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THE MCHENRY PLAINOEALER " i: • f! HeHENRY PLAINDHALHR 00. tef > • • ^ McHKNRY> • ILUNOia *T NEWS OF THE WORLD fedustrM, P#HHcal, Domestic and Happenings of Minor ImportttM Told ia Paragraphs. Maude Amber, leading woman at Fischers theater, San Francisco, has applied for a divorce from Ira Pearl Wilkerson, to whom she was married at Kansas City. She charges cruelty and infidelity. The Pittsburg Life and Trust com­ pany has concluded a deal whereby it acquires the control of the Northern Central Life Insurance company of Toledo, O. The latter has $5,500,000 insurance in force for the states of Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia, west Pennsylvania and Kentucky. American, Canadian and French fishing vessels returning from the grand banks report that the fisheries there continue a complete failure. Ow­ ing to the scarcity of bait over 250 .vessels are now in Newfoundland wat­ ers. It is estimated that the total ,catch of the cod fisheries of North America for the rresent season will be the" smallest in twenty years. Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw went to Morrisville, Vt., for a few days' visit at the home of his mother, Mrs. G. O. Shaw. Secretary Shaw will speak on the occasion of the dedication of the soldiers' memori­ al building in Stowe, Vt. Mrs. M. A. Gibbons of Washington, who was born on Aug. 15, 1817, 86 years ago, is a guest at the Windsor hotel, Saratoga, where friends and guests assisted in honoring her. A dinner was given -for her in honor of the occasion. The north elevator on the navy de­ partment side of the state, war and navy building at Washington fell from the second floor to the basement. Six clerks were in the elevator at the time, but no one was injured. The state department has been in­ formed by Ambassador Choate that the first meeting of the Alaskan boun­ dary commission will be held at 11 o'clock on Sept. 3 in the British for­ eign office in London. Simon Kuhn and William H. Mc- Guire, members of the Royal Arcanum of Allegheny City, Pa., called at the New York morgue and identified the body of the man found in the Hudson river as that of Adolph J. GeFl, the missing treasurer of the Royal Ar­ canum lodge in Allegheny City. Following the discussion of the sub- ,Ject of negro lynching by the conven- ^^ •Htion of the Northeastern Federation of Women's Clubs (colored), itt New Ha- .'ven, the delegates adopted a resolu- tion to be forwarded to President Roosevelt, expressing the federation's grateful appreciation of his "impartial dealing with all questions pertaining to the protection of our race." As Miss Marie Jacobson of Superior, Wis., was preparing to retire she dis­ covered a well-known young man peeking at her window. She ran to v?the door and the man bolted into a hiding place. A passerby was sum­ moned; he dragged the prowler from the hiding place and held him while the enraged youn^ woman got a re­ volver and took a couple of shots at the offender. He was not hit, but was badly scared. A special dispatch from Pekin to a newspaper at Yokohomfc says that pi./. Prince Ching has secured Russia's V , consent to the invoking of President Roosevelt's good offices in connection !f:y,. with the Manchurian difficulty, jpf' The minister of public works atBer- ig/lr-ltn has ordered a thorough examina- "tion of the Berlin underground rail- j&L }road system in order to determine 1^1,' --what steps are necessary to avoid the §£ V, ;possibility of a catastrophe such as occurred in Paris. W. L. Penfleld, solicitor of the state department, has left Washington for f - '..vjjNew York to sail for Europe to take J-.: ,.jpart in The Hague conference on the ^Venezuelan question. Prof. J. H. Gili of the University of Montana has been appointed to the chair of mechanical and electrical en­ gineering at Millikin university, Deca­ tur, 111. Millikin is a new institution that will open Sept. 15. A quarrel over a road resulted in the fatal shooting of Joe Ribelln by Alex- iander Sutton at Salem, Ind. Sutton is a merchant at Kossuth. He surren­ dered to the officers. Gov. Dockery commuted the death sentence of Newton J. Privitt of Mi­ lan, Mo., to life imprisonment. Privitt was under sentence to hang on Aug. 26 for killing John W. Wolf. Mrs. Maria Letitia Lish, known as the oldest woman in Baltimore, died Aug. 12, at the age of 102. She had been an inmate of the Church home And infirmary many years. Her hus­ band was a surgeon in the British army and she came to America with him during the civil war. She pre­ served her mental faculties to the last Arnold White, the author who was lined |600 by the high court for con­ tempt of court in writing an article Just prior to Whitaker Wright's ar­ rival in England, which, it was al leged, was calculated to prejudice Wright's trial, has been liberated. His fine was paid by public subscription. It Is gossiped about at Newport that Miss May Van Alen, granddaughter of Mrs. William Astor, is engaged to W. H. Lehr, brother of Harry Lehr, the leader of Newport society. Miss Van Alen's father, James J. Van Alen, was President Cleveland's minister In Mrs. Julius Lussig of Hammond, Ind., was fatally burned in a lamp ex­ plosion. William Redmon, aged 45, was shot and Instantly killed by Alexander Humphrey at Terre Haute, Ind. They quarreled about a woman. Humphreys was arrested. F. L. Kelly, who Is accused of vie- Yale graduates all over the country, posing as a graduate of "Old Eli," and was arrested in San Fran cisco, where he called upon Charles Pas*, secretary to the Yale Associa tfcm. Ma record having preceded him The city council of Waupun, Wla, has pa&ed an ordinance regulating the speed of automobiles and motor cycles not to exceed six miles an hour and fixing a penalty of $5 to. $100 for each offense. Of the twenty-four cases of bubonl* plague at Pacasmayo, Peru, fifteen deaths are reported. The situation is alarming, as the disease appears to he in virulent form. One new case of the plague is reported at Mollendo. , Fire starting in a shed in which stock drovers slept destroyed annex B of the Union stock yards at Cincin­ nati, causing a loss of $60,000. A large quantity of live stock narrowly escaped destruction and three men were severely injured. Former State Senator Albert Gal­ latin Dow of New York celebrated the 95th anniversary of his birth at his home in Randolph, Cattaraugus county, N. Y., Aug. 16, surrounded by descendants of the fourth generation and a few close friend^ William Smith, the millionaire nurseryman of Geneva. N. Y., who is to build a college for young women, said that the institution was not for young women/ to learn Latin, Greek or mathematics. "The college will teach young/women nature," said Mr. Smith. "I believe every young wom­ an should know as much about her­ self as a man does about himself. I want my Institution to be a place where a young woman can come and be finished for a proper start in the struggle of life." Prince Mestchersky, who recently criticizedi. the high provincial officials of Russia in his newspaper, the Graze- danin, has received an official warn­ ing from the censor. A. E. Batson was hanged at Lake Charles, La., for the murder of six of the Earl family in February, 1902, near Welsh. Lieut. Gen. Von Gossler has been relieved of the post of war minister of Germany at his own request. Lieut. Gen. Von Einem, the director general of the department of war, has been appointed as his successor. Henry Vignaud, first secretary of the United States embassy in Paris, has written to the French government a letter of condolences on behalf of the ambassador, Gen. Porter, and the embassy in connection with the tun­ nel catastrophe on ,the Metropolitan railroad. Miss Agnes Lien, one of the society leaders of La Crosse, Wis., and J. M. Sarles of Hillsboro, N. D., were mar­ ried beside the casket of Miss Lien's dead mother, the wedding party be­ ing made up of the mourners who came to attend the funeral. The hasty wedding was at the mother's request. P. D. McMillan of Minneapolis re­ ceived a letter from his daughter, Em­ ily D. McMillan, which was mailed thirty-one days before in mid-Atlantic by means of a bqttle, in which it was enclosed and set afloat. The post­ mark shows that the bottle was picked up and taken to a coast town of Portugal. Harry A. Faulkner, former member of the St. Louis house of delegates, who was convicted of perjury in con­ nection with the Suburban boodle deal, has been sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. Faulkner's attorneys took an appeal to the Su­ preme court and bond was furnished in the sum of $10,000. The Supreme court of Utah affirmed the verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree against Peter Mortensen and refused to grant him a new trial. Mortensen was found guilty of murder­ ing James R. Hay, secretary of the Pacific Lumber company, and bury­ ing his body in an open field. For riding on the sidepaths without a license tag displayed upon his bi­ cycle, Sheridan, a son of Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, retired, has been ar­ rested near East Hampton, L. I. Upon learning that he had Just arrived from Washington and was unfamiliar with the laws, the justice dismissed the case. ^ It is stated that the pretender to the Moroccan throne, Bu Hamara, who was erroneously reported killed Aug. 2, has been routed near Taza by the sultan's troops. Gertrude Ryan of Rochester, N. Y., aged 10 years, is dead at West Web­ ster from fright. The child had been visiting in the country for her health. She saw a team in the yard and thought it was running away. She fainted and later died. W. F. Fox, who is wanted for the killing of a man named Stuart on an excursion train near Camden, Wilcox county, Ala., was arrested at Salt Lake City, Utah, and will be taken back to Alabama for trial. Fox says the kill­ ing was done in self-defense. The postofflce building at Sherman, S. D., was entered by cracksmen, who blew open the safe and carried off the contents. The robbers escaped. Notes to the value of $1,500, $300 in cash and $150 worth of stamps were obtained. Patrick J. McHenry, 20 years of age, whose home is in Newark, N. J., was arrested at Cheyenue, Wyo., on the charge of having murdered John Nellson at Blackfoot, Idaho. McHen­ ry denied all knowledge of the crime, but admits that he passed through Blackfoot. Jim McCoy shot and killed John Hancock, five miles south of Ozark, Mo., the result of a family feud of years' standing. McCoy was arrested. He is a son of the late Capt. John McCoy, who was president of the Arkansas constitutional convention. At the annual meeting of the Wells- Fargo Express company in New York city the retiring members of the board of directors were all re-elected. The ninth annual session of the Winona bible confernce will convene at Winona Lake, Ind., Aug. 16 and continue its meeting for eleven days. John Conroy, who mysteriously dis­ appeared April 26 from nis heme in Bloomfleld, N. J., and who had been mourned as dead by his wife and two children, has been beard from In St. Louis, Mo., where he is employed on a railroad. The Crucible Steel plant of Pitts­ burg will continue shut down until October. The corner stone of the Davls-El- kins Presbyterian college, to which former United States Senators Elltins and Davis contributed upward of $100,- 000, was laid at Elkins, W. Va. JETT IND WHITE ARE FOUND GUILTY Kentucky Jury Metes Out Life Imprisonment to the Feudists DEATH PENALTY WAS EXPECTED able cruise. Mr. Vanderbilt gave a banquet on board the North Star in celebration of Independence day at which Emperor William and Prince Henry of Prussia were present $ PYTHIAN HOME IS VOTED DOWNt Prosecution Hoped to Secure Confes­ sions Involving These High in Au­ thority in Breathitt County Had Men Been Sentenced to Gallows. Cynthiana, Ky., dispatch: Curtis Jett and Thomas White, the feudists charged with the assassination of James B. Marcum at Jackson, Ky., last spring, have been found guilty of murder. The penalty was fixed by the jury at life imprisonment. The verdict is regarded as at least a par­ tial victory for the defense, the pros­ ecution having urged that no middle ground be taken--that the men be either acquitted or hanged. The convictions are the first ever secured for murders committed dur­ ing the famous Hargis-Cockerill feud, though twenty-seven lives have been lost in it within the past two years. Until last May there was not even an arrest. At tnfet time troops were sent to Jackson to protect the grand jury, and afterward the trial jury and wit­ nesses. Indictments followed, and finally, after a three weeks' struggle, lowa Qrand Lodge Defeats Plan for Proposed Sanitarium. Council Bluffs, la., dispatch: By aj^ rote of 320 to 162, the Iowa Grand; „ lodge of the Knights of Pythias turned down the proposition to build a sani­ tarium and Pythian home at Colfax/ In the drill contest at Lake Man^wa between the various companies of the uniform rank, Sheldon won' first place and Valley Junction second. The following officers were elected by the Rath bone Sisters: Chief, Mrs. Linnle Fierro, Osceola; mistress of records and correspondence, Miss Effie Parsons, Marion; mistress of finance, Mrs. Clara McQuiston, Des Moines. FIFTY DEATHS niiL Thousands of Persons in ia* ' maica Are Homeless and Destitutes HIDDEN PICTURE PUZZLE, FRUIT INDUSTRY IS RUINED FINISH LONG ELECTRIC LINE Richmond, Ind., Celebrates Comple­ tion of a Large Undertaking. Richmond, Ind., dispatch: By the completion of the Dayton & Western traction line into Richmond, Indianap­ olis and Dayton, O., are joined by a continuous line which is one of the longest in the world. It not only links Ohio and 'Indiana, furnishing many important connections, but it will be one part of the trunk line that will eventually connect St. Louis and New York, with branches that will touch Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toledo, Detroit and other important points. The com­ pletion of the Dayton & Western was celebrated by the people of this city, assisted by delegations from all the IIN CM 0»T«l» * p " VI' William H. Signet of McKeesport, Pa., acknowledges the receipt of $100 from President Roosevelt, a Gift to the Signets' twentieth child, Theodore Roosevelt Signet, --Detroit Free Prest. Jett and White have been convicted. Few Hear Verdict, The verdict was returned at a time when few persons were present in the courtroom, County Attorney Webster being the only lawyer in attendance. Jett, who has been calm and self-pos­ sessed during the entire trial, re­ ceived the announcement with perfect indifference. White, who has been nervous and excited from the first, turned pale, and bis eyes filled with tears. Attorneys Golden and Blanton, for the defense, promptly put in a motion for a new trial, which was taken un­ der advisement by Judge Osborne. The general opinion is that it will be overruled, and that the case will then go to the court of appeals. Verdict Is Anticipated. A verdict of guilty had been antici­ pated even by the defense, in view of the long deliberations of the Jury. The delay is said to have been due to a debate upon the question of pun­ ishment, one juror standing out against a capital penalty. When it was announced ^hat the jury had come out, a crowd gathered at the courtrooms, but it was quiet and orderly, all the mountain men having gone to their homes. Both Jett and White were previous­ ly tried at Jackson, the case result­ ing in a disagreement. Expect New Trial. The friends of Captain B. L. Ewen and other witnesses for the common­ wealth, who have suffered greatly and were living In fear of their Jives, are greatly relieved. They expected the death penalty, and are confident that it would have been followed by con­ fessions from the condemned men, exposing parties high in authority in Breathitt county, who are considered to be back oI the conspiracy. Jett is still under indictment for first degree murder for killing Town Marshal Cockerlll. His friends say he will have a new trial, and even if he falls in that effort he might be pardoned itt the course of time. The friends of the defendants showed such relief as to leave no doubt of their previous apprehensions of the death penalty. Vanderbiits Are Home. New York special: Cornelius Van- derbilt's big yacht the North Star is again la home waters after a remark- Sage Entertains Children. New York dispatch: Russell Sage gave his annual outing to the boys and girls of Poughkeepsie. There were plenty of good things to eat. and the children all joined in a hearty cheer for "Uncle Russell." points on the line from Indianapolis to Dayton. There was a display^ of fireworks and speeches were made. FORMER NUN TO CONTEST WILL Mrs. Agatha Gluntz Is Disinherited for Renouncing Vows. Kenosha, Wis., dispatch: Mrs. Ag­ atha Gluntz of Milwaukee, daughter of Leonard Thelen, who was a well-to- do farmer of Somers, Wis., has filed notice oi contest of her father's will. He bequeathed an estate of $30,000 and cut her off with $500, because she had renounced her vows in a Catholic sisterhood to marry her present hus­ band. Mrs. Gluntz was known as Sis­ ter Agatha In the Dominican order in Milwaukee and worked with the order several years before she fell, in love with her present husband, whom she married several years ago. Since that time she has been estranged from her family. FARMER'S DASH FOR LIFE FAILS Rides Fifteen Mites to Nearest Doctor After Being Kicked. La Crosse, Wis., special: With an injury he knew to be fatal, Farmer McCalley of De Soto rode fifteen miles to a doctor's office and died upon reaching his destination. McCalley, who was kicked in the stomach by a horse, climbed upon the animal whose kick later caused his death and dash>- ed madly for the village. Faint from the loss of blood1, he toppled over from his saddle on reaching De Soto. He was carried to* a hotel and died as the .doctor, whose assistance in time would) have saved his life, arrived. Pralsea Royal Hospitalltyi. New York, dispatch? The ortrftaer Chicago has- reached here from Lis­ bon, Portugal, where it took part in the royal fete given by King Carlos. Capt. Cornwall praised the csowaed heads who had recently honored the European squadron. Scientists Are Poisoned. Canandaigua, N. Y., special: Thir­ ty members of Prof. A. L. Arey*s Na­ tional Science camp, Canandaigua Lake, are ill as a result of poison re­ ceived either in milk or meat. Public Lands for lrrl| Washington dispatch: The com­ missioner of the general: Itad office has withdrawn from entry 150,000 acres of public lands In northwestern Colorado, to be used ha connection with the White river irrigation proj­ ect. Mob Shoota Negro. Indianapolis, Ind., dispatch: Kay Wood, colored, sfcbt James Sanders, white, in an argument over how much education a negro should have. Wood fled. He was pursued and finally shot. Both men will recover. Ban on Tolstoi's Book. Berlin cable: The high court ad- Judged Tolstoi's "Thou Shalt Not Kill" a pernicious book because it in­ sults the German Emperor. It is di­ rected that every copy must be con­ fiscated and destroyed. Miner* Die In Rapids. Phoenix, Ariz., dispatch: P. H. Mc- Ganigle and Charles McLean, mining men of Flagstaff, were drowned in at­ tempting to shoot the rapids in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado river. Royal Honor* for Irish. London cablegram: A large number of promotions and appointments to the Royal Victorian Order in connec­ tion with the King's recent visit to Ireland have been gazetted. Rockefeller# In Mining Deal. Spokane, Wash., dispatch: The Spokesman Review says the Rockefel­ lers are Interested in a deal to form a company, with $30,000,000 stock, to control the lead output of the Coeur d'Alene mining region. Treasury Buy* 8ilver. Washington dispatch: The treas­ ury department has purchased 70,000 ounces of silver at 55^ cents, for coinage at the San Francisco mint for the Philippine govern meat, 1 •jLvVlZL"" LoV Hundreds of Plantation* Have Been Wrecked--Torrent of Rain Over­ flows the Rivers and Railroad Traf­ fic I* Stopped--Wire* Are Down. Kingston, Jamaica cablegram: The hijrricane which swept the west coast of Jamaica Tuesday, doing little dam­ age, veered to the south early Wednes­ day morning, devastating the north­ ern and eastern parts of the Island. The death Ifst will reach fifty, and perhaps more, and thousands of peo­ ple -are homeless and destitute. The property loss is fully $10,000,000 and may be greater. The city of Port Antonio, oil; the north coast, is wiped away, only six buildings standing. Port Maria, an­ other north coast town, was des­ troyed. Thousands of houses in Kingston were demolished. 8teamer* Go Down. Five steamers belonging to the United Fruit company, including the Simon Dumois, the Alfred Dumois and the Brigton, were driven ashore at Port Antonio. A Norwegian steamer was wrecked at Annotta bay. Five V3ssels were sunk in Kingston har­ bor, Including the American schooner Rochelle and the British ship Gala­ tea. Scores of small coasting schoon­ ers were wrecked on the north coast. The United Fruit company's wharves, offices, and hotel at Port An­ tonio are piles of ruins. The Kings­ ton wharves are badly damaged. - Many Are Ruined. Hundreds of fruit, coffee and~sugar plantations were devastated and their owners ruined. Practically the entire fruit industry of the island has been paralyzed. Thousands of plantation owners have been bankrupted. Trade is at a standstill and it will be twelve months before the island recovers from the disaster. A torrential rain accompanied the hurricane, and rivers are overflowed. Railroad traffic on the islahd has stopped. In Kingston the electric light plant and powerhouses were de­ molished, the city is in darkness, and the street cars are not running. Tele­ graph wires are down in . every direc­ tion. NEWSPAPERMEN FORM A £ool Publisher* of Illinois Daily Journals Organize a Society. Chicago, III., dispatch: Twenty- seven publishers of daily papers In Illinois met at the Chicago Press club to organize the Associated Dailies of Illinois, designed to centralize adver­ tising contracts of small papers. Fred Le Roy and A. R. Van Skiver were elected temporary secretary and presi­ dent and the meeting adjourned. Ad­ vertising agents in New York, Chicago and St. Paul will handle all advertising for papers which are members. The total circulation represented was about about 250,000. LATEST CASH MARKET REPORT Wheat. Chicago--No. 2 red. 79<g;79/4ic. New York--No. 2 red, 84%e. St. Louis--No. 2 red, 80c. Kansas City--No. 2, 69c. Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, 84®8Stye. Minneapolis--No. 2 northern, 93@9£>4c. Duluth--No. 1 northern, 86%c. Corn. Chicago--No. 2, 54@54>4c. New York--No. 2, 59V4c. St. Louis--No. 2. 46^»c. Kansas City--No. 2, 47%.®. Peoria--No. 3, 51c. Oat*. Chicago--Standard, 35%@38>&c. New York--No. 2. 39c. St. Louis--No. 2 white, 39ftc. Kansas City--No. 2 white; 34c. Cattle. Chicago--$1.50@ 7.00. St. Louis--$2.00@6.60. Kansas City--$1.50®6.50. Omaha--$2.00®5.2fi. Hog*. Chicago--$5.15@6.00. St: Louis--$4.00@5.76. Kansas City--$5.20@5.65. Omaha--$5.15 (u 5.50. Sheep and Lamb*. Chicago--$3.00 (fi 5.75. St. Louis--$2. CO (fl5.78. Kansas City--$2.50®5.40 Omaha, $2.50@5.60. Fortune Seek* Gird Butte, Mont., special: M. A. Gor- rill, an attorney of Lawrence, Kas., is here searching for Alice M. Clark, whose father recently died leaving her $100,000. After twelve years' ser­ vice In hotels and restaurant* the girl recently left here. Club* Must Have License*, Elgin, 111., special: As a result of the crusade started by Dr. Farmiloe to secure an enforcement of the laws on liquor selling Mayor Hubbard or­ dered the chief of police to notify twenty-two social clubs that they must •top selling liquor. 8un Dance Is Custom. Los Angeles dispatch: Dr. George A. Dorsey, curator of anthropology of the Field Columbian Museum, denies that he instigated the recent Cheyenne Indian sun dance. He explaina that the dance is an annual custom. Goat Eats Stamp*. Memphis, Tenn., dispatch: The stomach of a goat is to be analyzed in an effort to account for the disap­ pearance of a number of revenue stamps involving hundreds of dollars. jr&s. Hunt Convict With Hou Lincoln, Neb., special: State pris­ on authorities, with the aid of a posse including a party of newspaper report­ ers and blood hounds, are searching for an escaped convict, whose flight completely puzzles the pursuers. Costly Tennis Trophy. Watertown, N. Y., dispatch: The costliest cup that has been given this season for winners of any event on St. Lawrence river has just been donated by S, H. Vandergrift of Pittsburg. raw m Find the eplrlt of the mountains. Institution at Montgomery, Minn., Is In Financial Distressi SENDSAN0TE70HIS BROTHER H. S. Bralnerd, Leading Lumberman, Who Is Proprietor, Leaves for Parts Unknown After Notifying the Cash­ ier of His Intention. SL Paul, Minn., special: George S. Brainerd, head of the G. S. Brainerd Lumber Company of Minneapolis, and with his brother, B. A. Brainerd, own­ er of the Farmers and Merchants' Bank at Montgomery, in this state, has been missing for several days un­ der circumstances which are the cause of much anxiety and alarm among his friends. The bank at Montgomery is closed, with B. S. Brainerd, who is cashier, out of the city, and it is feared that it will not be able to open again. The deposits have been running from $50,- 000 to $60,000, and the liabilities are estimated at $150,000. Brother Receive* Note. Cashier Brainerd. who is also in­ terested in the lumber company, is in Minneapolis assisting in the search for his missing brother, but the great­ est energy upon the part of himself and others has failed to develop any important Information. Cashier Brainerd received a note from the missing man Wednesday, and this note contained the flrst Intimation that there was anything wrong with the writer of the message. The note was rather incoherent, but it indicated quite plainly that Mr. Brainerd was in an excited state of mind. There was nothing definite about the note, except that there were intimations that its author was despondent and intended to do something desperate. Worry Causes Crash. The trouble appears to be the out­ growth of business worry in connec­ tion with some rather heavy deals. The latest was in connection with a bank which closed its doors. Mr. Brainerd recently met a deficit of $16,000, putting up his company's se­ curities. Just what is wrong at the bank cannot be learned. CHILD GROUND UNDER WHEEL8 Baby Loses Life at Rockford Despite Brave Effort of Fireman. Rockford, 111., dispatch: Fireman Robert Nye of a Chicago & North­ western train made a brave effort to save a child from death. The 18- months-old sop of Mr. and Mrs. Will­ iam Steinderf had toddled upon the track. Nye, seeing that the child had not heeded the whistle, climbed out on the running board of the engine, leaned over the pilot and was just about to catch the garments of the baby when there was a sudden lurch of the engine, his hand missed and the little fellow was ground to death under the wheels. Plunges Beneath a Tra+tv Indianapolis, Ind., special: George V. Gonser of Kokomo, Ind., former deputy secretary of state, committed suicide in this city by plunging be­ neath a train of Big Four cars. He first slashed his throat with a razor. Worry over financial embarrassments caused the act. Relic of Andre. Vanoouver, B. C., dispatch: A. B. Keeler has what he believes to be a relic of the Andre balloon expedition. It is a small piece of silk such as An­ dre used. IJe secured it from the In­ diana at the head of McKenzie river. Rebuff for Mr*. Lockw^od. Washington special: The woman's auxiliary to the International Typo­ graphical union voted not to hear an address in support of female suffrage by Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood. Sue Police for $90,000. Pittsburg, Pa., dispatch: Retta Ed­ gar and Charles Billmlre have begun suits against William Wall. Thomas Morley and E. J. Fredericks, police offi­ cials, for $90,000 damages as the re­ sult of a liquor raid. Jx&Ml New Bank at Salem. Springfield, 111., dispatch: Auditor McCullough has licensed the organiza­ tion of the Salem State bank of Sa­ lem, Marlon county. The bank is to b&ve a capital of $50,000. • 1 ' Siii BOOKKEEPER OF BANK WRECKS INSTITUTION Admits Having Embezzled $45,000^ Which He Claims to Have Squan* dered in Speculation. Duluth, Minn., special: E. E. John­ son, bookkeeper for the Commercial Banking company of this city, has been arrested here on a warrant charging him with the embezzlement of $45,000 of the bank's money. When placed in jail Johnson admitted his guilt and claimed that his peculations had extended over a period of eight months and that he had been able to deceive his employers by~.a manipula­ tion of the books. Asked as to what he had done with so much money, he declared that he had squandered it in stock specula­ tion and that not a dollar of the amount was saved. President Charles F. Leland of the Commercial Bank­ ing company said that he had hoped to tide over the affairs of the bank so that it could continue doing busi­ ness, but found that this was impossi­ ble. "I am a ruined man," said he, "and the efforts of years have been wiped away by the embezzlement. I trusted young Johnson as I would one of my own boys, and when the truth dawned upon me that he had taken the money it was all that I could do to be­ lieve it" GRAIN COMPANY IS BANKRUPT Creditors of St. Louis Concern Allege Property Is Concealed. " St Louis, Mo., dispatch: Involun­ tary bankruptcy proceedings have been instituted by creditors against the Rlalto Grain and Securities com­ pany, the offices of which were atr tached by deputy sheriffs upon a writ issued by the Circuit court. The cred­ itors named in the petition for bank­ ruptcy proceedings filed in the Fed­ eral court are: A. B. Moffat of Wee- ton, Can., $33$; Samuel Harris North- ville, N. Y., $339, and A. E. Sangster of Cheboygan, Mich., $675. It is al­ leged in the petition that the company has concealed property and has turned it over to the officers in order to keep it from the creditors. THREE LIVES ARE CRUSHED OUT New Plant at Cleveland the 8cene of • Fatal Accident. Cleveland, O., special: The Cleve­ land Furnace Company's plant, Just completed at a cost of nearly $1,000,- 000, was the scene of an accident in which three lives were instantly 'crushed out. The dead: Michael Krecji, George Peters, Frank Virone. The first blow-in of the new blast fur­ nace was to have take place and the three men were inside the stack lay­ ing the last course of material when the huge bell at the top of the stack seventy-five feet above where the men were at work, crashed down upon them. Bridegroom Returns. Olivet, Mich., dispatch: Alexander Frans, who was forcibly detained from attending his own wedding and whose disappearance has been a mystery, re­ turned safe and sound to the home of his fiance- He tells a story of being captured and taken away by tramps. Depew Is an Oj^mlst. London cable: Senator Chauncey M. Depew, in speaking of the financial and business conditions In the United States said he believed that the recent liquidation in the stock market, while drastic, will be healthful in clearing the 'financial atmosphere. Schwab Buys Steel Stock. New York dispatch: Charles M. Schwab's recent heavy purchases of steel stock places him among the four heaviest stockholders. The others of the big four are Henry Phipps, Henry C. Frick and John D. Rockefeller. Buys Mine Control. Colorado Springs, Colo., dispatch: W. K. Ryan, representing the Ryan, Whitney and Guggenheim exploitation syndicate, has bought control of the Portland mine for $5,000,000. Russian Admiral Viceroy. St Petersburg cablegram: A ukase has been promulgated forming the Amur district and the Kwangtung ter­ ritory into a special viceroyalty under Admiral Alexieff, commander of the Russian Pacific fleet. Cleveland May Come West. St Paul, Minn., dispatch: Grover Cleveland has written friends in thia city accepting conditionally an invita­ tion to visit Minnesota on a hunting expedition during October mailto:2.00@6.60 mailto:5.15@6.00 mailto:4.00@5.76 mailto:5.20@5.65 mailto:2.50@5.60