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SLAUGHTER POLICE Kcds Throughout Poland Start Attack on Enemies. WARSAW IS CENTER OF TROUBLE Slaughter In Polish Capital Call Forth Effective Volleyi Police Meet Simultaneous Atiaultt. Ft. Petersburg, Aug. I. Artlnx apparently with a definite plan and at signal the terrorist! and revolution lata today inaugurated a carnival of murderous attacks with lomba and re volver! on the police and troops in va rloua title In Poland, echoes of which are heard from Hamara, Ufa, Yalta, Kiev and even far away Chita, where the acting chief of police wan slain al most on his own doorstep. The revolutionist campaign flamed out with special virulence at Warsaw, w here over a score were killed in the stieets, and many more wete wounded. Among the killed, according to the lat ent official advices, were two sergeants of police, elK'lit patrolmen, throe gen darmes, five soldiers, a Hebrew merch ant and a woman. Te returns are not all in. Policemen and soldiers were shot down like rabbits in the streets. Their assailants, who traveled in small hands, almost all escaped anions the terrorized hut sympathetic populace. The only considerable capture was a tHnd of three men who hnd Invaded a Krrg shop and killed a soldier. These were taken by a parsing patrol. Homhs were employed in an attack on the police station at Warsaw, where a sergeant, two patrolmen and a sol dier were wounded. Other Polish cities singled out by the terrorists were Lodz, where six sol diers, three patrolmen ami the wife of a police captain were wounded by the explosion of bombs in the police station and two soldiers and two terrorists killer! in the streets; lUdom, where a bomb was thrown in the police station, killing the wife and cl ild of the police captain; Votslavsk, where a captain whs slnin, and PlOck, where at a given signal the policemen on all the posts were simult meously attac ked and sev eral of them wopnded. On iii-coiint of the agrarian disorders, especially several attacks on post trains, the railway between Hamara and Zla toust, which was already carrying Kuardi on all its trains, was today placed under martial law. Two of these attacks occurred today near Ufa, revolutionist! in each case flanging the train, bunting open the doors of the ran with bomhi and rifling the reg istered pouches. The booty in one case amounted to $15,000; in the other case the amount is not known. FIRST PURCHASE OF SILVER. Shaw Buys 60,000 Ounce! at 60.62 Cent! an Ounce. Washington, Aug. 16. Pursuant to the announcement of the secretary oi the treasurer that he dtsired to receive tenders of silver yesterday, four bids were made to Director Roberts of the mint. The bids were opened yesterday after noon, and after being submitted to Hocretary Hhaw, it was announced that the government had purchased 50,000 ounces of silver, DIM) tine, at (id. (12 cents an ounce. It iB not the custom to announce the name of the individual or corporation through whom the silver is obtained. It is expected the government will re quire from 50,000 to 100,000 ounces of ailver a week for an indefinite time. It is the purpose, therefore, of Secretary cihaw and Director Roberts to receive bids Wednesday oi each week until fuither no' ice. Bodiea Hurled a Mile. Kl Paeo, Tex.. Aug. 10. It is report ed here that between 30 and 50 Mexican laborers and bystanders were killed this afternoon at 4:80 in Chihuaha, Mexico, by the explosion of a carload of dyna mite on the Mexican Central railroad. The car wan being transferred for trans portation to the Kobinson mine at Santa Kulalla. Bodies nnd pieces of human flesh were hurled into the air and pick ed up a mile distant. Windows we e broken in almost every house in town and many walla were cracked. Several Americana are reported killed. Striker! Charged .With Rioting. San Francisco, Aug. 16. A number of former track la era of the United Railway company, who are on a strike, after following a number of cars which they suppose" were carrying nonunion workmen, boarded a car on Devieidaro street and attacked two men. They dragged them from the car and marched them down to Fillmore street, where they were met by two policemen. A fight ensued. The policemen dispersed the crowd and returned the men. Give! Up Polar Trip. London, Aug. 1(1. A dispatch from Chiistiania to the Daily Mail stiya that private lettora received theie from Spitsbergen state that owing to the late ness of the season Walter Wellman, chief of the Chicago Record-Herald Arctic expedition, bus abandoned the project of ballooning to the north pole this year. MOO IS SUPREME. Huian Terrorist! Wrenk Vengeance on Hated Police. Kt. Petersburg, Aug. 15. Advices received from l.ilmu slate that the riot ous demonstrations that began there Saturday night still continue and that the Hooligan element absolutely holds sway in the city, the police being pow erless to check it. f.nw abiding citizens are unable to traverse the streets ami a reign of robbery and rapine in in pro Kress that will not he checked until troops are sent to aid the police Ho far all appeals to the government at Ht. Petersburg have fallen apnar ently upon deaf ears and this fact has emboldened the disturbing element to dd murder to ita other crimen. Five storekeepers have been murdered dur ing the past 12 hours and hundreds of shop! Itave been looted. The rioters raided the alcohol depot, and after filling themselves up on the fiery fluid, paraded the streets, shouting threats against the Jewa and factory owneri and storekeepers. Three police officer! have been inui dered since Tuesday morning, the Ter rorlsts apparently having seized upon the confusion as offering a magnificent opportunity to eliminate the hated members of the police who have been activo in working against them There is one ngiment of infantry in the local barracks at Libau, but it is mutinous and the oflicern some days ago took from the men all their am munition, as it was feared that they in tended to mutiny. FIRST INSURANCE TRIAL. Test Case Upon Earthquake Clauie Set for Trial. Han Francisco, Aug. 15. The first of the insurance cases involving the earth quake clause was set for trial today by Superior Judge Hebbard. The case !b that of the Rosenthal Hhoe company against the Williamsburg City Fire In surance company. The attorney for the insurance people asked that the case be not set for trial until opportu nity could Tie given the judges mutual ly to arrange with the insurance com panies for a test case. He said that the insurance companies would demand a jury trial in each cane, and unless proper arrangements were made for a test case the courts would be occupied for years in hearing insurance litiga tion. The attorney for the plaintiff dtclar ed that there were points of fact in this connection that could not be settled by a tent cae. The court then asked the insurant e attorney if he waived a jury trial, and was answered, "No." The judge then asked, "Do you demand a jury trial.'" but could not get a direct answer. The attorney for the shoe company then announced that to save time be would formally demand a jury trial. The cast was set for August 27. HAD PREPARED FOR FLIGHT. Stensland Took Houie Furnishing! and a Woman With Him. Chicago, Aug. 15. Testimony indi cating that extensive preparations for flight were made by Paul Stensland, president of the Milwaukee Avenue State bank, and that a woman entered into these preparations, were secured by Assistant State's Attorney Olsen to day, through the cross examination of Miss Allen McCracken, housekeeper for Stensland: It was learned that Stens land took with him in trunks and boxes sheets and other bedding, towels, win dow curtains, carpets, ruga and a silver dinner set. Same of thia in said to have been traced to Haraboo, Wisconsin. The large trunk that ia being traced ia said to be three feet high and bound with iron. The box traced to Wiscon sin weighed 375 pounds when it was placed on an express wagon at the Stensland home on the day of the flight. Telegrams have been sent all over the world to trainmen to look for the big trunk. Another warrant charging CaBhier Hering with forging a note for (10,000 in the name of Marius S. Kirby was is- sued today. Car Service Stopped. New York, Aug. 15. Following the arrest tonight of three division inspec tors of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company on charges of assault, the company shut oh entirely all of its surface linea leading to.Conev island, taking the position that thia waa the only way to atop the rioting which has been in progress since Sunday morning at the points where a tecond fare waa demanded by the company's employee. The elevated and express trains to the seashore were augmented. The in spectors were released on bail. Come From the Antipodes. Ban FranciBCO, Aug. 17. The cry in labor sent out from San Francisco has been heard around the world. Forty skilled mechanics arrived yester day from Australia, where they were paid $3 a day. They will receive at least twice that pay here. Every day sees rapid progress in the work of re habilitation. Already $400,000 has been subscribed to construct the Young Men's Christian association building, and $100,000 more ia assured. Freight Tunnels Under Chicago. Chicago, Aug. 15. The freight bores of the Illinois Tunnel company will carry merchandise of all kinds in car load lota for the first time today. Thia movement will mark the practical com pletion of the Illinois Tunnel company's system of underground freight railroads, construction of which was begun five years ago, and which haa cost its own ers about $30,000,009 RAILROADS TO HELP Immunity lor Testifying Against Standard Oil Company. EVIDENCE INSURES INDICTMENT Railroad Men Have ,No Hesitancy in Uncovering All Transaction! With Oil Octopui. Chicago, Aug. 14. Immunity to dif ferent railroad officials from prosecu tion for violating interstate commerce laws in giving rebates to the Standard Oil company is the price which the Federal authorities are paying for tes timony upon which they will try to se cure the conviction of the Standard Oil company and some of its official!. Jt waa announced today by local railroad men that they will have no hesitancy in uncovering all the transactions be tween the roads and the oil combine to the local Federal grand jury, because they are sure that by so doing they will be themselves exempt from prosecution. When the oil combine prosecution was first launched, it was found by the Federal authorities that railroad offi cials familiar with the facts declined to come forward. An inquiry addressed to such officials brought forth an an nouncement of the railroad men's posi tion by the different general counsel of the roads. Open notice was served that the officials of the roads would not give information because in so doing they would be placing theme.-lvta and their own railroads in danger of indict ment and prosecution. After consulta tion between counsel for the railroads and the government the silence of the railroad men was broken and proof ia now forthcoming upon which indict ments will be voted oy the grand jury. It was explained by one of the lead ing local railroad attorneys today that the definite understanding has been reached between their clients and the department of Justice that, in return for proof npon which to indict and con vict the oil combine and its officials, the railroads will not be molested with any prosecution, so Jar as the giving of rebates to the Standard Oil company is concerned. EVEN STOLE COLLATERAL. Limit to Stensland's Crimes Not Yet Found by Inspectors. Chicago Aug. 14. The belief that large amounts of collateral given as ee curity for notes in the Milwaukee Ave nue Lank have been stolen practically became a certainty last night, when a note for $9,000, known to be genuine, waa found in Stensland a house at By ron street and Lawndale avenue Search waa made for the collateral se curity, but it could not be found. The discovery opened up a field for almost unlimited speculation aa to how far the looting proceeded before Stens land disappeared. If the real estate and other securities in the bank have been stolen or are found to be worth less, the amount of money left to pay the depositors probably will be reduced aa low aa 25 per cent. Assistant State a Attorney Olson was informed yesterday afternoon that Pres ident Stensland haa large land holdings in Mexico, and that he may be in the Southern republic now. The informa tion came in the shape of a letter from an acquaintance of Stensland. Mr. Ol son said that it will take only 24 hours to run down the clew. Government May Complete Work. Washington, Aug. 14. As soon as inventories have been taken of the con tractors' outfits seized by the Geological survey at Corbett tunnel and Shoshone dam, on irrigation projects of Northern Wyoming, consideration will be given 1 1 plans for completing those great con tracts. The failure of the contractors s being investigated. It ia likely the Geological survey will continue the works with the equipment and supplies seized, rather than let a new contract. More than 11,000,000 ia involved in t ie projects. Railroads Offer Bribe. St. Paul, Aug. 14. A meeting of the State Warehouse and Railroad commis sioners waa held today for the purpose, it ia stated, of acting on a proposition from the Great Northern, Northern Pa cific and Boo, Line railroads, which agree to reduce the freight rate on wheat 1 cent a hundred pounds provid ed the commission will call off the present investigation and agitation of freight rates on commodities. The proposition waa rejected. More Damage by Texas Flood. Houston, Tex., Aug. 14. The work of repairing the Southern Pacific tracka at Sanderson ia proceeding rapidly, and unless there are further rains traf fic will be resumed Thursday evening. The cloudburst of yesterday washed away 6,000 feet of track and 1,000 feet of bridgea in Meyera and Willow Springa canyons, near Langtry, in ad dition to the six miles already gone. One Mexican fell into a swollen stream and waa drowned yesterday. Custom Houses for Manchuria. Pekin, Aug. 14. The Japanese min ister has informed China that Japan ia ready to establish a customs service at Port Dalny and urgea China to make similar arrangements at the frontier stations in Northern Manchuria, so &i to place the traffic on the Japanese and Russian railways on au equality. INSURANCE MONEY HELPS. Rebuilding Operations In San Fran tico Begin With Vigor. Han Francisco, Aug. 14. The re building of Han Francisco has begnn in earnest. There is little talk, there is little boasting, bnt there is a vast amount of work. It may be observed on every hand. It has suddenly grown to large proportions, due to increased payments by the insurance companies. These payments now total $50,000,000 enough to wariant a decided step in advance in reconstruction. But still the $50,000,000 represents only 20 centa on the dollar of the amount due the policy holders of the city. The thirty days' grace allowed by law, after the three months allotted for the filing of proofs of loss, have elapsed and the insurance corporations must now pay or flatly refuse. The $50,000,000 has not been paid with the same cheerfulness with which the premiums were collected, in fact, it ia not an exaggeration to say that a very large part of the amount haa been "wrung" from the companies. It ia still a question aa to the sum which the policy holders will collect in the end. It ia organisation that has car ried them to the point already attained, and it will be organisation that will carry them further. There is very lit tle single handed fighting against the companies. Most of the individual suits filed are test cases to determine the validity of certain doubtful clauses and to decide how far the "earthquake clause" will prevail. The policy hold ers have been merged into a gigantic organization, whicn has employed a corps of lawyers and will either foice the companies to do the "square thing" or else announce their p r3dity to the world. DOES NOT COVET TASK. Nicholas Declines Post of Command er of Russian Army. Ht. Petersburg, Aug. 14. Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch, the Associated Press is informed by a mem ber of bis entourage, has declined to accept the poBt of commander in chief of all the troops of the empire, "where martial law exists, which was ten dered to him Augugt 4. hether this was decided before or after tin attempt on the life of the grand d ike fct Krasnoye-Selo on August 10 is not known, but the ostensible reason is ttat Grand Duke Nicholas be lievts that tu h a post should not be given to a grand duke, but merely a military man. He advocates the ap pointment of General Linievitch, form erly commadner in chief of the Man rhurian army, but the emperor has not finally decided the matter. The activity oi the Terrorists in the provinces included, beside the usual harvest of assassinations in Warsaw, an attempt on the life of General Ka rateheff, chief of the gendarmerie of Samara province, and the wounding of Captain of Police Ivanoff, of Libau, by a youth who fired thrice at him on the street. WILL TALK IRRIGATION. Expert Engineers Meet in Conference at Boise September 3. Washington, Aug. 14. The fourth annual conference of the engineers of the United States Reclamation service will be held at Boise, Idaho, Septem ber 3 to 8, the fourteenth irrigation congress also being in session at Boise at that time. Thia conference ia in continuation of the general policy of holding annually a meeting of the principal engineer of the Reclamation service for the purpose of discussing matters of administration and economics of work. The bringing together of these engineers and prom inent citizena of the West makes possi ble an interchange of views and a dis cussion of data leading to results of very great vaiue in the furtherance of the purposes of the reclamation act. Each of the engineers, experts and specialists in the various lines will sub mit a brief paper embracing some point of general interest, such aa detailed methods of cost, keeping, of designing, construction, maintenance, or opera tion. Owing to tne advanced condition of many of the irrigation projects now under construction it is expected that thia conference will be of more than usual interest and importance. SevenJMutineers Condemned. Helaingfors, Finland, Aug. 14. The trial by court martial of the Sveaborg mutineers commenced Saturday, and Lieutenants Kochanovsky and Emilian off, aged respectively 20 and 21 years, and five soldiers were at the first sit ting found guilty and condemned to death. All were ahot and buried in a common grave without ceremony. Kochanovaky'a father is a colonel of the guarda at St. Petersburg. Emil ianoff'a mother appealed by the tele graph to the emperor for a reprieve, but unsuccessfully. Sultan Not in Danger. Constantinople, Aug. 14. Officials inform callers at the palace that the sultan was suffering from the effects of a chill during the past week, but that he has now completely recovered. His phjeiciana, however, advised hia majes ty not to risk exposure to the open air, and hence the abandonment of the eel anilik Friday. The local press ia for bidden to publish anything concerning the state of the sultan's health or of the abandonment of the selamlik. Are Granted Hearings. Washington, Aug. 14. In order that the food manufacturers of the country may have opportunity to make sugges tions concerning regulations for the en forcement of the new 'pure food law, hearings will be held at the department of Agriculture from September 17 to 23. Science ' V .if) Lend wool, n new British product for pricking water till', consists of very small ribbon of lend, nit by patented machinery In lengths of three feet. Hemp or yarn Is first pressed Into tho socket, nnd then the strand of lend wool la twisted In nnd well caulked at each turn until the whole space Is tight ly packed with a mass of lead. It Is cln I rued that the joint U stronger and more satisfactory thnn when closed by the usual troublesome method of run ning In molten lead. In the tests rext-ntly made over coun try roads between New York and New Haven to determine how far two gal lons of gasoline are capable of driving an automobile, sixty five machines' of many sizes and types were used. The best performance waa by a four-cylln- Ct-r machine of twelve horse power, which ran eighty-seven miles. Another machine of the same make and pattern ran only fifty-eight miles. The Iron Age points out that a weight of 1,500 pounds was moved eighty-seven miles on two pounds of gasoline, which means a ton mile for half a cent One of the queerest of odd creatures Is the mud skipper or jumping fish of the large rivers of India and the neigh boring sea oousts. At ebb tide these little fishes leave the water to hunt for tiny crabs, flies, etc., and their strong itectornl and ventral fins, aided by their tall, enable them to move about easily ami to climb upon trees, grass and leaves. With their huge eyes, seeming to project far out of the sockets, they can see as well on the land as In the water. They progress In short, quick leaps, effected by sharply bending the rear third of the body to the left and suddenly straightening It. In color they are usually light brown with dark bftnds, though they sometimes appear light green. They are easily caught and are much used In Burma for live bait Asbestos porcelain, the new material of Garros, a European chemist, Is claimed to have the desirable properties of true porcelain end certain advan tages In addition. As asbestos fibers are very thin, with diameters between one one hundred thousandth and one two hundred thousandth of sn Inch, they can be crushed to an exceedingly fine powder; this Is made Into a paste with water, and after repented knend lngs the mass Is poured into molds. When the objects thus shaped are heat ed In a crucible to 1700 C, a trans parent product like ordinary porcelain Is obtained. If the powder has been washed with sulphuric acid, a porous asbestos porcelain of pale yellowish or white color results when the molded articles are kept for eighteen hours at 1200 C. ' It occurred to Prof. R. W. Wood re cently to try to represent by under water photography the appearance of the out-of-water world as Tlewed by the eyes of fish. The results are very curious, depending ou the refraction of light by water. For Instance, with a box Allied with water, having a photo graphic plate at the back and a pin hole covered with glass at the front the situation of a fish looking out of the side of an aquarium Is Imitated. With such an arrangement Prof. Wood found that all three sides and the complete celling and floor of a room could be photographed at one view. Placed at a point where three streets meet at a right angle, it gave a view looking down all three street. Including the ground up to the base of the tripod, and the sky from the horizon to the senlth. From a balloon such a camera would photograph the whole visible surface of the earth out to the horizon on all sides. Always In Smioh, When Hiram Bnssett went down on the Cape to pay n visit, his friends provided him with every sort of fish they could muster, nnd for five days he wna treated to ninckeivl, halibut, oy sters, clams, scallops, nnd many other varieties, In the boat possible condi tion. "Well, Hiram," said his host, on the day of Mr. Uassett's return to his home. 'I'd like to see what you'll get Han nah to cook for you first thing when you reach home. I reckon you've had fish enough to last you for one while." "Pooh I" said Mr. Hassott "I guess you don't know anything about It You haven't lived in Massachusetts long enough. Ilannah'll get me same thing s ho always doe when I've been away from home for a spell a renl good mess o' codfish nu' potato hash. That's what Ilannah'll get niel" A Happy Afterthoaaht. The story of a proposal by telephone Is recorded by a writer In the Phila delphia Public Ledger. Pete, a colored youth, was very bashful, nnd having decided, first, thnt he wanted Miss Johnson for his wife, and, second, that he dared not ask her In person, he hnd recourse to the telephone. He rang her up nt the house of her employer, and Inquired : "Is dnt you, Miss Johnson?" "Yans," came tho reply. "Well, Miss Johnsou, I's got a mos' importnnt question to ask you." "Yans." "Will you marry me, Miss Johnson?" "Yans. Who is it, please?" A (ioiid ICxHiiiple. "Why do they call these two fel lows 'Cause nnd Effect?'" "One Is a doctor and the other an under tuUer," ivw York Pre, THE LATE LADV CURZON. American CJIrl Who Wm tba Fim4 f.nriy of In din. Th death recently nt her beautiful homo In England of I.ndy Curzon, of Kcdleston, brought grlof to three na tion. England, where, she hnd en deared herself by her chnrniJig simplic ity nnd womanly sweetness and India, where for so many years she reigned ns) the wife of the viceroy, unite with the United States In mourning the demise of an American girl whose elevation to British aristocratic and official circle had not caused her to forget the repuh IIo In which she was born nnd for which she retained the deepest affec tion. Lady Curzon's health failed while In India, but It was supposed thnt her re turn to England would speedily restore her strength and activity. The ex treme heat, however, Increase! the gen eral debility from which she suffered and death resulted from heart fall- ore. Mary Victoria Lelter wna bora in Chicago, daughter of Levi 7.. Lelter, a millionaire business man. Some yeara ago the family moved to Washington LADV Ct'RZON. and resided In a magnificent home, en tertaining largely and with a lavlsh ness such as only great wealth per mits. While on a visit to England Mlws Letter met Lord George Nathaniel Cur zon, since made Baron Kedleston, and his lordship followed her to Washing ton. The wedding took place In April, 189.", one of the guests being Mrs. Cleve land, of whom the bride was a close l-rsonal friend. The beautiful American girl was wel comed to the most exclusive Inner cir cles of English society and at once aet herself the task cf mastering British politics In order to be an aid to her able and ambitious husband. In 18as Ixird Curzon was made viceroy of In dia, retaining the office until August 10 of last year. His success and popu larity as viceroy was largely attributed to the good Judgment graclousness and womanly worth of bis American wife. Her court at Bombay, Calcutta, and Simla was among the most magnificent in the world and the Indian potentates accepted her social sway as they would that of the Empress of the'emplre. It is no exaggeration to say that no En glish-speaking woman ever equaled ber in the Influence she wielded In India or In the affection which the millions of that continental peninsula showered upon her. At one time there was talk that Lord Curzon would be made governor gen eral of Canada, In which case an Amer ican girl would have been the lady of Rldeau Hail. Lady Curzon was left $3,000,000 In her own right on the death of ber fath er. An equally liberal provision waa made for her sister, the Countess of Suffolk and Berkshire. She leaves three children, the youngest but a few months old. How May Sutton Felt. Miss May Sutton, the tennis chain Ion, was talking one day lu Boston nlKuit an early defeat "I had bet'n so sure of winning,' she said, "nnd that made my disap pointment all the greater when I failed." "1 was as disappointed," she said. 'as a huckster who used to live in Loa Angeles. "This huckster, coming out of a patron's house one day, snw a little, hoy feeding apples to his horse. Pleased to see the animal getting an excellent meal at no cost to himself, the man patted the boy on the bend and saldt ' 'That's right ; always be good to animals. And where did you buy those pretty apples?" ' 'I didn't buy them,' the boy an swered. 'I took them out of your waj on.' "Philadelphia Bulletin. Damaarea Bufllclent. An old colored woman was seriously Injured la a railway accident. One and all her friends urged the necessity of suing the wealthy railroad corporation for damages. "I 'clar to gracious," she scornfully replied to their advlce. 'Vf I ain't done git more'n miff o damages! What I'se wnntln' now and what I'se done gwln to sue dat company foh is repairs." Cleveland Leader. A Strong' Line. Judge With what Instrument or arv tide did your wife lntlict those wound! on your face and head? Micky Wld a motty, jer honor. Judgt A what? Micky A motty wan nv thlm frames wld "God Bliss Our Home" In It. Judgv. When a Uy likes to go swlmiuluj tt lid hunting, his mother's season for worry huits ull the year 'round. If yow deliver the goods, a well pay. lug JjL It always gapiuj; opeu for )oa.