PORTO RICO SIUGGLINC

TVQrttdJoo Will Oo on With InvestifiUoB. JUDGE HOLT CAUSES A SENSATION.

The DUtrtet Atl»ro«r. It «* St»le4. H«4 Rf ceivc4 loilruelloot Fro* WoUtaltoo No. lo Prcoeoi iBtormotioa to J»r> at Th s Tern — "Prct Meat ol United Statea Coold Pardoo. bat He CoaM No! laterfm."

San Juan. Porto Rico (Special

investigating the

isos in which

ial ).—

The grand jiir>called smuggling i

ned Si

of ihc I'mfcd ’State* Navy and othei prominent men are involved, notw.ith standing the instructions which, it i‘ stated, nistrict Attorney Pettingill ha 1 received from the Department of Justice at Washington not to present information to the grand jury this term. The press and the native* have practically dc manded an investigation, inasmuch as last term a native merchant name*! Ricardo Amado was sentenced to a

and a fine of $500 for having contraban

sr

r in his possession. » rsday afternoon the grand into court and asked for mft

r*i.

iwledge t have oct

certain cases of smuggling have t red We have asked the district nev abort the matter, and he refut

nev abort the matter, and he refused to firing it up. alleging that_ he had received certain instructions. We now ask th^ iudgr if we have a right to information ' : -r of the district attorney's refupl

in spite of the district attorney s refusal. Judge Holt had prepared a writtei charge, the reading of which caused :

sensation. He s-'id in part:

"When von we'e empaneled at the beginning of the term you swore that you would make diligent inquiry into, and a true presentment of. such matters given to you. or which might otherwise comp to your knowledge, touching violations of the statutes of the I'nited States, and

reward, cr thjough hone thereof, ^ou could not if von desired- escape Jrom the

ipe fr

oath by heeding the

The honored

”>oS'

SSEToi'iinSS-

it. but he could not interfere. If

_t:— —-one had giv*"

Presidcnl

pardon, but he

7ou believe that anyone had given instructions tending to prevent the fullest

structions tending to prev-—

investigation into the commission ot a crime in the United States, and the rctnrning of an indictment if the evidence so warrants, then you should be inspired by an additional determination tm do your duty. The court ha* knowledge of the instructions to which the district attomev alludes. It is proper to say that it is rav opinion that there has l>een no

HE LATEST NEWS I

m shokt obdeh JLNKEN FLAGSHIP RAISED

Miss Cathteen G. NeiUon and Reginald C. Vanderbilt, the youngest son of-the late Cornelius Vanderbilt, were married at Newport. There were 150

•oyancc or violence to which they exposed are liable to damages in <

xposed arc liable to 1 njury is done, accord! endered in Cojprado.

nages in case to a decision

Fowler Chase, the wealthy

young man of Lafayette. Ind., who was recently found in a sanitarium near Paris by Consul General Gowdy, arriv-

d in New York.

is quahfivargeltst

tiotf against the government to recover valuable jewels Seized by customs ,offi-

William A. Sunday, the form player, was examined as to hi*

cation for ordination

of the Presbyterian Cuumu.

George M. Reed, of Indianapolis, national organizer of the United Mint

workers, was waylaid at I" and had his skull fractured.

Two men were killed and two injured in a belated explosion of dynamite the new Mount Washington tunnel

ork

of the Wabash Railroad. The proposed purchase of the St Louis and San Francisco Road by the Rock Island Company has been aban-

doned.

Former President Gcveland made an important speech at the Tuskegee Institute meeting in New York city.

N. D. North, of Boston, will ac,h '

The general offices of Wells. Fargo & Co. are to_ be Removed from San

next month, interested in

:r had a

SSok.!

The leading financiers

the Northern Secnritie-. merger had a rcrr*-:: h L°S" sf i Lx the big-tumble in stocks may have been intended by them as an object-lesson. George Edward Mills, indicted in New York on the charge of attempting to bribe the assistant district attorney, failed to appear for arraignment u: -

Ghastly Ftad in the Hill of the Reloa

THE WAR VESSEL WAS SCUTTLED.

Skeletons ol El{kty ol the Crew Fooad to the Hulk ot the Vessel-Fllteen Shell Holts

Showlrt How Often the Vessel Wos Struck—Evidence tbst Adnrirol Hootojo Opened the Valves Before Abandoning Her.

)tar

Reina

anil* (By

iristina,

lieh

Cable!.—The vrarshij

ship liral

flagship of Admi vas sunk by Admiral

is float

Manila 1

ited and

vey 1

lieached here. The skeletons of 80 of her crew were found in the hulk. One skeleton evidently was that of an officer, for it had a sword by its side.

eight-inch and the others small. _ The main injection valve '$ missing, showing the ship was scuttled when Ad-

n the hull r 1 made by a

. was scuttled wner

lojp abandoned her. Tht

„ in fair condition.

Capt. Albert R. Couden. commanding the naval station at Cavite, took charge of the remains of the Spanish ^sailors.

expressing a desire to give then! an American naval funeral. The Spanish

—-dents, howi

residents, however, are the skeletons to Spain, Rested that the Unitfd Sumner ■*" “

‘ ihc Si

of the Suez canal inji A wrecking compai

s raise all the *1

1 States transport to Spain by way

me.

my is endeavorin’ 1 Spani:Jt warships.

May Be Cb.r|ed Wltb Treason. Manila (By Cable).—Mariano Llanera. formerly an exile on the island of Guam, ha* been arrested in Pampanga Province, Luzon. He joined the revolu tionary organization and accepted a commission from that body. The constabulary captured his commission and other incriminating documents. Llanera will be charged with brigandage and possibly with treason, as he took G • 05

FOM RILLED IN EXPLOSION.

Passenger Exp/css tad Fast Freight Trains Crash Together.

Halifax, N. S. (Special).—Four per-

itally hurt.

s dead, two fatally hurt, at least one

ssing and several others slightly in- ) jured. is the record of a head-on colli-

j sion oh the Intercolonial Railw [ which occurred jus: before midnig!

r Windsor Junction, seventeen miles

m Halifax.

Morris K. Jesup, who provided the funds for the Jesup expedition to | Northeast Asia, says he is satisfied with j

the results of the expedition.

Rev. Clarence E. Ebcrman. field sec- ) retorv of the United Society of Giris- i tian Endeavor, died at Bauff. North- j from west Territory. The A committee of the various electric | the : and trolley companies of New Jersey, was

sssssr ol r “ d ' v “" ” 1 ™..,«-

bj, ,h, .™ E « Sh^oi'bI^^aS! ' So^.l r .°n” — oi ' V K°S^*

“ 0SEmi " ASVT S10T L,os ! 3

/tut off from communication with

tide world for hours.

the Ca-

is. ft

Roosevelt broke camp .

Cinnabar. Mont. (SpecialPres idem : not give women the right to vote. ! |^de‘up”of‘sewmty-frv* an* The w«,r C 1,. ,0 i"V. : “"SKsTS

12 cars plunged in river, in New- Jerse;

headquarters at Fort Yellowstone. The President will remain there o*.v j day and then will start for Norris where / stssssss

the road.

Word received to the effect th

health and thoroughly

mg. In addition to ho.**.— walks over the mouhtam 01 Commerce on the mam reports to the ; the American ^Tobacco Company^cor-

two hours late, was ti ty-fivc miles an hour

WORK OF TORNADO IN ILLINOIS.

Marseilles on the armored cruiser : c

Jeanne D'Arc for Algiers amid salute*

freccivrd from the President was the French fleet and the land bat- Springfield effect that he is in the best of ^ te "«- ' t-«th. a fatal and thoroughly enjoying hi* out- ; The Berlin Chamber of Commerce ; ing. In addition to horseback riding he has reported to the Prussian Minister takes long walks over th* mountain of Commerce on the manner in which

One Person Killed and Others Injured If ■

Severe Storm.

One

(Speci

', and s

injury, and a score or

tsnlted

sjn 25**3?

shot at a mountain lion, and has no in- Fifty

tention of doing so. It is estimated that ed by the explosion c there are 500 of these animaTs in the park the fortress of Trajana bv and they arc killing large numbers of surgems. . The rest of deer and elk. fled into Spanish territory'

■ ~ . sur g cnts took possesiion.

more of injuries resulted from a tornado that swept over Loban, DeWitt and

Plait counties.

Moor 1

: garrison nd the in-

county. The home of Gifford Ha darzer was demolished, and after storm Halsadarzer's infant son wi

^ found dead .too feet front the plat

wt the latter has declined tne oner <onry.

weather continues to be fine and the l n a fight between German and Ausibers of the party, who are living on trian soldiers on the streets in Pekin, the train at Cinnabar, are haring a good the^tf*ult of a barroom row, several time fishing and riding through the 1 were injured. Troops separated -the *— rioters and cleared the streets.

The British ambassador at Rome has been informed that the Pope would be

pleased to see Kii

mng a I through

s country.

Caroefie W1D Pay Expenses.

Ithaca. N. Y. (Spefcial).—A further I pleased to see King Edward during rnimunication was received by Presi-: — ^ 5 .' ,s ”. -° - m<

dent J. G. Schurman. of Cornell, from j E i^ hc C o”ul Andrew Carnegie, in which Mr. Car- j Turkey, who negie urged that the students’ fund sub- 1 sentinel, has_ scribed to aid* those who became ill 1 ish.authontn

„.j to Rome.

The death ol M. Stcherbit

Mitrovitza,

with typhoid fever during t be returned to subscribers. ~ e allowed to pay all ex]

1. the Rus-

litrovitza, European shot by an Albanian tally alarmed the Turkwho fear complications

TxilThe 'Mo^Fowler Chase, a wealthy yonng • : —irred ! {pa n of Lafavette, Ind., whom United

b£ st^*ntl'on^cconnt^iTthe*epidemf^ j States Consu? General 'C^udy" 1 loundjn including those of 27 who died. The de- ! a sanitarium in Pans, is now pn his ._-U- -1-.. 1 .. a wav to the Ilniled Slate*.— —

- ‘ ' d ont. and t ..

one will send lo the treasurer s office : or “ s have recantured Fort San Car- — : 1 u:it ' to*, at the Lake Nicaragua entrance of

: recantured

f los, at the I^kc Nicaragua entrance of

the San Juan river

Dr. Lorenz la New York.

New York (Special).—Dr. Adolf Lorenz, who during his last visit to the United States performed a number of

bloodless surgical' operations, arrived here on the. steamer Lahn from Genoa.

He is going

is going to Chicago to

from the hip of Lolita Armour,

1. Ogd * - -

daughter of j. Ogden Armour, to operate upon whom he made his first visit to

America.

Hilary Bell Drops Dead.

New York (Special).—Hiliary Bell,

the dramatic and musical critic -of the New York Press, dropped dead in the

irge Office. Heart failure is believed

have b

He took up

ling tp this country.

lo hi

‘ Bdl 1857. He took after coming tp went into news|

been the cause of death. Hilii

Belfast, Ireland, in 1 portrait painting

and later

ccption and has was •‘din

as musical and dramatic critic

been there sine*

~ the Ini

■ of th

Notifications have been received here from the governments of Salvs '

Uruguay, Goatcmali

itguay, Guatemala and ir adherence to The Ha|

their adh tion of il

Queen ^ilhemina has sanctioned the Anti-strike Bill in Holland, and it has become effective. The troops'eontinne

ir.

Korea of igue conven-

”>r&s

ive. 'The railroads.

roops ‘continue

Algeria, resigned

that

governor general of under circumstances Sing of a sensation in

Bank of England retains it: 4 per cent, discount rate.

W;

Warwick Steel Company is doing a good business this spring. Northern Securities decision checked an upward movement of prices. Keene's European trip will remove the biggest bear from the market. A Philadelphia banker said: "I could loan $1.000400 in half an honr if we had it. Money is scarce here.”

ol the Baltimore &

cctcd a trustee of a

ir in New York.

>rce. of the

wihv* —. .—*11 elec large uust company

Martin's home was destroyed, and cral guests were painfully injured. Deer creek, in Logan county, where

the storm first struck, was swept dry of water. Reports from this district

state that three houses were dt and a number of people more

injured. Supervisor Adam Schanaur-

cr's residence was destroyed.

NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS,

Sbsktup In the Postetflcc.

lortnnt devclop-

of the af-

There were two importi ments in the investigatior fairs of the Postofficc Dcpa

fairs of the Postofficc Department. The first was the filing of charges that advance information had been furnished igon manufacturers regarding rural, id the other was the issuance oi an

Cott, < ‘ "

order to Postmaster Van Cott, of New York city, directing him to hold up all

t promotion and extra clerk allowance cases recently announced ior the New York city service for the next fiscal year. Fresh charges were filed

blishmen of v-*- :

houi

a Western establishment engagt the manufacture of vehicles, alleg-

had gotten

ing that competing houses had got the benefit of advance information regarding rural free-delivery routes and

carriers. The charges allege that the -implaining company, upon announceof appointment of rural carriers. : -gents in

gave instructions to their agents i various sections to negotiate with them for the sale of the wagons, buggies or other vehicles for use in performing

istal service, and that in

the postal service, and that in a number of cases cited the agents made reply that the carriers had previously pro:d their outfit sometimes, jt is as-

out!

serted. several u . alleged that in one instance cited a rep0 f n certa j n factory was ac-

resentativc of a certain factory was accompanied on the route by the regular carrier thereof, the latter advising and ruging the sale of the articles offered bv the commercial representative. The complainants say in the charges that the conditions cited “savor of the star route methods of 20 or 25 years ago."

To Red lie* Force lo Cuba.

row doing duty in Cuba be brought back to the United States and assigned to service at Portland in connection with the joint maneuvers to be held lext summer. Should Secretary Root idopt the recommendation. this_ will

te recommendation, this *

mean a reduction oi the force of 1 United States soldiers in the island

bout 500. These tre

>ps were left in Cuba for the purpose of manning the artillery defenses of the island until the ne - " Govvrnment organized an efficient fort of its own. Report* received froi Cuba indicate that under the careful instruction of American officers the Cubans are now rapidly getting in such

•eful

bans are now rapidly getting in shape that it will be no longer tv sary for the American soldiers to

[here to take care of their guns and ihow them how they should be handled. The eight companies of coast artillery now stationed in Cuba are distributed at Havana. Santiago and Cieniue-

but shot

ntiago and Cienfue

gos, but should the proposed reductioi take place the remainder will probably distributed to the new naval stations

Guantanamo and Bahia Honda.

Exaariaattoes for Naval Acadcay.

Examinations for candidates for apointment as midshipmen to the Acad-

pointment aa midshipmen to the Academy at Annapolis will be held in the principal cities of the United Stares be-

principal cities of the United Stares beginning April 21. and will be conducted 'er the direction of the Gvil Ser-

- : *

under the direction of the Gvil Service Commission. A second examination will be conducted in Washington May 12. and a final examination at the

tdemy June 16.

FOUND MANGLED IN BED

Miss Alice Mitlbewi sod Her Daafhter Attacked at Night.

SKULLS WERE CRUSHED WITH AXE.

Twelve Persons Killed in Alabama and

Nine In Arkansas.

Hanceville, Ala. (Special).—A tornado

ver Hopewell scttlrim

A Horrible Crime at Shreveport, La.—Altbouffa There Were a Number ot People In tbe House, So One Heard Aoy Suspicious Sorad—Believed That (be Murderer Criminally Assaulted tbe Woman.

passed a half

ttlrinent, one and

>f here, at t twelve p

c fatally injured and a score

ess seriously h

miles north of here, at 2 o'clock

result twelve persons are

y hurt, while the

Shreve

aged 45 >«

Frank Matthews, a well-know

tvepor

Aline Matthews,

(Special).—Mrs.

, wife ol civil en'iSP'r

was fatally woundet instrument used in both cases. Ed For- i ter, a negro, strongly suspected of the j crime, was shot to death by two police |

is brutally murdered in h jer daughter Aline, ag:d 1

The storm came from the southeast and its roar was so terrific that it woke many people, some of whom fled from their houses in time to escape death by having the houses blown down on them.

'»: r .

I dings

several structures were

papei

a hundred yards or more. The body ot McCoy, who was a prominent farmer,

1 prominent I

) yards and landed in :

sergeants while attempting to escape. He had been run down at a point about

five miles from Shreveport. The discovery of the xrim

1 o'clock a. m.. bj

Iroom

at 5.30 o clock entered the bedi

The unfortunate woman, mho was most hacked to pieces, had been di for some time. Her little daughter was still alive when the servant entered The murderer got in through a - : - , ‘

blown *

The house of Mrs. John Norton was blown down, but the family escaped by | crawling tinder the bed. while the timber

was made : an ^ brick fell on top of the bed. breaking d y M a r‘.'Matthews 0 i houses of the Oden and Griffin who was al- families were smashed to splinters, and it T . • - • cosm. mnrvelou* that any of their occn

ped death.

pants escaped

the night. I bu ‘ n ° dimage was done here. The skull of Mrs. Matthews war 1 ?* «he_ destruction wrnugh

ing trains for a The roar of

roar of the * lille. where it

:orm was heard a’ iwokc many -•cople,

“The* skull of Mrs. Matthews war i f* the destruction wrought becaim s'K ft: ! ^ -s

.uiij-. -| cu j| was fractured, her chest I wounded.

ished and shoulder lacerat

r*. Matthews wore a diamond ring diamond earrings, which were not

j Little Rock. Ark. < from towns in White ties. Ark..

special).—Specials nd Gcbume coon- : which swept ag death and

Bloodhounds took up the trail, but | A'afl- . , b. rce - .. lost it after going a short disunce. A | badly- injured. Kansas City Southern Railroad engi- 1 1 be major portion neer notified the police tf the appear- through wfi

dead, three dying and ■

ance of a negro covered with blood or the tracks of the railroad, and a posst was organized to hunt him down. The separated, and Sergeants Gerald

posse sep and Root

rjpo. He made a dash _ id the officers fired four shots at him, two of which took effect jn his back,

killing him : -

' thmi

istant

/ned shoes fitted the bloodv footprini the kitchen of the Matthew’s honu

. . ajor portion of the country through which the storm plowed its way is remote from railroads, telegraph ot telephone lines. A special correspondent telegraphed from Searcy. Ark., that he Nad gone over apportion of the track oi the storm and that trees were twisted

i their trunks and houi

effect in his back, Thus far it has been impossible to asitly. The negro - * certain where the storm began, but it if *— t j be greater than is now known.

Bradford, which is on the Iron Moun tain road, was the first point heard from. , Several houses were blown down there

Captain Penblnj Coptores Stronghold ol | «nd one man badly injured. The tornado

; .-ante from 1 force by the

KILLED IN MOROS.

Manila (By Cable).-

ing’a foroe captured Bacolod,

Mindanao, on Wt dred Moros and 7b re- A ■’

iptain

>d, I si;

Pcrsh-

Island of

r ednesday, killed a hunwounded many others,

bree Americans were wounded. The force consisted of Shaw's battal11 of the Twentv-seventh Infantry, Kilitrick's troop of the Fifteenth Cavalry,

uses were blown down in badly injured. The ti

Accepted The State Department announced the appointment of Herman R. Dietrich, of Utica, Mo., as consul-general at Guayaquil. -Ecuador, to succeed Thomas H. Nast, the cartoonist, who died of yellow fever while serving at that post. Mr Dietrich is the editor of the Herald. a newspaper published at Utica,

Patrick’s troop and McNair's battery.

Captain Pershing was surveying the west shore lands when the Bacolodians opposed his advance and provoked th« fight. Pershing surrounded and attacked Gieir stronghold, first

!e (be Depirtmentt

give the department officials lation regarding the reported

of that

fa^ialoi -

structural weakness The State Department has German government for a statement of facts regarding the deportation of native missionaries from tne Island of

Rul

allet Kilbourne, formerly chief c of the Interior Department, died

clerk of the Interior Depar of paralysi* at Washington.

Advice* from China show that but for tbe discovery made by Commander

Drake, of the Mi

serious

Ionicrey, and his prompt ■us attack would have the foreign residents at

action a • been made

Canton.

Postmaster General Payne gave ot a statement to the effect that a thorough investigation is being made of the charges brought, and whoever is

larges brought, and whoever ._ult will -be spmmarily dealt wit.. Senator Hoar, William J. Bryan, ex-

Postmaster General Smith. Governor Montague of Virginia, dfod other politicians of both parties spoke at the

Test ot Large Guns. Washington (Special).—The big six-teen-inch breecb-loading rifle a: Sandy

United

Hook, the largest gun in the

States, is now being tested and has been fired seven times. The report to General Crozier, chief of ordnance, shows that satisfactory results have been obtained and that on the sixth round the big 2400-pound shell was sent away at a velocity of 2348 feet per second. The powder charge averaged over a quarter of a ton for each charge of smokeless powder, and it required sixteen a- 1 one-half pounds of black rifle powder to set fire to the Gmokcless powder

at each charge.

A Loot Hlghi

Grass Valley, Cal.

stage running

Fotv:

lley, Cal. (Special).—The t between Nevada City and

a lone h from Nci nen and

men aboard. Three shots were fired by tbe robber, but no one was hurt. The

nsville was held up by a lone high-

miles from Nevada

mere were five women and two aboard. Three shots were fired

ayman about sc veil

■rgo box was taken, but the of treasure it contained is not

known. There is no clue to the identity

of the robbei 1 .

Alleged Leiy Men Sold for K M. Jackson. Ky. (Special).—Bruce Marcum, aged 27 years, has be^n sold into servitude for six months under the Vag-

: repul for abhorrence of work that the highest hid for hifti was Only $6.50. The bid was made by William Griffith, who must provide for him for the time he is in servitude. . Marcum is a member of a wellknown fan.%. United States Court Commissioner James B. Marcum it hi*

partmer

c State Depi Ching has been appointed t Council, vice Jung Lu, deccasea.

Tbe United States Supreme Court a firmed the decision of the New )

court that a ” '

tision of the New York Oklahoma decree of di-

valid in that State.

West Indies.

The remains of Rear Admiral Belknap, retired, were buried with military

honors in Arlington Cemetery.

Admiral Higgmson reported that the bursting of the gun on the Ipwa was

not due to a defective fuse.

Second Lieutenant Theodore Monell, United States Marine Corps, now attached to the battleship Massachusetts, has resigned from the service and his

_._i accepted.

J. H. Edwards, of South Charleston, formerly assistant private secretary .. . r. General, has been

for , . _

to the Postmaster General, has* .. appointed-private secretary to tbe Sec-

retary of tne Treasury.

Charges of discrimination in grain 'it rates were brought before the

Commerce Commission

freight

Interstate Commerce against various trunk lin

Announcement of the sudsessful trials

of the submarine boats'Pikc and Grampus at San Francisco was received

* Navy Dep ; —‘ '

at the Navy Department from Cap;.

W. H. Whiting.

L successful test was made of an inition of George B.' McAllister, of 1.! — —rtfect mails on a street

venti

Baltimore, jrv te*

,_iloadiL-„ gest gun in the world.

Satisfactory tests e 16-inch brecchlo

gun in t[

■ made of , the big-

M. Margerie. secretary of the French

them, and then, rushing his troops forward, charged gallantly. After crossing

moat and entering the fort the

:cans engaged the Mot

t krisses. A

Negro Murderer Hanged.

Media, Pa. (Special).—Albert West, the nego murderef of Policeman Mark W. Allen, expiated his crime in the

jail yard here in the j

The drop fell at 10.15 o'clock.

and he d

n. The drop fell at 10.15 o'ci died from strangulation. It

TZSTS,"*

c full of s

Media™ rrs, whi nty seal it was 1

respects

The strec

id been ;

s. bayonet! hundred of tbe de-

fenders were killed, including the Dattr j of Panandnngan, and many were wound- | ed. Only three Americans were wounded. After the capture of the fort it was

destroyed.

The Bacolod leaders and the majority

Some spectacle that

jail yard. -Though there was no remotest chance for any of these people to witness the hanging, yet they waited outside of the prison in the rain the first news of the affair.

of the people of that district had been hostile to Hie Americans and encouraged

They

j tion of the jury Howard, who is

hostile to the Americans and encou

attacks on the American camps, rejected tenders of friendship.

It is expected that the defeat of th Bacolodians will result in all the Mnro

acknowledging American a

t by Burglars.

(Spet

Lakewood. N. J. (Special).—The Matthews Block, a three-story apartment building adjoining the Palmer House, was destroyed by fire. Abram van Wagner. a paralytic. 90 years old. was burned to death. An investigation showed that the safe in the fruit store had been blown with dynamite and $200 stolen.

open Traci

found in

of the all es-

Mit!

of dynamite i Some of the

j had narrow escapes,

caped except Van Wagner. Thompson, a trained nurse, who occu-

pied a room in the apartment house, was badly burned about the hands. The Palmer House adjoining was seriously

threatened at one time.

Fire Men Hurt iu Riot.

Chicago (Special).—Lieut. Maurice Moore, of the Twenty-second Street Police Station, and four Italians were wounded by pistol shots in a riot here. The trouble started in a post-election argument in a saloon, followed by a fight. Lieutenant Moore, at the head of a squad, rapped on the door ar.d ordered those inside to open it. He was greeted by a volley of shots, one ol which grazed his head and another hit right arm. As the police entered the lamp which had lighted the place was put out. leaving the room in darkness.

in this city, laughed, and her fi ' discharged her therefor, there is a strike in the shop. Abont 30 of hei (riends in the factory quit immediately, and say they will remain out until Mist

An Umbrella Eire Escape. New Yoric (Special).—

sing an um-

brella for a parachute. John Oshay, a former circus empjoyc escaped from a

former circus eni| burning building landed in the sir

subduing the flames, m arrived the flam

. Oshay

treet and then assisted

flames. When the

When

1 arrived the flames had gain :h- headway. A policeman st

much headway. Oshay on the wit

0 ' While

-Igc of the thfloor. While he was watching the ma opened an umbrella and sailed dowi He landed uninjured, save for

scorched neck.

Gates Bays Mcalcaa Mian. Monterey. Mexico (Special).—John W. Gates and his associates, who for some years have dealt in Mexican mining properties, have entered the Sonora field. They have bought the Crcston and Colorado mines, old properties. 15 miles east oi Torreon, on the Sonora Railroad. What price they have paid for these is not known, but it is understood to be near $10,000,000. This was asked for the combined properties after the diteovorv of ore deposits

in the case oi Jamef charged with killing

leted

Gov. William Goebel, was complt and the opening statements of w the Commonwealth and defense exj

ilth and defense expect

to prove were made. Lawyer Benjamin Williams stated that the prosecution would show that Gov. W. S. Taylor had Howard brought here in January. 1900, for the purpose of killing

Goebel.

Govzraor Tail's IDoess.

Washington. D. C. (Special).—A dispatch received from Manila states that Governor Taft, who has been lying il!

for several weeks, ha* |

there for several weeks, ha* gone tc

Sssri^rsKS sn

communication. The physician's re-

&

t physic!

that a two week's stay there ble the Governor to recc

A Laagb Leads to a Strike.

•Schenectady. N. Y. (Special).-

nie Birch, 1 ory of J. ) y. laughed,

cause Mami in the faett

Birch, who was employed

Wiederhold & Co..

Batiste Bill Hart. Manchester. England (By Cable).— Col. W. F. Cody (“Buffalo Bill") met with an accident at the first performance of his show here. His horse reared and fell on him. He was removed to his Sotel. His injuries are not serious. Hit inkle is badly sprained, but he appeared n ‘.he arena in a carriage this evening.

Editor Dies on Train.

Manhattan, Kan. (Special).—-J. J. Davis, who founded the Manhattan Mercury in 1884 and who has been iu tditor and proprietor since that tint lied here on a train. Vr. Davis had

been to New C '

ime,

- - v ... — had Orleans for his health, lied by ” '

He was accompanied by hi* wife, and ;tood the trip fairly well, but died jr-* >efore the train reached Maohatu Mr. Davis was bom in Fultor —“

.... Davis was bom in Fulton county, 3a.. in 1851. and has been identified vith newspaper work since boyhood.

SPARKS FROM THE WIRES

toroey gent

i to the state's attorney of Cook ity (Chicago) the names ol 3000

.-urporatipnt which have failed to cotn>lv with the Anti-trust Law, and dircted that official to proceed against

W. Sell. Jr., shot and scri- J ided Miss Mabel French, and * ded Grover Davis and Josu he*

TClCC

Charles

>usiy won

*lso wounded Gre

•ph Clough, who were escorting home from a granf

Mar.c'.rster. N- H.

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