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I! STANDARD OIL INDICTED FOR ACCEPTING REBATES Speedy Action by Federal Grand Jury in Chicago. LAKE SHORE ROAD INVOLVED Cil Company if Convicted May Bo Mulcted in SoSO.GOO Fines? More Indictments Expected? Evidence Taken in Cleveland. " Chicago.?After an investigation lasting just three hours and a half the Standard Oil Company was indicted by the special Federal Grand Jury on the charge of accepting re I Dates rrom tne laics sn^re ana jmiciiigan Southern Railroad. There are nineteen counts in the indictment, and the penalty, if conviction follows, may be $20,000 r- each count, or a total of $380,000 in fines, while die total amount of rebates received is ^the comparatively insignificant sum 5 of 58500. I No individuals were indicted, neither was the railroad company that gave the rebates, but the Grand Jury has not completed its work yet, and this first indictment is expected to be followed by a long list of others. It is said to be not improbable that officials of the Lake Shore Railroad and the Standard Oil Company will be indicted. There is some question whether indictments may not be returned against Captain G. J. Grammer, Vice-President of the New York Central lines, the man who is responsible for the acts of the freight de partment of the Lake Shore road. The inquiry will turn upon the question of whether the Standard Oil Company entered into a conspiracy with some of the railroads to obtain secret and discriminating rates in restraint of trade and whether the Standard Oil Company and its subsidiary companies do not constitute a trust. The reason why the jury was able to return an indictment within so short a time was that all the testimony had previously been taken at Cloveland, and it was necessary only to read to the jurors the transcript of the evidence in the presence of the witnesses who had given it. It was not even necessary to call all the men who had been summoned, and in fact the only witnesses who were called were J. L. Clark, General Western B Freight Agent of the Lake Shore; C. A. Slauson, General Freight Agent at ?'* /-"ll 3 . TTam.I. T V/Iowiduu, neuij lj. :ut:jci, ticiiv IU the Freight Auditor's office, and Geo. T. Roberts, of the Inter-State ComR: mis3ioner's office. The indictment alleges that by the system of granting the Standard Oil J' Company rebates or concessions, that corporation benefited to the extent of $8500 between August, 1903, and February, 1905. Each count sets up a rebate of between ?300 and $500 a month which the Standard Oil Company received by reason of the fact that the Lake Shore Railroad Company did not enforce from it the payment of storage charges on its products at the warehouse of the railroad at Eighteenth street, Chicago. CHICAGO MAIL ORDER HOUSES OfTer to Pay Six Per Cent, on Deposits of From $5 to $3000. Chicago. ? Chicago mail order uuudes Lureateu iu cut iiitu mt? uusiness of interior banks, and country bankers are up in arms over the incursion planned into their territory i:, - and legitimate occupation. For weeks the agricultural sections of 3 * Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Nebraska and Missouri have been flooded with circular letters addressed to farmers, mechanics and merchants- in the smaller towns and villages, offering as high as six per cent, for deposits and the return of certificates payable on demand. The mail order houses are advertising, "Do your banking with us," and offering to accept money in amounts from $3 to $5000, send a certificate for it, and pay six per cent. Interest semi-annually. The money nay be had on demand and surrender of the certificate. It is also provided that the depositor may buy goods against such bank account with the company, and have the amount deducted from his deposit. m. - BIG PRIZE IX LAND LOTTERY. Fifteen Thousand Dollar Privilege Goes to Winner. " ' ? Lander, Wyo.?Drawing of homesteaders in the Shoshone reservation . resulted in Hans Berlin, of Laramie, Wyo., drawing No. 1. He will have first choice of all the homesteads offered, the privilege being worth $15,000. It is also said that any number up to twenty is worth anywhere from $5000 to $10,000. John H. McPherson. of Central, Mich., was the only Eastern man to get within the first twenty. He drew choice No. 4. -.tfsfcSi CO,000 Jlilk Bottles Short. Sixty thousand glass milk jars in use in Rhode Isiand have besn declared to be of short measure by the State Sealer of Weights and Meast. ures. jr* Advance Reported For 1907 Business. The sellers of cotton dress goods report an advance business on 1907 spring lines. To Reliove Russian Famine. The Russian Cabinet has already begun a campaign to obtain a tractable Duma; the Cabinet decided to appropriate $27,000,000 for famine relief. Mntnnl Mrst T,i?t\ Judge Giegerich, of New York, decided that the Mutual Life Insurance Company must file a corrected list of its "policy holders with the State Superintendent of Insurance. - " Newsy Glea-ings. Starving peasants in Russia are fighting police and troops. Civil war by the Russian peasants has practically broken out. The Pennsylvania Railroad is reducing its fare to two and a half cents a mile. Washington believes railroad men intend to raise rates to highest point when the new rate law goes into effect. Charles E. Tripler, of liquid air fame, died at a hotel in Liberty, N. Y., from Bright's disease, after an illness of two months. fe.:'"" ~ ' THE UQ DOWNRj SARATOGA | Gambling Stops and Thick Glcom | Spreads Over Resort. i Done l>y Governor's Orders?Not a Wheel Turns Xor a Chip Falls in Canfield's or Ullman's. Saratoga. X. Y.?The gamble: ; by fighting among themselves have killed the goose that laid the golden egg. Saratoga is a closed town. Not a card is turned, nor a wheel is spun. The gambling house proprietors and their dealers stand gloomily in the hotels and on the street corners disconsolately decrying the hard luck, as they call it, which has befallen them. The "lid." of New York metaphor, is on and battened down, so far as gambling at cards and as to gambling clubs are concerned. Following the raid on Ullman's Bridge Whist Club an official order was issued to the j proprietors of all the gambling I houses, directing them to close, as gambling in future would not be permitted in Saratoga. The order was in terms that convinced the owners of gambling clubs, and forthwith there was a general closing early in the day, the morning i sessions at faro and roulette being cut off so promptly that in some cases j the players were turned out of the j gambling houses at once. The races broke the monotony of the afternoon, but when night came, and rain with it, the visitors at Saratoga had the chance to realize what it meant to have 'the lid on." The sudden action by the authorities in stopping gambling was a direct result of a visit to the summer resort by Frank Perley, secretary of Governor Higgins. He consulted with the SheriC the Chief of Police and the village officials, and the order to close the gambling houses was the result. The closing was none the less absolute and complete, for even Richard Canfield's Saratoga Club, where ways were found to accommodate patrons by roundabout methods, was closed tight, so far as gambling is concerned. The smaller gambling clubs were in darkness, the proprietors in some cases going so far as to remove their gambling turmture. "Joe" Ullman, in spite of his boast, did not move new gambling implements into the Bridge Whist Club and resume business. Ullman's place was shut as tight as the other gambling houses. Among the gamblers, Ullman was blamed for having precipitated their trouble, but the general view waG that Canfleld was the real cause of i the sudden move. It was said that Canfleld had instigated the movement against Ullman, whose clubrooms had attracted patrons from Canfield's Saratoga Club. Governor Higgins* message ended the affair, for the belief among the gamblers is that all or none shall be permitted to conduct business. The presence of Secretary Perley at the race track causad soma excitement, as it was said that he went there to witness the method of race track betting a view to reporting to Governor Higgins. The word was passed around that bets mu3tbe made with as little display of money tis possible. The alarm had its influence only on the first race, howe'ver, as money transactions were absolutely necesary in the volume of business that went on. NAVY BAN ON TATTOOING. Sailors Taking Stops to Stamp Out j the Practicc. Washington. D. C.?Enlisted men in the navy have instituted a movement to do away with tattoo mark: ing. Since the conviction of a Brooklyn man through the efforts of officers of the Humane Society for mutilating the arms of a young boy tattooers have shown unwillingness to embellish the bodies of men who are not known to be of age. The following description of a deserter from the navy shows to what extremes some men navw guu? m decorations which cannot be removed: "Tattoo marks on chest, shoulders, arms, and back, viz., eagle, ship, woman, flag, sailor, cards, clasped hands, flag, and flowers." Tattoo marks are a ready means of identification of deserters. LYNCH THREE NEGROES. Two Others Arc Not Molested by the Mob. Charlotte, N. C.?A mob of 3000 determined men forcibly entered the Rowan County jail at Salisbury, re- i moved therefrom three of the five ne- I groes charged with the murder of | the Lyerly family at Barber Junction July 13, and lynched them. Xease and John Gilespie and Jack Dillingham, supposed to be the principals in that crime, were the victims of mob vengeance. The remaining negroes, Henry Lee, Gecge Ervin, and Bella Dillingham, wore not molested. j Czar Gave Seer $2.";,000. At St. Petersburg, Russia, the Bourse Gazette announces that Papus, the spiritualist, who is said to , have had great influence over the j Emperor, has gone abroad for meai- j cal treatment. Papus gave fifty | seances to the Emperor, receiving j $25,000 as compensation. Arbitration Resolution Too Evasive. The press of Buenos Ayres comments unfavorably on the resolution of the Pan-American Congress on arbitration, saying it is too evasive. It laments the failure of the congress on a most important part. Arming Against Autoinobilists. Sixty-five farmers of Bartholomew, Ind., have petitioned the County Prosecutor for permission to carry arms to make war on scorching autoinobilists. Blamed For Sirio Disaster. At Madrid, Spain, the official in quiry by tne naval auinormes mtu the wreck of the steamer Sirio inculpates the captain and crew of the steamer for saving themselves first, abandoning the vessel and causing a panic. I Bolt Hits Tree; Kills Boy. At Framingham, Mass., lightning struck a tree under which two boys, William McMullen and Leo Brown, were standing, killing the first named and severely injuring the other SANK SHORT $1,000,000, TWO OFFICERS MISSING Chicago Depositors in PanicOne Death, One Suicide. WARRANT FOR THE CASHIER YTIieronboiVts of President Paul O. Stenslar.d and Cashier Hering, of Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, Unknown to Authorities. Chicago.?With a deficit in its accounts of close to $1,000,000, and with the whereabouts of two of its chief officers unknown to the authorities, the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, one of the larger outlying bauks iu Chicago, was closed by State Bank Examiner C. C. Jones. In the excitement following the announcement of the failure, J. G. Visser, an officer of the Royal League, who had on deposit in the bank funds of that organization, fell dead. Henry Koepke, a grocer, on hearing that the bank had suspended payment, went to the rear of his store and shot himself. He died a few minutes later. The bank had deposits amounting to about $4,000,000 and loans and credits to about the same sum. Riotous scenes attended the announcement of the failure, and a large force of policemen struggled all day to keep an excited crowd of depositors, nearly all of whom were foreigners, and many of whom were women, from rushing the doors of the institution. The fact that the bank was on. the verge of failure was first revealed by the President of the institution, Paul O. Stensland, in a letter written from St. Paul to his soil, Theodore, who is Vice President of the bank. After the investigation began Cashier Henry W. Hering disappeared and a warrant has been issued for his arrest on a charge of embezzlement. The news spread rapidly throughout the entire northwest side of the city, where the bank had been for years a popular depositary for funds saved by working people. Soon a clamorous crowd gathered before the doors and demanded admission. Anticipating trouble, a score of policemen were sent to the bank. The people were permitted to file past the doors bearing the posted notice and were compelled to keep moving. Only those having keys to safety deposit vaults were allowed to enter. Many burst into tears when they, found their savings were endangered. Visser, to whom the shock proved fatal, was several blocks trom the bank. Hearing the rumor, he stepped into a drug store, seeking particulars. He fell dead when assured that the bank had failed. An examination of t??3 bank's affairs was begun quietly last Saturday, after the receipt of the letter from President Stensland. Acting on instructions contained therein, Vice President Theodore Stensland opened a deposit box and discovered proofs that the bank's funds were in bad shape. President Potter of the American Trust and Savings Bank, which acted as clearing agent for the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, was called into consultation. The State Auditor was informed, and he sent Bank Examiner Jones to make a full investigation. The shortage, of between $750,000 and $1,000,000, is said to be due to speculation in real ao + o Irt o n/1 4 m f if wnrlrof cotcicc evilvi iu cuv; octui nj iuai act. The Milwaukee Avenue State Bank was organized in 1S90 by Paul 0. Stensland. The capital stock of the hank is $250,000 and the surplus is given at $250,000. The Stensland family owned much of the bank stock, and members of the family operated the bank. A statement made by Vice President Stensland to-day showed $1,051,000 in cash on Jiand. J He said that the bank carried deposits of $4,200,000 and had 22,000 depositors. JUSTICE BREWER'S INTERVIEW. lie Says Bryan and Taft Will Be Candidates For Presidency. St. Louis.?Associate Justice David J. Brewer of the United States Supreme Court reaffirmed his belief that Secretary Taft will be the next Republican and William J. Bryan the j next Democratic candidate for President. Incidentally, Justice Brewer paid high compliment to the virtues of both men. "I believe Mr. Bryan is honest and sincere," he said, "and that he possesses many other qualities which should endear him to the American people. Eryan and Roosevelt have many qualities in common. Both are earnest and fearless and both have the interests nf the nennle nnrl r>f their country very much at heart. They both stand very close to the people for these reasons. Mr. Taft also is splendidly equipped for the race. While aggressive, he is somewhat conservative on public questions. He is not so impulsive or decisive as the President, whom he strongly resembles in some other ways. As Chief Executive of the Nation he would have less friction than does Roosevelt. Both of them do things, but Taft does them in a slightly different manner." Not Euoug'.i Labor. Complaints of inadequate labor supply are universal. Under Water Six Minutes. Lives. At Worcester, Mass., after being under water six minutes while swimming Joseph Leclaire, nineteen years old, was brought to the surface, and after an hour's work by doctors, who arrived a half hour after he was rescued, he regained consciousness. Arbitration For AH Disputes. The Pan American Congress at Rio Janeiro adopted resolutions in favor of arbitrating all disputes between Sou ill American States. Prominent People. The reception to Secretary Root at Rio "Janeiro has been more than cordial. William Rockefeller has arrived home alter a year's absence in Europe. Prince Eugene Murat, of France, was killed by the overturning of his automobile. John Lawrence Toole, the comedian, died at Brighton, England, a few days ago. Former French Foreign Minl3ter Delcasse is to visit this country. . .. , .V v>.^\ v' .i -.v->~ - } . V IBM WOE'S EI6 EMS I Growth Much More Rapid Than Increase in Population. Imports Have Expanded 57 Per Cent., and Exports 10!) Per Cent. Durir.*; Decade. j mm L Commerce Gains in Last Decade. Gains in imports, $447,000,000. Gains in exports, $SG1,000,000. Gains in manufactures imported, $61,000,000. Gains in manufacturers' material imported. $288,000,000. Gains in agricultural products exported. $400,000,000. Gains in manufactures exported, $374,000,000. T~ Washington, D. C.?American trade has grown much more rapidly than American population during the last decade. Completed figures for the fiscal year 1906, just presented by the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor, show that, while the population has grown since 1896 only twenty per cent., imports have grown fifty-seven per cent, and exports 109 per cent. Classes pf imports which show the greatest gains are manufactures and manufacturers' materials. Manufactures imported show an increase of forty-two per cent, and manufacturers' materials imported show an increase of ninety-five per cent. Agricultural products exported show an increase during the decade of seventy per cent, and manufactures an increase of 163 per cent. This increase has occurred in the trade with all of the grand divisions of the world, but is especially marked in the trade with Asia and Oceania. Tmnnrts from Eurone show an in crease of fifty per cent., those from North America eighty per cent., from South America thirty per cent., from Asia and Oceania eighty per cent, and from Africa thirteen per cent. Exports to Europe show an increase of seventy-eight per cent., to North America an increase of 164 per cent., to South America 107 per cent., to Asia and Oceania 232 per cent, and to Africa forty-one per cent. Actual gains in the decade are, in impoi^s, $447,000,000, and in exports, $861,000,000; in manufactures imported, $61,000,000; in manufacturers' materials imported, $288,000,000; in agricultural products exported, $400,000,000, and in manufactures exported, $374,000,000. In the trade by grand divisions the actual increase in imports from Europe is $214,000,000 and in exports thereto. $527,000,000. In the trade with North America the increase in imports is $108,000,000 and in exports $192,000,000. In the trade with South America the increase in imports is $32,000,000 and in exports $39,000,000. In the trade with Asia and Oceania the increase in imports is $92,000, 000 and in exports $98,000,000. In the trade with Africa the increase in imports is $1,500,000 and in exports less than $6,000,000. "HELLO, MORTIMER." Fateful Words That Reunited John McDonald and Daughter. Paterson, N. J.?After having been separated from her father for thirtyfour years, Mrs. John Mortimer of 183 Slater street, Paterson, and her father have been reunited. John McDonald, the father, seventy years old. has been traveling through the United States in the hope of coming across his long lost daughter. was standing on the corner of Main and Market streets, preparatory to going to the railroad station, TTrVinn ho Iimrrt onmp nnf> sav to the motorman of a Newark trolley car: "Hello, Mortimer; how are you?" Knowing this was his daughter's marriage name, the old man got on the car and questioned Mortimer. He soon learned that the motorman was his son-in-law. He was directed to where his daughter and her husband lived. McDonald is a Scotchman and lived at the foot of Ben Nevis. His daughter Anna was courted by Mortimer, but the father forbade him the house. The two eloped and came to America. PULAJANE BAND RAIDS A TOAVN. Bums Municipal Building and Kills the Ex-President. Manila, Philippine Islands.?One hundred and fifty Pulajanes, having pierced the military cordon, burned the municipal buildings, killed the ex-president of the town, two former members of the constabulary and three policemen at Abuyon, Island of Leyte, twenty miles from the scene of the recent fight. One hun drecl soldiers ana constauuiaiy aie in pursuit of the raiders. Major Crawford and Capt. Knauber, with a lieutenant and eight constabulary men, were ambushed by Igorrotes while shooting the rapids of the Abulung River, in northern Luzon, on a bamboo raft. Major Crawford and Capt. Knauber and five men were wounded with arrows. They were unable to return the fire, because the enemy were hidden on the wooded banks of the river. This outbreak is inexplicable, as hitherto the Igorrotes have been peaceable. MAJOR SCHOFIELD SUICIDE. Son of Late Lieutenant Genera] Shoots Himself While III. San Francisco.?Major William B. Schofield, Paymaster in the army and a son of the late Lieut. Gen. Schofield, shot and killed himself. Major Schofield was on a leave of absence on account of ill-health. In explanation of the suicide it is said that he feared an attack of locomotor ataxia, and that he would become a I burden to his wife. The Labor World. Plans are being considered for the formation of a labor party in Kan sas, WIIU waru iluu pictiuti uiuiiiuca. At the demand of organized labor the Government decided to enforce the eight-hour law on all public work. Piano, Organ and Musical Instrument Workers' International Union now has a membership of more than 10,000. In Belgium there are 135,000 miners 65,000 of whom are organized, and they have two members in the Belgian Parliament. . * ' , . "r T-*. a 3 KILLED, 40 HURT ? TROLLEY CRUSH' Lake Shore Limited Runs Into Regular on Curve. PASSENGERS ARE PENNED UP Men, "Women and Children Caught When Ohio Elcclric Car Telescoped Another?Xo Time to Shut Oft Power. Vermillion, Ohio.?Misunderstandins of orders resulted in a head-on I collision between two cars of the Lake Shore Electric Road in which three persons were killed and forty others severely hurt. The cars came together with such force that one was telescoped more than half way through by the other. The accident occurred three miles west of Vermillion on a curve of the road. The west-bound Lake Shore Electric Limited was filled with men, women and children and the signal apparently gave it the right of way. The regular car, known as No. 12, was coming east, and, it was said, that the signal also was set for it to go anead. Near the curve the road is a single track, with switches about a mile away on either side of the curve. It is customary for one of the cars to | wait at the switch for the other to I pass, but through a misunderstanding of orders, neither motorman waited for the other. There were eighty persons in both cars. Thinking that there w.-.s a clear track ahead, bqt.h motormen put on full power as they left the switches and the cars dashed toward the curve. It was impossible, of course, for the motormen to see around the bend in the road and the two cars came together just as they struck the middle of the curve. There was not even time to shut off the power before the crash came, and none of those in the cars had a second's warning that the collision was impending. The passengers in the limited remained wedged between the rear door and the front o? the regular car for a half hour before the uninjured oi! the other car were able to tear away sufficient.of the wreckage to enable those not severely hurt to crawl from their perilous positiqn. Many who otherwise would have susi tained slight injuries were severely hurt because of the length of the time they remained crowded between the two cars. Soon after the accident word *as j sent to Vermillion for help, and a half j dozen carriages containing physicians I and bandages started for the scene | ol the wreck. Neighboring towns | also sent aid, and the injured were, hurried to hospitals. It was not until after the arrival of the wrecking crew, however, that the most seriously hurt were taken out of the wreckage and received medical attention. The two men who were killed instantly as a result of the collision were W. D. Moody, motorman of the limited, and Fred Smiley, of Lima. James Yerrick, of Milan, Ohio, was found suffering from a fractured skull and concussion of the brain and died in the Lorain Hospital. The others taken to hospitals were: Wells, Willoughby, Ohio; Andy Gerrgiund, Pittsburg; H. Haddid, Toledo, Ohio; Jack Gaffner, Cleveland; E. T. Warren, aged eighty-eight, Lorain. Ohio; E. A. McElsney, Cleveland; Rev. F. M..Praub. Lima, Ohio; George Mills, Cleveland; C. F. Mc Kin, Miss C. St. Lete, Cleveland; w. L. Lisley, Lima; W. S. Shepard, Lima; Mrs. C. C. Washburn, Lorain; C. Stuls, Bellevue; Mrs. M. Bickett, Cleveland: Si Young. Beaver Dam, Pa.; Harold Gensel, Lima; Hall, Lakewood, Ohio; Mrs. Jordan, Cleveland; Mr3. Hovidh, Cleveland; H. W. Remlinger, Norwalk, Ohio, conductor i of limited; Fred Rudd, Cleveland, motorman on regular; Lisle Caldwell, Cleveland, conductor on regular; William Slocum, South Vermillion, Ohio; Homer H. Hughfes, Lima; Mrs. Tessie Cullars, Cleveland; Chester Rieddenour, Lima; Mrs. W. D. Johnston, Cleveland; Mrs. Sarah Roem, Cleveland; Mrs. Laura Harrod, Cleveland,*' George Hoffman, j Shinrock; Huttenbocker, Berlin Heights; Otto McBridc, Lima; Allen Shaw, Lima.' WESSON OP "GUN" FAME DIES. Manufacturer Who Amassed Fifty Million Dollars Passes Away. Springfield, Mass.?After an illness of almost four years. Daniel Baird Wesson, multi-millionaire maker of revolvers, died at his home. Death resulted from heart failure. Mr. Wesson was the founder of Smith & Wesson, and had been a manufacturer of guns and revolvers all his life. He was born in Worcester, May IS, 1S25, and came to Springfield in 1S57, when, with Horace Smith, he started his revolver business. He came here a poor man, and now his wealth is estimated at 350,000,000. He endowed two hospitals here and subscribed many thousands of dollars to charity. He is survived by two sons, a daughter ttiirfoon trmnrichildren. CW1U (.UiibbWii Wheat Crop Excessive. The Kansas wheat crop has far exceeded all expectations, according to a dispatch received from Kansas City. Persian Reform Promised. The new Persian Grand Vizier, at Teheran, is about to institute radical administrative reforms. The refugees at the British Legation are threatening to cause trouble. Disorders in Russia. * ^-1 1 ? ? ,1 J The wires ueuveen oeuasiupui uuu | Odessa, Russia, have been cut, and there are indications in the latter city of preparation for grave disorder. Feminine News Notes. Miss May Sutton won the open lawn tennis championships at Leicester, England. Miss Anna Johnstone, of Newark, N. J., offered to race any woman in an automobile. Japanese men are such notoriously bad riders that the girls may displace the boys as jockeys. Melba earns $150,000 when ;n full work, and Sarah Bernhardt makes an average of $70,000. Mrs. Hetty Green has in Mrs. Russell Sage a rival to the title of the richest woman in the world. REFUSES TO 60 TO ASYLUM 1 Miss Calhoun, of Augusta, Ga., Shoots Herself. i"-1 Bullet Pierces a Tin Picture of the Man She Loved Placed Over ELcr Breast?Declared Insane. Augusta, Ga.?Rather than go to an insane asylum, where her relatives sought to send her. Miss Ida Calhoun, eighteen years old, a niece of the T??v P AT WillHncnn n nrnminpTlt. Baptist clergyman of thi3 city, fired a bullet into her breast. The mortal shot was fired just as a lunacy commission. which had been appointed to decide the question of the girl's sanity, came to the conclusion that she should be committed to Dr. McNaughton's Sanatorium. The girl killed herself under peculiar circumstances. She escaped the vigilance of her nurse, who had. been engaged to watch her, andj rushing to the West View Cemeteryt she stood on the grave of her mother. Then she took the photograph of the man with whom she was in love from the folds of her skirt, and, placing the picture against her breast, fired a bullet through it and died instantly. Miss Calhoiin was a member of one of the most prominent families in. this part of the Starte. She inherited more than $100,000 from her mother, and she lived most of the time with her uncle. The death of the mother, however, seemed to have affected the girl's mind. She became melancholy and her relatives asserted also that she was suffering from hallucinations. They suggested to her that she go to a quiet retreat where she would receive medical attention, but Miss Calhoun refused. When it became apparent to the relatives that the girl's condition was becoming worse, they applied for a lunacy commission, which was appointed. The girl resented the appointment of the^ commission, and refused to appeal before the commissioners. The men who were appointed to determine Miss Calhoun's mental condition resolved to have a talk with her and they went to her VimiBA Miss Palhnun was comnelled to dress and appear before the commissioners, who questioned her about an hour. She was told that she could retire, but instead of going to bed, the girl slipped out of the house and went to the cemetery. Not knowing that the girl had died, the commissioners considered , the evidence they had taken and j finally concluded that Mi3s Calhoun was insane and that she should be sent to an asylum. One of the girrs relatives went up to Miss Calhoun's room after the commissioners left the house, but found that she had gone. The house was searched in vain. The police were informed of Miss Calh.oun's escape and a search was made. No trace of her was obtained until one of the caretakers in the cemetery sent word to the police that a girl had committed suicide on a grave. It was found that Miss Calhoun had killed herself on the grave of her mother. BANK TELLER WRAY CAUGHT. Pittsburg Absconder Will Not Resist Extradition From Canada. Toronto, Ontario. ? Clinton B. Wray, the defaulting teller of the Union Trust Company, of Pittsburg, Pa., who with C. S. Hixton, the individual bookkeeper, robbed the bank of ^125,000, and which may be $300,000, was arrested. Miss Grace Laughrey, of Kittanning, near Pittsburg, who has been traveling with him. was found in a boarding house on Victoria street, where it is alleged she and Wray have been living for a week, and was also taken into custody. To detectives Wray admitted he had embezzled about $125,000. "Where is the money?" asked the sergeant. "I gambled it," replied Wray. "How did you spend it?" "Oh, I lost it all on the stock market. I seamed to be in wrong." BRIDAL COUPLE KILLED. Ground to Death Beneath the Wheels of an Electric Car. St. Joseph, Mich.-?Hiram is. weimick and his bride of two weeks, while driving from Benton Harbor to St. Joseph were ground to pieces be- j neath the wheels of an electric car which struck the runabout to which they were driving a skittish colt. Mrs. Helmick was instantly killed. Mr. Helmick lived for a few minutes, although literally wrapped about the wheels of his rig. Physicians were summoned, but Helmick was dead before they arrived. Just before the runabout and its occupants reached the trolley crossing Mr. Helmick drew up the colt, which, however, plunged madly forward as -the car bore down at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour. The colt broke -from the shafts and left the rig on the tracks. ??_______ Mikasa Refloated. The Mikasa. Admiral Togo's flagship, which was sunk at Sasebo after j the peace treaty was signed between : Russia and Japan, was floated. Chinese Immigrants Taxed. The measure providing a head tax of $300 on all Chinese entering Newfoundland has been put in force by I the Colonial Cabinet. Accuse Captain of Cowardice. Advices from Madrid say that survivors of the xvreck of the Sirio charge the captain with cowardice. Moonlight Balloon Flight. Roy Knabenshue and Dr. Julian P.' Thomas landed at Brant Rock, Mass., after the first moonlight balloon flight ever made in this country. Southern Pine Easy. Ease in Southern yellow pine is expected to last until the autumn. Kentucky Girls in Paris. Thirty-two Kentucky girls, prize winners in the Courier-Journal contest. arrived in Paris, France, and caused popular commotion. Services For American Admiral. A memorial service for Admiral Train, United States Navy, was held at Che-Foo. after which the Ohio sailed with the body for Yokohama. Education Promotes Crime. Associate Superintendent Stevens, i of the New York City schools, in a speech at Ithaca, blamed education for juvenile crime. - -i ; - Ai 390 SINK WITH SHIP, BLESSED Bf BISHOP Steamer Sirio Strikes a Reef Off Cape Palos. CAPTAIN COMMITS SUICIDE j Frenzied Passengers Fight For Places in the Lifeboats, Where Many Drown?Women Throw Themselves Into the Sea. Cartagena, Spain. ? Three hundred emigrants were drowned off Cape Palos. The Italian steamship Sirio, from Genoa for Cadiz, Montevideo and Buenos Ayres, with eight hundred persons on board, was wrecked off Hormigas Island. Most of those lost were Italians and Spaniards. The captain of the steamer committed suicide. He attributed the wreck to his own Imprudence. The Bishop of Sao Pablo, Brazil, was urowuea wnne messing tne passengers of the Sirio. The Archbishop of Sao Pedro was saved. The remainder of the passengers and the officers and crew got away in the ship's boats, or were rescued by means of boats from shore. A number of fishermen who made attempts at rescue were drowned by the overturning of a boat. Those rescued from the vessel were taken to Cape Palos in a pitiable condition, being without food or clothing. The Sirio, wbich was owned by the Navigazione Italia, of Genoa, struck a rocky reef known as Bajos Hormi- / gas and sank soon after, stern first. Hormigas Island lies about two and; a half miles to. the eastward of Cape' Palos. . ' Before he committed suicide the raptain said the steamer had 645 passengers on board and that her crew, numbered 127 men. The Sirio had 570 passengers when she left Genoa, but additional Spanish passengers were taken on board at Barcelona, where the vessel touched a few hours before she struck. The steamer was threading a difficult passage through the Hormigas group, where the Bajos Hormigas Reef is a continual menace to navigation. The vessel began to settle rapIdly as soon as she struck, and a terrible scene of confusion and pahic followed. The fishermen along the I coast sought to render every assistance in their power, and sen\ Gut boats which brought many survivors RsUore. Most of the officers and crew of the Sirio are among the . saved; The survivors camped in the main square of the town at Cape Palos. There were harrowing scenes, as the stricken families anxiously sought members, among the rescued, i A mother who lost her three children went insane. The doctor of the Sirio gave up his wife and child as lost, but they were finally brought in by one of the rescuing boats. One of the boats sent out by the fishermen brought in twenty-four passengers. A. few minutes later the vessel began to sink by the stern. The passengers rushe.d forward, fighting for places in the bow of the boat. Many. fell and were trampled to death. Dozens of men and women threw themselves into the sea. A young / mother, who was carrying her baby, was advised to abandon the child and try to save herself. This she refused1 to do. Both were afterwards ressu'ed. ,4 DUEL TO DEATH "IX STREET. Merchant and Alleged Assailant of Kis Daughter Die Together. Chadwick, Mo.?In the sight of hundreds of churchgoers, Charles Freeman, the leading ..merchant of Chadwick, and Robert Keene, 18 years old, engaged in a duel in the heart of the town, which was mortal to both. Several days ago Freeman began legal proceedings against Keene, who was accused of attacking the merchant's daughter. Keene was a member of one of the oldest and most respected families in the county. He vehemently denied the charge, and; sent word to Freeman he would kill him on sight. Freeman was returning from church with his wife and children. The girl who was the cause of the . ~4. ! ? i irageciy was wai Atuy <it u? iaiuu o . aiile. Keene suddenly turned a corI ner, and tbe two enemies were face , to face. The street was filled with i churchgoers, all walking, and, as * j every one knew of the feud, there | was flight in every direction when the shooting began. RICH TIMBER THIEF TO JAIL I Contractor and a Lawyer Are Sent to < Cells in Oregon. ! Portland, Ore.?Willard N. Jones, ; member of the Oregon Legislature in 1903, a wealthy contractor and timber dealer, was sentenced by Judge William H. Hunt, in the United' States Circuit Court, to serve one' year's imprisonment in the FederalPenitentiary on McNeill's Island and to pay a fine of $2000. Jones was convicted of conspiracy to defraud the Government in "timber claims. Thaddeus Stevens Potter, a: well known Portland lawyer, who was tried and convicted jointly with Jones, was sentenced to serve six: months in the Multnomah County jail and to pay a fine of $500. Russian Strike Delayed. The question of a general Rus- . sian strike is undecided, nearly seventy thousand being out in St. Pet- * ersburg, but in other parts of Russia the response has been slight. Charles Ross Reported Found. Joseph Likens, in Mount Holly, N. J., said Charles Ross was living under the name of William Von Hoge, and was employed ,as a clerk by the Union Pacific Railroad. President lioosevelt Endorsed. J ^ The Michigan Republican State contention, at Detroit, indorsed Pres-. ' ideut Roosevelt's administration and urged the election of United Str.tes Senators by direct vote. Building Operations Checked. Building operations are extensive, and would be much greater if the cost of labor and materials had not caused the abandonment of many plans. Footwear Factories Busy. Footwear factories tye receiving orders for delivery next February. . -i