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.
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