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tit?GYS MAKE PROGRESS A 2 fee on Korea, China's intearrity and Evacuation of Manchuria. /09?T THREE TREATY AR ICLES Three of (ho Twelve Conditions of the Japanese Were Disposed Of at the Peace Conference ? Bur Tliese Are Merely the Minor and Obvious Con. jitbui Proponed. Portsmouth. X. II. ? Three of the twelve treaty articles submitted, by Japan have been approved by the Russian plenipotentiaries, with slight modifications. The three articles are, in substance, aa follows: First ? Russia's recognition of Japan's "preponderating influence" and special position in Korea, which. Eusnia agrees, is henceforth outside her ! sphere of influence. Japan binds herself to recognize the suzerainty of the reigning family, but retains the right to give assistance to improve the civil administration of the empire. ? J a ?+f\ ^ecuim ? A. liiUlUiU uuu^auvu iu evacuate Manchuria, each power- to surrender all special privileges in those provinces, and a mutual obligation to respect the "territorial integrity" of China and to maintain the principle of iMiual opportunity for the commerce and industry of all nations in Manchuria (the open door). Third?The cession to China of the Chinese Eastern Railway from. Harbin southward. There was never any question about the acceptance on the part of .M .Witte <>f these articles, the tirst two covering in more emphatic form the contentions of Japan in the diplomatic struggle which preceded the war. The third article is a natural consequence of the result of the war. The cession of the railroad, the building of which cost Russia an immense sum, estimated by some at between $100,>>00,000 and $200,000,000, is to China. Japan and China, therefore, will arrange between themselre3 the method by which the former is to be remunerated. and through this financial operation Japan might obtain the repayment rsf a very considerable portion of her jvvu war expenses. RIOT AT A GUILLOTINING. ?Iob Fight "With Soldiers Far Headless Bodies of Murderers. Taris, France.?The guillotining of, two murderers at Dunkirk was accompanied by details causing a great scan lal. The condemned were two Flemishmen who had killed, for her money, the wife of a well-to-do bargeman in the north of France. Long before the hour arrived for the men to meet their fate a howling mob held possession of the precincts where the prisou is situated. The soldiery aud police were unable to control them. The first man met his death bravely. Aa scou as his itt +K a l\noL*af <1 Troll aF Ul'UU ULU^CU Ail luc UUOUV. 1. c* J V... -Wsavage bloodthirstiness went up from the crowd. There were cries of "Death! Death! Torture him!" as the second culprit was placed beneath the knife. Unfortunately the executioners grew nervous and dropped the blade unskilfully. crushing the victim's head, instead of cutting it off Then the crowd burst through the lines of sol-, diers and tried to seize the two headless bodies and carry them in triumph through the town, but finally were thrust back by the police, only after the enactment of a horrid orgy, something like the ancient death festivals. WARSHIP KANSAS LAUNCHED. Miss Anna Hoch Christens Her With Spring Water. Philadelphia. Pa.?The United States* battleship Kausas was lauuched at 12.40 o'clock p. m. in the yards of the New Yorl: Shipbuilding Company in South Camden. Miss Anna Hoch, the daughter of Edward W. Hoch. of ToDeka. Governor of Kansas, acted as sponsor. An old school chum. Miss Ora Allen, assisted her as maid of honor. Assembled to see the vessel ipoto riroe * HiaMnpmichpfl ierai c iuc "tij ^ ?TMH ?* v4wi.MO com pa u jr. The Kansas was christened with spring water instead of the customary champagne. Governor Hoch, of Kansas. brought the water himself all the way from John Br (rn Springs in Kansas. i The Kansas is a ship of which the people of the State may well be proud. She is of a type representing the very heaviest of Uncle Sam's ships of war. AUTO TAKES EARL KISER'S LEG. He Runs Racing Machine Into Fence Before DOOO People. Cleveland. Ohio.?Going at the rate of a mile a minute and in view of 5000 people, Earl Iviser. driving the Winton Bullet, dashed into the fence at the Glenville Driving Park, and was" so badly injured that his left leg had to be amputated at the knee. His right shoulder was dislocated and lie was otherwise injured, but tlie doctor announced that je would recover. The r.ccident occurred at the threequarter pole, while Iviser was trying out his machine before the races began. He was endeavoring to pocket; a Peerless car that was following him, when suddenly the Bullet skidded and lie lost control. Japan Securi in Korea. At a meeting of the peace envoys at the Kittery Navy Yard Japan's claim to preponderating influence in Korea was agreed to. New York Life First. The legislative committee to investigate insurance companies wil! examine *VawI. T ifrt Href IUC r ?? XVl a 11 v Uioi. Norway Votes For Dissolution. In a poli or 3:20,000 Norway voted 3000 to 1 in favor of dissolving the union with Sweden. Engineer Dead at Throttle. Daniel Mahoney, the engineer of a fast train on the Pennsylvania tracks below Trenton, N. J., was killed when iie put his Lead out the cab window. The traiu. carrying many passengers, rushed on wildly at sixty miles an hour past three danger signals before the fireman saw the engineer was d3;ul at the throtile. Bread Strike Broken. The east side bread strike in Nov York City was broken and work was resumed in 150 of the 200 shops affected with aou-uuion workers. - VENGEFUL MAN'S CRIME Crushes Skulls of the Rer. and Mrs. Schulte at Mechanicsville, N. Y. Attempting to Avoid Arrest Cartls. the Assassin, in Shot Down In Saratoga by Policeman In Pursuit. * Bailston, N. Y.?The Rev. Dr. Berinrd Scimito fiff-r-fmir vpara old. and his wife, of New York Citj, were attacked at Meohanicsville and probably fatally injured by a negro, who was next day shot and killed in Saratoga while trying to escape arrest. Dr. Schulte, who lived at No. 294 Central Park West, New York City, was formerly connected with the. Church of the Redeemer in that city. He is a brother-in-law of the Right. Rev. C. Ivinloch Nelson, Episcopal Bishop of Georgia. Dr. Schulte went to Mechanicsvilie recently to take charge of the Episcopal Church during the absence of the rector. Dr. Oliver Shaw Newell, who is now in Europe. William Curtis, a negro, whose home is in Saratoga, presented himself at the door of the rectory early in the I evening and asked for a drink of water. Dr. Schulte was in the act o? turning back to get the water when the negro drpw a piece of lead pipe from beneath his coat and felled the clergyman with a terrific blow on the head, following this up with a rain of blows until liia victim lay unconscious and apparently dead. Mrs. Schulte, who was up stairs, hurried down on hearing her husband fall, and was met in the hall by the uegro. who instantly struck her down before she could utter an outcry, and continued beating her with his heavy weapon until he had inflicted injuries from which she can hardly recover. The clergyman and his wife were soon afterward discovered, lying unconscious. by neighbors, and a search was made for the negro, who had robbed the house. Policeman James Sullivan discovered Curtis next day in Searing's Alley. a negro colony in Saratoga, and arrested him. The negro, however, brdke away and ran, and after firing one shot in the air to halt him, Sullivan tired again, shooting him through the head and killiug him instantly. Curtis was a powerful man of thirtytwo. The sole reason to: the murder ou8 attack was that Curtis' wife had been dismissed from service at the rectory. BEAUTY CONTEST CAUSES Riot. Ballot Eor Stuffing Charged and Twenty Men Hurt. La Grange. Ind.?Lovely candidates in a beauty contest were the innocent cause of a big riot in the town of Stroll, in which twenty men were injured, many of them seriously. Stroh was represented by three damsels and the neighboring village of Elmira entered a matron and a maid. The decision was to be reached by votes. EImi.a is a larger town than Strob, and practically tbe whole population came over and voted. When the ballots were counted it was found tbat one of the Stroh candidates wou. The Elmira contingent alleged ballot-box stuffing, Charles Le' derens and Ellis Snellberger being | specifically charged with the offense, j Arguments led to blows, and in a min-ute almost the entire male population of both places were battling with fists, clubs and'stones. The fight raged up and down the main street, behind houses, fences and in the open. Shots were tired awl three men had bullet wouuds dressed. The "beauties" ran I to cover and telephoned for assist Unttin. nrant nn fnr mi hour | aiic-tr. J-uc uiunc v. I and theu the Eltnira men, carrying off their wounded, returned home. Though beaten in the beauty exhibit they are said to have won in the physical argument. | CHEAPER GAS FOR NEW YORK. Commission May Shortly Cut Priea to Seventy-five Cents. New York City. ? Seventy-fire-cent gas for New York is promised before the end of the present year by State Senator Alfred R. Page, who has sent to the hew State Gas Commission a complaint, signed by many citizens, claiming that the price of gas is exorbitant. This commission, the Senator says, has only to speak the word, and cheap gas will be an accomplished fact. "There will be no need of legislation," he says, "as the last session, by ilie appointment of the commission, gave it ample power to regulate the price of gas. I shall ask the Gas Commissioners to reduce the price of gas in New York." The Gas Commission, under the stipulation of its appointment, is forced to act upon a formal complaint from 100 citizens. More than this number have sicrned Senator Pasre's complaint. LIONS EAT MAN IN ENGLAND. Two Animals at Blackpool Devour a Boastful Laborer. Blackpool, England.?Two lions, the property of the city, were found loose in the yard adjoining their cage, together with portions of the body of a workingman. It appears that the man on the previous night made the boast that he would enter the lions' cage. Evidently in an a'.tempt to carry out this boast he opened the cage. The animals escaped and kHled him, gorging themselves ot his body. CASTRO PREPARES FOR WAR. Orders $1,000,000 Worth of Creusot Guns For One Thing. Caracas, Venezuela. ? The Government has signed a $1,000,000 contract with the Schneider Company, of Creusot. France, for eight batteries of seventy-five millimetre (three-inch) field guns aud four batteries of mountain guns of the same calibre. Congress has voted tlif* biggest impropriation over made in Veuezui*!;' I for the army ana uuvj. The Field of Sports. Mr. Alfred G. "."an ?rbi!t took the honors in the hrst hunt of the Newport season. The New Raven Freebooters defeated the RumHrds at polo by a score of 14% to r. John M. and Lady Gail Hamilton were winners in the opening races of the New England Breeders' Association. W. W. Coo. of boston, made a new amatei.r sixteen-pound shot putting record (4!) feet 6 inches) at Portfand, Ore. FAVOR FEDERAL CONTROL s" ! < Nev Life Insurance Men Have Interview With President at Oyster Bay. I?og SENATOR DRYDEN FRAMES BILL I'Jorrrnmcnt to He Asked to Take Over Ni tlio Huiteryinion ol All Life Iuuurance and Companies Nott Governed by St?te ^ Laws? N'o Opposition lo the Movement ^ ^ Apparent ut Pte??nt. afte Oyster Bay.?President Roosevelt has half pledged the full support of ttie Admin- pas.' istratlon for the enactment of a law w providing for Federal supervision of gmo life insurance. The regular session, of tlie (yrimfi tl'llAII if mDHtQ nPTft DPPI'TII- -OOI ber, will he asked to pass the np'-es- jjUg nary legislative measure. deei This became known at the close of a thro conference at Sagamore Hill by the xven cpq r President, United States Senator John tbe P. Dryden. from New Jersey, and ifln James M. Beck, formerly United States sav( Assistant Attorney-General. These T! men are considered as leading author!- Mer ties 011 the subject, of life Insurance, assi Senator Dryden is president of the safe Prudential Life Insurance Company, Lav of New Jersey; Mr. Beck is attorney turr for the Mutual Life Insurance Com- givi pany, of New York. on a President Roosevelt, it is known, ex- T1 pressed himself as heartily in favor of reac the proposed change. He touched on was the subject in his laut message to Con- bad gress when he said: Bloc "The business of insurance vitally T1 affects the great majority of the people stea of the United States, and is national but nnd not-local in1 its application. It In- epoi volves a multitude of transactions, the n. 3 - ~ *1,? /llffALAnf clt/v among me peupie ui mc uiun^ui. States and between American compa- that nies and foreign Governments. I urge T1 that Congress carefully consider on I whether the power of the Bureau of the Corporations cannot constitutionally be for extended to cover interstate transac- ashc tions in insurance." awa Senator Dryden, at the ?ast session of fog. Congress, introduced a bill in which M were embodied the recommendations thro ihnde by the President in his message, pass This measure, at the request of the ' T1 Senator himself, was sent to the Sen- boat ate Committee on Judiciary, where it poui remained when Congress adjourned, but According to the plan decided on at Eng this later conference Senator Dryden, whe when Congress meets again, will intro- ing duce a bill framed largely on. the same T1 lines as the old one, but containing ad-. tim( ditional provisions for the remedy of scar defects in existing legislation, since wen brought to light, and amended in some .as i respect so as to meet constitutional re- of t quirements. belo " r*n fha T'ftAT Ioeiiuiur uv-n uuivcu ui.iv ^.. 12.20 train, which brought several oth- whi er visitors-fOi the President. Mr. Beck shoi had planned:to arrive at the same N< time, but missed his train at Loug Isl- caus and City. Fifteen minutes later, how- T1 ever, he arrived on a special, which he and had engaged on short notice and which T1 made a record run to Oyster Bay. Sen- ash< ator Dryden and Mr. Beck took lunch- men eon with the President and Mrs. Roose- wer velt at Sagamore Hill. wen "We discussed the question of Fed- T1 oral supervision of life Insurance," said The Mr. Beck, on his return, "find had a gine very satisfactory talk with the Presi- shoi dent on the subject." flrei "Will you say what the President's W attitude on the question is?" Mr. Beck wat was asked. ers, "It would be presumption on my part foce should I propose to express an opinion tfce on behalf of the President," Mr. Beck thej replied. "All that I can say was that "JE our interview with him was highly gre? satisfactory to us. you "There is not the slightest doubt in I wi the minds of any of the men identified ishe with the great insurance interests that Fi the time has come to take supervision witl of them away from the States and pits lodge it with the Federal Government, rem I have heard no open dissent from that the opinion from any quarter. The chief The difficulty with which we are confronted sign lies in the framiDg of a measure which T1 will meet with the constitutional re- untl quirements. There seems to be consld- side erable difference of opinion among T1 leading lawyers in this country regard- ton, ing the constitutionality of a Federal the life insurance law." P'^i "Do you expect to be able to over- Isla come this obstacle?" Mr. Beck was oeci asked. fair "Well," we would bardly undertake for this work unless we thought we could A frame a measure conservative enough was to commend itself to the highest court." The Mr. Beck, when asked to outline the her proposed legislation, said that in his opinion Senator Dryden's bill would ^ meet all the requirements admirably and that all the great insurance com- ~ panies favored the measure. This bill calls for the establishment of an insurance department in connection with r?( the Bureau of Corporations in the Department of Commerce and Labor, jure which already is authorized to collect 0f t information regarding insurance com- naK panies doing an inter-State business. qUa' way One Sliip of the Armada Home. roui The Rusian transport Anadyr, which T1 escaped capture by the Japanese, after conl the battle of the Sea of Japan, has. passed into the Baltic Sea on its home voyage to Libau. This is the only gro* vessel of Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet oth< that has returned. wov 1 relo Finds Murderer After Years' Search. Arter nine years spem m uaicnu, 10,000 miles over three continents An- T1 touio Carraciola discovered the assas- of sin of his father in the penitentiary on and Blaekwell's Island, New York City. heai Attempt on Empress' Life. It was reported from Tien-Tsln that ,v a soldier attempted to murder the Em- Citj press of China and was killed by the guard. Liv Loli Conference to Bo Held at Madrid. *e*a The Spanish Premier intimated that the Moroccan conference would be held at Madrid. T1 la. Russian Peasant Parliament. ^ur Tli> first Russian "peasant parliaincut" was held in Moscow. ^ Personal Gossip. I inomas u.uisou, jr., is wi-j iuuu ?i children. M Lord Curzon is to have the famous to v throne at Delhi restored. M Prince Luca ^sterhazy has enor- the mous possessions in Transylvania. Uni Swift MacNeill is regarded as the M champion questioner of the House of a b: Commons. [nd Mr. James B. Dill, of Xew .Terse}, It who accepted a $3000 judgeship, re- tell) eently refused a ?25,000 fee. all Mr.-Kendal, the noted Bnciish ac- -O tor. has a second vocation, inasmuch mai as he is a successful oainter ago JKING STEAMER SAVED / Shoreham, With Hole in Her Hull, Makes Run to Har Dock. ineor and Firemen Slick t<> Theic Fosts on Block I?laml i Boat. ?w York City.?The npw Block Islpnssenger steamer, the New Shore* i, struck a submerged wreck during ?g in the Block Island harbor, and r a thrilling run of a mile and a 1 sank at her dock just as the last ?enger got to shore. ith 125 passengers in terror, Enier Quinlan stuck to his post with . water slowly fllliug the engine n. hen Ihe boat reached the dock. ;ineer Quinlan was standing waist j in water. The gangplank was >wn out and the 123 passengers t ashore safely. The last man had cely stepped from the plank when steamer careened and sunk. Quinbeing forced to climb a ladder to ; himself from drowning. le passengers were panic-stricken, nbers of the crew endeavored to ire them that their only chance of >ty was in keeping quiet. Captain rrence Dodd, In the meantime, had red the boat toward New Harbor, ng the signal to the engineer to put ill possible power. le steamer was the only one to :h the island that dny. The sea unusually heavy, the weather was and a fog hung over the entire :k Island Sound. le New Shoreham. however, med on its usual schedule time, the heavy sea and the fog were relglble for 'her, going..astray' after, inland waters were reached and went against the old mud scow : was sunk in the Sound recently, le impact was followed by a panic board. The passengers rushed to guard rails. Demands were made the lowering of Doats to take them )re, which only a mile and a half y could not be seen through the embers of the crew were sent lughout tire decks to reassure the ;engers that they would be lauded, jere was a hole in the hull of the t through which the water was ring. All the pumps were in use, the water was coustantly rising, ineer Quinlan ordered more coal u he, with his firemen, was stand-, knee deep iu water. ie passengers above in the meani had, come: to believe that their ? was a needless one. The boat t on through the fog, seemingly f nothing had happened. Not one he soores of passengers knew that w in the hot holds of the engineu men were staading in water, ch was rising inch by inch, to rel coal into the furnaces. > signal was given from above to ie alarm. ie boat made its mile and a half drew up to the pier. ie passengers were urged to go >re hastily. Just as the announcet was made to the captain that all e ashore the boat careened and t down. le men below all got out safely, y were heroes of the situation. Ener Quinlan was in the water to his, llders before he left his post. The nen had been no less courageous. 1th the careening of the boat the er swept over the fire in the boilcnusing a steam that almost suftted the men below. They climbed ladders to the main deck, where were met by Captain Dodd. lully boys," he said. "You did it work. How can I compliment ? I was rushing down to find you. is afraid that some of you had perd." ve men who were down in the hold 1 the water rising up to their arm obeyed the captain's signals, and ained at their posts regardless of dangers that they knew existed, captain also knew it, for Oiey had ailed him back. le passenges scarcely realized it 1 they saw the vessel tip to one and sink. le New Shoreham was built in BosMass.. in 1901, and is owned by town of Block Island. It has been ng between Providence and Block nd. A dispute, which has virtually ime an issue in local political nf3, -was raised over the payment due the vessel. wrecking craft from New London sent to aid in saving the steamer, waves at the time were beating against, the rocks. [ILLS FIVE TO SAVE LIFE. rgia Woodsman, Attacked by Neroes. Uses Revolver Effectively. >rdele, Ga. ? Two negroes were mI outright and three fatally in:d near Oakfleld by a woodsman he Oakfleld Naval Stores Company | led Malfis. In consequence or a rrel with Malfis seven negroes laid him as he started on his ids. iree miles east of Oakfield he was [r-onted by the negroes, armed with >s and other weapons. Malfis led fire with a revolver. Two ne!S dropped dead instantly and three ?rs fell to the ground mortally inded. By the time Malfis could ad the other two had fled. British Fleet Off For Baltic, ae British Channel fleet, consisting eleven battleships, eight cruisers torpedo boats, sailed from Splti for the Baltic. Boy-and-Girl Marriage Valid. Ice-Chancellor Garrison, in Jersey r, has decided that the marriage Percy Williams, aged sixteen, of iugstone, N. J., and fifteen-year-old i Bowker, of the same town, wa? il. Compelhed to Marry, lie fifteen-year-old daughter. Luelof Farmer Winters, of Phillipsz. N. J.: eloped with August Reed, armhnnd aged forty-five. Farmer iters liuiited the elopers with his Igun and compelled them to marry. Feminine Fancies. adame Patti has a strong dislike iolets. : ?. Howrrii Gould is said to have finest. collection of birds in the ted States. iss Winnie Malawi is president of ink with ?2o,900 capital at Wister, Ian Terri'oiv. i Paris the Countess Boni de Casine continues to lavish money on possible objects. ountess Sehimmelmann, of Den k. visited Chicago. 111., some time . preaching the gospel. ?? ? WIN0R EVFNTSOFTHEWEEK] WASHINGTON. 7" The contract for the construction oC the new-Custom House at San .Francisco has been awarded to Thomas Butler, of tbat city, at hig bid of $1,194,000, the building to be completed by March 1, 1908. . * 1 W. E. Daucliy, who has been the engineer in charge of th.6:'Culebra division of the canal work and .an appointee of former Chief Engineer Wallace, : has resigned. Theodore P. Shonts,' who has returned from Panama, declared that the chief problem at present was the housing and feeding of the employes. Before leaving for his vacation, Postmaster-General Cortelyou directed the issuance of a new form of money order which. it is believed, will be proof ' against alteration at the hands of forg- ; ers. ; ^ > OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. The transport Logan, with Secretary ( Taft, Miss Roosevelt and the other members of the party on board, ar- 1 rived at Iloilo, Philippine Islands, from < Manila. Tugs with the local governor j and a large reception committee, con- | sisting of army and navy officers, and leading citizens, met the Logan down ' the bay. I xue ju eaerai parry nas accepiea oeu retary Taft's statement of the attitude of the United States Government toward the Philippines, and will reconstruct its platform in accordancc therewith. The viceroys of the Chinese provinces of Kwan-Tung and Kwang-Se have sent dispatches to Manila asking when Secretary Taft and his party will visit the capitals of tlreir respective provinces, and saying that preparations for their suitable reception are under way. Thousands attended tbe; reception hold in honor of Secretary Taft, at Manila, Miss Alice Roosevelt and the other members of their party by the Army and Navy Club. Rear-Admiral Euquist, of the Russian Navy, and hla staff were present. Speaking for Roosevelt, Taft promised the FHipiuos that a popular aa- , seinbly shall be called in April, 1907. DOMESTIC. Arkansas joined Kansas in the fight against the Packing Trust. Suits were begun against the Swift and Cudahy companies in the Circuit Court of Pulaski County for $60,000 each and forfeiture of their charters. On Sunday before Labor Day 7000 Presbyterian preachers throughout the United States will preach on some phase.of thelabor question, in accordance with a plan outlined by the department of church and labor recently organized in the Presbyterian Church. Pink Hane. of Mississippi, was killed by a quarantine guard while attempting to run the line near Lagrange, Tenn. The United States torpedo planter, George E. Armistead, reached Newport, R. I., for a month's stay, to glve^ Fort Adams army regulars instruction. William Jennings Bryan, In emulation of Andrew Carnegie, is to build a public library at Salem, 111., his birthplace. A petition in bankruptcy was filed against Mr. Belcher, the absconding Mayor of Paterson, N. J., whose statutory successor has taken the office. Because she rejected his attentions, < James Mitchell killed Mi's. Llnule Rankin at Grafton, Vt.p and then blew out j his brains. , , Harry Haas, charged.with stealing j $5000 from a bank at Darllniftpa, Ind.,' ? was captured at Fruitdale, Miss. < California raisin growers and pack- I ers have formed a combination, which 1 is headed by Henry J. Crocker. A millioa dollars' damage is xestl- * mated to have been done to grain by r hail storms which swept five counties ( of North Dakota. The street car strike in Saginaw, ( Mich., which has been on since June 4, was declared off, ths men returning to , work as individuals. j The Uuited States revenue cutter j Calumet rammed a pier at New York City, aud cut it cleau in two without damaging the boat. John W. Wootten, convicted lawyer, must serve his sentence, Judge Fitggernld, of the Supreme Court in New York City, having declined to grant a certificate of reasonable doubt. Former Magistrate John 0. Mott, of New York City, died in a sanitarium at Darien, Conn. Rear-Admiral Andrew E. K. Benham. retired, died at Lake Mahopac, N. Y. FOREIGN. - King Edward left England for Marlenbad. On the way there he had a conference with Emperor Francis Joseph at Ischl. A meeting of Chinese, called at Hong Kong, to discuss the boycott of American goods, was not permltred by the Government. A strong anti-American feeling is apparent among the Chinese. Th? returns, from thp referendum in I Norway on the dissolution of the union ] show that out of 321,358 votes cast only 161 are against separation. The Senate, at Havana, Cuba, passed the House bill granting amnesty to 1 former officials of the Government ] who were guilty of misconduct prior ( to the establishment of the republic. Of 143 soldiers sent to quell a riot in ! Chansi Province, China, only three re- : turned, the others having probably deserted. I Japanese newspapers continue to j show pessimism regarding the outcojne < of the peace conference. I Mrs. Leonidas Hubbard has abandoned her attempt to penetrate the interior wilderness of Labrador, where her husband died from starvation and cold in October, 1D03, and is returning 1 to the coast. ( Advices from St. Petersburg said i that there was reason to believe thfit i discriminating duties on American machinery and tools would soon be re-, moved. Vice-Admiral C.ullard. commander of the French flet?t visiting in British 1 waters, arrived in London with a large contingent of his officers aud was en- J thusiasticall:* received. , Rates on the Panama Railway and by water to New York City have been reduced. The Russian cruiser Pallada, which ' was sunk at Port Arthur, has been floated by the Japanese. < The Arctic ship America was crushed in the ice at Franz-Josef Land in the < winter of 1903, but the members of the Ziegler expedition, who went out in , her, were rescued by the Terra Nova, and have just arrived in Norway. The Cuban Supreme Court denied the appeal of Juan O'Farrill, who was ; removed from the rfflce of Mayor of Havana by Governor Nunez. l [MISS CRASH BOD-HI Mistaken Orders Cause Bad Acciden Near Lorain, Ohio. TWELVE DEAD IN THE WREC faMflnger and Freight Collide on tb Nickel Koad? Mont of the Tic tlina Were Italian Laborers?AH Cai Except the Sleopero Were Teleacoped. Engineer n Hero. Lorain, Ohio.?Twelve lives were sac rificed by a trainman's blunder in : lead-on crash of a Nickel Plate passen [jer train and a freight at Kishman' jwitch on the shore of Lake Erie, nea Vermillion. * In the path of the approaching file the engine crewof the freight carelest y delayed their train. The engin )f the passenger train, running flft; niles an hour, plowed through ii; >oi!er of the monster freight engin jefore it, and the crtush broke coache nto splinters and snapped and twista aeavy steel. Thirty-nine Italian l&borers, pocket jingling with money after a pay nigh md singing and chattering in anticlpa Jon of the return to Italy a few week lenc?, were riding in the smokers o he passenger. The impact sent tb ?ar in the rear of the smoker half wa; through it, and nine of/tifce thirty-tun irere crushed to death in an lOTtKnt When the crash ^came-C. W. Pooh x Veteran in tfte service of the Nlek? Plate, remained at I1I3 post. After : warnings cry to his fireman, he toll Km that he coul$ jump and save hi Ife.w. The "crash caught > Poole in th mglne cab, and the bleeding and dyin man hung there in the sight of th panic stricken passengers for man; ong minutes before he was released. Joseph Alexander, of Jersey Cl'tj [Koved by a letter found on his bod; to be a deserter from the Navy, wa crushed in the demolished smoker. y'he engineer of the freight train wa D. W. Derby, of Conneaut, and th tireman C. W. Cnnlan, also of Cor aeaut. The engineer had been give orders to take the siding at Kishman' for the eastbound passenger. According to rne cespaicners suet the freight was to take the switch fo No. 37, the passenger, to pass. Figare >btained by the approximated tiine-fi the occurrence of the -wreck and th time the train left Lorain show it r< quired ,the freight, almost jtwenty-flv minutes to cover the seven miles. Thl is one of the reasons for the diaaste is advanced by railroad men. The freight train, ordered to take th Kiahman siding, did not stop at th >pehlng, but proceeded for.aome rei ion unexplained for the length of hundred cars down the main tracl flie scene at the wreck was a fearftj >ne. Screams from the, injured and frighl ?ned Italians almost overcame th jolse from the cracking wood and e? japing steam. The two day coache tvere telescoped. Death came almo? instantly to the few of tbe passenger iltting in the rear of the smoker. The seats were ground into straw w f-ho fnrpo of thi? rolliainn nnrt- th naugled bodies of the foreigners wer irushed beneath the twisted iron am lie timbers of the side of the coaches. Farmers, from the. Immediate neigt jorhood came to the aid of. the train a en and the passengers. The passes jers in the three Pullmans- were onl; itunned by the shock. They hurriedl; iressed and in scanty attire belpe )ull out the bodies of the unfortunate n the front coaches. A trainman said that not one of lb jassengers, many apparently men o wealth, shirked, but all untiringly aid id iu the rescue. The bodies of th iight dead Italians were pullei hrough the windows of the wreckw imoker, one by one. One of the cars but slightly damage* ivas converted into a morgue, and te: jodies were kept at the scepe for thre lours until the arrival of the Coroner. The death of Engineer Poole wa :ragic. The part played by his fire nan, P. E. Haefner, waB that of j iero. Held as if by a* wedge in tb wreckage of the splintered cab, th engineer hung for minutes head down vnrd. Haefner, who had jumped afte jailing to his chief, stood near bj eading the band of men with axes jrging Poole to be brave. Pillows were brought from a bouse md after the release of the enginee ie was carefully carried to the ban! it tire side of the track. There fo learly two hours he lay watching th vork of rescue. Haefner was coe .tantly at his side until he died. The band of Italian victims of th ivr<sck were employes of Kronenberi k Co.. of Buffalo, a big contractinj Irm. They had been working at Oli Port Seneca and were beinff taken t Brookfleld, Ohio, to work on a simila contract. MISSIONARY DIES A SAVAGE. D. F. Wilberforce Leaves Two Sous ii an Ohio University. Huntington, W. Va.?Private advice letter from Missionary Stullts a Freetown, West Africa, aunounce th ieath there of Daniel Flickiuger Wi] jerfore, the educated African, fo nany years a missionary, who som :ime ago resumed the life and belief o lis native tribesmen. Wilberfore was educated in Wllbei !orce University, and two sons are no? u Otterben TTnlversily, Westervllle 3hio. The date of Wilierforce's deatl s not given. Root Resigns Directorates. Elihu Root, Secretary oi State, a Washington, D. C., resigned from th iirectorates of a number ol! companie: n order to be tree from any corporat< iffiliations. Kornes' Wife Sues l-'or Divorce. The wife of Charles V. Fornes, Prca ident of the New York City Board o A.idermen, lias sued for absolute dl rorce. chiirging among other things lesertiou. Prominent L eopie. King Leopold will leave a fortune o fit),000.000. Adm?rai Togc draws a salary o 53000 a year. Chauncey Depew is said > 2 fce a sue ?essful horticulturist. The Kaiser owns eight automobiles ill big touring cars. Baron Hayashi is understood to 1> 1 good horse trader. Kiug Aiphonso of Spain draws 1 salary of 51,400,000 a year. Wiiiiam Jennings Bryan is to maki 1 two-years' trip around the gtobe. ^ * "Xl1 "./ - - ' " ' ** V/ .9 ' '? yl ~ ofi|oc*Aor. --.. 11 rhere-is a Bowery restaurantenr ftty e*fl him "Coffee Jake"?*? , :' Who makes a humble specialty at serving Hamburg eteak. ,L He shouts jour ordar downthe #hbe, "A flnftfiTWr?'it Q&t! The mopt cornM hot* and coats a dime? and isn't bad at that. ^ a * , Bat at the new.8t. Rich Hotel mor*formal aiw you^l find, . ft* And one who goes to luncheon leases the simple life behind. j,'> , A footman meets you at the steps,'^mother at the door, * %%, And lined up to the dining rooty? stand 1 many, many more. '-A n A batter bora you to the room, ? waiter to your chair, > Jj & - And luncneon takes the aepict of ? seriona affair. A flunkey brings a menu card with rev>. erent aspect? f * ' % The heavens are hushed and waiting for 1 the order you select, r- . > J ' s you pause. You're rather short afrFrench, hot then you'll'make * KuffT P A Somethini i la Something Eta? seems nourishing eno^fch. tP Xhe waiter take* ypnr order aajfjittencU " 'to your command^ '" *9 , !- As grave as.an ambassador,,'jvith nation* e on his bands. Y With pOrtenta of a (rreat emit tiU atmoee jhe^p is stored. The silver forks and crystal glass gleam on & the snowy board, ii 8 And bark! the corps of serritors attention . .seem to stand? . jy 1 Hie waiter i? aporoachartg with yiv order in hia.hand' .. } t A silver dish of fair design he sets beneath g And & tEs^rer tenderly its wonders to f When^^ghta' of poorer, tumbler days and e ' shades of "Coffee Jake!'' *' f You recognize no other than yotf friend, q the Hamburg steak! " Mobai,. ^ When one, tnrough change of cirenostancei a becomes a gilded aenum, d It's fun to see a Hamburg steak assume u the airs of venison; [L -WattttyJInrfn, ,f?Ia??. He?"Can't - yon give*- me * littul s hope?' She?"Why?er?yes. I hav* e a maiden aunt who -is dying to gefl ? married."?Life. 8 Whene'er I buy & suit of clothes I The mirror makes me very gad. . I cannot, howaoe'er l po?e, H * Look like the pictnre in the ad. * "What 'is your idea of a classic?** J "A classic," said Mr. 6up>rex, "is someH thing you have to listeh to becatis J e'. somebody else said 'it was good."-B s . Washington Star. r Hawkins ? "That pickpocket thejH Caught Is really a very inteiy??at Ml ? low." Sampson?"No'dojflbt o^it Hfl e proved that by his ability tc^ locate A a lady's pocket"?Judge. 9 u "She's still encouraging Mr. HugH J gard, although her mother told her shM * must keep him at a distance^ "WeUH she's keeping him at a distance?fronH ? the other girls."?Philadelphia Xedger.Hj g Mrs. Hicks?"John, I'm sure there's A it burglar down in the dining-room." uM s Hick3 (sleepily)?"Good! If we keefl quiet maybe he'll take away thatcha^B ? mg oisn or yours.?rmijuieiyma ? It is easy enough to be cheerful > I J: When pleasures come fast and thick*!! a But the man worth while . Is the man who can smib M I* When^his "woolensi'!, begin: to stick. h ?Chicago ?ecord-Hera!d.^H t- "Don't let It happen Main, tfaafH 7 all," said Johnny's mother when ehH y '. heard Johnny.liad played truant *nH 1 didn't happen this time," replied JohxH 3 ny between his sobs. VI did It on poB e pose."?Boston Transcript , H f Bleeker?"Say, old chap, Fm lH 1- beastly bad luck; need money badlfl e and haven't the least Idea where I caH J get ltM Eaxter?"Well, I'm glad ? hear that?I thought perhaps you haH j an idea you could touch, me for e Mrs. Crawford?"Now that -tbe hoiS cymoon is over I suppose you flol s yonr husband has grown economlcsH with his kisses?' Mrs. Crabshaw-H * "He has reached a worse stage tha^l e that, my dear. He has grown oconoinM ical with bis money.'-? Phlladelp&^H r Telegraph. ,: - HI isi iiwr ua mo lidw. HM Chauncey L. Oanfield, general agei^H of the Milwaukee road in this cltj| r lias a horse. There is nothing remar^H It able about this, but It in a noteworth|M r fact that Canfleld's horse is the ham^H 0 .somest and speediest piece of'hora^B l" flesh that ever churned up the petrel leum mud on a park driveway. Ca^B _ field modestly admits as much. tfo^| % and then, while speeding ^ throus^H 1 Golden Gate Park in their high-seat^H o trap, Mr. Oanfield graciously eond^H r scends to permit Mrs. Oanfield to ho^H the reins. Frequenters of the park wlflB have watched the Caafield trap ukli^B ming over the park roads have r^fl marked upon the masterful mann^H a in which Mrs. Oanfield handles tl^H spirited animal, and have even hint^H that she is a better driver than Oanfield. This extraneous comment no part of the story, however, anfl should be passed over hurriedly. THp incident worth mentioning here told by Mr. Oanfield himself. BH "We were coming down the maj^H driveway at a slow trot," he 'sa}dvye^H terday, "when we heard a clatter hoofs coming on behind. I look^H around. It was a real estate bugiHH drawn by a lean animal trained M the speed of a car horse. Mrs. Oa^H neiu ieL out me umu uiaio auu no . the Panhandle at a 2.10 gait Wh^H we reached Baker street she look^H c around. The other horse was not sight. e " 'Well,' she said, with a satisfylMB sigh, 'they didn't pass us.' "?San FrgWM cisco Chronicle. Lett-Handed Artists. j To that list of left-handed artl^H may be added Mr. F. H. Townser^H| " the deft draughtsman in black a^H white w?fo has lately become editor of Punch. But Mr. Townse^^fl is one of the "semi-left-handed." f of these there are more than one mig^H suppose. Many 01 us, on wuiwh j ourselves, will find that on this that occasion we use the left, when the right would be expect^^H Mr. Townsend draws with his hand, but he deals cards with right. This writer, being in all e respects right-handed, deals cards the left. The real equality bet*7^^H , the hands would probably be estt^Hj lished from many experiences.? e don Chronicle. 9^H .v.flB / ^9 ? .