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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.