PLUNGES Om TRESTLE
Entfneer, Fireman, Conductor, Mail
Clerks Killed.
JflNE DEAD AND SEVEN INJURED.
Pail Mall lid Express From New York lor
New Orleans, Running al High Speed,
Joans lbs Track on Trestle Over Creek
Near Danville, Vs., and Locomotive and
Fsar Cars Fall 7S Feel Into the Wstcr.
Charlotte, N. C (Special). While
Tunning at a high rate of speed train No.
V7f on the Southern railway, the south
bound mail, one of the fastest regular
trains in the world, jumped from a tres
tle 75 pet high half a mile north of
Danville, Va., and was almost de
molished. Of the crew of 16 men, in
cluding postal clerks, on the train, 9
were killed and 7 injured.
The express messenger, W. F. Pinkey,
wai the only person on the train that es
caped uninjured.
All of the injured men are seriously
hurt and have been taken to the hospital
in Danville. The recovery of Mail Clerk
Spies is not expected, and other clerks
re thought to have received mortal in
juries. The trestle where the accident occur
red is soo feet long and is located on a
eharp curve. Engineer Broady was a
new man on that division of the South
ern, and it is said he came to the curve
at a very high rate of speed.
The engine had gone only about so
ieet on the trestle when it sprang from
the track, carrying with it four mail cars
and an express car. The trestle, a
wooden structure, also gave way for a
space of 50 feet.
At the frxit of the trestle is a shallow
stream with a rocky lottom. Striking
this the engine and the cars were re
duced to a mass of twisted iron and steel
and pieces of splintered wood. As the !
cars went down they touched the sides
f the Riverside cotton mill, which is
very close to the trestle.
All the men on the death list absvc
were killed instantly, it is thought, d
their bodies were mutilated by the fall.
The skin and hair of the engineer and
fireman were torn off by the impact of
ihe steam engine.
Several thousand persons from Dan
ville went to the scene of the wreck soon
after it occurcrd. No one on any of the
cars had made an effort to jump and
the bodies of all those killed were found
in the wreckage of the different cars to
which they belonged. Ladies who drove
out to the wreck from Danville fainted
at the sight of the bodies, some of which
were crushed to a ghastly degree. It
seemed miraculous that any living being
could have escaped, for each car falling
with the engine bounded from it and
completely collapsed after striking the
Tocks at the foot of the trestle.
All the express matter in the express
car was practically destroyed, except six
CTates full of canary birds. None of the
liirds was hurt, though the crates were
in the thickest of the debris.
Unofficial opinions agree in giving
only one cause for the wreck the high
speed of the train on the sharp curve.
Train No. 97 was running about an hour
behind time. It is thought that the
engineer, being unfamiliar with the road,
did not take into consideration the dan
ger of coming on the curve with such
great velocity.
The mail bags in all the mail cars were
torn open and the letters and paskages
were scattered, but it is believed none is
lost. Fire which appeared in the wreck
age shortly after it occurred was quickly
extinguished by the Danville Fire De
partment. In loss of life this is one of the most
serious wrecks that has occurred on the
Southern, and it is the third time that
the fast mail has been almost entirely
demolished. It will probable take sev
eral days to repair the damage to the
irestle.
CRUSHED UNDER F ALU NO TREE.
Samnel King Saves Two Women and Three
Children.
New York (Special). After saving
two women and three children from
almost certain death Samuel King,
caretaker of the estate of William Law
rence, at Bronxville, was himself
crushed to death beneath a falling tree
trunk, from under which he had just
driven the women and children.
For several days King has been
clearing a tract of land for building
operations. A massive poplar tree, with
a trunk 2V1 feet in diameter, stood
near, and the branches overhung the
road. Two axmcn were at work cut
ing at the base of the tree, with King
directing them.
Just as the tree began to sway two
women and three children, who had
leen in the field picking wild (lowers,
started directly across the path of the
falling tree. Seeing their danger, King
jumped beside them and forced one
woman and two children aside. Then,
crabbing the other woman, who held a
baby in her arms, he shoved them from
beneath the tree just as it fell. But he
was not quick enough to save himseli.
As he started to run for safety the big
tree crashed across King's body. He
uttered but one piercing cry.
Prohibits Boycotts snd Blacklists.
Montgomery, Ala. (Special). The
Senate passed the House bill prohibiting
boycotting, blacklists, bans or picketing
in this state and provides punishment
therefor. The bill is considered very
slrict and was opposed by organized
labor.
Foot Killed la Collision.
Marion, Ind. (Special). Four men
were killed here when an interurb&n ear
ran into a construction train 011 the
C, C & L Railroad: Joseph vVolf, of
Peru, Ind., fireman on the Chicago.
Cincinnati and Louisville engine; head
cut nearly off. John Armour, 65
years old, of Marion, laborer on con
struction train; instantly killed. Chas.
Lass, laborer on construction train;
instantly killed. David Moore, of
Marion, and John Caldwell, of Kock
ville, workmen on the construction
train were fatally injured.
Fond Treaiare SUip.
Jacksonville, Fla. (Special). Rumors
A the finding ol a treasure ship off
Miami were confirmed when Captain
Jennings; with three of the crew 0
the wrecking schooner Oscco, filed a
libel against the cargo ol a sunken ship
in the United States Court here. Cap
tain Jennings has been searching for
this vessel from time to time for many
years. It is supposed to hsve gone
atbore in 18.45, loaOd with ore from the
Mexican mines. It was found in five
. fret of water near Miami, its carg.i.
which has been only partly examined,
feat been found to consist of silver ore.
THE LATEST fEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Domestic.
. Seattle's gold receipts from the
North Friday amounted to $1,250,000.
This great treasure shipment came
from Nome and the British Yukon on
the steamers Ohio, Senator and Dol
phin. The three vessels brought 8jo
passengers.
It is reported that the Consolidated
Lake Superior Company stockholders
will apply in the Connecticut courts
for the appointment of a receiver for
the $117,000,000 corporation.
The four-masted schooner Gifford
went ashore on the ocean beach near
San Francisco. The crew was saved,
but the vessel will be a total wreck.
A sailor boardinghousc-keeper in
Savannah. Ga., and his assistant were
arrested for shanghaing eight negroes
and putting them aboard a Russian
bark.
Rev. C. D. Whalcn, a Baptist preach
er, was arrested in Los Angeles. Cal..
on the charge of deserting his wife and
children in Plattsburg. N. Y.
Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton, one of the
few British generals who distinguished
themselves in the Boer War, arrived in
New York.
William G. Wylie, a former justice
of the Supreme Court of Louisiana,
died on the steamship St. Louis en
route to New York.
S. Kalman, proprietor of a private
bank at Schoenville. Pa., disappeared
and his depositors, Slavs and Croa
tians, caused a scene.
Frederick M. Hubbcll, a wealthy res
ident of Des Moines. Ia., has "given
$5,000,000 for the endowment of a uni
versity in that city.
At Imlay. Harlan county, K. Mar
tin Green shot and killed his wife after
a quarrel and tied, but was arrested.
Miss Millie Arnhold, aged 32. daugh
ter of Rev. Mr. Arnhold, assistant
rabbi of Kcncscth Israel Synagogue,
in Philadelphia, committed suicide by
taking carbolic acid at the family's
summer home, at Atlantic City.
James R. F.rwin. t lie indicted postal
inspector, in a hearing before the Unit
ed States Commissioner in San Fran
cisco, denied charges of any connec
tion with frauds.
The Chinese of San Francisco gave
Leung Kni Chen, vice-president of the
Chinese F.m"irc Reform Association, a
great welcome on his arrival as a refu
gee from China.
Right Rev. Stephen M. Merrill, se- '
nior bishop of the Methodist Episco- j
pal Church, has submitted his resigna- i
tion in order to devote himself to lit- i
erary work. I
Counsel for the State of Minnesota i
filed in the United States Court at St. j
Paul a petition for an order allowing
an appeal in the Northern Securities :
merger case. 1
William P. Hundley, assistant weigh- !
ing clerk in the United States Mint at
San Francisco, was caught stealing
gold dust and resigned.
Two lives were lost and several were
injured in a fire that destroyed the
Hotel Brunswick in Rochester, N. H.
The Reading Railroad shut down
two of its collerics and reduced the
working days at others.
James Keffer was hung in Lander,
Wyo., for the murder of William War
ren, an old stock tender.
A resolution was adopted by the gen
eral executive board of the Knights of
Labor deprecating the proposed move
ment against President Roosevelt be
cause of his action in the Miller case.
William Ronemus, the mine guard,
who admitted shooting Patrick Sharpe,
a striking miner, during the coal strike,
was acquitted at Norristown, Pa.
Rev. David Philipson, of Cincinnati,
advocated the formation of a Jewish
world congress as a means of settling
the Jewish problem in Russia.
Dominador Gomez, a former Spanish
officer, has been charged at Manila
with inciting rebellion against the au
thority of the United States. -
Fcieign.
The French Foreign Office declares
that any negotiations with Great Bri
tain on the subject of Morocco arc con
fined to the matter of a good under
standing, and it is denied that France
contemplates a protectorate over Mo
rocco. The Bulgarian War Office has re
ceived information that in event of hos
tilities between Bulgaria and Turkey
the Turks will endeavor to seize the
Shipka Pass, and strong Bulgarian
forces are held in readiness.
Reports that the visit of Sir Fred
crick Treves to the King at Balmoral
was on account of the King's health
were denied, and it is stated that the
visit is entirely of a social nature.
The Czar appointed M. de Martens,
professor of international law at the
University of St. Petersburg, third ar
bitrator in the claims of the allied pow
ers against Venezuela.
It is reported that Lord Milncr has
finally consented to accept the post of
rolonial secretary, to succeed Joseph
Chamberlain in the British Cabinet.
The strike of omnibus nun in Berlin
earned several riots, mounted police hav
ing to charge the mobs.
Canon Maccoll, at an intercession
service held in London in behalf of
the Macedonians, described them "as
laboring under disabilities rendering
them practically outlaws deprived of
the elementary rights of humanity."
The British Ambassador at Con
stantinople has been instructed to in
form the Porte that neither Turkey nor
Bulgaria must expect support from
the British government in resisting the
execution of reforms in Macedonia.
It is understood that Lord Milncr,
Briti' high commissioner, has been
oflereu. and has declined, the colonial
secretaryship, but further pressure is
being brought to bear upon him.
Premier Bailout, of England, in a
letter discussing the Macedonian situ
ation, says the British government's
policy is to support Russia and Aus
tria in pressing the scheme of reforms.
The Porte has expressed a wish for
the withdrawal of the American war
ships at Beirut.
Financial.
Traders think Lake Superior is at
tractive for ft turn.
The price of plate glass at Pittsburg
has been cut 10 per cent.
The flood of cash from the Eastern
cities has started for the South and
We-t.
Since September I, $7,37i.00O Gov
ernment money has been deposited in
national banks.
llarriman's entrance to the Erie Rail
road board looks as if he and Morgan
had forgotten the Northern Pacific
panic.
More than $40,000,000 United' States
Steel bonds due to the conversion Syn
dicate will be delivered this week.'
In January, lono, steel rails sold lit
$35 a ton. By December of that year
the price had fallen to $26. In May.
icot (ie price was advanced to and
it has steadily remained there. Steel
billets at Pittsburg were $.14.50 in Jan
uary, 1000, and they fell to $1975 by
December. Last month the price was
U7.
Jersey Centrals annual report shows
gross earnings for the 190.1 fiscal year
$iH.4JO,.'7, an increase of $1,773,094.
Net earnings were $6,734,027, 'a decrease
of $165,95.
SHOT WIFEJN CHURCH
The Dcspel-ate Husband Then Fatally
Wounds Himself.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN FRIGHTENED.
Tragic Scene In Ihe Ocrmin Lutheran Church
at Lscrosse, Wis. Man Whoso Young
Wife Had Left Him Dccsuse of Its Conduct
Follows Her Into the Edifice and Shoots
Her la Ihe Prestnct of the Congregstlon.
Lacrosse, Wis. (Special). During
the early morning communion service
at the German Lutheran Church here,
Herman Rossow, a painter, entered the
church behind his wife and her mother,
shot her twice and then turned the wea
pon upon himself, inflicting a wound
which will likely prove fatal. Rossow
was married to Miss Weiss three years
ago nt the home of her widowed
mother. She was a factory girl. Ros
sow was employed by the Lacrosse
Carriage Company.
Because the husband became a drunk
ard and refused to provide for his
young wife, she left him, returning to
live with her mother. Several times
Rossow sent notes threatening to kill
her if she did not return to him, but
the girl, though terrorized, refused to
again have anything to do with him.
Sunday morning Rossow took up a
position in a livery stable nearly oppo
site the church. He had failed to ac
complish his premeditated purpose in
any other manner. When his wife ap
peared and entered the church Rossow
followed, walking behind her down the
aisle to the middle of the edifice. Step
ping up behind her he muttered some
thing in her ear, and as she turned
fired into her breast. The woman reel
ed, then staggered away, and as she
fell to the tloor he fired again, the sec
ond bullet entering her back between
the shoulders.
A panic ensued and men, women and
children rushed screaming from the
scene. Rossow fled to the vestibule of
the church, and placing the weapon
against his breast fired. The bullet took
effect, but a second failed and struck the
wall behind him. Running from the
church, he was captured a half block
away by E. H. Derr. a former policeman,
and easily submitted to arret. As he
was lieing taken to the police headquart
ers he fell from the loss of blood and
was driven to a hospital. Physicians say
he cannot live, the bullet having reached
a vital organ.
The woman will die. '
NOVEL DIVORCE DECISION.
A Woman Whose Plea Was the Sentence o(
Husband to Prison.
Philadelphia (Special). In dismiss
ing the libel in a divorce suit filed by
Minerva Kauffman against her hus
band, Henry II. Kauffman, Presiding
Judge Sulzberger, of Common Pleas
Court, handed down an opinion which
decides for the first time in the his
tory of the Pennsylvania courts what
was intended by the act of Assembly
of May 8, 1854, as amended by the act
of June 1, 1891.
Under this act it is provided that
when either party to a marriage shall
be convicted and sentenced for for
gery or any infamous crime the other
can urge such conviction as a ground
for an absolute separation.
The libelant, Minerva Kauffman,
averred that her husband had been con
victed of larceny and was sentenced for
three years. Because the three years
was made up of two sentences instead
o' one, the judge declared against Mrs.
Kauffman.
DYNAMITE IN THEIR PATH.
Dissatisfied Poles Kill a Contractor on Ihe
Wabash Railroad.
Washington, Pa. (Special). One of
the most bloodthirsty murders in the his
tory of Washington county occurred on
the Middlctown read, about 15 miles
from here. Samuel T. Ferguson, of the
Ferguson Construction Company, of
Pittsburg, was instantly killed, and his
secretary, Charles L. Martin, of Cincin
nati, was fatally injured.
The two men, were driving along the
road in a buggy, carrying $.,6oo in cash
with which to pay off some of their men
employed on construction work along the
line of the Wabash Railroad, when sud
denly an explosion of dynamite in the
roadway literally tore the rig to pieces,
killed Ferguson outright and threw Mar
tin 200 feet and tearing his left arm al
most from the socket.
It has been learned that two men sup
posed to be Poles placed the dynamite in
the road for the purpose of killing Pay
master Ferguson, and had arranged to
explode it by means of an electric bat
tery. Two SwiuJIers Run In.
Steubenville, O. (Special). The two
men who are charged with having rob
bed farmer John Kerr of $.1000, and
who were captured after being pursued
and shot by a posse of farmers last
Monday, were identified as William
Wilson and Cameron Bostettcr, alias
"Big Charley Adams." Houston Kep
ler, of Barberton, Ohio, has identified
the two men as those who swindled him
out of $5000 in a card game in 1891, A
guard has been placed around the jail
because of the presence of a number of
strange men in town who are believed
to be friends of Wilson and Bostettcr,
and whom, the authorities fear, may
attempt a rescue.
Mlllloos lo Found College.
Des Moines, Iowa (Special). Fred
erick M. Hubbcll, one of the wealthiest
men in Iowa, his wife, Frances E. Hub
bcll, joining, has conveyed property to
the value of about $5,000,000 to himself
and his sons. Frederick C. Hubbcll and
Grover C. Hubbcll, of Des Moines, trus
tees of the Frederick M. Hubbcl estate,
and to their successors in trust for the
trustees and their lineal descendants
with a limitation, over to the State of
Iowa, to b used in founding a college of
learning in the city of Des Moines.
117 Miles an Hoar.
Berlin (By Cable). A high-speed
trial over the Zossen experimental
electric railroad resulted in attaining
a speed at the rate of over 117 miles an
hour. Every part of the 110-ton car
was intact and the roadbed was not
affected. This series of tests began 10
days ago, when speed at the rate of 90
miles an hour was recorded. Every
second day the speed was increased two
or three miles. The fact that the inn
crinery and roadbed were not impaired
gives every hope of attaining speed at
the rate of uj nnlcs an hour.
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS,
Dead Utter Office Business.
The annual report of the operations of
the Dead Letter Office for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 190.1, has been prepared,
and will be embodied in the forthcom
ing report of First Assistant Postmaster
General Wynne. The report states that
it is made to appear that there has been
a large and steady increase in its annual
receipts, which is due to the great and
constant increase in the volume of mat
ter passing through the mails.
The total receipts for the year were
something over 10,000.000 pieces the
largest in the history of the office ex
ceeding those of the preceding year by
some 850,000 pieces. Of the aggregate
number 8,895,205 pieces were opened.
'Hie money found in opened letters
amounted to $48,6.14, Imt this sum in
cluded money (generally coin) found
loose in the mails or in postoflices and
consigned to the Dead Letter Office.
Commercial paper found, such as drafts,
checks, money orders, etc., represented a
face value of $1.49.1,56.1. The number of
merchandise parcels received was 254,
580, which were restored to the owners
as far as possible. Photographs were
found in 219,955 letters and parcels.
Letters which contained postage stamps
in varying amounts from one cent up
ward numbered 249.955.
The domestic misdirected letters re
ceived numbered 554,201. There were
131,0.12 letters held for postage.
Under the regulations deliverable mer
chandise matter is to be hereafter held
for one year, instead of two, as formerly,
before being sold, and this change ren
dered necessary an additional sale dur
ing the year. The first sale was held in
December, 190.1, and the gross proceeds
were $3.5.15. The second occurred in
February, 1903, and the gross proceeds
were $5,244.
Warsiitp Sent lo St. Andrews.
Additional informajion obtained at the
State Department alxut the trouble near
Blucficlds, Nicaragua, is to the effect
that a number of American citizens have
suffered ill treatment on the Island of St.
Andrews, 40 miles from Blucficlds, and
that the local authorities have failed to
afford them protection or redress. The
matter was reported to the State Depart
ment by Edwin W. Trimmer, the Ameri
can agent at Blucficlds, and at his sug
gestion the Nashville has been ordered
from Pensacola to St. Andrews.
The Americans involved are connected
with a plantation at St. Andrews. The
State Department officials say they do
not anticipate serious trouble, but the
evident inability of the local authorities
or their unwillingness to maintain order
makes the presence of an American war
ship desirable.
Will Remain at Beirut.
Withdrawals of the American war
ships from Beirut seems unlikely for
the present in view of a cablegram re
ceived at the State Department from
Minister Lcishman, at Constantinople,
stating that, although his advices from
Beirut indicate that the situation is
quiet just now, nothing like permanent
order has been established. Mr. Leish
man says the state of affairs there may
yet be regarded as uncertain.
It is indicated in Mr. Leishman's ca
blegram that the departure of the war
ships might be the occasion for a re
newal of the riots. This confirms .the
opinion held here by State Department
officials that the quiet at Beirut is due
directly in the presence of American
warships off that port.
Minister Leishman adds that the new
governor of Beirut is actively inaugu
rating reforms there, but that it is not
yet certain he will be able to handle
the situation. How far he has the
backing of the Porte in his activities in
behalf of foreigners and their interests
is not stated.
Lives Lost In Rlols.
The following bulletin has been post
ed at the State Department:
"The Department of State has re
ceived advices from the American
charge at St. Petersburg to the effect
that in the Gomel riot eight Jews and
five Christians lost their lives. Mr. Rid
dle says that no foreigners or foreign
interests suffered."
In view of the position taken by the
Russian government at the time of the
Kisheneff affair (that the imperial au
thorities would decline to receive for
eign representations concerning do
mestic matters where no foreign inter
ests were involved) the report of the
American charge at St. Petersburg
that no foreigners or foreign interests
were jeopardized in the recent anti
Semite riot at Gomel closes the in
cident so far as the State Department
is concerned.
In the Departments.
Assistant Surgeon General II. D.
Geddings has been detailed as delegate
to the International Sanitary Plague
Conference, which is to convene in
Paris October 10.
A composite address was issued by
leaders of the colored race, giving their
composite view of the race problem.
The Attorney General has rendered
nn opinion upholding the action of
Captain Leary, when Governor of
Guam, in condemning the property of
Lieutenant Safford for government
purposes.
The State Department received ad
vices that in the riots at Gomel, Rus
sia, eight Jews and five Christians lost
their lives. No foreign interests suf
fered. The Navy Department has ordered
the gunboat Nashville to proceed to
Bluefields, Nicaragua, for the protec
tion of American interests there.
Secretary Moody has instructed Su-
fierintcndcnt Brownson not to permit
lazing at the Naval Academy.
The Commissioner General of Immi
gration will take action, against the
American Textile Works, Pawtucket,
R. I., for violation of alien contract la
bor law.
The compromise between the Salva
dor Commercial Company and the Sal
vadorean government has been ratified
by the national government.
The final details of the commercial
treaty with China are being worked
out.
The executive council of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor deferred ac
tion on the case of W. A. Miller, as
sistant foreman in the bookbinding de
partment. The annual report of Hampton Nor
mal and Agricultural Institute has
been received by the Interior Depart
ment. United States District Attorney
Beach wilt move that the first of the
postoffice cases be set for trial Octo
ber 26.
Secretary Shaw will renew refunding
operations because of the scarcity 01
two per cent, bonds.
FOILED BY THE MESSENGER
Holdup of an Express Train Proves
Bootless,
Masked Men Shot Down by Messenger
When an Attempt Was Made to Blow Open
lha Car Engineer Wounded by Ihe Same
Bullet Sheriff's Posse Captured Another
Robber, Who Was Badly Wounded.
Portland, Ore. (Special). The At
lantic express on the Oregon Railroad
and Navigation Line which left here at
8.15 o'clock p. ni. was held up by four
masked men an hour later near Cor
bctt Station, 21 miles east of this city.
One of the robbers was shot and killed
by Express Messenger Fred Korncr
and Engineer Ollic Barrett was seri
ously1 wounded by the same bullet.
After the shooting the robbers fled
without securing any booty.
Two of the highwaymen boarded the
train nt Troutdalc, a station 18 miles
east of here, and after the train had
got under way they crawled over the
tender and, covering the engineer and
firemen with revolvers, told them to
stop at Mile-post 21, which is near
Corbctt Station.
When the train slowed down two
more men appeared. Two of the rob
bers compelled the engineer to get out
of the cab and accompany them to the
express car, while the others watched
the fireman. The men carried several
sticks of dynamite, and when they
came to the baggage car, thinking it
was the express car, threw a stick at
the door. Express Messenger Korncr
heard the explosion and immediately
sccucd his rifle and opened fire. The
bullet pierced the heart of one of the
robbers and went through his body,
entering the left breast of Engineer
Barrett, who was just behind him.
After the shooting the other three
robbers fled without securing any
booty, and it is supposed they took to
a boat which they had moored to the
bank of the river.
The robber ordered Engineer Bar
rett to walk in front of him while ap
proaching the baggage car, but he
jumped behind just before the shot
from the express messenger's rifle was
fired. The body of the dead robber was
left beside the track and the wounded
engineer was brought to this citv.
Sheriff Story and four deputy sheriffs
left on a special train for the scene of
the robbery at 12:45.
Shortly after the express train bear
ing the sheriff's posse arrived one of
the gang of outlaws was found a short
distance up the track badly wounded
from a charge of buckshot which he
had received in the head. He was
placed on board the sheriff's special
train, which was turned around and
headed for Portland.
The bandit said his name was Jim
Connors, and that he is from Portland,
but refuses to make known the names
of any of the other bandits or the di
rection in which they went.
FILIPINO CHARGED WITH TREACHERY.
President of the Nationalist Party Arrested
on Serious Charge.
Manila (Ey Cable). A Filipino
named Kalbaza, president of the Nation
alist party, was arrested upon a similar
charge as that which has 'just been pre
ferred against Dominiado Gomez. He is
accused of being concerned with the lat
ter in fomenting the disturbances which
have lately taken place in the northern
province of Luzon, where a guerrilla
warfare has been carried on for some
time past by ladrones against the peace
ably inclined natives. He is now held to
answer on charges of rebellion and in
surrection against the authority of the
United States.
Two prisoners named Rudd and
Rlack, escaped fugitives from the United
Slates Military Prison, on Malagi Island,
in Laguna dc Bay. Luzon, have been
killed by natives. In defense the latter
claim that the killing took place during
an attempt to capture the fugitives to
gain the reward which was offered for
their arrest and return to the military
authorities.
Dean Tompkins, the defaulting treas
urer at San Fernando, convicted recent
ly for forgery, fias been sentenced to 17
years' imprisonment. His trial on the
other charges filed agaiiiFt him has been
set for December 1.
Flour Mills fliu: Down.
Minneapolis, Minn. (Special).
Fourteen of the 17 Hour mills belong
ing to the Pillsbury-Washburn, the
Washburn-Crosby and the Consoli
dated Milling Companies have been
closed by the strike. The remaining
three, which belong to the Washburn
Crosby Company, will be closed a
soon as the wheat in thp bins is run
out. It was part of the plan of the
strikers to leave every 111 11 i 1 g o 1
condition! with the wheat all run out.
They are satisfied with the action oi
the operatives in the mills still run
ning. There is no sign that the four
mills belonging to independent com
panies will be disturbed for the pres
ent. Clllton Dranhim llauaed.
Richmond, Va. (Special). Clifton
Branham paid the penalty oi wife mur
der at Wise. r.eforc going to the sal
lows he made a speech of some length,
claiming that he was justified in the kill
ing by the circumstances. He appealed
to those present for indorsement of
his deed, and about 300 of the crowd,
it is said, agreed with him. At 1..17 p.
m. the drop fell, and in 28 minutes he
was pronounced dead, his neck being
broken by the fall.
Girl Accused of Arson.
Watcrbury, Ct. (Special). Miss Mary
Maloney, 19 years of age, has been ar
rested in this city on the charge of arson,
alleged to have been committed on Feb
ruary 7 and 8, 1933, when the woman
was employed in the boardinghouse of a
Mrs. Foster, in Melrose, Mass. Five
times within a period of 24 hours the
house was set cn fire. The prisoner it
said to have confessed that she set the
fires for revenge.
SPARKS FROM TtU WlXSi
Postoffice inspectors have unearthe!
in Chicago a scheme to victimize many
business houses in every part of the
United States.
The closing down of the Consolidat
ed Lake Superior Company's plant at
Sault Ste Marie has caused much suf
fering. "
The District Court of San Juan ha
ordered the release of Conde and Gud
lat, the socalists. ,
A meetin ; of Southern States school
superintendents will be held to take ac
tion relative to the disposition of the
Peabudy educational fund.
APPEAL TO BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT
Christians Being Murdered While the
Sultan Talks.
Sofia, Bulgaria (Special). A less
hopeful feeling prevails in government
circles regarding the general situation,
although no actual change is reported.
The events of the next two days are
awaited with great anxiety, and popu
lar feeling is becoming more excited.
A largely attended meeting of Mace
donian sympathizers was held at
Rustchuk, Bulgaria, September a, and
adopted resolutions appealing to the
Bulgarian government to declare war
on Turkey immediately.
In revolutionary circles war is be
lieved to be imminent unless Turkey
stops massacrcing the Christians, of
which there are no signs at present.
Dr. Christo Tatartchcff, president of
the Macedonian organizations, sayf
that the insurgent committees attach
no importance to the reported negotia
tions between Turkey and Bulgaria,
because similar propositions were dis
cussed in 1897, and later in 1899 and
1900.
The Torte, added Dr. Tatartchcff,
only entered into conference in order
to gain time to finish the extermination
of what it regards as the dangerous
elements in Macedonia, have the troop
now at Monastir free to move against
Bulgaria and bring more soldiers from
Asia. While the Sul'nn's government
is discussing propositions for reform
in Macedonia the troops continue to
massacre the Christians and devastate
the country.
Referring to the details of the pro
posed arrangement. Dr. Tatarchefl
said there was no guarantee even il
the commission was appointed that it
would ever be more than ornamental
The present village commissions ir
Macedonia have Bulgarian members,
but they, are always favorable to the
Turks. The president of the Mace
donian organizations concluded by dc
claring the insurgents would be satis
fied with nothing short of interventior
by the powers.
Special significance attaches to the
Macedonian meeting at Rustchuk be
cause the resolutions adopted arc thi
first open expression of such an cm
phatic character in favor of war comine
from any popular meeting in Bulgaria
Rustchuk is the, chief commercial towr
in the country. Resolutions were alsc
passed thanking the Pope, the Englisr
bishops, the tradesunion congress anc
the British and American press foi
their expressions of sympathy with the
Macedonian cause.
Fighting is reported to have taker
place near Kotchani, on the frontier, ir
which the Turks lost 50 men killed and
the insurgents suffered a loss of to
A panic prevails at Kotchani, and al'
business and work is nt a standstill
A number of reports of other minoi
encounters and more atrocities by thr
Turks continue to come in.
COUNSEL WILL MOVE FOR NEW TRIAI
Kentucky Jury Convicts Him of Murder
of Cockrill.
Cynthiana, Ky. (Special). After 1
trial lasting eight days the jury in thi
case of Curtis Jctt, charged with th
murder of Town Marshal Thos. Cock
rcll at Jackson, Ky., July 21, 1902, rcn
dered a verdict of guilty and fixed tlv
punishment at death.
When the jury (locked into the court
room after agreeing oft a verdict quie
reigned for a few moments. Jett'i
mother had gone away earlier undei
the impression that no verdict wouk
be reached. The reading of the verdic
did not affect Jctt, but his brother waf
verv much distressed.
Elijah McKinney served as foremar
of the jury, and after the delivering o'
the verdict to the court the jury was
polled. The death sentence was thtr
read to Jett by Clerk Robinson, aftei
which Jctt was given over to the cus
tody of the deputy sheriffs. Colonel
Blanton, Jelt's lawyer, will file a mo
tion for a r.ew trial, and if the motion
is overruled he will appeal the case to
the Court of Anneals at Frankiort. Ky.
' This has been the second trial o'
Curtis Jett 011 the charge of murder
In the first trial, for the murder of J.
B. Marcum, Jctt and Thomas White
were sentenced to life imprisonment.
Attorney Bianton stated that he will
move for a new trial on the grounds ol
absent witnesses, absent consul and er
roneous rulings. Sentence will then be
passed on lett. and his attorney will
be allowed until the November term to
file his bill of evidence for the appeal.
Blanton s.-.ys Jett has authorized him
to say that he has nothing to confess
and he will mike no confession.
The jurors agreed among themselves
not to divulge the proceedings in the
jury room. One juror, however, stat
ed that for four ballots 11 jurors voted
for tile death penalty and one for a life
sentence. All agreed on the fifth bal
lot. Saved by Her Corset.
Salisbury, N. C. (Special). The cor
set of a neatly dressed woman saved
her from death. She had come in from
South Carolina and was walking along
a steep embankment on the line of the
Southern Railway, when she fell a dis
tance of several feet and her body
struck the end of a crosstie in the
bridge connecting the two sections of
the city. There she was suspended in
an upright position for half an hour,
supported by her strong corset, which
had been caught by a projection from
the tic, while several trains passed un
der her.
Mr. Uarileld Will Accept.
Cleveland, O. (Special). Harry A
Garfield, son of the late President Gar
field, has accepted his appointment tc
the chair of political jurisprudence al
Princeton (N. J.) University. Mr. Gar
field's selection to fill the position mean;
his immediate removal to Princeton
and the probable dissolution of the law
firm of which he is a member, com
posed of himself, his brother and Fred'
crick C. Howe. Mr. Garfield succeed!
Dr. John Houston Finlcy, elected tc
the presidency of the College of the
City of New York.
Tralaingsblp Alliaace Aground. '
New London, Ct. (Special). The
United States trainingship Alliance it
agrour.d at Race Rock. The ship went
upon the rock late in the. afternoon, and
although- the' is apparently hard and
fast, she is in no danger. At 6 o'clock,
her water line was two feet out of wa
ter. The sea is smooth, and unless
there is sudden change in the weather
conditions the ship will be safely float
ed. The tug Alert ottered to assist the
Alliance, bit !,er'' captain declined the
proffered services. A United Slates
monitor is standing by the stranded
vessel.
THE KEYSTONE STATt
Latest News ol Pennsylvania Told J
Short Order.
Patents granted: Hugh R. AshfJ
musiaru, wrenen; uavni v. ucrry. Sax.
uiiuurg, crossneaci; urie c. Dennis
new castle, clowning apparatus; Jn,
cph Fawcll, Pittsburg, gearing for roll
!.ng mills: Frank D. Foote, Eric, stool
William K. Given, Tittsburg, automatu
car fender with brake attachments
"Fred" W. Hook, Pittsburg, tn.
holder: William Hooper, Pittsburg,
lunuuciivc Linage; james r. Jamc
Franklin, hoisting, holding and In..'
ing device, also device for piimnitid
uu wens; vvaucr jvenncuy, vncgnenv
plant for feeding material to blast lull
naccsj Joseph S. Lewis, Milton, lu
ring; Camille Merccdcr, BradtloA
charging apparatus; Harry W. Meyers'
Kittanning, trolley; Thcron R. Palmer
Jeannette, inner tube for pneumatic
tires; Patrick H. Quimi, Corydon, rail'
way tie and rail fastener; Dominick A.
Reagan, Altoona, safety device frr
steam boilers: Cyrus J. Weber, Stet!
ton, combined level nnd grade finder
uicnaei n. v ilson. I'ltlshurg, spring
caie; wiinam J. wngnt, rittsDtirg, ex
plosive engine.
Luke Tarpey. of Centralis, was car
ried into a man breach at the Bast Co!
licry of the Reading Coal & Iron Coir
pany by a rush of coal dirt and a
smothered under tons of debris.
The jury in the trial of William Rom
nuts, for the killing of Patrick Sharpt
it Nesquchoning, on August 18, tnc;
returned a verdict of not guilty. Th:
lury deliberated onlv ten minutt'
Ronemus related the story of tit
shooting exactly as he told it in tl:
McElmoyle trial, saying that h
thought Sharpe was about tn kill him
and that he shot in self-defense.
A proclamation was issued by Su
perintendent of Public Instriictio
Schaeffcr designating Friday, Ootolx
16, 1903, as Autumn Arbor Day, an
asking school superintendents, teacher;
and pupils to observe the day by th
planting of trees and by other siiitabi:
exercises.
Ambrose Quigley. a former L'nitt:
States soldier, was found dead at lii
homc in Columbia. He was 55 year
old and served in the Ignited Ni:c
army for over thirty years. Durin;
Indian campaigns he was a scout, an
he also saw service in Cuba and th?
Philippine Islands.
The incendiaries who in the last feu
weeks have set fire to and burned si
barns in Adams county have sn la
escaped detection. The Adams Count)
Commissioners offered a reward 0
?."co for information leading to the ar
rest and conviction of the fireliugs.
Final notice was served on the Leh
anon township supervisors bv Jii'.ta
Ehrgood, that unless they keep thi
roads in their respective districts ir
proper repair, they will be prosecuted
For years constables in making their
returns to court have reported road:
out of repair. Judge Ehrgood nai
prompted to issue the ultimatum upor
the agreement of conscl, whereby thi
trial of samuel Blocker and nmue
Lauch, supervisors of Heidelberg
Township, for official neglect of duty
was discontinued and the case contin
ucd to the December term.
Fire destroyed the blacksmithinj
and wheelright shops of Christophei
D. Willis, at Seventh and Pot'.ei
streets. Chester, cntaling a loss of $;ooc
on building and contents. A row 01
houses was in danger tor some time
the loss is partially covered by in
surance.
The new Citizens' National Bank, ol
Hollidaysburg, opened its doors in it!
new building. The capital stork i:
Sso.coo. Lynn A. Brua, of Hollidays
burg, is the president; Robert H
Sncndlcy, a coal operator, is vice-pres
ident; Harry D. Hewitt is cashier, and
II. Steel Smith, assistant cashier.
The United States Government is a
plaintiff in a case called before JiW
Shav at Pottsville. The suit is brottgli
to recover $771 from Harry Kucrr, 01
Pottsville. who had the contract for th'
erection of the new Altoona postntiice
A note was given the Hunimelstowr
Brownstone Company for granite fur
nished, which, it is said, was protested
Alice Curry, of Philadelphia. an.
Minnie Merritt, of Michigan, were ar
rested at Bethlehem, charged by Al
(red Mill, of West Bethlehem, with kid
napping o-year-old Minnie Daniel, hii
adopted daughter. The women saic
thev wanted to get possession oi thi
girl and take her to her aunt, in Mich
igan. justice naus ruscrvcu
cision.
Mrs. Marv Fabovicz. of South Scran
ton, was badly burned in a fire whicl
partially destroyed her home in thai
:itv. The woman was found lying
dii the trra?s in the yard when the tire
men arr.ivcd. She said she had been
attacked bv a man when she openec
:hc kitchen door. The man. she saia
;lm.-b hr full in til face with a bl3Z-
ner torch made of rags saturated
The flames spread to her garment;
md then to the house.
After the most sensational trial m
ravettc County in twenty years
tnd Mrs. W. C. Arnold, charged
.lie murder of their new-horn babe,
.valked from the courtroom at Union
:own as free people, the jury having
;etumed a verdict of not guilty al'tr
'orty-six hours' deliberation. .
Rev. William H. Jackson, colored, W
tVest Grove, is in jail nt West Chester,
rharged with threatening his wife, vm
s employed at the Darlington res'
lence, in East Bradford Township. M
as in jail some time ago for beatmi
his wife.
Miss Elizabeth Mayer, of Creamery.
Skippack Township, committed '.U1C'J'
5y hanging herself with a rope in tnt
woodshed, at the rear of her home
Her parents were absent from homt Jj
the time. Miss Mayer was 31 yar"
age and has been ailing for a numw
of years.
A milk wagon driven by Mis R
becca Danncr was struck by a locomo
tive at a Reading Railway crossing
Tani.iqna, Although the wagon
demolished and Miss Danncr was hon
ed through the front .window direct
under the hoofs of the horses, she cl
eaned with slight bruises. . .-
John Fillmire and Casinur P'"5.,
have been held in bail for court J
Magistrate Bair. ot Pottstown, or, i t"
:hargc of stealing brass journals U
engines in the plant of the G lug"
Iron-Company. Thefts of brass fitting'
Irom the engine rev-ms of iron w
have been going on jTor some time.
a :. i,rjt;.i on an east'
Sound freight train near the 1'
town Narrows wrecked nil ears. r
of these were loaded with manufacture"
tobacco, which was scattered along '
Hacks. People residing m that vicing
were on tlic scene eariy .. .""-
them secu-ed enough chewing an
cmoking tobacco to last them for '
etal years. The wrecking crews
also well supplied. j
Antonio Vera, r.n Italian, was vcjJ
.crowd surrounded hm. , shoutinj
"Lynch him!" The Itn'.iM waj aJ
of having stabbed a boy. 'Ihe p"
rrrived in time to check a race riuit