LO SOR ke Ch ended a a wo Vai dom - AA m—— EIGHTEEN KILLED IN WRECK Collision of Passenger Trains Causes Horrible Disaster. ! a» SIGNALS OBSCURED BY FOG The Night Express from Boston Crashes Into Rear of an Accommodation. Eighteen persons were killed, 25 seriously injured aad probably a score of others cut and bruised in the most disastrous railroad wreck re- corded in the state of Massachusetts, for many years. The wreck occurred at Bakers Bridge station, a mile and a #alf west of Lincoln, on the main ne of the Fitchburg division of the E> & Maine railroad. The regu- far Sunday night express which left Boston at 7:45 o'clock for Montreal by way of the Rutland system, crashed into the rear of an accommo- dation train bound for points on the #farlboro branch line, and which started from Boston at 7:15. “There were 13 corpses taken from the wreck and three died scon after being removed. Three bodies were headless. “Two skulls were found and & man's ‘head with a full beard was picked up. It is difficult to fix the exact number of those who perished but it is thought it will not exceed Of the dead, a dozen were passen- gers in the two rear cars of the Marl- poro train. No passenger on the ex- press train was injured. Of those who lost their lives, a number were spparently killed instantly in the col- lision, while others were either burn- ed to death or died from suffocation. The wreck. was primarily due to thick weather which apparently ob- gcured signals set by the forward grain, which at the time of the dis- aster was standing in front of Bakers Bridge station. The Montreal train, drawn by two locomotives and con- sisting also of nine cars, crashed into he rear of the Marlboro branch local, demolishing the two rear cars. All of the passengers killed @eriously injured were in these. The passengers lived in Concord, West Keton, Maynard, Hddson, Marlboro, and several smaller towns in the Assa- bet valley. None of the passengers on the Montreal train was seriously #urt, but the engineer and fireman of the leading locomotive were killed. The wreckage caught fire and some of the passengers were incinerated. ¥ew persons live in the vicinity of Bakers Bridge station, and no fire de- partment was available, so that the flames practically burned themselves out. The uninjured passengers and & number of train hands, assisted by villagers, went to the aid of the in- jJured and many persons were rescu- ed. A special train was sent from Bos- €on by the Boston & Maine manage- ment at 9:35 o'clock; and reached here inside of a half hour. The train drought a number of doctors, while gnany doctors from Waltham and ‘fn carriages and by other trains. ‘Certify to Equitable Finances. Price, Waterhouse & Co., and Has- kins & Sells, public accountants, have | jointly made an examination of the! affairs of the Equitable Life Assur- ance society and certify to the fol-! towing statement as of September 30, 1905: “The assets of the society as elaimed, are all found to be on hand, and in value amount to $416,166,500.10. | with Minister Hayashi and The surplus over and above all lia- bilities amounts to fhe reduction in assets is brought | . about entirely by a conservative reva- | lation, most of which iS in real estate | and in shares owned :by the society . #n certain financial institutions.” i ‘Negro Lynched. Monsie Williams, a negro, was §ynched at Tangipahoa, La., for con- section with the attempted assault up- : Mrs. George, an aged white farm- | er's wife, a week agn. He is said to Rave confessed having kept watch for the principal in the affair, under com- ulsion. A crowd took him away the sheriff, drove him to a negro gharch in the woods and made an example of him. RUSSIAN SAILORS REVOLT A Regiment of Infantry Also Joined D the Mutineers. A message from Sebastopol, says: The long expected mutiny of sailors, wha have been on the verge of revolt | “for months, has come and Russia's ®tronghold on the Black sea is in danger of falling completely into their Bands. The situation is very critical. All the shore equipages, numbering 4,000 men, are in open rebellion, hav- $ng driven away or taken their officers prisoners. The Brest regiment of $afantry has gone over in a body to the mutineers. Gen. Neplueff, the commander of the fortress, is a eap- tive. The Bielostok regiment, the only other reg in the city, re- ¢eived the mutineers with cheers, but thus far it remains Jor al. Some of the artillerists have also j tn revolt. Besides the Bie lostok regi- ment there are two battalions of ar- tillery and a battalion of the fortress artillery here. Immigrants to the United States for g¢he last fiscal year numbered over one million, wing an appalling increase fo arrival of foreigners. he Women Opposc Smoot. ceting of the executive com- of the National L.eague of Wo- s Organizations, formed two azo to oppose the continuance fn the United St senate of Sena- tor Reed Smoot of Utah, was held in Philadelphia. V.coen from all sec- tions of the country were presea! [ 1 petition will be e asking for the Smoot on the ground ¢hat “he is a member of a hierarchy whose president and a majority of the members practice and teach polyga- mv.” pow exclusion of Mr. and | pther places were.sent to the scene | $67,142,865.42. | ined the men | OHIO’S OFFICIAL VOTE is the Only Democrat Who Is Given a Plurality. The canvass of the official vote at the late election in Ohio shows the official plurality of John Pattison, the Democratic nominee for governor, to be 42,647. The total vote cast in the state was 961,505, against 1,026,229 last year. The vote on the state offi- cers follows: For Governor — Pattison (Dem.), 473,264; Herrick (Rep.), 430,617; Cow- en (Soc.), 17,795; Watkins (Pro.), 13,- 061; Steiger (S.-1..), 1,808; scatteringg 24,960. Pattison’s plurality, 42,647. For Lieutenant Governor—Harris (Rep.), 456,341; Houch (Dem.), 437,- 162; Harris’ plurality, 29,179. For Treasurer of the State—Mec- Kinnon (Rep.), 462,447; Mason (Dem.), 418,513; McKinnon’s plural- ity, 43,932. For Attorney-Genera!—Kllis 461,402; Rice (Dem.), 418,954; plurality, 42,448. For Judge of the Supreme Court— Davis (Rep.), 462,115; Mathers (Dem.), 417,920; Davis’ plurality, 44, 695. Member of State Board and Public Works—Kirtley (Rep.). 462,081; Mec- Govern (Dem.), 415,532; XKirtley’s plurality, 46,549 Pattison (Rep), Ellis’ WOMAN’S CORPSE IN TRUNK Packed in Chloride of Lime—Missing Nearly Two Weeks. What appears to be a murder com- mitted nearly two weeks ago, was dis- covered when the badly decomposed body of Mrs. John Hammond was found in a trunk at her home in Al- bany, N. Y. The trunk stood in the fireplace and the body. within was heavily sprinkled with chloride of lime. The disinfectant was strewn quickly about the thrce rooms of the flat and the cover of the trunk was popped open, with the evident idea of having the odors of decomposition escape up the chimney. John Hammond, the woman's hus- band, has not been seen for nearly two weeks. He was 25 years old, the wife 57. There were no marks of vio- lence on the body, which, when found, was fully clothed except shoes. body was bound in position with a clothesline. NAVAL CADET ON TRIAL Court Martial Investigates Death from Prize Fight. Midshipman Minor Meriwether, Jr., of Lafayette, I.a., a member for the third class of the Naval academy, was put on trial at Annapolis, Md. before a naval court-martial on charges that include that of man- slaughter in having caused the death of Midshipman James R. Branch, Jr., of New York, a member of the class above him, as a result of a prear- ranged fist fight. All the medical officers gave it as their positive conviction that Branch died from the effects of the blows he had received in his fight with Meri- wether. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS Lieut. W. M. Graham of the Twelfth | Cavalry, stationed at IFort Oglethorpe, shot himself through the left lung. ¥ormer Congressman H. Kirke Port- er of Pittsburg, has made a donation of $25,000 to the endowment fund of ! $500,000 being raised for higher edu- | cational work in foreign lands by the Baptist Missionary union. While Marquis Ito was in a train members pf their suites a window of his car | was smashed. Four natives were ar- ! rested. . It is believed the act | committed by members of the so-call- | ed Patriot Students’ Society to resent | the new treaty with Japan. | It was reported to the Brooklyn po- lice that burglars had broken into the Pratt Institute and carried off $50,000 worth of jewelry and other articles of value which lies in their antiquity.. The steamer Ikuta, bound for ‘Liaotung peninsula, collided with the steamer Fukura, near Mutsure, not far from Shimonoseki. The Ikuta, which was struck amidships, sank im- mediately. Most of those on board were saved. Eleven are missing. WANTS BIG BATTLESHIPS Naval General Board Recommends Construction of Three Monsters. Three first-class battleships of at least 18,000 tons displacement ard 18 | knots speed, three scout cruisers of 5,000 tons displacement, one gunboat of the Helena ¢lass, and four other gunboats of light draught, two for use in the Philippines and two for | service on the rivers in China, witwh additional torpedo buvats and torpedo ' boat destroyers, are the principal re- commendations of the General Board of the Navy, to be authorized by the next congress, which is now under consideration by the Board of Con- struction. New Japanese Loan $125,0000,000. A new | wiil, it is officially announced, sued November 28. | of Paris will take London $31,250,000. The balance will be divided between New York anid | Germany. The issue price will be 90 | a ng the interest 4 per cent. $62,500,000 Postal Revenue Increasing. The annual report of the auditor of the U. S. postofiice department for | the year ended June 30, 1905, shows the fiscal operations of the ment to have been as follows: Reve- nues of the postal service, $125,326,- ! Dxpenditures of the 1 $167,399,169. Total amount ¢ orders issued: Domestic. foreign, $42,503,226. Total amount of money orders paid: Do- mestic, $404,24,974; foreign, $7,150,689. Total, $1,176,130,879. po service, money $401,916,214; The | was 1 at Wilkesbarre and Scranton. the Japanese loan of $125,000,000 | be is- The Rothschilds | and | | depart- | a —— SIX ARE BEKTEN TO DEATH Mother and Five Children Dead in Their Home. Found HUSBAND CHARGED WITH CRIME Had Left Home and Told Mai! Carrier That Family Had Been Murdered. Mrs: William McWilliams and her five children, ranging from three to 18 years in age, were slain at their farm home, and the husband and fath- er was arrested in Independence, Ia., charged with killing the members of his family. He declares himself to be innocent. A dairyman called for milk at the McWilliams farm shortly after noon, On entering the house, he says he found a partly cooked dinner on the stove and Mrs. McWilliams and the five children dead on the floor. Each person.had been killed with a hammer blow on the head. Mrs. Mc- Williams was atrociously beaten, and a few knife thrusts had been inflicted on the crushed body. In the woman's rigid arms lay the corpse of the three-year-old baby, its hood, coat and mittens on, and a piece of buttered bread in one hand. The baby had been killed by one blow of a hammer on the head. Z7kll- ozlIEWd mfwyp mfwyp mfwy The other children lay about the house, dressed in working clothes. Only the wife and daughter, 16 years old, seemed to have resisted, each sus- taining knife wounds in the hand. The dairyman called the sheriff. McWilliams could not be found about the farm, but a suit of clothes said to be his was found smeared with what is said to be blood. A rural mail carrier reported at the house that he had met McWilliams on the way to Independence, and that McWilliams had said that the family had been killed by someone. The sheriff arrested McWilliams in Independence. FATAL COLLISION Engineer Killed and Five Others Injured. One trainman was killed and five others injured in a wreck on the Pennsylvania railroad at Thompson- town. The wreck was caused by a rear-end collision between two freight trains going west. The mail train leaving Harrisburg at 4:40 a. m. ran into the wreckage blocking four tracks and delaying traffic sever- al hours, E. G. Huntzberger of Harrisburg, a freight brakeman who had just been promoted to flagman, was killed. The injured are: William E. Moore and E. D. Dunn of Altoona, engineer and firemen of the freight train; David Johnson , of Harrisburg, engineer of the mail train; G. W. Baker of Har- risburg, conductor of one of the freight trains, and Clarence Edmond, a Pullman porter. None is seriously injured. All the coaches were wrecked, but done to the mail. of the mail train no damage was PRIEST EXCELS MARCONI Invents a Faster and Safer System of Wireless Telegraphy. Lieutenant Commander S. S. Robin- son of the bureau of equipment of the United States navy, with the mayors of Wilkesbarre and -Scranton, Pa, and many other invited guests, were present at the. first public test of the Murgas system of wireless tglegra- phy. The test was conducted between experimental stations 22 miles apart Every message sent from either station was ‘accurately recorded at the other. The messages were sent by the Morse ! code at the rate of 45 words a minute. Rev. Father Joseph Murgas, inven- tor of the system, is pastor of the i Slavok Roman Catholic church of Wilkesbarre, and has devoted all of his leisure time for nearly ten years to the perfection of his system. Su- and a double tone apparatus prevents the catching of messages except other stations similarly attuned. $35,000 GOLD DUST STOLEN | Cashier of the Seattle Assay Office | Charged With Theft. | George Edward Adams, for seven years cashier of the United States as- cay office, in Seattle, was arrested hy Secret he had access in his official capacity. Secret Service Agent Connell took $12,000 from Adams. Mr. Connell says Adams confessed that he had abstracted more than the weight. | Adams was held in $30,00 bonds to | appear for preliminary examination. | Adams denied that $35,000 had been | taken, but Agent Connell says the | shortage will exceed $35,000. At Toledo, Ohio, robbers worked the combination cf the safe in the of- | fice of Wr. Beatty, grand keeper of | | records and seals of Knights of Py- | thias of Ohio, securing $200 in cash | | and 100 jewels for veteran Knights of Pythias. Cut Hole Tarough ‘safe. Burglars chise ole in the safe | of a Japanese bankin se at Los { Angeles, Cal., and 1e i. 3 Dox} | containing $15,800 in The burg- lars evidently intended ¢ a | mite, but decided it would be D0 dangerous, so they spent hours in cutting a hole through the safe Foreign Secretar behalf of Great Britian, has accepted President Roosevelt’s invitation to | participate in the naval and military | displays on the occasion of the James- | | town, Va., exposition in 1207. AGRARIAN DISORDERS Russian Troops Unable to Cope With Mobs Which Riot and Pillage. The agrarian disorders in the dis- trict of Subzha have assumed such violence that the troops are unable to cope with them. The whole northern part of the district is in the hands of peasant rioters, who are pillaging the estates and burning the harvest- ed crops. In the Jurieff and Alexandrovsk districts peasant mobs are demanding the surrender of the stocks of pro- visions and are threatening to set the torch to the whole locality and to storm the county treasuries. During a prayer meeting in the Esthoniaa church at Pernau, Russia, a crowd of Socialists entered the church and threw the pastor from the pulpit. The congregation fled in pan- ic. The excitement among the peasants in the central and southeastern pro- vinces is spreading rapidly, and it is feared that it will be impossible to suppress the movement, which prom- ises to develop into a general up- rising, bringing devastation and un- told horror to the whole country. At the end of four days’ debate the executive committee of the zemstvo congress brought in a resolu- tion in favor of supporting the gov- ernment and Premier Witte. The reading of the resolution was greet- ed with tremendous applause. DECISION AGAINST RAILROADS Court Sustains Classification of terstate Commerce Commission. The authority of the Interstate Commerce commission was upheld in a decision filed by United States Judge Thompson, at Cincinnati, in a case brought by Proctor & Gamble against the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton, the Pennsylvania, the: Big Four and the Baltimoré and Ohio Southwestern railroads. Prior to the protest against freight rates filed by Proctor & Gamble with the Interstate Commerce commission the railroads listed carloads of soap for the pur- pose of classification in the sixth class and lots less than carload lots in the fourth class. Next the rail- roads placed the carload lots in the fifth class and the lesser bulk at 20 per cent. less than third class. This change in classification brought out the protest upon which the matter went to ihe Interstate Commerce com- mission. The commission held that the classification in carload lots was proper, but that the change of frac- tions of carloads was improper and ordered the railroads to desist on that In- point. The railroads refused. The Attorney General ordered District Attorney McPherson to bring suit against the eoffending common carri- ers. The result is the Interstate Com- merce commission is sustained, and injunction issues against rates on fractional lots. THIRD PARTY GOT PROFITS Investigators Make a tartling Discovery. Startling developments brought out by Insurance were the Armstrong com- mittee on insurance investigation in the course of a . minute inquiry by Charles E. Hughes, counsel to the committee, into the syndicate trans- actions participated in by the New York Life. It was brought out that in the case of the United States Steel corporation syndicate, the managers of which were J. P. Morgan & Co., there appeared in one instance a prof- it due to the New York Life of $87.- 187, fromi which was deducted, no reason being given. the sum of $59, 310 paid to Andrew Ilamilton, who has been described in the course of the investigation as the “insurance legis- lative generalissimo.” Coal Operators Organize. Bituminous coal operators from Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, Kansas, Michigan and Indian Terri- tory met in Chicago and formed a National organization, which will combat labor unions in an effort to put an end to the “sympathetic” strike. Pcnnsyivania, West Virginia periority of speed is claimed for it, by | Service officers for the alleged | theft of $35,000 in gold dust, to which $30,000 from miners’ pokes since June | last, and substituted sand to maintain | in | and Kentucky were not represented | by delegates, but it was declared that they will co-operate with the new Na- tional organization. j BROKER IS ARRESTED Charged With Swindling People Throughout Country.’ Stock brokers and owners of unlist- ed stocks in all parts of the United States are said to have been swind- led out of thousands of dollars by a scheme alleged to ‘have been -per- | petrated by R. Levy, a stock broker with offices in the Medinah Temple building, Chicago. Levy was arrest- ed on a warrant charging him with | using the mails to defraud. When arraigned before United States Commissioner Foote, Levy was | released on $2,000 bonds and the case as continued until December 1. | | | | | | i { | | | Thinks Kiss Worth $10,000. | Ia., thinks the Kiss she alleges Hay- | den Marquis, a wealthy young man, | stole from her is worth $10,000. At least that is the amount of damages | she demands in a suit filed in the Dis- trict court. Marquis is the son of R. |W. Marquis, reputed to be a million- | | | aire, Ten Houses Burned. | of the H. C. Frick Coke company, at | Lement furnace, near Dunbar, Pa. | The fire is supposed to have been of liary origin, as it started which was unoccupied. Resolutions favoring abolition of American duties on Philippine pro- | | ducts and the repeal of the new law {to regulate shipping between this | country and the Philippines were | adopted by the New York beard of | | trade Ea Miss Ella Hamilton, of Des Moines, | SOLDIERS INGOMEL REVOLT Battalion of Reservists Demands Better Rations.® NEWSPAPER OFFICE HELD UP Armed Socialists Compe! Employes to Set up and Print the Work- men’s Gazette. Private advices Petersburg from Gomel, ernment of that name, says that a battalion of reservists, a thousand strong, mutined, following a demand for better food. Vice Admiral Birileff, minister of marine, closed the new admiralty vards owing to the demands of the workmen for an eight-hour day. The cabinet has drafted a series of measures to protect the right of individuals against the coercion and tyranny of the labor leaders, which in the event of another strike, will be placed ia operation during the inter- im until the national assembly meets. The minister of justice, M. Manukhin, has drafted a habeas corpus law for submission to the cabinet. The “Novo Vremya' was the victim of a remarkable hold-up by Social revolutionaries. Three editors of the “Workmen’s Gazette,’ the official or- gan of the workingmen’s council, en- tered the composing room of the ‘“Novoe Vremya’ with revolvers in their hands and compelled the com- positors to set up their paper, making prisoners of such persons as entered received at, St. in the gov- the room. Later, descending to the press room, the visitors compelled the pressmen {o run off 50,000 copies of the ‘“Workingmen’s Gaz- ette.” The immediate question confront- ing the cabinet is the electoral law. Premier Witte and his colleagues have almost reached the conclusion to base the elections practically on universal suffrage. POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS Senator Platt Says Money Was Giv- en by Insurance Companies. United States Senator Thomas C. Platt, testified ‘before the legislative committee investigating life ~insur- ance in New York City. Senator Platt did not hesitate to tell of the contributions of ‘the insur- ance companies to state campaigns. The Equitable, the Mutual Life and the New York Life were the only in- surance companies that made such contributions. The Equitable Life, the Senator said, contributed regu- larly, $10,000 to the state campaigns, the Mutual Life the same sum fre- queatly, and the New York Life a sum not as large, and occasionally. These moneys were always delivered 1n cash to Senator Platt’s office by mes- senger, and he turned them over to the state committee. The Senator said he was expected to influence the Legislature when any legislation appeared that was hostile to the insurance companies. Platt said he belived he had asked President R. A. McCurdy of the Mu- tual Life for a contribution when the needs were very great. ' He had, how- ever, never been asked to use his in- fluence on any measure before the Jzegislature, nor had he ever done so. He knew nothing about contributions to the national campaign. CRUSHED BY icE Amundsen’s Expedition in Search of Magnetic Pole Loses Ship. George Cleveland of Massachusetts returned to Dundee, Scotland, from a whaling expedition in Davis strait, bringing news from Eskimo . sources that Captain Amundsen’s Arctic ex- pedition ship Gjoa had been crushed in the ice at Boothia Felix, the north- ernmost part of the mainland of North America, and that the explos- ers escaped and had been living with the natives. The Dundee whalers who were appointed to meet Captain Amundsen with stores, have not been able to trace him. _ Captain Ronald Amundsen conceiv- ed the idea of searching for the mag- netic pole. The expedition left Chris- tiania, Norway, June 17, 1903. , PRISON OFFICERS KILLED Five Convicts Attempt to Escape from Penitentiary. In a desperate attempt to escape | from the Missouri State penitentiary five convicts fought for freedom with weapons and nitroglycerin at the pris- on gate, killing two prison officers and wounding Deputy Warden See, and four men made a dash through the streets of Jefferson City under fire, only to be captured after two of the rtnaways had been wounded. Taking advantage of the absence of Warden Hall and six guards, who left with 71 colored prisoners for Fort Leavenworth, Kan., five attempted to escape, but only four left the prison after wrecking the gate. Chaffee Practically Retired. With his departure from Washing- ton for a month’s visit to Southern California, Lieut. Gen. «Chaffee prac- tically terminated his active connec- A block of 10 houses, the property | . | in a | tion with the army. Although he wiil i return home during the Christmas holidays, it is not believed he will | resume actual duty. No Tail to This Comet. Professor E. C. Pickering, director | of the Harvard Observatory, raceived { further information last w:ek by | Professor Schaer of the Ger.eva Ob- servatory. The comet is circular in { appearance and of the seventh magni- | tude. It has no tail. | Grangers for Temperance. The National grange, Patrons of Husbandry, in session at Atlantic | City, went on record in favor of tem- | perance and the curtailing of saloons, | declaring ‘that they should be abridged until they are abolished.” Senator | AMENDS Civit SERVICE RULES Make Laws Conform to the Changes Recently Made. The President has issued an exe- cutive order amending the civil ser- Will vice rules in substance to conform to. his recent order relative to the dis- missal of employes in the classified service without hearing by direction of the President or head of an exeeu- tive department. As laid down in the rule which is an amendment to civil ,| service rule 8, this principle is pre- faced by the following statement: “No person shall be removed from a competitive position except for such cause as ‘will promote the efficiency of the service.” Another difference from the order of October 17 is the substitution for the phrase “such removal will be made without hearing” of the words “such removal may be made without notice to such officer or employe.” Another executive order just issued exempts from examination one exami- ner of lobacco and one examiner of tea in the Chicago custom house. ALL ON BOARD LOST Strikes Rock and Goes Down in Plain Sight. The: Norwegian coal-laden steam- er Turbin, with her captain and crew of about 16 men, is thought to have foundered in a terrific gale. The coasting steamer Edna R., which ar- rived at Clarks Harbor, N. or ‘brought news tbat on Friday about 5 p. m. a large steamer supposed to be the Turbin struck Black Rodge ledge, off the south coast, backed off Jin a few minutes and then disappeared in the sea. No person could be discerned aboard the craft, and so quickly did the steamer go down that no oppor- tunity was given tg crew to fight for their lives. No boat could have fived an instant in the®sea that was run- ning. . Steamer FOUR BLOWN TO DEATH Laboratory of Powder Plant Destroy- ed by Explosion. Four men were blown to pieces by an explosion at the laboratory of the International Smokeless Bowder and Chemical Company at Parlin, N. J. The dead: John Pierce, Frank Spratford, John Applegate, J. W. Redpath, Superintendegt of the labo- ratory. ‘What Suced the explosion will never be known, as only the four men were in the building at the time. The next building, a storehouse, caught fire and was burned. Demand Employment. There was another “Poverty pa- rade” in the streets of London, No- vember 20. Some 5,000 to 6,000 un- employed men and a sprinkling of women marched along the Thames embankment to Hyde Park, where they listened to speeches and adopted resolutions condemning charity, as a cure for lack of employment and de- manding the summoning of Parlia- ment to initiate works of national utility, Red flags were seen. Will Sell Lands to Tenants. The Marquis of Downshie has agreed to sell his agricultural lands in County Down, Ireland, to the tenants. The estate is the largest in Ireland, {and is valued at about $15,000,000. CURRENT NEWS EVENTS. Gage E. Tarbell of the Equitable, told of collecting commissions on his own insurance and offered a plan for improvement of the life insurance business. The Frankfurter Zeitung states that Chile. intends to order one battleship, two cruisers and four destroyers from German yards, at a cost of $15,000,000. The “Maltese Cross’ ranch, owned and. occupied by President Roosevelt during his residence in North Dakota, has been purchased by 0. J. Delen- drecie of Fargo for $15.000. The United States Steel Corporation has authorized the expenditure of $2,- 000,000 for improvements at the South Sharon works. It is semi-officially stated that the improvements will include 12 more open-hearth furnaces, another blast furnace and a steel] rail mill. The Isthmian canal commission will take adverse action upon the sea lev- el project, which eight of the 13 members of the advisory board of consulting engineers have favored. After one of the warmest contests ever engaged in by delegates to the annual conventicn of the American Federation of Labor the steamfitters have ,bcen successful in gaining ad- mission to: the Federation. Rev. J. 8. ‘Lord, ‘aged 97, said to have been for many years the oldest living alumpus’ of Yale University, died at_ the home of his daughter, Mrs. W.'J. Tillotson of Laingsburg, Mich. Rev. Mr. Lord graduated from Yale in the <lass of 1831 Stand by Old Professor. The trustees of Boston university announced the appointment of Prof. Hinckley G. Mitchell as instructor of Semitic languages and: literature. Re- cently Dr. Mitchell was removed from his chair: in the theological school of the university, after 22 vears’ service, by the board of bis- hops of the Methodist Episcopal church, for alleged heretical inter- pretation of the Sctiptures. Boston Wool Market. Trade has been irregular in the wool market. Leading quotations fol- iow: O7o and Pennsylvania—XX and above, i 36¢; No. 1, 40@41c: No. 2, fine unwashed, 28@29c: quar tepined, unwashed, 34@35¢; s-blood, 34@35¢; hall 5¢; unwashed, 30@3lc: table,31@ ; r le,31@32 fine washed, 37 Michigan—Fine wunwash- ily 276 28¢; quarterblood, unwashed, 33@34c; three- eighing blood, 33@34c; half-blood, 33@34c; unwashed, 28c. e. 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