.GNORE THE REGICIDES United Slates Government Will Follow tbe British Course. tOLONEL MISCHICH IS HONORED. Ferthe Present Minister Jackson Will Not Present Illi Credentials lo Kln Peler France and Holland Will Also Await the New king's Action Toward the Assis ting Washington, D. C. (Special). Tlic United States government has adopted an attitude similar to that of England to ward the new Servian dynasty. It will be in no haste to rccocvizc a government treated ly assassination in the nhsencc cf some exhibition of a disposition to punish the guilty. Therefore Mr. Jack ton, who, besides being minister to Greece, is also United States mv i-ter to Servia, will not present his credential lo the government of King Peter at present. In fact, these credentials have not been prepared. He had credentials to King Alexander which lie had never prccnled. and he was actually on his way from Athens to Belgrade at the time of the assassination of the King to whom lie was about to present his papers. It happens that the trade between the United States and Servia is trilling, and the interests of the two countries touch at few points, so that there is really little embarrassment likely to follow the fail ure to establish diplomatic relations. Tan's (By Cable). Foreign Minister Delcassc's colleagues express the belief ; that he is likely to deprecate the Servian 1 tragedies by an expression similar to I those of Russia and Au-trin: but it i J pointed out that King I'eter took the in itiative in the cases of Russia and Aus- I tria by telegraphing to the Oar and Km- peror Francis Joseph, thus affording i them the opportunity for Austrian res- i ponses, whereas the Servian King has not addresed the other powers, and. con sequently, has not given them an oppor tunity to make rejoinders. The opportunity, however; will come when the question of the recocv ition of King Peter arises. In the meanwhile the Trench Minister at Belgrade has been in structed to restrict his action to current routv-e affairs and to maintain a neutral attitude toward the new regime until the question of the King's recognition is formally decided. 'J his will not come to the front until after Kine Peter's arrival in Belgrade, his formal assumption of j power and his notice of that assumption ! to the foreign ministers. ! The Hague (By Cable). The Dutch I xeprcsr.-itativc at Belgrade has been in- j urucico 10 assume tne same aiiiumc as Great Britain toward the provisional Kovcrnment of Servia. YOUTH KILLS HIS SWEETHEART. Elmer Heath Shoots Kitty Adklns at Salis bury, Vad. Salisbury, Md. ( Special). One of the most shocking tragedies in the his tory of Salisbury occurred about 8 o'clock p. m., in that section of the city known as Carton. ju?t beyond the New York. Philadelphia and .Norfolk Railroad Station. Klmer Heath, a young man about so years of age, shot and instantly Kill ed his sweetheart. Miss Katie Ailkins. and immediately turned the pistol upon himself and put three bullets into his own head. He dropped the smoking weapon and Tan across the street for about loo yards and fell upon his face, lie was found within 15 minutes aiter the shooting of the young girl and was put 111 an am bulance and carried to the jail. The doctors think Heath will live, as the wounds, though serious, arc not necessarily fatal. Japan's Demand for Open Ports. Yokohama (By Cable). The Japanese minister at Peking filed a formal demand on the Chinese Foreign Office for the cpening of Mukden and Tai-Tung-Giou to foreign trade. The Chinese officials replied that circumstances were not fav orable to the opening of the cities men tioned. The American and British rep resentatives are supporting Japan's de mands. Minister Gr.ger is also de manding the opening of Harbin, Man churia. Man Falls Filly Feet. Omaha, Neb. (Special). The jury in the case of Line Linnier, Company I, Twenty-fifth Infantry, charged with the murder of Sergeant Robert Yours, of the same compiv y, has brought in a ver dict of murder in the first degree, but eliminating the sentence of capital pun ishment. The verdict, under United States laws,, carries with it imprison ment for life. The killing occurred at Fort Niobrara, Nebraska, April 17, 1903, Strikers Mutt Work. Iinton, Ind. (Special). The 600 strik ing miners who stopped work in the Island Coal Company's mines last week have returned to work in com pliance with the ultimatum of Presi dent john Mitchell. It is understood that the miners were compelled to re turn to work or surrender their char tera and suffer other workmen to take their places. Queen Drain's Sisters. Belgrade (By Cable). Queen Draga's sisters, who arrived at Vienna, traveled second class on the train to Vienna. They say they are ruy-.cd. 'J hey were rnly given $400 to defray the expense of the journey, and they do not expect to receive anything more. They intend to seek an audience of Emperior Fraaeis Joseph and try to obtain justice, Killed In Mia Dlssster. Raton, N. M. (Special). Hve men were killed by an explosion which -wrecked Mine No. 2 of the Raton Coal and Coke Company, at,Blosburg, N. M. The dead are Joe Ehesnic, Tony Nation, Jack Stolni, Tom PoUcr and Alfonso Demc. Jack Bell, fire boss, was Lady burned and Harry Musscll had several ribs broken. "1 lie explo sion is believed to have been caused by a windy shot. The mine was in apected less than two weeks ago. Killed BrolbeHn-Law la Church. VVaterbury, Ct. (Special). Grass of a peculiar and sturdy growth has given such trouble to the trustees of tle Bron soii Library, whose pet hobby i to make the grounds that surround the half- mil lion dollar struceture an ideal beauty spot, that they contracted witha Win kled animal 'dealer for the services of a . small herd of Angora goats to keep the liaiulwjiiie and spacious lawn in trim. The gots are to be guarded while at work and kept under control by a ire 1C1ICC THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER. Domestic. Judge Waddill. in the United Slates Court 111 Richmond, Va.. decided that by applying for a receiver the Trigg Miipinukling Company did not commit an act of bankruptcy. James McKinney. the last of the out laws who broke out of prison at Glas gow, Mont., was shot to death by a farmer,' in whose icehouse he had taken rciugc. Frank C. Jappe, cashier and book keeper for the Frank Leslie Publish ing Company in New York, was ar rested, charged with robbing the com pany oi about Jio.oco. George Bartiiski, who claimed to be a violin virtuoso, was arrested in Kliz abeth, N. J., on the charge of being a counterfeiter. Vice President Koomis, of the Dela ware and Lackawanna, declared there would be enough hard coal to supply all demands this year. Lightning .strut k a hut stored with .toco pounds of dynamite rear Scnrra illc, ( ). Six men were killed in the explosion and a score injured. Maurice OTIearn, a night watchman, was shot and killed by a suspicious looking man whom he had challenged. The court in Pittsburg allowed Dr. V. C. Browning $.14.16.5.18 against the estate oi the late C. L. Magee. The State Bank of Oaklev, Kan., was robbed. The robbers got between $4000 and $5000. Otto Tliornert, an electrical expert, was instantly killed by touching a live wire while inspecting a switchboard of the Germantown Klectric Light Com pany, Philadelphia. The one hundred and twenty-fifth an niversary of the evacuation oi Valley rorge iy tlie Continental Army was observed by a patriotic celebration in Philadelphia. Three Slav miners were fatally burn ed by a powder explosion in the home of Nate Glazes, one of the victims, in the mining settlement of Twilight, Pa. j The jury in the Jett-White case, in ' Jackson, Ky., reported to Judge Red wine that it was impossible lo agree upon a verdict and was discharged. "Kentucky" Joe Miller, charged with numerous postot'tice robberies, and a man known as "Leon," escaped from jail at Morrisiown, Tcnn. Huffman Phillip, American vice and deputy consul general at Tangier. Mo rocco, is in this country on a brief trip for his health. 'I he Brooklyn grand jury began an investigation of the sale of cash regis ters to the Postoftice Department. George Durham and Fred Under wood were hanged in Clarksville. Ark., for the murder of Sheriff John II. Powers. William C. Van Benthuvsen. of the editorial staff of the World', died at his home, in New York. The Carnegie Steel Company and the Amalgamated Association signed a wage scale in Pittsburg. William Harden, the escaped mur derer, was shot to death by a posse in the Bad Lands. Twenty-live Chinamen were caught stealing across the Canadian border near Ogdcnsburg, N. Y. Mme. Morelli was badly torn and bit ten by a leopard at the animal show at Coney Island. I c reign. The United States F.uropcan Squad ron arrived at Byborg, Island of F11 nen, Denmark, en route to Kiel. The funeral of the colored boy who had been attached to one of the shins caus ed a remarkable demonstration.. Premier Zanardelli. oi Italy, has been unable to construct an entirely new cab inet, as most of the leaders of the other parties voted against the government. King Christian has issued a decree declaring adherence of Denmark to'the Berne International Copyright Conven tion of 1886, tu become operative July 1st. Claims of Italian subjects have been prtsented to the Santo Domingo gov ernment and an Italian warship has arrived at Santo Domingo. Ten persons were burned to death in a fire which destroyed the greater part of the village of Mocnich-Kirichen, Lower Austria. P. A. McIIi'.gh. the Irish M. P.. was released from Sligo jail, having served the sentence imposed for contempt of court. The wife of Samuel Jameson, an American, became deranued in Paris and the husband committed suicide. According to reports in Paris, the Spanish advocate, Cotarello, informed the French government of the where abouts of the Humbert family because his son was in love with Eve Humbert, daughter of Mme. Humbert, and refus ed to give the girl up. Members of the United States Inter national Fxchangc Commission state that they have secured from the British government all the support they ex pected for the project of giving sta bility to the monetary systems of the silver-using countries. The bodies of Hans Paircl and Her- mina Scheler, his sweetheart, who had been missing from Strassburg, were lounil 111 an abyss near Bregenz. I he man had shot the girl, thrown her bodv over a precipice, and then killed him self. The President of France has signed the pardon of Gabrielle Bompard, the woman who, with the aid ol a confed erate, murdered a process server in iHoy and was sentenced to JO years' pe nal servitv.de. Lord Grey, director of the British South Africa, regretted Booker Wash ington's declination of the invitation to visit South Airica and suggest a plan for bettering the conditions of the peo ple. Japan ha made demand upon China for the opening oi Mukden and Tai Tung Chou to foreign trade. The Unit ed States and Great Britain support Ja pan's demands. Financial. The Pennsylvania has applied to list $70,000,000 new stock on the New York Exchange. The United States Treasurer's surplus for the first half of June was $7,coo,ooo. 'Hie total surplus for the year ending with this month will be about $53,000,000. I'nless the Trr.itnrv ... .... money u Panama Canal purchases Sec retary naw win nave to evolve some plan for getting this surplus money out of the Treasury. He may again go into the market and purchase Government bonds. Prime report present crop conditions over the West as unfavorable. Weakness ill United States Steel was the market feature. Schwab's selling and his 1, taugleim-nt in United States Ship building were direct causes fur the de cline. It does seem odd that the Wall Street bears can. if tiieir own statements were true, make contracts for iron and steel at much lower prices thiyi actual con sumer, can do. An infringement suit for $50,000,000 damages has been brought at Boston ugauist the General F.lectric Company by S. P. Van Choate. The suit involves patents (or au electric generator. OPERATORS GRIEVANCES Coal Companies Complain to Concilia tion Board. CHARGES AND COUNTER CHARGES. Surprise for the Miners lo Charges to Be Made by the Companies Petty Strikes, Interference With Nonunion Men and Slay ing Away from Work Unexpectedly Some of the Accusation. Wilkes-Barrc, Pa. (Special). When the conciliation board meets in this city this week the operators will have grie vances to be adjusted, as well as the miners, and this will be a surprise to many of the latter, who believed that the coal companies had nothing to complain of. The operators will take exception to the many petty strikes, which are the cause of much inconvenience and an noyance; also that the nonunion men are being interfered with, and that the coal output is lessened by the practice of em ployes remaining at home on certain days without permission. The miners will offset this with the charge of discrimination; that some of the men active in the strike have not beo; given work since; that the award of the commission has been violated by a change in the condition of mining at many places, which docs not permit the miners to make as much now as before the strike, and that the operators have broken all custom in the Schuylkill re gion by having the nini work an hour longer on Saturday. Among other important questions which the miners want settled will be the reduction of yardage, check weighmcn, hours of labor for drivers and company hands. LIGHTNING" EXPLODES DYNAMITE Six Men Were Blown to Piecss and a Score or More Injnred. Cambridge, O. (Special). Lightning struck a hut stored with ,vxx pounds of dynamite at the new mines now be ing opened, near Senecaville, u miles from here, during a storm, killing six men and injuring a score of others, be sides ruining the mine shaft and break ing nearly all the windows in Seneca ville. a mining town of ,?oo people, half a mile from the mine. The men killed and injured were carpenters and others employed in opening the mines and building the shaiting. When the storm came up the men took refuge in John Jsaltzganer s barn, some distance from the mine. Suddenly a blinding flash came and in an instant the barn was demolished and the men scattered over a radius of too feet. More than a score of men were bleeding from inju ries sustained from heavy rocks torn from the earth and from the timbers from the blacksmith shop. To Train After-dinner Speakers. Madison, Wis. (Special). At the dinner of the alumni of the University of Wisconsin it was proposed to estab lish at the University a department for the cultivation of humor, such as after dinner speaking, story-telling and car tooning. D. W. Smith, of Milwaukee, asserted that pi dished after-dinner speakers and story-tellers were more successful in life than men with de press in philosophy, art and literature. The matter will be submitted to the iac-v-lty. Big Prices for Fancy Itofj. Peru. Ind. (Special). Record prices were paid at the Poland China swine sale at Macy, Ind. The aggregate sales of the two days were more than $60,000 for the 06 head that were offered. The highest price paid for one hog was for "Ideal Sunrise," which approximated $'7,957. A half interest in Majestic Perfection was sold for $4400 to Wil kinson Brothers of Cynthiana. Many Hurt In Factory Crash. New York (Special). There were many miraculous escapes in the collapse of an old-fashioned six-story building at 40 Bowery. Although there were 32 people employed on the floor that gave way first, only one person, a wo man, was killed. Her body was taken out of the ruins shortly before 2 o'clock. Nine persons were more or less badly crushed and bruised, al though they chiefly suffered from shock. Oreit Gold Reel Found. St. Petersburg (By Cable). It is an nounced from Tomsk, West Siberia, that a gold reef seven feet wide has been discovered in the forests bordering the River Barikule. The trial workings yielded 6 to 14 pounds of pure gold for every 400 poods (l4,4-3 pounds) of ma terial extracted. Tea Killed lo Passcnjer Wreck. Waterloo, la. (Special). An Illinois Central passenger train, which left Omaha at 7.50 P. M., collided head on with a freight train just west of Ray mond, la., at 2.40 A. M. Ten were killed, among them both euginees and firemen and a mail clerk. It took four hours to clear the track of the wreckage. The trains met at a curve. The passenger train, which had the right of way, was going at the rate of jo miles an hour. The freight crew is said to have mis understood their orders. A Soldier Convicted of Murder. Trenton, N. J. (Special). John Car rel is the hero of East Trenton, and is hoarse telling of a unique experience he had in falling from the Lincoln avenue bridge and escaping unhurt. He was leaning over the railing to attract the attention of a man (C the railroad track beneath when he lost his balance. He went down SQ feet and landed in a bunch. To prove that he was rot in jured he danced a jig for the bystanders and then walked home unassisted. Child AteTwttvt Snake. Logansport, Ind. (Special). Alice Fairchild, 12 years old, tried to eat a dozen live snakes, in emulation of a circus attraction, and is in a precarious condition as a result of numerous bites inflicted by the snakes, which object ed to being eaten alive. Last week Alice was taken by her parents to sec a sr.ake-eater, who appeared in Logans- Cort at a carnival. Thursday Alice's rother caught a dozen small snakes and at night the girl tried to eat them. She was found in convulsions, with the tnakmt wriggling about her body. NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. Extra Session Program. As the President is preparing to leave Washington at the end of the week he is notifying the members of Congress who call upon him now that he ex pects to spend the next two months, if not more, at his summer home, Oyster Bay. He has given notice that he wants a good rest, as he expects to return to Washington early in the fall, so as to be ready for the extra session cf Congress which he has determined to call on November 0. It has been known for some time that the President has settled upon November fj as the date for calling Congress in extra session, and during his Western trip he con firmed this belief by semiofficially an nouncing the fact. The President, therefore, expects to be back in Wash ington sometime before this date, so as to get everything in readiness for the assembling of Congress. Representative Cannon, of Illinois, who is to be the next Speaker of the House, has been in Washington for the last week and has had frequent con stipations with the President on the assembling of Congress one month be fore the date fixed by law. Mr. Can non, who is assured of election as Speaker, favors the early calling of Congress, and having been acquainted with the President's desires as to what the extra session should do, he will be ready to announce enough committees of the House to enable that body to transact business. Mr. Cannon docs not intend to announce all of his com mittees until the regular session is called in December, but as the extra session will be called chiefly to consider the legislation necessary to make op erative the Cuban Reciprocity Treaty, he will be rcadv to announce the Ways and Means Committee, as well as Rules, Mileage and Accounts, and per haps one or two others, that may be necessary. Consular Appointments. Announcement was made at the State Department of these consular appointments: John G. Foster, Vermont, vice Charles K. Turner, Consul-General at Ottawa; Robert Woods Bliss, vice Carl B. Hurst, Consul at Vienna; James Vcrner Long, Pennsylvania, vice Frank W. Jackson, Consul at Patras. Greece; Edward Higgius, Massachusetts, vice A. L. Frankenthal, Consul at Berne, Switzerland. Mr. Bliss is from New York and is at present private secretary to Gov ernor Hunt, ol i'orto Kico. John G. Foster, appointed Consul General at Ottawa, is promoted from Halifax, where he has been Consul General for six years. Sugar Countervailing Duty. In answer to an inquiry received through the Secretary of State, the Treasury Department stated that a countervailing duty will be collected after September I next, as heretofore on all sugar imported into the United States from countries which pay an export bounty on the same. Ls.rt year a conference was held in Brussels ol practically all ol the sugar-producing countries of Europe, at which it was agreed that all export bounties on sugar should be discon tinued aiter September 1, 190.1. Russia did not participate in this con ference, asserting that it did not give a bounty on sugar exports. New Philippine Coins. Hoffman Phillip, American Vice- Consul-General at Tangiers, Morocco, called at the State . Department, and made an informal report on the situ ation at his pet. The conflict between the Sultan of Morocco and the preten der, he reported, is increasing in bitter ness. The pretender's popularity has increased greatly during the last few months, and the Sultan is believed to be losing ground with his subjects. Pretender Gaining in Morocco. Secretary Root, at the last Cabinet meeting, presented each of his fellow Cabinet members, as well as the Pres ident, with a set of new coins being struck off by this country for the Phil ippine Islands. There are eight pieces in each set, running up to the peso. The fiscal agents of the Philippine Government in New York are selling the coins at a premium. la tbe Departments. An investigation is enow to be made of the Money Order Bureau and the Dead Letter Office of the Postoflice Department. Dr. C. L. Bennett, United States commercial agent at Aguas Calientas, Mexico, died there from cerebral hem orrhage. The postoflice investigation has re sulted in some changes in the organ ization of the rural free delivery ser vice. Secretary Root issued an order as signing Major General S. B. M. Young as chief of staff, with Major General Henry C. Corbin and Brigadier General William H. Carter as the other general staff officers. Brigadier General Tas ker II. Bliss is to become president of the War College. Attorney General Knox submitted an opinion affirming the right of the gov? ernment to disregard the injunction is sued by the Virginia judge, which for bade the resumption of work on the Galveston. William H. McLanahan, a bookbin der in the Government Printing Office, dropped dead from heart disease. The Treasury Department's statistics show that the commerce of the year will exceed $2,000,000,000. ' The Postmaster General has desig nated E. F. Kimball, chief clerk in the money order division, to succeed Jas. T. Metcalf at the head of the bureau. The appointment is temporary. A number cf consular appointments was announced at the State Depart ment. Charges are made that Charles Hedges, superintendent of the Citv De livery Service of the Postoftice Depart ment, urged Congress to act favorably upon certain claims.' The President has appointed several cadets to West Point Military Acad emy. Major General Frank Wheaton, re tired, is dead, aged 70 vears. Advices to the State Department indi cate that opposition to the Panama Can'al Treaty is increasing in Colombia. The President and , Secretary Hay have decided that no more hearings will be given Jewish bodies on the sta tus of Jews in Russia, as the subject, they say, has been fully covered in previous hearings. The grand jury is expected to return an indictment against A. W. Marhen, former superintendent of the Rural Free Delivery Service ol the Postoflice Department, on a charge of forgery. The State Department is awaiting further advices from Minister Conger before consenting to the transfer from Shanghai to Peking of the negotiations for the commercial treaty between the UoU'd States and China. 1 CZAR'S LIFE IN DANGER Would. Be Assassin Stopped at Door to Monarch's Apartment. HAD PASSED THE QUTER GUARDS. He Wore an Army Officer's Uniform May Have Been Sympathizer Willi Klshenel Victims All LonJoo Starthd By the Report ol tie At.cmpt on the Russian Ruler's Life. Moscow (By Cable). An attempt has been made to assassinate the Czar. It was frustrated at only the last moment. The attempt was made at Tsarscoc scl on the eve of the court's departure for the imperial villa, the new Pelcrs hof. The would-be assassin was clev erly gotten up for his desperate deed, for he wore the uniform of an officer of the first class in the Russian Army. He had passed the outer circle of guards, and was about to gain access to the Czar's apartments, when the trick was detected by his lack of knowledge of a secret 'countersign. The Belgrade assassinations threw the Czar into a terrible state of nervous prostration and extraordinary, secret precautions were taken, one set of the large number of guards placed on duty checking off the other. If it had not been for these extra guards the assas sin would have been successful, for he possessed all the countersigns neces sary to reach the very door of the Czar's apartment, but here the new se cret password tripped him. He is believed to have been an ardent sympathizer of those who were mur dered bv the Russians at Kisheneff. The Czar was not informed of the at tempt on his life. The news from Moscow of the at tempt on the Czar's life gave London a shock. It is well known here how the Czar lives in constant dread of the assassins who encircle him, and one dispatch re ceived the day alter the Belgrade hor ror related that the Czar was so over come with nervousness that he retired to his private apartments and remain ed there for twelve hours, canceling a number of important engagements of state. From English official sources a list of no less than twenty attempts, or threats, on the lite of the Czar since 1S05 have been compiled. They include nearly every line employed by Russian assassins. LORENZ PATIENTS PROGRESSING. Removal of Casts Disclose that Crippled Limbs Are Becoming Normal. New York (Special). Two of the first children operated on by Dr. Lo- rtnz in this citv last winter have had the casts removed at the Hospital for the Ruptured and Crippled, in this city. One of the removals was effected Fri day, and the results were notably satis factory. The case was that of Madeline Devcr eaux, seven years old. Dr. Lorenz had treated her for congenital hip disease, and she had been able to walk around soon afterward. She was notified a few days ago to appear at the hospital, and she did so. The doctors found that the bone was in place and the leg was low ered without difficulty. A new cast was put in place, and in a few months it will be removed and the leg lowered still further. Another removal was that of Charles Solt, five and a half years old, upon whom Dr. Lorenz operated r the Van derbilt clinic. He, ton, had suffered from congenital hip disease, and Dr. Lorenz placed the bone in its socket. The boy has been comfortable ever since. Both children are still at the hospital, but were reported to be doing splendidly. New Way to Take One's Life. New York (Special). Saying she wanted to die a happy death, and believ ing that ice cream in large quantities would produce the desired result, Miss Amelia Sternberg, of Morristown, was discovered eating sweet stuff by the tablcspoonful. When found she had already devoured more than a gallon 'and was fast emptving a two-gallon freezer. At the poljce station it was discovered that she was a patient at the State Hospital at -Morris Plains and had escaped early in the evening. She said that she ran away for the purpose of dying and would have hung herself had she not thought that a few quarts of ice cream would freeze her to death and put -a happy end to her exist ence. Jjhn Mitchell In III Health. Indianapolis (Special). On account of illhcalth, brought on by his recent duties in the East. President John Mitchell, of the United Mincworkers, was unable to attend "Mitchell Day" cclebratiir- held by the miners at Win slow. Pike county, Ind. The address of the dav was made by Secretary William B. Wilson. Landslide In North Carolina. Ashevillc, N. C. (Special. Another landslide has occurred on Saluda Moun tain, in the cut on the Southcru, Rail way that was filled by the slide of last week, and railroad authorities say that it will le at least a month before the track can be cleared for through traffic. 6,000 Reporlcd Lost. Madrid (By Cable). According to a dispatch received here from Tangier, El Menebhi, the Moorish war minister, has lost 6000 men in a batfje fought with the rebels at Amniedinna. SPARKS FROM TtU WIRES. At Richmond. Va., Judge Grinnan, of the Richmond Chancery Court, granted an injunction restraining Lieutenants Theiss and Grosdeck, United States Navy, from proceeding further towards the launching of the cruiser Galveston, under construction in the Trigg ship yards. The Navy Department is not disposed to stand for the interference. There was a small attendance of mill men at a meeting in Charlotte, N. C, to effect a merger of mills. Such a step is not believed to be practical. The sum of $,3,000,000 will be spent on the buildings and grounds of the sec ondary schools of the University of Chicago. The Train Dispatchers' Association, in session at Nashville, Tenn., elected officers. The National Children's Home So ciety, in session at Pittsburg, elected officers. Former Mayor McKenna, of Pitts burg, is dead. ' Former Premier Ivanichnff and two other former ministers of Bulgaria, were sentenced to eight months' .imprison ment at hard labor for malfeasance in office. I TRAGEDY IN ASHE COUNTY, N. C. Aged Father Badly Wounded and Wife1 Terribly Cut. Charlotte, N. G. (Special). A report reached here from Hemlock, Ashe county, N. C, that at midnight Chris topher Davis, who lives tear that place, arose from his bed, anil taking his ax, crept to the bedside of his guests, Levi Barker and his father, Alfred Barker, from Virginia, and with two well-aimed blows at the head of Levi Barker, one in front of the right ear and the other just behind the ear, killed him. Davis, then, it is stated, turned on the father with the ax and nearly severed his left arm just below the shoulder. Mr. Barker jumped from the bed and attempted to save himself by running from the house. He was wounded 11 times. Davis' wife, aroused from slumber by the noise, rushed aiter the struggling men into the yard. Her husband is said to have struck her with the ax. nearly severing one breast, a second wound being just below the heart, al most exposing it to view. Davis then carried his wife to bed, and washed and dressed her wounds. He took Levi Barker's knife from the latter's pocket, it is stated, and placed it in Mr. Bar ker's hand and closed she fingers of the dying man. Then he roused one of his little girls and dressing the baby, sent her to his father's. Mr. Alfred Barker also made his way to old Mr. Davis' house, and is now lying probably at the point of death at that place. Davis is supposed to be insane. He is said to have had an attack of insanity about eight months ago, but was sup posed to be better. Last week he be gan to show signs of mental derange ment. Thursday he killed the family cat, apparently without any provoca tion. The same day he made some threats of cutting his own throat with a razor. Friday evening his old-time friends and acquaintances, the Barkers, from Virginia, arrived at his house and were urged to stay all night. The dead man. Mr. Levi Barker, leaves a widow and five children. About 10 years ago Davis had a fight with an associate over a game of cards, in which it is said he inflicted an almost fatal cut in the body of James Branch. Mr. Davis' father was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, having lost a limb in that terrible conflict. Mr. Alfred Barker's family, his friends say, seems to be doomed to bad luck. He had five sons. Ore was kill ed some years ago jumping from a moving train ; another met bin death near this place from a tree which roll ed down the hill, crushing him. This tragedy robs Mr. Barker of another son and may cot him his own life. The homicide occurred on the night of June 1,1. Davis was confined in the Jef ferson jail the next night. CASSATT AND GOULD WAR OVER. Gould Broker Says Conflicting Interests Have Come lo Agreement New York (Special). For the first time if weeks Pcunsylvr.un stock moved up aggressively, su-.d in a degree com mensurate to the movement in the gen eral list, advancing about two points. Washington Connor, the broker, who is supposed to be familiar with the gen cral plans of the Gould interests, com mci'Hing on this, says there is now ahso lutely no friction between the Pennsyl vania and Gould companies, "Any trouble that has existed has absolutely disappeared," said Mr. Connor. "There have been no differences for weeks, and the stories still out arc purely the work of operators. 1 he last question kx dis putc the height of a bridge was settled before President Ramsey, of the Wa bash, went to Europe. "It mav seem odd that stories of tremendous fight were without basis, but it is a fact. Kuhn, Locb &Co., who have underwritten the new issue of Pennsylvania stock, arc financing the Missouri Pacific construction brr-ds. Mr. Schiff, of Kuhn, Locb & Co., said he did not care to comment upon Mr, Connor s interview. The Wabash demonstration was said to have been more by brokers said to be aiding for the junior Standard Oil crowd. In cornection with the activity in these issues the report was circulated that the Gould-Rockefeller interests had acquired control of Eric in the interest of the Wabash system,. and that the doc uments combining the two roads were all drawn up, and rrly needed the sig natures of the contracting parties. To March on Mad Mntlah. Aden, Arabia (By Cable). The British lines of communication between Berbcra rrd Bohotle, Somaliland, East Africa, are threatened by the forces of the Mad Mullah. Three companies of the Hampshire Regiment and 300 native trcops have been ordered to proceed to somaliland June 20. l-urthcr confirma tion has been received of the reports thai three British officers arc prisoners in the camp of the Mullah. Ahout 14,00c Abvssinians are now co-opcratv-g with the British against the Mullah s forces. Ban of Croatia loiu'ted. Agram, Croatia (By 'Cable.) The Diet held its first meeting here since the outbreak ot the recent disorders w Croatia. When the Ban of Croatia en tcrcd the chamber he was received with insults by the opposition and shouts of "Criminal I May. you be hanged I" He remained quiet, though pale, for some tune, but as the uproar continued he left the chamber. Later he returned and his reappearance caused a ro-icwal of the scenes. Finally the sitting had to be abandoned. A Tramp In Her Bed. Winsted, Ct. (Special). Returning -home at dusk, Miss Nettie Granger heard loud snoring in her bedroom She found a tramp in her bed, his clothes hung on a chair. She hasten ed out of the house to Edward Yalc'i Tavern. "There's a man in my house," the said as she opened the tavern door, "and he's in my bed, too." Yale went and sat on the tramp while she got the constable. The tramp, wdio described himself as George Springer, of Tor rington, was remanded for trial. ' Novel Marriage Lottery. Derby, Ct. (Special). A 'marriage lottery has been organized by the Bach etor Club of Seymour. Once a year the 23 members will draw lots. The one receiving a blank ticket must marry within a year. The penalty for failure is the forfeit of $5", which each mem ber has deposited with the treasurer, expulsion from the club, and loss of all money paid in the club's insurance fund. The man who abides by the drawing will receive $400 for his wedding ex penses. The club has been organized for 15 years, and no member has mar THE , KEYSTOMi STATE Latest News ol Pennsylvania Told in Short Order. Esther, the I-year-old daughter ot Henry Petsch, of Reading, had a thrill, iug experience in which she narrowly csvaped death. With her father sh'e was riding in a carriage drawn by a piritcd mustang. When they reached home the father alighted and as lie turned to lift the child ort the animal took flight and started off on a run. Mr. Petsch was caught between the wheels and dragged for half a :nilc before he was thrown against a fence. The horse continued its mad ruri through Eart Reading, demobbing the carriage before he was caught more than two miles from home. The child was found clinging to the scat and es caped unhurt. Recently Captain John L. Huff, ol Company II, Thirteenth Regiment, left Scranton and went to Berwick to work, which is outside the territory covered by the regiment. He did this, it is alleged, without permission and his commission was revoked. The company was assembled to elect his successor. Captain Huff is very popu lar with the members of his command and they proceeded to . re-elect him. Another commission may not be is sued to him. The differences existing between the Webster Coal & Coke Company and its miners have been settled and the men will return to work at once. All grievances were disposed of by Jas. Kerr, for the companv. and National Secretary William B. Wilson, for the miners, at their meeting at Crcssnn. The basis of settlement was $.1 for the machine cutters at the Ben's Creek op. oration instead of $2.63 and a relative rate for scrapers. Unless John Hudock. president ol the Oneida Local of the Mine Work ers, is able to give a satisfactory ex planation he will be forever birred from the organization. He has incur red the wrath of the members because he officiated as groomsman at the wed ding of Julius Thomas, a non-unionist. The matter has been laid before tlir district board. State factory inspectors' have dis covered hundreds of boys t.nder the legal age at work at coal breakers in violation of the child labor law am' urrests may follow. Nanticokc has adopted a curfew law Mid every child under 16 must be homt by 9 o'clock at night unless accom uanied by parents or guardian. The graduating exercises of Sett College were held in the auditorium a' ihat place. The speakers were E. H Beckcrt. Pit' burg; A. R. Demiiiirt'-n, Deekard: J II. Snvder. Broughton D. II. Titbolski. Erie; F. If. Taylor outh Au'if.rn. Ilamnton I. Carson Attorney General of Pennsylvania, dc livcred the commencement addre-s The degree of master of science wa; :onferred on R. B. Mnttc.-n and V II. Rebhun. The degree of electrical engineer was given to H. P. Wood nnd that of mining engineer to , C B. Alexander. The J. W. White fel lowship was awarded to A. R. Den nington, 'o,?, to b-.' used for one year o' advanced study. To W. 11. Dean. '06 -if Williamsburg, was p.ivcn the McAl lister prize for the best entrance cx animations. John G. Taylor, of West Chester who has already spent a fortune ir building monuments in Lafayette Cem Mcry, on the Brandywme battlefield, i! ibout to erect another memorial, whitl is to commemorate Lazarus. mention Mi in the Bible. Mr. Taylor lia; given ins order to a firm in Italy fm 1 marble figure. Mr. Taylor has ert:t fd several monuments lo members ol his family, one to Christ, one t' tlx Virgin Mary, one to General Lafay site and o:.e to General Pulaski, the Ahole representing an outlay of many thousands of dollars. Coloi-el C. W. Dunifer. editor and proprietor of the Pcnbrook "Times," 'icd in Chapman, Snyder countv, aged 57. Mrs. Eiias Dundore was saved Irnrr her burning home at Avon. The cx ritcment su jcriuduccd heart trouble anc1 her death is feared. J. C. Bccht. of Muticy, has resigned as superintendent of public schools ol Lycoming county, and has accepted the professorship of psychology and peda gogy in the State Normal' School, at West Cheslci. -John Reager, of Lcwistown, is the owner of a coat and vest purchased by him in Germany over fifty years ago. which he still wears occasionally. He also has an overcoat which he ha'-, worn for forty-five years. A suspender button saved the Hie ol Simon J. Woclily. of Jonestown, who was struck in the side by a rille ball fired r.t a bird by a boy. Only a Mesh wound was inflicted, as the ball was flattened against the button. Thirty-three families who resided in houses 6wncd byxthe Harbison-Walkci Refractories Company at l'arrandsville ind Monument have been ordered to va cate the premises, the employees of the company being on a strike. Select Councilman James D. Miller, of Eric, was aroused by hearing a door opened and shut. Making his way down Ihc rear stairs he secured a butcher knife in the kitchen and then walked into the dining room, where he con (roir.cd a burglar. The latter had col cctcd a quantity of silverware. On the ippcarancc of Mr. Miller ihc robber 'limped through a window and escaped .Montuomcrv Countv f ommissioners have decided to build oi.lv stone bridge? hereafter. The Immigration Relief Society, ol Scranton. has mndp nrrninrenicilts P5 bring between 50 and loo Jewish fann ies to that rity Irom Kishencv. Rev. E. E. Mauley, for five years pa or of the Church of Christ at Altoona, preached his farewell sermon, he hav ing accepted a call to the Kowan Ave nue Church, Pittsburg. Dilwyn Jones, aired 16 ve-irs. hit hn homo at Shenandoah three weeks ao to visit his uncle at Atlantic City, b'1' his parents were informed Ihat the boy never arrived there. They fear lie ne! with an accident or was kidnapped. I ainain P. nice K. Rutin, formerly ad jutant of the Fifth Regiment, has hce" i-cminnsrioiicd by Colonel Rufus l- i.liler to organize a military ronipai'J . in Altoona. to take the place of one . Ihc old companies of the Fifth, which is to l,o dropped. Eletlric nower has beu installed fot haulini; wagons and I if illumination in thn Oiiirali.-t Colliery .Mines inompson, living near rvenncu S(uare, was enticed to Georgetown. lllburb of West Chrctor nrl robbed al the point of a revolver by two nien iney secured J16. Waller Herrod. who aas released from the Eastern pcr.iten- tiarv nni. tiw.t.tk ..a arrested. charged with being one of the men. At the June term of Civil Court, which just closed at Norristown, ver dicts amounting to $12,000 were award ;d against the countv as itaiuairrs for the opening of two highways. Of thj ' linoui t Thomas Miclu-lson was award ed $7toO for tha niirniniy road in nrder to obviate a grade crossing ' lenkintown sta'.ion. , '
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