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6 NOT WORRYING OVER JAPAN lUO RUSSIA British and Japs Give Out Tran quilizing Statements as to Korea. LONDON, Oct. 5. —No apprehension exists in the mind of the British gov ernment or the diplomatists in Lon don that the Far Eastern situation will bring forth any immediate serious de velopments. This feeling of temporary security on the eve of the dr.y that Russia should, but admittedly will not, evacuate Manchuria is due to assur ances on the part of Japan that so long as the negotiations now proceeding be tween herself and Russia present a reasonable prospect for a settlement, Japan will take no action hostile to Russia in the matter of Manchuria. These negotiations looking to a final settlement of the Russo-Japanese spheres of influence in the Far East and especially dealing with the situa tion in Korea, are progressing satisfac torily at Tokio. No treaty, however, has yet been signed and it is unlikely that the ne gotiations will be concluded by Oct. 8, the date on which Russia was to evac uate Manchuria. Russia's failure to evacuate Manchuria on that day, how ever, will not precipitate a diplomatic crisis, as Japan, rather than break off the negotiations covering broadly all the issues between herself and Russia, is willing to strain a point regarding Manchuria in the hope of arriving at a satisfactory settlement. In all of this the British government acquiesces. Such elements of immedi ate danger as the Far Eastern situation presents appear to be confined solely to the popular agitation in Japan against Russia after Oct. 8. This, how ever, is being taken into consideration by the Japanese government, whose diplomats h;ivo warned Russia that, while the Japanese government will not allow its hand to be forced to the *»x --tent of entering into hostilities over the Manchurian evacuation question, it cannot indefinitely prolong the present negotiations at Tokio in face of the expected popular clamor. From the Japanese embassy in Lon don comes the following statement: Japanese Version. "We are forced to believe that it is physically impossible for Russia to ful fill her promise to evacuate Manchuria by Oct. S, but we do not anticipate a crisis on that account. It would be a case of making the lesser include the greater were wo to break off the ne gotiations now in progress at Tokio because of Russia's failure to keep her promise on the exact date. So far as Is known here no naval or military prepa rations have been undertaken by Japan to meet any expected emergency. "Obviously, we have made no repre sentations to Russia regarding the evacuation of Manchuria because these would be distinctly out of order until Russia has actually broken her promise. We have hopes that a final settlement may be reached between Russia and ourselves that will settle once for all ©ur outstanding disputes. "The negotiations for a treaty for that end have now been transferred to Toklo, where the Russian minister, who Is said to be a pacific and broad-mind ed diplomat, is carrying on affairs with our foreign minister. How long it will be before an understanding can be reached it is imposible to say. In spite of the naturally irritated feelings of our people, we frankly recognize the gravity to Russia of these questions and we have no wish to demand a peremptory settlement. Still, we cannot go on forever, and though we realize that it is scarcely likely that the treaty can be signed by Oct. S, we have clearly indicated that after that date haste becomes more and more essen tial. '•From Japan's view point the crux of the whole situation is Korea. Rus sia knows that we will fight to the death rather than let any foreign power occupy Korea. Russia's timber conces sions there and the other recent in itiative she has exhibited in Korea ren der the present negotiations extremely difficult, but the horizon shows no cloud so dark as to threaten war. "Great Britain, as our ally, is nat urally cognizant of the trend of our present negotiations, all of which look toward peace. We have no reason to believe that Russia's activity in secur ing dockyards for her Far Eastern fleet is actuated by an intention to prepare for hostilities, any more than are our own necessary provisions for the best equipment for the convenience of our navy and army." M'VEAGH REACHES FINIS. Venezuelan Tribunal Adjourns for a Month. THE HAGUE, Oct. s.—Wayne Mac- Veagh, senior counsel for the United States, continuing his argument today before the Venezuelan arbitration tri bunal, declared the question before the tribunal was one of ethics, namely whether or not the war against Vene zuela was just and necessary. He maintained that the complaints of Great Britain were merely a pretext for war, and that Venezuela had far greater right on her side when she complained of the dispatch of a British vessel from London to the Caribbean eea to deliver the cargo of arms to the Insurgent chief, Gen. Matos, through the intermediary of agents at Trinidad. Counsel said he found no precedent in history for so purely financial a war as was undertaken by Great Britain and Germany for the protection of rail road companies' bondholders and in Bupport of the claims of the Disconto Gezellschaft. Mr. MacVeagh recalled that Great Britain accepted arbitration in the Ala bama case, during the American Civil •war, which was analagous to the pres ent case, when a British vessel assisted the Venezuelan insurgents and the Venezuelan government entered a pro test. Instead of arranging this matter Great Britain and her allies sent a twenty-four-hour ultimatum to Vene zuela, demanding the Immediate pay ment of $380,000. Counsel claimed that the blockading powers were not entitled to preference because they raised the blockade with out imposing other conditions and ac cepted the Venezuelan proposition that all other claims should be paid on equal terms. To recognige her claim for preference now, Mr. MacVeagh said ■would be to encourage extortion. Mr. MacVeagh concluded his argu ment and the tribunal adjourned to Nov. 4, when all the counsel will pre- We don't bake by thumb rule, like you do. We follow strict conditions and "Chidlow" form ulas. Shouldn't we bake better bread than you? We do, or "Moneyback" it. IN W. S. BRODRICK. Bt-^'^fc'^ ' Jfll x'^'■ ■■•■■"■■ i< ---::^^^m British Secretary for War Becomes Secretary for India in sent their pleadings, only one repre sentative of each nation being allowed to speaJc in reply. The pleadings will be made in the order of the English al phabet. SERVIAN CABINET RADICAL. Premier Gruics Is Only Moderately So, However. BELGRADE, Servia, Oct. 5. — The new cabinet, though radical, is com posed of two shades of political opin ion, four toeing fusion Radicals and four Independents, who are an offshoot of the moderate Radicals. The premier, Gen., Gruics, is a mod erate Radical, and was till recently Servian minister at Constantinople and afterward president of the state coun cil at Belgrade. He had been several times premier and minister of foreign affairs. This time he has no portfolio. Andra Nicolics, foreign minister, is also a moderate Radical. He formerly was minister for foreign affairs in one of Gen. Gruics' cabinet, recently was Servian minister at Paris and Is thor oughly conversant with English, hav ing translated several English works. Vlodo Torovich, minister of public works; Todor Petkovics, minister of commerce, and Col Andrejevics, min ister for war, have not previously held cabinet office. Milce Radovanovics, minister of finance; L. Juba Stopano vics, minister of public works; Nikola Nicolics, minister of justice, and Stod jan Protics, minister of the interior, have all held office before. The present government is expected to be engaged in elaborating several internal statutes in "connection with the new constitution. Its policy will prob ably be directed towards the mainte nance of peace, economics in the budg et and safeguarding the liberties of speech, the pre-ss and of public asso ciation, which were inaugurated under the new regime. RUIN FOR ST. THOMAS. Objections Are Made to Report of Dan- i6h Royal Commission. ST. THOMAS, D. W. L, Oct. s.—The Tidende, an influential paper, says the report of the Danish royal commission on the Danish West Indian islands is a great disappointment, and if its pro posals are carried out St. Thomas will be ruined. It warns the diet to be ex tremely cautious, especially in those vital proposals concerning the duties on spirits, for haphazard decisions may produce far reaching, disastrous re sults, and do great harm where good was intended. The St. Thomas Bulletin says that the report is causing considerable dis satisfaction and uneasiness because of its disappointing and dangerous na ture of certain of the proposals con cerning St. Thomas. If they are adopted disastrous consequences will follow. The newspaper urges the call ing of a public meeting of protest against the excessive and ruinous taxa tion in the vital directions mentioned and that an appeal be telegraphed to the Danish ministry and the diet not to carry out the proposals. The com mission recommended the abolition of a majority of the direct taxes and an export duty on sugar, rum and mo lasses. Cotton Duty Will Come Down. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. s.—lt is in timated in the Official Messenger that a reduction in the duty on raw cotton may be expected in the autumn of 1904. This is the first prospective departure from the prevailing protective system. The purchasing power of the Russian masses Is so low that the textile in terests are threatened with ruin, not ably those In the St. Petersburg dis trict. The duties on finished goods are sufficiently high to exclude foreign ccmpetition, but the high prices can not be maintained owing to the in ability of the masses to pay them. The spinners have long been asking a reduction of the duties oh raw cot ton, which now stands at 50 to 80 per cent, according to the price of cotton abroad. Wisconsin Bishop in Russia. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. s.—Bishop Grafton, of Fond dv Lac.Wis., is visiting Russia, with a view to investigating the conditions under which a union of the Anglican and Orthodox churches might be accomplished. Barging Steel Rails to the Gulf. PITTSBURG, Pa: Oct. 5.— the < indi «atl»ns, promising , high water hold good 60.000 tons of steel rails loaded on seven ty barges will start from Bessemer in a a few days on their way to the culf Much of this steel is for relaying tfack ? n htV eA° Ut£ rn-Paclflc inroad some ls bound f°r Mexico and a portion is ship ped on European orders for foreTgA SSI tries. On the same stage of wafpr or, other flotilla, carrying 17^000 tons *of iron cotton ties, will g o to New Orleans. Gen. Chase Goes Back. DENVER, Col.. Oct. 6.-Brig. Ge n. John Chase, commander of the Colorado na" S^. euard who was recalled from S£l Ppe«iCreeJ£ by °°v- Peabody Satur day, will return to his command I is announced, tomorrow. There are ™lr that there has been fricttof between Gen Chase and some of the subordinate offi cers against whom it Is alleged he has made charges of irregularities and it it said ■ Gov. peabody ha 9 engaged °an ex f«« accountant to make •al'^itlSiiS; Ward-Corby Co. THE ST. PAUI, GLOBE, TUESDAY QCTOBER 6, 1903, New Cabinet. BRITISH CABINET IS RECONSTRUCTED Continued From First Page. reception in the ministerial ranks. He is credited with being in full sympathy with Mr. Chamberlain's colonial policy and Lord Milner's South African ideas, and he is personally popular. Austen Chamberlain's appointment to the chancellorship of the exchequer has been fully discounted. Mr. Brodrick's transfer to the India office will probably evoke the fiercest storm and much resentment in India, where the feeling will be that he has been sent to the India office because he was a failure at the war office. Arnold Forster always has been a student of the question of defenses and a strong critic of war office methods, If allowed a free hand he should intro duce drastic reforms. In Austen Chamberlain's case doubts are expressed as to the appropriate ness of sending him to so important an office, although his ability is not call ed in question. In view of the gen eral belief, however, that the present combination constitutes merely a stop gap ministry, there will probably be less inclination to seriously criticise the appointments. Premier Gets It All Around. Only one opinion is expressed in the editorials on Mr. Balfour's letter.name ly, that it is a manifestation of his dis may and disappointment at the loss of his most important colleague and his sense of the damaging effect that the Duke of Devonshire's withdrawal will have on his administration. The Con servative organs admit that there was nothing in the duke's conduct to justify such an outburst, and they express re gret that the premier should have been hastily betrayed into a departure from his customary urbanity. The Liberal papers believe that after the revela tions of Mr. Balfour's conduct towards Mr. Ritchie and Lord George Hamilton, regarding the concealment of Mr.. Chamberlain's resignation, there is something still hidden of the history of the Duke of Devonshire's action, and they point out that having sacrificed Mr. Chamberlain with the special ob ject of securing the duke, the premier now finds himself deserted. The Conservative Standard voices the party regrets that within six months a great party and a strong government have gone to pieces, reav ing only chaos, and It expresses sur prise that Mr, Balfour has the idea of facing parliament with his cabinet so grievously weakened. DEVONSHIRE RESIGNS. Premier Balfour Shows the Duke to Be Inconsistent. LONDON, Oct. 5.-The Duke of Devonshire, who was leader of the Conservative party in the house of lords, has resigned the office of lord president of the council and the king has accepted his resignation. The duke wrote to Mr. Balfour, giving his rea sons for his resignation, which he at tributed, among other things, to the premier's speech at Sheffield and his pamphlet on insular free trade The duke has not yet made his letter pub ic, but the following letter of ac knowledgment from Mr. Balfour was published tonight: "I received this afternoon two tele grams in quick succession, the first from you asking how soon your resig nation might be announced and the second giving a full summary of the reasons which moved you to resign. I am not sure which of these unex pected communications surprised me most. On the whole, perhaps, it was the second. The first, however, was sufficiently strange. Do you remember the circumstances? It was on Sept 16 that you informed me of your resolve to remain in the government. This decision was preceded by much con fidential correspondence, much inti mate conversation. There was no phase of policy which I was not pre pared to discuss and which I did not in fact, discuss with perfect frankness! Men and measures alike were sur veyed from every point of view bearing on the present course and future for tunes of the party. The decision ar rived at after these preliminaries I had a right to consider final, and final I certainly considered it. Accordingly I consulted you as far as the circum stances of time and place permitted on the best mode of filling the vacan cies in the government of which you are the most distinguished member You were good enough to express some weighty judgments on the delicate mat ters submitted to you. You even in itiated proposals of your own, which I gladly accepted. Our last communica tion on the subject was in the letter I dictated during my journey to Shef field on Thursday afternoon. Less than forty-eight hours thereafter I re ceived in Edinburgh the telegrams which first announced your intention to resign and your desire to see the pro cess of resignation consummated with out delay and without discussion. The principal occasion for this singular transformation was, you tell me my Sheffield speech. This is strange in deed. In intention, at least, there was no doctrine contained in that speech which was not contained in my note on insular free trade and in my published letter to Mr. Chamberlain. "The first of these documents you had in your possession before the gen erality of the cabinet. The second you saw the manuscript of before it ap peared in the newspapers. With both therefore, you were intimately ac quainted during the whole fortnight in which you lent your countenance to the government after the recent resigna tions. I must suppose, therefore, that it is some unintentional discrepancy between the written and spoken words which now drives you to desert the administration you so long adorned Such unintentional discrepancies are without doubt hard to avoid. Not ev eryone, certainly not I, can always be sure of finding on the spur of the mo- ment before aiTSligef audience of 5,000 people the precise phrase which shall dexterously express the exact opinion of the speaker^w difficult and abstract subjects to foilahis opponents who would wrest it either to the right hand or the left. B«t~till 1 o'clock this aft ernoon I had, I (confess, counted you not as an opponent, but as a colleague, a colleague in spirit as well as in name. To such a onffcft "would have seemed natural, so I''should have thought, to take in cases of^apparent discrepancy the written rather than the spoken words as expressing the true meaning of the author, or, if this is asking too much, at least'to 1 make an inquiry be fore arriving at a final hostile conclu sion. But, after*, all, what and where is this discrepancy which has forced you in so unexpected a fashion to re verse a considered policy? "I do not believe that it exists, and if any other man than yourself had expended so much inquisitorial subtlety in detecting imaginary heresies, I should have surmised that he was more anxious to pick a quarrel than particu lar as to the sufficiency of its occasion. To you, fortunately, no such suspicion can attach. Yet am I unreasonable in thinking that your resignation gives me some just occasion of complaint and perhaps some special occasion of re gret to yourself? Am I, for example, - not right in complaining of your pro cedure in reference to my Sheffield speech? You fear that it will aggra vate the party division. If there is any thing certain, it is that the declaration of policy then made, produced and is destined to produce greater harmony in the party than has prevailed since the fiscal question first came to the front six months ago. Had you resigned on the 15th, or had you not resigned at all, this healing effect would have suf fered no interruption. To resign now, and to resign on the speech, is to take the course most calculated to make harder the hard task of the peacemak er. . "Again do you not feel some special regret at having at this particular juncture to sever your connection with a Unionist administration? Doubtless there is no imaginable occasion on which you could have left one without inflicting en it a serious loss. At the moment of its most buoyant prosperity your absence frcMn its councils would have been sensibly felt, but you have in fact left it wften, in the opinion of our opponents, it's fortunes are at the lowest and its perplexities at the greatest. May ( be, however, you are spared this aggravation of the inevita ble pain of separation by holding, as I hold, that our, opponents are in this mistaken. I firmly believe they are. I see no difficulty, in carrying out the policy, which for a fortnight you were willing to accept,, by the aid of an ad ministration which for a fortnight you helped me to construct. On this point I feel no disq.uj£t. I cannot pretend to view with light equanimity the loss of a colleague \yhose services to the Unionist party., no. change and chance of political foxtiine can tempt any Unionist to forget." Late this evening the Duke of Dev onshire's letter to Mr. Balfour was communicated to the press. It is as follows: "I have, since we last met, felt in creasing doubt whether I had been well advised in consenting to separate my self from those of our colleagues whose resignations were tendered and accept ed last month, but until some new de velopment in the situation should have taken place I have not thought it nec essary to trouble you with these doubts. The speech, however, which you delivered lasjt night made it-neces sary foY rfte to finally amd defmttoly fle-* clde whether I am so far in agreement with yourself on the question of fiscal policy as to make it possible for me, with satisfaction to myself or advan tage to the .community, to remain, a member of your government. "I must especially, as the. represent ative of the government in one of the houses of parliament, in forming this decision, have regajd not only to the definite statements of policy contained in your speech, but also to its general tone and tendency. As to the former, it was possible to arrive at a clear un derstanding by nrevious discussion, but as to the latter, no judgment could be formed until a declaration had been actually made. "I was prepared by our discussions for your statement that you desired to obtain the sanction of the constituen cies for a reversal of the doctrine that taxation should never be imposed ex cept for purposes of revenue, and this is no doubt the principal and most def inite statement in your speech. But you may remember that I told you that I thought it would be very difficult to make this statement the foundation of a great announcement of policy, inas much as I was not aware of any law or constitutional principle in which this doctrine was Embodied. I admit that you have succeeded in making this declaration the' basis of a great politi cal announcement, but in my opinion that announcement has been extended very far beyond the necessities of the case. ■< "It was unnecessary, in my opinion, for the purpose of the statement to which I had assented to assert that the controversy of 1846, which you de scribed as the great lawsuit between free trade and'protection, is of no in terest whatever to us, except from a historical point of view. Nor can I think that it was necessary to assert that you desired !to 'reverse the fiscal tradition, to alteV fundamentally the fiscal tradition'-thJat has prevailed dur ing the last two generations.' I had hoped to have found in your speech a definite statement of adherence to the principles of free trade and the ordi nary basis of our fiscal and commer cial system and an equally definite re pudiation of the principle of protection in the interest of our national indus tries. But, in their absence, I cannot help thinHing that such declarations as those which I have quoted cannot fail to have the effect of materially en couraging the advocates of direct" pro tection in the controversy which has been raised throughout the country, and of discouraging those who, like me, and I hoped yourself, believe that our present system of free imports, and especially of food imports, is on the whole most advantageous to the coun try, although we do not contend that the principles on which it rests pos sess any such authority or sanctity as to forbid any departure from it —for sufficient reasons. "I have only ventured to make these criticisms as illustrations of different points of view from which we regard the whole question, and I am very far from wishing to enter into any personal controversy with you. You have in your second speech said this subject could no longer be left an open ques tion among the members of the govern ment, and I think I have said enough to prove to you. that there is no such agreement on thg general question as to make it possible for me to be a sat isfactory expope^t of your views or those of the government In the debates which must taestftabry take place in the next session of parliament. "I cannot adequately express the deep regret which I feel in separating myself from a government with which CAStORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the fi? Signature of Witf^^/^^^/ I believe myself to be in sympathy on all other matters of public policy, or the anxiety with which I anticipate the wide division which I fear must re sult from the unexpected scope and strength of your declarations of yes terday, in the ranks of the Unionist party, but, holding the opinions which I have endeavored to express, no other course is open to me but to ask you to Place my resignation in the hands of nis majesty." MINNEAPOLIS CRANK SEEKS PRESIDENT Continued From First Page. Elliott's threats against President Roosevelt were made in connection with a conversation in regard to a federal appointment. Elliott imagined that he was to receive an appointment from President Roosevelt and that his enemies in Minneapolis were trying to induce the president to withhold the appointment. "If he does not give me the appoint ment," Elliott said to a Globe repre sentative last spring, "I will go to Washington and force him to give me the place he has promised." Shortly after this conversation, El liott left Minneapolis and was next heard from in Washington, whither he had gone ostensibly to gain permission from Prof. Langley to take a trip in the latter's airship. On several occa sions, according to Washington corre spondence, he tried to gain an audience with the president, but the watchful ness of the secret service men prevent ed it. Comes From Sweden. Elliott resided in Minneapolis for over fifteen years, coming here from Sweden. He was a machinist by trade and was clever as an inventor. He in vented an arrangement for releasing harness in fire houses and police sta tions and so successful was the mech anism that he received a considerable sum from its sale. He also invented one or twq other srrall articles which were successful and whiCh netted him small sums. Elliott's true name was^Petter Ol son, but several years ago he had it changed to Peter Elliott, retaining the name Olson as a middle name. From conversations with him it is thought that this change was made so that he would have an American name rather than one of Swedish origin, hoping that this would help him secure a federal appointment. He claimed that the president had promised him such an appointment and that he intended soon to go to Washington to get the place. ' Shortly after Elliott changed his name he thought that the Swedish peo ple of Minneapolis were jealous of him and that they thought he was trying to push himself ahead. He said that this jealousy grew until a definite plan was laid to do away with him. He was apprised of this plan and was on his guard against it. Elliott's diseased mind conceived a queer Idea of the plot which was laid to kill him. He thought that his ene mies had gone to the various restau rants and eating houses about the city and had employed the waiters to put poison in everything served him. On three different occasions he had un guardedly eaten of the poisoned food, but was able to overcome the effects of the drugs. He had called on physi cians, but only to learn that they were also in league against him and ready to administer powerful poisons instead of the needed antidotes. Visits Newspapers. As a last resort Elliott confided his troubles to the newspaper men. He wanted to-find a physician who would not poison him, and was recommended to go to the city hospital. He went to the institution, but* did not remain there long, and shortly afterwards left the city. It was while Elliott was telling The Globe of the attempts to poison him that he made his threats against Presi dent Rooosevelt. He said that his enemies had gone to Washington to persuade the president to withhold the appointment, and that he would fol low them and compel the. president to give him the place which had been promised months before. Elliott is known to his friends in Minneapolis as a visionary person, with strong socialistic sentiments. He was wont to formulate socialistic speeches, which he sought to deliver to any who would listen to him. At times his views became anarchistic. When Elliott was most irrational he frequently talked about trying to find a wife, and on one occasion confiden tially confided to a friend that Presi dent Roosevelt had promised to find a girl for him. Later he told the same friend that the president had agreed to consent to his marrying Miss Alice Roosevelt. This claim has caused some to think that it is possible that Elliott was the fanatic who called at Oyster Bay to see the president's daughter. While in this city, Elliott resided for a number of months at 425 Cedar avenue, but later removed to 400 Six teenth avenue south, where he re mained until his trip to Washington, which was made late in August. He is about forty years old and is a good machinist, although he seldom held a place for any length of time on account of his erratic ideas. He is well educated. Insane Over Perpetual Motion. For three months Elliott roomed in the family of Albert E. Anderson at 400 Sixteenth avenue south. Six weeks ago Elliott told Mrs. Anderson that President Roosevelt was coming to a decision in a matter of state, and a few days later disappeared from Min neapolis, leaving his effects behind. Elliott informed the police superin tendent of Washington that he was president of the Minneapolis Patent company, which firm is a fiction of the man's disordered brain. It would ap pear that he has gone crazy over the question of a perpetual motion engine, and Nels Lennes, a photographer at 1501 Washington avenue south, has photographs of several models of such an engine which Elliott has construct ed. Elliott has no known relations in this country. For over six years he kept a bicycle repair shop on Central avenue. Many persons here think that he has been fn the habit of writing letters to Roosevelt on various subjects, and a number of persons have been found who claim that Elliott confided to them that President Roosevelt had selected him as a prospective son-in-law. AFFAIR AT THE WHITE HOUSE. Elliott Has a Desperate Encounter With Officers. WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 5.—A desperate hand to hand encounter with an armed insane man who was deter mined to see President Roosevelt oc curred in the vestibule of the White house today. The man, who gave his name as Peter Elliott and his home as Minneapolis, was overpowered by the officers on duty at Ihe White house en trance and carried to a police van which which had been summoned. He was placed in the van in the custody of two officers. Seeming to realize then for the first time that he was under arrest, Elliott began a furious struggle with his cap tors for liberty. He drew a revolver from the right side pocket of his trousers and at tempted to shoot Officer James Ciscle. The officer grabbed his hand and Dr. Lyon's PERFECT Tooth Powder Used by people of refinement for over a quarter of a centur PREPARED BY wrenched the weapon from his grasp. Elliott's struggles were so fierce, how ever, that the two officers in the cramped quarters of the van were un able to overcome him. Officer Ciscle then drew his revolver and fired two shots to attract attention. Chief Usher Thomas Stone and Of cer Parker, of the White house force, who had assisted in carrying Elliott to .the van, attracted by the shots, rushed back to the vehicle and assist ed in overpowering him. In the struggle within the police van Elliott had brok en a glass panel with his head, severe ly cutting his head and face. Officer Ciscle sustained a serious cut on his right arm, two inches of flesh being cut out. He suffered considerably from loss of blood, but his injury is not seri ous. The van was hurried to the en.ergency hospital, where the injuries of both Ciscle and Elliott were dress ed. Elliott is undoubtedly violently in sane. Several days ago Secretary Loeb received a letter postmarked Wash ington, and written on letter paper of the St. James hotel, this city. The let ter inclosed a photograph of Elliott and an incoherent request for an interview with President Roosevelt. The letter was signed "Peter Ell," the statement being marie immediately under the signature that the writer was register ed at the hotel as Peter Elliott. It was evident to Secretary Loeb that his cor respondent was insane and he issued directions at once that the officers on duty both at the White house and at the executive offices should be on their guard against him. The photograph was turned over to the secret service officers. Nothing was seen of the man until yesterday, when the president attend ed morning services at Grace Reform ed church. Elliott went to the church early and during the first part of the services occupied a seat in the gal lery overlooking the pew in which the president sat. He left the church at the beginning of the commuion service and leaned against the fence railing of a house just below the church. There he awaited the exit of the president. When the president emerged from the church he walked quickly down the street to ward Elliott. Elliott stepped suddenly up to the president and put out his hand, say ing: "Roosevelt, shake hands with El liott." Without . slackening his rapid walk, President Roosevelt removed his hat and heW but his hand, saying: "I'm glad to mcci you," and passed on. At that time "the man " manifested no symptoms. of^uisanUjxand quietly left the vicinity of the church when or dered to do so by the officers. About 10 o'clock this morning he ap peared at the executive office. Enter ing the vestibule he inquired for Presi dent Roosevelt. One of the doorkeepers asked him why he vfented to see the president. "Oh, just for fun," he responded. "The president sent for me and I just want to see him." Elliott was told to return next month. He .smiled and talked away, not of fering- the slightest objection to the rebuff which, he had received. His ap pearance attracted very little attention and he gave no indication at that time of insanity. All of the officers, both at the White house and at the executive offices, however, were warned again to be on the lookout for the man and not to take any chances with him. Shortly before 12 o'clock Elliott walked up to the main door of the White house, stepped inside, and in quired of Officer Ciscle if he might see the president. Chief Usher Stone and Officer Parker were standing just within the vestlbjile at the time. Mr. Stone told the man that he could not see the president just at ihat moment, as he was engaged, but that he might possibly arrange to see him after a while. Instantly, the man having been recognized, a hurry call was sent for a police van. Scarcely had the call been sent in when Elliott became violent. The offi cers and attendants threw themselves upon him and after a brief struggle overpowered him. Officer Ciscle made a cursory examination of his pockets, but found only a pair of shears and a large penknife. The man became quiet, but refused to leave the White house until he was forced to go. The offi cers conveyed him to the police van, which by that time was waiting at the southeast gate of the White house grounds. The struggle in the van occured al most immediately after Elliott had been placed in the vehicle. He drew his re volver from a pocket which seemed to be an enlarged watch fob. As that is a most unusual place in which to carry a pistol Officer Ciscle in his hurried search had overlooked the weapon. The pistol was an ordinary make five shooter of a cheap pattern. At the emergency hospital Elliott said that he was a Swede and that his "home was in Minneapolis. From the hospi tal the man was taken to the first pre cinct police station and incarcerated in one of the detention wards. At the St. James hotel it was stated that Elliott arrived there last Wednes day evening. He registered as "P. O. Ell, New York." He had no baggage and paid for his room in advance. He conducted himself about the hotel in a quiet, gentlemanly manner and nobody with whom he came in contact im agined that he wag insane. Elliott was about five feet six inches high, thirty-five years old, with light brown hair and beard, and apparently is of foreign birth. At the station house Elliott gave his occupation as that of a machinist. He said that he had lived in this country for eleven years, most of the time in Minneapo lis. He said he came to Washington from Paterson, N. J. Elliott said he had been In Lancaster, Pa. He made a long rambling statement as to the reasons for his action. Late this afternoon the police sur geons, after a careful examination of Elliott, certified that he was insane. Elliott was removed to the government insane asylum. The transfer was made without difficulty. Spoke Well of the President. Among Elliott's possessions were nu merous clippings from newspapers throughout the country describing and relating to incidents in the life of President Roosevelt and cards of the Minneapolis Patent company, of 28 Central avenue, Minneapolis. In one pocket were manuscripts written by him. in Swedish with his pictures in different poses at the head of eacli. "KING_OFALL BOTTLED BEERSN' Order from H. Orlomar.n, St. Paul. These contained lectures on political and religious subjects. On one of them was an address to the American people written in a rambling and incoherent rasnion. It was laudatory of President [Roosevelt The address spoke of the, growing slavery'and shameful acts in grafting and robbing of the millionaires and capitalists on every side, and said that "before it was too late the presi dent wants to save the necks of the millionaires in their existence and their sons and daughters from the bloody hand of rebellion," and finally he wants to "crush the trusts in their childhood." Reference of a pleasant character 13 also made to President McKinley. In his talk at the police station El liott declared he went to the \Vhit<? house because the president risked him to come and see him. He said he tar ried a pistol to protect himself and did not intend to do any harm to the presi dent. He said he belonged to a church, but not to any societies, and all efforts to connect the man with the anarchists failed. The prisoner requested that word be sent to A. A. Swan, of 2218 Irvington avenue northeast, Minneapo lis, asking him to come to Washington. Swan's card was found on the prisoner; also a letter addressed to P. O. Oloff son, Binghamton, N. Y. The prisoner said he had bought hia revolver in Minneapolis two months ago and two weeks after left that place and went to New York and thence to Philadelphia and Baltimore. WHO WILL TAKE SIR MICHAEL'S PLACE? Continued From First Page. iting America, and who was supposed to have the ear of the king, was en listed on their side, and that it was only with great difficulty that the king's consent was obtained to Sir Michael Herbert's appointment. Now. Sir Henry Howard, the British minister at The Hague, is reported to be the king's choice for the post of ambassador at Washington. Lady Howard was formerly Cecilia Ri Washington. The king alone will make the selection, and it is unlikely that the premier of the foreign office will be required to nominate the ambas sador. The next likeliest selection from the service is said to be Sir Arthur Nicolson, British minister to Morocco who is regarded as being in the line for an embassy. Either of these ap pointments would please the service. It is well understood, however, that the king may go outside the regular set vice as he did in sending Sir Francis Bertie, then assistant under secretary for foreign affairs, as ambassador to Rome, an appointment that annoyed several ministers. LIGHT AT LOW COST Continued From First Page. tery referred to was invented by Mr. Edison about three years ago. He first subjected it t<> a practical test by adapting it to an ordinary runabout automobile, and that it has superbly withstood the hardest tests is evict, by that same vehicle, furnished with the same cells today that were placed in it then. The cells of the batteries are oblong in shape, are fourteen inches high, five inches wide and three and a half inches thick. They weigh a fraction over fourteen pounds each, and are counted as three cells to a horse power. These cells fit the body of the vehicle, side by side, snugly, and are connected with each other by insulator wires. They may be removed from the vehicle at will. Ever since the first battery was made and subjected to the tests already described, the Inventor has been steadily at work In the effort to diminish the weight and space occu pied and increase the power per cell. Mr. Edison has not yet chosen a name for the machine. He is positive that it will not take as long to bring down the price below $450 as it did to reduce the cost of sewing machines, bicycles and similar articles. There Is no leakage or deterioration in his bat teries. They are made of nickel and iron oxides immersed In an alkali liquid. RECEIVER ACCUSES SCHWAB OF FRAUD Continued From First Pago. Leroy Dresser, Lewis Nixon, John S. Hyde, E. W. Hyde, Charles R. lluns coni, I. M. Scott, Charles J. Canda, Horace W. Gauz and John W. Young, promoters of the United States Ship building company, of fraudulent prac tices in the formation of the shipbuild ing company. Specifically, Mr. Smith alleges that the Bethlehem Steel company's works, worth not more than $7,200,000 to $10, --000,000, was brought into the United States Shipbuilding company on the basis of $30,000,000, the transaction be ing fraudulent and to the great injury of the creditors, bondholders and stockholders of the shipbuilding com pany. Mr. Smith further charges that the shares that the shipbuilding cpni pany issued in effecting this transac- tion constituted full payment for the stock of the steel company, and that the bonds mentioned in the complaint were therefore issued without consid eration, and null and void, and that the mortgage given to secure the bonda is likewise null and void; that Mr. Schwab, in receiving the bonds and stock, became justly indebted to the shipbuilding company in the sum of $20,000,000, through the shareholders' liability act of New Jersey, under whose law* the defendant company was organized. By reason of this, It is claimed, the bonds have been fully paid and the receiver, Mr. Smith, ia entitled to an offset for $20,000,000. Baronet Kills Three. LUMBERTON, N. M., Oct. 6.—Albeit P. F. Coape has shot and killed his wlfp his sister-in-law, Miss Hernandez, and him self. Mrs. Coape and Misn Hernandez were shot with a revolver. Coape ended his own life with a shotgun. Coape was an Englishman about forty-five years of age and up to a short time ago was known as Sir Albert P. F. Coape, having dropped the title recently. He has been in tho saloon business here for twenty years He received regularly a large allowance from relatives in England. No cause can be assigned for the crime except temporary insanity. The woman whom Coapo killed, It Is said, was his fourth or fifth wife. Strike in National Capitol. WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. s.—The marble setters and their assistants who are employed in the general re construction of the senate bath rooms and barber shops went on strike today in sympathy with the marble cutters, who are locked out in the principal cities of the country by the manufac turers. Unless the complication is speedily adjusted, it will be impossible to complete the work on these rooma before the convening of congress.