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vgr*"*'"' "' c - oiiiETSF I Famous Bandit Shoots Himself After Beinr Twice Wounded. ( RUNNING FIGHT IN A FIELD Pnm of Firm Cum Up With Us* fiiltlw f at FftmlMU* and Shoo tins f CktM of Tncy Bad Cost Owr $40,- (i WH-Mm Tletimt of Hit Bite Slaco ( OtaKmo. I Tacoma. Wash.?After being at large 8 from the Oregon Penitentiary for two 1 months, during which time be killed ^ seven and wounded three men. Harry 1 Tracy ended his eventful career In a ' wheat J!eld near FeUows. Eastern a Washington, by shooting the top of i Ma twH)il nff Closely pursued by five men from [ Creston. Wash., who had the nerve to j advance on the desperado under Are. t he had escaped Into a wheat field. He ? had been wounded In the right leg between the knee and thigh, and. seeing tine hia i. apt?i waa certain, be killed 1 himself. c Hia body waa found early next mornlag. Two bullet wounda In the left leg * ahowed the cause of the man's act. * One had broken the leg between the * ankle and the knee, and the other one * had cut an artery. The murderer ha4 taken a strap and buckled it tightly around hia leg. Despite thla the bleeding continued and Tracy, probably re- 8 atting his hopeless condition, ended f the struggle. 11 When the news arrived of the pres- r ence of Tracy In the vicinity of Cres- e ton a posse, working Independently of Sheriff Cudlhee or other officers, was b organised. They beaded at once for * the L. B. Eddy ranch, eleven miles 0 southeast, where Tracy bad spent Sun- ? J"? nMr nuirh ihnrtlr I tl after 4 o'clock In the afternoon, Eddj 11 was seen working in one of his fields. 0 The posse approached, and at that mo- o ment Dr. Lanter. of the posse, saw a v man step from the barn, some distance D away. "Is that Tracy?" he asked. b "It sorely Is." replied Eddy. * The party separated, Lanter and t Smith accompanying Eddy in the dl- o rectlon of the barn, while the other ti two men swung around to cut off any e break for liberty in another direction. t When Lanter and 8mith pot near li enough to Tracy they shouted: "Hold 1 up yonr hands!" The outlaw Jumped p behind Eddy and commanded the ti farmer to lead htii horses to the barn. Under this cover he mored toward t belter. When near the stable he broke s and dashed inside. He quickly reap- e pea red. rifle In hand, and started on a ti Mllar Tupnlnp hA 1 UCflU AMU uv ww mm M fired two shots, but without result. c Coming to a big rock Tracy dodged behind It, and sighting bis gun. began it a fusillade. Bight shots in all were n fired by the outlaw. Tracy's star was ? beginning to set. None of the shots li took effect The posse continued to ad- 0 ranee, and seeing how Ineffective were his efforta, Tracy made a dash for the 0 wheat Held. Just as he was entering n the Held he stumbled and fell, but ^ crawled Into the protecting gralr on 4 hi* bands and knees. a It was then getting dark and the m posse deckled to surround the place ? and await daylight In the meantime A Sheriff Gardner and others arrived. In _ the morning they esarched the field K and found the body. , For some time the body waa publicly exhibited On a street comer. Then It was removed to the police station. Bvery oae has words of praise for 0 the *v? members of the poese. These men and the Goldfinch boy, who telephoned news of Tracy's presence at the g Eddy ranch, are believed to be entitled 4 to the reward of 16000. ; Two States and thirteen counties. ^ two In Oregon and eleven In Washing- j, ton, have spent about $40,000 in the i0 hunt for Tracy. He traversed Multo- p nomah County, Oregon, and Clart. n T-mwIa Tt> nntnn PUn>a Klnt I n Kittitas. Chelan, Douglas and Lincoln coon ties, Washington. These, together with 8pokane County, where Tracy wait heading, all joined in the chase. Tracy and another convict named Merrill escaped from the 8alem (Ore.) penitentiary on June 9, killing three guards and wounding another. Tracy had previously killed a deputy sheriff In Colorado, but escaped conviction. He and Merrill traveled together for the nest tiugee weeks, keeping ahead of their pursuers by riding stolen horaeaJ At one time they held up two raem-i c bers of a posse and took their horses. At another they were surrounded by 250 militiamen, but broke through the cordon. r Early In July Tracy was seen alone, and he announced that ha had killed Merrill to a duel admitting that he ^ treacherously tired before the agreed signal. Merrill's body was found later. s On July 3 Tracy was overtaken by a *j Seattle posse, and in the ensuing light' _ be killed two deputies and fatallj wounded another. He then continued r his flight on stolen horses until be reached Ptigrt Sound, where be held up i small Ashing schooner and compelled 0 ho nravr n t>ba Kim ft ru>ln? )Q. All daring bis flight be got food ind clothing at farm house*, raking nrhat be wanted at the point of tho rerolTW. J Great K?f? m0ih Sit*. c The great negro Young People'* a Christian and Educational Congres*. perhaps the largest gathering of negroes ever held in America, convened in the auditorium at Piedmont Park, ? Atlanta. Ga.. with an attendance ??t'nated at 700a b OMUnd BNUMTIO CIOM. Charles Llstman, Commissioner of Public Safety, Syracuse, N. Y? ordered ( Adam Llstman, bis oirn brother, to ( lose bis saloon in North Salina street. t OftfWirPd fnr thn Antl.Kiilnnn l Mcftii> < oad brought unfavorable reports about ^ the place. 1 roar Dwtd Fro in Ic? Cream PoImkIbi. Fifty persona were poisoned at an , ce-criam supper south of Cotton Plant, f Ark., four of whom bare since died, j The cream was polaoncd by a corroded c ?'reeter. c Collitlon on Lake ErU. As a result of a collision on LaUe Erie between the City of Venice, ore iaden. and tbe steamer Seguln. a steel lumber vessel, oI Kondeau. Canada, the former vessel was sunk and three Uvea were lost, wblle several persons were more or less seriously Injured, rbe dead are Peter Slmondson, Thomas Flanlgan and John Sullivan. r . HihnkaMWCMLMd. Twelve thousand acre? of coal land, aear Tuscaloosa. Ala., have been] bought by the McCormlck estate of. Harrtobnnr. Pa. 3ANDITS ROB EXPRESSCAR fold Up a Train Near Savanna, III. and Blow Open Safe. laypM?l to B>t? Oot ItMOO-Oa* M tk? Robber* Aftmnnl Foand D*?d by tb? Track. Chicago.?One train robber dead and Ive others escaping with $20,000 In j liver as their booty Is the result of a taring hold np near Marcus, 111., of the Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy's special rom this city to St Panl and Mluneipolis. The money stolen was all that raa In the car. which was wrecked by [ynamlte. and the bandit killed wa* hot by William Byl. the Adams Extress Company messenger In ebarge if the car robbed, who fired four shots 1 it the robbers as they fled In the dark less with their plunder. Whether Byl killed the bandit out- ! iffht and the others tried to carry the xxljr to a biding place is not known, detectives working on the case profess o believe that tbe <lead robber was hot by bis comrades to prevent bis >elng taken alive. Tbe crew of tbe rain following the one beld u? found he body about one mile north of Marus. None of the passengers on tbe train ras molested, and as the robbery took ilace away from tbe heavily loaded oasenger and sleeping can. many o; hem bad no knowledge of tbe robbery intll later on. All the money the bandits obtained ras in silver and was tied up in four acks. each sack weighing 115 pounds, nd the railway and express officers oped this handicap would binder the obbers and make their capture more MJ. Danger signals were shown by tbe audits, and the engineer shut off tbe team and applied the brakes. The aoment the train came to a stop one f the masked robbers sprang aboard be locomotive and thrust a revolver ato the face of tbe engineer and anther at tbe fireman. Both members f tbe engine crew were threatened rltb death unless they obeyed the comlands of the robbers. Meanwhile a second bandit stepped etween tbe express car and tbe pasenger coaches and cut tbe train in jro. He then sprang into tbe cab and rdered tbe engineer to pull up the rack. When the locomotive, with the xpress car, bad proceeded a short dlsince to a point far from any human abltation tbe robbers ordered a bait. *be engineer, with a revolver muzzle * - *- - fenCQ ClOSC TO UII ear, uau uvuiwt 9 do bat ooey. The robbers were well equipped for be talk before them. They drew ticks of dynamite from bulging pock ts and went toward the express car. iking along tbe engineer and fireman, arriving at the door of the express ir, tbe robbers commanded the engieer to compel the messenger to open . The robbers then set off the dynailte la their possession. This ble?" the (press car to pieces. The bib jafe i the car was then shattered by anther explosion of dynamite. Meantime a flagman on the train f cos cues that had been left a few illes back on the road, suspecting 'hat had happened, started on the ead ran for S&ranna to give th< larm. On the way he heard the sund of tbe double explosion that rrecked the express car and the safe, kfter a ran of aereral miles the flagtan arrlred at 8aranna. He wai rssthlsss. but ha managed to ten a sort story of the fate of the train. FOU.t WJUJHHW ruwwww t MUft t* Fnymi of XlM Operator* XatltMted X tlJM.000. Shenandoah, Pa.?William Stein, the tate Mine Inspector for the Sbenanoah region, announced that live colerles under hit Jurisdiction, which ave an estimated value of $1,500,000, are becu rendered useless by reason f baring been flooded and bare been ermanently abandoned by the coin pales owning them. Four of tbemlear Run. East Bear Ridge, Kobinoor nd Preston No. S?belong to the Phildelphla and Reading Coal and Iron lompany, and he places their value at; bout $3001000 each. Tb other colery i? the Lawrence, and is owned by be Sbcafer estate, of Pottsrille, and Iso represents about $300,GOu. Mr. Stein estimates that out of tlx* blrty-six collieries in bis district only Qurteea are In a condition for lmmeiate operation. The others are In ucb a condition that it would require nywhere from one to four months to lear them of water and make repairs. APPLE CHOP HEAVY. , hlUMpklA Mackuu rwptn to HudU 1J0MM Bvnli. Philadelphia.?The apple crop which 1 I now being looked after it reported ? be an exceedingly large one, with a mailer proportion of inferior fralt ban the yield baa dereloped for many ears. The output for fancy varieties of barelei apples, it is eatimnted. Trill be noirmous, and some of the prominent ecftirers of fralt hare secured options n the most desirable apple orchards a sereral State#. More than half a million barrels of hoice apples were disposed of in Phil* delphla during the last year, and it is redlcted that the busluess for the oming season will be donble that mount. Blow to Kutla't Pro*tlx*. The agreement among England, Ja- < an and Korea is admitted In St. Pe- < ersburg to be a serious check to Rusian prestige in the East. School Prladftl Up For Tkaft. George Fry. Principal of Schoola, of 3amden. N. J.. was arrested on a 'barge of bavlag stolen $1880.80 from be Artimms Building and Loan Association, of wbicb be was tbe Secretary, rbe shareholders are poor people and nany of them teachers. White Boms S?ll Ui?h. The strong Eastern demand for Call'ornia white beans coutinues and trices show another advance. Holders >f limited supplies now demand $2.70 rental, both kinds. Sporting Brovltie*. Malcolm D. Whitman, the unbeaten lational tennis champion, has declared ii? intention to trr for tbe title acaiu bis year. The motor vehicle Is becoming popuar In Cape Town, South Africa, where he South Africa Automobile Club has wenty-tive members and is growing last. So many golfe? take their vacations n August that the majority of the mountain and seaside links are crowdHi dally by golfers from all Dart a of be country. i HUM1*, V 5"T aWF TCTB5fflE*KS wweup :~ T BURGLAR FOB lUSEIENf Clarence Adams, Peppered by Gun Set For Thieves, Confesses Thefts. __ PECULATED FOR OVER SIX YEARS fbi "Gontlcaaaa Craekimaa," of CbMtar. Tt.. Hji He li Accat?d of Too Mich ?RtnulloDtl D*T*lopm*iili Follow th? Dctoetton of m Attempt At Bokb?rr?Q??r IdM of " ran." Cheater. Vt.?"Just for amusement" Is the only reason glren by Clarence Adams, the "gentleman burglar." in a partial confession of robberies in this lection extending orer abont six years. Adams Is in jail, still suffering from Ihe peppering with bird shot h* retired from C. ff. Waterman's spring run one night recently. ITe seems to only amused at bis predicament and ihows Uttl* concern. He points ont that he had no use for much of the property found in his home and committed the thefts only l>ecause he (ranted something to help him pass the time. , In his talk with the authorities, while *e admitted specifically many of the obberles. Adams denied others. It irould hare been Impossible for him to rommlt tb?m all. ho asserted. Other nen. presuming on the name, took adrantage of It to do a little work themtelres. Although the countryside Is sleeping irlth some degree of security at night low It has not yet recorered from the ihock of the dlseorery of the Identity >f Its nightly disturber. That It Is Clarence Adams, young, well to do. sember of a highly respectable family ind engaged In a nrosperous business? t car hardly hellere. But the confesilon has forced belief. The entire conntry aborit Chester ras baffled br burglaries of nightly occurrence for sereral rears. Store after itore. residences and mills. wi?re visited ilmnst nisrhtlr. and though the robber eg showed the work of an amateur no lew to hi* Identity could be found. Phe local police and county authorities rare It un and the citizens hired detecIres. These watched evpry possible >lace night after night. hut' In spite of hat the robberies continued under heir rery noses. Men with loaded runs would b?> watching the front of a tulldlng which would be robbed from he rear. It Is now remembered that tdama was frequently in these watchng parties. After several visitations of this kind 1 H Waterman a month ago trained i spring gun on an inviting window md loaded It with No. fl shot. The rindow was found tampered with one nornlng last week and the gun waa llacharged. On the aide of the mill wmm fonnd the mark of aome of the ibot, but there were evidence* on the [round that other* of the shot had eached a human target. It was reported on the same morning tat Clarence Adams had been held np >y highwaymen the evening before md after a desperate defense had been ihot In the leg. A surgeon extracted tfo. 6 shot from his legs nod then ihrewd citizens began to wonder. A rursory search of his home revealed tome stolen property, and an earnest rant uncovered the mine. Adams wan irrested, and his confession completes he case against him. ARMED MEN DEFEND THE NUNS. Pmwt Expulsion fren La Nonet by Vtweh Troop*. Paris.?There are many centres of resistance In Brittany against the closing >f the schools under the provision* of be Religious Associations law. The nllltary were unable to expel the sitter* at La Nouce in face of armed opMialtlon. The nuns at Motte Servolex barricaded their door*, bnt a breach was effected In the wall of the building. The rans then marched out amid the cheers if the villagers. Contingents of infantry have been tent from Brest to place* where peasrats, headed by Breton noblemen end andowner*. are still guarding the conrents. Meantime, many nun* have >een compelled to leave the country, ind they are seeking refuge in Spain, [taly md Belgium. It Is stated that animosity exists In Belgium, Italy and to a certain extent n Spain toward the religious refugees. THREE KILLED AT BARK'-RAISINC. Coutry Foottvlty Siwii m Seen* of lllWt. A rpMflnt \M ?Thnumsn vara Irilloil ind several seriously Injured as the remit of a barn-raising at the farm of William Gels, near here. Tbe dead are Facob W. Scbrojer. Daniel Kerllng and 3eorge Schlossnagle. all men over fifty. 3enry Scbelble's right leg wan so badly mangled that It was amputated. Tbe barn-raising was a big event for tbe country people. Tbe heavy timbers bad been partly raised to their positions by the merry toilers, wben & moment's pause was taken for a rest. The ?en were sitting under the frame work smoking and chatting, trhen tbe props gave way. and with a crash the timbers fell on tbe crowd below. M**r Will *0,000 Man. In view of tbe warships now undei construction, the Navy, in tbe opiniou of Rear-Admiral Taylor. Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, will in the future require the services of 40,000 nen. T??H? Jodp Bobb*d. Judge J. G. Parks was robbed at Athens. Tenn., of $1500 in gold while waiting for a train to take him to liix home at Cleveland. Judge I'arks was 011 bU way from Ducktown. where be had been on legal business with one of tbe copper companies for which be is attorney. The money was legal fees just paid bim. Billnon For Army SnrcrMfal. A successful test of bullions for use in the urmy and navy maueuvres was rnadi u?-cr Utica. N. Y. Two Killed la Electric Car Wrack. Marjorie Hoysradt, twenty years old. nitce of tbe late General Jacob \V. Hoysiadt. of Uudsou, N. Y.. and a child natued Doyle were killed, while about twenty-five others were injured in *t rear-cud collision at Roseniaus. ou the Albany and Hudson Electric Railway. Slag's Pncnm tatUfMtorjr. King Edward's progress continues ta be In every way satisfactory. He is able to pice tbe deck of tbe royal yacbt Victoria and Albert without any assistance % -< \f ft Vs i&St* - A $150,000,000 BEEF TRUST Seourities Company Absorbs Armour, Swift, Morris and Small Concerns. Important Man la tho Schem* of Co* olid?tID( All lb* TTaatarn Ptcklsc IllttNU. Chicago.?Formal announcement of the acquisition of the Hammond packing companies by tbe Armour interests brings out also tbe statement tbat recent purchase* of the Anplo-American and Fowler concerns by the Swift Company and the Omaha Packing Company by the Armours hare been made, as was tbe last, on the Joint account of the big packers' combination, all to be absorbed by a securities holding company, to be capitalised at *130.000.000 and to take over the stocks of the Armour. Swift and Morris companies. The purchase of thp Hammond plants Is the third important more In tbe general scheme of consolidation of the packing Interests. The first was h?? nurrhaup of the Anglo-American nod Fowler Interests. limited. by Swift & Co.. and the next the Armour pnrchime of a "substantial Interest" in the Omaha Packing Company. According to excellent banking authority. these purchasers hare all been made on Joint account for the Swift. Armonr and Morris Interest*, as were also some minor purchases by Morris around St. Louis. According to the same authority all of them are to be tamed Into the general consolidation an soon as control of a few other concerns has been obtained and tbe proper time comes for the announcement of tbe completion of tbe deal. LET BEEF TRUST BEWARE. Job* W. Rprlagar Hay* Combination Will Km OmtKt of Trad* Wars. Denver. Col?John W. Springer. President of tbe National Live Stock Association of the United States. In answer to a onestlon concerning the formation of a beef trust, annwered: "Our organization is watching every move of tin big packers, fully realizing the ruin which would ensue If the contemplated combine should N? effected. The packers have Individually denied any Intention of combining Into merger of parking Interests. If they are attempting to deceive the stockmen and the pnbllc. they will incur the opposition of every live stock producer In th? Union. "8uch a combination would he more disastrous than any other that could be formed. For then one man would arbitrarily fix the price to the consumer of meats. It would he against public policy and would result in the greatest commercial warfare ever waged on this continent, and in tbe end tbe Packers' Trust would go to tbe wall. If tbe packer* are wise, a* I give tbem credit of being, they will let well enough alone. "If they deceive us as to their Intentions, then I give notice now that It will be a fight of every producer of live stock, aided by tbe consumers of this country, against tbe most uncalled for Trust ever organised. Let tbe packing interest* beware. Tbe liqnlt baa been reached in tbelr grasping strenuosltjv" STRICKEN BY HIS WIFE'S SIDE. A Bolt KU1? mm iagtor at Atlantic City ud Sou Him Alia. Atlantic City. N. J.?Former Coroner William M. Wells. of Burlington County. proprietor of a botel In Burlington City, while fishing from a boat was struck dead by lightning by tbe side of bis wife, to whom be bad been married but a few montba. Mra. Wells, when she recovered from tbe shock, saw her husband's body in tbe bottom of tbe yawl. Tbe hair was burning and tbe clothing was aflame. Mra. Wells struggled to bis aide and put out tbe fire. Struck Doad oa HI* Porch. Paterson, N. J.?William Van Orden was Instantly killed by a bolt of lightning as be stood on his piazza at Crystal Lake during tbe storm. Mis mother had urged him to come Into the bouse, but be had laughed at her fears. WHITE MAN'S PARTY ONLY. , ??? Alabama Ropabllcaaa Bar Ntgrota Prom Stato Coavoation. Birmingham. Ala.?Tbe Republican State Committee bas decided to call a convention in this city September 10 to nominate a full State ticket. The committee adopted this resolution: "That only those shall be permitted to participate in tbe State and county conventions and be at meetings wno re auly quaunea voters under tne new constitution of Alabama." This will make tY?e Republican party In Alabama a white man's party, as under the new constitution the negroes are practically all disfranchised. HALLE MEETS DEATH. Mar4or*r of Mary Brmaalfma DIm la Um Electric Chaii. Ossining. N. Y.?Aaron Halle was put to death in tbe electric chair in Sing Sing Prison for the murder of Mary Brannigan, whom be shoe and killed in New York City on May 17, 1900. The current was applied at 0.03 a. m. and at 0.10 a. in. tbe man was pronounced dead. Three shocks were given. After the exe ution Principal Keeper Connaughton Ha Id be bad uever before seen a man go so "eagerly" to the electric chair. Bag* Cotton Crop. Cotton brokers tlgure out a 11,000,000 bale crop on tbe August report of con dltions. Blob of ram?n 8teal* Water, Thirty farmers, fully armed, marcheo to tbe bead gates of Fulton ditch, on th? River l'lntte near Henderson. 'Jol.. ami breaking dowu the head gate, allowed au Immense auiouut of water to flow Into the dltcli. thus saving their crops. When the gate-keeper tried to interfere with theui, they threatened him with death Bin Petroleum fiutl Is Georcl*. Petroleum has ^eeu discovered at Rome, <Ja.. at a depth of feet. The well's capacity is sixty barrels a day. N??rijr (ilMamsi Cattlemen in Mexico City have band ed for protection. Cuba bus asked for proposals for tbe lease of the Havana Arsenal. The Simpluu tunnel will cost a million francs beyoml tbe original estl mate. Tbe Academy of Muenster, at Berlin, Is to be made a university by royal decree. Tb? Socialist press of Germany numbers 140 publications. titty-two being dallies. : IINOR EVENTSOFTHEWEB WASHISOTOS ITEM1. State Department ha* been Informeo that Cuban House has passed a bill for a loan of $35,000,000. The real object of the narai maneuvres planned by the l?oard headed by Admiral Dewey, it is said. 1# to Impress on Congress and the country the need of a great Increase of the Nary. President Kooseveit connnnea me sentence of dismissal Imposed on a West Point cadet for basing. Tbe campaign textbook issued by tbe Republican Congress Committee contrasts tbe policies of tbe Republican and Democratic parties on trusts and otber great public questions. Time for tbe completion of tbe seven submarine boats was extended by tbe Government from two to seren months. Distribution of flower and vegetable seeds by the Government will be start-1 ed September 1. three months earlier than usual. Minister Wu Ting-fang was notified that he will not be relieved by 8Ir Liang Cheng, tbe new Chinese Minister to tbe United 8tates. until about January 1. OCR ADOrVKD ISLANDS. It is said in Rome that the Vatican will appoint an American prelate as Apostolic Delegate at Manila. ? -? Dlll.l.^ wrmm ,1a. A IOTO? VI r lll|/iuu &au?i?v? *? uo <?v feated with heavy Ion by police in Tayabaa Province. Thirty thouaand Filipino* have been vaccinated by American physicians. Cholera la decreasing in Manila, bnt Increasing in tbe provinces. The United States transport General Alava will so out from Manila to meet Governor Taft at Singapore. A free telegraph school waa established by tbe Toterlor Department of Porto Bico. Tbe Hawaiian Attorney-General rendered an opinion that tbe former Queen. Lilluokalani. must pny an income tax on tbe pension of $7300 a year which she receives from the Territorial treasury. DOMESTIC. A deal to the death was roagnt nt Independence. Texas, by John Arnold and Wesley Davis, colored, each fatally wounding the ->ther. Dies for the Filipino colus are to be cut at the Philadelphia Mint. Texas stockmcn will make the experiment of pasturing cattle .'n Canada. President Schurinan of Cornell University spoke on the Philippine problem at Chautauqua, N. Y. Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania, declined to accede to the request for withdrawal of the troops in the strlEe region, saying it was neither wise not prudent. Many of the coast defenses along the Atlantic seaboard are declared Inefficient Formal announcement was made in Newport. K. I., of the engagement of Reginald C. Vanderbllt and Miss Kathleen O. Neilsou. The Skyscraper Trust was bound to come; and iow It has arrived. The concern will be ready to start the business of construction of twenty-story high steel cages In all the larger cities Kw A/I?AKAV 1 nart 9 J \AIVUCI * HVA?? An extensive cattle abow is to be given In November bj tbe Pennsylvania Live 8tock Association. After killing Lottie Russell, a waitress. at 8alt Lake City. Utab. J. C. McCaslln. a well known mining engineer. committed suicide. Charged wltb being an expert counterfeiter, Alfred 8. Cunningham Is under arrest at Chicago. Governor White, of West Virginia, offered $500 reward for tbe conviction of any person engaged In tbe recent lyncblngs In Randolph County. Dr. E. M. Eagle, of Beaumont, Texas, wealthy and prominent, committed suicide. Grand Duke Boris, a cousin of tbe Czar, reached San Francisco, Cal., for a tour of the United States. Federal officers discovered that Chi namen were Deingsmuggieu mm iviuh from Mexico in prairie schooner*. Miss Anna B. Collier, of Worcester, and Miss Jean Brown, of Detroit. Mich., were caught by the undertow while bathing at Hull. Mass.. and drowned. FOREIGN. Canada la to bare a steamship service between some one of its ports and South Africa. King Victor of Italy will visit the Czar of Russia to propose a reduction in Continetal armaments. Germany is arranging to increase Its naval force by 35.000 men this year. ? Professor Jaggar, at Fort de France. Martinique, predicts further eruptions from Mont Pelee. It is thought that the German Erjperor will not agree to a plan for disarmament of Continental powers. It was denied that an attempt to assassinate President Loubet of France was made. More than 12.000 applications to reopeu schools in France have bci-j made. An effort is on foot in the Argentine Republic to suppress lotteries and to close gambling bouses. No agreement has been reached, it la said, by tbe British colotiiul eouTerence in regard to a custom union. a 4t*iiu lii muniiirr nf M_ Pasteur - ? ? ? ? I "was unveiled a few days ago at Hole. France. his birthplace. Two robber* v?-lio held up the Mos lean Central train at tiouiez Palario have been captured aud nearly recovered. I'aul van der Voort, past eommauder of the <>rand Aruiy of tb? Republic, died lu Puerto Principe. Cuba. Cardinal Uottl was chosen to sueccd the late Cardinal Leduchnw.ski as Prefect of the Propaganda. The President of Ecuador will ask the Congress of that country for an appropriation to send an exhibit to Hie St. Louis Exposition. Generals Botha. I>e \Y?*t ami L?elarey galled for Kiigluud from Capo Town. Sou ih Africa. T!i?> outlook for woman suffrage in the Australian Confederation wa> said by Premier Barton to be excellent. Otlli'lal report* at St. Petersburg showed cholera to lie spreading with terrible rapidity iu Manchuria. Germany's exports to the United States increased $J.7oU,tlUU duriug the last tiscal year. lu a collision off Malacca. Straits Settlement, between the British steamers Prince Alexander and Han-Hit.Guan. the former vessel waa auuk and forty Uvea were lust. : ? 5 .-v- ; ADOPT AN ORPHAN ASYLUM Chiidless Couple Assume Parentage of Twenty-two Boys and Girls. ?' A. Mad Mr*. John Ihulro* Fall la Lot* With the liUl* Onea?CaebrUUaad Children Arm BaptUad. Sooth Haren. Mich.?Mr. and Mrs. John Shandrow, of South Haven. have adopted a whole orphan asylum, twenty-two children in all. The twenty-two children are not all infanta. Some of them are bright, roay-cheeked youngsters, already old enough to go to school. Mr. and Mrs. Shandrow hare made more than a competence on their 100acre fruit farm, and It haa been thHr lifelong regret that children nave never been born to them. To please his wife. Shandrow wrote to the Smith Foundling Hospital. In Minneapolis asking them to send bim several children for a summer's outing, with the privilege of choosing from them in case he should want to adopt a boy. The Minneapolis Institution is a small one. and the management promptly forwarded the visible supply of children over three years of age?no less than twenty-two boys and girls. Mr. and Mrs. Shandrow are devont Methodists, and an amusing sight was enacted when they discovered that some of the children had never been baptized. The minister was summoned and eight of the little ones were christened at once. They have just dedded to adopt all of them. ' AMBASSADOR WHITE RESIGNS. AaMrieu lUynMiutlv* at Berlin Bu Halted BmIswOIm to President. Berlin. Germany. ? Mr. Andrew D. White, United States Ambassador to Germany, mailed his resignation to the United States several days ago. It la to take effect early In November. The date set by the Ambassador for his resignation to aro Into effect was November 7. He Is now at Hamburg. where be In taking rke waters, and where he probably will remain till the end of the month. There la much gossip at Berlin concerning Mr. White's probable successor. and one circumstantial story Is that the President intends to transfer Ambassador Tower from St. Petersburg to Berlin. Minister Storer from Spain to be Ambassador to Russia and to appoint Mr. Henry White. Secretary of the Embassy at London. Minister to Spain. Mr. Andrew D. White wns appointed Ambassador to Germany April 1. 1S97. In March last It was announced that he contemplated resigning because of ill health. TO FIGHT STEEL TRUST. British ud fiwtlliu IbIumu to Co labia*. Montreal. Canada.?Following closely upon the announcement that Canads is likely to hare a fast Trans-Atlantic steamship service to compete with the Morgan combination comes the news, rumored in London and verified here, of the formation of it gigantic BritishCanadian steel combination, to enter the Industrial world In competition with the United States 8teel Corporation. Not only will the new comblna tlon strive vigorously for the control of the steel market of the world, hat for the production of manufactured steel products cheaper than ever tiefore. The Dominion Steel Company and the Nova Scotia Steel Company are the Canadian factors In the new steel trust, but Ihe most imporymt factor is a well known English steel and iron corporation which has extensive works established In all the principal English mining areas?In the Midlands, in Lancashire and In South Wales. ENGLAND GIVES UP BAY ISLANDS. Admit* That Tb?r Baton* to tht Republic of Hoadnra*. New Orleans. La.?The steamer Condor. which has arrived here from Puerto Cortex. Honduras, brings the news that the British Government has withdrawn all claims to sovereignty over the bay Islands of Utllla. Ituatan. Bonacca or Guanaja. Felna and Barbatat, and acknowledges that they belong to the Republic of Honduras. The withdrawal Is based on treaties made between Great Britain and the United States In 1850, and with Honduras in 1860. The population of the islands is almost exclusively of British origin, coming from Jamaica, but some Americans j have recently come In. English is the j only language spoken. The islands do j a large fruit trade, mainly with New ? ? /I untfHUB iutr t unni omifn uwvcnr ment is the only one having a Consul Id the islands. SPANISH WAR PENSION CLAIMS Over 9000 Hava Bmi Granted at Caat of ' Cl.4ax.S77 Anuaally. Washington, D. C.?There are nowpending 50.000 claims for pensions on account of the war with Spain and the insurrection in the Philippine!*, and new applications In large numbers are bei.ig received every day. Already 1H65 such claims have been granted, an Increase of 120 per cent, in the last year. The average aunual valu?* of each Is $153.50. The pensions already grauted. therefore, cost the Government $1.-152.877.50 annually. Tba PrMldtnt'l Sojrc??tlon. President Roosevelt told Archbishop Ry>-n. who visited him at Oyster Bay, that the friars in the Philippines should be replacvd by American clergymen in whom the people could have conddeuce. York. Mo.. SSO Yoara Old. A demonstration which surpassed any Fourth of July celebration in the history of the town, introduced she 250th anniversary of York. Me. Fully 2(>,ot?u person* were present and pub lie huildiui;s. store*, resiliences .me the hip summer hotels ami cottages were decorated. A floral parade and historic pageant was held. Antbrax Outbreak in MTIsronain. At Lacrosse. Wis., anthrax has liven discovered among cattle. Many animals are dead and oilu-rs ar?- dying. Two (irnrrali that. The Coh;:ui?ian revolutionary flener als Antonio Snarez Lacroix and Juan Vidal, aud t'olonel Jullen Lceama. who were sentenced to death hy a court martial rouiiHiwd of Corerumeut representatives. have lieeu shot aud killed at Uarrigoua Camp. lla*b?Dit'? *alci<l? Follows Wife'*. At I'lke. N Y.. Iieeu use Frank lkler. proprietor of the Eagle Hotel, would uot give up selling liquor in hi* plate, his wife euuiuiltted sulfide. lkler killed himself next da)' <u u renuil 01 > Uib wife's auicida WW!*? " TRUST FIGHTS M I Beef Combine May Lose Power ti Dictate Rates. SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR PACKERS TnO? Mauian Call Ktnlsg ( Flat for Katestion of Toto Control?Llai B?UiTtd to H?r? Bodacad CksrgM a Trut's Bohot May Igaara tha U*> The Groat Wttiira Deflaat. Chicago.?Evidence has developed fc how that a straggle of the sevens kind Is oo between the big packing houses and the railroads of the Wes for control of rates and the rate mak Lag power. Traffic officials of Western lines vie* the situation with alarm, and called meetinr to consider action to countera act the packers' latest move In Indue ing the Great Western to reduce tb rates on packing boose products am dressed meats. It Is not at all certat now that the Great Western rates wil be mat, as some of the most lnflnentla traffic men are in favor of ignoring th matter. The meat of the matter is not whet! er a twenty-three and one-half cent o an eighteen and one-half cent rata I Just, bat whether the packing bona owners are to regain control of th rate situation or the railroad official are to have It Prior to the issuance of the restrali lug orders by the United States Con the packers practically made the rata on packing bouse production, dresaa meats and live stock. Subsequent t the Issuance of the injunction the rats bare been strictly maintained uy even one, and tbe packers have found thenfl selves in a situation entirely novel. Bj Tbe expensive traffic men employe! by tbem were utterly unable to obtaifl any concession, and realised that fl sometblny could not be dose to dffi moralise the rate situation the radroal officials would come to a full realist tlon ef a new power which they bafl long hoped to enjoy?the power a making and controlling their owl rates. It is not considered strange. tberfl fore, if the packers made exceeding!! valuable concessions to the GreM Western in consideration for finnlrlnB the present rates. If demorallsatiofl follows, the packers will see that tbsfl still have tb^ power to control rated The Interest* Involved In tbe strugglfl are immense. and the battle promiiH to be a lively one. H It has developed that tbe rates ptfl In by the Great Western sre both prtfl portlonate and local, tbe rate of padfl Ing house products and dressed meafl from the river to Chicago being elglfl teen and one-half cents and from polnfl beyond twenty cents. Great Western officials declare thM Milns tn IniAM #h? rnllnv <1 the Interstate Commerce Commlsslo which requires as low a rate on 111 stock as Is placed npon the flnlshs product, and that they win take tl question into the courts. LORD DERBY SCATS BOWAUld/L ni?fzaataa t* ?k* s%tn Has lUMi. Hartford, Conn.?A crowd of UMX persons or orer gathered at Chain Oak Park, sttracted by the trottla match between E. E. 8 ma there's Lot Derby. 2.06V1-. and Thomas wTEiJ son's Boralma, 2.07, for $20,000 a sldfl sixty per cent, of the gate receipts ( a side bet of $20,000 between the owfl ers. Lord Derby wss the winner. H What promised to be the horse rafl of the century, a race on which somfl thing like fSOO.QOO depended, a rafl that meant at leaat 980.000 to tlH owner of the winner, waa spoiled by A accident to Boralma In the third hefl and Lord Derby walked orer tfl course and won all the money. K Boralma had captured the first befl In impressive style, and while Lofl Derby took the second beat rathH easily, many thought the Lawaon borjfl would win out in the end. Boralma H so badly injured that he will nevH Oaf* Her LIT* For H?r CklM. SB Mrs. Conner, wife of George Connfl a farmer near Bay View, Cecil CounMj Md.. gave her life to save her chlfl Her husband was cutting hay. a^H their four-year-old child was playiH near. The horses hitched to the mofl Ing machine became friglitened a^B ran toward the child. Mrs. Conner rH up and pushed the child out of tH hnra?a?' nnfh hilt Wflfl knocked dO^H and so mangled that sbe died lmmeflf ately. jCT PMtmutfr Shot by Itobbm. w L. D. Zimmerman, postmaster fo^H quarter of a century at LlnnviUe. Iz^B was fatally shot by two robbers, secured over $300 In money and tbelr escape on a bandcar. JhK Joly Dcfleit S7.408.3O0. IjPS There was a deficit In the UniH| States Treasury for July amountin|^| (>7.408.309. the total receipts of MW Government during this tlrst month^H the new fiscal year being $40.305.^B and the expenditure* Iwlng $5ti.S04.(^B Rembrandt UlKovtrtd In Mtu*um^H| While some pictures In the Musc^H of Fine Arts, at Boston. were bcH| touched up a genuine Rembrandt ^HS discovered. It is "The ShowerHB (iold." bears the painter's signat^H and the date. l'fc'J. MB Labor World. |SH Iron moulder* on strike nt Uamil^H Ohio, have returned to work. |99 llarnessmakers on strike at ColaH bus. Ohio, hare returned to worl^K| The strike on the Oregon City trc^H line at Portland, Ore., has been KR tl?*d. At Portland, Ore., the marine ^B| ueera' strike has been settled, H sides making concessions. #8B Striking capmakers at Boston, mH have received an Increase ldwax^BS ' from Ave to ten oer cent. ggflg i t ._ ... HH