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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JULY 9, 1905. MENWHQWDKKED GffTTON IIT Holmes, Government Statis tician, Is Found Guilty. WHOLE. SCHEME EXPOSED Wilson Shys. JJohrtcs DoctgrtMl -Eig-urcs- anu" Gnvc "Advance "Infor- " ination to Van lUpcr, Haas- nnd'"licckliaxu. " WASHINGTON. July S. As the result of the investigation . by secret service agents Into the charges made by Richard Clieatliam, secretary of the Cotton 1'lant tr.s' Association, that Information had been given to cotton brokers In New York by some person or persons in the Bureau of Statistics of the Department or Agri culture. Secretary Wilson today mude public an oitlcial report In which ne states that Edwin S. Holmes, tne associ ate statistician, has bi-en guilty of "Jug gllng' the ottlqial report. The report says: It ha been found that Mr. Holmex com municated advance information to L. C. Van Riper, a Nw York broker, and M. Haas, of New York, who, Mr. Van Hijr said, acted as po-between In conveying In formation from Holmes to other New York brokers. Including Theodore Price. Step hae ben taken by Secretary Wilson to pre sent any further leakage of the department tlgures, and an entire reorganization of the Bureau of Statistics and manner of pre paring monthly crops has been outlined by him. The papers in connection with the in vestigation were referred to the United States Attorney for the District of Co lumbia, and he has reported that in his opinion a criminal prosecution will not Ho against Holmes. Holmes has been dls missed" from the service of the depart ment. Van Riper Told Whole Story. According to the report, "Wilson Judd, of New York, formerly in the employ of L. C. Van Riper, Induced the latter to tell of his connection with Holmes, and then communicated the information to Mr. Cheatham. Van Riper became the prin cipal witness in the investigation con ducted by the Secret Service, and said he was induced to communicate the fact that advance information was being given out by Holmes because he had heard that Holmes and his associates had Intended to try to manipulate the June cotton re port. Using this Information as a founda tion, the Secret Service agents interviewed numerous persons who had been men tloned by Judd and Van Riper, as well as gathering a mass of correspondence. including many letters written by Holmes to Van Riur and others. . me cnarges uy air. Cheatham were, backed up with evidence that Information had been glveri to cotton brokers In New York by some person or persons employed In the Bureau of Statistics relative to the acreage and Condition of the cotton- crop of the United States, prior to the official publication of the information, and that the crop figures hud been tampered with in the department in the Interest of cer tain cotton speculators. Holmes is the only employe of the Government who has been found to have had any connection with supplying information to brokers prior to the publication of the official re port Holmes Proposed Scheme, After reviewing the charges. Secretary Wilson gives a summary of the testimony adduced befor Secret Service agents. Mr. Van Riper, the New York broker, said he became acquainted with Holmes in New York In August. 1901, through a "mutual friend." According to this testimony. Holmes told Van Riper he could get in formation concerning the Government crop report principally through the report nf tVi i ... . ' . ' 1,1 the state agents. an Riper said Holmes furnished him with Information from time i to time for several months In advance of the publication of the off.clal figures, and that this Information corresponded ex- octly with the figures afterward published I in the nfnlnl Prnn n.nrrt in the official crop reports. an iuper siau-u mat a .Mr. Haas, or -ew lork. acted as a go-between for Holmes and himself, and he was givm to understand that Haas was securing Information for Theodore Price, a cotton broker of New York. The witness juid he met Haas at the Hotel Waldorf as.-l was told by him that the report for June. Iftj, would be 7o per cent on condition and 12U or 13 per cent on acreage, which was as high as they eould make it; and that he was going to see Price, with whom he would have an Interview, and wanted to see Van Rlner after he ntt- Trice: that in about an hour Haas ca'h-J j w"' reirts would be Influ-need in that on him and said that at the request of j 1 1 was Informed that it wao im- 1 rice he was going to ashington to .see j inwlble to get the condition higher than 7.'. if they could not get the. percentage a ' i0" rnt and the acreage reduction to show little higher and the acreage a little small- 1 a, tZ "r J?L PT, crJ' Ux "J" er to make the renort more bearish Van of nI' they nart ,ripd tn dl- n th' nornnK Him. tl.ti i , . .V . . . anlof June A wild go-between rejwtcd that he "-iiw.u ""' omtirti rejiori in Dr. William Walters, Bedford Square, West London, England, physician In ordinary to her late Majesty Queen Vic toria, under date June IS, writes: I.OMJOX, KtiKlnml. June 18, 100r.. Red ford Square. V. To the Phyniclnn-ln-f'htcf X-Kadtum Medlcnl Insti tute. Portland, Oregon, V. S. A. 3Iy IJenr Ilnclor It afford ine niurh pleaMire to nuliNerlbe tnjr opinion in the cane of Mr. Dnlrymple IJrll, n mer chant of our city, who left here lant September, at in?- ndvlce, vrlth a view of recuperating a very much run-down coiiHtltutlon with nerloun contributory cnuneN. The unnntnuuiN opinion of my collcnCTien here wa that Mr. Ilell wan badly affected with pmstrle ulcern and llttle hope for hi recovery wan held out. "Vc ndvlKed a trip around the world and he, havlnp: friends In British Columbia, Jour neyed via Suex and the Orient, thence to the old mother country on your nhorcx. Mr. Ilell, Informs me he arrived la a very weak condition nt West minster and wa Immediately placed there under the care of Dr. Appleby. He Informed me that it was in Yt'estmlaHtcr he beard of your fnmoun treatment "Mquld Sunnblne" and left directly for your city, placing himself under your care during the month of March, April and well Into the mid dle of May, leaving Portland on the 20th of thnt month for London. On hl arrival. Mr. Hell pre- Hundrcds of Similar Tcstlmo X-RADIUM Allsky Building. Third and Portland. Or. Telephone was more bearish than the figures pre viously given him. and that h took that to mean that the effort to influence the report, had succeeded. . Advised A'aii Riper to Sell. The letters produced' by Van Riper, which he alleged were written by Holmes, were all signed'with the Initial "11." Most of these letter were for the pur pose of making appointments with Van Riper, but the .following note, dated Au gust 20. 1904. shown the -relationship be tween Holmes and Van Riper: If you have bought any of that stuff. ell It out at oner and ell a much an you can In addition. We are .going to nhow a very Ml&ht decline. andBithl In totally unex pected. It will nd thin"Kffl&wn like fur'. Other parties will close out tomorrow ana !olI on Thurt-day. AVhre Ij P: Lad thin up. It may ko up a little before Friday, but probably not. This letter -was signed with the in- ItiaJ "Ji." Van Riper testified that, all pf the letters surrendered were from tioimes. eariy jui 01 me.c ronuuneu j iniornwion concerning wie couon rc- 4 port, together with instructions lb 'sell I 'or buy on the markeU nccordlng to ; ine lniormajipn inrnisnua. ,ami an them closed "with the admonition to de- stroy the letter. The Secret Serv ice agents learned I that "P. referred to in Holmes let- i ters. was "F. A. Peckham." of New !York. -and that the letters signed with the initial "F" were written by F. A. Peckhnm. Mr. Peckham was interviewed in New York City, but" refused to give In formation. Shortly after he came to Washington ond held a conversation with Holmes over the telephone. In which he Inquired whether Holmes intended to re sign his position, or whether he expected to be dismissed from the Government service. Holmes' Version of Affair. Holmes said that he. Peckham and Van Riper all had been on very Intimate terms socially, and thnt when he had occasion to visit New York, which was frequently. his hotel bills hod been paid by Van Riper or Peckham. Holmes admitted that Peck ham. Haas and himself were at one time associated in an adventure in which Holmes was to have an interest of $GOJ0 as a gift from the other members of the firm. Subsequently Haas transferred his In terest to L. C Van Riper, and Van Riper stated that the company was organized for the purpose of handling cotron. Holmes testified that this was true, but that he was not aware of the nature of the organization at the time he was given an Interest In it, and that when he learned that the object of th company was to hftndle cotton he withdrew from it. Holmes stated that he had sold to Van Riper about February 19. ISfti, a three fourths interest In some mining property In Idaho for 113.000, paid In two install ments in currency. Secretary "Wilson says there seems to be every reason to believe from the report of the Secret Service agents that Holmes could. have given.upproxlmate ly correct information anywhere from one to three Jays in advance of the publication of the official report. It was found that -alterations had been made in the figures of a report for October 30. 1803, and that these alterations appeared to be In Holmes handwriting. Plan to Preserve Secrecy According to the new plan outlined by Secretary Wilson to govern the ! preparation of monthly reports of the cial field agents and state agents will report on speculative crops directly to the Secretary or Acting Secretary of Agriculture. These reports will re main healed in the custody of these of ficers until the day the official report is to he made, when the agents reports will be opened and the official report compiled under strict precautions. VAX HIPEK DEFENDS HIMSELF Says He Only Entered Scheme to Give It Avniy. NEW YORK. July S. I. C. Van Riper. whose name was mentioned In Secre- tary Wilson's report as having received advance Information on the condition of the cotton crop, made a public state- ment today in which he declared he , Leopold jf he would leave America and 11 Is hoped to raise the submarine on Sun had nothing whatever to do with plans i return t'Q her are lln-ed to have fallen day morning." of manipulation of the Government crop j JntQ the handj Qf WaUon For vears : Al CiS) 0.clock this-evening the crew o- ow j U came to my knowleilKe early In the vonr. without felicitation on my iart. that tlan wre Ix-ln Kluld to lnflunee the flK- wen at thf Oovornmont rrport! on cotton curing the three months bcslnnlng with Junr. It wns jlHnnwl Iy ccrtnin lnters. Including l'los in responsible jsltlns in the liuru Sp" hL?'!?. tX head of the Hurcau of Statistic, anil In this position would have a free hand to furnish Buch report as wre wanted. I ya also cognizant or the tact that lloimrs had pre ; vlouMy furnlshwl advance information to eer- nyl uiivanc iniormatir.n to cer rrom time to tlm. lut. when tain broker fro: their i4ani ror changing the cotton report figures were exposal to me. I Immediately conpultwl my attorney regarding the matter. and uimn hH adi-ice ; ulZ and kept track of ' Wr 1 In mjm Having 11 noises' uiiKmran 10 mem, until ine June report came out. It whs planned a early as March to use every effort they could to fTurc figures that would Ik- as bearish as poible. o as to break the nrlre of cotton to the low noint where certain interests could make large profits on the short Mdn and then load up and nrnke an nnnnou8 .-oop n the long ride. It was ' understood that in pome exiles Government had uceeedei in arranging to have the con- ELIXIR TESTIMONIALS ncntcd himself at my home, and I ( ceafen he ovrrtnxed iny mnt nnjjulBe expectation. Dr. Iluuthy, Peluain, Mordnunt and Clarke, the Ren tlcmen who examined Mr. nell previous to hln leaving; Knplnnd. nubequnitly examined him and found him In every respect a well man. No trace j of the old ulceration under X-Ilay examination ( were found. I write to confcratulatc you upon J the remarkable wuccesn you have achieved, aad I bexpenk wonder for itufTcrlBK humanity la that remarkable curative aRrnt "Liquid SiinBhlne." I nra, I my dear doctor, fraternally. W. WALTERS, M. D. I Rectal Trouble and Running Leg Ulcers, 15 Years' Standing, Cured. Charles Kdwnrds. Walla Walla. Wash., says: "Fifteen years' suiTerinfr from severe rectal trouble and URly running ulcers on the lefjs. having spent thouonndx of dollars to fret cured, lived a year at Hot Spring and 'hen pet no relief, is enough to make a ma.i believe nothing will help him. Ai a last report and rnucn against iny will, I was Induced by my brot'.er to try Liquid Suawhtae treatment at the X-Radium Medical Institute. I must say It has worked a miracle on me. After treating 60 days at the institute I returned home a well man. Today I rode 20 miles in Ihe saddle, something I have been unable to lo in ten year. I can truthfully say Liquid Sun!hiBe treatment is the most remarkable remedy on earth. It has cured me nnd my case was what doctors proclaimed a hopeless one. I cannot cpeak too highly of this wonderful treatment. Liquid Sunshine Cures When All Other Remedies Fall nlals and References MEDICAL INSTITUTE Morrison Sts., Main 2TSC. Office Hours; 9 A. M. to 12 M.: 1:30 to S P. M 7 to 8 P. M. Sundays. 11 A. U. to 2 P. M. dltion figure given 77 or higher and the J acreage reduction about 11V P" ceat, wnlen j ..i., v. a . - KiHVi nnd enable them to break the market. I received this advice, before o'clock, June 3. .and the pub lic knows what the figures were when the were announced at noon. The notoriety attached to thU matter 1 far from agreeable to me, and I was prswiali assured by Secretary Wilson that. In bring ing thLi matter to his attention. I had done the -department a great ervlc and that ray name would not be mentioned In any way. Now that he haw seen fit to publlfh or give out for publication certain lettera that were addrwed to him confidentially. I think It only fair to ak him to give publication to my entire statement made to him, of which the above Is a part, but which ha, been omit ted In newspaper accounts that have been From what I know of their various conver- rations and the plana that were laid month J In advance; I believe that a thorough lnvej- titration of the Bureau or Statlftle would xhow that the real acreage reduction was from IK In r eent. and not 11V.. as announced 1 on June S. 1 would ruggeft that a further Ftateroent be made trom the Agricultural Department a to what they xouna y "rs- tc?. bTJ-b mide-publl I wnr nol t. waojf ? i My attorney and others win nacK roe up m the statement that I -ha nothing to do with J the ttM.:1: JpM aJvlc5 and ,n tht hopf of Mat: a great : public errlce followed the plan as outlined by my attorney ana at the proper time too . ?'?Ti" r" Xr..T:iZ hartment LIGHTNING STRIKES TEN PROSTRATED BV ONE PRODIGIOUS BOLT AT BROOKLYN. Great Elm. Under Which Tber Toole .Shelter la Split and Cruabea Them, Out None Die. NEW YORK. July R. Ten persons were prostrated and rendered uncon scious todny by a stroke of lightning in Prospect Park. Brooklyn. The tennis lawn was crowded with player, when a sudden thunder storm drove all to shelter. John Leads, his wife and two chlldron. and James Haithwaite and five members of his family, sought protection from the ; rain under a great elm. one of the oldest J and finest trees In the park. They had aiCVI UUIIC 9U MUCH A. LPUII DilULA IIIG tree, splitting the trunk down to the i roots and hurling those under It to the ', ground, where they lay motionless and ..." . i ine accident caused a panic among the j hundreds of people huddled under other I trees, and, regardless of the torrents of I rain, all fled toward the nearest exits ! 'from the park. t Ambulances were soon on the spot and the injured persons were restored to consciousness. Some of them were found to be severely burned and all were suffering greatly from the effects of the shock. Two of the Injured were able to go to their homes, and the others were taken to hospitals. All of them are ex pected to recover. KILLS SUCCESSFUL WOOER Rejected Chicago Youth Then Com mits Suicide. CHICAGO. July S. (SpeciaL)-Gusy Walton, of this city, fearing that his chum was about to desert him In his Ill health to marry a girl in Sweden, whom they both loved, murdered Zclmcr Leo pold -and blew out hta own brains early today: Jealousy becaunj he had been rc Jected by the girl, whom Leopold was about to return to Sweden to marry. Is said by the police to have prompted the act. letters of acceptance in wnich tne bwed- lsh g,P, wrote that he dId mmato Into for Gallon, but that she would be Th I"ar-'adcl h" ot bwn lowcd ,nto Pnti.. !n month for her uldlnr with 1 Prt. but salvage work is proceeding, and tho tWQ vouthH worked together in Chi- nn.i nrrunlrd tho nme room. From I the appearance of the body. Walton shot . hlf chum while the latter was sleeolng. ACCUSES DOCTOR OF CRIME ! Tennessee .Musician Shoots Him for j Ruining His Home. MEMPHIS. Tenn.. July S. (Special.) A terrible tragedy occurred on the main street of Dickson. Tenn.. today. In which Dr. E. W. Reddlngs. the town' lending "r . m ,. hv T V. Pwler a . jiuj.-tv j -. ... - , musician. Fowler charged Reddlngs with rumnB his home. The wounded man Is I , ... , .,, j ,, .... i critical condition and can lie out a short time. I-owIer Is believed to be Insane. The tragedy has caused intense excitement. Dead Cashier, a Defaulter. HAGERSTOWN. Ind.. July Cash ier Bowman, of the Hagerstown Na tional Bunk, who committed suicide on Ju!y 3, was a defaulter to the extent of at least $103,000. It developed today. OF LIFE. THE NEW at Office ndit PHn II G0MB1NET0 ATTACK Shippers Say Freight Commit tees Are Illegal. UFTFRW RATES INVOLVED CO I CniM llH I CO 'ait Associations Which Make Hates iJCtivccn lJunnio ana ineiuc Coast Declared Violators of Anti-Trnst Law. CHICAGO. July S.-(SpecIal.)-Data Is being gathered by the various shippers nsFociatlons in Chicago and St.-LouLs with a view to concerted attack upon the va lidity of the Western Trunk Line Com mittee, the Central Freight Association and the Transcontinental Freight Bureau. These organizations are the mediums by l which rates are made in all the terrltory west of Pittsburg and Buffalo to the Pa- cjjjc C6asL u of the Ohio River to the Mlsslsippi. In order to avoid coming In conflict with the anti-trust law. these organizations never vote to make a certain rate, but the matter is talked over In general meet ing and no rate is put In without notice to the associations. By not agreeing openly to make a .rate, it Is theoretically supposed that the Sherman law Is not violated. The associations nre maintained upon the ground that It Is impossible to have uniform rates without discussion and practical agreement or understanding. The Receivers and Shippers' Associa tion,, of Cincinnati, already has attacked the validity of the Southeastern Associa tion, and has obtained an ex parte opin ion from Judge Speer, of the United States Court at Macon, Ga.. that the organiza tion is "a transparent scheme to avoid the anti-trust law." The court further declared: "The Southeastern Freight Association Is a combination of common carriers. A im- for th rallwnv tmnxnortntion of . I . ., ... - . 15 ALL IIOPK OK SAVING FRENCH SAILORS GIVEN L'P. Kfrorl to Torr Boat Ashore Fall and Crriv No Longer Respond to Signals. PARIS. July 9. (3 A. M.) All hope of mvlng the crew of the submarine boat Farfadet. which sank Inst Thursday morning a"t the entrance of the port of Eldl. Abdallnh. Tunis, Is lost, the efforts made during last night to rflsc the' ves sel being Ineffective. .MAY HAISE BOAT TODAY. Government Admits Plight of Crew Is Desperate. PAR 1 9. July S. The Ministry of Marine I has Lssued the following bulletin concern- ,nff je sun,narlne boat Farfadcl: dd nol reply to a signal. Although the t e n..iMM. u tt luu null 11 uvviaivf uuv ui outiuft (tivits . n, nof Wn .,,,.,.. has not been abandoned.' Families of Crew Despuir.. I BIZERTA. Tunb. July S. Another at- tempt was made today by the relief ships uerger and Wilheim to move the sub- 1 marine bait Farfadcl. Most of the en- tombeI crew have families living here, and the despair of the wives and children of the imprisoned men makes a pitiful spectacle. agreement will disclose Its machinery, but ! ZVWrl.t "r" -""-". we fall to discover any express statement j ,J.inc l7, 7 0r"aACOrp" of its purpose. Its purpose is. however. ' Uon cap,,.aI,?!l at '20.000.000, pays i plainly enough to nx and control the rates , ,l'lCM wn on uicKey. pres- , k. t.on.i ... mrf .nil nf it mom. ' ident of the Carnegie Steel Comnans'. G0LDFIELD LIES IN ASHES ! rLTL!:S T" TT "sKaWfiS: jTne flrc ,p stm burning In the cotton in i and only one at Colon. Sanitary condl- ..... . v- ! the several compartments of the struc- j tlons have been much Improved by a gen- Ncvnda Mining Town Burns and No , lure. I j fura,KatIon and th rainy season. Water Near. I T,le flre waa -discovered In the eastern I which Is now in full force. The quaran I end of the- great brick structure shortly I tin at La Boca Colonel Gorgas says. I after midnight, and had already gained ' probably be suspended within ten GOLDFIELD. New. July a. rwo blocks considerable headway. General alarms of Goldfleld's business and residence eec- J were sounded, and every- fire apparatus In tion was totally destroyed by tire late j the city responded. Several thousand peo thls afternoon. The loss Is estimated at pie watched the flames, the firemen work EIOO.OiO. The fire originated In the base- ' Ing until overcome by exhaustion. In the ment of Mrs. Wilson's millinery store i building H.437 bales of cotio nare stored from a gasoline stove. The flames spread to R. Romer'n brokerage office and auto- ( Remarkable Lle-Gii TREATMENT AT THE X LIQUID, SUNSHINE of K mobile establishment, which blew up. A new JW.ofo hdtel being built by Ro'er 'and other . stockholders lasted about' 3) minutes. The'NeVada State De tective Agency and Grand View Hotel, Just across the street, soon followed. A light wind blowing away from the main street was all that saved the town from total destruction. Tents. were lev eled as If by whirlwind, houses thrown out of the way of the flames and the fire was finally gotten under control. Hundreds of men are now throwing sand over the ruins. Many men were burned, but none fatally. The following buildings were de stroyed: San Francisco Bakery. Bon Ton Milliner- Establishment, the Goldtield Hotel, the Grand View Hotel, the Nevada De tective Agency. 'Acadles Assay office. Dr. Von "Wcdelstcad Vs office, and 0 different houses. C. S. "Wallace, of Denver, was badly burned In the shoulder. Andy Fesslers hands and arms were seriously burned. Unknown woman's clothes burned off, but her skin was barely blistered. The fire could have "been stopped at the start by a fire extinguisher, but there was none to be had. and also no water. The fire service proved most Ineffective. The insurance Is estimated . at no.ooo. OCCUPATIONS OF PITTSBURG MrC I.IONAIRES POOR. 3t .WortU Teas of Millions Assessed at Only Trlfllapr Samsj oh Their Runlnc. PITTSBURG. July 8. (Special.) A sensation was crented here this even ing bv the Pittshurc- I.Milir impli cation of two columns of facts and fig- i ures about the assessment of Pittsburg t millionaires. Their "occupation" tax is attacked. II. C. Frlck. worth possibly ' K0.000.000. pays taxes on "occupation" i valued at 510.010. Other figures on the occupation tax of well-known millionaires are as fol lows: T. Hart Given, president Farm ers Deposit National Bank, and one of the town's wealthiest men. pays on Pays Ti-ntT r.ZuZ.V nT', V w " ?Hnk mIS,Uner Rb0rt . McAfeo J .m,uu .i.irj. uui pays taxes on, fllAA I i ti .inn nn,i xA.r.iA r n f-pu on jouoo. and . F. Jones, of James "V. Friend, a high official In 30 f with the way In which Secretary Taft corporations, a man who Is said to treated Engineer John F. "Wallace, and have lost 5S00.000 to Cass I e Chadwick. this Is one of the reasons why the con and then laughed about It. is down for struction of the Isthmian Canal Is to be an occupation valued at 2fi00. James ; entrusted to Secretary Root. H. Lockhart. son of tne late Charles ! "In plain language, several members Lockhart. of Standard Oil fame, who Is ' of the Cabinet have expressed to Presi ja!d to be worth 5100.000,000, Is as- j dent Roosevelt their disapproval of the sessed at a modest 11030. CLUBMAN TURNS FORGER "When Note Comes Due He Is Off In Europe. MILWAUKEE. Wis.. July S. (Special.) Edwin B. Nalss. a general agent of the New York Life Insurapce Company, and a well-known clubman, was arrested to day at a Waukesha County Summer re sort, on a charge of forgery. Nalss Is alleged to have forged the signature of J. T. Hoff. a contractor, to a promissory nate'-for 55S0, payable to Edwin B. Naisp, four, months '.after the date of execu. tion. January IMS. This note Naiss gave as security for a loan to George Koch, cashier of the West Side Bank. The note fell due in April, when, Mr. Koch was In Europe, and was presented to Sir. Hoft to pay by attorney of J. Flebing. In Mr. Koch's behalf. The note was declared a for gery by Mr. Hoff. When Mr. Koch was Informed of the alleged forgery on his return he endeav ored to patch up the matter without hav ing Nais arrested, "but ,Na!ss was appar ently unable to raise the money. MISSISSIPPI MILL BURNS Estimated Loss of $250,000, Fire men Exhausted. MEMPHIS. Tenn.. July S. (Special.) Fire which Is said to bo still burning has destroyed one-third of the immense plant ; of the Gulf Compress Company at Merid- i Ian. Miss., also destroying 5000 bales of j Insurance on the building amounts to J30- COO: the estimated Iops Is I25O.0CO. - RADIUM MEDICAL INSTITUTE New York press dispatches, speaking of this famous treatment, say: "Liquid Sunshine as used 'at the X-Radium Medical Institute is reported as being pro ductive of almost mira'culous cures." REMARKABLE CANCER CASE CURED BY LIQUID SUNSHINE Flashed over the wires throughout this continent on June 15, as National news, and telegraphed to the lead ing newspapers in the world from Xew York, appeared the following press dispatch: By this new nnd superior method of treatment at the X Radlum Institute, this elixir of life. Just discovered, jrlvcs vigor to the whole system, creates new energy, strength ens the nerves, makes new blood, bright eyes, a clear brain, restores the healthy complexlons of youth and makes life worth living. Ladles will find a boon la Liquid aasblae. It fills out hollow cheeks, - restores the curves of beauty to the senwny neck amd shrunken busL It makes women healthy, bcoutlful and nble to be a wife and mother as well as the Joy of her family. Puny Girls aad Sick Chil dren Are Given Nerr Life aad Grerrth. FOR OVERWORKED MEX, surfcrers from nervous proj tration. or people approacn Ing old age. there Is nothing that will benefit them so sure ly. o quickly, or so perma nently as Liquid Sunshine. SHOOTS HIS WIFE Kansas City Speculator Ends Divorce Suit. FIRES AT FLEEING WOMAN Accused of Appropriating Her For tune, He Kills Her and Narrowly Escapes Lynching- Claims Self-Defcnse. KANSAS CITY. July S. In full view of 20 of their neighbors. John Crane tonight drove his wife from her home at 1101 Bales avenue. In this city, and as she was flee ing Into the street he shot her four times In the back, killing her Instantly. A large crowd assembled, and threats of lynching were freely made, but the prompt arrival of the police, who took Crane Into charge, prevented violence. Mrs. Henrietta Crane, who was 33 years old, filed a 'divorce suit against Crane last April, alleging that he had fraudulently secured possession 0f property of hers worth J223.00U- She had inherited this property from a former husband. She also secured a temporary Injunction pre venting Crano from disposing of the prop erty, and secured a restraining order to keep Crane from visiting her home. This order was modified so that he could go home for clothing. His visit tonight was the first in many months. After his ar rival there he commenced a discussion of tne,r busncs affairs. , and in a few moments the tragedy resulted, Crane,n ? uta.tc,!nenJ' to he police to- " " iT . his wife with un faithfulness, naming a local gambler. The alfair has caused a social sensation on the Bast Side. TAFT'S ACTION CRITICISED President, and Cnblcnt Say He Was Hnrsh "With "Wallace. CHICAGO. July S. (Special.) A spe- dl telegram to the Evening Post from Its Washington correspondent says: ..It l learned nn hlsrh aitthorltv that treatment accorded to Wallace by Taft They say Taft did wrong In flying into a rage and telling Wallace h.c did not wish to receive any report from the latter on the canal problem. The view of these Cabinet members is that, if Mr. Wallace, .whose reputation as an engineer is beyond question, found na tural obstacles to the construction- of the canal that baffle engineering gener ally. Mr. Taft might have found It out. and that he should have accorded Wal lace the private audience that he sought and not have required the presence of Mr. Cromwell, an outsider." WILL SOOX SAIL FOR PAXAMA IT Stevens W His Way to Take Chnrgc of the Canal. CHICAGO. July S.-(Special.) John F. Stevens, appointed Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal, to succeed John F. Wal lace, left Chicago this afternoon for AVashlngton with Theodore P. Shonts. Mr. Stevens expects to sail for Panama In a few days. "I Intend to make my permanent head quarters In Pannma,'' said Mr. Stevens. "Of course I will come back to AVash lngton frequently. I do not know any thing about the situation on the Isth mus now. except that we will lose no time in starting construction. My fam ily for the present will not accompany me. In Washington we are to have a meeting or tne commission, and in not longer than two days we will he on our way to Panama, sailing from New York on one of the Government trans ports." Killing Off Y'ellou- Fever. PANAMA. July E. Colonel Gorgas, chief sanitary officer of the Panama Canal zone, has informed the Associated Press days, no more cases of bubonic plague having occurred there and the whole place having been thoroughly disinfected. Training Ship on Great Lakes. PORTSMOUTH. Va.. July S.-(Special.) -The United States steamship Fern, for- REMARKABLE CANCER CUREj Liquid Sunshine Remedial Agent. NEW YORK. June 15. 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Archibald C Haynes. general agent for the Equitable Life Assurance Society, controlling its largest and most Important agency, with headquarters in Broad street. New York, sent his resignation today to Paul Mor ton, chairman of the board of directors. His various offices are In the heart of the financial district, and he counts among his customers many noted men. 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