'keln India Causes Great p cf Life and Property. 30PS CRUSHED TO DEATH dumber of Europeans, Including Children, Among Those That Lose Their Lives. The Kangra valley, a district north of Lahore, having an area of over 8,700 square miles, and a population of 800,000 people, is believed to have been devastated by the earthquake. The town of Kangra, with a population of over 60,000, is reported to have been reduced to ruins. The loss of life must be enormous, but no authen tic details are obtainable. Terrible news Is at hand from Dhnrmsala, 400 men of the Seventh Gurkha regiment, 20 men of the Sec ond, and 50 men of the First battal ion of the First Gurkhas, were burled alive, and it is impossible to Tescue them. The- mortality among the Gurkha troops is ascribed to their occupying a new stone barracks, which was thrown up from the ground two feet by the movement of the earth, causing its 'total collapse. There were many women, children and camp-followers in the building, and they are among the victims. The survivors seemed to be paralyzed by the suddenness and awfulnoss of the catastrophe, and for some time made no attempt to rescue the burled. When the masses of masonry were removed more than 200 persons were strlcated. Many of these were ter-: rlbly crushed. Nine more Europeans I nre to be added to the death roll at ! Dharmsala. j The shock was so sudden that oc-, cupants had no time to leave their j bouses. Some perished on the thres bolds. j The movement of the earth, was nc- j companied by a roaring sound re- ' sembllng thunder. Unofficial reports state that the number of deaths In the area nffected by the earthquake exceed 2,000. A private telegram reports that the town of Palampoor, with 20,000 in habitants, was levelled to the ground. Not a single house escaped damage in the town of Sialkot. TOWN ALMOST WIPED OUT Eighty Per Cent of Inhabitants of Dharmsala, Ina'ia, Deadi Tt is ronnrfed here that 80 per cent of the inhabitants of Dharmsala, the hill station, 95 miles northwest of Simla, were killed, as a result of re cent earthquake there. The govern ment has dispatched from Lahore for tents, food, blankets, doctors, nurses, otc., for the sufferers at Dharmsala. The earthquake was severely felt at Kasuluh, but no lives were lost, and the Pasteur Institute escaped. A sec ond shock at Simla Tuesday evening, caused such a panic that the residents rushed from their houses and slept all night .i the open. A dispatch to a news agency from Calcutta says Lady Curzon. formerly Miss Letter, of Chicago, wife of the viceroy of India, had a narrow es cape during the earthquake at Simla. A massive chimney fell through the roof and celling into the room above that in which she was sleeping. WATER BOILS IN CRATER La Soufriere Again Shows Signs of Disturbance. In view of the fact that earthquake Shocks - were experienced on the Islands of St. Christopher, Dominica and Antigua and at Polnte-a-Pltre. ! Guadeloupe and of the prevalence of : Intense heat -at Kingston, the chief of police nnd two constables, April ' 3, made the ascent of La Soufriere. ; They found the area of the lake di minished, and met with water, green! and boiling, on the north side of tho lake, steam rising from all over the lake, for the first time since tlte j eruptions of 1902. Steam was also exuding from a large creek in the lip of the crater, and from numerous fis sures inside the crater. ' MORMONS SUSTAIN SMITH Apostles Taylor and Cowley, Accused of Polygamy, Also Sustained. Joseph F. Smith was sustained as prophet, seer and revelator of the Mormon church by unanimous vote of the niifc'ibers at the opening session of the seventy-fifth annual confer ence. When a vote was taken to sustain the 12 apostles two hands were rais ed in dissent. One of the dissenters rose to explain his vote, but was not permitted to speak. President Smith merely saying that he could present his objection to the proper authori ties. The members w:io dissented afterward said that they desired to protest against sustaining such offi cers of the church as live in poyg amy. Among the apostles sustained were Taylor and Cowley. They had been accused of living In polygamy. Sena tor Smoot was not present, nor were Apostius Taylor nnd Cowley. Turkey 1b preparing for a struggle, expecting to have to light for ex istence against the European pow ers. I I WIFE AND BAIRNS CREMATED Husband and Fatier Arrested, Charged With the Crime. The charred remains of Mrs. W. J. Thompson nnd her two children were fuond in t lie ruins of their burned home at Shadwell. Albermiirle coun ty, Xa. The husband of the woman was arrested en the charge of murd ering the turr-e. fhadwell is near Charlottesville, where a former Mayor. J. Samuel Mc Cue. was rocatly executed fur wife nmrd'T. MANY STEEL OR13ER3 General Increase in Wages of Work men an indication of Improved Business Conditions. n. G. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review of Trade" says: Recent gains in the volume of business are fully main tained, but further improvement is somewhat retarded by unfavorable weather in some sections. Buyers are still arriving at the leading cities, placing additional spring orders, and most fall lines that have been opened are meeting with an encouraging re ception. Despite occasional requests for extensions collections ore more prompt on the whole. Manufacturing returns are all that could be desired, building operations expand as the sea son advances, and agricultural pros pects are bettor than normal. There is little friction between capital nnd labor, most new wnge scales being arranged on the old basis, and in some cases advances are granted, while the number of unemployed is steadily de creasing. Freight traffic is very heavy some congestion occurring, nnd rail way earnings in March were 9.2 per cent, larger than last year. Foreign commerce at New York Is vry heavy, exports for the last week exceeding the same week In 1904 by $1,530,709, while Imports Increased j $1,975,298. A general increase of wages at. the plants of the greatest I iron nnd steel producers Is another j tangible evidence of the improvement j in that industry. New orders nre j coming forward constantly and It is probable that the tonnage of ad- ! vance business on the books now sur passes all previous high-water marks, although there is some discussion re garding the low prices at which some of this business wn3 accepted last fall. Railway equipment of all kinds con tinues to find a ready market, and there is seasonable activity in struc tural steel, while machine shops in all parts of the country nre working at full capacity. ' Commercial failures for the week in the United States are 2"2. against 244 last week, 255 the preceding week and 235 the corresponding week last yer.r. Failures in Canada number 2S against 33 last week, 16 the preced ing week and 29 last year. DECREASE IN FATALITIES Report on Railway Accidents Shows Many Killed and Hurt. A report of the railroad accidents in the United States during the months of October, November and December, 1904, as compiled by the Inter-State Commerce Commission. It shows that in the quarter 5 pas sengers and 1S9 employes were kill ed, and 1,430 passengers and 1,808 employes injured, a total of. 242 per siAis killed and 3.298 Injured in train accidents. Other accidents to pas sengers and employes not the result of collisions or derailments during fue months bring the total number of casualties up to 14.97S 931 killed and 14,027 injured. The report indicates a decrease of 175 killed and 624 Injured, as com pared with the last preceding quar ter. Of the total number of 53 pas sengers killed in train accidents, 29 were killed in one collision between a passenger train and a freight train. The total number of collisions and derailments in the quarter was 2,950, the financial damage aggregating $2, 400,081. The number of employes killed in coupling and uncoupling cars In the quarter was 71 12 more than in the preceding three months. Santo Domingo Accepts Terms. A dispatch to Washington from Minister Dawson announces that President Morales has accepted the terms for collection of ths revenues of San Domlniro, especially regarding the salary of $500 a month to be paid Supt. Colton. It is suggested, how ever, that Coltcn go to Santo Do mingo before the other collectors and arrange with the Dominican govern ment for their salaries. Gives $50,C00 to Knox College. The authorities of Knox college at Galesburg, 111., announced a gift of 50.000 by Andrew Carnegie to that In stitution for a new science build ing. j BLOCKED BY ENGLAND Refused to Allow Nation's Repre sentative to Receive Money. A serious hitch in the agreement re cently signed between FVltish and German bondholders and the Vene zuela government threatens to ren der the scheme for the satisfaction yOt the nation's claims unworkable, i A claU?S in the contract providas i that the proportion of the revenue ! allotted to the bondholders shall bo paid to the British legation and consular officials in Venezuela, but the British government . refuses consent. The bondholders are discussing an alternative arrangement, but consld i erable doubt exists that, the contract : will be carried out. Threatened Roosevelt. At Minneapolis, Alexander E. Gran ville Gordon, charged with sending a threatening letter to President Roosevelt was sentenced to one year In the Stlllwnter prison by the United State's circuit court. Gordon asked for leniency, saying that he was under the influence of cocaine at the time he wrote the letter. He is a descen dant of tn honored English family. I Burton Will Resign. J. R. Burton will resign his sent as j United States senator from Kansas ' !n a short time, according to Informa- tkn givm out by one of his close p'r ; sonal friends here. He is now sound ! lug his lieutenants over the state hi regard to the matter. When Burtun was first indicted, according to a fiknd. he felt sure of acquittal. After . he was convicted, and pending his appeal to the Supreme Court, he could not resign, for fear It would be taken us an aainUsiun of bis guilt. POLICE FQRSiO FUNERAL Cossacks Disperse Crowds of Angry Polish Workingmen. RAID ON REVOLUTIONARIES A General Upheavel is Expected In St. Petersburg After the Rus sian Easter. In anticipation of the funeral of a girl who died of wounds received in the fighting in Dzika street, Warsaw, last Sunday, workmen of all the fac tories in the northern part of the city left work and crowded Elekoralna and Leszno streets. The police, fearing a hostile demonstration, forbade the funeral and summoned Cossacks, who, using their knouts and swords freely, succeeded in dispersing the gather ing. Owing to the closing of the Uni versity of Warsaw, 1,600 students were dismissed. All students whose conscription 'was postponed during their university year, will be com pelled to serve now. A non-striking workman at the gas works, whom strikers had condemned to death, was shot and severely wounded in Wolska street, by a work man, who escaped. The police und military made a house-to-house visitation in the suburb of Wela Tuesday night, where they arrested 14 persons and c.scoverea great quantities of revolutionary proclamations. Prospects of a general upheavel ot the city of St. Petersburg and coun try with the advent of spring Increase daily. Evidence accumulates that the radical forces are act'ng in unlsoft, awaiting a signal, which it is gener ally believed will be given shortly after the Russian Easter. Terrorists are showing great activi ty, and reports from all over the country prove that the workmen who, In many cases, have been formulating petty demands, which are no sooner granted than they are succeeded by others, are acting under instructions ficm the revolutionary leaders, who are only biding their time. The em ployers admit It is impossible to continue their businesses, and some of them have already shut down. The people are plainly becoming panicky, and the authorities also cannot con ceal their alarm. FATAL EARTHQUAKE IN INDIA Serious Loss of Life and Great Dam age to Buildings. A violent earthquake has occurred accompanied by serious loss of life and great damage to public and other buildings. The town hall is almost razed and the cathedral and Juma Masjid, one of the finest mosques In India, are seriously Injured. Other big buildings are cracked and fissured. Many houses in the native quarter collapsed. At Mussoree, eleven earthquake shocks were experienced in one day. The first was continued for three minutes. It was impossible to stand without support. The left wing of the Savoy hotel entirely collapsed, the new Catholic church was wrecked and every house in the place damaged. The Mall cracked in five places. One woman was killed and many natives Injured. Reports from the Debra Dun and Rajpur districts show exten sive damage has been done. INDIANS ON WARPATH Shooting Down Mexicans and Devas tating Country. John St. Clair, ax trustworthy pros pector, has returned rrom the Yaqui country, near Ures, Sonora, Mexico, and he reports that the Yaqui Indians are still on the warpath. He says that Malpuche, an old chief, is at tire head of a band of 50 Ducks, and s devastating the country. While go ing, from Ures to his camp in the mountains, St. Clair neard firing and ran Into what had been nn Indian ambuscade. He found two dead Mexicans, who had been killed only a few minutes before he reached the place, he says. CHICAGO ELECTS DEMOCRAT City Committed to Policy of Public Ownership. The Republican party met defeat in a memorable effort to capture the mayoralty of Chicago. As a direct result the city is officially committed to the policy of the quickest possible" cessation of private franchises for public utilities. Municipal ownership is especially threatening Btreet car ; lines. I After winning successively four re j maskable biennial fights of inde pendents against the regular Repub I lican party organization, John May. nard Harlan, son of Associate Justice I Harlan, of the United States Supreme rourt, was loser as Republican .candi date for mayor. The victor is Judge Edward F. Dunne, Democrat. Russian Troops Go Toward India, The Times of India authentically says Russian troops . have replaced those of the Ameer of Bokhara at all posts on the Upper Oxus, and that 4,000 men have been detached from the Merv garrison as a permanent addition to the Kushk and Murghab river force. Will Increase Unicn Pacific Stock. Official announcement was made that a meeilng of the Union Pacific Railroad company stockholders will be held at Suit Lake City, Utah, May 5, for the purpose of considering and actiug upon a proposed amendment of the articles of incorporation of the company increasing its preferred capital stock by the amount of $100, nno.iio') and of authorizing the issue of such additional otork. The Whiteside hotel at Morrison, in w.i liim,l. Imui'nnnu TWO MEN KILLED IN WRECK The Steubenvllle Accommodation on C. and P. Crashes Into Freight. Two trainmen were killed and a third Injured in a wreck on the Cleve land and Pittsburgh Railroad at Cos tonla, O. The Steubenvllle accom modation, eastbound, was struck by extra freight No. 7241, head-on. The engine of the passenger train was de railed, nnd went over nn embankment. The cars of both trains were badly damaged. No passengers were in jured. The dead are: Edward Fuller, of Wellsvllle, O., engineer, passenger train. H. C. Ewlng, of Mansfield, O., fireman, passenger train. The injured trainman Is: M. C. Mclntire, of Cleveland, brakeman, passenger train. The freight train was running at a much higher rate of speed than the passenger, and the nature of the country there Is such that the en gineer of neither train could see the other until the collision was ine vitable. Engineer Fuller and Fire man Ewlng attempted to escape by jumping, but were carried along with the locomotive when it went over the embankment. UNSIGNED BANK NOTES Decision of Supreme Court Makes These Notes Good. Information at the Treasury depart ment that the National bank notes without the signatures of the proper officials of the banks to whom th9 notes were issued were being circu lated in Western Pennsylvania has caused a stir among the officials of the express companies under whose care and supervision these bank notes left the Treasury for their destination. It is understood these notes bear evidence that they have been in a fira and are believed to be part of thosa supposed to have been consumed in a recent burning of a mail car on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad near Connellsville. The Supreme court has held that unsigned jiotes as issued to the Na tional banks are the "promises to pay" of the Federal government se cured by bonds deposited before the notes are issued and that the signa tures are not necessary to make them negotiable. LOST IN BOTH BANKS Many Oberlin People Caught In the Lorain Failure Also, A director of the wrecked Citizens Savings bank of Lorain, said that the shortage due In the stock speculations of Cashier Keneen nnd his two assis tants would reach $132,000, and that the findings of the expert account ant promises to furnish another sen sation. Many Oberlin people who lost heavily as stockholders of the Citi zens National bank of that city, wrecked by the operations of Mrs. Chadwick and President Beckwith, will also lose as a result of their holdings in (lie Lorain savings bank. Of the 1,000 shares of stock of the defunct local bank, 400 are owned by Oberlin people. CABLE BRIEFS. Ambassador Meyer has left Paris for St. Petersburg, to assume his new duties as Ambassador to Russia. Emperor Joseph has left Budapest for Vienna. There Is no prospect of an early formation of a Hungarian Ciblnet. Frank Stevens, one of the two Americans Injured In an automobile accident near Monte Carlo, April 3, Is dead. Stevens' companion, Louis Hay, is recovering. Emperor William has arrived at Naples on the steamer Hamburg, amidst the booming of cannon and ringing hurrahs from thousands. He was welcomed by the Duke of Aosta and will see the King Thursday. Hans Bicrman, editor of the Olden burg Residenzboten, has been sen tenced to a year's imprisonment for accusing Franz Ruhstrntt II., Minister of Public Worship, ' Education and Justice of Oldenburg, of gambling, and alleging that he was not fit to su perintend the clergy, schooh and courts. A ROYAL MATCH King Alfonso, Will Wed Arch-Duchccs Eleonore Marie of Austria. After comparing the charms'" of the daughter of the duke of Edinburgh with those of the princesses of the German royal families, the affections of King Alfonso of Spain have settled upon Arch-Duchess Eleonore Maria of Austria. While as yet the formal announce ment of their engagement has not been made, It Is expected that It will be announced when the young king and his future queen meet in June at Cannes. Stay Granted Mrs. Chadwick. Mrs. Cassia L. Chadwick was granted a stay of execution by the United States circuit court of appeals at Cincinnati, to hold until the further order, It appearing that a writ of error had been sued, out within the required sixty days and a copy of the same had been lodged In the clerk's office of the lower court. Judge Francis J. Wing, counsel for Mrs. Chadwick, said that he expected to be able to present the appeal sometime during the month of May. Operators Sign Mining Scale. The threatened strike of the soft coal mines in the Central Pennsyl vania field has been averted, the operators granting the miners' de mands. The Bcale calls for C2 cents a ton nnd 37 cents a ton for machine mining. Skilled laborers will bo paid $2.25 to $2.75 a day and laborers from $1.75 to $2.08 a day. 'Ine nu'n will resume work at once. Dr. L. B. R. Smith has been ap pointed a pension examining sisgoa at Greensburg. Pa. iil! KILLED IH HE Terrible Disaster at Ze gler, 111., Entombs Workmen. BODIES TERRIBLY BLACKENED Theory That Explosion Was Caused by Union Men on Account of Strike Not True.. , About fifty miners were entombed In Joseph Letter's mine at Zelgler, 111., by a terlflc explosion of , gas. It is probable 30 or more of the burled men are dead. The explosion, It, is said, was due to the fact that the Lelter mines are not worked on Sun day, thus allowing gas to accumulate In the lower workings. When between 35 and 45 miners had descended into the mine Monday to resume work, an explosion blew the mouth of the mine high into the air. One of the steel cages was blown to the surface from the bottom of a 500-foot shaft. The shock of the explosion wus felt at Benton, 12 miles northeast of Zelgler. A teamster driving along a road half a mile from the mine was covered with falling cinders, and debris covered the floor of his wagon half an inch deep. One miner was killed and" four were severely injured at the mouth of the shaft in whlcli the explosion occurred. The work of rescue was begun at once by miners who were arriving when the explosion took place. The main shaft was demolish ed, so rescue work has to be carried on through the air shaft. This lui3 hindered the work of aiding the en tombed men. A committee of union miners" from Duquoln and other neighboring min ing towns, headed by District Presi dent Morris, hastened to Zelgler soon after the explosion, nnd offered their aid. The bodies of the dead are so blackened ' that identification was difficult. Three men came out alive? There was much excitement among minors when the accident became known, because . thore had been a strike of long duration, and many conflicts had occurred between strik ers and non-union miners. An all day Investigation tends to show that the catastrophe was due to the ac cidental explosion of accumulated gas. WAGES INCREASED Nearly 8,000 Workmen In Wheeling District Wil be Affected. Official notices of the advance In wages by the United States Steel corporation were posted at the Laugh lln, Aetna-Standard and Bellalre plants of the Carnegie Steel com pany and Riverside department of the National Tube company. The increase will run on all besides ton nage men from 5 to 7 Vb per cent. The pay roll of the National Tub" employes will be increased $125,000 annually. Nearly 8,000 men are, af fected In the Wheeling District. The Semet-Solvay Chemical company In creased the wages of employes at the Benwood plant 6 per cent. Portable Wireless Service. During his hunting trip In Colorado, President Roosevelt will keep In ; constant touch with Secretary Loeb j and his official staff at Glenwood. i This will be accomplished by means j of the wireless telegraph under the supervision of the military arm of . the government, where the receiving j station will be located on top of Lookout Mountain. Two wires will be strung temporarily up Lookout ! Mountain and connected with the lo-; cnl lighting system which will furnish ; current for operating the induction i colls. Messages will be telephoned ' to nnd from 'ho lintel where Sucre-: tary Loeb will be located. , ; Russia's plans for the reconstruction of her navy include th3 building of 10 iinttleshlps and 39 armored cruisers, betides torpedo boats, destroyers, sub marines end mine boats. FOUR KILLED IN W3ECK Caused by Engineer's Wa lh Being Thirty Minutes Slow. ! As a result of a wreck on the Southern railway, near Badham, four ; persons are dead. The through freight j train from Columbia to Charleston, and j the fast passenger train from Charleston to Columbia collided at Badham during a dense fog. ' It is alleged that Freight Engineer. Reed's watch was 20 minutes slow, j and that this was the direct cause of tho wreck. The dead are: Thomas ; Conlln, engineer on pas3engsr train; I Stoker, . white brakeman; i Adams and Stephens, negro brakemen. Freight Engineer Arthur Reed was fatally injured. ' Boxer Movement not Alarming. j Russia has been informed by the , United States that so far as the I American minister at Pekin, Mr. Con- j ger, has been able to find out, the re- j ported anti-foreign movements In i China are not unusual in extent or ! character. The Russian government j rcoently requested Secretary Hay to ! Inquire into this matter. . j Sues Nephew f- $1,200,000. Former Judgo Samuel L. Bronsnn .of New Haven, Conn., v.-ho was the Democratic governor of Connecticut in 1900, lias been tna.Ho df".ident in a suit for $1,2)0.000 damages, brought !v his aunt. Miss Sust'.n Branson of Waterbury, who al!"g?s her neplnnv h.is not rendered a proper ai'co;:ntlng of her business entrusted to him. A mob at Fulton, Kx-, twice at tempted to lynch thr: negroes in lull there charg.'d wit.l killing Oifieer Baker. ) ARTILLERY DEPOT BLOWN UP Man Exploded Bomb at Harbin, Kill ing Himself and 75 Others. Seventy-five persons Including four artillerymen' and 40 Chinese coolles, were killed by the toriflic explosion of a bomb in 'the artillery depot in Hiirbln, Manchuria. The man who caused the explosion was also killed. The entire laboratory, a huge estab lishment, was wrecked and 10,000.000 projectiles were destroyed 2,000 packing cases containing 5.000 each. Millions of other projectiles not yet completed were made useless. Boston Wool Market. Since the strong closing of the London wool sales, more confidence appears on the part of dealers In the wool market. The foreign wools are firm. Leading quotations follow: Ohio and Pennsylvania XX and above, 3334c; X, 3031c; No. 1, 3637c; No. 2, 3738c; fine unwash ed, 2425c; quarter blood, unwashed, 3031c; three-elghts-blood, 3031c; half-blood, 29 Q) 30c; unwashed de laine, 272Sc; unmerchantable, 29(330c; fine washed delaine, 3GVi 37c. Michlgnn Fine unwashed, 20 21c; quarter-blood, unwashed, 29 30c; three-elghts-blood, 30c; half blood, 2S29c; unwashed delaine, 25 27. Hay's Health Improved. The steamship Cretic with Secre tary of State Hay hnd Mrs. Hay on board arrived at Naples, after a pleasant voyage. Mr. Hay declares that his health has been greatly im proved by the trip and Mrs. Hay also is enjoying the voyage. Three Men Killed by Nitro-Glycerln. A small tank used for the storage of nitroglycerin exploded at the dynamite manufacturing plant of H. H. Thomas six miles from Bay City, Mich. An Indian, 40 years old, George Godfrey of Kawkawlln, and George Uhlbrlcht of Auburn were blown to pieces. Afterdamp Caused Explosion. Afterdamp, due to an explosion of blasting powder, set off by persons as yet unknown, cnused tne death of 43 miners at Joseph Lelter'3 coal mine at Zelgler, 111., according to the -erdlct of a coroner's Jury, as re turned. Calls for .$27,000,000. Secretary Shaw Issuer: a call upon the national bank depositories of the treasury throughout the coun;ry for payment Into the treasury of $27,000,. 000. Under the terms of the Secre tary's call a part of thfs money must be paid May 15 and a part July 1. Coal Land Purchased. The D. E. Mitchell farm at West Alexander, Pa., comprising 10,200 acres of valuable coal land, was sold April 5, through R. A. Whiteside of Pittsburg to an eastern syndicate headed by J. V. Thompson, for )6o an acre. Palace on Wheels. The most expensive and luxurious private car ever constructed Is build ing at the Chicago wor;;s of the Pull man company for W. K. Vanderbilt. When finished It will 'cost Air. Vand erbilt, $50,000. NEWS NOTES. Ralph Voorhees, of Now Jersey, has donated $100,000 to th9 American Tract Society. On his trip, Presrsent Roosovelt made speeches In Kansas, Indian ter ritory and Texas. Lord Mllrier, retiring governor of the Transvaal, sailed for Great Britain. President Roosevelt has reorganized the Isthmian canal commission, with Theodore P. Shouts as chairman. Three officials of the failed Lorain (O.) hunk were arraigned at Elyrla and pleaded not guilty. They must furnish $S,()00 ball each. The barn owned by A. Bailey, two miles from Salem, O., was destroyed by fire. Two horses, farm Implements and machinery were also burned. Loss 1,S00. Harry E. Miller nnd Capt. Augustus Oiender are believed to hive lost their lives in an attempt to explore Tiburn Island In Arizona. France ha3 announced America has indorsed her poucy in Morocco. Ger many has sent an explanation to Washington. A Venezuelan court dnclsirn declares that an officer of the Asphalt company gave $100,000 to aid trie revolution against President Castro. James H. Hyde has won a not.ahl9 victory, his opponents in the Equitable society agreeing to his plan for mutualization. Police Commissioner Szabalovicz, of Lodz, Russian Polana, was seriously Injured by a bomb thrown at him In the street. The report of the betrothal of King Alfonso of Spain to Princess Particia of Ccnnaught Is officially declared In London to be unfounded. An eastbound passengor and ex- press train on the Lehigh Valley railroad ran into a derailed car of a freight train at Valois. near Seneca lake. The engineer of the freight train was killed and the fir:man bad ly hurt. I Many Killed in Earthquake. i A message from Cntcut'a says: I Eight natives were killed during the i earthquakes at Mussor-jo, northwest i provinces. Nine Europeans were i killed at Dharmsala. Taey were: ; Mrs. Robinson, wife of the colonel I commanding tho troops th.-re nnd her i two daughters. Mrs. Hoiderness, ('apt. Mirjcroft and four members of ' the In.llan civil service. Seventy ! natives were killed and many Injur ed. KEYSTONE STATE CULLIIIG5 ILLEGAL VOTING ALLEGED Man Accused of Not Paying Taxes Within Two Years and Not Being Naturalized. At South Sharon Dr. W. G. Berry- ' hill entered complaint before Justice of the Peace Peter Cook against Louis Berger, charging him with illegal vot ing at the February election. Berry- hill alleges that Berger has not paid taxes within two years and has no naturalization papers. Mr. Berger waived a bearing and gave ball for court He denies the charges. J. V. Thompson, of Uniontown, In formed the board of trustees of Washington and Jefferson College, ot which he is a member, that he would In a few days turn over to them the $100,000 which he promised more than two years ago for the endowment of the President's chair. Mr. Thomp son made the donation conditional upon the sale ot a certain portion of his coal holdings In Washington ounty. This coal was sold last week to the Vesta Coal Company. Mr. Thompson la a graduate of the Insti tution, and the donation of 100,000 is the amount his father spent on tho son's education, together with in terest. Tho home of the late Bn3on B. Fordyce, the recluse who died a few days ago near Smithfleld, has been 'urther searched for money. A lead pipe was found between the upsta'r3 floors and the ceiling, full of gold pieces, containing in all $200. In ths same place was an old coffee pot with $130 In gold, and a tin box contain ing $5,000 in government bonds. The money so far found on the premises, Including the bonds, amounts to $5,S00. Paul, the 7-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Dresh, of Grove City, was accidentally drowned h th9 Locke mill dam. The child was play ing at the water's edge when he was attacked by a spasm, to which he wa3 subject, and In his agony he rolled into the stream. His body was re covered. Supt. J. A. McKay stated that th9 Greenville Carnegie steel mills would resume. A large numner of men from Greenville have made applica- tton' for positions, but bo far the Amalgamated association members have remained firm In their determi nation not to return to work at the plant. At Jamison mine. No. 1 near Greensburg, Grachlmo 'Velati, an Italian, was shot and killed by "Tony" Frenlo. The two men along with others had been drinking beer and whisky. The murderer escaped. Ha is about 25 years old, the murdered man being about the same age. Rev. Thomas Morgan, late of South Wales, has begun his pastorate at tha First Congregational church at Shar on. He will be ordained on Easter Sunday and early In May expects to return to his old home In Wales and bring his family to Sharon. A deal was consummated at LI? ier whereby the Llgonier Springs tel Sanitarium, owned and condiu by Dr. E. M. Clifford, formerly Greensburg, was purchased by Conkrlght and Dfenny Brunned Pittsburg, the consideration, It 1s being $90,000. i J. Harvey Smith, manager of Altoona branch of the Monongaheli Smelting Company, of Pittsburg, was arrested charged with embezzling $800 of the company's funds. Smith claims others owe the money. A school for Justice of the peace nf ll'n.liiniTtnn nn.infn ...111 Kn V. ,1 I , Washington, on April 20. Judges Mclivain and Taylor and District At torney Undarwood will Inform th9 justices of their duties. ' A three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Corbett, of Six Points, Butler county, died from burns received by her clothing Ignit ing from an open grate. She leaves a twin sister. A well-dressed stranger was killed by an Erie train at We3t Middlesex. Th3 man was about. 38 years old, wore a dark suit and weighed about 1G0 pounds. The residence of Joseph Orbison, an. aged and respected colored man, living near Chicora, was destroyed by fire. Citizens of Chicora are rais ing funds to provide for him. James R. Barnes lies sold to J. Q. Van Swcarlngen and John F. Hopsstt of Uniontown. 453 acres of coal land in Morris and Amwell townships, Washington county, for a price ex- The Rev. R. W. Wilson, pastor of the Maltland Memorial Primitive Methodist church at New Ca3tle, has resigned to' accept a call to the Fir3t church at Scranton. Alexander Knox, IS years old, com mitted suicide by hanging himself with a pair of leather shoestrings in the Spangler lockup. He had been drinking. The residence of John Cunningham was looted by burglars at New Castls, while the family was absent in the South. The home of Can Linton, a farmer living near Princeton, wa3 destroyad by fire. The loss is about $1,500. Mrs. E. P. Brown has entered a Jj.000 damnrra suit against New- Castle for the drowning of her 19- vear-old daughter, Viola, in Apr Kliii wfion Water street, having bel undermined bv hitih wafr, gave wal and the- girl lost aor Ufa by bc-hi) swept away. .Tnhn Rniko. a miner at Davidson. fell 2on feet to h's death, lie had Just come up from Ills work when a mis step at the top of the shaft caused the accident. Almost all his bones were broken. Three w?eks aao hj came hers from Austria. I i r
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