PEACE TERMS SUBMITTED
Japanese Envoys Present Their
Demands at Portsmouth.
RUSSIA MUST PAY THE COST
Cession of Leases on Liaotung Penin-
sula and Evacuation of Man-
churia Demanded.
The peace envoys of Russia and Ja-
pan held their first meeting at Ports-
mouth, N. H.,, August 9, but nothing
of importance was done until the sec-
ond day when Baron Komura present-
ed an outline of the Japanese claims,
which were transmitted by M. Witte
to St. Petersburg.
Although great secrecy is maintain-
ed, the claims are said to include the
cession of Sakhalin, reimbursement
for the expenses of war, cession of
leases on the Liaotung peninsula, in-
cluding Port Arthur and Dalny; .the |
evacuation. of Manchuria and the
“open-door” policy there; the cession
of the Chinese Eastern railway below |
Harbin, rec tion of a Japanese pro-
tectorate Korea, the grant
fishing rights from Vladivostok to Ber-
ing sea, the relinquishment to Japan |
of Russian warships now interned in
neutral ports and a limitation on the
naval strength of Russia in far east-
ern waters. -
The word “indemnity” ‘is carefully
avoided, the term employed being ‘“re-
imbursement” for the cost of the war.
No sum is fixed, the amount being
distinctly adjourned for mutual ad-
justment between the two countries |
after the Japanese expenditure has
been ascertained.
The terms were handed to M. Witte,
written in French and English. The
documents are not long. They are
quite short. A paragraph is given to
each condition. It required but about
$00 words, in cipher, for M. Witte to
summarize and add his comments in
the perscnal cablegram he sent to
Russia before the exact terms were
cabled.
WELCOME TO PRESIDENT.
Prominent Men Visit Mining Towns
of Pennsylvania.
President Roosevelt, who ‘came to
Wilkesbarre, Pa., and made an ad-
dress to the delegates attending the
annual convention of the Catholic To-
tal Abstinence Union of America, was
given a most enthusiastic reception.
The entire valley from Shickshinny to
Pittston took a holiday to do honor to
the President. The greatest crowd
that the municipality ever had within
its confines was present, and it is
estimated
ed upward of 200,000.
The President arrived at 3 o'clock
and was driven directly to the speak-
ers’ stand on the River common. Be-
sides the President, those who spoke
were Cardinal Gibbons, Mayor Kirken"
dall, of Wilkesbarre; John Mitchell,
president of the United Mine Work-
ers’ union, and Rev. J. J. Curran, a
district president of the Catholic To-
tal] Abstinence union. Cardinal Gib-
bons, Mr. Mitchell, Senator P. C. Knox
and Mayor Weaver, of Philadelphia,
upon appearing, were given an en-
thusiastic greeting.
ed the President was driven about the
city, then to the Wyoming monument;
and from there to Pittston, where he | yg stopped and Cumming chased and |
baarded his special train and left for
Chautauqua, N. Y., at 7:20 p. m.
WANTS PAY FOR HUSBAND
Widow of Victim of Harrisburg Wreck
Sues for Damages.
Margaret E. Phillips, widow of
James R. Phillips, who was killed in
‘he Harrisburg, wreck on the Penn-
sylvania railroad, has sued the com-
pany for $100,000 damages In_ the
9ill Mrs. Phillips says her husband
eft New York for Pittsburg on the
ight of May 10. ‘The facts connected
with the wréck, Phillip’s injury and
death are then recited. She avers
that her husband was of sober hab-
its, of large earning capacity and was
earning ‘an income of $25,000 a year.
RELIGIOUS PARADE STOPPED
Arrested After They Had Burned
Their Cld’hnig.
Thirty Doukhobors, a religious sect,
marched to within half a mile of York-
ton, Manitoba, stripped themselves
naked and burned their clothes. The
police arrested all the men, women
and children in the party, and wrap-
ed them in blankets.
The Doukhobors had intended
march through the streets of York-
ton naked. They refused all nour-
ishment, but raw potatoes.
they are looking for Christ. Another
party is reported to be heading for
Yorkton from the northeast.
Black Leg in New Eng'and.
The cattle plague, known as black
leg; a form of murrain, broken
1
nas
out in Brookfield, Mass., at the Jarm |
of John A. Ter
lost three young COWS. Agent Peters
of the Massachusetts cattle bureau
has been notified and has ordered
the bodies of the dead animals cre-
mated or buried deep and covered
with lime.
TORN TO SHREDS BY LIONS
Who Attempted to Enter
the Cage Killed.
Werkman
Two li the property of the city
of Blackpool, Eng., were found loose
in the yard adjoining their cage, to-
gether with
workman. It
on the previous
appears that the man
that he would enter the lions’ cags.
in an attempt to carry out
he opened the cage. The
escaped and killed him,
}
themselves on his body.
of |
that the visitors number-|
After the exer-|
cises on the River common had end- |
to!
They say |
ry and Mr. Terry has |
portion of the body of a |
night made the boast |
POLE HUNTERS SUFFERED
Men of Ziegler Expedition Almost
Lost Hope of Rescue.
The relief steamer Terra Nova,
which succeeded in rescuing Anthony
Fiala and the other members of the
Ziegler polar expedition, arrived at
Tromsoe, Norway.
The Terra Nova sailed for home
August 1. It got out of the ice pack
August 6 and ‘returned in excellent
condition.
The members of the Ziegler ex-
pedition tell a stirring story of their
vain efforts to reach the pole. In the
severe weather of November, 1903,
the ship America, which carried the
expedition, broke up and the provis-
ions and coal were lost. In the fol-
lowing spring continued attempts
were made eastward and westward to
force a passage to the pole. The con-
ditions, however, were insurmount-
able. The expedition met with much
open water and day after day en-
countered fresh dangers and diffi-
culties. Ultimately the supply of
provisions began to give out and a
painful journey northward was begun,
the members of the expedition finally
reaching the depots at Cape Flora,
{ Cape Dillon and Camp Ziegler, among
| which they were distribut and
where they managed to eke out the
limited supplies by catches of wai-
rus and bear. All most hope-
| ful until the fall of 1904, whea the sol-
id ice field stretching in every direc-
| tion seemed to preclude t ili
| of help reaching them,
| came despondent.
wera
BUTT
SOCIALISTS ARRESTED
| Poland’s Jails Are Being Filied With
Armed Jews.
A thousand Socialists
| holding a meeting in a near
| Lodz, Poland, were surrounded by
soldiers. The majority were arrested,
many being wounded, while attempt-
ing to escape. The military
mander has sentenced the
police. and the burgomaster to
week’s imprisonment for disobe
of military orders.
At Warsaw, the nc
ing the jails
who were
forest
com-
chief of
one
lience
vers and daggers
Fifteen others were arreste
exchange of shots. A bomb was
| covered in the street and three poli
men were shot
There also were disturbances in
surrounding district. Gangs
revolutionists,
and bombs, attack government
| treasuries in the three district towns
| of "Opatow, Lubartow,and Wengrow,
| resulting in stiff fi ing with
| bolice, several whom were kil
i wounded. Peasants destroyed
|ace of Count Krasi at
| near Rylestok.
| ee ee et ct ee ee.
| HIGHWAYMEN CAPTURED
| Three Men Who Attempted to Hold
| Up Train Are Caught.
In a running fight, during which
e number of shots were exchanged,
Special Agent William G. Cumming,
{ of the Northern Pacific railway, cap-
| tured three men who had attempted
to hold up an eastbound Northern
| Pacific passenger train near Sum-
| mer.
The men threatened to shoot Con-
ductor Michael Helfrich, Detective
| Cumming and any other person who
| might offer resistance. The train
t captured the men. When
jail’ at’ Tacoma the 1
names of Frank Rober a
| Williams and George uck.
500 LOST
placed in
IN LANDSLIDE
Whole Indian Village *
tion Is imbedded in British
Columbia.
A dispatch reports a
landslide on Thompson river
ba last Sunday.
was imbedded with Its I
the river bed was block
Asheroft is an Indian x
| population of 500, situated
northwestern portion of the Yale dis-
| triet, British Columbia
An
113g
| ch eens
| New Army Record in Shooting.
| New records for the army were es-
| tablished in the International shoot
| at Fort Sheridan, First Sergt. George
| Sayer, Company A, Fifteenth infan-
| try, making a total of 832 points out
| Frank C. Baker, of the medical de-|
| partment, Fort Monterey, 899
| The best previous record was 878 o
|of a possible 1,000. The two next:
| highest score were made by Lieut. |
| Ned M. Green, Fifteenth infantry, Fort
| Northern division Fort Snelling, Minn,
| 863.
4233 Men
According te figures given out
Secretary 1 vamara, of the Internat-
ional 5 11 Iron I Bridge
Worl ( have walk-
ed out called i
the Americ 2 ymi
men say that the sub-cont yrs do-
ing work for the American Bridge
| Company are employing non-union
| men, and insist that the union be
recognized throughout. No propo-
| sition to settle has been formulated
by either side and no arrangements
have ben made to get together.
Chauffeur Punished.
William Henry Myers, a chauffeur
was convicted of involuntary man-
slaughter at Philadelphia and sent
enced to 18 months’ imprisonment for
5-year-old
out all
and
The jury
killing
was
Eldon Sarv
night.
down
Secretary Taft says in la that
the United States must stay in the
Philippines for a generation at. least
to prepare the natives for self-govern- |
ment.
the |
revolvers |
the |
| of a possible 1,000, while First Lieut. |
Monterey, 370, and Corporal J. Grandy, |
TWELVE KILLED IN WRECK
Passenger Train in Collision with
Freight on Nickel Plate.
ENGINEER KILLED AT HIS POST
None in Smoker Escaped Injury—Fire-
man Escaped by Jumping—Cars
Badly Splintered.
A fast eastbound passenger train
on the Nickel Plate road collided with
a westbound freight train at Kish-
man, O., near Vermillion, resulting in
the death of 12 persons, while at least
twenty-five others were injured, eight
of whom will probably die. The
wreck, according to the officials of the
company, was caused by a misunder-
standing of orders, or neglect to obey
them on the part of the crew of the
freight train.
It is said that the watch of the en-
gineer of the freight train was slow,
and that the engineer believed he had
eight minutes to get his train on the
siding before the passenger train was
due. The freight train had slakened
speed and was about to back in on
the siding from the main track when
the passenger train came tearing
along at the rate -of forty-five miles
an hour, and dashed into it.
The dead: Charles W. Poole, engi-
neer of passenger train, Conneaut, O.;
Joseph Alexander, Newark, N. J.;
Frank Weaver, Findlay, O. The re-
mainder of those killed were Italian
laborers.
Engineer C. W. Poole of the pass-
enger train was killed at his post
while trying to reach for the air-
brake, after seeing the headlight of
the freight train. His fireman,
Haefner, saved himself by jumping.
The high speed of the passenger
train threw its locomotive and first
three coaches over on the engine of
the freight train, telescoping the smok-
and car following. The forward
cars of the freight train were splint-
| ered to fragments Of the passenger
in the smoker none escaped injury.
{ Fortunately there was no fire, but the
heavy timbers of the wrecked cars
pinned down many and prevented
them from getting out until assistance
arrived.
| er
MAY GO.TO TIDEWATER
Pittsburg and Lake Erie Said to Plan
New Outlet.
As a result of the inspection of the
ttle Kanawha railroad made by Col.
J. M. Schoonmaker, vice president of
the Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad
last week, it has been unofficially
announced that the Vanderbilt inter-
| ests have taken up their options on
| the holdings of the Little Kanawha
syndicate for $7,000,000, including the
| Little Kanawha railroad, the work on
| its extension, the work proposed on
| the Buckhannon and Northern rail-
| road and several thousand acres of
jin coking coal lands in the Little
Kanawha valley near Parkerburg.
The statement was also made that
the Little Kanawha railroad will be
| extended to give a direct line to the
| lakes from ‘Parkersburg and through
| Central and Southern West Virginia
| to tidewater at or near Norfolk, Va.
| The Little Kanawha system is also to
| be connected with the Chesapeake
| and Ohio and the Cincinnati, Hamilton
|and Dayton roads,
NORWAY WILL BE FREE
| Pecple Vote to Dissolve the Union
. With Sweden. g
e Norwegian people, in a refer-
vor of the dissolution of
not unexpected, unanimity.
Of 450.000 voters 320,000 cast bal-
full result is not yet
returns show that about’ one
1 3.000 voted against the dis-
The difference between the
total number of voters and.the num-
ber of votes cast is attributable to
absentees, such as sailors abroad and
others who are out of the country
at present.
mon.
Two Brakemen Killed.
Two Wheeling-Wabash freights col-
lided head on near Fremont, O., and
Brakemen George Wells of Norwalk
| and George Peck of Toledo were
killed. Failure of the westbound train
Mutineers Sentenced to Be Shot.
As the result of the trial of 53
| mutineers on the training ship Pruth,
[15 have been acquitted, four condem-
ned to be shot, three sentenced to
nenal servitude for life and the re-
mainder to shorter terms.
mmended that two of the death
s be commuted to penal ser-
~ life and the two others to
imprisonment.
|
Amalgamated Finishes Scale.
| An increase of about 63% per cent.
| in wages of blowers and gatherers is
| made in the scale of the Amalgamat-
|ed Window Glass Workers’ associa-
{ tion. The scale will be submitted to
| the manufacturers, to go into effect
| September 1, if agreed to.
|
A Cannibal
avelers who have a
Belgium, return
ived at Ant-
z from the
| ner s territory in Africa, report
| that th ted rumors while
lin that region that a tribe of canni- |
bals called the Niems, recently killed
5
irever
The report of yellow cases |
[August 8 as submitted, follows: New
1 late, 616; deaths,
{ total new sub-foci, 17; |
| total sub-foci to date, 114.
|
taken August 13 pronounced !
the |
with Sweden with remarkable, |
to get orders to stop at Clyde is |
claimed to be responsible. The
both engines escaped by
The court |
>roes and eight Ger-
BOMBARDED BY RUSSIANS
Town on North Coast of Island of
Crete Destroyed.
The Russian gunboat Khrabry has
bombarded and destroved Castelli, on
the north coast of the island of
Crete, about 18 miles east of Retimo.
because the insurgents there opposed
the landing of a Russian force to
take over the customs house. A boat
party which was sent ashore from the
Khrabry was repulsed, whereupon the
Russian commander, after warning
the insurgents to remove the women
and children, opened fire. The in-
surgents returned the fire with small
arms, wounding two Russians. The
bombardment continued until the
village hoisted the white flag.
There have been disturbances in
Crete for a considerable length of
time, the Cretans being in revolt to
obtain a greater degree of independ-
ence than they now possess. Prince
George of Greece is the high com-
mander of the island, having been
nominated by Great Britain, France
and Italy in 1895. The porte recently
sent a circular note to its represent-
atives in London, Rome, Paris and St.
Petersburg on the subject of the revo-
lutionary movement in Crete, express-
ing the hope that the powers would
maintain the status quo and re-estab-
lish order in the island.
130 MILES IN 102 MINUTES
Pennsylvania Special
New Long Distance Record.
All records for long distance run-
ning were broken by the Pennsylvania
special when the distance between
Crestline and Fort Wayne, 130 miles,
was covered by Engineer Jerry Mc-
Carthy with the five cars in 102 min-
utes.
The train was 23 minutes late leav-
ing Crestline and when McCarthy said
he would go into Ft. Wayne on time it
was said to be impossible, as the best
previous time was 112 minutes,
made by the same train and engineer
several weeks ago. The average rate
of nearly 80 miles per hour is.con-
sidered by railroad officials to be the
most remarkable instance of long dis-
tance running known to railroad his-
tory.
WHIRLED TO DEATH
Farmer’s Daughter, Caught by Hair in
Engine Shaft.
Edith Kent, the 14-year-old daugh-
ter of a prosperous farmer of
Chautauqua county, N. Y., met death
in a terrible manner. She had pre-
pared to attend a picnic. Her father
started the farm engine and drove off
to Dunkirk with his brother, leaving
Miss Kent and her mother at home
alone. ¥
Edith had ‘her hair undone pre-
vious to dressing for the . picnic.
Passing near the engine, her hair
caught in the shaft and she was
dashed to death before her frenzied
mother could respond to her shrieks
for aid.
CURRENT NEWS EVENTS.
New cases of yellow fever
deaths develop at New Orleans, but
Surgeon White is not alarmed at the
situation.
William Gehm, of Sharon, Pa., has
received word that he has inherited an
estate worth several thousand dollars
through the death of an uncle im
Germany. :
The Governors of 26 States have,
so far, aceepted the invitations of the
Nationa] Civic Federation to appoint
delegates to attend a National con-
ference on immigration in New York
City, December 6 and 7. :
| Before leaving for his vacation
| Postmaster General Cortelyou directed
| the issuance of a new form of mon-
| ey order which, it is believed, will
be proof against alteration at the
hands of forgers.
Replies from the governors of
states in the union indicate that
Pennsylvania’s action in taking the
lead toward establishing a commi-
sion to create uniform divorce laws
is well received.
The Louisville & Nashville and Il-
linois Central railroads answered a
complaint of discrimination to the in-
terstate commerce commission by the
Gulf Refining Company, of which Col-
onel J. M. Guffey, of Pittsburg, is
| president, by reducing oil rates.
President Roosevelt addressed a
large crowd of people in the assem-
bly grounds, at Chautauqua, N. Y.
The Western Pennsylvania Golf as-
sociation team, under W. C. Fownes,
Jr., of Pittsburg, won the Olympian
team cup on the Chicago Golf club
links.
| Towboat Sunk.
| The Monongahelia River
and |
Establishes a]
Consoli- |
| dated Coal and Coke Company's tow- |
boat Joe B. Williams struck a log six |
miles below Golconda, Ill, in the Ohio |
| river, and sank. There was no loss
| of life. The hole in the hull is 40
feet long and the damage is about
| $10,000. The boat will be raised. Next
| to the Sprague the Joe B. Williams is
| the largest towboat engaged in the
| river coal trade.
|
Drowns Daughter, Kills Herself.
|
|
Mrs. Chester Winstanley, of New
| Albany, Ind., while temporarily in-
| sane drowned her eight-year-old
| daughter by holding her under water
{in a bath tub. Seizing a pistol, she
| shot and severely wounded her hus-
band and then swallowed carbolic
| acid, dying -an hour later.
| Death of Archbishop Chapelle.
| Placide Louis Chapelle, archbishop
of New Orleans, and apostolic delegate
| to Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philip-
| pines, died August 9 of yellow fever
at the Palace in Esplanade avenue,
New Orleans. He was 63 years old.
|
| —
| Will Leave University of Chicago.
Dr. William R. Harper has decided
to resign as president of the Univer-
| sity of Chicago. Dr. Harper will de-
vote all his time and energy to battling
| with the cancer that threatens his
| life. >
MANY CRUSHED 10 DEATH...
Floors of Building in Albany Fail
Burying Over One Hundred.
WORKMEN REMOVED PILLAR
Rescue Work Began Promptly, but
Could Be Prosecuted Only With
Great Difficulty.
The middle section of the big de-
partment store of the John G. Myers
Company in North Pearl street, Al-
pany, N. Y., collapsed, carrying down
with it 100 persons. .
Caught in a chaos of brick, plaster
and wooden beams between 20 and
30 men, women and children met
death. Twelve hours’ frantic work
on the part of an army of rescuers
disentangled 50 people, six of them
dead and many of the rest badly in-
jured. Three bodies were in sight
at a late hour at night, but’ many
hours’ work will be required to get
them out. Anything like a®*complete
list of the killed and injured will be
unobtainable ‘until the workers have
made their way to the very bottom at
the mass of wreckage: With few ex-
ceptions those caught in the ruin
were employes, a large majority of
them girls.
The Myers estate has been making
repairs on its building. A gang of
Italian workmen started to remove an
iron” pillar that supported the main
floor. Evidently they failed to brace
the floor properly, for scarcely had
they loosened the post when down
came -all three upper floors within a
radius of 50 feet from the fatal pillar.
The wreck crashed through the cellar,
burying the workmen and carrying
down those who happened to be work-
ing in that portion of the building.
GLASS SCALE SIGNED
Men of L. A. 300 Get Advance—Re-
sume September 1.
The conference between President
Simon Burns and his committee of I.
A. 300, Knights of Labor, and the com-
mittee of Glass Manufacturers, headed
by President J. R. Johnston, ended at
Cedar Point, near Sandusky, O., with
a complete agreement. Both sides
madé some concessions,
was signed. -
Work may be commenced in the fac-
tories September 1.
The signing of the scale is of far
reaching importance. The manufactu’-
ers gave the men an increase of from
five to ten per cent in wages. while
the men conceded to an unlimited pro-
duction and agreed to work the year
around, so that the manufacturers will
be able to compete with the window
glass trust, which is using machinery
to blow its wares.
DRIFTED 14,000 MILES
Neither Trade Nor Other Winds En-
countered on Long Journey.
An unusual condition, the absence of
trade and other winds at sea, was re-
ported by Captain Goodwin of the ship
Dirigo, which arrived from Honolulu.
The Dirigo, according to the Captain
practically drifted from Honolulu to
the Delaware breakwater, a distance
of 14,000 miles. The run required 156
days. ‘On several days the Dirigo,
which is one of the fastest clipper
ships afloat, made only 50 miles.
The weather in both the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans was calm and sul-
try, with incessant rains, like cloud-
bursts, deluging the big ship. Only
two vessels were seen until quite
close to the land.
Stearoont Burned.
The steamer Nellie Walton, while
anchored in midstream, near Marietta,
O., burned. to the water’s edge. The
boat was used as a, sand digger in
the Ohio river and was ewned by Capt.
Duffy. The fire was caused by a
lantern exploding on the lower deck.
Crowded Steamer Sinks.
The eXcursion steamboat Sunshine
sank at Broad Ripple Park, ten miles
from Indianapolis, with 180 passengers
on board. No one was drowned, but
several were injured in the panic.
Persons in launches and canoes took
a number of people from the water.
- Rear Admiral Benham Dead.
Rear Admiral E. K. Benham, re-
tired, died at Lake Mohopac, N. Y.,
after a term of 58 years in the navy.
He was 73 vears old. Admiral Ben-
ham in recent years will probably be
best remembered as a member of the
court of inquiry which sat in the Ad-
miral Schley case three years ago,
but his record as a naval officer was
brilliant without that duty. He was
a veteran of the Civil war, and during
the Spanish war.
Reception to Taft.
Thousands of people attended the re-
ception given to Secretary Taft, Miss
Roosevelt and the other members of
their party by the Army and Navy
party, in automobiles, inspected new
Fort McKinley and reviewed. the
troops.
Philippine Revolt Nipped.
The steamer Kanagawa from Hong-
kong brings news of a plot there to
ship 10,000 rifles and 1,600,000 rounds
of ammunition to Samar, and other
unpacified districts in the Philip-
pines. . The scheme was discovered
and the filibusters are in hiding.
Alger’'s Big Timber Purchase.
Alger, Smith & Co., of which United
States Senator R. A. Alger is presi-|
dent, have bought 190,000,000" feet of
pine in Lake county, Minn., and will
extend their railroad the Duluth and
Northern Minnesota, to the Cook coun- |
ty line. The consideration is said to
be about $1,500,000.
versary of his coronation in Ports-
mouth harbor by reviewing the com-
bined French and British
gregating some 70 ships.
fleets,
and a scale |
ag- |
CROP CONDITIONS
Too Much. Rain sin Some Sectiong
and Drouth in Others.
The weekly bulletin of the weather
bureau summarizes: crop conditions
as follows: Too much rain proved
detrimental in portions of Nebraska,
Kansas and Missouri and also in
Florida and portions of Mississippi,
but in Northern Alabama, Georgia
and the Carolinas and over a consid-
erable part of the Middle Atlantic
States, Ohio valley and Tennessse
rain is much needed, the effects of
drougth becoming serious over the
greater part of Georgia. Rain is also
needed on the North Pacific coast.
Over the Central and Western portions
of the corn belt the condition of the
crop is generally promising. Thresh-:
ing of winter wheat is largely com-
pleted in the principal wheat States.
While rust in spring wheat is more
or less prevalent in the Dakotas and:
to a slight extent in Nebraska, Iowa
and Minnesota, the reports generally
indicate that the crop has not Sus-~
tained serious injury.
In Oregon harvesting. is active, with
hot winds.
secured. Cotton shows some improve-
ment.
the Central and Western districts.
Boll weevil and boll worms are doing
considerable damage in Texas and
Western Louisiana, but in the firsts
tinue unfavorable: from nearly all dis-
tricts.
progressed under
able conditions.
TRIBESMEN ON WARPATH
a generally favor-
Villages in South Africa Attacked and
Residents Massacred.
The Cologne Gazette prints a dis-
men) recently ‘made an'attack on sev-
northward of German Southwest
Africa on Portuguese territory. Most
of the villagers, according to the re-
port; were massacred and all their
houses burned. * iT 5
Three French Missionaries: wera
| carried away, but succeeded in ‘es-
caping. The massacre occurred in
the same region where a body :
Portuguese troops suifered a serious
defeat last -year.
Court of Venezuela Annuls
Hamilton Concession.
President Roosevelt has been in-
formed through the Department of
State that the Federal court of
Venezuela has rendered a decision
against tiie Bermudez ‘Asphalt com-
pany. in the case involving the so-
called Hamilton - concession, annul-
ing the concession. What action may
be taken by this government regard-
ing the matter cannot be announced
at this time; in fact, so far as can
be ascertained, no determination of
the question has been reached.
Federal
i Boston Wool Market.
The wool markef is in a healthy
condition with a steady movement,
indicating , a heavy initial business
Pulled wools are scarce. Tnading
is active in territories. Leading
quotations follow: Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania—XX and above, 36@37¢; X,
34@35¢c; No. 1, 41@42c; No. 2,
42@43c; fine unwashed, 28@29%¢c; %
blood unwashed, 34@35c; 34 blood,
35@36¢;, delaine, 39@40c. Michigan
—Fine unwashed, half blood, 34@35¢;
unwashed delaine, 30@31lc; unmer-
chantable, 32@33c; fine washed de-
laine, 39@40c. Michigan—Fine un-
washed, 27@28¢c; 14 blood unwashed,
33@34¢c;” 93 blood, 34@35¢c.
Mills Will Be Open.
Theodore J.: Shaffer, ‘president of
Steel and :Tin Workers, notified the
officials of the unions at Youngstown,
{ Warren and Girard, O. and Green-
| ville, Pa., that the mills of the Car-
| negie Steel company, where strikes
| have been in progress for more than
|a year, would be declared open.
|
JEWS AND TROOPS CLASH
Collision Between Armed Hebrews and
Soldier=z Reported.
A collision between the troops and
| a body of well-armed Jews is reported
to have taken place at Zhitomir, Rus-
sia. It is ‘rumored that a number of
persons were killed and wounded, but
‘details are not obtainable.
The rumors of serious trouble at
Riga were officially confirmed. Twenty
thousand men are on strike . there.
Many of the strikers are desirous of
working, but the Socialists deter them
with threats of murder. A regiment
of cavalry is patrolling the streets and
keeping order more Or less success-
fully. :
Meat Men Must Answer.
The dairy and food division of the
Pennsylvania Department of Agricul-
ture will open a sensational war om
the “beef trust” before the close of
the present month. Criminal prosecu-
tions are to be entered against 50 meat
| dealers in various parts of the State
on the charge of selling meats “doc-
tored” with preservatives of various
kinds. The real defendants will be the
ocmpanies constituting the trust.
Col. Lamont Left $3,000,000.
An estate of $3,000,000 is left by
the late Col. Daniel S. Lamont, Sec-
| retary of War under President Cleve-
land, according to Mr. Lamont’s will
| filed for probate: Mrs. Lamont and
| her three daughters are the benefi-
|
|
| ciaries. The estate is valued at $3,-
000,000 in personal property and $300,-
1 000 in real property.
Julius A. Houser, ylvania
i railroad brakeman, was ed ‘by a
train near Moravia, Pa He was 23
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vields below. expectations; in Wash-
ington spring wheat is ripening rapid-
ly and is beyond further injury from 4
Nearly all reports indicate
that a good crop of oats has been
The prevalence of rust is very
generally reported from the Eastern
districts, and also from portions of
named State they are less numerous |
The reports concerning apples con
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patch that 6,000 Cuanhamas (tribes-
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