| Show crew and passengers of schooner put to death new orleans july 12 the norwegian steamer bratten captain cholm from ceiba honduras reports a startling tragedy on the small trading schooner olympiad bound from utella tor truxillo via keatan to purchase cattle the craw and passengers twelve in all were murdered by a negro named robert mcgill except one passenger a young woman who escaped by swimming ashore after having been struck on the head with a boat oar mcgill la a resident of utella he shot all ot bis victims he also forced one 0 the crew of the schooner to scuttle her and then shot ahlm mcgill escaped ashare in a dory and was subsequently captured at Elp rovener honduras the captain of the olympia had 1400 in hla cabin shortening VARSITY RACES ithaca N Y july 12 charles E courtney coach of tho cornell university ver sity has placed himself on record as being in favor of shortening of intercollegiate larsuy ot from four to three mues ls aprong argument against theP 2111 distance la that no college man be asked to do the necessary ft 1116 for this als tance at thear OI 01 s health and to the detriment of his university work as it is for an oarsman to keeps UP tha latter when he spends so ams training for the boat i WAS AN ACT OF REVENGE st petersburg july 12 the mur der of prefect of amice oft of moscow who yesterday was assassinated while receiving petitions according to the latest information was inspired by motives of vengeance on the part ot tha assassin who laid at count offs door the responsibility for bis recent arrest though there is absolutely no evidence that the prefect personally had any cognizance of the affair OVER subscribed berlin july 12 the german allotment of of the japanese loan of was over subscribed ten times |
