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Belmont Park $1,500,001) Sheepshead Bay 1,000,000 Gravesend 1,000,000 Brighton Beach 1,000,000 Saratoga S00,000 Jamaica 700,000 Aqueduct 600,000 Kenilworth (Buffalo; 500,000 T ifii investment in race "frac!ks $7,100,000 Invested in thoroughbred race horses 3.000,000 Grand Total Racing In vestment $10,100,000 Annual Disbursements by Race Tracks. For purses and expenses 3.000,000 State tax 200,000 Total ..?3,200,000 Other Expenditures in Racing. Annual salaries to jockeys 600,000 Annual salaries to trainers 600,000 Horse feed, farriers' and veter . inary bills, saddles, bridles, boots, etc 275,000 Annual disbursements by book makers for salaries, etc 980,000 The public pays in ad missions annually over$4,000,000 New York City. Inspired by the unexpected success of the crusade to close the gambling-houses in.. Sara toga, the anti-gambling element in the State has already begun an ac tive campaign to stop betting on :ace tracks. The Cassidy-Lansing bill to pro hibit race-track betting, which was buried in committee in the last Leg islature, will be introduced at the next session and a determined effort will be made to pass it, regardless of what political party is successful at the polls next November. Governor Hip-gins is on record a-ainst race-track bett'g. At the time the Cassidy-Lansing bill was in ' tfoduced he gave it his indorsement. "From a moral viewpoint," said the Governor, "it is impossible for me to understand how the act cf a man on one side of a fence inclosing a betting ring can be legal when on the other side of the fence it is a crime." If race track patrons cannot bet on the track they will not go to the races. This has been established many times in various parts of this country. Immense sums invested in race tracks in New Jersey and Mis souri were recently rendered profit less by the passage of a law prohibit ing betting. New York capitalists started a running meeting up at Salem, N. H., last month. The au thorities stopped the betting feature and the first meeting was a paralyz : ; frost. The growth of racing in this State in the last few years has been phe nomenal. From 7000 to 10,000 peo ple attend the metropolitan tracks every racing day, a great majority of them paying $3 apiece for a badge at the gate. On big days the attend ance runs up to 30,000 and 40,000. Within the limits of Greater New York or on its borders there are six great race-tracks, representing an in vestment of probably $6,000,000 at a conservative estimate. The other tracks in the State are at Saratoga and Buffalo. During the season there are quartered around the Long Island tracks upward of 1000 raciag horses, attended by an army of trainers, stable hands, jockeys, rub bers. and general hangers on. It. is the contention of the reform ers that the race tracks constitute a damaging drain, that they make thieves and forgers and broken homes that they are, in short, an evil demanding eradication. The Rev. A. S. Gregg, Field Secre tary of the National Reform- Bu reau, is at the head of the fight against the race ".racks. He is one of the busiest men that ever engineered a crusade. Ever since the opening of the racing season he has been at work personally and through agents. He appears to have limitless sums of money and is .tabulating evidence by the bale. . He expects to show the Legislature that betting on the race tracks is open a flagrant, that pool-rooms cannot be cut oi- from the news of the race tracks and that the Jockey Club indirectly but none the less certainly promts by race track bet ting and could not maintain its ex pensive establishments were it not for the fact that gambling on the race tracks is allowed. ' National Assembly For Persia. The Persian Minister at Washing ton received official notice that the Persian Government had issued a de cree granting to the people of that country a national assembly. Chinese Laborers For Panama. The Panama Canal Commission, it was learned in Washington, is pre paring to advertise for 2500 Chinese coolie ..laborers to perform work at the isthmus for which the Jamaican negroes appear unfitted. Treasury Buys Silver. The Treasury Department at Wash ington, D. c, for the first time since October, 1893, entered the open mar Ke as a regular buyer of silver for K1SS1H8 BARRED IN INDIANA Hoosiers Laughing at Directions to School Children. Board of Health Declares Osculation Spreads Disease Silly Season Rules. Indianapolis, Ind. Indianapolis and Indiana generally are laughing at and quizzing the State Board of Health. To block consumption, tu tsrculosis and incipient germs of the white plague the 'board thinks that kissing should be stopped. Kissing on the mouth is particu larly objectionable, and in a set of "ruies for school children" the board speaks especially of the kissing habit. "Do not kiss any one on the mouth or anow anybody to do so to you," the rules say. In the opinion of the board the germs of consumption may easily be communicated in this way, and it is suggested that not only children, but grown people, may well do away with the habit of kissing each other on the mouth when they meet in the street or in the home. Among other suggestions to school children are the following: "Do not put your fingers in your mouth; do not wet your fingers in your mouth when turning the leaves of books; do not put pencils in your mouth or wet them with your lips, do not hold money in your mouth; do not put pins in your mouth; do not put anything in your mouth ex cept food and drink; do not swap apple cores, candy, chewing gum, half-eaten food, whistles, bean blow ers or anything that is putin the mouth; peel fruit or wash it Taefore person's face turn your face to cine side or hold a handkerchief before your mouth; keep your face and hands and finger nails clean; wash your hands with, soap and water be fore each meal; when you don t feel well, have cut yourself or have been hurt by others, do not be afraid to report to the teacher; learn to love fresh air and learn to breathe deeply. and do it often." Warning Against Drinking Soda Chicago, ill. Soda water has come under the ban of the Health Department, and a warning was is sued against the too free use of this drink. The eminent experts of the Health Department say the fruit juices used are too prone to ferment unexpectedly with accompanying un pler.sant results. No comfort is given those vho prefer a cold stein, and the injunction is given to drink only water that has come off the ice, but has no ice in it. STARVED TO CHEAT GALLOWS. Samuel Monich Hanged For Murder ' of Mrs. Harriet Decker. Morristown, N. J. Weak and ema ciated, Samuel Monich, who shot and killed Irs. Harriet Decker,. daughter of Wilbur Kayhart, a wealthy farmer of this city, on Jan uary 18, was led to the gallows in the Morris County jail and hanged For two months Monich has re fused to take any solid food and it was necessary for the prison offi cials to force whisky and milk down his throat in order to keep life in his body. So weak did Monich become that Sheriff Shaw dispensed with the death watch. Monich was employed in the Cap- stick Mills at Monville, and although he had a wife and three children liv ing in Hungary, became infatuated with Mrs. Decker. She was sepa rated from her husband and lived on her father's l'arm, a short distance from the boarding house of Monich. He went to the Kayhart farm and concealed himself behind come bushes. When Mrs. Decker, hearing a peculiar noise, went from the house to investigate, Monich fired five shots at her, all of which took effect. He then reloaded the revolver and shot himself four times. Despite his wouds he managed to reach his boarding house, where he was arrested later. GIRL NIHILIST A SUICIDE. General's Daughter Drops Bomb Ac cidentally, Then Shoots Herself. Odessa, Russia. - A well-dressed girl about eighteen years old,' regis tered under the name of Potupkin at the Hotel St. Petersburg, adjoining the palace of the Governor-General. General Kaulbars. She inquired the sitiation of the Governor-General's residence, and proceeded toward the palace. When only a few yards from the entrance she dropped her reticule, which contained a bomb. It ex ploded, but did not injure the girl, who rushed back to her hotel and shot herself dead. It was learned later that the girl was a daughter of General Printz. Boy" Arrested For Murder. At New Haven, Conn., Alfred Nel son, aged eighteen, of New Britain, admits the murder of Maurice Kent, also of New Britain, and was arrest ed. He said he killed Kent because the latter refused to give him a small sum of money that he owed him. Dr. Crapsey's Views Endorsed. The Rev. George Clark Cox, of Cin cinnati, came out strongly for Dr. Crapsey's views in a letter to his bishop. Standard Oil Indictments Indictments were found by a Fed eral Grand Jury at Jamestown, N. Y., against the Standard Oil Company, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and the Vacuum Oil Company for re bating. Russian Peace Movement. ' Members of moderate parties in Russia have started a movement to bring about a constitutional form cf government through peaceful means. STANDARD OIL INDICTED FOR ACCEPTING REBATES k Speedy Action by Federal Grand Jury in Chicago. LAKE SHORE ROAD INVOLVED Oil Company if Convicted May Be Mulcted in $380,000 Fines More Indictments Expected Evidence Taken in Cleveland. Chicago. After an investigation lasting just three hours and a half the Standard Oil Company was in dicted by the special Federal Grand Jury on the charge of accepting re bates from the Lake Shore and Mich igan Southern Railroad. There are nineteen counts in the indictment, and the penalty, if conviction follows, may be $20,000 r- each count, or a total of $380,000 in fines, while the total amount of rebates received is the comparatively insignificant sum of $8500. No individuals were indicted, neither was the railroad company that gave the rebates, but the Grand Jury has not completed its work yet, and this first indictment is expected to be followed by a long list of others. It is said to be not improbable that officials of the Lake Shore Railroad and the Standard Oil Company will be indicted. There is some question .whether indictments may not be re turned against Captain G. J. Gram mer, Vice-President of the New York Central lines, the man who is respon sible for the acts of the freight de partment of the Lake Shore road. The inquiry will turn upon the question of whether the Standard Oil Company entered into a conspiracy with some of the railroads to obtain secret and discriminating rates in re straint of trade and whether the Standard Oil Company and its sub sidiary companies do not constitute a trust. The reason why the jury was able to return an indictment within so short a time was that all the testi mony had previously been taken at Cleveland, and it was necessary only to read to the jurors the transcript of the evidence in the presence of the witnesses who had given it. It was not even necessary to call all the men who had been summoned, and in fact the only witnesses who were called were J. L. Clark, General Western Freight Agent of the Lake Shore; C. A. Slauson, General Freight Agent at Cleveland; Henry L. Meyer, clerk in the Freight Auditor's office, and Geo. T. Roberts, of the Inter-State Com missioner's office. The indictment alleges that by the system of granting the Standard Oil Company rebates or concessions, that corporation benefited to the extent of $8500 between August, 1903, and February, 1905. Each count sets up a rebate of between $300 and $500 a month which the Standard Oil Com pany received by reason of the fact that the Lake Shore Railroad Com pany did not enforce from it the pay ment of storage charges on its prod ucts at the warehouse of the railroad at Eighteenth street, Chicago. CHICAGO MAIL ORDER HOUSES Offer to Pay Six Per Cent, on Deposits of From $3 to $5000. Chicago. Chicago mail order houses threaten to cut Into the busi ness of interior banks, and country bankers are up in arms over the in cursion planned into their territory and legitimate occupation. For weeks the agricultural sections of Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Nebraska and Missouri have been flooded with cir cular letters addressed to farmers, mechanics and merchants in the smaller towns and villages, offering as high as six per cent, for deposits and the return, of certificates payable on demand. The mail order houses are adver tising, "Do your banking with us," and offering to accept money in amounts from $5 to $5000, send a certificate for it, and pay six per cent, interest semi-annually. The money may be had on demand and surrender of the certificate. It is also '"pro vided that the depositor may buy goods against such bank account vrith the company, and have the amount deducted from his deposit. BIG PRIZE IN LAND LOTTERY. Fifteen Thousand Dollar Privilege Goes to Winner. Lander, Wyo. Drawing of home steaders in the Shoshone reservation resulted in Hans Berlin, of Laramie, Wyo., drawing No. 1. He will have first choice of all the homesteads offered, the privilege be ing worth $15,000. It is also said that any number up to twenty is worth anywhere from 5000 to $10, 000. John H. McPherson, of Central, Mich., was the only Eastern man to get within the first twenty. He drew choice No,, 4. ;, , 60,000 Milk Bottles Short. ; Sixty thousand glass milk jars in use in Rhode Island have been de clared to be of short measure by the State Sealer of Weights and Meas ures. Advance Reported For 1907 Business. The sellers of cotton dress ' goods report an advance business on 1907 spring lines. To Relieve Russian Famine. The Russian Cabinet has already begun a campaign to obtain a tract able Duma; the Cabinet decided to appropriate $27,000,000 for famine relief.' Mutual Must File List. Judge Giegerich, of New York, de cided that the Mutual Life Insurance Company must file a corrected list of its policy holders with the Stnt Superintendent of Insurance. THE LID OOWN IN SARATOGA Gambling Stops and Thick Gloom Spreads Over Resort Done by Governor's Orders Not a Wheel Turns Nor a Chip Falls in Canfield's or Ullman's. Saratoga, N. Y. The gamble:.: by fighting among themselves have .killed the goose that laid the golden egg. Saratoga" Is a closed town. Not a card is turned, nor a wheel is spun. The gambling house proprietors and their dealers stand gloomily in the hotels and on the street corners dis cons'olately decrying the hard luck, as they call it, which has befallen them. The "lid," of New York metaphor, is on and battened down, so far as gambling at cards and as to gambling clubs are concerned. Following the raid on Ullman's Bridge Whist Club an official order was issued to the proprietors of all the gambling houses, directing them to close, as gambling in future would not be per mitted in Saratoga. The order was in terms that con vinced the owners of gambling clubs, and . forthwith there was a general closing early in the day,, the morning sessions at faro and roulette being cut off so promptly that in some cases the players were turned out of the gambling houses at once. The races broke the monotony of the afternoon, but when night came, and rain with it, the visitors at Saratoga had the chance to realize what it meant to have 'the lid on." The sudden action by the author ities in stopping gambling was a di rect result of a visit to the summer resort by Frank Perley, secretary of Governor Higgins. He consulted with the Sheriff, the Chief of Police and the village officials, and the order to close the gambling houses was the result. The closing was none the less absolute and complete, for even Rich ard Canfield's Saratoga Club, where ways were found to accommodate patrons by roundabout methods, was closed tight, so far as gambling is concerned. The smaller gambling clubs were in darkness, the proprietors in some cases going so far as to remove their gambling furniture. "Joe" Ullman, in spite of his boast, did not move new gambling imple ments Into tne Bridge Whist Club and resume business. Ullman's place was shut as fight as the other gam bling houses. Among the gamblers, Ullman was blamed for having precipitated their trouble, but the general view was that Canfield was the real cause of the sudden move. It was said that Canfield had instigated the movement against Ullman, whose clubrooms had attracted patrons from Canfield's Saratoga Club. Governor Higgins message ended the affair, for the be lief among the gamblers is that all or none shall be permitted to conduct business. The presence of Secretary Perley at the race track caused some excite ment, as it was said that he went there to witness the method of race track betting with a view to reporting to Governor Higgins. The word was passed around that bets must be made with as little display of money as possible. The alarm had its influence only on the first race, however, as money transactions were absolutely necesary in the volume' of business that went on. NAVY BAN ON TATTOOING. Sailors Taking Steps to Stamp Out the Practice. Washington, D. C. Enlisted men in the navy have instituted a move ment to do away with tattoo mark ing. Since the conviction of a Brook lyn man through the efforts of offi cers of the Humane Society for mu tilating the arms of a young boy tattooers have shown unwillingness to embellish the bodies of men who are not known to be of age. The following description of a de serter from the navy shows to what extremes some men have gone in decorations which cannot be re moved: "Tattoo marks on chest, shoulders, arms, and back, viz., eagle, ship, woman, flag, sailor, cards, clasped y bands, flag, and flowers." Tattoo marks are a ready means of identification of deserters. LYNCH THREE NEGROES. Two Others Are Not Molested by the Mob. Charlotte, N. C. A mob of 3000 determined men forcibly entered the Rowan County jail at Salisbury, re moved therefrom three of the five ne groes charged -with the murder of the Lyerly family at Barber Junction July 13, and lynched them. Nease and John Gilespie and Jack Dillingham, supposed to be the prin cipals in that crime, were the vic tims of mob vengeance. The re maining negroes, Henry Lee, George Ervin, and Bella Dillingham, were not molested. , . y ..,,-. v-fl-.f Czar Gave Seer . $25,000. , At St. Petersburg, Russia, the Bourse. Gazette announces that Pa pus, the spiritualist, who Is said to have had great influence over the Emperor, has gone abroad for medi cal treatment. Papus gave fifty seances to the Emperor", receiving $25,000 as compensation. Arbitration Resolution Too Evasive The press of Buenos Ayres com ments unfavorably on the resolution of the Pan-Amffrican Congress on ar bitration, saying it is too evasive. It laments the failure of the congress on a most important part. Arming Against Automobilists. Sixty-five farmers of Bartholomew, Ind., have petitioned the County Prosecutor for permission to carry arms to make war on scorching auto- j mobilists. - ? BANK SHORT $1,000,000, TWO OFFICERS MISSING Chicago Depositors in Panic One Death, One Suicide. WARRANT FOR THE CASHIER Whereabouts of President Paul O. Stensland and Cashier Hering, of Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, Unknown to Authorities. Chicago. With a deficit In its ac counts of close to $1,000,000, and with the whereabouts of two of its chief officers unknown to the authori ties, the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, one of the larger outlying banks In Chicago, was closed by State Bank Examiner C. C. Jones. In the excitement following the an nouncement of the failure, J. G. VIs ser, an officer of the Royal League, who had on deposit in the- bank funds of that organization, fell ApsiH Henry Koepke, a grocer, on hearing mat ine oani had suspended pay ment, went to the rear of his store and shot himself. He died a few minutes later.. The bank had deposits amounting to about $4,000,000 and loans and credits to about the same sum. Riotous scenes attended the an nouncement of the failure, and a large force of policemen struggled all day to keep an excited crowd of depositors, nearly all of whom were foreigners, and many of whom were women, from rushing the doors of the institution. The fact that the bank was on the verge of failure was first revealed by the President of the institu tion, Paul O. Stensland, in a letter written from St. Paul to his son, Theodore, who is Vice President of the bank. After the investigation began Cashier Henry W. Hering disappear ed and a warrant has been issued for his arrest on a charge of embezzle ment, j The neWs spread rapidly through out the entire northwest side of the city, where the bank had been for years a popular depositary for funds saved by working people. Soon a clamorous crowd gathered before the doors and demanded admission. An ticipating trouble, a score of police men were sent to the bank. The peo ple were permitted to file past the doors bearing the posted notice and were compelled to keep moving. Only those having keys to safety deposit vaults were allowed to enter. Many burst into tears when they found their savings were endangered. Vis ser, to whom the shock proved fatal, was several blocks from the bank. Hearing the rumor, he stepped into a drug store, seeking particulars. He fell dead when assured that the bank had failed. An examination of the bank's af fairs was begun quietly last Satur day, after the receipt of the letter from President Stensland. Acting on instructions contained therein, Vice President Theodore Stensland opened a deposit box and discovered proofs that the bank's funds were in bad shape. President Potter of the American Trust and Savings Bank, which acted as clearing agent for' the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, was called into consultation. The State Auditor was informed, and ho spnt Bank Examiner Jones to make a full Investigation. The shortage, of be tween $750,000 and $1,000,000, is said to be due to speculation in real estate and in the security market. The Milwaukee Avenue State Bank was , organized in 1890 by Paul O. Stensland. The capital stock of the bank is $250,000 and the surplus is given at $250,000. The Stensland family owned much of the bank stock, and members of the family op erated the bank. A statement made by Vice President Stensland to-day showed $1,051,000 in cash oh hand. He said that the bank carried depos its of $4,200,000 and had 22,000 de positors. JUSTICE BREWER'S INTERVIEW. He Says Bryan and Taft Will Be Can didates For Presidency. St. Louis. Associate Justice David J. Brewer of the United States Su preme Court reaffirmed his belief that Secretary Taft will be the next Re publican and William J. Bryan the next Democratic candidate for Pres ident. Incidentally, Justice Brewer paid high compliment to the virtues of both men. "I believe Mr. Bryan is honest and sincere," he said, "and that he pos soes many other qualities which should endear him to the American people. Bryan and Roosevelt have many qualities in common. Both are earnest and fearless and both have the interests of the people and of their country, very much at heart. They both stand very close to the peo ple for these reasons. "Mr. Taft also is splendidly equip ped for the race. While aggressive, he is somewhat conservative on pub lic questions.. He is not so impul sly or . decisive as -""the President, wlwm he strongly resembles in some ot!ir ways. As Chief Executive of tm Nation he would have less fric tion than dees Roosevelt. Both of them do things, but Taft does them in a slightly different manner." Not Enough Labor. Complaints of inadequate labor supply are universal - Under Water Six Minutes, Lives. At Worcester, Mass., after being under water six minutes while swim ming Joseph Leclaire, nineteen years old, was brought to the surface, and after an hour's work by doctors, who arrived a half hour after he was res cued, he regained consciousness. Arbitration For All. Disputes. The Pan American Congress at Rio Janeiro adopted resolutions in favor f arbitrating all disputes between South American States. AMERICAN TRADES BIG GAINS Growth Much More Rapid Than Increase in Population. Imports Have Expanded 57 Per Cent., and Exports 109 Per Cent. During Decade. f I Commerce Gains in Last Decade. Gains in imports, $447,000, 000. "Gains in exports, $861,000. 000. Gains in manufactures im ported, $61,000,000. -. Gains in manufacturers' ma terial imported, $288,000,000. Gains in agricultural prod ucts exported, $400,000,000. Gains in manufactures ex ported, $374,000,000. -r r Washington, D. C. American trade has grown much more rapidly than American population during the last decade. Completed figures for the fiscal year 1906, just pre sented by the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor,, show thatl while the popula tion has grown : since 1896 only twenty per cent., imports have grown fifty-seven per cent, and exports 109 per cent. Classes of imports which show the greatest gains are manufactures and manufacturers' materials. Manufac tures imported show an increase of forty-two per cent, and manufactur ers' materials imported show an in crease of ninety-five per cent. Agricultural products exported show an increase during the decade of seventy per cent, and manufactures an increase of 163 percent. This in crease has occurred in the trade with all of the grand divisions of the world, but is especially marked in the trade with Asia and Oceania. Imports from Europe show an in crease of fifty per cent., those from North America eighty per cent., from South America thirty per cent., from Asia and Oceania eighty per cent, and from Africa thirteen per cent. Exports to Europe show an increase of seventy-eight per cent., to North America an increase of 164 per cent., to South America 107 per cent., to Asia and Oceania 232 per cent, and to Africa forty-one per cent. Actual gains in the decade are, in imports, $447,000,000, and in ex ports, $861,000,000; in manufac tures imported, $61,000,000; in manufacturers' materials imported, $288,000,000; in agricultural prod ucts exported, $400,000,000, and in manufactures exported, $374,000, 000. In the trade by grand divisions the actual increase in imports from Eu rope is $214,000,000 and in exports thereto, $527,000,000. In the trade with North. America the increase in imports is $108,000, 000 and in exports $192,000,000. In the trade with South America the increase in Imports is $32,000, 000 and in exports $39,000,000. In the trade with Asia and Oceania the increase in imports is $92,000, 000 andIn exports $98,000,000. In the trade with Africa the In crease in imports is $1,500,000 and in exports less than $6,000,000. 'HELLO, MORTIMER." Fateful Words That Reunited John McDonald and Daughter. Paterson, N. J. After having been separated from her father for thirty four years, Mrs. John Mortimer of 183 Slater street, Paterson, and her father have been reunited. John McDonald, the father, seventy years old, has been traveling through the United States in the hope of coming across his long lost daughter. He was standing on the corner of Main and Market streets, preparatory to going to - the railroad station, when he, heard some one say to the motorman o'f a Newark trolley car: "Hello, Mortimer; how are you?" Knowing this was his daughter's marriage name, the old man got on the car and questioned Mortimer. He soon learned that the motorman was his son-in-law. He was directed to where his daughter and her husband lived. McDonald is a Scotchman and lived at the foot of Ben. Nevis. His daughter-Anna was courted by Mor timer, but the father forbade him the house. The two eloped and came to America. PULAJANE BAND RAIDS A TOWN. Burns Municipal Building and Kills the Ex-President. Manila, Philippine Islands. One hundred and fifty PulajaneS, having pierced the military cordon, burned the municipal buildings, killed the ex-president of the town, two former members of the constabulary and three policemen at Abuyon, Island of Leyte, twenty miles from the scene of the recent fight. One hun dred soldiers and constabulary are in pursuit of the raiders. Major Crawford and Capt. Knau ber, with a lieutenant and eight con stabulary men, were ambushed by Igorrotes while shooting the rapids of the Abulung River, in northern Luzon, 'on. a bamboo raft. Major Crawford and Capt. Knauber and five men were wounded with arrows. They were unable to return the fire, because the enemy were hidden on the wooded banks of the river. This outbreak is inexplicable, as hitherto the Igorrotes have been peaceable. 1 MAJOR SCHOFIELD SUICIDE. Son of Late Lieutenant Gener Shoots -Himself While 111. San Francisco. Major William B. Schofleld, Paymaster in the army and a son of the late Lieut. Gen. Scho fleld, shot and killed himself. Major Schofleld was on a leave ol absence on account of ill-health. In explanation of the suicide it is said that he feared an attack of locomotor ataxia, and that he would become a burden to his wife. REFUSES TO GO TO ASYLUM i Miss Calhoun, of Augusta, Ga Shoots Herself. Bullet Pierces a Tin Picture of the Man She Loved Placed Over Her Breast Declared Insane. Augusta, Ga. Rather than go to an insane asylum, where her relatives sought to send her, Miss Ida Calhoun, eighteen years old, a niece 'of the Rev. C. M. Wilkinson, a prominent Baptist clergyman of this city, fired a bullet into her breast. The mortal shot was fired just as a lunacy com mission, which had been appointed to decide the question of the girl's san ity, came to the conclusion that she should be committed to Dr. Mc Naughton's Sanatorium. ' ' The girl killed herself, under . pe culiar circumstances. She escaped the vigilance of her nurse,' "who had been ' engaged to watch, her . and, rushing to the West' View Cemetery, she stood on the grave bt her mother. Then she took, the photograph of the man with whom she was in love from the folds of her skirt, and, placing the picture against her breast, fired a bullet through it and died instantly. Miss Calhoun was a member of one of the most prominent families in this part of the State. She inherited more than $100,000 from her mother, and she lived most of the time with her uncle. The death of the mother, however, seemed to have affected the girl's mind. She became melancholy and her relatives asserted also that she was suffering from hallucina tions. They suggested to her that she go to a quiet retreat where she would receive medical attention, but ' Miss Calhoun refused. , . When it became apparent to the relatives that the girl's condition was becoming worse, they applied for a lunacy commission, which was ap pointed. The girl resented , the ap pointment of the .commission, and refused to appear before the com missioners. The men who were ap pointed to determine Miss Calhoun's mental condition resolved to have a talk with her and they went to her house. Miss Calhoun was compelled to dress and appear before the com missioners, who questioned her about an hour. She was told that she could retire, but Instead of going "to bed. the girl slipped out of the house and went to the cemetery. Not knowing that the . girl had died, the commissioners considered the evidence they had taken and finally concluded that Miss Calhoun was insane and that she should be sent to an asylum. One of the girl's relatives went up to Miss Calhoun's room after the commissioners left the house, but found that she had gone. The house was searched in vain. The police were informed of Miss Cal houn's escape and a search was made. No trace of her was obtained until one of the caretakers in the cemetery sent word to the police that a girl had committed suicide on a grave. It was found that Miss Calhoun had killed herself on the grave of her mother. BANK TELLER WRAY i CAUGHT. Pittsburg Absconder Will Not Resist Extradition From Canada. , Toronto, Ontario. Clinton B. Wray, the defaulting teller of the Union Trust Company, of Pittsburg, Pa., who with C. S. Hixton, the indi vidual bookkeeper, robbed the bank of $125,000, and which may be $300,000, was arrested. Miss Grace Laughrey, of Kittanning near Pitts burg, who has been traveling with him, was found in a boarding house on Victoria street, where it' is alleged she and Wray have been living for a week, and was also taken into cus tody. , To detectives Wray admitted he had embezzled about $125,000. "Where is the money?" asked the sergeant. "I gambled it," replied Wray. "How did you spend it?" "Oh, I lost it all on the stock mar ket. I seemed to be in wrong." BRIDAL COUPLE KILLED. Ground to Death Beneath' the Wheels of an Electric Car. . St. Joseph. Mich. Hiram B. Hel- mick and his bride -of two' weeks, while driving from Benton Harbor to St. Joseph were ground, to pieces be neath the wheels of an .electric .car; which struck the runabout "to , which they were driving a skittishc'elk'' Mrs. Helmick was instantr(llled. Mr. Helmick lived for a few"nfinute3 although literally wrapped about-the wheels of his rig. Physicians were summoned, but Helmick was -dead before they arrived. Just before the runabout and .its occupants reached the trolley cross ing Mr. Helmick drew up the colt, which, however, plunged madly for ward as the car - bore down at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour. The colt broke from the shafts and left the rig on the tracks. Mikasa Refloated. The Mikasa, Admiral Togo's flag- , ship, which was sunk at Sasebo after .the peace treaty was signed between. Russia and Japan, was floated. Chinese Immigrants Taxed. The measure providing a head tax of $300 on all Chinese entering- New foundland has been put In force by the Colonial Cabinet. Accuse Captain of Cowardice. Advices from Madrid say that sur vivors of the wreck of the Sirio ' charge the captain with cowardice. . - Moonlight Balloon Flight. Roy Knabenshue and Dr. Julian P. Thomas landed at Brant Rock, Mass., -after the first moonlight balloon, flight ever made In this country. Southern Pine Easy. Ease in Southern yellow -pine Is ex pected to last until the autumn. ! I f r