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# Big Bribe Offered. New York, July 31.-Testifying before the commission inquiring into the affairs of the Union Bank, William Justis Hayes, a former State bank examiner, declared to-day that he had been offered a bribe of $50,000 by a brother of one of the receivers of the Jenkins Trust Company to file a report favorable to the bank.
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TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS Cumberland, Md., July 31.-The completion of the Western Maryland Railroad's Pittsburg link probably will be delayed several months as the result of a fire which almost completely destroyed the railroad's new tunnel at Corrigonville this afternoon. Sue for $500,000. Frankfort, Ky., July 31.-The State auditor to-day filed suit against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad for over $500,000, alleged due the State on that road's franchise. This is the biggest tax suit ever filed in the South. Royal Yacht Wins. Cowes, July 31.-Emperor William's schooner yacht Meteor easily won its race here to-day in the Cowes regatta. The Blermann yacht, Sophie Elizabeth, won the international race for fifteen motor yachts. King Alfonso's Ispania was second. The Spanish King was on board his yacht. 1 Troops Desert. Teheran, July 31.-Two thousand of the government troops, sent to check the advance of Mohammed All Mirza, are reported to have deserted to the camps of the ex-Shah of Persia, who is on his way to take this city. Bride Takes Acid. Jersey City, N. J., July 31.-Fearing she had lost her husband's love, Mrs. Fannie Bogert, a bride of six months, swallowed carbolic acid and died at the city hospital early to-day, Royalty Injured. Vienna, July 31.-An automobile running forty miles an hour crashed into a carriage containing three visiting Egyptian princesses at Toblach to-day. All three of the young women were thrown out and bailly hurt. Flagship Safe. Halifax, Nova Scotia, July 31.-The cruiser Niobe, flagship of the Canadian navy, which went on the rocks off southwest whistling buoy, near Cape Sable yesterday, limped into port early to-day with her starboard plates wrenched and her hold awash. All on board were safe. Dance Until III. New York, July 31.-As a result of several girls being stricken with hysteria following a "Marathon dance" for prizes in a Coney Island dance hall, the police probably will issue an order prohibiting such competitions. Jews Persecuted. Berlin, July 31.-Private dispatches and letters received here by Jewish leaders state that Jews have been persecuted throughout Russia as if by a well-organized campaign. Rebels Fighting. Lisbon, July 31.-Fighting between republican troops and royalists is agains going on in the mountains of Northern Portugal, according to reports received here to-day. Fire Destroys City. Montreal, July 31.-With the exception of one bank, the entire business district of Farnham, Quebec, was wiped out to-day by a fire that caused $300,000 damage. Thirty buildings were consumed. Aid was sent from this city and Sherbrook. Artist Dying. Philadelphia, July 31.-William Abbey, brother of Edwin _Abbey, the famous American painter, received a cablegram to-day from London, informing him that the artist is on his death bed. Merchant Is Suicide. Norfolk, Va., July 31.-The body of W. H. Barnhard, for half a century one of the leading merchants of Norfolk, was found dead in his store to-day when it was opened for business. Barnhard had committed suicide by shooting. Big Bribe Offered. New York, July 31.-Testifying before the commission inquiring into the affairs of the Union Bank, William Justis Hayes, a former State bank examiner, declared to-day that he had been offered a bribe of $50,000 by a brother of one of the receivers of the Jenkins Trust Company to file a report favorable to the bank. 1 Killed in Office. Belfast, Ireland, July 31.-William R. Sloan, manager of the Belfast office of P. V. Meyers Company, linen merchants of Now York, was found dead in him office to-day. He had been shot.