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HEKRST N/ffllEO AT KEftD | OF I FULL TICKET Independence League Convention Nominations in New York City. i LS. CHANLER IN SECOND PLACE Candidate Cheered For Thirty-five Minutes When Followers Call Him Up For Speech?No Dickering With Other Party. New York City.?The convention of the Independence League at Carnegie Hall nominated William Randolph Hearst for Governor, a full State ticket, adopted a resolution re, fusing to fuse with the Democrats and gave Candidate Hearst a wildly enthusiastic reception. The business of the convention was transacted in less than fortyfive minutes, and the rest of the time, more than two hours, was used ,up in cheering and speechmaking. Carnegie Hall was packed to the doors, to the limit of the law, and the police under Inspector Walsh turned away hundreds of people who wanted to get a look. The adoption unanimously of the resolution to turn down the proposition of Norman E. Mack, William J. Connors and the other Democrats who wanted the Independence League to nominate Hearst only and keep ;v.,\ the ticket clear for a dicker with the Buffalo convention, was the biggest thing which the convention produced. Max F. Ihmsen, Clarence J. Shearn and others of the Hearst leaders who wanted to trade for support with the regular Democratic convention, were overwhelmed by the sentiment for a straight ticket and a purely independent fight. The following is the ticket nomgj* 'inated: ' For Governor?William Randolph Hearst, of New York. For Lieutenant-Governor?Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, of Dutchess. For Secretary of State?John S. 1 ,?Yuaieu, ui iuuuiuc. For Treasurer?George A. Fuller, of Jefferson. For Controller?C. H. W. Auel, of Erie. For State Engineer ? Frank L. Getman, of Tompkins. For Attorney-General?John Ford, of New York. The convention, which was attended by 1611 delegates and their alternates, was in session two days and two nights. The two sessions held on the first day?one in the afternoon and one in the evening?were remarkable in .the history of State conventions. Both were characterized by a hearty co-operation on all sides in the important work on hand. After temporary organization in the afternoon the convention adjourned until 8 p. m., when the permanent organization .was effected. A platform was adopted which embraces all the cardinal principles of ' thew League, and then adjournment was taken. It was not until ? o ciock p. m., at the. final session of the convention, that Judge Seabury, the permanent chairman, called the delegates to order and there had been a solid hour and a half of the most deafening din !? ever heard in a State convention. Tin horns, hundreds of cowbells and all kinds of noise-making things added to the uproar. Clarence J. Shearn, Mr. Hearst's lawyer, was recognized the instant the convention met to present the report of the committee on platform g and resolutions. This was the matter uppermost in the minds of all delegates, for it dealt with the reply to be made to the proposition for fusion with the Democrats made by Norman E. Mack, W. J. Conners and others. Mr. Shearn read the reply, which the Committee on Resolutions had drafted during the afternoon. The resolution rejecting the proposal to postpone nominations was put before the convention at two minutes past 9. At 9.07 Clarence J. Shearn, chairman of the Committee on Resolutions, which had also been made the Committee on Nominations, announced that the committee unani moualy recommended the nomination ;of Mr. Hearst for Governor, and the first great storm of applause of the night was let loose. In rapid succession the remaining candidates were named, with prolonged cheering for each man. ! Mr. Shearn moved the adoption of the committee's report as a whole, and Henry A. Powell, of Brooklyn, in an eloquent address, seconded the nomination. , The entire ticket was placed in nomination by acclamation, and after that the convention resolved itgelf into a tumultuous ratification meeting. It was at seven minutes to 10 that (Mr. Powell, after Mr. Hearst's nomination had been made by acclama tion, moved the appointment of a h committee to bring Mr. Hearst into the convention. The motion was carried unanimously, and, at two minutes to 10 o'clock, Mr. Hearst entered the hall, the band playing "Hail to the Chief," and the entire convention rising to welcome him. ' #Next to the adoption of the antifusion resolution the reception given to Mr. Hearst by the 1600 and odd ,ahouters was the interesting feature of the final session. . ; The platform as adopted demands a recount of the New York City Mayoralty votes?safer insurance methods?a franchise tax law?laws to ii prevent Uank wrecking?protection against the railway lawbreakers? the probing of the State executive de'jiartments and correction of the insurance frauds?public ownership of V. ...kllA ~ 1 J - tut; yuuui; uwuues?a guuu iuuus tystem?an eight-hour day?a child I hbor law?pensions and adequate stlaries for teachers?honesty in the pUjlic service and the three-platoon system for the police of cities. !> Asisel Won in Sonth Caroline. Tfce second Democratic primary. In wiich the candidates sifted from the first primary in South Carolina made the final race, showed that Martin F. Ansel, local optionist, defeated Sichard Irvine Manning, dis' pensary candidate for Governor, j Stensland on Way Home. The steamer Prinz Adelbert left Tangier, Morocco, .with Paul O. Stensland, president of the wrecked L Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, of Chicago, on board. He is in the cusr tody of Chicago'detectives. iSH MIPS "t'O GOBI j ! Denver and Marietta Protecting American Interests. J Caoau llim/lttafl \frtitinAC a ** l\r/\cf T.?_ l k7v ?v u iiiuuiv.u Jiauav;ii m uviii tii* i dian Waters Available?Orders Direct From Oyster Bay. Washington. D. C. ? President Roosevelt's policy of preparedness for any emergency in Cuba, so far as the immediate operation of war vessels is concerned, was announced at the State Department. It includes the sending to Havana of the protected cruiser Denver and the ordering of the gunboat Marietta to Cienfuegos. The cruiser Des Moines will remain at Key West until further orders. In making public these facts Acting Secretary of State Bacon said that there was no disposition on the part of this Government to make a demonstration in Cuban waters, but that the insurrection had attained such proportions it had become necessary to take steps for the nrotection of American interests in Cuba. The department believes chat for the present the Denver will be sufflcient for all needs along the northern coast of Cuba and the Marietta for the southern coast. The exchange of messages between I the State Department and Mr. Sleep er, Charge at Havana, ana otner American representatives in Cuba, which are supposed to have told of conditions requiring that prompt action be taken to safeguard Americans and their property, will^not be discussed by officials of either the State or Navy Departments. It is admitted, however, that all these messages have been forwarded, upon their receipt, to President j Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, who for several weeks has personally directed the policy of the United States concerning the Cuban outbreak. In spite of the sudden activity of thi3 Government it is declared that there is no intention to take any part in the conflict beyond that demanded by the critical situation in which Americans have been placed in the island. That the President has considered the ultimate possibility of intervention or at least the use of force in safeguarding the interests of this Government there can be no doubt. This is shown by the fact that the Navy Department has been called upon for a statement of the number of marines that might be available in the event of trouble. There are betwwen 600 and 700 marines now in the vicinity of the West Indies. They are scattered through Santo Domingo, Porto Rico and Culebra Islands, and some are on ihe Isthmus of Panama. There are 300 marines on tne uixie aiuue. The cruiser Columbia has just arrived at the naval station, Guantanamo, where she landed 100 marines to take the place.of an equal number who have long seen service there and will now be given sick leaves. XORTH RIVER TUXXEL THROUGH Engineers Take Trip to Celebrate the Connecting of States. New York City.?A party of 100 engineers connected with the Pennsylvania Railroad's terminal work in this city and on the Jersey shore passed through the new tunnel from Weehawken to Manhattan. At the line dividing the States of New York and New Jersey, far under the bed of the North River, there was speech making and cheering over the completion of the first link on the chain that is to bind New York more closely to the rest of the country. The excursion signalized the completion of one of the great tubes through which trains are to be run. The outer shell of the tunnel is all in place. The interior work remains to be done. The trip of the engineers was made in an air pressure of twenty-eight pounds to the square inch, the bottom of the tunnel was deep with mud and water and the temperature was something awful, but the untoward condition did not affect i the enthusiasm of the excursionists. I An hour after entering the tunnel in New Jersey the party came out on the New York side at Twelfth avenue and Thirty-third street. ZION CITY OWES $0,123,018. Receiver Reports That the Assets Aggregate $2,528,481. Chicago.-?John C. Hately, who was appointed receiver of Zion City pending the litigation in the Federal courts, filed his first report in the court. He declares that the liabilities of the city aggregate $6,125,018. The quick assets are estimated at | $372,054, and the slow assets at j $2,156,427. The receiver declares that he ex- i perienced considerable difficulty in | arriving at the amount of the assets and liabilities, as np general set of books was kept, and there were thirty-two different sets of accounts, which he was compelled to examine. Clover Hay Scarce. Clover hay is scarce and is bringing extra prices on the Western wagon market, with small prospects of any immediate decrease. Scarcity of Labor. Scarcity of labor is an important trade influence, restricting produc- ; tion of factories and causing delays | in harvesting of crops. Both Duelists Killed. Lee W. Hicks, until recently a prominent stockman in Macon, Ga., and J. M. Higginbotham, a contractor, fought a duel with pistols on the platform of a car at Brooksville as the train was leaving the station and both men were killed. Mien's Assassin Pays Penalty. Zenaide Konoplianikoyo, the girl who assassinated Russian General Mien, was executed in the Schluesselburg prison at St. Petersburg. Sporting Brevities. George G. won the gold cup for free-for-all-trotters at the Pittsburg matinee races. The Joy, owned by W. H. Childs, won first prize in the Manhasset Bay Yacht Club's seventy-mile race. 'Captain J. C. Semon, of the Ohio National Guard, won the Wimbledon Cup on ranges at Sea Girt, N. J. Frank B. Greer, of Boston, won the senior singles, quarter mile dash and senior doubles with Courtney Guild at the Middle States' Amateur Rowing Regatta on the Potomac. CM REBELS BLOW UP STEEL BRIDGES " Pino Guerra Rejects Armistice by Renewed Activity. y a if rr* iiiaii r> r imnTinr^ IrtFVLd J UHN Ut MAKIIIICt Government Forces Unable to Cope With Rebel Chief, Who Demands New Elections to Get Rid of President Palma. Havana, Cuba. ? All peace overtures were blocked by the refusal of Pino Guerra, the insurgent leader in Pinar del Rio Province, to enter into an arrangement for an armistice. Guerra's answer to the Government's announcement of its readiness to grant an armistice was the blowing up of two bridges on the Western Railway, an English company, the cutting of railway communication beyond Pinar del Rio City, and an attack on San Juan de Martinez. San Juan de Martinez is in the hands of the insurgents and the garrison, consisting of 100 Government recruits and a small force or mounted rural guards, has been defeated or captured. The fact that other leaders of the insurrection are willing to agree to an armistice can have little effect so long as Guerra is determined to prosecute the war, and there is slight doubt in any quarter that Guerra can control the situation in his region. His force is reported by all those who have visited him recently as ranging from 3000 to 4000 men, all of them well mounted and some well and others indifferently armed. The Government force opposed to him, which is under command of Colonel Avalos, comprises about 1000 men. It was reinforced by Lieutenant-Colonel Clews with 150 men and three machine guns from Havana. Colonel Avalos' forces, with the exception of small detachments left at San Juan de Martinez and San Luis, is tip Pinar del Rio City, but is without means of transportation to go to the relief of San Juan de Martinez. Not more than 400 are mounted. General Meenocal said that (juerra evidently had not been informed that the Government had actually, although informally, granted an armistice, adding that a second committee had been sent to him. The fact is, however, that Guerra refuses, point blank to accept an armistice except on conuition that the last elections for*President and Congress shall be annulled. That the Government should consent to this is out of the question, and soevery prospect points to the continuance of the v/ar. In connection with Pino Guerra's attitude it is notable that the Liberals have grown more independent. They say that on account of the Government's surveillance and persecutions they will no longer hold meetings, and that it is useless to consider peace under the circumstances. All regard the blowing up of an English company's railroad bridge as a serious matter and likely to invite international action by Great Britain, or at least an interrogation of the Government at Washington by Great Britain as to whether the former intends to intervene to end war conditions in Cuba. MEAT PACKERS CAPITULATE. Will Label Their Products by October 1, as Required by Law. Washington, D. C.?After numerous conferences between Secretary Wilson, Dr. Melvin, Chief of the Bu*reau of Animal Industry, and about forty representatives of the various meat packing houses, the problems which have arisen over the question of labels which, under the law must be put upon meatproducts, have been settled to the satisfaction of all concerned. What probably was the last conference was held at the Department of Agriculture, and the packers announced that they would prepare the labels by October 1, when the law goes int^ effect. Throughout the discussions Secretary Wilson stood for labels which would state exactly what the package contained, and this the packers finally have accepted, although by way of compromise the Secretary did not insist upon the percentages of different me^ts contained in any canned article put out under one name. GOVERNOR PARDEE BEATEN. Palls of Rcnomination Because of Course in 'Frisco Disaster. Santa Cruz, Cal. ? Congressman James N. Gillette, of Eureka, was nominated for Governor by the Republican convention on the first ballot, receiving 591% votes, to 233 % votes for the present Governor, Geo. C. Pardee. Governor Pardee's general indecision in the San Francisco disaster and his refusal to yield to the request of the citizens and recall the State militia is regarded as having brought about his defeat. The platform give9 sincere thanks to all who aided San Francisco in her time of need. It asks the enactment by Congress of an amendment to the existing tariff law as a measure of relief for San Francisco, that for a period of three years all building material be admitted into the port of San Francisco free of duty. OPPOSES JOINT STATEHOOD. Arizona Conventions of Both Parties Declare For Territories Forever. Bisbee, Ariz.?Conventions of both i the Renublican and Democratic par ties have adopted the following resolution: "We are unalterably opposed to joint Statehood between Arizona and New Mexico, and would prefer to remain a Territory forever than to have joint Statehood with New Mexico." Tho National Game. The Boston American Club has secured Milwaukee's star pitcher, Oberlin. The new St. Louis shortstop, Forrest Crawford, has a splendid throw ing arm. The Chicago Nationals have pur chased pitchers Chenault and Pur due, of the Vincennes team; alsc catcher Seabaugh. Harry Steinfeldt, who has been labeled a "dead one" in Cincinnati foi several seasons, threatenj to be th< leading batsman of the National League this season. - -: , . . RUSSIA TIES HEART m Business Improves After Publica tion of Stolypin Program. Landlords Willing to Exchange Olc Estates For New?Students Want Universities Open. Moscow, Russia.?There was i strong upward movement on the Bourse following the publication o! the Stolypin program. All the indusfrfol eannrifiAC aHvnnnoH f n r?111 rl in ? even the shares of the great Brians^ and Sormovo establishments, whicl had been steadily declining on account of strikes, incendiarism anc rioting. An important conference between Dmitri Shipoff, Count Hayden, Michael Stakovich and other prominenl members of the Peaceful Regenerationist party will be held to discuss the new developments in the Octobrist party. Taking advantage of the withdrawal of Count Hayden and others, th( reactionist wing has started a campaign to capture the organization and turn it against the constitutional movement. The more progressive leaders now are considering a thorough review of the Octobrlst prograninstead of the creation of a ne\* party. The leaders secretly hope, it is asserted, that the radical Constitutional Democrats will be victorious at the approaching elections for Parliament swing the party over to the Left, anc thus make room for a combination of Moderate Liberals. From members of the Zemstvc Congress now in session here it is learned that many landlords favoi abandoning their present estates ir the thickly settled provinces in exchange for tracts in the Urals anc Siberia. St. Petersburg.?The firm note struck by Premier Stolypin in tho official communication embodying the whole Government program with its warning to Terrorists and Revolutionists, on one hand, that crime musi and would be suppressed at any cost and to the Reactionists, especially the court camarilla, on the othei hand, that reforms could neither be abandoned nor deferred, met with ? prompt response on the Bourse where prices were not merely firm but were strong, without any symptoms of artificial support. '4,HUNGRY FOR LEARNING. Students Will Not Oppose Opening ol Universities. St. Petersburg.?At a meeting ol Social Democratic and Social Revolutionist university students it was decided not to oppose the reopening of the universities, which is scheduled for October 14, thereby furnishing a strong possibility that the paralysis of the educational life of the country, which has lasted for twe school years, may soon be ended. Many revolutionary students favored abandoning entirely the obstructive attitude, re-entering the universities and resuming their studies instead of making the universities "fatvinlfth f at? +V*a rairnl nh'nnn rv m r>VA. 1U1 VUU * vfViUUVMU,*.; v. ment," which was the motive behind the short and fruitless resumption ol work in the universities last year. Among the student masses ther< has grown up a feeling of resentmenl against the tactics which are depriv ing them of education and a determ ination to resume studies regardless of any strike decisions. POLICE CHIEF KILLS A MAN. Hurried Ride in an Auto Prevents Hi.1 IJeing Lynched. Des Moines. Iowa.?Chief of Po lice Myron Tullar, of Fort Dodge killed George Dugan, a well to dt farmer of Rockwell City, at the Cal houn County fair grounds at Manson and only h hurried ride with a guarr in an automobile prevented his beinj lynched by the infuriated crowd. Dugan and George Korns, of So mers, became involved in an alterca I r\9 o Vi At*aa rnm HULL UVCl LUC UUltUlUC UL Ck UUIOO A and Chief Tullar took a hand. Tul lar used his flst and struck Dugai several terrific blows in the face Dugan walked a few steps away anc fell dead. The crowd was furious when 1 learned what had happened, but Tul lar was under arrest and riding fo: life before the mob realized that iti clamoring for a rope would be of n( avail. CHEAPER LIGHT IN SYRACUSE. State Commission Fixes Price of Gai and Electricity. Albany, N. Y.?The State Commis sion of Gas and Electricity announcet its decision, granting the applicatioi for an order fixing the maximun price of gas in Syracuse at ninety-fivi cents per 1000 cubic feet, beginnini October 1. The price of electricit; for street lighting is fixed at $68 pe lamp, for commercial purposes a nine cents per kilowatt hour for om year beginning October 1, the pric after that to be eight cents. Present lighting rates in Syracusi are: Arc street lamps, $85.77% pe lamp per year; commercial incandes cent, twelve cents per kilowatt, witl two cents discount if paid befor 15th of month; gas, $1 per 100< maximum. To Attack Standard Oil Monopoly. Headquarters for Special Counse C. B. Morrison, prosecutor of trust 1 for the Government, have been es tablished at Chicago. The next mov against the Standard Oil Compan; 1 will be to attack it on a charge tha . it is a monopoly. T7n4>rv>.<v> Pinna I l>U93iai| HtlVl m M. IMllO* Reform plans of the Russian Cab inet include repression of disordei i abolition of restrictions on Hebrew and autonomy for the provinces. Public Ownership in Great Britain. Without any discussion the Trade Union Congress at Liverpool, Eng land, unanimously instructed the la . bor members of Parliament to intrc . duce a bill providing for the nation alizing of all railways, canals an mines in the United Kingdom. > Murderess Kills Herself in Asylun Mrs. Frank Palgrove, who on Ai; gust 21 killed her husband and thre r children at Piggett, Clay County, an i then burned the bodies, committe I suicide at the Arkansas Insane As> lum at Little Rock. j GANNON SLAUGHTER . | JEWS BY WHOLESALE i Hundreds Killed and Thousands , Wounded in Poland. I ? FIRE HORROR AFTER MASSACRE L ; Batteries Open Fire on Israelitisli ; Quarter of Siedlce Town?Russian Authorities Look Idly On?Dread' ; ful Loss of Life Follows. Siedlce, Poland.?A Jewish massa1 ere surpassing in seriousness all pre' vious ones in this vicinity has taken place here. i It was carefully planned before hand, the soldiers warning all of thf Christian population in advance tc hang out their ikons so that thej . might remain undisturbed. Some Terrorists killed two soldiers ' md thereupon the Libau Regimenl ] broke forth in unrestrained fury, 1 They began murdering Jews on everj [ hand and continued the work o , slaughter all night and all cay. . The ghastly work of murderinj t and pillaging continued until Gov r ernor-General Skallon telegraphec for permission to use the artillery. Four batteries then opened fin [ down Pienkna, Warsaw and Aliem 5 streets, which were inhabited b] thousands of Jews. The destructioi [ was horrible. As a result of the gen i eral slaughter it is estimated thai fully 2 00 Jews have been killed ant fVimtcfanrlt: wnnnrleH ( There are 30 00 prisoners in cus . tody, a great many of whom wer< t wounded. Not a soldier was killed. Next morning squads of soldiers [ were parading through the streets selling pillaged watches and jewelry The army officers openly counte nanced the selling of loot. The loca 1 Governor, Englke, took no sleps tc ' prevent the outrage. The telegraph offices are closec J and nobody is allowed on the street! " or to leave the town. The refugees : continue to crowd to the stations > The soldiers are drunk and behavini r with extraordinary brutality. Six buildings in the big bazaar o ) the city caught fire1*, adding anothei 1 terror to the killing and plunderinf - which went on for thirty-six hours. Almost all th? Jewish shops havi ' been looted. Owners who defendec their property were killed or wound ed. Any person seen leaving a hous< or looking out of a window was sho without mercy. . - St. Petersburg. Russia.?Siedlce i a town of 30,000 people, half o whom are Jews. p Unfortunate Jews were shot an< . bayoneted in the streets of the town j Houses and shops were broken int< r and sacked. Valuables were carriec ! off and offered for sale by soldiers t< . passengers on passing trains. After the murder of a policemai . by Terrorists and the firing of a vol * -- ' ? ??? - ? A A* I I ley Dy ITOUps 1UIU Luc >uai;wui?< crowd, which resulted in the killinj . of two citizens and the wounding o . many more, the Terrorists held ; } meeting and decided to exact ven ! geance by inaugurating a genera j campaign against the police am . i troops, similar to the recent activit; [ along the same lines in Warsaw, f In the course of one morninj twelve patrolmen and soldiers wer , killed. As a result of this, the Libai I Regiment, in a state'of fury, left it . barracks in the afternoon am marched into the Jewish quartet 5 | shooting right and left as it went. REPUBLICANS CARRY MAINE. All Four Congressmen Reflected I> Decreased Majorities. > J Portland, Me.?Returns from al the cities and more than half th towns and plantations indicate the re election of Governor William T. Cobt Republican, by less than S000 plu rality over Cyrus W. Davis, the Demc cratic nominee. This is the smalles Republican plurality since that part won the State from the fusion c Democrats and Greenbackers in 188^ The four Republican Congressme j are re-elected, Amos L. Allen by 150 * plurality; Charles E. Littieneia, aoou 1000; Edwin C.Burleigh, about 500( i and Llewelyn Powers, li500. From a representation of fou i State Senators and twenty-six men bers of the lower house, the Demc t crats have increased to twelve Sens - tors and about sixty Representatives r 235 PERSONS BURIED ALIVE. ) Mass of Mud and Sand Obliterate Town Near Tiflis. Tiflis, Russia.?Practically withoi warning the side of a mountain risin above the township of Kwareli brok away and in a sea of semi-liquid mm . sand and stones swept down on th 1 township and obliterated it. i Some 2E>5 persons have been burie i alive. Fifty-five bodies were recoi 8 ered from the mire, which is aboi I six feet deep. In addition to the livt f lost, countless head of cattle perishe r and the crops were destroyed, t Kwareli township occupies an are s of five kilometres in the District < e Telaw, in the Caucasus. Similar dii asters are of common occurrence i 8 | caucasiau vaueja. r I Pope Receives New Head of Jesuits 1 The Pope received Father Wern H th- Geno: . o? the Society of Jesu 3 jind co. gratulated him on his ele< tion. Gas Magnate Kills Himself. Clarence K. Wooster, Vice-Pres s dent of the People's Gas Light an Coke Company, of Chicago, con e mitted suicide. Y Dominican Rebels Defeated. Advices from Cape Haytien sa; that the Dominican rebels were d feated before Monte Cristi. ' Quality of Onions. The onion crop in the Central We: seems generally of good quality. Netvsy Gleanings. s One person in each 400 in Ohio insane. One of the destroyed villages c Vesuvius is to be rebuilt on the san T site." The Government is preparing a fi teen-year program of railway coi struction. ? The German Imperial estimati L- for 1905 have given a surplus < e more than $1,500,000. d The insurgents of the Nation d Rifle Association won at the electic r* in Sea Girt, N, J., and deci'led I hold the next meet in Ohio. * ROBBERS HOLD OP!)! i _ Akely, Minn., Raided by Desper adoes Fully Armed. > Sale Dynamiters Get $10,000, Btii Miss $80,000 and $10,000 in Diamonds?Jesse James Recalled. St. Paul, Minn.?Since the days o ' Jesse James and the Younger broth1 ers there has been no more spectacular raid upon a bank than that made on the Eank of Akely, Minn., when the robbers carried off $10,000 and blew the bank buiTding to pieces. G. W. Warren, who has rooms in an adjoining building, was awakened and rushed to the scene. He was at ones confronted with a revolver in > the hands of one of the robbers and , commanded to return to his rooms. r He did so. Dr. P. R. Irish was hastening to the bedside of a patient when he s heard the explosions. He telephoned : the police and the bank officials, When the town marshal appeared he was promptly covered by the robbers r and held captive until the men in the ^ I bank had completed their work. After the desperadoes had made ' their escape in the darkness an examination of the bank showed $500 1 in silver scattered on the floor and that $10,000 was missing. In tho 3 vault?was $80,000 in cash and $10,1 000 worth of diamonds, which had f been overlooked. 1 It was pay day for the Red Rivei vaney L,umDer company ana $&u,uuu t was to have been paid out, but was I not distributed as usual. The robbers apparently knew this and had planned to get the money. 5 The safe was wrecked and the banl< building was shattered. Pieces of the J safe were blown 300 feet away. The 3 robbers were followed by a posse, but no trace of them had been found. " It is thought they went west and 1 caught a train for St. Paul. The men > on guard fired more than fifty shots at citizens and lighted windows while 1 the robbers on the inside were looting 3 the bank. 5 ; MARTIAL LAW IN CUBA. If . / 1 j President Palnia Issues Proclamation r and Arrests Rebels. ; Havana, Cuba.?Concluding the safety of his Government hinged on e prompt action, President Palma put 1 the entire Republic under martial - law, and in so doing made himself 2 personally responsible for the maint tenance of order. All, constitutional guaranties were suspended by a speS rial rturrpp hv thp ProKiflemtv ? and in the same instrument he revoked all the offers of amnesty with i which the Government had sought to placate the Liberals. Nor did Presi3 dent Palma stop there. He imparted 1 to his step all the importance of a 3 stroke of state by causing the arrests Df many Liberal leaders. i Men high in the councils of the op position were seized in their homes, i in cafes, in clubs and theatres. No 5 reason for their seizure was given, ? the inference being left that it was a for the safety of the Government. Al! - the prisoners were rushed to cells, 1 where?for the present, at any rate 1 ?they are virtually incommunicado. y WOMAN BATTLES WITH BANDITS. e Cound and Robbed Only After Lobs' s Struggle. Derby, Cohn.?Four men bouncj '? and gagged Miss Mary White in her home near Bethany and then robbed her of money and jewelry valued at $1000. The house is on a lonely, little frey quented road. The woman was called to the door by a man, who asked for a drink of water. On going H to the kitchen to get it she was e seized by the stranger, who tried to !- choke her. >. The other three robbers theq Im i n f a /I tr oaiwa/1 Vi Ar k icapcu in LUC uuui uuj, ogucu uci , ?- bound her down to a lounge with it cords and forced a gag Into heiy mouth. Then they ransacked the ?f house and carried away everything I. of value they could find. n o $10,000 IN GEMS STOLEN. it New York Diamond Merchant Robbed r in Train Going to Baltimore. Baltimore, Md.?Soloman Urbac\>, a diamond merchant, of New York i. City, reported to the Baltimore police that he was robbed of $40,000 worth of diamonds while en route to thia :ity. Mr. Urbach boarded a sleeping car of a Pennsylvania train in Jerser fifv nf miHnio'hl- T-Tf> savs hp hafl ?40,000 worth of uncut diamonds ic [t a wallet in his waistcoat, which he g put under his pillow when he retired. e When he awoke, as the train was nearing Baltimore, he declares the g vest, with its contents, was gone. The porter and the conductor of A the train said they had seen no one j. near the berth during the night. it ;a THROWS FOE FROM BALCONY. >d ' Fall Kills a Lawyer, and a Merchant ia is Arrested. gf Mobile, Ala.?Charles E. Sudnall, a_ a merchant, has been arrested at Pensacola, Fla., and charged with the murder of Lawrence N. Ervin, an attorney. The men engaged in a fight on a z. balcony. Sudnall threw Ervin over s, the railing. Ervin fell to, the ground c- sustained a fracture of the skull, and died a short time afterward. Gobbled by Standard Oil. i- l(j H. Clay Pierce, .chairman of the j. board of Waters-Pierce Oil Company admitted during an examination it St. Louis that Standard Oil gobbled his company under protest after beiug . the cause pf Texas ousting the Ji:de^ pendent company. Corn and Cotton Records. Nothing but a heavy early frosi can. apparently, prevent a recorc yield of corn and cotton. Prominent People. is Major Alfred Dreyfus will retirt from the French army in October or ,n a pension. 10 Lieutenant-General Nelson A. Miles f and General Anson Mills are abroad a* for a pleasure tour. The Hon. Henry Lindhurst Bruce son and heir of Lord Aberdare, wii ~'j marry Mins Camille Clifford, ar American actress. a, Sir Robert Hart has written to : m friend that he has finished his wort l for the Chinese customs, and pro poses to retire to England. s r'":; .. z&z--*?:'*''' i'-JG? i HAY FEVER "Having used Peruna for catarrh and . hay fever, I can recommend it to all who are suffering u itk the above diseases. 1 am happy to be able to say it has helped me wonderfully." 4 ( ^ ?Mayrn^ E. Smith, mis a ma JtJtJt E. Mound Street, Columbus, Ohio. HAY FEVER is endemic catarrh. It is caused by some irritating substance ia tue atmosphere during the late summer ? months. It is generally thought that the ponea 01 certain weecw ana nowers is tne \ cause of it. Change of locality seems to be the only, rational cure. The use of Peruna, bowever, stimulates the netrous system to resist the effect of the poisonous emanations and sometimes carries the victim through, the hay fever season without an attack of the disease. A large number of people rely upon Feruna for this purpose, Ihose who do not find it convenient to change their location to avoid Jtajr Fever woulcfdo well to give Peruna a trial. It has proven pf priceless value to many people. . Prices of Rare Books. " A careful perusal , of "Auction Prices of Books" illustrates the great advance in prices of certain classes of books and the decline of certain others. .. ^ \ .. The most remarkable advance in the forty years covered is to be shown in two classes of books?what is technically called Americana and first editions in immaculate condition of what the world has accepted as famous books. Another kind of book has shown great advance during this period, and . that is technically called provenance, because it formerly belonged to a distinguished person or was a presentation copy by a famous author. The most notable decline is evident ' in what may be termed typographi il. nn/t T oHn cm mouuiueilldy lUC uicurv. auu uauu classics and books in poor condition f printed at famous presses. Formerly , a fifteenth century book, an Aldus, an Elzevir, commanded a respectable price because they were from these famous presses, but now It is necessary to be a collector that these should be unusual copies.?Outlook. ? .'Mi Picture Post-Cards. The picture post-card even here has become a nuisance, but on ; the Continent, where the craze has assumed really gigantic proportions, it has proved to be the last straw which has very nearly broken the postman's back. In Octobter? 1904, the number of picture post-cards f passing through the dead-letter branch of the French Postofflce as undelivered was only 2500 a day, but it had risen to 6000 during Ail-j gust of last year, and it is feared ( thai this year will see the number more than doubled. Calculating on this, "X" declares that the total number of picture cards posted during this month must exceed two millions a day.?Pall Mall Gazette. I _ F>ee. "Johnny," queried the teacher of the juvenlla ciass, "what is the dif, lorence betwe-n electricity and lightning? ' f. i "You don't have to pay nothln' for lightnin'," answered Johnny.? Milwaukee Sentinel. Railroad Stocks and Bonds. > Roughly, our railroad systems are capitalized at $12,000,000,000, di1 vided half and half between stocks ! and bonds. A little over half the , stocks pay dividends. HOW MANY OF US? Fail to Select Food Nature Demands to Ward Off Ailments. A Ky. lady, speaking about food,. says: "I was accustomed to eating all kinds of ordinary food until, for some reason, indigestion and nervous ! prostration set in. "After I had run down seriously, my attention was called to the neces! slty of some chango in my diet, and I discontinued my ordinary breakfast I and began using Grape-Nuts witL a good quantity of rich cream. "In a few days my condition changed in a remarkable way, and I began to have a strength that I had J never been possessed of before, a [ vigor of body and a poise of mind ( that amazed me. It was entirely new ; in my experience. "My former attacks of indigestion had been accompanied by heat flashes, and many times my condition was distressing with blind spells of dizzit ness, rush of blood to the head and I neuralgic pains in the chest. * \Tuto olnna fr?r "Since USIIlg uiaire-.iuw breakfast I nave been free from these troubles, except at times when I have indulged in rich, greasy food3 int ! quantity, then I would be warned by 1 a pain under the left shoulder blade/ and unless I heeded the warning the ' old trouble would come back, but when I finally got to kn?w where tlitbe troubles originated I returned j to my Grape-Nuts and cream and the' t pain and disturbance left very qu.ckly. L "I am now in prime health as a : result of my use of Grape-Nuts." - Name given by Postum Co., Eattle Creek, Mich.