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CHAS. 1. SCHWAB
WILL RETIRE
Loretta, Pa.
Mr. Gayley, A
Succeed Him.
Former Marylander, May
Pa.
Schwab, of the United State
the
Loretto, President
Charles M
Steel Co
of
( Special)
rporatio has acc
poral epted
hysicians and decided
vice p
indefinitely
from an actin
He will leave America
nook in
echo of the
Inmates of
message,
verse with Presi
1
came back
City,
him
intim:
$100,000 TO SAVE HIS LIFE.
Pittsburg Steel Magnate is Fatally Crushed
by Train.
between
left arm
had to { t
Onc ear wa
was badly bs
Killed Two Bears With Knife.
Rifle, Col —W. FaT
is the hero of a desperate
encounter with two bears
escaped with his life w
to the visit of President
this part of the country two
Mr. Roosevelt ]
just how to give
a bear with the knife
while in the mountains,
by a grizzly and succeeded in dispatch
ing him with his knife. When con-
fronted by another bear he dis
patched him in a like manner Tribble
was covered with wounds, but managed
to crawl to his horse and ride to camp,
where he lost consciousness,
fopediai)
showed the
+h
the coup de
surprised
was
big
Volcano Wrecks Island.
Yokohama (By Cable)
island of Torishima was
by a volcanic eruption between August
13 and August 15, and all the inhabi
tants, numbering 130 persons, were un-
doubtedly killed. The island is cover-
ed with volcanic dewis and all the
houges on it have
little
The
overwhelmed
disappeared. The
eruption is still proceeding. It is ac-
companied by submarine eruptions in
the vicinity, which make it dangerous
for vessels to approach the island. Tor-
ishima, one of a chain extending be-
tween the Bonin Islands and Hondo,
is the biggest island of Japan,
A Meteor Killed Him.
San Antonio, Texas (Special) ~—Ra-
mon Cruise, a Mexican sheepherder,
has been struck on the head and killed
by a fragment of a meteor while herd-
ing his flock near Ellis, in Edwards
county. Cruise was seated on a large
flat bowlder, watching his sheep, when
the meteor fell. It struck the bowlder
and was shattered. A fragment hit the
herder on the temple and penetrated his
head, causing instant death. The larg-
est piece of the meteor found weighs
about four pounds.
Swindling the Germans.
lice are just becoming acquainted with
notes.
tensively in 100, 50 and 20-dollar Con-
federate bills of the 1864 issue,
operated by advertising in agricultural
apers for a manager for a large estate
n Illinois, begun negotiations with
those who applied for the position, and
found opportunities for getting Confed-
erate bills converted into German
money. The man is still at liberty,
~
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS,
Domestic.
A. Shanahan, a man
believed to traveling salesman
from Virgim twice
] room at a
Dennis
be a
1, shot
2
}
joston hotel,
himself in
iking
i}
A deputy shot and. killed a str
)
miner Nesquehoning, and
much mdign
xcitement that it was f
result
Mutual
of
at
shooting
and «
would
I he
socmiiion
caused » se
Build
applying
United States
to enlist in the
« Philippines
hilippines
Shah of
1.
i
Persia, resplendent in
yesterday arrived in Lon
received by the Prince
a military escort
Prince Rospigliosi, in order to avoid
further friction the Roman Cath
olic Church ided to have his in
fant daughter baptised of his
country
fwo and Zermatt
were overwhelmed by an avalanche while
climbing the Wetterhorn, in Switzer-
Jand. A tourist and a guide wer
killed
General Jancau, commanding the Fir
minist troops, defeated Gen. Alex Nord,
commanding the provisional army, and
burned the town of St. Michael
The United States War Department
bought from Gunmaker Ehrhardt, of
Dusseldorf, the right to re-arm the
American field artillery with the new
gun,
Members of the religious
| pelled from France are applying to the
Vatican for permission to settle in the
United States. but are being discour
aged, Canada being sugeested to them
as a better field
A monument erected at Villefranche-
sur-Saone in commemoration of the de
fense of that place during the Franco-
Prussian War, was unveiled yesterday.
The Fsench troops are reported to
have defeated the Shans at Phrae.
nN, and was
Wales and
with
hag de
at one
houses
Englishmen two
orders ex
Financial,
Terminal facilities to cost $3.000.000
| are to be constructed at Tacoma for the
Northern Pacific.
The price of copper wire has been re.
duced from 12 1-4 to II 1-2 cenis a
pound,
The lowa State crop report estimates
the corn crop at 385,000,000 bushels;
the largest previous crop was 332,500,
000,
A quarterly dividend of 1 144 per cent,
| bas been declared by the Virginia-Caro-
| lina Chemical Company.
RR. REMINGTON
KILLS HIMSELF
Newport Society.
WAS THE CAUSE OF DEED.
of the Lady Opposed the Marriage and the
Engagement was Recently Broken, Although
Mr. Remington Denied That it Was
Broken.
MAKES A TERRIBLE CHARGE.
Declares Wile Slew Husbaad While he
at Midnight.
Slept
A LOVELY TRUST IS THIS
Sweethearts Now Take Up the Consolidation
Move.
klisting means
refuse have
unless he 1m
He will also
be barred yn parties and will be
snubbed if he meets a of the members
{ 1 on the strect
tn
anvthing to do with him
ly mends his ways
i
mediately
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Excursion Train Crash:s lato Freight.
In
Chicago, (Special) .-
1.4
nd his broth
years old,
by a railroad accident
at Hammond, Ind. They
Chicago and Erie Railroad freight train,
standing on the tracks at Hammond,
when it was crashed into by an excur-
sion frain running on a special schedule
on the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louis
ville road | he excursion train had 6oo
pasengers from Southern Ohio, and was
running 40 miles an hou The Farris
srothers were in the caboose of the
freight train,
_ Andrews Is Found Gulity.
Mich. (Special). —~Frank C. |
Andrews, late vice-president of the |
wrecked City Savings Bank, was found
guilty of misapplying the funds of
that institution after a trial that lasted
four weeks. Attorney Kirchner gave
notice that an appeal would be taken to |
the Supreme Court and a stay of pro-
ceedings for 60 days was granted. Al
though he was extremely nervous while
the jury was out, Andrews took the ver-
atally injured
were on a
Detroit,
{
58.9 Letters for Each,
London (By Cable) .~~The annual re- |
port of the Postmaster-General shows |
found in letters undelivered during the |
last year. The undelivered letters to- |
taled 10,000,000. The delivered missives |
The Portmaster-General re- |
LIVE NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS,
Invention and Industry.
The Census Office issued a bulletin
It states that New York, though
third in p
first in
manufacture As
Western States
manual
patent
since been
well as in
Middle and
they de
great
veloped
took rank
{in says:
iod from 1840 to 1850 show:
stagnation in patent gre
ide of 1840 there were 1741
ited to i i
in the
as
IWin
Eng an
decade of 1820 there
ef
the New
States a
1377 ff of 21 p
77, falling off
husetts sha
the ecade, that
he New England States show
tivity, the number
being 5121 in
cent., si
next d
f patent ac
stied
ay
}
of the cour
to 1850
2
¢ 1
‘
ation hi
mn £ aba
property is under oo
officers of the Navy
to select sites.
Spanish Prires Useless?
Department is in
indry over the Reina Mer
cruiser which was
entrance to Santiago har
dave after Cervera s fleet
came out to meet its doom
After the war the Reina Mercedes was
raised and sent to the naval station at
Portsmouth, N. H. At that time it was
decided to strip her and take out her
machinery and convert her into a sail
ing ship, with the intention of using her
as a training vessel. It now appears,
however, that the construction bureau
of the Navy Department questions her
ability to carry sail, owing to the con
formation of her hull. Acting Secretary
Darling has referred the matter to the
general board for an opinion.
Cable Landing in Hawaii.
Rear-Admiral Bradford, chief of the
Bureau of Equipment, and who has
charge of the charts of the Trans-Pacific
cable survey made by the Nero in 180g,
has received information that the Pa:
cific Commercial Cable Company has
obtained possession of the land where
the survey provided the cable should
land. It also secured a right of way
for an overland cable from these land.
ing points into Honolulu,
Notes of Interest.
The State Department has received
from Consul Monaghan, at Chemnitz,
a report showing the expansion of Ger-
man trade, due to the development of
the empire's consular system.
In a dispatch to the War Depart-
ment, General Chaffee says the active
campaign against the Moros has been
necessary,
The Navy Department is preparing
to test the four wireless telegraph sys-
tems brought from Europe.
Minister Powell has sent to the State
Department a dispatch from Hayti giv.
ing a comprehensive review of the pres
ent condition of the island, with the out.
look for the future,
Dr. Jesse Crounse, of Altamont, N.
Y.. has called on the War Department
to punish Lieut. Louis J. Van Schaick
because he will not marry his daughter,
\ ,
NAVY some
Spanish
FATAL CLASH
AT THE MINES
Instantly Killed by a
Deputy.
HIS ARREST PROMPTLY FOLLOWS.
The Strikers Tried to Persuade Deputies
From Going to a Colliery The Dead Man
Had Been a Leader Among the Strikers
The Shooting Results In a Mob of Miners
Starting out for Vengance.
AUTOMOBILISTS SENT TO DEATH
Sad Fate of Mr, and Mrs. Charles Fair in St
Aquitin, France.
SCORES DROWNED BY TIDAL WAVE
Lower Portion of City of Atiata, Mexico, Is
Totally Destroyed.
ret
coast towns ata were
the same
life
completely
tiga
Wave O%g
heavy
Atlata will
ex
G werm
m for
sitution and
L130 “iil
these smaller pla
Relief fo
be sent f§ it 1s
Bected Federal
ment | ake pn mnt acts
relief { { BTS es
that by reason of the catas
trophe
the
suffering
Big Cotton Mill for Kansas.
Mi Special) —A
10,000,000 cotton mill project
site
for
ed by Eastern and Missouri and Kansa
capitalists has been selected at Holl
day, Kan,
An option has been secured on 1
acres of land, on which, beside the mil
and buildings directly pertaining to the
industry, it is intended construct
village for the 5.000 employes, whom i
is estimated the mill will employ, anc
their families. W. B. Smith Whaley
of Columbus, S. C., who is to be man
ager of the concern, says $1,000,000 0
the first $5.000.000 required to build the
plant has been raised
French Win in Siam.
Bangkok, Siam (By Cable).—Frencl
troops, after a record journey, have oc
-
7
bie)
Shans have been defeated with a loss of
The danger is believed to be over
Washington, D.C. (Special) —Ministes
King, at Bangkok, Siam, cables to the
State Department that quiet has bees
He says American inter
Philadelphia (Special).—The new tor
pedo boat destroyer Chauncey returned
to the yard of the Neafie & Levy Ship
building Company after a successful trial
trip. The figures ‘“m.51" painted on
hier smokestack represented the maxi
mum speed in knots attained by the de
stroyer on her trial trip. President Sed
dinger, of the company, says the Chaun-
cey made an average of 364 knots in
her four trial runs, and during the en-
durance trial of one hour she averaged
2680 knots, or nearly one knot above,
the speed requirement. st
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REVIEW.
BOERS AVOID NAVAL
The lavitation to Attend Was Politely De-
clined Geeet Reception,
{;enerals
ved and
irom
PALMER ACCUSED OF INCOMPETENCE.
Attack en Cuben Republic Made
by Havans Newspaper.
President of
¥
AND ENDS
Premier
French
ition {oO
schools
to the
Oppos
nauthorized
1e Rovalists
Borchgrevinck, the
plorer, has projected an As
"t
dition, under the auspices ol
can Geographical Society
The British Foreign Office is said to
be considering the propriety of recog
nizing the Venezuelan revolutionists as
belligerents
In Cincinnati the International Typo-
graphical Convention voted to meet
next August at Washington, D. C
The engagement was announced of
Vivian Sartoris, a granddaughter of
Gen. U. S. Grant, to Frederick Roose.
velt Scovel, son of Chevalier Scovel
Mr. Wilberforce Ogden, the young
divinity student, who disappeared from
his home at Chatham, N. 1. was found
in his father’s barn, His mind is al-
fected.
Argument was begun before Judge
Chytraus for the dissolution of the 45
injunctions issued on behalf of Waite
in the famous oats corner case.
Brigadier General Funston has
ered from two operations per
upon him and has resumed his d
his headquarters in Denver,
The peasants at Plondanicl, Fiance,
constructed a network of barbed
diers,
The South Wales Miners’ Feder®yic
contributed $50,000 to assist the strifing
miners in the United States anthrali
ion,
ie British Medical Journal declafes
that King Edward's recovery is cof
plete, and that there will be no seco
operation,