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ALL OF THE LATE NEWS FROM YOUR OLD HOME STATE
WISCONSIN
WILWAUKEE. Wis.. Sept. 3.— Jack
Eager, the veteran cab driver, outwitted
two men who held him up at Fifteenth
and Cedar streets. They secured only $2
from him, in spite of the fact that he
had more than $100 on his person.
'MANITOWOC— Closing this year's sea
son with the largest packing In Its his
tory, the Albert Landredth Pea Packing
company of this city, the first industry
of its kind to be established In Wis
consin, ended its existence, and with the
opening of the year will become a, part
of the Wisconsin Canning company, a
corporation ci&ltallzed at $1,500,000.
MADISON— The college of medicine at
the University of Wisconsin, which was
authorized by the recent legislature, will
be organized and ready to matriculate
students at the opening of the college
year in September.
KBtfOSHA— Carl Hanson, the 2-year-old
son of Mr. -.id Mrs. Chris Hanson, well
known residents of, Kenosha, drowned in
a cistern under the Hanson home.
JANESVILLE-Frlends here have re
ceived news of the unique wedding of
Miss Hattle Underwood, a former resi
dent of this county, now residing In
Milwaukee, and Herman Taylor, a drafts
man In the Allis-Chalmerg works at Allis.
According to word received here Miss
Underwood and Mr. Taylor were mar
ried while standing in an automobile at
Lake Geneva, by the Methodist Episco
pal pastor Of that city. Alexander Han
son of Milwaukee and the Misses Mildred
Wilkins and Latta of Clinton accom
panied the bridal party.
UTAH
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. S.-
John Nelson, about 14 years old, some
what alarmed an audience at the Thea
torlum on South Main street, when he
rushed in with his face blistering from
carbolic acid burns, rils suffering being
caused by three young miscreants who
squirted the acid In his face from squirt
guns. The juvenile criminaJs_ were un
known to their victim, but ' Detective
Wheeling Is making a vigorous search for
them, and should they be arrested severe
punishment will be meted out to them.
A double tragedy, the most horrible in
years, was enacted In Commercial street.
William Bray, who came here from
' Pioche, Nev., with Georgle Harris, a
woman of scarlet, two weeks ago, reg
istered as man and wife at the Or
pheum hotel, shot and killed the woman
in a dVunken fib of jealousy and then
turned his smoking weapon of death
upon himself and sent a bullet crashing
Into his own brain.
OGDEN— The Union Pacific airbrake
and signal instruction car, in charge of
expert railroad men, arrived at Ogden
this afternoon, and will remain here for
a time, to conduct a school of instruc
tion for all railroad men of the South
ern Pacific, Union Pacific anil Oregon
Short line for several days.
John McCarthy, traveling conductor for
the district of the Salt Lake division
of the Oregon Short line, has been pro
moted to trainmaster of the line from
K-*en, Nev., to Keeler, Cold., embracing
sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth
districts.
I^OREiGON^
.SALEM. Ore., Sept. 3.— Exasperated by
what he re-ards the dilatory tactics of
.-the Northwestern' Long Distance Tele
phone company in failing to heed his
warning to ask the city council for an
ordinance permitting it to engage in the
long distance telephone business of this
city, Mayor Rogers elected to take mat
ters in his own hands, and, assisted by
City Marshal Gibson and a lineman of
the Portland General Electric company,
ho cut arid disconnected the Northwest
ern company's wires and put the com
pany out of business, at least temporar
ily or until the company complies with
the provisions of the city ordinances and
charter.
' PORTLAND— Fred J. Rooney, 35 years
of age and a Spanish-American war vet
eran, was struck and fatally Injured as
he was endeavoring to cross the tracks
of the Portland Railway, Light and Power
company at Third and J^ln streets.
EUGENE— The track of the Eugene
street railway has been completed from
the Southern Pacific depot . to Eleventh
street on Willamette and from this point
east toward the University of Oregon as
far as Mill street. The poles to carr.y
the trolley wires have been up for some
time, and the work of placing the wire
began recently.
OREGON CITY-With public and ritual
istic ceremonies this afternoon, the cor
nerstone of the new Masonic temple was
set by Grand Master Lot L. Pearce, as
sisted by other officers of the grand lodge
of Oregon, Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons.
KENTUCKY
BARBQURVILLE, Ky., Sept. 3.— Judge
H. C. Faulkner has oalled a special term
of the Knox county circuit court. A spe
cial grand jury will *c convened and re
cent disorders In the county will be in
vestigated. Two homicides have occurred
within the past week and these will be
investigated.
.MONTICELLO— The stoeft barn of J. B.
Oath, on the Elk Spring pike, waß de
stroyed by fire. Ten horses and mules
and a lot of feed and machinery were
burned. Incendiarism is charged. The
loss is about $5000, without insurance.
ASHLAND— Smith , Hilton, wanted In
Magoffln county, charged with robbery,
was captured here by Deputy Sheriff Ha
ger and will be taken back at once to be
tried.
Republicans of Morgan county In mass
convention instructed for Sam B. Holmes
for appellate Judge.
HARRODSBURO— WiIIiam Sims, aged
25 years, a son of the Rev. J. A. Sims of
the Wllllabursr. vicinity, died of typhoid
fever.
LEXlNGTON— Crittenden Stanfield, for
merly of this county, who was married to
Miss Agnes Taylor of this city at a stage
wedding during a medicine company's
show here last summer, is now confined
in the jail at Cynthia on the charge of
bigamy. The warrant was sworn out by
Thomas Taylor of this city, father of the
Miss Taylor whom he married. The wed
ding of Stanfleld and Miss Taylor took
place on the night of August 13, 1906, on
the stage of the medicine company's
show, the show company presenting the
couple with a set of furniture as a wed
ding present. About four months after
the marriage Stanfleld deserted his wife
and he was rfW. located until last week,
when he was found to be living in Har
rison county, whore, it Is alleged, he had
i\ again, the second wife being
Miss Rogers, whpse home was near Cyn
thiana. The first wife has been living
In this city with her father since her hus
band left her.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: WEDNESDAY MOHMN<;. SEPTEMBER 4, 1007.
TRIES FOR PRIZE;
, LANDS IN JAIL
* '•".¦ WICHITA, Kat.;, Sept. 3.— After *
* posing, apparently nude, In a lily pond *
*in ¦ North I Riverside park | this morn- *
Ing Miss Mona Payton, 19 years old,
was sent home and ¦ „ie photograph- *
* or, J. J. Todd of this city, was ar- *
* rested. \' ' V .V ?C".^1 ''';¦'." 'V ¦"•:•''.•"¦ *
*„:Todd said h«: wanted a picture to*
* enter in a photograph contest..: He *
* said he wanted to take th« picture of *
* the ' girl's head ' and shoulders ' and *
* convert It Into the picture of a mer- *
* maid :', basking : In ia j pond of lilies.' *
* Women who discovered , the photog- *
* rapher at work declare the girl | was *
* nude; They found her clothing on *
* a park ' bench 1 . .'. - "*
4» By the time they reported the mat- *
<t> ter to the police a crowd of curious *
4> persons had assembled and the pho- *
* tographer was forced to leave his ?
4> camera and subject to drive the In- •{•
4> truderb away. *
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PENNSYLVANIA |
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Sept. 3.— The
body of Charles H. Stlrm, a retired Jew
eler of 1339 Passayunk avenue, was found
floating in the Delaware river, and his
drowning is believed to have been due
to a weakness of the heart, which caußed
him to fall into the water while in a
helplesfi condition. Stlrm was 46 years
old and single. His aged mother, Allna
C. Stirm, who was prostrated at the
news of his death, received a severe
shock, nnd It Is feared that the death of
her son may prove fatal to her.
READlNG— Attorneys for a number of
taxpayers of Richmond township, this
county, filed a petition against opening
a public road known as the state road,
from Kutztown to this city, claiming that,
it wojild be a burden upon the tax
payers.
YORK — It Is currently rumored here
that the York and Harrlsburg Street
Railway company, a division of the York
County Traction company recenty or
ganized, will obtain possession of the old
Vanderbllt piers In the Susquehanna
river, In order to effect entrance Into
the state capital city. The piers have
been standing unbrldged for many years.
gCRANTON— Three hundred weavers
employed in the Sauquolt mill, 100 em
ployed by the Worsted Silk company at
Taylor, and fifty employed by the Econ
omy mill In Taylor, Joined the ranks of
the striking silk workers, tying up the
weaving end of the silk Industry com
pletely at practically every mill In the
valley.
INDIANA— The first hanging in this
county for more than twenty years took"
place her*.
The victim was Carmine Renzo, aged
45 years and weighing 175 pounds. The
weight of the man and the drop of five
feet proved too much for the strength
of the rope, which snapped when the
trap was sprung, precipitating Renzo to
the ground.
The jail attendants hurriedly loosened
the rope around his neck, while others
adjusted a new rope to the scaffold, and
the man, already half dead was carried
to the platform and the lever again
sprung. This time the execution was
successful. Renzo killed his sweetheart
two years ago.
HARRISBURG— Under the new law for
the retirement of National Guard officers
at the age of 64, wMlteh became operative,
the only officer to be retired immediately
will be Captain John T. Hughes of Com
pany G, Second regiment of Philadel
phia. Captain Hughes has been In com
mand of Company G since 1883.
DOYLESTOWN— The barn on the farm
of Poor Director Samuel J. Penrose,
about three miles from here, was totally
destroyed by fir*: The season's crops, ma
chinery, implements and harness were
also burned. All the stock was saved
but one calf, which is still missing. The
loss* is placed at $40,000.
WYOMING
NEW CASTLE, Wyo., Sept.' 3.-Harry
Boocott. a ranchman, was held up near
Red Buttes by a highwayman while com
ing to town. Boocott was unarmed and
was without money. When the highway
man completed his search and finding no
money, he struck Boocott over the head
with hie gun, inflicting a serious wound.
The 3heriff has .been unable to get a
trace of the highwayman.
, CHEYENNE-The Union Pacific has de
cided to equip all of Its motor cars with
the Robinson sunder, a device patented
by "Yank" Robinson, traveling engineer
of the Unio,n "Pacific, and manufactured
by a company composed of Cheyenne
railroad j men. It is also learned that
the Colorado & Southern, the Denver
& Rio Grande, the Chicago & North
western and the Burlington are to make
tests of the Robinson sander.
It is expected the Union Pacific will
shortly equip all of its locomotives with
the sander, which is said to be a great
Improvement over the sanders no/W in
use.
Work was commenced on the Atlas
theater, a new vaudeville playhouse,
which will have a seating capacity of
600. The Atlas will be the first exclusive
vaudeville theater In Cheyenne since the
McDanlels theaters flourished here in
early days.
SHERIDAN — Edward Englund of
Omaha, employed as hostler at the Bur
lington roundhouse here, was killed by
the cars. His body was horribly mangled,
his legs and arms being cut off.
MISSOURI
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 3.— A special
meeting. .of the stockholders of the St.
Louis & San Francltco railroad was held
here and a new mortgage a bond issue
of (115,000,000 and an Increase In tin- cap
ital stock from *100,000,000 to »200,000,000
were voted. The mcrease is made neces
sary by the Missouri law to enable the
mortgage for the bond Issue. The bonds
will mature May 1, 1927.
Bernard Hawkins, 3 years old, of 2627
Sullivan aveiue, was severely bitten by
a dog and was saved from more eerloua
injury by pedestrians. The dog ran out
of the grocery store of Herman Nettler,
3023 North Jefferson avenue, and attacked
the boy. A police court complain has
been lodged against Nettler. The boy's
injuries are serious.
KANSAS CITY-Alfrefl Fidler,. an at
torney, died at his home, 3040 Proßpect
avenue yesterday. Mr." Fidler came to
Kansas City in 1888 from Wlnfleld, Kas.,
following hie graduation from the law
school of the University of Kansas. He
was a prominent Woodman and it was
lie who in 1898 organized the first camp
in Missouri.
MOUNT VEKNON-The trial of Chas.
Heath, the slayer of Professor Clarence
Mosler, the well known McDonald county
educator, has boen transferred to this
county for trial. The crime occurred Feb
ruary 22 last, near Pinevllle. Heath shot
down Mosler In the road as he was en
route to his lunch after Mosier had pun
ished Heath's daughter, Lou.
NEW JERSEY ]
BRIDGETON, N. J., Sept. 3.— Enos W.
Garrison died from tuberculosis. He was
37 years old and leaves a widow and
daughter, He came here two years ago
from Qulnton and was engaged In the
insurance business.
PHILLIPSBURG-Charles Howey,. a
farmer who lived back In a remote cornvr
of the county, shot and killed himself
yesterday. Last week Howey was ar
rested here and confessed to having at
tacked two small children In his wagon.
He was sent to Jail, out ball was fur
nished and he wan released. He went to
his home and brooded over Me disgrace.
TRENTON— Having exposed misman
agement and Inefficiency at the state hos
pital for the Insane, this city, members
of the assembly Investigation committee
have resolved to Investigate also the af
fairs of the Morris Plains asylum, the
state's other institution for the Insane, as
soon as they get through at the Rahway
reformatory. Dr. Britton Evans, an ex
pert alienist In the '-..aw trial, Is the su
perintendent of the Morris Plains asylum.
MILLVILLE— A mad dog visited the
dairy farm of S. D. King, a mile below
this city, and bit a large registered bull,
valued at $600, a calf and a heifer, worth
$400. The bull was seized with rabies
shortly afterward and went on the ram
page. The dog, bull, calf and heifer were
killed. Mr. King, it is rumored, will bring
suit for damages against the city.
WEST VIRGINIA
PARKERSBURG, W. Va., Sept. 3.-
The police made an Important arrest In
the person of Jennie Williams, a wash
erwoman, who Is accusea of being an
accomplice of the gang of thieves who
looted three local dentists' offices of
their supply of gold, amounting to over
$1000. The woman, when arrested by
Chief of Police Oliver, was trying to
sell gold fillings and crowns to jewelers
in the lower end of the city.
FAIRMONT— CharIes, the 11-year-old
son of Constable M. W. Lawson, com
mitted suicide at his home at Wlnfleld,
by shooting himself. The boy bade his
mother goodby and walked away, but
nothing was thought of it. A little later
the report of a gun was heard near the
house and upon rushing out, Mrs. Lawson
found her son with his head almost blown
off. No cause for the suicide is known.
ELKINS— The Enterprise Construction
company of Elklns has been awarded the
contract for the erection of the new
$20,000 Union station, to be erectea at
Bellngton, W. Va.
KEYSER— The Medical society of Grant,
Hardy, Hampshire »nd Mineral count
ies, W. Va., will meet here on Sep
tember 21. The gathering will be ad
dressed, by Dr. J. N. McCormack, sec
retary of the state board of health of
Kentucky and cnalrman of the organiza
tion committee of the American medical
committee.
TEXAS
HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 3. — Messrs.
Schlattman & Lincoln of Humble
¦ have purchased a block of ground
in the John Brashcar addition and
will commence at once the erec
tion of a large planing mill. The land
was bought by John W. Hazard, but the
price paid for it has not been made
public.
GONZALES— A very distressing Incident
occurred near pelmont, when a demented
mother walked out into the river and de
liberately drowned her four-months-old
child. District Attorney Atkinson was
called out to investigate the case, and
the mother was brought into town to be
tried for lunacy. The family, composed
of the father, mother and child, giving
their name as Gallahan, came here from
Travis county and were camped on the
river to secure cotton picking.
BASTROP— A negro by the name of
Hargrove, a convict at the sawmill, be
came unruly and the guard, Jim Jones,
attempted to whip him/ when the negro
advanced with a rock in one hand and a
spike in the other. Jones was compelled
'to shoot the negro through the hand
in order to protect himself.
FORT WORTH— Miss Mac Fritz, aged
about 25 years, fell from a second story
of a building at First and Main streets,
and was badly Injured internally. Sev
eral flower pots that fell with her prob
ably saved her from a broken neck, as
she fell upon one of these instead of
squarely upon the sidewalk. She was re
moved to a hospital. The police arrested
two men in connection with her fall.
VICTORIA— Mayor Schneider has Is
sued notice that the ordinance relating to
the numbering of houses In this city will
be strictly enforced after August 27, and
all persons not complying will be pros
ecuted. • '
NEBRASKA
OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 3.— Loris Higglns,
who killed W. I. topple and wife, farm
ers, near Rosalie, Neb., on May 12, was
lynched at Bancroft.
REPUBLICAN CITY— A large crowd as
sembled one mile south' of town in Brown
Clifford's grove for a good o:d-fashloned
picnic, given by the Modern Woodmen ot
America. After dinner a short program
was rendered, consisting of short speeches
by Hon. W. C. Dorsey and Hon. C. E.
McPherson, and music by the Ulllesple
Gleo club. . After the program were the
races— greased pig cha6e, glr'.s' foot race
boys' foot race, faf'men's race, tug of
war, also boys' and girls' basket bull
games.
NEBRASKA CITY— At the meeting of
the Commercial club an effort was madu
to settle differences with the residents
of Anderson's addition co that Nebraska
City may secure a new Burlington depot.
WEST POlNT— William Collins, a pio
neer settler, former representative from
Cuming county, ex-school superintendent
and county surveyor, became suddenly
mentally unbalanced and after attempting
to kill ttla wife with a flat iron beqame
violently insane and wae brought to
West Point In custody of the eherlff.
McCQOL— Tom Smith, the well known
auctioneer, shjpped a carload of steers
to South Omaha, and Mr. John Egen, jr.,
living adjoining McCool, purchased
through Mr. Smith's commission agents
the steer?, and shipped them back to Mc-
Cool. Mr. Smith paid the freight to
Omaha and 'Mr. Egen paid the freight
back.
YORK— Two very well known and popu
lar York county people were married at
the home of the bride near Georgetown,
Neb. They were Mr. Lora Mohler and
Miss Francis Woodward. Rev. C. E.
Long of this city officiated. The groom is
a graduate of tb« Dhiloeophlcal course of
York college
MAN TIRES OF THE
NAME "SHOO FLY"
*" PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 3.— Tiring *
*'of the sobriquet of "Shoo Fly," and *
* believing that his family nnme was *
* too • undignified ¦ for 'a • rising young *
* buslnass man, George Town&end Fly, *
* a printer, of 2325 , • North ; ¦ Tenth *
* ft*t;: petitioned '. the common pleas *
* court •' to , permit ', him to '¦ drop the *
*• Fl/ and adopt the ¦ name of.- George *
* Townsend. ',:•.• • i: '.' *
Fly had threatened, to "change, his *
* name for some time, .but was op- *
* posed by his father and mother, Mr. *
* and Mrs. . Wilson Fly, Miss : Blanche *
* Fly, ' and t three 'Fly; brothers, who *
* are proud of the ancestral name and *
* cherish It as *¦-. being '.V distinctive.
* :, George : Townsend ! Fly was not 'at *
4. home when a reporter called but Mrs. *
* Fly and Miss Blanche Fly intimated *
* that their brother's objection to . the *
*' family . name ' might arise ! from f op- *
* position"-- the: part 'of the: young *
*• woman •: to - whem '. Fly . ;:• is : engaged <•
<(> from herself : becoming a Fly. . ,'¦¦: *
•fr \ Although a Fly, George Towneend •$»
* Fly has been 1 fly enough not to buzz «$>
* to any extent about his. home, and «$•
* others of , the • Fly '. family were 1 un- *
* able to ' give the • exact reason ¦ why ?>
<> Fly should wish to fly from a name <f
.$> which is • honored In ' Bucks county, *
<J» from which the. Flys flew. i,i-jL v '- •!?,
<»¦ "I am greatly opposed to my son's +
<• efforts to drop the name of. Fly,"
<• said Mrs. Fly, who herself became a <•
«$• Fly upon her . marriage to • Wilson «$»
4» Fly many •¦ years ago. "It ;is good <•
4> enough for me, and I am satisfied to *
*be a Fly." . : :,\ . '*?-*;~;-r~ ;'?.]> : '<*
4>'."l am proud of ' the name of 4*
<$> Blanche Fly," interposed Fly's sister,
"and when any one Bays. 'Shoo Fly' «>
* to me I attribute such conduct to Ig- <•
* noirance and lack of breeding. '-._, If *
* George wants to change his name. 1 *
* guess he has a right -to' do it, < and *
<{? we cannot .prevent . hlm. v . I have *
* three : other brothers, and they^re *
* all satisfied to be Flys." . ... ¦ : ,- „"'¦* *
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NEW YORK
BROOKLYN, N. V., Sept. 3.— While
playing in his yard at No. 45 East
Delavan avenue, Leroy Watchorn, 13
years old, was accldently shot. Tile bullet
was from a 22-caHber rlflle. It struck
him a glancing blow on the left side.
Young Watchorn was taken to the
Sisters' hospital. After the wound was
dressed he departed for his home. 4ue
police of the Main street were notified
and found that several boys were shoot
ing frogs In the nearby creek and the
bullet was a stray one.
BUFFALO— WiIIiam J. Warwick, a
canal boat owner and canal inspector for
WoithlngtonV & Sill, Jocal insurance
agents, has returned from Syracuse,
where he spent six days watching the
progress In the work of repairing the
break In the canal, and states that the
work Is going on as fast as possible and
without any delays. Supt. Stevens, he
states, has given instructions to those In
charge to open navigation as soon as
possible.
NEW YORK— The city comptroller an
nounced that he would offer $40,000,000 of
New York City bonds at public sale on
September 10. The bonds will bear 4Vi
per cent interest.
FRANKLINVILLE-Ray Rickerson, a
farm laborer, 17 years old, was struck by
the Pennsylvania flyer while crossing the
tracks In front of the depot and instantly
killed.
LOCKPORT— Sergeant Smith received
a telephone message from Newfane that
two boys about 12 years old, giving their
names as John Spikeler and William
Messing of Prince avenue, Niagara Falls,
were found sleeping In the barn of Wil
liam Brady. The boys said that they ran
away from home several days ago and
that they wanted to see some of the
world before school vacation ended. The
police of Western New York were notf
fled. They will be l'eturned to their
parents.
SYRACUSE— The cylinder head blew
out of an engine of the power house of
the Syracuse & Suburban rallfroad at
Manllus and pinned Norman Lapham,
fireman, to the wall. He and two other
employes were eating their lunch at the
time and discussing the smoothness with
which the engine raijf The other men,
although injured, rushed to Lampham
and pried his head loose. They found
life extinct.
IOWA
BAYARD, la., Sept. 3.— Bayard is
wrought up and the. entire population Is
speculating as to the Identity of a band
of women whitecaps who administered a
coat of tar and feathers to six drunks
picked up on the streets. As the climax
of a bitter prohibition fight, a drunkard
was given a sticky coat last week, and
the ultimatum sent broadcast that similar
treatment would be the portion of e,very
man who allowed himself to become in
toxicated.
MARSHALLTOWN— What was suspect
ed In the neighborhood of being a case of
attempted suicide Bent a doctor hurrying
to the- home ofVrank Bowman, a bar
tender, to administer antidotes for some
kind of poison that Mrs. Bowman had
taken. Emetics hfcd the desired results,
and the woman's life was saved. Bow
man returned home to find his wife in a
semi-conscious condition and summoned
the doctor.
CRESTON— Frank Beard, looking well
physically, but bearing a huge scar on
his cheek, as the result of Sullivan's
marksmanship, arrived in Creston yester
day under parole after serving fo^ur years
and a half for the robbery of Patrick Sul
livan near Knoxvtllo on the night of Jan
uary t, 1903. He states that Charles Red
rup was the third man, United States Mar
shal Bill Richards being the other. The
amffunt of money secured was $1920.
MINNESOTA
ROCHESTER, Minn., Sept. 3.— Rev.
Ora Taylor of the Methodist church is
urging the extension of "Sunday closing.
The "lid" Is on as far as the saloons are
concerned, but the minister desires to
screw it on harder. He advocates that
all stores, soda fountains and ice cream
parlors be closed on the Sabbath day,
not only for the moral tone of the city,
but to give necessary rest to those who
work through the week.
The second annual district convention
of the Women's Home Missionary society
was held in Spring valley. Following Rre
the officers elected: President, Dr.
Rodgers Austin; vice president, Mrs. W.
T. Bailey, Rochester; recording secre
tary, Mrs. C. H. Smith, Spring Valley;
corresponding secretary, Miss Eva
Sterms, Spring Valley; secretary of
tithing, Mrs. J. Fries, Brownsdale; sec
retary of literature, Mrs. H. M. Furtney,
Austin; secretary of young people's work,
Mrs Maxwell, Winona; secretary mite
box Mrs. J. C. Cheimak, Chatfleld.
OHIO
SPRINGFIELD, 0., Sept. 3.-The re
mains of President 'and Mr*. McKinley
are to repone permanently In especially
made bronze caskets. The memorial
commi«ion has decided that the recep
tacles which now hold the bodies should
be replaced by others of a more endur
ing character when they are lnld to per
manent rest in the new mausoleum.
The new caskets wi:i be hermetically
sealed and are to be simple, but are
among the finest ever constructed.
The element of cost will not be al
lowed to enter "into the construction "f
In keeping with the MrKlnlcy memorial
to be dedicated at Canton September 30.
at Conton September 30.
CLEVELAND— Charged with shoplift
ing in three stores on West Twenty-fifth
street, Mrs. Nellie Sa'.ters, 45, Columbus
road southwest, Is locked up In the eighth
precinct police station. She was arrested
as she was walking out of the John
Meckea department store by Patrolman
Hennle.
COLUMBUS— According to the reoprt
submitted to the state bureau of ac
countlr%. $10,372 has been Illegally paid
out of the treasury of Adams county
elnce September 1, 1903.
YOUNGSTOVVN— Becoming suddenly in
sane, Alexander Russell, aged 30 years,
lreman at the Hall furnace of the Re
public Iron and Steel company, just north
of Sharon, suddenly disrobed himself - to
his underclothes and declared to the
engineer that he would never see him
again.
The man rushed from the engine room,
plunged Into the river and swam to the
other bank. He was followed Into a
hollow there and the trace was suddenly
lost,
COLUMBUS— According to the report
train on the Hocking Valley railroad
went off a treetle near Dundas, caueifg
one of the worst wrecks in the history
of the Southern division of the road.
The train and trestle took fire and
were consumed, Including several cars
of oil and merchandise.
A broken flange Is supposed to have
caused the wreck. The train crew' all
escaped by jumping. Traffic over the
road was delayed many hours.
LORAlN— Floating about helplessly In
the water, clinging to a rowboat, Charles
Fletcher ahd Harry Dußroy, two we.l
known young men from Elyria, had a
harrowing experience in Lake Erie. As
a result Fletcher Is unconscious in St.
Joseph's hospital.
The young men rented a boat with the
Intention of spending the day' fishing.
About two miles from shore Fletcher,
in attempting to land a flsh. fell from
the boat "and. Dußroy, In his efforts to
pull his companion back In the boat,
capsized the frail skiff.
WASHINGTON
TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 3.— C. J. Fisher,
107-1109 Tacoma avenue, for the past
ten years the leading dry goods mer
chant of that street, has announced her
Intention of retiring from business. This
store has evolved from a small begin
ning Into one of the prominent mercan
tile houses of the city.
OLYMPIA— C. E. Mallory was bound
over for trial in the superior court by
Judge Giles, charged with a statutory
crime against 13-year-old Freda Sloan.
The complaint was sworn out by the
child's father, William Sloan of Tenlno,
who is out on bail for shooting Mallory
at the train in Tenlno a week ago, the
bullet striking Mallory In the elbow.
SEATTLE— Miss Maud Arnt, who is
charged with attempted robbery, has
caused the arrest of John Krueger and
P. O. Webber for blackmail. She says
that these two men told her that they,
were going to testify against her, but
would refrain from doing so If paid $50
each. She notified the police and ar
ranged a meetlngfwith them at the Hotel
Stevens. They came. She paid them
the money and they were arrested as
she left the hotel.
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MEETS GIRL, WOOES AND
WEDS WITHIN SIX DAYS
* .{ NEW YORK, Sept. ¦. 3.— John ¦ Gal- *
* lagher, '¦ private < secretary < to -" Philip *
* B. i Dean, :¦ head ' of ; the . legal • depart- *
* ment 'of | the | Lawyers' Title, Insur- *
* ance ' and ' Trust company, 137 Liberty *
* street, ¦/ Manhattan, ;. won '¦- his < young *
* bride after la- sudden < courtship. It *
* began 5 on t Thursday,^, when : Richard *
* Barnee, /.late \of , London, . and ? ; his *
*( daughter, Louise, 22 years .1 old, *
* walked into' the trust company's *
*' office. •rr;-;':.->.^;.;,:;:' i' U : V- v ."*- ¦'v.-'.'i.*
*.'. Mr. Barries was thinking of buying
* property i In i Connecticut and wished *
* to have the title searched.:; Mr. Gal- +
* lagher,'- being only 25 years old, in- *
*' sifted that the two remain until Mr. *
* Dean returned. The father had bus!- *
* ress ' In '; the neighborhood, i however,
* and left his ¦ daughter In 1 the secre- *
* tary's office. while he went to trans- *
* act it. ¦ -d\&JkifW!*iTyu&tFQßߣ*
* It; was necessary jf or Mr. : Barnes *
* to call at the office. on .ne following *
+ day. The daughter was with him, *
? anil •1. ;is believed that } the . couple *
* became 1 engaged at that time. Mrs/*
* Gallagher ....; broke :, the news -to ', the *
f girl's father on Sunday. ' *
*•: Douglas ..'¦ Barnes :-. of ; Chicago, a *
* brother. , of ". the <¦ prospective ; ; bride-. *
* groom, ¦: was '¦ best ' man >at the wed- *
* ding on Tuesday. The couple then *
* passed up a wedding tour to look for *
* a house . and . found ¦ It in '. half an *
* hour.'jgMjWM|j^)E|i|yljp^PPjß^^B[ < i t
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ILLINOIS
VANDALIA, 111., Sept. 3.-Fishermen
found the body of a man hanging to
a snag in the river near the city pumping
station last night. The body has not been
Identified. The man apparently Was about
35 years old. 5 feet 10 inches tall, corß
plexlon light, wore a light colored shirt
and pair of black trousers. Forty-flve
cents was found In the trousers pockets.
CHARLESTON-One man was killed
and seven passengers dangerously In
jured in the wreck of a Clover Leaf
passenger train at Bowman, twelve miles
north of here, today. Two cars Jumped
a switch and crashed into a box car.
P. E. Conkllng of Texarkana, Tex.,
was instantly killed.
• ' Among the injured Is Charles Whitman,
Toledo, • 0., whose head Is ' seriously cut.
% ¦ . ¦¦¦¦ v . -— — . ¦' ¦
MATTOON— James Green of Dana, Ind.,
who suffered concussion of the brain and
a crushed leg in the Clover x-eaf wreck
at Brocton, is in a critical condition in
Frankfort, Ind. Two other victims, whoso
Injuries were at first regarded as slight,
are In serious danger.
The railroad's detectives have discovered
that a road was cleared from the scene
of the wreck to the highway, a mile
distant, before the accident, and horse
tracks Were discovered In this passage.
The theory that the switch was loosened
and the fast passenger train derailed by
two young men who had a grudge against
the company grows and secret service
men are guarding the track for miles.
MICHIGAN
SHEBOYGAN, Mich., Sept. 3.— A cow
belonging to Will North, caretaker of the
Sheboygan Country club golf links, tried
to make a brassle shot at -a fly on its
head and impaled its hoof on a horn.
The animal was found dead from ex
haustion.
DETROIT— AIbert Stemmelen, a book
keeper for the Wesson estate, became in
sane, and taking his 2-year-old daushter
Helen to the Belle Isle bridge, threw her
into the Detroit river and watched her
drown. Stemmelen's Insanity Is of a re
ligious order, and he believed he was
making an acceptable human sacrifice to
God for the sins of the world. Leaving
the bridge, i.c went to police headquarters
and calmly told what he had done. Ho
had no sooner been locked In a cell than
the prisoner's wife telephoned the police
that the little girl was missing. It then
developed that Stemmelen had been talk-
Ing queerly for about a month and that
at dinner he began to show symtoms of
Insanity.
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MASSACHUSETTS
BOSTON, Mass., Sept. B.— Mrs. Mary L.
Gllman, past president of the department
of MassHchusetts, Women's Relief corps,
will bo the candidate of the local dele
gates for the office of national president
at the convention at Saratoga Springs,
N. Y. This year it looks as though MrH.
Gllman would win out. Massachusetts,
owing to its membership of 14,000, the
largest in any state, has one delegate at
Urge and twenty-one other delegates, in
addition to past and present department
officers. This will give Mrs. Oilman an
excellent backing, which Is believed to M
too great for any other candidate to over
come.
ORANGE— A covered bridge that has
spanned Miller's river seventy-six years
at West Orange buckled and collapsed to
day when Contractor Frederick H. Nut
ting was tearing It down. Four men were
injured.
BROCKTON— When Joseph Soule, pro
prietor of a lunch room at 4 Court street,
opened up for business he was astounded
to find spread out upon the tables what
was left of the eatables that the placo
contained, burglars having entered the
building during the night and enjoyed a
good, square meal.
NORTH ATTLEBORO— Herbert Wright,
a 10-year-old lad, was probably fatally
Injured by being struck by a bicycle
while crossing Washington street. He
whs thrown, a distance of ten feet and,
landing on the curb, suffered a fractured
skull and other injuries. The rider, How
ard Walker of Attleboro, was thrown
from his wheel by the impact of the col
lision, and he, too, was rendered uncon
scious.
MARYLAND
BALTIMORE, Sept. 3.— Coming homa
unexpectedly last night and finding his
wife sitting on the front doorstep . with
another man, William R. Larrlmore, 421
Lombard street extended, entered ths
house from the rear and, walking stealth
ily to the front room, fired both barrels
of No. 4 shot from a shotgun into the
back of his wife's companion, O. P.
Dukes of Masonvllle, Md.
Despite the horrible wound made in
his back, Dukes started to run down the
street, but fell in his tracks, covered
with blood. He was hurriedly taken to
Jefferson's pharmacy. Highland avenue
and Baltimore street, where the gap in
his back was bandaged.
ELKTON— In the presence of more than
a score of people, including his wife, his
son and two lady/ friends, Frank
Churchill, a well-to-do resident of Oer
mantown, Pa., and his 11-year-old son.
Norman Churchill, were drowned in
Back creeK, Chesapeake City, six miles
south of here. The party had been
camping near Lorewood grove, along the
Chesapeake & Delaware canal, and came
down to Chesapeake City to spend tha
day crabbing.
BOYDS— Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Fulks of
Gaithorsburg. died at her home in her
70th year. Mrs. Fulks was a Miss Gloyd,
and the wife of Ignatius T. Fulks, one of
the leading citizens of that section of
Montgomery county. She leaves, besides
her husband, five children, Oscar, Edgar,
~Thamos, Algernon and Blanche.
KANSAS
KANSAS CHTY, Kas., Sept. B.— A bur
glar ransacked several rooms in the home
of Mrs. Mary Dean, 9a Tracy avenue.
Entrance to the house was obtained by
climbing a porch. Some clothing, a watch
and $8 were taken. The home of J. F.
Lytle, 2100 Forest avenue, was entered
yesterday afternoon by a sneak thelf who
took $22. Floyd Cates of 2032 Cypress ave
nue was robbed of his pocketbook con
taining $20 at Association baseball park
during the game yesterday, according to
a police report.
The ordinance appropriating $27,000 for
a new fire station building at Fourteenth
and Perm passed the council. Part of
the building will be equipped for the
treatment of disabled fire horses.