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Mil OH THE TRUSTS
In Speech at Providence Says Government
Should Control Capital.
WIGHT AMEND CONSTITUTION
tk? rnftdMt at > Newport
CkrittKlnc ? Tbo OuMt of RtMlor ,
Lodge In Km??h???tw KmlwdOtittoaa
at All PImn TIiIM IU * ?
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Newport R. I.?President Roosevelt's
iaecond day of bis journey through
New England was a busy one. Leaving
Hartford. Coun.. at S o'clock n. ra.
'he arrived at Newport at 9.45 p. m.(
after having made speeches along the
route at Baltic. PlaJnfield. Willimantlc,
Providence and River Point.
The President's address at Provl,dence
was the second important one of
.ki? nrwnt trio. At Hartford he spoke
principally of the foreign affairs of the
nation; at Providence bis speech was
devoted to the country's internal probjlems.
The growth of the trusts occu*
Lpirrl the most of the President's remarks,
and his declaration that the
matter demanded the attention of the
Federal Government, and that If necessary
the Constitution should be
amended to give the power to regulate
the combinations of capital was list*
encri to with unusual interest.
The President's rislt to Newport was
of a private character, being for the
purpose of attending the christening
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of tne lnrnnr son OK Tf llicunj|? V uauici, I
a personal friend. The christening took
place at the Chaulcr villa Immediately
after the service at Trinity Church.
The baptismal font used for the first
time, was a gift of President Roosevelt.
who acted as godfather. The Rodmother
waa Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge,
wife of Swaior Lodge, of Massachusetts.
The boy was named Theodore
Ward Chauler, the first name being in
honor of the President, and the second
an old family name. Immediately after
the service at the house the Presidential
party left, accompanied by Senator
and Mrs. Lodge, for Lynn. Mass..
where the President was the guest of
Senator Lodge.
The progress of the President from
Hartford to this city was a repetition
of the ovations of the previous day.
rutiom AT NAHAXT, MASS.
It RamItm Eotho?U*tle Greetiok a*
Towm m the Roite.
Nahant. Mass.?President Roosevelt
arrived here as the guest of Senator
Lodge. * Stone Bridge. R. I.: Kail
River, Taunton and Mansfield, in Massachusetts.
turned out in force to greet
the President, and as each place waa
reached the train was slowed down,
the President appearing on the rear
platform and bowing bis acknowledgments.
Upon arriving at Lynn, where car
riages were in waiting to take the
party to Nabant, tbe sight was one to
be remembered.
Stretched from the station, through
the city, and across the peninsula to
Kahant a distance of four miles, were ;
fully 60,000 people, who cheered and
cheered as the President passed. There
were two miles of carriages on each
side of the road. Pcrfect order was
maintained.
The President mde with Mrs. Lodge
and was escortou from Lynn to i\anant .
by a troop of cavalry.
Tie arrival at Nabant was a signal
for another outbreak of applause, and
the two places seemed to v!e with each
other as to which shouM be the more
cordial In Its greeting. Flags and
banting were displayed everywhere,
and Nabant took on a genuine holiday
appearance. On the following day the
President delivered sn address from
tbe steps of tbe Publle Library Building
In Nabant.
NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR.
M. Jutm >d S*l?ct*d to Siewii M.
CanWa Wa^'aitoa.
Paris. France.?J. A. A. J. Jusserand.
French Minister at Copenhagen, has
been appointed to represent France at
Washington In succession to M. Jules
Cambon.
Washington. D. C.?M. Cambon, tbe ;
French Ambassador, has served tils ,
Government here for more than four
V. IVLMB CAVftOK.
years, having assumed his official duties
January 15. 180C. He represented
the interests of Spain during the war
between that country and the United
States, and conducted all the negotiations
on behalf of 8paln which resulted
In a treaty of peace.
Tbe family of Mrs. Mary Collier, of
Bedford, lad., and two boarders, fourteen
persons In all. were poisoned by
eating cookies. Tbcy were prostrated
bjr what tbe attendlug physician diagnoses
as arsenic poisoning. No deaths
have resulted.
Uglltetwt lit Camp XNtii;.
A camp meeting tent at Kingfield.
Me., was struck by lightning, and Mrs.
Charles Baker, aged fifty-fire years,
was instantly killed. Thirteen other
persons were more or less Injured.
Labor World.
StrUii-s arc uqkdowq id japao.
Decreases in miners' wages In English
Federated districts affected 321,000
men.
Olnejville (R. I.) weavers claim that
sales nun of woolen goods will strike
next.
Telegraphers throughout the country
re organizing and will demand higher
wages.
It Is believed that between 15.000 and
20,000 men hare been brought from
England to Canada to help harvest the
wheat crop this season.
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KILLED BY EARTHQUAKES
About Twenty Nati re Victims of Seis
mie Disturbances in Mindanao.
Of*r 4M Shock* W?w r?lt Within ?
WnUKh? Part* WrMkdUAnnjr
StoNheaM Oe?troT*d.
Manila.?The Inland of Mindanao ha*
been shaken by a series of earth
quakes. The Inhabitants were terror
ized and a few Moros were killed.
There were no American casualties
The commissary buildings and the
Moro forts were badly damaged.
Brigadier-General Sumner (in com
mand of the American troops at Mindanao),
telegraphs that a dozen henry
earthsbocks and 400 slight tremors
were felt at Zamboango. Mindanao.
Washington, D. C.?The War Dei
part men t has received a dispatch from
I General Chaffee, at Manila, reporting
| the occurrence of a series of earthquakes
on the Island of Mindanao.
Twenty persons were killed by falling
walls, the victims all being Moros. Tl)?
Americans in the vicinity escaped, and
the dispatch says there were no reportt
that any of the soldiers occupying that
portion of the island affected sustained
any Injuries. The upheaval occurred In
the country adjacent to the Lake of
Lanao, In the Moro section of the inland.
near Camp Vlckers, which Is now
the headquarters of the American
forces stationed in Mindanao. General
Chaffee's dispatch says the mountains
and rlrers and other streams were
nnnalftanKtv illatnrluwj anil mllpll (1.111).
age was done.
It is presumed here that the seismic
shocks occurred about fire days ago.
though the date is not mentioned in
the dispatch.
This i.< the first serious earthquake
reported from that couutr.v since American
occupation of the Philippines. The
most important previous seismic disturbance
in Mindanao was the one
that partly destroyed Palak, Kota.
Batu and the villages on the banks of
the River Mindanao in 1872. This
phenomenon closely followed the eruption
of the volcauo of Makaturln.
General Chaffee also said that the
situation in the Island in that section
remain?) quiet and unchanged. No attacks
hare been made on the American
force* at Camp VIckers since the Inst
report, which was sent eight days ago.
WANTS THE WIRELESS SYSTEM.
btr-Atelrtl HlnrlMoa Rtranatnli
lh? Navy l>? K^alpptd.
Washington, D. C.?The Navy Department
made public the report of
Rear-Admiral Higgiuson. Commanderin-Chief
of the North Atlantic Squadron.
on the capture of the White Squadron
under Commander Pillsbury. Admiral
Hlgginsou says: "Commander
Pillsbury's fleet was deficient in speed.
His evaslou of the outside scouts and
arrival on the coast undetected was, I
think, very creditable to him."
Admiral Higginson concludes with a
rwnmnumiliitlnn Hint flip VPH- ?
sels of the Navy be equipped with
wireless telegraphy, lie states the reresult
of the operation, in regard to bis
own force, was to gather very valuable
informatiqn for the intelligence office
concerning the capabilities of defense
and means of communication along the
stretch of New Kngland coast from
Cape Cod to Portland. The Admiral
cloves by observing that the operations
have been very beneficial in training
the young men in scouting tind as observers.
MURDER VERDICT FORCEO.
J a ran ! Wilcox Trial laj HowUag Mot
Tarrlflod Tbtn.
Norfolk. Va.?Interest in the Wilcox
case has been revived since bis appeal
for a new trial, which was argued in
Raleigh, N. C., and the admission of
several jurors that tbelr verdict of
guilty of murder in the first degree for
killing Nellie Cropsey was the result of
direct intimidation by tbe bowling mob
outside tbe Court House.
i. r. nitcoi. wie (irmuuer i imucr.
made affidavit that threats were made
against bis son that if the jury (ailed
to convict bim be would be killed, and
tbat wbile the jury was deliberating
the result of the vote was tbrown from
the window to the crowd below.
One juror made affidavit before E.
Aydlett, tbe prisoner's counsel, that but
for the sentiment against the prisoner
I and threats made he would not have
consented to a verdict of murder In the
first degree. Another juror stated that
| he bad beard while on tbe jury that
I if he bad caused a mistrial be would
| have but twenty-four hours to leave
the country.
AMERICANS FOR COLOMBIAN NAVY.
Captala Xtrmduk* la lh* Third to Offer
Ills Services.
Washington, D. C.?Captain Henry
Marmaduke, who served during tbe
Civil War on the famous Confederate
Iron-dad Merrimac an<' tbe Alabama,
has jolued tbe Colombian Navy and
will sail for tbat republic on the new
war vessel which has been purchased
at Seattle, Wash., by Seutr Concha,
the Colombian Minister at Washington.
Anuouuc-eiueut was made a few days
ago that two ex-gunners of tbe Navy
bad cast their lot with the Colombian
Naval service, so that Captain Marmaduke
makes the third American who
recently has taken tbat step.
Mlelater H hoots HU Child.
The Rev. Henry Turner shot and ip
stantly killed his six-year-old son at
Carlluvllle. 111., whom be mistook for
a burglar. Tbe father was arrested,
but the Coroner's Jury discharged him.
TemtUe Mills Well Occupied.
Textile mills are well occupied, business
gradually increasing In the cotton
goods division, and demands for quick
delivery emphasise the fact that stocks
are low and requirements for consumption
are pressing.
Armed KaOlrs Terrorise Boers.
A strong force of British troops h:i>
lwH>n riisnatcbed to the western border
of the Transvaal ostensibly to relieve
troops ordered to India, but It is reported
currently this step is taken owing
to disturbances anions the natives.
Prominent People.
Henry \Vatteraon denies that he is a
candidate for Coventor of Kentucky.
Professor Seheurk, author of "The
Determination of Sex." died in Styrla.
Governor Cummins, of Iowa, is one
of America's foremost authorities on
rorestry
Prinee Henry of Prussia. like his
brother, the Kaiser, is an earnest student
of music.
John D. Kockefeiler. as all the world
knows, plays golf. That and a mild
. game of ping-pong indoors keeps away
the blues.
MS NATIONAL IM
President Says That Trusts Must
Be Restrained.
ROOSEVELT'S BOSTON SPEECH
iltacki oa Illenk Comhlniiinai, He AeHtti,
So Par From Rein* Acainet
Property. Are For the Protection of
Property? He Still Flares Publicity
PI ret Among Correctional A?eaeie?.
Roston.?The week's work for President
Iloom* It In bin trip tbroimii New
Kngland began in earnest when he dpparted
from the l>eautiful summer
home of the Junior Senator of Massachusetts.
Henry Cabot Lodge, at Nahant.
and amid tln> enthusiasm of the
greatest numl>er of people he has faced
since the Pittaburg visit on July 4. rode
1 "? niii-nlrr i>?l<nrt llDll
Illiu i^uia uiiuri vikiu.,1
n|M)ke from a platform at City Hall.
Then he wan taken to Boston by speclal
train, and on arrival went to Symphony
Hall, there addressing a great
gathering of Boston business men. Hi*
KjK>e<-h was devoted almost entirely to
consideration of the trUHt question.
From the hall the President went to
the Hotel Touraine. where a little later
In the evening he was the guest of
Governor Crane nt dinner. On the following
morning the Presidential party
started for Maine.
President Roosevelt spoke in part as
follows:
"I am glad to have the chance of saying
a few words to you this evening.
There are several matters that I should
like to discuss, and I can say in all sin?-erity
that when I conv? here to New
Kngland. when I come to Boston. I
like to go over as many subjects as
nrvaalKlA th-lt f ? ?! n 70I ljffht OU
I"'""'"". r.
thorn
"I have great faith In your judgment.
I want to take up this evening
the general question of our economic
and social relations with .specific reference
to that problem with which I
think our people are greatly concerning
themselves?the problem of our
complex nodal condition as intensified
by the existence of the great corporations
which we rather loosely designate
as trusts. But I wish to say one
or two things as preliminary. In th"
first place I have not come here to yay
that I have discovered a patent cureall
for the trusts.
"It ?a a little difficult to set clearly
before us all of the evils, but I think
that those gentlemen, and especially
A# lnraa mo?ilw U'llH
lliune |(riHiriiirii ui til ?
deny that the evils exist. are .-feting
with great folly. I am far from being
against property when I ask that Mip
question of trusts bo taken up. I am
acting in the most conservative sense
in property's interest. When a great
corporation is sued for violating the
anti trust law it is not a move against
property; It is a move in favor of property.
because when you can make it
evident that all men, big and small
alike, have to obey the law. you are
putting the safeguard of taw around
nil men.
"It would be very difficult for any
net of laws on our part to deal completely
with a problem which become*
international in its bearings, but a
?rronf Heiil mn l*? done in various ways
now. A great deal Is being done and a
great deal more can l?e done If we ran
nee that the power is put somewhere
to do it. On tlie whole, our system of
government has worked mnrvelously
well. But while I must tirmly believe
In fixity of policy. I do not believe that
policy should he fossilized, and if it is
to be changed we must change our
governmental method to meet it.
"Now. I want laws to enable us to
deal with It no matter what shape it
takes. I want to see the Government
to be able to get at It definitely, so
that the action of the Government cannot
be evaded by any turning within
or without Federal or State statutes.
At present we have really no efficient
control over a big corporation which
does business In more than one State.
Frequently the corporation has nothing
whatever to do with the State In which
It Is Incorporated except to get incorporated.
and its actions may be taken
In entirely different communities, com- |
munities which may object very ranch
to the methods of incorporation in the
State named. I do not think you can
get action by any State, action by all
the States, that will give us satisfactory
control of the trusts or big corporations.
and the result Is at present that
we have a great. powerful, artificial
creation which has no creator to which
it Is responsible.
"Of course It is a mere truism that
the corporation is the creature of the
State; that the State is sovereign.
Now. I want to make a real and not a
nominal sovereign; to have some one
sovereign to which the corporation
*hall tv? really and not nominally respond
ible.
"What I hope to see is power given
to the National legislature which shall
make the control real. |
"I believe it is possible to frame national
legislation which shall give us
more power Tmin we imvr uu??.n m?j i
rate, over corporations doing nn interstate
business. I think we have cot
to make np our minds to thf> fart that
If it proves on effort that we have not
under the Constitution as it is sufficient
power in dealing with these great
corporations, then, no matter what our
reverence for the past may be. our duty
to the present and to the future will
force us to see that more power is con- !
ferred upon the National Administration.
And when the power lias been
conferred It will rest with the National
(Jovernment to exercise it. At present
we are going to do the best we man
with strawless bricks."
Kiedai From th? Yakoa liflm.
The greatest exodus ever knowt,
from Yukon River points is now
in progress. Not before since
the rush inward of 1807 and
1808 have so many people been
traveling 700 miles of stretch between
Dawson and Skagway. There are sev
eral reasons for the exodns. It is has
tened primarily by the tierce rate war
on between the steamboats or mi*
White Pass Railway ami the independent
lines. Hates have been rut from
$ffO ft rut class and ?40 second class to
$18 and $0.
Th?i Sporting Wnrlil.
EfTor* ure l>elng made to match Jo*Nelson
nnd Harry Elkes. the cycling
champion.
Marcus Hurley broke the world'*
amateur one-third mile bicycle record
at the Coliseum at Springfield. Mass.:
time. .THS-S seconds.
Prank FatTeH'* Rluc*. at eight to
one on. was beaten by Huntress at
Saratoga. N. V. David Johnson lost
$20,000 back ins Blues.
The Musketeer.owned by Mrs. Frank
Farrell. broke the world's record for
seren furlongs at Saratoga. N. Y..
going the distance in 1.25 flat.
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A PAKCELS POST SERVICE
British Government Arranges It With
an American Express Company.
! Attempts to XtfoUat* Mack m torvlco
m?nt Ha** Palled.
London. ? The postofllce* of Great
Britain hereafter will accept parcel*
for transmission to the United Stnfos.
The various attempts of the British
Government to conclude a parcel* |>ost
arrangement with the United State*
having resulted in failure, the British
Postofflce Department has arranged
this independent service.
The Cunard and White Star lines
will convey the parcels to the United
States, and the American Express
Company will deliver them In that
country. The charges to principal
points in the United States will he
twenty-four cents for each three
pounds up to six pounds, seventy-two
cents for packages weighing from
seven to eleven pounds, with an additional
charge of twenty-four cents as a
British custom* clearance ree. me
United States custom* fee* will a!*o
be ndiled.
The weight and *ize limitation* of
parcels accepted under this service will
he the Mime a* those now adopted In
the British inland parcels post?a maximum
weight of eleven pound*, and s
maximum of *Jx feet for length and
girth combined.
A similar parcel* post service is to
be Inaugurated from the United States
to Great Britain.
HANNA ON COAL STRIKE.
Sajn Ha Haa Eih?nitr<t HI* Kflort? to Eat
It and Will Maka No further Attempt.
Buffalo. N. Y.?Senator Hanna while
here on his way home from Niagara
Falls said:
"I ?i?v? AYh.itisrori mv efforts to end
the coal strike. I will make no further
attempt, for It would be uselcH?. I
have done all In my power and enn do
-no more. The miners are willing to arbitrate,
but the operators are not. The
strike will go on."
"Do you think, the miners will give
up?"
"They will stand out as long as they
are able. It will be a prolonged light,
and one which means hardship for the
miners and their families, and it will
have Its effect on the American people.
I regard as final the refusal of the operators
to arbitrate."
"Have you any hope that J. P. Morgan
will step in?" Senator Hanna was I
asked.
"When I talked to Mr. Morgan befnn?
lif wi>nr to Rnrnnp hp denlored the
situation, but declined to intervene. I
do not think he ha* changed his mind."
CONGRESS' S800,624.496.3 5.
IlMord of th? La?t .Stuloa't Approprta(l
ini and What They Show.
Washington. D. C. ? Appropriations
footing up $800.i{24.490.5T? were made
by Congress during the late session,
the report of the chief clerks of the
Committees of Appropriations of the
House and Senate being just Issued.
The details of appropriations by bills
are as follows:
Agricultural. *.">.208.980: Army. $91.730.1.10.41:
Diploma tic. $ 1 ,ft>7.925.t?:
District of Columbia. $8,544,409.97;
fortification, $7.25)8.9.V>; Indian, $S.*80.028.10:
legislative. $2.r?.35*I.681.SO;
Military Academy. $2,027,324.42: Naval.
$78,8T?*?.303.13: pension. $139,842,200:
Postoflice. $138.410.r>98.75: river and
harbor. $20,771,442: sundry civil, $80.103,339.13;
deficiencies. $28,030,007.32;
mi?<>oiinneons S2.722.793.13: Isthmian
Canal act. $50,130,000; permanent appropriations.
$123,921,220. Total. $800.324.496.55.
ARMOUR SAYS BEEF IS SCARCER.
Ho DmIIbw to Amwtr Qa?>tlon u to
r?t on HlMki.
New York City.?J, O^den Armoui*.
of Chicago. arrived from Europe on
the Oceanic and was asked to talk
about the price of beef.
"Why Is beef dearer this year than
It was last year?** was asked.
"I suppose Iwcause beef is scaicer
and cattle are leaner."
"And why are cattle leaner?" persisted
the questioner.
"Well, the corn crop was rather bad
last year." Mr. Armour replied.
A bystander remarked that when he
jrdered a beefsteak In a restaurant he
found there was as much fat on it as
ever, although the price was higher
than it was a year ago. and he wanted
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I \lr. Armour to explain wny came muiu
I be lean nod the beefsteak fat. Mr.
I Armour did not gratify the man's curiosity.
CONGRESSMAN'S FATAL BLOW.
Conductor From m Bit of Rtprecaatailv*
Jackson'* Playfulnr??.
Laurel. Del.?Charles Uenninger. a
conductor on the New York. Philadelphia
and Norfolk Railroad, died ut his
home in Delmar. While shifting earn
in the lumberyard of Congressman
William H. Jackson at Salisbury, Md..
several months ago. Itenninger was
struck in a bit of pleasantry on the
right arm by a cone in the Congress
uian's hands.
The conductor and the Congressman
were the l?est of friends. The blow,
though light, affected the nerve centres.
and in a short time Uenninger's
nervous system was a wreck. Congressman
Jackson employed the best
medical men. but the snfferer gradually
grew worse until he died.
Killed HI* Friantl by MUlake.
J. I). Wilson shot and killed his
friend. <*. K. Apperson. by mistake for
a burglar at Rlchtqond, Va.
rait Elwtrle Cars Talaacopad.
In a head-on collision between two
cars on the Bay Shore Terminal line at
.Norfolk. Va., three persons were killed
and sixteeu others badly injured. The
dead are W. S. Yandell. inotorrnan, and
C. B. Golden, luotorinnn. and Liu wood
Fenttvsj. Three of the iujnred maj
die
Thr?e KIIM by Frrmature Blast.
Ornsley Covington and Charles Hunter.
colored, and John O'Hara. white,
were killed by a premature blast at the
City Workhouse at Lexington. Ky.
Turkey firinta All Amxrlrtn Demand*.
A Turkish imperial order has been
issued commanding that all the de
luands made by the United States upon
Turkey be carried out. am! the relations
In*tween the Porte and the 1'nited
Slates Legation in Constantinople have
resumed their normal condition.
Cancht .Iftrr Mis Weeks' Cbaee.
.Tames P. Houiaine. a merchant, of
Mitchell. Neb., wanted there for obtaining
$40,000 under false pretences, was
arrested at Worcester. Mass.. after a
six weeks' chase by detectives.
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BLLEB III AUTB MCWT
Machine Plunged Thirty-five Feet
From a Railroad Bridge.
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OWNER LOST THE CONTROL OF IT
Broker T. J. Malthows, of Jorsor City, and
Nn. W. B. Cobb, of Rlehmoad, Vi.,
Crnihtd to D#*th-A PrUaf. Wonu
ud ChaaSkar lalarMUIirriron Bad
farrow Eietp* From D?ath.
Elberon. N. J. ? Possessed by the
"speed madness." Frank J. Matthews,
a well-known real estate broker and
clnbtnan. of Jersey City, ran bis automobile
at full speed over the Park
avenue bridge across the tracks of the
New York and Long Branch Railroad
at this place.
As be rame upon the structure at the
speed of an express train be saw a
plainly dressed man. a gardener, com
log iruiu lutr uiurr uurvuuu, imr.ur.pectlng
any danger. Mr. Matthews
swung the machine sharply to save th<?
stranger's life, hut knocked him down
aa he shot by. The wheel* of the auto'
mobile caught In the trolley ralla because
of the Hharp turn, throwing the
machine almost at right angles, and
the steering wheel broke from the owner's
grasp as the machine plunged
agaiust the railing. The timbers gave
way. and the automobile with Its owner.
three passengers and chauffeur,
plunged down to the tracks tbirty-flve
feet below.
The killed were: Frank J. Matthews,
forty-six years old. of Jersey City,
owner of the automobile; crushed l?e?
neath the machine; died instantly:
\lr? \V R Pnhh Rirhmnml Vn dit>d
from her Injuries three Jiours inter in
Monmouth Memorial Hospital at l/oug
Branch.
The injured are: The Rev. Patrick J.
firant. Churrh of the Paulist Father*.
New York City; picked up unconscious
and removed to the Hathaway Inn at
Allenhurst on a trolley car; said to lie
Buffering from shook and in no danger,
though face is badly cut: Rudolph
Meyers, chauffeur: leaped from the machine
as it went over: bruises not serious;
Mrs. W. D. Plzsini. of New York
City, sister-in-law of Mrs. Cobb: leg
broken, internal injuries: taken to
Monmouth Memorial Hospital; will
probably dfe.
The disaster seems to have been
wholly due to Mr. Matthews* recklessness.
for it was the first time he had
ever operated the machine and was
cautioned to go slowly by tb-? chauffeur.
Meyers, whom he had replaced
- * iL, _ - -U - ?l...
Itl I ue ifvrr u fnui I iiiiir uriuir, u? uir
machine *hor up the steep iodine (failing
to and from the bridge. Mr. Matthew*.
who was n widower with two
children, was occupying the Dillon cottage.
on Sidney avenue. Deal Beach.
Father Grant was also stopping at
Deal Roach. Mrs. Cobb and Mr*. Pizzini
were guest* of the Hotel Columbia
at Aftbury Park.
One strange circumstance was that
the mechanism of the automobile wa*
not greatly deranged. The hood wa*
bent and jammed, the woodeu fenders
splintered and one hamper was demolished.
The accident has caused
deep gloom to settle on the Elberon
cottage colony because of the high
opinion in which Mr. Matthews was
held. All social functions were abandoned.
Coroner Flock, of Long Brancn. decided
to hold an inquest Immediately.
Mr. Matthews' automobile wa* built
by Koget & Schneider, of Lyons,
France, the carriage part being by
Cerrare Sala. of Milan. Italy Mr.
Matthew* paid about $0000 for the machine.
It was driven by gasolene and
was of about sixteen horse power. .
KLONDIKE CROWINC POOR.
Ill* Gelriea HirrMt Will Htn Fallen Off
Nearly One-Half ThU Tear.
Washington, I). C.?That tin Klondike
la not the poor man's country is
suggested In a report to the State Department*
from Consul Brush at Niagara
Fglls, who tells the Department
about a recent examination into the
business prospects of the Yukon territory
by the Canadian Manufacturers'
Association. An agent was sent to
Dawson Rome time ago. His official
report allows that the total yield of
gold last year in the Klondike was $24.000.000.
The production of the coming
year, according to Covernmoot ostimate*,
will not exceed $14,000,000. No
new discoveries have been made for
over a year, although, since 1897. thousands
of prospectors have been exploring
every creek and mountain in the
country.
The Canadian company's agent states
that at Dawson there were ten applicants
for every chance to work, and
yet. many boatloads of men continue to
arrive, the transportation companies
helping to keep up the Illusion that
Dawson is the poor man's paradise.
LYNCHING UPHELD BY~7 JURY.
Protection of Hom?i Said to B? a Skm*
ally In North Carolina.
Charlotte. X. C.?The Coroner's jury
reported that the lynching of Tom
Jones, colored, for assaulting a white
woman, was justifiable. The jury says:
"We. the Jury to inquire into the
cause of the death of Tom Jones, tint!
that he came to his death by gunshot
wound* by parties unknown to tin*
jury, obviously by au outraged public
acting in defense of their home*,
wive*, daughter* and children. Iu
view of the enormity of the crime committed
by said Tom June* we think
they would have been recreant to their
duty as good citizen* hud they acted
otherwise."
BOTHA TO LEAD THE BOER PEOPLE
Load** L?ara? That Kro(?r Positively
Will AMIesl* la Gaaaral'i Favor.
London.?Cabling from Brussels. the
correspondent of the Daily Telegraph
says be learns that as a result of the
conference lietween formVr 1'resldent
Kruger and the Boer generals. I>e
Wet. Botha and Delarey Mr. Kruger
is to resign the leadership of the Boer
people.
Jeneral Botha, adds the correspond
1 enr. nas neen unanimously oesignair.i
: as tlit* future leader of the Boers.
Jail For Manila Journalist*.
Frederick Don. proprietor, and Ed.
ward O'Brien, editor, of Freedom, at
! Manila, have eaeii lieeii sentenced to
six inoiitliH in Billhid 1'rison and lined
$HM> for libeling Benito Legarda. a na
tive nietiilier of the t'ivil Commission,
by publishing a certain article in Flee,
dom The case has Iteeii appealed to
j the Supreme Court of the islands.
St. 1'aul'a Cathedral Waakanlac.
Alarm is felt in l.omlou over the
gradual weakening of St. Paul's Cathedral.
which it is estimated will cost
$1,100,000 to repair
MAN LED A TRIPLE LIFE
Mayor Pendleton, of Gentry, Mo.,Was
'Cox and "Morris
fa a CaafaMlaa Ha Claara aa It* Burial
Myitary?A Crat* of PsaebM Brought
About Hli Undoing.
Emporia. Kan. ? The mystery surrounding
the burial at Orlando. Logan
County, Oklahoma, on August l.~> last,
of a coffin containing 200 pound* of ice.
baa been cleared by the confession of
James Pendleton, Mayor of Gentry.
Mo., thai he caused the burial as part
of a plan to aroid prosecution for bigamy.
The coffin was snpposed to contain
" ? A# C a Unrriw nf ITnmnriii
The burial was arranged by a uiau giving
his name as John Cox. It now
transpire* that the mythical Motrin
was Pendleton himself "John Cox"
wax also Pendletoj*. In a word. Pendleton
led n triple life. In Gentry. Mo.,
he waa James Pendleton. Mnyor of the
rlty. a husband and father of Ave children.
In Emporia. Kan., he was "C.
H. Morris." Under that name, on June
17 last. he married Mlas Grace Ol?b?y.
of Emporia. On August 15 last he had
begun to fear that bin dual life would
be found out, and be turned up iu Or
lando. Okla.. with a third personality.
As "John Cox." of Gentry, he arranged
for the burial of "C. 8. Morris." of Em
poria. in a local cemetery. "Mrs. Morris."
of Emporia, wan to be left a
widow. Mayor James Pendleton was
to rejoin Ids family at Gentry. "John
Cox." having attended to the burial of
bin friend "Morris." was to vanish.
Pendleton's downfall came through
n I'Pnla nf luiflolliw All .Tullll f'nt lie
went to Orlando, Okla.. bought a lot
in a cemetery. announced that a travel
ins man named C. 8. Morris bad died
on a train of congestion of the stoiu>
ach. and hired a man to dig a grave.
He th?n went to Perry. Okla.. ostensihly
to get the body of Morris. There
he bought a cheap coffin and 20(1
pounds of ice. He put the ice in the
coffin and shipped the whole to himself
?"John Cox"?a"t Orlando. On his way
to get the coffin and the ice lie saw a
crate of fine peache* for sale. He
( ought the peaches and had tbem
shipped to Mrs. James Pendleton, of
Gentry. Mo. This clew helped to reveal
the double Identity of "Co*."
News of the death and burial of "C.
S. Morris"' was sent to his suppo?UItfous
widow at Emporia, and her fath
er. A. H. Obley. went to Orlando to InI'naHivo
tck U a hail <i nltAtntrcanli g\t
"Morris." which was recognized in Or
lando nit a likeness of "Cox." Inquir
ies in Perry uuearthed the fact of (he
crate of peaches having been sent tr
<?entry Detectives went there. Thej
found that Mayor Pendleton had l>nen
absent from home fnr some months,
and had returned on August 10. the
day following the burial of "Morris."
Mayor James Pendleton, of (Sentry,
was then arrested. He was brought tu
Emporia. He was confronted by Mrs.
fJrace Obley "Morris." She identified
him as the man to whom she had be?*ti
married on June 17 by the Rev. Mr
Parker, of the Christian Church here
The warrant for Pendleton's arrest oil
a charge of bigamy was sworn out bj
her. and he soon afterward made n full
confession to Sheriff O'Connor, of 'tli!i
county, in which he admitted the fad
of his triple life.
OPERATORS WILL NOT ARBITRATE
Daclalon ftaaehad at a Conhrtie* Held
(a New York City.
New York City.?No new plan* for ar
bltrating tl. coal strike. uo matter bj
wbont they are inspired, will ho con
sidered by the operators. and uo influ
en re that President Mitchell, of thi
United Mine Workers can bring tc
bear on them will chance their position
one iota.
Such was the conclusion reached bj
the Presidents of the anthracite coal
carrying companies at a confereuct
held in this city. It was also stated
officially that J. Plerpont Morgan will
not take any hand in the dispute.
The situation at the miniug district*
was discussed for two hours, during
which time reports from the minei
were considered. The reports shf>we<]
that men were applying for work ir
increasing numbers, but that a break
in the strike had not occurred yet. Xc
time it was stated was fixed for open
ing the collieries, but the question as
to preparing the mines for reopening
was considered fully.
MILES COINC TO THE PHILIPPINES
CJaat?n?iit<>ft?aaral Rm Prrtidrnt'i ParmlMioa
to Maka Trip to the Island*.
Boston.?With reference to the state
ment that Lieutenant-General Miles l?
going to the Philippine Islands. Score
tary Cortelyou said:
"General Miles is going to the Phil
ippino Islands with the permission ol
the Presidrut to inspect army condi
tlon.s there."
Washington. D. C.?General Mile-*
has twice requested to be sent to th?'
Philippines. In P.MO. when tli? Chinese
campaign was l>elng prepare.I
(fcneral Miles desired to take comtuati>!
of the American forces in the Philippines
and China. President McKinb-v
dill hoi consenr. i,asi r curu;iiv imGeneral
outlined a plan for ending (lit
war In the Philippines and wanted tn
go then. President Roosevelt would
not consent.
Amarlcma* After Eogliih Colll?rlM.
It was reported in Manchester. Knsland,
that an American syndicate inter
esieu in snipping uiay miy iiiree i.ancanhire
collieries.
lluriUrt G?t Poatofllr* Panda.
Robbers secured fciOO from the postoffice
at Larwell. Iud.
PmliUnl Taarrd Tlirw* HtilM.
President Roosevelt, on the tlfth d.ij
of his New Knglaud trip. pasted
through three States, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire anil Maine. delivered
eight speeches ami received ih?* plaudits
of a quarter of a million people.
riniiM(ol*'i Fanatlv Not In Poverty.
Tli-1 family of the late Lord Paiirn efote
will, it i* thought. enjoy an ineoitie
of $7<XN> or a year. .?f
their being in penury or in aft1uei!--e
are said to Ih? equally without foutnla
lion.
Wife KII 1*4 Ulm ? II* Slept.
John K. \Vright, a prosperous farmer
residing near Waverly, T?*nu.. was -iior
<in?l instantly killed l?y his wife wliil.*
he was asleep. She used a Miotgtiu.
Iii con versa I ion with Sheriff I-Vmp-ss.
(lie woman confessed. Mr. Wnsjht
was alMHit sixty-live years of aire ll<a
in I his wife hail live chihlivu. iwn of
whom were at home at the time of th>killing.
Colombian Itebili Ca|itnr? Monry,
The <'oloiul?iau r??l?? ! Ktinhoat I'.iililla
captured si large sum of iu:;iiev w:tU
thv jfuu^oat lloyacu.
' PILLSBURY'S FLEE! TAK J
______________ i?9I
The Attacking Squadron Caught Run-H
nine For Salem Harbor.
NAVAL STRATEGY GAME ENDEol
Th? Captar* Wm H??J* OS TkitclMr'fl
IiUid, NM^iTb* Dtmud of DlMa<l
dltlooal laircndfr AectpUd by Ihd
Enemy ? RSrliMT nf CoMt DtfmA
Sntm Shown?MstUfsrtary KmiIU.
Rockport. Mass.?The nnral wai
game on the Xew England coaat wa?
ended at 5.40 o'clock a. ra. by the order,
"Surrender, unconditional." from Rear
Admiral Higgin?on't? flagship. and the
reply. "Accept surrender.** from tb?
fore truck of the Prairie, Commander
Pillshury'a flagship. The battle be'tween
tho Blue, or <l??f<?ndlng. squadron
and the White, or attacking, squadron,
wan thna quickly ended eight miln
south of Tbatcber'a Island. The enemy
had most signally failed to make Salem
narnor. inn oojecnve poinc.
A preponderant of fighting strength,
relatively glxty-four points. represented
by the battleship* Kennuirge. Alabama
and Massachusetts. the Scorpion and a
torpedo boat of Admiral Hlgginson'a
fleet, had overwhelmed the forty-flve
points represented by the auxiliary
cruiser* Prairie. Panther and 8upply.
under Commander Pillsbury. Theoretically.
the Whit* Squadron was destroyed
by the (runs of the defending
battleship*. \
The destruction of Commander PlIUibnry's
squadron occurred just within
the outer limit of (Houcester Harbor,
not over eight miles south of Thatcher's
Island, off which had been anchored
since Wednesday, when the war
game was declared opened, the three
KA^lA^Ktna .v# tKn RIha
(iiinri IUI uaitiv^iiui iuc . &uwv
Squadron. The surrounding and "putting
out of action" of the White Squadron
was the culminating incident in
one of the moot interesting chapters
in the peace history of the American
Navy. For the ruaneuvres off the
coaat of New Kn?lnnd the Nary had
long been preparing Itself. and had
looked forward to them with keen anticipation.
As planned by the naval authorities
nt Washington, two squadrons were in
the game. one. the Blue, the defending
fleet, and the other, the White, a hostile
fleet, bent 0:1 effecting an anchorage
in some unprotected harbor between
Cape Elizabeth and Cape Cod.
This anchorage had to be maintained
against the defcuders for six hours.
1 Commander Pllisbury's White Squadron
consisted of the auxiliary cruisers
' Prairie, his flagship: the Panther and
the Supply. To the two former boats
was assigned twenty points each ol
' lighting strength, while the Supply
was represented at five points.
Aflmlral Higgiuson's fleet was act1
nally superior lu numbers and repre?ented
a total of ninety-seven points.
The hatttlesbips Kearsarge. Alabama
| and Massachusetts counted twenty
. pach. the cruisers Brooklyn and
' Oiympia eight each, and the Leyden
| and Montgomery. Gloucester. Mayflower
and 8corpio:i three points each,
while a number oi torpedo boats made
up the balance.
To win in the mimic war the Blue
I QnnnHrnn hi#? tr% hrinf* n Inaf fho if.
I ? MJUMU1 VU IIUU IV >' ll^lt IU?V VMV ? ?
tacking vessels, as it did. warships
superior in their combined assumed
rich tin? power. Each side had the
right to capture individual craft of the
other fleet by overpowering them la
point of strength, rind under the rule*
i (he captured vessels were to rel>? kli
together from the livid of action.
On the morning o* the capture the
defense, with three battleships, the
.Scorpion and a single torpedo boat
had sixty-four points, so that the bal?
ance was against the attacking squadron.
Throughout the game there was
in operation a system of coast defense
i Tor which those who were engaged in It
! received great credit,
i
| OUR SWIFTEST BATTLESHIP.
th* X?w MaIm Kxrtfili the Record Mid*
I by the Illinois.
Boston.?'The new first-claw battle*
ship Maine, looking for nil the world
> like a ship already commissioned In
the navy. gave for the l>ig Cramp flag
? i astern, raced around the Cape Ann
1 | tjial course to prove her right to fly
! tje United State* ensign. She did it
before she finished. Her contract calla
for a speed of eighteen knots an hour
' for four continuous hours of steaming.
1 ; and though on one six-mile leg she
I dropped to 17..T?. on her fastest she
reached 18.9, and this was followed by
| other speeds equally treeptable. Thus
at th?? end her in?\-in sj>eed developed,
without tidal allowance, was given out
as is.'5. That is not official, but it la
; tb*> statement made by the Cramps.
1 and may be accepted as accurate.
1 - rf*1? ? -?v?A Ar% fuit.
I 1 III' JlillllP ?iun |-A|T\II U IU uu uv.
' ter than she did. lint as the figures
' stand she is tin* fastest battleship in
' tSiv American fleet. The Illinois, which
up to this time has held the record, did
only 17.K4 knots on her fastest leg as
| ."gainst this 1N.J). tb.th K. 8. Cramp
and Commander Cowle*. the latter of
' tiie Navy Hoard. expressed themselves
1 as well satisfied after the trip.
Two Missionaries Killed.
A native evangelist confirms the rej
port of the murder of two Christian
! missionaries, named Bruce and I^ewis,
in the Province of Hnan. China, during
an anti-foreign uprising. The missionaries.
who had disregarded repeated
warnings to look out for trouble, were
beaten to death.
Chief Kargeoa U Recalled.
I>r. (ilennon. Chief Surgeon of tb*
Marine Hospital Service, of Havana,
has been recalled to Washington. Dr.
Trotter has been teiuj>orarily appointed
Chief of the service. A complimentary
manifestation was tendered Dr. Glenion
upon his departure from Havana
bv both Cubans and Spaniards.
I Korrlrann ltarr*<l f rom >uuili Africa.
I The Briti?h (iot eminent is barring
! all fo-eigners from South Africa unless
I they possess S-"hx?. or ran prove that
i they are able to maintain themselves.
Murder in a X?!i>ilo strMt.
Mr. ami Mrs. I'earl Pratt, of Toledo,
Ohio, were driving home at night,
when nc.ir the hoit.v of Andrew I-emer.
;h-v raiue upon the body of n mnu
lying in I In* middle of the road. His
iuM.l was >plii ? ) '(i and about rour im
liIn- I? m1v was ;i l>!o.>dy an*. There
l> lid clue to the hlviitity of the uiau or
tlh> murderer.
No More llor>i> Car* In Hrrlin.
The last horse car lias disappeared
from Berlin'* streets owiir< to the nl>olition
of that meat:* of transportation
hi favyr of wore modern convevauevs.