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DUN’S WEEKLY REPORT
“BARON ROTHSCHILD 06D |. LL
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| —Building Trace is Active
- —Money Abundant.
One the Wealthiest Men in the
a R. G. Dun & Co.’s “Weckly Review
World is Gone. of Trade” says: Improvement is re-
rms | ported in retail trade, although
f rom
>ather conditions are still for
eal, and excessive rain retard
| cultural progress sufficie ty
| ¢ conservatica among de
| yet confidence in the future is
prevailing sentiment and leading
| y
1 id
GAVE MILLIONS TO THE POOR
queso
Philanthropist,
Sportsman, and
Most Patriotic of tsar | zcods jobbers are unanimous ia an-
| ticipating a large fall trade. Manu-
facturing plants are bu especially
son Alphense. Rothschi ’ f ring plants are
Barcn Alphonse Rothschild, head in heavy steel lines, except Where
of the great banking house, died a sual repairs are being ade or
or
2as
Building
cnable closing is mecessitated.
operations make favorable
Paris, May:26.
recognized |
Barcn Rothschild was = |
ene. of. the sronlest fimanciers of | COIApATiscons with recent years, and
28 Shs Cian 2 s the nt of | there is liltle controversy regarding
nx on fms 3s a t ro id 5. | Wages or hours of labor. Foreign
ie ne Nitoiica i g rolled | commerce at New York for the last
DEN OI Sututigy on 20 > week shows little change in comparl-
the private and public finances of |
son with the same period a year ago,
5 while im-
1ilway earn-
Burope, and was one of the
wealth- . 5%
liest of the Rothchild family, | exports decreasing $225.77
whose | ports gained $500, 956. ' Bs
Wealth has been computed at | i, thus far reported for May exceed
$450,000,000., 3 | those of a year ago by 8 per cent.
Baron Alphcuse was more than a and after falling to the lowest point
financier. He was a philanthropist, of the year prices of securities re-
philosopher and Sportsman. 28 well | cov ered materially.
on he a pela Money is abundant and easy and
: oF oh a 5 ne Fr ‘ ~~ | commercial payments are more
Le ine TON Sam ees
the needy in many parts of ne | HY In the iron and steel industry
ight Oe 3 Be ... | there is great activity on old orders,
world. An example of his anxiety
io piliove. distrees | and general confidence in a vigorous
winter before last, when he gave| and during the or Belt of he
$2,000,600 for the improvement of the |; Non bt JHient E - Jug A al ay
homes of the poor of Paris. ight, cues ot In re, Loy UepAyImen
Vill all his business activity he | Hence the Tusendidornnnos are
found: time for recreation and was | more active than the markets just
3 Sie i > Jen | BOW, which explains the apparent
qevoted to racing. Other sports 9-80 contradiction of reports. In Steel
claimed his attention in TECrenUION! valle and all other railway supplies
Land ul x Said, {and heavy lines for buildngs' and
aron Alphonse was a member of is often impossible to ‘se-
the Academy of Fine Arts, of the lfidges it
Frotot 3s i 2 5 2 0 Io cure shipments with = sufficient
Ss and ¢ a ; ;
bogid > 0 15 os i 0 B Sr = promptness, while pipe and tube
hil sah OF ie od A ad | TS. that have orders are well
g 1ildre 3aror Cdouar n : hd ’ wi
ou 2 I Ba i oo Y o (ahead, but in some other divisions
Siok i i) Bea an A oe 1 the situation is less satisfartory and
bh Ba : as Saton usgaye anc | more ‘effort is ‘being ‘made to secure
CINORd: | foreign trade. ‘Coke follows the quiet
7 Sana teadency of pig iron, ovens closing
~ 1 » : 2 . .
BANK CLOSES ITS DOORS | as stocks accumulate. No diminu-
-r { tion of strength is noted in raw wool
bi Made bn Pastis: Without | ; and the mills are also corresponding-
onsent of Other Directors. .. |ly firm in their views. Worsteds
.' The Canton, (0O.) State Bank, with-| continue ia greatest favor, but wool-
individual deposits of more thap | ens. are. not far behind.
$600,000, closed its doors on the 24th. | -Faijures last ,week .numbered 211
The directors state that the Bank will in the United States against 226 last
not be able to resume business. The'| year, and 19 .1a anada, compared
failure is alleged to have : ‘been | wit h 17 a year ago. shh
brought about by heavy loans to W.|
L. Davis, vige president of the bank, |
by the cashier, Corwin B. Bachtel, |
without the consent of the’ other ag!
rectors of the bank. According to a
statement made by counsel for the!
directors, more than 400,000 has been |
given to Davis for which no adequate | Convention at Harrisburg nominated
Seo has hoen Lm gished. Davis | John ‘B.. Head of Greensburg for
1as deeded to the bank property val-| ig :
udge .of p
ued at $200,000. ( the Superior Court
The city of Canton! | Willi E Terr a sid
has $76,000 on deposit in the bank. | ¢ RT Borne pen Mave
3
Hs DuniomiJouny 5leny 1 itive} The convention also planted itself
BIO and Many ScA00l (eacners| qanavely ‘ont ‘record for fusion : with!
were also depositors in the bank. | the independent Republicans in the!
was given only | 4
PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS
Ccnvention Nominates Candidate for
State Treasurer.
. The Pennsylvania Democratic State
i h st ti i roy 2B v 3!
we) Be ie te ove 2 “ts | campaiga for Governor next year.
a { S ntior nz
i go. Representative John Har
city has failed. The bank was or- Wo ave Gr Herman, of
| Columbia county, in his address as |
! | Temporary’ “Chairn nan, vigorously ar-|
The bank had a capital stock oft raigned the conduct of ine racent
$300,000, of which G0 per cent, or ian session.
$180,000, is paid 2p. . The larger por-| J. Thompson Baker, a Lewisburg
tion of the depositors are citizens of | banker, presided permanently.
7 re ali ’ x 3
iy hing any em The platform condemns the extra-
tors say they hardly expect to realize Wagemes Sf he law Tochiniuly endl)
$200,000 on the securities.
ganized several years ago.
{ “ripper. bills}: ‘A fair . ballot
i which shall provide for personal |
| repistintion of voters in cities is de-
EXPLOSION KiLLS 17
is i 1. nanded, and also legislative appor-|
Workmen in" Austria, Victims of To The OA for Sto]
Firedamp. { Treasurer is pledged, if elected, to
According to news received from make a more equal distribution of
Liezen in Styria, 17 persons have |the State deposits.
been killed by an explosion caused by Allegheny county got the lion’s
firedamp in the Bosruck tunnel there. share of the important convention
Several attempts at rescue were appointments. William J. Brennen
made but all of them failed, the mem- was Chairman of the Resolutions
bers of the rescue party. being over- ‘Committee, Henry Meyer was Chair-
rome by the fumes of the gases. The man of the Committee on Permanent
completed portion of the tunnel was | Organization, and Nicholas A. Bendel
not damaged. The tunnel is being was Sergeant-at-Arms.
pored through the Bosruck mountain
in connection with a second railway
to Trieste.
Three gold medals given by Presi-
dent Roosevelt to three German blue-
nino i jackets who saved the lives of several
At Cincinnati. Holzman & Co., bank- sailors of the United States ironclad
ers and brokers and members of the Monadnock in Chinese waters were
New York Stock exchange, assigned transmitted by Ambassador Tower to
io L.epman & Levi. the Foreign Grice in Berlin.
OFFICI ALS MUST LEAVE
FIND GOLD AND SILVER
Correspondent Says They Abound on Twelve Pere Marauette Men Allowed
West Virginia Farms. 24 Days in Canada.
Gold and silver have been found in At Ottawa, Ont.
paying quantities in the vicinity of cil has been passed putting into force
Sutton, W. Va., on the coal and coke penalties for infractions of the alien |
railroad of ex-Semator Davis. ODen- j1apor aot and warrants have Been is-
ings are being made on the farms of!
James Skidmore, Benjamin Criss ang Sted for the deportation of 12 Pere]
I : Marquette railway officials. “Superin-|
Barney Whaling. The seams of orc & J {
y & : tendent J. Pyeatt and Master Me-!
range in thickness from three to sev-,
en feet.
The latest assay from the Skidmore
mine is reportéd- to show -$60 gold
and 12 silver per ton. Frank® Smith
of Johnstown, Pa., is pushing -the
prospecting. Much excitement pre-
vails.
chanic J. McManamy are given 24
er officials seven days.
Death of Judge Dean.
Hon. John Dean, a Justice of the Su-
Senator Tillman Hurt.
‘While returning to - his home at
Trenton, S. C., in a carriage after at-
tending the commencement exercises
of the South Carolina Co-Educational
Institution at Edgefield, Senator Ben-
his home in Holidaysburg.
came peacefully in the presence of all
the members of his family. Three
. weeks ago Justice Dean suffered a
slight stroke of paralysis, supposed to
be the result of overwork. He left
his apartments in Philadelphia and re-
jamin R. Tillman was driven over an turned to his home in Hollidaysburg
enbankment and painfully injured, For a few days after his return home
sustaining two ugly cuts on the top
of his head and being ot%erwise
bruised.
his conditica seemed to improve,
when suddenly pnuemonia, with other
i complications set in.
Barberton Bank Clecsed.
National Bank
erton, O., was closed by
the coniroller of the curre:
the report of Nationn! Bar
SECRETARY HAY IS WELL
First
The
Said to Have No Intention of Leav-
ing the Cabinet.
dilation of Secretary
Hay’s
L 2 x the functional disorder for
er Walter F. Albertson, show he went to Bad Nauheim, Ger-
salveney, and National Bank to be treated, has, according
per George T. Cutts has been ap- cr Groedel, entirely dis-
5, : : pare The professor pronounces
pointed receiver. The Iast report of Mr ay a well man. The latter will
condition of the bank, made March | paturn to werk with vivid interest.
14,:: 1905, shows resources and lia- He has no intention, it is said, of re-
24,366.27
bilities of $3
Is and Bridge Supplies in Demand
and |
scores the passage of the Philadelpnis
law |
an order in Coun-|
days to leave the country and the oth-!
preme Court of Peansylvania, died at |
The end!
3IX KILLED BY EXPLOGION
Locomotive Boiler Blows up with
Terrible Effect.
OTHER ENGINES WERE WRECKED
Bodies of the Six Men Were Terribly
Mangled and Scattered in all
Directicns.
Six men were killed by the explos-
ion of the boiler of an engine that
was standing near the Hocking Val-
ley railroad roundhouse on West
Mound street, Columbus, O.
One man is believed to have been
blown into the river, and is not ac-
counted for, The dead: Godfrey
Schudel, machinist; Amos Spearman,
Jacob Davis, hostler;
boss hostler; Edward
E. Carl Hand,
hostler’s helper;
Fred Grumley,
Chapman, workman;
assistant electrician.
The six men who were killed were
at work near by. The building was
damaged and quantities of the debris
were scattered for hundreds of feet
in all directions. Several of the men
Ira Trayne
injured.
Physicians and ambulances wier
summoned and the police were wild
fied as soon as the first excitement
following the explosion had subsided.
r, a laborer,
tested for its first run after.rebuilding.
were wrecked. The bodies of the six
men were terribly mangled, arms and
WAR DROVE THEM CRAZY
Junklcad of Linatic | Russian Soldiers
and Sailors.
Forty-four lunatic Russian sailors
and soldiers from Port Arthur,
who was on the Sebastopol during the |
mediately transferred to the Russian |
improvised hospital ship Whampol,
tion direct to Odessa: All cases are |
apparently physical wrecks. -
The scene was extremely pathetic,
ed cages provided for their
and comfort during the voyage. The |
appearing in the Russian army
navy at Port Arthur during the war.
NEVADA BANK FAILURE
Only $16 Found in Vault, While $3
Gold Piece Lay Under
Counter.
{ The Goldfield Bank and Trust com-
| pany, with liabilities of $78,227, has
| fai iled. "The assets so far discovered
are $4,821, of which 34,800 is" in
| notes. There was $16 in the vault
and a $5 gold piece was found under
| the counter.
The most disorganized state of
affairs seems to exist in the books of
| the bank. J. B. Young, president of
| the bank, is also president of . the
| Goldfield IL.ida Investment company.
| Goldfield is a mew mining town in
| the heart of a newly discovered gold
| country of Southwestern Nevada.
ECHO OF M'KINLEY’S DEATH
| Man Who Tied Handkerchief for
| Czolgosz Goes to Penitentiary.
| Tdward Saftig, who gained notor-
| iety after the assassination of Presi-
i McKinley because of his asser-
| tion that he had tied the handkerchief
| Atount the pistol hand of Czolgosz,
was taken to the State penitentiary
at Joliet, Il, for violating his parole.
Saftig served a year‘in jail at St.
Louis for petit larceny.
Trio Found Guilty.
At Weston, W. Va., the jury, after
15 minutes’ deliberation, found Will-
clared the’ Hamilton concession, und-
William Johnson, the Weston jail-
breakers who were recaptured by
the Federal authorities, guilty of
house-breaking and stealing.
will have to answer to five more in-
dictments for the same offense.
TRAIN DASHES DOWN GRADE
killed were thrown high into the air. |
was seriously |
The engine which exploded was being |
Four other. engines standing, near by |
legs being scattered in all directions. |
in- |
cluding a violently insane lieutenant!
siege, arrived at Chefoo and were im- |
under the British flag, for transporta- |
| Springs, is missing and his accounts
as the chattering imbeciles mounted |
the decks of the steamer and enter-|
liberty |
party includes all cases of insanity | the Japanese were defeated.
and |
They |
TEAMSTERS’ STRIKE SPREADS
Lumber Business Tied Up—Extra
Officers Called For.
Final rejection of the Chicage
union teamsters’ demands, especially
those of the express drivers, was
officially announced by the employ-
ers, thus annulling any present settle-
ment of the teamsters’ strike. “The
employers demand unconditional sur-
render. Goods were seat all over
the city under police protection with
out encountering violence.
The strike in the lumber yards
spread with great rapidity, and near-
ly all lumber business is at a stand
still. Planing mills and sash and
door factories were compelled to
shorten operations and will be com-
pelled to close entirely.
Mayor Dunne issued a call for 1,00¢
extra policemen. This will be the
second 1,000 of extra policemen
sworn in since the begianing of the
strike. Sheriff Barrett swore in sev-
eral hundred deputies, the largest
number at any one time since the
| strike began.
THE ASPHALT DECISION
| Court at Catacas, Declares
sicn Forfeited.
| ‘Acting Secretary of State F. B.
| L.oomis, has received a cablegram
from Mr. Hutchinson, the American
| charge at Caracas, in answer to a
o | dispatch sent by him, inquiring into
| fhe decision of the courts there in the
sphalt- case. The reply confirms the
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Conces-
Roki report ~that the court, at the
instanée of the government, had de-
clared he Hamilton concession, und-
er which the New York and Bermudez |
company originally held title to La |
Felicidad asphalt lake, to have been |
forfeited by reason of nonfulfilment |
| of the terms of the concession and]
|B ad ordered the appointment of ex-|
{ perts to appraise the damages sus-|
| tained by the government through |
| the company’s failure to meet its |
| obligations.
CURRENT NEWS EVENTS.
announces that he will |
world to make a study of]
ownership and railroad |
W. J. Bryan
tour the
| municipal
| problems. :
Wesley G. Parker, exchange teller
in the Arkansas National bank at Hot
are alleged to be short $10, ,000.
There is an unconfirmed © rumor
that the Russian and Japanese fleets
| have met south of Formosa, and_that |
The St. Petersburg correspoadent
of the London Times says Lieut.
Gen. Linevitch has demanded the re-
call of Gen. Kuropatkin
By a majority of 27 the Cumberland
reneral Assembly adopted the ma-
jority report declaring for union with
the Northern Presbyterian church.
The Rev. W. C. Williamson of Burl-
ington, Ia., was elected moderator
of the general assembly of the Uaited
Presbyterian church at Wshington.
The Democratic state central com-
mittee fixed Columbus as the place
and June 27 and 28 as the dates for
the state convention and chose M.|
A. Daugherty of Lancaster temporary |
chairman and P. A. Berry of Mt.
Vernon secretary.
Big Coal Deal In Ohio.
A coal land deal by which about
9,000 acres lying in the Yellow Creek
Valley ia Jefferson county and in
Moenroe county are to be transferred
to a syndicate has been effected here.
The business will be capitalized at
$1,000,000 by Cleveland, Pittsburg
and East Liverpool capital. The
Jefferson county tract comprises 2,000
acres, near Irondale, owned by the
Ohio Coal and Coke Company of East
Liverpool. The Monroe county trace
comprises about 7,000 acres and is
owned by capitalists of Cleveland and
other northeastern Ohio men.
Slaughters His Family.
William Stephens, who lived at|
Ross Valley, California, murdered his
wife, shot his five childre:
ed himself after he had pursued into | P
the road and had attempted to murder:
a passing milkman. Three of the]
i children died instantly, and the others |
cannot live. There is no explanation!
of the tragedy, except the theory that
Stephens beeante Sydgenly insane. |
$2,000 tor Husband's Affect ions.
Engineer Killed and Eight Others
Badly Injurea.
‘Down the Ursina grade, the steep:
est railréad hill west of the Alle-|
ghenies, ten miles from Brooks tun-|
nel to Confluence, a double-header |
| train. of 59 freight cars on the Balti- |
more & Ohio railroad, dashed at a
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vards with a crash that killed one
man, injured four others, two fatally,
demolished 75 ears and two en-
gines, and made a ruin of fhe new
yards.
The dead man is M. R. Waddell of
Connellsville, a brakeman. The in-
jured are John W. McManus, engine-
man, Connellsville, leg smashed, in-
jured interally, badly cut and bruis-
ed; Patrick Lewis, Uniontown, jump-
ed from train at Ursina, leg broken,
head crushed; James Rennet, leg
sprained, cut and b»ruised; Engine-
man Richard Cunningham, Connells-
viile, jumped from second engine,
ankle sprained, badly bruised.
Failure of the air nrakes to catecn
started the train on its mad run, just
after it left Brooks Tunnel.
New Route to Southwest.
A new route to the Southwest, in-
dependent to the St. Louis gateway,
is to be given the Chicago shippers in
the near future. This is to be
complished by crossing the Missi
pi river at Thebes, about 150 miles
south of St. Louis. To make the new
route possible it was nece xr
construct a new bridge across
This structure has just
the
river
fic with elaborate ceremonies on
‘Thursday.
me Te
| 60-mile clip and landed in Confluence |
ac- |
been |
completed and will be opened for traf- |
A suit for $2,000 damages for al-
leged alienation of the affections of
| the plaintiff’s husband has been en-|
| tered in the Intermediate court of!
{ Marion county, W. Va., by Mrs. Irene
| B. Gordon, against Mrs. Dora Cross.
| The parties to the suit live at Man-!
nington, W. Va. and the defendant |
owns considerable real estate.
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KILLED BY BOMB
Governor of Baku Assassinated in
His Carriags.
Prince Nakachidza, the governor of |
Baku, was assassinated by a bomb
| which was thrown at his carriage. A
lieutenant, who = was accompanying
him, and a bystander were also killed,
and the coachman is believed to have
been fatally hurt. |
The chief of police of Sicdlee, Po-|
land, was sitting on the veranda of a|
club at midnight when an unknown |
man hurled a bomb at him. The]
missle exploded near enough to the |
chief for fragments to injure him ser- |
iously. Three other perscas were al- |
so injured.
bomb escaped.
Fifty Turks Killed.
An encounter between Graeco-
Macedonian bands and a strong Turk-
ish detachment is reported to have
occurred in the district of Langadina
in Macedonia. Eleven insurgents and
50 Turks are reported to have been
killed.
£y to]
| Advices received from Harbin say
lines to Vladivostok
| therefore the fortress
{ ed, as reported.
are working,
is not
The man who threw the!
| from the State of Ohio for the Ohic
| pany,
| elected president of the Amalgamated
| Larkin, Martins Ferry,
and Eill- Distriot~2, P.
. |
| pyteries on the question of union. It]
i
| report be referred to. the committee
| committee be
| confer with a committee from the
Cumberland church;
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WILL BUILD SHIP GANAL
Lake Erie and Ohio River WIil be
Connected.
RE THAN $500,000 PAID IN
President of Company Says That
: Work Will Be Started With
in a Year.
A company to build the Lake Erie
and Ohio river ship canal has been
fermed and has already begun opera-
tions. On May 4 a charter was se-
cured at Harrisburg, through Charles
A. Pagan and W. A. Magee , Jr,
solicitor of the company, in which the
following persons are named as in-
corporators: Edward J. Lloyd, George
A. Kelly, Jr., William I. Jones, Hen-
ry ‘Buhl, Jr. Col. Thomas P. Rob-
erts, William J, East, Burd 'S. Patter-
son, George W. Stewart, Emil Swens-
son, Charles. A. Fagan, George M.
IL.ehman, James W. Wardrop and John
E. Shaw.
The act of 1895 requires that the
capital stock of the company shall
be $25,600 for each mile of canal pro-
posed to be constructed, of which
$5,000 per mile at least must be sub-
scribed. The distance from the
mouth ~f the Beaver river to Lake
Erie, the places between which the
canal is to be constructed, is 10°
miles, and the capital stock of the
company for preliminary purposes
has been made $2,625,000, which
amount will be increased as soon
begins operations.
The requirements that $5,000 of
stock for every mile shall be sub-
scribed was complied with before the
charter was taken out, the subsecrip-
tions amounting to over $600,000.
A ‘charter has also been seccured
as ‘the company
and Pennsylvania Ship Canal com-
which will build a canal to con-
nect with that of the lake Erie and
‘Ohio River Ship Canal’ company.
In 1899 the Pennsylvania Legisla-
| ture appointed a committee to inquire
into the practicability of a modern
eanal. Its report was that a. cana
could be built for $30,000,000. In
1893 a provisional committee was or-|
ganized in Pittsburg with 35 mem-|
bers. This committee had a law|
passed authorizing a ship canal com-
| pany to be organized to construct and
operate a ship canal from the head
waters of the Ohio river via the
Beaver and Mahoning rivers. The
committee also asked for a Nationa!
charter. The charter, however, was
not secured, although favorably act-
ed upon by various Congressional
committees. It is under this State
law that the present corporation was
organized and the charter secured.
AMALGAMATED OFFICERS
Retiring President / Receives
Complimentary Vote.
McArdle of Muncie, Ind., was
Large
P.7T
Association of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers, on the second ballot, receiv-
ing 122 votes.
M. F. Tighe of Pittsburgh was al-
so a candidate and retiring President
T. J. Shaffer was given a good sized
complimentary vote, although he was
not a candidate. Other officers were
elected as follows:
Secretary-Treasurer, John Williams,
Pittsburgh; assistant secretary, M.F.
Tighe, Pittsburgh; Journal manager,
Ben 1. Davis, Pittsburgh; trustees,
Elias Jenkins, Youngstown, O.; John
G. Hagen, Piqua, O., C. J. Monahan,
Pittsburgh; delegate to the American
Federation of Labor, J. A. Kersey,
Granite City, Ill.
Five salaried union presidents cre-
ated under the organization’s scheme,
were named as follows: Puddlers—
William Thomas, Vincennes, Ind.;
Finishing-—Joseph Rutledge, New Al-
bion, Ind.; Sheet—ILlewellyn Lewis,
Martins Ferry, Ohio; Tin—Walter
Ohio; Eastern
Wright, Lancaster,
rhe next convention will be held in
| Cincinnati.
H. Clay Evans, former United States
consul at London, has sailed for home
from' Southampton.
CHURCHES WILL UNITE
Presbyterian Assembly Votes to Re-
ceive Cumberland Church.
The Presbyterian general assembly
unanimously voted to take in the
Cumberland Presbyterian church.
The special committee in its report
canvassed the votes taken by pres-|
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showed 144 affirmative votes and 39
negative. Two took no action, one
gave conditional assent, and five made
no report. The special committee in
its recornmendations asked that the
ca corporation and union; that the
increased in member-
ship to 21: that it have power: to
that it find what
details must be worked out to. consu-
| mate the union, and that a report be
made to the general assembly next |
year.
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Thomas W. Miller, a Baltimore and |
Ohio railroad brakeman, was killed |
by a train at Weston, W. Va. The
officials have been unable to locate
his relatives.
UNEARTHED BANDITS’ TREASURE !
Farmer Digs Into Cave Containing
Fortune and Private Mint.
Ben J. Neil, while digging a well
con his farm in Jerome township, nea
Marysville, O., dug into a cave about
20 feet beneath the surface and found
{an iron pot containing gold and silver |
that both railroad and the telegraph |
i covered.
isolat- |
$30,000.
outfit also was dis- |
This cave is supposed to
have been the hiding place of bandits
more than 50 years ago.
to the amount of
A counterfeiters’
CORN DAMAGED BY WORMS
Necessary to Replant Crop in
tions of the State.
The weather bureau’s weekly buile-
tin summarizs crop conditions as fol
lows: The weather conditions of the
week ending May 22 have been gener-
ally unfavorable. Frequent and in
some cases heavy rains have delay-
ed work in Eastern districts and on
the North Pacific coast, but improv-
od the conditions of grains and grass-
es. while cool wnights and cloudy
weather have retarded germination
and growth in nearly all districts.
Further delay in corn planting is re-
ported from* Ohio, Indiana and 11li-
nois and much replanting is neces.
sary in the first and last named
States, as well as in Jowa and Ne-
braska. Cut worms are damaging
in the Ohio valley and portions of the
Middle and South Atlantic States,
while the crop is suffering from lack
of cultivation in the last named dis-
trict and in the States of the Lower
Sec-
Mississippi valley. Winter wheat
generally continues promising. More
favorable weather conditions during
the latter part of the week have
caused spring wheat to improve rap-
idly and this crop is now making sat-
isfactory progress. The general con-
dition of ‘oats ‘is satisfactory. The
crop as a whole has: made good
growth, although retarded by floods
in portions of Chio. Less favorable:
reports are. received regarding ap-=
ples. Prospects for this crop are
deteriorating in Missouri,
is not as full as usual in New
land,
ginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and
Southern Illinois and Iess promising
conditions are indicated in Ohio. All
reports indicate that a
hay is promised. Haying is now ia
progress in California, with a heavy.
crop of excelleat quality. ;
Eng-
SKIRMISHING IN MANCHURIA
Russian General Fails to Report Re-
sult of Cne Fight.
General Linevitch, in a dispatch
from the front dated May 21, announ=
ces that two Russian detachments oc-
cupied the valleys of the Kaak and
Khanda rivers westward of Nanshent-
si on the Mandarin road after dislodg-
ing forces of Japanese cavalry and
infantry. The dispatch adds that
General Martynoff’s detachment from
Tadlu also drove back the Japanese
advanced cavalry outposts. General
Linevitch also reported fighting near
Shahotae, May 18, 2 it did not give
the result. He said a Russian detach-
ment east of the a approached
the village of Shahotse and was at-
tacked by a considerable force of
.Japanese from the cecal mines of that
place.
It is renoricd in Toyko' that a junk ’
filled with Russian officers has been
captured. It is presumed that they
were making a reconnaissance from
Vladivostok.
Boston Wool Market.
"The wool market continues to
strengthen and reports indicate that
the west is well sold up, Montana be-
ing especially covered up by con-
tracts or actual sales. There is less
trading among dealers in Bostea, but
this is because a large part of the
speculative wool available has been
placed, There is little doing in ter-
ritory wools on spot, but now wools
are eagerly taken at full prices. The
demand for foreign and pulled wools
is active. Leading quotaticas are
about as follows: Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania XX and above, 34@35¢c; X, 31
@32c; No. 1, 383@39¢c; No. 2, 39@40c;
fine unwashed, 25@26c; quarterblood
unwashed, 33434; three eights blood,
33@34c; half blood, 32@33¢c; unwash-
ed delaine., 27@28c; unmerchantable,
28@2%¢c; fine washed delaine, 37c.
Nal,
Dr. Zeigler Gets but $10,000.
A claim for 100,000 for medical ser-
vices by Dr. L. C. H. EB. Zeigler of
Chicago against the estate of Harriet
McVicker, widow of the well-known
theatrical manager, was disallowed
by Judge C. S. Cutting of the Pro-
bate Court, Judge Cutting held the
claim excessive. He instructed Dr.
Zeigler to present a more moderate
claim. A claim for $10,000 under a
contract exhibited in court was allow-
ed.
PLAGUE KILLS 750,000
Report of Mortality in India Made to
British Commons.
Three-quarters of a million people
have already died of the plague in
India this year, according to figures
furnished by Indian Secretary Brod-
erick.in the house of commons.
The - mortality from January
April 1 was 471,744, while another
215,961 succumbed during the four
weeks ending April 29.
1 to
Commons Disorderly.
The house of commons had to be
adjourned Monday night because the
members refused to listen to a speech
by Alfred Lyttleton, secretary of
state for the colonies. They wanted
to hear Premier Balfour and the wild-
est disorder reigned when any of the
Liberal leaders attempted’ to address
the house.
Chile will Build Railroads.
The Chilean government has decid-
ed to issue bonds to the amount of
100,060,000 posos and bearing inter-
est at the rate of 6 per cent. to build
a system of. railroads throughout the
whole country.
Monument to Joseph Smith.
The trustees of the Mormon church
at Salt Lake City have purchased 40
acres of farm land in South Royalton,
Vi where
> they will erect a monu-
| ment, shrine and cottage on the site
birthplace of Joseph Smith,
r of their faith.
the
Fire originating in the foundry
partment of the Ohio Brass com-
pany at Mansfield, O.. destroyed a
large part of the ‘plant. The damage
ab out $100,000, covered by insur-
de-
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dropping is reported from Vir-'
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