OEM BY II FLOOD
Trinidad, Col., the Center of a
Great Cloudburst.
RAILROAD STATION GONE.
No Lot of Llf, Reported So Far
But Several Persons Are
Milting.
A terrific flood struck the city of
Trinidad, Col., and tho whole valley
along the Las Animas rlvpr, devas
tating a wide section and canning
loss which will reach over $1,000.
000. So far aa known there wan no
loss of life, but several persona eve
Biasing. Every bridge In the city of
Trinidad Is nut, the Santa Pe station
It demolished, all of the railroads are
tied up and the telephone and tele
graphic service are completely sus
pended. More than 30 city blocks In
the residence and business portions
were from two to four feet under
water along the river.
The flood was caused by a heavy
rain which had been lulling for two
days.
The new Bacca hotel, a two-story
structure Just, nearing completion at
cost of 120.000, on the river bank
was destroyed. The water then ate.
Its way through 50 feet of ground to
the Santa Fe depot, which was car
ried away. The Cardenas hotel ad
joining barely escaped a similar fnte,
an acre of grounil being washed
away near It. The Rio Grande
bridge at Elmore Is out and the
Santa Fe right of way in many places
has been washed out. Railroad truf-.
' fin is entirely suspended and business
here Is paralysed. I
It was reported thnt the flood was
Him tn n lii-ofilr In iho rtiv reservoir I
hut th-ls Is erroneous. Tho reser
voir Is safe.
A Pullman sleeper and one chair
car standing In front of the Santa
Fe station were lifted bodily by thc
flood and floated, right sldp up, down
the river for two miles. The Harvey
eating house, near the Santa Ft1
station, was damaged to tho extent
of $20,000. Tho Western Union and
Postal telegraph lines were badly
crippled.
Of the merchants on lower Com
mercial street whose losses were
great, the Colorado Supply company
Is the heaviest loser, having $100,000
worth of goods destroyed.
BETTER IRON PRICES.
Wore Demand for Products of Farm
and Factory.
R. G. Dun & Co.'a "Weekly Review
of Trade" says: The last quarter of
19C4 opens with much brighter pros
pects than prevailed a year ago. At
that time securities had fallen an
average of $.14 a share from the top
point a year previous, and there
was a general disposition to curtail
manufacturing and commercial op
erations because of the heavy losses.
At the present time there are no
alarming features, strikes are few
and unimportant, while the Indications
of growing confidence are numerous.
Building operations are expanding,
providing a better demand for lum
ber and materials. Manufacturing
plants are decreasing the proportion
of Idle machinery. Movement of
wheat is heavy.
Foreign commerce at this port for
the last week showed a small de
crease In exports and a gain of
$2,163,346 In Imports as compared
with 1903. Security markka have
risen $14 above the corresponding
date last year, and money Is easy
nd abundant. With the exception of
teel rails, which are not on a parity
with the rest or the market, prices of
Iron and steel have apparently nt-
- talned a position of stability, and tar
dy contracts are gradually coming
forward. There is also a good in
quiry for mevchant pipe, list prices
hieing Btrlctly observed. Shipbuild
ers are seeking plates and there is
a wholesale movement of machinery
and tools. Failures this week num
bered 223 In the United States,
against 226 last year, and 18 In
Canada, compared with lft a year
go.
COURT FORBIDS PICKETING.
'Says Striken Cannot Lawfully Con
gregate Around Works.
Judge Thompson, of tho United
'States Court at Cincinnati, granted a
temporary Injunction on the appllca-l
tlon of the Newport Iron and Brass
Foundry Company, of Newport, Ky.,
restraining the officers of the Iron !
Holders' Union of North America and
the members of local unions from in
terfering with employes of the com
pany. It was explained that peacnuble per
suasion by a dissatisfied workman in
tended to prevent another Man from
taking the place which he had left
was not unlawful, but that tho gath
ering of large numbers of men in the
vicinity of the plant was not peacea
ble persuasion. He specified picket
ing of the vicinity of shops aa a thing
4o be included in the restraining or
Uer. . ,
Dr. Clarence Snyder, a former resi
dent of Pittsburg, but recently prac
ticing medicine at Rudolph, O., has
boon arrested In Toledo on the
:burge of deserting his wife and
child.
New Type of Battleship,
On tbe recommendation of the Gen
eral Board of the Navy the Board uf
Construction has requested plans for
a buttletthlp which shall carry 12
heavy turret guns of not less than
10 Inches caliber and at least four
of which, ahull be 12 inches and the
secondary battery of not more than
three-iucb guns. It Is expected that
this type. If found practicable, will
be adopted for the next battleship
authorised by Congress.
, DEATH OF SENATOR HOAR.
Aged Statesman Passes Away at Hit
Home In New England.
(icorga Friable Hoar senior United
Slates Senator from Massachusetts,
died at his home In Worcester, Mass.,
Friday morning. The end followed a
period or unconsciousness that bad
continued since early Tuesday and
came so gently thnt only the attend
ing physicians were aware of the ex
act moment of dissolution.
The attending physicians despair
ed of the Senator's life six weeks ago,
but such was the-vitality exhibited by
their distinguished patient thut even
they were surprised and the public
was at times led to cherish a faith In
an ultimate recovery. on Sunday
last, however, all hope was abandon
ed. George Frisble Hoar was born at
Concord, Mass., on August 26, 1826.
He wns graduated from Harvard In
1840, studied law there, and beg'in his
practice of law In Worcester, Mass.,
where he has since made his home.
Ho was a member of the Republican
party from Its organization, tn 1852
he was elected to the Massachusetts
House of Representatives, and in
1ST, 7 to the State Senate.
In 1S09 Mr. Hoar was elee'ed to
Congress, serving continuously until
1877. when he was elected to the
Senate. He was re-elected In 188.1,
1889, 1895 and In 1901. In 1877 he
was one of the managers, on bohair
of the House, tn the Belknap Im
peachment trial, and was also a mem
ber of tho electoral commission which
determined the Hays-Tllden contro
versy. Senator Hoar In recent years at
tracted more notice because of his
position on tho Philippine question.
He was a bitter opponent of the poli
cy of the McKlnley and Roosevelt ad
ministration, and never, fulled to lift
up his volet) against It at every op
portunity. His plan, which had
many support era among the u.it I Im
perialists In New England, was to
leave the Islands to the control of the
na'lvcs, the United States ailing
merely as a protection against Inter
ference by other nations.
Senator Hoar took a lively interest
In historical matters. He was once
president antl nt tho time) of, his
death was vice president of the
American nntl-quurian society; was
president of tho American Historical
association, a member of the Massa
chusetts Historical Bociely. of the
American Historical society, of the
HIstorlc-OenealoRlcal society, of the
Virginia Historical society, trustee of
the Penbody Museum of Archaeology.
Ho was also a fellow ol the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences, a cor
responding member of tho Brooklyn
Institute of Arts and Sciences, and a
trustee of the Peubody fund.
For years Senator Hoar was presi
dent of the Association of the Alumni
of Harvard university. Ho was also
president of tho boaid of trustees of
Clark university and nt ono time was
regent of the Smithsonian Institution.
He received the degree of doctor of
laws from William and Mary Am
herst. Yale, Harvard and Dartmouth
colleges. Although he hud written
much, his chlel work was "The Auto
biography of Seventy Years," a re
view of his own Mie.
LARGEST BATTLESHIP.
The Connecticut Launched From
Brooklyn Navy Yard.
The battleship Connecticut was
launched at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
on the 29th tilt.
The ship was built at the Brooklyn
navy yard and no shipbuilding com
pany had any hand In the work.
This Is the first battleship to be
built by the government, and the ex
periment was watched by naval
officers the world over.
The Connecticut Is one of the six
great battleships that are under con
struction, and her record will be a
test whether the United States gov
ernment rnn afford to build battle
ships in Its own yards.
Never before anywhere has siuh a
war leviathan of tho sea been con
structed. She Is 43u feet lit length.
From her keel to the top of her
mast she Is 140 feet high. The tops
of her smokestacks are on a level
with her military masts, which, with
her upper works of'brldste. batteries,
air vents and boat cranes, will give
her a colossal and terrifying appear
ance. The Connecticut will supplant the
Edward VP of England as the big
gest battleship In the world. The
Edward VII. is a few feet longer,
but in other important respects Is
not as large or ns powerful.
The total expense of her construc
tion will be over $i'.,000,ooo.
GIVES MILLION TO PUBLIC.
Massachusetts Woman Awards Large
Sums to Institutions.
Public bequests aggregating over
$1, 000,000, the largest being a gift of
over $250,000 to the city of New
Bedford, Mass.; nre contained In the
will of the late Mrs. Sarah Potter, of
Boston, which was filed for prol ate
this afternoo.i.
To the Boston medical library is
bequeathed $130,000, to the Kinder
garten, for the Blind at Jumaica
Plains, $100,000, and $50,000 to each
of the following: Harvard university, I
Boston Home for Incurables, Hospi- j
tul Cottages for Children at Bald
winvllle, Mubs., Free Hospltul for
Women at Brookllue and the Massa
chusetts College of Phurmacy.
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.
King George of Saxony Is much
weaker. All the members of the, roy
al family living in Dresden have as
sembled at Plllnltz, the summer resi
dence of the Saxon court.
John Scott, of Sioux City, la., a
widower, had notice of a suit for
breach of promise to marry served
upon Mra. A. C. Bassett, of New
York, who camo there on her wed
ding tour with bcr husband. Scott
asks tor M.OOO damages.
HUES IN CLOSE TOUCH
Russians Are Receiving Supplies
and Reinforcements.
JAP SHIPS REPORTED SUNK.
Russian Reports Say Two Torpedo
, Boats and a Steamer Were
Struck by Minea.
Movements at the front so far as
disclosed by the meager dispatches
received are confined almost to con
tinuous outpost skirmishes by means
of which (Jen. Kuropatkln Is keeping
ill close touch with the Japanese
along the whole of their Jront. Field
Marshall Oyanm'a advance appears to
be extremely delibeiute. There are
no Indication as yet that bo has be
gun to overlap Russian positions.
The superiority of the Russian cav
alry is beginning to be apparent.
They have had the best of It In a
number of minor encounters.
It appear)! that Oen. Rclnnen
kampf's movement to the southward
on September 18 extended beyond
the distance indicated by first re
ports. His Cossacks made a rapid
sweep on September 22 and struck a
Japanese force at Bensihu, threaten
ing their communications and caus
ing considerable excitement.
Reinforcements are rapidly arriv
ing at Mukden and many convales
cents are already returning to dgt.y.
It is reported thnt Oen. Kuropatkln
has made a requisition upon the au
thorities Tor additional officers to
make up the heavy losses In killed
and wounded In the battle of Uao
Yang.
New Japanese Loan.
The government has decided to
float another domestic loan of $40.
coo.iimi on conditions similar to the
last. The Issue price will be 92 and
the Interest 5 per cent.
Jap Ships Reported Sunk,
A dispatch to a news agency from
Vladivostok says that according to
reports from l'nrt Arthur two Japan
ese torpedo boats unci a Japanese
steamer have been sunk by mines
near Port Arthur during th" last lew
days. A Japanese cruiser of tho
Niitaka type, it Is added, was badly
damaged.
FIFTEEN INJURED.
Two May Die From Effects of Wreck
on Trolley Line.
A south-bound passenger car on
tho Scioto Valley Traction road struck
a north-bound work car ut Buckeye
park, In Fairfield county, O. Fifteen
people were more or less seriously
injured, two fatally. Tho injured
were brought to Columbus. The ac
cident was the result of mistaken or
ders. Both cars took fire and burn
ed. The most seriously injured are:
John Mosler, Canal Winchester, O.,
motorman of bnggage car, head cut
and minor bruises. William South
ard, Columbus, motormnn passenger
car, bruised and cut about, body and .
head and Internally injured. I,. L.
Hare, Coumbus, conductor passenger ;
car, bruised and cut. Mrs. Elizabeth ;
Arnett, CanAl Winchester, O., arm ;
badly sprained and body painfully '
bruised. Mrs. Miller, Findlay, O., I
bead cut and badly bruised. Mrs. I
Kost. Hookers. O., seriously but not 1
fatally hurt. Mrs. J. M. Winter, wife j
of the postmaster at Carroll, O., pain-;
fully bruised, but not seriously hurt. J
George Baumeister, Columbus, pain- j
fully Injured. Edward Wvjlscurver. j
Columbus, r.lb broken, badly bruised 1
and cut. Unknown boy, fatally Injur. :
ed. i
Steel Trust Earnings.
For the nine months of tho calen
dar year ending Friday, the United
States Steel Corporation has made;
approximately $50,690,000 net accord-;
Ing to the Wall Street Journal. '
This compares with $94,333,970 the
first nine months of 1903 and $101.
323.104 the first nine months of 1902.
It is nearly 60 per cent below the
high record of 1902 and over 40 per
cent below the returns of 1903.
AGE LIMIT ENFORCED.
Many
Employes of Pennsylvania
Lines Thrown Out.
Notices have been received by
Cleveland and Pittsburg railroad em
ployes that men In tbe service of the
Pennsylvania lines West of Pittsburg
who entered the service of the company
when over 33 years old are to be
relieved from duty and their places
filled by promotion of employes long
er In the service.
As a retail! 44 men In the employ
of the Cleveland and Pittsburg road
quit the company's service, and it Is
estimated that when the order Is car
ried out on all the Pennsylvania lines
west between 800 anil 1,000 men will
hnve been released from duty.
It Is reported that the new ruling
will affect the Pennsylvania North
west system, and It is said that
1,000 employes will lose their posi
tions. W. C. Croneiueyer of the American
Sheet Steel and Tin Plate Company
has been ordered to muke a tour of
Europe In the interests of the United
State Steel Corporation and will start
upon his mission at once.
Boy Tries to Kill Mother.
Eugene Denny, 14 years old of
Huntington, W. Va was sentenced
to the Ilelorm School by Judge
Gregory, following an attempt to take
his mother's life. Young Denny was
punished by his mother because he
returned home late from, an errand.
He secured lilt father's revolver,
went to the room where his mother
was silting and fired at her twice.
Tbe second bullet struck her lu the
leg. The fulher arrived and (Ms
armed the boy.
WEATHER BUREAU SUMMARY.
Rainfall Well Dlttributed, but Frottt
IMade Many Inroad.
The weather bureau's weekly sum
mary of crop conditions Is as fol
lows: Unusually low temperature for the
season was the marked feature of
the week In the Northern section of
the country east of the Rocky moun
tains, heavy to killing frosts hiving
occurred September 21 to 23 In New
England, portions of the Middle At
lantic States and lake region, Min
nesota and the Dakota. In the cen
tral valleys and Southern clj-itricts
more favorable temperature prevail
ed. The rainfall was unequally dis
tributed, being excessive tn portions
of the Uulf States and Oklahoma and
abnormally heavy on the southern
Pacific roast, where much damage re
sulted. In the pirnclpal corn-producing
States wet of the Mississippi river
late corn has experienced favorable
weather conditions and the crop Is
generally maturing rapidly. East of
the Mississippi river late corn has
ripened slowly on account of cool
weather. The harvest of spring
wheat Is completed; threshing Is well
advanced In the northern portion of
the spring wheat region.
JAPS CUT WATER SUPPLY.
Capture Fort Which Guarded Vital
Point at Port Arthur.
As a result of the battle before
Port Arthur, which begun on Sep
tember 19, the Japanese succeeded
In rapturing several important po
sitions. To-day the Russian tenure
of the big forts guarding the north,
northeast and northwest sides of the
town Is seriously threatened. Chi
nese information places the Japa
nese losses under 3,oeo for the three
days' fighting.
Possibly the most important cap
ture during the threo days' fight lug
was that of Fort Kuropatkln. which,
while of minor value with regard to
prevent Inn the entrance into the
town of the Japanese, bus been con
structed for the purpose of protect
ing the source of the garrison's
water supply. The control of this
water supply Is now In the hands of
the . Japanese.
TO INJURE BATTLESHIP.
Divert Find Obstruction Placed Where
It Would Do Damage.
With the evident Intention of ruin
ing the hull of the battleship Connec
ticut, which wns launched nt the New
York navy yard Thursday, somo per
son or persons maliciously placed an
obstruction on the ways.
II was not discovered until divers
were sent down to make an investi
gation. On any dark night a small
boat could have been brought close
enough to the stern of the battleship
to have placed the obstruction on tho
ways. As is usual before a large
ship Is launched, divers were sent
down to see that the ways were clear.
They went down for tho first time
Saturday, and since the obstruction
was found they hnve been muklng the
most careful examination, and were
working this afternoon. They will
be sent down for the last time Thurs
day morning.
DIAMONDS A3 STANDARD.
Crank Threatens President and Would
Marry Helen Gould.
Charged with writing and sending
letters to President Roosevelt, Miss
Roosevelt and Helen Gould a man
giving his name as Edward Dnlhelnier
has been arrested by the United
States authorities. The letter al
leged to have been written to the
President threatens his life unless
certain reforms arc made. The ono
to Miss Gould proposes marriage.
The letter to Miss Roosevelt Is not
made public. It is alleged that the
piisoner also wrote to J. J. Hill, ask
ing him to Intercede at Washington
to have the gold standard changed
to diamonds as a medium of ex
change. Dulhelmer was arrested at Emmet ts
hiirg, Iowa, where he was brought
before the Commissioner of Insanity
and pronounced to be In his right
mind. It Is claimed that Dnlhe'imer
wrote the letters In South Dakota,
and be probably will be taken to Si
oux Falls for trial.
BLAME8 LOCUM CREW.
Board of Steamboat Inspectors Re-'
voket Licenses. i
The local board of the United
States Steamship Inspection Serv-'
lee, which consists of James A. Du-'
mont and Thomas H. Barrett, hus i
presented to Supervising Inspector ;
Rodle, of the Second Inspection dls- j
trict. Its report upon the conduct of
the officers and men of the General j
Slocum, which burned with appalling
loss of life In the East river on June
13 last. !
The local Inspectors recommended 1
revocation of tho licenses of William i
II. Van Schalck, master ot the Sloe-,
urn; Edward Van Wart, pilot, and I
Benjamin F. Conklln, chief engineer, j
Fatal Wreck in Canada.
An east-bound freight train on the
uiaiui i runic railway crushed into
another freight train near Eastwood,
Out. ' Engineers Kirkland and
Heron, Conductor Falls and Brake
man Benedict were killed; Fireman
Cameron was so badly scalded thut
his life is despaired of. An open
switch Is said to have been the cause
of the accident.
Electric Cars Abandoned.
The New York, New Haven . and
Hartford railroad Is dismantling Its
third-rail electric fine between Nun
tasket Junction and Brulnlree, and
the announcement Is made thut' the
electrical equipment and operation of
Us suburban lines will not be un
dertaken until the Invention uf new
appliances or the perfection of those
now existing makes aucb a step
more feasible.
MUST FIGHT OR REHEAT
Jap Army Is Drawing Its Wings
Around Kuropatkin.
JAP REPULSE AT PORT ARTHUR.
St. Petersburg Reports Heavy Lonci
to Enemy Atacklng the Fortress
Kurokl't Advance Checked.
Despite ail the efforts of General
Kuropatkln, the movement o! the
two Japanese columns at Mukden, has
not been checked. The extreme
points of the Japanese front are fully
60 miles apart, but these have begun
to close In. It Is up to the Russian
commander to decide the satuo ques
tion which faced hi in at I. la. Yang:
that Is, to hold Mukden, with the des
perate certainty that his retreut will
be cut off, or to fall buck on Tiding
before the converging Japanese col
umns make this Impossible.
The Jupanese center Is slowly but
surely pushing Its way to the Hun
river. There seems to be no cessa
tion In the s-ream of reinforc ements
which is reaching Oyama, both from
Nliic-hwatig and Dulny. The new
troops are b-.dng hurried to the flank
ing columns, the veterans of Llao
Yang being reserved us far as pos
sible for the cenfer and on reserve.
Indications arc discerned at St.
Petersburg dial the Japanese are
planning a flanking movement
ugnltist Gen. Kuropatkln's Icrt. to
compel rctiiemciit from Sliistlntin.
Gen. Kuroki is supposed to design
crossing the Hun river nt a point
coiifldernbly cast of Mukden, from
which lie is expected to move
down thut stream and co-operate
with an army from Slunchun, while
Gens. Oku anil Nodzu hotel Gen. Kuro
patkln souih of Mukden. Japanese
attacks on Hit pass and Sanlungku
ure regarded as confirmation of this
theory. Outposts of Gens. Oku and
Nodzu have been In conflict with
CosBucks between Ilentslaputz and
the railroad.
News was received at 8t. Peters
burg that tho Japanese assault on
Port Arthur had been repulsed with
enormous losses to the attacking
force, also that Gen. Illldcrllng has
checked Kurokl's ndvunce to the
east of Mukden utter a fierce en
gagement In which he Inflicted heavy
toss on the enemy.
A dispatch has been received from
Gen. Kuropatkln announcing that
the Jupuuese are preparing an ex
tensive turning movement east of
Mukden. A large force is advancing
from Liao-Yang by way of Taiche,
to Sl-An-Clinn. Skirmishes have oc
curred In the valley of the Hun river,
and at Inpn. between Bontslapulze
and the railroad. There were many
casualties at Inpn.
Half way to Mukden the Japanese
are trying to seize Kaoutou pass, 10
miles northeast of ilentslaputz In
order to clear the way to Fushun.
Boston Wool Market.
Large and small mills have been
buying wool the past week. The
market Is strong with a buoyant
movement apparently under way. A
feature of trading has been the satis
factory demand for worsteds, all
grades of wool are selling. Foreign
grades are the least In demand.
The principal quotations follows:
Ohio and Pennsylvania, XX and
above, 34(0 33c: X. 3"31e; No. 1, 33
(34c; No. 2, 33&:l4c; fine unwashed,
24(f25c; V4. a and blood unwash
ed, 2sc&29c; unwashed delaine, 26
27c; fine washed delaine, 30c. Mich
igan X and above, 28ft27c; No. 1,
3031c; No. 2, 293nc.
Wreck Injures 31 Persont,
A pussenger train on the St. Louis
and Iron Mountain Railroad known as
the Hot Springs special, was ditched
near Vulcan, Mo., and 31 persons in
jured. The most seriously Injured
are; R. S. Hayes, Fayette, Mo.;
Mrs. J. W. Michaels. Utile Rock.
Ark.: H. H. Bill. Little Rock, Ark.;
Put Martin, Pocahontas, Ark., and W.
W. Strothers, Des Arc, Mo.
The Colllns-Healsllp wholesale car
pet house at Keokuk, la., was de
stroyed by fire, the origin being a bolt
of lightning. Loss, $250,imiii.
RAN INTO OPEN SWITCH.
Three Killed and Nine Injured on
Maine Central Railroad.
Three persons are dead unci others
nre seriously Injured, and some 20
more people are rut and bruised as
the lesult of the wrecking of pas
senger train No. 4 on rhe Maine
Central railroad, which ran Into an
open switch and crashed Into a
freight train east of Lewlslon, Me.
The wreckage caught fire almost
Immediately. TI)ose In the mall
and express cars suffered chiefly
from burns. The train was running
at a rate of 3n miles un hour when
it took the open switch and plunged
Into the freight cars, which had been
sidetracked. The engine nnd express
car were practically demolished. The
parlor car was thrown on Its side
with the baggage and mall car piled
on top. The smoker wns turned at
an angle of 43 dpgrepa, while tho
pussenger coaches remained upright,
although derailed. The passengers
seriously Injured occupied the par
lor car.
Congressman Marlln E. Olmsted
of Harrlsbiirg, was ununimously re
nominated bv the Republican confer
ees of the Elglitueiuh district.
Great Gas Well in Ohio.
- One or the greatest gus wells ever
struck In Southeastern Ohio was
drilled in yesterday by the Ohio
Fuel Supply company. It is located
on the Lyburger lurm, Harrison
township, Knox county, four miles
In udvHiieo of developments and In
tbe center of a block of leases con
sisting of 10,000 acres. It opens a
great scope of new territory. The
well shows a rock pressure of 775
pounds and the estimated rapuclty Is
8.500,000 cubic feet a day.
UNION IRON WORKS SOLD.
Only Bidder Wat Reorganization at
Shipbuilding Company.
The Union Iron works, at Sao
Francisco, one of tho properties of
the United States Shipbuilding com
pany, was sold at auction by order of
th'( Federal court, of New Jersey.
The only bidder was Frnncls D. Pol
lock, representing the reorganization
committee of the new shipbuilding
company, 70 per cent, of the stock of
which is owned by Charles M.
Schwab.
When Mr. Smith 'called for bids,
representatives of the Schwab reor
ganization committee offered $1,400,
000 for the real, and $300,000 for the
personal property. There were no
oilier bids, and these prices were ac
cepted. The new company will be
capitalized at $33,000,000, or which
$3,000,000 will be In bonds.
ALASKA MINERS LEAVING.
About 126,000,000 In Gold Secured
During 8eaton.
-The Alaska season of 1904 Is
cloaeel so far as shipments are con
cerned. All the north coast lines
are preparing for the rush of out
comers from all points In Alaska.
They are beginning to arrive now
and boats are preparing to leave for
the last trip of the season to Nome,
St. Michael, Dutch Hatbor, Cooks
Inlet and other calling points along
the southeastern coast.
There are a few shipments of
treasure yet to come. The gold pro
duction of the entire northern dls.
trlct for the present year Is esti
mated as follows: Klondike, $11,000,
000; Nome, $10,000,000; Tannnn, $2.
000,000; all other districts, $3,000,000.
B. AND O. GETS 80UTH PENN.
Now Owns Property and Franchise
of the Line.
Tho Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company has taken forma,! possession
of the property and franchise of tho
old South Penn Railroad In Pennsyl
vania which It recently bought at a
foreclosure sale. The purchase price
was a nominal sum, but previously
the Baltimore and Ohio had acquired
claims against the property represent
ing the expenditure of about $15,
000,000. The purpose of the Baltimore and
Ohio Is to occupy this route with a
cut off line running from Hancock,
Mil., to a point on Its Pittsburg divi
sion. This arrangement Is intended
to meet competition from the now
line from Pittsburg to Baltimore, such
as is proposed In t lie Wabash plans la
connection with the Western Mary
land Railroad.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
.Rear Admiral S. W. Terry has been
detached from command of the naval
station. Honolulu, Hawaii, and or
dered home to await further orders.
. At Des Moines, la., William Smith
and Charles Jennings confessed to the
theft of $10,000 worth of diamonds
and were sentenced to. 14 years each
in the state penitentiary.
President Zelaya has appointed Dr.
Jose Dolores Games to be arbitrator
for Nicaragua In tbe settlement of the
boundary question with Honduras.
The court will bold Its sessions
at Guatemala City, Guatemala.
A washout on the Burlington rail
road near Elmwood, III., caused a
wreck, in which one man was killed
and three others were probably fa
tally Injured,
Thirty-five students, living In vari
ous slates of the Union, wbo won the
Cecil Rhodes scholarships for a course
of study at Oxford University, sailed
on the steamship Ivernla from Bos
ton for Liverpool.
Porto Rico's 1,007 public schools
have opened with 60,000 pupils en
rolled, in the first school year
during American occupation there
were 800 schools with 25,000 pupils.
Mr. Lee, the British merchant
of Rabat, who was captured by
tribesmen while fishing In the Rabat
river, and who subsequently returned
safely to Rabat, only secured his
freedom after paying a ransom of
$145.
Former Senator William E. Chand
ler, of Warner, N. H., is suffering
from a fracture of both bones of
his left forearm, through having
been struck by the crank of his au
tomobile The barns of Andrew McNeills,
near Buckhorn. Pa., and William Q.
White, near Huntingdon, Pa., were
burned causing a total loss of about
$10,000.
The Indiana yearly meeting of
Friends, in session nt Richmond,
will request President Roosevelt to
use his influence In getting Russia
and Japan to submit their dlfferen
cos to arbitration.
Bishop Potter, who opened the
Subway Tavern in Now York, has
been invited to attend tho conven
tion of saloonkeepers of Pennsyl
vania, at which there will bo a dis
cussion of the luestlon of opening
saloons on Sunday and making a re
duction In the present license fees,
President Entertains Rodmond.
At luncheon tbe President and
Mrs. Roosevelt entertained John P,
Redmond, the distinguished Irish
member of the British purfiament,
Mra. Redmond and Prof. Benjnmln
Ide Wheeler, president of the Uni
versity of California.
ENTIRE FAMILY WOUNDED.
Kentucky Farmer, Hit Wif, and
Child Shot from Ambush.
While Kink Head, a farmer, living
four miles from Clinton, Ky., wit
standing with his Wife and child on
their front porch, they were a shot
from ambush. Heal was fatally
wounded, and tho woman and child
wore seriously hurt. Head hnd had
some trouble with his neighbors,
The sheriff has gone to tho scene.
KEYSTflftE STATE GULLIIiCS
KINDNESS WINS FORTUNE.
Gretna County Young Woman Qeta
145,000 from Pertont She One
Befriended.
Miss Florence Jennings, daughter
of Casslus Jennings, of Wind dtldge,
Greene county, has received trord
that the hat fallen belr to an estate
of $46,000, bequeathed for kindness
thown to Mrs. Dllllo Horner. While
visiting at Apollo the nurted the wo
man until the Utter't death. Rec
ently Mr. Horner also died, leaving
his entire estate, except a email
amount for funeral expenses, to Mist
Jennings.
Surveys for the' Pittsburgh West
moreland railroad have been com
pleted. The main line, irom Mc
Keeeport to Irwin, will run through
White Oak loved after It leaves the
former place, and through Stewarts
Till, Clrcleville, Jacksonville and to
the Plttsburgh-Greensburg pike, near
the borough line of Irwin. At this
point a branch will run south through
Hahntown, Rlllton, Madison Edna
No. 2 and Hermlnle. Tbe eastern ex
tension from Irwin will run to Manor,
and on through Clarldge, Murryevllle
and Export. The line wilt be under
the general management of H. D.
Hershey, formerly of Pittsburgh, now
of the Latrobe Trolley Company. Tho
car barns, power house and general
offices will be In Irwin. The com
pany has a capital stock of $350,000
and has Issued a like amount In 30
year 6 per cent, gold bonds.
As a result of his arrest by Union
town officers a few days ago, Oeorgo
B. Geraw, secretary and general man
ager of the United States Manufac
turing Company of Morgantown, W.
Va.. Instituted a suit against tho bor
ough of Unlontown for $20,000 dam
ages, alleging false arrest and im
prisonment, also defamation of char
acter. Geraw Is prominent In poll
tics. He recently aspired for the
West Virginia state Senate, but was
defeated. The Unlontown Council
last night dismissed the officers who
made tho arrest.
Options covering 6,000 acres of coal '
land In thA annth wratopn nnrt nf fn.
dlana county were sold to Marcus
8axman, of Latrobe, who represents
ins Pennsylvania iianroau. rar.
Saxman will secure rights to the coal
underlying 45 farms at an average of
$40 an acre. Tbe options were tak
en up by Bartley Mclntlre, a Jackson
ville merchant, for $200,000. Tho
sale Is the largest made tn this coun
ts this Tear and means a new railroad
In an entirely new field.
An Important deal was consummat
ed In New Castle, when C. E. Thomas
leased a farm of 60 acres In Shenan
go township to Pittsburg and Salem
(O.) capitalists to secure pottery
clay. Thomas purchased the farm
for $5,000 two yean ago and discov
ered clay equal to the Texas and
New Jersey varieties. He refused
$100,000 for the ground and leases It
under a heavy royalty.
The Rev. Dr. Henry Bnln, for 3S
years pastor of the Poke Run Preaby- '
terlan church, Washington town
ship, Westmoreland county, preached
his farewell sermon. Addresses were
made by the Rev. Dr. J. F. Snyder,
pastor of the Emanuel Reformed
church, Manordale, and the Rev.
Oeorgu D. Lindsay, pastor of the
Westminster Presbyterian church,
Michael Coyne, Pittsburg, who en
listed In the United States navy for
ervice at Annapolis In 1901, walked
Into headquarters at New Castle and
(are himself up. He said he desert
ed In 1903 and was weary of cona
tantly watching out to escape arrest
ind preferred to go back for punish'
tnent.
A suit for $10,000 for false arrest
has been filed at Unlontown by Irvln
Shipley, ot Falrchance against Cons
tablet John Cooley and Frank Ben
son, of Falrchance. The petition
represents that Shipley's arrest waa
without cause, that the officers had
no warrant and that he was ao
quitted by Justice Montelth.
The wire department of the Amer
ican Steel ft Wire company. South
Slferon, will be atarted double turn.
The plant has not worked full time
for many months. It Is expected
that the wire nail department will
also go on double turn In a few days.
About 200 men are affected.
Pad Juruc, Max Slander, Tony
Delankl and Andy Teckle, track
men at work on the section of the
Pennsylvania railroad nt Irwin, were
run down by a train. Juruc, Stan
dor and Delanki were killed.
William H. Patterson, alias "Dude"
Patterson, the negro charged with
killing William Jackson, also col
ored, at Burgettstown Sunday, was
captured at Burgettstown. ,
Tank No. 1 in the window glass
works at Jeaunette exploded last
night, causing a loss of many tons
of molten glass. About 40 men will
be thrown out of work for several
weeks.
Mary Latttmore, 32 years old, of.
West Newton, was poisoned by eat
ing tomatoes which had been cooked
the second time, and died this morn
ing. .
Members of the Homestead Busi
ness Men's -Association, at a mooting
decided to abolish the practice of Is
suing trading stamps to their cus
tomers. The Citizens Telephone Company,
an Independent concern, It included
In a deal whereby all tho independ
ent telephone companies of Western
Pennsylvania and Western New York
are united under the name of the
Erie 'Telephone Company.
The Democratic Senatorial confer
ees of tbe Thirty-seventh district,
which comprises Jefferson and India
na counties, nominated J. II. Hill, of
ludlana, lor State Senator,
Brakeman L. A. Runda waa killed
In tbe Conway yards by being run
over by a freight train.