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TIONESTA. PA., WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 7. 1904.
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.IA0 YANG EVACUATED.
Kuropatkin's Whole Army la
Retreat to Mukden.
lusslans Lose 30,000 Men In Seven
Days' Battle Cullen Appointed
Chief Judge Lieut Governor Hig
glna' Statement Van Gorder's Mur
derer! Electrocuted.
The latest newi from the seat of
ivar gives Information of a most slg
eiflennt character, as bearing on the
iomlnatlon of Manchuria at the close
lit tho present campaign, as it Is
said that General Kuropatkln has
withdrawn his whole army to the
light bank of the Taltse river, so as
In meet General Kurokl's flanking
'iiovetnent, and that Liao Yang had
ecn evacuated, that city lying on the
left bank of the river.
The following statement was ob
tained from the Russian war office:
"General Kurokl's army crossed In
force to ihe rieht bank of the Taltse
river and It therefore became neces
sary for the Russians to be in a po
sition to repel a blow in this direc
tion. "In view of this development in the
operation!!, General Kuropatkln de
cided to abandon his positions on tho
left bank and to concentrate his whole
army on the other side of the river.
This position is of the strongest both
In character and in site. Tho great
Issue will bo Anally decided there.
"By withdrawing to this position the
Russian army avoids the danger of
being divided by tho river and enjoys
the advantage of compactness.
"General Kuropatkin's move, there
fore, Is not to be considered as a re
treat, but rather as the carrying out
of a well defined Idea."
The flghtln.f at Llao Yang has beat
en all records for the desperate valor
of the assailants and the invincible
stubbornness of tho defenders. The
whole history of warfare tells of no
Bitch bombardments, no such carnage
and no such persistency. " Day liter
day the fight has been resumed at
daybreak and kept up with scarco a
moment's intermission until after
nightfall.
War scarred veterans scarce be
lieve the stories which come from the
seat of war und declare that it is be
yond human endurance for an army to
fight without respite for a whole week
each day of which has exceeded Its
predecessor in Intensity of struggle
and carnival of slaughter. Day after
day the thousands of deal bestrewing
tho battlefield have to bo removed.
The Japanese have Invented new
methods to incinerate the heaps of
dead, comrades removing the ashes
for the honors of burial in Japan.
Tho wounded present a most serious
problem, as they tax the transport ca
pacity on either side to the . utter
most. The most difficult problem, however,
is the bringing up of supplies of food
and ammunition to every point of the
fighting line which extends from 10
to 20 miles.
Never has such a bombardment
been known. An eye-witness of the
battle of Vafangow told the corres
pondent that many officers suffered
nervous prostration owing to the ter
rible roar of tho artillery, and ono
military attache had to be invalided
home for the same reason ; yet tho ar
tillery fire at Vafangow was far Infer
ior in Intensity to that at Llao Yang.
Russian Casualties 30,000.
A few additional details of the pro
gress of the battle at Llao Yang have
reached Toklo.
General Kurokl's right is continu
ing to press :he attack at Heiylngtal.
seeking gTound whence their suns
will dominate the railroad. The
troops under General Kurokl are Jad
ed and weary. They have been march
ing and fighting since Aug. 23, but In
spite of this ihey attacked with spirit.
The Japanese are confident that
they have already swept back the
strong RuBsiun force with which they
have been engaged and It Is probable
that when the details Are known It
will be found that a great tragedy was
enacted along the Taltse river.
The Taltse is flooded and cannot he
forded. General Oku, In command of
the Japanese left army, has directed
his energies to forcing the Russians
to the river, and it is probable that
many were drowned there.
Unofficial estimates place the Rus
sian forces in the vicinity of Llao
Yang at 15 divisions of 15,000 men
each. These are probably excessive,
but it Is evident that numerically the
Russians exceed the Japanese.
The opinion that the Russian cas
ualties In the recent fighting will
roach 30,000 is confidently expected
In high quarters here. Neither Field
Marshal Oyama nor tho Japanese
army commanders have yet estimated
the Russian losses.
Toklo Rejoices Over Victory.
Toklo rings with shouts and cheers
for tho victory nt. Mao Vang. Crowds
fcwlng through the streets and singe
around the staff offices shouting "Han.
nt."
No estimates are obtainable of the
losses on either side. Field Marshal
Oyama describes his losses in tho
morning asnr.ult as heavy. Tho earl?
success of the attack was somewhat
unexpected on account of the strength
of the Russians and the nature of
the Russian defences.
Tho London newspapers discus
the problem as to whether General
Kuropatkln will be able to extrlcitQ
bis force or whether Marshal Oyama
will succeed In completing the victory
by enveloping und destroying the
Russian army. Tho consensus of
opinion Is that General Kuropatkin's
position is most perilous.
Expansion In Fall Trade.
Bradstreet's renort of the state of
trade say 8'
Further expansion In fall trade Is
noted at leading centers, and the last
week In August has seen the largest
business done since the opening of
the season.
Crops have made fair progress.
Warmer weather would have been
more favorable for corn, but advices
generally arc of advancement toward
maturity.
Money has remained easy and there
fore very favorable to stock specula
tion, despite enlarged demand from
the Interior and shipments to leading
Western and Southern points. Bank
clearings comparisons are now with
the low water period a year ago;
hence, while showing decreases from
July, August returns mark a slight
gain over that month last year.
Failures were more numerous in
August than In July In nearly all sec
tions, and a few large suspensions of
manufacturing concerns have swelled
liabilities beyond those In August a
year ago.
Lieutenant Governor Hlgglns' Position
Lieutenant Governor Frank W. Hig
gins has made the following state
ment: "There is some mistake In relation
to the report coming from Lockport
that State Republican Committeeman
John A. Merrltt Is In receipt of a tele
gram from me In which I stated that
I would go to the state convention at
Saratoga as a candidate for the Guber
natorial nomination.
"To no person have I said I would
accept a nomination for the governor
chip If I were selected. The names of
several able and competent men have
been mentioned in connection with
this nomination. My name will not
he presented to the Republican con
vention as a factional candidate undci
a'iy circumstances."
Cullen Appointed Chief Judge.
Judge Edgar M. Cullen of Brooklyn
has been appointed chief judge of the
court of appeals by Governor Odell,
succeeding Judge Alton B. Parker, re
signed. Judge Cullen Is a Democrat and Is
now serving as an additional Judge
of the court of appeals, a position to
which he was designated by Theodore
Roosevelt when he was governor of
New York.
It has been settled by the Republi
can managers that Judge Cullen will
be nominated by the Republican party
for the position to which he was last
week appointed.
Van Gorder'a Murderer Electrocuted
Antonio Giorgio, who with Gulssepe
Vorsalce, was convicted of the mur
der of John Van Gorder and his half
tlster. Miss Farnham, was electrocut
ed in Auburn prison early Tuesday
morning. Three shocks were given.
Eight and one-half minutes after the
first was applied, Giorgio was pro
nounced dead.
The murder, which occurred near
Angelica in May last, Is still fresh In
the minds if the people Gulzeppe Ver
Riicia, the accomplice of Giorgio in
the double murder, was electrocted on
Monday of this week.
Nine People Killed In Wreck.
Nine people were killed and 23
others injured In a head-on collision on
the Grand Trunk railway near Rich
mond, Que.. Wednesday morning. The
trains Involved were a special excur
sion from Montreal bound for Shcr
brooke and passenger train No. 6 run
ning between Island Pond, Vt, nnd
Montreal.
The collision was due to neglect of
orders on the part of the train crew
of the excursion train, which left
Richmond without awaiting the ar
rival of tho passenger train.
Hostilities at Thoroughfare Gap.
Over 12,000 militiamen, represent
ing New York, Massachusetts, Maine,
Ciinnecticut, South Carolina, Florida,
Tennessee, New Jersey, Georgia and
North Carolina, arrived at the two
maneuver camps at Gainesville, Ga.,
Sunday. Skirmish lines were estab
lished Monday and at midnight Mon
cay General Grant endeavored to force
the brown army under General Boll
back through Thoroughfare Gap.
Elevated Employes Voted to Strike.
President Jencks of the Brotherhood
ct Locomotive Engineers announced
that the elevated employes of Man
hattan and the Bronx at their all day
t.eetlng voted to strike If necessary.
"The vote was a unit to strike,"
President Jencks said. "That does not
mean a strike, hut It means that the
rren declare for striko If no conces
sions aro forthcoming."
New York Butchers' Strike Off.
The union butchers of New York
and vicinity declared the strike
nil'inl Hh In of trust at nn end. All
men for whom places can be found re
turned to work Tuesday morning. The
decision was reached through a ref
erendum vote of tho 13 locals In Man
hattan, Brooklyn, Jersey City nnd ad
jacent points, numbering 3,500 men.
Railway Wreck at St. Louis.
Seven persons were killed and 19
others injured, one fatally and nine
seiiously, at St. Louis on Saturday
by the collision of a Wabash world's
fair shuttle train with a suburban elec
tric car at the Sarah street crossing.
1 here were 23 passcugers In the car
and none craped Injury.
TO ABANDON MUKDEN?
A Repert From St. Petersburg
That It Is Contemplated.
Report That Kuropatkin's Retreat
Has Been Cut Off Chinese Official
Says Russian Troops Are Leaving
Mukden For the North Men Dis
pirited and Much Sickness Prevails.
The forces of Kuropatkln and Oya
ma are racing for Mukden. This
much stands out in the news of Mon
day, and it Is Indicated in a report
forwarded by Kuropatkln, who says
that his retreat is being conducted In
perfect order, though the Japanese on
Sunday repeatedly attacked his rear,
aud continued the attack until Mon
day. The result of the race is In
cc-ubt.
The united Russian forces are now
north of Yenlal, a station on the rail
way about 10 miles northeast of Liao
Yang. They are pushing on to Muk
Cen, to which the bulk of the Japanese
forces Is marching direct, after having
swarmed across the Taltse river. A
btiong Japanese flanking column Is
about 30 miles northeast of Llac
Yang and Is trying to get between
the Russian forces and Mukden.
With this race In progress there
comes a brief dispatch from Mukden,
saying that preparations for the evac
nation of that place are proceeding
This report If well founded would
mean the abandonment of the whole
of Southern Manchuria and the wind
ing up of the present campaign.
It was reported In St. Petersburg
t a late hour Monday night that Kuro
patkin's rear guard had been almost
annihilated and that the main Russian
army was In danger of being sur
rounded. Kuropatkln in his report makes no
mention of the abandonment of 20C
guns at Llao Yang, a rumor to which
effect Is In circulation.
Advices from Port Arthur by way ot
Cbefoo bring the fighting there up tc
September 2 and say the Japanese
losses were very heavy.
London, Sept. 6. The Dally Mail
this morning prints a dippatch from
Sinmlntin, dated Lept. 5, giving a re
port that General Kuropatkin's re
treat has been cut off.
The dispatch goes on to say that
the Russian troops had advanced In
strong force to the southeast of Muk
den as far as Taping Hill to oppose
nny possible attack in tho direction ol
their advance.
A Chinese official who arrived from
Mukden Sunday says that the Rus
sian troops are leaving for the north,
that there are 18,000 men 10 miles tc
the east of the city, that the officers
and men have become dispirited and
that much sickness prevails.
SL Petersburg, Sept. C It is Jm
possible to obtain any statement fron,
the authorities regarding the report
ed preparations for the abandonment
of Mukden.
This Is the first Intimation that such
a course Is contemplated. If It turns
out to be true, It means the abandon
ment of tho whole of Southern Man
churla and the winding up of the pros
ent campaign.
In fact, Rhould Mukden be evacuat
ed, there would be no point for winter
Ing the army ct a quarter of a million
with Its many wounded short of Far
bin.
On the other hand, the evacuation ot
Mukden would give Field Marshal
Oyama commodious winter quarter!
nnd the practical control of two lines
of railway. The Klnchou-Sinmlntlr
line, tapping rich Chinese territory,
stops little short of Mukden, with
vhlch it is connected by a good wagon
toad.
Tho report of the prospective evac
uation of Mukden, if well founded,
would Indicate that the crippling ef
feet of tho Liao Yang fight on Kuro
patkin's army is more serious than
has as yet been Intimated.
Mile Swimming Record Lowered.
St. Louis, Sept. 6. Th3 swimming
events, which mark the continuation
of the world's Olympic renewal, were
held in the pool of the United State!
Life Saving corps, which was sur
rounded by an immense crowd. The
tournament, which was open to the
swimmers of the world, had entrle
from Hungary and Germany as well at
from various parts of this country.
In' the flrst event, the one-mile cham
pionship, E. Rausch of Germany beat
the world's record of 28:05 3-5 held
by Charles Ruberl of the New York A
C. His time was 27:18 1-5. Ho won
the race by 7E yards.
Collision of Street Cars.
. Chicago, Sept- G. Eight persons
were injured und six cars of the Chi
cago and Oak Park Elevated railroad
were derailed yesterday In a head-on
collision nt St. Louis avenue. Thr
turning of n switch near St. I .only
nvi'iine In snlo to have bivn the cans
of hii eHNIbiiiind train aud a west
bound train meeting head on. Th"i po
lire ore seirclilng for Joseph O'llrien
the switchman, to explain tho neci
dent. N'ono of (he Injured was fata!!
hurt.
Watson Spoke at Labor Day Picnic
Kansas City. Mo., Sept. C Thomas
E. Watson, Populist candidate foi
I resident of the United States, waf
the principal speaker at a labor day
picnic hero yesterday. Previously tc
tho speechmaking nearly 10,000 work
Ingmen passed In parade through tb
downtown ttriels.
VER3ACIA ELECTROCUTED.
Geiond of the Van Gorder Murderers
Executed at Auburn Yesterday.
Auburn, N. Y., Sept. 6. Work was
suspended In Auburn prison yesterday
except In the execution chamber,
where one more mortal was sent into
eternity by State Electrician Davis,
making the Hist at this prison. His
name is entered in all the records as
Ciuzeppe Vars.acla and he was the ac
complice of the late Antonio Giorgio,
who was electrocuted last Tuesday
for the dual murder at West Almond,
AUegany county, In May last.
On the trial it was proved that Glor
pm killed Van Gorder In Versacla'a
presence and compelled the latter to
kill Miss Farnham, half sister of the
first victim.
Vcrsacla entered the death chambet
with a slouching gait, a hunted ex
pression upon his face, a crucifix tight
ly clenched in one hand. He did not
bigln praying aloud until seated In
tre chair, when he kissed the sacred
emblem In his hand and surrendered It
to his confessor, Rev. Father Canalll ol
St. Bernard's seminary of Rochester
His supplications were then uttered
rapidly and Incessantly.
Even after the mask had been buck
led over his face he continued to ex
claim in a high key and In his native
Italian, "Oh, Lord pardon me." In the
midst of one of these trembling repe
titions the first shock of 1,700 volts ol
seven amperes overtook him and all
was still as death.
The electrician explained that he
caught him Just where It was neces
sary to make an electrocution perfect
which Is Just at the expiration of the
last breath from the body and before
starting to Inhale another. The lungs
ore thus free from air, there Is little
heart action and death Is lnstantan
eous.
Delicate Instruments for detecting
heart beats were applied, as usual, lit
this case and failed to register a flut
ter. Another contact was given, how
ever, and then the physicians were In
vited to attend the autopsy an hour la
ter.
The electrocution proper, from the
time the victim entered the room un
til he was pronounced desd, had occu
pied Just three minutes.
Versacla was only 21 years of age
Relatives have not made eny appllca
tlon for the body and it will be burled
In the state lot In quick lime. There
ore four more occupants of the cells
for the condemned.
END OF MEAT STRIKE.
Probability That It Will Be Declarec
Off Within 48 Hours.
Chicago, Sept. C Indications are
that the stockyards strike, begun tw
months ago, may be called off wlthlt
21 hours. Through the medium of
middleman, negotiations were begin
In an effort to secure an understand
lng with the packers on which tlu
Mi'iklng unions can rely as a basis foi
abandoning the strike this afternoon
It was admitted jy Secrotnrj
Tracey of the Allied Trades councl
of unions on strike that a messagi
opening such negotiations had beet
delivered to representatives of th
packing firms by W. E. Skinner, gen
eial agent of the Union Stockyardi
ond Transit company, acting as a mid
die man.
According to the plans an answei
Is to be submitted today by the pack
crs In time for It to be reported at 8
special meting of the Allied Tradei
council. This meeting has been callec
for the forenoon. Special meetlngi
for all the local unions Involved lr
the strike have been called for to
day.
If the packers give encouraging as
fiurences to the strikers, messenger!
vill be sent at once to tho gatheringi
of the local bodies. The unions, it b
rale, will then vote on filscontinuinf
the strike, and their referendum vote
ill be reported at once to the meet
lng of the allied trade council.
State Fair Opened.
Syracuse, Sept. G. Tho New YorV
state fair opened auspiciously yester
day. The weather was pleasant am"
a good crowd was In attendance. All
school children who presented them
selves at any of the gate, bearing in
their hands a bouquet of flowers
were admitted to the exhibits free ol
charge. There were many thousands
ot them on the grounds.
Mr. Rlis Met King Christian.
Copenhagen, Sept. C. Jacob A.
nils of New York was received In au
dience by King Christian, who was
extremely cordial and expressed the
most friendly feeling and admiration
for President Roosevelt, to whom he
rent greetings and also to the Danes
of America. Mr. Rlls leaves Copen
hagen fur America on Wednesday.
PITH AND POINT.
A wound in the purse Is not mortal.
Don't growl that's the brute's busi
ness. Those we think nrn weakest nre of
ten stronger than us nil.
Every man has at times In his mind
tho ideal of what he should be, but Ih
not.
Don't misjudge the man wltli a quick
temper they are the best hearts In
Christendom.
Rather prefer to provoke n smile
than to provoke a man. There is no
harm done by provoking a smile.
Don't try to eseape the battle of life.
Life la not life without ronlliW, and
death is not death without victory.
And the battleground is the man, and
the victory is the soul. Schoolmaster.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
Pointed Paragraphs Chronic
ling the Week's Doings.
Long Dispatches From Various Paiti
of the World Shorn of Their Padding
and Only Facts Given In as Few
Words ss Possibls For the Benefit
of the Hurried Reader.
It Is stated that Lieutenant Gover
nor Hlgglns !s the real choice of Odoll
and Piatt for governor.
Mrs. R. J. C. Walker, of German
town, has inherited nearly S50.000.0il0.
the entire c-t-tate of her father, the
lnte William Welghtman.
Capture of an Insurgent ship by
Uruguayans in Argentine wa'ers
brings a strain In diplomatic relations
between Uruguay and Argentina.
The heaviest battle of tho war Is
raging around Liao Yang. Kuropatkln
hns been forced to give battle and Is
meeting the attack of the combined
armies of Kurokl, Oku and Nodu.
Thursday.
The Marathon race at St. Louis wae
won by T. J- Hicks of Cambridge. The
time for the 24 miles was 3h. 28m
53s.
Reports from Shanghai state thai
a revival of Boxerism in Pechlli prov
ince has forced 20 American mission
aries and their families to flee foi
safety.
Fighting Is still In progress around
Llao Yang. The Japanese have been
repulsed In an attempt to turn the
Russian flank und the Russians are
strongly posted around the town.
Lewis Nixon, returned from a con
forence in St. Petersburg, predicted a
great revival of the shipbuilding In
dustry In America as a result of R'.is
sla's turning to the United States foi
the upbuilding of her navy.
Friday.
American athletes carried off the
llon'B share of the prizes at the Olym
pic games In St. Louis, making several
records.
The Congo Free State la erecting
concealed forts to guard the German
frontier, fearing an invasion from lhat
sphere of influence
General Kurokl has crossed the
Taltse river with the object of inter
posing between the Russian base at
Llao Yang and the railroad to Muk
den. National Association of Retail Drug
gists, composed of 25,000 dealers, Is
held In contempt and fined $2,000 by
Judge Dunne because supplies were
cut off from a cutrate dealer.
Japanese supply steamer, said tc
have had $5,000,000 on board for the
Japanese army, Is stopped by a Chefoc
official, and a torpedo craft from Dal
ny rushes into port in the night and
rescues the cash.
Saturday.
James Findley, one of the three
prisoners who escaped from the Lock
port jail Aug. 17, has been captured In
Monroe, Wis.
Governor Odell hns appointed Judge
Edgar M. Cullen chief judge of the
court of appeals to succeed Judge
Parker, resigned.
Senator Chauncey M. De-pew told
Broome county farmers that It was
the moral duty of the United States
to retain the Philippines.
General Kouropatkln. evacuates
Llao Yang and withdraws his whole
army to the right bank of the Taltse
liver to meet a Hanking movement by
General Kurokl, who has crossed the
river with several divisions.
Monday.
Canadian government puts Into ef
feet a new barrier to American lm
ports, the duty on Bteel rails being
i-aised to $10.50 per ton.
St. Louis federal Judge rules that
Chinaman cannot be deported If, hav
lrg entered tho country as a merch
ant, he becomes a laborer.
General Kuropatkln, with his forces
divided, an army corps under Genera'
Stakelberg having been cut off by the
Japanese, is in full retreat from Llac
Yang.
Seven persons are killed and many
Injured In St. Ixiuls, when a world's
fair Wabaah train strikes a suburban
trolley. The car stops on track In
front of the train.
The final scores of the St. Louis
Olympic gams were as follows: Now
York Athletic club. GO; Chicago A. A.
59; Milwaukee A. C, 40; Greater Ne
York Irish A A., 31.
Tuesday.
Five men were drowned by cupslr
tngofa naphtha launch In which they
were en route from Cleveland to Ver
million, O.
Five men ere killed and an equal
number seriously injured by prema
ture explosion of a quantity of nitro
glycerine near Upper Sandusky, O.
The kaiser hns eonllrmed the en
giigement of the rrown prince of Prus
sia, Frederick William, to the lncli"s
Cecilia, slslT of the Grand IHi!u
of Moekleiihuig Schwerln.
General Kuropatkln reports to
c.nr that General Stnk'dberg's corps
has been siwd and that ho Is In re
treat with the main army and ToU.'o
reports that Oynma's forces occupied
Llao Yang at & o'clock n. m. on Sun
dny.
Fourteen persons were killed and 2C
Injured in a burning 5-story tenement
In Attorney street, New York.
Ororges are made that the house was
a tire trap on account of removal of
flro esrapi8 while repairs were being
uiauif.
COPPER FILTER TOO COSTLY.
New Process to Be Tested by Agricul
tural Department.
Pittsburg, Sept. 5. City Bacteriolo
gist E. G. Matson does not believe the
new process of treating water with a
solution of copper to rid it of typhoid
fever germs will ever achieve much
success. The few theory is now about
to be tested by the department of ag
riculture at Washington, D. C, as
there Is a typhoid fever epidemic there
how.
Dr. Matson is of the opinion the
process is too costly and will not prove
effective. Tho process was discov
ered by Dr. George T. Moore, physiolo
gist In tho laboratory of the plant of
physiology at Washington, and It Is
t.oid it was tested In Baltimore, .
Springfield, Mass.; Indianapolis and
Butte, Mont., recently, but with what
success Is not known.
Dr. Watson said sand filtration Is
the cheapest and most practical pro
cess of filtering water. To use the
copper solution In this city would
cost $1,000 a day for the copper. This
does not Include tho expense of ship
ping and treatment. Several million
gallons of water are pumped Into the
Highland reservoir every day. It
would require 7,000 pounds of copper
each day to purify the water.
Dr. Watson said there was no doubt
the copper solution would kill vegeta
tion and other growths In the water,
but whether If would dispose of ty
phoid fever terms Is another matter.
CIGARETTES LED TO MURDER.
Philadelphia Youth Cuts the Throats
of His Father and Mother.
Philadelphia. Sept. 5. Made Insane
l.y cigarette smoking. Edward Rother
mel tried to kill his father aud
mother at their home on Can'.rell
street. Rothermel, who is 19 years
eld, first slashed his father's throat
with a razor and when his mother
ran to the rescue, cut her throat and
wrists. Both will die. Rothermel Is
now himself raving and was sent to
the Philadelphia Hospital for the In
sane. The crime bad been working on the
youth's mind for days. In his room
the police found a diary that showed
the progress of the homicidal idea. It
read:
Friday, Aug. 2G. Am on the point
of death and have made up my mind
to kill myself and the old man and
woman. Lost my nerve at tho lnsl
minute.
Saturday, Aug. 27. Sharpened up
the end of a dull knife to kill them,
but again my nerve went back on me.
Sunday, Aug. 28. do or die.
Tuesday. Aug. 30. Sharpened razor
today. That'll the best to do it with.
Friday, Sept. 2. Tho old man first
and the old woman last.
ACCUSES STEPFATHER.
Little Girl Telia of Murder After Cor
oner Fixes Death as Due to Ac
cident. Mahanoy City, Pa., Sept. 5. Aftet
a coroner's Jury had decided that An
thony Gerlaltls had been killed by a
Philadelphia and Reading railway pas
senger train, Katlo Miller, 11 yeart
old, came forward with a statement
that he was murdered and his body
I. laced alongside of the railroad track.
She Implicates her stepfather, Jo
seph Zuklewlcz, and John Acepawlch.
Both have been placed under arrest.
Farmer Shot Intruder.
New Castle, Del., Sept. 5. Madison
Lar.gston, aged 21, was shot In the
face, breast and arms on the farm of
Dr. John J. Black, near Hare's Cor
ner, he alleges, by John Walker, a
farmer, who used a shotgun to drlvo
oft himself and two companions,
Hugh Flnnegan, Jr., aged 18 years, and
Rudolph Palmer, aged 17 years, who
went Into the orchard to secure some
pears. It was recently held In the
courts that to steal lead pipe was not
a crime in Delaware since pipe Is part
of the real estate. About that time It
was also contended that under Dela
ware law It Is not unlawful for a pep
son to take fruit from an orchard.
Caught on Ice Scales.
Philadelphia, Sept. 5. Whllo play
ing on the rear step of her father's Ice
wagon, Margaret O'Donnell, six years
old, slipped upon a small piece of Ice,
and when falling was caught by the,
iKxik of the scales hanging by her
side. Tho sharp point cf the steel
hook pierced the little girl's Hp and
cheek, and sho hung suspended and
helpless for some time before her
father discovered her. Removing the
hook from tho child's face, O'Donnell
whipped up his horses and made a
dash for tho Samaritan hospital, whore
the wounds were stitched.
Didn't Quit In Time.
Columbus, O., Sept. 5. Emerson
Jenkins, employed ot the Big Four
roundhouse, was accidentally thrown
from an urine nnd seriounly I-urt.
Tho uiifortiinato young man concluded
noire time ago to quit railroading and
l inage In a work that was not so
hazardous. lie was to enter a com
riorcliil college, having saved enough
money with which to see him through
school.
Perslste.it Efforts to Kill Himself.
Warren, ()., Sept. 5. D. S. Thomp
son, a wellkmiwn blacksmith, cam
m'.tted suicide ejrly Saturday. He
waB sick with fever and despomb'nt.
He went to his shop, beat his heud
with a hammer, cut his throat with a
dull leather knife- aud, that not being
effeotuul. walked 200 yards to tho
rivor and drowned himself.