. cinsiMi? nin snip. November 3d, 1903. 1 - .--. J nMMg Our a W.o 8t.ck "of '.Qencfnii'- I -yi; .. inate Auditor , Judges ol fcwjcrur ,An.i:iuIc Gt'itrral ! (iurt, '.Iinlir. ' I I'iulllDII.)- It'itrv.' ' - Dirt i lit 'Attorney. .1 I i .... .... 1 . A I 1 ' .' nuuiM, yn uiiMi nr nmuui-j, hi una ueiow :i8t at 1 )ist;-iels. iTrvasurer jllecorder. I'Commis. iftUud, 1'axtonville. ... Returns of General Election, 3k "B I ! fit i 5 3 I I ri .1 I t i: -g ; i h i i3 il g :i cf ii d . : - ! ! ? Adams. 70 M 70 28 70 G7 8 t38 51 To i 74 27 Tl iZi fl 2lT livavtr. 109 15 97 14 107 93 11 13 101 40 112 21 103 30 110 19 1J" 23 Heaver, W. 97 5 90 4 90 86 4 4 93 1(5 98 10 104 0 9'J 11 101 8 CVntre. 97 17 90 1G 97 78 15 9 G4 74 117 15 112 22 110 IS 112 19 liaj.man. 34 34' 32 33 32 18 32 22 31 74 51 50 39 02 39 til 33 05 Franklin. 11(5 3S 101 3i5 ICS 83 30 32 SS 87 113 34 129 45 123 49 121 53 Jark.-im. 5ii 45 48 45 55 39 41 3S 10 95 70 41 GO 50 02 52 51 GO Mi.l.lltl.urir. 74 19 70 20 73 57 IS 10 53 71 103 IS 84 40 82 38 87 33 .Mi.MlcT.rk. 95 50 88 58 92 81 50 54 53 118 110 5.S 102 07 103 04 90 75 Monro.'. 85 59 79 54 82 GO 55 40 58 115 111 GO 10(5 70 101 75 90 83 i Vim. 12(5 OS 115 01 127 101 04 55 05 173 1(51 02 14o 91 141 85 121 98 IVrry. 78 51 74 52 75 03 5(5 4S 45 10(5 98 49 89 GO -90 00 80 GO IVrry V. 44 55 40 55 41 40 49 44 41 (59 40 70 51 55 45 59 47 57 .SliiKi..v.'. 175 73 174 70 173 152 OS 57 162 124 200 66 150 l:;u 29 71 189 89 S.rnur. 107 48 99 47 108 87 49 38 97 74 122 44 112 53 110 51 K0 56 Tni'-n. 99 4:: 95 37 97 88 37 41 74 92 117 47 .'. 55 MS 57 MS 54 Va-lmi;;:m. 123 95 107 90 119 96 92 SO 71 177 153 84 132 112 139 103 117 130 T..ta!s 1585 751 1475 720 1552 1389 715 (525 1179 1539 1893 755 1690 979 1761 905 1032 992 Mai. It'll I. S31 SHIPYARD TRUST AN ARTISTIC SWINDLE Report of Receiver Contains Charges Against Schwab and Others. MANY SUITS MAY BE BROUGHT New York, Nov. 2. Sensational al legation! of wilful misstatement, fal sification, swindling and fraud in the organization and flotation of the Unit ed States Shipbuilding Company, of Attempts to mislead and deceive the BnveBtlng public by erroneous pros pectus statements and of a deliberate plan to wreck the company by with holding the earnings of the Bethlehem Steel Company, are contained In the report of Receiver James Smith, Jr., of the United States Shipbuilding Company, made public here. The report concludes with the rec ommendation that suit should be brought against all persons who re ceived stoc k of the company without pay'lni"'full value. therefor, including the promoters of the consolidation, the Tenders of the constituent companies and C. M. Schwab, to recover from thorn such amount as necessary to pay the debts of the company In full. Receiver Smith also recommends the ale of the Crescent ship yard plant In New Jersey and tlio Harlan & Hoi llngsworth plant at Wilmington. Del., subsidiary plants not now In operation, to avoid further loss by depreciation, and the enforcement of a receiver for the Rcthlehem Steel Company to en sure the payment of dividends in the Bethlehem stock held by the United States SliiiilniililinK Company. In the 'words of tlu report, the organization of the company is characterized as an "artistic swindle," Receiver Smith stating that t.he value of the plants, their earnings and working capital, given in alleged thorough reports of Xpert accountants, vary so much from actual figures "as to Impel the belief that the figures were wilfully mis stated;" that it is extremely doubtful if such accountants'' reports were sub mitted at the organization of the com' pany; that the organization was et- Jetted by "dummy" stockholders, di rectors and officers; th.it statements In the prospectus Issued June 14 asiu, were incorrect; that-for prop erty worth 12.441,51C the Shlpbulld ing Company paid in stock and bonds 167,997,000; that "the accommodating directors of the United States Ship building Company in acquiring these companies dullberately gave away many million dollars In the stock and bonds of their company" "wholesale plunder" the receiver terms it to a Jew persons, and that, so far as the Bethlehem Steel Company ia con cerned, "Its earnings have been with held In a deliberate attempt to wreck the United States Shipbuilding Com pany." The report deals fully with the name of Charles M. Schwab, and the nature of tho transaction, says Mr. Smith, is such as "to justify him (Mr. Schwab) in saying that he did not sell the Ueth leheni Steel Company, hut took over the United States Shipbuilding Com pany, the directors of that company giving him $:io,nnn,ooo In stock and bonds for taking It off their hands. Tho recommendations of the re ceiver In full are as follows: "1 That In order to avoid depre ciation by disuse, and because of the existence of controversies as to tho validity of the encumbrances upon the premises, the Crescent ship yard be sold free and clear of all such en cumbrances as soon as the work now tfn contemplation is completed. "2 That similar action be taken "with reference to the plant of the Har lan & Holllngsworth Company, Wll anlngton, Del "3 That as soon as the debts ot the company shall have been ascer tained suit shall be instituted against All persons who received the stock of ibis company without paying full 76 1 value therefor, to recover irom tnem such an amount as shall be necessary to pay said debts in full, under section 21 of an act of the legislature of the state of New Jersey, entitled An act concerning corporations (revision of U96). "4 That suit be instituted against the Bethlehem Steel Company to pro cure the appointment of a receiver and to -compel the appropriation of the earnings of thnt company by way of dividends cm the stock." . ,Goelet Wedding November 10. . New. York. Nov. 3. The wedding of Miss Goelet and the Duke of Rox buiighii Is to be celebrated in St. Thomas church on Tuesday, Novem ber 10. Robert Ooclct, the bride's brother, will give her away. The bride's attendants will bt Miss Mar tha Johnston, Miss Therese Iselin, Miss Beatrice Mills, Miss Alice Bab cock, Miss Nina Thayer, of Boston; Lady Isabel Innes Ker and Miss Paul ine Whlftier. The Hon. Reginald Ward will be best man. The number of guests asked to the church Is about 200, and to the house only about 40 hare been invited. It ig the purpose Ui " nlWke . tt n'-'fcaeV i,tlgapfk,;n1pfc -jtd possible. . ' ( ; Pennty Declares Dividend. Philadelphia. Nov. 3. At a meeting of the board of directors of the Penn sylvania Railroad Company a semi annual dividend of 3 per cent was de clared, payable on and after November 30. 1903, to stockholders of record at close of business November S, 1903. The dividend declared will bo paid oh $2S8,642.sr,0, and will, therefore, bo a disbursement of J8.059.2SJ. as against S(i.l31,42S. tho amount of the dividend of 3 per cent, on about $204, 380,900 of stock declared lnMay las- BIG BLAit AT THE VATICAN Great Damage Done By Fire That Be gan In Apartment Over Library. Rome, Nov. 2. Fire broke out in that portion of the Vatican containing the hall of Inscriptions, where the pope gives his audiences and which is adjacent to the famous Pinacoteca, or gallery of pictures. Strenuous efforts were made to control the flames, and the firemen of Rome were called to lend their help. No lives were lost. No idea of the damage can yet be 'ob tained. The pope came to the scene In person and remained until the ar rangements to fight the fire were com pleted. - The entire museum of Inscriptions, tho rooms of Father Ehrle, part of th library and the printing houses were entirely flooded with water.. It Is tm possible to reach even an approximate Idea of the extent of the damage. Many articles were saved, including some an cient and very valuable arms, which were recently moved to the library from the Borgia apartment in order to make room for the new residence of the papal secretary of state. Many things that escaped the flames were injured by water, especially the pre cious private library of Pope Leo, which Father Ehrlo had been rear ranging in accordance with the last wish of tho late pontiff. Parks Guilty of Extortion. New York, Oct. 31. For the second time within two months. Samuel J. Parks, walking delegate of the House smiths and Brldgemen's Union, local No. 2, was convicted of the crime of extortion In the court of general ses sions. It took the Jury Just 12 min utes, during which time they took two ballots, to agree on the guilt of Parks in extorting $500 from the Tiffany Stu dios, a firm of contractors, under threat of keeping them from continu ing work on buildings last January. - Seven Car Loads of Stock Killed, i St. Louis. Nov. 3. While running at a high rate of speed an inbound Wa bash freight .crashed Into a frotvhf ahead in a dense fog. Injuring seven men, to of .whom may die, and kill ing avn car loads of stock. .Th . boos ot tha train ahead . was spilt opca ana seven stockmen were burled Urrougk the debris. , 17 MURDERED HIS TWOJROTHERS Fratricide Then Locked Himself Jn Barn and Defied Officers. SLAYER IS PROBABLY INSANE Pottsvllle, Pa.. Nov. 8. Worked into a frenzy as a result of an alterca tion with his brother, Benjamin Frank lin Welsslnger, living on a farm sev eral miles from this city, shot and killed his two brothers, attempted to kill his sister and a sister-in-law, and held a large posse of policemen at bay nine hours before he was cap tured. The tragedy occurred on the farm of the father of the men. The dead nen are: Louis Weissinger, aged 27 years, single, and Frederick, aged 25, who leaves a widow. . The fratricide la 46 years old. Benjamin and Frederick had a Quar rel over the cleaning of a horse. Fred-, i Ick. wanted tc, a horse out wltfe. out cleaning him, to which Benjamin objected. During the altercation Ben jamin fired four shots at Fred without any oi them taking effect Frederick fled to the attic of the house and was followed into the house by the en raged brother. The latter secured a Winchester repeating rifle, and as he was leaving the house he encountered his other brother, Ixmis, at the kitch en door. Without a word of warning Henmln fired at Louis, the bullet striking him In the side. The victim fell uocoGy':lpi? hJJl tu hour without uttering a word. I he murderer tiien walked down a path and caught a glimpse of Fred erick, who was looking out of the at tic window. Benjamin quickly raised his rifle and fired. The bullet entered Frederick's cheek and penetrated the brain. He fell dead across the window sill. His wife, who bad gone to the attic with him, attempted to drag the body into the room. She succeeded in this but not before Benjamin had fired several shots at her without ef fect. The double murderer's attention was then attracted to his sister, Mary, who had come out of the house to per suade him from doing any more shoot ing. She persisted so strbngly that he turned his rifle upon her and fired twice, but his aim was bad. The young woman escaped Into the bouse. Having realized what he had done and fearing arrest Benjamin decided to barricade himself la the barn. He went into the houae, secured a shot gun, several revolvers and ammuni tion and then took up his position In the barn. The women of the house no tified neighbors who In turn summoned police assistance from this city. Every attempt the authorities made to ap proach the barn was met with several shots from Weissinger, and reinforce ments were sent for. Towards even ing, after a parley with the murderer, he permitted David Wertz and Sam uel Loveft. farm hands, to enter the barn and feed the horses and cattle, Weissinger in the meantime kept the men covered with his firearms. When Sheriff Smith appeared on the sceaa a ruse was planned to capture the man. Another parIey was held with the murderer and he agreed to let the two farm hands bring him his supper. The men were Instructed to watch their opportunity, seize him by the arms and yell which would fie the signal for the deputies to rush In, This they did and a terrible struggle took place. The murderer is a very powerful man, but the force of num-j bers was too much for him and he was tied hand and foot before he could further use his weapons. HeNwaa brought to this city, and will be given a hearing after the funeral of his brothers. Weissinger is believed to be insane. His mind Is said to have been failing for some time. He bad nothing to any regarding the tragedy except that ha oxnlalmed: "I am bewitched." 360 1 138 040 BECHTEL MURDER MYSTERY SOLVED Accused Brother Commits Suicide in Allentown JaiL POLICE TELL STORY OF CRIME Allentown, Pa., Oct 30. Thomas Been tel. who was held awaiting Inves tigation of the murder of his sister, Mabel H. Bochtel, at their home a few days ago, committed filicide In bis cell In the Central Police station. The police consider this act as a prac tical acknowledgment of Becbtel's gdilt. r.echtel was In cell No. 2 on ! the rlgrt side of the corridor. Several relaatlves and friends were admitted to see blm. After they left he railed across the corridor to Alois 12el..-.t Miss Bochtel's affianced lover, is also held pending the coroner ? la quest: "Hello Al, are you t;;c-rc-I" "Yes," answered Eckstein. " 'Bechtel responded: "I v.;l v--- were here with me now that we n.i die together." Thes were the last 1: ; from Bechtel. A short thi.o . -i t V. j Ftein ca'led Bechtel am' p i i. . , pwer, bu' ho thought he h r , 1 usual ,;urgle. House So:- : W : G. Roth had been thrr i-; ; . j only a rhort time li: ;.!. ialer In entered the coit!.: i. . ,. I ed both in. 'ii. (Setting no i.:. !: .. Bechtel he looked a:t-.i . i. . was appalled to see a Ftre.i.:i u; ',.','. running ever the cell lloor. -. .: , had laid himself on the Ir-neli in hu fell and cut his throat wU'.i a kniie. He was dead when found. The knife lay near him on the floor. The suicide of Thomas Bechtel has been followed by the police officials telling the story of the murder of Miss Bechtel as gathered by them. It starts with last Thursday, when Eckstein accompanied Miss Bechtel to Philadel phia. He leXt her there and returned home. Welsenberg met her in Phila delphia and accompanied her to Al lentown, leaving there Sunday at 4 P. M. and reaching here four hours later. Tier vest to a certain place together, where they remained until midnight Thomas Bechtel heard of this and, being slienuously opposed to Welsen berg. he upbraided her in her room upon her return home. He struck her a powerful blow on the cheek, causing her to fall heavily against a bureau, dean. Members of the family held a coum il and decided upon the story n t O- ;til;i.' on Tuesday and upon the (U.- ,i ;nor. of the body and clothing as . u.ii. '.'iinrles Bechtel's slaters' I'.'u' .n ; v: s uffd In striking a blow on tl.ti hr-d t r the dcHd girl to give sem blance of I'w assault. TIiIf hRr:ond Immediately after mldniiriM. The body was concealed In the home until Monday nipht, when It was pheed in the areaway, where It was found Tuesday morning. Eck stein kne w nothing of the murder, the police say. The Coroner's Inquest. The inquest on Mabel Bechtel's death began In the mayor's court room last evening. Coroner Schierer's Jury comprised E. J. Crader, C. M. Bealer, V. M. Frey, W. A. Nunslcker, Charles Kramer and W. W. Rledy. The en tire Bechtel family was present. At the opening of the Inquest they did not know of Tom's suicide. Tho first wit ness called was Dr. W. W. Ashbach, Who assisted at the post-onrtem ex amination ot Miss Bechtel. Hi ascribed the cause of death to the fractured skull and hemorrhage the result there from. Weisenberg'e Story David Welsenberg was called, and when questioned, his attoiney, Mr. Klina objected, because his answers night become incriminating and asked that the witness be permitted to exer cise his privilege. Welsenberg testified that he was with Mabel on Sunday Toning from 8 to 11 o'clock and then left her at the door of her owa borne; iv ; u v . ;. 856 Calicoes n at 5x Lancaster Ginghams. at 6c, Every, thing else as cheap in proportion. A lull line of Groceri which we pell cheap. Our price for proJoce are Batter 20 rents, Kjrjis, 2(5 t.K,01iicken cts., Onions, 90 cent per hushel. Come and examine out stock. Yours fi.r liargains, I did not see 1A r after thj t, and made no nttemp to do so. Me sent a note to her by messenger at 9 o'clock Monday morning. The note read: "If you are at home I would like to see you." The boy returned with the answer that Mabel was not at home. The subse quent movements of the witness until his arrival here Wednesday afternoon from New York were detailed as have already been published. The witness never spoke to Eckstein. Tho latter stopped Miss Bechtel twice on the street when witness was with her and wanted to speak to her, but she re fused each time; Eckstein walked away without saying anytnfng; witness never promised Mabel $5. Never heard Eck stein make threats. Mrs. Bechtel, Miss Bechtel, Mrs. Brobst, a married daughter; John and Charles Bechtel and Eckstein were separately called before the Jury. Each refused to aiswer any questions what soever, stating that they might say something that would tend to Incrimi nate themselves. It was while Mrs. Bechtel was in the court room that he learned that Thomas was dead. Her attorney, Mr. Schaadt, asked Chief Eastman: "Where Is Thomas now?" The chief hesitated and said: "I guess at the morgue. He committed suicide in his cell." With this Mrs. Bechtel broke down completely, weeping vio lently. Dr. Eshback was quickly at her side, and she was led from the room In a state of collapse. Dr. John Lear, biologist of Muhlen berg College, testified that stains on hatchet, wall paper, bed sheet and overalls were blood. Verdict of Jury. The Jury then rendered the follow ing verdict: "We believe that Mabel Bechtel came to her death at 627 Cedar street (her home) between Sunday evening; "Octo ber 25, and Tuesday morning, Octo ber 27, and that death was due to a fractured skull from a blow inflicted by some person In the house unknown to the Jury. We believe that the In mates of the house, Mrs. Catharine Bechtel, Myrtha Bechtel, John Bech tel, Charles Rechtel and Alois Eck stein are accessories after the fact of the crime." Warrants of arrest were served upon Mrs. Bechtel and the members of her family and Eckstein. They were taken before Mayor Lewis, who accepted ball for Mrs. Bechtel In flOOO, Myrtha Bechtel in $400 and Eckstein In $500. John and Charles Bechtel were com mitted to Jail. Application for a writ of habeas corpus will be rcade. Bristol, Tenn., Nov. 3. Hearted by John Fox, Jr., the noted author, the most thorough search yet made for the missing millonalre, E. L. Wentz, Is being instituted In the mountains between Big Stone Gap and the Ken tucky line, with the latest Improved electrical devices as a means of ex ploring all caves and caverns. Thou sands of feet In caves in the moun tains have been made as plain as day by the light from the electrical con trivances. D. B. Went, elder brother of the missing man; J. F. Bullitt, gen eral counsel for the Virginia Coal and Iron Company, of which young Wentz was land agent, and Author John Fox, Jr., are making the new search. There are no new clues, though rumors are thick and unreliable. As to the report of the missing man being held for ransom and an offer being made the family for his release, reports from Big Stone Gap say there is no truth In It Dowle'a Host Leaves New York. New York, Nov. 2. The closing day of the visitation of Dowle's restoration host to this city was celebrated with almost contiguous services at Madison Square Garden, 39 men and 41 women and girls receiving the triune baptism, about 200 receiving the right hand of fellowship fnto the Christian Catholic Church of Zion, and something like 4 WO persons receiving the holy sacra ment. The services were but sparsely attended. The host left today over various railroads for Chicago, but Dr. Dowlu and some of his elders remain for the Carnegie Hall meetings during the coming week. Eig Find of Coal. Wllkeebarre, Pa., Nov. 3. A large outcrop of coal has been discovered on the KoonsvlISe farm, along the line of the Lehigh Valley railroad, three miles from Meehopany, In Wyoming county, and the farmers there are greatly interested over the vast And. Coal experts have been on the ground for the past week investigating the outcrop. The apechnans taken from the land are pure anthracite coal. An old resident of 'Meehopany aaya that as far back as 60 years ago he dug and burned coal from this extensive farm. KNEPP & MYERS We Sell A-tl our k.hhIm on n guaiant.i--If not as represented bring it lu,-k ami we will make it right. .ilote you Wash Basins, 8c. l'ot or Pan Sent pern 10c. Nickle Trayx, 10c. Hair Pins, 1 oz , 1 cenL (Juai t Tins, 6c. Fry Pans, 5c. Htove Pokers, he. Fire Hiovels, 10c. We have many other bargnini but space will not allow us to iiiote more. Come in and limb over our 5 Ct. COUNTER. You will he surprised at the many bargain on it. Our (In. eeries are fresh and our line ij full. Kutter and Kfrps iu exchange, THE RACKET. Yours for Business, vGeo. W. Burns. Watch our advertisements. EYES! Indigestion, verti go, headache, consti pation, piles, insom nia, lunjbago and all female disorders are only a few of the symp toms of functional derangements caused by defective eyes and aggravated by itnjirop. er diet, habits omi- pation, etc. We arc able t care for your eyes and give you advice. FISHER THE LEAD1NO JEWELER. Oraduato Optician SUNBURY, pA. DIAMONDS A SPECIALTY. MMlMHf 25 PERISH IN NEW YORK FlM Dead Bodies Chekad Exits to Flra b capes In Tenement Heuifc New Tork, Not. 2 Twenty-one it three women and ft 10-months-old were burned to death or suffocate a Are which started In the Houm All Nations, a five-story tenen bouse at 42( Eleventh avenue, which the police and coroner bellf to have baen of Incendiary orls Some of the peculiar features of disaster, In addition to the itartW loss of life, are that the fire wii tlcally extinguished In 20 minu: that the police could learn of but , nerson helnar Iniured. other than IS who lost their lives, and that nrnnnrtv Inc. ni nnlv 17000. "'! dead are mostly Italians. At the windows, front and rrt-' V1 aa rf man an A vrnmPIl lammed, shnwlnar that a despe1 struggle to get free resulted la complete choking up of these ei" the fire escapes and had been cause of a number of the Inmate ing suffocated. Lying on a bed aloj side a window at the rear of the '""j floor the firemen found the bodl ft va man ' IPanti ka1 olnth all Hit next to Aim In aa endeavor to Pf him away In order to get to the escape outsld. The feature! "") men were distorted, aoma wits others with agony, and la to 'l stances the men pad grippea n other so hard that blood ha ""j drawn and had nin over their a4
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