Individual sane until proved otherwise. LEON F. CZOLGOBZ. Judge White, in reply, said to the jury men: "The law presumes the defendant in this case sane." Then the jury retired. The assassin waited listlessly. The Verdict. The tapping of staves upon the floor, the sudden opening of a wide door, and Hie jury filed in. The assassin knew what the rush meant, knew who were tramping past behind him toward the jury box. He leaned his head upon his hand and sighed. To him came .the pe culiar expression that makes him look as though lie were going to burst into tears. The judge was on the bench, the jury In the box. Down on tlie street were children playing and laughing. From nfar came the music of a band, soften ed by distance. Within the courtroom there was the stillness of death. The pale assassin trembled us the roll call proceeded. "Gentlemen of the jury, have you found a verdict V" "We have guilty of murder in the first degree." The assassin could grow no paler. lie Aid not falter. lie threw back his head uml grit-ted his teeth. Then they man acled him, and he was dragged out of the sight of men. The State** I'loniiiK, The state finished presenting its case phorlly after the opening of the after noon session, and Superintendent W. S. Hull of the local police had stepped flown from the stand. li was a bombshell to the defense. Aged Koran L. Lewis of counsel for the murderer said that the abrupt termina tion of the ease for the people was em barrassing both to him and bis distin guished colleague. He therefore re quested that both he and ex Justice Ti tus he allowed to address the jury briefly in opening. lie then faced the jury and elo quently and feelingly opened the story. The auditors were not long left in doubt JIS to tho defense. It was in sanity. "A sad blow lias fallen on the na tion," said Mr. Lewis, "and the duty of all here is to settle in a legal way the guilt or innocence of the prisoner nt. the bar. It will rest with you, gentlemen of the Jury, to determine whether or not the deed done that day was the work of a sane or an insane man." The snowy haired attorney thou spoke of the manner in which ho and ex-Judge Titus had been culled into t 1 :" case, of the high duty devolving i pon counsel, Judge aud jury in this I case, and then he touched on mob and j Lynch Law Woae Tlinn Anarchy. ! "Hut this does not exist In our coin ' infinity," said he. "It is charged here j that our client is au anarchist, a man who does not believe in any law or any government. Such doctrines are wick ed and subversive of all that is right, but bad and wicked and dangerous as such doctrine is it is not so dangerous to the nation as lynch law." i For some moments the venerable at torney spoke against lynch law ami raid sharply and almost bitterly. "And l those who advocate ami write letters saying that a man who commits a j crime of the nature of that charged against the prisoner at the bar should not have a trial, but should lie hanged or burned, are more lawless and more ' certain dangers to the nation's welfare tliau the anarchists themselves of j whom we now read so much." Then lie told of a parallel case in which William Seward volunteered his services to defend a negro murderer— not because he cared for the negro, but because he wished to teach to the ; people of the world a lesson, to show ! to tliem the sanctity of the law. I'owMihillty of liiManity. "And here's another case," continued the attorney in trembling tones. "The president of this broad land, a man of irreproachable character, who was shot down here in broad daylight in the presence of thousands. "He was a great and a good man. oo- I eupying the exalted position of presi i dent of this broad republic. He came j hero as the guest of t he city to aid us I in our great exposition. And lie was i killed while here; shot down in that ! building when lie was there greeting the thousands who were there to meet | and to honor him." With superb eloquence the aged jur ist dwelt on the possibility of insanity of tin* prisoner and closed his opening speech to the jury with a tear produc ing tribute to the memory of the dead and gone president. Mr. Titus astounded all by saying that the eloquent words of his col league had so covered the case, had so taken from him the words lie had in tended to say, that it would lie fruit less to say aught more and that the defense therefore rested there. Di*tri<*t Attorney Penney In Tear*. District Attorney Penney had tears in his eyes as he faced the jury. He referred to the remarkable exhibition of feeling on the part of the counsel for the defense and then rehearsed the case very carefully, paraphrasing the oft quoted remark of Judge Lewis "that the law presumes a man Innocent until lie is proved guilty." He said the law further says "that a man is sane until lie is proved Insane, and as nothing has been brought out to prove to the contrary it must lie conceded that there are no extenuating circum stances in this case. "The lawyers on both sides have done their duty. The court will charge you briefly, and then tlie duty will be yours. Yours will be the tusk of prov ing to the world that no man can come here and do so dastardly a deed with out paying the full penalty." Courtroom Pilled. The courtroom filled up rapidly long before the opening of tlie afternoon session. Several women were given front seat.-* among the spectators, more j than have been present at any other time during the progress of the trial. At 1:58 o'clock tlie jury filed in, and a few minutes later the assassin, shackled to his guards, was led to Ills seat in front of tlie bar. Promptly at 2 o'clock Justice White took Ills seat on tlie bench, but there was a delay of several minutes before the district attorney and the defend ant's counsel appeared. Attempt to Wreek Train. Penn Van, X. Y., Sept. 25.—An at tempt was made last night to wreck i passenger train on the Penn Ynn , branch of the New York Central and j Hudson River railroad. When at Sene ca Mill, the engine struck an obstruc- I tion, but passed over it without leaving ! the rails. Near Mile Mill, the next sta i tion to Penn Yan, the engine struck several ties firmly wedged between the rails, which threw it from tlie track. As the speed is slow at tlds point none of the passengers was injured. It is ! believed tramps are to blame. Wnice* Itaißod at Pull Hirer. Pail River, Sept. 25.—1n this city there is universal rejoicing at the pros | poet of a general advance in the wages ! of 80,0(M) mill operatives. M. C. D. Bor den of New York, tin l owner of the American Print Works and the Iron Works (cotton) mills, one of the largest plants in the world, has posted notices of a 5 per cent increase in the wages of his 3,(MM) employees. Dr. I'nrvei Denil. 1 New York, Sept. 25.—The Rev. Dr. | George T. Purves, D. D., LL. D.. pas tor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church of tills city and moderator of I the presbytery of New York, died sud denly at his residence, 30 West Pifty eigtlth street, at 10 o'clock last night. Knlfhta Templars Convene* Ringhamton, N. Y., Sept. 25.—The I eighty-eighth annual conclave of the | New York state grand cominaudery, Knights Templars, lias opened in this I city, to continue two days. Over 1,000 i knights, accompanied by the members | >f their families, are in atendnnce. Doctor of linuN For Prenhlent. New Haven. Conn., Sept. 25. Yale University will confer the degree of lector of laws on President Roosevelt iml Rear Admiral Sampson at the fol •gntenniiil celebration to be held from Oct. 10 to 23. Mr*. DlcKlnlf) 'M Condition. Canton, <>.. Kept. 25. There is little j or no change in Mrs. McKiuley's cou- I dition. The weather is again favorable. DEATH OFJUDGE WILSON He Was Senior Counsel For Admiral Schley. SESSION OF COURT INTERRUPTED. Admiral* Dewey and Schley Were Visibly Affected—JudK'v Wll*on Wa* a Criminal Lawyer of Renown—Hi* Career Sketched. Washington, Sept. 25.—Judge Jere Wilson died unexpectedly at the Shore ham hotel here yesterday. Acute in digestion was the cause of death. Judge Wilson was the chief counsel for Admiral Schley iu the court of in quiry. His son. Charles S. 'qfi'son, a lawyer of this city, and William Haywood, liis son-in-law, were at the bedside when death came. A special train was at once ordered to bring Mrs. Hay wood. Judge Wilson's daughter, from Oakland, Md„ to Washington. It wsis known by Judge Wilson's as sociate counsel, who lived with him at the Shorehnm hotel, that he was sick, but they had no idea that the end was .11 |>CUO so near or that it should be anticipated from the nature of his illness. The taking of testimony in the Schley inquiry had begun when it was learned that Judge Wilson was dead. Admiral Dewey Deeply Affected. Admiral Dewey was painfully affect ed by the announcement of the death of the judge. A solemn stillness fell over court and courtroom. The mem bers of the court looked at each other in amazement as if such a tiling was impossible. During these painful mo ments of silence and stillness the re port was being verified. When con tinuation came by telephone, Mr. Ray ner arose and said: "May it please the court, it becomes my painful duty to announce the death of Judge Wilson, my brother counsel in this case. The sad news has been verified." Admiral Dewey said: "The court is pained to hear the announcement of the (Jeatli of Judge Wilson. The court stands adjourned until tomorrow morn ing 211 11 o'clock." Immediatetly on the adjournment of the court Admiral Schley ami Attorney Kayner left for the Shorehiun. On their arrival both went to Judge Wil son's room to take charge of all the papers in his possession that bear on the case. They were visibly affected by the sudden death of Judge Wilson, and tears sprang to the eyes of Admiral Schley, although it was plain that he was trying to suppress his emotion. Mr. Kayner said the death of Judge Wilson would make no change In the court's programme, and the hearing would go right along. The proceedings of the court were rendered very brief by the announce ment of Judge Wilson's death. Commanders Bates and Schroeder were recalled to listen to the reading of the official report of their testimony as given Monday, and First Class Ma chinist A. B. Claxton of this city, who had charge of the port engine of the Texas ou the day of the battle off San tiago. had just taken the stand when the announcement of Judge Wilson's death came in. The .lnle'* Career. Judge Wilson was one of the fore most lawyers in this city. He was identified prominently with the court martial of Judge Advocate General Swain of the army some years ago. He was nlfco associated with the most noted criminal cases in the local courts for the last fifteen years. He was one of the counsel for Cap tain Oberlin M. Carter, and he kept ids client from behind the penitentiary bars for several years. Judge Wilson was thoroughly In formed regarding legal procedure as it affects the United Slates government, and ids advice was often sought by those having claims against the United States. He was employed in the star route trials and the Pollard-Breckinridge breach of promise suit. He was president of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone company. The judge was seventy-seven years old. He was Judge of the court of common pleas from 18(19 to 18(55 nnd Judge of the circuit court in 18(55. Ho was elect ed to congress from Indiana In Novem ber, 1805, and re-elected at the end of his term. Race Riot In Texan. Somerville, Tex., Sept. 25.—A rnco riot was started here, and several hun dred shots were fired before the ne groes broke and fled. One negro is dead, and two men are seriously wound ed. D. W. Long was hit in the left side and will probably die. Governor Say ers dispatched troops from Brenhaui. The trouble arose over the employment of a negro brakenian by a railroad, the road paying no attention to warnings to discharge him. Mr*. McKinley Doinn Well. Canton, 0., Sept. 23.—Dr. Itixey says that Mrs. M< Kinle.v is doing as well as ran be expected and that if there is any change it is iu the way of improve ment PRESIDENT'S POLICY. No One A iiiliorlr.ed to DcJlne Hl* Po sition on linportnnt Questions. Washington, Sept. 25.—1t can be stat ed on the highest authority that Presi dent Roosevelt has authorised no one to define his position upon any public question since his succession to the presidency. Beyond a reiteration of his declaration made at the time the oath of office was administered to him that he would carry out unbroken the Mc- Ivinley policy the president has spoken to 110 one with regard to his intentions In detail. Therefore the reports spread broadcast over the country that It Is his purpose to give the subject of rec iprocity the leading place in his mes sage to congress in December and that he is going to push that question to the front with all the vigor and resources at his command can he considered wholly gratuitous and entirely based upon assumption. With none of his official advisers or close friends has the president discuss ed this theme at all since entering upon the discharge of his duties. So far as anybody is authorized to speak for him, it would be quite aR correct to say that he intends to oppose reciprocity at every turn as to assert that it is his purpose to dwell with unusual empha sis upon reciprocity iu his forthcoming message. In point of fact it is not yet known that President Roosevelt will refer at all to this subject In his first message. He has told General Wood, the military governor of Cuba, that he favors the proposition of Senator Piatt of Connecticut for limited and necessa ry reciprocity with Cuba, but further than this lie has not gone in discussing the reciprocity question. COLOMBIAN REVOLT. General Marin Uefeuted, lint He E*- ciipeM Capture. Washington, Sept. 25.—Mail advices received at the Colombian legation con firm the reports of the defeat of Gener al Marin, the revolutionary leader who has been operating in the dephrtment of Tolima. General Marin himself es caped capture. Ills original force ag gregated about 3.0(H) men. Affairs in the border state of Sautander are re ported tranquil, though the Venezue lans across the line are very much agi tated lest the government of Colombia shall invade their country. legation officials here say that Colombia has no intention of taking such action. Mr. Herran, the secretary of the Co lombian legation here, says the rebel lion in Colombia, which now lias lasted almost two years, lias cost the govern ment upward of $200,090,000 and the sacrifice of 45,000 lives. BASEBALL. Result* of Yesterday** Gome* In the Different Leagues. NATIONAL LKAGUK. At Pittsburg— R. H. ®. New York... 000152100-U U 1 Pittsburg ... 6 R 0 0 0 0 1 0 *—l4 11 i Hotterles—McC.ee, Phyls, Smith and Warner; Merrill and Zi miner. At Cincinnati— R. H. B. Brooklyn ... 0 2 0 6 0 0 1 2 o—lo 21 2 Cincinnati ..000000002 2 5 3 Batteries—KltNon and Mi-Gulre; Phillips, Peitr and Bergen. At Chicago— R. H. B. Philadelphia.. 000001210—4 f) 1 Chicago ....000000000-0 7 1 Batteries -Orth and McFurland; Esson and Kliug. At St. Louis— R. H. B. Boston... 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1— 4 10 1 St. Louis 0000 08 0 0000— 3 3 3 Batteries- Nichols and Tenney; Joyce and lley don. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. W. L. P.C. w. L. P.n. Pittsburg... 84 45 .051 Boston 00 64 .1107 Phila'phia.. 75 54 . 581 Now York... 51 77 .307 Brooklyn.... 75 55 .577 Chicago 51 82 .383 St. Louis... 08 02 . 523 Cincinnati.. 47 78 .370 AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Philadelphia Milwaukee, 4; Philadelphia. 5. At Baltimore—Cleveland, 0; Baltimore, 11. At Huston—Chicago, 2; Boston, 8. At Washington—Detroit, 1; Washington, 4. liuiiilKrntlon Slackens. Washington. Sept. 25.—'The tide of immigration to America has slackened slightly iu the last month. The total number of immigrants arriving at New York in August was 24.2(11. 15.121) men and 0,132 women. There were in the number 5,035 Hungarians, 0.703 Ital ians, 2.008 Poles and 340 Asiatics. The total number from all Europe was 23.010. In August. 1000,-20,032 immi grants wore landed at New York, Of these 5.822 were Hungarians. 7.134 were Italians and the number from Asia 307. Swindler* Get 9200,000. Now York, Sept. 25.—Chauncey W. Walker, traveling auditor of the Poli cy Holders' National union, having jumped his hail of SI,OOO, 1r now dodg ing detectives armed with a bench warrant issued by Magistrate Olm sted. Although the sum involved in the charge Is but SI,OOO, the case is be lieved to include wholesale swindling operations extending over half the states and netting the operators more than S3<H),OOO within the past year. Major Coiiovor Panne* Away. New York. Sept. 25.—Augustus W. ConovPr, mnjor of the Seventh regi ment nnd n member of the nrt firm of Wllllnm Sehnus. 2'M fifth avenue, dieij at 3 o'cloek yesterday afternoon at his summer residence, Iti Saxon avenue, Baysliote, on Long Island. Eitiinn Goldman Free. Chicago. Sept. 25.—Emma Goldman, the anarchist, who was arrested here on a charge of complicity with Czol gosz in the assassination of President McKinley, was discharged from cus tody. BRIEF NEWS NOTES. The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall have left Ottawa for Winnipeg. A storm off the Alaskan coast caused fears for the safety of the Oregon. W. It. Aduins, wheelsman on the Brooklyn at Santiago, was reported at Dulutli to have caused the famous loop by error ID steering. KRUGERNOTTO VISIT US Funds Too Low For a Special Mission. DDTOH PREMIER SHY OF PROMISES Oom Paul Far From tlie Vlgoron* Man He Wan Before Hl* Wife'* Death Mlnlater White May Ap proach United State* Government. London, Sept. 25.—A dispatch from The Hague says that au announcement made in the Soil* of Brussels that Mr. Kruger has decided to shortly send a special mission to President Roosevelt is not correct. It appears that such a project had been In contemplation, but the idea is not likely to be carried out, owing to the great expense incidental to it and to the difficulty of securing a suitable representative. The expenses incurred since Mr. Kru ger came to Europe have reduced the Transvaal funds to a small sum. In fact, some of the Boers here are even destitute, and all of them agree that Mr. Kruger lias scarcely enough for himself. It is not believed that he could go to Washington, as since the death of Mrs. Kruger he has not been the vigor ous man of quick decision which he was formerly. The course probably to be adopted will be that Mr. Mon tagu White will he instructed tv ap proach the United States government, and Mr. Kruger and the others will take no action pending the result of Mr. White's endeavor. A dispatch from The Hague says that the Dutch premier. Dr. Kuyper. replying to an interpellation in the sec ond chamber In regard to action in be half of the Boers, declared that the government had accepted the situation as it was left by the preceding cabinet, which resigned on June 28 last. He would not say, however, that the pres ent government would never at any time hereafter do anything In favor of the Boers. Lord Kitchener reports that 29 Boers have been killed. 1(5 wounded and 350 made prisoners and that 48 have sur rendered between Sept. 10 and Sept. 23. Yeomanry Slow to Rc-enllnt. London. Sept. 25.—The result of the government Invitation to the imperial yeomanry lo re-enlist has proved a great disappointment. It was expected that a majority of the men would re join. Instead of this the first week wit nessed only thirty applications. New measures will have to be taken to se cure recruits. The trouble Ih largely due to the fact that the men bad to wait for months before getting their arrears of pay settled. The command ers of the first three army corps under the decentralization scheme of Mr. Brodrick. the secretary of war. are Gen eral Sir Evelyn Wood. General Sir Ued vers Buller and the Duke of t'onnatight respectively. Hart In a Wreck. Somerville, N. J.. Sept. 23.—There was a head on collision at Ynndlver'a cut. on the Central Railroad of New Jersey, three miles west of here, yes terday morning. Passenger train No. 7, westbound, collided with the Phil adelphia and Heading express train No. 518. Three persons who were se riously injured. 11. H. .lolette of Phila delphia, the Rev. S. W. Dickinson of St. Paul. Minn., secretary of the Amer ican Bible society, and Frank Marion of Jersey City, fireman of the west bound train, were brought to the Som erville hospital. Carter Booty Seised. Washington, Sept. 25.—Two hundred thousand dollars in cash and real estate valued at many thousands of dollars held by relatives of former Captain Oberlin M. Carter have been seized by the government. Securities worth sey ernl hundred thousand dollars discov ered In Chicago are about to he confis cated. It is admitted at the department of Justice that $200,000 has Just been seized in Huntington, W. Va. This money, it appears, was in a safe de posit vault iu the name of a relative of the former engineer officer, Jtliot Hl* llonNokepper, Norwich. N. Y.. Sept. 25.—Ifenry Wood of Norwich shot ids former housekeeper, Mrs. Elizabeth Green leaf, yesterday afternoon and then commit ted suicide. The tragedy occurred at Plymouth. Mrs. Greenleaf had been keeping bouse for Wood about ten years. Three weeks ago she left him and went to live with Louis Carn crose. her brother-in-law, at Plymouth. Wood had brooded much since her de parture. The woman is not expected to live. Co to Washington. New York. Sept. 25.—This morning ninrked llio departure of the Itnoxpvelt family from Oyster Bay. The I-ong Island railroad had a special car at tached to the regular train. The party consisted of Mrs. Roosevelt, William Loeb. the president's private secretary; Miss Young, the governess; Miss Ethel and Edith. Kerinlt and Qulnten went in charge of a maid on a later train. a.rmnnr'. Losses In China, Berlin, Sept. 25.—The total losses of the German forces during the cam paign in China tvere as follows: Army- Killed in action. 10; died from wounds, 122; died from accidents, 4!t; died from disease. 18-1 Navy—Killed in action. 40; died from wounds, 138; died from acci dents, 21; died from disease, 8tl; total, BTB. Professor Kills (ilrl Student, Springfield, Mo., Sept. 25.—Passen gers arriving on the Frisco's St. Louis train report that a professor iu the State School of Mines at Itolla. Mo., killed a girl student through jealousy and then fled nnd that a mob Is after Mm. DUTIES THAT FACE US. Booker Washington Oraw. a h*oa From Ciiolsoas'a Crltnf. Tuskegce, Ala., Sept. 25.—Booker T. Washington of tho Tuslogee Normal and Industrial Instltnte has given oat the following statement 111 reference to the assassination of President McKln ley: "In nil sincerity I want to ask. Is Ozolgosz guilty? Has not tlie entire nation had a part In this greatest crime of the century? What is anarchy but a defiance of law, and has not the nation reaped what it lias been sowing? Ac cord'ng to records, 2,510 persons have been lynched in the United States dur ing the past sixteen years. There are or have been engaged in this anarchy of lynching nearly 125,800 persons. "To check the present tendency it seems to nie there are two duties that face us: "First.—For all classes to unite in an ?nrnest effort to crente such a public Rcntiniont as will make crime disap pear, and especially is it needful that we see that there is no idle, dissolute, purposeless class permitted in our midst. "Second.—For nil to unite in a brave effort to bring criminals to justice and where a supposed criminal is found to see that he has a fair, patient, legal trial. "Let us hood the words of our de parted and beloved chief as he lay up on his dying bed, referring to his mur derer. 'I hope he will be treated with fairness.' " SETH LOW FOR MAYOR. Antl-Tnm>iinii>- Forcea Combine on a Panion Municipal Ticket. ; New York. Sept. 25. —Three of the I strongest nnti-Tnintnnny organizations in their conventions last night nomi nated the fusion municipal ticket, con taining tin' names of Seth Low for mayor, Kdwnrd M. Grout for comp troller and Charles V. Fornes for presi dent of tlie board of aldermen. All the | other anti-Tammany elements, with possibly one or two exceptions, will fall Into line soon. There were entire accord and enthu siasm in the Republican city conven tion for the mayoralty candidate whom four years ago tlie organization reject ed and defeated on election day. Dis satisfaction was voiced by a small ele ment in both the Citizens' Union con vention ami in that of the Greater New York Democracy, lmt final action iii both was practically unanimous for tlie fusion ticket. Comptroller Color rather than Inter fore with tlie unity of tlie fusion move ment requested that his name lie not presented or considered in the Citizens' Union convention. This action on the comptroller's part broke the back of the opposition to Seth Low, although the disappointment of the comptrol ler's Democratic friends that he rather than a Republican had not been select ed by the fusion conferees was ex pressed in convention. Ronnevelt at Cabinet Meet Inn. Washington, Sept. 23.—Secretaries Hay, Root, Long ami Hitchcock were absent from yesterday's cabinet meet ing. Most of the time was devoted to u general discussion of the work of tlie department, with which the president wishes to become familiar. President Roosevelt does more talking at cuhinet meetings than his predecessor, taking part in every discussion that comes up. The most important subject at this meeting was reciprocity, the uew pres ident taking the same view as did President Mclvinley. More Itonri nnyitiff. Washington. Sept. 2.l.—The secretary of llir trcnSTiry yesterday purchased $101,500 long term I per cent homls, *112..KM) fours of 1007 and SI,OOO lives of 10OH. Sluce April 1 Inst tlie total purchases have been $38.05.1,900 at a cost of $40,<103,807. I)mini; tills fiscal year the expenditures on account of ■kind purchases have exceeded the sur plus revenue of the year hy $0,644,107. A Missouri TrnilPltr, Kansas City. Sept. 25.—A special to The Times from Itolhi, Mo., says J. M, C'roswcll, an Instructor In tlie School of Mines mid Metallurgy, who shot and killed Miss Molllii l'owell because she refused to marry htm. was surrounded hy a posse near there Inst nlglit. He fore lie could be taken Croswell shot himself, dying almost Instantly. A nurop.Hn Steel Trust. London, Sept. 25.—The Westminster Gazette says It understands that the three great iron producing companies of Hilbon. Spain, have agreed to amal gamate on the Hues of tlie United States Steel corporation, with a capital of 75,000,000 pesetas and an annual output of half a million tons. This trust will ho hy far the biggest thing of the kind in Spain. Overdue Oreann Arrives. Fort Townshend, Wash., Sept. 25. The overdue steamship Oregon has ar rived from Nome, bringing 474 passen gers and $750,000 in gold. The Oregon sailed Sept. d. The third day out she encountered heavy weather and lost her rudder and broke her rudder post. Kv-Conr.-ss,i,iin West's Fortune. Hallstoli, X. Y.. Sept. 25. It is esti mated that ex-Congressman George West, who died here a few days ago. left an estate valued at $.1,000,000. It Is to lie divided equally bet ween his son, George West, and Ills daughter, Mrs. Florence West Malice, Forty-three Seconds For Columbia. New York, Sept. 25.- As a result of the otflc'nl measurement of Shamrock 11. and Columbia the Shamrock allows the Columbia forty-three seconds. Weather Fureenst. Fair; cooler; w'uds becoming fresh jortlieastei'ly,
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