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SHOOT WITHOUT REGARD FOR SEX Savage Orders Given Russian Troops in Finland. Stabbing of Cossack Officer Results In Order Garbed In Revolution ary Red, Women Stir Up Revolt and Kill All Who Interfere Fin land Seething with Revolt. Copenhagen, Ang. 9. Legalized -slaughter of Finnish women is promts ed if the troops carry ont the orders given them by the Russian governor generak yesterday. He issued a procla mation to the commanding officers of the troops, instructing them that all persons engaged in advocating and spreading the revolutionary propaganda must be shot, without regard for age or sex. Inasmuch s for the past - week the loyal Finnish women have dressed themselves in garments of flaming red and paraded the streets, stopping passers-by and forcing their way into fac tories and shops, it is evident that the order of the governor general is direct ed against them. The order followed the stabbing of the captain of a Cossack troop who at tempted to arrest three women who were addressing a crowd of working men in the market equare of a Finnish town. As the trooper placed his hand upon the arm of one of them Bhe turn ed, and drawing a dagger that she bad concealed in her hair, ran it into bis heart. With her companions she es caped, and baa not been apprehended. Other reports of similar occurrences have been received during the last three days, and, acting, it is understood, un der orders received from St. Petersburg the governor general has determined upon the strictest lepressive measures. All Finland is seething with revolt, and practically the entire populace is ready to sacrifice lives and property to deal blows at the military oppressors. The Russian authorities realize this, and are strengthening the garrisons of all Finnish towns. Half a dozen at tempts on the lives of Russian officials have occurred recently, but none succeeded. have CASHIER IS INNOCENT. Officer of Defunct Ohicago Bank Says President Did Looting. Chicago, Aug. 9. The Tribune today says: "Henry W. Herring, cashier of the Milwaukee Avenue State bank, looted by Paul O. Stensland of over $1,000, 000, is in Chicago. He has not been out of Chicago since Monday morning. The police department can call in its circulars, take its detectives off the trail and rest assured in the belief that at 1 o'clock tomorrow, or rather one minute afler 1, Mr. Herring will be in the custody of Inspector Shippy. Her ring intends to give himself up and is absolutely confident that in a short space of time he can show to the satis faction of everv one concerned that he had no Dart in robbing the 23.000 de positors of the wrecked institution." Theodore Stensland, vice president of the Milwaukee Avenue State bank, and Eon of the fugitive president of that in stitution, has come to the rescue of the 23,000 depositors, and it is the general belief of those who are endeavoring to straighten out the affairs of the bank that there is an excellent chance that all depositors will receive almost dollar for dollar when a final settlement is made. The improved condition of the bank's affairs was brought about by young Stensland, who announced that he would turn over to Receiver Fetzer all the real estate and personal proper ty of Paul O. Stensland, his father. The son places a valuation of f 000, 000 on this collateral, and he etated that he had full authority to make a transfer of the property for the benefit of the depositors. Canned Veal is Disguised. Columbs, O., Aug. 9 Reports of the analysis of 20 samples of potted ham, chicken, hamburger steak, luncheon sausage and similar preparations sold by meat packers submitted to State Dairy and Food CommisBioner Ankeny today show the presence of preserva tives and in some cases traces of tin and zinc poison. Some cans labeled "pot ted chicken" were found to 'contain veal. Mr. Ankeny will officially warn the manufacturers that their products will be kept out of tbe Ohio markets unless they comply with the law. Drive Officers From Camp. London, Aug. 9. St. Petersburg cor respondent of the London Daily Times telegraphs his paper that troops in Kol p:no camp are in a mutinous state, caueed by one of the officers shooting and killing one of tho troopers. The correspondent adds that the officers have become unpopular with the men, and all of them have fled to SI. Petersburg. Being without commissioned officers, the commandant ordered the regiment to return to its barracks in the city. Loss Will Reach $1,000,000. Fort Worth, Tex., Aug. 9. Reports from the floods in the territories indi cate that the damage will be great. Coi s irvative estimates place the loss np to this time at $1,000,000, suffered mostly I j the railroads. i HfcRING ARRESTED. Cashier of Cli.csr-o Defunct 2ank Dc nies His Guilt. Chicago, Aug. 10. Henry II. Hering cashier of the Milwaukee Avenue Stats bank, which closed its doors Monday, was arrested yesterday and will be re fused his release on bail until his con nection with ihe disappearance of near ly $1,000,000 of the bank's funds cleared up. Paul O. Stensland, presi dent of the defunct institution, is still a fugitive, and, although nearly 100 detectives are searching for him, his whereabouts is as much of a mystery as ever. Hering was arrested yesterday after noon, two hours after the time he had previously promised he would give himself up. He was taken at once to the office of Chief of Police Collins and put through a thorough examination as to his knowledge of President Stens- land's mismanagement of the institu tion. Hering declared he did not know where Stensland was and had had no communiciation with him for over week. The Cashier strenuously denied the charge that he himself was partly responsible for the failure of the bank. Hering maintains that, if he is guilty. oi breaking tne banking laws ot Illi nois, Stensland is responsible, as Her ing in his examination declared he never benefitted a single dollar by Stensland's peculiar system of banking. Bank Examiner Jones and Assistant United States Attorney Gleason were present duriDg the examination of Her ing. Neither they nor the police offi cials were satisfied with his explanation of his connection with the collapse of the bank, and it was accordingly dead ed to refuse bail until the matter had been further investigaed. TO PURCHASE SILVER. Government Enters Market for First Time in Thirteen Years. Washnigton. Aug. 10. For the first time in 13 years the government an nounced today its purpose to purchase silver for coinage purposes. Tenders are invited at the office of the director of the mint in this city on Wednesday, August 15, up to 1 o clock p. m., and every Wednesday thereafter until further notice. These tenders are to be for delivery at the Philadelphia, New Orleans or Denver mints, settlement to be on the New York basis of bullion guaranteed .999 fine. The treasury re serves the right to reject all tenders or accept such part of any tenders as may suit its convenience. It is understood that, anticipating that its reappearance as a purchaser might temporarily disturb the market unduly, tha treasury has obtained con trol of considerable amounts for farture lelivery, so that it is in a position to drop out of the market for several months if desirable. The average re quirements of the treasury throughout the year will probably not exceed 100, 000 ounces per week, and it will be the policy of the department, while keep ing a reasonable amount on hand, to so distribute its purchases throughout the year that its demands will be uniform and not an element of uncertaiqty in the market. TREAT BOTH NATIONS ALIKE Japan Says China Allows Russia Free Trade in Manchuria. London, Aug 10. In a dispatch from Tokio the correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says it is stated with authority that Japan will only consent to the establishment of a Chinese cus tom house at Port Dalny to levy dutieB on goods proceeding inland beyond the Kwan Tung peninsula on condition that a similar system be inaugurated at the southern frontier railroad stations in Northern Manchuria. It is asserted, the correspondent con tinues, that at present merchandise is pouring into Manchuria over the Siber ian railroad, from both European Rus sia end Vladivostok, without the pay ment of duty. It can therefore be sold very cheaply. Russia's policy, the correspondent concludes, obviously is to isolate Port Dalny and divert all the trade to Vladivostok, in order to rob Japan of the fruits of victory. Watson it'Guilty. Portland, Aug. 9. After being out from 5:30 Tuesday afternoon until 2 o'clock yesterday morning, the jury in the case of the United States against Charles A. Watson returned a verdict finding the defendant guilty of perjury as charged in the indictment, with a recommendation for clemency. Judge Bennett, couneel for Watson, gave no tice of a motion for'a'new trial'aa soon as the verdict of the jury was recorded. He was allowed 30 days to prepare bills of exceptions in the Hendricks and Watson cases. Largest Wool Clip Shipped. Helena, Mont, Aug. 10. The largest wool clip ever grown on the American continent was shipped today from Bil lings, this state, over the Burlington, to Boston, consigned to a wool firm there. The clip was the propertv of C. M. Blair, and weighed 1,500,000 pounds and 44 cars were required to carry it. It took a large force of men ten days to bale the clip. The owner hsa refused an offer of 24 cents a pound for it. Bandits Rule Polish Villages. Warsaw, Aug. 10. The teiroriets are continually attacking and robbing postofhVes, government spirit shops, treasuries and the mails. The governor general has ordered that henceforth the inhabitants of villages, communities and cities in or near which such crimes occur, shall pay the losses resulting from such robberies. ISAVINGS OF POOR LOST 5Y BANKERS Million Dollars Stolen Frorc Chicago Savings Institution Cashier and President Being by Officers Bank Was Patronized by Working and Foreigners Failure Death of Two Men. Sought -argely People Causes Chicago, Aug. 7. The Milwaukee Avenue State bank, a concern with more than $4,000,000 in deposits, was closed yesterday by tbe state bank ex aminer. Out of the tremendous excite ment which followed there are grave charges that the institution has been systematically looted since 1901 and there are hints that some of tbe state officers knew of the shaky condition of the institution two months ago, but permitted it to continue, presumably in the hope that it would straighten out its difficulties and avoid a crash. The bank, which was largely patron ised by foreigners of moderate means and working people, had 22,000 depos itors, mainly with small accounts rep resenting the savings of years of toil, and the excitement among them is in tense. All of yesterday and last night they besieged the closed bank, hoping for a word of cheer. One man, who was the treasurer of a society and had deposited the funds of the society in the bank, dropped dead when he heard of the failure. Another depositor, be lieving that his savings of years had been swallowed up, committed suicide. It is said the bank was closed because of the discovery of gruss malfeasance on the part of at least two of its offi cers. President Paul O. Stensland and Cashier W. H. Herring are being sought to explain their share in tbe affairs. It is said that the bank has beta looted of $700,000 to $1,000,000. Fictitious notes to this amount have been found. Numerous notes listed as assets, it is asserted, have been found to have been taken up, but not canceled by their makers. THIRTEEN MONTHS IN JAIL. Judge Hunt Pronounces Sentence on Charles Nickell. Portland, Aug. 7. CbarleB Nichell, of Medford, Or., publisher of the Southern Oreognian, a tri-weekly news paper, and formerly a United States commissioner mere, woo was louna guilty July 27 by a jury in the United States District court of having conspir ed with Henry W. Miller, Frank E. Kincart and Martin G. Iloge to defraud the government of portions of its lands, was yesterday afternoon sentenced to 13 months' imprisonment on McNeill's island by Judge Hunt. Judge O Day, counsel for Nickell, asked for a stay of eentence until be could prepare a bill of exceptions and obtain a writ of error. It is Nickell's intention to take an appeal. Judge A. S. Bennett, attorney for Iamilton H. Hendricks, who was con victed Staurday night of subornation of perjury, announced yesterday that he would take immediate steps to appeal that case alio. Hendricks is to appear for sentence next Saturday morning. DEAD WASH ASHORE. Spanish Coast Strewn With Corpses From Steamer Sirio. Cartagena, Spain, Aug. 7. Numer ous bodies ot persons urownea in tne wreck of the steamer Sirio off Hermi gas islands were thrown upon the shore during the day. Most of them are per sons of the better class. Several email fishing smacks have arrived, bringing survivorB of the Sirio who were found floating at sea long distances from tbe scene of the disaster. The first reports of the disaster de- lared without qualification that the captain of the Sirio had committed eui- lde. Later information, however, Iioah that lin was on board the s. earner when she sank, and expressed the de termination to go down with his vessel. He was afterwards rescued, in spite of hia refusal to be saved. The latest figures on the disaster show that 275 passengers were lost. Who Watches the Officers? London, Aug. 7. According to an Odessa dispatch to a local news agency, steamer advices from Sevastopol say that fully 20,000 persons have left the city, and the exodus is still in pro gress. Admiral Skrydloff, commander of the Black sea fleet, is in an awkward dilemma. He is afriad to remove the breeck blocks from the fortress guns in case the crews of the warships mu tiny, and at the same time he distrusts the fortress artillerymen. At the fort ress and on the warships double staffs of officers keep watch with revolvers. Mutiny Threatens Odessa. Odessa. Aug. 7. Sevastopol isstill telegraphically isolated, but steamer arrivals from that port report all quiet there. The Failors of the fleet and eoldiers of the fortress are apparently disheartened by the fiasco resulting from the northern mutinies. The troops at Odessa are showing unmis takable signs of unrest and the author ities are taking the most stringent measures to prevent a mutiny. Nu merous patrols surronnd the camp. No Wholesale Execution. St. Petersburg, Aug. 7. The state ment that 600 of the Cronetadt mutin eers have been executed is semi-official ly denied. ' BANK UTTERLY GUTTED. Even Safety Deposit Boxes of Chica go Institution Were Rifled. Chicago, Aug. 8. Theodore 'Stens land. vice president of the Milwaukee Avenue State bank, was arrested late yesterday afternoon on a charge of vio lating the banking laws of the state. Earlier in the day the institution was placed in the hands of a receiver and Paul O. Stensland. president of the bank, and father of the vice president, also Cashier Herring, were officially declared fugitives from justice and their personal descriptions placed in the hands of the' police throughout the country. This action was taken by the Authorities after developments had shown that the finances of the failed institution were in a deplorable condi tion and had been for a number of rears. Even the safety boxee, owned and rented bv the bank, had been tampered with and rifled. The dav's developments were pro ductive of the first ray of hope for the depositors, who believed their savings of years swept away in the wreck. David R. Forgan, vice president of the First National bank, and one of those to whom the state of tbe defunct bank's affairs bad been laid bare, declared that probably 70 .cents on tbe dollar would be paid in the final adjustment FLOOD IN TEXAS. Deluee of Rain Drowns Stock and Crops and Blocks Railroads. Fort Worth, Texas, Aug. 8. Ac cording to advices received here, West Central Texas has been visited by tor rential rains, considerable damage be ing done to growing crops and railroad traffic is badly crippled. However, no casualties, so far as known, have oc curred. Traffic on the Lampasas branch of the Santa Fe railroad is suspended be cause of washouts. At Brownwood, Pecan bayou, which flows into the Colorado river, rose so rapidly that many people living in the lowlands had to flee for safety. About six miles of the track of the Santa Fe has been washed out. Five hundred people are homeless. Last night the water was standing within three feet of the high water mark of 1900. A strip of country 30 miles long by two to four miles wide is covered with three to ten feet of water. Railway trackB have been washed out for miles, and a pile driver sent out with 200 laborers was unable to proceed further than here. At Ballinger some damage was done, and the Concho river rose to a higher stage than for years. At San Antonio it was said that a family of five had perished, but this was an error, rne family escaped dur ing the night in advance of the flood, and reached safety. Amarillo, Texas, in the Panhandle, reports a severe electrical storm, and haa news that Canyon City, a small town, was wiped out by a tornado that killed several people. Wires are down in that direction and the report cannot be confirmed. At Amarillo the family of a farmer named Riggs, residing four miles eouth of town, was killed by lightning. BLAMES TIMBER OWNERS. Los Angeles Lumberman Says There Is No Lumber Trust. Los Angeles, Aug. 8. W. F. Wheat ley, vice president of the Consolidated Lumber company of this city, which is a distributing branch of the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber company, today gave out an interview, denying that there is any such organization as the "lumber trust," on the Pacific coast. Mr. Wheatley is quoted as Baying that the timber owners control the prices and are in the main responsible for the recent raises. There are other causes, also, he eaid, including the union labor difficulties, at the principal ports. Mr. Wheatley admitted, according to the interview, that the St. Paul & Ta coma Lumber company was the princi pal owner of timber lands in the Pus;et sound country, but stated that the company was cutting very little of its timber at this time. It was buying he said, from small holders. Toe present price of 12-inch Oregon i Oregon pine boards in this city for the clear is $41 and for the rough $28. In October of last year the price was for the clear $21 and for the rough $18 50. Will Ignore Separation Law. Paris, Aug. 8. A rumor is prevalent here that instructions from the pope to French bishops relative to the law of separation of church and state have been received in Paris. It is declared in a well informed quarter that tbe Vatican considers the enactment of the law to be a dead letter and does not recognize the principle that the lay as sociations shall govern churches. The atican overcomes the difficulty, how ever, hy permitting for this purpoee the formation of Catholic societies un der the bishop. To Settle Agrarian Trouble. St. Petersbug, Aug. 8. The real in tention of the government when it dis solved the lower house of parliament, as revealed hy a member of the cabinet to the Associated Pre?s this afternoon, shows that Premier Stolvpin at least ir.tends to pursue and hold an affiirm- ative policy amounting virtually to a Ictermination on tbe part of the ad ministration to eettln the ajrarian question aicording to its own lights and irrespective of parliament. Whole Ice Trust Indicted. Philadelphia. Aug. 8. The grand jury today found true bills of indict ment against 14 members of the Phila delphia Ice exchange, who are charged with conspiracy to increase the pnee ot ice. LA 3 HIT RoHbadi, Two little rosebuds bloom aide by side Close to the garden wall j One just reaches the wicket gate j The other is not so tall. One stands here the whole year through, And one comes and goes at her will ; One nevpr speaks nor moves from her placp, While the othpr is never still. One little rosebud prows on a bush, The other runs round on two feet ; But both are rosebuds just the same Very rare, and so very sweet. Jerry's I nirloiiiiieii(. Little Jerry was stayimt with grand ma. He liked the farm when mother was there; but when ho had been sent there because mother was side then the shadows behind the barn looked decidedly dreary and the little chirping tree-toads under his window made a lonesome sound. He tried to be very brave and not to mind, hut the days were long. h;e afternoon he almost determined to run away home nnd tell mother nil about it. ftp wondered If people oared the same when they were sick, and if she were able to take him on her knee and smooth It all out. From thinking these things it pres ently seemed quite right to take the trip. He had found people so kind in the. country that he was sure he would tjet a great many rides, and when he was within n dollar of Boston he could take the train, for he had that amount of money in his little leather purse. He sat under the maple-tree, planning "THE WRETCHED BOYS.' Along with other enlightenments of the age, the genius Boy seems now to be belter understood and appreciated than in the days of the colonies. The worthy advocates of the precept that "children should be seen nnd not beard" were apt to forget that if young Iso lde were "heard" at proper seasons they were much more apt to be "seen to advantage when occasion required. The boys of 17W were no worw iu.ui those ot to-day. What modern lad could sit through a two hours ser mon without the aid cf much wrig gling and squirming and an occasional kick or two? W. It. Bliss, In his book on colonial meeting-houses, tells how the youthful portion of the congrega tion was regarded by our very great grandfathers. Certain laws, enacted In Masweou setts at the end of the struggle with King Thlltp, declared that the war was a punishment for "the disorder and rudeness of youth In many congrega tions In time of the worship of God." John Eliot, pastor at Roxbury. evi dently thought this a harsh charge to lay at the boys' door, for he expressed his opinion that they had nothing to d with it, and that the war was a Judgment on the people for wearing wigs. In lh;l John Pawes of Boston was ompoworoi d to take care of all j-o n.Miile "that are disorderly in tlm' (Jod's Sollem worship" ami to oorr.vt the unruly ones with a small wand. In lTL'.'t John I'iko was paid sixteen pounds I tion." In months, he donMi or keeping "Wiys In subjoo the time of service, for s-ix When hired the second time .l his price. On Cain Cod four meu were appoint ed by a town to take care of the boys en the lord's day. and to whip them if iuoessary. Such oftWrs were termed "Insiotors of Youth." In luxMiry. as late as 1T0, a committee wm ios It all out, and the only thing that wor ried blm was getting hungry; but ho reasoned that If he stayed on tbe farm his grandmother would have to give blm his food, and so If he took a cer tain amount In a box it would not be stealing. When this was decided upon, there seemed nothing to be feared, and he went at once to the kitchen to see what be could find. He planned to start the next morning, and as be might not have an opportunity to take food then, be decided to hide it In tbe barn. He found an old box, and In it be placed two slices of bread, three dough nuts and a piece of cake. He also put in a small tin dipper that grandmother had given him to pick berries In. He crept out at the back door and found his way to the hay-loft. There was a long tunnel in the hay that he had built tbe day before, and Into this he crawled and hid away tbe box. He was sure now of overcoming all obstacles, and so he thought he would enjoy him self. He began a play be knew very well hunting for tigers In an African jungle, ft Is a pleasant game for lone ly little boys, and a haymow Is an ex cellent place to play It Jerry crawled farther away into the hay, and Just as in imagination he was coming upon a tiger, he felt the hay settling beneath his feet, and Tie began to slide down down. He called out, but no one heard, and when his feet at last came to the ground, he found himself In a small room that appar ently had been once a stall. There was a rude sort of door, and against this he pushed with all his strength, but It re fused to give way. lie was terribly frightened, for he did not know how far he might be from the front of the barn, and he knew If he could not make his presence known he would be In a worse plight than feeling lonely in his neat little bed in the porch cham ber. ! There was a small window high above his head, and with all his strength he called again and again. The shadows began to fall, nnd far away he heard the cattle come Into the barn and dis tant rumbling of carts. After a time this died away, and all was still. He tiling himself down on the rough boards and cried with all the bitterness of eig.it years. It was a great many hours later when the sound of loud bell-rlnglng woke him. and there was the flash of lanterns in the small window. He knew then that they were looking for him, and he called out. 'This time he was beard, for the men were passing the aok of the barn on their way to the wood. It was not long before he was back in grandma's kitchen, sitting on her lap and telling her all about it, even about the box of food, and why It was hidden n the hay. "That would have been too bad," said ;randma, when she had heard how much better it seemed now to be ou lu-r knee than going back to the city, because mother Is coming to-morrow, and father is coming Saturdays, Just as ho used to do. If you had gone away you would have missed them." Jerry could only hide his face on grandmother's comfortable shoulder and whisper many, mauy promises. Youth's Companion. on to look after "the wretched boys" on the Sabbath. What did these colonial lads do to re quire such supervision? One almost shrinks from examining Into their law lessness. But the records reveal the depths of their Iniquity. They did not stand up as their eld ers did for the long prayers, but sat with their hats on "during ye whole exercise." They ran out before the prayer was done and "ye Blessing pro nounced." They were guilty of "Rude and Idol Behavor such as Smiling and f.artlng and Intlselng others to the Same Evil:" of "ruling the heir of their naybers In time of puIb'k Wor ship." One's imagination might go on and add the paper balls and nutshells which were probably thrown from the galler ies where "the wretched boys" were Imprisoned, the shaking of the benches, the sly pinches, and the similar ebulli tions of youthful spirits which went to make up the sum total of colonial wick edness. She I ndf ritnod. "Yes," said the man who was be ginning to sour on the national sport, "It's Interesting sometimes, but base ball nowadays Is becoming very dirty.' "Oh I" exclaimed his fair companion. "I understand now why all those play ers are wearing gloves." Philadelphia Press. The Wont Kr. "Yes. Indeed, he's the homeliest man In public life to-day. Haven't yon ever soon him?" "No. but I'va seen caricatures of lilm." "Oh they flatter him. You sh mM him." Cnthw'!.' Standard and Times. The Burglar loot's rob d;it house I Ills Pal Aw, boat it" 1.U uy halu't got no projvrty Why. he's dc guy d.it goes bonds for us! Fuck. An evil-doer Is one who tel!eves In doing others before they attempt to do h'm.