RUSSIAN FLEET DISABLED Bold Dash of Squadron from Port Arthur a Failure. WHOLE REGIMENT PERISHED. Captain of Russian Torpedo Boat De scribes the Carnage at Port Arthur as Appalling. The bold dnsh of the Russian Port Arthur squadron toward tho upon sea Wednesday In an effort to Join tho Vladivostok squadron resulted in fail ure and the vessels or tho fleet are now either back In Port Arthur, driven in by the Japanese, or In neu tral ports at the mercy of tho enemy when they emerge. The battleship Czarevitch, disabled, the cruisers Novlk and Pallada and three torpedo boats reached the tier man port of Tslngchau, China, but received orders from the Germans to depart within 24 hour. The cruis er Askoid and a torpedo boat destroy er are reported at Woosing. near Shanghai, and four bat'lo-dilps arc re ported near the Saddle Isian-ts, south east of Shanghai. A number of the Vessels, however, succeeded In get ting back to Port Arthur, but the at tempt Is regarded as having virtually destroyed the fighting power of tho fleet. The Bclzure of the Russian dis mantled torpedo boat Ryeshltclnl by the Japanese In i'he neutral port o.' Chlfu has been formally protested by the Russians as a violation of the laws of neutrality and is likely to re-1 suit in the most serious International I complications. I A report has also been received at I Chlfu that Admiral Wlthoft was! killed in tho naval battle of Round i Island Wednesday. i The Russian torpedo boat destroyer R'ieshltelnl from Port Arthur arrived , In Chefoo harbor on the ltth. Her! officers seemed worn out, and landed ; and went to sleep ot u hotel, declin-; lng to receive a visit from their own j consul. They said: "We are over- j wrought." The destroyer was not: flying her flng. In an interv.!ew later In the day, Captain Shcstakonskl of the destroyer expressed the opinion that Port Arthur cannot be taken. He said the sur roundings of the town were covered with corpses, but the Russian losses had been small. He also is aid the Russian fleet, consisting of six battle ships and f.-ur cruisers, crossed the mine field wlthWi two hours yesterday morning, but four gunboats and half the torpedo boat flotilla remained be hind. The Russians intended running to Vladivostok, where, it was' hoped, the fleet would be reinforced by some cruisers purchased from Argentina. Three days ago, when tho Japanese attacked the main line of fortifications at Port Arthur, whole regiments were annihilated. Captain Shestakooskl said. The Russians were worn out from their heavy duty and men drop ped from exhaustion by tho side of their arms. General StoeHsel rodo along the line urging them to bo brave men for God and their father land. At daylight the Japanese con centrated their reserves nntl made one final attack, in which they swept the Russians back. In one fortified po sition out of a force of 200 men, only two survived. More than half suc cumbed to exhaustion. On Tuesday last tho Russians made a stealthy attack, crawling among the rocks and up mountain pidos. The first line rushed the Japanese oniposts and fight lng ensued at close quarters. Simultaneously the Russian fleet open ed fire with Its guns from 12 to 8-lnch. Finally Taku mountain wns awln cap tured by the Ruswlnns, who now hold the main lino. The carnage Is de scribed as ghastly. Minister Shoots Another, iRev. Gienn Glllllan was nci idcntal'y and fatally shot near Pomeroy, O., by Rev, Mr. Newsome. The two minis ters have charges In Ohlovillo, Pa., end were spending their vacation with the father of Rev. Mr. Gillilan. Tho tragedy occurred while they wore hooting at a target. TRAIN STRIKES TROLLEY. Three Killed and Several Injured at Grade Crossing. Three persons were killed nnd three badly Injured In a trolley car wreck at the Baltimore and Ohio crossing in Deflanco, O. The killed: Mrs. Helen iRolsenwottcr, Cleveland, O., 27 years old; Gerald Gaede, agod 5; Rol lln Gaede, aged 3, both sons or Rev. M. Gaede, of Defiance. The wounded: Mrs. Olga Gaede, Earl Barnhart, Har old Ftaght. The latter two are members of Company T, Sixth Regiment, Ohio National Guard, of Hicksville, en route to drill at the Maumee Valley Chautauqua. The crossing is at a curve, and the tnotorman did not see a cut of cars backing down, the trolley car bad a trailer, and both were crowded. The injured will recover. Declined College Presidency. Rev. J. Rauch Stein, of St. John's Reformed Church, Harrlsburg, Pa., de clined the Presidency of the Allentown College for Womon, to which he was elected one month ago. '$9,000 In Miaslng Draft Found. Eighty-three drafts aggregating $9,000, which had been stolen from the United Elates mall, were recov ered by the Jersey City police. They were mailed by the Second National Bunk of Washington to the Socond National Bank of New York. Clews obtained led to the arrest of Constan tino Milenskl, 22 years old, of JerBey City. The police say that the miss ing drafts were found iu his room. Mi lenskl says he found the drafts 'iu u oar from . Washington, . , EIGHT MEN PERISHED. Bursting Dam Cause Los of Life and Heavy Damage. The Barrlnger gold mine, located near Gold Hill. .Rowan county, N. C was suddenly flooded with water, caus ing the instant death of eight men employed In the mln. The dead are: William Can up, WHViam Stlrewalt. Joseph Mngrum, Robert Deberry, Sam uel Price and three others whose nam ps arc unobtainable. Nino men were In tho mine shaft when a large pond lorated nenr the entrance suddenly broke, the water: rti'hing In terrific and deadly force to a depth of .about 100 feel upon the men, who were powerless' to save themselves. Thoma Moyl. manager of the p'ant was tho only one to es cape death. The mine is filled with water and none of the dead has yot been recovered. An unusual down pour of rain Is reported In the vlr.'n Ity nf the mine, much damnge being done to property. The flooded mine Is the property of tho Whitney Redtrctlon Company, of Salisbury and Pittsburg, Ta., and has been opcr.ttod for a number of years. LOSSES AT THE YALU. A Total of 1,017 for Japanese and 3,196 for Russian. The United States War Department has made public some Information con cerning tho military operations In the Russo-Japanese War as furnished by tho o'j'.-ervera sent to the tront. In this Instance an account is given of the battle of tho Ynlu, tho information being obtained principally urom the report of Colonel E. H. t'rowder, one of the officers sent to the Far F.ast. Tho casualties in that engag anient are given as follows: Russian Officers killed, 30; wound ed, 00; men killed. l,3t3; wounded, 1,100; taken prisoners, 013; total loss. 3,lfi(i. Japanese Officers killed, 3; wound ed, 33; men killed, 218; wounded, 763; total, 1,017. TO STOP OUTRAGES. The U. S. Will Be Asked to Interfere to Save Armenian. The Armenian patriarch, has or dered Archbishop Saragian, of the Armenian Churcu in America, to heau a mission to the powers, urging them to Interfere In the name of human ity and put an end to tlie continual massacres of Armenians In Turkey. The archbishop will present proofs that In the Inst four months 8,400 Ar menians have been massacred, in cluding 3,000 children. The nvlssion will take a special pe tition to President Roosevelt. Bin Bottle Plant at Newark. The Ohio Pottle Company, recently Incorporated In Columbus wl'h a rap ital of $4.O0O,.;C0. ha3 estab'.'shed its general offices In Newark and eiocted the following Board or Directors: E. H. Everett, S. M. Hunter and O. 0. King, or Newark, I.. S. Stoehr, J. C. Hating, D. Reed and J. T. Peeock of Mnsslllon. Tho Directors choao tho following officers: President and Oeneral Manajor, E. H. Evcrott; Vice President and Assistant General Man ager, I.. S. S.oehr; Treasurer, J. C. Marine; Assistant Treasurer, J. M. Kecliley, of Newark; Secretary, Frank E. Fitzsbbon, of Newark. ; Great Wildcat Gasser. A gas well producing 5,000,000 feet ! dally was struck on Turney creek. 20 i miles southeast of Huntington, W. Va. j Strange to say, tho drill wag down less ' than 900 feet when the crust wns penetrated and part of the rigging torn ; away. General James Holley, Joseph and William Chllto of Charleston and : H. A. Corliley cf this city are stock holders. The strike was within a new; field, there being not another well within 10 miles. Eight-Hour Law Invalid. ' Justice White of the supreme court, Brooklyn. N. V declarod the eight hour labor law unconstitutional, and granted writs of mandamus to compel the city to pay $13,0(10 to the Brooklyn Alcntraz Company and $10,000 to the Uvalde Asphalt Company, payment of wmch had been withheld on tho grounds that both companies had, in the performance of contracts for city work, requtred their employes to work more than eight hours a day. Ex-Sheriff Arrested, Ex-Sheriff L. M. Long, o. Ravenna, '. O., who is local agent for the North ern Ohio Traction Company, was ar rested and -taken to Warren on a charge of sending a threatening pos-' tal card through the malls. Ho was 1 bound for the Federal Grand Jury in $100. He plead lgnoranco of the law and was released on his own rec-! ognlzunce. ! Mining Property Sold. j J. D. Crabbs, owner of the Litchfield , Coal Company at Litchfield, III., has j sold the plant to the Pittsburg Coal 1 Company of Pittsburg, which will j take possession at once. The consld-t eration was $100,000. The mine Is ! one of the best in the State. i Another Naval Fight. ' I The Russian fleet emerged from ' Port Arthur Wednesday and a severe engagement with the Japanese fleet, lasting ail day, followed. The Japan. ! ese destroyers attacked the Rus'ans ! at night. The result of the engage-1 monts are unknown. The Russian'' battleships Retvlzan and Pobleda ; wore seen outside Port Arthur Thurs day morning. "Trusty" Kill Escaping Prisoner. J. Love 1 1, aged 23, of Floyd county Va., Jailed at Princeton for selling whisky, was shot while escaping from Hlnton. W. Va., Jail by W, H. Lewis, a trusty negro, aud died a few hours later. The Jailer bad given a revolver to the negro. Princess A Hce, of Monaco, who 'is stopping at the Hotel Mercedes, in I'a'-is, was robbed, of a diadem valued L412.000, other jewels and a sum of '"......... ...... SCORES OF LIVES LOST World'! Fair Flyer Plunges Into a Swollen Stream. .; I i : I BODIES 8WEPT DOWN STREAM. Heavy Rain Caused Flood that Weakened the Foundation of the Bridge Over Dry River, One of the most terrible catastro phes in the railroad history ot the Arkansas valley happonod Sunday evening when train No. 11, of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, which runs over the Denver and Rio Orande tracks between Puoblo and Denver, crashed through a bridge over Dry creek, near Eden, eight miles north of Pueblo, carrying the smoking and chair cars, which were Ailed with passengers. Into the swirling, surging torrent which rushed underneath. As far as learned between 80 and 100 passengers perished. The number of bodies recovered approximates 80, few of which have been Identified. The accident was caused by the heavy rains of the last few days. The downpour has swollen the stream un til it is far beyond Its ' normal volume and tho timbers of the bridge were undermined. When the heavy train dashed upon It the structure gave way. Many of the bodies were carried down Fountain creek by the wall of water which had force enough to carry several couches nearly four miles away from Che point where they vent through the bridge. When Division Superintendent Bowren reached the scene of the wreck tho missing cars had not been located, aud the passengers and trainbands who accompanied him or ganized searching parties to lollow the course of the river. The three cars were found close to the shore In Fountain creek, of which Dry creek Is a tributary, and which In turn flows Into the Arkansas river. Most of the dead were In the cars buried under the debris. The body of engineer Hlnman was found 200 feet down the stream. The chair car was found a mile from the scene of the accident half filled with sand, tinder which a number of bodies were burled. The express car was found near tho scene of the wreck v,-i:h the safe open and the contents gone. Fireman Mayfleld said that as the engine struck the trestlo It seemed to rear up and (all upon its sldo, fall ing to the right or engineer's side. The fireman Jumped and escaped. The operator at Eden, a mile away, heard the cries for help and rushed to the creek. When he got there not a person could be found who had gone down In the wreck. Dry creek Is one mile north of Eden, Is 50 feet wide, 15 feet deep and has steep banks. The water waB flowing over the trestle as the train started across. The engine got al most over, but slipped back, a.nd the baggage car, smoker and chair cars plunged into tho torrent. The en gine fell on its right side. The chair car was carried half a mile down Fountain creek. The diner and sleeper did not go down. Dry creek empties into the Foun-, tain less than a half mile below the : wreck. There was no water in Dry j creek two hours after the accident. FOUR KILLED IN WRECK, Mother and Three Children Die and Father Injured. A mother and her three little chil dren were killed and tho husband and father seriously injured In a collision between a westbound Baltimore and Ohio local passenger .train . and ' a Chicago nnd Erie freight train at the Brighton Park railroad crossing at Western avenuo and West Thlrty n'inth street, Chicago. The dead are Mrs. C. C. Schwartz, 38 years old, Garre'-t, Ind. Three boys, children of Mrs. Schwartz, ranging in ago from 6 to 11 years. C. C, Schwartz had his thigh broken and leg cnithed. A numbei of other were Injured. TIBET'S RULER SCARED. Went Into Seclusion When 'Soldier Camped at His Palace. The British expedition Is encamped a mile from the sacred mountain at Potala, on which la situated the dalui lama's palace In the Immediate vicin ity of the dalal lama's private gar. dens. The dalal lama fled to a monastery, 18 miles diatant. It la reported that he has shut himself up In strict se clusion, refusing to see even- the highest state officials, and declaring that he will remain secluded for three years. Colonel YoungbuBband has received a ceremonial visit from the amban, who promised to. assist in ar riving at a settlement and made gift of food to the British troops. The appearance of the city shows the description - of explorers to be extremely accurate. The surround ings are very fertile and the whole piaco gives evidence of great prosper ity. A brilliantly costumed group watched the approach of the expedi tion from the roof of one of the struc tures on Potala mountain. Avert Panic in Theater. Fire in the five-story building at Nos. 251-257 Main street, Buffalo, N. Y., caused a loss estimated to-night at $4U0,000, and for a time threat ened the Academy of Music next door, where a play' was being produced. Assistant Fire Chief Edward Murphy went to the stage, Informed the audi ence that a building nearby was ablaze, but assured them that there was no danger. He then asked the people to leave the theater. Exits were thrown open and the crowd filed out without mishap. DEATH OF SENATOR VEST, Distinguished Missouri Statesman Had v Lingering Hints. At Sweet Springs, Mo., after linger ing for weeks between life and death, former United 8tates Bennlor George Graham Vest passed peacefully away,. He had been so near death for three days that tho end came without a struggle. The Senator was born In Frankfort, Ky., on December 6, 1830, and was graduated from Center college, Dan ville, Ky.. In 1848, and from the law department of Transylvania college, nt Lexington, In 1853. He married Miss Sairie Sneed, and In a lumbering ve hicle they drove to Missouri, where the young lawyer began the practice of law and soon entered tho legisla ture at Neosho, Jefferson City, the regu lar capital of the state, then elng in control of the federal forces. Then be gan Mr. Vest's connection with the con federate government. He was ent to the house at Richmond as a represen tative of Missouri or, at least, of that section of the state which desired- to link Its forces with secession from the union. At .Richmond Mr. Vest served in both branches of the confederate congress. After the war, Mr. Vest re turned to Missouri and formed part nership with Col. John S. Phillips, who had commanded a union regiment. Gen. Francis M. Coekrell. who had commanded a confederate brigade and who was Mr. Vest's colleague In the United States senate, associated him self In law practice with Col, Thomas P. Crittenden, who, like Vest's partner, Phillips, had been a colonel In tho union army. He had been a member of the United States Snnnte for 20 years. In the senate he was regnrded ! with veneration, and whenever ho . arose to speak every member hurried j to his place to listen. j He lived simply and died a poor . man. STRIKERS 8TOP TRAIN. Non-Union Men Driven From Cars and Baggage Destroyed. A mob of a hundred men and boys, packing house strikers and their sympathizers, stopped an Incoming train carrying strike-breakers at River side, Kan., drove the non-union men from the train with clubs, threw their baggage Into the Kaw river and set ftre to the cars. The police put out the fire before any damage had been done. The mob made a rush for the train while ,U was running slowly over the Suburban Belt Line tracks toward the Schwarzschlld ft Sulzberger plant, the destination of the strike breakers. As the members of the mob clambered on to the train they subdued the trainmen and set tho brakes of the 13 freight cars.a bringing them to a standstill. The strike breakers fled In terror, some of them being chased for blocks, but all escaped Injury. After the escape of the non-union men the mob dumped their baggage Into the river and set Are to the cars. In the meantime a riot call had been turned In and police hurried to the scene. Upon the arrival of the police the mob scattered and the police ex tinguished the Are before much dam age had been done. ARMENIANS AND TURKS FIGHT. Turk Destroy Village and Massacr the Native. "On July 13 a band of Armenian revolutionists appeared near Outrti klllssa. Turkish soldiers and Kurds, finding an excuse attacked and de stroyed the villages of Outchktllssa, Koomloiiboujak, Gougan, Karabaar and Sayto, butchering men and out raging womon. "Two large Armenian bands march ing to Sassun to help tho Insurgent : leader Antranik attacked the garrl-: sons at Mossunory and Goutchagh for revenge on July 25. At dawn bombs were thrown Into these places, killing many, and Bevcro fighting ensued, A majority of the soldiers were killed and the garrisons resembled grave yards. One band forced its way through the Kurdish tribes toward j Arjesa. The number of soldiers kill- i ed nmounted to several hundreds." I . A forest fire near Lander, Wyo., Is reported to have destroyed a large area of timber. STOESSEL'S DEATH REPORTED. Russian Commander 8ald to Have Committed Suicide. According to tho correspondent of the London Morning Post at Shan ghai, it is reported there that Liou-tenant-General Stoessel, In command of the military force at Port Arthur, has committed suicide and that panic prevails In the citadel. The correspondent states further that there are 10,000 sick and wound ed persons at Port Arthur, and that the Russians are negotiating with the Japanese to send the hospital ship Mongolia away full of Blck. Marquis Oyama, commandor-in-chief of the Japanese forces In Manchuria, has proceeded north, and expects to attack Liao-Yang August 20. Negroes 8tab 8triker. During a fight between a crowd ot negroes employed In the Chicago stock yards since the strike and a crowd of rioters, Frederick Banm and Charles Oyx, strikers, were seriously stubbed. The police broke up that fight, but when they attempted to cap ture the nogroes they opened Are. The police returned the fire, but no body was Injured. Fraud Exposed. The postmaster general issued a fraud order against the National Spe cialty .Company of New York. In npectora reported that the concern failed to fullflU promises made In ad vertisements which promised $8 to $15 a week to ladles who could do the work aUJiome. One dollar was charg ed for a circular which Informed ap plicants that the advertised wage could 'be obtained by doing plain sewing. JUDGE PARKER NOTIFIED Prominent Democrats From All Ssctlons Were Present. RAIN FALLS DURING EXERCISES. Reception Follow on - Veranda of Judge Parker' Residence Many Spectator Present. Judge Alton B. Parker, received for mal notification of his nomination for the Presidency of the United States as tho candidate of the Democratic party, and Jn accepting gave public, j expression for the first time of his, view on the Issues of the campaign. The notification was brought to him by Representative Champ Clark, of Missouri, as chairman of a committee representing every State and Territory in the Union. Standing hare-headed, during a brief lull In the rainstorm, whlcii had lasted since soon after day light. Judge Parker accepted the nomi nation. He spoke for a little more tban half an hour. The ceremony was held on the lnwn at Rosemount, under the trees at thu north or the house on the lutli. The company Included many Democrats of National prominence, as well as a large nnu representative delegation from Tammany Hall. During most of the tlmo occupied by Chnmp Clark's speech tho rain was. falling in a steady drizzle, but It stopped entirely Just as Judge Parker began his aduress, and held off until he finished. Representative Clark was speaking and Judge Parker was stand ing bareheaded, without shelter, when a man In the crowd called: "Somebody hold an umbrella over Judge Parker." A number were Immediately offered, but. the Judge refused them with a courteous wove of the hand. "Justice lor all special privileges for none," said Mr. Clark, and the spectators showed their appreciation of the sally by a shout of laughter. As Judge Parker spoke his closing words the band struck up "The Star Spangled Banner," and from the deck of the yacht Sapphire In the river be low a number of bombs were fired In salute, lheso bursting In the air, re leased parachutes, from which were suspended the National colors. Later there were whistle salutes from the Steamer Sagamore, John Pierce's yacht Sapphire and August Belmont's yacht. The Scout, which brought former Senator B. Hill from Hyde park. Alter the ceremony all crowded up eagerly to shake the candidate's band and to congratulate him upon his speech. The reception was contin ued on tne veranda until after 4 o'clock, when tho company broke up nnd the visitors returned to their boats and trains. BUREAU'S MONTHLY REPORT. Return Indicate Winter Wheat Crop of 333,400,000 Bushel. The monthly report of the chief of the Bureau of Statistics of the De partment of Agriculture will show the condition of corn on August 10 to have : been 87.3 as compared with 86.4 last month, 78.7 on August 1, 1903, 80.5 1 at the corresponding date In 1902, and j a 10 year August average of 83.5. Pre- ' llminary returns Indicate a winter, wheat crop of about 333,400,000 bush els, or an averago of 12.3 bushels per . acre as compared with 12.3 bushels per acre last year, as finally estimated. The averago condition ot spring wheat on August 1 was 87.5, bb com pared with 93.7 last month, 77.1 on August 1, 1903, 89.7 at tho correspond ing date In 11)02 nnd a 10-y-ear An gust average ot 81.2. $1,500,000 DAMAGE BY FIRE. Orphan Asylum and Church In 8trass burg Destroyed. i The dnniage by tho Aro which raged In tho lower quarter of tho city of Strassburg, Alsace-Lorraine, and which destroyed a largo orphan asy-; him and the Magdalen Church, amounts to $1.5o!).0()0. The old and 1 famous stained glass works of -the church were ruined, but the other relics wore saved. ; FIGHT IN LEGISLATURE. Member of Georgia House Assaults the Doorkeeper. ! A the result of the order of Speak er ot the House Morrla, to have all members locked In during tho vote on the bill to raise the pay ot the ; Supreme Court Judges and . prevent ; them from accepting passes, a bloody fli;Ut ensued ' between Representative j Franklin, of Washington, and Door-; keeper. Albert Maples."-' i The .doorkeeper was being bested : by Fianklln, when his gray-bearded lather sprang to his son's assistance ; and was battering Franklin's face when the two were pulled apart. In j the meantime the younger Maples had i drawn a knire. Lost Steamship's Hull Found. The hull of the Nome steamship Discovery is lying on tho Inner side of M'lddleton Island near Valdez. Ad vices to that effect were received In Seattle. When the steamship Dis covery went down between 25 and 40 persons met death. The vessel made her last call at Yakutat en route from Nome snout the middle of November, 1903. Wholesale Naturalization Frauds. George W. Morgan, Stute Superin tendent of Elections, In New York, iu a statement says It is estimated that $$00,000 have been made within tho past year In the Bale of fraudulent naturalization papers. He adds that the Federal authorities estimate that over 100,000 fraudulent naturalization papers have been sold by those engag ed in this illicit traffic, and that 80, 000 of these have been issed in New York city. The statement says Ital ians are the chief offenders. MODERATE IMPROVEMENT. Two Labor Controversies Still Help to Disturb Business In Many Way. R. O. Dun ft Co.' "Weekly Re View of Trade" says: Moderate Im provement in mid-summer means more than an equlvalont increase at any other season, and the better trade reported during the past week is con sequently most encouraging. Dis patches from all parts of the country are by no means uniform, In some cases the outlook showing no change, while at a few points there have been setbacks; but on the whole the progress Is unmistakable. Two labor controversies are particularly harm ful, but others have b.?en settled; the Fall River strike Is partially broken, and several threatened difficulties have been averted. Despite some In Jury to spring wheat the agricultural prospect Is very bright, while higher prices promise to neutralize the effect if such loss In quantity as occurred. The approaching Presidential election Is viewed with more equanimity than any other contest of recent years, both In financial and industrial cir cles. Net earnings of the railways are making favornble comparisons, owing to the economies made possi ble by preceding years of liberal ex penditures, and even gross earnings for July are but 3.4 per cent smnller than In 1903. Foreign commerce at this port for the last week shows a gain of $1,575,587 In merchandise ex ported, and an Increnso of $1,275,293 In Imports, as compared with the cor responding week IbsI year. Increasing activity at coke ovens testifies to tho better situation In the Iron and steel Industries, the fuel movement predicting an Improvement at bln:it furnaces. By holding pro duction down to actual requirements It has been possible to maintain quo tations on practically all lines. The only reductions during the pnst week occurred In wire nails, and there was complaint of list violations In connec tion with the steel conversion. Agri cultural Implement works are prepar ing for a brisk fall trade, the railways are placing more orders for equip ment, and a better tonnage of struc tural steel Is moving. Failures this week were 222 in the United States, agnlnst 174 laBt year, and 33 in Canada, compared with 22 a yenr ago. Crew of Eight Drowned. A fast freight on the Louisville, Henderson nnd St. Louis 'Railroad went through an open bridge at Spottsvllle, Ky., and the crew of eight were drowned. The bridge Is swung on a pivot In the center and had been turned to admit of the passage ot a steamer. Killed Young Girts. George Forecloud, a full blooded Wlnnebngo, aged 25, has been held for the murder of Cora Elk, also a Winnebago, the fourth girl he has killed In two years. He had no rea son for killing any of them, but appar ently amused himself when Intoxi cated by murdering young girls. Strike Spreads to Gotham. Tho advisory hoard of tho Amalg amated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers' Union of North America, decided to order a strike In New York and vicinity. Between 3,000 and 4,000 men will be called 'out. Dies Rescuing Negro. William Snms, a farmer, aged 23, of Gump post office, 10 miles south of Waynesburg, Pa., was suffocated In a well which he was having dug on his farm. Silas Ogdon, colored, was doing tho work. He grow III and the owner descended to rescue him. Be fore he could bo got out he was over come by gas and died. Earthquake In New Zealand. The heaviest earthquake which New Zealand has experienced in many years occurred at 10:22 o'clock this morning. Several public and private buildings were seriously damaged. The shock was general on both isl ands. No loss of rife has been re ported. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. J. W. Miller, a Pueblo, Col., iron worker, shot. and killed his wife and ended his own life. Charles Thomas, about 20 years old, a Areman on tho Lake Shore Rail road, was killed at Olonville, O. Former Governor Ellhu E. Jackson was nominated for Congress by the Democratic convention of the First Maryland district. The Vladivostok prize court de clares the sinking of the German steamer Thoa was Justified. 'Retail meat dealers in conjunction with union representative will en doavor to have packers submit strike to meditation. Secretary Hay and Mr. Legor, the Haltlen minister signed a treaty of extradition botween the United States and Haiti. Edmund Boll, a negro, was taken from officers by a mob at Selma, Ala., and hanged to a tree. Bell killed Houston Scruggs, another negro, dur ing a quarrel. An attempt was made upon the life of President Ordonez, of Uruguay by the explosion of a torpodo under his carriage. i Evelynue Rogers, who Is wanted in New Bedlord, Mass., on a charge of having stolen $3,000 worth of dia monds, was turned over to the New Bedford authorities by the Chicago officers. Warship Sails for Monte Crist). Tho Navy Department has received a cablegram from San Juan announc ing tho sailing from there of the gun boat Bancroft lor Monto Cristl and Puerto Plata. This movement is in accordance with the request of Min ister Dawson, cabled from Santo Do mingo a fow days ago, that It would be well to have a warship at Monte Cristl. The President appointed M. P. Fredericks postmaster at Gallltzln, Pa. KEYSTONE STATE COLLINS OFFICER WOUNDED. Qreensburg Constable and Italian Thieve Have Battle at Short Rang In Thicket In a flght with revolvers at. short range between ConataMe Thomas Washabaugh, of Oreensburg, and Ital ians in the Elcher thicket, two mlloa east of town, the officer was shot twice nd was seriously injured. One bul let entered his mouth, carrying away Ms lower front teeth, the end of his tongue, and lodged in the cheek. The) second bullet stmck Washabaugh in the shoulder, making an ugly wound. Two bullets from the officer's revolver struck Guesseppe Barbarl, and he la thought to be fatally hurt. By an explosion in the Oliver Dy namite Company plant, controlled by the DuPont-De Nemours Company at Laurel Run, near Wllkesbarre, one) man was killed and two girls Injured There were 1,600 pounds of dynamite In the building, which was totally de molished, the force of the concussion being felt 12 miles away. Not vestige of the body of the dead man. James Douglass, aged 56 years, can be found. An Iron tank weighing 3,600 pounds was found bait a mils away. Four horses in tho company's stable on the grounds wero rendered stone deaf. The mill stood In a strip of woods, and within a radius ot 100 yards there Is not a leaf on a tree. The damage to the plant will reach $10,000. A man believed to bo John Shali gle. on his way from Pittsburg to Glen Campbell, was struck by an en gine at Manor and killed. Little la known of the man. He was about 22 years old, and Is thought to have re sided In Pittsburg. In ono of his pockets was found an account book of the Burnslde Supply Company. He had red hair and was rather well dressed. The H. C. Frlck Coko Company bin let the contract to Patrick Reagan, of Un'lontown, for the erection of 20 new ovens near Elm Grove. The works may be Increased to 400 ovens. In all there are to be three new Frlck plants erected in the southern part of Fayette county. James Rlsbln, of North Hunting don township, was shot and killed by Thomas Stack. Rlsbln, John Tray, Martin Thornton and several others were drinking at a shanty on the out skirts of Irwin when Stack came along." A dispute arose. It is said, as to th.) distribution of a quart of whisky. Twenty-eight passengers on a car of the Johnstown Street Railway Com pany were more or loss Injured when the car left tho tracks 'In the Eighth, ward and plunged over the embank ment Into Stony creek. The car did not overturn, fortunately, and the in juries of the passengers consist of bruises and cuts. John Lowery. of Ixiyalhanna, while visiting friends near Perryopofis, went swimming In the Youghlogheny river and Is Bald to have been attacked by cramps causing him to drown. Marks about the head aroused suspicion of foul play. Nicholas Raugh, aged 17, was rid ing to work on a coal train at Hazle ton, when his dinner pail fell from his arm. He Jumped, landing on the opposite track, where a passenger train struck him, severing his head. Mrs. Barton Woodward, of Menellen township, Fayette county, was serious ly injured In a runaway accident near Uniontown. The 'breaking of a hold back strap Is said to have frightened the horse. Engineers making -the survey for the Baltimore ft Ohio Railroad short line from Confluence to Morgantown have completed the Anal survey to about three miles beyond Farming ton. The Westmoreland Passenger Rail way Company has secured the right of way for Its proposed line through Unity township. Westmoreland coun ty, from Latrobe fo Greensburg. Mercer probably has more spinsters than any town of its size In the State. A census recently taken shows there) are 103 "old maids" in that town, out ot a population of less than 2,000. Brigadier General John A. Wiley, of Franklin, has accepted the position of Chief Marshall or the parade on Pennsylvania Day at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. ' Mrs. John Sarver, 63 years old, com mitted suicide by hanging herself to the limb of a tree at her home, about one mile from Frefeport. She bad been 111 for some time. Mary Morris, 12 years old, bad her leg broken by being Jolted from a car on a sand rock incline near Derry. Two companlona were severely hurt In the same accident. The Sharon carpenters' union re fused to agree to the agreement sub mitted by the contractors and the strike which began May 1 will con tinue. William Merrill, of New Castle, was badly hurt by falling out ot a second story window. His condition Is seri ous. Edward Rozeski, three years old, Is dead at Oil City from burns received while playing with matches which Ig nited his clothes. . The Bowser family will hold its family reunion on the W. P. Bowsor farm, near Walk Chalk, on September 6. The application of J. S. McNally. N. B. Duncan, C. J. Stroliecker, Will iam Allen, Jr., A. Stuton and Steph en Lockwood to organize the People National Bank ot Zcllenople, with. $50,000, has been approved by the controller of the currency. The body of an unknown man was found in the Youghlogheny river at Layton. He was about six feet tall, of handy complexion and wore only ti ouseis and shirt. Tho South Sharon police raided thai German Club and arrested the pro prietor and IS men, charging them with gambling.
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