PUPILS PLUNGE TO DEATH Floor of Vault Gives Way and Many Fall Into Excavation. NINE BODIES TAKEN OUT. Accident Happen During Recess Parents Charge School Official! With Negligence In Affair. At Pleasant lllilgo, seven niles nor'h of (iiiclnuail, possibly If. Mimol g.TIS Were Hllffil.-a't'll in a vault iluriiiK Hii" forenoon rcrcHt. anil a score of others narrowly es- eaptrt tin" mm horrible death. During lln rent of the day thin suburb, was wllrt with mlnglcrt ex citement, sorrow nnrt lnillmialhit, anil those openly charging tho ca lamity to official negligence ari mak ing serious throats, among them be ing many women. Tho largo building la lined for a high ai'liool, ns well as for all lower department. All of tho victims were from primary grade. On up. poslto allies of the spacious ground In tho rear of the school building are two outhouse. When recess wa given ahout 30 or the smaller girl were In the outhouse assigned to them, when Kurttlcnly tho floor jravo way, precipitating them Into tho vault below. This vault la 12 feel deep ami walled up with alone, like a well. There wan In t 4 feel of wnter thHt. would have heen over the heads of the children falling In It singly, lint those falling first filled up the vault p.irtlally, so dial others were not entirely submerged. The girls tell X feet from tho floor- ! In, ami the struggles of those who 1 were on top Kept at least nine under. , neath unt It they were dead. The frame sheds of these vaults were ' about 20 feet square without win-1 tlows, and only one narrow door way, so thai only on girl escaped from the door. she rnn Into the nchool building and told tho teach ers what hail happened. j Thfl principal and other teachers' rushed to the rr.enrt Tlw iiiri.niiw ! of tho girls were dimly heard wllTtVr' tho vault. Tho teachers were soon ' Export of reJnforeed by the enllro population of the. town. Hie ;olleo and fin. de partment rendering cffeet.'ve service. IRON TRADE PROSPECTS. Reduction of Price on Billet Ha Small Effect on Sale. Tho lain Ago aays: Tho action of the billet association has attracted a good deal of attention, hut la really not very Important, alnce the tonnago of steel billets sold 4n tho open mar ket Is Insignificant when compared with the days before tho consolida tions. Then, too, tho great bulk of what crude steel Is sold, la delivered on old sibling scales based on tho price of Bessemer pig Iron. There fore, tho open reductions In prices of billot and sheet cars does n:t ma terially change the situation. It does not Justify tho expectation, evidently Indulged In by some con timers, that prices In certain finish ed lines must he correspondingly re duced. Business In structural ma terial does not appear to liavo been stimulated lo any extent by the re cent lowering In association prices on shapes, In fact, some tollers note that the market Is rather quieter. In plato and shnpo trades, iho prin cipal effect of tho concessions has been to bring out specifications on old contracts, but for new business, consumers seem to cling to tho con viction that tho end of readjustments of price hag not yet come. Tho trade In merchant pipe la quieter, and there are again reporta of slight shading. There Is not much that 1 encouraging from tho sheet and tin plate trades. Timber Destroyed by Fire. Tlmbermen who have visited Col umbia county, Oregon, report that re cent forest Ares In that section havo destroyed timber to the value of 18,000,000. Most of It was owned by ; astern capitalists. WOULD SUPPLANT DOGMA. Prof. Haeckel Active In Free Think ers' Congress At Rome. Professor Ernest Haeckel, of Jena University, who brought the greet-. lngg of Germans to the Congress of Free THnkors which assembled at ', Rome, caused printed copies of his speech to be circulated. He says the congress offers a favorable occasion to expound tho Ideas of scientists desiring to reor" ganize the world on the ba,sls of science Instead of dogmas, adding that In the middle of October there i will be held at St. Louis an Inter-. national conference for the concep-' tion of a progressist world, organized by the Federation of American Free Thinkers, having the .same program and object as the present congress at Rome. Professor Haeckel regrets that he is unable to gratify bis de sire to Join In the St. Louis congress, but being requested to contribute his views to these cuugresses be presents his principles In writing. BJornntJerne BJornsou bas been ap pointed honorary president lor Scandinavia. Scottish Rite Mason Adjourn. Indianapolis, Ind., wa selected as the meeting place of next year's convention of the supreme council, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Free Masons at the closing; session of the annual meeting at Boston. The report of the trustees, presented by Gen. S. C. Lawrence, showed In vested fund of $292,000. lam isew riauijniiii w sioijuuhibiip nominated 'John McLene, of Milford, (or Governor. WW.. IT ..l.l DA...I.II.. TRADE EXPANDING. Settlement of Labor Dispute Re moves One Obatacle to Bualneia Operation Condition Easier. Tt. (I. Dun ft Co." "Weekly Ho vlew of Trade says: "Trado ex pauiN mcnillly ns conndenco In crease with the harvesting of the props, and mercantile collections are less tardily met. Lower temper ature stimulates the demand for full and winter wearing apparel, and there Is more disposition to prepare for the future rather than to confine opera Inns wllhln Iho limit of Itn mcitiit: requirements. hellle. menls of labor dispute liavo helped. Hallway earnings lor September r8 8-7 I"'r "'lit larger than a year commerce at this i l"li;n port last week show a gain of $2, IM.l.flKT In exports, a compared Willi 1IIU.1, although Imporls de creased $71.1, i7. There Is no evi dence of anxiety nmnng consumers of Iron and sleel to place large or ders or to secure quick ilel'ivery, yet the tonnage gradually expands and It la evident that the lowest point of tho depression has paws'.d. Produc tion steadily Increases, prices are mora readily maintained, and tho number of pending contracts prom Ises well for tho future. The Im provement la of a general character that I most wholesome. Mast In starting up coke furnaces augurs well for Iho ful nre, and tho belter demand for bituminous coal la en couraging. Tin la erratic. Moderate gains continue to be made by the textile Industries, par ticularly as to woolrna and worsteds. Staple lines are quoted some lint higher, and prompt deliveries are urged by purchaser. Flrmtics continues In pnekor hides, Independ ent tanner making liberal pur chases. Country UU-n nre weak er. I-owcr grades of hemlock solo leather are si ill active. Hoot and shoo Jobber are Hccklni to placo supplementary ordeis Tor lull shoes, stipulating quick de'.lvery, which In dicates t tint the.se holdings nre small. Failures this week aggro gnlr.l 22:, In the rnlt."rt Slates, ng.n'ltist 2112 last year, and .lit In Can ada, compared with lit a year nuo. MANUFACTURES IN LEAD. Farm Products Fall Be- low Manufacture. Tho Increase In exports of manu facture and decreasn In export oC avricnllural products are discussed at considerable length ;n a report of tho chief of the Bureau of Statistic of the Department of Commenp and Labor. For tho first time In tho his tory of the export trnde or the I'nlted Slates manufactures exceeded , i:i",cijii,iii;u, anil agricultural pro- I ducts, for tho first tlmo fe below till per cent, of the total domestic ex- port. Tho total exports of tloirpstlc man 11 fact 11 res were $452,445,6:!!), f BBalnst $407.52fi.1S9 In 1903. and $i:n. Sol. .'; In 1000, the highest rec- , ord In earlier years. Tho total valwi of agricultural products exported , was $s53,iS5.3ii7, against $873,322. SS2 in 1!03, and $043,811,020 111 1901. when the Ugliest total of agricultural exports was recorded. The gain In manufactures over agricultural products In tho export trad.t of the country Is shown In tho fact that In 1874 manulncturos ex ported amounted to but about one filth as much in valuo as agricultural products exported; In 1S84 their val ue was about one-four! h as much: In 1S94 nearly one-third as much, and In lfi"4 more than ono-hnlf as much as that of tho products or agriculture. while In tho closing months of the 1 ; year, May and June, manufactures for iho first Mme In the history of : our commerce actually exceeded agrl-' cultural products In value of exports. ' . This decrease In the value of acrl- cultural products exported Is the.; more striking when it la considered 1 that tho export price of cotton ! I averaged higher (luring tho year than , in any prior year for moro than a ; quarter of a century, and that the , ; valuo of raw cotton exported vai greater than In any preceding year, 1 and formed nearly one-half of the total value of agricultural products ; exported. REAL WAR NEWS SCARCE. Information About Japanese Move ments Kept Secret. Secrecy veils the movements of the Japanese armies In Manchuria, end little that Is Indicative of devel opments 'in the situation Is permit ted to reach the correspondents. Ap- j parently four Japanese armies are I converging upon Mukden, but al- j though the distance to be covered la aot great several days are expect-' ed to elapse Lefore there ensues a j battle with the forces under Oen- eral KuropaLUln. Improvement . In i the weather conditions is regarded j as advantageous to the Japanese. There is no news from the direction of Port Arthur, though it seems probable that fighting is Jn progress there. There is no confirmation of the report that the Russian cruiser Gromobol bas left Vlodlvostok In pursuit of a Japanese transport. Tho buildings of tho Canada Hard ware Company, In Montreal, were burned. The loss Is 1,130,000, insur ance, 38S,00O. Effort to Wreck Home. A neighbor passing the residence of J. C. Maben, president of the Sloss-Sheffleld Steel and Iron Co., at Birmingham, Ala., found a bottle on the front stops' with a burning fuse attached. --The - bottle contained dyuamlt enough to wreck the build ing. The mao who found the bottle told the police that he saw a white man run sway from the step. A trlke of union miners Is on at the mine of the company. ELECTRIC CUR BLOWN UP Struck Box of Dynamite which Had Dropped frpm Wagon. BODIES TERRIBLY MANGLED. Every Window Within the Radlu of a Quarter of a Mite W11 Shattered. An elect rle ear con'ninlug 32 per sons was blown to piece In Mel rose. Mafs.. by striking a B0 pound box of dynamltn that hud fallen off nil express wagon. Six persons were killed outright and three more died of their Injuries within an hour. Nineteen others on Iho car wero taken to the two hosp'taln sur rerlhg rrom severe Injuries. At least a score of persons In tho Im mediate vicinity or tho explosion wero hurt by Hying glass and splint ers. So great was tho force of tho ex plosion that all but ten foot or tho rear portion of tho car wa blown Into smnll piece, whlln every win dow wlth.ln a raillu of a quarter of a mllo wa shattered. Tho Immediate vicinity of tho acci dent presented a fearful apeetaelo when thos in the neighborhood reached tho scene. Tho ground was strewn with legs, arms and other portion ot tho bodlos of thoso who had been killed, while shrieks and groans camo from tho writhing form of tho Injured. The. express 'wagon from which the dynamite fell was driven by liny Kenton, who discovered that tho box had dropped off and ru ;h"d back to find It, but biTore bo gut within 100 yards of the box tho ear struck It and was blown up. Kenton was ar rested. For moro than throe hour thrro was tho grea'est co.ifiislon, nnrt It m difficult to obtain tho unnies of any of Iho dead or Inlunert. or to un certain tho causs of tho accldi 1 Thousands of peopli rushed about trying to find relative nnrt friends, and tho hospitals were boi'lpgeil. The enr eon'nlnort mostly men nn the way to their homes In this city, the accident, taking place only a quarter of a mllo from Melrose Cen ter, but among the dend was a woman and her babo. BIO STEEL PLANT BOUGHT. American Steel Foundries Company Will Control St. Loui Work. President. Charles Miller, of Hi American Steel Foundries Compnny, announced that the concern had pur chased a controlling In'erest in the plant of tho Common wealth Steel Company, of St. Louis, which will be devoted to tho manufacture of t p.' I way cast ings. Tho price paid wa about 2,000, 000. Tho salo was practically com pleted several weeks Bgo, though no announcement, concerning It was made until now. President Miller slates that a great demnnd exists for railway castings, and the compnny has ns many or ders a It can fill. The compnny Is constantly Increani? Its capacity and tho output of the various con cerns is 33 per cent larger thnn a month ago. TO SEE DYING 8I3TER. Letter Family Start on 8X00 Mile Trip In Great Haste. A race with deulh, which will cover 5.000 miles, was begun by Joseph Letter, his. mother, Mrs. Levi 7 Loiter, and his sister. Mis Palsy Loiter, on the 22d. when they left Denver. Colo., for tho Fast, hoping to reach the bedside In England of Lady Curson, Mr. Letter's sister, be fore she dies. The fastest trains, the speediest ocean finer that Is due to leave New York when they arrive, will be taken by tho Lelter family In their hurried tr-lp. The Lelters decided to take the trip when they received a cable mes sage to-day from Iord Curzon, In which he said the Illness or Lady Curzon was more serious than had been made public MORMONS EXPELLED. Two American Missionaries Must Leave Hungary. Count Tlsza, the Hungarian minis ter of the Interior, has rendered a decision prohibiting Mormon propa ganda within Hungary upon the ground that Buch a movement Is un desirable both from the standpoints of state policy and religion. The Immediate occasion of the decision was the expulsion of two Mormon missionaries. Franklin Plngree and William Wetzel, who came from Salt Lake City to Teniesvar 18 months ago, and at'ie'mpted to organize a Mormon community among Hungar ians who had formerly resided In Utah. ........ The two missionaries were prompt ly expelled, whereupon their Hungar ian friends appealed to the minister of the Interior, the result being the. present decision. The State of Tennessee Is suing the Standard Oil Company (or alleg ed violation of the Anti-Trust law. Ghouls robbed a grave half a cen tury old In Wilmington, Del, New Russian Cruiser Completed. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says the Russian cruiser Izumrud, sister ship to the famous Novik. bas completed successfully her trials at Cronstadt, and will Join the second Pacific squadron at Reval. ' The letter of United States Sena tor Charles W. Fairbanks, accepting tho Republican nomination . for the Vice Presidency, was made public on the 21sL . NEW YORK DEMOCRATS. Stat Convention at Saratoga Nom inates Candldatee. , Tho New York Rtnte Democratic convention was bold at Hnrntogit and unanimously iioiulnnted the follow ing ticket: For Governor, D. Tarty llnrlik, of Albany, at present justice or tho State Huprcntc Court. For Lieutenant Governor, Franids Iliirlon Harrison, New York, now it repirsentnllvo In Congress from the Thirteenth district. For Secretary ot Utile, John Pal lace, Jr., or .Monroe, now a member or Iho Aft'icnihly. For Attorney General, .lob 11 'mi oiin, or Krle, liie Incumbent. For Complrotlcr, George Hull, of St. Lawrence, now Mayor of trio city 01' OgiW'tiHhurg. For Slate Treasurer, William Miieni.1i. of OnondiigH. For hinte Knglneer and Surveyor. Thomns . SHyker, or Home, Onei da county. For Ciller JnsMeo or (ho Court of Appeals, Kdnar (I. Cullen, or Kings t Democrat I, now an Assoclnlo Judge or that bench nnrt the Republican nominee. For ABsoeliitn Judge or tho Court or Appeals, William K. Werner, or Monroe ( Republican), now or that bench by designation of Governor Oil el I and tho llepuhllcan nominee. RIOTS MARK ITALIAN STRIKE. Sympathizers Tear Down Coat of Arm In Switzerland. A mooting or worklngnion was bold In Homo to protest against tho Inter vention of troops In t ho si like. Fully 10,000 persons participated, among them well-known anarchists. Demonstrator wero dispersed by cavalry charges, In which about 20 civilian wero wounded. Conlllct In which a number or officer received Injuries at the hands or tho mob occurred hi Turin, Genoa and llo. logna. Tho strike has extended to Palermo and Leghorn. At l.nmino, Hwllserlnnd, rioters Jn sympathy with the Italian, strikers proceeded to the Italian consulate, rrom which they tore the, Italian coat of arms and threw It Into tho lake. JEFFERSON QUITS STAGE. Venerable Comedian Will Not Act During the Present Season. .Tohi pli Jefferson, who hna been such a conspieiiou figure on tho American stago for over a half a century, has at last been compelled to permanently retire. He ha gone to his Buzzard's Hay homo and can celled all hi engagements. It Is ald his retirement 1 only for tho present, aeason, but. considering his great age this denial must necessar ily bo taken with allowances. Mr. Jefferson Is said to bo Buffering from IndlgoKtlon, which may culminate 'in other moro serious disorders. AGITATING HOLY WAR. Spreading Discontent Among Follow er of Budda In Asia. With tho success or tho llrltlHh ex pcdiiton to Thibet and tho protest or llussla against the llrltlsh-Thlbet-nn treaty some or tho Russian papers hnvo tocomo disturbed over 'bo Im portance of tho Huildhlst pllg.rttuago to Monran In February. According to Information from Mongolia tho ogilutJon for a holy w.ar noted at the tlmo of tho pil grimage to Ourga, In July lasl, con tinues. Wandering ' Hama.t are Hpcvadlng tho agitntlon not only among the nudilhlsls In Mongolia, but among tho followers ot lluddhn In tho Altai regions of Central Chi na, among tho Russian Muriate and even beyond tho Siberian borders and In Indliv Supplies for Canal. Coincident with the return of tho Isthmlam canal commission from Panama Is the giving of orders for the purchase of a largo quantity of mater ial necessary for carrying on the work. Proposals will be asked for supplying a very large quantity of cement for which specifications will be Issued; also for 1,000 steel dump cars to be used on the work now un der wuy at the Culobra cut. Boston Wool Market. While all gradea have been In re quest, thore ha hoen an especially good movement In acoured wools, speculation tendency having caused them to change hands freely. The market for pulled wools Is firm, with moderate offerings, There is a good demand for territory grades. For eign wools are steady. Leading quotations follow: Ohio and Penn sylvania double extra and above, 34 35c; extra, 30ft31c; No. 1, 33 34c; No. 2, 33if(;34c; fine unwashed delatne, 2t!ff?27c; fine washed do laine, 30636c Michigan, extra and nbove, 227c; No. 1, 3031c; No. 2. 29Q30C; fine unwashed, 2122c; Yt, and ,4 blood, unwashed, 27fp 29c; unwashed delnlno, 252Gc; fine washed delaine, 3233c; Kentucky, Indiana, etc., and !4 blood, 20 29ic. Peace Arranged In Uruguay. The peace terms arranged between the government of Uruguay and the Uruguayan revolutionary forces are that the revolutionists shall surren der their arms and that the govern ment shall agree not to Interfere with the property of tho revolution ists and that complete electoral free dom be granted. United States Consul Removed, Robert M. McWade, United States consul general at Canton, China, was removed from office by President Roosevelt. Charges made against him recently were Investigated by Assistant Secretary Pierce, who went to the Orient for the purpose. Sec retary Pierce In his report to the President strongly sustains the charge made against Consul McWade. TREATY ANGERS RUSSIA Will Lodge Protest Against It with British Government. CLAIM TIBET WAS COERCED. Official Organ Say England Ha No Right to Acume Protector ate Over Country. I Hmh-iIu oltlnhilly tniilnliiliiK I bat IGrent llrllaln has broken faith In t tin matter tr the Thibetan treaty, and Ambassador llenkendorff ha been Instructed In lodge a general protest at Iho Ili-lt Ih It roreliin oflleo, Ac cording to the Itusslnn view, Great llrllaln's pledges to Itussla only con templated tho regulation of trade be tween Indian and Tibet and she dis claimed nny purpose to meddle Willi the Internal or political affair of tho country. Instead of ho doing, Hiissla claims that a treaty wa forced upon tho Tibetan which Yrealod a virtual protectorate over the country. Moreover It I con tended the treaty Is a restriction upon the sovereignty of China, com pelling Tibet to consult Great, llrl laln In It dealing with other pow er. Thl I considered to bo aimed directly at llussla. Tho protest lodged In Uuidon doubt less will bo followed up by one at I'ekln, against the ratification or tho treaty. Little hope 4 entertained In official circle 1 hat. tho llusslan protest will be heeded either by Great, llrllaln or China, a Itussla Is not In a posit Ion to make an Issue, but may bo In the fill uro. Tho KiishIiiii pros Is bit ter In It comments. Tho llrltlsh rorelgn office reiterate that the assurances given Iho United Htates, that there will bo no perma nent occupation or any portion or Ti betan territory, will bo observed. NO CRISIS IN RUSSIA. Internal Conditions Better Than Re port Have Indicated. Investigation of tho Internal condl tlotiH of llussla by a man who lias Just returned rrom an extensive tour or tho Interior discloses a much belter situation than lorelgners gen erally bellovo to exist In this coun try. The Investigator round abso lutely no evidence or an Impending crisis, but. on tho contrary found special features In tho situation making lor contentment, of Iho peo ple. Tho greatest of all these I a won derful harvest throughout llussla, excepting tho three smaller prov inces In tho south, where drouth ruined tho crops. On tho western border, all through tho black soli hell, and especially along the Volga, In southeastern Russia, tho bountiful ness of tho yield is almost unprece dented. Tho demand for labor Is ho high that men thrown out of em I loynient In tho mill and factories of the cities havo relumed to their It-allvo villages, where they find plenty of work. Dread for all al lays discontent in llussla. It la true that Ihu observer found on intense activity 011 Hie part or various revo lutionary organizations, especially In tho Houthwctttcrn provinces. OFFICIALS ARE CONOEMNED. Impeachment of Sheriff, Mayor and Chief of Police Recommended. A special grand Jury that Investi gated tho lynching of Iloraco Ma ples, mado Its report recommending tho impeachment of sheriff Augusins Rortgors, Mayor Tlmrnns W. Smith and Chief of Police David D. Over ton, and the reorganization of the police forco of lluntsv.llle, Ala. The Jury returned several addi tional Indictments, making 20 In all, and was discharged by Judge Speak e, who commended them for the faithful discharge of their duty. Polygamists Kill Missionaries. Information has nnched Ilerlln that the recent murder of 10 mission aries In German New Guinea was due to attempts to enforce monog amy. The prisons had been fillet! with polygamists. BANDITS KILL TW6. Overpower Gang of Italian Section Men, Rob Them and Escape. Two robbers broke Into the sec tion house at Riverside, 15 miles south of Chicago, which was occu pied by several Italian railroad men. The Lallans were ordered to give up what money they had. Instead of complying tho Italians rushed on the robbers and tried to overpower them. . In the fight that followed two of the Italians were killed and another was severely Injured. Seeing that they were getting the worse of the fight, the other occu pants of the section house tied and left the rotbers In full possession. They secured all the money which the men had secreted aLout the place and escaped. Japa Take Two Forts. The general attack on Port Arthur, which began on the 19th and In which the Japanese fleet Is co-operating, was resumed next morning. The Japanosu captured two Import ant forts on either side of Suciszey lng, north of Port Arthur. Cuba's Import Show Increase. The State Department has received from MlnUter Squires, at Havana, a table showing Cuba's Import trade for the first quarter of 1904 and for the same quarter of 1903. These figures are of special Interest In that they cover the first quarter after De cember 2d, 1903, whon, the reciproc ity treaty took effect. There was an Increase of $2,038,200 In the Im ports of Cuba for the first quarter of 1904, over those for the same period ot 1903. GROWTH OF CORN RETARDED. Weather Favorable In Som Die trlcts, but Too Cool at Night. Tho wenlher bureau's weekly sum mnry or crop conditions I as fol lows; While Iho weather tonilltiiotis of tho week ending al R n. m., Septem ber 10, wero generally favorable ror gal bet ing crops in nearly all dis tricts, low night temperature n tbe more northerly portion have delay ed the maliiiily of lalo crop and some Buffering Irom drought I re ported rrom the Ohio and lower Mis souri valley and ponlons of the Southern Hlstes. Frost occurred a far south as Oklahoma and Ten nessee, but Utile or no itnmago re Bulled except lo tender Vegetation In the retitral valleys and to unmatured crop In Wisconsin, Minnesota, tho Dakota ami Montana. An unusu ally severe rain anil windstorm caused considerable, damage on tho 14tli and Kith In portion or. New ICjiglanil and tho Middle Atlantic Slate. The condition were gener ally favorable In California, but drought wa Injurious In Oregon and no rain roll In Washington. Lalo corn Is maturing rapidly In the Westorn portion of tho belt, but tho crop I ripening slowly In the Rastern and central sections and needs 10 to 20 day of favorable con dition to bo safe rrom frost. While damaging frost occurred In por tion of tho upper Mississippi valley, and a cons'lilerablii port-Ion of the crop wa damaged In Wisconsin and some on lowland In part of Minne sota and Iowa, the aggregate frost damage In Iho last named State wa not serious. Cutting I now general In all sections. Spring whent. harvest I practically ronvpleU'd except In t.liej northern portion ot North Dakota, and threshing 4 Well advanced In Minne sota and Month Dakota, half dona In Washington and Hearing completion In Nebraska, but delayed by rain In Kastern North Dakota. NEWS IN BRIEF. Tho plant of tho pncln Starch Company at Jackson City, Mich., was destroyed by lire. I is about $715, 000. Henry If. Rodger, of . New York, Is reported qulto III. It. I announced that. Mr. Ilortger's Illness I not ser ious. Fivo hundred delegate of tho United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiner met In biennial conven tion In Milwaukee. Seven persons worn severely hurt In a street car accident. In St. Jo Hoph. Mo. Mr. J. IS. Plerpont, of Sklilmore, may die. The United State South Atlantic squadron, It' lac Admiral Oiartwiek comminuting, sailed from St. Helena for Santos, nrazll. The earning of tho Hocking Val ley for tho second week of Septem ber wero $120,825.09, against $131, 2X4.12 tho samo week last year, a decrease or $10,459.03. Thrco miner were crushed to death at tho old Andover Iron mills at Hlbernln, N. J., another was no I'tidly Injured that ho will probably die, nnd two others wero seriously hurt. Tho first breuk In tho ocean steam ship rate war occurred in London when tho North German Lloyd Com pnny raised Its steerage rate to New York to $1.'. Tho Hamburg Ameri can line, It was announced later, has also raised Its steerage rates to $15. In an attempt to capture two ban dit Mayor M. S. Ilonnctt. of Mt. Carroll, III., was killed, while ono of the robbers fell before the fire of tho posso. Two hundred minor struck at Gln ther, O., because the Pittsburg lllock Coal Cominny did not pay and be cause a chockwelghman was dis charged. Twelve person were severely hurt In a passenger train wreck on the Lake Shore Railroad In Chicago. A broken flange caused tbe engine to Jump tho track. William Marconi has arrived In New York from Europe. He state that he made the trilp to Inspect wireless telegraph aervlce on tbe Cunard lines, and at Cape Breton sta tion. Ex-Mayor J.' Samuel McCue, at Charlottesville, Vs., was Indicted by the grand Jury on a charge of killing hla wife on September 4. The Westlnghouse Interests have secured tho contract for the equip ment with the single-phase system of the Atlanta Interurban railway, which Js controlled by the Georgia Railway and Electric Company. A mysterious movement east ward Is on foot on the part of bands of young Chinese suitable for military service. All the leading Chinese who have aided tho Russians are leaving Mukden. "The earnings of the Toledo and Ohio Central division or the Ohio Central lines for the second week In September were $80,131!, an Increase of $508 compared with the same week last year. Tho earnings for tbe two weeks were $154,337, a decrease of $(i.B64. ' Sir William McDonald, educational philanthropist of Montreal, and James W. Robertson, of Ottawa, Canada, commissioner of agriculture, are making a tour of the Northern Suites with a view to adding im provements to the system of rural education In the Canadian prov inces. Wabash Has Ocean Outlet. The Western Maryland Railroad tidewater extension from the main line at Walbrook to the terminal at Port Covington wag opened to freight traffic on the 20th. This line gives an ocean outlet to the Wabash sys tem, of which the Western Mary land Railroad is now a part William W. Cooks was nominated by the Republican convention of the First New York Congressional district of Congress. KEYSTONE STATE GULLIuES WORKMEN DISCHARGED. Boilermaker at Erie Railroad Shope Surprised by Notice to Quit 'Work. Wlion the 300 bollormskors and their helper nmployed In the I0rle Hnllrond Compnny locomotive shop al Susquehanna reported for work they were surprised to find tho doom of tho boiler shop locked and a pla card Klatlng Hint their oervlce worn nn longer required. No reason I as signed for tbe action. Two carload of lion union men havo been set to work In the shops. They will b housed and fed In Iho shops, A squad, or detective are picketing the shop. All or the boiler shops on the Erin Railroad system will be affoctoil and other union organization may ba drawn Into tho dispute Stephen Fellows, a miner of liar nesboro, shot down hi wife and 1 yoarolrt son, Charlo. In the railroad station at that placo. Mrs. Fellow received throe bullet ' in varlotm part of the bead, and died that night. Tho hoy ha a deep scalp wound, caused by a glnnelng shot, while an other ball passed from hi right ear downward through the nock, and there I small chance of saving hla rlf". Tho perpetrator allowed him elf lo bo taken Into custody with out resistance. At a hearing belt In tho office of Squire Doheny, he pleaded not guilty to a charge of shooting with Intent to kill. He waa hold on the charge and taken to thej Ebenahurg Jail thl evening. Oeorgo Kopko, charged with kill Jng George Navok, at Hazel Kirk. Washington county, Saturday night, wa lodged In the Waahlngtnn county Jail. Ho was captured Monday by Chief of Pollen Logan, ot Mononga heln, a ho slept beside a coal tipple In llatel Kirk. The man wan armed. In hi hand while he rlept wu clutched a loade'd revolver, tie) I-ad had neither sleep nor food alno) Saturday night, and wa almost ei haunted when arrested. He admit ted killing Navok. but said It wa in olf-dfeno. a the other wa about to plunge a knife Into him. Charle Czennhko wa arretted as a witness, ' bill, gave ball. Tho thirty-eighth annual reunion of Company H, Twelfth regiment, Penn sylvania volunteers, wa hold at Se ward. Tho address of the day was delivered by Major If. F. Luoa, of Wllllamsport. Other speaker were: Rov. J. Wood ring, of Johnstown, and Andrew Kerr, of Seward. Officers for the ensuing year were elected a follow; president, A. H. Hart; vice) President, Dr. F. T. Overdorf, Secre tary and Treasurer, Andrew Kerr. William Haulton wa fatally In jured and his win, aged 7, killed at Lumber City. Thoy were riding a railroad speeder when a freight train struck tholr truck. I Kith were hurled a considerable distance. When they ,' were picked up ttie boy was dead nil tlin man .... Ilun iri hi... ...... ...., ri, 1 . 7, 1 110 II 1.111 proceeded without stopping, the train men apparently being unaware that they bad struck the speeder. A. R. McDowell and Pnul M. Dau bonsplck have sold to the National Coal Company, of Hutlor, coal rights covering the Ilobort Honry, Walter Evans and Lovo farm. Including a drift opening and mine equipment on me ixive farm at Kearns cr ono mllo northeast of Duller, fr WW. The new owner will al xmimcnce operations. B. Frank Vogle, proponed 1 Democratic candidate for Stat ator, bas declined the vacancy ticket, and the committee tendered It to Attorney Silas A. Kline, of Groensburg. It. I generally under stood that Mr. Kline will accept tbe nomination. - v Factory No. 4 of the American Window Glass Company at Believer non was damaged by fire to the ex tent of $10,000. For ovr an hour the two volunteer fire companies fmiffht f tt A flume tA fni- half r9 tht time It looked aa If tbe entire plant would go. . Tbe Wayne county Democratic convention Indorsed John Kuhlbach, of Honesdale, for Congress. Mat thew Leonard and R. E. Warg, of Hawley. were nominated for the As sembly ; Frederick Saunders, of Honesdale, for Treasurer, and Dr. O. E. Volght, of Honesdale, for Coroner. R. W. Plumber, a former secretary of the South Sharon Trust Company, haa disappeared and efforts to locate) him have proved fruitless. Plumb- . er severed his connection with the company on September 1. Plumber ;ame to South Sharon about a year go from Pittsburg. Gregory Fiscus, found guilty of voluntary manslaughter for killing George W. Hendlnger at Delmont, was sentenced to serve three months in Jail. William Sanders, a machinist at the Carnegie Steel Company's plant. New Cas.le, was seriously Injured by the breaking of a piece of machin ery. Tony Miller, who was beaten and robbed by footpads near New Cas tle, may die as a result ol bis wounds. Robert Machele, 7 years old. Tltua rllle, died from the effects of eating canned salmon. George Fisher, Butler, shot an un known Slav, while the latter was rifling bis father's orchard. Cyrus Blackwell and Joseph Lu cas, who wero burned by an explo sion of gaa at the Primrose mine at Mahanoy City on Saturday died In the Miner's Hospital. Joseph Cbp- lev vhn vm tmrnen at Hit m time. Is not expected to live. senatorial conferees for Blair laniDna counties 1 nomas ti. ur of Altoona, was nominated un ously (mx the first Fallot, - Erwll H. Schuyler, professo sclencJ In the Erie High school resigned to accept a position aa feasor of chemistry In the Pltq Central High School.
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