Ml Notifies Powers that Uprising in China is Feared. THINK SITUATION GERIOU3. Should Chinese Troop3 Make Hostile Move Czar's Troop3 Will Crocs Llao River. Russia's formal notification to (lie powers of imminent danger of n gen eral uprising In China as a result of the Japanese In China, will threaten nil interests, coupled with general protest against China's repealed vio lation of neutrality i'.i connection with Japanese operations, is really a warn ing to the powers that Russia regards tho situation as extremely serious and considers that tho tlino lias eomo for joint action by ihe powers for the protection of their own interests. For licrself Russia consumers that, Japan lias broken the pledge she made with respect to Secretary Hay's note at tho bogliv.iing of the war, and further per sistence In this course will, she con siders, absolve her frori further obser vance and leave her free to act for her own protection. The present note followed the pre liminary warnings addressed to tho powers, one in October and the other in November, "neither of which was heeded." it has an c'.itirely different ring, setting forth bivnehes of Chinese neutrality, including thn Ryeshitrdny j case and also the use of the Mlaotao Islands, belonging to China, as a base : for tbfi Japanese fleet; the constant j dispatch of contraband from various! Chine'se ports, the employment of Chi- j nese soldiers in the Japanese army 1 and the hiring of Chinese bandits to attack Russian communications. Should C.'rn. Ma or any Chinese troops now move R'tsia will tW-1 free herself to cross the Lino river into the neutral zone. As for the powers. Rus sia believes the situation has become serious owig to the stimulus Riven : antl-forr-ipi agitation in Chine, by the fall of Port Arthur. In diplomatic cir cles great importance is attached to the .note, and In tho general opinion , It is designed to induce Sec-t.iry Hav : to initiate steps to bri.ig joint press ure to bear in order to prevent the ex tension of the zone of activities. ! ORDERS 4,000 STEZL CARS. ' Will Be New Equipment end Not Re- j newals of Old Cars. j It was announced at the gc-.ieral of- j flees of the Panhandle railroad that the company had placed an order for ; 4.000 steel cars with the Cambria j Steel company and Standard Car com pany for delivery in February and March, l!Mi3. The order entails an ex- ; pendltuve of $ i,300.!'00. There will be 1.F00 all-steel self-chaning hopper cars, 1,500 dron bottom ears and l.ooo . straight gondola cars. The order is ' the largest ever placed by tho Pa.i-j handle company, and is made in an- j tlclpatlon of an enormous traffic dur- j Ing the coming year. The order is all j additional equipment, and no renewals i of old cars. j MODIFY INAUGURAL PROGRAM, j No Sunday Concerts and Parade For- j mation Will Be Smaller. j Tho inauguration committee decided j that there shall be no Sunday concert at the pension office building, follow- j ing the inaugural ceremony and that i three concerts will be given Monday, i March C. I It was stated that, the number of , troops and civic organizations, com-. hined, in the inaugural parade would approximate not more than two-thirds of the number four years ago; that all the organizations would be in close formation, permitting the parade to ; pass within three hours Instead of six hours, as was the case four years ago. Plunder of Japanese. Gen. Nogi reports that the Japanese captured at Port Arthur 54(1 guns, 82,-; 670 shells, 30,000 kilos of powder and 2,226,800 rounds of rifle ammunition. TAYLOR'S GRAVE NEGLECTED. Relatives Will Repair It in Case tho Government Will Not. J. J. Taj lor of Chicago, a re lative of President Zachnry Taylor, has arrived , In Louisville to investigate the condi tion of the grave o: his distinguished ; relative. The grave is at St. Matthews near Louisville. It is the intention of Mr. Taylor's family, hi the event, of the fttsal o; the government to repair the grave, to expend a sum of money sufficient, to put it In a condition befitting the last resting place of a president of tho United States. Five Dead in Wresk. A Santa Fe passenger train collided head-on with a freight train -near Ra ton, N. M. The known dead are A. ' M. Cochran, fireman, of Raton, N. M.; ! O. Greunberger of Raion: Philip Frein- j ensehner of Chicago, barber on compo- j Bite car. A late report from Wagon Mound states that live persons wore killed, but no additional names were given. A negro waiter is reported missing, and several tramps who were stealing rides on both the limited and freight, may have been killed. Russia Issues Circular. The Russian government has issued a circular to the powers, calling their attention to alleged violation of Chi nese nevjrality, and citing numerous instances duri-.ig tho war in the Far East tending to provtfgthat China is unable to fulfill her obligations. This state of affairs, the circular says, is calculated to bring the country into perilous paths, and It concludes by saying that Russia claims the right to act In her own interests. YELLOW FEVER 13 BANISHED. Cuban Health Official Praices Ameri cans for Their Success. The feature of the formal opening of tho annual meeting of the Ameri can Public Health association in Havana, was the address of President Dr. Carlos Flni.iy, the yellow fever e:pert. and chief of the Cuban health department. Dr. Fi.ilay paid a tribute to the accomplishments and sacri fices of American experts, who have banished y How fever. Pr. Benjamin I.ee. secretary of the Pennsylvania board of health, com mended Dr. Ftulay for his service in diarovf ring the mod? of propagation of yellow fever and developing the theory patiently, despite the calum nies of his compatriots. CHADWICK DIAMONDS FOUND. Customs OM.-e.-s Get on the Track of Sparklers That Dodged Duties. O.Tieluls of tho customs depart ment have succeeded in finding more than $.111,000 worth of imported dia monds and jewels owned by Mrs. Chadwiel; on which it is declared no duty was paid. Most of these vain ables, it is staled, are held in Cleve land as security for loans. the sums loaned on them were generally far below their appraised value it is believed the present hold ers will suffer little, if any, loss by paying the duty, which the local col lector of customs has announced lhy must do. BOILER BLOWS UP. Engineer and Fireman Killed and Cab Passenger Injured. The boiler of a locomotive of the east bound express on tlvf Erie blow up while standing at the Creston sta tion. Frederick Keller, the engineer, of (ialion, O., and Fireman Halfick, of Gallon, were killed and Joseph Newman of Elmira, N. Y., will prob ably die. The cause oF the explosion is not known. Aside from tho engine, which was completely demolished, none of tho ennipmont was damaged. Traffic j was blocked fe?r four hours. i Mrs. Clark's Jewels Found. j Buried in a plnss jar in West On ' Hundred and Fifty-fifth street, near i Central avenue. New York, detectives' have found more than $2::.00u worth of jewelry, the properly of Mrs. Ambrose Chirk, daughter-in-law of Mrs. Potter, wife of nishop Henry C. Potior, which ; were stolen from the Clark homo on July 7, Hi" I. Lodged in a cell at police headquarters Is William Cole :v.an. most of whose 00 years of life l ave been spent in penal institutions. Last week detectives saw Coleman go to a brick wall ia West One Hun dred and Fifty-fifth s'rect, where he began digging In the snow. The do teciives went to the place, where they discovered the jewels. Coleman was in-vested to-d;iy, near the coot where the treasure was hidden. WASHINGTON NOTES. Senator Teller Introduced an amendment to tho Statehood bill pro viding for the admission of Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one State and New Mexico as another. This amend ment would leave Arizona a territory. 'i'ho resolution granting temporary oecunaney of a portion of the Wash ington. Monument lot for nn American railway appliance exhibition In con neetiein with the meeting of the Inter national Railway Congress was passed by the House. As the result of Ihe investigation and prosecution of the land fraud cases in Oregon, the President sign ed an order suspending from oiTtee James II. Booth and Joseph T. Bridges, respectively register and re ceiver of the United States land office at Rosjburg, Ore. The Senate in executive session confirmed the following nominations: Samuel S. Knnbenshue, Ohio, Con sul at Belfast, Ireland. Postmasters, Pennsylvania Coleman Smith. Coud ersport. West Virginia Benjamin O. Holland, Logan; Nathan C. McNeil, Marlinton. Brazil has finally determined to ele vate her legation at Washington to an embassy, and will send her Minis ter at London, Mr. Nabitoo, as her first Ambassador to this country. The senate confirmed the following nominations: John B. Robinson, mar shal for the Pastern district of Penn sylvania; Robert W. Tayler, district judge Northern eiistricl of Ohio. Surrogate Edgar Jackson anpo'nted T.Irs. Roosevelt, v:ife of President Theodore Roosevelt, ge.ardian of h:r children. Kerr.dt and Ethel C, in connection with the legacy of $.1, oiio left, to each cf thorn In tho will of .Taiv.cs King Grade of Oyster Bay. Senator Smoot's friends in tho Vtah Legislature have succeeded in nomi nating George Sutherland, another Mormon and a son-in-law of the in famous John D. Lee, who was cxe cite'd for the Mountain Meadow mass acre, to succeed Senator Kcarns in the I'uited Stales Senate. Wants Tariff Revised. President Roosevelt favors tho earliest possible action looking to a revision by Congress of the tariff. He so informed the Senators and Rep resentatives who were in conference with him at the White House last Saturday, and ho has made plain his position to others since that confer ence. He will call tho Fifty -ninth Congress into extraordinary session as soon as the committees have in dicated that they are prepared to sub mit a tariff measure for passage. Exposition has Surplus. The Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company has a surplus, of $998,000, and $350,000 due from a wrecking company. Out of these sums post exposition expenses will be paid, und it is expected a small surplus will be left to divide among the stockhold ers. With bowd heads, Port Arthur's shattered garrison marches out of the captured fortress on Its w to Jap anese prisons. EEF TRUST ARRAIGNED Arguments of Attorney General Before Supreme Court. CALLED CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY. No Competition Can Long Endure Against Those Who Secretly Hold Monopoly. Attorney General W. H. Moody re sumed his Argument on behalf of the government before the Supreme court of tho United States in the case of Swift & Co. vs. the United States, commonly known as tho betf trust ease. Mr. Moody said none of the arguments or acts complained of re late to manufacture or production, but to commerce. They do not accom plish fusion of property interests, he said, but are on the contrary simply agreements between strangers to each other's business, affecting their free dom of aotiem in certain respects. After charging that an agreement existed governing the purchase of cattle, Mr. Moody said: "It appears that the defendants have combined mid conspired arbi trarily to raise, lower and lix price?, of fresh meat and to keep thtn uni form as among themselves. This con spiracy is rendered effective by period ical secret meetings throughout the country by the agents and attorneys of tho defendants. At these meet ings uniform prices are agreed upon, elue notice Is given of the prices so agreed upon, and the de-fondants ad here to the price 8 thus fixed. That such an agreement relates to and re strains commerce according to the well settled rule of this court Is so plain that I cannot permit myself to argue it. Tho only possible question that ought to be noticed is whether the commerce which it restrains Is commerce among the States and therefore within the power of Con gress and the purpose view of the act. "The offense is complete when the combination is made. The combina tion is not cured of it.s vice, if, per chance, some agent sees fit to di vide tho carcasses before they are sold. Controlling 00 per cent of tho fresh meat industry of the whole country, they sit down at their slaughtering and packhv; establish ments, and Willi the aid of the telev graph, through the Instrumentality of countless agents and attorneys spread throughout the country, clothing their transact! ens and sheltering their mis conduct by ciphers and secret codes, lower or raise, and when thus lowered or raised, fix, anil maintain absolutely as among themselves, Ihe price of every pound of one of the great ne cessities of life, as It enters and fol lows the channels of inter-state com merce. This is an unlawful restraint of commerce among the States. "No competition can long endure against those who are secretly and in defiance of the law enjoying rates for Ihe transportation of their proper ty in interstate commerce which con stitute a preference over all others in tho same business. No more fruitful source of monopoly can be found than the enjoyment of preferential rates. The history of the country demon strates this." PREPARING FOR WAR. Shipments of Arms and Ammunition Made to Salon lea. The active preparations already re ported to have been made both in , Turkey and Bulgaria for a possible , war this year are fully confirmed by a private letter received in London i from a minister accredited to the Bal kan courts. This minister, who haa just completed a tour of the Balkan capitals, writes that tho Turkish and Bulgarian governments are energeti cally preparing for eventualities. Large shipments of arms and ammu nition havo been made and recruits from Asia Minor are arriving at Sal enica weekly for service in the Turk ish army. - The Bulgarian and Greek bands in Macedonia are increasing daily and are fighting each other anil the Turks. This three-cornered guerilla warfare threatens to assume the bloodiest phase in the spring. INSURED FOR $2,000,000. Reimsn Wnnamaker Carries Largest , Lifo Policy. By taking out an extra policy of $1,2(10,000, Rodman Wanamaker, of Philadelphia, now carries more life insurance than any other person In the world. He carried $800,000 pre viously, so that the Mutual Life .stands to pay $2,000,000 to his heirs at his death. Until Mr. 'Waminiaker took out the new insurance the largest policy car ried by an individual in one company was one for $1,500,000, issued last April by the Mutual Life to James C. Colgate. Thinks He Has Divine Call. Count Pueckler, Germany's most no ted Jew-baiter, was sentenced in one of the courts of Berlin to six months in jail for public Incitement to disobedi ence of laws and violence of one class against another. Count Pueckler in formed tho Court that he had a spec ial mission from God to lead an anti Jewish propaganda. The Russian budget calls for an ex penditure of over a billion dollars in 1905. Taft to Visit Philippines. . If the business of the war depart ment will justify It, Secretary Tuft will make an official visit of inspection to the Philippine islands in the coming summer, probably starting from San Francisco for Manila early in July. The supreme court of appeals refus ed a writ of error in the case of ex Mayor McCue of Charlottesville, Va., convicted of wife murder and sentenc ed to hang January 20. VESSEL IS BLOWN UP. Survivors Tell of Thrilling Experience In Mid-Ocean. Seven survivors of tho ill-fated Nor wegian ship Marpesia, which was wrecked at sea on Christmas day by an explosion of naptha, resulting In the death of 11 members of her crew, arrived in New York on the steamer Trinidad from Berniunda. They had been rescued by the Dan ish steamer Gallia, which happened by just at the moment when the Mar pesia was blown into a Bhapelcss mass, and tho seven men who survived the shock were taken from the sea where they had sought the only ref uge that remained to them, after the explosion. They, were landed at Ber muda by tho Gallia. Tho Marpesia sailed from New York fur Cette, France, on December 9, with a cargo of naphtha. One gale succeeded another, and soon the cases of naphtha began to wash back and forth and to .give way under the strain, and in a little while the freed naph tha was floating around on top of the water in the hold. Gas from the, fluid accumulated steadily, and by Christmas day, the Marpesia was a loaeleel bomb. Sud denly there came a terrific report, the forward deck shot up Into the air with a crash and a roar, aud in n mo ment the entire ship was wrapped in flames. These of the 18 men on hoard, who had not been caught in the first burst, threw themiselves over the side of the flaming ship into the sen. BULLION SLD FOR LEAD. Trio Arrested for Theft of Silver Con signed to Mint. In the arrest and confession of William Burroughs. George Rodgers and William Majors, the police of Fast St. Louis, have cleared up the mystery surrounding the robbery of a bonded car in the railroad yards there, of $24,800 worth of silver bull Ion consigned from El Paso to the United Slates mint at Philadelphia, meire than a month ago. The men are teamsters. Part of the bullion was recovered the day after the theft, but the remainder is now supposed to have been used in a lead foundry, having been sold at one cent a pound, in mistake for the baser metal, Felborbauni, a junk dealer in St. Louis, has been arrested, charged with receiving stolen property. Efforts are now being made to trace the bullion which Foiberbaum asserts ho handled for lead. TON OF DYNAMITE LETS GO. Every Building in Town Damaged by Explosion. Nearly every window in the bor ough of Christiana, Pa., wa3 broken by the explosion of 2,000 pounds of dynamite. Forty boxes had been packed around steam pipes to be thawed out for use in railroad construction. When the explosion occurred, no one was near, and as far as can bo ascertained, no one was Injured. The walls of the Christiana Machine Company's build- j ing were blown in. Every residence ' and steire throughout the town were more or less damaged. The green houses ef William Brinton are demol- j Ished. ! FIFTY PERISH IN STORM. j Frozen to Death While In the Dis- i charge of Their Duty. j More than 50 persons were frozen i to death In the provinces of East Prus-, sia, West Prussia and Posen during the recent cold period including two letter carriers, the driver of a post wagon, a policeman and 15 fishermen. Nothing has hern heard of the light ship stationed off Btirkum reef, Han over, which broke away from hef anchorage Friday night during a ter rific storm and went adrift. The government has sent out a steamer to search for tho missing vessel. The lightship has a rrew of M persons. Nogi and Stoessel Decorated. Emperor William has conferred on i Gen. Stoessel and Gen. Nogi the ord er of "Pour le Merlte" In recognition of the bravery of themselves and their troops at Port Arthur. His majesty has asked the Russian and Japanese Eniporors to authorize Gens. Stoes sel and Nogi to accept the decora tions. ACTRESS DIES A PAUPER. Ellen Cumminga Had Supported j Booth, Barrett, McCulloiigh. ! Ellen Cummings, at one time leading I woman for Edwin Booth, Lawrence : Barrett, John MeCuilough nnd other 'great actors, died a pauper in a cheap j - Kearney street lodging house at San Francisco. I For the past ten years Miss Cum- j ! mings has ' played character parts; I when her health permitted, having j been with Mansfield, Blanche Bates . ;.nnd other well-known artists in that ; j capacity. She went on the stage in j i San Francisco 35 years ago in the palmy days of the old California and Bush street theaters. Thespians of i tho city gave her a suitable burial. . The Anthracite Fatalities. From ofilclal Information furnished by the mine Inspectors of the fbur an thracite districts scattered throughout the Wyoming valley it Is shown that in all 537 men and boys were killed or Injured in and about the mines dur ing the year 1904. There were 199 fatal nnd 33S non-fatal accidents In the four districts, leaving 109 women as widows and 212 children orphans. Preparing Fourth Squadron. The Temps correspondent ot Cop enhagen telegraphs thut he Is reliably informed that Admiral Rojcstvensky's squadron will return from Madagas car and go to the Island of Malta, where It will await tho third Russian squadron, which, It Is added, will leave Llbau at the end of January. The Admiralty, the correspondent further announces. Is preparing a fourth squadron, which will depart probably in Mav. E Of I Former Senator from Idaho Com mends Some Features. NEITHER DRINK NOR GAMBLE. Mere Respect for Man Who Takes Plural Wives Than One Who De serts Them. Testimony intended to prove that tho Mormon morale Is of the highest type, and to refute the word of wit nesses who havo declared the con trary to he true, was offered by coun sel for Senator Reed Smoot. W. J. MeConnell, formerly a United States Senator from Idaho, and twice Gov enor of his State, and Representative Burton L. French, a member of the present Congress and re-elected for another term, were the day's witness es. It. was the opening session of the ded'ense In the Smeiot Investigation. Senator P. C. Knox, a new member of the committee, attended for the first time. There is a sentiment In tho committee In favor of pressing the Investigation to a conclusion. Both witnesses to-day denied many statements directed against the Mor mon church nml Its alleged interfer ence in political affairs. Former Gov. MeConnell said that the Gen tile members of the Idaho Legislature have not as high morals na tho Mor mon members, and that If It were not for questions of geography and knowl edge of legislative needs, the Inter ests of the State would be better served by nn entire Mormon Legis lature. The examination was conducted by Waldemar Vaneott, of Salt Lake, who is associated with A. S. Worthington, of Washington, as counsel for Sena tor Smoot. Mr. MeConnell described his occupation as former merchant, half politician and lawyer for his friends. He was a Senator of the Fiftv-lirst Congress, and was Gover nor of Idaho from IS!);, to 1890. in clusive, serving two successive terms. Ho is a member of the Presbyterian church. t The witticss was asked to describe the political conditions. Ho said ho had lobbied before the Legislature when the first effort was made to dis franchise the Mormons. Ho declared that he was prejudiced against Mor mons, that ho found that most of the Gentiles were practicing "the scii'nce, which in our country is called poker." lie said ho had never known Mormons to gamble and drink. He followed this testimony with a review of his nripialntanco with Mormons during (he agitation against the religion in Idaho. Ho assisted In bringing about the repeal of the test oath of citizen ship and afterward went unions the Mormons on a lecture tour. He had observed the people, he said, and their morals were of a high, praise worthy character. PILLAGE AND MURDER. Six Thousand Workmen In Revolt In Russian Oil Fields. More than 0,000 worklngmen tiro in open revolt in the Baku petroleum dis trict. Forty Cossacks have been kill ed In conflicts with the men und : hundred severely wounded. Tho Government authorities say they have been Incited by Anarchists. It Is giv en out that some of the men who struck for better pay and shorter hours have already returned to their tasks, while more will do. so to-morrow. Nevertheless, the reign of terror con tinues. The revolting workmen pll age and murder day nnd night and many of the mora than 200 oil wells they set fire in their rage are still burning. Tho Government has been utterly unable to suppress the uprle ing, which has taken the wildest, most unrestrained form ever known in Rus sia. Thirty-two American owners of wells in the district are sufferers to a largo amount. The damage already which will run. up into millions, has been done to wells, warehouses, tanks and derricks. Charges Against Swayne. The select committee of the House appointed to draft articles of impeach ment against Federal Judge Swayne completed its work by the preparation of 12 articles of Impeachment. They embrace obtaining money by falso pretense, using the property of a bankrupt corporation in the hands of a receiver appointed by himself, and without making compensation to the company; for disobeying tho law in requiring him to live in his district: for "unlawfully and maliciously fining tin d Imprisoning E. T. Davis and Simeon B.dden. attorneys-at-law. for alleged contempt eif the circuit court of the United Slates; for unlaw fully Committing to prison W. C. O'Neil on the charge that he had com mitted contempt of the district courl of the United States." $180,000,000 for Postoffices. The House Committee on Postoffices and Post Roads has completed the postofilco appropriation bill and will report it to the House, next week. Tho approximate amount carried is $180,000,000, which is $10,000,000 greater than the current appropria tion. An Increase- of $5,000,000 is made for tho rural free delivery ser vice. Only $50,000,000. Directors of the Pennsylvania Rail road Company decided to usk tho shareholders at their annual meeting March 14 to consider an Increase In bonded Indebtedness, believed to bo more than $50,000,000. Andrew Evans, died suddenly at Johnstown, Pa., from alcoholism. The coroner's investigation developed the fact that Evans had drank two quarts of whisky and considerable beer short ly before death. A HOPEFUL VIEW. Greater Prosperity Promised Than Was Even Anticipated at Open ing of New Year. R. G. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review of Trado" says: Erratic weather pro duces Irregularity in retail distribu tion of merchandise at many points and Southern business is quiet be cause of the depression In .cotton, but the general outlook is considered very bright. Manufacturers report that confidence Is warranted by the num ber of new orders, while deliveries on old contracts are of satisfactory vol ume. The best news comes from the iron and steel industry, while footwear factories are busy, woolen mills in ex ceptkinally good condition, and activi ty is assured among cotton spinners ns soon as Mho raw material market becomes settled. Failure's for Ja.nmry thus far compare very favorably with last year's returns, railway earnings Increased 5.8 per cent, over those of 1904, and foreign commerce at this port for the last week shows a gain of $0.11)1,807 in imports and a loss of only $1181.933 III exports. Although business Is distributed somewhat irregularly owing to local conditions ns to supply of fuel nnd other materials, the iron and steel in dustry is moving steadily forward. Statistics of pig iron production and consumption tit the opening of the year testify to even greater prosperity than was anticipated. Nor is stnbllity threatened by speculative Inflation of prices us yet, although that Is a dan ger that usually menaces any revival of hidustrlal activity. Coke ovens in the Connellsvllle region are produc ing at maximum capacity ami tlieTO Is no handicap to progress in Pitts burg, but storms and strikes still ef fect fuel supply at some other points. Railways are placing largo contracts for nil forms of equipment, and the demand for billets and bars is so ur gent that premiums above list prices nre recorded on some transactions. Thus far the new year has not brought tho anticipated demand for leather, but tanners are confident that the ac tivity will not bo long delayed. Prices nre fairly steady. Failures this weelt numbrred 321 In tho United States, against 324 last year, and 28 in Canada, compared with 24 a year ago. WRECK COUNTY SAFE. Robbers Escape by Stealing a Horas and Sleigh. Safe robbers wrecked the safe in the ofiice of tho Fulton County treasur er, at Wauseon, O., nnd secured $5, 000 of the county fi.'.ids. The safe was blown to pieces by the dynamite. The treasurer had deposited $200,000 tax money In the banks of the town, which Accounted for so small a sum In the safe. The looters, four In number, stole n horse and sleigh and escaped. CURRENT NEWS EVENTS. Eugene V. Debs has planned to build a monster International labor union on a socialistic basis. Both the coal miner and mine-owners throughout the Rhenish and West Phalian districts ate preparing for a general strike.' John Blake, a plumber, of New Florence, Pa was struck by a train east of the Blalrsvllle intersection and was killed. The College of the Jesuit Fathers nt Clenfuegoes, Cuba, has been destroyed by fire. Several firemen wre Injured. The loss is $D,00i'). No insurance. James A. Bailey, fourth owner of the Sells-Forepaugh shows bought the entire show nt public sale for $150,000. Nearly every showman in the country was present at tho sale. Four men were instantly killed and two others Injured today nt a shaft which is being sunk at. Rockland, Mich., by tho Victoria Mining Com pany. The president sent to the senate the nomination of David E. Thompson of Nebraska, to be ambassador ex traordinary and plenipotentiary to Brazil. R. B. Vinson, said to bo the son of a wealthy Baltimore (Md.) man, was killed tit Rapid City, S. D. He was driving, when his team became frightened and ran away. Vinson was thrown out nnd dragged to death. Up to the time of his surrender, Gen. Sloessed believed Kuropatkln was only 20 miles distant from Port Ar thur with a relief force. Senator Penrose introduced a bill providing for the payment of tho claims of New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware on account of advan ces and expenditures for the war with Great ltrltian from 1812 to 1S13. Requests by Riehard Croker for nn explanation by tho Jockey club In London, England, ns to why it. inter dicted the training of his horses nt Newmarket have not been complied with. Levi P. Morion, former vice presi J d"nt of tho United States, and form cv governor of Nt w York, is the giver i of the $i;0ti.0iio contribution to the fund I for the completion of the cathedral I of St. John the Divine in New York City. Two Senators Elected. Frank P. Flint, Republican, of Los Angeles, Cal., was elected United States Senator to succeed 'Thomas R. Bard. The General Assembly elected Will iam B. Bate, to succeed himself ns United Slates Senator from Tenne ssee. The Republican minority vot ed for Congressman W. P. Brownlow. More Land Frauds Develop. Colorado nnel South Dakota have been added to tho list of States where thero have been extensive land frauds ami whore rigid investigations will bo nutdo by iho interior Depart ment. There are now six States in which inquiries nre being prosecut ed California, Colorado, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and South Dakota. The Pennsylvania presidential elec tors met at Harrisburg and cast their votes for Roosevelt and Fairbanks. KEfSTOHE STATE GULU1GS WORRY CAUSES A WRECK. Thinking of Invalid Wife, Telegrapher Forgets Train Order. Harry Dttnkelberger, telegraph operator at Weigh Scales, near which place a fatal train wreck occurred, said he was thinking of his invalid wife nnd forgot an order to hold tho Bouthbound Pennsylvania railroad pas senger train at the Scales until an, unattached northbound locomeitlve ar rived there. Consequently the loco motive met the passenger train, caus ing the death of two persons nnd the Injury of a number of others. With a bullet hole In tho right tem- pie and fustened to a tree by a rope, the body of a man supposed to be Col. M. Ream, aged (JO, late of Bru balters, Lancaster county, was found floating in Wyomlssing creek, a mile south of Reading. On his chest was a revolver and in his pockets were letters that gave a clue to the Iden tity. It is Rtipposod he killed himself. Ream was formerly a promoter and insurance agent. Clerk of Courts Charles Baker, of Washington, has secured options on 2,000 acres ot ctmi ac Vest Union, Greene county, the prlco being 100 an acre. Among those who have given options are James Dunn, 700 acres; Joseph Dunn, 220 acres: Wifl- , lam H. Ely, 225 acres; Mrs. Lnzenr Day, 200 acres. This coal Is on tha line of the Wabash through Greene county. Fire destroyed tho big frame store house of tho McKees Rocks plant of tho Pressed Steel Csr Company, canning a loss approximately of $75, 000 In stock and buiidlng, and also seriously Interfering with tho opera tions of the plant for tho next few days. The blaze is believed to have been caused by tho crossing of elec tric wires in tho loft of the build ing. A crusado hr.s been started in Can ensburg and vicinity against the nu merous alleged illegal liquor sellers. Two women ware arrested charged wlh selling llnitor without a license and sent to jail to await trial. It Is claimed that nt Shupetown, a suburb of Canonshurg, numerous spcakeasie3 exist, and ns a result constant dis order prevails. Chief of Police C. C. Horner began a crusade against gambling houses in New Castle, raiding several of them. Chief Horner announced that the work will be vigilantly prosecuted and Mayor Jackson says the owners of buildings who lease their properties for such purposes will also be prose cuted. Upon a petition filed In Common Pleas court nt Philadelphia by coun sel feir tho United States Biscuit com pany, a receiver was appointed for the" Keebler-Weyl Baking company, Shuward Hnggerty was named for the ofiice and security fixed at $300,000. The trade value of the company's assets Is $250,970.37, while its lia bilities are fixed at $251,405.04. Emrl Tatt, a Slav, lies-in a dying condition nt Adelaide. Emzl Torrak, a fellow boarder, after a quarrel went upstairs and heated a poker. When Tatt went up latter he was met by Torrak, who plunged the redhot Iron Into him. Tho Sevres China Company of East Liverpool has purchased the pottery of the Derry China Company in West Derry. Orders have been Issued to have the pottery started in full with in 10 days, giving work to 300 peo ple, i After attending the funeral of his brother, Warren Kerr, one of the best known farmers of , East Crawford County, was found dead in his bed. Apoplexy Is supposed to have been the cause of death. Safe crackers got about $15 at the office of the Cleveland and Pittsburg railroad at Beaver. The safe door was blown across the office and broken. The money drawers were taken. M. C. Armour, engineer of the Car bon Limestone company, at Hillsville, Lawrence county, was held up and robbed by three negroes. His watch and money were taken. The Marnuls Clav and Limestone company, of New Castle, has absorbed the Pennsylvania Portland Cement company, which is preparing to erect a $1,000,000 cement plant In the spring. Nearly a dozen dental offices of Johnstown were robbed of gold and platinum worth hundreds of dollars. Tho burglaries were so clever that the police are baffled. John Putt, 81 years old, who lived alone in a small apartment house near Altoona, was burned to death, his clothes igniting while he was trying to make a fire in a stove. Tho Republican lenders have chos en Representative Plummer ns house N leader at Harrisburg. He Is to be assisted by Representative Francies, Ealtr and Shern. Fire damaged the general merchan dise store of George Shaffer, at Al toona, about $2,000. Roman candles nnd skyrockets were touched off, nnd the spectators had a narrow escape. At the annual stockholders' meet ing of the Erie and Pittsburg railroad the capital stock was increased from $2,000,000 to $4,500,000. John P. Elkins has taken his seat as associate justice of the supreme court- John T. Jenkins, a trusted env,ioya of Kline Bros., of Alientown, has been arrested, charged with tho larceny ot drv goods valued at $d,000. Goods to the amount of $700 have been re covered. Mrs. Sarah Carnes Is dead at Sharpsvllle, from the effects of a fall received about three weeks ago. She is survived by two sons and two daughters. The 2-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Hossell tell into a tub ot hot water at Sharon, Pa., and died from, the effects of its scalds.
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