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5
RUSS FLEET DESTROYED
But Japs Continue to Drop Shells
Into Sunken Hulks.
Mrs. Chadwlck Arrested Panic In
Wall Street Regulation Freight
Rates Governor Hlggins' Inaugur
ationPhilippine Government Bill.
Death of Hugh McLaughlin.
' The terrific battering by the Jap
lincso of tho Port Arthur fleet con
tinues and there Is Utile ground for
expecting that they ever again will
engage tho Japanese. Tho battleship
Sevastopol continues at anchor out
side, hut possibly returns to harbor at
nights and anchors Inside the outer
boom, which protects her from tor
pedo boats. Tho recent, heavy weath
er has given added protection to the
vessel.
Naval experts ore discarding the
theory that tho Russians themselves
huvc- sunk any of the ships, and the
fact that the vessels flrRt showed lists
while In exposed positions and the ef
forts niado to save the Sevastopol aro
regarded as conclusive evidence
against tho theory of their being sunk
by the Russians.
In order to end tho question of the
future availability of the Russian war
ships the Japanese continue to drop
shells into the sunken hulks. The
whereabouts of the torpedo boat de
stroyers continues doubtful, but It is
thought they are sheltering outside
the harbor. The weather prevents a
good observation being made, but the
Japanese are sending a searching fire
into nooks which are not observable
from 203 Meter hill and other heights.
The observers report a number of
tugs, launches, dredgers and small
craft anchored near the hospital ships
In the west harbor, where they evi
dently have gone for the purpose of
obtaining protection.
Anti-Government Demonstration.
A popular anti-government demon
stration, the participants including
numbers of students of both sexes,
began at midday Sunday in the Nev
sky Prospect at St. Petersburg and
lasted about two hours.
Hundreds' of police and mounted
gendarmes, who were hidden In the
couit yard of the public buildings,
"merged suddenly nnd charged the
crowd at full gallop, driving the dem
onstrators In headlong confusion and
screaming with terror upon the side
walks and Into adjacent Btreets.
This led to serious encounter, 50
persons being more or less severely
Injured. Large numbers were ar
rested. Mrs. Chadwlck Arrested.
The climax in the affairs of Mrs.
Cassle L. Chadwlck came Wednesday
night In New York when she was
placed under arrest In her nnartments
at the Hotel Breslin, charged with
nlding and abolting a bank official in
embezzling $12,500.
The complaint on which tho war
rant for arrest was Issued is headed:
"Cassio L. Chadwlck Impleaded with
C. T. Beckwlth and A. U. Siiear." and
recites that on or about Aug. 23, lf)0:i,
In Oberlln, O., C. T. Beckwlth and A B
Spear, respectively the president and
cashier of the Citizens' National bank
of Oberlln, "Did unlawfully, knowing
ly, feloniously and wilfully misapply
a portion of the money, fund nnd
credits of the Citizens' National bank
with the Intent on their part to Injure
and defraud the banking association
and Its shareholders and directors,
that Is to say, of the sum of 512,500 by
wilfully cashing and paying this
crnount from funds of this bank on a
certain check heretofore drawn on the
said banking association.
"That the same Cassle L. Chadwlck,
by whom this check was drawn, did
not have on deposit with this bunk the
pmount of money named or any sum
whatever to pay this check, as Beck
wlth and Spear well knew."
Mrs. Chadwlck's Small Assets.
By most accurate estimate of the es
tate of Mrs. Chadwlck. that is possible
before the receiver has Investigated
her assets and reported in his findings
to the court, her creditors as a whole
will receive about one nnd one-half
mills on the dollar.
The extent of her operations Is now
believed to be approximately as fol
lows :
Secured from Citizens' National
bank of Oberlln, O., and various
sources In and about Lorain county,
O., $."00,000; borrowed from Herbert
B. Newton, $190,000; borrowed from
business man In Pittsburg, $500,000.
Total. $1,190,000.
It is the opinion of some of the
leading attorneys of Cleveland that a
Charge of forgery cannot be made to
hold In connection with these notes.
The) declare that It Is not an net of
forgery for one person to writs the
name of another, but that the offense
lies In the attempt to negotiate such
a signature for a specific value. This,
they say, there Is so far no evidence
that Mrs. Chadwlck has done.
Further From Mrs. York.
Mrs. Alice M. York of San Fran
cisco, Cal., has reiterated her state
ment that she Is the sister of Mrs.
C. L. Chadwlck, despite the latter'a
repudiation of tho relationship. She
added:
"When I was married and went to
live in Cleveland, she came to live
with me. That was In 1881.
"She never Indicated that she was
possessed of any hypnotic power. At
the time, la Toledo, when she was con
vleted of forgery under tho name of
Madanto Do Vere, It Is said she hyp
notized a man named Joseph Limb,
an express agent, who was arrested
with her. The papers were full of talk
of hypnotism, but it is all nonsense.
When she was released from prison
she came to live with me at my home.
She was then the widow of C. L.
Hoover, who left her considerable
money."
Feeling of Optimism In Trade.
While distribution dL,lays more Ir
regularity, manufacturing industries,
with few exceptions, continue very ac
tive. The leading lake cities show im
provement in most lines and in collec
tions. Hoiiuay specialties In groceries, dry
goods and fancy articles have had a
large sale, and the hardware trade
east and west Is In excellent shape.
The feeling Is one of optimism in
trado.
Among the Industries, Iron and steel
and its allied branches show most con
fidence. Present Iron production is
close to the maximum, a marked
change from six months ago.
Some reaction is shown in the other
melals after recent, advances, hut cop
per Is quite steady, while tin is lower.
The large cotton estimates and re
sulting break have unsettled the cot
ton goods trade. Wool Is quiet but
firmly held, with stocks light and man
ufacturers not as yet fully covered for
the season.
The hide, leather and shoe trades
fchow lit.tl change. Shoes aro In fair
ly active demand at the West, and
snow at the East has helped, but ef
forts of manufacturers and jobbers to
get higher prices are not altogether
successful.
Business failures for the week num
ber 231 against 241 In the like week.
In 1903.
Heavy Drop In Securities.
Amid scenes of uncontrolled excite
ment and frenzied haste to sell secur
ities the New York Stock Exchange
on Thursday last witnessed the most
sensational decline In prices that It
has known Mnce the historic Northern
Pacific panic of May 9. 1901.
First to give way in the hurly
burly was Amalgamated Copper,
against which a campaign by a news
paper advertisement has recently been
conducted. Dropping sometimes a
point at a time, It fell until It sold at
5S1, a djcline of 10 points since Wed
nesday's close nnd of 22 points from
the hlgh33 of Tuesday. The 22 points
recession represented a decrease In
the market vaoie of the company's to
tal capital stosk of more than $30,000.
000. Next to Amalgamated Copper, the
leader In the excitement was United
States Steel Corporation slock, the
common falling to 23-4 and the pre
ferred to 81. declines of CV4 points and
7 points respectively, and declines
of !v, points for the common and 10"4
points for the preferred from Tues
day's highest. The shrinkage In
quoted values from Tuesday represent
ed over $45,000,000 on the common
and $3fi,O0O.0O0 on the preferred, an
aggregate on the company's capital
stock of more than $S0.000.O0O.
Regulation of Freight Rates.
Enlargement of the powers of the
Interstate commerce commission Is
one of the uestlons which will cer
tainly he pressed vigarously at. the
present session of congress. It
can be said that in the mind of Presi
dent Ttoosavelt no problem more Im
portant than this to all the people of
the country Is likely to engage the at
tention of congress this winter. .
Until 1S97 the interstate commerce
commission exercised the power to
regulate railroad freight rates, but the
supreme court then decided that, under
the law the commission had no such
authority. Western members of con
gress, especially, have urged, on be
half of their constituents, that the
power recommended by the president
be conferred by law on the commls
filon.
They have told the president that
no question Is of greater importance
to the people than this, and that they
really are more interested in It than
they aro In the proposed revision of
the tariff. The president Is In entire
agreement with this view and proposes
to exert his Influence to bring about
consideration of tho subject at the
present session.
Governor Htggins' Inauguration.
At a conference attended by Sec
retary of State O'Brien, Adjutant Gen
oral Henry nnd Superintendent of Pub
lic Buildings Hill plans were outlined
for the inauguration of Governor-elect
Higglns of New York. Since New
Years day falls on Sunday the cere
mony will taka plaoe on Jan. 2 at noon,
nnd as usual in the assembly cham
ber. The military escort will contain
1,000 troops, including the Forty-third
Separate company from Olean, the new
Governor's home, the Tenth battalion
nnd cavalry Troop B of Albany, the
Second battalion of New York and the
Second National Guard regiment, com
posed of separate companies of Am
sterdam, Utlca, Hooslclt Falls, Sara
toga, Troy, Cohoes, Schenectady,
Whitehall, Glens Falls and Mohawk.
Vote on Philippine Government BUI.
The principal event in the senate
during the present week Is taking of
the vote on the Philliplne civil govern
ment hill, which Is set down for Fri
day. Under the agreement to vote the
bill remains the unfinished business
of the senate until that date and It
will have preference over all other
questions la the matter of debate each
day after 2 o'clock.
Death of Hugh McLaughlin.
Hush McLaughlin, the former
Brooklyn 'political leader, died Wed
nesday night, uged 77
IRI REYNOLDS TESTIFIES
Custodian of Chaowick Securi
ties Before Grand Jury.
Two Counts Under Each Indictment,
One Charging Forgery, the Other
Uttering of Forged Papers Witness
Excused From Telling How Much
of hit Personal Estate Was Lost.
Cleveland, Dec. 13. Trouble for
Mrs. Castile L. Chadwlck increased at
a rapid rate yesterday. She was twice
Indicted by the grand Jury of Cuyahoga
county, and her old time friend Irl
Reynolds took the stand in court and
made evident his intention to shield
and protect her no longer.
The aged man presented a pathetic
picture as he answered question nfter
que stlon, which brought out his own
Implicit faith in the woman. He gave
evidence, too, that he still believes his
trust was Justified. Only one query he
attempted to evade. This was when
he was asked how much of his per
sonal estate had passed into the pos
session of Mrs. Chadwlck. His eyes
filled and he requested that he be ex
cused from answering. The question
was not pushed.
The formal indictments voted
against Mrs. Chadwlck are based, one
upon the Carnegie noto for $250,000
which was made payable at the office
of Andrew Carnegie in New York city,
pnd the other upon the Carncglo note
for $500,000 which was payable at the
National Bank of Commerce In New
York. Under each Indictment are
two counts, one charging forgery, the
other uttering of forged papers.
Information of the indictments was
at once wired to New York by County
Prosecutor Keeler, who requested that
Mrs. Chadwlck be Immediately rear
rested If she secured bail on the other
charges.
No New Assets Discovered.
The examination of Irl Reynolds,
treasurer and secretary of the Wade
Park bank, before Referee Remington
In the bankruptcy court failed to dis
close any asset that might be secured
by Receiver Loesser, appointed by the
federal court, but brought from Mr.
Reynolds in reply to questions the
statement: "She told me she was the
illegitimate daughter of Andrew Car
negie."
Later Mr. Reynolds, in detailing bis
transactions with Mrs. Chadwlck, said:
"In all my transactions with Mrs.
Chadwlck, I believed from what she
told me, that Andrew Carnegie was
backing her and all her indebtedness
would be paid."
He then added: "And I have not had
anything yet to make mo doubt It."
Mr. Reynolds said he had seen dia
monds that had been pledged in New
York and were Inventoried at $98,000.
He had also seen them at the house.
They were contained in several trays
in a box. and Mr. Reynolds caused a
ripple of laughter in the court when
he said:
"They were as nice and pretty a lot
of pearls and diamonds as you ever
Eaw."
He Old not know, however, where
they were now. Mr. Reynolds was
frequently corrected as to dates by At
torney Andrew Squires. The examina
tion was mado by Attorney Grossman,
the law partner of Receiver Looser.
Mr. Reynolds said ho had known
Mrs. Chadwlck seven or eight years
and Pr. Chadwlck all his life. Regard
ing the $5,000,000 note bearing the
name of Andrew Carnegie he said:
"Mrs. Chadwlck called me to her
house I think It was March 5, 1903
and said she wished to Intrust to me
some securities. She said she had
been advised to place them In the
possession of a third party, and she
wanted me- to take care of them."
This is the package that was opened
last Friday night by Attorney Squires.
The package was produced In court
and Mr. Reynolds Identified the Car
negie note, the mortgage deed and the
copies of an alleged trust agreement.
Securities (?) Held In Trust.
Continuing, the witness said: "She
then handed a paper to sign." As
ner.r as he could remember it read:
" I certify that I hold In trust for
Mrs. Cassle Chadwlck securities And a
note for $5,000,000."
The note was not endorsed, but he
had no doubt that the alleged nmker
of the note was back of the woman.
The contents of the package were
identified separately by Mr. Reynolds
and he marked each paper as an ex
hibit. The $5,000,000 note was marked
exhibit A.
Asked as to other transactions sub
nequent to 1903, Mr. Reynolds said:
"There is one It Is a little banking
secret, but I'm willing to tell all. She
came to me, I think it was In 1904, and
said she had $12,000 In paper payable
at the Prudential Trust company. If
I would let her have "he money she
would put up United States Steel
bonds In the morning as collateral. I
consulted my committee and with their
consent I loaned her the money. The
next day she brought a packngp which
she said contained $200,000 in United
States Steel bonds i.nd a $250000 cer
tificate, which I was to hold In I rust
for her under tho same conditions as
the previous package.
"I held these until a month ago
when in the presence of several gen
tlemen they were opened. It was
about the time Mr. Newton began his
hull. They contained bonds all ri'jht,
but they were neit steel bonds. There
were five $1,000 bonds of the Homo
Telegraph company of Niagara, N Y
find six certificates of the Buckeye
Fish company."
Just before he was appointed cus
todian of this last package. Mr. Rey
nobis says Mrs. Chadwlck came to the
bank one afternoon with a package
the said contained steel bonds. "There
was as many as ycu could carry in
your two arms," he said. "She left
them In the vault and when she re
turned from Europe she took them
away, saying she had been advised to
put such a vast amount of valuable
paper In u better vault."
Mr. Reynolds understood she was
to take them to New York or Pitts
turg. He said she once made a written
statement to his committee that she
had over two millions In bonds In the
safety deposit, vault In the Wade Park
bank.
Repeated efforts on Mr, Reynolds'
part to close up tho dealings with Mrs.
Chadwlck met with excuses and delay,
yet he did not lose confidence. He de
tailed one Instance that on May 11,
1204, when he went to New York ex
pecting to settle the affairs, Mrs.
Chadwlck was In consultation with
several lawyers and after waiting two
days he left without seeing her.
NAN PATTERSON TRIAL.
Skeleton Used to Show Course of Bul
let That Killed Young.
New York, Dec, 13. A headless hu
man skeleton, dorsal vertebrae and
ribs played an Important part In the
trial of Nan Patterson for the murder
of 'Caesar" Young. Tho exhibits were
made use of in the examination of Dr.
Philip O'Hanlon, the coroner's physi
cian, who performed the autopsy on
Young's body. Miss Patterson's coun
sel protested against the use of the
Bkeleton, asserting that it did not
compare correctly with the structure
of the dead man's body, but his objec
tions were overruled.
The skeleton was used to decldo the
course of the builet after It entered
Young's body. The prosecution con
tended that it had gone straight to the
spine, which the state lawyers be
lieved proved that Young did not kill
himself.
Assuming that Young with tho pis
tol In his right hand had crossed It
ever to his chest and shot Into his
left side, the prosecution contended
that the bullet would have traveled
to the left. The ct that it flew
straight Inwards to the spiqe Is al
leged as conclusive that the wound
was not sclf-lnfllcted.
Dr. O'Hanlon was positive that the
bullet had taken a straight course to
the right.
Lawver Levy, for the defense, tried
to gain an admission that, the mus
cular coveting of the ribs at. the point
of entrance of the bullet may have de
flected its course, but Dr. O'Hanlon
declared that there had been no de
flection until the bullet struck the
6pine.
When Mr. Levy asked Dr. O'Hanlon
If he had not at flrRt declared the case
to be a suicide the prosecution object
ed and the objection was sustained.
Dr. O'Hanlon testified that he had
found powder marks on Young's fin
gers. His testimony is to the con
tents of the bullet was corroborated
by Dr. Riglms of the Hudson Btreet
hospital.
William Stemm said that the driver
of the cab lifted the trap and lojked
In after the shot was fired.
REED SMOOT INQUIRY.
Testimony Did Not Connect Senator
With Alleged Violations of Law.
Washington, Dec. 13. Three wit
nesses were heard In tho case of Sen
ator Reed Smoot before the senate
committee on privileges and elections,
the committee resuming its Investiga
tion, after a long recess.
The first witness was Rev. Dr. J. M.
Buckley, editor of the Christian Advo
cate of New York, who told of a Mor
mon meeting he attended In Salt Lake,
Utah, last summer In which President
Joseph Smith declared ho would not
give up his plural wives.
George Reynolds, a high official of
the church, testified In regard to cere
monies in the endowment house and
concerning ecclesiastical divorces
granted by the church, and John
Henry Hamlin told of the plural mar
rlngo of his sister, Lillian Hamlin, to
Apostle Abram Cannon, which cere
mony he said ho understood was per
formed by President Smith since the
manifesto of 1890.
Most of the testimony related to the
Inside policy, but did not connect Sen
ator Smoot with any of the alleged vlo
latlons of state or national statutes.
Robs Gaming House of $1,000.
Tonopafi, Nev. Dec 13. A gambling
house was robbed of $1,000 hist night
while n large crowd was present. An
unknown man crawled 300 feet under
tho building and with a large augur
bored a hoin through trie door. The
tionoy from a roulette wheel wu.s In
a box under the "lookout chair."
Reaching his hand through the hole
the man seized the cash and escaped.
The loss was not discovered for hours.
There Is no clew.
Killed by Falling Tree.
Rome, N. Y., Dec. 1.1 A message
from West Leyden says that John
Ernest, 20 yenrs old, was killed yester
day by a falling tree In Ihe woods
north of that place. His younger
brother saw him killed They were
mnnv miles from home.
Trustee of Soldiers' Home.
Albany, Dec. 13 Governor Odcll
has appointed w. II. Nichols of Bath,
litouheii county, to be a trustee of the
;late soldiers' home l Hath, In place
)t Otis H. Smith, deceased.
BRIEF HEWS 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 ti'.e Hurried Reader.
Two tariff commission bills and sev
eral other measures relating to the
tariff were Introduced In the house of
representatives.
Japanese force sent to turn Rennen
kampf's flank has been led Info an am
bush and repulsed with a loss of 1 500
dead, according to Mukden reports.
Run on the German-American bank
at Buffalo was stopped by co-operation
of the clearing house, but the German
bank was closed by State Superintend
ent Kllburn.
Banker Beckwlth of Oberlln con
fesses that he and his cashier en
dorsed for Mrs. Chadwlck two notes
for $500,000 each that bore the name
"Andrew Carnegie." Mr. Carnegie de
nles that he has signed any :juch notes.
Thursday.
Russian ships In Port Arthur are be
ing dally shelled In the harbor by Jap
anese guns on 203 Meter hill, Inflicting
great damage.
All the recess appointments, several
hundred In number, Including th four
new cabinet officers, are sent to the
senate bp President Roosevelt.
Caleb Powers, under sentence of
death for killing Governor Goebel of
Kentucky, has been granted a new
trial, his fourth, by the higher courts.
Mrs. Cassle L. Chadwlck changes
hotels In New York. Andrew Carnegie
offers to aid the officers In clearing up
the mystery of the notes bearing his
name, but none calls on him.
Three officers of the suspended Ger
man bank In Buffalo were arrested on
the charge of grand larceny preferred
by E. M. Block, who claims to have
bought of them a New York draft on
Monday when, he says, the hank had
no funds In New York.
Friday.
Hugh McLaughlin, for many years a
political leader in Brooklyn, died sud
denly after attending a theater.
Japanese shells from 203 Meter hill
sank the Poltava in Port Arthur har
bor and crippled the Retvlzan, while
the Bayan is reported aground.
Richard A. Canfleld and David W.
Bucklln. indicted as common gamb
lers, pleaded guilty, and, with the con
sent of Mr. Jerome, were find $1,000
each.
Prosecutor Keebr at Cleveland re
ceived a telegram from Andrew Car
negie saying he did not sign the Chad
wlck notes, and has not issued a note
for many years.
Mrs. Chadwlck was arraigned before
a United States commissioner in New
York on the charge of aiding the Ob
erlln bank officers in misapplying the
funds of a national bank.
Saturday.
Joseph Jacques, the New York detec
tive who confessed to perjury In the
Canfleld case, was sentenced to a year
In prison
Senators expect a lively fight In con
gress if President Roosevelt tries to
obtain legislation giving the Interstate
commerce commission powrr to estab
lish railroad rates.
According to reports from Toklo and
Washington all the larger vessels of
the Russian fleet In Po"t Arthur have
been destroyed by fire from the Jap
anese on "03 Meter hill.
Representative Sherman of New
York has Introduced a bill identical
with that Introduced by Senator Piatt
In the senate reducing the representa
tion of Southern Btates In congress.
Monday.
The Japanese cruiser Salyen, Toklo
reports was blown up by a Russian
mine at Port Arthur on- Nov. 30, nnd
sank with her captain and 38 men.
Two bandits beat the teller of the
Peoria National bunk, Peoria, III., and
flee with $2,000 In currency. They es
ctped In a railroad yard after a chase.
Dr. Seth Paine of Batavla died at a
hospital Saturday, having been strick
en with heart disease In his rooms on
Main street the night before. His
wife was connected with the Burdick
case In Buffalo,
Mysterious package of "securities"
which Is the keystot.e of Mrs. Cassie
L. Chadwlck's financial operations Is
found to contain paper of the face
value of $13,750,000 which bears the
name "Andrew Carnegie" and is re
garded as worthless.
Tuesday,
Tho arbitration treaty between Great
Britain and the United States was
signed Monday.
Miss Daisy Lciter of Chicago is to
ve-d the Earl of Suffolk, tho engage
ment being announced by her mother,
Mrs. L. Z. Loiter.
A Btilipoena was served on Andrew
Carnegie at. his home in New York
calling upon him to go to Cleveland
and testify In the case of Mrs. Chad
wick.
Tho United States supreme cotrt
has decided the case or the Western
Union Telegraph company vs. the
Pennsylvania railroad in favor of the
railroad company.
Postmaster general recommends a
local rale of 3 ?nts a pound for rural
free delivery packages, and the con
solidation of the third nud fourth class
matter at rate of the former.
CONFESSION OF MURDER.
Read at T'al of the Johnson Family
at Towanda.
Wllkesbarre, Pa., Dec. 12. The con
fession of Charles Johnson, one of tha
five members of the Johnson family
who are charged with the murder of
Mrs. Bigler Johnson and her niece,
Anna Benjamin, was admitted for the
commonwealth at the trial in To
v.anda. It tell3 In detail how the wom
tin and child were killed because the
husband, one of the accused, did not
want to pay her $0 a month for sup
port. Charles, who the commonwealth
believes helped his mother to commit
the murder, says the murder was com
mitted by his brother, Bigler, and his
mother. He says Bigler told him he
and his mother had arranged to kill
Mrs. Bigler Johnson nnd offered him
$3 If he would set fire to the house,
after allowing time for Bigler to reach
Towanda and establish nn alibi.
He met Bigler and his mother com
ing from the house, he says, and Big
ler told him he bad killed his wife,
while the mother killed Annie Benja
min, whom they happened to find In
the house. Charles admits he waited
for n time and then sot fire to thft
house, which was burned down, with
the bodies of tho murdered ones.
Killed Himself on Fourth Attempt.
Mahnnoy City, Pa., Dec. 12. After
making three unsuccessful attempts
to end his life, Henry Gerhardt, a
wealthy resident of Qual.ake, blew the
top of his head off with a shotgun.
His first attempt at suicide was mado
about three years ago, when he threw
himself in front of a train which pass
ed over one of his legs, severing it.
Shortly afterward he again became de
pressed and tried to cut off his right
arm with an ax, inflicting a serious
wound. Three months later he tried to
hang himself with a piece of wire, but
the wire broke and he was injured by
the fall. On his fourth attempt he
took no chanehes. He seated himself
In a chair, removed the shoe and
stocking from his right foot, placed a
heavily loaded gun so that the muzzle
touched his chin and snapped the
trigger with his toe.
Charge of Arson Not Sustained.
Chicago, Dec. 12. I. N. Perry, the
former bank president who was ac
cused of setting fire to ihe American
Locomotive Ycii;s plant to obtain the
Insurance, was discharged nfter a long
hearing in court. In rendering his de
cision Justice Foster said: "The one
strong circumstance against the de
fendant is that the fire was discov
ered shortly after he left the plant.
Tho principal witnesses against Perry
were his former employes. The evi
dence shows that they had been con
spiring against him and his business
for months. The testimony of wit
nesses like these cannot be given cred
ence." Ohio Teachers Test Case.
Bucyrus, O., Dec. 12. Tho Ohio
Teachers' association Is said to be be
hind a $;!0n damage suit brought, by
James Blair against the board of edu
cation of Vernon township. Blair
claims ho was employed In Vernon
township, but the board employed an
other man. Blair's case is similar to
that of other teachers in the township.
1 he board employed teachers for each
school, but from their construction of
the new code they thought the appoint
ments were Illegal and employed a
new lot of teachers. Blair's suit Is a
test case.
Burning Mine Flooded.
McKecsport, Pa., Dec. 12. Tho
Glassport Coal company's mine, near
MiU'Sville, l.s on fire. There was no
one In the mine when It Ignited. The
fire started in a peculiar manner. A
forest lire had been burning near tho
entrance and Ihe flames were finally
communicated to tho mine through n
ground hog hole. Tho mine Is being
flooded.
Awards Miners More Pay.
Scrnnton, Pa., Pec. 12 Commission
er Charles P. Neill of tho anthracite
commission, In a circular received
here, fixes the selling price of anthra
cite at $f.S5 at tidewater for Novem
ber. He awards the miners on this
rating nn Incrense of 7 per cent in
wagi s over the wages fixed by the
strike commission.
Prisoner Fires the Lockup.
York, Pa., Pec. 12. Frank Kclley,
aged !0 years, who was locked up for
begging on the streets, took a quick
method to obtain his release. He set
fire to the lockup nnd probably would
have been burned to death with the
others bad It not been for the timely
arrival of tho fire department.
Washington's Federal Building.
Washington, Pa., Pec. 12. Plans
and specifications for the new federal
building were received. Tho building
will be colonial in archill dure, 8Dx5S
feet. It Will cost about $80,000, be
fireproof and will lie constructed of
brick and ston".
Buys Coal Mines.
Pittsburg, Dec. 12. The Pittsburg
Coal company, has bought from tho
Pittsburg-Buffalo Co. its Blanche and
Rachacl coal mines. Tito Pittsburg
Buffalo company renews Its contract to
haul lake business of the Pittsburg
company.
The armored cruiser Tennessee was
successfully launched in Philadelphia,
but coinim nt was caused i)y the ab
sence ol wine nl tlie luncheon follow
lii the launching.