2,000 IN KILLED
AND WOUNDED
Salvador's Big Victory Oyer Oaute
raala's Forces.
NOW AGREE TO PEACE OFFER.
Presltfeat Zcliyt Declare Nlcirifut Hill
Remain Neutral, bal Otatril Toledo Coanta
Lpoo Aid From lhal Country trilled Slalta
Mlnlalrra al Ouaitmala City aad Si Salva
dor TtjIdi io Rc-eiubHsh l'ece.
San Salvador ( Hy Cable ). Saturday
night the Salvadnrian Army again at
tacked tin- Guatemalan forces at Plat
anar and obtained a victory over them,
the Guatemalans ntTeriii(f a loss of 2.000
men in ki'led, wounded and prisoners.
The Guatemalan Army, winch invaded
by way of Santa le, iv.'h repulsed by tile
lioniluran Arm;.
Honduras is making common cause
with Salvador.
Mcilc Closely Witching Border.
Mexim City f My Cable ). Salvador
advices rcjort that Honduras has nt
lr"i jis into Guatemala, tints nix ing tlie
revolutionists strong support. This ac
tion of Honduras has been expected, and
Genera! Toledo is no.v counting eat aid
f n i ti N'irarauna. Confirmation lias been
received here of the execution of Al-fre-lo
(Jniiicm-. a Mexican citizen, in
Guatemala, and it is stated this was
done because Quinoucs had publicly cen
sured the Giioimalan government.
Kmriio dc I.c'oii. a Guatemalan diplo.
mat, who offended President Cabrera, i
stil! at the Mexican Legate n in Gttate
mala City, undir the protection of the
Mexican flag. The Mexican govern
ment is maintaining an attitude of neu
trality and i- c'osely ualchiny the smith,
ern border to prevent i's U-uig made a
ba-c f.f operations against ( '.uateniala.
General fianilas is still in ilii- city.
Accept the Tender ol flood Ollicea.
W'a-liingtoii. I). C. ( Special ). Both
Guatemala auci San Salvador have ac
re pti. I tile tendi r of die good offices of
this government looking to a settlement
of :i.eir ditt'eri nce. This information
is conveyed in official dispatches re
ceived at the State Department front
the American diplomatic representatives
in Guatemala anil San Salvador, an
nouncing that the two belligerent coun
tries have availed themselves of the
tender of the good offices of the United
States looking to their approaching each
other in a conference having in view an
adjustment of their differences, the ces
sation of hostilities and the bringing
about of peace.
It is stated that while both Guatemala
and Salvador have accepted in principle
the propo-ition for a peace conference,
the question of arbitration would be a
subiect of future consideration. A fort
night ago there was a disposition ,,M the.
par! of the bellig. rents to arbitrate. The
question then wa- whether Guatemala
had injured Salvador by harboring in
surgents r,n her territory or whether
Salvador by doing the same thing had
injured Guatemala.
I'.ut the recent battle, with the death
f'f Genera! Kegaindo, the former pre-i-dent
of Salvador and the leader of the
Salvadorean troop-, changed the sittia
ti' n. It is pointed out that as no terri
torial or boundary question is in dis
pute the matter of indemnity for invasion
of territory would be a main epic-lion
before the peace conference. So far
no adviies have r--acb.-d this government
regarding the battle which took place
Saturday n-ght and in which, a , stated
in San Salv ador adv ices, the Salvadorean
army defeated the Guatemalan forces at
f'latana r.
The advices regarding the Central
American situation were forwarded to
the President at Oyster Hay by Acting
Secretary of State Bacon, who is in
charge of State Department affairs dur
ing the absence of Secretary Root.
Want! Oairaotee From tailed Stale.
Panama (By Cable. I'nitcd States
Ministers Combs, at Guatemala City,
find Merry, at San Salvador, have ap
J.roa hid. respectively Pre-ideiits Cabre
ra and I'.sia'on in an endeavor to re
establish peace between Guatemala and
Salvador. President Cabrera informed
Mr. Combs that la- is willing to enter
into negotiation- for peace provided the
United States government will guar
antee that further hostilities again t
I , uateniala will cca-i .
Assistant Secretary of State Paeon on
Saturday cabled in-true tions to Mcs-rs.
Combs and Merry to renew their effort -to
establish a permanent peace hctw.en
Guatemala and Salvador.
Hostess Lay Deed.
Allcntow-i. Pa., ( Special (.-While lin
guists ma.le merry over her body, Mrs.
Kh.-abcth Wolfe. ag.-d - years, Jay de.nl
on the parlor floor at her home in tin
ity. having been killed by a fall against
ii Move after being pushed over by her
hii-baud, it is alleged. Mrs. Wolfe had
given a party and during the night she
att.nked her Disband with a chair. In
defending himself, he su, he threw her
against the Move, She did not ri-e again ;
but, thinking s. Wlls asleep the guc-ts
continued with the festivities until two
poiiremi nt came to stop the noise. It
was then discovered that the woman was
(ha.l.
Sbol Himself to Efcapa Arrrtl,
Peterson, 7. J. ( Special (.To avoid
the disgrace of arre-t on the charge of
defalcation Albert O'Hricn, lax collec
tor of the borough of Totowa, .-hot him
self whili c liners wire approaching his
hoii'e. He died instantly. 1 1 is accounts
bad been involved for .sometime, but,
owing to his personal popularity, every
opportunity wis given him to make pond
the deficiency, beiii veil to be about
$.,oro. After (J'P.ien's lather bad
(ailed in an effort to raise this stun it
wa. decided to arre-t the collector.
Piesident ('assail, of the Pennsylvania
Railroad held a coherence with several
ofliciaU of the road to insist (hat tliry
dispo'e of any .stocks ihey mixht possess.
Moulalon, a leader of the I.adroiiei,
bai surrendered to ti c Philippine an
ttnir itit-K, and now there it but one more
of tiic outlaw chief, at large in I.uon.
Twenty-one peasants involved in the
murder of Jii Turks in Salonk-j were
aenteiiced to death.
There are disquieting rumom of an
upriting in the Tranvaal,
LATESTNEWS 1NSH0RT0RDER
POMKHlKJ
The operators and miners of the Cen
tral Pennsylvania bituminous field have
reached an aKreenient with but slinht
change in scale. The agreement pro-
idei for open shop, arbitration and
check weighman'ji fund and an advance
5 55 per cent, on scale paid in 1905.
President Oler, of the American Ice
Company, denies accusations made
aDain.r the rfvnltvanv. and savs he has
invited District Attorney Jerome to make
an nivc'tmalion of the companys meth
ods. Joseph Washington, a locomotive fire
man 011 the Atlantic Coast l.ine, was
killed by Sidney Kh'Hiri, a mechanic, in
the railroad arils at St. Petersburg, P'la.
I'riends of William Randolph Hearst
say he will run as an independent Dem
ocratic candidate for governor of New
York.
J. G. Stokes Phelps, the New York
millionaire, -who has become a socialist,
praises lirvan "as an honest radical."
George Mitchell, who killed the lead
er of the "Holy Roller-," in Washington
Territory, in defense of his sister, has
been shot and killed by his own sister.
I'otiner Judge llargis, charged with
the murder of Attorney James H. Mar
cmn in Kentucky, created a stir in court
by reflecting on the state's attorney.
Conductor N M. Rigcs. who was ar-re-ted
In Kirov, Wis., in connection
with the murder of Millie Kllison at
Minneapolis, .hot himself.
Otto AtuiTUs and M. D. Kent, brothers-in-law.
fought a pistol duel near
Noble. ' Ik. Amerus was killed and
Kent was mortally wounded.
In the United States Court in New
York the libel suit of the Monotype
a.'ainst tin- Linotype Company was dis
missed. Six children lost (heir lives in an ef
fort to rescue a drowning girl in a
river near Cedar Rapids, Mich.
An unknown man ended his life on
the grave of an unknown suicide in
Kvergreeo Cemetery. New York.
J G. Phelps Stockes, the young New
York millioraire, announces him.sclf as
a socialist.
Karl S. I;ergn-on. a Troy broker, who
lost heavily in peculation, shot and kill
ed liiiuhclf.
The town of I.v nnviile, Ind., was
wiped out by fire. The lo-s is estimated
a: $io.nm.
Mrs. Carrie Nation was arrested in
Dallas, Tex., for improper use of the
mails.
Penii-ylvauia Railroad officials will
testify before the United States District
Court at Jamestown. N. Y., that the low
rate nn oil between Olean and Rochester
was made to prevent the building of a
pipe line by the Standard Oil Company.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
is to question Pennsylvania Railroad of
licials regarding an allegation that the
railroad paid less than half charged oth
ers for oil supplied by a subsidiary com
pany ot Standard Oil.
Curtis Jett, the Kentucky feudist, con
fessed, at the trial of ex-Judge Hargis
and ex-Sheriff Callahan for the murder
of Lawyer Marcurn, that he had assassi
nated the attorney.
The New York district attorney's of
fice has heard a story that Harry Kendall
Thaw threatened to shoot both Mrs.
Thaw and Stanford White.
The locomotive of the Colonial Kx-prc-s,
between Boston and Washington,
tumped the track near a drawbridge in
Rhode Island.
Millie Kilison was found unconscious
from a hammer blow on the head and her
clothing ablaze in a Minneapolis hotel.
1 be Chicago and Alton Railroad and
two of its officials have !k en lined an
aggregate of $00,000 for alleged rebating.
Thomas Tagjjart, by advice of counsel,
refused to testify under oath regarding
gambling at French Lick, Ind.
1 he strike of 10.000 miners of Dubois,
Pa., has ended by an adjustment of the
questions at issue.
An ice dealer 111 Kansas testified he
made $.(-;.x in two year., on an invest
ment of $-joo.
James Manning, who led Cuitcau to
the gallows, died in poverty in Chicago.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson says
he is sati -fieri with what he saw in a
be fore-breakfast visit to the Chicago
packing liou es, and refuses to discon
tinue the slaughter of tattle infected with
the early siaife, of tuberculosis.
It was testified by a ci llinate of Martin
Tighe, who got .to years in Sing Sing
for the the murder of his wife, that
Tighe had fooled the alienists by simu
lating in.-anity.
JOItKK.N
Amid exciting scenes in the Fiem ll
Chamber of D'putics hills were passed
reinstating I (rev f us in the army w ith
the rank of major, am! Colonel Picquart
with the rank of brigadier general.
U11 account of the agitation of F.ngli-'i
and Russian political circle, over the
proposed visit of die Hnti-h Channel
l!i it to Russian waters the ruise has
bei 11 postponed.
The Guatemalan forces have invaded
Honduras, and the American wardup
Marblehead has been ordered to the
cene of conllict.
King Kdvvard and 'Jin-en Alexandra
held their final court, marking the close
of the London seaon. There were Hoo
guests
Col. Millard ilunsirker has resigned
the management of the Kuropean agency
of the United States Steel Corporation.
The Hamburg-American Lne steamer
Deiitsi bland stove in her bows by colli
sion with a pier at Dover.
War Minister Haldane introduced in
the House of Commons the l".uglis!i
Army estimates, and explained the gov-
riiment's scheme for army reorganiza
tion. An F.ugli-h firm has decided to erect
a factory 111 the United States to com
pete with American manufacturers of
scales and weighing machines.
Six persons were killed and many in
jured in an ac cident to a motor omnibus
on the way from 1-ondon to Brighton.
Forty thousand Jews fled from War
saw in a single da, fearing a massacre.
Turkish soldiers have committed hor
rible: outrages in Turkish Armenia.
Vice Admiral Choukmn, of the Rus
sian I'.lack Sea Fleet, who was shot hy
a revolutionist sailor, is dead.
At the congress ill London of the
(.hanibers of commerce of the empire a
resolution was adopted declaring for
pi-rfi rentia! treatment on a reciprocity
basis. '
Dr. Richard Rieihoueller, of Pennsyl
vania University, lectured at the Uni
versity of Herlin on "American Student
Life."
Church Howe, the American consul
general at Antwerp, was given a fare
well banquet prior to bis departure for
Montreal.
The Association of Rhenish and West
phalian Grain Importer say that Ameri
can grain is incorrectly classified.
DREYFUS VINDICATED
BY SUPREME COURT
Twelve Years' Struggle For Man's
Hunor Vndicated.
WILL BE APPOINTED A MAJOR.
Io Sweep Inf Opiaioe, Hlgheal Trlbuoal of the
Empire Declares Accusations Fall to the
Orouoil Judimeol olCondtmoatloa Annull
ed aal Acquittal Ordered Printed la Filly
Newspaper to Be Selected By Victim.
W HAT UHEYVUS SAYS.
"This has been a long and ter
rible ordeal.
"I began to feel it would nev
er end.
"It is clear that the decision
restores me to my obi place in
the army.
"I am not aware of the in
tentions of the government con
cerning my advancement in rank.
"I have nothing to say against
tiiv accusers.
"Ib ing again an officer 1 am
obliged to obey the army regu
lations of silence.
"I am inexpressibly thankful
to those who have assisted in
the maintenance of truth."
Paris (By Cable). Alfred Dreyfus
was Thursday completely acquitted of
the charges on which he was condemn
ed as a traitor, dismissed from the
army and imprisoned on Devils Island,
and regarding which France has been
torn for years by the most bitter poli
tical and racial agitation.
His vindication is twofold, the Su
preme Court first announcing its decis
ion establishing the entire innocence of
the accused man, and the ministry later
deciding to present an urgent bill in
Parliament restoring Dreyfus to the
army with advanced rank and othcrwi-c
giving the government's most ample re
paration. The decision of the court -was a fore
gone conclusion, as exhaustive inquiries
had completely demolished the fabric of
the accusation against Dreyfus, showing
that the real culprit was Major Count
F.stcrhay. The decision, therefore, an
nulled the condemnation of the Reniies
court martial and ordered that the ac
cptiltal be posted and published through
out France.
Thursday night the ministers held a
protracted social session at the Elysee
Palace under President Falliercs and
determined on the government's course
in carrying out the decision. The. text
of the bills was formulated, which will
be introduced in the Chamber of De
puties, concerning, respectively, Dreyfus
and Colonel Picqnart, whose sense of
justice brought about the granting of
the verdict for Dreyfus, with the object
of restoring both to the ranks they would
have held if they had continuously served
in the army.
Dreyfus consequently will be nominat
ed a major with eventual early promotion
to a lieutenant colonelship.
Picquart will immediately become a
brigadiler general.
Dreyfus name also will be inscribed
on the list for the Legion of Honor,
but he will not be directly nominated
to that distinction, though probably a
lierree placing him on the list will short
ly appear.
Di-cussirins of the bills will lie taken
up immediately and the ministers will
ndeavor to have them pass both bouses
in the course of the day, the cabinet de
siring to settle the matter before the
Parliamentary vacation in order to avoid
a recurrence of the agitation of the
country.
1 leputy Presscnse s interpellation rela
tive to the government's intentions re
garding the officers who were witnesses
before the court-martial will follow the
passing of the al-ove mentioned bills.
Dreyfus demand for honorable rein
statement in the army had liecn acceded
to by Procurator General Haudouin.
"lhe peace of France demands that the
verdict of 'lhe Rennes court-martial
be quashed." Tiandouin had announced,
"and the whole world awaits the court's
summary disposition of the subject,
which wid be a triumph for justice and
truth." He has been acquitted of all
taint of treason.
The triumph of Dreyfus and the spirit
in which he sought justice was empha
sized this week when the Supreme Court,
in acquitting him, offiercd him financial
reparation. He refused to accept dam
ages, declaring that be demanded only
the restoration of his honor as an officer
lie wished neither money nor revenge.
The decision of the court was read by
the presiding judge, Mt Hollot-Ileaitpre,
president of the Court of Cassation, im
mediately on the reassembling of court
rt noon. The Palace of Justice was
thronged by an eager crowd seeking ad
mission to the courtroom. Among those
present were Ma'thew Dreyfus, brother
to Alfred Dreyfus; Maitrc Mornard,
counsel for Captain Dreyfus; Joseph
Reinaeh, the historian of the Dreyfus af
fair. Colonel Picquart, Madame Zola and
many others who have figured in var
ious stages of the celebrated case. Cap
tain Dreyfus was not present, continuing
his habitual secrecy by remaining seclud
ed in the garret where lie has hitherto
been cut off from the outer world.
The scene as the decision was pro
nounced was one of impressive dignity.
After Many Year.
Lexington ( Special). After 40 years,
Confederate soldiers of Gen. John II.
Morgan's command are receiving pay
from the federal gov -eminent for horses
which were taken from them when they
surrendered. Dr. L. J. Brasec and sev
eral other old Confederate soldiers of
ibis city, who surrendered to Gen. F..
Hobson at Mount Sterling, Ky in May,
1K0.-I, have just received checks for their
horses taken from them at that time.
The amount each received is $t.'5.
Tur Down American Meals.
London (By Cable). As ihe result
of the refusal of one of the ships of the
lirftiih Atlantic fleet to take on Ameri
can tinned meats during the recent na
val maneuvers, the admiralty directs
that ships companies be supplied with
Australia or Argentine brands in lieu
of American. The remainder of Amer
ican tinned meats now on hand is being
returned to the victualing yards and
will be no longer a compulsory ration
for the navy.
ADMITS KILLING RER BROTHER.
Girl Whoa (tula H Aened Say Sh I
Qlad at Ik
Seattle, Wash. (Special). Immediate
ly after the arrest of Esther Mitchell, the
i;-year-old girl who killed her brother
here, orders were given for the arrest of
Mrs. .Maud Crcffield, the widow of the
"Holy Roller" prophet, whose death at
the hands of George Mitchell led to this
tragedy. Mrs. CrelTield, however, tele
phoned the police where she was to be
found, and when taken to the station
frankly admitted that she harl entered
into a compact with Esther to kill the
slayer of her husband. She will be held
as an accomplice.
Esther Mitchell made the following
statement :
"Mrs. Crcffield and I talked over the
matter of killing George. The one that
had the best chance to do it. Mrs.
CrelTield brought the gun. We vtere at
the room about 4 o'clock, and I thought
I would have a better chance to do it
than Mrs. Crcffield, as my brother wanted
to see me, and I believed that he would
think nothing about my going to the
depot. Then Mrs. Crcfticld gave me the
Run, and I was to rlo it. We agreed that
it must be done as soon as possible.
"My brother Fred was up to my room
and said that Perry and George were
going to Portland in the evening. I
went to the depot and saw Perry get his
ticket. At last 1 saw George, and I
shook hands with him. He and Perry
were walking in front, and F'red and I
were walking behind. I was walking to
the door, and George was in front of
me. That was the chance 1 wanted, and
I shot him.
"My brother F'red grabbed me, and I
sat down on his lap and put my arms
about his neck. I sat there and the
officer came. I intended to follow him
to Portland if 1 did not get a chance
at him lure. 1 am not sorry I did the
shootiiig ; I am glad of it."
Iron, Tin tod Steel Wefts.
Pittsburg, Pa. ( Special). Officials of
the Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel ami Tin Workers of America an
nounced that practically all the leading
independent sheet and tinplatc companies i
of the country have signed the wage
scale for the ensuing year. This, it is
said, insures work being started at once
in all of the independent plants and
steady employment for the year, owing
to the large number of orders already
booked.
Seven Children Drown Io River
Cedar Rapids, la., (Special). Seven
girls were drowned in Cedar River only
three blocks from home while wading.
The smallest child slipped into a deep
hole, and, in trying to rescue her, six
others were drowned. Ruth Klersey was
the only one of the party to escape. The
dead are: Lucile, Hazel, Gladys and
Josie Sweeting, Kttth and Cora Coylc and
Clara L slier, lhe girls ranged in age
from 7 to 16 years. I lie Sweeting chil
dren lived with their father near Ellis
Park, on the outskirts of Cedar Rapids.
Chinese Anxious to Make Amend.
Washington (Special). Cabling the
State Department from Canton in re
gard to the Lienchow missionary massa
cre last fall. American Consul Lay stated
that the Chinese authorities are continu
ing their efforts to apprehend and punish
the guilty parlies, and have, in fact,
largely increased the rewards offered for
the apprehension of any of the murder
ers still at large. Every precaution has
also been taken to insure protection for
foreigners in that part of China, a band
some memorial tablet has been erected
to the memory of the massacred mis
sionaries. To KIs and Make Up.
Berlin, (Hy Cable). King Edward of
England is to visit Emperor William nt
the bitter's castle, near Cassel, early in
August, it is Ivlward s plan to make
this visit to the German ruler while he is
en route to Marienbad. The meeting of
the two rulers will be m the nature of a
reconcilation marking the termination of
their personal differences which has been
a noted feature of international affairs
during the last two years.
Torpedo Boat Strike a Mine.
Hclsingfors, Finland, (By Cable).
During maneuvers in the Baltic Sea a
Russian torpedo boat struck a mine sunk
off P.jorko. The boat was demolished,
but the crew were saved.
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
Secretary Bonaparte has decided that
it is not good policy to depend on one
steel plant for armor for battleships, and
has divided a contract among the Car
negie, Bethlehem and Midvale plants, the
Carnegie and Bethlehem Companies
meeting the lowest bid of the Midvale
Company.
It is believed in Washington that Sec
retary of War Taft's declination of a
Supreme Court Justiceship signifies that
he will be a candidate for the Republican
nomination for the presidency.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
has begun the investigation of the buy
ing, selling and forwarding of cereals
and the ownership of grain elevators.
Land costing between $i-5,ooo and
$150,000 has been acquired for a palatial
residence of the German Ambassador.
Secretary and Mrs. RonaAirte arc
about to leave Washington for a trip to
Lennox.
Trouble has broken out afresh between
Guatemala and Salvador, and a clash is
imminent.
A. C. Dinkey," president of the Car
negie Steel Company, was at the Navy
Department urging Secretary Bonaparte
to give his company a part of the armor
plate contract.
President Roosevelt signed 150 com
missions of diplomatic and consular of
ficers and postmasters, all of vhose ap
pointments have been announced from
Washington,
Commander llorsley rep.irted that the
safe piloting of the drydock Dewey
through the Suez Canal was a feat for
which the aged pilot Pappe di serves the
credit.
General Rvgalado, former president
of Salvador, and coinniander-in-chief of
the Salvadorean army, was killed in
battle with Giiatamalan troops.
Secretary Bonaparte awarded the con
tracts to build two new battleships to
the Cramps and to the New York Ship
building Company.
Officials of the Washington Tee Com
pany were indicted on the charge of
violating the Sherman Anti-trust I,aw
and gave bail.
Adjutant General Drain, of the State
of Washington, has been appointed Uni
ted States attorney for the United State
Court in China and Korea.
AN AWFUL MESS
IN THESE TIN CANS
Board of H.alth Analyzes Boston Pot
. ted Meats.
P4CKING HOUSES FOUND CLEAN.
Skip, Blood Vesaelt, Nerve and Salivary
Oland in On Klad of Polle-d Ham
Oilier ttraodi Found Io Be Good and
of liicelltnt Quality Investigation Favor
able to Manufacturers.
Boston (Special). The State Board
of Health made- public the result of its
investigation of canned meats. The
board examined nearly 150 different
kinds of canned meat, from every possi
ble source, as well as the canned meat
establishments.
In a general way the results of the
investigation are favorable to the manu
facturers, both in the East and in llir
West, bill it was found tin t many of the
preparations contained a large amount
of foreign matter. Of one brand of pot
ted ham. prepared by a Western firm,
lhe repori states :
"Ibis was found to coii--t of a small
amount of normal inu-cie, considerable
epidermis in large pieces, numerous
blood ves-cls and nerves and the sali
vary gland, ground to a paste. (J-.iality
poor, the material being largely scrap."
Of another Western potted ham lhe
repori says:
"Abundant muscle fiber, considerable
epidermis, much granular debris, some
fat and cornmcal. Quality fair, but in
asmuch as there appears to be no excuse
for the presence of cornmcal, it must be
rcganicd as adulterated."
An Fai-tc-rn potted him :' described
r..s follows :
"Appearance good, muscular fiber
abundant, contains nei'her epidermis nor
salivary gland. Quality ce client."
A number of the other product s, lhe
board of health states, contain cornmeal.
The board says :
"Deviled bam is. or should he. b .:n to
which seasoning has been added. The
majority of deviled hams iii the market,
however, contain added material which
in no way can contribute to a sharp
taste, or, indeed, to any taste. Cornmeal,
for example, adds nothing to the flavor,
but it is cheap and enables a meat pro
duct to carry considerable additional
water."
Several brands of prepared meat were
found to contain either boric acid or
borax as a preservative. One Western
"chicken loaf" is thus described :
"Very little muscular fiber: much con
nective tissue and com. It is preserved
with cither boric acid or borax. The
label states that the material is of su
perior quality, 'having been carefully se
lected and inspected according to the
law enacted by Congress March .1, 1801,
relating to the inspection of meats.'"
The report .says regarding conditions
in this state :
"The large establishments were found
to be conducted in all particulars in a
scrupulously neat and clean manner. Of
2$ smaller establishments only five were
found to be entitled to grade excellent."
The investigation went far enough to
show that local authorities may well give
careful attention to the slaughter houses
within their several jurisdictions.
FIVE KILLED AND MANY INJURED.
Terrific Trolley Car Crash Near Buffalo,
New York.
Buffalo, X. V., (Special). A train of
two trolley cars, westbound from Lock
port on the lines of the International
Railway Company, and due at Tona
wanda at o'c'o.k P. M., ran into an
open switch at a siding just east of
Martinsville and crashed into a trolley
freight motor and a train of seven freight
cars, which were lying on the siding
waiting for the passenger train to go
by. Five passengers were killed out
right and a score injured, some of whom
may die.
The passenger cars were itoini' at a
high rate of speed when the accident
occurred, and the impact was terrific.
The foremost car was utterly demolished.
The wedge-shaped end of the freight
motor cut it in half, and the rear car
completed the work of destruction.
Members of the relief parties, hurriedly
dispatched on' news of the wreck, did
not at first realize that two passenger
cars were involved, so comple te harl been
the demolition of one of them.
PREACHER SHOOTS HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW.
Oeorie A. Stephens Badly Wounded By Rev.
U. Ill
mr. Kiica.
Mangtim, Okla., (Special). -Rev. J. L.
Kea, pastor of the Mangum Christian
Church, shot and probably fatally
wounded George A. Stephens, his brother-in-law,
a farmer, and then cut his
own throat. Rea, although baelly wound,
ed, may recover. Mr. Rea and his wife
nau neparaicu, .virs, Kea going to t lie
home of her brother on a farm near
Mangum. Stephens went to the minis
ter's house anil asket for hiti .l...-'a
belongings. The men quarreled and Rea
fireel at Stephens with a shotgun.
Red Fli on Wareblp.
Sebastopol (By Cable). It is reported
that the ironclads Pant-leitnnn and
Three Saints have joined the garrison
of the Batum fortress, which has been
in mutiny; that the Three Saints hoisted
the red flag, anil that the mutineers are
forcibly detaining two other ironclads,
which had refused to join them,
Bulldog Buried at Sea.
Derby, Conn., ( Special). "Teddy
Roosevelt," a brindlc bulldog owned by
William Foran, and the mascot of the
Bachelors' Club in Wooehnont, was killed
by an auto. Teddy was buried at sea, 14
boats comprising the funeral procession
and the Bachelors being the chief mourn
ers. Henry Phillips, president of the
club, delivered a eulogy over Teddy's
body aid pledged the efforls of the or
ganization to bring to justice by a suit
for damages the auiuinelbilist who killcil
the dog.
Two Killed B 'LlshTaloc.
Toledo, Ohio, ( Spi'cial). A severe
storm passed over Toledo blowing down
shade tree and unroofing buildings.
Lightning killed Nelson Buck in his door
yard in the city, ami a young boy was
also killed on a farm near the city.
Buck was a musical composer of con
siderable note.
Seoator Ntwlaad Hurt
San Francisco, (Special). United
State Senator Francis G. Ncwlands, of
Nevada, is suffering with a broken collar
bone. The Senator wa thrown from n
hejrse near San Mateo and had a narrow
escape from death.
WASHINGTON OFFICIALS ARE SILENT.
Opposed to the Elevation of the Ameri
can Legation.
Constantinople (By Cable). fresh in
structions have been sent to the Turkish
minister at Washington, Chekib Bey, to
renew his efforts to dissuade the au
'hoiitics at Washington from carrying
o-.it the proposed elevation of the legr.iion
here to the status of an embassy.
It appears that when the Turkish gov
ernment was first notified that the United
Stales desired to effect the change, Che
kib iby was ordered to oppose the pro
ject, but replied that he was unable to
shake the d-, terininalioii of the State
Department. He has now been instruct
ed to inform that department that the
proposed action requires a previous
apretctnent between the two countries,
which has not been effected in the pres
et' t case.
Washington (Special) The State De
partment has not been advised of the
existence of any opposition on the pa'l
of the 'Pinkish government to the ele
vfioii of lhe American legation at Con
stantinople to an embassy. Of course
if the Sultan declines to receive Mr.
Lcishman in the capacity of ambassador
nude- the credentials he now holds, he
is aring perfectly within bis rights-. Bui
it :' certain that such a course will noi
len.l to the strengthcninn of the rela
tions bc'weiti America and Turkey, be
cars.', in the i vv of officials here, it
will amount to a distinct discrimination
..tail's! the United Stales and in favot
of the great F'nrnpcan powers, now all
reore-t nted by embassadors at the Porte
These amb;r--sdori have, by right o!
their office, personal access to the Sullar
any moment. The American minislet
and the other ministers, in fact, must dc
hii-mess through the Porte entirely, and
en the rare occasions when they gain ac
cc-ss to the per .on of the Sultan, thej
are obliged to vv iit many weeks for thr
opportunity. The result is a very p'a'
obstruction and embarrassment in the
transaction of business, so that the Stat'
iVieirtmcnt is not likclv to receive rrra
i b :. Hey protest tip: i-ist the reccptior
of Irishman's .".tubas' adurial ere
rle tti 'ls.
It is true that much of this business
ha1 related to the presentation of Amer
ican claims ngains; Turkey, but if the
government of that country cherishes the
idea that these are to be further ob
structed by a refusal to allow them tr
be presented throueh an ambassador, it
is prolcble that the Slate Department
will be obliged to respond by charsing
the American diniomvtic representatives
at Constantinople, even though he re
main in the grade of minister, to press
these claims with an energy heretofore
unknown in the course of the negotiations.
THREE MEN BLOWN TO PIECES.
Three Other Fatally Hurt By What Appear
To Be Plot.
Chicago, (Special). Three men were
blovviti to pieces, three others fatally in
jured and several orthers badly hurt by an
explosion which wrecked a shanty in the
McLaughlin stone epr.rrics at Bellvvood,
a short distance northwest of Chicago.
There is evidence thai the explosion
was the result of a plot on the part of
penple who are at present unknown
to tin- police. The dynamite shed of the
ntiarrv. which is at a considerable dis
tance fr-in the shanty blown up, was
broken open anil the dynamite carried
to lhe building wherein a number of
laborers we.re sleeping and exploded be
neath the- structure. Tlje .survivors all
declare that there was no dynamite
around their shanty -ylteif they retired
for the night.
The explosion aroused the residents
for several miles around and shattered
many panes of glas--. a mile away from
the quarries.
The larger part of the b aly of one of
the men killed was taken from a tree
too feet from the .place where the shanty
Mad stood. P.- rts of the corpse were
found lying all around the tree.
All of the men killcil and injured were
Greek and Italian laborer-..
The officials of the McLaughlin
Company denrinin,ecl the blowing up of'
the shanty as deliberate murder, and said
that in their opinion the: crime has been
actuated by a desire in rob the sleeping
men. Several of them were known to
have considerable money. Louis Pappilo
was said to have carried $!,ooo in a belt
which be wore around one leg.
FINANCIAL AFFAIRS.
Great Northern's June gross earnings
increased $ei,666. For the full year the
to'al gross was $52,000,000.
A well-known broker says his firm's
loans at present are bigger than ever
before.
Hill stocks led the advance, with St.
Paul, Pennsylvania and Union Pacific
good followers.
Southern Railway was sold freely on
the report that Louisville & Nashville
will build a competitive line into At
lanta. Reading's output of anthracite for the
first half of this year was 5,134,000 tons,
a decrease of 105,300 tons, compared
with the same period of 1905. The
strike was responsible for the drop.
"Doesn't it appear significant that so
many prominent financial men in tile big
cities are staying close at home this
Summer?" remarked the vice-president
of a lending Philadelphia hank.
The Gates element was a tremendous
seller of stocks. The leadrr of the old
bull pool in Reading was biihling up the
Hill stocks, which move u; or down
very easily.
Lake Superior turned out last month
15,500 tons of steel, rails ami for the
fiscal year curling June 30, lhe output
was loj.eso tons.
Ainci ic?n Snuff shares declined 10
pol'ip.. The investigation in the tiffairs
of tin- Tobacco Trust was probably the
cause of the decline.
The Philadelphia "Xews Bureau"
quotes n leading; bind dealer as fol
lows: "Never have I seen so lit 1 1 c real
investment of July dividend money as
this year."
New York bank', gained ilmiiifr the
week $800,000 evil.
King Kdward has taken to equestrian
extrcise as a mean;; of keeping hii
weight down. Since the rabbit-hole
mishap, which lamed him, His Majesty
has been unable to take' walking; ex
ercise. Fifty years ago the Hamburg-American
Line was started with two steamers.
Today the same company has 157 ocean
steamers plying on 55 different routes
to all parts of the world,
In the pocket tf a discarded wawt
coat a wren built her nest and hatched
out her cgR at lia't Mills, Fortling
bridge, Hampshire, KpgHnd. ,
IDE KEYSTONE STATE
tb Laleit Pcantylvaola New Told ft k
Order.
Wendell Lewis, of Ashland a(-cd
years, while riding home from Woor,'!
Park on a coal train the other night
thrown off on the outskirts of town t'l
had his neck broken, dying almost
slantly. "1"
I.eno Wagner. 6 years old, of Siicn.
Snyder County, was pierced by in
fork, upon w hich he fell. One tine erv
tcred above the eye and another in hi
reels.
Deputy Attorney General Fleiu Fiat
given to the Slate Pharmaceutical Ex
amining Board an opinion to the tff-ct
that the board must determine the puritj
of drugs inspected by it under the la,
by the standard tests contained in the
latest edition of the authorities. Tile
qnc-tion raised was whether the tf,t,
in the authorities in vogue at the time
lhe law was passed in 1897 should w
followed.
Andrew Socking, ..Red 41 year, a
miner, employed by the Butcher Creek
Coal Company, tripped ps he was seeking
a place to escape a falling roof. A mass
of coal struck him on the head, cru-hirg
his skull. His death occurred sl.nrtly
aner :nc acciacnt.
During the absence of William IUtll
.-lid family from their home in Mahitioy
City robbers ransacked the house jot
money thought to be concealed in fi
bouse. They secured $8S, part of which
was taken from the children's bank.
While returning from a swim. William
Stevenson, aged 19 years, fell through a
trestle of the Pennsylvania Railroad upon
the Reading tracks beneath, near Potts
villc, sustained serious injuries. A
dozen other boys who were in the party,
all being absorbed in close conversation,
had a narrow escape from meeting the
same fate. George Kdmunds, who met
with a fimilar accident a week ago, U
lying in a precarious condition from 1
crushed skull.
As a wsgoiiload of coal was about to
be emptieel into a dump clittlc the
Gimlcr colliery the breaker boy discover,
ed six sticks .of dynamite on top of tin
oal, which he removed from the con
veyance in time to prevent a possible ex.
plosion. The breaker was full of slate
nicker boys at the lime. How the ex
plosive happened to be on the wagon ii
a mystery. .
While returning from Phoenixvillc Ic
his home, .Pcrkionicn, with some deli
cacies for bis sick wife. Wilson Moore
58 years old, was struck by a Philarlcitih:;
& Reading passenger train and .so bad!)
injured he died. The dead man wat
lock-tender at Paw-ling's Dam for a lonj
term of year?, lie leaves a widow anc
nine children.
The Coventor fixed September fi, inA
at lhe time for the execution of Hicoardc
b'orte, of Chester County.
A Reading man makes the predi ctior
that the eastern border will be the ticx'
portion of this country to suffer front
an earthquake. 1 !e says its path will lit
largely within the bounds of the Alle
gheny Mountains, and that Seranton, Al
lentown, Reading and Philadelphia, with
adjacent places, will be the chief suffer
ers. Miss Julia Munson Beaver, 18 years,
elaughler of William C. Beaver, of Pitts
burg, died from nervous prostration and
worry over the action of the High
School authorities in withholding net
diploma after seriously overworking
herself in a determined effort to win it
this year. The cause of withholding ci
the coveted document was lhe loss r,f 3
German grammar worth sixty -five cents,
which the High School it is claimed, re
fused to accept or Jake another boo1
which was not exactly like the one Mi-t
Beaver had the misfortune to lose. Miss
Beaver was a victim of typhoid f'-vet
some years ago, and it left her in a nerv
ous condition. She was anxious lest
she should fail to graduate and when
she succccelcel and her diploma was due,
sTtc was heartbroken because they reiiiscd
it on acountv.of the loss of the school
property.
Scratching a small pimple on Itu
cheeks with his finger resulted in the
death of Benjamin" Ludwig, aged i
years, of Cetitreport. Mr. Ludwig was
ill but a few days and death was caused
by biood poisoning.
Berks County farmers have been cut
ting wheat, and in consequence there 1
a great demand for farm hands to as-ist
in the harvest fields. In some parts 9'
the county they have great difficulty i"
getting smTicieiii help and the farmers
wi"e s and daughter's arc working in the
fic'Ulii. One of the principal reasons for
llhis is t'nnt many families who formerly
lived in the country have moved in t,,e
city. Ti e best bauds in the field re
ceive $1 md $130 a day, while others
get 75 cents. The wage includes meals
anil lodging. They start work at 6 A
M. and quit at 8 P. M.
Henry Kvans, foreman of car inspec
tors of the Pittsburg- & Western Rail
road Company at Willow Grove yards,
was sho; to death by an unknown negro,
who war. delec'cd robbing a camp car.
The negro then (led to the woods.
A crusade was started in South Beth
lehem agains- dealers who sell cigarettes
to minors. The first arrest made was
that of David Siibcrstein, who pleaded
guilty to selling cigarettes to 18-year-old
John Sebastain.
Miss Julia Sharkey died at the Phoe
nixvillc Hospital after a day of intense
suffering. Miss Sharkey is the pretty
English girl who was so terribly burned
through using kerosene to start a fire at
the home of her sister, near Cedar llol
owl. Her wedding finery, over which
she spent so much time, Will probably be
used (or her funeral apparel.
William Cobouni, a well-known young
matt of West Chester, attempted to com
mit suicide at his home early the other
morning by cutting his throat with a
razor. He had been acting queerly all
day and his mother, having noticed him.
followed him touhc dining room. When
she aw hjm raise his arm she rushed U'
him and struck his band and knocked
the raitor from his grasp, but was t'
late, m having drawn it across his throat.
Medical aid was secured, He will prob
ably recover.
Creigbton McC.arri, the young man
who scviral months ago robbed Isidore
Boylcs store in East Altoona, and. "r'
priied by early customers, politely opened
the shopmd made several sales, claim
ing to be a clerk in the establishment,
pleaded guilty in court to the charge of
burglary and was sentenced to two years
in the penitentiary. McGarri admitted
he had been in the Huntington Reforma
tory. "At that institution did you no
good we will try lomething itronger,"
aiil the Judge.