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-Ot?taka? .?.. ai Ml ? Twt. Kioferaood Va. T1TCHELL, JR , - EIHTOR ??lagamuarioua Intanavi f<w pohrJ<M?noe txtLiq bea?ja. ao ?aori-aohoaby wcdaeaUajr. TKKH8 IM A-DVAJKBa. on? t???. . Cl V) ? ? ?????* ' .ri? moni la. ? ? ADVEKTTHINO &ATBC ? ? ? ?. XU.H) * .?>? 1 Traimi?-* i >" -i?? per .In??. H ?? t>.eimb?ertp : V ?? ....r i. ,-i^r waj. jom aseas eo u >r -??t?? do not a *'??? ?Uey at-iier th* p*? OS ACimU' r (.> .lian.?? - ?weit aalilr ? SATTJRDA? MUH. IS, 1907. We ha\- be anno : sioa . : ilty. 1 an Invitation to the wedding aaaln and Mrs. J M. Waldron. April 1G?. 1907. at the Phllathea Room of the Bethel Daptlst Institute CTiurch. Jacksonville, Florida. j Rov. Thorn: kins, B. D.. Th 1).. has taken charge of tl. enezcr H. rcn at Char! ville. He has a? religious entln. and seems to be all parties. We wish hi in y d a copy of the eorraapoBdenoe betweea Dr. N. y. Mosseli, 1 Douglass Memorial Hospital of Phil bla, Pa. and Dr. ? M Curtis BBt of an ? Kx the Janaoatown ?. and I ' ell's refusal to be con ?????. His institution will not participate in the affair. He denounce^ 'ement of the promoters of the exposition that ho will In any way be connected there? with. ?????: BROWNSVILLE MYST1 RY?" That the result of the Brownsville investigation at Washington. D. C. bv the I'nited States Se:. mittee on Military Affairs has been highly favorable to the colored sol? diers hardly admts of a question. | That it has produced a most marked impression upon the thougiitful, conservative citizens everywhere is e qually evident. The Washington. ?. C. Post in its issue of the 6th inst under the caption of "The Browns? ville Mystery" says: After two months of investigation the Brownsville affray is more of a mystery than ever. The Committee on Military Affairs of the Senate has taken a recess until Msv 14. when it will begin the examinaron of the people of Brownsville who ere sup? posed to have personal knowledge of the affray. Not the slightest admission was secured frot.? the Negro soldiers by the skilled Interrogators of the Sen? ate committee fending to prove that the soldiers bad done the shooting or had any knowledge of the per? sons who did. The army officers who were in charge of the Negro troops at Brownsville ?t the time of the affray testified that they were now convinced thst the soldiers were innocent of the assault upon the town. Maj. Penrose, upon whose report the President placed morti the ? mniittee at first he wa ere had shot up tho toe iualiy reached 0 The ? ? ? it was form cart ridge ? raise l a guilt. It continues: elf and t ' ip tho ? I ?atlon les as fol ed. :t will b -:i niind I these ?it: r snd ? ? t? stat? ! ? ? -g. The ou' of the inquiry, tl bt; and It || possible able doubt . Tills taaa show onduslve that t and| made a gri blunder, and the persons responsible ! for it are guilty of little less than a , crime. Tl and Russian od to In lie and men have ?he MaTerara Race prejudice >n. Still. us and the | nt at PRESIDEN! R0061 \ I ? G? ?G ????????? l'raaJd<:it Roosevelt has seen fit !o apaolBt Hon. Ralph W. Tyler of Columbus. Ohio, Auditor of the iry for the Navy Depart] action will be generally a] elated by tho cob- !o of the country, and if supplemented by the ntion of the now celebrated or-! <k-r dismissing albera of Com-! panies B. C and D of the Twenty-fifth j Infantry will go a long ways to re? storing the confidence of the col-! . e in him. Without this supplementary action, the appoint? ment might as well not have been made so far as the effect on tho Afro I in Ohio and elsewhere We have known Mr. Tyler per Isonally for years and he ranks high [ among newspaper men and we hope that ho will lose no opportunity while he is In the favor of the im? petuous gentleman at the White j House to secure a betterment of our condition and a re-hearing for the 'much persecuted men of this famous battalion. We had hoped that the "wizard of Tuskepee" would have made one more effort to have these men re? instated. Dr. Booker T. Washing? ton Is the one colored men in whom ; the white people of both political parties have confidence and he will place the people of the country un-j der lasting obligations to him. If be will do all in bis power to change ? the leading statesman of this coun- , try, thu most remarkable character In the world and have him do Jus- j tice to over 160 men whom he bas ? denominsted assassins and murdsr- j era, but who are now known to bet ! Innocent of the crime Alleged a I gainst them. ?ointments to office will not ac iish the result sought after. ? untry r aad demand fair l at ion of '?t in bj this or any - publie. Will the ae must ? ] "an ? ' t(> Caesar j we shall DELMAS' PLEA TO SAVE TKAW Appeals to "Unwnt?in Law" and Lauds Prison f r as ? FAMOUS CASK NEAR AN END One more d? and the - Irlal of Ii mur ier of St ? ? Into history. With sr torical apt ? and i the "unwritten lav. rnia law 1 bis exhaustive sumninK up address I Jury. - four hour address sud is oa plea ? will b ? would Uy follow In g t: rey'i marl. that he will do so. In tl I ? ? the Jarj (To g. ? he was reading from : sus | sbout rry Tha-? closk o? the t. our sympathy ? fron; in?" Bitterly Denounces White. gsln a??? Stan' ? girl r?i red snd ? dirty ^'wrri to a gra\? in tl Again : aw had aw In her but a toy to ?ratify ' ast aside to ?" ? the paths of fall I th dramatic emphasis trim < ? that whea Harry Thaw M ad i son s . of his wife'? Wl anic him. He ple? in an ? a dying man I life ? all that "the ruin struck; s ss tl.? r ribes in defense of her young; si ata, struck a ? hood, struck for humanity an I Stanford White ? "Ah, ?? ? went on. "If Harry Thaw believed ho was the Instrument of Provldeuee, who will staken?" Mr l>< lmas discussed but briefly the on y of the expert witnesses, de? viating tbat whatever weight might attach to their utterances was on the side of the defendant. He declsred the burden of proof as to Thaw's san? ity at the time of the homicide rested with the prosecution, which had failed to make out its case. It was in discussing Thaw's mental ?hat Mr. Delmss came at last to the "unwritten lsw." He declar? exports had been at s loss to classify the form of Insanity from which Thaw auff < - ? "Dementia Americana." "I will suggest its name." he declsr? ed. "I would call it 'Dementia Ameri cans.' It is a species of insanity which has been recognized in every Bt?te of this union. It Is that species of insanity which makes the Amert? ap roan believe his home, his wife, his daughters, are sacred, and that who? soever stains the virtue of bis thresh? old violates the higher of human law." Bringing into play all the eloquence at bis command, Delmas pictured tho ? martyrdom of Evelyn Nesblt when she ' refused the hand of Thaw and the j broken heart of Harry when his offer of marriage was spurned. He drew In almmt glaring colors the ! storm that was gathering In "th corners of the clouded horizon." when . ? told Harry that "because ehe loved him, because she did not want to eoe the finiter of scorn pointed at him. because she would not tear him from his coble mother and dear sisters, be? cause she did not want to tie her un? fortunate existence to bis. because she wanted to go back snd make her own living snd go down in the world where ? so many, many others hsd gone be ! fore her, snd disappear from his life ': forever, she, Evelyn Neshit, could not become the wife of Harry Kendall , Thsw." This sscrlfice he characterized ss "sublime renunciation," and to It he attributed the restlessness which soon thereafter became manifest in the con? duct of Thaw. Mr. Delmas had no-hesitation In call i Ing Evelyn "sn angel ch.ld." and 1 Thaw "a noble, honorable lover, with only one purpos?. to make Evelyn Nes? blt. the little girl be loved, bis hon? orable wife " Calla Hummel a Perjurer. That Evelyn Nesbit'a story was true and waa told to Harry Thaw formed the subject of the argument for more than an hour. Mr. Delmas declared the only evidence the district attorney had to bring against the girl was the 'miscalled affidavit*' procured by Abra? ham Hummel. Speaking of Hummel Mr. Delmas again drew heavily upon bis bitterest invective and declared tbat it would require more than the word of a perjured man to send Harry Thaw to an ignominious dea h. Hum mal was accused bj Mr. DtlmM? of Having coniai rr?. - - '?"Serete perjury upon the stand In the present triai whoa be swore he was not acting as - ? Nesbit's counsel snd thst no action was cot* ? in hor behalf. Id the aooalled affidavit itself convicted the man o? these falsehoo.1?. Bead Hummel as a man ready ?mit crime for money. All of Thaw |y were In the court room. They ?at unmoved as usual throughout the course of Mr. Delmas' argun ? ir features b<* traying no emotion. Thaw turned to them from time to time as his sttor ney seemed to strike some telling blow. Thaw also turned frequently to bis wife, who seemed to be standing the brunt of the atona, She had a re? sponsive smile ready for his - look. ? District Attorney Jerome wee not in court to bear Mr. Delmas speech. Mr. Jerome, It was said, was busy with the preparation of hi? own address. ? NO SETTLEMLNT ON EVELYN Rumor That Mrs. Thaw Had Given Son's Wife (250,000 la Denied. Pittsburg. April 9?"The statement that Mrs. w..iIlam Thaw has or bad settled $250.000 on Mrs. Harry K. Thaw Is untrue and might be charac? terized by ev- ^er language." ?aid Prank Sample, financial agent of Mrs. William Tha "Mrs. Thaw has not settled $250.000 or ar. Mrs. Harry K. Thaw, and so far u I know she has no Intention of so doing. These rumors. whbh seem to arise when other af fslre in eoai with the case are dull, are very ? to Mrs. Thaw and the r> Tamlly. and I hope this denial wi ENDORSES ROOSEVELT Minneapolis House Passea Resolution For Third Term. St Paul \pril 10.?The Mln entstlves by a risine the speaker an? nounced was nearly unanimous," passed concurr Mitions endors? ing President rati for a third term. The re-? follow: "Wheraaa, Bj : la wise, initiative and courageous i p. the present president atea baa be? come prominent, identified with the cause of politi ...' and business ratai au; and, ? -*ork of which he has been a: - the most dis? tinguished expon? :.? is yet unfinished; snd. "V.'herea?. ?\ ? ingular unanimity the great body of the people of the United Statea. to polit? ical affiliation, wltb implicit confidence In great ability unselfish patriotism and unswerving : lelttj to bla exalted tru?t. therefore : "Resolve house of represen? tatives, the aenate concurred, that the best Interests of the centrsl govern? ment demsnd the r< nomination snd re election of Th?' ' re Ro. tarati to the presidency of Um Uafbad States." The only RepuMican oppoaitlon came from Hrpreaentatlvo Lennon, of Min? neapolis, who raid be was not for forcing s third term on any mar. believed th<re was other good ma tarisi In the party. Durine the taking of the vote the Democratic members remained seated. FIRE AT NORRISTOWN ASYLUM Section of Insan? Hoapital Destroyed. All Inmates Escaped. Norrtatown, Pa. April ?.-The 11th s ? of the State Hospital for the Insane ?as completely destroyed by fire, ont all; ne a loss estimated at $50. 000. The bi:;;dlng. which was 75 feet In width anw 225 feet In length, was occupied by :30 feeble-minded persons. As soon ss the slarm was sounded the alter, ?ii ? ti; rushed through the building snd s in getting ali of the oc? cupants out safely. The flames spread ? with such rapidity that nothing In the ' structure could be saved. The Insane ? persona be. ame almost unmanageable. : but upon bf !ng assured by the attend- : anta thst there was no danger they I were finally persuaded to enter other wards of the Institution. The origin of the fir- nown. BELONGS TO CUBA U. S. Supreme Court Decides Isle of Pines Is Not Ours. Washlngti :i. April 9.?That the Isle of Pines ?s : t American territory wsa officially and judicially declared by the I Ii States. The decision was rendered in the famous ? ase of Elward J. Pearcy vs. Nevada X. Stranahan, collecor of the port at \>w York, and the opinion of the court was announced by Chief who said that up to the Pari*, treaty the Isle of Pines had been eonsi . Integral part of Cuba and that it m uld not be held to be cov? ered by artit ie 2 of that treaty, which included only Islands in the vicinity of Porto Rico. MULE DRAGS BOY TO DEATH Parents Realize the Horror Only When Beast Returns. Chamber? t; ? rg. Pa., April 8?Shull Bkelly, a 9-year-old boy. waa dragged to bis death by a runaway mule at New Franklin. The boy was riding tee mule home from a blacksmith shop when the animal evidently became frightened and ran away. The boy's feet were caught In a strap, and he was dragged over a rough road. The first knowledge the pnrenu had of the accident was when the mule returned home without the boy. I -! Whipping Post at Baltimore. Baltimore. April 6.?The whipping post was called into use at the city Jail here for the first time in 20 years. Saylor Brook?, colored, waa given nine lashes on his bare back with a cato nine tails In connection with a two months jail sentence for wife beating. The negro treated the flogging lightly and smiled after It was finished. Meeting of U. of P. Trusttea Philadelphia. April 8. ? The next stated meeting of the board of trus? tees of tbe University of Pennsylvania will be hfld on Thursday afternoon, April 11. at 2 o"clock at Harrlsburg. In the office cf the governor of the com? monwealth, the governor aa president ?x-offlclo, presiding. PITTSBURG FACES AWFUL DISASTER Army Enprin -? City is in Ter of Flood. COMPARES IT TO JOHNSTOWN Pittsburg. April 8.?J. W. Arras, of Ihe inited Statt-s Knglneer Corps, who aas charge of building the da~ns In the Ohio and Allegheny rivers In this riclnlty, has eubmitted a report to the government and made public In con >n with the recent flood here. In which he says Pittsburg. like Johns? town, is in danger of devastation some day by a flood causing the loss of thousands of lives and millions of dol? lars worth of property. Mr. Arras re-) ports that when the catastrophe oc-: curs It will come with just as little warning as did the one in the Cone? mau;h Valley. A part of Mr. Arras" government follows: "In the March freshet the Mononga- ? hela liver predominated, and - quen' >ny was less turbu and Ite :.?paratively light Furthermore, the natural rise in the latter be in?.: small, there was lit? tle dril t- A "f the ice against th?? submerged portions of e was mu?-h ? . : assed? und? ? ; harm. ? be re Alle would ? enor? mous | ? Ift and Ice e low wood a:ions and blag In its way ? stable strut? vanta rail; "W< man car; tell. It is a ? ture. - stantially balli 11 wili do S? stands and holds th?-? gorge or falls be rt iba irresistible oncoming t r 1 the main:; physi? cal ; s and lives by f sacri flced. warn!; ? ding to withdraw to pi:?. "That thor?> is Ol open to avi rt such a calamity as would almost certainly al sburg is el? arly obi And that such a freshet may any ?cason. now that e clearly within tbe range of possibili ties. Is quite ar "The last call was a close one. The additi ? eg It was of the at lea out of the Allegheny usually following a har.l vrlater would alone have precipitated the trouble," MURDERED HIS WIFE Wealtny Dentist Shot Her Down In Their Home. York. April '.? Dr. Samu T S Oay, a prnaitaanl deatlal of Far . an 1 for a Bomber of year*. un;li ly. coroner of Queens Borough, is undei arrest, charged with the mur der of his wife in their home. The woman's body was found lying on the dining room floor, with two bul let wounds tn the breast. Df arrested as ho was leaving the nous? and Just as a servent came screaming from one of the doors and hysterical y told a policeman that her mistress was dead. Tho doctor came from a saloon near his residence and entered his home. It is slleged that he went to the kitchen and annoyed a servant for some min? ing induced to leave the girl by his wife. The servant says thst as husband and wife entered the dining room ? slapped bla face. Im? mediately afterward the door closed, and In a few moments two shots startled the girl. Mrs. (luv was 42 years of age and her husband f>6. She was a descendant of the Mott family, which owned prac? tically all of the Rockaways. and tho members of which are accounted very wealthy. To Cross Country On Horseback. Junction City. Kan., April 10. ond Lieu; it w IfcCabe, of the Sixth Cavalry, at Fort ? received notice from Washington that bo has been selected to make a ride from Portland. Ore., to New York on an Arabian stallion. The purpose is to te?t the endurance of Lie Arab br- ? i and determino its value as a cava ry bor~e. Lieutenant McCabe wll be ac? companied by an orderly. They will travel full equipment Crushed to Death In Fly Wheel. Hagerstown. Md., April 9.?Select? ing a broad belt In the street railway power house here for a bed. and fall ing asleep. Oliver Sinnisen. a fireman, was crushed to pulp between the belt and a ponderous flywheel when the en? gine was star Roosevelt Must Lecture In Christiania. Chi: A local news annoili)'? s tnat President Roose? velt, who was awarded the Wobei peace prize last I have to deliver a lectur | March. 19 9. In order to comply with the rules effecting the bolders of the Nobel prizes. Ex-President of Guatemala Murdered. Mexico City, April S.?Former Pn ai dent Jose Li? andr? Barrilla?, of Guste mala, was assassinated In thia city at the house of commons by a young Guatemalan named Cabrera, It years of age. Outdoor Job For John D., Jr. New York. April 8.?John D. Aocke feller. Jr.. it is reported, is to take charge of his father'a grest estste at Tsrrytown. It Is reported that the su? perintendent of the estate is to resign April 15. and that young Rockefeller will succeed him. The young man's health bas been poor for som? time, and the doetors have told Mm he must secura outdoor employmenL The Ba? tate consist* of booo acres. CAPITOL PAPERS! HAVE VANISHED ? ? f ppDusylyania CAN i rUCl OF IT The oai upon whit ; r the apltol was aaran vania Con stru' ? Dg and can? not he film.!. neces? sary to abo* the tarma of tbe contract between the board of public grounds and buil ! -.posed of the gov? ernor, auditor general and aiate I nrer. and t>.o construction company. Without the schedule the state would he unaiu? ver anything from this company If It should bo found that there has been overcharges for ;rniture. The testimony before the cap?tol In? vestigating commission showed that the officia] copy of the annual sched? ule for the tate supplies Is kept by the superintendent of public g.ounds and bui!ding3. A copy Is also kept by the auditor general as a guide In set? tling ? the state s for the state sup? plies. I officials testified that they had ma.?e a diligent search for the missing .*- and that they ?> find any trace of it. This was ' important evidence ? ?if the in gatinj- Ich will go to New Yo; ? imony. Au*! 1er said certi awards upor eche.l? ? 1902 and could not '.. although he had made diligent search for them. He re? peated this search with assistance two s ngo. ai inks they were not ?; luring his term of ?? a search In ?as h?? be schedules in or' warrant clerk said he hn in the desk of for? mer Auditor G ardenbersh. int papers are missing from tbe auditor general's of I i.ewalt, a mem ber of ?he sehed ules ! ? \ilned that h? had at one time s? - hedule of JTlee In J. ? l Harden? brrgh that the schedules were ala term ended, and his su< Mr. Snyder, assumed of - were kept In h;s desk during his term of office and n< one had access to It but himself. Mr. Hardenbergh said ho tried to find the missing schedules when Mr. Snyder I I him about them, and that he made a diligent search for them H I was unable to recollect how long be? fore he left offlee the missing papers were in his dealt. He did not mis papers until a few years after he re ? f no other lmi>ortant papers during his adminis? tration which are missing. "Have you ?- ration to make for the ? these missing ps pera?" ahked Mr Dewalt. "I 1 they just dropped out of eight, and I hav?? no idea where they went." Mr. Hardenbergh replied. 8. Wilson Heataa. of Philadelphia, member of the firm of Heaton & ? subcontractors under Sanderson for flooring in the cap?tol, was the nett witness. He produced s letter written to Sanderson In July. 1904, offering to lay the floor at 53 cents a square foot complete. He afterward offered to fur? nish the flooring at 45 cents, without a concrete base. His seccnd offer was accepted, and he laid 1538 square feet and was paid $6088.50. Sanderson was paid $1.271s a square foot for the work. , Charles W. M. Juhle. s former em p!o\e of Architect Huston, t*??? tbat his work was to copy the original drawings of Henry Ives Cobb. The doors of the room in which Juhle worked w?*re locked by orders of Hus? ton, and drawings m r?? kept in a ee bea not in us*. The wit? ness ? ! that Cobb was the ar? chitect who originally designed the cap?tol, and that Huston got all his Ideas from the Cobb drawings. DROPPED DEAD ON STREET Detroit Millionaire Fatally Stricken In New York.. New York. April 8. ? Theodore D Buhl, pr??:?? the Buhl Mai Iron ? trotti president o? ? Bank, and also of the firm of Park??. Darla ?.? Co., chemi? cal and drug manufacturer?, dropped dead on t near the Waldorf Astoria hotel, whcr?? he had b palati Death was due to apoplexy. Mr. l?uhl was one of a group of steel magnates, a multi millionaire, and prominent in banking circles in the middle west snd the east. The body will be sent to Detroit for Interment. Poleoned By Wall Paper. Evansville. Ind., April 9.?Mrs. Zach arlah'Watson, the third wife of a far? mer in Posey county, Ind.. died a few days ago. and it was discovered tbat h? r death was due to the wall paper of the parlor, which she had cleaned two days before she was taken ill. Physicians believed she bad been poi? soned, but were unable to ascertain the cause until the wall paper was ex? amined snd found to be Impregnated with virulent poison. Watson's first two wives died in the same way. their deaths occurring one and two years ago. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED Thuraday, April 4. Charlemagne Tower, American am? bassador to Germany, arrived in New York on a month's vacation. Charles E. Rauch, one of the leadl-" merchants of Lebanon. Pa., died suu denly st his home in that rl:y. Noah Ernst, manager of a ere-?tut at Keedyvllle. Md., commi t by shooting In s boto! st Ca?. f?rg. m. Reuben Simmons, a 19-year-old con? vict. hanged himself in his cell in tbe ?prison at Boston b/ making a nooee Irom a sheet The electric light and power house of the San Francisco Oas A Electric company was destroyed by fire, entail? ing a loss of $2.500.000. Friday, April 5. son committed suicida by shoot ini| himseif in the head on tb? street in Kansas City, Mo., in full view of pedestrians. Thirty firemen were Injured and $00.000 damage done by a fire that de? stroyed a large paint and varnisb warehouse in New York. Benjamin Thaw, a half brother ot Harry K. Thaw, donated $50,000 te the fund for the new building for th? m University of Pennsylvania a? Pittsburg. ?. G. Cavagua, former teller of th? First National Hank of Cincinnati, was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to six years In the Ohio pcntlary. Saturday, April ?. While suffering from Insomnia and ?1th, Mrs. Clara Bothfeld. wife ol a new York broker, committed suicide by drowning. The Gananoque (Ont.) Inn. one of tbe best known summer hotels in Can? ada, was completely destroyed by fire entailing a loss of $100,000. Mrs. Margaret Weikel, president ol the Women's Auxiliary of Sons ol Veterans of Pennsylvania, died al Shamokin from blood poisoning. The federal grand jury In Chicago found a second indictment against John R. Walsh, former president ol the Chicago National Bank, charging mismanagement of fiiat institution. Monday, April 8. President Roosevelt Is to be the fea ture of the Jamestown Exposition'! opening day, April In a blaze which destroyed tb* H. B. Newhall tide mill at Saugus. Mass, two men were burned to death, th? property loss being $25.000. Alter being on strike for a year, th? union painters and paper hangers ol Bhamokin. Pa., have made terms with their ? ? 'irned to work, Northampton county (Pa) commi? ?arded to McCormlck ?ft Co.. Philadelphia the contract to build 17,152 feet of state road from N axa. reth. Pa., to Hath for $28.600. Tuesday, April 9. Thomas H. Clay, a grandson o\ Clay, died at his home at Lex t?. Ky , aged 65 years. John and Bert Vaupel. Alfred Simo? ani Irving Kaue were drowned at Ot tawa 111-, by the capsizing of a boat. President Roosevelt received at th? White House the delegates to th? Maryland conference of the Methodist Protestant church. Colonel Thomas Slkea. city treasure! of Huntington. W. Va., died on th? * of that city from a stroke of paralysis. :;?.is J Connors, of New Brun? wick. N. J., was killed and two others Injured by being struck by a Pennsyl? vania railroad locomotive at Jersey City. Wednesday, April 10. Laeter ?. Jones, past exalted rule? of the Elks, died suddenly at Ottawa, III. President Roosevelt has appointed Oscar R. Handley aa United States dl? trlct Judge for Alabama The secretary of the navy granted Commander Robert E. Peary & leave of absence for three years, the time to be devoted to Arctic explorations. Thrown into a state of nervous pro? tratlon by reading en account in a newspaper of her supposed death. Mr? Louisa Duley, of Evansville. Ind.. died in hysterics. The Joiner shop at the League Island navy yard. Philadelphia containing valuable patterns and furniture for the battleship Kansas, was destroyed by Are. ??-ss I PRODUCE QUOTATIONS The Lsteat Closing Price? In th? Principal Market?. PHILADELPHIA FLOUR Arm; winter extras, $3.70024)0: Pennsylva? nia roller, clear, $2 95'?i ; mills, fancy. $4 lUR firm; per barrel 2 Pennsylvania firm; I Mow. loca! ? < \ ? S stead) white, clipped. <v lower Rra?: H\Y finn; No. I timothy, laree I'ORK family, per barrel. $ BEEF firm; beef hams, per barrel. $19. POULTRY; Li old rooM"rs. He. Dreese?'. choice fowls, 15c.; old ? PLTTER steady; extra creamer? Brm; selected. 19$r21. lTUc ; southern. 15 OTA ? r bushel. 55'u 5Sc. PAI WHEAT Arm; No. 2 fpot. 80\981r.; steamer No. '2 spot. 74*If?75c.; s?, ithern. 7? CORN firm; mixed spot, 61%?;. steamer mlxe?! r hern. inlet and ea*\ 2 white. 48?4<?/4!??.; No. 3 white. 47*0 48c; No. 4 white. 4f>H@46c .; No. 2 mixed, 47c.; No. 3 mis < l?o; No. 4 mixed. 45'ii ,5V?c. PP'ITER ?ulet: rr? parator extras. 30 >81c: held. 34 @ 25c; prints. 31?32c; Msrvland sad ivnnsylvanla dairy prints. 20ii21c. K<;?;s ea.-y; fancy Maryland and Pennsylvania. 16c; Vir? ginia, 16 it Virginia. lSc; southern, ? HER SILK GOWN SAVED HER Suicide Attempted to Shoot Wife, But Bullets Lacked Force. Brownsville. Pa.? April 8.?Thomas J. Jeffries, 39 years nid. a prominent member of the Fayett* county bar, killed himself after having first fired two shots at his wife, neither of then? taking effect. Mrs. Jeffries owes her life to the fsct that the bullets, which were fired from a 22-calibre revolver, bad not sufficient force to penetrate the folds of a silg gown. When shooting him? self, however. Jeffrie? pressed the mus? tie against bis temple It is said that Jeffries bsd been drinking. HONORS FOR DR. DIXON Psnna. Health Commissioner Awarded Medal By Italian Society. Harrlsburg. Pa., ?pril 10.?Health Commissioner Dlxcn received a let er from Europe notifying him that he bad been elected sn honorary member of the Acsdemy of Physics and Chemis? try of Palermo. Italy, snd thst tbe same society hsd awardeh him tbe "medal of the first clssa for sclsntifie and humanitarian merit"