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UAFFffllNGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
A Hotumo of ttio Leu Important but
Not Lota Interesting Events
of tlin Pt Waak.
A break l Imminent between Veil
'nrl ami Holland,
French inrrrhitiit are trying in
open up trade Hith Poland.
lull Mill tpeHd m lmt a wrrk pre
Idling hit tiller il acceptance
Popu'l! national convention hits!
Itryan ami cheered fur Kuotcvclt
Mir American minister In Paraguay
was hied mhhi iturillK the recent rrvo
luilim
A woman arretted In Michigan sup
jtosed to Ite Mrs Conines, the I .a
Porte mitrdrrr, turn ittlt to lie thr
vvnwig rrMti
KtHitrvrlt mIII trf rive altnMt ft a
wmtl (or ln ImhiU oh lil cotton hum
In tii In Africa
1 1 is rrjMirtrd holding ewniMtHy
Hill rontrol ImmK Coat! telephone
s-ompanlr The companies both deny
it
Insurance companies will have in
a prrttrlly the entire lo u( II,
ton.MNi In the rrcrrtt dock fire in U
ton
lUchid Khun, commander in chief
of ihr thah's (our, hit iciven imtke
that hr hIII bombard Tabriz and drive
it all rebels,
Trrasttrrr Sheldon, of the Krttultli
van national riHwmttlee. hr Mill
vo'unianl) publish a lull statement
of the campaign rxplte
Thr Vrnetuclan charge d'alfairs at
Wahmjton ha hern rrrallrd. lhn
v'omplritng ihr severance of .ill diplo
IIMln- rrUtlott Hlth ihr United Stutr
IIMiup Poller twiitlniir to Improve.
Tbr prosecution ha 8ii)Hcl Ilia case
ngaltist Hlrve Adams.
Itowsrvrlt lilil farewell In Mrtn In
Ihr departing I Vary riIltUiti.
A Patch rmul I rn invito from llnl
laiul In takr lip III atntluu III Portland.
An English nrllainriitary rtmimlttrc
lis rr..iiifl egalasl an liixirl tai on
hop.
Herman rar wn all jitarra anil Ilia
world's championship In tli rwrnl au
luiimlillr racrs In Franco,
The national rstnvrntlun of tailor at
s'bieago l' declared against frrak in
iiuVHtiun In mrn'a olutliM.
Tkr Amrrlrnn llailway itlillin
rpMHt thai turln Ihn mt two nerk
tl.;iO Mir fri'iitltt car oato trrn put
In work
lNlfrtalr llallrMiil Kmmilnn lia
irtlnl tbnl It i rnit tiMrBniHilil tot
ihr rnal l rrntrf tiliMr at Umlur
lu fHINKM tako for hwii vrken It li
hlimt on flat fir.
In a flk'kt ltwM n Nortkarn I'n
lfir liraVrmaH nnil n trnmii k wa
Ixaliac a rhlr Hnr North Ynklma,
VhI , Ikr trHWi m bot In iloatk ami
Ihr lirakrMtan 'rinly womhiIhiI.
Thr AMo'rhn Uttlflil flret hn
nailnl from Han 1'mnelMiti hh It voy
Mjf amnnil lk wwrlil. Th Nhrkn
wa h'ft Irklml on nfHnt of nrlct
frcr amow Ibn rror. Uko Mill Join
lb? flnt Ht lloaululu.
rijjktlnc roalliiHoi nt Tntirlr, Toriln.
Mnnv lftk orfur ilnlly from kwnt
in Ikn litt.
Himhh pnrtm worn ilrwntl In llttI
nt MikuIh, Nl'll
I'rHnlilrnllnl N'miilnrn Tnft ilnycnl
rigkl flrld in n ImnrWI kaiimi.
Ilrynn lin rninplntn control nf tht
Dfiiiwrriillr rmtiitnul eoinontlun,
Nrw York iKillff think Ihoy have
wiplurifl tln lllnrk llnnJ Irmlor In Hint
lly.
Tim Hrltlh mlnlHtrr nt Tulirrnn lia
KRtilii priitiltl lu tli u lmlt Hunlml hi
vrnr niotlioil.
HoIIl-Ioii fiiimtlo In North Dakota
linvi TiivriIimI Cnnniln, unit ilefy tbo
inoiiiiti'il poller,
Tim total ilrnlha from rnurth nf July
ci'li'liratlon iiiiiulinr nuinlirr Ul, nnj
tlic Injiinsl SOtO.
Itui'f tin livrn rrlrntril from Jiiil on
lioiiiln ii!i:rr(;ntlni; 1 1.)0,0011. Ill next
trlnl Mill lie-in July ,fi-
Tnn ItJillooiitati lu tho rcrvnt men
nro In ii rrlttoul romlltlon nt Clinton,
Out., wluro tin1 Intnluil too aiulilciily,
I'lfly luirno prrlahril In n burning
ntnlilo'lii I'ortliiml. 'I'lio hit; liunlwiiro
II rm nf MurnliiillWcll Im.l n narrow
vaonpo.
I.lrulonnnt I'rnry hn ntjnln trtnl
fur Hip North l'nlo. Ho U ntiout I000
nliiirt nf hi mtlmatnl niiiniint nf aup
iilli, hut will trimt to luck for tho
liiiliincc.
Major Wooilruff declare the army
tKC limit should lie (10 yean.
The American aeroplane flying tua
chine made a very succetiful trial. been cxtlnRulshed and yettcrday clK"t i
trip, linlncri were brought out alive.
"catualloon"aoeend8
Winner Make 1100 Mllni Many Nar-
row Eicnpni,
C hicfiKo, July 7 'Ihr CIiii.iko In
iiii'in' h'llhiiin rice rtulrd IuiiikIiI,
Mlirn the Iml of the iilur i-oiiiiMl.iiit
cninp lit ciirih hi Wet Slicirord, fjur
liri, hint iiillra frmn tlir MurllllK pulul
Tin craft win the I'lchlinw, owned Ity
! J I'lrlditiK. f S.in Antonio, Tex
ll covrrnl iippnixliii.ilrly too mile
mure mil U)nl in tlir Mir 1'ivr Imitr
h'liurr than It urarrt cnmprlltor,
inn i aim iiencvrii to imvc captured
tlir prir fur tlir lullixm which re
nmlnril in the air tlir InijKtM
Tlir lonlril mj in.irkril liy irveral
Ihrillliiu rtvunr from drownliiu
Thr Vlllr ilc Uirppc droiiied Into
I akr MIclilKau oiin aflrr I lie Mart,
ami tor u it hour or more Qilnuel A K
Mueller and OeorKe Sclmeueck. lit
plifiit, M'ere Mrpt arret Ihr urface,
finally aruniK mIUi thrtr crafl to a
lirlKht of 70IHI frcl. from which they
drerndrd at llriitou llarhor, Mich
A uliiiiliir rprrirnre frll to Ihr lot
of C II I'rrrlno and I I) Car. the
crew of the llliiioi while rndravor
iiiK to rlfrrl n InndiilK near l.akr On
larin thrir lialhHin frll into the Hay of
U'linlr. 'I he arrnuaiit had dnniird
lifr irrrrrr and UMiiauril to keep
alioat until 4 yarhl iml nil from (ilrtin
l!,ni( and rrrurd llirm Tlir fatr
of I he Ii.iIIimiii nut kmiwii Itrrr
The third rriuu accident took
(dare tirar ("Union, Out Tlir liatlooo
Coliiinlila rould not he controlled Ity
Captain M I'elrrmn and C II l.eieh
Irr. ami thry rrr dahri .lKlllt
Irrr and draKk'ed through horhed
wirr frucr Moth men were (Kilillully
injured
The lamlinu place of the nine ImI
imiii Mrrr a follow
I'lrlillnif. Weil ShelTonl. Qurlire;
America. CarMtnville Mirh : KIiik
I dward, Port Huron. Mirh ; Chicaico,
AimikmI (Inl; t) S, I'inkrrlou Sta
tion. f)nl . Columlih. Clinton. Out :
Cinriniiall, Covrri. Mich ; IllinoU,
(ilfHii Iftland. Ont . Villc dr l)iepic,
llrnton llarb-or. Mich
AEHOPLANE FLIES.
Ooei
000 Yard Ur.oml Mark and
Land SaUly.
liiutniintHirl, N Y. July ' -The
Aerial Fxpcrnnrnt orUtlon' aero
drome No .1, the Curtf June IImmC.
)elrrday earned the rlichl to liaxc it
name the firm iticriltrd on Ihe Sclen
lilir American trophy for ttiakliiyiaii
olftcial IliKht of one kiloineter lit a
trai(ht line, mcaiirrl from Ihe point
where it left the Kr'Hinil
Aflrr paiuu the tht! markinv; the
linth. the machine flew cmhi yard fur
ther, and lauded at the extreme cdKe
of the lield near the railnMil track
AIhuii Iimki ticrMin mw Ihe I rial The
June IIiik croed ihrrr fence audi
dectihrd a letter "S ' two thouaud
ard lu IciiKth, In one minute and
li rcond, at a tpeed nf 37 mile an
hour, which followed a boo yard lliht
in in irtcntili.
The machine never behaved Itcllcr
Hardly a tircftlh of wind wa utirrniK
The trial today i of Krrat importance,
at it i the tint othcul iei uf an aero
plane ctcr made in America
SOCIALISTS NOMINATE.
Martin ft. Pratlon, Now Serving Sen
toner, for Pretldont.
NeM" York. Jitly 7 Candidatet for
ttretdrni and icrpretnlrnt of the
I'lillrd .Stair were turned ami a plat
form wa adopted by the national
committee ( the Socialttt party here
rlrrday The ticket named I at
lolloMt
Por pretidenl -Martin It. l'reMnn,
of Nevatla
b'or ice pretdeiit Donald Mn nro,
of Virinia
The nomination of Preatou for
prrMtlrnt Ma uiuiiiinou The can
didate mi placed in nomlrtaiion by
I), dr I. nut, who characterineil Ihe
man he wa itamniK at an "loMirtt
MorkiiiK man, not profeioual work
tUK man," ami added.' "ihe iiamc of
that man t Martin Prrttnu, and he I
now in jail at Cnttdnrld, Nrv Pred
ion i in jail today (or conduct lh.it
I honorable, ami which no working
man thould be athauied of "
1C I. eon explained thai Prcttou had
been teulcnced to 'ii year' imprUon
iiient for thoothiK a rettaiiraul keeper
in fioldiirld three year aK duniiK
a ttrike PreMoti, l)c Leon asserted
had aclrd a the protector of defeiMii
Ictt Kirl. and by to doiuir hit action
curaKcd a rettauraut-keepcr named
Silver. Silver. Mr l)e I.eon iated,
"wot tlud by Prcttou while threaten
ittK lo kill the latter.''
Dig Flro In Port nu Prince.
Port au Prince, July 7 A tcriout
fire lirnkc out here yetcrday in the
vicinity of the Palace and Senate
buihliiiK The flame spread quickly,
there liciiiK a IiIkIi wind nod toon
reached al.irmiiiK proportinnt pour
Imiidrcd buihllnt! were liiirnoil, in
clmliuK tlie cotirtliouiie nod the prison.
All of the prisoners, who iiictudod a
number of women, were taken to
other U.irtm before the building
took fire. Spark were carried to the
artenaU which wa also burned. In
Kcthcr with stores of powder and am
munition nec6ver 220 Dodlei.
Yiiznno, Fitropenn Uutnii July 7
An official Matcmctit shows that U'-!8
bodlet have been recovered from the
Kikosky coal mine, where a a ex
tilotiott occurred several days ao.
Nineteen Iniured mm nrc now in the
hotpitnl. Die fire in the mine lias
NEWS ITEMS FROM WASHINGTON, D. C.
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UELATIONS SEVERED,
Vennudlnn Coniul Prepare to Leavn
Wahlri(;lon, .
alntiKl"il, July II Tlir (lipid
niNtir rr',itiou In tw nil America and
Vrueurlu that have exitleil umiitcr
riiplrdl) for more limit half a cm
tury, thouKh hi recent year nevcrcly
traiurd, were yrttrrday coinplelcly
rtered Al 'i :i o'clock yenterday
alleriioi.n Srtior Vrlo-(ioitlctH, the
Vt'iieurluii cliarKe d'aliaire, called
at Ihe ttalr departinrnt by appoint
ment to preeut to ArliiiK Secretary
llacou imllcr from hit ineriiiiirnl
thai he wa to ipiil hi pott here, clot
lUK iiji Ihe Vrueilrlau It'Kallou in
wathiiiKloii ami repair forthwith lo
Wnrnurla
'Ihr rbarxr raplainrd that the ac
tion of thr tulr department in with
dr.,wiuK Jacob Sleeper, the American
charter, from Carara. and in elotinx
up it leUHtiou ihrrr, madr it ueret
ry for hi Kovermnriit lo take lm
il.it arli'iii in the cate of it IrKatloii
in Wakhmicton
'I hr iharnr madr no demand for hi
p.iport nor rould he do o emuitt
riil'y, in view tif the fact that Por
tion MniKler Paul had decliueil to
im- uch iaport to the American
iliarKf wltrii lie wlllidrrw (rum Lara
ra, on I hi Kround that there wa no
nrrity for patort the rottutry
bruin in profound racr, ami hi per
mit! not beniK threatened in any hi)
Srtior Vno Mated thai the ft'e am)
pwprr of the Vrneiielall legation
would Ik- idared lu thr tiiMody of
S-uor Jriolto Piinmtal, the Vrneti
rlan ronul tjrtirral in Nrw S'ork
'I hi lalrinrtii it rrtcardrd at an in
titration that thr Vrtiruelan Knrrn
llirnl will fol'ow Ihr ttrrredrnt rtab
lihed Ity ihr United Stair in refraiu
iiik from rhniut; ihr romulale No
arrangement ha hern made for the
transaction of any diplomatic lmlne
which Vrnmurla miKht find it abso
lutely uecrtary to tunitact. throuxh
ontr unforrteen conttnicency
FOR MERIT ONLY.
New Chief of Army Englneert It Not
a Politician.
ahitiKtou. July in Pretidenl
KiMorvrlt rrcoKiiiird merit when he
appointed Colonel Y Ibam I. Mar
hall a chirf of rirMiirer tf the
army He picked the brt man in the
etiKineer o.rp. and the 'tue who. in
the ojnniou of unbiased official of
the drparlincut ami of the army, wat
mott rntitlrd lo the promotion, and
in recouniziuR thr merit of Colonel
.Marshall, he placed the corp in the
hand of thr man moot competent to
handle it In iIccuIihk upon Colonel
.Marshall, the prrviilent va twayed
by Secretary Tuft, who from the hrt
ha favored the teleetiou nf Marthall
for tht pott
Colonel Marshall i phyttcaMy a
man of ihe Taft type, ami for that
rraton thrrr may have been a bond
of sympathy between them l.aM
fall, when the army ridnik' tet were
held, the prettdent threatened lo re
lire Colonel Marshall .brraute hr
failed lo make the ride llut the fail
ore wa not due to ihe disinclination
"ii the pari of ihe new chief of eniti
iirrr. it wa due lo the fact that tut
horse rould be found in all the army
table who could rtrry the rotund
colonel for a full day's ride, at he
tip the calc at nearly 3uu pounds
Killed In Paraguay Revolution.
Washington, luly ill Information
received it ihr state department yes
Urdu) is tli it the estimated In of
life in tin recrut rrvolutnm in I'-ra
Kiav w.i from ihi to tin person,
while lint were wounded The in
formation c.iiue In the department in
a diopauh from lidward C O'llrieu
American minister to Uruguay and
ParaHiiay Thr revolution bean on
July 3, when the minister of war wa
taken prisoner The dispatch came
by way of llueno Ayrei. dated July
? anil ul llmt Hint lilt (itv of A41111
cinn, where the revolution becau, wa
lraiiiiui
Trouble Brew In Honduras.
Washington. July 7 Information
has reached thr state department nf
a proposed revolutionary movement
.-KiiiM the Koveruuieut of Moniluras
tinder the leadership of former Prcsi
drill Ilimilhi. No details nrc Kivcu
The Koverument of Salvador and
Guatemala have Kivcu directions to
prevent any movement of that charac
ter takiiiK form in those countries.
Agreement With Mexico,
Washington, July It A perfect
uiulerstautlinu between Mexico and
the United State a to this Kovrrn
inent'.s purpose to take all stops pos
sible to prevent violation of neutral
ity laws on the Mexican border, was
reached at a two hour' conference
between Aclint? Secretary of Stale
llacou and Ambassador Crcjcl,
Two Year for Forgery.
ClucaKO, July in Daniel Keller,
c.x-cnpiain in tue uiuieu ntaie army
recently convicted of defrauilliiK the
government throuRh the use of stolen
(liiartcrmastcr's checks, was yesterday
sentenced to serve two years at hard
labor in the federal prison at Leaven
worth, Kan.
URAZIL IS STUBBORN.
Iniltl on Soiling Wurthlpt lo Japan
If She Like.
Washington, July 7. -Ilecaiuc they
tay the United Stale it interfering
wantonly in the carrying out of her
naval plan, llrail, through her diplo
matic agent here, it planning a
twecpiiig tytteiu of retaliation, where
by 30 per cent preferential tariff to
American! in Ilrazil will be abolished
ami Ilrazilian war craft dittioved of
in any way which the llrazihau gov
ernment ice fit.
"The movement will be begun by
concerted agitation in t lie Brazilian
newspapers," a llrazilion diplomat
said to a United Statct naval omccr
"We consider it our right to do what
wc please with our ships It it no
liody' btismes. There I no reason
why the United States thould closely
tunervite our naval tirourannne and
frrret ont each informal agreement
which may or may nut have been
reached "
Proof that 'Ilrazil hat already told
one torpedo boat to Japan prompted
tnrse statement n it tain tnai nra
tl ha ordered 24 battlethipt to be
limit in Muropcan shipyards, and that
these vessels, when completed, Mill
be turned over to Japan
SNAKE INDIANS DEFIANT.
Drive Oir Sheriffs, Who Oo to Invet
tlgato Trouble.
Muskitgro. Okla., .luly 0. -The shrrlffi
uf Mrliitosit and Utuulgre count let
went to the Old Hickory grmtrtdi, nr
llriiryrlla, yesterday to investigate the
uprising of Hnnkti ludians and were
driven hhhv from the rninp by thirty
armed Indians and Negro. Ilrfore
sending tlirm away, Crazy Hnitkn deliv
rrixl a mwsagn defying the law of tbo
state and the t'nitmt Htnte govern
wrm, wlrn, be deeloro, have no author
itv uvrr the Indian.
The o fllrer will get into rommtinlra
tloti with (iutbrie atxl It I probable
that state triRi will be tent to di
perse tho mnlcflntcnl. Craxy Hnake it
thr (under of several unelvlllzMl ('reek
Indiana, many of whom do not sjienk
Knglisb. Tboy find the law of the
Hew state objectionable and thry nro
enraged by Craty Hnnke's aorrtinn
that tber are being cheated in the land
allotment.
Bid for Naval Collier.
Washington, July 7 The navy de
partment today opened bid for the
purchase of three steam collier of
American registry, 7300 tout dead
weight, maximum cost J JXJ.ooo Of
the four bid received, the Mason
company, of Motion, offered to tell
it collier, the Kvereti, .Maiden and
Melrose, for 7S4,Ooo. and the New
York Shipbuilding company, of Cam
den, N J , bid to construct three vet
se's, 74.10 tonnage, at J430.00O each.
The Maryland Steel company, of Ilnl
tiinore. bid to build one vetsel for
11113,000; two for $3-7.ooo, or three for
ISViJ.ihmi each, all of the twin screw
type. I knots. 7flfl tout, tingle crew
type. II knot. 700 ton. $377.&0O each
for tMo $.170,000 each for three vet
sel Cramp .V Son of Philadelphia.
Iml for IKl.oiH) for one or all three,
tl knots, slot) tout
Contul Will Investigate.
Washington, July X General A. U.
VI t'ur aik,MIinntllni- tltrt illwtrt IMAtlt tit
Te. bit telegraphed to the war do-
Mtrtmenl tnnt lie na cni lour iroop
nf envnlry to Del ltio, nmtr the secno
of oiH-ratiuat of the insurrectionist in
Me Jen.
Ameriran Consul Kllsworth, at Por
llro )i i. stilts" nf Cnnhulln, Mexico, ha
informed Ibn state dorttiieut that he
is going to mnke a trip to tbo I.nt
VariM ronntrv, the sreae of one of tho
reernl disturiinnee between the rebel
'iml the Mexican trooim, to investigate
enndit'on there. While he will report
hi finding In the state department,
he i making Ihe Inrritigntlou entirely
on hi own reaponslblity.
Red and Blacks Claih.
Washington, duly P There ha been
n clash between the Snake Indian nnd
negroes near Sonoru, Okla., according
to illiMitrhes received by the Indian
Protective nMociatlon of Washington
from Ktifiiubi Harjo, orator of the four
Indian tribe Several complaint havo
been registered hero of late by the In
dians, who dvrlaro that tho white,
through government nfllelal dealing
with hnlMireod in Oklahoma City, nro
obtaining possession of their land with
hut nominal remuneration, nnd this it
understood to have been the cauto of
Ihe trouble.
Paper Trutt Pay Fine.
New York, July 7 Twenty-two
member of tlie Manilla & Fiber Pa
per Manufacturers' association, who
were fined JSOOO recently for operating
a combine in restraint of trade, paid
their fines lo the United States circuit
court today. The other two com
panies are expected to pay their fines
in a few days.
Troop Fight Forest Fire.
Washington, July P- The war depart;
inent linn ordered "Colonrl W. S. Schuy
ler, commander of Fort Iluaehuca, on
ttio .Mexican tionler in southern Art-!
r.ona, to render nil possible nsaistaneo
in tho suppression of a serious firo rng
ing on Hurtebucn tnountuin in the
Oarce national forest. J
FOURTH COSTS JJO LIVES.
Crutade for Safe and Sans Celebra
tion Come to Naught.
Chicago, July 0 Once more thr
annual barbaric orgy of death and
mutilation, which masquerade under
the gnitc of patriotic celebration of
the nation' natal day, ha pasted, and
the fearful cost ha been counted in
part.
In many home there is mourning
for children who have met untimely
cud and adult whose live have paid
the penalty of wanton folly, while in
darkened chambers ami hospital
throughout the country lie thousands
of maimed and suffering victims,
tome sightless and tome disfigured
for life, the work of the demon fire
work,
lu Chicago, as elsewhere, despite
the brave struggle in behalf of a "safe
and sane" Fourth, there was tc.int
improvement over previous Fourths,
ami the result of all the efforts toward
reform can scarcely even be dignified
bv the appellation of near sane.
The death roll for this year's
Fourth it 3ts, and the returns arc still
incomplete. At midnight reports of
deaths and casualties were still com
in" in, and the total of the injured had
reached 1129
In Chicago alpne. where the crutade
for a safe and sane Fourth was
strongest this year, there are eight
dead and 130 injured The fire loss
in the nation, so far as learned, it
III.'JW) Of this Chicago will bear
10,000.
Deadly tetanus last year claimed 73
victims after the nofc and excite
ment of the Fourth had died away.
Fifty three cases Merc caused by
blank cartridge, eight by giant
cracker, six by toy cannons anil four
by firearms In 19ns the number of
cic that developed M-a 89, St of
which Mere caused by blank cart
ridge In tttot it was 101, of which
Hi came from blank cartridge In
I'.ot there were 99 tetanus eases. 7-1
arising from the blank cartridge, and
in 1903 the number ran up to 393. of
which all but 29 cases came from but
Ictless joy producers.
OAKLAND TRAINS COLLIDE.
Seven Killed and 30 Injured by Care
less Englnaer.
Oakland. Cal , July 6. The nar-roM-gaugc
local, bound from the Ala
meda Mole into Oakland, crashed into
the Santa Cruz train No. 37, bound
for the Oakland Mole, at 7:10 latt
night at First and Webster streets,
killing or injuring all of the passen
gers in the Santa Cruz train smoking
car.
Seven were killed and over 30 in
jured The collision was on the cross
ing of the narrow gauge and main
line, opposite the Webster street
bridge The engine o,f the Alameda
train, which was running with tender
ahead, cut into the Santa Cruz train
smoking car, about 10 feet from the
front.
The front end was smashed to
splinters, the car being torn from the
front trucks and the mas totted from
the main line track up against the
signal tower in Webster ttreet. The
wreck of the coach containing its
dead and screaming wounded was
hurled on its side, with the Alameda
local tender buried in the wreckage
The baggage coach of the Santa Cruz
train, which was in front of the
smoker, was derailed and half way
upset Doth locomotives were dc
rai'ed When the train struck, the smoker
was cut from the coach following,
which continued on its course, crash
ing into the boiler of the Alameda
local. Some windows were broken
in this ami the tirst Alameda coach,
which was also derailed Otherwise
they were not damaged The passen
gers in these were shaken up, but not
injured
Practically all those in the smoker
were pinned in the wreck and their
cries for help followed the terrific
crasli of the trains coining together
Some were able to dig themselves out
of the vvrec,k, but the majority had
to be cut out. Several of the dead
were badly crushed. The police and
fire departments were called out, and
were soon at work carrying wounded
and dead from the wreck.
Rebel Bombard City.
Hueitos Ayres, July 0. Telegraphic
communication with Asuncion, the
capital of Paraguay, where there is a
revolution, is still interrupted, but
word ha been received from Asun
cion at Corricnles that the artillery
at the capital mutinied and bombard
ed the market place. Many women
are said lo have been killed in this
lighting. Tlie foreign representatives
at Asuncion are urging the belliger
cuts to abstain front bombarding the
citv. This news was brought to Cor
ricnles by the captain of the steam
ship. President Celebrates.
Oyster Hay. July 0 President
Roosevelt celebrated the Fourth of
July with his family and a few friends
nt Sagamore Hill. In the evening
tlic president had a beautttui display
of fireworks set off in front of the
house. Seated on thi veranda with
the president and his family were a
number of relatives and many friends
and neighbors.
RUEF OUT OF JAIL
Ball ilonils for $1,500,000 Ap
proved by Court.
PRISONER SEVENTEEN MONTHS
Father and Sister Sign Obligations as
Sureties, Holding Property of
Ex-Bos in Trutt.
San Francisco, July 7. Abraham
Kucf wa released from the county
jail last night on bonds aggregating
ll,SCO,000, the largest amount ever
given in a criminal case in the state.
This sum is the aggregate bail upon
78 indictments, returned by the Oliver
grand jury, charging Kuef with brib
ing the former board of supervisors
in connection with the granting of
franchises to public service corpora
tions, and upon which he was taken
in custody by the prosecution as a
sort of "prisoner of state." in charire
of an elisor appointed by Judge
rramc n uunne anu a nan a dozen
private guards, at an expense of about
$1000 a month.
Since January 10. when the new
administration went into office, Kuef
has been languishing in the countv
jail
twenty sureties, including Kuels
father and sister, and himself, signed
the bonds It develoDcd vesterdav
during the examination of his sure
ties before superior Judge Frank J.
.Murasky, that Kucf owned real es
tate in this city which he recently
transferred to his father and sister.
upon which a real estate expert, on
the witness stand, placed a value of
$1.09S.Si6.
Kuefs annual income from this
property was $70,900. His father and
sister went his bonds to the amount
of 1600,000, while other sureties qual
ified for IS70.000. Of the latter, Jo-
scpn mrscii anu i.copoiu nirscn
signed five bonds for 130,000 each,
Louis Friedman six bonds of $20;00O
each, and a surety company deposited
a certified check for 1100,000, equiv
alent to 200,000 in bonds.
Ruefs next trial has been set for
July IS on one of the indictments
charging him with bribery in connec
tion with the granting of a trolley
franchise to the United Railroads. Al
though he has been in custody for IS
months, he has been tried but once,
the jury disagreeing after being out
44 hours
After leaving court Ruef went to
the home of his parents to join them
at dinner, and announced that later he
would visit the county jail and bid
farewell to the prisoners, and thank
them for courtesies shown him.
BRYAN IS DICTATOR.
Has Complete Control of Convention
In Denver.
Denver, Colo, July 6 One great
Itryan ratification leading to a wild
burst of enthusiasm in celebration of
the triumphant reappearance of the
peerless one after a temporary eclipse;
a demonstration of the completeness
of the new leader's power over all
men and measure; amnesty and har
mony for all who may be useful and
who promise to be good; expulsion
from the temple, excommunication
and the scaffold for all who have
committed lese majeste and who re
fuse to bow the knee in humble plea
for nardon such is to be the Demo
cratic national convention, the first
session of which is to begin at noon
tomorrow
Todav the ltrvan neonlc have the
bit in their teeth. They are running
strong and free They are feeling
the exaltation of power. They bub
ble with joy over the triumph they
have won over plutocracy. For the
great majority of the conquered they
have nothing but goodwill, and the
right hand of good-fellowship But
upon the heads of the few they are
preparing to wreak their vengeance.
Guffev the plutocrat of Pennsyl
vania; MeGraw and hi side-partner
from West Virginia.: loin Kyan. the
head devil of the whole nntl-Uryan
conspiracy; Sheehan, the head devil's
chief scout; Smith, of New Jersey,
known as the wolf: and poor Uov-
ernor Johnson, of Minnesota, whose
crime is that of being caught in bad
company, are to be punished.
Catch Black Hand Leader.
New York, July 7. Lieutenant
Petrosino and his Italian detectives
yesterday were running down the
loose ends of their' case against a
Sicilian. Giuseppe Afhnto, who until
recently, it is charged, was the mov
ing spirit in many of the F.ast Side
bomb-throwings Aflinto was arrest
ed on the specific charge that be
threw a momb in a tenement house in
hast Seventy-fourth street to intimi
date a wealthy Italian in an attempt
to blackmail him. Uhts alliuavtt was
sworn to by a man who, the police,
say, saw the bomb thrown.
Horses Burned,
fortland. July 7. Fifty horses per
ished in a fire of unknown origin,
which started shortly after 13 o'clock
this morning in the Dexter livery
stable, corner Fifth and Ankeny
streets. The loss to buildings and
property is estimated at fully 313,009,