RETREAT JBEFORE JAPS
The Russians Vacate Country South of
Yalu.
JAPANESE NOW OCCITY SENGCHENG.
Mo Opposition to the Japanese Between Chen
Juand Senechelnf Eighteen Miles West on
the Fekini Road Japanese Elated by the
Easy Capture of the Strong Town of
Chcngju.
Tokio, (By Cable). The ailvancc
Rttard of the Japanese army in North
western Korea, occupied the town of
Scngchcng without opposition. Scng
chcng in on the Peking road, 18 miles
West ( Clicnju and about 40 miles
South of Wiju.
When the Japanese drove the Rus
sians out of Chetigju last .Monday the
Russians withdrew in two column,
one going over the Koaksan Mad and
the other over the Peking road. The
Japanese advance from I'henju was
made very rapidly. It was anticipated
that the Russians would resist tins
advance, but they failed to do so,
and now it is not probable that there
will be any further opposition South
of the Yalu Kiver.
C'henjii, because of its superior
natural surroundings is the strongest
place between I'ingyang anil Wiju.
besides the-e natural advantages
there is an old Korean fort there,
which, had it been defended with
spirit, would have been hard to take.
The Japanese are gratified at the com
parative ease with which they drove
the Russians from this fort.
Russian patrols are reported to be
in the country East of the Peking
road, but it i not probable that there
is any considerable force of the Rus-t-ians
in that section. The patrols
are withdrawing gradually to the
Northward, toward the Yalu.
It is reported that the ice on the
Yalu is well broken up, and in the
future the river must be crossed either
in junks or over pontoon bridges.
DETERMINED TO GET PORT ARTHUR.
Japanese More Hepeful Than Officials will
Admit
London, (fiy Cable). It is believed
in diplomatic and naval circles here
and in St. Petersburg that the
Japanese are determined to take Port
Arthur and will continue to make that
the object of their offensive naval
operations. The opinion prevails that
Marine Minister Yamamoto's speech
before the Japanese Parlitnent about
the difficulties encountered at Port
Arthur was dsjgncd to throw the
Russians off their guard, and that
the Japanese will do everything in
their power to take Port Arthur, be
cause if they fail they will be reduced
solely to a land campaign in Korea.
It is reported from Seoul that the
Russians, March 27, killed the perfect
of Pakchon for not following their
instructions.
The Rusians are also said to Inve
dispersed the Korean garrison of Wiji
after divesting the soldiers of their
uniforms.
Detailed reports received by way of
Seoul of the engagemnt of March 28
between Russians and Japanese at
Chcngju, Korea, say the fighting
lasted two hours, at the end of which
the Japanese forced the Russians to
retire toward Wiju. Two Russian
dead were lett 01. the field, while other
bodies were carried off with the
column. A Japanese lieutenant (Ka
no) and four privates were killed,
while Captain Kurokawa and 11 pri
vates were wounded.
The Japanese are continuing their
concentration and gradually advanc
ing on their way to Wiju. their ad
vance guard being at Kasan and their
outposts 10 miles further North.
CARTRIDGE FACTORY BLOWN LP.
Tour Japanese Workmen Were Killed at
Sasebo.
Paris, (By Cable). The Matin's
correspondent says that a cartridge
factory at Sasebo, Japan, was blown
tip Sunday last and four workmen
were killed.
A Harbin correspondent of the Matin
says that General Yolkaff has issued
a ukase informing the inhabitants of
Manchuria arid trans-Baik.ilia that all
persons convicted of circulating false
news will be punished with the utmost
rigor according to military law. This
ukase, the correspondent says, is espe
cially directed against handbill pro
mulgating false news issued by the
Chinese.
The St. Petersburg correspondent of
the Echo .le Paris says:
"I learn that the Czar intends to
send Vice-Armiral Chotiknin, director
of the Naval School, to Port Arthur
as assistant to N ice-Admiral Maka
roff." Woodchtcks Destroy Graves.
Middletown, N. Y., (Special).
Thrown out of their graves by ground
bogs ,the bones of many heroes of
the Revolutionary War and the War
of 1812 are often exposed to sight and
plowed under by farmers in the town
of Wawayanda, Orange county. In
this town there are 25 burying places,
many of them dating hark years be
fore the Revolutionary War. Only
eight of the graveyards are cared for.
the rest being mainly the homes of
woodchucks. There have been no
burials in these cemeteries for over
50 years. Apparently there is no one
who cares what becomes of the bones
Df those who fought for the inde
pendence of their country.
Cossocks Killed U Bandits.
Liao Yang, Ry Cable). There is
an enormou movement of troops in
progress and trains are arriving
several times daily.
In the rear of Bidzevo 50 Cossacks
encountered a strong band of Chinese
bandits and charged upon them, killing
3d and capturing 6. Three Cossacks
were killed and six were wounded.
General Linevitch has received a tele
gram from General Kuropatkin ex
pressing satisfaction that so well
trained a soldier is with the army.
Dead Wile's Ob! Beat Hln.
Hazlcton, Pa., (Special). Andrew
Green, a miner of Sandy Run, de
clared that while he was chopping
wood in the yard of his homt Satur
lay the ghost of his dead wife attacked
bun and belabored him with club.
11 declares that on several other oc
casions he has been visited and ter
rified by the spirit of his former
spouse, and he thinks she is jealous
of his new wife. Green's first wife
died six months ago, leaving five chit
ftren. lie married again within
month and says that his first wife has
'been haunting him ever since.
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
Reading.
Domestic.
Lieutenant Commander Edgar
rowiiscud Warhurton. chief engineer
of the battleship Maine, now at Pen
sacola, committed suicide in his cabin
on board the vessel.
Mrs. Cordelia Hotkin testified in
her own behalf in her trial in San
bramisco for sending poisoned candy
to Mrs. J,,hn P. Dunning, in Delaware.
William I-'.. Church confessed in
St. Loins. Mo., tliat ho killed his
benefactors, Mr. and Mrs. Henry W.
Ycitir, while tiny were .".sleep.
AI Adams, the policy king, serving
indeterminate sentence in Sing Sing,
has applied to the board to be re
leased on parole.
Seven hundred members of the Ele
vator Constructors and Millwrights,
L111011 of New York and I'.rooklvn
went on a strike.
Otis White, of Ransomville. N. Y
deliberately walked into the rapids at
Niagara balls and was drowned.
'1 he United States Army transport
Logan sailed from San Francisco for
Manila with 275 recruits.
Mrs. Abbey Morton Diaz, the writer
and reformer, died at her home, in
Belmont, Mass.
On account of the strike of the
miners a coal famine is threatened in
Iowa.
Nearly five and one-half million dol
lars was set apart by the board of
estimates in New York to be expended
in installing an auxiliary system of
salt-water mains to be used in con
nection with fire-fighting in the
Boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn.
The United States Steel Corporation
filed a demurrer in Trenton, X. J., to
tne suit ot Altretl Stevens, wlio asked
that the corporation be required to pay
a dividend.
The Iowa coal miners and operators
have been unable to adjust their dif
ferences and a .shutdown is likely to
fallow, throwing 1.1.500 miners out of
employment.
Edward Reglar. who is something
of a White House crank, was arrested
in Pittsburg and held, pending an in-
ve-tigation of his mental condition.
The appointment of Col. Kdmund
I Rice, U. S. A., retired, as military sec
1 rttary of the ceremonies committee
of the World's Pair is innounced.
! The cruiser Denver was given a
Cape Ann course and again failed to
meet contract sliced requirements.
Judge Gager, in New Haven, ex
cluded the sealed letter in the Ben
net will case, which made a bequest of
$50,000 to Mr. Bryan.
Rear Admiral Sigsbce. and Captain
Wainwright and other officers of the
North Atlantic Squadron paid an of
ficial visit to President Amador, at the
palace, in Panama.
"Dr." Dewing ws arrested in Chica
go for buying railroad tickets at cler
gymen's rates and selling them to tick
et brokers.
A Sabine Pass and Northwestern
passenegr train w as wrecked in Texas
ai'd several passengers were injured.
Further sensational incidents mark
ed the second day's hcaruig in the
Bennett will case a New Haven.
A petition in bankruptcy was filed
against the Pettingill Advertising
Agency, of Boston.
Mrs. Cauncey Marian, known as the
fattest woman in the world, died in
New York.
The Great Belgrade levee broke at
Vinccnncs, Ind., causing much dam
age. 1' ire in the Quincy Mine, near
Houghton, Mich., did considerable
damage.
The Alien Immigration Bill requir
ing that the immigration of certain
classes of aliens into the Unite J King
dom be subjected to state control
passed its first reading in the British
House of Commons.
The French Chamber of Deputies
began a debate upon Marine Minister
Pelletan's administration of the navy,
which promises to be a test of the
strength of the entireFrcnch ministry.
Foreign.
M. Muravieff, Russian minister of
justice and recently president of The
Hague Arbitration Tribunal, in his
report to the Czar on the Venczulan
arbitration proceedings concludes with
the conviction that The Hague Court,
due to the Russian Kmperor's initia
tive, will render invaluable service in
the cause of international peace.
Bonaparte Wyse, original conccs
sionair of the Panama Canal, has
declared that he would appeal from
the decision of the French Court.
King Peter has removed from his
entourage all those concerned in the
murder of King Alexander and (Jueen
Draga.
The First Civil Tribunal of the Seine
has decided that the Republic of Co
lumbia, having lost its sovereignty
over Panama, has no standing in court
to prevent the sale of the canal
property.
Emperor Francis Joseph performed
the ancient foot-washing ceremonial
in the Crystal Hall of the Hofburg, in
Vienna.
At a meeting of Americans and
Japanese held in Tokio on the fiftieth
anniversary of the signing of the Perry
Treaty between Japan and the United
States an American war charity called
the Perry Memorial Relief Fund was
organized, and $37,500 was immediate
ly subscribed.
' Takahira, the Japanese minister, and
Secretary Hay had a conference upon
the war. The conviction is general
among State Department officials that
for the present intervention by the
powers is out of the question.
For sinking Japanese m reliant ves
sels in Sungari Straits at the beginning
of the w ar $75,000 has been distributed
in prize money to the crews of the
four cruisers of the Ru:.sian Vladi
vostok Squadron.
Detailed reports received at Seoul
of the engagement between Japanese
and Russians at Chcngju state that
the fighting lasted two hours and
the Japanese forced the Russians to
retire.
The British military authorities have
arranged for the distribution of 10
regiments of troops in Canada, so as
to be available for speedy dispatch in
case of complications in the Fast.
In Japanese official circles in Tokio
the action of Russian warships in sink
ing the Japanese coasting steamer is
deeply resented.
FUaaclal.
A little bulge in wheat.
Hears are afraid to sell Erie. '
Snow reports that more winter
wheat was killed than for a number of
years.
Bids of 1 200 a share are made for
the I per cent, "stub" of Northern
Securities;''
Harry Weil, the "great bear" of
1903. has Rone to Havana. He is now
on the bull side of the market..
What is Morgan coming to? It is
said that his Southern Railway will
issue its $15,000,000 of notes without
the aid of a syndicate.
MURDERED BY ROBBERS
Express Messenger O'Neill Was Killed
in Cold Blood.
GOT THE CONTENTS OF EXPRESS BOX.
Shot Down By Hj.hu ay men as He Was
Oprninr the Door of Express Car -1 noble
to Open the Lock, the Highwaymen Then
Blow lp Safe With Dynamite, Destroying a
Part of Its Contents.
Sacreincnto. Cal., ( Special). Three
masked men held up the Oregon Ex
press. Southbound 011 the Southern
Pacific railroad, at Copley, near Kes
wick, killed W. J. O'Ncil the express
messenger, and carried off the con
tents of the express box. The train
is known as No. 15, and stopped at
Copley, a small station, for water. A
the train came to a standstill, three
men jumped on and cut the train in
two, taking the engine ami express
car down the track a short distance.
They stopped the engine and de
manded that Messenger O'Neil open
the express car. He refused, where
upon they blew open the car with
dynamite and deliberately killed
O'Neil by shooting him throtight the
head. The bandits then robbed the
car of if: contents, but it is not known
how much they obtained.
After robbing the express car the
men cut the car loose, and. getting on
the engine compelled F.nginecr Joesink
to go ahead. lien near Keswick the
men dropped otf the engine and dis
appeared with their plunder.
F.nginecr B. F. Joesink then ran
his engine to Redding to take back
Sheriff Richardson and a posse of
eight men. Joesink says that after
stopping at Copley the noise of draw
ing water drowned the noise of shots
that must have been fired in the ex
press car, as W. J. O'Ncil. the mes
senger, was killed by bullets. Pre
sumably the three masked men at
tempted to rob the express car and
the messenger made a fight. The
first that Joesink knew of of the hold
up was after O'Neil was killed. He
and his fireman, J. F. Stury, w ere com
pelled to dismount. They, with E.
A. Hissell, engineer of the second en
gine; A. A. Raymond, a fireman;
John Depanger. ' conductor of the
train and a brakeman, were compelled
to march back to the express car,
where they saw O'Neil dead.
The robbers tried to force O'Neill's
helper, who was in the baggage car
when O'Neill was killed, to open the
safe, but the helper showed that he
could not do so. The robbers com
pelled the party of seven to place six
sticks of giant powder on top of the
safe. Then they had a heavy box set
on the dynamite, to which a fuse was
ordered attached. All but fine of the
robbers then left the car. He lighted
the fuse. The party had just reached
the locomotive when the explosion oc
curred. It wrecked the entire car.
Engineer Joesink is not certain that
the robbers got any plunder. He was
made to get upon his engine and stav
there until further orders ciiine for him
to carry the highwaymen south. The
robbers stood at his back on the trip
down, their rifles pressing against him,
and he dared not look around. If they
had any plunder he did not see it.
They told him they wanted to be
carried to Keswick Station, five miles
south, but as they neared that station
they told the engineer to run right 011
by that station to a point 200 yards
south of there, where a bridge spans
the river. When he stepped they
alighted on the river side. The officers
believe they made straight for Kes
wick. COINED 110 TONS OF BOLD.
Mint Breaks All Kecords Since the Use of
Money Began.
San Francisco, (Special). The coin
age of gold that has taken place at
the mint in this city since last February
is finished. Superintendent Leach said
regarding the coinage; ,
"The mint has undoubtedly broken
all records for gold coinage since the
use of money began in civilization.
The amount coined this month has
reached the enormous sum of $33,11.1.
500, an average of more than $1,000,000
a day; in fact the deliveries to the su
perintendent from the coining depart
ment during the last four days aver
aged $1,550,000 a day. This, with the
sum of $.21,5X0.000 coined in February,
makes a total of $54,603,500. In weight
this amount would make more than
110 tons, or a little more than four big
corloads of 25 tons each.
"A research of books and records
pertaining to coinage matter fails to
show any account of a coinage exe
cuted in the same length of time equal
to this in any of the other nations of
t'' world."
BLOWN IF BY DYNAMITE.
Careless W orkman Strikes Cartridge With Pick,
Killing Three.
Brownville, Pa., (Special). Cedar
Hill tunnel, from the Connellsvillc Cen
tral railroad, two miles Southeast of
this place, was the scene of an ex
plosion, in which four workmen were
killed outright and six were seriously
injured. Three of the injured, it is
feared, will die. The workmen were
all foreigners, and went by numbers
instead of names.
The tunnel is being constructed by
Kellar & Crossan, contractors. The
explosion was caused by one of the
workmen striking a charge of dyna
mite with his pick.
The dead workmen were terribly
mangled. The injured were taken
across the country to the Uniontown
Hospital.
Operators' Offer Reacted.
Altoona, Pa. (Special). The miners'
delegates unanimously voted to reject
the operators' offer of 5H.82 cents for
a pick-mined ton, but agreed to accept
62 1-3 cents a ton, with a 5.55 per
cent, reduction on other classes of la
bor inside the mines. This action was
reported to the joint scale committee.
The operators were given half an' hour
to talk over the situation, and they
asked the miners to consent to let the
scale go to a board of arbitration,
which proposition the miners are dis
cussing. Oreat Loss of Life In Battle.
Tuna, British India, (By Cable).
News has been received here of severe
fighting the Tibetans having attacked
the British mission under Colonel
Younghusband. There were two en
gagements, and the Tibetans were re
pulsed with heavy loss. The British
captured the Tibetan camp at Guru.
Among the Tibetans killed were the
Lhassa general, the military command
ant of rhari and Lata and the repre
sentative of the Golden Monastery.
The Tibetan oses are believed to be
over four hundred, while the British
CAsualuej arc about a tlon.
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
Control of Canal Zone.
The Senate Committee on Inter
oceanic Canals heard Senator Mor
gan explain the merits of iiis bill pro
viding for the government of the canal
zone. His bill would make a mili
t;.ry reservation of the canal strip.
The Kittredgc bill was before the
committee also and it is believed it
will be reported to the Senate with
a few changes.
'1 he provision for the government
of the canal by two conuni-sions, one
of which was to make the laws, will
be eliminated and the control of the
zone left to the existing commission.
It is believed that for the present only
one judge wiil be provided for. but
with a provision thai others may be
named if found to be necessary.
The committee has agreed to in-crt
in the bill a provision authorizing
tlie President to designate an officer
ot tne army or navy or any other of
ficer, who shall have charge of all
sanitary matters, the official to be
under the Canal Commission.
Wants House Inquiry.
Representative DcArmond, of Mis
souri, introduced a resolution provid
ing "that the Speaker appoint five
members of the House to fully in
vestigate the Postol'tice Department,
and report to the House at as early
a date as may be practicable; that said
committee shall be authorized to sit
during the sessions of the House, and,
if necessary, during the vacation, when
Congress is not in session; that the
committee shall have full power to
send for persons' and papers, and
the investigation hereby provided for
shall be directed especially to clear
ing the innocent from a shadow of
unmerited suspicion, to uncovering the
inefficient, careless and offending and
to the recommendations for the cor
rection of abuses, to the end that
justice may be done to individuals and
that the service may be improved for
the benefit of the public."
Same Air Morn and Eve.
Hereafter "The Star-Spangled Ban
tier'' will be played on board ships
in the navy at both morning and
evening colors, in accordance with
an order just approved by the Secre
tary of the Navy.
Heretofore the "Star-Snanided Ban
ner'' has been played with the raising
ot 1 11c nag in t lie morning and Hail
Columbia" with the lowering of the
colors. Some confusion arose in the
navy, it is said, as to whether the
latter was a national air, and the mat
ter was brought to the attention of
the department. Secretary Moody in
approving the order substituting
"The Star-Spangled Banner" for "Hail
Columbia" for evening colors did not
pass on the question as to whether
the latter was a national air, deeming
that a matter for Congress to deter
mine. No Longer An Experiment.
The President sent to Congress a
long report on the progress of the
beet-sugar industry of the United
States in 1003.
The report was prepared by Charles
I Savior, special agent of the De
partment of Agriculture, and includes
the results of personal observations
and investigations in the 56 factories
in the United States. Mr. Saylor says
the industry can be no longer treated
as an experiment; that successful beet
raising and sugar producing is a fact.
Four factories have been placed in op
eration since the last report.
Dalzell's Naval Pay Bill Killed.
The House Committee on Naval Af
fairs has defeated by a lie vote the
Dalzcll bill repealing the law which
reduces the pay of naval officers 15
per cent, when on shore duty. Secre
tary Moody was before the committee,
and as a result of the discussion of the
matter the whole question of the nav
al pay table was referred to the Sec
retary for revision and suggestion by
future action by the committee.
Americans In Trouble in Africa.
The Consul-' iencral at Cape Town
in a report to the State Department
says that business in the Cape of Good
Hope is in very depressed condition
and that there are thousands of Ameri
cans in the country who are in un
fortunate circumstances.
Congressional and Departments.
A favorable report was author
ized on the bill granting statehood to
Oklahoma and the Indian Territory
and Arrizona anil New Mexico by
the House committee.
Members of the minority of the
House committtcc filed their reasons
for objecting to the impeachment of
Judge Swayue, of Florida.
Senator Culberson, of Texas, in
troduced a resolution in the Senate
for a commission to investigate the
Postofiice Department.
The State Department lias accepted
the resignation of Andrew D. Barlow,
United States consul general at
Mexico.
The House passed the Sundry Civil
Service Bill and discussed the confer
ence report on the Army Appropria
tion Bill.
Lieutenant Ilussey submitted to
the Navy Department a report on the
expedition to King Mcnclik.
The President appointed a board of
visitors to the United States Military
Academy at West Point.
The conferees 'of the two Houses
agreed on the Agricultural Appropria
tion Bill, which now carries $5,90.2,040
and provides for investigation of im
ported foods suspected of being adul
terated or falsely labeled.
Representative Dayton, of West Vir
ginia, introduced a bill amending the
laws regulating the personnel of the
Navy.
An additional minority report op
posing the impeachment of Judge
Swayue, of the Florida district, was
filed in the House by Representative
Parker, of New Jersey,
During the debate in the House on
the Sundry Civil Bill attacks were
made on the Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey and State Homes for Volunteer
Soldiers.
A Chicago lawyer filed a bill in the
District Supreme Court for an in
junction to prevent the payment of
any money for the construction of
the Panama Canal.
The Secretary of the Navy approved
the order displacing "Hail Columbia,"
by "The Star-Spangled Banner" at
evening colors on board ship.
Both representatives of capital and
labor opposed the arbitration bill be
fore tbe tiouse Committee.
SIX KILLED BY EXPLOSION
Squib Factory Near Scranlo;?, Pa.,
Wrecked and Burned;
FIVE GIRLS ARE FATALLY INJURED.
With One Exception All of fhe Bodies Have
Been Taken from the Debris -The Bodies
of the Dead Employees Were So Bad.y
Burned That It Was With Great Difficulty
That They Could Be Recognized.
Scranton, Pa., (Special). Six per
sons are known to have been killed
mid five fatally injured by an explo
sion in the factory of the Dickson
Squib Company at Priccburg, near
here.
The dead arc:
Lizzie Bray, Priccburg.
Reekie Lewis, North Scranton.
Lizzie Matthews. Olyphant.
George Callahan, Priccburg.
Teresa Callahan. Priccburg.
Lillian Malum, Priccburg.
Those fatally injured ar;:
Mamie Gilgallon.
Martha Haybrowu.
Cassie Foultz.
Mettie Hcvron.
Oscar Ayser.
Twenty girls were employed in the
factory. What caused the explosion
is not known, but it is said that one
I of the girls threw a squib ill the stove
anet mat the force of the explosion was
so great that it wrecked the building
and set it on fire. The squibs are used
in coal mining.
The Dickson Squib Company oc
cupied only the first floor of the struct
ure, the Callahan family having rooms
on the second flood.
It was here that the two Callahan
children lost their lives. Thomas Cal
lahan, the father, was at work, and
Mrs. Callahan had just left the room
when the explosion occurred. The
children, aged 3 years and 6 months,
respectively, were playing on the floor.
Both w ere instantly killed. The build
ing caught fire, and the flames com
municated to two adjoining buildings,
one occupied as a hotel and the other
as a butcher shop. Both were de
stroyed. The bodies of the dead employees
were so badly burned that it was with
great difficulty that they . could be
recognized.
JAPS REPORT FIVP. KILLED.
Official Statement From Tokio of the Chong
Ju Fight.
London, (By Cable). The Japanese
Legation here has received the fol
lowing official report from Tokio of
the fighting between Japanese and
Russian forces at Chong-Ju, Korea:
"On March 28, a portion of our
cavalry and infantry forces occupied
Chong-Ju, after defeating the enemy.
The enemy, who numbered about 600
men, retreated in the direction of
Wiju. Our casualties were Lieuten
ant Kftno and four others killed, Cap
tani Kurokawa and 12 others wounded,
of the cavalry force. There were 110
casualties among our infantry.
"Two dead bodies were ieft by the
enemy on the field, but it is reported
that some seven or eight were killed
inside the town. These were promptly
carried off by the cnemv on horse
back or by ambulance. The Russians
were seen conveying in an ambulance
two dead men, apparently officers,
and blood-stained bandages were
found scattered around. The enemy
must have sustained losses at least
equal to our own."
CYCLONE SENT HIM TO JAIL.
Wife Saw Her Deserting Husband's Name In
List of Injured.
Chicago, (Special). The same cy
clone that made James Mclnery home
less in Indiana Harbor last week
found him a new borne in the Indiana
Penitentiary. Justice, moving almost
as fast as the cyclone itself, has de
creed that he serve five years at hard
labor for bigamy.
Had it not been for the storm which
destroyed Mclnery's house and left
him with slight injuries his where
abouts might have never been known
to the wife who has just brought about
his conviction.
Mrs. Ol vine Anglais Mclnery, of
Chicago, w ho.claims that Mclnery de
serted her in Hamilton, Ontario, 15
years ago chanced to sec his name
published in the list of injured by the
storm. The result was the indentifica
tion and arrest of Mclnery, who two
years ago was married to a girl in the
suburbs.
Jailer's Daughter Gave Keys.
Mauch Chunk, Ta., (Special). Mar
tin Lavitski a convicted murderer, es
caped from the Carbon county prison.
In the absence of Sheriff Rothermel
his daughter Stella was in charge of
the prison. Since bis conviction
Lavitski has been given the freedom
of a corridor, and learning that the
Sheriff was away he called Miss
Rothermel to bring him some oil. As
she handed him the oil Lavitski seized
the prison keys from her and made his
escape from the place. Lavitski was
convicted of killing the woman who
kept his boarding house tt Lansford
last July.
Stabbed With Hatpin.
New York, (Special). Detective
McNally, who has been a member of
the Jersey City police force for 22
years, is dying at bis home of blood
poisoning. He was arresting a woman
shoplifter a week ago, when she
stabbed him in the right leg with a
hatpin. McNally treated the wound
with home remedies, but three days
ago blood-poisoning set in. Four
doctors one from the Pasteur Insti
tute are laboring to save his life.
CUloi Slept 28 Years.
Des Moines, Iowa, (Special).
Ephiraim J. Dern, a pioneer ' of
Waverly, filed a claim of $100,000 with
the State Legislature against the State
of Iowa for alleged false imprisonment
38 years ago. Dean professes to have
been falsely confined in a lunatic asy
lum, after which he was wrongfully
compelled to spend (even month in
a Blackhawk county jail. The! al
leged perjury of a wealthy and promi
nent citizen of Blackhawk county, who
Dean say sought to get his property,
is declared to have led to the imprisonment.
TWO KILLED, TWENTY INJURED.
Fast Express Crashes H.ud-on Into 1 Fre'nht
Train.
Pottstown, Pa., (Special). In n
head-on collision on the Pennsylvania
railroad between the Philadelphia ex
press, leaving Reading at 4 P. M.,
und a coal train half a . mile north
of here at 4.25 iir the afternoon, two
persons were killed and a large num
ber injured.
An accommodation train preceded
tne express ami a coal tram was lying
on the siding, the intention being
mat 11 siiouiki wait there tor both
to pass, but this order was apparently
misunderstood by its engineer. it b
the passing of the accommodation
train, he pulled out on the track when
the express shot into the engine ol
the coal train, with frightful results
The track at that point is on a three-foot-high
embankment. a,nd there is 9
clear view for a long distance ahead
The momentum of the cxpres train
was so great that no fewer than ter
coal cars were wrecked; both loco
motives were badly damaged and the
haggagc car and one passenger coach
were sent over the mass of wreckage
and then fell river the embankment.
The greatest consternation pre
vailed anion the passengers and thry
were thrown in every direction. In
addition to the official list of injured
given above, many others suffered
severe bruises and had their injuries
dressed by local physicians.
SMUfldl.ED CHINAMEN.
Agents of the Government Breaking Up At
flrganlied (Jang.
Chicago, (Special). An organiec
gang for the systematic smuggling
of Chinese into the United States bj
Way of the Canadian border is be
arrest here of three Chinamen, who
lieved to have been disrupted by tin
it is said, were active agents of tin
organization. The arrest of an Ameri
can, the ringleader of the gang, is al
that is lacking to make the breaking
up of the smugglers complete, accord
ing to agents of the Department o'
Commerce and Labor, of Washington
who have been working .secretly ir
Chicago for several weeks.
Those already arrested are Lair.
Chee. a prominent Chinese merchant
of Chicago; Leong Man, of Joliet, III.,
who admits paying Lam Chee $150 tc
arrange for the smuggling of 9
countryman into the United States
and Leong Dock, of St. Louis, cousir
of Leong Man and a patron of Lam
Chee.
For several months the United
States authorities have been aware
of the existence of an organized gang
which has been smuggling Chinese
across the Canadian border line,
principally between Windsor, Canada,
and Detroit, Mich.
livery effort was made to discovet
the ringleaders of the band until last
January, when the dead body of
Leong Dick was found in a refrigera
tor car at St. Louis, and Chinese In
spector C. O. Cowley, who had charge
of the investigation, found a clue
which led to important discoveries.
Cowley tracked the car in which the
Chinaman had met death to Windsor,
Canada. There Cowley learned that
Lconk Man and Leong Dick, cousins
of the victim, had paid Lam Chee $300
to smuggle Leong Dick across the Ca
nadian border.
Leong Dick was secreted in the
refrigerator compartment ot a freight
car in Canada and a week later his
body was found frozen stiff at St.
Louis. The white agent of Lam Chee,
who is believed to have started Leong
Dick to bis fate, is now being sought.
TORNADO IN MISSOURI. '
A Number of Lives Were Lost and Great Dam
age Was Done.
Carruthersville, Mo., (Special). A
tornado swept the country 20 miles
North of here Saturday night, caus
ing a great loss of life and destroy
ing thousands of dollars' worth of
property.
It is known that six lives have been
lost and thousands of dollars' worth of
property destroved.
The lives of the Shuemaker family,
living near Porta gcville, four in num
ber, were blotted out and their home
demolished.
Wesley Miller and wife, living two
miles north of Mount Pleasant, were
killed and their home demolished.
Their bodies were found 200 yards
away, badly mutilated. Mr. Miller
was a wealthy mill owner and planter.
Fifteen hundred dollars in money be
longing to him was found scattered
over the ground. Much stock was
killed and wounded. It is feared a
full report will reveal greater loss of
life.
Dutch Slay Five Hundred Ablncse.
Amsterdam, (By Cable). A dis
patch to the Telegram from Kota
Raja, Island of Sumatra, announced
that a column of Dutch troops operat
ing in Achin (Northern Sumatra) en
gaged a strong, entrenched body of
Achinese in the Gajocloeas district,
with the result that 541 Achinese were
killed. The Dutch lost three men
killed and had twenty-five men
wounded.
FACTS WORTH REMEMBERING.
There are no slums in Tokyo.
One in eight of all Americans was
born in Europe.
Tubercle bacilli will live for thirty
days in butter.
In Paris there are over 1,000 pro
fessional fortune tellers.
Colombia has reduced her standing
army from 11,000 to 5,000 men.
Farm fand in England ranges in price
from '$60 to $130 per acre.
A well-constructed brick house will
out-last one built of granite.
If an earthworm is cut in two each
portion may become a perfect worm.
The average Japanese soldier is not
more than five feet four inches high. -
Some wrapping papers are made al
strong as cloth of a proportionate
thickness.
In a recently invented motor car a
two-horse-power motor is placed in
each wheel.
In the government factories of Rus
sia wages rarely exceed 6.jo a month.
Great Britain's naval estimate! for
next year are just double those of the
United States.
The United States charges for pos
tal parcels are six thousand times
greater than Germany's.
The effort of the Standard Oil Com
pany in Germany to combine with the
Austrian refiners hat hailed.
When a door key is huns up out
side a house in Sweden it it a a'go
that the family it not at home.
.Electricity and magnetism teem to
be disturbances of the ether just as
wind and tound are disturbance! of
the air. '
THE KEYSTONE STATE
Latest News of Pennsylvania Told taj
Short Order.
Rain quenchej the forest ..yes that
have been raging ir, the mountains
north of Pine Grove.
After forty-seven years' service;'
with the, Pennsylvania Railroad ComW
pany George Whitcinan, nation mas-4
Jcr at Union Station, llarrisbtirg, ha1
been placed on the retired list.
Miss Mercy Shugg, of TamaqnaJ
tell in front of a moving passenger!
tram and would have been killed
v.(ere it not for Watchman Daniel
Ucrr, who dragged her aside.
The match has been applied to
Keystone Furnace, of the Reading;
Iron Company after six months' idle
ness. This is one of the largest fur'
naccs in the Schuylkill Valley.
Because of ill health, Constable
John L. l isher, of Lebanon, has re
signed his office. Fisher was tried
last fall for the murder of City Soi
lienor J. Marshall Funck, but wat
acquitted. ,
John 1'ckles. a lineman, was work
mg on a fifty-foot pule in front of th
post office al Altoona. when he grasp-4
ed a "live" wire. A blue flame came
from his body, while he slowlv swung
loose from the wire and fell 'dead to
the pavement.
The Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical
Association, whose headquarters are
in Lancaster, is making efforts to in
crease its membership in order to
combat pernicious bills in the Legis
hiture r.ext year. President W. O;
Frailcy has appointed eastern and
western committees on membership,
the chairmen of which arc Joseph D,
Remington. Philadelphia, and Louit
Emanuel, Pittsburg.
The dwelling occupied by S. H,
Myers, near Quarryvillc, was destroy
ed by tire. The family narrowly
escaped death, fleeing from the build
ing in their night clothes. The lost
is $2,000.
Revenue Collector II. F.. Hershcy,
of the Ninth District, lias begun aq
investigation among the cigar manu
facturcrs in an endeavor to find those
who have shipped goods to the West
which bear no factory number, district
or State, nor date of cancellation on
the stamps. Such goods have been
seized in Ohio.
Chester county now has eighteen
township high schools, more than any
other county in the State.
While Samuel Tobak was attending
a horse sale at Norristown a stranger
entered Tobak's wagon nearby and
drove away.
Ground has been broken for the
erection of the r.ew St. Stephen Re
forme Church in Ebcrton. Henry
Gable presented the lot to the cotw
grcgation.
While playing with cartridges, at
Doylestown, Russell and John Dimm,
young sons of J. C. Dimm, were
severely injured about their faces by
an explosion.
Walter Lagans, who is chargej
with committing an assault upon hit
13-year-old sister, Ethel, at Norris
town has been arrested in Llanerch,
Eagans denies that he committed the
assault.
Judge Johnson has granted a rule
to show cause why the office of Supers
visor in Springfield Township, td
which William H. Lownes was re
cently elected, shall not be declared
vacant. Mr. Lownes failed to file hiJ
bond within thirty days, as prescribed
by law.
Duffy's Island, in the Susnuehannab
River, opposite York Haven, which
suffered severely during the recent
ice movement, will again be used
for the cultivation of tobacco. The
soil has not suffered in the least. On .
hundred acres will be devoted to the
cultivation of tobacco during the comV
ing summer. .
In the appeal of John T. Nocton, to
set aside the ordinance of the Borough
of , Norristown vacating portions ot
Strawberry Alley, near his place of
of business, in order to construct the
new Pennsylvania passenger railway
station, Judge Swartz has handed
down an ooinion dismissing the ap
peal. Judge Swartz holds that inas-
mucn as tne piaiim a property aiq
not abut on the vacated portion he
had no case. .
Opposition to the appointment of
Rev. J. B. Coleman to the Mount
If one Methodist Eniscooal Church has
disappeared. The new pastor preached
on Sunday 'and was warmly web
corned.
Thieves visited the homes of Rev,
Alford Kelly and Recorder of Deed.!
Walter' R. Hibbcrd, at Frazer, and
stole vituals from the Hihbard refrigV
erator and a new overcoat at the Kel
ly domicile.
While leaning out of a second-story
window, Howard Boyer, of Chester,
aged 2 years, slipped and was in dan
ger of falling out of the window when
his 3-year-old cousin, Edgar Melville,
grabbed his feet and held him until
Mrs. Boyer appeared.
George Fancourt, of Kingston, com.
mitted suicide by shooting himself in
the head. Fancourt had sold out hit
florist business and on Tuesday the
family were to depart for Spokane.
Washington. He had an attack of
malaria, but was known to have no
other trouble.
One of the large stones in the tank
furnace at the Spring City Glasf
Works slipped out of position and th
molten glass began running out. It
was necessary to call out the fire de
partment to cool the furnace to thai ' .
repairt could be commenced. Ovet
one hundred hands are thrown out 0)
employment.
At the Palm Sunday confirmation;
services in the churches of the Bcthlet
hems the number of persons admittee
to church membership reached nearly
five hundred.
A dispute hat arisen concerning the,
new law doubling the number of mine
inspectors in the anthracite region and
requiring their election by the people,
A successor will be elected to Wilhanj
Stein thit year. He it the pnly in)
spector still serving by appointment!
but his friends now assert that Stein'
term does not yet expire and that h
will continue to serve. ' ' f 1
. NEWSY CLEANINGS.
'AH tho flour mills lit Mines poll,
Minn., have returned operations.
Half1 tbe asparagus c rop of California,
was uVstroyod by tbe floods In the Sac
rawento Valley.
I fhe recent collision the United
Htatrii batUtnlilp MUnouil enmn near
jiiklua the Illinois with all m bourd.
The Bureau of Nnvlgntion report
that forty vessels, of 13.i!i8 grotnt tons,
wre built in tbe United Btules during
February.