MORGAN MAY END STRIKE
Secretary Root'a Report to President
Roosevelt.
ANOTHER MOVE FOR ARBITRATION.
sported (hat President Cannatt. of the Penn
sylvania, Will Assist la Bringing About
Settlement. The Operator Likely to Sooo
Aanoanc Concession of so Advance lo
Wages.
New York (Special). There are
strong indications that the settlement of
(he coal strike is in sight Both the
President and the administration leaders
In Washington are confident that the
next 12 hours will see important devel
opments and that there will be an end
si the strike before Sunday.
Secretary Root called on the Presi
dent and told him some important facts.
First. J. P. Morgan is working to end
the strike, in connection with A. J. Cas
satt, president of the Pennsylvania Rail
road. ,
Second. There will he no settlement
with, or account of, politicians, whether
they are Governors, Senators or of lower
degree.
Third. Morgan acknowledges that
soldiers cannot make the strikers go back
to work, nor will their presence in the
strike region make any apparent differ
ence with the number of men who will
go back.
Fourth. Sccrctar- Root now believes
that an announcement by the operators of
a concession to the miners of at least
5 and probably 10 per cent, advance in
wages will be made this week. Indeed,
Mr. Root is inclined to think from what
Mr. Morgan said to him that the an
nouncement will come within two or
three days.
The notice of an advance of wages will
probably be posted at the mines, as in
looo, and the strikers will vote to go
oack to work. , .
Mr. Rcoscvelt is in possession of full
Information concerning the stand Mor
gan has taken in the coal difficulty.
The President now h t definitely in
mind to anpoint a commission to investi
gate the conditions on the coal fields.
Carroll D. Wright will be a member ot
that commission. The President is seek
ing one or two other members.
The committee of manufacturers will
he the medium of settlement. President
Mitchell consulted with this committee
In Buffalo, and the coal road operators
met the committee and ' received its
proposition in Philadelphia.
KILLED BY BL'RGLARS.
A Merchant of Lexington, Ky., Shot to Death
In His Own Home.
Lexington, Ky. (Special). A. B.
Chinn, of the firm of Cliinn & Todd,
dry goods merchants in this city, one
of the most prominent business men in
Kentucky, was shot to death in his
home bv two masked burglars at 3.30
a. m. His son Asa. who heard the
noise, rushed to his father's rescue and
opened fire on the burglars through a
closed door. The burglars returned
the fire, and Asa was perhaps mortally
wounded. Citizens and police are
searching for the murderers, but no
clue has been found.
The battle in the hall was a sharp
one. So close were the burglars to
Asa Chinn that the powder burned his
face. His room is near that of his pa
rents, and he had scarcely gotten to
sleep when his mother's screams arous
ed him. The two burglars stood at
the bedside of Mr. and Mrs. Chinn, and,
striking a match, covered thrmtwith
their revolvers, demanding money. It
was by the light of this match that Mrs.
Chinn saw their green masks. Her
impressions of the personal appearance
of the men is very hazy. A. B. Chinn,
the murdered man, was a deacon in the
Central Christian Church.
DAMAGES FOR BROKEN NECK.
A Mao Who Has to Keep His Head Bnc.d
Awarded $35,000.
Chicago, 111. (Special). Thirty-five
thousand dollars for a broken neck was
the verdict in Judge Kavanagh's court
against the Union Traction Company
and in favor of Frederick Thoerfel, a
carpenter, formerly in the employ of
that corporation. The suit has been
ought bitterly for ten days.
Thoerfel appeared in court daily, his
head supported by a sort of cage known
among surgeons as a "jury mast." With
the pitiable condition of their client so
apparent th,e attorneys opposing the
company made the most of their oppor
tunity. A "jury mast" is a brace of iron
supporting the spine and at the top is
a ring. In this Thoerfel is compelled
to keen his head or else it would fall.
A banddso supports, the neck, while
straps are worn around the body to
keep the mast in position. He is com
pelled to use crutches.
The case is one of the few on record
where the victim of a broken neck lives.
Roosevelt oa Crutches.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Presi
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt went out for
a drive in an open landau at 11.30
o'clock the other morning. For the
first time since his illness the President
reached his carriage unassisted. In
stead of being carried downstairs in
n invalid chair he came down upon
crutches. He descended the steps in
front of the house without assistance
and crossed to the carriage. He held
up his injured leg so that the foot did
not touch the ground. A large crowd
io front of the house applauded as he
took his seat in the carriage. He ac
knowledged .the greeting by raising his
soft felt hat and bowing right and left.
Five Persons Injured.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Fire at
Homestead, Pa., caused by an explo
sion of natural gas, badly damaged the
Seventh Avenue Hotel, postoffice and
office buildings of the Homestead Im
provement Company, and seriously in
jured five persons. The explosion oc
curred at 3.15 p. m., in the cellar of
a confectionery store on the first floor
of the Homestead Land Improvement
Company building, at 614 Ann street.
The loss was about $20,000.
Another Mill lor the South.
Boston (Special). The Merrimac
Manufacturing Company has been au
thorized to issue preferred stock to
the amount of $1,600,000, which in
creases the capitalization of the com
pany to $4,400,000. The additional
tock will be used for the construction
of a new mill in Huntsville, Ala., whe'c
the Merrimac already operates a sub
stantial plant. It is the intention to
build a mill that will give employment
to from 1,500 to 3,000 persons and will
supply the print works of the Merri
mac in Lowell.
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS.
Domestic.
Justice Van Sickcl, in Trenton, N.
J., filed his opinion in the case of Mi
riam Bcrgcr against the United States
Steel corporation in favor ol the latter.
General Gobin declared that his sol
diers have nothing to do in the coal
fields, no calls having been made upon
them for protection.
James H. Lynch shot, with probably
fatal results, james Morse, a Rainc's
hotelkeepcr. in New York, who hid
Lynch' daughter.
Three members of the Board of Ed
ucaiion of South Omaha have been
arrested on the charge of receiving
bribes.
One man was killed and four were in
jured by the collapse of the wall of
a new hotel building at Jackson, Mich.
A. K. Chinn, a merchant ot Lexing
ton, Ky., was shot to death by masked
burglars in his home.
A colored woman died in Chicago
who claimed to have lived 132 years.
Governor Odcll sharply called down
President Bacr. of the Rending, at the
conference of the Governor. Senators
Piatt, yuay and Penrose and the op
erators in Xew York. The Governor
said the Miners' Union should be rec
ognized, and he intended to use all the
power he possessed to remedy the in
tolerable situation.
Charles Cawly, aged 17 years, who
displayed wonderful inventive genius,
is accused of murdering his mother
and sister and of injuring four other
children at Homestead, Pa. He is be
lieved to be insane.
The police authorities of Camden,
N. J., state that Paul Woodward,
charged with the murder of Walter P.
Jennings and John Coffin, has con
fessed to complicity in 'the crime.
Gus Bush, colored, was hanged in
Macon, Miss., fur the murder oi Ern
est Dismukcs, white. Two thousand
persons witnessed the execution.
An agreement has been reached be
tween the United Mineworkers and the
Sloss-Shcftield Steel and Iron Com
pany ot Birmingham. Ala.
Governor Nash, ot Ohio, granted a
pardon to Mrs. P. V. Taylor and
daughter, convicted of kidnapping lit
tle Margaret Taylor.
The National Convention United Or
der Colored Odd Fellows, at New Ha
ven, Ct., voted $75,000 to establish a
national headquarters.
The iliiit-glass manufacturers at a
meeting in Piltsbitrg, decided to form
a combination, to be capitalized at $30.
000,000. Ihe Reading Coal and Iron Com
pany denies any aerccmcnt with other
coal companies to regulate the prices.
Five persons were injured and prop
erty damaged by an explosion oi nat
ural gas at Homestead, Pa.
Striking girl boxmakers attacked
those who had taken their places at
the W. C. Ritchie plant, in Chicago.
James Pendleton, mayor ol Gentry,
Mo., was sentenced to five years in the
penitentiary for bigamy.
There were 13 deaths on the trans
port Sherman, which arrived at San
Francisco irom Manila.
Jtre C. Hutchins. of Detroit, was
elected president of the Strce' Railway
Association.
Forelga.
At a meeting at Utrecht, Holland, in
honor of the Boer generals, General
Botha said, that President Kruger had
not carried off state funds, and that he
had contributed liberally to the Boer
cause.
Troops have been sent to the French
coalfields to check the rioting. In an
encounter between gendarmes and
strikers one of the latter was killed
and several wounded. The strike is ex
tending. The Swiss Parliament authorized the
mobilization of 2.000 troops, including
a battalion of sharpshooters, should
their services be needed, to quell strike
disturbances in Geneva.
Reginald Ward, of New York, pre
sided at the annual banquet of the Dra
matic and Musical Benevolent Fund,
an old English charity, in London.
In the English Church Congress in
London there was an outspoken criti
cism of the Bible's infallibility which
caused considerable discussion.
Adam Russell, a German subject, has
been murdered in Venezuela. The
crime is attributed to revolutionists.
General Nord, war minister of the
Haytian provisional government, has
been defeated and is in retreat.
Generals Corbin and Young are the
recipients of much social attention in
London.
In connection with the increased mil
itary measures taken by the Turkish
government in view of the revolution
ary movement in Macedonia, three bat
talions of Redit's have been dispatched
to the Djumabala district.
At the opening of the German Co
lonial Congress in Berlin Max Shickcl,
a banker, adovcatcd the co-operation of
Germany with the United States and
Great Britain in securing and protect
ing over-sea trade.
The Workmen's National Convention
decreed a strike throughout Switzerland.
Soldiers have been ordered to hold
themselves in readiness for an emer
gency. The Boer generals attended a church
service with Mr. Kruger at Utrecht,
Holland, the occasion being his seventy-seventh
birthday anniversary.
The Pope said to Archbishop Chap
pelle that Washington was the most
loyal and generous government the
Church had ever to do with.
Rear Admiral Casey is trying to
bring about peace between the contend
ing elements in Colombia.
The striking miners in France are
trying to prevent nonunion men from
working.
Tao Mu, viceroy of the Provinces
of Kwangtung and Kwanosi, is dead.
The Boer generals declined to seek
presentation to Emperor William
through the British ambassador, and the
fact has caused a sentiment aeamst them
in German court circles.
Financial
The Japanese loan of $35,000,000 was
over subscribed 5 per cent, in London.
American Railways' gross earnings
for September increased $34,819, or 30
per cent.
Western Union's profits were greater
in 190J than for any previous fiscal
year since 1803.
A New York bond house offered
$300,000 long 4s to the Government at
138 1-4, but they were not bought.
It is definitely announced that Phil
adelphia city bonds arc accepted by the
Government at 75 per cent.
All railroad bonds offered to Sec
retary Shaw as security are rejected.
Investors have been selling Balti
more & Ohio, Atchison and Union
Pacific bonds to buy stocks with the
proceeds.
State and municipal bonds aggregat
ing $5,000,000 have been accepted in
place of Government bonds for United
States deposits.
At the annual meeting of the Greene
Consolidated Copper Co, H. E. Hunt
ington, of the Southern Pacific, and
Henry Scott, president of the Union
Iron Works of San Francisco, were
chosen directors to succeed General
Seatongood and William L. Greene.
MASKED MEN GET $50,000
Express Car On the Burlington Road
Hcld-l'p and Robbed.
SAFE BLOWN OPEN WITH DYNAMITE.
Two O'Clock in the Morning the Time and a
Spot Four Miles Irom Lincoln, Ncb the
Scene Three Men Wave Red Light and Stop
the Train, Two Cover Engineer and Fireman
With Revolvers While Third Wrecks Sale.
Lincoln, Neb. (Spccial).-Thrce
masked men held up the Pacific Coast
express train of the Burlington road,
four miles from Lincoln, shortly before
3 o'clock a. m. They used explosives
on the express car, shattering it badly,
and after wrecking the safe rifled it
of its contents, securing booty ol an
estimated value of $50,000.
The train was a few minutes late and
in charge of Conductor C. A. Ionian
and Engineer A. L. Clayb'irg. On the
crest of a hill midway between the city
and the town of Woodlawn. the en
gineer saw a red light waved across the
track and brought the train to a stand
still. Two men sprang quickly into the
cab, covering Clavburg and his fireman
with revolvers. They lost no time m
giving their orders, and were just as
promptly obeyed. The express car
was cut from the balance of the train
and sent ahead a short distance. The
robbers found the door locked, and af
ter commanding Messenger William
Lupton to open it and getting no re
sponse fired two or three shots into
the car. The door was then opened.
A heavy charge of dynamite tore the
safe to pieces. The two men who
were in the car politely bade the train
men good morning, jumped from the
car and disappeared in the darkness.
The passengers were not molested, nor
were the trainmen asked for their per
sonal property.
While the robbery in the express car
was going on, a third robber walked
along-idc the track by the passenger
coaches, firing his revolver occasionally
to keep inquisitive passengers quiet.
Brakeman Moore, who alighted from
the rear coach to go ahead, found a re
volver pushed in his face with a warn
ing to go back where he belonged.
He ran the four miles to the Lincoln
yards, and was the first to give the
alarm. The robbers were cool, talka
tive and apparently experts. The
whole job occupied little time. The
train was run back to Lincoln. The
wrecked express car was taken out,
and at 4 o'clock it resumed its jour
ney, the original crew going out with
it. Following it was an engine car
rying Chief of Police Hoagland. De
tective Malonc and his two blood
hounds and three police officers. At
the scene of the holdup the hounds
took the scent, and the pursuit of the
robbers was begun. Every town and
village marshal and every county 'sher
iff in Southeastern Nebraska has been
notified of the robbery and told to be
on the watch. The Adams Express
Company says its loss is not large.
The booty of the robbers consisted
principally of gold coin. This made the
burden of the robbers exceedinly heavy
and accounts for a broad trail discovered
by Chief Hoagland. The robbery was
originally planned to take place at St.
Joseph, and the railroad men were on the
lookout. One of the criminals "tipped"
the scheme off to the compr.ny, and this
probably accounts for the shifting of the
crime to Lincoln.
DEADLY WORK OF SCHOOL TEACHER.
Fatally Shoots His Pupils and the Trustees ol
the Institution.
Grand Forks, N. D. (Special). In a
quarrel between a school teacher and
the board of trustees at Altoona, a
little station on the Great Northern
seven miles north of the Canadian line,
seven persons have been shot. One of
them is dead and five others are dy
ing. The school is near a little village in
the settled part of the valley, which
has a population of but a few hundred
people. The settlers are all Mennon-
nes. wno nave uvea in tne vicinity tor
years. The school has been in charge
of a Mennonitc teacher named Henry
I. Toews. There has been some dis
satisfaction with the management of
the school, and this has led to a great
deal of bad feeling in the community.
Three members of the board oi trustees
met at the schoolhouse during; school
hours to talk over the trouble with the'
teacher. Hot words were exchanged,
and suddenly Toews drew his revolver
and shot down the three trustees.
He then rushed into the schoolhouse,
where he shot Kehler's two daughters,
aged 8 and 10 years, through the body.
They will die. The 11-year-old daugh
ter of Rempt was then attacked, but
the bullet struck her in the arm, break
ing the bone. The suicide followed.
MILLS I.N COTTON MERGER.
The Frels Committee Ooes Carefully Over
Vslues ol Plants.
Greenslioro, N. C. (Sptc'al). Henry
Fries, who is engineering the cotton-mill
merger, is here assisting the committee
in eliminating from the list of 70 mills
those not considered eligible to enter
the Southern Textile Company under the
following clause of the option agree
ment ;
"No plant of business shall be pur
chased in the organization of the new
company except with the written unani
mous approval as to the desirability of
pucliase and as to the proprietary price."
The nitmlitrs of the committee present
were: T. W. Pratt, Huntsville, Ala.; S.
B. Tanner, Henrietta, N. C. ; John Fries,
Winston-Salem, N. C. ; C. G. Latta,
Raleigh. N. C. ; A. W. Haywood, Haw
River, N. C
Twenty Killed In Riot.
London (By Cable). In a dispatch
from Gibraltar, the correspondent of
the Daily Mail says the rioting which
followed the closing of the Socialist
club within the Spanish lines resulted
in 30 men being killed and a large num
ber badly wounded. The latter include
a lieutenant of the Spanish Civil Guard,
whose lilc is despaired of, Documents
seized at the Socialist headquarters
showed the place was the center of an
anarchist group which had been in com
munication with anarchists in towns
of Europe.
A Dangerous Plaything.
Scranton, Pa. (Special). Robert
Rankin, an actor; Lewis Dorsheimer
and David Morton were experimenting
with gasoline for illuminating a moving
picture machine in the basement of
Rankin's home. The gasoline exploded
and the three men were horribly burn
ed. At the Lackawanna Hospital it is
announced that the men will not re
cover. Earthquake la Texas.
Austin, Texas (Special). A slight
shock of earthquake was felt bt Gar
field. K miles north of here.
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS,
Twenty Years lr .'cl:n:sf.
The State Department made public
a report from Consul Donaldson, at
Managua, upon a law of the Nicarag
uan Government regulating and defin
ing labor in its relation with capital.
Tbe law went into effect on June 30
last.
A laborer is defined as any person,
male or female, over 16 years old. not
having a capital of $100. All laborers
must have employers, and those found
without employment will be imprison
ed for 30 years. If a laborer desires
money in advance his employer can
give it to him only as a loan without
interest, to be paid by retaining one
half of the salary or wages until the
debt is paid.
A laborer leaving his employer with
out satisfactory settlement of his debt
will be imprisoned, fined and obliged
to return and work it out.
The Consul says the purpose of the
law is. first, to do away with the prac
tice of advancing wages to laborers
on a contract which made the laborer
a slave until he settled his accounts,
and second, to prevent idleness and
viciousness by obliging everyone with
out capital to be employed.
Deficit Eight Millions.
The estimates forwarded by Post
master General Taync to the Treas
ury for the expenditures of the entire
postal service during the fiscal year
tnding June 30, 1904, aggregate $153.
010.53a The Postmaster General esti
mates that the Postoffice Department
will provide from its own revenues
which accrue from postage and other
sources $144767,664, leaving a deficien
cy of $8,343,856 to be provided for out
of the general treasury.
The appropriations for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1003, aggregate
$138,431,598, making an increase of $14.
588,933 for the following fiscal year.
The deficiency for the fiscal year end
ed June 30 last was $3,961,170. Among
the items in the estimates are the fol
lowing: Railway mail transportation
$38,343,000, an increase approximately
of $3,000,000 over the appropriations
for the current fiscal year; pay of rail
way mail clerks, $11,917,000; carrying
mails in foreign countries, etc., $2,566,
000; printing postage stamps, $376,000;
an increase of $84,000.
Business ol $321,009,00.
The annual report of General Supcr-
incendrnt J. T. Metcalf, of the Money
Order Bureau of the Postoffice Depart
ment, for the fiscal year ended June 30
last, shows the money orders issued
by the postoflices of the United States
increased over the previous year 4.951,
171 in number and $41,907,073 in
amount. The average daily sale of
money orders during the year was
$ 1, o.'8,i 60.
There have been 2,843 domestic
money order ofiices and 1,843 interna
tional offices added to the list. There
arc now 34.137 domestic offices and
6.046 international offices in operation.
Although nearly 41,000.000 orders
were paid, involving the disbursement
of $331,000,000, the loss to the depart
ment was but $65.
Carroll D. Wright to Resign.
Announcement is made here that
Carroll D. Wright, Commissioner of
Labor, who has been prominent re
cently in his efforts made to settle the
anthracite coal strike, will retire from
office in about two years. For 18 years
Mr. Wright has been the chief of the
Bureau of Labor.
He now is engaged in some import
ant investigations, the completion of
which will occupy the two years he ex
pects yet to remain at the head of the
Labor Bureau. Mr. Wright a few days
ago was installed president of Clark
College, Worcester, Mass. At the ex
piration of his service with the govern
ment he will devote his entire time to
his college duties.
Overpayment Refunded to Cuba.
An evidence of the scrupulous accu
racy with which the United States gov
ernment is dealing with Cuba in a finaiii
cial sense was given when a Treasury
warrant for the sum of $39,295 was
placed in the hands of Senor Quesada,
the Cuban minister here, for delivery
to his government. This sum repre
sents an overpayment by the Cuban
government to the United States on
account of the buildings erected during
the military occupation and paid for
out of United States funds.
Printed Reports too Verbose.
The President has instructed the
Secretary of the Navy to devise some
plan by which the present tendency to
increase the number and size of nrint-
cd reports and documents of all sorts
nay. be curbed. He expresses the
opinion that there is too much useless
matter and a large number of unnec
essary and expensive illustrations in
cluded in many of the reports.
Newsy Items ol Interest.
Sir Michael Herbert, the British am
bassador here, called at the S,tate De
partment and arranged for his presen
tation at the temporary White House
tomorrow.
President Roosevelt has determined
to appoint Henry L, West to succeed
the late John W. Ross as commissioner
oi the District of Columbia.
, ihe. executive committee of the
Union Veterans' Union prepared a re
port recommending the suspension of
Gen, R G. Dyrenforth as commander-in-chief
of the order. The charges on
which this action was based were arbi
trary use of power, and also bearing
upon nis personal character. General
Dyrenforth, who presided over the con
vention, refused to recognize the com
mittee in order that it might make its
report. The anti-Dyrenforth delegates
icit tne convention.
President Roosevelt may appoint a
commission to investigate the whole
mining situation, with a view to bring
ing the subject before Congress. He
will not order United States troops to
the mining regions unless -Governor
Stone asks it.
Chowfa Maha Najiravudh, the Crown
Frincc of Siam, made a formal call on
President Roosevelt at the temporary
w nite uouse.
The cornerstone of the proposed
memorial nringe to connect Washing'
ton with Arlington Cemetery was dedi
cated in the White House lot.
.miss Alice risner, a youne womar.
employed in the Government Printing
Office, was shot and instantly killed by
William Dougherty, an employe of the
same office. Dougherty then shot and
killed hnnselt. Jealousy was the motive,
The affair occurred at the home of a
friend of the young woman.
Owing to the urient need of naval
officers, the Navy Department has sent
telegrams to all senators and renrcsen
tatives with vacancies for midshipmen
to nil advising them ol another exam
ination on November 12.
The President has so far recovered
that he was able to walk to his car
nage unassisted.
THE SULTAN OUT FOR WAR
Rejects the Friendly Overtures of Gen
eral Sumner.
FORTIFYINQ ALL HIS STRONGHOLDS.
The Ruler ol Bscolad Determined to Maintain
the RcHgloo of Mohammed. "What We
Wsnt Is War," Says the Sultan; "Ws Do
Not Desire Your Friendship Fortifying Ills
Strongholds to Resist Attack ol Americans.
Manila (By Cable). The Sultan of
Bacolod, Mindanao, has rejected the
friendly overtures of General Sumner,
commander of the American forces on
Mindanao, in a defiant letter in which
he invites war. The Sultan says
"The Sultan of Bacolod desires war
forthwith. He wishes to maintain the
religion of Mohammed. Cease send
ing letters. What we want is war. We
do not desire your friendship."
Friendly Moros report that the Sul
tan of Bacolod is fortifying his strong
holds. He is in possession of many
ritlcs. It is cxocctcd that an American
column will be sent from Camp Vicars
to capture and reduce the Bacolod
stronghold. It has not been decided
when the move is to be made.
Countcit'eit American silver dollars
arc being made in China and circulated
here extensively.. The suspicion is
held that some of this money was ship
ped from San Francisco. The dollars
arc of silver and of standard weight.
They have been detected throtieh the
improper stamping of the word "Lib
erty" on the Goddess. The low price
of silver insured the makers of this
counterfeit money a profit of to per
cent. American silver circulates as
gold in the Philippines.
OUTBREAK OVER COAL FAMINE.
Trouble la tbe Tenement District ol New York
Relief Coal Yard.
New York (Special). The first out
break due to the coal famine occurred
here Sunday, A great horde of men,
women and children gathered at the
relief depot in Delancey street. Anger
ed at finding the coalyard closed, they
started to force the doors.
That the outbreak was not more ser
ious was due to the good judgment of
Joseph Cohen, proprietor oi the yard,
and the action of policemen irom the
Eldredge Street Station.
Cohen calmed the excited mob by
promising that each should get at
least one pail of coal. The policemen,
instead of clubbing, as at the Rabbi
Joseph funeral, pleaded with the peo
ple for order, and peace was restored.
For about 10 minutes, however, it
looked as if there would be a serious
outbreak.
No. 56 Delancey street is one of the
yards selected by the coal operators
from which to sell to the poor at the
rate of 15 cents a pail. Tenements
abound on every side, with 20 families,
or about a hundred persons, to each
house.
The outbreak was in the morning
Several women in search of coal had
wandered from one street to another,
pleading for a pail of coal for 25 cents,
but none was to be had at that price,
as the regular price was 45 cents.
GIRLS IN A PITCHED BATTLE.
Two Are Trampled tin During a Great Strike
Riot.
Chicago (Special). Riot calls, fights
among hysterical girls and arrests of the
girl leaders marked the girl boxmakers'
strike at the plant of the W. C. Ritchie
Company. Patrol wagons responded
to the calls and the wagons also were
used to convey many of the girls beyond
the picket lines of the strikers and their
sympathizers.
When the cirl employes of the plant
left the building they were charged by
the crowd outside, and in the struggle
Mary Hillman and Edith Marsh, who
had refused to quit work, were thrown
to the ground, trampled on and severely
beaten. Rose, Anne and Marclin Zitic.
sisters, were arrested 011 charges of
being leaders of the riot. They were
taken to a police station and the injured
girls were sent to their homes in car
riages. DEATH FOLLOWS OPERATION.
Laryngitis and Not False Teeth Caused Buetl-
ner's Death.
Cleveland (Special). Frank Buett
ner, a well-known contractor of this
city, died as the result of an operation
performed to remove a set of false teeth
which it was supposed he had swallow
ed while asleep.
An X-ray machine was used on
Buettner, which, the surgeons de
clare, showed the teeth to be in the
oesophagus. Just as the latter had
been opened its entire length a relative
of Buettner rushed into the operating
room with the missing set of teeth,
which had been found in Buettner's
bed. It was then learned that Buett
ner was suffering from a severe case
of acute laryngitis. The pain in his
throat led him to believe he had swal
lowed the teeth.
I'sed Arsenic for Bskiog Powder.
Omaha (Special). Arthur Moran
and three children, aged 7, 9 and 11
years, were poisoned by eating cakes
in which arsenic had been placed by
the mother, who mistook it for baking
powder. The two youngest children
are in a critical condition, and it is
thought they will die. The oldest child
and the father probably will recover.
Coffin In a Bigamy Case.
Emporia, Kan. (Special). James
Pendleton, Mayor of Gentry, Mo., con
victed of bigamy, was sentenced to five
years in the penitentiary. Pendleton,
under the assumed name of Coda S.
Morris, married Miss Grace Obley, of
h-mporia, a tew months ago. Later,
under the name of John Cox, he buried
a coffin containing ice at Orlando,
Okla., and circulated the report that
Morris had been killed in a runaway.
Pendleton has a family at Gentry.
More Money for Miners.
Portland, Ore, (Special). The unions
of Portland have already pledged $2,300
to heln the Pennsylvania coul miners,
A meeting of the presidents of the vari
ous unions has been called for, and it is
expected that $10,000 additional will be
raised as a result of the meeting.
Congressman Sbeppard Dead,
Washington, D. C, (Special). Con
gressman John L. Sheppard, of Ttxar
kana, Tex., died at Eureka Springs, Ark.,
after a long illness. The Sneaker of the
House hat been notified, but as yet has
not appointed a committee...
MANIAC TRIES TO SLAY FAMILY..
Charles Cawley Kills li s Mother, Sister and
Brother.
Pittsburg, Ta. ( Special). While lab
oring under mental aberration, the result
of the strain of perfecting an appliance
for patents on an airbrake which are
pending in Washington, D. C, Charles
Cawley, a 17-year-old boy, of Home
stead, Pa., killed his mother, sister and
brother, and fatally injured three other
children, lie also tried to kill his two
older brothers, but was detected, over
powered and turned over to the police.
The weapon used was an ax, with
which he crushed and hacked his vic
tims beyond recognition.
The Cawley family live in a neat six
room house on Second avenue, Home
stead, and all the members retired about
10 o'clock. Mrs. Cawley and Belle oc
cupied one bed, while the others, Joseph,
Adeline, Raymond and Agnes, occupied
other beds and cribs in the same room,
which is on the second floor rear
Charles, the murderer, his brothers,
James, aged 20, and Harry, aged 14, oc
cupied the front room, second floor, ad
joining their mother's room.
Some time about 3 o'clock Charles
quietly arose and, dressing himself but
not putting on his shoes, crept down to
the cellar and secured an ax. Coming up
stairs he went into his mother's room,
where the victims were all sleeping. Af
ter turning up the light the maniac ap
proached his mother's bedside, swung the
ax high in the air and brought it down
with such force that the skull was crush
ed. 'Ihe mother evidently never knew
what struck her, but the crazed son,
thinking that his first blow did not do
its work, pounded the dead mother's
head almost to a jelly.
Belle, the eldest daughter, slept
throughout ti.e time. The dull sound of
the ax on her mother's head did not
arouse her. Charles hurried to her side
of the bed and struck her with the ax.
It is thought that the first blow slipped
and awoke the girl, but only for a sec
ond. She did not have time to scream,
for the next blow killed her.
The fiend then turned to the smaller
children and struck each one over the
head with the bloody weapon.
AMERICAN DENTIST EXPELLED.
Philadelphia;! Ran Counter to a Curious
Austrian Law.
Vienna (By Cable). John W.' Mead
ows, a dentist of Philadelphia, has
been fined $50 and expelled from Aus
tria under an old law which prohibits
foreigners from practicing dentistry in
Austria.
Mr. Meadows acted as assistant to
Carl richler. a prominent dentist of
this city. The American was appar
ently the victim of a plot of one of his
former employers, who sent his servant
to Pichler with the special request that
Mr. Meadows extract a tooth. This
is ccntrary to the law. .which permits
foreigners to act as assistants, but for
bids them 10 perform operations.
The judge expressed regret at be
ing compelled to inflict sentence upon
Mr. Meadows.
Anthracite from Russia.
Philadelphia (Special). The Braucr
Line Steamship Company, operating be
tween Philadelphia, New York and
Hamburg, is reported to have purchased
for importation to this country 20,000
tons of anthracite coal from Germany and
15,000 tons of anthracite from Southern
Rufsia. The latter is to shipped from
Marinpol, Russia, in October and No
vember. The bulk of the coal that will
come from Germany 'will be reimporta
tions of Pennsylvania stove and chestnut
grade exported to Germany and purchas
ed from the Philadelphia and Reading
Railway Company. '
Killed by Tornado.
Quincy, 111. (Special). A tornado
struck this city, sweeping in a north
easterly direction and destroying much
property in the city and in the country.
A large number of houses and barns
were destroyed and great damage was
done to orchards and standing corn.
Wires are down and communication is
shut off. It is impossible to get exact
information of the extent of damage to
night. One man at Camp Point was
killcl and Henry Koetters, in the out
skirts of Quincy was fatally injured. The
smoke stacks of the electric light power
house were blown down and the city is in
darkness.
Found Dead in tbe. Belfry.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Ed
ward T. Krantz, aged 65 years, was
found dead in the belfry of the Trinity
Methodist Church, corner Fifth and C
streets southeast. He was hanging by
a rope around his neck, that had Been
fastened to the round of a ladder. The
coroner deemed an inquest unneces
sary, as the case apparently was one of
suicide. George Huston Cooper, aged
61, committed suicide at his home, at
1132 Fifth street northwest, today by
hanging himself to a closet door.
He had been suffering from acute mel
ancholia. Mr. Cooper was a clerk in
the Fifth Auditor's Office of the Treas
ury Department.
Slam's Crown Prince Arrives.
New York (Special). Prince Chow
fo Maha Vajiravtvlh, the Crown'Prince
of Siain, arrived here on the steamer
Furst Bismarck, irom Southampton and
Cherbourg. He was met by Herbert
H. D. Peirce, third assistant secretary
of state, and D. B. Sickles, of New
York, formerly consul general at Bang
kok, representing President Roosevelt
and Edwin V. Morgan, of the State
Department, secretary to the Presi
dent's commission.
ODDS AND ENDS OF THE LATEST NEWS.
One thousand men are affected by a
strike of the glass-chimney workers in
Pittsburg.
State Game Commissioner' Ilarrit
was shot and wounded by Indians in
Colorado.
The public schools in Schenectadj
were cloted because of the scarcity ol
coal.
Five rioters were killed and several
wounded in the Spanish., lines neat
Gibraltar in a fight resulting from the
compulsory closing of a socialist club.
E. W. Tourey has surrendered himself
at Wilkesbarre for a murder committed
20 years ago. Two men jiow residing in
Montana have already served Seven
years for the murder.
The' steamship Apache collided with
the Iroquois in Charleston bailor. The
Apache was beached and the Iroquois
returned to her wharf. Both bclonj to
the Clyde Line.
Hon. Carroll D. Wright, commissioner
of labor, was inaugurated us president of
Clark L'niversity, at Worcester, Mass.
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain warn
ed the Liberal Unionists that unless
they pass the desired Education Bill
the government would be smashed.
THE KEYSTONE STATE.
News Happenings of Intertst Gathered
From All Sources.
Patents granted: Ellsworth Altemiu,
Atwood, match box; James A. Arnold,
Allegany, valve ; Adam Berninger, Pitts
burg, tobacco pipe ; William H. Blairc,
Erie, quadruple pump; John W. Cabot,
Johnstown, self-cleaning hot-blast stove;
John W. Gone, Barncsboro, boiler clean
er; Alfred J. Disscher, Pittsburg, appa
ratus for slitting and piling sheets; Jas.
Horslcy, Glade Mills, oil well pump;
Noah Johnson, Sheffield, cutter; Everett
J. Kennedy, Tyrone, spike extractor; Wil
liam J. Knox, Edgcwood Park, lining for
converters or furnaces; Christian E.
Lcotzcr, Towanda, automatic air valve
for water mains; Lavellette L. Logan,
Rcbertsdale, lubricator for car axle bear
ings ; John R. L-ong. Warren, bench vise;
Patrick N. Mack, Bradford, casing per
forator; Leopold Newman, Bradd'ick,
apparatus tor hemming garments; John
A. Titscl, Franklin, electric motor or
generator; William Wright, Allegheny,
draft and buffing mechanism for car3.
Pensions granted : , Joseph Fisher,
Pittsburg, $6; David L. Rorkcy, Wil
liamsburg, $6; James S. Flickinger,
Homer Citv. $6; James S. Munnell, New
Castle, $8; Lewis Swab, Venus, $to;
Samuel H. Reed, Charlcroi, $10: Wil
liam Miller. McMinn, $10: Jeremiah H.
Hummell, Moniteau, $8; Daniel Snauld
ir.g. Ogdensburg, $8; George W. Pitzer,
Mahoningtow n, $8; Mary A. Hammer,
Pittsburg, $12; Amelia Wilhcltn, Cam
bridge Springs, $12.
The annual conference of the Penn
sylvania Chapters of the Daughters ol
the American Revolution came to a
close at Bellefontc. The conference vis
ited State College as the guests of the
Sons of the American Revolution of
Bellefonte. At State College they
were met at the station by the college
Cadet Band and escorted by the fac
ulty and a large body of students they
proceeded to the chapel, where a large
audience awaited them. Seats were
provided for the Daughters on the
platform. Prof. Buckout delivered an
address of welcome, which was re
sponded to by the State Regent. Miss
Sv.san Carpenter Frazcr, of Lancaster.
An address was delivered by Profes
sor Gill, giving the history of the col
lege. Mrs. McCartney, of Wilkes
Barre, then spoke, urging all the local
chapters of the D. A. R. to present pe
titions to the Governor asking for a
larger appropriation for State College.
Blairsville College for Women, which
had to close on account of an outbreak
of diphtheria, has resumed. About
half of the boarding students have re
turned and word has been received
from the remainder that they will be
on hand as soon as the period of quar
antine has expired. Recitations for
the present tire being held in various
public halls in the town and when the
college buildings have been thoroughly
fumigated the students will again in
habit the dormitories and recitations
will be heard in the regular recitation
rooms. All the patients attacked with
diphtheria are now entirely convales
cent. John Palmer, for several years an in
mate of the Mercer county almshouse,
was struck by a Pennsylvania express
and instantly killed. He was deaf and
did not hear the approaching train.
Richard Valentine, aged 48, was in
stantly killed in South Canonsburg
while employed in tearing down a
blacksmith shop, the wall of the build
ing falling upon him.
The third company formed for the
purpose of building an electric road be
tween Blairsville and Indiana filed ar
ticles of association in the prothono
tary's office. Their plans are to build
a line between Indiana and Blairsville
Intersection, taking in the towns of
Twolick, Homer City, Graceton, Coral,
Blacklick, Blairsville and Cokcville.
The capital is fixed at $115,000 and the
directors are J. N. Langham, assistant
United States District Attorney; Sher
iff D. E. Thompson and W. F. Elkin,
the latter a brother of Attorney Gen
eral John P. Elkin, both of Indiana,
and A. F. Cooper, of Homer city.
Lapierre Boyles, a boy aged 15,
while sitting alone in his home at
Greenville, heard someone outside the
house. Tiptoeing out of the room, he
secured a rifle and fired at a man who
was standing at the window. There
was a groan and then the figure dis
appeared. A -trail of blood led from
the window to the road, where it was
lost.
Miss Ellen E. Eldrcd, who says that
she hails from New York, played the
Carrie Nation act in New Castle by
trying to drive men out of saloons. At
the saloon of Patrick Boyles she refus
ed to obey the commands of the bar
tenders to get out, and was arrested
on a charge of disorderly conduct.
George L. Strayer, a well-known Al
toona character, shot himself in the
head with suicidal intent to escape trial
in court with several companions on
the charge of forging an order for beer
on the Hoster-Brewing Company,
Strayer is i'l the hospital in a serious
condition and is not likely to recover.
The Coltinrjia Plate Glass Company,
of Blairsville, has about finished the
erection of a block of 50 brick houses
in which to house their employes, and
within a short time will begin work on
another block of 50.
Contractor Payne, who will con
struct the new Capitol, was in Harris
burg with some of his engineers to es
tablish the boundaries and arrange for
the preliminary work. It is his inten
tion to begin work as soon as pos
sible. Governor Stone, acting by au
thority of the commission, has approv
ed Mr. Payne's bond in the stun of
$1,752,838, the largest ever filed in the
State.
In a fight at West Chester, in which
a bulldog was pitted against a horse;
the latter finally won, but not without
assistance from "several men. The
horse was severely injured, but the dog
escaped with some bruises.
Dudley Debolt, a Baltimore & Ohio
fireman, was struck and killed by a
train east of Newark. 1
Solomon Gilbert, father-in-law ol
Judge William F. Sally, died at Norris
town, aged 71 years. For many years
he was a marble quarry operator.
Lately he lived retired, although keep
ing in touch with active affairs as direc
tor in several local enterprises.
The body of the woman found dead
at Milford was identified as that of
Clara Frederick, who escaped from the
State Hospital for the Insane at Nor
rtstown several weeks ago.
Professor Robert A. Townsend, for
twenty-one years a member of the fac
ulty of the Boys' High School, Read
ing, died at his home in that city, aged
58.
Johnl.eary, aged 28 years, a lineman
employed by the Bell Telephone Com
pany and residing at Conshohocken, fell
beneath a moving train he was attempt
ing to mount at Lansdale Station and
had both legs severed.
Four farmers' institutes will be held
in Chester icounty this winter, as fol
lows: Lyndell, January t6 and 17; Par
kerford, February 14: Cedarville, Feb
ruary 20 and 21, and at West Grove,
February :3 snd 3K.