COLUMN BLOWN TO PIECES
\
Detachment of 700 Japanese in the history of ithe
Annihilated by Mines.
HILLSIDES STREWN WITH DEAD.
Victims So Badly
Their Number Couid Not
Be Ascertained.
A Japanese column, numbering ap-
proximateiy ¢CJ men, while marl ching
along at night on a road in the val-
ley petween Long Hiil and Division
Hill, met a ir:ghuul disaster throuzh
the explosion oi an electric land mine,
September 1.
"he mine was carefully laid by the
Russians and covered nearly a mile
of availabie marching space. The
explosive was placed -at the bottom.
Rocks were placed next, and on lop
of these clay was packed sO carefully
that the ground gave the impression
of no. having been’ disturbed.
The indications of Japanese activity
in this vicinity put the Russians ou
uard. Near midnight the outposts
rushed in and reported that the Jap-
Mutilated That |
anese were approaching. The Rus-
gians withheld their fire for some
time. Suddenly they threw a search-
light up the valley. The Japanese
opened with a rifle fire. The Rus-
sians waited until apparently the
whole Japanese column was in the |
danger zone. Then the mine was
exploded.
The force of the explosion knocked
a number of Russians down, and the
sight of Japanese rifles, watier-bot-
tles, legs and arms hurling through |
the lighted space made by the search-
light, was an awful spectacle. Some
rocks landed inside the Russian lines.
There was one appalling moment,
during which the garrison itself was
stunned, then a deathlike silence.
The’ searchlight coldly lighted up the |
road and. hiilsides strewn with dead.
The foliowing day the Russians bur-
ied the dead, but owning to their dis-
membered and mutilated condition
they were unable to accurately esti-
mate the number of killed. A few
Japanese escaped, however.
MEAT STRIKE ENDED.
Men Will Apply for heir Positions in
Packing Houses.
The strike of the butcher workmen,
which has demoralized the meat pack-
ing industry for two months, was of-
ficially ge clared off by President
Michael J. Donnelly of the Amalgam-
ated : Cutters & Butcher Work-
men Donnelly this morning tele- |
graphed the members of the National
Executive Committee asking their
consent, and having received favora-
ble answers from all,
the strike eo end.
The strike of affiliated
the stock yards in sympathy with
the butchers will officially be called
off by the conference board of the
allied trades. This was decided up-
on by the central body.
When the packers were notified
that it had been decided to end the |
they |
would give places as far as possible |
strike they announced that
to the skilled men, but it was stated
at the same time that many of the
men would be unable to secure their |
old places, as in many cases the work |
was being performed in a satistactory
manner by men who had gbeen se- |
the commencement of
cured since
the strike.
HOTEL CLERK MURDERED.
in Cash and Many Valuables
Secured.
$250
After pounding the night clerk, H. |
3S. Butler, to death and leaving him |
lying on the floor of the office, a thief
rified the safe of the Greek Hotel
on Forty-second s‘reet, nearly op-
posite the Grand Central station,
New York, securing $250 in cash and
a quantity of valuables
been left with the clerk for safe keep-
ing. Soon after the clerk’s
was found the police sent out a gen- |
eral alarm for Percy Howard, 23 years
old, a bell boy, who had been em-
ployed at the hotel only about a
week, and disappeared before But-
ler’'s body was found.
SCLD TO THE WABASH.
Gould Interests Get Large Property in!
Pittsburg District.
The Pittsburg Terminal Railroad
and Coal Company, the West Side
Belt Railroad Company and all its
branches, and all the subsidiary com-
panies of the coal company,
been sold to the Wabash interests.
The price paid for the
was about $12,000,000, the promotors
realizing a profit of about $800,000.
The purchase includes 15,000 acres
of coal land in fee simple, 1,000 acres
of surface land, seven mines and 36
miles of railroad, wi.h valuable ter-
minals in Fittsburg and Clairtcn. The
property was as ssembled in 13¢2 by
Messrs. Donnelly and Nicola. It is
completely ¢ eloped and fitted with
modern machinery. The present
output is at the rate of 3,000,000 tons
of coal annually.
The pu
especial he railroad,
the Wabash an immediate
which, it is said, will be sufficient to
pay the interest on the entire issue
of the Pittsburg Terminal bonds.
have
properties
for
secures
Voting Trust Dissolved.
With the payment of the recently-
declared semi-annual dividend of 2
per cent on the first preferred stock
of the Reading Company
trust of the corporation was dissolv-
ed. The affairs of the company will
in future be in the hands of the share- |
holders.
Sir Thomas Lipton leaves England
IT
the end. of September for St. Louis, |
be the eu
President of
of David
the Expo-
wh are
R. Francis,
sition.
A TCTAL WRECK.
Freight Train Plunges Over Embank- |
ment at Horse Shoe Bend.
One of the most frightful! accidents
Pennsylvania
Railroad occurred at the famous
Horse ‘shoe curve; five miles west of
Altoona, shortly after 11 o'clock at]
| night when a freight engine and 35 |
| loaded cars leit the track and plunged |
hundreds orf feet down the steep em. |
bankment.
The engineer and one brakeman
were killed, the fireman and a tramp
were so seriously hurt that they may
die, and three qthers of the train
cre: w are missing and are thought to
be dead under the wreckage. The
dead are: William Boardman, engi-
neer, lived at Pitcairn. Went over
| the embankment with his engine.
| Charles Lohr, head brakeman, kived
at Pitcairn. Went over the embank-
ment with the train
The train was composed of 35 load-| |
ed cars and was going east. As jt}
left the Gallitzin tunnel, it got be-
yond the control of the trainmen and
S ed down the mountain at terrific
sod. All efforts to lessen the speed
were useless. As it reached the steep!
curve just west of the Horse shoe |
curve, the engine left the track, going |
over the embankment, carrying a |
number of cars with it and piling up |
1S cn the tracks. The engineer and |
firemen were carried with it. The |
engineer is buried under the wreck- |
age.
DAYLIGHT ROEBERY.
Thieves Lock Treasurer in Vault and |
Carry Off $14,000.
Two masked men entered the office |
of County Treasurer T. J. Chase, at|
Pomeroy, O., and, after binding and |
gagging that official at the points of
| revolvers, abstraeted $14,000 in bills. |
Chase was found two hours after-|
ward by his daughter, locked in the |
he declared that |
3
unions at |
which had |
body |
hase of the properties, and
tonnage !
the voting |
vault, helpless because of his bonds
| and unable to summon aid.
{| The county auditor was the only |
other occupant of the court house, |
everybody being in attendance at the
fair. He stares that he heard no |
noise and knew nothing of: the rob- |
bery unti] Chase's daughter inquired |
as to the whereabouts of her father.
| On going into the treasurer’s office |
| he heard noises in the vault and |
summoned a local banker to work on |
the combination. After © half» an
hour’s work the big doors were swung |
opert and Treasurer Chase carried |
out almost dead from suffocation.
NEXT CONCLAVE AT SARATOGA.
G. W. Moulton, of lilinois, Is Elected |
Grand Master.
Saratoga Springs, N. Y., was chosen |
as the meeting place of the next con- |
clave of the Knights Templar in July, |
1907. The following officers were
elected’ Grand master, George M.
Moulton, Illinois; deputy grand mas-
ter, Henry W. Rugg, of Rhode Island;
grand generalissimo, . Willlax B.
{ Melish, of Ohio; grand captain
eral, Frank H. Thomas, of Washing-!
ton; grand senior warden, Arthur Mec-
Arthur, New York; grand junior war-
den, W. Frank A. Gerow, Michigan
re-elected); grand treasurer, H.
Wales Lines, Connecticut (re-elected).
The following officers were appointed:
Warden, Edward W. Welling-
ton, Kentucky; grand Prelate, Rev.
John McWorrell, Kentucky; grand
standardbearer, Wiliiam H. Norris,
Iowa; grand swordbearer, Joseph K.
Orr, Georgia; grand chaplain of the
| Grand
i guard, G. W. Chamberlain, Minne-
| sota.
60,000 SLAIN IN BATTLE.
Japanese Estimate Divides Losses
Evenly With Russians.
It is learned from a high official
source that the Japanese compute
their casualties for the ten days’ fight-
| ing around Liao-Yang at 30,000. It
is estimated that the Rmssians lost at
least 30,030 men. The revised esti-
Kouropatkin’s
mate places General
: 4 a summ d, w 1 v
| strength of 184 battalions of infan- TROnSd ae hel a Sguaig avey
ire. 728 Saladions of eRVITY, With from the burning jail, armed men
579 aah HL. IY, Wil standing guard over each individual
2 % : ; roc
The best information of the Rus-, rivet Jf > deparsmest
sian War Office indicates that Gen- test Co
y : a Abort 5 jec
eral Kouropatkin lost about 17,000 Co as he
men during the 10 days’ battle at pyar native country to enter the
i Liao-Yang.
TELEGRAPHIC 3REVITIES.
Rev. Father Stanton found
than 135
the Philippines.
Minister Barrett has been jnstrucs
ed to try to se‘tle the bound i
pute between Panama and Colom
Mr. W. W. Astor
no less
afrived in
pe came
Vicercy
railroad and
graph line es Harbin and
den are both uninterrupted.
w has been gazetted in St. Pe-
g i only ships
be allowed
Jones, colored, was hanged
mery, Ala., for the
of an her negro. He collap on
the scaffo.d when the black cap was
placed on his head.
The New Hampshire Democratic
State Conven ion, at Concord, gave
the Gubernatorial no mination by ac-
clamation to Henry F. Hollis, of Con
cord, who was the candidate of the
| party two years ago.
Judge A. Heaton Robertson, con-
servative, was nominated by the Con-
necticut Democratic convention, de-
ler
feating Mayor Charles F. Thayer, of
Norwich, the radical candidate.
Fire at Progresso, Mex., wiped out
{ an entire business block, causing a
loss of almost $1,200,000, with little
insurance.
George H. Shibley,
| ated by the Continen
| cago as candidate for Vice President,
has sent a letter
of the party,
{| nomina on.
who was' nomin-
declining the
gen-; 42
2 new species of parasites in
tal party at Chi- |
to the notification |
EIGHT PERSONS IRTHAED
Tragic End of Pleasure Trip on
Delaware River.
BIG STEAMER CRUSHES LAUNCH.
Only Four Persons Could Be Found
When the Rowboat Reached
the Place.
The Delaware river steamer Colum-
bia, on its way from
Bristol, Pa., Sunday
into a steam launch
north of Philadelphia, grinding it to
pieces, and causing the drowning of
eight of the dozen occupants. of the
night, crashed
small boat. All the party were Phil-
adeiphians.
The dead are Joseph Fortescue,
owser of the launch; Wade Auday,
Thomas Duffy, Thomas Corvesier, An-
na Young, Joseph Pfromer, Mrs. Jo-
seph Piromer, Engineer James
Brigss.
of a day's pleasure trip om the river.
The launch was owned by Joseph
| Fortescue and the party had been
made up from among a few of his
friends. The day was spent in a
cruise up the river as far as Trenton.
The return trip was begun after
nightfall, the pilot of the boat keep-
ing close to the Pennsylvania shore
on the run down the river. When a
point was reached near Andalusia,
the Columbia suddenly loomed up in
the darkness.
wheel to starboard, but just a mo-
ment too late. ‘The big steamer
| struck the launch squarely in the
I iadte and cut it in half, throwing
all the occupants into the water.
A terrible shriek went up as the
boats struck, which almost caused a
panic among the passengers on the
Columbia. Dozens of life preserv-
ers were thrown overboard to those
in the water and a boat was lowered.
Notwithstanding the fact that Cap-
tain Campbell, of the Columbia, in-
stantly reversed his engine, the Co-
lumbia was some distance above the
| struggling people in the water when
he came to a full stop. When the
rowboat reached the spot, only four
persons could be found in the dark- |
ness. It is believed that several of
the passengers were crushed by the |
paddie wheels of the Columbia.
DECREASE IN ANTHRACITE.
Amounts to 837,548 Tons Compared
With August Last Year.
The statistics on the production of
anthracite coal during the month of
August, issued to-day,
crease of 837,548 tons compared with
the same month last year. The ton-
nage for August was 4,331,844. The
production for the year up to Septem-
ber 1 was 38,212,288 tons, against
2,431,849 tons for the corresponding
period last year.
The decrease in production is due
to the numerous suspensions in oper- |
of ‘demand. |
ations because of lack
The leading colleries which have
been idle since September 1, resumed
operations to-day. With one excep-
tic all of the Pennsylvania railroad
colleries are
expected that the production for Sep-
tember will show a decrease over
that of last September.
MOB SETS FIRE TO JAIL.
Alabama Lynchers Outwit Militia and
Hang Negro.
A mob, estimated at 2,000, set fire
to the jail at Huntsville, Ala.
after securing Horace Maples, a negro
charged with the murder of a white
citizen, hanged him on a tree in sight
of the jail.
and a company of the
were unable to save the prisoner.
The fire department,
army.
JAPANESE LOSSES 17,539.
Estimate of
Liao-Yang.
A dispatch from Tokyo received at
the Japanese legation in Washington
places the total casualties on the
Yabatsse
Yang at 2 5
533 officers and men killed
Official
and nded. The number of offi- |
cer led was 136 and the number |
Ww 464.
from the front says that
and others affirm that the
losses between the retreat
nshan and the final fall
ng amounted to over 25,-
000 men.
Express Train Held Up.
The Canadian Pacific’s westbound
Transcontinental express was held
four masked men west of
Junction. At the point of
the express messenger
was compelled to hand over the val-
uabies and the
The
safe was dynamited.
mail also was ran-
The robbers escaped to the
bush and are supposed to have
crossed the boundary. They secured
| about $6,000 from the express safe.
regis
te 3
egisiered
Captain Gridley’s Widow Gets $9,413.
The Treasury Department has be-
gun sending checks to the officers and
men of Admiral Dewey's fleet in pay-
ment for the awards of prize money
for the victory of the American fleet
| at Manila bay. Among the checks
| so far sent out are those of Admiral
Dewey and Mrs. Harriet Gridley
Erie, Pa, widow of Captain Gridley.
The check to Admiral Dewey is for
$16,516 and to Mrs. Gridley for $9,413. |
Philadelphia to |
about 10 miles |
The accident was the tragic ending
Fortescue jammed his |
shows a de-|
idle this week. It is}
and |
The sheriff, his deputies |
local militia, |
which was |
Casualties at |
side at the battle of Liao- |
7, of
JzALOUS WOMAN’S DEED.
Family Quarrel Ends in Death of Man
and wife.
Mrs. Henry ‘Toler of Butte, Neb.,
in a quarrel inspired by jealousy ‘of:
her husband, weni to. her room amd
saturated her clothing vith keroseue.
Coming out she szwzed irs and held
him tightly which she set fire to her
L skirts with a match. Struggling to
break from her, the man tore from
the house, but his wife held to him,
communicating the flames and oil to
his clothing.
When she was so badly burned that’
she became unconscious her ‘husband
broke from her grasp and with his
clothing a mass of flames, rushed 0
a deep cistern some distance from the
house and leaped into it. = His cries
had attracted the attention of neigh-
| bors, who rescued him in a dying con-
| dition.
Mrs.
Toler was found horribly
burned and in agony. She was wrap-
ped in heavy clothes and the fire ex-
| tinguished and she recovered enough
| to tell the story of her attempt to
| burn herself and her husband to death.
| Then she became unconscious and the
| physicians say she will die.
{ STEEL WAR BEGUN.
| Steel Plate and Structural Associa-
| tions Make Reductions.
Members of the Steel Plate and
Structural Steel Associations, at con-
ferences held in the Waldorf-Astoria
and in Jersey City, agreed to make
important reductions in the prices of
their manufactures. In this way
they implicitly obeyed the expressed
wishes of the United States Steel
Corporation. It is blieved that this
ends finally the uncertainty that has
menaced the steel market for weeks,
| so far as these lines are concerned.
Representatives of the Lackawanna
Steel Company were present at the
meetings. The pools received the as-
surance that the Lackawanna joined
| hands with them and would live up
| to the agreements that were made.
Despite the protest of several
smaller independent firms, who were
| outvoted, harmony practically pre:
vailed among the associated manu-
facturers. Dominated by the Steel
Corporation, they virtually opened
the long threatened war upon the Re-
public Iron and Steel Company.
Prices were reduced in some cases
$4 and in some $6 a ton on the ad-
vice of the corporation officials, who
argued that if rock bottom rates were
| adopted there would be no secret cut-
| ting and the agreements would be ef-
fective.
WAR MOVEMENTS.
Kurapotkin Reaches Mukden—Will
Carry War Into Korea.
| The Russian commander has arrived
at Mukden, and it is given out in St.
|
from Mukden filed Tuesday, says that
the main Russian army is pushing
northward and evacuating that place.
| It is indicated that the Japanese are
! still harassing the Russian rear.
| Further than this nothing is known.
Russian preparations indicate move-
ment south from Ham-Heung, covering
the occupation of Chien-Pien and
Yeng-Hung, will soon be made. The
Russian commander officially has noti-
| fied the Korean magistrates of these
towns they must prepare quarters for
a large body of troops for immediate
use.
GOVERNMENT TOTTERING.
Paraguayan Revolutionists Capture
Town of Encarnacion.
The revolutionists of Paraguay have
captured Villa Encarnacion, with its |
garrison and their arms. The posi-
tion of the government of Paraguay
is becoming weaker daily and its ulti-
mate surrender or complete defeat is
inevitable.
The report from Uruguay of the de-
feat of General Vasquez, Minister of
War, in the recent battle between the
Petersburg that the bulk of his army |
is now near there, while a dispatch | |
Uruguayan government forces and
the revolutionists at Cuchilia Negra
has been published. The casualties
of the revolutionists in killed and
| wounded was 170 officers and over 600 |
men. The government
were 11 officers killed and
ed; men, 83 killed and
and 34 missing.
WILL SOON RESUME WORK.
Railroad Shops at Altoona Will
| sume on Full Time.
53 wound-
345 wounded,
erintendent of Motive Pow a i ei:
Sup ny oye yor bb | of the Order of Knight Templars was
the
orders
N. Durborow, of
Railroad, issued
Pennsylvania
placing all
on full time,
hours
10 hours a day,
Saturday. About 15,000
| been employed but 32 hours a week
since spring.
The orders apply to Altoona, Pitts-
phia shops. Regarding
ment of the suspended men no or-
ders have yet been issued. It is ex-
| pected that most of them will be
taken back at an early date.
Rear-End Smash in lllinois.
The Kansas City passenger
train on the Chicago, Rock Island and
£aqt
iast
Re- |
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casualties |
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the company's shops on his division |
and five |
men |
will be benefited, most of whom have |
% . > | Wales.
burg, Harrisburg and West Philadel | _{
the employ- |
{| commandery,
| Pacific Railroad was wrecked one-half |
mile east of Tiskilawa, Ill,
than 30 persons were badly injured,
two of whom have since died. The
passenger train collided with the rear
of a freight train that had been
broken in two. Half a dozen passen-
ger cars were wrecked.
Four Killed; Many Hurt.
Train No. 41, on the Seaboard Air
Line Railroad, consisting of an ex-
press car, a mail car, two day coaches
and a Pullman sleeper, was derailed
at a trestle 22 miles southwest of
Monroe, N. C., followed by the wreck
of a light engine and caboose, result-
ing in the death of four persons and
the injuring of 35 others. The kiil-
ed are: Engineer E. Y. Barksdale,
8. C.: Fireman Edward Roberts, col-
ored, Atlanta, Ga.; Mrs. Black, un-
known woman.
and more |
SEVEN KILLED IN IN A WAEL
Many Passergers Imprisone d in
Splintered Cars.
DAY COACH LEFT THE TRACK.
Heavy Dining Car Fell on Top of Day
Coach Where Most Passengers
Were.
The southbound Wabash passenger
train’ which left Des Moines for St.
Loyis at 6:40 a. m., was wrecked near
Pendleton, Mo: #killing seven passen-
gers and injuring more than 30. The.
dead: J. E. Nichols, Macon, Mo.;
Mrs. Henry Folcht, Huntingdon, Pa.;
Mrs. C. H. Graves, Laplata, Mo.; Ed-
na Patterson, Laplata, Mo.; Mrs. Hen-
derson, Laplata, Mo.; Mrs. Anna
Brenner, Macon, Mo.; Miss Hebler,
daughter of A. F. Hebler, Macon, Mo.
The train, which was composed of
an engine, baggage and smoking car,
day coach, diner and Pullman sleeper,
was well filled, it being estimated by
Wabash officials that there were
about 500 passengers on board. The
train was running at its schedule
speed when the accident occurred.
The day coach left the track and
plunged down ran embankment, drag-
ging the diner with it. =~ The heavy
diner crashed on top of the coach,
and the majority of those killed -and
injured were passengers in the latter.
IN TRAIN WRECK.
Four Others Are Seriously injured.
Freights Clash Together.
On the Buffalo, Rochester and Pitts-
burg Railroad near Carman, 40 miles
below Brockwayville, Pa.; two freight
trains came together, killing two
trainmen, seriously injuring * four
others and piling up the engines and
several cars in a shapeless mass of |
wreckage. The killed: Fireman
Clyde Osterstuck, of train No. 42,
crushed and .sealded beneath, engine
No. 233 and buried beneath a pile of
ore and coal. Resided at Bradford.
Head brakeman James Welsh, of
train No. 42, riding in cab with Oster-
stuck. Met, death in the same man-
ner as the fireman. Lived at Sala-
mahea. e
The injured: Engineer Gordnier,
scalded and crushed in cab of his en-
TWO KILLED
gine, No. 233. Taken to Bradford
hospital. Home at Salamanca.
Engineer McCord, of No. 282, slight-
ly injured by jumping. Lives at
Bradford.
Fireman C. G. Volk, of No. 282, in-
jured by jumping through cab win-
dow. Slightly scalded and head and
face cut. Lives at Bradford.
Brakeman Wilson, of train No. 53.
Badly cut about head and face, and
legs injured in jumping. Lives at
Clearfield.
The wreck occurred on a curve and
the trains came together before the
brakeman realized the situation. The
cause is charged to the misunder-
standing of orders on the part of
northbound train No. 42 drawn by en-
gine No. 233.
Vermont’s Vote,
With only two small towns missing
the Republican plurality of 31,500 in
the State election is believed to be
within a few votes of the correct fig-
ures. Four years ago it was 31,312.
The total vote for Governor without |
the two towns is: Bell (Rep.), 47,-
991; Porter (Dem.), 16,492; a Repub-
lican plurality of 31,449. The missing
tcwns gave a Republican plurality
last year of 68. The returns from 221
towns show that the Senate will be
soiialy Republican.
The State officers chosen are: Goy-
ernor, Charles J. Bell, Welden; Lieu-
tenant Governor, Charles H. Stearns,
Johnson; Treasurer, John T. Bacon,
Hartford; Secretary of State, Freder-
ick G. Fleetwood, Morrisville; Audi-
tor, Horace F. Graham, Craftsbury,
David J. Foster, of Burlington, was
elected to Congress from the First
district, and Kittredge Haskins, of
Brattleboro, from the Second district.
John Grier Holmes, banker and cap-
italist, of Pittsburg, died on board the
steamship Teutonic in the Atlantic
ocean September 5 of heart disease.
TRIENNIAL CONCLAVE.
Plumed Knights March in Fine Order
Through San Francisco.
The twenty-ninth triennial conclave |
| inaugurated at San Francisco with a
parade which marched over seven
miles of the city’s streets, A strik-
ing feature of the parade was the
presence in the line of the Earl of
Euston and several other officials of
the Templar order, representing ‘the
Knight Templars of England and
Their distinctive uniforms
attracted special attention and much
applause.
Joseph
Leath, of Couer .de Leon
Knoxville, Tenn.»
dropped dead during the parade from
apoplexy.
The parade was one of the finest
ever seen in San Francisco. It oc-
cupied nearly three hours in passing
a given point. The advance along
the line of march of the more largely
represented eastern commanderies
was signalized by continuous cheers
and when the band heading the Ken-
tucky contingent struck up “Dixie”
‘the time
FIVE KILLED.
Accident QccurreditW hile Lowering
Nitro- -Glyeerin in Weil.
Five are dead and an equal number
injured as the result of a premature
explosion of a quantity of nitro-gly-
cerin near Upper Sanduskdy, O.
The dead: Malen Lookabaugh,
Findlay; Lafe McKay, Findlay; Jo-
seph Fox, Lima; Corine Wise, aged
11, Upper Sandusky; Emanuel Ur
can, Cincinnati. .
The injured
leg mangled and internally
will probably die;
not expected to recover;
injured about the head, condition crit-
ical; Mary Gulliford, bruised about
the body; Claire Lookabaugh, :face
and limbs badly cut. ;
The accident occurred while Me-
Kay, an oil well shooter, was engaged
in lowering the nitro-glycerin. At
+his assistants, the Loeka-
baughs and Fox, together with the
others, were grouped about the well.
include Ernest Wise,
injured;
‘The cause. of the {Hosiog is un-
known. _!
DUEL IN THE STREET.
1 of Lambert to’ collect a bill
Dispute Over a Bill Leads to a Shoot :
ing Affray.
In a street duel at Green Shoals,
W. Va, two men were killed, one fa-
tally injured, another seriously injured
and two, who escaped, are supposed
to be wounded.
The dead: Allen Framficld, a jus-
tice of the peace; William Adams.
The injured are George Mead, shot
twice, and + John ' Lambert. Two
brothers of John Lambert who en-
gaged in the fight are believed to be
wounded, but escaped to the moun-
tains.
The fight started over an attempt
from
Adams. The men engaged in an ar-
gument over the agcoubt several days
ago. !
ARKANSAS ELECTION.
Governor Davis Elected for Third
Term by 20,000 Plurality.
Sufficient returns from the State
election have been received to indi-
cate the election of Governor Davis
to a third term by a plurality of 20,
000. Several other State officers were
voted for, but all the other Demo-
cratic candidate had an open field
‘Davis alone having ‘opposition. Gov-
ernor Davis will run something like.
16,000 votes behind his ticket two
years ago, when the total vote was
120,000 in round numbers.
This year there has been an in.
crease of 10,000 votes, and if Governor
Davis’ plurality is not over 20,000 his
loss in the aggregate will be 30,000
votes. The Prohibition vote will
possibly fall short of two years ago,
when Kimball, for Governor on that
ticket, polled less than 5,000 votes.
CHARGED WITH FORGERY.
Former Clerk in Newark Bank Ar
rested in Cincinnati.
As a result of sensational develop-
ments connected with the recent sus-
pension of the Homestead Building
and Savings Bank, of Newark, O., a
former clerk, Robert C. Lingafelter,
27, was arrested in Cincinnati. Chief
of Police Sheridan, of Newark, im-
mediately after the arrest, tele-
graphed Newark to arrest Lingafelt-
er’s father, James Lingafelter, the
former president of the bank, and his
wife. The charge against all three
is forgery. It is alleged that they
forged notes and receipts amounting
to $75,000.
Relief Expedition Fails.
The Norwegian steamer Vircola,
which has arrived at Hammerfest, re-
ports that she met the Ziegler relief
expedition steamer Frithjof, August
17, in latitude 79 north and longitude
52 east. The Frithjof up to that time
had been unable to reach Franz Josef
land. The Frithjof, having on board
the Ziegler relief expedition, which
arrived at Vardo, Norway, August 4,
after an unsuccessful attempt to reach
the steamer America, bearing the
Ziegler Arctic expedition party, sailed
irom Vardo August 5 for Franz Josef
land with coal for the America. The
latter vesscl sailed from Trondhjem,
Norway, for Franz Josef land on June
23, 1903.
Gypsies Sent Away.
Seventy-five of the group ' of 200
gypsies from various Bohemian coun-
i tries who ‘have been on Ellis Island
for about a week were sent aboard
the Cunard liner Campania for de-
portation. The remaining 125 mem-
bers of the band will be deported as
soon as the 40 children sick with
measles have recovered.
NEWS NOTES.
Vice Presidential Candidate Davis
made a non-partisan speech at the
Wheeling fair.
Gregory Fiscus was found guilty of
voluntary manslaughter at Greens-
burg, Pa. He was charged with kill-
ing George W. Hedinger, at Delmont,
July 4.
Miss Anna Phillips, of Wellsville,
O., has sued the Cleveland and Pitts-
burg Railroad for $10,000 for damages
for the death of her brother, Conduc-
tor John Phillips.
William Dickson,
colored, plead
| guilty to murdering Lawyer Notting-
the enthusiasm of the spectators was |
unbounded. New York, Pennsylv
and Illinois made a fine showing.
Discover Prehistoric Animal.
At a depth of about 14 feet laborers
excavating for the Spearman avenue
sewer at South Sharon, Pa., uncover-
ed the tusk or horn of some prehis-
toric animal. It is semi-circular in
shape, six feet long and five inches in
diameter at the base. Those who
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have examined it say it is the tusk of |
a mammoth.
Five laborers were killed in the ex-
plosion of a threshing machine ene
gine at Bricelyn, Minn.
| ceeding $3,
ham and was sentenced by Judge W.
D. Wallace, of New Castle, Pa., to 15
years in the penitentiary.
Office Holders Warned.
Acting Secretary Oliver of the War
Department has issued a circular
warning against political assessments
and partisan activity of office holders.
This circular embodies the provisions
of the civil service act of January 186,
1883, making politica] assessments of
federal officers and employes a mis-
demeanor punishable by a fine not ex-
$5,000 or by imprisonment for
a term not exceeding three years, or
by fine and imprisonment both, in the
discretion of the court.
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