TRAIN ROBBERS BIG LOOT lock Island Fast Express Successfully Held Up. CARS ARE DAMAGED BY EXPLOSION. Fb Masked Bandits Hie the Usual Method to Stop the Train sod Carry the Baggage aa4 Express Car to a Secluded Place The TVmib Sale Is Thes Dynamited and Its ValaaMe Contents Appropriated. Davenport, la. (Special). Train No. H, westbound, on the Rock Island Road, the regular St. Joseph and Kan sas City express, was held up at It. 30 'clock p. m., three miles west of this city by masked bandits, who cut off the express and baggage cars, forced the engineer to run two miles' up the track, blew up the through express safe with dynamite and escaped with their booty. The amount is variously esti mated at from ft, 000 to $10,000. According to different reports there were 12 or 15 in the gang. The train, which was due to leave here at 10.38 p. m., was 35 minutes late, and pulled out 1or the West after a short halt. It had just passed through the village of Rockingham, on the outskirts of the Rock Island Railroad yards, when the engineer saw a red lantern on the track and brought his train to a stop. As he slowed down two robbers sprang on the footboard of the engine and covered him and the fireman with revolvers. While the engine crew was thus kept quiet others of the gang menaced the crew and passengers in the coaches. One of the bandits un coupled the express and baggage cars from the rest oi the train, and then the engineer was ordered to pull out. Two miles west of Rockingham there is a stretch of heavily timbered country, and in this the engineer was ordered to stop. The bandits blew up the through safe with dynamite, using an extremely heavy charge. The noise of the explosion was heard in Davenport. After wrecking the safe the robbers mounted the engine and ran down the track. It was reported that they left the locomotive at a small station called Buffalo and escaped in the darkness. The train was the fast westbound express, which left Chicago at 6.05 and which runs through to Fort Worth, Tex., via St. Joseph and Kansas City. The name of the engineer is Shaffer and the conductor is Trumbull. The explosion badly damaged the car, but no one was injured. GREAT DOCK FIRE. Wisconsin Central Railroad Property Valutd at Over Half a Million Dollars Destroyed. Ashland, Wis. (Special). The Wis consin Central Railroad ore dock was (destroyed by fire, the loss involved be ing about $525,000. In falling the dock carried with it a number of firemen and lockmen, and several lives were lost just how many probably will not be known for several days. Several badly injured firemen were rescued from the burning ruins, one of them with both legs broken. The fire started, presumably, from a boat unloading lumber across the Slip, and before the firemen arrived the entire ore dock, half a mile long, was in flames. An engine was run on the tramway as near to the fire as possible md half a hundred men began tearing apart the timbers connecting the tram way and the dock to keep it from fall ing with the dock. Suddenly the dock gave way. falling with a crah and car rying with it 200 feet of the tramway, the engine just, barely escaping the fall , into the bay. Several hundred people were under the tramway; but most of them escap ed with slight injuries. As the broken tramway and the burning dock fell at least a dozen men were seen to go down into the ruins. The wreck fell into 20 feet of water, and it will be im possible to recover the bodies for sometime. A large force of men is en gaged in an effort to recover the re mains of the dead firemen. A Mule for a Bride. Coudersport, Pa. (Special). William Gamee, of Tamarack, this county, made a deal whereby he secured a wife in trade for a mule and a lot of turnips. Allie Vierbower is the bride. Her father approached Garnee and asked Jiim if he did not want to take his daughter in trade for a mule that Gar nee had. The latter wanted a week in which to think the matter over. The men met and Garnee said he would close the deal. Bierbower said that he would have to have 10 bushels of tur nips in addition. The prospective groom objected, but was willing to give five bushels. A compromise was effected on seven and one-half bushels, and the quire who tied the knot remarked that he hoped the mule would kick the life eut of the bride's father. Killed Eloper in Court. Havana (Special). Senor Rodriguez, father of a girl who eloped recently with Senor Infanzon. shot and killed Infanzon as be was being brought into court. Rodriguez was arrested. In fanzon is alleged to have previously in duced other girls to elope. Fighting the White Slave Traffic Vienna (By Cable). With the ap proval of the Minister of the Interior, the Austrian League, to combat the white slave traffic, will establish branches in all the important towns and fontier stations of Austria and take ac tive means to suppress the traffic. Cropscy Trial Transferred. Elizabeth City, N. C. (Special). Judge Fred. Moore, of the Superior Court, ordered the trial of James Wil cox, charged with the murder of Ella Cro moved from this cit to Hert ford, Perquimans county. This carries curt the decision of the Court, which a few days ago granted Wilcox a change f venue. Hertford is a village in the center of a quiet farming and fishing section. It is understood that the case was moved to that point so as to insure against any demonstration that will ef fect the trial. Revolution Not Elided. TrVUlemstad, Curacao (By Cable). General Matos, the leader of the Ven ezuelan revolution, is living in a se cluded private house situated a short distance from Willemstad. He refused t be interviewed, but authorized his secretary to make the following state ment: "It is a great mistake to be lieve the Matos revolution is ended. We have 5,000 men, well armed, in the field; Valley del Tuy is occupied by the revolutionists and General Rolando is loyal. We are awaiting ammunition to resume the offensive." SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS. Oomcstlc A warrant was issued for ex-State Senator John llolbrook, of Michigan, on the charge of corrupting the jury that acquitted Col. Eli R. button of com plicity in the state military clothing frauds. The government case against the so called Href Trust was set for hearing in the I'nitrd States Circuit Court, in Chicago, on December 16, before Judge Grosscup. All the old officers of the American Federation of Labor were re-elected at the convention in New Orleans, and Boston was selected as the next meet ing place. A trolley car jumped the track and was overturned in Allegheny, Pa., and five persons were more or less seriously hurt. There was a disgraceful class fight, which raged all night, between fresh men and sophomores of the State Uni versity of Iowa. The United States Transport Ingalls. with General Miles on hoard, struck on a reef off the Island of Luzon, Philip pines. Judge Adams directed the jury in the United States Court in New York to declare that the government was jus tified in confiscating the $-'(.ooo pearl necklace on which Sirs. Ida Harrison Dulles had (ailed to declare. it is estimated that the advances in freight rates being made by the vari ous railroads will result in an aggre gate increase oi about $70,000,000 in revenue over and above the increase in wages. Mr. Alhert Securest, who was sup posed to have committed suicide to avoid testifying against Dr. Louis Zorn in Lincoln. Neb., was found in hiding. Sheriff Dudley, of Sullivan county, Ind., lost his job because the negro Diilard was taken from his custody by a mob and lynched. The National Grange, in session in Lansing. Mich., adjourned, after adopt ing a resolution favorable to women's rights. Director D. Willis James testified before Special Examiner Ingersoll in New York in the railroad merger case. The Michigan Central announced an increase in the pay of its switchmen. At the testimony in the hearing in New- York of the case of the State of Minnesota against the Northern Securi ties Company John S. Kennedy, a direc tor, admitted that ,the company was organized for the purpose of controlling both railroads. Arthur L. Collins, general manager of the Smuggler-Union .Mining Company, at Telluride, Col., was shot through a win dow of his office by an unknown party and seriously wounded. Judge Jahez G. Sutherland, formerly one of the most prominent lawyers of Utah, aud author of several standard works of law, died in Berkeley, Cal., at the age of 77 years. On a socialistic resolution introduced in the Federation of Labor convention by the socialistic element they were de feated after an all-day debate by a vote of 4"44 to 4.344. Miss Bella Brown, of Milwaukee, was advised that she had fallen heir to a fortune of $!o,coo,oco. left by Leo Law rence, an uncle, who lived in New York. Fire destroyed property to the value of $U5.oco in Monongahcla, Pa., and ren dered a number of families homeless. Nelson Hcrsh, editor of the Sunday edition of the New Y'ork World, was thrown from his buggy and killed. J. Ogdcn Armour, by a big coup in wheat in Chicago, pocketed profits of over $300 000. Twelve of the Ohio congressional dele gation declared for Cannon for the speakership. Foreign. The police of Paris are still trying to solve the mystery of the tragic death of Mrs. Ellen Gore, -he young Ameri can artist, who, it now appears, was separated from her husband, a man i who made a large fortune in land spec ulation in Mexico City. The secretary of the German Im perial Treasury announced in the Reichstag that the deficit in the bud get for 1003 is estimated at $37,500,000. He suggested an increase of the im perial revenues to balance the expendi tures. A row in the Spanish Chamber of Deputies, caused by Romero Robledo calling Sagasta the favorite of the King, resulted in an adjournment of the Chamber and cries of "There is no government!" General Viljoen. the Boer command er, before leaving London for the United States, said: "The South Afri cans have lost heart and hope, and peace depends entirely upon the Brit ish." The French government met with a partial defeat in the Chamber of Depu ties on a socialist proposal to grant amnesty for misdemeanors committed in connection with strikes. The Osborne estate bill, providing for the transfer to the British nation of the estate on the Isle of Wight, passed its second reading in the House of Commons. A parliamentary paper was published in London giving the correspondence between Mr. Chamberlain and General Botha about the Boers' appeal for aid. The Admiralty Court in London awarded $18,000 to the Harrison Line steamer Scholar for salvaging the American Line steamer Belgenland. A treaty of peace has been signed by General Herrera, oi the Colombian revolutionary forces, with the govern ment commissioners. Mrs. Annie Penruddocke. of Comp ton Park, Wiltshire, was fined $250 at the Old Bailey, in London, for cruelty to her child. A Danube steamer, crowded with workmen, sank off Orsova, a frontier town of Servia, and 30 persons per ished. Pope Leo told the Pilgrims that he did not want to die just yet, as his work was not completed. Financial. Uncle Sam needs more small change and the mints may be set to work coin ing it. "Buy Pennsylvania Steel preferred as an investment," says a man who knows the company like a book. A syndicate is offering a portion of the New York Central's 3 1-3 per cent, refunding bonds at 104 1-3 and inter est. Outside of England there has been a great deal of selling of American stocks during the past two weeks in Europe. Chesapeake & Ohio's earnings de creased for three months more than 20 per cent. Northwest Railroad officials deny rumor that they are to acquire Wiscon sin Central. Bank of England's rate of discount remains at 4 per cent, and the reserve decreased one per cent, since last week. Gould brokers were booming Mis souri Pacific and selling Manhattan to reap large profits as a result of the 15 point rise. Sugar kings put up and down the price of the refined article with an ease and rapidity that makes an investor in sugar stock dizzy. TURN IN COAL HEARING The Operators and Miners Will Try to Make Agreement. COMMISSION BOARD OF CONCILIATION. Understanding Arrived at Between the Coun sel snd Acquiesced in by the Commission That, Pending an Adjournment lo Allow the securing ol Data, Eflorts sre to be Msde to Agree on the Points at Issue. Scranton, Pa. (Special). The mine workers, through their representatives, have agreed with the tnineowncrs to at tempt to adjust the differences existing between them outside the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission. The proposi tion was made on a compromise basis, and negotiations, it is expected, will be at once entered upon, with a reasonable hope of settlement with the aid of the arbitrators. The rough proposition,' which is to form the basis of negotia tions, is a 10 per cent, increase in wages, a nine-hour day and trade agreements between the miners and the company by whom they are employed. The only one of the fo-ir demands not touched upon is that of the weighing of coal by the legal ton. While both sides have ex pressed the willingness to settle their differences among themselves, it is not to he construed that it carries with it the acceptance of the terms proposed. '1 "hey arc mentioned only as a basis, it is understood, from which a settlement is to be effected. It is possible that the foundation already laid can be wrecked by either party holding out too strongly against some question, and thus leave the whole matter in the hands of the commissioners, who in the meantime will act as a sort of hoard of conciliation rather than as a board of arbitration. Few persons were aware that an at tempt would be made at an outside set tlement until it was practically so inti mated by Judge Gray, the chairman of the commission, who read a carefully prepared announcement from the "bench." The trove, one of the most important in the whole story of the coal strike, created a mild sensation when it became known. It is said it was brought about by both sides seeing that the proceedings before the commission would be inter minable, and that in the intermingling of the lawyers for boih sides the out side agreement proposition was broached and taken up. It cannot be officially stated which party made the proposition first. The attorneys for both sides arc averse to talking, but those who were inclined to say something differ in their state ments. An attorney for one of the railroads said it came from the miners' side.- while one lawyer for the miners said it came from the operators. An other representative of the miners said it was a "spontaneous" proposition. It is generally believed, however, that the operators were the first to make the proposition. GRANGE FOR WOMAN'S RIGHTS. Resolution Adopted by the National Organiza tion Before Adjournment. Lansing, Mich. (Special). The Na tional Grange renewed its recognition of woman's equality by adopting the re port of its committee on good of the order, which declared that every pos sible thing should be done "to put wo man in possession of all those political rights and property interests that the spirit of modern civilization demands." The report further says that the vice of intemperance should be checked and the crime of easy divorces which has made America too conspicuous in the eyes of the world made impossible. The duty of the Grange was declared to be to impress upon the farmer that he is an American citizen with political duties to perform, and that the man who neglects them "because politics are too dirty for him is just as much a criminal as the man who neglects to drain a cess pool that threatens his family because it is ill-smelling." A resolution indorsing the initiative and referendum was defeated by the committee on resolutions by a vote of 8 to 6. The Grange adjourned sine die. Recovery from Lockjaw. New York (Special). Abraham Bross, of Bergen Fields, N. J., is recovering in the Hackensack Hospital from lockjaw which resulted from a gunshot wound in the hand, sustained some weeks ago. When admitted to the hospital his jaws were already firmly set, and it seemed only possible that his sufferings might be cased during the remainder of his life. He grew worse for a time and all the signs of the disease were present and practically all hope was abandoned. He was given the tartar emetic treatment and gradually there was a relaxation of the muscles, and now he is well on the way to recovery. Hanged to Telegraph Pole. Sullivan, Ind. (Special). James Dii lard, the Kentucky negro who criminally assaulted Mrs. Mary Davis, of Sullivan county, and Mrs. John Lemon, of Knox county was hanged to a telegraph pole one mile east of John Lemon's farm by a mob. Diilard was captured at Law renceville, 111., after a battle with the town marshal, during whicn the negro was shot three times and severely wounded. Danish Steamer Sinks. London (By Cable). The Danish steamer Knud II., Captain Hanssen, from Copenhagen, and the British steam er Swaledale, from Hamburg, collided at .the mouth oi the Tyne. The Knud II. foundered immediately, and the master and seven of her crew were drowned. Co-Education to Cease. Chicago (Special). Segregation is to be started at the University of Chicago with the beginning of the new year, just after the Christmas vacation. The ap- flication of the idea is to be gradual, n each of the junior college courses, for "which 30 or more students register, the class will I : divided on the basis of sex. Thirty is the limit set by the uni versity authorities for the number of students in any class. Eventually the segregated classes will be conducted in different buildings. Lost Sens of Tsste. Syracuse, N. Y. (Special). Miss Min nie L Overacre in September had a fall from her bicycle. She soon recovered her faculties, except that she could not taste food. Saturday she recovered her sense of taste as suddenly as she lost it, and it is as good as ever. Her physi cian says that when she fell from the wheel there was formed a clot of blood which pressed upon the brain so that the sense of taste was destroyed. This clot become absorbed gradually and this al lowed the brain to perform its natural functions. NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS, Ridiculous Farm-Area Statistics. The Census Bureau is keenly alive to the importance of the serious charges of gross inaccuracy of its statistical re ports made by nn investigating com mittee of the National Board of Trade. Mr. Hart Mommscn, the expert chief of the division of agriculture of the bureau, promises an elaborate report in answer to the disclosures made bv the Board of Trade, but he contents himself for the present with the following state ment : "This apparent variance between the census figures and the areas of the counties indicated requires a detailed ex planation which cannot be made in a few words. It is due chiefly to error on the part of the farmowners and op erators, and not to the inaccuracy in the Census Bureau. "Many farms arc of such extent as in Texas, for example, where single op erators work half a county each that accurate statements as to the property owned are impossible to get. Many farms overlap from the county to an other, and are reported to the enumer ators in both counties. "Many other difficulties arise in the course of v.?ch an enumeration as this, which cannot be so easily set forth." The Life-SavIng Service. The General Superintendent of the Life-Saving Service has rendered his re port for the year 1002. It continues to show most gratifying results of the work of this humane organization. The number of disasters to vessels within the scope of the operations of the service during the last year was greater than ever before, with the exception of the years 1898 and toot, yet the loss of life was very small. The number of lives lost from documented vessels those of five tons burden or over was only 19, while 6 were lost from smaller craft sailboats, rowboats, etc. making a total of 25, a number far below the average. The amount of property imperiled was greatly in excess of that of any previous year in the history of the ser vice, owing to the unusual number of large vessels involved. No less than 54 vessels, of over 1,000 tons burden of which number 33 were steamers suf fered disaster. The loss of property, however, was comparatively light. Admit Uniformity ol Rates. Answers of the Lehigh Valley Rail road Company, the Delaware and Hud son Company, the Eric Railroad Com pany and the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad Company to the complaint of W. R. Hearst, of New York, wh6 charges discrimination on the part of the coal-carrying roads in favor of anthracite coal operators, were received by the Interstate Commerce Commission. In a general way the roads question Mr. Hearst's interest in the matter, contending that he has not been injur ed, nor has he authority to present his petition on behalf of so-called in dependent producers of anthracite. There is no denial of a uniform sched ule of rates, but it is contended that any uniformity of rates for anthracite coal transportation by the various car riers has been the "natural and in evitable result of competitive conditions, which require in the case of anthracite coal, as with other commodities, that traffic of the same character from the same or competing localities be car ried at substantially the same rates by competing carriers." Olobe-Clrcling Naval Bases. Secretary Moody is said to be op posed to the establishment of an ex tensive globe-encircling system of naval coaling stations. As a result of his views on this sub ject the plans of those naval officers who believe the L'nited States should now secure concessions which will be of possible value in time of war may be brought to a halt. Mr. Moody, since he assumed the administration of the Navy Department, has not recom mended the establishment of a single coaling station. His objection to the expansion o the coaling-station system is believed to be based on the opinion that it is an unnecessary expense, and that it is not a judicious move to es tablish such a station, for instance, in the China sea, which will be of no par ticular convenience, except, possibly, in time of war. Getting Cholera Under Control. A cablegram has been received from the Philippine Commision stating that the number of cases of cholera had gone down to five a day, instead of 34 a day a week ago. The message says that the commission feel much relieved, and it is believed that the Mariquina watershed, which furnishes the water supply for Manila, will not e contaminated. Up to a short time ago grave fears were entertained that cholera might be in troduced in the Marimiina region, al though great precautions have been taken to prevent such a result. Keller Asked to Explain. It is said the Civil Service Commis sion will investigate and the Postoffice Department will require a more definite statement from James C. Keller, presi dent of the National Association of Let ter Carriers, concerning his recent visit to California, which is said to have re sulted in the defeat of Representative E. F. Loud for re-election. Appropriations Cut Millions. Estimates of appropriations under the War Department for the fiscal year end ing June 30, ioxm. will show a net de crease of $31,420,400.84, as compared with the estimates for 1003, and a net decrease of $20,047,060.35 as compared with the amounts appropriated for the current fiscal year. Items of Interest Contradictory statements are made liy United States Minister Hunter and Consul-General McNally with reference to the killing of William Fitzirerald by Minister Hunter's son in Guatemala. Chaplain D. R. Lowell, retired, of the Army, has asked to be restored to the active list. Assistant Land Commissioner Rich ards informed the Doukhobors, who asked for government land and "Wished to be exempt from any law but their consciences, that they could not settle on public domain. A report made to the National Board of Trade by a committee of experts appointed for that purpose shows that glaring blunders appear in the agricultural statistics of the Census Bureau. The State Department was informed that Godfrey Hunter, Jr., son of the United States Minister to Guatemala, shot and killed William Fitzgerald, of Grand Rapids, Mich., in Guatemala City. The Philippine Commission decided that vessels carrying treasure between Manila and the archipelago should have a constabulary guard. Secretary Moody directed that the Nero soundings be turned over to the Pacific Cable Company. Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth 1 Icy wood, widow of the fust nun killed by John Brown and his men at Harpers Ferry, died at the age of 88 years. . 5000 MAY BE DEAD. More Details of Volcanic Disturbance In Guate mala. San Francisco, Cal. (Special). W. J. Campbell, who has just arrived here from Guatemala, brings additional de tails of the damage caused by the re cent volcanic disturbance. In an inter view, Mr. Campbell said: "There is 110 clear idea yet of the loss of life resulting from the vol cano's eruption, but from what I could gather I believe that 5000 natives have been killed. There was some talk, too, at San Jose, of sonic of the refugees having been waylaid by robbers, but I saw no instance of this. "Some of the coffee plantations that have been nearly ruined were worth more than $1,000,000. The plantation of Albert James, which was wiped out of existence, had machinery upon it worth $300,000, all of which was de stroyed. . Sonic months ago James re fused an offer of $1,300,000 for the plantation. The Adolfo Meyers prop erty, worth $75,000 in gold, was entirely ruined. Both of these fine places lay from 20 to 40 miles west of the vol cano. The town of Quoraltcnango is prac tically ruined, for the houses are cracked and broken down, the people arc moving out aud the neighborhood is covered with sand and ashes." "SELF-HYPNOTISM" OF A CHILD. Fire Didn't Burn Her. But Skin Peeled Off As if Blistered. Philadelphia (Special). An extraor dinary case of "self-hypnotism," as some physicians have termed the mal ady, has just been cured by specialists in skin diseases at the Polyclinic Hos pital. Little Rosa Hurwitz, 630 Redman street, was able to go to school after suffering five weeks from the effects of a fire which did not burn her, but which frightened her so badly that the skin peeled off her entire body as if she had been actually blistered. Rosa's mother believes that the "fright came out through the skin." This explanation is not in accord with the views of celebrated specialists. "The fright affected the child's nerves, and the consequence was a peeling off of the cuticle, but what nerves were affected and how is more than we can say." said a professor nt the Polyclinic. "The child's body re sembled in a measure the body of a person who had been severely burned, but the pain and exhaustion were not so great. Just what the physiological action was we cannot explain." Another Big Mine Resumes. Wilkesbarre, Pa. (Special). The Stanton Mine of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company has been cleared of water at last, and will be ready to resume operations in a few days. During the high water last March the lower workings of the col liery were submerged, and before it could be pumped out the strike came on. This left the mine at the mercy of the water. When the strike was declared off a large force of experi enced men were put to work, and they finally succeeded in pumping all the water out. The colliery employs 700 men and boys, and the resumption of work will add 1,500 tons to the daily output of coal. Ivory White World's Fair Color. St. Louis (Special). Ivory white was the color decided upon by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition officials for the buildings. This color has a tinge of yellow, and in that respect differs from the color of the Chicago Fair. Circular letters are being mailed to 18,000 banks in the country offering for sale 50,000 of the 250,000 souvenir gold dollars issued by the government for the Expo sition. Jealousy Leads to Tragedy. Ann Arbor, Mich. (Special). Because Bertha Sheldon had allowed another man to escort her home from the store where she is employed, G. A. Darlington. a student in the University School of Music, shot her in the arm and then fired a bullet into his own head, dying almost instantly. Darlington met the girl as she was on her way to work, and they quarreled. Refuted to Have Doctor. Guthrie, O. T. (Special). B. B. Newcomb, a Christian Scientist advo cate, has been arrested and convicted in court at Arapahoe, Ok on the charge of refusing medical aid for his daughter, who died of typhoid fever. The Scientists made a strong fight in court, but the judge decided against them and fined Newcomb $100 and costs. The testimony showed that none but elders of the church was allowed to administer to the girl. Skips With Yale Bets. New Haven, Conn. (Special). The police of this city made known that a bookmaker from New York who they will not name is missing with between $6,000 and $7.oooin money placed on the Yale eleven on the issue of the football game. He acted as commission agent for thfl students and when they called to collect at his headquarters in a drug store he was missing. The police have begun an investigation. Sentenced to the Qallows. Camden, N. J. (Special). Paul Woodward, recently convicted of the murder of John Coffin, was sentenced by Judge Garrison to be hanged on January 7. Woodward's attorneys have abandoned their motion for a new trial and will carry the case directly to the Board of Pardons, on the ground that Woodward is of unsound mind. Dies From Football Injuries. Elizabeth, N. J. (Special). Rudolph Klctt is dead as a result of injuries re ceived in a football game here. He was 19 years old and was a member of the Xavier Athletic Club of Elizabeth, which played the Columbia Athletic Club eleven in this city. He was carried from the field unconscious and thence to the Alexian Hospital, where he lingered until Tuesday. On account of his death the Xavier eleven has been disbanded and no more football will be permitted. Alleged Bandit Tried. Edinboro, Pa. (Special). Five mask ed robbers dynamited the safe in the postoffice at this place and carried off $300 in pottage stamps and $20 in rash. The explosions aroused the residents, who surrounded the building, but they were forced to open a way for escape at the noint of 10 revolvers in the hands of the burglars. A number of .shots were fired and George C. Good all, a citizen was wounded in the arm. The thieves stole a. free rural delivery horse and wagon at Erie and rilled the mail in the wwgon. A posse is in' pursuit. DIED A NATURAL DEATH Herr Krupp Crashed by (he Attacks ol a Socialist Paper. OWNED 5,469 HOMES FOR WORKMEN. His Physician While Denying That He Com tinted Suicide, Admit That the Fatal Stroke ol Apoplexy was Induced by Intense Men tal Excitement-He Had Been Subject to Fainting Spells. - Berlin (By Cable). The first assump tion that Herr Krnpp, the great gun maker, whose death was recorded Sat urday, committed suicide is yielding to precise and abundant testimony to the contrary. Professor Binswanger, a physician of the highest reputation, was in the apartment adjoining Herr Krupp's sleeping-room when he was stricken on Saturday morning, and Dr. Pahl, Herr Krupp's family doctor, also was in the house. They summoned several other physicians, and it is re garded as being beyond belief that all of them should have connived at a con cealment of the cause of death, which they ascribe to a stroke of apoplexy, in duced, thev add unofficially, by mental excitement from which Herr Krupp was suffering. Herr Krupp's medical historv for sev eral years past indicates that he was in delicate health. He was asthmatic, had a, weak heart, and was subject to faint ing spells. He fell to the ground un conscious while in Genoa several years ago, and again at dinner in a hotel here 18 months ago. He had been warned to avoid over-fatigue and worry. He was at Hamburg Thursday last, and at the Hamburger Hof it was observed that he was in a highly nervous condi tion, and scarcely in control of himself. His condition accounted for the presence of two physicians in the house at the time of his death, one of them Being Professor Binswanger. Mrs. Krupp was sent for from Jena. She is suffering from a nervous mal ady, but was brought to Essen in a special train. Chancellor Buelow. all the ministers and a great number of other officials, following the example of the Emperor, have telegraphed their condolences to the widow. Herr Krupp leaves two daughters, who are at school, one named Barbara, aged 17, and the second, Bertha, 15 years old. Torture for Brakeman. Butte, Mont. (Special). Advices re ceived from the Crow Wing Agency say the death of a squaw there nearly caused an uprising. The Indian on her pony was struck by a freight train and in stantly killed. A brave who accompanied the woman summoned a number of his followers and they captured the brake man. The Indian police were summoned. When they reached the tepees the excited braves were holding a war dance about their victim, who was bound to a tree, while the Indians were preparing to tor ture and burn him. The bucks objected to interference and for a time a clash threatened, but the police succeeded in rescuing the man. Ten Pistols Stopped Them. Knoxville, Tenn. (Special). In the case of Harry Logan, the alleged Mon- iana train robber, who is on trial here, -ieut. George Mclntyrc, of the Knox ville police, testified that the money found on Logan was part of the pro ceeds' of the $40,000 robbery at Wag ner, Mont. Other witnesses described the robbery. Word was received from Chicago that "James Stewart," whom the attorneys for the defense wanted to show that Logan was in France when the crime was . committed, could not be found in that city. Flot to Murder Boy. Chicago (Special). Charley Withers, aged 12 years, who was unfortunate enough to witness the murder of two nonunion men during the strike at the Allis Chalmers Plant, was dragged from the railroad track in the Narrow Gauge Lake Viaduct just as a freight train was thundering down upon him. The lad had been drugged and was helpless. Some of his playmates missed him and found him just in the nick of time. Central Station detectives are now in vestigating the case, and believe there is a deliberate intent to murder the boy, although the men charged with murder ing the nonunion workers have been traced and exonerated, and it is difficult to ascribe a cause. ODDS AND ENDS OP TH3 LATEST NEWS Mrs. L. E. Breton, mother of Mrs. Langtry, died at her home on the Island of Jersey. The Danish steamer Knud II, and the British steamer Swaledale collided at the mouth of the Tyne, and the former ves sel foundered and the master and seven of the crew were drowned. The horses of Emperor William's car riage became unmanageable for a few minutes in Edinburgh, but an accident was averted by the alertness of Lieu tenant General vrchibald Hunter. The manufacturers in Germany of machinery for compressing coal waste and lignite into fuel called "bricquettes" have sent an engineer to the United States to introduce the method. The Duke of Marlborough has re signed the office of paymaster general of England, and has been succeeded by Sir Savile Crossley, M. P. Lord Tennyson has been formally ap pointed governor general of Australia. Martial law was repealed throughout Great Britain's South African colonies. Mrs. Lena Dexhcimer, of Hoboken, N. J., who revealed an alleged anarch istic plot against the life of President Roosevelt, returned to her home, from which she had fled in fear of anarch ist attempts upon her life. The charges against President Gom pers, of the Federation of Labor, have petered out. The opposition to hini as head of (he organization has been unable to ' settle on a man tq run against him. Jackson Stoll, vice-president of the W. T. Akerson Company, of" Paterson, N. J., committed suicide in San Jose, Cal., by swallowing a dose of chlor oform. Refugees from the devastated lands in Guatemala have arrived at San Francisco. They confirm the reports of the great havoc caused by the vol canic eruptions, Alfred Walter, president of the Le Iflgh Valley Railroad, has resigned be cause of differences in the manage ment of the company. The American Cigar Company has increased the wages of about 5,000 girls 20 per cent. Colonel. Tor.nerhy, commanding the fourth column of the British expedi tion against the Waziri tribesmen on the Afghan frontier, wad killed in an attack on a tower held by six outlaws. An ecclesiastic deputed by Bishop Nazary, of Nijni Novgorod, to inquire into the performances of R. Lenz, jug gler, reported that he must have the aid of the devil. THE KEYSTONE STATE. Nfws Happenings of Interest Gathered From All Sources. Patents granted: Charles W. Caw ley. Homestead, airbrake; Cyrus E Brown, Johnstown, means for prevent ing accidents at railway crossings William M. Brown, Johnstown, con tact shoe for electric railways; Charie V. Buente. Allegheny, tile floor con "traction; Cyrus M. Carnahan, Alle gheny, metallic car construction; Rob ert A. Dilts, Georgeville, whiffletrei hook; George J. Goehler, Pittsburg safe; Washington L. Harris, Swiss vale, spike puller; Hugh Kennedy Sharpsburg, coke oven; Edmund M. Kyle. Bcllcvemon, double reciprocat ing dasher for churns; Walter M. Mc Farren. Pittsburg. metal bending ma :hine; William Maxwell, 'Pittsburg, ice rrcara disher and molds; John R. Mc Clure, Pittsburg, steel tie and rail tastener; Andrew .Morrison, Pittsburg, rail; John E. Murray, Washington, in sulator for lelegraph lines; John W. Nowack, Pittsburg, rail joint; John S.. Peck, Pittsburg, system of electric dis-j tribution: Thomas S. Perkins. Idle-' wood, controller for electric motors; Cyrus Robison, Pittsburg, blowing en gine. Tensions granted: George Wallace, Conneaut Lake, $24; Franklin P. Mc Girk, Lcwiston, $10; Martin Thomp son, Tarentum. $12; William Ireland, Shcshcquin, $12: Samuel Hickcl, Hope wood. $12; Wilson Doty, Dunns Sta tion, $10; Maggie E. Carter, McKees port. $K; Mary E. Hawki, Kipple. $R; Lewis R. Jay. New Castle, $6; Isaac McGillvray, Tioga, $12; Elizabeth J, Van Leer. Lewiston. $8; Mary A. Sheaffcr. Elliottson, $8. In moving the effects of the Adjutant General's Department at Harrisburg, a rare find was made. Wrapped up care fully in oil cloth and still on its original staff was found the flag carried by tin York Volunteers in the War of 1812. It was torn somewhat but well preserved, and was at once placed in the flagrooni at the Executive Building. The flag was presented to the York Volunteers by the ladies of that city and was received by Captain Michael Spanglcr. It was carried to the defense of Baltimore, and was in the battle of North Point. It was originally of blue silk, but is now faded almost white. In the center is painted an eagle grasping a rattlesnake in its claws, beneath which is the tnotto "Virtue, liberty and independence." Henry Lehman, a descendant of on nf the York defenders, presented the flag to the State. The Capitol Commission decided to build the exterior walls and decorations of the new edifice of Winsboro granite, which is quarried at the Winsboro quar ries at Rion, S. C. All the members of the commission Were present, and aftei much discussion the South Carolina granite was adoptc.-t for the reason that it can be quarried all the year. Vermont granite, which stood next in favor, can not he worked in the cold Winter of that State, and the commission wa? anxious that there should be no delay. The Winsboro granite has been used in the construction of Government and municipal buildings and in large office buildings in Philadelphia, Pittsburg and other cities. George Lee. a special policeman, cm ployed by residents ,of Conshohocken, was arrested by the substitute he em ployed to take his place temporarily, Lee attended a ball and secured Con stable John Gray to patrol his district. At I o'clock a. m., Gray heard cries of "murder." He ran in direction of tin sounds, found a woman prostrate on the ground and a man bending over hef with clenched fists. "Take him away, he's killing me," moaned the woman. Without any hesitation Gray arrested theman, who proved to be his employer. Fortv-cight miners from the Panthet Creek Vallev were acquitted in court at Pottsville of tharges of rioting. Super intendent Baird Snyder, of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, who brought the prosecution, was directed to pay the costs. It was alleged that the defendants captured a number, of mint! etfards during the strike and marched them from Lausford to Coaldale, tortur ing and heating them. State Veterinary Surgeon Johnson in spected the valuable herds of cattle on the breeding farms oi James Maxwell, at U'nicorn, Dunmore Township, and found seventeen' suffering with tuber culosis. The animals were killed. The affected cattle were among the finest in Lancaster County, having recently taken first premiums at the circuit of county fairs in the eastern part of the State. Watson W. Dewees, Jr., died at-the Hahnemann Hospital, Philadelphia, where he was taken to undergo an oper ation for appendicitis. He was 18 years nf age and a pupil at Westtown Friends' Boarding School. It is said that his death was primarily due to injuries re cently received in a football game at Westtown School. The Norristown Junction Railway Company and the Stony Creek Railway Company were claimants for damages before a jury of view for the opening of Markley Street, in Norristown. The jury awarded the Junction Railway $4oc and the Stony Creek Company $2,600. These damages will be borne by the county. Free r iral delivery routes will b established through the townships of Hilltown', New Britain and Doylcs town. A bequest of $4000 has been lefl Newtown Friends' Meeting by the will of Lydia Linton, late of Newtown, tlx interest to be applied (to the care of the graveyard. Cyrus Bruner, a lumber dealer o! Columbia, died from look i aw. Some time ago he sustained a slight lacera tion of the forehead and tetanus devel oped. A fire broke out in. the barn of Isaac Christman in Schuylkill Township, de stroying the structure, the year's crops, farm machinery and four horses. Th' insurance is $2000, and the loss $0000 A large stone barn on the farm o! Lewis W. Stackhouse, in Edgemon1 Township, was destroyed by fire. Thi barn was built about two years ago V replace one burned at that time. Alton Newhouse and Earl Lusin! were drowned at- Corry while huntinj ducks on Findlays lake. Officer J6I111 Edwards, of the Johns town police force, was retired on t charge of extorting money from a pris oner. Albert Black and Frederick Burger two oi the escaped four prisoners at th' Huntington reformatory, were recap lured. Thomas Guest and Joseph Stummell were killed on the railroad at Net Castle. An administrator or trustee may nof transfer a liquor license, according te a decision by Judge W. G. Hawkins in the settlement of the estate of J. A Link, a liquor dealer of Pittsburg. The Court said that the granting of a license was personal to the recipient and no power except the Court making the grant could authorize its transfer. I Pauline Anker, an 18-year-old girl,1 was arrested at Greensburg. It is charged she threw vitriol into the face of George Loughner, a clerk in the local post office.
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