Show MAN TELLS TALE OF TORTURE Pont Lic sept 19 fred alker the pontiac man who recent ly came from colombo telling a tale of persecution imprisonment arrived atila home here tonight in connection with lue stories he was tortured into insanity by the vermin of a colombian prison it is said that he will tomorrow voluntarily enter an asylum for insane during the trip home from new york he was very excitable fancying anat persecutors were following walkers mother was insane for 30 years and drowned herself during one of her disturbed periods A sister of walkers also died insane many of walkers relatives here attribute hla startling stories of persecution entirely to insanity WEEKLY CROP REPORT washington sept 19 tho weekly crop report issued by the weather bureau today saya except in new england and middle atlantic states chero the week ending september 18 averaged considerably cooler than usual the temperature was above the normal and generally favorable tho week being decidedly warm over the greater part othe central valleys guk states and eastern rocky mountain slope light to heavy frosts occurred in the rocky mountain regious but they resulted in no serious injury PIRE IN LOS ANGELES oakland cal appt 19 fire that started at 3 in the standard mills second street swept the block bounded by second third washington and clay streets destroying mills ironwork dwellings and other shops causing a loss of between and THEY WILL NOT FUSE lincoln neb sept 19 nebraska democrats and populists lists will hold their state conventions here tomorrow at identical hours but in se halls it la thought the samo ticket will be nominated by both conventions without a formal declaration for fusion judge W C hastings of saline county la the only prominent candidate for justice ot the supreme court and his nomination la looked for in the democratic convention chairman weber of the populist state convention said tonight that he believed that judge hastings would be satisfactory to the populists lists william J bryau is a dele efte to the democratic convention and 1 will a andross ad drosS WILHEL MINAS SPEECH the sept stages general ra reopened today queen after expressing tier pleasure cr the em of the far eastern war dealt the internal matters the condition or lie imperatively necessitated an economical a the revenues although increasing were not keeping pace with the expenditures tures n extension of the sources of revenue was nc cessar to meet the expected deficit of and the expenditures necessary for ciuca alon ana social reform regarding the defense of the country the speech proposed he universal preliminary training of the youth of the nation in order to make the whole people available for defenso while means will be sought to complete the of amsterdam as quickly us possible the speech also proposed obligatory insurance again sac illness incapacity and old age |