H Uf A. w Id rfST 6 1 1 Three Cents the Copy. , ' " INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. Subscription Price, SLOP Per Year in Adransa VOL XII. GOLUMBUSyN. ' .... ; ; ! LjJiII ... ' - ' " '"' "" .. - - . ti mil UUOMN fltDtLi) dLUW UP STEEL ES fino Guerra Rejects ? Armistice fay Renewed Activity. TAKES JUAN DE MARTINEZ Government Forces Unable, to Cope j With Rebel Chief, Who Demands j evr Klections to Get Eul of 1 l'resident Palma. Ilavaua, Cuba. - All peace over tures were blocked by the refusal of Pino Guerra, the insurgent leader in Piiiar. del Rio Province, to enter into au arrangement" for - an armistice. GuervSus answer to the Government's announcement of its readiness to grant an armistice was the blowing up o t two bridges on the -Western Railway, an English company, the cuuins of railway communication be yond Pinar del Rio City, and an at tack on San Juan de Martinez. San Juan de Martinez is in the-hands, of the insurgents and;. the garrison, ..con sist ins of 10 0N Government recruits and a small; force of mounted rural guards, has been defeated or cap tured. . The fact that other leaders of.the insurrection are willing to agree to un ni-iTiieHfn fun Viqi-o lfttla ofPwt art i loni? as Guerra is determined to pros- . ... 1 1 J A 1 1I1X I rt,uu uie wui, auu mere is sugui doubt in any quarter that Guerra can control the situation in his region. Mia force is reported by all those who have visited him recently as ranging from 3000 to 4000 men, all of them well mounted and some well and oth ers indifferently armed. The Government force opposed to 4 him, r-s which is under command of Colonel Avalos, comprises about 1000 men. It was reinforced by Lieutenant-Colonel Clews with 150 men and three machine guns from Havana. Colonel Avalos forces, with, the ex ception of small detachments left at San Juan de Martinez and San Luis, is at Pinaf del Rio City, but is with out means of transportation to go to the relief of San Juan de Martinez. Not. more than 400 are mounted. General Meenocal said -that Guer ra evidently had not been informed that the Government had actually, al though informally,-granted" an arm istice, adding that a second commit tee ha,d been sent to him, The fact is. however, that Guerra refuses point blank to accept an armistice except on condition that the last elections for President' and Congress shall be aunulled. That the . Government should consent to this is out of the question, and so every prospect points to the continuance of the war. lu connection with Pino Guerra's attitude it is notable that the Uber als have grown more independent. They say that on account of the Gov ernment's surveillance and persecu tions they will no longer hold meet ings, and that it is useless to consider peace under the circumstances. Air regard the blowing up' of " an Kngli.sh company's railroad bridge as a serious matter and likely to in vito international action by Great Britain, or at least an interrogation of the Government at Washington by Great Britain as to whether the former intends to intervene to end war conditions in Cuba. 31 EAT PACKERS CAPITULATE. Will Label Their Products by October 1, as Required by Law. Washington, D. C. -After numer ous conferences between - Secretary Wilson. Dr. Melvin, Chief of the Bu reau of Animal Industry, and about forty representatives of the various meat packing houses, the problems which have arisen over the question of labels which, under the law must be put upon meat products, have been settled to the satisfaction of all con cerned. What probably was the last conference was held at the Depart ment of Agriculture, and the packers announced that they would prepare the labels by October 1, when the law goes into effect. - . Throughout the discussions Secre tary Wilson stood for labels which "would' state exactly what the package contained, and thisthe packers finally have accepted, although by way of compromise the Secretary did not In sist upon the percentages of different meats contained in any canned article put out under one name. GOVERNOR PARDEE BEATEN. fails of Renomination Because ot Course in 'Frisco Disaster. Santa Cruz, Cal. Congressman Tames N. Gillette, of Eureka, was nominated for Governor by the Re publican convention on the first bal lot, receiving 591 votes, to 233 yotes-for the present Governor, Geo. C Pardee. Governor Pardee's general indecis ion in the San Francisco disaster and his refusal to yield to the request of the citizens and recall.the State mili tia is regarded as having brought about his defeat. The platform gives incere thanks to all who aided San i'1-ancisco In her time of need. It sks the enactment by Congress of an amendment to. the existing tariff law as a measure of relief for San f rancisco, that for a period of three ?f.sJa" building material be ad muted into the port of San Francisco iioe of duly. BRIDG RUSSIA TAKES HEART A6A1H Business Improves After Publica tion of Stoiypin Program. landlords Willing, to Exchange 01 Estates For NewStudents "Want .Universities Open. Moscow, Russia. There was ft strong upward movement on the Bourse following the publication of the Stoiypin program. All the indus trial securities advanced, including even the shares of the great Briansk and Sormovo , establishments, which had been steadily declining on ac count of strikes, incendiarism and rioting. An important conference bftafc?i Dmitri Shipoff, Count Haydenj iitn ael Stakovich and other promfcent members of the Peaceful Regenera tlonist party will be held to discuss the new developments in the Octo bris&parts'. Taking advantage of the withdraw al of Count Hayden And others, the reactionist wing has started a cam paign to capture the organization and thru it against the constitutional movement. The more progressive leaders now are considering a thor ough review of the Octobrist program instead of the creation of a new party. The leaders secretly hope, It is as serted, that the radical Constitutional Democrats will be victorious at the approaching elections for Parliament, swing the party over to the Left, and thus make room for a combination of Moderate Liberals. From x. embers ot the Zemstvo Congress now in session here it is learned that many landlords favor abandoning their present estates in the thickly settled provinces in ex change for tracts in the Urals, and Siberia. St. Petersburg. The firm note struck by Premier Stoiypin in the of ficial communication embodying the whole Government" program with its warning to Terrorists and Revolution ists, on one hand, that crime must and would be suppressed at any cost, and ; to the Reactionists, , especially the court camarilla, on the other hand, that reforms could neither be abandoned nor deferred, met with a prompt response on the Bourse, where prices were' not merely' firm; but were strong, without any symp toms of artificial support. HUNGRY FOR LEARNING. Students Will Not Oppose Opening of Universities, v St. Petersburg. At a meeting of Social Democratic and Social Revo lutionist university students it was decided not to oppose the reopening of the universities, which is sched uled for October 14, thereby furnisbv ing a strong possibility that the par alysis of the educational life of tho country, which has lasted for two school years, may soon bs ended. Many revolutionary students fa vored abandoning entirely the ob structive attitude, re-entering the universities and resuming their stud ies instead of making the universities "temples for the revolutionary move ment," which was the motive behind the short and fruitless resumption of work in the universities last year. - Among the student masses there has grown up a feeling of resentment against the tactics which are depriv ing them of education and a determ- ination to resume studies regardless of any strike decisions. POLICE CHIEF KILLS A MAN. Hurried Ride in an Auto Prevents His Reing Lynched. Des Moines, Iowa. Chief of Po lice Myron Tullar, of Fort Dodge, killed George Dugan, a well to do farmer of Rockwell City, at the Cal houn County fair grounds at Manson, and only a hurried ride with a guard in an automobile prevented his being lynched by the infuriated crowd. Dugan and George Korns, of So mers, became Involved in an alterca tion over the outcome of a horse race and Chief Tullar took a hand. Tul lar used his fist and struck Dugan several terrific blows in the face. Dugan walked a few steps away and fell dead. The crowd was furious when it learned what had happened, but Tul lar was under arrestand riding for life before the mob realized that its clamoring for a rope would be of no ' avail. - CHEATER LIGHT IN SYRACUSE. , State Commission Fixes Price of Gas and Electricity. - Albany, N. Y. The State Commis sion of Gas and Electricity announced ! its decision, granting the application for an order fixing the maximum price of gas In Syracuse at ninety-five cents per 1000 cubic feet, beginning October 1. The price of electricity for street lighting Is fixed at f68 per. lamp, for commercial purposes at , nine cents per kilowatt hour for one year beginning October 1, the price after that to be eight cents. . Present lighting rates in Syracuse are: Arc street lamps, $85.77 per lamp per year; commercial Incandes cent, twelve cents per kilowatt, with two cents discount if paid before 15th- of month; gas, $1 per 1000 maximum. THREE ARRESTS !fl REAL V ESTATE TRUST CRASH i . - '- . r Promoter Segal and Two Officials Placed Under Heavy Bonds. HiPPLE STAR BANK THIEF Conspiracy, Embezzlement, Forgery and Perjury Anion Charge District Attorney Alter Directors Presbyterians Loss $lO0,00U4 Philadelphia: On warrants charg- Ing conspiracy, embezzlement and perjury, Adolph Segal, the Austrian promoter, who, with the late Presi dent Hippie and a .coterie of -directors, it is charged, wrecked the Real Estate Trust Company; William F. North, treasurer of the company, who, it is alleged, was party to most f Hippie's illegal acts, and. William' J. Collingwood, assistant treasurer, were placed, under arrest by District Attorney Bell. !t' Segal, who has aged five years in1 two weeks and with all his old jaunt iness gone, was held in $2 5,0 00 ball.. The charges against him are conspir acy and accessory to embezzlement.' North and Colliugwpod were held In 110,000 bail each on charges of conspiracy, embezzlement, perjury, etc. An angry and muttering crowd o more than a thousand persons mobbed the office of Magistrate Eis enbrowu, who issued the warrants upon which Segal, North and Colt lingwood were arrested. It was, composed principally of victims of the -frenzied financiering of Hippie and his associates, and members of their families. "Hang them, every one!" screamed one woman, who was red-eyed from weeping. "I am a widow and they stole every cent I have in tha world!" Scores of women proclaimed them selves in a similar plight. The tem per of the crowd was most bitter against Segal. ; L Horace Hill, the auditor, who is seventy-five years old and broken in .health,, will not be arrested. t Dis trict Attorney Bell says he was mere ly a figurehead and a tool used by the looters.- "Evidencei-of actual partnership be tween Hippie, Segal-and- a clique of directors in the wrecked company has been found by the District Attorney. These men sank millions in their wildcat ventures ...and the great part ot the millions, it has been discov7 ered by the District Attorney, went into suburban trolley schemes in which they were interested as promo ters or stockholders. As for the speculations of Hippie himself revelations already made in dicate that before the investigation of the looted bank is finisned he prob ably will be written down as the star bank thief of the century. Out of many Instances the follow ing are the most sensational: An estate was left by Joseph Detro In which Hippie was named as sole executor without bonds by will dated in 1894. His estate possessed $250, 000 in Metropolitan Traction Com pany stock. Inquiries since Hippie's death resulted in the information that the books showed no stock held either by the, Detro estate or Hippie as trustee. It is feared that this quarter of a million has vanished as completely as the 7,0 00,0 00 of de posits. - The thet of $30,000 of the bonds of the trustees of the Presbyterian General, Assembly was also fast tened upon Hippie by the examina tion of their $965,000 of securities by the committee of auditors. This makes approximately $100,000 miss ing to date from the Presbyterian funds. , ' District Attorney Bell'madd public a letter left by Hippie, and found on his bureau. "It simply said: . "Segal got it all. I alone am to blame. Was fooled." This confession is distinct . from that found at the bank. Atlantic City. One hundred inva lid women were turned out of the Mercer Memorial Home, Pacific ave nue and Park place. All the money the home had, some $5 0,000, was in the Real Estate Trust, wrecked by Hippie's stealings. The people turned out are poor and have no means of support. NO GAJnNG IN SYDNEY, N. S. W. Drastic Law Passed by Parliament Tublhing of Odds Prohibited. "Sydney, N. S. W. Parliament has passed a drastic antbgambling law. It prohibits betting on grounds where all sports are held, except under spec ial circumstances on race courses, and places restrictions on gambling In priv: e houses and clubs. Race meetings in the metropolitan area of Sydney are limited to Wednesdays, Saturdays and public nolidays. The newspapers are prohibited from pub lishing racing odds. KILLED LOOKING FOR BALL. It Falls in Coal Bin and Match of Searchers Causes Explosion of Gas. - Stellarton, K. S. While four boys were searching for a ball in an un used coal bin here, one of them light ed a match which ignited gas, and all four were instantly killed. J Two were sons of Neil Gunn and the others were sons of Joseph Frew and Neil Patterson. THE SEPTEMBER ELECTI0I1S Froftor Chosen Governor of Ver mont by Large Plurality. Democrats Win in Arkansas La " Follette Gets a Setback- Gcor gia Democrats Convene. White River Junction, Vt. Com plete returns . from rthe Vermont Stath, el :tion show that Fletcher D. Proctor ( Rep. ) ; was elected Govern or by 1 5 , 6 7 6 oye Perci vaJW. Clem ent, Independent and Democrat. The voter Proetor, 42U 50; Clement, 26,474; scattering, 1000. The remainder of the Republican State, ticket was successful by plu ralities about equrv. to that received by Proctor. The Republicans carried arl the counties in the State except Benning ton, which Clement won by sixty-one votoi. Clement carried the citr of Burlingtonr 1651 to 1444. In Rut land, Clement's home, he received 1654 votes, and Proctor 1307. . : Montpeller, the capital, the fusion 'candidate polled 874 votes to 671 for Proctor. ' Representative David J. Foster, of Burlingtr- (Rep.), was re-elected in the First 'Congressional District over Edwin D. Cllft (Dem.), and in the Second District Representative Kit tredge Haskins (Rep.) defeated John H. S r (Dem.). - An analysis of the voting showsthat the Republicans gained iO.OOO votes over the numbir four years ago and that Clement lost 1800. The Prohi bition ?oss was proportionately great er ; . "" - ' ". ' ' - The Republicans will have an jjbverwhelniing majority in the House uuu . me oeuaie win uave umy uue 3)emocratIc member. The issues ot the campaigns have been largely per sonal. ... Defeat of La Follette. Miwraufc.v Wis. The latest re turns from the primary elections in Wisconsin - indicate that Governoa James O. Davidson, Republican, swept the State, despite the active opporition of Senator La Foitctte, winning from his opponent, Speaker Irvine - L.. Lenroot, in therace for nomination for Go verrnjrrby-a major ity of 40,000 votes. John A. Alyward, Democrat, .of Madison, tor Governor, received, the nomination over Ernst Merten, of Waukesha, by a safe majority. Nearly Unanimous In Arkansas. Little Rock, Ark. As the result of the, election the Democrats will have thirty-four of the thirty-five members "of the State Senate (and ninety-five of thV-lOfl members of the House and -will elect Governor Jeff Davis United States Senator. John S. Little is elected Governor by a plurality of about 55,000. At least fifty-three of the fifty-five counties voted against liquor license under tha local option laws. - Georgia Democrats in Convention. Macon, Ga. : .The Democratic State Convention unanimously nomi nated Hoke Smith for Governor and indorsed William J. Bryan for Presi dent in 1908. The names of- other candidates for Governor were not placed before the convention. .. The platform recommends the sub stitution of the majority vote in pri maries for nominating conventions in Gubernatorial contests, two-cent railroad fares, State railroad con trol, lover freight rates, negro dis franchisement and increase in tLs size of the State Senate. $35,000,000 WASTED IN WATER. Excessive ! Irrigation Causes Enorm ous Loss to Western Farmers. Boise, Idaho. At the National Ir rigation Congress Dr. Elwood .Mead, of the Government Reclamation Ser vice, spoke of "The Evolution of Irri gation Institutions," dealing with the steady development, rrom aosolute private ownership of small water rights intb.& great system of commu nity and Government ownership. Some startling statistics were pre sented by Professor Samuel Fortier, of the University of California, in an address dealing with the loss of water through waste. He made the asser tion that in the Western States $50, 000,000 were expended annually in securing ,and distributing water for irrigation, and that of this water tnus distributed f :llr seventy-five per cent, was wasted," causing a net loss to the people of the Western States of more than $35,000,000. He ex pressed the opinion, however, that while all M this loss could not be stepped, he believed that fully ten per cent, of it could be. PREPARING MEAL, BRIDE DIES. Usee Gasoline to Ha; ten Fire For Her Husband's Breakfast. : Pittsburg, Pa. A bride of five days, Mrs. Rosie Kamp, twenty years old, died at the Braddock General Hospital from burns she received while starting a fire with gasolene. Mrs. Kamp had just returned from her honeymoon and was preparing the first breakfast for her husband. The fire' was slow in burning and sne used gasolene to hasten the flames. - Chief Justice Torrance Dead. Judge" David Torrance, Chief Jus tice of the , Connecticut Supreme Court, died at his home, in Derby, from an attack of heart trouble. FBI fll H Russian Soldiers Grow Into An i lofts HWirl A FIERCE ATTACK ON CITIZENS BfummgT7ith Attack on 3tm, But Soon Extending it Indiscriminately to Tall Civilians, Troops in Polish Town of Siedlce Glut Themselves With for Murdered Oom- rades, Killing or Wounding Hun- dreds Three Streets Devastated by All-Day Riot City Now Surround ed by Troops Jews Panic Stricken. Siedlee, Russian Poland, By Cable A massacre of police and soldiers be gan at S o 'clock Saturday night. Im mediately afterwards the troops at tacked the Jews. All Sunday the soldiers have at taked civilians. Christians or Jews, robbing and murdering -them without discrimination. Hundreds of persons were killed or wounded. Three streets were devastated. It is reported that drunken resev ists started the massaere. Troops hae surrounded the city and refuse access to it. A regiment of infantry has been sent f rom Delia to Siedlce to restore order. . The Jews here are panie-stncken. Alarming reports are being circulated in the city. .. Warsaw, By Cable Terrorists Sat urday eveing shot and killed two sol diers guarding a .government alcohol store at Siedlee. A datchment of in fantry rushed up and fired a volley into the crowd, killing two persons and wounding two. ' Sunday morning the terrorists retali ated. -by- beginning a "massacreof po lieemen and soldiers patroling the streets, and at : noon v the ' infurated trooos attacked tire Jewish quarters 'of Siedlce, destroying the houses and shops. ; It is reported that over one hun dred persons were killed or "wounded and that the town is in flames. Republican Book Issued. "Washington, Special. The Repub lican party its achievements for half century and particularly its re cord in the present Congress is commended to the voters of the coun try, in the campaign text-book given out by the Republican congressional committee. Tho book embraces infor mation on practically every conceiv able subect upon which information may be desired. Radicalism or con servatism, it is 'declared, are never matters of concern to Republicans, but it is stated ' 'they are content with practical and progressive ideas and the maturing of theirf ideas into positive performance. V . To Cost Directors $3,000,000. Philadelphia, Special. All of the directors of the Real Estate Trust Company, which was wrecked by its suicide president, Frank K. Hippie, principalis through heavy loans mads to Adolf Segal, a promoter, ou flimsy collateral, have agreed .to ifceeeiver Earle 's plan for reorganizing the com pany. Mr. Earle received a telegram from. Dr. S, Weir Mitchell, the only member of the board of directors who is away, from the city, agreeing to the proposition that the directors con tribute the amount deemed necessary by the receiver.. The othe directors had prviously assented te the plan. Georgia Declares For Win. J. Bryan. Macon, Ga., Special. Tho unani mous nomination of Hoke Smith for governor of Georgia and tbe endorse ment of William J. Bryan for presi dent hi. 1908; was the :rjrirtcipal busi ness trarisaeted by the Democratic State convention. ; The names -of oth er candidate for governor were not piaced before the convention. Husband Shoots Wife. Newburn, N. C, Special. Geo. Mc Cartney, a white woman aged 24, wast shot by her. husband, William Man son' McCartney Sunday morning. The cm cumstances of the affair indicate mur der, but McCartney insists that the shooting was "accidental ne says that he took the pistol, which was of jllie modern hammerles kind, , and pas carelessly playing with it. Hii -4fe was standing by him when the wea pon was discharged, the' ball entering her right eye lodging in the rbrain, the woman dving in two hours. IB AWFUL PSORIASIS 35 YEARS. ' Trrlbl Sealjr Hnmor la Patehs AM Ot Bodr-SMa Cracked and Bleeding- Cared by Cvtteara , - X wi afflicted' with psoriasis for thirty five yean. It wai ia patches all over xtj body. I used three cakes of Cutfcur Soap, six boxes of Ointment and two bot tles of Resolvent. In thirty days I warn completely cured, and I think permanent ly, as it was about fire years ago. Tha paoriasis first made its appearance in red spots, r- ge&erally forming . a ; circle, leariikj in the centre a spot about the sise of s silver dollar, of sound flesh. Ia a short time the affected circle would form . heavy dry scale of white silvery appear ance, and would gradually drop off. Ta remove the entire scales by bathusg or using oil to soften them tae flesh wooJd be perfectly raw, and a light discharge af bloody substance would oocw out. . That scaly crott would fom again twenty four hoars, it was worse on my arms and limbs, although it was ia spots aQ over my body, also on ray scalp. If I kt tba cades remain too long withoat removing " by bath or otherwise, the skin would crack and bleed. 1 suffered intense itch ing, worse at nights after getting warm ia bed, or felood warm by exercise, whan it would be .almost unbearable. W. M. OhideatHutchinsoB.Kan.AprB 30.1005." Engineer Scales Killed at Spencer. Salisbury, Sjkicial. Cit Scales, an engineer on the Southern Railway died Friday morning at the White-head-Stokes Sanitarium in Salibury from injuries received last night, at Spencer. Mr. Scales went out of Salisbury Thursday night on No. 40y not as engineer but as a passenger. He intended spending the night ia Salisbury and as the train was slow ing up at that place he jumped off, not waiting until the train had stop ped. There was a string of box cars standing on the parallel track to tha main line and Mr. Scales struck against this and was ,thro wn back under the wheels of No. 40. He was badly mutilated, both " legs and one arm being crushed. He was brought -back to this place and placed in tho hospital. Mr. Scales' home was at Wytheville, S. C; and the body was taken to that place for burial. The deceased is a married man and is survived by a wife and several child . rem- .-v GEORGE GENTLE A FREE MAN A $2,500 Bond Was Given by Tw Prominent Men, Will Likely End Case, ' v-; Salisbury, Special,--Goie Gentle who was on Wednesday acquitted ot jail breaking, in connection with' thV lynching case, Jbut was held on other charges, was on Friday admitted to bail in the sum. of $2,500. The bond is made by Messrs. John S. Ludwick and James H. McKenzie, both promi nent, business men of this city. Gen tle is now at liberty. and will remain so unless more tvidence is produced against him at the next term of the court than was available at the term just closed in connection with the jail breaking case. ' TOO MODEST. "Please senrt a stamped and direct- ed envelope vith your, ananuscript,' said the magazine editor's circular. "No, thanks," replied the occa sional contributor. "I've heard of peo ple so conceited that they wrote let ters to themselves; but I'm not one of them." Philadelphia Ledger. HOW MANY OF US? Fail to Select Food Nature Demands taVard Oil' Ailments. . tavara TV-ity, s A Ky4dy, speaking about food, sa37s: "I was accustomed to eating all kinds of ordinary food, until, for 'some reason, indigestion and nervous prostration set in. "After I had. run down seriously my attention was called to the neces sity of some change in my diet, and I discontinued my ordinary breakfast and began using Grape-Nuts witL a good quantity of rich cream. . . "In a few days my condition changed in a remarkable way, and I began to have a strength that I had never been possessed of before, a vigor of body and a poiso of mind that amazed me. ' It was entirely new in my experience. , - -"My former attacks of indigestion had been accompanied by heat flashes, and many times my condition was distressing with blind spells of dizzi ness, rush of blood to the head and neuralgic pains in the chest. ' "Since using Grape-Nuts alone for hrAsltfast T havft been free from thesa wouDies, except ax limes wueu i uavo indulged in rich, greasy f ood3 in quantity, then I would be warned by . a pain uader the left shoulder blade, and unless I heeded the warning tho old trouble would -come back, but when I finally got to ; l:n jw where these troubles originated I returned to my Grape-Nuts and cream and the pain and disturbance left very, qu. ck-iy-"-. . ' ' "I , am now" In prime health as a result of my U3s of Grape-Nuts." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. 7 - ' . . t . t t . I