400 MAY BE DEAD IN MINE DISASTER Simultaneous Explosions in Two of Consolidation Coal Company's Mines. PROBABLY WORST IN COUNTRY'S HISTORY. Believed That None of Miners Will Be Found Alive Explosion of Dust In One line Followed by Blowing Up of Boiler In Another on Opposite Side of River. WEST VIRGINIA MINK DIS ASTERS OF 1907. January 26 Explosion of fire damp In Lorentz mine; 12 killed. January 28 Explosion In Stew art mine, near Thurmont; 30 killed. February 4 Explosion In Mine No. 25, at Thomas, 30 kilted. May 1 Explosion In Whipple mine. Leap Creek District; 3 killed. December 6 Explosion In Mines No. 6 and 8, ot the Consolidation Coal Company at Monongah, W. Va., nearly 400 men entombed; all probably dead. OTHER MINE DISASTERS OF 1907. January 14 Explosion in mine at Clinton, Iowa; 7 killed. January 18 Explosion in the Colorado Fuel and Iron Com pany's mine; 24 k'lled, seores In jured. Janunry 2S Explosion of fire damp In Government mine at St. Johann-on-Saar, Rhenish Prus sia; 148 killed. January 28 Explosion of fire damp in mine at Levin, France; 3 killed. March 2 Explosion In Holden mine, Taylor, Pa.; 12 killed. March 15 Explosion In mine at Klelnrassoln, Germany; 75 killed. June 18 Explosion in Johnson No. 1 mine, at Priceburg, Pa.; 7 killed. December 2 Explosion In Na omi mine, Fayette City, Pa.; 50 killed. Monongah. W. Va. (Special). One of the wost disasters In the history ot coal mining in this country oc curred here Friday morning. Short ly after 10 o'clock a tremendous ex plosion shook the country for 10 miles around like an earthquake, anil by It nearly 400 men were entombed In mines 6 and 8 of the Consolidation Coal Company, the headquarters of which are in Baltimore. At 11 o'clock P. M., th list of miners had been checked off, show ing that 380 were in the two mines when the explosion occurred. Six dead bodies hud been taken from Mine No. G at midnight, and 63 others were piled up in he entry awaiting the completion of facilities for bringing them to the surface. From Mine No. 8, at the same hour, 14 bodies had been removed, and a number of others ure ready to be brought out as soon as arrangements can be completed. Five rescuing parties, with ten men to each party, ar I working like Trojans al different parts of the two mines to the end that every nook and corner of the workings may lie reach ed in the shortest possible time. There is a large force of experienced miners for this work, and they are working in relays with short turns, owing to the accumulation of gas, which prevents the men from remain ing long within the mine. The Identified dead are: Barney Hlndman, brakemau, sin gle, of Monongah. Fred Cooper, motorman, married, of Fairmont. John Herrman. driver, single, of Monongah. William Sloan, coupler, married, of Monongah. Charles Houaker, of Monongah. Three men, namely, Joe Newton, William Bico and Patrick McDonald, blackened Wtth soot and smoke, goon after the disaster staggered blindly Into the arms of friends. Two of these men were blown out through the air holes. They were frightfully burned. Bice died at the hospital. Little Hope Fur Others. The men who escaped are unable Co give any detailed report of the dis aster or to even plaln how they reached the surface. They state that Immediately back of them, when the explosion occurred, wai a large num ber of meji, while Mil; farther back In the workings there was a larger number, of whom they knew nothing. It is the opinion of the mine of ficial and others familiar with min ing that these me n had not penetrat ed the mine as far M had the ma jority of the day Shltl when the ex plosion occurred, and that they head ed for and reached the main entry before the heavy caveln that now blockades the entrace more than a few hundred feet beyond the main opening ot Mine No. 6. Ah to the miners referred to by the Injured men, it is believed that they were caught bark of a neavy caveln of coal and mire roof and that tbey could not have survived more than a few mine in the deadly gases with which the entry filled as noon as the vantilatlng system was interrupted. The mines are located on opposite Proponed Central Hunk. Washington (Seclal). - Senator llansbrough introduced a bill provid ing for a government bank to be , located at Chicago, and to have a capital of not to exceed 10 per cent, of the aggregate capital of all of the national banks, the stock to be held by national bunks and the bank to be controlled by a general coun cil of 21 member, mudu up from men chosen by district organized ac cording to population, and by Treas ury oftlciuls. .:i l 'ill l mi., ii Cam Burned. Buffalo (Special). -The Pullman Company's big paint simp here was burned to the ground In less than an hour. Twenty-one Pullman cars m re destroyed. The total loss will be about 1400,000. The shop was a brick building 400 feet long, and had at capacity for 27 cara. In It were scored large quantities of paints and oils, which made a fierce fire. The flame are supposed to have started from an electric wire. Workmen discovered tb blaze and had to leave ten u1ce. without SAVlns their u. i- sides of I he West Fork River, at this place, but merged In their under ground wnrkinga by a heading and on the surface by a great steel tipple and bridge. The two mines regularly employ 1,000 men. working in two shifts, 300 during the day and 500 during the night, and the bent information obtainable Is that the entire day force had gone to work and that all were caught. Within an hour after the explosion relief parties, composed of brave, experienced men, were at work. Superintendent John Brannon, of the shaft mine at No. 8, headed the first relief party. He had 10 men with him. Chariot; Price, one of the men In that corps, was over come by fire dnmp, and had to be brought out. He narrowly escaped with his life. The deadly fire damp made it Im possible to do much rescue work dur ing the day, especially at Mine No. 9, where the explosion had wrecked the fan. Until another fan could be brought from Shlnnton, 12 miles away, and put In working order, the men labored at a disadvantage. Blown Across Hirer, The demolished fan was one of the best in the country. It weighed thousands of pounds, but the force of the explosion was so terrific that heavy pieces of the fan were hurled across the river, n distance of 400 feet. The engineer was killed and his assistant seriously injured. Car penters were at work all the after noon replacing the brattices in the leads off the mine 'entries so as to open up an air course. The entombed miners are about 50 per cent. Americans and the remain der Italians and Poles. The ma jority of the men of No. 6 were na tives of this country. LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH Driven Out By I ire And Gas. Fairmont, V. Va. t Special I. Dread afterdamp, that most horrible of all the foes which the miner must face drove back the rescuing party which for 36 hours has been seeking and removing the hundreds of dead entombed In mines Nob. 6 and 8, of the Fairmont Coal Company. To add to the suspense and horror fire broke out in Mine No. 8 and the for eigners fear the bodies of their dead will be consumed. The panic-stricken people are kept back from the mine by guards, while workmen with lines of hose fight the flames. There was danger of another explosion ow ing to the presence of the afterdamp. At a late hour it Is reported that the fire Is under control. From 2 o'clock picks and shovels wero Idle, and work temporarily suspended. Had the company so ordered the men would have stuck to their picks until they dropped over overcome, but the Officers did 'not so will it. In their eyes one single human life, even though it be that of a Bohemian, Hungarian of Slav, Is of Infinitely more value thun the bodies of the dead, however desirable it may bo to recover them for the last tender glance of the women yet walling about the guard lines. And so, when in No. 8 Sunday the afterdamp became so strong as to Imperil the life of any man who ven tured into the mine, and the flames borke out, the officials, acting after ! consultation with the state Inspector, called out the men in both mines, j boarded up the mouths of the pits, 1 and set to work, with the aid of the j most skilled knowledge' obtainable i and the latest mechanical appliances obtainable, to drive out the after damp. REGULARS RE SENT ". ! TO COLOflELO, NEVADA In Response to Governors Request . For Federal Aid. Washington. D. 0, (Special). President Roosevelt Instructed Gen- j eral Funston to dispatch a sufficient . force of regulars to Goldtleld, MoT., to control the situation there. This action was taken upon rOCOlpt of tele graphhlc requeBt from the Governor of Nevada. The troops will proceed from San Krancisco, and the stiength of the expedition is left to the Judgment of General Funston. Goldtleld Is about 14 hums b) rail from San FranciBCo. Goldfield, Nev. (Special). The news that Qovernor Sparks had cull ed upon the government to have troops ready for use In Goldfield on a moment's notice to restore order was heard In this community with amusement. On the surface Goldfield Is as quiet as on a holiday. It was not supposed that the strike situation had reached such an acute state us to require such a precaution. There Is very little talk on the streets and no agi tation whatever. Towa Marshal Killed. Mid VillO, (Special). Marshal Itrlnaon was killed here by a negro. The negro had done something for which the officer reproved him and summoned him to appear In court. The negro drew a revolver and shot Blliisou three ti.nes und he died in a few uilruleH. He lied to the swamp und escaped. A special t:-aln with sheriff's posse and bloodhounds has lofl Millen, Oa., for the serene. Domestic Arthur Ireland and William A. Shaw, Pittsburg labor leaders, and three newspaper men wore arrested on the charge of uslrg the United States malls for fraud In the opera tion of a lottery scheme. Professor Finery, of the department of economics at Yale, severely criti cised the recent policy of Secretary Cortelyou In relation to the financial panic. An effort was made to dynamite the grocery Btorc of Charles Graffinl. who is a member of the Italian vig ilance committee In New Orleans. John R. Hegeman, president of the Metropolitan Insurance Company of New York, pleaded not. guilty to in dictments charging perjury. Robert G. Lucas, 71 years old, re signed as an employe of the Ameri can Express Company, having ended a 4 5-year term of service Burglars broke Into Herbert L. Swift's mansion In Chicago and car ried off jewels and other valuables. Orover Cleveland presided at a meeting of the Association of Life In surance Presidents in New York. The plant of the Thompson-Adams Leather Company, in Philadelphia, was destroyed by fire. The National Bank of Commerce, of Kansas City. Mo., one of the larg est Institutions in the West, and which recently had deposits of $34, 000,000, has closed its doors. The Old Dominion Mining and Smelting Company hus won a ver dict for $1,700,000 In a suit over copper stocks originally owned by Baltimoreans. The Boston and Maine repair shop, near Boston, was almost completely destroyed by fire. Dr. Leon E. Landone, of Cali fornia, Is di"ting on cactus to test the plant's food value. A number of New England mills and factories are running on full time. Hugh L. Pilkington, who was en gineer on the United States steamer Hartford during the storming of forts below New Orleans, died at his home in St. Paul. Frank H. Warner, the New York merchant, who shot and killed his former stenographer and John C. Wilson, was sentenced to not less than 20 years In the New York Stato prison. Charles Da tier and his daughter Edna were kills J and two other daughters, Alma apd Cora, were In jured at a tailway grade crossing near Haskins, O. Admiral Hem nv'ii Report. Washington (Special) Promotion In the navy yard based entirely upon fitness instead of by mere seniority, as at present, is demanded by Rear Admiral Wlllard II. Browuson, chief of the Bureau of Navigation in his annual report. He aayH that ad mirals should be selected from cap tains who are essentially sea officers. Ability in other direction should not be considered. The grade of vlca admirals should be revived Foreign The Brazilian coasting steamship Guasca Iiub been sunk in collision with an unknown vessel off the coast ot Uruguay and 30 of its passengers and crW were drowned. Viscount, Kaiieko, of the Japanese government, has cabled President Roosevelt thanks for his recommen dation that America participate In Japan's Exposition. Bandits attacked a Russian mon astery near Pskov and were driven off by the monks after a fierce battle. Six men were killed and three wounded. Following 'he departure of Prince Ho, the Japanese resident general In Korea, a small riot occurred In Seoul. One Japanese was killed and one hurt. The British battleship Prince George got adrift in the harbor of Portsmouth and ran Into other war ships. The Prince George was badly damaged. The German government has com pleted plans for the construction of a harbor on the Island of Heligoland, in the North Sen, to cost $7,500,000. The Inrush of Austrian! uud Aus trian Poles returning from America is threatening serious trouble in the labor market of Austria-Hungary. The combination of the tubemakers of the United States. Germany and Oreat Britain has resulted in prices Doing advanced 30s. a ton. A strong movement has been Bt rated in .Inpan looking to prohibi tion of emigration of all laborers to the I'nlted Slates. The Jury In the case, in Dublin, ot .lames T. Kartell, Irish Nationalist member of parliament, and 40 other men, charged with taking part in an unlawful assembly to cause a riot, has disagreed. The British battleship Renown, with the King and Queen 5f Spain and their baby on board, was forced to put into Brest on account of a terrific storm. Fifty thousand rifles and revolvers and several pieces of artillery have recently been shipped to Portugal. The Japanese Foreign Minister has firmly told the emigration agencies that all emigration to the United States and Canada would be limited. The Cunard liner Mnnretaina es tablished a new eastern transatlantic record, beating the best time of the l.usitanla by 21 minutes. Mayor Burchell, of Glace Bay, N. S., was arrested on the charge of embezzling $8,000 from the Dominion Coal Company. The woman who attempted to kill the governor genet a) of Moscow Is connected with a military revolution ary organization. ITEMh OF IN1EKESI. KING OSCAR II OF SWEDEN IS DEAD Passing of the Most Democratic of Monarchs. AGED RULER WAS HEART-BROKEN When the Flag on the Palace Drops to Halfmast the Swedes Cry "Our Dear Old King Is Dead!" A Few Hours Later Oscar's Eldest Son Takes Oath ss Gnstav V. THE DEAD KING. Oscar II. born January zi. 1829. Succeeded to the throne Sep- tembor is, 1872. King of Sweden and Norway until 1905, when Norway dissolv ed the union. I Married to Queen Sophia June 6, 1867. Four children survive (King i Gustave, Prince Oscar Bcrnadotte, J Prince Carl and Prince Eugene). THE NEW K I NO. Oscar Gustave Adolphe, Duke of Vermland, who will take the title of King C.nstave. i Born June 1. 1858, married ; September 20, 1881, to Princess i Victoria of Baden-Baden. Entered the army in inio ano in 1898 was made a general. Filled the office of Vice King of Norwny from 1884 to 1891. His three sons are Princes Ous tav, Wllhelm and Erich. Prince Wllhelm visited the United Stales last summer. Stockholm (By Cable). Oscar II., king of Sweden, died nt 9.10 o'clock Sunday morning. The death of (he venerable monarch occurred In the royal apartment of the pnlace, where, surrounded by the members of his family, Including the aged Queen Sophia and the Crown Prince, Oscar Gustave, and high Minister of Stute, the Inevitable end had been awaited, while outside the palace great crowds stood with bowed heads and tearful eyes long after the announce ment, came of the deat'i of their well loved sovereign. Gustave Adolphe, Duke of Verm land, eldest son of Oscar, has taken tho oath as successor to the throne. The whole country is bowed with grief, for King Oscnr wns something more than a ruler of his people and had endeared himself to them ns an intimate and personnl friend. When the flag on the palace was dipped to halfmast there was a moan of an guish from the assembled multitude and many of them cried "Our dear old King is dead." The death certificate follows: "We declare upon oath that Ills Majesty, King Oscar II., expired peacefully at 9.10 o'clock Sunday morning In the castle at Stockholm, at the age of 78 years 9 months 17 days, as the result of calcification of the cerebral nnd cardiac blood ves Beles. (Signed) "BERG. "EDGREN, "FLENSBURO." The lust hourF of the expiring mon arch were passed In unconsciousness, and up to the end he gave no sign of recognizing those about him. The Queen was grlef-strlcken because he could not bid her farewell. All through Saturday the King had re mained in a comatose condition. At times there were faint slgnB of con scious perceptions us the attending physicians brought some temporary relief to the patient sufferer. DARI N'( BANK ROBBERY. Five Men Terrorize An Oklahoma Town And Escape. Carney, Okla. (Special). Five men, succeeded, ufter firing five nitro-glyccrlne shots, In breaking in to the coin safe of the Carney Bank and securing $4,000. While two men time after time charged the safe, the other robbers stood guard on the outside of the building and kept up a steady rifle fire In every direction, Bhootlng at any citizen of the town who made an appearance. Thoroughly aroused, a general alarm was sounded. Church bells were rung and the citizens arming themselves were prepared to make a charge when the robbers calmly walk ed down the main street of the town and vanished In the darkness. All efforts to trail the man have failed. A large posse with blood hounds Is scouring the district for some clue, but have utterly failed. It Is thought the gang Is the same that robbed the bank of Marshall two weeks ago, and as a result of these robberies bankers In the small er towns nre placing armed guards In bank buildings. The first envelope ever made Is kept In the British Museum. I-ondon uses 50.000 tonB of sugar annually for Jam-making. 'ollegi k an now i , ;. urdi d as lath er undesirable Insurance risks, and It Is probable that the rate will be generally Increased. In 1 A years 784 fires have occurred in i lli go build ings, entailing u loss of $ .",500,000 In money and a heavy lost of life. This makes the average mom ' ss over $13,000. Shipbuilding In Japan employs 10, ooo men at Nagasaki, 8,000 ut Kobe and 4,000 at Osaka. There are no newsboys In Spain; women sell newspapers In the streets. On account of the great demand and advanced price of wire netting In Victoria, the government of (hat Australian i revlnce Is going to estab lish a factory at Pentrldge, with pris on labor, for t hi- manufacture of this ankle. Wire netting for fencing, It Is rlutmed, can be mado for $128 per mile, wbereas It Is now selling in Vic toria for $195 per mil. Tho plant will turn out btfo wiles of wire a Thirteen Hurt III Crash. Pittsburg, Pa. Tho Atlantic Ex press, No. 8, east bound on the Penn sylvania Railroad, was wrecked a few minutes after It had left the Union Station. A majority of the passen gers on two Pullman care were In jured 13 so seriously as to require medical attention. The wreck was caused by either a frozen switch or a too hasty throwing of the switch, It Is said, with the result that two Pullman care were thrown from the tracks and were sldewlped by two express cars. Banned To Death. Boston (Special). Three persons were burned to death and another In jured during a fire here. When dis covered the fire had filled the block with smoke. Several men passing, among whom was Johu Hurley, a former Harvard football player, kept the men ut the windows from jump ing until a blanket had been secured. Peter Joubert ' Jumped Into tho blanket, which gave way and his leg was broken by striking the pavement. Thuw Trial Postponed. New York ( Special ) . On motion of District Attorney Jerome, the sec ond trial of Hurry K. Thaw for the killing of Stanford White on tho Madison Square Roof Garden in Juno, 1V0U, was postponed until Mon day, January 6. A special panel of 300 talesmen will report (hat day for Jury duty. Thaw was not brought Into the court room, but was al lowed to stand In the corridor lead ing from the prisoner's room at the rear and had an unobstructed view nt the onrreediBgs WASHINGTON BY TELEGRAPH The Secretary of the Treasury has accepted hid for Panama CaiiBl bonds to the amount of $25,000,000 at the average price of 103, the Is sue having been reduced by half ow ing to returning confidence In the financial world. President Roosevelt has repeated bis declaration that he will not accept a nomination for a third term, declar ing It cannot be nnd that fonieon" else must take up the burdens of the office. The National Council of Com merce was organized by the election of GuBtav H. Schwab, of New York, as chairman, and Frank B. Wlborg. of Cincinnati, as treasurer. The Rivers and Harbors Congress adopted resolutions asking Congrers to appropriate, beginning with tie present session, not leBs than $50, 000,000 annually. - President Roosevelt pave a bear dinner at ' the White House, enter taining hunters from the canebrakeri of the South. Speaker Cannon made a speech de claring he was In favor of expending millions for Inland waterways. The completion of the McKlnley masoleum at Canton, O., and its formal transfer to the McKlnley National Memorial Association WM announced at a meeting of the trus tees. While entering the Capitol Wil liam T. Seward, of Connecticut, a doorkeeper of the 8enntc, dropped dead of heart failure. William White shot r-nd killed Mrs. Annie Moore and then shot himself with probably fatal results. Senator Frye, of Maine, was re elected president pro tcm. of the Senate. Prominent officials of the national government, governors of Stater., representatives of foreign powers, members of the Senate and House of Representatives, 2.000 delegntes al together, attended the convention of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress. The convention of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress was begun. Addresses were made by Secretary Root, Ambassador Juase rand, Interstate Commerce Commis sioner Knapp and others, all com mending tho movement. Senator Newlands introduced in the Senate a bill providing for tho appointment of an lnlnnd waterways commission and for the Improvement and development of the Inland water ways of the country. The House Committee on Banking and Currency authorized Chairman Fowler to appoint a subcommittee of three to draft a currency bill. The President sent to the Senate the nomination of Regis H. Post and W. F. Willoughby to be secretary of Porto Rico. The President nominnted Edward S. Fowler, collector of the port of New York, vice Nevada N. Stranahan. Rear Admiral Evans was the guest of honor at a dinner given by As sistant Secretary Newberry. The jury In the case of Mrs. Annie M. Bradley, charged with the murder of former United States Senator Ar thur Brown, of Utah, brought in a verdict of not guilty. An order Is to be issued requiring a higher order of horsemanship in officers of the Army. THREE PKRSONS KILLED. Engineer Said To Have Misunder stood S'gnal. Baltimore (Special ) .--A disastrous rear-end collision between two pas senger trains - the second on the Bal timore and Ohio Railroad this week - occurred at Hanover Station, about 11 miles from Baltimore, at 8.10 o'clock A. M. Two colored men were almost In stantly killed and another colored man died of a fractured skull at tho Maryland University Hospital. It wob reported that a white man and another colored man had been killed In the wreck, hut up to mid night only three dead could be check ed up by the Baltimore und Ohio officials. About 50 persons were more or less Injured, 18 of them being brought to Baltimore and rent to the Johns Hopkins, the Maryland Uni versity and the City Hospitals. Those who were most seriously hurt remained at the hospitals, the others leaving ufter having their In juries cared for. Many of the Injur ed were treated at Camden Station by physicians, who were awaiting the arrival of the trains which picked up the Injured. At leaBt two of those now In the hospitals are In a criti cal condition. The colllsoln was said to be due to the failure of the engineer of Ex press Train No. 2123 from St. Louis for Baltimore via Washington, to no tice the automatic danger signal south of Hanover. His engine crash ed Into the rear car of local train No. 142 from Washington for this city, which was Just about to i svo Hanover Station. The matter Is be ing Investigated by the Bt-lllmore and Ohio officials and the cauies lead ing to it thoroughly sifted. Several responsible persons, who were at the sceSie of the collision, say that the target showing red be tween the express trsln and Han over was plainly visible, to persons in the town. GOVERNOR 60ILD HELPS SEIZE ASSASSIN Insane Man Shoots Three In Boston Sta'e House. BLOOD SPATTERS THE LOBBY. ! FINANCIAL The Philadelphia Mint is turning out $750,000 dally Reading has risen 27 per cent, from the recent low prlct The Fourth Street Bunk and the Philadelphia Bank are the Philadel phia correspondents of the suspended Kansas City Rank nt Commerce. Neither of the local banks lost any thing. Havemeyer's death caused some soiling of American Bugar. New York Central' gross earn ings in ten mouths Incteased $6,835, 603 over the Bame period last yenr. Thomas H. Watklns, of Scranten, has formed (he firm of T. H. Wat klns ft Company, with offices In Phila delphia, Scrantou and New York, for the purpose of making a specialty of coal securities. Reading officials denied that their company is In any fight with the Pennsylvania over the New Haven ft Hartford's new ruling about the In- ..I, :, ,1 , , , nt trttffto John A. Steele, Who Wax Recently Released From Insane Asylum nnd Imagined He Had a Grievance Against Governor Guild The Governor Grap ples With the nsane Man. Boston, Mnss. (Special). An In-. Banc man walked into the anteroom of the executive chamber of the state house and, finding Governor Guild's door closed, turned on three promi nent labor lenders and fired shots at them, probably fatally wounding Ed ward Cohen, of Lynn, president of the state branch of the American Federation of Labor; seriously wounding DepnU 1). Drlscoll, of Bos ton, se-r, tary of (he same board, and injuring, with the muzzle of the re volver, Arthur M. Httddell, of Bos ton, former president of the Central Labor Union of this city. Tho In Bano mini, who was John A, Steele, of Everett, and who was released on parole last month from tho Dan vers Insane Asylum, was overpower ed by Private Secretary Charles S. Groves and Gen. J. H. Whitney, chief of the state police. Governor Guild was In his office, only a few feet away, and, rushing out, assisted in subduing Steele; then knelt by Cohen's side and subse quent directed the removal of the wounded men to the hospital. Cohen was Bhot twice through the head, The third bullet struck Drhi coll a glancing blow on the side of the forehead, and, making a long wound over the head, rendered him uneouBrious. He recovered con sciousness half an hour later. Hud dell's wound, which was nt first supposed to be an alarming one. was quickly dressed, and will probably cause him little Inconvenience. The three labor leaders came to tho State House to meet the Govern or by appointment in regard to a pardon for A. M. Kennedy, of Salem, v ho is serving a sentence In tho Es sex House of Correction. They reached the State House shortly af ter 3 o'clock, nnd found that the Governor was receiving a delegation from Rhode Island. The three labor men were asked to wait In one of the anterooms until the Rhode Island men should leave. All three were Standing beside n long table convers ing pleasantly, while at the farther end of the room Private Secretary Groves was dictating a letter to the executive stenographer. William Reed, the colored mess-tiger of the department, was seated nt his desk within n few feet of the labor men. Suddenly Steele appear ed at the door of the room from the hallway, and, without announcing his mission, walked by the doorkeeper and Messenger Reed, and then glanc ed toward Governor- Guild's room, which was about 20 feet away. The door was closed. Steele turned around and, drawing a revolver, fired nt Cohen, who was nbottt six fee; away. Cohen's hack was turned, nnd the bullet struck the back of the head, passed directly through and came out at the forehead, driving a grent splash of blood to the wall opposite and beside the picture of Abraham Lincoln. The wounded man turned, only to receivo another bullet In the head, which also passed completely through. Colien sank un conscious to the floor. Steele then swung around and fired at Drlscoll. the bullet Inflicting n severe scalp wound. Drlscoll also fell unconscious to the floor. Huddell, In attempting to close on the man, was Btruck on the cheek by the muzzle of the re volver, and knocked down. Snuggle For The Weapon. By this lime Private Secretary Groves had leaped over a table and giappled with Steele, and almost at the same moment General Whitney, who had been summoned to the Ken nedy hearing, came through the door nnd mshed to the assistance of Mr Groves. Huddell also jumped up and wrenched the revolver away, while one of the messengers dashed Into the Governor's office nnd Bald: "They are murdering peoplo In the lobby." The Governor instantly went Into the lobby nnd helped Gen eral Whitney, Mr. Groves and Mr. Huddell pushed Steele on to one of the sofas. Word was sent to the office of the state police. In the base ment, and a force of officers quickly reached the scene and handcuffed Steele. iiarvitTTtTubt gTiltv. A Kansas Jury Convicts The Com paii) On 42 Counts. Topeka. Km. (Special). After be ing out an hour tho jury in the cate of the state against the International Harvoster Company retched a verdict against the company on 42 counts. This verdict charge the company with being a trust and entering into an unlawful combination to control the price of harvesting niachtner) and to force dealers to handle ltf products exclusively. Tho origins' suit was on 75 counts. Immediately following the decision of the jury the attorneys for tho com pany filed a motion for a new trial Judge Dana has not yet passed or the motion. The maximum penalty which inaj bo Imposed is $1,000 on each count making a total of $42,000 which mai be assessed by the court against th company. COMMERCIAL COLUMii Weekly Review of Trade and Latest Market Reeorti R. O. Dun ft Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Confidence Is returning, but con servatism is still much In evidence, especially in manufacturing. Mills and factorlos are only operated to fill orders, no accumulation of stor.ke being permitted pending more settled conditions. Some Idle plants have already resumed, however, and in many cases there are ample contracts on hand, but work Is curtailed be cause customers request delay In de liveries, as funds are not available (or settlement. These concerns ex pect to have machinery In full opera tion when the money market be comes norma), several preparing to resume after Janaury 1 . Retail trade Is more active, sales of holiday goods supplementing deallnga In staple mercbanlso, and some Western cities report tha't wholehale houses are re ceiving orders of usual size from country merchants for spring deliv ery. More closed banks have re sumed. Output of finished steel products has declined still further, and more pig Iron furnaces are Idle, hut the sentiment. Is not demoralized at lead ing centers, and some Idle plants will resume this week. Prices re main comparatively steady, although in many cases the figures are wholly nominal, owing to the absence of new business. Shipments are almost, entirely confined to specifications on old contracts, for which quotations were fixed some time ago. Wholesale Markets. Baltimore. Wheat Prime South ern In steady demand, but the light re recelpts restrict trading. Cargoes on grade sold at 101 c. for special bin No. 2 red. 101 for stock No. 2 red, 98 for special bin steamer No. 2 red, 97 for stock steamer No. 2 red, 93 for special bin rejected, 9.': for stock re jected and 92 for rejected to go through the drier. Small hag lots, by sample, sold at 85 to 95c. per bu. The market for Western opened easier at a decline of c; spot and November, 100; December, 101; January, 103V4; May, 108 asked. Corn Western opened firm and c. higher. Spot and November, 62 c; year, 60; January, 59. Oats White No. 2 heavy, 53 53 c; No. 2, light to medium, 52 S52; No. 3, heavy, 51Vfc52; No. 3, medium, 60 51; No. 3, light, 49 50; No. 4. light to heavy, 47 49. Mixed No. 2; 51 61; No. 3, 49 50; No. 4, 46 41. Butter Creamery separator 28 (ft 29; imitation, 21 22. Cheese Market steady. Jobbing prices, 1617c. Eggs Choice fresh-gathered eggs In fair demand, and the market rules steady. We quote, per dozen, loss off: Maryland, Pennsylvania and nearby, firsts, 31c; Western firsts, 31; West Virginia firsts, 30; South ern firsts, 28 29. Guinea eggs, per dozen, 15 16c. New York. Wheat Spot firm; No. 2 red, 104 c. elevator; No. 2 red, 105 f. o. b., afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth, 118 f. o. b afloat; No. 2 hard winter, 111 f. o. b , afloat. Corn Spot firm; No. 2, 65 c elevator and 66 f. o. b., afloat; No. 2 white, 67, and No. 2 yellow, 66 f. o. b., afloat. Oats Spot firm; mixed. 26 32 lbs., 52c; natural white, 26 (it; 32 lbs., 52 54; clipped white, 32 40 lbs, 52 61. Butter Process, common to spec ial, 1623c; Western factory, common to first, 16 21. Philadelphia. Wheat firm and c. higher; contract grade, Novem ber, 101 101 c Corn firm and c. higher: November, 6363c. Oats steady; No, 2 white, natural, 5253c. Butter firm;" extra Western cream ery. 29c; do., nearby prints, 30. Eggs firm; in good demand; Perifr sylvanln and nearby firsts, free cases, 34c. at mark; do., current receipts, In returnable cases, 33, at mark; Western choice, free cases, 24, at mark; do., fair to good, 33 at mark. LOCOMOTIVE STILIi KING. Electricity la Not Yet Shown To Hi Better Than steam. Clayton, N. J. (Bpeclal). It.wai demonstrated here by the speed test! for locomotives made by the Pcnnsyl vanla Railroad Company that Steam driven engines aro still king nud tha they can run as fast on a Slirvoc track as on , straight track. One of the big steam locomotive' in the test made a fraction mon thun 99 miles an hour. Commends Kecret Societies. Oswego, N. Y. (apodal). Lieu tenant Governor Chaiilt r, the speukei ut tho Elks' momorial exercises, tis scribed the present high standard ol citizenship in the United States w the Influence of secret orsuplaallon The spirit of brethorhnol fonfer : In the Lodge room, he said, was car ried outside and became a beneficial Influence In (he life of men. Live Stock. Chicago. Cattle Market strong and active; steers, $3.90 6.30; cows, $2.65 4.25; heifers, $2 50 6; bulls. $2.604.86; calves. $3 6.50; stockers and feeders, $2.40 4.60. Hogs Market strong to 25c high er; choice heavy shipping, $4.55 4.65; light, butchers' $4.504.66; light, mixed, $4.454.55; choice, light, $4.604.60; packing, $4.10 4.50; pigs, $34.25; bulk of sales, $4.40 4.60. Sheep Market for sheep steady; lambs strong to 10 15c. higher; sheep, $25; lambs,. $5.256.35; yearlings, $4.25 G. 10. Kansas City, Mo. Cattle Market 5 15c. higher; choice export and dressed beef steers, $6 5.50; fair , to good, $3.70 4.90; Western steers, j $8.75 4.50; Blockers and feeders, 1 $2.65 4.45; Southern steers, $3.25 I 04.50; Southern cows, $1.503; I Dative cows, fl.604.25; native heifers, $2.75 4.50; bulls, $2.25 I 4; calves, $2.75 7. Hogs Market, 5 20c. higher; ; top. $4.50; bulk ot sales, $3.30 J 4.40; heavy, $4.40 4.50; packers, I $2.40 4.42; pigs nnd lights, , $3.804.40. Sheep -Market weak; lambs, $5 6.10; ewes and yearlings, $4 4.90; Western yearlings, $4.25 6.25, Pittsburg, Pa. ! a 1 1 1 e Supply light and market steady; choice, $6.606.75; prime, $5.266.50 Hogs Market 304)c. higher; prime heavies, mediums and heavy Yorkers, $4.75; light Yorkers, $4.65; pigs, $4 45 'j 4.50, Mrs. Honor Coleman, who occupies a little cottage al Cleave, In tho coun ty of Somerset, Is generally consld- ; ered the oldest woman In England. She Is 107 years ot age. Her moth'' er was a centenarian, her grand- mother died at 101 and her daugh- , ter is 80. Interest und dl.ldeiid disburse ment in Dei. nun,! will approxlmuti $55,000,000 The farmers of Burma have roc ornlted the commercial value of tho peanut, and have thla year Increased! tha area planted to 78,743 from 37, 110 acres last year, and It is reported that a i. ..uii larger area will be plant ed to this tuber next season. Thus far moat of the poanut planting Is done In tho provlucea of Mag we and Mylngyan. France furnish as more black and brown hair than auy otbar country, while fair and golden balr Is furnish ed, aa a rale, by women of Germany" and the north of Europe. Gray nnd wblta hair it always iu demand,
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