d by % ‘members of his fam:
who were ut hime at the time. He
~ Alexander Jolinston Caséatt was ane
ot the foremsont raliroad Wen 450 Baa.
Ba did pot go agdin to his office io the
| Broad street station.
| Mr. Cassgtt wus in his sixtyseventh
year. He was born in Allegheny, of
which aristocratic city his fatber was
once mayor, and young Cassatt had
the best educational. advautsges, part
of his course being taken io Heidel
Germany.
He returned to America, however,
determined to go Inte englueering
That was just at the oulbreak of the
elvil war, when civil engineers were In
Balk at the menial place. He took it
dnd proved such an efficient rodman
that be was soon advanced.
Colonel Tom Scott, the genius of the
read, who had a keen appreciation of
men, saw the stuff that was in the
engineer and mapidly pushed
the front. In 1807 Cassatt was
superintendent of motive power
und muchinery for the entire system.
It was at about this time that be advo
cated and Lad adopted one of his dar
ing Insovations. There was no means
of bandling rapidly and adequately
the southern fruit supply. Cassatt
brought forward a plan of extending
the Pennsylvania to the coast and in-
treducing a system of fast ferries, the
longest ferry haul in the world. It was
expensive, but It paid
“Upon the deaith of the former presi-
dent the Pennsylvania couciuded that
it needed Cassatt.
The committees to notify Lim of his
election found bim on the golf links.
4 At first he refused to accept. Then
Ars. Cassatt, who, by the way, Is a
niece of President James Buchanan,
was Induced 10 use her Influence. As
a result A. J. Cassatt laid aside his
golf sticks, sold hig fast horses and
took upet himself the mavsgement of
the greatest raliroad system oo earth.
In the lust few years hie Las project.
wd lprovements that lavolved the vut-
Iny of at lpast $100,000.000. The big
gest of these Is the projected tunnels
§ ooder the North river, the lmioense
§ station in New York city snd the.ex-
feonion of the line under the kane
‘fF and foto Brooklyn and Leug 18land
; darlng. project mmde the railroad
eountry gasp. Yet practi-
raflrond, Me, Cassatt was
it of six other companies and a
Sys hrea Sues ut, Prin
transportation
Rok he tom ros
of
_ A BILENT MOB.
(Tramp Murderer Lysched With Or-
F der and Dapateh,
LASSANIMAS, Colo, Dec. 29. The
body of Lawrence Leberg, lynched by
2 silent mob bere, hus Leen cut down
froin the telesraph pole where It was
ef ago aud nu loguest is being
~ A party of masked men suddenly sur-
ed the jall, overpowered the sher
trarup white man who bad murdered a
farmer near bere,
It is ulso rumored here that the two
men who killed the city marshal of
Lamar have been caught and lynched.
The killing of Leberg was accom-
plished with the greatest order and dis
patch. The whole time from the mo-
ment he was taken from hin cell to
{hat when he was haoged was not
Those who
were witnesses, but not participants,
declure that it was the most orderly
and silent lynching known to them.
Fron all appearances the lynching
party had been thoroughly organized
fong in advance,
With the prisoner iu their possession
after being taken from the jail the
niob proceeded quickly to the Santa Fe
railroad tracks and stopped at the near-
est telegraph pole. One of the band,
with a plece of rope loosely tied about
nis waist and a poleman's spurs on his
feet, climbed up the pole, put the rope
over the cross arm-and brought the
loose end down again. A noose was
tied and placed about the prisouer’s
The crowd fell back a little way with
the end of the rope stretched back to
them and held by a score or more of
hands, At the word of command from
the leader the rope was pulled up un-
til Leberg was within two or three feet
of the cross aru. It was then tied to
i tree near by and the body left awing-
ing lu the alr, Every act was done si-
lently and with great precision.
A Mall Bex Thief Caught.
NEWARK. N. J, Dec. 29 — John
Moou, alias Jobn Wilson, sald by the
police to be known (0 cities throughout
this country and In Europe for mall
box thefts, was arrested here. Moon
was arrested for attempted mail rob
bery, but his identity was not suspect
ad until he was measni'ed by the Ber
tillion system. The postofiice inspectors
say the prisoner admits the crime and
that he served a_sentence of three
years at Stillwater, Mion. ;-nine years
‘n the Jefferson City (Mo) penitentiary
for thafts cowliitted in Kansas City,
and five years In the Cherry Hill-(Pa.)
urison for offenses committed in York,
Pa.
Left Contral Cars Whhout Ralls.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—Acting under
the orders of Borough President
Abearn, employees of the department
of highways tore up the tracks of the
New York Ceutral rallroad ou Twelfth
avenue, which the city law departinent
recently decided had been laid without
legal authority. About a hundred feet
of track were ripped up, aud several
cars of the raliroad company which
had been shunted there to delay the
work were left standing on the tracks
marooned, the rolls at each end having
been taken away, thus preventing their
being moved.
Gives $100,000 Christmas ‘Gift.
SCHENECTADY, N, Y., Dec. 20. Pe
ter McCarthy, president of the Troy
Waste company aud one of the wealth-
lest wen In that city, on Christmas
day trausferred to the Troy Trust com-
pany $100.000 te be held In trust for
the Troy hospital, St. Vincent's Female
Orphan asylum, Troy Male Orphan
asylmin and the St Vincent de Paul
society. The luterest will go to the
institutions as follows: Troy hospital,
$ES000; the two asylums, $26000, te
be divided equally, and $10,000 to the
St. Viocent de Paul society,
Settlers Not Safe From Yaguis.
PHENIX. Ariz. Dec. 29 --Business
men of Sonorn, Mexico, recently arriv
ing here, say that within the last two
months fixteen Americans have been
killed by Yaqui Indians at one point
w another ir, Mexico, Moat of the vic
tims were settlers who fled three years
ago during the Indian troubles, bat
recently returned, Lelleviog that the
raliroad bullding had progressed to a
point where tiey would be protected
from the murderous bands of Yaquis
New Jarsey Motormen Get Raise.
JERREY CITY, N. J, Dec 29 -The
I= Pablic Bervice corporation, which op
erates trolley lines on an extensive
scale In northern New Jersey, formally
subounce that beginniog Jan. 1 is
$000 motormwen and conductors will be
granted an increake In wages averag
Repaired Hunt Fruitiese.
XETESVILLE, VA, Det, 20,
Roomtveicy haut across
dozen
DUNDEE, Scotland, Dec. 29~Iu a
railroad collision caused indirectly by
the heavy snowstorm of the last few
days sixteen persons have Leen killed
The wsccident occurred near Ar
breath, on the North British raliroad,
between Edinburgh apd Aberdeen,
some distauce north of bere. Amgpug
the persous injured Is Alexander Wil
llam Black, mewnber of the house of
commons from Banffshire, Scotland.
The scrident Is attributed to the
heavy fall of snow, owing to which
trains from london for Aberdeen were
beld up at Arbroath. Duriag the day,
bowever, the line was cleared, and
one train proceeded for Dundee.
it had stopped at Ellot Junction,
and the danger signals were thought
to have been sel. They falled to act
however, thwugh belug clogged up
with suow or from some other cause
pot yet ascertained, and an express
train dashed into the rear of the walt.
ing train.
Mr. Black had both legs hroken, A
number of others sustained serious lo-
juries, and it is feared that some of
them will succumb. Everything pos.
sible Is belug done to succor the
wounded, but the rendering of assist:
ance is attended with much difficulty
owing to the blockade, and the suffer
ing can be alleviated but slowly.
Telegraphic communication between
here and Arbroath ls unsatisfactory
because of the weather conditions, and
details of the accident are coming
through slowly.
It Is many years since central Eu-
rope generally bas suffered so severely
from an arctic visitation as It has this
Christmas week. Fromm France, Bel
glum, Switzerland, Germany and Aus.
tria-Hubgury the same tale Is repeated
of beayry snowstorms, the Interruption
of rallroad, veblcular and telegraphic
communication, the loss of life and
general discomfort and Inconvenlence
In the towus as well as in the country
districts.
Great Britain has suffered this year
to ap alwost unprecedented degree
According to the reports received from
porthern points in the United King
dom, the story. situation is growling
worse. The heavy snowstorms which
began several days ago continue. They
are accompanied by violent gules and
even thunderstorins In some places
and have resulted niréady jo many se
rious accideuts,
Railroad traffic in the northern part
of England, and especially In Scot:
land, is becoming completely tied up.
Large towns like Edinburgh, Dundes
and Perth are almost isolated. The
telegraphic services are greatly disor-
ginized and would be completely so
but for the extension In recent years
of the underground system of Iaylug
the wires. The snowstorms continue
with equal severity In northern Wales
and in Ireland
The Arbroath accident occurred on
the auulversary of Scotland's worst
railroad accident, the Taylridge dis
aster of 1879, and within twenty miles
of the actual scene thereof. In the
wreck of twenly seven years ago the
bridge collapsed and precipitated a
train and over seventy people luto the
river. No onhe escaped,
NINE FROZEN TO DEATH.
Storm Ia Britain Moat Severe In the
Last Thirty Years,
LONDON, Dec. 20. — Nine persons
have been found frozen to death on
roads lo Eugland alove during tbe last
twenty-four hours,
The list doubtless will be much
lengthened when communication with
Isolated parts of the provinces, now
spowbound, Is restored.
The continuing snowfall has created
the worst situation known in thirty
years In Great Britalo, amd conditions
here apparently are general through
out Europe,
From all parts of Great Britalo come
stories of trains buried lo suowdrifts,
the worst case belug that of a passen-
ger train from Dundee to Edinburgh,
which rau into mn drift at 8 o'clock at
night three miles from St. Andrews
aod is stil) Imbedded,
A rescue traln also stuck lo a drift,
and all efforts during the uight to
reach them were fullle, but small
quaitities of provisions were conveyed
to the passengers and crew,
Forty t«fifty women had narrow es.
capes from death owing to the col
lapse of the snow laden roof of a
Covent Garden warehovuse, but most
of them were rescued from the wreck
sage with ouly slight injuries,
Advance In Price of Cond
BOSTON, Dec. 29 The price of all
grades of coal was advanced 25 cents
per ton In this city. This brings the
retail price of stove coal to $7.25 per
ton, egg cus! $7 and furnace coal $4.00
French Senate Passes (Chureh Bil
PARIS, Dec. 29. The senate has
concluded the general debate on the
new church measure, and the principle
of the chureh bill was voted by 187
yous to BT nays,
Beh Mansour a Prisoner,
JOINS CAVE D DWELLERS.
Arehaske Leopold of of Austria's Wife
Is Eecentrie,
VIENNA, 29. — Loeal newspa-
pers are discussing a report that Arch-
duke Leopold of Austria, who aband:
oned his title and became Herr Woel-
fing In order to marry an aciress, in
teuds to obtain a divorce ou account of
Bis wife's eccentricity.
For some time past Leopold's wife
bing been a vegelarian Bhe flually Join.
ed a colowy of “uature people”
Hve in eaves, subsist upon Ne
vegetables. go without clothes and ab-
stain from all civilized customs. After
leaving Austria Leopold and his wife,
who was a Miss Adamorics, lived In
Switzerland, where the exiled Austrian
archduke beeame a citizen of that re-
Public and served his thoe lo the Swiss
army.
The couple bave now agreed to an
separation, and i is declared that Leo
pold is going to the United States for
the purpose of selling a nautical in-
vention. He has obtained the cousent
of the Austrian court that his allow-
ance Iu the future be paid io the Unit
ed States.
—e———
RACING AT NEW ORLEANS.
Kitty Platt Led Omar Khayam and
Delphie Home In Feature,
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 20.—-In the
first race at the Fair grounds some
good sired winnings were made on
Judge Burroughs, backed from 15 to
1to 12 to 1. In the third race Pity,
at 20 to 1, won, but Pity's victory was
the cause of heavy losses generally.
The day was a record breaker for
large fields In all events,
A handicap for all ages over the mile
course was the feature and furnished
the best race of the day. Dekaber,
Delphle, Veribest and a string of
other good ones were nominated, and
with the track still in frst class condl-
tion there were few scratches to break
it up.
= The slaughter of the Innocents began
iu the very first race. Gargantua was
made a lukewarm favorite at 5 to 2,
the wise ones staying off. The favor
ite was never [n It Judge Burroughs,
4 12 to 1 chance, came away in the
stretch and woo us be pleased from
Spider Web, which just beat out Sea
Water for the place. Summaries:
First Race —Judge Burroughs, first;
Spider Web, second; Sea Water, third.
Second Race—Kohinoor, first; Suza
rian, second; John Peters, third.
Third Race. -Pity, first; Toboggan,
second; Hefined, third,
Fourth Race. — Kitty Platt, frst;
Omar Khayam, second; Delphie, third.
Fifth Hace. Sir Mincemeat, first; Bil
ly Vertress, second; Belle of the Bay,
third
Sixth Hace. - Lucky Charw, first; Dr.
MeCluer, second; Lena J, third
Te Witnesa Gans-Herman Fight.
TONOPAH, Nev.. Dec. 2. Sporting
men from all over the country are
here to witness the battle between Joe
Gans and Kid Herman on New Year's
afternoon before the Casino Athletic
club for a purse of $20,000. A large
delegation from Chicago has arrived
They are well supplied with money to
bet on Herman providing they get
odds of 8 to 1, with Gans the favorite
A number of nilners here are also
ready to bet a chunk of wouey on Her-
man’s chances,
Meada at 40 to 1.
SAN FRANCIRCO, Dec. 20.—-Tony
Faust easily took the Fallen Leaf
bandicap at Oakland. F. W. Barr, the
favorite, was plioted Into the heaviest
going and finshed last. Meads, In the
fafth race, at 40 to 1, after the start
never lost the head of the llue
“Plan Phonetic Spelling Campaign.
NEW HAVEN, Coun, Dec. 29 —In-
dorsement of the plan of campalgn of
the official simplified spelling board,
acceptance of that method of spelling
and an agreement to use it In the jour
uals and publications of the organisa
tions formed the principal feature of
the session of the Modern Language
Association of America, which opened
at Yale (ts twenty-fourth annual weet:
Ing. The association also sanctions the
use of the 300 words already published
and lndorsed by President Roosevelt
Stratheonn on liryce Appointment.
LONDON, Dec 29. — Lord Strathcoun,
high commissioner for Canada, left
here for Canada. Before bly departure
he sald he was sure that all Canadians
were gratified at the satisfaction with
which the appointment of James Bryce
ns ambassador at Washington had been
received In the United States aud that
there was no disposition In Canada to
regard this appointment other thao ln a
wost favorable light.
Suicide of Norfolk Doctor,
NORFOLK, Va, Dec 29 Dr
Charles I. Culpepper, a leading phy
siclan of Portsmouth, was found dead
in his gfMfice with a bullet wound In
the bead opd a pistol Igtog by his
slide. The words “Rrokeu health” in
Dr. Culpepper's bapdwriting were
found ou a postal CA on his desk
Dr. Culpepper just before shooting
bimself executed two deeds giving to
his wife valuable property in this city
and Portsmouth,
Boston Murder a Mystery,
BOSTON, Dec. 2 Police of the |
West Eud district were
with a mystery In finding the hady of
# Young woman, sbout
Massachusetts teneral hospital, with
evidence that It had been dragged from
an adjacent house, They declared the
case W be vue of murder
Assassinnte a Minister,
, UNION CITY, Teon, Dec. 29. Rev,
D, L. Holder, a Presbyterian mintster,
hd alnassinated at Troy, Teun. His
found pear be allroad
PERKINS IS INDICTED
Partner of J. P. Morgan Must
Answer Forgery Charge.
CHARLES S, FAIRCHILD ALSO LELD
Former Vice President of the New
York Life and Ex-Secretary and
Trasive Are Accused of Se-
rious Crimes.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20 —George W, Per
kins, former vice president of the New
York Life Insuranes company and now
& member of the firs of J. P. Morgan
& Co. aml Charles X Faicchild, former
secretary of the treasury and a trustee
of the New York Life Insprauce com
pany, were indieted by the grand jury,
charged with forgery in the third de
gree
There are six indictments, which are
based on the sale of stocks to the New
York Securities and Trust company st
GEORGE W. PERKINS,
the time the Prussian government or
dered that the company be delarred
from doing business in Prussia so long
as its funds or any part of them were
invested In such stocks
It Is alleged that Perkins and Fale
child engineered a dummy sale of
stocks to the trust company, which
was a subsidiary concern of the life
insurance company. At the time, Mr
Perkins was vice president of the New
York Life, also a trustee and chalrman
of the Auance committee, of which Mr
Falrchild was a member. On the
books of the life fnsurauce company
the transaction was carries! ou as a
bona fide sale, but {t is alleged that vo
the books of the trust company it was
put down as a loan
This alleged sale of stocks was re
ported to the state superintendent of
insurance as bona fide, aud it Is charg
el that Mr. Perkins directed the sign
ing of the report, which is alleged WwW
have been false and misleading. It Is
The Indictment of Mr. Perkins ou the
charge of forgery iu the third degree
Coles 8% A surprise, as it was not ex
the Prussism boud case, but rather on
the Mercantile Marine bond case, In
which the “Nylic” fund, was, It way
alleged, misused by Perkins
The ludictmenut 4id not come without
a hard contest on the part of District
Attoruey Jerome. It requires the sig
natures of twelve grand jurors to an
indictment, and It was with some QIf
ficulty that these twelve could be se
cured. Eighteen members heard all the
testimony taken reganling the
of the New York Life
It was rumors! about the criminal]
courts bullding that several other in
dletwents would be handel down itn |
plicating clerks and winor oflicials of |
the New York Life. It was sald that]
these indictiuvits were agalust the
wishes of Mr. Jerome, who wanted tu!
get to the top In this case
considered that any action of the
clerks was under coercion of the high
othicials
Lord Charles Gets a Hig Fortune,
EL PASO, Tex, Dec 29. -The will of
1. J. Beresford, who was killed In
wreck at Enderlin, N. D, Sunday, was |
found at the First National bank it]
was made fo ISK and, after
F10.000 to a colored woman who nuesed
Lima through ou attack of yellow fever
in New Orleans several years it
uf the estate
cedent’s brothers
HKU,
leaves the rest
Lord Charles Beres
ford, Margulis Beresfonl and fuothet
now dend. The value of the estate |
$1000 en)
Youug Uellek Accuses Fathe
CHICAGO, Inve Herwnu Ho Tek,
Ir., the son of the wan now under ar
rest ln connection with the
in the Yeral family,
police that he saw Mrs
0
six de
of suffocating two of the children, BE Ia |
ad Bertha The, tvard |
Lis father give Mrs
for the act hie two girls afterwand
esd, nnd chemdon) analysis has found
arsenic lu the bodies of both
bay sald he
French Mishap Arrested dl Fined.
LILLE, Frapey, Dhx While
number of semiuary stinlents were be
their milling here
Bishop Delnmaire was srrested for al
leged Insult to the commissary of po
He was tried In a police court
fined $5 and then released,
4
Another Ouirage by Negro Seldier,
UKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, we, 29
A negro soldier, after attempting to
hol up & lnundreyman In Kl Reno last
night, shot and seriotsly wonnded the
proprietor of the laundry,
he SALA Prubabiilties,
yatable winds,
Holiday Echoes
There are a few novelties not
uetly In luce with our regular stock
and which you can have far below 3
tunl cost:
. $100 and 5c collars, cholca
oq any y 50
Ge Opera Haga :
$1.00 Hand Bags for Saturady snd
Monday 79%
§126 Hand Bags for Saturday md
Moaday Sc
$1.75 Hand Bags for Saturday and
Monday $139.
$2.00 Hand Bags for Saturday and
Monday $16
$2.26 ik Bags for Satorday and
Monday $188
$2.76 Hand
Monday $2.1
3.60 oat Bags for Saturday and
Monday $258. :
$1.75 Neck Ruffs for Saturday aud =
Monday 9S¢
$1.70 Auto Scarfs for Saturday and
Monday $1.19. =
The above bags are all new and
these pre-inventory prices will not be
repeated.
Hosiery Snaps
Boys' 15¢ Fleeced Hosiery, nearly:
every size made, while they last Sat-
Mijas for Saturday ad
Ladies’ 15¢c Fleeced Hoslery, all
sizes, Saturady and Monday Sc, or 3
pairs 25¢ .
Beverly Bleached
Underwear
The genuine panel front vests and
pants tp match, all perfect goods
and universally sold for 60c. Satu
day and Monday 3%c garment or Tse
sult
Outing Flannels
Our regular Sc outings and the best
{grades found anywhere at that figure.
Saturday and Monday 5%c.
Dress Goods
50c grey mixture and checks. 6c
New line of plalds
Loc plalds
Black Panama
Two new reds in our :
New reds ln Broadcloth, Pane
pos Batiste, Serges, elec, etc
‘Handkerchiefs
Slightly soiled Handkerchiefs at
ridiculons prices. A large assortment
| worth up to 25c, were in window,
[take you cholce for 0c.
+ Waistings
Choice of 76 patterns, best 10e Kis
mona cloth and walstings made. Light
and dark colors. Special Sc
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le loth
| Talmadge Block, Eimer Avenue.
Valley Phone.
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| of the stomach are all due to indigestion.
Kodol seliaves itd gustion. his pew discov.
| ery represants the natural juices of 3 us
tion as Pay exo in beni somih
combined with the known tose
and reconstructive SE ——— Kodo
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