EARTHQUAKE BRINGS RUIN Death and Desolation Wgought | drama In Calabrian Peninsula. FLOCDS DELAY RESCUE WORK = Pope Decided to Send a Sum of Money for Relief of the Sufferers. Details seg arding the fn Calabria show that done was much more at first estimated, of deaths larger, number killed the ruins are About 200 covered, and “met death. The carth earthquake the extended and the although cannot be cleared bodies it than number the exact known until away. 1ave been elieved over re- is 500 are shocks centinue, but slight. The shocks were especially severe in the southern end of the Ca- labrian peninsula,” but through Ca- labria there were scenes of desola- tion and despair. The first shock was one and was followed of loneer duration, which stroyved two viliages many in several mass of guins. Half the houces Brancaleone sons were tremendous two others entirelv de- and reduced thers to a a hv houses t Ferrazzano and lansed and many buried in the ruins, at. Sinowoli and: - St. Ilario lives ‘are said to: have * been Panic nrevailed everywhere, Rocella, Jonica, Regeie, Baracdie, Cittanova, Palmi, and other towns suffered the shocks. but none severelv. The cathedral at 1 di which from the mins of Loecri Epizephyril, cnee celebrated col- ony cof the Loerrains thrown down as. an tower which withstoed all the Calab- rian earthquakes for centuries past. Half the houses of the villaze Gerace are in ruins. and similar ditions prevail in a number of points in Calabria. The heavy: rains have flonds at several nlaces, and ters make more difficult the rescue, which is Droeeating The peonle a too sist ‘in the rescu Many villages the ficads ax roads a a col Cos=anza, also fron sire aros was also ancien hal ~ of con- other sed the wa- work of slowly. ar to Cit destruction lines and be had. fair shock off by of and egraph word fron can This bids that of second ed 24 sex The oscillation the needle in the ment at the observa was broken. The Pope, destruction, said, with tears “in we having a repetition ter of 1905? Ged souls.” The Pontiff has dsc gum of money gufferers. ® © The scientists Naples. whe study turban was pt Mounts Stromboli suddenly ceas ately followed Mount Ve: tive until ‘a then the vole smoke at 1 rival last- earthquake to 1205. The mds. was go violent that recording instru- witory at Calabria the . and ‘Arn informec dist: hig of when was much poor at the Unive sfesmetie eo of eruptions Ktna, were eat add. rsity dis- 1905 of which immedi- the earthqu } | ny ed the and hauak re Wi 18. ac- sinee 0 {ted ¥ ail, BIG CONTRACTS Over $2.000,000 Worth of New Work Ordered from: Great Pitts. burg. Concern. The Westinghouse injere: obtained" 2a number of tracts with the last resenting value of Thege- contracts traction, equipment to in British, Mex ican plants. They have a foriners and other equipment for the substations the Manchester cor- poration traction and lighting sys- tems. ‘I'he municipal authorities of Poplar, Bast End of l.on‘don, have also placed a big contract for differ- ent power house apparatus. The Mexican contracts include two requisitions from the alexican na- tional lines for the electrification of the railroad shops at Duranzo and Monclova have 1 CcOn- SUS £1 foreig fow d 3 gene contraet Tor - trans- AGED FARMER MURDERED New Jersey Man Slain and Rob- bed of Thousands. Absalom Magee, an aged vealthy Weymouth, miles from City," N.- J: beaten to and robbed : of eral thousand dollars at Montpelier avenue and the Thoroughfare Sun- day morning. His body was found in the Thorougiifare, back of the city, in the morning, by a watch- man. Magee, fortune Is and farmer of a few Atlantic was death SOV- who was 60, mace a a farmer, and owned several plantations. Laiely he re- tired and séld »nart of” his real es- tate for about $8,000. as Throws Out 1,000 Men. The American Steel . Company, was reported, will close its plant ast St. Louis, 1ll., November The plant employs 1,000 men. movement to close its larger at Granite City, 111., has been at 15. No ROBBERS GET $15,000 This Sum, Represented by Tickets Stolen from Staticn. It was discov ern Pacific station at Santa Moenica, Cal.,, was robbed of skeloton tickets valued at $15,000, together with the stamps, punches and ink pads, which will ‘enable the thieves to stamp hundreds of trans-continental rail- road tickets. It is feared be issued to the honest brokers. will dis- that the tickets public through damage | per- | and | which had been contributed in order more | to lost. | | Marina ! Goraee, | | of aA S- 4 s committee no. {her it plant made. | 3 { | | red that the South-! | ho resumed MILLIONS FOR WALL STREE to Relieve Finan. Difficulty. t notable, even the ' finnnaeial ho emptying of of money int the New York Exchange, Oct? 24, through headed by J. P. Morgan and financiers, in order. to avert a less selling out of stocks held brokers. which was threatened cause of their inability to obta newals lnans on which stocks “.ad been carried. A remarkable. condition about.” this extr strin money, which gradually the interest rate to an almost precedented figure. Certain large in- terests of great financial resources had been charging recently what were in eftect, if not legally, usurious rates of interest cn call loans. The effect of this was to run the rate for money up to 00 per cent, and when that figure was quoted 2a sv+remely sharp decline resulted in tre stock market. Union Pacific, a 10 per cent stock, selling down to par. Notwithstanding the call money that might have obtained the National = City Bank, John 1. Rockefeller personally and other prominent moneyed interests sent funds to the Stock Exchange to be lent at the normal rate of | per cent. The ageregate fice Sums Ry far Ne ofte in world was t Sto a nonl other or by he- in ros of these brought ame ganeyv had up Te te for been hizh amecunt of money restore gal pro: storm © and truly coles the assuines weather confidence portions. Roughly *H~ estimated it includes 325.- 050.000, which Secretary on deposited in. the New York banks, $25.000.000- which the Morgan pool brought to - the floor, - $10,000,000 which John D. Rockefeller deposited with the Union Trast Co. as a means of stemming the tide at the Trust Co. America. and finally another fifty which it is understood Mr. stood ready to advance further stress of condi Consiteranly in mila ms, kefel et any a all May 101 CLAIM LAND FRAUDS Senatorial Committee to Spend a Month Lecking Into Charges Redskins Make. sub-commniittee of the cn Indian affairs, ing of Sen: Teller, a Foliette and Curti save for Texas and Mexico, for purpose of investi- gating the trouble between the Mexican Kickapoo Indians and the interior department. The Indians who in Mexico claim {raudulently induced to lands in Okinhoma an lease moley been for threc year: On the cther makes charaes the ihe al quite I'he ferent 2axpec required Senate consist- A Wors will the located were their no them are that now they convey that Las paid the department AM. J. Bentley, the Indians. existed for has hand, afain itive of yversy has year and at times acrimonious. cominitree points in ed that a for the St represent cont SV el been visit and it will also Oklahoma, is inquiry. ROOSEVELT'S BEAR HUNT. Party Weare Wildcat. ree bears, six 12 squirrels, one duek, and one wild cat. We ate them all except the w'ld cat, and there: were times wnen we felt if we could eat it.?”’ This was = President Roosevelt's summing up of the results h on Bayou Tensas and Bear He arrived at 3 o'clock Sunday Crnoci the residence of Shieids, 3 ‘¢ he was ‘a. guest his departure Vicksburg. came in zallop and, pied as by about a his hunting companions, all monnted and attired in hunting garb, the cavaleade presented a tableaux pictuiesque, it was animated. *Was the ’'possum good?’ he asked. “Absclutely the except the bear’ ed with relish. The President stood on the lawn Shield’s house. Arcund him Shields and whom he had the President, “We. got th deer, one wild turkey, ne possum, of lake. aft- l.eo unt for He fuil was Oh as dish-we had, he respond- best s liver,” this, Mr. he said front of when in gathered of dine were a number invited to guests with BANK CASHIER SHOT Prominent Akron, O, Resident Found Dead Upon Floor at Home. Fred A. Boiron, cashier af the Jar Savings Bank, and one of mest vrominent men in Akron, a: shot and killed in his home Sunday. His family was away vant girl returning to shortly after 7:30 o'clock lving upon the floor dead. The police suspect foul the coroner is investigating. rectors of the bank state that the dead man’s books are in first-class condition. Boron was to h.:ve joined his wife Cleveland that day to take dinner with her and accompany home, but it is known that he sent a telephone message stating that he was detained. Forty-eight persens w cight of them seriously, sult of a collision of the Pawtucket line treet, Providence, Dol- the O;, on and a the house found him and The di- play, in are injured, as the re- electrie cars on von North M: R. 1 To Resume Fast Schedule. Another rednetion between Pittsburg coast is to be made, and it is believ- ed that the former fast schedule on all the lines west from Chicazo will in the near future. The schedule in force between and Denver .is be cut down three hours by Island. The road is in fine condition, as new rails have been laid, new built and the roadbed has been bal- lasted with rock and gravel. in running time and the Pacific 32-hour Chicago to the and " [REGEN Hy | millions ‘= nl ruti- | in forced | un- | | ferences | directing 6 | | Farm dif- | month's time will be! almost | 1 Aziz, his | | Aziz fcrees until | accom- | dozen | [ possible was | | adorded | been proper Mr. | Hungry Enough to Eat a a Sad | sult [fighting {of the [00 BIG HRMS tinghouse Concerns Embar- rassed Temporarily. Wes CONCERNS RUSHED WITH WORK No Suspension of Work—Air Brake and Union Switch Not Included. In the United States at Pittsburg Judge appointed receivers the \Westinghouse facturing Company investment Company. The were named after a number between bankers and those | the affairs of he compan- | ies and the temporary suspension of the Pittsburg Stock Exchange at the request of the clearing house commit- tee Because of the stringency in the money market, it was believed best by all concerned that receivers be appeinted, so that the immense or- dei's may be filled and corried: ort, and no suspension of work at the plants oceu. After listening to the statements, Judge Ewing named the following: T. Hart Given, president of Deposit’ National Bank: S. A. Stewart, the well-known real estate man and financier, and E. M. Herr, vice president of the company, | were named to assume charge of the electric and manufacturing company. Villiam MeCouway, president of McConway & Torley Co.: W. H. ner, president of the Union Improve- ment Company, and E. H. Keller, vice president of the machine com- pany, were appointed receivers: for the machine company. The Fidelity Title & Tres pany of Pittsburg was named er for the security company. The allegations in the bills were that owing to the stringency in the money 1 it found impos- sible. p> time, to secure the 1 which to carry on the busi the industrial com- panies. It: was for the holders ploves court court ICwine circuit Nathaniel Electric & Manu- and the receivers of the Hi ors Con- receiv- t nar was + ness was deemed of the stock- 03, the em- that , the carry on best interests of the ona: and the creditors appoint receivers to the business of the than close down The bill sets forth industrial companies solvent, large orders, and that it is to best interests of all concerned the contracts now on hand be ried out. The cou of has the | that that each is that operated they be material onl made an order industrial companies be under the recivers, and that authorized [0 purchase such as might b to carry De necessary the business the companies rt of SULTAN DEFEATED. Morcccan Forces Routed and Ccm- mander-in-Chief Captured by Pretender first conflict between of rival sultans, and lai Hafid, took near Hettat, Mequinez, with detachment of Mulai Hafid, the Sultan an of the South, and con- eizht regiments, known the first the forces of the Sultan of the North, captured Ceid Bushta Bagdani, the commander-in-chief of all = Abd-el- in the field, who had with pieces of modern field ar- tiilery. The favorable effect of this victory to. the cause of Mulai Hafid {s incalculable. Survey Soils. Wilson cf the ‘tment advocates that soil be made as soon as that information could be as to the proper crops to be in different parts of the coun- Much good farming soil = has exhaustad hecauser of im- cultivation, he thinks, and this can again be utilized by the taking of proper measures The the forces Aziz he place, 17. the that a with Sout sisting of Muiai Rachid, vision defeated as aim eight To Sceratary tural Depa: survevs snonld Agricul- SO sown ry. THIRTY-THREE SUITS | Southern Pacific Is Charged With Vio- | guilry Rock exceptionally | neavier | bridges | lating Law Forbidding Cruelty to Animals. Thirty-three suits against Southern Pacific company have filed in United States circuit court by United States District Attorney Devlin at request of District At- General Bonaparte. been the The suits were brought to recover $500 in each case for violating an act of Congress to prevent cruelty to ani- mals in transit on the cars Complaints charge that cattle were confined in the cars 36 hours without rest, food or water. The law “limits such hours. confinement to )Q Aged Woman Guilty of Murder. Mrs. John Newman. aged 75, who has been on trial at Stroudsburg, ac- cused of murdering her aged hus- band with a pitchfork, was foutd of murder in the second de- at Stroudsburg, Pa. Judge Staples sentenced Mrs. Staples to an imprisonment of one year and six months in the penitentiary. grap in Alaska. Katalla, according to to Seattle, Five Drowned Five men were drownred at Alaska, on. October. 13, information broucht Wash., bv the British toga. The deed are: J Seattle; H. Hendrickson. Edwin Olsen, Arthur : De Pasquaie. Higgins, y Portland; Williams, Tony Both the Wabash and the Western Maryland are to get into over the Great Falls & Old Domin- | { ion, now being extended from Fred | erick, Md. under | {to to take charge of | Security | con- | Don- | companies rather | car- | { pected i the | | West UTE INDIAN OUTBREAK Haste, stored Before It recoil but Dn Cavalry Re ls 1 Omaha, & Wi inoton. Major | Nove mont in eommand the Misson ordering to thé Che river re immedintelyv, where it that the Ute Indians have restless after their trans from ‘their Utah lands last Depart of troons: to) be sent a vation drstood become portation year, llowing Washingion Fort Des N¢ the Second C haste ta the Indian Agent yvonne un- is from sent | the instructions have been that four troons avalry proceed with Cheyenne agency; Downs is yes of all where cated. Orders | Forts Meade | readiness for Reports from Indian resery 10- | were also to troomns and Rebinson, to be instant departure. the Cheyenne ation sav. that threatened outbreak of Ute Indians was under control before da by the Indian wolice of the reservation. The Utes showed signs of st: Arting | serious. (rouble, and the situation he came eatening that the cers in called for troops control une SY sent in | river tha the redskins. CONVICTED OF PERJURY of the Mutual Found Guilty. Dr. Walter R. Gillette, | connecied with the Mutu surance Company for 36 who vice president retired about a x0. insurance - disclosures was ‘convicted in New jury for having sworn the grand Dr. Gillette jury that an Ferry Bank, eof which Fields was president, was sonal account. Before Dr. timony before ti had made a conie ome, who soon ti into Amen that one of the Iutual's counts.” Dr. (iillette jury that after retirement he money. to the hew to Dr. Gillette Lifs was In- and who 1al years, when he when. the made, of per- before Life was year ag were York falsely jury. testified account before : the the Dobbs Andr C. his . per- at ow Gillette his -tes- grand jury Fields sion: to Mr... Jer- ped Dr. Gillett the account was “special began o S ad ihe > grand to on but he plained to President wanted Mutual, 3 a0 irdy’s urn did not the know i ANOTHER TROLLEY PROJEC egi Line from Chester to Carn 2 and Pittcburg Under Way. Trolley between E: erpool, O., ft3burg may n the near future. meeting of a number of Virginia capitalists held in East ILivervool last night, the project of building a road between Chester, Va., ‘and Carnegie, Pa., ‘was dis: cussed and giver considerable en-| 1st Li be At 4 Ohio and service V- and Pi ex- | eouragement. | with | filling Abd-el- | connected I.iverpool lines, it will Carnegie, from now ia the ast East l.iverpool Chester by Light and Traction Company’ and if the mew: rond is built pass through Imperial to in a gap pow . remota or trolley facilities East Liverpool Ss railroad connect | eity. between | Tre- i troops | | Beaver di- | Abd-el- ! and | Ny the ! | tensions steamship Sara- | Washington |, i against | York, owner | company's road connect Liverpool-Steu- and the . Fast Taverna lines, now nearly completed, and the. Youngstown & Ohio railway, now building in. Kast l.iverposl. This will give access by trolley from Pitts- burg to the ‘Mahoning valley d orthern Ohio. EIVELY FIGHT ON SHIP Five Likely to Die from Murderous Assault of 400 Chinese on Crew. 260 their countrymen beard by the sani- tary an cf Santa Cruz. Mex- ico, 400 Chinese, who had just been landed, made a murderous assault on the English ship Woolwich and her crew. Many in the their have to ast plan is have with the The also benville av an of on Because were det oine were riously injured and five may® die from The Chinese would before them, but for brought by a large troops and - gend- men affair, wounds. swept all the timely: aid force of federal armes. ARE STRONGE R THAN EVER Metal Industries Pass Through Period of Great Prosperity. The Tron savs: The temporary embarrassment of the greup of West: inghouse interests is not reassuring but it must be observed that the iron and metal industries have passed through a period of great prosperity and are stronze: than they ever were in the history of this country. Ex- and enlargements have been conservatively = made, with ample funds wnrovided. In a few conspicu- ons instances new econsiruction was suspended some time since. Prices for finished iron and have been kept at a mederate level, and while they will probably be ad- jnsted to a lessened consumption, as the occasion arises, there is no pros- pect of any such berformances as we have witnessed in and tin. Pig iron markets are age steel copner quiet. Charlemagne The resiznation of Tower of Penngvlvania as Americar ambassador to Germanv has been re- ceived by President Roosevelt and will be accepted. The President ten- dered the ambassadorship to Robert 3acon, assistant. secretary of state. Mr. Bacon declined the offer. re ha | BIG FIRM INDICTED | Se | Charged by Government With Land in Arizona. i Indictments were returned by the federal grand jury at Santa Fe, N. M.. Phelps, Dodge & Co. of New s -of the El Paso & South- R., as well as smelters in Frauds western RR. | Arizona and eocal lands in New Mexico. indictments were returned | against Charles. S. Spiess, one of the | attorneys; Prof. Douglass, territorial engineer; David Further formerly 35 White and 16 others. | Reency a | more | ments | totaled i pensic | in the g U «| LARGE SUM IN PENSION Pennsylvania Receive 8636 Luring Past F HoL DS THz | | { KANSAS Reports Show That Pensioners Are in All Parts of ! the World. Living Tha vast id -out in ral ‘year cording { | sum of 313.038.6326 | the pensioners, was Pennsylvania in last | to. 95,592 to. the ann Commiss just made public the: Philadelphia p< amount pai: y out ac- Pen- | War- ual report of sion sioner ner. SAT the Qo nsion ace was $7. en at the Pitts-| 44,496 pen- | the number | June 30, than on of pensicners on't 1907, was slightly the vrevious June The number a: sIphia at and rolls at Phila- June, 1906, was & 45,944. The Top2ka,: K an. disbursed meney than any other, its in the last fiscal year having 315,807.838.° The number of ne paid. at this ' agency .in was 111,508; ioner Wa S that 2.373 pensioner in Canada, 59: I Gorm Any, 482 in Ire- land, 386 in in Cuba, 37 in. Denmark, France, 9 in Greece, 44 in in Mexico and 21 in: Japan. The odd corners which Unele Sam include St. iielena. Cape Verde oh Corea, Heyvchelles In. all the sum of of the country sicners who the of on the end at Pittshurg nav- pas rs this Comn shows rner’ report s reside 2 Er Italy, 174 ' earth to pension 3olivia, - China, Comore Islands, and: Siam, ont pen- h tno of sends + nds, Islands $724,434 annually to reside abroad. CASES GO UP United States Supreme Co important Traction Tax --The United took ju 1 is sent 5.090 PACKERS’ a urt Renders Company Decision. Sta qzdiction in t ackers' in wi} Morris and 315,000 ate supreme Chiea he He 1Z0 meat Armour, companies each: for accepting from the Chicago, railroad. petition cf the Qil Company, ation. to have an National Gas corpora- involves an the Ohio L.ancas- leases rh oration. county treasurer against the vari- corporations of Chicago, involving the tax avs for ©1900, :were decided advorsely to the city, affirm- ing the F Judge Grosscup ir the United circuit court., The decision ik equity of fixing the taxable valuation -of the ticn companies trac- the stock quota- tions of a single dav... but finds yased ch 1 Cudahy es Swift, were fined a preferential r Burlington & The court Great Southern a West Virginia a suit against & Fuel Company, ticn, review accounting corporaticn ter, QO. In the West The S tho for gas from & Vie z Vi CASES of States A onied tha cor- on the real Sompznies: assessment rnings of ‘the ANOTHER GIRARD COLLEGE Girlz—Mi! Founds It. rt NX. ‘Carson. a 1aire, . who died last week. pro- $5,000,000 institution for orphan girls patterned .afier Girard College, which is. exclusively - for ! . The beqgnest becomes effect- ive after the death of the widow, Mrs. Frances C arson, The institution will be located at Fldurtown, just over the city line in Montgo county Pa, The that of One to Bo Carson’s Will Fhe. will of Philadelphia suddeniy in vides for a This for lionaire millio: a theater mery ; will is almost identical with Stephen Git I's, who found- ed the largest college of its kind in the ‘world. Like Girard’s -will,: ‘Mr. Carson’s hequest provides that the in- stitution should not be contrelled by any ms denominations, and that no sarvices: shall be held in institution that are peculiar to church. 5 the any HUGE WATER PCWER PLAN Prcpesal to Seon. $20,000,000 « to Utilize St. Lawrence River. the development cost of $20,000,-° ‘St. Law- A water Millereches, was laid Waterways Commission the St proposition for of at 00e power a he the at on rence, before Interna- tional at To- Power Long LLawrence Company of Canada and Development Company. Canadian any proposes 25.000.0600, having already $1,000,000, and the Ameri- willing to invest company will de- lower end of of the ronto by the Satlte The to spend expended can company $15,000,000. velop power at the Jarnard Island with the help American company, which is building a dam at the head of the island. It was explained "that the plan would improve navigation, enabling steamers to run full speed up the river. om? is The at the average shat is now at the lowest lovel since the starting of the McKinley boom. which occurred autumn of 1900. 1 chart shows t price of railroad The iat 1 os Japan Launches New Cruiser. The armored cruiser Kurama, of 14,620 was successfully launch- ed at She - will - carry four eight x-itnch and twelve and a number of smaller guns. She is ex- nected a speed of 2134 | knots, d being the mnost her class afloat. tens, Yokosuka. 12-inch guns, gixinch rapid-fire to develop and regard power vessel as of i is ful iT Knickerbocker Trust Comnany New York city was compelled to 9 e its deors on account of a run. | | Reco | haloeh, lot: MH. Park, I miles: i landed | Hawley. 'p | started Ep. i Lieut. LANDING OF SALLOONS rds Made Each nations Cente R: by stant In a 1C e. (German), or. H. Clayt Qetober on, 21: near aid; land- bury started XL 9 a m., Jetoher Nina ance S80 miles; ti L'Isle de Fra: red Leblanc, pilot: aid; - started 4:11 p. landed, Hubert dist point, 5 2 Al- Mix, 21; at 875 (French), Edgar W. m., October October 23, .; distance, : 00. (Germa m, time, 4: Ja—Dusseldorf Hugo von Aberer nann, aid; started 9 a. m., October Del.; distance, 790 44:30. 4—3St n); . Captain pilot; Hans Heid- 4:15:30. p. m.: near Do- miles; time, vel, 39: Alan R. Post, aid; 6:40 a.m. Md; dis- Louis’ (American): ilot; August 1:42 p.m: ; landed, Qctober: 23, at West minster, tance, 730 miles: time, : d—America (American): C.: Mec- Coy, pilot Capt.. C. “DeF. Chandler, aid; started 4:25 p. landed S a. m. October 23, pear Patuxent, Md.; dis- tance, 720 miles; time 5 6—Abercron (German), kel, pilot; Rudolph Denig. aid: start- adi 4:31 m:: landed 7:10 a. m., October at Manassas, Prince Wil- liam county, Va.; distance, 630 miles: time, 37 —Anjou pilot; 4:3 nn 23, . near eounty, "Va. 8: 15:700. S—United States B. Hersey, pilot: started, 4:0, } Paul Meac- Do (French): Re Charles l.eves, landed 7:45 Armenius Mi distance, 875 ~Gasnier, started m., Octo- nes, Louisa miles; time 1 . Del Mai. Atherholt, landed :15 ‘aledonia, Ont. time 25:10:00, cnglish), Griffith Lieut Claude DBraba- : D. ni.; landed mphis, at MM miles: time, rican): H. : aid: ni. nee 65 cictobher dist 9—T.0tus reaver. pilot: Olle: 24:50:00 FIRST BALLOON LANDED d Over 600 Mi in Canada. halleen, the United States, of i United Washing about ont., at + top Travele les and Stopped The which Hersev Burea anded Hamilt O11, ton, miles ni., The is pilot. 1 south or Octobe r 13 6515 D. 2. States y Dused thence SS Lake: 8t. C lair ‘to the Erie, Shen a change it north into Canada landing. the T.ake and Lake i carried the place of The" distance from Hamilton, Ont. on air imately 620 miles United States miles, which « made in [.Lahm, international Paris-to a distant. Louis: to is approx- Therefore, the traveled about 610 ahead of the re- the European races by ys hose balloon won the ap. by sailing from point in England, 402 miles is far rd n for C. & P. Estimates of cost third : and fourth tracks along the Cleveland and Pitt division the Pennsylvania are being prepared, and it expected that recent inspection by President James Me: Crea will result in this work being started in the near futur Annual re- ports of the Claveland Pittsburg division show a steady in tonnage and improvements have been made from time to to care for the ina: d business. In recent years there has been a growing mand for ih litional track facilities, and the afticials admit that a four- rack system could be used to good advantage at present. Southern Steel Al Involuntary ruptey was filed at Dirmingham, Southern Steel Four Tracks the of laying shurg of is the aid increase time AS de- Coruna ny Fails. petition in bank- in the federal court Ala, "against the Company. The cred- wwking the bankruptcy order Birmingham Coal & Iron the Savre Mining & Manu- {aeturing Company and the Cahaba Coal Company. The Southern Steel Co ompany capitalized at $25,000,000 and owns big steel plant at Gads- den, steel rod. wire and nail mills at Ensley. coal mines at Altoona and Virginia Citv and ore mines throughout the Birmingham as well as coke ovens and properties. itors s¢ are’ the Compr Vv, is a district other TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Athens that a totally of Ra- at effeet 21; village News was received from Saloniki, to tlie Rulgarian band, October destroyed the Gre koven. Secretary self as favorably result of the recent ence. ok Root has expressed him- impressed with the Hague confer- of $9,700,000 to Harriman railroads during the present year by the Mutual Life Insurance Company were unearthed during Gov. Hughes’ investigation, through Matthew W. MNeming, of State Superintendent of Insurance Otto Kelsey's administra- tion. l.oans President's Hunt After a fortnight spent canebrakes oft Louisiana, Roosevelt, bronzed and paid a flying visit to Vicksburg and made a speech. President Roosevelt was warmly greeted in the historic city of Vicksburg and in his speech he promised to bend his efforts for a deeper Mississippi river. He paid eloquent tribute to both blue - and gray. Ended. in. the President vigorous, 3 © Is Lynched. Charged with having insulted and threatened the life of a young white woman of Okolna, Henry Sykes, a negro, was taken from the custody of an officer near Van Vleet Miss. and lynched. Negro Commissioner of Corporations Her- bert Knox Smith, in an address at Chicago convention of Civic Federa- tion, declared that the federal gov- ernment alone could regulate trusts, and urged special administrative of- fice for the purpose
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