Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 19, 1908, Page 3

—— sei ‘Rerald--Review. BY C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - - MINNESOTA. NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED Digest of the News Worth Telling Conr densed for the Busy Reader. At the Capital. President Roosevelt has been ap pealed to by Senator Culberson of Texas in an effort to restrain the rail- roads from putting the new rates into Six of the eighteen miners‘who were entombed in the Sania Gertrubis mine, |mear Pachua, Hidalgo, Mex., were res- ; cued alive. | The Gloucester fishing schooner | Maggie and May was run down by the German schoolship Freya sixty miles | off Halifax harbor and at least half of her crew of nineteen perished. The fifth anniversary of the corona- tion of Pope Pius was especially cele- brated at the Vatican last week. The great function occurred in the Sistine chapel, in the presence of the pontiff. A dispatch received from Tabriz shys that severe fighting, in which the recently arrived cavalry of the shah participated, continued Saturday and that the revolutionists sustained heavy losses in men and some guns. A dispatch received at Madrid from effect in that state, and the president! ,.qaios, a fortified town of Spain, has referred the matter to the attor- ney general. With Senator Perkins as chairman of the senate committee on naval af- fairs, as all concede he will become throught the death of Senator Allison, the Pacific coast will be given a strong position of advantage. Mr. Perkins was once a sailor before the mast. Naval recruiting officials are in high feather, as they say recruiting has never been better than at this time. | Last week from the recruiting stations alone there were returns of 473 re- ruits and more applications are being received both at the stations and at the bureau of navigation than ever be- fore, The commissioner of internal reve- nue has informed W. M. Hough, attor- ney for the National Wholesale Liquor Dealers’ association, that there is am- ple authority of law for the govern- ment to prescribe the marking of spir- its and liquors in the hands of recti- fiers, as is the case of marking the products of distillers. New coaling records have been es- tablished by three of the battleships attached to the big fleet. On June 12 the battleship Georgia toook aboard 1,778 tons of coal in five hours and twelve minutes, an average of aA tons per hour. On June 22 the battleship Rhode Island took on 1,710 tons in four hours and forty-seven minutes, an average of 357.7 tons per hour, Casuaities. A passenger train ran into a wash out near Shoshone, Ney., killing the engineer, fireman and one passenger. wo cars crowded with excursion- ists collided near the city limits of Chatam, Ont., killing four passengers. and seriously injuring seven others. The death roll of Alpine climbers this year is a record one. In the month of July alone fourteen persons were killed and two seriously in- gured. While applying carbolic acid to an aching tooth, William Hellier of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., accidentally swal- jowed some of the poison. The man died before aid reached him. ‘The timber fire that has been threat- Sand Point, Idaho, has been ening placed under control with practically | no damage to the town. Much stand- ng timber has been burned. Ripeton, a mining camp located nine miles from Ely, Nev., with a popula- tion of 300, was almost completely de- stroyed by fire that started in a sa- joon by the explosion of a lamp. The loss is estimated at $100,000. Henry Brown of Lone Tree, Iowa, poured kerosene on the stove and was badly burned in an explosion, His res- taurant and its contents were destroy- ed by the fire and the opera house building, in which the restaurant is ocated, was damaged. When an automobile plunged over a steep embankment on the Mitchaw road, near Sylvania, Ohio, Charles W. Pohimann, a wealthy Cleveland im- porter and merchant tailor, and Father pastor of Columkill and, were instantly kill- ed beneath the car. ing to pass under the bow of on, a large passenger boat, the Ti , a small passenger boat, was struck by the big boat and sank in ten or twelve feet of water at Roch- ter, N. J. Twenty persons on the Yitania were thrown into the water, but all were rescued. aping gas in the building occu- pied by Mrs. J. S. Gavin as a millinery store and residence at Wheeling, W. Va., caused a fire which resulted in the death of three persons and the possible fatal injury of one other, while six more were compelled to jump from third story windows to es- cape the flames. The dead girls were daughters of Mrs. Gavin and were suf- focated as they slept,on the third floor. f A fall of twenty feet into an old quarry pit and not seriously injured is the miracle which Mrs. M. Y. Caneff, aged eighty-four years, enacted at Rockwell, Iowa. She was gathering flowers at the edge of the bank and in the act of throwing some weeds over the wall lost her balance and _ fell, striking on her shoulder among the rocks. No bones were broken and from reports no serious results will follow the fall. Mrs. Mary Rowden, sixty-five years of age, were instantly killed, and F. Beckwith, forty-five years of age, was perhaps fatally injured, and Bessie Beckwith, sixteen years, his daughter. was badly bruised and burned by the explosion of a steam auto at the foot of Stickey Hill, about eight miles from Painesville, Ohio. Apparently in a dazed condition, Jo seph Killackey, aged twenty, employ: ed as cranesman on the canal widen. ing job at Sault Ste. Marie, walked into the ship canal above tbe locks and was drowned. ree DEFECTIVE PAGE capital of the province of Barajos, says that nine persons were killed |there in a violent explosion in the Chellas powder factory. Practically the whole locality is reported to have been destroyed, An officer of the Salvation Army in London confirms the report that has been current for some time that Gen. | Booth is suffering from cataracts on |both eyes. “The general has not yet taken to wearing glasses,” said the of- |ficer, “but he cannot read anything | but large type and he has to hold that lose to his eyes.” Crimes. Charlie Lokio, a negro boy about eighteen years of age, was lynched at Tipton, Ga., for making insulting re- marks to a prominent young white woman of that place. Edward C. Newman, a manufacturer | of Delphi, Ind., committed suicide in Chicago by leaping from the second story of a hospital where he had been | undergoing treatment for a nervous disorder. Nine. prisoners escaped from the headquarters at Kansas City. Five others, who, according to the records. should be in jail, cannot be accounted for. Two of the prisoners who es- caped have been recaptured. Hassin Nemmer was held by a coro- !ner’s jury in Chicago on the charge lof being the murderer of Tuffa Sha- shem, the Syrian lad whose body was recently recovered piecemeal from various places, including Mud lake and the drainage caanl. A dispute between two Floyd county (lowa) farmers, Gust Schroeder and Adolph Herbrechtesmeier,.almost end- ed in a tragedy when Schroeder threatened to shoot Herbcechtesmeier with a revolver, but was prevented by friends. Schroeder was arrested, and after a hearing was fined. The dull noise of an explosion aroused residents of the vicinity of Fourth and Elm streets, Clinton, Iowa, at an early hour in the morning, and | the police later learned that “yegs: men” had entered the grocery store of 'M. Thusen & Son and had dynamited |the safe, stealing about $125 and sev- ‘eral valuable papers. Covered with bruises, the bodies of |Charles Emerson and Frank McDer- | mott, officers of the Methuen (Mass.) police, were found in a meadow on the outskirts of the town. The two officers were sent the night before to watch for chicken and vegetable 'thieves. They failed to return, and a | search was instituted. There was ev- ery evidence that the two officers were beaten to death. Generat. The Supreme Order of the Knights of St. Joseph voted to hold the next annual meeting at Rock Island, IL, in 1910, i The formation of a national organi- zation was decided upon by the Build- ing Managers’ association, in session in Chicago. Gov. Hoke Smith will call an extra session of the Georgia legislature to meet Aug. 24 to consider the convict bill, the agricultural school support bill ang the anti-lobbying bill. Declaring that his wife refuses to sew buttons on his trousers and has }not prepared a square meal for him jfor several years, James Brenton, mayor of Des Moines from 1900 to 1904, has begun action for a divorce. The American Poultry association, in convention at Niagara Falls, ap- proved a movement to ask the Poul- try club of England to appoint a com- mittee to meet the association to pre- pare a standard which shall be inter- national. The Western Canadian Lumber Dealers’ association has announced a reduction in prices from $10 to $15 a thousand on rough lumber, and this announcement indicates that the price combination among the lumber dealers has been abandoned. In a light vote at Sioux City, lowa, an ordinance unifying the various franchises of the Sioux City Traction company and granting an extension of twenty-five years was adopted by 1,500 majority. Under the terms of the franchise the company is to pay 2 per cent of its gross earnings when the city shall have attained a popula- tion of 75,000. State Student Secretary Paul Smith announces that the Y. M. C. A. will install branches in every high school in Iowa this year. Nowhere else has such a movement been planned. It is expected to drive out the high school fraternity which school boards are seeking to banish. Sixty acres of oats bringing to Hen- ry Broderick of Mason City, Iowa, the: snug sum of $1,200 is the record-break;| ing report for that locality this year.| He planted early oats and the sixty acres yielded him fifty bushels to the acre, or a total of 5,000 bushels. -ceived.from:Henry D. Clayton of Ala- BRYAN TAKES UP “PARTY STANDARD Democratic Candidate Notified of His Nomination at Capitol in Lincoln. GIVEN NON-PARTISAN OVATION Says Third Nomination Shows Growth in Popularity of Policies He Has Advocated. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 14——Under the burning rays of an almost tropical sun and in the presence of a vast assem- blage which cheered him to the echo, William Jennings Bryan yesterday re- bama formal notification of his nomi- nation for the presidency of the Unit- ed States. Thrice. honored by the Democratic party as its standard bearer, Mr. Bry- and plainly exhibited the pleaseure it gave him once gain to proclaim the principles for which he stood. Policies Grow in Popularity. His nomination for a third time, he declared in his speech of acceptance, could only be explained by a substan- tial and undisputed growth in the pop- ularity of the principles and policies for which he, with a multitude of oth- ers, had contended. “As these principles and policies,” he said, “have given me whatever po- litical strength I possess, the action of the convention nét only renews my faith in them, but sirengthens my at- tachment to them.” Non-partisan Ovation. The ovation accorded to Bryan as he rode through the streets of Lincoln on his way to the state house, where the exercises were held, was non-par- tisan. It was the homage of the citi- zens of a western city of the plains toward a distinguished neighbor. Alf most the entire Republican adminis- tration was represented, Gov. George I. Sheldon and many state officers lending their presence, both in the | parade and on the platform. Before coming to Lincoln from Fairview, over four miles distant, Mr. Bryan received over fifteen hundred visitors. To one and all he extended a cordial greet- ing. Lincoln in Gala Attire. His arrival shortly after 12 o'clock at the Hotel Lincoln, where he and‘ John W. Kern, the vice presidential candidate were the guests of honor | at a luncheon to the committee’ on no- } tification, was the signal for an out- } burst of cheers and applause. He im: { mediately was surrounded by a great | crowd and was kept busy for some } time shaking hands. Never before had | Lincoln streets and buildings present- ; ed such a gala appearance; never had | such a profusion of banners, stream- | ers, bunting and photographs flashed forth to dazzie the eyes of the myriad , visitors. peeeooee Mass of Humanity. The state house grounds were a mass of humanity and Mr. Bryan's ap- pearance on the platform was greet- ed with vociferous cheers and hand- clapping. The ceremony of notifica- tion was conducted on the north front of the capitol building. The balconies and every window were jammed to overflowing. lot a single incident oc- | curred to mar the proceedings. The j police arrangments were excellent. ; Realizing that the force was not suffi- | cient to cope with the great crowd, | the adjutant general of the state, at the request of Mayor Frank Brown, ordered out Capt. Lum’s company of the Second Nebraska regiment, and with their assistance perfect order, | not only wlong the line of march but within the capitol grounds, was main- | tained. ! Kern Makes Short Speech. Before the notification and accept- ance specches were delivered, Norman E. Mack, chairman of the Democratic national committee, who acted as pre- siding officer, called upon John W.' Kern, the vice ,presidential nominee, to make a speech.” Mr. Kern respond- ed in a_ few felicitous remarks, in which he praised unstintedly the non- partisan character of the exercises. The speech of Mr. Bryan concluded the ceremonies, and he and Mr. Kern retired to the capitol building, where they held a public reception. Mr. Bryan’s Speech. In accepting the nomination Mr. Bryan spoke in part as follows: i Our platform declares that the over- | shadowing issue which manifests itself in all questions now under discussion is, “Shall the people rule?” No matter which way we turn; no matter to what subject we address ourselves, the same question confrouts us: Shall the people control their own government and use ‘that govern- ment for the protection of their wel- fare, or shall the representatives of predatory wealth prey upon a defense- less public, while the offenders secure | ‘immunity ‘from subservient officials whom they raise to power by unscru- pulous methods? President’s Indictment of Party. In a message sent to congress last January, President Roosevelt said: “The attacks by these great corpora- tions on the administration’s actions have been given a wide circulation throughout the country, in the news- papers and otherwise, by those writ- ers and speakers who, consciously or unconsciously, act as the representa- tives of predatory wealth — of the wealth accumulated on a giant scale by all forms of iniquity, ranging from the oppression of wage earners to un- fair and unwholesome methods of crushing out competition, and to de- frauding the public by stock jobbing and the manipulation of securities.” Is the president’s indictment true? And, if true, against whom was the in- dictment directed? Not against the Democratic party. Mr. Taft Indorses the Indictment. Mr. Taft says that these evils have crept in during the last ten years. He declares that during this time some “prominent and influential members of the community, spurred by financial success and in their hurry for ‘greater wealth, became unmindful of the com- mon rules of business honesty and fidelity and of the limitations imposed by law upon their actions:” and that “the revelations of the bveaches of trusts, the disclosures as to rebates and discriminations by railroads, the accumulating evidence of the viola- tions of the anti-trust laws by a num- ber of corporations, and the overissue of stocks and bonds of interstate rail- voads for unlawful enrichment of di- rectors and for the purpose of concen- trating the control of the railroads un- der one management”—all these, he charges, “quickened the conscience of the people and brought on a moral awakening.” During all this time, I beg to remind you, Republican officials presided in the executive department, filled the cabinet, dominated the senate, con- trolled the house of representatives and occupied most of the federal judgeships. Why No Tariff Reform? The president’s close friends have been promising for several years that he would attack the iniquities of the tariff. We have had intimation that Mr. Taft was restive under the de- mands of the highly protected indus- tries. And yet the influence of the manufacturers, who have for twenty- five years contributed to the Repub- lican, campaign fund and who in re- turn have framed the tariff schedules, has been sufficient to prevent tariff reform. Why No Railroad, Legislation? For ten years the interstate com- merce commission has been asking for an enlargement of its powers that it might prevent rebates and discrimina- tions, but a Republican senate and a Republican house of representatives were unmoved by its entreaties. Mr. Taft complains of the overissue of stocks and bonds of railroads, “for the unlawful enriching of directors and for the purpose of concentrating the control of the railroads under one management,” and the complaint is well founded. But, with a president to point out the evil and a Republican congress to correct it, we find nothing done for the protection of the public Why? The Publicity Issue. An effort has been made to secure legislation requiring publicity as to campaign contributions and expendi- tures; but the Republican leaders, even in the face of an indignant pub- lic, refused to consent to a law which would compel honesty in elections. When the matter was brought up in the recent Republican national con- vention, the plank was repudiated by a vote of 880 to 94. Here, too, Mr. Taft has been driven to apologize for his convention and to declare himself in favor of a publicity law. “We pledge the Democratic party to the enactment of a law prohibiting any corporation from contributing to !a campaign fund, and any individual from contributing an amount above a reasonable maximum, and providing | for the publication, before election, of | all such contributions above a reason- able minimum.” Next to the corrupt use of money, the present method of electing United States senators is most responsible for the obstruction of reforms. Through a Democratic victdry, and through a Democratic victory only, can the people secure the popular elec- tion of senators. House Rules Despotic. The third instrumentality employed to defeat the will of the people is found in the rules of the house of rep- resentatives. Our platform points out that “the house of representatives was designed by the fathers of the Con- stitution to be the popular branch of our government, responsive to the pub- lie will.” Our party demands that the “house | of representatives shall again become a deliberative body, controlled by a majority of the people’s representa- tives and not by the speaker,” and is pledged to adopt “such rules and reg- ulations to govern the house of repre- sentatives as will enable a majority of its members to direct its deliberations and contro! legislation.” ~_———eeeeeeee eeu os O80 80000 O OOO" BANK BUSINESS GROWS. Increase of 141 Banks and Million and Half Capital Shown. St. Panl, Aug. 16—Minnesota has 141 more state banks now than at the corresponding period of last year,.and in conseqtience the aggregate capital stock of state banks is increased rfom $10,686,600 to $12,078,100, and the to tal resources of these institutions | from $89,123,417.56 to $90,535,430.64. The last report shows 607 banks, | while a vear azo there were 446. ! “BADGER ACCUSED OF PERJURY. Former Wisconsin Resident Charged » With Filing False Affidavits. Providence, R. I., Aug. 16.—Ira T. Witcher, an elderly man and former- ly a resident of Madison, Wis., was arrested here yesterday by federal of- ficers on a warrant charging perjury. It is alleged that Witcher filed false affidavits in connection with a pension | case and his indictment followed. He started on his return to Wisconsin this afternoon. FRENZIED MOB TERRORIZES CITY Populace Bent on Wreaking Venegeance on Negroes Be- cause of an Outrage. GOVERNOR ORDERS TROOPS OUT Foiled Lynchers at Springfield, Ill., De« stroy Property and Overrun Town—One Killed. Springfield, Il, Aug. 16.—Spring- field is in the hands of a mob of en- raged citizens, who began last night to wreak vengeance on negro res*- dents for an assault committed Thurs- day by George Richardson, a negro, on Mrs. Hallam, a white woman. At 1 o'clock this morning the whole east end of the town burst into flames, the torch having been applied to several negro houses by some of the more desperate rioters. Two men are al- ready dead and probably two score others are injured, mostly negroes. The rabble is sweeping through the streets, attacking very negro met. Six “Companies Called Out. All the local militia are on duty and half a dozen companies from other cities are rushing here on spe- cial trains. Still other companies are ordered to hold themselves in reserve. The fire department is at present helpless to combat the flames in the negro quarter on account of the threatening attitude of the mob to- ward the firemen. It is though that with the arrival of the out-of-town troops the streets will be cleared and order will be re- stored. Negroes Are Attacked. Negroes in various parts of town have been attacked by the mob, and in two instances the negroes have turned with considerable effect on their assailants. Most of the members of Troop B of Taylorville are on guard around the jail, whence George Richardson, the negro who assailed M Hallam at her home yesterday, was removed early in the evening to Bloomington and later to Peoria. The rioters, who had gathered in front of the jail, fol- lowing the incarceration of Richard- son, were enraged by the r prac- ticed by the sheriff in removing’ Rich- ardson from the jail. A Clever Ruse Worked. A company of firemen was sent down the street in front of the jail in 2 spectacular run, attracting the atten- tion of the crowd while Richardson and another negro charged with mur- der, were stealthily taken from the jail across the Sangamon river and placed in a train for Bloomington. Finding that the negr6es were gone, the mob amused itself for a time by looting negro resorts in East Wash- ington street. A white man and his son, whose names were not ascer- tained by the police, were shot and in- jured, supposedly by negroes. This encounter further enraged the mem- bers of the mob and they began a general‘search for negroes wherever they could be found. Youth Is Killed. When the automobile which had taken the two prisoners from the jail returned to Springfield, driven by its owner, Maj. Harry T. Loper, commis- sary of the Second brigade, Ilinois national guard, a large number of the rioters, assembled around the machine in front of Loper’s restaurant. Despite a guard of police and mem- bers of the Fifth infantry with a Gat- ling gun, the crowd wrecked the res- taarant, tearing everything to pieces inside and demolishing Loper’s auto- mobile. Louis Johnson, a boy about seven- 1een years old, is dead as the result of the attack on Loper’s restaurant. SHERIFF WILL BE QUIZZED. Serious Charges Against Montana Of- ficial Being Delved Into. Miles City, Mont., Aug. 16. — Goy. Norris, Secretary of State Yoder and Attorney General Galen are in the city from Helena for the purpose of investigating the charges recently made public against Sheriff Fleming of Deer Lodge county by certain girls who were taken to the institution by him. UNCLE SAM TO BUY AIRSHIP. Baldwin's Machine Meets the Speed Requirements. Washington, Aug. 16—The Baldwin dirigible balloon made two successful flights last evening and was accepted by the government. In the first flight an average of eighteen miles per hour was maintained. In the second flight an average of over twenty miles an hour was obtained. The official re- quirements were sixteen miles an hour, so that the airship has exceed- ed the requirement by 25 per cent. FIVE DEADLY AILMENTS. Horse Dealer Dies After Unprecedent- ed Siege of Iliness. Belleville, Ul, Aug. 16. — Fred Deutchmann, Sr., a horse’ dealer, died of a complication of diseases, includ- ing tetanus, ptomaine poisoning, hic- coughing for five days and paraly- sis. The attending physician thinks the case is unprecedented. He thinks the tetanus germs entered Deutsch- mann’s system in latent form prior to the ptomaine poisoning, which follow. ed his eating liver sausage. MOB ATTEMPTS 10 CUT WIRES Negroes Flee From Town and Commit Depredations in Country—Five Already Dead. Springfield, Ill, Aug. 18. — Two deaths from injuries received in pre- ious mob fights, the aitempted cut- ting of the fire alarm wires, the ex- oneration of Private J. B. Klein, Com- pany A, First Illinois infantry, by a court of inquiry, for the killing of Earl Nelson at Kankakee Saturday, and the pursuit of a mob by guards- men, were the chief of yesterday's developments in the race war in Springfield, which started Friday Three men were killed in the rioting Friday and Saturday. With the arrival here yesterday of the Second and Seventh infantry regi- ments and two squadrons of the First cavalry, all from Chicago, the entire national guard of Ilinois, with the ex- ception of the Sixth infantry and the Eighth infantry (colored) was on duty in the riot districts last night. In all 4,200 guardsmen are in the city. Soldiers Rushed to Scene. The attempt to cut the telephone and fire alarm wires leading into the city hall was not successful. A po- liceman saw three men on top of an outbuilding, trying to reach the lines overhead. He turned in an alarm to the headquarters of Gen. Wells, com- manding a provisional brigade, and the latter dispatched a wagon load of soldiers to the scene. They arrived before the trio had done any damage. The would-be wire-cutters fled, leaving their nippers behind. They escaped. The court of inquiry which consid- ered Private Klein's case was com- posed of Maj. James Miles, Capts. J. Judson and S. F. High and Lieut. F. A. Guilford, all of the First: Illinois. After sitting all day they reported to Adjt. Gen. Scott thai Klein’s act was performed in the strict line of duty. Klein had been placed as one of a guard of the baggage car on the first section of the Illinois Central train, which brought the First infantry to Springfield Saturday. The train was a special one, and’ the baggage car contained property owned by jhe state. Klein, guarding the front door, was instructed by Lieut. Guilford to allow no one not officially counte- nanced to enter the car. At Kanka¢ kee, four young men, according to the report, climibed to the front platform and attempted to enter the car. Klein barred the way, using the only weap- on available, a bayonet. As the train started the four yout left the plat- form. Klein was not aware that Nel- son nor any one had_ been injured. State’s Attorney Cooper of Kankakee probably will instituate action against Klein in the criminal court at Kan- kakee. The attorney general of the state is compelled by law to defend national guardsmen in such cases. Causes Genuine Scare. A genuine scare was caused at the headquarters in the arsenal last night after a squad had been sent to dis perse a crowd at Allen and Spring streets. Five minutes later a report reached Lieut. Gen. Eddy that shots had been fired in the threatened dis- trict. He immediately sent a _ full platoon to the place to reinforce the squad. When the additional soldiers appeared the crowd broke and ran The soldiers pursued them for several blocks, and the district, which is near the zone of Saturday night's lynching. was in an uproar for a few minutes. The arsenal was crowded last night with negro refugees from Spraingfield and surrounding towns. About 206 men, women and children sought shel- ter in the building and slept on the fioor or in chairs. Most of these peo- ple were old and infirm, but they en- dured the hardships of their quarters rather than face the prospect of pass- ing the night in their homes, beset with momentary fears of attack. Scores of negroes have left Spring- field either on foot or by trolley cars, the latter class riding as far as their means permitted and then striking across the country. These tramping parties, aimless and penniless, are causing some complaints from the communities through which they pass The whites assert that the presence of these negroes imposes unnecessary burdens and also argue that only the shiftless and immoral portions of the Springfield negroes are represented Minor depredations, it is said, have al ready increased in the farming dis tricts because of this condition. The Springfield authorities are doing al) they can to reassure the negroes: still here. Almost a Cloudburst. ™ Oskaloosa, Iowa, Aug. 18. — A heavy rainfall, amounting almost to a cloudburst, visited this section. More than four inches of rain fell. Rock Island trains are delayed on the main line and branches. Rope Expert Abductor? Billings, Mont., Aug. 18—John S Howard, known as champion rope thrower of the world, has been arrest- ed, charged with aiding Ernest Hus- ton in the alleged abduction of Miss Bauer. Two Drowned While Bathing. Wilmington, Del., Aug. 18. — Clar ence Dutton, aged twenty-five years and Nellie Nickerson, aged twenty years, both of Chester, Pa., were drowned while bathing yesterday af Bower's Beach, on Delaware bay. ' Three Women Drowned. Grand Isle, Vt., Aug. 18.—Miss Lucy Perry and Miss Sarah Disasway oi Plattsburg, N. Y., and Miss Elizabeth Disasway of Brooklyn, N. Y., were drowned while batbing in Lake Cham plain yesterday.