BECHIEL CLUES Xfttict Serjeant Expects Solulloo ol Marder Mystery. 'TRACES THE CRIME TO A RESORT. Jar. Kraaaa It Next ta Certain Thtt lb Oirl Was Killed at a Reierl Ibi Outskirts at sheCky Sat Wit Followed Tbliber By Her Jcataai Adalrer, He Says, There Ibt JROTlat Wands Were Inflicted. Allentown, Pa. (Special). Disclosure i the name of Mabel Bechtcls mur aTerer and all the details of the mysteri ous tragedy are promised this week, according to the statement of one of the officers at work on the case under the direction of Capt. Jas. L. Schaadt, counsel for the Bechtel family. This officer is Sergeant Edwin W. Knauss, of the local police, who, from "the liour Mabel's body was found in the areaway of her home, clung to the theory that the girl was not killed at Sier home. His views are now support ed by more than 90 per cent, of the .Steeple here. When the murder was discovered Sergeant Knauss was one of the first officers on the ground and it was rot long before he left the home f the Bechtcls and began to look in either directions for clues. The Ser geant said: "The Bechtel mystery is nearer solu tion now than most persons think and. although the man at whom we point uspicion is free from the law, we pro pose to show the truth. W'c have es tablished the motive for the crime. "We can show that only two days be Sore she was killed Mabel was thrcat-2-nedl that if she did not marry a cer tain young man she would not marry anybody else. We can prove by rcputa 'Je witnesses that the young man de manded a final answer on the Monday night of the tragedy, but that he did tiot see Mabel then. That night in atead of being in bed at 9 o'clock, as members of his family said, he was seen -a tlie street shortly before II o'clock, when lie gave a trolley car transfer to a friend. "Thus far there is not a flaw in our theories, but the rest is based upon in ferences supported by some strong proof that is becoming stronger every iay. The man whom we suspect has (riven ns accounts of his movements after ti o'clock of the night that pre ceded the finding of the girl's body in the alley and this is the feature of the case we are now trying to clear up." Sergeant Knauss added that he is next to certain that the girl was killed t a resort on the outskirts of the city, fshe was followed thither by her jealous mdmirer, he says, there the mortal wounds were inflicted and later the dv ing girl was taken home in a hack. "We have scattering pieces of evi dence on these points." added Sergeant Knauss, "but in a few days we expect to have the whole story and witnesses te prove it" District Attorney Lichtenwalner characterizes the new theories of the frienda of the Bechtcls as a scheme to create public sentiment in favor of tbeta and he sarcastically remarked: "Jf those people who say they know J.labrl's murderer don't soon reveal it, J will have them indicted as accessories after the fact to the murder for conceal in; the perpetrators of the crime. In connection with the agitation of the Hechtels there is promise of another scandal." The story is going the rounds that half a dozen or more prominent business nes paid liberally to be excused as wit nesses in the case in order to escape ex posure. TERtlBLE CRIME SHOCKS ROANOKE. Cslarel Maa Tries ta Kill a Mother and Her Child. Roanoke, Va. (Special). The wife and three-year-old daughter of George T. Shields are in a dying condition as a remit of a murderous assault made upon them by an unknown negro. It was one cl the most fearful crimes ever com znitted in this city. When Mr. Shields, who is a wcll Icnown young business man, reached his residence in the center of the town at atooa for luncheon, he discovered bis hree-year-old daughter Mildred lying an die floor of the reception hall in a poo of blood. The child was still alive, and the father Spaced her on a lounge and began a earrh for his wife. In the dining room lie found stains of blood, which led to tlie second floor. Upstairs Mr. Shields foond his wife lying in a clothes closet, witli ber throat cut from ear to ear and and several ghastly wounds in the head. She was unconscious. Physicians were summoned and, after injections of powerful stimulants, Mrs. Shields managed to gasp that she had lea knocked down in tlie dining room hf a negro, who made his entrance through the kitchen door. Further than this, Mrs. Shields has not been able to throw light on the crime. There was every evidence in the dining room of a terrible struggle. The tihvsiciant have fnil &Tim Imiv, f, .r tne recovery of either mother or child. The strange negro made a criminal as sault on Mrs. Shields, after which he eJwilt her several blows on the head with hatchet, fracturing the skull in two c-'ares. He then dragged her upstairs lo the second floor, where he took a Coc from a bureau drawer. With this cut her throat and threw her Into a closet, placing a chair against the futsiac knob. He then ransacked the boose, carrying away a suit of clothes two watches. Caagbl Making Rotas Moacy. New York (Special). Three men arrested and counterfeiting ma- " Jd dies were seized at a d the Greenpoint section of axroollyo by United States Secret Ser vice detectives. The men in custody grave their names as James Smith, William Smith and Frank Mar shall. It is alleged that they were tum n out United States half dolars from J4eucan coins of the same dcnwiiina- tMMS. Wblfaaef Wright's BarlaL London (By Cable). The body of tVtutaki-r Wright was buried in Wit ley Parish Churchyard after a brief ser. awec at the graveside by the Vicar of TrVatley. Besides the relatives and a aituuber of friends, the bulk of the pop nUatioei of the village, which is in antmrmag, turned out in a drenching traue. u see the last of the remains a tbeir late squire. The deceased's mom and two daughters were the prin cipal mourners. The widow was too ill 's. .icau. iier wreath was inscribed: bis Droves-hearted widow." VAST SHIPMENTS OP ARMY SUPPLIES. Mlllless af Pounds af Meat Bought la this Country By Russia aad Japan. San Francisco. Cat. (Special). Rail road freight officials have additional advices relative to Russian and Japa nese mess and canned beef shipments from the Fast by way of this port to their respective, deuots in the Orient. Japan is ordering tor shipment from Kansas City, Omaha and Chicago 2, 500.000 pounds of corned beef. She has already contracted in Cin cinnati for li.ooo cac of mess beef. By February 15 next Japan will have taken from this country as food for her war forces about 7,000.000 pounds ol mess and corned b.-ci. Russian ship ments of mess beef, up to February 15 next, from Chicago, Kansas City and Omaha, will have amounted to an ag gregate of about 6.000,000 pounds, in clusive of .t.ooo.ooo pounds now loaded on board ship in this harbor. NEWS IN SHORf ORDER The Irtest Happeoinrs Condensed for Rapid Reading. Domestic. Henry W. Miller, president of the Morris County Savings Bank, died in Mornstown. N. J., aged 05 year. He was a graduate of the Naval Academy and served through the Civil War. A county judge and officials of the federal court were arrested on t'ne charge of conspiring with Charles Cunningham, the sheep king, of Umatilla county, to defraud the government. Mrs. Nannie Bryan, sister of William J. Bryan, died in Lincoln, Neb., before the arrival of her brother, who had tried hard to reach her bedside before death intervened. Anna Kcinders, a New York school girl, who was sent home for writing a note to a boy, died from the effects of carbolic acid she drank. A party of jo students from the Uni versity of Chicago sailed from Boston 011 the steamer Canopic on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Tom Caruthers, colored, was hanged in Abbeville, Ga., for the murder of il. L. Byrd, a plantation superintendent. As the result of an attempt to start a fire with carbon oil. Mrs. A. F. Gray, of North Sewickly. Pa., is dead and six other members of her family are burned one fatally. The State of Illinois will erect in the National Military Park at Vieksburg, Miss., a monument to the 35.000 Illi nois soldiers who participated in the siege of that city. The big plant of the Delaware Cot ton Company, employing 400 hands, has been closed because of the high price of the raw material. Mrs. Lulu Prince Kennedy Kramer was acquitted in Kansas City, Mo., of the charge of killing her first husband. Albert M. Fragncr, a Brooklyn law yer pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing $20,000 from a trust estate. The American Association of Gen eral Passenger Agents decided upon a season excursion rate to the St. Louis Exposition at 80 per cent, of double the one-way fare. 1 he Illinois I clenhone and Telegranh Company has sold all its Drooertv to the Illinois Tunnel Company, with an authorized capital of $.10,000,000. A panic was caused on the ferry boat Princeton, which was rammed in New i ork harbor by the Savannah Line steamer Nacoochee. President Mitchell, at a meeting of miners at Indianapolis, said he had no intention of accepting a government position. I tieiga. Oscar T. Crosby, the American ex plorer, who has completed a tour of Central Asia, including parts of Turke stan and Tibet, declares that China is now threatened by her rear door, and the United States, which is interested in the integrity of China, must keep a watch in that direction. Two years' imprisonment and perpet ual exile was the sentence imposed on a Moscow student who struck a Russian general. The anniversary of the execution of Charles I. of England was observed in London and Boston. Turkey has notified Austria and Rus sia that the Macedonian committee have arranged with the Albanians to have them kill every foreign officer sent to reorganize the gendarmes. Hundreds of homeless women and children, as a result of the fire at Aalc stitid, Norway, have been given quarters on the North German Lloyd Mcamrr Weimar. German physicians who organized a movement against invalid insurance or ganizations have won their contention. The Panama Canal Company filed in the Paris court a partial answer to the suit legun in behalf of Colombia. Interpellations as to the reports of dissensions in the French Cabinet were postponed by a decisive vote. The English cotton spinners and manufacturers are uniting in a move ment to fight gambling in cotton. The Rev. Sir Henry Hugh Courtenay, Earl of Devon, is dead. The lir East. It is saiil by Japanese government offi cials in Tokio that the presumption that Russia lias made concessions does not in the least warrant the conclusion that a peaceful settlement is assured. 'I he British Foreign Office and the Japanese Legation in London state that no reply has been sent as yet by Russia to Japan's last note and that nothing is known as to its real nature. In official circles at Port Arthur the feeling continues strong that there will I war. The fortification and field troops are active. The Port Arthur authorities express annoyance at the appointment of United Slates consuls at Mukden, Port Dalny and Antung. Ikisaclal. The boom in Baltimore & Ohio pre sages a bond issue, don't forget that. Pig iron prices are from 25 to 50 cents a ton below those of one month ago. Falling prices of falling bonds show what the financiers feel about t lie situ ation in the East. The average price of active railroad stocks is now if per cent, above the low point last year. Union Pacific directors have declar ed the regular semi-annual dividend of i per cent, on both common and pre ferred. Boston, which is regarded as the min ing stock center of this country, is a steady seller of Amalgamated Copper whenever it crosses 50. If Gould gets to the Atlantic he wins. If he doein t get there he loses. Presi dent Ramsey, of the Wabash, says he will get there. Tlie "Iron Age" in its trade reports is decidedly bearish on the outlook tor steel and that caused lively selling of United States Steel preferred. The total production of pig iron last year. 'according to the American Iron & Steel Association, was 18,009.751 tons, against 17,821,307 in X903 and 15, rrti 116 in tool. FOR PEACEJNJAR EAST Russia's Reply to Japan Said to Be Satisfactory. GREAT BRITAIN'S GOOD WORK. Important Inloriaatlsa Received by the Slate Departneat at Wasblagloa Russia, it Is Understood, Hat Mod Certain Coacessloas and (treat Britain Will Prevail en Jspsn to Accept Tbem. Washington. D. C. (Special). It is said on the authority of the British Ambassador at St. Petersburg that the Russian reply is satisfactory. Although no further details are obtainable, it is assumed, if the information of the Am bassador is correct, that Russia has made certain concessions and that Great Britain will prevail on Japan to ttcccpt 1 ho 111 as satisfactory. The statement of the British Ambas sador went from St. Petersburg to the British Legation in Tokio, where Mr. Griscom heard of it and cabled the news to the State Department, the cable gram arriving overnight. RUSSIAN ADMIRAL'S VIEWS. Japan's Commercial Loss By Moblllistlon ef Steamers. St. Petersburg (By Cable). An Ad miral who is influential in the councils of the empire was interviewed as fol lows: "The enormous loss which the com merce of Japan is sustaining as a result of the niobi!i7ation of steamship for transport service probably accounts for the impatience the Japanese are dis playing over the delay in the Russian reply, but this reply will go to Tokio next week. It will be so conciliatory that 1 do not foresee other than a peaceful settlement, although it is dif ficult to feel certain in this respect because of the erratic course of the Jap anese government during the later stages of the negotiations. Japan has increased her demands while the nego tiations were still in progress by in sisting upon treaty recognition of the Chinese society in Manchuria. Russia has declared her intention not to annex Manchuria, therefore why comply with a demand that is tantamount to a hu miliating reiteration of a former volun tary declaration? "It is undeniable that the attitude of Japan is causing irritation in St. Pe tersburg, and that a feeling of impa tience is growing throughout Russia. It is hard to account for Japan'spersist ent aggressiveness, but this must be at tributable to the incendiary influence of the Japanese press, which is acting under foreign inspiration. The Japa nese government must know it stands no chance of defeating Russia, while Japan has much to lose if Russia is forced back against the wall, "Should Japan proceed to hostilities her first objective probably would be the cutting of the Siberian Railroad, for which purpose she would land troops in Korea. She could not, how ever, land more than 160,000 men, and Russia has an equal number of men in Manchuria to meet this attack, which I think would be quickly repulsed. I do not believe in a naval war. The Russian warships would make it im possible for the Japanese to endanger Port Arthur. But, let me repeat, war is improbable." COLUMBIA WILL FIQHT PANAMA. Reported That the Formtr Government Is About ta Organise Eiptdltlon. Panama (Special ) . News has reached here from Bogota that insomuch as Generals Reyes and Caverillo have as sured Colombia that the United States will only object to her landing forces in the canal zone, the Colombian govern ment intends to organize and send an expedition against Panama. The only explanation of this news from Bogota is that the government of Colombia is compelled to take steps to prevent its downfall. This is said to be imminent, as President Mar roquin has lost all the prestige lie ever had. There is much speculation in Bo gota as to the outcome of this move, should it be put through. Colombian newspapers are complain ing that it cost more than $15,000x00 in paper money ( a Colombian dollar is worth about seven-tenths of an Ameri can dollar) to move the troops Colombia has at Titumati, 011 the Gulf of Daricn, from Cartegena to t'nat point. These men are estimated at from 2.000 to 4.000, and at one time they were well supplied with provisions. Joaquin Velez, Perez y Soto and other enemies of Marroquin have been im prisoned for alleged conspiracy. J'eople arriving here from Colombia declare the situation in that country to be growing worse every day. IS SCHOOLMARM THE HIGHWAYMAN? Miss llillie Pitcher Accused ol Asslstlog la Holdup That Failed. Miller, S. D. (Special). This town is much wrought up over the mystery sur rounding the arrest of Miss Hattie Pilchc., a pretty and popular school teacher, who is charged with having donned men's clothing and assisting in the holding up, drugging and attempted robbery of Wilbur Quirk, a clerk in Collins' drug store, one night about a week ago. Miss Pilrher the next day, it was learned, had a bullet wound in her shoulder and she was arrested as being the "short man" of the two. Miss Pitcher's testimony was offered to show that she told the physician who attended her wound that she was shot with a noiseless gun, like that with which the robbers threatened Quirk. Reported Firing oa Rasslaa Steamer. London (By Cable). The Chefoo correspondent of the Daily Mail says a foreigner who has arrived there re ports that the Russian steamer Argun, upon which he was a passenger from Nagasaki to Port Dalny, was fired at by a Japanese warship outside of Che mulpo harbor. Three shots were fired across the Argun's bows, but no fur ther attempt to stop her was made. Viceroy Alcxiff is better, the corre spondent says, but is still confined to his room. Kentucky's Capital Fead Ended. Frankfort, Ky. (Special). The pas sage through the Senate by unanimous vote of the House bill appropriating J 1,000,000 for a new capitol at Frank fort marked the end of a fight which had been waged for the removal of the seat of government since tha days when Henry Clay came to the Legislature as a representative from Lexington and started a fight which has been the cher ished ambition of that city until recent ly. At the present session Lexington, Louisville and other towns aided Frank fort in support of the present bill. MRS. MAYBRICK REPORTED FREE. Powerful Influences Exerted lor Her Rel:asc Widespread Sympathy. London (By Cable). Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper says that Mrs. Florence May brick, the "American woman who was serving a life sentence on the charge of having poisoned lur husband, was re leased from the Aylesbury female con vict prison at G.45 o'clock on the mom ing of January 25 on special license. Her mother, the paper says, had visited her Saturday. January 2,t. and evidently was the bearer of important news. The gov ernor of the prison on Sunday conferred with the prison officials with" a view to arranging for the departure of the pris oner, which was carried out very quietly. Mrs. Maybrick. the paper concludes, (luring the last few months m prison, was employed in the lightest work as a reward lor good conduct. LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS Significant Action of Dr. Hcrran Colom bian Charge. To Kill Germs on Money. Dr Thomo DartiiwH mi t.r-.ci1nf i tnc acw 1 ork isoani ot Health, ap- pcareci octore tlie House Committee on HnnWincr anrl fnt-rtn- nA I,..,,- t,. In dorsed ( pending legislation for "clean money. Dr. Darlington had begun an inves tigation to ascertain scientifically that old bills transmit disease germs. Should these experiments show money in use in New York city is loaded with dis ease germs. Dr. Darlington said, he will lormuiate a plan tor its daily or weekly sterili7atiof If t,.1ii.. .......1 will result to the health of the city by geumg tne money trom the great ar teries of trade, such as the street-car companies and the great retail stores, and putting it through a germ-killing process. In this plan it is contem plated to treat not only the paper mon ey, but also the metal coins. Buckhaonon's Successor. It is now thought probable that W. W. Russell, a Mary lander, but by resi dence a citizen of the District of Co lumbia, will succeed William I. Bu chanan as United States Minister to Panama. Mr. Russell, who at present is secre tary of legation at Caracas, Venezuela, has been appointed Charge of the United Statrs Legation at Panama, where he will represent this country after Minister Buchanan sails from Colon for home on next Tuesday. Mr. Buchanan will resign as soon as he reaches Washington, in accordance with the understanding he had when he accepted the mission to Panama. No Gold In the Vaults. For the first time in ni.niv veare the Treasury finds itself without any gold coin in its vaults. It is explained that this condition is the result of an un precented demand for gold certificates during the time when the mints have have been fully employed in coining Philippine silver and subsidiary silver for the United States. The increased demand for gold certificates, which could only be issued for gold coin in the Treasury, came about through the needs of the larger banking institutions in the great commercial centers, which had large amounts of notes of small denominations on hand which they wished to exchange for gold certifi cates of larger denominations. The Secretary has given instructions for the mints at Philadelphia and San Fran cisco to begin the coinage of double eagles on February i, and to work overtime until a sufficient supply has been coined to meet all demands. Postmaster Oca. mi's Livery. Postmaster General Payne answered the inquiry of the House as to the "livery"' of his department. He says there are no horses or carriages pro vided for his department except those for himself. He has four hores and three carriages maintained at government expense. Two men art paid to care for the "livery," one at the rate of $720 a year, on the rolls as a "watchman." and one at a salary of $660 as a "laborer." The total cost of horses, carriages and harnets was $3005. Charges Against Army Lieutenait. Second Lieutenant Frank Pratt, on duty at Fort Wayne, Mich., has been detained in this country, -after having been ordered to the Philippines, be cause of more serious charges than those preferred against him in Manila, which he was returning to face. He is charged with gambling in Manila and with being short in his funds to the amount of $7500. He has explained 1 tliat tlie missing money was placed in an envelope and left at the place where the mail was collected. Can'een In the Navy. Rear Admiral R. D. Evans, commander-in-chief of the Asiatic licet, writes to the Navy Department that desertions in his comma.d have been reduced to a minimum. I'.e says the worst drawback to discipline has been the excessive use of alcoholic drinks. Admiral Evans recommends the estab lishment of canteens in the navy, where beer and light wines may be sold to the men, to be taken With their meals or when coaling 'ship. Inth: Lepsrmieoti The House struck out the mileage ap propriations for 1m. 1I1 House and Senate from the Urgency Deficiency Appropri ation Bill, which was then adopted. The sentiment in the caucu of the Democratic Senators was more favorable than hitherto to the Panama Canal T reaty. Minister Thompson has secured from Brazil preferential rates on a number of American staple products. The Senate adopted a resolution call ing on President Rooseyelt for any ad ditional facts bearing on the Panama matter that have not yet been communi cated. The report of the Commissioner of Patents for the calendar year iyoj shows that the patent business transacted ex ceeded all previous records. Evidence for the defense was con tinued in the postoflicc trial in the Crimi nal Court. Secretary Root and Governor Taft, his successor as Secretary of War, took luncheon with the President at the White House. . The House Committee on Military Affairs listened to arguments in favor of Oakland, Md., Somerset, Pa., and Lonewago Valley, Pa., three rival places for selection as a permanent military camp site. - - The Senate committee authorized a favorable report on the bill to prevent the desecration of the Amercian flag after amending it so as to reduce the minimum punishment from S50 to $10. Senator Cullom, chairman of Foreign Relations Committee, will report a dis agreement on the amendments to tlie Panama Canal Treaty, This action is equivalent to reporting the treaty in its original form. DEAD TAKEN FROM MINE Burial Processions and Rescu:rs Paai Each Other on Road. THE FUNERALS OF MANY VICTIMS. Of tht 106 Bodies Recovered And Taken to the Scboolhouse Morgue FlffySIx Havi Been Identified and E'ghteen Have Beta Burled Tht Work ot Recovering the Bodies Will Be Kepi Up Un:il All Are Found. Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Burial pro cessions and rescue parlies in charge of newly recovered bodies pass each other frequently on the road that leads from the Ilarwick mine to the morgue and many are the pathetic scenes. Of the 106 bodies recovered and taken to the scboolhouse morgue fifty six have been identified and eighteen have been buried. The first funerals of the victims were held at .1 .to o'clock: Rev. E. O. Gra ham, of tlie Lutheran Church, and the Rev. Vincent Manelli. of the Italian Catholic Church, of New Kensington, were in charge. Out in the open air in front if the blacksmith shop where the coffined bodies of the men have been placed, were gathered the friends and relatives of those that have been identified. The caskets were placed in a group along one side of the building with the ministers who were to perform the last rites standing by them. The bodies of those miners who belonged to the Catholic Church were placed in a group by themselves and over them the priest stood until all were ready to be moved to the cemetery. It was a short and simple service, only a few words and a prayer and then the journey to the cemetery began. There a short service was held, the caskets were lowered into the grave, and for the friends and surviving rel atives the last incident of the great disaster was over. 1'he foreign miners at Ilarwick al most to a man refuse to enter the mine to assist in the rescue work, vet the volunteers from outside points are doing such good work that they are bringing out bodies faster than the corps of undertakers can handle them and the remains of the victims are be ing arranged in tiers outside the school house. The work of recovering tin bodies will be kept up continuously un til all are found. The following appeal was issued h the relief committee by telegraph: One hundred and eighty-four 111111 ers killed. Families destitute. Tin committee urges immediate and gener ous aid." Among those to whom the tclegrair was addressed are: Andrew Carnegie, New 1 ork. President Roosevelt, Washington D. C. Senator Hanna, Cleveland. O. John D. Rockefeller, New York. The message was also sent out bj telegraph to the mayor of every im portant city in the country. The relief fund now exceeds $io,ooc and contributions continue to come ir liberally. Speaking of the disaster, James E Roderick, chief State mine inspector, said: "Ijiws could be framed that would prevent just such an accident, but the trouble lies at Harrisburg. The present bituminous mining laws seem to be a compromise arrangement between the mineworkers and the operators." "Nothing of our investigation will be given out." he said, "until the day of the inquest." Brownsville, Pa. (Special). Four men. all foreigners, were crushed to death in a new air shaft of the Briar Hill Coal Company, near here. The shaft was (185 feet deep and the men were being lowered ill a bucket when a 400-pound pilot weight broke, precipi tating the bucket and men to the bot tom. The heavy weight falling on them crushed the men beyond recognition. The men were in the employ of Con tractor Samuel Henry, who was sink ing the shaft. The Briar Hill Company is owned by the Republic Iron and Steel Company. It is claimed by the offi cials that the accident was due to the failure of the men to remove the weight from the lever before starting down. TWO Kll.LcO six HURT. Terrible Resu't ol d. .... Oas Exp'oiion Caused Bv a Leak. Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). An explo sion of natural gas in the cellar of the home of Henry Magel. in West Liberty, was the cause of the deaths of two per sons and the severe injury of six others. The dead arc: Henry Magel. aged 55 ears; burned t death in the cellar. Charles Magel. his son, aged io; both legs bumc.'l off and caught under falling walls. Mrs. Henry Magel fell through to the cellar and was seriously injured. Her children, William, aged 1.1: Annie, 15, and Otto, 18, and Charles Almasy. a son-in-law, and his wife were all badly bruised and cut. The explosion is supposed t'i have been caused by a leak from the gas main into the cellar, and when Mr. Magel wen: to the cellar for 11 bucket of cowl, carry ing a lighted candle a terrific explosion followed, completely wrecking the house. f hat Ey Burglar. St. Clairsville, O. (Special). A negro burglar 'shot and probably fatal'y wounded Albert Troll, cashier of the Second National Bank, and his broth er. George Troll, manager of Troll's clothing store. The three Troll broth ers, expecting a thief, were lying in wait in the store. They caught the bu--glar, btt the latter, by using his re volver, managed to get out of their hands. A posse started in pursuit. Entire Square Burned. Mexico City (Special). A great fire at Progreso, the chief' port of Yuca tan, has destroyed an entire square of business houses and public buildings, including the market. The loss is con servatively put at $2,000,000. The rail way offices were also wholly consumed. The public buildings were not insured and the loss on them is estimated at $.too,ooo. Fifteen thousand bales of henequin were burned. SL Louis Postal Cases. St. -Louis, Mo. (Special). Charles L. Blautoit, a clerk in the architectural division of the United States treasury department at Washington, and Dft James B. Vernon, of St. Louis, for merly of FayetteMo., appeared before Judge Adams, in the United States District Court, and gave Ijond in the sum of $5000 each to answer, on Muv 33, to indictments charging them with receiving money for tlie location 01 postoffke sites throughont the State. There are (our indictments against each 1 UGHT PERSONS INJURED IN COLLISION Passenger Train Plows In Branch Wtkf Had Stopped to CoaL St. LoniS( Mo. (Special). A south bound passenger train on the St. Louis and Iron Mountain road ran into the White River branch patsengcr at Dial near Newport. Ark., injuring eight per sons, several of them fatally. The branch train, had just pulled onto the main line and stopped for coal when the fast train struck it and plowed en tirely through the two coaches. Thai there was not great lose of life wa? due to the fact that Joe Pennington, the news agent, saw the approach of it-.e St. Louis train and ran through the coaches warning the passengers to jump for their lives. 15 MEN KILLED IN MINE Hurled Fifteen Hundred Feet and Dash ed to Pieces, Victor, Col. (Special). By the falling of a cage in the Stratton Independence Mine, located near the center of this city fifteen men are dead and one other se verely injured. In the main shaft sixteen men wen being hoisted in a cage from the sixth seventh and eighth levels. When llv cage reached the surface the engineer for sonic unexplained reason, was unabli to stop the engine, and the cage, with it' load of human freight, was drawn u into the gallows frame, where it becam lodged temporarily. The strain on th cable finally caused it to part, and th cage, released, shot, dowinhc shaft wit' terrific speed. Two of the occupant?, L. P. Jackso: and James Bullbeck, had become en tangled in the timber rods near the to' of the gallows, frame. Jackson was crushed to death b; the sheave wheel falling upon hir while Bullbeck had a marvelous escaj . from death, but received painful injurii before he was rescued from his peri ous position. The other fourteen men were hurle to death down the 1500-loot shaft. ' As soon as possible the shaft bot and a number of miners went down inl the mine through another compartmei of the shaft. They found all fif'.ee dead, the bodies scattered at differci points. Arms and bodies had been torn, hcai crushed and clothing stripped from tk uctims. From the 700-foot level t the bottom the shaft was spattered wit blood, while here and there were foun pieces or flesh clinging o the projet tions. At the bottom of the shal stands twenty-five feet of water, an into this the cage plunged, carryin; some of the men into the water wit' it. One of those killed, W. B. Collin; was a Baptist minister, who preachei on Sundays at Gold Field and durini the week worked in the mines. He wa 38 years old and came from Crom well, England, a few months ago. Mos of the victims had come here from thi Coeur d'Alcne. Lake Superior and othei districts to take the place of the strik ers. Harry Gcogcn, one of the victims, leaves a widow and three children in Michigan. Frank Gcllcs, engineer in clnrgc. surrendered himself to the mil itary officers in the district and wa? ocked up. He would not talk. The militia has taken charge of the mine, jnd a rigid examination will be made. Hospitals Und:r Bsn. Chicago (Special). Building Com missioner Williams has notified those in charge of eight prominent hospitals that they must receive no new paticnH in their institutions until certain speci fied, changes are made. The hospital's involved are the Englewood, the Post Graduate, the West Side, the Chicago Woman's, the Homeopathic, the Emer gency, the Baptist and the Hering Med ical College. "In issuing orders that no new patients be admitted into these hospitals I feel that I am giving t rcasonabe time for the alteration work which in some cases is not heavy," Commissioner Williams said. Engineer Killed. Toronto, Out. (Special). The Chi coga express on the Grand Tru'.ik Railroad crashed into two light engine: near London Fast, killing the engineer of one oi the light engines and prob ably fatally injuring the fireman. The people in the passenger train were bad ly shaken, but none were seriously in jured. The accident occurred in a blinding snowstorm. king Sends Lions. Port Said, Egypt (By Cable). Ur.it td States Consul General Skinner sail ed for his post at Marseilles, France on his return from his expedition tc Abyssinia. 'The United States gunboat Machias is cxnrrfcH tii- frnm liK,,: French Somaliland, with two lions and other gifts which Emperor Mene lik is sending to President Roosevelt. High Price of Cotton. Raleigh, N. C. (Special). A specja' from Burlington says: "At a meeting of the "representatives of the cotton mills of Alamence county held at Bur lington it was unanimously resolved tc curtail the production one-fourth on ac count of present high prices of cotton and the inability to sell goods at a profit There are twenty cotton mills in thir county, comprising about icfl.ooo spin dies and 5000 looms, employing thou sands of hands." Egg Famlns Threatened. Chicago (Special). Unless the cold spell which burdens Kansas, Missouri Arkansas and other great tgg produc ing btates loosens its grip an egg fam ine is probable. The present supply in the hands of Chicago merchants is en tirely insufficient to meet demands. Re ceipts hae been reduced almost to the vanishing point. 'The effect has beei! to place eggs temporarily among the luxuries. Epga of the quality which could lie purchased last week at whole sale for twenty-eight cents are now con sidered n bargain at thirty-three cents , ' Sis Tra ns Run Over Body. New York (Special). In the midst ol the homeward crush on the uptown ele vated railroad station a young woman who had tried to board a train was car ried half a block clinging to the closed gate, then fell to the rails and was run over by six trains before the police man aged to get a inptorman to stop and take the body to a station farther up town. The elevated railroad employes at the it at ion and on the traius maintained that they knew nothing of the matter, and the police were unable to identify cither the number ol the train, the men in charge of it or those on the platform t the time. THE KEYSTONE STATE Latest Nes ol Pennsylvaili Told In Short OrJe:. A delegation representing dairy in terests called on Governor Penny-pack-cr to ask him to take action that will compel Judge Miller, of Mercer, tc? sentence men who have been convict ed in his court of "selling oleomargarine at retail. It is said that Judge Millet recently reluscd to sentence a numbet of convicted men on the ground that they were innocent victims of the wholesalers and had not been given an -opportunity to learn that they were infringing the law. Other magistrate? throughout the State have taken tlu same ground. Governor Fcnnypackei said that while he sympathized with the butter men and the farmers, yet he did not see how the executive could inter fere with the judiciary, h-.tt he advised that legal proceedings be commenced to settle the matter. Dr. George I. Mcl.eod. of Phihdcl phia. who was appointed by the Boird of Pardons to examine Charles E Kruger, who is under sentence a Greeiisburg to be handed February II, made a verbal report to Govcrnni Pinnypacker. Dr. McLcod will sub mit a written report to the Govcriioi and for the present he declines to" dis close the result of his investigation into the mental condition of Krttger, whose mother claims he is insane. The doc tor examined the Westmoreland county officials who have come in con tact with Kruger since his arrest and is convinced that there is no truth in I. is confession to having helped murdei City 'Treasurer Blevins, of New Cas tic, several years ago. Four boy pupils of Pocopson Public School who had attacked their young teacher, Miss Helen Harvey, one of them using a knife, with which he stab bed her, were arraigned in court al West Chester. The prisoners, Lewis Walters and John, Frank and Charles Hoopcs, brothers, pleaded guilty to the charge of resisting the teacher, who had attempted to chastise them for unruly ((induct, and Judge Butler scnten:ed Walters a-nd John Hoopcs to pay a fine of $15 each and costs of prosecution, while Frank and Charles Iloopes were fined $10 each and costs of prosecution Caterer Russ. who furnished the food and drink for the Pennsylvania legisla tors who went to the dedication of the Grant tomb in 1807. havinir been denied a State appropriation for his pay, and having been bowled out of court" when he sought to sue the State, has issuer' a circular letter to the individual legis lators and State officials who were on the junket, asking th.-ni to send !'i:r $15 as the share oi the expenses. Postmaster E. II. Graves received word irom the postal authorities of Washington. Mating that on Mondav, March 1. rural free mail delivery will be rstablished from the Coatcsville office for Valley. West Cain, Salisburyville ind Brandywinc Townships. For the establishing of a canning factory ?to,ooo has been subscribed at Line Lexington. A number of capitalists in Kcnnett Square are arranging to build a large factory here to manufacture snuff. Dockramanon Wigwam, Improved Order of Red Men. has been instituted at Kennett Square with forty members. Samuel Parker is sachem. A robber entered Batcman's grocrrv. Chester, but was frightened off. Ed ward Dougherty, a neighbor, clad only in his night clothes, chased the robber for three squares . The Dauphin County Court has adopted the report of viewers condemn ing the Middletowu and Harrisburg Turnpike road, a toll road leading out of this city. T he taking of tolls ceascJ at once. . Samuel G. Bcckwith, the night watch man at the Norristown Jail, who wa assaulted by Bond and Cornwall o Sunday night, lias left Charity Hospital and was taken to his home. He is still suffering from the many blows 011 'tis head. Michael Collins, Clarence Carr ami James Mcpherson, members of the Shirtwaist Gang," in Bridgeport, were .-o;nmitled to jail by Burgess Glissou, of that town, chargej with being impli-' rated in several hold-ups. An attempt was made late the other night to wreck a Pennsylvania Rail road train at Eckenrode Mills. A switch leading into an abandoned siding was :lirown open. 'The passenger train dashed into the siding, but the quick application of the brakes saved the pas iengers. 'The engine sank the long un used track and toppled over. Engineer 'Jeorge Hibbs was badly scalded, but 110 one else on the train received any in juries. 'The Court at West Chester appoint ed John J. Ghecn receiver for the old private banking firm of E. D. Haines !t Co. Depositors and others - having interests in the' hank are in a quan 1ary, not being able to solve the prob lem as to what will be the outcome -oi '.he receivership. The Court at Wilkes-Barrc decided "' that an examining attorney has 110 right lo ask a defendant who is on the stand if he has served time in jail. Because the question was asked and allowed by the trial Judge, tlie Court granted a new trial in the case of Walter Beach, con victed of robherv. ludire Ferris in dr tiding the point said: "Tnc natural ef fect of such testimony would be to prej ndice the jury against the prisoner. I' 1 is true that such questions have beer allowed, but the trend of judicial opinior is against it and we think rightfulU so." The Court decided the proper pro' cedure in obtaining such information if to produce the court records. This if said to be the first decision on the ques tion in this State. The seventh annual institute under the auspices of the directors and teach ers of Warminster township was heir at Ivyland. The principal speaken were Professor Martin and Charlci . Windle. Three persons were burned to deal' in an early morning fire which destroy ed three dwellings in Mornjiigside, 1 suburb of Pittsburg. The dead are Michael Culley', aged 40 years; Williair Sawyer, and Mrs. William Sawyer. Ji is said the fire started in the kitchen o the house occupied by William Sawyer end spread so rapidly that the adioin mg houses of Hiigin Gallagher and Rob ert Ixiwhead were soon in flames and ill were burned to the ground. It if said two sons of Gallagher lost $joor caa'n in the lire. The property loss wa about $5000. A leaking gas pipe caused the death, I st Phoenixville, of Peter McNamee, an aged resident. He lived alone, and be- 1 I mg missed by his neighbors, an inves- I I ligation was made. He was found in hi bed room. uncon&eiouH. and HirH xnnn after. Richard McAvoy, who swore lie in- 1 UmiHi it In (,,llr,u tli. lir. L.A ho Ik. til l die brothers, has been sent to the Hunt- uigoon Kelormatory by the court. He was charged with carrvinir rnnrl,i deadly weapons. No. a blaat furnace ol the Brooke i Iron ' Company, Birdsboro, is being will be out of employment. .P. t
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