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MnKTNLEY. t Hardware, Tinulng A Plumblug. 1 IUUWVB, X n SJ. SETLEY, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Keeps a complete line or Justice's blanks for sale. Also Blank deeds, mortgages, etc. Tiouesta, Pa. HOTEL WEAVER, E. A. WEAVER, Proprietor. This hotel, formerly the Lawrence House, has undergone a complete change, and Is now furnished with all the mod ern improvements. Heated and lighted throughout with natural gas, bathrooms, hot aud cold water, etc. The comforts of guests never noglected. CENTRAL HOUSE, GEROW A GEROW Proprietor. Tlonseta, Pa. This is the most centrally located hotel in the place, and has all the modern Improvement. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping place for the traveling public. First class Livery in connection. pUIL. EMKKT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop in Walters building, Cor. Elm and W alnut Btreets, Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work from the finest to the coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to mending, and prices rea sonable. JORENZO FULTON, Manufacturer of and Dealer lu HARNESS, COLLARS, BRIDLES, And all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONESTA. PA. CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS Best Cough Synip. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druesists. 25VILLAGES DESTROYED Hundreds of People Killed by an Earthquake In Italy. Pension Roll Statistics Raid on i Lottery Russian Officers Cashiered Clerks Signed Notes For .Millions New G. A. R. Officer President Re moves Palmer. ' All Italy is suffering from terrible depression because of the news from the south where one of the worsl earthquakes ever experienced occurred Friday. Although the earthquake was fell all over Calabria and to a certain ex tent In Sicily, the worst news comes from Flzzo and Monteleone and from 18 villages which are said to have beeD completely destroyed. According to the latest news re celved COO persons have been killed and a great number Injured. It Is as yet Impossible to even estlmute the property losses. The shock was felt at 2:55 a. m., lasting for 18 seconds at Catanzaro and soon thereafter was felt at Mes slna, Regglo, Monteleone, Ma.tlrnno, Stefaconla, piscoplo, Trlparnl, Zam runro, Cessanltl, Malda, Olivadl and other points. Scenes of Indescribable terror en sued. Women arose from their sleep and rushed half clothed Into the Rtreets screaming with fear, carrying their babies and dragging along their other children and calling on the Ma donna and the ualnts for help. The men escaped Into the open with their families, calling on their favorite saints for protection. The earthauake centered In Cala bria, destroying over 25 villages, leav ing thousands absolutely destitute, killing upwards cf 400 and wounding nearly COO. The ancient crater on the island ot Stromboll Is again In active erup tion, throwing out lava and B'unes, and the population of the lulucd Is fleeing. Maximum of Pension Roll. The U. S. pension roll reached the maximum number In Its history, 1,004, 196, on January 21 .last. The roll passed the million mark last Septem ber. The decline began February 1 and by May had dropped below the million mark. These fncts are developed In a syn opsis of the annual report of Pension Commissioner Warner for the fiscal year ending June 30 last. At the end of the year the number of pensioners had declined to 998,441 a net decrease of 3,679. During the year the bureau Issued 185,242 pension certificates, over 60, 000 being originals. The animal value of the pension roll on June 8(1. 191)5 was S130.743.29S By the term "annual value" Is meant the amount of money required to pay the pensioners then on the roll for one year. During the year 43,883 pensioners were dropped by reason of death, 30,324 being survivors of .the Civil war. ' On June 30, 1905, the roll contained the names of 084,608 survivors of the civil war, a decrease of over G.000 from the previous year. The total number of claims allowed, original and Increase, under order No. 78, known as "the age order," since that order went Into effect, April 13, 1904, up to June 1905, was 65,612. Raid on a Canadian Lottery. The Canadian Royal Art Museum at Fort Erie, opposite Buffalo, was closed by the Canadian police Wednesday. Although the Institution is incorporat ed under the laws of the Dominion of Canada, the Canadian police say it Is a lottery, and turned what was to have been a drawing of prizes into a big surprise In the way of a raid. Three Buffalonlans were arrested. More are said to be Interested In the institu tion. The art museum building contains a few pictures, and the grounds are marked by a few remnants of the statuary left over from the Pan American exposition. William Hunt, charged with being the principal In the lottery scheme, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Crulkshank at Niagara Falls, Ont., and was fined $1,000. . James Morris of Buffalo, the chief assistant, pleaded guilty and was fined $500. John Wright and C. E. Harris were engaged In the same capacity, and each pleaded guilty and was fined $100. Each of the prisoners was also fined the costs Jf prosecution. These pleas of guilty were all made upon the advice of king's counsel, Hon. W. H. German, who appeared for the prisoners. He saw that the evidence was conclusive, and that convictions were sure to follow a trial. Retaliatory Duties Abolished. At the conference on Saturday n'ght between President Roosevelt and the Russian peace plenipotentiaries Mr. Witte by direction of the Emperor of Russia presented to the president the following communica tion: "Some years ago In consequence of a misunderstanding in the interpreta tion of the most favored nation clause, there were established In Russia on sevedal articles of American produc tion customs duties on a higher scale than those levied on same articles when imported from other countries. "His majesty, the Emperor of Rus sia, has commanded me to Inform the president of tho United States that he has been pleased to order the discon tlnuance of the levying of such higher duties on American products In order that henceforth the American manu facturers should pay the same duties aa importers from other countries." Butchery and Incendiarism In Russia. The situation at Baku, In Russian Caucasus, could hardly be worse. The terror-stricken Inhabitants are fleeing from the city knowing that the garrison Is Inadequate to protect them, and although the worst scenes of Are and massacre have not yet occurred In Baku Itself none dares think how far the excesses may proceed. The entire oil and commercial quar ters of Balakhan, Sabunto and No manl have been wiped out by fire, and the Inhabitants remaining behind were massacred and thrown Into the flames. Blbicbat continues to burn and is threatened with the same fate ts Balakhan. ' Martial law has been proclaimed at Baku. Nobody is allowed on the streets after 8 p. m. and inhabitants of houses are held strictly responsible for shots fired from them. Artillery was employed against one house from which shots were fired. The walls were breached, the house was stormed and all the people Inside were killed. There is a general panic. Officers Who Surrendered Cashiered. An imperial order has been Issued at St. Petersburg dismissing Rear Ad miral Nebogatoff and the captains of the battleship NIcolal I (now the Ikl) and the cruisers Admiral Senlavln (now the Mlnoshima) and General Ad miral Apraxlne (now the Oklnoshtma) which were surrendered to the Japa nese In the battle of the Sea of Japan. All four officers, besides being de prived of their rank, are liable to pun ishment under the provisions of the naval code. The emperor has ordered all other officers who surrendered their vessels to be tried on their re turn to Russia. 20 Employes Blown to Pieces. The Rand Powder Mills at Fair Chance, near Connellsvllle, Pa., blew up at 9 o'clock Saturday morning. Twenty employes of the plant were killed, literally blown to pieces, and the 10 buildings of the powder mill were torn to sticks and splinters. The explosion was the third at tho Band plant within two years. Three men were killed in the first and 10 were injured in the second, whlrh was comparatively slight. The scene of the complete devasta tion In the vicinity of the site of the Rand Powder works beegars descrip tion. Men were at work Sunday ploughing over and digging in the de bris In the hope of finding more bodies, but only an arm, shoulder, foot or por tion of charred bone could be found now and then and it is likely that tne bodies of six missing will never be identified. Clerks Signed Big Notes, The last session of the New York legislative life Insurance Investi gating committee was devoted ex clusively to the affairs of the New York Life Insurance company and a searching examination was made of its officers who appeared on the stand. The line of inquiry extended through all the details of the company's par ticipation in various underwriting syndicates for railroad securities, the New York Life's connection with trust companies an4 finally developed the fact that it was not an unusual thing for clerks or messengers In the employ of the company with salaries as low as $500 a'year to sign notes for millions of dollars to be used by the company in relieving its books of unde sirable securities. New G. A. R. Officers. The 39th annual national encamp ment of the G. A. R. at Denver, Col., elected officers as follows: Commander In chief, James Tanner, New York; senior vice commander in chief, George W. Cook. Denver; junior vice commander in chief, Silas Towler, Minneapolis; surgeon general, Hugo Philler, Waukesha, Wis.; chaplain In chief, Father J. G. Leary, Chaplan, Kan. Minneapolis was chosen as the meeting place for 1906. The contest for commander In chief was Interesting. Beside Corporal Tan ner, R. B. Brown of Ohio, Charles Bur rows of New Jersey and Charles G. Burton of Missouri were nominated. The total vote for Tanner was 447. 15,000 Veterans In Line. It took tho G. A. R. parade at Den ver, Col., three hours and five min utes to pass tho grand stand in front of which was the reviewing stand. On the latter stand stood the national offi cers of the Grand Army and distin guished guests and In the grand stand sat hundreds of spectators. It was estimated that 15,000 members of the G. A. H. were in the parade. President Removes Public Printer, President Roosevelt has taken sum friary action In the case of Frank W. Palmer, public printer and head of tho government prlnfing offlce at Wash ington, by removing him from oflice and directing him to turn over the gov ernment printing odlce to Foreman Ricketts, whom he has designated as acting public printer. Five Killed In Trolley Collision. Fivo persons were killed and 75 In jured In a collision between a passen ger and a freight trolley car Saturday on the New York and Dallastown Elec tric railway, about six miles from York, Pa. Baron Komura III. liaron Komura Is ill in his apart mcnts at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel y, New York city and all the social en gagements of the Japanese peace en voys have been either cancelled or In leflnltely postponed. , CAR DROPPED TO STREET Prom the Ninth Avenue Ele vated Railroad. Twelve People Killed Over 40 Peoph Injured, Many of Them Seriously Heavy Trucks of Another Car Fel on Struggling Mass of Humanity Two Pedestrians Killed. New York, Sept. 12. The death llsl of yesterday's frightful accident on the Ninth avenue elevated railroad when a car crowded with early morning workers on their way down town pitch ed headlong Into the street stands at 12. Three men are in hospitals with fractured skulls. One of these who as yet remains unidentified at Roosevell hospital is unconscious and not ex pected to live long. More than twe 'score of persons were Injured, mnnj of them seriously. The cause of the accident and the Immediate responsibility remain to b settled. The motorman of the wreck ed train Is a fugitive, while a switch man, conductor and four guards an under arrest. The switchman is charged with manslaughter and tht trainmen are held as witnesses. Coro ner Scholer who has undertaken the work of fixing the blame for the wreck announced that the switchman's bond has been placed at $5,000 and those of the witnesses at $100 each. Whatever may have caused tho mis take, the accident, the worst in the history of overhead railroads in New York, came when a southbound train on the Ninth avenue line was switched off to the Sixth avenue line at tht E3rd street Junction. The motorman, expecting a clear track on the direct line of Ninth avenue, or disregarding the warning signal that the switch wai open, rushed his train along at a hlgt rate of speed. Car Pitched Into the Street. The first car swung around the rlghl angle curve, holding to the rails be cause of the weight of the train be hind. Then the strain became toe great. The couplings broke, the sec ond car was whirled about almost end for end and to the horror of those wht looked on from below, pitched Into the street. The first Indication persons on tht sidewalk had that an accident was oc currlng was an unusually loud rur.tb ling along the - overhead structure Looking up they saw a shower ol sparks, then followed splinters ant sound of splitting timbers. Suddenly tht outer guard rail of the railroad struc ture gave way. There was suddenly a rain of human bodies and with a deafening crasl the heavy car fell to the street. Foi an Instant the vehicle stood fairly on end. Then the sides gave way as li they were made of pasboard, belch lng out a mass of humanity. Those passengers who had not Jump ed from platforms and windows before the plunge came were thrown Into t mass at the forward end of the car. As the Injured men and women were struggling to free themselves the heavy front trucks of the third car on the train were hurled almost In theli midst, as the car Itself Jumped parti off the elevated structure and wat wedged against a building at the south east corner of Ninth avenue and 53rd street. The scenes following the accident were typical of all such catastrophes Huge crowds were soon on the ground and the first work of hastily summoned police reserves Was directed to clear lng a way for the effective rescus ol pent-up passengers remaining in the undemollshed portion of the car. Every ambulance In Manhattan was called and the injured and dead were hurried away as soon as they could be freed from the wreckage or picked up fjom where they had fallen. Pedestrians Buried In Wreckage. Three alarms of fire brought many engines to the scene. A slight fire caused by burning Insulation wai pulckly extinguished and the firemen set to work chopping out the dead and Injured. The task was not an easy one, for the heavy car in falling had al most completely buried pedestrians In Us wreckage. At least one thus was killed outright, while tho mosl seilously Injured Is Policeman Henry Aitkens, who was standing dlro'itly under the spot where the necldeut oc curred. Eight persons were dead when taken out of the wreck and four died latei at hospitals. The corrected list of the dead: Jacob M. Asaach, a merchant and member of the Newark, N. J., board ol trade; Ernest P. Schleble, an electric ian; Theodore Morris, colored; John Cochrane, Solomon Neugass, employed by tho Mutual Chemical company, Cornelius McCarthy, laborer; Wlllli'iu Lees, an electrician; Joseph Bach, a policeman; James Cooper, employed by Fireproof Tenement House Asso ciation; Emma Conhoven, died in Roosevelt hospital; Albert Weilstor clerk, died In Roosevelt hospital; Louli Abel, clerk, married and had two ehll dren. Of the dead the most frightfully mil Ulated was James Cooper, whose head Was completely severed. The seriously Injured arc: Henry Aitkens, policeman, fracture of rlbf and dislocated leg; William Butler fractured arm and lacerated head, Martin Fllzgcrald, Internal Injuries; James Greer, leg crushed; Patrick J Gflllani, left tide crushed; John Gen ol, arm fractured; Bridget McMaon Internal Injuries and injuries to head; John T. McKenna, left shoulder dislo cated and leg crushed; William T. Nlebher, skull fractured; Henrietta Osterlin, arm fractured; Seymour Rjwe, skull fractured; Thomas Swan, arm fractured; Fred Wister, both arms fractured; unidentified man, fractured skull, unconscious, at Roosevelt hos pital. Before the great crowds collected by the news of the wreck could be cleared away the police were com pelled to use their heavy night sticks on a number of men who were attempt ing to snatch Jewelry or other val uables from the dead. The officers had no time to make arrests, contenting themselves with drubbing the mis creants as heavily as they could. Coroner Scholer ordered the arrest of all those Immediately concerned. Search was at once made for the mo torman, Paul Kelly, who secured a position on the elevated lines six pionths ago. He came here from St. Louis. Kelly could not be found and Is still missing, although It was stated he had spent the afternoon at the house of a friend. The switchman In the tower at Ninth avenue and 53rd street, Cornel ius A. Jackson, was first arrested. Then Conductor J. W. Johnson and Guards Timothy HIgglnson, J. McDav itt, W. L. Berry and B. Clark were tak en Into custody. At a preliminary hearing all the men waived examina tion. Two versions of the cause of the wreck were told to the coroner, one of these was that the switchman had set the tracks for a Sixth avenue train and when he saw his mistake had at tempted to rectify it while the train was on the curve, the change throwing the second, third and fourth cars off the track. The switchman, however, declored the wrecked train had Sixth avenue signals set and he expected it to slow down to take the curve. Instead it maintained the speed usual with Ninth avenue trains on the direct line. The curve at 53rd street Is a sharp one and Is practically unhanked ac cording to statements made. It U in tended to be taken slowly and is not constructed for a higher rate of speed than six miles an hour. . Conductor Johnson made a detailed statement to Police Inspector Flood. He said: T was on the first platform of the second car. We had Just left 59th street and were going at a fast rate of speed, as it is a long run to 60th street. The car was pretty well crowded. There were a number of men on the platforms and In the aisle of the second car there were a number of shop girls who were laughing and Joking. "When we reached the curve the first car went on and the second and third ears went together like a jack knife, sticking right up In the air and practically closing against each other. In consequence, from where I was on the front platform of the second car at the start, I was dropped to the rear platform of the first car. Then the second car dropped to the utreet. 1 held onto the iron rail like death and was straight up in the air. I saw girls and women climbing over the seats of the car that they might es cape. "Being an old railroader, I pulled out my watch and looked at It. It was exactly 7:06 a. m. The signals were set wrong. That was the trouble. They were set green and yellow, which was for a Sixth avenue train I think that both motorman and switch man are equally to blame." Strikes For Eight Hour Day. Indianapolis, Sept. 12 The local typographical union has ordered 150 members here to strike Pt once for an eight hour day. President James M. Lynch of the International Typo praphlcal union last night said: "I have Instructed unions In various cities to demand contracts Immedi ately for an eight hour day to com mence on January 1. Wherever tho demand for the eight hour day Is re fused, the union printers have been Instructed to strike at once." Looking For Secretary of Stock Farm. Rochester, Sept. 12. The police arc searching for Frederick Rice, secre tary of the Moore Brook Stock Farm of Chester, Pa. A warrant has bePn sworn out by his employer, J. Charles Longbotham of Boothwyn, Pp., for grand larceny In the first degree. Longbotham claims that Rice d!sa peared at the close of the circuit races taking with him about $800, rep resenting tho firm's winnings Rt tho races. Oil as Fuel on Battleships. London, Sept. 12. Exhaustive ex periments with the use of oil as fuel on battleships have proved so satis factory that the British admiralty has ordered the erect ion of a great oil storing depot ut Plymouth with Jet ties at which tank steamers can moor. It is understood that stores of oil will be established Ht most of the home ports. Soldier Stabbed While on Duty. Havana, Sept. 12. An artilleryman who was stationed at Ciihanas fortress who was unarmed was slabbed many times yesterday with a bayonet and was then pushed over tho parapet Into a deep ditch by n comrade who was enraged by Jen lousy over a tender loin woman. The latter on hearing of her lover's death committed suicide. Country Postoffice Robbed. Oswego, Sept. 12. The postofllcc at Lacona, this county, was broken Into Sunday night, tho safe blown open and $500 in stumps and money stolen. The discovery was made by tho postmaster when he went to open the ollico In the morning. SHORTER NEWS ITEMS. Pointed Paragraphs Chronicling the Week's Doings. Long Dispatches From Various Parts of the World 8horn of Their Padding and Only Facts Given In at Few Words as Possible For the Benefit of the Hurried Reader. Sixty witnesses have been sum moned to attend the first session of the legislative Investigating commit tee today. Mr. Taft and his party arrived at Canton and their visit to China Is said to have had an effect In decreasing the boycott. Sixty-six cholera cases and three leaths have occurred In Prussia, but the authorities at Hamburg and Berlin lay the disease Is under control. The Rancho Guadaloupe, compris ing 13,000 acres of tillable soil and wooded lands In Lower California, has been sold to 104 Russian families through a Los Angeles agency. Fourteen lives and three ships are known to have been lost in the fierce storm which swept over Lake Su perior, and It is feared the list of deaths and wrecks will be much lar ger. Thursday. Sadie Mac, favorite for the $10,000 Charter Oak trot at Hartford, dropped dead In one of the heats. Supreme vice regent of Royal Arcan um says order Is stronger than ever after weathering rate change storm. Summer residents of Newport have started a movement to petition the legislature to divide the town and give them a separate charter. Miss Fannie Wlckes, aged 22, of Washington, D. C, died In Livingston, Mont., from the effects of falling into a boiling spring in the Yellowstone National park several days ago. A dispatch from Toklo announces a bloody battle on the Island of Sakhalin. The Japanese administered a crushing defeat to the remnant of the Russian troops on the Island after five hours' fighting. Friday. Both the Ruslan and Japanese peace envoys arrived In New York en route to their homes. A mob burned and destroyed 10 Christian churches and one mission school at Toklo,. Three hundred drivers of United States mall wagons strike at N'-.w York for higher wages and becauso they claim the bosses have failed to keep agreement. The French Catholics is St. Louis de Mole, northern suburb of Montreal, at tacked a newly-established Salvation Army station there and seriously In jured some of the Salvationist. Fifteen thousand veterans partici pate In the G. A. R. parade at Denver, though many of the old soldiers are exhausted and compelled to drop out of line 1 efore the end of the route. Saturday. The president has appointed Harry H. Pratt postmaster nt Corning, N. Y. James J. Hill gives expression to pessimistic sentiments regarding this country's future trade with the Oilent. Corporal James Tanner was elected commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic by the national en campment at Denver. The postoffice at Forestvllle, Chau tauqua county, was entered by three men and the safe wrecked with nitro glycerine and $200 cash and an equal amount of stamps stolen. That Mutunl Life Insurance company officials were admittedly involved in various syndicate transactions, was part of the testimony brought out be fore the legislative Inquisitors. Monday. Statistics prepared by the city phy sician of Pltsburg show that city to be the center of race suicide Thirty men were killed and many more Injured in nn explosion of pow der works at Fairchanco, Pa. The local representative of Swift & Co. in Philadelphia was arrested on tho charge of selling adulterated meats. St. Petersburg estimates tho loss through vlolenco In the Caucasian oil fields at $90,000,000. Fifteen hut dred Tartars are killed or wounded. Toklo announces that Japan may fortify the Perouse straits under the terms of peace. A statement by the government of favorable features of the settlement of the war allays In dignation und disorders have ceased. Tuesday. Tho New York state fair opened at Byracuse yesterday with a good at tendance, notwithstanding a drizzling rain that was falling. Field Marshal Oyama has sent a oommission to General Llnevltch ask ing him to appoint plenipotentiaries to arrange an armistice. Joined by 4.000 Kurds, the Tartar population In the Caucasus has again arisen and destroyed Armenian vil lages, hundreds being killed. President Roosevelt, making public report of the Keep commission on the printing bureau scandals, scores tho Morgenthalcr company for making baseless charges of corruption agi;iust the oflice. Important commercial associations in Havana protest against the ratlilea tion of the pending treaty between Great Britain anil Cuba In view of the relations between the United States and Cuba. WRECK AND EXPL08ION. Three Railroad Employes Met OeaO In Collision. Philadelphia, Sept. 11. Three trata men were killed and two others wen slightly Injured early Saturday iq 1 collision at Taor Junction, near thle city, between freight trains of th Philadelphia and Reading railway an the Central Railroad ot New Jersey. The dead: John H. Rankin ot Jer sey City, engineer of the Central rail road train; Henry Baker of Bayonne N. J., conductor of the same train; John Bond of Philadelphia, brakemai of the Philadelphia and Reading train A fast freight on the Central rail road crashed Into a Reading loca. freight. Fire followed the collision and the local fire department wat called out to extinguish the flames. The trains were known as the Bethe hem local freight and the Jersey City fast freight. The local train was ot a northbound track. It was ordered tc a siding to nllow the Jersey Contra freight to pars, but before It could b switched to the siding the fast trail came upon it and the collision result ed. The locomotive of the Jersey City train toppled over and the bollei burst, scalding Engineer Rankin tc death. Frank Bond was standing on top 01 a box car and was crushed to deatt under the wreckage, as was alse Baker. Six cars were demolished. JURY SETS WOMAN FREE. No Penalty For Wife Who Klllec Husband Who Beat Her. Pittsburg, Sept. 11. "The Jury has found you not guilty of murder. Y01 are free to go, Mrs. Mlckel, and the court hopes you may find more happl ness in the future than you have haC In the past." Judge James R. McFarlane In crlm inal court thus dismissed Mrs. Annie Mlckel. The woman broke down and was assisted from the room, Harry J. Mlckel, the husband, was found dead In his home here May 5 last. He had been shot through the heud. The wife sat by the body four hours before unlocking the door and telling of the tragedy. At the trial It was shown that Mlckel had been a wife beuter. Fewer Births Than Deaths In City. Pittsburg, Sept. 11. A table of the births and deaths in Pittsburg during the last 14 years, prepared by City Physician Booth, shows a startling de crease In the number of births, not withstanding a lurge Increase In popu lation. In 1891 there wore 7,067 births, the rate per thousand being 28.61. In the same year ther6 were 6,832 deaths, the rate per thousand be ing 23.61. In 1904 the birth rato wa9 only 21.74, while the death rate was 19.70. The figures for the first three months of this year are surprising. In 1891 the excess of births over deaths was 1,235. The figures for this year Indi cate that there were 23 fewer births thau deaths. Infants Rob a Bank. Youngstown, O., Sept. 11. Two boys, 7 and 6 years old, robbed the First National bank of Nlles at noon, securing $700, but $326 of the amount wus recovered. The two boys entered a window of the bank Into a basement while most of the employes were at dinner. Vice President William Her bert was In the front office and did not see the youngsters enter. The boys stuffed bills into their pockets and then slipped out, scattering tho money along the street and handing It to passersby. Boys who had seen the two leave the bank caught them. The boys were not arrested. Burned In Fight With Burglar. Philadelphia, Sept. 11. Dying from burns received In a mysterious man ner at her home late Friday night Marie Rlskoff, 30 years old. was tak en to Mount Sinai hospital. Tho girl was frightfully burned from head to foot, while her hair, which had been luxuriant, was entirely consumed. She said she was awakened by u man In the room, and when she got out ol bed he placed a knife to her breast and threatened to kill her If she made an outcry. She attempted to got out of tho room, the girl said, and then tho man pushed her ngalnst tho gaa Jet and her gown caught afire. Illinois Mine Fight Settled. Springfield, Ills., Sept. 11. Eighteen hundred miners will return to work In the macjilne mines of the Chicago and Alton snb-dlstrlct Monday as a result of a settlement reached between rep resentatives of the operators and men 011 the controversy which has existed since July 1 over tho employment of shot firers. The settlement Is a vic tory for the operators, their eonUntion that the employment of shot flrors was not necessary being sustained. Killed Five Children? Butler, Ta., Sept. 11. Tllllo Snyder, aged 17, charged with killing a child, has made a confession. She say a young woman met her at tho station In Allegheny anil offered her $10 to nurso the child on the way to Jlutlor. TIUIo says they nllnliied at Sunset and the woman hurried away with tho child and soon returned, saying she) had killed It and It was the fifth she had murdered. The woman will be given a chance to explain. Verdict Of 614 Cents. Unlontown, Pa., Sept. 11. A vSrdlct of 64 cents was found bore for tho plaintiff In the case of Harry W. Copper of Pittsburg agnlnst the Con HiUvlllo Courier for alleged. ljbl.
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