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T H E LONG ISLAND i'ARM E lt. JAM A ICA, A UG UST 9, 1901, isBWOuoiee! L ong I sland F armer , JAMAICA, JT. Y. Court of Special Session*. Judges Fitzgerald, Courtney and Fork er held a Court of S pecial Sessions at the tow n hail, Jamaiea, on Tuesday. Dis trict Attorney John B . Merrill appeared for the people. Anarn Schmidt, aged 13 years, charged with stealing three brass window guards valued at $4, from the yard of tho Brook lyn rapid transit company a t Ridgewood, pleaded guilty and w a s s e n t to the J u- venlle A*-ylum, Manhattan. Henry Schneider, charged with carry ing burglars’ im p lem ents, pleaded guilty. The defendant was arrested at 4 o’clock on the morning of July 29. There was found on his person when taken to the station house, several skeleton keys, a screwdriver and a six-ehamber revolver. H e was sentenced to the Kings county penitentiary for o n e year. Kaliskie Kartow, charged with petit lareeny, sterling $6 from W illiam Hen drickson, |his employer, oa J u ly 27, plead ed g u ilty. A t the request of the District Attorney, in order to make inquiries a s * to the prisoner’s character, sentence was deferred until August 13. Charles Kappenger charged with petit lareeny, collecting $2.50, property of his em ployer, Jacob Rubsam, and retaining the sam e for his own u se, pleaded guilty. Sentence w a s deferred until August 13. In the case of Charles Sternberg, charg ed w ith assault in the third degree, the eourt dism issed the complaint. Daniel Quigley was charged with petit larceny in stealing brass cheeks valued a t $3, tbe property of H. Dam ling of N o rth Beach, by whom he was employed as a waiter. The defendant pleaded not guilty and upon trial was acquitted. DID WELL AT ASHMEAD’S. B u r g l a r ’ s ’S e c u r e $SO, a G o l d W a t c l i a u d J e w e l r y . On Tuesday n ight burglars v isited the apartments o f Joseph Ashmead over the store of John H. Brinckerhoff on Fulton street, Jamaiea. They gained an en trance by the window of the extension at the rear of the house, which is about tw e lve feet from the ground. They reach ■ ed.the window b y .using two barrels which they placed one on the top of the other and raising the screen g o t in. The thieves were not heard in their opera tions. They secured $80 in m oney, a gold watch, som e sm all a rticles of jew el ry and a child's savings bank containing a sm all sum of money, W e d n e s d a y m o r n i n g M r. A s h m e a d ’s tro u s e r s an d two empty pocketbooks that had con ta in e d th e sto l e n m o n e y w e re fou n d in th e y a r d . R a n B o w h a Hand Car. A freight train on the north shore di vision of the Long Island railroad, bound fo r L o n g I s l a n d C ity, c r a s h e d in to a h a n d ear near the railroad bridge on Third avenue, College Point, at 7 ;20 o’clock on T u e s d a y m o r n in g . T h e h a n d ear, carry ing eight Italian laborers and their se c tio n fo r e m a n , w a s com ing from an o p p o s ite d ir e c tio n an d w a s a b o u t t o pass under the bridge when the fre i g h t t r a i n th u n d e r i n g a r o u n d th e sh a r p cu r v e on th e n o r t h e r l y side of the bridge. The men se e in g th e d a n g e r ju m p e d and a l m o s t sim u lta n e o u s ly th e h a n d c a r w a s struck by the locomotive and hurled into th e air. T h e c a r w a s dem o lish e d a n d t h e en g in e w a s s l i g h tl y d a m a g e d , b u t n o one w a s h u r t . Three W o rt men Injured. A big iron tub in the factory of the General Chemical Company a t Laurel H ill upset Tuesday afternoon and crush ed three man under it. The tub was at tached to a crane and the fastening slip ped. The m en injured were Patrick Crilly, foreman, 41 y ears old, fracture of the left th igh ; Patrick Fogarty, 21 years old, fracture of the left leg; William Henning, 30 years old, severe contusions on the right hip. The m en’s injuries w ere dressed by Dr. McKenna and they w ere removed, t o St. John’s Hospital. Duel ot The Platts. The P latt brothers, Eugene and John, had a duel w ith pistols at oyster Bay W ednesday in whieh ten shots were fired and n either one w a s hit. Eugene started the shooting. H e fired seven shots. John replied with three shots, but h is aim w a s as bad a s his brother’s. After tbe Bhooting Eugene ran away. W hat started th e shooting is not known. John P latt is captain ofW . H. B u r g ess’s yacht. M ail Carriers Ior Far Kockaw a y. The free delivery of m ail matter was put into force at Far Roekaway on Mon day. Four carriers are employed and they make three collections and three deliveries each day. I t is believed that ju s t as soon as the system is in good working order at Far Roekaway it will be extended to Edgemere, Arverne and Roekaway Beach. Samuel Payuter’* Body Found. The body of a drowned man was found In Jamaica Bay a t 7 o ’clock Sunday morn ing by William D iggs. The B e v . Thomas P . H o en of Conklin and Roekaway aven u e s Identified th e body a s th a t of S amuel Paynter, an engineer of th e New York Sanitary Utilization Company, who w a s drowned on A u g u st 1 w h ile fishing. Virjixt S h a ll W c H a v e lor Dessert ? T h is question arises in the fam ily everyday. L e t U3 answer i t today. Try Jell-G, a dellefous and healthful dessert. Prepared in tw o m inutes. No boiling I no baking! s im p ly add a little hot w a ter and s e t t o cool. F l a v o r s L e m o n , Or ange* Raspberry a n d Strawberry. A de lightful change from other desserts and a relish which old and y o u n g enjoy. Get « package at your grocer’s today. lOet BISHOP LITTLEJOHN BURIED Ten. Bishop* Take P a r i la the Fun- era! Service*. The funeral of the R ight Rev. Abram Newkirk Littlejohn, Bishop of Long Is- Uud, w a s held in the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Gard- n City Wednesday morning. Conforming to the wishe3 of the fam ily there w a s neither serm on nor eulogy, the regular church service being used alone. The cathedral was crowded, chairs being used In the aisles and many persons standing in the rear. Flowers were banked around the altar and sever al floral pieces stood inside the rail. The services began at 8 o ’clock in the morning when the purple covered casket draped-with the Episcopal robes of the late Bishop and carried by six of the family servants was taken from the priv ate mortuary chapel in the See H o u se to the centre aisle of the cathedral. Holy communion was thou celebrated by Dean Samuel Cox of the cathedral assisted by Cauon H. 15. Bryan, Archdeacon of Queens and Nassau counties. The throug then viewed the body and at 10 o’clock the casket was again closed and carried to the tower of the vestibule di rectly in front of the main entrance .where it remained until 10:30, when the actual funeral cerem onies began. The funeral procession was formed in the crypt of the cathedral. I t was led by the choir, who proceeded to the body of the church without music, followed by the vested clergy aud after them, attired In their Episcopal robes, followed Bishops Potter of Manhattan, Walker of western New York, Gailor of Tennessee, Worth ington of Nebraska, Brewster of Con necticut, Weed o f Florida, Dudley of Ken tucky, Coleman of Delaware, Satterlee of W ashington and Johnston of western Texas. Following the episcopal proces sion came the pallbearers, Alexander E. Orr, H . H. Catnmxnn, A. N. Weller, Col. W. S. Cogswell, August Belm ont, Wilhe- mus Mynderse f.nd the Rev. Spencer S. Roche, Mr. Pfieglng verger of the cathe dral ; the Rev. H. B. Bryan, acting as chaplain and carrying the Bishop’s pas toral staff. Then came the casket follow ed by the mourners. When the chance rail w a s reached the bishops and the Rev. Dr. H. C. Swentzel, rector of St. Luke’s, went into the santuary, while the other members o f the clergy took their places In the choir stalls. As the procession moved up the aisle Bishop Potter began reading the services, follow ing w h ich the ch o ir chanted the Thirty-ninth and N inetieth Psalm s. The lesson w a s read by Bishop B rew s ter. B ishop D u d ley of K e n tu c k y led the con gregation in the reading of the Apostles’ C reed. T h e c o m m itta l service w a s r e a d by B ishop P o t t e r a n d the benediction was pronounced by Bishop Worthington. The interm ent was in the fam ily burial plot in the graveyard of All S aints’ church in Great Neck. The Lord’s Prayer was recited at the grave and the Rev. Kirt- land Huske, pastor o f All Saints’ ehurch, read the collect. With few exceptions every clergyman in the diocese was pres ent and there was a large representation from other dioceses, while many church o r g a n iz a tio n s w e r e r e p r e s e n te d b y dele gates. . ___________________ Was No Express Robbery. There was a rumor Wednesday that R o b e r t C h r is ty , e x p r e s s m e s s e n g e r o n t h e Amaganset express on the Long M a n d Railroad, was held up by an armed rob ber and that the contents of the express car were saved by a narrow margin. The story was interesting when it started In the morning, but b y n ightfall i t had grown to sueh an extent that the James boys would have envied it. According to Ex press Manager Christy, a former em ployee of the road, was trying to beat bis way. H8 entered the express ear at Babylon and Christy ordered him to go and buy a ticket from conductor Aldridge. Christy says the man did as ho ^directed, returned to the express car and was or dered out again as he seem ed to have his eye on the safe. The man made a move toward his hip pocket, Christy says, and the express m essenger threw him out on the platform and threatened to have him arrested when the train reached Pat chogue. The man jumped from the car near Blue Point. The railroad officials laughed at the report that an attem p t had been made to rob the car. It has been discovered that a “pure milk” company supplying the Chicago eounty hospital w ith 300 gallons per day has been “preserving” the milk w ith formalin—that is, th e company has “embalmed” the milk, rendering it nonnutritious in all cases and poison ous in many. This is* perhaps of no in terest to people who get their supply of milk at first hand, but there are m a n y persons to whom it w ill furnish a use ful bint. Those w h o congratulate them selves th a t their milk is “so good” because it keeps a long tim e or does not sour in a thunderstorm w ill usually find i f a test is applied that i t has been sim ilarly embalmed. W h en your milk is thus unusually “good,” you would better a t once tak e it to tbe health office for exam ination. JUDGE HARNEY FLEES. Latest Development In Mon tana Copper Scandal. DAMAGING AFFIDAVITS MADE. France appears to be having an era o f s trikes as w e ll as this country. Last year, according to the official record, there were no less than 902 In the French republic, and 222,714 persons were involved. In previous years for a long period the average per annum had been o n ly 362. STkrce P e r s o n * S w e a r M r s . B r a c k e t t Had Boasted That She Had Been P r o m i s e d *100,000 t o G e t D e c i s i o n F o r F . A . H e i n s e . Butte, Mon., Aug. 8.—Judge H a rney of the district eourt of Silver Bow, Mon.,, is in Livingston, th is state, on his w a y east, according to his ow n sto ry, to see his fam ily. W ith him from this city to Livingston traveled Mrs. Ada H . Brackett, accom p anied by her young daughter and her nurse. In the party also w a s H arry Heim anderger, clerk of Judge H a rney’s court in this eity. Back of the departure o f Judge H a r ney and Mrs. Brackett is a story so sensational that it has shaken Montana from one end to the other, and the pre diction is freely made in all circles that the .judge w ill never return to this state unless he Is brought back by force. Tbe storm has been gathering for m any w e e k s and now has broken in all its fury. Judge H a rney is one of the m o st Important figures in the fight betw een the vast copper interests in the s tate of Montana, as is also Mrs. Brackett, who has been em ployed as a detective by the F . A. H einze people, who have been fighting and trying to drive from tlie state the Am a lgam ated Copper company, in w h ich R o ckefeller and other m illionaires are interested. The battle between tbe two interests, w h ich began w h en H a rney turned the $10,000,900 Minnie H e a ly copper mine over to Heinze, has assum ed the na ture of a deadly fend, and as m illions of money are at stake and the very life of the Am algam a ted Copper eom pany depends upon the defeat of H einze and his follow ers and the throw ing of his case out of eourt it m a y be imagined that no money has been spared by ei ther side in trying to accom p lish its end. Several days ago Judge H a rney made an order enjoining tbe Am algam ated Copper eompany officials from per form ing their duties or any functions w h a tever in connection w ith the con duct of the company, w h ieh practically m eant the installing of the H einze peo ple as custodians o f the mines, etc., of the so called copper trust. S e n s a t io n S p r u n g . Soon a f t e r th i s affid a v its w e r e tiled in th e c o u r t o f J u d g e H a r n e y by p e r- sons supposed to be in the employ of th e A m a l g a m a t e d , th e c o n t e n t s o f which caused a wave of astonishment to sw eep the state from one end to the other. The affidavits declared in unmistakable language that Judge H a r n e y w a s in flu e n c e d in m a k in g his order against the Amalgamated com pany by Mrs. Brackett, who was de c la r e d t o p o s s e s s a n in fluence o v e r h im which was fast leading him to ruin. Judge H arney, w h en these affidavits w ere m ade public in the newspapers of Butte, declined to defend him self, sim p ly asking the public not to pass judgm ent upon him until both sides had been h e a r d . Mrs. Brackett retired from public view for a short time and then reappeared, dressed more striking ly than ever and w ith a look of defi ance in her face. She m ade he? head quarters in the Thornton hotel, the leading hostelry of the city, where Judge H a rney had rooms, and w a s seen much in hit oompany. Friends of the judge noted w ith alarm that he w a s drinking heavily and spending much money in various pleasures, and he w a s beseeched to stop. To all be turned a deaf ear and continued to drink more heavily than ever. On Tuesday another lot of affidavits, stronger and more in detail than the first, w e re filed in his eourt, the nam es signed to them being those of M iss S. Ju. \Walters a w o m a n w h o had been known as a close friend of Mrs. Brack ett, and J. M. W aiters, w h o had been seen much in the eom pany o f the judge. In these affidavits M iss W a lters and Mr. W a lters t e s tify that Mrs. Brackett told them repeatedly th a t she w a s in the em p loy of H einze and John Mc Ginnis, H einze’s chief manager, and that McGinnis had promised §100,000 to her and had em p loyed her to take care of Judge H a rney and do other secret work for the H einze eompany. Russia has demanded th a t Turkey give her tw o coaling stations- N o doubt th e sultan w ill read them by the first m a l l G e n e r a l J a m e s S. S e g l c y D e a d . Plainfield, N. J., Aug. 8.—A fter an illness of bnt four days General Jam es S. N e g ley has died a t his home here. H e w a s 75 years old. H is death w a s due to a com p lication o f a l i a s e s . Gen eral N e g le y w a s born at E a s t Liberty, a suburb o f Pittsburg. H is father w a s a distant relative of Sir W a lter Scott and also of Jam es Buchanan, one of the presidents o f the U n ited States. W h en 19 years old, N e g ley ran aw a y from hom e a n d on Dec. 8 , 1S46, enlisted in the M exican w a r, serving under General Scott. H e served w ith dis tinction. W h en th e civil w a r started, he organized a brigade which w a s ac cepted by tbe governor of Pennsylva nia. A t the battle Stones R iver he w a s rewarded by being m ade a m ajor general. H e w a s honorably discharged from the arm y on Jan. 10, 1865. C o n e i p o n d e n t A r r e s t e d a* S p y . Berlin, Aug. 8 .- T h e Berliner Tage- blatt learns from a w e ll informed source that its w a r correspondent in Sonth Africa, H err W ilhelm Meyer- baeh, has been arrested by the British on a charge o f espionage and has been taken to M iddelburg, where he w ill be brought before a court martial. The Tageblatt protests against this viola tion o f tho rights o f a w a r correspond ent, a s H err M eycrbach ha# since the beginning o f the w a r represented it on the Boer side. CUMMIN3 WW IN IOWA. R e p u b lican ( o i m n t i o n d o m in a t e s H i m F o r G o v e r n o r . Coilar Rapuls, Iu., Aug. 8.—A. B. Cummins w a s nominated for governor by the Republican convention last night after having defeated the com bined opposition a t every turn. The anti-Cummins com b ination w a s broken by the defection of the Ninth district delegates, w h o w e re ostensibly for John Herriott, but in reality for Cummins. They refused to stay in a com bination against C u m m ins.- Herriott w a s afterw a rd nominated for lieutenant governor by the Cum m ins forces to punish a rival and b e cause of Herriott’s attitude on certain corporation tax m atters. The entire Cummins slate w a s nomi nated for all state offices, including S. M. W eaver of Iow a F a lls for supreme judge and Edward C. Brown of Shel don for r a ilw a y com missioner. Richard C. Barrett had no opposition for a third term as state superintendent \of public Instruction. The platform is conservative. It de clares for m oderate tariff reform and for reciprocity, but insists tb a t tbe principle of protection m u st be m ain tained. The M cKinley administration is strongly indorsed for its policy in the new island possessions and for its com m ercial achievem ents for the United States. BASEBALL. R e s u l t s o f Y e s t e r d n y ’ s G a m e s In t h e D i f f e r e n t L e a g u e s . NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Cincinnati— it. H. E. Cliicag.v 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0— 3 12 1 Cincinnati .. .2 tl 0 0 2 0 1 1 *— G 1 j 1 Baittrk^—1Tavkr and Kahoe; l’liillip3 and Peitz. At PitMmrg— It. H. E. St. Louis 0 0 4 Pitt-burg . . . . 1 9 1 B a tteries—Pow ell and R y a n ; Doheny and Yea ger. STANDING OP THE CLUBS. V,’. L. P W. Pittsburg... 52 tit y.ifi Boston 42 Phila’i'b ia. . 50 37 ,.T5 New York... 36 St. L o w .... 51 lit .Wo Cim innjti.. 3'i Broi'kl.m.... 15 12 .517 C liicage £0 AMERICAN LEAGUE.. At Cleveland—Milwaukee, 4; Cleveland, 5. At Di troit—Chicago, 3; Detroit, 9. At Baltimore—Boston, 10 ; Baltimore, 5. Second gaie.e—B -ton, 1 ; Baltimore, in. At Philadelphia—Washington, I ; Philadel phia, 4. S.sunJ game—Washington, 7; Philadelphia, 3. EASTERN LEAGUE. At Rochester —Rochester, 2; W o rcester, L At Butfubj—Buffalo, 1; Providence, 2. At Detroit—Detroit, 11 ; Chicago, 3. At D rente*—Toronto, s; B r u t ton, 19. L. / 44 51 5*J P.O. ,5< <0 .4.V1 -41S •37s C o n c e s s io n s o r A n n e x a t i o n . H a v a n a . A u g . 8 .—T h e T o b a c c o B u y ers’ union of Havana was recently ask ed b y th e M e r c h a n ts’ u n io n to give an opinion a s to th e d u tie s lev ied iu th e United states upon Cuban tobacco. T h e re p ly w a s to th e effect t h a t d u ties on cigars should he reduced to §2.50 a p o u n d irre s p e c tiv e of v a lu e a n d th a t the d u tie s on wrappers and fillings should he reduced 2d and 23 cents re sp e c tiv e ly a p o u n d . A lo n g p r e a m b le asserts that Cuba if she does not ob tain concessions to which she has a p e r f e c t rig h t , in v iew o f th e fa c t th a t she is under tlie economic as well as th e p o litic a l p r o te c tio n o f th e U n ited States, sh o u ld ask for annexation. 7 CALM IN STEEL STRIKE I MINE 8TRIKE THREATENED. H a d o f C h i c a g o Ocean. L i n e . Chicago, Aug. 8.—Ruinous discrim i n a t i o n in in s u r a n c e ra t e s , a c c o r d in g to officials of the Northwestern Steam sh ip co m p a n y , h a s decid e d th e m to withdraw from the transatlantic route the co m p a n y ’s steam ships. The w ith drawal w ill be m ade on the return of the tw o steam ships to Chicago from Liverpool. Sim ilar action w ill be taken w ith the company’s other tw o steam ships unless the alleged extortions shall be abated in the six w e eks’ in terval that w ill elapse before the steam ships again m ake this port, and th e route w ill be abandoned until such tim e as satisfactory rates can be ar ranged. F r a n c e T h r e a t e n s T u r k e y . Paris, Aug. 8.—The M arseilles corre spondent of L e Journal reports that a Freueh squadron is w a iting for the sig nal to proceed to Turkish w a ters. A high official of the foreign office yester day explained the nature o f the difficul ty at Constantinople betw e en the French em bassador there, M. Constans, and the Turkish governm ent. There are tw o m a tters pending between France and Turkey, the affair of the Quay eom pany and a number o f claim s of Frenchm en against the porte, the total am ount of w h ieh w a s fixed and paym ent promised long ago. O d d F e l l o w * F l e e t officer*. K ingston, N. Y., Aug. 8.—The annual session oi the s tate of N e w York grand lodge, Grand United Order o f Odd F e l lows, ended yesterday. The officers elected w ere: Jam es K. Lew is, Pough keepsie, grand m aster; Jam es J. K en nedy, New’ York city, deputy grand m a ster; J. L. Pritchard, N e w York city, grand secretary; L. J. Pelham , Newburg, grand treasurer, and J. H. Griffin, Auburn, district director. Poughkeepsie w a s chosen for the next annual session. BRIEF NEW S NOTES. The Constitution has been aga’n placed in com m ission a t Bristol. T h e B r itish garrison a t Kashmirkar, northw est India, has been forced to surrender arm s to M ahsufl tribesmen. Eight bodies In all have been recov ered from the ruins at the scene of the Locust street {Philadelphia) gasoline /explosion. There have been no deaths ht either hospital ±6,000,WO. I n c r e a s e af* P a n - A m e r i c a n F a i r . Buffalo, Aug. 8.—The attendance nt the exposition is show ing a steady and gratifying Inert'aw. N o tw ith-tanding that it rained yesterday morning 57.0UD persons passed through the turn>iik;-\ It Augurs Long Fight Against Trust. WATCHING THE 0ABNEGIE PLANTS W e a t h e r F a r e e a s f . ifnir; fresh west to northwest winds S u c l i D e p e n d * o n Tlkese E m p l o y e e * D e c i d i n g W i t h A m a l g a m a t e d A s s o c i a t i o n —E a c h S id e A s s e r t s T h e r e W i l l B e N o M o r e C o n f e r e n c e s , Ijfttsburg, Aug. 8.—In the big steel strike honors are easy in this section. The Am algam a ted association has suc ceeded in elosing down the big steel plant In Newcastle, and the m a n u fac turers have partly broken the strike at the Clark m ill in this city. Neither side is exulting, nor is there any expression of discouragem ent. Victory or defeat o f either at this early stage of the warfare can have but little effect be yond indicating the probable line of battle to be p ursued by each. N o t the slightest trouble has occur red at any point in this im m ediate ter ritory, and Am a lgam a ted men corre spondingly m e happy, because this con dition would seem to he the carrying out of the association’s new departure in the handling of strikes. The qniet w a iting o f the strikers m a y be one of the surprises hinted at by the national officers. From one or tw o points the strikers are reported as restless and ea ger for action, but so far have kept faith w ith their leaders and refrained from com m itting any breach of the peace. Recorder A. M. Brown does not an ticipate that there w ill be any disorder in Pittsburg on account of the steel strike. I f there should be disorder, he says, it would be the duty of the bu reau of police to suppress it and arrest all who are concerned in it. Mr. Brown incidentally rem a rked. that there would be no discrim ination betw een strikers and employers and that all are equal under the lawT and so w ill be treated. Tlie United States Steel corporation, it is learned from an official source, w ill at once proceed in a system a tic manner to start its closed sheet m ills, m a k ing the nctrunion plants of the K iskim inetas valley the cradle where strike breakers w ill be trained and then sent out to ihe m ills that are closed. D e p e n d s o n C a r n e s l e M e n . In the m eantim e every one is asking w h a t the em p loyees o f the Carnegie company w ill do. I f they quit work or enough m en strike to cripple the plants, the strikers w ill have won. If the Carnegie c o m p a n y can hold its men, the strike still w ill be on w h en tlie snow flic?, it almost is sure that on e , i f n o t tw o , o f th e C a r n e g i e m i l l s will close down. The lower union mill h e r e h a s a lodge o f A m a lg a m a te d m e n h o ld in g t h e p r in c i p a l po s itio n s . A fe w members are scattered through the up p e r u n io n m ill. T h e s e m ills m a k e m e r chant steel and small structural shapes. I f the men strike, it will not have much effect on the market, but the moral effect will be great. M cKeesport is in a blaze of excite m ent. It is here that trouble is ex pected to begin. W ith a population of 40,000, o f w h ich 8,000 are em ployees of the steel corporation, a m a jority of whom are fo r e i g n e r s , th e r e is no t e l l ing what will happen when nonunion m en are introduced to start the Wood sheet m ill next week. In former strikes a t the tube works m o b s of 5,000 have gathered around the m ill, shutting off all approach. The mayor of the town is in sym p a thy w ith the strikers, and the police force of 30 men w ill be pow erless to cope w ith th e mob. The first aet o f violence, it is said, w ill be the signal for the calling out of the na tional guard o f the state. So far as President G. M. Schwab is concerned, no overtures w ill be made by the trust to the workers. In a talk w ith a Pittsburg m a n in N e w York he said: “W e have m ade our last proposition to the Am a lgam a ted association and w ill now proceed to start our works.” President Shaffer m akes this counter Btatement: “The n e x t proposition m u st com e from the United States Steel corpora tion officials.” The trust officials have decided to go ahead slow ly in the m a tter of starting m ills and to do so w ith as little publici ty as possible. No News From Roosevelt. Colorado S p r in g s , A n g . 8.—Vice P r e s ident R o o sevelt and. the party of citi zens w h o le f t Colorado Springs Mon day afternoon for a horseback ride and coyote hunt through the southeastern part of E l Paso connty and w ere to •have been back yesterday afternoon have n o t been heard from. T h is is tak en to mean th a t they are having an en joyable and successful hunt. The pro posed trip* to the Cripple Creek district has been postponed until Friday. Three Executive Boards to Meet In Joint Conference. Scranton, Pa., Aug. 8.—The executive boards o f districts Nos. 1, 7 and 9 of the U n ited M ine W orkers o f America have serious questions to determine at the im p ortant joint conference whieh they have called to m eet at H a zleton. The outcom e o f this conference m a y be an ultim a tum to the heads of the different coal com panies w h ieh if not accepted m a y lead to an im m ediate strike o f all the anthracite m iners of Pennsylvania as great in scope as w a s that w h ieh took place last September and October. T h is special conference is the result o f the hearing by the separate boards of com p laints from local union com m issions of tho harsh treatm ent they are receiving from the superintendents of the coal com panies w h en they en deavor to have grievances corrected. It is said to have been the implied un derstanding that all such com plaints would receive attention w h en coming from com m issions representing only the em ployees of ihe company con cerned. It is asserted that the reports receiv ed at headquarters hero indicate con ceit ed action by the m ining superin tendents to disregard the agreem ents of last April and the previous October. The superintendents are alleged to be acting on an understanding to create dissensions and dissatisfaction so as to provoke the petty strike* that are oc curring. The Mine W orkers’ officials poimrtnit that tw o or more o f the m ines of eaoli of tlie big com panies are now idle by reason of these strikes. Tlie continual discharge of men, said to lie because of their activity in the affairs of the union, has become so gen e r a l th a t th i s is s u e alone is r e g a r d e d a s sufficient to cause action by the exeeu tive boards. R e a l E s t a t e S a les In O k l a h o m a . Hobart, O. T„ Aug. 8.—Business lots at the auction are bringing from §9 to •sTd. Every one so far has been ex trem ely orderly and peaceable. Tlie tow n still grows. Tents are becom ing more numerous every hour. Another Republican newspaper plant has arriv ed in tow n and w ill publish its first issue next week. A s yet no Dem ocratic paper is here, although it is said three are on their w a y . Two banks are run ning and have had no trouble in sup plying currency. Nearly §10,000 has been received here by express. Large sum s are expected today. M any came intending to use checks and had to telegraph for their money to be sent by express. Artillery Officers Promoted, W ash ini:toil, Aug. 8.—Under the in- struetious of Secretary Root that tho a r t i l l e r y a r m be in c r e a s e d o n e - s ix th w h e n e v e r l.S <>0 m e n h a v e b e e n re c r u i t ed, the war department has directed the issue of an order carrying out th e s e instructions to date Aug. 1. This w ill cause the promotion of the following officers: Lieutenant Colonel J. It. lly - riek, to be colonel; Majors A. II. Mer rill and W. Ennis, to be lieutenant co lo nels: Captains H. L. Harris, A. A. Mur ray, W. E. Birkbimer, T. It. Adams and J. A. Lundeen, to be m ajors, and a number of first lieutenants to be cap tains. C londbnrst In T'tali. Salt Lake City, Aug. 8.—Cloudbursts a n d h e a v y r a i n s in v a r i o u s p a r t s o f Utah caused the loss of two lives and resulted in considerable dam age to railroad and other property. At W inter Quarters, where the m ines of the P leas ant Valley Coal com pany are located, a flood caused by a cloudburst swept aw a y the home o f M a tt Korbillo. Kor- billo, his w ife and child w e re sw ept aw a y by the torrent, the father and child being drowned, w h ile the mother w a s rescued only w ith great difficulty. She w a s terribly bruised and received injuries th a t m a y prove fatal. Shot hy His Little Sister. Tuckerton, N. J., Aug. 8. — Elm er H&nley, 5 years old, w a s shot by !?is sister Ellen, 11 y e a r s old, a n d died four hours later. The parents o f the children w ere out. Ellen found a revolver and suggested that s h e . a n d her brother play Indians. She held the revolver and pointed i t a t her little.brother and snapped the trigger. The bullet struck the boy over the right eye, and h e fell to the floor. H e died w ithout regaining consciousness. E l e c t r i c A u t o m o b i l e ’s R e c o r d T r i p . Chicago, Aug. 8.—Nearly 200 m iles on one battery charge Is the latest per form ance of an electric automobile, set ting a new mark for these vehicles. The m achine is the joint output of tw o Cleveland com panies and a Chicago company. The perform ance of the new m achine is due to the advanced im provem ent in those parts of the m a chine, battery, motor and running gear, w h ich enable it to cover more than tw ice as m a n y m iles on one chaige as has heretofore been done by electric vehicles. The test w a s m ade on the Chicago boulevard. E x - G o v e r n o r y * w c l l D y i n g . N e w York, Aug. 8.—According to a m e s sage received from Allentown, N. J., The Tribune says, ex-Governor W il liam A. N e w ell of N e w Jersey is dying. Ex-Governor N e w e ll w a s the first Re publican governor of the state, serving from 1857 to 1860. H e is 83 years old and has been In failing health for some tim e. N o tw ithstanding his a g e ex-Gov- ernor N e w e ll has been a fam iliar figure at every im p o rtant Republican gather ing for years. Klgbty-fivr Million Dollar Mortgage. Van Buren, Ark., Aug. 8.—The lar gest m ortgage ever recorded In this county w a s th a t filed yesterday for 185,000,000. It w a s given by the St. Louis and San Francisco R a ilw a y com pany in favor o f a N e w York trust eompany. The m o rtgage Is payable in gold in 1951 ana bears not t o exceed 4 per cent. W ar revenue stam p s in tbe sum o f *43,000 ware attached. BURNED AT THE STAKE Alabama Mob Wreaks Venge- ance on a Negro, USUAL CRIME IS THE CAUSE T h e A d s M a y B e S a v e d . St. John’s, N. F., Aug. 8.—The latest inform ation received from the wrecked steam er Acls, w h ieh lies on th e rocks w e s t of Cape Race, is th a t she has sunk four feet farther by the head, but th a t a f t o f No. 3 hold sh e is free o f water. The engine room is dry, th e en gineers are standing by the machinery, and there is f u ll steam on in readiness for the first favorable opportunity to tow her off the rocks. S e w L i e u t e n a n t S h o t . M ontgomery, Ala., Aug. 8.—Captain Noble W iley, son of Congressm an W i ley o f th is district and who recently received an appointm ent as lieutenant in th e regular a rm y , w a s shot and seri ously wonnded here last night by Dr. J. H . Crossland, The c a u se o f the diffi culty ia not known. It is not believed the wound la dangerous. Posse o f B l a c k s a n d W h i t e s H u n t e d F o p H o n r s F o r A s s a i l a n t o f W ife o f P r o m i n e n t C i t i z e n — G a v e H i m S h o r t S l i r i f t . Birm ingham , Ala., *Aug. 8 . — W ith agonizing scream s and his e y e s bulging from his head John W e sley Penning ton, a negro, w a s burned at the stake near Enterprise, Ala., before a crowd of 500 enraged and determined citizens o f Coffee county. The mob w a s com posed of both w h ites and blacks, and, though the suffering man pleaded lor mercy and frantically endeavored to break the' chains that tightly bound him, not a trace of sym p a thy w a s shown on the faces that peered at him through the flames. Pennington had com mitted a brutal assault upon Mrs. J.-C. D a v is, the w ife of one of the m ost prominent farm ers o f Coffee eounty, and had confessed his guilt. T h e crime w a s com m itted on T u e s day afternoon w h ile Mrs. D a v is w a s gathering vegetables in her garden. Pennington choked the w o m a n into in sensibility and fled through th e w o o d s near by. A s soon as she regained her senses Mrs. D a v is crawled to tne house and told her husband. A large posse quickly w a s organized, w ith blood--- hounds, and they chased the neg-o nn til early yesterday morning, w h en he w a s captured in a swamp. H e -was bound hand and foot and taken to the D a v is home for identifica tion. N e w s of the assault on Mrs. D a vis had spread for m iles around Enter prise, and every farmer in the neigh borhood Led joined in the pursuit. W h en the rosse arrived w ith Penning ton, at least 500 persons w ere gathered near the D a v is home. I d e n t i f i c a t i o n C o m p le t e . A great shout w e n t np w h en the prisoner appeared, bnt at a signal tha men w ithdrew to the w o o d s and quiet ly aw a ited the result of the m eeting of Pennington and Mrs. D a v is. Mrs. D a vis recognized him a s her assailant, and the negro broke down and wept. H e adm itted his guilt and pleaded for mercy, but he w a s dragged from th e house to the woods, where the crowd had gathered. E v idently expecting the confession, several citizens already had driven an iron pipe in the ground, and a s f h e - captors approached w ith Pennington both w h ites and blacks w e re pUing brushwood around the stake. T h e ne- gro realized ills doom and, w ith a scream o f terror, fell in a faint. H e w a s revived and dragged to the stake, w h ile the crowd stood silently by. The frightened man w a s lirap and had to he held up .w h ile the chains were faster, ed around his neck and body. A m atch w a s applied to the pile, and, w ith oil to feed upon, the tiny flame soon burst into a roaring fire. The terrified negro again pleaded for mercy in the most agonizing tones and prayed that those around him m ight perish. B y this tim e the lire had gained sueh headw a y that nothing could be seen except a w r iggling motion in th e circle of fire. In a few m inutes the flames bad subsided sufficiently to sbow tbat Pennington’s head had fallen forward anti hung limp over the iron chain. H is body quickly w a s consumed, and noth ing remained but a pile of ashes. Bank Officials Iiulietod. N ew York, Aug. 8 .—Tw o indictm ents, it w a s reported yesterday on high au thority, have been found by the federal grand jury in the Seventh National bank case. W arrants m ay not be issued until the end of the month, and until the men are arrested their nam es w ill not be made known. Other indictm ents are expeeted. Extraordinary precau tions were taken by General Burnett, United States district attorney, to keep secret the happenings yesterday before the grand jury. A ll of his staff and other officials connected w ith the grand jury room w ere instructed not to give inform a tion to anybody. C a u s e o f D e l a y a f I’e k i n g . W a shington, Aug. S.—It is the belief at the state department that the delay in signing the protoeel a t Peking te A to the difficulty o f adjusting the tariff on an ad valorem Instead o f a specific basis and also in arranging the details for the co-operation of the m ilitary branch in restricting th e im p o rtation of firearms. The United States govern ment has received representations made by the Pacific coast com m ercial bodies saying that the proposed 5 per cent duty on a gold basis w ill work s e rious hardship on Am erican trade in flour g o ing to the orient; C h i l e a n E m b a s s a d o r S e r i o u s l y 111. Buffalo, Aug. S.— The illness o f Senor Vicuna, the Chilean em bassador to the U n ited States, has again taken a seri-^ ous turn, and h is condition i s now con sidered critical. S e n o r V icuna ca here several w e e k s ago to participate in the cerem onies incident t o the open ing o f Chile’s building at ^tfae Pan- American exposition. H e w a s ta k e s sick and sym p tom s o f pneum onia de veloped. A w e ek ago M s physicians stated that the em b assador w a s rapid ly recovering, bnt a relapse occurred and he is again very ill. An American Arrested In Berlin. Berlin, Aug. 8 — A man claim ing to be B. O. Bolles o f 8an Francisco, bnt who registered a t the Ivaiserbof oa B o lles o f Boston, w a s arrested yester day for presenting a t a branch of the Dresden bank cheeks identified as part o f the booty obtained by tfib robbery of the American Express com p any’s office in Paris during the m onth of April last, B o lles claim s be checks legitim a tely. acquired th*
