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TREATY SIGNED. Church Bells Peal Forth the Joyful News of Peace. THEY SHAKE HANDS, As the Treaty is Sijjned Russia's Envoys Extend the Hand of Friendship Which is Grasped by the Japan's Representative. A Secret Conference. A dispatch from Portsmouth, N. II., says the treaty of Portsmouth was sillied bliortly before 4 o'cltck Tuesday afternoon in the conference room of the navy general store at the navy yard. The tiring of a national salute of 19 guns \vas the signal which told people of Portsmouth, Kittcry aud Newcastle that the peace of Ports mouth was an accomplished fact and the church bells in the three towns were soon pealing forth a joyful re fraln. For 47 minutes those outside the conference room anxic usly awaited the signal. Suddenly an orderly dashed to the entrance of the peace building and waived his hand to the gunner a few feet away aud the opening shot of the salute rang out on the clear air of the soft September afternoon proclaiming peace between Russia and Japan. Up to the moment of signing the treaty, no word had broken the silence of the conference room. Throwing his pen aside, Mr. Witte without a word reached acfoss the table and grasped 11 iron Komu fra's band. His confreres followed and the Russian and Japanese delegates remained for a moment in silence, their right hands tightly clasped across the conference table. The war was over?Russia and Japan j were once more friends. This simple ceremony rang true and deeply impressed the attaches and secretaries of the two missions, who, with the invited witnesses, had form ed a iarge circle around the delegates ' sitting at the table. Llarou de Rosen was the lirst to break the silence. Rising from his seat the ambassador, looking llarou Komura and Mr. Takahira straight in the eye, said a few words which one had only to hear to know that thev came from his heart. He began by saying that he wished on behalf of Mr. Witte, Russia's first plenipotentiary, and In his own name to say a few words. 'We have signed," continued the ambassador, "an act which will have forever a place in the annals of his tory. As negotiators on behal fof the empire of Russia, as well as the em pire of Japan, we may with tranquil conscience say that we have done all that was in our power in order to bring about the peace for which the whole civilized world was longing. We earnestly hope that friendly relations between the two empires will henceforth be tirmly established and we trust that his excellency, Baron Komura, as minister of foreign affairs and one of the leading statesmen of his country, will apply to the strengthening of these relations the wide experience and wise statesmanship he so conspicuously displayed during these negotiations which have now been so auspiciously coucluded." Baron Kumura replied that he shared entirely the views of Baron do Rosen. The treaty of Portsmouth which they had just signed, he said, was in the Interest of humanity and civilization and he was happy to believe that it would bring about a firm, lasting peace between the two neighboring empires. He begged to assure the Russian plenipotentiaries that it would be his duty as well as his pleasure to do everything in his power to ncake the treaty in 'act what it professes to he in words?a treaty of peace and amity. At the cjnclu-?ion of Baron Komura's remarks Mr. Witte arose and said he desired to see Baron de Rosen and the Japanese pienipotentaries alone for <i*few minutes. Tne four retired to the Russian oilice and were closeted for ten minutes. What transpired in that dnal conference of the peacemakers, the world may never know. The plenipotentiaries have refused to discuss it even to their secretaries. The entire Russian mission, headed by Mr. Witte, attended a thanksglv1. 1 1_ nu.1,,4 T/^ln nig surviue ucitiuittbcu iu mm int my mcopal church both by American and Russian clergymen. Reentering the hotel, one of the chief members of the Japanese mission said: "The treaty signed Tuesday may be tho most important historical feature of the twentieth century." What the Treaty Stipulates. The following Is the treaty as finally agreed upon: Article 1 stipulates for the re-estab( llshment of4 peace and friendship be* f' ween the ^sovereigns of the two emIres, and between the subjects of Rusla and Japan, respectively. Article 2. The Emperor of Russia ecognlzes the preponderent Interest rrom political, military and economical points of view of Japan In Korea and stipulates that Russia will not oppose any measures for its government, protection or oontrol that Japan will deem necessary to take in Korea in oodjunction with the Lorean govern ment, but Russian subjects and Russian enterprises are to eDjoy the same status as subjects and enterprises ot other countries. Article 3. It Is mutually agreed that the territory of Manchuria be simultaneously evacuated by both the Russian and Japanese troops. Both countries are cotcrned in this evacuation, their situations being absolutely Identical. All rights acquired by private persons and companies shall remain intact. Article 4. Rights possessed by Russia in conformity with the lease by Russia of Port Arthur and Dalny together with the lands and waters adjacent shall pass over in their entirety to Japan, but the properties and rights of Russian sul-jscts are to be safeguarded and respected. Articlo 5. The governments of Russia and Japan engage themselves reciprocally not to put any obstacles to the general measures (which shall be alike for all nations,) that China may tak3 for the development of the commerce and industry of Manchuria. Article 0. The Manohurian railway shall be operated jjintly between Russia and Japan. Tne branch lines shall be employed only for commercial and Industrial purposes. In view of Russia keeping her branch line with I all rights acquired by her convention with Uhlna fur tlie cunstructiou of that railway. Japan acquires the mines in connection with such branch line which falls to her; however, the rights of private parties or private enterprises are to be respected. Roth parties to this treaty remain absolutely free to undertake what they deem lit on expropria'ed ground. Article 7. Russia and Japan engage themselves to make a gjiiJune tlon of the two branch lines which they own st Kouang Tcheng. Article 8. It is agreed-that the branch lines of the Manohurian railway shall be worked with a view to assure commercial tratlic between them without obstruction. Article 9. Russia cedes to Japan the southern part of Sakhalin Inland as far north as the fiftieth degree of north latitude, together with the islands depending thereon. The right of free navigation is assured in the Rays of La Re rouse and Tar tare. Article 10. This article recites the situation of Russian subjects of the southern part of Sakhalin Island and stipulates that the Russian colonists there shall ba free and shall have the right to remain without changing their nationality. Pereontra, the Japanese government shall have the right to force Russian convicts to leave the territory which Is oeded to her. Article 11. Russia engages herself to Japanese subjects the right to fish In the Russian territorial waters of the sea of Japan, sea of Okhotsk and Behrlng sea. Article 12. The two high contracting parties engage themselves to renew the commercial treaty existing between the two governments prior to the war In all Its vigor with sliurht modifications in details and with a most favored nation clause. Article 13. Russia and Japan reciprocally engage to restitute their prisoners of war on paying the real cost of keeping the same, such claim for cost to be supported by documents. Article 14. This peace treaty shall be drawn up In two languages, French and English, the French text being evidence for the Russians and the English text for the Japanese. In case of a difficulty of interpretation the French dcchment is to be the final evidence. Article 15. Ratification of this treaty shall be countersigned by the soveroitrns of the two States within fifty day# after its signature. The French and American embassies shall be intermediaries between the Japanese and liu.xslan governments to announce by telegraph the the ratification of the treaty. Two additional articles are agreed to as follows: Article 1. The evacution of Manchuria by both armies shall be complete within eighteen months from the signing of the treaty, beginning with the retirement of the troops of the first line. At the expiration of eighteen months the two parties will only bo able to leave as guards for the railway fifteen soldiers per Kilometer. Article 2. The boundary which limits the parts owned respectively by Russia and Japan in Sakhalin Island shall be definitely marked off on the spot by a special llmitographlc commission. Fired at Crowd. Enraged becffusa none of the young women In a dancing pavilion at South Bech, St&ten Island, would dance with him, but preferred the soldiers from Fort Wad ?worth, an unknown I Tf.lU.. ? .. _ 11 1 ?IJi iuaiiAn uuuay unaiiouKeu any nuiuier in the pavilion to tight. One of the soldiers promptly accepted the challenge, and with the Italian, started to leave the hall, when the latter opened fire into the crowd of dancers. One bullet struck Edward Carson, of Staten Island, In the forehead, inflicting a wound whloh will cause death. Another man, was wounded in the thigh. The Italian escaped. Vessels Ashore. The steamship Aragon and the barge Saxon, being towed by the Aragon, both lumber laden, from Georgetown to New York, were caught in a severe storm Sunday night and the hawser became entangled in the steamer's propeller. This left the Aragon and thf Saxon helpless and both vessels were driven hard ashore Wednesday night on the Virginia coast, two miles south of False Cape. It Is reported that the barge Saxon was floating, but the steamer Aragon is still hard aboard the Aragon. JAPS ARK MAD. They do not Like the Terms of the Peace Treaty. ItceolutiooH Adopted at Largo Mash Meeting Demanding tlie Got* erniuoni's ltcaignatlnn. A dispatch from Tokio, Japan says rioting broke out here Tuesday night in connection with the di^satisfaction over the results of the peace settlement. There were several clashes with the police and it is estimated that two were killed and 500 wound el. Tae rioting ceased at midnight. Police stations were the only property destroyed. The tirst turbulence attendant on the popu ar ar gcr over the terms of peace arrai god with Itusvi i to; k place Sept. 6 A mass meeting to protest against the > ction of the govern rent was called to take place at ll'biya park, but the metropolitan police ciosea uie gates ai;(l atiempun to ; prevent the assemblage or the peop'e. ; Tne municipality protested a^aintt the action of the police ana finally ( the K^tes were thrown open and a ] large crowd gathered and voted in | favor of resolutions declaring the nation humiliated, and denouncing the terms upon which the treaty of peace was arranged The crowd was serious in its condic?, rather than angry, and the police handled it discreetly. The KatherhiK eventually dispersed in an orderly manner. Later on, however, a crowd attempted to hold a meeting in the Shlntouii theatre and the police dispersed it. A ' portion of the crowd then proceeded to the oillce of The Kokumin Shinbun, the government organ, and beKan ho )ting. Taree employes of the paper armed with swords appeared at the 1 door of the building and checke:! the. attack and the police again dispersed the crowd. It was thought that the trouble had passed when suddenly a portion of the crowd made a rush at the building hurled stones and damaKed some of the machinery. Several persons wore injured during the attack, but the police eventually cleared the streets of the crowd and 1 arrested a number of the rioters. The riianrMar Ik nr?t. i/onprnl and hh? Rlt.ua. Lion is not serious. Similar meetings have been held at Osaka and Nagoya, which in round terms denounced the government and asked them to resign. Under a vigorous defense by the conservative journals supporting the : government and a fuller and better appreciation of the situation con- 1 fronting the country, public sentiment is showing some evidence of re- 1 action. The argument that it is impossible for Japan to continue the 1 bloody war merely for the purpose of securing indemnity is proviug eiTeo- 1 tive in allaying dissatisfaction. It is 1 believed that when the government is free to explain fully the conditions of the settlement and the logic apper- 1 taining to them, the reaction of sentiment will largely increase. The entire nation is keenly disap pointed at the outcome. Nowhere throughout the empire has there been a step taken toward the celebration ! of the conclusion of peace. The radl- 1 cals continue their campaign against the government, doraaniing the punishment of those responsible for the compromise. The forthcoming diet is certain to be turbulent and it is 1 predicted that the ICatsura govern- 1 moot will be forced from office. The declines in the market and the unsatisfactory crop conditions, coupled naturally with the heavy obligations 1 of the government, have created a fear In son.e quarters that a financial depression and unsatisfactory business conditions are impending A promlnet banker said to the As- 1 sedated Press correspondent that the ' Tokyo exchange was an inaccurate barometer of real conditions, as lately 1 the exchange transactions have been largely speculative. The August settlement was the largest in the history of the exchange. Tne recent decline he said, was the result of conditions within the exchange, and not correct , reflection of general conditions. A dispatch from T -kio says serious rioting followed an attack on the office of The Kokumln Shimbun, a government organ. The mob attaoked and burned the official residence of the minister of home affairs. Threatening demonstrations occurred In the neighborhood of the official homes of Premier Katsura and Baron Komura, the foreign minister, who is now in the United States, but the po- j lice succeeded in preventing injury to the occupants or damage to the houses. The situation is threatening. During the rioting on Tuesday night fifteen small doHo.p. station*! and two large ones were destroyed. After midnight another attempt was made against The Kokumln Shimbun c flic-is, but the police dispersed the attacks, killing one of the assailants. It is olaimed that the turbulence resulted from the indiscreet closing of Hlbya park, and the denial of the ( right to publloly meet. It is estimated that two are dead and 500 wounded, among whom are 200 polloemen. E. H. Barrlman, president of the Southern Pacific railroad, has been threatened and Marquis Ito, president of the privy council, has been stoned by mobs. Neither was Injured. The Harrlman party had an exciting experience Wednesday night while attending and returning from a dinner given by Baron Sone, minister of finance. Dr. Lyleand J. C. McKulght were caught In a crowd on the way to the dinner and were stoned, Dr. Lyle being struck by a missile and slightly hurt. After the dinner was over a detachmeut of soldiers escorted the party to the legation. Crowds menacing the neighboring police kiosk tilled the space tu front of the American legation aud hooted and jeered the soldiers escorting the Harriman party, who with tixed bayonets, charged the crowd, cleared the street and guarded the legation throughout the night. The dinner planned for Wednesday night iu honor of the Harriman party will not take place owing to the disturbed conditions. A member of the mob which burned the home minister's residence said to the Associated Press: "We burned the boose for the purpose of attract Ing the attention of the Emperor. We. want him to refuse to ratify the treaty. We believe those surrounding him prevent him from correctly jnderstanilug the popular attitude toward the disgraceful, humiliating peace." Soldiers are guarding the foreign egatlons. Apparently the outbreak s not. doe to anti-foreign sentiment, rut the government is anxious to pre rent li.ju y to any of the legations or neml ers of the legations, foreigners, however, who*are caught by mob * ire ri uglily used. A mob burned and destroyed ten Christian churches and one mission rouse schoo' Wednesday night. The people were not Injured. A ROUGH VOYAGE rtio llrltlnh Steamer Tropic 1'utH Into Charleston Harbor. A dispatch from Charleston to The State says tiro British steamship Tropic, 2,340 tons, Capt. Barber, arrived in that port Wednesday alter a voyage that had lasted nearly three months and which was tl led with ex cltement. The second mate, purser ami 1 5 seamen arc missing* Sailing from Valparaiso, Chile, .Iunc 21, the Tropic met with lad weather at once and on June 28, while off l'atu and about 16 miles from C mstitucion the lookout reported "breakers ahead" and before the ship c< uld be got abeut she had gone hard Rgrmnd not over 200 yards from the beach. High seas were running and It was realiz;d that something must be done. The Recond mate, purser and 15 seamen put out in the ilrst life boat for Constitution but never returned. All night the seas dashed over the Tropic and the 20 men on board huddled in the cabins and momentarily expected the end. Morning brought hope in the sight of men on shore?but there seemed no way to got to the ship. No boat could live in the breakers and no swimmer could make the shore. A happy thought came to tiie captain and with a quickly made kite a cord was carried by the wind to shore, and next a line and then a hawser reached the land. Over this the mm went ashore. Still hoping that tugs or vessels might come from Constituclon the waited. When no help came and the storm abated somewhat, the vessel remain Ing in apparently unadamaged condition the crew retuened in hall boats and jettisoned about 200 tons of cargo, this no lighting her that she 11 ?ated at high tide and the iires being started, sailed for Talcahuano, where a naval court of Inquiry was held and captain and crew exonerated. Toe report of the court was signed by the British consul at Talcahuano and others and was ample In praises of the pluck and energy of the master and crew, while expressing regret at the loss of the 17 men. The grounding is accredited to a deviation of the ship's compasses and the pre\alence of a strong Jme^ current oiT Putu. in latitude 35.00 south and longitude 72 20 west. Too Tropic was 28 days overdue and a cable from Valparaiso to the m ari time register, dated June 29, said that 9he would he a total wreck; a later cable from London told that she wa.i II >ated. Captain and crew show evidences of the train and were glad to reach port for fresh food and rest. Crunlied by a Car. In New York in attempting to indict punishment on a raotorman Tuesday night an angry crowd in Clinton street caused the death of a little girl, who otherwise would have esoap ed with few slight bruises. In the ribs that followed several persons were badly hurt and police reserves had a hard fight to disperse the mob. The victim of the accident was Anna Schrinshock, two years old. With her father and another man, she was being led across the street when a crowded northbound oar rolled the girl under the feDdor, where she lay crying, but apparently uninjured, he fore the motorman could step from the platform and lift the fender, the crowd made a rush for him and In the scramble he was forced against the controller, turning It around and putting a full current on. Instantly the oar shot forward a distance of two hundred feet and the child's body was ground to pieces. The sight of the mangled boly added fury to the mob. and the motorman wan drat/i/Art from the car and nearly beaten to death. Typhoid Kpldemlc. Nantilake, a suburb of Wilkesbarre, Pa., 1b in the throes of a typhoid fever epidemic. It is olalmert there are now over a hundred cases. At a meeting of the school board Tuesday it was decided to close the schools In definitely. Dr. Dodson, county coroner, said he feared the school houses will have to be used as hospitals. Three deaths have been reported today. riandbills have been posted advising citizens as to sanitary precautions and to boil water for drinking purposes. 'will war again. Dr. Seaman Thinks the Peace Treaty is Put a Truce. i CHINA. TO TAKE PART | The Wonderful Awakening of the Ancient Empire, (ireat Armies Being Raised 1 1 and Drilled by European In- I i structors. Power of the < i Japanese Surgeon. There has been added to Mark Twain's another dlaordant note In the chorus of praise of the peace of Portsmouth, says The New York Sun. It has been sounded by l)r. Louis L Seaman, who has Just got homo from a visit to Manchuria, where he saw ( both the Japanese a? d Russian armies ( at the front. He had something to say Wednesday at his home, Twenty- ( eighth street and Fifth avenue, not only a out peace, hut of the awaken ing and modernizing of the Chiuese empire. " The so called peace of Ports mcir.n," said i)r. Seaman, "will, In my opinion, ccnn to be regarded as one of the great mistakes of the century. That which is called peace will be, In my opioiori, only a prolonged armistice. I have been fairly neir the tiring line of both the Japanese and Russian armies and 1 believe 1 ( know something of the temper of the men who have fought this war. 1 know something of the spirit of the house of Romanoff, of ItH nobles and the Russian people. I have a more , intimate acquaintance with the temper of tiie people of Japan, and I tell you that tl e so called peace of Portsmouth is welcomed neither lu St. Petersburg nor Toklo. "There are several good reasons why the peace treaty which Is now being written can only be a prolonged armistice. In the iirst place, Russia ?sue is stlil one of bho great nations of the earth?will never consent to be bottled up and will never be satisiied until she has regained the piostigo and the territory which she has lost in this war. "Furthermore, and I fear it is not generally known to my countrymen, R issia Is a most fertile territory. Acre on acre and mile on mile of the soli of the empire needs only to 1)3 tickled iu order to bring forth rion harvests. With the lilack sea oios- d and an uncertain way through the Dardanelles to the sea and with only a poor water way to the Raitic, Russia must have an outlot for her commerce of tire future. She will go where she cau or where she may. She will tiud her way to the Persian gulf and if necessary, through China and over the battlefields which she has so recently lost and upon whioh she has left her dead. The great empire by the frozen sea will not stand still. "And while the Russians are get^ ~ ~ W-... J.. A.l.~ T imjtf lonuy tuu Japanese win grow ( more end more restive. Do you sup pose Neil's veterans, the men who , followed wlierever ()^u led or the soldiers of the splendid army of the masterful Kurokl can forget, for Instance, , that they won by their valor ail of j Sakhalin Island only to have their < Emperor, the elder statesmen and the , plenipotentiaries of p ace give half of , it back to the Russians whom they thrashed? I) > you suppose that the men who fought with Togo will forget that the battleships which only escaped the merciless lire of their guns in a fog and found shelter in the harbor of Manila have been giv?-n back under the terms of peace to the Russians? The big white soldiers of R is- { sla and the little brown men of Japan will come together again and the roll of the war drums will be heard in the Eist. Then will be fought to a finish that last iinal battle for supremacy , , which, for the good of mankind an the welfare of Russia and Japan, should have been fought now by the armies of Oyama and Llnevitch in Northern Manchuria. "Rut however that may be, both the belligerents and the world in gpner&l are reckoning today in the East without China. Some day, and it is not far distant, China, with its militant millions, will be the power in the ; Orient. Wo can no longer speak of | t.iiA vniiainr? f pa*y\ q1aa?n /- # * ' vnv m.vjudiuk uvui uuc oiccp hi ui China. She has already awakened, and yet the world knows little of It. On my trip home I met I)r. Ton#, who has been sent by the Chinese government to negotiate a new treaty with the United States. 1 talked to him of his country ai d his people, and even I, who know something ui China (I have been there nine tunes) was amazed at the story he told. So p.raazed, in fact, was I a ked him to reduce to writing and in the form of a letter to me the huostanoa of what he tad said. "Here Is the letter. laithespa&ks of the co*'1 .1 relations that have al ways exit ted t)?tweon China and the Unit-d hwatos, and reminds me that the Chinese pcop'o, from the days of Confucius, have been a people of peace, who have been taugnb, moie ohau anything else, to revere the works and the spirits of their ancestors. A Chinaman who dies leaving no son is regarded as a l ist soul, because he leaves behind him no one to veuerate him. Yet there Is an old Chinese ada#e that It Is better for a man to leave no son than to leave a son who beoomes a soldier. | "In spite of this and in s^ite of the I thousands of years of tradition and the wall behind which they have lived Dr. Took writes to me that the diet has krone forth that a school for modern and Western education shall be established In every district in China; that there shall be a high school In every prefecture, and that there shall be a college or university In every province. The teachers in these Institutions shall be either Chinamen taught abroad or Americans or Europeans. "Hut that Is not all. From what Dr. Tong told me It looks very much as if China herself were preparing to take her part In the war* of the future. An army of 10,000 men Is to be raised by order of the Express in uach of the twenty-three provinces of the empire, and ihes? armies, also by imperial edict, are to bo officered and 1 rilled by Americans or Europeans, or by Obinam:-n. who have learned thoroughly as the .1 ipinrse have learned, the best methods of the armies of the Western world. "These things Dr. T r\g told me, but It was not all, and in my opinion not the most interesting. of all that he said. You remember that following the Boxer rebellion in China the United States ? xiotid from the Chin8:>e government an Indemnity of $0,000,000. It has been proposed that we should return this Indemnity to China. Dr. Tcmg spoke of this proposition and amazsd me by saying that China would appreciate it if the ITlt'inrl S t n t nd rll.l unnh .? ^ >" V VVV4 kiUI u\ CI \ I I * I C1UUI 1 (V 11 I 1 II V JU the contrary, he said, the thing which China would llko best would be for the United Slates to Invest that twenty ml'll< 11 of dollars In Its own government bonds and with the locomo provide scholarships at various t\ trie Iran colleges rtr*d universities for the free education of Chinese students who in the years that are to c >me shall be the scl Hers and statesmen and trad smcnof China. "If th? Kl iwery Kiogd tm Isn't already sitting up and taking notice, then I don't know what a real wide awake one is." Dr. Stamen wns asked about the methods of the medical corps of the creates: and host of any army In the world- Toe history of the world's wars show* that practically live soldiers have dltd of preventable disease whore one has died from bullets. In the war of the rebellion about b02,000 lives were lost, and of this number 102 000 were killed on the tiring line or died from the results of wounds, balance died from disease, most cases of which could have been prevented with proper care. "The surgeons of the Jaginese army received somethlr g more than a half million well men. The medical men directed their entire attention lifter the war began to keeping that army well. To accomplish tills the army surgeons did that which had never before been heard of In any war :>f the world. They went forward with the first screen of scou&s thrown >ut. Tney were away In advance of the main army. With lightning-like rapidity they examined every well and jvery stream of water over which the army would travel. Over one well oney would place a placard with this legend: "Tills water must not b? irunk except after boiling." Over mother well they would place anoth3r placard which read: ''This water must not be used for any purpose except for bathing." "Except in battle the surgeon in the Jspanese ariuy Is the great mogul. Ills orders are ooeyed implicitly, and when a Japanese soldier is warned not to drink this or not to drink that lie would no more think of disregarding the mandate of the army surgeon than he would think of disregarding the command of his general-ln-cliief. "The result was that the men who won the v emeries for Japan were as well nigh physically perfect as it was possible for men to be. It had to bo *0. llad iho death rates in other wars prevailed iu lids one the Japanese army would have been wiped out. Therefore in tiie main, preventable disease was prevented, and the soldiers of Japan were not murdered in the cause of war." i>lUHt Not KIhh. A Dmver dispatch to the Wasting P?st says: Private J. F. Merrltt, Company F, Second Infantry, Is spending thirty days in the guard house for kissing his sweetheart on the military reservation at Fort Logan. Miss Daisy Hilton is the klssee. The two were standing on the lawn near tho otlicial quarters, when Lieut. Samuel Ucrron, otlicerof the dav. saw them kiss. "If you do that again I'll have you court martlaled," lie declared. "I'll go you," retorted the private, at the aame time panting another kits on Misa Hilton's lips. Lieut. Ilerron not only arrested him, but preferred oharges, and at a summary Ocurt martial Marrltt pleaded guilty. "Have you any thing to say?" asked the court. "Only that," replied Merritt, "I think Lieut. Iltrron was kind of sweet on the girl himself and he wants me out of the way." An Awfat Kn(l. Kathcrlno Sullivan, daughter of wealthy parents residents of Tol6do, O , was found burned to death early Wednesday morning. From the condition of the rcom it is supposed mat oil was thrown upon her while she slept, and that the fiend who had caused to get her out of his way, set fire to the bed clothes and il jd. The girl was at one time a society belle. She took up a life that caused her family to cast her off. The man supposed to have been the oause of her downfall, and, also, of setting fire to her bed clothes, has been arrested and held to await the aotlon of the ooroner's jury.