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1 The Garland Globe H Published Every Saturday at M GARLAND .... UTAH Terms of Subscription: H One year (la ndvanco) $1.C0 H 8lx months 76 H Thrco months 50 H Advertising ratos furnished on nppll- H cation. H J. A. Wlxom Editor and Manager LH ' U CRASHED INTOJ TRAIN M Disastrous Crossing: Accident 1 as Crowds Were Return- B ing from Ball Game. B A Score of People Injured, Two ol H1 Whom Will Die, at Result of De- H fectlve Air Brake on an Oak- H land Street Car. i i H Oakland, Cal. Tlio most disastrous H street car accident In Oakland In H years took place Sunday afternoon H when a Telegraph avenuo car packed H with plonHiiro crowds from Rcrkoley H and Idora park, craHhed Into tlio Koy H routo electric train, hound from Pled H jiont to the ferry mole, at tlio For- H tloth Btrcet crossing. A scoro of por- H eons woro badly Injured, at least two H of whom nro bo badly hurt that death H may result. H Tho Injured wcro nearly all riding H In the street car. Thoso on tho Koy H routo train woro but slightly hurt. On H the strcot car wcro most of tho mem H bora of tho San Francisco nnd Los An- H Clcs ball teams who had Just finished H a garoo at tho park. H A defective nlrbrake on tho strcot H( car Is said to havo been tho cauao of H tho nccldont. Thu flagman at tho Key routo crossing signalled tho strcot H car to slow up, but Motorman Pitt- H man was unable to Rtop. Tho froi t H ' end of tho electric car struck tho front H car of tho Key route trnln near tho H forward trucks. Tho wheels of tho H( v trucks of both cars fouled nnd tho H street enr was dragged at right an- H ties from tho track ItB entire, length H i Leforu Mutormnu Ilroder of tho Koy H routo could bring his train to a stop. H Evory pano of glasH In tho street car H was shuttered and tho paBBcngers H wore hurled under tho scats and ( through tho windows. Tho Hying glass cut tho passengers. Motorman Plttninn was pined under tho front of tttj . his car and Passenger St. John was H I burled through tho street car window H I undor tho wheels of tho Key routo H train, where ho Iny for half an hour H . before a detail of tho Oakland flro do- H pnrtment arrived with lifting cranes. H TOWN PLUNGED INTO MOURNING H Five Well Known Citizens of Daven H j port, Wash., Drowned. H 1 Davonporf, Wash, Five well known H I citizens of Davenport, who had been H enjoying an outing on tho banks of H , tho Spokano river about twclvo miles H northwost of Davonport, wcro H drowned Sunday. Tho victims nro: H Miss Winnie Jones, aged 19 years; H A. L. Dorgctt, aged about 40; Mrs. A. H L. Dcrgott, ngod about 3B; Koy How- H nrd, aged 23; A. L. Inman. nged 31. H Four of tho drowned heroically sac- H rlflced their lives In attempting to H eavo others. One after another thoy H plunged into tho river, only to bo H eelzed by tho tinder current and drnwn H down elthor by tho whirlpool 'or tho H under current which at thnt point Is H particularly dangerous. B4 Japs Won't Tackle Uncle Sam. H Loudon. Tho Dally Telegraph's H Toklo correspondent suys that, despite H alarmist rumors, thcro Is no danger H of tho killing of Japanese seal poach- H crs on St, Paul Island, Alaska, ossum- H Ing a state of International gravity, 1 Tho American ambassador at Toklo, H the correspondent adds, assured tho H Japaneso that his government will In- H vestlgnto carefully and ecjultubly Into H ' tho matter nnd said ho hoped Jnpan m would not nllaw tho cordial rclat i is B existing bctwocn tho two countries to H do Intorforcd with by so trivial nil nf- H (ray. M Fourjht Duel to Death. m Ghowelnh, Wash. After tho most H , desperate gun fight In tho annals of k Stevens county, Mlko McKalo slow H 'i William Dougan on Sunday nt Drown 1 y lake. Tho men wero veteran pros- 1 U pectors, both ovor tho halt century HH mark In years, nnd of violent dlsposl- i, tlon. They quarreled over permitting M i g party of Chowolah men to flsh In tho H 1 lake. Doth rushed for their guns, nnd M' twolvo shots wcro exchanged, Doit- i t pan firing six rounds nftor McKnlo's H v i first bullet had stretched him dying on H tho ground. H Speculated and Lost. B Kansus City, Mo. W. II. Hyrcs, I secretary of the National Doard of Trado of Kansas City, shot nnd killed blmsolf Saturday uftornoon, soon after ho had Informed a dlroctor of tho board by tolophono that ho was short 910,000 In his accounts. Tho body was not Identified until Sunday, Hyrcs carao here last year from St. Paul, where ho was woll known as an expert accountant. Tho money taken by him from tho National Doard of Trade was lost In grain speculations. THE BUM'S FUNDS USED II COTTON SPECULATION Teller of Birmingham, Alabama, Bank Is Short $100,000, Out Depositors Will Lose Nothing. Dlrmlnghnm, Ala. Wllhln twelvo hours on Monday Alexander II. Chls holm, paying teller of tho First Na tional bunk, was arrested, charged with the embezzlement of $97,000 of tho bank's funds, given a preliminary hearing before United Slates Commis sioner Watson, put under bond of $50, 000, and falling to make It, Is In the custody of tho United States olllclals. During tho afternoon W. L. Sims nnd C. M. Hays, manager and assistant manager of n stock and cotton broker age house, wero nrrested, charged with aiding and abetting tho embez zlement of National bank funds. Thoy wero nlso given n preliminary hearing Monday evening, and Sims' bond was fixed nt $M),000 nnd Ilajs' at $10,000. Doth furnished bonds. The shortago at the First National bank was discovered whllo Chlsholm was on his annual vacation. W P. (1. Harding, president of the First National hank, said that the bunk would not lose tho wholo amount nnd that tho defalcation would not affect the Institution. it Is said that practically all tho money was lost In speculating In cot ton futures, and his losses havo ex tended over n period of several months, WELCOME TO VETERANS. Minneapolis Entertains Members of the Grand Army of the Republic. Minneapolis. Fully 100,000 people arrived hero on Monday, tho first day of tho nnnual encampment of tho Grand Army of tho Republic. Minne apolis has risen to the occasion In magnificent fashion, nnd It Is dlfllcult to mention anything that could be done for thu entertainment and com fort of her visitors which has not been provided. Tho city Itself Is decorated as though every man had inn do It his per sonal business to sco that Minneapo lis looked her bravest and best. Flags nnd bunting nre everywhere, from roofs to sledwnlks, and banners nro swung In cmllcBS profusion across the streets. TRIED TO DUCK PREACHER. Bathers Object to Being Told They Are Breaking Sunday. South Norwnlk. Conn. Rev. James Clark, an avnngollat, nttempted to preach to sovornl hundred bathers on Cnmpo bench Sunday afternoon on tho desecration of Sunday and the Inde cencies of bathing, but ho had not gone fnr when tho bathers commenced to dcrldo him nnd to throw sand nnd water nt him. ' Somo of tho bolder ones suggested that tho minister bu baptized In tho waters of tho sound. At this ho ran nwny, with tho bathors after him, nnd Juut managed to board a tiolley car In time. WILL REVIEW BIG FLEET. President Will Gaze on Strongest Sea Fighters on the Atlantic. Washington. Order for tho forma tion of tho Atlantic fleet to be re viowed by President Iloosovelt nti Oyster Day, September 3, wero Issued nt tho navy department Monday. Tho president will bo nboard tho May--flower nnd tho fleet which ho will re view will bo tho strongest, If not tho largett In numbers, over nsscmbled under tho United States flag. It will consist of forty-flvo vessels, parrying 1178 guns, commanded by 812 ofllcers, with 1C,'.!5 men. POISON BY ACCIDENT. Former State Labor Commissioner ol New York the Victim. Now York. John Mc.Mukln, former Btulo labor rommlssloner, poisoned himself by nccldent nt his homo In Livingston Manor, N. Y., on Monday, nnd died two hours later In great ngony. Mr. McMnkln went to a modi- I clno chest, from which ho took n hot- I tie supposed to contain medicine, but I which was filled with oxalic arid orjs tals, bought tho day before to cloanso a straw lint.- Ho mixed a dose nnd swallowed It. Missing For Thirty Years. Chlcogo. After an unexplained ab sence of thirty-one years, Professor Chailes II. Fryo, formor superintend , out of tho Chicago normal school, has rcturnod homo. Ono of his first nets on arrival nt his homo was to hand n roll of crisp $100 bills, totaling $5,000, to his wlfo, with tho romark, "Ask mo no questions." Fryo was thirty ouo jears old when Jio1 disappeared. Since that day no word had been rocelved from him by his wlfo. Reward Offered For Stensland. Chicago. Tho banks of tho Chlcnco Clearing House association havo of fered a roward of $5,000 for tho ap prehension of Paul O. Stensland, fu Kltlvo proshlcut of tho Mllwaukco Avenuo State bank, So anxious nro tho bnnkers to rapturo the accused of. flclal that a conference was held on Monday afternoon to decldo upon somo nctlcn to nsslst tho pollco authorities in their search for Stensland, and a passugo of n resolution to pay this re ward was the result. - i i SILVER WANTED 111 UNCLE SAM Treasury Department Wants 100,000 Ounces per Week for Coinage Purposes. For the First Time Since the Repeal of the Sherman Act Silver Is to be Purchased for Coinage Purposes, the Stock of Bullion Being Exhausted. Wa:hlngton. For the first time In thirteen years tho government an nounced on Thursday Its purpose to purchase tdlvcr for coinage purposes. Tenders are Invited nt tho office ol the dlroctor of the mint In this city on Wednesday, tho 15th day lost., up to 1 o'clock p. m., nnd every Wednes day thereafter until further notice Those tenders are to bo for delivery at tho Philadelphia, Now Orleans ot Denver mints, settlement to bo on the New York basis of bullion guaranteed .999 fine. Tho treasury reserves the right to reject all tenders as may suit Its convenience. It is understood thnt, anticipating that its reappear ance as a purchnecr might tem porarily disturb tho market unduly, tho treasury has obtained control oi considerable amounts for futnro deliv ery, so that It Is In a position to drop put of tho market for sevoral months If desirable From the resumption of spoclo pay ments In 1879 down to tho year 1900 the constant lucrenso In tho stock oi subsidiary coin required by tho grow ing population nnd trndo ot tho coun try was supplied by tho recolnago oi old and uncurrcnt subsidiary colm which accumulated in tho treasury un der tho resumption act. In 1900, as this stock was running low. authority was granted in the monetary act ol March 14 to tho secretary of tho treas ury to dlvort bullion purchased undor tho net of July 14, 1890, in tho coinage of silver dollars to tho coinage of sub sidiary pieces. Under this authority about $33,000,000 has been coined slaco 1900. HORRIBLE CALIFORNIA CRIME. Body of Richly Dressed Qlrl Found Near Santa Monica. Santa Monica, Cal. All efforts U throw light upon tho ldontlty of th fashionably dressed young woman whoso decomposed remains wors found In a lonely spot in Temescal canyon, two miles from this resort havo so fnr boon without result. Tlr body had lain In tho brush probably I month, nnd was so badly mortified that no Identification from tho foo turcs or form was possible. That It it a caso of murder Is practically beyond question, thoro being a bullot holo i hor head. Tho vtoman was of slight build, about flvo foot two Inches In height and weighing about 111 pounds. Sho wnB ovldontly about 2f yenrs of age. Hor garments wero al ot tho finest material. Neither hal nor wrap was to bo found. Dies From Snake Bite. Los Angeles Cal, A aattlosnakt bite causod tho death ot Anna May Relchard, 22 yenrs old, In the moun tains bark of Covins, east ot this city. Miss Relchard had gone with a party ot young frlonds from a camp at tht mouth of Fish canyon to make the trip over tho mountain trail four mllM to Canyon falls. Reaching tho falls thoy had scarcely rcstod from tholt climb when Miss Relchard, clumber ng over the rocks, waa strode bf a huge rattler, death resulting a taw hours later. Commanded Son to 8hoot Ftcdorlck, Md. At tho command ol his father, Fred Dobold, 17 years old, son ot John Dcbold, shot and killed Grorgo Smith, son of their nolghbor, Edward O. Smith, near horo. Thore had been bad feeling botweon tho two families ami they quarreled ovor black berries that the Smiths had picked on Debold's land. "Shoot him," said Do bold to his son, pointing at tho youngor Smith. Tho boy flnlt a load from a shotgun, which struck Smith over tho heart, killing him Instantly. Aeronaut Suicides. Fort Worth. Tex, It devolops -that Mrs. F. A. Crenshaw, who committed suicide hero Tuesday afternoon by taking strychnine, was Nolllo do Vaughn, a well known aeronaut and circus performer. At hor funeral hero Thursday tho womon was recognized by a nowspapor reportor, nnd hor hus band being questioned admitted hor identity. Mrs. Cronshaw was the first woman to sail successfully In a mod ern airship. This sho did on Septem ber 25, 1905, in Los Angelos. Work of a Jealous Rival. Washington. Tho contractor who furnished fresh ment for tho Now York navy yard, and of which a report had been rr.ado to tho department, was at tho navy dopartmont Thursday so curing lnfoimatlon as to tho com complaints nnd answering them as far' as thoy wore presented. Ho assorted thnt tho complaints orlglnato largely through the efforts of a rival who failed to get the contract for supply ing the meat. Only on a fow occa sions has the moat which ho furnished been rejected by tho authorities nt tho navy yard. tSSBSSSOK. '' BULLETS HISSED ABOUT RUSSIAN GENERAL'S HEAD Attempt Made to Assassinate Grand Duke Nicholas While He Was Re viewing the Troops. St. Petersburg. (irand Duke Nlch olas Nlcholalclteh, president of the council of national defense, narrowly cscapcil assassination Saturday at tho hands of tlio Imperial guards In tho gunrd camp at Kiasnoye-Selo. 1 It appears that tho grand duko was personally reviewing tho mnneuvors and putting tho troops through blank firing practice, when he suddenly was startled by tho wasp-llko hiss of bul lets about his head. Fortunately nolthor himself nor his horso was touched. Tho command to cease fir ing wns Immediately given and the sol diers of the regiment from which the bullets enmo wero marched back to tholr quarters and an investigation begun In tho hope of ascertaining from tho barrels of tho rifles which of tho soldiers fired ball cartridges. Sev oral arrests aro understood to havo been made. Ono of tho grand duke's aldos-de-camp, who, howovor, wns not personal ly present, advanced tho thoory that possibly tho bullets wcro fired by acci dent, but ho considered that boyond a doubt there was a plot on tho part of a number of disloyal guardsmen who dollboratoly planned to tnko tho grand duko's life under cover of tho goneral blank cnrtrldgo firing. ' PAY8 PENALTY OF HIS CRIME. Fred Bond Executed for Murder of Charles Daly. Boise, Idnho. William Henry Hicks Dond wns hanged nt 0:11 o'clock Fri day morning at tho penitentiary for the murder of Charlos Daly. Tho crime was commitcd at Dolse on tho night of October C, 1904. Dond wns 30 years old, nnd was born In Cornwnll. Ho hod no rela tives In this 'country except a brother In Rutte, Mont. Dond moved to tho scaffold with a firm stop and said h was not afraid to die. "I nm guilty," ho said, "but not of nil that has been charged against mo." Tho drop broko Dond's neck and ho wns pronounced Head In six minutes, Thcro wns not a tremor of tho body nftcr tho fall, Rudolph Wetter, who was to havo been hanged at daybreak Friday morn ing, nt tho same tlmo as Dond, wns granted a reprlevo by Oovernor Gooding until October .1, tho dato of tho no.xt mooting of tho stnto board of pardons. EIGHT-HOUR LAW DISREGARDED. Gompers Outspoken In Criticising Con dltlons on Isthmus. Washington. Samuel Gompers, president of tho American Federation of Labor, Issued n statement concern ing tho action of tho Isthmian cannl commission In deciding to Introduce Chlncso coollo labor to tho work of constructing tho cannl across tho Isth mus of Panama, In which ho snys: "Tho existing law excludes Chinese lnhorers and foolles from tho United Stntes or nny of Its possosslons. Tho Panama canal zono Is nn American possession and It Is as much a viola tion of tho law to bring Chtnoso coolies thcro ns It Is In other portions of our country." CAR JUMPED THE TRACK. Eight Persons Injured In an Acci dent Near Chardon, O. Clovolnnd, O. A car containing fif ty persons on tho Clovolnnd & Uastorn Traction lino Jumped tho track eight miles southwest ot Chardon, 0 In juring eight, somo of them seriously nnd neatly drowning a dozon othors In a largo stagnant pool Into which tho car plunged Grand Duke Nicholas Declines Post of Commander-in-Chief. St. PotersbuiK. Grand Duko Nlcho las NIcolalovlteh has declined to ac cept tho post of commander-in-chief of nil tho troops ot tho omplro "whore martial law exists," which was ten dered to him August 4. Whether this was decided before or nftcr the at tempt on tho life of tho grand duko nt KrnBnoyne-SoIo on August 10 Is not known: but tho ostonslblo reason Is thnt Grand Duko Nicholas bollovcs such n post should not be glvon to n grand duke, but a merely military man. Killing In Oklahoma. Oklahoma City, Okla, According to a special recelvod from Maysvlllo, I. T., Dr. Patterson shot and Instantly killed Dr. Hcnrod. Tho scone of tho shooting wns on tho mnln street pf tho town, nnd In front of tho postofflco. Tho killing Is a result of bad feollng which had existed for Bomo tlmo ovor business nffnlrs, tho former having sold his practice to Dr. Horrod nnd lator camo back Into thn town nnd re entered tho prnctlco ot his profession. Dally Auto Accident Atlantic City, N. J. Ono man as killed nnd two other mon nnd a wo man woro badly Injured when nn auto mobllo collided with a brldgo railing on tho Meadow boulovnrd, six ralle from this city. Tho dead man wns Joseph Locke, aged 30 years, of Phila delphia, tho chauffeur. Tho other oc cupants of the automobllo wero Allan Wilson, James Drown-nnd Margucrlto Sutton, agou 23 year, all of Phlladel phla. Miss Sutton sustained a frac tured arm and leg. MAN IS SHOT BY RU HAND Refusal of Widow to Marry Him Caused Jealous Man to Commit Crime. After Shooting Woman, Love-lorn Rancher Wounds Young Man Who Attempt to Arrest Him, and la In Danger of Being Lynched. Casper, Wyo. At the ranch of Mrs. John Adams, four miles east of this place, Jack Williams, a well known ranch hand, shot and seriously wounded Mrs. Adams, who is a widow, her husband having committed sui cide three yeara ago. The bullet passed through tho right arm and penetrated the breast. Mrs. Adams fled from Williams and concealed herself In the barn until Williams left, Sho then went to a neighbor's, who brought her to Casper for medical attention. In all probab ility her wounds will provo fatal. Af tor shooting Mrs. Adams, Williams wont to a hay camp noar by and told what he had done. A young man In tho field demanded his surrender and Williams refused to give himself up. A strugglo ensued and tho boy was shot twico by Williams. Tho laa hung on and, although very weak, he knocked Williams down and succeed ed In fastening his hands and fooL Ho loft him there, camo to town, notified Sheriff Webb and then went to a doc tor to havo his wounds droseed. Webb and a party went to th6 hay Hold and secured Williams. Tho refusal of Mrs. AdaniB to marry Williams causod tho Jealous man to commit tho crime. Ho had resided at tho Adams ranch for throo years. His wlfo secured a divorce from him four years ngo. Adams Is said to havo killed himself because of Jealousy over the attentions Williams paid Mrs. Adams. Feeling Is running high nnd Wil liams may meet summary punishment. 8T0CK8LAGER FOR GOVERNOR. Democrats of Idaho Place Ticket In the Field. Coeur d'Alcne, Ida. Aftor a stren uous two days' convention, the Demo crats of Idaho placed In nomination tho following ticket: United States senator Fred Du bois, Dinghnm county. Member of congress Decs Hatta biugh, Idaho county. Justlco of tho supremo court Stewart 3. Denning. Latah county. Governor C. O. Stockslngor, Dlalne county. Llcutonnnt govornor Georgo C. Chapln, Dinghnm county. Secrctnry of stnto Flecurnoy Gal loway, Washington county. Attorney general Karl Paine. Ada county. Treasurer J. D. Morris. Lewlston. Auditor J. M. Dennett, Canyon county. Mlno Inspector Samuel Norman, Shoshone county. Superintendent of public Instruction Miss Permoal French, Dlalne county. Judgo, First district Major W. W. Wood, Shnshnno county. Judgo, Second district Authority delegated to commltcomen from coun ties In tho district to select candidate. Judge, Third district J. D. Cahal Inn, Ada county. Judgo, Fourth district O. A. Doyd, Bannock county. Judgo, Sixth district Qua D. Qunrles, Lemhi county. Judge. Seventh district Edward L. Drjnn, Canyon county. Auto Collides With Milk Cart. Oakland, Cal. Carlton Wajl, a woll knovn capitalist an! club man and son of tho lato General Wall, was probnblv fatally Injured In nn automo bllo acrldont near Klmhurst Tuesday morning. His car. which ho himself was driving, collided with a milk wngon nnd he and his companions, Thomas Dcnnlgnn, Douglas McBrldo nnd Georgo Hnbernlcht, wero nil thrown out There nie said to have been rovoral womon In tho party, ons of whom was hurt, " i i i Parachute Failed to Work. Utlca, N. Y. William Johnson, n ballopnlst, roado an ascension In con nection with n stroot fair In Llftlo Falls, Tuesday. In coming down with a pitrachutetho apparatus' -failed' 'to work, and Johnson foil upon the rail road tracks, receiving injuries which undoubtedly will cause his death. I ,1s ostlmnted that Johnson was 3,000 feet high when ho left tho ballo6n to mnko what Is called n doublo para chuto doscont. Tho first parachuto oponcd woll, and Johnson descended about two-thirds of tho dlstanco when he foil. Woman to Die on 8cafford. S'ockton, Cal. Mrs. ICmma Le Doux hav-becn sentenced to bo hangod Octo ber 19 noxt on hor conviction of tho murder of Albert N. MoVlcnr. Her at torncjs presonted affidavits Intended to Impeach the chnracier of Juror nit tor, hut Judgo NH,er doomod thorn insufficient as a basis for tho motion for a now trial. Tho convlctod woman heard her sontenco with calmness. Thoro wns nolthor fear nor doflnneo In tho expression of hor face ns she hoard her doom pronounced. GIRL ATTEMPTS TO RILL I HATED RUSJSIAH GENERAL I But Drops Bomb Before Reaching His I Residence and Suicides Rather I Than Face Trip to Siberia. I Odessa. A well dressed girl about' 18 years old, nnd whoso Identity was1 at first unknown, registered Frlduy morning at the Hotel St. Petersburg, adjoining tho palace of tho governor general, General Kaulbars. In tho ovonlng sho Inquired for tho genernl's' residence and proceeded toward tho palace. When but a fow yards from the entrance she dropped her reticule, which contained a bomb. Tho missile exploded, but did not Injure tho girl, who rushed back to tho hotel and shot horself. It was learned later that the girl wus a daughter of Genoral Prints. PAYING TELLER KILLS HIMSELF. Stensland's Peculations Drives Bank. Employe to Suicide. Chicago. Frank Kowalskl, paying1 teller of tho Milwaukee Avenuo State1 hank, which failed last Monday, and. for somo tlmo assistant receiving tell er In addition to his other duties, shot nnd killed himself at his home, ' 340 North Carpenter strcot. Criticism by nolghbors nnd lifelong friends, whJ0 accused him of a share in tho downer fall of thu bank, Is believed to havo driven Kowalskl to his death. Kowalskl had complained bitterly ofj tho suspicions of his frlonds and do-i clared that unless his character waa, 'speedily clearod ho would tako his own, life. Kowalskt's relatives assert tholr firm belief that he wus Innocent of any knowledge of tho mismanagement of. tho bank by President Stensland. SILVER MINES WILL START UP. Resumption of Bullion Purchase Moans Much For the Wet. Denver, Colo. "Tho principal effect ot tho resumption ot silver purchases by tho treasury dopartmont, under tho necessity of nn Increased demand for subsidiary coins," said Genoral Frank Hall, tho veteran mining writer, In a signed artlclo In tho Denver Post, "will bo to stimulate tho pioductlon ot silver-bearing ones from mines already opened. Certain mines that havo been closed slnco 1893 will bo re opened, becnuso tho mnrket will bo moro stnblo nnd In tho ever-present hopo of nn ndvanco In price. This Im plies oarly enlargement of both mill ing and smelting facilities.", ' J AGGIE MYERS WILL HANG. ' Governor Folk Has Decided That Ho Will Not Interfere. Kansas City. It wns stated here on Friday that Governor Falk had sent word to Liberty, Mo., whoro tho wo man Is In the county jail, thnt as far as ho Is concerned ho 'nould not In terforo with tho execution of Mrs. Ag nes Myers and Frank Hottmun, charged with tho murder of tho wo man's husband at Kansas City. Tho date of tho execution was previously set by the 'stuto supremo court for Monday, SepL 3 next. Foreigners Advocate Interference In China. Hong Kong. Great uneasiness Is folt hero In vlow of tho increasing evi dence Indicating that It Is tho pur poso of tho now board ot Chlncso cus toms commissioners at Peking to over rido tho powers of tho foreign lnspec- tor general, Sir Robert Hart. Tho abolition of tho new board nnd tho re estnbllshment of tho former powers ot Sir Robert aro considered by tho for eign morcnntllo community horo to bo necossary In order to protect tho In- terests of tho foreign bondholders and w Insure tho fair treatment of tradors. r ' Chinese to Be Employed on Panama Canal. Washington. Chinese labor will bo glvon a thorough test on tho Panama canal. Contracts calling for 2,600 Chl ncso for cannl work, havo been pro p.ircd, and advertisements will bo Is suod by tho Isthmian canal commis sion In a fow dajs asking for pro posals from labor agents. If tho ini tial 2,500 Chinamen provo a success; It is likely that many moro will be taken to the Isthmus to do tho work, which Is too hard for tho Jamaicans now employed thero In largo nura-bora. Pulajanes Kill Five Americans, Manila. First Lieutenant John F. James and two privates ot the Eighth Infantry, with Contract Surgeon Cal vin Snyder nnd Intornul Revenue Col lector Williams of Illinois, woro killed Friday iu a hand-to-hand light with a forco of PulnJunoij nt Jullta, Island of Loyto. Tlio detachment, which con sisted of ton men,, wns greatly out- Sj numbered, but "made a gallant fight Tho Pulujanes capturod thrco pistols, 4 I four Grag-Jorgensen rifles and 300 'jL 1 rounds ot ammunition. 1 Rich Man's 8on Need Not 8tand Trial. I Washington. Georgo D. Hafforty, son of Gilbert T. Rnfforty, tho Pitts burg coke mngnnte, who was arrestod hero on the chnrgo of passing woith less checks, wits not compollod to stand trial In tho police court' Friday. Inspector Doardmnn recolvod a tolo gram from a ropresontatlvo, of the young man's father and nssuranco was ' given that tho amount ot tho falso checks, aggregating about 15, would bo made up to tho complainants', Dis trict Attorney Dakcr had chargos nolle prossed and Raffcrty wns roloased, '