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Hammond's Confession.

John c. Hammond this afternoon con-
fessed to killing his wife on Sunday, No
vember - He said he had quarreled with
her and that he had struck her with a
glass, which blow caused her death. 4 few
minutes later lie denied this part of his
confession. and stated that his wife had
picked up a plate, but that before she could
throw 1t he grabbed her and strangled her
20 death. After doubling up the body he
placed IL in the trunk. He then went to
nearby store and bought some chloride
Of lime which he sprinkled over the body
and all around the apartments Of the
couple. Hammond said he murdered his
wife 10 get her money. When he left Al
bany he had about 81 400, which his wife
had drawn from the bank with the inten-
tion of buying a farm.
Since leaving the city he says re has
been arrested ten times In as many places
for vagrancy and intoxication. He has
been all through the west and was in the
Klondike for several weeks"
Hammond is twenty-four years old and
cabinetmaker by trade. He was married
TO Mrs. Wilbur-Cramp few years ago
She was twice his age and is said to have
been extremely jealous of him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-25
Part Five.

Indoor Athletic Meet Observation-Disclosures. 1
tat'HS 2NeNs- j
Late Arrivals at Bennng. ................
Georgetown's Base Ball Schedule .........
Navy Yard Bowling Team Gains. ........... .
Department Base Ball League. ue........... 2
Finance and Trade OF the World. ............ 3
As the Cartoonists See the News ........ 4
The Yellow Danger the Story OF the Worlds
Greatest War. BY NJ r. Shel. $4,000. 4
News of the Local National Guard. .........
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THE STAR TODAY.

he Star today consists of six parts, as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-25
WEATHER.

Partly cloudy today, probably
showers; tomorrow fair, colder.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-31
HARD BLOW TO CUBAN REBELS
INSURGENTS cUFFER WORST DIS.
ASTER THEY HAVE YET SUS-
TANNED.

Havana, Aug. 29.-At the moment
yesterday when the government was
issuing it's proclamation offering par
don to rebels who would lay down
their arms it's forces were dealing the
most telling blow ti.at has yet been
struck against the insurgents in the
field. For several days it had been
stated that Gen. GuZman's force of in
surgents, which was variously esti
mated at from 200 upwards, contem-
plated an attack on ,Cienfuegos. Col
Valle, with detachment of rural
guards and volunteers. was dispatched
to Cienfuegos for the purpose of en-.
gaging Guzman and breaking up the
band.
Big Disaster to Rebels.
The encounter of the two forces yes
terday resulted in the worst disaster
which the insurgents have sustained
up to this time. They lost seventeen
men killed and many wounded, while
the loss to the government was one
man killed. The government is with
out further particulars of the fight.
That the insurrection is in a shaky
condition seems to be fact. although
the end may not be as near as mem
bers of the government profess to be-
lieve. Ex-Congressman Faustino
(Pino) Guerra, the insurgent leader
operating in the province of Pinar del
Rio, in signed statement declares
that he is as
Determined as Ever
that the last presidential election shalf
be annulled before there can be peace
in Cuba. That Guerra's force of 1000
men is well armed and supplied with
ammunition and food is amply veri-
fed. Their greatest drawback now is
the lack of money: but the people of
the western part of Pinar del Rio are
furnishing them with all the supplies
needed, taking in return orders on the
Cuban government" and in many
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-31
LATEST VICTIM OF THE CAM
PAiGN OF ASSASSINATION IN
RUSSIA.
ATTEMPT ON CAR THWARTfD
MAN WITH BOMB IN BASKET OF
FRUIT CAUGHT IN PALACE
GROUNDS.

st. Petersburg, Aug. 29.-In spite of
the menace of active war by the ter
rorists against those high in authority,
an earnest of which was the Staying
of Acting Governor General Won Liar
liarsky at Warsaw yesterday, EN-
peror Nicholas and the empress quit
ted the shelter of the palace inclosure
at PeterhOf yesterday afternoon to at
tend a funeral mass over the body of
Gen. Min in the Peterhof camp, a con-
siderable distance from the palace;
but the precautions for the protection
of the imperial family were adequate,
and the sovereigns returned to the
palace without incident
Attempt Cars Life.
Revolution by revolt is dead; revo-
luton by terrorism is revived. Such
is the situation in Russia to-day.
A frustrated attempt by revolution
lists, armed with bombs, to kill the
czar at the same time the attack was
made on the premier; the attempt on
the life of Premier Stolypin, with its
frightful results; the shooting of Gen.
Min, an adjutant of the czar's personal
staff; the assassination of Gen. Won
Liarliarski, military governor general
of Warsaw; the plot
To Kill Gen. kauIbars
at Odessa, which miscarried through
the nervousness of the girl who car
ried the bomb-all within forty-eight
hours-appear to be part of gigantic
plot involving the lives of all heads
of the government from the 'czar
downward. Since the cZar dissolved
the douma, he no longer enjoys i'm
munity from the terrorists.
Prior to the dissolution of that body
the reds did not want the czar killed.
Now his name heads the list of those
marked fol slaughter
Gar Has Narrow Escape.
simultaneously with the attack
upon Premier Stolypin's villa Satur-
day, an attempt was made to enter Pc
terhof palace and kill the czar
The attempt proved unsuccessful,
for the palace guards, cautioned to OBJ
serve unusual vigilance, arrested one
of the two would-be assassins near the
palace wall, where he was crouching
waiting to effect an entrance. He
was armed with a bomb concealed in
a basket Of fruit Later his accomplice
was found inside the park, crouching
under the branches of fir tree. Both
men were quickly identified as notOri-
GUS members of the Moscow terrorists.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-31

George G. Peck. aged seventy-two,
was shot and fatally wounded at King.
Usher, Okla, by Prof. G. r. Hale, aged
sixty, the result of an old grudge.
r. II. Lesesne. a prominent naval
stores operator of Baldwin, Ala, was
shot at a camp near Molino, Fla, by a
negro and is in critical condition.
In difficulty at the Planters Chem
ical plant at Talladge, Ala, ]. p. Pow
ell was shot and killed by Jim Sims. a
negro, and H. l.. Crown was shot
through the thigh. The negro es-
capped.
An unsuccessful attempt to assas-
sinate H. S. Hines and s. l.. Long,
prominent lawyers who have taken an
active part In the crusade against
jointists in Arkansas City, Kan. was
made recently.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-31
NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED
IMPORTANT EVENTS At HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Notes From Washington.

President Roosevelt has appointed
James s. Harlan of Chicago a member
of the interstate commerce commits
sion. Mr.. Harlan is son of John M.
Harlan, associate justice OF the SUI
preme court of the United States
The secretary OF the interior has
executed contract with Newman &
Hoy of st. Paul for the construction
and completion of the work OF divis-
ion 3, main canal, Lower Yellowstone
Irrigation project, in Montana and
North Dakota.
Orders were issued by the military
secretary. Maj. Gen. F. G. Ainsworth,
for the transfer of the colored troops
from Fort Brown, Tex, where there
has been serious trouble between
citizens and soldiers, to Fort Ringgold,
Tex, which is about 100 miles above
Fort Brown and is also on the Rio
Grande.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-31
OIL MEN WANT DlSTlLLERlES
Plan to Get Control Of the Principal
DistiIIeries in the United States.

Plan to Get Control OF the Principal
DistiiIeries in the United States.
Peoria, I'LL, Aug 29.-The Standard
Oil company has taken steps toward
acquiring ownership of all the princi-
pal distjlling plants in the United
States.
This announcement was made In dis
tilling circles yesterday and came as
surprise to those who were unaware
that conference had been held in
Chicago between representatives of
the distilling interests and the Stand
ard Oil company for the purpose OF
trying to agree on terms.
A price has been set on every dis
tillery I, Peoria, trust and independent
house, and the present indications are
that the deal will be effected and all
plants pass into the hands of the
Standard Oil company within ten
days.
Verifies the Story.
Terre Haute, Ind, Aug. 28.-Terre
Haute distillers returned yesterday
from Chicago, where the monthly
meeting of both trust and independ-
ent distillers was held. 1t is stated
by local owners of distilleries that at
torneys for the Standard Oil company
have approached distillers, asking
them If they would entertain a propo-
sition to buy their plants. Practically
all have replied in the affirmative. 1t
is the opinion of the distillers here
that the Standard made the overtures
with the probable intention of engag-
ing largely in the manufacture of de-
natured alcohol.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-31
Noted Raider Dead.

Oak Grove, Mo-, Aug. 29.-Capt ].
Frank Gregg, who for the first half of
the civil war was in Gen. Joe Shelby's
command, but who later was with
Quantrell, the raider, and is said to
have been in the famous raid at Law
renee, Kan, died at his home at Grain
Valley, near here.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-31
ROOT Is ON THE PACIFIC.

Sailing for Valparaiso and Will Reach
Panama Sept. 16.
Washington, Aug. 28.-Secretary
Root is now out on the Pacific ocean.
sailing ior Valparaiso. Chile. A dis
patch was received from him by the
state department yesterday from
Puerto Arenas. Straits of Magellan.
saying that he was starting for Val
paraiso and that he expected to arrive
at Panama about Sept. 16
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-31
Shoots OF Top Of Head.

Minnewaukon, N. D., Aug. .29.-Ira'
G. Jones, foreman in the composing
room of the North Dakota Siftings,
committed suicide by shooting off the
top of his head with a shotgun. No
motive is known for the act.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-31
COVERS CLAIMS AT BANK.

Man Sends $4,000 TO Milwaukee Ave-
nue. institution.
Chicago, Aug. 28.-Francis S. Pea
body Of this city sent check for $4O,-
600 to the receiver OF the Milwaukee
Avenue State bank to cover every
claim held against him at the bank,
whether in the form OF genuine or
forged papers. Peabody's action was
taken through sympathy for Victims
Of the bank and a desire to bring
about a speedy adjustment Of the
banks affairs.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-31
Double TRAGEDY.

Portsmouth, Ohio, Aug. 28.-John
Harr and Mrs. Flora Hughes are dead
as the result of shooting here last
night. The woman's husband, Jarrett
o. Hughes, is in the county Jail, charg.
ed with the crime.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-31
Ere causes Panic.

New York, Aug. 28.-Flames start
ed through the floor of-a south-bound
Third avenue car last night and
caused panic In which three persons
were badly hurt and twenty more or
less injured.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-31

University Rector at Rome in the In
terest of Archbishop Ireland.
Rome, Aug. 29-Dr. Dennis O'Con-
nell, rector of the Catholic university
at Washington, has been helped by
Cardinal Serafine Vannuteli to come
to Rome for the purpose of urging the
conferment of red hat upon Arch
bishop Ireland.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-31

Offers Amnesty.
The governments offer of amnesty,
which was issued yesterday afternoon,
is variously received. 1t is impossible
to say what it's effect will be.
The foreign element including many
Americans, criticise the offer of amnes-
ty as weak and disappointing action,
showing a desire for peace at any
price and a willingness to sacrifice the
possibility of future security to pres
ent expediency.
Rebels Go Home.
4 considerable number OF insur-
gents are known to be returning quiet
IL to their homes in the province of
Havana and in the eastern part of the
province of Pinar del Rio. In the lat
ter province the situation remains un-
changed Guerra knows nothing of
the offer OF amnesty. and II he did 1t
is altogether unlikely that it. would af-
feet his course materially. At present
there is every reason for expecting
that Guerra will hold out for some
time to come. The district in which
he is operating is inhabited by Liber-
ais who are practically all tentative
il not active sympathizers with the in
surrection
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-31
NEW COP KILLS MAN.

Pittsburg Officer on Force One Week
10 Arrested for Staying Man.
Pittsburg, Aug. 2S.-While trying to
escape arrest last night Herbert, Cow
land, machinist, was killed by Po-
liceman Bowels.
Officer Bowles was arrested. He
has been on the force less than a
week
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-31

Charley Neary Of Milwaukee defeat
Cd Aurelio Herrera of Bakersfield,
CAL. in the seventh round Of an eight
round bout before the Badger Athletic
club.
Mahala Lewis, negress, said to
be 120 years old, died at Ottawa. Kan.
She could tell many incidents in the
life of George Washington, whom she
insisted she had seen many times.
Mass City and Greenland, Ontona-
gon county. Michigan, have bad epi-
demic Of scarlet fever. Thirty-five
cases have developed, five OF which
have terminated fatally, all the VIC
Tins being children.
The chief of police Of Racine, Wis,
has ordered his patrolmen to shoot
speeding autoists who refuse to halt
when commanded to do so. The north
shore town is determined to prevent
speeding through It's streets. much OF
which. 1t IL declared, is done by Chi
cagoans.
Louis A. Thebaud, son-in-law Of
Richard T. McCurdy, former president
o3 the Mutual Life Insurance Co. and
co-defendant In several actions
brought by the company, has slipped
back to his home at Morristown. N.
il. from Paris. Mr.. Thebaud's return
waD unexpected.
Complaints In suits involving IN &C
countins ,of sums aggregating several
millions q dollars were served by the
Mutual Life. Insurance company Of
New York upon three Of its former
trustees. Robert Ol:phant, James C.
Holden ana Charles ]. Miller, who
constituted the expenditures commits
sion of tho McCurdy administration. 1
The surviving trea. several Of which
Abraham lincoln planted II front Of
his house at Eighth and Jackson
strests 1t Springfield, M. was blown
down recently. Many persons were
gatherlng pieces Of the tree - relics.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-31
Train Kills Two Girls.

Freeport, ILL.,, Aug. pa Chicago,
Milwaukee & ST. Paul train yesterday
afternoon struck a buggy at Rock
City, killing two girls.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-31
NIGHT OPERATOR MURDERED.
Crime Without Apparent Motive ls
Discovered by Conductor.

OjScoVered by CONDUCTOR.
South Bend, Ind, Aug. 29.-Lloyd
Gynes of Windsor, Ont. night opera
tor for the Michigan Central railroad
at Gallen, Mich, was found dead at
his post early yesterday by the con-
ductor of passing train. Gynes had
apparently been murdered, being shot
through the eye and breast. The mo-
tive is not known. Seventy dollars
and q gold watch, which were ON
Gynes' person, were not touched.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-31
RESPITE GRANTED.

Mrs. Aggie Myers Will Not Be Hanged
Sept. 8.
Jefferson City, Mo-, Aug 29-Gov.
Folk has granted another respite to
Mrs. Aggie Myers, convicted and SEN
fenced to be hanged Sept. 3 for the
murder of her husband in Kansas
City.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-31
Casualties.

William Dendst, son Of Carberry,
Man, farmer, was struck by lightning
and killed.
News has been received from Sa,
lone Botello, Mex, that seven work
men were killed at that place in a
big rock quarry.
The explosion of the gasoline en-.
gine set fire to Erminger & Carriers
butcher shop in Livingston, Mont,
burning it to the ground.
Mrs. Wickstrom, weighing about 300
pounds, fell through the back porch
and broke her back at Norway, Mich.
She was sixty years old. A child OF
six also fell, but escaped injuries.
One fatality in Detroit and two in
he state, three Frustrated in the city
I'd four In the state is the record OF
days hot weather in Michigan.
any men were obliged to quit work.
While the members OF the Ladies'
i'd Society of the Christian Church
It Wallace, Ind, were practicing for
an entertainment bolt OF lightning
struck the church and instantly killed
Mrs John Bollis.
An eighteen-months-old child of Mr..
and Mrs. Nick Saddler OF Jubilee, Mo-,
was nearly killed as result vt drink
ing half cupful OF kerosene. 1t was
taken violently i'll and only strenuous
efforts on the part of physicians saved
its life.
Joseph Greene. nineteen-year-old
boy, injured in a shingle mill at Me-
nomonie, Wis, is dead. He stepped in
the way Of a tie carriage and was
dragged across a saw, his arm torn
of, his abdomen cut open, his side
stove in and a hand cut OF.
BY an explosion OF gas in the West
Buck Mountain gangway, in the fifth
level of the Vulcan colliery Of the Mil
Creek Coal company at Mahoney City,
Pa, Charles Stankus and John Ma,
ruka were instantly killed, five per-
sons were probably fatally injured
and about a dozen were overcome by
afterdamp.
The report that fifty men were en-.
tombed in the Clinch mountain tun.
mel at Bristol, Tenn, now under con-
struction by the South & Western rail-
road, is incorrect. The story had its
origin in an accident at the tunnel in
which two negroes were killed and
several workmen injured by falling
rock and scaffolding.
Life Guard doc" Channell battled
with the sea at Atlantic City for the
, lives OF an entire family in the surf
when he saved Jonas Bergman, Mrs.
/ Bergman and their three young chill
dren from death in the breakers after
four of them had sunk into the grip
of the current in an attempt to res
cue the youngest child.
While returning from a funeral at
Butte, Mont, the horses attached to
q carriage In which George M. Marvin,
his fifteen-year-old daughter and four
year-old son were driving, ran way
and all three were thrown out The
little boy received what probably will
be fatal injuries, while his father and
sister, though less seriously hurt, re-
ceived injuries which will keep them
confined to the house for several
weeks.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-31
People Talked About.

People Talked About.
Secretary Shaw was visitor at the
New York subtreasury. He expressed
satisfaction with conditions In the
financial world.
DR.. Thomas N, Rogers of Sault Ste.
Marie has accepted the nomination G.
lieutenant governor on the Democrat
ticket, rendered him by the Michige
state committee.
Mrs. Redmond D. Stevens OF Chic
90, daughter Of the capitalist In who
honor the boat Is named, will christie
the big steamer Norman B. Ream. to
be launched at South Chicago.
T. c. O'Hearn OF Cambridge, Mass,
was elected president of the Interna-
tional Association Of Municipal Elec-
etricians at New Haven. Conn. Nor.
folk, Va, win be the meeting place
next year.
Mr.. Meyer, the American ambassa
dor to Russia, who went to Kissen
gen to take the cure. said at Berlin
the general consensus OF opinion In
st. Petersburg Is that the present lull
"A the revolutionary movement will
continue for several months.
The oldest Mason In years and in
point Of membership in the United
States will celebrate on Sept. 6 his
one hundred and NTH birthday end
the eighty-frst anniversary Of his en-.
trance into Masonry. Always carry.
Ing his cane and wearing = high hat
which gives him the appearance Of a
venerable old preacher James Bel
lows McGregor Is : familiar figure ON
the streets Of Newport, N. II.
siL -->akss ;.-.s...
Foreign.
N. Zaimis, who was prim minister
Of Greece In 1901. has been appointed
governor Of Crete In succession to
Prince George Of Greece.
A report that as result ef the
strained relations between Greece end
Bulgaria the Greek minister at Sofia
the Bulgarian capital. has been re-
called, was discredited at the Greek
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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-31

Rev. Sheldon Jackson, head Of the
has given out what purports to be an
explanation of the charges of extrava-
gance Of the Alaskan schools. 1t does
not make an explanation of any spe-
cific charges
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-31
Offers Amnesty.

cases refusing to accept any consider
alton.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-09

attention to the success of others. par
ticularly Australia. and says an Oppor-
tunite is offered for extending the export
trade Of the Pacific by adding all kinds
of fresh materials in refrigerator ships
To the canned goods that go out now-
Re writes;
I'm previous letter it was suggested
that the installation of refrigerating
pIants on the Pacific liners for the pur-
pose solely OF exporting meats to this and
intermediate ports would hardly be JUS
titled by the conditions Of the market IN
the Orient IT, however. they were or
sufficient capacity to transport various
Derishable products of the United States
there Is no doubt expressed among the
merchants cf Shanghai and Northern
| China that a permanent market, with a
constantly increasing demand. could be
established.
REFRIGsERATORS ON OCEAN
VESSELS WOULD BE A BOON
:'The lines now plying between the Pa
cific Coast and Shanghai have small cold
storage plants sufficient for their own
needs ana it would appear that their en-
largement for the purposes indicated
would result not only in a paying In
vestnent for the management OF the
companies through the increase IN freisnt
carriage but that 1t would prove OF SUD
1
as WE'LL
Roth of the special agents are enthu-
siastic about the prospects for exporting
American made jinrikishas to China Ihey
suggest:
1T might be profitable for the American
steel men to send an expert out to China
to investigate the possibility of intro
ducing steel into the construction OF the
iinrikisha From all appearances and
through inquiry among the jinriktsna
masters the plan looks feasible. The
principle, roughly speaking. might be the
same as that Of the American contract
wheeIbarrow with reinforcements and
economy of material effected in much the
same manner as Is Indicated In the bar
row.
CAS- a suggestion (made by a member
of a iinrikisha syndicate here) the two
sides and back might be stamped out Of
steel. The steel should be as thin as pos
sible, but OF sufficient strength to with
stand the rough usage to which the jim
rikishas are subjected by the coolies AT
the same time the Ornamental tons. con-
sisting of corrugations, hutings, or what
ever might be deemed advisable, could be
stamped. Angle steel OF tubing could be
used for reinforcement. whichever might
be the easier made and the stronger, 70
insure durability.
THE hood hoops are now made Of bam-
boo and il IS suggested that thin steel
might be substituted, as the covering
could be quite as easily attached Ine
floor, It is assumed. could be made OF
steel and possibly covered win wood Tor
the greater comfort of the passenger The
pulling bars or shafts. it Is quite pos
sfble. will still have to be made OF wood
because of the lack of hexibility and the
preference of the jinrikisha eoolie, al
though this Is a minor detail" -