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THE LEADER
B. T. HOBBS.- Editor.
BROOKHAVKN, i MIS6I3SIFPL
Chicago has a highway robber wh®
travels ih a cab while engaged in pro
fessional duties.
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Manifestly, Andrew Carnegie ought
to have made that palace of peace do
nation to Portsmouth, N. H.
The German empress invariably
writes with a swan quflL and wherever
she goes packets of these quills are
among her luggage.
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Four hundred and twenty million
eggs and 1,780,000 hundredweight of
butter were exported from Denmark
to the United Kingdom during 1904.
Instead of the country supplying
London with farm and dairy produce^
ft ^apparently London mat supplies
the country with foreign butter and
eggs as well as meat.
The vanilla bean crop in Mexico
this year promises to be unusually
large. The demand In the United
States and Europe for the Mexican
Vanilla bean far exceeds the supply.
Americans, the greatest coffee
drinkers in the world, drank 57,600,
000,000 cups of coffee last year and
Consumed half of the world’s product,
says a little monograph issued by tha
department of commerce.
A wealthy lady of Memphis, Tenn.,
named Adams, possesses a reversible
tiara which, by pressing a spring,
shows either diamonds and rabies, or
emeralds and pearls. The owner bor
rowed the idea from the stage, and
sometimes startles her society friends
by changing her adornment in the mid
dle of a dance.
Quite the most remarkable school In
New York City, and one which has
had no precedent In this country, is
the conservatory of music, where chil
dren and adults are taught piano,
’cello and violin playing at ten cents a
lesson, and are given the privilege- of
using the instruments for practice
without extra charge.
Henceforth the “detrimental” should
cease to be a terror to mothers and
chaperons. Henceforth should the
green-eyed monster He quelled at the
feet of lovers and husbands and hence
forth the jilted may take heart and
the lovesick be made whole. For a
means has been discovered by which
love can be measured, reduced, cured
and generally treated, like any other
malady,_
A good many stories are told of the
Ingenious tricks resorted to by moon
shiners in disposing of illicit whisky.
Perhaps the most common is one used
by the natives. It is to leave a jug
and a half dollar on some particular
stump or log. The next move is to go
away for a short time, arid on return
ing the half dollar will be gone, but
the jug will be covered (inside) with
“mountain dew.”
Lightning can only be photographed
at night. It is also impossible to use
any cap or shutter for this work, in
asmuch as the eyes do not observe a
flash of lightning till at least a tenth
of a second after it has passed. So
that, having focussed your camera be
forehand, draw the shutter and hold
the camera in the direction you think
the flash will take, and you must trust
to the courtesy of the lightning to ba
there on time.
To reach Far Hills, a distance of
less than a mile, a letter mailed at the
post office at Bedminster, Pa., must
go to Summit, 20 miles from Far Hills.
The mail from the Bedminster post
office does not go to the Far Hills
post office direct to be distributed, but
is taken to the Lackawanna station at
Far Hills by a regular carrier and put
on the train there. A letter from Far
Hills to Bedminster also goes by way
of Summit. This takes a day.
Opals may be no more popular now
than they have ever been, but accord
ing to the jewelers the demand for
these stones is annually increasing in
Mexico City. That opals are no long
er believed unlucky is the reason as
signed by the men who deal in pre
cious stones. It was not many years
ago, however, that the opal was a lit
tle favored stone in any market. In
Mexico the superstitious dread of the
fire-bearing gem was probably greater
than in the United States.
The one chance in 400,000, which
physicians say is the average percent
age of quadruplets, fell to the lot of
Mrs. David Johnson, of Kingston, N.
J., a farmer’s wife. All are boys and
are expected to live. President Roose
velt will be asked to name them.
Quadruplet births are very rare, and a
particularly strange feature is that
they are hardly ever females. In July,
1899, quadruplets were born to the
16-year-old wife of James Platt, cf
Union Mills, Ind. At the time there
were only five eases in the country.
Will gold ultimately become too
plentiful for use as money? Some per
sons think it will. The world’s gold
output was $254,000,000 in 1900, $262,
000,000 in 1901, $295,000,000 in 1902,
$326,000,000 in 1903 and $350,000,000 in
1904. It will be $400,000,000 in 1903.
How do we know that the $400,000,000
mark will be reached in 1905? Be
cause the chief gold fields of the world
are more productive thus far in 1905
than they were in 1904. Last year the
United States led all the countries,
with an output of $80,000,000. This
year we are breaking all the records.
When a warlike nation like Japan
makes ready to direct its energies to
ward the pursuits of peace, it is of in
terest to recall the fact that a promi
nent member of the reigning house,
Prince Kikumaro Yamashina, has de
voted his life almost entirely to scien
tific investigations. The prince has
established on the summit of Mount
Tsukuba, near Tokio, one of the most
magnificently equipped meteorological
stations in the world. Prince Kiku
maro, who is only 33 years old, is in
line of succession to the Mikado’s
throne. _
An idea of the cost of running a
great nation may be gained from the
statement that England’s balance
sheet for the last fiseal year shows an
expenditure of £151,769,000. To meet
this, revenues were raised amounting
to £163,707,000, leaving a surplus on
hand of 821,938,000. Of this vast ex
penditure £66,200,000 went to the
army and navy, £924,000 for dis
pen sing Justice and £15,161,000 was
spent on education. For “stationer*
and printing," three-quarters of a mil
Uon pounds was expended on thb j
Item alone during the past year.
PEOPLE ARE INTIMIDATED
By Gang Who Killed Frol Roach in
Kentucky.
Fulton, Ky., Oct. 9.—The posses who
are scouring the county for the two un
known White men who assassinated Prof.
E. W. Roach have as yet accomplished
nothing and it ia feared that this crime
—one of the blackest ever committed in
Fulton county—must go unavenged.
Detective Hawkins of Milan, Tenn.,
is here with Mis famous bloodhounds.
The hounds traided the assassins from
the barn, where Roach was shot, to the
road where the fugitives had left their
horses, and* of course, lost the trail
there.
It is now (generally believed that the
assassination of Prof. Roach was the re
sult of a v.rell-laid and carefully-exe
cuted plot. It is also believed that
others than the two men who did the
killing were concerned in the plot.
Other families in this neighborhood
have been intimidated by this gang,
aad should they know who committed
: the dastardly crime it is doubtful if
they would appear as witnesses against
them. Just a few nights before the
killing Mr. Roach reproved several
young men for misbehaving at a pro
tracted meeting. The young men did not
openly resent the reproof, but several
threats were made against Mr. Roaoh.
The officers have rigidly examined
several of the young men who were
heard to utter these threats, but no
arrests have been made. These young
men alL belong to prominent families.
BEYOND CONTROL
Fever Situation at Pensacola Con
tinues to Grow Worse.
Pensacola, Fla., Oct. 9.—Eighteen
new cases of yellow fever developed in
Pensacola today, showing a large in
crease in the numbgrheretofore report
ed. This is partially due to the rigid
inspection whicbf was made today by
what is known is the Citizen’s Volun
teer Committee, which was appointed
yesterday, cfle citizen being assigned to
a block, pus inspection revealed many
casgs jirineh had ^pot been reported to
Jrtie physicians.
All of these cases were among the
poorer residents, though the physicians
reported several cases which had been
under surveillance for several days.
The prevailing opinion is that the fever
is beyond control; that it will remain
in Pensacola until frost. The efforts of
the doctors are now centered princi
pally in preventing a spread and keep
ing the number of cases as small as pos
sible.
MOSQUITO EXPERIMENTS
Will Be Conducted During Winter
by Louisiana Professors.
Baton Rouge, La., Oct. 9.—The
Louisiana State University announces
that Dr. J. W. Dupree will conduct ex
periments during the winter for the pur
pose of ascertaining definitely the effect
of cold weather on stegomyia fasciata
mosquitoes. Dr. Dupree does not be
lieve from his past experiments with the
stegomyia mosquito that it hibernates
during the winter as an adult, but he
believes that the first cold spell kills the
stegomyia and that it hibernates in its
egg.
There is, however, a difference of opin
ion among the scientists upon this ques
tion, and it will be finally determined
during the winter months. Whether a
stegomyia mosquito that has fed upon
the blood of a yellow fever patient can
transmit its poison to its eggs is an
other question that will be finally deter
mined upon this winter. Dr. Dupree
expects to make some experiments along
this line.
Dr. Dupree will let some mosquitoes
feed on a yellow fever patient and will
keep their eggs through the winter and
then send -thejn to the United States
Government to experiment with, as a
citizen would not be allowed to do such
dangerous experimenting under the
lsfws of Louisiana.
TEN THOUSAND PERISH.
Appalling Loss of Life on. Islands Off
Mainland of China.
Victoria, B. C., Oct. 9.—The steamer
Tartar, which arrived last night from
the Orient, brought the news from Shang
hai that the loss of life of the natives
of the island at the mouth of the
Yangste river as a result of the typhoon
at the beginning of September was tre
mendous. The North China Daily News
of Shanghai says:
“To the east of Tamagiping two
islands, one called Yaowashwai, the
other Shiniousha, distant about twenty
miles Woo Sung, have suffered much
from the typhoon, nearly all the in
habitants having been swept away. The
islands have only been inhabited for a
short time, as they are of recent forma
tion, and are not much above high
water mark.
“It is reported that nearly 10,000 peo
ple have been drowned on these two
islands and tite smaller islands adja
cent. Tamagming itself has not suffer
ed much, being well above the high
water mark/j_
Three Living Wives.
Live Oak, Fla., Oct. 9.—John W.
Chasteen is in jail here charged with
having three living wives. At the out
break of the Spanish-American war
Chasteen left his second wife, who now
lives in California, and enlisted in the
army. Recently he applied for a pen
sion from the Federal Government.
His second wife, believing him to have
died while in the army, had likewise
aoplied for, a pension. By a comparison
of notes at the Pension Bureau his
second wife was informed of his where
abouts. The outcome was his arrest.
Storm Sweeps Southern Coast.
New Orleans, La., Oct. 9.—Another
threatening storm has been prevailing
for the past twenty-four honrs, but no
reports of serious damage at any point
have come in. The wind has been
very high, and a report tonight by
wireless telegram from Southwest Pass
says that a gale has been blowing all
day there and the tide is very high;
but no damage has yet been done. A
report from Points A’Lahache, on the
lower coast, says that truck farmers
have sustained considerable loss, and it
is feared the worst is not ovitr.
Lynched by Negroes.
Bainbridge, Ga., Oct. 9.—News has
just reached Bainbridge of the lynch-,
ing of a negro near here by a mob o(
his own race. The negro had crimin
ally assaulted a negro girl and had at
tempted to assault another, who cut
him in the breast. While officers were
bringing him to Bainbridge they were
stopped by a mob of negroes, who said
vhey must have the negro. They got
him and forced the deputies to go away
on another road. The negro was strung
up to a tree and riddled with bullets.
None of the mob was apprehended.
PANIC SEIZES
UPOII PEORIA
The Banks Suffering for N. C.
Dougherty’s Alleged Misdeeds.
DEPOSITORS WILDLY EXCITED
The Peoria National, of Which
Dougherty Wa* President, Said to
Owe to Depositors In the
Neighborhood of 1(1700,000.
Peoria, HI., Oct. 9.—Panic seized on
Peoria as a result of the closing of
Peoria national bank, and disclosures
concerning N. C. Dougherty’s alleged
peculations.
The Dime Savings & Trust Co. with
stood a run for two hours and a half,
and then posted a placard putting into
force the privilege of requiring 60 days’
notice of withdrawals of deposits
Heavy Withdrawals.
Heavy withdrawals are reported from
•very bank in town. The Central na
tional suffered most, next to the Dime
savings, and N. C. Dougherty is heavi
ly interested in it. Bailey is the prin
cipal stockholder and formerly was
president of the Central national.
Small depositors gathered in wildly
excited groups over the city. “How to
get their money” Is the only topic.
Bank presidents, officers and directors
are spending their time in their banks
and on the streets attempting to allay
the fears of the populace- in all the
banks of the city there were hastily
called meetings of directors and plans
laid for possible runs.
Among the accounts in the Peoria na
tional, of which Bank Examiner Bos
worth is now in charge, is one for the
state of Illinois for $13,000. Against
this pay roll checks for the asylum at
Bartonville, amounting to $6,000, have
just been issued. Gov. Deneen has no
tified W. T. Sloan, treasurer of the
found, advising him that he and his
bondsmen must make good the amount.
Peoria National’* Debt to Depositor*.
Prom a high banking official, who
went over the accounts of the Peoria
national a few days ago, comes the in
formation that the bank owes to depos
itors in the neighborhood of $769,000.
There are few large individual ac
counts. The three largest are not over
$70,000. Outside of these is the school
fund, amounting to $175,000, and the
money collected by the Peoria water
department.
Bailey dashed the hopes that Mr.
Dougherty could make good his short
age at once by stating that of the $185,
000 face value securities deposited with
him by Mr. Dougherty, a large part was
pledged to the First trust and savings
bank of Chicago. It was collateral in
security of notes amounting to $300,000,
cigned by the Colean Manufacturing
Co., of East Peoria, and indorsed by Mr.
Dougherty, There is other collateral to
secure the notes, however.
It 1* Just HI* Way.
Dougherty still has his explanations.
"The books may look wrong,” he says,
"but they are not. It is just my way
of doing business.”
At the state attorney’s office it was
said that no idea could be given when
or where the investigation would end.
“We are grinding out indictments as
fast as the printers can print them,”
said Attorney Scholes, who also said1
that 107 indictments have so far been
returned against Dougherty.
MAY TRY A SUIT IN EQUITY
Government May line the northern
Securities Decision as a Pre
cedent In the Battle.
St. Louis, Oct. 9.—Proceedings simi
lar to those instituted in the famous
Northern Securities case will, it is said,
mark the efforts of Attorney-General
Moody, acting under positive orders
from President Roosevelt, to break up
the Terminal bridge monopoly in St.
Louis.
The belief prevails-that a suit in
equity will be filed by the attorney
general in St. Louis, probably in per
son or through United States District
Attorney Dyer, the effect of which, on
conviction, would be to fores the Ter
minal Co. to relinquish its monopoly
and may also result in the dissolution
of the association itself.
STARTLED THE ENTIRE TOWN
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Posse Chasing; Burglars Who
Robbed a Post Office and Shot
at Bank Cashier.
Chagrin Fall Is, N. Y., Oct. 9.—Gov.
tional and desperate bank and post of
fice robbery occurred early on the prin
cipal street of this village. An armed
posse of citizens is chasing the des
peradoes toward Cleveland.
W. E. Rogers, cashier of the Rogers
& Sons’ private bank, was shot at on
the street, and John Hinckley, deputy
marshal, was held up. The post office
safe wa3 blown open and robbed.
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Fatal Automobile Accident.
Athens, Mich., Oct. 9.—Walter Palm
er, of Athens, was instantly killed;
Chauffeur Blake, of Kalamazoo, was
fatally injured, and Mrs. Walter Palm
er and her daughter, Frances, were
badly bruised in an automobile accident
2% miles west of this village.
Bltfr Price Offered for Dan Patch.
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 9.—W. M. Sav
age confirms the report that a New
York syndicate has offered him $1-80,000
for Dan Patch, which paced a mile, Sat
urday, in the record-breaking time of
1:55%.
A Riot in Moscow.
Moscow, Oct. 9.—During on affray be
tween crowds of striking bakers and the
troops the mob stoned the police and
the troops. The latter fired and dis>
persed the demonstrators. Two hun
dred arrests were made.
Want Former Rates Restored.
Fail River, Mass., Oct. 9.—The Fall
River Textile council has voted to re
quest the Manufactures’ association to
restore the reduction of 12% per cent,
in wages which was made on July 25,
1904.
Injured by Auto Collision.
Newton, Mass., Oct. 9.—In a collision
between an automobile and an electric
car here Senator George F. Fulford, a
wealthy manufacturer of Brockvllle,
Ont., was seriously injured, while his
chauffeur, Louis E. Verrat, of Albany,
N- Y-, sustained a fractured skull.
Lord Inverclyde.
Wemyss Bay, Scotland Oct 9.—Lord
Inverclyde, chairman oft the Cunard
Steamship Co., died at Cattle Wemyss,
his residence here, aged <4 years. He
bad been ill for a month |with pler.to
pneumonia. , I
KRONDRATENKO’S FUNEBAL
Honors Paid to “the Soul of the
Defense" of Port Arthur.
The Most Impressive Military an*
Civil Spectacle Witnessed Since
the Marly Days at the War.
St- Petersburg, Oct. 0.—The arrival
of the body of MaJ .-Gen. Krondratenko,
commander of the Seventh East Si
berian rifles, who was killed last De
cember at Port Arthur, and its inter
ment in the venerable Alexander Nev
sky monastery, were marked by the
most impressive military and civil
spectacle witnessed here since the early
days of the war.
Thousands of spectators, standing un
covered in a drizzling rain, walled tha
broad Nevsky Prospect from the Mos
cow station to the gates of the monas
tery, while grand dukes, ministers of
state, courtiers and the highest officers
of the army and navy, many of whom
had won distinction at Port Arthur and
ini Manchuria, followed the coffin on
foot through the muddy streets, as com
mon mourners with the widow and son
of the dead general.
In the procession could be seen the
uniforms of every Rushan military or
ganization. Each regiment of the St
Petersburg garrison sent a detachment
of veterans, many bearing the 30-year
service medals, to form the military es
cort.
The emperor had been expected to
attend, but as he was unable to do so
he was represented by Grand Duke
Vladimir.
Metropolitan Antonius, assisted by
the imperial choristers, celebrated the
“Panicheda” for requiem, and eulogized
Gen. Krondratenko as “the soul of the
defense, for when he died' the fortress
fell.”
TAFT ISl GOING TO PANAMA
Secretary of War Planning a Trip to
the Canal Site During the
Month of November.
Washington, Oct 9.—Following the
announcement that it had been decided
to make no change regarding the de
partment of the government which
should control the affairs of the Pan
ama canal, Secretary Taft announced
that he would go to the isthmus, unless
something unforeseen prevents. He
will leave Washington about the first
week in November, although conditions
may be such that he will be delayed
until the 15th. The decision to keep
the control of the canal in the war de
partment, instead of transferring it to
the state department, was definitely
reached in a discussion that followed
a cabinet meeting. When Secretary
Taft returns from New York, in a few
days, he will take up the question of"
the finances of the isthmian canal com
mission with President Roosevelt. The
great problem to be decided is whether
the work on the isthmus shall be car
ried on by money obtained by appro
priations from congress,or whether con
gress shall be asked to authorize the
issue of Panama bonds, the proceeds
of which will be applied to the con
struction of the canal.
BESULTS~OF A COLLISION
Three Men Killed, One Injured and
n Car Load of Race Hones De
stroyed Near Millcrsbnrg, Pa.
Millersburg, Pa., Oct. 9.—Three men
were killed, one man was injured and
•a carload of race horses were either
killed or so badly hurt that they had
to be shot, as the result of a collision
at the junction of the Lykens Valley
branch of the Pennsylvania railroad, a
quarter of a mile south of this place.
The dead are:
Theodore Scott, Northumberland, fire
man.
Ralph Hendershott, Sunbury, freight
brakeman
Charles E. Berry, Sunbury, freight
conductor.
The injured man is Julius Desh, of
Sunbury, engineer, whose leg was
crushed and body bruised. All the vic
tims were married.
OVER HIS MOTHER’S CORPSE
The Culmination of an Italian Fam
ily Quarrel Reached In the
£hamber of Death.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 9.—A special
to the Times from Hastings, Neb., says:
Over the dead body of his mother,
John Budenek shot his sister, his broth
er and his brother-in-law. Miss Fran
cis Budenek, aged 22, was shot in the
right hand; Jacob Budenek, aged 52,
shot above the right eye; Peter Smeall,
shot through the left leg, through the
abdomen, in the left thigh and through
the left shoulder- Te latter two are in
the left shoulder- The lyatter two are in
curred in a death chamber at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Smeall, 1350 West
Second street, where Mrs. M. Budenek
died Saturday night, and was the culmi
nation of a family quarrel that had ex
isted for years.
Mtanonrl’a Demand On McCall.
Jefferson City, Mo., Oct. 9—Gov.
Folk has decided to make a demand on
President McCall of the New York Life
for restitution of $148,702.50, paid for
political campaigns, that he retire
from the presidency, or the company’s
right to do business in. Missouri will
be annulled.
Rnuisn Wreck Kill* 27.
Rostoff-on-Don, Russia, Oct. 9.—A
mail train bound for Vladikavkaz left
the rails and was wrecked. Twenty
seven persons were killed and 35 were
injured.
Killed Hl« Wife In a Duel.
New York, Oct. 9.—Denton H. Hop
kins shot and instantly killed his wife
in a duel with her in the hallway of
her flat in Johnson street, Brooklyn.
Although married the two were living
apart, having quarreled over money
matters.
Wabash and Wanhington.
Washington, Oct- 9.—Friends of the
Wabash system are laying their plans
for a campaign in congress to secure
the necessary rights to entef Wash
ington. *
Will And For Chanere of Venue.
Ironton, Mo., Oct 9.—William and
Arthur Spaugh and their mother, Mrs.
Mary E. Spaugh, charged with the
murder of Sheriff John W. Polk, in
this county, May 25, have filed notice
of intention to ask for change of venue
from the county, alleging prejudice.
Sesrofa Lynch a Renfro.
Bainbridge, Ga., Oct- 9.—News has
just reached Bainbridge of a lynching
of a negro by a mob of his own race
The aegro had assaulted a negro girl
and had attempted to assault another,
who cut him in the breast
THE WRECK OF THE ST. PAUL
All Hands Saved, Bat the Passengers
Suffered Considerably From the
, Unusual Exposure.
Eureka, Cal., Oct 7.—Fast upon the
rocks, one and one-half miles smith of
Point Gorda, the San Francisco & Port
land Co.'s Bteamer, St. Paul, Capt
Randall, lies a total wreck. Its 93 pas
sengers and crew of 66 men are safe.
Some are on board of the steamer
Pomona, en route to San Francisco,
but the greater number are in Eureka,
having arrived on the tug Ranger and
the steamer Vanguard. The captain
and most of the crew are In Eureka.
The steamer passengers suffered
much from exposure, and a number of
1 them fainted when they realized their
peril.
J. F. Wickman, of San Francisco,
who arrived here on the Vanguard,
gave the following account of the
wreck.
“The first bump was as though we
were rushing over stones. There was
a short interval of quiet, then a severe
rumbling, throwing the boat from side.
to side. I jumped from my berth and
opened the door. It was raining, and
the deck was apparently deserted, I
thought we had been struck by some
heavy sea. Just then I heard some bells
ringing and loud talk and knew that
we were in for It.
"I saw officers and members of the
crew awakening the passengers. Some
women were in a state of excitement.
After making a poor attempt at dress
ing, they appeared to gain control of
themselves, when assured by the offi
cers that they had plenty of time.
“I left the ship in the second boat.
We stood by the steamer according to
instructions from the captain, when a
heavy fog shut down and we put out
to sea. Two hours later we sighted the
St. Paul and shortly after the Ranger
hove in sight.”
Capt. Randall cays the disaster was
due to the thick fog and attaches
blame to no one.
The vessel will prove a total wreck,
The cargo, 1,100 tons of miscellaneous
freight, will also be a total loss.
EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS
The Volume of Early Fall Trade,
While Net quite So Active, Still
Larger Than Expected.
New York, Oct 7.—Bradstreet’s
weekly review says:
While not so active as in recently
preceding weeks, the volume of trade
still-exceeds expectations. Contributing
to this are better reports from retail
lines, necessitating reorders of reason
able goods, fall festivals, enlarging
crop movement and a continued im
mense turnover in idustrial lines. Com
plaints as to car shortages increase,
the grain, coal, coke, iron and lumber
trades all reporting congestion from
this cause. Undiminished activity is
witnessed in the iron trade, demand for
crude and finished products surpassing
previous years at this period. Higher
levels of future cost, particularly as to
coke and ore, confront these trades.
Collections for the country as a whole
are good. Money is still moving to the
country and while in liberal supply
for ordinary trade purposes, higher
quotations at home and abroad seem
certain. Bank clearings testify to new
heights being reached for this season
of the year.
DECIDED NOT TO OPEN
The Peoria National Bonk, of Which
N. C. Dougherty Was President,
to Go Into Uiinidation.
Peoria, 111., Oct. 7.—As a direct result
of the indictment of N. C- Dougherty
for forgery, the directors of the Peoria
national bank, of which he was presi
dent, announced shortly after midnight
that they decided to discontinue busi
ness and would call in the comptroller
of the currency to wind up the affairs
of the institution. The meeting of di
rectors lasted all evening behind closed
doors. It was admitted that a disas
trous run would be inevitable, and the
only recourse was to liquidate at once.
The loan of $100,000 by the Peoria
clearinghouse was tied up in such
wise that it could not be accepted. It
was learned that quiet withdrawals
from the bank had been going on all
day, most of the calls coming from
banks in neighboring towns. The bank
was capitalized at $200,000.
MINE TOP WORKS BURNED
Thirty-Five Miners Entombed—Ten
Rescued and the Rest In No
Immediate Danger.
Pueblo, Colo., Oct. 7.—A defective
electrical generator started a destruc
tive fire at the Fremont coal mine neat
Florence, Col. All the buildings, in
cluding the shaft house, were destroyed.
Thirty-five men were working in the
mine at the time the fire started- Ten
of them were rescued with difficulty
and 25 were still in the mine at 4 p. m.
By some good fortune the air com
pressor was not damaged by the flames,
and it is confidently stated that the
entombed men are in no immediate
danger. The loss will be about $80,000.
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AN INDIANA TRAGEDY
Tragic Climax of Domestic Troubles
of Indiana Couple—Wife Had
Sued For Divorce.
Marion, Ind., Oct. 7.—James D.
Gregg, aged 35, shot and probably fa
tally wounded his wife, and then killed
himself. The Greggs had parted over a
year ago, and the husband went to the
home of his wife’s parents and plead
ed with her to dismiss a suit for di
vorce, and, upon her refusal, com
menced shooting.
Mormon Semi-Annual Conference.'
Salt Lake City, Oct. 7.—The seven
ty-sixth semi-annual conference of the
Mormon church began here Friday
with more than 7,000 Latter Day
Saints present in the tabernaele at the
opening session.
, To Command the Wlnconsln.
Washington, Oct. 7.—Capt. F. J.
Drake has been detached from duty as
captain of the yard at the Mare Island
navy yard and ordered to the com
mand of the battleship Wisconsin on
October 26.
Dr. Joneph fluyett.
Rock Island, III., Oct. 7.—Dr. Joseph
Huyett, said to be the oldest physician
in Iliinols, having practiced in this city
for 57 years, died at his home, in Mi
lan, aged 85. He was surgeon of the
Ninety-third Illinois regiment in the
civil war.
Advised to SeU Cotton.
Dallas, Tex., Act 7.—Col. E. E.
Speers, vice-president of the Southern
Cotton association, has issued a latter
to farmers advising them to sell. This
letter is expected to arouse criticism
is the Southern Cotton association.
MAY REACHJIALF A MILLION
Peoria, 111., Startled By a Heavy
Shortage In Its School Funds.
*ewton C. Dougherty, For Many
Years Superintendent of Schools,
Is Charged With Forgery.
Peoria, 111., Oct. 6.—Newton C.
Dougherty, for many years city super
intendent of schools, and one of the
most prominent educators in the coun
try, is under arrest following an in
dictment by the grand jury, charging
forgery.
The arrest of Dougherty follows the
most astounding revelations by the
grand jury now in session and which
has been examining the books of the
Peoria school board.
Within a comparatively brief- space
of time a shortage of $75,000 was dis
covered, but the further discovery was
made that the peculations have been
extending over a long term of years.
The shortage will reach hundreds of
thousands of dollars.
In order to cause the arrest of Mr.
Dougherty the grand jury made a par
tial report at 11 o’clock charging forg
ery. He was arrested shortly after on
the street by a deputy sheriff, and was
taken to the office of the sheriff, where
he gave bail, with Eliot Callender and
his son, H. R. Dougherty, as sureties.
The bail demanded was $3,000.
Mr. Dougherty has been city super
intendent of schools for 25 years. He is
immensely wealthy, and is president of
the Peoria national bank, is a heavy
stockholder in the Dime Savings &
Trust Co., the Title & Trust Co., the
Peoria Livery Co. and other concerns.
He is a trustee of the fund of $175,
000 held by the Natioual Educational
association and is a past president Of
the association.
The amount Dougherty is said to be
short is estimated all the way up to
$500,000.
Following his arrest on the charge
of forgery, Prof. Dougherty sent in his
resignation as president and director
of the Peoria national bank. He also
sent in his resignation as superinten
dent of schools. Prof. Dougherty’s ar
rest created a sensation.
BOSTON HARBOR MYSTERY
The Story of tbe Crime Told by Kate
Mayo, a. Nurse, Who Saya
She Witnessed It.
Boston, Oct. 6.—The police are ap
palled by the harrowing story unfold*
od in Lowell by Kate Mayo, a nurse,
who told, between gasp3 of suffering
and long lapses into terrified silence,
how she stood by and saw the body
of the girl victim, of the mysterious
suit case murder cut to pieces, packed
and delivered to the slayer’s aids, who,
she declared, threw it into the harbor
at Winthrop.
She said the body was that of Miss
Mary Ella Kelly, a former belle of
Lewiston, Me. The operation which
resulted in Miss Kelly’s death was per
formed, she said, by an East Boston
physician, whom she named, and the
crime was committed in a roadhouse,
near Plaistow, N. H. Kate Mayo says
she nursed the girl, and, after her
death, saw the doctor cut up the body
and later put the corpse in a suit case,
which he gave to two young men, one
of whom was Miss Kelly’s sweetheart,
with instructions to take it to Win
throp and throw it into the harbor.
The police do not give the story full
credence, as Kate Mayo’s reputation for
truthfulness is not the best.
CHARGE~OF~EMBEZZLEMENT
One of the Owners of the Alamosa
(Col.) Bank in Jail in Default
of 910,000 Bonds.
Denver, Col., Oct. 6.—A special to the
Republican from Alamosa, Col., says:
I* W. Schiffer, one of, the owners of
the Alamosa bank, which went into
the hands of a receiver a day or so ago,
has been arrested on the charge of em
bezzlement of a sum in excess of $5,000
belonging to the San Luis Building
and Loan Association, of which he is
treasurer. A" preliminary examination
was held and bonds were placed at
$10,000. Six other warrants were
sworn out against Schiffer, charging
him with receiving deposits when he
knew the Alamosa bank was insolvent.
Bonds in these cases totalled $G,000.
Failing to supply the entire bond of
$16,000, Schiffer was placed' in jail.
YELLOWFEVErTn"CHICAGO
William Gnnnlng, a batches (Mlaa.)
Refugee, Dead From Yallou
Fever In Chicago.
Chicago, Oct 6.—William Gunning,
of Natchez, Miss., who came to this
city a week ago, died of yellow fever.
When Mr. Gunning reached Chicago he
was suffering with the disease, and
was at once taken to a hospital, where
he steadily grew worse, despite the ef
forts of the entire hospital staff.
Gunning, who was- 20 years of age,
broke through the quarantine at Cairo,
111., and came direct to Chicago.
Old Man Beaten to Death.
New York, Oct. 6.—A gray-haired
man, later identified as William Henry
Durand, was caught as a thief, in
Brooklyn, and beaten to death. He had
stolen a coat. A thousand people wit
nessed the assault on the old man’ Bry
an 0‘Donnell, his assailant, the keeper
of a saloon, is under arrest
Josef Hofman to Marry.
New York, Oct 6.—The engagement
of Mrs. Marie Eustis, divorced wife of
George Peabody, to Josef Hofman, well
known as a pianist in various parts of
the world, is announced.
Yatiula Murder Seven Men.
El Paso, Tex., Oct 6.—A report
brought by prospectors tells of the cap
ture by Yaqui Indians of a freighting
party of eight men near Posa and the
murdering of seven of the number. One
escaped to tell the fate of his com
rades.
Wants to Search For the Pole.
St Louis, Oct 6.—Charles E. Rillet,
who accompanied Baldwin and Fiala
on their polar expeditions, is endeavor
ing to interest St. Louis capitalists in
a north pole expedition.
Train Cut Oft HI* Head.
St. Louis, Oct 6.—An unidentified
youth, about 19, was killed at Lesper
ance street crossing of the Iron Moun
tain. The head was thirty feet from
the body. No papers or letters were
found. Hat bore the trade mark of an
Erie (Pa.) firm.
Cuatom Receipt* Growing.
Washington, Oct. 6.—The large in
crease of custom receipts of September
over the same month last year are
keeping up, and October bids fair to
exceed October of last year by several
millions.
KIDNEY TROUBLE
DUE TO CATARRH.
N. J.
HERTZ.
The Curative Power of PE-RU-NA
in Kidney Disease the Talk
of the Continent.
Nicholas J. Hertz, Member of Ancient
Order of Workmen, Capitol Lodge,
No. 140, Pearl Street Hotel, Albany,
N. Y., writes:
“A few months ago I contracted a
heavy cold which settled in my kidneys,
and each time I was exposed to inclem
ent weather the trouble was aggravated
until finally I was unable to work.
“After trying many of the advertised
remedies for kidney trouble, I finally
took Peruna.
“In a week the intense pains in my
back were much relieved and in four
weeks I was able to take up my work
again.
‘*1 still continued to use Peruna for
another month and at the end of that
time I was perfectly well.
“I now take a dose or two when I
have been exposed and find that it is
splendid to keep me well..”
Hundreds of Cures.
Dr. Hartman is constantly in receipt
of testimonials from people who have
been cured of chronic and complicated
kidney disease by Peruna. For free
medical advice, address Dr. Hartman,
President of The Hartman Sanitarium,
Columbus, Ohio.
LITERARY PERSONALS.
Italy’s greatest living poet, Giosue
Carducci, celebrated his seventieth
birthday on July 27. Until a few
months ago he had retained his chair
as professor of classical literature at
the University of Boulogne, which he
first occupied in 1860.
Charles Frohman once produced a
play by Henry Arthur Jones which
failed so utterly that it was withdrawn
after one performance. The author
cabled next morning: “How is it
going?” The manager answered: “It
has gone.—Frohman.”
The woman who purchased Momm
sen’s ligrary and presented it to Bona
university is the wife of Drr von Roc
tenburg, rector of the university.r She
is an American, the daughter of E. j.
Phelps, who was United States minis
ter to England during Mr. Cleveland’s
first term.
Count Tolstoi’s sense of humor still
continues to exist. One day he was
discussing Ibsen with a friend. Sa:d
the latter: "I have seen a great many
of Ibsen’s plays, but I cannot say that
I understand them. Do you?” Tolstoi
smiled and replied: “Ibsen doesn’t un
derstand them himself. He just writes
them and sits down and waits. After
a while his expounders and explainers
come and tell him precisely what he
meant.”
Horatio F. Brown, a prominent Eng
lish writer on Venetian subjects, has
had a singular experience with fires.
The original draft of his first and be3t
known work, “Life on the Lagoons ”
perished in a blaze; the manuscript of
his “Study in the Venetian Inquisi
tion” was burned in a mail car two
years later. A similar fate overtook
both that of his “Calendar of Venetian
State Papers” and his “Studies In
Archaeology.”
President Loubet will be the first chief
of the third republic to retire under
normal conditions at the completion of
his term. Thiers resigned, so did Mac
Mahon, and though M. Grevy completed
one term he had to quit office before the
expiration of his second. Carnot was
murdered; Casimir-Perier left the Ely
see in disgust and Felix Faure’s career
was cut short by his sudden death.
An Englishman, Sir J. G. T. Sinclair,
Is so enthusiastic an admirer of Byron
that he has built in London—in Fleet
street—a Byron house in the poet’s
honor. There is a medallion of Byron
over the door, surrounded by a wreath
of laurels in statuary marble, and an
other inside, while several hundreds of
lines of his poetry are engraved on mar
ble tablets on the walls of the entrance
lobby and staircase.
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A young man ever careful of his health
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constitutional effect of the banting he
undergoes to keep his flesh down, ac
cording to the New York Globe. He
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