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PROGRESS OF THE VI
Slaughter at Port Arthur in Last
Attack Was Appalling.
SOLDIERS WERE MOWED DOWN.
Guns from Fortt Rained Shot and
the Ground was Black with the
Dead.
The Innt reported assault on Port
Arthur w;is bloodiest and most des
pernte thnt has yet tnken place.
Tbe attempt failed after the moat
furious fighting that linn been wit
nessed since Tort Arthur was Invest
ed. The fighting lasted from noon
of November 26 until nfter iliiwn of
tbe following day wlihont cessation.
The front lines of Infantry, having
been strongly reinforced, began nn
at tuck slniitltnneonsly along the entire
line from East Kekwnn mountain to
West Rllilting mountain. Through
the haze caused by the smoke of the
bursting shells the assaulters could
be seen emerging from the cover of
the parallels, as well as swarming up
the fortified ridge at half a dozen
different points.
Rifles, rnpld-flre guns and machine
guns blazed from the Russian posi
tion, where advances were made In
the open. The men went down by
hundreds. The forts were belching
moke and bursting shells, and the
rampart wnlls were black with As
saulters, who on reaching the crests
net with an awful Are from within
the forts, which swept down line after
line of Japanese.
As fast as the assaulters were re
pulsed more Japanese swarmed up,
only to be mowed down In turn. The
determination and fury of the Japan
ese assaults were equaled by the
tubhornness of the reslntunee of the.
Russians.
The Russian shrapnel fire made the
captured portion of the trenches
shambles, while the Japanese shrap
nel Are assisted the captors to push
east and west along the trench line.
VESSELS SUNK OR DAMAGED.
Crew Landed from Men-o'-War and
No Effort Made to 8ave Them
from Destruction.
The London "Dally Telegraph's"
correspondent before Port Arthur,
telegraphs that all of the Russian
battleships and cruisers, together with
the gunboats Glllak and Fusadneek,
within the harbor have either been
Bunk or destroyed by Japanese shells,
and that only the torpedo boat de
stroyers remain Intact.
According to special dispatches
from Toklo and Shanghai giving un
ofllclal reports, the crews of all the
Russian war vessels In the harbor of
Port Arthur were landed and appar
ently no effort was made to move the
vessels. The Japanese will now turn
their attention to the torpedo boat
destroyers, and when these have been
destroyed the guns will be directed
against steamers and transports in
the harbor.
The warships at Port Arthur on
November 28 included the battleships
Retvizan, Pobleda, Peresvlet, Poltava
and Sevastopol, the armored cruiser
Bayan, the protected cruiser Pallada,
the gunboats Vsadnik, Gllluk and
Bobr, the coast defense vessel Otvash
nl, the transport Amur, the transport
Angnra. and the torpedo boat de
troyera Stronlnl, SUnl, Smely, Serdl
tl, Boikl, Ltei.shuml, Storosevol, Rot
slustchl and Rastoropny.
Of the destroyers the Rastoropny
was blown up at Chefoo by her crew,
having gone thore with dispatches.
Of the other named ships, as the re
sult of the Japanese bombardment
from Two Hundred Meter hill, the
Poltava has been sunk, the Retvlznn
is listing to starboard and her upper
deck nearly submerged; the Peres
vlet, according to report, has been
sunk; the Palladia Is beginning to list
to port and Is still undergoing a vig
orous bombardment; the Pobleda, ac
cording to advices, Is seriously dam
aged, listing aft and submerged to
the stern walk, and the Bayan is
aground and burning.
Mall advices to Japan describing
the capture of Two Hundred Three
Meter hill state that the Japanese
drenched the timber work of tho
trenches with kerosene and started a
furious fire which was fanned by a
strong gale. The Jnpunese advance
was very slow. They were obliged to
make roads with bugs of earth. It
was a sudden decision to make a
night attack that brought victory to
the Japanese. Nolhlug Is yet
officially known as to the extent of the
Japaneso casualties.
Congressional,
The House passed n resolution to
adjourn on December 2t until January :
4, 1905, for the usual Christmas boll-'
day. The House then, at 6:25 p. m.,
adjourned until Monduy.
Senator Latimer has given tit) hope ;
of the passage of his good roads bill
at tbe present Besslon.
Tbe House Judiciary Committee re
ported, with a recommendation tbut
It lie on the table, the resolution off
ered by Representative Baker of New
York alleging a combination of steel
concerns and calling on the Attorney
General for information as to what
steps be has taken looking to prose
cutions. Tbe House passed the Legislative,
Executive and Judlclul Appropria
tions bill practically as it came from
committee.
Can Resume Excavation.
Director E. 8. Bunks of the Chicago
University expedition to Babylonia,
has been informed that he may re
sume tbe excavation. Differences re
sulting from the assertion of the
Turkish authorities that tbe research-
were being made contrary to law
,Vr settled through tbe efforts of
'Vie America legation bere.
CONFIDENCE IN FUTURE.
Manufacturing Plants Report Increas
ed Output, but Water Shortage
Is Felt In Coke Region.
R. G.'Dun & To.'s '"Weekly Review
of Trade" says: Wall street's severe
reaction was not duo to any setback
In the commercial world, nil measures
of legitimate trade aliening wholesome
progress, and confidence In the future
Is unshaken. Railway earnings In
November nvernged 9.2 per cent,
greater than In the same month of
inun, and the distribution of merehnn
dlse sutllelently heavy to produce for
the trades at several points.
Manufacturing plants report In
creased output. In nlinost every In
stance, except where lnudenuure
water supply provides n temporary In
terruption. This difficulty is most
severely felt at coke ovens nnd paper
mills In Pennsylvania. Seasonable
weather hits stimulated retail trade In
wearing apparel, nnd holiday goods
are In great demand. Foreign com
merce at the port of New York shows
n gain of $2,029,971 In exports as com
pared with the same week last year,
while imports' Increased $2,008, 591.
Each week there Is nn increase In the
number of steel mills and iron fur
naces In operation, output steadily In
creasing despite tho fact that thin Is
normally the dull season. The rail
ways are placing orders freely for
practically all forms of equipment, ex
cept rails, and this class of business
will probably materialize next week
when it Is believed that tho old list
price of $28 will be reaffirmed. Quo
tations of finished steel nre very
firm. Persistent advices In the miner
metals have at last received a check.
Strength continues In the hldo mark
ets. Footwear Is strong, nnd while
no change Is noted In current prices,
n general advance of five cent's Is de
manded on future business. Notwith
standing the sharp decline In raw cot
ton goods, the cotton goods mark
et has remained fairly steady.
More sales of heavy woolens
and worsteds are reported at former
prices.
Failures this week numbered 239
In the United 8tates against 331 last
year, and 26 In Canada compared with
20 a year ago.
SAY8 8HE IS MADAM DE VERE.
8an Francisco Woman Claims She is
Mrs. Chadwlck's 8ister.
Mrs. Alice M. York, of San Francis
co, has reiterated her statement
that she Is a sister of Mrs. C'hadwick,
despite the hitter's repudiation of the
relationship. She said:
"There was nothing peculiar about
her as a girl, save that she was a
deep thinker. She always seemed
absorbed In thought nnd would sit In
silence by the hour. She would come
out of these thinking spells as If be
wildered. She would never discuss
her strange actions nor the many
troubles In which she became invol
ved. "She never indicated that she was
possessed of any hypnotic power. At
the time In Toledo, when she was
convicted of forgery under the name
of Madame Pc Vere, it Is said she
hypnotized a nuin named Joseph
Lamb, an express regent, who was ar
rested with her. The papers were full
of it at tho time and all the talk was
hypnotism. The hypnotism talk was
nonsense.
"It seems to me that my sister had
a mania for doing Just such things
thnt have now Involved her In this
trouble. She did not need money, as
she had plenty of it. In speech she
talks slowly and lisps slightly. She
Is quite deaf. She was always extrav
agant, fvtter the affair In Toledo,
when she was released from prison
sho enmo to live with me at my homo.
She was then the widow of C. L.
Hoover, who left her considerable
money.
700 Families Will Move.
Tho operators nnd striking miners
in the Cabin Creek district, (W. Vn.l
came to an agreement, the terms of
which are that the operators shall
stop the evictions, and the union min
ers will quietly leave the premises
of the Cabin Creek operators and seek
employment In other fields. There
are 3(1 operations In the Cabin Creek
field from which more than 700 fami
lies will withdraw within tho next two
weeks.
QUEEN DRAGA'8 JEWELS SOLD.
Famous Tiara Brings $6,100 at Auc
tion in London.
Tho jewels and costumes of the late
Queen Druga, of Servla, were sold at
auction in London.
Her famous tiara, which sho wore
on the day of her wedding, brought
$,li0; thu bracelet, set with cnicri.lds
and brilliants. Czar Nicholas's gift at
the oecuslon of her wedding, went for
$2,400; the Persian Order of the Sun
was bought for $575; the Turkish
Order of Mercy for $750; her bridal
gown went for $150. und her state
costume for ?30. Tho gold pendant
and earrings, both of Servian design
and known as her favorite jewelry,
sold for $350.
Sharon Wants Building.
Representative J. C. Sibley, of
Franklin, Pa., introduced a b!!l in the
House appropriating $90,000 for the
purchase of a site and tbe erection
of a public building at Sharon, Mer
cer county. The bill provides that not
more than $15,000 shall be expended
in tbe securing of a site.
Japan Is Willing.
Japan has accepted the American
Government's invitation to participate
in a second peace conference at Tbe
Hague, provided tbe rulings of tbe
conferences should not affect the
present conflict. The Japanese reply
was presented to Secretary Hay by
Mr. Hlckl, the Japanese Charge d'
Affaires.
The president renominated John G.
Brady of Pennsylvania for governor of
Alaska.
Many Changes in the Members
Since Last Meeting.
SESSION WAS LIKE A LEVEE.
Deiko of Members Almost Hidden by
Profusion of Flowers Galler
ies Crowded.
Wi'h tho Senate In session 13 mln
u'os, and the House 53 minutes, the
last session of the Fifty-eighth Con
greis was assembled Monday. The
time of both bodies was devoted en
tirely to the usual formalities of open
ing day. There were the greetings
between members, the great fiorol dis
play, and the hundreds of visitors,
with beautifully gowned women pre
dominating. Corridors, committee
rooms nnd cloak rooms were thronged.
The bustle extended even to tho Hoots
of the chambers.
The gavels of Senator W. P. Frye,
President pro. lent, of tbe Senate, nnd
Speaker J. G. Cannon, of the House,
fell exactly nl 12 o'clock. The open
ing prayers were mndo by the chap
lains. Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D.
1)., In the Senate, and Rev. H. N.
Condeti, In the House.
In both the Senate nnd the House
the committees were appointed to
wait on tho President nnd inform him.
that. Congress was ready to receive
any communication he had to send.
Resolutions of respect to the memory
of tho late Senators George F. Hoar,
of Massachusetts, nnd M. 8. Quay, of
Pennsylvania, were adopted by both
Houses, nnd the adjournments taken
were in further tribute to their mem
ory. Tho only business outside of the
usual first day routine was the adop
tion of a resolution In the House extend
ing until January S, 1905, the time
within which the merchant marine
commission may make lis report.
Many newly elected members were
at the capitol, although they will not
enter oftlco until March 4. A particu
larly sad feature of the reassembling
was the absence of kindly faces grown
old In the service of tho country.
Several bills relating to the tariff
were Introduced In the House of
Representatives. The bill of Repre
sentative Spalding of North Dakota
provided for a tariff commission. Nine
commissioners nre to investigate nnd
report to Congress recommendations
us to necessary changes In the tariff.
Representative Fordney of Michigan
also offered a tariff commission bill.
Representative Baker of Now York
Introduced a resolution reciting thnt
the tariff Is "a fraud on the American
people wherever It Is levied on any
article whose labor cost Is less In the
Vnlted States than elsewhere." The
resolution especially mentions steel.
Tuesday.
In addition to listening to the read
ing of the President's message the
Senate received a preliminary report
from tho Merchant Marine Commis
sion, witnessed the Induction of Sena
tors Knox and Crone Into office nnd In
executive session referred the Presi
dent lnl nominations to the proper com
mittees. Tho messnge was delivered to tho
Senate by Mr. Barnes, assistant sec
retary to the President, nnd its rend
ing was immediately begun. At its
conclusion Mr. Galllnger submitted a
partial report from the Merchant Ma
rine Commission, detailing Its work
and asking that the time for its com
pletion be extended until January 5.
Tho extension was granted. The sen
ate at 2:07 p. m. went into executive
session and at 2:20 adjourned.
After listening to the reading of the
message the House adjourned until
Wednesday. Minor routine matters
were disposed of, but no other busi
ness was transacted.
Representative Llttlefleld reintro
duced his bill requiring corporations
to make annual reports to the Com
missioner of Corporations. His form
er bill provided for a report to a com
mission. Representative Roberts (Mass.) in
troduced a bill providing a pension of
$15 a month for the widows of Union
soldiers, sailors and marines.
The expense of conveying the votes
of electors for President and Vice
President to Washington amounts to
$12,500.
Wednesday.
The house was in session 15 minutes
today. Mr. Bingham, of Pennsylvania,
offered the legislature, executive and
judicial appropriation bill carrying
$2S.S38,709 for expenses for the ilscul
year beginning July 1, 1905. Tho ap
propriation for the current year for the
same purpose Is $28,606,828. Mr. Bing
ham gave notice that he would cull
up the bill for consideration tomor
row. On motion of Mr. Payne of New
York, the Republican floor leader, the
houso agreed to tho usual distribution
of the several parts of the President's
message to the committees of the
house having jurisdiction. There be
ing no further business before the
house Mr. Payne's motion to adjourn,
made at 12:15, was carried.
in the senate today there was but
a feeble response to the chaplain's
request to join him in reciting the
Lord's prayer. Tbe attendance of
senators was large. Upon request of
Mr.' Proctor, a resolution of tbe Ver
mont legislature, opposing Canadian
reciprocity was read. Mr. Cullom In
troduced petitions relating to the
drafting of international arbitration
treaties. Tbe credentials of Senator-elect
Proctor of Vermont, were
read and ordered tiled.
Mrs. Chadwick Arrested.
Mrs. Cassle L. Chadwick, was ar
rested In New York city by govern
ment officials, charged with aiding and
abbettlng bank officials la embezzling
$12,600. She was too ill to leave her
bed and was closely guarded at the
hotel. Mrs. Chadwick, her son and
lrl Reynolds have been summoned in
to bankruptcy court at Clevelund for
the purpose of ascertaining the loca
tion of Mrs. Chadwlck's property. Tbe
notes bearing the signature "Andrew
Carnegie" will be taken before an Ohio
grand Jury.
INSANE MAN CONFESSES.
Started 1150,000 Fir That Resulted
In Loss of One Life.
Anthony Laird, 19 years old, who
recently escaped from the Insane
ward of the Mercer county (Pa.) In
flrmnry at Greenville, confessed to
the police to setting fire to tho plant
of the Summit Lumber company and
the Dickson building, Akron, ()., caus
ing one man's death nnd $l50,nno
damages. He told the police that he
was to have had $25 for setting tiro to
the planning mill, a strange man
whom he met on the street promising
to give him thnt amount.
He said that after he tired the mill
h? went Into the basement of the
Dickson building and started a tire In
some rubbish. On account of his
mental condition he will not be prose
cuted, nnd .1. A. McConnell, poor di
rector of Mercer county, was permit
ted to take him buck to the institution.
WHOLE FAMILY MURDERED.
Planter, His Wife and Two Daughters
Slain.
Benjamin B. Hughes, a wealthy
merchant nnd phinter of Trenton, 8.
C, and entire family were murdered
and the house burned. Next morning
the Are was discovered by residents
living near the Hughes home, who
raised nn alarm. Members of the
family could not be found. Investiga
tion revealed the fact thnt unknown
parlies entered the house through
tho rear door, murdered Mrs. Hughes
In her room with nn ax, then went to
the room occupied by the daughters,
Emma, aged 19; Hat tie, aged 14, and
killed them In like manner. Hughes
evidently heard the noise and went
from his room Into the hallway where
ho was shot down, a revolver being
found near his side.
NATIONAL FINANCES.
Receipts and Expenditures Increased
Last Year.
The report of Secretary of the Treas
ury Bhaw on the financial condition of
the country, says:
The revenues of the Government
from all sources (by warrants) for the
flscol year ended June 30, 1904, were
$084,214,373.74. The expenditures for
the same period were $725,984,945.65,
showing a deficit of $41,770,571.91.
The sum of $50,000,000 was paid dur
ing the year for the right of way of the
Panama canal.
Compared with the fiscal year 1903,
the receipts for 1904 decreased $10,
400,743.90. There was an Increase of
$85,(itil,495.37 in expenditures.
CAPITAL NOTES.
The President nominated as post
masters Robert S. Davis, at Leetsdale,
Pa.; John Read, at Bolivar, O., and
W. H. Holllnger, Waverly, O.
For the erection In the District of
Columbia of a monument to Benjamin
Franklin Senator Hale Introduced a
bill providing for an appropriation.
Tho committee which has charge of
the arrangements for President Roose
velt's Inauguration held Its first meet
ing and decided to bold the inaugural
ball on Saturday night, March 4.
According to the annual report of
Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Con
gress, the total number of printed
books nnd pamphlets In the library
Is 1,179,713, a gain of 78,791 for the
past fiscal year.
President Roosevelt began an In
vestigation of the tobacco trttBt by ap
pointing A. E. Garner of Springfield,
Tenn., un Asslstunt Attorney Genernl.
He is assigned to Inquire thoroughly
Into the tobacco growing Industry and
ascertain tho extent to which it Is
controlled by the trust.
THREE MINERS KILLED.
Riot Among Italians a Bloody
Affair Five Men 8eriously
Injured.
Three Italian miners were klllod nnd
five other foreigners were seriously In
jured In a tight near ftfutewan, W. Va.
There has been trouble between two
rival camps for some time and the
embers of hatred between them were
kindled into a blaze by an assault
Tuesday night.
Citizens of Matewan who heard
tho shooting rushed to the scene to
find two men dead and three wounded
on the ground.
Nine boys were arrested nt Wash
ington, Pa charged with attempting
to wreck a Baltimore & Ohio train.
Child Perished.
At Elk Run Junction, near Punx
sulawney, Pa., a spark from a stove
exploded a keg of powder In a min
er's shanty, occupied by six Italian
families. The roof wa3 blown off tho
building and It was burned. A three-year-old
child wns left behind by the
terrified foreigners and perished In
the flames. Five men and ono woman
were seriously burned.
OFFICIAL RETURNS.
The official vote of North Carolina
shews a total of 207,8(17. Parker re
ceived" 124.121, Roosevelt 82,442, Swal
low 3G1, Watson 819, Debs 124. The
majority for Parker is 40,375, with a
plurality over Roosevelt of 41,679.
The official vote of South Carolina
for President is as follows: Parker,
52,863; Roosevelt, 2,271; Debs, Social
Democrat, 22; Wutson, Populist, 1.
The official canvass of South Dako
ta's Presidential vote shows: Roose
velt, 72,083; Parker, 22.002; Debs,
3,138; Watson, 1,248; Swallow, 8,965.
Roosevelt's plurality, 50,081.
Official returns of the election held
In Kentucky show the vote cast, 435,
765. The plurality for the Democratic)
electors is 11,893. Tbe Democrats
polled 217,170, Republicans 205,277,
Prohibitionists 0,609, Socialists 3,602,
Populists 2,511, Boclul Labor 596.
' Mining Disaster.
Meager details of an explosion in a
coal mine at Burnett, about 60 miles
from Tacoma, Wush., have been re
ceived. Ten bodies had been taken
out and it is positively known that
five workmen are still in the mine.
Shells Also Damage the Retvizan
In Port Arthur Harbor.
JAPANESE INCREA8E DEFENSE3.
Ail-Night Attrcks to Recapture 203
Meter Hill Fall Aenaulters
Slaughtered.
It Is officially announced at Toklo
that the Russian battleship Poltava
has been sunk In the harbor of Port
Arthur as a result of the Japanese
bombardment nnd that the Retvizan
has been severely damaged.
The Russians are nightly attacking
203 Meter Hill In a determined endeav
or to retake the summit. The Jap
anese are Increasing their defenses
nnd have succeeded In repelling nil
assaults. The Russians have suffered
the heaviest losses and It Is estimated
that they have sucrlllced 3,000 men In
their effort to recapture the ground.
The works against Sungshu and the
forts to the eastward are progressing
speedily nnd nil Indications point to
an early general assault.
The effective bombardment of the
Russian battleships In Port Arthur
which began Saturday whs one of the
results of the capture of 203 Meter
Hill. ,
BANK OFFICERS ARRESTED.
United 8tates Authorities Take Action
In Oberlln Case.
As the result of the extended con
ference between the United States
District Attorney, the bank examiners
who havo been looking Into the affairs
of the failed Citizens National Bank
of Oberlln, O., and their counsel.
President C. T. Beckwlth and Cashier
8pear of that bank were placed under
arrest by United States Marshal
Chandler of Cleveland at their homes
In Oberlln, and taken to Cleveland.
The arrests are the first that have
been made In the Chadwick case. The
Citizens National bank, with which
they are connected. Is creditor to the
extent of $240,000 from Mrs. Cassle L.
Chadwick. The bank Is capitalized at
but $60,000.
Beckwlth confessed that he and
Cashier Spear had Indorsed a note
signed "Andrew Carnegie" for $250,.
000 nnd In all notes aggregating $1,'
250,000.
Andrew Carnegie denies that he
signed notes for Mrs. Chadwick, and
is angry because his name Is connect
ed with the affair.
CONVICTION IN LAND FRAUDS.
Jury Brings in Verdict of Guilty In
Oregon Cases.
The jury In the land- fraud case.
which has been occupying the atten
tlon of Judge Bellinger's court for over
two weeks, brought In n verdict of
guilty for all the defendants, with the
exception of Miss Marie Ware. No
recommendations ns to punishment
were made. Miss Ware was acquitted,
following the instructions of the court.
Tho verdict of the Jury follows:
"We, the jury, find the defendants
Emma L. Watson, 8. A. D. Puter,
Horace G. McKlnley, D. W. Tarpley
and Frank II. Wolgnmot, guilty of the
crime of conspiracy to defraud the
government out of a part of Its public
lands situated In township 11 south
of range 7 east, as charged. We find
tho defendant, Marie L. Ware, not
guilty."
Sending Another Fleet.
According to a St. Petersburg dis
patch tho Emperor, has decreed the
dispatch to the Far East of a third
squadron, comprising the battleships
Puull and Slavu. which will be com
pleted as speedily as possible; five
older battleships, live cruisers and
40 torpedo boat destroyers. The whole
squadron, the dispatch adds, it Is
hoped, will be tltted out In two
months.
New Trial Refused.
Mrs. Jennie Owen, who Is sol ving a
life sentence for tho killing of hor
husband, Calvin Owen, was refused a
new trlul In error proceedings In Cir
cuit court at Steubenvllle, O. Judge
John C. Hale, of Clevelund, who sat
In tho case, delivered the opinion.
FIRE IN THEATER.
A Score of People Badly Injured In
Rush for Doors.
A serious panic occurred at the Nor
folk, Nebraska Auditorium during a
mutinoo at which "Cinderella" was be
ing presented. A score of persons
were badly trampled, but no one wus
killed. The panic wns caused by a
slight blaze started from an electric
light wire. Some person turned in
a tiro ulunii, und at tho same time
a man in tho gallery shouted "Fire!"
In a moment tho parquet was a mass
of people trying to reach the exits.
These were found closed, which add
ed to the excitement. The blaze was
quickly extinguished, but the crowd
continued Its rush for the doors. The
theater management says the doors
were not locked and could have been
easily opened but for the frenzied con
dition of tho audience.
Mine Reservoir Breaks.
Tho wuter of the reservoir of the
Esperanza mine in Mexico has broken
Its bounds und rushed with a roar
down the mountuin. Tho only struc
tures In Its path wero small huts of
Mexican day laborers, und with the
destruction of these, live natives were
drowned.
Engineer Held Responsible.
A coroner's jury at Altoona, Pa., In
vestigated tho wreck at McGarvey's,
on the nlgbt of November 24, In which
Jasper VV. Coxey und L. C. Shudo were
killed and two other persona Injured.
After examining a number of witness
es, a verdict was rendered holding re
sponsible the engineer of the locomotive-
which backed into an engine on
which the killed and injured were rid
ing. Tbe St. Louis exposition closed
with a surplus of $1,000,000.
ADMITS HE FIRED ON HIS SHIPS.
Rojeatvensky No Longer Conceals Fact
Aurora Was Hit By Russian
Shells.
An official statement issued from
naval headquarters nt St. Petersburg
gives Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's lat
est account, of the Dogger bank affair,
and explains how the Baltic fleet fired
on Its own ships. The statement Is
ns follows:
"Aftor tho Knlnz Sotivaroff ceased
firing two searchlights of the Dmitri
Donskorl und Aurora suddenly appear
ed on the left of the Ironclad divis
ion. Dmitri Dornskol showed night
signals, whereupon, fearing projec
tiles from the hindmost ships of our
division should hit our own vessels,
either direct or by ricochet, a general
signal to cense firing wns mnde from
the 8ouvaroff, and was at once obey
ed. "Communications by wireless stated
that five projectiles struck the Aurora,
some ricocheting, and others hitting
direct. Tho chaplain of the Aurora
was seriously Injured and a petty
officer was slightly wounded. ' The
chaplain subsequently succumbed at
Tangier."
TRAIN ROBBER'8 WORK.
Fatally Shoots Express Messenger and
Rifles 8afe.
A Wells-Fargo express car on an
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe over
turn! passenger train, was entered by
a robber, somewhere between Needles
and Daggett, and Evan O. Roberts, ex
press messenger, wns shot, probably
fatally.
The way safe was rifled, but the
main safe, said to contain $200,000 in
pension money, was not robbed, so
far ns known. Officers of the express
company say the robber secured
about $400.
19,000,000 AT THE FAIR.
Official Figures of Attendance Are
Made Public
The official figures for the attend
ance at the World's Fair have been
made public. The total attendance
wns 18,741,073, nnd that of the closing
dny, December 1, 203,101. Recapitu
lation: April, one day, 187,793; May,
26 days, 1,001,391; June, 26 days, 2,
124,836; July, 27 days, 2,343,557; Aug
ust, 27 days, 3,088,743; September, 28
days. 3.6.M.873; October, 27 days, 3,
622.329; November, 26 days, 2,617,450;
December, one dav, 203,101. Total,
187 days, 18,741,073.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
Gross fraud nnd corruption Is charg
ed In some of the awards made at the
world's fair.
John A. Merrltt of New York was
reappointed by the President as post
master of Washington.
A gusher with an estlmnted capacity
of 5,000 barrels of oil daily, was de
veloped at Saratoga, Tex.
As the result of an old feud Smith
Murphy, a wealthy Mlssisslpplan was
killed by Jeremiah Robinson, another
planter.
The directors of the Delaware, Lack
awanna & Western railroad have de
clared an extra dividend of $10 a share
on the company's stock.
President Roosevelt has appointed
Royal A. Gunnison of Blnghampton,
N. Y., to be United States judge for
the First division of Alaska.
The International Banking Corpora
tlon of New York has been designated
by President Roosevelt as fiscal agent
of the United States in the Republic of
Panama.
A letter received at Irkutsk, states
that the Inhabitants of two villages
In the Glshillnsk district have died of
starvation. Famine prevails owing
to the scarcity of nsh.
President Roosevelt will visit PhllS'
delphla on Washington's birthday,
February 22 next, to deliver an ad'
dress before the students of the Unl
verslty of Pennsylvania,
Samuel H. Yonley, a freight engl
nuer of the Pennsylvania Lines West,
was caught between the bumpers of
th tank and first car of his train at
Alliance, and was killed.
Daniel C. Best, Sr., of Harrlsburg,
Pa., pleaded guilty In the United States
District court, to forging his son's
government pay warrant for $30. He
was sentenced to 30 days In jail and to
pay a tine of $u0.
R. O. Woods, secretary of the
Lima, O., Homo and Savings associa
tion, found guilty of embezzling $25,
000 was sentenced to Ave years in the
penitentiary.
The London "Standard" asserts
thnt an eutlro Russian army division
which has been Btuttoned in the Can
cnusits has been ordered to tho Afghan
frontier.
Thomas Mercer, of East Lackawan
nock township, Mercer county. Pa..
committed suicide by shooting himself
with a shotgun. He wus 27 years old
and was a son of William Mercer.
Secretary Hay Is preparing a circa
lnr note to the Powers Signatory to
The I (ague convention informing them
of the gratifying reception which his
note of October 23, Inviting them to a
second peace conference, has met.
Discards the Doxology.
The doxology has been discarded at
the University of Chicago. The fac
ulty has agreed with the students
that college songs do mora to breed
a true religious and college spirit
than the chanting of the tenets of
Christian belief, nnd at all chapel serv
Ices In the junior college, the college
song, "Alma Mutor, has been sub
sttluted for the doxology.
Boston Wool Market.
Trading In the wool market Is
quiet. The foreign market maintains
a firm tone. Leading quotations are as
follows: Ohio and Pennsylvania XX
and above, 3530c; X, S031c; No.
1. 3738c; No. 2, 37038c; fine un
wushed, 2425c; unmerchantable, 27
ajsc; vi-uiooa, unwaBnea, 32c:
blood, 31V&32c; H-blood, 30c; un
washed delaine, 27 28c; One washed
delaine, 3738c. Michigan X and
above. 2930c; No. 1. 836 84c; No.' 2.
3334c; fine unwashed, 2122c; M-
blood, unwashed, 3l4f 32c; -bloed. 81
KEYSTONE STATE CULLIhGS
DIES WHILE BUTCHERING.
Heart Failure Cause tha Death of a
Well-Known Farmer Near
Scottdale.
While butchering hogs today, John
Overholt, a well-known farmer of
Overton, dropped dead. Mr. Overholt
was 50 years old, and was a bachelor,
living wltb his sister, Miss Anna Over
holt, and his uncle Martin Overholt.
Henrt failure caused Mr. Overholt'a
death. -Mrs.
William Umlmugh, not satisfied
with her husband's long absence from
the houso, went to the barn, at Dalton
Run dam, Inst night and found that be
had dropped over dead whilo pitching
hay. He leaves six children. Coroner
Miller will Investigate.
Tbe Ft. Pitt Bottle and Novelty
Company's plant, near Jeannctte, was
destroyed by fire. Employes made a
heroic effort to overcome the flames,
but were unsuccessful. The explos
ion of gas under a tank was the
cause. The works were erected a
year ago by Pittsburg and Jeannette
capitalists at a cost of $50,000.
Daniel Zeber, of Pittsburg, is presi
dent of the company. The plant will
be rebuilt Immediately.
A block of tenement houses owned
by the Lackawanna Coal and Coke
Company, east of Lntrobe, were de
stroyed by Are, entailing a loss of
$1,000. The Inmates escaped In their
night clothes. Their effects were
burned.
The following were chosen to rep
resent Washington and Jefferson col
lege In the annual debates this year
with Western Reserve university,
Adraln university and Wooster col
lege: Horace W. Davis, Sharon; Rob
ert J. Lane, Washington; B. E. Robb.
Washington; W. 8. Walsh, Allegheny;
J. M. Hlghbergcr, West Newton; A. P.
Kelson, Saharanpur, India; Hermann
Snckett, Neshannock Falls; Philip R.
White, Mt. Pleasant, O.j Marcle de
Vaughn, Washington; D. M. Donald
son, Huntington. W. Va.; D. M. Mo
Connell, Florence, and D. L. Sutton,
Washington. Two of the debates will
be held In Washington.
When William Vanklrk, of Van
kirk's station, Washington county,
went out on his porch late last night
to greet his son, Earle, on the lat
ter's return from Washington, he re
ceived no response. An Investigation
showed young Vanklrk to be dead,
sitting In the buggy. Vanklrk died of
henrt failure, and the horse, familiar
with the road, carried the body home.
Vanklrk was 17 years old.
A. F. John disposed of about 1,800
acres of "bed B" coal, at Hoovers
ville, to J. B. Irish, of Philadelphia,
and W. P. Graff, of Blalrsvllle, for
over $300,000. Irish and Graff are
identified with the Somerset Mining
company. The transfer of the prop
erty, which is located east of the
Stony creek, will be made this week.
The purchase money was paid in
cash.
With his head crushed and his
pockets rifled Michael Mangan was
found lying on the Delaware & Hud
son railroad tracks near Carbondale,
where he had evidently been placed
by his assailants to be killed by the
first train which passed. He was
rescued by a railroader and has not
yet been able to tell what happened
to him.
Boys Ignited a pool of waste petro
leum in Harbisons hollow, of the
White township oil field in Beaver
County. Before the flames were sub
dued the tramway leading to Boyd's '
coal bank and several mine cars were
destroyed. The flames spread rapidly,
and the oil men only saved their prop
erty by digging embankments and
forcing the fire to burn itself out.
Oeorge Green of Washington,' has
entered suit for $25,000 damages
against the Washington Oil company
for the death of bis son, Frank A.,
a year ago. The younger Green was
blown to pieces in the explosion of
a boiler at an oil well near Carotbers -a
year ago. Negligence is alleged.
Another nian, Daniel Verner, was also
killed.
Action has been taken by the Mead
vllle liquor dealers who were found
guilty of selling adulterated black
berry brandy to carry the cases to the
supreme court. The defendants were
found guilty by the superior court.
Judge J. Sharp Wilson, of Beaver
county, appointed J. L. Dawson bur
gess of Beaver Falls, to fill the unex
pired term of H. F. Dillon, who band
ed his resignation to council on De
cember 1.
The dead body of John Hope was
found in his apartments at the Ex
change Hotel at Franklin. He had
evidently died of npoplexy. Mr. Hope
was a native of Fayette county and
was unmarried. ,
John Conrad, a candy salesman of
Beaver Falls, who was married but
three weeks ago, killed himself at his
home rather than submit to arrest on
a charge of embezzlement.
The Phi Gamma Delta fraternity
house at State College has been quar
antined on account of two cases of
scarlet fever. Tbe cases are mild
ones.
Capt. J. M. Reed, a former treasurer
of Westmoreland county, fell on an
icy pavement at Greensburg, and was
seriously hurt. Internul injuries are
feared.
Oeorge, tbe 14-year-old son of Mrs.
Reuben Pratt, accidentally shot him
self while out bunting near Grove
City. The lad died In a few minutes.
Rer. Silas T. Mitchell, D. D., presid
ing elder of the Blalrsvllle district of
the Methodist Episcopal church, bas
appointed Rev. W. B. Bergen, of
Beallsvllle, to succeed tbe late Rev.
H. C. Beacom, D. D., as pastor of the
Bolivar charge.
The Penn Gas Coal company direc
tors gave orders to operate all their
mines in the Irwin field. This means
Increasing the output about 50 per
cent., and the employment of several
hundred additional men. :
Abner HItchman of Mt. Pleasant, a
plumber, was seriously burned as a
N
result of an explosion of