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Mr. Choate In English Eye*. But the States will be glad to have [ him back: anil we must not grudge j J him, an American of tbe Americans, to his native land after .70 long an absence. New York will be herself once 1 more when her most brilliant advocate has returned to the courts wherein his name is so familiar. Harvard will be glad to have the President of her alumni again within hail; public and private life across the Atlantic will welcome a popular favorite home. Of his diplomatic career in this country there is but one opinion. lie has < obeyed, as we believe, not only the instructions of his Foreign Office, but : also the instincts of his own heart. He has believed implicitly in the common destiny of our eomnun race: and history will show that during his term of office the United States have been served by a great American, and to England has been accredited a good , friend. How difficult it is, then, to say "Good-bye" to him and to his charming consort, whoso popularity in England is scarcely secind to his own? Once, at the Guildhall, Mr. Clio- ' ate spoke of Downing Street, our "via sacra." as an American thoroughfare. 1 Let him be assured that, by his native courtesy and unfailing tact, he has won I 1 for himself another . nd a permanent I 1 "right of way" which leads to the ' hearts of the British people.?Ian Mrl- j colm, M. P., in the London Mail. Oliver's Mistake. Oliver Herford, while recently ex- % j goring a remote part of New York. ] found himself beset by pangs of hun- \ ger. Entering a small restaurant of i somewhat doubtful aspect, he ordered 1 a mutton chop. The waiter, after a 1 long delay, returned, bearing a plate j on which reposed a daub of mashed potato and a much overdone chop of microscopic proportions and with a re- j markably long and slender rib attached. Clapping this down briskly < before the famished artist, the waiter < started off to attend to another cus- 1 tomer without further ceremony. 1 4-See here," cried Herford, "I ordered \ a chop." j "Yessir," answered the man. "There ? It is." ( "Oh. beg pardon; that's true," re- a turned Herford, peering at it closely, e "I though it was a crack in the plate." ?Philadelphia Saturday Evening FQSt The Most Widely Clicul&ted Book. At the annual meeting of the Brit- J ish and Foreign Bible Society, in May, z at Exeter Hall, the secretary gave a most interesting account of the socle- 3 ty's gigantic work during the past t year. Nearly 6,000,000 copies of the 3 Scriptures were issued, showing an In- c crease of 1G0.000 over the previous F year. The total issue since the incep- | tion of the society has reached the 0 colossal figures of 192,000,000. The r list now includes the complete Bible o in 100 languages, the New Testament in ninety-four, and at least one book > of Scripture In 19f> more. Some 3T>0,- jj 000 copies of the Russian and Japan- ? ese Scriptures have been distributed ^ among the beligerents in the Far East, jj ?Church Eclectic. A Partial Victory. The young physician was jubilant. ^ "Held a post-mortem on old Scraw- t ney this morning," he said. "You re- r member that Doc Green said he had a e cancer, Wiggles called it a tumor and I C eaid it was heart trouble." r "And were you right?" asked his t wife. ? "Right?" echoed the M. D. "No! But an examination of the stomach proved ^ conclusively that my medicine didn't o kill him!" s His wife, howevor, was not pleased with the news, for when he gets on * good terns with himself he becomes ^ almost insufferable.?Detroit Tribune. ? tne vnauneur 8 recuiiar rraccurey. Perhaps it is not with unmingled regret that we may look upon some of ^ the performances of the motor ear- a riage. It seems that the chauffeur is b exposed to certain injuries of the fore- Ii arm, especially at its lower portion, ? produced by a recoil of the crank when ^ the motor is started. Two examples ^ are recorded by C. Deutschlander in i, German surgical magazine, both frac- j tures in the epiphyseal region, one of f them attended with much overriding d *f fragments.?New York Medical Journal. I FOOD IN SERMONS. C Ceed the Doininie Right and the Sermon* I Are Brilliant. <; A conscientious, hard-working and ^ eminently successful clergyman writes: T "I am glad to bear testimony to the c pleasure and increased measure of h efficiency and health that have come to > me from adopting Grape-Nuts food as v one of my articles of diet. v "For, several years I was much distressed during the early part of each uajr uy mui^uuu. jiy urcutwi.;iai, usually consisting of oatmeal, milk and ? eggs, seemed to turn sour and failed to digest. After dinner the headache and other symptoms following the breakfast would wear away, only to return, however, next morning. c "Having heard of Grape-Nuts food^I c finally concluded to give it a fair trial. L I quit the use of oatmeal and eggs, and made my breakfasts of Grape-Nuts, cream, toast and Postum. The result was surprising in improved health and t total absence of the distress that had, f for so long a time, followed the morning meal. My digestion became once more satisfactory, the headaches ^ ceased, and trie old feeling of energy | returned. Since that time, four years t ago, I have always had Grape-Nuts ; food on my breakfast table. "I was delighted to find also, that whereas before I began to use Grape- f Nuts food I was quite nervous and be- came easily wearied in the work of preparing sermons and in study, a marked improvement In this respect resulted from the change in my diet. I ^ am convinced that Grape-Nuts food 1 produced this result and helped me to a sturdy condition of mental and physical strength. "I have known several persons who were formerly troubled as I was, and who have been helped as I have been, by the use of Grape-Nuts food, on my recommendation, among whom may be mentioned the Rev. , now a missionary to China." Name given by Postura Company, Battle Creek, Mich. ' "There's a reason." Read the little book, "The Read to Wollville," in each pkg. ] ( MEANDER AND HYDE OUT President and First Vice-President of the Equitable Vacate Posts, ^ MORTON ACCEFTS RESIGNATIONS < Chairman of the >'ew Board of Directors to Sue Old Officers For All Misused Funds of the Life Assurance SocietyMr. Alexander Receives the >'ewi on Slclc Bed?Hyde Won't Talk. New Yorl: City.?Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton, tlie new head of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, accepted the resignations of James W. Alexander as President and James II. Hyde as First Vice-President of the society, and they at once ceased to be officers of the company which their families have dominated since it was founded forty-six years ago. At tiie time Mr. Morton accepted the resignations Mr. Alexander, who Iiad ilevoted forty years of liis life to the upbuilding of tlie Equitable, was lying ill in bed in the home of his married [laughter, at Xo. 11(? East Sixty-fifth street. For a time his family feared to communicate the news that he was no longer an officer of the Equitable Society to him. A polite letter had been sent to him by Mr. Morton, in -n-hich the latter briffly stated that he believed it to be for the best interests of the Equitable to accept the resignation which Mr. Alexander had placed n hi? hands on June 10, :.he day Mr. Morton was elected Chairman of the 3oard. Mr. Alexander took the news calmly, lowever. James H. Hyde was in his magnifi:ent suite of offices on the main floor )f the Equitable when Mr. Morton's etter accepting his resignation reached lim. A few minutes later Mr. Hyde eft his offices, entered his brougham md was driven to his home at No. 0 List Fortieth, street. Soon after his irrival there lie summoned his electric ;ab .and took a ride up Fifth avenue md back, reaching his home about 7.30 >. m. Hyde Has Nothing to Say. Mr. Alexander's family refused to lermit him to'see newspaper men or make any statement. Mr. Hyde sent rord by one of his under-secretarles < hat he had nothing to say to the : tewspapers. It was not until 5 p. m. that Mr. lorton announced his acceptance of < he resignations of Mr. Alexander and Ir. Hyde. At that hour nearly all the lerks had gone, but most of the de- < >artment heads were still in the build- ' g. When they learned of Mr. Mor- < oil's action every man had some word 1 f sympathy for Mr. Alexander and egret for his retirement as President < f the society. 1 No action had been taken by Mr. i lorton on the resignations which were ! lso placed in his hands on June 10 by .1 Second Vice-President Gage E. Tar- i ell. Third Vice-President George T. 1 Vilson and Fourth Vice-President Wil- 1 am H. Mclntyre. i < i Morton Will Sue Directors. It was authoritatively announced < rom sources ciose to j/nomas jr. ivy an < Lint frequent consultations with emiiet lawyers and with the three trustes?Ex-President Cleveland, Justice )'Brien and Mr. Westinghouse?had i esulted in Chairman Morton taking < he position that as rapidly as the re- ] iorts of the expert accountants are < eady he will prosecute all directors < nd officers, big and little, who have 1 bused their trust by using the funds < f the Equitable for their own personal i peculation and private profit. < Many suits are already in contempla- | ion and will be brought as fast as < evelopraents warrant the preparation i f the papers, against all these men to 1 ompel restitution of all profits ille- 1 ally acquired by the use of the funds < f the Equitable Life. In behalf of Chairman Morton and 1 he trustees, the lawyers and others i dvising tflfcra, have looked over the 1 ooks of the Equitable Life for the < ist fifteen years. These lawyers have- i aade a special study of the statute or < imitations and it is said they are now rwAt-r> nffoint-f O 11 1 ii> uiv > c u^uiiici. uti ntl directors who began fifteen years i go tlie systematic application of the ] Equitable funds to personal ventures or their own private sain, to the great ! etriment 'of the policy-holders. ! 1 IEFORM REACHES DEADWOOD. I Jambling Houses Closed For First Time in Town's History. Deadwood. S. D.?For the first time ince gold was discovered in the Black lills there is no gambling in Deadrood and the other mining towns and '< amps in this county. All gambling 1 ouses are closed by order of the ' layor and county authorities. Dead- 1 rood without gambliug is like a river : rithout water. Old Vesuvius in Commission. '" Aiier ueiujj oui 01 swmuc soca ears the old dynamite cruiser Vcsuv- ] us has been commissioned at Boston, < lass., as a torpedo training chip. Killed ia Quarrel. Renewing an old quarrel John Plum- : oer shot and killed L. Dale, assistant < nine foreman at Bevier, Mo., and was timself fatally wounded by a posso. Cotton Improves. Further improvement in tlio condiion of cotton is very generally iudi- < ated throughout the cotton belt. Spanish Cabinet Out. The entire Villaverde Cabinet, in Ma* Irid. Spain, has resigned, and its res- < gnation has been accepted by King Ufonso. Wholesale Grocers' Convention. The annual convention of the South>rn Wholesale Grocers was held at Norfolk. Va. Piano Dealers Convene. The National Association of Piano Dealers of America hekl its fourtli anlual convention at Put-in-Bay. O. Killed Showing How Brother Died. Two boys, Vincent and Antonio Pa:raeci. were passing along the street at Kenosha, Wis., when Vincent, tho'eld>r, grasped a live wire which had broken and hung from a pole and was silled instantly. Then l_e younger ad. while explaining to the crc~u how :t occurred took hold jf th:> -ud lie. too, was killed. Prominent Tcacher a Suicide. In a ravine east of Richmond, Van-as round the body of Leon N. Haslefr, i prominent teacher, evidently a sui- ! :ide from poison. | DEATH REVEALS FORGERY The Late G. H. Gaskill, of Philadelphia, a Stock "Raiser." Certificates Altered to the Extent of a Million Dollars?Scion of Honored Family, Philadelphia. Pa.?If a gnost had stalked forth and proclaimed Benjamin Franklin a robber or Stephen Girard a pauper it could not have occasioned much more surprise than the announcement that Benjamin II. Gaskill, who died four weeks ago, was involved iu a series of forgeries which has resulted in a loss of almost $1,000,000 tc banks and trust companies here?the majority of them representing the ultra-conservative type of fiduciary institutions. It was disclosed that certificates calling for small numbers of shares of stock had been "raised" by a skillful process and without exciting the slightest suspicion. Benjamin II. Gaskill was the sole member of the banking and brokerage firm which carried on business under the title of Benjamin H. Gaskill & Co. He had fine offices in the financial district and his credit was gilt-edged. At the time of his death Gaskill was reputed to be worth about ?500,000. He left no will, juid when the administrators started to close up the estate the remarkable story was revealed. One of the customers of the firm, whose name has not been disclosed. Dougct irora me estate iuu snares ui Philadelphia Traction Company stock and 100 shares of stock of the United States Steel Corporation. He tnrned the account over to E. C. Miller & Co.. which firm sent the 100 shares of traction stock to the Philadelphia Traction Company's office to have the transfer recorded. The certificate did not agree with the company's books, and an investigation showed that the certificate had been raised from six shares to 100. The discovery was reported to E. C. Miller & Co., which firm immediately notified the Stock Exchange of which Gaskill was a member, which in turn sent out notices to its members not to receive stock certificates from the Gaskill estate. Other FraudP Discovered. This led to a further investigation, and with startling results. It was found that Gaskill had credited himself on his own books with G000 shares of Philadelphia Traction stock valued at approximately $000,000, while the traction company's books showed he had only 400 shares. It was also discovered that he had raised stock certificates of the United Railways of Wn- .Tprspv frnm 2 tr> 200. nnrl the* certificates of the Frankford & Southtvark Street Railwuy Company of this city from 2 to 20. The latter stock is ?*orth $450 a share. Ga skill kept two accounts?onej recording the transactions of his /customers, which was correct, and another giving his own transactions. His books showed that he was losing from$15,000 to $25,000 a year in his business. His method of operation was to obtain certificates of gilt-edged securities calling for one, two, three or some other small number of shares, raise the figures and jive them as securities for large loaus. ;\t least six banks and trust companies 3f this city admit holding fraudulent securities for large loans. Scion of an Old Family. The Gaskill family in Philadelphia ranks with the Birineys. the Prices, the Cadwalladers, the Biddies ana Kittenliouses. and perhaps has a greater :laim to pride of ancestry than any me of them. The early members of the Gaskill family -were the stoutest champions of Tom Paine when he was i consultant of John Hancock in the Jrafting of the Declaration of Independence, and the original Benjamin Gaskill, after whom a street is named in the southern part of the city, was Hancock's most valiant defender when \e was assailed in front of the old Carpenters Hall. Gaskill was only forty-one years old rc-hen he died. He w,it a member of the Manufacturers' Club, the Union League, the Country Club, the Clover Club, and other organizations, and the revelations astound even the severest of his critics.' The administrators of tho estate, Lincoln L. Eyre and George M. Wagtier. have retained John G. Johnson to protect the interests of the estate. Gaskill left a widow, to whom the Stock Exchange a few days ago paid ?.">000 as life insurance. His seat on the Stock Exchange is valued at 515.000. 100 WORKMEN SHOT DOWN. 30,000 Paraders at Lodz Sudflenly Attacked by Troops. Lodz.?Eighteen persons were killed uid 100 were wounded by volleys fired by dragoons and Cossacks on a procession of 50,000 workmen which had been organized as a demonstration against the Government. Trouble 'n Hungary. The United Opposition of the lower house of the Hungarian Diet at Budapest passed a motion of want of confidence in the Fejervary Cabinet. Appointed as Peac? Ambassador. M. NelidofT, the Russian Ambassador at Paris, France, was appointed one of the peacc envoys to Washington, D. C. France Treats With Germany. A note, inviting Germany to define the limits of the proposed conference on Morocco, was transmitted from Paris to Berlin. For More Indian Troops. Mr. Brodrick asked tho British House of Commons at London to voto an increase of $12,000,000 in tho charge for military service in India. Iligh Price For a Collar. A collar, composed of 717 pearls, Fays a special cable despatch, was S'Md r.t Paris, France, for $12,^20. Drive Russians North. The Japanese troops in Manemria continued to drive the* Russian advance rr.pidly northward. Prominent People. The Czar cf Russia, it is said, has $25,000,000 invested in English securities. William Dean Howells and family have settled for the summer at Kittery Point, Me. Paderewski, it is said, can play from memory more than five hundred compositions. Mao, Rejane, the noted French actress, proposes to establish a French theatre in London. Kaiser Wilhelra often notifies young officers to leave the hall, as their dancing is not up to the mark. MN 18 DISMISSED7 0 President Roosevelt Acts on Venezuelan Diplomatic Scandal. o (LOOMIS SEVERELY REBUKED I ? Monomania In Bowen's Case?President Reviews Entire Affair in His Letter e( to Secretary Xaft?I-oomls May Get a cl. j Minor Post ? Mr. Bnwen Refases to ^ Give Ont Any Immediate Statement. Washington, D. C.?Tlie dismissal of w Minister Herbert W. Bowen from the h Diplomatic Service and the retention ri of Assistant Secretary of State Francis m B. Loomis, although after such a G scorching rebuke as has seldom been administered to an officer of his rank, ni are the results of Secretary Taft's b | Jong investigation of the scandal af- c< I fecting the two men. The report of ^ ! Mr. Taft and the President's reply si j were made public at the War Depart- rr | ment. p. i Mr. Bowen's departure from the ser [ vice was anticipated, dui it was supposed that lie A.'ould be permitted to T-' resign. Mr. Bowen made bis dismissal <1 necessary by telling tbe President that u: be would regard a resignation as an admission of misconduct. The Presi- n dent in his letter says that until this A scandal came up he had intended to it promote Mr. Bowen. c< The action taken with regard to Mr. it Loomis is more of a surprise. It had e: been expected that the Assistant Sec- P' retary would escape either scot fre| cl or with a light rebuke. Instead, Mr. ti Taft, while acquitting him of the n charges brought against him by Bowen, lj scores in strong language his behavior h in mixing up in business investments r< in Venezuela. The President adopts G this language cs his own. p Mr. Loomis is a candidate for an embassy. The view of his conduct taken b by the President and Mr. Taft makes ti it unlikely that he will get it. Mr. d Xaft's language, however, is taken here tl as indicating that he may be let down p with a less important post. y. Secretary Taft's letter is fully re- ai viewed in the President's letter. I a G Bowen at East Orange. | A Herbert W. Bowen, who has been dismissed from the diplomatic service, S returned to East Orange, N. J., late tl in the evening, unexpectedly to his f1 family. He was stopping at the home i* of Arthur Clegg. 124 Prospect street, si "I will say nothing now," said Mr. Bowen. after listening to a synopsis b of the President's letter. "Such a doe- si ument calls for a careful and full re- tl ply." a w DECLARES WAR ON LOBBYISTS. J1 t( r Herrick Proposes to Drive Bribers of Legislators From Ohio. p Sandusky, Ohio.?An open declara- * tion of war against professional lobby- s< ing in the Legislature "of Ohio, made by Governor Herrick. has stirred up *1 politicians all over the State. In a T | speech at the banquet ot tue unio as| sociated Dailies, at Cedar Point, the I Governor said: ** "Lobbying is a deadly poison in the k well-spring of legislation. It is respon- ? sible, in tlie main, for the low estimate in which our law making bodies are held by many throughout the entire ? country. V "The professional lobbyist is a crim- " inal. By that I mean the man who offers a fixed bribe to promote or restrict *1 legislation. His great crime lies in the 11 destruction of the faith in the honesty 0 of our citizens and the honesty of man- A kind. n "We must do more than arrest, we must exterminate the professional a lobby. ^ "Other communities have /isen and n eradicated this pernicious practice, and Ohio should move with no laggard step ? to do likewise. As far as it lies within C my power I purpose to set on foot this reform." * tl BOSTON HOLDS RECORD. J ?~ o Cost of Running Public Buildings De- d partment Highest of American Cities. f; Boston. Mass.?According to official figures Boston municipal "grafters" 1 hold the record. The statistics prepared by Harvey S. Chase, an expert, E in the Mayor's office, show that the expense per capita of running the Public Buildings Department alone is twenty- y four cents a year, estimating Boston's ^ population at GOO,000. This, according to the same source of information, is against the per capita cost in New York for the same department of twen- .. ty cents; Philadelphia, fourteen cents; ? St. Louis, ten cents, and Baltimore, sixteen cents. Fictitious names have been found on the rolls and syndicates have been organized to do carpenter work and electric wiring for public buildings for . which men were already carried on the pay rolls, while one concern has a mo- tJ nopoly in disinfectants which is making it rich. Mayor Weaver Arrests J. W. Hill. j Mayor Weaver, of Philadelphia, Pa., caused the arrest of John W. Hill on the charges of forgery and of falsifyI inrr nnd nnnorc holnnfrinc fn the ? city. j.1 t' 100 a Day Die at Harbin. <1 Cholera and dysentery are still raging fr at Harbin, the Russian city in Man- a ehuria. The death rate is 100 a day. J There are now 5)0,000 sick and wound- d ed Russian soldiers at Harbin. e Prosecution of Gorki Abandoned. The proceedings against Maxim Gorki, the author, who was charged with s inciting the disturbances in St. Peters- t burg, Russia, last January, have been s abandoned. Plague of Caterpillars. Eastern and Southeastern Texas z have a plague of caterpillars. * One Million For Playgrounds. The New York City Board of Aldermen voted $1,000,000 for playgrounds. I Sporting Brevities. . James Braid, with a score of 31S, won the open golf championship at St. An- t drew, Scotland. Thirteen automobilists completed the d economy tour of the Long Island Automobile Club within schedule time. i Michel Ephrussi's Finassour. with Nasli Turner, tlio American jockey, up, won the Grand Prix at Longchainps, 1 France. i Beals C. White and William A. Larned won in singles in tli- round t robin lawn tennis touruament at 1 Crescent A. C. t PARLEY WITH MOROCCO ill' Government Invited tc Participate in General Confer?noe. Cher Powers Also Asked to Hilp Settle tbe Franco-German Mediterranean JEmbrogllo. Washington, D. C.?The long cspeci1 note from the Snlt.in of Morocco 3king the United States Government participate in an international conjrence on the affairs of that country, hich have brought about a crisis beveen France and Germany, has arved at the State Department. The ate came from United States Minister ummere, to whom it was handed sev\al weeks ago, when the Sultan made formal announcement that he would at entertain the proposals which, had een made by the French Government mcerning the policy of the Moroccan overnment. Mr. Gummere made a anslation of the note, which has long nee reached tlie European Governlents, and mailed it to the State Deartment. No decision has been reached as to le course of the Government of the nited States in tlie matter. The uestion was taken up at a Cabinet leeting and discussed thoroughly. The German Emperor, through Barn Speck von Sternburg, the German mbassador here, has urged tlie Proslent to participate in the proposed inference. Germany contends that T\*ill amicably settle the differences sisting between the interested Euroean powers, which have come very lose to causing an open breach beveen the French and German Governtent3. President Roosevelt has deep interested himself in the matter and as conferred with the diplomatic rep^sentatives of Germany. France and reat Britain many times within the a st few weeks. The course of this Government will e guided to a great extent by the attude of the Powers which are more eeply interested in Morocco than is lis country. The United States has radically no commercial interests in [orocco, and there is nothing at stake s far as this country is concerned, but s one of the Powers th#United States lovernment is expected to, and probbly will, if it can do so without of?nse to any one, participate. The tate Department has been informed tho Ttnlinn nrul AnstriflTi ftrvvprn lents will take part in the conference ' the other Powers unanimously conjnt to do so. Government officers and diplomats ere have watched the impending cris between Germany and France with je greatest of interest and no little nxiety. All of the Powers of the orld have been urged by Germany, le prime mover in the proposed plan. > enter into the conference. Thus far ranee has refused to accede, so far s is officially known, although disatches from Paris indicate that the rench Government has given its conjnt to the conference. If Germany and France reach a setement there will be nothing to preent the United States Government's cceptance of the invitation of the Sulm of Morocco. While the invitation self comes from the Sultan, it is yell nowii hero that the conference is a erman scheme, but it is not expected lat this will stand in the way of a ivorable action on the part of this overnment if the President decides lat this Government should enter the iternational meeting. Paris, France.?It is considered hero lat the German press is assuming too urriedly that everything is running ptimistically in the Morocco affair, s yet France has actually accepted othing. The conversations between le representatives of the two Powers re continuing satisfactorily, but it *ould be premature to think that defiite conclusions have been reached. The Government was interrogated bout the Morocco situation in the hamber of Deputies. Commenting upon the situation the 'igaro says that the announcement liat Great Britain may accept the initation to take part in the ioternation1 conference, is of the greatest signifiance. There could not be a better inication of the favorable course of aJlirs. REPULSES WOULD-BE BKIDES. Hoping Couples From Pittsburg Were Sent Back From Ohio Unmarried. Pittsburg. Pa.?No more can Pennsylania would-be brides invade Ohio and e legally married. The Probate Court f Ohio has decided that the justices f Columbiana County, the "Gretna freen" of Ohio, cannot secure marriage censes by telephone as heretofore, 'hen, again, the marriage license canot be granted, unless the prospective ride is a resident of the State. Recently numerous couples who have ot become acquainted "with the new rder of things have been disappointed l not being able to get married. Eight ouples were turned away by one jusIce in East Liverpool recently DEATH FOLLOWED LAUGH. tusiness Man Expires After Hearing Funny Story on Train. Fort Dodge. Iowa.?Ralph T. Jackon, a Dubuque business man, laughec mmoderately at a story told him by lie conductor on tbe Illinois Central rain. Twenty minutes later the conuctor passed Jackson, who appeared o be asleep. The conductor shook liin nd asked if he wanted another story o r?/*v I'OCmAIICO Ck TVfl C UV.AOUU UiUUC UV/ AAV lead. A Coroner's jury declared hf xpirad of heart failure. Views of an Expert. JV.mes Dalrymple, Glasgow expert ays municipal ownership of railway.' rill not succeed in America unless ab oluiely divorced from politics. Drowned in Canoe. Seven men were '..'owned near Ha leton, B. C., by their c^.noo beino vrecked. New Canal Open. The Truckee-Carson Canal, below VUIIV, .M'V., IViLt Ul'VllCU. Feminine Notes. The Empress Eugenie recently en erecl on her eightieth year. Mrs. William J. Eryan and hei laughter Grace have gone to Germany Signora Cousino, of South America s said to be the richest woman in tin vorld. Queen Alexandra's campaign in Eng and against live pigeon shooting i: laving its effect. Mrs. Rorer, the New York cookin? eacher, invariably prefaces her clas; essons with a story, even if it is some imes against herself. / . I CENTRAL FLIER WRECKED; | Switch Open and Locked at Mentor, Ohio, the Cause, ___ j CARS DESTROYED BY FIRE |/ A Score of Passengers Injured and Over a Dozen Killed?Act of Heroism by One Farmer?Fire Apparatus, Doctors and Nurses So?? on the Scene From Neighboring Towns. Mentor, Ohio.?'The. Twentieth Century Limited, east-bound, the new eighteen-hour flier from Chicago,. 111., to New York City over the Lake Shore and New York' Central Railroads, was wrecked and partly burned opposite the passenger station of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway in this village at 9.30 p. m. Eleven of the passengers and trainmen were killed and eighteen or twenty injured. The identified dead and injured are: Tbe Dead. BENNETT, JOHN R., lawyer, New York, burned to death. BLAIR, ?, brakeman, Detroit, Mich. FRENCH, , colored barber. McKAY, D. MORGAN. T. R.. Secretary of Well man - Seaver - Morgan Company, Rocky River. NICKEY, W. D., New York City; identified by Y. M. C. A. card. GIBSON, J. R., Chicago, 111., passenger. RODGERS, ?. fireman, New Rochelle, New York. TYLER, ALLEN, engineer. Colling* wood, Ohio; crushed under engine. WALTERS, N. B., baggage, master. Hamburg, N. Y. One unidentified man. Injured. ARTHUR, ALVIN, Milwaukee, Wis. BRYANT, J. F., Toledo, Ohio. BRECKENRIDGE, Mrs. BEDSMITH, S. C., New York City, slightly. CORDUA, R. C.. salesman, Brooklyn, N. Y.; slightly. HEDD, A. P., London, England, of Otis Steel Company. KENNEDY, J. A., San Francisco, Cal.; slightly. LANGDON. J. H., Chicago, 111.; probably mortally. MORGAN. T. R., Cleveland. Ohio. RODGERS. , Dayton, Ohio. WELLMAN, C. H., Cleveland. Os,??. WRIGHT, H. H., Chicago, 111.; wiJg. miuinir. GRAHAM, ?, fireman of train. This was the fourth trip of the new flier. The train loft Cleveland, twenty mlle9 west of Mentor, a few minutes late, and was running at full speed, about seventy miles an hour, when the accident occurred. In front of the passenger station here a new switch had Just been put in. When the engine struck the switch it left the rails, dragging after it the first three cars of the train, and dashed at full speed into the Lake Shore freight station on the opposite Side of the track from the passenger station. The engine dashed into the freight house' and turned over on its side, pinning the engineer in the wreckage and killing him instantly. From the r?oals of the firebox fire started at once, and the first two cars of the train?the combination baggage and smoker and a sleeper? were destroyed, together with the freight station. The people of Mentor flocked to the scene within a few minutes after the accident occurred. Among the men and women of Mentor and those who were uninjured there were rfiany deeds of heroism. Women vied with the men in the wort of rescue. When the work was begun one man in overalls, whose, name is unknown, heard a moan near the engine. N Snatching a blanket from one of the n-omtn he wranned it around his head and shoulders and rushed Into the hissing steam and heat. For a few moments it was thought that he was lost, but he soon appeared, dragging out one of the wounded passengers. There was a cheer from the crowd, and when the doctors had taken care of the passengers he calmly held out two scalded hands and arms, and laconically remarked: ' "Doc, I reckon there is a little oil coming to me." The doctor dressed his wounds and some one asked him his name. "Oh, I'm just a farmer and happened to be going through the town," he replied. "You're a hero," remarked one of the n-omen. "No," he said, when his arms were bandaged, "Just a farmer," and getting on his wagon he drove homeward, holding the reins In his burned and bandaged hands. Pullman Conductor O'Neil checked up his berths and found that there were exactly sixty-seven passengers on the train. Of this number at least twenty must have been in the combination car. Every doctor and nurse in Painesville and the entire Fire Department went to the scene. I T>v. ? Anfln Tt-n C JLlltf tjuuaiiuii ui uiair o ?**?,*.** ?? **w? quickly solved. Train hands reported fiat immediately after the wreck they inspected the switch and found it locked open. H. C. Brodway is the railway agent here and A. C. Liner the night operator. Brodway said that when he left the station for home at G o'clock the switch was open and Liner said that when No. 10 Eastbound had passed through, forty-five minutes before, the switch was closed and there was no difficulty. So train passed East after that. The fact that" the switch was open and locked open seems to indicate that the wreck was due to malice. Accepts Views of King Oscar. The Swedish Riksdag accepted the views of King Oscar and the members :>f the Council of State, who asked authority to treat with the Norwegian Storthing for a dissolution of the mion. Morton Accepts Resignations. Taul Morton, in New York City, r.ccepted the resignations of James W. 1 Alexander and James H. Hyde, president and first vice-president of the ; Equitable Life Assurance Society. Rios For Spanish Premier. Consequent upon the resignation of the Villaverde Cabinet, King Alfonso, at Madrid, has charged Montero Rios with the formation of a new: Cabinet. Boycott Talk in Singapore. The Cantonese merchants at Singapore, Straits Settlements, have held a meeting to consider the question oX boycotting American goods. Grand Duke Vladimir Resigns. It was stated that the Grand Duke Vladimir has resigned the command of j the military, district of_St. Petersburg. Russia. Im .V'; ' ^ jMHiffffflBMl III I * ll I m| III I %$? ?&% , v,<' , fl b i z? ?? B #^^BBBhHHM NERVOUSNESS ANDI WEAKNESS CURED I BY PE-RU-Nfl. 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