DESPERATE BATTLE FOUGHT Japanese Take the Offensive After Falling Back. JAPANESE LOSE TWO VESSELS. The Gunboat Halyen Struck Mint nd Nearly all on Board War Lost. A illnpatc.li from Mukden. ' dated October 11 says: A bloody battle Is now raging oliimi six miles north of Yental railroad station. The Japan ese on Sunday foil back along the whole front mul the Russian advance crossed th Schlll river, (about half way between Mukdeu and Llao Yang), and came within three mile of Yental, but yesterday the Japanese received strong reinforcement of in fantry and artillery, and not only held their position, but even as sumed the offensive. The fighting lusted the entire day and nlxhl. The Jnpanes" directed i heir artillery fire with grout skill and searched the Russian positions so fiercely i)mt the Russians fell back north of the Schill river, which crosses the rnllroud seven tulles trout Yental. The .Russians this morning resinned their advance, once more crossed the Schill river nnd engaged the Japan se two miles south of It. A terrific artillery ennajvotuent Is proceeding along the entire trout. The result of the battle Is still undHii!ed. Severe fighting north of Yintai has resulted In a temporary check of Oon. Kttropatkln's advance gunnd. The latest officliil dispatches to St. Peters burg indicate that the whole army In not yet in line of battle. The present engagement may therefore he regard ed aa the result ol a counter attack which an enterprising foe like the Japanese might lie expected to make, but without any calculation to pre vent the Russian advance. Gen. Kuropatkln' present superiority in numbers, It is held, is hound sooner or later to compel the Japanese to fall back upon their strong positions within the triangle formed by Yeninl, . J.iao Yarn? and Syk want tin. The Japanese gunboat Heiyen struck a mine In Pigeon Hay. west of Port Arthur. September 18 ami sack. Only four of her crew were rescued. The Heiyen was of 2,i'rt7 tons displacement. 2.400 Indicated horse power and can steam about lo Knots. She was captured by the Japanese from the Chinese at Wol haiwei during the war between China snd Japan. The lieiyen carrie a crew of 2i officers nnd men. The loss of the armored gunboat Heiyen was announced. The ileiyeu struck a mine off Pigeon Pay on the night of September IS, and founder ed. Nearly lino persons, her entice complement, were drowned. The Heiyen was engaged on guard duty off Pigeon Pay and was blown up by a Russian mine. RUSSIANS BEATEN BACK. Desperate Struggle For Supremacy South of Mukden. The main armies of Russia and Japan In Manchuria continue to be engaged In a desperate struggle Tor supremacy south of Mukden. On both aides there have been such loss es in killed nml wounded aa mark the contest for on: of the liloodlesi Lai ties In history. Already the losses at Llao Yang have been approxima ted. And the indications are that they will be exceeded, that of the Russians up to noon of October 14 be ing estimated at 15,000. The Russian advance ha been con verted Into a stubbornly-fought, re treat. The result according to the Russians, is still to be determined. Reports from the Russian left wing are lacking, leaving room for ques tion If that pari of Gen. Kuropatkin' army is not in worse extremity than the center and tight were at any stage of the battle. On both sides the soldiers have shown the utmost tenacity and bravery, and whole regi ments have gone down before the fire of the enemy. In official circles of SI. Peters burg there la a disposition to argue that even should Gen. Kuropatkln be obliged to retire upon Mukden, hi position will be quite aa favorable as it was when the order to advance was given on October 6. and that on the other hand the Japanese power of future resist Mice will hove been materially weakened. There Is no news from Port Arthur. PAYMASTER ROBBED. His Horte Shot Dead and Rider Beat en Into Stupor. Robert. Holster, paymaster lor E. C. Lauer, rallroud contractor, was ul tackod from ambush near Sykesville. Pa., and robbed of $3t!0. He was on horseback and hi horse was shot dead. When the horse fell three men pounced upon the pay master and bear, him into Insensibili ty and relieved him of his money. He was found shortly afterward by a farmer who was driving Into Sykes ville. The police here were notified, but have no clue to the robbers. . Three Men Entombed. Three sons of Rev. Thomas Napier, of East Lynn, W. Vu., while inspecting a coal mine on their father's premises, became Impris oned in the name by the falling In of the entrance. Hundreds of tons of earth came down the mountain side and obstructed the means of exit. The entire neighborhood Is out moving the earth to release the Imprisoned men, who are probably dead. . SLOW BUT SURE. News From Leading Iron and Steel t Firms Help to Rttore Confi dence. R. 11. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly rtovlow of Trade" says: Progress Is slow but sure In the leading branches of manu facture, contracts being more readi ly placed for distant -delivery, while the percentile of Idle machinery steadily decreases. Satisfactory news from leading Iron and steel center tends lo strengthen coiilliir-neo else where, as the cotiRiimplti.il or Iron has been found a good h.iiumetcr of business conditions. Jobbing nnd wholesale trade in fill and winter wearing apparel expands gradually, and such spring lines as are opeu ed meet with fairly salislnetory re ception, considering the recent Indis position to provide for future require ments. At many points the return of warm weather checked tlm revival of retail trndo lu heavy goods, but as that movement had begun much earlier than usual, the net result thus fur Is better than last year. Ht'.lldlug operations have expanded, at some cities establishing a note worthy record for the month of Sep tember und the permits recmilly Is sued promts well for the future. Labor Is fairly well employed, ac cording to the latest official trades cnlon reports, although the Kali River struggle lias lasted longer than expected. Late.it return of foreign commerce compare very favorably with the corresponding tlmo lust year, and railway earnings lu ' the first week of October were ti.O per cent, larger than in 1 !'0:l. All di visions of the iron and steel Indus try are making progress, lardy orders coming forward In greater number, anil, while few largo contracts nro re corded, the aggregate tonnage Is in conraglng. More office buildings and britiges are contemplated for West cm cities, while the railwnys seek cars and other equipment with move interest than at any recent date. A big dcuand for agricultural Imple ments is confidently anticipated. Kxporls of steel rails prom ises to be large and much foreign business is being negotiated. Little recovery has occurred as yel In the domestic demand for cotton goods, but prices nre firmly maintained. Recent large purehnses of hide es tablished prices in n firm position, but are followed by less activity. Failures this week were 208 In the Vtilied Slates, nar-lnst 208 Inst year, and In Canada. SI, compared with S-S a ymr ago. , AMERICAN MAIL SEIZED. Conten's Examined by Czar's Sea men, Who Re-Seal and For ward It. It developed that a pouch contain ing mail for lite United States cruis er Cincinnati, then at Nagasaki, Japan, whiclt was aboard the British steamer Calcha, when that vessel was seized by the Russian Vladivos tok squadron, had been opened while in the possession ot the Russian officials, subsequently re-sealed and sent, on to Its destination. ' ' The information tamo to the Post office department In u communication from the Japanese, postal administra tion, in conformity with a practice al ways followed when there has been any mishap In the delivery of mail pouches. The mailer will be referred to the Slate Department for action, as was done wlih the case of the ordinary I'nlied Slate mall on the vessel nt the time she was seized. This latest phase of the seizure of t lie Calchri malls has caused a pain ful surprise in official circles, and It the art. of opening the pouch address ed to the Cincinnati was wittingly done, the probability Is u strong pro test will bo lodged with the Russian government. It is sluted al the Navy depart ment that the mull pouch referred to did not coniiil.i any official communi cation, simply mail lor the ma alioard the ship. TO PROMOTE PEACE. Prominent Men of all Creeds De nounced Armed Strife. Jew nail Gentile, scholar and teacher, merchant-and lawyer tout blueu ihelr talents at tho temple of the Congregation Rodeph . Shalom, Pittsburg, to mnke a success of tho meeting in the interest of universal peace. Messages ol encouragement were roclved from President Roose velt, Secretary of Si ate John Hay and Andrew Carnegie. The meeting was opened by Rev. Dr. J. Leonard Levy, and Rev." Dr. S. IS. Mi-Corrnicli presided, having as vice presldeniH John Wanamaker, Pastor Churles Wagner of Pari, author of "The Simple Lite"; Prof. X. Koenig, of HotdeuMX, Dr. V. Kvans Darby, secretary of tho British Pence society; George Herbert Perrls, sec retary of the Colj.len club, of Lon don; Mayor William. Hays, Rev. Fm her A. A. Lambing. ex-Judge Cohen, Prof. Thomus Garrett of Har vard university. Prof. John A. Bra shear, Rev. S. Edward Young, Judge J. M. Kennedy and I). L. Gillespie. Coke Production Gaining, Product km increased In the Con nellfivUlc region lnt . wool;. nearly i 5,000 ore tons being made. Shlp:. nienls of coke fell otT to the ,-Weflt, ' und the iucreuse lu shipments' to the 1 Pittsburg district was small. Pro-1 duction exceeded shipments by more i than 27.0IHI tons, aud many ovens J probably will be blown out if this sur-1 plus cannot be u,ot rid of. j Left Hia Widow $20,000,000. By the will of her husband, Henry Giinuell Russell, who died Jo day ago, Mrs. Russell becomes the rich est widow In New England, as the estate Is reputed to be worth at least $20,000,000. The estate will event ually revert j to the Goddard, and Brown families, and young John Ni cholas Browii, "the richest baby la the world.- win b , ou the list of tu- tore heirs. I MORE RIOTS IN CHICAGO Sriklnki Teamfters Make Attack on Non-Union Men. SYMPATHIZERS STONE DRIVERS Attempt Made to Cut Harness Police Interfere and Make Sev eral Arrests. Rioting occurred In connection with a strike of baggage wagon driver employed by the Frnnk T. Scott Trans fer Company nt Chicago. Attacks on wagons wer? repulsed by a squad of policemen at t he barns of the com pany and by a force of private de tectives employed! to patrol the dis trict. , Attempts to send out wagons met with determined resistance by pick ets, aided by sympathetic teamsters. As fast as the wagons got a few blocks away the drivers were stoned and attempts made to rut the hors es' traces. At Vnnburen and Stale streets a non-union driver for the company wu attacked by the driver of an leu Wagon and threatened with aa nxc. While this was going on, sever ul men, supposed to be pickets, cut the harness. The baggage wagon driver ran for his life, leaving hi wngon in nil alley. Four arrests were made. One prisoner was J. W. Young, busiuess agent of the Van and Pnggage Teamsters Union, Trouble was nlso experienced nbout the) Auditorium hotel where the bag gage handlers had gone on a strike. A crowd of 20 men attacked one of the Scott wagons at the Polk street depot, while the driver was attempt ing to deliver baggage troni one of I the hotels. TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER. Russian Troops Fight Like Heroes, Through the Night. A Russian correspondent telegraphs as follows: "For over two days the battle has raged ceaselessly. It was close to midnight of October ID, when the Japanese attempted to surprise and attack our frontal positions in the Impenetrable darkness and hurled the full force of their battalions analnst our IntrencbmentH. Tho darkness was split by tho bhue of their rltles and answering volleys of our men. The attack never ceased for hours. We lay close, hugging the entrench ments with but few minutes respite, every man's gun to his shoulder fir ing at tho flashes until near dawn, when the evil-boding rifle fire ceas ed and even lite distant batteries were silent. "Ony had hardly lighted the slope of the two-horned mountain when our batteries began to cover It with shrapnel. Puffs of white smoke marked the landing of each shell. Japanese fell literally llko wheal thrown by the hand of a sower, "From 8 o'clock in the morning the fight raged. Along tho whole line the Infernal din of the rillo fire continued as on the previous dny, hut. up to noou the Japanese batteries gave no sign of Hie. It developed that they were waiting to locale our positions before opening tire. , "Reports of heavy losses during the night attack, ai-e coming in. Tho Tomsk regiment suffered terribly. Of the brilliant Tamhoff regiment few re mained. The troops fought like heroes throughout tho hours of dark ness, and the morning found the most ot them dead on the ground they had bravely defended. Those remaining continue lo fight. "Tho J a panes o to-day land',-.! nu unexpected blow on our right flank and took two batteries, hut we re gained them. It Is impossible at pres ent to judge of the situation; to do this wo probably will have to wait some day. Our men still believe wo shall nchlcve a flnul success." TREASURY REPORT. Revenues Decreased and Expendi ture of Funds Increased. Ellis H. Roberts, treasurer of the (Tnited States, has submitted to Sec retary L. M. Shaw tho aunttnl report on the transactions of the Treasury during the fiscal year ended June 30, 190. The net ordinary revenues are shown to have been $."40,631l74!. a decrease of $19,Tt 1,923 as compared vith 19(1,1, and tho net ordinary ex rtndliures $."S2.4u2.321, nn Increase of $7t,iio3.31 1. In the roceipta - the piiuclpal falling off was $23,2li3,017 in custom, while In, the disburse ments the Important increases wero $11,123,4411 In commerce and labor, Stiu.7K.SNii in .Treasury proper, und 2I'.3:'.8.im;7 for the Navy. L'nusitnl expenditures were '$.10,000,000 oil ac couut. of the Panama canal and J4,iO(i,000 -loaned to the Louisiana Purchuse Exposition company, which latter has now been nearly all re paid. r.t for these the recorded deficiency of 1 1,770,571 would have been changed to n surplus of $12.2fl,428. . Lose Causes 8uiclde. Harry Allshottso, a young man re-f-Jdlng at Lowellvillu, O., while at tending the street fair held there lost about. J4D0. He boarded a street car and went to Strttthers and on ar riving at tho station deliberately shot hlmsi'lf with a revolver, dying in a few minutes. Pittsburger Gets $800 Prixe. The officials of tho Pennsylvania railroad, after making their annual Inspection tour, have awarded prizes to section supervisors for meritori ous work. One $1,200 prize, two $1,000 prizes and four $800 prizes were awurdud, George Ehrenfeld, supervisor of section 7, Pittsburg division, and W. W. Courts, of No. 10, beiug the recipients of two of the latter price. Man Kills Hia Motherlee Children nd Shoots Himself. ' At Cleveland, O., Bohumll Schnepp, a Bohemian, 41 years otd, took his two children, Emma nnd John, aged 4 nnd 3 years, into tlm cellar of their homo and killed them by shooting them In the temple. Tho children had been Ragged to prevent an out cry. After killing his children Schnepp went to tho cemetery where his wife, who died a year ago. Is burled, and shot himself In the head. His wound is believed to be fatal. Resides shooting his children Schnepp struck them on the head with a five-pound hammer. Schnepp hns been 111 for months and has bruoded over the death of his wife. CAMPAIGN FRAUD. Man Who Solicits Funds Turns Out to be Impostor. John llentherlngton, of Pittsburg, who thought "John I). Wilson" would be a better nnme for Cleveland use, wilt spend seven months In the Cleveland workhouse, a victim of too much political activity. For some time he had been going about among the lending firms nnd business places soliciting campaign contri butions for the "Central Republican Roosevelt nml Fairbanks club." He victimized several lurgo concerns, nptong them At. A. Hnnna & Co. A detective was put on his trail, and after ho wns arrested. It was found that, the political club with the Inspiring luiinn existed only In the mind of llentherlngton. On convic tion he admitted that he had work ed the same gamn In Pittsburg, but had been caught and served time for It. 19 PERSONS DROWN. Small Steamer Wrecked and Crew and Passengers Lost. News reached Halifax of the wreck of tho little steamer Call of New London. Prince Edward Island, during Inst Saturday's gnlo with the loss. It Is believed of all on board, some 19 persons In all, ot whom 11 were passengers. Among those on the steamer wns the son of John Fagnr, of this city, one of the princi pal owners. The steamer wns bound from Tra codle far up in Northern Now Bruns wick, to New lmdon, on tho North ern coast or Princo Edward island. II. had been the custom of the Cnll to stop at the numerous littlo fishing ports on her way down the coast, nnd it Is thought that her passengers were m-niiy all fishermen. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Flro in Winnipeg. Manitoba, caus ed a loss of $700,000. The first snowr of the season fell at Albany, Schenectady nnd a num ber of other places lu New York Wednesday. At Montgomery, Ala.. C. J. Cassl nuts, a wealthy retired Iruit dealer, was rim over and Killed by a street car. Eye witnesses say the man de liberately walked upon the tracks. Owing to numerous vexations strikes of negro roustabouts on the steamboat wharves nt New Orleans, the experiment was begun of replac ing them with white laborers from Western and Northern cities. The Japanese government decided to float n domestic loan or $10,0i)0,noo representing the balance of the amount, nmliori.ed by the diet. The emperor has decorated tho Ameri can nurses with the order of the crown. The gross earnings of Ixjiiis vlllfs & Nashville for the first week In October Increased $:i(i,0o0. For the same week Southern Railway re ported nn Increase of $59,000, and Missouri Pacific nn Increase of $17,- 000. Tho thirty-sixth anniversary of the beginning of tho first Cuban revolu tion was celebrated in Havana Mon da;. Nick Mclutosh, a negro, was sent enced to tho Georgia penitentiary for Ufa for trying lo wreck a trolley car. Dr. Leo Vogel, a lawyer and Secre tary of tho Swiss Legation at Berlin, has been appointed Swiss Minister to the United States. Pickpockets relieved visitors nt the Summit county, (0.) fair of amounts aggregating $1,500, Five suspects nre being held at Cleveland. Harry Richardson, colored, of Union; town. Pa., wns found dead on top of n enr of worm coke nshes nt Port Marlon, Pa. Rev. C. V. Hrcwbnker. for seven years pastor of the First United Brethren church of Canton, O., has resigned to accept a pastorate nt Chnmbershnrg. Pa. Henry Musser was killed by an Erie freight train at the Exchange street crossing at Akron. O. Ho wtis till yeius old and was a veteran o,f the Civil war. A torriblo storm swept the Hon duras coast for three day. The city of Puerto Cortez suffered great dam age and the bamiitn crop Is reported ruined. Tho soh survivor of a 'Chicago yacht lag parl y of four. Hurry Oruy, clinging lo a spar halt a mile- from shore, was rescued dying. He stated his sister, Nellln Gray, Waller 'Ken nedy and Donald Campbell were com panions. The yacht sank. R. M. McFarhind, Vice President of the I'e'unct national bank at Hold enville, 1. T., hus been arrested ou a charge of misappropriation of funds of the bunk, which suspended last June, Climbed Huascan for 21,000 Feet. Miss Annie 8. Peek, the American mountain climber, ha ascended Huascan mountalu lu Peru, to a height of 21,000 reel. She was pre vented from reaching the summit be cause of Immense crevices and anow. HuaacaiL I 22,00 feet Ugh. T7EHTY-N I N E WERE KILLED Freight Train Crashes into Pas senger in Missouri. TRAINS MET AT SHARP CURVE. Engineer of Freight Mistook a Local Freight for Second Section of Passenger. Twenty-nlne person were killed and 60 Injured, by a heud end col lision of Missouri Pacific trulns, three miles enst of Warronsburg, Mo. The trains wero the second section of a pnssonger train from Wichita for St. Louis, and an extra freight train. Most of the dead were residents of Missouri and Kansas, ns are tho In jured. One of tho dead Is II. A. Weber of Forestvllle, Iltttler County, Pa. The passenger train, consisting of two day coaches, a Pullman and a caboose, was loaded with world's Inlr excursionists from southeastern Kansas and southwestern Missouri. The Wlehltn passenger train had been cut lu two at Pleasant Hill, on account of the heavy load, nnd a lo comotive attached to the front car without a baggage car as n buffer The extra freight hart been sidetrack ed at .Mont serial for the first section of tho Wichita train, which carried signals thnt a second section was fol lowing. A local passenger train pass ed and the freight crew took the lo cal for tho second section of the Wichita train, nnd pulled out of the sidetrack. Three miles west the freight met the secoud section. The Impact telescoped tho tender of the passenger locomotive nnd the front car, which wns full of paisen gers, otid It was here that the xacri flee of life took place. Tho passen ger conductor, E. L. Uarues, ran all the way to Warrensbttrg to report the wreck. Every physician in Warrens burg and hundred of cliizens hasten ed to the wreck to assist the wound ed. Twenty persons were killed out right and nine died within a few hours. The dead were placed on flat cars und brought to Warrens burg. T. C. Dressel, postmaster nt East oiivlUe, Knn., was tuken out. from under n heap of seven bodies Buffer ing only a broken leg. F. N. Cunning ham of Mannington, W. Ya , was lacerated about tho head. SETTLE DIVORCE QUESTION. Episcopal Convention Decides to Leave Laws as Thoy Are. The house of deputies of the Epls- copai general convention In session nt Iloston at the close of n four days' debnle, rejected an amend ment to the divorce canon, which sought to prevent the rc-marrlago of divorced persona by clergymen of the denomination. While the house of bishops mny yet act on tho matter, It Is certain that no change will be ninde by the present convention. The present law of the church. which has been in operation since 1859, allows the remurrlage cf the Innocent parly to a divorce granted for Infidelity. At several conven Hons, attempts have been made to repeal this law, and whea a vote was taken to-day by the house ol depu ties silting as a committee of the whole, on the question of reporting the proposed amendment to tho house Itself, the reformers wero suc cessful by u vote .of 214 to 191, and this vole was regarded as represent ing the actual strength of the con tending forces. IRISH EVICTION RESISTED. Police Assailed With Hot Irons Boiling Water and Stones. At Fellsport, near Cork, an at tempt to evict a tenant named Ed mund Murphy for unpaid rent of six years, led to sciious fighting. Ftlty police found the place barricaded. A crowd assailed tho police with red hot Irons, boiling water and stones, compelling them to desist. The con flict continued all Amy. With the arrival of reinforcements the police charged the mob with fixed boyonets and many ou both sides were Injured. Ijito in the even ing, through the meditation of the parish priest. Murphy was Induced to surrender. Altogether 3o urreats wi re made. POLITICS CAUSES MURDER. Aged Man Resents Slur on Old Friend, H. G. Davis. Resenting n remark Intended ns a slur on his 'friend of long ngo, Wal ter Fremont an aged man, shot nnd killed Solomon Dlshner, at Fort Gay, W. Va.. a little town on tho lllg Sandy liver. Fwmont's advanc ed age I alone what saved him from being roughly bundled by an excit ed crowd which surrounded him after the shooting. Tho quarrel urose during n debate over politics. Fremont worked with Henry O. Davis when the now vice presidential candidate was employed nn ono of the local railroad. Dur ing tho controversy Dlshner made a remark derogatory to Luvl and Fre mont at once shot hi in dead. The police at Barcelona, Spain, have been Implicated In a plot to assassinate King Alphonso. Slav Wedding Fatalities. James Corel wus killed, a man named Shlngo probably filially Injur ed, and Mike Solicit seriously hurt In a fight al a Slav wuddlng cele bration at Arnold City, Pu, Hatchets, fence rails and clubs were used. Mlko and John ltollck huvo been ar rested. It Is asserted that SO kegs of beer were drunk at the celebration. CROP REPORTS. Spring Wheat 12 Points Below Laet Year Corn Nearly the Same. ' The monthly report of the chief of tho bureau of statistics of the de partment of agriculture shows the condition of corn on October 1 to have been 83.9, as compared with 84.6 one month ago, 80.8 on October 1 19U3, 7!t. tl at tho corresponding date In inol and 10 year average of 78.3. Tlio preliminary estimate of the average yield an acre ot spring wheat In 12.7 bushels, subject to re vision when the final esllmnte is tnnde In December. The average quality of spring wheat Is 73.7 as compared with 85.5 In 1903 and 87.7 lu 102. Ton preliminary returns Indicate an oat crop of about 8KS. 500,000 bushels, or an average of 32.1 bushels nn acre, as compared with 28.4 bushels as finally estimated In 1903, 34.6 bush els In 1902 nnd a 10-year average of 28.2. The average for quality Is 91.4, against 79.9 In 1903 and 86.7 In 1902. The preliminary estimate ot yield an acre of rye Is 15.2 bushels, against 13.4 last year, 17.0 In 1902 nnd a 10 year average of 15.0. The average for quality Is til.fi. against. 88.4 last year and 1)1.8 in 1902. The average condition of buckwheat on October 1 was fc8.7. as compared with 91.5 one month ago and 74.0 on October 1, 1903. The average'' condi tion of tobacco October 1 was 85.6 as compared with 83.7 one month ago, 82.3 on October 1. 1903, and a five-year average of 78.9. The nvorngo condition of potatoes October 1 was 89.5, ns compared with 91.0 one month ngo, 74.(1 October 1, 1903; 82.5 at the corresponding date In 1902 und a 10-year average of 73.5, STRUCK ENORMOUS GASSER. Ohio Fuel Supply Company Gets Well Estimated at 10,000,000 Feet Thp Ohio Fuel Supply Compnny, which recently brought In an enor mous gosser from the Knox-Llcklng field in Ohio, has been successful in securing another well, larger even than Its predecessor. The well was drilled lu on Saturday night, and It Is believed that Its capacity will bo from 10,000,000 to 15,000,000 cubic feet dully. It Is located nine miles south of llarnesvllle. In Wayno towmhlp, Relmont county. When the well came In It soon got beyond tho control of the workmen. Au effort was made to restrain It by putting Jn a lour-lnch tubing, but this was soon given up ns an Impossibili ty. The compuny Is now putting In six Inch tubing. The well Is the largest yet struck In that field. Its fitpply will bo used for the very largo ci tisiimrllon which the company has In Ohio towns. FIFTEEN HURT. Express Train Ran Into Freight Near Camden, N. J. A Pennsylvania rnllroud express train, bound from New York for Cam den, N. J., run into a freight train in the Ilordentovvn railroad yards, 27 miles north of Camden, nnd nbout 1C persons were Injured, threo ot them seriously. Isaac Worts, engineer, Bradford Steelman. fireman, and James Zane, an engineer who was on tho passen gr engine to familiarize himself with the road, were caught under the wreckage of tho locomotive. Zane was taken to the T rep ton hospital and the other two were brought to tho Cooper hospital, Camden, along with 10 of the Injured passengers. The freight train was crossing tho main line tracks when tho passenger trnl n dashed Into It. Lord M i'ner Resigns. Iid Milner has resigned the high commlsslonershlp of South Africa on account of Ill-health, brought about by the prolonged strain in grappling with the situation, which Is dally be coming more difficult, owing to the financial and radical troubles of the country. Admiral Dewey has again offered to assume command of the combined fleet In the Caribbean sea and direct the winter maneuvers. Boston Wool Market. Increasing strength Is Bhov.u In the local wool market from week to week. Recently there hnd been a heavy demuud for almost all grades of wool, a condition of affairs which If It continues will mark the season as unique. The price ot domestic wools In this market as based on actual sales is about as follows: Ohio and Pennsylvania, XX and above, 34f35c; X, 30 31c; No. 1, 33(fj34c; No. 2. 3334c; fine unwash ed, 242."c; H. and ,i blood un washed, 2S(7('29c; unwashed delaine, 2il(fi27c: fine unwashed delaine, 35M)((l3tic. Michigan X and above, 2fiift27c; No. 1. 3031e; No. 2, 29 30c; fine unwashed, 2lji22e; , nnd ,i blood unwashed, 2828'c; ttnwnbhed delaine, 232lic; fine wash cd delulne, 32(&33c. Express Wrecked. West-bound train No. 0, the Pitts burg express on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad leaving Washington at 9:15 p. m., and duo In Pittsburg at 7:15 Thursday morning, was partly derailed at Garrett Park, Md. Six persouB were slightly Injured. The accident was cuused by a broken rail. . Rhode Island Tlckat. Tho Rhode Island Republican slate convention nominated Cleorge P. Ut ter for governor und candidates for tho minor state offices and president ial electors. The platform indorses the nutiouul platform aud the nomi nations of Roosevelt and Fairbanks and pay a high tribute to the ad ministration of President Roosevelt. The number of students registered at the University of Michigan for this year Is 4.100. KCTSTOliE STATE CULOS FOIL PLOT TO WRECK TRAIN. Spike Driven Between Rail Joint 8o Accident Would Have Hap. pened to Duquesne Limited1. - The timely discovery of splk driven between rail Joints on in enst bound Baltimore ft Ohio railroad track, a mile nnd a half west ot Lay ton, on tho IMttsbtirg division, Hrm day evening, prevented the wrecking of the Duquesne Limited, the Balti more ft Ohio's fastest train, near tb place where 65 persons met death on the same train last Pecmntier. The discovery was mndo by IL, K. Fiat, who' was walking' along the track at 7:30 o'clock In the evening. The spikes were driven In tightly. Just as he removed the last one the Limited sped by. Connellsvlllo rail road detectives investigated. Thy state that had not Flat made the dis covery the Limited would certainly hare been wrecked. Joseph Dankus. a Polinh coke work er, arrested tor the killing of a fel low coiintrymnn at Calumet, escaped from the Mt. Pleasant lockup y dig ging a tunnel under the wall of Ui building. The killing Is said to have been committed at Calumet two months ago, tho deed .having been kept from the authorities by the friends of the murderer. la a drunken row Saturday night Daakua abused ono of tho crowd r.sd the- -murder was given away. Constable J. O. Thompson made the arrest. Two additional arrests wero mmle of Italians who participated In a bloody riot at Pemberton, In which Francesco Ainbraskl was klllod asd three were seriously Injured. John TolsUI, oue of tho prisoners In Jail here, .Is not e-xpot ted to live. A street enr on the Monncn divis ion of the Beaver Valley Traction Company wns derailed at tho end of the Ohio river bridge and crashed Into a building, killing one man and. Injuring two others. - Five black bears have boen killed In the vicinity of IxH-k Haven during the past week. John Kuhl shot two In Ills corn Held neur Tylersvlllo, A. D. Kleckuer killed ono nt hia lumber camp mtar Jjognntou,- John Cooper and Samuel Matter trapped a 200 pounder in Spruce Hollow, while John Fiedler and Newton Snook yesterday killed theirs with clubs on Cherry Run after n long fight. Robbers broke Into the postofflce at Sykesville, near Reynoldsvllle, blew the safe to pieces and secured about $300 In stamps, but no cash. The post office is In the same building with A store and dwelling. The robbers in departing locked the door on the outside, holding the postmaster prisoner. Tho robbers were shot at and were followed, but they escaped In the darkness. D. W. Evans hns been arrested at White Rock, Armstrong county, on the charge of forgery. It Is alleged that he forged coupons Issued by the Plttsburg-Ruffalo company to It em ployes, which were good "for article purchased In the company's store, and that tho amount Involved is sev eral hundred dollars. Tho Grove City council has passed n curfew ordinance prohibiting the loitering of children upon the street after 8 o'clock in the evening, and nl so prohibiting adults from being np nn the streets after midnight unless a good excuse can be given. The Greenville Electric Railway Company has been granted a fran chise by Council at Greenville for a line from Sharpsvillo to Conneaut Lake. The line will be fiO miles long. Tho right of way has been aeoured. Miss Jennie Buxton, a Now Castlo school teachor, has been arrested anit held for trial at court in $200 bail on an alleged charge of too severely whipping Clyde, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Robinson. The Monongahcla Oil and Gas com pany's test well on Mingo creek proved to be a duster and drilling was stopped. The well was 2.600 feet deep, or nearly 100 feet below thai Elizabeth sand. Fire totally destroyed the Lake Shore passenger and freight station at Jamestown, Mercer county, caus ing a loss ot $10,000. It is believed that tramps first robbed the station and then set fire to it. Capt. I L. Tldball, of Mononga hela, arrested John Henry, colored, at Unlontown. He is charged with rob bing Thomas Walker, at Ellsworth mines, last Saturday, at the point of a revolver. Tho grand lodse of the Ancient Order ot United Workmen, of Penn sylvania, will conveno at Unlontown. on October 18. About 230 delegate nnd grand officers are expected to at tend. At the instigation of tho court Con stablo Rudlzell of Sharon, ordered, Lthose owning Blot machines to dis continue their use. About 200 ma chines have been in operation. Thieves forcud nil enlranco Into tha meat market of John Suber, at New castle, aud cartiod off a large quanti ty of meal, but overlooked a large Bum of nionoy under the counter. A sneak thief entered the stores of tho Robinson company nnd J. Bl- ; mer Grimm, nt Sharon, nnd robbed the money drawers ot about $40. John GiilgHurdl, tho lC-year-old boy charged with killing Resso Serl ano, of Walston, was hold for court and will be tuken to Bookville Jail. Charles Willis, a track walker, was killed near mine 33, Wlndbcr. Ho stopped out ot the wny ot a freight train and was struck by Babcock lumber train. Ho was Sit years of age, aud was married last Sunday to a young woman of Wlnd ber. Tha Greenville plaut of the Shet by Steel Tube Company has resumed operations after a three months' shut down, during which time tho plant has been converted Into a continuous mill for the manufacture of seamles steel tubing. About S00 mtm are at work. '1 A a
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