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SHAHPRISONER ‘UWOLE SUMA FLEETMAY OFBUARSHIS ARYA OF TRIBESMEN | f Machines Prove a Success, the War Department Will Ask for a Miliion Dollars for Purchase of Fleet. Virtually in the Hands of Fighting Men Summoned to Teheran to Protect the Throne. Washington.—If Henri Farman sells his aeroplane to the United States government it can only be after an acceptance of the bids and a test under the United States signal corps. An offer Was made on Monday to the war department for the sale of the French machine, but it was de clined. It Was stated that the United When Shah is Unable to Comply With Their Extravagant Demands for Money, the Tribesmen Threaten to Pillage the Town, his other foes. The tribesmen are extravagant in their demands for money, does all that is required, the war de- exhausted. |way the sover- want sovereigns the harmony | with this Democratic idea. linto the support of an anti-trust law |which had the endorsement of the refused | prestdent, but the senate even to consider the measure, and |since that time no effort has been Delivers Eloquent Address in Accepting Nomination. TORTURE BANDITS Townspeople Enthusiastic Over That Rivals Tales of the egenerate itself. It can mot attack να in high places without |disgracing many of its prominent uses members, and it, ‘ therefore, Later—John W. Kern, ViceCandidate, Presidential Instead | opiates Delivers Brief Address. surgeon's the of ᾿ I repeat, | knife, “Shall the people rule?” Auckland, Spanish Inquisition. upon this |cure remedial legislation | subject. | §o long as*the Republican party : at Greater Length of the CamPaign Two Americans Arrested on the Charge of Robbing a Bank Mes senger Have Finger Nails Torn Out by Mexican Policemen, Lincoln, Neb.—William Jennings | ;,yarshadowing question, and as the Bryan of Nebraska was on Wednes- | campaign progresses, I shall take ochas/casion to discuss this question as it he day officially advised that of William Moffatt and Edward Ma- ° jioney, who were arrested in Mexico we er a ids e conider ar Pittsburg —Police oeffiials here have received news of the torturing railroad City on a charge of robbing 4 bank president. ' question, the banking question, the Amid cheers and waving of figs, j),or question, the question of im- messenger. Moffatt and Maloney, the police here say, were well known Mr. Bryan eg j as Ste ‘ni Dated Θ΄μΝ μέ ΒΗ κεν Ρον the trust was escorted from the perialism, the development of our |) waterways, or any other of the numerous problems which press for solution, involved in each is, whether the government shall remain a mere busines asset of favor-seeking corporthe in ations, or be an instrument hands of the people for the advancement of the common weal. Recognizing that I am indebted for | the nomination to the rank and file of our party, and that my election must yeneral Liakhoff’s cossacks are unable to Four Members of One Family Meet Death in Flames. make any headwayagainst the tribes- | men, who have refused to permit the New York.—Four children of one shah to leave the camp at Bade Shaks family dead and ten other persons if nite 4 seriously burned or injured is the record of a flerce blaze that swept question, the record of the and unpurchasable \trages the American |promise, if entrusted with they were strapped by the wrists to the bars of their cells while the officials with forceps tore the nails from their hands. Unable to bear the |purchased y through a erowded tenement in East One Hundred and Twelfth street. Scores were carried down ladders demanded police their names, Refusing to betray their companions, the men allege that people, 1 {; j/, of when the Pittsburgers were arrested the agony, the men gave the names of ‘their companions. “I suppose, said Captain of Detectives Edwin T. McGough, “if it were not for the /} come, if it comes at all, from the un- RD to them before leaving for Mexico. Two companions eseaped the officers and the Mexican sufτθ- ἯΙ \sponsibilities of this high office, to would mean tions.” men their international torture complica- jconseerate whatever I have to the }one purpose of making this, in fact, a SIGNS OF WAR APPEARING. from the blazing building by firemen, government in which the people rule OISCORD AMONG OFFICIALS. —a government which shall do jusand wild scenes of panic ensued as Netherlands May Give Venezuela a Ρ , and offer to every one the the scantily elad tenants rushed to Former Ministers of Sultan Now Ac:| γ΄, | highest possible stimulus to great and Needed Lesson. the street. cusing Each Other. ‘4 \ persistent effort by assuring to each The dead were the children of VinWillemstadt, Curacao—The qolonthe enjoyment of his just share of Constantinople. — Discord reigns eenso Sausato, janitor of the house, making active the proceeds of his toil, no matter in | jal government is among the former ministers and pal- | aged from 10 months to 8 years. Frank preparations for any possible trouble |what part of the vineyard he labors, #ce officials detailed at the ministry fFuusato, brother of the janitor, is dybetween The Netherlands and Venlor to what occupation, profession or ef war. Men Dough Pasha, former tng from burns and Sausato and his ezuela. A station for wireless teleg| calling he devotes himself. severe | | wife are both suffering from minister of the interior, is at loggerPrevious to the speech of notificaraphy is being installed here and on burns about the face and body. | heads with Tahsin Pasha, the sultan's tion by Chairman Clayton, the viceTuesday the cruiser Gelderland left former secretary, who reproached him presidential nominee, John W. Kern FEARFUL BOILER EXPLOSION. for ‘the neighboring island of Aruba, of Indiana, was introduced and spoke with not having adopted his advice | carrying rifles and ammunition to the ac follows: three months azo to solicit the sultan Eight Men Are Killed and a Score In: inhabitants. Aruba is practically “Why, my friend, the chairman of | to grant amnesty to political prisonjured. without protection. A letter received j}the national committee has been kind ers. The secretary, who is suffering York, Pa.—Bight men were killed, enough to announce me as the Dem- | bere from Maracaibo announces that from acute melancholia, replies that Lincoln hotel through the streets of) the Venezuelan river steamer Felix ecratic candidate for the office of nearly a score of others more orless it were better to have died than to Lincoln to ts capitol grounds, where | vice-president, I have as yet no of. has left that port with troops for the seriously injured and thousands οἱ witness the present state of affairs. the notification and the address of) ficial notification of that fact, and, head of Maracaibo bay. It is believed dollars’ worth of property damaged by Kekhi Pasha, who was recently disacceptance took place. In the ear-| that these soldiers are going out the explosion of a boiler in the York missed as inspector of military riage with Mr. Bryan was John W. against a revolutionary band. rolling mills late Monday afternoon schools, is also reported to be a prisA rescue party was quickly organized Kern of Indiana, the candidate for The Hague.—The battfeship Jacob oner at the ministry of war, half de and search for bodies was instituted the vice-presidency, who addressud Van Heemskerk sailed jon Tuesday mented and constantly requesting a the great crowd assembled. for Caribbean waters. he cruiser | | | fe | WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. revolver with which to end his life. To this request the response As was made that he must live and render to the nation an account of his doings. He has contributed $25,000 toward a fund to purchase two cruisers to be named after the. heroes of the revo- Yution. Γ To Bett Social, Sanitary and EcMnomic Conditions. Oyster .—With a view to bring: : mg about Former Presidential Candidate Aids into the whole ma‘ter and to report to him with recommendations for improve: ments. The report and recommenda tions, with any additional recommen: dations which the president himself may desire to make, will be incorpor ated in a message which the president in Stopping Runaway. San Luis Obispo, Cal,—Judge Alton B. Parker of New York brought first aid Sunday afternoon in what was almost a fatal runaway. While A, U. Mills, wife and daugh ter of this city, and David Oliver, a will send to congress probably early school director of San Francisco, and daughter were riding in a surrey the team became frightened at an approaching automobile and ran away. ‘The surray was overturned and Mr. next year. Cashier Missing, Bank Closed, But Depositors Are Protected. Guthrie, Okla—By order of its di rectors, the Bank of Afton, Okla., was closed on Monday, pending an inves tigation of its affairs by the state bank examiner, William M. Reynolds cashier of the bank, has been missing since Saturday, and his friends declare Oliver and daughter and Miss Mills were caught underneath. Mr. and Mrs. Mills were thrown clear of the tangle, but Mr. Mills grabbed the reins, and after the surrey had been dragged 100 yards with its pinioned captives, succeeded in checking the runaway team just as Judge Parker his accounts are straight, and believe and Delancey Nicoll, also of New York, whirled up the road in an automobile. he has been the victim of foul play The last report of the bank Arizona.—The to the commissioners showed its condition good, Its capital stock is $20,000, Woman Shackled to Bedpost. Bisbee, Petter social, sanitary and economic feonditions on American farms, Pregident Roosevelt has re PARKER TO THE RESCUE. authorities } Senator Allison Was Not in Millionaire have been advised that there is no law under which the deportation of Mrs. Wardwell, the leper, to the leper colony of Molokai can be ordered. Mrs. Wardwell, who is in quarantine at Tombstone, has become a raving maniac and is kept shackled to a bedpost. Her husband, General Wardwell, aged 88 years, is very weak from an operation for cancer. yovernor Kibbey will be asked to pardon Albert Cole, a brother of Mrs. Wardwell, who {s serving a term in prison, in order that he may care for the aged couple. Struggle for Mastery of Pacific. Class. Dubuque, Ia.—William B. Allison died a poor man, or at least in com- parative poverty. His will filed for | probate bequeaths a fortune of only | $75,000 to $100,000. He leaves an an nuity of $1,200 to Mrs, Jennie A. Brayton, who has been his housekeeper, and an annuity of $750 to Mrs. Cor- i nelia Allison, widow of | James. his brother Three nieces are each given | $1,500. Four nephews are each given | $1,000. The local Carnegie library, | Finley hospital and the Y. M. C, A are each given $1,000. Bomb Thrower Run Down, Christ Church, New Zealand.—The hewspapers here cordially weleomed Chicago.— After a remarkable chase of over 2,000 miles, extending through the American Atlantic fleet. ‘The six states and taking in many cities, Christ Church Press, in an article on | Peter Claudianes, alias Claudeanos, the arrival] in New Zealand waters of the subject of the visit of the fleet, declares that the conclusion of the Anglo-Japanese alliance was only a temporay expedient to secure peace, and professes tosee in the future a siruggle for the mastery in the Paelfic, in which the United States and Great Britain will be natural allies against the far eastern forces. | charged with being one of the ring- | | | | leaders in the notorious namiters Which destroyed jidences in San Francisco of the graft prosecutions band of dyseveral resat the time in that city, | was arrested in Chicago on Monday |The arrest was made by Detective | George E. Burns of San Francisco who has bee. on trail of the alleged | bomb thrower for over three weeks. New Religious Craze. Newark, N. J.—John A. Heckerson, | Couldn’t Take a Dare and Went to # negro wiro calls himself the high | His Death. priest of a band of his race in this | Ouray, Colo.—Accepting a dare te vicinity, each of whom, men and 'eross one of the most dangerous women, claim to be “the new Jezus,” | points on the Grizzly Bear trail, in the has been arrested, with William mountains above here, Giavoma Flaim Hughes, a white man, who is a fol- lower of the sect. Heckerson was arrested on information furnished by the’ 14-year-old daughter of Hughes, who said she was taken to the headquarters of the sect by her father, de. tained two days, and that Heckerson Kissed her “in the name of the Lord,” crawled along the edge of a high peak and was Within inches of safety when his foot slipped and he was plunged 900 feet to his death. The man, with several COMpanions, came to the spect where the path for a distance of twenty-five feet is less than six inches wide and OVerhangs a perpendicular cliff 900 feet high. the Democratic | candidates emerged from the capitol building on to the platform, in company with Governor Sheldon, Mayor F. W. Brown turned to battering down the door, bound Mr. pants of the house, and robbed them of their jewelry and a small amount of cash. tresses carry alae η Ὁ ΙΟ le voters Noted Tunnel are out the idea, |to love of the grand old starry banner their| divisible as the sea. Springs, Colo. For your kind- sover-|ly greetings to myself, I thank you.” Builder Killed, Denver.—Charles μἲ Higbee, aged 52, of this city, one of the world’s most noted tunnel builders, was almost instantly killed Wednesday evening at Shoshone, a camp of the Cengral Geldrado Power cgmpany twelve miles east of Colorado Carpets were slashed, matripped broken into. πα νήμα for themselves and| which is its emblem, we are as insb and gagged Miss De Garmo ard her niece Miss Lizzie Hartman, the only occu who prostitute the functions of goy-|' miiee , returned ably will Washington, Pa—Three masked men entered the home of Miss Maria De Garmo, in a remote|part of the county Tuesday morning, and after ernment for the lust of greed. It was your lofty statesmanship, your unwavering fidelity, your Jeffersonian standard of Democracy that induced the representatives of millions of JOHN W. KERN. American free men unanimously {0 choose you as their candidate for the therefore, | cannot make a_ political highest office in the world.” speech on’ this occasion. I came here In response to the words of Mr. today to greet these western people Clayton, Mr. Bryan said in part: and to join with them without regard Mr. Clayton and Gentlemen of the to political affiliation in paying. tribNomination Committee—I can not ac- ute with the citizens of Lincoln to cept the nomination which you of- one whom you all love, to the foreficially tender without first acknowl- most citzen of America, W. J. Bryan. edging my deep indebtednes to the|! have been deeply impressed with Democratic party for the extraordi-| what I have seen In Lincoln; it was rary honor which it has conferred| worth the trip from Indiana across upon me. Having twice before been the Mississippi and the Missouri to ® eandidate for the -presidency, in witness that splendid neighborly campaigns which ended’ in defeat, a spirit which has prompted this magthird nomination, the result of the nificent non-partisan demonstration free and voluntary act of the voters | in honor of the man whom, without cf the party, can only be explained by regard to political affiliation, we all a substantial and undisputed growth love, and that leads me to saythat, } in the principl es and policies for after all, the great masses of the which I, with a multitude of others American people are not so far apart. have contended. As these principles Partisan spirit no longer runs 50 and policies have given me whateve r high that we cannot now and then political strength I. possess, the πο. get out of the miasma of the politition of the convention. not only take a step up re- cal partisanship, hews my faith in them, but strength - higher and breathe the fresh, pure ens my attachment to them. air of American patriotism and be a I shall, in the near future, prepare witness by our neighborly conduct. a more formal reply to your. notifi“We recognize, in spite of political cation, and in that letter of accept differences, not only the fatherhood ance, will deal with the platform in of God, but the brotherhood of man. detail. It is sufficient, at this time It reminds me, although we may difto assure you that I am in hearty ac. fer and differ widely on questions of cord with both the letter and | the political economy, of finance, as to it of the platform. 1 endorse it the best method of carrying on the whole and in part, and shall, if complex affairs of the greatest ρον. elected, regard its declarations eo ernment beneath the sun, while we binding upon me, And I may add, a may differ on all these things, and platform is binding as to ‘what it differ earnestly, yet when it comes omits as well as to what it contains {o devotion to a common country and Democratic prepare for foreign se from Norway. She Robbers Maltreat Two Women While Searching for Money. Bryan and made his notification speech. Mr. Clayton’s words brought forth frequent, applause, the elimax coming |/ when, looking Mr. Bryan squarely in the face, he said: “You have always refused to compromise with those iebones ond _ orders to TORTURED BY MASKED MEN, for several minutes. As soon as Mr. Bryan was seated, National Chairman Norman Mack opened the exercises by calling upon Rev. Father John F. Nugent, of Des Moines, Ia, to deliver prayer. Upon its conclusion, Mr. : Clayton, as chairman of the commit- tee on notification, Friesland, which is un follow the Jacob Van soon as she can be goifien ready. and others of the committee on arrangements, a mighty cheer went ap‘? from the multitude, which continued Passenger Detroit, Train Hits Mich.—Six Street men Car. were in- jured severely, but not fatally, Wednesday afternoon, when a fast incoming Grand Trunk passenger train from Port Huron struck and wrecked a Harper avenue plug line street car. A blinding rainstorm was prevailing, The fatal accident was and this is thought to have been re- money was open and chests When no large sum of found the women were tortured until the elder one fainted and the men left. Miss Hartman, bleeding and cut, at last freed her. self from the ropes and released her aunt. Fifteen hundred dollars, which had been received the day before for a timber tract, was found where the robbers had overlooked it. Wrecked on Great Salt Lake. Salt Lake City.—William Selley and his son, William Selley, Jr., whe were wrecked in the launch Galle north shore of Antelope island at 11 o'clock Tuesday night by Captain Dewey Davis in the launch Cambria and brought to Saltair. The remainSelley and to walk Tony across Zealand.—Sixteen division of the United States Atlantic fleet, under the command of Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, arrived at §:40 o'clock Saturday morning, Aagust 8, and anchored in two columns 1η the roadstead abreast ihe city, after a voyage days party, Harvey J. Midgley, started Antelope island to White's ranch, where they expected to secure horses and cross to the miainland. The party was caught in a storm and washed ashore on An telope island, thir boat being damaged. Parties had been searching for them for two days. of thirty-three from San Francisco, including a stop- over of six days at Honolulu ‘They will remain here until next Suturday. The city is elaborately decorated in honor Of the Americans, and thousands of persons have come inv the city in order to assist in paying homage to the officers and men. Queen street, the leading thoroughfare of the city, is profusely decorated with flags and bunting, the stars and stripes and the union jack of Great Britain being seen at every hand. The townspeople are enthusiastic over the visit of their American cousins and throng the water front of the city to view the stately ships lying at .nchor in the roadstead. As a special honor the board of education las changed the date of the Michaelmas holiday and will give the children their week’s vacation while the fleet is here. FUNERAL OF SENATOR ALLISUN, Services Held at Residence Devold of All Ostentation. Dubuque, Ia.—As he lived, so was Senator: William B. Allison buried on Satumlay, in a manner devoid of all ostentation. Services were held at the residence of the dead statesman and while not of a private character, the limited accommodations of the home permitted only the presence. of the distinguished visitors, the felatives and the most intimate friends cf the late senator. ΤΘ services were simple and consisted of the reading of the twenty-third psalm, the fifteenth chapter of the Epistle to the Corinthians and a prayer. ‘The Nev. Bergeten of the Westminster Presbyterian church officiated. There was no music. The interment war private, and after the Presbyterian service had been read by Dr. Bergeten, the body was lowered into its last resting place on the hillside which overlooks the Mississippi river. KAISER IS INTERESTED. Makes Donation to Enable Zepplin to Build Another Airship. Berlin.—Emperor William has given $2,500 to the fund to enable Connt Zeppelin to construct another airship. While riding in the Tiegarten Saturday his majesty met Herr Rathenau, general manager of the General Kilectric company, to whom he expressed himself as deeply moved over the Zeppelin catastrophe. He said he was delighted with the generous contributions made in all parts of the empire, representing, as they did, the national feeling. Foraker and Dick as Spectators. Cedar Point, O.—Arthur Vorys, manager of the movement which culminated in William H. Taft’s nomination for the presidency, will preside at the open meeting of Republicans at Youngstown September 2. The orators will be General Harris, who will speak on state issues, and Governor Hughes of New York and Senator Beveridge of Indiana, who will explain the national issues, Invitations will be extended to Senators Foraker and Dick, though their names will not appear on the program for addresses. Sunday night, were rescued from the ing members of the New white ships comprising the battleship [15 declared by our platform to be the been chosen by the Democrats of the| — itself ; —_ Απ Visit of American Cousins. Story of Treatment of Prisoners to 86- to Questions remains in power, it is powerless Discuss Vital Promises to party the dominant made by partment Will ask for at least a mil- for Saltanabad, where the harem is now staying. Famine is reported to be imminent in southern Persia and this promises to bring about a crisis in political affairs in the autumn. City of Auckland Gaily Decorated and to do what | Platforms are entirely in which the shah is unable to grant and | lion dollars for the purchase and conthey threaten to destroy the palace struction of a fleet of airships for the and pillage Teheran. The $250,000 se- coast of the country, cured from the Russian bank recently TENEMENT HOUSE HORROR. as a loan on the crown jewels of Per sia already is | A few years ago the Republican |]εαᾶετα in the house of representa- stated salary | cigns want done, and to do it in the id » 5 Democratic Nominee for Presi periments With machines, both dirigi- greater menace to the monarch than | ported that if the Baldwin machine it done. |COTUENS OF NEW ZEALAND MEXICAN OFFICERS WELCOME AMERICAN FLEET ΗΝ} ‘tives were coerced by public opinion States is now acting and making exSt. Petersburg.—Special dispatches bies and aeroplanes, all of which rereceived here from Teheran, give a | sponded to advertisements for bids. tragic-comic description of the posi- | The time for the acceptance of bids ‘tion of the shah of Persia, who is vir- having passed, no further proposals tually a prisoner in the hands of wild | will be issued until after the present tribesmen summoned to Teheran to | experimental stock is exhausied protect the throne against the revolu- | The government is still sanguine tionists, but who have become * | about the Baldwin dirigible. It is re- _——— eigns, the officials are the servants, ; employed for a fixed time and at a | Non-Union Miners Killed. Birmingham, Ala.—Three men were instantly killed and seven injured, two of whom will probably die, when a fusillade of shots was fired into a passenger train loaded with non-union miners, at Blockton, Sunday morning. On the outskirts of the town the engineer suddenly saw a log across the track and at once a fusillade was fired into the train. The engineer did not stop but let the pilot throw the log from the track and put on full speed. Another company of militia will be sent here at once. White Caps Lost Their Nerve. Poughkeepsie, N. Y—A dozen white robed citizens carrying tar, feathers and eggs, surrounded the house of Mrs. Frank Husted at Pine Plains at night while the Rev. Mar. vin Jacobs, deposed pastor of the Baptist church, was a guest inside. The minister’s threat to shoot saved him from a liberal coat of tar and feathers. Mrs. Huste@ igs the wife of a wealthy mining promoter, who is now in Mexico. The two families huve been on most friendly terms, and the pastor charges the action of the mob to differences jn the church Robbed in Relays. Redding, Cal—Ftfteen men ware held up and robbed in relays Monday night by two highwaymen near Stirling City, on the road from that place to the camp of the Diamond Match company, located on the west bank of the Feather river. The robbers are said to have secured over $400 ia money and almost as much in valuables. The men robbed are all em- caused by the breaking of a derrick. suponsible for the conductor of the ployes of the match company, wh« A guy wire struck Mr. Higbee upon car not seeing the train. The car was | were returning after dark from Stirthe head, crushing the skull. Aecoradirectly across the railroad tracks | ling City, where they had gone dui ing to reliable information, Mr. Higwhen it was hit, and was smashed to | ing the day to receive their month’s bee had constructed forty-nine of the pieces, the passengers being hurled Day. world’s greatest tunnels. in every direction. Preferred Sucide to Starvation. New York—Unable to find work, Robert M. Miller, a carpenter, committed suicide in a peculiar manner. Tying a rope to a bridge over the New Haven railroad tracks in the Bronx, Miller placed a noose around his neck and jumped from the bridge. His suspended body hung in the pathway of a northbound train, and an early freight train was stopped by it after the engineer had whistled vainly for the man, whom the engineer supposed to be alive, to get out of the way. Auto Went Over Embankment. Toledo, O—When an automobile plunged over a steep embankment on the Mitcha road two and a half miles west of Sylvania, Sunday afternoon. Charles W. Pohiman, a wealthy Cleve- land merghant tailor, and Father Geo. Vahey, pastor of Columbkills parish, Cleveland, were instantly killed. Mrs. Charles W. Pohiman, her daugkter Florence and F. C. Dietzel, a Cleveland dentist, were in the touring car, but escaped injury. The automobile landed at the bottom of the embankment bottom side up.