Li BOR AT TAR TUB

THE STEEL TRDST.

Auxlitloa Marc Matters Well ia HaaH and Strike Now in Ml Swiag. MANY THOUSAND MEN AFFECTED. Failure •! tb« Officials of Ik* Coapaaits aa4 the Officers of Ibe Aaaltsaatrt Assoclstloo is Beack aa Af reeaesi After Masy Coster-toce»"S«»esly-flrt Tkoasaad Mas DtrecTy a as TboonoSi More iaSlrecfty AffecleA Fully half a million men. women and children are affected by the atrike* now in profreiv Over 19.000 akiDed «eelworker* and 74 000 or more men in all are idle a» the r.-suit of the Amalgamated Xesoeiation’e strike, with indications that the number may reach 150.000 if the steel trust does not recognize the

union labor. •

The strike of the stationary firemen

ties up-nearly all the mines in the Wyoming Valley and throws 30,000 miners and other men out of work. Only about

900 of this number arc firemen. Then there is the strike of the Read- |

- - - - - — - , of!

SUMMARY OF THE NEWS. There is a growing suspicion in Philadelphia that, after all. the franchises so freely secured by the politicians for street railways have or will be turned over to the Traction Company, which will give it supreme control of all streets for railways in that city. Rain fell in parts of Kansas, Misonri, Iowa. Nebraska and Arkansas. Cotton is still suffering, however, in Texas. It was hot in many parts of the West and some damage by lightning was report* W. J. Braun, of Rochester. Nl Y„ confessed that be was a forger and received a sentence of two years in the

penitentiary.

It wss very hot in New England, even in Maine. People were prustrated and some factories were forced to close.

At Vinton. Ohio, a pay train and freight collided, and Fireman S. ' cia was killed. Three men wi

ed.

P. 1

hville. was dre

. ide river, near Eagle Pass. T x The wile ol ex-Ssate Senator Wm. i Little, of Fredericksburg. Va. has »

Sc*

wound-

THE BILLET HIT THE VR0N6 HAN. Aid Ocrmaay Dtnands an ladeaaity Fro* Uncle Sum.' AMERICAN KNOCKED OUT BY GERMAN An Erls*t la Pckli That Mas OItm Cist to a Oslo fey Ibe Oeraian Qstcrsmcat Again! the Unit* Stales--O'nnaa OlHctr, tsrArt • Challtigc and knack* Dawn

the Sentry.

Washington (Special).—The last mail om the East brought a detailed n . iper account of ‘ “

Pekin which has

the shooting — _ resulted in a German

claim against the United States. The account, which appears in a Japanese newspaper, states that an American sentry had been posted at the western ex-

Grand, n.ar. n„r Earf, P..., Tanan Tha. pann. ^ ^ ^ W;

barricade had been put up and Major Robertson had posted a sentry on the

Then there is the strike of the Rcac ing Railroad shopmen. The strikes c stationary firemen in Chicago and ses

:t!e. of Fredericksburg, ed a divorce from him.

The Standard Table Oilcloth Company was organized at N$w York with

a capital of $10,000,000. The body of Leo Bodit port. Pa., was fou

Murd •

Leo Bodish, of Willisms1 found near Marysville.

, j sentry to warn persons not to ride < made road, pedestrians onl, ._

rd to traverse it A German officer

rwly made road, pedestri lowed to traverse it. A me riding along, knocked <

the sentry and the barricade, a ed across the forbidden route.

Steel Trait t.

. York <

affected by the struggle. San Francsieo has accepted Andrew | - <]->* J ,l . .u,

; Ca^e^-s gif, of $fsofiootor a library

building. ( L j imprisonment and fined a month’s pay.

My for hining the wrong man.”

and gallop-

The sen-

shot bul-

1 (Special).—F,

ber of the firm of J. P. Me

the sponsors for the United States Steel 1 P°PCcrporation. a statement was obtained of ! _

the company's view of the pre strike and the policy it entertai

strike question.

The statement is absolut

taWe'l

ridding atti

potation and the t

conflict with the Amalgamat

mis Thomas, a negro, was lynched Girard, La., for stealing a bottle of

fd of The 4500 employees of the National steel Tube Company at McKeesport were on the IPren »n increase in wages of 10 per

, cent The men in these mills are not

t. ..a r-i..-,.

live. It is notable because i the .unyielding attitude of

itdy authoriu- j prgymjHsd. It s : it makes dear ' •*»«*. Ohio

' Mg cor- ' *0

are

reported in Clt ihio. that the steel strike is

effort of the Caroei

ri

■'Tilings

this infore

nature of the Company ,0 run its pU tated Associa- haI1 non-union for this year, am

; make all the mills non-union.

Evidence was introduced in Parkers-

for

bitter end. poration ai

have taken . . cede one step from-tlwir position. "■^e policy of the United States Steel

I its subsidiary

a stand, and they will rp from-tfacir position.

I Elifv

take issue with the labor union and the question will be fought ,0 a ILush. "Should the men gain the pain

which they succeed in <

tird party

. ... Paducah, Ky.. she drank whisky and gambled. | Philadelphia politicians are protesting : against the contractor for the new filter beds employing colored labor from jhc icinity of Baltimore and Alexandria, .r. . j— .«— e jyj plenty of men in

10 want jobs.

IU accrue ' " c,r « cmen in th* Reading Railroad iv simnl • l ^°P 5 continue on strike, their number burinrs* I ‘ ncreas ' n *' notwithstanding the state-

£&,t:

companys

. Jl be paid as well as the shopmen

: on other roads.

prosecution

iving. and shoultL ending the system they aim ; to establish in the steel trade into other j industries, it would upset the entire bust- 1 ness condition of the country. With the j knowledge of that fad. we are unable even ,0 consider the idea of the conces-

sion they ask.

"We have broken off negotiations with the representatives of the Amalgamated Association because of their impossible request, and there fa no occasion now for r conference with them. S*

nfcrence would be fruitless at pres rat. Any advances with a view to c. il inc the strike must come from the men. and they must be prepared ,0 recall the demand of the right to dictate our policy in non-union nulls. They know ocr position and we shall stick to it."

lutional Convention, proposition to allow the

to appeal in criminal cases.

Mabel Strong, who ran away from Gevcland ,0 New York with Charles

Wild, - -

p:t..l fclerl’

ro«g

mail reports se Stale De-

was solely humanity

■umber I.. .... ... Seed. These reports show that a more sober and painstaking inquiry has developed the fact that »->mc of the Chie officials supposed to have been con-

STOCK MARKET DCMORAUZEDi SM Stocks (to Dm WM s to* at (be

New York (Special).—Moaday the stock market was wild and demoralized as a result of the declaration of a strike in the mills of three of the subsidiary companies of the United States Steel Corporation. Coming on too of this was the fact of the unrelieved drouth in the

corn belt

The opening rush to sell was urgent and made wide openings on a descending scale in the United States Steel stocks. Twenty thousand shares of the common had to be taken simultaneously at the opening at 38 to 37! L compared with 41!^ on Saturday, and 800c shares of the preferred carried the price down from 91)^ on Saturday ,0 87!d and 86!4. Owing to the vigorous support of insiders, these were the low prices on the slump, and both slocks rallied feverishly, the preferred several

points.

In the railroad list the Grangers and Pacifies were most acutely affected, as for some time past. Union Pacific leading with a drop of 5 points. There were leases between 4 and 5 points in St. Paul. Atchison common and preferred. Texas and Pacific and Missouri Paafic. In Pennsylvania. New York Centra]. Balti- ’ Ohio. Erie, Rock Island. "rntral prefer- . ind Sugar there were losses of 3 or over. Lackswana fell and Colorado Fuel 4Vi The violence of the decline invited some buying from bargain hunters, and insiders offered support by buying, but huge blocks had to be taken in continuous strings, individual transactions running to sooo shares. Nevertheless then were rallies of 1 to a points in the general list and of 2)4 in United States Steel preferred. This seemed 10 check the fright and somewhat lightened the load of offerings, but prices kept yield-

■presumably for hining tl It is now apparent fro... which have jus, reached the partment from China that i, through the moderation and

exercised by the United States repre-

of mn^rat.I'raj-rr..;™ ta ,„. ^ j.

in the afternoon there was a gene rally, and the closing showed prices n

LORD ROSEBERY TO THE LIBERALS.

UVE NATIONAL AFFAIRS. Eztorts R— toto ■fin

AH former records arc surpassed by he statistics of the foreign commerce of

the Party *

M.”

A preli 1 Bure;

k to a c! ninary s

the fit on June

t jo.

eparrd by

nary statement prep .

i the Bureau of Statistics in the Trcaa-

A MANIFESTO BY THE EX-PREMIER. “O’ Department .hows tha, the combined value of imports and exports for the

1 fiscal year amounted to $a.3to^i3/>77. it Sa.344.4a4.366 for the year rad-

Tbe News Regards La* Reaebery as -Sta*lag OirtaWt the Viaeya* a* Tbrewlag Sleets at the Werkers’-Tbe Paper Defiers the Letter as -A Deliberate a* Mlscblcroas

Effort to Preveat Realise."

■gainst ing June 30. 1900. the largest" previous record. ' The imports for the year amounted to $822,756,533. a decrease of $27,184,651 in comparison with the imports for the previous year. The exports amounted to $1487.656.544. an int of $93,173,462 in comparison with •evious year, making the balance of

a letter to had invite.

deliver an address, ly desire ,b re-ent«

, 1 out “under the r« charter" agreed upon by Lil

members oi the House of Contis of “hearty and undisputed alle-

. — ,— _ „vor of . States $664.900,0,,. or an increz

$tao.358.,,j over the balance of trade for the previous year. In addition to this : r** •here was an excess of $17.901.139 in the Lib- value of silver bullion exported over the

alue of that metal ini

'thigandir

The Liberal party can become a pow - , tha, metal er, he continues, only when H shall means that tl have made up its mind on the^’ imperial between this

mons oi "hearty and undii.

giance ,0 the leader and complete liber-

oi action to dissent with regard t'>

tal ques Liberal

l imported.

Notwithstanding this large balance of rade in favor of the United States the

luring the y

ide up its n

questions which are

bodied in the

id on i it this

I penal between M cm- world 1

was largely A certain an

imports of gold

. .— year exceeded the exports of metal by but $11.342432- This the immense balance.of trade

try and the rest of the dy settled ly other amount of gold is carAmerican tourists and

ptre nas rained to tne war, ne ois- returning Europeans, bu, as most of cusses the attitude oi the Liberal party these carry letters of credit this amount "What is the attitude of the Liberal ! is relatively small. A large part of the party?" he asked. “Neutrality and an ! balance goes ,0 pay freight bills on open mind? Now. I contend that this American exports carried in foreign is an impossible attitude and spells itn- steamers, and some of it to pay interest potencc. No party can exist on such and dividends on American securities conditions." He declares that the dif- held abroad. The small imports of gold fereoce would not cease to operate when | in the face of a large balance of trade the war is over, because "statesmen who during the past year, however, is princidisassociate themselves from the nation pally due to the fact that the American in a great national Question, inch as she capitalists are now allowing mnch of , in which we all strive to suffer ,0- their money to remain in Europe for in-

gether, disassociate the longer than they think.” xT : ders that the

ith the I inishmrai

severance is a

id incurable aa- | tagonism of principle with regard to the ! empire at Urge and our consequent policy.” As there is this “hones, anel irI reconcilable difference of opinion 1

considers that t _ . .

"sincere, fundamental and it

“ iplc w ith r

nected with the Boxer outrages, whose

was demanded by the.

linistrrs, have

posed at fi tires in Pe

nearly so grave

firs, by the foreign icpresrat

proof ises with charged

sup-

ORAHAM AGAIN GOES DOWN THE RAPIDS Fifth SbcccssIhI Vayage la tits Barrel Thraagh

Niagara Falls. N. Y. (Spedal).— About 3000 persons saw Charlie D. Graham make his fifth successful voyage through the whirlpool rapids in a barrel Sunday afternoon. The barrel is of locus, wood, oval shaped, exe - - - . has a flat head; it is about r le * ; 19 inches in diameter at the 1 n ; j inches a, the head. With its

icept that

is about 5 feet long. ’ loot, and 36

tmal reve-

laneous. $3,645.warrboute. and bond

' itemal revenue

THIEVES OEM. OUT MEgUTES. I rvconnlaMc ol oo.o,o. on Uvn smntoi I. CO.wl. . t"'* 1 ”"' °< imporanco." bn

EUE^EU. S*. . 0~ -i

Glenwood Springs. Col. (Special).— touch. “It is a matter of sorrow and The thoroughly organized gang of pick- 1 anxiety.” he says, "to see a weak govpockets operating at Colorado Springs is | ernmrat faced by a weaker opposition responsible for a party of about twenty I at a juncture of foreign hostility and inEpwortft Leaguers becoming stranded | temational competition which needs all here. Men and women alike have been | the vigilance, power and ability at ottr

robbed, not only of every cent they had I command.”

with them, but of railroad tickets as well. | He believes that Great Britain is at a and unless the railroads will issue tickets ; crisis which may have unlimited effects back home on their proof of havin$_pur- , upon hi future. - j involved.

FTC eahk ■» .um. - »m-,,. m

to ask aid froen the county authorities. I * , . . , . 1 , T° ntaintair the political balance of In at least ten cases thieves even se-! ^ « l “» lr Nli*tr»tos~5*»e the American representation on The cured thfcir victim!' trunks on stolen bag- * Then SbsUIs Marks. ; Hague Arbitration Commission the •*" s *• ““h’s'i4lT£!rLs!'E;smt'dlfrSpzssi

have of tn

gov err

gone fc

trade.

n in Europe for in-

vestment. and the sales of bonds by foreign governments in the ” *

e balance

Mcrz Access,». Bert Uss Cask.

, The annual report of the auditor for the Treasury Department shows tha,

during the year 392330 1

efebt division. $640,983,654 nne, $263482.054: miscella 530.141: customs, wareho accounts. $193^25.331; mten

stamp accounts. $798,960,836. As pared with the previous year, the of the office snows an increase of 2.912 in the number of accounts settled, and a

$321,684,744 in the amount

tional charge caded guilty.

,t ffie^dcpot in Colorado^ Springs.

: bn,1 « e 1oT • < l narttr P 1 * n . . b ° nr - ,^ e I conunue their journey west,

stronger current in the middle of the

I stream finally jerked it out of the eddy (

| mto the foaming waters of * u ~ —

f the rapids. I bridge the

calwdMnLtion n L 0 piriI , & firin 0l 'a ' on^'r"^? second nistol in the air ck>;e to the carriage*of ‘ dalKd toVeces^insTt^ stone aim? M Baudin. minister of public we>rks. m «ts oi the bridge. The passage who was driving to the Elysee Palace, through the rapids was swift. She rtiought the minister of foreign af- j j, took ,he barrel five minutes to reach

'' - from the starting jwint

: whom she the eddy fr

-Will U* U..w Sam Sttd O-rpofa- S!SSUS*?ZZ/S

sa^air * —" “■.*7.. *.■>*•«• ^

Sir John Gordon Sprigg. dress to the Vigilance Commit Town, said that in the sei South Africa a period of tn

would be followed by crown colony government. and that federation must noi

starting point and 20

Town, said tha, in — -ei ... . . -

rirt-

Aa Asysrs Goat Stock Fans

Baltimore (Special).—Secretary Badenhoop, of the State Bureau of Immigration. announced that the National

Angora Goa, and Cattle Company had aconnt 0 I ill health l compleud > a«l .«*cr,b« ft | „ b,bi.bm™T

tablish an angora /stock fann. The j b y taking poison. They were disap-

t-ommittee atcape distance of about a mile, t crotvn colony gov- uken from the water after it

be hurried.

M. Jules Guerin, sentenced by the French Senate to ten years' confinc4 in a fort for conspiracy, has. on int of ill health, had his sentence

-Qpg I ~,r

ane James Sharp, president; GeoV F. | Charles Frohman will manage five Thompson. sccretKv. and Horace tlieatres in Lo„«jon next season and will

^ss3 H '

»° b l? r J2? 01 fi “!L ,n£0r * * C * U 10 The British Government sustained be shipped ter Maryland. . defeaJ in thf Houte o( in an u

New W«* Preservative.

Washington (Spesial). — The State Department has received from Commercial Agent Johnson, of Stpnbridge. a

report on the servative. He moved from t time it.is imp to render the impervious ,0 decay in salt 1

1 an ua-

portant matter, bu, which showed

t feeling of disconi

defej the*!

Gt Turkish customs, the amount embezzlements being $620x00.

The insurgent General Gebarro has surrendered in Albay province, in'the

Philippines.

ling of d

Great frauds have been discovered in Turkish customs, the amount cf jb*

igh the rapidi _it of. It was

taken from the water after it hid circled about in the whirlpool for a few minutes. Graham was slightly bruised about the elbows and knees, but he was

otherwise onhurt.

Pat Crowe ia Africa.

party, drafts on San Francisco banks ! tnjo ke. which appeared No pour from i ,n * a of national reputaand baggage checks, being stolen in the fvcry open window. The firemen were J J'”; Supreme Court will tw be .. -v. c unable to locate the blaze for some thir- i ‘^ h f r ,lrjl »,^P on The United Sutes

ty minutes and the greatest confusion ! f*™* a * * ^ °L sd !? ,on prevafled. A number of guests on the I h f. ,nd,cat,om <*o'« lower floor, succeeded in groping their ^ “J* Jon* d.stmguuhed memway down stairs in the smoke and es- | *** o{ ,b ‘' Sute judiciary. - raping with nothing but their night { t. CoasoIMate DeMrinr«t< clothes. Scores of others were rescued . ** ««ton».a,t

Iron, the _upper mnO ? «. when ttel^*

be consol 1of the Co-

t their journey west.

VOLCANO DESTROYS LIFE AND PROPERTY Over Sma Ha*r*. People Perish Darin

Aa Eratotot of KtoaC

advices give details of terrible de tior. and loss of life caused by the

lion of Klost Volcano, in northern ;

last month. Tevrrents of lava and hot mud flowed amid showe

Seven h,

J?r?. 1 redatbes

and stones. Seven hundred natives atyl

perished and

about a dozen Europeai scores of coffee estates were

For fifty miles around the volcano the

country is strewn with corpses. The European manager of a large es-

tate had a race tor life with the liva. Accompanied by his wife, two children and a nurse he attempted ,0 keep ahead of the flow of liquid fire, but the lava overtook the carriage and the nurse and

Joseph, Mo. (Special).—State children perished, the

r A. W. Brewster received a draft I b 7

50. sent to him by "Pat" Crowe ' ,rets . b >' ‘ b _i

South Africa, to pi

Senator for $250.

from Johannesburg, 5 an attoreny fee Croi

e roadside.

kidnapping Edward Ct

ith Al . . had been owing

. row-'-

-llcgl!

in Omaha of a young son of

':er. who paicl

Cudahy, the packer,

ransom of $25x03 in gold to

Several years ago Cro

boy. er at

mprerf

cubic foot.

Left $£MM0» to Schaai Ta*

Philadelt

, provisions

of train robbery. 1 dismissed, as the c

one.

Loose Eaf lac aid Express Collide.

Parkersburg. W. Va. (Special).—Two* •ersons were killed outright.^ one fatally

It,ion on the dens at 6.30

alley express, on the .ti to Pittsburg, was . ed by a loose engine

southbound, and both engines were almost demolished. The baggage car of

i At" a meeting of the trustees of the ! « he ° hi .° « Jt P r «* W "nashed ; Carnegie Educational Fund in Edtn-1 “l 1 considerably, but none of thrcoacbes ! burgh.a letter wa, read announcing that ■ tyrre da" 1 ***", and none of tht^traiti ;'*• the had signed the deed placing $10,000.- , ^ lhf trad: except the engines.

1 o r J 1 ™*. "at",*' B S ech ‘! Berlin editoKthat he will return to the j P- m , or t Tor n M«*and b ih^ r u«^ W Yf h ““'u St * teS S ^ ,embtr ’ b “‘ ^ , >' l - fr0 ® ,u. .. ^.1 . I . jepjndj up,,,, various conaidera- j

» P of*thPndu'of 'LoSs'EIkin' ’

1 — £ ™ sr* • u> • '

who wa, well known in financial and \ Ho railroad circles, admitted ,0 probate, | 0 r

here, the bulk of his large for

left in trust to create 9 iknefit of disabled femali

British

s that landing sites j

cable had been

;ted ,0 probate for the new Pacific cable had been se-! fion boat anchored . _ large fortune is 1 lected at Queensland. New Zealand.! River a, the foot of Market street, this a fund for the , Norfolk Island and Vancouver. j city, blew up with terrific force, killing Ue teachers who , The British captured Commandant I two boys and injuring a d * - L

t, two fatally. One r

Exptosioa aa aa Eicarslaa Boat

Sunbury, Pa. (Special).—An excuron boat anchored in the Susquehanna

... »— 0 f ifjrket ’ '

TW Fret oa Record.

Boston (Special).—A petition in bankruptcy Was filed by Stephen M. Marshall. secretary of the Tenth Congressional Republican Disfrie, Committee of 1898. The debts of the committee are shown ,0 amount to ahpi't $800. This is the first time since the establishment of the new bankruptcy law that a campaign committee's debts have found their way into a bankruptcy'court. Dyaaalte Ciecks a Fire. Enid. O. T. (Special).—Four blocks of business houses on the public square jsere destroyed in less than three hours I Sv a firs Thr water snnnfv was inaHr- 1

orce. k t( othei

no means of support. TTie testator but was a member of the board of cduca- men tion. The estate is valued at about $2.- ! R* — “0. The fund is to be ’ “ ' ~

of the city of Philadelphia. ; wounded. lays he opened the fire do

Stsrea MUUm Poxsds of Meat Destroyed. Wichita. - Kan. ( Special) .—Pi

g plan, of Jaeo

W ichita. -

stroked the packiftg ft Son* in this city. Four large ‘ ings were burned, together with 7x00.000 pounds of meat in proc

de-

>3 DoM : tmild-

I the latter pan of Jt j about $5x00x00.

; sr., ^

$650,000; insurance about $402,200 Four 7^ men were severely hurt by a falling wall. - Later estonate, place the loss at tlxo.'-, 000. Employees numbering 350 are thrown Oyt of work, but it said the plant Will be rebuilt at once. Spontaneous combustion is supposed to hive started

officials of the Chicago. MilwauSt Paul Railroad Company are opinion that earning* will continue

The stockholders of the Colorado Fuel -.id Iron •Company voted to increase the capful stock of the company from $25,-

000X00 to $40,000X00.

boys killed and injured v a nearby wharf when the urred. The engineer wai

— -her persons, two fatally. One man is missing

have been killed alia All of injured were fishi

S]jy£j8Kt sr,™ s

. U hen he jn

fire door.

AH Ki*s #f Birds’ Eggs. NewYork (Specul).—Ex-Senmtor John Lewis Childs, ol Floral Park. L. I.. purchased of Miss Jeap Bell, of Philadelphia, a collection of North American bird eggs end nests said to conuin at least one specimen of every kind of egg known. Miss Bell has spent 38 years in gslhering range fro is valued at $,800.-to — .. «•„ humming bird. The collection cost $25x00 in actual cash outlay for Mr. Childs will add the collechis own, which is very large.

over egg,, tion to

New Device tor Torpc* Beats.

rom the upper windows'^riierT^e * . recommenda panic-stricken guests shrieked for sue- i daU. cornmanding the Department

10 i °'" p " 1 5 sr&

n—v_ —irters at Vancouver.

■roved and the con-

their knowl-1 * , “ 1 ** KC plart in September,

edge all the guests and help have

jowl- I : been |

that

all the guests and help have been | o, r r n a. yilth BeigtaB. * C ^Te n interior of the hotel, which for ; . l . Th |. Bure A t, Forc, « n Commerce of many years has been the leading hostel- * b * Su:e Department made public a ry of Butte, is completely gated, and ‘ ° f . ,he vol “ me cnmM ‘ Com. Hugh L. Wilson, the lessee ofthe build- 0,cr °*l Regions for 190a which i, h “ >■>“ - •»«“ ss5 ca "i

cording ,0 Consul Winslow, a, Liege. Belgium is a manufacturing country, having exported •*« year some $350'.cooooo worth, and imported over $400.000.000 worth. Of the import.', rhe United Sutes contributed o\-er $56,000000 worth and received some $13 0:0000

worth of the exnorts.

KILLED BV A MANIAC

Meets a Tragic Fate WMte. a

Ptsttflgrr oa a Trt a.

Rawlings, Wyo. (Special).—A man

shot ,0 death tnr Ned

—...lings,

named Rogers was shot to death by Ned Hadley Copeland, on the Union Pacific train No. 6. Copeland was traveling from Stockton, Cal., to Council Bluffs, la.

point three miics east of

d into the car where

and at

When at a pc Warn sutler he walked

c began re. take

. Rogers was sitting ;

Washington (Special.)—Orders went shooting at him. saying: “There, t; forward from the Naval Bureau of Ord- j that." He shot three tunes, tfce bullets nance directing that all the torpedo boats entering Roger, breast and he died inin the Navy, built or building, shall be rtantly. Copeland was arrested and is

equipped with a new electrical device for now in jail here.

'ending the torpedoes on their journey j When asked what caused him to

through the water. By the new equip- Rogers, be said: "He had ment an officer in the pi lot-house can land Ihad ,0 <lo it." send the tubes overboard by the touch of | Copeland is undoul

a button.

Copeland ind. As ,1

Wafer conn Green River thcrities thei

J kill me hypnotized

- _ ibtedly out of bis the killing ,00k place in S>

Copeland nd turned

r to the au-

Slx Bathers Drew at 4

Savannah. Ga. (Special).—The Hebrew Gatnahl Hasad held its annual picnic at Daufuskic Beach. Between 3 and 4 o’clock in th* afternoon a number of the picnickers went into the ocean for a surf bath. A strong southeast wind was blowing and the tide was a, flood. Fifty yards off shore is a shoal and between the shoal and shore - sluice. The partj; was bathing 01

' '* :e«ioi

General Land

274J* Maairaeekrrs Registered.

Telegrams received by the Interior Department from Assistant Commis-

sioner Richards, of the C

Office, who is at F

the arrangetflents ft. report that eyerything is proceeding in an "orderly and expeditious manner." The total registrations Saturday, as offi- “** —* “ 1 both El

S3L

people were at El Reno Saturday ni

desiring registration.

istered nigjit

were at

registration^

Capital Jtows to GsamL

The

mission er

The records at Annapolis show that H^Wy Sffiith Craven was never a stu-

dent at the Naval Academy.

Lieutenant Colonel Wantanabo. Ja-

Washingtou,

mual report of Pension Comr Evans will show that oa, of -priation he has a surplus of

Lieutenant 1 pan’s military has arrived.

.attache at '

SJU1CC. 111C 11 HAS UsboaL but findin^tbe tide geiti ‘ concluded to i

the

ig rather

0 net

f to blow up to check the ^ . untied drouth everything burred rapidly. The total loss is estimated at more than $100,009.

Porto Rican Posttccster Arrest*

Washington (Special).—A cablegram eceived at the Postofficc Department San Juan announces the arrest on

1 of Ricardo Navarex Riv

from - -

July 10 of Ricardo Navarez Rivera, assistant postmaster at Mameyes, Porto Rico, for embezzling leu*— ——

valual

ID* Ut« Was a Fsflxrt.

Was a

._ Ind. I. Sellars,

re. and

once cam ■tion for 1

ididat*. lor

Sts a

the Democratic nomination for governor, killed himself in his law office by taking morphine. He left a letter saying his life was a failure, and that his debts were

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mg and a Out of 12

Pretoria (By Cable).—General Methuen had a successful engagement with

thuen lad a succet the Boer, July 6 » Transvaal colony,

killed and 47 captiuw. 1 nc doct* daringly attempted to raid a cattle ranch near here. They were driven off with lost, gun butts being used in the en-

counter.

ul engagement wi beast of Zee run,

“ tr Boers were

The Boer, dar-

Trski la

Sl Louis, Ma (Special).—A special dispatch ,0 the Globe-Democrat litnt

to the Globe-Democrat .

Cordova. Mexico, says: "A train the Vera Cruz and Pacific Railroad was attacked recently by a large force •>( armed men at Ttemi Blanca, a small nation. Seven men on the train were killed. Aa soon as news of the attack reached Cordova a force of Roraies was •rat to the scene and is non- in pursuit of the mob. The cause of the attack i, not known liere. It is said to have been made by men -who were formerly employed in the coostructioo of th: retd."

■ ___ived.

Colonel John S. Mo*by has been appointed a special agent of the General Land Office. He claims hi, present residence in California. He has been as-

signed to duty in Nebraska.

The Carnegie and the Bethlehem Steel Companies have notified the government that they will increase the capacity of their plants to meet the de-

mands of the government.

Secretary Root directed the War Department to accept the resignation of Capt. Putnam Bradlet Strong, who was

in an escapade in San Francisco.

Mail advices from Pekin show that the American representatives saved many innocent Chinamen who were suspected

Of.complicity in Boxer outi

The Secretary of the Trea dered twelve new ror for printing the seal

money.

Third Assistant Secretary of State Cridler is reported to be ill. The President made a number of navy

appointments.

A statement by the Treasury Bureau of Statistics shows a large increase in me excess of exports over Imports during the fiscal year that closed June t. The Sute Department is advised that .

foe prevailing at the dif1 Egypt is of.a virulent

treasury ha, ottered twelve new rotary Hoe presses “ - ~**•" * government

ferertt towns '^{jorernor Al that he would reference to had seen the

Hen. oi Porto Rico, taid not take any action with — 1 —’ ; ~a until after h»

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