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PAGE SIX. 'Itltfa tiUKijIINlTlUJN FKliitti riU'JSK AND TIMTJS: 1 1 1 U KSi- A T, JULY 8, iyit). MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF FRANK HOLT, J. P. MORGAN'S ASSAILANT jody Found in Cell with Fractured Skull Discovery Made Follow ing Loud Explosion. HOLT'S DYNAMITE IS FOUND IN NEW YORK Death Is Supposed to Be Attempt Made Early in Day. But Confusion Seems to Exist as to What Really Happened Many Wild Stories Afloat. Ul'LLETlN: Mlneola. N. '.. .Inly rank Holt, the f'orn"H Tnlverslty pro feasor, who shot .1 I. Morenn In his home near lilifi i'ovp last Saturday, rommltted suleldv In jail here to-nltrht While si-venil of the tall authorities declared that Holt killed himself by ellmblnc through the opiilnfr nt the top of his cell door and then plunclnc to the narrow court below, Holt's Keeper ( paid he wa positive that the prisoner! n-as killed In his own eell. wheie he said he found the body. I There were many eonllletlni: reports as to th, manner In which Holt met his death, but It was dellnltvlv established i throuch I)r ClcKhnrn. the .in II phjslelnn. I that Holt dlisl of n riti' luted skull Several of those about the lall said thev heard an explosion the report mm InB from Holt's cell This noise. It was bellevrd. was due to the falllnc of boards from the top of the cell. Jeremiah O'Hrlen. the keeper, who was detailed to watch Holt, said he was fif teen feel awa from the cell when he heard a loud report. He looked In the dt reetlon of the cell, but It was dark. Kriterlrip he found Holt's body in a pool nf blood In a rornei. The excitement that followed the noise brought Warden Mulst and other 'all authorities lo the scene District ttorny Lewis J. Smith and Dr. CleK horn together with several constables wrreMion on the spene atid immedlate i beKiin an Investigation. 1 ir ("lechorn denied a report that "oil bed killed himself bv . hewing a ' o 'Til si mi cap. He tepeated that death was canned by a fracture at the irm of the skull An explosion which i old have blown his head off would Invr followed nn attempt by Holt to Ion a percussion rap, the physician slid thorotiKh examination "f Holt's j irl' failed to disclose, ncciirdliiK to I be (nil authorities, tinv weapon or mpleiiients of any kind with which Holt eould have killed himself. I'oroner Walter It. Jones after view, tnsr the body said. "I'ndnubtedl.v a suicide .mil undoubt edly the man .lumped. I cannot srlve an official version until an autopsy Is performed by the lall physician, Pr. C'lKhoi-n." The body was then taken to the morgue In Hempstead, where Dr. PleR horn was prepared Immediately to per form an autopsy The autopsy Is expeeled to dispose of a report current here Immediately after the finding of Holt's body that-he had been killed from the outside. This was only one of a number of reports eachlnr the authorities Keeper O'ltyan declared Moll appeal ed unusually cheerful early In the even ing. He couldn't understand why Holt should write a letter which was found ifter his denth In which Holt addressed presumably his wife and children ns follows: "M Dears. "I must write to you onco more. The Mlneola, N. Y Julv fi rr Ouy Cleg more I think about it the more 1 see h(1,n Hf,er peifoimlng an autopsy on the utter uselessness of living tinilur . Holt's body at Hempstead stated that these circumstances. Bring up the Holt had died of a hemorrhage of the elnar hahles In fear of Cod and man. j hi alp caused by n depressed frnftur of iooaDye, my sweet, . "Affectionately, Frajik." j As an evidence of the gteat confusion which followed the rnport a..d the finding of Holt's body was a second statement made be Keeper O'ltyan to the effect BUFFALO INQUIRER WINS AMERICAN POWER BOAT RACE Hlinntbal, :vro,. .In! x .'..-The Buffalo Enepiirer took llrst place In the first heat of the 25 mile river race for the Amet. can power boat championship and th" "Webb trophy the principal event of th first dny'a racing In the Mississippi vab 'ej power bout association's annual ifl. gatln, which opened here to-day The Buffalo Ihuiuirer, owned by Wm. .1 Connors of Buffalo, N. Y, covered th uuartci century conrs,. In 4I:J1 2-fi, an average of JK.3 miles an hour. Buffalo Couriet, nKo owned by Connors, fine In second REV. L. C. CARSON CALLED. Moslem Minister lo "iieceeil llrv, II. Speller nt riiurch nf McNNlnh, limit pellet'. Montpeller, July D. The resignation of the ltev Albert 11. Spcnce, ,I, as pas tor of the Church of the Messiah has bepp icgietftilly accepted al n meeting of members of the parish nnd a call ex tended to the Hrv. Dewls (!. (Jul mill, as sistant pastor of thn Second Church of Boston. Mr. Carson has heen supplying the pulpit of the local I'nltarlan Church since tlie llrst week, In June. .Mr. Spence has been In 111 health for h year, or since he wns ordained. Three months ago he was granted a leave of absence, but the rest failed to entirely restore his heplth, although he U sfune whst imprroed r'ie i hun.li will be r.loatd until euUuu St Suicide Following First! that he was not on re If Holt's body was found In his eell or in the corridor. This tended to strengthen the theory of Dis trict Attomev Smith and Warden Hulr. that Holt had killed hlmwlf by Jumping' from the tup of his cell Into the court below and that while doing so he had dlslodced a couple of boards which fell to the floot with a loud report. HOLT'S DYNAMITE FOUND IN NEW YORK I III DI.in'IN. New York. ,lul A tiunk containing liil sticks of Oj naniltu L with fun's attached was found by the police lute lo-night In a house at No. 'Mi West th street. The police said that It was sent there by I-'rank Holt nnd that It arrived thiec days ago. The dyna mite was packed In saw dust. The trunk was delivered by a New York Transfer company nnd th bill of lading was made out in the name of Frank Holt. It wns found on the top floor of a flve-story building. Captain Thomas ft. Tunney of th de tective bureau took charge of the explo slvfs and a s'liiad of detectives surround ed the house. He.slds the dynamite the trunk contain ed a numb"!- of tin rnns, a box of blast ing caps and iwdcr, sonic sulphuric acid and matches. Owen Kagan. inspector of combustibles, said the police were searching for an other case of exploshcs said to be in Hie vlclnitv. MRS. HOLT TOO ILL TO BE TOLD NEWS Dallas, Texas, July f.. "Of course we ate all terribly sorrv, but there Is so little I can sii. 1 shall not tell my daughtei until to-moriow." This was the statement to-night by Dr. . ! Sensabaucb, father-in-law nf Prank Holt, when told that Holt was dead tit Mlmola, I.. I Mi. Sensabaugh said a pluslclan bad told him it would be unsafe to tell ,Mr Holt of the suicide until to-ninirow "1 Hid her to-day of the Cambridge police theorv that Holt was ically Krlch Muen ter, who disappeared after the mysterious death of his wife nnd my daughter Is prostrated to-night as a tesult,'' added Mr. Sensabaught. "Hut had to tell her all. To-morrow we will have to tell her of hit husband's death." Mr. Sensabaugh said no ariaiiKements would be made until later for the. burial of Holt. He declared he could not Iwlleve Holt and Muenter were the same man. "If Holt really was a man who had dropped to life's bottom and 1 can't be lieve It I take my bat off to him for the way he came back," he added NO EVIDENCE OF EXPLOSION OF BULLET WOUND ,,,,, nr cTcghorn said he found j large contused wound which extended from the top of tho head to below the eyes and that both the trip and base of the skull had been fractured. D- Cleghorn said he found no evi dences of an explosion or bullet wound. MONTPELIER JITNEY IN COLLISION WITH BRIDGE GIRDER Mnntpeller, July 5. A Ford jitney bus owned and driven by ,M. .1 (Jood of Barm crashed Into a girder of the (Iran Ite stieet bridge at seven o'clock to night when the driver attempted to make a sharp lutn from River stieet and two women passengers with Infants weie pin clpitated from the rear seat Into the road. They wcte not Injured and disappeared before their names could be ascertained. Tlie drivci was thrown from the seat, but landed upon his feet. The automobile was badly damaged, tile windshield being I broken, the front axle twisted out of shape and the rear of the body torn from the chassis. BROKE BOTH WRISTS. I llciirge Mitchell, ,lr i:i, U'nlkerl oft Trrsllr In Dark, Alhui-K, July . Ueeu-ge .Mitchell, Jr., tlie IS-year-old son of Mr and Mrs. Frank Mitchell, Kiirfeteil sevete fiactures of both wrlslH last evening when he fell from the trestle near his home.. In eom pany with some other boys he was walk ing the Hack home. It was so dark the boys could hardly tell where they were, nnd before they realized they were so near the tiestle. this lad, who was ahead, walked off, striking the ground on both bands nnd falling a distance of over U feet Pr S. II Martin was called and reduced the fractures of the wrists and the iui it, &.- uimfiii Lilile all coiUu be ei n. DOLLAR A QUART CHARGED FOR MILK IN MEXICO CITY Ekrs 2.t Cents Each 10.000 Poor Subsisting on Scanty Corn Rations Chaotic Conditions. Mexico rit, June .'tit, I b. courier to Vera l"nir.. July 1 rtepeated attempts bj forces under the command of (Jen ral Pablo (ionzales to capture Mexico I'lty hnvc f-iiled and the troops under Ceneial Zapata and ilonzales Onrza claim thai the advance of the C'arianza troops has been definitely checked. llAunllA (I, Pet. n .sn ffi ,,np s tl,i n-nvoi'ti. ,i i . t ii I ,c,l 'iir iIi'ag !ln,l li-niiv it v rill, ,lk li:lt. ' been moved to Ciirenavaca. and special trains nnd street ears have been kept In readiness to carry away the cm- eminent officials, many of whom, "'"b rrovisionai I'leMuetu rinnicsco i.acos 1 fhnzero, are still llvinu at the national j palace. A number of wounded soldiers ihao been brought into the hospitals for treatment I The outpost of the convention forces are now located at Han lento, the grand canal, l.os Hces and Nochlmllco. The adanee guard. of the I'arranza forces penetrated the outskirts of the capital, liberating ty" prisoners from the peniten tiary and a number of political refugees from the Tncubn Jail, but later were driven back alout three miles. Business In the capital has been para lyzed since the siege operation" hegaji. All the banks and large commercial e- tabllshments Immediately put up their snuuers, me icar oeing expressed mat there would be general looting of thr clt should the constitutionalists succeed In lapturlng It a 1 expected. Mobs formed, parading the streets and calling upon the inhabitants to fight with the convention troop", hut few responses were recorded. Stores dealing In firearm were visited and unsuccessful attempts made to batter down the doors, lleneral ICufimin Za pata, hrother of General Kmlllano Za pata, has arrived from Cuatla with 12,nnil men to reinforce the defender" but the men are poorly equipped nnd armed Dally meetings of the diplomatic corps hae been held in an endeavor to get promises of protection for for eign lives and property. It is report ed that the present government has promised to refrain from cutting the water power should they he compelled to evacuate the 1 1 . The food short-I f"-'p serious, l-'om thousand poor pother In line dally In front of the of- tices of the in t eru.i t lona 1 relief I'niiu mltter but there is little corn to give them. Milk is selling at a dollar a .(Hart. egg. are 2.-, cents each. The prices of meat are prohibitive. It Is feared that hunger mn drive the mobs to acts of violence. GOVERNMENT SENDS WARNING ABOUT FOREST FIRES Washington. .Inly of the season of tlr, the national forests, sending broadcast a ..With the opening danger on most of the fotest service is warning that more than half of the forest tires In the I'nltcd States are due to carelessness or other preventable causes, starting from camp eis, talliioil locomotives, brush burning, Incendiaries and saw mills. This statement Is based on an analysis of stntlstlcs compiled from the forest die tecorris of the last season, when luuie than T.i fires were repented on national forests alone and approximately 10,0m on State and private holdings in the eighteen States, which iccelved fed eral eo. operation In lire protection under I the Weeks law, namely, Maine, Ne-v a. , -i . . -. --, ii, rill, niiiir. .iriiion I . . iHNS.ii'n M'lm. , ,r,necticut, New York, New Jersey, Maryland. West Virginia, Kentucky, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Montsna, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. Forest fires destroy millions of dollars' worth of timber and other property every year, and In some years cause eonsldeir able loss of life. It bus heen estimated from tlie best information obtainable that forest tires last year tunned over an area of approximately fi.fno.O'i) acres with a total loss of at least J9V).fl"'l. FORD BUMPS INTO DOG, AND AUTO CLIMBS BANK Montpeliei. July S. -II M Farnham, who represented this city in the l.egls latuir, and his son, Stanley, were thrown fiom their Ford automobile runabout on Nnrthdebl street early this evening when the machine struck ti dog at the top of a hill on a curve, the automobile climb. Ing upon the side of a bank. The occu pants landed upon their feet, the driver sustaining a cut on one leg. The axlo of the car was badly bent FIREWORKS AT EQUINOX HOUSE EXPLODE EN MASSE Manchester, July .", The pyrotechnlo exhibition In front of the Kemlnox house this evening ended with a hang and some excitement when several hundred dollars' worth of fireworks caught fire soon after the beginning of the display For a very few min utes there were HivwnrkB en mnsse and then the firemen turned on the heme No one was injured, With a partlculai purchase to make to day or to-morrow, all of the "ads" which bear upon that subject beci.nie I en "ndlf liuuurtjutl to GHARGELI WITH THREAT TO KILL rilntnnniiRrltl of Kecne. .V II.. Washington Count?- .tnll llrlri In . Ilnl I nf fs.mm. In .Mnnepellor, July e, H, HlnvannaRclll of Kcenc, N. II., Is Iti Washington eotnity tnll under tj.r bonds, pending a hear ing on the chntge nf thteatenlnc to kill N. Peliiggl of Nntthllcld, h grnnlte, man ufacturer (lliivnimngelll whs arrested by Chief nf Police Donahue of North Held nt Ixeene after ii few days' chase. Thp respondent. It Is claimed, wrote Pelaggl a letter fioin Kppiip asking for wink and mine to Notthflchl upon re citing h tavntahlc ii-ply llo began work, Imt pft three ll rforont times of his own arrnrd. Hp purchased ft re volver, according to several poisons, nnd is snld to tin vp toll) of Ills lntpntlon to shoot Pelaggl. Mr tlirn, It Is charged, wrote a threatening lptter to Pelaggl and left town. Hp was tmcpd to Keene, where he lias a large family, and brought to North field. Hp wnn unable to furnish ball and was brought to Hip county Jail. - LOBLE SMUGGLED ORIENTALS enteneed In War nnd n llnj In I'enl (enllsr, nt lnntn f'nse iMrnlnsI r.porue lklos o I I'rosxril, Montpelif r, .Inly 1!. John K l.oble, 11 Jap.ini'se, pleaded ullty In I nlted States (mitt this moinln;: to a eliarsre of eonspli IniC asalnst the irovernnV nt by i imui.'iillnK In orientals fioiu the I'aitaillan , yueeiiMown, July . With nine dead binder, and was sentenced by .1 iiiUp 1 nalUirs sttetched on her deck, elent men 'Hnrlnud H. Howe, w ho pi eslded. to serve , ij nB wounded below and her sides i Irl -a .narniid a day In the fdernl pilson atji)le,l n-th shot and shell, the lltltUh ! Atlanta, ii,i The extreme penalty for j steamship Anglo-l'allfornlan stf anted the offense for whlcli l.oble was in- dieted followltiK his arrest In Seattle, Wash.. Is a tine of IliVWn nnd two years In prison, but V. A. Itullaid, 1'nlteil States district that the above lespondeni was nttntnay. i promnif uM ! scntfnni- Itr irlvf-n. I no i fpi oJ'iitel hy A. Tberlalill Duble was taken last evening iby an officer to the f.corgU penitentiary ito statl seivlnu' his ttm. The case of fulled Stales vs. Oentge'on tin; (Atkins, breach of the Internal revenue I amldt n(v wa nol pressed, the respondent ' hflnc deceased. Th case is seven years old. Coutt adjourned within l.i minutes I after convening, two other criminal cases br ing continued until the Octnher teim. ! THE POSTOFFICE DEFICIT EQUALS Washington, July Postmaster-Gen-eral Burleson has issued a statement In which he says. "The audit of postal accounts will not be completed before September. I'ntll (hen the exact amount of the deficit for he fiscal war .lust ended cannot be detlnitelv ascertained. For the first three iiuarters the excess of audited expendi tures over audited revenues amounted to fs.H).YH.6S. "Fnder the unprecedented conditions which have prevailed, and which could not be foreseen, a postal deficit was in evitable. Hut for economies of organiza tion nnd operation initiated by the de partment nnd inrrled out b the effi cient i o- ope nt 1 1 on of th" whole service the deficit would bp much larger. In this connei tlon I am able to repott an unex- tienib'd Ivilnm e of the funds npptnpriat- I ed for the year's expenditures which, it Is estimated, exceeds H,5irt.i Had we I iim, ,1 tlir fn'l nmoiitu viblch wo 10,000,000 authored lo spend by Congress. thej'' f",zp' ,n" , wh'" nl,(l "ntlnued 1 deficit for the year would have approxl- d,",Kin th'' s,,"",1np Another shell ' mated Jl'.-....o.i. !I""M "'"ngslde him, shatter,,K nnc nf "Notwithstanding these economies, 'J1 "' the wheel, but young , their Is not a community or section f j ''""low remained at his post 'the counirv. to lite lie-t of my knowledge. ! whirl, ini- ti.pt enmiiiniiii f less efficient 'service or of cm tnllment of Its mall fa- 'i.IIOIav fl tl, I'linlran oioeli new sei v . ilce has been installed nnd numerous pro- 'visions adopted for enlarged or quicker means of despatch nnd delivery of mails. Notwithstanding the falling off In other I mails, the parcel post has continued to j grow, and I" now In every respect a bet- ter, as it Is a larger, service, than It was j a yeni ago. i "Fortnnatelj . during the 17 months of lis tenure prior to the outbreak of the Fiiropean war. this administration had I worked out plans for simplifying, .-tand-ardlr.lng and Improving postal sendee and admlnlstiatinn These went Into opera tion during the last fiscal year nnd, by eliminating waste eifort. extravagance, special favots and pnvileges aided very materially In adjusting expenditures to meet, as far as possible, the depletion of revenues caused bv the war. "Now that revenues are fast teturnlng to normal, tlie prospects of the postal establishment for the new fiscal year are excellent It Is this f.T't which enabled us to carry out the will of Congros to provide for tho annual automatic promo tions of postal clerks and carriers and railway mail clerks at an added cost for the new year of K.W11- 1 was delighted to find that tho outlook warranted this action and desire to sa.v that It was made possible only by the hard work and Intelli gent co-operation of Hie poMnl organiza tion during the Irving period now ending. For tlie fiscal yeai ended June Sa, Wit, the excess of postal revenue receipts over postal sendee, paid from postal revenues of the year, was H,3JS,4lvl.ifi. This does not account for i,2X;lii.'U paid out of the treasury s general fund for running the pesteifflre department. Tills would make the net surplus for the year fi.lto, JfiO.TO TRANSF E R H E A DQU A RTERS Monlpeller A Wells IM'er Knglnrrrlng lleiinrlnienl (iocs In WooiUvlllr, V II. Montpeller, July ii. B M I lay ward und f.yinun whoelock of the Montpeller & Wells Uivcr railroad engineering de ptirtment were engaged to-day In remov ing the office equipment from this city lo Wooilsvlllr N the clinnse In headquarters being necessitated h.v tlie transfer of c,uy Watson, resident en gineer of that plnce. NATION'S FOURTH OF JULY CASUALTIES; 15) DEAD, 90.1 INJURED Chicago. 'Julv f.. -Nineteen persons dead and SKfl Injured was the nation's sacrifice to the two days' celeluation of the I'ouith of Julj, according to corrected IlKUies compiled to-day by the Chicago Tribune. Theie tlguies show an ini rease over tin totals if inn, when there wne 12 iiiiuA kllikd aud S7V luJiuvd. DEFIES ATTACK E FOR FOUR HOURS British Steamship Anglo-Callfor-nian Riddled with Shot nnd Shell Limps into Queenstown Harbor. CAPTAIN M NINE KILLED !with8td hi of Cnhmni-ciklo HnilK A- ulo-Californian Sailed from 1 iMontrcal June 21 Heroism of Captain Commended. Into Queenstown harbor this morn Inn; after having withstood the att.ick of a Herman submarine for four hours. The Lhlp's escape from destruction w3 ac- f onipliHhnf) only 1t tin1 lnrlnmttablp spirit' M,f UM- captain nnH cre, oomblnel with masterly seamanship, which enabled he.rj to frustrate the effoits of tin assailant I to torpedo her The Uory of how Captain I'm. slow stood bridge of the Anglii-l.'alifornI.m n rain of shot and calmly dl- rected the movements of hie ship until hp was killed by a shell, and of how his place was taken by his son until British destroyers appeared and the submarine I was compelled to tlee, was told h.v the j survivors. ' The Anglo-Callfornlan left Montreal for; the British Isles on June :M. The sub-! (marine was shrined at eight o'clock last j 'Sunday morning. Captain I'ais'.ow or-1 dieted full steam ahead and wireless calls; I for assistance were sent out. j The submarine proved to he a far speedier craft than the steamer and rap idly overhauled her, meanwhile deluging her with shell". One shot put the wire less apparatus on the Anglo-Callfornlan out of action Finding that he could not escape by running Captain Farslow de voted all his attention to manoeuvring his ship so as to prevent the submarine, from using torpedoes effectively "Our raptaln was a brav man.'' said one of the narrators. "He kept at his post on the bride, coolly giving orders as the submarine circled around us vainly seeking to get a position from which It could give us a death blow with torpe does. All the while the under-water boat continued lo lain shot and shell upon us and at times so close that .she was able to employ rllle fire effectively. "At last one shell blew the captain off the bridge, killing him outright Just be fore that he had given orders to lancb the boats but this was very difficult under the shell the. Several men -were struck down while working at the davits. Flti m.iteh four boats were got overboard and were towed away until picked up " The son of Captain Parslow, serving as second mate, was standing b his father's side when the latter was killed. The on was knocked down by I the explosion Springing to hi feet, : ' "f wireirss i. cans inai nan been sent out at the first alarm had 1 reached British destroyers. On their apptoach the submarine abandoned the iittnok and rubmersred. Ynunisr Parslow was still at the wheel when the de stroyer?! came up AMERICAN RIGHTS NOT VIOLATED Whshington. July ,". Officials here pointed out to-da.v that apparently no American rights had been violated In the attarsk b a German submarine on the British steamer Anglo. Californian since the officers of the vessel admitted their attempt to escape. If any Americans were killed, officials field that thu case was parallel to that of the Britl.'h steamer Armenian on which a number of Americans lost their lives. Continued efforts of a merchantman to escape when ordered to heave to by a hostile war vessel places neutrals aboard outside of the protection of their home government, according to the rules of International law. win piim'k msF. n ri,i (Theodore II. Price In the Outlook. 1 Most men say frankly that they are un able to solve the complex commercial and financial problems of to-da.v. They seek for and rely upon expert knowledge to help them. Should American stocks go up because we Import gold, or decline because we ex port it" Who knows? The effect has been reversed In both cases within the past six months. Should war cause cotton to decline? It was generally so believed until some one discovered that the use of gun-cotton Is ennimously increased by war, and now It Is argued that a continuation of the war means higher rotton. War Itself was geneially consldeied de structive of all values until a few months ago, but the students" of economic his tory were soon able to prove that the reverse has been the case In the past, and now, largely because of their Interpreta tion of the record. It Is believed that war means prosperity, for the I'nlted States at least Tlie day Is pat when the conttol of prices by brute financial force or ma nipulative mystery can cieate an Illu sion of panic or pthsperlty More and more men are comlns to ask "Why?" and though they may not he able to understand the i elation of cause and effect as It Is explained to Ibeni, the effort to do ho quickens their Intelligence and makes them at least more Indepcnd. enl members of the crowd whose con tagion none of us can entirely resist. HIS AMBITION Has yout son any particular ambition? I should say he has. He hopes that mime day he'll wiggle himself free from Ihe bunch and make a W-yaid run for tb wlruiliit touchdown. Ponton Uncord. OF SUBMARIN EAT ALFALFA AND BE HAPPY Dr. Blackwood Says That 17 Persons Thrived on This Diet. hlcago, July '.-Members' of thp Amerl- , an lnstltutp. of Homeopathy concluded thplr annual convention hero to-day ,md adjourned. In the dosing limits of ire convention, Dr. Frank Htaiieti of Chicago , attacked the sprum ti eminent of rheiitna- 1 tlsm and criticised ccitaln manufacture! s, who, he said, virtually fotce their icnn I dies on the profession by ndveitlslng and' publishing a few testimonials, In that maimer bringing sufferers to n point of belief where they denianl the alleged cure rcgnidlcss of the ndvlee of their physician. Alfalfa as a remedy for Indigestion and mental depression wns recommetidr d by Dr. Alexander I.. Blackwood of Chicago. He told of experiments innde with the new remedy at n Chicago hospital. 'During the past .veal observations $ zi?. t Zu nnni re niiinsi. '.ni niv, scaiuely wait for their meals Their 'minds were clear and blight, all bodily ttinetlrins were stlniulaled and It was '"""""'.T w h.v" the bllles." i'he alfalfa Is converted Into a tinc ture and administered Internally. Its ue, necoidlne; to Dr. Hlaekwood. was areompanled by an Immedlateh delight ful feeling of well being, Ini-i en si d appe tite and cifal Improvement In weUht. SUPPOSED CASE OF HUim Kfrr ltup? Hit, Dim nflpr llMir' III-ttriifv-Itrturiiliitc lliiiur frutn t rlrlirntlttn. North Troy. ,lulv H Km 1c linpev, acfl nt' :.?.., last evening after an hour's Illness under cireunista nces that hae ghen t Is. to the belief that s''iue j kind of poisoning caused ids death. Impey. whose home Is In Klcliford, came to this village yisterday to attend the celehtatlou of the Fourth, with Homer Buck of Troy, for whom he works. The started for Troy tit c,::jt and had teached Fast hill, when lmpey became violently 111 nnd was taken Into the home of John Donlgan In- V. A. Young of West Held was summoned, hut lmpey lived only an hour. In A M. Butterlleld nf this village anhed after the death Neither phyl'lan would issue a burial permit. Pr H A Stone of the State laboratory at B.jrllngton came thla after noon to perform an autopsy on the body. Mr lmpey leaves his wife, whom he married a month ng". NEWS TOLD IN BRIEF. The number of soldiers with amputated limbs In all belligerent countries alreariv Is not short of f.ft,f'Ki. There Is a shortage of artificial limbs In Kurope, and Amer- lean makers have been asked to supply the doticlencv. Itotterdam despatch says that military experts in Oermany consider present ini will sen end of the rllle as the principal weapon of Infantry nnd that its place will be taken bv machine gun. Oer many is said to have 1frt,ftin machine sruns In service. j latlon to tho brain and mind and gave Russian students in New York say the results- of his examinations and there are river Mm.oi Jews fighting in tests on the respondent- He four I Russian army He further says- "Bus- prnctir a ll the si-tne conditions as Dr sla's greatest drawback Is lack of ortl-' Jackson with a derect In Warners ccrs. (iovernment is sending police offl- sight which no glasses would remove ceis into the army nnd giving th"in offl- doctor pronounces him Insane hi rers' commission's. The old men nre made reason of change-, in the br.iln due t to do police duty. Itovs from IB to IP 1 syphilllt and hardening of the irtr year! old nre being forced to go to the is Mrs. I'.tl i Warner wis lied front." 'again and allowed to change her test ! ninny In rrgaid to her husband's ('has Christian Steinhardt. dealer In'rhargis of lur alleged criminal rel-i-textiles of Vienna, Copenhagen and tlons were untrue Singapoir. now In New York, says: "Oer- , many and Austrln have .iU"i men 1,n" OETHVI iTS HALT oer m nirs in otic. vn uiiii'ii invi. equipped and armed, which gives a feel ing of coutlrience In the tln.il outcome of the war. They look for at least one moie year of conflict. Hatred against the Kngllsh Is almost entirely eonllned lo lower classes of Germans nnd Austrians Th"- better lass of Geimans do not hate Kngland. but consider her their most powerful enemv and one to bp utterly annihilated If possible." New York World staff correspondent says It Is cheaper to live In Paris In war times than In peace times. Thete is onb p hlirh.L-raile hotel whrrr room ami bath for $l.'i- per day cannot b- obtain, d. Bents have drnpiwd hcavll. many ten ants taking advantage of moratorium and paMng nothing. Ileal estate Is a drug on the market. Havana special s.is that with water mains btokeu and supplv nf water cut .! ..l, Iu.,rs on strike. . ,., .-...w. x era v ru. is lace to i.ico wmi mm i-pi deullo of disease. Mian cable says reports from authori tative huuiccs from different bclllcctent countries state that the continuance of warlike attitude and hopeful piedlctlons are bluff on the part of the mllltarv pow. erf. the truth being thnt the moment of exhaustion Is approaching rapidly, so that serious Intervention In favor nt peace are being made for th may soon hnve a fortunate result. j he held In Denver. Se her I", next. Tlditn Frankfurter Zeltung savs that In thren 1 Colorado Inn, .1 1 . a.l months from IVbtuary to Mnv l Oer- j illr ret appnprhitt...i mnn submarines -ank 11 ships of the nt- stnucs aie 1 onsldci 11 . lies, with displacement of -SH.SS) tons.'. , nlil, or hro bu n it, -- Dow sevrrrl.v the naval and mllltarv losses of the warhave nffecti-d some ioin - munltles In Citral Britain Is shown h the annoiinceinent that nt Chatham, a naval base on the lower Thames, there are Ivl I war widows on one stieet Most of them1 ln-t their sailor husbands in the sinking of the Irene. Formidable, Hermes and Princess, . , , , Crown Prince Bupp.ech, of Bavaria. ,n tervlewcd h New oik Times eotre sjiondent says that Ihe Ftench used be tuen 1r-llll nil, I Ill.llVil shells In tbeii offensive against his army in about six weeks, or an aveiage of nearly H(") a In Hlgli water mark was Mm.imi shells In one da t'lnnn Prince icfers to the Herman armies in the cast as the ham mer. "Here I nm onlv the anvil," he mid. "My job lias heen to hold out " ST. JOHNSBURY MAN SEVERELY INJURED St Johnsltuiy. July . While at work on the Cahlervvond block to-day Horace W Smith, the foieman. fell fiom a wall lo the ground, a dlstauco of about JO feet He was picked up In a setnl-ionsclous state. Dr. John Tlciney oidtred his ie moval lo the St Jnlinhhtuy hosplo.il, where It was found he had four bioken ribs and a slight fracture of J" skull He Is in a dutMrarou pinnule T in Hnnta WITH DEATH OF Uutliiii.l .!'. ..b I hlllips 'I in .Suiid.-' Deputy on the Innijlh. obi.iil "A vmp nlt'ht at irunille, N Sheriff A c is,,ii "barge r iiault v.lti ' iiiini'i Hon with tli. i. the I'iiui 1 1, nr T,i n pMSSeil awnv June s. . nr. , ,1 V . ! if Paw let rl nt to Ui i in . if I iv.-rxeer .f Danio whi - I ti out. omr of lli.lnti'i hi terelveil ,l,r .1 while or a tllp t.i Gininblc lv ..Tr-i.. lib l'l4 Hps ,v Marmot, isv,.,i ,. "iiuil it. 1 f Stair's Utonnv V 1'iMilln "f n 1 elt . has li.rn imt '-u m.h ,. Iim- 1 i' I'hllllps. whu 1. ft 1'iwti .1- siiiiii as 1 wns dlseov vr d that Tihshm's inpirleq vel serious, h.is iu.ni-w'1 to el .-I- 'ifflreis until the pies, t I ti'll' Oeplltv Shvlltf V l.i .,1 Mil V n ilusfonl and Mi l'olihn inlo. h"on til work nn thein' 'idav lip-r ttiei. was us., "f H' g"ing ' i part1 bo a lodger) t tikn t'pifo " ...II'- - . i. ' his nn-1 ; is dc.'d ' Mnson nieiwl '"t I some disturb no . W I'lRhl In UiailM i h,. round I hili'i it t wclc assembled T'n i lull nnd this morn in. Judge Martin hi 'it. He waived bis c.xtia.lui 'TOUghl to tltlH '-It' ' ' Itittland i oiitiU tall State's Attorn- I'o nt t'.-da ' Woodstock to confer with ttotn. to nil II C,. Bather of lir i I lel.-n , I t b- probable that tin grand jm - e sen ed In I' ii t In ml lountv court 'V - ' , o i-l im term, will be rcallcd t.. . 'r lb" I'hilllpri case Mr. Poulln r ttt dm finm the Ktnte lahoia"" HjRtene at Burlington a tepoii ' lesult of the autopsy on Towne's l rl but h" made nothing cone mine it i lb Towne was found beside tbe ma helpi.ss. after making the rjranvlile ' with Phillips it- was badlv bruised n I It Is said that a rlh punctured one of Its lungs He bid h..,.n lying In the dlfh n1 night DOCTORS TESTIFY WARNER IS INSANE Wnoilstoc! ,Iul i; -In the n ,rder 'it'.e of (ieotlge Warner in Windsor eountv iiiurt. Jay llt-avcs. ha'f hrother, testilbd to-day thu Warnrr told him "Tf it wasn't for tli it Wig gins he would net ImcK with hi wife' and that he thought Wiggins was hp r Ing to keep his wife nw.-i from h m Dr. II c Jackson of Woodstock whu attended htm a number of tunes o sickness, gave evidence tending n show that his phvsleal examinat.cn of ; Warner showed about the same re -'ilts as that made In the retreat in i Waterburv as far im that was ivci j He testified also to hsve fo'trd eon , siderahle hardening of the arteries n ,1 j th scars of an old attack of svpb U s lie agreed with Dr. Wasson of t Wnterbury "treat that the pric iplr causiv of Insanity are hcredlt 1 lis anrl alcoholism From his ex',im Inations of end talk with flenrge Wv tier he helievcn he was insane )r XV c.. H. Flanders of Builnjrtnn gave tes timon.v witli regard to tin- physlologv i of the organs of special sense In re PETROLEUM SHIP ON HIGH SEAS Berlin Job ' The American miinile, Prussia via London. .7 nnsulni agent at reports that the Sw re Vner '" sicaoisntp . niu.na inmi . - e ,,v'" ''n, -n "f petroleum .-onslgn-,1 o x Swedish pott had been held up m , Irr. ,111.111 warship andhiought rtiSw- j mutide New York. Ji.iv 1 'I o -b .1 1 ""' m ' :"'" ,m 1 ",v"'i trniis-.Vt. will lb et s e 1 I 'v-'" !"""' a'l' 'i with Mptrntr r on .nine :: tor ivarisnamn ano -i hauiii. Sweden, was .uteri epte,! li Br lsh war vessels, took Into Ktrkw 1 I 1 ' I held there for I no -ee-s She wis e leased finm Kirkwall ,1 til 1 A representative of the Stand.nl u company safd that thev had iccpIv I ' 1 I 1 ' ' .. .... , r....... tl... . ..i..fA ai 1. wall. It was the first lime, wall. It was the first lime, the repr, sen tatlve said, since the war hegan tin' m of their vessels bad heen help ' -i n 1 (let man warship "iHiv I'.tiniixi;" iv Tin: it. (From the Pueblo 1C0I.1 I'hef'i. The extent to which "drv faimn it becom.- a part of our 'tore s h Dialed bv the nat'onai ,4 e 'pai ai 1 . 'I 01--:i csp. t h t 1 It-'O lei '. ' Oi t . States ,isi f n . le Hie t n 1 s. e" a ee Hi, niiiit fi ' 11 . 1 1 1 e 1 en t - ' av I SI it s 1 1 w 1 1 n U s 'make some 1 ir.i s: 11 i, ' IK.udi ir.nlini ,h ol tie jof ,lt, js,, , .p.., tocrt i , , Miss,. Xrknns.is 1 nsiai 1 MlnncMitn. j i)rv ,aep-,ing ions. sis p-i 1 1 fit irlccu'in if irops stilt. t 11 arid eoiehtloiM wilb sue 1 it ' I . cultivation will secure I n f, ; n tile tesult.. in 1 rodm'timi fnin 1. ti'-'i' lainfall. T spe. 1 it me ho.N d 'a - 1 n. ,,t,l3 f - l . . , .. , - ,, i'i iiie Mcsiern r-l.IIcs 11 ' niunons n ' i i,",mml V"'1' ,,1,,r on t' 1.11 g. 'C 1 Is ccitiiln to be re ill .el ft nil this ' t in the future, and it is 11 the people of 11,1 1 1 should be desirous of ii . the pi Inciples f dt v '. nppllcatlonB under tne v ditions. " mi in tsi"v it at .vest, ti Staif.i 11 ng ni" .1 ti il o'lns ,1 1 1 t' tr .u inus 1 ' 11I "ii- AFITMTIKS I'm fond of a stt"! the rivers ihnk brim, When tlie Howers ,111 biilllain vv Hi dew.. 1 m fond of llni woods when 1 ic tw.oiht is dim, Hut the blooming mosquitoes at too, Brooklyn I asle TK1.1- ABOl'T IT to leaders it " ass If led advertisements and find a ewd iv" tentuit for that furnished room. rmnrr CONNECTS Mm OVERSEER I