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The Strange, Weird Things
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WHITE-HOT BRICKS DESTit
One of the most extraordinary modern sac
that of th? pilgrims who go to Mecca, a
hornet's tomb shall be^their last earthly sigh
Ythis act, "See Mecca .ud die" has its varie
see no more." The words are literally obeyec
after beholding the Prophet's tomb, destroy
bricks, which are supplied near the Kaabal
ARMOR FOR FIRE FIGHTERS. p
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Strange Appliances Used by the pun
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The strange figures shown in the ae- is t
companying illustration are not airknights
of old In mediaeval armor, whi
Out German fire fighters attired in pro- to a
tective suits such as are in use by Ber- T
tin firemen. is i
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p Fireman Attired Like a Diver.
The first of these suits is made of
a double layer of waterproof material,
the intervening space of which is filled
with a slight layer of water, the whole
heing kept throughly moistened by a
spray over the helmet. Although ad- |
vocated for cellar work, it is really to
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VIuui?j u 11 appiiauvc wi. i/ui^vwvw,
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Protection From the Flames. F
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tut for open work in high temperatures the
it is extremely useful. The appliance "\v
dates from 1SS4. In many ways it re- I
seniuies a mvers sun exct*puiiK iuui u.v
<he helmet is of basketwork instead of ?Ii
A NEW WASHBOARD.
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To improve the construction <. f wash- wa
boar '.s and to provide a rubbing sur- en;
face adaptable to washboards and out
A falj
but
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Grooves Hold tiie Soud. wa
, That vOne Men and
me of Religion.
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OY PILGRIMS' SIGHT.
irifices for the sake of religion is
ad in order that the Prophet Mat.
burn their own eyes out. In
nt enthusiasm in '"See Mecca and
1 by certain devout Moslems, who.
their sight by gazing at white-hot
j.?London Illustrate.! News.
per; but it is similarly equipped
h a window-face. The air is
uped into the helmet as in the case
he smoke-helmet, so that the worker
ied by two lines, one comprising an
line, the other a line ot" hose. to
cli it is also frequently the custom
ida a life-line.
lie other covering explains itself. It
ntended for work in high tempera?s
under a variety of conditions.
FOR HANGING PICTURES.
I
k'heu preparing a picture to be hung
n the wall everything depends upon
points at which the fastenings are
?ed on the side. Although these
i be inserted- l>y an experienced
>on, the probabilities are that the
chaser will not be entirely satisfied
ti the result, especially if the pic;
is a valuable jne. By the use of
device shown here the picture can
tdjusteu at any angle from the wall
bout removing the fastenings, but
ply by adjusting the catch. Atjed
to the back of the frame at
ti side is a rod or guide. At the
s of the rods are angular pieces,
Hung at Auy Angle.
ring fr??b space between the rod
the frame, the rods being inclined,
ociated with each rod is an adjust}
catch, having two holes, through
of which is inserted the rod and
supporting cord through the other,
en tension is put upon the supportcord
the catches are tilted so as to
\ ll.a nriil flint, hrt IiaI.1
i 111 c dim IUUO uc uuiu tilling j
)lace. If it is desired to change the
ination of the frame this can lie
ily and quickly done by sliding the
hes up or down along the rods. If
y are moved upward the angle be(en
the frame and the wall is lessd,
while if they are removed downed
it is increased. If the top ed~e
the frame is not horizontal, for ex[>le,
and it is desired to straighten
ip. this can be done by moving one
he adjustable catches until the proresult
is secured.
Cliiloren's Wisdom.
What is grass?"
Whiskers on the face of the earth."
ompeii was buried in lather.
lobby was admiring the fat boy at j;
circus. ".Mamma, lie exclaimed,
hat a kind mother he must have."
lereules cleansed the Aegian stables
turning the Stynx out of its course.
11 J. II. Burns' Children's Answers.
shins machines is the aim of an
nois inventor. lie claims that this
shbcard has a surface which will
ibie clothes to be rapidly and tliorclily
washed without injuring the
irics and without tearing away the
tons. In the sides of the frame are
trings into which a number of rollare
journaled. These rollers each
;e four horizontal grooves, dividing
rollers into ribs, and at an angle
li the ribs are transverse cor:ations.
The horizontal grooves
ve to hold and dispense soap, which
upplied prior to washing I lie clothes,
u transverse corrugations are armed
:it a pitch to form threads foi
ding the clothes, the corrugations of
alternate rollers being arranged resely,
the tendency of the adjacent
lers heing to move the clothes or
er fabrics in opposite directions,
e rollers arj spaced apart to permit
ter to pass readily between them,
fore washing the grooves are filled
:h soap, which is to be packed prior
the commencement of the lannder;
operation, the quantity of soap be;
intended to suffice for an entire
shing.?Philadelphia Record.
STANDARD OIL FLAYED
IN PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Secret Rebates and Huge Unlawfu
Profits Vigorously Attacked by
Roosevelt and Prosecutions
Promised.
COMMISSIONER GARFIELD'S FINDINGS
Monopoly Built Up by Railroads?Trust
Baacflts Enormously From "Unjuat
and Illegal Rates," and Ha* Advantace
Over Independents Eren in Open
Kates?Passare of Rate Bill and Correcttou
of Humphrey Decision Urced.
"Washington, D. C.?Flagrant and
persistent violation of the law by tli<
Standard Oil Company, its enormous
profits from unlawful secret rates bv
which it has been enabled to bteea the
public of still greater profits, and the
connivance of railroads in violation of
the law, are laid bare by President
Roosevelt in his message to Congress,
based on the report of James R. Garfield,
Commissioner of Corporations, of
his investigation of Standard Oil,
which is transmitted with the message.
In the message the President renews
his suggestion for Governmental supervision
and control of railroads. He
declares it necessary not only for the
nr/itonfinn nf tll<v nilhlip but for the
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protection of the raiiroads themselves.
The investigation disclosed, as the
President points out, that up to the
time -when it was begun the Standard
Oil Trust profited to the extent of at
least $750,000 a year from secret rebates
from railroads. In addition it
was favored by open rates in all competitive
fields.
President Roosevelt declares in effect
that the great corporations known as
trusts have the railroads at their
mercy.
In the President's message and the
Garfield report the officials of the
Standard Oil Company are accused
of lying, of '" ushing out competition
by unlawful rreans, of obtaining monopolies
by secret understandings with
railroads, and of practically all of the
crimes that ha-'e been alleged against
the great trust.
The President's .only recommendations
in his message are that the im
munity law be corrected, that the free
alcohol bill be passed, which would be
a set-back for the Standard, and thai
the further exploitation by the trusts
of coal and- oil lands owned by the
Government be prevented.
The message is. in parr, as roiiows:
'A very striking result of the inves^
tigation has been that shortly after the
discovery of these secret rates bj
the Commissioner of Corporations the
major portion of them were promptlj
corrected by the railroads, so that th(
most of them have now been don<
away with. This immediate correction
partial or aomplete, of the evil of th(
secret rates is, of course, on the one
hand an acknowledgement that thej
were wrong, and yet were persevered
iu until exposed; and on the'other banc
a proof of the efficiency of the wort
that has been done by the Bureau oj
Corporations.
"The Department of Justice wil
take up the question of institutinj
prosecutions in at least certain of tb<
cases. But it is most desirable to en
act into law the bill introduced by Sen
ator Knox to correct the interpretatior
of the immunity provision rendered ir
Judge Humphrey's decision. The hand;
of the Government have been greatlj
strengthened in securing an effectivi
remedy by the recent decision of tlx
Supreme Court in the case instituted
by the Government against the To
bacco Trust, which decision permits
the Government to examine the books
and records of any corporation engagec
in interstate commerce; and by th(
recent conviction and punishment ol
the Chicago. Burlington and Quincj
Railroad and certain of its officers.
"But in addition to these secret rates
the Standard Oil profits immensely bj
nnnn ratps which are so arranged as
to give it an overwbelpiing advantage
over its independent competitors. Th(
refusal of the railroads in certain cases
to pro-rate produces analogous effects
Thus in New England the refusal oj
certain railway systems to pro-rate has
resulted in keeping the Standard Oil ir
absolute monopolistic control of the
field, enabling it to charge from three
to four hundred thousand dollars ?
year more to the consumers of oil ir
New England than they would have
had to pay had the price paid beer
that obtaining in the competitive
fields."
The message continues:
"It is not possible to put into figure?
the exact amount by which the Stand
ard profits through the gross favoritism
shown it by the railroads in connec
tion with the open rates. The profit
of course, comes not merely by the
saving in the rate itself as compared
with its competitors, but by the highei
prices it is able to Charge, and (ever
without reference to these highei
prices) by the complete control of the
market which it secures, thereby get
ting the profit on the whole consump
tion.
"Jt is unfortunately not true," state?
the President, "that the Standard Oil
is tlif> nnlv srreat cornoration which is
benefiting in wholly improper fashion
The Attorney-General's investigation
tends to show that the Sugar Trust
rarely, if ever, pays the lawful rate."
On the subject of curbing monopo
lies, the message says:
"The argument is sometimes ad
Whole County Shaken.
In San Mateo County. Cal., nearly
every building suffered damage tc
chimneys, plaster, furniture or crock
ery. but the loss of life was small.. It
Redwood City the new .?2r>0,000 Courl
House was almost destroyed.
' Weds Astor in a Hurry.
Waldorf Astor and >Irs. NannW
Lanshorne Shaw, of Virginia. were
married in London, in spite of tb(
Supreme Court divorce decision.
Labor Notes.
Chairman Slionts has made r??or
that 22,000 men are digging at the isth
mue.
A new union formed recently at Bos
ton, Mass., was one of church orgat
jsvorkers.
Twelve steam laundries controlle?
by Japanese are in operation in Sai
Francisco, Cal.
The bnildi-g trades of San Fran
clsco carried a referendum vote by s
larpe majority to assess all member
S20 per capita for the purpose of build
ing a labor temple.
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vanced against conferring u^>on some
Governmental body the power of supervision
and control over interstate
' commerce that to do so tends to
' weaken individual initiative. Investigations
such as tills conclusively disprove
any such allegation. On the contrary,
the proper play for individual
. initiative can o'nly be secured by such
I Governmental supervision as "will curb
those monopolies which crush out all
individual initiative. The railroad itself
cannot without such Government
aid protect the interests of its own
stockholders as against one of these
great corporations loosely known as
trusts.
"The Government should have power
by its agents," the President maintains,
"to examine into the conduct of
i the railways?that is, the examiners,
under the direction of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, should be able
to examine as thoroughly into the affairs
of the railroad as bank examiners
' now examine Into the affairs cf banks."
In conclusion the President writes:
"Though not bearing upon the questiou
of railroad rates, there are two
measures of consideration of which is
imperatively suggested by the submission
of tbi3 report. The Standard Oil
Company has, largely by unfair, or unlawful
methods, crushed out home com*
petition. It is highly desirable that an
i element of competition should be introduced
by the passage of some such
> law as that which has already passed
( the House, putting alcohol used in the
1 I oi.fo anrl ninnilfoolliroe iinnn tllo frpp
: list. Furthermore, the time has come
, when no oil or coal lands held by the
Government, either upon the public do1
main proper or in territory owned by
the Indian tribes, should be alienated.
The fee to such lands should be kept
in the United States Government,
whether or not the profits arising from
it are to be given to any Inaian tribe,
and the lands should be leased only on
such terms and for such periods as
will enable the Government keep entire
control thereof.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
Commissioner Garfleld'* Report.
Commissioner Garfield, in his report.
: classes the more important forms of
discrimination in favor of the Standard
by the railroads, under the heads
: of secret and semi-secret rates, disi
criminations in the open arrangement
' of rates, discriminations in classifica L!
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UOUS anu nut's Ul suiiiuucui uuu uigi
criminations in treatment of private
> tank cars. He says:
L Not only has this resulted in great
i pecuniary advantage in transportation
cost to the Standard, but it has had the
i far more important effect of giving
that company practically unassailable
: monopolistic control of the oil market
throughout large sections of the eoun
try.
The manufacture of refined oil, com!
monly known as kerosene, is about
> 2G,000,000 barrels annually, of which
: the Standard Oil Company directly and
> indirectly controls about 23,000,000.
> It also controls approximately the
same proportion of the other finished
products of petroleum.
In the full report submitted the comi
mission reaches those conclusions:
r "The general result of the investign1
tion has been to disclose the existence
' of numerous and flagrant discriminai
tions by the railroads in behalf of the
i Standard Oil Company and its afiili.
ated corporations. With comparatively
i few exceptions, mainly of other large
> concerns in California, the Standard
r has been the sole beneficiary of such
I discriminations. In almost every secl
tion of the country that company has
: been found to enjoy some unfair adf
vantages over its competitors, and
some of these discriminations affect
1 enormous areas."
; Many of the secret rates discovered
i by the Bureau of Corporations have
- applied only on shipments of oil wholly
- within single States. Standard Oil
' K! iiAfinAnUa {r? ftrol fli
1 AVLl^JJJL CUUUV** icuiicuco i*t
i States, fs obviously in a position to
5 make extensive use of such intrastate
r rates, or as they are ordinarily dei
signed, State rates.
i For the purpose of more effectively
I concealing the secret rates given to
the Standard Oil, railroads in several
3 important cases, Mr. Garfield finds,
; have used peculiar methods ot billing
I A. most careful review of the fact3
i and the explanations leads to the fol[
lowing conclusion:
r The Standard Oil Company has habitually
received from the railroads
> and is now receiving secret rates and
r other unjust and illegal discrimina;
tions.
> Oil is from two to five cents higher in
i non-competitive than in competitive
> fields.
The monopolistic control extends
! from the well of the producer to tho
s doorstep of the consumer.
t The New York Central alone of the
i railroads refused to give access to its
> records of State rates.
i These discriminations have been so
i long continued, so secret, so ingenious>
ly applied to new conditions of trade,
i and so large in amount as to make it
i certain that the.v were due to concerled
action by tlie Standard and the railroads.
; The Standard Oil Company is rerelr
ing unjust discrimination in open
l rates.
The New England territory has boon
, In control of tiie Standard Oil by rea;
sou of the refusal of the New Haven
1 and Boston and Maine to pro-rate*?i. e.,
to join in through rates?on oil shipped
i from west of the Hudson, and by
means of the adjustment of published
> rates.
The Standard Oil has maintain?"! ab.
solute control of almost the whole section
of the country south of the Ohio
; and east of the Mississippi by means of.
[ secret rates and open discriminations.
; Case after case is cited in Commis,
sioner Garfield'*? report to prove that
[ the Standard is still receiving secret
: and unlawful rebates ami rates, although
the officials of tne trust d.>
. clared at the beginning of the investigation
that the Standard was not re.
ceiving such discriminations.
Killed by Break in Stocks.
Corwin H. Spencer, a St. Louis
> banker and ex-Vice-PrcsIdont of the
. St. Louis World's Fair. who had lost
i heavily on stocks, collapsed while Jookt
ing at a ticker, and soon died of heart
disease.
Priest Murders Triost.
At Murcia, Spain. Abbe Morale mnr>
dered the Jesuit Father Martinez in
> the vestry of the Santo Domingo
Church. lie then committed suicide.
Senator Clark to Retire.
Senator Clark, of Montana. iiRl
nouneed that be will not seek re-elec
tion to the United States Senate, but
will return to the West.
i Liability of Oue Insurance Company.
The San Francisco agent of the Liv1
erpool and London and Globe estimate!
j the net liability of the company at $4,335,000.
i Will Accept Foreign Gifts,
s The San Fruacisco Iinanee Commit
tee has concluded to thankfully accept
the gifts from other lands._
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'MYSTERIOUSLY HERE
C. L. Spier, Confidant of Active He
ct Standard Oil, Slain by Pistol.
HAD JUST INSURED HIS HI
Vollclei All Held la a Company T1
Has No Suicide Exemption Clau*
Police Declare Poiltlte Belief T1
Death Woaud Wai Self Infllctei
Many Fuzzllag Features.
New York City.?Charles L. Spi<
Jr., personal representative of Hen
j H. Rogers in lighting and railroad :
i terests in Richmond County and Nor
ern New Jersey, and a business prote
| of Mr. Rogers, was killed mysterious
! at 3.15 o'clock in the morning in 1
J residence, 7 Tompkins aveuue, N<
Brighton, Staten Island. He left 1
bedroom at that hour holding his lot
ed revolver in his right hand and hi
ing his left hand in the collar of 1
Boston bull terrier, Buster. He pass
down the stairs in the dark this wj
ills "Wire says iwu piaiui auuis v?*
fired in the dining room. One "w
from Mr. Spier's own revolver and c
bullet went through his heart No
dications of burglars were found lai
except a collection of plated silverwi
on the floor of the dining room besi
the revolver and an open door to t
piazza in the rear of the hallway?t
key on the iuside.
Mr. Spier had just insured his life 1
$75,000 and paid the last of the pre
iums on two policies involved two da
before his death. This was probat
the last piece of business he trai
acted. A judgment for over $50.(
was rendered against him a short til
ago.
Although the police were led by si
eral things to believe that Mr. Sp
was shot by a burglar -who was
tempting to get away with the fam
silverware anjl was much surpris
there is much that puzzles them in 1
case.
While Mrs. Spier told the police tl
her husband went in search of burgla
armed with a revolver and accc
panipd by a bull terrier, the police j
they believe that Spier was s]
through the heart with his own pisl
and that at no time before or af
the shot which killed him was eitl
footsteps or a scuffle heard. The b
terrier, known in the neighborhood
its ferocity, did not even bark, and v
wandering unconcernedly about 1
hall when Spier's body was found
the foot of the siairs.
The police are also puzzled by 1
fact that, although a few pieces of
verware were found on the floor as
hastily dropped by a surprised thi
no marKo were iuuuu uu iuc n
piazza, which a thief must lu
climbed to enter the house, and no fc
marks were found in the groui
around the house. The soil was qu
soft from recent rain and should hj
retained impressions of shoes.
14,000 IN SUDDEN QUARANTI*
Philadelphia Police Guard Nine Blo<
While Doctors Examine Resident:
Philadelphia.?If smallpox is spn
in Philadelphia from a single case (
covered there, it will not be because
lack of energetic action by the hea
authorities. More than a hundred
licemen started out at 4 o'clock a.
and quickly placed ropes across all
streets surrounding nine square bloi
of the most densly populated sect
of the city.
| Then, while the policemen guar<
I the streets and allowed no one to p
either in or out of the district, a co
of physicians started in to exam
every one of the 14,000 men, won
i and children within the nine blocks.
Not one person escaped examinatl
and 3000 of them were vaccinat
The other 11,000 escaped because ti
had been vaccinated recently enougL
satisfy the doctors. It was five ho
before the rigid quarantine was
laxed in any block.
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0I1UUJ.O ja-a.i.'* oriii< ** ? j->
Indiana Woman. Alone, Cripples ?
Captures a Burglar.
Indianapolis, Ind?Mrs. Earl Linds
wife of a Howard County farmer,
home with no one but a child in
house with her, was about to rel
when she discovered a pair of sh
protruding from under the bed spre
Leaving the room Mrs. Lindsay lo
ed a shotgun. With both hammers
full cock she returned and commanc
the intruder to come from the bed.
The man crawled out and started
run. Mrs. Lindsay had backed agai
the wall. As he passed through i
door she let go both barrels. The
truder fell with a score of buckshot
his leg. He was identified as Jan
Wilson, wanted in two Indiana cit
for burglary.
BOMB KILLS BEARER.
Also Wounds Accomplice of a Russi
Student in Paris.
Paris, France.?Two Russians, nan
Striga and Sokoloff, were each carryi
a bomb in the Bois de Vincennes, w
the evident intention of hiding the
when the bomb carried by Striga i
ploded, killing him and dangerou
wounding his companion.
Striga and Sokoloff both were s
dents of the School of Mines and me
hers of the Russian Students' Uni
They also belonged to the Revolutii
ary Society. Neither has figured
' the police registers of suspected f
eiguers. Bitter
Attack on President.
James R. Day, Chancellor of S.v
cuse University, to which much Stai
ard Oil money has been given, ma
a bitter attack on "anarchism in 1
White House" because of the Pre
dent's stand against Standard Oil.
British Fight Zulus.
A force of 1000 Zulus attacked
British column near the grave of Cc
I wayo. South Africa. Sixty Zulus wi
killed: the British had throe 11:
wounded.
Feminine News Notes.
In India natives are beginning
lauv auuui IUU IUSI U^LUS UL uiui
;\vomen.
A Cbambersburg (Pa.) girl. Miss C
rie Mickey wou iirst honors in the cl;
of 1000 at Wilson College.
Mrs. E. H. Iluntingtou obtained
divorce from her husband, in S
Francisco, after twenty years
wedded life.
Women of the faculty and gradua
of the New York Medical College :
Women have undertaken to raise
000 to pay off a mortgage and save 1
institution.
iiiiiriiM
n SAY HE BURNED CHURCH
The Rev. C, Stewart Bain Accused of
ad Arson at Waterloo, N, Y.
Iavettlgators Declare the Pastor Quilt}
p? After a Lonf Inquiry?Collapse3 In
Pulpit Duilng Sunday Service.
lat
Rochester, N. Y.?Not in many years
ial bas the village of Waterloo felt sc
a_ much excitement as has been caused
by the arrest of the Rev. C. Stewarl
Bain, paster of the First Baptisl
er- Church, on the charge of setting fire tc
that church when it was burned to tb?
in" ground on the night of March G.
When the church was burned its con
ge gregation had just paid the last of it*
sly debt, and the parish was in a flourish
lis ing condition. It wj*s believed at th(
time the fire was the work of an incen
diary, but no one was suspected, and
1113 the villagers were at a loss to accoum
id- for the deed. The church was insured
IV- for $7000, and the insurance compan3
lig adjusted the loss at $6225.
Not long after the destruction of th(
ed church the pastor began receiving
iy. threatening letters, each signed with i
ire skull and crossbones. . One of thes<
as read:
me "Sir?You are hereby warned to leav<
in- the town. We have knowledge of wh(
ter it was burned the church. What abou
ire Miss K. She is all right, you bet, bu
de not for you. This town will soon tH
he too hot. Look out. The black snak<
he is sure and .tells no tales. So get out
Next time you know."
for These letters to the pastor were fol
m- lowed by similar anonymous letters t<
ys prominent members of the church
)ly Christ Church opened its doors to th<
as- Baptist congregation. While Mr. Bail
>00 was preaching there on Sunday, Apri
ine 15, he suddenly fell unconscious in th<
pulpit. His physician said he had ha<
?v- a slight hemorrhage of the brain, an<
ier ordered him to cease all labors for i
at- time. He was granted a vacation. In
ily vestigation of the fire went on in Mr
ed, Bain's absence, and certain circum
;he stances were learned that resulted ii
the pastor's arrest pnd incarceration ii
lat jail.
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im" FATHER AND SON SLAIN.
;ay
10.t Tramps With Razors Kill Lonely Hote
toi, t
ter Keepers.
Jer Old Bridge. N. J.-*George Wbiteman
ull forty years old. and his father, sevent;
for years old, whose bodies, horribl;
'as slashed with razors and with throat
the cut, were found in the barroom of th
at little hotel or road house, which the,
kept on the road frbm Old Bridge t
the Matawan, N. J.( two miles from 01<
sil- Bridge.
i if The place was closed. The door wa
ief, forced, and leaning against the doo
ear were the bodies of father and sor
tve Blood "was everywhere, and on the floo
>ot- were the blades and handles of severa
ids broken razors.
lite It was evident that the two men hai
ive been attacked in force. They had mad
a desperate struggle for life. Th
hands of both victims were slashed tei
jE ribly, showing they had seized an>
broken the razors wielded by their as
. sailants. The cleanness with whici
their throats were cut indicated tha
3- after they had been overpowered, pei
,a(j haps while they were held by their as
jjS. sailants, their throats were cut as i
of they had been sheep.
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po- LAKE COMMERCE IS TIED UP.
m.,
tlJe Strike Declared by the Longshoremen'
Association.
Buffalo, N. Y.?The commerce of th
led great lakes, save for the lumber cai
ass riers and the passenger boats that carr
rps package freight, is tied up. The Intel
ine national Longshoremen's Associaiio
leu declared a strike, and at every port th
dock workmen Quit. Off Clevelan
on, and Ashtabula and Erie the great or
ed! carriers are riding ?t anchor, and i
ley the harbor of Buffalo tne grain earner
i to are massing all along the breakwater,
urs Fifty thousand men are idle, me
re- who earn on average $2.50 a daj
Twenty-live hundred boats are nc
earning their average, which is est
EJ3 mated at $300 a day. Elevator owr
ers, supply men and industries that d(
^ pend on lake commerce are losing vas
sums. The strike :osts at least $1,000
000 a day. It is not to gain mor
ay( wages, but to force vessel owners t
at recognize a union formed by the mate:
the
ire SHERMAN ABANDONS HIS TRIF
oes
Returns From Historic Fields Fathe
at Traversed Forty Years Ago.
led Atlanta, Ga.?The Rev. Fathe
Thomas Sherman abandoned his tri]
to over the historic fields which hi
nst father, General W. T. Sherman, trav
the ersed forty j*ears ago, and with th
in- escorting party returned to Fort Ogle
In thorpe.
Jes a special messenger with order
les from General Duvall, commanding th
Department of the Gulf, reached Car
tersville, from Fort McPherson, order
ing the immediate return of the party
Father Sherman expressed regre
[an that his mission should have been mis
understood, and said that he was keen
ly hurt by the criticisms of people ant
led press. He declared at first that hi
-~ +v?n trin nlnnc hn
IU? WUU1U. wiiuuuc f
itli finally decided to return with the raili
'm, tary escort, which had extended hin
ex- the courtesy of the trip,
sly
tn. Warship Sent to Guadeloupe,
m- Riots, growing out of the excitemen
on. over the elections, occurred in Guade
on- loupe; a number of houses wen
in sacked: an American warship has beei
or- ordered from Santo DomLngo to th(
island. ,
New Theatrical Trust.
ra. Klaw ?fc Erlanger and their allies, o
ltj. New York, will incorporate a $30,000,
000 concern to control the theatric*
Ihe situation.
;Si
Against Federal Judges.
Senator Tillman delivered his long
promised philippic against unfair Fed
a eral Judges.
te
2re Maine Beat Missouri.
icu The battleship Maine beat the hith
erto invincible Missouri in a race.
The Field ot Sports,
to Very few good two-year-olds hav<
I-- iionn iiii/ini'ot-fli] tn rlnto.
iUU WCCU WUVWiv.vw
There are forty-five entries for th(
ar- $9000 Massachusetts purse.
iss It has been decided to cut the trot
tiug track at Willows, Cal., iuto build
a iug lots.
an In Copeland, Princeton has a train
of er with many of the characteristics o:
Moakley.
tes Willie Shaw, the well-known Jockey
for has signed a contract to ride for Alex
0.- auder Shields and his sons this year a
:he a salary of $10,000 for eisht month;
on the Eastern tracks.
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BITSl_NEwfl
WASHINGTON. S
Senator Albion's amendment to
Railroad Rate Bill met with so
opposition from bis Republican col'
leagues tbat be withheld it for modifil
All free passes on railroads ;$!
> barred by a clause put by the Senatt
i into the rate bill.
L The Government will co-operate witl
t Ohio officials in prosecution of !"
Standard Oil Company. H
The Isthmian Canal Commission met
* and decided to ask for an appropria*
i tion of $26,348,281 to continue th|
construction of the canal during till
fiscal year ending June 30, 1907. I
. President Roosevelt in a special me?
' sage to Congress explained the refusal *2?
[ of the Government to accept foreign I
* contributions for the San Francisco VM
[ sufferers.
t Tariff revision will be the issue iir ' S
I the coming Congressional campaign. , ,/:?M
' Countess di Brazza, representing th
Italian Government, urged establish* i
ment of an international bureaw to dt ;
rect immigration here. . ^ :'j*
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. - ;'3
; There is renewed fear among thtf .
) Filipinos that the islands are to b? ' ;j
t sold to Japan, and the fear is wi?e< ?
t spread. J ?
i A. T. Atkinson, ex-Superintendent of ?!j
- Public Instruction and father of Act- " *
Ing Governor Atkinson, died of heart
disease at Honolulu. For many years ; ^
he was the head organizer of the pub- $
3 lie schools of the Hawaiian Islands. - . J
Judge McKenna resigned from the r
1 Porto Rico bench at the demand of j
| the Island Bar Association.
a Bilbid Prison, in the Philippines, cot* . fwj
i tains 4000 native prisoners, a large- :;
j percentage of whom are serving senx
tences for sedition and insurrection.
It is said that the officers of the:
army as a rule are enthusiastically^ ?
- favor of the retention of the Philip- -a
i pines as permanent colonial posses- %
q sions. * , *
A force of constabulary, acting In ?-1
conjunction with Governor Juan
Schaick, of the Province of Cavlte,
Philippine Islands, will begin a move- -"''.fjS
. j ment to capture Montalon and his band
of outlaws, now located south of the
Taal volcano. The authorities predict
, that it will be impossible for the ban* Vy
dits and their leader to esc.pe on this y,
y occasion. - * .
s Governor-General Ide has appointed , ?<
e a committee to see how many prison
y ers in the jail at Manila who are held vj|
0 for sedition and insurrection may be ...SJH
1 safely released. "
s DOMESTIC.
r The offices of Joseph Leiter and the V-.' 3,
i. L. Z. Leiter estate, in Chicago, were.,..
r entered by burglars who stole secuxk ! 1
I ties valued at $12,000.
James T. Tierney, a fireman, was
II electrocuted by a fallen wire, and five
e of his comrades sustained serious in- fM
f juries while fighting a fire at Mobile, ,
5^ A cloudburst has washed away all v'.jj
k the bridges on the Dry Fork Railroad; ;
t between Hendricks and Horton, W<
.. Va., a distance of thirty miles.
i- The northeafst wing of the City Hall. a
f Chicago, was abandoned by ord?r of :'/j?
Building Commissioner Bartzen, who
said it was in danger of falling.
Investigation into the Mutual Life' '^|
Insurance Company's payments toi legislative
expenses was opened by 4
special Grand Jury, of New York City? 5 <3
T,4j. L. ^cmple, of Texarkana, Arkj ;
- I ? *r..? Uorn Ralrof Vti
e uas presemeu iu iui o. iu?ij ^
r- Eddy, of Christian Science fame, 4
y $6000 pair of Kentucky horses. $ '<3j
It Las been decided to retain th< 0*3|
n Metbodist publishing bouses in Netf :
? York City and Cincinnati, but concen*
trate the work.
? The Gaekwar of Baroda, one of tb< />jl
three highest native rulers of Indian
is on bis way to New York Cit?.
n The situation in San Francisco con-'
T% tinues to improve, relief was distrib- i
it utpd expeditiously and many plans tot
i. rebuilding are made. > i
Banks in San Francisco resumed
; business and the City Engineer subit
mitted a comprehensive plan for the
,- rebijlding of the city.
e Independent oil producers expressed
0 great gratification at the President's ' 5
'> message.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. announced
the disbandment of his Young Men's
Club, In New York City.
r j More than forty Brooklyn and Man- - iq
hattan automobilists were fined in one
day for scorching on Long Island.
* Major-General A. W. Greely, In comg
mand of the forces in San Francisco,
has reported that in Santa Rosa the
* killed in the earthquake of April 18
numbered sixty-nine persons. Fiftythree
were injured and ten are still
missing. ' .
"t?
FOREIGN.
A dispatch from Cairo says that the
' Turkish Grand Vizier has ordered the
t restoration of boundary pillars, and
- has denied that they were removed by,
* Turkish troops.
1 Turkish troops exterminated a band
? of fourteen Bulgarians at Lloyds, near
1 Kiuprill. The Turks had two men
* killed.
The French Cabinet has won a complete
victory in the elections.
Howard Cary, of New York City,
a cousin of Lord Fairfax, was found
t dead in a London boarding house with
- i a revolver in his hand.
2 j The police arrested sixteen anar
i ; eliists ana caprurea eigne uomus at
5 Barcelona, Spain.
England is sending additional forces
to Eastern Mediterranean waters.
Partisans of the Chinese bandit Van*
maoinao attempted to rescue him from
the municipal jail at Shanghai; the
1 ! brigand and another Chinaman were
killed and three jailers and four Chinese
were wounded.
AVliilfw flro mpn rrossincr til*
Montmorency River above the falls in
a boat, near Quebec, Canada, one of
them became frightened and leaped
out, upsetting the boat. He managed
to swim ashore, but the others -were
drawn into the vortex and drowned.
German and Russian health officials
are discussing at Thothom, Prussian
Tola ml, means for preventing the
5 spread of cholera, should it break
out.
; The strength of the respective parties
in the French Chamber will be
only slightly changed by the elections.
Special cable dispatches tell of British
troops leaving Malta for Egypt andi
war ships about to rendezvous at thei
j Piraeus, in Greece.
In an imperial rescript accepting}'
Count Witte's resignation as Premierj
' Emperor Nicholas praises the Couut fori
" his services to Russia, especially menj
j tioniug his success in a new loan. ' *"
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