COUNTERFEITED IN PEN
Peansylvania Convicts Occupied Their
Time Making Bad Money.
DISCOVERED BY THE INSPECTORS
There is a Belief That Certaln Employees Who
Did Favors for the Prisoners, Such as
Mailing Letters, in Violation of the Rules of
the lostitutioa, Were Given the Bogus
Money as Tips.
Philadelphia, Pa. (Special) .—Coun-
terfeiting within the walls of the East-
ern penitentiaky, where more than halt
a score of men are now expiating sm
ilar crimes, is the latest sensational de
velopment in the investigation that 1s
being made into the alleged loose meth-
ods in the
Criminals,
stitution
in
principally men who are
undergoing sentences tor counterfeiting
and it is believed at least one employe
of the
ered
ture
institution been discov-
tit
m a manuaiac-
and circulation a large
quantity «
and quarte
dence
at
TERRORIZED BY CRACKSMEN
Safeblowers Take a Tow: and Rob thi!
r Bank. :
SUIT AGAINST LABOR UNIONS
THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Domestic.
D. E. Loewe & Co. hat manufac-
turers, of Danbury, Conn. sued the
national officers of the American Fed-
eration of Labor and the United Hate
ters, under the Sherman antitrust law.
for declaring a boycott on the firm
William A. Hoffman, who shot and
killed his father-in-law, William
Brandt, pear Maeystown, Ill, and
threatened to take the lives of others,
is under arrest in Belleville, IL
Federal officials have not been able
to find Isaac S. McGichan and George
H. Huntington, New York lawyers
who are wanted in connection with
the postoffice scandals.
Mrs. Leslie M.
Secretary { the
Shaw, wife of the
of Treasury, and
the American liner New York,
Southampton.
Frank Day, Detroit, was
an automobile accident at the
‘air at Milwaukee while riding
Cooper's machine in a five-mil
race.
Another ac
Professor L
test
of
big
lent to
ingley's aerodo
Widewater,
11
i
propelier
yey
Iie
Va
it the
of
vented
pre
the at
snows fell upon the
Antitrust Law,
In the
rt here D. E
anufac-
i offi
f lL:
dridgeport, Ct. (Special).-
United States District Cou
Loewe & C
of Danbury
cers of the American Federation «
1 ‘
bor, the national officers of the Unit
Hatters of North Ar
250 members of these «
dents of Danbury, who
the en ploy of the pl
The plamtff
A rica and against
gamazations, res.
were formerly mn
wintifis 5
allege that because they
ie
factory, upon demand of the union in
the United States and in Canada, and in
1902 the union men employed by
plaintiffs were called out on strike. Dam-
Sherman anti-trust law,
Shot His Wile While She Slept.
Washington, 0. C
man F. Denham shot and killed his wife
and then ended his own life.
diately after the first shot was fired en-
tered the right temple of the man,
cept that the husband was insanely jeal-
ous of his wife, without cause, no mo-
man’s conduct,
- :
from Athen
is detern
Porte
insurrection
Ices
with the
the
ate
[he Trades
ester,
Union Congress
England, declared for
in favor of an
generally.
hundred Turkish
Macedonian
Roumelia
5 #3
in
an
tation
troops were
by insurgents at
Admiral Cotton confirms the
reports that he can land 500 marines,
if necessary
Arthur W. Uler, a New York stock
broker, dropped dead in a restaurant
Earthquake shocks were felt
Financial,
A cablegram says an American Com
pany has offered $60000000 for the
clay mines in Dorsetshire,
receivership for Lake Superior?
little, it is quite evident,
rate.
There was a break in sterling rates of
the large amount of cotton bills offers
EXPLOSION ON OLYMPIA
Terrible Accident in the Norfolk Navy
Yard, :
TWO KILLED AND SEVERAL INJURED,
The Master-at~Arms of the Cruiser Missing
Drydock-—An Officer Orders That he
Barrel Be Placed on Board.
Norfolk, Va
n of a
(Spec
ial). ~The
| 4
aiconoi on
explo
the
$10 barrel of the su
perstructure of the cruiser Olympia, in
at the Norfolk Navy
severely injured
set to
1
drydock
| killed two men, HEV
eral others and fire the® ship.
The
missing.
master-at-arms of the vessel
confine]
by
the
The damage fire was
| the deck of ! t dl
vessel and emoraced
1 het
| only the canvas awnings and the:
{tures slight
were
iy mn
JEALOUS OF MER BROTHER.
A Cloclaoatl Gir! K'Vied Herscll Because
posed to Hs Marriage
Op
POLICE CANNOT GET SOLDIER
Pittgburg Arsenal
did
who the
Lng
I hefts of
{ the
quent of late
with
removing
copper and lead from the
barracks have been fre
It hat Crow
wot § a gi .
several ie x ¥
FTOOI8 «
ley,
the copper
to halt when commanded, and the sol
shot him. The others escaped.
{he police authorities demanded the
arrest of the soldier, but the command
ant barred the gates and refused to
surrenacer man
Qicy
¥s
a
kitled Woman lie Loved.
Mexico, Mo. (Soecial)~W, A, Rey-
| nolds, 24 years old, shot and killed his
sweetheart, Miss Ruby Kennett, 16
years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
T. J. Kennett, in the east end of this
county, and then committed suicide.
Reynolds is supposed to have been
iealons of Miss Kennett because she
went to a circus in company with Al
| fred Lehnen. Reynolds was from Kane,
i I, and had worked for Mr, Kennett
{until a {ew months ago,
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS,
——
Monthly Report on Crop Conditions.
The monthly report of the Chief of
| the Bureau of Statistics of the Depart-
the con-
| ment of Agriculture shows
i
Bo.1,
August 1,
been as
1003, B4.3 on Séptember 1,
1001, and a 10-year average oi 79.3
These figures, as well as those
other Crops,
| September 1, and no attempt 15 made
| to anticipate the results from further
weather conditions.
| September I was X2
August 1, 1903, 80.7 on September 1,
1002, R18 at the corresponding date in
1901, and a 10-year average of 82.2
| The average condition of rye on
| September 1 was Bq.1, against 87.2 one
ago, 00.2 September 1, 1002,
the corresponding date in 1901,
a 10-year average of Bs.s.
The average condition of buckwheat
| on September 1 was 91.0, against 93.9
| one month ago, B64 on S ember 1
1002, 90.0 at corresponds
1001, and a
Me
date in
84.4
ir
nax
the
10-year average
ondit
on
one
i average «
1 was MO.8, 4 t Bo.1
8H.2 Or
condition
y
{
akgtr,
SPE OTe
AaVOT axe
os
tatoes
and
on September 1
Was
In the Departments
1 sll
Depa
in ; Miss Todd
at (are enwood, Del
femovis
vernment has instituted pro
gs for extradition of leo
id J. Stern, the Baltimore contrac
or, who disappeared when indicted by
] jury
the
grand
ial
Tanaal
Commerce Commis-
report on
Interstate
sion has made a State reg-
ulation and taxation of railroads
showing a tendency toward more effici
ent control of rates.
The annual report of Commissioner
of Pensions Ware shows the total num-
ber of pensions now on the rolls to be
oH. 548
Hugh HH. Price, surveyor gencral of
Arizona, has been summarily removed
from office as a result of charges made
The Agricultural Department is us
| ing every effort to enforce the provi
sions of the Pure Food Act.
Dr. Herran, Colombian minister, ad-
mits that the terms of his government
as embodied in ihe latest bill giving
consent to the construction of the Pan.
ama Canal are exorbitant.
A dispatch to the Postoffice Depart:
ment announces that Leopold J. Stern,
who wae indicted several weeks ago for
complicity in alleged fraudulent con-
tracts for furnishing letter-carriers’
satchels to the government, has been
located at Toronto, Canada.
Because of the high prices of gov-
ernment bonds, national banks are re-
LLiring their banknotes,
TRYING TO LIVE ON WATER |
i
The Effort Successful for Seventeen
Days.
ABSTAIN FROM SOLID FOOD 60 DAYS.
And What Is Stil More Remarkable, the man |
lndulzing bu the Fast is Hearty, Healty and
Works Hard Every Day—A Physiclen Says |
the Feat Is Phenomenal and Far Surpasses |
That of Dr. Tanoer.
New York (Special) —Without solid
food for 17
muscular machinist, has managed to put
‘ ’ £4
in a hard day's work every 24 hours dur-
days, Stephen Playsted, a
period without feeling
duly tired when night comes. Plays
IR years |
Myrtle avenue, has
avowed purpose
truth of the theory
matier of
been three pints
regular meal hou
days, but notwithsta
not suffered in
that
a
nds declare
ADMIRAL COTTON PREPARES TO ACT.
and Native Christians
Clash, Several Killed.
Mussulsmans
13508
mriment
Constants
¥ ’
CMnIny ed
Christiar
: istan
American College. The
wounded.
The fight bro while
was on board the United States
Brooklyn returning Rear Admiral
ton's visit No further detail
been received In diplomatic :
here the affair is regarded as being sen
ous and a renewal of the disturbances |
is feared.
An official version of the Beirut
fair telegraphed later to the Ottoman
ambassadors abroad for communication |
to the powers says that Christians were t
1
¢ Out
0
four Mussulmans,
thot on the Road.
Spartanburg, S. C (Special) ~Mil-
ler McKinney, a merchant of Tacapay
Mills, S. C., was shot and killed on the
public road near Spartanburg by Harry
Dean, aged 18 years, of Duncans, §
C. Dean surrendered, claiming he shot
in self-defense. and saying McKinney
attempted to shoot him as the result of
a quarrel over a debt of $2850 which
McKinney alleged Dean owed him.
Both Dean and McKinney were mem.
bers of well-to-do families,
MORE ISLANDS SEIZED.
fo Have Made a Smar
Protest.
Cable). ~The
to
17.
Washington
British
made
London (By
Foreign Office 18 said have
re-
or
coast
at
garding the
recent of two
off
of British North Borneo by the Unit-
seizure
three islands the northeast
ed States gunboat
hese i
(Juiros
nnected with
tal
which
hoisted.
The have lat@®y
ast
hence
northeast c«
iy
n
SET FREE BY LEISHMAN.
Natural'zed Americen is Punished Twice
Syria.
Ir
A Fatsl Cave-ln
Plsgur Sitpation st Merscilies
Wreck on the "Frisco
Fan un
nvalid
AR with
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
yinte, a tire
ne
ng at G
Oldfield
While
i Ba: ney
and “the
striking
rac
off the
yd fatally injunng
spectator {ther ac
occurred during the day
The steamer Laurentian, which ar.
rived in New York from Glasgow, res
ported having sighted a burning essed
xt «ea. The crew was rescued
American Mining Congress, in
Lead. S. D., recommended
} of a department of
ani«
track.
of Chicas
accused of
merchant mm
Janie Stewart Brown,
go, who was wrongiually
stealing goods from a
North Carolina, is dying.
Confessions of two sailors in New
York indicate that certain tobacco
dealers of that city are engaged in il
licit tobacco trade,
Near Spring Green, Wis, George
Brandt willed his wife and motherin.
lay and tried to kill himsell. He con-
fessed,
panion attacked the nonunion foreman
{