GIVE MORE THAN MEN ASK
Wtttera Railroads Head Off a Threaten
ed Strike.
ENCROACHMENT OF BROTHERHOOD.
Brotherhood ol Railway Tralnmeo la Chicago
Demand io Increase la Wages, and tlx
Railroads Art Prepared to Oder Then
Nearly Double What They Ask Switch
men's L'nlon.
Chicago (Special). The Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen has voted in fa
Tor of a strike in case the railroads in
the Chicago district shall refuse an in
crease of more than two and one-half
cents an hour wage.
Although the Brotherhood has voted
for a strike, its members arc not likely
to quit work. Before the vote was
1aken some of the railroad managers
liad announced that a greater increase
in wages would he allowed the men
than at first offered. It is probable that
as soon as the result of the vote shall
be announced another conference will
be held. At this conference it is ex
pected an increase of four cents an
hour will be offered, and this offer will
be accepted.
In a statement just issued. Frank T.
liawley, grand master of the Switch
men's Union of North America, which
is not affiliated with the Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen, states that the
members of this organization have vot
ed to accept the increase of 3 1-2 cents
an hour for foremen and 2 1-2 cents
for helpers. He states further that the
members oi his union will not be drawn
into any strike which the Brotherhood
may inaugurate.
The Switchmen's Union oi North
America chims a membership of 1,860
men in Chicago, and this membership
alone would give the railroads a fair
working force in the event of a strike
of the Brotherhood men. Grand Mas
ter Hawlev, in his statement, charges
that the Brotherhood is encroaching
on the field of his union in assuming
to include the switchmen in the de
mands for a further increase oi wages.
THE GRAVES THEY ROBBED.
ladiaaapolls Ghouls Point Them Out to De.
tectives.
Indianapolis, Ind. (Special). Rufus
Cantrcll and John McEndrec, leaders of
the gangs of gholes, pointed out between
30 and 40 graves which they said were
robbed by them to detectives. The ghouls
were taken to the Ebenczer and Ander
son Cemeteries for the purpose. The
detectives wanted the names of other
bodies stolen in order that other war
rants might be sworn out. At the An
derson Cemetery the sexton told the de
tectives that about 40 graves in the place
were empty.
In the Anderson Cemetery Cantrell
pointed out the graves of a woman and
her daughter as among; those he had
robbed. Cantrell said he stole the body
of the woman by agreement with her
husband, and paid him half of the $.10
which a prominent physician paid for the
body. The daughter died a short time
afterward, and Cantrell said he was at
the grave the night after the funeral and
stole the body.
WOMEN TO RUN A BANK.
A Norel Management for a New York In
stitution. Wabash, Ind. (Special). Mrs. Sarah
F. Dick, of Huntington, who for 20
I years was cashier of the First National
Sank, retiring when the bank changed
hands, a few weeks ago. has been of
fered the position of president of a new
.banking institution being organized in
'New York to cater especially to the
Ipatronage of women. Several capital
ists are interested in the enterprise,
and it is the desire to have the concern
officered exclusively by women.
It is said that the bank will have
$5,000,000 in deposits by the close of
the first year. Owing to ill-health,
Mrs. Dick was forced to decline the
offer, although the salary was attractive.
SaUna Arana Acquitted.
Madrid (By Cable). At Bilbao the
Jury in the trial of Sabino Arana, leader
of the Autonomist party in the Basque
provinces, who was charged with having
.sent to President Roosevelt last spring a
congratulatory dispatch on the granting
of Cuban indenendence, returned a ver
dict of not guilt and the court discharged
the prisoner. The public received the
decision of the court with expressions of
satisfaction.
At the opening of the trial of Senor
'Arana the public prosecutor took the
f round that the prisoner's telegram to
'resident Roosevelt infringed the in
4egTity and dignity of Spain, and that he
demanded that a sentence of eight years
be imposed.
Ciar of Russia Has Melancholia.
Copenhagen (Special). According to
juii ijiatiuu icccihu at me uamsn court.
Emperor Nicholas of Russia is greatly
depressed in mind and is melancholy.
His condition has created anxiety here.
The Czarowitch, who will leave St.
Petersburg in a few days for Copen
hagen, does not want to go to Yalta (in
the South of Russia), where the Czar is,
and will return to St. Petersburg at his
mother's wish.
Three Killed, Seven Injured.
Indianapolis, Ind. (Special). In a col
lision between a freight train and a work
train on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Payton Railroad, thre miles east of
thts city, three men were killed and seven
were injured. One of the injured, whose
legs were cut off, will die. The wreck
is said to have been due to a misunder--standing
of orders.
Pastor's Death a Mystery.
Omaha, Neb. (Special). The coro
ner's jury which investigated the deaths
of Rev. W. C. Rabe and Miss Augusta
Busch returned a verdict that death rr
aolted from asphyxiation by gas through
carelessness. Nothing which could throw
ny new light upon the tragedy was
brought out at the inquest. A telegram
Jus been received from Mrs. Rabe, dated
M Buffalo, N. Y., which says that she
will arrive here on Friday. No arrange
ments for the clergyman's funeral will
be nude until her arrival.
Liability of Eiprcss Companies.
New York (Special). The Supreme
Court handed down a decision holding
that an express company may not limit
its liability for property lost through
its negligence, because of the state
ment on its printed receipts that it will
not be liable for any sum exceeding
$50. The decision was rendered in an
Appeal from a judgment rendered in fa
iror of Jacob C. Simon against Dun
lap s Express Company. Simon sued
lor $250. the value of a pair of lace cur
tains, and secured iudvroant
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS.
Domestic.
The coalmiticrs of Missouri. Kansas.
Arkansas, Indian Territory and Texas
will make joint demands on the com
panies for the recognition of the union,
and may strike if their demands are
not granted.
Suit was entered in Chicago attack
ing the right of 21 tire insurance com
panies to do business in Illinois. It is
charged that they have not complied
with the laws of the State.
Troops scattered the mob that had
gathered near East Anniston, Ala., to
lynch the negro who had been arrested
for assaulting Mrs. John Williams.
John Collins, the Princeton halfback,
was struck by a train and the amputa
tion of bis left foot was deemed neces
sary by the surgeons.
Bandmaster limes has canceled en
gagements in the South and gone to
New York to be operated on for appen
dicitis. Two men lot their lives and two
boys had narrow escapes irom a fire
in the New York Times mailing room.
Thoma- Koades, a horseman, report
ed to be (tui Baltimore, has become
ipane at R cheste-. N. Y.
'l ite Chicago schoolteachers" organi
7ati"'ii otcd to affiliate with the Amer
ican Federation of Labor.
Harry Mainhall. the actor, husband
of Jeffries Lewis, died in Los Angeles,
Cal.
Daniel Huntington shot his wife and
killed himself in Schenectady. N. '.
Private Arthur Wadsworth. of the
Eighteenth Regiment, P. N. (.!., who shot
and killed a striker, William Durham,
while on duty in the strike regions, was
arrested in Pittsburg and released on
$500 bail fending a hearing.
Judge Munger, of the United States
District Court, in Dis Moines, imposed
a fine of $t.cuo and a jail sentence upon
Let son Balliett for fraudulent use of
the mails.
New York
1 lie brant ol inquiry in
lecided atzain-t allowing the Cuban girls
recently brought from Santiago to be
taken to .Mrs. Tingicy's institution, in
California.
The strike of 700 rublicr-w orkers at
the Morgan & Wright Company plant,
in Chicago, inaugurates a fight between
the Rubber Trust ami union labor.
Vice Chancellor Emery signed a de
cree in Newark. N. J., enjoining the
United States Steel Corporation's $-'00,-oco.ooo
bond conversion plan.
The Medal of Honor Lesion, in ses
sion in Philadelphia, elected officers,
Gen. Daniel E. Sickels, of New York,
being made president.
I Two men were killed and three in-
jurcd by a premature explosion of dyna-
mite at Jeffriesvillc, 65 miles from St.
Louis.
The sate in the potnffice .it Cleveland,
Ind.. was broken open and looted by
masked robbers.
ton (.O.) Postofficc, was caught stealing
money from letters.
The residence of Emanuel Jacobus, a
lawyer, of New York, was looted of
jewelry valued at $8,000.
. Foreign.
Emperor William arrived at Port
Victoria, England, and was given a na
val and military reception. He review
ed his regiment of English dragoons
in a storm, and then proceeded to San
dringham Castle to visit the King.
The Imperial Court in Saxony, has
sentenced four Italians who betrayed
to France military secrets regarding
the fortress of Metz to varying terms
oi imprisonment ranging from 9 to 96
months.
Count Boni de Castcllar.e. who was
ousted from the French Chamber of
Deputies, declares that the action of
that body was a triumph for defamation
and falsehood.
The striking French miners continue
rioting in the mining towns. At Du
ray four soldiers were wounded in a
melee and houses and stores sacked
by the strikers.
Dr. Nansen announces that a polar
expedition, under command of Captain
Amendsden. will start next year for
Bering Straits.
Dscovery of another Carlist plot in
Barcelona has resulted in the arrest of
a number of leaders of the movement.
Sir Marcus Samuel was installed as
lord mayor of London in succession to
Sir Joseph Dimsdale.
The government arbitrators announced
their decision against increasing the
wages of the striking French miners. In
a clash tat ween strikers and cavary
several officers of the latter were injured.
The French Chamber of Deputies
adopted resolutions for the appointment
of a commission to investigate the con
dition of the miners.
The Hungarian government has in
troduced a bill in the Austrian Parlia
ment prohibiting the emigration of men
who have not performed military ser
vice and laying ether restrictions upon
emigration,
The tral of Sabino Arana, the Span
iard charged with having sent a con
gratulatory telegram to President Roose
velt on the granting of Cuban independ
ence, was begun at Bilboa. Spain.
In the construction of Sir Thomas
I.ipton's new challenger improvements
are to be made over the old yachts which
Designer Watson believes will make
Shamrock III. a winner.
In an election in Vienna anti-Semites
attacked the headquarters of the social
ists, and in the fight that followed a
number of the rioters were wounded.
The Silesian Banking Association,
Breslau, Prussia, announced that the
cashier of the securities department of
the bank had embezzled 557. va.
Mrs. Annie O'Mahonv, proprietor of
the watertord (Ireland) Mar, was sen
tenced to two months' imprisonment
under the Crimes Act.
Ambassador White received many
congratulations, including a letter from
President Roosevelt, on his seventieth
birthday.
The French Chamber of Deputies
voted that the election of Count Boni
Castellane to a seat in that body was
invalid.
Financial.
Standard Oil advanced the price of
refined to 9 cents a gallon.
Northwestern Elevated, of Chicago,
is earning about 7 per cent.
Gould's brokers are buying Missouri
Pacific in good quantities.
Cotton Oil has declared a 6 per cent,
dividend for the coming year.
Silver in London has this week
touched the lowest point on record.
New York banks have lost through
the Subtreasiiry since Friday $.100,000.
Diamond Match has declared the
regular quarterly dividend of i 1-3 per
cent.
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Rail
road's earnings are now at the rate oi
24 per cent, a year.
Robert Bacon, .of J. P. Morgan &
Co., has been elected a director of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy.
James R. Keene talks very bullish,
but the street accuses him of being
really a bear in his own behalf,
J. J. Hill is credited with purchasing
large tracts of iron ore property in the
Great Mesaba range, which he will turn
oyer to the United States Steel Corpor
ation in hort tirne.
BANKERS IN GREAT PERIL
Their
Special Trala Is In a Head-On
Collision.
ONE RAILROAD MAN IS KLLED.
A Smash In the Private Car of CoL Myroo T.
Herrlck-The Bankers Wert oa Their Way
to the Convention at N:w Orleans Wbea
Their Train Crashsd Into a Freight In
Ohio.
Cleveland, O, (Special). A dispatch
from Marysville, O., says that the Big
Four special train, carrying 125 bankers
from this city and all points in Northern
Ohio, m route to New Orleans, collided
head on with a freight train five miles
south of Marysville. But one man was
killed. He was a railroad man and was
known by the name of "Ducky" and is
said to have lived in Loraine, O. He
was riding on the baggage car imme
diately hack of the tender and was
crushed to death.
None of the passenger cars were de
railed and none of the bankers were
hurt. I he shock of the collision smashed
a large amount of tableware in the
pri.ate car of Col. Myron T. Merrick,
who. with Mrs. Merrick and some friends,
was alxiut to sit down to dinner.
'1 he trip is being made in a leisurely
manner, several sightseeing stops taing
made en route. George Redi up. a brake
man on the bankers' special, who was in
the rear of Colonel Merrick's car, was
thrown seven feet and knocked senseless.
He was not seriously hurt.
The engines telescoped, but neither
train was ditched.
J he hankers were enabled to proceed
on their journey in alxmt three hours
after necessary repairs had been made
I that allowed the engine to haul the
! special passenger train to the next round
house.
FINANCES IN BAD SHAPE.
Cuban Exports and Imports Decrease Cut
ting Down Expences.
' Havana ( Special). The preamble to
the budget as sent to the Senate is now
published. In it President Palma says
that during the first half of 1902 the
Cuban imports decreased $1,700,000,
Compared with the same period in
iqoi. This was a decrease of 5 per
cent. 1 tie exports decreased S12.200,
000. or 28 per cent. This decrease was
due to the lower price of sugar and
the smaller amount exported.
The President estimates the value of
the crop of 1002 at S2.000.000 less than
that of loot. He says that the surplus,
as shown in the budget, will be need
ed to pay the cost of an increase in
the artillery, the cost of the municipal
courts and interest and sinking fund
on the loan that is awaiting the appro
val of Congress.
This is the lowest budget since' 1850.
and it can be reduced 25 per cent, as
soon as municipal and provincial laws
are made enabling the municipalities
and provinces to pay their own ex
penses. President Palma makes no
reference to payment of the army in his
message, and only refers incidentally
to the loan in the preamble to the
budget.
EIGHT LIVES LOST AT MINE.
Three Vessels Driven Ashore and Lighters
Wrecked In Storm.
Seattle, Wash. (Special). Eight men
were drowned, three vessels driven
ashore and practically every lighter on
the Nome beach was wrecked in a
storm on October 14, according to
Purser Robertson oi the Ohio, who
has arrived here. A dozen or more
persons thrown into the surf were res
cued by the life-saving crew.
The schooner Louise, the steamer
Elk and the launch Flcetwing were
among the larger craft left on the
beach. In each instance the crews
were rescued or reached the shore.
The storm caused the water to back
up in Snake river and Dry creek, and
the Dry creek bridge was washed away.
A Mother's Strange Suits.
Winsted, Ct. (Special). The case of
Mrs. Charlotte Schermerhorn, of New
York and Litchfield, Ct., against her
ton, Alfred Schermerhorn. to recover
money paid for his education at Yale
and to send him on his wedding trip to
Europe is now occupying the attention
of Judge Wheeler and a jury in the
Superior Court at Litchfield. Mother
and son have been at odds for several
years, during which time she has brought
three or four suits against him. She
says it cost her $4,000 to send him
through college and the wedding trip
cost $2,000. The defense contends that
Mrs. Schermerhorn gave the money to
her son and did not lend it to him.
Shot Fiancee and Himself.
Buffalo. N. Y. (Special). Christo
pher Willis, of Bath, shot his sweet
heart, Mary Ferguson, also of Bath,
through the head, then fired three bul
lets into his own body. He died in
stantly, and she survived but half an
hour. The tragedy was the outcome
of a lovers' quarrel. Both were stu
dents at the State Normal School at
Geneseo. The girl was 16 and Willis
18 years of age.
Minister to Brazil.
Lincoln, Neb. (Special). D. E.
Thompson, of Lincoln, has accepted
the appointment of United States min
ister to Brazil. This place was offered
him by the President about a month
ago. Mr. Thompson was caucus can
didate for United States Senator from
Nebraska two years ago, but withdrew
in faror of Senator Dietrich.
Terrific Dynamite Explosion.
St. Louis, Mo. (Special). August
Rapps and L. Bennock were killed and
Patrick Doyle, Harry Cronin and Wil
liam Sanders were bady injured by the
premature explosion ol a blast in a cut
which the St. Louis, Kansas City and
Colorado Road is building west of
Union, Mo 60 miles west of St. Louis.
The five men were buried under a mass
of stones and dirt. Rapps and Ben
nock were dead when taken out, while
the others were unconscious and man
gled, but alive.
Almost Killed by Mazers.
Knoxville, Tenn. (Special). An at
tempt to haze a student of the Univer
sity of Tennessee resulted in an acci
dent which almost had a fatal conclu
sion. J. L. Wilhford, of Memphis, was
the victim of the prank, and, unless he
was internally injured, as feared, he
will recover. A party ol hazers seiz
ed him, but he escaped and fled to his
quarters. There the door was thrown
down and he was seized and thrown
out of a three-story window. A pool
of water was all that broke his fall, a
distance of 50 feet, and even then his
houlder was dislocated.
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Rural Free Delivery Service.
The annual gross cost of a complete
rural free delivery service throughout
the United States will approximate $24.
coo.ooo, according to the annual report
First Assistant Postmaster General
Wynne received from August W.
Macheu, the general superintendent of
the service. The remaining 700,000
square miles not now covered by rural
free delivery service, according to the
report, will require the employment of
26,000 or 27,000 carriers in addition to
those now employed, making the entire
force of carriers when the extension of
the service is completed, within the next
three years, 40,01x1. After this exten
sion is completed the annual rate of in
crease in the appropriations is expected
not to exceed 8 or 9 per cent., the rate
maintained in other branches of the
postal service.
To extend the service 12.000 routes a
year until it becomes universal, the re
port says, will require such largely in
creased appropriations that the annual
postal deficits for the ensuing two or
three years will probably reach $8,000,000
or $io.ooo,cfoo, if not more : but once the
service is completed the additional
revenue derived will soon reduce the
deficits to present figures, if not entirely
wipe them out.
During the year 1002. 12.40.1 petitions
for the service were filed, making a
total on July I last of 22.646, which ex
ceeded by over 2.C00 the total numtar
during the prececding four years. Since
July petitions received have averaged
over 600 a month. With the amount re
quired for routes to tagin December t,
the entire appropriation has been ab
sorbed, leaving 011 December l fully
1,700 routes for which there is no ap
propriation available. 'This number
probably will be increased by January I
to at least 2.500. Mr. Wynne and Mr.
Machen say that to comply with the de
mands of the people and of members of
Congress the department will require an
additional appropriation, otherwise fur
ther establishment of the service will ta
deferred until July I next. If these ad
ditional funds are granted, 15.000 rural
free delivery letter-carriers will be in
active service by May I.
Adj't General Corbln's Report.
The annual report of Major General
Henry C. Corbin, adjutant general of
the Army, deals with every feature 'of
the Army, and tagins with a statement
showing how the Army is to be reduced
by December I to 60,200 men, of which
2,877 belong to the staff departments.
The report shows that during the fiscal
year there were .15 officers killed in ac
tion or died of wounds and disease, 21
resigned and 68 retired. Of the enlisted
men 1,227 were killed or died of wounds
or disease, 35,806 were discharged on
the expiration of service, 5,6t)8 were dis
charged for disability or dismissed by
order of court-martial, 4,667 deserted,
were missing and 20.1 retired.
General Corbin, in calling attention to
his lormcr recommendation that the
rank and pay of military attaches abroad
should be increased, suggests that re
tired officers of high rank might be se
lected for this service. While the num
ber of attaches has been decreased, the
service has improved because of the re
ciprocal relations that have been estab
lished with the war departments of the
several governments where officers are
stationed. He cites the two cases where
the military attache at Paris secured the
model of the Lehcl rifle and the French
saddle from the French government.
General Corbin discusses the various
schools of the Army, and ooints out the
advantages that will accrue through
them.
In reviewing the reports of the officers
who participated in the army and navy
maneuvers last Septcnftar General Cor
bin says that much valuable information
was acquired.
He strongly recommends that similar
exercises he conducted annually and
made to embrace each year a new theater
of operations, so that the benefit may be
shared by the different garrisons in the
several fields of defense.
Prize Fights In the Army.
The War Department is reluctant to
commit itself on the subject of prize
fighting in the army.
Some time ago the commanding
general of the Department of Missouri
asked whether an enlisted man in the
army had a right to take part as a prin
cipal in an athletic contest. He was
informed that "there arc some subjects
as to which it is impossible for the
War Department to prescribe a uni
form rule, and this is one of them.
But apart from the strict law in the
case it is a matter of common infor
mation that local sentiment is divided
in respect to contests of the kind de
scribed, and this adds to the difficulty
of framing a rule, were there no legal
obstacles in the way of its preparation."
There being no legal power in the
Department to establish a rule on the
subject the acting Secretary of War
decides that the question presented be
left to the regulations of the post com
mander. Civil Service Classes.
In its annual report the Civil Service
Commission urges that Congress pro
vide for the reclassification of the en
tire departmental service.
The commission says that until such
reclassification is made it does not feel
justified in attempting to enforce any
uniform system of regulations for pro
motions in the civil service. It urges
that each department adopt a system
of promotions of its own, including
examinations where advisable, which
will best meet conditions within the
department.
Ladrones Worse Than Ever.
Manila newsDaners received at tbi
War Department state that th la.
drones are making more trouble than
ever Detore in the Philippines.
They occasionally dress as eonstalni.
lary officers and prey upon defenseless
natives.
Items of Interest
Governor Taft reported that the la
drones who killed D. C. Montgomery,
a superintendent of schools in the Phil
ippines, have been captured.
Secretary Hay and Sir Michael
Herbert signed the Bond-Hay Treaty
lor reciprocity between the United
States and Newfoundland.
Minister Wu, ol China, called at the
White House and presented his letters
of recall to President Roosevelt.
Passed Assistant Paymaster Charles
W. Penrose was dismissed from the
Navy for financial irregularities.
The coroner's jury held Richard Cole,
the colored porter, for the murder of
Mrs. Ada Gilbert Dennis, who was a
saulted on the night of December 10 last,
and who died recently.
General Superintendent August W.
Machen, in his report, estimates the
annual gross cost of a complete rural
free-delivery service at $24,000,000.
Colonel Wright, of the anthracite com
mission, reported that the individual
operators had agreed to abide, by the
decision of the commission.
John Dalzell, of Pittsburg, and Mr.
Babcock, ol Wisconsin, will be candi
dates against Mr. Cannon, of Illinois,
for speaker of the next House.
GEN. CHAFFEE IN TYPHOON
Vlce-Oov. Wright on fhe Same Imperiled
Ship.
THEIR EXPERIENCE WAS TERRIBLE.
Returning Officials From the Philippines Arrive
I Honolulu on Their Way Homt Islands
Now Hava Civil Government Almost Every
where and the People Seem to bs Learning
Its Advantages.
Honolulu (By Cable). The transport
Sumner, arrived here October 30, on the
way to San Francisco, with Gen. A. R.
Chaffee and V ice-Governor Luke E.
Wright, of the Fhili'Mjines, on board.
The steamer had a terrible exnerience
in a typhoon soon after leaving Manila.
She lost one of her boats and had several
damaged. For a number of hours she
was in grave danger.
In an interview Governor Wright had
the following to say of conditions in the
Philippines and their future:
" The developments following the in
aumiration of the civil government of the
islands have been satisfactory. They
now have civil government almost every
where, and the people seem to be learn
ing its advantages. 'The system of pro
vincial and municipal government has
worked well. During the past year there
has not been a single defalcation. The
Government is strictly one of civil
service.
"'There is a degree of peace and safety
in the Philippines now that was never
reached under the Spanish rule. 'The
Spaniards used to pay the brigands to
keep the peace, but we have refused to
continue this system. After the passage
of the Philippines bill last year we es
tablished the insular constabulary, and
we now have 6,000 of these police. We
find that they arc the best men for the
business, and they have cleared the pro
vinces of law-breakers. The service is
one which appeals to the natives, for the
police are chosen from the tribes among
whom thoy must serve.
"The future of the islands will ta a
great one. What arc needed most arc
railroads, and these may he built soon by
American capital. There is a trunk line
on the Island of Luzon now under con
sideration, and its building will help
greatly."
AMBASSADOR WHITE ToNORED.
Congratulations to the Diplomat on His Seven
tieth Birthday.
Berlin (By Cable). Ambassador
White opened the letter which Presi
dent Roosevelt sent him several weeks
ago marked "To be opened on your
seventieth birthday." Mr. Roosevelt
said Mr. White had served his country
as few citizens have had the opportunity
to do and thanked him personally and
in the name of the people for his ser
vices. Mr. White received many tele
grams during the day from the United
States and Europe. The members of
the diplomatic corps, a number of uni
versity professors and members of the
Reischstag and many government offi
cials called at the embassy.
The American residents of Berlin
presented Mr. White, through Consul
General Mason, Dr. Dickie and Ber
nard Goldsmith, with a congratulatory
address beautifully bound, to which the
names of 600 Americans living in Ger
man cities were attached.
Operators will Accept It.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Col.
Carroll D. Wright and Gen. John M.
Wilson, members of the Anthracite
Coal Strike Commission, had a brief
interview with the President. They re
ported that the individual operators
in the anthracite region had agreed to
abide by the findings of the commis
sion, and had so notified Judge Gray,
the chairman. President Roosevelt
was particularly pleased at this infor
mation, as it tended materially to sim
plify the problem which the commission
has to solve. The commissioners ex
plained in some detail their work up
to this time. The President express
ed his gratification that the work had
been satisfactory to those engaged in
it.
Echo of the Strike.
Cincinnati, O. (Special). The Shaw
& Irving Commission Company of Cin
cinnati entered suit against the Chesa
peake & Ohio Railwny at Newport,
Ky., for $85,000 for alleged failure to
deliver seven carloads of groceries to
grocers in the coalmining regions of
West Virginia between August 27 and
September 5. The petition charges
that during the coal strike seven car
loads of groceries were carried beyond
their destination.
Duel With Pistols.
Grandin, Mo. (Special). Joseph Far
row and Marion Dun engaged in a duel
with pistols on the street here, as the
result of which both men were killed.
Eleven shots were exchanged at short
range, eight taking effect, each man be
ing hit four times. The immediate cause
of the duel was a difference over elec
tion matters, but bad blood had existed
between the two men for several years.
Serum to Cure Scarlet Fever.
Montreal, Quebec (Special). Dr. G.
A. Charlton, Rockefeller fellow of pa
thology at McGill University, says that
he has discovered a serum which will
combat the scarlet fever parasite in a
patient's system. Dr. Charlton experi
mented with the serum on patients in the
Montreal Civic Hospital, and 13 out of
15 cases made prompt recoveries with
out complications. The serum tends to
the quick subsidence of the fever and
rapid convalescence.
Postmaster for 74 Years,
Ithaca, N. Y. (Special). Roswell
Beardsley, the itldest postmaster in point
of service in the United States, is lying
at death's door at his home in North
Lansing, Tompkins county. Mr. Beards
ley was appointed postmaster by John
Quincy Adams, and has served continu
ously ever since under 19 Presidents.
He has been 74 years in office. Mr.
Beardsley is 93 years old. Recently he
was invited by the Postoffice Department
to go to W ashington. but his health
would not permit.
Faith Did Not Cure Pneumonia.
Ithaca, N. V. (Special). David
Thompson, a wealthy farmer of Perry
City, near Ithaca, died of pneumonia
without having called in a physician.
He relied entirely on the exhortations
of a sect called the "Church of the Liv
ing God," or "The Holy Ghost and Us
Society." His son also is a believer in
the doctrines of the "Holy Ghost and Us
Society." He was treated by heaVrs
from Ithaca who refused his wife ad
mittance to his room. His daughter und
sister were shut out, too. Coroner
Terrv. of Trumansburg, will investigate
the case.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
According to lb: Latest Table Compiled Will
be as Fodowi.
States
D. R. P. T'l.
9 ... 9
7 ... 7
24.8
.1 .. . 1
S . 5
1 . . . 1
3 .. . 3
II .. . II
t . 1
9 ifi 2.5
4 9 1.1
1 10 . 11
..8.8
10 1 . 11
7 ... 7
..4.4
2 4.6
4 10 . 14
I It . 12
18.9
8 ... 8
15 I . 16
1 . t
15.6
I 1
2 . 2
.1 7 10
17 20 . ,17
jo .. . 10
2 . 2
4 17 31
2 . 2
4 28 . .V
I I . 2
7 ... 7
. . . .2 . 2
7 2 . 10
16 .. . 16
1 . 1
2 . 2
9 I . 10
3 . .1
5 . 5
1 10 . 11
1 . 1
Arkansas
California .
Colorado . . ,
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky ...,v.,
Louisiana ......
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts ..
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina .
North Dakota . .
Ohio
Oregon ,
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island . . .
S. Carolina
South Dakota . . .
'Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont ,
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia . .
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Totals
179 204
386
FOR PAYMENT OF PIOUS FUND.
Money is to Come from Mexico's Treasury
No Popular Donation.
Mexico City (Special). In a person
al letter to friends in Cordoba, Presi
dent Diaz has declined a proposition
to accept money money raised by pop
ular subscription for the payment of
the "Pious Fund'' claim of $1,620,682.67.
A few days ago the President receiv
ed a letter from Cordoba, suggesting
that the amount be raised through an
appeal. In the President's letter in re
ply it is said that Mexico will adhere
to even the technical points in the
decision of The Hague court, and that,
since it was staled in the decision that
the amount should be paid from the
-Mexican treasury, the payment will be
made accordingly.
The Cordoba men. in their letter, an
nounced that the people of Mexico un
doubtedly would be glad to assume the
burden of the claim for the sake of
their country, and argued that popular
subscription would result in reasonable
distribution of the burden.
' Tragedy of Exploding Lamp.
Maiden, Mass. (Special). A fire
caused by an exploding lamp in a tene
ment house, resulted in the death of a
7-ycar-old girl and the probably fatal
burning of the mother and another girl.
Charles Fine, wife and four children oc
cupied the upper tenement, and Reuben
Maydcc, wife and four children the
lower tenement, where the explosion oc
curred, The body of Freda, accd 7.
daughter of Reuben Maydec, was found
dead in bed, her body burned to a crisp.
Mrs. Maydcc and Yeta, a 10-ycar-old
girl, were badly burned hout the body
and head. They probably will die. The
father was also badly burned in trying
to rescue the children. Fine and his
family had a narrow escape from being
suffocated by smoke.
Killed the Bridegroom.
Reading. Pa. (Special). While cele
brating the marriage of John Wojtko,
at the home of John Wrabcl, of this
city, John Mcrtura and John Odiajan
sky became involved in a quarrel with
the bridegroom and Wojtko was beat
en to death with a club. Several
peacemakers were seriously injured.
'The murderers escaped, but Odiajansky
was arrested two hours later. He is
said to have struck the fatal blow.
Mcrtura is still at large.
Trains Collide Head On.
Central City, Ky. Four train
men were injured and several pas
sengers were shaken up in a head-on
collision, between a northbound Illinois
Central passenger and a freight train in
the railroad yards here. One of the
injured was seriously hurt. Both en
gines were demolished. The cause -of
the wreck is not positively known.
Cubans Want Sttlnhart.
Havana (Special). The Cuban prcsf
is at present making a campaign for
the appointment of Frank Steinhart a!
United States consul general at Ha
vana, Mr. Steinhart has had charge
of the department of military records.
It is understood that President Palma
has intimated to Washington that Mr.
Steinhart would be persona grata to the
Cuban government.
ODDS AND ENDS OP TUB LATEST NEWS.
Judge Stevens, in Ohio, decided that
newspaper, guessing contests do not
come within the state lottery law.
Clinton J. Robbins, a clerk in the Day-
At the Molincnx trial in New Y'ork
Mrs. Stephenson, of Brooklyn, testi
fied that she saw a man, whom she iden
tified as Cornish, mail a package in
New York Postoffice addressed to him
and containing a wrapper with the
words "Knickerbocker Club" on it.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany plans to get the short line from
Joledo to Columbus, O., in competi
tion with the Hocking Valley and the
Ohio Central lines.
Governor Odcll's statement of elec
tion expenses consists of one item,
$10,000, which was his contribution to
the slate committee.
President Daniel McDonald, of the
American Labor Union, is seriously ill
at Denver from a blow received on
election day. .
The Minnesota Harvester Company
has been incorporated at St. Paul to
fight the Harvester Trust.
Charles O. Zcigcnfuss, a well-known
newspaper man, committed, suicide in
a hotel in San Francisco.
Baron von Muenchhauien'i nroum.
tion of Hermann Pincus, Moritz Men
delsohn and Adolf Mendelsohn on
charges of blackmail brought out in
the Berlin courts the relations oi the
Barcn with a so-called "marriage syn
dicate." Pincus and the Mendel
sohns were acquitted.
While the French striking miners
will likely accept the adverse decision
of the arbitrators and return to work,
there is intense dissatisfaction among
the miners and the trooni are krnt
busy suppressing trouble.
THE KEYSTONE STAlT
? tlappcalog ol Intered dithertf
Front AH Source.
Patents granted. Andrew Benson
Bradford, sand reel for oil or artesian'
wells; Samuel Bricker, Allegheny
weather strip; Margaret E. ByerV
Greensburg, nut lock; Charles Gardner'
Washington, railway tic and rail con
nection; Nicholas Pony, Jr., Munhatl,
water cooler door; Oscar L. Klcber'
Pittsburg, printing telegraph; Anton
Kusebauch, Pittsburg, electric lamp;
David Latnond, Pittsburg, hot air
stove; George B. Myers, Pittsburg,
pleasure railway; John S. Peck, Pitts!
burg, winding for electrical transform
ers; Charles H. Quimby, Jr., Conflu.
ence; drafting instrument; Henry
Shcermesscr, McKcesport, die for ta
pered pipes or tubes; James P. Swin
dell, Pittsburg, apparatus for separat.
ing packs of metal sheets or strips;
Charles D. Sword, Conneautville
mechanism for automatic control of re
frigeration; Percy H. Thomas, Pitts
burg, protecting device for electric cir
cuits; George Westinghouse, Pitts
burg, rotary engine; Clarence I.. Vil
molt, Pittsburg, pipe coupling; Henry
L. Wilson, Eric, steam boiler.
Pensions granted. Francis M. Bliss,
Pittsburg, $6; Peter Milligan. Nobles
town, $6; Jacob Lesher, Balfour, $6;
Samuel D. Sharks, Montalto, $6; Sam
uel E. Peters. Saltsburg. $24; Benjamin
M. Conner, Pittsburg. $8; Josiah Hin
scy, Bropcrston, $10; William E. Chick,
Uniontown. $8; Lewis Sterling, Tryon
villc. $10; Pius Wagonhouser, Montal
to, $8; Hiram G. Davis, Sweet Briar,
$t2: Jonathan Rhodes, Johnstown, $30;
William I. Franks. Heisterburg, $12;
Alfred Rutter, Orbisonia, $17; Alie F,
Irvin, Bellwood, $10; James II. Wynn,
Finleyville. $17: Stephen Ansel!. East
Smithficld. $8; Adalinc Wcible,
Arendtsvillc, $8; Amanda C. Calvert.
New Castle, $8j minor of James H.
McCluskey, New Castle, $10; Sarah
Ann Smith. Uniontown, $8; William
Hastings, Pittsburg. $12: David B.
Wctiicrbee, Ccntcrville, $17; Reuben
Gross, West Fairview, $10; Eli Masc
more. Shirlfysburg. $10: James W.
Denis, Derrick City. $30; Thotnaj
Smith, Altoona, $10: Martha F. Ray,
I.emont, $8; Jane Wolfe, Livcrmorc,
?8; minor of Lake M. Hicks, Somerset,
10; Mary A. Whitehill, Muzcttc, $12.
Burglars were discovered in the build
ing of the Saltsburg National bank about
2 o'clock the other morning, and there
was an exchange of shots between Mr.
Taylor, who resides on the opposite side
of the street from the bank building, and
the burglars. Mr. Taylor was awakened
by a charge of nitroglycerin used by the
burglars in blowing the safe. Hurrying
to the residence of Cashier J. P. Watson
he aroused that official and the two hast
ened to the Taylor residence. Raising a
blind the two men could be seen in the
bank. One of the robbers on guard on
the outside saw a blind move and fired
a shot, which struck the frame at which
Mr. Watson was standing. Two more
shots were fired, and then the gang
started on the run toward the river.
Taylor fired after them, but they escaped.
An examination revealed that the rob
bers had gained an entrance to the bank
by breaking the large plate glass window
in front. The knob was blown off the
vault, but the discovery of the gang's
presence was made before they reached
the money drawers.
John Booher, of Pittsburg, a Pennsyl
vania railroad freight conductor, is ly
iiw at the Westmoreland hospital in a
critical condition. At the local freight
station at Grcenshurg he was struck in
the right temple with a brick alleged to
have been thrown by William Delmore,
a brakeman of the train, during a dis
pute. Delmore attempted to escape, but
was caught by members of the crew and
turned over to Officer George M. Huff,
who committed him to jail on a charge
of felonious assault and battery.
The projected trolley line connecting
Reynoldsville with Punxsutawney, 13
miles distant, has been built from the
la'ter city to the borough lines, and work
of grading within the borough will begin
immediately. It is expected that cars
will be runniifg by the first of next year.
When completed the trolley will connect
Reynoldsville with all the suburban
towns within a radius of six miles, and
over two miles of track will ta laid
in the borough-alone. It will be the
greatest industrial improvement ever
completed in this section.
Upwards of 50 persons were taken ill
by partaking of chicken and waffles
served at a surrer given by the women
of the Presbyterian church in Blairsville.
The symptoms were those of poisoning,
but what caused their illness is a mys
tery. The waffles were prepared by a
waffle baker from Pittsburg. Those who
were affected suffered from severe pain!
and vomiting. Several were so sick that
their lives were despaired of. Whatevet
may have been the cause, it is believed
that the chicken and gravy served were
harmless.
Abrara C. Stamey, who keeps a geiv
era! store at Leesburg, a small village
near Carlisle, was bound and gaggec
by three masked robbers. The bur
glars blew open the safe with dynamite
and secured $400 in cash and eight
watches. Mr. Stamey, who is 61 yearF
of age, is quite wealthy and lives alone
above his store. This is the third time
he has been robbed.
At a Masonic banquet held in Titus
ville mush was cooked from a kettle
suspended camp fashion in the middle
of the room. This historic cooking
utensil was used by George Washing
ton during the memorable winter spent
at Valley Forge. The kettle has been
in the family of a member of a local
lodge of Masons for many generations,
and is still in good preservation.
William Craig, aged 10, was killed
by a switch engine at Oil City, while
playing on the tracks. v
Work on the new $100,000 theater
building being built by George W.
Good at Greensburg was commenced.
At Washington the Grand Jury re
turned a true bill against Thomas Be
hana, charging him with the murder of
Policeman Eaton, at Donora.
Thomas R. Mann, formerly treas
urer of the Lock Haven Trust and Safe
Deposit Company, committed suicide
at Lock Haven, by shooting. Businesi
troubles are said to have led to the
deed. -
Blairsville presbytery has released
Rev. J. A. Marquis, D.D., as pastor ol
the Westminster Presbyterian Church
at Greensburg, and he will leave in the
near future for his new charge in Red
lands, Cal.
James Farrell, aged 30, was killed by
a train ah South Sharon.
Lyman Loucks, the 16-year-old son
of David S. Loucks, of Scottdale, who
shot and killed Benjamin Earnest, ol
Manor, was released from jail on ha
beas corpus proceedings heard before
Judge Alexander D. McConnell. Bail
was fixed by the court at $7,ooo, and
was promptly furnished by the boy t
grandfather, Jacob Loucks, who l
Wealthy. ,
While gunning, Charles Long, .
Shoemakersville, accidentally shot i"n"
self in the foot. Several toes were am
putated. A companion carried LoH
on his back a mile to his home.