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! ROCK AROTT LAST EDITION. 4:30 O'CLOCK. VOL. lill. NO. 2G9. KOCK ISIiAKI), HiL., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1903. PEICE TWO CENTS. i V. H'5 5 HOSTILITIES DECLARED Text of a Report Today From Servian Capital. TURKS ARE UNWILLIftG Reports of Atrocities Continue to Reach Outside. Sofia, Kept. 1. A local newspaper announced this afternoon' that a gen eral insurrection was proclaimed to day in districts' of Turkey across the southern frontier of Uulgaria. The rising" is heading by the famous Macedonian leaders, (ieu. Zonticheff, president of the Macedonian commit tee, and Col. .lanketT. The government has imposed the personal or land tax on tJie entire population of the empire over the aye of IS. The tax ranges from .so cents to .soo each annually. It is regarded in some quarters in the nature of a provision for war. Sofia, Hulgnria. Sept. 1. Roth In official and revolutionary circles the opinion is freely held that war be tween Ilulguria and Turkey is im minent ,and tun be averted by nothing ehort of a miracle. It is not expected that either government will formally declare hostilities, but that the pre vailing conditions will force on a war. There is no question that large num bers of Insurgents have recently crossed the frontier. An exten irive outbreak in northern Macedonia Is iossible any day. The Autonomic prints a telegram from Constantinople declaring that the sultan, tullucnced by the counsels of Germany,' now fa 0T8 a war with Rulgarin. Turk) Are the Optimists. The Turks here, however, take ao op timitic view, asserting that .there Is no tlntvger of a war. as Turkey does not desire one and Prince Ferdinand itnd the-present Rulgarian government are not in a position to force hostil ities. More Stories of Turkish Brutality. The Bulgarian agent at Uskub re ports that the detachment of Turkish troops sent to garrison the small towns in that vilayet ha-o spread de struction along their route; the villag ers have tieen robbed and beaten, the women violated and the Christian! pop ulation subjected t every conceivable outrage, while the local authorities ap pear to be helpless to stop the atroci ties. Gen d'Armti Do Not Interfere. At the village of Drachevo, six miles from Uskub, the soldiers attacked all the peasants without the gen d'armes Interfering on behalf of the latter. The Bulgarian agent specifies similar ex cesses in many other villages, and the position of the Bulgarian residents is reported 'to be terrible, as the cruel tics committed by the Turkish au thorities exceeded all limits. Consular dispatches from Prishtina, near the Servian frontier, confirm the reports that nearly all the Christian villages in the districts; of Didra, near Monastir, and Cicevo, have been pil laged and burned, and the inhabitants have fled. It is not stated whether Albanians or Bulgarians are the per petrators. Official reports say :iX in surgents were killed or wounded dur ing the fighting last week at Vilayet, Mcnastir. THREE MEN LOSE LIVES IN SEWER Sudden Flood of Water at Mil waukee Proves Fatal. Milwaukee, Sept. 1. Three men were drowned today by being caught by a sudden flfHul of water while at work in a sewer. Superintendent Sehunke, of the city water depart ment, is among the dead. PRELIMINARY ROUNDS ON IN GOLF TOURNAMENT Glencove, L. I., Sept. 1. Preliminary rounds of the play for the amateur golf championship of the United States commenced today on the links of he Nassau country club. Senator II nna. Maoh Better. Cleveland, O., Sept. 1. Senator Ha nma is so much better that he sat tip for. several hours.. lie desired to go to his office, but the attending1 physician advised agalzKt it. APPARENT MURDER DUE TO LOVE AFFAIR Young Man Found With Skull Crushed at Loganeport, Ind. Logausport, Ind., Sept. 1. Joseph Uncather, aged 20, w-as found dead on a pile of ties near his front door with his skull crushed, lie was the son of Charles Uncather. Young Uncather and Harry Grace, whose attentions to Myrtle Uncather, a sister of Joseph, had bern ordered stopped by her fa ther, met the father and mother. A quarrel followed and Grace threw a stone, striking Charles Uncather, who swore out a warrant for Grace's ar rest. Mr. and Mrs'. Uncather left the two young men together. Later, after Grace had been arrest ed, they returned home and saw young Uncather lying on the ties. They heard him breathing loudly, but did uot dis turb him. Next morning they found him lying in the same position, dead. Joseph Uncather s father was arrested, charged with provoke on Harry Grace, and will be held pending an investiga tion of the son's murder. FORCED TO TELL WHERE MONEY WAS Ohio Itobbers With Much Trouble Secure Small Sum. KJelimond, Ind Sept. 1. Charles Crabbe, a bachelor, who lives alone on his farm three miles northeaj-t of Hagerstown, was awakened by three euasked men and tortured and roblcd. When the rohlte-rs awoke Crabbe they demanded the niowy he had drawn from the bank the day before, sup IHKsing it to be $1(M. He denied hav ing any money in the house. Th rob bers threatened to make him take oison If he did not instantly revtal le hiding place of the niwy. After again denying that he had any money Crabbe war bound hand and foot, thrown to the floor, his teeth ivied open with a knife and a drug poii red into his mouth, which he was made to swallow. -He lecnrue very sick and in his agony revealed where his hoard was to be found. It amount- d in all to $.52. COURT OF ARBITRATION DISCUSSES PROCEDURE The Hague, Sept. 1. The first ses sion of the court of arbitration, which is to decide the Venezuelan claims, is occupied with a discussion of pn cedure. Dastard Kill, a Woman. Columbus. ).. Sept. 1. Mrs. Jen nie Williams, aged "i, was stahltcd to death at her home, on the West Side, by William Greene. Jealousy was the motive. Greene thrust the blade of a pocket knife Into the woman's neck, severing the jugular vein. He Jumped out of a second story window in an effort to escape, and was so badly hurt that he had to be taken to a hospital. World I. Short on Tf beat. Budaiest; Hungary, Sept. 1. The annual estimate of the world's grin crop issued by the minister of agri culture strikesi a balance between the requirements of importing countries and the available exporting surplus of the other states. Indicating a deficiency amounting to Jp.27O.0OO metercentners In the. world's grain crop. A ode tercentner is 440.92 pounds. Going- to Teach the Heathen. North Branch, Mich., Sept. 1. Rev. and Mrs. G. W. Briggs, a newly mar ried couple, graduates of the North western college, sailed from New York for India today, Briggs to superintend missionary schools in Moradabad and Mrs. Briggs to teach in them. Missouri Guardian. Were Go est. Springfield, 111., Sept 1. Twenty of ficers of the Missouri National Guard were guests of the officers of the Fifth, regiment. Eaitrr In Ilnaata. Easter in Russia is the greatest festi val of the year. Russian Christmas presents are as nothing compared to those given at Easter. Eggs are of course the principal feature, and not till one has seen the Easter bazaar in the Gostlnoi Door and the shops on the Nevsky Prospect is it easy to imagine the, beauty and daintiness of Easter productions. Fortunes in trinkets, laces and jewels are spent on the con tents of the eggs. A very pretty egg is made of pink veined marble rimmed with gold. Small Ivory eggs filled with silver ro sary beads make a lovely offering for the devout church woman, and for the practical housewife a little rush bas ket full of fresh eggs is wonderfully attractive. - - Antomoblle For Sahara Desert. Tourists in Egypt will soon be able to cross the Sahara "desert In a four mile an hour automobile specially con structed for traveling over sandy wastes. The vehicle is to accommodate forty passengers. While the speed seems slow it is greater than that- of canal transportation. COMMON LAW CASE Man Who Claims To Be the Com mon Law Husband of a Woman. WHICH CLAIM 13 REPUDIATED By the Relatives of the Woman In the Case Some Talk of Insanity Undesirable Notoriety. Chicago, Sept. 1. B. F. nolcomb, of Boston, has come before the public In connection) with the claim he makes of being the convBioiirlaw husband of Mrs. Nellie Ilurd-Comstock, daughter of Harvey B. llurd, of Evarnstou. Hol comb, who has been charged by Hurd with being insane, published In a Chi cago morning paper the following re markable "personal:" Wedded Under Common Law Form. "I, B. F. Holcomb, of Boston, Mass., say to whom it may concern that about a year ago mj- father-in-law, Harvey B. Hurd, Evanston. 111., and my brother-in-law, George S. Ixml, of the de funct firm of Iiord, Owen & Co., Chi cago, published in the pm-a of the country, iu the teeth of my sworn statement to the contrary, that Mrs. Coniistoek bad repeatedly informed these relatives that we were married, and happily so. A woman can not successfully contend with these men. I beg. therefore, to state that there is no dishonor in two persons of mature years marrying each other under the common law forms in Illinois. In or der that the contract may be valid the contracting parties have but to In tend matrimony and not an illicit re lation. The agreement must be in substance to be husband and wife un der the law. A stipulation that the marriage shall be kept secret awhile for certain reasons from the general public does not affect the validity of the contract. In.l.ta That Be I. Her Husband. "I publicly announce that Mrs. Nel lie Ilurd-Comstock, now sojourning at her father's houe, 1572 Ridge avenue, Evanstom, III., and I are married. The dishonor, If any. Is clearly in these relatives not recognizing the marriage as holy and sacred. and as binding as any cf strictest form or ceremony. My wife, is endowed with a fine mind and a linn character, and for anylwly to say that she and I are rot husband and wife, under the circumstances of our La Yin 3 lived together more or less openly as such, is not only most ab surd, but criminal." Statement by II. B. Ilurd. The strange case has attracted muck attention through the newspapers'. Hol comb and Mrs. Couistock were pa tients at the same time at a sana torium north of Chicago, and it was after this acquaintance that Holcomb advanced the claim of the marriage agreement. Harvey B. Hurd is an aged lawyer, who has an otlice at f!) Randolph street. He said: "Mr. Holcomb's greatest complaint has been that I have said and published state ments that ho is Insane and that his marriage with my daughter was not legal. I have not published any state m'nt that Iloleojpb was insane, but W'inether I believe him to be so or not, is another. Neither do I think his mar riage with my daughter was legal ac cording to my belief. Want, the Notoriety Stopped. "Each time I say anything In regard to this affair Holcomb Immediately publishes some statement in refutation, and, in that way, we are gaining a great deal of unpleasant notoriety. This notoriety must be stopped at any cost. Therefore, we shall say nothing fur ther in regard to the affair. If Hoi comb Lsi crazy it is absurd to publish statements which draw insane answers from him. But Yvhether he is InBane or not, I have nothing more to say o the subject Y. W. C. A. CAMP AT WILLIAM'S BAY EN FETE Williams Bay, Wis., Sept. 1. At the camp of the Young Women's Chris tian Association the gala day post poned from Saturday took place with much attractiveness" and beauty. In lines from either s.ide of the villa tiled the various delegations carrying their colors and singing delegation and state songs. The villa' and arched bridge were gaily adorned, and altogether no pret tier spectacle has been seen at the camp. It was with regret that the camp bade farwell to Miss Reynolds, the world's secretary, who goes to her home in North Haven, Conn. In Oc tober, Miss Reynolds sails for Europe. Miss Hill, of Madras, India, also left for other work. RUSSIAN STATESMAN GIVEN IMPORTANT OFFICE St. Petersburg, Sept. 1. Witte, the former minister of finance, has been appointed a member of the council of the empire. v Strenuous Toung- Man. Bergeant, Ky., Sept. 1. From a bar ricaded outhouse Everitt Fleming, 17 years f age, shot and killed Con stable Alfred Hall and seriously wounded George Mulllns.who were at tempting to arrest Fleming, in Diek iuscn countj, Va., Just acrotts the state WEAKENSTHE RACE That is What Science is Doing, According to Well Known Actuaries WHO ARE MEETING IN NEW YORK Papers Read to Show That longev ity of Weaklings is a Detriment. Prolongation of life with a weaken ing of mankind in general is the anomalous condition resulting from the efforts of the doctors and health societies throughout the civilized world, if the views of actuaries of in ternational repute in session at New York are accepted. At the opening of the fourth international congress of actuaries there yesterday papers that were read showed that while the aver age of longevity was increasing it was the weaklings whose lives were being prolonged and mankind, therefore, was deteriorating in vitality and strength. The statements were based on insurance statistics gathered by the experts in every part of the globe. Incidentally the seakers scoffed at Secretary of War Coot's claim with reference to the health fulness; of 11a xana as compared with Washington. Secretary tortelyoij, of the depart ment of commerce and labor, was present, representing President Koose velt. and making his first public ad dress since entering the cabinet. Three Reason. "Improvement in Lonirevitv" was the general subject, of discussion. On this subject Charles i. Lewis, lectur er on life insurance at Harvard. Co lumbia and Cornell universities, said there were three gfneral reasons for the improvement in longevity. the better care that children receive in the present 'day, the vast improve ment in handling epidemics, especially Progressive in the last few veai-s. and the ast improvement in medical and surgical science. "We find," he said, "that the mor tality in particular diseases has de creased very greatly in the last 40 years. "These influences are all alije in this resjH'ct, that e.ll represent not an increase in the vitality of the strong, but a diminution of mortality among the weak. The number of weaklings today is, therefore, greater and the result is a degradation of the mass in the average." YACHTS FAIL TO START TODAY Breeze So Light Race Was Declared Off in the Morn ing. New York, Sept. 1. At 10:30 both boats arrived at the starting line. At 12:15 there were no prospects for a race, the wind being too light. The race was finally declared off. SUPPLY ENEMIES WITH ARMAMENT London Firm Bold lii ties and Am nnition to Mad Mullah. Aden, Arabia, Sept. 1. The princi pal sources for the supply of rifles and ammunition, to the Mad Mullah's forces In Somalikmd have been 'traced through a complete .identification of trade marks, through agents at Ilarrar and Jibuti, Abyssinia, to a London firm. Since the commencement of the oi erations in SomallLlnd an aggregate of 3,000.000 rounds of Lee-Met ford rifle ammunition and correspondingly large numbers of Lee-Metford and Gras ri fles, have been shipped by this London firm to Jibutll and Ilarrar, by way of Manchester and Marseilles. RELEASED FROM STATE'S PRISON Parks, Convicted Walking Delegate, Oat on Certificate of Doubt. Ossining, X. Y Sept. 1. Samuel J. Parks, the New York walking dele gate convicted of extortion, was re leased from Sing Sing today on a cer tificate of reasonable doubt. He was taken to . New York by a deputy sheriff. ' New York, Sept. 1. Justice Sewell, of the supreme court, has signed an or der granting a certificate of reasonable doubt in the case of Samuel Parks, the walking delegate who is now in Sing Sing on a charge of extortion, pending appeal proceedings, and ordered hia re lease in ?10,000 bail. DIRECTORS IN DOCK On Trial for Manslaughter Before a Jury in the State of Mew Jersey. OASSATT ONE OF THE DEFENDANTS Other Prominent Hallway Slen His Co-Defendants in a Col lision Case. Newark, N. J., Sept. 1. The seven members of the executive committee of the board of directors' of the North Jersey Strret railway company ap Iearcd In the Essex county court for trial on indictment charging them with manslaughter. On I- b. 10 last iwne Newark high school stv dents- were killed iu a collision between a Clifton avenue trolley car and a Lackawuiaia express train. Railway Men Are Included. Indictments were returned again! Alexander J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania Railway company; John D. Crimmins, of New York; Kdward F. C. Young, president of the North Jersey Street ItaSlroad Dinpany, and of the First National bank of Jersey City; Dr. Leslie 1). Ward, vice. presi dent of the Prudential Insurance com pany; Elisha li. Gaddis, wholesale merchant and director of the Penn sylvania Railroad company; David Young, vice president and general mnn- ngerof the North Jersey, and J. Roose velt Shanloy all members of the ex ecutive committee of the street rail way company. Cania of the Accident Fixed. In addition to these nun there also appeared as defendants Charles M. Shipman, former general superintend ent of the North Jersey; James Smith. ithur W. Pratt, and Richard Kick, division olHcials of the- company. The inictnuiit of these oilicials followed u verdict by the corom r's jury, fixing responsibility on the North Jersey Street Railway company. Prosecutor Riker opvned for the state, reciting the natrre of the accident, the conditions of the tracks and dangers cf the cross ing. On the morning of the accident, he said, the crossing was covered with sn-w and ice so that the brakeshoes of the car was clogg-d. 1'rcnecntor Atka m Conrictton. In ops ijueix-e the car slipped down the Incline. Mi:i-':cd through the gates, and collided wMli the train. lie said that (oiiiinnn prudence demanded clean tracks, eirpty front platforms, so as imu to iutt it ere with the motorman. and a safety derailing switch. Thet-e were absent in this case. lie then named the defendants individually, and stated that they were aware of the condition of the tracks; that they knew aliout the en sings. and they had done nothing to avoid the accident. lie asked that they be adjudged guilty of the charge In the indictment. Hie testimony presented by the prosecution tended to prove Riker'n statements and big witness was still on the stand ut adjournment for the day. PHILIPPINE VETERANS MEET NEXT AT ST. LOUIS St. Paul. Sept. 1. Today's session of the convention' of the Armv of the Philippines selected St. Louis as the place of the next meeting. St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 1. Men who wear the stars of battle under their khaki uniforms and service medals on the outside, both of which were won fighting in the Philippine islands for Uncle Sam. gathered here from nil parts cf the United States as dele- gat s to the fotirth a initial convention of the Army of the Philippines. . The business sessions of the con veniion are held iu the senate cham ber of the state liouse. The first ses sion was held In the afternoon. It was devoted mainly to organization of com mittees. At night the members of the association were tendered a reception in the rooms of the Commercial club, wlierc a .special entertainment was pre pared for them. Two Boys Capture a Thief. Ann AiIku. Mich.. Sept. 1. Lee and Bert Urazier. of Emory, aged 10 and 17 years, respectively, captured Chas. Palmer, a chicken thief with a crimi nal record, at the Sutton farm, kept him tjrisoner at the point of a revolver all night, and brought him to Ann Ar bor In the morning. Palmer was eea tenced to sixty days in jail. tll Conscience Killing- Hltn. Joliet.Ill.. Sent. 1. John Gaines, the agedand wealthy farmer who shot and killed his favorite son In July during a quarrel. Is dying of grief. He lias been taken froni the jail to the hospital and the doctors say he will not live to face the grand jury indictment for murder peudlng against him. Bid of the Dyspepsia, All Right. Pmtt. Kan.. SeDt. l.-a Judge J. C. El lis, one of the best lawyers in western Kansas, died at his home in tnts city. Ho hml followed a theory of fasting t cure dyspepsia and had gone thirty- days without rooo. lew. Man Killed in New Hex Ice. Albuquerque, N. M., Sept. 1. R. W. Hostetter, of Cedar Rapids, la., wai ran down and killed by a train at Ccd rilloso, N. M. ROBBERY WAS PROBABLY FOILED Two Men Arrested at Kast St. Louis May be Chicago Crooks. East St. Louis, 111., Sept. 1. Two hold-up men, supposed to lie the thugs who committed murder and robbery at the Chicago City Railway's company's car barn Sunday morning, have been arrested hen-. At the station house the two men gave their names as Jas. JiiK Jii and Edmund Fa hey.. Mason made a tloperate resist a nee against capture, but was finally knocked sense less. Fa hey claims to be an elevator boy from Chicago. After a thorough search of their clothes baggage checks were found which showed that the pair had left Chicago Sunday morning, arriving in East St. Loul. in the evening. Three hundred dollars In mon0 and two large revolvers were taken from the prisoners. 15y making the double ar rest Chief of ''olice Purdy and his men nipix'd In the bud what is- L? lieveel to have been am attempt to blow the safe of the East St. Louis Trust and Savings bank. A third man jumped from one of the v. Jndows of the bank and eseaied dur ing the excitement attendant upon the nrres-ting of the men outside, who. Chief Purely declare, were lookout men. and upon whose persons were found implements useful to the safe blowing craft. SECREARY SHAW AT FAIR GROUNDS Object to Determine When Govern ment Appropriation is Avail able. St. Louis. Sept. 1. Secretary Shaw arrived this morning for "the purpose of personally inspecting the progress made in the erection of the building at the World's fair, preparatory to be ginning the disbursement m .5.(KK)J10rt appropriated by t lit' government. Ac companied by President Francis the secretary made a tour of inspection of ail parts of the grounds, including everv building. LORD ROBERTS WILL NOT VISIT TJS THIS SEASON London. Sept. 1. It is definitely an nounced that Lord Roberts will not isit the United States this autumn. Alteration of the plans was necessi tated by the postponement of the Rriti-h army maneuvers until the mid dle of September. Whj Ilrvan Canceled Dates. Lincoln. Neb.. Sept. 1. William J. Rryan s.-' ys it was press of business that led to the postponement of his speak ing tour in Ohio with Mayor Toui L. Johnson. Three of the dates will le filled this week and three will 1k post IH)iwd until October. "The dates were not canceled." said Mr. P.ryan. "They were postponed leeause I was unable to teach Ohio." No New Trial for Ames. Minneapolis. Sept. 1. Judge Elliot, of the Ilenepin district court, has de nied lr. Ames' motion for a new trial. Nothing now remains between the for mer mayor and six years in the peni tentiary for bribery except an appeal to the supreme court. The case will be certified and heard at the October term, although this last effort is gen erally credited to be a vain one. Dan I'atch's Effort Falls. St. Paul. Sept. 1. Sixty thousand people saw Iau Patch unsucet ssfully attempt to lower his world's record at the state fair grounds. Despite the fact that the great pacer had gone against time on last Friday at Read ville, Mass.. and h:id In en almost con tinuouly on the cars since, he went a mile in two minutes flat. Still Another Dastard Mnrder. St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 1. With one of the bullets left in his revolver, after the murder of luis bride, whom he had secretly married a month be fore. Harry F. Keevil son of a well known merchant, ended his own life. He left no message of sorrow or ex planation". Mrs. Keevil was Ancle Schnarr. Considerate of the Kaiser. Berlin. Sept. 1. The autumn parade of the garrisons of Rerlin and Pots dam, usually a splendid military spec, tacle. did not take place. Emperor William, owing to the fact that it be gan to rain, ordered 30.000 troops who are already in the field, to return to their barracks. A thorough wetting would cost each of the officers $." to $20 in damage done to the gold trim mings of Ids uniform. Vats Not Discriminated Against. Washington, Sept, 1. Acting Secre tary Darling has received a report from Naval Constructor Capps regard ing the charges of discrimination against the veterans of the civil war at the New York navy yard. The con structor says that no discrimination against veterans has been In operation, atd characterizes the charges as "ex tracadinatry allegations." ... uspect: ARREST Turkish Government Acts in the Beirut Case. FIRST MAKES EXCUSE Minister Irishman De mands Further In vestigation. Constantinople, Sept. 1. The porte notified Lcishmau that live arrests were made at J'.eirut m connection with the shooting which led to the re port that Magelssen. United States vice consul, was assassinated. Turk ish oilicials insist that no attempt was made on' the life of the ice consul, and assert the whole story originated in the celebration of a native wed ding. Leishmau refuses to accept the ex planation without proof, and the in vestigation continues. Authority Not Qaestloned. Washington. Sept. 1. Some question has been raised as to whether Chekib Iey Is an actual minister of Turkey, because his credentials have not Ix-tu presented and he has not yet been of ficially received as minister by the president. No point is made by the state department on this accounts and Secretary Hay considers Chekib Iie as the minLter of Turkey to th l"nit-d States. The presenting of the credentials is a mere formality, a the state department is aware that the minister has leeii duly actTeditert by his government and has his creden tials. Visits Secretary Hay. CtieUib P.ey called on Secretary Hay and it is supioscd asked him to can cel the order sendirg a United St a tet squadron to a Turkish port. It Is said. however, that the ships car.aiot be communicated with until they arrive) In ioi-t. so that, even If It was in tendt d to ree-jill them It couldn't be done now. A dispatch from Leishman does not request tie withdrawal of the I 'nlted States ships from Turkish; waters. HOLD A LOVE FEAST AT ROCKFORD TODAY Republicans of Three Districts Vote to Stick Together. ljockford. Sept. 1. Several hundred republicans attended the 1 ve feast of the E!een1h. Twelfth and Thirteenth congressional districts this afternoon. Every county iu the three' districts, was represented. Frank O. Low den was the only pros pective candidate for governor on the ground. The other candidates were represented by friends. Resolu tions pledging the northern counties to stand together were adopted. A permanent organization was effected. MARKET OVERSTOCKED: COLLIERIES ARE CLOSED Shamokin, Pa.. Sept. 1. In accord ance with orders issued last .week four collieries of the Union Coal company. employing 3.000 men and boys, closed down for an indefinite period today on account of the overstocked coal market. Getting; Unsafe to Flr" a Man. Superior, Wis.. Sept. 1. Howard C. Gilbert, of the Euclid Hotel cafe, was killed by Arthur Sherman, aged IS years, who had just been discharged by his ictiin. Gilbert was killed in stantly, the first of -three bullets fired crashing through his temple. The vic tim was about 40 years of age and leases a widow. Cum Uome to m nous of Death. Cannelton. Ind., Sept. 1. During tha absence of Mrs. Jacob Davis, of Der by, her three boys went bathing In the Ohio river, and the two younger were drowned, while the eldest was rescued! witli difficulty bj a farmer who heard their cries. The bodies of t.ie drowned boys were recovered. Hlllannlan Due Next Year. Everett. Mass.. Sept. 1. A strange new religious sect, known as the "Fly ing Roller." has made its appearance tn this city. Under a blue and white eign above the door of its headquar ters appears a warning "Extract from the Flying Roll." announcing the mil lennium next year. v