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BOERS ?1 BRETONS TOJEJMTED HE English Government's Plans For Transvaal Constitution. VOTE FOR EVERY ADULT MALE Chnrcliill in the Commons anil Elgin in the Lords Explain the Project?Wild Scenes Follow the Speeches. London. ? In a speech of great moderation, carefully designed to propitiate his opponents. Winston Spencer Churchill, Parliamentary Secretary of the Colonial Office, in the House of Commons explained the Government's plans to confer a constitution on the Transvaal. Dwelling on the urgency of the question, he described the Transvaal as the nervecentre of South Africa, and said the new country reproduced in miniature all the dark and tangled problems of the old-established European States. The Government's guiding principle had been to treat Boer and Briton alike, and to make no distinction in granting the boon of British citizenship both to the men who fought loyally for Great Britain and to those who resisted the British arms with desperate courage. While the Government had been careful to secure for the British every advantage they might justly claim, South Africa's future depended on both races Earning to look to the mother country as a friend. The Government decided for the principle of manhood suffrage against any property qualification. Therefore, every adult male twentyone years old, who had been a resident six mouths in South Africa, except members of the British garrison, r.. would be entitled to vote under the secrecy ballot system. An animated debate followed the clo3ine of Mr. Churchill's remarks. Mr. Balfour, winding up for the Unionists, pronounced it a reckless and audacious experiment. He argued tfcat it was too near the war to expect the Dutch to forget what th^y had suffered, and mor<* than human nature could grant to expect them to be loj?al to Great Britain. He said an exnlanation of this hurried uroced ure was the Government's burning desire to get rid of all its economic questions in South Africa which its rash pledges of a general election had brought upon it. . Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the Premier, answering Mr. Balfour, said that never in the course of his parliamentary career had he listened to a more unworthy, mischievous and unpatriotic speech. An exciting scene followed these remarks, the Unionists shouting "Shame,""Gag,"''Apologize," "Withdraw," but the chairman promptly called a division on the question of the Colonial Secretary's salary, which was carried, 316 to S3. While this was occurring in the Commons, Lord Elgin, Secretary of State for the Colonies, had made the same statement in the House :of Lords as Mr. Churchill made in the House of Commons. While Mr. Churchill was praising the new constitution his cousin, the Duke of Marlborough, who was Colonial Under Secretary in the former Government, was denouncing it in the upper house. Lord Harris asked what flag would wave over Pretoria twenty years hence. Lord Milner declared he saw a tragedy behind the precipitancy of " the Government, and mourned that the future of the Transvaal was to be .left to chance. THREE KILLED, SIXTY HURT. They Were in a California Car That Was Struck by a Train. Los Angeles, Cal.?A Southern Pacific passenger train ran into a Sierra Madre electric car at th? Onenta Station crossing, near Pasadena, killing threo persons and injuring sixty. The dead aud most of the injured were passengers on the electric car anu were all residents of Sierra Madre. Mrs. Hardster, the wife of Dr. Hardster, of Sierra Madre, was killed instantly. Two men died on their way to Pasadena. The conductor of the electric car, who went ahead to see if the crossing was clear, did not see the train approaching around a curve and signolrwl til D mAfArmon f r\ crr\ o ao H xiHivu vuv vi iitnu tv/ 5U uucuu. The locomotive struck the car in the middle, lifted it from the trucks and carried it 200 feet down the tracks. Passengers were hurled in every direction. The locomotive and the first coach of the train ran into a ditch. NEW DETROIT FRANCHISES. Railway Agrees to Lower Fares and Sell Lines to the City in 13 Years. Detroit, Mich.?Mayor Codd and President Hutchins, of the Detroit United Railway, have agreed to the terms of a new street railway franchise for the Detroit United Railway. The company will make important concessions, including an offer of ten tickets for twenty-five cents during workingmen's hours, six tickets for twenty-five cents at all other times, and general transfers. The railway will also pay for all paving between the tracks and a two per cent, tax on its eross earninss. All of the franchises will be extended for fifteen years. At ine expiration of this period the city will buy the property. New Cable to Jup?r. Open. The new telegraph cable, via Bonin, which establishes direct communication between Japan and the United States, is opened to the public, this being the first public message transmitted over it. King Edward's Horses Arrive. Ten Shire horses from the stables of King Edward and Lord Rothschild arrived in New York City to be exhibited in this country and Canada. Minor Mention. All Russain newspapers were placed under censorship. Socialists will nominate a State ticket in South Carolina Walter S. Logan, once President of the Bar Association, foil dead in New York City. The sons of Robert B. Roosevelt, 'uncle of the President, are at odds over his will. The Kentucky Supreme Court upholds the act of the General Assembly prohibiting the co-education of the races V ' RUSSIAN MUM QUELLED || White Flag Raised by the Svea z borg Rebels. I j Hard Fighting Ends With Victory For the (jovernniont?Bombardment by Ships Ended. ? I St. Petersburg. Russia.?A telei phone message received by way of Viborg said that Sveaborg was still 1 in the hands of the revolutionists, I but they have hoisted the white flag I in tokeu of surrender. They had j be?n joined by the cruisers Tsarei vitch. Bosratyre and Ishmira. Fur- j ? , ? j ther re-enforcements of several hun- ] i dred civilians from Helsingfors, ^ ! armed with rifles, had joined the revI olutionists, who were already in full r | possession of four islands. They at- \ tacked a fifth and captured it after ? a hot fight. Many mitrailleuses were employed on both sides. The only part of an * island in the group in possession of the Government forces at the time G the message was sent was the western half of Black Island, which was i held by.a battalion from the fortress 1 garrison. Troops sent from Willmanstrand * to re-enforce the garrison had to re- ^ pair the railway track all the way. * j Soldiers were placed on the roofs of a t the cars as sentinels. During the d l night groups of the Red Guard again t i destroyed the railway after the troops r | had passed. r i There was renewed fighting beI tween the mutinous troops and the f | Government forces, but the positions c ! of the parties were unchanged when a the Qring ceased. t It is reported that a povrder mag- f azinc held by the mutineers was ex- t ploded by a cannon shot, causing i great destruction. a Loyal troops are reported to have I arrived in sufficient numbers to pre- I t ; i'ent the mutineers from landing, and ! a j insuring their eventual capture, r There are, however, unquestionable lj I signs that the trouble may spread r to Cronstadt, Viborg and Yfillman- I strand. Even the knowledge of this \ i joes not seem to perturb the author- ) > ities. who are outwardly unconcerned. -j An official in an interview admitted } I that the position was sufficiently seri- j ' dus, but he said he was confident that E : the Sveaborg affair was an isolated ^ ! nne, like similar affairs in the Black j] ; Sea and at Moscow and Cronstadt. E i The trouble, he declared, was purely f local, and the bulk of the army, as well as the people, remains unaffected q by the revolutionary propaganda. s L/OnUOn. A Xiews ugeinjj uioj?cn.v,u. j from Helsingfors says that order has j been restored on the Island of Ska! tudden, where some sailors started a j mutiny of their own, and that 110 j sailors and eleven private persons J3 I have been disarmed. A railway : j bridge has been blown up near Rich| iraiaki station, which is about forty- ? | Dne miles from Helsingfors on the I 3t. Petersburg Railway. 13 | A St. Petersburg dispatch to the ? ' Exchange Telegraph Company says h I that sixty miles of railroad has beeu c j destroyed, cutting ou communication ? I between Helsingfors and St. Peters- J' j burg. The crews of four ironclads * | mutinied while preparing to sail to j* | Cronstadt. , b 4 c ' t I NEW WIFE BEATING PENALTY. j s Culprit Must Stand Tied to a Post t ----- - ~ h Bearing l'lacaru i<or a muuin. Golafield. Nev.?Standing tied to t a post for two hours each day for the p ! next month, with a placard bearing i i the announcement, "Wife Beater," t ; hung from his neck, wiil be the punishment of Martin Gorman, convicted ^ 3f beating his wife. This will be the first time in Es- J meralda County and one of rare inI stances in Nevada where the letter of the lav.- has been carried ^out. The .statutes of the State provide this punishment. Gorman maltreated his i I wife. He first used his fists and then a che handle of an axe. p I GOV. CUMMINS RENOMINATED. 1 ! o j Iowa Convcntiou (Jives No Indications | 1 of a Split in State Ticket. : n j Des Moines, Iowa.?Governor Al- ^ ! bert B. Cummins was nominated for ? j re-election by the Republican State P convention in a harmonious session | P , that gave no indications of a split i 5 j in the State party. The platform and i r j the speech of Judge Horace N. j t I Towner, the temporary Chairman, j | gave color to the declarations that j Governor Cummins was content to j side with the oposilion on this issue. A | A full State ticket was named, most i of the candidates being nominated by acclamation. o | FEW MEAT INSPECTORS PASS. p ! ? Only Eij;ht Gut of Every 100 Appli- j ? cants Survive Examination. j Washington, D. C.?It may be no ! F ?asy matter to get the 000 inspect- j ors required by the Department of i v Agriculture to carry out the provis- ! 0 Ions of the meat inspection law. Only j a eight out of every 100 of those tak- ' ing the Civil Service examination so ; o far have passed. About 3600 took the examination. The returns cover only the Eastern States. Should the proportion of q successful applicants from the West c be no larger only about 288 of the > c -equired number will have qualified. jj Stern Measures at Warsaw. The Governor-General at Warsaw, Poland, has informed the Govern- h inent at St. Petersburg that he will C leave his post unless he is permitted s to adopt stern measures. ^ f Arrest of Hartje Detectives. The feature of the Hartje divorce case, in Pittsburg, was the arrest of o two of the libellaut's detectives, who I testified to robbing the co-respond- li < ? t. t cut d II UII1V. Newsy Gleanings. France has 4,124.734 acres of vineyards. P The police force of New York City is averaging 16.900 arrests a month. v The Attorney-General of Pennsylvania lias decided that snapping turtle is not terrapin. o The national convention of the ^ Commercial Law League of America met at Asheville, N. C. C Reports from the wheat belt in the 'j Canadian Northwest place the crop at 110,000,000 to 150.000,000 bush- ? els. 1 .u.. NEGRO MURDERER HANGED Oil DESERT ISM Maryland Sheriff Adopted Ruse to Avoid Mob. M KILLED TWO WHITE WOMEN iVIiito Man in Alabama Fought to Save His Life While Son Sought Habeas Corpus?-Will Be Examined For Insanity. Crisfield, Md. ? William Lee, a legro, who assaulted two women in ^rincess Anne on June 10 last, has jeen secretly hanged on a desert islind in Tangier Sound. The hanging vas conducted by Sheriff Brown, of Somerset County, and was effected in iscret to prevent the negro from beng lynched by a mob. Ever since Lee was captured, ihortly after the commission of his :rime, he had been confined in the Jaltimore city jail because of the ear that he would be lynched if aken back to the scene of his crime. The negro was convicted and sen enced to death. Then a difficulty irose. The law provides that the leath sentence must be executed in he county where the crime was comnitted. So the Sheriff resorted to a use. Lee was spirited aboard a State isheries steamboat and placed in harge of Sheriff Brown. On the ame boat was a gallows, which could ie erected at a moment's notice. Exacting the negro to be brought back o the county seat for execution, a Qob gathered in Princess Anne, and, .ccording to a rumor which reached Jaltimore, destroyed the gallows at he almshouse. Sheriff Brown was .fraid to land his prisoner in the leighborhood of the town, so the ioat, which had sailed from Baltinore, landed at the desert island, jee was taken ashore, the gallows vas set up and the condemned man t-as hanged. While on the boat Lee made a confession to the Sheriff, admitting that ie was guilty of assaulting Mrs. Lilian Baines and Miss Frances Powell tear Princess Anne. Mrs. Barnes* lusbaud was on the boat, the Sheriff taving granted his request to see the legro hanged, and Lee begged for his nrcrivonoca "I will never forgive you, even If }od does," replied Barnes impresively. Saved Prom Gallows by Fight. Birmingham, Ala.?When Sheriff )rear, of Cullman County, accomanied by several deputies, entered he jail here to secure John Willams, the aged man condemned to eath for the murder of State Senaor R. L. Hepp, who was sentenced to >e hanged at Cullman, Williams ejzed a section of iron pipe, which ie had torn loose from the sewer onnections in the cell, and threatned to kill the first man who attn enter. Finally a auan ity of ammonia was secured and ashed on the prisoner through the ars. The fumes of the drug overame him and the officers were able o handcuff him. His resistance, however, caused uch a delay that the officers missed he train on which they expected to ike Williams to Cullman. This gave he condemned man's son, Frank, ime to secure a writ of habeas corus to inquire into Williams' sanity, 'his writ served to stay the execuion. [ARSHALL FIELD DODGED TAX. 'roperty Appraised at $180,000,000 ?Evaded Dues on $105,000,000. Chicago.?Marshall Field's execuors will be asked to pay $2,800,000 axes, the greatest tax ever levied gainst an individual. The Eoard of Review fixed the ersonal property at 8130,000,000. 'ne real estate is worth about $50,00.000, making the total taxable esate $1S0,000,000. The larger portion of the assessaent is for back taxes. The board as gone back seven years. For the irst. six of these seven years Field aid taxes on $2,500,000 personal ?1 oof vonr nn Toperty auuuaii) a.ma iagb 2,000,000; $17,000,000 in all. The eviewers declared that Field escaped axation on $105,000,000 more. MISS GOODELL FOUND DEAD. tfter Autopsy, Medical Examiners Report No Evidence of Foul Play. Belchertown, Mass.?"No evidence ? foul play" was the report of the ledical examiners after they had erformed an autopsy upon the body f Miss Winzola M. Goodell, daughter f Wesley M. Goodell, who disapeared from her home on July 6, and rhose body was found in Upper 'ond. The physicians found no marks of nnnn tho hndv This finding; IWitUW w f the medical examiners is accepted s supporting the theory of the girl's ather that she accidentally fell out f a rowboat and was drowned. Freight Tie?Up at San Francisco. A strike of freight handlers at akland, Cal., increased the freight ongestion at San Francisco. The onsignees will be appealed to to reieve the tie-up. George Westinghouse Accused. At the meeting of the Westingouse Electric and Manufacturing lompany, in Pittsburg, minority tockholders accused President Geo. Westinghouse of using the company's unds for private enterprises. Rebellion in Russia. Rebellion is said to have broken ut afresh in the Baltic provinces of tussia. There is much lawlessness a Poland, and the administration of he Caucasus is reported paralyzed. Sporting Brevities. The Connecticut State golf chamionship was won by R. N. Sanford. The Philadelphia cricketers were ictorious over New York iu the inercity match. In one of the best races ever sailed n Long Island Sound the schooner Jueen defeated the Elmina. The loss of the Grand Challenge !up in the Henley regatta the ightweight Belgian crew representng the Club Nautique of Ghent has lied England with woe from the Jizard to John O'Groats. * WIDOW GETS SAGE MILLIONS ' Each Blood Nephew and Niece Bequeathed Sum of $25,000. Not a Cent to Charity?Mrs. Sage's Fortune "Absolutely and Forever"?Will is Dated 1901. New York City. ? Not a cent of Russell Sage's money goes to charity! By the terms of the will filed in the Surrogate's Court of this county, Mrs. Sage, the widow, comes into absolute control of the immense fortune amassed by the late financier. The only specific bequests besides are one of $10,00*0 to Mr. Sage's sister, Mrs. Chapin, who is now dead, and provision that each of his nephews and nieces, of whom there are about a score, shall receive $25,000, or about $650,000. Apart: from these comparatively trifling bequests the entire fortune is willed to the widow "to have and to hold the same absolutely and forever." The will names Mrs. Sage an executrix and Dr. John P. Munn, Charles W. Osborne and Almon Goodwin executors. Mr. Goodwin has since died. A gentleman who has been in close touch with the business affairs of Mr. Sage, who desired that his name be not used, said that the value of the estate was between $70,000,000 and $80,000,000. Of this amount, he said, about $30,000,000 was in loans and the rest in real estate and securities. This was corroborated by Charles W. Osborne, manager for Mr. Sage, who is one of the executors. { mi ? i. XT A. 1 A _ A _ ^ ine iact inai no Dequesis iu uuaritable or educational institutions were made by Mr. Sage did not surprise any of his friends or business associates. On the contrary, the will was just what all who knew the family had expected, because it was generally supposed that Mr. Sage would leave everything to his wife with the understanding that she would attend to the work of giving away. "The will is a credit to the old man," said a friend down town. "He was not interested in charities. His wife is and is qualified to do the right thing at the right time, and Mr. Sage did well to leave to lier the fortune and the credit of distributing it. The will is not miserly, it merely shows that Mr. Sage wasn't bidding for post mortem eulogies." The will is dated February 11, 1901, and was drawn up by Almon Goodwin, of the firm t>f Goodwin, Vanderpoel & Thompson. It is witnessed by Edward Townsend and Richard W. Freedman. Talk of a contest will now prob ably dissolve into thin air. It was mostly based on a guess tbat the will to be filed was of very recent date. It is not likely that any one will set up the proposition that Russell Sage was not in full possession of his mental faculties five years ago. Mr. Sage in his will specifically cuts off the bequest of any person who "objects to the probate of the will or directly or indirectly contests the same." PULAJANES FALL IN BATTLE. General Wood Reports Clash Jji the Visayas?One American Wounded. Washington, D. C.?General Wood, in command of thePhilippines, cabled the War Department that another fight had occurred between the Twenty-fourth Regiment of United States Infantry and the constabulary and 360 Pulajanes. General Wood nay a tuai IUC iiiiuimaLiuu i?> uuiu IUO Department o? the Visayas. In the engagement the enemy's loss "was 150, while the American loss was only one constabulary sergeant wounded, indicating the utter rout of the rebels. General Wood adds that there is no occasion for anxiety. The Twenty-fourth Regiment of Infantry is a negro organization and the fact that it was successful over the Pulajanes is expectcd to have a very good effect, because of the fact that the natives have heretofore looked with disdain upon the negro regiments and have discounted their fighting ability. Wood's dispatch also tells of the Leyte Island clash: "Sudden outbreak Pulajanes occurred Island Leyte a few days since. Two constabulary detachments defeated. Loss twelve in one instance and thirteen in other, with arms. One constabulary lieutenant killed." T>wTcrvv T?rvp aTTTmrrmiT.TKTS. i G. W. Bryant, Convicted of Reckless Driving, Appeals Case. Yonkers, N. Y.?Geo. W. Bryant, of Manhattan, was sentenced to a two months' term in the Kings County Penitentiary and to pay a fine of $50 by City Judge Joseph H. Beall. Bryant's chauffeur was sentenced to a two months' term in the penitentiary. Both were arrested on July 1 after having collided with a trap owned by Mrs. S. M. Odell, a resident of this city. Mrs. A. Hewison, her daughter, and former Supervisor Thomas A. Browne, who were driving a pair of horses, were injured. Bryant was released on appeal, as his chauffeur has been. He will carry the case to the highest courts j if necessary. Tho Business Outlook. Erad3treet's Review says: Trade, industrial and crop reports generally continue highly optimistic. SAND SINKS INTO LAKE. Thirty-seven Acres Disappear and Farmers Are Afraid. Sheboygan, Wis. ? Thirty-seven acres of cultivated land on the border of Long Lake in Fond du Lac County sank and now is covered with deep water. The sinkage is supposed to be due to slight earthquake shock. Farmers in the neighborhood are alarmed and afraid to go near to investigate. The National Game. Harry Lumley is Brooklyn's only .300 batsman. George Stone, of St. Louis, leads \ the American League batsmen. Hal Chaso and Laport use short, heavy bats up to regulation diame- : ter. Doc White has done the most ef fective slab duty for the Chicago American team. ( Police Prosecutor Austin, of Tole- , do, said recently: "The.police court -j docket is always small following a ] Sundav ball earns." / ; - --Vf-B'riift'iit'-*' " CENTRAL WRECK UNIQUE IN RAILROAD HISTORY Tho Small Loss of Life Considered Remarkable. JOHN CARSTENS WAS THE HERO Twenty Men in Smoking Car Escaped When the Entire Bottom Was Torn Out ? Flagman Killed Wliile on Duty. Flshkil! Landing. N. Y?A blinding rain which caused a landslide was responsible for the wreck of the westbound Pacific Express on the New York Central, ten miles south of Poughkeepsie. Because of the small loss of life the complete destruction of the engine and the baggage car and the small damage to the five cars follow ing the ones wrecked, the accident is considered one of the most remarkable in the history of American railroading. The locomotive went partly into the river, and the body of Wellington Warner, the fireman, of New York, was found floating in water in the cab. William Wells, the engineer, of Albany, was alive when picked up, and he lived until an hour after he had been received in the Highland Hospital in Matteawan. Twenty men in the combination smoking and baggage car came through the wreck with their lives, although the entire bottom was torn out of the coach. The car was next in line behind the locomotive. When the engine went toward the river the car was lifted almost on end, and, then turning almost at right angles, toppled down with one end projecting from a low bank over the river. Joseph Shine, of Poughkeepsie, was in the forward end of the smoker. When the floor was splintered he fell through into the river.^ The water was about eight feet deep, but he swam ashore and was uninjured. Dr. B. E. McCambridge, of Poughkeepsie, was thrown through a window, and with a friend feN upon an upturned side of the tender, which was half covered with gravel. The two men were only slightly bruised, and, climbing down, they took up the work of rescue. John Carstens, a baggage man, of New York, was the hero of the wreck. An artery was severed in his wrist by a piece of broken glass. He managed to stop the flow of blood by winding a strap around his arm below the elbow, and he started to prevent other trains running into the wreck. H9 found two lanterns and sent a passenger north with one, while he went to the south. Although terribly bruised and weak from loss of blood. Carstens continued along the track until he came to a signal tower. He managed to climb up into it and from there telephoned the news that stopped all trains and brought relief. A dozen injured were taken to the Highland Hospital, and two hours after the wreck those who came through unhurt went aboard one of the relief trains and were taken to Albany, from whence they continued to their destination. Those most seriously injured were Mrs. Warren Reynolds, Rome; Edward Kelly, Poughkeepsie; John Carstens, b~.ggage master, New York City; George Carpenter, Utica; William Nicholsas, Poughkeepsie; Ralph McArthur, Schenectady; G. Warren, Peekskill; F. N. Nealy,Poughkeepsie; Mrs. Warren Heath, Schenectady; Oxford Peterson, Schenectady; Harry Taylor, Poughkeepsie. New Hamburg.?Thomas Mulford, a flagman on the New York Central Railroad, was struck and instantly killed by the Empire State Express while flagging trains to prevent them from running into the wreck of the Pacific Express. PROOF AGAINST BURLINGTON. County Attorney to Prosecute Railroad For Burning Evidence. Greeley Centre, Neb.?All proofs of the burning of the incriminating records of rebating by the Burlington Railroad, which destroyed two carlcads of its private papers at a siding near here, have been placed in the hands of County Attorney Howard, who has asked the Attorney-General for permission to bring two different charges against the railroad and its officials. One of these is for giving rebates and the other is for destroying evidence in cases which might be pending. Mr. Howard says: "Enough letters and rebate vouchers blew away and were picked up by farmers to offer damaging proof against tne isurungion, ana i am only awaiting instructions from the Attorney-General before beginning action against the company. I am confident that an official investigation will be held immediately, and from the proof we have there is no Banquets For Secretary Root. Dispatches from Rio Janeiro state that the reception and banquet in honor of Secretary Root have surpassed in magnificence all previous social or political affair in Brazil. Lynching of Negro Prevented. Two attempts ivear Washington, Pa., to lynch the negro who killed a woman and her two children were frustrated. French Company Sued. The Venezuelan Government is suing the Compagnio Francaise des unemins ae r er venezunena ior *>iv,000,0jO damages for non-fulfilmert of contract. Sick Marines From Panama. The cruiser Columbia arrived at Quarantine in New York Harbor with a score of marines ill with fever contracted at Panama. The Labor World. The working hours at the British royal dockyards have been so arranged as to secure a uniform fortyeight hour working week all the year The American Federation of Labor, from its headquarters in Washington, issued an appeal to organized labor to become active in independent politics. One hundrel union workmen quit the repair work at Stanford University because nine non-union carpenters are employed on the chemistry building. ' ; X" I BOLOHICHiy ROBBERY Bf THREE YEGGNIEN Boston Merchant Beaten, Shot I and Robbed. TWO THIEVES ARE CAUGHT I L Thirrl Man Escapes With $200 and ' 1 Valuable Papers?Panic in the ' Streets at Midday as the Revolvers Flash. Boston, Mass. ? Patrolman Herman Shield is a cripple for life and 1 | Thomas Hickey, of Wakefield, a coal j merchant, lies seriously wounded at 1 the Relief Hospital, the victims of a trio of robbers, or "Yeggmen," as they are known to the Massachusetts police, who, in broad daylight, held up, robbed and shot Hickey in his office at Charlestown and engaged in a street battle with the police, in which Shield was maimed by bullets fired by the desperadoes. So bold a crime has not occurred in Boston for years, and the police directed every effort to the capture of the third of the criminals, the other two having been arrested as the climax of' th*e struggle with the authorities. Hickey was robbed of $200 in cash and valuable papers, and money which is said to have been a part of this was found upon the two men taken into custody, who are George W. Everson, twentyseven years of age, of New York City, and Fred Sacchetti, thirty years of age, of Bridgeport, Conn. The police have a good description of the missing robber. Hickey was alone in the office of * his coal wharf, at No. 125 Cambridge ' street, bending over his desk writing * when three men entered the place. I Almost before he could move the coal t man was covered by a revolver by one 01 me men tnougut 10 oe niver- * son. who said: "We want your money 1 and we want it quick! / Now, don't .give us any bother!" At this moment the other two strangers caught the merchant from behind. Hickey swung around and managed to give one of the men a blow which knocked him to the floor. r The man in front fired, and blood be! gan to run from Hickey's head, but , although a bullet had punctured his left ear and the back of his neck Hickey continued to fight until the man in front, having pocketed his revolver, helped his companions to overpower the merchant. The men went through' Hickey's pockets and got all of his cash. The small crowd which had assembled at the sound of the revolver shot, scattered quickly at the sight of Everson's revolver, v which the man flourished as the trio L 1 pushed their way down the street. Patrolmen Brady and Crowley ap- t .peared and took up the pursuit. The v | 'increasing crowd slunk back against 1 the buildings and into side streets as s Everson at sight of the two patrol- h men again turned and fired repeated- b ly. Both the patrolmen resorted to s shooting, but all bullets went wild. v The robbers were taken to the eta- t tion and shortly afterward were o transported to the reliet hospital, to which Mr. Hickey and Patrolman t Shield previously had been carried. L This was done so that the wounded y men might formally identify their as- h sailants. It was announced at the o hospital that Everson and SacchettI t had been identified. fi o A BILLION BUSHELS OF WHEAT. : ? v Biggest Yield That Has Ever Been in n Prospect on This Continent. Chicago. ? There is no question t' now that there will be ah abundant s yield of wheat. The reports of the s prevalence of black rust in tne o Northwest, while true to a certain t< extent, were exaggerated. The pres- s ent promise is for an enormous yield. T Only a calamity can change the re- t suit, and there are no unfavorable a conditions yet. If the crop matures v the railroads will be taxed to their J I utmost capacity to handle the grain. I t The United States and Canada s have the promise of nearly a billion t! bushels of wheat. No such outlook 1' has ever been in prospect on the 1: | American continent. It should be a < tl great year for manufacturers, rail- e roads, retailers and farmers. t] LOVERS, BALKED, DIE TOGETHER J Found in River Clasped In Arms After Announcing Suicide Plan. ^ Philadelphia. ? Clasped in each other's arms, each wearing the other's picture, the bodies of Gustave Kathke, aged nineteen, and Ella Miller, aged eighteen, were found float- x ing in the Delaware River. The ' youthful lovers, after seeking the consant of the girl's parents to their marriage, made their suicide agree- S ment, boldly announced it and car- t< rleditout. r< The girl penned a note announc- w ing to her mother the determination e! to die. R ll Railroads Are Prosperous. [( Prosperity of the railroads is shown not only by reports indicating b an increase of earnings of more than a one per cent, compared with last w year, but also in continued heavy "? buying of rails and rolling stock, b Their officials seem to entertain no M fear that recent legislation will be P disastrous. t> Raisin Crop Short. .It is estimated that the sultana raisin crop o! Smyrna will be only 50 to CO per cent, of last year s on Si account of destructive hail and wet ^ weather. P' gs '.o We Buy More of France Than Ever. Exports from France to the United States for the year ending June 30 reached tne record DreaKing ioiai ui u $107,240,547, an increase of $1S,- ft S23.473 over the previous years. C Large Fall and Winter Orders. As results on the farm becomj assured there is a growth of confidence Jc that brings out large orders for fall and winter delivery of all staples. Saw ills in the Northwest are run- m niag night crews, new coke ovens are in course of construction, and there is a general dispr ion to extend facilities in order to keep pace with ^ expanding needs. q( Monte Elected President. ei Pedro Monte was elected President II of Chile for a five-year term to sue- 6' ceed Jermain Riesco. is ??" hip??< .-?? HBHERMEN DROWN OFF ' NEW JERSEY COAST 1 t i Boats Crowded With Pleasure Seekers Run For Shelter ' V -1 HEROISM OF THE LIFESAVERS I Men Row Through Rough Sea and Pick Up Those Clinging to Wreck, Transferring 18 to Yacht Violet to Avoid Swamping. Anglesea, N. J.?Eight men were Irowned here by the capsizing of twoj yachts on the Hereford Inlet bar, one mile off shore. The yachts were coming in from the fishing banks, and were crowded with fishermen, most' jf whom were from Philadelphia^ seven lost their lives from the auxil-} ary sloop yacht Nora, which plies tor hire, and one from the Alvin B., i small sloop, owned by E. L. Hallnan, a lawyer, of Pottsville, Pa. Mailman was entertaining twelve "riends on the craft, which was! ;urned completely over by a terrific wave. Bodies of the following persons were recovered: Frederick Fisher, Sr., Philadelphia; Herbert Hammell/ t L.ansdale. Pa.: Walter Snyder. Phila lelphia; John Fogarty, Haverford, ?a.; J. Starkey, Philadelphia; Jerry, Donohue, Philadelphia; unknown nan. The body of Samuel L<5dnerr of Voodbury, N. J., was not found. The waves were breaking over it vhen the Nora came running In, and' *> he yacht was riding on the crest of a' )illow when a gust of wind threw her in her beam ends. Instantly a wave (trained the craft, and the mast mapped close to the deck. The Nora hen turned turtle and all on board vere caught under the yacht. That a man was saved was due to Captain Henry S. Ludlum, of the Hereford Inlet life saving station, vho assembled a volunteer crew and' >ut out to the rescue. It was Iialf an hour, however, bedre the lifeboat reached the spot. U1 that time a score of men were naking a desperate struggle for life. rhey were gathered around the overurned yacht, and 'were constantly, >eing carried away by the seas. The >attle was marked by many heroic leeds. One of these was the saving >f the one boy in the fishing party.' Ie was being swept away when aught by two men and dragged to he side of the Nora. Then half a lozen men, gathering around, suc.eded in pushing the half-insensible ad out of the water until he lay, ace downward across the keel. He v-as held there until he was taken off y Ludlum and hi3 crew. The ' '-'boat arrived in the nick ct ime. rour men were picked up, i-hen floating away from the Nora.'/ "hey had held on until all their, trength was gone, and then with! lelp almost at hand they were lifted* >y a wave and stfept toward land to< eemingly Inevitable death. All four, ' /ere unconscious when dragged into he boat, and they lay in a heap until' ther rescues had been effected. The waves were so high o the bar hat it was with great difficulty that judlum steered the lifeboat to the acht. After several vain attempts e succeeded in running close to the verturned craft on the lee side, and', hen began the work of taking in the. shermen. Fifteen had been pulled' ver the gunwale when a new difflulty presented itself. The lifeboat as overburdened and was in immi-: ent danger of being swamped, yet here were ten men still in the water/ Ludlum was. filled with fear lest' he attempt at rescue might end in a'. * ' econd and greater tragedy, when he aw the sloop yacht Violet coming ut. Then, with the ten men holding 3 the gunwales, Ludlum slowly , teered the lifeboat toward the yacht.'wo of the men were torn away by. he waves, but they were rescued gain with boathooks. The Violet ;as splendidly handled by Captain! iilley and two youths. She is only; -venty-two feet over all, bqt witt^ everal reefs managed to stand up in lis storm. Taking advantage of a.' all in the wind, the lifeboat was( ished to the side of the Violet, andl hen as both boats rose and fell| ighieen men were stowed away in." ' he yacht. The lines ,were cut, andl hile the Viole*. ran to an anchorage ludlum drove the lifeboat toward' iie pier. Thousands of persons watched the sscue from the shore, among whom* as Mayor Weaver, of Philadelphia. : i PASSENGER STEAMER SUNK. he Valentine Goes Down in Cheboy- * gan Rivtfr?Woman Drowned. Cheboygan, Mich. ? Miss Emma chmidt, aged twenty-three', daugh3r of Frederick Schmidt, a wealthy, ssident of Ann Arbor, was drowned! hen the Inland Route steamer Valatine went down in the Cheboygaa( ,Iver, after striking a deadhead,, hich pierced her hull. The steamer) ad forty passengers aboard, boundr . )r Topinabee. The tug Merchant, which was near y. hurried to the rescue and took, li the passengers and crew on board; ith the exception of Miss Schmidt,no returned for her valise. The ody was recovered a few hours later.} ,'iss Schmidt was going to Dodge's oint, on Mullett Lake, with her rother and sister. Sharp Fighting in Russia. There was sharp fighting at Polta- / i, Russia, where a battalion of the svski Regiment mutinied and at-, LCked the prison in which political risoners were confined. The entire irrison was called out, and after a ng action defeated the mutineers. France's Big Budget. France's military budget has put se republic in peril, and the demand >r reduction is strong, says M. J. 9 ornely, in cable dispatches. Feminine News Notes. 1 Hottentot women cut oft a finger lint when they remarry. The favorite hobby ol Dr. Eliza;th Garrett Anderson, England's ,ost famous woman physician, is irdening. Miss Maud Wetmore and Miss Market Busk won the lawn tennis ophies offered in women's handicap mbles at Newport. Of the 153,000 women who werenployed in agriculture in England, )0,000 farmed their own land and (00 were engaged as gardeners, ts aDd seedsmpjv inVrnrii