T

jkp m on inf iove A-

D-seflibarks North of Vladivostok—. Fortress Menaced.

M WITTE STARTS FOR PARIS

U|»l7 *«CI!MUWI *

TWO SWIM NIAGARA RAPIDS

Glorar Betts Graham in Race From Raw York to Canadian Shore.

X om. n—i..

EXPLOSION ON GONBOAT —— Boiler on the IK S. S. Bennington B.ursts, Killing Many of Crew. VESSEL IMMEDIATELY BEACHED

Iximlor. Kn; imhSIi of Vladi

• 'It lit knotrn tunt j Uert of Japanew lnu»port* receotir left Grn San rev. and Uielr lAippoMd .lr«tlnation was Possiet Baj. *outti of V'.adlroatok. It ia pouible that a landinc was '.tead made nortli of the fortress, and u ia of counte al>o poaalble that the Cuksian utrouchold i» bethc threatened

am both north aad'aonth

rtiat It is betas threatened from the >Te»t seems certain'. Bren more myslerr ho« sarrounded the movements of v hlarshal Oyama'a hrtnle* rec-ctlv than before the battle* of Linoyauc and Mukden. Tbe'RussUB Ceneral Staff Its-- frankly admitted that it ts myati-

tled.

The news, however, that the Japane*t- last month made a raid oo Otnoao. ISO miles east of Kirin, and between thai place and Vladivostok. was conttrmcd on good authority, and it was thought that this raid had been ordered by the Japanese Staff in order to make, sore of the gromd on General Base-' Kaa-a's Yeft before the expected advance of that General on the lower Tnineu and Vladivostok. The strength o? Vladivostok is unknown outside the fortres*. except by the authorities in 8t. Petersburg It was recently stated chat General Linevltch bad a number of twelre-inch and iiine-iach guns. A British military critic remarked that these were about as suitable an ornament for an army in the field as a maeleoparfi la a lady's boudoir, but whether suitable or not. there ia little doubt that the guns came from Vladivostok, and It has been suggested that the Czar i* not desirous "f making the Japanere "another present of a bouquet of 32$ guns, as’dt Port Arthur.” » « General Gbreehchatitski «>mmand* troops in the Dssuri region, with Major General Entkovski as Chief of Staff., bieu tenant-Genera! Kaabek cottirn at Vladivostok and hla troopa include .•wren battalions ot fortress artillery >nd three companies bf sappers and’

reidMit Occur* OB dun While Shin Wm l-r.iuul. '• Seu—Dcfsetivc Boiler

- Baron Hayashi. 'he Japanese Minister here, said that Boesia had appointed good men as l*eac<- pienipotenOariei-. Nevertheless, even M. Witte and Barou Bosen had not inspired Japan with confidence in a -favorable outcome 'oT the uegolia

Upas. >

• "We do not know.'.' the Minister added, "what powers have been delegated to them, and after the events Of the put eighteen mouths Japan puts faith only in accomplished facts. The terms will by communicated only at the conference. Then we will discover , wbaf powers the Russian plenipotentiaries possess " —^It was suggested that the general opinion prevailed that the Japanese terms.would be moderate. "I cannot see where people get such an idea:’’ replied the Minister "The public evidently mistakes the Japanese

fsi angels."

.Minister Harasb: lotipinted that Japan was ready to continue the war unless the secured suitable terms. He called attention to the fact that practically. the entire sum realised by the tart two loans was unexpended, and Mid the capture of the Island of Sakhalin was not precipUated-rbv the approach of the conference, but .wav a natural sequence of the Japanese campaign. the plans for which bad. not I-ecu altered star? Russia acceded to a

Ln eSrlier attack on the't undertaken principally

hecauae of the severe winter and because the summer season .was more preferable for < ampaignlng and the es labUahment-of a new gOrcrnmeaf.ui

the island.

JH. Petersburg Bumia. — W Witte Lad a final interview with Vmperar Nicholas at Peterbnf. Jhmot I-sms-dnvff was present, sbewin* complete liaraony of view* between M. Witte and the Foreign Minister. >, U. Witte Ute* left fft. Petirsbarg for Paris, accompanied by Mm<; Witte. At Paris they were to meet their daaghter. who is the wife of the 8ecf Bnssiar. Legation at

Niagara Falla. N V —Protected by life belt* and with inflated rubber r.ugs around their neck*. Carlisle l). Graham, ef this city and William J. Glover. /r„ of Baltimore Md., xwsm

-The Tokio corre- the lower rapids of the Niagara River r Telegraph says without serious Injury, although a been landed Graham was so exhausted be had to and that the com- be hauled to his holel in a wagon gpie [ of the I ’rtress ia two’men had a terrilic struggle,.and

but for the life-saving apparatus they wore it wax admitted leoth would have been auried benesth the awfrllng water* and drowned. As it wni Glover got in the grip of one eddy which drew him beneath the surface and kept him

there almost two minutes.

It was a race Glover boat Graham by four minute*, covering the distance of four miles in twenty-six minutes. It waa said earlier In the day that the two swimmers would tempt fate by trying to awim through the u,1per rapids lu which Captain Wehb. the brave English swimmer, lost his life many year* ago. and much excitement resulted. It subsided somewhat, however. when announcement was made that the race nould be through the lower rapids.' wlieh are aot nearly so

dangerous.

From Flat Rock, on the American side, the start was made at 4.02 o’clock, and the course was from there to Lewiston, ot the American aide. Glover rook the lead from the start. HU father watched the contest from a Rat car. which run along the Gorge. Glbvef-eamvir the crapkls a minute ahead of Graham. Both of the sturdy

swimmers were held fast in the grasp "team was up and everything waa lu of the swift current and roaring rapids readho-x* f° r departure when the star-, until- they reached the Devil’s Hole. board boiler* exploded with a deafenTbere It waa that Glover, who i* thlr- . ty-eight year* old. waa caught by the I , W1 ' MV ll * rbor ‘“O ‘**/ n * whirlpool aud sucked under. A* sec- t of pMr, ‘ rtle air wa * »addenly filled ond after second ticked off and he did i W ‘H‘ r . u “ e4 :' N*'* » ,l ? r w .» s *ttewu

not reapprar die hundreds on the high bank* thought another had been added

to the whirlpool’s victim*.

After two minutes had elapsed Glorer struggled to the surfsce. and cheers from both banks greeted him. By that time Graham, who is fifty-five years old, and who Un9 the advantage of having swam the rauida.in Bcptsmbcr. 1901. aud in -August. 1902. had gained on Glover. By the time they ha o' tbs reached the end of the rapid*. Just above the Suspension Bridge at Lewiston. however. ’Glover bad gained so much of what be had lost when he was >■ Toggling for ■Si Te in the whirlpool that only a abort distance separated

him from bis rival.

It was in the xmoolb. swiftly running water below the rapids that Glover passed Graham, ttie former finding swimming there comparatlvriy easy,

and the latter laboring heavily 4.28 o’clock Glover swam to •the

of the pier in Lewiston and waa hauled out of the river quickly by-the judges and others awaiting him. While he was being nibbed down and dressed. Gratia nr. four mlantea behind the Marylander, swept alongside the pier. He was in such a .condition of 'egbanstion that he collapsed as soon Si

he was hauled up pa the pier

Within fifteen minutes after Glover wa* tgkec. oul. of the river be was dressed am) telling his Xathsr and otbec; -friends bis sensations as he swept through the water at the rate of a’, mile .in .legs .than seven -minute*, and lurtHtfiariy of how he A»lt when be was caught by the whirtpooh sucked

- -S’tti. nmt

down and held there two 'nfinutt*. It was expected by. the fflVnds of the so men that they would be cut and bruised severely by being dashed against rock*, bnt they escaped an such injury and suffered from nothing except exhaustion from their terrible

roofer

1 AMERICA STEAMER BL'MK.

a —It i

ship struck • Seating mine botwexo Fort Arthur Md the Eli ott Stands and sank with all bands The date of the: a not given and there wag

WILL SUBLET BILTMORE George W. Vanderbilt Finds Farming Too Expensive. Asheville. N. C.—George W. Vanderbilt is to.gire up farming at Blltmore and U going to let somebody else do it foi bira He baa bebeved .all along that bis venture could be made to pay expense*, or nearly so, but be ha* been disappointed- He CMtsiders that his experiment of ten ysBrs justMle* Ijim ‘ about the money

Vanderbilt ha* made the Biilfarms among the most famous In the country. They consist of general track farms, a dairy, a creamery, a chicken and duck farm, lire stock, kennel*, and hothouses. It baa been Mdimsted that he has expended a large fortune for the privilege of being a farmer.

S. T. DAVIES IN' ROOT’S PLACE Mayor Weaver A unounces Choice—beJa^ Over Kew-Arrests I elphis. Pa-Mayor Weareraniced that be had retained Julies T. Danes, of Mew York City, of the law firm of Davies. Ston* A Auerbach, as ortste counsel with ex-Judge Gor1 in place of Biihu Boot Mr. Das wss retained at the suggest ion of

_k he said. District’Attorney mid be invited to oo operate la Inge. The delay at present was

ssd High Is th* Alt. Sau Diego. Oal —By. tiu> .Ma-.vlng up of two of the mam liyilegeof the Uni ted Suites gunbont Benuiiigtou in the harbor here Lieutenant N'ewuign K Perry. Jr. aujj at least thirty-nine meu were killed iustantaneoualy and.over three~»core of the crew, .wefe/seriously There were really two explosions. The first took place in what is knowu aw Boiler B. at the.top of the lower furnace. The boiler was jammed back on Boilei A. and this was forced out of place aud blew uji. The explosion took place at 10.»5 o’clock i m . while all hands were nt their stations nnd the vessel was about to get under way to go to the aid of the monitor Wyoming, which met with 'an acrident off Port

Hartford.

There wosV more than 230 men aboard when the accident occurred, aud many were hurled or forced to .lamp into the sea by the terrific explosion. which lifted part of the deck and compelled the beaching of the ship. The Bennington was lyiug in the stream Just off-the Commercial Wharf at H street. She had received orders ftpm the Navy Department at Warbingtofi to sail in the morning tp convoy the< Wyoming to JH*re Inland Navy

Yard. San Francisco

Man Blows 100 Fool High.

■ People on the shore aaur a huge cloud of steam rise above the Beuningtou. Columns of water were forced'high iuio Ihc air. A.domeu or A flora men. Mown overboard by the force of explosion Captain Wentworth; who wps looking at the Benutngton. wken the disaster occurred.. Says he saw human ‘‘Odies hurled over’s-hun-dred feel upward. The air waa clouded with smoke, which enveloped the

ship.

When the bane cleared away only-a few men could be *Vn on the decks, while many were flofinderihg iu ‘the water. Boat* were lowered from the vessel’s iside and most of the m> the water were picked up and taken onbuird. ,1 On board the Beuningtou werc_preseated terrible scene*. The force the explosion had torn a great hole __ the starboard side of the ship and the vessel was already commencing to list. A section of the upper deck wa* carried Stray from stem to ateui. Wreckage was distributed over the entire ohlp. Thevirter.cablu and that part of the^sliU) adjgfent to the exploded boiler were tqrii’up apd bodies blown to

pieces werf.tn the ijAwis.

HOOKER NOT AMOVED | M1S . Resolution Aimad at Jufitim Datostod j . in Wow York Upiglaturo. Nihilists Attempt to Kill Two Russian ^ ' Officials. BOMB STRIKES VICE-GOVERNOR

0AH,EL S UM0NT OEAOj^

ir FecrsUry ’ of "tfar Paasas i

Away at Millbroolc. W. Y

I New York to Inyestigite All L^e In-

surance Companies

I LEGISLATURENAMESi;OMMITT£E

The boiler-wbicli exploded, it ia aaiJ. was regarded aa unsafe Oommander Young stated that durihz a recent ns turn from Honolulu the steam pressure was kept reduced in that paftfcular

burned to the water front.. Com mat. der Young, aa soon a* li^reached tlf? ship, gave orders that the* alr-tightL' ecuipartments be closed to preventSiF : Hating craft from sinking and that the ' magazine* lie flooded to avert further* explosions. He then beached the vey'

ael at high tide;

Tlie removal of the wounded was conducted in perfect order The crews of. the De Bussey and the other boats aided in transferring the men'to shore. The men bipcWir injuries with the greatest fortitude. Laid out in lines on the beach they gripped one nnotb-' er’a hands and abut their tavtti in their

army.

The hospitals were overfilled in an hour, amt private houses were-thrown open and the nristresaes of them became slater* of mercy on the moment. Reinforcement* were telegraphed for to the surrounding town*.' and -n a short time the work of transferring and giving medical aud surgical attendance to the Injured'was being carried on systematically. Better* Biflaaa rear* 01,1. Washington, t>. C.—Information that the boiler* of the gunboat Bennington were fifteen year* old and bad been the cause of several reports, wan obtained here after new* of the disaster to the craft became known. These boiler* ware rotulaed ■u.lKB-Ot. The Admiral ot toe Pacific fleet to 1904 reportad to the Navy. Department that the boiler* were m need ofiwpBlr*. but that the regain, were not urgen’. A report from the engineer officer of the ship recelrod at the department about the same time was that the hjrilgenerally were to poor uouditibii. to at the intriraa! ennditrins were

Albany Jf Supreme Court Justice Watren B Hooker, of Fredonla. escaped remora! 'rounnfflre by the fall-* urc of the reuKiva! resolution to receive the necessary nvo-thirds Vote of .the Assembly, the Senate not being com- j peUcd to put itself on record The vote on theyeaolutiou was Ayes. 70 .noes. 07. - One buodred votes wen* necessary to-itass thi—reiolution. aud." owing to absentees and vacancies,' city 40 vote* wen^N-quired to defeat it. TfOrty-one ItMnibbcan's aud/thtrty T flve Dwhonrats voted for’ removal: flftyeight Republicans and mue Democrat*

against removal

After the defeat -of the reaoiuttou •a* announced Mr. Agnnw moved that since a majority of the members favored removal, the Assembly adopt ,t reaoiuttou censuring Juatlce_ Hooker. The resolution was tabled and trractitlly killed by a large rote. - At the conclusion of action oa UnHooker resolution Assemiilyman Ton.klusoffered a resolii'iun declaring that' the testimony af State Tax Commlsskmer Lester F Stearns had been discredited and repudiated.'aud that hr 1 been found guilty of ••subornation perjury or perjury” and calling upon the Goreruor to bring about an luvestigatioc of bis conduct, with a view to removing him from office The reaoiuttou was ruled, out of order. The question of Mie removal of’Jnstice'Hno>»f came'ia‘final form before the Legislator,- at 10.40 o'clock, when ' 'reuto Robert J Fish, ot Madl- . rirnniu'ofttbe Aaaemhly^Coih-' muter on the Judtctam preaented for adoption a coururrent resolution calltug for the removal o> Justice Hooker oo the ground that the said Warren B Hooker, while a representative in Congress, prior to the tenth day of November. 1808. and w.blli- a Justice of the Supreme G«*urt of the State of New Yprk since the said tenth day of November. 1H88. has Jieeu wilfully guilty; of corrupt, unlawful and Immoral acts; which have tended to bring and haVe brought the said office of Justice of the Supreme Court and the administration of justice into’ contempt, and which show o personal unfitness ou ttfc part of said Warren B. Hooker to hold and occupy, fhe/nffles of Justice of the Supreme OobtL which art* and conduct are set fotlii aud described in thfkfollowlng allegatioiu- and apecificattona." The- vote U|S1U this' resolutiou • wa* announced to he the only action necessary for the Assembly Tbe most drama be incident its* the healed speech of the Boor leader of tbe majority. James-T. Rogers, of Broome, who voted in favor of Justice Hooker after a remarkable address, wbb closed with an impassioned appeal fur ctamenry. He recommend*,! that the Legislature say to the. Justice, "Go.

and sin no more."

Justice Hooker, unless he should resign or someth.ug unforeseen should happen, will remain on the Supreme^ Court bench for nine aud a half ytanmore lie shnwod great- satlsfartioL when informed of the result, of the vote, but gave no indication as to his intantion*. Although elected*, ih the Kigbth 1 Judicial District, which eludes t$rie County, be la at present nerving on tin; Appellate Dtrikion

benCh in Brooklyn.

Mill

V -Daniel :

r Another Woald-B,

Lamoqf.

private recreiary to Grover CleveUnd during his term as Governor and hi* first tsru: as President. UnjefarT of ’ j War In Mr. Cleveland’, second term.

Helsingfors. Finland —Blowa^iff bis ] the njost totimale persounl friend Mr. feet by a bomb from an assassin's J Cleveland had. and a man prominent band. Vlee-Gorfroof Deutrich at a late in railway affairs, died at O in.ojrtoek • hour in the r aft«Tqoou was .injured so j p. m. at hi* summer home at this place, severely that'two examinations were twelve mile* from Poughkeepsie, needed to gonrmce tbe physicians he , J ln ' flr *' toteillgento^of hl» deato

b*.sms■«,*!*>iSSK-uiS’S?

was thrown at tbe Vice-Governor when j daughters, to Mr. Cleveland, who is he was leaving the Senate, two hours “<>*' at his summer home on the Frye after the conviction and sentence of form. North Sandwich. N H. The Karl Leonard Hobentbal. who killed ! message was sent to New Hampshire Procnrator-General Soisaioo-Holninen ' ffom Poughkeepsu- only a* few minutes

with a bomb ou February 0 last. It I before midnight and rend:

wa* hurled by a man standing fifty ' “Father died ' to-uight Come at

feet from tbe victim, tbe distance ! once ’

.probably saving the Vice-Governor's [ Mr. Lament appeared lu hi* usual life, as tbe missile fell short by n coo- ! health on She any before his death pie of yards. M. Deutrich not only was ; 11 o was enterininli c :i number

felled by the shock, but fragments of gucsu at hi* i-

r nigglss Sends • s

• KMolaUon lo risks «.

Ibe appointment of i join of both houses winch will gm a thorough lnr.-.t: e ai Equitable Life Assurance

misuse and mismamigeinen' funds of the policy hoMIcrs Henators Armstrong Tolly , | dan have been appointed to t i committee from the upper lioni | The sum of ghU.OO'i was appr I for the use of tbe comiml' — < ducting its iorestlgstloiis 'he Joint committee is mstri

body. Soldiers picked him up In uncoDScioua conditio* and hurried him to a police station.

NEW COTTON RBPOBT BOARD,' Statisticians Will Have No Chance to tbMftslK'fhafik at Work.

-ee—.— k ^— -- v-.-——jttati^s' board which, under Assistant Secretary WUIet 8 Hays, will prepare toe Goverumeat estimates of. crop pemge and yields, including cotton. Victor Olmstead. of the Bureau of Statistics; 8. D. Fessenden, an assistant sutisti- \ •laa; George K. Holmes, chief of the ‘Division of Foreign Markets, and W. :W. Long recently- resigned as an aswtoto** ir»H«WcUn- p. / cr As tbe reports of fietd agent* come in, they will be looked up by Assistant Secretary Hays. When at! hare been received tbe board m umber* will be sumuiened tp make their .-ttmates. 8o earnest is Ybo intenfion to prevent another oottou "leak” there.will be no telephonic communication with toe ou 1stdc. nag.asy .chance of any rtgaal-

taff.fnBpTpp*®*

BURIED- IN flDIN'8. BereVsi Faetariea Cottapae. Undermmrd by Oelcgc is Geroaoy. Berlin.—Several factor.** along the Rhine, above -Cologne, were undermined and’ coilapied iu the,heaviest rainstorm on record in tha: section. At Halle almost twenty-eight inches of. fell. It was accompanied by hall, h did ecormoos damage to the vineyards. ■ s At Lipame the wind blew, down the . buildings of a zinc' ratod in which sixty mmi were working. They were burifd .

tn the rutus.

INDEMNITY OF *2.300.000.000. Report That Witte Would Stor. in Psrla to piecuas Loon <o Clover It.' Berlin! Germany.—The Boodte Course satf - “ 1 *

Pans a

hi* way

*e of uegottatlng with French •» loan to cover the indemnity fihiat wit: be paid to Japan, which wlH probably amoun*'to S2900r

If is assumed Jhe attempt at ossas.sinatiou was made to avenge Hohen thal. who Was sentenced to hard labor for UfeJBr the crime of laifwiator. News of the sentence traveled'tltoiMighout the city In tbe two hours between ita passing and tbe'attemptoivM. Deutrich’* lit? The Anareh’Utt’ana’other revolutionists were furious over tbe severe punishment, as they viewed It inllictod on the murderer of the Procure tor-Uentra I, and it U supposed they planned Deutrlcb’s death in re'frriaal. The man who threw the bomb .•must have known the Vice-Governor would pass across the square In front of the Senate Chamber at a- certain time. He {Mated himself tn^flie moot advantageous-position hrbehce to take the life of toe official. Tha*. he failed was due to the inaccuracy of bis aim. An uprodr followed tbe explosion. Passers-by wheeled and fled, but in a few minutes a crowd (urged over toe square and formed a ring about tbe proitrate Vice-Governor. Expressions ot regret were heard. They were In low tones, tbe prerailing sentiment being that It waa too bad the bomb throtrer’sxslm-liad .not been-better. A platoon of naval cadets pursued the assassin for several miles, but bo escaped in the environs of the city. No due to his Identity had been found at 11 o'clock In. the evening. The police who joined the cadets in the manhunt said they were determined to catch the criminal within twenty-four hours at any coat. It is known the authorities wish to make an example of the

man with tbe bomb.

Petersburg. Russia—Terror spread

throughout the capital, iu consequence of an attempt to kin the Ohlef Procurator of th« Holy Byhod. Oonatantlne Petrovilch Pobiadoooatseff. Vigorous attempts to check the rumor were nude by the authorities, but so many persons bad witnessed the attack ou the Procurator that concealment soon waa anon to -be-out of the question.

Threats ot Imprisonmoaf were against all person* who should the report. * Such warnings wi nored.-andJUie-people-apohe.D'

the attempt at assassination. It was asserted the Procurator’s life waa saved by one of his attendants, who seised toe weapon with which too < saaain was.about to commit murder. M. PobiedooostaeflL arrived here in the. forenAbn in a train from TsarakoeSelo. where be lives in toe summer. He barely had stepped on the station platform when a man rushed toward

him. grasping a pistol. One of the .curator's retinue saw to glonmincinrthe-sun. and wt

sprihg hurled hintonf upon ___. boaring him to the ground. The Procurator’s attendant wrested the rer'olrer from the iasassln's'IOu^ and handed it to an agent of toe secret police. Then he turned his ccpttveover to toe police. His quickness doubtlem averted a panic, as there waa a big -crowd U tbe station. So rapidly did he'over power the assassin-that only a few hundred perrons witnessed* the incident. If a shot had been fired it la

prdbablc a riot would • —- - ~-

with Mrs. Lemon,.

Returning, lie di

at hi* home, and I that h,- na« taken od by I>r. Seward.

<*r*hU gueft*, .but be wa* stricken and died iu exactly half n hour. -It is believed that heart

disease was tbe cause

Mrs. .T^fyuont - and their daughters, Bessie aud France., -were with him

when he died.

Daniel •'Scott' Lanmnt w/w boru in Cortlandrilie. Cortland County. N V on February b. 1832. ~ ' "

John B. Lamont and

beto Scott. His father wa* a country storekeeper, from which business b,

Aitamont. 1 prepare t long drive I legislature, which uiet-<s in IsnutTry.

| such proposed legislation as may teparty ; adequate and proper to restore pobh,-

confidenre t

- was attend- i.anee companies to conduct a n*tp lion •w Yflfk. one est and open business for Ui- i.»iie1it

rally after j of their policy holder* " Those who have been contending that saving* banks safeguard* be thrown around investments by xisuranr* cotaimaies of.money lidougingdw tbe pol Icy holdas.nre pleased nfPjSBiglj by, that porltoi of toe GovcrHV's‘message irhlch reftta/So■;renoMaI legtslation uceded He aaya investments must be

His father Was J restricted, salaries must be kept withlg ’ - mother Bliu- the limit of the commercial value of

tha seM’Ices performed. j>oilcy bidder* mu*t be rested wjth greater power in

retired not rnauy years ago with a com- | the government pt the companies patenee. ; trustees must lef held to strict sccount-

Mr. Ijmont had been identified with j ability

politic* from his earliest boyhood. He | •'The State 'PJinm.l permit tbe subwa* graduated from Union College in j jecta of Its anperrlwoi, ,i -»xiat as b Schenectady, and immediately after I censed prodigal*-of other [•eoplc's lea ring there he wn* appointed an en j money without iLecoming an accoagrossiug clerk lu toe Assembly by plice to the offense." ** id tbe Governor. Governor Hoffman. This wa* In 1S70. "We cannot judge all life iantranco when be waf not yet nineteen.years of companies by the whs of one We a lg. ; should not destroy the edifice to rid oufFrom (his time on be was deeply In- selre* of the vermin that infest it uor voiced ir.-pollto. should we kill the patient to atop the The death of Mr. Lamont will’ no- ! progress of the disease A revision of tieenbly affect affairs in Wall Street. • our insurance law t* necessary, but it He had become interested in many big should be made with calmness. deli|icorppratious, and wss vice-president j eration and intelligence and after care-

and ^iircctor in the •following.jftnma’- • fnl investigation "

nles: Northern I'acfflc Railway 06m- : It is admitted the task put upon the pasy. St. Paul and Northern Railway ! special committee I* one of great mag Gompacj.. diorthetS* Pacific Express ultude Doing business lu New Fork

(’rt-nichy. Jtaernntmr.nl Railway Compahy. Haoitobn Bailway Company, the Northwestern Improvement Company and Washington Central Railway Com-

pany.

Mr. Lamont’* rise to wealth aud prominence iu the fluancta! world began after the first Cleveland Admmistration. and it Is commonly believed that it waa he who was instrumental in building up the fortune of Mr. Cleve-

land.

State at this lime a®.forty two o llm or lerel premium life insurance companies Fifteen work under New. York charter* 11 i* intimated the committee scarcely will attempt td'm Vest!gate more than these New York ^bmpantei, which include the Equilable, the Mutual Life nnd the New York Life ,8lx of the** fifteen home companies Witliln a few mouth* hare liqra criticised for their methods of

| dolUg business

■ The gross sssels of toes.-fifteen comTHOCSANfiS SEE 40-TON BUST. ' panies are $1.480,483.10f.-.t4. Iislnlities. -

SL23GJiy7.770^2: surplus and wpecia!

ertlon. . reprtSPI &oii

Moscow, Russia. — Sensation. 1 incidents followed toe opening of toe All Russian Zemstvo Congress here The police broke into Prince Dclgorai ~ home, where the Zemstvoisfs weft ring and commanded that toe congress be terminated at once. The 223 delegate* to the national meeting refused to obey the police. Thereupon toe police'interrupted M. Oofatri. Chairman of the Committee on Organization, who waa reading a paper outlining o ..favorite plan of representative govern taont Count Heydeo. presiding officer of toe congress, protested against interference on toe part of the police "Write down the whole of Russia', cried Count Hey den when tbe police began taking toe. name* of the cematrolsti. The officers ignored him and continued compiling toe list of tot sons present. Many persons who not delegates instated that their n, he taken, too. The police, when (hoy bat all the' names, retired to prepare • report .on the meeting. They retnnud shortly and listened intently to the speeches and papers, bnt nude no further attempt to end "

Henderson's Point Biowu Up to Clear

the Channel at Portsmouth,

’ortsmouth." N. H. — Henderson'.' ‘oim. which has been a menace tc navigation in toe Piscatsqua River for iflBuy. years, lias been blown up. The explosion was witnessed by a crowd estimated at from 13.000 to 20.000 persons. including Governor John McLane aud staff, of New Hcmpshire: Senators Burnham and Gallinger and Congress-

men Sulioway and Currier.

The- explosion took place at.nine minutes after < in the afternoon, when Miss Hdljh Foster, daughter of Super-

• t Foster, pressed-toe button —•bn^pd the forty tons of dyna A fa age mas* of rocks-and tim-

ber* was iifirJedihto the air for a- distance ot 100 to a5bi feet, making a

grind spectacle. \

Tbe work has been in progress for three years and the contract- price calls for $749,000. WheK.-completed the channel at this point will-be wid : coed 330 feet and there -Win be a depth of forty feet at low water, al--Kwing battleships of tlie largoot divoensiou* to approach theNaVy Y^rd. . CO.OOO'FARM^ HANDS WANTED. New York Need* That Number aud

writ Pay $160 to *230 a 8,

Albany. N. i'.—A new Informatloa bureau has been ostabllahed by the State Department of Agriculture', under a law passed last winter to proride for toe dissemination of farming statistics and to help tot- farming counties secure field labor. Replies received Dorn supervisors and others who have berm nskod to send information to the department show that New Ydhc want* 50.000 farm hands and that they can command from $160 to *230 a season. Oswego has twelvejor more so-callod abandoned farms, and there are such

farms tn other placet.

, The town ot Providence. Saratoga County, has farin laud* which will be ~ r as *2 an acre. Thi* is

Adirondack*. Delaware

County, an hnpnrtofct milk centre, .employs many Poles In the dairies, and — - ' •miud fot- more. It Is Ho most desirable emigrants are going Wot! German* and ~ redes are good farmers, bnt they go Minnesota. Kansas and Iowa.

fund*. *128.723.002.11. income Uj,i0O4.-

$844,485,284.04. It is asserted that even to investigate thoroughly the fifteen

.hqme companies. to sav nothing of

thpse •'bartered outside the State, wnulil requwe moye rime thaa in terSane*, between no tv and tlie next *es-

: sion of the Legislature Several

months would lie required lor a stogj" big company like the Equitable The preamble of the .Armstrong resolution declared that the Equitable situ-

ation had disclosed that tbe present insurance laws were inadequate to safeguard the policy holder*-, and that a revision of the insurance laws should be undertaken. It was asserted that tbe inquisitoritil powers of toe Supennleu-

dent of Insurance were limited, and

that a legislative investigation was

needed to guide toe Legislature ra -for mulattos new legislation The resohi-

rion proper provided:

’”111111 a joint committee be appoiuted. which, after tbe adjourunieut of the extraordinary, session, shall pro- : breed to examine into the affaire of lire irituranee companies with refereace to inveatments. toe relations of officers to such tovehtmentfc,.Uie relations of companies to subsidiary corporations, fhe government and control, the contractual relations of said companies, to thglr pelicy holders, tbe cost of Jjfe msurance. the expenses of companies and any other phaaes of the life insurance business deemed by the committee to be proper, for tke purpose of dyaKtug and reporting totoe next wrecion of too Legislature revialou of tbe Saws.” The only debate upon tbe reaoluHon was upon the amonnt of the appropriation. The original amount was *25. 000. The Finance OomMttee increaW

it to *30,000.

GOWKS FOR JBBBBY BENCH. ’

Trenton. N. J.—The determination of the Judges of toe Court of Brror» ami Appeal* to wear black silk gowns sim ’ those of the Federal Judges has d in toe derision to west gown:, of tbe Biate courts Chief Justice Gummrre says that tbe effect will be especially beneficial in criminal cate*, where tbe aim t* to impreui the crimfital ctaaaes with the dignity and majerty of toe law.