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ROCK MLAMB ARGU LAST EDITION 4:30 O'CLOCK. VOL.. MI. NO. 22G. ROCK ISIiAKD, IM,., MONDAY, JULY 13, 1903 PKICE TWO CENTS. TARS ARE PRAISED WRECK ON CURVE PROVOKES A SCENE HELD TO ITS DUTY AN AWFUL PENALTY WALES Secretary Moody Commends Illinois Naval Re- Cne Train Runs Into Another The Question of Presenting An 'ury in Alabama That Wants to Shirk Given Plain Talk by a Judge. Is Paid By a Black In West Vir ginia. Demon That Has Stopped to Make Some Repairs Address to King Edward. serves. POPE SEEMS MUCH WORSE GUEST Rally of Yesterday Fol lowed By Serious Reaction. DIZZINESS IS FELT Begins to Lose Con sciousness of His Surroundings. Home, July 13, 7 p. m. The pope's condition is becoming- worse. Con trary to the arrangements made for the daily receptions of three carfli nals, none was permitted to enter the sick chamber today. Home, July 13. At 9:1." this morn ing the doctors issued the following bulletin regarding" the condition of the pope: "Up to midnight the pontiff remain ed tranquil, but afterwards he experi enced agitated intervals. The physi cal examination of the thorax shows no change since'day before yesterday. The action of the kidneys continues slight and the general condition of his holiness is somewhat depressed. Pulse 82, respiration 32, temperature 3(, centigrade. (Signed) "LA PTC) NT, "MAZZONI." It is understood the doctors will bold an examination of the pope ear lier than usual this afternoon, owing to the somewhat more unfavorable condition of the patient. Attacked by Dizziness. Koine, July 13. Some uneasiness was occasioned this morning owing to the poie"s being attacked by a feeling of dizziness believed to have been the result of cerebral weakness. At noon his condition became slightly worse and the dizziness became "pro nounced, accompanied1 by fleeting hal lucinations. The dizziness from which the iope suffered was a kind of men tal confusion, during which he seem ed, to lose consciousness of his sur roundings, while he believed he saw a vision. Ilome, July 13. 5:40 p. in. Hypoder mic injections of salt and water are being administered to the poe. The night bulletin is anxiously awaited. A Oalet Day Yesterday. Rome, July 1:5. Pope Leo has lived to pee another Sunday, and with the quiet which fell upon Rome came also peace and even progress to the pontiff. Beginning yesterday morning -with dis tinct signs of improvement he main tained this throughout the day. At night Dr. I.apponi made the following Important statement In answer to the question If he believed that the im provement in the pope's condition could continue: "I believe that if the im provement lasts until July 21 we may not, perhaps, achieve an absolute cure, but we will secure such a general state of health in the patient as will allay our anxiety." "Better, bat Don't Be Too Sanguine." During the morning the pontiff par ticipated in the celebration of mass. The ceremony was held in the chapel adjoining the sick chamber. The door connecting the sick room with the chapel was opened so that his holiness might follow the service. Dr. Maz zom joined his assistant at 8:20 a. m., and after a brief conference Issued the most encouraging official bulletin thus far given. Pope Leo took his usual light breakfast i When Dr. Lapponl left the sick room he was almost mobbed by high dignitaries, including several cardinals. Dr. Lapponl ad dressed them all by saying: "Yes, the pope is better, but I bej? you not to ex aggerate In optimism, In order to avoid a disillusion later." I) reuse. Himself Without Help. During the afternoon the pope felt strong enough to get up. He rose, dressed himself alone, and went to sit In his usual arm chair, where he re mained for some time. Late in the afternoon he received Cardinals Matheiu, Steinhuber, Agliardl and Casali. The pope showed his usual brightness and lucidity of mind, and spoke to each without showing any perceptible fatigue. He asked Cardinal Agliardi how he liked the position of vice .chancellor of the church, to which tie was appointed at the last consistory 7 and how the cardinal enjoyed his new residence, the beautiful and historic palace of the chanceller. Ilearing that the cardinal had not yet moved there Pope Leo said: "Ton must settle your before leaving for the. Koiwtry, CREDITABLE SERVICES During the Recent Floods In the Vicinity or East St. Louis. Sp:ingfield, ill., July la. In com mendation of the good work of the naval mUitia of Illinois during the re cent flood. Secretary Moody has writ ten this letter to the adjutant general of Illinois: "I take pleasure in acquainting you of the receipt by the department of a highly commendatory account of the efficient service rendered by the Alton division of the Illinois naval militia during the recent flood. The behavior of the otlicers and men Is reported as uniformly good and the small loss of life In East St. lxuls is attributed largely to their aid. The Department's Congratulations. "I shall be gratified if you will con vey to the organization the depart ment's congratulations upon their ex cellent work. Their thorough dis cipline on this occasion is especially noted, reflecting great credit upon them; for it shows not only a proper appreciation of the importance of dis cipline in a military organization, but also their ability aud determination to make theirs of a high order." RABBI COLLAPSES ON A PLATFORM Stricken While Engaged in Impas sioned Discussion of. Russia. Jamestown, N. Y.. July l'J. While lecturing at Chautauqua Rabbi M. J. Gries, of Cleveland, collapsed and fell to the platform in an unconscious condition. He was in the midst of an Impassioned appeal in lehalf of l".e Jews, and denouncing Russia for their persecution, when the attack came. ' It was one of the most sensational lectures ever heard at Chautauqua. The rabbi was removed to a physi cian's office ariid intense excitement, but he soon rallied under the effect of stimulants, and it is believed bis ill ness is only temporary. Rabbi Grles Is pastor of the Willson Avenue, tem ple at Cleveland and is widely known for his eloquence. YOUNG GIRL ARRESTED FOR A BRUTAL MURDER Bloomington, July 13. Maude .Tor- dine, aged 17, was -arrested today r the brutal murder of her sister, Ma bel, the 2-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jordine, last Thurs day night. as though the conclave was a most re mote possibility. Favorable Conditions Maintained. Later the pontiff took a short nap and slept tranquilly enough, although he seemed to have somewhat more difficulty in breathing. The doctors re turned at 7-30 p. m., and their even ing bulletins gave negative encourage ment, simply showing that the favora ble conditions of the morning had been maintained. OUR MEN WIN THE TROPHY" Palma Vase for Good Shooting Taken by the Team from the United States at the International Match. Bisley, England, July 13. The United States recaptured the Palma trophy. Her team scored an aggregate of 1,570 out of a possible 1,800, and beat all the best shots of Europe, South Africa, Australia, and Canada, congre gated for the first ttnie on English Boil to compete for the world's premier shooting trophy. Great Britain wa second, with 1.555. England won by three points at the 900-yard range. Funds have been subscribed or are promised already to enable a British team to go to the United States in 1904 to endeavor to recapture the Palma trophy. British -riflemen are delighted at this prompt action- The Nor wegians also will send a team to the United States for next year's match. WHERE THE LAW WAS TARDY Murderer TTho Should Have Been Hanged Ere This Escapes with Others, but Is Recaptured. Junction City, Kan., July 13. Gil bert Mullln, the federal prisoner who led the mutiny at the Fort Leaven worth prison In November, 1901, aud who had been in the county jail here for the past year awaiting trial on the charge of having muidered one of the guards in the mutiny, led an assault on Sheriff Peeso and he with three others, a white man and two negro prisoners, escaped. The sheriff was overpowered and badly cut about, the head, but he suc ceeded in getting the' cell door closed before all fire prisoners could get out. The sheriff and soldiers from Fort Riley started at once in pursuit and all, the fugitives were recapwirea. FOE THREE MEN ISENr TO THEIR DOOM About Forty Others Injured More or Less Seriously ltaging Ele ments Work Havoc. Kansas City, July 13. The fast "mail from St. Louli crashed into an ex cursion train that had broken down at "Dead Man's Curve," three miles from Lee's Summit. Three men were killed and from thirty to forty Injured, perhaps three of them fatally. The dead are tramps riding on the fast mail, a man named Winklenian, of St. Louis; Boy Swain, of Kansas City, and an unknown man. Names of the Seriously Hart. Seriously hurt: Walter (. Coleman, mail clerk, St. Louis, badly bruised and cut; Eugene Johnson, Quiucy, 111., bruised and face cut; Ilallie Davey, St. Joseph. Mo., head cut and back sprained; Charles Reynolds, Sedalla, Mo., badly bruised; Stella and Sallie Bice, Independence. Mo., sisters, heads cut and bruised; Arthur Smith, Kan sas City, arm and head cut; Harry Leidy, boy, Kansas City, leg broken, bruised about head and body; Walter Brown, boy, Kansas City, leg broken, head cut: Charles Walburn. Kansas City, hurt internally; (Jeorge Hicks, Kansas City, thigh fractured, internal injuries; Charles Pratt, Kansas City, internal, probably fatal; Thomas Coop er, Kansas City, shoulder fractured, lody badly bruised; Benjamin Robin son. Kansa'- City, Kan., hips wrenched. possible Internal Injuries; John Whit ney, Kansas City, badly cut and bruised; James Lighter, Kansas City, leg crushed, head hurt; Florence Rob inson, Kansas City, Kan., nose broken and other injuries; A. II. Winslow, Kansas City, artery In leg severed: M.J A. Jackson. Kansas City, traveling salesman, severe contusion on head; Mrs. I. X. Wells, hip hurt. Responsibility for the Wreck. Responsibility for the wreck seems to rest with the crew of the fast mail, which failed to stop promptly when flagged. The engine on the excursion train, which consisted of twelve coaches, heavily loaded, broke down. While repairs were being made two flagmen were sent ahead to stop the fast mail, then about due. The engin eer on the mall train failed to see the. foremost flagman, and only slackened up when, warned by the second man, who was within a short distance of the excursion train. The fast mail was running at a high rate of speed and it was impossible to come to a full stop. When the fast mail struck it was making fifteen miles an hour. DEADLY DOLT OF LIGHTNING Strikes a Boat Honse In Which Men Were Reraglng Kills One. Washington, July 13. During a ter rific thunderstorm which passed over the city lightning struck a loat-house near the Potomac river in which about a dozen men had taken refuge on their way home from the bathing beach. One man was killed outright, another so badly Injured that, he may die, and still another is in the hospital suffer ing from the effects of the IkK. The dead man is Robert B. Smith. Charles Slaughter, colored, was so seriously hurt that he may die. Every one of the men who had taken refuge In the loat-house felt the effects of the thunder bolt. Ten feet of the flag pole over the house was wrenched off and the structure itself was wrecked. C. ,11. Bannigan, the policeman on duty at the beach, while hurrying to the emergency hospital for assistance after theaccident. was twice rendered temporarily unconscious from the effects of the lightning striking trees near him. Physicians from the hospital succeeded In restoring most of those who had been hurt to con sciousness and the remainder were taken to the hospital. Here it was found that Slaughter, the colored man. was so badly shocked and burned that he may die. William Lyons, a white man, was also badly burned, but he will recover. In another part of the city Nora Shipley, a colored girl aged L" years, who was sitting at a "Window, was badly stunned by a lightning bolt. SALVATION ARMY SUFFERS torm Rreaks Over Their Camp and Plays Havoc with THelr Shelter Tents. Beaver City, Neb., July 13. A ter rific electrical and wind storm pre vailed here, lasting for forty-five min utes. In which time two and one-fourth inches of rain fell. The wind blew with great violence, doing much dam age to small buildings, wind mills and to the -wheat crop just ready for har vest. The Salvation Army of Kansas and Nebraska, now holding a camp meeting here, suffered much loss. Nine of their tents were blown down. Com mander Holland was struck by a fall ing tent-pole and sustained a disloca tion of the shoulder. The camp was flooded with water. The women members of the army have been taken Into the houses of citizens, and will be provided for during the remainder of their stay here. Beaver A HOT DEBATE IN DUBLIN In .Which the Matter of Extending the Greeting la Voted Down. Dublin, July 13. Wild scenes today marked the second debate bv the mu nicipal corporation on the question of presenting an address to welcome King- Edward on his arrival in Dublin. When the public gallerj- was filled the outside doors were locked, but the huge crowd broke clown Ihe doors in an effort to get in. Police are Called. The xlice were called to clear the hall. The motion in favor of the ad dress wa.s defeated. LABOR TROUBLES ARE STILL IN CHICAGO Continue In Divers Ways to Em barrass Busi ness. Chicago' July 13. Freight handlers employed by the Chicago Terminal Fransfer company at the Western avenue deKt struck today because of the discharge Saturday of '2 men who refused to handle freight from the Kellogg Switchboard fc Signal com pany. Chicago, July . 13. Twenty-two freight handlers have been discharged by the transfer association at the Chi cago and Alton freight depot because they refused to handle freight that had been brought to the freight house in wagons driven by non-union team sters. The wagons came from the plant of the Kellogg Switchboard and Supply company, and were escorted by a large number of officers. The po lice had a hard time gettiug the freight to the depot, and when, it arrived, the freijsht handlers refused to touch it. Several times the io!lce were com pelled to charge the crowds and to draw their revolvers. Three arrests were made. The strike against the Kellotrg company wasiosed by the refusal of the company to discharge ten employes, who did not lelong to the union. The company has 1.000 employes and all are mAnbers of un ions with the exception of the ten. The police had a continual Unlit to get the freight to the deiot and were bombarded with sticks, stones and all sorts of missiles by the mob. The leaders of the freicht handlers now propose to call a strike on any rail way receiving freight from the Chica go and Alton. The trouble there is that the railway refuses to reinstate two union men who were discharged for assaulting a fellow employe pe eanse he refused to strike a few weeks ago. The Kellogg Switchboard com pany has been lu a state of siege for weeks. FIND MRS. CUM MINGS GUILTY OF MURDER Jury at St. Louis Charges Woman With Killing Her Hus band. St. Louis', July IT. The jury today found Mrs. Minnie Cummings guilty of killing her husband Dennis Cum mings, April 1, 1003. , The iMMialty is JO years in Ihe penitentiary. creek is ont of ' its nail ks and a sec tion of the Burlington track between Beaver City and Stamford is washed out. CHICAGO'S HEW STATION Where the lake Shore, Hock Island and Nickel Plate Railway Will But Their Termlnm. Clilcago, July 13. The magnificent new Ln Salle street station of the Lake Shore, Rock Island and Nickel Plate railroads, just completed at a cost of about $3,000,000, has ben opened for business, all trains from now on us ing the new terminal. Tor beauty of architecture, solidity of construction, completeness of appointment, and as a triumph of engineering skill, the new station is notable among the finest in among the finest in per, jsteel framed, l. fa Jed with brick rigs,' pas a frontage the world. The station proper, twelve stories high with stone trimming: of 215 feet on Van Buren street and extends southward 1,433 feet. The great train shed is 5S0 feet long and 215 wide. ; Covering this vast space is an immense roof resting on nineteen steel trusses, which at the highest point are eighty-five feet above the track level. Cotton la Too Uncertain In Price. Fond du Lac, "Wis., July 13. Owing to the uncertainty of the cotton mar ket, the Fond du Lac Shirt and Over all factory has shut down. One hun dred employes axe affected. TOLD WHAT CONSTITUTES PERJUBY And Informed That Failure to Agree on a Verdict Will Be That Crime. Montgomery, Ala., July 13. A sen sational turn in the case of Fletcher Turner, charged with holding a negro, Glennie Helms. In peonage, took place when the jury filed Into the court room and told Judge Thomas G. Jones they wanted to report. They assert ed that the jury was divided and had reached, iio verdict and that it was not likely to reach one In this case. The judge was taken by surprise, but after a few seconds attacked the juiy vigor ously. He vehemently lectured them, calling their attention to their oaths and that they must do their duty. He explained their duty to them. He cau tioned them time and again that they must not break their oaths. Kvtdence Was All One Way. He reviewed the evidence again and. said that if they believed the evi dence offered by the government the defendant, was undoubtedly guilty and there was no way of gettiug around this fact. He then took the testimony of the defendant and told the jury that even if they believed the evidence introduced by the defense they must find the defendant guilty. Give the Jury Some Solid Facts. Continuing, the judge said: "You have the physical power as jurors to declare by your verdict ln the face of the law that a guilty man is innocent, but you have no more moral or legal right to do so than you have to kill one another. Whenever a jury does such a thing it violates its oath, be trays a sacred trust and introduces mob law into the very sanctuary of justice. I tell you. so that you will understand the matter thoroughly, that t'lis court has no power to line or Im prison you if you render a verdict con trary to what the court charges you Is your duty in this case uion the ad mitted proof on the undisputed evi dence in the case." TELLS THEM TIIEV ARB PERJURED If They Refuse to Do Their rialn Duty Because the Injured Is a Negro. The judge further said: "In such a case the court can only declare its reprobation of such conduct and leave the act of the jury to be condemned by God and their fellowtnen. The court does feel impelled under an earnest and solemn sense of duty as to the verdict you ought to render in this case to appeal to your manhood, your sense of justice and your oaths not to declare that a jury ln the capital of Alabama woidd not enforce the law of the United States because It hap pened that a negro was the victim of the violated law and the defendant is a white man, or because it may be a disagreeable or painful duty to you. If you do such a thing you are per jured before God and man. "The character of a just verdict Is determined solely by the facts and the law of the ensa. If you evade that duty or decline to discharge it you in flict, a grievous blow uion law and order and justice. Bet urn to your deliberations and see if you cannot lerform your duty." Representative A. A. Wiley, one of the counsels for the defendant, said: "We except to that part of the charge ln which you Intimate to the jury that If they believe the evidence the de fendant is guilty and if they failed to do their duty they are perjured." The judge said: "Very good, that is un questionably good ln law and morals und I note your exceptions." This sensational turn in the case has put a new light on the subject and lias caused more interest in the case than ever before. The other cases against Turner come up today. All the conspiracy and peonage cases against Robert X. Franklin will come up July 20. The cases against T. Ber ry, J. II. Todd and MacPruett were continued for the term. Her Body round la the" Woods. Grand Rapids. Mich., July 13. The body of Miss Clara C. Green was found in the woods north of the city. Sh disappeared July 2. nnd It is be lieved she committed suicide because of ill health. She was piominent in woman's literary club circles, and for a long time was a teacher in the city schools. There Is Hope for Danny Maher. London, July 13. Danny Maher. the jockey who was injured in an automo bile accident Friday, passed a quiet day and the doctors are hopeful cf ids recovery. The condition of his chauf feur, however, remains serious. King Edward has telegraphed inquiring about Maher's condition. Morocco Rebels Defeated. Tangier. Morocco, July 13. It Is confirmed that the war minister. El Monobhi, entered Taza. the stronghold of the pretender, Bu Hamara, July 7, after seven days' fighting, which re sulted in a complete defeat of the re bellious tribes. FOB A MOST TERRIBLE CRIME Brute Outraged a Little Girl and Mob Cut Him to Pieces. Wheeling, W. Va.. July 13. Details of a scene of savagery have reached here from Devon, a little town in Min go county. A black brute caught a 14-year-old white girl some distance from her home, bound and gagged and then raped her, leaving her tied to a tree. Search was instituted and the girl found as described more dead than alive. She told her story and named the fiend. The child was left as found for a while in hoe th"t the miscreant would return, which he did and was taken ln the act of repeating the as sault. He was dragged to the village, his clothes torn off and he was tied to a tree. Then the mob began taking revenge. The brute was stabbed with pen knives and pins, tacks were driven into him and every conceivable method of this kind of torture was resorted to by the mob. Then the girl he had outraged was brought and seated be fore him, and his tongue was cut from his mouth in her sight. The crown ing act of mob "justice" was to literal ly skin the negio alive, the pieces of skin being handed around as memen toes This "killed him and "his heart was cut out with pocket knives, and his toes and fingers cut off nnd carried away as more mementoes. His liody was then soaked in coal oil and burned. Mob Spirit at Knig-htsville. Brazil, I ml., July 13. A lynching was narrowly averted at Knightsville, this county, when a negro was dis covered by Mamie Goodhue creeping Into her room. She gave the alarm, aud a number of men followed the negro home. lent on lynching him. The negro and his family escaped through a back door. Dl'KBIX TO JtUGK ItASCD. Explains His Position Relative to the Preservation of Order Against Mob Rule. Indianapolis, July 13. Governor Durhiu, in a letter to Judge Rasch. of Evansville.explaining his position with reference to the trial at Evansville of the regro, Lee Brown, says: "It is for you to determine when the prisoner sh.i II be returned fo;- trial, and it is for the sheriff of Vanderburg coun ty to mak? such provisions for the preservation of peace and order in the community as in his judgment as a responsible otlicer circumstances nay require. Tliese provisions should be limited only by the extent of piesont or prospective danger to constituted authority, if such danger still exists. "Nothing could be more salutary should further disturbance arise than that the civil authorities should demonstrate their supremacy by stern use of the force they are empowered to employ in resisting lawless efforts at Interference with the exercise of their just functions. Nothing "onld be more unfortunate as suggested in my dispatch of the 0th than that there should be a resort to the military arm of the government without the civil authorities first exhausting their resources in an effort to subdue law lessness." MOTHER'S LONG TRIP FOR SON'S FREEDOM Journeys to Lansing Paying Her Way By Selling Salve. Lansing. Mich.. July 13. Making her way to Ionising by selling salve, old Mrs. Williams, who said her home was in Cadillac, came to induce Gov ernor Bliss to order the release of her son, who Is serving a three-year sen tence in the Ionia reformatory. She was received at the home of the I.nn sing Aid society last Tuesday, and she thereupon expressed joy becauso she had seen "Mrs. Bliss." As Mrs. Bliss was not ln the city, some curiosity was felt. But it was ascertained that she had mistaken the state capitol for the gov ernor's house, the executive -office for the best parlor and a woman clerk for the governor's estimable wife. Her son, her only means of support, was sentenced from Mecosta county eight een monthsago for three years for sell ing chattel mortgaged property. His application for parole is before the Ionia reformatory board of control. and will probably be acted upon favora bly. Hanna Mine Still cm Fire. Rawlins. Wyo.. July 13.---All hope of reaching the bodies of the dead miners in the Hanna mine has been given up, at least for the time being, as when the rescuers tapped the brattice which had been built in the hope of smother ing the fire in the seventeenth A try, the cas and flames drove them back. OF THEFLEET English Heir Apparent Received by Cotton. ON THE KEARSARGE Breakfasts in Admiral's Cabin Salutes of Honor. Portsmouth. July 13. The prince of Wales visited the I'nited States squad ron this morning and breakfasted with Rear Admiral Cotton on the flag ship Kearsarge. All the ships in the harlMr ami channel and the channel tlet-1, at Spitshcad dressed ship with manned sides and fired the royal sa lute as the prince boarded the Ameri can flagship. The prince was receiv ed on the quarter-deck of the Kear sarge by Admiral Cotton and officers, ami the party descended to the admir al's cabin for breakfast, at which Roosevelt and King Edward' were toasted. Shows Prince Around. Cotton subsequently escorted thts prince around the ship, after which the prince landed with the warship firing another royal salute and took the train for London. PRESIDENT AND WIFE ENTERTAIN GUESTS Large Party Tor Luncheon at Sag amore Hill Home. Oyter l'.ay. July i:i. President audi .Mrs. T'ooseveit entertained a large party at luncheon today at Sagamore Hill. In addition to Secretary Root and the house guests, the party in cluded Archbishon Farley. John 1). Criinn.ins. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ariis, James 15. Sheffield. Frederick VY. Hulls, all of New York, and .1 udge lire nt a no and Civil Service Commissioner Coolev. TWENTY THOUSAND MEN RETURN TO WORK IN EAST New York. July i:. Twenty thous and skilled niechanks in the building trades returned t work today under a modified plan of the employers as sociation. One of the effects of the terms is that employes are to do away with walking delegates anil re fer all disputes to a joint board of arbit rat ion. EVENTS OF CLOSING DAY IN ENDEAVOR CONVENTION Denver. Col.. July I'.'. Sunrise cov enant services- in five churches mark ed the opening of the fifth ami last day of the 21st hi-eunial International Christian Endeavor convention. A large audience attended ihese early meetings and thousands of F.ndeavor ers pledged themselves am w to carry on the work which the i-rganiatioii has undertaken. THIRTY LIVES LOST IN FLOOD IN AUSTRIA P.rietau. Prussia. July 13. Thirty lives were lost in the flood- which de stroyed o( houses at Oraffenberg vil lage, Austria. H Has Cost the Town f 35,000. Penver, Colo., July 13. A special to The Republican from Cripple Creek Fays that the preliminary reiort of the special examiner who has been examining the looks and accounts of ex-City Clerk L. C. Weyand has been made. It says that through defalca tions, gross, carelessness, favoritism or other causes a loss has accrued, to tha city which may reach L'o.UOO. Uxoricide Commuted Suicide. Marseilles, III.. July 13. The lody of George Walters, blacksmith, who killed his wife last Thursday night, was found floating in the Illinois riv er. The sheriff had practically given up the suicide theory and had sent descriptions of the murderer to all parts of the country. Last night blood hounds from Princeton. 111., were placed on the trail, but could do noth ing. Increase In Postal Receipts. Washington, July 13. The report off the gross postal receipts at fifty of the largest postofhees In the country for June, 1003, as compared with June, 1002, shows a net increase of 14 per cent. The" receipts at New York were 1,005,710, an increase of over 16 per cent,, and at Chicago $78o,516, an in crease of 11 per cent.. .