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FIVE KILLED IN TINE SHIFT
Workmen Dropped 150 Feet by |
Breaking of Cable.
WERE NEARING THE SURFACE
Eight Men Were on Mule Cage When | general of Odessa, has been instruct- | Threatened With
Car Caught and Tilted Crushing
Them.
Five men were killed and one
was fatally injured in the mine of the
New England Coal Company at San- |
toy, in Perry county, O., just as they
were being brought to the surface at
the close of the day’s work. The
dead .are: Steve Mattie, aged 17;
red Lozelle, aged 30; ,And Kittea,
aged 32; Casper Weaver, aged 30; |
Arta Williams, aged 15. |
The five men who were killed were |
thrown to the bottom of the shaft, |
a distance of 150 feet. Four of them
were killed instantly and the fifth
Jived three hours after he had ig
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roscued from the bottom of the shaft.
Eight men were on the mule cage |
being drawn to the surface when the
car tiited, throwing them out and |
crushing them against the sides of |
he cage and shaft. Whether one of |
the cables broke, causing the cage
{o tilt, or whether the doors were loft |
open, allowing them to catch on the |
sides of the shaft, is not known. !
One of the men who was saved, |
John Wright, aged 42 years, escaped |
py holding to the sides of the cage, |
which was drawn the remaining 100 |
feet to the surface. He suffered a
broken leg.
When a rescuing party reached the
bottom of the shaft, Arta Williams
was still alive. He was taken to the |
surface, but did not revive, and died
three hours _after he had been found.
FOREIGN TRADE REPORTS
Exports and Imports of Steel and
iron Show Increase.
A bulletin issued by the Department
«of Commerce and Labor says exports
of iron and steel manufactures show
an increase of about 25 per cent in
the nine months ended with Septem-
ber, and imports of a similar charac-
ter show an increase of practically 25
per cent in the same period, as com-
pared with the same months of the |
preceding year. Exports of all do-|
mestic products increased about 13
per cent, the bulletin says, and im-
ports about 9 per cent.
‘The growth in exportations of iron
and steel, the bulletin says, was larg-
erkin the’ nine months ended with
September, 1906, than in any cor-
responding period of our export]
trade. The gain in those months over
the corresponding "period of the pre- |
. ceding year was over $21000/000 |
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Comparing the figures of 1906 with
those of a decade earlier, the bulle-
tin says, the exports of iron and |
steel show a gain of over 270 per |
cent, while the imports oi iron and |
steel show, meantime, an increase of |
50 per cent. Iron and steel exports
in the nine months of 1506 were |
$127,189,073 and iron and steel im- |
ports for the same time were $24,-
376,887.
WHOLE TRAIN DESTROYED
Car of Dynamite on Siding Explodes
as Freight Passes.
A report from Ridgway, Pa., states |
that, a train of 15 freight cars, north-|
bound, on the Buffalo, Rochester & |
Pittsburg railroad, was demolished by
an ‘explosion. A car loaded with dy-
namite was standing at Thayer's sid-
ing, near Ridgway, and as the freight |
train passed it the explosive blew up,
the cause being unknown.
So far as ascertained there was no
loss of life. The freight cars were
destroyed. Seven of them contained
merchandise. The explosion was
heard within a radius of 20 miles and
the earth was shaken as if by a seis-
mic disturhonre
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Horace Greely's Sister Is Dead.
Mrs. Margaret Bush of Clymer, N.
Y., sister of Horace Greely and only
survivor of his immediate family, is
dead. She was 83 years old.
BLACK HAND OUTRAGE
Bomb Thrown at Brookiyn Tailors
House by Blackmailers.
Unsuccessful in their alleged at-
tempts to blackmail Francisco Mes- |
sina, a prosperous tailor Brooklyn,
members of the so-cal “Black
Hand’ Society, so the
hurled a dynamite bomb
front aoor of the
which he lives and
ness, and caused d
the building and » ng proper-
ty. Scecrcs of persons ie the shock
of the cxplosion, but no one was in-
jured.
Messina had receil
ters within a mon
$400 to $1,500.
$3,000 to
al let-
1g from
Midvale Gets Italian Order. !
The order for 2,100 tons of armor
plate, valued at $1,000,000, for an
ftalian man-of-war, which was given
to the Midvale Steel Company of |
Pennsylvania has beer approved by
the Italian Cou State. The
Midvale company Wwe in competition |
for this contract with five European |
firms, including the Krupps.
Pp. R. Dividend
The board of directors of the Penn- |
sylvania railroad declared a semi-an-
nual dividend of 3% per cent. This |
is an increase of 14 of 1 per cent. and |
places the stock on
basis. The dividend is the highes
declared by the company in 2
years. Since 1831 e dividend has
averaged from 5%. 63; per cent.
annually.
At Leipsic, O.,
entire opera house
a loss of $100,000.
troyed the
entailing |
i men’s council, and 14 leaders of the
| council who y
| Peter
| sentenced to exi
j ity on trial on the charge of having
established a committee of public
| voting at the coming election of the
| that the town is quiet, but that the
| that the rural guard is apparently
| La Grande and Guantanamo, but they ward.
* | chairman of the disarmament of Ha-
| gents have been disbanded in his ter- | coast to ship.
| 26 had been unable to take part in
| gularities on the part of Frank K. | be affected. It is
crease will be effective December 1, |
i rails have been ordered by the rail- |
:1as many
entre me + oo FAILED TO FIND THE POLE
tenced at St. Petersburg.
M. Krustaleff, who was president of
the executive committee of the work-
Peary Reaches High Latitude but
Starts Back.
been on trial at St. |
a month past, were
le in Siberia and the
hts.
Kaulbars, the
ure,
PARTY SUFFERED HARDSHIPS
loss of all civil
General
governor -
Starvation on
Grant Land, but Musk Ox
Saved Them.
safety during the anti-Jewish attacks} =, = — ——
of last year. The effect of this action The United States now holds the
will be to exclude the opposition | record of “furthest North’’—S87
members of the municipality {from
ed to put the entire local municipal-
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de-
grees 6 minutes.
This feat was accomplished by
Commander Robert E. Peary. The
intrepid Arctic explorer failed to
reach the North pole as he had con-
fidently hoped to do with his espec-
ially constructed vessel, the ‘‘Roose-
| velt,” but he penetrated nearer to the
| pole than the duke of Abruzzi's ex-
pedition, which had held the Arctic
record, 86 degrees 34 minutes,
What Commander Peary did and his
experiences the past year in the
frozen North are briefly, summarized
in a communication received by Her-
i | bert I. Bridgman, secretary of the
| Peary footie i J 5 Tarlo itv
Peace Not Fully Restored in Prov. T7 Bienie ololll In New York hy.
: : { ommunication follows under
inces of Santiago, Santa Clara | date of Hopedale, Labrador, via
and Havana. { Twillingate, New Foundland, Novem-
Reports received at army headquar- ! ber 2:
ters from the provinces of Santiago, | Roosevelt wintered north coast
Santa Clara and Havana show ahy-{ Gran Land somewhat North Albert
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members to parliament.
Gershunin, one of the most famous
terrorists and head of their fighting
organization during the Sipiaguine |
and Plehve regimes, has escaped
from Siberia, concealed in a water
cask. His disappearance is a serious
menace to personages whose lives the
terrorists. are now seeking, as he is
a skilled organizer and one of the
most remarkable men the revolution
has produced.
UNREST IN CUBA.
tinued conditions of unrest, although | Winter quarters. Went north with
no instances of actual violence are|Sledges February via Heckla and
mentioned. The commandant of the | Columbia. Delayed by open water be-
marines at Sancti Spiritus telegraphs | tWeen S84 and 85 degrees. Beyond
85 six days.
adjacent country is unsafe’ owing to ‘Gale disrupied ice, destroyed
the presence of parties of outlaws | caches, cut off communication with
| supporting bodies, and drifted due
Similar condi- | €ast 87 degrees 6 minutes north lati-
| tude over ice drifting steadily cast-
Returning ate eight dogs.
are without political significance. ! Drifted eastward, delayed by open
Major Hugene F. Ladd, acting as | water, reached north coast Greenland
in straitened conditions. Killed musk
vana province reports that 403 insur- | oxen and returned along Greenland
unable to suppress.
tions prevail in the vicinity of Sagua
Large Share of the World's Gold Is
Being Brought Into This
Couritry.
Charles H. Treat, treasurer of the
ury, and in reference to the more
noticeable trans
“The net result of the ordinary
revenues and expenditures for the
fiscal year of 1906 was a surplus of
ficit of $2
vear. A continuation of these favor-
the expenditures.
“The available cash balance on
crease of $35,211,862, as compared
with that of 12 months earlier.
“The monetary stock of the coun-
try took on a growth during the
vear of $186,866,727, of which $118,
050,777 was in gold, $5,450,396 in sil-
ver and $65,392,554 in National bank
notes, while the treasury notes de-
creased $2,027,000. The ' aggregate
stock of money at the close of the
vear was $3,069,591, of which $2,-
756,646,628 was in circulation.
“The treasury holding * of gold
continues to attract the attention of
financiers both at home and abroad.
It is apparent from the continued ac-
cumulation that a large share of the
product of the gold mines of the
world is brought to the United
States. 31
“The gold coin and bullion in the
$706,592,399, at the close of the
fiscal year of 1906 it had advanced to
$807,051,690. By October 26 it at-
tained a maximum of $877,296,238.
issued amounted to $629,896,000 and
the redemptions were $577,445,100, a
net increase in the volume outstand-
ing of $52,450,500. 3
others for larger and more regular
ritory. “Two supporting parties driven on |
The cruiser Brooklyn left Havana | DOrth coast Greenland. One rescued |
for Newport News. | by me in starving condition. After |
Pkt Mae | one week recuperation on Roosevelt |
WOMAN SHOOTS THREE BOYS sledged west, completing north coast
cs Ly Grant Land and reach other land
Fires Shotgun at the Lads Who Were near 100th meridan. :
Playing Halloween Pranks--8he | Homeward voyage incessant _bat-
tle with ice sterms and head winds.
Is Arrested. { Roosevelt magnificent ice fighter and |
At Braddock, O., across the river | sea boat. No deaths or illness in ex-|
from Huntington, W. Va., Harlow pedition.” |
Smith, Bob Riley and George Whit The expedition left New York July !
ley, ranging from 12 to 16 years old, | 16, 1905. The Roosevelt, for whicl: |
were shot at 2 o'clock a. m. at the | funds were furnished by the Peary |
home of Mrs. Mary Kitts. Arctic club, of New York, was de-
The boys had been celebrating Hal- | signed particularly for Arctic i
loween, and in passing the Kitts | ation. She cost about $10,000. |
home, it is alleged they attempted to She had a crew of 20 men under |
carry away a portion of the sidewalk. | Captain Bartlett. Commander |
Just at this juncture a woman appear-| Peary joined her at Sydney, Cape |
ed at the front door of the Kitts home | Breton, where she left July 26. She Hermann was near the East Good- |
and emptied both barrels of a shot-| was next reported at Domino Run,
gun into the crowd. Riley fell with Labrador July 29, from which point
wounds in his head and neck. Smith’s | she crossed to Greenland.
left eye was shot out. Whitley's The vessel was next heard from
tongue was almost shot off. Riley | at Etah, North Greenland. She pass-
will probably die. Mrs. Kitts has | ed Cape York August 7 and reached |
been arrested. Etah August 16, and thence proceed-
tm en re et ee ed north. Mrs. Peary said: that she
INDIANS CAPTURE SUPPLIES expected to hear from him in Novem-
rn ! hor.
Hold Up Driver and Carry Off Entire |
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Load. AGENT UNDER ARREST
A band of 100 Ute Indians, it: is{f . .. NTE
reported, captured a wagon loaded | Victims Say They Gave Securities
with 3,000 pounds of flour and sup- Into His Keeping.
plies bound from Arvada to the Tenth Charles Whitney Norton, said by
and Sixth cavalry. The driver was| the police and the postal authorities |
held at rifle point while the redskins | to have defrauded people in all parts |
sacked the entire load and carried it| of the United States out of bonds and |
away, allowing the driver to proceed | securities amounting to $3,000,000, is
with the empty wagon. : under arrest at Chicago.
Troops camped at the mouth of | Norton would obtain stock to sell,
Buffalo creek are on short rations and | but the owners would receive no
more food has been ordered from | money from Norton, nor would the
Little Powder river, 30 miles from | stock be returned to them.
the troops. Most of the Utes are still] In Norton's room were found bonds,
camped on Bear creek, near Birney. | stocks, abstracts of land titles, first
Soldiers north of Sheridan have seen | mortgag
no trace of the Cheyennes. ers worth almost $2,000,000.
papers were found, valued on their
face at about $1,000,000 more, but
their value is doubtful.
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Congressman Hoar Dead.
Representative Rockwood Hoar of
the Third Massachusetts district, son
of the late Senator George F. Hoar,
died at his residence in Worcester,
Mass., after an illness of five weeks.
Congressman Hoar since September
searching for Norton since January,
1905, when he disappeared from De-
troit, Mich., ostensibly to go to Lon-
don, Eng.
A federal warrant was served on
the campaign for his re-election to | Norton and he was taken to the coun-
congress. biy jail.
TRUST COMPANY REOPENS |
INCREASE FOR EMPLOYEES
Copcisation Which Failed Is Again | P. R. R. Will Add
Doing Business.
Under the |
Barle, Jr., # Real Estate Trust
Company of Philadelphia reopened
for business. The company failed
August 28 because of financial irre- | increased.
Its Monthly Payroll.
Pennsylvania railroad system on lines
east and west of Pittsburgh are to be
probable the in-
Hipple, its president. which were dis-
covered when he committee suicide. but on account of the detail work
More than $600,000 was deposited in | to be don before a sweeping order |
the first hour of business. Mr. Earle is issu d it may be later.
has accomplished what men of long; The management is considering a |
consider almost a miracle | proposition to grant an increase of
10 per cent to all employes whose
it being the first case on
in
record in this
ing concern, lcoted otf its assets, was The monthly pay rcll of the system
rchabilitated in as short a time and | averages about $10,000,000, and an
with the unanimous consent of its {increase would mean the additional
creditors. { payment of 31,000,000. The total
me =————— number cf employes on the combined
LOOSE RAIL RESPONSIBLE { systems aff »d is about 133,565.
Coroner Reaches Decision in Atlantic | Severe Famine in China.
City Wreck Case. Missionaries report a most severe
Coroner Gaskill announced that ex-' famine in the northern part of
| perts in his employ had decided that Kijangsu province, Central China. It
a loose rail caused the accident on |ijs estimated that 10,000.000 people
the Penn & railroad at the | face starvation. Serious disorders
Thoroughfare draw in which more ! q;¢ feared.
than 50 persons lost their lives. i i
Three Killed in Collision.
Joseph Crepaner, Charles Morell
and Leonardo Gally were killed in a
: ) OT =. | collision between a work train and
roads for delivery in 1907, and within | al 2. =
nh : . ur | 2 heavy freight irain on the Chicago,
». it is sald, orders for; o oh
' | Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad near
«tons will be placed | ; : 32 wi
Tron Mountain, Mich. The collision
Enormous Rail Orders.
More than 1,500,000 tons of steel |
a short ti
with the various mills. The total | ] 2
: e +1 i : . . was due to a heavy fog.
capacity of the steel mills for a year | aT
t
ee oe 3 ( Ln os {
is about 2,000,000 tous, so all of them | . Bank Loses $1,500,000.
are assured their capacity orders for| rhe loss to the Ontario bank at To-
1907. Never before have sO many ronto, Ont., through the speculations
| orders for ralls been placed by the { of Charles McGill, the ex-manager, is
railroads at this season. { officially stated as being $1,500,000.
$1,000.000 to |
residency of George H. The wages of all employes of the
Nearly 150,000 men will |
s State where a big bank- i salary per month is less than $500. |
supply of small denominations of
currency continues unabated, while |
sury is without resources for |
the issue of small bills to comply with
their urgent requests.
“It is to be expected that Congress
will ultimately enact the legislation
that it has under consideration, which
will bring full relief from the ex-
isting conditions.”
TWO SHIPS SINK
German and Russian Crews Are Lost
With Their Vessels.
The German steamer Hermann,
from Antwerp for the Mediterranean,
was sunk in the channel October 28,
as the result of a collision. Twenty-
three of her crew were drowned.
The collision occurred when the
wins. The name of the vessel with
which she collided is not known, but
it was ascertained she had four
masts. The Hermann was an iron
vessel of 1,453 tons net.
The Hermann arrived at Antwerp
October 15, from Genoa, Italy. She
was built at New Castle, Eng., in
1831.
The Hamburg correspondent of the
[.ondon Tribune reports the founder-
ing of the Russian steamer Jessica
in the gulf of Bothnia. The captain
of the steamer and 30 men were
drowned.
MANIAC FIRES HIS HOME
Binds Wife and Children and Locks
Them in Burning Building.
William Knotter, aged 35, a farmer,
near Marion, O., went violently in-
sane, bound his wife and two chil-
dren, locked the doors, set fire to the
house and then started for the woods
as the flames slowly enveloped the
building.
ges and other negotiable pap-| Mrs. Knotter tried to sever the
Other ! tight-cutting cords with her teeth,
| and just as smoke and flames began
| pouring into the room she managed
to break the cord. Quickly freeing
she secured an ax. Breaking down a
door, she carried the children to
safety shortly before the roof col-
| lapsed.
| Knotter was caught by a posse in
| the woods and lodged in jail, a raving
maniac.
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The postal authorities have been | Lerea she ran to the cellar, where
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HOOE DECLARED GUILTY
| jury After Spectacular Trial.
In less than half an hour the jury
lin the case of Clifford Hooe, the]
| Hartje coachman charged with per-!
| Jury in connection with his notorious
affidavit against Mrs. Augustus Hart-
| jo, of Pittsburg, agreed on a verdict
of guilty against the negro.
Plans for Huge Battleship.
A battleship with a displacement
of nearly 22
Navy Department.
mitted to Secretary
that size would be so much larger
side the American production.
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Widow of “Bill” Nye Dead.
STORES OF THE YELLOW hie
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United States, submitted his annual |
report to the secretary of the treas- |
ctions said in part: |
$25,665,222, as compared with a de- |
3,004.28 for the preceding |
able conditions is reflected in the
transactions for the first quarter of |
the current fiscal year in which the |
revenues were $5.871,314 in excess of |
June 350, 1906, was $180,689,354, an in- |
treasury June 30, 1905, amounted to |
“The United States paper currency |
“The pressure from bankers and |
Hartje Coachman Convicted of Per-|
000 tons has been planned
by the Board of Construction of the
Plans were sub-
Bonaparte for
transmission to Congress. A ship of > ”
| Railway Company (Big Four) was
than the much talked about Dread- | authorized at a special meeting of
! nought of the British navy that the | shareholders.
| British creation would look small be- | will
| Troops Capture Ponies Belonging
to the Ute Tribe.
! NO SHOTS FIRED AT MEN
| Settlers Say That Indian Guides Are
Treacherously Leading Regulars
to False Trails.
| A. skirmish occurred
band of the renegade Ute Indians
and a troop of the Tenth cavalry on
Bitter creek, Wyoming.
: The iroops had captured 50 Ute
| ponies. As the troopers were driving
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| with revolver shots and war whoops.
The Indians recovered all the ponies
| but five that were killed by the
: troops in an efiort to stop the stam-
pede.
The Indians did not fire at the sol-
diers. The soldiers desisted from
attacking the Utes, as the reds
greatly outnumbered the troopers.
Troopers say that as far as they
can ascertain from rumor and ob-
servation, the Indians will fight with
| little provocation.
Another detachment of the Tenth
cavalry that left Sheridan Monday
night ran across a wandering band
| of 100 Crow Indians under command
| of Chief Sweet Mouth. The troopers
| drove the Crows back toward the
Crow agency.
| The Crows said that they were
| hunting and denied any intention of
| joining the Utes.
Still another squad of the Tenth
cavalry fell in with a band of
Cheyenne Indians, who, on repre-
senting that they were hunting, were
allowed to go in peace.
Settiers charge that Indian guides,
employed by the federal troops, are
| acting treacherously and holding the
troops on false trails to keep the
scldiers from overtaking the Utes.
| These settlers mention among the
| wily scouts, Womans Dress, Ameri-
{ can Horse and White Cow Bull.
| WRECKED CARS RAISED
| 62 is the Number Known to Have
Ferished at Atlantic City.
"The third and last car of the
| Thoroughfare wreck at Atlantic City,
| N. J., was lifted. When placed on
the mud hank it was in such a con-
dition that it actualiy-fell apart of its
own weight.
The local officials say the total
death list is 62. On the other hand a
great many were early on the ground
and some of those who were rescued
from the train are inclined to the be-
| lief that several bodies were swept
down by the heavy tide and never
recovered. It is contended by some
70.
| INDENTIFICATION TAGS
Will Be Suspended by Cord Around
Neck of Regular Soldiers.
Acting upon the recommendation of
Surgeon General O'Reilly, Acting Sec-
retary Oliver has ordered that here-
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| the neck of every officer and soldier
lin the regular army.
| These badges will be issued gratu-
| itously to enlisted men and at cost
| price to officers. General Barry,
| acting chief of staff, states that the
{ importance of snch badges is demon-
| strated by the thousands of graves of
! unindentified dead of the Civil war.
| Explosion Kills Five.
| As the result of a boiler explosion
lin the sugar house on Shell Hill
| plantation, near
| persons are dead from escaping steam
| and scalding water. The dead are:
| Alexander Stein, Augustine Falgoust,
Stephani Falgoust, Charles Ockman
{ and Joseph Martinez, a negro. The
| victims suffered excruciating agony,
| being found in a pool of boiling wat-
' er, blinded with steam and struggling
away the penies 100 Utes, fully arm- |
ed, surrounded the cavalrymen and |
| the ponies, stampeding the ponies
SKIRMISH WITH INDIAN
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that the total loss of life will be about |
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after indentification tags of aluminum | man and child workers
stamped with the name, company, | the country. 1
| regiment or corps. be suspended from | subject is pending before Congress.
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Chand ] | wife beating, extravagance and in-
goer, Joa. Te | fidelity by his wife's counsel at the
I'hearing of the divorce case in Paris,
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LARGE ORDERS FOR STEEL
United States Stee! Corporation Has
More Booked Than Ever.
Evidence of the high state of
prosperity throughout the country,
| especially in the manufacturing in-
dustries, was given in the announce-
ment of the board of directors of the
United States Steel Corporation at
their quarterly meeting that orders
on hand aggregate 7,936,894 tons, the
largest in the history of the corpora-
tion. The great accumulation of
orders will keep the mills of the com-
pany running at capacity until late
in the spring.
The net earnings for the quarter
were $38,114,624, after deducting all
expenses for repairs, renewals, inter-
est on bonds and fixed charges. The
surplus for the quarter was $14,697,-
318, after the payment of 1% per
cent on the preferred stock and an-
other declaration of one-half of 1
per cent on the common stock.
_FIND EMMETT GUILTY
Man Figuring in Shelby Tube Case
Held Upon Charge of Embezzle-
ment.
Frank L. Emmett, charged with
embezzlement by Ford J. Wharton of
Sharon, Pa., was found guilty by a
Mercer county jury. Emmett recent-
ly charged the Shelby Tube Com-
pany with having sold defective tub-
ing to the United States government.
Wharton was formerly a partner of
Emmett in the insurance business and
accused the latter of embezzling pre-
miums. Emmett was released on
bond that he might testify before the
grand jury in the government fraud
case. f
FOUR MEN KILLED
Only One of the Desperadoes, How-
ever, Meets Fate.
Four men are dead as a result of
a fight near Kennewick, Wash., be-
tween officers and two men, who had
robbed two stores in Kennewick. The
dead: Mike Glover, marshal of Ken-
newick: Jacob Lake, ex-convict; Joe
Holzer, deputy sheriff; Frank Perry,
member of a posse; accidentally shot
by a deputy sheriff.
The other robber was captured.
Marshal Glover and Jacob Lake
were killed during the fight, while
Holzer and Perry died later. Holzer
and Glover were both shot by the
bandit now under arrest.
SLEPT FOR TWELVE YEARS.
Man Receives Liquid Nourishment °
Twice a Day.
Herschell Grider, of near Rowent,
Russell county, Ky., fell asleep 12
years ago and all efforts to awaken
him have proved unavailing to this
day.
During that time he has been fed
on liquid nourishment twice a day.
His pulse and physicial condition are
said to be normal and his muscles
are more supple than those of a man
who has had exercise.
Neighbors of Grider are willing to
make affidavit to the truth of this
statement. The case has only just
come to general notice.
Wil! Probe Child Labor.
By direction of President Roosevelt,
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster has been de-
tailed from the department of justice
to investigate the condition of Wwo-
throughout
Legislation on this
Mrs. Foster represented the United
States Government at the Internat-
jonal Red Cross conference in St.
Petersburg.
CURRENT NEWS ITEMS
Fire destroyed the large dry goods
store of Watt & Shand, of Columbus,
O., entailing a loss of $110,000—375,-
000 in stock and $35,000 on the
building.
Count Castellane was charged with
| France.
| Emma Goldman and nine other per-
| sons were arrested at an anarchistic
| meeting on Rast Fourth street, New
{| York.
Laura Scoit, a school teacher, 19
years old, was found frezen to death
| to escape. They died soon after they | near Parker, Col. She lost her way
{ were taken from the pool.
Dream Came True.
After dreaming twice one
whom ile father resided at Ebens-
burg, PPa., awoke in the morning to
fing hia dreams realized. Unablé to
sleep, the son went to his father’s
room and found him apparently
| agleep. After the second dream he
went at 6 o'clock to his father’s room
and was horrified to find his father
had been dead several hours.
Big Four Increases Capital.
An increase of $10,000,000 in the
| common capital stock of the Cleve-
land. Chicazo, Cincinnati & St. Loui
The additional capital
! hetterments. These include second
be used to pay for permanent
i tracks between Cincinnati and Day-
| ton, Indianapolis and Terre
| Mrs. Edgar W. Nye, widow of the | @nd in Tilinois.
1
late “Bill” Nye, the famous humorist
tion, near Morgan City, La.,. Mrs
Nye was 56 years old.
Waive Eight-Hour Demand.
mand for increased
crease of 10 cents an hour.
Boy Buried Alive.
bard, the 12-year-old son of a widow
was found dead by his mother.
the walls gave way-
died at the home of her daughter, | -'-& ys av
Mrs. BE. W. Pharr, at Avocak planta. | Virginia circuit court, was stricken
i with paralysis while court was in ses- |
Buricd alive in a cave near his
home in ‘Swanton, O., Harry Hub- | those of last year.
Q99 deer, 55 moose and 10 bears had
against 1,376
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He | been brought in, as
had been playing in the cave when | deer, 70 moose and 19 bears for the
| sion at Wellsburg.
SIX HUNTERS KILLED
This Season.
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| Maine.
Haute
Judge Thayer Melvin of the West
The Switchmen’s union has waived |
a i i ju} :
its demand for an eight-hour day made | Maine Has Bloody Record Thus Far
recently ‘in conjunction with a de- |
wages. In| Six mien killed is the record thus
further negotiations it is declared | fa; jn the present hunting season in
es : HTT ined gd ;
that the men will insist upon an in In the 4S hours of Saturday
| and Sunday three accidents were re-
| ported.
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same period last year.
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The game receipts are far below
Up to Saturday
«| while returning from making a call. |
| .
{| Some of the German companies
| which at first decided not to pay their
night | San Francisco fire losses have now
| that his father, Richard Holand, had! agreed to meef their obligations.
| died. Marshall Rowland, a son with |
Dr. Henry Rothschild has donated
$20,000 to found a surgical institute
for cancer research. This will be the
first institute of its kind in France.
Horses and Carriages Burned.
Thirty-seven horses were burned to
death in a fire which destroyed the
livery stable of William Hamilton,
Fifih avenue and St. James street,
| Pittsburg. 1a addition to the animals
26 vehicles of various kinds were
i consumed, and Mrs. Louls Dash, her
| two children and Patrolman William
| Walsh were all overcome with smoke
| but later revived.
Asks Five Cents Damages.
Attorney Erastus Lloyd filed a suit
| for damages against the Columbus
Street Car Company at Columbus, O.,
for the sum of five cents, the small-
| est suit for damages ever filed in the
| city. Lloyd who was a football player
with the State University, alleges he
was refused a transfer to the Wester-
ville line though the franchise of the
company explicitly declares a trans-
fer shall be given.
Ex-Congressman Davis Dead.
Robert F. Davis, representative of
the Fail River, Mass. district in the
Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth and Fiftieth
congresses, as a Republican, is dead.
He was born in 1823 and received the
decree of Doctor of Medicine at Har-
vard.
| Engineer T. E. Hamilton ‘of New
| Philadelphia was instantly killed, and
i Fireman William Wilson. of Canal
Dover was probably fatally injured in
| a wreck on the Tuscarawas branch of
| the Cleveland & Pittsburgh railroad.
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