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t * &0&I . ; '? \ ' ?}%** t\ VOL. I. NO.27^ CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY. AUGUST 4,19Q4. $1.50 PEK YEAR. P1ESIDENT IS WtffteD Aa htercstiegCerewytt tte Cwlrj ?mm eftikjhwTeltx. ?ant Msimnsn men attbh. Nrt lathe Oratory ea SmI List ef MM ?? V?Wi-V?y Sh orter Bay. L. I., s (Special).? President Roosevelt was notified formally Wednesday afternoon of his nomination for the Presidency by the Republican National Convention. The ceremony took place at his country home, at Sagamore Hill, three miles from this village. In accordance with the wish of the President, the ceremony was as simple as possible. The formal notification of the ac tion of the Convention was made, by a committee representing every State and Territory in the United States. Joseph G. Cannon, Speaker of the House of Representatives, spoke for the committee. The special train bearing the mem bers of the notification committee and the invited guests left Long Island City at 10.32 A. M. and arrived here ? JLL'35 Ai 0nly. three of the members of the committee were ab TJiey_were James N. Coombs ot Florida, Senator Chauncey M De pew of New York, who is in Europe, and Senator Clarence D. Clark of Wyoming. Included among the invited guests Ttrc Amen Prom'nent in all walks of .AlTlo.n? them were personal and political friends of the President in New York State, lifelong friends and neighbors on Long Island, including the pastors of the Oyster Bay church cs and the officials of the National and New York State Republican or ganizations. On arrival at Sagamore Hill th committeemen were received by Resident Roosevelt, Mrs. Roose ^ J, *nd National Chairman George i Cortelyou. All of the house guests ot the President were gathered on the' veranda, and as the occupants of each carriage alighted they were welcomed ?y the President and each was pre sented to Mrs. Roosevelt. At the conclusion of the informal reception the ceremony of notifica tion began. The members of the family, the house guests and the dis tinguished visitors were assembled on the veranda. When Speaker Cannon rose to de liver lus speech at 12.40 P.' M. he wasgreeted with applause. When he .President Advanced I flags, delivered his address in re sponse to the notification. As he faced the assemblage he was warmly applauded. Both the President and Speaker 1 nn?n sP?'<e standing on a chair placed at an angle of the veranda, so that all could hear. At the conclusion of the address. President Roosevelt received con gratulations, and . several group photographs were taken on the steps and lawn, with the President in the centre. Hem for 014 Od# Fellews. Grove City, Pa., (Special).?The Wayside Inn, the home provided !?ri. ,r a*ed a"d infirm by the Odd Fellows of Pennsylvania, was dedi cated, the ceremonies attacting to the town about 15,000. The dedicatory services were held in the afternoon wr"Master Robert Graham, of Philadelphia, presiding. The dresi the home association, Louis K. White, of Allegheny, delivered an address, telling how the association had been started with a treasury fund Of $'? Miner Had Rich Relatives. North Freedom, Wis., (Special).? The death of Howard Montgomery, aged 19 years, who was instantly killed at the Illinois mine here by falling be tween the shaft timbers and the skip, has revealed that Montgomery, though working as an ordinary miner, was the son of Col. B. F. Montgomery, a law? yer of Denver, and a member of the Colorado Legislature. His brother is ? millionaire, living at Idaho Springs. Twe Killed la Wrtck. Indianapolis, Ind., (Spccial).?Two persons were killed and several in jured in a collision between a Big Four passenger train and an electric car at Washington and Missouri ttrwt.\vJhe U nidentified man; Mrs. Wtlliam J. Harris, colored. The locomotive struck the front of the electric car, throwing the car twentv feet. Baseball Kills oirL Elizabeth, N. J., (Special).?Ger trude Jaeger, 9 years old, was killed on a .field at Elizabethport by being struck over the heart by a batted ball She was watching a game of base ball at the time. The batsman knocked a foul tip, which hit the girl who was standing a short distance be hind the catcher. Yellew Fever Leavlaf Mexke. Mexico City, (Special).?There are only eight cases of yellow fever in this country, confined to Vera Cruz and Merida. The Superior Board of Health believes it will stamp out the yellow fever in this country. Canadian residents have organized a club to promote direct trade between Mexico and the Dominion. Jealeasy aad Warder. Berlin, N. H. (Special). ? John Green, aged .14, a farmer of good reputation, surrendered himself to the police here stdting that he hau shot and instantly killed Mrs. Spurgeon Lockhart, aged 30, on the outskirts of tWest Milan. This was the first knowl edge the police had of the shooting. Green explained that he killed the woman in a fit of jealousy ahd while under the influence of a drug, which ?e said Mrs. Lockhart had been ac eustomed to give him. HSW5 m SMVT MBBL The accident bulletin of the Inter state Commerce Commission shows a decrease in the casualties on rail roads since the use of air brakes on freight cars. Judge Piatt, of the United States Circuit Court in Harford. Ct., signed the decree of foreclosure of the mortgage given the Ship Trust. George F. Hammond confessed in Spokane, Wash., hia part in the hold ing up of a Northern Pacific passen ger train near Bearmouth, Mon. The will of Abner McKinley, filed in Somerset, Pa., lea-ats the bulk of his estate to his widow and his daugh ter, Mrs. McKinley Bear. M. Marshall Langhorne, of Vir ginia, was appointed consul to Chung king. China, and Frank S. Hannah, of Illinois, to Madeburg, Germany. Salvatore Brandaleone and Giovan ni Giordano, two Italians, were con victed in New York for counterfeit ing. They confessed. John Rogers, the sculptor who de signed the famous groups of statuary bearing his name, died in New Haven, A fire broke out in the lard re finery of Swift 8l Co., in the stock yards in Chicago. It was not of incendiary origin. Jealous John Anderson, of Pueblo, Col., killed his sweetheart, Mrs. J. J. Appley, and then shot and killed him The Lancaster Bank of Lancaster, O., closed its doors in cosequence of a run, and a receiver was appointed. The National Association of Rail way Postal Clerks elected delegates to the national convention to be ??eld in Boston in September. Senator Davis emphatically denies the report that he is to marry the widow of Dr. John Reynolds, of Shep herdstown, W. Va. The rccord in the case of James B. Howard against the State of Ken tucky was filed in the United States Supreme Court. The resignation of Charles M. Schwab as a director of the United States Steel Corporation was ac cepted. ? Thomas Taggart, of Indiana, was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Rev. Robert Perine, dean of All Saints' Cathedral, at Spokane, Wash., died at Newark. Nearly 1,200 men employed on the rapid transit tunnel in New York went on a strike. Rlnaldo Walco arrived in St. Louis from Costa Rica after a walk of 6, 000 miles. Governor Peabody has called off military rule in the Cripple Creek minipg district. strSSk, oStC<^gway m$d?jb? scot Bay. ? ' * An attempt has been made to swindle Mrs. Roosevelt, wife of the President. The Turkey Red Dye Works at Bellefont, R. I., was destroyed by fire. Three passengers were injured in a wreck at Banning, Pa. President Tohn F. Goucher, of the Woman's College, Baltimore, delivered the principal address at the Young People's Missionary Conference, at Silver Bay, N. Y. After a long legal battle, Admiral Dewey and his men are tr> receive the prize money on account of the capture of the Don Juan de Austria. Former Senator James K. Jones, the retiring chairman of the Demosratic National Committee, called on Judge Parker, at Rosemount. Col. L. F. Copeland, of Harrisburg, Pa., died suddenly in a hospital at Bloomington^ III. tThree Indians and a cowboy were killed in a shooting affray at Rocky Point, Mont. Three men were killed and two in jured in a head-on collision near Dela van, N. Y. Fred Mason ?,hol and killed his father-in-law, David Wilson, near Syracuse. N. Y. Leo Jakobi, a wealthy manufacturer, shot and killed himself in New York. Porto Rican Day was celebrated at the St. Louis Exposition. Dr. Silas C. Swallow, the presiden tial candidate of the Prohibitionists, and George W. Carroll, the vice pres idential candidate, were officially no tified in Tomlinson's Hall, Indiana polis. Rudolph Werter, a Salmon River miner, shot and instantly killed L?. D. Long and Chris Wain and wounded the former's 14-year old boy at a camp in the Warren Mining Country, Idaho. A passenger train from Louisville to St. Louis collided with a freight stand ing in the yards at North Vernon. Jnd. Fireman William Keowan was killed and four passengers were in jured. The ^ ;*tjer Company's excursion steamer Ca*'T:et, with 150 passengers on board, t ? ?'< fire near- Kingston, Out. All the passengers were saved. President l.aer announced that the Philadelphia and Reading voting trust will be dissolved by the payment of the September dividend. The State Department considers the $25,000 indemnity paid by China for the death of Louis Eitzcl, killed by Chinese soldiers, is fair. Ten dollars per fish was the fine im posed at Rockwood, Pa., upon throe men who had violated the fish laws. Three Italians were arrested at Al lentown, Pa., von the charge of pass ing counterfeit coin. Herbert Johnson, singer and com poser, died in Boston. Frank Pierce shot and killed his wife at their home, in Canton, III. The German crop report for July indicates a further deterioration. Win ter wheat loses one point, summer wheat two points, and summer rye one point. Continued drouth is stop ping river navigation and impeding manufactures. T%mp French cruisers have been dis patched to Tangier, it is believed, be cause of the representations made by Ion Perdicaris to Foreign Minister Decasse concerning the bad condi tions in Morocco. . BRITIAN MAKES DEMANDS fessiaairohBMt lastAfibgize aai SritfeMbhHag. RUSSIAN CAPTAIK BKHE WflS. la *a Cwmh Says Cm* Ik* SMtag af tto IkfM Cm* Ttat Be Ftart Tkm b ? Qwrtln al a Irucfe at iMimi Him I Law?All London, (By Cable).?The British Government has sent instructions to Sir Charles Hardinge, the British Am bassador to Russia, to energetically protest against the sinking of the British steamer Knight Commander by the .Russian Vladivostok squadron. Until the presentation of the note to the Russian Government the great est secrecy will be maintained regard ing its contents, but it is known that Premier Balfour and his colleagues have decided to demand that the fullest reparation shall be made by Russia or measures will be taken to follow up the diplomatic demands. The British note, as Sir Charles Hardinge will submit it, will not men tion the amount of indemnity Rus sia must pay the owners of the ship and the British subjects having goods on board the vessel, but all that will be sought will be the establishment of a principle of indemnity and apology. A salute of the British flag must also be conceded and the future protection of neutral shipping as sured. That the Government regards the sinking of the Knight Commander as a breach of international law was confirmed by Premier Balfour in the House of Commons. A lengthy meeting of the defense committee took place, under the presidency of Premier Balfour, at which the Attorney General, Sir Robert Finlay, was present. The Attorney General does not usually at tend these meetings, but it was stated that the questions at issue between Russia and Great Britain were under discussion, and that Sir Robert was called in to advise as to the questions of international law. The attitude of the British Govern ment is the result of the thorough consideration given to the reporta -re ceived from Sir Claude MacDonald, the British Minister at Tokio, and the examination of international law authorized by legal experts. The dis >atches received from Sir Claude cc traband oT war on board for Japan. The Government and all the British authorities, it is asserted, unite on the point that there was no justifica tion for the sinking of the vessel. It is felt in Government circles that the Knight Commander incident over shadows the Red sea seizures, which practically have been adjusted. In the light of the declaration of the Russian Government respecting contraband of war, made three weeks after hostilities commenced, too rep resentations have been made by Count Benckendorff, the Russian Ambas sador, to Foreign Secretary Lands downe regarding the Knight Com mander, the Ambassador not having received advices from St. Petersburg on the subject, nor is it seen by the Russian diplomats how it is possible for their Government to make a prompt answer to the British de mands. It is not known when the Vladi vostok squadron will return to port. The commander of the squadron, it I is pointed out. unquestionably sieze.l I the papers of the vessel, including ? her manifest, and, therefore, will be | able to present reasons to show why I lie sank the ship, and with these I reasons in their possession the Rus i s.ian authorities will be able to com plete their answer to the British rep resentations. In the opinion of these diplomats, the cargo, or at least a portion of the cargo, of the Kuight Commander in cluded contraband of war under the Russian declaration. Attention is specifically called to the feature of the declaration saying that "neutral ships with contraband of war of any sort can, according to cir cumstances, be not only seized, but also confiscated." If the ship can be confiscated, it is contended, she can he sunk as well. While Russia holds that her decla ration has never been seriously ques tioned. the British authorities claim tl at the British Ambassador at St. Petersburg first specifically reserved the rights of his Government in case of an emergency arising, and, later, filed objections against the various orovisions of the declaration. The United States also reserved her rights when acknowledging the receipt of the Russian declaration. The British authorities are per sistent in their de.-.irc to induce the United States to make a declaration in respect to the policy it proposes to oursue in the matter of the protec ?ion of commerce, but nothing has yet been done so far as known here. A Dyaamlfc Oatragc. Reading. Pa., (Special).?The house of Michael Amoreo, in a tenament dis trict on the outskirts of this city, was wrecked by dynamite. Amoreo was killed, but his wife and three children were taken from the debris uninjured. There is no clue to the perpetrators of the crime. KIIM By Ufktataf. Hazleton, Pa., (Special).?Five per sons were killed near here during a severe electrical storm. At Oneida three foreign-speaking miners and a boy were instantly killed by a bolt of lightning while sitting at a table. All four were terribly burned, and the clothing almost completely torn from their bodies. At Quahake Valley lightning struck the home of Miley Hinkle, instantly killing Mrs. Hinkle and seriously injuring ner daughter. UTE1I?1IH iff AIR ? Taiqr. President Rooaevelt's patience has been tried so sevnely by Turkey that the opinion prevails in naval and di? plomatic circles that the South Atlan tic Squadron will be ordered to Turk ish waters early in August to back up the demand of the United States that the same rights be extended to American citizens which British. Ger man, Austrian and Italian subjects enjoy in the land of the Sultan. Through diplomatic Correspondence made public by the State Department the perplexing nature of Oriental di plomacy is revealed. The department published the letter* which have pass ed between Secretary Hay and United States Minister Leishman, at Con stantinople, relating to two demands which President Roosevelt made on the S'jltan. These demands are that both American citizens and institu tions be placed in the same class with the people and institutions of European nations.'and that the Ameri can Protestant Medical College, at Beirut, be granted the same privilages accorded the French Medical School. Minister Leishman states in mess ages and letters that he has endeavor ed repeatedly to bring these requests to the personal attention of the Sul tan, but has not been able to get an audience with him without first being pledged to say nothing concerning business matters. The American Min ister says the Sultan is willing to talk with him about the weather and other commonplaces, but pleads that he has no time to> discuss the rights of American citisens. At one time Mr. Leishman waf kept waiting for five hours. He says, however, that he is not the only sufferer, as many European ambassadors have been forced to wait as long. In one dispatch-Mr. Leishman said that existing conditions had ceased to furnish an excuse for prolonged delay in settling pending questions; that he had strained his instructions and had ventured pretty close to a threat that, unless the matters were settled without farther delay, some thing unpleasant might happen. Later he informed the department that the Sultan had taken a strong stand against complying with the demands of this Government relative to schools, resting under the impression that no forcible measures could be taken without Congressional action. It is also stated that, pending the arrival at Beirut of the American sauadron, which was sent at the time of the attempt on the life of the American consular officer, the Sultan appeared to treat the expected ar rival of the American warships as a friendly visit. Later the State De partment advised Minister Leishman that the Turkish Minister had in formed the Secretary of Sta{e that the Turkish Government considered the presence of the American squadron in - Turkish waters at that time a The Turkish Minister was informed that the State Department did not share that view, that the entire con sular body regarded it a9 a protec tion; that the United States con sidered that its representations had not received the friendly attention it had a right to expect, and that compliance with the request for with drawal, leaving all pending questions unsettled and interests unprotected, would have an unfortunate effect on the relations of the two countries. Leishman stated that the policy of the Porte from the 'beginning had been to make light of the visit of the warships. Dr. Herrao te Rttara. Columbia is again to come into full diplomatic relations with the United States, aad the secession of Panama will be a closed incident between the two republics. The State Department received a cordial letter from the Columbian Minister for Foreign Affairs announc ing that Dr. Thomas Herran had been given full letters of credit as Colum bia's envoy at Washington. Dr. Her ran for many years was secretary of legation here, and_ after the hurried Minister Concha was charge d affaires until the legation was closed last winter as a result of the Panama affair. He signed with Mr. Hay the Hay-Herran treaty for the construc tion of the canal which the Columbian Congress rejected. Dr. Herran en joys the most cordial relations with the Secretary of State and other of ficials of the Government. Considerable interest is felt here in Columbian affairs at this time, as the Congress is assembling under the new President, Gen. Rafael Reyes. Prhs Msaey fer Dewty. After a legal battle of several years Admiral George Dewey and his men who fought the battle of Manili bay May 1, 1898, arc to receivc their prize money on account of the capture of the Don Juan do Austria and other Spanish property. In the Supreme Court of the Dis trict of Columbia Justice Gould signed an order confirming the report of the auditor in the case, overruling all ex ceptions fiked by either side to the report. The value of the property captured finally was fixed at $1,057,355 a sum considerably in excess of what the Government claimed to be due. One half- of the amount will be paid to the captors, while the remainder, as pro* vided bv law, will be placed to the credit ol the navy pension fund. Passaia Adopts 0*M Staatfsrtf. The Panama Canal Commission re ceived official notification from the government of Panama of the ratifi cation of the monetary system of the new government in accordance with the agreement reached by the joint commission. Panama is now a gold standard country. Nstteaal Caacsr Hospital Pn)ecM. Philadelphia, (Special).?Plans for the founding in this city of a cancer hospital of national scope were formu lated at a meeting of physicians and philanthropic citizens held in this city. The proposed institution is to he known as the American Oncologic Hospital. The hospital is to be de voted exclusively to the treatment of tumors and cancerous affections and scientific research into the causes underlying the increase in the pre valent of cancer. SOME FIERCE BATTLES Tfce Kassiaas' fetreat ftm Tatafce Uao to lakkag. JAPANESE NtV MLB NUICIWANC TMr OcopiiM ?( That Place lifirM as ? Blnr to lirii?TwHMi Eucr ty Aitftery to the TatcMdaa Eagaft to Have Deatraya* Maay altfca London, (By Cable).?In the gen eral advance of the Japanese Army against the forces of General Kuro patkin in Manchuria battles are fol lowing each other in rapid successon. according to advices from corres pondents in the field the fighting dur ing the past week has been almost continuous. The losses on both sides have been heavy, all accounts agreeing that the Russians have suffered the most. It is estimated that in the last 10 days, including the battles of Motien Pass and those of the last two days in the vicinity of Tatchekiao, the Rus sians have lost between 3.000 and 4.000 men, and the Japanese about 1,600 in killed and wounded. With the occupation of Niuchwang by the Japanese, the retreat of the Russians from Tatchekiao to Hai cheng and the determined advance northward of the Japs, the operations are rapidly approaching a great crises in the war. Japanese reinforcements appear to be arriving as rapidly as the Rus sians. Twenty-two transports laden with troops were cruising off the en trance to the Liao River, protected by a Japanese squadron. Reports from Russian sources state that the Russians with about 100 guns in action in the battle of Tatchekiao inflicted terrible execution among the Japanese and destroyed many of their guns. It is reported that General Samson off, the noted Russian commander, was severely wounded in this engage ment. Sharp fighting has occurred be tween Liaoyang and Mukden. KUR0PATKIN TELLS OP BATTLES. Itow the JapaaeM TmM Batfc Plaaks ol fee St. Petersburg, (By Cable).?The following dispatch from General Kuro patkin, dated July as, has been re ceived by the Emperor: "Reconnaissances carried out daily of late between Kaichou and Siakho tan showed the summits of the heights north of Kaichou to be strongly oc cupied and' fortified. At 5 in the morning July 23, the enemy, two di visions strong, assumed the offensive. Along the line of outposts to the south the enemy developed a division of infantry, concentrating his main body toward Datchapu, 12 miles north of Kaichou, and keeping his cavalry on our left flank near the railroad. His advance was effected slowly and at Intervals was accompanied by a heavy fire from 30 guns, which our rear-guard batteries successfully ans wered. The Japanese fire at first wai directed at the heights, which gradual ly were evacuated by our outposts. Our sharpshooters with the rear guard opened fire upon the advancing Japan ese infantry, and at a favorable moment Colonel Lesch withdrew our rear guard to a new position at Dat chapu, and our' baiteries, which had several times changcd their positions, continued the duel with the enemy's artillery, also firing into the infantry columns. CHILD SCARED TO DEATH. Wild Raapafe of a Man Afflicted Wltb Epilepsy. Philadelphia. (Special).?Seized with a fit of violent epilepsy, Joseph Heiser went on a rampage through Andalu sia, on the Bristol pike, on Monday afternoon, lie frightened a little girl to death, terrorized the barroom of the Red Lion Inn, smashed furniture at his home and ended by throttling a niotorman on a passing trolley car, who finally succeeded in overpower ing Heiser and turned him over to the police. The body of six-year-old Marian Rankin lies in a small casket in the parlor of her parents' home, on the Red Lion road, the victim of Heiser's dementia. The child had always stood in terror of Heiser, and she tied in fright to her if'thcr whenever she saw him. When Heiser, waving his arm wildly in the air and screaming at the top of his voice, ran toward her in front of the Rankin home the little girl started to escape from him, but before she had gone a dozen feet she was overcome with terror and fell dead in the roadway. Heiser, who has during the spring and summer months been employed as a farm hand. has been subject to epileptic tits, but never before have they taken a violent form. Ceateaariaa Dies at Irya Miwr. Philadelphia, (Special).?Mrs. Mary Nixon, of Bryn Mawr, a suburb of this city, who last Christmas, celebrated her one hundred and third birthday, is dead. She had been a widow $2 years. Mrs. Nixon was born in this city and was one of 21 children, none of whom lived to be more than half her ante. She leaves 16 great-grand children. "Dtvirs Rack" Dyaaaltetf. Trenton, N. (Special).?"Dcvil'i Rock," a huge boulder in the Dela ware River in the rear of the state house, was blown up by dynamite in the presence of a large crowd of peo plo. The fuse was ignited by elec tricity. The rock formcJ an eddy in the river which has caused the drown ing of 16 persons within the past few years. The destruction of the rock was brought about by a popular demand and Mayor Katzenbach turned on the electric current that *J>e dynamite. TEITIU UIXS 1YE STHKE. T"?M|' W RifnH to Work WMUPrt-MCwteit Fall River, Mass., (Special).-The strike order issued by the Fall River Textile Council calling for upwards of 30,000 operatives to remain away from the.mills in protest against a reduction of iayj per cent, in wages, became effective Monday, mnd the response was as general as the labo? leaders had predicted. In the 37 mills corporations involved in the agree ment to reduce wages it is estimated TTC tl>*? 300 entered all the gates in place ot the tide of operatibe* which between 6 and 6:30 every morn. tranc^eCPS^tlKr?fUgh thc various en t.Vaii befor? 3 o'clock prac. K?I uVjryt- mi" involved in the whfl ?n S^Ut down The strikers, near ?h/^?n ""tances had assembled the mills dispersed quietly. I he manufacturers kept the sates X" h!!U 7 ?^,ock' but ?ave those none at the usu?' time, none of the workmen accepted the od portiinity, and by 7.30 practically every completely. B?Ur"c h"1 sh? thSU/ingKrthe for*noon *t was found that thc Narragan^ett Mills had spin ners enough to warrant starting that ?hf. ^V,th this ??pt.on and ?h?, down MilU a" atLho?ii 'ft? StHke" gathered in forc? at both these mills and induced so many of the operatives of the Bourne Mills to come out that the factory had to close down for the afternoon. The peratives at the Narragansett Mills, P v'cr' refused to leave the yard. Both sides admit that this is the beginning of one of the most deter mined contests which Kail River has tain*" S"n-Th'e manufacturers main 2? u i y havc tried every plan which they could think of to avoid a reduction in wages, and took that final step only when driven to do so to .? Ir bus,ness On thc other hand, the operatives say that the con ditions affecting cotton manufacture here did not warrant such a reduction. .^T^i'/ral Falls, R. I.?Five hundred and fifty operatives struck at the millj of the United States Cotton Company here, against a 12'/M per cent, decrease dowi|a^CS' and the mills were shut Taunton, Mass.?A reduction in wages of 12J/J per cent, went into ef fect at the cotton mills of the Cosj Manufacturing Company at East 1 aunton, but there was no strike. Suncook, N. H.?A shut-down of two W?.. be?an hcre in the three cotton mills of this town, which employ about 1,500 operatives, and when the millj rt~.yPcn he with a reduction ol 12% per cent, in wages of th? workers. Tortmred aa Agrt Ctiple. New York, (Spccial). ? Salvaton D'Amico and Rafcllo Leto, Sicilians were arrested here, charged with rob bing and torturing Patrick McGurk and w.fc an aged couple, living in PCCAf^a ?. ' ? on t,ie night of Julj 6. After the couple had retired two men entered their hous and demanded money, enforcing their demand b? torturing them until they pointed out the hiding-place of their money. Btfevea Uaala Fell Overboard. Rochester, N. Y? (Special).^ Thomas F. Adkins, of this city, wh<i has just returned from abroad, wa# one of the last persons to see F. Kent Loomis alive on the night o 1 June 20, when Loomis mysterious!* disappeared from the deck of thi Kaiser Wilhelm II., a few hours be A?Jf the ship reached Plymouth. Mr. Adkins believes Loomis accidentally fell from the deck. Trala Crashes late Aatonobile. Altomont, Mo., (Special).?Charles Hurst and wife, of Brooklyn, N. Y., have been injured in a collision be tween their automobile and a Wabash Kailroad train near here. The ma chine was completely wrecked. Mrs Hurst will probably die as the resuit pf her injuries. Mr. and Mrs. Hurst Mad been visitirg thc World's Fair and were rettfriung Fast in their auto mobile. Chicago's Big Population. Chicago. (Special).?Based on the number of names, thc new City Di rectory gives Chicago a population for >904 of 2,241.000 The directory oj '903 gave an estimated population of 2.231,000. The new directory con tains 657,000 n,lines, an increase of .l.ooo over the directory of 1903. FINANCIAL. New York banks have gained $10. 29N.000 cash during the week Chandler Bros. ft Co. say: "We still expect to sec higher prices." Morgan brokers say United Slates hi hcrP C should sell 10 points i he Wcstinghous? Company's $4 000,000 new 5 per cent, notes were ail sold in a day. A bond house of Philadelphia has issued a circular letter quoting 500 street raihv?y bonds. ? Wheat exports this week were f - 2S1 000 bushels, against 2,781,000 for tne^ same week last year. ?? ^ Canadian Pacific announces th it 11 will spend $X.ooo.ooo on a new lino from Sudbury to Toronto. Snow, the grain statistician, figures out a total wheat crop?of not less than 600,000,000 bti5hcls at least. Some brokers think that the time is very near at hand when thc Rapid I ransit Company will buy the Fair mount Park trolley line. When Sully was king co?t.)n rose above 17 cents a p-nind. Now it is just about half that That is what a 12,000.000-bale crop docs to a r >t ton bull. c 1 All brokers comment on the fart that during the wei-k Pennsylvania and Reading have been a good-sized fraction lower in Philadelphia thin at the same time in New York The' death of arbitraging methods has (caused this discrepancy. ' SYMPATHETIC STUD? Im TtMsa^fe *r lea VB CUUI IN THE MEAT STtOMUL htfan mi Tbok at Ik* Rest Ceaters Preperiaf tor ? Hfbt?Tralas Filled wUA Net AfHv* at Um CMcage Erected tor the PwUtllw etoasi^o Kkm, Chicago, (Special).?Determined om a fight to a finish to inforce the de mands of the striking butchers, a sympathetic strike . of alt the anion workmen employed in the meat-pack ing industry throughout the country, with the exception of the teamster^ was declared Monday morning at | o'clock. Sunday night the indications are that the teamsters will join the other unions on Tuesday in order tot bring the packers to terms. The teamsters employed in the Chicago plants at a meeting Sunday declared in favor of a sympathetic strike, bat the joint council of the Teamsters' Union at a meeting refused to sanc tion their decision and, instead, ap pointed a committee to communicate with the packers in an effort to open peace negotiations. The sym pathetic strike of the other unions em ployed at the yards will be called on schedule time despite the action of the teamsters. No conferences were held Sunday either by the packers or the labor leaders, or jointly, in an effort to reach an adjustment of the contro versy. Both sides rested, apparently waiting for developments. Whether or not the packer* would make any concessions to the demands of the labor leaders in order to prevent a general walkout of the trades at the stockyards would not be discussed by any of the packing-house repre sentatives today, but from the prepa rations going on at the different plants during the day it was plainly evident that the packcrs intended Jo fight for their independence. All the labor leaders declared that they would await Monday's develop ments before considering further nego tiations, and that the packers would have to make the request for a re sumption of peace negotiations, as the unions had no intention at the present time of doing so. New Men Arrive. Preparations for the struggle are being made at the different packing plants all during the day and far into the night. Dozens of representatives of the packing-houses are scattered all over the country in search of men to fill the places of the strikers. Four train loads of new employes were taken to the yards before darkness set in, to join the nonunion men already; established inside the plants. Clerks were being initiated into new duties, and employes who had been promoted! from trades were returned to their, former work to take the places of the regular workers who are expected to quit work. Stockades have been, erectcd at ali the different plants to, protect men whose work expose them to danger from the mob violence. \ All through the stock yards there; were not only evidences of prepara tion for a long and bitter struggle, but superintendents of the packing es tablishments, police officers and union leaders gave expression to anticipa tion of troublous times to come. i "No one knows what will happen.' The opportunity is here for one of the greatest labor contests in the country, and apparently there is no hope for averting it. The police will be able to handle the situati?*. how ever, without outside assistance, no matter wliat happens." SM PEOPLE IN PERIL. Excerlsoo Train Topples on Edge ef Ebaaafet ?est Wheeling, W. Va., (Spccial).?FivS] hundred passengers, most of thetn{ from Grafton and Fairmont, had an almost miraculous escape from deatlt or serious injury on the Baltimore andl Ohio excursion train bound foq VVheeling. At Wires Crossing, near Littleton, the engine and tender and? three coaches left the rails. ? The locomotive turned over on its side and the coaches toppled on the edge of an embankment, but did not go over. i Engineer W. II. Johnson was, caught under liis cab and was badly, scalded by escaping steam, but will recover. Mail Clerk C. B. Collins was severely bruised and otherwise injured, and was taken back to Graf i ton. Many of the passengers were badly shaken up, but none seriously hurt. Women Killed to Expel a Deaoo. Madrid, (By Cable).?Eight Cata Ionian women have been put on trial at the assizes at Burgos for the mur der of another woman under horribto circumstances. Their victim, Carlotta Fucntc, had suffered from hysteria, which eventually took the form of strange delusions. She at last gave out tliat she was the Vir?in Mary, and her neiKlibors. declaring he# possessed of an evil spirit, tore bet clothes off her and f.istened her in a cask of quicklime, into which they poured water until the unfortunate woman expired in terrible agony. Their defense is that they sought to drive out the demon which poe sested Iter Noted Enxlleti Actor Oted. I.on^on. (By Cable).?Wilson Bar rett, the nctjr is dead. He underwent a:i operation for cancer July 20, an) the dor'.??;*s thereafter said that after s j few we-kV rest Barrett would be all I right and al?|r to rarry out his inten | tion of producing a new play in Sep tember. Mr. Barrett o;ed at a nu.sitif home in London. THe recent opera tion was believed to lisvr been quite si:ccc?sful and the actor thought te had passed the cris^.*. His death .? attributed to heart fiilure.