The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, June 09, 1904, Image 1
VOL. I. NO* 19. 1 CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY. JUKE t), 1904. $1 .50 PER YEAR.
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Am*m IHhrki to Scatter aatf Nttrt.
Liao-Yang, (By Cable).? The Ja
panese lost 200 killed and a number of j
horses in the fight at Vagenfuchu
The Russians opened fire at 8 in the
morning, and after two hours ai)d a
half long range firing the Japanese,
under General Akkiama, prepared *tc
charge and crush the force which had
been harassing them for twenty-one
days.
In the meantime General Samsonofl
was approaching Vagenfuchu with a
strong force of cavalry. It was a
sight worth seeing, when at- the word
of command the Russian squadron*
formed and rushed like a whirlwind
across the terribly cut up country
clearing away all obstacles, the bat
teries at the same time trotting along
the frightful road. Having passed
the railroad station the troops came
under the fire of the Japanese machine
guns, but withdrew without suffering
much loss.
Annihilated With Lances.
The fourth and sixth companies ol
the Eighth Siberian Cossacks furious
ly charged the Japanese cavalry with
Juices, attacking both flanks. In a
? ew minutes they literally cut the
whole squadron into pieces. Thisiwas
the first time lances were used and
they struck terror into the enemy. In
some cases the lances pierced the rid
rrs through and wounded their horses,
^ome of the lances could not be with
drawn from the bodies into which they
bad entered.
The Japanese infantry, numbering
four battalions of 300 men to acom
pany, and eight squaJrons of cavalry
attempted to advance, but the Russian
batteries opened, and soon the slope
ap which the enemy was advancing
was covered with black spots and the
tnemy was forced to scatter and retire.
>ome of the Japanese calvary were
wonderfully dashing, charging with
fthouts upon the Russians, who met
?nd scattered them.
Decapitated an Officer.
A Cossack who had lost his lance
tnd sword wrenched a sword from a
{aapnese officer and cut off the of
fer's head.
The Cossacks picked up boots which
afldbeen takan off by the Japanese in
ftrracilftate ther flight and flour
ished them on their lances as trophies.
The Japanese used the Boer trick
of displaying dummies, but the Cos
sacks did not waste a shot on them.
Corntt a Hero.
Kai-Chou, Liao-Tung, (By Cable). ?
A Russian, who was wounded in the
fight near the station at Vagenfuchu,
says Generar SamsonofT attacked the
Japanese near the railroad, a mile
from Vagenfuchu station. A cornet
of the frontier guards was the hero
of the fight. His sergeant was ly
ing woundeJ and a Japanese officer
was about to ride over him when
the cornet unhorsed the Japanese,
mounted the lattcr's horse and placed
the wounded man on his own charg
er. The Japanese cavalry engaged
was the Thirteenth Regiment. Their
horses were splendid animals.
Sakharoff's Report.
St. Petersburg, (By Cable).? Gen
eral Sakharoff has telegraphed as fol
lows to the general staff:
"According to reports the Japanese
commander in the action of May 30.
near Vagenfuchu, had three battal
ions of infantry in reserve. Our
losses were 17 men killed and 2.1
wounded, and Licntcnant Meyer and
another officer, whose name has not
been ascertained, wounded. The Ja
panese losses were very considerable
"One squadron of the Thirteenth
Japanese cavalry was annihilated in a
hand-to-hand encounter and anothet
squadron, which came to its assist
ance, suffered great loss from the fire
of our frontier guards and riflemen
We capturced nineteen horses."
Briktaii Llttea Killed.
Martinsburg, W. Va., (Special).?
George Litten, a Cumberland Vallej
brakeman, died at the King's Daugh
ters' Hospital here after being injured
'at the intersection in this city.
Young Litten boarded a runaway cai
to stop it, when it ran into another,
sidewiping the second. He wa!
thrown between the two cars an<l
crushed. Mr. Litten was 20 year!
ojd. He is survived by a widow,
whom he married recently. His fath
er and brother live at Cherry Run.
Otlteapto Case Caases Salclde.
Rising Sun, Ind., (Special) ? Jamc? 1
Moore, aged 20 years, a farm laborer,
ahot himself in the nead. His phy
sicians say the wound is such that h<
cannot recover. This is the third
attempt at suicide here from those
brooding over the failure of the jur)
to reach a verdict in the Gillespie mur
der trial.
j
Six Prtseaers Break Jail.
Portsmouth, O., (Special). ? Si*
prisoners, John Everett, Frank and
John Taylor, John Patrick, Charles
flail and James Abrams. dug through
the steel ceiling and brick wall in th<
Greenup (Kyi) jail and escaped
Bloodhounds are after them.
MUM* te Scfceel PaaJ.
Portland, Q re-, (Special). ? Mrs
Amanda W. Reed, who died at Pasa
dena, Cal., a few days ago, has pro*
vided in her wilt for the funding ol
an institution here, to be known a*
Reed Institute, in memory of het
husbatld, the late Simon G. Reed, a
pioneer and capitalst of Portland;
The bequest will amount to about $2,
000,000. Her will specifies that the
institue shall combine instruction in
the fine arts and sciences and man
ual training.
NEWS HI SMT MONK.
The murder several months ago
of Andrew H. Green, known as the
father of the Greater New York, and
one of New York's most prominent
public men, was recalled when suit
was brought by John R. Piatt against
Hannah Elias, a mulattress, to recover
certain real estate and money in
banks, held in her name, and which
Mr. Piatt claims was obtained on
threats to expose his relations with
her.
The suspension of S. Munn, Son &
Co. was announced on the New York
Cotton Exchange. The firm is one
of the oldest in the cotton trade in that
city. The head bookkeeper and cash
ier disappeared about 10 days ago,
and the firm believes that as soon
as its accounts, are straightened out
it will be able to resume.
Four masked robbers gagged and
bound three employes of the Delaware
County Electric Railway, at Philadel
phia, and blew open two safes, secur
ing only $150 in cash. p
The University of Wisconsin will
confer the degree of LL.D upon Miss
Jane Adams because of her work at
ilul House.
Sherman Deeman, aged 24 years, of
Canaan, Ct., shot and killed his wife
and afterward attempted to commit
suicide. Mrs. Deeman had left her
husband because of his alleged abuse
of her.
Rev. George J. Ramsey, of Bristol,
Tenn., formerly president of King
George College, at Bristol, was elected
principal of Sayre Female Institute, at
Lexington, Ky.
Floods in Kansas have caused much
damage, two hundred families were
driven from their homes in Ottawa
and a thousand Passengers are ma- ,
rooned at Quenemo.
By the breaking of a footbridge
during memorial services 15 persons
fell into the Arkansas River at Salida,
Col., and the wife of Rev. Warren was
drowned.
Nathan A. Subbitt, 14 years olJ,
was held without bail at Jacobs Creek,
N. J., 011 suspicion of having caused
the death of his mother.
Something of a panic was caused
on a Brooklyn trolley car by the ex
plosion of the controller box Four
persons were seriously injured.
After eating a can of green peas
an entire family of five persons were
taken ill in New York and two of them
liave already died.
An automobile driven by Lieutenant
Commander Scribner, U. S. N7 ran
over and Killed a six-ycar-ol girl at
Roxbury, Mass.
Charles R. Flint, of New. York, has
deposited the value of the two Chilian
cruisers with the Rothschilds, in Paris.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers balloted without success
for an assistant chief engineer.
Four persons were injured, one
probably fatally, by the collapse of a
building in New York.
Crazed with rheumatism, Gustave
Rolberg. 72 year# of age, tried to
amputate his leg.
A memorial statue was unveiled in
Detroit, MichT, to former Governor
Pingree.
A soldiers and a sailor' monument
was unveiled in Providence, R. I.
In a fire in Lawton, Ok., that de
stroyed the Farmers' Hotel John Ban
non and Patrick McCabc, formen on
the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Railway, were burned *to a crisp.
Mr. Maddy says the deal for the
purchase by the City, of New York of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad fran
chises will be consummated despite
Comptroller Grout's opposition.
A stir has been caused among Cot
ton Exchange men in New York' by
the demand made by Sully & Co that
the receivers buy ipo.ooo bales of
cotton 011 the firm's account.
T. S. Ingram, first assistant grand
chief engineer of the International
Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers. dropped dead at his desk at
the convention in Los Angeles.
The steamer Siberian arrived at
San Francisco, bringing 50 educated
Filipinos and also a picture of the
Dowager Empress of China escorted
by a guard of honor.
Paul Roberts cursed the court when
sentenced in Cedar Rapids, la., to five
years for robbery. He was wanted at
Sioux City for complicity in the Lu
ton Bank robbery.
A bronze statute of Major (General
William Francis Bartlett, the hero of
the Battle of Port Hudson, was un
veiled in Memorial Hall, at the State
house, in Boston.
The Northern Presbyterian General
Assembly voted to unite with the
Cumberland Presbyterians.
The coal-trust hearing was contin
ued before the Interstate Commerce
Commission in New York.
? Giacomo Gerolmini shot Giglio Rug
f{iero in th-; Church of the Most Prec
ous Blood, In New York.
Fifty of the trust companies of the
State of New York organized as an
association.
Reports on various subjects were
made to the Southern Presbyterian
Assembly.
Ten persons were poisoned by
arsenic in Las Vegas, N. M., and three
died.
Judge Lacombe, of the United
States Circuit Court, in New York,
dismissed th< habeas corpus writ se
cured for John K. Benson, the Cali
fornia cattle king, indicted for Jc
frauding the government.
Amos Stillman, who claimed the
credit of running the first ferryboat
between New York and Brooklyn and
the first stationary engine in Chicago,
died in Blooniington, III.
Prof. William H. Pettee, senior
professor of mining engineering at
the university of Michigan, dropped
dead at his home, in Ann Harbor.
Portffa.
The long-standing difficulty between
Great Britain and Russia arising from
the aeisure by the latter of Canadian
sealers in the Bering Sea in 1892 has
been settled. Russia agreeing to pay
$44,70 1 indemnity to the Carmelite
and Vancouver Belle, two out of the
six vessels seized. The claim amount
ed to $93497.
Governor Odell, of New York, ar
rived in Paris, and will discuss the
itical situation with Ambassador
rter.
TASCOTT DIES IN ALASKA
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Baffled P*Sc?Stect WcA.
Victoria, B. C., (Special). ? If the
voluntary declaration of a dying man
is to be believed, finis lias been writ- |
ten to the historic Snell tragedy of
15 years ago and Tascot, the long
sought murderer, self-identified, has
paid the penalty of his crime with
penitence and now fills an unmarked
grave in the heart of the Alaskan
wilderness, whither lie had fled for
the cffacement of his individuality.
Philip Robertson, a strictly relia
ble man, prospector and miner, re
ceived the dying man's confession and
tells the story simply and dramatical
ly. Robertson left the Klondike cap
ital, he says, late last fall in a small
boat bound for the new placer
grounds at Fairbanks. He reached a
point near Dahl River in a particularly
desolate and forbidden region, when
the forlorn wailing of a dog surprised
his ears. He found the dog, a half
starved shepherd, seemingly in much
distress. Following this animal Rob
ertson was brought to a seemingly
deserted cabin ,.ome 400 yards above
the river concealed in a clump of
spruce.
"I ventured to the door of the shack
and knocked," says Robertson, "and
there was a feeble 'come in.' All w^s
darkness inside and there was no sign
of a fire. I caught sight of a bit of
candle, which I lighted, and then ad
vanced to where a man lay.
"With a feeble effort he turned and
stared at me for fuliy a minute.
Then he said: 'Are you an officer?'
"The question amazed me a bit.
'No,' I said, 'I am a miner, and if
there is anything I can do for you I
want to do it.'
"I soon had a fire going and again
approached the bed. The man's hair
was white as snow, his face had a
color in it that looked like death, and
he had the most terrified and hopeless
expression I have ever seen on a hu
man being.
"'Partner,' he said, finally, rolling
over on his side and little more than
whispering, 'I am leaving a world
that I did not appreciate. I'm going
to , where I belong.'
"He lapsed into silence again; and
what I thought was a sleep came
over him. Two hours passed and he
suddenly wakened with a shriek and
then sank back in bed.
"In a few minutes he gave another
scream and straightened up in bed.
Then, in a voice you would think
came from a good, strong man, he
said: 'See here, boys, my name ts
Tascott. I'm Tascott. Do you under
stand? I'm Tascott that they've been
hunting like a wolf for years. I can
not run any more. I'm getting paid
for what I did. I know I'm dying,
and I know where I'll go. Tell the
hoys when they come back that I am
Tascott, and you can tell the world,
too, for the worlJ has hunted me a
long time.'
"About 3 in the morning I heard
a noise like a man expelling all the
air from his lungs. I rushed over to
the bed and felt the man's pulse and
heart He was dead.
"The next day his partners got back
and I told them what happened.
They were the strangest fellows I
ever met in the North. They did iipt
say who they were. They did not even
thank me for staying with their dead.
They did not even ask me to join them
at their meal, but they buried the man,
and, rolling up their things in a blank
et, they started across country in the
direction of the Koyukuk.
"Before going one of them came
to me abruptly. 'See here,' he said,
'you've seen and heard what you ve
heard. You can't make anything <>y
talking about it. lie's dead, and that s
all there is to it.'
"Before I could ask him anything,
he had struck the trail, and that was
the last I saw of him. I have never
told about this until now, but that
dead man asked me to make his stork
public, and so I do so. I solemnly be
lieve that he was tortured to death
by thinking of his own life, and the
belief that lie was always the object ot
pursuit, and I as surely believe that
he told the truth in saying that he
was Tascott. It's my opinion that
his partner knew it, too."
POISONED BY CANNED PEAS.
Pl?e Persons Are Made II) and Two Hart
Since Died.
New York, (Special). ? After eating
a can of green peas a few days ago an
entire family, consisting of five per
sons, were taken ill.
Two of them have already died,
a third cannot recover, and the other
two arc still ill, although it is be
lieve their chances of recovery is
good.
Gniseppe Obraco, his wife Marie,
his daughter Angelina, 18 years of age,
and his son Vincent, 14, and Antonio,
it, had a can of peas for supper last
Friday. A short time later they were
all taken ill and grew rapidly worse.
A physician advised that the family
go to a hospital, but they all refusen.
Saturday Vincent, the elder son. died;
Monday Angelina died, and Antonio
is beyond help.
Baodlag Cases Reaiaded.
Jefferson City, Mo., (Special) ? The
Missouri Supreme Court reversed and
remanded the cases of T. Edward Al
bright, Jerry J. Hannigan and John
A. Sheridan, former members of the
St. Louis municipal assembly, convict
cd on the charge of bribery and sen
tenced to five years each in the peni
tentiary. The cases were reversed on
the brief of the attorney general that
the information* were not verified by
affidavits as required by law.
LITE WASHNTON AFFAIR
N* h|l? THsYmt.
For the first time ?n five year# the
Government will be confronted by a
deficit at the close of the present fis
cal year, which will end on June 30
next. Secretary Shaw, in his annual
report to Congress last December,
declared his belief that there would
be a surplus of $14,000,600 in the
Treasury at the end of the present
year. The fiscal experts of the Gov
ernment hesitate about making state
ments for publication, but privately
admit that the Secretary shot wide
of the mark. The deficit will be due
to decreased Federal receipts, in
creased Governmetn expenditures, es
pecially for the military establish
ment; the $50,000,000 payment on the
purchase of the Panama canal prop
erty and the appropriation of $4,600,
000 for the St. Louis Exposition.
For 11 months of the present year
the total receipts of the Government
have been $493,300,230 and the total
expenditures $545,.205..tf>3. or a deficit
of $51,965,138 for the 11 months of
the present fiscal year. compared
with the Treasury statement of May
jl, 190.1, the above figures are ex
ceedingly interesting. For the 1 1
months ended May 31, 1903. the re
ceipts of the Government were $510,
533471 and the expenditures $471.
584.855. leaving the Government with
a surplus of $38,948,616 on that day.
It is pointed out by the officials of
the Treasury that much of the short
age this year has been due to the
Panama (Janal and St. Louis Exposi
tion expenditures, and that if this
total of $54,600,000 were deducted
from the expense account of the Gov
ernment there would be a surplus of
$2,334,611 for the first 11 months of
Hhc current year, as against a sur
plus of $38,946,619 for the same period
a year ago.
As compared x^th a year ago, the
receipts of this fiscal year have fallen
off about $17,000,000. and the expendi
tures for ordinary purposes have in
creased about $22,000,000. Including
the Panama and St. Louis expendi
tures the expenditures are $75,000,000
greater than a year ago.
Posts aster UpbcM.
Justice Brown delivered the opinion
of the United States Supreme Court
in the case of the Public Clearing*
house vs. F. E. Coyne, postmaster of
Chicago. The case was brought to
enjoin the enforcement of a fraud or
der prohibiting the delivery of mail
matter addressed to the clearinghouse,
which has a co-operative scheme by
which it promised large returns to
subscribers. Thev were required to
pay $3 cash and $i per month for 60
months, with the promise of lajK?
returns at the end of that time. The
court held that the Postmaster Gener
at had not exceeded hi# authority in
issuing the order saying that the sue
cess of the enterprise depended on
getting a constantly increasing num
ber sOf subscribers, with the certain
ty that those who held on to the last
would lose their money. It therefore,
said the court, lacked every element
of a legitimate enterprise, and its mail
was properly withheld in the protec
tion of the public. Justice Peckham
dissented.
President'* Plaas.
While only tentative arrangements
have been made for the President's so
journ during the summer at Oyster
Bay, it has been decided that he will
leave Washington for his summer
home on the morning of Saturday,
July 2. He has decided to receive his
notification of the nomination at Oys
ter Bay. The date will depend very
largely on the desires of the mem
bers of the notification committee.
It probably will be early in July. It
is expected that the President will re^
turn to Washington in the last week
of July, to remain here until about the
middle of August, when he will re
turn to Oyester Bay for perhaps a
month. When he returns to Wash
ington, in September, he will re
main here until election day, going
then to Oyster Bay to cast his vote.
Cm|ksmii Oct's Ptia.
After a conference ith the President
Attorney-General Knox announced
the following appointments:
William M. Lanning, Trenton, N.
J , to be United States District Judge
for the district of New Jersey. Mr.
Lanning now represents the Fourth
New Jersey district in the house ot
Representatives and succeeds the late
Judge Andrew Kirkpatrick.
Edward A. Mannf of Las Croccs,
New Mexico, to be assistant judge ot
the New Mexico Supreme Court.
This is a new position created by the
last session of Congress.
CaagrMSleaal art DepartaMats.
The French government, upon re
quest of the United States government
has instructed the French Minister at
Tangier to endeavor to obtain the re
lease of the American and British
captives held by the bandits. t Other
American warships have arrived at
Tangier. The British authorities aro
co-operating with the American ad
mThc United States Supreme Court
affirmed the decision ot the Unite 1
States Circuit Court for the Northern
District of Ohio in the case in which
the Cleveland City Council attempted
to fix the fares on street cars.
The United State* Supreme Court
rendered decisions in three cases in
volving questions pertaining to the
administration of criminal laws in the
Philippine Islands.
Attorneys for John Smith, a former
seaman, accuse Judge Advocate Gen
cral Lemly of making false representa.
tions to prejudice the court against
him.
Rear Admiral Cooper reque?ts to
be placed on the retire list.
The United States SupOrne Court
rendered a decision upholding the con
stitutionality of the oleomargarine act
of Ohio. . ,
Senor Don Ignacio Calderon, min
ister of Bolivia to the United States,
was received by President Roosevelt
The cruiser Brooklyn was dispatch
ed to Tangier in connection with the
Perdicaris affair.
The Postoffice Department has de
clared to be contrary to law a
scheme instalment houses had adopted
to locate its debtors who had left,
iiane conns suicide
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WOC? BTTEiiEPHE A H1KKOK.
U Hai Bm la Om4 Spirits aai Nm Sm
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Baltimore (Special). ? Mayor Rob
in Milligan McLane committed sui
:ide Monday afternoon by standing
In front of a mirror in the dressing
room of bis home, 29 West Preston
street, and firing a bullet through his
?lead. The shot was fired from a ^2
raliber revolver at 3.15 o'clock in the
afternoon, but death did not ensue
intil 4.45 o'clock.- During the inter
vening time a number of prominent
physicians* had been summoned to
the house, but they all saw the utter
hopelessness of the case, anJ so ap
prised the members of the family.
Though many causes have been ad
vanced by friends and the community
it large as to the solution of the un
fortunate affair, the Mayor left
lothing, so far as has been discovered;
which would give the slightest ini
tiation as to what prompted the deed
Mr. McLane had been married just
16 days, and it is said that the mem
bers of his family objected to the
j\atch. This condition of affairs and
the strain of the duties of his official
position and the criticisms made in
ronnection with his administration arc
thought to have played an important
?rt in the tragedy. However, Mrs.
McLane stated that her husband waj
perfectly happy and stood up wel!
under the strain of administration af
fairs. She also said that four minutes
prior to the shooting the Mayor had
been chatting pleasantly with her, and
teemed to be in the very best ot
ipirits.
Though Mrs. McLane was in the
house when the shot was fired, she
was not at her husband's bedside when
he died. Mr. James L. McLane. father
pf the Mayor, who was summoned
immediately after the occurence, was
the only member of the family at the
oedside when death came.
INSANE MAN ATTACKS SLEEPING FAMILY.
Helpless Vlctlns Cat ud Slashed With a
Hatchet? Twa Will Die.
Scranton, Pa., '(Special). ? Stephen
Hagerty, aged 26 years, who has
shown signs of being mentally un
balanced. made a murderous attack
on four members of his family at
their' hom;, in Hawley, Pa., with the
result that two of his victims arc un
conscious and not expected to live,
and the other two are seriously, though
not necessarily fatally injured. Hag
gerty secured a lather's hatchet, with
which he attacked his brother An
thony, who lay asleep in a room
downstairs. He struck him twice.
Leaving Anthony for dead the in
sane man rushed upstairs to the room
occupied by his sisters, Winifred and
Bridget. He attacked them as he
had Anthony, crushing Bridget's skull
?nd breaking Winifred's collarbone.
Haggcriy next proceeded to the room
occupied by his brother Eugene and
Patrick. The former attempted to es
cape. but a blow on the head fractured
his skull. By this time the father had
been aroused, and he* and Patrick
threw themselves upon Stephen, over
powering him.
The physicians have little hope that
Eugene and Bridget will recover.
Several weeks ago Mrs. Hannah
D'Keefe. who lived next door to the
Haggerty's, was murdered, her body
>eing horribly mutilated. John Steltz
was tried for the crime and was ac
quitted last week. It is now believed
Haggerty was the murderer.
FREIQHT CAR ROBBERS.
Chased By Detective, Two Leaped Into Rivet
aad Drowned.
Cleveland, O., (Special). ? While
being pursued by a detective two men,
thought to be ? freight caf robbers
lumped into the river and it is sup
posed were drowned or killed.
A detective discovered four men in
the Baltimore and Ohio yards acting
in a suspicious manner. The men
separated jnd, disregarding the order
to halt, fled. Detective Wilson pur
sued two of them toward the river,
firing his revolver repeatedly as he
ran. Without hesitating the two men
jumped into the swollen river. Wil
son ordered the men to return, and
upon their failure to do so he fired
dozen shots at them in the water
Finally one of them cried out "I'm
shot! He has done for me!" A
moment later he disappeared in the
water.
The other man reached the bridge
abutment. As he clung there the de
tective fired three shots at him, one
of which evidently took effect, and
lie sank into the water. A bridge
tender rushed down to the spot where
the supposed robber was last seen,
but no sign of him could be found.
The bridge tender said the man had
doubtless gone to the bottom.
The river will be dragged by the
Iffe saving crew. It is said the men
had stolen a auuibei <?L?ar journals.
FIMplaa Nehe! Billed.
Manila, (Special). ? Ricarte, the
former Filipino leader, has been cap.
tured by constabulary and sent tc
Guam in exile. He was the instigatoi
of an uprising at Vigan in February
last. __________
Dake Frederick Wllhcla Dead.
Berlin, (By Cable). ? The death i?
announced of Grand Duke Friedricb
Wilhelm of Mecklcnburg-Sterlitz. Tin
grand duke was born October 17, 1819
He had been confined to fiia bed foi
many months suffering from an in
tcrnal complaint. He suddenly be
came worso yesterday afternoon, soor
loat consciousness and died a half
hour after midnight. The ceremony
of taking tha oath of allegiance to the
new grand duke by the troop* ?toGk
o'aca at tt o'tlock A. M.
r&L MCUKE VAK IN liSOU ,
IWM States WM M lall Dm M l|
Mm Years.
Washington. (Special). ? Secretary
Hay sent word to Raisuli, the Mo
roccan bapdit* chief, through Consul
jummerc, that if any harm conies to
*is American captive. Ion Perdiciri*,
the United States will hunt him to his
death whether it takes weeks or
months or years.
Mr. Gummere was instructed to
transmit this notification to Raisuli in
is forcible language as it can be put
and to tell him that no* European
Power will be allowed to stand in
the way of his punishment. Thin mes
sage was sent to Consul Gummere
and it is understood that a courier id
-.low on his way to deliver it.
At the .tame time Mr. Gummere
was instructed to prolong the negotia
tions with the bandits long as
possible in the hope that France will
step in and settle the matter rather
than to have Morocco invaded by at?
American army.
The bandits have moved further
back into the mountains since tlu-y
heard that American warships wcr.1
Touting and now are several hundred
niles from ' Tangier, which make?
ronununieation with them more ditti
:ult than it was at first.
Mr. Hay's positive declaration that
t Mr. Perdicaris is killed the United
States itselt will take in hand the pun
shment of his slayers, is in line witlr
'he policy mapped out by the Presi
lent. It is a settled conclusion, ac
rording to Secretary Hay. that the
erms imposed by Raisuli cannot and
vill not be complied with. Jf the ban
lit chief makes good his threat and
Mr. Perdicaris is killed the Sultan will
>c told that the whole band must b<
racked down and executed and Arner
can warships will stay at Tangier to
watch developments. Although the
Sultan is acting in full conformity
with the wishes of Mr. Hay there is
Tardly a hope that lie will be able to
lunt the bandits down in case that
jecomes necessary.
As soon as it becomes apparent
that the Sultan is powerless, this
government will take the matter into
ts own hands and send cavalry, which
is accustomed to mountain canipaign
ng, into the mountains of Morocco in
pursuit of Raisuli and his band, and
.he chase will not end until all of the
murderers have been caught and exe
cuted. This is the progrim the Presi
dent has decided on.
The invasion of Morocco will he
strictly a friendly one, so far as the
Sultan is concerned, and his troops
probably will co-operate with the
American troops and act as guides.
Whether England contemplates simi
lar action, and Mr. Hay is acting with
1 knowledge of her intentions, cannot
be learned. But Cromwell Varley,
who was kidnaped with Mr. Pardi
caris, is a British subject and it is not
believed that England would leave the
punishment of his murderers entirely
to the United States. It is, therefore,
considered probable that it there i?
an invasion of Morocco. American and
British troops will operate side by
side.
JEALOUSY PROMPTS TRAQEDY.
Pittsburg Married Man Killed a Woman and
Blew Out His Brains.
Pittsburg. Pa., (SpcciaP. ? Shortly
before daylight Irvin Wise, a me
:hanical engineer, shot Katie CrafT
hrough the heart, instantly killing her,
<nd then turned his revolver on him
self. sending another hullet into his
)wn heart and ending his life almost
instantly. The shooting occurred at
:he boardinghouae at 309 St. Mary's
:ourt, Allegheny, of whkh the Crafl
woman was proprietress. No one wit
lessed the murder and suicide, but
when the police arrived the/ arrested
:hree young women, who were asleep
n the house at the time, and held them
is witnesses.
The motive for the double crime is
?t present unknown, hut as Wise had
been paying attent'on to the Crait
Aroman for some time it is believed
;o have heen jealousy.
That the ciime was premeditated is
shown by a message f??nn I '->n the
union card discovered in Wise's pocket,
rim card reads:
"My name is Irvin Wi.v N'otify
my mother. Mr>. K. Wis?, l.ewisburg,
Union couuty. Pa."
Wise was married and had one son.
'?Sun Worship" Killed Her.
Chicago. (Special ). ? M iss Eloise
Reusse of St. Paul, Minn., who became
insane here while undergoing the or
deal of the so-called "sun worship
fast," is dead at tin* State Hospital for
the Insane at Elgin. Dr. Frank S.
Whitman, superintendent of the Hos
pital. says death was due to acute
mania induced by starvation. Dur
ing the fasi, which is said to have last
ed 41 days, the deceased was sub
jected to torture by means of needles
and the application of lotus oil.
Parmer Blown Up.
Muskogee, Ok., (Special). ? Four
white men are in the federal jail,
charged with the murder of Robert
Suddcth, a negro, near Broken Arrow,
by the use of an infernal machine.
Suddcth was disliked, it is said, be
cause he owned a farm in the centre
:>f a white settlement.
Mra. James A. (iarffeld III.
Los Angeles, Cal., (Special). ? Ow
ing to ill health Mrs. James A. Gar
field, widow of the late president, has
been removed from her home in Pa
sadena to Carpenteria. Mrs. Garfield
is accompanied by her daughter.
FINANCIAL.
"Traffic is steadily on the decline,"
jays a New York Central official".
Call money is as cheap again as it
was prior to the extensive gold ex
ports. ,
There over 7,000 creditors of Pctti
gill & Co., of Boston, who failed for
|t,ai7,ooo
In the third week of May. gross
earnings ot the Louisville & Nash
ville decline I $66,.V)J.
Atchison has earned this fncal year
about 8 per cent, on its common stock
and it oavs 4 per cent dividends.
When the Mississippi Blrer Is a|
flood one can drink fresh prater from
the Gulf ten miles from the rlrtr't
source. , M
There Is one point near the famous
Stony Cave, In U* Catsklll Mountains,
.where Ice may, be found on any dax ol
the year. ^
In Servia there la a soldier for every,
twenty-two inhabitants; in tbe Unlteff
States there Is one soldier for ever]
1300 inhabitants. ^ ^
A "dying-ground" of elephants, a re*
sort where these animals so to die. was
an interesting discovery by Major Pox*
ell-Cotton iu Eastern Equatorial Africa*
All the people in the United States
could be evenly distributed over Man*
hattan Island without making it as
densely populated as its southeastern
quarter now is.
In the library at Hinchclere fastlfe
Lord (.'a ma non's residence in Hamp*
shire, are the table and chairs which
Napoleon used when he signed his ab
dication at Fontainbleau.
When once filled In a Moslem grave
Is never reopened on any account. To
remove the faintest chance of it tbu.v
being defiled a cypress tree is planted
after every interment, so that the cetn?
eteries resemble forests more than any
thing else. .
A razor is a saw, not n knife, and 16
works like a saw, not like a knife. Uu?
der the microscope its edge is seen to
have innmuerable fine saw teeth. When
these teeth get clogged with dirt lion*
ing and stropping will do no good. Dip*
ping it iu hot water dissolves out the
debris from between the teeth.
A startling fact which has recently,
been demonstrated is that the equator
is not a perfect circle. If you could
drop a pluinhline from Ireland through
to New Zealand it would be somewhat
longer than another which cut the
earth at right angles to it. The differ*
ence has not yet been nscertaiui'd Willi
absolute accuracy.
The smallest check drawn by thd
United States Government is paid an
nually to Maurice Proctor, of Mineral
Point. Wis., for carrying the mail.*
from Mineral Point to Dodgeville. The
check is for one cent! There were a
dozen competitors for the job. and as
Proctor was the lowest bidder he se?
cured it. He is wealthy, and can afford
to do the work for a penny a year.
A FRIEND IN NEED.
.1 Chinrc M?ellng Whicli Aboll*h?d San*
SUii(hlcr-HuaH Brat?llti??.
Now ami then one roads of an inci
dent wblcli is almost startling because
of its aptness. The following anec
dote. told by the founder ami former
President of the Massachusetts Society,
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani*
mats, is an illustration of this, and
also of the principle that reason and
the law of right and justice lie at the
bottom of hnmau character, and will in
the end prevail. Mr. Angell was en
gaged in preparing his exposition oG
f the cruelties of the slaughter houses,
when his work was brought to a stand*
still by his in;ibiiit.v to obtain In writ*
ing the testimony of witnesses. Two
men upon whom he had confidently re*
lied had. from fear of personal danger,
backed out. and others bad followed
their example.
Disheartened at what seemed the
Inevitable failure of his humano
project. Mr. Angell was sitting in hit*
office one day when a man came in and
said, without f?reliininary explanation:
'"Are you forming a society for the
prevention of cruelty to animals?"
"Yes." answered Mr. Angell.
"Well. I want to join it. Here iff
some money for you." and he laid down
a ten-doilar bill.
"Where do you live?" inquired Mr.
Angell. entering the name on the book.
The stranger mentioned a suburb of
Boston. Mr. Angell looked up quickly.
"Do you know anything about thef
?laughter house there?" h?* asked.
"Well. T guess 1 do. I've run one of
them for twenty years, and I'm going
to quit. I've done enough cruelty to
anim.tls, and now I'm goiiiK to see if
I can't do them some good."
"What sent you here?"
"I don't know; I Just thought INI
come in."
This was exactly the opportunity
needed by Mr. Angell Ilore was ?
man who from his own personal ex
perience had seen and sickened of th<?
horrors of the evil the society wished
to banish.
The questions came fhlck and fast,
and In the next hour eitouxh testimony
was given to fill out a report which
was the means of doing nway with the
slaughter house brutalities ami estab
lishing what was then the llnest abat
toir in the country.
I.lttl* (??? For Wh??t,
At the moment, when life in Japan
Is one of the mailt topics of conver
sation, it is Interesting to learn from
a Consular report that among the Ja
panese wheat flour is not yet gener
ally used. While the Western flour i?
being used fo some extent as a sub
stitute for rice flour in the preparation
of sweet* and cakes the use of wb?at
bread as a staple article of di.?t is
practka.'Jy unknown.
The result of a cricket match in Mel
bourne was cabled to London. 17.000
miles, through nine relays, in two sud
? half iniuute*