mm of gold is! hew
NINE LIVES ARE LOST.
Tare Heroes Gave Up Their Live Try
ing to Rescue Entombed
I Miners.
Nine Five were lout In a Am that
alaost destroyed tho Inner workings
etf the Kearsargo gold mine, nix miles
from Virginia City, Mont. The dam
mm to the surface buildings Is Might,
the principal damage being to the fan
lag at the mine rn.rnn-. Among the
victims. Is U. H. Turner, the super
iatendent of thn nilno.
The dead: It. II. Tumor, superin
tendent of Koaraarge mine; George
Allen, stationary engineer; John To
bin, a miner; J ami's Powers, a minor;
l.atire Dye, a miner; William Fleming,
a minor; Kohl. Donnelly, a minor; two
anknnwn men, minora.
All tho dead miners wore from
Butte and were single nwii. The Koar
aarge mine la one of the largest and
kriiil gold mines In thin state nnd Is
poratod by the Alder Miring Com
any. Tho origin of the fire Ik un-'
aanwn.
The flamea were discovered shortly
after 6 o'clock In the morning, and. In
response to the general alarm Rent
ut. the minora and lnborers from the
two across the gulch hastened to
the assistance of those in the burning
nUio. In vain tho men tried to extin
guish the flames In the burning tun
aol house in order that rescuers might
eesch the entombed minora.
Finally Superintendent 11. 11. Tnr
aer, with John Hurley and another
liner whose name has not been learn
forced thielr way through the
tamos to the air abaft and entered.
Near the entrance they found tho dond
Body of a miner, and this was brought
ta the surface. Again the trio enter
Ml. and Hurley, who was Inst, said he
anard a scream of agony and then two
all thuds as the bravo men in front
f him pitched headlong down the
saaft.
MAY FIGHT IN THE SPRING.
Turkey and Bulgaria Cannot Avoid
War Very Long.
Tiokoff, Bulgarian diplomatic agent
ta London, regards war between Tur
key and Bulgaria as Inevitable in the
coming spring. He declares there Is
aot tire slightest real Improvement in
the situation In Manchuria; that the
Austro-Kusslan reform scheme Is fu
tile, and that "in consequence of the
treatment of Bulgarians in Macedonia
and the strain on Bulgaria's resources,
arising from the necessity of support
ing 160,000 refugees, Bulgaria will be
forced to war. He says trnde with
Bulgaria has ceased and that Euro
pean banks have stopped the credit
f the Bulgarlnn banks, which have
stopped the credit of the Bulgarian
people. "ThlB econonVic crisis," the
agent continues, "will be a hundred
fold worse next year. All Bulgarians
agree that rt Is better to have a few
weeks' war with Turkey, after which
aormnl relations will be resumed, than
a prolongation of the strain on Bul
garia's resources."
The Bulgarian elections have result
v In the return of 146 supporters of
the government, nine Democrats, 30
Mom burs of tne Stoilolvlst party and
tour representatives of other factions.
Battle With Indians.
A battle was fought between the
aatirlff of Weston county, Wyo., and
tonne and a band of Indians whom the
afltecrs were attempting to arrest.
Taa sheriff was fatally shot and Dep
uty Sheriff Falkenburg was killod.
Tare Indians wore killed. A num
ber of cowboys armed with rifles and
another posse left for the sceno of
tea trouble.
TWO PREACHERS EXPELLED.
Baptist Ministers Investigate Charges
and Find Them True.
Our. C. A. McFall, until lost week
aastor of the Sowlckley Baptist
aaurch, and Rev. J. C. Wilkinson, paa
aar of the Mt. Washington Baptist
aarorch, were expelled from member
ship In the Baptist Ministers' confor
aaea of Pittsburg, Allegheny and vl
tatty. The action was unanimous,
eau was the result of an Investigation
tato charges against the young men
kaftan by a special committee of the
aaoferenoe on October 5.
Mr. McFall was found guilty 'of
profanity, double dealing with
i churches, of possessing an unchrls-
and dishonorable spirit, and of
taring made six threats that he would
expose certain mysterious things con
cerning Mr. Wilkinson's past.
Mr. Wilkinson was found guilty of
ration, prevarication and falsehood.
J nf havine nutria ronAaterl offnrta
to Impose Mr. McFall, an unworthy j
aaan, upon churches." The commit-1
toe declares Uiat evasion, prevarica
tion and falsehood developed In his i
testimony before it.
OH Found In Michigan.
Much excitement has been created
la Delta county as a result of the re
cant strike of oil at Rapid River,
where for several weeks a Milwaukee
jam puny has been operating. The oil
aaa not tapped until the drill had
oca put down to a depth of 1,000
feet. When pumps were put Into
aammisBion It was ascertained that
water capped the oil to a depth of
US feet, leaving 650 feet of tho well
Sited with oil.
Accidentally Shot by Wife.
Bamuel Long, the proprietor of a res
taurant at Bridgeport, a suburb of Mt.
Jiaaaant, Pa., is dying from a bullet
wound accidentally inflicted by his
wife, who bad been firing at boys in
a street on Hallowe'en night. Long
asked hla wife if she had fired all the
cartridges, and to prove it, she leveled
taa gua, it ia aald, at . her husband,
aa4 palled the trigger. -The bullet
which fallowed penetrated Long's
The wife la prostrated.
KILLED HIS BROTHERS.
Quarrel Over a Trifling Matter Enda
In Awful Tragedy,
Penjahiln F, Welseinger, living on
a farm near Pottsvllle, Pa., hot and
killed his two brothers, attempted to
kill hla sinter and a nlatorm-law, and
held a largo pop no of policemen at
buy for inn,- hours boioie be was cap
tured. The dead are Louis Welsslng
er, aged 27. single, and Frederick,
ageil 25, who leaves a widow. The
Iratr'iclte Ih 45 years old.
Itcnjamln and Frederlcy had a quar
rel over the cleaning of a horse. Dur
ing the altercation Ilenjnmln fired
rour shots at Frederick without any of
thorn taking effect. Frederick fled
to the attic of the farm house and was
followed Into the house by the en
raged brother. Tire latter secured a
Winchester repeating rifle, and as he
was leaving tho house he encountered
another brother, Louis. Without a
word of warning Ilonjamln fired at
Louis, the bullet striking him In tho
side. Thn victim fell unconscious,
and died In half an hour without ut
tering a word.
Tho murd.'rer then caught a glimpse
of Frederick, who was looking out of
the nttle window. Benjamin quickly
raised his rifle and fired. Tho bullet
entered Frederick's cheek and pene
trated the brain. Ho fell dead across
the window pill. His wife, who had
gone to tho at tie with him, attempted
to drag tho body Into the room. Hhe
succeeded In this, but not before Ben
Jam In had flivd several shot at her
without effect.
The double murderer turned the
rifle on his sister, but his aim wus
bad nnd she escnp.-d.
The murderer again rushed Into the
house, sveured a shotgun, several re
volvers and ammunition, and then
took tip hla position In tho barn. Every
attempt the authorities mail.? to ap
proach the barn was mot with several
shots from Welsslnger, and reinforce
ments were sent for. Toward even
ing the murderer permitted David
Wertz and Samuel Lovvtt, farm hands,
to enter the barn and feed the horses
and cattle. They succeeded In hold
ing him until ofllcera came up.
NEGROES LYNCHED A NEGRO.
Had Murdered Two of His Own Race
and Wounded a Third.
Joseph (!. Crnddock, colored, was
lynched by a mob, composed chiefly of
blacks, at Taylortown. Bossier parish,
Ia. Craddock went to the home of
WVsley Chnmhers, a negro cotton pick
er, and cleft bis bend 'in two with an
ax. Soon afterward ho crept up on
Dana Washington, a negro, and struck
him on the head with the sharp edge
of the ax. Craddock then went to the
Chambers cabin nml called Mercer,
brother of Wesley Chambers, who
came to the door and was beaten
down with the ax and frightfully In
jured. Wesley Chambers died almost
instantly. Mercer Chnmhcrs died some i
hours later, and Washington cannot
live. Craddock was. captured by white
men, but the negroes lynched him. j
TREATY AVERTS WAR. !
Brazil and Bolivia Make a Peaceful ;
Settlement cf Dispute, ;
Brazil aad Bolivia have settled .their I
dispute over the Acre territory which
one time threatened to Involve those
two republics and Peru In war. Aero :
abutting on the territory of all three
states. The treaty will be signed !
this week. The terrltoiy In contro-1
versy Is very valuable on account of
Its rubber trees, and Americans have
large concessions to operate in the
district. The terms of settlement aru
that that part of Aere beyond the
tenth degree of north latitude shall
become Brazilian territory, Brazil to
pay Bolivia $5,000,000 and allow her
tho right to trade at posts on the
Amazon river.
ENGINEER KILLED.
Rushed Train Across Burning Trestle,
but Could Not Avoid Wreck.
The Kanaw.in & Michigan passen
ger train between Charleston. W. Va
and UalUpolls, ().. was wrecked at Red
House, W. Va. The engineer discov
ered a burning trustle and putting on
all steam got the train safely across,
but the heat had caused the rails to
spread and tho engine, baggage car
and smoker turned over on tholr sides,
together with the chair car on tho
rear of tho train.
The engineer. William Tourney of
Charleston was killed, and John Baker
White, former secretary to Gov. Mc
CoiUlo of West Vlrglula, suffered a
broken log and three fractured rJbs,
with serious Internal Injuries. Nearly
every passenger on tho train was bad
ly bruised and shaken up. Others In
jured are Councilman Arthur Mead
and T. R. Temple, of Charleston, W.
Va.
Public Debt Increases.
The monthly ttatment of the public
debt shows that at the close of bus
iness, October 31, 1903, the total debt,
less cash In the treasury, amounted to
$920,402,501, which Is an Increase fur
the month of $2,649.95(1.
Fever Still Rages.
The last official yellow fever bulle
tin issued at Laredo, Tex., is as fol
lows: New cases. 8; deaths, none;
total number of cases to date, 629; to
tal deaths to date. 59. . Conditions at
Muevo, Laredo and Monterey contin
ue to show Improvement.
Fire in the Vatican.
Fire broke out at 8:30 this evening
in that portion of tho Vatican contain
ing the ball of inscriptions, where the
pope gives his audience and which is
adjacent-to tho famous ptnacoteca or
Mllery of pictures. The alarm caused
much confusion and excitement In the
Vatican. Strenuous efforts were made
to control the flames and the firemen
of Rome were called to lend their
help. At a quarter past eleven the
fire was under control. No lives were
lost.
BOIil EXP4.0DES KIIW tWO
A FATAL EXPERIMENT.
Agricultural Students at Ohio Stat
University Seriously Injured
During a Demonstration,
The explosion of tho boiler of a
traction engine at Htatn University,
Columbus, o., killed Englneors Chas.
W. Pepper and Milton II. Dalgern.
and frightfully scalded Frank Brad
ford, a student, and broke his left Jaw.
anj painfully Injured Professor Ver
non II. Davis, Mrs. I,. F. Manter, Geo.
Denny, Janitor; Bherman Hawley,
teamster, and Edgar Burke, N. O.
Shaw and H, (I. fiheperd, students.
Pepper's body was hurled 60 feet
and horribly mangled, and Dalgern
was thrown fully ISO foot.
Tho students of tho agricultural de
partments wero watching tho harvest
ing of a Held of corn for ensilage pur
poses and thn machine was operated
by an old traction engine, which ex
ploded without warning.
A wheel of the engine was found In
tho Held BOO feet from the scene of
the explosion and a 300 pound piece
of tho boiler was picked up 200 feet
away. The side of the barn near
which the engine was standing was
blown In.
Pepper was killed Instantly and Dal
gern died In a hospital. Bradford, It
Is thought, will recover. Mrs. Man
ter was passing when tho explosion
occurred. An Investigation Is In pro
gress. THE BEN NET-BRYAN CASE.
Judge Decides Sealed Letter Not Part
of the Will.
At New Haven. Conn., Judge Liv
ingston W. Cleaveland, of the probate
court, handed down a decision In tho
Phllo S. Bennett will case, holding
that tho secret letter directing Mrs.
Bennett, the widow, to pay William
J. Bryan $50,000 was not part of tho
will. The effect of this is to prevent
Mr. Bryan from obtaining the money
mentioned In tho letter, unless tho
present decision Is reversed by a
higher court, or unless he should he
successful In legnl proceedings against
Mrs. Bennett, in tho event that the
$50,000 should bo paid under clause 12
of the will, which reads as follows:
"Twelfth I give and bequeath unto
my wife, (trace Imogene Bennett, tho
sum of $50,000, Jn trust, however, for
the purpose set forth In a sealed let
ter, which will be found with said
will."
The text of the letter was made pub
lic at one of the hearings on tho will.
Mr. Brynn wbb not present when tho
decision was announced, but his at
torneys said he would undoubtedly
appeal from Judge Cleaveland's de
cision. FRAUD ALLEGED.
Report of the Receiver for Shipbuild
ing Combine.
Sensational allegations or wilful
misstatement, falsification, swindling
and fraud In the organization and flo
tation of the United States Shipbuild
ing Company, of attemps to mtBlead
and deceive the Invetslng public by
erroneous prospectus statements and
of a deliberate plan to wreck tho com
pany by 'a Ithholillug the earnings of
the Beth:' iieni Steel Company are
contained In tho report of Receiver
James Smith. Jr., of tho shipbuilding
company, just made public.
Tho report deals with the name of
Charles M. Schwab, and the nature of
the Bethlehem transaction, says Mr.
Smith, Is such as "to Justify him (Mr.
Schwab) In saying that he did not sell
tho Bethlehem Steel Company, but
took over the United States Shipbuild
ing Company, the directors of that
company giving him $30,000,000 In
stock and bonds for taking It off their
hands."
The recommendation to bring suit
against all persons who received stock
of the company without paying full
value for It Includes Schwab, the pro
rooters of tho consolidation and the
vendors of the constltutent plants.
Died at 110 Years of Age.
Joseph Hush, aged 110, died at the
residence of his daughter In South
Bend. Ind. He was born September
15, 1793, in New Jersey. He settled
In Indiana 60 years ago. Until a few
months past he was vigorous enough
to walk 18 miles in a day.
Justifiable Homicide.
Coroner C. A. Wynn, of Westmore
land county, went to Webster, Pa.,
and held an Inquest Into the death of
the Slav, who was shot Sunday night
by O. M. Snyder, a Pittsburg & Lake
Erie railroad operator. After hearing
the testimony of several w itnesses the
jury returned a verdict of justifiable
homicide.
Rains Drown Forest Fires.
Potest flrcB, which have been raging
in the southern section of West Vir
ginia, especially in Mingo, Logan
and Riley counties, for two weeks, do
ing Inestimable damage, were subdued
by the first rainfall In six weeks. Min
go has suffered most heavily and a
half dozen towns were threatened.
Evangelist Sunday Rewarded.
At Carthage. 111.. Evangelist Will
iam Sunday, former base ball player,
who bas closed revival meetings, at
which 530 converts joined the church,
was the recipient of a farewell offer
ing of $2,100. The fund was raised
In the churchen of Carthage.
Postal Requirements.
Postmaster General Payne, in his
estimates of appproprlatlona needed
during the fiscal year ending June 80,
1905, calls for an aggregate of $168,
085,770 for the postal service and $1.
511,060 for the postofflce department
proper at Washington. The deficit
for the year ending Juno 80, 1905, ia
estimated at $8,613,709. The appro
priation for the year. ending June 80,
1904, was tlB3.tll.650; and the esti
mated revenues for that year $44,304.
643. The estimated revenire for 105
la $151,472,061.
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
At Bteubenvllle, O., Samuel Ashby
was convicted of second dearer mur
der for kllfing his wife at Poland, O.
Pittsburg capitalists will build a
street railway betweon Sharon and
New Castle, a distance of 25 mllos.
Four persons wer killed Instantly
nd a corpse was torn from Its cof
fin by a locomotive of a south-bound
passenger train on the Southern rail
road four miles from Concord, N. U.
Thn president has appointed Oov.
Rnnfnrft II llfilu ,.f Hawaii tt mti.
coed tho late Judge M. M. Rstee, and
Oeorge R. Carter, secretary of the
Hawaiian government, to he governor
In fdace of Dole.
Albert Jones Co., bankers, of Mt.
Airy, Md., made an assignment to
Jos ph D. Baker, president of the Cit
izens bank of Frederick City. Mr.
Jones estimates his liabilities at $136,
000. The assets are not known.
The Wabash has received several
passenger engines from the Brooks
works, which are said to bn thn most
powerful west of the Alleghenles.
The builders say thnt with a light
train they can run IM) miles an hour.
The People's Natural (las Company's
lino from the West Virginia field to
Pittsburg hns been completed at a
total cost of $5,000,000. Two thousand
men were engaged since the first of
April In Its construction.
The Iron City National bank, the
Bank of Pittsburg, National Associa
tion, and tho Merchants and Manufac
turers National bank, three of the
city's oldest and most conservative
financial institutions, will consolidate.
Tho Rt. Clair county, 111., grand
Jury returned eleven secret Indict
ments against persons believed by
the grand Jury to have participated In
the lynching of the negro school
teacher. David Watt, Inst June.
Miss Kmma W. Cass, a pretty pianist
with the Sinter Theatrical Company,
has fallen heir to $500,000, and left
the company for her home In Dallas,
Texas. The Inheritance Is mostly In
real estate, near Manila, Philippine
Islands, and Is left by an uncle of her
fnther, who died recently.
The Baldwin Locomotive works are
now building the largest freight en
gines for the Santa Fe ever con
structed. They will weigh 143 tons
each, or eight tons more than tho
Baltimore ft Ohio motors at Baltimore.
The Santa Fe has contracted for 75 of
them, CO of which will burn oil.
A savings bank for negroes with a
colored woman for Its president Is now
In operation In Richmond, Va. It Is
under the auspices of the Colored Or
der of St. Luke, and members of that
order from New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Maryland and other
states were on hand to make deposits.
Tho aggregate of the deposits the first
day was $75,000.
. HELD FOR RANSOM.
Philadelphia Millionaire Captive In
Mountains of Virginia.
The mystery concerning the disap
pearance of Edward L. Wenti, th9
Philadelphia millionaire, has been
cleaied and la announced that he is
now In the hands of abductors In the
mountains of southwest Virginia, and
that a ransom of $l00.oo Is demanded
for his release.
This statement was given out by
Congressman Hlemp, who has been ex
erting every effort in conjunction with
members of tho Wentz family, to learn
the fate of thn missing man. It Is now
nearly a month since Wentz left here
on horseback, to visit some of his In
terests In tho mountain districts. At
first It was feared that he had been
murdered, meeting tho samn fate as
O. P. Dexter In tho Adlrondacks,
Wentz having engendered considerable
animosity among the natives for his
insistence upon the strict enforcement
of the law. Ever since his disappear
ance there has been an untiring search
for his body and it was not until tho
past few Jays that the theory of ab
duction was though possible.
Congressman Blemp ia In poa ses
sion of sufficient proof to show that a
band of desperadoes have Wonts In
their possession and that they threat
en him with death If the ransom is not
Immediately forthcoming.
Overlooked $50.
Upon opening thn safe of the Bank
of tho Chickasaw Nation at Tishomin
go, which closed its doors last week,
Receiver Foster found but $50, which
was in silver. Tho president, Klrby
Putldom, disappeared at the time of
tho failure. Tho bank was the official
depository of the Chickasaw Nation
and had a capital stock of $50,000,
with largo prlvato deposits.
The State Department has received
Information to the effect that commu
nication with Buena Ventura, tho Col
ombian port on the Pacific coast, and
with the Interior points has been re
stored. BLUE JACKETS IN BATTLE.
Men from Warships Clash and Many
Are Injured.
The Toklo corespondent of the Lon
don Dally Mail reports a serious af
fray at Chemulpo, Korea, between
Russian blue' Jackets belonging to tht
gunboat Bohr and Japanese blug jack
ets from the cruiser Chlyoda and a
number of Japanese residents of
Chemulpo. Ten Japanese and several
Russians were injured. The St. Pe
tersburg correspondent of the Dally
Mail says the Russian government has
decided to expel all of the Japanese
fivlng along the route of the Manchu
rian railroad, having discovered, it Is
alleged, that many of them wero spies.
Bun flnnl. Causa Trauhla.
The almost incomplete paralysis of
the tolegraphio system on Saturday
last la attracting the attention of nu
merous scientists, including camllie
Flammarlon, the French astronomer,
who attributes It to magnetlo disturb-
nfAa fnilQ4f1 hv hllM BUI1 Knots.
which crossed the center meredlan of
the sun on Saturday. Eugene An
tolnall, formerly a co-worker of M.
Flammarlon of Juvlsy, says the dis
turbance waa dire to a magnetlo storm
cauaed by a group of sua soots 126,
442 miles in length.
Mm DEGLHRES INDEPENDENCE
FEW SHELLS EXCHANGED.
Building of the Canal Was the Issua
on Which the Government
Was Born.
Without tho firing of a shot and
amid scenes of great enthusiasm the
Independence of the Isthmus and tho
department of Panama waa declarej
on the 4 111 Inst. Tbo city of Panama
Is now In the hands of the revolution
ists, and no serious attempt hat been
made to recapture It. Thn Colombian
gunboat Bogota arrived In the harbor
after the declaration of Independence
and threw a few shells Into the city.
In Panama the flag of the new repub
lic, In colors of red, white and bluo,
floats over the government buildings.
Tire movement for Independence
has boon In progress tfinco thn rejec
tion by thn congress at Bogota of th
llay-llorran canul treaty, but its sud
den ripening was duo to the unex
pected arrival at Colon of thn Colom
bian gunboat Cartagena with Oens.
Tovar and Amaya nd 500 troops. The
movement ban been promoted by
prominent and wealthy Isthmians, and
(lev. Obaldla, of the department of
Panama, who arrived at Panama
Tuesday, on computing tho troops and
citizens In favor of Independence,
found that they numbered at least
1,500. Thn nd vocal es of Indopoid
eno at Panama and Colon are Jubi
lant. The presence of the United States
gunboat NashVillo at Colon Is be
lieved to have prevented serious trou
ble. She landed 50 marines, but Col.
Torres, commanding tho Colombian
troops, has accepted a proposition
that they will return to the sJilp If ho
guarantees to maintain order, which
they did.
Panama Recognized.
After a long session of tho Cabinet,
at which all the members except Sec
retaries Root and Wilson were pres
ent, thn President decided to recog
nize the now republic of Panama.
8HIPPERS COMPLAIN.
Coal Man Says Roada Discriminate
Against Independent Producer,
A complaint has been filed with the
Interstate Commerce Commission by
Edward J. Adcr, of Boston, against a
number of anthracite coal roads, al
leging that their rates for transporta
tion of anthracite coal In carloads
from the anthracite regions In Penn
sylvania to New York, New Kngland,
Maryland end the district of Columbia
arn unreasonable, unjust and discrimi
native against tho Independent coal
producers.
The defendants named are the Phil
adelphia & Reading, Lehigh Valley,
Delaware, Lackawanna A Western,
Central of New Jersey, Krle. New
York, Ontario & Western, Delaware &
Hudson, Pennsylvania, Baltimore ft
0'1:i. Boston ft Maine and Boston ft
Albany. The complaint alleges thnt
the flist six roads named have, by
agreement and combination, divided
the gross tonnage from tho anthracite
fields to tidewater substantially In tho
following proportions: Lehigh. 22.88
per cent; Central of New Jersey, 17.12
per cent; Lackawanna, 19.52 per cent;
Erie, 5.84 per cent; New York, Snsqne
hannn ft Western, 4.68 per cent, and
Reading, 29.90 per cent. It is alleged
that the Independent producers who
refused to sell tho product of their
mines to the coal mining company
whose capital Is owned by the rotids
named have been dlscrimlnateu
against at least 5 per cent on anthra
cite coal at tidewater.
Election Tragedies.
At Fairvlow. Va., In an election row
John Asburn. a Democratic judge of
election, and deputy sheriff, and I. E.
Nlckols, a Democratic judge or elec
tion, were killed. J. H. Catron, a Re
publican, was shot through the neck
and probably fatally wounded. Alex
ander Kees, a Republican, was shot
through the hips. All the men are
prominent and the excitement Is very
high.
Jacob Krteger, Republican candidate
for sheriff, shot and killed Tom KJley,
a Democratic . Judge In the Eleventh
ward, Louisville, Ky.
At Troy. N. Y.. Philip J. Riley was
shot and wounded by a doputy sheriff
who fired because Riley refused to
keep the legal distance from the polls.
At Danvlllo, Ky.. while In an cloc
tlon discussion, William Middleton,
aged 20, struck Fountalu H. Hasty
with the biitt of a gun, crushing his
skull. Hasty will die.
New Counterfeit.
The government secret service has
announced the discovery of a new
counterfeit $5 silver certificate, series
of 1899; check letter. A; plate number,
161; Lyons, register; Roberts, treas
urer. The most noticeable defect In
this counterfeit Is the coarse, blotchy
appearance of the Indian head. The
paper Is of good quality, with red Ink
lines to Indicate the silk threads of
the genuine.
Horseshoe Company Formed.
The Fibre Horseshoe Company of
Pittsburg has been organized and char
tered under the laws of Pennsylvania,
with a capital stock of $200,000. The
company will manufacture horseshoes
uuder an entirely new construction,
being made of fiber, canvas and wood
pulp.
350 PERSIANS KILLED.
Earthquakes Wrecked a Town, De.
stroying Its Industries.
Terrible earthquakes have occurred
at Turshlz, near Turbat-I-Haldarl, In
Persia, In which 350 persona were In
jured. One hundred and eighty-four
carpet factories were destroyed .and
only S2 stalls wero left standing In
the great bazaar. The town waa prac
tically demolished.
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Soma Hop That Iron and Steal Trad
Will Improve.
R. O. Dun Co.'s "Weekly Review
of Trade" says: Unseasonably mild
weather Is making It possible for farm
ers to secure much Inte grain and cot
ton that seemed doomed by early
frost, 'but trado Is dull In heavy wear
ing apparel, fuel and many lines that
should now bn vigorous, and tho Im
mediate effect Is unfavorable. In Iron
and steel there arn more idle furnaces
and mills. Building permits are de
creasing and structural work la not
prosecuted with the vigor that was
seen last year. The railways continue
prosperous, earning for October sur
passing last year's by 6.2 per cent.
Disappointment has been experienced
by those who believed thnt quotations
for Iron and steel would go no lower.
Bessemer pl;( at Pittsburg holds fair
ly steady, but gray forgo and Southern
foundry Iron at off 25 to 50 rents a
too, while many forms of steel In fin
ished condition or partly manufactur
ed are weaker In price, although con
ditions Improve so far as the size of
stocks Is concerned. Sheets, plates,
bars and rut nails are among the
articles on which reluclloiiH are re
ported, nnd steel billets were put
nearer a pnr'ity with pig Iron, the pool
prion being reduced from fll to $23.
Balls are maintained at $28 for stand
ard wo.ight, the railroads constantly
plnolug small orders. Ileporta of ex
tensive export sales arc heard, and
this branch of trade is reviving as
prices become mom attractive to for
eign coiiMumeis. There were 240 fail
ure this week In the United States,
against 25.1 laiit week, 279 the pre
ceding week and 188 tho correspond
ing week last year. Failures In Can
ada this week number 22, BRalnnt 15
lust week, 20 the pret.-i iMng week and
21 last year.
Bradstreet's says: Wheat, Includ
ing Hour, exports for the week end
lug. November 5 aggregate 4.340,281
bushels, against 4,094,873 bnshelB last
week and 6.715,555 this week last year.
For 18 weeks of the cereal year they
aggregate 58.241.928 bushels, against
1)5,539,494 bushels In 1902. Corn ex
ports for tho wc.;k aggregate 1.495
950 bushels, against 1,392,214 bush
els last week and 130,847 bushels a
year ago. For 18 weeks of the cereal
year they aggregate 19,902,687 bush'
els, against 1,802,898 bushels In 1902.
DEATH OF MR8. SCHENLEY.
Held Large Estates in Pittsburg and
Was Worth Many Millions.
Mrs, Mury E. Schonley died at her
home In Hyde Park, London, In her
78th year. Mrs. Schonley was one of
tho richest women In the world, her
property holdings in Plttnburg and Al
logheny being valued at from $10,000,-
mo to $.p0,0i;o,000. She wan born near
Louisville In 1820. Her early life was
spent in Pittsburg, she being the
daughter of William Croghan, Jr., a
prominent manufacturer, but for the
last 33 or 38 years Mrs. Schvnley had
remained abroad, mostly In Kngland.
Mrs. Mary E. Schenley was born at
Locust Orove. near Uiulsville, Ky.
April 27, 1826. Her parents were Wil
llam Croghan, Jr., and Mary O'Hara,
the latter a daughter of Gen. James
O'Hara, a pioneer resident of Pitts
burg, and prominent In the revolu
tlonary period. Mrs. Schenley's par
ents moved to Pittsburg In the early
30's. After the death of her mother,
Mary Croghan, In the year 1841. she
was sent to a seminary at staten Isl
and. While attending school she be
came acquainted with Captain Edward
II. Schenley, an officer1 In the British
army. Tba captain was 45 years of
age and twice a widower. Their mar
rlage was an elopement duo to the ob
jection raised by Mr. Croghan to his
daughter's union with an English army
officer. They went to England, where
they made their home and did not re
turn to America for about 10 years.
Mr. and Mrs. Schenley then went to
the old homestead In Pittsburg and se
cured the forgiveness of her father so
far as he would give It.
MASSACRE OF GERMANS.
Garrison of a Missionary Station Re
ported Wiped Out.
It Is reported that the Oerman gar
rlson at Warmbad has been annihi
lated by Hottentots. Warmbad )s a
mission station In Namaqualand,
South Africa, 133 miles east of the
mouth of Orange river and 23 miles
north of the river.
At Capo Town the German consul
confirms the rumor of a native rebel
lion In Damararaland. German South
west Africa. A German officer com
manJIng at Warmbad has been killed
and the chief of tho rebels has been
shot. Other rumors that a command
lug officer and another body of troops
have been killed Indicate a great dis
aster.
School Teachors Strike.
All the teachers In Loudon town
ship, Seneca county, O., are on a
Btrike. School term commenced last
Monday, but not a school waa opened
Tho teachers tcel that they have been
poorly paid and beld a meeting, de
ciding to keep the schools closed until
larger salaries aie granted mem.
Gone to Look for $250,000.
Robort Greenwald, who recently be
came hetr to a $250,000 share in
Pennsylvania estate, has escaped from
jail at Portland, Ore., where he was
serving a six months' sentence for
stealing two cases of cartridges. He
was made a "trusty" at the jail, and
though he had but one month or his
sentence to servo, took advantage of
his position and made his escape.
Cashier Held Up.
Two heavily armed men held up
Melville Wheeler, assistant cashier in
the office of the Cumberland Telephone
and Telegraph Company, at Nashville
Tenn. Wheeler was working on the
monthly payroll, and was In the act
of getting the currency out of the
safo when a man behind commanded
riru to keep quiet, and prtif.it ?d a
pistol.. '
Prof. Theodor Momtmwn, the relo
brated historian, died at Charlottcn
burg. Germany. In bis 8 8th year.
MECCA FOR WEST INDIANS.
Natives of the British Islands In Thla
Hemisphere Da Well Hart.
Wlill riding thrtugh a Waat India
village th other day an Americas
lourlst stopped to laka a drink, write
thn Boston correspondent of the New
York Telegram. Hchrxil was being dls
mlitsnd, and the boys, always eager to
sen and speak with a stranger, crowd
ed around him. The man asked a few
if thnm what they wero going to do
when they grew up. and wlthmit excep
tion they replied;
"doing to America, sir, an eoon as I
can get enough money for tho passage.
That s the place where west Indiana
get on, for there's no room for them to
go ahead here."
The tourist made Inquiries among
all classes of people, white and blaak,
and found the same story everywhere.
Every family had a lion or daughter In
tho States or otto saving up money
with the Idea of gi.lng there and mak
ing a fortune.
America Is thn r.iMgnet for all enter
prising spirits throughout Uie Weal In
dies. There are large British Wort In
dian colonic In Boston, New York.
Philadelphia, New Orleans, Newport,
News, Baltimore and other cities along
the Atlantic analxjsrd. These eoloatai
never attract attention, because they
from Americans, en meat of the other
Immigrants do. Li't they are Immi
grant colonies, ikjiiq the less, with
their own peculiarities and clannish
sentiments.
They cling together and maJt a
point of hunting up now arrivals from
the Indies, and helping them to find
their footing. They retain a feeJmg
of loyalty toward their native country
and tho flag under which they were
born. Rarely does a British, Danish,
Dutch or French West Indian beoome
an American citizen, however long be
may dwell In this country. In that re
spect they differ most markedly trim
other Immigrants.
And when they gather, as thn ofea
do on fontlve occasions, It Is to cele
brate one of their own national boll
days, and pay honor to their own Sag
and their own mi march. But, though
they thus decline to be assimilated,
they esteem American Institutions and
form an excellent element In any com
munity In which they settl.
Usually they cone to this country
poor In everything save youth and spir
it. They have no money, no knowl
edge of American bunlness methods,
no acquaintance wi'h C'O ways of a big
city. Many a young man arrives at
Boston or New Ynr!: from Jamaica
whern there la the largest exodus
with $5 or $6 In Mt pocket, and not a
notion of what he is E'dng to do er
where he Is going to obtain a job.
West Indian Immigrants seldom
havo tho $30 required by law. but as
Ibey are always first ciess passengers
tho Immigration inspectors do not
double, them. Thy are Incrodlbly
reckless. They will throw up a Job In
Barbadoos, Jamaica or Antigua, spend
almost their last cent buying first
class steamship tickets, and land In
American with a wife and family, but
w ithout money or prospects.
Yet, somehow or ether, they always
"make good," and often win positions
of Importance In the community.
"I have followed the careers of ban
droJs of West Indians who have ootne
over here and I have known very few
of them to fall and go back home
again. Those few have made the big
mistake of getting remittances from
home."
Growth of Town and Country.
In 1900 out of a total population in
the continental United States of (K,
994,575, the residents In towna hav
ing at least 2500 inhabitants numbered
20,583.411 or 40.2 percent In 1380,
twenty years before, tbe percentage
wan 29.3. In England fend Wales In
1901 the population of towna of 900
and more Inhabitants waa 77 percent
of tbe whole. In London alone ware
gathered 24 percent of the whole aaan
ber of people.
In New England there was a oie
approximation to the English situa
tion, the urban population being 78.5
percent to the English 77 percent. In
New York also the percentage was
nearly as large, 72.9. In Rhode Isl
and It was very much greater, 96, and
in Massachusetts 91.5 percent Tbe
large towna of 100.000 population and
over contained 55.9 percent of the pop
ulation of New York, 41 percent of
Rhode Island, 29.S percent of New
Jersey and 27.9 percent of Massachu
setts. These suggestive statistics are tak
en from a bulletin Just Issued from tbe
census office. They indicate that so
cial conditions which exist la England,
so far as concerns the concentration of
the great majority ot the population la
towns, are repeated in the older states
of the east, and that this tendency ia
continuous. In the state of New York,
for example, the percentage of the sr
ban population increased from 56.4 in
1SS0 to C3.2 In 1S90 and to 72.9 percent
in 1900. The rate of Increase in tale
city atnee 1900 haa been manifestly
much greater than in the atate out
side, both rural and urban, aad the
time ia not far distant when its popu
lation, Instead oi being somewhat hat
than the population of the atate be
yond Ita limits, as it waa in 1900, w4U
be greatly in tbe majority. New York
Sun.
Thunder Storm and MMk.
Men of science have never been able
to explain why a thunder storm apolki
milk, beer, meat and other articles ot
consumption. Tha latest German the
ory ia that there la some injurious
electriQ Influeaee, which also causes
j headache or depression la Many sen
sitive persona Just before a storm.
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