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.