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USED CUPID TO AID SWINDLE
Man Deserts Girl on Wedding Day After
wrecking Aunt's Fortune.

Man Deserts Girl IN wedding Day After
wreckins Aunt's Fortune.
Rock ISLAND. ILL.,. Aug. 1e.-This city is
excited tonight owe an alleged swindie
which places Mrs. Mary Cramer. hereto
fore q wealthy woman. and her niece, Miss
Blanche Aldrdge. in poverty and leaves
Miss Aldridge broken hearted on the night
she was to be married. The alleged swindler
10 Jewett E. Warren. supposed to be from
Atlanta. He 10 the man who was to have
married Miss Aldridge.
Coming to this city q year g he met
OF Mrs. Cramer. Miss Eldridge W as en-.
gagged at the time to another young man OF
this city. whom she loved, Warren. who
thoroughly won the aunt. induced her to
persuade the. niece TO accept him. Then
all of Mrs. Cramer's business affairs were
turned over to the msn n he got checks
signed by her to an in a. he pleased. The
deed to tho property of Miss Eldridge wa
also turned over to him.
Great preparations had been made for
the wedding tonight, several thousand
dollars being spent in the arrangements.
Early this afternoon it wal suspected
that something was wrong. Business men
who had got checks from Warren learned
that all funds in the bank had been ex-
hausted. Warren was sought but no trace
of him could be found. 1t was thou ght
that he might turn up IN time for the we'd
ding but when the appointed hour arrived
INC the guests and the orchestra we're on
hand he did not appear.
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SEEKING STRIKE SETTLEMENT,
Indiana Mine Owners n Union President
Confer on Possible Tertns.

Confer on Possible Terms.
INDIANAPOLIS. Aug. l9.-ohcers OF the
Indiana Operators Association met to-day
with President Tom Lewis OF the United
Mine Workers of America in an effort to
settle the troubles which lave caused nearly
10000 miners TO be idle.
The whole ground was gone over. The
operators insisted that the miners should re-
turn to work before any negotiations for a
settlement would be inaugurated. The con-
ference resulted In the submission. by the
operators OF a basis Of settlement which in
Guided a provision for all the miners TO
return to work. and pending q settlement OF
the original trouble in the Hundson mine
the situation to remain as 1t was before any
strike occurred. 80.
1t developed to-day that the vsndaia
Coal Company. which employs about 5000
men, has refused to discontinue the check
of and that this brought the other opera
tors to the point Of willingness to treat
with the miners. The president OF the
Vandala Coal Company 10 not In harmony
with other members, and the latter concede
that they could not make q winning hgnt
with the yandalia mines at work: On
the other hand several members OF the
miners organization are candidates Tor
office and are anxious to carry the strike
over the election, and these are making
all possibla capital against the operators.
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MRS. HAMS HAD SUED HUSBAND
Father Says Her Charges In Divorce Action
Can Never BE Made Public.

BosToS, Aug. ia suit brought by
Mrs. Claudio Hams against her husband,
Capt. Peter C.. Hams, Jr., in which she
seeks absolute divorce on grounds involving
the moral character Of Capt. Hams. s b.
lieved by Charles H. Libby Of Winthrop
Highlands, father Of Mrs. Hams. to be the
motive which led to the killing OF William
E. Annis at the Bay Side Yacht Club. New
York, on Saturday last.
The papers in this action, which demand
a trial in open court. were served on Capt.
Hains on the Monday before the shooting.
and Mr.. Libby is convinced that the Cap
tain then formed the determination to kill.
believing that Mr.. Annis was behind the
suit. In this belief. however. he declares
Capt. Hams was entirely mistaken. the
suit being resorted to by Mrs. Hams a. the
only method by which she could clear her-
self of the charges which her husband and
his family had made against her.
MY daughter said Mr.. Libby. returned
to her home on June ., q few days after she
had been 60 cruelty beaten by her husband
in the presence Of his brother Thornton.
There is no doubt that it was, Thornton who
worked upon his brothers MIND to such
an extent that he finally shot and killed
Mr.. Annis. Thornton has been the evil
genius in this case from the start, and before
Il lie over the world will learn what kind Of a
man he 10.
His enmity toward Mr.: Annis dates
back many years. He hated him because
of his business abilities. and that was at
the very bottom of it all. As for Capt.
Hams, the only thing l am sorry for il
that we did not find him out long ago. The
charges against him. dictated to her lawyer
by my daughter and contained in the suit
for divorce, are of such a character that
they can never be given to the public in
detail.
II want to say emphatioally that these
charges brought by Capt. Hams against
nv daughter are absolutely false. Her
relations with Mr.. Annis were absolutely
proper and the best proof OF this Is that
neither his name nor that Of any other man
is mentioned in The action FOR absolute
divorce brought by Capt. Hams against his
wife. II he had believed then that her
relations with Mr.. Annis were improper
he would certainly have named him as CO.
respondent.
THE pApers in Capt. Hains's suit for
divorce were served upon my daughter at
our home in Winthrop. A conference fol-
lowed between orr lawyer. Mr.. Norton.
and Mr.. Bennett. representing Capt. Hams.
The proposition was made that the case
should be heard In private. The attorney
said Capt. Hams did not want any news
paper notoriety because 1t would hurt him
in the army"
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the funeral Of Mr.. Annis. eaid he bad Q
mom6nt's conversation with Mrs. Annis
and that abe said her husband bad. alwaye
been very kind to her when with her D
him implicitly and stil believed that hee
faith in him was justified.
The Investigation kept the District At
tofney % buoy yesterday that he did mo-
have time to mako the request Of the Gov.
to try the Hainses. This request, Mir, Oar
rim said, he would prepare last night or
early to-day and surely would send 1t to
the Governor to-day.
Mr.. Mcintyre asked Capt. Hams yester-
day about the truth Of the charges made
by his wife concerning his alleged improper
! practices and the Captain. according to his
lawyer. replied that they were the state
nents Of a reckless woman and were not
true in the sligh,est degree e;so. 90 s,srdov
afternoon was inclined to take a different
view OF these charges from that given by
MIR. Mcintyre last night.
In its search for a motive for the murder
it has taken up among othcrs tho theory
that fear ives as powerful a factor as
revenge in the motive for the murder.
This theory ~presupposes that in some
way knowledge OF the charges. made
against C.apt. Hams by his wife became
relations between the two men had broken
of with the Captains suspicious OF intimacy
between his wife and Mr.. Annis, Capt.
HAMS feared Mr. Annis might make use
Of the charges.
1t is believed that very few people knew
their nature and that Mr.. Annis was the
only Que Capt. Hams had to fear. This.
in the mind Of those investigating the
murder, sounds plausible.
1t might explain the lapse OF time be-
tween the Captains preoipitate return
from the Pacific and his stormy interview
with his wife and tho. shooting, an inter.
val which, without the new development,
has seemed somewhat strange.
The announcement that insanity would
be the plea on behalf OF they younger OF the
two brothers brought out a statement last
night from u mar who lived for come years
In Beverly, y. j., the original home OF the
Hams family. The man said that Reuben
p. Hams, father of Gea, Hams n grand
father OF the accused, was insane for some
time before his death and that he was oon-
incl for a time In q Jersey asylum. His
death occurred, according to the informant,
either in this asylum or in q private sani-
tarium. Reuben p. Hams, according to the
statement, ives a n~ewsdealer In b Jersey
town, maintaining a mail stationery shop,
delivering papers and adding to his income
by the collection Of freights for steamship
companies plying on the Delaware River.
Gen. Peter G. Hams returned to his
temporary home at Fort Hancock last evo-
ming. Ee went down from New York
on the Government steamer Candy. His
wife and little Peter, his grandson, had
walked to the wharf to meet him. They
entered a carriage and were driven to thu
quarters Of Capt. Hams.
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xILLEp ON rHE wAY HOME.
Mrs. Robertson, Returning From IN En'
eurtion, walked on the Track.

Mrs. Robertson, Returning Frsm IN Ea-
.cursion, walked on the Track.
PouoHKEHpsrR. N. Y. Aug. 1e.-Return-
ing from an excursion tonight Mrs. Edward
8. Robertson, wife OF q wealthy retired
farmer, was run down and killed on trestlo
Of the Central New England Railroad In this
city. Her husband. who was with her. was
struck by the engine and severely but not
fatally injured. Their Son. IL years old.
escaped.
The party had been to savin Rock on .
railroad excursion. Leaving the train 1t
e:25 at the North. street station they started
home, walking the tracks, which run near
their home. q mile away.
They were on the east rack when the
engine from the excursion train. which
had cut loose from the train q backed
along the east track. overlook them on o
small trestle over the tracks Of the Pough-
keepsie and Eastern. the old Russell Sage
railroad. The engine was upon them be-
fore they knew Of the danger.
Mrs. Robertson, who was IS years old,
was struck by the tender and hurled against
the iron girder of the trestle, from which
she fell twenty-five feet to the P~oughkeepeie
and Eastern tracks below. b was In
stantly killed. Mr.. Robertson. although
injured, was able TO scramble down an
embankment to where lay the body OF his
wife. he called assistance from the nearby
station and collapsed. Vassar Hospital
said that he would recover. The boy was
made sick from fright.
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KILLED BY A FIRE ENGINE.
Driver Turned ia Avoid q Train Tn East
New York and Hit q saan.

Driver Turned TO Avoid q Train Tn East
New York n Hit . saan.
Patrick Mclean. q mechanic employed
by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company.
was killed last night by Engine 1ss which
while on it's way to q fire swerved to the
sidewalk when the driver avoided q col
lision with a Long Island Railroad train
at vesta avenue and Herkimer street, East
New York. The crossing is at grade and has
no gates.
According to witnesses the Waterman
ran out with a white light and tried 10 stop
the railroad train. which was bound for
Manhattan Beach. A passerby ran into
the watchman's shack and got q red lantern
and this was the first, knowledge Driver
Sheridan Of the fire engine had that there
was danger. .r-r'-.. - .'
Three men who were on the sidewalk
near Mclean jumped at the sight Of. the
engine coming In their direction and mar
rowly escaped. Mclean died before ar
ambulance arrived.
The police allowed Sheridan to proceed
to the fire. which was slight. but af terwsrd
they arrested him. The Coroner paroled
him in custody Of the captain Of the Ar 9
engine company.
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E,1;lI;Ai|!SA!IKIz&EHE3]
DIED..

D~AYToN.-on August 10. isos, ct % Field Point
Road. Greenwich, Conn, John Dayton, In his
Slst year.
Funeral services Of the Second Congregations
Church on Friday. August n. at p. n. Car
riages VIII meet train leaving Grand Central
Depot at . p. n.
MeoBER.-on Sunday. August 10. at Bslnar. N. j..
Mrs.. Joseph J. MoGeer.
Funeral private.
AcLEAN.-Suddenly. as Vancouver Barracks,
Washington. Mary Louise Mclean, widow Of
Bfig. Gen. Nathaniel O. Mclean Of Cincinnati.
O1io. and Belipogt, L..
Noicc Of funeral hereafter. nterment at Bell.
pom.
6rRoBELL.-on Tuesday. August 10. 1908. Emenne
.opdyhe, widow Of EdWsr Q. Strobeli and
daughter Of the late George opdyke.
Funeral private.
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TRIED TOKLLN EGRO'S VICTIM
SHOTS FKRED AT WOMAN WHOSE
MISFORTUNE STARTED RIOTS.
spFingieldS DiseFderly Element Cowed by
Prompt werk Of Special Grand Jury
Two Moro Regiments OF Militia OR.
dered Heme-Prompt Tf1als Promised.

spFingfelds Daserderly Element Cowed by
Prompt wsrk Of Special Grand Jury
Two More ReSiments OF Militia Or.
deeed Hsme-Prempt Tr1als Promised.
SPRnarIELD. H., Aug. 1s.-An attempt
to kill Mrs. Earl Hallam late Monday night
apd the escape Of her assailant after q
members Of the Seventh Regiment toox
part became public to-day.
Two shots were fired over the back fcnc,
OF Mrs. Hallam's nome by some pers N
believed to have sought to either kill. injure
or intimidate the woman.
The attack on her by q negro, alleged to
be George Richardson, started the bloody
riots Of Fridsy night.
The shots were beard by the militia, en1
together wi tn o number of citizens q dill
gent search Of the neighborhood was made.
but il prov ed futile.
Gov. Deneen. satisfied that the city no
longer needs so man troops. hast night
n.ents. The Third and Fifth will le,rs
tomorrow. This will reiuc tho military
force here tn about LOO men, an ample
numter to handle the situation. which les
shown . much less serious aspect. since
the meeting OF the special Grand Jury
The appeals o, Gov. Deneen. the chanbo,
OF Commences, The Ministers Associations
and othor Civic bodies that citizens generally
furnish information to the States Attorn";
concerning the rl,ts, have met with such
prompt response that the authorities are
Encouraged In the belief that the better
elements Of the community are arousel
to the danger which threatens them unless
the moh spirit Is %uuenche3.
Coroner Woodruff to-day continued taxi
ing evidence at the inqpest over Scott Bur:
ton, b frst negro lynched. The doors OF
the inquest room are kept looked and news
paper men are rigidly excluded. Coroner
Woodruff declares he Is acting upon instruc-
tions OF the States Attorney In keeping the
evidence adduoed at the inquest from the
public.
The funeral Of William g.. Donnegan, the
the eighty.year-old negro who was lynohed
by the mob on Saturday night, was held
from st.. Johns Hospital to-day. Not
more han a dozen persons attended the
services, as all Of the victims family are In
Chicago, whittier they fed the night OF the
lynohing.
Now that George Richardson. the negro,
has been indicted for attacking Mrs. Earl
Hallam the States Attorney declares he
will make every effort to try him at once.
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DBAaHps DAY IN RUSSIA.
'Tnfrty.sfx Men Cendemned. Many fer Reb'
bePy-Exooutaons Ne Longer News.

HuhFty-atA NANo GDA1uuAuhuut Hso@S
bery-Exoeutlens No Longer News.
Special Cabss Dsspateh 10 n Sun.
ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 1e.-Reports from
various parts OF the empire show THAI tho
number OF death sentences passed yester"
day was t~htrty-six. At Lode ten men were
condemned to death In one batch for at
taoking a railroad train; at Warsaw Ave men
for robbery accompanied with violence; at
Kieve three men for attempting to kill q
forester; at Saratov two men. sailors OF the
Black Sea feet, for taking the lead in an
attempt to pillage an estate.
Executions are becoming 30 frequent
that some Of the newspapers in order to
maintain their circulation In the provincial
cities where the publication OF death SEN
fences is prohibited are no longer printing
statistics Of this kind.
Yesterday there was q second ~nsucces
full attempts to assasslnate the chief OF police
OF Pyatigorsk. The tow OF Tcherdyn re-
ports q battle between tho people Of two
nelghboring villages over q pieoe OF land,
Two men were killed. Ten Of the leaders
have been put in jail.
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TURKEY PLANS FOR 4 FLEET,
with Foreigners TO Show Her 0 TO Sail
u-She's Forgotten.
Special Cable Despatch TO TEE sun.

Special Cable Despafeh to TEE sun.
LONDON. Aug. 2O.-The Consta ndnople
correspondent OF the Times says the first
step In the reconstruction Of the Turkish
feet will be to send the battleship Hamidieh.
the cruisers Abdul Hamid and Medjidieh
and one of the recently constructed torpedo
boat %destroyers on a practice cruise in
Turkish waters.
1t is believed that a majority Of the old
vessels rotting in the Golden Horn and
Dardanelles will be sold for old iron. 1t
is expected that the Ministry Of Marine
will ask permission Of Parliament to employ
several foreign instructors, a majority OF
whom will be British. Otherwise the re-
organization Of the feet will be hampered
by the small proportion Of officers who
have had sea training.
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SORRY AFTER STREET DUEL.
mississippi Business Rivals Apolostze AFTER
Fatal Shooting Match.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. 1o.-H. B. Suber
and j. n. Gilmore, two leading merchants
Of Robinsonville. Miss. who are business
rivals, met on the street there this after
noon They had a heated argument for
a few moments. which ended in Suber
running into his store TO get his shotgun.
Suber stood in the door Of his store and
firing q revolver several times at Suber.
Suber was shot In the breast. while Gilmore
was mortally wounded with buokshot.
Their friends hurried TO their side and
put them on q train for this city, where they
each apologized to the other for the shooting
and both regretted that he had failed to
control his temper. 1t Ia not thought that
either can recover.
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SHOT BY DISCHARGED MAN.
Cal Company Manager Likely to Die From
Pistol SHOT Wounds.

Cal Company MANAGER likely 70 DIE From
Pistol not Wounds.
MILWAUKEE. Aug. 19.-Louis Kissel, one
OF the wealthiest and most prominent resi-
dents Of Washington county. was brought
to Milwaukee to-day for surgical treatment.
Nh. Kisse who is a. the head Of the
Kissel Car Company and many other bust
ness enterprises at Hartford, was shot
twice in his Office this morning by q dis
charged employee. John Gerber. One
bullet penetrated his cheek and the other
lodged in his abdomen. Both wounds are
serious and perhaps fatal.
The " ould-be assassin was arrested.
Mrs. Goetz, wife Of a farmer who wa IN
the Office on a business errand, was the
only witness Of the tragedy.
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NEBRASKA CORN OUTLOOK GOOD.
Burlington Railroad Report Puts Crop at
o Per Cent,

OMAHA, Aug. is.-The Burlington Rail-
roads crop report issued to-day says corn
in central and southern Nebraska will be
q 100 per cent. crop. with a yield Of from
IS TO Is bushels per acre.
According to the report the BORN has
improved greatly in the last ten days,
there having been rains almost nightly,
with hot sun during the day, ideal corn
weather.
On the Wymore division Of the 70 ad corn
will yield 30 to IS bushels an acre. The
Wymore and Lincoln divisions, covering
the great corn section Of the State, a re both
pronounced 100 per cent.
Fourteen weather bureau stations re-
ported good rains last night. These cover
all sections Of the State.
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WOULD.BE LYNCHERs JAILED.
Mayer Of Norfolk Fines and Sentences Men
Who Stormed Q Prison.


Who stormed Q Prison.
NORFOLK, Va. Aug. 10. Eight citizens
charged with rioting in the streets Of this
city last Friday night, when the Norfolk
county Jail was stormed In an effort to lynch
Henry Smith, a negro. accused Of attacking
a woman, were fined 500 each and costs and
sentenced to. serve sixty days in Jail by
Mayor Reed In a police court to-day. =
Martin L. Westbrook, Wade h. Cobb, T. o.
Williams. Walter Hayden. Walter Price,
Joseph Owens. Marshall Thompson and j. F.
Bresinsn were the eight. Others were fined
less heavily, including Walter L. stubbs.
dra = aen sI IN tne N Rayy y Eas w . ana 3 8 Ten g
Esmon, a private in the Marine Corps, who
was fined $40 and got thirty days in Jail.
All the cases were appealed.
It was brought'ou at the hearing that the
sleeping apartments Of Mrs. Huybert, wife
Of the jailer. were invaded by Westbrook
and Cobb while she was asleep. They woke
her up and demanded the keys Of the Jail,
but she refused to deliver them.
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Another stolen Treasury Check Turns Up.

WAsu1HaTrS. Aug. 1.-two moro Treas
ury checks from the nunber stolen fron q
messenger of the Marine Hospital Service
on August 3 have returned TO the Treasury
Department. having been cashed. Cne ~
these wa for $sis.ss. which had been cashed
by bank at Maria, Tex. and the other was
for $50. and II had been found by a railroad
station agent at San Antonio. Tex, He dis
covered II lying on the station platform. II
had been Endorsed.
Tho checks have been turning up at vari-
ous points In the South from Washington 70
the Mexican border. 10 IL believed that the
thief went over the Rio Crande into Mexico
after cashing nrost OF the stolen chrcks. No
Service officers 10 to the identity Of the
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W. r. Annis Buried.

The body Of William e. Annis. who was
murdered by Capt. Peter C.. Hams. was
buried yesterday in St. Michael's Cemetery
in Astoria, l.. !. No one except the reR-
tives and the ~pallbearers was present.
The services we're conducted by h Rev:
George ". Ecoles OF st. Johns Church OF
Flushing.
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ALL GOULD ROADS VOTE STRIKE.
Machinists OF Entire System May Go Out
for sympathy.

HuCtt"sosb VI 1"utS Sssscsu s"sy SO uut
for sympathy.
DENvKB, Aug. 1e.-The Official announce-
ment was made here to-day that the vote
Of machinists IN all the Gould railroads
on the question Of going on strike in SYM
pathy with the Denver and Rio Grande
rnaohinists. who have been out for several
months, has been completed and has re-
suited In giving the executive officers OF
the union authority to call a general strike.
II Is said that q strike win not be called
Immediately, but further efforts will, be
made to settle the Denver and Rio Grande
strike without resorting to extreme meas
tires.
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COULDN'T SAVE HIS UNCLE.
Paterson Mar Drowned In Lake Hopatcong
Despite Nephew's Ercrts.

Despite Nephew's Encrts.
LAKE H%oPATcoNo. N. j., Aug. 1e,-Peter
Burns Of Paterson, who returned there q
year ago after making q fortune in the
Alaskan gold fields. was drowned OF Q1ig-
ley's dock tonight. He had been staying
at Quigley's club, kept by his niece. Mrs.
Margar ret Quigley, and had just left the
club to 60 TO his cottage when he stepped
of the dock.
Soon after Burns foil in his nephew.
OF the same name. jun,I ed to the rescue.
Ne caught his uncle when he came 10 the
surface and managed to rot him nearly
INTO the dock whom Re was overct me by
water The elder Burns was fiually carried
out " the water with the helI, Of others,
hut he was 70 far gone that three rhy-
sicians who were called could do nothing
for him. MIR. Turns was 81 years old.
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SHIPS no SCARE CASTRO.
Holland Said TO HaS Decided On . Demon
stration-Her Ronor Touched.

stratiOn-Her Honor Touched.
Special Cable Despatch TO THE sun.
LONDON. Aug. 3o.-The Hague corre-
spondent Of the Telegraph says he hears
that the Cabinet to-day held q meeting
that lasted eight hours. at which the matter
Of the trouble with Venezuela was deak
with and a naval demonstration was agreed
upon.
TIE HAGUE, Aug. N.-It 10 held In diplo-
maNc circles here that tho conflict between
Holland and Venezuela IL not one that can
be submitted to arbitration, but one that
involves a question Of sovereignty and
national honor.
The Council Of Ministers sat yesterday
from 8 O'Clock till midnight discussing the
situation. To-day Foreign Minister Van
swtnderen was in conference with Queen
WiThelmina.