CAPE MAY HERALD, THURSDAY. JULY 20. 1905

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OYBTKK BAY. N. Y.. July lAI'rvxiilMkt UuoMt'VMit bJM rteUTintmxi that Um- waudal growing out of tbe coKou rvport kttUt Ui tbe dej>aruo*>ut of agrieultun- aball be probed U) tbe bottom. H< bokU that tbe man or men ivepouaible for tb»' leaks are culpable In e\-en greater degree than If they had stolen money outright from tbe government He purjKwea that Associate Statist U lan Hoimea. agalnat whom aerious nUegationa are made, aball be punished if it b< iKMaible to secure his arrest and conviction under present laws. The presklent has followed tbe work of the Investigation conducted by Secretary Wilson with keen interest Tbe general results have t»een presented to him, together with such recommendations as Secretary Wilson bad to make. The president took prompt and decisive action. He referred tbe case to tbe department of Justice with instructions that it should receive immediate and careful attention. In accordance with "that order Solicitor General Hoyt Is now making n thorough Inquiry Into tbe case. To re-enforce bis formal order President Roosevelt wrote tbe following letter to Attorney General Moody: “I roost earnestly hope that every effort will be made to bring Holn>es to Justice in amaectton with the cotton report scandal. Please go over the papers yourself. The man is. In my judgment, a far great't scoundrel than If be bad RtoJea money from tbe government, as be ns«l Pbe government to deceive outsiders and to make money for blejeetf and for otbera."

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OSWEGO. N. Y, July 18.—The trial of Henry W. Manses, charged with the - murder of twev.-year-oHJ Cora Sweet at the town of Scribe. hn» opened here before Justice E. Wright The defendant's* attorn«Yy entered a plea of not guilty and asked for a dismissal at the charge on the ground that Mauser was insane when the crime was committed. - Tbe motion was de-

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BINGHAMTON. N. Y., July 18.Yeaterday was the hottest day of tbe year In Binghamton, tbe thermometer registering 8fi at 1 o'clock. D. E. Shear, a man about sixty yean old. . living on tbe Outskirts of tbe city, died

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Senator Clark Haa Opernttom. NEW YORK, July 18.—An operation has been performed on Senator William A Clark <£ Montana for an abscess of tbe brain at bis home here. It Is understood 'that he Is rallying from the operation and resting comfortably. A.favorable outcome of the illness is expected, although, as tbe

IN NIAGARA RAPID*. Two At kief ra Swam Krom Whirl poal

NIAGARA FALLS. N. Y.. July 18.Carllsle i>. Graham of this city and William J. Glover. Jr. of Bsttlrooca. Md„ sucveasfnlly swam the lower rnptds of tt»e Niagara river from tbe American aide of die whlrljHiol to Lewiston yesterday afternoon. Glover beat Graham by tour minutes. Tbe distance of four miles was covered In 36 minutes by Glover. The atari was mads at 448 p. m. from Flat rock, which Is ca the American side. Tbe swimmers did not venture In tbe upiier sapid* where Captain Webb lost bis life about twenty-five years ago. Both men wore life belts and Infiatod rubber ring* around their necks. From the start Glover took the lead. He entered tbe rapids about a minute ahead of Graham. Swimming in the swift, smooth current was bard for Graham, but evidently easy for Glover. At 4 28 o’clock Glover was pulled up on tbe dock at Lewiston. He wns dressed and about fifteen minutes later telling his story. Graham bad to be taken to a hotel In a wagon and did not leave bed until late in the afternoon. Neither of the men were Injured.

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probably be several days before recovery la assured. Tbe ppmatlim was performed by Dr. James F. McKamou. Senator Clark ns taken ULtao GsyU; ago while in Butte. Mont., and immediately erntne to this city, tad tbe op-

FOUGHT LTNDCR GU8TER. Ovavral Blarkmav. U. A. K. Commander In Cklef, Dead »f Botno. BOISE. Ida.. July 18.—General W. W. Black in nr, commander to chief of tbe A. JL, la dead here of intestinal nephritis. General Blackmar was born July 25, 1841, at Bristol I‘a. He enlisted In tbe Fifteenth Pennsylvania cavalry and subsequently joined tbe Find West Virginia. * - j. He served with distinction throughout ttie wnt and at Five Forks was promoted" ou tbe field by General Custer to tbe rank of captain. Throughthree administrations, those of Governors Long. Talbott and Rice, be was judge advocate general of Massachusetts. Except by two or three otttctals of the Grand Army the news of tbe death of Commander In Chief Wllmon W. Blackmar ha* been received with great, surprise. Tlie borne of General Blackmar was In Boston, and since his elevation to tbe position of commander to chief tbe headquarters of the otganlsn tkxi has been there. General BU^kuiar Is succeeded by John R. King of Wasutogton, senior commander to ejilef.

la Alaska. SEATTLE. Wash., July 18.—Owing to numerous robberies by armed bandits near Fairbanks. Alaska, recently, the Miner* and Prospectors' association baa asked tbe eecretary of war to send troops to Fairbanks from Fort Gibbons. General Williams, commander of tbe department of the Columbia, has been ordered to make an investigation. Alaska men who have just arrived to tbla city from Fairbanks say that the lawless element from Nome, attracted by tbe amount of gold In tbe Tanana, are responsible for tbe trouble. So Lot I p to Heat Spell. WASHINGTON. July 18. - Tbe weather bureau mmouncea-toat-tl was no prospect for several days' at least of a let up of tbe extreme beat which has extended over tbe country for the past few days. The entire country from the Miaaisslppl valley eastward to southern New England and the Florida coast ia to the midst of a well marked midsummer hot spell Tbe maximum temperatures today were as follows: Philadelphia, 98; Chicago, 94; CBnctonatb 94; New York. 94; Detroit, 94; Washington. 95; Louis. 83; Pittsburg. 82; Bostoo, 80.

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