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THE McUEHRY PLAINOEALER « * IBrirBXBT PLAEfnBAIdW OOk KcHZVBT, - - IILTFOIS. a = -Jew# Preliminary work for the introduc­ tion of wireless telegraphy at the New Tork navy yard has been completed, and messages will be received as soon as the instruments are put in place. Farmer John Metzler of Madison, bid., died from a pistol shot wound re­ ceived at the hands of Jacob Taulman, ft neighboring young farmer, with whom he was quarreling. Mgr. Lonatus Sbarretti, the former Mshop of Havana, will be ordered to Hayti as apostolic delegate to replace Mgr. Tonti, archbishop of Port au Prince, as soon as the political situa­ tion in the Havtian republic permits it. Will Young and Dan McAuliff met a terrible death while repairing a steam pipe at a mill in Owensburg, Tenn. The scaffolding on which they were working gave way and they fell into on£ of the boilers and were cooked to death. John Lockie, who was a conserva­ tive candidate to represent Davenport In the English house of commons and who originated the idea of the south Africa trade commission, is endeavor­ ing to organize a similar commission to visit the United States. Orders for the British naval review which is to take place off Spithead Aug. 16 have been issued. They pro- Tide for the assembling of a fleet Aug. 11 at Portsmouth, to consist of twen­ ty-three battle-ships, twenty-four crui- eers and twenty-nine torpedo boats, training ships and smaller craft. Lord Kitchener visited London, and his cab was surrounded by so compact a crowd of cheering men that the po­ lice had to come to his rescue. A technical commission has ordered the demolition of the Santo Stefano clock tower, at Venice, which has shown signs of collapse. Several houses also have been ordered to be demolished and other precautionary measures have been taken. Postmaster General Payne declares that increased pay for mail carriers Is impossible. Fire destroyed the plant of the Bry­ ant Lumber and Shingle Company at Seattle, causing $50,000 loss. The board of equalization of St. Louis County, Minnesota, has in­ creased mine assessment valuations SSO per cent. Officers of the American Bridge Company of Chicago are in Des Moines trying to locate J. L. Barnett, a fore- nan in charge of the construction of a new bridge there. Jennings Johnson, 5-year-old son of Andrew Johpson of Galva, I1L, wHile playing in the switch yards was killed hy a freight train. A Judgment in favor of John T. Reed for $282,639 against Riley A. Boges and wife, both of California, was filed In the county clerk's office in Brook­ lyn, N. Y., as a result of the Empire Consolidated Quicksilver Mining com­ pany dispute. The iron 'molders' International con­ vention at Toronto decided to increase Its defense fund by an additional as­ sessment of 25 cents a member each Quarter. This will add $50,000 a year to the fund which already amounts to over $100,000. The National Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes, in convention at Nor­ folk, Va., placed a fine of $10 on any delegate using the products of the American Tobacco Company. » F. A. Hopkins was nominated for Congress by the Democrats of the Tenth Kentucky District. United States District Judge Thom­ as P. Hawley has announced his can­ didacy for United States Senator from Nevada, to succeed Senator Jones. The will of the late Earl of Kimberly was probated in London. The estate Is valued at £253,313. Edward M. Kanter, 25 years old, son of Vice President C. E. Kanter of the German-American bank of Detroit, was drowned while swimming at Huronia beach, Port Huron, Mich. Judge T. J. Nunn of Madisonville, Ky., was nominated by the Democrat­ ic convention of the first district for Jvdge of the court of appeals. A gasoline stove exploded at Pinto, Md., yesterday in the home of W. H. Feathers. The house was consumed and two children were burned to death, Mrs. Feathers barely cscaped with her life and her baby was seri­ ously burned. The walls on the south side of the Armstrong (Mo.) school building fell. Several weeks ago the voters of this district voted a loan of $6,000 to build four new rooms to the old building, and several masons were at work when the walls fell. Mrs. Sol C. Vaughan, one of the wealthiest and most prominent women •f Paducah, Ky., was accidentally shot With a Flobert rifle by her grandson, Vaughan Dabney, aged 13, and lived but a short-; £ime. The boy was so crazed from grief that he attempted •uicide. John T. McGraw was nominated for congress by Democrats of the second West Virginia district. Ewdard Phllbrook, one of the larg­ est cattle owners of eastern Montana, was drowned in the Rosebud river near Forsythe, Mont. The Airerican Boiler Manufacturers' AssociatiQn of the United States at At­ lantic City elected these officers: Pres­ ident, John O'Brien, St. Louis; secre­ tary, J. D. Farasey, Cleveland; treas­ urer, Joseph Wangler, St. Louis. The convention will meet next year at Chattanooga. John Critchfl^d, treasurer of the miners' union at Westv.lle, 111, has disappeared. Ebenezer McNabb, veteran architect v ^nd builder, aged 7t years, and Jacob , M. Lehman, aged 67, died at Decatur, m. Prcffessor Alcee Fortier, professor of romance languages at Tulane univer­ sity, Nev^Orleans, La., since 1880, has been decorated with the cross of the legion of honor of France. George Stoughton, aged 52, and his 15-year-old son Claude have been killed near Burlington, Vt., by drop­ ping from the railroad bridge which crosses the Winooski river near there. While repairing a break at the top of the Clinton blast furnace at Pitts­ burg, Pa., Master Mechanic Martin Harrihill and two pipe-fitters, Michael Mustin and Michael Beckswith, were overcome by gas and were found later lying on the platform unconscious. Harrihill and Mustin, it is thought, will die. After taking an active part in t£e organization of the Equitable National bank in New York, and being elected its president, Postmaster Cornelius Van Cott handed in his resignation to the directors of the oank, owing to pressure of other business. James M. Bell, a member of the original board of directors, has been elected to suc­ ceed Mr. Van Cott. The Brussels Petit Bleu announces that King Leopold nas obtained from China a concession of 125 hectares (about 309 acres) of land north of Tien-Tsln. The body of John W. Mackay, who' died in London July 20, will not be brought to the United States until September, Mrs. Mackay's Health for­ bidding her earlier departure. The waiters in the cafes and res^ taurants at Trieste, Austria, have gone on strike because of the refusal of their employers to grant their de­ mands for regular wages and the abo­ lition of tips. Gov. Tonckens of Surinam, Dutch Guiana, has resigned. The steamer Philadelphia, which sailed from Southampton for New York, took among her passengers Liang Chen Tung, the new Chinese minister to the United States; Prince Chen, head of the special mission of China, which was appointed to attend the coronation of King Edward, and his suite, and Mr. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid. The premature explosion of a shot in the clay mine at Black Hawk works near New Cumberland, W. Va., in­ stantly killed John Carnahan, aged 45, and Thomas Sheets, aged 30, both married with families. At Newcastle-on-Tyne a trial was made of new turbfne destroyer Velox. It attained a main speed of 13.12 knots per hour. Oil has been discovered in large quantities in the island of Trinidad and is being worked under Canadian auspices. Word is received that the Swedish antartic expedition is surrounded by ice and snow in the far south, but In no danger. It is officially announced at London that the naval review, which was to have taken place during the corona­ tion week, will be held oft Spithead Aug. 16. Freddie Parks, 10 years old, son of F. H. Parks of Beloit, was drowned in Crystal lake, Illinois, while bathing. Mrs. E. Lied of Holmen, Wis., fell into a well, a distance of eighteen feet. She was rescued after several hours and will recover. Joseph Vender and Mrs. Charlotte Fondries, both of Wainwright, Ohio, are dead as the result of eating pois­ onous plants which they mistook for mushrooms. Ogden Eagle shot and fatally wounded Frank Hendricks, whom he accused of tripping him. The shoot­ ing took place at Parkersburg, W. Va. E. C. Cutler of Bloomington, 111., a cement sidewalk and floor builder, is seriously ill at LaCrosse, Wis., as the result of drinking muriatic acid, mis­ taking it for beer. About 7,000 cigar-makers of Manila have gone on strike. They demand a material increase in wages. No plays will be given in Bayreuth In 1903, but the plays will be resumed In 1904. James McNeill Whistler cabled to his London publisher, William Helne- mann, from The Hague, saying that he was progressing very well, that there was no cause for anxiety on his account and that he was much an­ noyed at the reports of his death. Privates Grover C. Burris of Ohio and Frederick Nolting of Waverly, la., members of the hospital corps sta­ tioned at Fort Washington, Md., were drowned In the Potomac river while bathing. The halibut fishing schooner Inde­ pendence, which arrived at Glouces­ ter, Mass., reports four of her crew lost off the northeast banks of New foundland while hauling trawls. All were from Gloucester and all but one were married. The Iron Molders' Association at Toronto decided to maintain the pres­ ent rule of one apprentice to eight Journeymen and passed a resolution favoring affiliation with the coremak- ers' union. During a violent thunderstorm at Keokuk, la., lightning struck the vesl- dence of James Stevens in the fash­ ionable part of the city. It tore a hole in the roof and, descending, struck Miss Mary Stevens, tearing her shoe from her foot and splitting the foot open. Marshal Wilmoth of Womelsdorf, W. Va., was killed by an unknown ne­ gro, who escaped. Judge William J. Haddock, thirty- eight years secretary of the board of regents of the state university of Iowa, has resigned on account of ill health. Pana (111.) capitalists have made arrangements for the formation of a company to construct a trolley line of indefinite length into the rich agri­ cultural country northeast of the city, for the purpose of providing transpor­ tation for those who desire to come to the city to trade. Suspicion of foul play has been raised in connection with the death of Private Joseph Desmond of the 14th United States Infantry, whose remains were found terribly mangled on the Pere Marquette tracks at Brighton, Mich. The Joint committee of the glass manufacturers and bottle blowers' as­ sociation are in session at Atlantic Oity, N. J., considering the wage scale. Desiro Pena, a well-to-do Mexican of Comstock, Texas, was found dead, a bullet having pierced his heart. It was a clear case of murder. FIVE ARE KILLED IN 0H| WRECK Engine Turns Over, Burying the Engineer, Who Is Burned to a Crisp, fIREMAN IS FEARFULLY HURT His Head Is Crushed, Right Arm Broken' and Both Legs Cut Off-- Two Women and a Man Burn to Death in a Pullman. Engineer Clark of Xenla, under his engine, burned to a crisp; his fireman, of Cincinnati, name unknown, head crushed, right arm broken and both legs cut off; three unknown passen­ gers, two women and a man, burned to death in a Pullman sleeper, and a number of other passengers injured, is the awful story of the wrecking of the Panhandle limited from St Louis, east bound to New York, at Trebins Station, a way stop a short distance from Xenia. Train No. 2 was flying eastward at limited speed when the engine struck a loaded coal car, which in the dark­ ness had escaped from its siding at Xenla and run down grade to the danger point * Engine Turns Over. The engine struck it going at full speed and was turned over with En­ gineer Clark underneath. The postal car, combination car and day coach, Impelled by the heavy sleepers behind, piled over the engine. Two Pullmans tollowed and were laid across the track at right angles. A gas tank un­ der one of the cars exploded, setting flr& to the wreck, and the postal car, the coaches and two sleepers were de­ stroyed. Cries for help could be heard com­ ing from one of the Pullmans, and the helpless onlookers were compelled to see the two women and one man burned to death before their eyes, un­ able to lend any aid on account of the fierceness of the flames. TWO ARE DEAD. Many Injured in Worst Wreck In His­ tory of Muskingum Valley. Two are dead, three fatally, eight­ een seriously and six slightly injured as a result of the worst wreck in the history of the Muskingum Valley at the Douda trestle, a mile south of Mc-. Connellsville. The north bound pas­ senger train on the Ohio and Little Kanawha railway was passing over the trestle when the trestle suddenly gave way without warning. The rear coach turned over twice in its descent and fell forty feet. It was reduced to splinters. It is stated that the trestle had been weakened by the recent flood. There were thirty passengers in the coach, nearly all of them from local points, as the train was bound from Marietta to Zanesville. The only one in the coach that entirely escaped injury was a little son of Mrs. Martha Brown. Dead and Injured. Following is a list of victims: The dead: A. J. Rathbun, Miss Ger­ trude Sherwood. The injured: Charles Bailey, Miss Lucy Brigham, Harry Bailey, Miss Martha Brown, William Duffy, Dr. J. Flory, Daniel Gillespie, Edward J. Herman, Chester Harris, Robert James, William S. Lighthiser, G. E. Myers, John O'Neill, Mrs. H. R. Pos­ tal, Norma Rathbun, Mabel Rathbun, Miss Elsie Rosier, Howard B. Speer, Edward Smith, A. S. Tilden, Mrs. Liz­ zie Wright, Carl Wright, William N. Werner. County Commissioner W. F. Light­ hiser of Morgan county and Robert Jamer, a Pennsylvania stock dealer, are reported by the physicians as un­ able to survive. Among the others who are in a dangerous condition are Charles Bailey, a commercial travel­ er of Marietta, and Mrs. H. H. Postal of Columbus. Wreck Near Omaha. Passenger train No. 5, west hound, on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pa­ cific railroad, was wrecked three miles west of Soutn Omaha, The fireman was killed, the engineer perhaps fa­ tally hurt and two express messen­ gers badly bruised. The dead: Victor Erickson. Injured: Charles Porter, Henry Fish­ er, Charles Caldwell. FORM NEWSPAPER 8YNDICATE Ten Million Stock Company Proposes to Buy Chain of Dailies. New York special: A stock com­ pany Is being formed here with a capi­ tal, It is said, of $10,000,000, to buy a string of newspapers throughout New York state. The United States Pub­ lishing Company is the name of the corporatian. It is stated the organiza­ tion will be ready to begin operations about October 1. P. F. Collier & Son, publishers of Collier's Weekly, are said to be at the head of the proposed syndicate. Cholera in Manchuria. St Petersburg cable: It Is offi­ cially announced that cholera Is raging at Mukden, Manchuria. There were 757 cases between July 13 and July 14, and eighty-one Russian and S63 Chinese died from the disease. 8ays There Is No Friction. Springfield, 111., dispatch: Zina R. Carter of the sanitary canal board as­ sured the governor that the reported friction between the sanitary trustees and the Illinois and Michigan r*nai commissioners is unfounded. Killed In Agrarian Fight. Vienna cablegram: The agrarian strike in the province of Galicia re­ sulted in a conflict between troops and strikers at Czortkow in whlch^ it Is reported, twenty-three persons were killed and forty wounded. River Men Protest. St. Louis, Mo., dispatch: In a letter to Secretary of War Root, river men here protest against the contemplated removal from St. Louis to Sioux City, Ia^ of the headquarters of the Mis­ souri river commission. MILITIA GREETS " THEJPBESIDENT Roosevelt Addresses ths Na­ tional Guard at Sea Girt, N. J, PRAISE FOR STATE SOLDIERS Chief Executive Tells the Troops In Case of War the Federal Govern­ ment Must Depend on Them-*-Gets a Warm Reception. Sea Girt, ft. J., special: No presi­ dent ever received a more sincere, heartfelt and patriotic welcome than that accorded to President Roosevelt by the people of New Jersey. The president, on Invitation of Governor Franklin Murphy, visited the encamp­ ment of the second brigade of the na­ tional guard at Sea Girt In opening his address, President Roosevelt complimented the National Guardsmen of New Jersey upon their soldierly bearing and proficiency, and continued: Address of President. "A man is of use as a national guardsman for just exactly the same reasons as he Is of use as a citizen; and that is if he sets to work with his whole heart to do his duty for the time being, to make himself thor­ oughly proficient in the line of the business he has taken up. A national guardsman who joins only to have a good time pretty generally does not have a good time, and certainly makes a poor hand at being a guardsman. "I earnestly hope and believe you never will get into battle, but If you do, it is going to be mighty import­ ant to hit the other fellow; and you are going to be able to do it largely in consequence of the way you have put in your time, knowing your rifle until it is just part of yourself, until you can handle It, take care of It *•' and use it It has been the pride of the American army in the past that our troops have always used their rifles efficiently. We have prided our­ selves upon having an army of marks­ men. Our army has given us a Just pride in it, because its constant and zealous effort has been to take care of itself in the field cjid in all that pertains to the duties of a soldier. Should Have National Aid. "I think, gentleman, that much help can be given to the national guards of the states by the action of the United States government. I want to see the national gu?rd armed with the best and most modern weapons. 1 want to see the infantry with the Krag- Jorgensen, and I want to see the ar­ tillery with the three-point-two gun of the regular army. I am happy to Bay that a bill has been passed through the lower house which will enable the national government to materially aid the national guard of the different states. At the next session I- firmly believe that we will get it through the United States senate, and then I can guarantee the signature of the president. "I think that our people have not always appreciated the debt they were under to the national guard. A man who goes into the national guard and does his duty fairly and squarely there puts the whole country under an obli gatlon to him. Always in our history it has been the case, as it will be in the future, that if war should arise It is to be met mainly by the citizen- soldiers--the volunteer soldier. We have In the regular army, officered as It is and filled with the type of enlisted men we had in it, an army which I firmly believe, for its size, is unequaled In the civilized world, and I am sure that I can challenge the most generous support from the national guard for the regular army of the United States. Praises M lilt.a. "But that army Is, and of necessity must be, so small that, in the event of serious trouble in the future, the great bulk of our troops must come, as in the past they have come, from the ranks of tae people themselves; and In forming those regiments the good done by the presence in them of men who have served faithfully in the national guard cannot be overesti­ mated. Those men are ready. They know what Is expected of them. They train others to do the work that is needed. And another thing, ladies and gentlemen, the same qualities that make a man a success, that make him do his duty decently and honestly in a national guard regiment, are fundamentally the qualities that he needs to make him a good citizen in private life. "No doubt some of you were in the Spanish-American war. The only trouble with »'iat war was that there was not enough war to go around." Artist Is Bankrupt. London cablegram: Frederick Good- all, the artist, was adjudged a bank­ rupt He exhibited his first picture at the Royal Academy in 1839. New Gotham Bank. New York dispatch: A national bank for the uptown district is being planned. The institution probably will be located near Thirty-fourth street and Broadway. Edwin Gould is prominent among those interested. American Grapevines Barred. Washington dispatch: The Bulgari­ an minister of commerce and agricul­ ture has forbidden the Importation of American grapevines, according to in­ formation furnished the state depart­ ment by Consul Chester. Cardinal Gibbons' Birthday- Baltimore, Md., dispatch: Cardinal Gibbons is G8 years old and he quiet­ ly celebrated the anniversary with friends at Owinga Mills, Baltimore county. The cardinal was born in Baltimore July 23, 1834. Name James Kennedy. Salem, O., dispatch: The Republi­ cans of the Eighteenth Ohio district nominated James Kennedy of Youngs- town for congress to fill thevacancy caused by the resignation of Con­ gressman R. W. Tavler. JEFFRIES WINS IN EI6HTR0UNDS Defeats the Former Cham­ pion After a Fierce and Bloody Battle. FITZ PUT UP A STRONG FIGHT Boilermaker's Victory Comes After a Hard Contest During Which He Suf­ fers Severe Punishment, Bleeding Freely. With a stab to the heart region that carried with it all the force of his mountain-bred strength and his inborn ferocity James J. Jeffries successfully defended his title of champion heavy­ weight fighter of the world at San Francisco. It came out like a flash in the eighth round and the luckless Fitzsimmons fell groaning to the can­ vas-covered ring floor. The aged warrior from far-away Australia had cut the young Callfor- nian almost Into ribbons up to the eighth round. He had slashed away with a variety of left hooks, right stabs, cross-counters, upper cuts, Jabs, swings--everything that was ever heard of In the fighting world. And they fell on the massive mountain boy's front like the patter of a sum­ mer shower. They hurt and came so fast they were bewildering to the giant champion. But he smiled grimly through the blood and with, head down and growl­ ing at times like the grizzly bear he resembles he went back to the firing line, each time with renewed energy. Fitz Seeks Quick Action. Fitzsimmons went as far as he could. Knowing down in his heart that to win at all he must win quickly, he went right at the ponderous hulk in front of him. Right at the start he got a smash into the big man's face that sent the blood flying in a shower about the ring. After that the blood flowed freely from the big man, but he kept getting stronger and stronger under the punishment, while the other man was fighting himself out trying to get in a decisive blow. The end came in the eighth round. Battered and pulpy with the punches he had stopped with every part of his fighting front Jeffries faced the game old man who stepped out of the other corner. He saw glove after glove with a brawny, bony blacksmith's fist in­ side of it hurled at him. He was not fast enough, tast as he is, to get out of the way of them. He had to take the punching. He growled and growled and his breath came fast as effort after effort of his was wasted. He could not get in a punch on Fitzsim­ mons. He tried all he knew. Every trick was euchred by the ancient one. He went for the body and went for the jaw. It was no use. He could not catch him right as he did one night over three years ago at Coney Island when he put him down for the final count Fitz Grows Too Confident Fitzsimmons himself was beginning to take on great activity when he real­ ized that he was master of the cham­ pion. He saw Lefore him a realiza­ tion of his fondest dream--a resump­ tion of ti e sweets and riches that come with the championship title. He must have fallen asleep with the sweet picture. Jefferies had no such thought The mountain grizzly was aroused. Stung to the quick and nettled beyond endurance by the taunting cheers of that part of the crowd that had bet on the short end, he threw every effort into the fight Smash, smash went the big fists at Fitzsimmons. The thoughts of the older man were elsewhere. For ths moment he must have forgotten his skill. Just once the mighty guard he had used with such skill went wrong. It went up a little too high and un­ der the steel-like forearm of the blacksmith went the triphammer punch of the boiler-maker. Complete and Fair Knockdown. The blow went home. It was a left half swing. It did not travel far, but it had every ounce of the great 220 pounds of bulk behind it It caught Fitzsimmons fairly over the heart. Jeffries fell into his victim with the force of it. When he straightened up to recover himself there was nobody in front of him. Fitzsimmons had been knocked com­ pletely off his feet. Bob fell slowly, but at full length. It was a. complete and fair knock­ down. For an instant--it all had hap­ pened BO fast--Referee Graney hesi­ tated. An Instant's stillness and then the great arena broke Into a wild yell of rage and joy, about equally mixed. Graney started to count He counted pretty fast, it seemed to the Fitzsim­ mons men. The fallen fighter strug­ gled to get up. He raised his head, then got an arm under and raised his body. The seconds flew by and at the fatal "ten" Fitzsimmons was still on the floor. Mystery in Michigan Woods. Escanaba, Mich., special: The body of a man aged about 40 years, has been found in the thick woods thirty miles from here. Near the head was a rude cross. Officers are trying to find a clew to the mystery. Trust Conference. London cablegram: In the house of commons the premier, A. J. Balfour, said the Imperial government was still considering its reply to Russia's sug­ gestion regarding an international trust conference. Levee Breaks. Havana, 111., dispatch: Fire thou­ sand acres, mostly In corn, were ruined by the breaking of the Lacey levee, opposite this city. The river stands nineteen feet two inches and is still rising. Regarding Dr. Wilson. Managua, Nicaragua, cable: Pres­ ident Zelaya says Dr. Russell Wilson of Ohio, who was arrested at Blue- fields, is compromised with the T9TO lutionlsts. He is still there. Etta Cook Swallows Poison When Her Young Lover Proves Fickle. FACTORY GIRL DIES FOR LOVE When Informed that Her Wealthy Sweetheart Intended to Take an Automobile Trip and Never Return 8he Takes Her Life. More has come to light about Alfred Austell, the Yale law school senior, who was the companion of Miss Etta Cook of New Haven, Conn., the girl who killed herself by taking carbolic acid In the Double Beach house be­ cause Austell told her he was to leave for good in a few days. Coroner Eli Mix, who investigated the case and who examined Austell, stated that there would be no arrests made, Austell told the story to the coroner of what happened between himself and Miss Cook before she committed suicide. They went to the Double Beach house, where they had often been before for a lark and he said that Miss Cook was apparently In high spirits. Miss Cook had told some of her girl friends that she ex­ pected to marry Austell, but Austell will not admit that he gave any such impression to the girl. Had Lived Together. Austeli belongs to a rich and famous old family of Atlanta, Ga., and Miss Cook had been employed In a firearms factory until six weeks ago. She gave up work at the request of Austell, with whom she had been Intimate for a year. Since that time she had been much of the time at the Double Beach house with Austell, and for the past month they had lived there together. Austell lavished money on the girl, gave her clothes and luncheons and dinners. All fent well until Austell who had received his degree from the Yale law school in June, began to think of going home to Atlanta, to settle down to the practice of law. Prepares to Go Home. Austell made arrangements to start for home. He owns one of the big­ gest and fastest automobiles In the city and he had decided to make the 1,600-mile journey to Aalanta in bis machine, traveling in easy stages and taking six weeks. When he told her that he planned to leave town and that he would probably not return to New Haven, Miss Cook was very much upset over the news. She quickly found out that his plan practically cut her off from Austell's life for the future. After a day of unusual gayety she and Austell went to their room about 8 in the evening. Austell threw him­ self across the bed and Miss Cook stepped Into the dressing room, which opens out of the bedroom. Hears a Groan. In an instant Austell heard a groan. He rushed to the room just In time to catch the girl, who fell dying Into his arms. He recognized the fumes of carbolic acid. Hatless and coat- less, he rushed downstairs and sprang into his auto. With full power on he dashed through the winding roads to Branford, obtained a physician and hurried back to the Double Beach house to find the girl dead. Austell was frantic with grief. He Implored Dr. Evans to bring the girl to life and then, suddenly remem­ bering the scandal of it all, told Dr. Evans and Proprietor Clark of the Double Beach house not to spare any amount of money to hush the affair up. This was done for a time, but the coroner made the facts public. OR. CHARLES K. ADAMS IS DEAD University of Wisconsin Educator 8uc- cumbs to Bright's Disease. Dr. Charles Kendall Adams, aged 67 years, formerly president of the Uni­ versity of Wisconsin, died from Bright's disease, after a lingering ill­ ness at Redlands, Cal. Mrs. Adams, who was exhausted by her long vigil at his bedside, is prostrated by his death. Dr. Adams had been ailing for several years. While president of the University of Wisconsin he was grant­ ed a long leave of absence, going to Europe, where he seemed to recuper­ ate. Shortly after returning to his work at the University of Wisconsin, about a year ago, his health again broke, and at the end of a few months he resigned and came to California. For the greater part of several days before his death Dr. Adams was in a semi-conscious condition. Seek Siberian Klondike. Moscow cablegram: European capi­ talists are financing a pioapee lng ex­ pedition which has gone to the most eastern point of Siberia on the coast of the Bering Sea. The district is said to be rioh in gold and its geologic cal formation to be the same as that oI thf Klondike. Texas Fever In Kansas. Arkansas City, Kan., special: Jex- as fever has broken out among the native cattle of southern and at Dexter over a hundred head have died within the past few days. The disease is believed to be spreading. Linemen Get an Increase. Omaha, Neb., special: Three hun­ dred linemen in the employ of the Nebraska Telephone company were granted an Increase In wages amount­ ing to from 10 to 25 cents a day, and their union *was recognized. New Powder Wcrks. Greenup, 111., dispatch: The Eureka Powder Company of Terre Haute broke ground for Its works near this place. It will employ 100 to 150 men and expects to do a business of 98, 000,000 per year. One Hundred Dead. Vienna cable: The Tagblatt says that the cyclone which swept over K!»w, European Russia, was worse than at first reported. The Tagblatt •ays 100 persons lost their lives. THE TEMPER"-' REMAINS GOOD Feeling of Confidence Is Fully , Sustained in All De­ partments. RAILWAYS ARE AT HIGH MARK Gain of 25 Per Cent Thus Far for July Compared With Record of Laak Year--Footwear 8hows Great A» tlvity. "Each day brings the agricultural products of the nation nearer matur­ ity, and as the possibility of any sep* lous injury becomes smaller tha feeling of confidence in fully sua- tained trade grows stronger. Storms destroyed much property ia some sections, and the prompt restoration of the structures has added to the activity of building trades. Railway stocks rose to new hlgfc record quotations and gold was e» ported, yet money ruled easy. July oats succeeded corn as the leading speculative cereal, but all distant grain options tended lower as the out* look Improved. The heavy distribop tlon of merchandise is shown by rafl* way earnings thus for reported for July 25 per cent larger than last year and 20 per cent In excess of the cor­ responding period of 1900." R. O. Dun & Co.'s weekly review thus sums up the trade outlook and continuing; says: Coal Shortage Is Felt. "Insufficient fuel is the one serious difficulty in the iron and steel Indus­ try, interruptions and delays from thia cause becoming more noticeable each day. Supplies of coal are curtailed by the strike, although coke ovens ara making new records of production. Shipments are retarded by the car and motive power shortage. All forms of pig iron have sold ahead, and thera is no evidence of over production, in the near future at least. "A new week has brought out mora liberal orders for railway supplies, and the structural mills have taken con* tracts dating still further Into next year. Makers of agricultural machia- ery and tools grow more confident as the season advances, and all lines at finished steel are in an exceptionally fine condition. Activity In Footwear. •y" "Footwear factories have returned to almost full operation, contracta coming forward freely from wholesal­ ers at the large cities. "Aside from moderate buying for Red Sea ports there has been littla trade in the export division of tha cotton goods market. Domestic pur­ chases are confined to Immediate re­ quirements as a rule, the finer grades alone being ordered in advance. "There was less activity In tha speculative markets for the leading cereals, yet prices were fairly well maintained. Meats were somewhat weaker on large receipts and smaller export buying. Among the other staples coffee continues active and firm, despite the statistical situation, while cotton was irregular, becausa improved crop prospects acted in op­ position to the brisk demand for con­ sumption. Finally the former lnfiuenca prevailed, and quotations declined sharply. "Failures for the week numbered 208 in the United States, against 198 last year, and seventeen in Canada against twenty-eight last year." LATE8T MARKET QUOTATIONS Wheat. New York--No. 2 red, 78%c. Chicago--No. 2 hard, 71%@71%c. SL Louis--No. 2 red, 68 %c. Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, 79c. Duluth--No. 1 hard, 77 %c. Kansas City--September, 64 HO 64%c. Toledo--Cash, 72%c. Minneapolis--No. 1 northern, 78%o. Corn. New York--No. 2, 70c. Chicago--No. 2, 63c.~ Peoria--No. 3, 63 %c. Kansas City--September, 46% 0 47%c. Oats. New York--No. 2, 64%c. Chicago--Standard, 54@68%<x Milwaukee--No. 2 white, 60@flc. Cattle. Chicago--$3.60(8)8.75. St. Louis--$1.75 @ 7.50. Kansas City--$2.10@8.00. Omaha--$1.75@8.25. Hogs. Chicago--$6.05 @ 8.05. St. Louis--$7.40@8.05. Kansas City--$6.60@7.7I. Omaha--$6.65@7.70. St. Joseph--$4.50@7.75. Sheep and Lambs. Chicago--$2.50@6.40. St. Louis--$3.60@6.75. Kansas City--$3.50@6.35. Omaha-- $1.75® 6.40. Boiler Explosion. Pierson, 111., special: The boiler in the feed mill and machine shop of William Moomau exploded, seriously scalding eight persons, all bat Moo­ mau being under 14 years of age. Two little girls will die. Corbln on Inspection Tour. Washington dispatch: MaJ. Gen. and Mrs- Corbln has left for Canton, ta visit Mrs. McKinley. The adjutant general starts on a tour of inspection to Fort Sheridan, Chicago, and Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Electrical 8torm. Indianapolis dispatch: A severe electrical storm passed north of the city, instantly killing one man, fa­ tally injuring a boy and destroying a number of barns, a church and caus­ ing other damage. Marion Banks Merge. Marion, 111., dispatch: The Marion State and Savings bank. Incorporated with $00jQO_Q capita*, has begun busi­ ness. The new institution absorba the old Bark o' or . mailto:2.10@8.00 mailto:1.75@8.25 mailto:7.40@8.05 mailto:6.65@7.70 mailto:4.50@7.75 mailto:2.50@6.40 mailto:3.60@6.75 mailto:3.50@6.35