t
Ti
Boarded Cart and Shot Messen
ger In the FigM.
MONEY RUINED BY EXPLOSION.
Southern Pacific Express Train Held
Up and 8sfes Dynamited and
Looted.
The Oreg::n exprex. south bound,
on the Southern Pacific, was held up
by three masked men near Keswick,
early Friday morning. They killed W.
J. O'Nell.'the Wells Fargo Express
messenger, and carried off the con
tents of the express box.
When the train pulled In to Copley
the highwaymen emerged troni the
brush. They first encountered a
tramp, who was attempting to steal a
ride. He was forced at the point of
rifle to enter the smoker. Mean
while one of the robbers knocked on
the door of tho express car. Mes
senger O'Neill asked him some ques
tion. The reply was evidently sat
isfactory, because O'Neill slid the
door bark about 18 Inches, wlu-n a
rifle bullet was aent thrcugh his
body. It parsed npar his heart and he
fell back dead. O'Neill wan not arm-
rd. lie evidently believed that the
knock came from a member of th. .
train crew I
Then while one robber remained on
the lookout the other two marched the :
enclne crew to tho express car. The
robbers all the time used v'llo Ian-
guage and discharged nccaRlonal ahota
from the rifles. This apprised the pas
sengers ol what was going on, hut 1
they remained In tho cara and wore ,
not molested. Colford, helper to Mes-;
senger O'Neill, was armed with a
aholgnn and tried to shoot one of the
robber, but the cartridge failed to
explode. Colford plucklly stood his
ground and started to put another
shell .Into the gun, hut the robbers
leveled their rifles at him and com
manded him to lay down his gun or
be killed. Etnglneer IllHsell alxo urged
Colford not to make a fight, arguing
that If he did they might all be killed.
Tho robbers now compelled the two
firemen and the brakeman to climb In-1
to the smoker, liecause llrakenian
Stone was not quick enough ope of
the robbers hit him over the head with
a rifle. Inflicting a severe acalp wound.
When the bandits found that Col
ford could not open the sale they
used dynamite, first removing the body
of O'Neill, which lay near the aafe.
There were two aafes In tho car, a
heavy through safe and a smaller lo
cal safe. The local safe wag 'blown to
atoms and the top of the through
safe was blown off. Tiny pieces of
greenbacks and twitted coins covered
tho floor. It is certain that tho rob
bers did not get a great amount of
plunder although their blundering
work may have destroyed thousands
of dollars.
After robbing the express car the
men cut the car loose and, getting on
the engine, compelled Engineer Joo
ink to go ahead. When near Keswick wilV.am Jennings Eryan and hla fam
ine men dropped off the engine and j;y waa m,t a part of the last will of
disappeared in the night with their i Mr Bennett wa returned by tho Jury
plunder. ; i ne Super.or court nt New Haven.
S. D. Barstow. superintendent of the , c,,nn in the trial of Mr. Bryan's ap
western division of Wells-Fargo & Co., I .. from tne decision of the Probate
saJd that there waa not much money
in the expreja aafea blown up by the j
roDDor at copiey. i nore wero no vai-
uables from the east In the car.
. .. FLOODS IN OHIO.
Much nuniiii Renartad from Manv
Towns Traina Delayed. I
Towna iraina ueiayeo.
Ottawa river, which runa through
the center of Lima waa higher than
has ever been known, flooding a large
portion of the town. There are 2.000
people eiiuer numeieBs .or njuuueu w
the second stories or roofs or their,
homes. Fully 500 houses have been
washed from their foundations.
In many cases where people lived In
one-story houses they were taken from
roofs by rescuers. Just before the build
ings collapsed and were swept away.
A report from Alliance aaya: The
Cleveland ft Pittsburg tracks of the
Pennsylvania company are under wa
ter for 10 miles south, while all trains
are Inst hereabouts. The Now York
Limited, eastbound. Is stalled at
Wooster, while another passenger
train started around to Pittsburg via
Cleveland, and haa been lost track of.
The Mahoning river at this point Is the
highest ever known and is still rising.
Washouts clear to Canton have put
the tracks In such shape that railroad
men say It will be days before trains
can run. The big Pennsylvania bridge
iiere. on which men have been work
ing for a year, went down Into 20 teet
of water in the Mahoning river.
At Canton Ralph Edelman, aged 18
year, son of Mrs. Savllle Edelman,
was drowned in the swollen waters of
Nimishellen creek. He fell In and was
carried away 'by the swift current,
while throwing stones at floating ob
jects carried down by the flood.
Reports from Mansfield, Findlay,
Plqua, Troy, Wooster and many other
points tell cf serious damage and dis
comfort on account of high water.
' Dividends Increased.
Complete Interest and dividend dis
bursements for the month of April will
be $11,000,000 greater than for the
same month last year. - The total Is
$87,225,500. One reason for the In
crease la that several railroads have
Increased their capital stock, upon
which dividends are paid at the same
rate as upon the smaller capitalization
last year. '
28 Railroads Accused.
Eight specific' charges, each one
pointed out as a violation of the Slier
man anti-trust law, has been brought
against the 2G leading railroads run
ning Into Chicago in a bill prepared
lor the Chicago Coal Shippers' associa
tion to be filed' In' the United States
circuit court. The actton Js an at
tempt by the coal men to put the Chi
cago Car Service association out of
business, on the ground that it la an
Illegal combination, of railroads.
CAUSED NINE DEATHS.
Frightfully Fatal Explosion Caused by
Caroleaa Qlrk
To amuse licratdf and somewhat en
liny her follow workora, Hcck.lo Lewis
threw an unfilled squib, or fuse, Into
the stovo In tno Iv;ckaon squib factory
at. I'll'-eburs, neor Hcranton, 1'R.
ThTP waa a little explosion anil thn
squib hopped ut (if the stove nml Into
a pall of 1 1 rj -1 1 il sulphur ptniKllnar close
liy. Then th-'re was anuther exclusion,
followed liy a thir l, when 200 pound
of powder In thn place hlnw up, tear
Ini the ht.'ldlng Into Iragments. Tho
following worn killed and mi tnutllntcd
and burned an to be hardly rocognlza
hie: Heckle Lewis, agrd IT; Llxsle Bray,
aged III; Lillian Mahnn, aged 17;
Laura Matthew, aged IR; l.lxile
Mowey, all employed In the factory
and residing In Prlcelmrg; Ueorge and
Theresa Cailulian, children, who lived
with tht-.r parn-i!j :a rooms ever tho
factory.
Mary Gllnsllon. forewoman In the
factory. so hadly Injured that sho will
die, and Casslo R. Faulds, Annlo lief
fron and Oarar Ayser, loremnn, wore
badly Injured, hut will live.
Tho window of all the building fur
block around were shattered. Klre
broke out In the dnbrla Immediately
alter the explosion and before It wa".
extinguished destroyed what wan left
of tho rqulb factory nnd also hurtipil
. - . I.. ....I .1 - I. at,....
"V, i i .... r
J.lnl t. A 1 the bul lings were
ownM.y Anthony Prtnwon.
Three more deaths occurred on tho
fmiowJng day, making nine fnlal cases
'ar-
Hlip, n nAn
LEFT HEAPS Or DEAD.
Tibetan Attack British Force Four
Hundred Slaughtered.
New ha been received of Bovero
fighting, the Tibetan having attack
ed the llrltlsh mission, under Colonel
Yoiinghushand. There were two en
gagements and the THietans were re
pulsed with heavy Ion. The Hrltlnh
captured the Tibetan camp at Guru.
A second action took place In which
the artillery played the largest part.
Finally the Tibetan retreated over
the hills with the exception of about
DO, who persistently held the village.
which was finally taken by a mounted
,.,,, i,.rlll)
Tnn Tibetan losses are believed to
. . ,,m .h ,h nriisli casual-
tie are about a dozen.
Tho llrltlsh sLato that rlflea bear
ing the Russian Imperial stamp and
Rusr.'an ammunition were found on
tho wounded Tibetan officers.
Other Tibetans uaed old matchlock
t:ftes. but they displayed the greatest
courage, many of them coming on af
ter tbey hail been aerlouHly wounded.
After the action, there were heapa of
dead, and a long trail of dead and
wounded extended to tho rear.
BRYAN LOOSES HIS CASE.
Jury Finds That Sealed Letter Is No
Part of the Will.
A finding that tho Bealed letter by
which Phllo S. Bennett expressed a
wih I liat f.-iO.imn should be riven to
cm.rt. Th'.B finding, which upholds the
dacigin of the Probate court, wa
ven ln accordance with Instructions 1
to the Jury from Jude Gager, who : In the practice
presided at the Superior court trial. Mr. Harrtaon was largely Instni
Judge Uager'a ruling on a question mental In the prosocutlon of the
which haB never before came directly
before the court of Connecticut de
clde1 tnat the ,oalcd ,etter coulJ not
.juj . ..M..na in tho trial.
QUESTION OF NATIONAL AIR.
8tap 6par)g,d Banner" la Only Air to
Be Played on Warships.
Hereafter "l'he 8tar Spangled Ban
ner" will he nlave.l on board naval !
" " r ' ,
ships at both morning and evening col-
ors. in accordance wun an oruer r , agreed to die after chloroforming a
proved to day by the secretary of the pet cat WhCh wag a they had un
navy. Heretofore "The Star Spangled , trammoled by debts. The cat's body
Banner" has been played with the rats- wa foun(1 )n the cellar.
Ing or the flag in the morning and Altman. who was 68 years old, and
"Hall Columbia" with the lowering of nB wJfei juiianna. came to the United
the colors. i states 15 years ago. They accumu-
Some confusion arose In tho navy. It iBte,i na(f a million dollars by specula
la tald, as to whether the latter waa j tion Jn NeW York city, lost nearly all
a national air and the matter waa Dy signing notes lor frlondB, and. re
brought to the attention of the de- moving to St. Louis, purchased a home
partment. Secretary Moody In approv- j wltn the remnant of their fortune,
ing the order substituting "The Star Tne mortgage on this home was about
Spangled Banner" for "Hall Columbia" to be foreclosed.
for evening colors, did not pass on tne
question as to whether the latter was
a national air, deeming that a matter
for congress to determine. J
. I
NEWS NOTES.
The carnenters of the Beaver Valley i rnestlc product has turned the at
went nut on a .trike for an advance In ; tontlon f buyer to the flner wo18' or
rLm U n ii a daV "Ossbreds. Current quotations
wages from $3 to $3.25 a day. maybe summarized aa follows: Ohio
The Russian police have apologized ! an(1 PennBy1Vania, XX and above, 84c;
and have reholsted the United Statea ' x 3o3ic; No. 1, 33c; No. 2, 3233c;
flag over the correspondents' mess at, flae unwashed, 2324c; H-blood un
Newchwang. waghed, 25426c; afrblood unwash-
The National Fire Proofing Com- j ed, 252c; Vi-blood unwashed, 25V4
pany has Issued orders closing six of; 2t1c; Fine washed delaine, 3536c;
its factories and throwing 700 men out I Michigan X and above, 27 28c; No. 1,
of work April 1. 29Q3(ie; No. 2, 2829c; fine unwaeh-
Representative Dayton of We.at Vlr-; ed, 21 22c; 14 -blood unwashed, 25
glnia Introduced a bill amending the I 25V4c; i-blood unwashed, 25c.
lawa regulating the personel of the ,
navy. The important feature is reor
ganization or the engineer officers.
The house passed the sundry civil
appropriation bill after voting down a
; proposition by Mr. Sulzer to recom
nut it, with instructions to strike out
the appropriation of $138,600 for rent
of the New York custom house.
The New York Legislature passed a
bill authorizing the payment by the
State of New York of a 'tension of
$72 per month to Hiram Cronk, rthe
last American survivor of the War of
1812.
Senator Dillingham introduced a bill
to amend the Immigration act of 1903.
It permits aliens to pass through the
United Statea without payment of
head tax. Aliens, having once paid
the bead tax, may pass through for
eign territory, and again enter the
United SUtes without payment of the
tax.
FIRST BATTLE ON LAND.
Sharp Fight Between Cossacks
and Japanese1 at Chong-Ju.
RUSSIANS WERE SURPRI8ED.
They Found Mikado' Troop En
trenched In Town Instead of
In the Open.
The first real land battle of thn war
haa been fought. The Russlana and
Japanese troop. In considerable
force, met for the first time near
ChongJu, about 50 mile northwest
ol' Anju yesterday, and after a fight
lasting an hour and a half, the Rus
sian were forced to retreat. Their
loss wa three killed and 11 wounded.
The battle which waa fought on the
sixth anniversary of the Russian occu
pation of Port Arthur, wa a cavalry
attack by alv companies Cossacks,
lod In person by (len. MIMitchenko
against four squadrons of Japanese
cavalry which ho believed to bo In
trenched beyond Chong Ju, but which
he found to be In occupation of tho
town.
While Ihe report made to-day to tho
emperor by lien. Kuropatkln Inti
mates that thn Japanese gained no
great advantage It acknowledges that
the Russian forces were obliged to re
treat and that they finally reached j
Nusan, about 3 it miles northeast or
Chong Ju, carrying their dead and
wounded.
Oen. Mlrhtchenko pays a tribute to
the tenacity ami bravery of the Jap
anese, the first detachment encounter
ed by the Rusdlan only ceaalng to
fire after an engagement which lasted
half an hour.
The Japanese cavalry squadrons ;
dashed to tho succor of their fellows Later they hunted In thn suburbs for
In the town, but one squadron was me and damaged house of relatives,
badly cut up by the Russians. After! Next d'ay the civil and State authorl
tho engagement had lasted an hour tlea forbid me the use of the town hall
and a half and before the Russians i on the pretense I had Insulted King
could follow up their advantage, an Edward, having said that he, w.'th
additional Japanese reinforcement of other earthly potentates, had no re
lour Infantry companies wero seen j llglon to spare. Expect to leave a
coming up and the Ruftslnns were
forced to retreat.
Considerable loss of life on thn part
of tho Japanese force I evident from
the statement In the report that tho
Red Cross flag waa hoisted from two
point in the town and men and
horses were aeen to fall among tho
cavalry reinforcement.
BURTON HARRISON DEAD.
Was Private Secretary to Jefferson
Davis and Shared His Im
prisonment. Burton Norvlll Harrimm, husband of
Mr. Burton Harrison, the authores,
and father of Congressman Harrison,
of New York city, died In Washington,
aged 611 years. During the Civil war
Mr. Harrison wbb private secretary to
Jefferson Davis and shared the Im
prisonment of Mr. Davis rather than
forsake him.
Mr. Harrison wa sent to prison In
Washington ami Anally sent to Fort
Delaware, where he remained In soli
tary confinement until 18CB, when he
waa released. During tho latter
months of hla Imprisonment he stud
led law and later went Into tho office
of former Judge Fullerton, In New
York, whore ho had since continued
Tweed ring.
SUICIDE OF OLD COUPLE.
Completely Discouraged Over Loaa of
a Large Sum of Money.
After earning and losing $500,000 In
New York city, John B. Altman and
hla wile, when about to lose their
home In St. Louis, decided to die to-
..
t;iut7r "U IUI IICU UU Ilia giiai i"J
pa)r ,ft a note BaT(ng that they bad
The
Boston Wool Market.
A steady demand holda In the wool
market, both domestic and foreign.
The call for medium and low wools
Is active, but the scarcity of the do-
150 Killed In Battle.
The Seoul correspondent of the Lon
don Dally Mall says that in an en
gagement, which Japanese Inrantry
had with Cotsacka between Anju and
Chong Ju, the Japanese were vic
torious, but loBt 50 killed. The Rus
sian loss was 100 killed.
Famous Necklace Recovered.
The famous diamond necklace be
longing to Princess Alice de Bourbon,
formerly the property of Marie Antoi
nette, which was recently stolen, has
been found In a Paris pawnshop. Dos
pas, the Belgian engineer who obtain
ed the necklace from tho Jeweler with
whom It bad been deposited by the
Princess, by means of false creden
tials, has been arrested. ' He obtained
from the pawnshop an advance of
$6,500 on the stolen property, which
is valued at $ido,ooo.
MOB CHASES DOWIE.
Australians Will Not Allow Him to
Speak In Government Halls.
The Mayor of Adelaide. N. S. W.,
ha forbidden Elijah Uowle iue fur
ther use of thn town hall or any other
corporation building, because of hi
having uttered Improper sentiment
about the King.
The Superintendent of Public Ilulld
Ings, Instructed by the Prime Minister,
has prohibited tiowln from using any
building under Government control.
A check he had deposited for rent of
the Jubilee Kxposltlon building has
been returned to him, and the agree
ment canceled. Consequently Dowle
will he practically unahl to speak In
any public building In Adelaide.
An American has been asked to per
suade him to leave before the public
Irritation caused by his utterance cul
minates In violence. Ijnwle Is at pres
ent missing from his hotel. Mia
whereabouts are unknown. A mob
chased him from the hall.
Among other things Dowle Raid
concerning the King waa that no one
Imagined that he had much religion to
spare and that ho would only get Into
heaven by the akin of hi teeth.
The Mayor of Adelaide wrote to
Dowle, tellng him he waa disgrace
to his nationality.
Dowle' cabled report of his exper
lencea In Australia, read at the ser
vices In Zlon City, Sunday, created
much excitement. Here It Is:
Adelaide. March 27. Repeat togeth
er 01st psalm. Have been holding
meetings In town hall this week. Two
hundred hoodlums got In aome way.
A few ticket holders got In by chance,
Thousands were In the rabble outside
A great riot ensued. The police
fought bravely and held, the plat form
ror an Dour.
I waa forced to discontinue the
meeting and escaped to home of
friend In thn suburbs. I wa escorted
by mounted troops. The mob damaged
the York Hotel, where I was stopping
arranged. All power of evil are link
ed against us, but Masonry leads the
flBht. Pray for ua.
Indicted for Hotel Accident.
Indictments for manslaughter 1n the
aocond degree were ordered by the
Urand Jury against Pole It Schwandt
nor, the members of the firm of Iron
contractors, and Eugene C. Allieon,
secretary of the Allison Realty com
pany, which had taken over the title
and construction of the collapsed Dar
lington hotel. New York city. Paul
Shwandtner has been arresteil, but
Pole and Allison have disappeared.
Japs Claim a Success.
A telegram from New Chwang say
that at 3 o'clock Monday morning the
Japanese succeeded In sinking four
steamers at tho mouth of Port Ar
thur harbor. A flotilla of destroyers
convoyed the merchantmen which
wore aubsequontly sunk and rescued
the volunteer crews. Later the Jap
anese battleships bombarded the town
and its defenses.
Ameer Not Poisoned.
The Ameer of Afghanistan, who was
erroneously reported to have been
poisoned, is quite well. He la residing
at the Bagbhala palace, outside of Ca
bul. The Ameer's brother, Nasrullah
Kahn, In a quarrel with a half brother,
Mohammed Umar Khan, Is reported
to have been severely wounded by a
revolver shot.
CURRENT EVENTS.
Emll Paur, the newly elected con
ductor of the Pittsburg orchestra,
cabled an acceptance of tne position.
Deputy Jailer Martin Conover waa
killed near Columbia, Ky.. ny Aioeri
i . . .i,a,Hb , n
Burton, whom be waa attempting to
arrest.
John II. Coe. said to be a ion of
John W. Coo, a New York Slate Sena -
tor and politician, waa found dead at
San Francisco.
More than 20 persons were Injured in
a panic ln an Italian Catholic Church,
New Haven, Conn., caused by a fight
over distribution of palma and a cry
of Are.
Four men, Tunis Sllngerland, Abra
ham Sllngerland, Peter Piersna and
John Brandt, were drowned In Lake
Calumet by the capsizing of their
boat. o
It Is announced here that Joseph E.
Schwab, president of the American
Steel Foundries company, would soon
resign owing to pressure from powers
ln the company.
Senator Piatt, of Connecticut, chair
man of the Senate Committee on Re
lations with Cuba, has received from
MaJ. E. O. Rathbone an appeal for a
review of his case by Congress.
Charles O. Forster, a clerk, employ
ed In the White House office, shot and
killed bis wife and himself at their
home ln Kensington, Md. Forster was a
brothor of Rudolph Forster, one of the
asslBtant secretaries to President
Roosevelt. For a considerable time be
bad shown evidences of despondency.
Domestic manufacturers exported
from the United States In February,
1904, were greater In value than in
any preceding February, and 'formed
also a larger per cent of the total ex
ports in any preceding February.
For the eight months ending with
February the total manufacturers also
exceeded the total ln the corresponding
lght months of any earlier year.
By the decisive majority of 316 to
209, the French chamber of deputies
passed the government bill for the
suppression of all forms of teaching by
the religious orders.
Lion Starves to Death.
After atarvlng itself for almost two
weeks because Its mate had been
taken away, a lion at the zoological
headquarters In St. Louts, died. A live
sheep was recently placed In the cage
and bleated In terror, but the lion
merely paced back and forth and the
sheep was unharmed. The lion was
valued at 13.01)0.
JAPS WERE AMBUSHED,
Infantry Detachment Slaughtered
. While Moving to Yalu River.
MARAKOFF'S FLEET NOW AT SEA.
Japanese Attempts to Close Entrance
to Harbor at Port Arthur
Proved a Failure.
Japanese troops are reported to
hare pursued the Russian beyond
rhnn.iu .ft.- thoi- .l-tor. at that
place Monday. There la a rumor that
the Cossacka ambushed and destroyed
S3 of the enemy.
The Japanese report of Monday's
engagement differ omewhal from the
official Russian statement. Tho let-
ter described It aa a Russian attack
on ChongJu, while thn Japanese Ray
that they did the attacking and drove
the Rusrlens nut of thn town. Thn
Japanese admit a luis of five killed
and 12 wounded.
The American and llrltlsh flags
lowered at Newchwang by the Rus
sian when they declared martial
law there are to be restored. The
Consuls protested against thn Rus
sian action. The United State gun
boat Helena it to leave the port for
Shanghai and will tuke away any
American cltlxen who desire to go In
view of thn probable hostilities there,
Tho Rnt.lnn fleet Is now reiH.rted
maneuvering outside Port Arthur. 'I,"r ""''I. however, affair are still
showing the complete failure of the "tnsottled.
last Japanese attempt to close the 1 The severe weather of the month
port by glnk.ng flreshlps n the chan-1 " rr.spnnrlble for curtailing rail
nel. Admiral Makaroff I said to be road gross earnings and Increasing
giving tho forts some losons In '' 'f operations. o that the re
tiring on an attacking fleet. There "" are bound to make an unravora
in no Information aa to tho where-; ''le comparison. . ,
about of tho Japanese warships. j The last day of March find the
The Japanese advance occupied ' fi"k'' business in practically the same
Halju, a aeaport south of Anju. March 1 condition as It was the first weeks of
2i j September, which to say the least Is
A reliable report from the Yalu : most encouraging. The shipment
river atatea the troops on the Yalu do "e region aggregated V),2i3
,. unuui Tn.niun rorw.rt ' cars, the best showing In seven
having Been troop under trenuou
march along the Keng Hung Cheng
road, footsore and weary. Tho bridges
which are largely temporary are part
ly Inundated owing to the melting
snow and rains.
The captain, an oiler and one pas
senger of tho Japanese coasting steam-
fired on and sunk by tho Russian fleet
nesr the Mlotao Islands March 27.
The remainder of the crew anq pas -
snngers, Chinese and Japanese, 17 In
number, were taken prisonera by the
Russian.
Tho raptaln, who ha arrived here,
say he mistook the RusrJan warships
for the Japanese fleet until ne approacn -
ed to within one mile of them. Then
the Russians boarded and removed
the passengers. The captain, the oiler
and one passenger wero In bed and
wero not taken off.
The Russians then sunk the Bteamor
and the three men clung to floating
wreckage
fishermen.
until rescued by Chinese
Russlsn Wsrship Rammed.
A nrlvate telegram from Port Ar-
I thur dated March 29. states that while
, the Russian battleship Petropavlovsk
j was maneuvering In the Inner harbor
, there she rammed the battleship Se-
oastopol, seriously damaging me iai
ter. The naval etaff denies knowledge
of such an accident.
INFANTS CREMATED.
unr-lhl. Pr.rtlr.. fharned Analnst
Horrible Practices Charged Against
pnnaaeipnia woman.
Startling evidence of the manner In
which live babies were burned was
given at the Ashmead Inquest In Phlla-:
delnhla in thn allezed "malDracttce
nTnrrata" case. David Monsler, 1739
, Frenrh street, an alleged physician
- ' -
BWOre that he saw Mrs. Ashmead go
I to the cellar of her home with an i
! apron filled with newly born Infants, t
1 several of them alive and crying, and
tnrow them Into the blazing furnace.
"That'e the way she disposed of
them," declared tho witness. "I have
em cry as they were thrown i reamer Cliron Ice tell of a Chinese up
J ' : rlblng especially directed anainit the
seph H. King, of 2210 North f'.re.gners near Ouo-Tuck Fu In Shant-
heard them
Into the
T ; . ;.et . ii V th.Y hV ied
offices in the building. I
"I asked Mrs. Ashmesd what she did i
with the babies," added Dr. King, "and
she said ahe wrapped them In news
papers, let them d!e and then threw
the babies Into the furnace."
Aa a fast express train on the
Queen and Crescent ra.llway was
rounding a curve near Tltusville, Ky..
It struck a cow, knocking the animal
against Norton Morgan and his 14-year-old
son. Oscar Morgan, killing
both of them.
Jimiuu Meet Hardshlns.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
London "Dally Mall" saya the Jap-
anese troons in Northern Korea are
1 encountering many difficulties. The
army numbera 100,000 men, and tholr
I iong marches are beginning to tell
! on the men. Eight per cent of the
iroops are sick " .. iv "'"'" , munlcatioa to the Associated Press,
constant stops are made to attend the .,,,. j
sick. The army has for some time makes a general denial of alleged
been awaiting an advance by the Rus-1 atrocities committed against mission
sian forces, but upon It bolng heard arC9 In the Congo Free State. It Is
that the enemy had abandoned its in- asserted that the BrlMab consul In the
tention to meet the Japanese army the Congo Free State, Mr. Casement, gath
mlkado'a troop began a rapid advance , crea tho detaiU of his report on the
Into central Korea, where a large body alleged atrocities largely from unsup
of RusBlans were reported to be en- ported native statements, which after
camped, ward proved to be untrue.
Senator Burton Convicted.
Joseph Ralph Burton, senior United ;
States Senator from Kansas, was con-
vlcted by a jury In the United States
district court of having accepted com
pensation to protect the interests of
the Rialto Orain and Securities Com
pany, of St. Louis, before the postof-
flee department. The Jury deliberated
41 hours. A motion for a new trial
was Immediately Died.
.
The National bank at Holdenvllle. 1.
T.. has closed Us doors.
FLUCTUATIONS IN MARCH.
Foreign Exchanges Disturbed Rail
road Earnings Fall Off Coke
Trade Improving.
Financial affairs during the month
of March were a variable a the
weather. During thn first week the
market were unsettled by develop
ment abroad. February had closed
with a state bordering on panic on the
continent! exchanges. In order to
strengthen themselves Paris and Her
tin were unloading International se
curities upon london, and In tho lat
ter market English consols declined to
85. the lowest price quoted since the
change In the Interest rate to the
preaent basis. Naturally London en-
deavored to shift the burden by sell
ln American securf les, and It la
probable that condition prevailing
,'r0"'1 WBf" ''1?niM for cultlvat-
generally bearish fooling, and
, " Prti th- gelling of
American securities by foreigner wa
ror short account. Thl ws partially
proved hy failure of londnn Jobber
In stocks, and by heavy buying of
leading railroad stock later In the
month.
The month of March also "brought
the annual report of the United State
Steel Corporation, which confirmed
! tho preliminary report In showing a
I large falling off In net earning.
An Important factor of a decidedly
, favorable nature wa tho agreement
I finally reached by the bituminous
j miners and operator covering the
scale of wages which la to extend for
two years, thus averting a threatening
fl Strike. In other section of the
months. Tho operators are Jubilant
over the splendid Improvement In the
car supply and anticipate an even bet
ter one during the opening months of
spring.
NEGRO SHOT WHITE BOY.
Making Arrest
During an altercation In the streets
if)f Indiana, Henry .loml.vm, an 18-year
old white hoy, was shot, down by
' Charles fisher, a negro. Within half
an hour a posse of nearly 100 Indiana
. citizens, headed by Sheriff Joseph Neal
and Deputy Sheriff (Jeorge Roff. moved
j upon the negro quarters at tne r,
j one rr.:in from Indiana on tho Ponnsyl'
I vania railroad branch.
Fisher was rapture I shortly before
i midnight In a shanty alon with four
) other negroes. One of them was shot
1 through the back y Deputy Sheriff
j Roff while attempting to escape
through a window.
MOUNTAIN DI3APPEARS.
Lake Now Occupies S te of Peak in
State of Maine
The story of a guide, confirmed by
a party of woodsmen. I that Ham
mountain in Maine disappeared on the
nUht of March 21. the date of the
New England earthquake.
liald mountaJn was In the Toblque
valley a few miles from the New
Brunswick line. At Its base were boll
' Ing springs and nearby an extensive
'lcpiglt which analysis ha Bhown to
b(icfm f;f mfiltH,, roPk an(, earth
, n,iratinK the presence of an ex
tlnct volcano. Now, where Bald moun'
t-.'n stood. Is only a large rhallow lake.
and tho theory of the woodsmen is
that the aubaidance of the mountain
March 21 was the causo of the earth
quake,
FOREIGNERS BUTCHERED.
! Americana and Europeans Attacksd by
Chinese Outlaws.
Tientsin advices by the
Oriental
I Ing. and also in the vicinity of IAn
Fu .in Shang-Sl.
Twenty-seven foreigners. European
or American, are believed to have
been murdered by tho cutthroat horde,
these Including a Frenchman named
Periot and a young American engineer
named Bolton of IJoston, while an
Italian railway expert has been shock
ingly maltreated. Troops had been
dlepatched on the 14th, to suppress
tho uprising.
Condemned to the Mines.
Captain Irkoff. of the Manchurlan
commissariat service, sentenced to Zi
years' penal servitude for having sold
! Information to Lieu enant Colonel
j Akasl, ex-military attache of the
! Japanese legation at St. Petersburg,
j will be sent to quicksilver mines,
King Leopold Makes Denial.
King Leorold. of Belgium. In a corn-
Negro Presidental Candidate.
W. T. Scott, a negro has announc
ed that preparations have been com
pleted for a national convention for
ihe nomination of a negro candidate
for President in St. Louis, July 6, the
date of the National Democratic Con
vention. The name of the new party
, is "The National Civil Liberal party."
a pension list for former slaves will
be advocated. 8. P. Mitchell of Mem-
j phis, Tenn., Is president, and I. L.
1 Walton of Washington. D. C. rice
1 president
COLLEGE MOTES.'
Ulr Donald Currle, the well knows
shipowner, has given f.lOO.Wj to til
Loudon University,
Two liundrid and fifty student nt
thn University of Missouri hare de
rided to live on- two meal a day fur
(lie next four months.
Arthur Oreely, professor of biology
at Wnslilngtou University, died, re
cently In Ht. ixittls, Mi after on oper
ation for Appendicitis.
Of 17 students who have registered
nt the MnsMcliusetM Agricultural Col
lege nil but eighteen ge their resi
dence n In .Mnsxnchusctl.
Peru contribute mote j-nim men te
American universities than anr oittpf
Houth American) Republic. About 0OG
are now attending our Institutions of
learning.
John A. Crelgbfon. of Omaha, Neb.,
has given, in addition to bis previous
rge girt, nn additional MoO.OOO to
relghton University, a Catholic Insti
tution at Omaha.
The smallest nnlverslly In the world
ha Just commenced It twenty-third
year of nctlve work. Thl I the Arner.
lean classical university of Athens,
wun a total or six students.
Many leading official connected with
Ihe cotton manufacturing Induatrvand
several public men participated In the
xedicction or the Ilradrord Durfeo Tel
tile H'.diool at Fall River. Mas.
A scholarship of $VKH, the yearly In.
Mine of which will be devoted to aome
graduate or Baylor University, of
Waco. Texas, tins been presented to
Brown t'iilverlty by Edgar L. Marst,
f New York.
The University of Vienna lias been
closed ln consequence of threat ol
illsturbnnce among the students. Tu
German student were much Incensed
t the demonstrations of the Czechs
sgalnst their flcrman comrade at
Prague. Uoben.la. and threatened r
tallatlca.
Pop' Life in Richmond.
The use of some hitherto unpublish
ed portrait of the poet's friends win
give additional Interest to Charles Map
ahall Graves's "!andmarka of Poe In
Richmond" In the April Century. Be
side the portrait of Kdgar Allan Poe
himself, from the daguerreotype owned
by The Playcra, New York, will be
shown likenesses of Mrs. Susan Archer
Talley Wclsa, an Intimate friend; John
Allan, Poe's foster-father; Mrs. John
Allan; Mr. Sarah Klmlra Roystet
Shelton, Poe's first sweetheart; beside
pictures of several buildings ln Rich
mond. Poe loved Richmond, says Mr.
Oraves, as he loved no other place on
earth, for here ho spent his childhood
and youth, passed the first year of his
married life, and did much of bis best
work.
When a boy grins In his soup plaia
Ft fa a sign the minister la dining there
and hi mother Is telling what a com
fort It Is to her to have him go to
church every Sunday without being
ordered to.
The annual report of the Western
Union Telegraph company ahows 80.
)00,000 messages transmitted, $29,000,
)00 earned; net revenues $8,000,000 and
1 surplus of $13,000,000.
PITTSBURG.
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