JAMESTOWN'S GREAT EXPOSITION OPENED President Roosevelt Touches Button and Sets Things Moving. ADDRESS MADE FROM SHAKY BOX. TW Opening Wan Auspicious Despite the Incompleteness of the Exposition Building - Crowd Were Large and Would Hare Keen Enormous If the Transportation Facilities Had Been Sufficient to Convey Visitors to the Exposition Grounds. Jamestown Exposition Grounds. Va. (Special).' Three hundred guns at sunrise. 500 guns at 9 o'clock, a prayer, a speech, a golden key pressed by the President of the Unit ed States, a thousand flage unfurled from the rooftops of a new Magic City; then more guns booming from the sides of visiting battleships, from the clean-cut hulls of our own match leaa fleet, and from the gray walls of Fortress Monroe. Thus was the exposition begun, which celebrates the 300th anniversary of the first English settlement In America, and la designed to demonstrate to the world tho progress our country has made In art and science, In commerce and Invention, since the followers of Capt. John Smith blazed a trull through the wilderness and laid the foundations of the Virginia common wealth. Guns. Flags And Music. Tho guns an,1 Hags and martial music which predominated at the spectacular opening of the big Vir ginia fair would have led the unini tiated to believe that this is all a war show. But this is only the out ward dlsplav tho front of war that guards Industry and of peaee. With in the gtaes of the exposition the Only signs that smack of power and force are the blue-coated policemen and tho mlllttamen on duty to save the crowds from this own enthus iasm and to point the way for strag gling strangers to the great buildings where are shown the products of human industry and peace. Tills Is the program that was fol lowed at the formal opening of the exposition : 1. Opening prayer by the IU. Rev. Alfred Maglll Randolph, bishop of the diocese of Southern Virginia. 2. Address and introduction of the President of the I'nlted States by the Hon. Harry St. George Tucker, president of the Jamestown Exposi tion Association. Mr. Tucker's address was histori cal, giving events that led to the In dependence of the colonies and re lating incidents that occurred at Jamestown. Roosevelt's Address. Hi Introduced President Roose velt, who said, in pnrt: "At the outset I wish to say a word of special greeting to the repre sentatives of the foreign govern ments here present. They have come to assist us in celebrating what was In very truth the birthday of this nation, for It was here that the col onists first settled, whose Incoming, whose growth from their own loins and by the addition of newcomers from abroad, was to make the people which 169 years later assumed the solemn responsibilities and weighty duties of complete Independence." The President began with England and Ireland, said ha hud hut a small amount of English blood In his veins, and went down welcoming each na tion represented. To The .laps. To tho Jans he said: "In particular, let. me express a word of hearty welcome to the repre sentative of the mighty Island em pire of Japan: Uiat empire, which, In learning from the West, has shown that it had so much, so very much, to teach the West In return. "To all of you here gathered I ex press my thanks for your coming, and I extend to von mv earnest wishes for the welfare of your several nations.'' He then spoke of the significance of the exposition, of the settlement of Jamestown and the growth of the country from that to the present time. After alluding to the civil war the President said: The lllue And The Gray. "Oh, my hearers, my fellow coun trymen, great indeed has been our good fortune; for as time clears away the mists that once shrouded brother from brother and made each look "as through a glass darkly' at the other, wo can all feel the same pride in the valor, the devotion and the fealty toward the right as It was Klven to each to see the right, shown alike by the men who wore the blue and by the men who wore the gray. Some Epigrams. "We cannot afford to .forget the maxim upon which Washington in stated, that the surest way to avert war Is to be prepared to inee' It. "Either people must govern them selves or they must submit to being governed by others. "They can prevent the need of gov ernment from without only by snow ing that they possess the power of government from within. CorMratloiiK. "At the moment the greatest prob lem before us Is how to exerrlse such control over the business use of vast wealth, Individual, but especially cor porate, as will Insure It not being used against the Interest of the pub lit, while yet permitting such ample legitimate profits as will encourage Individual Initiative. Rector Of Russian Seminary Shot. Tumbov, Russia (By Cable). Fathor Slmmeoii, rector of the Ec clesiastical Seminary here, was shot and seriously wounded. It Is thought that tho would-be assassin Is an ex-student. DIES OFJiRAY CANCER Scientist Succumbs To Disease From Experiments. Chicago (8peclal). Prof. Wol fram C. Fuchs. the original X-ray expert In this city, who became affect ed by a peculiar malady about three years ago known as X-ray cancer, died Wednesday, aged 41 years. So far as known. Professor Fuchs' death is the fifth attributed to ex periments with Roentgen rays, the other victims being an assistant to Thomas A. Edison, a Boston physi cian. Bertha FleVtchman. of San Francisco, and Dr. Louts A. Welgol. the Rochester surgeon, who died a year ago. Professor Fuchs first became af fected In 105 In both hands. In the fall of that year the first Joint of the thnmb of the right hand wan removed. and between that time and his death, he underwent five opera tionsfirst for the removal of por tions of the fingers on both hands and later for a part of the muscles covering the right breast. BONDS STOLEN WORTH $400,000 Effort To Get Mayor Quincy, of Boston, In Plot. VERY PROMINENT MAN INVOLVED. Citizen Prominent in Fimnrlal and Political Circles of Massachusetts Said to Have Been Connected With Broker Dennett and Bond Clerk Douglass Now Under Arrest. New York (Special). Part of the real Btory of the Douglass-Dennett bond thefts from the Trust Company of America Just leaked out. W. O. Douglass, the assistant bond clerk, had been taking bonds. It Is said, in small amounts from the com pany for a year. He had been specu lating In the market, expecting to return the bouds after he had made his pile. In these operations he was associated, It Is charged, with Oliver M. Dennett. It was Dennett, It is said, who peddled the bonds around Wall Street In small nmounts, put ting them up as collateral for loans fr.om reputable stock exchange houses. Last week the affairs of the Douglass-Dennett combination became so desperate that Douglass derided that nothing but a bold stroke, it is said, could save him. On last Fri day, therefore, he dipped Into the trust company's strong box, It Is al leged, and walked away with sev eral hundred thonsand dollars' worth of bonds. One man who had heard the detallB of the case said that the clerk took $400,000 of the bonds. It was Douglass' purpose, It Is stated, In making this big haul, to put tho trust company In such a posi tion that it might give him immunity for the small amounts which he hnd taken provided he would return the larger amount. Letters Sent Mayor 4,nincy. Following this plan. I letter, It is said, was sent either by Douglass or Dennett to Joseph Quincy, former mayor of Boston. Dennett was for merly a Boston man, and it Is said that he had met Mr. Quincy there. According to the story, the letter contained a request that Mr. Quincy would act aa counsel for Douglass In negotiating a settlement with the trust company. According to state ments that Dennett has made, Mr. Quincy refused to have anything to do with the case. At any rate, a Rhode Island law yer, It Is understood, called on Presi dent Oaklelgh Thorne, of the trust company, on Sunday In regard to this matter of a peaceful settlement of the trouble between the trust com pany and the Dennett-Douglass com bination, Mr. Thorne Informed the lawyer that both Dennett and Dong lass were tinder arrest, and that hroke up the conference. On Monday Robertson Honey, a lawyer of this city, appeared for Douglass. Mr. Honey announced at the time that he had not been retain ed by the defendant, but by another party. Mr. Honey Is a brother-in-law of Josluh Quincy, and is the son of Samuel R. Honey, of Newport, former lieutenant governor of Rhode Island. He is a graduate of Har vard and West Point, and was an as sistant under District Attorney Asa Bird Gardner. The Man Higher I" p. It Is said on good authority thnt there Is a third party In Boston other than any yet mentioned who Is connected In some way or other with Douglass and Dennett In the looting of the trust company. This man Is described as fairly prominent both In financial and political circles In Massachusetts. That the alleged Douglass plan to force the trust com pany Into giving his Immunity failed was due, in large part. It Is believed, to the prompt action which Presi dent Thorne and other members of the trust company took. Douglass was arrested almost before he hnd had an opportunity to get out of town. How the trust company recovered the big hatch of bonds which Doug lass took of his farewell visit to the vault has not been explained, hut that It has recovered the securities Is evident from statements which representatives of the company have made. PEACE BIRDS DEPART, WAR BIRDS GATHER. Kills Himself On A Truin. Fulton, Ky. (Special). James Gil bert, son of a wealthy tobacco man 6 Murray, Ky.. committed suicide on board a train en route from Mem phiz. Teun., by twullowlng poison. No cause (or the act Is known. Plague Rages At Cartagena. Madrid (By Cable; According to an evening nowspaper the ministry of marine has received a telegram from the captain general at Cartage na, saying the plague Is raging at that port and thut 300 persons have been sent to hospitals. Accepts Tariff Plan. Berlin (By Cable). Tho economic committee has accepted (ho provis ional tariff arrangement with the. United States. No concessions for the admission of Anierlcen meats, however, have been mude. Gompers will Make Reply. Washington (Special) . Samuel Gompers, President of the American Federation of Labor, says that he will later make answer to President Roosevelt's letter reiterating his classification. of the Idaho labor lead ers. Moyer and Haywood, as "unde sirable citizens " Further than this, Mr. Gompers would no! comment on the letter, but It was received with displeasure at the headquarters of the Federation. Loch To Quit oKt. Washington (Special). Secretary to the President Loeb will resign on January 1, to become president of the Washington Hallway und Electric Company. Efforts are now beiK made by a combination of local and otituide Interests to secure control of this Company If they succeed the present directors will be turned out, the road will be reorganized and the presidency offered to Secretary Loeb. who will accept It. The change, If tt occurs, will take place on January 1. Drawn by Cartoonist DoMar, for the 1'hiladelphin Record. GUNS ROAR, BUT PEACE REIGNS The Great Exposition at Jamestown Opens-Whole World Represented. THE GREATEST NAVAL PAGEANT IN THE WORLD'S HISTORY. Fifty fighting ships, representing live great nations, participated in the naval pageant attendant upon the open ing of the Jamestown Exposition Friday. The deep-throated guns at the SO ships voiced n salute in unison as President Roosevelt reviewed tliem from tho deck of the yacht May Bower, The great fleet represented almost every type of fight ing craft, from the "choose box" Canonlctis to the Connecti cut, America's newest and most powerful battle-ship. The spectacle was viewed by representatives court, naval and military of :17 of the nations of the world. The ships of the foreign Powers, except Germany, being painted a dnrk drab and the Americnn and German ships being of spotless white made it appear ius if there were two great fleets. The foreign vessels were given the positions of honor, the flag-ships of England, Germany und the United States lining up together. Jamestown Exposition Grounds, Hampton Roads, Va. (Special). The deep-throated guns of five great nations voleetj n salute In unison to the American flag and to the President of the United States. The reverberat ing of the cannon sped thundering and re-echoing over the waters of far famed Hampton Roads, where nearly half a century ago the Monitor and the Merrimac met In the memorable conflict which brought Into being the armored daft of war. From the "little Yankee cheesebox set upon a raft" and the rectangu lar mass of iron which cart led the Confederate flag In 1862 to the modern fighting machines typified by the flower of the American Navy gathered in holiday assemblage Is a far cry. Yet many of those who stood on the shore nnd witnessed the naval pageant in the roadstead vividly recalled the historic time when the wind-rippled waters which formed the setting of this great International rendezvous of war vessel's of recent years were splashing with the shot and shell of the first great battle of steel-clad ships. REVIEWED BY THE PRESIDENT. Prresldent Roosevelt, from the bridge of the trim little yacht cruiser Mayflower, whose decks were the meeting-place of the peace plen ipotentiaries of Russia and Japan less than two years ago, reviewed the great assemblage of flag-draped fighters gathered from the corners of the world to make a notable opening day of the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition commemorating the three hundredth anniversary of the first English settlement in America. Steaming down the long column of dark-hulled foreigners the Presi dent was greeted by each vessel In turn with a salute of 21 guns. The Mayflower then turned down the lnne of American battle-ships and cruisers and again the roar of saluting cannon swept across the waters. The new Americnn Navy was in its infancy 14 years ago, when the brilliant International naval rendezvous of 1893 was held In Hampton Roads. Friday the magnificent Atlantic fleet, under command of Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, presented a picture of impressive fighting strength notable In the naval annals of the world. The foreign vessels were given the positions of honor In a line stretching nenrest and parallel to the shores of the Exposition grounds. Frowning and formidable in their dark drab coloring, with funnels as black as the smoke which poured from their tops, the ships sent by Great Britain, by Austria, by Germany and the Argentine Republic loomed in deep shaded relief aganlst the dazzling background of American vessels, whose glistening white sides spnrkled in the light rays reflected from the water and whose light buff superstructure and stacks lent a harmonious setting to the many, hued flags floating from masthead and peak, from fighting top and flying truck. The foreign vessels were suggestive of the American ships during days of the wnr with Spain, when the traditional and exclusive dressing of white gave way to the sombre gray hue of war apparel. American vessels at naval gatherings abroad have always been an attractive centre of Interest because of their graceful lines and clean-cut appearance. Today, assembled In the full strength of a home-protecting fleet, they made an Impression which will live long tn the memory of those who looked on as the President, as commander-in-chief, doffed his hat in acknowledgment of each thunderous salute which marked the progress Ol the review. THIHTV-SEN l NATIONS OF THE WORLD REPRESENTED. Not the least Impressed of those who witnessed this Inaugural cere mony of the opening of the Exposition were the military and naval officers of 3" of the nations of the world. The Ambassadors and Ministers of all these nations were also among those who gazed upon the beautiful naval show. The foreign diplomatists nnd officers were on board the steamer New port News, which brought them down from Washington, and which was given a position of vantage, over the hundreds of excursion steamers and pleasure craft of every imaginable description which formed a frame about the anchorage ground of the assembled fleets. None of the excursion or pleasure craft were allowed to cruise be tween the war vessels and the shore, thus Insuring thoBe on the Exposl ttoa grounds an unobstructed view of the Impressive ceremonies pictured almost as in miniature several thousands of yards away in the blue waters of the roadstead. MIGHTIEST COLTJMJi OF AMI UK AN ItATTLE-SHIPS IN HISTORY. Hack of the first line of foreign vessels was ranged the mightiest col umn of American battle-ships the history of the nation has ever known. Stretching away In a curving line up the broad channel-way from the Government pier off Old Point Comfort, 16 mighty fortresses of the sea, wide-hulled, squat and heavythe backbone of the American Navy fittingly formed the centre of the fleet arranged for the day's review. In a third line, and all but hidden from the shore by the bulk of the heavy battle-ships, were the cruisers and spectre-like torpedo craft attached to tbe American squadrons. AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL Some. Interesting Happenings Briefly Told. A report made by Consul J. Mnr tin Miller, at Rhelms shows that the cost of living Is relatively higher In France than In this country. Postmaster General Meyer approv ed the scheduled readjustment of the Increased salaries of letter-carriers. Foreign Importers of American grain continue their complaints of the condition of the imports on ar rival. Consul Richard Ounther reports on the growing of soap trees In Al geria. Seven complaints were filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission against 16 railroad companies In the territory tributary to Indianapolis by the IndianRpolls Freight Hurenu. It was stated that the new owners of the Washington Railway and Elec tric Company had selected Secretary Loeb for president. AN ENGINE LEAPS " FROMTNE TRESTLE Coupling Breaks and Saves a Hun dred Passengers. OTHER CARS STAYED ON TRACK. DOUBLE TRAGEDY JTOPS WEDDING and Girl Kills Former Lover Herself. HE WAS TO HAVE WED ANOTHER. Ynnng Woman Summons Former Sweet heart to Her by Phone and Calmly Shoots Him and Then Turns Weapon on Herself Dead Man Was to Have Been Married to Another Woman. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. The ptaa for a Cuban standing army of 12,000 men, suggested by the general staff of the I'nlted Stales Army Is derided by the Liberals, though It Is attractive to a certain element of the Cuban people. The Mexican government has de manded of Guatemala the extradition of General Limn as a result of the confessions of the assassins of Gtu rllias, Implicating the former. The King of Slnin arrived at Na ples on his tour of the world. A treaty of arbitration between Portugal and Denmark has been signed, with a provision that differ ences between the two countries here after will be submitted to The Hague tribunal. The marriage of the Grand Duke Nlcholalevlteh and Prlncoss Anasta ta, of Montenegro, will take place In the Crimen, May 12. There are wide differences of opinion between the Ilrltlsh govern ment officials and the Irish Nation alists relative te the terms of the Irish bill to be Introduced In Parlia ment May 7. NEWS IN SHORT ORDER. Reports from the leading cities of the union labor conditions relter rate the views expressed by Presi dent (iompers, of the Federation of Labor, that there are no indications of any disturbances on May Day. E"ver,il persons were killed by a tornado in Texas and the town of Hemming was wiped out. Hall was banked up two feet deep In places. According to the coroner's jury, John Grantham, watchman at the new Atlantic Coast Line shops, at Way Cross, Ga., was murdered. Harrison Gay says the theatrical yudicate has now swallowed the Independents, who are stronger than ever, despite tbe merger. Miss Maude Harrison, a retired actress ami sister of Louis Harrison, was stricken with paralysis and died a few houts later. A hearing was had in Rochester on charges of discrimination made by the Yawuien & Erbe Manufactur ing Company against a number of Western railroad companies. Dennis Kearney, famous as an agitator against the Chinese in San Francisco, Is dead. Locomotive snd One Coach Take Forty foot Plunge The Coach Was, Fortunately, Empty, as Many Pas sengers Missed the Train on Account of Change in Schedule. Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Two men were killed and 100 passengers had a thrilling escape from a like fate In a wreck on the Wabash Rail road, when the engine and one pas senger coach of westbound train No. 27 left the tracks half a mile west of the Rrldgeville Station, near here, and plunged into Charllers Creek, 40 feet below. Scores of people miss od death or injury through a change In the schedule. The train was made up of four passenger coaches. It was crossing n trestle over Chartiers Creek, when, without warning, the engine suddenly leaped from the rails and shot to the stream underneath, taking the first coach with It. The forepart of the euglne sank several feet Into the mud of the creek bed. The coach was Bmashed to splinters by Its ter rific impact with tho locomotive. By what railroad men regard as little more than chance there were no pas sengers in the front coach. The copllng between It and the second coach was wrenched In two when It was torn from the trestle by the engine. None of those In the three rear coaches knew of the accident or real ized how close they had come to death untllsevernl minutes afterward, when the cars, deprived of motive power, slackened their speed nnd came to a stop. A new schedule went Into effect on the road, nnd to this fact many owe their lives. Under the new schedule train No. 27 left the city 45 minutes earlier and over B0 persons missed the train for this reason. On account of the reduced number of passengers all were placed In the three rear coaches while the front coach was unoccu pied. Boyd and Mclsaacs were crushed to death. A short time af ter the wreck their mangled bodies were found under the debris In the shallow water. Longworth Assailed. Columbus, O. (Special). In his morning sermon at the Second Pres byterian Church In Cincinnati Sun day, Rev. Robet t Watson noticed the dinner to bo given at that hour by Mrs. Longworth to her son, Congress man Longworth, nnd his wife, the President's daughter, and said that any one who so violated the Sabbath was not fit to represent a district In Congress. Jack London Sets Sail. San Francisco (Special). Jack London's sailboat, the Snark, started for Honolulu, the first port, on a six years' cruise around the world. The vessel Is forty-five feet long, ketch-rigged, and its occupants, be sides Ixmdon and his wife, are Her bert S. Stoltz a Stanford graduate and athlete; Roscoe Eames. captnin: Martin Johnson, cook, and Hileshia Toc.hlgl, cabin boy. , Ian Macluren 111. Ottumwa, Iowa (Special). Dr. John Watson (Inn MacLaren), who arrived at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, to address the students of Iowa Weslcy an University, was taken seriously ill with tonsilltls nnd was removed to a hospital. All his engagements hswe been cancelled. Watchman Murdered. Wnycross, Ga. (Special). Accord ing to the verdict of the coroner's Jury, John Grantham, 35 years old, was murdered by unknown parties at the new Atlantic Coast Line shops here. The body of tho dead man was found at noon by his flttle son, who went-to the shops to carry his fath er's dinner. A bullet had entered his breast near the heart. The body was about 70 feet from the building in which Grantham's pistol was found with one chamber empty! Cause Of Mine Explosions. Grafton, W. Va. (Special). Clar ence Hill, of the United States Geolo gical Survey, Is In West Virginia In vestigating the causes of tho many serious mine explosions that have oc curred In various parts of tho state within the past few years. Upon completion of his work he will re port the result to the Washington au thorities nnd recommend a system which will tend to prevent such dis asters In future During the Ipvet ligation both the mines that were the scenes of tbe explosions and those i hat were not will be Inspected. Russia's Rig Profits f rom Vodka. Warsaw, Poland (By Cable). -Statistics regarding the sale or spirits at Lodi Just published shows that during the revolutionary lockout of the last year the sale of vodka brought Ihe Government $5 00,000 more than in the previous year. Korean Auditor Ansiiiuu-1. Tolo (Uy Cable). M. Puk Yong Wba, chief of the Board of Auditors of the Korean Imperial Household, was assassinated at Seoul. The de ceased formerly was first secretary of the Korean legation at Toklo Oil City, Pa. (Special). Thaddeus 8tevens Ross, o'f this city, was shot three times and Instantly killed here Wednesday by Miss Belle Stroup. The young woman then shot herself through the heart. The tragedy oc curred In the office of Dr. George W. Magee while tho physician was at lunch. Both victims were members of prominent families. Ross was to have been married Wednesday night at 9 o'clock to MIfb Drusllla Samp jell ol this city. There were no witnesses to the shooting. Tho mur derer and suicide was a former sweetheart of the dead man. Ross was dinning nt home with his family, discussing the coming marriage ceremony, when the tele phone rang. His father answered the call, and a woman's voice made Inquiry for "Thnd." Mr. Ross call ed his son, and the young man, af ter answering, picked up his hat and informed the family he had to gc to the doctor's office for n few min utes, but would return as soon as he could. This was the last time hlr parents saw him alive. Body Blocked Office Door. Mlsa Stroup arrived at noon from Rradford, where she had been em ployed In a hospital, nnd went di rectly to the office of Dr. Magee Finding no one in the office she called Ross on the telephone anri asked him to come to the office anc see her. What took plnce there nc one will ever know. It could not be ascertained from persons who were In the building at the time thnt an loud talking took place betwecr them, or thnt they had quarreled. When Dr. Magee returned Iron lunch and opened the door he found the dead bodies. In a chair In a corner of the office sat Ross, hie head lying back on the chair and blood streaming from n bullet wound In his neck. His forehead was burned with powder where a bullet entered his brain. Another ball had pierced his heart. Miss Stroup was lying a few feet away, face downward, where her body partly blocked the office door. Blood was flowing from a wound in her left side. Rejss hnd seated himself In a large chair, and apparently, while talking to the girl, hnd placed both hands In his trousers pockets. The girl wore long black kid gloves, but be fore doing the shooting had slipped both hgr hands from the gloves, and they hung loose from her bloody wrists. Fell At Man's Feet. It Is thought she walked over to the chnlr in which Ross wit; seated, nnd, shieldlngs the 32-caliber revol ver with her dress, fired the first shot at his heart. Apparently he never moved, as the position of the body was natural when found. Wish ing to make sure of her work, the girl fired two more shots, one taking effect In the neck and the other en tering the brain. Standing over her victim, she then shot herlf through the heart. The revolver dropped from her hands and was found near her body. Miss Stroup was hurt in this coun ty 28 years ago. Both her parents are dead, and she Is survived by one sister and two brothers, who live at Coal Hill. Ross was a son of Mr. nnd Mrs. J. D. Ross and was 35 years old. He was employed In the post office here. He was a veternn of the Spanish-American War and serv ed In the Philippines with tho regu lar Army at Its close. Miss Sampsell, the bride-elect is prostrated tonight. STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Latest News Gleaned From Various Parts. Reg For Howie Funeral. Waukegan, III. (Special). An ur gent subscription list Is being circu lated at .Ion City to obtalu $500 to pay for Dowie's funeral. He died penniless and his wife shows no dis position to pny tbe bill. TKero ha been some grumbling by those to whom the list has been presented. Da Ha Succeeds Boniiia. Puerto Cortez, Honduras (By Ca ble). A new provisional govenaant of Honduras was organized with Gen. Miguel ft. Dnvlln as president, and Gen. DionUlo Gulterrez minister of war. The telegram said that thi government was formed by "unani mous consent." IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD. The Rank of Germany reduced its discount rate from 6 to 5 M per cent. The Third National Bank, Phila delphia, Increased Its dt?ldced rate from 10 per cent to 12 per corit. per annum. The number of new merchant ships under construction Is o.slder ably smaller than n year ago The Peunsy's steel rail order for 1908, which are subject to revision, amount to 153,000 tons, against 170,000 tons last yottr. Exports of genera! merchandise at New York last week wore $12,957, 72J, and for year to date $203,154, 62K, against $187,072,807 snnie per iod of 1906. Uncle Barn's wseklv waher bullu thl had the effept of puttlnt up the price of wheat and of fittthor caus ing some uneasiness over the pro jects of the final yield. Tht Girai'd earned lie meet lost year of any of the tblfty-slx nation al bsnks In Philadelphia, the amount being $575,000. Earnings so far this eat exceeded those for the same period In 1906. Electric Company of America di rectors were re-elected as follow: A. Loudon Snowden. J, H. Cather wood, O. A. Cotton, B. G. Thompson, F. M. Walton, G. B. Roberts, J. E. Hayes, H. T. Hartmon, H. S. Ker baugh. President S.iowdon stated In his report that a!) of the surplus amounting to $1,019,322, has beep expended on the property lu exten sion and betterment. The treaty Just entered late by Nicaragua and Salvador includes a provision for gonoral Central American Peace Oasgrese, to be held lu Nicaragua in the near future. 0th el Buck, aged 1 5 years, was struck by a passenger train on the trestllng west of Third Street, Ash land, and Instantly killed. Eva Mc Connel, a companion, who was with her at the time, narrowly escaped the same fate. Alfred A. Eyer, proprietor of the Alvarez Cigar Factory, and one of the most extensive tobacco dealers In the State, died In Allontown, aged 48 years. A new town will be built near Hertzler'a Mill, near the Reading Station of Oranthan. Cumberland County, to supply workers for a largo macaroni factory which will be estab lished thore. New York Central Brakeman Clarence Tomb was fatally crushed by his own train at Cednr Run, Ly coming County, nenr his home. Ho attempted to make a coupling nnd was caught between the bumpers. A special train hurried the Injured trnlnman to the Wllllamsport Hospi tal, whore he died. The distance of over fifty miles was covered In forty minutes. Ainnlfl Commandery, 392, Knights of Malta, was Instituted nt Perkasle by Grand Recorder John F. Hoff man, assisted by members of Cjua kortown Commandery. One hun dred and five members were received Into the new commandery, which was organized by C. F. Hendricks. The body of Steve Simcoe, the last, of the three Austrlans killed by a big fall of rock In the quarries of the American Lime A Stone Company, at Bellefonte, on December 7, 1906, was only found Wednesday. It had been burled under Revoral hundred tons of rock and earth. Mrs. L. W. Rosslter, of Chester, received n letter containing $25 from a man whom she had befriended two years ago when he cnlled at her home and naked for assistance. At that time she had given the man, who war, unknown to her, twenty-five cents. A trolley car was grazed by a Roynl Blue Flyer on the Baltimore &' Ohio Railroad at the grade crossing at Twelfth and Upland Streets, Ches ter, and fifteen pnssengerB ha 1 a nar row escape from death. A watchman failed to lower the gates. Five years ago, while impersonat ing Santa Clans, some glassware was smashed and Miss Dora Brown, ol Frledensburg, unknowingly had o large piece of It enter her arm. The nerves of the member were practically destroyed and blood poisoning being feared, surgeons Intended to ampu tate the member. Upon an incision being made a piece of glass an inch thick was removed. It is now be lieved the member will bo fully re stored. Eight nurses will bo presented with diplomas by Governor Stuart at the second annual commencement if the Harrlsburg Hospital Training School for Nurses, to be held May 14. The members of the graduating class who have spent three years in training at the hospital are: Miss Margaret Slebert, Fannettsburg; Mlsa Sarah McFudden, Harrlsburg; Miss Agftes Campbell, Phllllpsburg; Miss M. E. Ellsworth, Johnstown; Miss Anna Mayne. Shippensburg; Miss Vlcena Grlndcl, Clifton, O.; Miss Jessie McClure, West Virginia; Mlsa Anna B. Frey, Millerstown. Antonio Cassale, a young Italian, of Scranton, has patented an elec trical device which railroad men de clare will cause n revolution In the matter of slgnnls and will prevent collisions. On the approach of two trains within a given danger limit, whether running on a double or a single track system, a warning sig nal will be sounded In the cab of each locomotive, while part of the appara tus will automatically shut off the steam, reverse the machinery and apply the nlr brakes. Cassale was a telegraph orator In Italy. He found difficulty In perfecting his dis coveries there and came to this country four years ago. Paul Sheyak, aged 15, of 504 Bell Avenue, North Braddock, was sent to jail to await trial for arson. The boy's stepfather said he chastised him Saturday. The lad left the bouse, but returned about midnight nnd hid In the cellar. . He procured some straw and paring It against the wall where it could fire the wood work, set Are to It. The family had retired but was awakened by the smell of smoke. The flro was put out, and when the father accused the boy with having started tho blaze, he Is said to have acknowledged the set. Burned about tho body and face by an explosion of powdor at the Pancoast Mine In Troop, Walter Ve cushy, aged 25 years, died at tho State Hospital. Vecusky was stand ing close to a can of powder, tho cover of which had been left off by Borne other omployce. A spark from his lamp dropped Into tho can and there was a terrific explosion. The flames enveloped Vecusky and his body and face were badly burned. He lived only a few hours. Patrick MnrUham, of Bloorosburg. few days a;:o recovered a ten-dollar fold piece that ho had lost twelve rears ago. Carpenters are remodel ling his house, and found the coin Between two partitions. Markham nad nearly forgotten the Incident. William B. Parry and A. T. Prnul in May 1, will Inaugurate an auto mobile service between Laugnorne ind Morrlsvllle. Congressman M. C. L. Kline it at he head of a new trust company to be started lu Allenlown shortly, the entire capital of which lias been eubBCrlbed. Adams County Is more peaceful than ever before In its history, not one criminal case being up for trial when April Court convened. This Is an absolutely unprecedented state of affaire. Trying to cross a trolley track at Johnson City, Alice Rromce, eleven years old, was run down by a car and killed. Tho One Hundred and Fifty-Eighth Regiment, Penntiylvanla Infantry As sociation has decided to hold their seventeenth annual reunion In Car lisle. Thuidduy, May 10. Major J. M. Hale, 3hlppensburg, Is president of tho association. Tho Mount Joy Sons of Veterans, who are proparlug for a grand dem onstration on Memorial Day, secured the service of Irwin O. Reltsel, cgp taln of Company K, Fourth Regi ment, lis me. orator of the day.
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