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Evening star., 1905-08-26
TWO BOYS DROWNED.
Their Craft Was Capsized by a Tub
Full of Sand
,ecial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARTFORD. Conn. August GA tub
full OF sand from: the excavation from one
of the piers OF the new bridge over the
Connecticut river was last night dumped
by mistake into a rowboat which contained
six Hartford boys.
Charles Herzog and Henry Shredder were
drowned by the capsizing OF tho boat The
other four boys swan ashore were
picked up. Both of the boys were sixteen
years old
Evening star., 1905-08-26
Bona Eide Circulation.

Nearly everybody in Washington
reads The Sunday Star. Last Sun
days circulation was by far the
largest and best in the city and the
only sworn circulation in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
The advertiser is entitled to know
the circulation of any paper in
which he advertises.
Evening star., 1905-08-26
Shot and Killed in Church.
spatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The STAT
NORFOLK, Va. August 2S.-Thomas
Parsons shot and killed Thomas Banks at
the Ridgeway Methodist Church in Buck
ingham county yesterday while pretract-
ed meeting was in progress in the church.
Parsons surrendered. claiming self-defense
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-02
WANTS UNION To-
PAY DAMAGES
CONTRACTOR FILES SUIT Be
CAUSE HE CAN NOT SECURE
WORKERS ON ACCOUNT or
BIG SYMPATHETIC STRIKE.

Chicago, Nov IA sympathetic
strike is attacked in suit for $4,000
damages filed today against the Inter
national Association of Bridge and
strnstural Iron Workers by the Oscar
Daniel Iron Works Company
The action grows out If The strike
aga nst the American bridge Com.
rany
IN Daniel firm haa contracts Tor
the erection of Tie iron " rk for
buildings in i number ~ citie8 IN the
middle west the most important be
ing the new $4,000, 900 plant Of AIlis
Chalmers Company of Milwaukee
Attorneys representing thc com
plainants declares thar since the str he
was ordered it has ben impossible to
secure non-union meehani is to take
up The work and that ID the courts win
decide that the unicn Is liable for
damages It viii end sympathetic
strikes
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-02
DRAMATIC END
Of SPECULAT0R
POSTAL CLERK, LAUGHING AND
JOKING, 3URPRiSED BY CALL
FOR CASH AND BOOKS TOOK
PISTOL AND SHOT HIMSELF.

Augusta, Go, Nov. l,-When Special
Inspector Webster, OF the Postal De
partment, asked Money Order Clerk
Edward C. Bearden for his cash draw
er and books at 8 a, N, today Bearden
turned them over 30 him, reached
back in the safe. got his revolver and
rushed from the Postotfce TO the third
hoof OF the government bulding
where he blew his brains out in the
hallway
Nothing was known Of The suicide
until Weather Observer Fisher. whose
Offices are On the third floor, entered
the building to make up his days in
dcations, when he found Bearden's
body lying IN front Of the Weather
Bureau room door and gave the alarm
Fisher and Bearden were intimate
friends. Bearden's brother said to a
correspondent shortly after the sui
eide thar Edward had been specializing
in cotton rather heavily for sixty days,
but his brokers say he is ahead Of
the game
The postCffice inspectors decline to
make any statement further than II
there is a shortage they will be unable
to fix the amount before tomorrow
Beardens brother says there will be
no surprise if a shortage appears, and
plainly indicates his belief that there
is, but asserts positively that Bear
den has more to his credit than the
shortage could be 1t is known that a
deal was pending fer three or forr
days in which Rearden was trying 10
sell his home.
That he did not contemplate suicide
is evident from the fact that he was
Joking and in especially pleasant spir.
its Immediately before being asked for
his cash
He was taken by surprise and in.
stantly became nervous, but without
hesitation or attracting attention de
liyered The books and money drawer
He never spoke after being asked for
his cash, but went up three flights OF
stairs on run.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-02
SAYS ANDREWS
CAUSED HER RUIN
THE ENTERPRISE BANK SAYS
RAILWAY PRESIDENT ROB-
BED HIM.

Pttsburg, Nov 1.-The statement
of r. Lee Clark, cashier of the Enter
prise National Bank, Of Allegheny
Pa written a few hours before he
committed suicide was made public to-
night.
The note Is addressed to his wife
and children and in it Clark tells them
of his approaching death, advises his
wife 10 keep all the insurance money
for hesef and children.
He says he made a desperate effort
20 keep things going until tae railroad
was financed, and declares Andrews
has worked my ruin" and that he had
been shamefully robbed"
Clark was the treasurer of the Santa
Fe Central railroad of VIII ch w H.
Andrews was president This road is
iu New Mexico and Is abour ll7 miles
long, running from Santa Fe TO Tor
rance.
The railroad was capital zed al 81
100000 and bonded 10 the same
amount OF This s2.G00.000 bonds had
been ia.ued. while S50000l had been
kept 10 the treasury for be;termenis.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-02
HOLD.uP MAN
Emptied His Gun, and Then Was Cap
tured BY the Crowd.

Tolal3, Ohio, Nov Baumgard-
ner's down town aloou was The scene
of a regular Jesse James hod-up this
eYoning in which John Wells, q wen,
bu Il and nicely dressed man played
tha role Of highwayman
Wtlh a reyolyer drawn he walked
raplal, into the saloon and, Jumping
beh nd the bar touched the cash "a
l. ter for si5. lie then started ont
while the crowd of onlookers stood
gazing az him AS he came around The
bar Baumgardner made rush for him
bur was met with a fusilade of bullets
none of which hit him, Before Wells
could reload the men We're on him and
he was oyes powered and held for the
police
He refused to divulge his identity
or say whore he came from.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-02
Frightful Conditions Exist and
MasSaCres are threatened
to Follow Yesterdays
BEo0dshed

London, Nov 2.-Dispatches 10 this
mornings (Thursday) London news.
papers iepre9ent the condition Of
affairs in Russia AZ extremely grave.
especially in provinces
ST. Petersburg The dispatches say.
remains comparat yely qnie' Late
last Night the atr cts y tae capital
were pal lIci by. strong force Of
sendarmes and Cos acls ana no fur
ther disc ders had been reported
A dispatch to news agency from
Odessa described that city as having
experienced a dreadful day, The de
fenealess populace being az The mercy
of bowling and armed rahble of $4,000
men calling themselves ioyaiists and
led by disguised policemen ana their
wretchel dupes,"
The dispatch says: The Jews
made stout resistance and ther sue
cessful bravery entailed lamentable
zacr fees II is imposlible,o ascer-
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-02

only by the retirement of all the Cos
sacks to their barracks.
The deplorable feature of the news
from the interior is that the anti
Jewish uprisings have occurred ia
many places, especially in South Rus
ia, where the populace vented its
hatred of the Jews by sacking their
stores and clubbing the members Of
the race. and in some cases resorting
to the torch.
Attacks on the crowds are reported
to be in most cases the work of Cos
sacks who many times were apparent
ly let loose upon the people without
direction or authority.
In St Petersburg today General
Trepoff prevented a resumption Of rev.
olutionary demonstrations by having
the crowds dispersed whenevery they
gathered Kazan Place and Nevsky
Prospect were several times cleared
by Cossacks and police and crowds
we're driven from the vicinity of uni
Versity.
Whites task in securing fair trial
for new experiment in constitutional
ism is a most difficult one.
He is disappointed at not securing
the support of the Liberals on whose
cooperation he counted Many Of
thsse are holding aloof and seem
rather to enjoy the predieament in
which the new premier find himself
Meanwhile socialists and revolu-
tonists who belive that they have
the government stampeded are bend
ing every effort 70 keep the movement
going and 20 precipitate a catastrophe
from which they hope the socialistie
republic viii emerge
This is the consummation, as little
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-02
FISH MAY SERVE
ON PROBE BOARD
|, c. President Will be Asked to
Aid in investigation
JEROME MAKES vow
TO PROSECUTE THE LIFE iNSUR.
ANCE CRIMINALS IF THEY
ARE PROVEN GUILTY BY
THE COMMITTEE.

New York, Nov. | When StlyVes-
ant Fish returns from the West an
effort will be made 10 induce him 10
serve on the Mutual Life Insurance
company's comrnittee of three trus.
tees which IS 10 make a rigid inyeai-
cation into the McCurdy management
The committee, as originally select
ed by resolution last Wednesday, con
sisted OF William II. Truesdale, john
w. Auc incloss, and Effingham b.
Morris, bur Mr. Morris declined to
ferve, because, being a resident Of
Philadelphia. where he is president Of
the Girard Trust company he thought
he would not be able to give sufficient
attention to the work of the commit
tee, which work he was informed was
to be no white washing affair, but a
matter of thorough house cleaning.
Further promises to prosecute per
sons shown to be guilty Of crimes by
the revelations in life insurance at
fairs now being made by The Arm-
strong investigating committee were
made today by District Attorney VIII
Lam T. Jerome The promises were
made in reply TO The construction
which his rival for offoce, James w.
Osborne. put upon Mr. Jefome's recent
statement that If reelected he would
employ Charles T. Hughes. now coun-
sci for the investigating committee. to
conduct the prosecution of Insurance
offenders. Mr. Osborne asked Mr.. Je
rome if he wanted 10 use Mr., Hughes
in order to shirk the conduct of these
prosecutions himself, Mr. Jerome said
in repl ytoday:
Il have felt all along in regard to
these insurance matters that crimes
had been committed and that the per.
sons guilty OF these crimes must be
prosecuted, and il is my intention, as
| have said on several occasions, to
prosecute to the bitter end every per
son connected with these Insurance
matters against whom it is possible to
obtain evidence showing the commits.
sion Of a criminal offense.
'If elected, in such prosecutions |
shall avail myself without reserve of
every aid and assistance that | can
obtain from any quarter. ! have absO-
lutely no relations to anybody in any
connected with these insurance trou
bles that would hamper or embarrass
me in the slightest degree in the prose
culion of those who have committed
"A crime"
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-02
GOLD URN
Filled With Treasure Buried on an Ar.
kansas Farm.

Eureka Springs, Ark, Nov. An
urn Of solid gold. with Sl2 400 sup.
posed TO be treasure for which hesrs
Of Mrs. Pruitt hunted unsueesssfully
for years. has been found buried in the
field of West Consis, a French settle
ment near here, and Francis Davis.
an aged farmer, who stands high in
the estimation of. his neighbors. Is in
Jail at Worth. pending investigation
The poor planters story. which is
universally believed is that he has
known for years that the treasure re-
malned buried in certain spot He
contends that the sight of so much
gold frightened him, and that he kept
his secret for years.
Heirs If Mrs Pruitt. who live In st.
Louis paid frequent visits here up to
ten years ago. always claiming that
there was trasure buried hereabouts
hy their ancestors during the Civil
War They are expected tomorrow 20
prov their claim to the riches
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-02
ReyoIutioDists Try ing to STAN
pede Government in Hopes
OF Forming Socialistic
Republic

St Petersburg, Nov. Although
today pa sed in comparative quiet In
st. Petersburg and MOSCOW a Hood OF
dispatches from all parts Of the en-.
pra report disorders in many cities
with a heavy total of dead and wound
ed
The pc pie while G lebrat ne their
new found freedom We're III many m
stances set upon by Cossacks and
police, while sometimes the spirit Of
mob violence broke forth and the
lower elements of the population gave
themselves to pillage and destruction
The most serions disorders appar-
emily occurred at odessa where hun
dreds of persons are reported to have
been killed or wounded, and where
riot ng IL momentarily expected 70
flare into a repetition Of the slaughter
of last July, and at Kazan, where the
three days reign of terror was ended
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-02
IMPERIAL uKAsE ISSUED.

St Petersburg. Nov. IAN imperial
Ukase. dated today re-organizing the
council of ministers, states the presi
dent of the council be chosen by the
emperor and that reports Of the chiefs
Of he various departments TO the
emperor be commun Gated before hand
10 the presid Mt of the council who al
so win receive Communications re
garding all measure taken by the
heads of the departments.
All officials. except military. naval.
diplomatic and court officers are 10 be
subject 10 previous approval by the
council Of min sters. Finally all legis-
lative bills presented by the ministers
10 the Douma for the state council
must FIRST be submitted TO the coun-
ell Of ministers
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-02
SHOT HEARD.
AS officers Entered the House and the
Man They Were After Was Dying

Columbus. Ohio. Noy.-Rather than
submit to arrest on a warrant eharg
ing him with embezzlement. Charles
II. Rutter, well known collector OF
this city. shot himself through the
breast this evening at his residence,
31G South Eighteenth street. dyng on
his way 30 the hospital Rutter was
90 years of age, and had been married
but year
He had been employed by VIM. koe-
mig. real estate dealer, who swore 10
the affldavij for his arrest several
weeks ago Rutter heard of il and
went to Palestine. Texas. where he
has a brother. and returned today.
Detectives Bergn and Dorgan We're on
his trail, and had just entered the
house when a shot was heard in the
basement. Investigation proved that
Rutter had taken his life n preference
10 disgrace.
Koenig charged thar he had taken
$3.50. and when the body was searched
si5a was found in one Ct the pccketc.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-02
ILLINOIS COAL.
OPERATOR DEAD
Charles j. Deylin Dies in a
Chicago Hospital
WENT INTO BANKRUPTCY
RECENTLY WITH LIABILITIES AT
FOUR MlLLloN--MADE AND
LOST FORTUNE IN
COAL MINES.

Chicago Nav 1-C Chalas ] Deylin.
" deg Enevn coal mine operator who
recently went iato hanl uptcy wlth
liablitie ~ sioa0oo0 died II III
Elizabeth's hospital laI night ~ re-
suli Of rake of paralysis
lie hal been at he hospital seyesal
day with his wiz and children He
was in i'll health on his arrival Chi.
cago from New York whore he arrived
some days ago from Europe ana vent
direct 70 y Eiizabeth's
Yesterday he was attacked with
rush of bIoob % the head and despite
the efforts Of the surgeons succumbed
t2 brain hemorrhage4 Devlin was So
yea Of age and leaves widow and
fye children His body will be taken
% Lasalle. III
neyHp's fortune was made largely
II coal mines He started IN the coal
business as 2 clerk y q coal office.
ihen AZ manager IN d small company
n Na thorn Illinois, was a1so mana
ger Of tHel properties Of The Santa re
railroad lie purchased mines when
ever the opportunit offered and
when The strike OF 1897 came he was
an extensive operator
Olher operators refused 10 settle
with the miners, but Devlin did. and
while other mines We're closed his
We're IN full operation and the price OF
coal being, high he reaped rich har-
vest ile took up other enterprises
hnt was obliged 10 putt activity by
reason Of mental collapse following 4
long period af uve,swork.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-02
FIERY PITCH
Rained on Their Bod es-Mother Dead,
Son Dying, Daughters Seaided

Bellefonta'ne. Ohio. Nov. IA terri
hle fatality occurred today when a
kettle Of pitch that was was being
th'nned on a stove. 10 Dee used as roof
paint exploded and fatally burned
Mrs. William Ruble. her son. John. and
frichfuily injured Two daughters. Jen-
ui and Gcrtie
The pitch was almost 70 the boiling
point when John Ruble lifted The ket-
fIe from the stove TO take it into the
fard As he puf it down 10 open the
I1or the stuff exploded and The boil
ing pitch was hirouwn all over the
rcom 10 which his mother and sisters
were sitting Mrs Ruhle vas covered
and her clothing burned on. AMI after
terrible agony she dizd
John Ruble IS frightfuliy burned
ana his sisters severely injured. In
The excitement the house caught FIRE
and was considerably damaged
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-02
PUBLIC DEBT IS
STILL GROWING
REPORT FOR OCTOBER SHOWS
AN INCREASE CAUSED BY DE-
CREASE IN CASH ON HAND
TOTAL DEBT s1,oo2,e4e 125.

Washington. Nov. 1.-The public
debt on October 81, less the cash in the
debt at October 81, less the cash In the
treasury was s1.002.64G.125. an in
crsa ase for the month Of So 0GS. .11G ac-
counted for by the decrease in cash
on hand due 10 increased expendi-
lures.
The Receipts for October we're $50
f92.C91: expenditures. s55.710,037.
Expenditures for the month show
an Increase over October. 1904, Of 81,
7e7.OOo principally in the war depart
ment and public works items.
The total deficit for four months Of
the present fiscal year was 1882
COO. against s21. .s09.0 600 for the cor
responding period in 1904
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-02

tain the casualties, bur umo- puts
ths number OF killed and wauWled as
high as 2.00o many by bombs.
met until late at night when the
mufIerous work hal gone unchecked
for hours were The troops brought
Cordons were placed around the jew
ish quarter and quiet somewhat re-
stored
The Standards Odessa correspond
ent says: "A general who was lead
ing the royalist process sion in AleSan.
der Prospect was shot dead Half
company Of Cossacks formed a per
sonal guard for Their commander and
attempted 10 barricade the street for
purpose Of defense but were scattered
by a bomb. and the COssack com.
mander fled from the vengeance Of the
crowd in civilian al re-.
The absence Of street lighting and
The overcast sky added 10 rhe horrors.
In streets after nightfall there we're
ever recurring savage cries from near
anI far. mingled with The rattle Of
small arms Dr. was supposed martial
law would be reimpos ed az noon. but
/ have seen only a couple Of military
patrols.
1T is reported that the ca ualties
viii reach oae thousand, bet it Is m
possible TO verify this report TIE
lasr bomb thrown in De-ibass street
killed u and wounded 40 Within ten
minutes eight others were killed near
tae same spo The Jews are said to
be the only persons wh0 have resorted
10 throwing bombs. bar the extremity
of their peril must be remembered
Our oaly salvation 3 the complete
military occupation Of ihe city.
The Odessa correspondent # the
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The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-02
HEAD oF BIG CONCERN.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Nov. Jos
eph r. Carpenter who shot himself
in New York today was the vice presi-
dent of the Stickley Bros, Furniture
Company and the eastern travelling
representative of the firm At the
office OF the firm no possible reason
could be assigned why he should kill
himself
Carpenter was fer many years a
prominent figure in the furniture in
dustry in this city and Western Mich
igan.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-02
JAMES A. HART
For Quarter a Century Base Ball
Maenate Retired Yesterday.

Chicago. Nov by the formal
transfer today Of the ownership of the
Chicago National League ball club,
James A Hart. after a quarter a cen
tury as cne of the foremost characters
Of the national game. ret res from ac-
tive participation in professional ba e
ball and is succeeded by Charles W.
Murphy. Immediately following the
announcement Of the transfer it was
announced that deals were almost
closed for Strengthening the National
league club.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-02
CARRIED HEAVY INSURANCE.

,.,Heka. Kans., Nov. 1-C j. Deviin.
|fs died in Chicago today. carried
81 gSl 500 In life insurance at the tine
of his failure in July.
Of this amount $4,000 has since
lapsed. $GG7,000 was turned over to
Receiver Bradley. of the failed First
National bank, and the remaining
$lS3500 is in policies payable 10 Mrs.
Deylin and children which cannot be
legally assigned
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-02
NOTED BARRIsTER DEAD.

TORONTO. Ont. Nov. 1-ChristOpher
Robinson. Canada's great constitution
al lawyer Is dead. Robinson was en
trusted with most Of Canada's cases
before the priYy council In the Beh-
ring Sea arbitration it was said thar
ii was his presentation Of the case
that brought the Canadian victory.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-02
DIE WHEN
BOILER LET co
THREE OTHERS SERIOUSLY ~
JURED AND TWO MAY DIE
CAUSE OF EXPLOSION m
POWER HOUSE UNKNOWN.

Washington. Nov. 1.-Two men
were killed three seriously injured
this afternoon by an explosion of
DO I-r in rhe Potomac Electric power
house.
OF tho injured rwo may DE
The cause Il the esB'uzieu has nof
been aEclrfliued
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-02
FURNITURE MAN
TOOK OWN LIFE
IN RAILROAD OFFICE IN NEW
YORK-WAS VICE PRESIDENT
or BIG GRAND RAPIDS CON
CERN-RASH ACT A MYSTERY.

New York. Nov. IA man said to
be Joseph Carpenter. of Grand Rapids,
Michigan, a travelling sales for Stick
ley Bros, Furniture Company shot
and killed himself today in the Rock
Island railroad Office here. Several
persons in the office were standing
near when he fired the shot but he
acted too quickly for them to inter
ferp
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-02
TIRE BURSTS
Ant the Auto.st was Killed ard t'i
wife Seriously Injured.

Philadelphia Nov. III H Brooke
Of McNcaev. Brooke AMI Price Com
pany. was t1eH and Vs. @ Price aud
his vife Hogslv injured iu an auto
m-ble aclenr near AtsccOn. y !
They were going ar q rapid rate when
the tire bursrel mp citing the auto
mobile
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-02
GEN. WESTON IN COMMAND

81 Lous Mo- Noy L. NaiOr Geaer-
al John A. Weston. reeantiv assigned
To- succeed General Randall as coal-
nander a. he norhzrn division Of the
army Wifh headquarters m 81 Louis
arrived today and formally rook over
his Ct cCmmand.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-02

A traveller IN an English railroad
train went 10 sleep and passed the
station for whicn he had bought a
ticket Al the next station ne was
arrested for travelling without having
paid his fare.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-02

day and demanded the release OF polit
ical prisoners. They were driven off
by Cossacks and infantry, who fired
several volleys in the crowd. Many
persons were killed or wounded.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-02
DISPERSED PEACEFUL CROWD

Poltava. Russia. Nov 1-Cossacks
today dispersed a peaceful crowd
which with authority Of the chief Of
police had assembled to witness lib
-erat'on of political prisoners Some
were killed and an immense number
We're seriously wounded. many fatally.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-02
Mosquitoes in Mines.

Mosquitoes are found in mines l.
200 and even / SEQ feet below the
earth's surface.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-02
MOBS RULE IN RUSSIA
THOUSANDS ARE SLAIN

to be des red by the majority Of liber-
ais, especially the Zemstyoists, as. by
The governments Itself, and there II lies
the chief hope that the force gather
ing under the banner of Wtte is sufi-
clently strong TO make head against
he revolutionary movement and the
spirit Of unrest Throughout the coun-
Try.
Witte IS doing his utmost To meet
the chief objecr ons against the new
regime In addition 10 promised am
nesty for political prisoner liberty Of
nte ms heen granted.
WHITE pegtVey refuses to remove
T.apc0 from eonmana Of IT. ops ana
has to Motif d the committee 4hat
made The demand today
MANY DEAD AND WOUNDED,
Sevastopol Russia Ncy. While
crowd gathered in front of the pris.
n taday demanding the release Of
political prison rs, the gates of the
prison We're suddenly opened by the
troops who fired several yolleys. The
crowd fled in panic which followed,
leaving many dead and wounded.
DEMANDED THEIR RELEASE.
Poltava, Russ a, Nov IAN army
Of people surrounded the prison yester
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-02

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