COLUMN BLOWN TO PIECES Detachment of 700 Japanese Annihilated by Mines. HILLSIDES STREWN WITH DEAD. Victims 80 Badly Mutilated That Their Number Could Not Be Ascertained. A Japanese column, numbering ap proximately 700 men, hlle inarching long nl night tin a rnml In thn val ley between Long Kill and Division Hill, met a frlKhttttl disaster through the explosion ot an electric land mine, September t. The mine was carefully litlil by the IluttalHua and covered nearly a mil of available marching space. The explosive was plared at the bottom. Rock were placed next, anil on top of these clay waa packed so carefully that the ground Rave the Impression or not having been disturbed. The indications of Japanese activity In this vicinity put the ItiiHNlana on guard. Near mldnlghl the out pouts riiHhed In and reported that the Jap anese were approaching. The Rus sians withheld 'heir the for Home time. Buddenly they threw a aenrch light tip the valley. The Japanese opened with a rllle Ore. The Rus sians waited until apparently the whole Japanese column wns In the danger none. Then the mine waa exploded. The force of the explosion knocked a number ol Kusslnns down, and the alght of Japanese rifles, wntur-hot-tie, legs and arms hurling through the lighted apace made by the search light, waa an awful spectacle. Some rock landed ItiHlde the Russian lines. There waa one appalling moment, during which the garrison Itself waa aliiimcd, then a deathlike alienee. The searchlight coldly lighted tip tho road anil hillsides strewn with dead. The following diiy the Russians bur led the dond. but owning to their dis membered ami mutilated condition they were unable to accurately esti mate the number of killed. A few Japanese escaped, however. MEAT STRIKE ENDED. Men Will Apply for heir Positions In Packing Houses. The strike of the butcher workmen, which has demoralized the meat pack ing Industry for two months, was of ficially declared off by President Michael J. Donnelly of the Amalgam ated Meat Cutters & lbitcher Work men. Donnelly this morning tele graphed the member of the Nutlonnl Kxecutivo Committee asking their consent, and having received fnvoru ble answers from all, be declared that the strike would end. The strike of a mi in tod unions at the stock yards In sympathy with the butchers will officially be called off by the conference board of tho allied trades. This was decided up on by the central body. When the packers were notified that It had been decided to end the strike they announced that they would give places as far ns possible to the skilled men, but 4t was atated at the same time that many of the men would be unable to secure their old places, as in many cases tho work was being performed in a sntlslnctory manner by men who had been se cured alnco tho commencement of the strike. HOTEL CLERK MURDERED. $250 In Cash and Many Valuables Secured. After pounding tho night cloik, H. S. Butler, to death and leaving him lying on tho floor of the office, a thief rifled the safe of tho Greek Hotel on Forty-second street, nearly op posite the Grand Central station. New York, securing $250 In cash and a quantity of valuables which had been left with the clerk for safe keep ing. Soon after the clerk's body was found the police sent out a gen eral alarm for Percy Howard, 23 years old, a bell boy, who had been em ployed at the hotel only about a week, and disappeared before But ler's body was found. SOLD TO THE WABASH. Gould Interests Get Large Property In Pittsburg District. The Pittsburg Terminal Railroad and Coal Company, the "West Slilo Belt Railroad Company and all its branches, and all the subsidiary com panies of the coal company, have been sold to the Wabash Interests. The price paid for the properties was about $12,000,000, the promotors realizing a profit ot about $800,000. The purchase includes 15.000 acres of coal lan in fee simple, 1,000 acres of surface land, seven mines and 36 miles ot railroad, with valuable ter minals in Pittsburg and Clalrton. The property was assembled in 1902 by Messrs. Donnelly and Nicola. It is completely doveloped and fitted with modern machinery. The present output is at the rale ot 3,000,000 tons, of coal annually. The purchase of the properties, and especially the railroad, secures for the Wabash an .immediate tonnage which, it is said, will be sufficient to pay the interest on the entire Issue of the Pittsburg; Terminal bonds. Voting Trust Dissolved. With the payment of the recently declared semi-annual dividend ot 2 per cent on the first preferred stock of the Reading Company the voting trust of the corporation jras dissolv ed. The affairs of the company will in future be In the bands of the share bolder, i Sir Thomas Lipton leaves England the end of September for St. Louis, where be will be the guest ot David - R. Francis, President of the Exposition. BUSINESS HAS IMPROVED. Brighter Outlook In the Industrial World, Many Steel Mills Resum ing Operations. II. (1. Dun A Co.'s "Weekly He view of Tiado" says: Holiday In fluence Is calculated to check distri bution of merchandise, but the past week him brought moru encouraging resultH In the business world. Re tail trade In rail tines of dry guiidH, clothing, millinery and nearly all wearing apparel shows n healthy growth, and for hardware, household utensils nml kindred lines there Is a broader demand. The best development of tho week was the resumption of work In many industries that have suffered through st lilies. Crop progress Is better than the average, and high prices promise large protlts to I Im (aimers. Hall way freight Is heavy, chiefly due to the marketing of grain and cotton, and earnings In August were 2.8 per cent larger than In 1 tton. HI mis of better conditions In lending manu facturing Industry multiply as thn season advances, and the actual amount of business In sight has In creased very materially, despite the Indisposition or thn railways to place orders freely for rolling stock, lulls and other equipment. At the South there Is still trouble on account of the liilumlnon coal miners' strike which strengthens the coke market. Itesiimpllou of work by aevernl prominent Western ateel companies put morn pig iron fur naces In blast. Hest oral Ion of more normal conditions In thn packing In dustry has removed some of the arti ficial strength from the bide mnrket. Hole leather is dull. Conservatism Js still the prominent characteristic of the primary mnrket for cotton goods. Woolens and worsteds are strong and quiet, old IiuhIucss occu pying the attention of machinery and shipping departments. Failures this week numbered 200 In the fulled States, attalnat 172 last year, and 111 In Cunada, compared with 19 a yeac ago. A TOTAL WRECK. Freight Train Plunges Over Embank ment at Horse Shoe Bend. One of the most, frlghtrul accidents In tho history or tho Pennsylvania Railroad occurred at the famous Horse ahoo curve, five miles west of Alloonn, Khortly after 11 o'clock at night when a freight engine and 35 loaded cars lelt the track and plunged niimlieils or lent down the steep em bun kuient. The engineer and ono brnkeman were killed, the flremnn and a tramp were bo seriously hurt that they may die, and three others of the train crew are missing and are thought to be dead under tho wreckage. The dead are: William Uoardnian, engi neer, lived at I'ltcairn. Went over tho embankment with his engino. Charles l.ohr, head brnkemnn, lived at Pltcairn. Went over the embank ment with the train. Tho train wtih composed of 3T load ed cars and wns going rnst. As it left the (iulll'zln tunnel, it got be yond thn control of thn trainmen and started down the mountain at terrific speed. All efforts to lessen tho speed were uselcsa. As It reached tho steep curve J ii. st west of thn Horsn shoo curve, tho engine left the track, going over tho embankment, carrying a lu mber of ears with It. and piling up 18 cn the tracks. The engineer and fliemen were carried with It. Tho engineer is burled under tlie wreck age. M03 SETS FIRE TO JAIL. Alabama Lynchers Outwit Militia and Hang Negro. A mob, estimated at 2,000, set Are to tho jail at Huntsvllle, Ala., and after Bocurlng Horace Maples, a negro charged with the murder of a white ciWjien, hanged him on a treo in sight of tho Jail. The sheriff. Ms deputies and a company of tho local militia, were unable to savo the prisoner. The lire department, which was summoned, was held a square away from tho burning Jail, armed men standing guard over each Individual member of tho department. ARMENIANS RAID TOWNS. Twenty-Two Were Killed by Attack of Turkish Troops. ' A hot fight between Armenian in surgonts and Turkish troops occurred ut Vau, August 31, In which more than a score wore killed. Armenians to the number ot 150 raided the town, captured four houses and barricaded themselves. Troops attacked the houses and In the right two soldiers and 20 other persons were killed. The authorities set tire to a number of ad Joining houses, so the troops might be better enabled to besioge the in surgents. The town was panic stricken, and those inhabitants who had not lied to the mountains took refuge in the churches and convents, It is stated by the authorities that other Armenian bands are preparing to cross the Persian frontier. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The New Hampshire Democratic State Convention, at Concord, gave the Gubernatorial nomination by ac clamation to Henry F. Mollis, of Con cord, who was the candidate of the party two years ago. Mr. W. W. Astor arrived in New York on the Majestic, it being bis first visit to his native city since he became a British subject. Judge A. Heaton Robertson, con servative, was nominated by the Con necticut Democratlo convention, de feating Mayor Charles F. Thayer, of Norwich, the radical candidate. Fire at Progresso, Meg,, wiped out an entire business block, causing a loss of almost $1,200,000, with little insurance. Rev. Father Stanton found no less than 153 new species of parasites In the Philippines. SEVEN KILLED IN A WRECK Many Passengers Imprisoned In Splintered Cars. DAY COACH LEFT THE TRACK. Hesvy Dining Csr Fell on Top of Day Cosch Where Most Passengers Were. Tho soiitliboun I Walia ilt passenger train which lelt Pes Mollis fur St. liOiils nt 8:40 a. m was wrecked near Pendleton, Mo., killing seven passim gers and Injutlng mure than 30. Tho dead: J. R. Nichols, Macon, Mu.i Mrs, Henry Foleht, Huntingdon, Pa.; Mrs. C. II. Graves, I.ap'.at t, Mo.; Ed na Patterson, l.aplata. Mo.; Mrs. Hen derson, l.apUta, Mo.; Mrs. Anna llrenner, Macon, Mo.; Miss H'ifoler, daughter of A. F. Holder, Macon, Mo. The train, which was composed of an engine, baggage and smoking car, day coach, diner and Pullman sleeper, was well tilled, It being estimated by Wabash officials that there wern about GOD passengers on board. Tho train wns running at Its schedule speed when the urcldent. occurred. Thn day conch lelt tho track and plunged down an embankment, drag ging the diner with It. The heavy diner crashed on top ot thn couch, and thn majority of Hiomo killed and Injured were passengers In tho latter. TWO KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK. Four Others Are Seriously Injured. Freights Clash Together. On tho lltilTalo, Rocli'itr and Plus fours; Railroad near Curnmn, 10 miles below llriickwayvllle, Pa., two freight t ruins came toge'her, killing two trainmen, seriously Injuring four others and piling up the engines and several cars Jn a shapeas mass, of wreckage. The killed: Fireman Clyde Osterstuck. of train No. 42, crushed and scalded beneath .eiiglnn No. 23:1 and burled beneath a pllo of ore and coal. Rfslilod at Bradford. Head brakntnun Jume:4 Welsh, of train No. 42, riding In cab with Outer stuck. Met ileal b In tho sanin man ner as the fireman. Lived at Sul.i mnnca. The Injured: Engineer Gordnler, scalded and crushed in call of his en gine, No. 233. Taken to Bradford hospital. Homo nl, Salamanca. Knglneer McCord, of No. 2H2, slight ly injured by Jumping. Live at tlrndlord. Fireman C. (1. Volk. or No. 2S2. In jured by Jumping through rali win dow. Slightly scalded and head and face rut. Uvea at Bradford. llrakemnn Wilson, of train No. 53. llailly cut about head and fact, and legs injured In Jumping. Lives at Clearfield. Tho wreck occurred on a curve and the trains came together before the brnkeman realized thn situation. Thn rauso Is charged to the misunder standing of orders on tha part of northhound train No. 42 drawn by en gine No. 233. Vermont's Vote. With only two small towns missing the Republican plurality ot 31.500 la the State election is believed to bo within a few votes of the correct fig ures. Four years ago it was 31,312. Tho folal vote for Governor without tho two towns is: Doll (Kip.), 47, 991; Porter (Pom.), M.492; a Repub lican plurality or 31,444. The missing towns gave a Republican plurality Inst year of 08. The returns from 221 towns show that the Senate will be HOlluly Republican.. The State officers chosen are: Gov ernor, Charles J. Bell, Wolden; Lieu tenant Governor, Charles H. Stearns, Johnson; Treasurer, John T. Bacon, Hartford; Socretary of Slato, Freder ick O. Fleetwood, Morrlsvlllo; Audi tor, Horace F. Graham, Craftsbttry, David J. Foster, of Burlington, was elected to Congress from tho First district, and Klttreilgn Hasidns, of Hruttleboro, from the Second district. John Grler Holmes, banker and cap italist, ot Pittsburg, died on board the steamship Teutonic In tha Atlantic ocean September 5 of heart disease. TRIENNIAL CONCLAVE. Plumed Knights March in Fine Order Through San Francisco. The twenty-ninth triennial conclave of the Order of Knight Templars was Inaugurated at San Francisco with a parade which marched over seven miles of the city's streets. A strik ing feature of the parade was the presence in the line ot the Earl of Euston and several other officials of tho Templar order, representing the Knight Templars of England and Wales. Their distinctive uniforms attracted special attention and much applause. Joseph Leatb, of Couer de Leon commandery,' Knoxvlllo, Tenn., dropped dead during the parade from apoplexy. Tho parade was one of the finest ever seen In San Francisco, It oc cupied nearly three hours in passing a given point. The advance along the line of march of the more largely represented eastern commanderiea was signalized by continuous cheers and when the band heading the Ken tucky contingent struck up "Dixie" the enthusiasm ot the spectators was unbounded. Now York, Pennsylvania and Illinois made a fine showing. Discover Prehistoric Animal, At a depth ot about 14 feet laborers excavating for the Spearman avenue sewer at South Sharon, Pa., uncover ed the tusk or horn of some prehis toric animal. It is seml-clrcular in shape, six feet long and five Inches In diameter at the base. Those who have examined it say it Is the tusk ot a mammoth. Five laborers were killed In the ex plosion of a threshing machine on glne at Bricelya, Mian. JEALOUS WOMAN'S DEED. Family Quarrel Ends In Death of Man and Wife. Mrs. Henry Toler ot Untie, Neb., In a quarrel Inspired by Jealousy ot tier husband, went to hnr room and saturated her clothing 'villi kerosene. Coining out she ajisol bin and held him lightly which she set fire to her skirts with a match, struggling to break from her, the man tore I nun thn house, 'but his wire held to hlm, conimiinlcntlng the II nines and oil to his clothing. When she was so badly burned that she bernmn unconscious her husband broke fioni her grasp and with hl.t clothing a mass of Haines, rtishel to a ilnen cistern soma distance from the house and leaped Into It. Ills cries hud attracted tho attention of neigh bors, who rescued him lit a dying con dition. Mrs. Toler was found horribly burned and In agony. Hlm was wrap ped In heavy clothes and I lie fire ex tinguished and she recovered enough to tell tho story of her attempt to burn herself and her husband to death. Then she became unconscious and the physicians any she will die. STEEL WAR BEGUN. Steel Plate and Structural Associa tions Make Reductions. Members ol the Hleel Plato and Structural Steel Associations, nt con ferences held In the Waldorf Astoria and In Jersey Clly, agreed to muko important reductions In the prices of t.lielr manufactures. In this way they Implicitly obeyed the expressed wishes of the United States Steel Corporation. It Is blleved that this ends finally the uncertainty that has menaced the steel market for weeks, so far as theso lines nrn concerned. Representatives of tho Lackawanna Steel Company were present at the meetings. The pools received the as surance that, the Lackawanna Joined hands with them and would live up to thn agreements that, were made. Despite thn protest of several smaller independent firms, who were out voted, harmony practically pre vailed among thn associated manu facturers. Dominated foy the Steel Corporation, they virtually opened thn long threatened war upon the Re public Iron and Steel Company. Prices wnro reduced In somn cases It and In some $i a Ion on the ad vice of thn corporation officials, who argued that. If rock bottom rates were adopted thorn would be no secret rut ting and tho agreements would bo ef fective. WAR MOVEMENTS. Kuripotkln Reaches Mukden Will Carry War Into Korea. The Russian commander has arrived at Mukden, and It Is given out In St. Petersburg that the bulk of his army Is now near there, while a dispatch from Mukden filed Tuesday, says that the main Russian army Is pushing northward and evacuating that place. It Is Indicated that the Japanese are still harassing the Russinn rear. Further than this nothing is known. Russian preparations Indicate move ment south from llnm-llcuug, covering tho occupation of ChienPlen and Yeng Hung, will soon bo made. The Russian rommnndor officially has noti fied the Korean magistrates of these towns they must prepare quarters for a large body of troops for Immediate use. GOVERNMENT TOTTERING. Paraguayan Revolutionists Capture Town of Encarnaclon. Tho revolutionists or Paraguay have captured Villa EncarnacUm, with its garrison and their arms. The posi tion or the government or Paraguay Is becoming weaker dally and Its ulti mate surrender or complete defeut la inevitable. Tho report rrom Uruguay or the de foat of General Vasquez, Minister of War, In the recent battle between tho Uruguayan government forces and the revolutionists at Cuchllla Negra has been published. Tho casualties of the revolutionists In killed and wounded was 170 officers and ovor tioo men. The government casualties were 11 officers killed and 63 wound ed; men, 83 killed and 345 wounded, and 34 missing. WILL SOON RESUME WORK. Railroad Shops at Altoona Will Re sume on Full Time. Superintendent of Motive Power R. N. Durborow, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Issued orders placing all the company's shops on his division on full time, 10 hours a day, and five hours Saturday. About 15,000 men will be benefited, most of whom have been employed but 32 hours a week alnco spring. The orders apply to Altoona, Pitts burg, Harrlttburg and West Philadel phia shops. Regarding the employ ment of the suspended men no or ders have yet been issued. It Is ex pected tbut most of them will be taken back at an early date. Rear-End 8mash In Illinois. The Kansas City fast passenger train on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad was wrecked one-half mile east ot Tlsktlawa, 111., and more than 30 persons were badly injured, two $f whom bave since died. The passenger train collided with the rear of a freight train that had been broken in two. Half a dozen passen ger cars were wrecked. Four Killed; Many Hurt. Train No. 41, on the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, consisting of an ex press car, a mall car, two day coaches and a Pullman sleeper, was derailed at a trestle 22 miles southwest ot Monroe, N. C, followed by the wreck of a light engine and caboose, result ing In the death of four persons and the injuring ot 35 others. The kill ed are: Engineer E. Y. Barksdale, S. C; Fireman Edward Roberts, col ored, Atlanta, Oa.; Mrs. Black, un known womao. FOURTEEN DIE IN NEW YORK Fire In Tement Results In Awful Disaster. FIREMEN MAKE MANY RESCUES. Scores Leap from Upper Stories Or Are Carried Down by Falling of a Balcony. Fourteen persons were killed and nearly a scorn Injured In a fire In a five-story double tenement In Attor ney alrenl, New York city. It was one of the worst fires In the loss of human lives that has occuried on the East side In several years, although the properly loss was slight. The d"ad Include four women, one man, and nine children ranging in age rrom three months lo 12 yenrs. Many or the Injured weru Inken lo hospitals, and It Is thought that sever al or these will din, Among the In ured wern five firemen who were on a otirlh floor balcony when It fell with them. Thn smhll number of men among the killed and Injured was due In the fact that most or thn men who lived In the building, following Hie Attor ney street custom . In hoi weather, wern asleep on the roof, while but few of the women nnd children were thorn. Those on Hut roof were una ble to escape, but the members of their families who had remained In their mollis found escnpn cut off nml panic reigned throughout the struct ure. The fire started about 3 o'rlork In thn morning and there wns considera ble delay In sending In an alarm, al though thn district Is one of the most thickly populated In the crowded Fast Hldo of New York. When the firemen reached the scene some of thn women wern Jump ing from thn windows and from thn nds of fire escapes that reached only In the second floor; others were crouching In thn smoke In the small rooms and narrow balls. Several ambulances wen called, and the sur geons were kept busy caring tor the Injured. A number of daring rescues were mniln by firemen and police, and thn conditions under which they worked were unusual and difficult. The loss of life was due chiefly to the fact that alterations were being made In thn tenement building. Tho basement and first floor, the latter about six feet above the sidewalk level, had both been cut through, the front and rear walls having been removed, and thn upper floors being supported by sleel beams. The exit from thn up per floors was by way of n small step ladder. FIVE DROWNED. Naphtha Launch Capsizes on Lake Erie Near Cleveland. Five men were drowned In Lake Erie as tho result of the capsizing of a naphtha launch In which they were on routo front Cleveland to Vermil lion to attend yacht races at the lat ter placn. Tho dead: John D. Deg ley, of 651 Scovlll avenue; Albert G. Trelber, of 28 Avondnlo street; Paul Harlner, 200 Root street; Max llur tlg a traveling salesman for a New York firm; Jules llurtlg, draughts man employed by the Garry Iron and 8tee Company, Cleveland. The first that was known of Ihn drownings wns when the launch float ed to the beach near Kdgnwater Park. Cries for help bad been heard by campers along thn shore, but. no as sistance could be given In the dark ness. Thn launch is believed to have been caught In a trough of the lake, a heavy wind prevailing during the night. The body of John D. Beg ley was found on the beach to-day. Killed at World's Fair. Six persons wern killed and 19 were Injured, two probably fatally, and nine seriously, by the collision of a Wabash World's Fair shuttle train with a suburban electric car at tho Sarah street crossing, St. Louis. There were 25 pnssungors In thy car, and none escaped injury. STEEL 8TOCK SOLD. Receiver for U. 8. Shipbuilding Com pany Disposes of 300,000 Shares. Three hundred thousand shares of stock of the Bethlehem Steel Com pany, the entire capital stock of the company, were sold for $7,500,000 by former United States Senator Jamos Smith, Jr., receiver for the United States Shipbuilding Company, acting as a special master under direction of Judge William M. Lanning, ot the United States district court. The par value of the stock is $15,000,000. The stock was bought in by William C. Lee, the only bidder. President of the Standard TruBt Company, ot New York, which held the stock as trustee, and the shares become subject to an agreement between Charles M. Schwab and the reorganization com mltteo for the United States -Shipbuilding Company. link .Mn.n. Wash Bradley, the confessed negro murderer of Mrs. N. B. Barrow, waa strung up to a tree and his body rid dled with bullets after his ears had been severed from his head and bis body, otherwise mutilated at Brunson, Fla. ' Office Holders Warned. Acting Socretary Oliver ot the War Department bas Issued a circular warning against political assessments and partisan activity ot office holders. This circular embodies the provisions of the civil service act ot January IB, 1883, making political assessments of federal officers and employes a mis demeanor punishable by a fine not ex ceeding $5,000 or by imprisonment for u term not exceeding three years, or by fine and imprisonment beta, Jn tha difccretlon ot the court. PIVt KILLED, Accident Oeeurrsd While Lowering Nitroglycerin In Well. Five are dead and an equal number Injured as Hie result of a prematura explosion of a quantity of nitrogly cerin near Vpper Satidiiskdy, O. Thn dead: Mnlcn lookabaugh, Flndlay; l.nfe McKay, Flndlay; Jo seph Fox, Lima; Corlnn Wise, aged II, Upper Handnsky; Emanuel Ur can, ClnclnnnH, Thn Injured liiclmln Ernest Wise, leg innngled and Internally Injured; will probably die; Louis l.onltnhiiugh, not expected to recover; Alice Wise, Injured about Hie head, condition crit ical; Mary (liillllord, bruised about Ihn body; Clnlrn Uiokabaugh, face and limbs fondly rut. Thn accident occurred while Mc Kay, an till well shooter, wns engaged In lowering thn nitroglycerin. At Ihn lime his assistants, the Ixmka baughs and Fox, together with the others, were grouped about the well. Thn cause of thn explosion Is un known. DUEL IN THE STREET. Dispute Over a BUI Leade to a Shoot ing Affrsy. In a street duel at Green Bhoals, W. Va., two men were killed, one fa tally Injured, another seriously Injured and two, who escaped, are supposed to bn wounded. The dead: Allen llruinflcld, a Jus tice ot thn pence; William Adams. Thn Injured urn George Mead, shot twice, and John Ijiinhert. Two brothers of John Lambert who en gaged In Hie fight are believed to be wounded, but escaped to the moun tains. Thn fight started over an attempt of Lambert to collect a bill rrom Adams. Thn men engaged In an ar gument over the account several days ago. ARKANSAS ELECTION. Governor Davis Elected for Third Term by 20,000 Plurality. Sufficient returns from the State election have been received to indi cate the election of Governor Davis to a third term by a plurality of 20, 000. Several other Btate officers wore voted for, but all thn other Demo cratic camlidnte had an open field Davis alone having opposition. Gov ernor Davis will run something like 111,000 voles behind his ticket two years ago, when thn total vote was 120,000 In round numbers. This year I here has been an In crease of 10,0110 votes, nnd If Governor Davis' plurality Is not over 20,000 tils loss In the aggregate will bn 30,000 votes. The Prohibition vote will possibly fall short of two years ago, when Kimball, for Governor on that ticket, polled less than 6,000 votes. CHARGED WITH FORGERY. Former Clerk In Newark Bank Ar rested In Cincinnati, As a result of sensational develop ments connected with tho recent sus pension or tho Homestead Building and Savings Bank, or Newark) O., a former clerk, Robert C. Llngufeltor, 27, was arrested in Cincinnati. Chief or Police Sheridun, or Newark, im mediately after thn arrest, tele graphed Newark to arrest Llngafolt er's father, James Llngiifclter, thn former president of tho bank, and his wife. Thn charge Against all throe is forgery. It Is alleged that they forged notes and receipts amounting to $75,000. Relief Expedition Fails. Thn Norwegian steamer Vircola, which has arrived at Hammorfest, re ports that she met the Zlegler relief expedition steamer Frlthjof, August 17, In latitude 79 north and longitude 62 east. The Frlthjof up to that time had been unable to reach Franz Josef land. The Frithjof, having on board thn Zlegler relief expedition, which arrived at Vardo, Norway, August 4, after an unsuccessful attempt to reach the steamer America, bearing the Zlegler Arctic expedition party, sailed from Vardo August 5 ror Franz Joscr land with coal ror the America. The latter vessel sailed from Trondhjom, Norway, ror Franz Josef land on June 23, 1903. NEWS NOTES. Vice Presidential Candidate Davis made a non-partisan speech at the Wheeling fair. Gregory Fiscus was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter at Greens burg, Pa. He was charged with kill ing George W. Hedlnger, at Delmont, July 4. Miss Anna Phillips, ot Wellsvllle, O., has sued the Cleveland and Pitts burg Railroad ror $10,000 tor damages for tho death of her brother. Conduc tor John Phillips. Mrs. Johanna Ohlson, Swedish emi grant en route for Fertile, Minnesota, by way of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad stopped oft at Ravenna, O., to bury her six-months-old baby that died as the train was entering the city. Rachael B. Hamilton, a white girl, of Chester, Pa., secured a marriage license to wed L. H. Nelson, a negro. When Magistrate Rhodes learned the girl's age had been misrepresented be revoked the license. Senor Platonoff, a member of the council of the empire, bas been ap pointed minister of the Interior and chief of Russian police. In succession to the late M. von Plehve. For seating himself beside a white passenger in a coach on the Chesa peake and Ohio Railroad near Paint Creek, Frank Howard, a negro, was shot and Instantly killed by Wade C. Hilstein. William Dickson, colored, plead guilty to murdering Lawyer Notting ham and was sentenced by Judge W. D. Wallace, of New Castle, Pa., to IS years in the penitentiary. Prof. J. F. Blvins. bead master of Trinity Park High School at Durham, N. C, was killed by a train while re turning; from bis wedding trip. KEYSTOIiE STATE CULLluC!! GOOD ORDER FOR STEEL. Cambria Company Working on Con tract for American Ship building Company. Thn Cnmlirln Steel Company, of Johnstown, has received part ot a large) order for sleel placed by Ihe Ameri can shipbuilding Company. The con tract In thn local company Is for 2,001) tons or plates and shapes, which will be used In tho construction of a pas senger and freight ship to foe built at the ixnaln yards In Cleveland. An order tor 8,000 tons of plates and shapes hnti been placed with the United States Steel Corporation. At present liio Cambria Company la ' working on an order of from 16,000 to Ift.ooo tons or plates and shapes, which are lo bn used In thn construc tion or the United States hatUnsiA'Mi, the Vermont and Minnesota. Newton Tannehlll killed Frank las m be I la In tnlstako for a ground bog. . Both men are coal miners, living near Hlllard, Butler county, and both wern hunting after ground bogs on the Itiimbnugh farm. Tannehlll saw something move In a clump of bushes) and could sen one eye. He leveled his Winchester rifle and fired. The) bullet struck Isabella in thn left side, near the heart, and passed through hla lung. Tannehlll carried the wounded man to the neaiest housn and secured; a doctor but bo dlnd within half an hour. Tannehlll gave himself up to , the authorities. Fire destroyed tho ham, black, smith shop, wheel house and part of tho tipple of the Fnlrvlew mines at Coal Run In thn Upper Meyersilaln coal region. The company loss will aggregate $1,000 with no Insurance. Tho origin of the fire Js unknown, but there Is strong suspicions or Incen dlnrlsin. Thn mine has been clcmd during l.hn present strike, and was unguarded. It Is said that thn com pany's intentions were to run the) mine, nnd that work prior to Its open ing was already begun. Henry Clay Fitch, or "Black Spbt," the soir-confeased murderer or three men, was executed at the Clearfield Jail. His display of coolness and nerve was remarkable. He ate a hearty breakfast, dressed himself, took part In a religious servicn and addressed m large crowd at thn rear of the Jail prior to being escorted to the scaffold. On the scaffold he made a short ' speech, In which he warned all pres ent to beware of whisky, gambling and bad women. The Pennsylvania Canal Boatmen's Association held It twelfth annual reunion at Freeport. The boatmnn were welcomed by R. B. McKee, who " was responded to by Dr. J. C. Kenne dy, of Pittsburg. Thn officers elect ed are: President, Dr. J. C. Ken nedy, Pittsburg; Vice President, Rob ert Bingham, Asplnwall; Secretary Treasurer, M. E. Brown, Blalrsvllle. Tho next meeting will be held at Blalrsvllle. The will of the late William W. Smith was admitted to probate in the register's office at Washington. IfJs estate Is valued at almost $2,000,000. The two equal beneficiaries of tha will are Mr. Smith's two sons, Wilt lam McK. Smith, who has charge ot the Smith banking Interests, and U. S Grant Smith, secretary at the United States legation at Constantinople, Turkey. These two sons are made the executors or the estate. A fire, which is alleged to have been started by a spark from a traction engine, destroyed the barn or Robert Johnson, in North Strabano township. Washington county, entailing a loss of several thousand dollars. The flames) broke out Just before a large thresh ing had been completed; the grain hav ing been placed in the barn. Several horses were burned. Little insur ance was carried. News bas reached Unlontown of the capture of Arthur E. Smith at Salt , Lake City, Utah. Smith Is alleged to have presented forgod checks ag gregating $3,852 on a Brownsville bank a few weeks ago. The checks bore the signature of J. S. Douglas, ot Unlontown. As he refuses to return requisition papers will be necessary. After beating and gagging four em ployes of the Valley Traction Com pany's barn at Souderton, six masked robbers blew open the safe and es caped with about $800 In cash. Prep arations bad been made by the gang to crack another safe, but an alarm In the office put a sudden end to their plans. The Butler school board elected Miss Jean May McKee, daughter ot the late Rev. John S. McKee, teacher in the public schools, and Miss May N. Arrowsmlth, of Maple terrace. Pittsburg, as teacher In the High, school to succeed Ethel May Williams, who resigned to accept a position In. her home city. Grand Rapids, Mich. Efforts are being made to raise) $2,000 to rebuild the State dam at Sharpsvllle, which was destroyed dur ing the flood last January. At thet present time the Shenango river ta barely navigable tor the smallest craft, while last summer small steam ers piled Its waters. While at the Pulaski fair James An drews bad bis pocket picked, the thief getting about $83. Henderson Thorn p son, ot near New Wilmington, felt someone trying to take his wallet. He turned and captured the thief, who turned the wallet over to Henderson, and then made bis escape. The contract for macadamizing tha State road in Hickory township, Mer cer county, was awarded at Harris burg to Booth ft Fllnn. Ltd., ot Pitts burg, tor $35,000. Work will b started Immediately. Two engines and 12 steel ore cars were piled In a boap in a wreck at Hallston station, 13 miles north or Butler, on tho Pittsburg. Bessemer and Lake Brie Railroad. An the train crews escaped injury. The loss Is heavy. Mrs. Edgar Hodgson, of near Klt tannlng, was turned to death jby tha explosion of a lamp.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers