BOATS BATTLE AT SEA Japuess and Russians Each Lose a Vessel. SOT F1SHT NEAR PORT ARTHUR. Sot Russian Torpedo Boats lo the Hnjafe meat They Were Probably Making ao At tempt to Olve the Japa the Slip -Five R un ala a Torpedo Bosts Return to Port Arthur Harbor. , London, (By Cable). The advices from Tort Arthur through Russian sources of the engagement outside the 8. arbor between Russian torpedo boats an.i Japanese warships, sup posedly torpedo boats or destroyers, In which a Russian torpedo-boat de troyer and a Japanese torpedo boat were sunk, seem to bear out the opinion of experts here that the Rus sian situation at Fort Arthur i becoming desperate. The continued Japanese attacks are laving the intended effect upon the town and the fortifications. Viceroy Alexieff, in his report to the Czar, while stating that "the results of the tomhatdmcnl were insigniiicant, au irits that people in the t"wn v.eic VillcJ and wounded by the exploding shells. Admiral Markaroff, who has inst assumed command of the Russian fleet at I'ort Arthur, is apparently making bold attempts to enable some of his essels, including torpedo boats, to escape. Cabling from Yinkow a correspon dent says the British and Amcric.v.i gunbonts at Niuechwang have receiv ed orders to leave immediately the river opens. At l.iao Yang there i.-e now u.ooo troops working night and day on the fortifications. A great fortified camp is being formed vi-jtii of the town; it extends three miles in every direction. The Russian force on the "i ahi River now amounts to 20,000 men. As an example of the terrible power of the Japanese "Shiino.-e" powder a correspondent of the Standard, at T Vio, relates that a Russian sailer who was hurt in the naval tight off Che mulpo, and who has been brought lo Watsuyama, Japan, has too wounds. London, (By Cable).-Thc Daily Tele rranh publishes a dispatch from Tokio, dated March 7 and baying: "It is reported that the Japanese tleet engaged the Russian Vladivostok squad ron at sea. The result cf the engage ment is not announced, but it is believed the Russian ships were, destroyed or captured." St. Petersburg. The whereabouts of Captain Kcltzcnstein's Vladivostok squadron is carefully guarded by the military authorities, but there is a strong Impression here that when the seven Japanese warships appeared off the har bor Sunday aiid Monday the Russian aquadrpn was outside, perhaps down the coast, co-operating with the Russian land loreo near the mouth ol the Tunien 1 I river. If the. Russians were outside and the Japanese definitely ascertained that fact, a big sea tight Is probably Imminent, and It Is considered certain that the Japanese In that case will lie on and nil Vladivos tok to prevent the return of the Russians, giving battle if they arc caught in the open sea. All the harbors along the coast in w hich the Russians niiirht seek 1 refuge arc frozen and the squadron must eventually be forced to return to Vhidi- j ostok for coal. Although the Japanese squadron is , uperior in numbers and guns, consisting j of a battleship and four armored cruisers, 1 two of which are believed to be the Id- ,f.umo and the Yakuino, and two unar- j mored cruisers, tbo four armored cruisers tinder Captain Rcitenstein, the Rossia. I Gromboi, Rurik and Bogatyr, are among the finest vessels in the Russian Navy, constituting us sister ships a houiogcnc- I oua fighting unit, ami experts here are I not certain that they could not take the j measure of Kejir Aifiniml Frill's sbitis. A naval service organ here argues lengthily that the present Japanese iiavnl disposition prestiges a movement on a large scale in the Sea of Japan and the paper accounts for all the Japanese ships except the battleship Yushima and the armored cruiser Tokiwu, one first-class protected cruiser and live second-class, reckoning the battleships Fuji and Shik ishinia, the armored cruisers Iwate and Asama and the protected cruiser Taku auiuo as being injured. CROPS IN FARMERS' HANDS. The Quantity of Wheat, Corn and Oats Held on March I. Washington, I). C, (Special;. The March report of the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Agriculture shows the amount of wheat remaining in farm em' hands on March 1 to have been about 132,600,000 bushels, or 2o. per cent, of last year's crop, as compared with 24.5 per cent, of the crop of 1002 on hand on March 1, lttOII. and 2:1.3 per cent, of the crop of 1001 on baud on .March 1, 1002. The corn in farmers' bands is esti mated at about M'J.OO ,0o0 bushels, or 87.4 per cent of last year's crop, against 41.8 per cent, of the crop of 1002 on hand on March 1, lOOU, and 20.2 per cent, of the crop on baud on March 1, 1002. Of oats there are reported to be about 273,700,00(1 bushels, or 34 0 per cent, of Jajt year's crop, still in farmers' hands, as compared with HOD per cent, ot the crop of 1003 on hand on Murch 1. 1003, and 30.8 per cent, of the crop of 1001 on hand on March 1, 1002. Bakers' Trust Was Soon Killed. Newburgh, N. Y.. (Special). A Bakers' Trust, organized in this city, lasted just a day and a half. For several weeks the dealers have been engaged in organizing to raise the price of bread, and on Monday of this week the new scale on all bread and cake went up. In consc ouence the dealers were hit hard, for the public simply refused to buy 0111 them, ami on Tuesday the combine dissolved. Caady Caused Death. Pierre, S. V., (Special). The coro ner's jury which has been investigat ing tbo death of Miss Rena Nelson, mho died irom tue eiiects 01 poison est ber in a box of candy, reported aj follows: "We, the jury, find that t&Iisa Rena Kelson came to her death tii rough the eating uf some tablets of chocolate candies contained in a hox received through the United State mail at Pierre. S. !.. and post narked Boone. Iowa, and that said tablets contained corrosive sublimate Ja suflicknt quantities to cause dth." THE KISHENEFF MASSACRE. Prisoner Sentenced to Twenty Years l or (hi Murder of Jewish Couple. Kishencfl (By Cable). The trial of prisoners charged with participate.;:: in the massacre of Jews here last April is closed. After a fortnight's deliberation the court gave judg ment in the case of liusnekc and ?7 others, of whom iK were charged with homicide during the anti-Jewish riot ing and 40 with creating disorders. Rusneke and Bodijan were found guil ty of the murder of a Jewish couple named Forrarii. Rusneke was sentenced to four years' impriontnent and Bodijan to 20 years. Fifteen persons accused of rioting were each condemned to a year's im prisonment, and three others to four months. Thirty-six of the accused were discharged. Two damage suits were not consid ered and 64 were disallowed. The damage suits were all brought by Jews. The final judgment will be announc ed formally April 2S- NEWS IN SHORT ORDER The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid Reading. Domestic. One man was cremated and another seriously burned in a tire that de stroyed the terry steamer Shenaiigo while frozen l.i-t in the ice off C011 neant, (. Miss Mary Wykcr, of Krwinna. Pa., who was shot bv Paul Weaver because she rejected him, died from- the in juries received. Col. William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) entered suit in Denver, Col., against liis wife for divorce, on the ground of cruelty. Burglars blew open the sa.'e in the Pennsylvania Railroad Station at Maveriurd, on the suburbs of Phila delphia. Mark Dunn was hanged at St. Jos- i cph, Mo., for the murder of Allred I'i ntoii. a farmer, at Rushvillc, Mo. The cable-ship Scotia went ashore on Spanish Rocks, near Guam, and is likelv to prove a total wreck. The steamer Graf Waldrrsce brought to New York 1,800 Russians who lied to escape military service. The Auditorium Theatre in Chicago was allowed to reopen, having been pronounced safe from fire. John White, chief attorney of the Modern Woodmen, is dead at his home, in Rock Island, 111. The British steamer Cape Corrientes arrived at New York after having rescued the crew of a dismasted bark in mid ocean and suffered an explosion which set t lie steamer on fire. Seventy-five Carhondale ( Mo. ) citizens attempted to take a negro from the jail at Murphysboro. The sheriff frustrated the jdan," however, uud arrested four prominent citizens. Secretary of War Taf t had a conference in New York with a number of promi nent railroad men ami financiers with reference to his railraod schemes in the Philippines. The Grand Duke of Oldenburg, who came to see Niagrar Fall under w inter conditions, arrived at .tw lork on lue steamer Kocnigin Luise. .V terrific gale, which came as climax to a series of snowstorms, lias cut oil California from oomuiuuication with the rest of the world. A man while lighting his pipe set tire ' to gasoline in a car 01. the way to Harris I burg, Pa., and four men were burned to I death. Philipc Butinn-Varillii, who recently resigned as Panama minister to the Cnited States, sailed from New York to II it vie. The Interstate Commerce Commission has issued an order directing a number of railroads to till; the names and loca tions of all terminal connecting roads. Dr. Andrew S. Diaper, president of the University of Illinois, was elected commissioner of education of New York. The new board of directors of the American Ice Company elected Wesley M. Oler, of Baltimore, president. Mrs. Sherman I.vo, accused of mail- j ing lo Hen a Nelson a box of poisoned candy, was released from custody. A number of eeeuritics of the United States Shipbuilding Company were wM ul auetioii. Clniiles Edward Langham, father of the Baroness von Steinburg, died at Kpwanda, c'ul. Lieutenant Commander Cutler, in I charge of the Porto Rico Lighthouse hervicc, was arresteil on the charge ot false imprisonment. Between 700 ar.d H00 delegates to the World's Fourth Sunday School Conven- tiun ut Jerusalem sailed from .New York. foreign. General Kuropatkin, about to leave St. I'ctcrsburg lor the bar hast to take command of the Russian mili tary forces, bade farewell to the Czar, and was presented with a sacred pic ture by the Municipal Council. The United States government will sustain the action of Captain Sawyer, of the gunboat Helena, in protesting against the sinking by the Russians of junks at the entrance of Niuch - wang harbor. On account of conflicting reports of the intention of the Japanese commanders in Manchuria the Russian curps which lias arrived at Harbin will be detained there. The Russians are engaged in build ing (iclciises at vvijii.. wincn win co operate Willi the tortitications al- icailv constructed on me leit name 01 the Valu. Japanese officials at Tokio believe that lack of ammunition was the rea son that Vladivostok forts did not re ply to the Japanese bombardment. At Xagaski repairs arc being made to the ships that were damaged in the engagement at I'ort Arthur. The trials of the rioters and mur derers ot Kibhin:ff were concluded.. One man was sentenced to 20 years for the murder of a Jewish couple. F.mpcror William left Berlin for a trip of six or seven weeks' duration, during which be will visit other monarchs. Forty students were wounded in rioting between German and Czech students in front of the university in Vienna. Dr. Labori, an American mission ary, lias been killed in Persia. M. Kurino, until recently Japanese minister to Russia said bis gov ernment's purpose was not annex Korea, but to open it up to the corn- mrrcr of the world. The obstructionist members of the Hungarian Diet have given up their light to secure the una of tho Hungarian lan guage In the army, and a memorable scene cf reconciliation occurred in the Diet, j .... .. .- HANGING FOR BANDITS Penalty for Murder at Chicago Car Bara Riots. ONE OTHER ET TO BE TRIED. Jury Agrees on Verdict Alter Of liberation for 1 Day and a Night - The Condemned Men Hear Their Fate Stolidly- F.mll Roeskl, Who Participated In Some of Their Crimes To Be Tried Separately. Chicago, (Special). Hanging for all was the verdict of the jury in the first murder case against the so-callc.l "car-barn bandits," Harvey Yandinc, Peter Neidermeicr and Gustav Marx, who attempted notoriety by a desper ate nil-day battle that started in a "dugout'' near Liverpool, Ind., where the trio had taken refuge after a scries of remarkable crimes, including the murder of two employes of the Chica go City Railway at one of the com pany's barns in this city, the motive in each instance being robcry. F.mil Bocski, who was with the bandits in the dugout, and who par ticipated in many of their crimes, i to be tried separately, not having been implicated directly in the particular murder for which his associates were first arraigned. The verdict of the jury was delayed somewhat on account" of a temporary division of opinion as to making the punishment alike for all the defend ants. A confession 011 the part of Marx led to the discovery of the hiding place of the other bandits. Marx entered a plea of guilty anil begged for mercy, while the other bandits attempted to brazen out a pica of innocence. F.pi lepsy, the result of heredity, was also pleaded in the case of Vandiuc. The bandits heard their doom stol idly. The mother of Yandinc was in the court room. Niedermcicr's moth er was also present. Neither woman made any out-cry. The mother of Marx did not appear. She was said to be at home in a state bordering on collapse. . Contrary to the general belief, it was Yandinc's' fate, and not that of Marx, that caused the delay in arriving at a decision. BIG FERRY STEAMER BURNED. Was Froien First in Ice Oil Conneaut, Ohio Firemen Perished. Conneaut, Ohio, (Special). A large car ferry steamer, Shenango No. I, owned by the Marquette and Besse mer Dock and Navigation Company, was destroyed by fire off this port, resulting in the death of Fireman Chas. McCartcr of Cheboygan, Mich., and the probably fatal injury of Engi neer John Morrell. The boat was one of the largest of her kind on the great lakes, valued at $.150,000, and had a carrying capa city of 2(1 cars. The fire is supposed to have resulted from an explosion of oil in the engine-room. The vessel at tempted to make the trip from here to Port Stanley early in. January, but was caught in the heavy ice. She finally succeeded in working her way back into the Conneaut Breakwater, where she has remained frozen in by the ice ever since. When the fire was discovered, it was found that she was too far out to be reached by the local fire department. Engineer Morrell was the only member of the crew awake when the flames broke out. binding that the fire was beyond control, he hastily aroused the others on board, and all escaped except the fireman. McCartcr. Upon discovering that McCartcr was still in the hold of the vessel Morrell returned to awaken him. He was caught by the flames, and before he could be rescued was so badly burned that he w ill probably die. Mc Carter's body was consumed by the flames. HEAVY LOSS TO MINERS. Geological Survey's View of thraclte Strike. the Bit An- Washington, D. C, (Special). The re port of Edward W. Parker on the pro duction of coal in 1902, about to be issued by the United States Geological Survey, gives u review of labor troubles during Unit year and thoir effect upon the coal production. The report says: The troubles in the anthracite district I resulted in u decrease of nearly 40 per !' ' production to the operators, as compared with loj. Approximately 1 4.1,000 men were idle for OH working days, ami the public was put to greater inconvenience and annoyance for want of fuel than had ever been known before in the history of the country. It is esti mated that the total number of working dii)lobthy this strike was 14,210,000, which, at an average of 42.50 a day. meant a loss of about $:i5,000,000 III w aires. "The strikes In West Virginia were or ganized for the purpose of compelling the operators to recognize the union. iThe strikers carried tneir point in the Kanan hit river, but in the New river district the strike failed of its purpose. The time lost in West Virginia in 1U02 was 1,:1I12,054 days, or nearly twlec as much as that lost' bv strikes in all the United States ill 1001. The estimated loss of tonnage fur the State caused by the strike was about 4,500,000 tons, al though, on account of increased activity In other portions of the state, there wus no actual decrease in output us compared with ltfOl." No Peace at Santo Domingo. Washington, (Special). Very much belated cablegrams from United States Minister Powell, just received at the State Department, report a big battle across the river Irom nan liomingo, March 4, in which the insurgents were worsted and tied, leaving tneir guns and ammunition on the field. The in surgents, however, were reported to have been in possession of the Town of Azua. The United States ship To- ncka touched at San Domingo March 8, and proceeded to Azua. Shot Teacher and Himself. Erwlunn, Pa., (Spcelul) Puul Weaver, aged 19 years, visited the school here io which Mary Wykcr, aged 23, was a teacher. The young people bad been sweethearts, but Weaver wa recently discarded by Miss Wyker. After the pupils bad been dismissed Weaver pulled a revolver and shot Miss Wyker twice, leaving ner apparently ueau on the nonr. He returned to bis home and going to the burn placed a rope about bis neck. He then shot himself and bis body was Inter found bunging from a rafter. Miss Wjker's condition is critical. WOMEN'S TERRIBLE FALL. Drops Seven Stories In a New York Office Building. New York (Special). Miss Bessie I.az.ire. a stenographer, aged 23, was mortally injured by falling seven stories from the eleventh to the fourth floor in the building nt 15 Dcy street. Her piercing screams as she shot dowiMhc main light shaft of the build ing created a panic among the tenants. She had been sitting on a window sill and lost her balance as she turned to talk to someone in the room. Her fall was broken at the fourth floor by a wire netting over a skylight. She was taken to the Hudson Strict Hospital unconscious, suffering from a fractured skull and internal injuries. Miss I.azarc lived in Brooklyn and was employed by the American Tele phone and Telegraph Company. LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS No American Slave Dealers in the Philippines. U. S. Officials Must Be Discreet. President Roosevelt, after a conference with Secretary of Slate Ilav, Issued the following executive order respecting the observance of the proclamation recently promulgated declaring the neutrality of the United States between Russia mid Japan, the two combatant nations in the Far Eastern war now in progress: "All ollleials of the government civil, military and naval arc hereby directed not only to observe the President's proc lamation of neutrality in the pending war between Russia and Japan, hut also to abstain from either action or speech which can legitimately cause irritation to either of the combatants. The gov ernment of (lie United States represents the people of the United Slates n it only in the sincerity with which it is en deavoring to keep the scales of neutral ity exact and even, but in the sincerity with which it deplores the breaking out of the present war, and hopes that it will end at the earliest possible moment and with the smallest possible loss to those engaged. Such a war inevitably increases ti ii 1 jnllauics the susceptibilities of the combatants to anything in the nature of an injury or slight by outsiders. Too often combatants make conflict ing claims us to the duties and obligations of neu trals, so that even when discharging these duties and obligations with scrupu lous care it Is difficult to avoid giving offense to one or the other party. To such unavoidable causes of olVense, due to the performance of national duty, there must not be added any avoidable causes. It is iihs ays unfortunate to bring Old World antipathies ami jealousies into our life, or by speech or conduct to excite anger and resentment toward our nation in friendly foreign lands: but in n government employe, v hose otliciul posi tion makes him in some sense the repre sentative of the people, the mischief of such actions is greatly increased. A strong ami self-confident nation should be peculiarly careful not only of the rights, but of the susceptibilities of Its neighbors; and nowadays all of the na tions of the world are neighbors one to the other. Courtesy, moderation ami self restraint should mark international, no less than private, intercourse. "All the ollleials of the government civil, military ami naval - are expected so to carry themselves, both in act. and in deed, as to give no cause of just ollcnse to the people ot any foreign and friendly power ami Willi all niaiiKinU we are now in lriendshi . "Tiikoioi:r Rooskvki.t." Use of American Ships. The House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries authorized a favor able report 011 a House bill providing that all supplies for the use of the army and navy of the United States shipped out of the United States shall be trans ported either in ships belonging to lho Government or in ships of American register. The bill is to go into effect 30 days after Its passage. A provision incor- Tiii-Hlffl liv the Semite in r liill of the same nature passed bv that body was lidded to the House bill as an amend- ! .....nt to ilu. 1.IT1.1I 1 Inii kIiihiIiI the fr.i.riit , rates charged be extortionate the Presi dent may suspend the operation of the uct and open the competition to the ves sels of other countries. Hon. George W. Crolt. As the result of blond poisoning, caus ed by a splinter in his hand, Hon. (Jeorgc William Croft, representative in Congress from the Second district of South Carolina, died at his boarding place, Sixth street Northeast. The im mediate cause of death was given as heart exhaustion. Several operations had been performed in the hope of saving Mr. Croft's li'c, but without avail, lie received the in jury nearly two months ago, but the blood poisoning did not develop for some time afterwaid. Salaries ot Canal Board. President Hooscvt It has fixed the sal aries of the Isthmian Canal Commission ers at if 12, 000 u year and in addition thereto ijl5 a day while they uroou the Isthmus. Ihe Semite, in executive session, con firmed the nomination of Henry B. Rich ardson, of .Louisiana, as member of the Mississippi Hiver Commission. Has No American Wile. So much currency has been obtained In the press by a story that the F.mpcror of Korea had married an American wo man named Kinilv Brown that United States Minister Allen, at Seoul, bus been obliged to print Identical replies to u number of women correspondents deny ing the truth of the story. Congressional and Departments. The House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries authorized a favor able reprot on a House bill providing that all supplies for the use of the Army and Navy shall bo transported either in ships belonging to the government or in ships of American register. President Hoosevelt fixed the salary of the Isthmian ('una! Commissioners at $12,0i)0 per annum. The battleship squadron has left (iiuit, tMiiamo for Pcnsacola to engage in target practice. President Ibxisevelt has directed the transfer of John Barrett, present minis ter to the Argentina Republic, to tie minister to Panama. Other chunges in the Diplomatic Corps in South America were also made. The subcommittee of tho He 11 a to Com mittee on Intcroceuiilc Canals heard Secretary Taft relative to legislation for the government of the Caual Zona. It is not likely that the case of Sena tor Heed Bmoot will be passed upon at this session of Congress. Tbe Senate passed the Philippine Shipping Bill and tbe Army .Appropri ation liill. U. S. AS PEACEMAKER Suggestions That This Country Act With France. HOW IT IS VIEWED IN PARIS. The Idea of a Prominent American Railroad Man That France and United States, Be cause of Their Friendship Toward the Belligerents, Are Best Qualified to Initiate a Peace Movement. Paris, (By Cable). The informal suggestion that France and the United States act jointly as peacemakers in the Far Eastern war has been made within the last week, and although the officials consider that any peace over tures would be futile at the present stage of the conflict, yet the sugges tion leads to the belief in high quarters that France and the United States will become the eventual peacemak ers. The .suggcstioiv came from one of the most prominent American rail road men, who probably has the larg est railroad dealings with Russia of anv American. During a recent visit here he called at the American Embassy and other official quarters. In the course of his visit he strongly urged that France and the United States, by reason of their international friendship toward the two belligerents, were specially qualified to initiate a peace movement. The American believed Russia would gladly avail herself of the opportuni ty even now. and that international in fluence would favorbly incline Japan. The suggestion was entirely unoffi cial and informal, but none the less it was expected that it would prove a germ fo'.- official action. However, no such official action is likely at th" present time, as it is the accepted view of the French and American au thorities that neither of the belliger ents would listen to anv peace over tures. As one of the highest officials sum med up the situation. "The suggestion is worthy of con sideration as showing that the repub lics are well qualified to become the eventual peacemakers, but certainly such a movement would be untimely now, for both parties arc in hot blood, and. unfortunately, nothing "ill avail until there has " been some blood letting." PENNSYLVANIA WILL SPEND $20,500,000. Big Expenditures for Improvements East of Pittsburg. Philadelphia, Pa., (Special). Not in cluding tho money to be spent on the cw York tunnel and terminal the Penn sylvania Ilailroad Company, through the board of directors.npproved expenditures for improvements east of Pittsnurg in 1004 to aggregate at least 20. 500, 000. Of this sum ijf.'i.OOO.OOO will be spent upon new work, including the improving and enlarging of the track facilities in and about Broad Street Station, this city, and 113.500 0O0 will be spent upon work as laid out in the annual report. The additional 2. 000, 000 is needed for improvements that are called for from time to time. The directors, who were in session about an hour considering the expenditures for the present year, have i before t hem 11 schedule of work to lie j done. The actual amount needed to j finish the work in hand and to begin new improvements is 1H.5IKI,000. At meetiiiirs of the directors of the I Pennsylvania comimnv and of the Pan I Handle company, J.llliigion B. Morris was elected ! Loree. a doc tor lo succeed I., r . JEALOUSY CAUSFS DOUBLE TRAGEDY. i Young School Teacher Dying and Her Assail ; ant Dead By His Own ! and Frenclitowii. N. J i Special,!. - Miss j Mary Wykcr, a pretty young school I teacher of this place, is dying, and Paul I Weaver, an 18-vcar-old youth, is dead. as the result of the bitters insane jeal ousy, which led him to imike a inurdcr- attack on the girl and then, when lie was pursued by a posse of his neighbors and former friends, take his own life. vtcuver used 11 revolver on ine k"' and later used the siiiue weapon on him self, also nonsiui a rope about his neck I to make sure that death Would be his pori ion. The attack on Miss Wykcr was made ! as she was going from her professional : duties at the Union school to her board : in ir house, the home of Hugh Fulness. I He tired three times and two of tiic bullets found their mark, inflicting wounds that are likely to end ill the I young woman's death, j Kai ly in the morning the mother of the ! voung' man found his dead body hang i ing from a mmse tied ton rafter in a fecd 1 room on the homestead farm. He had ! adjusted tho rope w hile standing on some boxes and then shot himself in the head. SAVED TRAIN; LOST HIS L1PE. Killed n Preventing a Wreck on the California Limited. Albuquerque, N. M., (Special).- In a successful effort to save the Santa Fe's fast California Limited from being wrecked, Jesus Saliiiiiandin, a section foreman at Curhcro, was run over iintl killed. Sahimatidin was riding on his railroad motor when lie heard the limited coming around a curve just ahead. He stopped his car ami eoiihl easily have escaped, but I lie cm r, if left on the track, would have wrecked the train. He succeeded in getting it off the track just as the train reached him, but was nimble to get out of the way himself. $100,000 For Murder. Winchester, Ky., (Special) Mrs. Ara bella Marcum, for herself and children, filed suit iu the Circuit Court against Jas. Hingis, Alcxaudcr llargis, Ed ward Cullahiiu und B. F. French for 100,000 damages. Shu alleges In her petition that the defendants entered into a con spiracy with Curtis Jett and Thomas White to murder her husband, the late J. B. Marcutn. Callahan was formerly Sherllf of Breathit county. Jett and White are now iu jail in Louisville. Rector's Wife Foils Burglar. Trenton, N. J., (Special). Mrs. Ham ilton Schuyler, w ife of tho rector of fash ionable Trinity Episcopal Church, 'died burglars who tried to rob tho rectory. Afterwards a policeman held up the rector, mistaking him for tho robber. The thieves left a door open and the cold draught awakened Mrs. Schuyler. ; She quietly te'ephoned for tbe police and aroused ber husband. The thieves heard the rector moving about and fled, leav ing behind silverware they bad collected EXPORTS OF MAMFACTLRES. A Seven-Months' Period That Breaks All Records. Washington, (Special). United States cxporlsof manufactures in January, 1004, and in tho seven months ended with January, 1004, show a larger total than ever before In tho snmo months of the year. For the month of Jnaiinry they amounted to HS,2:),.'!.ri2, w hile the high est January record on nny former occa sion whs that of 1000, when they were $:t5.rHl,IM0. 1 For the seven months ended with Jnnu ary they amount to 2.'iO,214,ll3, and the highest record for thai seven-months' period in any preceding year was that ended with January, 1901, w hen the total was 23II.54..0(14. Thus the total for January is $2,r00.()00 in excess of any preceding January, and for the seven months ending with January is about 1 1,000,000 more than in Hny" preceding seven months ended with January. These figures sre shown by an analysis of the January exports, Just prepared by tha Department of Commerce and Labor, through its bureau of statistics. President Invited to Preside. Washington, (Special). President Roosevelt has been invited to preside at a great popular meeting in the interest of home missions, to be held at Buffalo next May, during the ses sions of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. The invitation was extended by the Rev. S. V. V. Holmes, pastur of the Westminister Church, in Buffalo, through Represen tative Alexander, of that city. The President, who presided at a similar meeting in New York some ycart ago, did not give a definite response to the invitation, indicating that he would do so at a later date. His acceptance ts regarded as doubtful, however, as he has felt obliged to decline invitation of all kinds for this year. Shot By His Plaaymate. Waynesboro, Pa., (Special). Gerald Middowcr, It years old, son of J. A. Middower, was shot in the head at his home here bv Robert Frantz. aged 13. The lads were playmates. They went to Frantz's home, where the latter took a revolver from the drawer o his brother's bureau and playfully pointed it at young Middowcr's bead, and shouted: "Hold up your hands!" The boys were standing only a few feet apart. The pistol was discharged and the bullet entered Middowcr'1 mouth, splitting the tongue, and lodircd in the back part of bis head, inflicting a serious, perhaps fatal, wound. A Double Tragedy. New York, (Special). Robert Gray, a painter, and bis wife Lizzie were found dead in their apartments here, the woman in bed with her skull crushed in and her husband in the bathroom, having apparently commit ted suicide by gas asphyxiation. The case is supposed to be one of murdet anil suicide. $10,009 For Denny Memorial Hall. Carlisle. Pa., (Special). A r.iass mccting of the citizens of Carlisle was held and $10,000 was raised for the erection of Denny Memorial Hall, re cently burned. Rev. Miles O. Ned!, uf Carlisle, oresided. Addresses were made bv President Reed, John W. Welzcl. 'Rev. (,. M. Diffcnderfcr and Gen. Horatio C. KilH', if Brooklyn, Congressman Olmsted sent his check for $500. During the coming week ihc town will be canvassed and the balance of the $jo.ooo raised. Ate Wife and Child. Dtilnth, Minn., (Special). Gnstave Brandon, who has been cruising be tween Tower and Koochiching, has arrived here on his way to Minnea- i tn ilit: 'itirl fi ii 1 fi r 111 c n ronnrf cf 'illiwmrt cannibalism on the Xett I.ake rcscr- vation. Brnndon was 4icar Pelican 1-akc when he was told tint an Indian bad killed and eaten his wife and child. j He savs his information is uiHiucstion I ably authentic. He was told that the ' Indian during a drunken spree killed both his wife and child, and later de voured parts of th ir bodies to avert starvation. $24,137,611 Less Earned. New York, (Special). The second 1 annual report of the United States Slccl Corporation, dated March I, has just been issued. The statement is a voluminous one. N'et earnings foi the year, after deducting expenditures for maintenance and interest on bonds und fixed charges of subsidiary com panies, were $100.171, 15J, compared with $ 1. n. 308.761 in 100.2, a decrease if $24.137.61 1. The balance of net carn- ings for 1003 was $3,675,786, as I against $108,534,374 in 1002. American Mlislnuajy Killed. Urumia, Persia, (By Cable) News has reached here that Dr. I.abori (I.abarec?) an American missionary, lias been killed on the road to Khoi. Rev. Dr. Benjamin Labarcc, who is probably referred to in the above dis patch, is oiie of the best-known Pres byterian missionaries in the Asiatic field, hiving been stationed in Persia since i860. Explos'on at Torpedo Plant. Kuightstown, Ind., (Special). -The plant of the Knightstown Torpedo Company, two miles from town was destroyed by an explosion of nitro-uly- ccrine. Stephen Clark, an employe, was blown to pieces, as were a team of horses and wagon. Glass plate in this city was broken. FINANCIAL. Tho weekly statement of tho Imperial Bank of Germany shows a decrease of 4:1.500.000 marks In cash. It Is reported in railroad circles that the Union rncitlc, Illinois Cent nil and Chicago & Alton will be merged unless the Northern Securities decisiou is ubso- ut civ imuiiist the com pan v. It is understood that Union Pacific gross earnings for February will show an increase of over iihi.ihhi ami thai oouili cm Pacific earnings will show a gross increase ol over uo,uw. The Hunk of Knglnnd on Saturday pur chased in open market 17,000 in gold bars and received from me cupe 410, uou, Despatches from Chicago say that the Burlington loan for 1,000, 000 was made with the Illinois 1 rust havings Hunk. The manufacturing crista In Spain which baa been troubling commercial circles for aome timo past, U becoming more acute. . City Treasurer E. J. Frauenbclin, ' of Iftisburg, is completing arrangements for collecting from the Pittsburg Hall way Company the amount due under the liiurar tax ordinance. He estimates the total at ta.'JO.OOO to 400,000. , ( THE KEYSTONE STATE Latest News of Pennsylvania Told io Short Order. Four foreigners were cremated in a box car containing gasoline which caught hre ten miles cast of Harris burg. Ctcorgc Klingcr, of Ilarrisbnrg, and William C. Lytcr, of Lewistown, were badly burned. The men were employed bv 11. S. Kcrbaugli & Com pany, cm the Pennsylvania Railroad improvements ai r.nuia aim wtit or ing sent to Bainbridge to clear the ice from the tracks. One of the cars 111 which twenty-six tnen were rar ried. contained five barrels of gasoline. The men were nearly all asleep. One rf the men struck a match to light his pipe. A spark landed on the gaso line barrel and in aw instnt the whole interior of the car was a fiery furnace, The men were awakened by the in tense heat. There was a scramble to get out in which four were tinsuccess- fuu Thcv were trampled by the others and their bodies were after ward found burned to a crisp. To increase its coal output, the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company is tunnelling to tap and draw off millions of gallons of watef from the old workings of the Beech- wood Colliery near Pottsvillo, aban doned fifteen years ago. Valuable coal veins 111 the old mine will be worked. Three thousand five hundred dol lars, an annual pass over the lines of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad west of Phildclphia, and a good job are the terms by which Edward P. Keif fcr, of Somerset, settled his claim for damages against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. KcifTer was a vic tim of the wreck of the Dtiqucsnc limited near Dawson on the night of December 23. He was badly burne.I Charles Adams, to years of aire. pleaded guilty in court at Media to the charge of highway robbery and carrying concealed deadly weapons, and was sentenced to sixteen years in the Eastern Penitentiary. Adams held up three Chester citizens on the night of January 4. and at the point of a revolver made them give up their money and valuables. , An explosion of dynamite and gun powder at the Pennsylvania Railroad improvements two miles west of Millcrsburg instantly killed James Kerns, a foreman, and Pictro Mazi- Rotti, a laborer, and seriously injur ing two other laborers. All of the men were employed by Thomas F. Kerns & Son, railroad contractors. James Kerns, the dead foreman, was a nephew of the senior member of the firm. While returning to his home at Buck, John Todd was set unon by thieves and beaten into insensibility. His skull was fractured and one car pounded off. He was robbed of $200 111 checks and $55 in cash, the pro ceeds of a tobacco sale. The new West Chester town coun cil has appointed these borough ofii ials: Borough surveyor. Nathan R. tainhn; street commissioner. John C. I Iced; chief of police, Robert O. Icffries, with the present force of lay and night patrolmen; Edmund H. Brown was re-clcctcd president of the rouncil. Governor Pcnnypackcr fixed May ! for tlie execution of James Alexan der and W. 1.. Hartley, at Pittsburg. The congregation of the First Bap tist Church, of West Chester, has idopted plans fur a new $15,000 church 'o be erected this summer. A class of thirty was initiated int' .he Bethlehem Aerie of Eagles at A meeting which was attended by mem bers of the order from throughout the Lehigh Valley. James McPherson, Clarence Cart ind Micheal Collins, members ol the "Shirtwaist gang." of Bridgeport, were ieiiiittcd of assault and battery with attempting to kill Frank Smith, farm er, and his wife. The Pennsylvania Keilrnad Com pany distributed among the employees of the Altoona and Juniata shops fSSiOfJ pay for the month of Febru ary. It is the biggest amount ever paid for the shortest month of the year. General orders were issued from the headquarters of the N'. G. P., con firming the sentence of Rudolph II. Schaffcr, Company I., Eighteenth Regiment, to take effect immediately. Schaffcr was recently found guilty by general court martial of fraudulently obtaining money and sentenced to be dismissed from the service. Several sportsmen living in Lower Saucon and at Springtown have form ed an association called the Landsdale. Game Protective Club, with the object of restocking that vicinity with small game to take the place of that which the long, cobl Winter destroyed. The farms of II. S. Mill, at Spring town, has been leased and will be used as a game preserve. In Criminal Court nt Media, Judge Johnson sentenced Charles Kimball, of Chester, to eleven years iu tho Eastern Penitentiary. Ho was convicted of as sault nnd battery with Intent to kill and highway robtiery, having assaulted and robbed Oeorge MacKcny.il lust Christinui Day. The victim was In tho hospital for seven weeks by reason of the assault. While Karl Davis uud several othel fishermen wero out along the Brandy wine, near West Chester, they discovered a sixteen-pound carp frozen in a block of ice that hud been deposited in the ad jacent meudow by the freshet u fewduys since. Fire in No. 1 1 mine stable. 600 feet be. low the surface, at TiiiimiUa, killed thirty seven mules. It may he necessary lo Hood the mino. Chief Burgess Ellis C. Abn.nis, of Prospect Park, returned the light ordi nance to Council with his veto, which has been sustained. The electric light com puny refused to sign an ugreeinent with the borough and unless some action is taken by tho body soon the town will be t it bout street lights. Cooking and sewing schools of a novel character have been established on the South Side, llazlcton. Girl employed In the mills gather nt the homes of differ ent fellow-workers two nights each week snd those who are proficient iu sewing ind cooking leui h thnso who are back ward In theso brandies of household economy. , Jiimes. W. Kllllott, 63 years old. of Phoenix villo, committed suicide by hang ing himself with his handkerchief to the grating of the door of his oel Iu the Chester County prison, Elliott was await ing trial on the charge of assault and battery upon his wife. A new Ha.lelou ordinance it-quires irlvcrs to tie their horses whenever they leave the wagon. The ordinance, doef nut stipulate tho size or tbe thickness of the tic-strap aud many horsemen who do not like tho law secure their animals with light threads. ( . . The Kansas City Court of Appeals de cided that grain speculation Is gambling.
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