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I 1 NUMBEK 8016. PHILADELPHIA. TUESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 7. PAGES.

ONE CENT. in jCojfc ts the Symbol of a Universal jffft'rmatue Jfirst urate St is 9nwersatty jfffirmect Uhat T)he Uimes is a 3irst ffiate 9ctuspapor OPPOSING THEORIES wb THE SONS OF TOIL HAVE THEIR ANNUAL HOLIDAY IN THE DORMAN CASE Trade Organizations of Philadelphia Appropriately Many Circumstances Point to Self-Destruction, While But Few Support the Murder Theory. Celebrate Labor Day and Listen to Ex-Governor Altgeld. IF SCENE DURING MR. ALTGELD'S SPEECH AT WASHINGTON PARK laiiiiiaieiiiiiiiiiiiBiiiiiiiiiiiNiiiiEiniiiiiiiBiiiiitigiiaiBiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliaiiiiiiiiiiiini FORMER BANK CLERK COMMITS SUICIDE the day and the capacious lunch basket was a feature in every direction.

Everybody everywhere seemed bent on a day's rational enjoyment free from the cares of their respective vocations and everything was as merry as the proverbial marriage bell. Old folks sat beneath the shadows of the interlapping trees and while they enjoyed the light breezes that rippled the waters of the Delaware they talked of the holiday times of other days and compared them with those of the present. Children disported themselves on the merry-go-rounds and the swings, and had an all-round good time generally, while the young men paraded their best girls up and down the serpentine avenues of the grove. Politicians to the Fore. Groups of labor agitators and budding politicians could be heard in many of the nooks of the grove discussing the great Issues of the day as they leisurely sipped their beers.

These disposed of softie of the most momentous and complicated questions with a celerity that was positively astonishing and would do credit to any parliament In the sisterhood of nations. In less than fifteen minutes they effected the Independence of Cuba, while in fifteen minutes more they had a magnificent dry dock constructed at League Island, had driven the unspeakable Turk "bag and baggage" out of Europe, had Hawaii under the sheltering folds of the Stars and Stripes and had set the seal of their approval on the treaty just ratified between the great empire of all the Russlas and the great republic of France. This disposition of great and far-reaching affairs was part of their enjoyment of the day, and as It pleased them and nobody was hurt, why, there was no reason whatever why any-body should grumble about It, which probably nobody did. During the celebration of the day every trade and Industry In the city was represented. The United Labor League, under whose auspices the demonstration was held, has affiliated with it thirty-five Independent trade organizations, and hundreds of the members of each were present.

Those trades unions are the Amalgamated Lace Curtain Operators of America, the Itrewers' Union, Atlantic Const Seamen's Union, Rrotherhooil of Painters and Decorators, Ctgarmakers Union, Amalgamated Society of Engineers and Machinists, Nos. 533 and 534; Elaatio Goring Weavers' Association, Hat Mnkera' Protective Association, Women's Union in the Iuterest of Labor, Horseshoers' Union, No. Typographical Union, No. Typography, No. Patternmakers' Association, International Association of Machinists, Kensington Lodge, No.

217, I. A. Gas Tlate; United Lodge, No. 348; West Philadelphia Lodge, No. 303, I.

A. M. International Bakers' aud Confectioners' Union, No. Theatrical Protective Union, No. 1, of Philadelphia; German Custom Tailors' Union, No.

55, S. T. and L. Philadelphia Press Feeders' and Helpers' Union; Upholstery Weavers' Union, No. 3.1; Hat Finishers' Trade Assocla.

Hon, and L. 5ti, Journeymen Tailors' Union of America. Athletic Sports. A prominent feature of the day's amusement, In point of fact one of the attractions of the grove, was the athletic sports, held out the track grounds south of the pavilion. These, with tho prizes attached to the respective events, were as follows: One-mile bicycle amateur handicap Flrso prize, diamond locket; second prize, gold ring.

Match race. Patternmakers' Association-First and second prizes, gold badges of P. N. I. 100 yards dash, members First prize, gol ring; second prize, sleeve links.

One-mllo bicycle, members First prize, gold ring; second prize, gold pin. Two to qualify for Duals in each heat. 440 yards flat, open handicap First prize, 10; second prize, fa. Two-mile bicycle, amateur handicap First prize, diamond locket; second prize, gold ring. Final one-mile bicycle, amateur handicap.

One-mile flat, open handicap First prize, $12; second prize, $7. The sports, which began at 2.30 o'clock and continued at Intervals through the after- Contluned on Third Page. Forecast fur Tuesday. For Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, generally fair; variable wind becoming easterly. YESTERDAY'S TEUnnATURI.

fill ILghest 89 N-' Lowest t)J iioitixi or FALL CI.OTIIt:! Our Exhibition snd Bile ot Fall Clothes eon meneeil yeitnilayl It Is. beyond doilht, the Hnndsoluest how Ing of Fall Overcoats, Fall Hulls, eisr made I Notsbls not merely for the rteaaty snd Variety of the Materials Iwhlch others msy procure as well aa wel, but especially for the ItemarUlile Klegance of the Fit ot the Clotheal Here we are im.ipproarhahle! Ths Pellgna ami pattprna of the (Jarmems are our owe, and are MsiMrrptecesl Our Trlcea are st tesat As Low ss anybody's prices, protinltly Lower! We never brag, but wei Guarantee everything! Yon can retitii nyttilng yon don't wiat to) keep and get your Binary bark Inatanterl Fall riTercosts Sieven-nfty to Twenty-two Dollars! Klrsant Silk Lined Overcoats for Ten snd Twelve Pollara! Fall Sulla Seren-afty to Twenty (Its Hollars! Kxiulsltt Utiles st Ten, Twelve snd Fifteen. Dullarsl PI HUT A 1M0 neataat aireat. AM 8 P. ELF MURDER.

That Is how It Is now thought Annie Dor-man, the 18-year-old girl who was found on Wednesday afternoon lying In a pool of blood In the bed room of her half brother, John Dorraan, who lives at Sixty-fourth and Market streets. Just west of Cobb's creek, in Delaware county, came to her death. Such Is the opinion of the majority of those with whom she had lived for years. Such is the tenor of many circumstances connected with the finding of the body, and such is the conclusion arrived at in the light of several Important facts unearthed yesterday for the first time, all of which go to undermine the murder theory, on which the Delaware county officials are now working. Took the Revolver From It Hiding Plaoe.

When John Dnrmnn rushed upstairs and Into the room, after he had been notified by his 6-year-old daughter Ella that "Annie Is upstalre dead," he found the girl lying on the floor with her head facing toward, the front of the house, the revolver, which he had kept loaded for over two years on a shelf behind a tchel In his room, under her arm, and her dress opened at the bosom as low down as the heart region. He did not disturb the body, but at once rushed downstairs and gave the alarm. Then he went back to the room and made an Investigation. He found that the room was in perfect order, but for an upturned carpet rug. and what looked like prints of two feet In the small child's Vied, which stood close to the wall under the shelf wher he had placed the revolver twenty-four months before.

He went Into Annie's room, which adjoins his, and fouid that, too, In perfect condition. No sign of struggle anywhere, no clue that could give flse to the Idea that a stranger had entered the house. MarkH of Violence Lacking. Then friends and neighliors came and some authorities. All searched.

They examined the two stairways lending to tho room and the approaches to the house. Nowhere did they find trtioes of blood prints which would most likely have been made by the escaping murderer, for all about that part of the floor where tho tiody lay was flowing blood. He could scarcely have followed his victim from one end of the room to the other without tracking in her life blood. And whei) they turned their attention to the dead girl herself they found her body free from jiny marks of violence and her clothing In no wise disarranged except for the opening of the dress at the bosom; and where on the unrtervest were great powder marks like Ihose made by holding a revolver close to a piece of cloth, or even against it, nnd then firing. On Thursday night the Coroner of Delaware county and hi physician went to the house and held a post-mortem examination.

It developed two Important facts that no assault had been made and that the bullet which caused death was the one over the heart, thus exploding altogether the theories that one crime had been used to cover up nn-other, and that at least two of the bullets which took effect were separately sufficient to cause dtfnth. Her Lover Mad Grown Cold. From thai time until yesterday nothing new was discovered. Then, however, new and Important circumstances were unenrthed and here they are: First, the girl could not have been killed In order that the house might he ransacked for valuables, as some hold, for in the very room where she lay In death wire two gold watches, one her own, two gold chains, money nnd other valuables. This on the statement of John Dornian himself.

Then, too, from nil other part of the house was any. thing found missing. Everywhere was perfect brder. Again, several dnys before Annte and Mrs. Dornian wore working together.

Their conversation gradually drifted to personal matters nnd suddenly Anulo said In a burst of "He has jiot fronted me lately like he used to." And iben she added: "I don't know what to make of It." She alluded to Ernest I'eudlebury, the young man who for a year had been "keeping steady company," ith her, but who a short time befors the girl's death had seemingly grown cold. This neglect seemed to cause ber some Worriment. Now In regard to the footprints on the child's bed, under the shelf whereon rested the weapon. Annie was short of statnre. Rhe knew that on that shelf was the revolver; she also knew from former experiences that she could not reach the shelf and get hold of anything placed olo to the wall, unless she clnmbered on the bed first.

She had often done so, de-clnre her relative. Why would she not do so again? ley ask. Are not, then, the marks discovered on the bed her own, made when she got tile revolver with the purpose of killing herself? A Strange Letter to Her rtrothrr. John Dornian yesterday came back from Mlllshnro, Delaware, where Annie was burled Sunday afternoon. He found a letter awaiting hlin.

It bore the postmark of the I'biladelphla and Manaynnk railway post office, and the words "Twenty-eighth trip." It read: "rriif.ADKi..rm 1WT. "John T. Dornian, Esq. "Annie bifenme acquainted with a man named that she sHld was a llfclnsurnnceiiKcnt from Camden. hey visited a house 'on Kalrniount avenue, hi low Thirteenth utreet, was ron-n Miss lie Haven.

He was freer to that house. The clipping ducted by quent vlsl ESTEItDAY was Day, and the sons of toll those who Atf earn tnelr bread in the iweat of their brows had time for a breathing spell. Fron the great lakes to the Mexican Gulf, from the Atlantic seaboard to the slopes of the Pacific, the hum of Industry Was hushed, the pulsations of the great arteries of manual work suspended. Labor Day has become a national Institution, one of the fed letter days in the calen dar of the United States. On the Fourth of July the American people celebrate the most momentous event In their history the promulgation of the Declaration of Independence.

On Thanksgiving Day a song of praise Is sung for the blessings vouchsafed tho country the blessings of a free press, a free government and free Institutions. On Memorial Day the Republic bends her knee and uncovers her head at the gravesj of her soldier dead, and on this latest of national holidays the wage-earners of the land cease their work to meet In public assembly and do homage to the Genius of American Industry. In Philadelphia, the foremost Industrial city- In the Union, Labor Day was essentially and particularly honored. Hosts of the wage-earners attended the celebration held in Washington Tark on the Delaware, under the auspices of the United Labor League of this city and Its affiliated branches. Here Ex-Governor John P.

Altgeld, of Illinois, was the great attrnction. Five thousand men and women crowded Into the large pavilion In which he spoke, and throughout his address, which dealt with municipal and government ownership and government by Injunction, the ex-Goveinor was frequently (nd liberally applauded. At least 50,000 people visited Washington Park during the day, and participated In the amusements provided for them. As is usual upon any occasion that appeals to either the sympathy or support of the workingmnn, the German trade organizations turned out In full force. Shortly before noon thousands of the members assembled at the Labor Lyceum, at Sixth and Brown streets, and paraded some of the principal streets to the Market street ferry, where they took the boats for Stockton Park, Camden.

Here the day tas spent In the usual fashion, the festivities being participated In by over 15,000 people, mostly Germans or Americans of German descent. The other celebrations of Labor Day In the city Included bicycle races at Willow Grove, golf at Uydal, cricket at Elmwood, Haver-ford and Wlssahlckon, base ball at Hunting Tark and flagpole decoration at Mount Morlah Cemetery by Naval Post 400. THE DAY AT WASHINGTON PARK Fifty Thousand reople Crowd the Rasort and Do Honor to Labor's Holiday. Fifty thousand people celebrated Labor Day In Washington Park on tie Delaware yesterday. From 0 o'clock In he morning until 8 In the afternoon every steamboat that turned her prow southward from Arch street wharf was crowded, while a lare number of the wage earners who live south of Pine street went to the resort from South street wharf.

Boats were run every fifteen minutes, but even under this arrangement the four steamers plying to the park were scarcely adequate to the demands for transportation. On board the boats seats were at a premium and although the regulations eon-trolling the number of passengers were rigidly enforced the holiday seekers on each trip were considerably In excess of those of an average Sunday In the height of the torrid season. A large proportion of those bent on a day'e outing were women nnd children. The former, availing I heinselvea of an Ideal September day and tin opportunity of enjoying It thoroughly, turmd out In full force and seemed the brighter ind the happier for doing so. As for the children, they were entirely In their element and If they felt any regrets at all they doubtless were that the cycle of the year embraces only one Labor Day.

It had been announced thnt tinder the auspices of the United Labor League and the thlrty-flve trade organizations afilllated with It a labor demonstration would be held In the picturesque grove adjoining the park proper. Thla was, therefore, the objective point of the crowds arriving by each boat. frcenea In the Grove. The grove la situated northern)! of the park and Is admirably adapted for sui demonstrations as yestenlny made the welkin ring. Immediately to the left of he entrance stands a spacious pavilion which Is used, as the occasion demands, for dam-lug or as an open air auditorium.

In the early part of the day and again In the evening III was devoted to dancing and during these hours the members of the orchestra, who discoursed dance music liberally Interspersed With patriotic and popular airs, must have felt that In the circumstance a musician's life la not precisely a sinecure. Adjoining thp psvlllnn the peanut fnklr, the hot sausage man, the phonograph purveyor aud a score of others did a rushing trade and the nimble nickel was everywhere In evldenee. From noon until it o'clock the weather was rather unpleasantly hot and In conse qnence every shady nook In is grove was esgerly sought. All the tahlei provided by the management for the use of the omni present family party were occupied early In found with Annie he composed (referring to the poetry). I saw the same clipping in Annie's possession at that house.

The man was dark complected and wore eye-glasses. I have not saw Annie since she had returned home to live. "Yours respectfully." It had no name, but the wilting was plnlnly that of a woman. "I do not know," said Mr. Dornan, after he had read the letter again and again, "how much truth there is In it.

We generally knew where Annie went. She seldom rrmalnd away at night later than 11 o'clock. But the writer Beems to know about Annie's movements, for the last sentence indicates that. She returned to us in July after being with a family by the name of Barker, living at Ardmore, since May 14. I have notified the police." Does Not Remember Annie.

Mrs. Louisa A. DeHaven was located at 1030 Toplar street. "Did you used to live at 122S Fairmount avenue?" asked the reporter. "Yes, I did, but I moved away from there in February." She produced rent receipts to back up her words.

On being further questioned she admitted that she had had rooms to let while at 122S Fairmount avenue, and that she was still engaged In the same business. "Was that girl ever here?" and she was shown a picture of Annie Dorman. Not to her knowledge, she replied. Of course, she couldn't remember everybody who came there, and. Indeed, she did not see everybody, for the maid often attended to the door, and she has a new mnld now.

Mrs. De Haven was equally Ignorant of any man who had come to her house, having the same name as that given by the letter writer. Inquiry In Camden last night failed to throw any new light upon the letter, for those men who may figuro in the case could not be located, all being absent from their residences when the reporter called. Such at present are the strong circumstances which point to suicide, and pitted agulnst these Is the one statement In favor of murder that has not been shattered and probably cannot be, that the girl was too religions and happy to do such a dreadful deed. MINSHALL SURE IT IS MURDER The Coroner and Ills Thyaiclan Foint Out the Reasons Why They Doubt the Suicide Theory.

Special Telegram to The Times. Chester, September 8. Coroner Mlnshnll and the authorities of this city are firmly convinced that Annie Tiorman was murdered, and are expecting soon to cause an arrest. The thing that has led the Coroner nnd those who have assisted hlin to the positive conclusion that she wns murdered Is the report of the Coroner's physician. Dr.

S. H. Crothers. lie to-day reported to the Coroner that Annie Dorman at the time of the death was a pure woman. The Coroner said to-night that he had been convinced from the first that the girl, with all of ber Christian training, would not have taken ber life except to cover up a life of shame, nnd now that this reason has been removed he Is more thnn ever convinced thnt It is murder and thnt the crime which led up to It was not robbery.

Could Not Have Fired Roth Shots. Dr. Crothers was seen to-night at his home in South Chester, and said that he had made the post-mortem and was not at liberty to say all he knew about the rase until he said it before the Coroner's Jury, lint If It would nssist the cause of Justice he would speak. When asked If the wound In the Jaw was necessarily fntal, he said he thought not if it had been attended to at once. But It was such a severe wound that the person who received it would have fallen to the floor unconscious for a few minutes at least, aud during thnt few minutes would have bled to death.

He thinks it would have been Impossible for Miss Iiorman to Inflict the wound In the neck nnd the one through the heart as well. Police Talk of an Assault. The theory that the police are working on Is that a man went Into the house nnd Into the room where the girl was and mads an attempt to nssault her. During the struggle, they say, he secured the revolver fn the mantle and started to shoot, while she seined his hand, thus causing the first bullet to go wide of the mark and make the holes In the wall. There were two bullets In the celling and one In the washboard near the floor.

The Coroner says he believes that the wound In the heart wns made while the girl lay on the floor and was une nisylous from the wound in the Jaw. The Coroner also snld: "Annie Dorman, who has been working for her half brother, had something over six years' wages due her at the time of her death, and It was generally thought aiming her friends that the money was lu ber possession." Will Ask the Courts for Money, At the time the esse was reported to the Coroner he telephoned for the body to be left where It was. When he arrived he found the house cleaned up, the blood washed away anil no evidence of a struggle. Chief of I'ollce Berry will assist the Coroner lu the esse to-morrow and will try nnd And some evldenee that will locate the supposed murderer. The Coroner Is unable to get the assistance of the I'hllsdelphls detectives In the case for the reason that they have not been paid the nmney actually expended by them at the time that they Inveatlgstiil the Marshall rase for lilni.

District Attorney William I. Hcl'afler has been advised to go before the eonrt to-morrow and lay the esse before Judge Clayton and see If he will not make some provision fur the In vestlnntli.il of this esse and make some arrangement to compel the County Coniinissli'iiera to pay the actual expenses of the Investigation. A representative of Tub Tunica made a test of the revolver thnt was used In the shooting and found that It was one of the old-fashioned kind, with I hammer to raise, and that it worked so hard that ho was unable to cock It every lime, failing three times out of six. Chief of Police Berry, who Is accustomed to firearms, also made un examination of the revolver and he, too, was unable to raise the hammer of the revolver every time. Three times out of seven he had to lower the hammer aud start over again before he could cock It.

WOMAN'S SUDDEN DEATH AROUSES SUSPICION The Body of Mrs. George Holland, of Preston, Delaware County, Likely to bo Exhumed. The Inhabitants cf Preston, Delaware county, are very much excited over the death of Mis. George Holland, which occurred at that place Inst Thursday morning. She was supposed to have died of heart disease, and without any Inquest being held was burled In the Methodist Cemetery, at Garrett 11111.

Since the funeral suspicion has arisen, and the case Is being thoroughly Investigated. Policeman David Knaphle, of Iiosemout, yestenlny notified District Attorney W. J. Schaeffer, at Chester, and the District Attorney advised Coroner Thomas Mlushall to make a personal Investigation. The Coroner took the llrst train for Bryn Mnwr and spent the entire afternoon In making Inquiry into the case, returning to Chester lu the even.

Ing. From Information received It appears thnt Pr. Bevan, the physician called lu to attend Mrs. Holland in her Inst Illness, aud who pronounced ber death due to heart disease, had never seen the woman until alsiut ten minutes before she died, when he was called to the house. The family physician.

Dr. William C. Powell, who had attended Mrs. Holland for many years, declared that she had never shown the slightest symptoms of any derangement of the heart, but admitted thnt she wns subject to severe and prolonged fainting spells. Mrs.

Holland was about 32 years of age and lived with her husband, who Is a day Inlmror. and their two llitle children. Il hinted that between the two there was an lucompaiaiiuity or ii-mperaineni, ami neign-bors asM-rt that a quarrel took place the night before Mrs. Holland's death. Sev- 1 eral of the people living In close proximity to the house thought tney nearil a pistol shot about n'oha-k In the morning, but the noise wns attributed to the lireuklng of a glass lamp In the parlor.

The woman who prepared Mrs. Holland's body for burial says that her right shoulder was limbed. Coroner Minshatl cnsiiml the authorities for permitting tin- body lo lie burled without an Inquest, and Policeman Knaphle and his brother, Special Policeman ('. M. Knaphle, will meet him In consultation this morning at District Attorney SrhaotTer'a ollli In Chester, to consider the advisability of exhuming the remains aud performing an autopsy.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE ON HIS WEDDING TOUR Prominent Pittsburg lltislneas Man, Recently Married to an Heiress, Tries to Kill Himself. Special Telegram to TlIK TIMES. I'lTTSnt'Bil, September 0. L. D.

Leech, secretary of the Pittsburg Chemical Compnny, ami a prominent busbies man of Pittsburg, attempted suicide to-day In hi room at the Hotel I. owls, at New Alexandria, a country reeort In Westmoreland county. Five weeks ago he was married to Miss Mary Sntlon, a Pittsburg Iron mnster's heiress, whose fortune Is estimated at over three hundred thousand dollars. It was a fashionable wedding and the couple Immediately left for the Catskllls nnd White Mountains. They were Just returning and topped over at New Alexandria.

While the bride was at dinner to-dny Mr. Leech remained In Ills roon, saying he did not feel well. A porter found II I ill unconscious on a couch. Both wrists had been slashed, his throat was rut and there was a gaping wound In Ills abdomen. A penknife with which the Wounds hail been liifllitod was close by.

The flow of lib! was stopped and he msy recover. No cause except Ill-health Is asslgmd for his action. 11. J. I.yurh, his brother-in-law, inld this evening Mr.

was not worried over finances, as he had a gissl Income and ills wlfe't fortune Is over a quarter of a million. TORTURED BY BOLD ROBBERS A Prominent Farmer in Mercer County Erutally Treated. GAGGED AND BOUND WITH ROPES Toll Where His Was Kept After His Feet Were Bnrnei. THE FIENDS MAKE THEIR ESCAPE Michael Slalcr, the Victim, Found Crawling Along the Highway, Being Unable to Walk. Special Telegram to THE Times.

Sharon, September 6. Michael Slater, a prominent former residing near Mercer, this county, Is lying at home in a serious condition, the result of a terrible assault at the hands of robbers early this morning. He was alone In the bouse when two masked men entered his room. They forced hlin back on the bed nnd at once bound hlin with ropes nnd gagged him. The robbers made a search of the premises, but failed to find any money.

They then returned to their victim, removed the gag and demanded the whereabouts of his money. He refused to tell. Securing a lamp they lighted It and, holding the flame under his bare feet, burned the flesh and otherwise cruelly tortured hlin. He was unable to endure lb awful pain and told where his money was secreted. Found Crawling Along the Itoads.

The robbers secured an unknown amount and departed, leaving Slater tied and with the gag In his mouth. He managed to free himself, and this morning was found crawling along the road toward Mercer on his hands. He was unable to walk, as the flesh on the bottom of his feet was burned off. A search wns made for the robbers, but they had made good their escape. It was one of the most brutal assaults that ever occurred lu Mercer county.

MOTHER AND CHILD FATALLY BURNED Mrs. Frank Watts Tried to Light Gasoline Move With a tan of the Fluid In Her Hand. Special Telegram THE TtMlcs. llEti Bank. N.

September 6. Mrs. Frank Watts died this afternoon from burns received by an explosion of gasoline early this morning. She was In the act of lighting the stove when the gasoline can In her hand explisled. Her baby, aged 1(1 months, was In her arms, and the clothing of both wns set on Are.

Iler hnsbsnd hurried down stairs, threw water on his wife and tore the clothes from the child. Mrs. Watts was burned Internally snd the burns on her body were terrible. She lingered In agony for about six hours. The baby will probably die from shock if not from the burns.

Lebanon Wsnts the Nest Meeting. Special Telegram to THE TlMRS. I.fhanon. September strong effort will be made by Lebanon delegates to the WllllNiusport convention of Republican clubs to have the next convention meet In this city. Kx IMsirbt Attorney A.

Frank Seltzer and George II. Wooiuer, will lead the local delegation. Harry Clabaugh, Who Was Connected With the Altoona Scandal Three Years Ago, Kills Himself. Altoona, September 6. Harry Cla- batigh.

who wns a clerk in the Second Na tional Bank, of this city, when It was looted by Cashier Gardner three years ago, and who was arrested at the time for having changed figures In his books at the cashier's dictation, committed suicide at noon to-day by shooting himself. He bad been partially demented most of the time since bis unfor tunate connection with the bank ecandal. Of late he has been employed as a clerk In the Pennsylvania Railroad storehouse at the Juniata shops. This is the second suicide as a result of the failure of this bank. Bank Examiner v'lll-lam Miller having shot himself while trying to untangle the defaulting cashier's accounts, MRS.

ARRIAGA ILL The Wife of the Guatemalan Minister Sick Spring Lake. Special Telegram to THE TIMES. Spbinq Lake, September 6. Mrs. A.

Lazo Arrlaga. wife of the Guatemalan Minister In Washington, Is dangerously ill at ber summer cottage here. Her Illness heenme so alarming that Dr. Johnson, of Washington, a specialist, was called to her bedside. MRS.

I. ARRIAGA Her husband at the end of August came back from Guatemala and then found his wife seriously 111. In his absence Mrs. Arrlaga was taken rnre of by Mrs. Romero, wife of the Mexican Minister, and by Minister Andrade aud Miss Andrade, of Vene-xuela.

SMOKED IN PEACE AFTER MURDERING HIS NEPHEW Charles Htnchell Mint by His I'nele, Martin Fleming, In Indiana County. Special Telrg ran to Th Tiwis. Indiana, September 6. Charles Stuchell. a painter employed at Blnlrsvllle, had some words with his uncle.

Mnrtln Fleming, at the latter' home last night. Fleming threw a satchel at Stuchell, who started to run. Fleming then fired at him with a revolver. The bullet struck Stuchell at the base of the brain, and, pawing upward, lodged In the region of the chin. Fleming placed the revolver In his pocket, grasped Stuchell by the shoulders, dragged hi in into 1 lie house, and threw him unconscious on the floor.

Locking the door he then coolly lit his pipe and began cleaning and loading his gun. Stuchell died thla afternon. Ills uncle was arrested. Fifteen Days to obef I'p. perlat Tflriram to The TlMlts.

Atlantic Citt. September A. John Keating, an excursionist from the Interior of Pennsylvania, was given fifteen days by Recorder Ingersoll this evening to sober up. Yesterday afternoon John got full, and early In the evening he entered a church on Mlchl-gsn avenue, laid down on a bench and went to sleep. It was liiiHtMaihle lo arouse him, snd he hsd to be carried out and hauled sway In the patrol wsgon.

Very few of the congregation knew whst was the matter, most of thru thinking the wan had fainted..