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EVERYTHING Roosevelt Can 'Do Xo lirin Abbnt Another Trial Will Be Done. Attorney-General Gets Orders To Hustle Proceedings To Pat Crimp in Oil Trust. eert IT-U1 r.rv T''. MM. r.

a Official Statement Says Standard Is Guilty. kp nrr To Attend the Federal Councils. Judge Grosscup, With Rockefeller' Chief Attorney, Makes a Mysterious Trip To New York. trrr pirTin to TBS sxQimtsB. 0ter Hiiy, N.

July 23. Shortly after Jurlif Tift had been In conference with Pri4-nt Roosevelt1-to-day the President the follpwlng statement: has directed the Attorney-Gnr; Immediately to steps for the tt.r of the Standard Oil case. Tie reversal of the decision of the lower Out nt In any shape or way touch merits of the case, excepting so far as tl 1 1- the fine Is concerned. "TlKre. In absolutely no question of the fu.it ef the 'defendants, or of the exceptionally character of the offense.

"The I're sirtent would regard' It as a gross inln. aniline oi Justice If, through any the defendant escaped the punishment which would have unquestionably btf meted out to any weaker defendant h.vl been guilty of such offense. "He Will Do Everything." -Trie President will do everything In his porr to avert or prevent such miscarriage of )u'lre. "With thl purpose In view the President (tn directed the. Attorney-General to bring Into consultation Frank B.

Kellogg In the matter and do everything possible to bring the effenders to Secretary Lneb said that the President did lint to add an comment to hie formal It.tement. WhenJhe SerrntarV was asked what pow te President believed he had to press tii. Standard Oil case. In view of the deci inn the Court. Mr.

Loeb replied that he fcf Irve ihe aurry constituted "an unfair ueati'in Tr.it ti.e, Department of Justice will seek to have the decision of the Circuit Court of App. In the Standard Oil case, lnvolv. bit iKi.nio fine of Judge Landls, re. tlme.l by the Supreme Court of the United writ of certiorari is strongly in- Iwaied here. Awaiting the Full Text Hilintur-Ceneral Hoyt.

who Is acting head in asked to-day If trv had been. determined upon, said U.1 not. and that the department would Uv 'await the full text of the decision At vet. he said, he knew only what the p.iir contained, and what he had been by District Attorney Sims In br.tf dienatrhes. He said, however, mat ari.i.

w.ik true that the Government had to the Supreme Court as a matte ef runt, yet It wa possible to ask the Su tr-Te I'curt. In view of the Importance of tke to review the case or. ertj. ordinary criminal case," said Kwt ti.o Supreme Court refuses to for certiorari, but In two we have asked that writs of be granted anJ the court nas .1 this case be reviewed by the 8u-I under such circumstances, the would resch not alone to future act as a guide In them, but It I'Ply to this case." tw- v. fr GROSSCUP LEPARTS Tor Xw York With Chief Counsel For Standard Oil Company.

i to tsb tn, July 13. Judge Peter S. of the United 8tates Circuit Appeals, started for Nw York on the Twentieth Century Llm- o.mpany with John 8. Miller, chief f.T the Oil Trust In the great rebate Y. rk Is the headquarters of the Ml 'ompany.

and the mysterious i epted here as corroboration of that Judge Grosscup Intends to the bench within the next r.ler Into private practice. So far learned he told nobody where '111. f.iry enme out through the lnad- Jiiflne Grosscup' mes'enger In nuildlng. an old negro known about the postoflloe as l.e. He was on guard to-day In Judge's deserted chambers on r.

know the Judre Is, ne it him aboard the Twentieth Cen yesterday afternoon. He his golf clubs and had me to the staUon. There-was r.ii-,ber of officials In the party V.i.-r and a whole lot of them." i the Judge eay ha was going N. Ye.rkr' "N- 1 not tell me. All he said was he would be back' In about 10 i I could take it easy.

I think Mr. j. lo Europe." They Looked "LawyerUh." i know the other members of the it he thought former Judge Jonn n-n wn. r.m of them. He could 2ihe mire whether the others were law-T er rot hut "ik.

looked kind Of laW- irr- nther than "Colonel -TnrrjzD oa srco page. DECKS UNDER WATER Will, th Xing George Battles With Mighty Tempest. enclsc. July 23. After three day.

with a tempest and ex-Perlenclng a fir. In her bunkers that looked tor a time aa though It would drive her crew to the the British tramp steam-r King George, coal laden, from Baltimore, made this port to-day. In the Straits of Magellan the ship struck a sale that blew for three days, forcing her to lie wrth decks under water and the man on tha bridge lashed to hie post. Lee that Judge Grosscup and Mr. ilcr on the Twen- r'h Cnt.irv Limited and that Judge un fur N.W York.

supposed that Judge Grosscup and Xilr hn arranged their plesaure trip ril Ayrm K-f. Aaclsloa WSS reH- htrh set aside the an LanHi. the Standard Oil jl Mr. Miller announced tday or "'rty of Ust week the he Intended to his vacation Wedseedsy aftemcoe, th w.j made his ar- advanca. for euht his golf sticks to the Court with na left them In chamber, while i he ''M down the denunciation ot Jude nf Judge e.

ui tne "Xard OU Company overshadowed all SWELLING GHAUT Threatens To Burst the Steel Hull of the Wrecked Steamer. Santa Barbara. July thousand tOnS Ot hlrlaw In K- K.1.1 I steamer Anubls, ashore on San Miguel Island. Is conspiring- with the rocks to de- lu" snip. The vessel Ilea teeter-tog on a large, sharp ledge, with bow and etern in deep water, and her uaderhull amidships punctured.

The barley, tightly packed In the lower hold. Is swelling, and the steel hull Is groaning under tha bursting pressure of the enlarging grain. PASTOR'S FEUD Cauaee Sunday School Girls' Strike In St. Louis. ractu.

DiaraTca to ns cxQciasa. fit. Loula, July 23. Following a feud oetween Rev. Ralph Edward Alexander, pastor, and Charles K.

Bperry. and perry-, resignation as the Second' Christian Church's Sunday-School Superintendent. 21 girl members of Class 10, which Sperry's wife taught, struck because Alexander dia banded the class. To-night half the strikers are reported to have surrendered. The strikers belonged to the Pletus Club, to whlconly members of Class 10 could belong.

It is alleged Alexander warred on cliquea BELGIAN GIANT nng Himself on Bedpost With Necktie. VBntAL DI.rATCH TO YBX EXQUIaEB. Galeshurg, 111.. July 23. Nicholas Morbler, a Belgian giant, and ravins: maniac, com mitted suicide In Jail here this morning by nanging himself on the cot post with his He was discovered barefooted and hatless early this mornlna- in Watara.

north of suffering from scalp wound; supposed to" be from a fall from a train on which, he was riding from Peterson, N. to San Francisco. MARRIED To Count Santa Eulalia Is tbe Widow of John i). Stetson, the Millionaire Hat Phlladelphla, July 23. Mrs.

Sdrah EUsa- beth widow of the late millionaire hat manufacturer. John B. Stetson, was married to-day to Count Santa Eulalia, of Portugal, by Mnnslgnor Turner. Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The ceremony, which was performed at the bride's beautiful estate near this -olty, was a quiet affair.

The bridal pair left for New Tork, where they will remain until Saturday, when they will sail for Europe. ORLEANS KIN Were Greatly Surprised To Hear of the Marriage of Mrs. Stetson. rSriAt DISPATCH TO THE IXCIB. Orleans, July 23.

Countess Eulalia, who waa formerly. Mrs. J. B. Stetson, was born and reared here.

Her maiden name was Sarah Elizabeth Shtndler. She received her Education in the public schools here. and afterward a teacher here and at Paoll, Ind. As Miss Shlndler rho was to music, and It was while pursuing her studies along that line in Philadelphia that she met Mr. J.

B. Stetson In the home of her aunt. Mrs. Edwin Hurkness. Mr.

Stetson's first, wife was a sister to Mr. Hark-ncss. After her marriage to Mr. Stetson, and her rise from a person of moderate circumstances to one of wealth, she many times remembered charitable movements In Orleans. She was an enthusiastic member of the Baptist Church here and contribufed liberally to it.

She established a library In the Sunday school The Countess has many relatives, who were rreatly surprised to learn of her re cent marriage. TRAGEDY Results From Fipht on Bailey in Texas Legislative Case i late Wounded His Opponent. rsriAt r.irATTH to ths xxoriBEB. Is Dallap, Texas. July 23.

A political tragedy growing out of the tight on I'nlted States Senator Bailey last winter was enacted at Comanche, Texas, to-day. E. C. Gaines. running for re-election to the Legislature, met his opponent.

J. W. Reese, and shot him dom-n on the street, inflicting mortal wounds. Roth men were candidates for the Demo cratic nomination for the Legislature next Saturday's primaries and political dif ferences led to the shooting. Gaines is the present member of the Leg islature from Comanche County, and during the last session attracted attention by his bitter opposition to Senator Bailey.

Reese was a firm supporter of Bailey, and for several weeks pust he and Gaines have had ugly campaigning incidents. ORATORY And Music of a High Order Is on the Program of the Miami VaUey Chautauqua. sracuL DiiriTrs to tss nortssa. Franklin, Ohio, July 23. The first week Of the Miami Valley Chautauqua has drawn enthusiastic audiences.

Already such noted speakers as i. P. Dolliver, United States Senator from Iowa, and Rev. W. A.

Sun day, the evangelist, have been heard. 1 terday Caleb Powers told the story of his flight. Dr. Madison Peters will speak to morrow on "Justice to the Jews" and Bishop J. c.

Hart sell will be heard Saturday. The musical program during the week was Harold James, the Detroit tenor, and Weil's band'. Nicola, the magician and handcuff king will give two entertainments to-morrow and Saturday. WAS HELPING THE BOYS. srscML rararcs re tbs saoraua Paducah, Ky July 23.

While arranging a springboard for the boys to dive from Joe Krtislnger, aged 40 years, watchman on tbe wharf boat, fell into the river to-night and was drowned. His body has not been recovered. "0. From the President Obtained By Taft on Cincinnati Speech After; Long Conference at Sagamore Hill Important Changes Said To Been Made. Leaves New York This After noon Direct For This City Notification Pro- gram.

Oyster Bay, N. July xa-Wllllam H. Taft. the Republican Presidential homines. was the guest of President.

Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill tor several hours to-day, ar riving at 8 o'clock this afternoon. During Mr. Taffs visit the speech' of ac ceptance, which he will del I ever at Cincinnati next Tuesday, was discussed with the President and Secretary of State Root, was also a guest at the President's summer home. Judge Taft took luncheon and dinner with the President and Secretary Root and at 0 o'clock to-night left Oyster Bay in an automobile for New Tork City, where he will go to the Manhattan Hotel for the night No statement on the conference was given out here. READY FOB.

THE PRINTER, Is the Speech of Taft, To Be Delivered Here Next Week. pscul sisparca to ths Bxqcnuts. New Tork, July 23. William H. Tart's speech accepting the Republican nomination for President is ready.

Mr. Taft went to Hflmmnnt mil frr- thji ytwmk numnH rf Cincinnati next week. Mr. Taft arrived in Jersey City from Hot Springs. at 12:30 to-day over the Baltimore and Ohio.

Railroad. He proceeded to Manhattan by the Tewtnty-thlrd street ferry, where a big touring car was waiting to take him to the itmmer capital at Oyster Bay. The trip from Hot Springs was dull. While the train stopped to change locomotives at West Philadelphia a number of railroad meq crowded about the car in the hope of getting glimpse of the candidate. Unable to see him, one of the men.

exclaimed "Well, if It was Teddy, he would have been out here to say 'Delighted this." Shook Hands With All. When this remark waa repeated to Mr. tlon by the committee appointed by the I until late. Mr. Taft then returned to New York, going to.

the Manhattan Hotel. He will breakfast with his brother, Henry W. Taft, at the Hotel to-morrow morn ing. Will Meet Sheldon. Conferences with Herbert Parsons, head I of the Republican organisation In this I the Republican ticket In New York State were discussed.

Among other things considered by Mr. Taft to-day was the final program of the notification ceremonies. Arrangements have been made by Mr. Taft's neighbors In Cincinnati to make it a gala day. They will begin with a salute of 100 guns at sunrise, and will continue the demonstration with music and fireworks until Charles P.

Taft will raise a big flat at 6 o'clock, and at 10 members of the Notifica tion Committee are to meet the nomine at the home of his brother. At noon the notification wlU take place. followed by a parade, daylight fireworks. the releasing of thousands of toy balloons and a big fireworks display in the evening. This program la the work of Charles P.

Taft. who labored earnestly to assure the nomination of the former Secretary of War. SHERMAN'S COHDITION Said To Be Such That He Kay Harel To Retire From Ticket. arsciAi. nt.riTca to ths msatmtsa.

New York. July 23. A Washington dis patch to the New York American says: Recently rumors have been current In Washington that another running mate national campaign la to fee measgwd ehleSjr, will be Opened by Chairman Frank; H. Bltchcook on August This decision was reached to-day as Che Tart manager and his party ware ea route Kast Croat the recent conference of West-J ern leaders at Colorado Springs. At Omaha a delegation of prominent business men and professional men were presented to Mr.

Hitchcock at the station. At several osber Nebraska points teadbaa Republicans of the state were at the train, the meetings having-- been arranged' by telegraph toy Victor Boeewater- the -Nebraska member ot the National Committee. r-. SPZAZHTO TMP IV, Tor Sherman In Hobreaka BurinpOo- tober rtxed By Hitchcock Lincoln. July 28.

Whilo'stoonrnsr in Lincoln for half an hour this afternoon en his way East from Colorado Springs. Chairman Frank H. Hitchcock stated that he had planned a apeaklng trip through Nebraska lor James 8. Sherman in He also expects to send Senators Beveridge and Dos over, ana otner nepuDUcans or national fame, to Nebraska, expecting a bitter fight for the state. William H.

Taft will not come to' under the present plana according to Mr. Hitchcock. His campaign will be conducted from lua porch at Cincin nati, similar -to the first campaign at Wil liam MCKUnley. 02T TITR fTTTATTryflTrRTTTp Of OocigTeeTslnnsl Committee) Cannon Conferred With Sherman, It Za Said. TJtiea, N.

T-, July 3s-apeaker Cannon, accompanied toy Representatives Xjoodea- slager. of Now Jersey, and Taney, of Minnesota, spent about an hoar with Repre sentative James 8. flnermaa this afternoon. It was stated that tha mannBO. waa la relation to theVfCas4rmanehrp of the Con gressional committee, but that no deatsioa had been reached, Mr.

Sherman will re main here durlnsr the remainder of this month. He Is recover me slowly from his Illness, but Is not yet ready to take up ao tive work. DEATH Stalked Through Camp Of Pennsylvania National Guard Under Gnise of Storm. i Six Troopers Killed and Two Score Injured By Lightning and Wreck of Tents. obtaining the President to the Gettysburg.

July the result speech. It was read and re-read during the of a terrific electrical storm which passed afternoon and evening, and not until late over the Pennsylvania National Guard en-to-night was it finally pronounced reads'. It will be placed in the hands If the print- lt reported that era to-morrow, and will be ready for conn- at least six troopers were Wiled and two fdenttal distribution several days before its I score Injured, some of them seriously, by delivery at the notification ceremonies In bv UrhtninsL The Jcnown dead are: Private Morrison. Tenth Regiment. 1 Private Bar be.

Eighteenth Regiment. Milton Garver, Company Tenth Regl ment. i The tatter's body was. completely severed In twain." The following members of tbe Tenth Regi ment are seriously Injured; Adams, Baker, Long, Boyd HeUmaa. Cltne FleesOn." 1 The Colonel of the Tenth Regtmeni has before I turned his quarters Into a hospital.

The tent occupied by Governor Stuart was blown down, as were a number of others. Several friends were sitting with Governor Taft he opened a window and shook hands I Stuart when his tent collapsed, but the with all whom came. The speech as prepared by Mr. Taft was In the custody of Mr. Carpenter, Mr.

Taft's secretary. Mr. Carpenter guarded the two party managed to hold the canvass and all escaped iniury. The camp is flooded, and telegraphic aerv- coples carefully. He slept with them underlie is practically at-a standstill.

nis pinow on ine train anu aai on uwm Is Impenetrable, and men are most of the time during the day. I Mr. Taft will leave New York on running about, through rivers of Lake Shore limited train at 5:30 o'clock water seeking the Injured. to-morrow afternoon for Cincinnati, where I Every tent of Battery was blown down, ne is to do notinea lormaiiy oi nis noma- h. n.

nn. was hurt. Ths national convention on Tuesday next. He regimenuu sua me eini would not admit, to-day that his formal ment was struck by lightning- and 43 men letter of acceptance, which will follow the Company were badly injured. The field speecn, wouia oe suomutea to tne rrau-1 hospital Is full and men are lying about the dent also.

I camn awaltlnr aid That Important changes were made in the I The Young Men's Christian Association document was conceded since he did not I tent, which was filled with men and women complete his conference at Sagamore Hill I who had taken refuge from the storm, was rased to the ground, but so far as known no one was seriously Injured. SUSPENDED county, and other Republican leaders will For Hazing Were Eight From conference will probably be that with Geo. I the Iff Val Academy at R. Sheldon, Treasurer of the national com-mlttp to whom has been Intrusted the tnflr nt mlnlnr the rtmniln fund. I Mr.

Parsons accompanied the Republican nominee to New York from Hot Borings. West Point nd talked earnestly with him much of tne I West Point, N. July 23. Eight cadet. time on the ferryboat.

It -is understood I the United States Military Academy here tnat possioie candidates ior governor on were to-day sent home for haslng members of the fourth class. Tbey were William T. Russell, appointed at large, and Harry G. Weaver, of Illinois, members of the first class, and Myron Q. Jones, New York George W.

Chase, New York: William M. Prude, Alabama; Isaac Spauldlng, Oklaho ma; William Nolle. Virginia, and James A. Gillespie, Pennsylvania, members ot the third class. The cadets who have been suspended for what has become to be regarded in official eyes as the major offense in the academy list will have their cases passed upon by the Secretary of War and have been or dered to await the Secretary's action ai their homes.

Precedent In such cases sets the penalty as dismissal from the academy following proof of the basing charge. Just what the Incident was which caused the suspension cannot be learned here. The academy authorities decline to talk upon the matter. YEARS OVER DYE VATS Lose St. Louis Worker's Season To Leare Ita Throne.

nau botatcbto ns ssocntaa, St. Loula, July 23 Around the may have to be chosen for Judge Tsft as I sever Iron cot of Richard Pape. at the the Republican nomine for President, be- Hojtn, there is a riot of colore. The cause of the continued Illness of James 8. 1 7 Sherman, who was named for second place I monounieo.

nosptiai wain are a aaiexie- on fthe ticket at Chicago. I scope, tne ceiling a rainrjow. ana every oo- is known that Mr. Sherman Is far from Jeet within rang of his disordered vision oeing a well man. and that as soon as hs I viirM k.t.

Is strong enough he is to undergo an opera tion at Johns Hopkins Hospital In Balti more: ana he may be forced, on that account, to give up his place on the ticket. It Is said that in that event New York might insist upon the choice of another man from the Empire State, while at the Sherman will not receive the consent of party associates to withdraw, unless there Is extreme necessity that he do so. in short, unless his health becomes such that to re- Pape' mind is affected, and he Is In tbe hospital for observation. He is a dyer, and a quarter of a century ever the dye vats is said to be the cause of bis halluclnaUona. Tbe chemicals In the dyes slowly poisoned same time the West and Middle West would I Pape, and finally brought oa aa affliction claim recognition.

I of tbe mind. -Thus far nothing Is known publicly of any detailed consideration by political leaders of the steps that would be necessary In such a contingency. "In the event of Mr. Sherman's declining the nomination the National Committee would fill the vacancy. The difficulty of thia task is such that it can be said Mr.

CARNEGIE MEDAL All Hero Wanted When. Say of wersity Came. Trenton, N. X. July 23.

Mark Casta, the fisherman who three years ago won fame by his snagnlacent work in rescuing- the matn on the ticket would seriously eodan-1 crew and passengers of the stranded steam- hta Hf I i j-m NATIONAL HEALaUAHTmS ui Jtepublicans in Chicago To Be Pend By Hitchcock August 15. "1tv- "eb, July 38 The headquarters la Chicago, from which city the Republican er Cherokee, at Atlantic city, went into bankruptcy to-day wita $6,883 assets and ST.tM labilities. Under the law allowing exemption of 1200 he retained his Carnegie medal, turning over everything else to the receiver. The property turned over includes splendid gold medal given him by the Clover Clu'o, of Philad-hia, rscux maraTCS to sxqtnaca. I OHIO STAT I LIBRARY, 1908 I COLUMBUS.

OH.O.j- 12 PAGES TO-DAY THE HOWERS FRIDAY; COOLER SATURDAY. VOL. LXV. NO. 206.

FRIDAY JULY PRICE FIVE CENTS. f- C3LNC EMOTIKES. j-. I weather fiiimm 'PREPARING, SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE. i Besides the President Secretary Boot ha teen called in conference to look over the speech of acceptance) which Taft will deliver in All three men have foregone their summer vacation to (ivs their beet thought to the utterances which will outline the Republican attitude in the coming' national political atrug-grla.

Tha nominee welcomes the suggestions of his eminent collaborators. Photo of Secretary Taft, From Stereograph. Copyright, 1907. by Underwood at Underwood. New Tork.

DYING FATHER la the Penitentiary Waa yisited-By Young Xingafelter. racial. DnrATca to ths sxotrtasm. Columbua Ohio. July 23.

Robert Lln-gafelter, serving an indeterminate sentence in the Mansfield Reformatory from Newark! waa granted the rare privilege by Governor Harris of visiting his dying father today at the penitentiary- Father and son were "both convicted of wrecking building and- loan associations. Young Ltngafelter was accompanied by bis mother and a guard. tr Charles Hamilton, of this city, pro- tdonifca the prisoner's Illness to be paralysis hof the bewels and cancer. Efforts are be ing made to secure his release before death. and the State Board of Pardons will take up bis case next week.

SUMMONED HOME To His Sick Wife Waa Zande Just Be fore Sun Killed Him. Canton. Ohio, July 23. An hour before his own death from sunstroke at Mecosta, MtfchV yesterday, where he had gone for an outing, Charles Zande. of Canton, was sum moned home to his wife, who is critically 111.

She is too sick to be told of her bus- band's death. it ROOTED" So Loud at the Eall Game That He Got Hemorrhage of the Throat and Expired. tnCUl DISPATCH TO TBS BKQUTBSB. Petersburg, Ind, July 23. Henry Drof, an employe of the Pike County Democrat, veteran Journalist, at a baseball game between nines representing Petersburg and Haaleton.

"rooted" so continuously that he was seised with hemorrhage of the throat and died in five mlnutea His death makes the fifth tragic end of men In newspaper circles here within the last year. Willie an employe of the Dem ocrat office, while at ex port, was struck by an Interurban car and killed. R. Lewis, formerly of the Pike Coun ty Republican, launched the Kersey. Enterprise, at Kersey, and was shot dead at Greeley, by Fred Summers, who had a grievance because of a publication In the Enterprise.

Alva Greene, formerly editor of the Of. well Star, and later employed by the Republican, this city, was killed by a pas senger train at Princeton, and W. R. Knight, former editor of the Pike County Democrat, was found dead in his bed at Washington. PURSUED By Aged Admirer, Young Woman Says She'll Kill Him if He Continues To Annoy Her.

srsctax PUPATca to ran asyuiaas. Memphis, Teruw July 23w Pursued by Claude Ererlngton. an ardent admirer of 75 years, eighteen-year-old Alice Evans has been compelled to call upon the police to assist her in resisting his wooing. Miss Evans told officials at Central Station that Everington Is carrying a- pistol and has-made threats to kill her if she does not eonsenrsto marry him. All to-day de tectives hunted unsuccessfully for the aged and ardent Romeo.

Miss Evans has also armed herself end declares that If Everington continues to force his attentions -on her she will kill him. SLIDE IS FATAL. smeux, MsrsTca to tss secnuts. Newark. Ohio, July 23.

Leo West, Crooksville. Ohio; unmarried and aged 38. was fatally Injured at Buckeye Lake Park to-night by falling from a toboggan and fracturing his skull. "v7A2 C3 FTIL. aracui.

DnvATca to rn smciaia. Chicago. July 23. Following the policy of President Roosevelt the Federal Grand Jury here to-day returned 23 indictments In the cruaa.de against the white slave traffic CONVICTED Alter Long Legal Fight Of Arn, Is George Gamble, Re girded By Officials as the Ring sf Fire tings. incui BikraTca to tws sseantsan.

Bellefontalne, Ohio, July 23. George Gamble was 'convicted here to-night burning his mill at Zanesfield on October 7, 1906. He will be sentenced In the morning. to R. of Tbe officials of Logan i County, together with the State Fire Marshal's office, have worked untiringly In the case.

The fire occurred following the delivery Gamble of five Insurance policies for $3,900 and In less than three weeks after he had bought the mill from 8pecht Broa, of Tiffin. The Insurance companies failed to settle that Gamble had 14 other fires before coming to Logan County. In dwellings, hotels. mills and photograph galleries. These discoveries led to bis Indictment on the charge of arson.

He was released on bond of S900, and then he brought suit against the five Insurance companies holding pohcles on the mill to collect the About a year ago he forfeited his bond and ran away, and his suits against the Insurance companies were dismissed for want of prosecution. He was located In Los An geles. about two months ago through the Chicago Pension Agency, through which he had been drawing a pension. He was a soldier In the Civil War. joining the army at tbe age of 15.

Sheriff E. P. Humphreys and Prosecutlna; Attorney went to Los Angeles snd brought Gamble back about three weeks ago. The officials of tbe Fire Marshal's depart ment say that the record of Gamble vies with that of eGorge Letcher, who was con victed In Williams County. Gamble's specialty has been mills and photograph gal leries, and Letcher's was elevator At present his wife Is a resident of Den ver, and one son Is holding a CrVll Service position In Was hint-too, D.

Of KINSHIP a Labyrinth utn Nature la the Result From the Marriage -in Kalamazoo. Kalamasoo, July 23. Benjamin Pearc yesterday married Miss Myrtle Rob- tha by tjecame of his sister and uncle and grandfather of his wife's son's Mrs. Pearce, by her first husband, was tbe mother of David Force. The latter led to the altar Gladys Pearce.

sister of Benjamin Pearce. have a baby. As the husband of his sister's mother-in- law Benjamin Pearc becomes his sister's father-in-law. As the plain brother of his sister he natur ally Is ber child's uncle. And ss ths spouse of his sister's child's grandmother be is tbe Infant's grandfather.

STRICKEN With Heart Disease Was the Rabbi While Hearing Church Divorce Case in Chicago. Chicago, July 23 Death suddenly Inter rupted a church divorce trial yesterday at the home of Rabbi Lasarus Anlzter. Three rabbis sitting as Judges In the were deliberating on the evidence when Rabbi 'J. B. Hamburger, of the Tipheret ZIon congregation, was stricken with heart disease.

He died In a few minute. The divorce case was that of Lewis Flax-man and bis wife Rabbi Anlzter announced that tha trial of the case would be indefinitely postponed. Rabbi Hamburger was 48 years old. He came to Chicago from Russia five years ago and he worked among tbe Jews of the Northwest Side, aavON THE VERY SPOT Where It Had Killed His Blsters-in- Law Engine Buns Down Hun gees sr. srcciai DisraTca to tvs saeimwa.

Bucyrus, Ohio, July 23 A peculiar coincidence attended the run nine down of George Nungesser by aa Ohio Central train yesterday. Nungesser was walking on the track and wss knocked from the rails by an engine driven by Mike Wlnklefooe. Several years ago the same engine, at the same place, ran over and killed two Kehrer sisters, who were elsters-tn-law ot WOMAN Gets One Dollar From other's Com fortable Estate. DursTcs To tss ssotisam. Boston.

July 23. The will of tbs late Mrs. Charlotte Waldner, of Pittsfleld, Masa. filed to-day In the Probate Court In Berkshire County, cuts off her daughter, Mary Koehler, of Dayton. Ohio, by a one-dollar bequest, the balance of ber estate, said to be of considerable else, going to a man who waa kind to ber," Gottlieb L.

Munsenger, of Pittsfleld. MISSING SUIT CASE Recovered, But the Stocks and Bonds Were Merely Samples. ENTICED To Scene of Crime JBy an Irresistible Power, Eberhard Is CaoghL Confession Wrung From Him By Prosecutor. (Prisoner Says He Killed His Helpless Aunt And Wounded Fiancee, Then Robbed Them. New York Beauty Had Won the Youth's Affection.

i Brooklyn Policeman in a Cell. Accused oi the Murder of a Young Woman in Part. Chicago. 111.. July 23 John T.

Burford. I dor be bad tried to defend his aunt from an of Chattanooga. whose suit case. I attack by a party of Italians. He aaM a said to have contained $10100 in stacks end I mad hie oousln run on ahead and tnen re-bonds, -was stolen recently, reported Its re-1 toraed to help bis sunt, but the murderer eovery to-day.

I overpowered htm. after shooting him la th Its contents were Intact. Mr. Burford de-Ilex- la red that the stocks and bonds In ths case I Then, be said, be lost consciousness, and were merely samples and of no value. NEEDED REST After a Season of Arduous Labor la Being Taken at Eaton By the Governor.

srsctu but area to tss asQenuts. Columbus, Ohio, July 23. Governor Har ris, upon ths advice of bis physician, left to-day for his horn at Eaton, where be will take rest for severs! days. Secretary Samuel J. Fllcklner claims that tne Chief Executive Is not alarmingly 111.

but that bis work for the past few'moaths has been so arduous that It has had such an effect upon his system as to compel short vacation. For some months Governor Harris has been complaining at times, but his ailment only lasted for a few days. Before hie departure the Governor decided SLEUTHS 1 From Her Husband Pester Mrs. Tag gart, She Claims, and She Flees From the Town. by ber husband.

Their marital troubles and ber sensational KTT.T.T.TJ ESOTHESeDT-LAW. statcs re rss asuuias. Versailles, July 23. At Faywood. near the boundary between this county and Scott, this ssomlng.

George Peek, aged and killed his brother-in-law. James I sent. New York, July 23 Draws back to tbe scene of his crime by a force he could not August Eberhard, self-confessed murderer of his aunt. Mrs. Ottilia Eberhard, a Viennese, widow, whom lured to a lonely spot la New Jersey a few days aco and shot to death, was captured near Paterae a.

N- to-day and Is now a prisoner In the Hackensack Jail. What sat rested the authorities most la tbe confession of Eberhard was the reason he gave for committing the crime. Eberhard confessed to-day. Hs said that he was la love with, a nandsosne New York girl and that be needed money to marry ber. so, knowing that his aunt had tXSOO he plotted to kill ber sad steal the money.

Eberhard says be also intended to kill his pretty oousln, OtUU Eberhard. to whom hs was sngrg-d. so that nothing would tU In. the way of his marriage to the New Tork girt. The polio have tn name ot the air! mentlimnl by Eberbasd and she will brought to Hackensack to tell what an knows of the murderer.

j. Hoi low-eyed, cheeks drawn and with the look of a bunted animal oa bis fac. Eberhard waa found lying on th laws of a residence Just outside of Peterson. There eras, aa agty looking wound In his right lac Which tbe murderer first said had oeeo Indicted by Italians who attacked him, bat which he afterward rootessed was mflsnted by himself so ss to ma, th polios betters be had been wounded oa the sight bis aunt was killed. His Kind TJnbalancad, Brooding over bis crime had apparently unbalanced the mind of Eberhard, but he bowed some of the cunning that be displayed In the murder plot when the police questioned him.

Eberhard did not Immediately confess to th police. When he was placed under arrest he express ml surprise that be should be suspected of tbe deed, snd totd a most In genious story to account for his dlseppear-eace after the shooting of his aunt. Hs declared that oa the night of th mur- remembered be came to hi senses In th Preaknese Mountalna Ha gave a graphic description of alleged wanderings through th mountalna Tbs Inquisitors did not believe this story. and they kept Eberhard on th grill until he weakened and madsva confession. Tbe murderer seemed to feel relieved when be had flnlshed hie reinarkabl aarreav of tbe murder.

He asked th Prosecutor for a da ax. and when It was given htm be smoked It as though be had no other care tn the world. Aa Important point la tbe confession waa the statement by Ebernara tnat naa aa accomplice the murder plot. Accomplice) Has Fled. Eberhard said, however, that his ac complice bad no hand la th killing of Mrs.

Eberhard. This man. wno was on at Eberhard' friends, has Bed to th West snd th police are looking for him. have his name. Eberhard told tbe polio that be bad planned' th murder two months ago.

He wrote many letters to hie aunt tn his efforts to Indue her to sell her horn In Germany ead coat to tale country to live, rte even promised that he would marry her daughter. Ottilia, and make a comfortable bom for her her. Then Eberhard recounted th arrival ot that he would not return to hie ofno unto I his aunt and his cousin. Ottlllte, of his Bnd- after Notification Day, next Tuesday. He I tn will leave Eaton for Cincinnati next Tues day morning to be present at the In a hotel la West ity-thlrd street, of ths trip to New Jersey and the fatal walk up the railroad tracks.

A bllndm storm earn up when tbey war -walking sp th Susquehanna tracks and this aided the murderer in his purpose. As the two unsuspecting women were plodding aiong froat ef htm be drew hie revolver, took careful aim and fired. Mrs. Eberhard fell ax the first shot, but to make sure of hr death tn assassin fired another bullet Into her body ss It lay oa the tracks. Then want tn pursuit of his qui Ml tried to kin her.

Th poor girl believed was trying to protect her. and even up to yesterday she had insisted that ah did not bailee ner I Mnnt 1 tnr tile 111 I I Ill Bnr tne theory Ban Bernardino. CaL. July 2SMra Grace I mta shot by the mur- Taggsrt. former wife of tbe unitea states Army officer.

Captain Taggart, fled from this city last night because she was being pursued by detectives said to be employed Led glenths Tit tha Cache. When Zfcerha.d waa searched not a penny was oaad tat his pockets. Eberhard said he had burled th money he stole from he hi story on the witness stand during her suit I buu There was SZOuO tn the bundle, which up for divorce la Wooster. brought both Into national prominence. Mrs.

Taggart has been living here under the 'Bam of Mrs. Harriet Sergeant. Tag- gart at said to bars been seeking her fes aa effort to obtain the custody of their two sons. Recently be offered L00O reward for information of her whereabouts. that hie aunt.

lad detectives to a tree near Little Falls, ead there dug- a bundle of is tha amount that was stolen. Eberhard bad also boried his own pocket book containing (2d, ee as to bear out has story that bo had bee attacked by Italian Eberhard said that he and his aooompllo pad frees the scene of the ertm ea a. weet -bound trala. He dec lares that pssssit throng b. Albany, Troy and Buffalo late and ea to Detroit aad Chicago without betas; recognised by the police.

Wha be reached Chicago. Eberhard says, aa irresistible power compelled him to return to tbe scene ef tbe crime, aad Uteri ha planned wound himself and surrender the polios in tbs belief that be could eea- vtnc them that. he had not murdered Bis Newton. 23. The killing was th result I When Ottfllie Eberhard was told ef a family quarrel.

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