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NO RELIEF FOR JEWS i IS POSSIBLE AS YET ^President Agrees With Count Witte in Holding That Nothing Can Be Done. 'DEPLORE THE SLAUGHTER sBut Roosevelt Tells Oscar Straus ot New York That He Is Himself Unable to End the Carnage and Indorses Witte. Washington. Nov. 8.—The following statement was made public at the White House today: “Oscar Straus ■called upon the president this morning, not to ask him for action but to con sult with him as to whether there was •any possibility of action which would result in a cessation of horrors con mected with the massacre of Jews in Russia, “The president stated that of course he had been watching with deepest con cern reports of these massacres; that he had been appealed to within the last few weeks to try to take some ac tion, not only In behalf of the Jews of Russia but in behalf of Armenians, Poles and Finns. The result of the president’s inquiry coincides with statements contained in a cablegram from Count Witte to Jacob H. Schlff, shown the president by Straus, as fol lows: “ ‘The government Is horrified at these outrages. You know I do not sym pathize with such savage outbreaks. All I can do to stop the disorders is done, but the country is in such an unsettled State that local authorities are often powerless.’ “In the conditions of social disorder ■which actually exist In Russia, the president does not see that any action can be taken by this government at present which will be of any benefit to the unfortunate sufferers for whom we fee! such keen sympathy.” TOM LAWSON S CRUSADE Three Million Pieces of Mail Sent Ask ing for Proxies for Insur ance Reform. Boston, Mass., Nov. 8.—The cam paign against the great insurance com panies, which was inaugurated by Thomas W. Lawson some months ago and which is still being continued, is proving one of the most expensive un dertakings that Boston's best known millionaire has ever attempted. Nearly $100,000 has already been spent and the work is scarcely more than half com pleted. With seventy-nine persons employed especially for this one purpose, Mr. Lawson has sent out, addressed to people in every state in this country, in the provinces and over a large part of Europe, 3,000,000 pieces of mail con taining information of his project of insurance reformation. This prodigious task has been under the direct care and supervision of C. A. Chandler, vice president of the H. B. Humphrey Ad vertising agency, and a warm personal friend of Mr. Lawson. Mr. Lawson set out upon his task with a desire to get the voting proxies 1 of all the life insurance policy holders, turn them over to a committee of rep resentative men from all of the 1 tiding professions, depending upon this com mittee as representatives of the policy holders to demand and secure the re tirement of those insurance officials found guilty of malfeasance in office. The total number of pieces of mail which has been sent out has cost $-10, 000 for postage. Of this amount $30, 000 has been expended on 1-cent pack ages and the rest on packages which have been sealed. Three different sets of bulletins, printed on heavy paper, make up a con siderable part of this matter. These documents are about three feet square. The first set of 200,000 of the No. Is cost $2,000 to print. To the thousands of persons who have already sent in proxies from five to 100 of the No. 2 proxies are delivered. The printing on this lot amounted to $2,000. The last set of bulletins printed on heavy paper, and with two colors of Ink, numbering 800,000, cost Mr. Law son $8,000. These figures show that about $59,000 has been expended on material, printing and postage of the bulletins alone. These large sheets of paper must be folded by hand, so for this work thirty six people are employed. For address ing the wrappers seventeen employes are kept busy. At the end of one of Air. Lawson’s magazine articles blank coupons were printed. Up to yesterday 16,000 of these filled out coupons had been returned. PROXIES TO LAWSON. Policy Holders of “Big Three” Insur ance Companies of New York Will Aid Boston Man at Election. Iowa Falls, la., Nov. 7.—Iowa Falls has a Thomas W. Lawson club. This new or ganization has just been perfected and the first bunch of proxies sent tlw; celebrated author of “Frenzied Finance,” aggregat ing $54,000 of insurance. The members of this new club arc made up of policy hold ers in the “big three” insurance companies of New York city that have been In the limelight for several weeks. The club is gathering in proxies as rapidly as possi ble and will extend its influence beyond this city and over Franklin and Hardin counties. The proxies give Lawson the power to vote as he secs fit at any of the meetings of the b.'g companies at which policy holders are permitted to voice their sentiments. BLOODSHEdTn KENTUCKY Kentucky State Troops and Feudists Exchange 150 Shots. Louisville, Ky„ Nov. 8.—A bulletin to the Courier-Journal from a staff corre spondent sent to Middlesboro reads as follows: •'Militia and sheriff’s posse attacked Rail’s blind tiger last evening. Two men were wounded. ’’Shelby Ball, a brother of Jack Ball, who Is wanted for murder, is thought to have been shot. “Attacking party fell back slowly to tvards Middlesboro. "A party of Indianapolis tourists had a narrow escape from flying bullets. The Balls have cut the telegraph wlra to Cumberland Gap. The Loulsvllla and Nashville railroad officials have' been asked for arms and ammunition by a citizens’ committee. Attacks on Ball’s stronghold will be renewed to night.” MURDERER SUICIDES. Tragic Death After Killing Woman Companion—Killed Another on Mountain Peak, Sun Francisco, Cal., Nov. 8.—Trapped in his rooms by the police, and fully 'aware that his last avenue of escape ■ was cut off. Milton Franklin Andrews, Iwho murdered Bessie Bouton on the |top of Cutler’s mountain, near Colorado Springs, Colo., ten months ago, and 'murderously assaulted and robbed ‘William Ellis, an Australian horseman, at Berkeley, Cal., shot and killed Nulda Olivia, his feinade companion, and 'then fired a bullet Into his own head, lea using Instant death. That Andrews, for whom the police of the entire country were searching, was fully prepared for the tragedy that closed his career, was shown by the fact that he acted without a moment's hesitation. Having heard that Andrews and Nul da Olivia were living In an upper flat at 748 McAlister street, the police de partment sent a detail of two police men and two detectives to make the arrest. Although certain that the per sons wanted were In the two-room apartment they occupied, the officers received no answer to their repeated kicking at the door. At the moment one of the officers was dispatched for an ax with which the door was broken open, Andrews fired the shot that end ed the career of his companion. The bullet was fired into her right temple and she dropped dead on the bed, fall ing backward, with her hand dropping over her breast. When the officers gained entrance to the department they found Andrews lying on the floor gasping, his revolver in one hand and a mirror in the other. The weapon was a forty-five caliber revolver, and but two of the cartridges had been fired. Extra ammunition was found In his pockets. . On searching Andrews' remains cor toner's deputies found $130 In gold and an English sovereign, all the money that remained of the $500 of which Ellis was robbed at the time he was lured by Andrews to the latter's cottage In Berkeley. Considerable jewelry was also found on him. A rambling typewritten statement that had presumably been written by Andrews, denying that he had any thing to do with the murdler of Bessie Bouton at Colorado Springs, was found In one of the dead woman's stockings. GIRL’S HEAD IS FOUND. Last Part of Dismembered Body of Sus anna Geary Was in Leather Handbag. Boston, Mass., Nov. 7.—What Is confi dently believed to be the head of Susanna A. Geary, the dress suit case victim, was recovered in a leather hand bag from the bottom of the harbor. It was dragged to the surface very near the point where Lewis W. Crawford and William Howard, who have confessed to disposing of the dismembered body of the girl, said they dropped it from the stern of an East Bos ton ferryboat. The head completes the body of the girl. The trunk was found on September 21 and the limbs were picked up October 27. The leather bag -n which the head had been placed, together with thirty pounds of loose shot, did not move apparently from the place where it sank. The bag with its contents was taken to a Howard street undertaking establish ment and will be viewed by Medical Ex aminer Francis A. Harris today. The head was In a good state of preservation and it is thought by the police that It will be readily recognized as that of Miss Geary. Boston. Nov. 6.—The woman's head found in a satchel on the bottom of the harbor yesterday was today identified as that of Susanna Geary, the chorus girl. Mrs. Geary and daughter Evelyn made the identification. SHOT AT OWN . EQUEST German Ycuth Fails to Keep Triple Death Compact After Killing Fiancee and Sister. Berlin. Nov. 8.—The two daughters cu a merchant named Haar, of Brunswick, have been shot and killed at their own request by a bank clerk named Brunke, 18 years of age, in extraordinary cir .cumstances. Brunke gave piano lessons to the younger girl, who was 20 years old, and 'the pair fell in love. The girl's parents, however, objected to their marriage on the ground of Brunke's youth and pov erty. A few days ago the elder sister heard from her fiancee in St. Petersburg that he was unable to marry her, whereupon the three decided to die. ■ The girls took seats on chairs, and Brunke fired, shooting his sweetheart twice through the heart. He then turned the weapon upon the eider sls ,ter, who was killed instantly. His courage falling, Brunke surren dered himself to the police. SUES ROCKEFELLER. Demands $20,000 Damages Says He Was Neglected Seventy Days with Broken Leg. New York. Nov. 7.—Emanuel Kakakes, a Greek seaman from the Standard Oil bark Brilliant, has filed a suit against John D. Rockefeller for $20,000. For three months and ten days, Ka .kakes says, he lay with a broken leg and without medical attendance on the ship. A man was washed overboard by the same I sea that injured him. According to Kakakes’ affadavit to his lawyer, Franklin Grier of C9 Wall street, the captain and the mate, who both wit nessed the accident and drowning from the bridge, made no effort at rescue. Kakakes was neglected, he says. He showed how his bones, which were never set, protrude far out of place, lie* has lost the free use of his leg for life. So indifferent was the captain, declares Kakakes, that the Injured man had to call the ship's carpenter himself and beg for a pair of splints, with which he bandaged his own limb. John D. Rockefeller recently gave $.70 o the American Seamen's Friend society. BRUTALLY KILL NEGRO. Wanton Act of Three Young White Men in Columbus, O. Columbus, O., Nov. 8.—"Let's hit the first colored man we meet,' was the iremark made by one of three young white men while out on a lark last night, and as a result George Jackson, a colored cook and porter, Is dead and Harry Hayes, H. E. Pontius and Harry Lower are under arrest. Jackson was found lying unconscious on the High street viaduct near the en trance to the union station at mid night, and died before he could be re moved to a hospital. His skull was fractured. Pontius and Lower both declare that Hayes struck the negro and that he' . . was the author of the remark, which, 1 !was made just after they had had an altercation with another negro. None of the men under arrest knew ' :Jaekson. 7 1 TERRIFIC EXPLOSION. I _ Michigan Bank Is Blown to Pieces ant Three Children Killed—Many Escaped Death. I Detroit, Mich., Nov. 7.—A news spe cial from Ishpemlng says three chil idren are dead and thirteen people are [Injured, one fatally, ns the result of an explosion which completely destroyed the Miners’ National bunk. The dead: STEVEN GODMAN, aged 12. ALICE M’GEE. aged 10. EDWIN M’GRATH, aged 12. Fatally Injured: James F. Mullen. j A gas leakage In the basement ot ithe bank building was primarily re sponsible for the explosion and loss of 'life. Gas was detected coming from; [the building and two workmen went; llnto the basement about !■ o'clock with, [lighted candles to Investigate. The; tlume suddenly Ignited the gas In the! !basement, for a tremendous explosion; followed. Two workmen were blown; [through a basement window and land led uninjured In an open box car stand-' Ing on a neighboring track. ! The building was completely wrecked.! The three children killed were passing 'the building on their way home from! ■church, and were caught tn the falling! idebri s. i The explosion broke windows ini ■many stores In the business district' [and scattered the papers and docu-; meats of the bank for blocks around. SEVEN MINERS KILLED. Met Instant Death, and Others Seri' ously Injured by Explosion at Vivian, W. Va. , Bluefleld, W. Vn., Nov. 7.—Seven, imlners are dead and a number of oth-j [ers were seriously Injured as the result' [of an explosion In one of the Tidewa- ' iter Coal and Coke company's miwui-l lat Vivian. The dead: . . . J. H. CARTER. .'JKL A HOWARD M'GEE. S'Jk* LOUIS BROWN. JOHN BRADLEY. . "• ROBERT NORMAN. >«•> PAGE HENDLEY. * 1 > HARDIN DIVENS.__ FIERCE TORNADO. ‘Eight Killed and Many Seriously In-, jured—Mountain View Is Wrecked. Mountain View, Okla.. Nov. 7-Eight, persons were killed and thirty injured, ‘four fatally, by Saturday evening’s tor Inado. Following is a revised list of the dead: FRANK W. CLARK. J. S. BARKLEY. MRS JENNIE JONES. ' MRS. W. M. HOLT AND TWO SMALL CHILDREN. MRS. ROBERT HULMB. The fatally injured: k ^ Mrs. J. S. Barkley. Ed Hollis. Mrs. E. McBride. Child of W. M. Holt. No damage was done outside of the town. The pathway of the tornado is ■ about 100 yards w'ide and only 1 mile long, hut in this small area the havoc was great. The farmers’ cotton gin, with heavy ma • ch’nery and massive timbers, is a com plete wreck. In this building J. S. Bark ley, employed as a packer in the gin, was crushed to death. His body was found pinioned under the debris near the press, his head and shoulders crushed into the ground. The Barkley home, near the gin, was carried about 200 yards and dropped. Mrs. Barkley was found Imbedded in the mud in the street, with her head and face covered with wounds. Further to the northeast was the Shawi ifeed yard, where four horses were crushed to death. Adjoining the feed yard was the Hulme home, where Mrs. llulme and hei brother. Frank Clark, were found dead The North Side hotel, near this point, is a mass of broken timbers. Directly east in the edge of town, is the wreck of the carriage, in which seven members of the Hollis family, who were Just leaving town ‘were struck by timbers. J. E. Hollis, Joe T. H dlls, Ed Hollis and John Gudon were ‘severely injured by flying timbers from the gin. Ed Hollis is thought to bo fatally In jured, as portions of the splintered timberi penetrated his body. The large two-storj ’school house was lifted straight up lntc ;the air, turned completely over and crashed upon the roof, just beside the .foundation. The Methodist church, used as a school building, was totally destroyed. Man* residences were unroofed. The sides o.’ •some houses were crushed in. FIND MISS HILL IN CELL Police in Search of Missing Woman, Locate Her in a House of Correction. Ch'.eu.g.v, >Yv. 7.—While frlf." Is an i .detectives have searched for Miss Marie Douise Hill, member of the choir of the Moody church, student of so ciology and commanding the respect of those who knew her intimately, stie lias been a prisoner at the bridwell, committed to the institution on her plea of guilty as shoplifter. She was ,sentenced October .10. the day follow ing her disappearance,' under the name [of Annie Harold. Her dual existence and the mystery of her departure from her boarding Iplace, 244 Ohio street, ended yesterday, iwhen the matron at the bridwell con fronted her with her picture in a news .’paper and she admitted her identity. [She had concealed It, she said, because !she wished to return to her friends, iwlth character unstained. ! Tlie police were notified and Miss' ;Hill, concealment no longer possible, requested that Dr. W. S. Jacoby, as sistant pastor of the Moody church, iand Mrs. H. E. Brown, from whose: 'house she disappeared, be summoned. [Mrs. Brown had reached the institution .and obtained Miss Hill’s release by 'paying the part of her fine not worked) [out when Dr. Jacoby and Detective’ ■Rohan arrived. shock to Sweetheart I Telephone Operator Is Herself Recip- ’ ient of Message Announcing Lover’s Death. Oskaloosa, la.. Nov. 7.—Claude Bryan,! p brakeman was killed in the North- j 'western yards at Buxton this morning, i iThe death message to relatives here! j was received by a toll line operator, Mary Ann Phillips, his sweetheart. ON A SERIOUS CHARGE. Ex-Officials of Former Des Moines In surance Company Indicted for Crooked Work. Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 7.—TheJ grand Jury today reported four indict-: imerits of men connected with the for-, [mer management of the Northwestern [National life association, which has) [been reorganized under the direction of^ the state insurance commissioner. Thai charges are conversion of funds, brlb [ery and fraud. _ _ *1 DEATH TAKES HEAVY TOLL ON RAILROADS Thousands Slain and Injured Annually on Lines in United States. LAWS GIVE NO PROTECTION William E. Curtis Shows Recent Legis< lation Has Proved of Little Value, in Letter to Chicago Record Herald. Chicago, Nov. 7.—In a Washington letter to the Record-Herald. William E. Curtis says: The report of the Interstate Com merce commission upon the railway casualties of the fiscal year ended June 30 last is appalling. It shows that 3.798 persons wore killed and 55.466 were injured. This is a large increase over any previous year, and indicates that the precautions taken for the pro tection of passengers are not effective, and that the legislation of congress and the several states to save the lives and limbs of railway employes has not ac complished its purpose. .. The following table will show the casualties to passengers and employes during the years named: -Killed- -Injured Passen- Em- Passen- Etn gers. ployes. gers ployes. 1962 . 303 2,516 6.089 33,811 1903 . 321 3,233 6,973 39,004 1904 . 420 3,367 8.077 43,266 1905 . 537 3.261 10,040 45,426 Total .1,581 12,377 31,179 161,507 This Is a terrible record for the four years since congress, by law, required a full return of all casualties to be made to the Interstate Commerce com mission by each railroad. At the same time It should t?e said Uiat, consider ing our vast ralhvay mileage (213,904 miles), th,e number of persons engaged in the transportation business (1,296, 121 employes) and the number of pas sengers carried (715,419,682), the ratio of persons killed is not as large in the ■United Slates as in Portugal, Russia, fc6paln, Egypt, New Zuglnnd and Canada although the ratio of persons injured is much larger than in any other country. RATE BILL WILL PASS. President Stickney, of the Great West ern Road, Gives Out a Character istic Interview, Kansas City, Nov. 7.—A. B. Stiek ney, president of the Chicago Great Western railroad, was at the Coates house yesterday with a party of friends going to Galveston. His views on President Roosevelt's proposed rate legislation are somewhat surprising, coming from a railroad president. "I believe that the Esch-Townsend bill will be adopted by congress the coming session.” he said. "Rut I do not think that It will make any imme diate appreciable difference to tho shippers. Yet, as a national declara tion of principle It means everything. The president’s recommendation means, in effect, that when the shipper disputes the fairness of a railroad rate the two parties shall go before an ur bitiation tribunal whose decision shall become a common rule for the kind of freight in question. The other method, that of going to law. Is hopeless. They had ■* law regulating rates In Minne sota thirty years ago. The railroads refused to obey it and one man sued them. The case took five years to get a final decision and tho shipper got tlie award, but the amount in dis pute was Just 45 cents. COUNTESS WAS TAKING Colfax Royalty Is Startling But Not Sincere, and Hotel Owner Holds the Sack. Des Moines, la., Nov. 7.—The ir. hubitants of Colfax are suffering from a reaction concerning rank and title all because of a “countess" who dropped Into their midst a few days ago. The reaction is especially strong in the case of the genial proprietor of the Centropolis. The fair countess, it seems, was an absontrninded lady, for after occupying one of the best rooms of the hotel .for several days and lan guidly getting away with a consider able quantity of fried chicken and oth er delicacies for which the Centropolis is famous, like Annie Moore she went away and they never saw her any more—neither did they see any money to pay her hoard bill. It seems that the “countess," who was divinely tall and most divinely fair, created considerable excitement on last Wednesday by making a regal entrance into the quiet serenity of the Centropolis, as, languidly drawing off her long gloves and taking the pen in her illy white fingers, she proceeded to electrify the landlord by registering "Miss Rosa Vane, countess of Bellemar, Los Angeles, Cal." As may be Im agined, she Immediately had every one in the hotel at her beck and call. It was "Me breakfast in me room," with a sweet and languid smile to the chambermaid. She haughtily waived tlie matter of extra cost and daintily | breakfasted In lied every morning, j wiille the rest of the guests were eat ing in common style in the dining •oom. CAUSE ofMASSACRE. '-atest Dispatch Soys Mrs. Machle, at Tien Chau, Seized Idols from Native Procession. London, Nov. 7.—A dispatch to the Daily Express from Hongkong says that the Tien Chau massacre was due to the unhappy action of Mrs. Machle, who, on the refusal of some of the mem bers of a native procession to desist from worshipping the idols they car ried, seized the idols and declined to re store them to their owners. Thereupon the Infuriated processionists surround ed and destroyed the mission and as saulted the inmates. Then they mur dered them and threw their bodies into the river. The mob did not interfere .with six French priests who resided In i the neighborhood. WREAKS AWFUL REVENGE Angry Woman Slaughters Step-Chil dren After Quarreling with Her Husband. i Minneapolis, Nov. 7.—Mrs. James Brennan quarreled with her husband last evening, and after the latter had gone to work the woman shot and killed her three scep-uhildren, aged S. 11 and 15, fatally wounded another, aged 13, then shot herself, inflicting a probably mortal wound. The woman was the second wife of Brennan. The couple frequently quarreled over (ho children. FINDS $20,000 IN ROAD I Citizen Picks Up Purse Which Is thi Property of Mrs. Marshall Field. Chicago Nov 7.—Mrs. Marshal Field lost a purse containing $20,000. It was returned to her husband within an hour. Tho Incident throws some Interesting light on the trousseau and pre-nuptial traveling expenses with which Mrs. Field was equipped when she left Chicago as Mrs. Della S. Caton. Louis Sachs, Jeweler and head of the Lucios company, nt 213 State street, was the agent by which the missing property was restored to Its owner. Ho was enjoying a spin down Michigan avenue In his automobile Wednesday afternoon when the treasure trove was discovered. Near Sixteenth street ho noticed a purse lying in the middle of the roadway, and, quickly ordering the chauffeur to stop, left the machine to retrieve It. When he opened the purse to dis cover the identity of the owner he gave an ejaculation of surprise. It contained, among other articles, some of Marshall Field’s cards and a letter of credit for £4,000 sterling, made out to Mrs. Delia S. Caton. Placing the leather receptacle of wealth in his saf est pocket, he continued his Journey to tho city. He sent In his card to Mr. Field and soon was given audience. "I wish to return this purse to you,” he remarked. "I happened to find It on Michigan avenue a, short time ago." "It looks like Mrs. Field’s." said the merchant. "Why, here’s her letter oi credit. Thank you. very much." PUTS GARFIELD IN HOLE ’’ackers Make a Move That Is a Com plete Surprise to the Gov ernment Prosecutor. Chicago, Nov. 7.—Complete Immunity from prosecution under the pending In dictment returned by the federal grand Jury several months ago Is claimed by J. Ogden Armour and other defendant packers and agents charged with be ing promoters of the soealled "beef trust” In an additional plea In bar filed by Attorney John S. Miller, the pack ers’ representative. The new plea, which came as a com plete surprise to the government, sets up as facts that when Commissioner Garfield, of the department of com merce and labor, investigated the beef business, he promised the packers that whatever testimony they gave without being under oath, of whatever docu-, mentary evidence they voluntarily pro duced, the defendants should have the same rights, indemnities and Immun ities as If they had testified under nat.h. and compulsion. The allegation of an agreement be tween Secretary Garfield and the packers was a surprise to District At torney Morrison and Assistant Attor ney General Pagln, and It was said that Secretary Garfield has been asked concerning exactly whnt occurred dur ing the Investigation Into the beef ques tion. The plea alleges that the testlmonj and the evidence it was understoo< should not be used by the department of justice in any way as a basis foi nny prosecution or proceedings against the defendants. Then It Is declared, on the assurance of the commissioner, the defendant appeared before the commit tee and told concerning the things wished to be Inquired about and which are now Incorporated In the Indictment. Notwithstanding the promises of the government, It is declared the testi mony and evidence produced by the de fendant were given to the de partment of Justice, and finally to the local district attorney, and that this In. formation has been used and Is now be ing used In the prosecution of the packers. ASTOR PAYS ALIEN TAX. '» Compelled to Pay Over $2 Before Being Admitted to United States. New York, Nov. 7.—William Astor, son of William Waldorf Astor, was called on to pay a $2 tax ns an alien yesterday before being admitted to the United States on his arrival here on the steamer Cedric from Liverpool. This tax was levied under the section of the United States immigration laws requiring a head tax of $2 for every alien landing in this country. Mr. As tor said in reply to a question as * - his citizenship that he was an Engllr r resident. William Waldorf Astor, o of the largest holders of real esate this city, lives In London and sor years ago renounced his American cl' zenship and became a British subjei Yesterday the Inspectors were mo. „ rigorous than usual about enforcing the payment of this tax. since It has been learned that over thirty foreign cabin passengers on a liner which ar rived recently escaped the tax by de claring themselves to be American citi zens. DOCTOR ARRESTED. Percy D. McLeod le Accused of Illegal Practice in the eGary Case in Boston. Boston, Mass., Nov. 4.—As the re suit of a brief conversation by of«. fleers over the long distance tele phone the scene of the developments In the famous suit case mystery has shifted from New York back to Bos ton. Dr. Percy D. McLeod, a reputable physician of the Back Bay district, was arrested today on the charge of performing an Illegal ODeralion on Su sanna Geary, the Cambridge chorus girl, whose remains were found In two suit cases In the waters of Boston har bor. Through the confessions of Louis Crawford and William Howard, the two men arrested in New York, the authorities received evidence which in their opinion warranted the arrest of Dr. McLeod. It Is alleged that Di McLeod was called Into the case afte the first operation was performed 1 the Tremont street office, and that h performed a second operation of desperate nature In the vain attemp to save the life of the young woman. Miss Geary failed to recover, and it is alleged that Dr. McLeod, in an effort to conceal the Clime, dismembered the body. Morris Nathan, the lover of Miss Geary, who was arrested In Pittsburg last Sunday night and brought to this city In a state of collapse, Is gradually recovering at the city hospital, where he was taken on hts arrival here, but Is not yet In a condition to be brought Into court. IOWANS HURT IN WRECK. San Louis Obispo. Cal., Nov. 4.—A Southern Pacific southbound limited passenger train dashed into a train of tourist cars at Santa Margarita sta tion. fourteen miles north of the city, yesterday. Nineteen people were hurt. Including two ladles from Ottumwa, la. DISMISS BANK EXAMINER. Washington. Nov. 4.—The comptrol ler of the currency today removed from,' the service Bank Examiner R. H.j Madderr., on account of his failure to; discover conditions existing in the En-' terprise National bank, at Allegheny' City, Pa. i ♦ NOVELTIES OF THE NEWS. ♦ ♦ ♦ 44-f444-44444-f444444-44-4-f4-44-4 Wichita, Kan.—E. R. Cordell, a capital ist of Springfield. Mo, died here as a re sult of drinking carbolic acid from a buttle supposed to contain whiskey. Chicago—Thomas P. Wood, a carpenter, applied to the circuit court recently for a I mandamus to enjoin his wife from talking 'too much. The couple had been married : eleven years. Janesville, Wls.—Miss Carrie Hughes was embraced with ruch fervor by her lover that two of her ribs became Interlocked, and she waS compelled to undergo a pain ful operation. Bolivar, N. Y.—Paul Bowles lost Ills hair by fright. A runaway horse threw him Into convulsions, and caused an Illness of several weeks, during which all of his hair came out. Des Moines. la.—A Jury In Judge Bren, nan’s court yesterday awarded a verdict of $5 for Will Johnson, who brought suit against his father-in-law, L. M. Randles, because he received a beating at the hands of the latter. Brewer, Mo.—John C. Chase, 71 years old, has written a piece of music, which he calls his ’’funeral dirge," and Is now ped dling printed copies around the neighbor hood to raise money to pay for his funeral expenses and buy a tombstone. j New York—Otto Zimmerman, a cook at a! restaurant, was pinched by a lobster untllj the blood came. He paid no attention to It until several days later, when hta arm be-i gan to swfll badly, and he went to a doctor, who pronounced It a case of blood poisoning. He died three days later. Tarrytown, N. Y.—Margaret Perry, who recently died, left a considerable property, and among other things the sum of $16,500. to "my niece, Nellie Blauvelt. with my two pet cats, upon the condition that she pro vide suitably for them as long as they live and keep them In the house where I now reside." t Omaha.—Waiting and watching to the end for a missing son who never returned. Mrs. Naomi Welles finally pined away and today she died of grief. Frank, her only boy, left home eight years ago to seek his fortune. Nothing was ever heard of him. but each night the mother, who was almost destitute, placed a lighted lamp In the win dow of her home. 1 1 Washington, Pa.—James Banganza, em ployed In the steel works gave hlB wife to 'Martin Edson as security for a debt of $25. Mrs, Banganza made no objection, but the neighbors were so scandalized that they had Edson and the woman arrested for adultery. The Judge discharged them upon the assurance that the woman would re turn to her own husband. t Hoboken, N. J.—Fulda Berg, Indignant at something her husband had done, seized a frying pan that stood on the stove to throw at him. Her foot slipped and In stead of reaching her husband the hot grease fell on her face and head. She Is now totally blind, but her heart Is not softened. She Insists that her husband Is, to blame for her misfortune. Topeka, Kan.—All the "worthless nig gers” In Texas are to be chased into Kan sas. according to the Caldwell (Texas' News, a copy of which was received here today, because Governor Hoch would not. surrender Henry Evans to the authorities of the Lone Star State. Governor Hoch, In refusing to grant requisition papers, said he was not furnishing subjects for Texas mobs. ■ ? Chicago—”1 will let the father visit his children at the home of Mrs. James Ott. but he must not pray over them. He must act as any father would.” This was the dictum delivered yesterday by Judge Mark after he had heard some of the matrimonial troubles of Rev. Nestor Clarkson and his wife Mabel. The court told both the parties that In nis opinion they had two much religion. , New York —Since Dave Barry, the for mer lightweight, has been playing on the Northwestern football eleven, how would It do to recruit an all-star eleven as fol lows, towit: Ends, O’Brien and Sharkey; tackles, Fitzsimmons and Hart; guards, Weeks and Ruhlln: center, Gotch, quar terback, Corbett; halfbacks, Mun’ro and Walcott: fullback, Jeffries? Whit a smash ing game such a team Bhould play. St. Leon, Ind. - Sarah Jackson, who was disappointed In love forty years ago. and has not spoken to a man since, has made her will. In which she provides that a woman shall officiate at her funeral, and that no men shall be present. There must be a woman undertaker, women pallbear ers and a woman to drive the hearse. While men may be allowed to dig her grave, the earth must be thrown back by women. She has left money to pay all ex penses. Buffalo, N. Y.—Joseph Schultz, annoyed because his wife searched his clothing, bought a "bulldog” rat trap and aet it in hlB trousers pocket one night before ha went to bed. Several hours later he was awakened by her sreams, and released her hand, which was badly lacerated. She waa so angry that she swore out a warrant for his arrest, but Justice Rochford of the police court decided that a man could set rat traps in his pockets as often as he pleased, and discharged the prisoner. St. Louis, Mo.—A wild scene was created In the criminal court when Joseph W. Gray, on trial for murder, suddenly sprang at the chief city dispensary physician, Dr. jr. J. Scherck, on the witness stand, to do him bodily harm, shook otx four deputy sheriffs and attacked a member of the grand jury, was finally overpowered after having fought all over the court room. The jury then returned a verdict finding the defendant Insane, and he was taken to the city Jail and will be sent to the in sane asylum. Washington—The annual chrysanthemum and carnation show of the department of agriculture Is now under way, and thou sands of people are visiting it daily. As soon as the public has had a chance to view the new Intense yellow, Incurved chrysanthemum, “Mrs. Roosevelt," It will be sent by Secretary Wilson to the White House as a present to Mrs. Roosevelt. The new "silvery pink" chrysanthemum, "Mias 1 Alice Roosevelt,” will in all probability be forwarded in a few days to the White , House as a gift to the president's daugh- ’ ter i HASTINGS, NEB., SCORCHED. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 3.—Fire at Hastings, J Neb., today destroyed a large department 8 store building owned by ex-Senator Diet- g rich. The Stein company Is the heaviest loser, losing $50,000. Several other build- ’• lugs and stocks were damaged, the total loss being about $100,000. HIRED MAN SKIPS OUT. , Armour, S. D., Oct. 31.—Wade Worth, ,t a young man who has been working „ !thls fall for William Boterman, In the * north part of the county, skipped out ” Monday night with $112 belonging to )( his employer. ^