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^ -HE IN-TELLIGENCER HAS THE LARGEST MORNING NEWSPAPER^CIRCULATiON IN THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA * -__ the weather 1 VOLUME L.X., NO. 374. WHEELING, W. VA„ SATURDAY. JULY 8. ,Q -PRiTe'tWO CENTS 200 on Steamer Going to Pieces Little Hope for Rescue of Doomed Passengers on Santa Rosa Is Entertained. « MANY DROWNED AS IJFE BOATS ARE (’RUSHED. Many Bodies Cast Up on Rocks by Surf—Efforts to Reach Fated Steamer Fail. More Drown. 8TTRF, Cat.. ;»tly 7.—A third lifeboat napalsed a* It left the Bant* Rosa at in o'clock. All of • It* occupants are believed to have drowned. A wireless message from one of the stenmers In thh ofling save that 25 or 30 persons are seen still clinging to the rig BteC BUR^• Cal , July 7.—Twenty or more passengers and sailors of the steamer Santa Rosa, of the Pacific < Coast Steamship line, were drowned j this afternoon in the surf while trying 1 to escape from that vessel, which ' sf funded near Point Arguello before dawn today. In two lifeboats they left the ship, plunged into the roaring surf, and" soon were floundering in the boiling ^ water*. The lives of some were pound- ' ed out against the rocks, while others sank to the bottom. Several bodies * were washed ashore. • At 9:30 o'clock tonight the Santa, lio.ta was almost submerged, and fran ' • effort# were being made to save the rest of the two hundred passen ger* still on board. Ship Breaks Up. At that hour the government wire-' less station at Point Areuello reported j that the vessel had broken nmldship.1 and that immense breakers were dash-, ing over her. The ship will probablvi , be a complete wreck, and it seemed likely at that time that the number ot dead would be increased. The doom of the steamer was seal ed late to-day. when a wind stirred a high sea and forced the abandonment of efforts to transfer the passengers of the Santa Rosa to the schooner Centralla, which, wttti the schooner Helen P. Drew, had previously made abortive efforts to float her 1 p to that time there was no apprehension of danger among officers of the strand ed vessel It was thought she could fce floated Captain Faria answered wireless queries with the statement . that the ship apparentI) was lyfng “ easy and would h.- floated at the . rest of the tide to-night. Life Boats Wrecked. A* the wind rose, however, the Santa Rosa swung broadside to the breakers and began to break up The trash of breaking timbers and over strained steel could be beard by the wireless men at Point Arguello The first life boat was launched at dark, after every effort had been mad • to establish boat rotnmunicat ion with • the Centralla. The shore lay only 3nn feet from the broken ship, but the lifeboat could r.ot make it It bobbed like a cork on the crest of breakers and the next In s'ant were submerged There were sixteen persons on this heat, eleven passengers and five sail (Continued on Thirteenth Page ) Warm love Letters Gone Effort* 'o Find Epistle* Stokes Wrote, Mm Graham Proves a Failure. LETTERS ARE A SCREAM, INSISTS YOUNG WOMAN. Preliminary Trial of Girla for Shoot ing of New York M tllonaire Ends Today. NEW YORK. .Tnly 7.—Where are the rest of the Stokes' letters? How did they come to be suppressed? Who suppressed them and why? These are the questions that Robert \V. Moore, of counsel for Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad, tried to get answered this afternoon In their preliminary hearing on the charge that they at tempted to murder W. E. Stokes, the millionaire hotel man. when he called at their apartment to get possession of these same letters. The questions were not answered wholly to Mr. Moore's satistaction, but he was able to advance so far that he will rest his ease to-morrow afternoon after one more witness has been called—the elevator boy who took Stokes to the girls' apartment on the night he was shot. Magistrate Preset*', will then decide whether the case shall go to the grand Jury. Girls Not On Stand. I'nder cross-examination Stokes told .o-day how he first met Ethel Conrad; how she enlisted his sympa thies anew for Lillian Graham, who. sick and penniless, Stokes said. Miss Conrad told him, had attempted sul clde. how he came to call on the two girls after Lillian Graham's recovery, and what his sentiments for them were. Ills narrative only faltered when he was questioned about the missing letters. Rut those who had expected the two girls to take the stand were disappointed. The defense succeeded In eliciting most of the facts on which the people must base their case without disclosing Its own hand. Only once did Stokes show signs of confusion "Are these nine letters (produced in evidence yesterday) all you ever wrote Miss Graham'.' asked Attorney Moore. "No." "How man\ did you write u*-r7 A* many as eighteen?” "Perhaps." “What became of thoRe missing let- \ •era. which you admit having written ami which were In Miss Graham.)! posse?.-ion lir, ,he night of the shoot ing’" "I haven't the remotest idea," said Stokes, hlandlv. Detectives Took Letters. At the afternoon sitting counsel for the two girls called to the stand James Cummins, a house detective at the An-on.a. owned by Stokes Cum mings said he had searched the girls' apartments two or three days after the shooting, with the central office detectives, and found the letters on n clos.-t floor behind a trims. I riepar (Oon tinned on Seventh Pngs.) Tammany to Boss This Slate _ JU Democratic Mach ne Make* Deal W th New York Bosses. Giving Con trol of State. -- BOSS MURPHY ALLIES WITH WATSON CHILTON MEN Efforts in Indians Has Caused Break No Trouble Like That Expected | In West Virgin a. In'slUgsnrer Bursas. Washington, D. C . July 7. Tammany. M:*- corrupt po :'it il fm flon that has trailed Net* York |i< tnorrary In the dust for n sri»r<- t>f years, is fo ho:-a West Virginia V deal has lx*rn consummated with th" . West Virgin’s |ienmrr»t|e |»o1lt|<a| rn i chine giving Murphy and Ids sang control of this state, all of which Is a {.art of the Tammanv plan to donilti ate ipe next |temocrelic national inn ventlon and dictae the fiemocratic presidential candidate for I • IVit nnlv Is West Virginia to he Tammatn dominated following a deal s|th ft, Watson <'h.lton machine men. hut It is ctjicrted Tammanv will dictate «h> prtsdenflal preferences of f'enftarl xanla, Illinois, Ohio and several other states through Just rueti deals a* ha heen nade for West Virginia Kffort •o rr»n*ro| the fndiana vote ha? tau-*d n spit* f ere As a r> ult. one faction will support Wilson, of Scar Jersey, for president, nr d the nthtr, under the <yt Harmon |t art r pen fact tha* Senator Wat SOU has promised V . t V irginia *o Harmon, and *he f»r t m a'l the more Interest i r r ■ r e. • develop, that Tam fnsny Is lore of Marmot and the deal la to deliver West v.rg n t not only to Harmtin, hut t>. deliver the State to Tammany, who . n dictate mm. com plctlon of the d»'».' • on to the |te.n, c.raflc naf ot a convenftor The Tam * many element w 111 tv. core ur-ive |t the country ouf« t«. . f , York -’ate this year than a* any • m- . m. e |v'| Coal Rata Up to Court The legal contest between the f. tcrxta'o f’otnmeri« f'omni!«slon and many railroad? In eastern sfa*# nxe th* freight rites on railroad fuel «r,*| todiv reached the Supreme court of the frilled R*a*ex »s the first , t„ br ,|.f.r uled from »* r rei r r.t'v ,, ,, l»rd I'ntted R'a*r ‘ t'on r r< e coir , Tt » Interstate Commerce f'nnunP s'ne held ft at the railroads tad m r gi t to dlgcr'tnlna'e In rates on rail c»>ad coal and those on an r.ther kind 'b»- commission and enjoined the ]nt "•r from enforcing ita order The *p. peal from thin Injunction was filed to day. Qeaert the Farm. Fi“ people of rhe I'nlted State* are atead.lv deporting 'he country and the firm f"r t!.« turmoil and delight* f tlie c|ty and town, according to sial.a Mi's made public today by the census bureau I hiring the paaf tin ye.ara the percentage of pen; le living :n cltlca or othi r It-i orf*■ rated placea of more than - ' ' ' h ihitantn increased from 4"* to 4<- :t of the total. Twenty years ava only | per cent of the total popuin. flop lived in aurh Incorporated place* Wdt Virginia Patent*. Hin of is ue* ,,f n(w West Vir ginia Inven'ora fo'low William T f, I Iv. Ileekley ditching. pl|ie laving arid irr gating apparatus Kryo . M short. \\ • > *on, steak grinder and Hohcrf W heeler, \\ 11 burg. metal cross tie ( O irM- I la- pos'tnaatera appointed today are f baric |lu*,rt. at \ man. vice |, m firlm*'>-ad. rn'ifimt; «> K I oitl, App'efarrn. vice y j M',« III ., r- signed. It \ fiari all. „♦ *'' ’ ” ■, ' '■< t; w. Ilewctt, rei.igf.ed. \ " W h >low af Ke|iev*vll|e vice || •Jordon, do | || Tut wilier, at Hod erfield, vie*. II Mrl’eck realaoeil aio| S I f rail.e. ,t Watfsvllle, v|c. || w.l pon, res-gned. If '• r-’ »t.’ pa - ..i| Senator t hiiton * hill reported l.y Senator Watson from the lommlttee on public bviildlng* and ground* aifthoro t.g the .e, reiarv .f tl.e treasury to sell the old f ,,ff|r . a* • baric-ton The city of • harle.t,.n desire* tli«. building for municipal use and w||| be one of the hidden, V. w West Vr,i nlfi post office* deal* nate,| pr* Cinderella, with Walter New man. |*»t roaster Hr* kforge With Fdward J i ...... , t. • pwt nffrsai II I. ■ "le. Mefs, e|| count V ha* f* en ehf ngeil la the name of fhvvy The i r.-ri ptr..Her today granted per fi.i-slnty to the Mingo County bank rtf *. Illlatn'on to convert , into tr#. \a • tonal Hank t>f cnn.merre of u, nap, SOU. wl»h a capital of »|u». M«tf| HepresenfaMve l.tttlepage'a hill granting a *1. pension to Mrs Sarah f W hanger, w Idow ..f a Civil w:,r v. t I ran of fJrcenhrler county, pH**cd the hmiP# »*rr- <Vf|f Taft *n4*v (• .1 Martin a* postmaster at Falrview. i I Two Birdmen Plunge in Atlantic English Peace Pacl Certain Taft in Speech Expresses Pleasure Over Progress For Arbitrat ion Treaty. PREDICTS OTHER NATIONS WILL FALL IN LINE Address Made Before Big C. E. Con vention on Million Dollor Pier. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, in a speech to the* International Christian Endeavor convention here tonight. President Tatr declared that the neg otlatlons for the arbitration treaty between Croat ttriialn and the Pnited states liave reached such a stage that there is no doubt as to tuy sign lag of the pacL "I am glad to say" said the presi dent. "that today we have reached such a point lii the negotiations for a treaty of universal arbitration with one of the great European powers, that we can confidently predict the signing of a satisfactory treaty. The arbitration treaty heretofore with (ireat ilri'aln and other countries has excepted from the causes w iilrli may be arbitrated those which involved the vital Interests of either party or Its honor The treaty which we are now rinsing with (treat llrifain elinv inates these exceptions and provide* that all questions of International con rrrn of a Justifiable character shall be submitted to the arbitration of an impartial tribunal." Forms More Treaties, i The president t xpressed the hope that eventually half a dozen Europ ean countries may make similar treatps Such action, he said, will not aladlidi war. but would furnish a forcible instrument in preventing it The president left Washing’nn amid the .-losing freaks of a severe thnnd erstorm. Senator llriggs of New Jersey; Secretary llllles and Major Mutt ar The president kiiokc from a pint form on the Million Dollar pier. Sev end thousand persons heard him and i heereil him ns he entered „nd left fits pier. The first part of the president's Speeeh was devoted to a brief review of the work of Hie Christian endeavor societies. From praise of the society, the president turned to peace and arhl tra'lon whlcti he said could la- ex pedited hy th" Inflnence of such organisation* Cars Crash Two Seriously Hurt When Passenger and Work Car Meet on Curve At Mingo. STKrnrVVtU.F o .f„|v 7- Two persons were injured, we perhaps, fatally, and a number of others su« taltted minor hurts this morning, v,hen the work car and passenger car No I I of the \\ heeling Traction company collided hend on on a curve on l,ower Commercial street, Mingo Mot orman I in v Id Owens. of car No tl. woh resides at 312 Month Fifth ••feet, this rift, and t harlcv f,os*e. n resident of f "offer street Vf ingo, w efv* the most sertonslv hurt, and were brought to the <;||| hoepi'al In an auto mobile The other passengers, who were slightly rut hy flying glass Slid bruised hy *he jar, were given aften tl'-S at Mingo l>i the doctors fgtsse lad faith legs broken and he has painful hrulsws all over his h**dy Opgn Two Camps. Spcct.i tustuif. t, t>,. tct. tr.geo. «ll AIM.FMTf »N. W Va J«||r 7 IV ith ?nn n:<-n of the West Virginia National tlttard. Camp Kanawha was opened earl> this morning tinder com nirfitd of Major Dart* The dav waa taken up with company drills and school fNimp Dawaon waa also opr ned today near King wood Sinless Kisses ^r*- Bridges Admits Kissing Prophet See in Holy Salutation—Called Him Dear. CHICAGO. July 7 - Mrs Lucille bridge* frequently kissed Evelyn Arthur See. founder of the Absolute Life cult, called liiin "dear," and wrote letters to hint while he was in ! Jail telling of her love for him. ac cording to her testimony given at the i trial of the cult leader f ir abduction, of Mrs bridges daughter. Mildred Itridges. 17 years old. 1 ‘ The many kisses 1 exchanged with Mr. See were holy anil sinless saluta tions." Mrs. bridges testified. "They had none of the meaning of the kiss the world outside of Absolute Life knows. Mr See is a pure and chaste man It was not sinful for us to kiss We had rhe true light. We were above sin and safe from temptation. Nothing w•• could do wo ild he wrong. ' Mrs Itridges said that she sent her daughter to live with See She ad mitted that she herself frequently visited the “temple" of Absolute Life, where See made his home, at night, while her husband was away from Chicago Mr bridges was in court during his wife's testimony. Attorneys Fight In U. S. Courl ROUGH AND TUMBLE COMBAT IN JUDGE DAYTON S COURT. District Attorney Waugh and Judge Blizzard Combatants—Both Are Fined. PARK ERSIll UC. \V Va . July 7 — A rough and tumble fist tight before the bench in I'nited States Judge liayton's court occurred here to-day during the temporary absenre of the Judge, and was participated In by 1 fudge Reeve Itlt/rard and I mted SlHtes Mstrlrt Attorney Hny- Waugh Other attorneys Inside the rail sepa rated the belligerents and Judge I*B'ton. on his return to roiirf, im posed a line of rr.'t tor contempt or cour ini' ironeie him nm tome nnrtpert., •ml. nn late Thiirrdnt aflernniin tpe. | attorney*! hnd t«me word*. Iiidi'e HII7 , rar#l Inalnunflny that litnrne) VVnuifh find tried to w I ip wofne paper" to the I Jury whlrh had no' lieett offered in , * "iir* In n eondetpnnf ion prnrrmina I hv the government to »e*|t|lre rer'nln property Waugh renewed the eh arse and Judge |hit-ton reprimanded .Indite i Hilliard To rln In the argument*! of! The < lo-e Judge Mh/rard made further; ehnrgea and ilo were renewed hv i Waugh Tit.- trouhle her a me unite general and the two atforneya finally1 1 eatrie tfi Mow*. Rrv Thomaa S. Wade t'pe 'll' 1 f • f I anr(> ' I.UIKSIII III, \\ Va , fillv ? — ftev Thom a* S W ail*, a w idely hnonn M K. tninl"ler. died hrr.< thl" afternoon at I 40, nr»il fi" lie had tieen III ainre fhinilst, * hrn tie auf f«-r<-il a atroke of pnratval* lie wa* n native of Vfnaiarhuaeffa llnrle Zeb and the Weather Till* la tha way tha atntar on am aal ha* It aP tha tlma. • a rapt 'hat ha wn ‘etna eat ha. twaan ahirta and ft* 'ha braaaa. THU wrerifta WAS«moT#|t Jnlw 7 - -Feraraat. Waotar i Wanmrl aanla and Ohio — Nhewara Malarday htyht or Oandayi allghtly warmer Waot ytryInia — toral ibowari aw ra'irday and Inn m .dorwto tom. porwturo. | Dog Snapped at Propellers as Airship Started and Almost t aused Tragedy. FIFE SAVERS RESCUE AVIATORS AND CRAFT Atwood Meets With More Had Fuck on His Air Might to Capital. ATLANTIC CITY, July 7—The curl- j ositv of a bulldog endangered the I lives of Marry N. Atwood and Charles K Hamilton, the aviators, this after 1 noon and compelled them to aban don their proposed flight from this re sort to Washington. Interest* Democrats of Ohio county Just as their biplane started from J the ground on the tirsi of several at tempts to get into he air. he dog. running across the beach, poked its nose into one of the whirling propel-j lore The dog was killed, while one of the blades of the propeller was slightly split. Temporary Repairs. Hamilton succeeded In temporarily repairing the damage, and another at tempt was made to ascend, but It1 proved a failure, as a stilf northeast wind was blowing Irom the ocean, making the air currents exceedingly tricky On a third effort to get into tin* air the biplane ruse to a height of about 100 feet. Then the experts on the ground noticed that one of the propellers had a greater lifting power than the other and the machine sailed along a trifle unsteady. The biplane was hovering over the edge of the ocean when a sudden guw of wind struck It. and before Atwood could right the rraft it suddenly plunged downward Into the breakers. Kitr an Instant th« aviators were hid den tiehiiu] a cloud of spray, then a dozen life guard* plunged Into tho surf an<l assisted the two men to tree themselves and hauled the machine ll|H>n the beach. Examinations showed that the air craft had been damaged bcinnd Im mediate repair, sit the aviators an nounced that the flight was off for the day. Wani Roosevelt In Steel Inquiry Resume Hearlrqs After Stanley Fm lihei Search for Evidence Against Trust in Pittsburg. WARM INOTOV. r» C. July 7 — *'hntrman Kmnlry, of the House steel trust Investigating committee, has gone to Pittsburg to seek evidence relating to the I'nlted State* steel Corpora t Ion Upon hi* return the committee »til resume hearings and Inquire further Into the corporation * absorption of the Tennessee Coal A Iron Company Several members tn slst that former President Roosevelt be railed to tcattfv as to hi* meeting with K II (iarv and II C Frick, and the failure of the enveminent to Inter fere In the merger. HIT BY COAL. West Virginia Mall Clerk Found In a Car Unconscious riTTSIt! fill, July 7. Flvg Sole, of Itailen. W Va . a railway mall clerk, was found unconscious on the floor of hla car today at Ihtrgetfatnwn. near this city He was brought to a hospl tal here and his skull Is fractured There was a large lump of rnal on the floor of the ear beside him. hut lust how Hole waa Injured la not known B q Fir# In Ohio. PIQt'A. it. July 7 Thirty three horse* were burned to death here to i day In a tire which destroyed the llv ♦•r> hnrn of Hohhins A Miles. Zlg’s theatre, the municipal building, the Knights of Pythias hall and the Union 1 Underwear company's plant were dam aged before the fire was controlled i The lows la estimated at Death and Damage . In Storm’s Wake Two Drowned In Big Creek c hildren Are Victims While Mother Has Narrow Escape From i Watery Grave. CROSSING ( REEK IN BUGGY AFTER STORM. Drowning at Parsons When Man Fell FYom Horse—Heat Vic* i tims at East Liverpool. -- STEUBENVILLE. O.. July 7 —The big storm of to night caused consid erable damage in this section. The rain came down in torrents, accom panied by a big electrical display. Streams in a tew moments were turned from tiny rivulets flowing through parched hanks to raging tor rents at flood stage Two children. Homer and Harry Kirkpatrick, aged 5 and 7 years, were drowned in the Wills creek, just north of this city, while their mother had a narrow es cape from drowning. The family at tempted to ford the swollen stream in a buggy when the vehicle was over turned by the rushing water and the trio thrown out. The children sank almost immediaiely. The rescue of the mother was accomplished by her husband who was driving just ahead in a wagon. The rescue was made with difficulty. Storms and Heat Deaths From Both Source* lr Phila delphia and Vicinity Friday. PI I I1.A1 iKI.PIl I A. July 7 -Twenty one more victims by th>- neat here to day bringing the total number of deaths during The pres* nt hut spell t«> *9. A fourteen mile an hour breeze brought some* relief this afternoon, the trmpertature dropping from 90 de grees at 2 o’clock to 77 at s o'clock to-night. To-ntuht th ■ tem pert at ure is lower than at unv time during the past four days. Storms ncctir>-d in several parts of the state to-night, Pharles Seitz, u farmer, was struck by lightning nml Instantlv killed at t'ampliells station, near tViltintbia Ills clothing was rip ped from Ids body and his shoes were turn from his feet. A cloudburst swept awav joo feet of the track of the Pennsylvania rail ma.l between Shocks Mills anil t'ol llns. atftj trains were obliged to re turn to Harrisburg anil Columbia to !»• sent over a different route. a twenty-six degree drop in the tenpertatnre oei-ured in Columbia, where infs l~ls anil wires wire thruv n to the ground by the force of the storm Two burns were struck by lightning In Schuylkill county. Drowns in Cheat Ruler Falla From Horae Into Stream and la Drowned at Porterwood. Fpeeisi i> patch to t e Intelligencer P\SONS. W VaR. Inly 7—Roy Vstheney. of Wllllrm. who was em ployed as a teamster al Porterwood. near here, "was drowned under very peculiar circumstances He had rid den his horses Into the Cheat river to give them water, and while they were drinking, slipped off into deep water, having evidently been at tacked with heart failure The hodv was recovered In ton minutes, but life was extinct. Storm Damages Western Pennsylvania Has the Big gest Storm in Fifteen Years. CANNONSHCRr., Pa. July 7. This place and the tow ns of Houston. Cecil and MeMurray were damaged this aft ernoon by a heavy rain, wind and hail storm C.ratn fields sustained great loss Telephone and telegraph wires were put nut of commission; hun dreds of windows were shattered and the basements of many houses were ftocHled It was the worst storm In 1 *• year* STIiR ITAI. Two Deaths From Lightning—Seven Deaths From Heat in Pittsburg. PtTTRRPRti. July 7 Relief from the excessive heat of a week came to Pittsburg today after the tempera (Continue* on Thirteenth Pare 1 Bridgeport Man Drowned Ielephone Operator in the tional Office Is Shocked by Lightning. DAMAGE ESTIMATED AS HIGH AS $15,000 Railroad and Street Car Traffic Held I p—Oops Are Greatly Damaged. ~( STORM DAMAGE. I - Man drowned near Bridge i Port. viucen City rams els yachts. Telephone central shocked. Horse killed on bridge. Barn burned near Dunsford. Buslnes houses flooded. Crops greatly damaged.. Traffic suspended here. Damage estimated $15,000. Sweeping over the Wheeling trict front the northwest, a heavy rain and electrical storm last evening lett death and destruction in Its path and caused a loss to property esl innied at $la,o00 In the Wheeling die* trict. With a pall of darkness set. tling oter the city, and the streets resembling mill races, business was practically suspended In the city from •> 1 ■> until ii o clock, l.iglitnlng played havoc with the telephone and tele graph wires, and it was impossible to get in communication wuh the nearby towns during the night to learn the damage caused there. While ruin was badly needed, the storm beat down like a cloudburst, and Instead of being a benefit to the ‘ tops it destroyed hundreds and hun dreds of dollars' worth in this vicin ity. Boats were blown out of their courses, and the lightning caused many Sires, while the downpour of rain claimed three deaths lu this section. Man Drowned. Wlnie aticmpiing to rescue two pig-’ from a pen that was located In a gully two miles cast of Bridgeport, Kdward 1 ouug. colored, a farmer, was caught In ihe grasp of a roaring vol ume of water that swept dow-n the gully trom the hillsides, and drowned. Ills dead body was washed into the Scott Dumber company's lumberyard near Bridgeport, where It was found floating by I.yn 1kmley and Georgs VVlion Vnnt»r pig pi'n the water was running slow ly. hut without warning It rushed down the gully, sweeping everything before it. Catching I he unfortunate man In its grasp, the water carried him in Its whirling grasp, and al though he struggled heroically he waa sucked under and drowned. One of the hogs was drowned, but the other was found in tlic> back river near the Crystal Glass plant unhurt. Ueooased for years has been employed at the Aetna Standard works. He Is sur vived hy his wife and seven children. Lightning Ptaya Havoc. Lighting caused more damaga than did the violent rain storm. Seven persons were shocked by lightning in the Wheeling district, and one horse killed. While operat ing a switchboard at the National telephone office In this city Miss Ollte •lev.ms, of I.ind street, was shocked rind badly injured when a bolt of lightning struck the switchboard and knocked her from her chair. After medical aid was given she was re moved to her home. While In a very nervous condition, she la recovering rapidly. Sluing in their home at Bridgeport, reading the evening paper. Mrs Scott Gordon mid daughter. Miss Nellie, w ere badly shocked when a holt of lightning struck their home. Mrs. Gordon was paralyzed on one side and her face burned. Her daughter was rendered in an unconacloue con dition. but both quickly revived. When a bolt of lightning struck the residence of carl Becker, at Martlne Perry. Mrs Meeker, an aged lady and other members of the family were shocked The lightning that struck the aged woman was so strong that It kno< ked a gold filling from her teeth. The whole family was for a time la a serious condition. Lightning also struck a house owned hy Mrs M C Mitchell on Weet Washington street. Martina Perry ami occupied hy J W . Pauet. Jr. The chimney was knocked from the houao and a bass drum rolled about tha room. No person was Injured. Horse Killed. While driving his horse across tha Bridgeport bridge from the Island. (Continued on Bevsnth Pigs) Terse Telegraphic Tips STK1 IIKNVIM.K Overcome Ky •beat two data a*o at the tuiriolle mill. Tony ('amelia died to-day at <1111 hot pltal Hla temperature reached nrn,BH. Pn From Injttrlea In dieted with a ba*e hall bat. Joeoph T'alano, official do* catcher of thl* city, died at a hoapltal today How ard l.ltaenhera, a well known ama teur ball player, baa been rhar*ed with murder SAN PKAKt'tfMO — Hmucated opium rained at 122.SOt) waa diacov i red In the coal bunker* of the Pacl ftc mall aieamahtp. Siberia today. ToPKK A —Concrcremaa c Mlt* i hell, of the Second Kanaaa dlatrlrt, dle«l today at hla home In l*a«renc*k IT lie... rtl» The Re* Parkin* company, of ihla city, «aa practically destroyed by Arc to day caualn* a loaa of lina.nftrt. FAIRMONT. \V Va Two carloads of machinery for the new city eater atatlon arrived here last evening. *