7 V 10 IBIIUIIMB FUND OIL MEXICO MUST PAY. Unltsd 8tates Claims $1,000,000 Prin cipal and an Equal Bum In Intsreat. The Stale Department nt Washing ton has Juut added another to tho long Hat of arbitrations which It lias ar ranged within the Inst few years for the settlement of American claims This arbitration will provide for the aettlement of the ' Tlous fund." which baa been a subject of diplomatic ex change between the United States and Mexico since the Mexican War. The claim arose through the failure of the Mexican government to pay to the Archbishop of California Interest on lands belonging to the Jesuits for which the Mexican government ncted as trustee. The claim was submitted to the Mexican Claims Commission In 1877 and Judgment given In favor of the Church for about $l.ooo.ooo. The Mexican government claimed that that payment extinguished the clnlm, but the State Department held that the Interest began from the date of the award and has run until at pres ent It amounts to to another million dollars. Personal representations by the Archbishop of California who rec ently was In Washington and other dignitaries of the Catholic Church caused the department to press the matter with the result stated. NOTED MINERALOGIST HURT. Considerable Money Which, With Hla Horse, It Missing. William McMillan, a prominent mineralogist, of Barton, Md was In an unconscious condition Saturday morning nt, the baBe of Pig 8avago mountain. Ave miles from his home, and died a few hours later The cir cumstances surrounding his death are mysterious. lie left his home Tues day on horseback on a short business trip, and although a constant search was kept up. nothing could be learned of his whereabouts. He carried his money, the savings of a lifetime, with him. Ills money was gone when the body was found, and also his horse. He was 70 years of age, and owing to 111 prominence and the mystery sur rounding his death, the matter has created considerable excitement. MILITARY RESTORED ORDER. Man They Were to Guard Hat Not Been Arrested. Reports from Crawford, Ala., Sun day, to which place troops were order ed to assist In the arrest of Uriah Porter, charged with the murder of Flncher, and to protect Porter If ar rested, say tho situation Is unchanged, except that the presence of the mili tary has restored order. The Sheriff has not been able to locate Porter. EXCHANGE RATE CHANGED. Gold Dollar In Philippines Worth $2.10 in Mexican Silver. The ' change In tho ratio of ex change In the Philippines on the Mexican dollar to $2.10 Mexican sil ver for one American gold dollar, which was announced December 20, Is causing much dissatisfaction. It 1s unsettling what were considered to have been fixed prices. Status of Gage Resignation. Secretary of the Treasury Gage was asked Saturday if ho had sent in his resignation. Mr. Gage wrote the fol lowing reply: "My resignation has not yet been formally tendered. It will be ready whenever It will suit tho convenience of the President." AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL. The Italian government continues to urge that United States federal statutes be extended to protect for eigners. The war department has been In formed that the transport Crook has arrived at Malta with all well on hoard. Secretary Root received a cable tram announcing that Gov. Taft sail ed Monday from Manila. Capt. Francis A. Cook, who la 111 at the United States Naval hospital, Washington, Is improving slowly. Capt. Frederick S. Foltz. Second cavalry, has been appointed captain of the port of Havana, relieving Lieut. Commander Luclen Young, U. S. N. Mrs. Roosevelt and the wlveB of the Cabinet Secretaries, who meet every Tuesday are discussing a plan to rev olutionize the dinner costume now in vogue. i The service papers, the Army and Navy Journal and the Army epd Navy Register, are strongly of the opinion that the President and the Secretary of War went too far In rebuking Gen eral Miles. Members of the President's Cabi net, with their families and several bureau chiefs of the Navy Depart ment, left for Newport News, Va., Fri day to attend the launching of the bat tleship Missouri, The Cabinet met Friday but no bus. inees was transacted. Positive de ntals are given to the story that F. IX Coburn, Secretary of the State Hoard of Agriculture of Kansas, is to succeed Secretary James Wilson. Rear Admiral Francis Asbury Roe, U. S. N.. retired, died Saturday. He was born in New York and was Disced on the retired list October 4, 1883, sifter 31 years of active service. The naval aboard on awards in its report to the Secretary of the Navy ays that the work upon the medals is going forward as rapidly as possi ble at the Philadelphia mint. Chief Wllkle of the Secret Service, has Issued a circular -stating that a counterfeit $20 gold certificate to In circulation. TO TAX CAPITAL Governor Nash, of Ohio, Has Corpor ation Measure Drafted Along President's Idea. Speclnl Counsel 8. M. Dennett of tho Attorney General's Office, at Co lumbus, O., has completed tho draft of a bill to levy a franchise tax on one- tenth of 1 per cent, upon the capital stock of nil corporations op"rntlng In Ohio. The bill was BUEsestcd by Sec retary of Slate l.aylln. and Is In con sonance with the plan of Governor Nash to ultimately do away with the Stato levy. It Is a composite meas ure, embodying the principal features of the "l.lttletleld" bill, now pending before the Judiciary Committee of the National Congress; the "New York law" and the Ideas advanced by Presi dent Roosevelt and Governor Nash. It Is proposeil to derive a sufficient In come from the corporate Interest of the Slate to make the continuance of the State levy unnecessary. The bill provides for the greatest possible pub licity In the affairs of the corporations and requires thP filing of annual state ments with the Secretary of State, dis closing In detail their financial status, organization ami reorganization. If any, and the scope and extent of their operations. Heavy penalties are pro vided for submitting false statements and for violation of or omission In complying with any provision of law. Mr. Dennett favors the exemption or foreign corporations from the tax for the reason that this will have a ten dency to encourage them to enter Ohio and contribute to the Industrial development of the State. He will. make such a recommendation to tho Governor before the bill Is finally ap proved, and It will more than likely be accepted. WYOMING COUNTY MARRIAGES. Because Husband Weds Fifth Time, Third Wife Dying. Tho third wife of Jacob ManBfield has taken poison, and Is dying be cause she heard he was to marry for the fifth time. Both live at Fox Hill. Wyoming county. Pa., and are moun taineers with little respect for the law. Manslleld Is 64 years old, and declares he Is to wed 10-year-old Myrtle Foote In February.. The girl Is a cousin of the noted Eva Ray Hamilton. Mans field first married Mary Carle, who Is still living, and Is Mrs. Harding; of Wyoming. Virginia Mains, the sec ond wife, died. Melissa Hemans. who married and left a man named Strlbbeii8, Is the third wile, and she It Is who Is dying now flora poison. Mansfield left her and wedded Miss Ruby Rosengrant, who left him, mar lied another man, deserted him, and was found dead In bed last July. Pre viously Mansfield had tried to win either her or wife No. 3 back, but they had. with the aid of the neighbors, driven him out of the village. Lately he has been courting wife No. 3 again, until Miss Foote caught his eye, and then the announcement of the engage ment drove wile No. 3 to try suicida THINK THEY WEhE CHEATED. Creditors and Stockholders Sue to Recover $5,000,000. Suit was filed at Toledo. O., Satur day by Auntln B. Fletcher, of New ork, on behalf of the creditors and stockholders of the Ann Arbor Rail road, against Wellington K. Hurt, president of the road, asking judg ment for $5,000,000. It is claimed. Unit and his associates bought the property for $2,627,000. They Im mediately lsaued $7,000,000 of bonds against It and $7,230,000 of stock. It Is claimed that this $14,250,000 Is. In fact, something like the true value of the property, which was well known to Hurt and his associates. Plaintiff seeks to recover In his own behalf and in behalf of all the creditors and stockholders tho amount of their dam age by the sale of tho property. RECORDER SCORES POLICEMEN. Removals Threatened Unless Efficien cy of the Force Is Restored, Recorder Connell, of Scranton, threw a bombshell Into the police at head quarters, by telling - them that more than half of them had been guilty of offenses which warrant ed their removal. He appointed De tective l.ona B. Day as acting super intendent and declared that If the ef ficiency of the force was not restored by January 15 there would be "a guil lotine bee that would rival a gory day of the reign of terror." ORDERS MILITARY BURIAL. 8enator Sewell a Major General. Regulars Guard at Funeral. The War Department has ordered that the usual military honors be paid to the memory of the late Sena tor W. J. Sewall, of New Jersey, in recognition of his service as a Major General of volunteers during the War of the Rebellion and the Spanish War. General Brooke, commanding the De partment of the East, will provide an escort. The funeral win take place In Camden, N. J. NEW HARBOR MASTER. Maloney Succeeds Klemmer at the Port of Philadelphia. Governor Stone Friday received the resignation of Joseph H. Klemmer, harbor master of the port of Philadel phia, to take effoct January 1. Mr. Klemmer resigned to become mercan tile appraiser. Governor Stone ap pointed Samuel A. Maloney, of Phila delphia, to succeed Mr. Klemmer, Crane Declines Portfolio. Gov. Crane, of Massachusetts, has declined the Treasury Portfolio ten dered to him by President Roosevelt labt Friday. He declined for business and domestic reasons. Indictments Against Hlnsey Quashed judge Dunne . at Chicago Monday quashed the two indictments found several months ago aga:ust John A. Hinsey - GOV. IW ttPIS PORTFOLIO. MR. GAGE GOES OUT. The Iowa Executive's Name Will Be Gent to the Senato In Jan uary. It wns announced authoritatively at Washington Wednesday that Gov. Leslie M. Shaw of Iowa would be ap pointed secretary of tho treasury to succeed I.ymnn J. On sc. There will be no change In the office of secretary of agriculture, Secretary Wilson, also of Iowa, continuing to retain that Portfolio. The duto of transfer of the treasury department will depend upon the mutual convenience of the outgo ing and Incoming secretaries, Mr. (In ne having signified his willingness to remain at the head of his depart ment until such time as it may be ngreeablo to his successor to take hold. It is supposed that Gov. Shaw will be Inducted Into his new office some time in January. It was not until Wednesday that he accepted the tender made him by President Roose velt. Leslie Mortimer Shaw is one of the most distinguished statesmen of the Northwest, and he has had con siderable experience as a president of the llnnk of Denlson and me Bank of Marietta. Ho Is now serving his second term as governor of Iowa, for which office ho was nominated by ac clamation. Mr. Shaw's term as gov ernor of Iowa will not expire until January 10, when Governor-elect Cummlngs will be Inaugurated. SECRETARY LONG GIVES NOTICE. Notified President He Wants to Re tire In 8lx Weeks. Secretary Long will be the next Cabinet officer to retire. Mr. Long expressed such a desire to the late President McKlnley, but In order that his retirement Immediately on the in coming of Mr. Roosevelt might not be construed to mean that he went out because of lack of friendship be tween himself and Mr. Roosevelt he postponed action until recently, when he advised Mr. Roosevelt that he would like to drop out In about six weeks. Mr. Long made no formal tender of resignation, but gave the President notice so he might look around for' a successor.. Having closed the Schley-Hampson controver sy so far as the Navy Department Is concerned, Mr. Long saw an oppor tune time for retirement. While that was pending ho preferred to re main. The Impression prevails that Governor Tal't, who Is now on his way from the Philippines, will succeed Mr. Long at tho head of tho Navy Depart ment. PHILADELPHIA ELEVATED ROAD. Work Will Begin on It Shortly After New Years. It wns announced in Philadelphia Friday by a member of tho Mack- Foenhrer-Wolf rapid transit syndi cate, which secured elevated surface and underground charter, passed by the last legislature, that the construc tion of an elevated road on Market street, between Fifteenth and Sixty third street, would begin nt once. En gineers have made the preliminary surveys and representatives of the syndicate are trying to fix a basis of prospective damages with property owners on Market street. EVANGELIST KILLED AS BURGLAR Dual Life of an Ohio Man Revealed by Death, A remarkable Instance of dual life wns revealed at Springfield by the Identification of a picture of a man who was shot while in the act of rob bing a house at Summltvlllo, Ind. The burglar is dead from the effects of the wound, and all efforts to establish his identity failed until his likeness was exhibited to ' Alonzo Troupe, a prominent merchant of Springfield, who recognized In the dead burglar an evnngellst who preached In Spring field less' than a year ago. At that time the man called himself George F. Howo and was known as the "Prison Evangelist." Library for Titusvllle. R. D. Benson, of Passaic, N. J.; W. S. Benson, of Elizabeth, N. J., and their sister, Mrs. Charles F, Emerson, of Titusvllle, N. J., have offered Titus vllle, Pa., a free public library to cost from $30,000 to 35,ooo, providing the city will guarnntee a maintenance fund of 2,000 per year. Detroit Is 8hort of Coal. Tho soft coal situation In Detroit, Mich., had become serious Thursday. I.ocal dealers were telling customers that soft coal was not to be had. There was only two or three days' supply on hand. Ex-President Cleveland Accepts. Former President Cleveland has ac cepted appointment to the Industrial Department of Arbitration of the Na tional f'lvlc Federation, created at the. recent peace conference of labor and capitalistic leaaers. Chief Devery Acquitted. Justice Holbrook, In the Court of General Sessions in New York Thurs day, decided that Deputy Chief Devery was not guilty of neglect of duty and oppression, as charged by ex-Patrolman O'NeiL Governor John R. Rodgers Dead. Governor John R. Rodgers, of Wash. Inotnn died Thursday. Hn vna tnlan sick last Friday evening with a cold, wnicu ueveiopea into pneumonia. 8purlous Masonlo Lodges. Grand Master Charles W. Mead, of the Grand Idge of Free and Accepts- ed Masons of New York, has addressed a letter to the lodges within his juris diction warning them against clandes tine lodges which he learns are about OPINIONS D0NT COINCIDE. Military and Civil Authorities See Different Sides ef Life In the Philippines. Tho reported disagreement between Gov. Taft and Uon. Chaffee as to the necessity for maintaining troops In the Philippines in large numbers does not cause any surprise at Washington. i nere nss ever been more or less divergence of views between the mili tary and the civil authorities there. Gen. Chaffer generally has discour aged any great reduction of troops and It wns but a few days ago that ne asiierj ror a greater proportion ot cavalrymen among recruits sent to him, that expeditions to tho interior might be facilitated. A general of ficer in the Philippines is quoted In a letter to a friend as saying that 50, ooo soldiers will be needed in the Philippines for at least five years. Gov. Taft Is quoted as saying that the army can be reduced to 20.000 within a year. That opinion has not pre vailed among army officers writing or arriving from the Philippines. Gen. Chaffee's Jurisdiction extends to those sections where the natives have not been sufficiently naclfled to admit of the establishment of a civil govern ment. LATEST NEWS NOTE9. Rivers rose rapidly In West Vir ginia and Eastern Pennsylvania Sun day. Walter and Gerard Doble were drowned In Conesus Lake, Livonia, N. Y. A man In Chicago files bill for di vorce but does not know his wifo's first name. Marines have been awarded medals for heroic work In China during the siege of Pekln. Three young children of Jacques Mondry were burned to death at their home in Buffalo, N. Y. The United State will not Interfere In German-Venezuelan dispute so long as Germany takes no territory. A landslide over the C. & O. Rail road near Lynchburg, Va.. Saturday night killed several trainmen. Postmaster General Henry C. Payne, It Is expected, will select a new corps of assistants for his department. Four persons were killed and 18 In jured in a wreck on the Chicago and Northwestern Railway nt Malta, 111. Police say that the plot to kidnap little Jay Gould was one of the boldest in the annals of the New York police. Ross Allan, a 13-year-old boy, was drowned In tho swimming bank at the Young Men's Chrlstinn association building at Detroit, Mich. It Is rumored In New York that An drew Carnegie was getting ready to give $1,000,000 to Increase Yale's building endowment funds. The flrfit passenger train Into Peru, Ind., over the newly-completed Cin cinnati, Richmond and M uncle Rail road, arrived there Sunday. The next annual gathering ot the Central Pennsylvania conference of the Methodist Episcopal church will be held In liellefonte, March 20. Tho Simpson Clothing Company of St. Joseph, Mo., made an assignment. Liabilities, $30,000; assets estimated at practically the same amount. The American Sugar Refining Com pany, Arbuckle Bros., and B. F. How ell, Son & Co.. Friday advanced all grades of refined sugar 10 points. John G. A. I.clshman, United States Minister to Turkey, Is expected to reach Constantinople Saturday, after his vacation In his home country. A smallpox case caused the quaran tine of a police station and the Sal vation Army and Volunteers of Amer ica lodging houses In Philadelphia. Policeman Edward O. Glennon was sentenced In New York by Recorder CI off to six months' Imprisonment for failing to suppress a disorderly house In defending his mother from an as sault by her drink-crazed husband Theodore Watklns, a negro, 13 years ot ago, killed his father at Brazil, Ind. Pope Leo has created John D. Crlmmlns, of New York, a knight commander of the Order of St. Greg ory for zeal in religion and acts of charity. A power house dam will be built at Glenns Falls, N. Y that will make an artificial lake 30 miles long and submerge half ot the village ot Conk llngvllle. The Canadian government appoint ed veterinary Inspectors for shipping ports between the United States and Canada under a recent agreement be tween the countries. President Roosevelt has selected Dr. J. I.. M. Curry to represent the United States at Madrid, when the young King of Spain, Alfonso XIII., becomes of legal age on May 17. Rear Admiral Schley and ex-Secretary ot the Navy Herbert occupied a box at the National Theater, at Washington, D. C, Friday. Admiral Schley received an ovation bom the audience. Martin Gleason, a mine superintend ent, was found dead in the Kalamazoo shaft at Cripple Creek, Col., with ev ery indication that he had been mur dered. A reward of $5,000 is offered for the criminal. Five weeks of mystery and specula tion as to the fate ot Miss Nellie Crop sey terminated Friday, when the body ot the missing girl was found float ing In the rlvor opposite her father's home at Elizabeth City, N. C. Charges, the nature of which it secret, have been made to Gbvernoi Odell, of New York, by F. A. Abbott ot Buffalo, against Sheriff Samuel Caldwell, of Erie county. Oklahoma farmers report that the dry winds have done a greater dam age to the winter wheat crop than all the cold waves combined. Wheat on the uplands has Buffered greatly. The committee appointed by the American Friends' Peace Conference to prepare a message to President Roosevelt mailed a copy of the ad dres to the White House Friday. SYMPTOMS OF ARSENIC. Mrs. Gertrude Brown and Son Receive Anonymous Present Ate and Became III. A poison mystery resembling In some of Its features the celebrated Hot kin case Is occupying the atten tion of the police of Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Gertrude Brown, who lives at 8i5 Brooklyn street, with her 13-year-old son, Robert, lies at her home in n precarious condition, due, to arsenical poison. The boy Is suffering from the effects of a similar Illness, and a dog, which was fed candy, was stricken with symptoms that go to demonstrate the accuracy of the poison theory. Mrs. Brown find her son ate some enke and candy at 9 o'clock Christmas night. The cake hnd been bought at a nearby grocery store. When the box of candy, which had been sent anonymously tho day before Christ mas, was opened Mrs. Brown specu lated as to who of their friends or rela tives might have sent the present. She turned the box over and over and ef fort to find some written cl;w to tho sender, but without result. Satisfied that the donor preferred to remain un known, Mrs. Brown gave over specu lating, and, with the boy, ate some of the bonbons. Within a few minutes the boy complained of foellng ill, and almost Immediately fell writhing upon the floor. He complained of griping and burning pains. Mrs. Brown at once made him drink salt solution and oi soon as she could prepared some strong coffee, which she forced down the boy's throat. The administration of these remedies relieved the boy and he lay down upon his bed. By this time the mother was attacked with similar symptoms. She swallowed hot coffee and also drank the salt so lution, but her pains rapidly grew worse, and she started from the house to secure aid. She staggered to the corner of Brown street, a few doors away, where she fell. Recovering somewhat the woman dragged herself back Into the house. Dr. Jameson, who was summoned, suspected arsen ical poisoning, and questioned the sick woman. She admitted the facts re lating to the receipt of the candy, and even hinted that she suspected who the guilty one might be. She refused, however, to name the person. The patient was hurried to the Presbyter Ian Hospital, where the doctors worked over her until daylight, when she was pronounced out of danger and removed to her homo. TRAIN RUNS AWAY. Jumps Track When Going at a Ter rific Speed. Just before daybreak Friday an On tario and Western train of 50 coal cars, drawn by a 100-ton "hog" en gine, ran away on the hill between Preston Park .and Starling, near Scranton, Pa., wrecking the whole train and killing Mel via Whitllng. en gineer, Chnrles Millard, flremnn, Rich ard Budd, head brakeman and Patrick Duffy, rear brakeman. All lived In Carbondale. Conductor Wrenn Smith and Flagman M. R. Walsh jumped and landed In a deep snow bank. Edward Fitzgerald, who was stealing a ride, was thrown into a snow bank and escaped without a scratch. The train was running 90 miles on hour when tho wreck occur red. The terrific speed caused a (lunge on one of the engine drivers to break rounding a curve, and In a tew seconds the engine was in an adjoin ing field on Its side with halt a hun dred broken gondolas and 1,500 tons af coal piled around It. The big en gine served as a wall on which the cars rammed themselves to pieces. PLAN BIG GATHERING. Pennsylvania Y. M. C. A. Prepares for Annual Convention, On February 20 the annual State convention of the Young Men's Chris tian Association of Pennsylvania will meet In Waren, Pa. There will be at least COO delegates In attendance, as well as many prominent clergy men and others connected with the work. Rev. O. Campbell Morgan, of Baltimore, known aa the successor to Dewlght L. Moody, and other notables will speak. The general secretaries and physical directors will meet In Corry Just proceeding the Warren con vention. SCOUT KILLS HIMSELF. Lieutenant Reeder, of Beverly, W. Va., Dies Aboard Lawton. Tho War Department is in receipt ot a cablegram from General Chaffee, Manila, P. I reporting that Odus Reeder, Second Lieutenant. Philippine Scouts, committed suicide on the morning ot December 23, by shooting himself with a carbine on board the Lawton. He was Buffering from tem porary insanity, due to Illness. Lieu tenant Reeder was a native of Beverly, W. Va. Curiosity Was Strong. John PInover, a young wholesalo liquor dealer of Mlddletown, N, Y., jumped from the Brooklyn bridge Sunday. He is at a hospital.- Pin over told the dostora he simply wanted to see If he could make the jump and live. Stole a Mall Pouch. ' About 6 o'clock Wednesday a rob ber entered the waiting room of the Pennsylvania Railroad station at New Kensington, Pa., and made oft with a imall mall pouch. The bag was found during the night, but its contents bad boen removed. Potts's Slayer Arrested. John Moore, a negro, wanted at Os borne, Pa., for the killing of another negro named Potts, on July 25, was arrested at Clarksburg, W. Va., Saturday. FARMER'S GOOD YEAR. Higher Butter, Eggs and Potatoes. Splendid Home Market Dogs Kill 8heep Industry. The crop and live stock report of the State Department of Agriculture for 1001 will show that the farmers of Pennsylvania sold their products at remunerative prices during tho year, and that there was an almost nnirorm home market for the products of tho farm. The report is being pre pared by Deputy Secretary Martin. Mr. Martin says the sheep, wool and mutton Industry In Pennsylvania is grndually being abandoned on account of the ravages of dogs. Many Penn sylvania farmers are turning their at tention to the feeding of beef cattle and production of cows of large growth, such as shorthorn and Here ford breeds. This has become a profitable Industry. Mr. Martin says the past 12 months have been pros perous for the Pennsylvania farmer, and that there has been a great ad vance In prices of eggs, butter, pota toes and a few other farm products. EXPLOSION IN POWDER WORKS. Engineer Burned Beyond Recognition and Three Others Injured. An explosion in the barrel mill of the Mooslo Powder Company, at Its Jermyn works, Friday, blew the mill and some adjoining buildings to pieces and broke windows for miles around. The shock was plainly felt In Scran ton, Pa., a distance of 11 miles. Ja cob Hlller, who was in the engine room In on adjoining building, was burned beyond recognition and can not survive. John Glbbs, George Gebhardt and George Forkel, who were entering the mill yard, were caught by flying debris and badly In jured. Glass blown from a window In Albert Carey's house struck his daugh ter and cut a deep gash in her neck. It Is feared she Is fatally Injured. Scarcely a store or residence in Jermyn escaped with a whole pane of glass. SEVEN MEN KILLED. Hando to Hand Fight Between the Americans and Philippines. Captain Schoeffel, with a detach ment of 18 men of Company E, Ninth Infantry, at Dapday, Island of Samar, was attacked by a large force of Bolo men. A severe hand to hand fight en sued, in which a sergeant, a corporal and five privates were killed. Cap tain Schoeffel was wounded, but not dangerously. Five privates were dan gerously and one slightly wounded. No property was lost. The enemy was filially repulsed, wlt'.i heavy loss. PLEASANT FOR CARRIERS. Rural Free Delivery Men Mill Not Have to Wait The Postofflee Department has de cided upon a new method of paying off rural free delivery carriers. They will be paid by the postmasters In the largest city in each State. The Pennsylvania carriers will receive their checks from the Philadelphia of fice; those In West Virginia from Wheeling and the Ohio carriers will be paid from the Cincinnati office. Big Haul In Hold-Up. I.ouls Ring, who conducts a tailor ing establishment In Fairmont, W. Va., was held up and robbed of $495 Friday. He had Just bought a ticket to New York, where he was going to purchase goods. He was grabbed by the throat by ono man and searched by a confederate. The robbers es caped, CABLE FLASHES. The Bulgarian cabinet has resigned. It is understood the new cabinet will Include two members of the Stambul ofT party. Queen Alexandra ot England Is making excellent progress toward re covery, but will not be able to be out for a few days. Emperor Francis Joseph has order ed the expulsion from Austria of the principals in the baccarat game of December 21, when, at the Vienna Jockey Club, Count Potockl lost $500, 000. The London Gazette announces this evening that the levees at St. James' palace and the drawing rooms at Buckingham palace will hereafter be held during evenings. Colombian Insurgents attacked Hon da, on the Magdalena river, Friday, but were badly beaten; 400 men were killed In the battle. W. Curtis Wakefield, of New York, Is the name of the American who has leased Dltton Park, near Windsor, for the coronation year. It Is announced at the Vatican In Italy that there was never an inten tion to appoint Mgr. Scalabrinl papal delegate to Washington. It Is said in London that the Czar has accepted an invitation to attend the coronation of King Edward, pro vided the Czarina is In good health at the time of the ceremony. Lord Kitchener, in a dispatch to England dated Johannesburg, Decem ber 23, reports the week's results as being 45 Boers killed, 25 wounded. 310 made prisoners and 35 surrendered. One of the three ceremonies which, under the French law, are necessary to make United States Senator Chaun cey M. Depew the husband of Miss May Palmer took place In the United States consulate at Nice, France, Fri day. 'A waterspout has burst over the town of Saffee, Morocco. It Inun dated the lower part of the town for the space ot 12 hours, sweeping every thing Into the Bea. Two hundred per sons are reported to have been drowned. The Zionist Congress at Basle, Switzerland, In session, has resolved to establish a fund ot $1,000,000 to be devoted to the purchasing of land in Syria and Palestine. Collections for this fund will be made in all the coun tries ot the world, mm suit M MUSED PENSIONS GRANTED. Mysterious 8hootlng Trolley Con tract Awarded $200,000 En dowment Fund. The veterans roll of honor was In creased during the week by the follow ing names being placed on the pen sion roll: Louis Baumer, Johns town, $8; Wlllber Davis, Union City. $8; James Hand, Big Run, $8; Mar cus B. Day, Tldlouto. $8; Ievi W. Helth, New Era, $17; Frederick C. Rodgers, Erie, $2.60; John Ward. Johnstown, $12; Hannah E. Oetz, New Cumberland, $12; Julia A. Snyder, Kit tanning, $12; Mary E. Fleck. Altoona, $12; Marshall M. R. Lytle, Altoona. $6; Henry C. Hall. Lancelot, $6; Will lam C. Iddlngs, Ivewlsburg, $12; Harri son G. Vicars. Pittsburg, $10; War with Spain Mike Valnls, Pittsburg. $17; Caldwell O. Byers, Mercer, $12; Francis E. Mclntyre, deceased. Corry, $12;Henry Kelpcr, Johnstown, $14; Lucy A. Mclntyre, Corry, $8; Mary J. Wood, Columbia, $8; Mary Young, Sun bury, $8. The new county scheme that created quite an uproar in Westmoreland, Fay ette and Washington counties four years ago, Is to be given another boost. In the manufacturing towns of Monessen, Donora, Charlerol and other rich and populous districts some agitation is going on, and the 'promo ters, principally leading men ot the lo- . calltles, are greatly encouraged by a ) strong sentiment that has sprung up In favor of a new county. - While returning from a dance pt Columbus Wednesday, Lola Munsjey and Earl Spencer, of Cory, were struck by a freight train on the Western New York and Pennsylvania Road, and both are at the hospital with frac tured skulls, and cannot live. They were driving in a blinding snowstorm at the time of the accident. I Allegheny College, of Meadvllle. some time ago had the promise of $60,000 towards an endowment fund. If enough more should be pledged by . January 1, 1902, to make a total of $200,000. Twenty thousand is still lacking, and the president of the ins titution is anxiously hoping that $20, 000 may be heard from. Natal Barr, ot near New Florence, brought an action against the Cone maugh Stone Company to recover $5. 000 damages for the death of his child. Tho child was instantly killed while asleep In Its crib by a flying rock from the company's quarries, a quarter of a mile away, crashing through tho roof of the Barr home. f The employes of the Yoifhgstown and Sharon Electric Railway and Light Company presented President Randall Mountgomery at Sharon, with a fine antique clock, and the Amalgam ated Association of Street Railway Employes presented him with a gold headed cane. M. McCIaln, n deserter from the United States navy, was arrested Thursday at his home In Greensburg, by Detective Charles Miller, of Phila delphia. McCIaln was assistant en gineer on the cruiser Cnarleston dur ,ng the Spanish-American War. Ten boys on a big sled met with a coasting accident at Altoona. Pa., Fri- , day and all are more or less seriously Injured. The boys were coming down Fourteenth avenue and the slod got beyond their control, ran Into a tree, breaking the tree clear off. The Mercer postofflee was burglar ized Monday by two men, who gained an entrance through a transom In the rear of the office. The men succeed ed in working the combination of the safo, In which they found but little money. Mayor Giles, of Altoona, vetoed the ordinance granting the Altoona Belt Line Street Railway Company a fran chise for the streets of the city, giv ing as his reason that the city was getting nothing In return. A fund ot about $1,300 has so far been raised by the people of Butler for the families of Thomas L. Edwards and Charles B. Parker, the men killed in the nitroglycerin explosion of De cember 17. Tho National Steel Company at. New Castle posted notices in the lo cal mills and furnaces saving that the same scale of wages wll be continued thei and at Sharon until January. 1903. John W. C,raper, aged 30, a Balti more and Ohio Railroad engineer, com mitted suicide in his room at the Bal timore House, Conncllsvllle, Wednes day by drinking two ounces of carbolic acid. Bernard Berkmnn, a New Castle clothing dealer, made an assignment to ex-Sheriff Charles Mathews for the benefit of bis creditors. Berkman was formerly In business at Beaver Falls. The projectors of the new trolley road, from Klttannlng to Rural Vil lage, Pa., have awarded the contract for engineering the lino to John No mine, ot McKeesport. Capt. Austin Clark has been ap pointed burgess of Klttannlng, by Judge W. D. Patton. The office has been vacant since tho resignation of Burgess E. R, Lee. The Sharon Steel Company has placed orders with the Baldwin Loco motive Company for two additional standard gauge locomotives to cost $24,000. Tho Monaca English Lutheran con gregation has extended a call to Rev. J. McCreery, of Nova Scotia. The drug store of Dr. Mullen, Fifth street and McKean avenue, at Donora,. was almost totally wrecked by a gas explosion. No one injured. The Morrell coke plant of the Cam bria Steel Company, near Untontown, was abandoned Friday after being in operation tor 25 years. fittWA Nlnhnlna ft Polnndrti- urau fn. . tally shot Thursday night at Ford City, by an unknown assailant during a card game. ' Thomas Donaldson, a Klttannlng man, has beeu convicted ot first de gree murder at Galnsvllle, Flo, to be established in the Jurisdiction, i 3S 1 . F
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