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"**k IT. i sim MEW S WILL SUITS STAKE T+ r*r Vast Fortune of William Weight men the Object of Bitter Fight of Heirs. DAUGHTER, LEFT ALLt DEFENDANT IN CONTEST Daughter-in-Law of Rich Chemist Seeks Share for Her Children. WB Rumor of Compromise. Philadelphia, Oct. 15.When court reconvened at 2 p.m. the case, on mo tion of attorneys for Mrs. Wister, was postponed. This action caused surprise and there was a' rumor that there had been a compromise. Philadelphia, Oct. 15.The great con test to have declared invalid the will of William Weightman, the millionaire chemist, who died leaving an estate valued at about $60,000,000, was called for a hearing today before Judge Ash man in the orphans' court. William Weightman was the founder of the Powers & Weightman firm of chemists which, since his death, has become the Powers-Weightman-Bosen arten company. He was known to ave acquired a vast fortune, and when he died the public generally was sur prised to find that it was left entirely to his daughter, Mrs. Anne Weightman Walker. Says Codicil Was Made. The suit to set aside the -v.ill was Instituted by Mrs. Jones-Wister, who was a daughter-in-law of Mr. Weight if Got Money from Mrs. Walker. The first witness called by the con testant was A. W. Hoopes, who was manager of accounts and credits for Powers & Weightman, of which con cern Mr. Weightman was sole member. At first he was an unwilling witness. He had been a witness to the will and Mr. Simpson asked him what sums of money he had received from Mrs. Walker after the death of her father. His first answer was that he received his salary up to the time the firm was taken over by another company. Then he admitted receiving $20 for each year he was with the firm, or a total of $860. Other employees received gifts at the same rate. Following this, after much coaxing bv attorneys, he admitted receiving a present of $5,000 from Mrs. Walker. "What else did you getf" asked Mr. Simpson. "That is a private matter," he re plied. 5100.000 Present. At this iuncture the witness was threatened with contempt of court for evading answers. Finally the judge in formed him that he was in the hands of the. court and he was instructed to answer^' Mr. Hoopes thereupon said: .."Well, if I am compelled to an swer, I received from Mrs $100,000." This answer caused a sensation and much'ioud conversation ensued. After quiet had been restored the witness said he received the $100,000 about Dec. 27, 1904. Saw Other Papers Signed. Having established the fact that he had received gifts from Mrs. Walker, the lawyers examined the witness re- fng yarding the circumstances of the sign of, the last will of Mr. Weightman, on Aug. 1, 1895. He had witnessed the signing of two other papers prior to the signing of the last will. These he believed were a will and codicil, but he was not sure. Shies at Cameras. Mrs. Walker was then called.' As she took the stand she exposed herself to a-battery of cameras which she had up to that time avoided by holding a small fan before her face. She testified her father's first will was executed in 1884. She never saw it but understood it divided the estate in three parts, one-third each to her self and her two brothers. AVhen sh heard her father changed his-will in he,r favor she expressed hj-r. disapproval, as," she preferred it 'should stand as originally drawn. i $60,000,000 Mefs%riftW I went to see my father the next day, and he himself said to me: I have changed my will and. left every thing to you.' I asked him: Why did you do it?' and he replied: I have carefully considered the matter and thought that the best disposition of my property.' If I outlive you, what shail I do with the estatei'-I asked, audi he said: 'Do as you please.'' know you love your nieces and nephews.' When asked if thojfr was any fur Continued en 2d P&we, 1st Column. iVi^'^^^&^Mi^lM-^iw? *ka Tactics of State Grain As sociations Brought into Case.* man, but who remarried at the death of .*e blacklisted and boycotted because her husband, John Weightman. f* persists buying gram from farm- Mrs. Wister, on behalf of her minor elevator companies, and not alone daughter, Martha Wteightman, seeks to from members of the gram associations prove that Mr. Weightman left a codi- A number of letters were introduced cil to his will amply providing for his which members of the Illinois asso- granddaughter and the other heirs to nation protested against the firm do- the estate. Mrs. Walker denies that K business with men whom it termed any such codicil exists, and says the irregular, will probated wag her father's last and 'full expression of his desires in the mat ter. Proposal of Marriage. the will is broken, five grand daughters and a grandson of Mr* Weightman will be. benefited. The case has attracted considerable attention be cause of the-social prominence of those concerned. A sensation was created by Mrs. Wis ter's declaration that Mr. Weightman, who was past 80 years.of age when he died, made a proposal of marriage to her after the death of her husband, i but that she rejected him and married Mr. Wister. Contest Splits Family. _'.,., The contest has caused the family1 to split in factions. One of Mrs, Wis ter daughters, Mrs. Richaq%vW$ltt Meiers, formerly Miss Anme-W' Weightman, openly siding with her-. aunt. She will probably be a witness in Mrs. Walker's behalf. Hampton L. Carson, .attprney general of Pennsylvania, and General Johnson ar at the bead of the Mrs. Walker group of lawyers, and Alexander Simp son, Jr., heads the attorneys for Mrs. Waster. The two principals in the case. Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Wister, arrived in the courtroom early and took seats among the crowd. Each was quietly dressed and Mrs. Walker's appearance gave but Blight indication that she was the pos sessor of $60,000,000. Chicago, Oct. 15.Testimony was: heard today.before three members of the interstate commerce commission rel ative to the possible existence of a grain trust. The first witness was A. T. Aygarn of" Pontiac,"Iowa, who [told of his struggles against' the Illinois. Grain Dealers association. Aygarn broke into tears while on the stand, and it was necessary to eicuse him from giving further evidence. He declared, as he left the" .-"stand, tears streaming down his face arid his voice broken by his grief, that he had been ruined because he had. dared to deal with the farmer and with the track shovelers. He declared that the. discrimination against him had been doubled because the railroads had refused to give him cars in which to transport his grain. Talk of State Associations. Secret letters and circulars to mem bers of the Iowa State Grain Dealers' association, and similar documents is sued to members of theeIllinois tion, were1 tion and b^- ,K^,tfT,,,4.^^^l^i^^^^ CRIE S O N WfFNES S GRAft i tRUSTireOB?: Iowwv Breaks Down inChicago Hearing Declaring He Was Ruined by the Railroads, m- associa read to th commissioner and the statements were .considered so unusual by the commissioners that the witnesses were rigidly examined. J. B. Brennan and L. G. Dunn, grain solicitors for a Chicago house, told of a struggle between the farmers and the I commission men in Iowa and Illinois. Bcrli men declared that their firm had ien blacklisted and boycotted because Lost Many Thousands. Because the firm declined to obey the expressed wishes of the Illinois associa tion, allthe members of that organiza tion, it was said, had refused .to do any business with.it. Witness Aygarn, when he had recov ered his composure, resumed the stand. He said that he had $10,000 invested in his business., that that had disappeared, and he is many thousands of dollars behind. He has a crippled child and a wife to support, he declared, and all his troubles followed his attempt'to aid a friend^ who was'a farmer, by purchas ing his grain. He said that at one time the Illi noijs Central. railroad left $600 worth of _, .,,_, ,been exercised by Miss Margaret Is- lis'grain on the tracks for.weeks with-' '^igj^a prominent"club "woman, ad*tbe out n\OTinif'it this being,,be declared, a,? p2fc-of'ihj6 discrimination a&ainst ^MJftj tbali-bTTSught aBout Ms'ruinr^ AnotBer B^jined,.He Says. H. H. Carr, ah itidependent dealer in grain, also claimed that. he had been ruined by thethso-called grain combina- diseriminatioh of the railroads. He declared that time after time he had called, the attention of the interstate commerce commission, of President Koosevelt, and of' Attorney General Moo4y. to the state of things, but nothing had ever come of it. "Can you give an instance of where a man has been ruined by. the condi tions which you describe?" asked Com missioner Prouty. I certainly'can," replied the wit ness. I ani an instance myself. 1 have been ruined by these things." Scores the Government. The witness then broke into a tirade against the president, attorney general and the members of the commission for having paid no attention to the state- I ments which he declared had been subt' j^tfa?****w*^^ mitted to them in the past. At the re- Jj quest of Commissioner Prouty he prom- |jj is'ed to furnish the commission with -k further information. (sis Witness L. G. Dunn told of the re- i~-jj fusal of the Chicago & North-Western]!! railroad to give an independent dealer in grain a site for an elevator along -g its right of way until a bill was pre- \k s.ented to the legislature to, compel al- j-j^ lowance of elevator sites by the rail roads to anyone who wished to build. a Charges Recent. Abuse. fjj He also declared that five weeks agoi the Illinois Central road refused farm ers the right to build an elevator along jS| its right of way at .'Richards,, Iowa. I |jj The matter was-taken last week before jig the Iowa railroad commissioners, where i^ the secretary" Of the Iowa Grain Deal-j| ers' association declared, according to !|i the witness, that farmers should -not be allowed to erect elevators, because it'jji compelled the payment to them of ^oo|| Walker high prices for their grain. ,!j: i Other witnesses told of the efforts to :t: divert business away from F. M. Tor- ||g ry of River Sioux, Iowa, who was said to be "irregular." Secretary Wells of the Iowa association was active in this work, it was said. BURTON IS READY TO ENTER PRISON His Plea Denied, Former United States Senator, May Soon Go to Cell. Washington, Oct.' 15.The supreme court of the United States today denied the petition -of former United States Senator Burton" of Kansas'for a -re- hearing in the case in which he is un der sentence? Of* imprisonment and firie on the charge of accepting an attorney 7 fee in a case in which the' government was interested while he was serving as a senator. $1Rhe effect of the decision will be the immediate imprisonment, of Biirtqn unless attorneys some, other means'vohispostponing'(revise the execu tion of sentence.' Abilehe, Kan,, Oct. 15.Mr, Burton, when seen at his home.here today, .would not discuss .the action of the supreme court-dn refusing him a hearing. -This is not' my time to talk,''.. he declared. It is stated, from an authoritative source that Mf,.# Burton has already communicated" with his attorneys, ask ing that his'term of "imprisonment be arranged to begin at the earliest poa i sible momeafc^'^i-^^J^J: -^i SW JOKES DROPS DEAD AS HE FLEES CITY Noted Evangelist Expires on the Train lifter. Strange Dis-1, appearance. Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 15.Sam P. Jones, the noted evangelist, dropped dead this morning in an Oklahoma, Choctaw & Gulf train, near Little Rock, Mr. Jones' home is at Cartersville, Ga point west of Little Rock tination was Memphis. The body was found in his berth in the sleeping car, and was taken off the train at Littie Rock. Fled from Oklahoma City. Oklahoma City, Gkla., Oct. 15. "Sam" Jones, the evangelist, had been holding revival services in the taber nacle in this city for some weeks. He was to have addressed audiences yes terday, but it developed early in the day that he had disappeared. Altho vigorous search was made for him nothing was learned as to the whereabouts of the evangelist until news was received today of his death on a train near Little Bock. FLEES TO WINONA TO AVOID SCANDAL Said to Have Sought Ref uge in Minnesota. chaxgftOi&iade against her, it is asserted,' Sp^'-'sespSt-'in. legal pawcefgavngs be^ng instituted. ,..,vr ,iw '^^'Wsl^nYiV^'-isSerte^^^ Winona, Minn. where she is n6w Wbxfifir ing "riltlsic, to avoid the storm thM ?ft brewing. :*.,'---^'"'^.KM. GEOBGE Architect Taylor Known to Have Rejected Pence Opera-' House. i W15.iirs.DEAD.. E^ WlTintetka 111., Oct. Peck wKe bt former Gorernor George W. Peck of Wiscon sin/died snddenly here Yesterday. Durham, Eng., Oct. 15.^-rAn explosion occurred in the Wingate colliery near here at about midnight. Some two hundred men were en tombed. About one hundred of these are be lieved to be safe in a lower part of the I v* Property South $ Hennepin Ave nue Recommended by the Treasury^ Agent. By W. WVJermane. Washington, Oc^'-ltS:If the rec ommendation of James K. Taylor, su pervising architect of the treasi.ry de partment, is favored by Soci-cttuy Shavy, the new- poffaoffice at Minneapolis wW W|J locatebuilding south of Hennepin avenue. Neither Mr. TayleSMror Assistant Sec retary Edwards-wouM say which of the three blocks itt that) locality had been selected, but it-^was admitted that the Mr. Jones was traveling from some Pence opera house block was not Mr. jck, and his des-j Taylor's choice? notwithstanding the strong recommendation made by the public affairh xSommittee of the Com mercial club. All of the blocks ^south of Hennepin, 40, 39 and 30, haye been valued at more than $350-,000f Wife Of Austin, 111., Millionaire Great Western effects an arrangement i for sending its trains in and out of Special to The Journal. Chicago, Oct. 15.Austin church and club circles are all torn up over the al leged estrangement of Millionaire Au brey Warren arid his wife, who "for inany years was soloist in the Method ist .church. Hypnotism is declared to have played an important part in "the separation of the eouple. Incidentally the same occult medium has caused a deal of dissension in a number of other families in the fashionable suburb. The hypnotic power, it is alleged, has ?the limit of cost set by .congress1* Block 46 Natural Choice. The estimatetbn :$me block Is $385,- 000, on another $3674000 .and on another $391,000. The department officials be lieve, however^that sbme of the par cels in all these blofcks are valued too high by their ownemj and thato condemnation proceedings nundefr an the blocks can be ^bright within the limit of cost. On a basis oi the ^amount of mail handled at the Milwaukee and Union stations, block 40, which lies di rectly opposite the' "former station, would be the natural selection, without regard for the convenience of citizens who use the postoffice.- Under the pres ent conditions 65 per cent of all the mail 'is handled there and this per centage will be increased if the Chicago this station. Awaits Shaw's Beturn. Negotiations-to Ahat nd aro under stood to be under way now. This block is also well located with reference to the proposed, union station. Mr. Taylor's report.will be held until Secretary Shaw resumes his duties af ter the election, as tb, assistant secre tary wants to consult "him before taking action binding the government -to pur chase one of these bHfeks. Block 39, of tho&e ^referred to in the preceding dispatc% is that between First and Second avenues S -and Wash ington avenue and Second street block 4a is bounded TJT Second and Third avenues S and Wasfyfcjttoji avenued Second,street'.AmoKr 207*3 jof and fcouude by Second i^TWki'*si %a*p$} M^ a^d-Second ^%et8 in c*^f a sitfr son^thi of He*nepimweiMtte**aeem*H^vlFe'*tTie-1 choice thei autliM*ties at Waahinff ton, steps will pMbably be taken by the Commercial ehw ^to change the kr cision. ?r ooNaFsa TO BATE WOMEN. -faete, Oct. 15.The thlei international on grss foe the tsaparesrion ot traffic in^woiaen will assemble here Oct. 23. Fire Damp Explodes in British Mine 27 colliery, but there were'between sixty and eighty men in the seam Where the disaster occurred. Up to 2 o'clock this afternoon.twen ty^four: bodies had been recovered and thirty miners had been brought out alive. Forty-four were liberated from an other part of the mine later. f- I'V ^-w THE AMERICAN COLOSSUS. Ji^ .VVi^JJ| \%,:'4 :Seeretar R6oiv MISS BERTHA KRUPP, Who Was Married Today to Young Dip lomat. WORLD'S RICHEST GIRL IS MARRIED Bertha Krupp Married to Lieuten ant Von Bohlen-The Kai ser a Guest. Special to The Journal. Berlin, Oct. 15.-The wedding of Miss Bertha Krupp, eldest daughter of the late Herr Krupp, the great gunmaker and wealthiest man in Germany, and Gustavus von Bohlen Halback, a young member of the German diplomatic ser vice, took place today at the Krupp villa at Huegel, a few miles from ^s- sen. The presence of representatives' of the imperial family and of numerous other guests of note gave brilliance to the function, which otherwise was. char acterized by the greatest simplicity, The bride of today is undoubtedly the richest heiressin the world.. By thfej BeMen-Halbalfe*-4s: and KajavWfii^*4 jer-pas minister -dfithe grand, duchy of Ba|e. The family haB .extensive es tates in Baden and also large inter,e?t.a in the United States. After studying law at. Heidelberg. university, h% trav eled extgnsively in America Befurning to Europe in 1897, he was appoi^ed to a post in the foreign office at Berlin.. It is expected that the 131 men.who, it is now announced, are confined in a lower main, will be safely brought but before night. They have signalled that they are all-right and are not consid ered to be in danger. The total number of deaths from the explosion, which apparently was caused by fire damp, is twenty-seven. r- v- T */v**/- ^MVnf*n****** is bridging the space between the two continents: .'34ja^afcsfiS?Sftbotf, th will of her father, who died\Noy. 22,1 1902, the works at Essen, Kiel, Magde- armed themselves and are patrolling the burg, Oberhausen and elsewhere, the to- fields. Automobiles are carrying armed tal value of which exceeds $50,000^000,. were converted, into, a limited liability* company, with $3,200,000 capital. The eldest daughter holds 159,996- shares in the companv, and'-*her mother and young er sister, Barbara are otherwise pro vided .for. The last dividend was of $8,400,000, nearly all of which was paid, .to Bertha as-tke largest '^ate^ #pldex J:'-V'-fpv.'-''":?- '~-if. The ife#iue,yeSM'oIa^ wb^seaiTtSi4^th-f: V. ^(^.Q- ^a "fe%5^s^ rOBABIiT 4HOWBE8 TONTGHT OB TWMDAY KOT MtTOH CHANGE W WMWBRATOTfflM HUNT FO MHNIKAHD A BANDIT ONE SUSPECT HELD irjr iiTu ii i i i $300 REWARD In view of the succession of rob berles, culminating Saturday evening in what may prove a fatal "assault on one of the victims, and believing all these different assaults to be the work of one and the same man, I hereby offer a reward,of $300 for In formation or evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of the robber who shot and dangerously wounded Joseph Gardout. on the corner of Lake street and Excelsior avenue,.| Saturday evening, Oct. 13, about 7:30 o'clock. Given under my hand and seal, this 15th day of October, 1906. David P. Jones, Mayor, T^ Assisted by hundreds of excited citizens, the entire police force is searching today for the man who at tempted to slay Joseph Gardot on the St. Louis Park road last Saturday night. Minneapolis has never.known such a man hunt before and the police have never shown such determination, to round up a man who places human life so lightly. Many business men have (offered their services to the police and farmers living nea* the city 'have detectives to many poiits outside the city. where suspects baye been seen and no chances are, being-'...-taken. Ev eryone ,m.ust jjive- ah account of ^him self until the robber is. caught. One Suspect Arrested. One man has been- locked up- ou sus^ piciop. of being,the ''man who shoots.'* He is JoevGriftl5a, colored, and her^B* $i^sCea.-i$^ police.'... V--i^i:% Griffin was,. arrested wffi^^rhhn&jt^ toward ^thte MilWatikee tracks With a hew., suitcase. He exactly answers the description of the man who last Thurs day night held iip Nels Benson, a sa loonkeper^ and robbed, him-of a small amount of money. Benson conducts a saloon at 329 Cedar ayenueand was on his way -home- when^a man stepped up to him and went thru the usual ban dit's formula. The matter, was re ported to- the police- and, Griffin was arrested on suspicion. Griffin's clothes are not the kind said to... have been worn by the man who robbed so many victims.last week, but he. cannot give a good account Of him self and the police are looking up his record., Many Possible Clues. No less than fifty suspects have been reported at police headquarters, and every report is being investigated. EaTly today a short negro was seen running thru an alley near Twenty seventh avenue N E and Central. Sev eral railroad men gave chase, but the man. ran over the hills toward Colum bia'Heights. The negro carried a re volver in his hand at the time, but did not attempt to use it. Shortly after ward the police took: up the chase. A Hurry Trip to Cologne. At about the same time a report came from Cologne, Mann., that a negro dressed like the bandit and acting in a hurry to get out of the country was hanging around the Milwaukee station there. The town marshal was notified and a message sent to Minneapolis. Five detectives hurried to the town in an automobile and are now searching the district. They have not seen the 'ELIJAH OF SfllLOH' MAY BE LOST AT SEA Grave Fears Are Entertained for Bark of Rev. Frank H. Stanford. Journal- Special Service. Rockland, Me., Oct. lS.-^-Grave fears are entertained for the. safety of the old bark- Rebecca Crowell of Boston, which left here fifty-two deays ago, having as passengers for Jerusalem Rev. Frank H. Sanford, self-styled 'Elijah of Shiloh'sHoly Ghost and Us colony," and about sixty men* wom en and children followers. The'vessel has not been reported" since it left. As it should have arrived at Gibraltar two weeka ago at least, it is feared it may have foundered with all on board during one of the hurricanes that recently, swept the north Atlantic. -The bark sailed without clearance papers. The authorities at Washington were powerless to prevent its depar ture, as Sanford renamed the vessel and called it a yacht*,thus evading the navigation laws v.c" ^V/ BEAD AS WEDDING NEARS Georgia Man Kills SelfMarriage Set for This Week* p. XtlantarGa.. Oct. 13.Captain W/H. Nuujemakef, who was to have been mar ried in" a few days, was found dead to day with his throat cut. The circum stances indicate suicide. 1 Cincinnati. Oct' '16.Mrs. 'Ida Uatiarfi 'of Ia.tenl, Ky.. bot add ktUed Dr. Fred Kott- -a phyatctan of Corington, yesterday at CoYtagton. Kolthoff was In that neighborhood 1 to collect rent. fladnly Mrs. llahaffe ap paxed-ai flrad two abota. Kolthoff reU^daaO.. HOME EDITION CENT-'IN MINNEAPOLIS. Minneapolis Police, Thoroly Aroused, Scour the Country for the "Man Who Shoots"Mayor "Offers Reward. Squad Goes to Cologne in AutomobileSouth Side Pris* oner Will Be Sweated VigorouslyGardout SBSP Still Alive. 11 MAN MAY BE AT BAT. The "holdup" man who has been terrorizing the city may be at bay near Lake Calhoun. About 2 p.m. today a hurry-up call from the Minikahda club was received at the patrol wagon barn, stating that a man had been sur- rounded near the lake and the indications were that he was the much-wanted desperado. No further information was given and the wagon started out on its long run with a squad of police. _.. j*%& suspect, and it is thought he walked to some other town. He "Needed the Money." I was learned today that there harev* been several holdups recently that have not been made public by the police. The robbery of Nels Benson was not given out, nor the robbery of C. Silk of Prospect Park, who was robbed by the same man who shot at George Hy ser. Silk was on his way home when he was held up. He told the robber that he was poor and the other replied, "That's too bad, but one man got away from me tonight, and I need the money." The following night there was still another robbery in Prospect Park. Boy Captures a Copper. During the search yesterday therne were several amusing incidents but i everyone worked in good faith. Ralph Wheelock, secretary to Mayor Jones, asked Arthur Olson, a farm boy, to search the brush near the scene of the hold up. Olson, armed with a shot gun, went into the brush and soon re turned With a prisoner. The prisoner -was a special policeman who was work ing 'out of the fifth precinct station. He was compelled to hold up his hands and walk to the nearest policeman. Other persons out for a walk or to -see what was -going on met with the same experience, but all answered the ques tions willingly and then joined in the man hunt. At .police headquarters there is some question as to whether the hunted man is a negro. He may have blackened his face for the purpose, they say, and may "now be walking the streets in good clothes. Ex-convicts and crooks are-being rounded up and questioned, and those who cannot be found are also the objedTof the man hunt ~Mjake no chances," said Superinten -dent Doyle,-'but"Bring in everyone-who refuses...to give a free and satisfactory ftfcsw3r:''.-: Jiceordingiy," several men who an* firwwl' -?^e '*a|!i|p.tk-ei thetaken banditt fh pj& way^ 'OTMcne, other were polled headquarters and questioned. 'A man if earing a CorfluToy suit was picked up near Hopkins and a man wearing a f% red and white sweater and a hunting cap were seen walking hastily out of the" city toward Hopkins. The bandit, however, did not fall into the net and today the watch has been increased. :I)e8criptt6ii of Bandit. The bandit is described on the police t^lj reports as follows^ He is dark, pos- ^T sibly a mulatto, about five feet seven && or eight inches tall, and weighs about *M 150 poundsj wears .corduroy trousers^ a dark coat, and may have on a white sweater with red stripes. His coat is short, showing bis bare wrists, and his hands are covered by coarse canvas -'M gloves. He may have on a canvas hunt mg cap or small black hat. He always speaks with a peculiar accent, and his v&i victims are unable to tell his nation ality. His voice is low and harsh and he is unusually agile and has-an easy step. He is nervous, swings his arnis a great deal, and carrys a small, bright revolver^ i -,r G-ardout IVIay Recover. Joseph Gardout, the second chef at the Minikahda club who was shot while resisting a bandit who robbed him near the clubhouse Saturday night, may recover, altho he isxstill in a precarious condition at the city- hospital. The man's intestines are perforated in several places, but the operation per- I formed immediately after he arrived at the hospital was successful, and unless complications develop the man will im prove steadily.- DEATH OF CASTRO IS BELIEYED NEAR Venezuela's President Can't SpeakRevolution Will Fol low His Demise. J^l of clemency the president and textp of numerous telegrams of congratula tion, purporting to have been received by him on bis reported complete resto ration to health. In connection with the critical state of President Castro's health, it is as serted that an uprising which is likely to become general turnout Venezuela is certain to occur on the announcement of his death. A,.**^ 8 HURT IN TROLLEY CRASH Three May Pie of Injuries Eeceived In Collision. 71 Uniontown^Ra,, Oct. 15.-liigbTt' per sons were injured* three seriously, in a rear-end collision -of trolley care here today. Those seriously -hurt* lost their legs and may die. V SA __ C^-inYlHtf ATTEB FJSXGE FIGHT. Marlon. Ind.. Oct. 15.James Goen 1B dying* in a hospital and three others are seriously, in jured as a result of a free-for-all fight iu the home of Bert Middleton. Goen, William omp ton and George-fitilweU went to the house with the intention, 'it i said, of beating Middletau iilddleton, however, .defended ^sif. 1 Li^f lis Port of Spain^ Island of Trinidad, Oct. 15.According to the latest ad vices received from Caracas, Venezu ,a the condition of President Castro, 9 has been ill for some time, has grc worse. It is asserted that he can 1 longer speak or move, and his deati, may occur in a few days. To conceal the facts, the newspapers of Caraca have been publishing reports of acts