BLAMED ON THE ENGINEER Iwa Sections of World's Fair Special Come Together. ENGINEER BLINDED BY HEADLIGHT. Tae Passenger! la Ihe Palltnia Car Received Hit Pull Force of Ihe Impact, and Three of Fourteen oa Board Wert Killed aod the Others More or Less Seriously Injured. Kansas City, Mo. (Special). Three persons were killed and 12 injured in a rear-end collision between section Ko. 2 and section No. 1 of train No. 3, Missouri Pacific World's Fair spe cial, at Tipton, Mo. Train No. J, on account of the heavy World's Fair travel, was made tip in two sections, the first leaving St. 2-ouis for Kansas City at 10:10 I. M. The second section left a few min utes later, and when it reached Tip ton section No. I was taking on pas sengers. According to Engineer Ram ify, of section No. 3, a headlight in the yards blinded him, and he was un able to sec sect; 11 No. 1. He also says that his orders were "clear ahead." The second section was run ning about 30 miles an hour when the collision occurred. The end sleeper of section No. 1 was entirely demol ished and the second sleeper was over turned. Those of the passenger whose in- Juries were slight continued their ourney, while the more seriously hurt were taken to the company's hospital in St. Louis. V. J. Black and wife, en lopcKa, were taken to the Missou ri, Kansas and Texas Hospital in Sc dalia. The engine of the second sec tion struck the Pullman car Topaz quarely, splitting it for two-thirds of its length, and all of the U oassen srers in the car were either killed or injured. There were 22 passengers in the next car ahead, and although all were badly shaken up by the collision and received a few scratches, only a few were injured seriously. The blame, recording to Superin tendent W. J. McKec, who went at once to the scene oi the wreck, rests with the engineer and conductor of the second section. They were run ning 25 miles an hour when, the su perintendent said, they should have bad their train under control. Sedalia, Mo. (Special). The cor ner of this county held an inquest inquiring into the cause of the wreck on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, at Tipton, Mo., in which three persons were killed and 23 injured, and the following verdict was rendered: "The collision was caused by neg lect of flagman of first No. 3 'in not properly flagging second No. 3, and also by engineer of second No. 3 for coming into station in a careless man ner in not having his engine under control." WANT SS00.000 FOR OVERTIME. Employes of the Eastern Penitentiary Will Apply to Legislature. Philadelphia (Special). Employes of the Eastern Penitentiary have com bined to make legal demand upon the atate for over half a million dollars, which they claim is due them in wages for working overtime. The men, who are mostly guards nd watchmen, contend that ever since the law making eight hours a day's work has been in force they have re peatedly sent in demands to the prison inspectors for pay for the extra time they have been compelled to put in in the institution, but that this has been regularly refused, although every Other state institution long since in augurated the eight-hour system. The lawyers employed by the men found that the commonwealth could not be made the defendant in such a suit, and is now planned to have the matter brought up before the leg islature. A bill is being framed ask ing the legislature to grant the claim ants the right to sue the common wealth, on the ground that the claim is based on the eight-hour law made by the legislature. The legislature's attention will be called to the fast that for more than a decade the in spectors of the Eastern Penitentiary have beeri violating the law. The men claim four hours each day, six days a week, for more than 10 years in most cases. Opea Switch Causes Wreck. Nashville, Tenn. (Special). At Murfreesboro, Trnn., 30 miles south of here, Nashville, Chattanooga and St Louis Passenger train No. 2, north bound, was wrecked at 5:45 'P. NT. Engineer James Grinee was badly calded and bruirrd and Assistant Ex press Messenger Frye received pain ful bruises. No passengers were in jurd. An open switch caused the trouble. Arrests for Lynching. Huntsville, Ala. (Special). Thomas M. Higgs, a hotel man, has been ar rested and placed tinder $5,000 bond on a charge of conspiracy in the lynching of Horace Maple. Robert Powell aon of ex-Sheriff Powell, said to have Ibeen indicted by the United States (rand jury on the same charge, will eurrender. Women Accastd of Swindling. Chicago (Special). In a raid on the offices of a "charitable society," known as the Sunnyside Society, the police arrested Violet F. Shorbondy, the Chi cago representative of the organiza tion. The woman was charged with obtaining money by false representa tions. The police are now searching for IS women assistants, who are said to bave sold the society's publication, Sunnyside, and to have solicited alms in the downtown district. The society claims to work among the poor chil dren of the slums of great cities. NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. The members of the British Iron and Steel Institute who are now vis iting the city, spent Sunday in view ing the public buildings, which were thrown open to them. ' The State Department has instruct ed United States Consul Norton to demand of the Persian government , snore vigorou action looking to the punishment of Rev. Mr. Labaree's as aastins. The War Department has ordered a medical board to examine Capt. Geo. (V. Kirkman, Twenty-fifth Infantry, rtrith v'ew to determining hit sanity. NEWS IN SHORT ORDER. The Litest Happenings Condensed for Rapid Reading. Domestic. Secretary of State Hay has iued a circular letter to the representatives of the United Stated government in other countries, carrying out the Pres ident's instructions looking to the sum moning (,f another international peace conference. The Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany is preparing to handle increased traltic. Works of improvement, tem porarily suspended, have been taken up and orders have been placed for more ca.rs and locomotives. Officials of the Enterprise Collierv, tn Shamokm, IV, which caught lire three weeks ago, stated that the fire, which caused over $100,000 damage, has been extinguished. Kogora Takahira, the Japanese nvn iMer to the United States, has under gone an operation for appendicitis in New York and his condition is serious. Ross Schafer. a larm.r I ivillfr ill Ohio, shot and killed John If aim. who had bcefi employed by him as a farm- ""i. 1 ne motive was revenge. A! 1 T . . ... .ndu i. LO"icy confessed being implicated with l-.dward Donvall m an attempt to blackmail Mrs. Theresa A. Miendan in New York. The report of the United States Commissioner of Education -hows that during the pat year l6.ooo.,i6l pupils attended the public schools. The steamer Mainlander, of the Pa cific Coast Steamship Coninanv's fleet. lies at the bottom of Puget Sound, off West I'oint lighthouse, north of Seat tle, as the result of a collision with the powerful tug Sea I. ion. The summer home of former State Senator John R. McCarty. at Pitts field, Mass,, was robbed. The thieves secured jewelry veined at $10,000. H. Stanley Wilson, 17 years old, was hot and instantly killed at Ptishaw Lake. Me., by his brother Herbert, who mistook him for a deer. One man was burned to death and i nother injured in a fire on the New York waterfront that partially destroy ed several vessels and the pier. Columhia College began the cele bration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the university since its inception as King's College. A young lady fell between the plat form and a train in the subway and was painfully hurt. This was the first accident in the subway. Myrtle Smith, 25 years old, is dead and Jennie Leaver critically ill as the result of knock-out drops administered to the girls. Former Gov. George K. Nash, of Ohio, died suddenly of heart disease at the home of his stepdaughter, in Columbus. The American steamer Miami, which arrived at Havana, brought 12 of the crew of the Spanish bark Cosme Cal zada, which was wrecked on the Flor ida coast. Thomas M. Higgs, a hotel man in Huntsville, Ala., has been arrested and placed under $5,000 bond on a charge of conspiracy jn the lynching of Horace Maples. R. Haning, father-in-law of County Treasurer Thomas J-. Chase, was in dicted in Pomeroy, O., on the charge of being involved in the county treas ury robbery. On account of the charge of arson brought against him, Isaac N. Perry resigned the presidency of the Na tional Bank of North America, of Chicago. The grand jury in Akron, O., re turned an indictment against Aaron Wagoner, cashier of the Akron Savings Hank, which failed last April. Bellamy Storer, American ambas sador to Austria-IIuiigary, sailed from New York on the steamer Deutsch land on his return to his post. Mrs. Maud Cohoon was shot and probably fatally wounded in Cincin nati by Charles Lugannani, an Italian bellboy. The Colorado Fuel and Iron Com pany met in New York and reorgan ized by the re-election of the old offi cers. Mrs. Rue Krauss was indicted in Hartford City, InJ., on the charge of murder in the first degree. The directors of the United States Steel Corporation declared the regu larly (uartcrly dividend. The steamship Massachusetts is re ported to have been wrecked off the Old Bahama Channel. John Connelly died in Pittsburg from wounds said to have been in flicted by his mother. Cornelius Van Cott, postmaster of New York city, died suddenly of heart failure. J. Harry Tregoe, of l'.altimore, ad dressed the Chicago Credit Men's As sociation. A large meeting of window-glass in terests was held at Pittsburg. The village of South R''y;ilston, Mass., was threatened by fire. The International Arbitration So ciety met in Chicago. Foreign. King Piter, of Servia, was cordially welcomed in Sofia by Prince Ferdi nand of Bulgaria. At the baniuet in honor of King Peter's visit the Prince emphasized the necessity of a friendly and intimate union, on which the fu ture of the two countries defended. During an exciting debate in the Spanish Chamber of Deputies on pro posals for the prosecution of certain deputies the president wa attacked and the crucifix behind his chair was overturned by blows of sticks. The resignation of Tonus Arias, secretary of state of the Republic of Panama, apparently ends the division of the political parties. Cambridge University conferred the honorary degree of master of arts on j G. T. Lap, ley, B. A., formerly assist-! am in tne department of history of Harvard University. A dispatch from Mohileff, Russia, states that there have been no anti Jewish riots there, as reported, but that considerable disorders with army reserve men have occurred in connec tion with the mobilization of troops. Sir Thomas Lipton visited the United States cruiser Olympia and thanked the crew for the loving-cup which they presented him. The Vatican is sounding different powers on the subject of its admis sion of' its representatives at the pro posed second Hague conference on the tame ground as the suggested ad mission of the South American re publics, which were not represented at the first conference. The arrest of the head of the Peas ant League at San ' Pier Vernotico caused an outbreak among the peas ants, which was put down by soldiers. r STREWIN WITH CORPSES Terrific Tight With Bayonet at Budd hist Temple. BOTH SIDES LOSE MANY MEN. After a Japanese Force Takes the Position the Russian Artillery Sweeps Ihe Mill tien. Llrevilch Arrives at Mukdea to As sume Command of the Siberian Corps Kuropaiklo Has Reinforcements. Mukden (Hy Cable). The Japanese assumed the offensive on October 27 at Yaiisintun, halfway between Bent siaputzc and Fcngtiapu, on the Muk den road. The whole day was passed by the artillery in preparation for a bombardment of the Russian positions. Toward evening a whole regiment moved out to capture the hill, on which is a Buddhist temple, a mile south of Yausintun. The temple was held by a Russian battalion with two machine guns. A fierce fight with cold steel strew ed the summit of the hill with cornses. '1 he Russians were outnumbered, their machine guns were dismantled and they were compelled to fall back upon their main positions, carrying with them the barrels of their machine guns. The Russian artillery then swept the hill wHth such a hail of projectiles that the Japanese were unable to remain there. Heavy losses were inflicted on both sides. At daybreak the Russian guns on Lime Tree Hill began shelling the villages to the south, where the Japa nese were noticeably active. Similar activity was remarked along the whole front. A detachment of the Russian west ern column, under Colonel Gicsser. on the night of October 26 attacked a couple of vfllagcs lying a few miles south of Sinchinpu. Russia mortar batteries had previously shelled them throughout the whole day. Neverthe less, the Japanese offered a desperate resistance, and it was only after a de termined bayonet charge that the as sailants cleared the villages, the name of one of which is not given and the other of which is known as Hanlinpu. A tour of the hospitals in Mukden shows that the accommodations for the wounded there arc far inferior to the hospitals at Liaoyang. This is especially true of the Red Cross bar racks, where the surgeons and sisters are on duty 24 hours every other day. Fewer wounded are now being brought in, and the hospitals are be ginning to assume a normal aspect. The Jewish doctors and surgeons are especially distinguishing them selves, devoting their time night and day to the wounded, and the Jewish soldiers in the field are displaying as great bravery as their comrades of other religions. JEALOUS MAN'S CRIME. Shot Ills Wife In Park and Then Turns Pistol on Himself. New York (Special). After shoot ing his wife three times Saturday, Morris Sacks, a Russian weaver, 32 years old, turned the revolver upon himself and fired two bullets into his head. The woman will probably die, but physicians at the hospital where both were taken expect that Sacks will recover. The shooting occurred late in the afternoon in Stuyvesant Park, and caused great excitement among the crowd of women and children who were in the park at the time. Sacks and his wife had been sitting together on a bench for a few mo ments, when he arose and fired three shots, all of which entered his wife's head. Sacks then shot himself. Mrs. Sacks dragged herself to where her husband lay and threw herself on the ground beside him. When the police attempted to separate the couple Sacks clung to his wife. The police believe that jealousy was the cause of the shooting. Sacks came here from Russia six months ago, and his wife had been here only four days. TO STOP CANAL PAYMENT. Hearing In Equity Suit With This End In View. Washington, D. C. (Special). An effort to restrain the Secretary of the Treasury from making payments or issuing bonds for the acquisition and construction of the I'anama Canal was made in the equity branch of the Su preme Court of the District of Co lumbia. W. S. Wilson, of Ilindsdalc, 111., is the author of the suit and presented his own argument. The government was defended by United States At torney Morgan II. Beach and Charles W. Russell, assistant to the Attorney General. Justice Stafford, who hear 1 the case, lias not rendered his de cision. The principal question involved is whether the courts have authority to restrain a Federal officer from ;t wrongful interpretation of a Federal law and consequent depletion of the Federal Treasury. The Canal Commission today award ed to the Standard Steel Car Com pany of Pittsburg the contract for fur nishing J 00 flat cars, to lc delivered at New York city, at $75 each. The Hucyrus Company, of Milwaukee, was awarded the contract for furnishing the steam shovels at $117750. Shot From Ambush. Toledo, O. ( Special).--Ro-s Seha fer, a farmer, aged da years, living near Belmore, called John ILinn, aged .to. who had been employed liv him as. a farmhand, from his residence, and U'ider cover of the night shot twice at Hann from a hiding place, letting g the contents of a double-barreled shotgun. Hann, not knowing what had happened, ran squarely into Sclia fcr, and a third shot penetrated his stomach, producing almost instant death. Hanged For Murder of Sweetheart Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Albert Dabrydino, an Italian, was hanged in the county jail yard at Pittsburg for the murder of his sweetheart, Mary Muceiiska, on May 28, 100.1, whom he killed because she refused to marry him, after he had paid her expense from Poland to tins country. The Episcopal House of Bishop? nominated for bishop-coadjutor of the missionary district of South Dakotp Rev. Francis M. Taitt, rector of St. Paul's Chu'cb. CJejter, Pa. MANY KILLED IN MINE. From Thirty to Sixty Lives Lost By An Explosion. Trinidad, Col., (Special). From 30 to 60 men lost their lives in a terrific explosion which occurred at Mine No. 3 of the Rocky Mountain Fuel and Iron Company at Terico, 40 miles west of Trinidad. The exact number of dead may never be known, as the mine is burning, and in all likelihood the bodies will be consumed. A large number of mine official left here as soon as word of the accident was received. Company doc tors were picked up all along the line as well as all cither available physi cians. F. J. Foreman, a Government stock inspector, was at Terico when the explosion occurred. He returned here and gave the following account of the accident: "I was standing not more than 300 yards from the mouth of the tunnel when the explosion occurred. The ex plosion wa, preceded by a low rum bling sound, resembling and earth quake, which made the earth tremble and startled the whole camp. I looked toward the mine and out of the mouth of the tunnel and two airshafts came a great volume of smoke and dust, which continued for nearly a nlinutc. Out of the two air shafts, each of which is seven feet in diameter, timbers two to three feet thick were shot into the air and broke into splinters. Rocks were thrown over tire camp for a distance of a quar ter 01 a mile, jn tact, it rained rocks, broken timbers and all kinds of debris for fully a minute, and many people were injured by being struck with these missels. 'The explosion, which resembled a volcanic eruption, caused the wildest excitement. Men, women, and chldrcn rustier! to the month of the tunnel, and women whose husbands were in the mine had to be brought away by min ers to prevent their being killed by the flying timbers and stones." Deadly fumes came out of the mouth of the tunnel. The mine in which the accident oc curred employs 80 men and it is be lieved that at least 60 were in the mine at the time. News of the exnlosion brought assistance from the adjacent camps. Deadly fumes overcame the rescuers frequently, but their places were i mmediatcly t aken by others ready to risk their lives. It was not thought possible that any one in the mine could escape death. Nearly all the miners employed are Slavs. The mine was opened only a year ago and extended 2,000 feet into the hill. The explosion is sunnosed to have been caused by dust. Only one body has been recovered, that of T. Duran, a driver, who was just en tering the tunel when the exm osion occurred. He was torn and burned beyond recognition. PERSIA TOO DILATORY. United Slates Demands Punishment of Mr. Labare's Murderers. Washington, D. C. (Special). Im mediate action looking to the arrest and trial of the outlaws implicated in the murder of Mr. Labaree, the American missionary, nearly a year ago in Paris, will be insisted upon by Dr. Norton, who has been sent to Persia by the State Department ac credited to Teheran as envoy on a special ' mission. Dr. Norton is the American consul at Harput, who has recently been investigating troubles in Turkey. The American Minister to Persia is now absent from there, and the consul general has very acceptably administered the affairs of the lega tion, but it is believed the Persian gov ernment will be impressed with the firmness of purpose of this govern ment regarding the I.abaree case by the sending of a special envoy. At the State Department it is stated that the leader of the band supposed to have murdered Labaree lias been ar rested. There are several other.! the orders for whose arrest has been given, but they are still at large. The Persian government is acting with a dilatoriness not to the liking of the Washington officials, and Dr. Norton will be instructed to state the dissat isfied attitude of this government with the conduct of the case. Carnegie Technical Schools. Pittsburg. Pa. (Special). The eom nittee on Carnegie technical school at its meeting awarded the prize of the competition to Palmer and Horn- bostel, of New York, who were ap piflnted architects. The technical schools when completed will cover an area of 32 acres, and will represent an expenditure of $5,000,000. Work on the buildings will begin as soon as the working plans can be prepared. Bluing Oil Hit Firemen. Phillips, Neb. ( Special). Fireman l.azear lost his life in a peculiar acci dent on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad here. A passenger train struck an oil wagon at a street crossing and the oil, which was thrown over the engine, caught fire Fireman l.azear burned to death am. Engineer Parkinson barely escaped in jury. The flames were soon extin guished. FINANCIAL Philadelphia was a principal seller, as well as a big buyer, of Reading. Orders for 18,000 cars are still un filled by the American Car & Foun dry Company. Lake Superior has another order from the Dominion Government for 10,000 tons of steel rails. A Philadelphia!! who has recently built u lumber road in the South says lie got his steel rails $10 a ton below the schedule price. It is argued that Ontario & West ern should go to 50, if a 2 per cent, dividend is guaranteed. It is said that Drexcls will buy the Philadelphia & Erie stock from the city and hold it in tho interests of the Pennsylvania Railroad. It is officially stated by E. B. Smith that the banking syndicate has sold $4,000,000 of the Lehigh Valley bonds recently issued and 'that the sale is completed. The company must re tain $10,000,000 of the $15,000,000 with which to retire an equal amount of coal certificates and $ per cent, bonds that will shortly be redeemable. WILL NOT GO TO WAR An International Commission to Settle the Dispute. PREMIER BALFOUR'S BITTER FLINGS. Tbe British Premier Calls Admiral Rojcstven ky's Story a Romance, Protests - Against Tbat Officer's Allegations, and Declares tht Position Brought About by the Admiral's Re port 'One Impossible for Neutrals to Tolerate War between Great Britain and Rus sia has been averted. Both nation., have agreed to a settlement of tlu trouble by an international commis sion, under The Hague Convention. I his peaceful solution was largely brought about through M. Camboii. the French ambassador to England and formerly ambassador to the United States. During the Spanish American War M. Cambon also repre sented the interests of Spain and took a prominent part in the peace nego tiations. The international commission will hear the evidence of Vice Admiral Ro- jestvensky and other officers of his fleet, and also the testimony of the English fishermen who were fired up on in the North Sea last Friday night. 1 rentier Haltour, in a speech at South ampton, impugned the veracity of the Kussian Vice Admiral, saying: "In the story of our fishermen there was much tragedy, but no romance; m the story of the Russian Admiral there is no tragedy, but I am driven to the belief that there is much ro mance." The British Premier further de clared that the position was one im possible tor neutrals to tolerate. Vice Admiral Rojestvensky. who lias been instructed to remain at Vigo, to gether with all his ships that took part in the North Sea tragedy, now de clares that shots were fired fr.om th torpedo boats he attacked, and that two men were wounded on his flag ship, one a priest, who had a hand shot off. Rojestvensky i quoted by the Vigo correspondent of the London Chroni cle as saying that when the vessels of the Russian squadron found them selves surrounded by the fishing fleet, the warships had to stop their engines continually, so as not to get their screws entangled in the nets. The warships frequently gave way to the trawlers. Suddenly the cruiser Au rora saw ahead two torpedo boats coming toward the squadron at full speed. She turned her searchlight on them and then noticed two floating mines close to her. An order to fire on the torpedo boats was immediately given, with the result that one of them was sunk and the other escaped and was lost sight of among the trawlers. Commission to Fix Responsibility. London (By Cable). The settle ment of the points of dispute between Great Britain and Russia regarding the attack by the Russian second Pacific Squadron on British trawlers October 2! has been referred to an internation al commission at The Hague Conven tion. This was decided upon at the cabinet meeting here. Premier Balfour, speaking at a meet ing of the National Union of Con servative Clubs at Southampton broke the silen -c which had been so long preserved and had brought the people of the United Kingdom to a condition of almost desperate irritation and given rise to misconceptions which Mr. Balfour himself exposed. "The Russian Ambassador," said Mr. Balfour, "has authorized a state ment to the following effect: Tin Russian government on hearing of the North Sea incident al once expressed its profound regret, and also promised most liberal compensation. The gov ernment has ordered the detention at Vigo of that part of the fleet which was concerned in the incident, in or der that the naval authorities might ascertain what officers were responsi ble for it; that thoe officers and any material witnesses would not proceed on the voyage to the Far East; that inquiry would be instituted into the facts by an international commission as provided by The Hague Conven tion. ' That, Mr. Balfour interpolated, had nothing to do with arbitration; it wa the constitution of the international commission in order to find out the facts, and any person found guilty would be tried and punished adequate ly. The Russian government under took that precaution would be taken to guard against recurrence of such incidents. Special instructions on this subject would be issued. Jilted, He Shot Hlimclf. Bo-ton (Special). In the presence of the girl who had rejected him, Charles Melzard, 19 years old, of Koxbury, shot and killed himself. Melzard called upon Rose Brans field, in South Boston, and when leav ing was told not to call again. He re plied: "Then I will shoot you and myself, too." Miss Bransfield jokingly answered: "All right, go ahead." Melzard then drew a pistol, and, placing the muzzle against his side, fired, the ball lodging near his heart. He died almost instantly. Two Young Men Die Together. Knoxville, Tenn. (Special). Two young men, about 21 and 22 years of age, respectively, locked in each oth ers embrace, lay down on the tracks of the Jelico railway, about four miles from Athens, Tenn., and let a train run over them. It is not known who the young men were. There was noth ing on their persons to indicate their identity. The bodies were taken to Athens, where an inquest was begun. It is believed they were brothers and committed suicide. Another Jap at Aooipolls. Washington, D. C. (Special). Up on the request of Mr. Takahira, the Japanese Minister, the Sc&etary of the Navy has directed that Asahi Kit agaki. of Tokio, Japan, be received as a student at the United States Na val Academy upon the commence ment of the next term on July 1, 1903 In 1867 Congress passed an act au thorizing the Secretary of the Navj to permit the entrance of Japanese in the Academy, and Mr. Kitagaki will be the eighteenth Japanese stu dent enrolled at Annapolis. BENBOW TRIES HIS AIRSHIP. Sails For Fifteen Minutes About St Louis Under Perfect Control al All Times. St. Louis (Special). Floating gracefully in the air at an everage height of 80 feet above the heads of the several thousand spectators, the airship designed and built by T. C. Henbow, of Columbus, Mont., made what the inventor declares was a suc cessful trial flight in the aeronautic concourse at the World's Fair. 1 he big cigar-shaped balloon, bear ing its burden of car, motor, machin ery and operator, rose from the ground at 5 o'clock P. M.. and after navigat ing the air for ij minutes, during which Benbow directed the prow of his vessel toward all points of the ompass, slowly descended to the ground near the starting place and was secured by attendants without ' break to mar the success of the flight. While F.enbow appeared to have ab solute control over the machine, an anchor rope about 50 feet long was used, one end of which was held by an assistant during the entire flight. Renbow made the following state ment: "'I h: -.rial was made to determine the feasibility of my airship. I had intended making a trip over the fair grounds, hut found that the rapid con densation of gas was fast rcducin-j the lifting power, and in order to maintain an altitude I threw out all my ballast. "During the is minutes that I was up my airship kst 00 pounds of lilt ing power, and I realized that I could not make an extended trip. The air ship was comnlctclv under niv con trol, and it responded nicely. The tart was made so late m the after noon that that fact alone prevented a long trip, the cold atmosphere caus ing the condensation of gas." The Benbow airship weigh about 600 pounds without an operator. The gas rg is 7s tcet long and about 2C feet wide at the center, tapering at the ends. The big bag contains 16.00c cubic feet of gas when inflated, and on this gas the ship depends for maintenance-of equilibrium. The frame of the ship is of aluminum and wood, and the power is derived from a 10- horsepower gasoline motor. .Momentum is given to the airshiD by means of two large side wheels, or tans, each consisting of four blades, so constructed that they automatic ally fold after completing the stroke against the air, and do not expand until again in position to force the airship ahead. NAVY TO CONDUCT IT. Investigation of United States Steamboat In spectloD Service. Washington, D. C. (Special). In accordance with the directions of the President, Secretary Victor H. Met calf, of the Department of Commerce and Labor, has completed arrange ments for a thorough investigation of the several districts of the Steamboat Inspection Service, except that part of the Second district which is included- in the port of New York. The investigation will be conducted by naval officers, who, at the request of Secretary Metcalf, have been detailed by the Navy Department for the serv ice, and ordered to report to Secre tary Metcalf for instructions. The officers selected to make the in quiry arc on the retired list. Each officer has had assigned to him a certain district of the Steamboat In spection Service, as follows: Rear Admiral Louis Kempff, First district, San Francisco. Commander Z. L. Tanner, Third district, Norfolk, Va. Rear Admiral John R. Bartlett, in terior Mississippi district. Rear Admiral Wells L. Field. Eighth district, Detroit, Mich. Rear Admiral F. M. Symonds, Ninth district, ClevelanJ. O. Rear Admiral W. C. Wise, Tenth district, New Orleans. The cities named arc the headquar ters of the districts. In addition to the districts mentioned, the remaining districts will be investigated, but as signments to them yet have not been made. It is likely the inquiry in them will be made by some of the officers who have been detailed to other dis tricts at the conclusion of their pres ent assignments. President Roosevelt, in his letter to Secretary Metcalf, commenting on the report of the Slocum commission, gave the following directions: "In order that I ma.y be informed as to the exact condition of the serv ice in all its parts, I direct you to order a searching investigation, in continuance of the investigation of the commission, into the conduct of the central oflicc, and of every outside subdivision of the service save that ii New York." The inquiry ordered by Secretary Metcalf is based on that order. The President excepted New York because ;:n investigation into Ihe affairs of that district already had been made by the Slocum board. Instructions have been prepared by Secretary Metcalf, and they will be communicated by him tc the officers detailed to make the in quiry. The Secretary selected naval oflicers'to make the investigation be cause they arc equipped thoroughly, by education and experience, to con duct it, and to ascertain the facts which it is the dcire of Secretary Metcalf and of President Roosevelt to have before them. At the conclu sion of the inquiry which the officers will make as individuals, and not as a body, they will make a written re port of their findings and recom mendations to Secretary Metcalf, SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. Mrs. Rosa Di Pietro was indicted in New York for the murder of Mi chael Rogo, whom she killed whrn he attempted to fo'ree his unwelcome attentions upon her. The St. Paul police arrested Karl R. Kipp, former cashier of the First Na tional Bank of Saratoga Springs, N. Y., who is wanted for embezzlement The powder-house of Abbott & Son, in the suburb of Marshalltown la., blew up, the explosion shaking the entire citv. Fred G. Matthews, a prisoner at Fort Wayne, serving a sentence for desertion, was shot and killed by Pri vate Frank J. Hill while trying to es cape, Veine Krall committed suicide be cause, as he stated in a letter, tht Dowieitss had gotten all bis money and he did not want to start again. Ilermsn Froelich, a "straw bonds man," was convicted of perjury In New York and sent to prison for 10 years. The British steamer Sishan has been; released by order of the Japanese; nayal court at Sastbo, . - ... . M .. . THE KEYSTONE STATE Latest News of Pennsylvania Told ia' Short Order. 1 Crazed with fear of arrest on a trivi-1 al charge, Frank McCann, aged 17 years, of West Catasauqna, com. mittcd suicide by shooting himself in the head. His body was found in aj wheat field near his home. Tightly clasped in his right hand was a revol ver which had been given to the lad on July 4. Coroner Scheirer learned that the boy with a number of com-j panions had been playing on thai school grounds and that the lads had! scattered a quantity of waste papeH around the building, contrary to tha orders of the School Board. Consta-j ble William Faust watched the boya and caught McCann, who broke awayj As he ran Faust called after hinr threatening to arrest him in the morn.' ing. Being extremely sensitive tht threat so prayed upon the boy's mind, it is supposed, that he left his home immediately after supper and killed) himself. The boy's father, Steward McCann, lives in South Bethlehem. The boy lived with Dr. Thomas Sher r, in West Catasauqua. Palmer St Hornbostel, of New York, were selected as the architects of tht Carnegie Technical Schools. T. E. Bilqnist, of Pittsburg, own the honor! in the Allegheny County architects' competition, George B. Post, of Ne York, won second honors. The third, fourth and fifth ranks, with an awarcf of $1000 each, were secured by Wood, Donn & Deming and Cobbett & Pell, Washington, D. C. and New York, as sociated: Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson, Boston and New York, and Newman Si Harris, Philadelphia. Prof. Warren P. Laird, head of tin department of architecture of tht University of Pennsylvania, was tht advisory architect of the committee. He is well pleased with the plana. The schools arc to cost $5,000,000 ana the successful architects will receive 5 per cent, of this amount, $50,000. A score of rats saved the lives of eight men at the Coalbrook collier of the Delaware and Hudson Coal Company. The men were robbing pil Jars in a remote portion of old work ings when they noticed the rats scam per past in little groups and flee up tht gangway as fast as they could go. "That's queer," said one of them, "Something must be going to happen. They're wise. Let's get out of here.1' They fled no less precipitately than the rats and just in time, for as they ran there came a thunderous crasl and the roof fell in all around the place where they had been working, An area of nine chambers was cover ed by the fall, and the men would1 have been crushed to death had they remained two minutes longer. Mrs. James G. Kennedy, Coatcs vilic, was seriously injured at Broad Street Station, Philadelphia. She says she was knocked down ami tramplerf by University of Pennsylvania stu dents. She is under the care of 1 physician, who says it is impossible to predict what will be the result oj her injuries, h is feared her spine is injured. Miss Annie Kline, aed 22 years, of Ashland, committed siiicile by shoot ing herself with a revolver. She waf to have been married to a man whes it is said, broke faith with her. Thi girl's mother heard tly report of a pistol and, running to her daughter'! room, found her sitting near a wins dow. She had fired a shot, hut hei aim was not true and the bullet wal imbedded in the wall. Mrs. Kline'l son searched his sister for the weap on, but was unable to find it. A few minutes later Annie arose and walked into the yard. Soon a second report was heard, and this time she wal found dead on the floor, the bullcf having pierced her heart. The late Thos. S. Bigelow, of Pitts burg, former leader of the Citizens' party, left an csttatc worth $fi-i.27.V91 Of this amount $544.57.1-9.? in in per sonal property and the remainder, $127,000, is' in real estate. These fig ures are shown by the appraisement, As Mr. Bigelow was a batchclor, hil estate goes to collateral heirs. The State tax on the estate will amount to $3.1.613.70, of which the Register of Wills, George H. Stengel, will re ceive $1650.69 for collecting the tax, About $450,000 is deposited in banks. Qn entering his stables, D. J. Frau enfelder, a farmer of Albany Town ship, found that two of his horses haJ been slashed with a knife. One of tht horses died and the other is in a ser ious condition. Mr. Frauenfelder if the owner of a large farm and did not know he had any enemies. Seven hundred mine workers at the Fernwood Colliery, near Pittston, went on a strike the other morning owing to a dispute about extra work. Instead of consulting the district of ficers the leaders at the colliery callej the others out on strike. The union officials met the strikers in the after noon and directed them to return to work and refer their grievances to a committtee. Slowly sinking in a large body ol black mud until it entirely engulfe.1 him before the eyes of a number of fellow-workmen was the horrible fatt of Harry Prendergast, aged 17 years, t the Phoenix Park Colliery, Potts ville. Prendergast was working on a plank over a slush bank, lost his bal ance and fell into the mass. Tha young man sank to his death with his cries for help ringing in the ears of a score of his mine comrades, who were powerless to help him. Mrs. Sarah Walters, who was shot by Peter Fitzwilliam in a fit of jeaN ousy at her home in Pittsburg, died without regaining consciousness. F'itz. william killed himself after shooting the woman. Mrs. Walters kept a boarding house. She formerly lived in Philadelphia, where her husband, it is said, still resides. The body of Walter Seltzer, ol Philadelphia, was found in a spring house on his brother's farm near Hat boro, where he was visiting. It is bt lieved he died from an attack tack of verJ ibject. he believed ; tigo, to which he was subject. CrazeJ with joy because his eyesight had beeft restored, Joseph! Keltsch created such a disturbance at vespers in St. Mary's Germs Cat h olic Church, Scranton, that he wad to be removed by ushers. Keltsch , is 4$ years of age and married. Over year ago lie sustained an injury wnicrjl resulted tn onnanesa. ucm 01 a ro jlgtous turn of mind, he prayed almosii constantly war, nia nsni niigni oe re stored. Sunday . afternoon he was firayint at vespers, when be jumped! o his Icet and cried out that he could tee tbe alter, and ligntea candles. Ho alternately cried and sang. 4 's . t
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