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ip- *S! If Hoppy's || Surprise Party. *oo < Sa ?? oc EB? "You remember Hoppy? Well, 1 H was with a little bunch of us ba> H among the foothills of Nevada abo twenty years ago, where we were z gfl tempting to induce mother earth U give us a fortune, and where, I mig M say incidentally, that we found itPM and kept it?thanks to Hoppy. Ira "He was one of those lank, boi 8H creatures that nature puts on tl earth to show by way of contrast tl j|l Deauty and use of other mortals. I got his name from his walk; it ? |9 ways made me think of a man tryii to run and changing his mind at tl M last moment; it was a cross betwe< BB two gaits. fig "We tolerated him for the simp a reason that so many other people a 11 tolerated on earth?he was willin |9 Willing to do us any favor or give 1 I any help that lay within his powe |9 and a quiet appreciation of what y< 59 fnr him ? thpcp wprp the tv things that distinguished him and i< us to forgive him for the many acc dents that he was the chief instr ment in causing. "We were working the hills for z we were worth and getting pret well discouraged when Hoppy, wl was ahead of us, stumbled and si down the bank he had climbe throwing the gravel every which wa Had it been any other of us we wou! have cussed a little, but Hopp> sir ply rolled over and stared at som thing he had unearthed. It wan go dirt. And there we found our fo tune. We dug in it for all we wei worth, and after the days had goi and We were through every man i the bunch had dust enough to mal ' him grin the rest of his life. "Well, to skip details, on the dz when we were packing up ready f( the ride to the nearest camp a ma rides up in a great stew and sweat 1 tell us of a murder that had bee done somewhere in the valley, ac ma immeriiatplv offered to eo an help run down the men who had dor the dirty business. "So it was fixed up that Hopp should be left to guard the dust, looked foolish to me, but you kno how it is; we were in a sweat wit the excitement of a man hunt an perhaps a good gun fight thrown ii yet some of the fellows thought tb; Hoppy was just the man to put in tt position of guard, for he'd fight if w told him to, like a cat in a corner. "We rode off, leaving him behin to keep an eye on the dust. The res of the story I have gathered from hi] and it's mighty interesting. It seen: that we had no more than ridden ot of sight and hearing, or beyond tt reach of a gunshot, when three me rode from around the cliff to the gu ly and came up to the shack. "Hoppy saw them and he didn like their looks, but in those days was up to every man to be decent 1 any pilgrim that struck his bunk. S Hoppy walks out with that queer ga of his and says: 'Howdy!' The crriinfa/1 in ronlv and thft hif? ffcllO' fc>* J O of the three leans over and says Kin we stop a minute, friend?' " 'Sure,' Hoppy answered, wishin 'they were in China or some other t; booed place. "I suppose when they saw Hopr they thought they were going to ha^ a regular cinch in landing our go!< but they made a mistake, as peop often did when they figured the could go by Hoppy's personal appea ance. Vou see, the whole thing w; a put-up job; somewhere or oth< they got hold of the truth that v had a lot of dust up there, and th( got it into their heads that th< wanced it. So they cooked up thi 3care about the murder and the mu derer putting up a game fight at wanting our help. We did just wh< they wanted?rode off with the chi while they dropped in on the scene do business. "They got inside, but Hoppy h? his gun a little too handy, so th< didn't do anything except sit arour and gab. Finally one of the mt asked Hoppy for a drink of wate *The pail was just beyond Hoppy, ne; ,the door, and Hoppy invited him go over and help himself, but the was where Hoppy made a mistak Instead of handing the robber a gla himself he let him go over, and tl first thing Hoppy knew there we three husky chaps astride of his pil COMMANDERS -Some Points of Simi Lee and G The pr .. a;'.ton to erect a joi memorial to the memory of Gener Lee and General Grant the two, gre opposing commanders of the Cr ~ War, brings to mind some of t points of similarity of those famo soldiers. Not only did they commai their respective armies, but each h; remarkable command of himse Walter H. Taylor, in "Four Yea y-, ? T ?? .1 T I T>/ wnn uenerai uuu numuc ter, in "Campaigning With Granl both bear testimony to this conti which makes a man master of hi] self. "Lee was a man of a naturally pc itlve temperament, but he had i markable s'?lf-control. His passio were strong, but they were in coi pletc subjection to his will. He w not one of those amiable men who temper is never ruffled, bat the occ sional cropping out showed he great was his habitual self-control. "He had a great dislike to revisi: army communications. One day wh it was positively necessary to lo over some reports I had, he was not a very pleasant mood. Somethi had irritated him. and it showed in nervous little jerk of the head. J ter disposing of a case of vexatio character, he seemed greatly worrit and I, forgetting what was due i superior, impatiently threw down t paper with signs of anger. Lee cc trolled himself at once, and said, ir calm voice: " 'Colonel Taylor, when I lose i ful five feet by one, and they had his | 5^ windpipe shut so he couldn't squawk. I "They let him set up aft?r they ! + had tied his hands to tight behind j o.his back his shoulder blades over- i J lapped. And the first thing the lead- j er wanted to know was where w<as the ? dust. Naturally Hoppy had forgot- j ten, as any man in his right mind ; 5* would under such circumstances, j They administered a few kicks to i he Hoppy's bony anatomy, but that I cjj didn't seem to waken his faulty mem- j ut ory. Still he couldn't think, and one of them informed him that if he | t0 couldn't remember without a little | ht stronger assistance they'd give him a [ little to help him along. "Once more they wanted to know j a,- where the dust -was, but Hoppy j he couldn't remember. They held a lit- I he tie consultation; time was flying and j .jc. they must work quickly. il- "Hoppy watched them with interig est, and it didn't take him long to seo tie what they had planned for him in the in way of entertainment. The big brutal fellow of the crowd had snatched le a long rod we use in' prospecting and re was stirring up the fire. When it was g. burning brightly he stuck the end of us the rod in the fire and looked over at ;r, Hoppy. )U "Hoppy wilted a little, and I don't mi. | ?0 blame him, but he was game. iu? big fellow wanted to kuow where ;l- that gold was, but Hoppy couldn't reu" member. When a man has given up years of his life to find the yellow stuff as we had, and has found it at ty last, he isn't inclined to hand it over 10 to the next poor sinner that comes id along and tries to take it by force, j d. Hoppy was game. y- "When the rod was nicely heated i ld the robber came over to Hoppy and c~ held it about one-eighth of an inch in e" front of Hoppy's nose, and he wanted ld to know if Hoppy saw it. Needless r* to say, Hoppy did see it, and, morere over, he felt it. He was given to un* * 1 *?A ?x Via aoo ie derstana mat uul uui; auuum in it, but that he would feel it if he ce, didn't give them the necessary information, but Hoppy was tight?busy l>" praying that we fellows would come, )r you say? Not at all. He was thinkn ing of something else. t0 "At the order of the leader one of them snatched off his boots and they made ready to bore a few holes into his sole. Hoppy had a tough one, but ie he knew as well as they that it wouldn't stand roasting. At the f-shiss of the red iron he let out a 3TeL and they had to sit on him a while ^ before he cooled down. This time they got him firm ana, as ne sun couldn't seem to remember, one of Q* them yanked oft his shirt and the big 1 chap leveled the red hot iron for hia ie heart. That was too much for Hoprg F py, and he begged for mercy and . promised to tell, him where we stored a? the gold. 5t m "Hoppy told them to go back of ls the shack near a brown rock and lt there under a covering of earth te they'd find the gold. He acted scared n blue, and they hustled out. Hoppy j_ could see them as they hurried up the rise of ground back of the shack. He >t saw them find the place as he had it said with the earth covering. They 0 were as eager a pair and pleased a ;0 crowd, Hoppy said afterward, as he jt had ever seen. y "One of them had a crowbar. He *v lifted it up and down it went. Then j: something happened. There was a crash and a blast of flame that went g a hundred feet into the air. Mixed in i- the crash and blaze were men's cries | of agony and forms shuttled a mo ,y ment into view, and it was an over, re "We rode hard on the hack stretch i, for we saw and heard the explosion, le and I tell you it was an anxious and sy hot bunch of men that threw themr selves off their ponies at the shack or is what had been a shack. We dug ir Hoppy out of the debris of the shack, re more dead than alive, but he was just ;y mad enough to spoil all chance of his I ;y dying, and we managed to get the at truth out of him. r- "It seems that he had kept the id bluff to the last minute so that he at might not arouse their suspicions, ip and then kindly directed them to a j to place he had provided in that strange foresight of his for such emergencies id ?a hole furnished with enough dy\v namite to blow a mountain over alld most. They had done the rest, and .jn incidentally had found rest, too, for ;r. it was so much work picking them ar up that we gave up the attempt, to "Hoppy was a hero after that. I'm re afraid he never got over our praising e. him, but as long as Hoppy staid with ss us he was treated like a man and he ae was one, too?the real stuff clear re through." ? W. Werner, in Chicago ti- News. rw TWF1MSF1T,VES i ! i larity Between General eneral Grant. nt temper don't you let it maKe you an- i a! gry!*" at "General Grant," says Horace Por- I ril ter, "was calm under trials. When \ he he could not control circumstances us he endured them. His temper was ad often a marvel. He rarely raised his ad voice nor showed irritability. He If. could not only discipline others, he rs j disciplined himself. If he had lived >r- j in the ancient days he might have ! broken the tablets of stone in wrath, ol but he never would have broken the n- laws written thereon. The only time during the campaign when I saw him >s- display anger was when a teamster e- beat his horses. ns " 'General,' said some one, 'it is in- ! singular that you have gone through j as the rough and tear of the army with- 1 se ' out swearing.' I have never heard j a- you use an oath.' )w " 'Well,' replied t.he general,'somehow or other I never learned to ng swear. When I was a boy I had an ' en aversion to it, and when I grew up 1 J ok saw the folly of it. Swearing helps t in rouse one's auger. When a man flies ! ng into a passion his adversary keeps l a coo! ani gets the better of it.' If- "I quoted General Grant once, as us an example to a teamster *-ho was ?d, given to using profane language. He ny replied: he j " 'Well, thar's one thing sartin, the tn- old man never druv males!' " l a, .... _ . I The United States ranks third in ny the production of barley. New York City.?The blouse that, gives long and slender lines is the one for which many women are seeking, and here is a model which in eludes that feature and which is graceful in the extreme at the same time that it is absolutely simple. It can be utilized, too, for almost all seasonable materials, for with the lining it becomes adapted to silk and to wool, while' without the lining it is suited to lingerie materials. The new cotton crepe, that is being so much exploited, the dainty cotton marquisette, all the familiar lawns, batistes ind the like are to be included with :hese last, and the model suits every )ne. In the illustration one of the aew satins, that is extremely soft and woven with the suggestion of pongee, which is known as Salome, Is utilized with banding as trimming arid all-over lace for the yoke. To do away with bulk at the waist line the blouse is cut off slightly above the normal and the lower edge of the lining is covered with .the girdle. This higher line can be utilized, too, when the blouse is combined with a high waisted skirt to produce a semi-princesse gown, or a wide belt is used for the joining, but the blouse can always be extended to the full length when I l is uscu \v 11 li u u i lining uuu acyaratelv. The blouse consists of the fitted lining, which is optional, fronts, backs, centre-front and centre-backs. When the lining is used it is faced to form the yoke, but when it is omitted'the yoke is cut on indicated lines and joined to the blouse. The closing is made invisibly at the back Spider Web Veils. In face veils the new lace desigas are anything but becoming. The Fatima veil, as the new creation is appropriately called, is of fine lace, with a bold djesign, suggestive of a series of spider webs. Swathed round the face it completely hides the features, making it next to impossible to recognize the wearer. Three Piece Gowns. Many of the tailor mades for the advance trade are of the three piece kind. t?MBN T and the steoves are cut in one-piece each, trimmed on indicated lines. gj The quantity of material required for the medium size is three and onehalf yards twenty-one or twenty-four, two and three-eighth yards thirtytwo or one and three-fourth yards forty-four inches wide, with one-half a] yard eighteen inches wide for the ^ yoke, nine and three-fourth jards p of banding. T tl Seven Gored Skirt. h The 3even gored skirt is one of the hi standbj's that is always in demand. a: It suits a great many materials and a w great many purposes and this one has i the great merit of allowing a choice ^ of etther the high waist line or the natural one. It will be found adapted CJ to all suiting and all skirting ma- pi terials and to the washable ones that r( are already being made up, as well as to tliose of wool and of silk, and, li as it can be made, in either round or ti walking length, it is just as well ? adapted to the house as it is to the bl street. ^ The skirt is made in seven gores, and the fulness at the back is laid tt in inverted pleats. When the belt is l1 used it is joined to the upper edge, k1 but when the high waist line is de* " sired the seams are designed to be |J boned and the upper edge to be un- jj, der-faced. a. The quantity of material required for the medium size is ten yards u] sl^ ~~?~~? Jc twenty-seven, five and one-eighthi CI yards forty-four or four and three* 01 fourth yards fifty-two inches wide if bj material has figure or nap; seven at re yards twenty-seven, three and one- fr half yards forty-four or three and I d( one-fourth yards fifty-two inches wida | bj if material has neither figure nor nap. I a i re Crepe De Chine Leads. There is nothing better for elaborate gowns than miroir crepe. All ^ the dyes seem to have been called upon for this fabric, and it will make up into a majority of the elaborate house gowns that are used for oc- Ge casions. It is very lovely in black ^ trimmed with bands of filet net well p{ embroidered with silk soutache. e3| is Black Cuffs. ilj Many of the white and light-tinted suits have collars and cuffs of black moire or satin. i i Jm&I LduMSi MiRKIlLED IN STREET BO Ills Anna Mangano Dies on Her Way to School. Ent hot by Philip Mangano, Her Father, ^ Who Tries to Kill Himself? Refused to Explain. FOI New York City.?After shooting Qd Instantly killing his daughter, Ser; [iss Anna Mangano, a teacher in ublic school, in 103d street, near hird avenue, as she was walking irough 103d street on her way to :hool, Philip Mangano attempted to " low out his own brains. A man who luc] ad witnessed the murder seized him als< ad two shots fired by Mangano went 1 lid. Roc Miss Mangano, who lived at St. ecilia's Institute for Working fcirls, bnr 068 Lexington avenue, left shortly . Eter 8 o'clock to go to the school. She irried her lunch, some books and a wI" air of slippers to wear in the class- at 1 )om. the Walking down Second avenue to D3d street, she turned west toward le school. As she got opposite 1G6 ^ ast 103d street Mangano, who had ve| sen following her, ran up behind, s?*' ulled a revolver and shot her artJ irough the head. an.. When he saw that he }iad' killed 8a le girl Mangano fled east through 8tei 33d street, pursued by a mob that a* ad been attracted by the shot and AIr ip streams of the teachers. He had P.ar jne but a few yards when Adolph I *De :hwartz, who saw the shooting, ln urled himself on the fugitive just. | ^Dti i he turned his revolver on himself. ^rl1 Schwartz knocked Mangano's arm pi, and the bullet went through the . ] ayer's hat. A second effort to wni loot himself resulted In the bullet ?n Jing wide of Its mark. J-"01 As he crossed Third avenue Sergt. Jr18 ngland and Patrolman Gisselbrecht ifn< rabbed him. His strength was equal K0| i theirs, and they had to club him ^,ai ifore he would submit to arrest. ?: Frank Lacatira and his wife, the ? ? tter a sister of the dead girl, arved at the station house soon after ad Lacatira asked that Mangano be ronght before him. As soon as La- j? itlro saw his father-in-law, he cried: "Mangano, you dog, you should be irtured for this; it is lucky you are Qder the care of the police or I tould punish you myself." Mangano refused to explain. ^ Shoots Father and Himself. Jamestown, N. Y.?Lynn Holges q tot and fatally wounded his father- go( i-law, A. P. Anderson, at the joint bac )ma of the two, at Youngsyille, Pa. Th< few minutes later Holges placed ie same revolver to his own head t id put a bullet In his head. wa, The shooting took place in front of 0f rs. Holges, who is a daughter of on nderson. An old dispute was re- g^e jwed when Holges stepped up be- nn( nd the aged man and, placing his 0ut svolver at his back, fired, the bullet gtr< ;netrating the lung. Mrs. Holges Che armed the neighborhood with her the xeams. Twenty minutes later, as i jighbors began to arrive at the dip juse, Holges stepped outside the gto )or and shot himself. fri ?? 8te< SRSEY SLAYER HANGED TWICE, hou 1 hou rederick Long Found Alive When pos Lowered After First Suspension. tim bee New Brunswick, N. J.?The last cjaj inging of a murderer to take place vjsj i New Jersey occurred here and was <] ;tended by a seasational episode, anc hich is regarded as fully justifying jar) ' - rnno to thp plpp ie luaupc 11 uixx kxspss vw cue ic chair as the means of executing ova iath sentence in this State. janj The doomed man, Frederick Lang, q >ndemned for the murder of his ve]| epniece, was found to be still alive dOC ter he had hanged for eight minutes den id had been lowered until his feet 0j iuched .the ground. He was again me? Lised and ten minutes later was pro- rea 5unced dead. " Nearly three years have elapsed ny nee the murder was committed. He j the last man to meet death by sen- sen ince in this manner in the State of an(j ew Jersey, as hereafter all men con- by 5mned to pay this penalty will be pen ectrocuted. ?GC The murder of Mary Gordon took i ace on April 20, 1906. Lang had fcer oposed .to the girl, who was then tini neteen years old, several times, but har id been rejected. She threatened pro i tell her stepfather if he did not gaj op bothering her. Lang drew his on ivolver and killed her. Wa i sho PREACHER KILLS PREACHER. den , this ipitalistic Divine Fatally Shoots pin; Complaining Minister. thr gar Lebanon, Mo.?The Rev. M. D. the )hnson, of the Free Will Baptist j ? lurch, shot and killed the Rev. Sol- | goa ? ~ ? rimiharlanH Pvps- I HULL UUCU, \JL LAJld vuun.sw - ? UU1 'terian Church, following a quarrel ba(i . Russ. Johnson surrendered. He wa? also president of the Laclede Coun- ter, Telephone Company. to Subscribers, including Odell, com- Apr ained of the telephone service. To uie< ljust matters a conference was held. a quarrel developed and meeting Velt iell later Johnson renewed the trou- go , e. Witnesses say Odell had an open g0 life in his hand when the other Whi eacher met him, but closed it and i ?gan pulling off his coat. Johnson g0 ien drew a revolver and fired, and as ? dell fell, mortally wounded. Cranberries Are Cheap. Cc Cranberries have not been doing G i well since the high prices reached fesl ; Christmas, and those which remain j in?' e in poor condition and selling at ! Tat I to $10 per barrel. Gov GOVERNOR LILLKY TO REST. H1 Cob ;cretary Goodwin, of Hartford, \ Conn., Issues a Statement. ^ Hartford. Conn.?Charles A. Good- l&e in, executive secretary to Governor I jaw eorge L. Lilley, issued the following tjc|. atement: ( , I f"Governor Lilley, after spending j For isterday in his office in Waterbury, j in , turned to his home here suffering . fort om nervous exhaustion and was or- | 190 ?red to remain in bed fcr a week 1 ooo r his attending physician, Dr. C. C. j gun =ech, thereby to secure a complete ing St." DAUGHTERS GET $3,000,000. I ?gacy of $100,000 For Miss Young From General Palmer's Estate. 1 Colorado Springs, Col.?The will of an(1 jneral William Palmer was probated nios ;re. The estate, whicU amounts to cit' tout $5,000,000, is given to General ^ek timer's three daughters, with the __ :ception of about $700,000, which distributed among friends and fam- j r servants. er The largest single legacy was ed LOO,000, which was given to Miss 3Sta ladys Young, daughter of a Col- pr<, ado landscaoe artist. > A . jfiui . iSEVELT SAILS FOR BIG HUNT IN AFRICAN JUNGLE husiastic Demonstration as [x-President and Son Depart m ROAR PARTING SALUTE ics of Ovations on Trip From Oyster Bay to Hoboken Dock, Where Hundreds of Friends and Associates Say Good-by. 'Thank you; I wish you all good !v. I wish all Americans good luck >." ?his was the last word of Theodore >sevelt to his countrymen as he for Africa on the steamship Ham* g: The parting message was led at the enthusiastic crowd ich swarmed about Mr. Roosevelt the entrance to the gangplank of ship. lew York City.?Theodore Rooset, picturesquely clad in a black t hat and an 'olive drab overcoat, 3r the fashion of the army officer, [ his son Kermit, similarly attired, ed away from Hoboken on the unship Hamburg at 11.06 o'clock m., to hunt big game in East ica. The former President's deture was accompanied by one of most remarkable demonstrations the history of the United States, I he left on the most remarkable ) ever undertaken by an ex-Presiit. iVhile fifteen bands played and istles blew and thousands shouted the pier of the Hamburg-American npany the former President and son stood on the bridge of the sr with Captain Burmeister. Mr. sevelt's black slouch hat was red time and again, and the hats those on .the pier were thrown h in the air. As the liner was red out to midstream and slowly under way, gliding along until figure on the bridge was almost :, the movement of the big hat Id be seen. The tags that passed I the ferryboats which went by, wded with men and women on ir daily trip of* toil, crowded the ks to see an ex-President on his f to the jungles. I can't say how long I shall be iy," said the great hunter. "It 1 be at least fifteen months." rhere was a crowd of more than >0 waiting in Hoboken and held k by the police force of that city. 3 crowd cheered and the departing erican waved his hat to them. **1 ** on/1 cWftC iago ui manj vujuio uuu fed from ship and dock in honor the occasion. Bands made music the decks and beneath the pier d. Crowds with special permits id the wharf. More crowds, withpasses, were in the Hoboken jets roundabout. There was much ering. A convoy of tugs followed vessel down the North River. )elegations from political clubs, lomats from Washington, and ups of the departing hunter's ;nds streamed on and off the imship throughout the last two Lrs before 11 o'clock, the sailing ir. Colonel Roosevelt had taken session of his suite well ahead of e, and his appearance on deck had n the signal for rounds of handling by fellow passengers and tors who lined the rails. .'he interval between his appeare on the pier and his waving of swell, as the boat glided out into river, was a period of continuous tions, varying . from a strenuous i to quieter personal good-byes. )ne of the last things Mr. Roose: did before the steamer left the k was to send a telegram to Presi I laic acKnuwieugiug me iwcxyi several fine photographs and a isage of good cheer. The telegram d: Parting thanks, love and sincer?! 'resident Taft early in the day had t a cordial message of good-by . "bon voyage." Mr. Taft's goodgift to his predecessor was a gold cil inscribed with the words >od-by and good luck." 'he passage of the Hamburg from pier to Sandy Hook was one conious ovation. Every craft in the bor saluted as the vessel apached the Narrows in the Lower r, and the guns of Fort Hamilton the Long Island 3hore and Fort dsworth on the Staten Island re boomed forth the ex-Presitial salute of thirteen guns. To i .the Hamburg responded by dipe the German ensign at her stern ee times. The soldiers of the rison were drawn up in line on ramparts. )ne of the last things that Emil L. is, resident director of the Hamg-American line, did before he e farewell to Colonel Roosevelt, i to instruct Captain E. Burmeisthe commander of the Hamburg, bring his vessel into Naples Bay 11 5 instead of April 3, the sched1 day. it the last moment Colonel Roosedecided that he did not desire to ashore at Naples, but preferred to straight to the steamer Admiral, ch is to take him to Mombasa, 'he Hamburg, therefore, will not out to the Mediterranean as fast ;he usually does. ?vernor Withdraws Resignation, lovernor Curry, at Santa Fe, in jonse to a telegram from Washion, D. C., telegraphed President t withdrawing his resignation as ernor of New Mexico. ERO OF FORT FISHER DEAD. onel William Lamb, of Norfolk, 'a., Was Soldier nnd Politician. Norfolk, Va. ? Colonel William nb, aged seventy-three, soldier, yer, editor, merchant and poliin, died here. le was best known as the "Hero of t Fisher," in the Civil War, when i siege of three days he held the nooi. Wilmintrfoil N C. . with 0 man against the attack of 10,Federal troops on land and COO s on water, Butler and Porter losinore men than Lamb had. FROM LUXURY TO PRISON. nirr Trenton Merchants Now in New Jersey Penitentiary. 'renton, N. J.?A year ago David John Brand, brothers, were the it prominent merchants in this , living in magnificent homes and rnging to the best clubs. They to-day runners in Ward No. 7 at New Jersey State Prison, 'hey conducted the largest departlt store here. They wera convict)f abetting in the burning of their iblishment and sentenced to State son. rl . . Latest News: -======; BY WIRE. L=====J Boy of 19 Dies in Electric Chair. Richmond, Va.?Benjamin Gilbert, nineteen, was electrocuted for the murder in Norfolk -last July of his sweetheart, Miss Amanda Morse. He ' was the first white person to die in the electric chair in this State. Liberia Delegates Named. Washington, D. C.?Members of the Government commission to Investigate the condition of Liberia were named. They are: Robert C. Ogden, of New York; W. Morgan Shuster, former Collector of Customs for the Philippines, and E. J, Scott, private secretary to Booker T. Washing, " on. The commission will do its work at Moravia, the Liberian capitalGuilty of Stealing a Piano. Fairmont, W. Va.?Edward Hinkle, j former freight agent here of the Balj timore and Ohio Railroad, charged ! with stealing a piano from the rail| road, was found guilty by the jury, which had deliberated for eighteen I hours. ! Celebrates Her Centenary. Montague, Mass.?Mrs. Ophelia E. Hutchina has just celebrated her one hundredth birthday here. Dupes and Arrests Holdup Men. Chicago.?After he had been held up and robbed of his watch and) money by two men, William Paul told the robbers he, too, was a holdup man and that he had been waiting for a victim. The robbers returned Paul's money and walked along with him until th<?y came to a policeman. Then Paul helped the policeman arrest them. '? Begin Survey For Big Reservoir. Baltimore, Md.?A surveying corps began work making a survey of the Western Run Valley in Baltimore (Jounty for the engineers who. are to prepare plans for the proposed 20,? 000,000,000-gallon reservoir. cuau negro snuuis \v iiiu; iuaa. Indianapolis, Ind.?Patrick V. Carroll, standing on a crowded corner In the business district waiting fo* a street car, was shot and instantly killed by James Shelton, a negro, who says he is a Pullman porter and whose home is in Chicago. Shelton either is insane or was drunk. Neither Shelton nor Carroll knew each other. Segregation Bill Passed. Phoenix, Ariz.?The Legislature passed over the Governor's veto a bill to segregate colored children in the public schools. Pour Children Die by Fire. Bristow, Okla.?Four children of M. C. Palmer, near Newby, Okla., were burned to death in a prairie fire which destroyed the family home. Palmer and his wife and one son escaped. I v Coolidge Resigns. Washington, a. u. ? i^ouis a. Coolidge has tendered his resignation of the office of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and it has been accepted by Secretary MacVeagh. Bryan Forty-nine Years Old. Lincoln, Neb.?Mr. Bryan's fortyninth birthday was celebrated with a banquet given by the State organization of Bryan Volunteers. Leaders from all parts of the State were pres. en.. Dr. Simpson Dead in Fire. New York City.?The body of the Rev. Dr. John W. Simpson, former president of Marietta College, Ohio, and recently manager of the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company ih this city, was found in the ruins of the burned apartment house at 24 Central Park South. J| BY CABLE. i " - J Postpone War For Circus. Port Limon. ? The war between Salvador and Nicaragua was postponed for one day that the citizens ol Acajutla might enjoy a circus whicll was billed to appear in the town. Foot and Month Disease in Jamaica. Kingston, Jamaica.?The foot and mouth disease has broken out among " the Jamaican cattle. The Government is taking drastic measures ta stamp it out. Francis Joseph Peacemaker. I London. ? The improved outlook | concerning the Balkan difficulty ii j maintained. The strong stand or tne . Emperor Franci3 Joseph in favor oi peace has done more than anything | else to bring about a peaceful solui ticn. ! Mercy For Cuban Mutineers. Havana, Cuba.?The insurgent ru? rales who surrendered are being brought to Havana, where they will be tried by court-martial. The codfi provides death as the penalty foi their offense, but it is said that il I they are convicted President Gomea ! will commute their sentences. ! Peru to Economize. Lima, Peru.?The national receipts this year are expected to be $1,500,> ! 000 less than last year, and the Gov- f , J ernment consequently is studying all possibilities of economy. Plot to Kill Royal Family. Peshawur, British India. ? The Ameer of Afghanistan has ordered numerous arrests at Kabul and Jela? labad on the discovery of a plot to murder himself, the heir apparent and the other members of his family. Moros Battle With Soldiers, j Manila, P. I. ? A dispatch from | Lake Lanao reports that a band oi : Moros attacked Lieutenant Furlong'! detachment of constabulary at Bor! dong. Eight Moros and two member/ of the constabulary were killed. Small Boat's Long Cruise. San Domingo. ? Ernest T. Sau< ritza, an American, arrived here a few days ago from Jacksonville, Fla.. by way of Porto Rico, in a small boat of two tons. He will return to Jack*' sonville by way of Haiti and Cuba. Mutinous Captain Killed. Havana, Cuba.?Lavastida, a for< mer captain in the Rural Guard, and one of the eight men responsible foi the revolutionary outbreak at Vuel* tos. in Santa Clara Province, was shot and killed by a detachment of the , Guard.