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SATURDAY I MORNING, AUGUST 2G, 1905. PRICK FI VK CENTS. STORM Raged in the Harbor When l.oosevelt Dived To the Bottom of (he Sea. The President on Board the Submarine Boat Flonzrd Into the Depths, Like Neptune of Eld, To Explore Haunts Storied Mermaids. of Kemarkable Feats of the Swift Little Craft W-re Performed For' the Edifl cHtion of the Executive.

Who Was Submerged an Hour. Kai Aus-ist President at lh. bottom cf Long i -c-T f-r mlnu'es hi. after T1 n- sat larlr.s hr-wtrllungrr. which I IT 9114 r4-.

r.d i was rot of ah, throng 'l the move-k c.jM whti th ,1, in of lb aa d-n In her interior 'had invited lends inn of the riuna-rr from the rs. Hi lih l.v mnrri'W morning No thai th submarine ti her moorings al.mesld th tu-rla a Mormr weather. Hut i-. irii.iniL vhrn the storm was ot its dom his prtvat. landing i with him and then ordered ni Nelson to tak.

htm to th --r Th. -visit was an sntlr. surprts i. When Mr. stepped tiry platform that r- e.

th. I'lunjt- a risch rain wa falling In ami K'orv was rolllng.ln th. mouth of Started For th Bottom. -sevclt at unit stepped Into th -landing rHii bntli th. con r.

the hatches wr. closed, anci niter. consorted by th. tug- Aparhe. -n th.

surface for harbor's Th. Apache stood aif an.l th r.r with th. President aboard, man toward th. bottom. tl.i'th of feet or so lhrrWa a few tSlnurea.

and then th "1 agat aiid sent to th. bottom iTr an- Merit had been allowed to eclste.the now sensation cl Ne'fn an exhibition of -'-d il-tpolse dlln- The I'lunK- hed th. rurf-e. where he -r kt li Iodic h- In r'mmanl In time of karahlp arwl nor. hrr if Tuen a a iite to a depth atlil a i.

tK. perf'rmniirey f' -r a an th-n toj.jt depth Her fiiaire wa and he i fe niern foremost. i i-fh'w th "i made to t'irn I and re her course EnT.Iopl in Darkness. nt a(1n motl tile. In ea) -1tr for the r-M.

Tder to her lie n- let- the at f-r s' arsh'p t'Tljint Nelaon then ii.l 1 t't h.w i-rfe-tl the of tie it ould te handled the en vl.triwness wsa a necessary first lime In th the I noe.l State wa 111 ut- a' of the sa a e.ni ri n-. re than a pa i tngenul a 'fj'! his own the conning at his side, r- nterted them, cprra- -r--T and Tnere was no ahoot. was no time to w. shoard th ves- -r ght his delight at th er Mii that he was Im-: the h--al and with was handled. In tie dangers of submarine -he President has endeared r.awl anj men th made Lieutenant Charles of th Plunger, th 1 aj.pie.t man In the UnueJ After a Conference.

Intention not to Inspection i the tiny t.i prove s. de.dty In naval to make a submarine de- "as reached after a conference with Lieutenant Nelson. T' rtrs commander explained to I- 1r.t tne operations" of the boat. ar-J -red him that a trip on her and a nio the depths of Long; I laud -Id be as devoid of dana-er as he a trio on a New Tors aubwav had Ion dealred to watch na of a suhmsrtn torpedo boat aIM before thla would have trip in one ha h. not bn d.

te-rJ 'rom t.klr.g th risk by the advice nda and official asaorlatea. -nTr hy the log of Lieutenant Nel- he arranged take a trip on the 't. and to hare th littl. r.a pr- her wonderful feat, wrhjte he waa si Vrat Je of WMB --uWMt oa Kv. -a 'V uw( ptacw nctweer n4 6 o'rlork th: afternoon In th.

aoand, iumt off th. to Oyir jr. Short ly after o'rlork th. Fraatdnt w.nt ahorl th. Pluncr in or.

of til. Iaunch of th. naval varhf Brlph. whlrh he board' 1 at th. J.

Wwl Rooaevrlt Fler Am aoou aa the Pru1enl had deacidd Into th. to.t r. manhole wee. rMd. and.

convoyejl th. naval tenI-r Aputli th. I1uufr aiori.d for th Bound. No nan. 'iter, were attempted until th -ei well rjoi'1 the ntrane to th.

Inf. A iff northeaat hreei. which had hern a laat kicked up briiv a in' lh JVuind. hut the Pliinfer hhaed re. Forty Feet Beep.

Th water where th trial took piae Is" aix-iu! fet dp. too In th Ppln-lon ot Lieutenant Hlaon rvl hi. rsperta fo vl to do her ht work Ho.i after th ael -hed th neeVa.arj" pt pi of water w.ia dlre-rted downward until al. r.td on if-. bottom rf th Konrid Then tn ne h.iniem of th eraft pi4lned no'el to th Pridnt that afterward no doWf-utty und.r.tandn tn mMrieoter.

wmrh. wr prf-rmd. lh th'ia waa rewtlna; on th rttom the In a auhmarln t-et a e'-rm 4 fe.t atv him waa raains ut.notii The rain In t'rente. and the Nort heaater h'rped th eurfar nf th water Irt'o hl roller, htit It waa aa 1'ilei ard rer ill where th President sat am an en.y iarlor woaiifl he. Ksplariatht.s of the workli.it of mt hsvlna t-n c'unpletrd.

flentenarit Nlaon hsan to p-rt her through her iare. rom th irol d. Tina waa frld that la lh ho.c would ascend to th surfsr of th sviind f'C sreral seorida. Ion noiiah to enahl rirr emmandr to alaht nt warrhlp that nilicht within vlw. and then aaaln Aftr thia maneuv.r h.id len rpstd few ttme tit- Plunser was aent down di'tanre of Im ow th surfsr and her eiialne topid Then th etitrln reverad and th Ix.at aarrnded to the eurfar larkwari.

IJeuienant Nelson msde hin boot perform th remarklhl. feat divms to depth of r.vi fr-ri and while at full std at that depih. revrralntj ht-r rure. Tne roniplt-t turn occupied only on minute. huhsiuentlr lh en gines were stoppe and th vasel was sub mrrsed to a depth of iO feet.

Tker she was kepi mot ton lea, a demonstration of t.er anility to'rmaln In that position for hours while swatting- an opportunity to launt on of her torpedo, at a vessel of a M'ifkadlna suuadron. which might be pa.slt.S or r-pssina; a stven point. Extlngnished the Lights. After many r.unruvfin Ijad been per-rmed Lieutenant Nelson ordered all lights on hoartj lo 1 estlnKUiahd to dem- netrHt how thoroughly the members of his crew knew their business. They worked perfectly in th Inky darkness, evidently with ii.i much rkill snd ease as they per formed their duties In the alar of th elec tric lijrht.

I'urinic the operations of the Plunger, the tender Apache remained Within a short dls- ance. prepared to render any assistance tutt might be necessary. Fhe 'was not nenlrd, however, aad the Pluaaer returned her nuKrln without an untoward Incl- The President nhooJt TmntTl With an th crew an left the recsel to return lo Kaanmoi 1 1 111. In di-scriblng- his eperlerrce to-night expressed crat satis. faction with the manner in whlrh the tiny phmI was menaced.

He remarked particu larly on the poIMlltlee of the submarine rpedo 'nts In ai tunl warfare He relatrd details of his experience with evident Pleasure Nobody, not even the members his family, was awr. of the President ntritlon to make the descent In the "ungcr. ex. rpl. of course.

Lieutenant Nel-on. pe r. ult of th rt-rec nialtitalned the ptfid-nt was thst the Plunger had the rtitire Umi Island Sound herself. There was scarcely a vessel In lht. all pleas-ir i-rafi bavins been driven sheltir by the heay storm.

To-morrow at In the mornlnic the Plunser will out to the Round for an ther teM trip. The President and Mrs. Roosevelt, with a rarty of friends, will wit nes th maneuvers of the vessel from the ft the Sylph. HEARSE, Minister and Mourners Wrrr Larkinr; at th Konfral Per- Minallv ondurtrd Br the Mao Who as Karied. rt- tL I-lrTiTi T- Tl tt isrs Pe-rla.

111. August 2.V The funeral of 11 Mriielland. whose Ndy was In terred In the cemetery at Elmvood, miles from here, yesterday, was unique tn Its simplicity. There was no hearse to carry the body to Its last resting place, no minuter of the loapel to read a funeral service, and none of the dead's man a relatives was notified of his death until 24 hours after the funeral had taken place. formerly lived near Elm wood.

but for 11 years has been engaged In bust r.ess at Nokcmts. Recently he was taken 111. The phvslctan told MoOliand that he had Bright's disease and could never get well. McClelland betrayed no emotion. He lie.

I to his hdMe Hanlon and John Thorp, two friends, who swore soh'mn oath-te carry out his wishes. Then he gave the following Inatructions regard lng his funeral: That no undertaker ahould touch his body; that no car wheels should turn un der his coffin; that he should have a metallic casket which should be placed in a specially constructed vault; that his body should be interred in the Elms ood Ceme tery; that no preacher should be near when he was la-id at rest; that no hears should be used, and. that no relatives should notified of h's death until 24 hours after he waa buried. These Instructions were faithfully, carried out to the letter. KING'S WIFE Returns To the Parental Roof, i and Bars She Will Stay Under It.

racist nsriTcn til (seriaia. Coshocton. Ohio. August 23. Mrs.

Charles King, who has been mysteriously missing for 10 days, returned to-day to the home of her father. Colonel Phil Burt. She says she has been In Pittsburg she left, and that she departed because of her husband a threats, she declares she will not leave her father's home. RACE WAR Kay Grow Out of the Dynamiting of the Negro Church. Vinceaies.

August 2i. As result of a race war at Carlisle the negro Bap tist Church was destroyed early to-day by dynamite, which mum placed under th. altar. Bloodhounds have beew put on the I trail ot the dynamiters. Threats are being I made that if any arrests are made every I negro la the town will be driven one I I er.

Is BATTLE With Railway Men. Traction Workers Fought Like Veteran Troops, And. Many Shots Were Fired in thi Melee. One Fatally and Others Seriously Injured In Clash on the Streets of Red- key Patrols Armed With Picks and Axes on the Alert racial, rtrTfi Redltey. Ini Tea to rax zsgrissa.

August 1 morning a force of workmen of th Munrl and Portland Traction l.ln cmmned to lay th rtnulnf over th P. and St Ij Railway, in th city limits on Main street At noon Pan-hand! workmn tor tht crossing out. put down a new tra and ran a train over the crossing. To-night at o'clock the traction people tried to tak up the Pan-handle tracks, but Engineer Shaw ran hla engine over the crossing re- peatedly. Policeman William May.

armed with a warrant, tried to get Into the rah to arrest tbe rngltieer, when IVtectlv William Purdy, of Logansport, Ind or- derrd May out of th cab. At th same lime Purdy commenced to shoot at May. hen May returned the fir, the bullet tak ing effect In Purdy right groin, causing a falsi wound. Fired Into the Several shots from the locomotive were flreil Into the crowd. Tim McCarty, a foreman of the Pan-handle traik gang, was shot lu the shoulder and seriously Injured.

John Olllngrr was shot In the arm and Isaac Crumley in the left leg. and Engineer dhaw. though seriously hurt. Is In Jail, tighten arrests were made. Policeman May says he was compelled to shoot in order to save his life.

The crossing war waged all afternoon long and another clash la feared at almost any moment. Last night the traction men laid a track on Main street up to the Pennsylvania Railroad on both sides. The steam railroad men awoke to the fact that morning that a march had stolen by the traction company and promptly dispatched a construction train and a gang of Hti men to the scene, with orders to tear up the traction tracks and build additional sldlng-s paralleling the main track and a switch. which are already across the street. The traction crew refused to get their teams out of the way.

whereupon a train was run ovr th crossing, the teams being ved only by cltlxens taking a hand. Th town officers ordered the train off the crossinK and then arrested the IK steam railroaders. Two carloads more of men were hurriedly sent from Jgansport to take the place of the men arrested, and the fight continued. Twice th Interurban track was torn up and twice It was re built. official of the Pennsylvania and of the traction company arrived on the ground early, and this evening the traction com pany won an important advantage by ob taining an order her from Judg I.afol-ette to restrain the railroad from tearing up or further molesting the interurban tracks.

Served on the Track Layers, The writ was served to-night in the officials of the Pennsylvania and upon the track layers. At one point In the same when the Panhandle undertook to clear the crossing by running a train across Main strt. Chief Engineer Cummins of the traction lrne, Jumped Into George Y. McOulloch's auto mobile, ran it on the disputed ground, and challenged the engineer to back into the machine. Three Pan-handle trains arc standing on the tracks, and each side to the controversy has about workmen on the grtkund with the clfxens by the hundreds congregated on the spot ready to take up the cudgel for the traction line, with whom they have cast their lot.

Each side has a guard posted, and armed with picks and axes they are patrollng the ground tonight with a possibility of an outbreak at any moment. The traction company has rebuilt the, track torn up. and its officers declare that they will tear up the addi tional Pan-handle track before morning, and build across the main track. BY A VOTE The Mayors Decided To Stop Talking About Municipal Ownership-New Officers Chosen. Toledo.

Ohio. August 20. The League of American Municipalities concluded its con vention to-day by selecting Chicago aa th. next meeting place. The following were elected officers of the league: Ptesident-R- O.

Rhett. Mayor of Charles 8. C. First Vice President Henry PohL Co lumbus. aMnd vio President Joseph E.

Caf- ferty. Wilmington. Third Vice President George F. Htne. Poughkeepeie.

Fourth Vice President 8. Spence. Toronto. Canada. Secretary John Mac.

lea Dea afolnea. Treasurer William Morgan, George- town. 8. C. Trustees Lowls Betts.

ft- faui: ax. jt- rouse. Kokomo: Silas coos. r-asc jk. Rnlri Finch.

1 oieoo; nuxn unj- Chicago: Harry Hooper. Baltimore, ami Otto Rhlnehart. tVtroit. Purines- riiaouaason or municipal owner ship, which has largely occupied the time of the convention, was ended by a motion to discontinue the aeoeie William Randall, or Isewr iwx, cussed disinfectants, i ow he afternoon on the lake. VAlTOEjlBaXr HAS GOUT.

i. Zi A dispatch from Baden Haden says that W. K. Vamterbilt connned to his room at av city, suffering from gout- RIVAL AERONAUTS --was aasww To Baee Their Airships Orer the City of Hew "Fork, rs-ut sisraxcs to txi sxgrissa. New Tors.

Auarast 2S. Leon Stevens, aeronaut for the Baldwin Airship Company, to-day Issued a challenge to A. Roy Kna fe ar. hue. the young Toledo aeronaut, to race over the cty.

Kcabenshu promptly accepted the challenge, and only the condi tions remedy to be made. In a statement to-day Mr. gtevens said: "I will race Knabenvhue over New Tork City on any terms may euggst. provided I am reimbursed for th necessary expenditure of money. am at work on an airship now.

a-nd will be ready to sail tn three Mr. Knshenshu. said that h. was perfectly tiling to raoe against the airship of hla rival aeronaut. -My machine will beat anything he ran build." he said to-day.

"I jrlll race him anytime Is ready, and he -can make the terms to suit himself." I'ich a' race as that propod by htm would an absolute nov.lty. and would doubtlss attract ven more attention than did Knabnshu's wonderful flight on Wednesday BY AJRAMP The Train Waa Saved From Daahing Into Washout. srv-iaL msrATcn to tii Eiorissa. Hamilton. hkv August iV North-bound Passenger Train No.

4n. due at Haml'ton at 910 a. was saved from plunging Into a washout near Mutha user's Station by an unknown tramp flagging th train with his coat. Th heavy rains of last night had married away a culvert beneath the tracks. causing the' rails to spread.

The tramp. who would not give his nam, given purse by th passngrs and brought ti Hamlitnn. where proceeded to spend the reward fjr refreshments. RESOLVE To Oust Atlanta Mayor Coonfil Will Sfk To Impeach th Eifcntivf For Scandalous Ton-durt in Toledo. rsriat.

msrsTcw to tbb oortsxa Atlanta. C.a.. August 23 For his alleged drunken outbreak at the Municipal League Convention at Toledo. Mayor James O. Wodward la to be requested to resign by City Council.

If Woodward refusea to re sign the Council will Immediately take steoa to impeach him. The cauims of the majority of the members of Council which decided on this action also determined to adont a resolution apologizing to rmnm and th city of Chicago for Wood ward's attack. The feellnr here over Woodward's conduct is very bitter, chiefly because he is an old offeuder. When he srved ss Mayor four years sgo he eras Incapacitated tor weeks because of drunkenness, anA was frequently arrested on the streets In company with women of the "red light" district. Finally to escape Impeachment ner the close of his term he slgAed a pledge to resign should offend again.

After leaving office was given a po sition by the Atlanta Street Railway Com pany, which had secured the monopoly of transportation franchlaes during Woodward's term of office. About a yesr ago Woodward was re-elected owing to the fact that he received the solid labor vote 2.ii while the remaining votes were split among four other candidates. Woodward was found drunk In Memphis, it is charged, slme time ago. in company with a notor ious woman, and the Council came near bringing Impeachment proceedings theu. SEARCHED Senator Blease For Gun, Bat None Was Fonnd Two South Carolinians Clash in the State Capitol at Columbia.

exctat pirTrs To TBI ssoriSKa Columbia. 8. C. August 5 Th unusual spectacle of a State Senator bring searched for a concealed weapon in the Senate cham ber of South Carolina's Capitol was wit nessed at to-day's session of the dispensary investigation. rk of During the examination of the cl the State Board of Directors of the Dis pensary, which was being conducted by Representative J.

Kraser. Lyon, a question was asked by the latter, but; before the witness could reply Colonel L. Blease, Sen ator from Newberry, moved that a recess be takVn. He said the stenographer had been working steadily for four hours and was nearly exhausted. Lyon moved toward Blease.

whereupon T. B. Fraser. Chairman of the committee. Jumped between them.

Blease said he meant no discourtesy to Lyon: that If he had he would have acted in a way that could not be mistaken. 'If you had. I would smash your face," said Lyon. "Tou'll never get to tne." replied Bless. "I suppose you have pistol." continued Lyon.

This Bless denied. At this point the 8ergeant-at-Arms strpped between the two men. Later Blease asked some one to search him. It was done, but no weapon was found on him. Explanations followed In the committee room later, and the two men made up.

Blease announced some time ago that he would run for Governor on the Dispensary platform. The letters sbout which former Liquor Commissioner Mixon was adjudged In contempt on refusing to produce them were read at this morning's session. They were written by 3. W. Kelley Jb of Chattanooga, Tenn-.

to Mixon. In regard to securing dispensary patronage. Representative Gaston said that the letters showed that whisky nouses were debauching the state; that, there was corruption In high as well as In low Tbe letters showed that the house anew beforehand exactly bow much would be bought. Tbe committee adjourned until next week. HXIGKBOBXY HT DEATH.

srsrtai. sssraTca re tii ssevwss. Coshocton. Ohio. August Si.

Jesse Fortune, aged 12. and Jackson Rose, aged 77. pioneers of Coshocton County a yd ne'gh-bors all their Uvea, died to-day. each of heart trouble- to SACRIFICE Of the College Youth Will Be Rewarded By the Fair Gotham Widow Who Convicted Him To Save Her Own Name. Husband Caught the Stu dent in His House And Her Paramour Went To Sing Sing For Her Sake Now She's Alone and Wants Him Freed.

sesiaL ptsrsTes -rn tit wsoCrsss. New Tork. August 25. A woman, said to belong tn one of the most aristocratic famlllea In New Tork. related a remarkable story of a young man's self-sacrifice, and an blackmailing, plot to Attorney Carl Fiseher-Hansen In.

bis office to-day, She visited him for the 'pui-pooe of ob taining a pardon for the young man a col lege student who ghe said, eras serving a term In Sing Sing. having been sent there ss a burglar. This young man haa n'fji love with her. He was visiting her In her apartment when her husband re turned unexpectedly one day. To save the wife's honor the young stu dent posed as a burglar.

Hewas arrested. und the wife was the chlot witness when his arraignment came. On bis plea of guilty he was sent to Sing Sing (or three yeara. Then followed the blackmailing plot. The woman aaya a former servant la the ttowaw knew of the Incident and used it In extort ing AK.mo from her.

Wants Him Pardoned. A month sgo the woman's husband died. Now she is willing to snake any sacrifice to release the youth. The full particulars of the emaalng tale will be unfolded In the executive chamber at Albany when application for the man's pardon comes before Governor HlgaKns. The widow realises that at that time her Identity must become public, yet she Is willing to make the sacrifice In order to release this man.

who has done mora than King; Edward ever conceived, of when be set the stamp" of; rov approval upon a nsi "perjuring hrnvXelf tfke. iv gentlemen" under certain conditions. i Mr. Hansen la now trying to procure the pardon, but he refuses absolutely to give out the name of tho woman. The woman, it was learnede Is a member of an old New York family and her husband was a prominent business-man.

She la a member of one of the leading churches, has been prominently Identified with charitable and church work, and in the summer stays at Narragansett Pier. She haa a comforta ble Income and tiro poses to spend It all. If necessary, to release the man who became convict to shield her. Husband Never Knew. She came to this city to begin th pro cd1ngs and returned to Narragansett after consulting her lawyer and Instruct tn him to get tbe matter under way.

About a month ago. so far as can he learned, the woman's husband died. He never suspected that the man he had sen to State Prison was other than a burglar. He often remarked that It was a lucky thing he returned home In time to catch a burglar, and never aouDtea nis wire fidelity. How the woman came to see that her duty was tn rescue the man who had al ready been a year In prison Is not known She Is aware that when the matter gets Into the Governor's hands her Identity and all the details must necessarily become public, yet she Is determined to go forward at any sacrifice to free the man who had the courage and wit to preserve her fair name.

WITHOUT A STITCH The Tennessee Man Escaped From Johns Hopkins Hospital and Fought the Police. srsciai Disrarcs To tbb ssqcisss. Baltimore. August 33. Absolutely nude.

Malong Susong. years old. of Jonesboro. escaped from one of th wsrds In Johns Hopkins Hospital this morn ing after knocking down two attendants. Susong is being treated for a cancer of the neck and during the past few days he suffered such great agony that acute mania resulted.

It was while suffering an un usually severe attack that Susong escaped. He ran several blocks before he was over hauled by fhe police, and then ensued furious fight between the madman and the blue coats. Susong was not overpowered until exhsusted. snd had to be handcuffed before returned to the hospital. IN THE ACT Burg-lar Was Caught His Pal in Another Store Escaped.

srsciai. tMsrsTca to tbb sxeciass. Marion. August 25. James Kane, of New Tork.

was arrested here last night in the act of burglarising tbe harness store of Ringer Jennings. At the same time an other burglar entered Warner Jr. Edwards's store, but wss frightened away. He had a quantity of silk piled up to take with him. It is believed be and Kane were pals, and that the latter went to Ringer A Jennings's get a suitcase with which to carry away the silk.

This ateroooahe waa arraigned before Mayor Wenler. pleaded not guilty and waa held for the grand Jury under fiono bonds. He went to jail. TKDIXSA. CARRIERS.

Indianapolis. Id August i. The annual convention of the Rural Mail Carriers tonight adopted a isolation than Coagress lre4hse the pay to SS30 annually and alio-' days vacation oa pey The carriers also want the Poslomce Department to compel patrons of their routes to put ststnpe on their letters instead of dropping pennies into the box. I tn OHIO VETERANS OF SPANISH The Spanish War Veterans of the i state irt about to meet at I'lndlay." I i I Commander R. K.

Carlin and Adju- 1 i tant Damon, of the Findlay Camp, are 'if ti arranging' to -welcome their comrades 's most cordially. The principal interest i i 1 I centers in the contest for State Com- i i 1 i. s- 1 mander. Both Senior Vice Commander 'J i Burgess, of Toledor snd Hajor Killer, k4T- Cleveland, hopeo succeed the pres- i ent Chief, lr. KaaUer, of Wapakoneta.

-T, I J- Vaughan Is a candidate if or Se- MfASd.4 XJ- TiJ nior Vlc" Commander, and J. W. Fer- I Tl ZZAttOTJ JJf ling-for State Inspector. The veterans L( CsfKLSAT sf will meet in the Municipal Building-. n- i MECCA Of the Spanish Veferans Findlay Will Be During tbe Last Week August.

Ohioans Want To Elect a Buckeye To the Office of National Commander Miller Wants the Honor. SrSCIal. DISPATes TO tsi xiortxs. Findlay, Ohio. August 13.

For three days beginning August 27 Findlay will be the Mecca of the United Spanish War Veterans of Ohio. The encampment, according to the reports from camps throughout the state, will be well attended. Ten thousand visitors will be her during th three days of the meeting. The orders to be entertained are the Spanish Veterans, the Indies' Auxiliary and the Military Order of the Serpent. The convention hall of the war veterans wlll be In the Municipal Building: that of the Ladles' Auxiliary In the K.

of P. todgerooms and the Military Order of the Serpent In the armory of Com pany A. The campflre will be held In the Marvin Opera House. For the office of Department Commander for the coming term are two candidates, namely. Dr.

C. L. Mueller, of Wapakoneta. the present Incumbent, and Senior Vice Commander Phil E. Burgess, of Toledo.

The Ladles' Auxiliary will play an Important feature In the encampment. Prises have been offered for the best drilled team. There will be a large number of ladies of the order present. Bade E. Freed, ol Toungstown.

Is the State President. 1 The Department of Ohio Is anxious to elect sn Ohio man National Commander since Ohio is the largest department in the Vnlted States. The Ohio veterans bell that they are entitled to the office. The man who Is spoken of for the office, not only In Ohio, but elsewhere, is Major Charles R. Miller, of Cleveland.

Mr. Mil ler Is a cousin of the late President McKin- ley. and took an active Interest In bis political work. During the war with Spain he served ss sn Assistant Adjutant General with the rank of Major. In ltoe he was elected a Presidential Elector.

In lK'1 he moved from Canton to Cleveland, where he Is engaged In the practice of law. WHEELBARROW Used By the Hostess To Bring Her Sick Friend To the Social 1 Gathering. srsciaL DisraTca to tbs bsqciseb. Findlay. Ohio.

August 25- Friends of Mrs. Mscklln. of this city, think shs must hare been mightily Impressed with the wheelbarrow as a meana of conveyance from Its successful use by Mrs. 81, whose husband's experiences with his playful mule Maud are faithfully pictured In each SuKDaT's Esqcimx Mrs. Macklln gave a party at her home on tbe Sonthside to day, and among other ladles Invited was Mrs.

Wells Shoemaker. The latter reported that she was III and could not attend- Mrs. Mscklia. however, got a wheelbarrow, decorated It with flags -and bunting, and, go ing to Mrs. Shoemaker's home, on East Sandusky street, put her Into the vehicle.

Then she triumphantly wheeled her to the Macklln home and delivered her Into the midst ef the assembled guests. JTJltTED OVERBOARD. Savannah. Ga. August 25.

A man whs gave his name as J. Went worth, of Baltl- re. last night Juinpea overboard from the steamship Berkshire, of the Merchants and Miners' Transportation Company, en route here from and drowned. Wentworth had said that he was from GIRL STOLE DIAH02TDS. hui Bssravcw to rats Bsecuwa.

Ft. Wxyn Ind-. August 25. Alice Myers, aged 17, admitted to-day that ah. stole two valuable diamond rings from Mrs.

May Lewis, ef Mt. Carrnel. last Tuesday. the washroom of tbe Pennsylvania Sta- tion. Sba waa arrested.

LIFE MAN Is Paroled By Cummins, That tbe Convict 51 a Attend Hi? Daughters Fnneral. Two Ohio Mayors Urge Herrick To Release a Prisoner and Save His Wife's Reason. BFECtAX ntsrarcB TO TBI (Kqrisss. Des Moines. Iowa, August 21.1-That he may attend the funeral of his two daughters who Vere-drowned In Humbolt.

Julius Metxner, a life prisoner in the fjitate Penitentiary, will lie a free man for a single day through the kind-heartedness of Governor A. B. Cummins. Metxner was sent to th penittnt(ary In October. for murdering the Town Marshal of Humbolt.

He was a well-to-do miller, and aside from Ilng a hard drink er, bore a good reputation. On one spree he threatened to kill his wif. She escaped him. and summoned the Marshal Metxner got a shotgun, hid In the shrubbery, and as the omcer appeared, inn mm uen.j. mob was formed to lynch him, and escaped only by swimming a swollen stream.

He "was subsequently captured and tried. His daughters were highly respected, one being a schoolteacher and the riiltmlr This one day of liberty will undoubtedly l.e the last Metxner will know. This Is the second lime the Governor has; paroled prisoner to attend the funeral of a relative. WIFE'S SEASON Can Be Saved Only By the Vision the Convict Husband. arxnaL Duraics to tbs kscibxs.

of Toledo. Ohio. August 25. Lest she lose her mind In her sufferings for the sight of her husband as she lls on her sick bed In St. Vincent's Hospital, Mrs:" Chauncey Dlller haa begged the aid of Mayor Finch to set a da role for her husband who is serving 10 years in the Ohio Penitentiary for shooting with Intent to kill.

'Mrs. Diller Is the mother of the two babies who were burned to death last week In a- fire caused by a gasoline explosion. Even i during her most Intense sufferings she begs pileonsly for the sight of her husband, and Mayor Finch is looking for Governor' Herrick to plead for clemency for a brief period. The Mayor of Bowling Green Is also aid lng the Toledo official. EVEN BY CRETANS -j The Russian Troops Were Kepulsed After Losing- Forty 4Cen.

Canea, Island of Crete. August 23. Fighting hss taken place in the Retimo district between Russian troops snd revolutionaries. The Russians wers repulsed, near Arsi- popouloe. losing 2" soldiers snd 2f gen darmes.

The revolutionaries arterwara. running abort of ammunition, retired to Retimo. where they Joined another band. Their loss waa six killed. DEEDED ALL To a Pnblie Institntion, Where the Hasband and Wife Will End Their Days, srsciai.

mar aTtra To tbs Vrbana. Ohio, August 23. Tbe most munificent gift ever made to a public Institution In Champaign County was that made tc-c'ay by Mr. and Mrs. John M.

Kites, when they deeded all their real estate. TOO acres, to the Champaign Sanitariufla, and their will bequeathes the personal property to tbe same Institution. The property Is worth STiOOtt. i Mr. Nlles reserved a life estate In hla property- Mr.

Nlles has wo heirs, although Mrs. Nile has several sisters The offer came to the sanitarium unsolicited. with tbe understanding that Mr. and Mrs. Nile may make their home at the san itarium.

WAR TO MEET. DIED In the Home of the Wife Whom He Had Deserted To Fight in the Civil War. Both Had Married in the Interim and Lost Their Mates, So He Called To Win'Her Back, i srsciai, oiararcB to tbs ssocisca. Toledo, Ohio. August 23.

John H. Hoy aged 72. died while alttin. In a chair In th. home of Mrs.

John Mc Kerisle. of this city, last Tuesday night Th Coroner said he riled of spoplrxy. To the officers who investigated the case Mrs. Mckenzie said that Hoy was an ol and very dear relative. She gave tliem th address of his sons.

The sons came and were not satisfied with the return of th Coioner. They said that their father left hi.mt with nearly fl.ono. Mrs. MrKrnsle ralu had left a small amount, alth had nun ner, anu niai eiie ai.o uu to. jn papers.

The boys investigated and found that in eew i Hoy married a girl 13 years old A few mcriths after the marriage, a foolish quarrel set-srat-d them and Hoy enlisted. He neve attempted to straighten out hla domestic troubles until after was discharged Then he found that his wife had been dl voreed. but had born him a child and left for parts unknown. He finally married cgain. rearing a family and living with hi second wife almost .10 years, when she died He thn rmembered his ante-bellum love and sought to find her.

Some 14 yesrs sgo discovered her whereabouts, but also found that she too had remarried. A fe years later he read In the papers that her husband had died. She ega disappeared Nc-t many months ago. however, he located her In 'Toldo and Immediately prssd hi suit. He wss successful and last Tuesda; called on her to complete arrangements for a.i early wedding.

While talking to her he expired. Mrs. McKensi says that Hoy was afraid of death, and the day before had given her what money he had and his pension pspers to atone In a small way for having de serted her. Mrs. McKenxl says sh knows nothing of the referred to by the sons snd she Is still holding the papers.

FREE RIDE For the Man Who Resembled LaFollette Reception Committee Got the Wrong One. arsetaL oreraTes to vbb rsectBSB. Peoria. 111... August 23.

The Hose resem blance be bore a traveling- man caused Governor LaFollette. of Wisconsin, tempo rary embarrassment and a Reception Com mlttee grief to-day. The Wisconsin Governor was scheduled to add rasa the Chautauqua at Canton. When be reached the town he stepped off tbe ress car. At the same time a knight of the grip, bearing a striking resemblance to LaFollette stepped off the forward car.

In an Instant the committee seised the traveling man and before be eould offer ex planations, bundled birn Into a carriage aad whirled him toward the hotel. Later tbe committee discovered the mistake, but the Governor meanwhile had gone to the hotel by himself. UNDER ADVISEMENT Th Court Has Taken Washington c. H. Saloon Keepers' Proposition.

srsoat rwtrarcs tw tbs ssocisis. Washington C. Ohio. August 23. The "wets." having Bled petition la error In the local option- election contest case.

do not desire lo be compelled to close their saloons until all questions relating to the elect low are disposed of. and they ve asked for a suspension of tbe Probate Court's order closing the saloons next Monday. This was argued before-Judge New-by at Hilisboro to-day and he took tbe matter under advisement. BILLEE" Was Hoeing Onions At the Time His rockets Dnlged With But He Denied Mrs. Tag-gart Staked Him.

He Told of Their Rides on the Choo-Choo Cars And How They Roomed in the Akron Hotel. The Captains Wife Will He a Witness To-Day To Relate Her Side of the Story The Old Mammy in a Tangle About the Time of Day. rsr-iai ri.raTa To tbb ssgrists. Wooster. Ohio, August -Th( ld rom.

panlon or scandal, h. "I lam kha r.tr out of his Inlr to-day. II stalked lino al'oiirl. and. with his green gogglts.

dTeJ whiskers, nwktntoshes. jmm lanterns, tin badges un.i lightning changea. ronrili- uted variety l4f ll Taimrl shos Billy Taggsth. th. "Orrvll! and all round "nice ung wtb a reputation-of never having overlooked a list, was being dissected st lh cross rasmlnatlon clinic Dr.

Stirling, of Canijij, sea I pel' In hand, was Just showing a full r'sss of n- rsptured students how th liver nf Impudence rsn b. taken out and mad Into a- smoking Jack.t. when lr. Htnya sentlng Mrs. Tsggsrt, objected pre.

Dr Werts wss pouring anaesthetics into th subject when' Dr Tsylor, the other staff phsl-lan, knocked over ths besn has-' ket. I At this serene Junctur t'ha delect I merit was InrJctd. In ordr to win over Plllr' Tags-art's confidence, had taken him on a patent medicine trip thai made Appl Creek. Millers burg. Jsy's Jt'roaalng and Burkettavllle.

On this trip Hilly tuid shown letters from his own true from whom h. wsa 'getting rem1inca: regularly by check. office orders and eipream. Letters From a Lady. He said, according to Hawkshsw, altak Dow.

that a big divorce case wsa coming up. and he had a bundle of from a' lady, for which th. other sle would, g. thousanil. of dollars, lie nrfirmeil that.

Iv all that's sacred, he nri r-r dltul. his secret ad long as hla "dwr I eirt" sup-ported him' After th dujrce i se wss settled the Would gel together, ban ess up a show and travel out ill on a Moom rmbowered circuit of one tiliht staiid A I this wsa sent In to the Tacart snip fully denied th reports, "lis kslia and all. "I fold you there was not; a word of truth In till this mess of jib erled, pointing his finger at Stirling and! quivering wf'h rag. it Here th Courr reresaed, nd Hilly made haste to say loud enough for manv lo henr gsrt etc thata.be waa Juat waiting foe Ma)or Tag- utter tin rd, re hen he would have dashed nut of tho wi ness stand an-1 been upon him. Then It transpired that- th aHd had had a "liawkehaw" of ilie-lr wti, whost duly It had been to rampi in orrvljl anif watch Major Targart while lie was thr working up his side of (he cas TMa "Hawkshaw" had romr'J all th hump backed bottles In the.

groggert and anl In Ms reports regularly, coin-hd In mystery and colored wlthj coal oil. Th.j two "Hawkshawe." It devslopod. got well acquainted and often hung around th same bar watching each other's! the expens of" the litigants. It was also learned that they had on occasion bought each other eO an 1 rounds of drinks In onJ nlghl trying to "get Into" each other cinndenc They hsd. at th expense of Msja-r Taggart.

been bi to dig up wonderful rprta. which may yt be njea with tf.e criary or War or the Beruiry of AgrWuIt ure. for Judge Eason doesn't want it hem A' Bluff on an Onion One of rhea "llawksrjaws got Hill i Taggart. whose pockets were bi.lslng with etsy money, to go to on oTg, Kldd's onion farm. ss.

b. al. for a bluff. He srfueA with tbe co-respondent that It ruld be better for him to mush apmg hce-ing onions to keep people from getting on to his graxt. ana every artcrnoon in detective rod.

out to him In a buckboerd, watched him work a while, borrowed a bill and got back to Orrvlii In time to spend rt at night. When Court opened to-day things looked squally, the game was up and the, "Hawk- haws" evaporated leaving behind several dosen reports that you could not send John Hoch to the pump on but many good men and astute lawyers -hav been sorambled by a "Hawkshaw." 1 Billy Taggart, with whom Taggart accused of living for, several months. snd almoet openly, was the day's chief attraction. It was the opinion the Tag gart camp that In the cas of Billy It waa sulcsde for Smyser to put him on and death for hla side if they did not place him- on the stand. At any rate, Smyser, who IS nothing If not daring, chose for, him to estlfy.

and Captain Taggart. swung hint round she circle, starting wren passing through all his eos sect ions with Mrs. Taggart and leading safely back bis borne town. Billy said that all the talk about him and Mrs. Taggart having been Intimate was a dream.

He bad taken to one oavaoe. TMa da no was select and after (he hop fbey had eaten a cold lunch together at Major Taggart's father He was. at the Hurd Hodse. la OrrvUie, a portion of tbe time sn. wss there, but the hotel proprietor traded at his brother-la-law's slurs.

aid he stopped if.