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NEWS IN SflOBT ORDER.
Tbi Latest Happenings Condensed (or Rapid
Reading.
Domestic,
Dr. Silas C. Swallow, t lie presiden
tial candidate of the Prohibitionists,
nd George V. Carroll, the vice pres
idential candidate, were officially no
tified in Tonilmson's Hall, Indiana
polis. Rudolph Wetter, a Salmon River
miner, shot and instantly killed L. I).
Long and Chris Wain and wounded
the former's 14-year old bov at a
tamp in the Warren Mining Country,
Idaho.
A passenger train from Louisville to
St Louis collided with a freight stand
ing in the yards at North Vernon,
Ind. Fireman William Keowan was
killed and four passengers were in
jured. The Visger Company's excursion
teamer Castanet, with 150 passengers
on board, took fire near Kingston,
Ont. All the passengers were saved.
President Baer announced that the
Philadelphia and Reading voting trust
will be dissolved by the payment of
the September dividend.
The State Department considers the
$25,000 indemnity paid by China for
the death of Louis Eitzcl, killed by
Chinese soldiers, is fair.
Ten dollars per fish was the fine im
posed at Rockwood, Pa., upon three
men who had violated the fish laws.
Three Italians were arrested at Al
lentown, Pa, on the charge of pass
ing counterfeit com.
Herbert Johnson, singer and com
poser, died in Boston.
Frank Pierce shot and killed his
wife at their home, in Canton, III.
Mrs. George, widow of Henry
George, died at her home, in Monti
cello, N. Y.
Blaine W. Taylor, of West Vir
ginia, resigned as chief clerk of the
Postoffice Department.
Nicholas Glascner, who murdered
Margaret Hall, his sweetheart, was
banged in Pittsburg.
Robert Clayton shot and killed his
wife and wounded his mother-in-law
in Princeton, N. J.
The State Bank at East Moline,
111., was entered by robbers who blew
open the vault and escaped.
Ninety-seven thousand persons have
thus far registered for homesteads
on the Rosebud Reservation.
The survivors of the Danish steam
er Norge were brought to New York
on the Cunarder Aurania.
The Missouri Democratic Conven
tion nominated Joseph W. Folk for
governor and adopted a vigorous anti
boodle plank.
A freight train collided with an
automobile at Coney Island. Two
men were fatally injured and two
others seriously hurt.
A number of unionists are being
arrested at Victor, Col., on the charge
of conspiring to embarrass operations
at the Portland Mine.
The British ship Crecdmoor was
burned off Fire Island and the cap
tain and the crew, who were taken off,
were taken to Woods Hull. Mass.
J. Marbourg Kennedy, formerly of
Hagerstown, Md., was appointed
prosecuting attorney for the Panama
Canal zone.
Twenty persons were injured in
a crash between a work car and a trol
ley car near Hempstead, L. I.
JuJge Upton Muir, of Louisville,
Ky., who resided in a cottage at Cape
May, was drowned in the surf.
The buildings of the Philadelphia
Horse Show Association, on Wissa
hickon Heights, were burned.
Officials of the Pennsylvania deny
that there will be a strike among the
trainmen at Altoona.
The Parrot Mining Company has
sued F. A. Heinze and others to re
cover $2,200,000.
Five men were injured in a powder
explosion at Barton, O.
Chief John Long Dog, of the Madin
Sioux is dead.
The long-standing claim of the
San Domingo Improvement Company
against the government of San Do
mingo has been brought to a suc
cessful arbitration.
Adab, perhaps the olJest city in
the World, has been discovered by
the University of Chicago's excavat
ing expedition in Babylonia.
Five deaths occurred from heat in
Greater New York, and there were
many prostrations.
The Western Federation of Miners
has appealed to the Red Cross So
ciety to take charge of the relief of
the deported miners.
The Immigration Bureau has issued
a statement showing the number of
inmates in the penal and reformatory
institutions.
General Miles says he withdrew
from the contest because he did not
want to cause dissension among the
Prohipitionists.
The State Department has begun
a study of precedents relative to the
stoppage of neutral ships by bel
ligerents. I-orcl go.
Emil Dupont, president of the
French section of the St. Louis Ex
position, has charged that the assump
tion of power by M. Trouillut, the
minister of commerce, to revise the
lista of French jurors at St. Louis is
unjustifiable.
The state's attorney in the trial of
Socialists at Koenigsberg for using
Germany as a base for alleged trea
sonable acts againbt Russia dropped
the charge of k.c majeste against the
Czar.
The offer of French co-operation
in the organization of the police of
Tangier baa been accepted by the
Moroccan authorities.
Captain Glotorf, commander of a
Russian torpedo-boat destroyer, lost
bis life while saving another.
Count Dcvinci, the Italian minister
to Mexico, has been appointed minis
ter to Jauan.
The Russian government has ac
cepted the proposition of the United
States to exclude American poachers
troin the waters around the Kom
mander Islands.
Peru and Brazil have agreed on a
modus vivendi pending the settlement
of the Acre controversy by diplomacy
or arbitration.
Eleven million dollars has been al
lowed by the Russian government for
' immediate improvements on the Si
berian Railway.
The British expedition in Tibet
forced a passage of the ice-clad
Karola and is now within 92 miles of
Lbassa.
King Teter of Servia had the blooj
tained furniture and wardrobe of
King Alexander and Queen Draga
burned in bonfire on the palace
rrouuds.
Count Goess, governor of Trieste,
cava s dinner to the officers of the
American battleship and European
Squadrons.
King Edward has conferred the
Cross of tht Victorian Order upon
Captain Matthews, of Sir Tboinas
' Upton's yacht Erin.
SYMPATHETIC STRIKE
Many More Thousands of Men Will
Quit Work.
CLIMAX IN THE GREAT STRUGGLE.
Chicago Psckers and Those st tht Other
Ureal Meat Centers Preparing for Long
Fight Trains Filled with New Employes
Arrive at the Chicago Yards Stockades
Erected for the Protection Nonunion Men.
Chicago, (Special). Determined on
a fight to a finish to inforce the de
mands of the striking butchers, a
sympathetic strike of all the union
workmen employed in the meat-packing
industry throughout the country,
with the exception of the teamsters,
was declared Monday morning at 7
o'clock. Sunday night the indications
are that the teamsters will join the
other unions on Tuesday in order to
bring the packers to terms. The
teamsters employed in the Chicago
plants at a mcetir.g Sunday declared
in favor of a sympathetic strike, but
the joint council of the Teamsters'
Union at a meeting refused to sanc
tion their deci.-ion and, instead, ap
pointed a committee to communicate
with the packers in an effort to
open peace negotiations. The sym
pathetic Mrike of the other unions em
ployed .it the yards will be called on
schedule time despite the action of
the teamsters.
No conferences were held Sunday
either by the packers or the labor
leaders, or jointly, in an effort to
reach an adjustment of the contro
versy. Both sides rested, apparently
waiting for. envelopments. Whether
or not the packer? would make any
concessions to the demands of the
labor leaders in ordir to prevent a
general walkout of the trades at the
stockyards would not be discussed
by any of the packing-house repre
sentatives today, but from the prepa
rations going on at the different plants
during the day it was plainly evident
that the packers intended 40 fight for
their independtnee.
All the labor leaders declared that
they would await Monday's develop
ments before considering further nego
tiations, and that tlie packers woulJ
have to make the request for a re
sumption of peace negotiations, as the
unions had no intention at the present
time of doing so.
New Men Arrive.
Preparations for the struggle arc
being made at the different packing
plants all during the day and far into
the night. Dozens of representatives
of the packing-houses are scattered
all over the country in search of men
to fill the places of the strikers. Four
train loads of new employes were
taken to the yards before darkness set
in, to join the nonunion men already
established inside the plants. Clerks
were being initiated into new duties
and employes who had been promoted
from trades were returned to their
former work to take the places of the
regular workers who are expected to
quit work. Stockades have been
erected at all the different plants to
protect men whose work expose them
to danger from the mob violence.
All through the stock yards there
were not only evidences of prepara
tion for a long and bitter struggle,
but superintendents of the packing es
tablishments, police officers and union
leaders gave expression to anticipa
tion of troublous times to come.
"No one knows what will happen.
The opportunity is here for one of
the greatest labor contests in the
country, and apparently there is no
hope for averting it. The police will
be able to handle the situation, how
ever, without outside assistance, no
matter what happens."
S'Jfl PEOPLE IN PERIL
Eicurisoo Train Topples oa Edge of Ebmank-
cat
Wheeling, W. Va., (Special). Five
hundred passengers,, most of them
from Grafton and Fairmont, had an
almost miraculous escape from death
or serious injury on the Baltimore and
Ohio excursion train bound for
Wheeling. At Wires Crossing, near
Littleton, the engine and tender and
three coaches left the rails.
The locomotive turned over on its
side and the coaches toppled on the
edge of an embankment, but did not
go over.
Engineer V. H. Johnson was
caught under his cab and was badly
scalded by escaping steam, but will
recover. Mail Clerk C. B. Collins
was severely bruised and otherwise
injured, and was taken back to Graf
ton. Many of the passengers were
badly .-l.akcn up, but none seriously
hurt.
Baseball kills Oirk
Elizabeth, N'. J., (Special). Ger
trude Jaeger, o years old, was killed
on a field at Klizabethport by brinr;
struck over the heart by a batted bali.
She was watching a game of base
ball at the time. The batsman
knocked a foul tip, which hit the girl,
who was standing a short distance be
hind the catcher.
Yellow Fever Leaving Mexico.
Mexico City, (Special). There are
only eight cases of yellow fever in this
country, confined to Vera Cruz and
Merida. The Superior Board of
Health believes it will stamp out the
yellow fever in this country. Canadian
residents have organized a club to
promote direct trade between Mexico
and the Dominion.
Jealousy sod Morder.
Berlin, N. II. (Special). John
Green, aged 34, a farmer of good
reputation, surrendered himself to the
police here stating that he had shot
and instantly killed Mrs. Spurgeoti
Lockhart. aged 30, on the outskirts of
West Milan. This was the first knowl
edge the police had of the shooting.
Green explained that he killed the
woman in a fit of jealousy and while
under the influence of a drug, 'which
he said Mrs. Lockhart had been ac
customed to give him.
Struck Carrie Nation.
Elizabethtown, Ky., (Special).
Carrie Nation has cause to remember
Elizabethtown. She arrived here and
lulled 1 hi- nttf for a lecture. While-
en route to tbe lecture hall she was
ordered nut of a saloon. Upon re
turning from the the lecture she
again stopped in front of the saloon
and remarked: -you are engaged in
a dirty business." Whereupon the
owner, it is alleged, picked up a chair
and struck her twice with it, once
over the head and once over the
shoulders. She bled freely from the
wound upon her bead.
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
Pressure on Turkey.
President Roosevelt's patience has
been tried so severely by Turkey that
the opinion prevails in naval and di
plomatic circles that the South Atlan
tic Squadron will be ordered to Turk
ish waters early in August to back
up the demand of the United Stales
that the same rights be extended to
American citizens which British, Ger
man, Austrian and Italian subjects
enjoy in the land of the Sultan.
Through diplomatic correspondence
made public by the State Department
the perplexing nature of Oriental di
plomacy is revealed. The department
published the letters which have pass
ed between Secretary Hay and United
States Minister Leishman, at Con
stantinople, relating to two demands
which President koosevclt made on
the Sultan. These demands are that
both American citizens and institu
tions be placed in the same class
with the people and institutions of
European nations, and that the Ameri
can Protestant Medical College, at
Beirut, be granted the same pnvilages
accorded the French Medical School.
Minister Leishman states in mess
ages and letters that he has endeavor
ed repeatedly to bring these requests
to the personal attention of the Sul
tan, but has not been able to get an
audience with him without first being
pledged to say nothing concerning
business matters. The American Min
ister says the Sultan is willing to talk
with him about the weather and
other commonplaces, but pleads that
he has no time to discuss the rights
of American citizens. At one time
Mr. Leishman was kept waiting for
five hours. He says, however, that he
is not the only sufferer, as many
European ambassadors have been
forced to wait as long.
In one dispatch Mr. Leishman said
that existing conditions had ceased
to furnish an excuse for prolonged
delay in settling pending questions;
that he had strained his instructions
and had ventured pretty close to a
threat that, unless the matters were
settled without further delay, some
thing unpleasant might happen. Later
he informed the department that the
Sultan had taken a strong stand
against complying with the demands
of this Government relative to schools,
resting under the impression that no
forcible measures could be taken
without Congressional action.
It is also stated that, pending the
arrival at Beirut of the American
squadron, which was sent at the time
of the attempt on the life of the
American consular officer, the Sultan
appeared to treat the expected ar
rival of the American warships as a
friendly visit. Later the State TJe
partment advised Minister Leishman
that the Turkish Minister had in
formed the Secretary of State that the
Turkish Government considered the
presence of the American squadron
in Turkish waters at that time a
cause for excitement, and asked its
withdrawal.
The Turkish Minister was informed
that the State Department did not
share that view, that the entire con
sular body regarded it as a protec
tion; that the United States con
sidered that its representations had
not received the friendly attention
it had a right to expect, and that
compliance with the request for with
drawal, leaving all pending questions
unsettled and interests unprotected,
would have an unfortunate effect on
the relations of the two countries.
Leishman stated that the policy of
the Porte from the beginning had
been to make light of the visit of the
warships.
A Unique Mission to Portugal
Columbia is again, to come into full
diplomatic relations with the United
States, and the secession of Panama
will be a closed incident between the
two republics.
The State Department received a
cordial letter from the Columbian
Minister for Foreign Affairs announc
ing that Dr. Thomas Hcrran had been
given full letters of credit as Colum
bia's envoy at Washington. Dr. Her
ran for many years was secretary of
legation here, and after the hurried
exit of Minister Concha was charge
d'affaires until the legation was closed
last winter as a result of the Panama
affair. He signed with Mr. Hay the
May-llerran treaty lor the construc
tion of the canal which the Columbian
Congress rejected. Dr. Herran en
joys the most cordial relations with
the secretary t state and other 01
ficials of the Government.
Considerable interest is felt here in
Columbian affairs at this time, as the
Congress is assembling under the new
President, Gen. Rafael Reyes, whom
Columbia sent here last year as a
peace envoy.
Shot Down By Officials.
The following telegram has been
received by Acting Secretary Loomis
from Louis Kaiser, the American
Consul at Mazatlan, Mexico:
Two Americana were shot down in
their office at Aguas Caliente, in this
State, by officials. I have wired the
Governor requesting prompt investi
gation. Report follows."
The State Department has wired
the Consul to supply at once the
names of the Americans who were
shot and other important details of
the affair without waiting for a mail
report. The scene of the murder is
in the State of Sinaloa.
Panama Adopts Gold Standard.
The Panama Canal Commission re
ceived official notification from the
government of Panama of the ratifi
cation of the monetary system of the
new government in accordance with
the agreement reached by the joint
commission. Panama is now a gold
standard country.
Occupations of Americans.
The Census Bureau has completed
a volume dealing with the occupations
of the people of the United States.
It shows that in 303 specified occupa
tions there are employed in the Uni
ted States 29,073.233 persons, of which
number 10,381,765 are engaged in
agricultural pursuits, 1,258,538 in pro
sional service, 5.580,657 in domestic
and personal service, 4.76,)4 in trade
and transportation and 7-5i39 in
manufacturing and mechanical pur
suits. .
Dr. Hcrraa to Return.
Charles Miller, of the Bureau of En
graving and Printing, left Washing
ton for Lisbon, Portugal, on a unique
mission, lie has been loaned by the
United States Government to install
an up-to-date printing plant for the
Portugese Government. The! plant
has been purchased in this country,
and will be used to print Portugese,
paper money,
Assistant Secretary Loomis has ac
cepted the finding of the British
coroner's jury in the case of his
brother.
BIG BATTLE ON CHI RIVER
Reported Russian Losses 1,000 and (he
Japs' Loss 424.
JAPS ATTACK MADE AT MIDNIGHT.
I'nder Terrific Fire Their Infantry Lose
Heavily In Selling the Fortified Heights
Above tbe River After s Battle Lasting
Nearly Two Days the Japs Drive Russlsos
From Tbelr Positions.
Tokyo, (By Cable). G e n e r a 1
Kuroki, after a severe fight, occupied
Kiaotung on July 19. The place had
been fortified by the Russians, who
defended it stoutly.
In the fighting General Kuroki's
troops drove the Russians from their
strongly fortified position on the Chi
river, which is northwest of Moatien
pass and east of Anping, inflicting up
on the enemy more serious losses than
they sustained themselves. The fight
began on the l8;h and ended on the
19th.
The Japanese lost 424 men in killed
and wounded. The Russian losses
arc estimated at 1000.
General Kuroki began his advance
early in the morning of the 18th. He
uncovered and followed the enemy
along the Chi river. The Russians
seemed to be retiring to the north
ward, when suddenly two battalions,
with eight guns, turned and attacked
the Japanese advance guard vigorous
ly. At this point the Japanese suf
fered before relief came, one company
losing all its officers.
Russian Position Developed.
At a late hour in the afternoon the
Russian position was developed.
They occupied an eminence on the
banks of the Chi. This river guarded
their left flank and high precipices
protected the Russians on the right.
The only approach to their position
was through a narrow defile. The
fighting continued until dark, when the
Japanese forces bivouacked. The
Russians made two counter attacks,
but were repulsed in each case.
The Japanese renewed their attack
at midnight, posting their artillery in
the valley below and on the high
ground to the south of the Russian
position. The main Japanese body
was assignel to attack the Russian
center; a small detachment was sent
toward the right flank and another to
watch the enemy's left flank. After
these positions had been taken the
Agisting ceased for a time, but it was
resumed at dawn. The Russians had
thirty-two guns in action and they
vigorously shelled the Japanese. To
this fire the Japanese replied and the
bombardment lasted for four hours.
During this time the Japanese in
fantry moved forward, the flanking
had succeeded in scaling the heights
on the Russian right by 3 o'clock in
the afternoon, at which hour the main
force was ordered to storm the Rus
sian center. The Japanese artillery
protected this movement splendidly,
but the infantry met with a severe
fire and lost heavily in gaining the
heights.
Retreat Turned to Rout.
The final successful charge was de
livered at 5.30 in the afternoon. The
Japanese succeeded in partially cut
ting off the Russian retreat, and this
soon became a rout. The enemy went
in two directions, to the northwardand
to the eastward.
The Russian forces engaged includ
ed, in addition to the artillery, seven
battalions of infantry and a regiment
01 Cossacks. The enemy left 131 dead
and 300 rifles on the field. Prisoners
taken estimate the Russian losses at
1000. The Japanese lost one officer
and fifty-four men killed and eighteen
officers and 351 men wounded.
On July 19, Japanese forces attacked
a battalion of infantry and 1000 caval
ry, who occupied Chechiato, to the
northward of Shaotientszu. After
four hours fighting the Russians re
tired across the Taitsu river. In this
engagement the Japanese had seven
teen men wounded.
Russians' New Position.
General Kuroki's Headquarters in
the Field, July 20 (via F'usan, Korea,
July 22). The Russians are fortify
ing new positions before Motien pass,
there was more Russians killed in the
fighting of Sunday, July 17, than can
he buried, and the Japanese are now
engaged in cremating the bodies.
General Kuroki 111.
London, (By Cable). The Liao
yang correspondent of the Central
News wires that General Kuroki, in
charge of the Japanese troops operat
ing in the vicinity of Liaoyang, is ill
and has to be carried about on a
stretcher.
'Heavy Fighting Expected.
St. Petersburg, (By Cable). The
Official Messenger prints the following
special dispatch trom Liaoyang, under
date of July 20:
"Our left flank withstood a power
ful onslaught of the enemy. Rein
forcements were sent out.
"The Caucasian mounted brigade
left Liaoyang in the morning."
The above evidently refers to the
Japanese advance reported from Ta
tchekiao on the northern Saimatsza
Lioyang road.
If the advance on Mukden is con
tinuing heavy fighting is imminent and
a general battle may be precipitated.
National Cancer Hospital Projected,
Philadelphia, (Special). Plans for
the founding in this city of a cancer
hospital of national scope were formu
lated at a meeting of physicians and
philanthropic citizens held in this
city. The proposed institution is to
be known as the American Oncologic
Hospital. The hospital is to be de
voted exclusively to the treatment
of tumors and cancerous affections
and scientific research into the causes
underlying the increase in the pre
valence of cancer.
Largest Tree la tbe World.
San Francisco, (Special). The big
gest tree in the world so far dis
covered has just been located in
Eshom Valley, Tulare county, by W
T. Hart, a mill man in that section
Mr. Hart was in this city with
information concerning this giant of
the forest. He says that four feet
from the ground and in spite of a
burned spot that decreases the size
the tree is lit feet in circumfer
ence) or a distance through of 36 feet,
and (that it towers to the amazina
I heigjPl 01 400 icet.
RUSSIA LETS THE MALACCA GO.
Tbe Pacific Mall Company Is Apprehensive
Appeal to Washington.
Washington, I). C. (Special).
Spencer Eldy, the American charge
d'affairs at St. Petersburg, has cabled
the State Department that the British
Embassy there had been officially
notified that the steamer Malacca
has been released and that in conse
quence the existing tension has been
relieved.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany has communicated to the Sti'te
Department its apprehension as to the
safety of some of its cargoes in ships
plying between the Pacific Coast mc'
Chinese and Japanese po.ts on accourt
of the seizure of the Malacca and the
condemnation by a p.ize court of the
British steamship Allenton.
The company's agents ask what
they may expect and for a definitvn
of contraband of war liable to seij-:nr
No answer has as yet been returned
because the whole subject is unde
careful investigation by the legal orf
cers of the department, and its coin- j
mercial importance may demand the I
issue of a formal notice from the gov-
crnment to American mariners of tcir
rights and privileges and of the limi- 1
tations imposel by the war upon their
trade operations.
San Francisco. Cal., (Speciall. The
officials of the Occidental and Oriental
Steamship Company have expressed
some anxiety retarding the stennvr
Gaelic, which sailed from this city on
July 16, for Japanese ports. The
Gaelic, which flics the British flas.
lias in her cargo a large amount of
foodstuffs- and machinery, both of
which are contraband of war anil are
liable to seizure. SJie is due at Yok"
hama in about eight days and the offi
cials of the company here say it would
be an easy matter for the Russian
Vladivostok Squadron to intercept the
Gaelic before she reaches Yokohama.
FLEET TO CEASE OPERATIONS.
No More Merchants to Be Seized and Auxil
iary Cruisers May Leave Ked Sea.
St. Petersburg, (By Cable). Orders
have been sent to the volunteer fleet
steamers St. Petersburg and Smolensk
to refrain from interference with
foreign shipping.
It is expected these steamers will
eventually join the Baltic fleet and be
replaced by ordinary warships.
Grand Duke Alexis presided at the
council, which Count Lamsdorff, the
foreign secretary, and Vice-Admiral
Avcllan, chief of the admirality de
partment, and other high naval offi
cers attended.
The result of the conference re
moves all doubts concerning the pres
ent attitude of Russia with regards
to the volunteer fleet. The validity of
the view expressed in the British note
regarding the irregularity of the posi
tion of the the vessels was so far ad
mitted that the council agreed to
waive the right of search.
After a long discussion, in which
Coi-nt Lamsdorff took a leading part,
it was decided that the present statu'.
of the volunteer fleet was not suf
ficiently well defined, according to
international law to render further
searches and seizures advisable, and
that therefore Kussia, in the interest!
of friendly relations with the powers,
should withdraw the authority given
the volunteer fleet in this respect.
British Steamer Sunk.
Yokohama, (By Cable). The Vlad
ivostok squadron sunk the British
steamer Knight Commander, from
New York, off the Province of Izu.
after transferring the crew to the
steamer Tsinan.
The Knight Commander sailed from
New York May 6, for Singapore.
Last week she was reported at Shang
hai.
The steamer and her commander,
Captain Durant, are well known in
Baltimore.
The Knight Commander is owned
in Liverpool.
Struck By Lightning.
St. Louis, Mo., (Special). The
Mexican National Pavilion was struck
by lightning during a severe storm
at the World's Fair grounds. The
bolt of lightning which struck the
Mexican Pavilion destroyed the flag
staff and cupola surmounting the
pavilion, but the building did not
catch fire. There was considerable
excitement among those in the build
ing, but the visitors tears were
quickly allayed by those in charge of
the building.
Tortured an Aged Couple.
New York, (Special). Salvatorc
D'Amico and Rafello Leto, Sicilians,
were arrested here, charged with rob
bing and torturing Patrick McGurk
and wife, an aged couple, living in
Deer Park, N. J., on the night of July
6. After the couple had retired two
men entered their nous and demanded
money, enforcing their demand by
torturing them until they pointed out
the hiding-place of their money.
FINANCIAL
That bull tip last week on Norfolk
& Western has turned out pretty well.
Rock Island has placed on order
with the United States Steel Company
for 0000 tons of rails.
Mexican Central's floating debt is
nearly $10,000,000 and the insiders are
trying to arrange a plan to fund it.
Last Winter it was a question of
how big Sully's profits were. Now
it is a daily discussion how little his
creditors will accept.
Dry goods imported at New York
this week amounted to $1,900,000,
against $2,7.12,000 for the same week
last year. The sum marketed was $1,.
892,000, this week, compared with $2,
400,000 last year.
The two biggest gas concerns in
the United States are the United Gas
Improvement, of - Philadelphia, and
the Consolidated Gas Company, of
of New York. The latter is a Rocke
feller institutio... A combination of
these two has been suggested, but
that contingency is so remote that it
may be regarded as impossible.
Street reports that J. P. Morgan is
buying large lots of United States
Steel common are very thin tissues.
The Bell Telephone Company, of
I'hiUdclplua, 114s r.ow 72,702 instru
ments in operation of which 762 were
installed last month.
United States Steel 5 per cent, bonds
were down not so long ago to 65.
Now they are up to 79. That Is a
big rise tor a bond, but some deal
ers say they are still much too low.
Harriman a temporary victory over
Morgan and Hill in the courts helps
all the Kockeielier-tiarnman stocks
It is a question if a permanent vic
tory would not hurt prices.
THREE KILLED IN WRECK
Bad Smashup on the Southern Railroad,
Near Franklin.
PASSENGER TRAIN STRIKES CAR DOOR.
Had Fallen Across Track From a Preceding
Freight, Derailing the Engine and Tinder
Engineer Hall, Fireman Mlllowty and Flag
man McClinnaban Killed and Baggage
master Burke Injured.
Greensboro, N. C, (SpeciaJ). Train
No. 9 on the Southern Railroad,
near Franklin, Va., while running
about 30 miles per hour, struck a cat
door which was lying on the track
across both rails, derailing the en
gine and tender.
C. E. Hall, engineer; W. A. Millo
way, fireman ,and Ed McClcnnahan,
a flagman riding on the engine, were
killed. Baggagcmaster George Burke
wa$ slightly injured. No passengers
were hurt.
Th? car door had been dropped
from the preceding local freight. The
main line was blocked for a short
time; passengers on through train
being transferred without much delay.
MRS. MAYBRICK SET FREE.
Famous American Convict Leaves the Soil ol
England.
Truro, Cornwall, England, (B
Cable). Mrs. Florence Maybrick, the
noted American convict, is free at
last. She left here at 11.4.1 on hei
way to France.
Her imprisonment was not ter
minated with the clang of doors, the
last sound which remains in the ears
of so many of her fellow-prisoners
who had proceded her to liberty
from Aylesbury Prison, where she
spent almost 15 years of her life. It
closed before the arched doorway ol
the white convent of the Sisterhood
of Epiphany in this little town, where
she had been sent on probation, the
black-robed Sisters softly littering
their blessings and good wishes foi
her future.
With two companions, Mrs. May-
brick entered the carriage of Mis)
Ualrymplc, secretary of the sister
hood, and was driven rapidly tc
Statist eil. a small station 14 miles
away, where, after exchanging good
bys with her companions, she board
ed a train and started on her journej
to France. She will not go tc
America until her presence there is
considered imperatively necessary in
the settlement of the lawsiut about
her estates.
WCNT ENLIST ALIENS.
Plans Making for the Americanizing of tbl
Navy.
Washington, D. C, (Special). In
accordance with the Navy Department
policy of americanizing the United
States Navy, Captain Pillsbury, acting
chief of the Bureau of Navigation, and
other officials of the Navy Depart
ment are considering further restric
tions on naval enlistments." A tenta
tive regulation which has been pre
pared for the action of the Secretary
of the Navy, and is likely to be
adopted, reads as follows:
"Hereafter no aliens will be en
listed in the naval service of the Uni
ted States except those who may bo
entitled to re-enlist under the pro
visions of law relating to continuous
service, and except, also, Asiatics on
the Asiatic Station who may be en
listed on the messman branch to
fill vacancies, but not to serve else
where than on that station."
Woman Killed to Expel Demon.
Madrid, (By Cable). Eight Cata
Ionian women have been put on trial
at the assizes at Burgos for the mur
der of another woman under horribl
circumstances. Their victim, Carlott!
Fuente, had suffered from hysteria,
which eventually took the form 01
strange delusions. She at last gave
out that she was the Virgin Mary,
and her neighbors, declaring hei
possessed of an evil spirit, tore he
clothes off her and fastened her in
a cask of quicklime, into which they
poured water until the unfortunate
woman expired in terrible agony.
Their defense is that they sought to
drive out the demon which pos
sessed her.
A Far-reaching lojunctloo.
Chicago, (Special). What is said
to be the most stringent labor injunc
tion ever issued by the Cook County
Superior Court has been granted by
Judge Hanecy. It was given on be
half of 20 firms in the Chicago Metal
Trades' Association restraining mem
bers of District Lodge 8 International
Association of Machinists, from pick
eting the plants. The injunction also
forbids strikers and their sympa
thizers from even talking to work
men of the complainants without the
consent of those employes. Fifty af
fidavits telling of violence were pre
sented. Million-Dollar Fire.
Rhienlander, Wis., (Special). Fire
destroyed 30 dwellings, several big
lumber yards and one sawmill here.
The wind carried the fire bevond the
control of the firemen, and the entirs
city was threatened, but the wind
suddenly changed, and the town was
saved. The fire department was help
less in face of the heavy flames. The
loss is estimated to be nearly
$1,000,000.
Noted English Actor Dead.
London, (By Cable). Wilson Bar
rett, the actor is dead. He underwent
an operation for cancer July 20, an)
the doctors thereafter said that after s
few weeks' rest Barrett would be all
right and able to carry out his inten
tion of producing a nrw play in Sep
tember. Mr. Barrett died at a nursing
home in London. The recent opera
tion was believed to have been quite
successful and the actor thought he
had pasted the crises. His death it
attributed to heart failure.
Inmates tf Peaal Institutions.
Washington D. C, (Special). The
Immigration Bureau has issued
statement Showing a total of 44,584
inmates in the penal, reformatory anc1
charitable institutions of the United
States, not including Hawaii and
Porto Rico. These comprise 28,9.19
malea and 15.64.I females. There art
3.1,548 in state institutions, 14.070 in
county institutions. in private
institutions and 607 n federal Insti
tutions. There are 84.77 prisoners
serving for life. 10,112 for over two
years and g,75J under that period.
MB KEYSTONE STATE
Latest News of Pennsylvania Told in
Short Order.
To stop automobile and motor ve
hide racing on the public streets,
Pottsville 'town Council fixed a fine
of $100 for speed greater than a mile
in twelve minutes in going down a
declivity or turning a corner. On
level ground the speed is limited to
eight miles an hour.
An ordinance prescribing a penal
ty for speeding automobiles in the
city limits, offered in Lebanon Coun
cils, has aroused the owners of motor
carriages, and an organized effort will
be made to kill the bill. The Berks
and Dauphin turnpike has long been
a popular track for the exciting sport,
and swiftly moving autos have sev
eral times endangered life while pass
ing through the town.
The Wabash Railroad has its yards
at Grecntree in such shape that it is
about to move all its motive power
from bridgeville to that point. The
foundations for the roundhouses have
been comtdeted and work on the build
ings will be rushed. The lining of the
Mt. Washington, Grcentree and Tag
gart tunnels is also completed.
Claude Coulson, a young man re
siding in Carlisle met death by drown
ing in the Coneloguinct Creek.- Coul
son, a baker, was swimming with
Searight Lindsay, John Garman and
seven Indian boys of the Carlisle In
dian School. All were powerless to
save him. He was 20 years of age
and a son of Rev. J. C. Coulson, ol
near Dillsburg, York County, presid
ing elder of the U. B. Church.
Appreciating that now is the time
for action looking to their protcctiou
trom tramps anu criminals, the citi
zens of Last Lampeter and Gap held
public meetings and formed protective
associations similar to that recently
organized in Paradise Township, tht
main object of which is to rid the
community of tramps.
James Melville, a tramp, about 2t
years old, is held by the authorities
at Lebanon under suspicion of being
William Anderson, a professional thiel
wanted in bau Clair County, Wis., foi
the murder of Sheriff Harris on June
18.
In a destructive blaze at the Fen
stermacher House, Bethlehem, Phil
adelphia Summer boarders made nar
row escapes. The aged Mrs. Laffa
cate and nurse and Mrs. William Fon
da and children were assisted from the
burning building by hremen, losing
most of their personal effects.
Twenty chickens on. which Dr.
Richard Slee, of Mt. Pocono, was ex
perimenting with vaccine virus were
stolen from his hennery. Dr. Slee
sent out warning that whoever eats
of one of the stolen fowls is likely to
be poisoned. ' The authorities are
awaiting symptoms of illness among
several suspects.
Mrs. Earnest Pearson, of Bridge
port, was fatally burned with gaso
line, which she placed too near the
kitchen stove. When the flames en
veloped her after the explosion hei
husband went to her rcsue and while
he managed to extinguish her blazing
clothing he suffered serious burns and
was taken with his wife to the hos
pital. The ninth annual picnic of the 0('.d
Fellows of Chester County, under t:.e
auspices of Pocahontas Lodge, Nj,
316, of West Chester, was held on tl.ej
Brandywine, and Was attended by
about 5000 persons. Speeches were
delivered by prominent members of
the order and others.
In her eagerness to cross the rail-
, road in front of a moving train. Miss
i-ottie ipensler, aged 32, of Carlisle,
was run down by a Cumberland Val
ley freight train and received injuries
that may prove fatal. She was taken
to Todd Hospital and the right leg
was amputated below the knee and the
left foot at the ankle.
Charles Jacobs, of Downingtow'n,
who was recently imprisoned in the
Chester County jail for non-payment
of taxes, was released by order of col
lector and the magistrate, Jere T.
Carpenter, the amount of the taxes,
$1.05, and the costs having been paid
by friends of the prisoner.
A hucklebcrrying party of eight
four women, two girls and two men
from Plymouth, arrived at their home
in Wilkes-Barre, having had a thrill
ing experience. They were picking
berries along the Briar Creek when
they came upon three bears, which
pursued them. The berry-pickeri
rushed to their wagon, jumped in and
drove away as rapidly as they could,
the bears following the wagon for
some distance.
Forty persons who ate home ice
cream at a family reunion at the home
of W. C. Montgomery, in Franklin
township, were stricken with ptomaine
poisoning soon after. Beds and
couches gave out after the first few
had been cared for, and the sick peo
ple lay groaning on the ground.
Every physician within a radius of
five miles was summoned.
John O Brien, who, with his com
panion, Lee Furman, alias John Day,
is confined in the Lancaster county
jail awaiting trial for the murder 0
Samuel Dessler, the aged Leaman
Place tollgate keeper, is in a pitiable
condition. Jt is apparent that he
would rather die than face the charge
of murder. , Furman, in direct con
trast, is cool at all stages. Pie hae
resigned his nerve and treats every
thing in a jocular manner. New Jer
icy officials have seen the man at the
iail and have identified him as the' one
wanted at Patterson, Elizabeth, Tren
ton and other places for various of
fenses. The huckleberry industry is SC
profitable that many anthracite miner
nave deserted their work and are do
ing a land office business picking ber
rics. Last week between 3,000,000 an
4,000,000 quarts of huckleberries fronr
the Schuylkill region alone were ship
oed to New York and Boston mar
lets.
An electrical disturbance caused
sparks to run along the incandescent '
wiring of the Columbia Fire Com-' I
pany's house at St. Clair and set fire
to it. The blaze was discovered tot 1
late to save the building, the loss be '
ing $3000.
The Mine Workers' convention af
Pitflston adopted a resolution . aslu
ing President Roosevelt to take irtw
mediate action in the Colorado strike!
and also appropriate $500 for thd
aid of the strikers. It was decided
to make an effort at the next meeting)
of the Legislature to have an eighty
hour doy bill passed and also to have)
hour day bill passed and also to have)
weighed and paid tor by weight 1
Michael Zerbe motmted cherry tree
at Pottsville and ate heartily of the
fruit. He swallowed the stones, whicbj
united in one solid lump in his stonW
ach. He died in great agony at th
Pottsville Hospital.