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Manufacturer of and Dealer in HARNESS, COLURS, BRIDLES, And all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONKSTA. PA. 1. H. MR k GENERAL MERCHANTS. Furniture Dealers, AND UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA, PENN A CONSPIRATOR'S BOMB Killed M. Von Plehve, Russian Minister of the Interior. decisive Battlo In Progress Pay master Robbed and His Driver Mur. rlered Serious Trolley Accidentt. 8trike Extends East Paul Kruger's Big Fortune Missouri Republicans. M. Von Plehve, Russian mlnlstor of iho Interior, was assassinated Thurs day morning by a bomb thrown at his carriage while he was driving to the Baltic station to taise a train for th palace at. Peterbof, where he wu to mako his weekly report to the env lieror. f. VOM PLBHVB. The assassination Is believed to be the outcome of a widespread pint, tho existence of which has boon suspected for several dnys. Numerous arrests l ave already been made, including that of tho assassin, a young man who Is believed to lie a Finn named Leglo, and who Is now In a hospital severely and perhaps fatally Injured by the ex plosion of his own bomb. An accomplice of Leglo, also ap parently a Finn butVhose name Is un known, has been arrbd. He had In his possession a bomb which he tried to throw hut he was overpowered by the police Just in time to prevent great loss of life. The assassin stood on the sidewalk Just as Minister Von Plehve's carriage was about to cross the canal bridge near the station. The minister was escorted by a number of detectives on bicycles and one of them jostled the assassin, who then rushed Into the road and threw the bomb after the carriage. The missile struck the hind wheel andA'Xploded with fearful force killing orw-ounding over a scoro of pert-ons. Sinister Von Plehve and his coachman were killed outright and an officer of the guard was fatally in jured. Minister of JiiFtiee Mnravlelt went to the Peterhoff palace to report the assassination of Minister Von Plehve to Emperor Nlcholns. His majesty did net leave the palace during the enllre day. although he had arranged to go to Ornnlrnbaum (19 miles from St. Petersburg) to attend the consecra tion of tho new harbor. The minister's death was Instan taneous. When tho body was un dressed at his residence not a single wound was found on the trunk but the lower part of the face was literally blown away. The empress has not been Informed of the tragedy in view of the hourly expectation of the birth of an heir to the throne. ' Successor of Murdered Minister. M. Von Plehve, lut minister of the Interior, was buried Sunday and in every city and hamlet of the vast em pire church bells tolled and masses and prayers said for the repose of the Eoul of the murdered minister. The. murderer of M, Von Plehve has leen removed from the hospital to the Wyborgsky prison. Tho police de cline to reveal his alias on the ground that It might defeat, the ends of jus tice. The far-reaching character of tho machinery of the ministry of the inter ior and the urgent necessity for deal ing with many pending matters, ren der It Imperative that the emperor select a successor to M. Von Tlehve Immediately and It Is considered cer tain thnt he will do so this week. In fluences hostile to M. Wltte seem to render his appointment Increasingly Improbable. Prominent candidates mentioned are Prince Svlntopolk-Mlr-s'ty, M. Miiravleff, minister of Justice; Lloutonont r'-orol Kllegel and Prince John Obolonsky. Decisive Battle In Progress. The correspondent of the London Sally Mail ot New Chwnng In a dispatch dated July 31 says that there has been heavy fighting for two days in the marshes fouiIi of llaichong dur ing Hie gradual retreat from Tatche linn of 5.000 Russians forming the rear pinr-l and the peril of this force increase?, daily. The imllcitions nre that the Unlltc 8iundrnn Is on the eve of an Import ant movement. Nothing regarding this can be ascertained officially, hut many of the officers already have bade f.;rove!l to friends and families and are holding themselves ready for Im mediate service. The emperor had Arranged to Inspect the squadron, but his plan was given up owing to tho assasr.lnntion of Minister Von riehve. Jap .Administrator at New Chwang. Taknynmn, Japanese adininisl ralor of New Chwang, has arrived and la med notification to the population that Ksw-Ciiwnng and YInkow are now under Japanese control, and that lives at'd property will be protected Mr. GlIchriFt, an American, who was deputy commissioner of customs un been appointed commissioner of cua Leen appointed commmissloncr of cua toms. Crcp Reports Indefinite. More activity Is noted at a ferv Western centers, but fall trade Is slow to assume form pending assurances at to crop results and settlement ot ex istlng Industrial disturbances. Crop conditions are, on the whole fuvorahle, though Irregularity In sec tions jirevents generalization. The movement of winter wheat tc market, somewhat delayed this year has at last begun In earnest. Colncl' dentally. Improvement In collection! in shown at some centers, and tho de mand for money from tho country hai Increased. The movement of currencj to move tho crops has assumed good proportions this week. Speculation in stocks and' cereal! has quieted down somewhat, and clear lugs show reductions both from lasl week and last year. Early reports of damage to winter wheat find confirmation In lower estl mates of the Southwestern yield, and In poor or indefinite threshing returns from Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and parte of Missouri. Spring wheat appears to have don well, except that reports of rust, du to previous excessive moisture, come from South Dakota. Southern peach crops have been large and profits enormous. Georglt has assumed first rank as a peach pro ducer, and a large area Is going Intc new orchards. Paymaster Robbed; Driver Killed. Charles Hayes, a driver for the Pur itan Coal company, Is dead and Patrick Campbell, the company's paymaster lies perhaps fatally wounded at tht Altoona hospltil, as the result of a btutal hold up and murder on th( township road leading from Portage Dlalr county. Pa., to the town of Pur Itan, at about 10:15 a. m. Saturday The two men were In a buggy, taklnf a satchel containing about $3,000 with which to pay the coal company's em ployes at Puritan, from the Adams Ex press office at Portage to the coal town, when they were suddenly firec upon by three men armed with shat guns. Hayes fell to the bottom of the bug gy pierced by 37 buckshot wounds lr Ms neck and breast and died anon half an hour later. Campbell was hi' In the shoulder and fell from the bug gy. The highwaymen camo out fron their place of hiding In the woods t the right of the road, secured the sat chel of money and escaped. News of the tragedy spread througl Portage and hundreds of persons visit ed the scene armei with guns nnd re volvers. The men started off Into th woods In search of the murderers. pr llceman arrested on suspicion a mar who was seen attempting to board l freight train eastbennd. The suspect carried a gun Serious Trolley Accident. A bad accident occurred Saturdaj right on the Rochester and Manltoi railroad, a trolley road running froir Ontario Beach along the shore o: Lake Ontario to Manltou Beach, a dls tance of about 10 miles. Thirteen porsons wero serlouslj hurt, three or four It Is feared fatally and a number of others sustained minor bruises. The accident occurred at 7:50 o'clock. The road at the point where the col lislon occurred skills a high bluff anc runs close to the edge of the lake, th( waters of which are some distance be low. Tho trains when they strucl fortunately toppled over against th bluff Instead vof falling the other waj Intp the lake. The motormen Jumped and were not Injured. One of the motor cars wai lifted from Its trucks and went almost through the other car. and tho remark able thing about the accident wai that more people were not hurt Rear-End Trolley Collision. Twenty-three persons were hurt ai the result of a rear-end collision Sun day between two large trolley cars or the shore line of the Cleveland. East ern and Painesville railroad near Not tlngham. Strike Extends East. Unable to arrange a conference wltl representatives of the New York pack ers, President Donnelly of the Amal gamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen of America has ordered t strike of all tho members of his or ganlzatlon In New York employed bj Schwarzchlld & Sulzberger and th( United Dressed Beef company. Tho ordor went Into effect Sunday Kruger's Big Fortune. A dispatch to the London Hail) Mail from Geneva says that it it learned from a trustworthy sourer, that the fortune left by the late Paul Krueer, the late president of thf Trnnsvaal, la between X 7.10.H00 nnd .1,000,000. It consists childly of Kxv ropean securities. The bulk of It goe; to tho ElolT family. Ogdensburg Chosen Fo Next Year. Tho grand lodge of the state of New York, Knig'iits of Pythias, which hat been holding Its annual session lr Jamestown, chose Ogdensburg as tht placo for next year's convention. Missouri Republicans. The Republicans of Missouri In slate convention last week nominated a complete slate ticket. Cyrus P. WaV bridge of St. Louis was nominated foi governor on the first ballot. RUSSIANS GOING NORTH. Kuropatkln's Reinforceratnts Stop at Harbin. Skeleton Force to Be Left to Contest Japanese Advance on Vital Posi tions Japanese Occupy Simon cheng, Cutting Off General Stakel berg From Joining Gen. Kuropatkln. London, Aug. 2. A dispatch to a news agency from Toklo says there Is reason to believe that after two days fighting the Japanese occupied Sim' oucheng, thus cutting off General Stakelberg from General Kuropatkln. St, Petersburg, Aug. 2. A report from an apparently reliable source was to the effect that General Kuropat kln's main force had been rapidly moving north for several days. According to this report no troops proceeding to the front from Russia had gone past Harbin In the past three days. . They will be detrained there and every available piece of rolling stock will be rushed south empty for the re moving of troops at Llao Yang and other points to the northward, leaving a skeleton force to contest the Japa nese advance on vital positions. Movement of Black 8ea Fleet. London, Aug. 2. The Sebastopol correspondent of the Times asserts positively that the entire Russian vol unteer fleet now In the Black sea, with other large steamers which have been taken over by the government are under orders for government ser vice outside the Black sea at an early date. Count Tolstoi's Son a Volunteer. St. Petersburg, Aug. 2. Count Tol stoi's son is leaving for the front as a volunteer In the Two Hundred and Seventeenth (Kromy) regiment of in fantry. GOODYEAR FOR GOVERNOR. Mr. Murphy Quoted as Speaking Fa vorably of His Candidacy. New York, Aug. 2. Charles P. Mur phy, leader of Tammany hall, was quoted as speaking favorably of Charles W. Goodyear of Buffalo for the Democratic nomination for gover nor and there was some comment among Democrats who are about the hotels. For the most part they endorse the view of Mr. Murphy as to Mr. Good rear's availability, but there Is a be lief that the up-state leaders will have to be consulted before any winners can be picked. David B. Hill came down from Al bany and soon after his arrival bad a conference with Card Meyer and Pat rick H. McCarren. Mr. Hill would ay nothing about the political situa tion, nor ivo'ild he make any comment upon the availability of Mr. Good year as the Democratic candidate for governor. Mr. Hill spoke of th9 death of Gov ernor Pat'lson of Pennsylvania, men. tionlng the all night session of the committee on resolutions at tm? Dem ocratic national convention In which Governor Paulson participated. He recalled the fact that In 18 he participated In a similar session In which William A. Russell of Massa chusetts took a prominent part. Mr. Russell also died soon afterwards. Think Root Can Still Be Considered. New York, Aug. 2. Governor Odnll will return to New York today and will have a conference with members of the Republican state committee from districts below the Bronx. The gover norship will he the most Interesting feature of tho meeting, although the chairman expects to learn from the members of the committee the polit ical situation lu their districts. The name of Nevada N. Stranahan, collector of the port of New York, has been added to the list of available In case Ellhu Root absolutely refuses to accept, but friends of Mr. Strann- han say that he will not allow the use of his name. Some of the politicians urfiund state headquarters think Mr Root can still bo considered available. RECORD PRICE FOR POULTRY. A New York Breeder Received $3,400 For 19 Chickens. New York. Aug. 2. A new price record for fancy poultry has bwm es tablished In America, If not in the world, by George H. Nnrthrup of Kuce- rllle. N. Y. He sold a flock of 19 birds, three. cocks and 10 hens, for export to Ber lin, Germany, for $3,400. They wero all of the rose combed Black Miner breed, ono that Mr. Northrnp nriiilnnt- rd himself. Thn leader of the flock is the cncl Victor, a (Irst premium winner In Chi cago, Philadelphia nnd Boston, which sold for $1,000. His brother. Head- llfhl III. winner of seconds In Chicago. Philadelphia! and Boston, brought ?"i00. President Nord Causes a Sensation. Port-au-Prince, Hoyti. Aug. 2. At a public reception President Nord ac cused tho foreign population of rais ing the rate of exchange fci order to op pose the govornment. H added some threatening words which have alarmed the foreign cobny. Tho- rate of ex change Is f00 per (cent. AMERICAN3 IN DI8GUI3E? Johnstown Officers at Portage Have a New Theory. Portage, Pa., Aug. 2. A startling new theory has been advanced by Chief of Police Harris of Johnstown and several Portage officials. They re half of the belief that the men who committed the outrage on tho Puritan road were not Italians, but Americans disguised as farmers. They base their theory on several points, Iilnclpnl of which Is the fact that they knew of the existence of a gang ot worthless, desperate men who Infest this district. They point to a dynamite outrage nero about a year ago In which an Italian and woman were blown to atom? In a horse. This Is attributed to the same gang. Another view they take Is that the men, attired to mis lead any who might see them, threw off their garments In the bushes ono set of clothing having already been found and Immediately Joined In the man hunt which began In a few hours The Johnstown officers say the roads In this section were so completely surrounded that It. would be practic ally Impossible for the foreigners to escape, as the pickets on duty all around the suspected places ever since the commission of the crime would force them In course of time to sur render or shortly starve to death. Descriptions of the murderers, as they were seen by the children and two men near the watering trough In the Spring Hill road shortly after tho hold-up, have been sent broadcast through the country, but the officials who sent them have little faith In ob taining any results thereby. That Theodore Adams of Phillips burg, paymaster for the New York Transportation company, did not meet the same fate as that which overtook Hayes and Campbell Is attributed to fete. Mr. Adams had with him In a buggy several thousand dollars, the ray for three mines, and was follow ing Hayes and Campbell at a distance of about half a mile. It Is thought that the three Italians hoped to find Adams and their two victims together and Intended to kill all. This belief If strengthened by the fact that the men were ambushed at three separate ploces, about 20 or 25 feet apart. 8TATEMENT OF PUBLIC DEBT. At Close of Business on July 31 Amounted to $980,781,413. Washington, Aug. 2. The monthly statement of the public debt shows that at the close of business July 31. 1904, the debt, less cash in the treas ury, amounted to $980,781,413, an In crease for the month of $13,549 G39. This Increase Is accounted for by the decrease of $14,945,GGC In the amount of the cash balance In the treasury, as compared with last month. The debt is recapitulated as follows: Interest bearing debt, $893,157,340; debt on which Interest has ceased since maturity, $1. 881.130; debt bear ing no Interest, $387,824,321; total, $1, 284.820.992. This amount, however, does not In clude $1,003,782,909 In certificates and treasury notes outstanding which are offset by an equal amount of cash on band held for their redemption. The cash In the treasury Is classi fied as follows: Reserve fund. $130, 000,000; trust funds, $l,n03.7?S,909 tenernl fund. $125,140,402: in national bank depositories, $1 12.GI2.7fiG: lr. treasury of Philippine Islands, $7.31G, C37; total, $l.r98.829,075, against which there are demand liabilities out. standing amounting to $1,091 717,495 which leaves cash balance on hand of $304,081,579. "Chins" 24 Times; Found Dead. Terre Haute, Ind Aug. 2. Coroner Tabor finds that Robert Fair, a Junior at the Indiana normal school, who was found dead, suffered from heart exhaustion, caused by "chinning" 21 times In succession while exercising In the gymnasium. Fair was not In robust health, and the sustained effort In raising himself with his nrmc to rest his chin on a rung of a ladder brought on cardiac trouble. He had recently been elected principal of the Clay Olty schools. Mistaken For Bear and Shot. Sherman Mills, Me., Aug. 2 Ed ward McLaughlin, "2 years of age and married, was Instantly Wiled yester day by being shot through tho head. He was mistaken for a bear by a com panion, Granville Frank of this town The men, in company with two others were on their way to WUcWahoc lake through the woods when they became separated. Frank saw some bushes in vo and II red at what ho thought was a boar. Ventilation Thronich the Wnlln. The fact is that considerable veutil.i tlou Is capable of taking placo nnd quite a largo exchange of fresh for bnd air ,1s effected through the walls of buildings. Many n room thnt Is no toriously stuffy could doubtless ho made pleasant to live In by removing tho solid paper or Impervious coat of paint from the wall and substituting porous paper, or, belter still, giving up paper altogether nnd using n distemper wosh of pleasing tone. London Lan cet. Wlint She Larked. A superintendent of a Sunday school relntes the following true Incident: The title of the lesson was "The rich young man" and tho golden text "One thing thou lackest." A lady teacher In the primary class asked n little tot to repeat the two, und. looking earnestly In the teacher's face, the child un blushlngly told her, "One thing thou lackest a rich young man." SUMMARY OF THE NEWS Short Items From Various Parts of the World Record of Many Happenings Condensed and Put In Small 8paca and Ar ranged With Special Regard For the Convenience of the Reader Who has Little Time to Spare. The national Democratic committee nnanlmously elected Thomas Taggart of Indiana as chairman of the commit tee. Reports from New Chwang said that the Russians had been defeated In a battle east of Tatchekiao and will be obliged to return to Llao Yang. Fred Mason, the farm hand who hot t:id killed his father-in-law near Amber, N. Y., surrendered to the shr- Iff and Is now In jail at Syracuse. A strike ol gold and silver in largo quantities has been made In an old abandoned lead mine In tho Shawsn- gunk mountains, near Otlsvllle, N. Y. Thursday. At Oneida. Pa., thre9 miners and a boy were Instantly killed by a bolt of lightning while sitting at a table. Rioting was renewed at the Chi cago stockyards and efforts at medi ation made by the state board of ar bitration filled. From St. Petersburg It was an nounced that the Russian army had re treated to Hal Cheng, having decided to withdrav from Tatchekiao on Sun day. The stale department at Washing ton has received a protest of owners against the action of Russia in seiz ing a cargo of American goods on board the Hamburg-American steamer Arabia. The British government has sent In structlons to Ambassador Hardingo to demand of Russia an apology ami rep aration for the sinking of the steamer Knight Commander by the Vladivos tok squadron. Friday. With 800 casualties, the Japanese army of General Oku, combined with the Takushan forces, captured Tatche kiao on Monday. Benjamin 1-owe, a farmer living at Hunters' Creek, near East Aurora, N. Y,. was kllle-d by llshtnlng while do Ing chores In his barn. William Coleman, arrested In Har lem, was taken to Cooperstown, N. Y., to face the charge of stealing the Jew els of Mrs. Clark, daughter-in-law of Bishop Potter. The estate of the lato William C. Whitney was appraised at $21,243,101, and Mr. Harry Payne Whitney paid by check to the State $222,222.84 In heritance tax. Ships of the Vladlvostock squadron, a dispatch from St. Petersburg says, are enabled to take long cruises by means of a cleverly arranged system for coaling at sea. Saturday. President George F. Golden of the Chicago Teamsters' union was arrest ed for interfering with a non-union teamster. Russian accounts of the murder of Von Plehve say the assassin, Iego, at. tempted suicide by shooting. He will recover from wounds Inflicted by the bomb explosion. Pacific Mall Steamship company's steamer Korea arrives safely at To kio with more than $1,000,000 on hoard, although It was reported she had been captured by tho Vladivostok squadron. Acting on a formal protest from the American owners of a portion of the cargo of tho steamer Arabia, seized by the Russians, the state department at Washington orders Ambassador Mc Cormlck to obtain a full statement of the affair from St. Petersburg. Monday. Vanderbllt lines, prompted by the moral sentiment of the public, move to abolish Sunday excursions. Further reports from refugees who had fled from Port Arthur on Thurs day Indicate terrific fighting for three days. Toklo denies the city has fal len. Chicago packers say that represent F.tives of four of the allied trades unions have made overtures for rein statement, but the leaders of the butchers disclaim any knowledgo of such a move. A trolley train bound for Manltou r.eaeh on the Rochester nnd Manltou railroad Saturday night crashed into a train of three cars bound for Roches ter, and the motor cars were tele icoped. Thirteen persons wero scrl uiibly hurt. Tuesday. Sixteen Geriuan-Anu'rirniiH on a picnic excursion were Injured in a trol ley crash near Cleveland, Ohio. Umpire of Italian commission signs the dual award on Venezuelan claims segregating $d,0iHI.000, ulinnt $000,000 being allowed with latere!;!. Robert K. Pattlsnn, twice Drrno ciatlc Governor of Pennsylvania anil twice controller cf Philadelphia, died at his home In OverbrooU, a suburb of Philadelphia. Lleut.-Gnernl Comtt Keller. Rus sian corps commander, was killed by a fragment of a Japanese shell while rpposlng the Japanese advance along the railway near Halcheng. The decisive battle of the campaign Mvms to ho in progress. Having com pleted his enveloping movement, Gen eral Kurokl Is directing an ndvance from all points aguinst llaichong und Llao-Yang. WOMAN SHOT; 60N HELD. Assyrian Peddler Kilted Under Mys terious Circumstances In Her Bedroom. Browavillo, Pa., July 30. Mary Da vis, aged 55, an Assyrian peddler, was killed early Thursday morning under mysterious circumstances. With her son, Michael Davis, aged 23, she board ed at the house of Nicholas Monsour in North Bend, Brownsville Hill, and they with a man aud two women were deeping In one room. The sleepers were ar-,used by a re volver shot and saw the Davis woman fall, after which tho son lifted her to a cot. Three men held tho man until officers and Dr. A. C. Smith arrived. An empty revolver was found on the floor, also four discharged shells. The son said the revolver was acci dentally discharged. A theory was ad vanced that ho had shot his mothet Ii his sleep. Still another was that the revolver hung on the wall and was accidentally knocked down by the woman. The coroner's jury rendered a ver dict that she came to her death from a gunshot wound, and recommended that Michael Davis bo held for court trial. County Detective Alexandei McBeth took the prisoner to Union town jail. OIL 8TRIKE IN BUTLER. Best Well In Years Brought In on OIC Territory on Hueelton Farm. Butler, Pa., July 30. The best oil veil struck In Butler for several years was brought In Thursday night by Young Brothers of this place on the Huselton heirs' farm, four miles south west of Butler. The oil is coming from the third sand, which Is aasur ance that the well will bo a great stayer. As soon as tho bit struck the third sand tho well began spraying oil, and when five feet In the sand, the well wai flowing at live barrels an hour. It If said to be 3till Rpoutlng at a rate close to 200 barrels a day. The strike is in old territory, several wells having been drilled on other parts of the Hits elton farm 20 years ago during tht Renfrew development. Young Brothers hnvo made twe more locations on the Huselton prop erty, while the Boyer Oil company hai located one well on an adjoining fanr nnd the Southern Oil company Is pre paring to drill two wells on a nearbj lease. Oil men are eagerly bidding for loose territory. Explosion Ends In Suit. Greenshnrg. Pa., July 30. Jamei Nelhert of West Newton has brought an action for damages against the Fed eral Supply company, asking $10,000 Jnmes F. Neibert, 13 years old, a sor of the plaintiff, lost his life In a pow der explosion on July 23, 1903. It li alleged that several boys, none o' whom were more ihnn 14 years old were asked by an agent of the com pany to remove powder from a ear ot a siding to the company's powdet bouse. A can hurst, it is averred, ant was ignited by one of the company'i men, who was smoking. Miners Talk Strike. Scranton, Pa., July 30. Thero It grave fear that, (ho executive boarc of district No. 1. United Mino Workers vlll order a strike involving appro lmately 75,000 mon, when It mectr here next Monday to consider tho ques tlon of the refusal of tho coal com panics to deduct check welglimen'l wages. If the strike lr ordered, prob ably it will affect the whole anthraclu region, ns tho companies seem to b combined in resisting the demand claiming it Is tantamount to a recog nltlon of tho union Slocum Medals For Policemen. New York. July o0. Borough Inspec tor Brooks, Inspector Schmlttberge: and Captain McDermott of the Fiftt street station were presented with I gold medal each last night at a recep tlon which the East Side Citizens' as soclatlon. composed of relatives and friends of the victims of the Slocun disaster, gave in their honor at Lip pig's ha!l, 101 Avenue A. The medals which are set with diamonds, are in scribed: "For humane conduct, sym pathetic zeal and kindness In relieving the distress." Dies In Mother's Arms on Train. New Castle, Pa., July 30. Mrs. KHz abcth Sturgeon arrived homo bearing in her arms the body of her son, Mur ray, aged 11, who had died on th train. Mrs. Sturgeon and her Bon hai been visit Ing relatives near Grove City. Tho boy was tuken 111 after eat Ing green apples, but tho symplonii Old not siHMii serious. Shortly uftei (ho train started ho became violently 111 and som died. Beating Brings About Death. Warren. O., July 30. Andrew Cra ver, a Imrt-nder nt Leavittsbnrg. O. has been nrrevled and brought her upon the charge of causing Ur d-ath of William Groshung, whose homo If supposed to have been in Milwaukee Wis. Groshung became Involved in quarrel with Craver last Sunday morn ing and was bo badly beaten that h later died In a hospital at Youngstown. Two Deaths From Collision. Sharon, Pa.. July 30. A passengei train and a freight train on tho Penn sylvania wero iu collision near hero early yesterday and both trains were wrecked. Engineer James Robinson was instantly killed. Fireman Mc Williams fatally hurt ami two other trainmen badly injured. The cause ol tbo accident la not known.
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