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VOLUME XVI. lany Newsy Items Gathered From all Sections. General Cotton Market. Middling. lalveston, steady 9 3-16 law Orleans, firm 9 1-16 loblle, linn S7* frvannah, steady 87,? FUmington, steady 8% lorfoik, steady 9 Baltimore, normal !>Vh low York, quiet 9.2u lot>t on, quiet 9.20 Philadelphia, steady 9.15 Touston, quiet 9V& Augusta, quiet 8 15-16 femphls, firm ; It, Louis, quiet ' 9 >uisvj,lle, firm 9% Charlotte Cotton Market. These figure? represent prices paid to ragons: lood middling 8 15-16 Mrlct middling 8 15-16 liddllng 8% Tinges 7 to 7-34 stains O'/a to 7*4 J. M.' Langiey Missing. A special from Columbia saya: Jo seph M. I^ngley, a carpenter In tho r repairing department at the shops f the Southern railway in this city, as unaccountably disappeared and has been seen by his family or antfb)N is friends since Monday. He left? is ome on tho Harhamville road, less han a mile from the shops, an uhuuI, "onday morning. Ho worked at hi.? customed place all day and for two ours extra time, which kept him un 1 8 o'clock that night. After leaving ork he was soon by acquaintances [going towards his home and tha last that can be learned of him is that ho was at. the store of Mr. William G. ?Allworden, oh the BaVhamville " roa 1. ' that night. His wlfo is unable to account for his absence, and she Kays she thinks e has been foully dealt with. She and her two young children- have been left In a most deplorable condition. Both of tho children are sick and she her self is just recovering from a recent illness. The eldest of the two chil dren is two years old and the youngest is only./ seven months old. They are without money or the necessaries of life and are dependent on the bounty of their good neighbors for food and shelter. The Langlcys fnvested in $75 worth of furniture on the installment plan when they began housekeeping some. .. ifme ago, and this has been seized and 'removed by the furniture house from which it was bought because of her ^inability to pay the Installments. Mrs. ?^Langiey said that she had paid about - - .haW of the $75 ahd that she had lost : thaVi and her furniture too. She and her : childreu are being cared for at tho j/home of Joseph L. Gates, who lives *wiear the broken up home of the Lang r3teys. So far as can be learned there is Absolutely nothing' to indicate why ^ ; tiangley should have "Heft except that *he was in de'^t and could not meet " ;Mfl obligation*.. His wife states that gp'.-'/he had no enemies, so far as she knew. ?7 There is no reason to believe that he 4 has met with foul play. KF*.':" V Krrrr:~v ? ' Petition For Pardon. ?j' ? \ A petition for the pardon of John ? > Hendrix, of Pickens county, has been I filed with the Governor. < The convict pr- is said t<>, be a weak-minded boy who. -in 1900, was givon a lif^ sentence on the charge of burglary with attempt to assault. Daniel Doe. an imbecile, of Barnwell V . county, who a few weeks ago pleaded ^ guilty to the charge of larceny and was given a sentence of thirty months tin the chaingang. is the object of the ifyiilpfcthies of the county officials in '"? Barnwell who have written to the Gov ernor to have the boy released on a v pardon. Hurley Jones, of Greenville, is serv ... Jng a life sentence on the charge of as '&}' :,sault. The mother of the woman who *: alleges that she was assaulted, has ask ed for the prisoner to be pardoned, ' las there were circumstances which are in the convict's favor. _ New Enterprises. The Bank of Norway has applied for a charter. A commission has been is sued to the following corporators: YV. C. Wolfe and J. A. Berry, of Orange burg. and C. H. Able. J. (J. Williams, I*. W. Jeffcoat, C. T. Dowling and A. L. Garick, of Norway. The capital stock will bo $10,000. Tho Siegling Music House, of Char leston, wants to ho incorporated with a capitalization of $24,000. A commission was Issued to the fol ic < lowing corporators of the Bank of 'Lynchburg, which will have a capital %~kr izatlon of $20*000. T. ($. McLeod. E. D. ?p-? Smith, J. C. Kilpatric, J. A. Rhame, J. G. Stokes. The Georgetown Boat Oar Company _^^-was chartered, capitalization. $5,000. .FTD. TVllsey is president: Walter Haz (-presldent. and F. C. Clutter uretary. v TimmOtHkKllle Lumber Company given a comifiisslon. the corpora fceing B. D. IXtrgan and F. L. WjV The capitalisation will b^tlOiOOO. United Brotherhood of Iyabor of ^^Vcbunty. was given an r?*fry charter, as was the "In Aaalth and Accident Company, I' ll burial aid society. A charter was issued to the Charles Mr Steamshtp ^Company. capitalisation ,000. A. C. T<fcias is president; Wal Prlngle. ?l<4-pfaaldont; John W. !?rman, secretary and treasurer. The ?at itoekholdfer la Moses Marks, of oT^/ : .rOMD, of Spwwnburg, *ae a -State constable. sd to the Barnwel Lou Association Tt Bat? >, few REPORT ON OGDEN WRECK South Carolina Railroad Commission After Thorough Investigation of the Wreck of the Ogden Special, Makes Report. Columbia, S. Special. ? Tho ' Railroad Commission on Wednesday tiled thoir finding on tho wrcek I of the Ogden special car near Green - ! ville on April 2'.i. The finding goes j into the particulars in deti?i>v}d makes : Home rather drastic roconffctrnidatlons. In addition to the regular Iinding Commissioner ? Earle filed a supple mentary report on the wreck and make** some additional flndingse. The eominission says: "The yard engine and train engaged In Witching in the Greenville yards was neither a second or third class train, and the effect of the train or ders above mentioned was not to alter the relations between it and extra en gine 1010, as established by the rules of tho railroad company. We find the rules of the railroad company mako all extra trains inferior to regular trains of whatever class. The rule of the company which governed the train in question on the day of the accident was as follows: " 'Yard limits are indicated by sign boards reading 'Yard limits' located on either side of Spencer, Salisbury, Charlotte, Spartanburg. Spartanburg junction, Greenville, Toccoa, Lula, Athens, Elberton, Armour and Atlanta LSwltchlng and other engines and trains may work within these limits without regard to second class and inferior trains, but must give way immediately upon their approach. Second class and inferior trains must approach and run through yard limits under full control, expecting to find the main track occupied. In case of accident, ! responsibility rests with approaching i train.' t ? "From tlfffs it Is apparent that as acording to the company's classifica tion of trains, which is the usual clas sification on American railways, the extra train of engine 1010 was inferior in class, and for the purpose of ascer taining its right on the road to sec ond class trains, it was its duty, in approaching and "running through Greenville yardv to do so 'under full control,' an'd 'expecting to find the main track occupied,' It was right, under the rules for the switch engine and train to work within the yard lim its without regard , to approaching second class or inferior trains, which include extra trains, but they are re quired to give way Immediately upon th<*Hr approach. "Undor these rules the entire obli gation^ of safety rests upon the ap proaching train, and, in fact, tlx1 rule explicitly states that 'in case of acci dent, responsibility rest with approach ing train.' ' "If we take the rules to govern a train crew, we must decide from the facts shown that, the approaching ex tra train, in this case engine 1010, wasr in approaching and passing through', the Greenville yard limits, being run\ In direct violation of these rules, and of being under 'full control* was run ning from thirty-eight to forty miles per hour. It appears from the eviy dence that the engineer and conductor of this train had been furnished with the rules In question bad been examin ed on and knew them, but simpl^ in action, ftt least, misinterpreted them. HOLDS CREW responsible "The conclusion, therefore, of the commission, is that the responsibility for the accident rest primarily with the crew of engine No. 1010." The commission after stating that the rules of the company are standard says: ."There is one point, however, that the commission are not fuiiy ?aiistieu with, and that is when the operator at Greenville received the last mes sage, that is that the Ogden special was runh'lng forty minutes late, if he received it in ?fme, and it seems from the testimony that he did. he (the op erator at Greenville) should have made every effort, to convey this notice to the yard crew. If this could have been successfully done, in all proba bility this unfortunate accident could have been averted. "it appears that the trainmen ou this special misunderstood their or ders,*- and that they considered that they were rni>nlflg -?$ ftyst-class train. It further appears that the yard men , in Greenville regarded them as a spe clal, and that they should have comti into the Greenville yard under control expecting the main track occupied, it appears tk&t the train crews having ? he safety ?nd lives of the passengers hi cllferge are not sufficiently familiar with their orders, and that railroad companies should only employ men for these position who are thorough ly familiar with all orders, rules, etc., concerning their work. ' ! "It further appears that when so msny trains are handled over a l sing e track that in all such cases the rail roads should use the block system, and any other precautions that, it is possible to use . It further appears that there is not sufficient, track room in the Greenville yard, and that ?n<?r*| room should be glyen for the handling of the large amount of business 'here. "The commission recommended that in cities liko Spartanburg, Greenville. Charleston, Columbia, and other cit ies like these,, that the rail road c com panies should have an employe for the Surpose of delivering messages, tele LL etc., to the yardmaster and all yard 'crews that may be in the yard limits on duty, concerning all ovflr due trains and the approach o^%^ extra tral??G8pect(uny submitted. "J H. Wharton, chairman, "B. L. Caughmon, "John H. Earle, ... , .. . "Commissioners. Shot For Hiring Negroes. A special from Florence says that H. D. Granger, a local IlaptUt pro&ch or, was shot from ambush and killed while working on Lis farm near there Friday. He Jived In the district known as the "dead stretch," where It Is said that negroes Are not wel come, and the only explanation of his death la that M bad hired two negroes to work on the farm and bad protected them? even allowing them to sleep on hi? JfemlMS. SOUTH CAROLINA CHOPS Weather Conditions Given Out by the Department Observer. The diro.-tois of (lio South Carolina section of the Department or Agricul ture issue | ho following bulletin: The temperature during the week ending K n. in.. June 2<ith, averaged 4 degrees per day above normal. The extremes were a maximum of 100 degrees at Florence on the 23 I'd, and a minimum of (5(5 degrees at GifltiWhville on the 22nd. There wan more than an average amount of bright sunshine. Although there Were no destructive wind storms, yet there were fresh to brisk winds each day which, being hot and dry, had a wilting effect on all vegetation, and ! caused the ground to dry out very fast. There were scattered showers on sev eral days during the middle of the week, most numerous in the extreme western and northwestern border coun tries, and widely separated In other parts. Hy far the larger portion of tho State had no rain. The showers were heavy in parts of Oconee, Ham well ami Florence counties and were generally light elsewhere. There Is urgent need of a general rain in all parts of the State though the drought is most severe In the central counties where Die dofi-l dency since the Jlrst of June amounts to from two to over three inches, there having occurred no beneficial rain du ring this month. In many places the giound has become baked ami hard and unworkable. Farm work made rapid progress du ing the week where the; soil was lit for cultivation, and practically all fields have been rid of grass and weeds, are I in belter condition than at any time ) this season. Cotton Is suffering less from the I drought than other crops, and made a general improvement although the plants continue small and are. growing slowly. Cotton has now a healthier color, and is fruiting normally with a marked increase in the area from which blooming is reported. The improvement it: confined principally to cotton on heavy soils, while on sandy lands the crop continues poor and unpromising, and in many places lousy, and the plants have a sickly appearance and in a few sections are shedding their lower leaves. Sea Island cotton is in good condition but has begun to wilt in places. Corn is suffering for rain, and early corn is very poor; later plantings arc better but will soon deteriorate unless it rains. Most of the March plantings have been laid by. Worms continue de structive in the western counties. To bacco leaves are ripening and some of the lower ones have been stripped, cured and marketed. Wheat and oats harvest is now finished. Tide water rice is doing well; June plantings in the Georgetown district are coming up to fairly good stands. Gardens doing pcorly. Shipments of peaches are heavy from the Ridge section. . - Cantaloupe shipments have begun, and water mel j ons will be marketed next week. ? Pastures are failing. It has been too dry to plant peas on stubble lands. -- )J. W. Bauer, Section Director. No Sunday Freight Trains, There have been complaints made to the vallroad commislson respecting the operation of freight trains on Sunday. The transportation companies J claim, that they are not violating thjHfTw and that whatever hauling is d^ne by rai i^ad-couipafiieR on Sundaj/is by means of thiough freights of pefishable cargo, starting before 12 o'clock Saturday night, and such trains cannot be stop pod ? having the pfotection of t)uf inter state commorce law. HoV.evcT^n order to put the railroad companies on their guard and to prevent the handling of trains in violation of the lay. the com mission has adopted a circular letter which has been sent to the transporta tion companies and the members of the commission will receive information as to special cases of violation of the law. $140,000 Improvements. Strother and Moore, railroad con tractors, of Orange, Va., have been awarded the contract for making $100, 000 improvements in the Southern Railway yards at Greenville, S. C. Work will begin at once. The im provements consist of a handsome new up-to-date round house, an elec tric turn table, and a nunioer of targe tanks. ? A handsome new passenger depot, costing about $40,000, is nearing com pletion aV Greenville. First ".ale New Cotton. Galveston. Texas, Special. ? The first bale of cotton of this season's growth was marketed on 'change Monday.* It tame from Roma, Starr county, Texas, and was classed good middling. The bale came seven days later than last j year, and is the first hale of cotton raised in Starr county in five years. It was auctioned off and sold for ,'{0 centfl per pound. Captured After Two Yea?"s. Cordele, Ga., Special. ?dfceriff Clewis, of Dooly county, has gone to Mont gomery, Ala., there to meet Sheriff Walters, of Chatahaula parish, lx?uis iana, who has in chargfi George Bund ricjppanted in Dooly county for mur der, two years ago, of J. H. Shrouder. Andrew Brundrick, brother of George,, wan involved in the shooting', but was captured and is now serving a life sentence. "Mrs. Shrouder was shot at tho same time. *;Though it was thought her wounds were", fatal, she recovered. George Bundrick was working at a saw nii'l at Jena. I.*., when captured. Big Corporation Chartered. Trenton, N. J., Special. ? Tho South ern Tower Company was incorporat ed here Fr.day with an authorized capital of $**00,000. of which *3.6*0. 000 is perferred stock, bearing 7 per cent, cumulatlvo dividend, and $5,000, 000 In common stock. The fompany b to furnish powor for light and heat. The Incorporator* are: R. B. Arring too, E. B. 8 perry and W, K. Journeay, Jr., all o t Jeraejr citjr. TO MEET EARLY IN AUGUSI Confirmation of Previous St. Peters bury Dispatch ? President Would Prefer Aug. 1 ? Minister Takahira to Be (tyc of Japan's Plenipotentiaries. Washington, Special. ? The President has expressed a wish to I he Japanese and Russian governments that the plenipotentiaries meet in the i' n i t <><l States on the flist day of August, and if not on that date, then at t lie earliest date thereafter. The following state ment regarding the meeting of the plenipotentiaries was made public at the White House. "The President has receive! from both the Russian and Japanese gov ernments the statement that the plen ipotentiaries of the two countries will meet In the United States during the first ten days of August, and the Presi dent has expressed to both govern ments the wis!) that the mooting should take phue, if possible, on the first of August, and if not on that dat<t, then at the earliest date thereafter." M. Neildoff. 1 110 Russian%mba.sfcadoi to Paris, and Haron Rosen, the new Russian ammbaesador to Washington, are Russia's tentative selections of plenlpotentarieK. Mr, Takahira. tlio Japanese minister herjf^ft is under stood, lias bee nseleoted by his gov ernment as one of the plenipotentiaries, but the name of die ranking Japanese envoy cannot be learned. ALMOST CYCLONE IN NEW YORK. Gale of 43 Mile6 an Hour, Accom panied by Blinding Sheets of Rairr^ Causes Widespread Damage ? Fore man Killed and Two Laborers In jured >by Collapse of Uncompleted Building. Now York, .Special. ? A storm of cy clonic proportions, accompanied by a terrific deluge of rain, passed over Har lem and the Bronx Monday afternoon, causing widespread havoc. A building in course of erection in One Hundred and Thirty-sOcth street, near ltiverside drive, was nemolished, John Lawlor, foreman of the brick layers, being crushed to death and two Italian laborers severely injured.. The wrecked building was one of a row of new apartment houses. Lawlor and the two laborers, seeing the storm ap proaching from the New Jersey shore, ran to the fifth floor and made a brave effort to shore up the western wall, j Having finished their work, the men 1 started for the street, and had reached the first floor when the building col lapsed. Abraham Pearlman, of the firm of Pearlman & Brown, the builders of the house, and Abraham Bordock, the su perintendent of the construction, were later arrested. ThtTirtwer section of the city exper ienced /only a somewhat heavy gale with iuo rain. The storm appeared to break' tilmost slmHltaneously in the Bronx Vjul Harlem, ' and 1119 wind reached a\yelocH,y of 43 miles an hour, accompanied bp blinding sheets of driv ing rain. Plate glass windows were shattered^ and trees and chimneys were blown down. The storm passed within fifteen minutes. Cotton Rises $1.50 Per Bale. New York, Special. ? The cotton market was active and excited with prices advancing about $l..ri0 a bale and reaching a new high point for the current year on aggressive buying by leading bulls and covering by shorts. Tbe ad J '^le was attributed to strength in Liverpool, further reports of a good trade demand and firm stock market, and a circular which had been issued by the bull leaders predicting a crop of only it^'jut 9,500, 000 bales for the canning season. Makes Promising Trip. I'rovincetown, Mass.. Special.? The protected cruiser Charleston, which is to undergo speed and endur?jee tests off this coast this week. arHved In this harbor. A representative of the Newport News Ship-building and Dry Dock Company, which built ?ho vessel, "reported that on her passage up the coast the cruiser averaged 22 knots an hour, which is the speed caller] fur in the government contract. Hoch Gets Reprieve.^' Springfield, 111,, Special. ? In order that his case may be taken to a Su-^ preme Court justice for a writ of in porseileas, Governor Dennen granted to Johann Hoch, ihe Chicago wife murderer, wlrfr was to have been hanged Friday, a reprieve until July 28th. Russian Auxiliary Cruisers Must Be have. St. Petersburg, By Cable. ? In con sequence of British representations, British warships will be dispatched to convey orders to the Russian aux iliary crusers Dnelper and Rlon lo cease intereferenco with shipping and to return Immediately. Two Oead; One Wounded. Waynesboro, Ua.. Special. ? Two men are dead and one seriously .wounded as a result of a shooting affray, that occurred "here Monday. The paflj<vi to the afTalr were D. D. and John Hill, of Drone, and I* 8chrameck, of Augus ta, and D. C. Curtis, of 8aint Clair. John Hill wag seriously wounded la the stomach and ttrtafc.- Curtis was shot la the face and through the heart, also dying Instantly. - -- 'J&k r HI (MILE IS CONDEMNED Suto Superintcndfiiu of Insurance Hendricks Mukcs Keport. I Cf.NSURES ITS MANAGEMENTl f v i I III ii k 4 rl l IoIkiiih of III ?' l'> iikl ne?4 M ot It ? 1 oils N o w l'ri< vn III ti i? M *t t er I'l.ir.- I l?y J I) Iiii l or Action III II mil* Of lli? Allot - j uev (imiflriil ? Atrsmxlor itiit) lly.lu n.i i :i I ; nr <1? l'ro II I h Should Ho P.tlil IturW { Now York City,- Francis Hendricks, State Superintendent of Insurance, hi his preliminary report to (lovornor lligglus on tin' Kqultahh1 Fife Assur ance Society, arraigns tin* conditions prevailing and refers the entire case to the Attorney General of tlie State for such action as hi may deem neces sary. That some definite action in the so ciety's affairs should he taken by tiie State is clearly the conclusion of Mr. ! Hendricks. "No superficial measures. says lie, '?will correct the existing evils j in this society. A cancer cannot he j cnreil hy treating the symptoms." In many respects Mr. Hendricks' re port is a more severe arraignment of j the society than that made hy the Frick committee. Practically every ahitse that the Frick committee found existent Mr. Hendricks tinds, and, fur thermore, tiie Insurance iiepariuo-nt has delved into the question of real estate leases ami repairs, and shows that a shocking condition of I'avorit- j bun and petty graft has existed in this department tor years. Thomas F. Hyatt's puivha*s? ??f the society hy acquiring the majority [ stock holdings of James H. Ilyd ? an?l the other devices of the new owner ?>r the company, to assure its partial mulnalization hy the jelectlon of di rectors hy the distinguished voting trustees, former President Cleveland, .fudge Morgan .1. O'Brien and George Westlnghouse, is faintly praised hy Mr. Hendricks. "I not question." savs the Super inti y'nt of Insurance toward the close itl'jWs report and after briefly advert in'r to the purchase of the company hy new interests and the plans for partial mutualizing the company -"I do not ipu>lioii I* tit what this is ilie hone, E intention of those who have acquired the control of the society"-- to so man age it that certain reforms will Inure to the benefit of the policy holders. "I do not think, however, that they will go far toward restoring the confidence of the present policy holder4or aid In procuring new business f<* the so ciety." Mr. Ryan's expenditure of 92,500,000 for Mr. Hyde's So'J.OOt) worth of stock is not likely tif prove a very profitable investment if* Mr. Hendricks* views are carried oui. Without specifically mentioning Mr. llyan's recent acquisi tion of the company's control, Mr. Hendricks lias this to say of stock ownership: "In my opinion the only thing which will restore confidence and bene.ttt the ecuflpany will ho the elimination of the stock control, and, what yrtomi of equal importance, the elimination of Wall Street control. # * * Complete mutuallzuiion, with the elimination of the stock to be paid for at a price only commensurate with Its dividends, Is,. |n my opinion, the only sure meas ure of j'Mief." President Roosevelt, in a remark able letter issued in defense of Paul Morton's business career, expresses confidence that be will be able to bring order out of chaos In the affairs of the Equitable Society, and, further more. declares that in his judgment thorough insurance reforms can only be made effective through fcdtral su pervision of these companies. In this conclusion the President Is joined bv John A. McCnll. president of the New York File Insurance Company: Sen ator John 1*'. Dryihti, of New Jersey, president of the Prudential T.ife In surance Company, of Newark, and other leading life underwriters throughout ilie country. Mr. Hendricks linils: That all who took part In the deals of the ".Taint s II. Hyde and associates" syndicate should be compelled to pay back the sums received by them. That the leases between the society and its subsidiary companies "are all one-sided, unfair ai:d unjust to the society." ^ Tltat Janus II. Ilyuc's authority con tinued to increase, and he proceeded to use the society and Its assets more and more, as If they were his own. un til be was checked by the demand for imituali/.atlon and his retirement. That James W. Alexander was cog niy.ant of and approved the various subsidiary undertakings criticised, and by reason thereof litis failed to meet the obligations Imposed upon him as chief officer of th? society, and It is an open question whether lie is not ills qualified under section of the in surance law from hereafter holding any office in a life Insurance company, as well as all the others officers and di rector* who participated in these un lawful transactions. **Tliat the report, with a copy of the evidence taken on this investigation, will be transmitted to the Attorney General for such action thereon as he may deem proper. ^ Jerome lo Art. District-Attorney Jerome will call for a lirand Jury Investigation into the c.cts of the officers and directors of the I'quitnble IJfe Assurance Society, should thfl evidence furnished him by State Superintendent of .Insurance Hendricks prove sufficient to Justify this course. VAULT FOR JUNES' BODY. Work on Temporary Structure Hin dered by Bad Weather. Aiiunpolis, Md.? Owing to bad weath er \vi*k on fhe temporary fault for the reception of the body of John Paul Jones la progressing slowly. The walls probably will be completed within tho next few days. ? 1 U it thought that In alx month* the crypt In tb? chapel wWI be completed nn<l the body will be finally pUtfd there, . ? T t - . .* * "Ml . . MANIAC SHOOTS AT CROWD 1 Mysterious Englishman Barricades Himself in Frisoo Hotel. fit -oik Ills, liirlutliiiK On a rolleii I'inii ? lie linully I V I <> v? m 1 1 1 n Otvu iiciui orr, San Francisco, Cal. After holding 1 one I housaiul persons al hay for two ln?urs in Fdd.v street, shooting nine nu n and defying the police, Thomas l.ohh, a maniac, kill) <1 himself. The wounded arc: \V. S. Koffman, .shot three limes, wounds in chock, nose and forehead; C. T. Chevalis, shot in eye; \V. .lotics, wounds In cheek; Kmil Hubert*, hoy, shot in leg; <^uoiik 1>o. Chinese, rifle bullet hi band; Ceoii/o A. Del.aUKhton, ylne wounds, six in arm, (wo in hand and one iu cheek; Vicente Uoiniuito, shot In check and ear; Joseph Larlbee, two shots iu chin, one in lip, others in shoulder, face and arm: Policeman I 'a trick Kaesane, shot in check while llring from adjoin ing room. Seven shots passed through his helmet. All the victims were bit with No. 4 shot, except the Chines;4, who received a rllle ball. The insane man was barricaded in his room on the fourth floor of the,. 1'uitcd Slates Hotel, No. I'J.'J Kilily jsUlcet. l.ohh went to the hotel at' night. The next morning he began' throwing furniture' from the window to the ctreet. Several persons nar rowly escaped being struck, lie (hen '.egau tiring, using a shotuun. llo placed sr.* i and Sloo hills in Die uiuy.xlo of the weapon ami fragments of the paper wire scattered over the street. A i.;? crowd quickly gathered. Street-car Ira flic was entirely suspended after one car had been fired upon and its windows broken. I'oflce Lieutenant fJreen rushed a squad of police to the fw\no, among the ollicers heing five nieiuh>rw of the crack rifle team of the department. 'I hey were unable to accomplish any thing, as the maniac \*as strongly intrenched in his room and appeared to have an unlimited amount of am munition. It was determined that Lobb must he captured dead or alive, and all the rooms adjoining the one he occupied were filled wllii armed pol'eeinen. A lively fusillade was begun through the door, transom and walls of the mad man's stronghold^ to which he respond ed with remarkable rapidity. The plan ter was scattered from the celling and walls, and the police were soon cov ered willi the white flakes and nearly blinded by the lime. Officer Kassano attempted to peep through the tran som, when be received a charge of shot which disfigured his face and completely riddled his helmet. Then Officer Hulchins descended from the roof to the room window, while llie oilier policemen made an attempt to force bt the door. When Hntchfns^saw the "maniac's attention was diverted he gave a prearranged signal by firing bis revolver. Hearing the report from an unexpected quarter the murderous lunatic rushed to (he window, which was open, and iit< rally blew off the top of his own bend.. The brains and frag ments of skull flew through the air Into I lie street, to the horror of thou sands of speclhiors who had assembled in the neighborhood, which is near tho heart of (lie city. Thomas Lobb was (w^jity -eight years old. He apparently was an English man and a si ranger here. Tn Ids pock et was a card bearing the address of the British Consul-Genera), and a re ceipt for baggage, showing that ho was a recent arrival In San Frails eo. LOOM IK IS AMBASSADOR. Sails For France to Bring Homo Body of Pawl Jones. Washington, I>. (\? - Francis B. Loo mis. AsKitapt Secretary of State, sailed for Franco as special Ambassador of tho United Stales to participate in the ceremonies attending the doiivery of John Paul Jones' body by France to this country. Mr. Loomis' selection for such a post at a time when be lias boon officially reprimanded for using Ida position as a diplomat to advance Ids personal for tunes in a business way lias astonished the few persons to whom it is known. Still more surprising to them, however, is the secrecy with which Mr. Looiuis' appointment has been invested. Mrs. Rogers Reprieved. Mrs. Mary Rogers, now at Windsor, Vt.. who whs convicted of killing her husband, lias been reprieved by the (Jovernor of Vermont until December fi. that her case may be carried to tho United States Supremo Court. Schurman Upholds Roosevelt. Dr. Jacob Oouhl Schurman, presi dent of Cornell Uni versify, "hKlils ait dress to the graduates, at Ithaca, X. V., held up Theodore- Roosevelt and Urover Cleveland as examples of true Americans. Oynmu *R; ports Knfiai?eiuent, All hone of an armistice between Russia and JapfffTpTTol* to the meeting of the peace plenipotentiaries wai 'abandoned in Washington, D. C. Rich Find In Mine. A find of coal in an old mine nt Sha mokin. Pa., was estimated to be wortb $10,000. To Cool Subway Air. The New York City Rapid Transit Board decided to install plants to cool and circulate the air In the subway. rrfTit.f. - t~ i r"; ? i President Receives Degree. Williams College conferred the de gree of L. H. D. upon President Roose velt at the commencement lu Williams town, Mas*. I ; Big Price For Pletnre, ? A portrait toy David, says a special cable dispatch, fetched $8000 ai a Paris (France) sate. . Riots at froda Continue. Riot* couttuned at Loda, woraraea killing Cotaacka and pone#. FATAL RIOTS IN POLAND W.urm Crmlly of Rinsum Sold io rs Adds to the Horrors. ( It it I* 12 o h M.nlf l?y ( '<HI4HCI<<1 ?n<l fiifillllry, mil Volley* I IikI tin- Mimam ol II imiuiilt.v. f.odz, liusslaii I'olaiul. -The tnoj>l so lions phase Di' the lighting bet ween the military anil strikers in at an end, hut there IUt' Still isolated attack# in ( lie suburbs. At Mainly Cossack* at tacked a Jewish fanii',/ ?)f live per sons who Were driving in a cab to tho railway station aint shot ami killed all of tlu'in, iis well as the cabman. At I'ahjanicc, near l.otlz, workmen attacked two policemen and shot and killed otii? and wounded I tic; other. There is a general exodus from Lodz, Twelve thousand persons have already left the city, and all trains are crowded. I In tin? disturbance* thirty-live (Jov ernnicnt llnuor stores were destroyed hy ilie mobs, which appropriated all the esi.sli ami .stamps found 011 the promises and added them to Ihe funds of the Socialist party. Prominent citizens telegraphed to (ieneral Hhnstow, commanding the troops, asking for pjoit^tkm against the brutality of the soldiers, especially the Cossacks, who in one instance killed and robbed tiie servant of a wealthy man named Hosenhlat I, yvliu was carrying to the haul.. th-.* eity resvinhles a shambles, and Ilie tcrrllilc scout1?; of the last two days w ill never he wiped front I lie memory of the Polish people. Altogether there aiv ten regiments encamped in I.ouz. At Itahity, a suburb of J.odz, fern* Co -.sacks wore killed and sixteen wounded hy a liomh, ? which was thrown into their barracks. Twenty* lhr?e of their horses woiv Uillojl. Tho soldiers are showing what ap pears lo he wa lit on-' cruel t y. Late 01 the afternoon theyosdiot and killed two women 11 mother and Iter daughter. It Ik <ptl(e Impossible to give the ex act number of killed and of wounded, as reports vary according to the 'quar ter front which they ore .obtained. Cer tainly the killed will he over a hun dred, possibly two hundred, and tho wounded live times t f, many. . The present trouhl? began at I.odz after the funeral of i lie victim* of the conllict between troops anil Socialism tho previous Sunday. The Christians* were permitted to bury their dead. but\ the Jews wen* prohibited front doing so and tho 'police secretly interred tho bodies of the Jews at night, which ex cited indignation, and Socialist riotn were Initialed. The most Kerious phase or It was when the crowd deliberately pillaged liquor shops and numbers of persons, lnllatned by drink, led n crowd' of at least otMXX) to further and ? more serious attacks. Police and military were attacked wherever they appeared In small force and many individual members were killed. t The fury of the mob found full vent, and even children, caught i\v the con tagion, were seen kissing red flags and heard swearing that they -were ' roadj to die for liberty. A Jewish gir4 ;aounted a ihax in the market squats and ad^essod an immense crowd. ?Suddenly the police appeared and llred a volley and the girl fell dead. J Market gardeners coining stopped and thoir carts wtnv used m building barricades. Wires were stretched On front of theav: bai'ricatf$?~ and the cavalry was unable to char#*. Mean, while the mob had (secured arms' and revolvers were freely used. ? Fi nally the military secured the upper band, but not without eoilBldeFublo losses to themselves and fearful' slaughter (0 the rioters. The soldiers .exhibited the utmost carelessness atv, to whether they killed peaceful person#* or rioters, and as a consequence many women and children were among the dead. ?* , j The streets resembled n battlefield. Tho houses were barricaded -with boards and mattresses ,and for hours volleys and individual tiring were heard in every quarter of the city. Until late at night the Cossacks wore ? busy collecting bodies of tho dead and picking no persons seriously wounded. The bodies were carried off lit carta to neighboring churchyards. Hence the Impossibility of giving an accurate es timate of tho dead until order is com pletely restored, if, ^indeed, tin? full story is ever told. nor, causes two deaths. Live Wire Kills Men Who Tried to Rescue It. ? Trenton, N. J.? Walter Kwing, n tele graph operator, of New York City, ami William Dawson, of Hopewell, were instantly killed in t Iio latter place, a hamlet about ten miles nbovc this city, by a broken \\lre, heavily charged with electricity, Kwing Nvas accompanied by Misft Matthews, his intended wife, and was about to ealj on n friend when, in front of the friend's house a dog becamc en tangled In the bwrtrtw wire. ICwIng went to help the animal. The wire colled about lSwlng'a body nnd Daw son went to his assistance, resulting In the death of both yonilg men. Miss Matthews was\ eye witness to the double' tragedy. ) t Negro <>ets Cornell Scholarship. Henry Arthur CalU*. the first col ored boy ever graduated from the Biug hatvnton (N. Y.) High School, a member ,01' this year's clas< has won the Cor* no I: scholarship fi|u> Broome Cotmty. having a higher striding iu the recent examinations for that hbnftr than any of hit numerous white competitor*, "? ' i ii n SefctKrt OflWats Oo to Jafl. Joseph ? nd .Plus Bleratoin, David Feist, Jacob Noll and George Hol**y? school directors of. Shenandoah, p a^ were sentenced to """ TjTTrrei^Wry 'iiit _ ufen bleaded guilty for their Inflnenee In the of school teachers. The