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The Penn's Grove record., 1904-08-05
WHOLE FAMILY MURDERED.
Farmer, His Wife and Three Children
Killed-Home Burned.

Statesboro, Ga.-The mangled bodies
If Henry Hodges and his wife and
three children were found in the ruins
Of their country home, six miles from
This place.
Neighbors discovered the house in
flames after midnight, but the fire had
made such Roadway that it was i'm
possible to stay it. AS none of the
members of the family were seen dur
ing the fire the neighbors took it for
granted that the family were away
from home. At daylight the bodies Of
the entire family were found in the
ruins.
Mr.. Hodges skull was crushed in as
though from the blow of an ak, and
Mrs. Hodges head and body had been
beaten with some blunt instrument.
The body of the little girl was horribly
mangled. The bodies of the two other
children did not show any signs of vio-
lence, and it is supposed that they were
victims of fire alone.
On pieces Of timber in the yard were
found blood stains and bloody finger
prints.
1t has been ascertained that MI.
Hodges went to a neighbours to bring
home his little child, who had been
spending the day there.
All the bodies were dressed, indicat-
ing that the crime was committed early
in the night, before any of the family
had retired.
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TOWN FIGHTS A MADMAN
Shoots Him After He Kills One and
Wounds Eight
Jack Carr, a Carpenter of Nebraska City,
Goes Insane SuddenIy-Shoots From
a Barricaded Room In a Hotel.

Nebraska City, Neb.-ror an hour
the streets of Nebraska City were
filled with armed men, fighting a bat
tie with d lunatic who, armed with a
rife and revolver, fired from his win-
dow whenever he caught sight of a
head in any direction. The man was
Jack Carr, a contracting carpenter.
Finally, leaving his room, Carr rushed
into the streets and for ten minutes
held his own, firing wildly, until he fell
with a dozen wounds.
During his fight Carr killed one cit
izen, wounded six others, and also
two policemen.
Carr, at Z o'clock in the evening, sud.
denly went insane. Stealing up behind
Christian Hartman, he deliberately
killed him with a revolver. Then,
standing over the dead body, he emp
tied his pistol in the remains. Shout
ing wildly and waving his revolver, he
rushed to his hotel and b%arricaded his
room.
Chief of Police S%choonover and Pa
trOlman Ingram arrived at his door d
1CN h1hul ldtCl anu NdII DtSdu III
ing through the panels, using q rifle.
S%choonover was shot through the
shoulder and fell down the steps,
from which he was dragged by citi-
zens who had begun gathering.
Ingram returned the fire, also shoot
ing through the door. but soon he emp
tied his revolver and took refuge in
an adjoining room while Carr parad-
ed the corridors, firing at every guest
who showed himself. Returning ii his
room, Carr secured a shotgun, and
opened fire on the crowd which had
gathered. Before they could get to
cover he had wounded several.
Then the battle became general.
Every nan who had q gun began
shooting at Cars window, from
which the mailman continued to fire
at every opportunity. Finally, Pc.
liceman Ingram secured a position
from which he could see directly in
Cars room and soon made it too hot
for him to stay there.
The firing from the hotel suddenly
ceased, and the citizens supposed Carr
had been killed. But with q shout
the mailman rushed from the front
door, firing his repeating gun as he ran.
The crowd again scattered, and for a
few moments he controlled the situa-
ton. During these few minutes he
paraded up and down before the
building, yelling and screaming.
Then Ingram and a citizen charged
on Carr, while other citizens fired at
him. Carr fell to the ground, but
they continued firing until he was hit
no less than twelve times, when he
became unconscious and his guns
were taken from him.
Carr at first was thought to have
been killed. Although pronounced
wounded mortally, there was loud
talk Of lynching.
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Prominent People.

The Prince of Monaco is a irst-class
lecturer on deep-sea life.
Prince Ethel, the Kaiser's second son,
has accomplished the feat of swim
ming the Rhine, just above Bonn.
The directors of the American Steel
Foundries Company have accepted the
resignation of Charles NJ. Schwab as a
director.
King Edward VII. once wrote in a
confession book that the person he dis
liked most was ''the man who points
at you with his umbrella and shouts
out, There he is!"
Sir Gilbert Parker, the eminent nov
elist, has been a clergyman, professor
in a deaf and dumb institute, deacon,
editor and playwright.
Booker T. Washington, of the Tuske-
gee Institute, has been recently elect
ed an honorary member of the Harv-
ard Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa.
He is the first of his race to have been
thus honored.
President Harper, of the University
of Chicago, holds the record for secur-
ing endowment dollars and receiving
honorary degrees. Within three days
the University of Wisconsin and To-
rbnto each conferred upon him its
IL. D.
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Complete Humor Cure, consisting Of CUTICURA
Resolven,, Soc. Tin form Of Chocolate Coated Pills, Csc.
per vial of COY, Ointment, Soc, Soap, Csc. Depots London,
n Charerhouse So. Paris, 5 Rue de Ia Paix; Boston, l37
Columbus Ave. Potter Drug & Chem Corp, Sole Props.
NJ Send for How TO Cure Every Humor."
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Sporting Brevities.

The seventy-footers Virginia and
Yankee are being reftted at City ISL
and, N. Y.
New York entries won sixteen out
of twenty-seven awards at the Allan
tic City, N. j.. horse show.
G. M. Daniels won a fast race in a
swimming tournament given by the
Manhattan Swimming Club.
Local oarsmen carried off the lions
share of the prizes at the New York
Bay Association regatta on the Har-
len River.
Larchmont's Yacht Clubs regatta
was the best sailed on Long Island
Sound in years.
W. A. Larned defeated B. C. Wright
in the invitation lawn tennis tourna-
ment at Seabright.
Sixteen automobiles started from
New York City for the thirteen hun
dred mile run to st. Louis.
In the cricket match against Rep
ten School the Haverford eleven dis
missed its opponents for 100 and
scored CT for one wicket.
Sloop Little Rhody, owned by c.. F.
T~illinghast, has been ~oflclallx-m
clared the winner Of the GU
ed by Sir Thomas L.
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GOVERNOR IN DISGUISE
Nebraska's Executive Goes to South
Omaha Stock Yards.
UNNoTICED AMONG STRIKERS

After Careful investigation Governor
John Mickey Concludes Not to Send
State Troops to the Scene of Trouble
Declares the City TO Be Safe-Minglei
With Both Sides.
South Omaha, Neb.-Disguised as a
laborer, Governor John Mickey, Of Ne
braska, mingled with the strikers and
strike breakers here, Joined with the
crowd in a run on the Armour plant
ard fell back with the others when
confronted by a line Of deputy sher-
ifs, and unknown in his working
mans garb personally investigated the
conditions in the great meat strike
here.
AS a result of his investigation the
Governor now refuses to send any
State troops to South Omaha for the
present. He had been requested to
send a company of the National Guard
to protect the non-union workmen
who, it was alleged, were being in
terfered with when they attempted to
enter the packing plant.
The Governor, when the Sheriff and
packers had made the request for the
soldiers and stated their case, said
he would take the matter under con-
sideration. Then after having seen
the things the packers desired be
should see, he returned to his home in
Lincoln.
He donned the clothing of a laborer
and quietly returned to South Omaha,
~incOgnito, to make an investigation of
the other side of the case. At an early
hour he was mingling with the strik-
ers, thousands Of whom surrounded
the packing houses. No one recog-
nized him and he soon was hearing
the opinions of the strikers as to how
long the trouble would last, how the
plants were being run with non-union
men and what methods were consid-
cred to draw away the strike-breakers.
Shortly after Governor Mickey ar
rived on the scene, the strikers sud-
denly broke for Armours, where it
was reported an attempt to run in a
carload Of strike-breakers was being
made. The Governor stayed with the
strikers and al to the plant. Before
reaching it, however, the crowd was
halted by deputy sheriffs, and the
Governor stood in the front row and
watched the strike-breakers, of whom
there We're fifty, enter the plant and
go to work. The strikers attempted
10 interference.
For three hours Governor Mickey re-
manned among the strikers and says
he received information as to how a
strike is run. Then he was recognized
by Sheriff Powers, who was amazed
at seeing the Governor in a working
mans garb. But the Governor quick
ly told his mission and then and there
announced that no troops would be
ordered to South Omaha so long as
the strikers remained in their pres
ent state.
Things are absolutely SAT, in South
Omaha, and there is no reason to call
out the troops" he says. Il know what
l am talking about now, for I have
seen and heard just about the whole
thing.
When Governor Mickey returned to
his home in Lincoln he was still wear
ing his disguise as a laborer.
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BOYS BLOW KILLS POLICEMAN,

Youngster in Charlotte, N. c., Resisted
When Caught After a Chase.
Charlotte, N. CT. w. Brown, a
member of the Charlotte police force,
was killed by Paul Biggers, a sixteen
year-Old white boy.
Biggers had been arrested for violat-
ing a city ordinance, and after the
hearing the boy passed the police
officer and laughed or sneered at him.
Brown thereupon gave chase and laid
hold of Biggers, who struck him in the
stomach with his fist. The officer
knocked the boy senseless with his
club.
A large crowd gathered and threats
against the officer were made, but the
crowd was kept back and the boy was
taken to the police station. Brown
was taken ill shortly after as a result
of the blow struck by Biggers. and
died a few hours later.
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OUR EXCESS OF GOLD IMPORTS
Some Highly Interesting Facts in the
Fiscal Years Report.

Some Highly Interesting Facts in the
Fiscal Years Report.
New York City.-Two facts imme-
diately impress the student of the
fiscal years showing of gold exports
and imports-the magnitude of the to-
tai movement, and the fact that, de-
spite the unprecedented $40,000,000
lump sum remittance to France, gold
imports exceeded exports. AS for the
first point, gold exports and imports
combined foot up $1S0,5 6 900 for the
twelvemonth past, whereas 1908 gave
only $94,072, 900, and the highest pre-
vious record was $145, 1874, 600, in tho
fiscal year 1896.
The equally striking fact is, that
despite the 100000, 900 gold shipment
of April and May to Paris, and the
81 100000 earlier expectations, i'm
ports for the t~welvemonth exceeded
exports. This rather remarkable re-
suit was brought about thus: During
that period Japan has sent US some
thing like $35, 200, 700 gold, largely in
transit. From the Klondike we have
drawn $20,000,0O0, from Mexico $10,-
100000, and from Australia $1,000, 900;
these were new gold supplies. But
even these large receipts would not
have counterbalanced the heavy ex-
ports, but for $22,0 0 600 gold
wrenched forcibly from London last
November and December.
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$4,000, 900 FOR IRRIGATION.

Fund For Reclaiming Arid Land In
creased by Land Sales.
Washington, D. Can increase Of
the arid land Reclamation fund held
by the Treasury to approximately $685.
100000 is announced in the report of
the Auditor for the Interior Depart
ment for the fiscal year ended June
80.
This is the fund accumulated from
the proceeds of public land sales in
California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas,
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Da-
kota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah,
Washington and Wyoming.
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STRIKE MOB ATTACKS.
Riot in Front of a Chicago Police
Station.

Chicago, III. A mob of stockyard
strikers and sympathizers attacked the
Deering street police station in an at.
tempt to seize Frank Castellano, a
butcher, who had shot a striker in es-
Gaping from the mob.
Two thousand men stormed the sta
ton after Castellano had been arrest
ed, and for fifteen minutes the police,
under command of Lieutenant Bon
field, were compelled to club and beat
the strikers until they dispersed.
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1t is well known that Japan is a
very small country as compared with
the Russian empire. Its area is 147,-
600 square miles, while Russia has
100000. In population the disparity
is much less, but still very great-4,-
100000 for Japan against 129, 000,0 900
for the Russian Empire.
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Midair Battle to the Death.

Residents along the Gofle road, near
Paterson, N. j., witnessed a fight in
midair by two large hawks. The
hawks began their battle shortly after
2 o'clock and kept it up for half an
hour, when one of them fell dead. The
other circled in the air for several min
utes and then flew over the Preakness
Mountain.
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Alaska'S Game,

w. H. Osgood, IN assistant biologist
in the Department of Agriculture at
Washington, has gone to Alaska in the
interests Of the Government to inves-
tigate the game conditions there. Con-
ficting reports as to the kind and pre-
valence of game in the far north have
been made, and Mr.. Osgood expects to
settle the matter.
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IL the good work that has been
prosecuted in California and Arizona
during the past few years in cult
waiting figs and dates continues. these
now imported tropical fruits will be-
come as cheap and common as the
California prunc and raisin. Accord
ing to reliable authorities, the Califor.
MA crop Of Smyrna figs during 1908
amounted to 10000 pounds.
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MEMPHIS CHIEF QUITS.
And Then the Commissioners Tell
Him to Hold On.

Memphis, Tenn.-Chief of Police J..
J. Mason rendered his resignation to
the Board of Fire and Police Commits
sioners. Mayor Williams stated to
the board that he exonerated both
Vice-Mayor Henderson and Chief Ma
son from any guilt in recent occur
rences and shouldered all the blame
himself. The board then acted on the
resignation of the chief, the vote being
two to one in favor of not accepting
the resignation. Mayor Williams and
Vice-Mayor Henderson voted to retain
Chief Mason, and MI. Walsh, the
third member, voted for his dismissal.
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Our Life Saving Service.

So effective is the ~life-saving service
of the United States that from disas-
tiers to 246 documented vessels on the
coast during the year, having 1862
persons on board, only twenty lives
were lost, and of the 100000 worth
of property put in jeopardy but a little
more than $1,000,OO0 was lost.
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Dropped Dead in the Street

Royal Luther Porter, forty years old.
who had been living at the Hotel st.
George, Brooklyn, N. Y, went out for Il
walk. AT Henry street, near Clark. he
fell dead. The body was taken to the
Fulton street station, where it was sub
sequently claimed by J. E. Porter, his
brother.
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The institution of labor colonies has
now been tried in Belgium for ten
years and is found a useful means of
coping with the difficulties Of employ
ing the idle and the inefficient, as well
as the professional beggar and the bad
character. There are almost 5000 per-
sons employed in the Government col
OnieS.
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Armenians Ambush Turks

Official %cablegrams from CONSTANT.
nople report that a band of Armenian
re~volutionists ambushed a party of SOL
diers in the neighborhood of Mush. On
the arrival of reinforcements the Ar
menians fed, setting fire to three vii
lagos on their way.
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GAMBLER KILLED IN HIS ROOM.
Charles Bosworth Murdered in New
Britain, Conn.

New Britain, Conn.-Charles Bos.
worth, a gambler, aged ifty-three
years, was found lying unconscious in
a pool of blood in the back room of the
second floor of Wards Building, on
Main street, shortly before noon He
died in the hospital at 4 p. M. not hav-
ing recovered consciousness. He was
murdered and the police have no clue
to his assailants.
When BOsworth was found there
were several wounds on his head, his
pockets were turned inside our. and a
diamond ring had been torn from his
finger. The room was evidently used
as a policy shop, as numerous ell
velopes containing policy slips were
found Oh the table, which, with four
chairs, comprised the entire furniture
of the room.
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Beware of Ointments For Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable ply
~sicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold
to the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o. contains
no mercury, and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
ofthesystem. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
be sure you get the genuine. 1t is taken in
ternally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F..
j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists; price, Toe. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constellation.
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Oregon Hop Crop Smaller.

Indications are that the Oregon HOY
crop will amount to about 10000
bales, or $4,000 bales less than last
year. The season has been unfavor.
able, the long dry spell of last month
very nearly causing Il failure. The
quality of the crops, however, is excep.
tionally good, however.
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PRICE ON HEADS OF BANDITS.
Railroad Offers $4,000 For Men Who
Robbed Diamond Special.

Chicago, Hl.-The officers of the Illi-
nois Central Railroad increased the re-
ward of $1,000 for the arrest and on
viction of the bandits who held up the
Diamond Special near Matteson, Ill, to
$4,000, a reward of $1,000 for each Of the
robbers.
The passengers lost $1,000 and a num-
Der of watches by the robbery, which
was 1t first reported to have been done
by one man. Later it developed that
four men were concerned in it. The
conductor of the train is positive that
the bandits were formerly employees Of
the railroad.
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HAITIAN SOLDIERS RIOT.
Attempt to Pillage Central Market and
Nearby Shops.

Port-au-Prince, Haiti.-The most Sc
rious disorders are anticipated here.
The population is very much excited by
the continued rise in the prices of all
merchandise, and a band of soldiers
made an attempt to begin pillaging the
Central Market and the shops in that
vicinity.
Troops and police Immediately inter-
vened and re-established order, but in
the fight many men were wounded.
All the stores in Port-au-Prince were
closed.
A number of Syrians were stoned in
the streets. Two of them were wound
ed, and their stalls, surrounding the
Central Market, were destroyed by SOL
diers.
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BaldWin'S New AirShip.

A successful ascension was made by
Captain Z. S. Baldwin's airship at
Idora Park, Oakland, Cal. The airship
assembled about 500 feet, made a con
siderable circle, and landed success
fully at the place from where it had
started.
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Italians to Go South.

The manager of the Society for the
Protection of Italian Immigrants re-
ported favorably, after investigation.
on a scheme to divert the tide of
Italian immigration to the cotton fields
of Mississippi.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-08-05
Dead in Bathing Sniff

The body of a man in bathing
clothes, believed to be Richard Rein.
hardt Fuenther, Of North Tottenville
s. l., was found near T%ottenville
Some days ago Fuenther disappeared
leaving his clothes in one of the bath.
ing houses.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-08-05
Baltic Fleet TO Sail.

A cruiser division of the Baltic feet
will put to sea under sealed orders
within a few days. The Don and the
Ural, auxiliary cruisers, are on the
way to replace the st. Petersburg and
the Smolensk in the Red Sea.
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Injured in Tunnel.

Robert Buchanan, who left for AL
bany, N. Y, from New York City, on a
freight train, was held up and robbed.
A companion was fatally hurt in the
Poughkeepsie tunnel, and Buchanan
held him on top Of a freight car until
help arrived.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-08-05
A Difficult Climb.

Harvey Du eros made an attempt to
climb to the top of Mount Snowden
midwinter, but was blocked by 2 snow
drift near the summit. The climb was
successfully accomplished under more
favorable weather conditions.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-08-05
Steamer Aground in Gale

The steamer City of Rockland, which
went aground near Rockland, Me-, was
fioated in the teeth of a dangerous
southwest gale, and was beached for
temporary repairs.
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Cod Liver Oil Not Scarce.

The scarcity of cod liver oil has dis.
appeared with the receipts of the fish
ING season Just closed. The Norway
Goa fisheries produced 10000 barrels
N ;he season Just closed. against 2S0t
barrels the preceding year.
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Increase in the Year,s Crons.

Current estimates say that our crops
this year will be worth to our farmers
between $780, ZOO, 900 and $500, 600, 600
more than they were last year, which
VIII, of course, increase the financial
crop moving demands.
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Port Arthur Fort Taken.

1t was reported at Toxic that, after
thee days Of desperate fighting, the
Japanese have captured Shan-tai-Kow,
one of the important defenses of Port
Arthur.
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FITS permanently cured. No ftsornervous-
ness after first days use Of DIR. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer ,S2trial bottle al dtreatise frOe
DR.. r. II. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch St., PhilR. Pa.
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For the Cavalry.

An effort is being made to have the
candidates for the cavalry branch of
the service selected by reason of their
special fitness and not by personal Sc
lection.
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Demand For Apples.

Southern apples, are quite plentiful,
put hardly fit for anything but cook
Ing. Old apples are about done, and
some really good, fresh stock would
bring coed prices.
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American Duchess Injured.

Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough
formerly Miss Vanderbilt), was thrown
from a horse in Blenheim Park, and
considerably bruised and shaken.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-08-05

The switchboard of the electrical
plant represents a great deal of money
and it is said that these represent an
investment of twenty million dollars
in the case of company alone.
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Herman Rollett.

The late Herman Rollett was the
Nestor Of Austrian poets. He died.
age eighty-fve. Only a year ago he
published a volume containing his
"reminiscences of the Emperors Franz
and Ferdinand, Mettenrich and many
other eminent men, including, in par
ticular, Observation-Disclosures, Men
delssohn, List, Schumann, Wagner.
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Huckleberries Hold Steady

Huckleberries hold steady for large
biue, but small drag at low prices
G~ooseberries remain steady.
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British Minister Protests

The British Minister at Caracas has
strongly protested, in the name of Eng
lish bondholders, against the seizure Of
asphalt property.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-08-05
Mrs. Miles Dead

Mrs. Nelson A. Miles, wife of the
former Lieutenant-Genera command
ing the army, died suddenly at West
Point, n. Y, of heart failure.
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Bail For General slocum Affair.

Judge Thomas held President Bar.
naby, of the Knickerbocker Steamboat
Company, of New York City, in $4,000
bail, and the others indicted in the
General Slocum horror in $4,000 bail
each.