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_________ OREYFUT VINDICATED |i >; BY FRENCH NATION i! tw Dr Devil's Island Martyr Declared fc Innocent and Rank Restored, pi TO BE MADE A' GENERAL Mi : ' Es Accused Officer CouEd Not Have Obtained Secret Mobilization Pa- Zo pers For Delivery to Germany? ^ Did Not Write Bordereau. Paris.?Alfred Dreyfus bas been Cc completely vindicated by France. The Supremo Court of the Repub.. lie announced its decision annulling the conviction of Dreyfus by the Zo court-martial at Rennes in 1S99. To wipe every stain from Dreyfus' reputation and to emphasize its condemnation of the false evidence that W was tried against him the court or- ^ ders that he need not stand trial again. It declares there is no reason gr for another trial because Dreyfus I committed no offense. In conclusion the court noted the | fact that Dreyfus had waived pecuj nlary indemnity for all he suffered ?0 during twelve years. The court ordered its decision to q0 ! be transcribed on the records of the j Rennes court-martial and to be published in the official journal and five $ newspapers to be chosen by the Pro curator-General ana, at tne uovern- pr ment's expense, ia fifty newspapers here and in the provinces to be se named by Dreyfus. The former captain, after being ^ falsely convicted of treason, publicly degraded and imprisoned on Devil's Qr Island, is restored to the army by the decision itself. He will return to his country's ser- pr vice with the rank of Brigadier-Gen> 'eral, Premier Sairien assured the or Chamber of Deputies, and the court's decision will be posted in every com- gu mune in France. I Neither Dreyfus nor his wife was in court when the decision was ren- M Idered. In an interview afterward f Dreyfus said: In, ''This has been a long and terrible ordeal. I began to feel as if it would j.. never end. It is clear that the decis- a ( ' ion restores me to my old place in dr the army, but I am not aware of the intentions of the Government concerning my advancement in rank. an "I have nothing to say against my ^ ] accusers. Being again an officer I . .' am obliged to obey the army regula- ' tions of silence. "I am inexpressibly thankful to all . who have assisted in the mainten- ^ g? ance of truth." h The Ministers held a protracted special session at the Elysee Palace ' under President Fallieres. The Gov- ' ernment's course in carrying out the court's decision was determined. Two | ? bills were drawn. By them Dreyfus . will be nominated a major, with early promotion to a lieutenant-colo- Cz nelship. Had he served his country continuously he would be a lieutenant-colonel of artillery now. tic Dreyfus' name will be entered on ge the list for the Legion of Honor, but thi he will not be nominated to that dis- sa, tinction directly. rei Picquart, whose sense of justice Becured the quashing of the Rennes C0] court-martial's verdict, will be made dn a brigadier-general immediately. pli In its decision the Supreme Court holds that these new facts have been < established before it: on First ? That the document from General Mercier's secret papers pre- jai sented at the Rennes court-martial, in which the initial "D" was substituted for "P," was a falsification establishing a strong presumption o? n i Dreyfus" innocence. Second ? That another document from the secret papersin which Dreyfus was falsely shown to have given nv to Germany the plans for the railway Si: mobilization of French troops never reached the War Department; there- in fore Dreyfus could not have secured ces possession of it. in? i Third ? That the Rennes court- 11 a martial failed to hear essential testi- Pa: mony calculated to establish the fact 10 '.that Dreyfus wa3 innocent. bei "These facts," says the court's decision, "without seeking for any further grounds, are of a nature to establish the innocence of the accused, by Therefore it is only necessary to et- ge< Ttf V* /-\+ V? rv ?? f t Vl Ck < !,/ aUUlULC WUCVUCl i.11^ * tl UiUb v*. LUC Rennes court-martial slial! be an- tio ; nulled without a retrial or be fol- wo lowed by another trial by a courtmartial." After a long review of the document in the case known as the bor- Bg dereau, the decision slates that it .. was written by Major Count Esterhazy, and' that the accusations con- . necting Dreyfu3 with the bordereau rest only on hypothesis and conjecture. "The accusation against Dreyfus," continues the decision, "whether am based on the handwriting or the text the of the bordereau, was wholly unjus- Sa tlfiable and without motive. More- cei over, Dreyfus having a large fortune, to one seeks in vain for any-reason for be his committing such a great crime. "The court therefore hold3 that, as all the accusations against the accused fall to the ground, there is no k no necessity for a new trial, and con- wo r sequently the judgment in condem- ha nation i3 annulled as unwarranted by the evidence." Chief Events in Case Which Nearly sia Disrupted France. alt The "Dreyfus Case" has excited 50 Bank Exchanges Increased. Bank exchanges at New York for the week were 4.5 per cent, larger ba; Ithan in 1905, while at other leading th( Cities the average gain was 2.2 per pel cent. . Factory Scandals in England. Factory inspectors found' condi- foi tions in English food establishments lin as revolting as those in Chicago. to Failures Are Few. Failures occurring th.13 season are & few in number. me The National Game. er It really seems to be a case of w* j Jack Chesbro redivivus. 1)0 Ot The Eoston Club is said to have offered Toledo $5000 for ihe fast In- , Idian outfielder, Frank Jude. ^ In timing the swing of his bat to fcneet the ball Beaumont, of the Firates. is an ideal performer with the totick. Carl Druhot released by CincinSali to the St. Louis Nationals, has t.hi ecome a winning pitcher for the co: Cardinals. to & * jfen.. aace to the verge of revolutioa ' veral times, it lias overthrown min:eries. it has excited anti-Semitic aaticism aad provoked iasaae glorcatioa of the French Army. The tes of its chief events during elve years are: eyfus arrested. . .October 14. 1S94 >und guilty by a secret court-martial December 19, 1894 iblicly degraded and sent to Devil's Island under life sentence. . January 5. 1895 ithew Dreyfus charges Colonel Esterhazy with having written the bordereau November 15, 1897 iterhazy acquitted by secret courtmartial January 11, 1898 la publishes "J'accuse" letter. . January 13, 1898 | la fined and sentenced to prison. . i February 23. 1898 >urt of Cassation quashes Zola's sentence April 2, 1898 .vaignac. War Minister, produces documents to prove Dreyfus' guilt . .July 7. 1898 la condemned again.July 16, 1898 ilonel Henry arrested, confesses forging chief of Cavai^nac's documents; commits suicide. . August 31, 1898 ar Minister Cavaignac resigns. . September 4, 1898 encli commission decides against revision .. ..September 2G, 1898 isson Ministry resigns; Court of Cassation reports in favor of revision. . . . . . .October 25, 1898 ipuy Ministry lanes omce. . October 31, 1898 iurt of Cassation stops prosecution of Picquart. . . .December 9. 1898 urt of Cassation orders second court-martial-^ ....June 3, 1899 ipuy Ministry having been defeated. Waldeck-Rousseau forms new ministry June 22, 1899 'eyfus leaves Devil's Island for France July 13, 1S99 cond court-martial opens at Rennes August 7, 1899 tempt to kill Labori fails. . August 14, 1899 eyfus sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in a fortress. . September 10, 1899 esident Loubet issues pardon.. September 19, 1899 eyfus set at liberty.. September 20, 1899 preme Court fully vindicates Dreyfus July 12, 1906 OB MURDERS WIFE BEATER. [liana Man's Neighbors Capture and Kill Him Before He Gets Sober. Indianapolis, Ind.?Oliver Bryant, coal miner, of Venderberg County, ank to excess, went home and gave 5 wife a beating. A mob was organized at night, d while Bryant was sleeping off e ciiccLS <JJL liquui IUCJ* uruttt; IULU ; house, took him out and beat him terribly that he died next day. The mob is said to have been led A. J. Gleic'n, a prominent farmer d fruit grower. He was arrestee^, arged with murder. Harry Linnle, a blacksmith, is also under ar;t on a similar charge and warats are out for a number of others. SIDED WITH MUTINEERS. ar's Soldiers Bayonetted Officer Who Gave Command to Fire. St. Petersburg, Russia. ? Addimal details of the mutiuy of the venth Cavalry at Tamboy shows it both the infantry and the Cos:ks sent to subdue the mutineers "used to firo on them?the infantry yonetting the officer who gave the mmand. Only a detachment of agoons, who, it is said, had been ed with liquor, attacked the mueers. The officers of the Seventh fired their own men. The number of led or wounded has not been es )lished. DEWEY AT OLONGAPO. y Dock Reaches Philippine Waters After Long Voyage. Manila.?The dry dock Dewey ared at Olongapo. The trip from igapore was uneventful. The arrival of the dry dock Dewey Philippine waters marks the suc?sful completion of the biggest tow; feat ever undertaken in ocean vlgation. The giant dry dock ssed out of the Virginia Capes at .40 o'clock on the night of Decemr 2D last. Russian Admiral Shot. v v^iiuimum was auuu a sailor at Sebastopol; the surDns hold out no hope of recovery; i assassin escaped; general condins in Russia seem to be growing >rse. * Kentucky Murderor Confesses. At the trial of ex-Judge Hargis in attyville, Ky., Curtis Jett testified it he had killed J. B. Mareum, but 1 not stick to his recent confession plicating Hargis. Coffee Rates Favor New York. Steamers between South America d the United States announce that j rate from Rio de Janeiro and ntos to New Orleans will be forty its a sack on coffee, while the rate New York from the same ports will thirty-five cents a sack. Labor Men in Campaign. Federation of Labor officers anunced that an active opposition uld be begun to Congressmen who d voted against lanor Interests. Public Money Stolen. Armed men in St. Petersburg, Rus,, shot two employes of the Admiry and stole a bag containing $12,6. Petroleum Stops Plague. Dr. burner. Health Officer of Bomy, has successfully demonstrated i extraordinary efficiency of crud,e troleum as a plague disinfectant. Religion in British Army. Mr. Haldane, the British Secretary War, in a speech at Pimllco outed a plan to give more attention the spiritual needs of the army. California Fruit Shipments. The season's total citrus fruit ship;ats are 23.85S carloads. Admiral Choukniu Dead. Vice-Admiral Chouknin, commandof the Russian Black Sea fleet, 10 was shot at Sebastopol, supsedly by a sailor of the battleship chakoff, died next morning witht having regained consciousness. ie under gardener of Admiral louknin's villa is suspected of liavg knowledge of the murderer, as has disappeared. Santo Domingo Rejects Protocol. Santo Domingo Congress rejected e Dominican-Italian protocol, and mplicatious with Italv are expected follow. GREAT PUT iiPBISM i III SEHHIMB RUSSIA, Estates of Nobles in Various Provinces Devastated 1 GENERAL ANARCHY RENEWED Mujiks Turn on Their Oppressors? i Many Landlords Slain, Their 1 Crops Burned and Their Palaces Looted. f Bobroff, Province of Voronezh, Russia.?Tho troubles in the whole 300 houses, was consumed. The Monastery of the Nativity at Moscow has been plundered of all its jewelry and sacred relics and $10,000 in cash. Throughout Poland systematic pillaging of the government spirit shops is in progress. The Central Police Office at Warsaw was robbed and a gendarme was killed. At Lublin, Poland, revolutionists executed a workman who was suspected of being a spy, and at Nizhui Novgorod and Vasniky the cashiers of the spirit monopoly were robbed and killed. At Lublin two gendarmes were killed in the streets, the assassins escaping. A bank at Sosnitsa, Province of Sosnitsa. was robbed. At Tiflis an Armenian locomotive engineer was shot in his cab by an assassin concealed in the neighboring wood^. Workmen at Rostofi killed an alleged government provocator. At Yaroslav bombs were exploded at the residence of the Chief of Police and an officer of the gendarmerie. In view of the terrorized state of the population of Baku, the Governor General has ordered all persons to stay indoors from 9 p. m. to 5 a. m. Persons on whom arms are found will be imprisoned for three months. The "Red Squadron," the new terrorist party, is still spreading its propaganda in the Caucasus. The assassin of Gen. Kozloff, of the Headquarters Staff, who was murdered in the English Park at Peterhof last Saturday, h"as been identified as a Lett belonging to an organization, the members of which have sworn to kill Gon. Trepoff, Gen. Prince Putiatin, and thirteen other persons intimately connected with the Court. The assassin was chosen ^by lot. The Twentieth Century assert9 that the reports submitted by the commission of JLhe General Staff on the investigation of the disaffection in the army thus far show that six guard regiments, twenty-six line, seven cavalry, six artillery, and five sapper regiments are more or less affected by the revolutionary propaganda. Emperor Nicholas has degraded the Seventh Cavalry, which recently mutinied at Tamboff, by taking away the imperial standard conferred on the regiment two years ago. Threats of a police strike nearly caused a panic here and, though the strike has been postponed, the danger cannot be said to have entirely passed. The ostensible basis of the police discontent is in regard to money affairs, but the authoritiesi declare that the trouble was inspired by agitators. The police of the First District refused to go out on their beats until authoritatively assured that the money paid into the savings fund would be repaid with full interest. The men marched to the Second District, where they induced their comrades to join them. Cossacks were summoned and the police were surrounded and threatened with arrest, but they held out until the Chief of Police assured them that their demands would be investigated and all wrongs would bo righted. Smolensk.?The agrarian movement has assumed a violent phase in this district. The estates of Count onerouuiuen, a. pi uiuiukul rcatnouary, and Prince Lubanoff Rostoffsky and three other large estates have been completely destroyed. Pavlograd, Province of EkaterinoBlaff.?The estate of M. Sukovhkin has been pillaged and 2000 tons of hay and forage burned. British Groccrr. Lose Trade. British grocers say that the recent Gca:e has had a most serious effect on trade in all canned goods. Hargis Not Guilty. The jury in the Hargis-Callahan murder trial at Beattyville, Ky., returned a verdict of not guilty. No Indictment-For Standard Oil. The Federal Grand Jury, in Cleve land, which has been investigating the relations between the Standard Oil Company and the Lake Shore Railroad, returned no indictments, because of lack of jurisdiction. Relief For Russian Famine. The Russian Emperor approved the famine relief measure passed by both houses; the lower house is discussiug the draft of the appeal to the peasants. 1 " Feminine News Notes. In stature Esquimaux women are the shortest on earth. In Africa wives are sold for two packets of hair pins. William Waldorf Astor, Jr., and his bride arrived in New York City on their wedding trip. Mrs. Charles T. Stout won the women's golf championship of the New York metropolitan district. President and Mme. Fallieres gave a dinner at the Elysee Palace in lxoaor of Mr. and Mrs. Longworth. of this district, covering 13 5 mlies square, are becoming more serious daily. The peasants have risen as one < man, and over twenty estates were burned and several landed proprietors killed. The town is filled with terror- < stricken proprietors who were able to escape the carnage by fleeing from their estates. Ten miles from here fifteen estates were burned ana many of the proprietors were killed. The governor has arrived with Cossacks. St. Petersburg, Russia.?In many places the peasants are wantonly i applying the torch to estates belonging to the Crown and to private forests. At Natshatkino, Simbirsk Province, .the town hall was set on fire and the entire village, consisting of pany. His resignation was accepted. I A suit was brought against him on | the ground that he assisted the raiders by his financial backing, and hi? prosecution was demanded by Dr. Leyd, the representative of the Transvaal in Europe. Mr. Beit had only one passion iD private life andsthat was the collection of valuable pictures. Though he spent millions of dollars in its gratification his wide knowledge of the value of pictures made him immune from the many swindles perpetrated upon rich patrons of art. 0! a generous disposition on almost every subject, he held to his convictions with an unfxring tenacity ol purpose. Never having married he was strongly opposed to the mar- ' riage of those in his employ. An an- ] ecdote in illustration is told of him In 1894 his private secretary came j to him with a request for a holiday ' in oruer 10 get marrieu. xie was , told by his employer he could choose between his employment and his ' prospective wife. The young man chose marriage and lost his position, but Mr. Beit presented him a check of $25,000 as a wedding present. Among the many acts of philanthropy in his life are the establishment of a new building of the new . technical school in this city, estab- I lishment of a professorship for the ; promotion of Colonial History in Oxford, and a recent donation of $500,- ; 000 to found a university in Ham burg. | The markets were not affected b5 the death of Mr. Beit, as since his stroke of paralysis in ] 903 it had ( been realized that his death might come suddenly. NEARLY 500 TO LOSE WORK. Carnegie Company Employes Affected by Failure to Get Contract. Pittsburg, Pa.?Nearly five hun- ( dred employes of the armor plate department of the Carnegie Steel Company's plant in Homestead will be thrown out of work for two years or more as a result of the company losing the contract for supplying armor plate for the battleships South Carolina and Michigan. ? The department is practically at i a standstill. All the government work was completed several months ago, and about four hundred and fifty men were thrown out of employment. About fifty men are now engaged in making safe plates and o uer "light work. Contracts for furnishing this material have about been filled, and in a few weeks the department will close d.own altogether. PRISONER KILLS HIMSELF. N. M. Riggs, Arrested For Murder, Takes His Own Life. Elroy, Wis.?N. M. Riggs, who was arrested here in connection with the murder of Millie Ellison, in Minneapolis, 3hot himself, dying instantly. When arrested Riggs asked to be taken to see his wife and daughter, who are visiting in the country. He returned and talked with many friends,. being apparently cheerful, but somewhat pale. Riggs asked permission to go to his room in the hotel, and then shot himself through the temple. Feigned Insanity Successfully. It was asserted that Martin Tighe, declared insane five years ^go, deceived the alienists and was entirely .sane when sent to Matteawan, N. Y. Immigration Rccords Broken. Ellis Island reports more than a million persons entered the port of New York, breaking all records, during the year ended June 30. Sporting Brevities. Emperor William has bought Allison Armour's yacht Utowana, paying $75,000 for it. Miss May Sutton lost the British women's lawn tennis championship to Miss Douglass. T. F. Kiely, of Tipperary. Ireland, won the all-around amateur athletic championship of America. Harold H. Hackett won the final round in the lawn tennis tournament for the New York State championship. - ITl'S BIB? DEAD .? Alfred Beit Controlled the World's Diamond Mines. S Made nn Enormous Fortune in South Africa and Died a Bachelor? Estimated Wealth $150,000,000. T Lonuon.?Alfred Iieit the richest man in England, "Diamond King" o? g the world, art connoisseur and philanthropist in many fields, died of nn illness from which he had been suffering since he was stricken with paralysis early in 1903. Born in Hamburg in 1S53, Mr. Beit, a man ^ in the prime of life when he died, had accumulated a fortune from dia- ' mond and gold mines and other I South African interests variously es- ? timated atbetween $120,000,000 and , 5150,000,000. Iu the death of Mr. Beit, the man whose word controlled the price of I iliamonds, has passed from the world. z He was by far the most powerful man in the South African diamond trade, and aside from this hold on f the diamond output he had Si con- ? trolling interest in the gold mines of * that country. In the early days of " the South African development Mr. s. Eeit became intimately, associated in business with Cecil Rhodes. That ? the friendship then formed lasted ^ until the death of Mr. Rhodes in 1902 was shown by the fact that Mr. s Beit was made one of the executors * of the enormous Rhodes estate. * Mr. Beit was a life governor of 1 the De Beers Consolidated Mines, a 1 partner in the firm of Wernher, Beit ? & Co., and a director in the Rand Mines. Rhodesia Railways, Bechuan- * aland Railway Trust, Consolidated Company, Bullfontein Mine and Brit* ? ish South African Company. When 1 the Jamison Commission, appointed to investigate the South African J raid, met for the purpose of placing 1 the blame for its inauguration, Mr 1 Beit testified as a witness. He was ; afterward accused of complicity in 1 the raid itself, and as a result of the [ accusation tendered his resignation 'c from the Board of Directors of the ( British Chartered South Africa Com- 1 1 1500 IN KILLED IN LATEST BATTLE Salvador and Guatemala Have Now Suspended Hostilities. RUCE IS ROOSEVELT'S WORK laivadoreans Claim Victory in En- j gageincnt at Metapan and Plan- | atar?No .Quarter Givan in j Ficrce Fighting?Pcacc in Si^ht | City of Mexico. Mexico.?Salvalorean advices received here tell of wo sharp battles between Guatemaan and Salvadorean troops, one at detapan and tlie other at Planatar. Salvadoreans claim the victory in >oth battles. President Cabrera is accused of 11 4-U. Unnro off^r ll O )reaKing laim micc auu^ u<.bw? nade an agreement with the Pre3ilent of Mexico to cease hostilities >ending peace negotiations. His toldiers are alleged to have crossed he Salvadorean border and attacked he Salvadorean army at Metapan tnd Planatar. Guatemalan soldiers are also ac:used of inhuman barbarities in the Salvadorean advices received here, n the fighting at Metapan it is itated that young Molina, son of >ne of the prominent and rich SaVadorean families, while suffering :'rom a wound in the leg was taken >risoner. He received no quarter ind was literally cut to pieces by he Guatemalan soldiers. Colonel \.dalberto Guirola, a graduate of iVest Point, son of Angel Guirola, i wpaithv Salvadorean, was also I tilled in the battle. The death of these two men is >ointed out as an indication of the act that rich and poor alike have ushed to the defence of Salvador, vhile it is claimed in the Salvadorean advices that Cabrera's army >f fifty thousand men were drafted ind driven to the front by force and loes not contain a single wealthy nan of Guatemala. Advices from Salvador stated that ;he Salvadorean army and tne Uua;emalan revolutionary forces under jen^ral Toledo had the main army >f the Guatemalan troops surrounded at Jutiapa, and that if hostilities :ontinued the latter wore in danger )f being forced to surrender. A cable :rom Acajutia states that the steamship Empire, the vessel used by the Guatemalan revolutionists in their ilibustering expedition, arrived at ;hat port from Corinto and was formally turned over to the Salvadorean Governmeut for usa as a gunjoat. 3300 Killed in Battle. City of Mexico.?Tnir.ty-nve nunlred live3 already have been sacrificed in the bloodiest war in the history of Central America, according to a despatch received here from Salvador, and Salvador nas been victor over Guatemala at all points, rhough Guatemala had about three men to Salvador's one in the recent fighting, the smaller force completely routed the larger. On both sides the loss was groat, Salvador losing ibout 700 killed and 1100 wounded, and Guatemala about 2S00 killed and 3900 wounded. Gen. Regalado, of Salvador, when killed, was over a mile in advance. He had fifty picked officers and men with him, two of whom, Guatemalans in disguise, are said to have shot mm. Tne otners were Kinea, and after the troops came up and drove the Guatemalan troops hack they found over 600 dead Guatemalan soldiers, including several officers. In that battle Salvador captured the enemy's artillery. Then Guatemala begged for peace. Salvador refused, but twelve hours later a telegram from President Roosevelt changed conditions. BLOW AT ICE TRUST. Two Washington Companies Indicted With Four of Their Officials. Washington, D. C.?The Grand Jury indicted two companies and four individuals for violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. It is the Ice Trust which is struck at. and the charge is a conspiracy to fix the price of ice. This action is the result of the public indignation over the so-called ice famine that prevailed here until the dealers got frightened. The defendant corporations are the American Ice Company and the Man 11 far.fn riner Com pany. TWO-CENT RATE LAW VOID. Virginia Court Decides Churchman Measure is Unconstitutional. Richmond. Va. ? At Staunton Judge Henry A. Holt, of the Corporation Court, handed down an opinion in the case of Virginia vs. the Baltimore and Ohio Railway, declaring j the Churchman two-cents-a-mile rate law to be iu violation of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Federal Constitution, and therefore unconstitutional and void. On this ground he dismissed the suit. Lowest Amount of Idleness. The aggregate of idleness is probably at the lowest point ever touched at this season. Little Girl Rescuer. Mary Edick,eleven-year-old grand daughter of United States uommissione/ Shields, saved her playmate, Thomas Williams, from drowning in the Hudson River, at New York City. Treasury Accounts Short. Treasury officials, at Washington, D. C., discovered that the accounts ( Mainr fteorsre A. Bartlett, who j died on February 23, are short $33,- I 000. Prominent People. Patrick McGowan is Acting Mayor of New York while Mayor McClellan is absent in Europe. Winston Churchill announces his plan3 for freeing New Hampshire from railroad domination. Secretary Root expressed in Porto Rico the Washington Government's deep interest in the island's future. Professor Pozzi was presented with | a gold medal in Paris to mark the twentieth anniversary of his riiK'Ju-i guished work as a surgeon. EARTHQUAKES RUIN SOCORRO Shake Down BuiHings and Put Inhabitants to Flight Fifty-two Shocks Cause Terrified Refugees to Pour Out of Rio Grande Valley. El Paso, Texas.?Fifty-two earthquake shocks within a space of two days have r.lmost completely wrecked the town of Socorro, in New Mexico, and have sent the inhabitants fleeing panic-stricken from the city. Socorro is a small city of several hundred inhabitants north of El Paso, on the El Paso branch of the Santa Fe Railroad"; the county seat of Socorro County and the seat of the New Mexico School of Mines. The earthquake shocks have been felt and they have been getting worse until now they occur every few minutes. The water in the hot springs near there has increased several degrees in temperature, and the inhabitants fear that the ancient extinct volcano ten miles from the town will break out and begin spurting lava a~ain. The Court House is now a mass of ruins ana almost every nouse in uie town made of adobe structure is cracked and falling. Many have already fallen, crushing their contents, the inmates having already abandoned them. Nobody has lived indoors for a week, and most of the people are fleeing from the community. The Santa Fe Railroad has sent box cars into wllich the people are piling and being hauled out like cattle. How much longer they , can get away on cars ist not certain, as great boulders and tons of earth are toppling onto the track in various places and every train has, to stop until the obstruction can be removed. The people - re fleeing without anything. They are locking up their houses, taking the train and getting out as i;oon as they cau. The entire surrounding country 'Has also felt the shocks, and much damage has been done, especially at San Marcial anc! Magdalena, but not so severely as at niiam moat r>f the damaEft OUUUI I KJ, nuwv w has resulted. Several houses l ave been shaken down at Magdalena, and violent quakes have broken the plaster from the houses in San Marcial and even as far south as Las Cruces. Nobody sleeps inside an adobe house in San Marcial or Magdalena, and" It is said by messengers and refugees arriving from' Socorro that there are not a dozen persons left in that city. Many have arrived here from tha stricken section. LAWYER HELD IN KINNAN CASE Gibson Sent to Tombs on Failure to Get $25,000 Bail. New York City.?Burton W. Gibson, formerly attorney for Mrs. Alice Kinnan and her mother, Mrs. Stenton, was held for the grand jury by Coroner R. F. McDonald at the conclusion of the inquest into the death of Mrs. Kinnan, who was murdered on the evening of June 9 on the porch of the old house in The Bronx in which she lived. Ralph F. Baxter, a school janitor, who was the foreman of the coroner's jury, read its verdict, which was that Mrs. Kinnan had "come to her death by the hands of persons or a person unknown to the jury, and the jury recommends that Burton W. Gibson be held for further investigation for the grand jury." Bail was fixed at $25,000. Gibson was taken to the Tombs. MOTOR 'BUS HORROR. Tcu Passer.gcrs Killed When Brakes Refuse to Act on Hill. London.?Owing to thebrakes failing to act a motor omnibus running from London to Brighton dashed down a steep hill near Crawley and was overturned. Ten passengers were killed and a score badly hurt, some of them probably sustaining fatal injuries. There were thirty-four passengers on the omnibus, mainly merchants of Orphington, ten miles from London, and all were either killed or injured. The omnibus dashed down the hill at terrific speed, and ran into a tree, which was smashed to matchwood. The occupants of the vehicle were pitched in all directions. oevera.i ui the killed were so terribly mangled that it was difficult to identify tbem. COLLEGES GET BEIT'S MONEY. Diamond Controller's Estate to Coalesce With That of Cecil Rhodes. Pretoria, South Africa.?It is stated here that the estate of Alfred Beit, who died in London, will be vested in the trustees of the estate of Cecil Rhodes and applied to similar purposes as the Rhodes estate. Special provision is made for endowing on a prodigal scale a university, a technical college and a secondary school en the Sachsenwald estate, between .Pretoria and Johannesburg, which is bequeathed to the education department. All the estimates of Beit's fortune are conjectural. Some of his friends here figure it at from $125*,000,000 to $130,000,000, while a dispatch from Pretoria places it at $45,000,000. Warrants For Herald Staff. United States Commissioner Shields issued warrants for five members of the New York Herald staff, ehareine them with sending obscene matter through the mails. The charge is based on "personal" advertisements. Reform in Persia. 1 A new Ministry of Justice will be established In Persia, which, it is hoped, will satisfy the popular demaud for reform. Pig Iron Firm. Pig Iron displays more firmness , atul considerable business lias beer booked, while finished lines could hardly be in a better position. President Makes Hay. Fies'dent Roosevelt helped tc inake hay at Sagamore Mill, aftei spending a night in camp on baton's j Neck, where he rlept out in the rain To Tight Ice Trust. The Mayors of Mount Vernon and I Yonkers, N. Y., devised plaus to fighl I the Ice Trust's exactions. ^i^QMgjMHnnqnMMgH / IlDUKON DIES SIllEM She Was Mary Leiter, of Chicago, Before Marriage. Lord Curzon Became Viceroy of Indin?She Brought Fortune \ and Fame to Him. , London. ? Lady Curzon is dead. She never entirely recovered from the serious crisis she passed through at Walmer Castle, Kent,, in 1904, and the hot weather brought on d pronounced attack of general debility. The immediate cause of death' was a weak heart. With the death of Lady Curzon, who was Mary Leiter, of Chicago, before her marriage, there is brought \ to a premature close the story of a rare and beautiful. devotion. Since her marriage in 1895 to George N. Curzon, eldest sou of the Rev. Alfred Nathaniel Holden Curzon, fourth Baron of Scarsdale, she has made possible not only through her wealth, but through her own personal qualities of tact and charm, one of the brilliant and useful careers of mod-1ern English politics. Her extensive entertainments in England lmmedi-V ately after her marriage won f<?r her husband, who had only* slender means at his command, countless friends. He was promoted rapidly until when still a young man he was f made Viceroy of-India, the most important executive- ;?ost of.the colonial system of the British Empire. She married an Under Secretary of State and she dies leaving a husband who . is one of the high, noblemen of the v realm, iuii 01 nonors ana loaueu with decorations and appointments. Mary Leiter Curzon was the daughter of Levi Z. Leiter. who amassed a fortune as a partner In the dry goods firm of Marshall FieldT & Co. She was born in Chicago, and the first thirteen years of her life were passed there. The family moved to Washington, and the girl's education was carried on by governesses there and various masters in European capitals. in 1888 she made her debut in Washington society and her social career be^an in the famous old mansion off Dupont Circle, which was built by James G. Blaine. In 1904 on a visit to England Lady Curzon h?.d passed through an illness from which it was thought at . the time she could never reco.ver, and it was the effects of that awful siege that prompted her husband to. bring her home. After their return to India Lady Curzon continued in , indifferent heaith. She was never really well again and her death can' be traced to her illness of two yeaj-s ago. Three children were born of the marriage?Cynthia Blanche in 1896 and Mary Irene in 1898, and a third child in March, 1904. 200 BLUEJACKETS POISONED. Tainted Liver Bought in Boston Causes Illness on Evans' Fleet. Washington, D. C.?Word was received at the Navy Department from Admiral Robley D. Evans, at Rockport, Mass., saying that 200 sailors are in care of physicians, because of poisoning by eating tainted liver procured from a Boston vender of meats. An inquiry is under way to ascertain if the meat was unfit for food when purchased, or if improper refrigeration on shipboard causes it to become unfit. More than thirty of the sailoro are very 111, and prolonged treatment will be required. Fatalities will not surprise the surgeons. It appears that the commissary department, in : charge of the purveying for the fleet at Rockport, numbering more than forty vessels, from gigantic battleships to diminutive gunboats, went ' to the Boston Navy Yard's provisioner for advice. He was directed to a firm who . i buys from one of the "Big Four" packers. An order for two tons of liver waa filled, and the regulations require a i rigid inspection. : Admiral Evans, who is much perturbed and angry, is endeavoring to find out if orders were obeyed. So great importance here is ati tached to the matter that the Acting Secretary has ordered that a careful test be made of all refrigerators in i the naval squadron, as well as the food receptacles. The naval authorities decline to give the names of ?he sick sailors. Advices from Boston say the meat venders insist that the liver was in good condition when delivered. AFTER ICE COMPANIES. ! St. Loui9 Prosecutor Sues Alleged | Trust For $142,800. t St. Louis.?After an investigation . of three weeks, Circuit Attorney. . Sager filed suits in the Circuit Court against the Polar Wave Ice and Fuel . Company and the Merchants' Ice and Coal Company, on the allegation that these companies are in an alleged combination to restrain trade and to fix and maintain the price of ice. i The suit asks that judgment for $71,400 be assessed against each company as fines for the -714 days I that tile, allOSSCl iigrCUUlCllC uuo uguu in effect, and further asks that the , charters under which the companies ; have been doing business be declarednull and void. Rogers Must Disgorge ?2,230,000. Henry H. Rogers, by the Federal Circuit Court's decision in the Bay, State Gas case, must return to the receiver $2,250,000, perhaps more, ! of his profits in the notorious gas deal. Boatswain Committed Suicide. ! Rufus S. Chase, boatswain in ^he i. First Naval Reserve, of New York, committed suicide ou board the T Granite State. The Labor World. | The JaKMtes in England are to I have a d?..,> paper, to be called the Majority. " ? t r A VJrTHicK liavA some uu ? started a union on the east side of> New York City. The A. F. of L. is working on lines i to organize the express messengers of . all the railroads. Sky Pilots' Union No. 1 has boon formed in Chicago. Preacherr9 No;, 1 balloonists. There are about ; .x!y in : that oity and they want to hold up' wages.