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New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
SHOOTING AT CREEDMOOR.
Seventy-frst Eew-York Regiment Wins Old
Guard Trophy.

CFeednoOr Long Island. July s1--The list New
York Regiment continued to-day its unbroken
ord OF victories the State Rife Associations
meet. The team Of six from the list captured the
Old Guard Trophy with score OF ze2, beating cut
the Marine Corps Team No. ] by eight points.
The other big match Of the day the indi-
nidusl shoot at 500 and 800 yards for the Thurston
prize Here the entrants from the list finished
FIRST. second. fourth, fifth and sixth. Sergeant
Short, OF the Eth took third money.
The weather conditions good. Rain threat
ened all day but held of until the last men were
N front Of the targets. The scores:
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
CoLoMBIANs TO WORK ON CANAL.
Four Hundred Laborers from Cartagena Ar
rive at Colon

Colon. July S1.-Four hundred laborers from
Cartagena, under contract to work on the canal,
arrived here to- day. Others expected to fol-
low This is the first sign of better relations
between Colombia and Panama. Two hundred
West Indian laborers have also arrived here. 1t
is understood that sanitary work at Colon and
Panama, the building of suitable quarters for
the canal employees. the double tracking of rail-
roads and the extension of piers will receive
immediate attention.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
s,ArEmENr IN COTTON "LEAK."

>t.rt After counsel for Moses Haas and Fred
artck Peckham, the recalcitrant witnesses in the
cotton scandal hearing before the grand jury IN
washington visited his office at No ll5 West 10Th
at Yesterday and left there shortly afterward Tor
Washington.
-. interested Mr. Alter said: "A statement will
Ia made later this week on behalf OF my clients
S arnen. will be given out in this city At
th;s tir. I can say nothing There Will De announcer
b.ar,,s IN the matter Tomorrow morning
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
RUSSIAN CROP REPORT BULLS WHEAT.
Alarming Advices Regarding Danger Of
Famine Received in Chicago.
tBY TELEGRAPH To THE rRIBU

TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
Chicago July 31.-Advices from Russia, in
dicating that the crop failures there would be
more serious than had been supposed. caused a
decided advance In wheat to-day. The reports
wer. more distinctly and positively alarming
than anything yet received, and. largely under
their influence wheat opened - TO q cents up
The reports were later offset by the increase Oh
479 900 bushels in the visible supply, but re-
manned the largest factor in the days trading
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
KILLED WORKING IN TREE.
Man Knocked from Ladder by Fall
ing Limb.
IaY rELEaRAPH 20 THE rRIRrNE. ]

IbI AELEIFNRf-ti To
Elizabeth, July IA fall from tree which he
was pruning to-day killed William G. Hoz.
employe Of the Elizabeth Street Department
A limb over his head which he had severed
struck him it fell and knocked him off the tree
He struck his head. fracturing his skull He
was picked up unconscious. and died while being
taken to the Elizabeth General Hospital
He leaves a wife and seven children. the oldest
twenty years and the youngest only eight months.
He was born in Union Township. N. j.. and had
lived eighteen years in Elizabeth.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
DIED AT THRESHOLD OF CAREER.

tBY TELEGRAPH TO THE raIBUNE-l
Derby Conn, July n.-Stricken with typhoid
fever on the day he was graduated from Yale with
honors but living long enough 10 be offered Yale
instructorship in chemistry. which he accepted.
lanes W Clarke died at his home here to-day.
Clarke worked his way through the Derby High
school by working In factory. and through Yale
u
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
PREACHER A BIGAMIST?
Three Women Claim Chicago Clergyman as
Husband
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE

IBY TELEGRAPH TO TFE TRTBrNE-I
Milwaukee. July 31.-Three women claim the Rev.
o. C. Burt as husband. and the police are now try
ing TO find the minister to ask explanation. Mr..
Burt left here several weeks ego when his Chicago
wife discovered evidence Indicating that he was
bigamist He married. it is charged. 10 Miss
Susie Smith, in Newton. Ill., some years ago. he
came TO Chicago. and about year ago married
Miss Annie Taylor He came here for work, and
while here his wife in Chicago started nvestiga-
ton Now another woman Annie Lemke- OF this
city has forward TO claim the preacher as her
husband. Burt says he retired from the ministry
because his voice failed him
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
u.roo COMPANY RECEIVER SUES.

Poston. July sl.-Hugh W. Ogden, receiver tor the
- p,antation Company OF Boston, has hied
s,,t IN equity in the Massachusetts Supreme oour'
against Ferdinand e Borses' an onoer :" con' ,me
s -.onnany and seventeen life insurance conn
49, an uhich Borges says he had investments. I'm us
Rbe Suit follows egthory grnnis Court to sue
ceivers ns fraud and negligence, and 10 rscoVnr W
money for the neht OF ssd ,he te say whether
surance com iRn fact invested Ubero funds with
them.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
CRUSHED BY RETAINING WALL.
italian Laborer Dug from Ruins by Firemen
Contractor Arrested.

Giuseppe Ladscargo. italian laborer was
crushed to death yesterday by the falling of re-
tanning wall on which he was working. The con-
tractor David Malcolm, was arrested
The wall being built between two strips of
nronertv az Nos 5s1 and 593 Freeman-st.. The
Bronx The heavy rains of the last two days
supposed 10 have washed away the earth under
the wall weakening, the foundation. Laoscargo
was dug from the ruins by hremen
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
AMERICAN CAR coUPLERs IN RUSSIA.

g, Petersburg July 31.-The government is max
,r~ trials ~ American car couplers on the 81
pstsr.burs and Moscow Railroad. The director OF
the MOSCOW Kazan line is an enthusiastic aaVoca a
iate snv general application OF the American sys
go, grnr,r
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
WOMAN KILLED BY LIGHTNING.

KINGSTON n. Y. July s1-Mrs. ii. F FishSin of
New-York was instantly killed last night oy
lightning which struck a boarding house at Sreeu-
field near EIcnviIle, Ulster County. child was
also shocked. but will recover
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
m,suAP TO AERoNAurs AT PARIS.

paris. July si.-A balloon carrying M. saunere,
.,s.r, Of the Aero Club. and a companion. col
ian.ed on the rocf OF the Grand Palace In the
cramps Elysees TINS AFTERNOON Ahe oesaPA
xosre not injured
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
OF INTEREST TO YAcHTsMEN.

on Wednesday evening OF this week there win
Yacht Club house
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01

rinthan Yacht Club spent Sunday anchor IN
New-I1ondon Harbor. They are to sail for Block
Island to-day.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01

J. sulbach's one-design power boat the win
ner In the Knickerbocker Yacht Club on Sat-
urday and r. c. Vets Class q boat. the Spots
won in the Atlantic Yacht Club special race on
Gravesend Bay. The Runaway and the Rubber
were the winners at the Bayside Yacht Club race
Little Neck Bay.
The new gasoene yacht the Firenzi owned by
Mr.. and Mrs. J. f. Martin, has been launched at
Morris Heights. The yacht is OF the cruising type
adapted for day service. The dimensions are
Length all. 60 feet inches: BEAM 10 feet
inches; daught feet. The machinery consists of
two four-cylinder gasolene motors which TO
drive twelve miles hour.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-28
FOR SARAH SHAFER'S MURDER


Bedford, Ind. Jan. 19.--Frank Evans
and William Elmer Browning have
been arrested on warrants sworn out
by John II. Underwood, an attorney,
charging them with the murder of Miss
Sarah D. Shafer on the night of Janu-
airy q, 1904.
The arrest is due to a story told by
Mrs. Cox, the divorced wife of Brown
ing. According to her story. her hus-
band, from whom she was ut the time
separated, told her that he and Evans
had killed Miss Shafer. In his confess
sion she says he made to her he said
that he and Evans planned to assault
Miss Shater. The two men met at the
alley, and as the girl passed, Brown
ing struck her on the head with a
Slungshot, stunning her. Evans caught
her and carried her into the cab shed
where, with a rock ne struck her a
blow on the forehead with resulted in
her death.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-28
UNITED STATES SENATORS.
NCuHtors hy joint Ballot In
several States.
Chicago srIbunc

Chicago, Jan. 19,~-Dispatches from
the capitals Of the states named snow
the election Of United States senator:
by the legislatures. assembled in joint
session, Wednesday, as follows:
New York-Chauncey NJ. Depew. re-
publican, reelected.
indiana-Albert !, Eeveridge, repub-
lican, reelected; Representative James
A, Hemcnway to succeed Vice-Prosi,
dent-elect Charles ". Fairbanks.
Observation-Disclosures C.. Knox
republican, to fill the ~:nexDired term
OF the late NJ. s. Quay. MIR. Knox wa,
appointed to fill the vacancy by Coy
Pennypacker.
Ncbraska-Elmer J, Burkett, rapub.
lican, TO succeed Charles II. Dietrich.
Michigan-Julius Caesar Burrows
republican, reelected by a unanimous
vote, there being no democrats in the
legislature
Minuasota-MOses T.. Clapp. republic
can. reelected,
Rhode Standardization w. Aldrich
republican, elected for the fifth time.
observation-disclosures Cabot Lodge,
republican, reelected. W. Murray
Crane, elected for the unexpired term
Of Senator George T.. Foar, which he
now fills by appointment.
Maine-Engene Hale, republican, re-
elected for a fifth term,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-28
A

japanese are rushing up their Heavy
artillery from Port Arthur t. employ Il
against k]nropatkin's army, ana a con.
siderable Increase in the range .. 1fc
has been noticed there lately.
A dispatch from flemish states that
Russia ha8 threatened To invade north
China and Chinese Tdrkc3tan il rdjua
continues to discriminate against Rus
Sian %coutrdband in favor If Japan
kaahgar, Il city Of 80, 1000 Inhabitants
In Tnrkcatau, has been occupied by
Russian troops,
Japan declares tho Coaa1cl. raid at
NewchwanE was a deliberate violation
OF China's neutrality, without which n
would not have been possible. and feels
IT necessary for elf-protectlou to follow
RnsBta's lead.
The tone of the ICfrrtpt addressed
by Emperor Nicholaa to the army and
navy is regarded nv putting an end 10
all present hopes Of tie possibility of
mediation or peace.
The ear. In imperial rescripl,
praised the heroism Of Port Arthur
defenders, He declared the war will
continue till Russia vas the yIcDol
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-28
THE DOWNFALL or LANGTON
Assistant Librarian Of the St. Louis
Public Library a Defaultcr.
lie Has Confessed That He Took the
h"h"s tn Eclp Nc"t the De-
nt"ndN Of II Rig Family.

ST. Louis, Jan. 20.-public Librarian
Frederick NJ. Crundcn aud Frederick
W. Lehman, president Of the public
library board, met in the rooms of the
public library to discuss startling dis
closures made with relation TO the
boards funds by J. f. Langton, assist
ant Librarian, whose books show u dis
crepancy Of 81, 429.
This amount Is said TO have been OBJ
tanned from public library moneys by
means of dual bank books kept by
~L.augan.
knowledge Of the discrepancy came
10 Librarian Crunden first in a confess
sion made by Mr.. Langton at MIR. Crun-
den's residence, 39A7 Washington bou-
Icrard, last Sunday.
Anticipating a general overhaul
Ing of his books, which was to have
begun this week said Mr. Lehman.
and which was not prompted by any
suspicion of wrong-d0inE on the part
Of Mr.. Langton, but purely as a bust
'N'" llNNtAhNi pi' 4Itr t<GiEsLbI NtuL 10
the residence of Mr.. Cruuien last Sun
day and confessed that he had used
S4.A22 OF the library funds.
His salary during the last few years
has been $500 q month, uut was much
smaller than that when he was COM
to assume the burdens of his big
and he is now oaIy 40 years
old. He said that when his growing
made extraordinary demands
upon him which his salary could not
he began to peculate.
AS the family increased and the de-
mandS grew larger ana larger, he took
r1oro, hoping that he could return The
money and square his accounts. But
he time never came, and when he
that his books were to receive
thorough overhauling, he confessed"
In his confession Mr.. Langton said
hat he had been heavily weighed down
~ his family expenses. He has a wife
six children, and has for years
lad to support an invalid father and
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-28
HAPPENINGS OF
A WEEK IN BRIEF
CULINARY OF MOST INTEREST,
ING EVENTS or PAST
SEVEN Days,
WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING
Progress Of the Rus8o-Japaneec War
la tho Far Iast-NewB from All
Parts Of the Union and the --latest
Foreign Intelligence.
CONGRESSIONAL,

The house on the 18Th complete, DO
bate on the army appropriation Dill,
Consideration Of the statehood Bib "a.
continued IN the senate and &rDo'oI
Stone spoke for two hours In upIo.Dlly.
to 1t.
The house Of representative. ou 'Nu
18th adopted the T. articles ol Inn
reacbmont against judge chsrIr.
bwayne, Of The district court Of tbu
northern district Of Florida In the
senate Senator Stone delivered "a
speech in support OF bis resolution to
investigate charges against prominent
men OF improperly in connection with
the campaigns Of 1890 ana 1904
The senate in executive session ron.
hrmed the nomination of Ecrpastun
Warner, Of Illinois. as commissioner Of
pensions.
The house on the i7th listened IN a
debate on the Swaynp im.
peaehmont case. The committee on
pot Offices and post roads mpD1cl
the post Office appropriation LII II.
carrica $lsO,7S 800.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-28
LOST CONTROL OF ENGINE.
Two Men Killed md II Third Fatally
injured liz a Wreck in west
birgiuia.

Charleston, VI. Va, Jau. 20.--In a
wreck on the Powellton & Pocahontas
railroad, two men were killed and an
other fatally injured.
The dead.
James Kelsey, engineer; body
crushed beneath engine.
Harry Jones. fireman; crushed and
scalded to death beneath engine.
Unknown boy, aged IA; both legs
broken and internal injuries: will die.
The victims of the wreck had been
engaged in dropping coal cars down the
steep grade from Powellton to Mount
Carbon, a distance of eight miles.
Engineer Kelsey lost control of the
engine, which. after a wild run of
three miles, left the rails on a sharp
curve and plunged down q 20-foot en-
banEment.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-28
IN SCUFFLE FOR A REVOLVER.
A 6~fEs0uriam kills His Man After
lie Had Hecn wounded Sew
eraf Times.

Pennington, Mo, Jan. 20.-Jim Har-
ris, of Harris-Dooley fame, and Dan
Sparks, a barber, had It battle royal
at lSlyins, which started in a Scufhe
for a revolver. and in which Sparks
was instantly killed, after he had shot
Harris two or three times. INJECTING
slight wounds.
Harris was arrested and taken to
jail at Pennington. He was one of the
participants in the famous Harris
Doo'ey feud battle at Doe Run on Au-
gust A, 1900, at which w. e. S. Har-
ri5 and old Mr.. Dooley were killed and
himself and several other participants
were seriously wounded.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-28
BARELY ESCAPED LYNCHiEG.
Negro Suspected OF Attempted MUIR.
der of n Woman mt Reno. View,
Narrowly Escapes Mob Law.

Reno. New, Jan. 2i.-An attempt to
lynch an unknown negro was maze
here Friday; the negro being suspected
of having tried to kill Mrs. James e.
Harper, a prominent woman of this
place, who is so seriously injured that
she can not recover. Mrs. Harper's
assailant broke into her house and.
with an ak, struck her as she lay in
bed with her two children. He then
dragged her body into a Woodshed and
was preparing to sever her head from
the body when he was frightened away
by the children's cry for helm. A
strange negro was arrested by a cit4-
zen, and the sight of the man taking
his prisoner to the county jail at the
point of a shotgun caused the forrna-
ton Of a mob of a thousand people.
The negro barely escaped lynching. He
partially answers the description giPsn
by the Harper children.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-28
FINE LACES AND worries.
'ai"hpie imported Goods Found in
tn" @hadsvick Home by United
stntes Customs Collector.

Cleveland, O., Jan. 23.-United States
Customs Collector Leach has found
valuable worries and laces belonging Ia
MIS-. Cassie L. Chadwick in the Chad
WICK home on Euclid m Mr..
Leach is going to learn whether duty
has beer paid upon the articles, all Of
which have been imported. The goods
were taken to the office of Receiver,
Nathan Loeser and examined by an ex-
pert. They are said to be worth at
least $40, 900. If it is shown that the
duty has not been paid upon the goods
they viii be sold to recover the duty.
and the surplus proceeds will become
part Of the fund which Mr.. Loeser il
accnmalating for the benefit of the
Chadwick creditors.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-28
MADE THRILLING ESCAPES.
Forty Students imp"rilIcH in the
Burning of the %chopl f0r Stant-
mcrcrS at Brighton. III.

st, Louis, Jan. 19.~-Forty students
had thrilling escapes from death in a
fire, discovered at > a. M, which
completely destroyed the Dodge G
Clark school for. stammerers. at
Brighton, Ill.,, 80 miles north of St.
Louis.
Most of them saved their lives by
coming down lightning rods from the
windows Of their rooms or by leaping
to the branches of a tree which stood
lear one end of the building.
One student was severely burned,
but no lives were lost.
The building was a large three-story
brick, the largest and finest in the
town,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-28
TRIPLE TRAGEDY IN KANSAS,
Charles Tuahorp, IL Farmer, Kills
His Two Sons, Fires His Proper
ty and Commits Suicide.

Mclherson, Kas., Jan. 23.-Charles
THEhorn, a farmer, who lived IA mikes
southwest of here, killed his two sons,
young boys, aged six and ten years.
burned his house and barn with all of
their contents and, later, shot aud
killed himself. TuXhorn smothered his
sons to death and took their bodies to
a neighbours orchard, a hall mile dis
tant, where he laid them on the ground
and covered them with blankets. Tux-
horn then returned to his home and
set fire TO all of his property, after
which he killed himself. He had been
arrested for mistreating his wife and
children, and was to have appeared in
court to-day. He was 40 years old.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-28
Bachelor Brothers Murdered,

Rapid City, S. D.. Jan. 21.--News has
arrived of the murder Of two Cain
brothers, bachelors, who lived at Tam
rack mine, Is miles west of Rapid City.
The murder is a mystery. It Is said
that the brothers had trouble with a
neighbor. The bodies have the apper-
anco OF having been dubbed to death.
The men owned valuable mining prop
erty.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-28
by SPECIAL COMMISSION.
Ihur&GUs' Incident at ST. Peters
lurg 10 be Thoroughly ~fnvcsti-
Ented-UnfUunded story.

st. Petersburg, Jan. 21.-A special
commission, under the presidency Of
Lieut-Gon, Khitoro, commander of the
artillery corps OF the guards, has been
appointed TO investigate the origin OF
the firing of Thursday. The commts-
sion will work under the suparintend-
ence of the inspector general Of artil-
lery and OF Grand Duke Sergius.
The report published in the United
States by a news agency of the sui
eide Of Capt. DavidofT. commander Of
the battery from which the shot is
supposed to have been fired, is I'M
founded.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-28
UNFOtNDBD RUMOnS.
OF Conspiracy and Army Dis
affection Unfounded.

81. Petersburg, Jan. 21.--Startling
reports OF a widespread conspiracy and
a wholesale disaffection in the army
seem to be without foundation. Grand
Duke Sergius Nichaalovitch, in his pre-
liminary report, shows that the caisson
OF the battery contained charges Of
grape in readiness for a possible
emergency, such as to rake streets in
case of r%ioting, and a shotted charge
was introduced into a gun in frcn. Of
the saluting charge.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-28
MISCELLANEOUS


The ear Of Russ Ia and bis lamil, Ia,
q narrow escape from death at The Win
ter pAiacc in st. Petersburg, As the re-
suit Of a deep-laid plot or a grave acct
aenr a charge Of grape was fired iutotht
mansion, missiles striking near 10 the
imperial party, breaking windows aud
wonnding an officer. The official version
OF the affair Is that II was accidental,
but this is doubted by the public.
The strike Of the cotton mill oppra-
tipcs at Fall River, Mass, which af-
iected about rs 5000 persons and has
been In progress for six months, has
been called off, tho operatives agree
Ing to accept q reduction, 1t is estl-
mated that the cost Of the strike to all
interests Will reach $4,000. 000.'
After fearful grfferines, during
which one man was frozen to death
y another became insane, the sur
Hiying members Of a party that tried
To open up the Blgg Lumber COM.
panys snow b]lockaded railroad from
Lumberton to Elyado, in Colorado
have been rescued,
In the criminal court at Cleveland, O.,
Mrs. Chadwick was admitted to bail in
the sum Of 100000 on the three Iudict.
ments found against her by the grand
jury, This makes atotal Of $4,000 which
the woman must make up before she can
secure her freedom.
The Italian government has issued n
decree providing for the abolition of
slavery In ltaly's East African colonies
The new armored cruiser Colorado was
placed in commission at the League
island navy yard, Philadelphia.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Joseph L. Bristow has formally retired
from that Office.
MRS MtsHonette Soayoy. a patient ut
The state insane asylum In Concord N
H., Killed two inmates and injured a
nurse.
At the close Of an exciting game Of
chess at 0sceola, Ia, Levi Taylor one
of the players, dropped dead from an
attack OF ~apopleXy.
The sixteenth annual n]ationa, corven-
tion Of the United Mine Workers Of
America was opened by President Mitch
ell In Temlinson hall, indianapolis. Ind
Nearly GOO delegates were present,
Germany Is confronted by a serious
crisis brought on by extension of miners
strike, which now involves 5000 0 men
An explosion in the paint shop on the
fourth floor Of the courthouse in CHICAGO
started a fire that Quilted the south end
OF the top story, Several persons were
injured, Loss. about $50, GOO.
IN a fire at Philadelphia which de-
stToyed the residence Of George Troxell.
W children were burned to death.
For ttc first time in several years
people walled across the Mississipp,
river at Cairo, III. The ice was four to
nihe inches thick.
It has been decided to throw open the
gates and all exhibit buildings at the
Lewis and Clark exposition at Portland.
Ore, IN SUNDAYS.
Gems worth $3.0o9 were stolen in
daylight from the Chicago store of A.
y. Crawford g. Co, ~ a thief who left
nc dew.
deposits Of Chicago banks eAceed by
Sl0,uD0,a70 any previous reports, the
total Ia Ia national and rs state con-
Germs being $780, COO.