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EAT OR BE SICK TO DRINK.
Drs site Train Liquor Law Effective in
Louisiana.

New Orleans. July %. - Drinking.
even out of ones own flask, on pas-
senger trains In Louisiana constitutes
a misdemeanor punishable by a fine
or imprisonment. or both, according
to a new law which went into effect
yesterday.
This act makes it unlawful for any
person to drink intoxicating liquors
of any kind in or upon any railway
PASSENGER train or coach or closet or
vestibule or platform. except In case
Of actual sickness. After q hard fight
& section al added making the law
inapp icable to stimulants taken with
meals in a regular dining car.
Trainren are vested with author
ity as police officers.
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New President Popular.

Panama, July 1S-lf any doubt exist.
ed regarding the popularity aud pres.
tige Of Domingo de Obaldia. the newly
elected president Of the Panama re.
public 1t was dispelled last night
when a group Of native women. garb.
ed in the quaint "pollera, '55." the
national dress of Panama. marched to
the residence Of Senior Obaldfa to pre-.
sent him a presidential sash"
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Foreign.

A landslide which has occurred at
Romeo, Italy, buried several peasant
houses. Nine persons were killed.
1t is reported that fifty-seven fisher.
men belonging to the ports OF Bermeo
and Odarroa, Spain, have been
drowned in the gale which swept the
coast.
A revolutionary proclamation has
been placarded throughout Tab-iz
threatening the Russian consul and
the members of the Russian colony
with death unless they desist from
meddling with Persian affairs.
A code message which escaped the
Mexican censor says that twenty rev.
olutionists who had been condemned
to die were removed Saturday from
Casa Grandes to Chihuahua, where
they will be executed in the state p"is.
on later,
John w. Riddle Of ST. Paul, the
American ambassador at st. Peters.
burg, is convalescing very slowly. Hc
is now planning to leave Spain for
Kislovodsk, a health resort. The gov
eminent has placed a special car at
Mr.. Riddles disposal.
The presidential elections through.
out the isthmus of Panama passed of
without disturbance. Senior Don Jose
Domingo de Obaldia, formerly minis.
ter to the United States and acting
president during the absence Of Mr.
Amador, was elected president.
A barge came Into collision with the
warship Indemitable in Portsmouth
harbor shortly before the prince OF
Wales boarded the Indomitable tx
leave for Quebec, where he is to at
tend the tercentenary festivities. The
force Of the collision was slight. A
little paint was scratched of the side
Of the battleship and the barge lost
here foremost.
A private dispatch from Sosnowice
Russian Poland, says that a plot
against the life of Emperor Nicholas
has been discovered there. The cor
spiracy was we'll planned and had
many ramifications. More than a hun
dred men and women were arrested a
Sosnowice yesterday, charged with be
ing implicated in the plot, and Other
arrests are impending. The railroad
stations is guarded by gendarmes and
Cossacks, and the frontiers are being
closely watched.
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FIVE MEN HURT ON BATTLEShlP
Steam Pipe Bursts on the kearsarge
While Anchored at Honolulu,

Honolulu, July %. - BY the burst
ing of a steam pipe of the forward
s~tarboard boiler OF the battleship
Kearsarge of the Atlantic fleet five Of
the tireroom crew were injured seri-
ously. Fires were drawn after the
accident and the steam plant was dis
abled for nine hours.
The names Of the worst injured
are: Wilson, a water tender: Wat
son. second class fireman, and Pom
plum. a Goa passer. These men are
in Sick bay. off the ship, but their IN
iuries are now declared to be super
fetal. and with the exception of Will
son none of them will bear seas CT
their burns.
Can Sail With Fleet.
The accident to the kearsarge will
not interfere with her sailing with
the fleet On Wednesday. Repa; s are
now being made and will be COM
pleted in time to allow her to go with
the others.
The pipe which burst was sever
inches in diameter. 1t burs- directly
upder the ventilating SHAFT and Z
the upper side, thus permitting ne
steam to escape through the venti,a-
tors.
All the ships OF the third division
have arrived from Lahaina. With he
Missouri coming in yesterday, the I
feet Is once more intact.
Boat races and other sports yester-
day and last night a gala performance
of the Old comic opera. The Mas
cott,' arranged by society ladies of
Honolulu, w the chief features in
he days entertainments of the Off
GERS and men of the Atlantic feet.
There was also an excursion to Pearl
Harbor, where only Rear Admiral
Sperry and staff went for the our-
pose OF inspecting the location of the
new naval station for the islands.
Admiral sperry AT Home"
From 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon
until 6 O'Clock last evening Rear Adj
miral Sperry AMI the officers Of the
Connecticut were at home to their
friends. The vessel was gayly deco
rated with flags for the reception and
the decks were crowded.
Last night Rear Admiral Sperry at
tended a dinner given in his honor by
Chief Justice Heartwell.
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Would Recover Shells,

Chicago. ILL.,, July 19.-The govern
ment OF the Philippine islands has
begun suit In the superior court here
to attach a collection of 20. 900 shells
which is now in the Academy of Sci.
ence in Lincoln Park. The proceed
ing seeks satisfaction for a claim OF
$4,000 against Joseph F. Quardas, own.
err of the collection, formerly a resi-.
dent Of Manila, but now living at La
Junillas, Cuba.
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EMPEROR IS Ill.

Ruler Of China Reported to De Suf.
ferino From Oysentery.
Picking, July 19.-The emperor Of
China, Tsai-tien, has been i'll for sew
eral days past. 1t is impossible to
ascertain what his malady is. because
Western medical science is barred
from the imperial palace, but the re-
ports indicate that he is suffering
from ~dysentefy. His majesty is said
to be better. but in spite of this the
dowager empress has ordered the va
rious viceroys and governors to send
physicians from the provinces of Pc
king.
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Cracksmen Overlook $1,000.

Osceola. Wis.,, July %. - Louis
Sund's store at Clam Falls was enter
Ell by burglars last night. The safe
was blown. the contents ransacked
and the robbers secured about 5000.
They left $1,000 in a drawer that I'M.
was overlooked.
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TEN THOUSAND STOLEN.

Boy fakes Away With Suit Case Fill
ed With Valuable Papers.
Chicago, July ga suit case on
taining stocks. bonds and other Sc
curities valued at $4,000 and belong
ing to John Burford OF CHATTANOOGA,
Tenn. was stolen by a thirteen-year-
old toy. 1t was learned by the police
yesterday. The theft occurred in the
federal building while Mr.. Burford
vas listening to the trial of a case in
the United States court.
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Boy Killed BY Train,

Minneapolis, July 19.-Leo Klue.
zyski, fifteen years old, was fatally in
jured while he was trying to board
q freight train in the Great Northern
yards yesterday. Both legs were
crushed and the boy died a few hours
later at the city hospital.
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Wa. Short s1s,ess.

Fredericton N. B.. July 22.-An in
v~estigation into the accounts OF the
late Deputy Surveyor General w. r.
Flewelling. who died about three
months ago. disclosed the fact that he
was in arrears to the amount OF $751;.
$50.
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Seven Break Jail,

Toronto. Ont. July 19.-Seven pris.
oners escaped from the Toronto jail
last eYening and have no been cap.
turod. They picked the lock Of the
doo- leading into . cell In which the
scaffOld used for executions Is erected
and then broke through the wall.
Among them Is Harry Churchill. al.
legged Iickpocket, wanted at st. Paul,
Minn.
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HANDED for Murder

Moundsville. W. Va, July ~. -
Frank Johnson, a negro. was hanged
late yesterday at the West Virginia
penitentiary in this place for the muir.
der Of Mrs. B. Martin at Gypsy, w
Va. on March 3 last.
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Z. settle stonecutter., s4rlk.

st. Cloud. Mimi, July 10. - James
Duncan, secretary of the International
S~tonecutters' association, is here, try.
ing to effect q settlement between the
producers and the cutters. The shops
have been open for some time.
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Van Rennslaer Arrested in New
York on Charge of At
tempted Extortion.
"SMART SET" IS GIVEN SHOCK
Calls Mother Selfish Peacock" and
Threatens to Kill Her If
She Doesn't Dig Up.

New York, July 22.-John A. Van
Rennslaer, son of Mrs. John King van
Rennslaer and a member of n or
New York's Oldest families. was taken
into custody last night on a charge Of
attempted extortion. The arrest was
made on advices from Chief Of Police
Crowley of Newport. r. L.. who re-
ceived a complaint from Mrs. Van
Rennslaer that her son had written a
letter threatening her bodily harm
unless she provided him with funds.
age and married.
Van Rennslaer Is connected with a
local brokerage house. The detec-
tives and Lieut.. Mannion, before
whom Van Reunslaer was brought in
the police station. declare that the
young man stated that he had written
the letter. which is without any con
ventional BEGINNING CT ending, and
of which the postscript is unsigned.
The letter reads:
Writes to His Mother.
81 have just seen Lawrence Lee.
and l am given to understand that
you will pay thirty dollars per month
dred miles from New York. and that
I must have your written consent to
leave the place that you may select.
Did it eve occur to YOU that |
have an absolute remainder interest
in Aunt Frances estate securities.
and that by blowing your head off
my wife would have an income suf1i-
cient to support her?
II will take that course if necessary
and upon my head will rest the con,
sequences. CThaw is still alive; may
he | will be-
In any case, my wife, God bless
her. will benefit by your demise, even
ii | don't.
Calls Her Selfish Peacock"
Il have seen many disagreelnents
and much suffering in my life. and |
must say hat most of it is due to
you, a selfish peacock, whose name
in these times amounts to nothing
and who is almost if not entirely for
gotten in circles once trod.
Il am not in any humor to be trifed
with. and | wish to 60 on record that
| will take action on sight unless
something Is done at nee. You CAV
Harold $4,000 and a trip to Europe.
What have | had for being honest?
q. A. Van Rennslaer."
81 want YOU to raise on hat fancy
name of yours $1,000 for me-. If you
are such a great lady. make good: il
not, keen out of my sight. | can raise
cash enough yet to GO to you wher-
ever you are. and | have a good
name"
Van Rennslaer Explains.
Admitting to Lieut.. Mannion that
he had written the letter. Van Renns-
laer. according to the police, made
the following statement regarding
the demand on his mother:
81 gave her a thousand dollars
wher she was on her uppers and
now I vented FIVE thousand to go into
the brokerage business. When ! was
in business before had a good friend
who used to loan me any amOunt l
wanted up to a couple Of hundred
thousand. This friends mother want
ea to get into the Colonial Danes Of
America. of which my mother was a
member. but my mother blackballed
her. Then soon after that | went to
this friend again for another loan,
but he told me If nv mother was too
GOOD to associate with his mother he
CROSSED his money was too good for
me-"
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Muslciar 10 Robbed.

La Crosse, Wis. July 17.-Prof J.
Kni<ht. former proprietor Of = local
musical conservatory. was held up and
robtei By footpads last night after
reaching town on . late train. He
was relieved Of 80 and Q gold watch.
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Cuts Self in SIeen,

st. Louis, Mo, July 20. william
throat in his sleep early yester7 y.
and only prompt work by physicians
saved his life.
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r,.me. namaoe c,ass Facterv.

Minneapolis, July 17.-Fire wrecked
the two upper floors OF the Foreman.
Ford 4 Co.'S nve-story factory and
warehouses last evening doing an es.
timated damage OF $35. 900 to stock
and $1,000 to the building.
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Death for uxoricids,

Chicago, July ~. - Adnrew Will.
liams. = negro. was found guilty OF
uxoricide and sentenced to be hanged.
Williams killed his wife March 10.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK N tP|TOMt
At the Capital.

The interstate commerce commits
sion will be appealed to by the Manu-
facturers' association OF New York In
its fight to prevent the railroads from
making a 10 per cent increase In
freight rates.
The attorney general has transmit.
ted to the various district attorneys
information against eleven railroads
for violations Of the federal safety APP
pliancc law. There were seventeen
violations altogether.
The San Jacinto national forest in
California hereafter will be known as
the Cleveland national forest. 1t has
been so rechristened by President
Roosevelt in honor Of the late presi-
dent, under whose administration the
first national forests were created.
President Roosevelt has received
An invitation to be the guest of Camp
Dawson of the Arctic Brotherhood at
the Alaskan-Yukon-Pac exposition,
which will be held in Seattle next
year. The invitation is unique. being
engrossed on white skins and contain
ing half a dozen beautiful photographs
Of hunting scenes and Landscapes in
Alaska.
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Sins and Sinners.

Tom Williams, aged ffty-six. shot
and killed his wife, Martha Williams,
aged forty-five, at Calumet. Mich, as a
result Of family troubles.
A murder was committed in West
Virginia penitentiary at Moundsville.
Oscar Phipps stabbed William Banks
in the back with d long scissors blade.
Krig Nelson. a farmer living near
G%ordonsville, Iowa, shot and killed
his wife. He then stepped out of
doors and blew his own head off. He
was drunk.
Veronica Meme, eighteen years old,
was shot twice in the head by her
sweetheart, William Willie, at the
girls home in New York. The young
man then sent a bullet into his temple.
Both are dying. They are said to have
Quarreled.
J.. E. Huber, clerk in a furniture
store at Springfield. ILL.,. is mourning
the loss Of his fiancee. Miss Ida Sholte,
who. he says departed with his uncle,
w. j. Despair, and 5000 OF Huber's
money. The Tilted mar made COM
plant against the couple and they
were arrested at Evansville. Ind.
Grave charges are made against Of
ficials Of the New York fire depart
ment and against the Windsor Appli-
ance company. which made and sold
to the city fire hose found to be de-
fective in the Parker building fire last
January, in a report which the COM
missioners Of accounts have just made
to Mayor Mcclellan.
Timothy Reardon was shot and In
stantly killed at Billings. Mont, by
Florence Reardon, who processes to
be his wife. She had instituted 4 suit
In the district court to have an al
legged marriage contract with him In
validated. but her jealousy was arous
ed over the alleged fact that Reardon
had not only taken all her money,
$500, but had deserted her and was
living with another woman.
Otherwise.
Thomas Bars body was found near
. country road west Of Iowa City.
Iowa. 1t Is believed that he wal the
victim Of heart disease.
Maine Democrats in convention
unanimously nominated Obediah Gard
ner for governor and Everett N. Now
| er for state auditor. Electors Of pres
ident and vice president were also
nominated.
Frederick Glow, the chauffeur who
was In charge Of William Hutehings'
automobile when It hit q Long Island
train In New York. the owner, his wife
and child being killed, has become q
raving maniac as the result Of the &C.
cident.
The tropical heat spell which has
enve!oped New York for nearly three
weeks, killing over three score per-
sons and p%rostrating hundreds, vas
broken last week when q severe cleo.
trical storm, accompanied by hail and
rain, swept over the city.
Frank H. Hitchcock. chairman Of
the Republican national committee,
has selected quartz for the commit
tee In the Metropolitan Life building
III New York, which has been the local
headquarters In the two last cam
paigns.
a terrific dynamite explosion &C
Cured in the dynamite storeroom OF
one OF the c~ollieries near Borbeck
Prussia. Eight Of the dead have been
brought to the surface and eight IL
fured, several 81 whom are In a hope,
les condition. Three others are still
underground and are probably dead.
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casualties.

were killed by lightning at East Brady,
Pa, while In swimming.
August Hammer. Henry Bodku and
Frank Meese were drowned while
bathing In the canal at Cleveland.
Between $4,000 and 5000, 900 dam
age was done by q nre which destroy
ed the plant Of the New Orleans Cot
fee company, limited.
Two men are dead and property val
ned at about 100000 vas destroyed
u the result Of q fire in the San
Maria oil fields at circuit, Cal.
A big forest fire is burning along the
Sacramento river near the head Of
Dog canyon, In Sacramento mountains.
ten miles from Alamo Gordo, N. NJ.
Serious forest ires are reported in
the A~dirondacks and along the Mo-
hawk 4 Malone railroad. The rail.
road authorities have special trains
ont
While endeavoring to turn on an
electric light Dwight Stewart Of Wa
torlOo, Iowa, was knocked down by
the current and his arm was badly
burned.
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~ explosion Of the boiler Of a Hook
M Valley freight locomotive while
standink q Powell Station. Ohio.
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Personal.

Rear Admiral w. Il. BurWelI, now
on duty at the navy yards at Puget
sound, Washington, is to be placed on
the retired list.
Thomas d. Jordan. former controller
Of the Equitable Life Assurance so
ciety, died suddenly in a subway sta
ton in New York.
Frederick Often Roahrig, A. NJ, Phi.
D., NJ. D., a noted Orientalist, philolo-
gist, educator and composer, died at
Pasadena, Cal, aged s~ixty-nine years.
Frederick Schmidt. whose home
was in Wisconsin, died suddenly OF
heart disease on the steamer Bremen
while returning from a visit to his old
home in Europe.
Gen. Erastus Blakeslee, soldier,
minister, author and editor, and prom.
inent in the Sunday school world, as
the author, editor and published Of
the graded Sunday school lessons,
died at his home in Brookline, Mass.
Maj. Walter Carlin, a brother OF
Former Governor Thomas Carlin OF
Illinois, dropped dead ut J~erseyville,
ILL.,, OF heart disease. Maj. Carlin was
nrst lieutenant Of the Thirty-eighth
Illinois infantry during the Civil war.
Francis g. Bailey. president OF the
bankrupt Export Shipping company Of
New York, and . fugitive from justice
upon . charge Of grand larceny, has
become q n oficer in the navy OF Hon.
duras, according to statements made
BY friends In New York.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-19

Every British foreign-going ship of 1000 tons and upward gross ton mage, on and after July 1 1908, going to sea from any place in the British Isles, or on the continent of Europe between the river Elbe and Brest inclusive, will be required, in accordance with the merchant ship ping act of 1906, to carry a duly certified cook. In order to be deem- ed duly certified within the meaning of the section cook must be the holder of a certificate of compet- ency in cooking and be able to prove one months service at sea in some capacity, or be the holder of certificates of discharge showing at least two years service as cook pre- viously to June 30, 1908. The gov ernment will approve schools of cookery for the purpose of granting certificates of competency, and schools desirous of obtaining ap- proval must apply to the board of trade.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-19
HEARD IN PASSING.

The Hon Alexander Troup of New Haven will not go to Denver with the Connecticut delegation. He will be the guest of the Hon w. J. Bryan at the latter's home in Lincoln, Nebras- ka, for some days before the conven- tion.
 Unless Governor Woodruff or Lieu tenant Governor Lake gets back from Chicago to Connecticut by early Sat urday the state will be left without even an acting governor, as the Hon Stiles Judson, who now fills that place. will sail for Europe that morning g-Hartfor Times.
 Colonel N. G. Osborn, editor of the New Haven Journal and Courier, ad- vised the graduating class of the Wal lingford high school, last evening, to adopt as their motto: Never quit. He would have them start early in business life. make the most of every moment and stick to it.-Ansonia Sentinel.
 The big grain crop yield of the country, in immediate prospect, con- stitutes one of the most convincing signs, though not by any means the only one, that restored good times, is a condition and not a theory. There is absolutely not a leg for the pessi- mist to stand on if he will only fig ure out the meaning of seven hum dred million bushel wheat crop, with cotton, rye. oats. barley, hay and the various fruit crops all in a much more promising condition than they were at this period last year.-Balti- more American.
 H. C. Carpenter, a representative Of the South Bend Watch Co of South Bend. Ind. held up a sample watch as he stood in his room at the Hotel Baltimore yesterday. And now the jewellers have a job-thst of invent ing something that will make watch es used in skyscrapers keep correct time" he said. Don't suppose you know it. but the perpendicular steel construction of these high buildings forms a magnet that acts on the wheels of the watches. acceleratinE or retarding the balance wheel. That's why 90 many watches in sky scrapers won't keep the correct time. Now the manufacturers must remedy that defect-if it's possible Kan sas City Times.
 Somebody has been telling the New York Tribune that the girls who study unseen by bOyish eyes are will ing to wear two dollar graduation gowns. Apparently the Tribune be- lievss the tale. But the fathers and mothers the country over have no knowledge of any such girls. and for the most part are hardly convinced that the girls ambition for her graduation gown is to bs rated by the boyizh eyes More likely she is thinking Of the sort Of gown which her dsaress girl Chum is going to wear and vhoss cost Is represented in two figures rather than ia one. Be- side. zhat sort of graduation gown can bs bought for two doIlars7 IT the Tribune knew it wouldn't be 70 easily 5eEuded There Is no argument srsfrss eu-eSucsfion ia this unrszeoa- able tzle-NsE Bedford Standard.