NIKE KILLED IN A WRECK Head-on Ccllisio.i of Trains on Canadian Grand Trunk. MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT DEAD. Passengers Were Party of Sightseers on Their Way to Exhibition at Sherbrooke. Nine people were killed and 23 others Injured in a head-on collision on the Grand Trunk Railway near Richmond, Quebec. The trains In volved were a aperial excursion from Montreal bound for Sherbrooke and passenger train No. 5. running be tween Island Pond, Vermont, and Montreal. The collision. It is claim ed, was due to neglect of orders on the part 01 the train crew of the ex cursion train, which left Richmond without awaiting the arrival of tho pa center train. The exrun-.ion train v as running ns the first, section of the regular Grand TriKiU Port In .id express, which usual ly crosses the Island Ponil train at Richmond nnd was running on Its lime. This makes it all the moro Inexp.i! able v !iy Conductor Atkin son, In charge of the excursion train, did no' v. alt to make the usunl crossing. Atkinson disappeared shortly alt"r the wreck occurred. The excursion train, made up of 10 coaches and a baggage car, car ried about it persons bound for the pxhlh'iiion nt Sherbrooke. The Island Po:i:l train was composed of flee coaches ami a baggage car and had only a smitll number of passen gers. The excursion train hail barely cleared the Richmond yard when, rounding a curve, It met the Island Pond train running at a high rate of speed. Bo'h engineers reversed, and, with their firemen, jumped, escaping with minor Injuries. The shock of the collision wns plainly heard in Richmond, more than a mile away. Both engines were locked firmly to gether. The baggage car of the ex cursion Lain wub picked up and dropped on fop of the smoker follow ing it, and It was In these two cars that the greater number of fatalities occurred. Among the killed all oi whom were Canadians is J. B. Blanehet, who was elected to represent St. Hyaclnthe In tho Cmarllnn House of Commons last spring. 800 KEGS OF POWDER EXPLODE. One Man Killed, Three Injured and ! Buildings Wrecked. ' Eight hundred kegs of powder ex ploded in the press room of the Laf lin & Rand powder works, two miles ast of Punxsutawney, Pa., instantly killing one man, seriously injuring three others and causing costiy de struction of property. Leonard Ralr, 21 years old, a wheel man, unmarried, was killed. The injuried are: Lot Balr, super intendent of the press mill, will recov er; William Vandyke, engineer, will recover; Sheridan Calhoun, boiler tender, believed to be fatally hurt. The. press room, about 40 feet square, was totally destroyed. Leon ard Balr was In the building at the time of the explosion. When his tbody was recovered from the ruins It was found part of his head had been blown away. No other part of his body was In the least mutilated. The three other men were in an en gine room 200 feet fiom the press room. Each was severely cut and bruised by flying debris, and all were knocked unconscious by the lorce of the explosion. Other buildings In the factory en .closure were wrecked, and every building within a mile was damaged. The resldenco of Powder Boss Spe no, 2,000 foet from the plant, was ruined. The Spc.no family is visiting In New Jersey, and the house was unoccupied. In many homes every window glass in the house was shat tered, The shock of the explosion caused evory 'building In Punxsutawney to tremble on Its foundation. TROUBLE IN CHINA. Boxerism Revived and Missionaries Flee for Protection. A revival of boxerism Is reported from Tamlngfu, In the southwestern part of Pechlll province, 215 miles from Tientsin, Aver 2U0 Amurlcan missionaries, including women and children, have been obliged to evacu ate Tamlngfu owing to an intended massacre on the part of the boxers, who cull themselves "Tisalyun." The telegraph company refused to trutismlt a message irom these mis sionaries to American Minister Con ger at Pekln. Fortunately, however, an English friend in Honau forward ed their message, whereupon Yuan Slillin, viceroy of Pechlll province, dispatched urgent orders tor their protection. , In ylew of the fact that the local authorities gave them no protection and there wus no hope of continuing their work, the missionaries came out. They traveled In safety. Safe Crackers Make $1,000 Haul. Safe crackers robbed the safe In Etham's furniture house, Tltusville, Pa., of more than $1,000 In cash, and came near wrecking the building. Follows Doubto Shooting by 8ulclde. Jealous because of the attentions paid his stepdaughter by her sweet heart Lorens Lentsch, of Chicago, attempted to kill both with a revolver and then ended his own life In his home. . Augusta Gutb, 20 years old, the stepdaughter, was shot In the back as she aat at a piano, while her sweet heart, Edward Moeller, was abot In the right thigh as. he stood beside bar. i Lentsch Is said to have been In love with his stepdaughter,, who U ex necteC to die. GOOD WEATHER FOR CROPS. Corn Shows Decided Improvement. Outlook for Apples Promising. The weather bureau's weekly sum mary of crop conditions Is as lollows: While the latter part of tho week was abnormally cool In the Ohio val ley, lower lake region, Middle Atlan tic States and New England, the tem perature, as a whole, was favorable for manuring crops. Occasional showers occurred In Central Califor nia, and there was more than the usual rainfall In the Western plateau district. Freezing temperature Is reported from Central Wyoming and light frosts irom Colorado, Montana and portions of Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. Although cool weather has prevented rapid development of corn In tho Ohio valley and lake re gion, the crop as a whole has exper ienced decided Improvement. Much of that prostrated by winds In the previous week in Indiana and Illinois Is straightening. Early corn has al ready matured In Southern Missouri and 'a rtpenlng rapidly In Nebraska and South Dakota, cutting being In progress In the first named State nnd In Kansas. The week was practi cally rainless In the spring wheat re gion of Minnesota and the Dakota. alToriling favorable weather for harv esting and thrashing. Some early wheat in the northern portion of North Dakota Is yet unripe, and rust Is still demoting late wheat In that Stats, and much of the crop will not lie cut. Disappointing yields are generally reported from Idnho, Wash ington nnd Oregon. The oe.tlook for apples continues promising In New England, New York and the upper lake regions, hut. unfa vorable reports continue from tho States of the central valleys. Ex cept in portions of New Englnnd and the Middle Atlantic Stntes, where blight and rot are reported to a great er or less extent, an excellent crop of potatoes Is Indicated. Good prog ress has been made with fall plowing throughout the central valleys and Middle Atlantic States. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. John A. Oreen, of Stone City, was nominated for Congress by the Dem ocrats of the Fifth Iowa district. The shops of the Pullman Compa ny shut down September 1. throwing about 3.000 men out of work. Antonio Glorgla was put- to death In the electric chair at Auburn, N. Y.. for the murder of John VanOorder arfd his half-sister. Miss Farnham, at West Almond, N., Y. Dr. R. S. Sutton, of Allegheny, sued A. H. McKee for $100.(M0 lost In stock market. Light snow fell at Virginia, Minn., on Tuesday. Crops, flowers and garden produce were damaged. Heavy frosts are reported from other western Mesaba range points. Factory No. 12. of the American Window Glass Company at Munclo, Ind., was destroyed 'by fire. Tho loss Is $5.l.0iio. The plant had been Idle for two years. The largest sugar factory In Ger many, named Kulmsee, near Thorn, West Prussia, was burned. Involving a loss of $1.200.00.1. The fire caused a rise In the sugar market at Ham burg. The Paeifle Mall Company's new steamer Mamhuiia nailed for the Orient with the members of tho Phil ippine Commission, returning from their visit here. The Minnesota Democratic State convention nominated John A. John- son. of St. Peter, for Governor and Fendall G. Winston, of Minneapolis, "''-' " '" i"j for Lleulenant Governor. The shooting took place whi c - a ,. , , .. , . hooting, howling mob of nearly 1.000 The Russian losses In the fighting , wero followlnK per Torrance of August 2o and August 26, east and .,, ch,of rtotoctlve for the asso south of Llao-Yang, were 3.000 killed rat!on anil nls two Bllordlnates or wounded. The great majority of the casualties wero sustained at An Plng. By the dropping of an elevator from the seventh floor of the Park building, at Fifth avenuo and Smith field street, Pittsburg, five persons were injured, but It is thought that all of those Injured will recover, Thomas N. McCauley. of New York, i organizer and former President of the j International Mercantile Agency, now in the hands of a receiver, is under arrest charged with larceny of $4,5ou I by C. S. Wllsnx, of Hamilton, Ont., a j former stockholder. ! Five hundred steel care riveters em-; ployed by the Pressed Steel Car Com- ; pany at Schoenvllle went on a strike j for higher wages. They have been getting $1.S0 a day for ordinary and j $2.25 for flat cars. They ask for a uniform scale of $2.25. j The Pennsylvania Company has tho ! work well under way lor extensive j improvements in tho Alliance yards, j New tracks will be laid. The im-1 provements will make Alliance the i largest freight transfer point on the syBtem. Fire Destroys 180 Hose. The large packing plant of Street and Cockran, In Baltimore, was total- j ly destroyed by fire,, the loss being j estimated at $125,000. The buildings, j a large stock o meats and 180 hogs I were entirely consumed. Several i firemen received minor Injuries, none i serious. The fire was caused by the explosion ot'ummonia tanks. By recent order of the War Depart ment, Columbus is jnade the head quurt.ers for the United States Ma rine Corps Recruiting district, with substations at Pittsburg, Wheeling, Cincinnati and Dayton. Captain E. E. West in charge. Church to Sell Live Stock. The trustees of the United Presby terian Church at Taylorstown, Pa., have devised a new way to raise money to repair tuelr church. A big harvest home picnic is to be held In the Bnodgrass woods. After dinner there Is to be an auction sale of live stock and other artloles which have been contributed by members of the church and others. Already a big lot of stock has been donated, be sides many useful article lor farm use. PROGRESS OF THE WAR Russian and Japanese Armies in a Decisive Struggle SLAUGHTER AT PORT ARTHUR. Desperate Attempt of the Japanese to Take the Fortification Against Fearful Odds. Russian and Japanese armies, esti mated to total 500,000 men, are locked In death struggle on the plains of Llao-Yang. The battle began on the 30th ult., the Japanese wtth 1.200 guns searching the Russian position, but efforts to turn the Muscovite flank were repeatedly repulsed. Report from Tokyo tells how Jap anese captured An-Plng, after a three days' battle and the loss of 2,000 men. Two Japanese companies, which succeeded In occupying a Russian po sition near Llao-Yang, were mistaken for Russians, and were annihilated by Japanese artillery Are. The Japanese forces engaged In this battle can only be estimated, but they are believed to number about 200,000 men. General Kuropatkin Is known to have six armv corns, besides 147 squadrons of cavalry, bringing up I tho RtiRainn total to about the same number that the Japanese have. How the armies compnro with regard to ' artillery Is not definitely known. A special courier from Port Arthur brings accounts of the fighting as published In copies of the Novjl Krai, which is edited by Colonel Arwetlff. The paper states that at It o'clock on the night of August 24, tho Japanese concentrated a great force of Infantry opposite a redoubt battery on a moun tainous position. Lying prone, the Japanese began to creep along the lines. The Russians waited until they were beneath tho walls, when they opened volley firing. The Japanese rolled down the hill side, dead and wounded, their rifles rattling after them. At midnight they advanced again with reckless bravery. One company penetrated the line of defences, but the Russian Infantry, shouting, drew their bayonets and an nihilated the enemy. The main body of the Japanese re treated over the hills and then threw searchlights over the scene. More troops advanced, stumbling across the dead and wounded. The Russians waited until they were 100 yards away, then fired their machine guns, which were protected by armor plates, and mowed the enemy down like reap ers cutting grain. Once mor the Japanese endeavor ed to storm the fort. There was a hand-to-hand fight and the maxims were used. The furrows of dead In creased, row upon row, and the wounded and dead were mixed to gether. So near were the Infantry stirt machine guns engaged that men fired point blank at one another. DETECTIVES MOBBED. One Kilted and Two Injured In Alle gheny City. Following a hearing before Alder man Walter Wadsworth of Allegheny, In which Harry W. Starkey and his brother. Nelson C. Starkey, detectives of the Allegheny County Sabbath Ob- I servance Association, were hold for ' -'" R ' i"'JJ "V0 " ,rafy ,n ln11't, ,h.e T" r, "J1"1.?"- from tho alderman's office. Harry D. Knox, 35 years old, mar ried was shot through the abdomen and died on tho way to the Allegheny General Hospital. The Injured are George Kanoute, aged 35 years, supposed to be a driv er of an Ice wngon. Power T. Gam ble, of No. 502 Lowell street, Pitts- burg, badly beaten about the head and body and cut about the face. Mado his escape after the shooting. Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, passed his 78th birthday on the 29th of August. BIG ORDER FOR CARS. Standard Steel Car Company Will Build 1,000 for the B. & O. Tho Standard Steel Car Company, which lias its works at Butler, Pa., received an order for 1,000 40-foot drop-end gondolas from tho Baltlmoro and Ohio Railroad. The gondolas aro to be built after tho latest designs of the car company and contain a number of improvements. To order calls for delivery In Oc tober and November. There are I enough orders on the books of the j company to keep its plant In partial operation to December 1. The plant has not been working up to capacity for several months, owing to tho gen eral dullness of the railroad equip ment business. 300 Families Homeless. Forest fires have destroyed the hamlet of Little Bay. N. F., and 300 families are homeless. Two men have been drowned. The steamer Prospero embarked the women and children. The men are fighting the flumos In en effort to prevent the fire from covering a wider area. The government Is providing food, shel ter and other assistance. FIND BOER TREA8URE. $1,250,000 Hidden from Lord Roberts Unearthed In Transvaal. Mr. Kemp, a cousin of General Kemp, the boer commander, baa dis covered boyond Spelonken, in ' the Northern Transvaal, Jhe treasure re moved from Pretoria before the entry of Field Marshal Lord Roberts. The value of tbe treasure Is estimated at $1,250,000, of which tbe government will reoelve half. KONGO 8TATE BUILDS FORTS. Believed to Apprehend a German Invasion. Official Information from British Central Africa says that the Kongo Free State Is constructing forts of considerable magnitude , on (the , west ern shore of Lake Tanganyika and that one of these forts, which Is equipped with 20 guns, Is within two hours of the German frontier. It Is believed that the Belgians appre hend a German Invasion. A number of natives who are German subjects have been expelled from the Kongo Free State. It Is understood that ne gotiations regarding the matter are now proceeding between Berlin and Brussels. The west shore of Lake Tanganyika belong to the Kongo Free State, the south shoro to the British Central Africa and the east shore to German Post Africa. The area of the lake Is estlmnted at 14,onn square miles. RUSSIA WILL REFUSE. Unlikely That She will Reopen Ne gotiations With United States. While Russia has not yet rejected the proposal of the United States gov ernment lor the reopening of negotia tions looking to the unrestricted rec ognition of American passports, It Is practically certain that she will de cline,, as she has heretofore done, to entertain the proposition on the ground that It involves a question of purely domestic policy, nnd that a compliance with the wishes of the United States would entail a com plete change in the laws of the em pire In so far as they affect the Jews. Upon the actual Intervention of the Emperor himself would seem to rest the only possible hope of a Russian agreement even to enter Into negotia tions on the subject with the United States. TWO WERE KILLED. Horse Ran Away and Dashed Into Train at Crossing. A horse driven by Dr. nnd Mrs. A. O. Miner, ran Into a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train at Tod avenue crossing. Warren, O.. and they wero both killed. Flagman John Cohen made futllo efforts to prevent the ac cident, but tho driver could not con trol the fractious horse. Mr. Miner was a prominent physician. B8 years old. and his wife was 65 years old. Both had largo property Interests In Nlles, their former home. No chil dren survive them. HUNDRED PERSONS PERISH. Five Thousand Rendered Homelese by Fire. The city of Binang, In Laguna pro vince, Island of Luzon, has been de stroyed by Are. One hundred per sons perished In the flames and 500 were rendered homeless. Tho loss la estimated at $200,mm. The gov ernment Is furnishing shelter and food to tho people made destitute by the fire. Binang had a population of 7.358. SIXTEEN 8AILORS DROWN. English Captain and Fifteen of the Crew Lose Their Lives. A boat containing the captain and 16 members of tho crew, who had left the British steamer Baron lnnerdale, which was ashore at the Kuria Mura islands, off the southeast coast of Arabia, capsized nnd all the occupants were drowned, with the exception of one boy, who was saved by natives. Tho Baron lnnerdale sailed trom Kurrachu, British India, July 27, for tho United Kingdom or the continent. Boston Wool Market. A firm tone marks tho wool zone. Tho leading quotations follow: Ohio and Pennsylvania XX and above, 34 35c; X, 303lc; No. 1, 3334c; No. 2. 33f&34c; fine unwashed, 25fj20c; 4, and Vi blood unwashed. 281,4 29c; unwashed delalno, 2ll27c; flno washed delaine, SKgfSnVic. Michi gan, X and above, 27 28c; No. 1, 30 Cft31c; No. 2, 2930c; fine washed, 21tn,,22c; Vi. and Vi blood washed, 28f28Vic; unwashed delaine, 25&2iie; flno washed delalno, 32cg33c. Ken tucky, Indiana, etc., and Vi blood, 29(8 29V4c. CALLS FOR PAPERS. Senator Hoar Is Able to Read and to Comment on Lodge's Address. The following bulletin was given out by General Rock wood Hour regard ing the condition or the Senator: "The Senator has had a comfortable day, has taken his nourishment and has held his own, though there Is no evidence of increaso In strength. For the first time since his illness ho called for the newspapers and showed Interest and commented on Senator Henry Cabot Lodge's address and other matters of public Interest." New Koad to Be Built. A. K. Harvey, engineer for the llinghampton and Southern Railroad Company, which It Is planned to build from Willlamsport, Pa., to Blng hampton, to connect with the Dela ware and Hudson Railroad, returned from New York nnd announced that the actual work of construction will be started Within a month at the southern end of the line. Fifteen head of horses were burned In a fire which destroyed the stables of Charles Marshall, on Lake Btreet, Allegheny. Fifty Firms Are Affected. Seven hundred tinsmiths and sheet metal workers of Philadelphia, went out on a strike for an advance of 5 cents an hour. Formerly the men were paid at the rate of 37 Vi cents an hour. They are asking for 42 Vi cents an hour, tbe work day to remain at eight bours. Fifty fir ins are af fected by the strike. A statement was Issued by the employers to the effect that tbe union refused to accept an agreement or to submit the same to arbitration. RUSSIAN HIN STRAITS Military Experts See no Way of Escape for Kuropatkin. JAPANESE HAVE ADVANTAGE. Russian Army Driven from Defenses at Llao-Yang and Cut off on All Sides. The Russian army after being drlv en back from the outer defenses of Llao-Yang to the works of the fortress Itself, abandoned It and crossed to the right bank of the Taltse river to meet General Kurokl's army, which has suc ceeded In crossing the river and Is turning the Russian left flank. It Is also reported that the Japanese have occupied Liao-Yang, and that railroad communication between Llao-Yang and Mukden are Interrupted. According to telegraphic advices re ceived at Tokyo the Japanese army corps on the left, by fierce and re pealed assaults, took possession of the heights which the Musslan right occupied. Thereupon all the Rus sians south of Llao-Yang began to re treat. The Japanese army is now pursuing. At daybreak September 1 the Jap anese army on the left delivered a fierce and successful assault against the heights to the west of Halinlntun, and the high ground to tho west of Shoushanpno. It pierced the Russian lines and later forced tho retirement of the Russian troops from their position on the right and center. Field Marshal Marquis Oyama tele graphs that his losses In these as saults were heavy. It is believed here that General Kouropalkin has been sweepingly de feated and that the possession of Llao-Yang Is a matter of hours. I lie resii.i ur mis pursuit mm me i result of the fierce battle waited on the eastern line where Kurokl is as- I sailing the force which has long screened Lino-Yang, together with tho abandonment of the Russian right center on the southern lino exposes the Russian' lelt. It Is the opinion of certain members of the general staff at Washington city, who have familiarized themselves with the trend of events in the far east, that the Russian army, now In Manchuria, Is doomed to capture. Un less Kuropatkin surrenders, say the experts of our war bureau, he will see his really fine army exterminated by the constant pounding of the Jap anese, who now are in such position as to be practically Irresistible. The officers of the general staff say that from what they can gather from recent dispatches from the seat of war, the Japanese have the Russian completely surrounded on all sides which might afford any hope of es cape, and that the only country now open to Kuropatkin Is wholly Imposst ble for a military operation Involving a successful retreat In the face of a determined foe. MORE OVENS FIRED. Substantial Evidences of the Improve ment In Trade in the Coke Regions. The coke trade shows pigns of a de cided Improvement. Orders were Is sued during the week for the firing of almost 3,000 ovens In the Connclls vllle and Masnntown fields, of which number the latter field has about 500 ovens. The Frlck Company blew In a large number of these ovens. Pro duction Increased over 13,000 tons last week and shipments show a gain of over lh'.coo tons. This apparent dis crepancy Is due to the largo amount of stock coke lifted. George W. Cummings Dead. George W. Cunimings, Vice Presi dent of the American Press Associa tion, died suddenly August 28 at Banff, Northwest territory, while on bis way from his home In Los Ange les, Cal., to Now York. Mr. Cum mings was born near Terre Haute, lnd.. In 1848, and was graduated from Indiana State University in 1872. Ho engaged in Journalism, was one of the founders of the American Press Asso ciation, and In his Inter years was Identified with a number of business undertakings. Mr. Cummings died possessed of considerable fortune. TRAGEDY OF GRAND BANK. Thirty-One of Fishing Crew Lost, One by One, While Trawling. The Canadian schooner Troop, from the Grand Hanks fishing grounds, re ports that on August 20 the fishing schooner Coleralne reported huvlng spoken a French barkeniine. namo un known, 170 miles off Capo Race with only three men lelt ont of a crew of 34, the others having been lost while fishing with their dories. The French Captain begged Captain 7imniorman to board his vessel nnd help him to reach this port, but the weather was too stormy to permit compliance with this request, and it Is feared that tho French vessel ami the remainder of her crew have per ished. CZAR'8 LATEST DECREE. Service of Port Arthur Reduced So Every Month Counts a Year. By an Imperial decree published In the Official Messenger tho term of ! military service for the soldiers of ' tho Port Arthur garrison Is reduced i so that every month served from May ' last unt'l the end of the year shall j I......... iui wuu jvai uu UIU mil leilll Ul service. Urge Roosevelt to Stop War, At the final session of the Connec ticut peace congress a resolution was adopted requesting President Roose velt to use his good offices to Induce Russia and Japan to refer all their differences to The Hague court of ar bitration. Insurgent Take City. The Paraguayan revolutionists have captured Villa Conception and 400 men with arms and ammunition. JAIL TRUSTY LYNCHED. Mob Hangs Negro Victim First In Jures Six Men. Joe Martin, colored, who was sen tenced to six months to jail at Lara mie, Wyo., for misdemeanor and whose sentence was nearly over, was made a trusty. He cut and slashed the face and neck of Delia Crousn. white girl confined In the Jail, In the Jail kitchen. A mob of 300 broke Into the Jail and lynched Martin. Six men were injured by Martin before they secured him. After, assaulting Miss Crouse with a razor, Martin was placed In a cell. The first Intimation Sheriff Cook had of the contemplated lynching was when two masked men appeared In the kitchen of the Jail, and with level ed guns told him there wero 2o men waiting outside for the negro, and that he better not attempt to make trou ble. Meantime another masked man en tered. While the first two men held the Sheriff, the third man took the keys of the Jail from the Sheriff's pocket, and the three started for the negro's cell. On the way they met Dr. Miller, who had been summoned to dress two wounds on Martin, self Inflicted, with the same razor with which he had assaulted the girl, and Turnkey Jones. The doctor and the turnkey were compelled to stand BRalnst the cage of the cells with their faces turned away. The negro was then taken from his cell and marched Into the street. Ar riving at a lnmp post the negro was quickly strung up. During the en tire procedlng the negro did not -speak or attempt to resist. Within an hour after the lynching tho streets were deserted. DAUGHTER GETS ESTATE. Mrs. Anne M. Walker Inherits Fifty Million Dollars. The will of William Weight man. head of the firm of Powers & Weight man, manufacturing chemists, who died a few days ago at the age of 91 years, was probated. His estate, val ued at more than $50,000,000, was left to his daughter, Mrs. Anne M. Walker, widow of Congressman Robert J. C. Walker, of Willlamsport, Pa. By the terms of the will Mr. Walker, who Is the only surviving child, becomes sole proprietor ol the extensive chem ical works, which makes her one of the richest women In the world. Mrs. Walker will assume active manage ment of the drug business besides looking after the real estate left her by her father, who was one of the largest holders of real estate In the country. He owned much property In Pennsylvania outside of Philadel phia, and also In New York, Ohio, Ne braska, Delaware, Wert Virginia, Mis souri and Wisconsin. ' NEWS NOTES. Magistrate Richard C. Folk, of Sum ter, 8. C, was shot and killed by County Supervisor W. H. Seale at Providence, S. C. Majority of striking pnckltig house employes aro ready to call their fight off. After killing his 2-year-old son nt Long Branch, N. J.. Thomas Hauld Bcbmlilt, a gardener, ended his own life. The National Council, Daughters of Liberty, In convention at Portland, Me., voted to meet next year at Chi cago. Rev. Henry naas, 73 yearR old, of Loudon, who canto to write a book on tile fair, died at the Inside Inn after his return from a walk. Joseph Kink was suffocated In a Are which destroyed the Salvation Army barracks at Stamford, Conn. William Ferguson wns probably fatally hurt. At Oquago lake, nenr Deposit. N Y.. Robert Caufleld. of East Orange, N. J., and Amelia and Ednn Kramer, of Brooklyn, N. Y., were drowned. John Linen, of Oil City, Pa., 18 years old, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter by a Venango county Jury. Llnch Is alleged to have struck and killed Alfred Thumwood with his flst on July 2. Dick Brooks, the alleged partner of Joe Lancy, Jr., was arrested at Rome, (ia. Lancy, who is only It! years old Is under arrest at Atlanta charged with embezzling $1,000 from the West ern Union Telegraph Company, at Dallas, Tex. May Settle Strike Agitation. Whether or not there w.U be a strike on the New xsrk elevated roads and tho new subway depends largely on tho result of a conference to be hold between Edward P. Bryan, Vlco President and General Manager of the Interborough Rapid Transit Compuny and ofliclnls of the Broth erhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen. Fifteen hundred delegates of the two unions have voted unanlni' ously to support the demands of the "L" niotornien that tho drivers of the Rtibway trains shall 'receive $3.50. The labor men at the conference will include Grand Chief Warren B. Stone and First Assistant Grand Chief J. J Hurley, of the Brotherhood of LocO' motive Engineers. 70 DROWN IN POLAND. Ferryboat Capsizes and Out of 100 Only 30 Are Saved. A dispatch from Berlin says a tele gram received from Iodz, Poland, an nouncing that a ferryboat capsized on the river Kamleu, I'esultlng lu 70 persons being drowned. Thirty of the passengers were saved. It Is added that the boat was licensed to carry only 30 persons. FIND GREAT GOLD MINE. Japan Preparing to Open Fielda Est! mated Worth Half a Billion. Following au Inspection mado by government engineers the governmen has Issued a proclamation making complete preparation to develop gold fields recently discovered In the province of Iwate. The engineers estimate that these fields will yield gold to tbe value of $500,000,000. It la estimated that the annual yield of tbe mines will be $15,000,000. KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS RIVAL KILLED, WOMAN SHOT. Two Men Quarrel - at, Railroad Station About Who Shall Act as Escort. , Disputing as to which one should act aa escort for Mrs, Samuel Epler on her way to her home, Jacob Epler and Frink Yanney, farmer, who live near Dushore, quarreled and Yanney shot both Epler and the woman. Ep ler was so badly wounded that he died. Mrs. Epler was shot In the right thigh. Yanney alleges that be acted In si'lf delense. He 4s locked in tbe jail at Laporte. The trio had just returned from an excursion to Harveys Lake, near Wllkesharre, and the shooting occurred at the railroad station at Dushore. The Moser family met at New Cas tle and formed an association and elected officers: President, George Moser, Now Castle; Vice President, Jacob Moser, Greenville; Secretary, Prof. John L. Moser, New Castle; Treasurer, Frank Gelger, New Castle; Executive Committee, J. E. P. Con nell, William Simpson and Mrs. Era Hnmmnnt, New Cnstie, and Mrs. Ida Phillips, Sharpsville. Mystery continues to surround the disappearance of John A. Lawver, the Altoona publisher who lelt for New Bloomfleld Friday, and whose cloth ing was afterward found on the Ju niata river bank. Every foot of the ground which he traversed has been searched thoroughly wltnout results. The hunt will be continued. The State of Pennsylvania, through Its district Health Officer, the county of Westmoreland, the Board of Health of Hempfleld township, officials of the United States Coal Company and four physicians are battling with the small pox scourge at Edna No. Z. a mining town three miles southeast of Irwin. There are 18 cases. ' The Buffalo. Rochester and Pitts burg 'Railroad aunounced that a new boiler Bhop. 300x140 feet, will be 'built nt once. When this addition is com pleted the DuBols shops will have a capacity of turning out an engine every 36 hours. Tbe road has or dered 10 new locomotives. Mrs. Thomas R. Roberts, SO years old. Is suffering from Injuries and nervous shock at her home In South Sharon, following a frightful exper ience with a negrr William Mahnn, her assailant, was landed In jail, after a lynching had been narrowly averted. When John Pomeroy, an undertaker at Anita, opened the front door of hla house he was shocked upon discover ing the dead body of an Italian lying on tho porch. The clothing was soaked wtth blood, and an examina tion showed that the man had been killed by a bullet. Has Henri Bcntzel, of Dover town ship, a young school teacher and jus tice of the peace, been murdered T Bentzel was a teacher at Stough s school near Dover. His father Is rich and It is :;tiown thnt he himself had $5,000. He often carried large sums of money and valuable jewelry. The Shenango Valley steel plant at New Castle resumed after a week's Idleness. The new 500-ton blast fur nace Just completed by the Carnegie Company wns also placed In opera tion. Tho other new 500-ton fur nace win be reaay cany in uciooer. Mis. Harry Blumstach, of Wrlghts vllle, and her three little daugh ters have disappeared and the hus band fears she has carried out her threat to murder her little ones and take her own life. Ill health affected her mentally. The nlant of the American Sheet and Tinplate Compuny at Leechburg, which was cloged lor four weeKS. re sumed. Atl other Industries, Includ ing the Pittsburg Steel 8hovei Com pany and the West leechburg Steel Company, are In full operation. Mark J. Moran was killed on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Lancaster. From papers found in his coat it waa learnetl he was a member of the Eagles' aerie at Denver, Col., and al so of the miners' union at Cripple Creek. State Fish Commissioner Meohan has to date granted 40 licenses to build and maintain Ash dams and bas kets In the streams of the State. This is 30 In excess of the number Issued at this time last year. In the Berks county court Judge Endllch handed down a decision de claring Illegal the election hold Feb ruary 16 last authorizing a loan by the city of $;)45.000 for municipal Improve ments. Domlnlo Constance, an Italian, one ot the gang of the Centre county jail breakers, was convicted of having set fire to the house of David Roberock. father of tho girl of whom he was enamored, on the night of June 12. The residence of Joseph Fry, north of Irwin, wns destroyed by fire, the loss amounting to about $2,500. An adjoining house was considerably damaged. Samuel Cohn, of Butlor, fell from the top of a Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad train, nnd received Injuries that may prove fatal. W. T. Emenhiser. a lumberman, was killed by a train at Howard, Cen ter county. He leaves a wife and four children. The store of G. N. Fry, at Oil City, was entered by burglars, who escaped detection and secured goods worth about $1100. Robbers entered the Jewish synago gue of Keiihera Israel at Harrisburg, and took everything In sight In the way of valuables except a Hebrew Bible and a copy of the ten command ments. Frank Costa, aged 17, shot and fa tally wounded his father, John Coata, at the lattcr's home In Carbondale. The boy has not lived at home for some time but paid a visit there and became Involved In quarrel which ended by the young man drawing a revolver and shooting hla father In the brcaat.
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