Show burglar in struggle with three women greenwich sept 12 mrs C W morell daughter of B 0 converse of new york an officer of the united states steel company was shot by a burglar who entered her residence liere earby today the bullet struck her chin shattering the jawbone and embedded imbedded im itself in her shoulder at two a nurse was awakened by a flash from the burglars lantern sho screamed and the man attacked her with the butt of a revolver bruising her arms and shoulders and breaking two of her fingers A woman guest of mrs heard the scream and when she entered the nurses room the burglar who was still struggling with the nurse fired a shot but the bullet went high and struck the belling cel ling at this juncture mrs morell appeared on the scene and the man aimed a shot at her the bullet taking effect as described the burglar dashed through tho door and made alfe escape several hours latr a man was arrested at the greenwich railroad station on suspicion of being the burglar lie said he had been at the morell residence to see the cook last evening but denied any knowledge of the assault fraudulent importations olive oil sent over in dirty barrels new york sept 12 an investigation ie being made here under the direction of the treasury department of alleged fraudulent importations of olive oil during the past week numerous cases are stated to have been found of importers alleged to be engaged in receiving an inferior grade of edilla auve oil under the guise of machine oil in some cases several hundred barrels of this olive oil were brought over at a time the importers are said either to sell the oil to retailers who mix it with cotton seed oil and sell it aa olive oil or themselves so mix and sell 11 to disguise the olive oil dishonest importers are stated to have had it shipped in rough dirty barrels and took no pains to rid it of its impurities puri ties or rancid qualities until it had passed the customs officials As the pure olive oil is carefully filtered and put into nicely painted barrels surrounded with straw the deception had passed muster many times under hasty examination under the present rigid scrutiny of the official from washington the oil was found to be edible oil and with the proper treatment good enough for ordinary consumption As machine oil it comes in without payment of duty but as edible allva oil a duty of 40 cents a gallon can b imposed such an evasion of the customs las is punishable with the seizure sel zure of the merchandise involved besides fanea not exceeding in each case and of not more than two years cases are said to have been discovered where the oil was consigned to a bank without the name of the real consignee appearing this will add somewhat to the curties of the government authorities in ferreting out the violators of the customs laws they can however make the auditors of the banks in question responsible tor such violations unless they give up the names of the perpetrators of the frauds JOB PRINTERS STRIKE syracuse N Y sept 12 the job printers of syracuse following the example of many other cities failed to go to work today the having refused the demand for an eight hour day nineteen offices are af RICHARD MANSFIELD RECOVER ING new york sept 12 richard mansfield the actor is just recovering from the effects of two very delicate and serious surgical operations according to an announcement made by the new york herald today the farat which was performed three weeks ao tailed to relieve mr mansfield and another was decided on last wednesday when the actor underwent a trying ordeal at the hands of he surgeons who were called to his new conn home for several years mr mansfield haa been a sufferer from nervousness brought on by an intestinal disorder that grew steadily worse three weeks ago his condition came so serious that his new london physician decided on the necessity of an operation the second one is stated to have been entirely successful and tho actor is now progressing rapidly toward recovery BODIES WASHED ASHORE wreck of a steamer on alaskan coast tacoma wash sept 12 A valdez dispatch says that a three masted schooner has been discovered ashore bottom up three miles from kakanas beach alaska her name was not visible but a bill for goods was found that was made out to the schooner prosper the wrecked vessel is apparently patently ly of foreign build but answers the description of the san francisco vessel of that name four bodies have hen washed ashore one is that of george ferm ling but the others are unknown the steamer excelsior brought the news to valdez and wired to fltka for the assistance si of the revenue cutter VICTORIAN FLOATED montreal sept 12 the allan line turbine steamer victorian was floated today and is on the way to quebec where she will be placed in dry dock the victorian ran aground on september and 2nd |