TRfimSCRIlSH ON SOUTHERN ROAD
COACH TELESCOPED.
Twenty-four Lives Go Out In Head'
on Collision In Virginia An
Appalling Oleaster.
Southern railway passenger train
No 25, southbound, ran Into an open
switch nt Rorktlsh depot, 20 miles
aouth of Charlottesville, Va., smashing
Into a local freight, nn a aiding. The
pasi-cnger engine ami express roaches
were CruoMsho 1 anil I ho bar-gng-i
coach telescoped through tho second
class passenger In the rpnr. In the tat-
tpr wan a party of Immigrants, alt of
whom were kllli'il or Inliirp:!. Tho
read nuinhnr 24 nn1 the Injured mini
her 13. Trnffli; was suspended for
eight hours. The casualties are as fol
lows; The Identified doad: Engineer
Jsmca McCormlck, of Charlottesville;
Engineer Charles Davis, of Alexandria,
Vn.i Thomas Hheppard. of Charlottes
ville, brakeman on frplght: Charles T.
Oay. of Charlottesville, fireman on
freight; J. R. Nine, nf Ilnltlmorp;
Chas. T. Leltch, dining rar waiter;
C. C. Owen, Philadelphia. holler Inspec
tor; Adam Vu osavllevlch, Austrlnn
boy; Barilanl Ouplielnio. Austrian wo
man; two unknown Austrian women;
unknown mulatto woman. The Injured
wpre: Engineer E. C. Hnle, of Char
lotteavlllo. Injuries to spine, serious;
H. A. Sliarpp, of Knoxvllle. Tenn., hoad
and lo lirulsed and liai k wrenched;
Turner Ashby Henry, of Hrentonville,
Va., Injuries to h"ad, shoulders and
less; Walter Jackson, negro, of Char
lottesville, passenger fireman, legs bro
Ken; f-mr Austrian, OJoko Mrdle. An
glos Kap, Kalarveraf.knntl and Olipnm
tlrulnc, nil painfully lint not seriously
Injured; T. (1. Hudson, negro, Chatta
nooga, Tenn., scrlnus bend wounds;
T. (.'. Merger. Washington, arms and
legs put ami probably Internally In
jured; .!. H. Ftenvtt, negro, I'lillman
porter, of New York, hands, anna and
face c Hi ; J. W. 1'ayne. of Alexandria,
liaggngomnstcr, internally Injured.
The trainmen, under doctors' direction,
cut through the panels of the baggage
rar and express rar and took out 20
of the dead. Probably a score of Injured
were removed. Thirteen of the Injured
were taken to the University hospital.
Most of the Immigrants were Austrians
and were hound for points as far dis
tant as f alll'ornifi. W. W. Rrubecker
-conductor of the local freight, was
reported In a critical condition. After
witnessing the awful sight he Is said
to have heroine suddenly Insane, and
when found was five miles from the
wreck. The wreck was caused by the
Inability or tho freight to reach a
-aiding in timo to give tho passenger
train a clear track. Engineer Hale
Tiftd orders to this effect, but was six
minutes behind hla timo when the
passenger train came along, running
about DO miles an hour.
. Anthracite Find In Colorado,
It Is announced that genuine anthra
cites has been discovered In Routt coun
ty. Co-!. The fields are believed to be
fu'ly a extensive aa those of Penn
sylvania. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
Attorney General Knox has Joined
his family at Ileverly Farm, Mass., and
will ren.aln there tho greater part of
the summer.
The treasury department purchased
260,000 ounces of sliver for account of
Philippine coinage at an average of
.'53. 48 cents an ounce.
It was announced at the State de
partment that David F. Wilbur, of
New York, has been appointed United
States consul at Barbados, W. I.
Consul McWarte at Canton, China,
cnb!'3s that owing to American relief
the famine situation In Kwangst prov
ince has been overcome and further
contributions are not necessary.
Representative Cannon, who will be
speaker of the hoiiB of representa
tives. Is said to contemplate the sub
stitution of Hemlnway, of Indiana,
for Dalzell on the rules committee.
Secretary Hitchcock has designated
Assistant Secretary Ryan as chairman
of each of tho two commissions to take
jharge of the exhibits to be made by
the territorlos of Alaska and the In
dian territory at the St. Louis exposi
tion. The navy department at tho instance
f the state department has taken
steps to prevent further Interference
with American shipping in the Ori
noco by either government or rebel
fortes.
The supervising architect of tho
treasury ended the controversy over
the selection of a site for the federal
building ot Washington, Pa., by ac
ceptlnj a alto In West Maiden street
for $1S,0u0.
PoBtmastcr G?neral Payne resumed
Us official duties. He has been great
ly benefited by his visit in the Cats-
kills. The Investigating officials are
lioldlng frequent conferences and the
postofflce inspectors are busily work
ing on several phases of the investiga
tion. Secretary Hay returned to Wash
ington from Oyster Bay, where he held
a conference with the President. The
time was devoted to a discussion of
foreign affairs. The President and
his secretary of Btate are in absolute
accord upon everything that has been
-done in connection with the Jewish pe
tition. William Nelson Cromwell, counsel
for the Panama Canal Company, had
conference with Acting Secretary
Loomls respecting conditions in Bogo
ta, so far as they affect the pending
- canal treaty. Mr. Cromwell received
-a cablegram from Bogota stating that
the treaty was presented to the Co
lombian Senate July 2.
A final census report on street and
electric railways shows that the aver
age street and electric railway In op
eration in 1902 was more than twice
s large as the average in 1890. The
aggregate surplus for the 4C3 com
panies reporting a surplus amounted
to $51,991,459, and the aggregate de
ficit amounted to 111,285,047.
The State department has been no
tified that the Chinese government has
,lald the first Installment on account
of the boxer Indemnity.
WELCOME BATTLESHIPS.
Royal Salutes Fired In Honor of Ad
miral Cotton's Squadron at
Portsmouth, England.
In the midst of the entertainment
of President I,oubrt. England did not
neglect to make full preparations for
the reception of Hear Admiral Cot
ton's squadron at Portsmouth. Sir
Archibald Berkeley Milne, the Com
modore of the royal yacht, specially
detailed by King Edward, bad a long
conference with Sir Charles llothntn,
the Admiral Commanding at Ports
month, and I.nrd Chivies tleres'tird,
commanding the channel squadron.
The British squadron at Portsmouth
is more formidable In offensive power
than the Channel squadron, which re
ceived President l.oubet at Dover. It
Includes the battleships Majestic, fly
ing tho flag of lml Charlps Bores
f'ird; the Magnificent, with the flag
of Hon. Itedworth I.ambton, second In
command of the .Channel squadron;
Mars, Prince Oorge, Jupiter and Han
nibal; the armored cruisers Hope and
SutlpJ, and the protected crulsprs
IVirls. Pactolus and Prometheus. The
American warships assembled at Bpft-
head and Pilfered Portsmouth harbor
passing through thn line of the Itrltlsh
warships, which fired salutes. Thin
compliment was returned by the Kear
sargo ami her consorts. Official cnlls
were then exchanged by Lord Charles
Heresford, Admiral Milne and Rear
Admiral Cotton. Admiral Hotham was
the host at a dinner nt the Admiralty
house, which was attended by Admiral
Cotton, Flag Lieutenant Hussey, Sec
retary Mann and the captnlns of the
Amrrlrnn warships. After the dinner
both fleets were IllutulnntPd. On Wed
nesday Admiral Cotton, bis Captnlns
and Naval Attmhe Stockton were the
guests of honor nt b dinner nt the
Ixmilon housp of the Karl of Selborne,
First Lord of the Admiralty. Later.
accompanied bv 2.1 olbpr officers of
the squndron. they attended the state
ball given In honor of President Lou-
bet at tlncklnehnin Pnlace. On Thurs
day tho Amerlcnn officers will be en
tertained nt breakfast by the Pilgrim's
Club, and afterward Admiral Cotton,
the captains of thp AniPrlcnn vessels
ami United States Attnchp Stockton
dlnpd with tho King nt Uueklngham
Palace. Friday the l,ord Mayor will
give the American officers a luncheon
at the Mnnslon House, and in the
evening they will attend a dinner
given by Ambassador Choate at tho
American embassy, to which King Ed
ward has been Invited, but It Ib feared
His Majesty will be unable to attend.
Tho entertainment ends July 13 with
a ball at Portsmouth. Rear Admiral
Cotton will return some of the court
esies extended to the American squad
ron by giving a reception and dinner
on the Kearsarge July 14.
WILL FIGHT THE COMBINE.
Senator Hanna One of Moneyed Men
In New Harvester Company.
Senator Hanna has entered tho field
as an active competitor of the Inter
national Harvester Company, known
as tho "world cumbluo in harvesting
machinery and farm implements." He
is the moneyed man in the new Ault-
man-Miller Buckeye Compauy of Ak
ron, O., and Information was received
in Chicago financial circles that he
proposes putting up the best possible
tight for harvester business through
out tho world In competition with tho
big combine, which Includes the Mc
Cormlcks, Dealings and all of the big
companies that have mado American
farming machinery world famous. The
Hanna concern is now said to be reach
ing ojit for sales agents and other ex
pert employes who have lost their po
sitions with tlra old companies as a re
sult of the merger, and coupled with
enlargements of the present plants, re
building and extensions, this will con
stitute the first Btep In the fight. The
Aultman, Miller & Co. plants, business,
good will, etc., were sold a few days
ago at public auction. The company
had failed for approximately $1,500,
000, and ex-Judge William A. Vincent
of Chicago was the successful bidder,
after the legal complications were
swept away. The price paid was $640,
000. Judge Vincent said there was no
secret being made of the fact that
three of Senator Hanna's partners are
directors in the reorganized company.
GET-RICH-QUICK ALLEGED.
Arrest of Manager of Concern Which
Guaranteed Big Profits.
A. M. Ross, manager of the Empire
Trust and Securities Company, an al
leged get-rich-quick concern, with of
fices in Newark, N. J., was arrested
by Postofflce Inspector Cortelyou.
Ross had been living in South Orange
under the name ot M. A. Macom, but
he was identified as Ross by Inspector
Cortelyou, who says Ross Is wanted
In New York, where he was Indicted
about a year ago. It Is alleged that
the Empire company guaranteed to its
certificate holders 5 per cent a month,
and Insured them in the profits of the
company, which amounted to about 300
per cent a year.
Killed by His Own Engine.
Plunged Into the gap made between
liis engine and tender by the breaking
ot the coupling pin, Eugene Thompson,
one of the oldest engineers on the
Consolidated railroad at New Haven,
Conn., was crushed to death beneath
the tender while switching. John
Downs, bis fireman, was also badly
bruised.
Advance on Coal to Employes.
An advance of 45 cents a ton has
been made on all coal supplied at
Wilkesbarre to' the employes of the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Coal Company. This will make the
price of coal $2.25, delivered, the for
mer price being $1.80 a ton.
Miles Bueceeds Dewey.
Admiral Dewey has resigned as
President of the Thomas Jbfferson
Memorial Association, and Lieutenant
General Nelson A. Miles has been
elected to -"tceed .him.
Will BE SENT EI Mil ENVOY
TAKE NO CHANCES.
Assistant Secretary of State Will
Carry Address of American
Jews to the Czar.
A good deal of care Is to bo used by
the State department at Washington
In sending the petition of tho Amer
ican Jews to Bt. Petersburg. The
question as to the manner of sending
It hns given the officials a great deal
of worry. The Hnsslnns, while they
know the contents of tho petition, are
most anxious to know the nature of
the Instructions given by thn State
departniPnt to our Charge d'Affalrcs,
Mr. Riddle, as to how ho Is to act
when the petition Is to be presented
and his course subsequently. If tho
HiiHSlnn government knew these In
structions It would be able to act ac
cordingly, and hence the question of
how to get the petition and Instruc
tions Into tho hands of Mr. Riddle
without Russia learning the purport
of the latter. We have an official
package or mall bag from thn State de
partment to our embassy at St. Peters
burg, but It has been known to hap
pen that the contents of theso pack
ages have become known to officials
of tho country to which they were
sent. Secretary Hay hns returned to
Washington, and will remain there
until after the Jewish petition la re
ceived and dispatched. It was stated
that It is contemplated sending tho
petition and Instruction to St. Peters
liurg by a speelnl envoy or messenger.
Assistant Serretnry of Stnto Polrco
leaves Washington on July 20 for a
trip to Russian nnd to Inspect a num
ber of thp United States consulates
In Europe. If the petition Is In the
hands of the state department by the
time he leaves he will bo made a
speelnl envoy to carry It to Mr. Kid
dle at St. Petersburg. Mr. Pelrce wns
Hocrptnry of the ptnbnssy nt St. PetPra
burg before he was made Assistant
Secretary of Stnto, and Is Just the por
sou for this mission.
RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS.
Educational 8chetne Has Now Taken
a Definite 8hape.
The trustees of tho will of Cecil
Rhodes have prepared a memorandum
for the Information of college author
ities and Intending candidates for
Rhodes scholarships In the United
States. Tho first election will be held
between February and Mny, 1904, and
the elected scholars will commence
residence In October. A qualifying ex
amination will be held In each Stnto
and Territory, or at centers which can
be easily reached. This examination
is not competitive, hut is Intended to
give assurance that all candidates are
fully qualified to enter on a courso of
study at Oxford university. It will be
based on the requirements for the first
public examination exacted by tho uni
versity from each candidate for a de
gree. Scholars will be selected from
candidates who have successfully
passed this examination. One scholar
will be chosen for each State and
Territory to which scholarships are
assigned.
TROOPS RETURNING HOME.
Excitement at Evansvllle Ends Sol
diers No Longer Needed.
All but ono company of the State
militia, stationed at Evansvllle, Ind.,
returned to their homes. The city Is
quiet and further trouble between the
whites and blacks is thought to be at
an end. Tho grand Jury la busy tak
ing testimony and further arrests are
expected. Several prominent persons
were examined concerning any know
ledge they might have of the looting
of the gun stores by the mob.
SENATOR IN HAY FIELD.
Quarles of Wisconsin, 8tarts In to
Cut Sixty Acres.
United States Senator Quarles, clad
I" overalls and a Jumper, took upon
himself the life of a farm laborer ar1
worked In the hay field on his farm
north of Kenosha, Wis. Sixty acres
of splendid grasB remained uncut, and
as the Senator was unable to dispose
of it to his neighbors and could secure
no help he took off his coat and went
to work cutting It.
Making Progress 8lowly,
The conciliation board which Is to
settle the grievances of the mine
workers met at Glen Summit, Pa., a
summer resort. Further grievances
wore presented by John Fahey, presi
dent of the Schuylkill district; Wil
liam Pettrey of the Hazelton district,
and F. D. Nichols, president of the
Wilkesbarre and Scranton districts.
The reports showed that little prog
ress has been mado in the adjustment
of grievances at the mines.
Decline in Pig Iron.
Heavy declines were announced at
New York in the price of Northern
and Southern pig Iron and In scrap
iron, me reduction in pig iron ran
from BO cents to $1 a ton, which
brought No. 1 Northern to $18.50
19.60, and Southern No. 1 foundry to
$18.00(318.60.
Dewey's Admitted to Ball.
The Supreme Court allowed Chaun
cey Dewey, W. D. McBrlde and Clyde
Wilson, the St. Francis ranchmen who
killed the Berry family to go free from
jail upon Beclring $15,000 bond.
Nurse Gets $23,000.
For faithfulness and patience In car
Ing for bis son, a consumptive, who
went to Denver, Col., eight years ago
and died three years later at home.
William Devell, Sr., of Atlanta, Ga re
cently deceased, bequeathed Mrs.
Frances F. Nlcoll, of Denver, $25,000.
'Without leaving any clue to her
identity an elderly woman left a pack
age containing $11,110 In crisp green
backs at the door of James Mealey
of Schuylervllle, N. Y., with no other
explanation save that It was "from
a friend."
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
Clght people died ot the heat In New
York.
The most violent earthshock In 20
years was felt at Capo Town, East Af
rica. Jennnptte (Pa.) disaster foots up 22
dead, 17 missing and a property loss
of $1,500,000.
King Edward, of England, declnred
himself in favor of closer relations
with America.
Eleven prisoners, Ave of whom were
convicted of murder, escaped from jail
at Williams, Ky.
The mill of tho Aetna Powder Com
pany at Valparaiso, Ind., blew up, in
juring several persons.
Enoch Rurrell killed Frank Thomp
son at Davis, la., during a quarrel
about a debt of 30 cents.
Herbert Beach Turner tiled at hlB
homo In Englewood, N. J., aged 88. He
was an authority on railroad law.
State of Maryland ennnnt sell Ches-
appakn ft Ohio canal bed to Wabash.
Control Is vested In trustees until 19ofl.
Anna and Mary linker, aged 19 nnd
4 years respectively, were kidnaped
from their homes near Franklin, Pa.
A flght on an excursion steamer be
tween Mt. Vernon, Ind., and Union
town, Ky., ended In six persons belug
shot.
Asa Cushman ft Co.. boot and shoe
manufacturers, of Boston, made an
assignment, with liabilities of $500,
000. Illumination and parade of 5.000 Mys
tic Shrlners at Saratoga, N. Y., were
witnessed by more than 20,000 per
sons. Negro Brown, who caused- the Ev
ansvllle, Ind., race riot, and was re
moved for safety, will bo returned to
Evansvllle.
W. E. Stevens, trpasnrpr of the Am
erican Federation of Labor at Boise,
Malm, s missing and his accounts are
$4,000 Khort.
E. P. Whipple, a balloonist, was In
jured mortally at Barnes, Kas., by a
fall from a balloon. His parachute
failed V) open.
Tho Waldmere. at Lnkewood, N. Y.,
one of tho principal hotels on Lake
Chnutauqiia, was damaged by fire.
Loss about $10,000.
Lee Brown, who prorlpltnted the
race riots at Evansvllle, was removed
to the State prison at Jcfforsonvlllo,
ind., for safe keeping.
Chicago has passed tho 2.000,000
mark. Its population is, according
to tho publishers of the Chicago city
director for 1903, 2,231,000.
Count Casslnl, Buss-Inn ambassador
to the United States, sailed for Europe
on the Kronprlnz Wilhelm from New
York for his Bummer vacation.
The new Scandinavian-American
line pier In Hoboken, N. J., was de
stroyed by fire. Loss, $."o.000, and
to cargo on tho pier, $300,0uo.
By the ditching of a Wabash pas
senger train near Ashley, Ind., Fire
man Richardson wbb killed and seven
pasrengers were seriously injured.
Andrew A born, aged 12, and Fred
erick Deckman, aged 9, died In Chica
go as a result of Injuries received
while shooting firecrackers on July 4.
At the request of Receiver Smith,
Lewis Nixon, of New York, has con
sented to remain as president of the
United States Shipbuilding Company.
Stranded bridegroom in Now York
says he married daughter of Erie mil
lionaire secretly last December and
that they aro being kept apart by her
father.
Calvin Price and Jerry Graves were
hanged at Cnrbondale, 111., for the mur
der last February of Mrs. Nellie
Relchelderfer, a teacher. Both con
fessed. Directors of United States Steel
Corporation held meeting at New York,
declared the usual dividends and made
statement of operations for first half
of current year.
The Newark (N. J.) authorities have
found evidences of a powerful irritant
poison in the body of the late Col. Wil
liam J. Best, which was exhumed at
Caldwell, N. J.
George W. Welke was appointed
receiver for the Mt. Vernon Cigar
Manufacturing Company at York, Pa.
Liabilities are estimated at $83,000;
assets, $42,000.
William Spencer, the negro who shot
and killed Supt. Charles C. MacFar
land, of the anti-policy society of Now
York was found guilty of murder in
the first degree. .
Gen. Cassius M. Clay was pronounc
ed by a jury at Richmond, Ky., to be
of unsound mind. He will be Bent to
an asylum, action being taken to pro
tect bis property.
Secretary Hay and Senators Hanna,
Fairbanks and Kearns were President's
guests at Sagamore Hill, Secretary
Hay remaining over night to discuss
matters of state.
Three persons were instantly killed
and several Injured, one fatally, in an
explosion at Chicago, which wrecked
a factory where caps for toy pistols
were manufactured.
William Rudolph, of Union, Mo., ac
cused of bank robbery at Union and
with the killing ot Detective Schu
macher, who tried to arrest htm, es
caped from Jail and baa not been
caught.
A dog at Cleveland, O., belonging to
a family that has been ill with small
pox Is under observation at the de
tention hospital. He has symptoms
of smallpox, his hide being covered
with puBtules.
The Huntington estate In California
has been equally divided between the
two heirs ot the late C. P. Huntington
They are Arabella Huntington, his.
wiuow, ami n. u. nunungion, a
nephew.
John Lankershtm, a sophomore at
Harvard college, Boston, Mass., was
held In $1,200 for a further hearing on
an accusation ot breaking Into a vehi
cle agency and taking a $900 racing
automobile.
At St. Paul, Minn., the Supreme
Court sustained the action of the low
er court In sentencing ex-Mayor
Ames, of Minneapolis, to the peniten
tiary tor six years for receiving money
for protecting Illegal resorts while In
office.
HOLDING OFFICE III W SHIES
SLEEP ON DIVIDING LINE.
Ellis Refuses to Resign Either Job-
Insists He Is Legal Cltlxen
of Both States.
Nebraska school authorities are en
deavoring to get rid of a school Pouh-
llnli In Sioux county, but so far with
out success, The State superlntend
pnt has tried to demand or compel him
to take one of two unices, but the In
cumbent, Oliver Ellis, doesn'twirpally
see how he can. District 39 of Sioux
county borders on the State lino be
tween Nebraska and South Dakota.
The director of No. 39 owns lands In
each State, anil the State line runs
through his house, leaving about half
ot it In each State. Ills sleeping
apartment runs tho full width of the
houso .and his bed Is so situated that
no matter which way his head points
part of him In sleeping In Nebraska
and part In South Dnkota. He Is a
director In both the South Dakota and
the Nebraska district, and although
his Nebraska neighbors have been try
ing to get him to choose which Job
he wishes to hold and which State
he desires to claim as his residence,
ho declines to do either. He says that
Inasmuch as hn owns property In ea h
State and resides In both he la ellgli
blo to veto In both at each school
meeting held. He has a son-ln-lnw
In South Dnkota and two sons In Ne
braska and tho combination Is able
to win out nt both the NchrAskn and
the South Dakota school elections and
to make the old man a director c
each. Superintendent Fowler has no
tified the district authorities that the
man must cIiooho In which State ho
dep.lres to make his residence, hold
ing that there can lie no construction
of the law which will permit a man
to vote twice at elections. The old
farmer has retorted that he doesn't
vote twice nt tho election, but votes
nt two different elections and tin
so long as South Dnkota people do not
kick about bl 111 he cannot understand
why Nebraska should. He has been
suspended by order of the superin
tendent until he makes his choice, but
he Insists on taking part In school
affairs notwithstanding and Sioux
county is 400 miles from the State
capital.
MINERS ENTOMBED ALIVE.
Become Resigned to Fate, and Write
Farewell Letters.
The interior of the Kaska William
mine, at Mlddleport, Pa., took fire July
0, and a large number of men were
Imprisoned for several hours. Their
lives were despaired of and the en
tombed men wrote letters of farewell
to their families, whom they never
expected to see again. After all hopes
had fled an old working was discov
ered, through which the men were
rescued, some of them already in an
unconscious condition. John Hughes,
Nicholas Thornton, Anthony Peet. Jo
seph Spotts, William Jones and Wil
liam Carney, miners, who live at Mld
dleport. had a terrible experience.
They were In a Bhaft ablaze for several
hundred feet, part of the coal vein
igniting and adding an Intense heat.
The miners were prepared to die and
could hardly credit their Benses when
their rescuers appeared from the depth
of the forgotten old workings. The
entombed miners declare they will
never enter the mines again. It Is
feared the fire will cause the closing
of the colliery for a year. The Kaska
William colliery Is operated by the
Truman M. Dodson Coal Company, of
Bethlehem, and shipped 160,000 tons
of coal last year.
MONUMENT TO BUCHANAN.
Niece of the Dead President Be
queathes $100,000 for Memorial.
The will of Mrs. Harriet Lane John
ston, who died In New England on
July 4, was filed for probate In the
office of the register of wills for the
DlBtrlct of Columbia. Mrs. Johnston
was a niece of President James Bu
chanan and among her bequests is one
ot $100,000 to be left in trust as the
James Buchanan monument fund for
the erection of a suitable monument
to the memory of President Buchanan,
her uncle, at his birthplace near Mer
cershurg, Pa. The money bequeathed
by Mrs. Johnston la to be spent partly
in the purchase of the old Buchanan
homestead site, the monument to the
ex-President to be erected on a bould
er located there. The balance of the
site Is to be made a park.
VICTIM OF TRAMP8.
Michael Keyner Was Stabbed to Death
on a Train.
Michael Keyner, of Pittsburg, Pa.,
38 years ot age, was found dead by
railroad section men, five miles south
of Kalamazoo, Mich. He had been
stabbed to death on a train, by
tramps. The body had been thrown
Into a pool of water beside the rail
road tracks. There were deep knife
wounds In the neck. Effects on the
body indicate that Keyner bad been
a trainman.
Sell Services at Auction.
So great Is the demand tor harvest
hands in Russell, Kan., that laborers
are bringing fancy prices by selling
their services at auction. Bidding on
two ordinary workmen started at
$2.50 and advanced to $3.21. A negro
who guaranteed to Btack all the grain
one header could cut brought $6 per
day. More than 5,000 men are yet
needed In the Kansas harvest fields
to save the great wheat crop.
8otdlors Home from Manila.
The transport Thomas, Captain Bu
ford, arrived at San Francisco, Cal.,
from Manila with three squadrons of
the fifth cavalry, companies G. and
H. of the army engineers, 150 sick and
400 wounded.
Vessel and Cargo Lost.
The total destruction of the steam
ship Heathford at Colombo, Island ot
Ceylon, Is reported In a private cablegram.
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Business Conditions Good Railway
Earnings for June Larger
Than Year Ago. .
R. f). Dun ft Co.'s "Weekly Review
of Trade" says; Business again re
sponds to Improved conditions. Re
tn.'l distribution of merchandise Is ac
celerated by more seasonable weather
and fewer labor controversies, while
wholesale and Jobbing trade, especial
ly at tho Interior, shows the encour
aging effect of brighter agricultural
prospects. There Is the customary ex
cessive demand for farm hands. Rep
rpspntatlves of hull lay trafTtc nnd trade
In holiday goods Indicate no diminu
tion In piirchaFing power, and semi
annual Inventories show a more grat
ifying situation than expected. There
Is less than thn usual midsummer
Idleness In manufacturing, except In
the cotton industry. Commodity prices
advanced slightly during June. Rail
way earnings for June are 13.1 per
cent larger than last year and 25.3
per cent in excess of 1901. Installa
tion of new converters and other re
pairs Interfere with work at some
prominent steel mills, which explains
In part the quiet condition of the mar
ket. Bessemer pig, delivered at Pitts
burg, can bo bought for $18.76, which
Is the lowest point thus far of the re
cent decline. Structural material la
again an active feature, especially for
larg- buildings and railway bridges
at the West. Makers of agricultural
Implements and vehicles are liberal
pun hasers of bar Iron. Tin and cop.
per are again lower, the latter selling
below the official quotation, which has
been reduced to 14 cents. Violent
changes in quotations of raw material
are never good for business In finished
products, so that as yet the cotton
gooda manufacture shows no Improve
ment in response to fluctuations at
the cotton exchanges. Meanwhile
stocks of goods In deaiers' hands have
fallen low and sellers Insisting on
generally higher prices than they did
a week ago. Failures this week num
bered 194 In tho United States, against
193 last year, and 24 In Canada, com
pared with 19 a year ago.
Bradstreet's says: Weather eondl
dltions continue almost perfect, the
winter wheat crop harvest has about
been completed, with a considerably
larger yield than last year. The Iron
and steel market Is (Mil and unset
tled as to prices. Rumors of cuts In
pig iron are numerous. Bessemer pig
Is nominally easier at Pittsburg and
steel billets are depressed and easier.
Inquiries are numerous, but new bus
iness In Iron Is scant. A good volume
of orders for rails has been booked.
Many mills will shut down for re
pairs or because of hot weather. Pig
Iron production Is large and Southern
producers are expected to cut prices.
Tin and copper are rather weak.
DROUGHT IN OHIO VALLEY.
Wheat Conditions Favorable and Har
vesting Progressing.
The weather bureau's weekly sum
mary of crop conditions In part Is as
follows: The week ending July 6 was
the most favorable of the season, giv
ing ample and much needed heat In
all districts east of the Rocky mount
ains. Need of rain Is beginning to
be felt In the Ohio valley. Corn has
made rapid advance West and harvest
ing of winter wheat hns progressed
under favorable conditions. Early
spring wheat has sustained permanent
Injury In North Dakota and Northern
Minnesota from drought. The out
look for oats In Minnesota and South
Dakota Is Improved. A light crop is
indicated In the Ohio valley.
Canadian Bounty on Iron.
The iron and stet'l bounty resolu
tions made public at Ottawa, Canada,
provide for a bounty of tS a ton on
wire rods sold to manufacturers of
wire, $3 a ton on steel plates and
structural steel made In Canada, the
same bounty as last year on steel
ingots, puddled bars and pig iron.
CABLE FLASHES.
Monslgnor Vo!p!nl, secretary to the
Conslstoral congregation at Rome,
Italy, was stricken with syncope and
die! In a few hours.
Letters received from St. Peters
burg state that the Czar of Russia In
tends to thoroughly reform the court
system throughout the country.
A cable from Rome, Italy, July 9,
said the life of Pope Leo continued to
hang by a thread with the expecta
tion that any moment might bring
the final catastrophe,
Samuel Herbert Dougal, who a fort
night ago was found guilty ot the mur
der of Miss Camllle Holland at the
Moat House, Saffron Waldon, England,
and sentenced to die for the crime,
has issued a confession.
The United States battleship Mas
sachusetts and the converted yacht
Mayflower, accompanied by the col
liers Caesar, Sterling and Lebanon,
arrived at Fayal, Azores Island, and
reported all well on board.
President Loubet, In London, Eng
land, accompanied by Foreign Minis
ter Delcasse, vltJted Windsor ca&tle.
Ha was met at the railroad station
by the mayor of Windsor, who wel
comed him to the royal borough.
The formal announcement In the
chamber at Athens, Greece, by Pre
mier Theotokls of the resignation of
the cabinet, which was formed only
10 days ago, was followed by a scene
of the wildest disorder, during which
the opposing deputies exchanged blows
and the galleries Joined in the general
uproar.
In the event of Pope Leo's death the
names prominently mentioned as can
didates for election as bis successor
are Cardinal Gibbons of America, Car
dinals Gottl, SeraQno Vannutelll, Cap
ecelatro and Rampolla. the names of
Ferrari, of Venice; Marmra, of An
cona, and Umana and Domonico Svam
pa, ot Bologna.
Much significance Is attached to an
extended visit mado by Carliani Gottl,
prefect ot the propaganda to the
pope's sick room, from which other
conspicuous members ot tho sacred
college are excluded by the doctor's
orders.
WHAT IS BAB AIRf
Impurity of Air and the Frequent
Catching ef Cold. '
Tha air which has been breathed !
not fit to be breathed over again we
all know from experience; yet It is
not easy to give a satisfactory sclen
tlflc reason for this acL What Is the
vitiating constituent of the human
bieath?
Certain It Is that the chl- f constitu
ent added to the air hy respiration
namely, carbonic ncld gas per Be has
little or no effect upon the health.
Indeed, It has been stated that m?n
can breathe for two or three hours
without marked dlscoinfcrt air which,'
contains with, ef course, Its full com
plement of oxygen as much as 20
percent of carbonic acid, and the pres
ence of 1 percent has not the slightest
effect. But If the carbonic acid In
the air bo raised i.nly to 1-10 percent
by human respiration, the resulting
al Is mist unwholesome nnd detri
mental. There Is no chemical differ
ence, of course, between the carbonio
acid gas or the human breath and the
carbonic acid gas obtained from chalk
or from the combustion of carbon or
coal gas. The tbvloua deduction I
that the carbonic acid gas ot respira
tion has a polsonov.s companion, and
this companion l as so far eluded all
attempts at is-ilaUon and recognition.
This ptUonous constituent may occur
as a coustant quantity in relation to
the carbonic acid gas; possibly it does
not. We do not know, although It Is
very Important that this point should
be determined.
We are content, however, to judge
the Impurity of air by measuring the
amount of carbonic icid in it, and to
some extent this measure is a valua
ble guide. It Is not satisfactory that
the evidence of impurity is not ob
tained more directly than this. Every
ono knows that air vitiated by human
resplratlcn is offensive and poisonous.
In other words, bad ventilation that
is, a condition in which the products
of human respiration are not removed
sooner or later produces toxic symp
toms. There aro usually Ices of ap
petite, discomfort, severe headache
and malnlso, which cannot be traced
to infective organisms any more than
the absence of such organisms can
explain the curative effects of fresh
air. Moreover, it Is a common experi
ence that a sojourn In a badly venti
lated rcom occupied by a great num
ber of people predisposes to disease.
There seems little doubt that the Im
purity of the air has some connection
with the "catching of a cold." The
presence of respiratory products is
declared by an offensive smell, and It
seems odd that chemical analysis Is
net able to lay bare what actually
the nose readily detects. The effect
of bad air upon ie health cannot sim
ply be that of an offensive smell,
though that undoubtedly plays a part.
It not only Is absolutely de
void of the vitalizing effect of fresh
air, but it bas almost a sickening
smell, and socner or later gives rise
ti a sense of oppression. Wnat Is the
r.-ilDon? It seems to. us that the
whole question needs a much more ex
(ended inquiry than has been hlthorto
carried out, for surely chemistry and
physiology hand In hand cculd event
ually elucidate this matter. The Laa-cet.
Last of the Cairidh.
The great mass of the reading pub
lic have possibly no Idea of what the
"cairluh" really Is, for outside the lim
its of tho Hobrldean country It is un
known, says the Scottish. American.
The calrldh Is neither more nor less
than a gigantic salmon trap. On the
west coast it was at one time common,
and was extensively In existence as
early as 1510. Ot courso, catcaJng sal
mon by this means Is Illegal, yet the
l.i at calrldh was enly done away In
1849. A very old cne it was, too, tra
dition ascribing it to the Norsemen,
whose ships ploughed the Mlnch ten
centuries ago. And now to let our
readers form some Idea of what a'
calrldh really Is. Out Into the shallow
water of a sea loch, and for prefer
ence near the moufh ot a river, a low
stone wall is built for about 100 yards,
according to the depth of water; then.
Lending round parallel to the coast, it
may be continued for from twice to
four times that distance. The wall
generally ends where there Is a rise,
or bar. In the loch's bottom. With the
rising tide the sa'.mon push up, in
tending to ascend the river, and con
siderable numbers frequently enter the
open mouth of the calrldh, the wall at
the far end, of course, preventing their
further advance. When the tide re
cedes the rise at the mouth of the
cairidh Is left bare, and thus between
It and the wall, which Is now above
water, the salmon are left In an en
closed piiol. Here they fail easy vic
tims of the crofters, who waxle In and
sometimes obtain a good haul. When,
however, the western shore came
under the fcalmon act of 1S98 the
calrldh was demolished, tho last being
probably the first, since it had reputed
ly existed for 10 centuries.
Czar and Convict
The czar has been the recipient ot
a present which, according to the
London Express, has given him tar
greater satisfaction than many of the)
costly gifts which come bis way.
A prisoner in Siberia has Just sent
him an unique gift in the shape of
large hazel nut, Inside of which is u
miniature chessboard, with all th
plocaa complete, carved out of Ivor;.
The prisoner had worked at this lit
tle gem In his leisure hours for var
than a year.
It U said that the czar was so
pleased with the present that he de
sired to know for what the man had
! hen sent to Siberia, and It Is expected!
tost rce'-'" wtit be (ranted to him.