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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-06-02
$4,000, 1000 IN SUGAR.
Extensive Cuban Investments Are Planned
By Americans.

New York (SpeciaD Capitalists i'll
New York and elsewhere are taking a
lively interest in the development of the
sugar industry in Cuba. 1t is estimated
that something like $2o,ooo,ooo will be
invested by Eastern men within the next
year in the purchase Of plantations and
equipment of mills, railroads, docks and
other improvements necessary to sugar
production and its marketing.
One of the most extensive operators
will be the Nipe Bay Company, controlled
and operated by the same men who
compose the United Fruit Company. The
headquarters Of the company is in Bos-
ton. and Andrew B. Preston is presi-
dent In the vicinity of Nipe Bay, on the
north coast of the island, the company
owns a tract of 10000 acres. During
the present summer the company is to
build one OF the largest sugar works in
the world, with capacity for grinding
5000 tons of cane daily.
Mechanical equipment now being con-
tracted for will cost about 100000,
which, together with the land, will repre-
sent an outlay of $9,ooo,ooo.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-06-02
WARSAW SCENEOF HORROR
Eight Killed and a EIunired Wounded
in Riots
coSsAcKs FIRE ON THE MOB.
A Remarkable Conflict Between the Respect
able Jewish Socialist Class and the Disreput-
able Eemeut-Crowds of Men and Boys
With Axes Smash In the Doors Of Disreput-
able Houses.

Warsaw (By Cable).-The riots be-
tween the classes of Jews continues with
even greater ferocity
The disturbances continued all ddy,
and were still in progress late at night.
Eight persons have already been killed
and 100 wounded, 10 seriously. The
damage to property has been consider
able. There has been no pillaging, but
the destruction of the furniture in the
various houses has been absolute.
The mob, armed with axes, smashed
the doors and windows and brought the
furniture out on the streets, where they
broke it into small pieces. The owners
of the furniture in attempting to defend
their belongings were attacked, beaten
and even killed. Knives and revolvers
were used freely and many persons were
terribly injured.
A correspondent spent several hours
in the disturbed district, but did not see
a single active policeman. During the
day patrols occasionally appeared, but
they regarded the proceedings as merely
spectators.
The character of the disturbances is
unprecedented. The whole affair is a
conflict between the respectable Jewish
socialist classes and the disreputable
Jewish element There are conflicting
stories as to the origin of the trouble.
One report is to the effect that the re-
spectacle Jews, tired of hearing the
members of their race called keepers OF
disorderly houses, thieves and usurers
and other opprobrious names, resolved,
as the police were receiving brides for
protecting disreputable houses and per-
sons, to take the matter into their own
hands,
Another report has it that Jewish
roughs, in the guise of members of the
Bund were levying blaclmail upon shop
keepers, thus engaging the Socialists. In
any case, the Socialists seemingly de-
terinined on a crusade against the unde-
sirable persons of their own race, with
the result that crowds of men and boys
are now systematically running the dis
reputable houses.
Extraordinary scenes were witnessed
when the crowds visited the better Sec
ton of the city and demolished apart
ments filled with costly effects. Ward
robes, pianos and mirrors were thrown
out of the windows. The mob in the
streets left open spaces for the falling
articles and then completed the work
of destruction.
In one place a quantity of valuable
jewelry was taken out and deliberately
smashed with stones.
The whole affair was carefully organ
lied The leaders were supplied with
the addresses of the owners of disrepu-
table houses, and scarcely a single resort
in Warsaw escaped destruction.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-06-02
LIVED WITH BROKEN NECK.
For Nearly Year Brooklyn Man Survived An
Accident.

New York (SpeciaD After lying for
nearly a year in ST. GATHERINGS Hos
pital, Brooklyn, with broken neck,
Thomas O'Brien, Fl years old, is dead.
His case has attracted widespread inter-
est in medical circles, it being one OF the
few recorded instances OF 4 man thus in
jured living for any length of time.
O'Bren met with the accident last
August. He was calling on young
woman, who asked him to fix clothes
line that had caught in the pulley.
O'Brien leaned ont of a window,
lost his balance and fell to the ground,
a distance OF 20 feet, landing on his
head. The physicians then said that
the mans death was but question of
hours. But O'Brien fooled them. After
remaining unconscious for whole day,
he began to revive. He recovered the
use of his hands, but paralysis set in
recently, and soon the lower part OF his
body from the waist down became I'M
movable
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-06-02
NO POWER TO INVESTIGATE.
The Presidnt Cannot Appoint An Equitable
Commission.

Washington, D. c. (SpeciaD.-It is
stated that there will be no investigation
of the Equitable Life Assurance Society
by a Federal commission or any other
commission appointed by the President.
The Commissioner of Corporations,
who has been inqurinig into the law on
this subject, at the request Of the Presi-
dent, informed Mr. Roosevelt that there
was no legal authority for him to ap-
point a commission of investigation for
a specific case of this character. Mr.
Garfield takes the ground that only Con-
gress can delegate such authority. The
law creating the Department OF Com
merce and Labor empowers the Bureau
of Corporations to make general inquir-
les into interstate business, but il is made
for the information of the Government,
except in such cases as the President
may decide to make public
In the case of the Standard Oil Com
pany, the House by resolution directed
the present investigation, specifically
naming the corporation to be investi-
gated. Some such action by Congress-
it is held, would be necessary before
commission appointed by the President
could make any inquiry into the Equi-
table affair
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-06-02
SUSPECTS FOUL PLAY.
Nephew of Mrs. Stanford Offers Reward For
Evidence of Poisoning.

Schenectady, N. Y. (SpeciaD In re-
sponse< to a telephone query from this
city, Welton Stanford, who is now at
his summer home at Lake George, said
that he had offered reward of $1,000
for proof that his aunt, Mrs. Leland
Stanford, of San Francisco, who died
in Honolulu from the effects of poison,
and information leading to the convic-
ton of the person who administered it.
He stated that he had received official
reports of her illness and death from
the attending physicians from Honolulu,
and that he was not satisfied that she
died a natural death. He further said
he believed that she died from the eff
fects of poison, and that no examina-
ton of certain capsules administered to.
Mrs. Stanford during her illness had
been made. Mr.. Stanford was not
named as beneficiary in her will, al
though he inherited large sum after
the death of Senator Stanford, her hus-
band
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-06-02

sisted of flowers for funerals. He per-
mitted them to carry all the express mat
ter to one end of the car before ne
started to blow up the safe, and nearly
three hours were consumed in the parley-
ing. The robber had about IS pounds
of dynamite, and he set off three charges
before the safe was blown open.
After the third shot he compelled the
engineer and messenger to re-enter the
car ahead of him. Wilson was ordered
to strike a match for the purpose of
lighting a candle and the robber saw the
floor of the car covered with money,
gold and silver, the sight of which
seemed to excite him. AS he stopped 10
pick up the coin Messenger Laub step
ped up behind him and grabbed piece
of iron. Wilson, seeing the opportunity,
dropped and extinguished the light. while
Laub struck the robber powerful blow
over the head, knocking him TO the floor.
The robber struggled to his feet and
both the engineer and messenger Crap
pied with him. In the struggle the rob
ber's head was struck violently against
the corner Of the iron safe and he was
knocked unconscious
He was bound securely and the tram
was pulled into Bearmouth. where the
robber was left in charge of two deputy
sheriffs and transferred to the county
jail at Phillipsburg. He refuses to talk
and no one has been able to identity him.
All the money and express matter was
saved and brought into Butte
The top and sides of the car were
blown out, but the car itself remained
on the track and was able to continue
the run.
A sheriff's posse. which went out to
investigate the holdup, has returned,
convinced that there was but one man
implicated.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-06-02
MORE CARNEGIE HEROES.
The Commission Makes Awards OF Money and
Medals.

Pittsburg (SpeciaD.-At the May
meeting of the Carnegie Hero Fund Com
mission, which was held in the board
rooms of the Carnegie Steel Company
here the initial awards were made. Nine
cases were acted favorably upon by the
commission. Three silver medals and
six bronze medals were awarded. Three
widows whose husbands lost their lives
in the performance of acts OF heroism
were cared for by the commission, and
in one case money grant was made to
heroine for educational purposes. The
commission made a grant of $4,000 10
the general fund for the relief of the de-
pendents upon the victims OF the Brock
ton (Mass.) disaster, which occurred
March TO-
The awards as made are, in brief, as
follows:
Miss Ernestine F. Atwood, aged II,
student, of Melrose, Mass, for saving the
life of Harry NJ. Smith, 80 years of age,
of Quincy, Mass, on August %, 1904, re-
ceived medal and $500.
Alexander Cameron, painter, aged
FL, of Lindsay, Canada, was awarded a
silver medal for rescuing George H.
organs, an 8-year-old schoolboy, on April
"a, 1904.
Gideon King Marshall, aged 80, car
penter, lost his life at Springdale, Ale
gheny county, Pa, on May IS, 1904 while
attempting to rescue Arthur TRULY. Mrs.
Marshall was awarded silver medal
and $500
Seymour ]. Leighton, aged Al, ma
chinest, was drowned in the Mcrrimac
River while trying to rescue two school,
girls on July 4, 1904. near Lawrence,
Mass. Leighton's widow was awarded
a bronze medal and 5000
Thomas Mccain, aged 80, draw
tender on the bridge at Portland Maine.
tried TO save an S-year-old schoolboy
from drowning on June 20, 1904, but
was drowned. Mrs. Mccain was award
ed bronze medal and 5000.
Lavinia Steele, aged FL, a library cata-
loguer of Des Moines, Iowa, on Decem-
Der 9, 1904, saved the life Of George f.
Hill, law student at Iowa City, Iowa,
who had broken through the ice. Miss
Steele was awarded bronze medal.
Louis A. Baumann, Jr., aged ~,
farmer, was awarded a bronze medal Tor
saving the life OF companion while
swimming near Penn township, Allie
gheny county, Pa, on July II, 1904.
John J. Riley, aged A, ticket-seller,
for rescuing a would-be suicide who
jumped into the ocean at Coney Island,
near New York, on August IS, 1904, was
awarded bronze medal.
Tohn 7. Healv, aged "a. hospital at
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-06-02
BANDIT CAUGHT BY TRAINMEN.
Pate Of Lone Robber Who Held Up Fast
Express.

Butte, Mont, Especially THE North
Coast limited train on the Northern Pa
cifc was held UP by lone robber at Bear
mouth. He blew the safe open with
dynamite, but was overpowered and cap
tured by Engineer George L. Wilson and
Express Messenger Laub after violent
struggle. He has been taken to the
county Jail at Bearmouth. He has not
yet been identified His condition is crit
ical, his skull is fractured and he may
die.
Engineer Wilson and Messenger Laub
received kilograms of congratulaton from
General Manager H. ]. Horn, informing
them that drafts for $1,000 for each will
be mailed to them as reward for their
good work. Bearmouth is the scene of
frequent train robberies, the North
Coast Limited having been held up there
three times within two years. In the
first robbery Engineer O'Neill was killed
for resisting. For the second two
men were captured and are now serving
terms in the peni;entiary.
Saturday night about II o'clock the
limited was stopped by signal lights nelr
Bearmouth, and upon he train slowing
down masked robber jumped upon t..e
engine and forced Engineer Wilson TO
cut loose the express car and pull it a
mile down the track The robber was
evidently an amateur, and submitted TO
being held in conversation by Wilson and
Laub. They persuaded him that nearly
all the express matter in the car con-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-06-02
Killed Man She Thought Tramp.

Macarthur, Ohio (SpeciaD.-J. NJ
Specht, farmer and miller, was shot
and killed by Mrs. Emma Flynn, former
ly of Columbus. Mrs. Flynn was arrest
ed on charge of murder. She says that
late at night she noticed what she sup
posed to be a tramp looking into her
window, and that she fired through the
glass and barricaded herself in the house
Mrs. Specht and Mrs. Flynn ars cousins
and the families have been on the best
of terms
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-06-02
0gden's Wrecked Special.

Columbia, S. c. (SpeciaD.-As re-
suit of the recent official investigation
into the cause of the wrecking of Rob-
ert c. Ogden's special train near Green
vile, S. c., in April, the Southern Rail-
way officials announce the discharge of
Engineer ]. E. Hunter and Conductor
Acker. These employees are charged
with responsibility for the accident be-
cause they are alleged to have entered
the yard without having their train I'M
der control
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-06-02
HEART ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
Extraordinary Dislocatlou Revealed By
Autopsy on Sprinter.

Shippensburg, Pa. (SpeciaD.-A re-
markable case of cardiac dislocation has
been brought to light by an autopsy on
Burd Duke, about As years old, OF this
place. About 20 years ago he won in a
foot race, and the exertion, it is thought,
caused his heart TO change from the left
side to the right. He fell at the end
of the race and had since been great
sufferer
The post-mortem examination showed
his heart to be on the right side and the
stomach in the place where the heart
should have been on the left side and
grown fast to the left lung, with con-
nection between the lung and stomach
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-06-02
FINANCIAL

The Erie has ordered 1900 tons OF
steel rails.
Holman & Co., New York Stock
Exchange brokers, failed.
The death of B. H. Gaskill, head of
B. H. Gaskill & Co., caused widespread
regret.
1t is reported that three directors OF
the International Marine Company will
retire next month.
Burnett, Cummings & Co., street rail-
way promoters. have filed a petition IN
bankruptcy with Liabilities of SI,7oo,oooi
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-06-02

Admiral Togo's victory grows in size
with the passing of time, he himself say
ing that he nearly annihilated" the Sec
ond and third Russian fleets.
The flagship Kniaz Souvaroff was sunk
and Admiral Rojestvensky badly wound
ed, took refuge on a torpedo boat. ot-
Petersburg advces say he escaped to
Vladivostok. but Admiral Togo reports
capturing the torpedo boat with Admi-
rails Rojestvensky and Volkersam on
board, thus taking prisoners the two re-
naming ranking officers in the Russian
combined fleet. In addition there were
SO other Russians, officers and men, on
the vessel.
1t is reported in Toxic that in addi-
ton to the vessels, including Admiral
Roiestvensky's flagship, already report
ed sunk, four other Russian warshlps
were sent to the bottom, their names
not being given.
The captured Russian battleships Orel
and Nicola, and the coast-defense boat
Admiral-G General Seniavin have arrived
at Japanese shipyards.
Rear-Admiral Nebogatoff is also A
prisoner, having surrendered III the Orel
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-06-02
GREAT FINANCIER DEAD
AIpfonse De Ro.hschild Also a Pillar
thrJpist.
FAMOUS FOR Ills MANY CHARITIES.
Leading Spirit OF the Bankers Rothscfiid In
Their Relations With Governments OF
Europe-Finauced the Indemnity Which
France Paid Germany After the Franco
Prussiau War.

Paris (By Cable) Baron Alphonse
de Rothschld, head of the French
branch of the banking house bearing the
name of Rothschld and governor OF the
Bank of France, died at 4.3o A. M. OF
acute bronchitis, aggravated by govt.
The eminent fnancier had been sink
ing slowly for many days, but there was
no apprehension that his death was i'm
minent. He first took to his bed two
weeks ago. Several rallies gave prom
Use of his recovery. Two days ago the
Baron began to fail rapidly, and his
condition assumed disquieting form.
Although he kept up an animated con-
versation with members of his family
and the old servants, the patient became
very weak, and entered upon coma
tose state in which he died peacefully
The announcement of the Baron's death
caused widespread regret, for, besides
his position in the financial world, Baron
Alphonse was known for his lavish char
tiles, one of the latest being the gift OF
100000 for the erection of working
mems homes.
The funeral will be quite simple, ac-
cording to the strict rule of the Roths-
child family, including a plain coffin,
without mourning tributes. The serv-
ices will be the occasion of a notable
tribute of respect.
A member of a French-American
banking house said:
Baron Alphonse was the leading spir-
it of the Rothschilds in their relations
with practically all the Governments OF
Europe.
"Besides the colossal task of financing
the indemnity which France paid to
Germany after the .Franco-German War
of 1901, he actively carried on rela-
tions with other Governments. In Italy
these included both the Government and
the Vatican finances.
"The house also has large interests in
Spain, largely controls Austria's rail-
road development and held considera-
Bile parts of all the old Russian loan is
sues. The house, however, has not ex-
ercised controlling influence in the
new Russian loans.
"The large industrial interests OF the
house in Russia include the petroleum
fields of Baku. The house has also had
considerable dealings with American Sc
curities through the Belmonts, ]. Pier
pont Morgan and John w. Gates, in
Guiding Louisville and Nashville and the
Atlantic Coast Line transactions, and
also has extensive interests in mines in
California.
Baron Alphonse was member of the
Academy of Fine Arts, member of
the French Institute and commander
of the Legion of Honor. He leaves two
children-Baro Edouard and Baroness
Beatrix. He has two surviving broth
ers-Baron Gustav and Baron Edmond.
President Loubet, Premier Rouvier
and many other officials, hnanciers and
diplomats called at the Rothschild resi-
dence during the day to express their
condolences with the family.
Trading on the Bourse opened with
out perceptible decline The markets
showed some hesitation, but the an
nouncement of the death of Baron Al
phonse de Rothschild produced little
effect upon values.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-06-02
Fatal Crash In Georgia.

Augusta, Ga. (SpeciaD Two men
were killed, one fatally injured, two
probably fatally and three slightly in
jured in collision between a passenger
trolley car and Louisville and Nash
vile coal car on Augusta-Aiken Rail
way. The accident occurred at the foot
of a steep grade several miles from
Augusta, near Clearwater, S. c. The
coal car broke away from the motor
car at the top OF a hill and swept down
ward for several hundred yards, ac-
quiring such momentum that when it
collided with the passenger car return
ing to Augusta it ground the lighter
car into kindling wood
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-06-02
Foreign.

Mrs. Brown Potter denied in Lon
don that she had received any money
from Alfred Fossick, the Maidenhead
solicitor accused of ENLIGHTENMENT.
The Jill Shimpo, Japanese newspa-
per Of Toxic, has sent Lord Curzon
$1,000 for relief of sufferers by the earth
quake in India.
Emperor William closed the Reichstag,
Vice Chancellor Won Posadowsky-Wehn-
er reading the communication.
Four Austro-Italians tried in Vienna
on the charge of high treason were
found guilty of lese majestic.
Ambassador and Mrs. Choate left
London for Liverpool, thence by the
steamer Caronia for New York.
General Baron Fejervasy met with dis
NAL failure in his effort to form new
Hungarian cabinet. :.
The strike a; LODI, Russian Poland,
is extending, and about $4,000 men are
out.
Emperor William bestowed the order
OF the Black Eagle on Prince Arsugawa.
The Austrian minister to the Neither
lands, A. Okolicsanyi, died at The
Hague.
Forty-two persons were arrested at
Naples prior to the sailing of the. steam
er Neckar for New York, in connection
with fraudulent efforts to ship undesir-
able emigrants to the United States.
The Russian Imperial Council has or
dered universal recognition of foreign
passports, thus meeting recommended
tions of the United States about dis
elimination against American Jews.
King Oscar declined to sign the law
creating separate consular system for
Norway, and the ministers rendered their
resignation, but the King refused to &C.
cept them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-06-02
May hurry Constitution.

St. Petersburg (By Cable).-The COM
mittee of Ministers commenced the con-
sideration of the plan for the constitu-
ton OF the national assembly as formu-
lated by the Bouligin Rescript Commits
sion, and it is possible that if the news of
the Russian naval disaster reacts seriously
on the temper of the people there may
be an attempt TO relieve the situation by
an early announcement on this subject.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-06-02
Sold Lots of Territory.

Peoria, Ill. (Special).-Harry Will
mering, manager of the United States
Roof Paint Company, has been arrested
by United States officials here. He is
charged with using the mails 10 defraud
and with selling so-called blues sky"
territory extensively in Ohio. Indiana,
Illinois and other States. There are
FIVE counts against him. His alleged
operations are said to have netted thou
sands of dollars.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-06-02
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS

Secretary Taft examined Nicholas
Biddle. OF the New York Herald, for his
evidence in the Loomis- Bowen contro-
versy.
Senator Foraker delivered the Decora-
ton Day Grafton at Arlington Cemetery
President F. J. Hagenbart, of the Ma
tional Livestock Association, interested
President Roosevelt in his arguments
showing that there should be a large ex-
port trade in American meats.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-06-02
Four Instantly Killed,

Canton, Ohio (Specia).-Ar. and
Mrs. Gust Miller, of Louisville, o., and
Mrs. Howell and her daughter Anna, OF
South Bend, Ind, were struck by pas
senger train on the Pennsylvania Rail
road, while out riding, and all were in
stantly killed.