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m ' PRINCESS LOUISE ELOPES Escapes Second Time With Lieutenant Matassich-Kegievitch. AUTOMOBILE USED BY THE PAIR Sot the Slightest Trace of Whereabout* of Them Was Known?She Took Her Jewels?Wa* Stopping ?t Bad Ulster, Saxony, From Which Place She Disappeared. Berlin. Germany. ? rrincess Louise of Cobursr. whose relations with Keglevich .Mnttasitch, the former lieutenant iu me Ausirian army, cause*i a srreui scandal iu European royal circles seven years ago. and who since ha'd rbeon kept under the closest restraint, has vanished from Bad Elster. where she has been taking the cure. It is {presumed that the Princess is iu the company of Mattasitcli, and is seeking to gain an asylum where she will be i'e from recapture. The escape of tht? Princess was accomplished in a mysterious and romantic manner, ladders and a swift automobile being brought into play to effect lior release from the hotel where she had been immured airuost as a prisoner and to convey her to some refuge, the location of which is as yet a mystery. Not the slightest traces of the whereabouts of the pair was discovered and nothing was known beyond the fact that the Princess and another guest of hotel, believed to have been Mattasitrh, have disappeared and with them the jewels of the Princess and an automobile. On account of the Jong lapse of time since the original scandal the watch on the Princess had become slightly relaxed. but it was made more stringent than ever when it was noticed that efforts to communicate with the Princess personally and through the medium of uotes were being made. Nevertheless, arrangements for the flight were successfully completed, and the room of the Princess was found empty. Various surmises as to her destination were afloat, and it is said that orders have been given to watch lLo borders of Pavaria, Austria, France and Switzerland. The Srst elopement of the Princess Louise de Saxe-Coburg-Gotha with fount Mattasitch, a lieutenant in the 'Austrian army, caused a sensation in European court circles. She is the eldest daughter of King Leopold, who, since her elopement, has sought to show that she was insane. The Princess was sent to a secret sanitarium. She was really a prisoner. There King Leopold kept her in close confinement, permitting no one to see her and forcing her to live in com Mattasitch has made several attempts to rescue the Priucess. Last April he made the attempt in an automobile, but failed. A month later he believed he had her guards bribed. But he overlooked one, who exposed tbe conspiracy. At the death of the Queen of Belgium. her mother. King Leopold openly snubbed the Princess, refusing to permit her to attend the funeral service*. WED WITH BULLET IN HEAD. Put There When Danbury Man Wori ried i ver First Wife's Illness. ! Danbury, Conn.?Less than a year flu'O Alexander Friedman, of this city, hovered for many days between life ?nd death as a result of an attempt to . commit suicide by she sting himself in the temple with a revolver. The cause of the act was melancholia over the serious illness of his wife, then a patient in a Hartford hospital. A few Lours after the news of her husband's attempt at self destruction reached her, Mrs. Friedman died. The pistol bullet th^t entered Friedman's 'head at that time is still there. Thi other day he arrived home, bringing with him a bride whom he had just married in New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Friandman have been on a short weddins: trip, and are now at home at 82 Garfield avenue, in this city. ' China Accepts Gold. A special dispatch from Pekin stated that Professor Jeremiah Jenks lias effected the first step in <>forming the Chinese financial system, Baking gold the basis. !' T. N. McCauley Arrested. Thomas N. McCauley, former president of the International Mercantile Agency, was arrested on a charge of grand larceny preferred by a Canadian. France is Alarmed. A dispatch from Paris said that French officials were alarmed at tne prospect of a victory which would make Japan dominaut in the Far East. f Senator Hoar's Birthday. Senator Hoar was seventy - eight years old, and he received many congratulations at his home in Worcester, Mass. His condition was unchanged. Refused to Aid Firemen. A lodge keeper of the Maekav estate shut out Roslyn (L. I.) firemen when they wanted to use a hydrant in the grounds to fight a conflagration. Ministers Confer. A meeting of representatives of the Foreign and Marine ministries was hold at St. Petersburg, Russia, to discuss changes in the regulations for contraband. It seems probable that the requests of America and England vwi!l be met. To Review Big Army. A review of 25,000 soldiers on the fu.lrl nf Mi)nnvcn? ivnc nlntinml fn rln>:o the approaching army and militia iuauoauvres there. From the Seat of War. Japanese destroyers seized an uufeiiO'.vn steadier at Cbefoo. The Gromoboi and the Rossia, which arrived at Vladivostok, were badly damaged. France as intermediary presented to Japan The Russian protest against the Chefoo seizures. The surviving warships of the Fort 'Arthur squadron made another sortie, fcut were forced to return. Korean rebels, a special cable dispatch stated, joined the Russian troops grading the northeastern provinces. _ . ! fllDflDATI/IM CAI1C DAPV !<" WOMAN FIGHTS A THIEF j, | | Connecticut Wife SInots Highway | man in Fistol Dusl. i ! . | i Dauchter of Or. Hartxretl. AVIin W? i l'scently Santlbagsed. is Held I'p < ou Connec'.iciit Komi. I i I ! | Winstcd. Conn.- Mrs. Anna Sprncoj j ! wife of the lie v. G. A. Snonocr, o Greenwich. anil daughter nf Dr. An | drew Hartwell. of Judd's Bridge, wk was recently sandbagged a nd robbed of $3000 after lie had drawn thr> iunncj ! 1 from Itank to buy bogus bonds, was j heid up by a mail on r. lonely road iu i i the outskirts of New Mi I ford. The highwayman fired several shots ' at Mrs. Spencer, but she had been ol j | her guard since tlie receipt of a lot of j threatening letters by the members ot : lior family, and fired at her assailant, ! I probably wounding liim. I i Mrs. Sponger drove alow from the ' Hartwell home to New Milford in i the morning and deposited a sum ?f money in the bank thetv. While driv j I ing home a man who resembled a i I tramp in dre?s emerged from a thicket i i and grabbed her horse by the bit. The J : animal reared, whereupon the man I shot twice at Mrs. Spencer. Neither < shot took effect. i The highwayman then went back to j ! the wagon and seized Mrs. Spencer by i the wrist, evidently with ti e intention ; ' of robbing her of whatever valuables I she might have. The woman pulled a J twenty-two calibre revolver from her j < pocket and shot the highwayman. She j 1 believes the shot took effect in his left ! ' breast. The man immediately returned the fire, the bullet grazing Mrs. Spen- i I cer's left shoulder and burning a siuali | 1 hole in her dress. He then ran into the . - * ! i W00(1 si. I Mrs. Spencer drove baelc to her ' ' father's home, secured a rifle, and re- j ' turned to New Milford and notified the ! 1 authorities of the crime. The highway- ; 1 man got about three hours' start. A 1 posse heavily armed, headed by the j J Rev. Mr. Spencer and including every j ' officer and .constable in New Milford, ' 1 went out in quest of Mrs. Spencer's j \ assailant. i ' Most of those who participated in ; 1 the hunt returned to New Milford at j night empty handed. A supposed trail I of blood was found leading from the j ' road to the woods. That the attack on Mrs. Spencer was i premeditated develops from the story i \ told to the authorities by Miss Galvin, | ; daughter of Edwin Galvin. who says ' she was stopped on the same road that 1 morning by a man answering the de- j scription of Mrs. Spencer's assailant who asked. "Are you Mrs. SpencerV" 1 Miss Galvin answered that she was ; ' not. and the man let her drive on. The Rev. Galen C. Spencer, when asked about his wife's bravery, said: j i ' I am not surprised to Hoar tnat sue j | hit the highwayman, but 1 wish she I . ; had had a larger revolver with her. j She is an expert sbot with a rifle, | and wheu she was in charge df a lonely j school some years ago I taught her 1 how to shoot with a revolver. I got her a large one. but she could not | . handle it well, so I got her a small 1 pearl-handled one instead. I admire j my wife's pluck, of course. She is ; not the kind to faint when anything I happens." Connecticut's Tobacco Crop. The Connecticut tobacco crop is now being harvested, and. according to reports received in Hartford the yield is phenomenally large and the quality the best in twelve years. The leaves are large, so large, in fact, that whereas in former years six plants have been strung on laths, it is hard this season to get on five. The total acreage of tobacco in towns about Hartford is approximately 8000, and the aggregate value of their crop is $2,730,000. -? "Nan" Patterson Pleads. It was stated that "Nan" Patterson. ! of New York City, indicted for the kill- ' inir of "Caesar" Youncr. wouid ask for i immediate trial or release on bail. Left $50,000,000 by Father. Mrs. Anna M. Walker, of WilliamsI>ort. Pa., received an estate of more than $30,000,000 by the will of her father, Williaai Wightman. Clergyman's Life Threatened. The Rev. Charles Scliweikert. of j Xew Brighton, S. I., received letters i threatening to destroy his church and j kill him and his family. Tope Sees Bishop Laval. The Bishop of Laval, France, was received by the Pope, to whom he protested his innocence of tue charges re eently made agaiust him. __________ j Former Sultan Dead. The former Sultan Murad V.. of 'l'ur- | key. who was dethroned in ISTti by his brother, the present Sultan, and kept a ( captive since, is dead. British Overhaul Russian Ship. It was rumored in London that Brit | isli cruisers had overhauled one of the ; Russian volunteer fleet vessels iu South j African waters. Adirondack Camps Looted. Three camps in the Adirondacks have j been ransacked by thieves and clothing and silverware valued at ?12,000 were I found missing. Returns After Long Absence. After an absence of thirty-nine years I Mrae. Mary King Waddington returned | to her native land. Russia to Appeal to Us. Lewis Nixon, returned to New York City from a conference in St. Peters- j burg. Russia, predicted a great revi- | val of the shipbuilding industry in ; America as a result of Russia's turning : to the United States for the upbuiiding | of her navy. Irish National Convention. The s?con<l national convention of j tlie United Irish League of America | opened in the Lexington Avenue \ Opera House. New York City. World's Fair Jottings. The minerals of Alaska are shown in an extensive exhibit of sixty-four cases of gold, silver and copper ore. collected from all sections of the country. Two aluminum models of the great East River suspension bridge, perfect in every detail, are exhibited in the City of New York Building, on the Model street. The Model Playground is attracting a great deal of attention. Every day one may see Spanish, Polish, Japanese. Chinese, Turkish, Esquimaux and , American children olaving side by aids. - MJiiuiniiUM mnu unui\ F Russsian Troops Apain Retire Before ; Enemy's Advance. i; IAPS CLOSING ON LIAU VANG I l ) \ftcr I?:*> >? and Night* of Severe Fighting I the Czar's Northern Army is Compelled j Q to Withdraw Before tlio Mikado's a Forces?Tlip Latter'g Artillcrj- Doe* Kemarkahle Work?Ku?sian? Praim- .Japs ^ Liau Yang.?The Japanese armies ap- pi pareutly combined under tlie command w >f Marshal Oyama have succeeded in ir iriving in the Russian columns of the i( Ml jast and southeast with considerable (S 'oss. General Kuroki's divisioni de- j 0] feated the Russians in detail in the I 21 mountains, and wounded Russian offi- P ?ers now being brought into Liau ^c i'ang hare nothing but praise for the ^ Japanese ability and valor. Incom?lete details only are at hand as to the sattle at night, participated in bv Gen?ral Kuroki's central division, but it is m lertain that after his guns had si- I ^ lenced several of the batteries under " Seneral Ivanhoff. the Japanese Impe- P' rial Guard and the regiments of the ^ Second brigade made a night charge, ! rc n which they rushed General Hersch- M ?lman's brigade in a bayonet fight on P .he hills leading toward Anping. ** This developed into a rout before lawn, and it is feared that General 1 ni Herschelman's regiment lost in all nearly 2000 men. Many of his officers m tvere the last to retreat, and several of h( these, dead or wounded, have been a! Drought in. The rapid advance of the Japanese at night across a succession M )f mountain defiles and a rolling valley tvas wholly unexpected. It was be- m lieved that their main attack would be ai further south. General Herschelman f? attempted to defend a position nearly n< 5ve miles long with a brigade and a of iialf, and was overwhelmed by six reg- pi iments of Japanese infantry, who j si j- 1 Al./v ?1?fAone- in +lir\ fnPO f) f I StOrmCd ILie yiuicauo >u IUV. .... ? ? . artillery fire and used their bayonets fi in a hand-to-hand fight that lasted il Lhree hours. P The Russian loss to the southeast ?I was not by any means so great, but w while the left wing of General Kuro- tv patkin was holding the hills and the *< valley north of the Thu River, .soutji & of Anshan, it was found that the .Tap- ai anese were making a turning move- w ment which would eventually cut off the southern division of the Russian f< army. This compelled a rapid retreat j L at night on the hills back of Anshan, | v* during which period the Russian sol- j P( diers were subjected to a fierce ar- J tt tillerr fire from the south and south- | east, the Japanese bringing their light h artillery into action with great rapid- tl ity. rc The losses on the extreme south of j tl the Anshan position are more than I w 100, and ambulance trains coming in I tt from the southeast report that at J 31 Changlingtsz the Japanese during au > a: infantry charge on the First Siberian u' brigade suddenly uncovered two bat- 01 teries, which forced the rapid retirement of the Russians, covered by Rus- P( sian artillery to some extent. Th? s< losses were 300, and four guns had tc ci u- hntrm'Ar v-ur< I Cl ue iu:i.L ui'umu. xutot, ? >-?j , rendered useless before they were " abandoned. Several of the Russians it ^ the forward trenches at Changlingtsa 01 undoubtedly were made prisoners. The southern army is now encamped J* on the heights back of Anshan, and the Japanese on the south and south- P east have ceased their advance. The total losses of the southern division ir ! V the three days' fighting must have been more than 2000, as there are TOO i( wounded north of Anshan in the railway ambulance trains. al REBEL SHIP CAPTURED. J a Attack by Uruguayan Troops in Argen- ^ tine Waters Rouses Buenos Ayres. Buenos Ayres.?A great sensation has been created here owing to the surprising by#troops of the Government of ^ Uruguay of a Uruguayan insurrectionary force numbering 180 men. fully armed and equipped, under Colonel t( Pampillon, on a steamer on the Urn- ^ guayan coast, but in Argentine waters. ^ b BIG GOLD FIND IN JAPAN. r ti Mines Discovered in Iwate?Contain I Gold Estimated at ?300,000,000. b Tokio, Japan.?A gold mine believed ? to be of considerable extent and richness and capable of producing ?2.000,000 or ?3,000,000 annually has been dis- sj covered in the Ivesen District of Riku- ' zen (Iwate) Province. 17 The mme is situated on Government property. E Two Killed by Auto. In an automobile race at St. Louis, j Mo.. Barney Oldtield, blinded by a . cloud of dust raised by the machine in j ! ' front, was unable to see his cours-e 8 and crashed through the track fence. ^ killing two spectators and being pain- b fully injured himself. ^ Double Mill Time. " Notices were posted in the Home- u stead (Pa.) plant of the Carnegie Steel Company anupuncing that certain mills i c would go on double time. Six hundred j-j and fifty additional men will be em- a ployed. Balloon Race Starts. Two balloons started from St. Louis, ^ Mo., on a Ion? race for a $5001) prize, q gcing due east for Washington, D. C. Will Support "L" Strike. A convention representing the loco r( motive engineers of the country de- n cith'il to stand by the "I." motornian in their demand for a v/age scale of $C.jO a day in the New York City sub-1 aa-v' i t, The Jap Forces. The total of the Japanese forces ic i Manchuria, a special cable dispatch I from Seoul states, has now reached i 200.000 ueu, while 13.003 occupy I j( Korea. Labor News Notes. "* The coal mines of West Virginia giv? employment to eighty per cent, of t!?e v wa.ye earners, and their products forn fifty per cent, of the total value of all . mineral products. ? The strike of the boilcrmakers in c New York City against the open shop which went into effect on Hay 4, has begun to collapse, as many of the men p are returning to work. International President Frank Elelle. of Chicago, has expressed himself i: favor of the Piano and Organ Work- 0 ers' International Union operating ? piano and organ factory.. 1 I ELD FOR FOUR MURDERS armer Marx, of Colchester, Conn., is Accused by Pole. nid t? Have Itragged Hid Hired He* When They Demanded Back Pay? Supposed Human Bones Found. Colchester, Conn.?Four murders are dw held to the account of the octogenriau farmer, Gershon B. Marx, and ie police authorities believe that in Idition a poisoning case will be roven against the prisoner. Search as begun by twelve detectives, work* ig under the direction of Sheriff Jack>n. for the bodies of a Hebrew pedler and a young Russian, whom Marx .supposed to have killed and buried 1 his farm. He is now held on a large of murdering Joe Fa vol and .Toe aim. whose bodies already have been >und, but physicians fear that the old an will find ;n death an escape from le doom of the law that seems ineviible. Systematic search of the two Marx irms, comprising 270 acres, will be ,ade for the bodies of the peddler and le Russian. Bones were dug up and lese have been sent to the county aysician for examination. It is said lat they are human, but the Sheriff, tfuses to speak about the reporti ore brutal than the killing even of avol and Palm are said to have been le murder of the peddler and the )ung foreigner known only by the xme of Harry. The police believe lat both were slain by a blunt instruent being driven through their fore?ads deep into their brains. Harry, rived in New York City from Russia iree years ago and after working for larx six months suddenly disap?ared. Marx was asked by curious Mglibors where the youth had gone, 3d he said that he had left for Hart-* ?rd to seek employment. Marx woald it go into details, and when the factl ' Pavol's murder was developed, susicion grew as to the fate of the Rusan. State's Attorney Lucas and Sheriff ickson agree that the peddler prob3ly met his death the- same way as avol and Palm. They say Marx's lotting at last is made clear. He alays slept with his hired man, his ife and four children occupying an Ijoining room. Mr. Lucas says Marx rideutly drugged his victims in the ight and then crushed their heads ith an axe or hammer. A ghastly hole- was found in the ?nAV?Ao/lb r\f Pq \?a! nrnl Palm o r? r? \fr ucas says he feels sure similar holes ill be found in the skulls of the ?ddler and the Russian boy, should leir bodies be unearthfd. Mi*. Lucaa lys that after Marx killed his victim? e disemboweled them and carried leir bodies by pieces to a grave al>ady dug. The State's Attorney holds lat Marx did not murder until he as pressed for wages long due. It is lought the old farmer was possessed f an insatiable craving for money, nd that when he could no longex void payment, he deliberately carried lit the murders. Marx is believed to have slain the eddler for his pick. The Hebrew was ?en to enter the Marx homestead irrying a big pack of clothes and leap jewels. No sign of him was seen lereafter, but a#few days later Mrs. [arx appeared wearing cheap finerj 0 her person, and the old farmer him' ;lf drove to the home of a neigh' or and tried to sell a miscellaneous >t of clothing, believed to be the roperty of the peddler. This Hebrew 1 believed to be the last of Marx's vie ms, for all who have worked for hire ince that time have been accounted >r. There seems to be no doubt that th< ther two bodies will be discovered [arx had two ?arms. one of 165 acres nd another of 105 acres. On the firsi irm was found the body of Pavo! nrl nn th<* SMVtrtrT nnA hnrtv ol 'aim. MANIAC ATTACKS CLARK. lireatens to Kill Senator For Imag inary Breaking of Game Laws. Missoula, Mont.?United States Sena >r W. A. Clark was attacked hen y an insane man known as Joe Peg [e imagined the Senator had beer reaking the game laws and was ear ying a grouse in his pocket, and h< ireatened to take Mr. Clark's life. Ppg followed Senator Clark severa' locks, persistently calling upon hin :> hand over the grouse. Senatoi !lark ran into the lobby of the Flornee Hotel and demanded protection. Several persons sprang to his asistance and the insane man was overowered. . MANY RUSSIAN RAIDERS OUT. Ueven Auxiliary Cruisers Are Looking For British Colliers. Madrid. Spain.?The Russian auxiliry cruiser Don, formerly the German teamship Furst Bismarck, has left 'igo without waiting for her bill of ealth. Her commander was in receipt of a ?legram from the Russian Governlent, which presumably ordered him ) resume the search for British color a rlactina^ f<v? Tinon vio uv.oi.iutu ivyfc uu|'uiii It is stated that ten other Russian ruisers are engaged in this work on lie coasts of Spain, Portugal, Frat.ce nd Africa. Steamboat Inquiry Finished. The Federal commission to overli."'. lie steamboat inspection scr. I v. nished its findings. Better Feeling in Finland. By the convening of the Finn Die. pgularly a good impression has been lade by the Czar in the Grand Duchy. Meat Tackers Refuse Conferences. Chitago (111.) packers have declined ) have any further conferences with Lie strike leaders. R. R. to Spend Money. The New Haven Railway pir.r. ; pond $8,000,000 to improve its 11 OL'l > 1\_V# rersonal Mention. The Crown Prince of Germany isit America in the autumn. Lady Duff-Gordon is the latest nemer of the English nobility to go into rade. She has become a designer of ostumes. Owing to advancing years, the Emeror Francis Joseph of Austria has reolved to make no more visits to for ign courts. Queen Alexandra of England gave rders that all her linen and tweed owns for Cowes week should be ol rish manufacture. ' FIVE MEN MURDER NEGRO They Hold Wife at Bav and Take Him From His Home. AFFAIR NEAR STATESBORO, GA. Troops Are Called Out to Prevent A Lynching and Hold Hack Mob of One Thousand? Megrro Prisoner Dies Before Crowd Could Overpower the Guard ?Hody in City Hall. Statesboro, Ga.?It was learned her& that Sebastine McBride, a negro, living ! near rortai, in trie upper pari or jtsuiloch County, was taken from bis house at night by five men, carried to the woods, whipped severely and shot. He died soon afterward. Before death came, however, he related the manner in which he was handled and told the names of three of bis assailants. They were, he said, Perry Barnes. Henry Barnes and Wesley Waters, all white men. The names of the others he did not seem to know. He said the men came to his house and hailed him at the door. When it was opened they came in with guns and held his wife at bay while they carried him away. After they had been gone some time his wife beard several guns fired. In the night McBride returned home, badly beaten and shot in the back in several places. Several of the white neighbors went to see the negro and took his testimony. Coroner D. Q. Stanford held an inquest. The killing was done some distance from this place, and it was impossible to learn all the details of the crime. The verdict of the Coroner's jury was obtained, however, and the Sheriff has gone to arrest the accused by McBride and named in the verdict. Fitzgerald. Ga.?A. L. Scott, the negro slayer of J. A. Bishop, died in the City jail here at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. His death probably averted serious mob troubles, as excitement was at fever heat from the time the special train arrived from Rebecca with the prisoner, who was captured by citizens of that jilace. The evening before, when the first report of Scott's capture reached here, Chief of Police Herman Smith, accompanied by six armed citizens, left at once for Rebecca, which is a small vilI lage, fearing a general uprising among the negroes. Smith and his party were followed by a special train carrying a heavily armed force from here and gathering up a number en route. The special train returned at 2.30 o'clock in the morning carrying the negro, who had resisted arrest until mortally wounded. He was taken to the city jail and early the next day the mob gathered, and there was imminent danger of lynching. The prisoner was removed to the second story of the City Hall, a substantial brick structure, and placed under a heavy guard. Company M, Fourth Regiment, Georgia State troops, under command of Lieutenant Charles A. Day, was called to arms and held in readiness for iin*' mediate action. The mob refused to disperse for more than an hour after the death of the negro, declaring the report to be a ruse to deceive the excited populace until he could be removed to Abbeville. He died thirty minutes before the arrival of the Sheriff of Wilcox County, and the body was placed in the City Hall. The Coroner of Wilcox County wa? sent for. BOER TREASURE FOUND. Over a Million Dollars Hidden Before Pretoria's Capture. Johannesburg, S. A.?Mr. Kemp, a cousiji of General Kemp, the Boer commander, has discovered beyond Spelonken, in the Northern Transvaal, the treasure removed from Pretoria before the entry of Field Marshal Lord Roberts. The value of the treasure is estimated at $1,250,000, of which the Government will receive half. Woodend Forms New Firm. Dr. William E. Woodend, the New i , ?Kv* f.iilarf XOrK UriJH.fi, w uu iclcuu; liuicui perfected a new corporation and decided to pay Lis old creditors with stock in the new concern. Arabia Arrives at Shanghai. The Arabia, part of whose cargo of flour was confiscated by the Russians at Vladivostok, arrived at Shanghai. She reported that the Bogatyr was nearly ready for sea. No More Federal Prisoners. Sheriff Erlanger, of New York City, sent word to Washington, D. C., that after September 15 he will receive no more Federal prisoners at Ludlow Street Jail. To Change War Rules. A joint commission representing the Russian Foreign and Marine Ministries will at once begin the consideration of changes in the rules for contraband of war. Dynamite Used at Reservoir. tf.it. rvT-rvl/"*r1oil of tlia frfifpg Ljy HilLLlL It" ?tlO CAJJIVUV.U Uk wwy s??h>v of the large reservoir at St. Mary's, Ohio, in an attempt to destroy the walls that keep the water from flooding the city. "Weinseimer Pleads. "Phil" Weinseirner, President of Building Trades Alliance, pleaded not guilty to the charge of extortion after three attacks on the indictment had failed. Two Steamboats Collide. Tho iron steamboat Cygr.us and the Rosedale. Of the Dreamland line, crashed together at their North River pier, at Twenty-second stroet, New York City, causing a panic among the passengers; and considerable damage to both boats, but no person was injured. New Battleship Launched. The battleship Louisiana w.is launched at the Newport News (Ya.) shipyard. The Field of Sports. Philadelphia carried off the honors at the Bar Ilarbor horse show. The Brooklyn Club has secured the deserted New York League outfielder, Malay. t Sir Thomas Lipton says he hopes to win the America's Cup under the existing conditions. Chandler Egan beat L. E. Sawyer by G up and fl to play for the Western golf championship. At. Newport, R. I., the Philadelphia Country Club defeated the Poiut Judith Country Club in a fast game of polo. .... j N.J. LIFE SAVER DROWNED i Misdirected Zeal Causes Tragedy at Atlantic City. I j Bather* Seize Life Line and Full Him t? Shore, Dragging Him Under the Water Which Fills His Lungs. Atlantic Cityv N. J.?Alfred Davis, a vetoran of the Life Saving Service, was drowned in the surf here through the Ill-advised effort of a large crowd, of bathers to aid him. Davis was himself endeavoring to rescue two men who were being swept to sea, whpn, through the efforts of the crowd, he lost his own life. The first of the two men to endanger himself was James R<iwley, a clerk in the St. Charles Hotel. He is a good swimmer and' ventured out beyond a sand bar which has recently been thrown up by the sea, and between which and the shore the more timorous bathers finij. it pleasurable to linger. ; When he had reached a point about on ! a une wicn tueena or a long pier near ! by, he was caught in <1 powerful eddy, | and was being rapidly carried away ! from the shore. In response to his I cries for help Life Guard George B. ' Conover had gone to his rescue, i Conover, realizing that the line attached to the life buoy was not long enough to reach to Rowley, detached it. He then ran with the buoy across the sandbar and plunged into the surf with it. He was soon alongside of Rowley, and there began what appeared to the bathers and others on the shore a hopeless struggle on the part of Conover to get Rowley in. Soon it was' feared that both men would lose their lives. Davis took a hand in the struggle at this juncture. He cut loose the life line entirely, tied one end of it under his arms, and sprang in, determined to aid his fellow-guard and the mnn -nrlmm ha woe o.n/1au irr*rin<r fn save. Before he reached the two men, however, a boat manned with more life guards had reached and saved Rowley and Conover. As Davis was about to turn back, either because it was supposed that he was now himself in danger, or merely prompted by a desire to get him to shore more quickly, some one grabbed the end of the line which was still floating between the sandbar and the shore and started to run toward the beach with it. In another minute a horde of men and women bathers had hold of the rope and were hastening shoreward. Davis was drawn in so rapidly that he was rendered helpless, and his body was under water much of the time. As he was dragged upon the beach a cheer went up from the crowd. Those who had helped pull him in. as well as the onlookers, thought that a splendid rescue had been achieved. They were soon undeceived. Davis was motionless. Efforts to revive him , failed. The speed with which he had been drt through the water had forced the t into his lungs and through his uioutli and nostrils with such force as to choke him. OIL FIRE IN ANTWERP. Standard Oil and Russian Company's Tanks Destroyed. Antwerp.?All the oil tanks at Hoboken, about three miles from here, containing about 26.500.000 gallons of petroleum, were on fire. The wind was strong and the effort to subdue the flames seemed to be futile. The fire started at the Russian companies' tanks through the ignition of escaping gas. and the flames quicklyspread to the Standard Oil Company's tanks. A high wind fanned the fire. Troops assisted the firemen to localize the conflagration. The Standard Oil's nine ^tanks contained 60,000 barrels of oil. They are a total loss, but were insured for $240,000. One Russian oil firm lost 120,000 barrels, insured for $180,000. SAWED THROUGH CELL BARS. Friends Aided Man Accused of Robbing Postoffice to Escape. Janesvilie, Wis.?it was aiscovereu that Eddie Fay, who was in jail here awaiting trial on a charge of robbing the Superior Postoffice of $14,000 in stamps and money, hud escaped from his cell. Fay was assisted by outsiders, who climbed to the second-story window outside of his cell and sawed through the heavy iron bars. JEFFRIES STILL CHAMPION. Knocks Munroe Out in Second Round of Big Fight. Mechanic's Pavilion, San Francisco. ?Jack Munroe. the famed Butte miner, made a pitiful showing in his light with Champion James J. Jeffrie?. Jeffries won the battle after fortyfive seconds of fighting in the second round.' Munroe was floored in a whirlwind of blows that landed so quick and I fast that the human eye couldn't follow them. Czar Rewards Prophet. The Czar gave a present to Father John, of Cronstadt, \rlio a year ago predicted the arrival of a son and heir. Knropac^in's Reinforcements. General Kuropatkin has received more than 35,000 reinforcements, it is I estimated, since he withdrew from Simoucheng. Million Dollar Law Suit The International Mercantile Agency, | of New York City, sued ex-President McCauley for an accounting, alleging that he converted $1,200,000, the proI ceeds of company stock sales, to his J own us'e. I Chinese Commissioner Held. A Chinese Commissioner to the St. Louis Fair was detained and put in an immigrant pen at Black Rock. N. 1*.. while 011 his ivay to New York City by way of Canada. Shanghai Incident Closed. Roar-Admiral Stirling sent word to th? Navy Department that he considered the questions raised by the presence of Russian warships at Shanghai closed. Assassinated by Error. John C. Landsdowne. of Louisv:l!e. Ky., was assasinated in mistake, it is believed, for his brother. Major Merritt Dead. Major T. E. Merritt, U. S. A. (retired), died in a Third avenue l'L" train, in New York City. i MRU ENDS THE CRISIS The War Vessels Docked at Shang^ hai Ordered to Disarm. CZAR YIELDS TO BRITISH' HINT i After Reaching a Very Grave* Criala j'fl the Vessels Which Escaped the Jap* fined 9 Fleet and Tut in at Shangh if \ Have Been Ordered to Disarm Until the Close of Hostilities. ' ; Washington, D. C.?The belief of the officers of the State Department that the situation at Shanghai, China, ^ < which reached the acute stage some tiim? ago through the refusal of the Russian Consul-General to comply; with the orders of the Taotai of Shang hal that the Russian warships now re- ^ pairing at that port either leave or disarm, -would ultimately work out its own solution, has been borne out by the official advices from United States Consul-General Goodnow, received at the State Department. Mr. Goodnow says that*the Russian Consul-General' has notified the Taotai that the Russian vessels, the AsUold and the Grosovoi, will immediately disarm in compliance with the domand previously received. This action is not unexpected, although it was not believed that the de- = cision of the Rus>sion Government would be announced quite so soon. Through the extension t>f time grant- a ed the Russian vessels by the Walwupu, or Foreign Office, the Askold -i and Grosovoi obtained some days iee- g 'way to leave the port or disarm. It Is believed here, however, from the .1 meagre information in possession of B the State Department, that the sugges- 9 i* a iu ^ ii i _ l. 01... A z V uou 01 lilt' uriLisu u'jusui ai outuiguai to the dock company at whose yard the cruiser Askold was underling repairs, and which is owned by English capital, that work on the vessel be Immediately stopped, had something to do with the early announcement of the ' Russian, decision. It is considered probable bfr officers here that the dock company took the suggestion of the British Consul to heart and refused to proceed with the repairs to the Russian cruisers. In this event Russia, of course,. would recognize that nothing could be gained ' by a postponement of her decision, particularly as each day of delay made the situation more grave, and consequently announced that the vessels would disarm entirely and remain at the port until the close of hostilities. As it is, the Japanese will probably. , advance the claim that the Russian; trAOPftla OAii?vl?f GVion > coocio n uau ouu^ui ici-ugc m uuuugj hal in an unserviceable condition beI long to her by right, but this contenJ i tion, which it is believed will^ result unfavorably to the Japanese, ban be decided in good time. Officers of the State Department are much encouraged at the clearing away of one of the blackest clouds that have hung over China since the advance on Pekin by the Allies in 1900, and which for a time seemed to threaten the neutrality and even the integrity of the Flowery Kingdom. J KILLED IN TORNADO. Fatal Blast Sweeps Grove in Which ; vi Picnic i.s Held. ? Jamestown, N. Y. ? Chautauqua County was swept by a tornado, leaving death and destruction in its path. Parkhurst's Grove, where the Stockton town picnic was being held, was * directly in tile path of the storm. Five thousand people were on the grounds when the storm came and four were killed and several were injured. The storm c&mo up suddenly. Trees in the grove were struck by lightning, many of tkem were blown down, and the rain fell in torrents. The people h'ho tor.k rpfucre under the trees were caugLi by the falling branches and either killed or iujured. Many horses \ were killed in the same manner. Some of the animals stampeded,-trampling Bpon the injured people who were lying on the ground. The buildftgs in the vicinity were blown down and others unrooofed. Hundreds of forest and fruit trees were blown down and corn and oats fields were laid waste, entailing a loss of thousands of dollars. At the assembly grounds at Chautauqua many trees were uprooted and a " portion of the feuce around the grounds was demolished. The men's clubhouse was badly damaged. T FILIPINOS BURIED ALIVE. Captain Barrett of the Constabulary Killed in Fanatic Uprising. Manila, P. I.?Captain Barrett of the constabulary has been killed in an en: gageurent with a superior force of i fanatics on the island of Leyte. The fanatics at Misamis, Mindanao, ! have been looting towns there and act ing in a bigli-liamled manner. Pablo Mercardo and his family, who were supposed to be friendly with the Americans, -were abducted. Chinese stores ' were burned and four natives were killed, three of whom were buried alive. The mob has so far defied the native officials. Colonel Harboard of the constabulary is now pursuing them. Lieutenant Thornell of the constabulary has been drowned at Dagupan. "" " Fire in Salvation Army. One person was killed, one fatally ! hurt and many were injured by a fire in the Salvation Army barracks at Stamford, Conn. f Kich Philadelpliian Dead. William Weightman, said to have been the wealthiest man in Philadelphia n.> io !t rlio n(T(i rtf ninfitr' | I'JLU, X U., U "> "O- . DM one. ffl| 7' Chicago's Committee Acts. w Chicago City Council's peace com- Kj mitt^e invited meat packers and strik- H ! ers to a conference uioetiug. 39 r" Russians Driven Back. Th^ Russians were driven from sti!! another defense at I'ort Arthur. The National Game. ? Montreal has signed InSeldev Tho- " SB ney. late of Rochester. H The Xe.v London CInb has released iff ex-Captain Tom Bannon. H Bernhardt, of Cleveland, seems to H lavo lost his effectiveness. |?2 The Cleveland Club has sold Catcher B Frank Abbott to the Columbus Club. The Jersey City Club has signed Sec- eS ond Baseman Pattee, of Brown University. |?j Of the champion Brooklyn teams of 1809 and 1900 Sheckard la the only one H left in Brooklyn BH