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The midland journal., 1906-11-16
AT the NATIONS CAPITAL
Some Interesting Happenings Briefly
Told.

President Roosevelt will present
a gold medal to Major George f.
Shields for saving a wounded Philip
pino from between the firing lines.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion is to investigate the alleged
holding company for the Hartman
railroad in the West.
Minister to Portugal Charles Page
Bryan may succeed LLOYD Griscom as
American minister at Rio Janeiro,
Brazil.
In his annual report Brigadier
General Croizer, chief or ordnance,
says the Army is being well supplied
with modern arms and ammunition
San Francisco policyholders have
appealed to the State Department for
aid in forcing German fire insurance
companies to pay losses.
President Roosevelt awarded a
medal of honor to Edward Murray,
a Pennsylvania railroad conductor
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The midland journal., 1906-11-16
MURDERED AND HOME ROBBED.
Woman Found With Her Thoat Cut
And Head Battered.

Stafford Springs, CT. (SpeciaD =
Mrs. Henry Williams, about SO years
old was found murdered in her
home, near here. Robbery, appar-
emily, was the motive, and the MUIR
derer is believed to be a tramp. The
body of Mrs. Williams was found
lying near stove on the floor of the
kitchen of her house, with the throat
cut, head battered and a towel twist
ed around the neck. Near the body
lay a knife and a club.
The woman died after a hard
struggle with her assailant, who, it
is thought, struck her down with a
club and then cut her throat, after
which the towel was wound about
her neck
Following the murder the man
made systematic search for money,
for the house was thoroughly ran
sacked and a trunk in an upstairs
room was broken open and about
500 in money taken from it. Part
of the money, later, was found on
the lawn in front of the house.
The husband of the murdered
woman, who had been away from
home, discovered the body.
The midland journal., 1906-11-16
THE SAGE MILLIONS
WILL GO TO The POOR
Not For The Churches, But Worthy
individuals.
the WIDOW TO KEEP BUT LITTLE.
Mrs. Russell Sage to Distribute the
Eighty Millions Bequeathed Her
by Her Husband : Says Endowed
Churches Are Indifferent and Negli-
gent-Annoyed By Letters.

New York, Especially Mrs. Rus-
sell Sage will give away the bulk OF
the fortune of about $50, 100000 be-
queathed to her by her late husband
to individuals whom she considers
worthy 1t will not be given to en-
down churches nor to those who write
begging letters.
81 shall keep only sufficient of the
fortune left to me by my husband
to live quietly and comfortably" Mrs.
Sage said Monday.
"The fact that churches are endoW-
ed put them beyond the necessity OF
work, thus making them Indifferent
and negligent along the lines where
Christian institutions should do the
most good. l mean to give to those
individuals whom I think worthy.
When / have left only enough to live
comfortably perhaps | may not be
annoyed by persons indelicate enough
to beg for help, as I am now.
81 wish to help men and women
of the higher or lower walks of life
who, through no fault of their own,
are so unfortunate as to need assis-
tance and too proud to ask. Such
persons deem it a pleasure, a privi-
lege and duty to aid. Persons who
were faithful and kind to Mr.. Sage
will be remembered, as | know he
wished me to do so. In all my plans
I am carrying out his desires, am
certain"
Mrs. Sage said that she will do all
she can, however, for struggling
churches and institutions devoted to
the care of the needy and sick.
She declared that she iH@anded to
buy home for clerk in a railroad
Office who was kind to Mr. Sage. The
bodies of her paternal grandparents,
now buried on farm near Troy, will
be removed to a cemetery in that
city, and the burial-place of her ma
ternal grandparents, in Sag Harbor,
r, will he cared for
The midland journal., 1906-11-16
Shot His Sweetheart.

Carlisle, Pa. Especially Clarence
Ilgenfitz, aged 20 years, shot his
sweetheart, Mary Kutz, and then
committed suicide. The shooting oc-
Cured at Drytown, near here. Ilgen-
fitz had been paying attention to the
girl for several months, but because
they were first cousins, Miss Kutz
refused to marry him. Ilgenfitz lay
in wait for the girl and her grand
mother as they were returning home
from church AS they passed he shot
the girl twice, one bullet entering
her head back of the ear and an
other entering her left thigh.
The midland journal., 1906-11-16
DEATH IN TENEMENT PANIC
Mother and Four Children Die In
The Flames.

New York Especially .-Penned in
by fire, four children and one woman
were. burned to death in tene
ment-house fire on the East Side
When finally the blaze had been ex-
tinguished and the firemen could
penetrate the building the bodies
of the victims, charred beyond pos
sibility of recognition, were found in
the ruins
The fire started on the second fioof
of the five-story tenement at 36e
oldest type of tenement-house con-
struction, with narrow halls and
stairs and lots of seasoned wood work
Beginning in some rubbish near the
stairs, the fire spread rapidly through
the hall and was soon licking it's way
through the upper floor
Most of the Is families in the
building were at supper, and there
was the widest kind of excitement.
Policemen were on the scene immedi
ately, and as soon as the firemen ar
rived helped them in carrying women
and children from the upper floors
down the fire escapes and ladders.
More than so women were taken
down the fire escapes by firemen.
When the firemen arrived on the
scene almost every window of the
building was crowded with women
and children calling for assistance.
The fire in the lower floors had filled
the halls and stairways with smoke,
and cut off the means of escape.
The fire was very hot, and there
were many heroic rescues in the few
minutes during which the people
were being taken from the building.
When the firemen had rescued every
one they possibly could they turned
a deluge of water into the upper
floors, but half hour made little
headway in extinguishing the flames.
When finally they had the fire out
the search for victims was under
taken.
Only on the second floor did the
search reveal bodies. There, huddled
in a corner of one of the flats, were
found the body of woman burned
to crisp, and nearby in a group, the
remains of four children
The midland journal., 1906-11-16
A Sad Double Tragedy.

Hatboro, Pa, Especially After
stabbing his wife nine times with an
awl, leaving her in a dying condi-
tion at her home, at Fulmer. small
village near here, Walter Yerkes
committed suicide by shooting himself
in the head with 32 calibre revol-
yer. The double tragedy occurred
a few moments after She family had
left the breakfast table, and was wit
messed by several children of the
couple The fact that Walter Yerkes
is the son of Squire Joseph B..
Yerkes, of this place, was sufficient
to turn the entire populace out in
order to learn the details of the
crime.
The midland journal., 1906-11-16
PRESIDENT OFF TO CANAL ZONE
''Going To See How the Ditch Is
Getting Along"

Washington, D. c. Especially =
"Good-by. I am going down to see
how the ditch is getting along. ;"
shouted President Roosevelt as he
stood on the after starboard deck of
the yacht Mayflower at the Wash
ington Navy Yard as the vessel was
leaving the dock with the President
for his Panama trip.
Accompanying the President were
Mrs. Roosevelt and her maid; Sur
geon General RiXey, of the Navy, and
M. G. Latta, one of the assistant sec
retaries at the White House. The
Mayfiower took the party to Wolf
Trap light, at the mouth of the
Rappahannock River, in Chesapeake
Bay, where transfer was made to
the Battleship Louisiana, which is
to convey the President to and from
the isthmus.
When the President steps ashore
at Colon it will be the first instance
in the history of the republic where
the president of the United States
has put his foot upon foreign soil
during his incumberce of Office. The
Canal Zone is held to be American
soil, but Colon is outside the zone,
as is also the City of Panama, where
the President and Mrs. Roosevelt
will for few hours be the guests OF
President Amador, of the Panama
Republic Besides Mr.. Roosevelt, the
only members of his party on the
trip are Rear Admiral RiXey, surgeon
general of the Navy. and Assistant
Secretary Latta. The President
spent a busy day at the White House
winding up affairs of state before
his departure.
Root On The Lid.
While he is away Secretary Loeb
will be in charge at the White House,
and Secretary Root will occupy the
seat ION the lid," usually held by
Secretary Taft when the President
is away on an extended trip.
Despite the fact that the President
is af1oat, he will be in close COM
munication with affairs at Washing
ton. The Louisiana has been fitted
up with the most complete wireless
telegraph apparatus avilable, and
Lieutenant Evans, of the Navy, has
been assigned to special duty in
charge of the instruments aboard
the vessel. He will communicate
from time to time with the wireless
stations along the coast, and thus
the President will be kept advised
of the trend of events.
There was quite an effecting fam
lily scene as the President and his
wife drove away, for all the children
except Kermit were home to say
good-by. Theodore, Jr., came down
from Harvard and ethel came in
from the Cathedral School to see
the last of their parents. The Presi-
dent spent the morning at his office
and quite number of officials and
friends came to say good-by. The
members of the Cabinet dropped in
during the morning. Colonel Brom-
well, the Presidents military aid.
and Lieutenant Commander Key, the
Presidents naval aid, drove up in
automobiles just before the Presi-
dent started and wished him "bon
vOvapn -
The midland journal., 1906-11-16
SUICIDE COSTS THREE LIVES.
A Girl, Disappointed In Love, Turns
On Gas.

Chicago, H., fSpeciaD Because
she had been disappointed in a love
affair, Aloysia Marsi, aged II, under
took to kill herself by turning on the
gas in room at the German Hospital
In the dormitory with her were three
other girls. Two of them are dead
and the other dying as result of
inhaling the gas fumes. The girl
who desired to die will recover:
At the Larrabee Police Station ner
lover is held prisoner pending rigid
investigation of the entire affair.
All the girls were employed at the
hospital. AT night they attended a
party and returned late, letting them
selves into the dormitory with a
night key.
The Marsi girl had met her faith
less lover at the party, and it is sup
posed she was so discouraged after
an interview with him that she deter
mined to end her life. She is yet
in such condition that she cannot give
a connected story OF the tragedy. Ear
ly in the morning other attendants at
the hospital smelled gas and finally
broke into the room Two of the
girls were then dead and Miss Letri
was beyond resuscitatioa. BY hard
work Miss Marsi was partially re-
vived and admitted that she had
closed all the windows, locked the
doors and turned on the gas with
the intention of killing herself, She
had hoped the other girls would be
awakened by the smell of gas in
time to escape.
The midland journal., 1906-11-16
.DERAIL MAIL CAR WITH
BOMBS and LOOT IT
First Kill The GendarmeS and Place
SentineIS.
MARCH OFF IN MILITARY ORDER.
Threw Three Bombs at the Mail Car
While Engines Were Being Changed,
Derailed the Car, Robbed 1t and
Fled With Sum of Money Said to
Amount to $3.50, 600.

Rognow, Russian Portland, (By
Cable) The Cossacks have thus far
been unsuccessful in their pursuit
of the revolutionist train robbers
numbering a hundred well-armed
men, who at 9 o'clock P. M, sur
rounded this station, threw three
bombs at the mail car of a train
while engines were being changed,
derailed the car, robbed it and fled
with sum of money now said to
amount to $650,000.
Laid Their Plans Well.
The station-master declares the
revolutionists hid in the neighbor-
ing forests and were excellently dis
ciplined, their commander giving
orders through bugle signals. When
the robbery was completed the revo-
lutionists transported their booty to
two wagons and marched off in mill
tary order, singing Socialistic songs.
Eye-witnesses confirm the state
ment that the revolutionists were
hidden in the neighboring woods,
and when the train stopped the men,
armed with rifles, sprang up on all
sides.
Shot The Gendarmes.
. Quickly executing the orders con-
veyed by the bugle, the gendarmes
standing in front of the station were
shot and killed, and the revolutionlsts
placed sentinels at all the approaches
and cut the telegraph wires.
While some of them overpowered
the trainmen other attacked the es-
corts of the mail car.
Of the three bombs thrown, two
exploded with terrific force, blowing
the cars into matchwood, killing i've
soldiers and mortally wounding IL
others.
Marching Off In Military Order.
The revolutionists then ransacked
the mail car, transferred the bank
notes, gold and silver to their own
bags, and, unfolding the red flag,
formed up a military order, marched
out of the station, entered wagons,
which were in waiting in the forest,
and drove off.
It was not until three hours later
that a detachment of Cossacks, hur-
rieSly sent for, appeared on the scene
and started in pursuit of the reVolu-
tionists
Rogow is now occupied by troops.
Tried To Catch A Bomb.
The railroad station was practically
destroyed by the revolutionists, who
poured in regular volleys, the walls
being pitted by hundreds of bullet
marks. One of the mail clerks en-
deavored to catch the first bomb
thrown at the car, but it exploded
and tore off both his arms.
The authorities officially admit the
loss of only $4,000 in cash besides
the unknown contents of the register
ed letters.
The wounded men have been sent
to Warsaw by special train.
The midland journal., 1906-11-16
DUEL TO DEATH
WITH A BURGLAR
Wealthy Pittsburger Killed in His
Own House.
THE MANY GRIMES ALARM CITY.
Henry Firth Smith Shot to Death by
Burglar He Surprised in the Act OF
Robbing His Fathers HOuse-Evi-
dence of a Desperate Battle Before
the Burglar Got Away.

Pittsburg, Pa. (SpeciaD Henry
Firth Smith, 25 years old, son OF
Jos. Smith, a prominent and wealthy
business man of this city, was
shot twice and almost instantly killed
at 4 O'Clock Sunday morning by a
burglar whom he surprised in the
dining-room of his fathers residence,
in the east end section of the city.
The crime, following little more
than a week after the murder OF
James A. McMillen, another wealthy
business man of this section, has
aroused the city, and, with a num-
ber of holdups by highwaymen dur
ing the past fortnight, city officials
have been importuned for $50 more
policemen to suppress the wave of
crime
That desperate battle took place
between young Smith and the burg
lar is evident from the disordered
condition of the dining-room and
kitchen of the Smith home. In ad-
dition to the two bullets which were
found to have entered Smiths body,
five other balls were found lodged
in the floors and walls of the two
IOUllS. ATSS cartridges VI OlAlIA .
revolver had been discharged.
Neighbors adjacent to the Smith
home heard the shots and ran to
their windows, but say they saw no
one running from the house. Hun
dreds of dollars worth of silver
plate had been gathered together by
the burglar, who apparently had been
in the house sometime before being
heard by young Smith.
The young mans father and
mother were awakened by the sounds
of the shots, and rushed down stairs,
to find their son on the kitchen floor,
with two bullet holes in his body.
The entire police and detective
forces are working on the case, but
so far no clue has been discovered.
Every policeman in the East End
district reported in civilian clothes.
Superintendent of Police McQuaide
issued an order that any person act
ing in the least suspicious manner
was to be sent to the police station
for examination.
Another holdup was reported to
the police Sunday. Miss Isabelle
Livingston, sister of the chief ord
nance officer of this city, was held
up by negro near her home, which
is short distance from the Smith
residence, The negro held revol
yer at her head until he took her
purse and then disappeared.
The midland journal., 1906-11-16
The Currency Problem.

Washington Especially The cur
rency committee of the American
Bankers Association, appointed in
pursuance to a resolution adopted at
the st. Louis meeting, will assemble
here this week to discuss plan for
a more elastic banking currency. The
committee will consider various
propositions. 1t is expected that
Secretary Shaw and Comptroller of
the Currency Ridgely will address
the meeting before the final adjourn
Aert
The midland journal., 1906-11-16
Slocum Tablet Found.

New York Especially The bronze
tablet which was stolen from the Slo-
cum memorial monument in the Old
Lutheran Cemetery, in Middle Viii
lage, has been found 1t is lying in
a Brooklyn junk shop, smashed to
fragments by the thieves, who sold
it to the junk dealer for $14. The
tablet was valued at $3.50 and pur-
chased by subscription and placed on
the monument, which was erected to
commemorate the Slocum disaster.
which cost nearly a tbovsand ''ves.
The midland journal., 1906-11-16
New Hotel ColIapses.

Long Beach, Cal, Especially THE
new Bixby being erected on the beach
here caved i'll supposedly from weak
construction, and possibly a score of
men are buried in the ruins. The
building is of reinforced concrete.
The whole structure caved in with
out warning from the basement to
the fourth floor, leaving but one wing
standing. Estimates Of the number
- ,,pzl range f:am &c = =.
The midland journal., 1906-11-16
FINAN> AL WORLD.

The Rockefeller contingent are re-
ported to be buying Northern Pacific.
It is denied that United States
Steel will dismantlc its Homestead
armor plate plant.
American tobacco declared the
regular quarterly dividend of II
on the common and an extra dividend
OF Il per cent.
1t seemed to be the consensus of
opinion among leading conservative
bankers that there is to be no big
bull market just yet,
Assistant Secretary of State Bacon
retired from the Burlington dlrec-
torate and J. 4. Talmage was chosen
to succeed him.
The Pennsylvania increase in
wages will effect 1875, goo employees
and will mean an extra outlay by
the company of several millions
annually.
Directors OF the Merchants Ma
tional Bank, Philadelphia, declared
a semi-arnual dividend of per cent.
out of profits of the past six months
This raises the annual rate from
the first time in many years that cne
Der cent. to s per cent. The dividend
is payable on demand The bank s
canftal is 100000; surplus $500. zoe
and undivided profits $160,737.
Poor's Manual shows that at the
end of 1905 there were in the United
States 215,506 miles of railroad
which earned during the year ST.
112.OOO,0OO. There was paid in in
terest and dividends or rental SG44,-
600, 900. The total capital stock is
s6.741,O00,OO0 and tho bonded debt
is s7,S21, 100000, which, along with
other liabilities, make total OF
SIS, 100000.
The midland journal., 1906-11-16
Has Not Resigned.

Washington (SpeciaD. = Senior
Montagna, the Charge of the Italian
Embassy here, while at the State De-
partment Thursday denied the story
that Ambassador Mayor Des Planches
had resigned, and stated that he ex-
pected the Ambassador to return to
this country next month and resume
his connection with the Embassy.
The midland journal., 1906-11-16
Highwayman Holds Up Train.

Kansas City (SpeciaD A lone
robber, heavily masked, boarded the
rear sleeper of the eastbound combi-
nation Chicago and Alton-Rock Is
land Canifornia Limited train known
as No. "A, between Slater and Glas-
gov, Mo-, shortly after midnight,
robbed several passengers and escap-
ed in the darkness.
The midland journal., 1906-11-16
Killed On The Track.

Alexandria, Va. Especially Will
liam A. Fuller, "A years old, of
Washington, who was employed as a
car inspector in the Union freight
yards here, was instantly killed by
a Southern Railway engine a mile
north of this city. He was terribly
mangled.
The midland journal., 1906-11-16
She Fonnd The Leak.

Buffalo, N. Y. Especially Miss
Catherine Keener, aged 21 years,
was awakened by the odor of gas.
She lighted a match to investigate.
The explosion which followed blew
away one side of the house, and
Miss Keener received burns from
which she died
The midland journal., 1906-11-16
Curzon Rumor Unfounded.

London (By Cable) e).-In connec-
tion with the rumors from America
that Lord Curzon, the ex-Viceroy of
India, is to succeed Sir Mortimer
Durand as Ambassador of Great
Britain at Washington, the Foreign
Office here says there is absolutely
no foundation for the reports.
The midland journal., 1906-11-16

The cultivation of rubber is now
Icing taught in the schools OF West
Africa, writes Consul General Guen-
ther from Frankfort. Every village
is obliged to plant a certain number
of acres in rubber trees. In the
Congo State Mr.. Guenther Gays that
12,50O,0OG rubber trees have been
,ianted.
The midland journal., 1906-11-16
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Domestic.

The president of the New York
Mutual Life Insurance Company
secured an injunction from the court
at Frankfort, KY, restraining the
State Commissioner from revoking
the companys license to do business
in the Kentucky field
Frederick Schaffhauser, a civil en-
gineer, was shot and fatally wounded
in the City Hall of Philadelphia by
Frederick Homberger, a pumping
station employe, who accused the en-
gineer of wrecking his home.
Miss Nellie O'Reilly, an opera sing
er, was awarded $4,000 damages
in a breech of promise suit against
Dennis Sweeney, wealthy resident
of Long Island.
An inspection of work on the
Panama Canal by the combined mer-
camille organizations of the United
States is proposed.
Five incendiary night fires in the
heart of New York caused panic
among thousands and death of a
woman from shock.
John Price Wetherill, of Philadel-
phia, who amassed fortune in zinc,
died in Philadelphia.
NEW Olh uSJSCLltCo IOuh0 q SAAAN
who had been chained to corncrib
for year and half.
The Standard Oil Company has
raised the pay of all employees from
5 to 10 per cent.
The special federal grand jury
convened in Minneapolis, Mimi, to
system in use by railroads, and re-
;o&- f1 Tho mini
mum penalty in each case is $1,OO0
and the maximum $4,000.
In a shooting affair at Money,
Miss, L. J. Henderson, a prominent
merchant and planter, was instantly
killed by A. j. Money, brother OF
United States Senator Money. Money
was also shot, but is not seriously
wounded.
A powder magazine owned by the
E. I. Du Pont Company and situated
at Tinley Park, near Chicago, ex-
ploded with such force that window
panes were broken in the home of
the Midlothian Club, three miles dis
tant.
A receiver was appointed in AL
bany for the North German Fire In
surance Company of New York,
which was crippled by the San Fran
cisco fire.
Proceedings we're instituted in
Scranton, Pa, against three railroad
companies for failing to have the re-
quired safety appliances on trains.
Tulic Larrinaga, Unionist candi-
date for commissioner, of Porto Rlca
to the United States Congress, was
elected by a majority of $4,000
The switchmen accepted the offer
of the managers of the Western roads
for an increase of three cents an
hour in wages.
Eighty girls, hemmed in by fire
and smoke in a New York factory,
were led to safety by the coolness
of policeman.
Watson Raine, an engineer at
Proctor's Theater, New York, refuses
to quit work though he has legacy
of $4,000.
Miss Lucille Mcleod, accused in
Chicago of killing William T. New
mann, was married to Fred II. Men
hard.
Herbert G. Squires, the new United
States minister to Panama, was re-
ceived in audience by President ANA
dor.
One thousand coopers went on
strike in Chicago, asking for wage
increase of three cents per barrel.
A statue of Gen. Peter Gansevoort,
the defender of Fort Stanwix, was
unveiled in Rome, N. Y.
A dynamite explosion occurred in
Carrick, near Pittsburg, Pa. Two
men were killed and seven hurt.
The Unionist party carried all
seven election districts in Porto Rico,
leaving the Republicans without rep
resentatives in the next House of
Delegates The election was very
orderly.
The midland journal., 1906-11-16

Those wio hanc -poa Hear. )
defeat TO scnd up the price OF Brook
lyn Rapid Transit were fooled. The
price fell 4 couple Of points. showing
clearly ti'at once more all tho good
eyrects had been fully discounted.