WAR HAS BEEN AVERTED Investigation Will Be Made By England and Russia. RUSSIAN FLEET HELD AT VIGO. Mr, Balfour Ridiculed the Explanation of North Seca by Russian Admiral. Official Affair Details of the agreement between Russia and Great Britain upon a mode of settlement of the questions aris- ing out of the firing upon British trawlers in the North sea by the Russian second Pacific squadron were supplied by Premier Balfour in a speech delivered before the National Union of Conservative Clubs at Southampton last night. The ascertainment of the facts for submissicn to a commission formed under the ri of The Hague peace conference be through the cor- investiga- board of trade of officers of oner’s inquest at Hull, an Yr Sem the the Brit examination tion and "men. \ speech Mr. Balfour ridiculed the official explanation of - Admiral Rojestvensky, but praised the spir- it in which the Russian Emperor and government had met the crisis. In both Russia and Great Britian the prevailing feeling ‘is of ‘relief that there no longer scems to be danger of war between the nations. Orders have been telegraphed to Vice Admiral Rojestvensky to de- tain at Vigo all warships which took part in the North sea incident, pend- ing an inquiry of the attack on the Finglish fishing fleet. oq BLAMES FISHERMEN. Rojestvensky’s Report Reflects Conduct of British Crait. | The Russian naval general staff publishes the following two dispatch- es from Vice Admiral Rojestvensky: First Dispatch. “The North sea incident was caus- ed by two torpedo boats advancing to attack without lights under cover of darkness, against the vessel lead- ing the detachment. When the de- tachment turned on its searchlights and opened fire, the presence of sev- eral small steamboats, resembling steam fishing boats, was discovered. The detachment endeavored to spare these, and ceased firing as soon as the torpedo boats were out of sight. “The English press is indignant be- cause a torpedo boat, left by the de- tachment on the spot until morning, did not aid the victims. Now there was not a single torpedo boat mear the detachment, and none was left behind; consequently the vessel re- maining mear the small steamboats was the torpedo boat which was not sunk, but only damaged. The de- tachment did not aid the little steam- boats because we suspected them of complicity on account of their ob- stinately cutting into the order of the positions of our vessels. Several of them showed mo lights and others only very late.” Second Dispatch. “Having met several hundred fish- ing beats, the squadron showed them every consideration except when they were in company with foreign tor- pedo boats of which one disappeared while the other, according to the fishers’ own evidence, remained among them until morning. They supposed it was a Russian and were indignant because it did not aid the vatims, but it was foreign and re- mezined until morning, seeking the other torpedo boat, its consort, either Upon to repair damage or through fear of | cack during the evening betraying itself to those who were not | its accomplices. “If there werc also on the fishermen 'imprudently dragged the enterprise, I beg in the name of the whole squadron to express my spot sincere regret to the unfortunate vic- |: tims of circumstances under which no warship, even in time of peace, could have acted otherwise.” Congressmen will make a trip to Panama to fully on matters pertaining to the canal construction. JAPS FAIL TO HOLD HILL. Desperate Hand to Hand Fighting in the Trenches. The attack by the Japanese on the Buddhist temple hill on October 27 led to sharp fighting. The Japanese artillery played on the position from early in the morning, rendering the trenches untenable, shells and shrap- nel sweeping everything and ishing all the shelters. Two machine guns with the battalion defending the hill were smashed and disabled, the defenders carried off the remains into | deep | inform themselves | | | demol- | but | of the guns when they were forced | to retire. There was desperate hand- to-hand fighting in the trenches, fol- lowed by a counter attack with the bayonet. The anese finally gain-| | warfare | by {of a ! odically ed the hill, but re unable to hold it in the face cof the deadly sian artillery fire. THREE PERSONS KILLED. Pennsylvania Woman ' Among the Dead in Missouri Wreck. | Three persons were killed and 12 | injured in a rear-end collision be-| tween two sections of a Missouri Pa- | cific world’s fair special at Tipton, Mo. The dead are: Mrs. D. Brightmiller, Lewisburg, Pa.; J. W. Bagby, Mrs. Margaret Burke, Kansas City. Among the injured were W. J Black, general passenger agent of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail road, who had a collar bone broken, and Mrs. W. J. Black, who had an ankle broken and her head badly bruised. Secretary Metcalf, of the depart- ment of commerce and labor, has completed arrangements for a thor- steamboat ough investigation of the inspection service. FIRED ON OTHER SHIPS. One Bombarded for Two Hours but Not Hit. A dispatch to the Berlin dated Geestemunde, Octo- 3 fishing . vessel which arrived here to-day, that it had been fired upon and a half hours off Dogger but w not hit.” is the story of Capt. Sonntag 21 we were grounds, on the west coast of Jutland. In the fore- noon five large Russian ships passed and in the evening nine more. North of us was a large freight stesamer. At 8:30 o'clock p. m. we were lighted by a ‘lector, and immediately alterwards, there fell the first shells in our neighborhood. “The Russian vessels fired up to 80 shots a minute in all directions. Towards 9:30 the freizhter approach- ed us, drawing the fire upon itself. In the light of the reflector we ob- served shells striking close to this steamer. We then observed another reflector southward, and shells burst- ing near the ship which was firing on us. We remained unhurt. After 11 o'clock there were no further shells.” The skipper of the Swedish steam- Lokal Anzeiger, hom Tavs: ner 24 say “The Sonnta reported two bank, The followi Haehner of th “On October Horn’'s reef fis ‘or the on er Aldebaron, from Hull, England, which arrived at Gefle, Sweden, says his vessel was chased in the Skacger- of October 21, by a foreign cruiser, ap- parently Russian, which threw its searchlight on her. The cruiser, ‘in- creasing her speed, passed the Alde- baron and fired a shot which had no effect. The Aldebarcn thereupon hoisted her flag. The cruiser again threw her searchlight on the steamer and a few Friday, | minutes later hailed shot all around the Aldebaron without, however, hit- ting her. The Aldebaron’s skipper | then ordered the steamer to be stop- ped, and with his crew sought refuge below. The foreign warship thereup- on disappeared in the darkness. The master of the Norwegian | steamship Skaatol reports from Lon- don that he was fired on by a Rus- sian ship on Sunday channel. The firing ceased when the Skaatol hoisted her flag. Soon after- wards 18 Russian men-of-war passed the Skaatol. EX-€OVERNCR NASH DIES. ls Found in Bathroom of His Step- Daughter's Home. Ex-Governor George K. Nash died in Columbug, O., suddenly, of heart failure. He was found dead in the bath room at the home of his step- daughter, Mrs. Worthington E. Bab- cock, who had heard him fall. The governor had been in ill health for several months. George Kibourn Nash was born in York, Medina county, O., 14, 1842, and while .living on, his father’s farm managed to get such education as he could from the dis- trict schools. He left school before graduating, taught school for a time and then studied law. of the “Ohio State Journal,” which position he kept for 13 months. En- tering Oberlin college, he proceeded with his studies but a short time, when he responded to the call for troops during the Civil war. On his return he went to Columbus for the practice of his profession, and during 1879-81 was attorney-general for the State of Ohio. Four He was editor | years later he! in the English on August received the appointment as a mem- ber of the sion. the Republican State executive com- mittee, and managed the canvass for the election of President Garfield. supported President McKinley for the supreme court commis- | In 1880-83 he was chairman of | He | nomination at the Minneapolis Re- | publican convention in 1892. He was elected governor of Ohio for terms of 1900-02 and 1902-4. MANY CUSTOMERS MOURN. New York Stock Broker Disappears Big Sums Lost. Joseph Walter Labaree, head of the stock the brokerage house of J. Walter | Labaree & Co., of No. 42 Broadway, | New York and with 79 branch offices, is missing and upward of 8,000 cus- tomers from Toronto to New Orleans re minus sums which are said to ag- gregate between $400,000 and $450, 000. Labaree has been missing since Tuesday of last week, but the fact did not become known generally un- til to-day, when the manager of the business, appear at the offices. "PRESIDENT WANTS PEACE. Rocscvelt Proposes a Second Confer- ence at the Hague. In a circular note Secretary Hay has carried out the President’s ‘in- structions relative to proposing a sec- cnd Hague conference. The note not only contemplates the L.. A. Prince, also failed to | reassembling of The Hague confer: for the. consideration of ques-| specifically mentioned by the original conferer as demanding further attention, such as the rights and dutie of meutrals, the inviola- bility of ivate property and the bombardment of ports Ly naval force, but goes further endorsing the project system of arbitration treaties the establishment of an international congress, in the ue of the is in pro; at the practically cene gene ana interests of peace. call while the pres- ‘ess is justified by The } ent the fact war ind naval | to meet peri-| Hague confer- | ence was called before our treaty of | peace with Spain was concluded. Advance Billet Prices. The Steel Eillet association has advanced the price of forging billets $2 a ton. There is nothing significant in the advance, as the change is sim- ply in harmony, with the action of the billet association at recent meet- ing in New York. its The Russians and Japanese both report taking positions south of Muk- den, after severe fighting. Desper- ate attacks on Port Arthur are report- ed and two forts are said to have been captured. MANY PERISHED IN MINE Rumble Like an Earthquake Pre- ceded Eruption. OVERPOWERED RESCUERS. Into the Air at Top Timbers Are Thrown and Broken to Pieces of Shaft. From 30 to 60 men Jost in an explosion at mine No. 3 of the Rocky Mountain Fuel and Iron com- pany, at Tercio, 40 miles west of Trinidad, Col. The number of dead may never be known, as the mine is burning and the bodies. will probably be consumed. F. J. Foreman, a government stock inspector, was at Tercio when the explosion occurred. He returned, and gave the following account of the affair: “I was standing from the mouth of the tunnel when the explosion occurred. It was pre- ceded by a rumbling sound, resembl- about 300 yards their lives | i 000 ing an earthquake, which startled the | whole camp. I looked toward the mine and out of the mouth of the tunnel and two air shafts came a great volume of smoke and dust, which continued for nearly a minute. | “Out of the two air shafts, of which is seven feet in diameter, timbers two to three feet in diameter were shot into the air and broken in- to splinters. Rocks were thrown over the camp for a distance quarter of a mile. It rained rocks broken timbers and all kinds of deb- each | of a ris for a minute and many peopie were injured by being struck with | these missles.” The mine in which the accident occurred employs 80 men, and it is believed that at least 60 were in the mine at the time. News of the ex- plosion brought assistance from the adjacent camps and hundreds of men were trying to enter the mine. Dead- ly fumes overcame the rescuers fre- quently, but their places were im- mediately taken by others ready to risk their lives. It was not thought possible that anyone in the mine could escape death. Will Concentrate Plants of American Steel Hoop Company. Plans are now under consideration by officials of the United States Steel Company for the removal to Mones- sen next summer of the scattered plants of the American Steel Hoop Company. This move was virtually decided upon over a year ago, but the depression in business caused an in- definite postponement of the scheme. Improvement of business and the necessity for further economies in operation have brought the plan up again. Concentration of the steel hoop plants at Monessen will enable the Carnegie Steel Company to sup- ply its entire trade in that specialty from the Monongahela town. The plan is to dismantle the plants formerly operated by Lindsay & Mec- Cutcheon, the William Clark’s Son Company and the Painters. These mills are old and poorly located while the plant at Monessen is equip- ped with the most modern devices and in addition has sufficient ground immediately about it to enable it to enlarge ten times its present size if necessary. Concentration of the steel hoop industry there would mean the employment of 1,200 more work- men. WIDOWS WANT DAMAGES. Suits Entered by Eighteen Against Harwick Ming Owners. Eighteen women, deprived of the care and support of their husbands by the terrible explosion which cost the lives of more than 180 men at the Harwick mine of the Allegheny Coal Company in January of this year have appealed to the courts for restitution in sufficient amount to repay them in measure for that which they lost. The . suils were filed against the company and each plain- yesterday | tiff asks $10,000, making a total of | $180,000. The suits are based on the allega- tion that the company was guilty of negligence in that it failed to provide proper entrances to the mine. It is also alleged that for a period one shaft was clogged or choked with ice, preventing proper circulation of air in the workings and dust was per- mitted to accumulate. They say the proper lamp station was not main- tained and open lamps were permit- ted in the mine, while the tamping of blasts with paper, instead of mud, was permitted. It is alleged that ir- regularities about the bratticing ex- isted and the company employed for a long time previous tp the explosion one Joseph yordon, ‘“who was a reckless, incompetent man.” “Corpse” Came to Life. George Conners, of Thomas, W. Va., was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio freight train near Savage, and it was thought he was killed. Conners was removed to an undertaking establish- ment at Piedmont and it was the in- tention to prepare his body for burial next morning. About day-break the “corpse” came to life. Conners pick- ed up his hat and walked to the sta- | ticket for | tion, where he home. bought a Eleven Wedding Guests Cremated. At a fire following a wedding in the poorer part of St. Petersburg, eleven of the guests were burned to death. Five others are missing, and it is feared that they also have per- ished. It is reported that the Japanese have occupied two forts to the mnorth- east of Port Arthur, that a Russian battleship in the harbor has been sunk, and that the Japanese attack | on the fortress is becoming more furious. CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT | Story of How Robbers Entered office | and Took Funds is Doubted. After investigating for a month, a grand jury indicted County Treasurer Thomas J. Chase, charging the em-} bezzlement of $14,500 from the Meiggs county, (0O.) (treasurer on September 9, when he said the trea- sury was looted in daylight by two | masked robbers, who locked him in al vault. He was unable to furnish $16, bail and was sent to jail. The arrest of Chase caused no sur: prise in Meiggs county, but there is much excitement over the indict ments that are expected against other persons. Chase was found locked up on Sep- tember 9, by his daughter, who rush- ed to 2 bank and thence to the fair grcunds for some one who could open the vault. It was shown to the grand jury that at least half a dozen men were sitting in front of the court- house all on September 9, forenoon, and that none of these men saw the robbers. Roy Packard, treasurer of Olive township, in his testimony before the grand jury, fixed the time of the clos: ing of the treasurer's office on Sep- tember 9, to within two minutes. Packard came to Pomeroy that to draw $300 of school funds township. After sitting in an adjoining office, that of the county auditor, he went to a telephone, see- ing and speaking to Chase as he pass: ed. At that time, Janitor Minich was sitting at the door. Packard says he returned treasurer's office within two minutes after seeing Chase standing by tha door and found the door locked. He shook the door and finally kicked it. yetting no response, he asked Janitor Minich, who still sat at the door, where Chase had gene. Janitor Min- ich said he thought Chase had gone to the county fair. Fred Radford, assistant cashier of the Middleport bank, and A. P. Mil ler, editor of the Pomeroy “Tribune: Telegraph,” both of whom had been appeinted by the probate court to make the semi-annual examination of the books, testified that they ‘were to the proceeding with this examination when the alleged robbery occurred. On the day before the alleged rob- bery, Chase repeatedly asked the ex- aminers whether they were going to the fair. They replied that they would go the next day. The investi- gation indicated that Editor Miller was the’ last man in the treasurer’s office before it closed on the morning of the alleged robbery. . JAPS GOT THE BEEF. Russia Sends Second Order to Re- place the Cargo Seized. Intended for the use of the Rus- sian soldiers fighting in the trenches of Manchuria, a ship load of 2,000, 000 pounds of beef, one-fourth of which was shipped from the Sioux City plant of a packing company, was captured by the Japanese off the coast of Japan. he order was received from the Russian government late in the summer. The value of the cargo was $200,000. The Russian government has placed a second order for 2,500,000 pounds of beef, which must be on its way within the next 40 days. The order has been divided among three plants at Omaha, Kansas City and Sioux City. EXPLOSION AT A MINE. Two Hundred Kegs of Powder and a Box of Dynamite Let Go. An explosion at the Sunshine mine, South Fork, Pa., killed Horatio Noble, wrecked the tipple, weigh office, blacksmith shop, carpenter shop and oil house and caused a loss of $10, 000. Stored in the oil house on the tip- ple were 200 small kegs of powder and a box of dynamite. It is said .the man whose business it is to watch the oil house dropped a lantern and the oily floor caught fire. Without trying to extinguish the flames, it is alleged, the man fled, and within a minute or two the explosion followed. Noble was standing on a pile of coal under the tipple. His body was blown 200 feet. ROBBED AT SUPPER TABLE. Fourteen Workmen Held ing Meal in Boarding House. Fourteen men, two of whom car- ried weapons, were held up and rob- bed by three masked highwaymen at 8445 Mackinaw avenue, Chicago. All the men are in the employ of the Illineis steel works and were paid off. They board with Mrs. John Sackol at the foregoing number and were seat- ed at the supper table. “Throw up your hands!” command- ed the leader of the robber trio. The command was backed up by a display of revolvers and was obeyed. One of the highwaymen robbed each vie: tim, while the other two stood guard. Up Dur Kuropatkin Has Full Charge. A Harbin dispatch states that i vy Alexieff has published an im- perial decree appointing Gen. Kuro- patkin commander-in-chief of all the land forces in the east, and retaining Ale ff in the post of viceroy. The emperor congratulates Viceroy Alexieff on the eficiency he has dis-] played in the formation, concentra- tion and supreme direction of troops Bank Cashier Indicted. Capt. Aaron Wagner, cashier of the defunct Akron Savings Bank, and president of the board of Ohio peni- tentiary managers, was indicted on four counts in connection with the bank failure. Two counts are for per- and two are for making false The report of the grand jury Buchtel, presi- It is stated that from giving affairs of the also jury entries. exonerated William dent of the bank. his age prevented him close attention to the bank. RUSSIA WILL MAKE AMENDS England Assured That Repara- tion Will Be Made. PUNISHMENT FOR SOME ONE. Czar Expressed Determination to Bring the Guilty Officers to Judgment. Without waiting the Russian ver- sion of the affair, Emperor Nicholas, through Ambassador Hardinge, has. sent to King Edward and the British government a message conveying an expression of the profoundest regret for the unfortunate affair in the North sea, coupled with assurances that the families of ithe victims shall receive fullest reparation. The British government also shews moderation in the note which Sir Charles Hardinge presented to For- eign Minister’ Lamsdorff. . While it awaits explanation for an act which it characterizes ‘as, “unjustifiable, de- liberate and inhuman,” it makes mo threats, fixes no time jimit for re- sponse, and contains no demands. specifically stating that Great Brit- ain’s demands are reserved pending receipt of an explanation. From the diplomatic standpoint the very faet that Great Britain has not shown her hand strengthen$ her po- sitjon. Whoever the author of the offense may be, it is regarded as cer- tain that Great Britain will demand, among other things, his punishment. It is also considered certain that fail- ure to promptly comply with. the de- mands will 1i ly followed re’s recall, of court, the | s learns, the emps expressed a deter is responsi- imme be Associated Pre or has already nation to punish whoever ble for the error. An uncfficial statement made at the Russian admiralty, is that the govern- ment, before the Baltie squadron sail- ed, was infcrmed that 20 ‘Japanese had recently rcached Hull from a German port and, were believed: to have boarded the trawler fleet. A dispatch from Hull to the Lon- don Times says that the ecorrespond- ent, as the result of his investigation, is of the opinion that the attack on the British trawler by the Russian second Pacific squadron was a de- liberate aet, perpetrated with knowl edge of its character. BANKERS’ SPECIAL WRECKED. Train Bearing Speyer's Party Ditched Near Laredo. The. special which left over the National Mexican railroad bearing James Speyer of the banking firm of Speyer & Co., of New York, while go- ing at a high rate of speed, was ditch- ed between San Chez and La Jarita, about 25 miles south of Laredo, Tex. Mr. Speyer was uninjured.” J. BF. Davis of New York received painful cuts about the face, but is otherwise uninjured, and Conductor Sharkey was badly hurt. The wreck, it is said, was the re- sult of the condition of the roadbed and the high speed (75 miles ‘an hour) at which the train was going at the time, it having been the in- tention of the railroad officials to en- deavor to establish a new record be- tween here and Mexico City. INVITED TO PEACE CONFERENCE President's Note Dispatched—Re- public to the South Also Asked. Acting Secretary of State Adee has dispatched an invitation from the president to the signatory powers of | the original Hague treaty to come to- gether again to broaden and strength- en the original convention, especially | to consider means to further miti- gate the horrors of modern warfare and to conserve and extend the] rights of neutral commerce on the! high seas. In addition to the signa- tory powers, the invitation goes for- ward to four of the South and Cen-, tral American republics. ‘While the president has in his in- vitation suggested The Hague as a | proper meeting place, a majority must determine that, as well as the date of the meeting. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Slight Falling Off Compared With Former Years. The report of the commissioner of education for the. fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, made public by the sec-| retary of the interior, shows that 16,069,361 pupils, or 20 per cent.! of the entire population of the country, attended the public schools during that year.: As compared with the] previous six years, this percentage shows a slight decrease in the num- ber of pupils as compared with total | population. The total cost of the pub- lic school system is given as $251,- 457,625. This is an increase. of $16,000,000 over the previous year. It | amounts to $3 15 per capita of total population, and $22 per capita a pupil. Since 1870, the proportion of male teachers 75 has decreased 39 per cent | of the entire number the past year. The average compensation for male! teachers last year was $49 98 and] 340 51 for females. This is a slight Increase over the previous year. | TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | John Severius, a barber at Lewis-| ton, I1l., died after drinking a quart] of bay rum. | 1 F. 8. Colton- & Co. of Boston] brokers, members of the New York! Consolidated exchange, announced their suspension. The directors of ihe Pressed Steel Car company passed the dividend on the common stock, but declared a | regular quarterly dividend of 13} per | cent. on the preferred stock, payable | November 23 “Oe I | booked an average of 26,0 | drivew by STEEL TRUST REPORT. Earnings for Quarter Ending Sep- tember 30 of $18,773,932. ‘Directors of the United States Steel corporation declared the regular quarterly dividend of 1% per cent. on the preferred stock, payable Nov- ember 30. The financial statement for the quarter ended September 30 last, shows net earnings, after the usual deductions for repairs, renew- als, maintenance, fixed charges and interest on bonds, of $18,773,932, which is below conservative esti- mates. - Comparison with the same quarter for three years past follows: 1903, $32.422,954; 1902, $36,954,488; 1901, $28,663,843. Net earnings for the nine months of this year aggregate $51,709,889. In 1903, for the same period they were $94,133,970, and in 1902, $101,- 323,004. A striking feature of the state- ment is the item showing a surplus over charges and dividends of only $1,312,988, a decrease of $1,464,656, compared with the previous quarter, and of $10,998,707, compared with the corresponding quarter of 1903. TUn- filled orders on hand September 30 last, amounted to 3,027,436 tons, a decrease of 701,306 tons over the same period last year. As an offset to this, however, Chairman Gary stated that the corporation” had 00 tons of new orders per day during the cur- rent month, an increase of 303 per cent. over the business of last Octo- ber. DAN PATCH BREAKS RECORD. Paced Mile on Memphis Track in 1:56 Flat. With a pace-maker carrying a wind shield in front, and accompanied by a runner at his s Dan Patch, paced the fastest mile at the Memphis trotting’ park eyer ‘mad: by a horse in harness, circling the track in one minute and fifty-six seconds fiat. The * former record, 1:56 was madi by Dan Patch, in 1802. The wind shield used was the same as that employed when Lou Dillon trotted a mile in 1:58. It consisted of a strip of canvas about four feet square, attached to the sul- Ky of the running pacemaker. ide, Hersey, Another sensational performance was that of Major Delmar, E. E. Smathers’ trotting champion, when he trotted a mile to a high wheel sulky in 2:07 flat. It was announced by the judges before the trial that the sulky was a non-ball-bearing and weighed 541% pounds. It was also ex- plained the vehicle was the same pat- tern as that used by Maud 8, in her memorable flight against time ‘in 1884, when she trotted a mile in 2:083. BIG ORDER FOR CARS. Worn Out Rolling Stock will be Re- placed on P. R. R. The Pennsylvania Railroad com- pany has placed an order for 6,200 cars, 6,000 of which are to replace damaged and worn out cars on the lines east and west of Pittsburg, and which are not looked upon as an ad- dition to the equipment. The orders {for the cars, which include steel coal cars, wooden-sided gondolas, coke '‘and hox cars, have been ahout equally distri- buted among the American Car and Foundry company, the Pressed Steel Car company, the Standard Steel Car company and the Cambria Steel com- pany. The other 200 ordered are steel coke cars, and, with 600 order- ed several weeks ago, are additions to the equipment, They will he built by the Cambria Steel company. The value of the 6,200 cars order- ed is $5,580,000. The Philadelphia and Reading rail- way will also place a large order for cars in a few days. Americans Murdered in Mexico. Louis Kaiser, American Consul at Mazatlan, arrived at San Francisco en route to Washington with a report of the murder of two Americans, Clarence Way and Edward Latimer, at Aguas Caliente de Baca, July 10, 1904. Consul Kaiser will demand re- paration from the Mexican Govern- ment. CHURCH UNION OPPOSED. Southern Presbyterians, Favor Closer Fraternal Relations. Virginia synod of Presbyterian church adjourned met in Martinsburg, W. Va. The ques- tion of closer relations and organic union with the Northern Presbyter- ian church, which was expected ta the Southern | stir up a lively. discussion created no bitterness. The Rev. Dr. Ernes Donaldson, pastor of th Presbyterian church at Huntington, W. Va., talk- ed in favor of organic union. Vigor- ous. speeches were made against it by Dr. Fleming of Lynchburg, Va. Dr. Daniel Lewisburg, the Rev. Har- ris Kirk of Baltimore and others. The synod was overwhelmingly against organic union, but favored closer fraternal relations. Russia Floats New Loan. A new Russian Joan of $270,000,- 0060, according the Brussels cor- respondent of IL.ondon Standard virtually been concluded. Half loan has been reserved to Ger- many, and the remainder to France, Belgium and Holiand. . Great Demand for Wire. Wire nail manufacturers to the the declare | the production of wire nails at pres- ent is greater than ever hefore in the history of the country. The mills are producing at of 10,000,000 kazs 1,600,000,000 pounds a year. ‘he demand for wire products is also large. Exports of 'e products con- tinue on the incre: the rate or Fire did $30,000 damage to sever- al buildings at the Hampton Normal and Agricultural institute, Richmond, Va. Insurance $11,000. > “ = 1 8 B ~ 4440000440 : Th | D He will Nervous laints. ittsbur It afflict weal e)
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