NEW YORK JUDGE SO DECIDES.
Conviction of Man Who Refuted to
Call Physician for HI
Sick Child.
Tho Court of Appeals at Albany, N.
Y., decided dependence upon faith
healing In cases of sickness to he
criminal negligence. In 1!U2 a man
named Plerson, living at While Plains,
waa sentenced to $rnn lino or Boo dnys'
Imprisonment for crlmlnnl neglect In
failing lo provldp a licensed uhynlrian
to attend lila Hi months old adopted
daughter Jn a raRn of bronchial pneu
monia, which proved fatal. Tho con
viction waa secured tinder tho penal
odo, which hold that "a person who
omits without lawful excuse to per
form e duly by law Imposed upon hlrn,
to furnish fund, clothing, shelter or
medical attendance to a minor la
RUllty," etc.
Tho ensrt then went to the appellate
division of tho Supremo Court, which
reversed tho conviction on tho ground
that tho "medical attendance" refer
red to In the stntute does not mean
exclusively the attendance or a med
ical practitioner In the gcncinl sense
of tho term. A further appeal waa
taken to tlie Court of Appeals, which
upheld the decision of the Hint court.
Judge. I might In the Html opinion
said
"We arc awaro that ther.- ar peo
ple who believe that tho divine power
may lie invoked to heal tho Hick and
that failh la all thai la required.
There nro others who believe that
Christianity and science go hand in
hand, both proceeding from tho Crea
tor; that si'iene-e la hut tho agent of
tho Almighty, through which ho ac
pempilnhca results, and that both aid
ence and dlv.lne power mny bt Invok
ed together to restore diseased and
suffering humanity. Hut. pitting aa a
court of law for the purpose of eon
Riming and determining tho meaning
of Ptatutt-R, wo have nothing to do
with variances in religious belief and
liavc no power to determine which .la
correct. We pla v no limitations upon
the power of the mind over the bcicly,
the power of faith to dispel tllscaso
or the power of the Supremo Irolng
to heal tho Rick. Wo merely declare
the law as given us by the Legisla
ture. Wo And no error on tho part of
the trial court that called for a re
versal." MADE THE SULTAN SETTLE.
Minister Leishman Secures Two Con
cessions from Turkey,
Two more claims of the American le
gation gainst Turkey have been rrI'ir
lacterlly settled, the moro Important
being the Issue of a firman granting to
Dr. Bunks remission to excavate tho
ruliiB of Blsmah, in Mesopotamia. Tho
claim has been pending for three
years, its settlement being constantly
thwarted by a Gorman professor en
gaged In similar work.
The second question settled con
cernn property belonging to the wife
of tho American consul at Smyrna,
upon which Immigrants hava estab
lished themselves, and which tho gov
ernment now agrees to purchase. Tho
negotiations regarding other questions
between Turkey and the United States
are also making progress.
Somo powers are showing Irritation
at the prolonged stay of the American
warships at Beirut, but United States
Minister LclBhman maintains an atti
tude of patient and steady pressure
and Is obtaining satisfaction for his
demands without any unnecessary
bluster, such as would be calculated
to Impair his friendly relations with
the Ottoman government.
COLOMBIA'S CANAL PROJECT.
Proposes to Re-open Negotiations With
the United States.
The Colombian Senate committee
charged with drawing up a bill au
thorizing the president to negotiate a
new canal treaty with the United
States, presonted the project to the
Senate. It provides that th-a Senate
must approve or disapprove the ex
tension of the concession for fJx years
granted to the now Panama Canal
Company In 1900. If this is disap
proved Colombia will reimburse $1,
000,000 to the company with Interest
and will take possession of the canal
works next year, in which case this
republic will then be able to negotiate
a new treaty with the United State. If
the extension of the concession is ap
proved by the Senate the new Panama
Cana! Company will have until the
year 1910 to fulfill its obligations. The
Senate will take up the bill on Mon
day. MET FRIGHTFUL DEATH.
Nitroglycerin Manufacturer Blown Up
While on the Highway.
Adam Cupler, Jr., head of the tor
pedo firm of C. A. Cupler & Co., of Ti
tusvllle, Pa., and one of the firm of
the Clarendon Torpedo Company, of
Clarendon, Pa., was killed by the pre
mature explosion of 10 quarts of nitro
glycerin. Mr. Coupler had loft the
1 city but a fey minutes and got be
yond East Tltuavllle, when his vehicle
struck an obstruction in thie road,
causing an explosion. The body of
Cupler shot Into the air, passing
through branches of a largo oak, and
alighting headless and legless some 30
yards distant. The vehicle was com
pletely demolished, and one of the
liorses so badly injured that it bad
to be killed.
Fatal Accident In Fog.
Henry O. Hiorsh and Elmer E.
Rowe, motormon on tho Grecnsburg
and Southern railway, wore killed in
a wreck on the road a mile and a
half south of Greenaburg. Pa. Con
ductors William B. Parks and Edward
Byerly were slightly Injured, and a
passenger, A. J. Maxwell, was hurt
by flying glass. The accident was due
to ono of the cars passing a switch
during a heavy tog, without noticing
that the other car stood on the main
line. Hlersh was killed .Instantly and
Rowe died at the hospital as a result
of bis injuries.
ANARCHISTS MADE CITIZENS.
Gross Violations of the Naturalisation
Law Discovered.
Startling violations of tho new nat
uralization law at Chicago and else
where have been brought to light by
C. I). C. Vanlmsen, a special agent of
tho department of Justice, who ha
Just completed n trip of Inspection
across tho continent. Mo declares, thnt
Dip law which piovrtit anyone with
anarchistic beliefs, Inclinations or len
iliinclea from beccitiilng a citizen lias
In mnny cbss been .Ignored. Presi
dent Roosevelt, It Is said, will rpcotn
mend to Congress a radical e lunge In
tho law, so ns to limit tho right of
conferring naturalization to tho Fed
eral courts. It Is understood that tho
President will favor a permanent cotn
mlsflon to quest mn the applicant for
citizenship papers, take other testi
mony, If necessary, nlid report the re
sult to the Judge).
One Chicago Judgi Is found to have
admitted l.xou foreigners to full mem
bership in one evening, an act which
would have been physically Impossi
ble unless the oath were administered
to the applicants in platoons, and tho
law presumes that the onth shall be
administered to each Individual sep
arately. A iiiimb'r of Italian niv under ar
rest In Pittsburg, charged with fraud
ulenlly securing naturalization papers.
WESTINGHOUSE IN RUSSIA.
A $I4.0C:,COO Proposition for Electric
Street Railways.
Representatives lit Russia of tho
Weslinghoiise Interests hav? offered
to the city government of St. Peters
burg to change the street paRsenger
railways to an el.'ctrle system. The
construction work Js to bo carried
mi; entirely with Russian workmen
and no material Is to bo used not ex
clusively of Russian production, the
work to bo completed within four
years. The cost has been calculated
at nearly I4.imhi.imio within tho city
limit and $l7.iwo,ooi If tho lines aro
to be extended to Sosnooka In order
to connect the cnpltal with tho new
polytechnic Institute of St. Petersburg.
All the rilling sto k Is to be supplied
by the We.tlnghcmse company at a
special rate, to be determined upon
by Hip municipality. The amount re
quli 'd for motor enrs, which ar- to
number Coo at least, will bo about
cii.nno. Should the city decide to
accept the proposition, the Westing-lienn-o
Interests will deposit $150,001)
as a giiai anteo for tarrying out tl3
work.
FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The tnbje class of Dr. Wiley, chief
of the Bureau of Chemistry of tho Ag
ricultural department, composed of 12
young men selecti'd for tho purpose
of testing the effect of salyelllc ncld
and other preservations upon food,
began the second experiment of tho
Rerles. The experiment will conUnuo
for eight months.
Capt. Harry B. Chamberlain, quar
termaster United States of America,
has be;?n convicted at Manila of smug
gling, and sentenced to pay a fine of
$7)io or to serve 100 days In Itillbld
penitentiary. Ho was nn officer In
chaigo of the transport Seward and
was charged with smuggling goods In
to tho Philippines from China. The
smuggling was not for personal gain,
the goods being consigned to a friend.
KILLED 560 TURKS.
Reported Slaughter by Macedonian In!
surgents in Hot Battle.
Desperate fighting between Macedo
nian Insurgents and Turks Is reported
to have occurred at Sdltzl on October
S. Three Insurgent bands engaged 600
Turks and lost 25 men. After several
hours' fighting Boris SarafoS arrived
with reinforcements of 800 Insurgents
and killed all but 40 of the Turks.
Cutting the Railway Force.
Orders have been issued from New
York whereby 15 per cent of the em
ployes In tho car shops, ropwlr shops
and round houses of the Vanderbtlt
railway system will be Informed that
their services are no longer needed.
Ono thousand five hundred men will
be thrown out of employment and a
saving of nearly $3,000 a day will be
effected.
Buy Alaska Cold Claims.
The Ophlr Creek Gold Company, of
Lisbon, O., through Its representatives.
W. H. Hepburn and James Costello,
who have Just roturnod from the
Nome district of Alaska, has purchas
ed over 200 acre of claims In the
gold fields. Work has been started
on the development of tho territory.
Street Cars Wild Plunge.
In the ditching of a car on the Bryn
Mawr branch of the Pittsburg,
McKeesport, Connollsvllle railway,
at the edge of McKeesport.
Fifteen passengers and the con
ductor were injured. The Incidents
loading up to the accident were
spectacular, for the car traveled at a
dizzy spead for 1.100 feet down a 10
per cent grade and plunged Into a
bank on a tangent from a sharp curve,
Eccton Wins Championship.
The Boston Americans clinched their
title to the world's championship at
the Huntington avenue grounds by a
brilliant victory over the fast Pitts
burg team, champions of the National
league. It was the climax of a most
notable series of four straight victo
ries after the Pittsburg team had won
three games to their one, and like its
predecessors was stubbornly and val
iantly fought.
Three Killed; Three Hurt.
Three men were killed and threo
others hurt In a collision betweou a
Mexican Pacific and a 'Frisco freight
train in the vards at St. Louis nvetiun.
Kansas City, Mo. The victims were
standing at a crossing when the crash
came and turned a car upon them.
According to the Ber Lokal Ah
celger Amerloan financial houses have
arranged to take 200.0CO.00O roubles of
loans to be issued at St. Petersburg,
Warsaw. Moscow and Odessa,
WASHINGTON NOT ALARMED.
Japanese Envoy In London Loses Con
fidence In Peaceful Adjust
ment of Matter.
A dlnpatch from Shanghai Rlaleg
that news has reached there from Clio
Foci to tho effect that the Japanese
hnvo occupied Ma-SanPho, nnrt that
an ofllelnl declaration of war Js ex
pected. Dispatches from Cho-Foo re
port that a Russian warship and a
transport with Bimi troops left Port
Arthur October 4 for Korea. Tho Rus
sian forces at New Chwang aro re
ported to have been Increased.
At the Russian embassy In Washing
ton, tho ofllclals ars not alarmed over
tho nil nut Ion In tho far Kast. Tho
view held thero Is that neither Rus
sia tier Japan desires war, though
both may bo making preparations to
that end. and that thero Is really no
question nt Issue, which cannot bo act
tied without recourse to armR. Asldo
from extensive military preparations
by Let It tuitions tho .Inpaueso legation
here Is not advised thnt either Rus
sia or ,la pun has as yet committed
any act of war. The negotiations be
tween Russia and Japan, according to
ndvlces of the Japanese minister, are
still in progress, and there Is hope of
a diplomatic settlement of tho ques
tions at Issue.
In spite of tho reassuring statements
of tho foreign office and Haron Hay
nslil. the frequent reiteration that hos
tilities between Russia and Japan are
Imminent, tho mysterious movements
of tho Russian and Japanese fleets,
and tho excited state of public opin
ion in Japan are beginning to cause
disquiet in Groat Britain, which Is so
Intimately concerned In any action
which Japan may take.
49 ANTI-TRUST SUITS.
Texas Demands $421,000 Damages
from Railroads.
forty-five suits were filed In tho
Fllty-thlrd District Court by Attorney
General Moore against tho railroads
of tho Stata and four express compa
nies doing business In tho State for
tho alleged violation of the anti-trust
laws. With tho five Rults previously
filed against four of tho railways and
the express companies, those make a
total of 4!l suits filed against every
railroad doing business In Texns. Tho
State nlleges that those railroads have
entered Into an agreement by which
they are to handle and transport
freight from a certain express com
pany only, thus rendering them non
competing. In restraint of trade and
In violation of the anti-trust Rtatuto.
The penalties asked against the 43
roada aggregate $421,000.
ARRESTED FOR MURDER.
Three Men and a Girl Held for Death
of Todd Bane.
Jc-Bse Lomons and Daniel Donley,
and a girl, Oslo Bhlpe, wbre arrested
by tho Washington (Pa.) police,
charged with tho murder of Todd
Bano, aged 19. Another woman Is
being hunted by the pollre. Tho mur
der charge against the four waa pre
ferred after a thorough Investigation.
The mangled and almoBt headless body
of Todd Bano was found last Monday
night on the Chartlors Valley rail
road tracks. Ho had been run over
by a train and It was supposed that he
had been killed while asleep on the
track. The coroner did not complete
his investigation at the time, as his
suspicions were aroused. The theory
of the police Is that Bane waa mur
dered as a result of labor difficulties
and his body placed on tho track.
Church Treasurer Short.
Rev. J. C. Scoullor announced from
the pulpit of the Fourth United Pros
byterlan Church, Philadelphia, that a
serious shortage had bean discovered
In the accounts of Robert T. Moore,
tho church treasurer. His language
was denunciatory of tho treasurer.
From members of the board of trus
tees It was learned that tho shortage
exceeds $3,000, and that Treasurer
Moore, when confronted With the dis
crepancy, conveyed all his property to
the trustees, by which act he will prob
ably escape prosecution. He has been
treasurer for 10 years.
Wilson Will Investigate.
Secretary Wilson, tho farmer mem
ber of the Roosevelt cabinet, Is going
South to make a personal investiga
tion of the cotton crop for the present
year. There have been so many con
flicting reports on the subjoct from of
ficial and unofficial sources that tho
conservative, practical secretary has
concluded he may be able to learn
more by personal observation In the
cotton fields than he can from the re
ports sent to him by his agents and
others who have a commercial Inter
est In the cotton market.
Lived 104 Years.
William Caldwell, said to be the
oldest man In Western Pennsylvania,
died at his home, near Sparta, Wash
ington county, at the age of 104 yoars.
He was a shoemaker and farmer for
years and had lived In Washington
and Greene counties for 100 yearn,
coming to the country with his par
ents at the ago of four yoars. He
married twice, both his wives being
dead, and leaves many descendants.
He was a member of the Methodist
Eplt-copal Church, and took an active
interest In church matters.
Offenders In the Army,
Judge Advocate General Davis re
ports that there were 5,275 trials by
court-martial In the army during tho
year ended June 30, 30 less than In thoJ
provlous year. Of the 27 officers trlod,
12 were convlctod, and of the 5.231
enlisted men tried 4,828 were convict
ed. Flva ofllcers ami three cadots
were dismissed by sentence, and in
three cases of officers sentences of
dismissal were commuted. The num
ber of men sentenced to dishonorable
discharge was 2,700,
LATEST NEWS NOTE).
It Js expected that Nicaragua and
Guatemala will soon begin war on Sal
vador and Honduras.
Tho last guess of the Government
crop reporter puis tho corn crop for
this year at 2,3on,noo,noo bufihels.
Archbishop Kaln, of tho St. lionls
dioecso Catholic), died nt St. Agnes
Sanitarium, Baltimore, on tho 13th
Inst.
The transport Sheridan arrived nt
RRn FranelBeo with 2i0 marines and
floo men of the First, Fifth and Sixth
cavalry.
Tho arguments beforo the Alaskan
boundary Commission were concluded
with an eloquent peroration by Mr.
Jacob Dickinson.
William Potter and Mrs. Mary
Guernsey were burned to death In n
flro that destroyed tho Hotzler hotel
at Cedar Lake, Ind.
Herbert 11. II. Pierce, Third Assist
ant Seetetnry of State, Is returning
from Kurope, nfter nn Inspection of
the United States consular service.
Tho American whaling ship Joseph
Manta was wrecked nn Iho Island of
Pico, one of the Azores, nnd the 10 per
sons on board were drowned.
Mr. Jo. .n Redmond critleJscs Pre
mier Balfour's new Cabinet and says
It cannot last, and predicts it will re
dound to Ireland's advantage.
As tho result of a drunken quarrel
seven persons havo been killed on the
Blackroot Indian reservation In Mon
tana. Two other wero wounded.
By a voto of 01 to 61, tho Pittsburg
ronferenco of (ho M. E. Church pass
ed a memc.i'ial to tho gcnoial confer
ence to restoro the 6 year tlmo limit
In the pastorate.
ICnrl Ellsworth, who confessed to
murdering his father, mother and a
boarder at their lioii3e In Woodstock,
III., was sentenced to the penitentiary
for life.
Tho Indlnna Btnte board fcf health
found thnt 250 teachers of tho public
schools aro afflicted with tubereulo
sir, and ordered that they be dismiss
ed. Wil'inm Rica and Esau Jeffries,
United 'States soldiers, were drowned
by tho capsizing of a yacht. In which
they started from Ft. Morgan, Mobile,
for Ft, Gaines, Fla.
Richard Henry Savage, tho author
and soldier, died In Roosevelt hospital
as tho result of injuries received on
October 3, when ho wos run over by
a wagon In New York city.
Complete leturns of tho city election
yoHterday glvo Holtzman, Democrat,
for mayor, 20,51)4; Ilrookwalter, Ho
piihUcan. l!),e;5fi; 1 1 Hz. Prohibition, G,
470; Holtzman's plurality, 938.
It was announced In 'tho Pittsburg
conference of the M. E. Church thnt
a donation of $4.i00 was forthcoming
to provldo free tuition for children of
ministers In Mount Union College.
Amelia A. Garrett, a stenographer,
waa shot by Wm. F. Sulgner, in Edge
wood, a suburb of Pittsburg. Selgner
also cut his own throat. Selg.ier had
deserted his wife and child for the
Blrl.
U. D. Parr, of Rockford, III., has clos
ed a deal for 32,000 acres of .land in
Southwestern North Dakota for the
Dowleltes of Chicago, who propose to
colonlre tho land and establish a Kiou
in Bowman and Billings counties.
A Socinl'ist demonstration of 20,000
workmon took place at Bilbao, Spain,
during which a serious collision oc
curred between tho demonstrators and
tho clericals. Four persons were, kill
ed and 29 Injured.
A board of army officers ha been
solected to visit Hawaii and report
to thB war department what Is nec
essary In the way of fortifications for
the Islands. Colonel Mackenzie, en
gineer officer, represents the general
staff on the board.
Presldont and Mrs. Roosevelt gave
an 'elaborate reception In the White
Houro to the Honorable Artillery Com
pany of London, tho Ancient and Hon
orable Artillery Company of Boston,
and the minute men In Washington
city.
Tho trouble over the violation of the
limit of product clauso of the Amal
gamated scalo at the New Philadel
phia, O., plant of the American Sheet
Steel Company, which threatened to
tie up all the American sheet steel
mills in the country, has been satis
factorily adjusted and the strlko avert
ed. THE PORTE TALKS PEACE.
Sultan Promises to Punloh Guilty Of
ficers.
Negotiations are proceeding between
the Bulgarian and Turkish govern
ments for the repatriation of the 20,
000 fugitives from Macedonia now in
Bulgarian territory. The porte offers
to take all the refugees back under
the joint supervision of the Bulgarian
and Turkish functionaries, but there
are many difficulties in tho way, ow
ing to the destruction of their homes
and means of Biiba'iatenco and the
doubt whether they will be willing to
return. Regarding the frontier Incl
aonts, the porte has informed the Bul
garian government that the sultan has
ordered a commission to make the
strictest Investigation and punish the
guilty ofllcers.
Largest Pension Ever Granted.
The United States government will
grant to Charles Voss, an Immigrant
Inmate of the Toledo Stato hospital
$25,000. the largest pension ever
granted by the government. This Is
to compensate Vobs for the less of
his mind, caused by a false accusation
of desertion during the war of the re
bellion. He was a member of com
pany L, New York heavy artillery
joining In 18fi3. He was mustared out
iu August, 1805, and the pension al
lowed, about $840 per annum, has ac
cumulated ever since. Voss Is CO years
old and 1b the oldest inmate of tho
hospital. A guardian will be appoint
ed for him.
Jollet Mills Shut Down.
The converter billet mill and the rod
mills of tho Jollet plant of the Illinois
Steel and Wire Company were sud
denly shut down Saturday, throwing
1,500 men out of employment. How
long the suspension will continue Is
unknown.
miHU Mill IS SIGNED.
ALL EUROPE IS INTERESTED.
Hlstorlo Rivals Atjree to Submit the
Treaty Queotlone to The
Hague Tribunal.
Ths arbitration treaty between
Great Britain and Franc a was signed
In London by Foreign Secretary I,an.
downo and tho French ambassador, M.
('million. The text of the treaty Is a
follows:
Article I. Differences of a judicial
order, of sue h as relate to the Interpre
tation of treaties existing between tho
two contracting parties, which may
arise between them and which It may
not bo possible to settle by means of
diplomacy, shall bn submitted to tho
permanent court of arbitration estab
INhed nt Tho Hague by tho conven
tion of July 29, 1M on condition, how
ever, thnt they do not Involva either
vltn! Interests or tho Independence or
honor of tho two contracting states,
nnd thnt they do not affect tho Inter
ests of a third power.
Allied II. In each particular caso
tho Irlgli contracting parties, beforo
addressing themselves to the perma
nent c;iurt of urbltrntlon, shall sign a
ppeelal arbitration bond petting forth
cienrly th- subject under dispute, the
extent of tho powers of the arbitrators
and the details to Iit observed as re.
gards the constitution of tho arbitral
tribunal and the procedure.
Article II!. Tha present arrange
ment la con-luded for a term of five
years from tho datn of the slgnatur.i.
The French government regards tho
treaty as one of tin most Important
achievements of Foreign Minister Del
easso and aa likely to exert a far
reaching polttlcul Influence upon tho
relations between Franco and Great
Britain nnd to Indirectly Influence fa
vorably tho relations of all tho Emo
penn powers. Tho serious Joifrnals
ccngraTii ace ine rr.n.n ami "
enpcoiimun..!,, ocic " "
government ncvspnirers criticise the
trenty. The prevailing piblic senti
ment, however, Is favorablo to It.
NOT CANCELLING ORDERS.
Official ef Presoed Steel Car Company
Enyo Dividends Are Being Paid.
A director of the Pressed Steel Car
Company Is quoted as follows: "The
reports circulated to the eff?ct that,
the railroads have been cntiec-lllng or
elc rs which had been placed for cars
are absolutely without foundation In
fact. I elo not know of a single or
der that lins been cancelled. Ths af
falls of the pressed Steel Car Com
pany are In good condition. The
compnny is strong In financial re-
pourc-:B. Last year the company earn
el about 27 per cent on the common
stock, but we only paid four In com
mon dividends. We do not, of course,
expec t to earn 27 per cent on the com
mon Block every year. When our '
earnings were Inrge wo paid small div
idends, enabling us to. strengthen our
financial condition. With tho return
of moro confidence the railroads will
be In the market for more cars, and
while we do not expert the volumo
to be as great as It has, there can be
no great falling off In the earnings
without jeopardizing dividends."
PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY.
Liabilities of Standard Trust Company
Are $1 3.1X0.
The effort to unravel the affairs of
the Standard Trust copany, of Butler,
Pa., outside of tho bankruptcy court,
has proved fruitless, and a petition for
Involuntary bankruptcy has been filed
with W. T. IJndsey. clerk of the Unit
ed States District court, at PI'tsburg.
The ussets of the company consist of
$3,800 deposited In a local bank, while
tho amount dire local creditors ex
ceeds $10,000. Tho monoy In the bank
has been attached, not only by the
local creditors, but by a steamship
company which waa derrauded or
$172 by Arthur Am!e3en, the treasur
er of the company, who is now In parts
unknown.
Textile Workers' Strike Ends.
The Dyvrs and Mercerlzers" Union
of PMIadclphla, has given ths dyers
permission to return to work, thus
finally ending the textile strike, which
began on June 1. Tho dyers are the
last of the 120,000 strikers to return
to work.
A clever swindle was perpetrated on
two money lenders In Greensburg, Pa.,
by two men who had placed on record
a deed for a valuable farm In the
county, which they did not own. They
secured $4,000, and two months had
passed before the fraud was discov
ered. Prizes for Students.
Tho will cf Phllo S. Bennett, of New
Haven. Conn., makes Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Bryan tho trustees of a fund of
$30,000, the revinge to to used for
prizes for essays on free government
and education of young men and wo
men In various colleges to be select
ed by the trustees.
Mail Robbor Bell Confesses.
Albert K. Bell, alias Crosby, alla3
Murray, the alleged mall pouch rob
ber and forger, had a hearlns In Den
ver before United States Commission
er Hinsdale. Bell confessed to rob
beries at Germantown, Pa., and
Springfield, 111., and hi bond was
nlaced at $10,000. He is unable to
glvo the bond and will be kept under
guard until he Is well enough to ua
takien to Philadelphia lor trial.
8teel Stocks Dumped.
At the beginning of tho weik a fresh
floodof liquidation set In on the New
York stock exchange. United States
Steel common sold at 12 Vi, and the
preferred went a point or more under
the recent low record. Nearly a
score of different Issues reached the
bottom figures of the year. Along with
them were losses of 5 '4 points In Col
orado Fuel, 3 in General Electric, S
In Tennessee Ccal and Iron and new
low records In Republic Stael com
mon and referred.
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Commercial and Agricultural Condi
tions Make Up for the Stock
Market Slump.
R. O. Dun A C'o.'s "Weekly nevlew
r,f Trade" says: While some con
traction In trade snd Industry has tak
en place, It Is not In proportion to the
reduction of 20 per cent In ilg Iron
output or tho reaction In prices of
securities, although In normal years
there have proved fairly reliable bar
ometers. Many hrnmhR of manu
facture are wod;lr.,i full force with
large orders still nnfl'.lc: 1, whlla the
latest returns of the crops are most
encouraging. Finance nnd labor are
the disturbing elements this year,
neutralized very larg-ly by favorable
commercial and agricultural condi
tions. The net result Is a fairly well
maintain- d vol'irr.'? of trade, offnet by
conservatism Jn carrying out project
ed l..'W undertakings and proposed ex
teiifil nn n of facilities. Railway earn
ings thus far available for Oi tr,!,-r are
6.2 .t r cent larg cr than last year and
12.7 per rent above litiil. Widely con
flicting rpports ore receive. -I as to the
condition of the Iron and steel Indus
try. There is t-vlil-ncn that th? de
cline In quotations h.-.a brcn checked
altlicuvh f.. c Ih1 tc rms are mad'- on
Important contract?. A better Inquiry
is noted in the West, pig Iron b'-lng
freely taken by open-hearth l.t'"'l fur-nac-
s and makeis of railway supplies,
and In s'line favored lit. ?s tin newi or
ders cover deliveries through ail next
year. One result of tho sv?re fall
In prlc: s and nnlr'shed activity will
be a gene-ral reduction In wajes, some
plants having announced their Inten
tion to make a new seali oi January
1. Failure's this week number 208 In
the United H'.atrs, against 2'(! last
year, and In Canada 28, compared with
24 a year ago,
Bradstre.i.t's reys: Wheat, Includ
ing flour, experts for the wok end
ing Octr.ber I." nssrrgato 2 f'iS.filO
bushels Inst week. For 15 weeks eif
to cereal year tl.-,y aggr-gite 45,
S41.C94 buslicU, Bg-. nst 70.TGI..1S2
bushels In 1!':2. i.i8.825 binl.e's in
1901 and r,1.2c3..".'!3 bu.ihfls In 19i0
Corn exports for the w.v k aggregate
1.410.412 bushel", a;a!nt 1.101,118
bushe ls la.-it we -k. For 13 ver;;i of
tho eeer-tal esr they a!gregjt 15 Hit
52 h;ish.-:a, a:;ul:ist t.4.'4,2t.2 bushels
In 19"2.
DOWIES HOST MOVES EAST.
Restoration Army Loav o Zlcn City
Over 3.CC0 Ltrong, Bound
for Mow York City.
Th- Restoration host, fillrwers of
John AU-xaneer Dowie, ieft Zlon City
on Wednesday by train loaeN for the
Hast. At the l.lovlru of the fire whis
tle every Inhabitant of the 'Ity knelt
and prayed for a safe journey, and
ovtr 7.000 men. women and children
gathered at the railway station to lis
ten to the final instnic tlons of their
leader. The cari were decorate! only
with a Zlcn banner at the rear of
eae h trs.in. Uniformed guards weM
distributed throughout each car, while
the Zl-in band, the Restoration choir
of C( 0 voices and the children's choir
'frntlifrprl otmit fn ItiKrilrn th-a elpnart
Ingi hosts. The trains proceed over
various llne.s passing around Chicago,
Tho band and choir trains were the
last to leave, the latter including Dow.
le's private car. the "Arcadian."
Mrs. Carl F. Stern, daughter of
John Alexander Dowie, and wife cf the
chief of police of Zion City, was ono of
the prophet's party In his private car
Arcadia. Hardly had the party reach
cd the platform at the Grand Central
station and mingled with the throng
there when Mrs. 3teria discovered that
some one had stolen a diamond and
pearl brooch, valued at 11,500.
TciB prophet was notified. He re
ceived the news with equanimity. It
was only an added proof of the wick
edness of New York and of Its need
of redemption.
8HERMAN STATUE UNVEILED.
The General Represented as He Look
ed at the Grand Review in 18C5.
The enneBterlan statue of General
William Tecumseh Sherman, that has
been under construction for so long a
time that Washlng'onians despaired of
it ever being completed, was unveiled
on the ltth. The flags that covered
the bronze w?re drawn away by W II-
fiam Tecumseh Sherman Thorndyke,
a grandson of the General.
The memorial was constructed un
der the supervision of a commission
and the unveiling was made the occa
sion for It to turn its trust over to the
United States, which has borna the
expense of this, the finest and most
costly monument to tho chief figures
of the Civil War that the city con
tains.
The ceremony brought together
army societies in numbers only equaled
by the annual encampment cr me
Grand Army of tho Republic. The
statne stands at tha head of that
stretch of Pennsylvania avenue be
tween the Treasury and the Capitol
Tlie object of the s?u'rtor was to male,"
the bronse figuro look as he looked
when he rode at the head of his victor-
leus troops up Pennsylvania avenue
during the grand revrew in ldbo. bner-
man said it wa3 the proudest moment
of hla life when he ro le up the avenue
and tho face of the bronze soldier
shows ll.a pride t'ae man of flEh and
blood felt ou that occasion. Addresses
were mads by President Roosevelt,
David B. Hc-ndcrsan, of Iowa. Con
gressman Grosvenor and Gen. Thomas
J. Henderson of Illinois.
BUSINESS BRIEFS.
Net earnings of 88 railroads during
August showed an, average Increase
of 16."'i per c?nt. Gross earnings of
32 roads for tha first wesk of October
showed an avaracre Increase of .U4
per cent.
The Pittslurg Coal Company has de
clared the regular quarterly dividend
of lsi per cent on the preferred stock
books closing October 16-23. It Is un
derstood that the company's net earn
ings are running about $7,000,000 on
the year.
FOOD THEORIES.
We tr an salle-yllo mits.
Nor think tbety buy an soldltyi
Frrstlvea of borax tail
To bsttei our saeotal plsoldlty.
We know ths-y are sosnrlty
A (cedent mlnrciblei Impurities.
But trrrtiblei Inst we meiy be flllei
With undigested se-ourltUM.
Chlc-go Trlbuoe.
HUMOROUS.
Mrs. McCall So your dear old tincU
ha gone to heaven. Willie We don't
know yet. His will won't be read till
after the funeral.
Wlgg That pfirenoloalst claims that
he can oven tell what sort of wife
man has. Wngg By tha bumps on
his head, t suppose.
Elobbs How die! yon enjoy your
ocean voyage? You know you expect
ed to be soaBlck. Slobbs Well, tilings
came up to my expoctatlons.
Noll Ho married her for her beau
ty, but she hasn't much left. Bello
And Bho married him for his money.
Bo they are In the Bnrne boat.
IJnile Chnrley Sapp had $10,000
left to him In cold cash. Ida Well.
It must havo gctten warm very quick.
It burnt a holo In his pocket.
"A man may bo able to speak five
or alx different languages," says the
Cynical Bachelor, "but Hie's lucky to
get In a few words In one after he's
married."
"They say your brother Win baa
Joined a stile lelo club." "Oh, no; that'i
a mistake. I suppose the absurd rum
or grew out of the fact that he ha
Just bought an automobile."
Miss Rosej It Is a wonder you dont
take a wife, Mr. Sapp. Mr. Sapp Well,
you seo, I only make enough to sup
port tmo. Miss Rose Well, It Isn't
necessary for you to take two wives.
"Poor man," she Bald, stooping over
the vic tim who bad Just been dragged
out frem under her automobile, "have
you a wife?" "Ne," he groaneel, "this
Is tho worst, thing thnt ever happened
to mo."
Winkers Why Is It that women al
ways dislike a prominent man who
Is an old bachelor? Binkers Because
they can't say that ho would never
havo amounted to anything If It had
not been for his wife.
"I heard today that your son waa
an und'-rtalier. I thought you told me
ho was a pliyslclan." "Not at all."
"I clon't like to contradict, but I'm
positive you did sny so." "You misun
derstood me. I said he followed tiie
medical profession."
"I wish the big hop skirt style for
women would come In aaln." "Why?"
"Well, I figure that when women had
to manage them they didn't have time
to try to manage so many other
things In this world, and man had
more of a chance."
"Of course," said the boasting col
onel, there are some who might
tloubt my valor at Gettysburg be
cause I did not lose aa arm or leg."
"Oh, don't let that worry you," spoke
up little Richard; "I heard papa say
you lost your head."
"Was she willing to pay so much
for such an Insignificant husband?"
asked the thoughtless girl. "Oh, dear,
no," replied the well posted girl. "She
was buying a position in English so
ciety when she took the Duke, and
not a husband. He was simply done
up in the package."
Fear Our Greatest Enemy.
Thought's moat deadly Instrument
for marring human Uvea Is fear, aays
Success. It demoralizes character, de
stroys ambition, Induces or causes dis
ease, paralyzes happiness In self and
others and prevents achievement. It
Is all evil. Physiologists now well
know that it Impoverishes the blood
by interfering with assimilation and
cutting off nutrition. It lowers mental
and physical vitality and weakens ev
ery element of success. It Is fatal
to the happiness of youth, and Is the
most terrible accompaniment of old
age. Buoyancy flees before its terrify
ing glance and cheerfulness cannot
dwell In the same house with It.
"The most extensive of all the mor
bid mental conditions which reflect
themselves so disastrously on the Hu
man system is the state of fear," says
Dr. William H. Holcomb. "It ha
many degrees or gradations, from the
state of extreme alarm, fright or ter
ror, down to the slightest shade of ap
prehension of Impending evil. But all
along the line ' i the same thing a
paralyzing Impression upon the cen
tres of life which can produce, through
the agency of the nervous system, a
vast variety of morbid symptoms In
every tissue of the body."
"Fear Is like carbonic acid gas
pumped into one's atmosphere," says
Horace Fletcher; "It causes mental,
moral and spiritual asphyxiation and
sometimes death death to energy,
dealli to tissue and death to all
growth."
Waived the Responsibllty.
He aatod it, but one hot morning re
cently, to please his wife, and shortly
after they were married, this Wo3t
Philadelphia man went shopping. He
would, however, go no further than
the door. At one store the wife re
mained so long that the husband lost
his patience and his temper. Whan
she dIJ come out he said:
"What do you mean, keeping me
standing out here like a fool?"
"I can't help the way you stand,
dear," sweetly responded the wife.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Catacombs In Tunis.
Extensive catacombs, most of which
are very well preserved, have been dis
covered In Trlpolls, Northern Africa.
These catacombs are said to be larger
than any known In Italy or Sicily.