f REGULARS FIRE ON MILITIA One Guardsman Killed and Three Wounded. FIGHT RESULT OF AN ARREST. United States and Ohio State Officers Immediately Take Charge of the Situation. Soldiers, said to belong to Tump F, Fourth regular cavalry, ami on camped with tin1 First brigade, Ohm National Guard, attacked n patrol ol provost guards on thestrecls 01 Allien, killing one, fatally Injuring: one, and 'probably wounding two ot hots. The flKbt lMk plare in Hon! of Sheriff Murphy's home, ailJoiniiiK Hit' court house. Fllleen tntnttles after tho battle on the street, the city wan de clared under martial law and hun dreds of soldier Were unit into tlK' town to restore order. The dead: Corporal Chnrlos Clark, 21 yours old. meniber of Company D ol the Fifth Ohio National Guard, sta tioned nt Cleveland, but whose home Is nl Warren. lie was a machinist ty occupation. The Injure I Wat son N. Ohl. private. Company I), struck np:in the head with title and skull fractured; may die. Corporal Alli'rt lleald. Company 1, s'lot through abdomen; may die. Ser geant IMciHinn- Company I), shot thrcurh I l.ihs, will die. Tl:e trouble, it cording to the repot''. of ail the in'tlilla officer, started over the arre.il of several regular at my privates by provost guards In tht town of Athens, since the opening of th,1 ramp la.-t Tuesday. The ill feeling became extremely blt'er this niternoim.whou Private Kel ly of the Twenly-seentli was art est v! on a charge ft' drunkenness. Kolly resisted, emptied bis revolver without loins any daninne and was llnuiy dublied Into InseliKlbllll v. bouml hat!.! nnd foot nntl taken to Jail. Th:s pi t r.lpitnlcd the trouble. BATTLE WITH MOONSHINERS. Officers Had Desperate Encounter While Demolishing Still. Deputy Revenue Collector J. I,. Me Coy, aided by Sherman Cope. and Henry Freeman, of Breathitt comity. Ky., engaged In a desperate fight with moonshiners at the head of the lack ing river. In which McCoy received two loads from a shot ruo. ono Inflict ing a scalp wound, end the other ' penetrating the back, some of the load entering the stomach. Tho revenue, man and his assistants had been searching for the still for the past week anil had Just discovered It at tho head of n ravine, which could only be approached from ono direc tion. Wben the posse arrived, they lound it deserted, although signs of a hasty departure were evident. Th posse proceeded to bivak up the si ill with axes, but ns soon as the first destructive blow bad been struck a shot rang out and McCoy fell. He soon realized his wound was not a aerlous one, and while giving orders to hln assistants, the second shot was fired, which compelled McCoy to re treat. Henry Freeman dashed out of tho building anil rushed up the hill, whence tho shots came. He ran upon 'four men in niubush nnd began a 1'uslll?de upon them with a revolver. Tho moonshiners beat a retreat into tho woods nnd escaped. Freeman returned to the still and nsslsled tho other3 In completely de molishing it. One of the largo vats contained l.onn gallons of beer and another a quantity of whisky. McCoy reached Jackson next day whore he was given surgical treatment. Storm in St. Louis. A tornado of small proportions fcutj of extreme lury swept down on the residence portion ot North St. Louis, resulting in the death of one person,' John Ellington, Injury to probably 5" nnd damage to property estimated to $100,0(10. Herman Sauerwlne, aged 30, was, it is bellevod, falally injured. John and Elmer Duko and John Borden were injured by an explpsloii in a coal mine at Hergholz, O. WORK OF NOVEL READER. Child Maltreated and Left Tied to a Tree In the Woods. Gaggod, blindfolded and tied to a treo 4or 15 hours, after he had been welted with a large carriage whip from head to foot, was the experience of Harold Brennan, aged 7, who is In a sorlous condition. Shortly bofore dusk Brennan, wlih the whip and a long strap, started to bring home a cow. Nicholas lmb(. aged 18, a confirmed dime novel n-l-er, met tho boy and took him to an isolated spot in the woods and tied him to a tree, using the strap for the purpose. A searching party looking for the boy enmo very close to him several times, but every time hu moved his companion belabored him with the whip. After maltreating him In a frightful manner, I.omliol left him. Brennan remained tied fast to the troe until almost noon next day, when a pausing miner released him. The Moscow correspondent of the London Standard Bays that Russia has arranged a new loan with France of $50,000,000 ut S per cent repayable 1n six years, tho issue price to be 89. Russian Gunboat Sunk. A fl'uuslun gunboat of the Otvajni type, struck a mine and sank off La totl promontory, the extreme southern point ot the Kwang Tung peninsula, on which Port Arthur Is situated, Thursday night. The Otvajni 1 an armored gunboat at 1,500 tons dis placement and launched in 1894, and carries one il-inch gun, one 6-lnch gun and 10 qulck-tlrlng guns. She has two torpedo tubes, hus a speed of 15 knots and carries a crew of 142 men. MARKETS CONTINUE FIRM. Railway Earnings Hold Up Well Cut In Prices of 8teel Wire Causes Comment. R. (I. Don Ce.'a "Weekly Review of Trade" gays: Confidence In con tinued Improvement of trade has been 'ii:in'li!it unsettled bv sensational ovinia In the wheal market and the l.i k ot harmony between labor and capital. It Is becoming evident that estimates of the wheat crop must be reduced, although other agricultural news is mm h belter than usual. Some disappointment .Is felt by those who counted upon an early resump tion of activity In i.iiliiling operations and other Industries hampered by labor controversies. Otherwise news oi the v.eek has contained much of an encouraging nature. In several manufacturing lines (here is less Idle machinery and visiting retail buyers have stimulated Jobbing trade, espec ially In dry goods and kindred lines. Hallway turnings thus far reported for the first week of August show a small gain of 1.4 per cent ns com pared with last year's figures, where as recent preceding weeks showed more or less loss In comparison with lUi'li. A general reduction In prices of wire products, nvcragfng about $. a ton wns announced by a siby.'iliary company of the I'ultod Slates Steel Corporation, ami aroused more Inter on than was warranted, bet nttse this public action Is only In line with what tun been done herctoloro privately, cording to rnmotH widely circulated. !'. Is ditlli'iilt to estimate how much furl iter this war ol' rales may be cur li.'d. business btvng sufficiently dull : siiniulalo com pet It Ion. A few sn:all ivdm I Ions In prices of cotton n ).;.is were made, notably In lending 'res of bleached muslins and these c''ai.(tcs produced some weakness in ho tone- of other departments ,' th" primary markets, although list price ;s a rule remain unchanged thus far, tin; policy of buyers has not change 1, 'ho genercl disposition being to a vail developments in other lines. Failures niimher 2:''i In the Culled .Mali's, against 231 Inst year, nnd 24 la Canada, compared with six a year a..''- i!rnds reel's say: The feature of lie Iron trade has been the open rec ognition of conditions claimed to ex ist for some tlni- past in finished products. A wholesale cut in steel prices, particularly in wire and nails, lias been announced and existing pools in some products, notably struc tural material and plates, are report ed slinky. Light rails are being cut In price, and even some heavy sec tions ore selling below the $2K stand ard. I'ncertalnty as to how far the uij will go restricts buying and also affects the cruder forms. There Is no particular change to note In pis ir.m. FOUR KILLED AT CROSSING. Express Train and Street Car Col lide In Chicago. Four people were killed, another fa tally hurt and 23 severely injured In a collision between an express train on the Chicago Great Webtern Rail road and n train of three trolley cars bound for the Hawthorne l.iue track. The dcHil are: Mrs. Fiances Hunt-1 man; William Irving, died in hospital after ampliation of leg; Mrs. Jere miah Shuckrow, Danville, III; iiniden tirted woman, about 30 years of age; Michael Ryan, in.itonnuii. had his skull fractured. Tho accident occurred at the cross ing of Forty-eighth avenue nnd the Chicago Great Western trucks. The train was coming .Into the city and according to some witnesses of the ac cident, wan running at a high rate of speed. Others, with tho train crew, declare that It was not going over 20 miles an hour. The trolley train, in charge of Conductor W. H. Condon and Molorman Michael Ryan, approached the crossing at a rapid rate, Just as I be train came around a sharp curve. Ryan put on tho brakes In tho effort to stop his car, but the brakes refused to work, and with undiminished speed the motor car ran upon the tracks at the same lime that the locomotive came up, A cloudburst at Globe, Ariz., result ed In several deaths and the destruc tion of much property. BURNED AT THE STAKE. Mob Overpowers Guards and Lynches Condemned Negroes. With clothing saturated with kero sene, writhing and twisting in their agony, screaming to heaven for the mercy that the mob would not show, Paul Reed and William Cato, negroes, two of the principals 4n the murder and burning of Henry Hodges, his wife and three "of their children, six miles from Statesboro, Ga., three weeks ago, were burned at the stake Tuesday. A determined mob charged on the court house, overpowered the military guard, secured Cato and Reed, who had been found guilty after a legal trial, and sentenced to be hangod, took them two miles from Statesboro and there burned them alive. The climax came quickly and" unex pectedly. Tho foreuotin had passed quietly, the trJul of Paul Rood, the ringleader in the murder, being con cluded and a verdict of guilty render ed. Both ho and Cato, found guilty tho day before, were sentenced to hang September 9. Military boundaries havo almost stopped the growth of Paris. Two Drowned. Mrs. Mabel Hart, aged 30 years, and her cousin, Clarence Dunlap. aged 9 years, son of former State Represen tative H. T. Duulap. of Philadelphia, were drowned iu tba Delaware river near Easton, Pa., Monday night. The first intimation of the accident was the recovery of the boat in which Mrs. Hart and tho boy had started to cross the river. The bodies were recov ered near Fronchtown, N. J. Mrs. Hart and the boy were visiting Will- lam uuniap at Kintnersviiie. PROGRESS OF THE 1R The Russian Commander at Port Arthur Refuses to Surrender. JAP FORCES DRAWING CLOSER. Shells 8et Firs ta Buildings Making; It Extremely Dangerous to Remain In City. The Mikado lias demanded the sur render of Port Arthur and agrees to remove ull lion -combatant, but. the Russians have refused to accede to the proposition. According to the correspondent of the London Dully Telegraph at Chi fu refugees arriving theie bring news ct a serious condition of affairs at Port Arthur. They say that Japanese shells have Ignited lighters in the docks which contained supplies of coal, resulting In n territlc con Hag ra tion. Many of the buildings have been demolished an J the hospitals are crowded. According to news received at Chl fu the Japanese line has been drawn still closer around Port Arthur. The right wing of the Japanese line has penetrated to the vicinity of Pigeon buy, while the center has moved for ward from Piilingdiing. which is south of shuslyeu and two miles north of the town. Passengers on board of the steamer Dociniii, which anchored off Port Ar thur witnessed the bombardment from Pigeon bay. The bombardment be snn at midnight and lasted until morning. The Russians did not re ply to the Japanese fire. At some distance out five Japaneso warships were guarding the harbor. STEEL PRICES CUT. Lackawanna Company Reduces Rates on 3eams and Plates. In the Iron and steel trade the out look became serious when it was learned that the Lackawanna $tevl Company had entered the list as a competitor with the I'nlted States Cor poration by breaking associations pi ices on beams und plates. The new company has cut pojl prices to the nmount of $5 a ton. With its great plants at lluffulo, the Lackawanna Steel Company Is a for midable rival to the Steel Corporation In the manufacture of structural steel. Its finishing plants have been in opera tion a comparatively short time, but the effect of its competition has al ready been felt keenly by its rivals. Overtures were made recently by the beam association to the lacku wan na company, hut the latter declined tho offer of membership on the plea that pool agreements were no longer kept. Tho association's price of $l.ti0 a lit.i weight at Pittsburg has been reduced by the new company to $1.35 the cut amounting to $.1 a ton. In the trade It is now expected thnt war will bo opened on the Lackawan na Steel Company, led by the I'nlted States Steel Corporation. The fight will also be directed against the Re public Iron and Steel Company, and It Is felt that the next reduction will be In bars, which are manufactured by the Republic company. According to officials of the i'nlted States Steel Corporation, the steel company Is now in a belligerent mood. Although the reductions In wire pro ducts was given out officially, still more extensive cuts are permitted by tile corporation. It has Issued secret orders to agents to book wire business at any price, in order to protect their customers against the Pittsburg Steel Company. TWO CRUISER3 8UNK. One of Pallada Type Torpedoed Nov Ik's Destruction Rumored. Admiral Togo reports that a vessel of the type of the protected cruiser Pallnda was torpedoed and sunk In the engagement of August 10. j An unconfirmed rumor says the RiiHslun cruiser Novlk, which put In to Tsingchau after the battle of Au gust 10 off Port Arthur, and which coaled there and put to sea within her 24 hours' limit, has been sunk 40 miles from Tsingchau. DAVIS NOTIFIED. Democratic Nominee foi Vice Presi dent Accepts Nomination. Henry U. Davis was formally noti fied at White Sulphur Springs of and formally accepted is noiiilnut ion by the Democratic party for Vice Presi dent of the United States. The cere monies took place in the open air 4n the grounds of Green Brier Sulphur Springs Hotel, and were marked by simplicity in every detail. Mr. Davis was escorted to the flag draped platform at 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon of the 17th Inst, by Repre sentative John Sharp Williams, ot Mississippi. An Invocation by the Rt. Rev. Dr. W. L. Gravatt, of the Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia preceded Mr. Williams, who occupied an hour in speaking. It took Mr. Davis 10 minutes to read his formal acceptance, but he pre faced this with a heart-to-heart talk of like duration to the several thou sand friends and neighbors who were gathered under the trees as his au dience. Senator Daniel, of Virginia, was forced to acknowledge a demand for a speech, but declined. More Mob Law in Georgia. Following close on the heels ot the lynching of Paul Reed and William Cato by a mob at Statesboro, Ga., for the murder of Henry Hodges and fam ily, three more negroes were killed during the following night or the early hours of the morning. An un known negro was found by the road side, five miles from Statesboro, his body riddled with bullets; two ne groes, one an "old-time darkey," and his son, 17 years old, were shot in their cabin PORT ARTHUR MU3T FALL. Japanese Renew Attack from Land at Close Quarters. What is taken to be the flnaLassault on Port Arthur by the Japanese was begun on the 1.1th. un the land side and from the sea the great guns battered all day ut the furtiflentlous, according to word that has been re ceived In Chlfu from several authori tative sources. It Is probably the at tempt to carry out the Instructions of the Mikado. The attack wits not a new one, for additional information Is that the assault has been continuous from the hind side since the desperate sortie of the Russian Meet which ended so disastrously. The Japanese are now said to bo only three miles from the inner fortifications, occupying two strong positions within that distance. The recent losses on both sides are said to have been enormous. Tho Russian oilleluls at St. Peters burg profess not to know the where abouts of the Port Arthur squadron. It Is believed at Tslngchatt that tho Pallnda and Diana have reached Vlad ivostok In safety, while Ch.lfii sends a report that the Nnvlk has been sunk. OPENED COURT WITH PRAYER. Brother of Murdered Man Offers Up Petition. At Statesboro. Ga., the jury In the! case of the State vs. Will Guto, one of the negroes charged with the mur der of Henry Hodges nnd family, re-; turned a verdict of guilty after being j ant eight minutes. Judge Daly lm-1 mediately adjourned court without , passing sentence on the prisoner. ' There were less than 100 people In ' the court room when the Jury re-, turned Its verdict, and no dcnionstra-, Hon was made'. The court room was cleared and after waiting half an hour tho prisoners were escorted ' buck to Jail under a heavy military i guard. In spite c.f wild rumors, of lynching, all was quiet. Judge Daly found the, local military already on duty. Rev. j II. A. Hodges, a brother of Henry Hodges, w lio, w ith bis w ife and three j children, was murdered, opined court with prayer. He prayed for the spirit j 'l a 9UHI1U llllllll, tl Mfiii; Jllllllll-lll nnd unbiased verdict, and for the ob servance of the laws. He pleaded thnt the people stand by the court in Its action. 1,000 HORSES FOR MANASSAS. Largue Number of Mounts to be Used In Army Maneuvers. A thousand horses will be required for use In the army maneuvers at Manassas next month. They will be used In transportation of supplies, mounts for officers and in many other ways. In the maneuvers arranged nenrly 30,000 men will participate, and they will be on a scale of actual war. The engineers will go to the camps fully equipped for bridging streams, and in tills work will use fourteen six line teams. For the medical corps 44 mounts will be required, 38 ambu lances, six escort wagons and a pack train of 12 mules. This puck train will he in the nature of nil experiment in the transportation of medical and surgical supplies. FOUND ONLY ONE LEG. All That Was Left of Admiral Withoft After Shell Struck Him. Survivors of the Czarevitch stale that Admiral Withoft was torn to pieces by a shell and his body was swept overboard, only one of his logs being found. They describe the scene as Infernal, and say men turned' gray from their experience. Admiral Withoft said before he was killed: "This Is our last fight, men, be brave." The orders of the officers could hnrdly bo heard for the roar of tho guns. Recovers Lost $17,000. Leslie I. Isle, whose home Is Jn Belle Center, Logan coiinly, O., lost a pock etbook containing $17,000 while on tho World's fulr ground. It was' found by a Filipino guard, who returned It to the owner, tho loss having become known. The guard received no re ward for his honesty. Father Kills Son. A man named Shcehan, employed at the Curwonsvllle, Pa., tannery, shot and instantly killed his sou, Thomas, In a quarrel at the supper table. The father fired Ave shuts, only one of which took effect, as the son was try ing to hide in the cellar. Shcehan was arrested making no attempt to get away. He Is 50 years old and his son was 23 years old. The wife and mother is crazed with grief and her condition is serious. , Squadron Leaves 8myrna. Roar Admiral Jewell, commanding the American European squadron, cabled to the Navy Department an nouncing the departure of his com mand, comprising the Olympla, Balti more and Cleveland, from Smyrna for Gibraltar. This action Is taken on the instruction from Minister Lelsh man. The Pallada Sunk. Official advices received ut Wash ington state that the Japanese commander-in-chief reports that the Rus sian cruiser Palluda was sunk by Japanese torpedo bouts on the night of August 10. Herreros Defeated. Four columns ot German troops at tacked the Herreros near Hamukari, German Southwest Africa, on the night of August 11. The fighting con tinued all day August 12. The na tives were defeated with heavy losses. Five German ofilcers, Including Count von Arnlm and 19 men, were killed. Six officers, among them Baron von Walter and 52 men, were wounded. The natives, who numbered about 6,000 fighting men, under old Chief Samuel Maherero, were concentrated In the Waierberg mountains. Veterans from North and South Celebrate in Boston. GREAT THRONG VIEWED PARADE. Many Interesting Features Marked the Fit st Day of the En campment. A reunion of Grand Army veteran:!, an exchange of happy recollections and a frutermil mingling of Conk-dor-ates and 1'uloulsts, marked lite open ing In Boston of the thirty-eighth na tional encampment oi the Grand Army of tho Republic. A patade of the Cnion ex-pi Isoners ol war. blue Jackets from the I'nlted States war ships and others marked the opening of the convention, together with its numerous subsidiary organizations, including the Women's Relief Corps, the l.uiiies of the G. A. R., and the sons und DauglTteis of Veterans. At night, .in historic Fuueull Hall, a score of former Confederate officers gathered around the bunquet board as the guests of Edward W. Klngsley Post of Boston, as did also l.afayetie Post, of New York, and here were enunciated declarations that the North and South are strongly and insepara bly welded with the past striie for gotten. In the striking pageant of the day inarched survivors ot three wars, the Mexican War. the Civil War, repre sented by the I'nlted States ex-prls-oners, nnd the Spanish War veterans. The parade, composed of about six thousand men, was reviewed by Mayor Collins, at city hall, and Governor Hates, Senator Lodge nnd former Secretary of the Navy John D. Umg. at the Slate house. The gland parade on Tuesday was witnessed by half a million people. At'init 25,000 veterans were in line. Five und one-half hours were re quired for the parade to pass a given point, and It was n severe strain on the old soldiers, but generally they bore the hardship well. More than three-score of them dropped from the ranks from exhaustion and heat pros tration nnd were cared for nt the field and civic hospitals. At the end of the route Commander-in-chief John C. Black, of the Grand Army of the Republic, held his review. Several former Confederate ofilcers occupied places in tho stand and the preeminently picturesque feature of the parade wus the "Living Flag" formed by 2.000 children dressed vari ously In red, white and blue, and seated near the reviewing stands. Every soldier of the marching army raised his hut us he passed this pic ture, whllle the rh.lldr-n Joined In "Dixie" und the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." Gen. Wllnion W. Blackmar, of Bos ton, was elected commander-in-cblet of the Grand Army of the Republic by acclamation at the cloying session of the National encampment to-day. and Denver wns selected as the place for tho encampment o;' 1HU3. The other National ofilcers elected were: Senior vice commander-in-chief. John R. King, Washington; junior vice com mander, George W. Patten, Chattanoo ga. Teiin.; surgeon general, Dr. War ren X. King, Indianapolis; clinplaln-In-chlef, Rev. J. II. Bradford. Washing ton. Gen. llluckmar made tho following appointments: Adjutant general. John !C. (i.llmau, Massachusetts; quarter niasler general. Charles Burrows, New Jersey; a Mutant quartermaster gen eral and custodian of the records, J. Henry Holcomb, Pennsylvania; assis tant adjutant general, Ei B. StUlltigs, Massachusetts. The O. A. H. convention wns ad journed sine die shortly niter 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon. The principal business was the passage of the resolutions declaring that any modification of the voting franchise should be along lines of "Intelligence and fitness and not al ing .'nes of rnco and color," und disapproving of the admission of Sons of Veterans to secret O. A. R. meetings, and tho lay ing on the table of a resolution regard ing the proposed fraternal convention of tho survivors of the Union and Confederate armies. At tho Fdiiuuil Hull dinner, Gover nor Balos gave the welcome of the Commonwealth, and several Confed erate ofilcers declared for the spirit of unity between tho .North and South. Rurlk's Officers Lost. The captain nnd all the superior of ficers of the Kitsilan cruiser Rurik, which was sunk by Vice Admiral Kumlmuru August 14, were lost. Twenty-three of her officers were saved. Forty-four of the wounded men from the Rurik have been taken to the naval hospital at Sasebo. Labor Leader Indicted. The Grand Jury handed down ' an Indictment for extortion against Phil ip Welnselmer, the leader of the strike of the Building Trades alliance In New Yorlt. Welnselmer is charged with extorting $2,700 from George Ejslg, a plumber. Was Stabbed to Death. For rebuking a crowd of Italluns who insulted him and two women friends, Jeremiah Gorman, a popular young man of Mahanoy City, Pa., was stabbed in the breast. lie died ut the hospital. Coroner Ordered Arrests. At Defiance, O., the coroner's ver dict, fixing tho blame for killing ot three persons last Friday by the colli sion of a switching train and a trolley car, was made public. The Peoples Gas and Eilectrlc Company was made responsible for the crime. Warrants for the arrest of Motorman Andrew Dean and Conductor George May, on charges of manslaughter, were im mediately issued and they were arrested. SINKING OF THE RURIK. Big Vessel Went Down Endwise Six Hundred Russians Captured. Admiral Knmlmura reports .that at dawn August 14 his squadron discov ered the throo vessels of theVladl vostok sqmidron off L'lsuil, southeast ern ccast of Koren, steaming south ward. The Russian vessels, on sight ing the Japanese squadron, attempted to escape northward, but were pre vented, und lighting commenced at .":2:l a. in. and emu limed until lu:3 l a. m. Ail Hie enemy's ships caught fire? 'veral times by reason of the Japan ese shellH, und apparently suffered heavily, especially the Rurik. Event ually the Russians lied at full speed northward, leaving behind the Rurik, which afterward sank by the stern, her bow standing perpendicularly. Thereupon the whole Japanese squad ron began the rescue of the drowning Russians and picked up about fiOO. Only one of the Japanese ships was hit. Two Japanese were killed and seven Were wounded. AMALGAMATION ARRANGED. International Association of Machin ists Formed. An amalgamation of the member ship of the International Association of Machinists and the International Association of Allied Metal Mecliunlcs was at ranged at a ooinerenee between representatives of those two organiza tions in Cleveland. The union will become effective October 31. Tho name of the new organization will be the International Association ot Ma chinists. Pending the formal merg ing of the two associations, charters granted to new organizations will be Issued nt tlie Washington headquar ters of the International Association of Machinists. The president and secretary of tho two bodies will ar range the details of tho union. The two organization will have a com bined membership of lou.ouo, making It the second largest body of orgunlzed labor of a single craft, in the L'nlicd States. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The total attendance at the World's Fulr to date was 7,0!'o.oou. Halllwell Itadcllfre, 7 years old. died ut Akron, o., alter two days' suf fering from hydrophobia. At Indianapolis Frank L. S. Feon was killed in his auto by being struck by a passenger train at a grade cross ing. Patrick Nelln, of Dunbar, Pa., a newsboy, fell from a Buitlmore and Ohio Railroad train and lost his right leg. Clara Bourlnnd, aged 1ii, was killed nt Madlsonville, Ky., by lightning while talking over a telephone dur ing a thunder storm. William Poormnn, of Canton, a safe maker, about 48 years old, committed suicide by shooting himself In Nlmi sllla park. A family survives him. A trmli) find tnliop naai.mlilv of Coshocton, has decided against a la- bor day celebration. Its members ex pect to go to Newark on that date. A telegram from Liverpool says that ; the American line announces that the s'cerage rate to Philadelphia will be $7.50. instead of $10. ! The strike of the miners of the Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal Compnny, j nt Amsterdam. O., has been declared j off, and the eviction notices have been withdrawn. Kansas, having ceased to send out ! calls for harvest hands, Is getting j ready to offer Inducements to thou sands of men to go there this fall to pick apples. Employes at the Buitlmore and Ohio shops at Connollsvllle, Pa., were ter rorized when a meteor fell slanting over the yards und landed with" a great splash In the Yotigh'iogheny river. A well defined vein of radio active ore has been found on Rhyollte moun tain, between granite and phonolyto walls. Tho moiintuln is north of Cripple Creek, beyond the recognized gold producing area. Pollccmnn Frank Skldmoro was killed and Pollccmnn John Atkinson wus Hcriously wounded while they were attempting to arrest Rosewell "Paddy" White ut Croton, a suburb of New Castle, Pa. What Is thought to have been an at tempt to assassinate George Wine, Secretary and Treasurer of the Akron Bolting Company, occurred when two shots were .fired through tho window at him while he was seated at his desk. The bullets narrowly missed his head. Mystery surrounds the shooting. The police believe that the shots were fired by some recently dis charged employe, and are investigat ing. Martial Law In Paraguay. Consul Hiifflu cables the State De partment at Washington from Ascun slon that martial law has been de clared In Paraguay, The forces of the revolutionists and the govern- nient have had a fight and considera ble disorder prevails. Judge Parker Will Speak. After a lengthy conference between former Judge Parker and a number ot his political advisers. It was announc ed that the Democratic candidate for President would make speeches dur ing the early part of the campaign at Chicago, Indianapolis and Milwaukee. Senator Hoar Is ill at his borne in Worcester, Mass. MUST STOP SPOONING. Guards at Atlantic City Ordered to Warn Loving Couples. Mcnibors of the life guard force at Atlantic City recolved orders from Mayor Stoy to koop loving couples from making public exhibitions of their affection on the beach. By the terms of the order the guards are made judges of what . they deem Im proper actions ot pairs oblivious' to spectators gathered on the beach front during tho bathing hours. KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS COAL COMPANY SOLD OUT. Sheriff Sell Continental Coal Com pany's Store The Keystone Coal Company Takes Control. The store of tho Continental Coal Company, run under tho title of the (lien McLaren Supply Company at Glen McLaren, has been attached, and exposed at sheriff's sale. Thirteen mine mules and other mining property wore recently attached and sold at public sale. The company has been insolvent since last fall, when the slump In the bituminous coal market put it In financial troubles. Its fail ure to pay royalty ta tho Keystone Coal Company, the firm that opened the vein nnd had operated It up to some years ago, when It was leased to the Continental Coal Company,' put the mines back Into that concern's hands. It having virtually assumed control of the mines. One man was killed and two others were Injured In a revolver du over stolen chickens at Midland No. 2, a Pittsburg Coal Company town, ono mile from Canonshurg. The dead man Is John Tongondt, unmarried; a resident of Midland No. 2; almost in stantly killed. The Injured are "Tony" Zullo, foreign miner, shot through the shoulder and taken to Washington Hospital: David Jack son, colored, shot through hip, taken to Washington Hospital. Tho fight Is alleged to have slut ted over n , statement mnde by Tongondt. In which ho accused the other two men of stealing his chickens. No arrests have been made. Zulic end Jackson claimed they fired In self-defense when Tongondt attacked them. Anna Debeskl, a 17-year-old Slavish girl, tied a stone to the necks of her two babes, born a week ago, and cast them Into a vault in tlm rear of hor aunt's home at Brailenvlllo. Tho girl came recently from St. Iiuls, where her father resides, to live with relutlves at Bradcnvllle. Her mother Is in the old country. Constable Harry Fry, of I.iitrobp, arrested the girl and brought her to tho Greens burg Jail. Sits attempted to com mit suicide by cutting her throat with a razor after she had b?en arrested. She refused to -give any details of the killing of her Infants to Coroner W'ynn aftpr she was place'' 'n prison. Lynn Scott, a young rnnn of Buffa lo township, Butler county, has been placed under arrest on an information for manslaughter. Ho is charged with causing the death of George R. Flannlgan a young West Penn rail road brakemau, son of James Flannl gan, of Butler. Whllo at work on a freight train going from Butler to Al legheny a few weeks ago Flannlgan was struck on tho head by an empty beer keg thrown into the car from the steep hillside near the track. His skull was crushed and deuth resulted. Flannigan's father Investigated the case and as a result made Information against Scott. Scott was released on $500 ball. The deal by which tho Home Gas Company of Butler and all its hold ings become tho property of the new Phillips Oil & Gas Company has been completed. The consideration Is re ported as $2(10,000. The oil firm ot Thomas W. Phillips' Sons & Company also is merged and passes title to 90,. 000 acres with 154 producing gas wells and 187 producing oil wolU over to the new concern, which 'Is capi talized at $2,000,000. Tho Phillips Oil & Gas Company Is making ar rangements to supply other Western Pennsylvania towns and cities. The headquarters still remain n Butler. Chief of Police Nugent, of Oil City, was notified by the New York Derec tlve Bureau that it had arrested James Davis, alias Frank Sweeney, a "green goods" man, on a tip given It by the local police. Davis recently sent a letter to a merchant of Oil City offering to sell him $3,000 in bills that could not lie detected from genuine money for $500. The letter was turned over to tho po'lee who opened negotiations with the man. A 2-year-old daughter of Lewis D. Corwln. of Waynesburg, was choked to death to-day from a candy bean entering her wind'ilpe. Tho parents of the child were at Hlgbee when the ac cident occurred, and owing to tho dis tance from a physical! nothing could be done to save the little girl's life. Mr. Corwln recently nubllshed a news paper at Ellwood City, Pa. S. A. Miller's barn, about seven miles from Apollo, was destroyed by flre, the loss being os Imatod at $3,00X1, with $800 Insurance. Mr. Miller's houso was burned a'cout ,six weeks ago. George Conley, of Johnstown, ' was probably fittally hurt by being caught under a wagon loaded with lime, which he was drlvln. when it upset. The accident occurred near Seward. Seven murder cades are on the trial lists for the August term of Criminal Court in Westmoreland county. Be sides these over 100 other cases are set for trial. John Prager, 45 years old, employed at the Tarentum Brewery, was thrown from a Btreet car at New Kenslnston, and was probably fatally hurt. ) Mrs. John Falknor, an aged resi dent of Woodland. Clearfield county, was probubly fatally hurt by being struck by a freight train. Mrs. C. S. Price, f Johaatown, had her leg broken in a runaway ac cident. Her little daughter was also badly hurt. Governor S. W. Pennypacker has fixed October 4 as the date tor the ex ecution of John Calllhan. of Washing ton county. Calllhan was convicted ot killing Moss Bay, colored, with a hatchet. Mrs. Mlna M. Janicky died at Char lerol, from injuries and burns re ceived In a flre which destroyed two small dwellings. The woman attempt ed to start a flre in a stove by pour ing oil on smouldering coal. Epkrlam Krlegar, of Greece City, Butler County, attempted to catch a rattlesnake and was bitten. Ha will recover.
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