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Famous Bandit Shoots Himself After
Beinr Twice Wounded. (
RUNNING FIGHT IN A FIELD
Pnm of Firm Cum Up With Us* fiiltlw f
at FftmlMU* and Shoo tins f
CktM of Tncy Bad Cost Owr $40,- (i
WH-Mm Tletimt of Hit Bite Slaco (
OtaKmo. I
Tacoma. Wash.?After being at large 8
from the Oregon Penitentiary for two 1
months, during which time be killed ^
seven and wounded three men. Harry 1
Tracy ended his eventful career In a '
wheat J!eld near FeUows. Eastern a
Washington, by shooting the top of i
Ma twH)il nff
Closely pursued by five men from [
Creston. Wash., who had the nerve to j
advance on the desperado under Are. t
he had escaped Into a wheat field. He ?
had been wounded In the right leg between
the knee and thigh, and. seeing
tine hia i. apt?i waa certain, be killed 1
himself. c
Hia body waa found early next mornlag.
Two bullet wounda In the left leg *
ahowed the cause of the man's act. *
One had broken the leg between the *
ankle and the knee, and the other one *
had cut an artery. The murderer ha4
taken a strap and buckled it tightly
around hia leg. Despite thla the bleeding
continued and Tracy, probably re- 8
atting his hopeless condition, ended f
the struggle. 11
When the news arrived of the pres- r
ence of Tracy In the vicinity of Cres- e
ton a posse, working Independently of
Sheriff Cudlhee or other officers, was b
organised. They beaded at once for *
the L. B. Eddy ranch, eleven miles 0
southeast, where Tracy bad spent Sun- ?
J"? nMr nuirh ihnrtlr I tl
after 4 o'clock In the afternoon, Eddj 11
was seen working in one of his fields. 0
The posse approached, and at that mo- o
ment Dr. Lanter. of the posse, saw a v
man step from the barn, some distance D
away.
"Is that Tracy?" he asked. b
"It sorely Is." replied Eddy. *
The party separated, Lanter and t
Smith accompanying Eddy in the dl- o
rectlon of the barn, while the other ti
two men swung around to cut off any e
break for liberty in another direction. t
When Lanter and 8mith pot near li
enough to Tracy they shouted: "Hold 1
up yonr hands!" The outlaw Jumped p
behind Eddy and commanded the ti
farmer to lead htii horses to the barn.
Under this cover he mored toward t
belter. When near the stable he broke s
and dashed inside. He quickly reap- e
pea red. rifle In hand, and started on a ti
Mllar Tupnlnp hA 1
UCflU AMU uv ww mm M
fired two shots, but without result. c
Coming to a big rock Tracy dodged
behind It, and sighting bis gun. began it
a fusillade. Bight shots in all were n
fired by the outlaw. Tracy's star was ?
beginning to set. None of the shots li
took effect The posse continued to ad- 0
ranee, and seeing how Ineffective were
his efforta, Tracy made a dash for the 0
wheat Held. Just as he was entering n
the Held he stumbled and fell, but ^
crawled Into the protecting gralr on 4
hi* bands and knees. a
It was then getting dark and the m
posse deckled to surround the place ?
and await daylight In the meantime A
Sheriff Gardner and others arrived. In _
the morning they esarched the field K
and found the body. ,
For some time the body waa publicly
exhibited On a street comer. Then It
was removed to the police station.
Bvery oae has words of praise for 0
the *v? members of the poese. These
men and the Goldfinch boy, who telephoned
news of Tracy's presence at the g
Eddy ranch, are believed to be entitled 4
to the reward of 16000. ;
Two States and thirteen counties. ^
two In Oregon and eleven In Washing- j,
ton, have spent about $40,000 in the i0
hunt for Tracy. He traversed Multo- p
nomah County, Oregon, and Clart. n
T-mwIa Tt> nntnn PUn>a Klnt I n
Kittitas. Chelan, Douglas and Lincoln
coon ties, Washington. These, together
with 8pokane County, where Tracy
wait heading, all joined in the chase.
Tracy and another convict named
Merrill escaped from the 8alem (Ore.)
penitentiary on June 9, killing three
guards and wounding another. Tracy
had previously killed a deputy sheriff
In Colorado, but escaped conviction.
He and Merrill traveled together for
the nest tiugee weeks, keeping ahead of
their pursuers by riding stolen horaeaJ
At one time they held up two raem-i c
bers of a posse and took their horses.
At another they were surrounded by
250 militiamen, but broke through the
cordon. r
Early In July Tracy was seen alone,
and he announced that ha had killed
Merrill to a duel admitting that he ^
treacherously tired before the agreed
signal. Merrill's body was found later. s
On July 3 Tracy was overtaken by a *j
Seattle posse, and in the ensuing light' _
be killed two deputies and fatallj
wounded another. He then continued r
his flight on stolen horses until be
reached Ptigrt Sound, where be held up
i small Ashing schooner and compelled 0
ho nravr n t>ba Kim ft ru>ln?
)Q. All daring bis flight be got food
ind clothing at farm house*, raking
nrhat be wanted at the point of tho rerolTW.
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Great K?f? m0ih Sit*. c
The great negro Young People'* a
Christian and Educational Congres*.
perhaps the largest gathering of negroes
ever held in America, convened
in the auditorium at Piedmont Park, ?
Atlanta. Ga.. with an attendance ??t'nated
at 700a b
OMUnd BNUMTIO CIOM.
Charles Llstman, Commissioner of
Public Safety, Syracuse, N. Y? ordered (
Adam Llstman, bis oirn brother, to (
lose bis saloon in North Salina street. t
OftfWirPd fnr thn Antl.Kiilnnn l Mcftii> <
oad brought unfavorable reports about ^
the place. 1
roar Dwtd Fro in Ic? Cream PoImkIbi.
Fifty persona were poisoned at an ,
ce-criam supper south of Cotton Plant, f
Ark., four of whom bare since died, j
The cream was polaoncd by a corroded c
?'reeter. c
Collitlon on Lake ErU.
As a result of a collision on LaUe
Erie between the City of Venice, ore
iaden. and tbe steamer Seguln. a steel
lumber vessel, oI Kondeau. Canada,
the former vessel was sunk and three
Uvea were lost, wblle several persons
were more or less seriously Injured,
rbe dead are Peter Slmondson, Thomas
Flanlgan and John Sullivan.
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HihnkaMWCMLMd.
Twelve thousand acre? of coal land,
aear Tuscaloosa. Ala., have been]
bought by the McCormlck estate of.
Harrtobnnr. Pa.
3ANDITS ROB EXPRESSCAR
fold Up a Train Near Savanna, III.
and Blow Open Safe.
laypM?l to B>t? Oot ItMOO-Oa* M
tk? Robber* Aftmnnl Foand
D*?d by tb? Track.
Chicago.?One train robber dead and
Ive others escaping with $20,000 In j
liver as their booty Is the result of a
taring hold np near Marcus, 111., of the
Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy's special
rom this city to St Panl and Mluneipolis.
The money stolen was all that
raa In the car. which was wrecked by
[ynamlte. and the bandit killed wa*
hot by William Byl. the Adams Extress
Company messenger In ebarge
if the car robbed, who fired four shots 1
it the robbers as they fled In the dark
less with their plunder.
Whether Byl killed the bandit out- !
iffht and the others tried to carry the
xxljr to a biding place is not known,
detectives working on the case profess
o believe that tbe <lead robber was
hot by bis comrades to prevent bis
>elng taken alive. Tbe crew of tbe
rain following the one beld u? found
he body about one mile north of Marus.
None of the passengers on tbe train
ras molested, and as the robbery took
ilace away from tbe heavily loaded
oasenger and sleeping can. many o;
hem bad no knowledge of tbe robbery
intll later on.
All the money the bandits obtained
ras in silver and was tied up in four
acks. each sack weighing 115 pounds,
nd the railway and express officers
oped this handicap would binder the
obbers and make their capture more
MJ.
Danger signals were shown by tbe
audits, and the engineer shut off tbe
team and applied the brakes. The
aoment the train came to a stop one
f the masked robbers sprang aboard
be locomotive and thrust a revolver
ato the face of tbe engineer and anther
at tbe fireman. Both members
f tbe engine crew were threatened
rltb death unless they obeyed the comlands
of the robbers.
Meanwhile a second bandit stepped
etween tbe express car and tbe pasenger
coaches and cut tbe train in
jro. He then sprang into tbe cab and
rdered tbe engineer to pull up the
rack. When the locomotive, with the
xpress car, bad proceeded a short dlsince
to a point far from any human
abltation tbe robbers ordered a bait.
*be engineer, with a revolver muzzle
* - *- -
fenCQ ClOSC TO UII ear, uau uvuiwt
9 do bat ooey.
The robbers were well equipped for
be talk before them. They drew
ticks of dynamite from bulging pock
ts and went toward the express car.
iking along tbe engineer and fireman,
arriving at the door of the express
ir, tbe robbers commanded the engieer
to compel the messenger to open
. The robbers then set off the dynailte
la their possession. This ble?" the
(press car to pieces. The bib jafe
i the car was then shattered by anther
explosion of dynamite.
Meantime a flagman on the train
f cos cues that had been left a few
illes back on the road, suspecting
'hat had happened, started on the
ead ran for S&ranna to give th<
larm. On the way he heard the
sund of tbe double explosion that
rrecked the express car and the safe,
kfter a ran of aereral miles the flagtan
arrlred at 8aranna. He wai
rssthlsss. but ha managed to ten a
sort story of the fate of the train.
FOU.t WJUJHHW ruwwww t
MUft t* Fnymi of XlM Operator*
XatltMted X tlJM.000.
Shenandoah, Pa.?William Stein, the
tate Mine Inspector for the Sbenanoah
region, announced that live colerles
under hit Jurisdiction, which
ave an estimated value of $1,500,000,
are becu rendered useless by reason
f baring been flooded and bare been
ermanently abandoned by the coin pales
owning them. Four of tbemlear
Run. East Bear Ridge, Kobinoor
nd Preston No. S?belong to the Phildelphla
and Reading Coal and Iron
lompany, and he places their value at;
bout $3001000 each. Tb other colery
i? the Lawrence, and is owned by
be Sbcafer estate, of Pottsrille, and
Iso represents about $300,GOu.
Mr. Stein estimates that out of tlx*
blrty-six collieries in bis district only
Qurteea are In a condition for lmmeiate
operation. The others are In
ucb a condition that it would require
nywhere from one to four months to
lear them of water and make repairs.
APPLE CHOP HEAVY. ,
hlUMpklA Mackuu rwptn to HudU
1J0MM Bvnli.
Philadelphia.?The apple crop which 1
I now being looked after it reported
? be an exceedingly large one, with a
mailer proportion of inferior fralt
ban the yield baa dereloped for many
ears.
The output for fancy varieties of barelei
apples, it is eatimnted. Trill be
noirmous, and some of the prominent
ecftirers of fralt hare secured options
n the most desirable apple orchards
a sereral State#.
More than half a million barrels of
hoice apples were disposed of in Phil*
delphla during the last year, and it is
redlcted that the busluess for the
oming season will be donble that
mount.
Blow to Kutla't Pro*tlx*.
The agreement among England, Ja- <
an and Korea is admitted In St. Pe- <
ersburg to be a serious check to Rusian
prestige in the East.
School Prladftl Up For Tkaft.
George Fry. Principal of Schoola, of
3amden. N. J.. was arrested on a
'barge of bavlag stolen $1880.80 from
be Artimms Building and Loan Association,
of wbicb be was tbe Secretary,
rbe shareholders are poor people and
nany of them teachers.
White Boms S?ll Ui?h.
The strong Eastern demand for Call'ornia
white beans coutinues and
trices show another advance. Holders
>f limited supplies now demand $2.70
rental, both kinds.
Sporting Brovltie*.
Malcolm D. Whitman, the unbeaten
lational tennis champion, has declared
ii? intention to trr for tbe title acaiu
bis year.
The motor vehicle Is becoming popuar
In Cape Town, South Africa, where
he South Africa Automobile Club has
wenty-tive members and is growing
last.
So many golfe? take their vacations
n August that the majority of the
mountain and seaside links are crowdHi
dally by golfers from all Dart a of
be country.
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HUM1*, V 5"T aWF TCTB5fflE*KS wweup :~
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BURGLAR FOB lUSEIENf
Clarence Adams, Peppered by Gun Set
For Thieves, Confesses Thefts.
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PECULATED FOR OVER SIX YEARS
fbi "Gontlcaaaa Craekimaa," of CbMtar.
Tt.. Hji He li Accat?d of Too Mich
?RtnulloDtl D*T*lopm*iili Follow
th? Dctoetton of m Attempt At Bokb?rr?Q??r
IdM of " ran."
Cheater. Vt.?"Just for amusement"
Is the only reason glren by Clarence
Adams, the "gentleman burglar." in a
partial confession of robberies in this
lection extending orer abont six years.
Adams Is in jail, still suffering from
Ihe peppering with bird shot h* retired
from C. ff. Waterman's spring
run one night recently. ITe seems to
only amused at bis predicament and
ihows Uttl* concern. He points ont
that he had no use for much of the
property found in his home and committed
the thefts only l>ecause he
(ranted something to help him pass the
time. ,
In his talk with the authorities, while
*e admitted specifically many of the
obberles. Adams denied others. It
irould hare been Impossible for him to
rommlt tb?m all. ho asserted. Other
nen. presuming on the name, took adrantage
of It to do a little work themtelres.
Although the countryside Is sleeping
irlth some degree of security at night
low It has not yet recorered from the
ihock of the dlseorery of the Identity
>f Its nightly disturber. That It Is
Clarence Adams, young, well to do.
sember of a highly respectable family
ind engaged In a nrosperous business?
t car hardly hellere. But the confesilon
has forced belief.
The entire conntry aborit Chester
ras baffled br burglaries of nightly occurrence
for sereral rears. Store after
itore. residences and mills. wi?re visited
ilmnst nisrhtlr. and though the robber
eg showed the work of an amateur no
lew to hi* Identity could be found.
Phe local police and county authorities
rare It un and the citizens hired detecIres.
These watched evpry possible
>lace night after night. hut' In spite of
hat the robberies continued under
heir rery noses. Men with loaded
runs would b?> watching the front of a
tulldlng which would be robbed from
he rear. It Is now remembered that
tdama was frequently in these watchng
parties.
After several visitations of this kind
1 H Waterman a month ago trained
i spring gun on an inviting window
md loaded It with No. fl shot. The
rindow was found tampered with one
nornlng last week and the gun waa
llacharged. On the aide of the mill
wmm fonnd the mark of aome of the
ibot, but there were evidence* on the
[round that other* of the shot had
eached a human target.
It was reported on the same morning
tat Clarence Adams had been held np
>y highwaymen the evening before
md after a desperate defense had been
ihot In the leg. A surgeon extracted
tfo. 6 shot from his legs nod then
ihrewd citizens began to wonder. A
rursory search of his home revealed
tome stolen property, and an earnest
rant uncovered the mine. Adams wan
irrested, and his confession completes
he case against him.
ARMED MEN DEFEND THE NUNS.
Pmwt Expulsion fren La Nonet by
Vtweh Troop*.
Paris.?There are many centres of resistance
In Brittany against the closing
>f the schools under the provision* of
be Religious Associations law. The
nllltary were unable to expel the sitter*
at La Nouce in face of armed opMialtlon.
The nuns at Motte Servolex barricaded
their door*, bnt a breach was effected
In the wall of the building. The
rans then marched out amid the cheers
if the villagers.
Contingents of infantry have been
tent from Brest to place* where peasrats,
headed by Breton noblemen end
andowner*. are still guarding the conrents.
Meantime, many nun* have
>een compelled to leave the country,
ind they are seeking refuge in Spain,
[taly md Belgium.
It Is stated that animosity exists In
Belgium, Italy and to a certain extent
n Spain toward the religious refugees.
THREE KILLED AT BARK'-RAISINC.
Coutry Foottvlty Siwii m Seen* of
lllWt.
A rpMflnt \M ?Thnumsn vara Irilloil
ind several seriously Injured as the remit
of a barn-raising at the farm of
William Gels, near here. Tbe dead are
Facob W. Scbrojer. Daniel Kerllng and
3eorge Schlossnagle. all men over fifty.
3enry Scbelble's right leg wan so badly
mangled that It was amputated.
Tbe barn-raising was a big event
for tbe country people. Tbe heavy
timbers bad been partly raised to their
positions by the merry toilers, wben
& moment's pause was taken for a
rest. The ?en were sitting under
the frame work smoking and chatting,
trhen tbe props gave way. and with a
crash the timbers fell on tbe crowd
below.
M**r Will *0,000 Man.
In view of tbe warships now undei
construction, the Navy, in tbe opiniou
of Rear-Admiral Taylor. Chief of the
Bureau of Navigation, will in the future
require the services of 40,000
nen.
T??H? Jodp Bobb*d.
Judge J. G. Parks was robbed at
Athens. Tenn., of $1500 in gold while
waiting for a train to take him to liix
home at Cleveland. Judge I'arks was
011 bU way from Ducktown. where be
had been on legal business with one of
tbe copper companies for which be is
attorney. The money was legal fees
just paid bim.
Billnon For Army SnrcrMfal.
A successful test of bullions for use
in the urmy and navy maueuvres was
rnadi u?-cr Utica. N. Y.
Two Killed la Electric Car Wrack.
Marjorie Hoysradt, twenty years old.
nitce of tbe late General Jacob \V.
Hoysiadt. of Uudsou, N. Y.. and a
child natued Doyle were killed, while
about twenty-five others were injured
in *t rear-cud collision at Roseniaus. ou
the Albany and Hudson Electric Railway.
Slag's Pncnm tatUfMtorjr.
King Edward's progress continues ta
be In every way satisfactory. He is
able to pice tbe deck of tbe royal yacbt
Victoria and Albert without any assistance
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A $150,000,000 BEEF TRUST
Seourities Company Absorbs Armour,
Swift, Morris and Small Concerns.
Important Man la tho Schem* of Co* olid?tID(
All lb* TTaatarn
Ptcklsc IllttNU.
Chicago.?Formal announcement of
the acquisition of the Hammond packing
companies by tbe Armour interests
brings out also tbe statement tbat
recent purchase* of the Anplo-American
and Fowler concerns by the Swift
Company and the Omaha Packing
Company by the Armours hare been
made, as was tbe last, on the Joint account
of the big packers' combination,
all to be absorbed by a securities holding
company, to be capitalised at *130.000.000
and to take over the stocks of
the Armour. Swift and Morris companies.
The purchase of thp Hammond
plants Is the third important more In
tbe general scheme of consolidation of
the packing Interests. The first was
h?? nurrhaup of the Anglo-American
nod Fowler Interests. limited. by Swift
& Co.. and the next the Armour pnrchime
of a "substantial Interest" in the
Omaha Packing Company. According
to excellent banking authority. these
purchasers hare all been made on Joint
account for the Swift. Armonr and
Morris Interest*, as were also some minor
purchases by Morris around St.
Louis.
According to the same authority all
of them are to be tamed Into the general
consolidation an soon as control
of a few other concerns has been obtained
and tbe proper time comes for
the announcement of tbe completion of
tbe deal.
LET BEEF TRUST BEWARE.
Job* W. Rprlagar Hay* Combination Will
Km OmtKt of Trad* Wars.
Denver. Col?John W. Springer.
President of tbe National Live Stock
Association of the United States. In
answer to a onestlon concerning the
formation of a beef trust, annwered:
"Our organization is watching every
move of tin big packers, fully realizing
the ruin which would ensue If the contemplated
combine should N? effected.
The packers have Individually denied
any Intention of combining Into merger
of parking Interests. If they are attempting
to deceive the stockmen and
the pnbllc. they will incur the opposition
of every live stock producer In
th? Union.
"8uch a combination would he more
disastrous than any other that could
be formed. For then one man would
arbitrarily fix the price to the consumer
of meats. It would he against public
policy and would result in the greatest
commercial warfare ever waged on this
continent, and in tbe end tbe Packers'
Trust would go to tbe wall. If tbe
packer* are wise, a* I give tbem credit
of being, they will let well enough
alone.
"If they deceive us as to their Intentions,
then I give notice now that It
will be a fight of every producer of live
stock, aided by tbe consumers of this
country, against tbe most uncalled for
Trust ever organised. Let tbe packing
interest* beware. Tbe liqnlt baa been
reached in tbelr grasping strenuosltjv"
STRICKEN BY HIS WIFE'S SIDE.
A Bolt KU1? mm iagtor at Atlantic City
ud Sou Him Alia.
Atlantic City. N. J.?Former Coroner
William M. Wells. of Burlington County.
proprietor of a botel In Burlington
City, while fishing from a boat was
struck dead by lightning by tbe side of
bis wife, to whom be bad been married
but a few montba.
Mra. Wells, when she recovered from
tbe shock, saw her husband's body in
tbe bottom of tbe yawl. Tbe hair was
burning and tbe clothing was aflame.
Mra. Wells struggled to bis aide and
put out tbe fire.
Struck Doad oa HI* Porch.
Paterson, N. J.?William Van Orden
was Instantly killed by a bolt of lightning
as be stood on his piazza at Crystal
Lake during tbe storm. Mis mother
had urged him to come Into the bouse,
but be had laughed at her fears.
WHITE MAN'S PARTY ONLY. ,
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Alabama Ropabllcaaa Bar Ntgrota Prom
Stato Coavoation.
Birmingham. Ala.?Tbe Republican
State Committee bas decided to call a
convention in this city September 10
to nominate a full State ticket. The
committee adopted this resolution:
"That only those shall be permitted
to participate in tbe State and county
conventions and be at meetings wno
re auly quaunea voters under tne new
constitution of Alabama."
This will make tY?e Republican party
In Alabama a white man's party, as
under the new constitution the negroes
are practically all disfranchised.
HALLE MEETS DEATH.
Mar4or*r of Mary Brmaalfma
DIm la Um Electric Chaii.
Ossining. N. Y.?Aaron Halle was put
to death in tbe electric chair in Sing
Sing Prison for the murder of Mary
Brannigan, whom be shoe and killed in
New York City on May 17, 1900. The
current was applied at 0.03 a. m. and
at 0.10 a. in. tbe man was pronounced
dead. Three shocks were given.
After the exe ution Principal Keeper
Connaughton Ha Id be bad uever before
seen a man go so "eagerly" to the electric
chair.
Bag* Cotton Crop.
Cotton brokers tlgure out a 11,000,000
bale crop on tbe August report of con
dltions.
Blob of ram?n 8teal* Water,
Thirty farmers, fully armed, marcheo
to tbe bead gates of Fulton ditch, on
th? River l'lntte near Henderson. 'Jol..
ami breaking dowu the head gate, allowed
au Immense auiouut of water to
flow Into the dltcli. thus saving their
crops. When the gate-keeper tried to
interfere with theui, they threatened
him with death
Bin Petroleum fiutl Is Georcl*.
Petroleum has ^eeu discovered at
Rome, <Ja.. at a depth of feet. The
well's capacity is sixty barrels a day.
N??rijr (ilMamsi
Cattlemen in Mexico City have band
ed for protection.
Cuba bus asked for proposals for tbe
lease of the Havana Arsenal.
The Simpluu tunnel will cost a million
francs beyoml tbe original estl
mate.
Tbe Academy of Muenster, at Berlin,
Is to be made a university by royal
decree.
Tb? Socialist press of Germany numbers
140 publications. titty-two being
dallies.
: IINOR EVENTSOFTHEWEB
WASHISOTOS ITEM1.
State Department ha* been Informeo
that Cuban House has passed a bill
for a loan of $35,000,000.
The real object of the narai
maneuvres planned by the l?oard
headed by Admiral Dewey, it is said. 1#
to Impress on Congress and the country
the need of a great Increase of
the Nary.
President Kooseveit connnnea me
sentence of dismissal Imposed on a
West Point cadet for basing.
Tbe campaign textbook issued by
tbe Republican Congress Committee
contrasts tbe policies of tbe Republican
and Democratic parties on trusts and
otber great public questions.
Time for tbe completion of tbe seven
submarine boats was extended by tbe
Government from two to seren months.
Distribution of flower and vegetable
seeds by the Government will be start-1
ed September 1. three months earlier
than usual.
Minister Wu Ting-fang was notified
that he will not be relieved by 8Ir
Liang Cheng, tbe new Chinese Minister
to tbe United 8tates. until about
January 1.
OCR ADOrVKD ISLANDS.
It is said in Rome that the Vatican
will appoint an American prelate as
Apostolic Delegate at Manila.
? -? Dlll.l.^ wrmm ,1a.
A IOTO? VI r lll|/iuu &au?i?v? *? uo <?v
feated with heavy Ion by police in
Tayabaa Province.
Thirty thouaand Filipino* have been
vaccinated by American physicians.
Cholera la decreasing in Manila, bnt
Increasing in tbe provinces.
The United States transport General
Alava will so out from Manila to meet
Governor Taft at Singapore.
A free telegraph school waa established
by tbe Toterlor Department of
Porto Bico.
Tbe Hawaiian Attorney-General rendered
an opinion that tbe former
Queen. Lilluokalani. must pny an income
tax on tbe pension of $7300 a
year which she receives from the Territorial
treasury.
DOMESTIC.
A deal to the death was roagnt nt
Independence. Texas, by John Arnold
and Wesley Davis, colored, each fatally
wounding the ->ther.
Dies for the Filipino colus are to be
cut at the Philadelphia Mint.
Texas stockmcn will make the experiment
of pasturing cattle .'n Canada.
President Schurinan of Cornell University
spoke on the Philippine problem
at Chautauqua, N. Y.
Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania, declined
to accede to the request for withdrawal
of the troops in the strlEe region,
saying it was neither wise not
prudent.
Many of the coast defenses along
the Atlantic seaboard are declared Inefficient
Formal announcement was made in
Newport. K. I., of the engagement of
Reginald C. Vanderbllt and Miss Kathleen
O. Neilsou.
The Skyscraper Trust was bound to
come; and iow It has arrived. The
concern will be ready to start the business
of construction of twenty-story
high steel cages In all the larger cities
Kw A/I?AKAV 1 nart
9 J \AIVUCI * HVA??
An extensive cattle abow is to be
given In November bj tbe Pennsylvania
Live 8tock Association.
After killing Lottie Russell, a waitress.
at 8alt Lake City. Utab. J. C.
McCaslln. a well known mining engineer.
committed suicide.
Charged wltb being an expert counterfeiter,
Alfred 8. Cunningham Is under
arrest at Chicago.
Governor White, of West Virginia,
offered $500 reward for tbe conviction
of any person engaged In tbe recent
lyncblngs In Randolph County.
Dr. E. M. Eagle, of Beaumont, Texas,
wealthy and prominent, committed suicide.
Grand Duke Boris, a cousin of tbe
Czar, reached San Francisco, Cal., for
a tour of the United States.
Federal officers discovered that Chi
namen were Deingsmuggieu mm iviuh
from Mexico in prairie schooner*.
Miss Anna B. Collier, of Worcester,
and Miss Jean Brown, of Detroit.
Mich., were caught by the undertow
while bathing at Hull. Mass.. and
drowned.
FOREIGN.
Canada la to bare a steamship service
between some one of its ports
and South Africa.
King Victor of Italy will visit the
Czar of Russia to propose a reduction
in Continetal armaments.
Germany is arranging to increase
Its naval force by 35.000 men this year.
? Professor Jaggar, at Fort de France.
Martinique, predicts further eruptions
from Mont Pelee.
It is thought that the German Erjperor
will not agree to a plan for disarmament
of Continental powers.
It was denied that an attempt to
assassinate President Loubet of France
was made.
More than 12.000 applications to reopeu
schools in France have bci-j
made.
An effort is on foot in the Argentine
Republic to suppress lotteries and to
close gambling bouses.
No agreement has been reached, it
la said, by tbe British colotiiul eouTerence
in regard to a custom union.
a 4t*iiu lii muniiirr nf M_ Pasteur
- ? ? ? ?
I "was unveiled a few days ago at Hole.
France. his birthplace.
Two robber* v?-lio held up the Mos
lean Central train at tiouiez Palario
have been captured aud nearly
recovered.
I'aul van der Voort, past eommauder
of the <>rand Aruiy of tb? Republic,
died lu Puerto Principe. Cuba.
Cardinal Uottl was chosen to sueccd
the late Cardinal Leduchnw.ski as Prefect
of the Propaganda.
The President of Ecuador will ask
the Congress of that country for an appropriation
to send an exhibit to Hie
St. Louis Exposition.
Generals Botha. I>e \Y?*t ami L?elarey
galled for Kiigluud from Capo Town.
Sou ih Africa.
T!i?> outlook for woman suffrage in
the Australian Confederation wa> said
by Premier Barton to be excellent.
Otlli'lal report* at St. Petersburg
showed cholera to lie spreading with
terrible rapidity iu Manchuria.
Germany's exports to the United
States increased $J.7oU,tlUU duriug the
last tiscal year.
lu a collision off Malacca. Straits
Settlement, between the British steamers
Prince Alexander and Han-Hit.Guan.
the former vessel waa auuk and
forty Uvea were lust.
: ? 5 .-v- ; ADOPT
AN ORPHAN ASYLUM
Chiidless Couple Assume Parentage
of Twenty-two Boys and Girls.
?'
A. Mad Mr*. John Ihulro* Fall la Lot*
With the liUl* Onea?CaebrUUaad
Children Arm BaptUad.
Sooth Haren. Mich.?Mr. and Mrs.
John Shandrow, of South Haven. have
adopted a whole orphan asylum, twenty-two
children in all.
The twenty-two children are not all
infanta. Some of them are bright,
roay-cheeked youngsters, already old
enough to go to school.
Mr. and Mrs. Shandrow hare made
more than a competence on their 100acre
fruit farm, and It haa been thHr
lifelong regret that children nave never
been born to them.
To please his wife. Shandrow wrote
to the Smith Foundling Hospital. In
Minneapolis asking them to send bim
several children for a summer's outing,
with the privilege of choosing from
them in case he should want to adopt
a boy. The Minneapolis Institution is
a small one. and the management
promptly forwarded the visible supply
of children over three years of age?no
less than twenty-two boys and girls.
Mr. and Mrs. Shandrow are devont
Methodists, and an amusing sight was
enacted when they discovered that
some of the children had never been
baptized. The minister was summoned
and eight of the little ones were
christened at once. They have just dedded
to adopt all of them.
' AMBASSADOR WHITE RESIGNS.
AaMrieu lUynMiutlv* at Berlin Bu
Halted BmIswOIm to President.
Berlin. Germany. ? Mr. Andrew D.
White, United States Ambassador to
Germany, mailed his resignation to the
United States several days ago. It la
to take effect early In November.
The date set by the Ambassador for
his resignation to aro Into effect was November
7. He Is now at Hamburg.
where be In taking rke waters, and
where he probably will remain till the
end of the month.
There la much gossip at Berlin concerning
Mr. White's probable successor.
and one circumstantial story Is
that the President intends to transfer
Ambassador Tower from St. Petersburg
to Berlin. Minister Storer from
Spain to be Ambassador to Russia and
to appoint Mr. Henry White. Secretary
of the Embassy at London. Minister
to Spain.
Mr. Andrew D. White wns appointed
Ambassador to Germany April 1. 1S97.
In March last It was announced that
he contemplated resigning because of
ill health.
TO FIGHT STEEL TRUST.
British ud fiwtlliu IbIumu to Co labia*.
Montreal. Canada.?Following closely
upon the announcement that Canads is
likely to hare a fast Trans-Atlantic
steamship service to compete with the
Morgan combination comes the news,
rumored in London and verified here,
of the formation of it gigantic BritishCanadian
steel combination, to enter
the Industrial world In competition
with the United States 8teel Corporation.
Not only will the new comblna
tlon strive vigorously for the control
of the steel market of the world, hat
for the production of manufactured
steel products cheaper than ever tiefore.
The Dominion Steel Company and
the Nova Scotia Steel Company are
the Canadian factors In the new steel
trust, but Ihe most imporymt factor
is a well known English steel and iron
corporation which has extensive works
established In all the principal English
mining areas?In the Midlands, in Lancashire
and In South Wales.
ENGLAND GIVES UP BAY ISLANDS.
Admit* That Tb?r Baton* to tht Republic
of Hoadnra*.
New Orleans. La.?The steamer Condor.
which has arrived here from
Puerto Cortex. Honduras, brings the
news that the British Government has
withdrawn all claims to sovereignty
over the bay Islands of Utllla. Ituatan.
Bonacca or Guanaja. Felna and Barbatat,
and acknowledges that they belong
to the Republic of Honduras. The
withdrawal Is based on treaties made
between Great Britain and the United
States In 1850, and with Honduras in
1860.
The population of the islands is almost
exclusively of British origin, coming
from Jamaica, but some Americans j
have recently come In. English is the j
only language spoken. The islands do j
a large fruit trade, mainly with New
? ? /I
untfHUB iutr t unni omifn uwvcnr
ment is the only one having a Consul
Id the islands.
SPANISH WAR PENSION CLAIMS
Over 9000 Hava Bmi Granted at Caat of
' Cl.4ax.S77 Anuaally.
Washington, D. C.?There are nowpending
50.000 claims for pensions on
account of the war with Spain and the
insurrection in the Philippine!*, and
new applications In large numbers are
bei.ig received every day.
Already 1H65 such claims have been
granted, an Increase of 120 per cent,
in the last year. The average aunual
valu?* of each Is $153.50. The pensions
already grauted. therefore, cost the
Government $1.-152.877.50 annually.
Tba PrMldtnt'l Sojrc??tlon.
President Roosevelt told Archbishop
Ry>-n. who visited him at Oyster Bay,
that the friars in the Philippines should
be replacvd by American clergymen in
whom the people could have conddeuce.
York. Mo.. SSO Yoara Old.
A demonstration which surpassed
any Fourth of July celebration in the
history of the town, introduced she
250th anniversary of York. Me. Fully
2(>,ot?u person* were present and pub
lie huildiui;s. store*, resiliences .me the
hip summer hotels ami cottages were
decorated. A floral parade and historic
pageant was held.
Antbrax Outbreak in MTIsronain.
At Lacrosse. Wis., anthrax has liven
discovered among cattle. Many animals
are dead and oilu-rs ar?- dying.
Two (irnrrali that.
The Coh;:ui?ian revolutionary flener
als Antonio Snarez Lacroix and Juan
Vidal, aud t'olonel Jullen Lceama. who
were sentenced to death hy a court
martial rouiiHiwd of Corerumeut representatives.
have lieeu shot aud killed
at Uarrigoua Camp.
lla*b?Dit'? *alci<l? Follows Wife'*.
At I'lke. N Y.. Iieeu use Frank lkler.
proprietor of the Eagle Hotel, would
uot give up selling liquor in hi* plate,
his wife euuiuiltted sulfide. lkler
killed himself next da)' <u u renuil 01
> Uib wife's auicida
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TRUST FIGHTS M
I
Beef Combine May Lose Power ti
Dictate Rates.
SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR PACKERS
TnO? Mauian Call Ktnlsg ( Flat
for Katestion of Toto Control?Llai
B?UiTtd to H?r? Bodacad CksrgM a
Trut's Bohot May Igaara tha U*>
The Groat Wttiira Deflaat.
Chicago.?Evidence has developed fc
how that a straggle of the sevens
kind Is oo between the big packing
houses and the railroads of the Wes
for control of rates and the rate mak
Lag power.
Traffic officials of Western lines vie*
the situation with alarm, and called
meetinr to consider action to countera
act the packers' latest move In Indue
ing the Great Western to reduce tb
rates on packing boose products am
dressed meats. It Is not at all certat
now that the Great Western rates wil
be mat, as some of the most lnflnentla
traffic men are in favor of ignoring th
matter.
The meat of the matter is not whet!
er a twenty-three and one-half cent o
an eighteen and one-half cent rata I
Just, bat whether the packing bona
owners are to regain control of th
rate situation or the railroad official
are to have It
Prior to the issuance of the restrali
lug orders by the United States Con
the packers practically made the rata
on packing bouse production, dresaa
meats and live stock. Subsequent t
the Issuance of the injunction the rats
bare been strictly maintained uy even
one, and tbe packers have found thenfl
selves in a situation entirely novel. Bj
Tbe expensive traffic men employe!
by tbem were utterly unable to obtaifl
any concession, and realised that fl
sometblny could not be dose to dffi
moralise the rate situation the radroal
officials would come to a full realist
tlon ef a new power which they bafl
long hoped to enjoy?the power a
making and controlling their owl
rates.
It is not considered strange. tberfl
fore, if the packers made exceeding!!
valuable concessions to the GreM
Western in consideration for finnlrlnB
the present rates. If demorallsatiofl
follows, the packers will see that tbsfl
still have tb^ power to control rated
The Interest* Involved In tbe strugglfl
are immense. and the battle promiiH
to be a lively one. H
It has developed that tbe rates ptfl
In by the Great Western sre both prtfl
portlonate and local, tbe rate of padfl
Ing house products and dressed meafl
from the river to Chicago being elglfl
teen and one-half cents and from polnfl
beyond twenty cents.
Great Western officials declare thM
Milns tn IniAM #h? rnllnv <1
the Interstate Commerce Commlsslo
which requires as low a rate on 111
stock as Is placed npon the flnlshs
product, and that they win take tl
question into the courts.
LORD DERBY SCATS BOWAUld/L
ni?fzaataa t* ?k* s%tn
Has lUMi.
Hartford, Conn.?A crowd of UMX
persons or orer gathered at Chain
Oak Park, sttracted by the trottla
match between E. E. 8 ma there's Lot
Derby. 2.06V1-. and Thomas wTEiJ
son's Boralma, 2.07, for $20,000 a sldfl
sixty per cent, of the gate receipts (
a side bet of $20,000 between the owfl
ers. Lord Derby wss the winner. H
What promised to be the horse rafl
of the century, a race on which somfl
thing like fSOO.QOO depended, a rafl
that meant at leaat 980.000 to tlH
owner of the winner, waa spoiled by A
accident to Boralma In the third hefl
and Lord Derby walked orer tfl
course and won all the money. K
Boralma had captured the first befl
In impressive style, and while Lofl
Derby took the second beat rathH
easily, many thought the Lawaon borjfl
would win out in the end. Boralma H
so badly injured that he will nevH
Oaf* Her LIT* For H?r CklM. SB
Mrs. Conner, wife of George Connfl
a farmer near Bay View, Cecil CounMj
Md.. gave her life to save her chlfl
Her husband was cutting hay. a^H
their four-year-old child was playiH
near. The horses hitched to the mofl
Ing machine became friglitened a^B
ran toward the child. Mrs. Conner rH
up and pushed the child out of tH
hnra?a?' nnfh hilt Wflfl knocked dO^H
and so mangled that sbe died lmmeflf
ately. jCT
PMtmutfr Shot by Itobbm. w
L. D. Zimmerman, postmaster fo^H
quarter of a century at LlnnviUe. Iz^B
was fatally shot by two robbers,
secured over $300 In money and
tbelr escape on a bandcar. JhK
Joly Dcfleit S7.408.3O0. IjPS
There was a deficit In the UniH|
States Treasury for July amountin|^|
(>7.408.309. the total receipts of MW
Government during this tlrst month^H
the new fiscal year being $40.305.^B
and the expenditure* Iwlng $5ti.S04.(^B
Rembrandt UlKovtrtd In Mtu*um^H|
While some pictures In the Musc^H
of Fine Arts, at Boston. were bcH|
touched up a genuine Rembrandt ^HS
discovered. It is "The ShowerHB
(iold." bears the painter's signat^H
and the date. l'fc'J. MB
Labor World. |SH
Iron moulder* on strike nt Uamil^H
Ohio, have returned to work. |99
llarnessmakers on strike at ColaH
bus. Ohio, hare returned to worl^K|
The strike on the Oregon City trc^H
line at Portland, Ore., has been KR
tl?*d.
At Portland, Ore., the marine ^B|
ueera' strike has been settled, H
sides making concessions. #8B
Striking capmakers at Boston, mH
have received an Increase ldwax^BS
' from Ave to ten oer cent. ggflg
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