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Hem'" restaura .1. 1)' I It IiiUlNS. rii icmn hihI -in 'ire. iii, OIL CITY, Pv. It. I.VNSiiN, Mi.rvvaie. TinnioH . Pluinbinif. Tlonesta, Pa s. .1 SI'.TLF.Y. .ICS i K OF I IIH I'K.vi'K, Ke. p ii r plete line ol Justice s lilanK lor su e. AN.i Itlank deeds, uiorttfHKei., el. T in. sia. Pa. HoTKI. .WH V VKK. K. V. VVKAVl' R. Proprietor. Tins le.'el, Ibrnierly the Lawrence tloiisr has iin.leri:oiieacoiii.lel.ecliaiijfe, and is ii. mi .iished with al the mod ern mir'',i",,"l Healed slid lighted ilir .iiirl i Willi iiainral uas. bathiooins. li.ii and Id iilei, etc The CHiil'orls .l ,jiii".l nei i i n )iiecie.. Ml 1.1 ..NT l .V I. HO CNF., V HF.lt W .V OKKOW Proprietor. . Tionsela. I'a. Hits is the inoslceiiiraii.v located Imtel m the place, and IihshII th inn.i.Vi iinpr..vemenlJH. No pains will be spared i ike il a pleasant stopping pluee tor lh" liaveiiim public. Firsi riiiB- l.ivcrv iii connection. ,l. II r mi- It i . v i V H.iiil ,V slluKM A K Fit. li.ip in A' a Iters I , i i 1 . 1 1 1 1 u . Cor. I ',1th urn vValiiin streets, s j reparnl to do all kmi. I- oi ciisinoi w.rk from me lli.esl t i hi sesi jind uiiarantei s his work to ijive ierteci sahslaclion. Pr pt atten tion 4riveu t. inelldlllg, and prices rea sonable. j mKF.NZo FULTON. Men.. 'Hirer of and Healer In 3US. BRIDLES , ml all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. l IONF.STA. PA. 1 1 ISLET & Ml . m MERCHANTS. Funiitiiro Dealers, AND utj3?:rtakers. TION F.STA"7 PENN BIG ROCHESTER FIRES. Two Factories and a Leather Store Destroyed. Chicago Funerals Interrupted-Marineu Guard Isthmua Seven Deaths In Dormitory Fire Annexation of Greenland Senator Green Held For Trial Steamer Finland Aground. Rochester was visited last Monday by a series of disastrous fires. The first of the fires was In the building of the F. A. Sherwood Leather company. 108 Mill street, and gave the firemen a stubborn four-hours' fight. Beforo this fire was out, another alarm called the firemen to the Foster-Armstrong piano factory, on Commercial street, near by, and the flames quickly spread to the tobacco factory of P. S. Whale.i & Co. Inside of 20 minutes the flames had made a clean Bweep of both struct ures and the falling walls partiallv burled the water tower, damaging it beriously. Almost immediately following the collapse of the walls, another alarm was turned in. This third fire was found to be in another piano factory belonging to the Wendell-Marshall company, at North Water street and Central avenue. This Is a branch of the Foster Piano company, member.! of both firms having stock in the busi ness, and in the building was stored u heavy stock of pianos for the holiday season. In order to fight the fire from all sides, hosemen were stationed in the Icy river, where they worked for hours, suffering terribly from their ex posure. Owing to the dense smoke, H was impossible to enter the building and after burning till noon Tuesday the building was destroyed. Effects of High Price of Cotton. Uradstveet s summary of the state of tiade says: Holiday and retail business generally Is seasonably active, wholesale and Jobbing trade correspondingly quiet, while manufacturing industry slackens Tartly for the above reasons, but also because of low water in streams, or efforts to re-adjust operations ;.o changed conditions of demand and supply. The cotton goods manufacturing trade is struggling with high costs and unsettled views as to finished goods prices, and international curtailment is suggested. Cotton easily leads tho speculative markets. The shorts have again been twisted and the highest prices since last summer have been reached. So high Is the price of cotton that every vestige of merchantable cotton 1,3 being saved. Bradstreet's Dallas correspondent notes that frozen cotton bolls are being put through a threshing machine to save the 8tale contained therein. The cotton th-3 -btainel sells for 2 cents less than the regular price, and many thousand bales wi.I be produced. Business failures for the week end ing Dec. 17 number 239 against 241 last week and 225 in the like week in 1902.. . . . Many Funerals Interrupted. Shrinking from the espionage of union pickets and fearful that funeral parties would be attacked by the etriWng livery drivers, many Chicago families have refrained from publicly announcing death In their midst. In the vaults of several undertakers" lie the bodies of persons about whose death tho utmost secrecy is main tained, and whose funerals will be postponed until the strike is settled. In other cases the stricken relatives have arranged for evening funerals and private burials, of which no an nouncement was made. : . The scenes that attended several funerals Saturday when union pickets attempted to interfere with the re moval of bodies, led the health depart ment officials to sanction the secrecy that is being preserved. The undertakers have been Informed that unless public safety demands It, burials will not be insisted on until such a time as funeral parties shall bo safe from molestation. Reduction of tVages Predicted. The statement was made in New York by a leading official of the Unittd States Steel corporation that, beginning Jan. 1, 1904, about 90 per cent of the employes of the corpora tion will suffer wage reductions rang ing from 5 to 20 per cent. This re duction will affect about 150,000 work men. The remaining 10 per cent of the employes are working under a wage agreement. The finance committee of the steel rorpc.iation, it Is understood, has un iler consideration the dismissal of many high salaried employes in addi tion to those already discharged. It was asserted that, barring soirn? unforeseen technicalities, employes of tiie corporation who participated in the profit sharing plan will In the com ing rrcnth receive a $5 dividend on the prefeired stock to which they BUh tcribed at 82.50. General Reyes' Statement. Although Secretary of State John Hay is still confined to his home i on account of illness he received General Reyes, the Colombian special envoy, and Dr. Herran, charge d'af faires of the legation, who called to notify him that the presentation of th;? statement, which is being prepared b;' . thorn with the assistance of Wayne MocVeag'j would bo deferred until after the holidays; It was e.vpbinod that the document is int a:!ed lor M' Hay's pnffiona! crmsItU ration. All t.hrught '.f submitting it to the stata department has c?-i abandoned sinrvi Mr. Loomls, the acUn' secretary, de llvered h'l address in New ork on tho Panama canal question. Movement of Marines South. The news of the movement of ma rines southward from Panama, based on reported lai.diii!? of Colombian troops in that ;jart of the Isthmus, was received with keen interest in army circles in Washington. There was, hosvevar, no outcome In (he shape of orders to troops, though the at rival there of Brigadier General J. Franklin Bell was regarded as con firming the previous statements to tho effect that the army 13 making ready to do its share at a moment's notice Genet al Bell consulted with members of the general staff. - Mayor Collins Re-Elected. The Democrats of Boston, Mass., won an overwhelming victory in thj municipal election Tuesday, Mayor Patrick A. Collins being re-elected by 2C5C5 plurality, the largest ever given a mayoralty candidate In the history of the city. The board of aldermen next year will be solidly Democratic and that party will have a large ma jority In the common council. James A. Cullavan, the Democratic candidate for street commissioner, was abo suc cessful In defeating Isaac B. F. Al 1( n, Rep., a colored man, and formerly a member of the governor's council. The city as usual favored licensed li enor selling by a largo majority. Resolution to Amend Constitution. State Senator Merton E. Lewis cf Monroe county said that he would introduce a measure Into the senat3 at the forthcoming session providing for an amendment to section 9. artielj 7, of the state constitution, prohibiting the imposition of tolls on the canals of the state. Said Senator Lewis: "I shall attempt simply to bring about a repeal of this constitutional pro vision, leaving the matter in such shape that the legislature may Impose such tolls as it deems best when thi barge canal gets In operation." Sever) Deaths In Dormitory Fire. ' Seven are dead and 17 injured be cause of the fire Friday n'ght.in tb? girls' dormitory of the Weldcn univen ity. All aie negro girls. The univers ity at Nashville, Tenn. Ail are ne gro girls. The university Is a Meth i dist Institution for the education of young negroes. The dormitory was a four-story b;ick building. There wer? no fire escapes and the only'exit was a. stairway which wa3 early choked with flame. The girls who escaped jumped from the windows. Want to Annex Greenland. The Dominion government is consid ering the question of uniting Newfound land with Canada, also the purchase of Greenland from Denmark. This Is the -esult of the Alaskan boundary ques Vm, so unsatisfactory to Canada .Thile Canada and Newfoundland can enter upon negotiations as to union it will be necessary for the Dominion t3 l.egotiate through the imperial autho I'ies with Denmark for the purchase of Greenland. So far no ofliclal infor mation can be had. Infant's 24-Days Slfep. After having slept for i'l days thn nine-weeks-old daughter o: Mr. and Mrs. Louis Slatof ir- Thir l avenue, New York city, has awakened. Th? sleeping of this infant has proved a mys tery to the medical profession. Tha sleep was natural, respiration being regular and the pulse strong during th3 long period of unconsciousness. Tho child is fat and apparently healthy anl the attending physician said that she Is as well as if she had only taken an ordinary sleep. Senator Green Held For Trial. United States Commissioner Ha'.t las handed down his decision in tho case of State Senator George E. Green of Binghamton, charged with brib ery and conspiracy to defraud the gov ernment In connection with the sale of time recorders and cancelling ma chines. The defendant Is held on all five of the Indictments for trial In tho city of Washington. Steamer Finland Aground. , The Red Star liner Finland, which left Antwerp Saturday for New York and which later ran ashore near Nieu wenluis, Holland, lies in a dangerous position. The weather Is foggy. The Finland had 1,000 passengers on board, all of whom were taken off. Lighters are now alongside the Fin land and are taking out her cargo. The sea :s calm with light winds. Life Saving Medal of Honor. Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Bhaw has sent to Captain John K. Glover of Buffalo a silver life saving medal of honor awarded him for gal lant conduct in rescuing the crew of tho schooner Nellie Mason two miles oil Port Colborne, Out., Sept. 29, 1893. New Chaplain of the Senate. The Republican senators have decid ed upon Rev. Edward Everett Hale of Boston for chaplain of the senate b flnning Jan. 1. He is a Unitarian and 13 years old. Dr. Hale has accepted. Seven Per Cent Advance. The Delaware, Lackawanna and Westorn Coal company will pay ita employes 7 per cent advance on tho eliding scale for December. RAN INTO OPEN SWITCH Mistake of a Brakeman Caused Many Deaths. Bsggage Car Telescoped the Engine and Smoker and Two Chair Cars Piled on Top of the Engine Cars Took Fire Dead and Injured All Western People. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 22. In the rreck at Godfrey, Kan., of the "Me teor," a St. Louis and San Francisco fi'st train from the South, nine per sons were killed and 32 were Injured: ..Of the Injured five probably will die, while 14 were severely hurt. The dead: James Kirkpatrlck. George Hoyt, conductor. B. A. Dewees, engineer. Theodore Bishard, fireman. James II. Wyman. Asa Morelatid, Lon Corbln. Joseph Corbin. John Bluebecker. Probably fatally Injured: John Bru baker, nevvs'agent; Sheridan Kanablo, K Garroway, John Bell, messenger; H B. Darlington, mail clerk. AH the dead lived in Kansas and Oklahoma and the injured are resi dents of the West. J. A. Bartley, a freight brakeman, whose failure to flag the passenger train caused the wreck, has dlsap ptared. One man, whose body has not bean Identified, was thrown GO feet into a neighboring cornfield. Two men, one from Oklahoma and the other from Arkansas, were fatallv Injured. Sixtpen persons, including Henry M. McDonald of LodI, O., weio seriously hurl, and 15 others were slightly Injured. Most of the Injured were badly burned and maimed. The crew of a freight train that had preceded the Meteor left the switci; open, and the passenger train jumped the track and rolled down a small em bankment. The smoker turned ovor and so fast was the train running tha' the engine and the forward baggagj car landed nearly CO feet off the road bed. The sleeper remained upright and none of the passengers In this car was Injured. The responsibility for the wreck Is laid to a brakeman of the freight crew who failed to flag the passenger train. He has disappeared. The' engine on the freight had be come "dead" and the crew was or dered to remain on the main track and to turn the switch for the passenger tiain, then about due. The brakeman was ordered to flag the Meteor, but Is alleged to have neglected to do so. ; In the crash the baggage car tele scoped the engine and landed in a cornfield, while the smoker and th3 two chair cars were piled in a mass on top of tho engine; Most of the In jured were in the chair cars which tcok fire soon after the wreck occurreJ KISHINEFF MURDERS. Two Principals In Massacre Sentenced : For Five and Seven Years Others Sentenced. Klshineff, Bessarabia. Dec. 22. Two Russians named Gnetschln and Maros jeik, who have been on trial charge 1 w ith murder as the authors of the mas sacre of Jews here last spring, were Btntenced to seven and five years pen al servitude respectively. Twenty-two persons charged with being Involved In the massacre are sf ntenced to periods ranging from one to two years each. One person was sentenced to six months imprisonment and 12 were acquitted, while 48 civil actions brought against the accusal were dlsmlssed.The costs of the pros editions must be paid by the convict ed persons. Good Roads Association. ' Erie, Pa.. Dec. 22. Colonel W. I Dickinson of Springfield, Mass., vice president and road expert of the New York and Chicago Good Roads associa tion, after a conference with President Hamilton and board of directors of the Erie Chamber of Commerce, accepted tho Invitation of that organization to hold the next meeting of the associa tion In this city March 1G and 17, 1904 Invitations to be present were extend td several United States senators, congressmen and to governors of th"; Slates interested in the project. Trial For Falsifying Records. Freehold, N. J., Dec. 22. The trial of Albert C. Twining and David C. Cor nell, former president and treasurer respectively of the Monmouth Trust torn pa ny of Asbury Parji, ou an indict tient charging them with falsifying the reports and minutes of the trust com pany, was begun here before Judge Ileisloy. Instructed to Vote For Treaty. Baton Rouge, La., Dec. 22. Both houses of the Louisiana legislature bave adopted a resolution requesting the United States senators from this state to vote In favor of the ratification of tho treaty providing for the building of the Panama canal. 75.0CO Christmas Presents. Pittsburg, Dec. 22. The idle window glass workers of the country will re ceive tnch a Christmas present from Ihe oiganization of which they uro riombera. Fully T.I.OOO will be din-ttibutcd. ARREST FOR DIVE MURDER. Bundle of Clothing Traced to Emii Totterman, a Swedish Sailor. New York, Dec. 22. By the arrest of Emil Totterman, a Swedish sailor the police believe that they have cleared up the mystery in the murder of Sarah Martin whose mutilated body was found Sunday in Kelly's hotel, e sailors' resort on tho East river front. The arrest, which wns made in the Sailors' union headquarters In South street, followed information received from Detective Sergeant McCafferty r! New York, who was sent to Bridge port, Conn., to trace a pnrchasa check of Meigs & Co. of Bridgeport for a pair of shoes and a sweater which were found In the room where the crime was committed. On the wrapper of the parcel loft I i the room by the murderer was writ ten the name "Fred C. Belano" and tin derneath the name of "E. Totterman.'' ; McCafferty reported by telephone from Bridgeport that the schooner Fred C. Bolano was lyim: at that port Mid that a sailor named Totterman had been discharged from her on Sat urday. He also obtained a good de scription of the man who on Saturday purchased the shoes and sweater from Meigs Co. Information was secured too, which led the police to the sailors' mion. Furnished with a description central jffiee detectives picked out Totterman fiom among a crowd of seamen at the sailors' union. When ssarchfsd there was found on him a sailor's clasp knife the blade of which appeared to beai blood stains. At police headquarters the prisoner was fully Identified by James Kelly the proprietor of the hotel, his v.if? and other persons as the man who on Saturday night acconipa'iie ', Sarah Martin to the room in which her body was found. Totterman said ho had never boon at the hotel, although he admitted that he had come from Bridgeport on Sat urday, but denied havin;; purchased there the shoes and sweater. After un dergoing a long examination by In spector McClusky and Assistant Dis tiict Attorney Garvan lie was arraign ed In the police court and remanded on the technical charge of b: ing a "sus picious character" to police hearquar ters. Later Louis Baldwin and Parker T. Silvernail, salesmen for Mcis & Co, fully identified Totterman as the man who- bought the shoes and sveaW. The police say that Totterman is also known as Carl Nielson. MR. BRYAN VISITS CZAR. Talk Was on Subject of Public Instruc tion in Russia. St.-' Petersburg, Dec. 21. William Jennings Bryan was received in au dience by Czar Nicholas at noon yes terday. The audience, which lasted 15 minutes, was arranged almost on the spur of the moment by Ambassa dor McCormick, who until Sunday vn uncertain as to the time of Mr. Biyan's arrival at St. Petersburg. . During the conversation with Mr. Bryan His Majesty expressed in th? most emphatic manner the feeling of friendship entertained by him and by the Russian nation for the Unit?l Slates and the hope that the good re lations which have always exi.Uod be tween the. countries would never be disturbed. He gave evidence of the deepest Interest in and' acquaintance with affairs in the United States. . In response of Mr. Bryan's inquiry concerning the progress of public in struction In Russia His Majesty gave a minute description of the system of education in the Russian empire, shoe ing an intimate knowledge of educa tional methods and the statistics rehir ing thereto. Mr. Bryan was entertained at dinner by Ambassador McCormick at night. He left tor Berlin today. Explosion in Nottingham Mine. Wilkerbarre, Pa., Dec 22. A serious explosion occurred in No. 3 slope of the Nottingham mine, at Plymouth, yesterday. Great excitement prevailed and ambulances and physicians worn burried to the top of the slope. Fight men were brought from tiie mina. burned by, the gas., The injuries o' three are serious. The explosion hurled-tlmber and brac.iii!; work in nli directions, though no serious thimug-l was done to the ..workings. .Tho, euro lessnetis of a miner in. parrying a naked lamp caused- the explosion. January Dividend Passed: . New Yprk, Dec. 22 The .'directors of the Unitud-States Reduction and Ho fining company have passiMl the .Jan uary dividend on the preferred stoe',.. In a circular letter to hol lers of I lie preferred shares the slat'jment is made that the business of I ho com pany has been seriously. unvoted by la bor troubles since February lust al Which time a strike was declared in a Colorado city works of the company by the Western Federation of .Mine':; Alderman Brennan Sentenced. Chicago, Dec. 22. Alderman John J. Brennan was sentenced to urn. year In tho house of correction by .liid:;u Gary or. a charge of complicity in cl"ctl i.n fiauds. A sentence of six months wa: given to Charles McCarle, and thr? months to Herbert H. Kent on similar charges. Definite Date of Treaty. Washington, Dec. 2-'. -- The soli tary of state has Issued a circular I'd tor which declares that. Cu CuVm r v! prooity ttfn.lv become:? operative o io minuto afttr midnight, Dec. 27. BRIEF NEWS ITEMS. Pointed Paragraphs Chronic ling: the Week's Doings. Long Dispatches From Various Paits of the World Shorn of Their Padding and Only Facts Given In as Few Words as Possible For the Benefit of the Hurried Reader. Wednesday. Rochester was visited by three big i res Monday night, involving a loss of between $.".00,000 and $400,000. A. C. Bushnell, cashier of the Yale National bank at New Haven, shot and killed himself in the bank building just before the opening hour. Republican senators agreed upon the Rev. Dr. Kiward Everett Hale of F.oston, Mass., for chaplain of the sen ate, and he will accept the office. The executive committee of tho Den ver Citizens' Alliance has adopted res olutions favorin"; a congressional in vestigation of Colorado strikes. Senator Hanna made a formal de mand that the committee on military affairs summon General Leonard Wool f.-om the Philippines to be examined as to his conduct in Cuba. Thursday. The force of the cold wave is broken in the Northwest. A general rise in temperature is reported. Disorder, unrest and' conflicts with the Japanese are on the Increase in Corea, and foreigners are becoming alarmed. Jacob P.iis, after a tour of the Wash ington slums, announced that he found them much worss than similar dis tricts In New York city. Mrs. Daniel Manning of Albany, N. Y., was elected president of the World's fair board of lady managers, vice Mrs. James L. Blnlr, resigned. . Arguments in the Northern Securi ties case were concluded, Attorney General Knox speaking for the govern ment and George B. Young closing for the corporation attacked. Friday. President Roosevelt signed the Cu ban reciprocity bill. The sea 'of Azof is fast disappearing and strange 'scenes are witnessed at Tanganrog, at the head of the vast lagoon, vessels .lying stranded and helpless. An agreement has been reached be tween General Taft and the Philippine friars, by which the I'nited States will acquire the friar lands for the sum of $7,210,000 gold. The Chemung county board of su pervisors has appropriated $251,000 for the construction of good roads through tho county, in accordance with the provisions of the Higble-Armstrong act. The report of Charles J. Bonaparte and Holmes Conrad on the postoffiVe scandals declares former Assistant Postmaster General Heath and George W. Heavers primarily responsible for discreditable abuses. Saturday. The council of the French war office has considered the details of M. Drey fus' reinstatement in the army as a lieutenant colonel. ' Joseph Chamberlain has obtained the services of a number of prominent business men on his commission of experts to draw up a British tariff re form measure. - : . Senator Hour, -in calling for the fiic,ts in the Panama. situation, severely criticised the president's course. Sen ator Gorman followed in the same line, and Senator Forakor defended the ad ministration.' The cruiser Atlanta, iii the gulf of Dnrien, found 500 apparently hostile Colombian soldiers just outside the Panama boundary. A landing party vas ordered to lower the Stars and Stripes on its boat, but the order was disregarded. Monday. Governor Odell and Attorney Gen eral Cunneen spoke at a diuuer of tho Buffalo chamber of conimeice. Seven students were killed and 17 In jiiivd by burning of Walden university for negro girls ab Nnsdiville Tenn. Owing to a strike among liverymen v.. Chicago -many 'dead went tinburied and a millionaire's body was taken to a cemetery in a common wagon. Senator Gorman has succeeded iti having the senate reconsider the vota confirming the npiiointnicnt of Will iam Buchanan as I'nited Slates minis tei to Panama. The propeller J. T. Hutchinson ol Huffaro, Wrecked a week a;;o In Lake Superior and 'abandoned y tho own ers, was brought to Buffalo by Captain Sinl.ii, engaged by the underwriters. Tuesday. Report that Americans in the Darien I'ist'ict, have been notified by the Col umbians to leave within 21 hours. Because of an impoverished pursi for Christ mils a cit izen of Clevelan 1. O., slew his vvll'e, his throe children and himself. Information received at Colon thai, about-100 Colombian troops have been landed at the Island of Pines, which Is I:; Panama territory. ' A fast train on the St. Louis and j San Fnmc'seo railway was wrecked at j Coiifroy. i oar Fort Soolt, Kan., and nine people were killed and 20 in j Jo, red. j The par.t engi'ts f the Red Star line. Finland, which left Antwerp for Now York Saturday and grounded nvf , Flushlm:, Uolland, havo boon taken eft and tuc ca: go is being lightered. ANOTHER TOWER HOLD-UP. Telegraph Operate! Aatauited Whlla Arrest Is Madj For Clt.tdsnln Murder. Williamspoit, Pa., Doc. 21. Whi'a Edward Moyer, a pciiler. was beiir; ai rot-ted lor the iuui.l.'r of William . Ciendenin a month ao a1: Sanbury. Frank Brown, the night operator at Wlnburn, was b..:n. assaulted by a highway ma a, the eighth bold-tip of tdegraph ;pernto.'V, in thia p.irt o? Pennsylvai.ia since the mysterious murder of (Tendcain in his lower at Brown's. Winhurn is a lonely station on tho Pennsylvania division of tin. New York Central on tho cr:-.t of the Alleghany mountains. At midnight the operat-)" was aroused by a nnn vvh.i demandj I admittance. When thij was refused the stranger erusiie 1 tho door in wi'h p heavy club and made far the opera tor. Brown's loft arm wan put out of usu by a heavy blow from the club, but th.? weapon dropped from the d sp 'l -ado's hands at the same time. Willi strength born of d(.sp?vation. the operator threw the highwayman from the door, anl he made off, evidently glad to escape. W. F. Robinson, the Now York Con tial brakeman whose information led to the arrest of n.lv.ard Moyer. tho pedler, identified him as the man who. on the day of tho murder, left Jersey Shore in Ihe direction of Brown's tow el, with the rental k: "The New York Central paid yeste--day. and I am going to get a piece of money." Moyer has been dodging the detec tives eve- since the murder. He says that he ran prove an alibi, but h's story is not regarded as a good one by the detectives. Robinson says lie knows Moyer to bo a crool:. Ho was taken to Look Haven to await identifi cation by the conductor who saw tho man prowling about Ihe toner 13 min utes before the murder. STUCK TO RUNAWAY ENGINE. Engineer Brown Kept His Poit While Rest of Crew Jumped. Pottsvillo, Pa.. Doc. 21 With his coal train running away at the rate of 1V6 miles a minute, Kngiurei' F. A. Brown stuck to bis locomotive on tho Pennsylvania railroad her Saturday. All the others of ..he crow Jumped. The whistle was tied down and th? train flew down tho heavy grade of the mountain. Nine of the cars plunged over Ihe r.fl foot trestlo at Minersville and were dashed Into splinters, hut the loromn tlve kept the track and lit own s Hli.' was saved. A new danger confronted htm as hN engine rounded tho horses-hoe curv . whore a heavy train was standing or. the tracks. The engineer of the lat ter, comprehending the situation, sTirt td his train. The two trail's collided, but as both were going at groat s;;:vd lr the same direction, not much dam age was done. The leaking of the air brake from the locomotive cans d the runaway. BIG PLANT PROJECTED. Pennsylvania Railroad to Erect StrusV ural Steel Factory at A!tacna. Altoona, Pa.. lVe. 1 t is st ite 1 here that the board of oflieials of th" Pennsylvania railroad have under con sideration at present a project l'o' erecting a plant for th n. anuf aetutv ot structural stool at this city near at immense factory now buibl'n;.:. The plant will bo an oxtmsivr con cern, completely equipped and employ ing fully 2,0(10 men- At this works it Is the intention of the company to manufacture all the structural stool work for the Noill: liivir tunnel at New York. This undertaking alone will keep th plant engaged for tho next six years. Afterward steel rails and structural steel work for bridj.'s and buiidin.'-i wdll bo made. Binghamton, Pittsburg an:! Ejttcrn. Binghamton, Dec. 21. Surveys iti this city were begun for tho Bin'.th:m ton, Pittsburg and Ivuioru rail, old. which is a rival road lo t!i I.itm'ri;. ton and Southern, for which survey were recently completed Into this city. These roads follow much the sani.; route southwest from this city t nvardi Williamspoit, Tho railroad com missioners will hold a mi'l'iig hoi- next month to leler.nine vhich shail have tho right of way. Sheriff Who Fired on Miner?. Wilkes -Harm, Pa.. Doc. 21. James Martin, who was the sheriff in charge of the posse which tired on a crowd of striking mine wo.kers ai l.aKiau r on Sept. 10, 1 807, was appointed tain. In spector bv till court. lie iuceeo.l Inspector K. V.. Reynolds. Th" ini'l"1 workers are already protesting avr-tint tho appointment. Martin -iicoessful'y passed an lnspocttuvhlp examination year ago. Mrs. Soffel to Co on tli. Stage. Pittsburg, Doe 21. -Mrs. Kate Soffel. who served a term in tho penitentiary as punishment for the part she played In aiding th" Middle brother to escape from the Allegheny couniy jail, of v. liich her husband was v -i ';! 1 1 . h:u iiigned a contract to go on lY s!a:;. 'The play written for her has th" till. rtf "A Dangerous Woman. ' but lis the heiotne Mrs. Soffel is to appear us an angelic cioatiin Gas Overcomes Wor.h,.pci s. Vnioiitown. Pa.. Hoc 21 -l.'-oaping fumes of gas Interrupt M tho prayer Meeting t-tTvhv al the i-'irs .Ioihodi-U Protestant church Mrs. (1 C. Con way and Mrs. Kidlo wore overcome an I fell ovin- unconscious and tho'niinistor, Ihe Ro.v l'r. i'.o.ml, H Sihsou, almost loll ir lh; pulpit.
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