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U. S. Consul Skinner io Treat With
King Menelik.
WILL HAVE ESCORT OF MARINES
The fir.vjt-Oni-.'.il at Marst-illo TliinUj J
Tr^'Je W}fl? .M?y?*i:i!a May l!o In- j
cri*a*f*1 liy :? f'anfwitr.i W il I; <He Kin;; j
?A Warship W'iM T IIIt-;i. an<> a |
Co With iii:n to th?: Capiial.
\5Y. shins ton. 1). (\~The report from
2<0EC.:on that Unit\l States Consulv
<j?eaeral llcbert P. Skinner. nt Marmiles.
is A'cins to Abyssinia to arrange
>t commercial {realy with King MoxioJik
was confirmed ;;i th;; ^tatc Department.
Mr. Skinner has been planning; this
trip for the past two months, and has
several times consulted with the otti
#?frrs of the State Department on the
question of trade porfibjlUies in Abyssinia.
Mr. Skiuncr is still in this couctry
on a vacation, and is expected to
return to Washington and perfect his
plans for the trip to Abyssinia before
departing for his post at Marseilles.
According to information obtained at
tie Stale Department. Mr. Skinner is
of the opinion that trade with AbysHinia
may be improved by u personal
conference with King Menelik. and
that some kind of friendly relations
may be established with the Abyssinian
ruier to the advantage of the United
Slates.
The officers of the Navy Department
pcknowledsed that then? had been correspondence
between the Slate and
Navy Departments in regard to furnishing
a guard to accompany Consul
dinner to King Menelik's capital in
Abyssinia, and that it had also been arranged
that Mr. Skinner is to go to
Abyssinia on an American naval vesKel.
The port whore it is proposed to
land Mr. Skinner is .TiibUil, and while
iK) ship has yet beeu selected for this
mission it is considered very probable
that the Ma eh fas, now at Port Said,
will be used.
...It is explained chat only a small marine
guard will accompany Mr. Skinner,
and this wil! probably be taken
from either the Brooklyn or San Francisco,
now at Beirut, but not nnicss
they can be spared from these vessels.
The Navy Department ofthrers insisted
that they did not know what Mr. Skinner's
mission to Abyssinia is to be. and
that all that has passed between the
Navy Department and the State Department
was a letter asking for the
dse of a warship and a small IkmIv of
-?ien to 50 with the United States Coniwl.
American cloth is ilio standard of
value in Abyssinia, according to au
thorities quoted by Consul-Genera I
Skinner in bis annual report, published
by the State Department in
"Commercial Ilelations," 1902. Consul
Covert of Lyons, also quotes from tho
report of the Italian Consul in Abyssinia,
who says:
"The population of Abyssinia is about
70,000,000. The products of the coun
try. exclusive of cereals, are ivory, sibetb
or civet, wax. bides, coffee and
gold, the latter abounding in the
"mountains, where the mines are merely
scratched. In cotton. North Americans
have captured the market against
England. France and Germany. In
spite of the high price of labor and the
enormous cost of freight for such a
distance, Americans have succeeded in
capturing the trade by the low prices
of their products. Different nations
>iell these geods, but thi$- are all American
made."
BIC STEEL RAILWAY SWINDLE.
Boston tc. Northern Company Defrauded ot
8100,000 by Kojni Transfer*.
Boston, Mass.?An extensive fraud
perpetrated upon the Boston & North.
ern Street Railway Company by the
printing of bogus transfer check?, their
Kate to conductors of the road at a
nominal price, and by them turned into
the company at their full value has
j-jst been exposed.
Five persons, including two printers
who printed the counterfeit '-hecks.
*>ne conductor who is charged with
seliing thorn and two other persons alleged
to be the principals in the plot
to defraud h?ve been arrested. A
large number of fraudulent checks nnd
the plates from which they were printed
have been found by the oSiccrs.
The police have the names of more
than twenty other conductors who have
been turning in these bogus checks at
the? company's office for several months
past, and their arrest is soon io be
made. It is said that fully KCOO bogus
checks per wool: have turned up at
he office of the company since last
Kovember, anil it is believed loss sustained
by the romoany will equal, if
r>ot c.vceoi}, $100,000.
Lync, Mass.?Two employes of the
Boston and Northern Street Ilailwny
were arrested in ill is city in connec
lion with the extensive frauds perpetrateil
upon that company hy means
of bojins transfer check.*. The men
are Herbert E. Sherman, janitor at the
Central Square station of the ?*r>i-nyany,
and Herbert Morris. a eomlnr-tor
on the Lynn a?>3 liosion division. Sherman
admitted barium purchased about
^4,000 worth of Hie counterfeit trans
fcrs at various times, while Moms at
the time of his arrest had 400 of the
bogus check.-; iu his pockets.
1 Killed Singer I"or Her Money.
Eugenie Fougor*. a well - known
JiYeDch music hail singer, wan murdered
in her villa at Aix les-Iiains. A
woman servant was als-'u murdered and
another so maltreated that she lost her
reason. Robbery was the motive for
the crime.
Football P!ay?r'(i TSuck Broken.
'Augustus Decker was seriously in
jnred while engaged in a practice game
of football on the T*ake Forest University
gridiron, Chicago. He is a stnfJent
in the school foi boys. It is believed
that his back is broken. The
young man is practically paralyzed.
He fell and several members of the
team fell upon him.
May Pren-nl War.
A more peaceful outlook prevails in
Vnigaria. and it Is tboughl the Powers
vie;,- nrevc-nt war.
Newsy BreTitles.
Th? new crater of Vesuvius is 425
fret across.
Hazing lias born renewed at the
Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.
Labor noon in Eng'ar.d already have
thirteen representatives in Parliament.
Columbus. Ohio, will soon be the centre
of the glass industry of the United
States.
- France has reqei.-noned a number
of steamers for the dispatch of a large
force to China.
The University of Kansas, at Law
rereo. Kan., will have (t chair of jourwtfisro
this fall
MILE IN HARNESS IN 1.57 * j
The Pacsr Prince Alert Makes a
New World's Record. |
! Canvas Contrivance FhciI to Shield th?.
florae From Wind c F;ictor?Unexpect< <1
Feat ou the Empire City T-'aek. ^
Vow York m i v.?ll.tr :irss rorrr.-i!.-:
liavo been sot aside so frequently of j *
Sat" that, each now champion scarcely |
swoops across the horizon of fame j
before a now one appears to dim the I
lustre of all thai. lias gone before. It j
scenn almost like yesterday that I>n?i j
Patch, the pacer, on a cold, bleak day j j
at the Brighton Beach track lowered ! j
I he then world's harness record that |,
had stood for years and put the figures ?
at 1 .of), x few days ago the crowd at | '
th? Empire track saw these figures j t
wiped ouc by two seconds, and 1.57 j
go on the records to the credit of the j
pacer Priiicc Alert.
The first great factor in the new 1
figures that will surprise the world c
wherever the harness liortjo has a fol- 6
lowing is that the equine king lias {
long been recognized as the coming
ril.uui>iwu. J,UM ^ I ill Ul'. IVUCUIMI llilf I two-minute
mark and paced a half
mile within three beats of the watch 1
as fast as the middle half of his
record-breaking mile. The second im- J
portant factor in the great mile was a *
track without doubt faster than any a J
record breaker ever before stepped 1
over ia a record-breaking effort. Monroe
Salisbury look the track in band. r
and work on it was kept up almost con- ?
tinuously until the horse scored for '
the effort that crowned him king of v
harness horses. '
The third factor i* as yet an nn- ^
known quantity, and what share it
should have of the credit oniy *thn fu- f
ture can determine. When the runner \
came out to make the pace in front r
and break the atmospheric resistance '
he drew a cart on which a half circular .
canvas shield had been built in front 1
of the seat, with two .apertures for the
driver to reach the reins. This ex- 11
tended from one shaft to the other and ^
was higher than the driver's head. !'
completely sheltering him. Between 1
the wheels below was another strip
of canvas reaching nearly to the '
ground. It was a queer-looking eon- T
trivance and caused no end of com- ^
ment.
Priucc Alert was close up to the
runner and the wind shield when ihe
judges started hiui on the journey that r
was destined to be the fastest ever *
made by a hnrse in harness at a liar- ^
rifiss gait. The quarter mile pole was
reached in 0.29V., and it was easy to f
see that J. C. Curry, whs was in the 11
sulky, was saving the horse and keep- f
ing him in hand. Down the back- J!
stretch, over the fastest quarter mile
of the track, the pace was faster, and
here a second runner joined as a n
prompter. *
The half mile pole was passed in "
0.58, making the time for the second
quarter 0.281/..'. It was plain that the _
horse was still under restraint, and a *
shout went up. "He'll break the record!"
Then the runner ciosed in on .
him and the race began in earnest. l'
The three-quarter mile pole was
reached in 1.2G'/i. making the time for a
the third quarter 0.28%. and for the .
middle half 0.537, the fastest half mile j]
ever seen in harness on any course.
As they swung into the homestretch. *
and the crowd read the figures that y
meant a new record, the excitement f
was at fever heat. Men shouted and a
acted like boys at play. The three
horses were bunchcd now, and each ?
driver was shouting words of eueour- .
agement that w(-re takeu up and re- "
peated by the excited spectators. When .
above the long distance stand Mart
Demarest got the runner over so far
from the poie that Prince Alert, kept
close to the shorter route by his driver,
and the runner at his head had the g
wind shield equally divided, the three
having the shape of a triangle.
As Prince Alert reached the wire .
hundreds of watches told without wait- N
ing for an official announcement that ,
all former records had gone by the .
board, not by fractions of a second,
but by two full seconds, and the scene
was a stirring one before the judges .
hung out 1.57. Enthusiastic friends
carried Curry from the sulky and lifted .
him into the judges' stand, where he
made a brief acknowledgment of the "
honor and enthusiasm bestowed upon
him. Then Mart Demarest, the regu- ;
lar trainer of the horse, was called J*'
before the delighted crowd, and last of *
all came James Hanley, of Providence, 1
owner of the horse.
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KEEP MILITIA REPORTS SECRETS. n
v
War Officials AY 131 Xot Give Out Facts f
About State Troops. li
Washington. D. C.?Owing to the confidential
character of the reports made
by the officers of the regular array who _
inspected the militia organizations of
the Several States and Territories with
a view to giving them the benefit of
the provisions of the Did: militia law. t.
the War Department has decided to c
withhold the reports from the public. s
Copies of the reports will lve sent to T
the Governors of the States and Tervi- 11
tories concerned fnr their information s
and guidance.
BIG CLAIMS ON VENEZUELA. f
A Total of 844,399,."59 Demanded by For- ?
cipn Nations. .
Caracas. Venezuela.?Tee official fig- f
nres of the claims presented by foreign r
nations to ihe mixed tribunals now sit- <>
ting in Can teas, /ire as follows:
France, $li!,040,000; United States,
$10,900,000: Italy. SS,300,000: Belgium. 6
$3,003,800; Great. Britain, $2,500,000;
Germany. $1,417,300: Holland. $1,048.450;
Spain, SUOO.OOO; Mexico, $.">00,000; t
Norway and Sweden, $200,(10(1. f
The sessions of the French and l>el- c
gian tribunals have closed. j
N?w Orleans Strike Emti.
The river front labor troubles at New
Orleans, La., have been adjusted, the j
'longshoremen having agreed to pay T
the Kcrewmen $200, which they claimed f
from the agents for work performed by |,
the 'longshoremen, but which the ^
screwmen contended should have been ^
given to them. P
Vciicr CongrmM to Stout Here. f
It is practically ceri.-iin that the International
Peace Congress will accept p
ihe invitation to hold its meeting next p
year in the United Stale.*. P
Crops Are Moving kate.
Treasury officials at Washington say
Hint thisi vwip's pmns are beintr bar- p
vested very late. They, are able to i
judge of this by the demands for t
money, which are about one month be- ,]
hind the period at whi?.h they are us- )
ually received. c
j
Sixtcrn Months For Killing Kotdinr. I
Sergeant Iluntz of a grenadier regiment
in Uini, Wuriemberg. Prussia,
was sentenced to sixteen months' iiu- j
prisonment for throwing a cooking ]
apparatus at a private and causing I
( bis death. i
A
CHIEF OF POLICE KILLED
He and a Captain Shot by an Angr)
Detective,
IWFUL TRAGEDY IN INDIAN/1
Culmination of n Feud That Has Hi*
tractert the l'oiice i'orco or jsvansvuiv,
Ind.?After Shootinjj the Chisf and
Captain, thv Detective Kill* Kimscll
Ecjtide Bodies of Ills Victims.
Indianapolis, Ind.?For several years
he Police Department of Evansville
las been distracted by petty feuds
imong the patrolmen and detectives,
ind when the recent riots occurred
hose jealousies were potent ?u renderng
the department Inefficient.
It has been customary for one set of
aen and detectives to belittle the work
?? the other, and there have been occasions
when criminals have escaped jusice
because of the efforts of oue facion
to circumvent the other.
These conditions culminated in a terible
tragedy, in which Thomas Hutch*ns,
a detective, shot and fatally
vounded Frederick Ilouke, Chief of
.'olicc, and Captain Frederick Bren.Tnroh
Lniz. a butcher, of
Joonville, was a bystander.
Ono of the'bullets intended for Brenlecko
penetrated Lntz's lung, and the
loctor, who arrived a few minutes
ater, reported that he was fatally
rounded. After dealing death to these
hree men Hutchens fired a bullet into
lis own temple and fell dead.
Early in the evening Huichens reiortcd
at headquarters and asked Capain
Brennccke to excuse him from
luty, as he was sick. Instead, Breniceke
ordered him to go to the Fair
Irounds, where an entertainment was
u progress.
When Chief Houke arrived Hutchens
nade a similar request, but the Chief
ustained the captain, and Hutchens
eft, muttering something against the
wo officers.
He went to the Fair Grounds and enered
the German village, where he
vas telling his troubles to a friend
rhen Captain Brennccke and Chief
louke entered.
"There's two men that I'm going to
;et even with," said Hutchens to liis
rieud, and as lie spoke drew a revoler.
A shot rant; out. Brennccke
Toaned and reeled. Hutcbens heard
he groan and it seemed to please him.
He dashed toward Erenneeke and
ired again. The bullet went into the
aptain's arm. The first shot had torn
lis Ring.. The captain fell in a heap as
'hief Houke, who was a dwarf beside
he massive Ilutehens, ran toward the
uirderer to prevent another shot.
Hntchens turned \ipon the Chief and
ired. Houke staggered and fell. The
ullet entered his breast.
Patrolman Crowe sprang upon
lutchens, but the big detective threw
iim off as though he were a child. Anther
shot rang out and Lutz, the
utcher, fell with a bullet in his breast.
Ie was an innocent bystander, one of
hundred in the tent.
He is a Councilman at F.oonville, his
rome. While Crowe was readjusting
imself for another attempt to quiet
ho murderer, the crowd of men and
romen.in the tent were thrown into a
c-V*r?;ftlro nnrl (WAona rilloH fWc
ir.
Houke. Brennecke and Lutz lay in
ools of blood upon tho sawdust bod of
lie "Village." Hutchens ran to the
oor, and with a cry that no one would
ver Bee bira tried, placed tbc revolver
o his owq head and flred, killing himelf
instantly.
O. P. DEXTER ASSASSINATED.
hot Near Ilia Summer Homo in Franklin
County. N. Y.
Malone. N. Y.?Orrando Perry Dexsr,
about fifty years old, ,*i resident of
forwalk. Conn., and the only sou of
[enry Dexter, for many years Presient
of-the American News Company,
:as shot and killed while driving, half
mile from bis summer home, which
? seven miles from Santa Clara, N. Y.,
lie nearest telegrnph office. It is a
mely spot in the woods and no one is
nown to have seen the shootinc.
Mr. Dexter has been for years enaged
in litigation with properly holdrs
in that part of Franklin County,
nd owns large tracts or land in me
nvns of DJckinsou, Santa Clara and
Vaverly. He has made many bitter
nemies and it is said had been warned
lany times by his friends that his life
ras in danger, but he always said he
ould take'care of himseif. liis father
tcs in New York City.
SUICIDE FOLLOWED CONFESSION.
'. S. Deputy Marshal Was Implicated In
Plot.
San Francisco, Cal.?W. P. Gamble,
he United States deputy marshal who
onfessed complicity in a plot to subtitute
old Chinese for young Chinese
rho had been ordered deported, committed
suicide in Buena Vista Park by
ending two bullets into his brain.
Rather than face the disgrace of a
rial and possible conviction in thy
''ederal courts he left his young wife
nd killed himself.
Several days ago Gamble confessed
lis part iu the sehernc to defraud rue
lovernment to United States Attorney
Voodworth and United States Marshal
Ihine, thinking that lie was assuming
he role of State's evidence, thereby
aving himself from punishment.
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Tolo Ball Kills L. F. Swift's Son.
Nathan Swift, son of Louis F. Swift,
he millionaire packer, died in Chicago
rom the effects of a blow ou the temile
with a polo ball at Onwentsia Field
iuring a game.
Wheat. Loks i.1 Great.
Board of Trade men at Duinth,
linn., say the damage to the Northwestern
wheat crop by rains will not
all below $10,000,000. They say the
dss will be sustained through reduced
jades. The wheat crop is estimated
n round numbers at -00,000,000 bushIs
in Minnesota and the Dakotas.
>naraatine Affulnnt Now Lnrorio, Mexico.
The Texas State Board of tlealth has
stablished a rigid quarantine against
few Laredo. Mux., because of ouspeetd
yellow fever.
Negroes Want Carnefjie Libraries.
Andrew Carnegie is to be asked to
stabiish free libraries in Cliuttar.ooga,
'enn., and several other Southern cities
or the exclusive use of negroes. Frank
r. Wheaton, a negro attorney of New
fork City, and other influential men
>f his race, have sent a memorial to
Ur. Carnegie.
Tirltisk Army Auvsr.'canlzeri.
Captain Mott, United States Military
\ttaehe at Paris, who witnessed the
British manouvres. sapj that the English
Army us adopting American meth
His.
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| SENATOR GREEN'S ARREST |
New York Politician Accused of Com!
plicity in Fostal Frauds. I
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lie is Cliarjjed With Tayln- Bribes
Order to Famish Time ICecord- !
i crs to Coverutncnt. I COt
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Bingharaton, >?. Y.?Senator Georga ter
E. Green, President of the'Interna- ! i
tional Time Recording Company and ap*
1 Chairman of the Republican County ^
: Committee, was arraigned before : _
United States Commissioner Charles S. : ?jt
Hall on two indictments rocontiy found tio
against him by the Federal Grand Jury ; lot
in Washington, charging Mr. Green i
jointly with George W. Beavers, of ch
Brooklyn, with conspiracy to defraud j du<
the United States Government and j gen
ehnrcins Mr. Green with jrivimr bribes I ni?i
to Beavers. r
The Government was represented by S{a
United States District Attorneys G. B. ^
Curtisa and T. L. Arms and by Inspector
Mayer. Mr. Green was represented
by .Tames T. Rogers, the Broome ,
County Assemblyman and Republican ,,
leader on the floor of the Assembly. .a
A plea of not guilty was entered to lfj
both of the indictments and bail was ~u
set in $5000 on each indictment, Jonas w
M. Kilmer qualifying as surety. S
A formal examination into the am
charges brought against Mr. Green Wf
will be held before Commissioner Hall, bal
Mr. Green will at that time be reprcv arr
sented by John B. Stnnchfield, a Demo- i
oratie attorney, of Eimira, and T. IJ. the
Tuthiil, of this city. The Indictment Ba
recites that Green, as President of the poi
International Time Recording Com- ucf
pany. undertook to furnish and did Br;
furnish, large numbers of time record- -wa
ers to the Tostoffice Denartment St.i
through George W. Beavers, find in so -j
doing committed several offenses ,
against the United States. Cq|
The indictment then sets forth that
Green and Beavers, on December 31.
1901, entered into an unlawful agreement,
whereby Green undertook to pay
Beavers ten per cent, of all sums paid
to the Time Recording Company for tm
nil ciocks and supplies furnished the err
Government, and that on the same clay 8P(
Green gave to Beavers a personal check C
for .$325, drawn on the Knickerbocker rnn
Trust Company, of New York, to in- Ja<
fluence Beavers' decision to the detri- Hi:
ment of the United States. # 1
It is further charged that on'January pli,
13, 1002. Green gave to Beavers a draft pla
on the Seventh National Bank of New rio
York for $381.18: another check on coi
April 20, 3902, for $418..%. arj another pei
on October 8, 1902, for $842.88. j
The second indictment is worded
much the same as the first and contains
eleven rnnnts. e'tv
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The fourth count sets forth that .
Green and Beavers conspired on Dc- .:
cpmber 18, 1001. by sending out an of- *?.
ficial letter notifying certain officers '
that time recorders lmd been ordered .
for them, the letters having been unlawfully
signed with Beavers' initials. '
The tenth and eleventh count deals '811
with a check for $3042,88, which, it is ^|e
aliened, was given to Beavers by Green "a
on behalf of the Time Recorder Coin- C
pany on October 8, 1902. Yo
Senator Green has been Chairman mo
of the Broome County Republican Com- be
mlttee for eight years nud served two i
terms as Mayor of Binghamton. He is shi
the geueral manager of the Yaqui am
Paper Company of Mexico, with offices wa
in New York; is the owner of the Dorr- Ooi
mus Stamp Cancelling Company of c
Washington, which has figured pvomi- bgI
nently in the recent Postoffice Denart- (
ment investigations; is the President
of six or eight largo, industrial corpora- "*?
tions. director in about a <lo:ten others. *
and in many ways hns for years been
the most prominent business man of offi
this city. 1
WOMAN KILLED A BRIDE. an<
Jealouiy {Probably Wai the Canse of k C
Tonnesfice Crime. era
Nashville, Tenn.?1Tht wu'e of JoT>n W.
E. Wilson, a detective, was shot and cra
killed at her home, and M}ss Louisa tle?
Cunningham is in jail charged with the T
murder. Several years ago Wilson lift
married the sister of Miss Cunning- La
ham. who went to lire with them and cla
continued to make her home with her ^
brother-in-law after the death of her
sister. yV'i
Wilson married Miss Alice Carey, of ]tij]
Louisville, and brought his bride to
Nashville.
No cause is known for the deed other
than the statement made by Miss Can- f
ningham that providence directed her the
to commit the crime. She was prob- En
ably jealous. t we
CAR RAM 105 MILES AN HOUR. ^
Hlglisst Speed Ever Attained Itcaclioil on OUl
German Bond. au
iiernn. itcrniany.?ah eiccinc car t
ran at ihe rate of 106 4-5 miles per cut
hour on the Zosssn military road, sale! am
to be the highest speori ever attained. /
but engineer8 in charge expect 123 n i
miles per hour will be reached. a{1(
It was found last year when a speed * T
of 99VL> miles was reached that the 70pound
mils and ordinarily ballasted 1:.
roadbed would net stand the strain. *~j,
Since then the roadbed has been re- ,
constructed with broken basalt and
closely set with pine t!e3 faced with ^
oak, so as to have the springiness of
the pine and the hardness of the oak. bin
The new rails are a little over 100 lin
pounds. wa
Mysterlonsly Killed In a Bedroom. pjlt
Lawrence F. Adams, twenty-one
years old, was shot and killed by Will- ,
iam H. Reed, aged twenty-eisht. a *
clerk in the Atlantic City postoftice, at j PJ
their home in Atlantic City. N. J. The ..
ahnotincr took nlaco in Adams' room on
the third floor of the house. Reed was f
arrested. He says the shooting was ae- Til
cidental. The police say. however, that ve'
they have been informed that the men P''t
quarreled before the shooting.
Vencxnela "WanlH Peace.
General Hernandez, the Venezuelan his
Minister, at Washington, has received ^
a telegram from his Governnieut say- ga
inj; thar the reports in American news- tlu
papers of the likelihood of war between
Venezuela and Colombia were not true. | '
Venezuela, the teieprain said, was at I at
peace and wanted peace. r?J
Trials of Submarine* Postponed. W
Further general trials of the sub- *
marine boats have been postponed u::- 'f
.til October 15. ":t
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Sporting: Urevitiea.
Frederick Parks' Major Delmat bel
trotted a uiilo at Syracuse, N. Y.. i:i b?
2.00i/2. in
Billy Buck won (he Charter Oak trot- ]
tiug stakes, or $iu,uuu in siraijjuc
lients. do;
The St. Louis National League Ciul> ^
lias released Pitchers O'nrrie ami (ll(
Ithoades. m,
Catcher Charley Farreil is negotiating
for the. Worcester franchise iu the g ^
Eastern League.
Tom Daly says Isbell is the greatest ^
. first baseman he ever saw. Well, Dalf i t
has seen a few. [
J
esngation os. ttie xuuoca charges to
> Attorney-General.
t was learned that no New York
y banks were on the list of addinal
depositories to which will be nltcd
$4,000,000 of Government funds,
t was said in Washington that
nrlcs .T. Bonnparte, who will eonit
the inquiry into the Indian lands
ndal, would ask Mr. Bristow for the
. of posloflico inspectors.
'ostmaster-Genera! Payne issued a
tement defending his removal of
ss Todd.
OCR ADOPTED ISLANDS.
l census of the Philippines shows
it the total population of the islands
approximately 0.07(5.574 persons, inding
about 630,000 members of
ikl tribes.''
aid to be short in his accounts SS000
1 in his supplies $3000, James VV.
ilsh. Jr.. constabulary officer at Mas:e.
Province of Viscayas, P. I., was
ested.
'lie Philippines Governmeutinformed
j War Department that David P.
rrows, of California, has been apntefl
General Superintendent of lidition
In the Philippines. E. H.
yan. of Indiana, whom he succeeds,
s obliged to return to the United
ites to preserve his health,
'he Director of the Mint purchased
000 ounces of silver for Philippine
nage.
DOMESTIC.
.'he Farmers' National Congress a?
nbled in Niagara Falls, N. Y., with
rty-eight States represented. Gov
jor ftdell and T. L. Woodruff made
>eches.
Jurtis Jett was found guilty of the
irder of Town Marshal Cockrill. of
:kson, Ky., and sentenced to die.
s counsel will appeal the case,
.'he Canadian Soo is in a desperate
ght on account of the closing of the
nts of the Consolidated Lake Super
Company; 1600 employes of the
npHiiy were expected to arrive there
auiless and hungry.
ohn D. Rockefeller, it is said in
sveland. will put up fifteen office
[ldia?s there, at a cost of more than
>.000.0<>0.
Llfred Moaely came on the Philadelta,
being the first of a committee of
tingui.sbed English educators, who
> to study American education, to are
in the United States.
ohn M. Hall has announced hie rpslation
from the Presidency of the
V7 York, New Haven and Hartford
ilrorid.
Cardinal Gibbons, arriving at New
rk Ciry from Rom*. intimates that
re Cardinals in America are soon to
created by the Pope,
n an altercation between Russell
srill, on the one side and Thomas
1 Chal White on the other, Shnrilt
s almost instantly killed in Rowan
jnty, N. C.
>ne child died and six other menv
8 of the family of William Grower, I
Cresee, Wis., were very ill from eat- j
: canned meat.
urglars secured $1049 ia cash from
! safe in the Wells-Fargo express
ce at Santa Barbara. Cal.
'he safe of the Douglass State Bank
Enid. Okla. Ter., was blown op?n
3 - ? in
l liver yowv liucu. i
tompiissioner Richards, of the Gen- j
I Land Office, dismissed Chief Cleric j
E. Murphy, of the Surveyor-Gen- i
i's office, in Arizona, for irreguluri- !
'
'he Canadian patrol steamer Petrel
ed about $2000 worth of nets in
ke Erie belonging to Americans,
iming they were over the bouudary.
Lfter killing his daughter-iu-Iaw.
0 had been divorced from his son,
lliam Howe, at Noblesville, Iud.. I
led himself.
FOREIGN.
''our travelers, who were climbin& !
1 Scafell Mountain in Cumberland,
gland, fell down a precipice and
re kiiled.
irthur R. D. Elliot. ex-Financial Secary
of the British Treasury, came
t flatly for free trade, and predicted
early general election.
Mans for iinancial aid for Cuba, in j
>e the loau of .sso.wu.uw laas, were j
nouncetl.
I French Socialist Deputy completed j
till to separate completely the church I
i State.
Yinee <;hing, tht. c..:r.e?e Foreign
nister, conferred ou Mauchuria with
nister Conger. China, it is expected.
II not comply with Itussia's latest
nands.
i (lennan lieutenant bns invested a j
stem ot' moving targets that tire !
ink cartridges upon the attacking
e, simulating conditions of actual
r.
"csuvius fails to bear out the probacy
of rrot'essor Stenr.el of an erup- !
a destined to he historic.
'mperor Francis Joseph of Austria j
nounced that he will never give up i
rights as supreme commander of |
; army.
i.n American writer in the London
nes favorably reviews business delopment
here and concludes that
>sperity will continue until after the
evidential election.
luch criticism adverse to Premier
It'nnr lias In?pn caused bv the sale of
tariff pamphlet.
i. sharp earthquake took place at ;
QtLii.no, Cuba, causing a panic among
> inhabitants. No one was killed.
Iatred is being shown by the natives !
Fez against foreigners, and it was j
>orted that ail were to be expelled,
^rauco has decided to scud at once a j
lisor to Turkish waters.
)owager Quoen Margherita of Ital.v j
being carefuly guarded because o! I
eatened assassination.
ulvices from London said that the j
orts of the Powers in ease of a wat I
tween Bulgaria and Turkey woult' i
devoted to avoiding an active part )
the struggle.
rioree riots between Jews and i
ristians in Russia resulted in many
iths.
["he British Foreign Office stated tli.il
*re was no necessity for the appoint;nt
of a Borneo Commission.
icivjcos riouj r niucr, i
(1 that thirteen deaths from plague j
d occurred.
Che Czar asked for two months' timo i
solect arbitrators in the Venezuelan
ses at The Hague. '
ifHSHf'
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
loar-Admiral ETans disapproval U:*1
diet of a court-martial, pronouncing
Jisgraceful.
t was announced in Washington
it President Roosevelt would not rele
from his stand for .11. ' open shop"
tbo Government printing office, and
it labor unions might carry the :natinto
the Presidential campaign,
lolines Conrad and Charles J. Bon*
ft v : "* '
DAZED BY HIS SENTENCE
Embezzling- Cashier of Southport rational
Bank Gets Ten Years.
Stall Pennlf.r of the Law?He Hart Mi*ap?
propi-tuted Funds and Semrities to
firm A mnniit of Rt OO OOO.
New Haven, Conn.?Charged with
misappropriation of fund:: apd securities
of the South port National Bank
to the amount of $100,000, Oliver T.
Sherwood, former easliior of that institution,
who was brooglit back from
Panama, was sentenced by Judge Piatt
in the United States District Court to
ten years' imprisonment, the maximum
penalty. Sherwood appeared very nervous
in the court room, his face and
hands twitching convulsively, and he
heard the sentence as if dazed.
Iu pronouncing sentence, Judge Piatt
expressed regret that an unpleasant
doty had falleu to him, and said tnat
he had tried hard to convince himself
that it would be possible to meet the
ends of justice by giving the prisoner
a sentence of less than ten years, but
he was unable to reach snch a conclusion.
He/asked Sherwood and his
counsel to remember that the court
had it within its power to take into
consideration all the three counts. ?nd
that since he chose to take only one of
them, he was exercising forbearance as
far as was consistent with the circumstances.
He then sentenced the prisoner
to ten years in prisou.
ALL HOPE FOR THE CANAL GIVEN UP
Govprrncent Conducfe* Treaty Dead,
mid Morgan Soya It is Well.
Washington, I). C'.?When the State
Department closed its doors at 4 o'clock
Tuesday it was agreed the Panama
canal treaty was dead, although eight
hours yet remained within which the
Colombian Congress might take affirmative
action upon it- Xo word, however.
had been- received from either
Minister Beaupre iu Bogota or Mr.
Herran. the Colombian Charge here.
President Roosevelt now may elect
to oroceed under the Spooner act and
take up the Nicaragua route or lie can
permit affairs to drift in the hope a
way may be found to straighten the
path of the Panama route. '
Montgomery, Ala.?On hearing that
the. (State Department had lipard nothing
from Minister Beaupre concerning
the Panama canal trpaty, United
States Senator Morgan said:
"The treaty has been dead for twenty-live
days. Nothing could have resurrected
it. Thtr action in Bogota
means the building of the canal by the
Nicaragua route. President Roosevelt
has no discretionary power. It turned
out exactly as I expected. It is the
best thing for this country and the
world."
WHOLESALE ARMY DESERTIONS.
General >I*cArthnr Reports 1344 IJn-na\ray?
From Department of California.
Washington, D. C.?General MacAr
thur. commanding the Department of
California, in bis annual report, says
the importance of an artillery reserve
for the Pacific Coast cannot be overestimated.
and he recommends that the
entire organized militia of all arms,
situated, within easy distance of Son
Francisco, be invited to participate In
a course of coast military training at
the Presidio. He has the following to
say on the subject of desertions:
"One -thousand three hundred and
forty-four men deserted during the
fiscal year covered by this report. Of
this number, 914 were from the permanent
garrisons in the department, and
represent, approximately, 19.42 per
cent, of the main strength thereof for
the year. Tbe remaining 430 were
from recruits, casuals and regiments
passing to and from the Philippines.'*
HONORS OLDEST NAVAL VETERANSecretary
of Xnvy Visits Koine on Seaman's
100th Birthday.
Philadelphia, Pa.?Secretary of the
Navy Moody inspected the United
States Naval Home in this city. Pie
came from Washington and was the
guest of Captain CMark. Commandant
of the Naval Home. He said bo had
selected this date for his visit as a
tribute to William MacAbee, the oldest
American naval veteran, who celebrated
the one hundredth anniversary
of his birth.
In his address to the inmates of the
home the Secretary said:
"You must not think you are objects
of charity by receiving the shelter of
this home. You are here in the most
honorable sense and nothing is a gift
to yon. Yon earned all you are receiving
by your scrvicc under the flag."
Koy Dir.* of School fnitiatiou Injuries.
Halph McBride, aged seventeen, died
at Bhiffton, Ind.. as the result of initia
tion into a high school secret society.
Ralph and four other students of the
Biufftou high school went through the
initiation last spring, find It is said the
ordea! caused injury to the bone of MoBride's
leg. The immediate cause of
death was septic inflammation of the
leg. The Grand Jury returned indictments
against nine students in connection
with the affair.
Quickly Joined Dead Husband.
.Tames L. Ferriere. a well-known
newspaper man of New York, died
in Paris, France, as the result of a
paralytic stroke. Hi6 wife in a lit of
distraction soon afterward tool; her
life. Mr. Ferriere was formerly for
several years an editor of the Paris
edition of the New York Herald.
Au*trian Army Plans Stoleu.
Plans for the mobilization of the
Austrian army in Galicia were stolon
from the cavalry headquarters at Lemberg.
Two Indiana Hanks Fall.
The Edison banks at Topoka and
La Grange. Ind., have suspended pay
(UtMII. JL1 It" 1411 Mil CO V*II uicau UJUVU
hardship. for most of the proceeds of
the recent harvest, amounting to about
$?.00,009. were in deposit in tlie two
bank*. Both wore controlled by Rollin
Ellison, of La Grunge.
Cistro Iiajtorlls American Interests,
A decree of President Castro of Venezuela
suspending the mining cade was
said to imperil American plants in
that country.
'1?T?.??? PurnlinjAa S1iniVM<n^lr TF
Captain Lcin Miller's partner in the
purchase of the Shamrock II. is Captain
Cbnrlps Harr. v.*ho sailed the RoIianc.'.
The two captains have worked
together in the defence of the America's
Clip for several years, and now
they have purchased one of the yachts
they were instrumental in defeating,
and will have her broken up and soW
for the old metal in the hall
Military Post Abnndoncd.
The Government has abandoned Ifort
Yates. N. D.. as a military POot. tin? I
troops beifg sent to I'ort Liucoiu. Neb.
HUSBAND . ASsflgSSSS
Arrest ot Widow the^H^HBHH
Midnight Shod^BBBBBHI
/wo Alleged Accomplicei
Up, One Being Tier Admirc^^^BBHH^HBH
hoacd* Failed on Scenl^HSBflBfl
Suffolk, Va.?Charged witli VHRH
beeu an-accessory to the midnigln^^^^H
sassination of Peter Winborne Oriol^HH
the victim's widow, Ida. is a prisoao^^H
in Courtland, Va. In j?fll with her are SB
O. A. Alley, who is accused of' the H
crime itself, nr.d Grover Blow, the
ture of whose alleged connection wlt& ~?1H
the killing of Odom is not clear, but
who is said to have been cognizant of MS
circumstances said to have preceded! H
the act. It Is said Alley had been at* B|
tentive to Mrs. Odom, and that Blow,
on a previous occasion, had tared Odom HI
from home b9 tue husband's reputed S|
rival might visit the woman without HM
fear of detection. m|
Mrs. Odom was arrested in her home- gjjj
The seizure of the woman was a result |H
of stories of her former alleged rela?. H
tions with Alley that reached the an?*fl
thorities at various times after Wed-^K
nesday, when the murder was com* SR
mitted. It was told that Odom Ie?tbifjS|
bedroom shortly after midnight to SB
certain the cau3e of a strange noise?
outside his home. He carried, n gurir jgfl
but whether he had opportunity to iree .Ifl
it is a disputed point. The wld?w says ~A|
he did. The police hold the opposite
Following the sounds of shots Odon^^Bj
the back of his> bead bored by two buI-?j^H
lets, was found in the yard. He watr^H
dying when II Hod from the ground an&^HR
too far gone to tell the story of theHQj
shooting. It was said at the inquest
next day. Before the Coroner coultf
reach the house the victim was dead. H
Taking the bloodhounds ta&he spat BB
where the dying man wa^ found the Hj
detectives vaiuly sought to^sa^ko the^H
dogs follow a trail. Sniffing
the hounds ran around the yard seterat^M
times, noses to the ground, apparently-;
unable to get the scent. If they foutaT
traces of the murderer the tracks did
not lead far. for the dogs would not
leave the place. It appeared to some.'<
,who watched them they were at a Ioae; fl
others believed they had found a trail fl
that led to the house instead of awajt n|
frAm fhrt n^ntr* V?r\rr*A
41VU1 U1C VUUU1 UV1UU> Berry
Odom. a brother of the daati^Hj
man, sought evidence day and night j|
He collated all the stories bearing oir V
Alley's reported attentions far Mrs. SB
Odom, and from them developed a the- V
ory on which he swore out in n I MllMH
for the arrests. No difficulty was e*-'''
perienced In taking the woman iittfr :. m
custody beyond the pathos attending ^
her separation from two little daugfr%>V/H
ters, but a large and heavily armed .
posse was deemed necessary .to
capture of Alley. Some or me
known men in the county aided theHR
Sheriff to arrest the alleged slayer of Wm
Mrs. Odom is thirty-three yeawopii
and above the average of comeUness.^&aM
MEETS HIS FATE IN TENEMENT?jS
Politics Leads Boston Society 11 an
Cupid's Snare*. '
Boston, Mass.?One of Cupid's prettf
est romances i? contained ifit the an-',?
nounct ment just made of the engage-' Jfl
merit otf-BIlery H. Clark, amateur aife rial
round champion of America, clubman ; J
social favorite, politician and lawyer,.. M
to Miss Victoria Mary Maddaleoa, H
pretty brunette of humble Swiss ori~ * m
Politics led the scion of wealth anrtMB
Back Bay society into the very heart MB
of Boston's tenement district. He won JIM
the goal of his political ambition, that
of School Committeeman, bat lost t<^^flH
Cupid. While working for votes Clark f- J
met, wooed and won the girt; not yet
out of her 'teens, who is to become hi* M
bride this fall. ; :M
To better conduct his campaign Clark ' I
took up his lodgings in a cheap
over a saloon, and close to the ele^HH
vated. There he fell victim at first jH
sight to the charms of the prettjvbr*- 4
nette. She is the oldest of four children
of Danie! Maddalena, who came B
to this omintrv from Switzerland in H
1878, and soon afterward married. . VB
TO DISARM YJEW YORK TOUGHS.* fl
Recent Shootlm^ Affray by "Hlont* East* Krm
inan'ji Gan-j Stirs Up Policc. H
'New York?The New York tou^^B
roust give up Iris gun. The recSHH
bloody affrays between East Sidl^H
gangs have called the attention of the^M
police to tlie faqt tbat the ronghs -and
loafers of that .section of the city go |H|
armed with revolvers. In a, fight one
night this week 100 shota were firrto^Hj
by members of the gangs. Now th^H|
thugs will be disarmed.
The police have planned a/systematic jH
campaign. The first move 'to he made fl
is to relieve the toughs of their re- flj
volvers. Permits have to be obtained u
from the police for the right to carry
weapons, and the department does not
issue such Hermits to men like "Monk**
Eastman, "Piggy" Donovan And thetrkH
followers. A sudden descent on tbe^^S
various notorious gangs is to bo maoerl^HS
and all men found carrying weapena^H
will be arrested. Police Magistrates HE
will then be asked to irflict the fuftflB
SALT TRUST WRECK CO^PLETEJ??
Ha? S3",300 Unencumbered Anets Out or
811,000,000 Capital. jS
New York.?If the story told by cor- ,<fl
tain stockholders of tfce National SaH! B
Company bo true one of the most re- H
raarkablc cases of trust wrecking ever
brought before the public is to be aired IB
in the courts. The company is an $11,
000.000 corporation, and yet at the sale
of the assets they brousrht only $337,- HI
500, and it now develops that there Is MB
a claim of $300,000 asuimst the proceedd
of the sale. 298
Co mites* a Socialist. JJjH
A sensation has been caused in
man court circles by the discovery
the Countess Adeie Oriola, who dv^^H
recently, was socretly a Socialist, sub-^BB
scribctl immense sums for the Social is- HE
tic propaganda /
Lynched l)j Hi* Own Bacei i^Uj
Negroes overpowered the Sheriff at^BB
Luxor a. Ark., took a negro named Hel-HH
tr-m and hanged him to a water tank, HE
where his bouy w:;s left dangling. Hoilr>m
was charged with assaulting two HB
nogro girls aged live end ten. MM
Labor YVorM. 9fl
F.orlia, Germany, is uueu wnn swea*^
shops.
Boston (Mass.) bill posters demand H
a uniform wage scale. v HS
raltern makers at Milwaukee, Wis., mH
fcave asked for an iucrease in wages.
Five thousand men have been loclA,sB
oui. iu the Sooth Wales tin plate ind'Js
:
Portland fOre.) plumbers damand an H
iucrcnsc of wages from $4.30 to *T? per ttfl
da v. ?
There arc 237,185 tailors iu England K9
and Wales, of whor. 117,040 we fe?
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