THREE MEN WERE KILLED Officers Battle With Suspected Train Robbers. FIGHT TOOK PLACE IN ROOM. Eiflht Men Wer Engaged and Only Two Escape Uninjured Shower of Bullets. In n desperate haltlp In St. Louis betwpen tlvp del pet Ives and throe Busppeis whom they were endeavoring to arrest, two detectives wpro kill ed and onp seriously Injurpd, anil chip of the suspect was killed and two others badly wounded. Tlio doad nre; John .T. Shea, detective; Alliprl Rose, suspect; Thomas Dwyrr. de tective. The wounded are: James McClusky. deteptlvp, r.hot through the stomach; C. C. Blair, fugitive, ahot four times through the head; Harry H. Vaughan, fiigbive, badly beaten about the head by detective when he nought to aid his friends In the battle. The fight occurred In the front room of a house on I'lne street, and the men whom the detpcllves sought to arrest are suspected of being im plicated In a train robbery nt ("en tralla. 111., a few weeks ago. The house had hppn under pollre sur voiliance for aevernl days, but Friday was the first time that any of the Btisperts wpro sppn lo enter or .leavo. The detective's were met by n revol ver fire by thp nun as they entered the house. Shea was the first to fali. Dwyer arid Shea returned the tiro of the suspects. Blair, who claims to have pome from Pittsburg two weeks ago, said that be. Hose and the others, bad been seated In the room when the door was opened and the detectives entered. Ulalr. noting the fact that Detective Shea hail his revolver drawn, pulled his own gun nnd emp tied It Into the faces rf the invaders. He shot six times without a pause. The,rc were no miss-fire, and bo close were the suspects and deieetlves that the. powder from Ulalr" gun burned; their clothes. i WOULD-BE BANOITS. Four Omaha Emulator of Car-Barn . A correspondent of the Russlty 1,1b Gang Arrested. j tol sends U that paper a graphic ac- Flve Omaha youths who read the fount of the fighting by General Bll story of the Chicago car-barn bandits ; dcrllng'g corps on October 12, when and amight to emulate their deeds thp uusslan right flank was broken. iwitj ucru lanru iiiim uniwuj , t urj to am ii r a skill u acquire bkiii. i To the pollca captain they confess-. l tA i hnLlnni Tho nm,M,i. ! ed to six holdups. The proceeds from these netted the lads more than $1,000. The names and agea are: Joseph Trattner, 17; Barney Doran, 18; Harry Madison, 10; "Sloppy Smith, 22, and Roy Case, 21. Case has a 14-year-old wife. ine arrm was tne result of a tJt and U took place in time to prevent the carrying out of plans to dyna mite the big car barim at tho Harney street terminal. BIG TOBACCO TRUST. Follow. Dlimissal of Injunction Against Reorganixation. The American Tobacco Company flled a charter with the Secretary of : , State of New Jersey, the Incorporation fcli . . i, 7i J J. - t . .i,.,i : I- nw develohs that disaster was had for a hiding place for their booty , . . . . .,. .,,. a cave on the banks of the Missouri, a , aV "ed so,10 ,',y I?0 ly0 rr ' verlUble arsenal stored with nltro-1 of Gencral Soboleff s Six h Siberian glycerin, dynamite, fuses, guns an(, j corps pomposed almost entirely of re plstols. To develop nerve for Wg "mat. and many regiments of whleh Jobs they held up belated pedestrians we,rf i'J 8 In the lonely parts of town and prat- a I!.a j . . , u . ttr.,1 htowin ..n ronk. n,i t..m, ! The correspondent telegraphs that of the gigantic concern closely follow- the Russian trenches until the Tenth 1 sheet Ieta' Workers of Philadelphia, lng- the decision of the court of rhnn- artillery brigade came Into action, i wh!c" went Into effect September 1, eery which removed the injunction j . j h"8 ended, a perpetual agreement against the reorganization of the to-1 Jap Lo&se Fifty Thouand. ! navin ueen reached between em bacco mist. The companies ln tti.s 1 According to a camo follower who p.lo.5:prs nd employe., under which new mercer are the American , Tobacco Company and the Continental ; Tobacco Company. , j The authorized canllnl of ih onn. corn la $180,000,000. divided into vuv.uvu aim.- oi common stock at lias reached 50,000. He says the Mlk $100 each, and $80,000,000 worth of ! ado s men recklessly attacked the preferred stock, the latter bearing 6 : strongest positions, making wild rush- ram i-uiuuiuuve uiviuenns. MARINES RETAINED ON ISTHMUS Government I. Prepared for Emergency. Any American marines will be retained on the Isthmus of Panama for the present, prepared to meet any emer gency which may arise as "the result, of disgruntled elements Iu the new re public, and orders have been issued for a new battalion of marines to go to the lsthmus November 15, to re lieve the ba.tailun which has been there for a year. That the situation cn the Isthmus 1 still not all that could be desired is the news which came to Washington 1n a personal letter from an official now in Punmna. While tho Panama government la entirely loyal It seems that there are cer tain disgruntled elements iu the lBtbmus, and ln view of the ase with which revolutions are start ed In Central and South America, It is the official opinion here that the ma rines should remain there for the pres ent. . Wabash Plan Fall. George J. Gould has been thwarted In his plan to gain an entrance to New York by way of tho anthracite ooal region. Negotiations which were miule by hi in some time ago for the purchase of a control of the New York,. Ontario & Western have been prevented by the enmmunity-of-interest roads and the deal for Its purchase by the New York, New , Haven & "Hartford has """ .(Ulrtnally concludtid- . IRON BUSINESS REVIVING. Price Ar Advancing. Steel Rail Particularly In Demand. II. (!. Dun & Co.' "Weekly Review of Trade" says; Trade reports nrc more encouraging each week, while Hip forfitiK of optimism reiiM'dliig the future Is becoming general. With Its customary illtcposlhm to discount ronimeipiiil prosperity. Wall m rct't has lifted tlui average price of the l!H nioKt active railway slime nbove par lor the first lime since .May of last year. Miiiiiifarturltig plants steadily Increase output, a pnrtlcii lnrly gratifying feature of the week being Hip large tonnage of steel pur chased by tlio railways, anil tlio ml vanced prlrp.4 for pig Iroii suggest that thp depression In that Industry has rim lis course. Textile mills are doing more work, ship yards ar morp fully engaged, and structural j work begins to assume normal pro-; portions. Foreign trade for thp last -wppk shows a gain of $2.1 ."S.27. In Imporis over thoso of the samp wppk I In 1 !):(. hut n loss of fl.14S.2T5 lit px-j ports. A fpw freight blockades have occurred, ami iramc is very neiivy In some sections whllo ail railway i -!' nig n.r Ve mm nan 1.1 wi-mm-, show an average giln of K.ii perl cent, ovpr last ypar's earnings. Re- vlval of Interest In finished steel and practically all departments of the j , niable us to conveniently and sale Iron Industry has come so suddenly! , , rol)S!n,ct mnlaln and oper- . . I'''uuir ' hh, hi- IhoiiKh It Is not surprising, consider-1 ing the enormous tonnage tinder con-1 Blderntlon for so many months, held j back n'one by the caution of buyers who wnnted to be cerla n that the market would go no lower. This new business Is foend In practically every j department, notably those pertain-' lug to the railways. Hides have at- tallied a still Ftronger position, large sal'-s of branded cows and calfskins giving holders the desired advance, nnd there is a wholesome demand nt ; lending leather mntkets. OmillMonsi are sleadlly growing nvre satlslac tory nt the woolen mills. Failures this week numbered 215 In the United States, against 279 last year, nnd 3ft In Canada, compared with 2G a year ago. F0VGHT ALL DAY IN THE RAIN, .... ., . Graphic Account of the. Breaking of the Russian Right Plank. v-nu o Un,,i,.lo """"a-" ,,.,, ., i iii.i,nnn .i , "" . "'"' " , ' r", - ,,r"ve ln Stakhovleh's cavalry, whlcn was guarding Blldeiilngs right. The Fituation was most critical, but tne Sixth corps, which had been held in reserve promptly came up and sup ported HHderlln?, and things assumed a brighter aspect. The fighting was exceedingly furious. Two reserve .Tndor fire, bo, rorps regiments whleh had never be of tho Japanese advance and obstin ately hold their ground. The following day the bat' It) was re- fumed with the fullest intensity. The j j Japanese threw themselves headlong i against tho positions of the Sixth and tinl.piI the whole day dMplte atm.,. I fip down-pour of rain and a fearful i thunder storm. A Japanese bat- tcry dashed out from General Oku's ' right and opened a deadly fire upon ! ban been tor nm tim nith oo io. anese army now besieging Port Ar- i thur. and who Is at present In Chlfu, I i.,.. -..i...,.i . ,--i.. .i. 1.-kcr of Japanese kll ed before t es In masses. SKIRMISH REPORTED. Hostilities Said to Have Begun In . Panama, New reached Colon that about 20 armed mon, who are thought to be malcontent Panamans rather than Colombian s'lldlers, have been seen In the neighborhood of Culebra, threatening hostilities against the Panaciau government. As soon as the American authori ties of the canal zone became cogni zant of the appearance of this force marines were sent out to ascertain their purpose. It is rumored that a skirmish oc curred inland In which several were killed, but there is no confirmation of this report. The torpedo koat destroyer Paul Jones has gone under hurry orders to meet the Pacific squadron, which Is supposed to have left Magdalena bay, where target practice lias been going on, for Panama. She is bear ing dispatches, the nature of which Is unknown. Edmund G. Vail, Democratic candi date for CcjugrPE8 In the Twenty-first district of Ohio, tendered hi resig nation from the ticket to tho Demo cratic Congressional ComnJttce. TO KEEP RAIL PRICES UP. United 8tate Steof Corporation Will Make No Reduction. Officials of the United States Steal Corporation have decided that there shall be no reduction in tho price of steel ruils for the first quarter of 1905. No formal action has yet been taken but it is pretty well understood among railroad officials that the price of rails will remain at $28 a ton until April uext. liy that time It Is expected that the lower ichtduU will be ,duDt4. r TUFT ORDERED TO PANAMA President will Send Secretary of War to Reassure the People. HOPES TO REGAIN GOOD WILL. 3'jcccti of Panama Canal Project Put in Jeopardy .by Misunder standing of Natives. President Roosevelt has sent a let ter to Secretary uf War Tart, order ing tlui hitter to proceed to Panama to ally the alarm which exist among thp peoplp of that republic, at the effect of the ()overnmnt established in thp canal strip by the United atarH (mi,ilsiilon In his letter, the President says It Is apparent that the people of Pana ma fenr an Independent community, which shall Injuriously affect theJr business. Is to bo established In the cnnal stone. This, according to the President . . . iIa,i,t .,r It,. nv- ' We )lin , HHKitOHt Intention of! 0Ht a li I IkH 1 ii nn independent, colony n ,h(, nil,,no f tll0 gla,p of pananm or of exercising any greater govern- mpntal f unci long than are necessary a,e ,,, rnlla, xmiWr ,,0 r, ntg gvi, ()V (u, t rtnt y " g((., TH.-t ,a nu,iirlzed to' ,,, ,,.. .. ,,,, ,, ,.,! ,. :,i..r. n,.,i Iu ,.,.i,i,i n,at he choosrs, and It Is probable that i his pary wilt bp made up of reprcv ;,nlnfiv., f tt, r.nl rnmnitaslon ,, mom,pri, r ,he H,Mn(, lln,i Sen- j ,.omn,P(,H dotiUiiai with the ,sthmlan BITali3. The parly will I likely leave tor the 1st hin ts on Nov ember 14. The pinlter of the reln'tnns be tween the (Jovernor and the Republic 1P!l ,m(U,r Ps,(.rnt.ion for three weidcs. William Nelson Crom well, the attorney for the nw Pana ma Canal Company, several days ; ago came over from New York nnd j nan a conference wun me I'resiiienr. and told hi in that the course of Davis would ruin the project. He Bald that the friction had become so In- tense that heroic measures would nnve , ,)P taken to nmpi0rate con- clitlons, elso the United States would find Its only friends in Central and South America Joining Colombia ln her propaganda of hate against the Yankee nation. Threats ol dynamit ing the canal have been made by excited Panamans. Whpn the Secre tary starts for Panama It. will be the first time that a Cabinet officer has gone on a mlsalon to a foreign coun try. SEVEN DROWNED. Flv, Other Do Without Food and Water for Five Day. A dispatch from West Palm Beach, Fla., says: Tho Melroso, a three masted English schooner, was liter ally pounded to pieces by the waves between Thursday afternoon and Monday night during a severe storm, with a loss of seven lives nnd In tense Buffering for flvo others, who were without food and water for five days, until the vessel was blown Among the victims was Mrs. Hal len, a Inrge property ow-ner in Florl da. Charles H. Weller of Nassau na(1 wlfo cl,m to tne rigging, but a breaking mast knocked Mrs. Weller overuoaru. STRIKE PERPETUALLY ENDS. Permanent Agreement With the Sheet Metal Worker. The strike of the Journeymen 1 BTriL'D ann ifinunniB am ici no u vm ed. All disputes are to be set'led by arbitration. The closed shop Is conceded by the Increase ln wages from 37 Vt cents to 40 cents an hour, 44 hours per week, during May, June, July and August, and 48 hours a week during the rest of the year. BIG MONEY ORDER BUSINESS. Fifty Million Mark I. Passed for First Time In History. The total number of money orders Issued by this government during1 the last fiscal year passed the 50.000,000 mark for the first time In history, as shown by the annual report of the su perintendent of the money order sye tem. The net revenue of the money order business was $2,528,403, an inn ease of $288,494 as compared with the previous fiscal year. The gross revenue wa. $3,026,670, an increase of $376,282. The number of domestic orders is sued was 60,392,554, aggregating $378, 778,488, and international money or ders issued numbered 2,208,344, aggrre ratlng $42,650.150i There are 36,031 domestic and 6,913 international money order olfices in operation against 34,547 domestic and 0,322 International In operation Juno 30, 1802. George Gumberson, who lives up iho ' mountain from Dunbar, Pn lost $1,000 from 'hi. pocket whllo hunting chcKtnuU. . Woman Cremate Herself, At Flndlay, O,, Mrs. William Sny der, aged 60 years, committed suicide by burning herself in an outbuilding. She bad been unbalanced mentally for some time - and today went to the building and closing tho door behind her, set fire to her clothing. When discovered by her daughter, Mrs. Ax line, the body was burned almost to a crisp. A few weeks ago Mrs. Sny der was released from the asylum at Toledo. v ' - WAR MOVEMENTS. Report from Mukden That the Rus sian Ar Advancing. A dlspnleh from Mukden siiys: It la reported that the Itiissliin army Ik advancing. Ruin Is hindering every thing. The livers are bank full nnil the fords are linpasslblp. Thcie are no brldgps, Supplies of all sorts are delayed. ("ossai ks brotmhl In am ui oil gens and Japanese wounded prisoner on October 17. Russian soldiers sur rounded the prisoners and gave them bread and water nnd In cuiur ways tiled lo relieve their wants. News has Just been received that the Jap anese left Hank has been (111 veil l ack wlih heavy loss. Lone Tree bill, won by Hie Rus slims after a desperate mruggle, was the object of a gallant, hut nnsue ccKslttl alii nipt nt recapture by the Japanese. In spile of the awful slaughter with which they had been driven from the hill, the Japanese returned to the charge dining' the night of Octolu r IT. recognizing that the hill wns the key to the position on the Boulhwest front. Nine regi ments partlfdpaled, creeping up through the night and ilellver.'ng a furious asxnult at dawn. Cut the hill had been bought too clear' by the Russians to relinquish It, and the Japanese were driven bnck with ter rible slaughter. Shakhe alatlon, or what Is left of It, has been recaptured by the Rus sians, who will shortly reopen It for lailway truffle wlih Mukden. RUSSIANS GAIN ADVANTAGE. Penetrate Japanese Center and Com-' pel Them to Retire. Reports from Russian nources g!vc a more hopeful view of the dilution j of Den. Kuropn' kin's army. That commander has rcoceupied nnd holds , th( town of Klinklio. the nossesston ! of which for several days was first with one and then with thp oilier of thp contending nrniics. Reports from the Russian left wing, lor the nifety of which there had been niiirh anxiety, are no later than tho night or October 13. It had been fighting lor two days for possession of Tuniln and Slatchoun passes, Important strategic points, hut up to the time of thu sending of the last dispatch the Japanese were still In possession of the passes. In order that this column may lie able to rejoin the main Russian army It Is necessary that Oen. Kuropatkln should hold the bridges over the Hun river and the position he now occu pies on the Shakhe river. There .la no Indication that the end of the great battle Is at hand. Esti mates of the losses show a wide divergence, but are, as a rule, lower than those given out in Sunday's dis patches. MAROONED OFF LABRADOR. Frightful Suffering of Crew on Island Before Aid Come. After subsisting on scant rations for several weeks, during which they suffered Intensely from the cold, tho 11 aurvlvora of the stranded steam er Viking have been picked up from otherwise uninhabited islands of the ponst of Labrador by the tug Douglas H. Thomas, which had been dispatch ed to thplr relief. They were taken, to tho Hudson Bay Company's pout at Rlgolet. When the men were res cued their rations had dwindled to an insignificant amount of salt pork, flour and water and their condition was desperate. The Viking- was wrecked nt Shag rock, Gross Wnter bay, last August, nnd was abandoned by tho crew, The captain and two of the crew sought refuge op a small Inland to the windward of the wreck, while the other eight men reached an Island to the leeward. A vessel, formerly sent to bring back the Viking's crew, was also wrecked. Strike for Unionism, Miners at a number of mines In the Kanawha field, (W. Va.,) have quit work on the refusal of operators to take down notices instructing those who hire men at mines not to discriminate between union and non union men. Boston Wool Market. Strong- and active are the adject ives which describe this week's wool market. Foreign grades a.-e firm, but quiet. Lending quotations are: Ohio and Pennsylvania, XX and nbove, 35(fi36c; X, 30Slo: No. 1, 341 35c; No. 2, 3435e; fine, un washed, 24i?iac; unmerchantable, 28Ji 27c; '4-blood, unwashed, 2930c; -blood, 2S'ilig29c; -hlosd, 28 28V&c; unwashed delaine, 21 (fi 27c ; fine, washed, delaine, SO 37c; Michigan X and nbove, 2C'g27c; No. 1. 3fi31c: No. 2, 29'53iic; fine, un washed, 21ft 22c; U-blood. unwashed, 28M,fi29c; a-blood blood, 27H28e. Brought Gold From Skagway. The Pacific Coast Steamship Com pany's steamship Cottage City has reached Seattle from Slcagway with 150 passengers and gold amounting to $12,ouo. Officers of the Cottage City report that, water is low In the Yukon river, and that the last boats are. having great dlitlcuhy In hauling over the bars. While trying to board a freight I tra.lu Joseph B. Ellis of Kane, Pa., fell under the wheels and was killed. JUDGE 6 LAPS PRISONER. Didn't Like Reflection on HI Knowl edge of the Law. In Magistrate Belvlll's court at Huntington, W. Va., Walter Bragg, who had been fined, made a remark regarding the Magistrate's knowledge of tho law. The Magistrate, who Is a powerful man physically, slapped the prisoner ln the face and remarked that the blow was In lleti of a flue for , con tempt of court. SIX- BURNED 10 DEATH Fire in Crowded Brooklyn Tene ment at Night. FIHEMEN RESCUED 6CORE9. Many Screaming Wobien and Chil dren Were Lowered to the Places of Oafc'.y. "l Six llvrs were hut, nrariy n score of persons were In lin ed and I he lives of mote than n hundred others en dangered In ii tenement limine lire In the Williamsburg section of Brook lyii. Incendiaries are thought to have been responsible for the falal fire and this theory Is strengthened by the fact thnt while the firemen were at work on the blaxe. alarms were turned .In for two cither fires ln the I nt tiled la l e ii elgh borhood. The deiid Itellu (ilass, 2!) years; (iussle nnd Cliarle WarkolHl;)-, aged II und a years, respectively; Henry (Ilass. 2 years; b'.a. Saltofsky, 6 years, nnd Benjamin Warkolslty, 11 years. v The seriously Injured Harry Glass, fi years; Abraham Wnikolsky, II years; Minnie Warkolsky, 7 years; Annie WnrkolHky. li years; Max Rab limwitz, u years, and Surah Kiibluo wlir., 4 years. Twelve families comprising 120 ptrxniiK were asleep when the flames were discovered. When the firemen ranie, human lines were formed I rotn the fire escapes nnd tho screaming women and children were lowered to thp pavement. BISHOPS AMEND CANON. , i , . r- li Divorce Leg.slation I, Favorably Mcica upon m oosiun. The house of bishops, one of the legislative boi'les of the Episcopal convention, at RohIoii, adopt! d an amendment to the canon on marri age and divorce, forbidding the re marriage of nny divorced person. The amendment was substantially the same as that which was reject ed by tho house of deputies a few days ago. The action of the bishops was not unexpected, as the sentiment of thnt body was well kndwn. A conference of committees representing . the bish ops and the deputies will be held to consider the disagreement, but lead ing clergymen do not anticipate that the deputies will recedo from their vote. STARTED BY CHILDREN. Neighbor Quarrel Over Trivial Dis pute and Fatal Shooting Follow. A quarrel of neighboring children resulted ln the murder of Leonard Morris by Columbus King, a livery man, nt Four Mile, V. Va. After the children had quarreled the moth ers became Involved, and the dis putes were finally referred to the lathers. Morrls went to the homo of King, called him to the door and asked him ...lL'P J rT ' KI?B. wpnt "l" ' wun a iutuii-r uuii inuM ittii niitim nt Morris, who fell mortally wound Iu tvhr. foil n..-loll.. ......,! ed. King then, with the butt of the revolver, beat tho prostrn e man's head nlmost to a pulp. King has evaded capture. BLOW UP BANKER'S HOME. Residence of Head of Defunct ln-j stitution Totally Wrecked. j A telephone message from Rons- j Racier, Ind., reporls thnt tho resi dence of Thomas J. McCoy, President , of the defunct McCoy bank, ngnlnst j whom Indictments were recently re-j turned for alleged complicity In the i wrecking of the bank, has been dy namited and .totally destroyed. The house was valued at $25,000, and considered one of tho moBt beau tiful homes In Northern Indiana. When the explosion occurred tho house was unoccupied. The dctona - tlon was heard for miles. Instantly hundreds of persons flocked to the scene and excitement is reported as intense. smallpox on Transport. The transport Logan, which has ar - rived at San Francisco from Mnnlla. i. in ,.,-ntin. i i., .1,. " v ' "'""' once or a case or smallpox during; tne voyage, ine vessel brought lbu cabin pnr.scngers, includ.lng several army officers nnd IbO returning troops, 25 military prisoners and six insane prisoners. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Tho International Sur.rical Con gress has decided to, appoint a com mittee of specialists to examine the claims of Dr. Doyen, that ho has cits- Enrperor W-llllam unveiled the eqmstrlan bronze statue of Emperor Frederick In front of tho new muse um of art at Berlin. A force under Lieutenant Poggo of the constabulary has defeated a lurge number of Pulajancs In the moun tains of Eastern Snmur, killing the notorious outlaw Oyomo and 60 of his followers. The demand of Great Ilrl ain for an Indemnity of $3,750,000 from the Thibetans appears likely to bad to a prolonged occupation of tho Chum hl valley. Tho Pope has been Informed of tho death of tho Princess of tho Astuiias and has sent condolence to her broth or, King Alfonso. Bank President Arrested. M. Peulhlen, president of the new Liberty Buvrnjs bank, at West Liber ty, la., wus arrested on the charge of embezzling $1-1,000 of the bank's funds. Hit son, Arnold' Roulhlcn, who is charged with creating the rest of the shortage of $1)3,000. has for lelicd his $5,0i'0 ball and in still at large. THIRD OFFER TO EMPLOYES. Steel Corporation to promulgate Plan Early In December. Tho United States Stnrl Corpora tion will In December make a third proposition to employes to buy stock to hold for n period of fivq years. When the preferred Block crossed 83 tho 27.379 employes who In January, 1903. purchased 48.DS3 shares at J82.GU per share tinder tho profit sharing plan, for the first time In a year nnd a half saw a chance to got their money back. In the latter part of 19(13 the cor poration, to quiet the growing ap prehension of the employe stock holders, pledged Itself to pay S2.r,o for each Bhnre of stock sold under the profit-sharing plan, provided the men held the stock until 198. This guarantee was followed In December last by a new offer on the part of the corporation t' let employes have pre ferred stock at $j5 per share, the profit-sharing clause being practically Identical with tho first offer at $82.50 made in December, 1902. The second offer wns accepted by 10,24 em ployes, who. In January and Febru ary Inst, were allotted 32,619 shares at 35 ppr ehiirp. The 10.000 em ploye agreed to pay the corporation $1,7X8, 54."i for the 32,519 shnres, worth at par $3,251,900. At tho recent prices the shares bought by the work men nt $55 are worth $2,598,077, or $80!i,682 more than they paid for them. RAILROAD CASUALTIES. Year' Record of Accident, Cam- age, Death end Injuries. A report lisucd by tho interstata commerce commlsF.lc.n shows that tho tolnl number of casualties to persons on railroads In tho United States dur- 'ng the fiscal vear ending June 30, ,,4 wn(, ..,., )mprlslni! killed and SI. 313 Injured. This shows a large Increase. The total number ef collisions nnd d"rnllments was 11.291, Involving $9,.'8.'!.077 of dam ages. This Is nn Increase of 648 col lisions nnd derailments. The casualtlrB were an Increase of 233 killed nnd of n.Sfiii Injured over the preceding year. Four hundred and twenty of those killed were passengers and 3,307 railroad em ployes, and of those Injured, 8.077 were passengers nnd 43,206 railroad employes. NAVY TAKING NO CHANCES. Marine. Detailed to Guard New Ship, at Cramp' Shipyard. In compliance with an order re ceived at tho IJeague Island Navy Yard from Washington a detail of marines was sent to Cramps' ship yard to guard the armored cruiser Pennsylvania, which is receiving the finishing touches preparatory to a builders' trial. On the way are the armored cruisers Tennessee and the bnttleshtps Idaho and Mississippi. With the regularly detailed watch ers employed by thp Cramp company the marines will pay special atten tion to the Pennsylvania nnd Tenne ssee. This Is tho first time In the h.ls- , ,)f , c,.nmpH. or t,le ,jPai?Me Islnd Navy Yard that marines have ,.,ij '- Bhlps In course of construe' tlon. NEWS NOTE3. Three men of the Eighty-ninth regit Inr coast arllllery wre killed and eight Injured, ono fatally, by the pxploslon of n mortar at Fort Banks, Wlnthrop, Mass. At Goshen, Ind., former Bank President Rollln Ellison has been sentenced to the penltentlnry for one to three years. Ellison pleaded guilty to receiving a deposit alter the hank was Insolvent. Harry Bowles, a laborer, shot and Instantly killed his wife at their L home at Vo Iloylston street. Brook' : line, Mass., and a few moments later , killed Policeman Joseph MacMurray, i who attempted to arrest him. ! The Michigan State Supreme Court 1 has affirmed the conviction of ex ; Alderman Jacob Ellen of Grand i Rapids, who was convicted of brlb' ; cry .In connection with the Lake 1 Michigan water deal. j "Helen Keller Day" was celebrated at the World's Fair grounds with ex- 1 crclses participated In by prominent ! educators of the deaf, dumb and blind f""' " Parts United States. The feature was an address delivered uy jus8 Keller, j A bulletin issued at Walmer Castle, announces the continued Improve- i ment of Lady Lttrzon. The case of John W. Pace, convict ed lu the lower court at Montgomery Ala., has been submitted to the Unit ed States Circuit Court of Appenfs, The fate of 70 cases depends on this decision. Fire caused by the upsetting of sUive in the collate of Mrs. Klug, at Rthoboth Beach, Del., resulted ln loss of nearly $20,t;oo and for a time threatened tho town. Sections of the boardwalk were burned. Married Negress, Lost Job. The Surgeon General of tho Army has concurred In the recommendation of Gen. P. D. Grant that John J Smith, a member of tho United States army hospital corps, stationed at Fort Mo'.t, N. J., who Is said to have married a ncgress, bo discharged from tho army, "for the good of the service. Connecting South American Roads, W. L. Sisson, P. A. Beatty and C S. llorrlck, formerly of the Balil moru & Ohio engineering staff, have gone to South America to conduct survey luttnded to connect the rail ny hystem of Peru with those of Argentina. They will begin their work on the Madeira river, one of the Amazon a tributaries. They will be Joined early lu December by two englneerJug corps from this country In charge of H. C. Roblnanu ot; Pore- tunu, Mo KEYSTONE STATE GULLINCS WANTS $50,000 DAMAGES. ult Against Railroad Company for Putting Man and Wife Off at Way Station. ' Milton Melvln. of Greenville, baa brought suit against the Southern H.iclflc Railroad company for $50. 000 damnges. Melvln and tils wJfe bought round trip ticket, from St. otiis to San Francisco and return. Melvln allpges that on the return trip a conductor clnimed hi algna- ure did not agree with that on the ticket and put him and his wJfe off ' a lonely station ln Northern Cali fornia at night. Postmaster Wells, of Wilcox, can- tired a lone burglar who hart robbed ' the postoffice at Wilcox. Tho rob ber had an hour's start, but by using a fast horse the postmaster overtook the burglar. Instead of stopping the pan at once Mr. Wells drove on to turn in tne roaci, wnero no Dis mounted and prepared his gun for work. As the robber opproactipd thai turn he was halted, admitted his guilt and gave up the stolen proper ty. Adam Permlskl and Albert Pcrcalr were killed nt the Storrs colliery. Prlceburg, by a belated blast. They had drilled two holes with the Ind ention of wiring them simultaneous ly. When the blast occurred, they supposed both "holes" had Bhot, and returned to the chamber. One of the holes, however pp.d not shot, and Jn.t as the men entered tho chamber the belated blnst occurrd. The men were blown to pieces. Both leave families. A remarkable prehistoric find ha. been discovered nt Dales quarry. athrop township, Wyoming county. n removing a "lift" of stone, about four Inches thick, the qnarrymen. were surprised to find the Impression, of nine well defined human footstep, across the slab. The feet were large and roughly shaped, but the Impres sion Is distinct. The rock was found 20 feet below the surface, An action was filed at Carlisle by John W. Wetzel, Democratic nominee) for president Judge, against Otto B. Block, publisher and editor of the. Star and Enterprise," of Newvme, and another against D. P. Sollen- herger, correspondent, for libel. Damnges are fixed at $5,000 against Block and $2,500 in the case of Soil- enberger. The suits grew out of s political article published against Wetzel. W. R. Carothers. a well known oil man and prominent Y. M. C. A. lead er, was sued for $10,000 damage for breach of promise to marry Miss Mary J. Brady of Washington, a member of a well-known family. It is alleged Carothers had been friendly with Miss Brady for several years and bad been engaged to marry her for several months. Two weeks ago Carothers married another girl. At the National works of th American Sheet and Tinplate com pany at Monesscn. $60,000 passes through the pay windows to Its em ployes. Of thas $18,000 bonus money is given the men of the hot mill for faithful and continued service with the company, being five per cent, of the net earnings of the men for the year. The other 5 per cent. Is to be paid the men about the holidays. The twenty-second annual reunion of the Seventy-sixth regiment. Penn sylvania volunteers, was hold at Al- toona. Capt. Alfred HJcks. of Pitts burg, was elected president, and. Capt. John McN'evIn, of Altoona, secretary-treasurer for the ensuing year. The next anminl meeting will be held ln Pittsburg. The Washington burgess and coun cil have been res: rained by the court from gracing Dunn avenue, a thor oughfare leading Into the new Wash- lngton park. The injunction was made on tho petition of the Taxpay ers' league. Work has hppn resumed at the plant of the Pittsburg Window Glass company at Washington, and with in a week It will be in full operation. The factory will be operated tinder the St. Peters scale, and difficulties are expected. Christ Evangellofl church, of South Sharon, ed a call to Rev. M. C. Fargo, N. D. 'Rev. J. A. Frlsckorn. who has been pastor, has resigned on account of falling health. . Patrick Bryne, of Wheatland, wa the victim of footpads while return I no wage i'.utheran 1 extend- undel. of ing from Sharon. He was seized from behind and was hit on the head wJth a club. The robbers secured $20. At the Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church, held at Red Lion, the minimum salary of mlnUtoM of the conference wus fixed at $500 per annum. Seth McGoe, 40 years old, mill wright of the Greer tin plant, of Nevr Castle, was killed by falling from a tree near New Bedford. He la sur vived by two children. Frederick H. Musser, ot Delaware township, Mercer county, had bin burn burned. His loss In about $-',-5uo, partly Insured. James Ryan, of Ruffsdale, was 'run down by a car at Tarr station and '. was killed. Bvnn was 68 years old and leaves a wife and family. Smallpox bns broken out at Mor gnn station, Fayette county. The town has been quarantined. Th corner stone of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church, ln Moxhani, Johustown, was laid by the .Right Rev. Eugene A. Garvey, bishop of the ( Altoona diocese, In the presence of 10,000 people. Bishop Garvey was as sisted by a large number of local and vlbttiug priests. St. Patrick's church, will cost about $30,000. Rev. Herbert Yeull has resigned as pastor of the Central Christian Church, nt Unlontown. to re-enter evangellstlo work. He was pastor of . the Shady Avenue Christian church, Pittsburg, for four year.
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