V Notifies Powers that Uprising in China is Feared. THINK SITUATION SERIOUS. Should Chinese Troops Make Hostile Move Czar's Troops Will Croc3 Liao River. Russia's forniiil notification to the powers of Imminent danger of n gen eral uprising In Chlnn as a result of the Japanese; In China, will threaten nil interests, coupled with general protest against China's repeal oil vio lation of neutrality hi connection with Japanese operations, is really a warn ing to the powers that Russia regards the situation its extremely serious and considers that the tima lias come for joint action by Hie powers for the protection of their own interests. For licrself Russia considers that Japan has broken the pledge she made with respect to Secretary Hay's note at the beghv.iing of the war, and further per sistence in this course will, she con siders, absolve her from further obser vance and leave her free to act for her own protection. The present note followed the pre liminary warnings addressed to the powers, cne In October and the other in November, "neither of which was heeded." It has an c.iiirely different ring, setting forth breaches of Chinese neutrality, including the Rycshltelny case and also the use of the Mi ant no islands, belonging to China, as a base for the Japanese fleet; the constant dispatch of contraband from various Chine'se ports, the eniploynv.it of Chi nese soldiers in the Japanese army and the hiring of Chinese bandits to attack Rur.sian communications. Should Gen. Ma or any Chinese troops now move Russia will f"ol free ' herself to era.-;:', the Uu.i rlvrr into the neutral zone. As for the powers, Rus sia believes the situation has heroins serious ow.'ng to this stimulus f.iven anti-forcir.n agitation in China by the fall of Port Arthur. In diplomat in cir cles great importance is attached to the note, and in the general opinion it is designed to induce- Seci-tary Hav 1o 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 STEEL CARS. Will Be New Equipment nnd Not Re newals of Old Cars. It. wi's announced at. the general of fices of the Panhandle, railroad that, the company had placed an order for 4,000 steel ears with the Cambria Steel company and Standard Car com pany for delivery in February and March. Ifoij. The order entails an ex penditure of S-l.5ntl.f00. There will be l.POO all-steel self-cleaning hopper cars. 1,500 dron bottom ears and l.Ootl straight gondola cars. The order is the largest ever placed by the Pa.i Tiandle company, and is made in an ticipation of an enormous traffic dur ing the coming year. The order Is till additional equipment, and no renewals of old cars. MODIFY INAUGURAL PROGRAM, j No Sunday Concerts and Parade For-1 mation Will Be Smaller. The inauguration committee decided i that there shall be no Sunday concert i at the pension office building, follow- j 1ng the inaugural ceremony nnd that i three concerts will be given Monday, i March C. ! It was stated that, the number of: troops and civic organizations, com bined, 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 ease four years ago. Plunder of Japanese. Gen. Nogl reports that the Japanese captured at Port Arthur 546 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 the Government Will Mot. J. J. Taylor of Chicago, a relative cf President Za chary Taylor, has arrived in Louisville to investigate the condi tion of the grave of his distinguished relative. The grave is at St. Matthews near Louisville. It Is the intention of Mr. Taylor's family, tn the event, of the fr.sal o the government to repair the t,rave, to expend a sum of money sufficient to put it in a condition befitting the last resting place of a president of the Tnited States. Five Dead in Wre;k. A Santa Fe passenger train collided head-on with a freight train -near Ra ton, N. M- The known (lend are A. M. Cochran, fireman, of Raton, N. M.; O. Greuuberger of Raton: Philip Frein enseliner of Chicago, barber on compo site car. A late report from Wagon Mound states that five persons were 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 bus issued a circular to the powers, calling their attention to alleged violation of Chi nese neejhillty, and citing numerous instances during tho war In the Far East tending to proviVJthat 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 IS BANISHED. Cuban Health Official Praicea Ameri cans for Their Success. The frnture of the formal opening of the annual meeting of the Ameri can l'ublic Health association in Havana, wits the address of President Dr. Carlos Flnlay, the yellow fever expert, and chief of the Cuban health department. Dr. Flnlay paid a tribute to the accomplishments and sacri fices of Ameiiean experts, who have banished yellow fever. Dr. Benjamin I.ec. secretary of the Pennsylvania board of health, com mended Dr. Flr.lay for his service in liir.rovf ring the mode of propagation of yellow fever and developing the theory patiently, despite the calum nies of hi3 compatriots. CHADWICK DIAMONDS FOUND. Customs Of.'icers Get on the Track of 3parklers That Dodged Duties. 07.cials of the customs depart ment, have succeeded in finding move than $50,000 worth of imported dia monds and jewels owned by J.Irs. Chadwlek on which it is declared no duty was paid. Most of these valu ables, it Is staled, are held In Cleve land as security for loans. As the sums loaned on them were gem-rally 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 lias announced they must do. BOILER BLOWS UP. Engineer and Fireman Killed and Cab Passenger Injured. The boiler of a locomotive of the cast bound express on thf Erie blew up while standing at the Creston sta tion. Frederick Keller, the engineer, of (lalion, O., and Fireman Ilalfick, 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 the engine, which was completely demolished, none of the enuipment was damaged. Traffic wis blocked for four hours. Mrs. Clark's Jewels Found. Buried in a glass jar in West One Hundred and Fifty-fil'ih street, near Central avenue, New York, detectives have found more than $23.no worth of jewelry, the property of Mrs. Ambrose Chirk,' daughter-in-law of Mrs. Potter, wife of Bishop Henry C. Potter, which were sto!"n from the Clark home on July 7, 10" 1. Lodged in a cell at polico headquarters is William Cole ,,.ini, most of whose (10 years of Ufa l ave been r.per.t in penal Institutions. Last week detectives saw Coleman -1 to a la-irk wall in West One Hun dred and Fil'ty-fii'ih s'reet, where he began digging la the show. The de tectives wenl to the place, where ihe-y discovered the jewels. Coleman was arrested to-rl.iy, near the ::)ot where: the treasure was hidden. WASHINGTON NOTES. Senator Teller Introduced an amendment to the Statehood biil pro viding for the admission cf Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one State and New Mexle'O as another. This amend ment would leave Arizona a territory. i"h" resolution granting temporary oerunanry of n portion of the Wash ington Monument lot for an American railway appliance exhibition in con neetiem with the meeting of the Inter national Railway Congress was passed by the House. As the result of the investigation and prosecution of the land fraud cases in Oregon, the President sign ed an order suspending from office James H. Booth and Joseph T. Bridges, respectively register and re ceiver of the United States land office nt Rosjhurg, Ore. The Sonata in executive session confirmed the following nominations: Samuel S. Knabenshue, Ohio, Con sul nt Belfast, Ireland. Postmasters, Pennsylvania Coleman Smith, Coud rrsport. West Virginia Benjamin O. Holland, Logan: Nathan C. McNeil, Marlinton. Brazil has finally determined to ele vate her legation nt Washington to an embassy, and will send her Minis ter at London, Mr. Nahuco, as her first Ambassador to this country. The senate confirmed the following nominations: John B. Robinson, mar shal for the Eastern district of Penn sylvania: Robert W. Tayler, district judge Northern e'istrlct of Ohio. Surrogate Edgar Jackson appointed Mrs. Roosevedt. v:!l'e of President Theodore Roosevelt, guardian tif her children. Kcrniil and Ethel C, in connection with Ihe legacy of $5, ooo le-rt. to each of them in the will of .Taiv.cG King Gracie of Oyster Bay. S"nator Smoot's friends in the Utah ).e;.'.:is)at,ire have succeeded in nonil nai:r.g George Sutherland, another Mormon and a son-in-law of the in famous John D. Lee, who was o:c cited for the Mountain Meadow mass acre, to succeed Senator Kearns in the United States Senate. Wants Tariff Revised. President Roosevelt favors tho I earliest possible netion looking to a i revision by Congress of the tariff. He i so informed the Senators and Rep I resentatives who were in conference I with him at. the White House las t ! Saturday, and ho lias made plain ills I ......!..- in nlliiifa t'ni-a 1 ll t nilflfol-. (lUJ-ILIWll W Ul in I a nun... umi, wni. " ence. He will call the 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 passnga. Exposition has Surplus. The Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company hns a surplus, of $998,000, and $'.150,000 due from a wrecking company. Out of these sums post exposition expenses will be paid, and it is expected a small surplus will be left to divide among the stockhold ers. With bowed heads, Port Arthur's shattered garrison marches out of the captured fortress on Its w to Jap anese prisons. BEEF MUST HIED 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 the United States in the case of Swift & Co. vs. the United States, commonly known as the beef trust case. 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 action In certain respects. After charging that an agreement existed governing the purchase of cattle, Mr. Moody said: "it appears that the defendants have combined nnd conspired arbi trarily to raise, lower and tlx priceft of fresh meat and to keep them uni form os among themselves. This con spiracy is rendered effective by period ical secret meetings throughout the country by the agents and ntlorneys of the defendants. At tiiese meet ings uniform prices are agreed upon, due notice is given of the prices so agreed upon, and the defendants ad hero to the prices thus fixed. Thnt 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. The only possible question that ought to be notie-ed 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 its vice, if, per chance, some agent, sees fit to di vide the carcasses before they are soi l. Controlling CO per cent of the fresh meat industry of the wdiole country, they sit down at their slaughtering and packing establish ments, anil Willi the aid of the tele graph, through the instrumentality of countless agents and attorneys spread throughout, the country, clothing their transactions and sheltering their mis conduct by ciphers nnd secret codes, low "r or raise, and wdien thus lowered c.t raised, fix, and maintain absolutely as among themselves, the 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 the transportation of their proper ty in interstate commerce which con stitute a preference over all others in the same business. No more fruitful source of monopoly can be found than Ihe enjoyment of preferential rates. The history of the country demon strates this." PREPARING FOR WAR. Shipments of Arms and Ammunition Made to Salon ica. 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 from a minister accredited to the Bal kan courts. This minister, who has 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 have been made and recruits from Asia Minor are arriving at Sal en lea weekly for service in the Turk ish army. - The Bulgarian nnd Greek bands in Macedonia are increasing daily nnd are fighting each oilier and the Turks. This three-cornered guerilla warfare threatens to assume the bloodiest phase In the spring. IN3URED FOR $2,000,000. Romsn Wnnamaker Carries Largest Life Policy. By taking out an extra policy of ?1, 200.000, Rodman Wnnamaker, 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 elands to pay $2,000,000 to his heirs at his death. Until Mr. Wanamaker 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 nnd violence of one class against another. Count Pueckler in formed the 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 Taft will make an official visit of inspection to the Philippine islands in the coming summer, probably starting from San Francisco tor 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 Mnrpesia, which was wrecked at sea on Christmas day by an explosion of naptha, resulting In the death of 11 members of her crew, nrrived 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 Mnr pesia was blown into a shapeless mass, and tha seven men who survived the shock were taken from tho sea where they had sought the only ref uge that remained to them, after the explosion. They, were landed at Ber muda by the Gallia. The Marpesln sailed from New York for Cette, Prance, 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 tho. fluid accumulated steadily, and by Christmas day, the Marpesla was a loaded bomb. Sud denly there came a terrillc 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 IS men on board, who had not been caught in the first burst, threw themselves over the side of the flaming ship into tho sea. BULLION S0LD FOR LEAD. Trio Arrested for Theft of Silver Con signed to Mint. In the arrest and confession of William Burroughs. George Rodgers nnd William Majors, the police of East St. Louts, have cleared up the mystery surrounding the robbery of a bonded car in the railroad yards there, of $21,800 worth of silver bull ion consigned from El Paso to the United Slates mint at Philadelphia, more 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, Felberbaum, a junk dealer in St. Louis, lias been arrested, charged with receiving stolen property. Efforts are now being made to trace the bullion which Feiberbaum asserts he 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., was 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 be ascertained, no : one was injured. The walls of the j Christiana Machine Company's build-; Ing were blown In. Every residence 1 and store throughout the town were j more or less damaged. The green ! houses of William Brinton are demol ished. FIFTY PERISH IN STORM. Frozen to Death While In the Dis- charge of Their Duty. j Mere than 50 persons were frozen ; to death In the provinces of East Prus- j sin, Wcsi Prussia and Posen during the recent cold period including two letter carriers, the driver of n post wagon, n policeman and 15 fishermen. Nothing has been heard of the light ship stationed off Borkum reef, Han over, which broke sway from hef anchorage Friday night during a ter rific storm and went adrift. The government has sent out a steamer to search for the mlsrlng vessel. The lightship has a crew of 11 persons. Nogi and Stoessel Decorated. Emperor William hns conferred on Gen. Stoessel and Gen. Nogi the ord er of "Pour ie Merlte" In recognition of the bravery of themselves and their troops nt Port Arthur. His majesty has asked tho Russian and Japanese Emporors to authorize Gens. Stoes sel and Nogl to accept the decora tions. ACTRESS DIES A PAUPER. Ellen Cummlngs Had Supported Booth, Barrett, McCulloiigh. Ellen Cuminings, nt one time lending woman for Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett, John Me.CuIlemgh and other f great actors, died a pauper in a cheap ; Kearney street lodging house at San Francisco. For the past ten year?, Miss Cum i mlngs has 'played character parts (when her health permitted, having '' been with Mansfield, Blanche Bates .and other well-known artists in that i capacity. She went on the stage in San Francisco :.. years ago In the palmy days of the old California and Bush street theaters. Thespians of the city gave her a suitable burial. The Anthracite Fatalities. From official Information furnished by the mine inspectors of tho fbur an thracite districts scattered throughout the Wyoming valley it is shown thnt in all 527 men and boys were killed or injured in and about the mines dur ing the year 1904. There were 199 fatal and 33S non-fatal accidents in the four districts, leaving 109 women as widows and 212 children orphans. Preparing Fourth Squadron. The Temps correspondent at Cop enhagen telegraphs that he Is reliably informed that Admiral RoJc3tvensky's squadron will return from Madagas car and go to the Island of Malta, where It will await the third Russian squaelron, 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 Mv. DEFENSE Or MOIUHM 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 have declared the con trary to bo true, was offered by conn-, sel for Senator Reed Smoot. W. J. McConnell, formerly a United States Senator from Idaho, and twice Gov enor of his State, and Representative Burton L. French, a member of tire present Congress and re-elected for another term, were the day's witness es. It. was the opening session of the defense In the Smoot 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 nnd its alle'gcd Interfer ence In political affairs. Former Gov. McConnell said that, the Gen tile members of the Idaho Legislature have not as high morals as the 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 an entire Mormon Le'gls luture. The examination was conducted by Waldeniar Vnncott, of Salt Lake, who Is associated with A. S. Worthington, of Washington, as counsel for Sena tor Smoot. Mr. McConnell described his occupation as former merchant, half politician and lawyer for his friends. Ho was a Senator of the Fifty-first Congress, nnd was Gover nor of Idaho from IS!):) to 189(1, In clusive, serving two successive terms. He is a member of the Presbyterian church. The wltriess was asked to describe the political conditions. Ho said he had lobbied before the Legislature when the first effort, was made to dis franchise (lie Mormons. He declared that he was prejudiced against Mor mons, that he found that most of the Gentiles were practicing "the science, which in our country is called poker." He Kiild ho had never known Mormons to gamble and drink. He followed this testimony with a review of his acquaintance with Mormons during the agitation against the religion In Idaho. He assisted in bringing about the repeal of the test oath of citizen ship and afterward went among 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 ti.OOft worklngmen are in open revolt In the Baku petroleum dis trict. Forty Cossacks have been kill ed In conflicts with the men and r hundred severely wounded. The 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, tho reign of terror con tinues. The revolting workmen ull age and murder day nnd night and many of the mora thun 200 oil welln they set fire in their rnga are still burning. The Government has been utterly unable to suppress the upris ing, which has taken tho wildest, meist 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 nnd derricks. Charges Against Swayne. The select committee of the House appointed to draft articles of impeach ment agaimt Federal Judge Swayne completed Its work by the preparation of 12 articles of Impeachment. They embrace obtaining money by falsa pretense, using Ihe properly of a bankrupt, corporation in the hands of a receiver appointed by himself, and without making compensation to the companv; for disobeying the law in requiring him to live in ills district: for "unlawfully and maliciously fining and Imprisoning E. T. Davis and Simeon Belden, attorneys-at-law. for alleged contempt, of the circuit court of the United States; for unlaw fu!lvonimittliig to prison W. C. O'Neil on the charge that he had com mitted contempt of the district court of the United States." $180,000,000 for Postoffices. The House Committee on Fostoffleos and Post Roads has completed the postofflco 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 the rural free tlelivery ser vice. Only $50,000,000. Directors of the Pennsylvania Rail road Company decided to ask the shareholders at their annual meeting March 14 to consider an Increase in bonded Indebtedness, believed to be 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 tho 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. ' Tho best news comes from the iron and steed Industry, while footwear factories are busy, woolen mills In ex ceptionally good condition, and activi ty is assured among cotton spinners as soon as Mho raw material market becomes settled. Failures for January thus far compare very favorably with last year's returns, railway earnings Increased 5.8 per cent, over those of 1904, nnd foreign commerce at this port for the last week shows a gain of $G.ll,8fi7 in Imports and a loss of only $9.81,933 in exports. Although business is distributed somewhat irregularly owing to local conditions as to supply of fuel and other materials, the iron and steel in dustry Is moving steadily forward. Statistics of pig iron production and consumption at the opening of the year testify to even greater prosperity than was anticipated. Nor Is stability threatened by speculative Inflation of prices as yet, although that is a dan ger that usually menaces any revival of Industrial activity. Coke ovens In the Connellsville region are produc ing at maximum capacity and tlieTe is no handicap to progress in Pitts burg, but storms nnd strikes still ef fect fuel supply at some other points. Railways are placing large contracts for all forms of equipment, and the demand for billets and bars is so ur gent that premiums above list prices are 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 are fairly steady. Failures this week numbered 221 In the United Slates, against 324 last year, nnd 28 In Canada, compared with 21 a year ago. WRECK COUNTY SAFE. Rcbb'ers E3cape by Stealing a Horas and Sleigh. Safe robbers wrecked the safe in the ofiice of the Fulton County treasur er, at Wauseo:i, O., nnd secured $5, 000 of (he counly 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 a horse nnd sleigh nnd escaped. CURRENT NEWS EVENTS. Eugene V. Pebs has planned to build a monster International labor union on a socialistic basis. Both the coal miner nnd mine-owners throughout the Rhenish and West Phalian districts are preparing for a general strike.' John Blake, a plumber, of New Florence, Pa,, was struck by a train east of the Blairsville intersection and was killed. The College of the Jesuit. Fathers at Clenfuegoes, Cuba, hns been destroyed by fire. Several firemen ware Injured. The loss is $00,000. No insurance. James A. Bailey, fourth owner of the Sells-Forepaugh shows bought the entire sliow 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 todny at. a shaft which is being sunk at. Rockland, Mich., by the Victoria Mining Com pany. The president sent to the senate the nomination of David E. Thompson of Nebraska, to be ambassador ex traordinary und plenipotentiary to Brazil. R. B. Vinson, said to bo the son of a wealthy Baltimore (Md.) man, was killed nt Rapid City, S. D. He was driving, when his team became frightened and ran away. Vinson was thrown out. and dragged to death. Up to the time of his surrender, Gen. Stoessel believed Kuropntkln wa3 I only 20 miles distant fremi Port Ar thur with a relief force. Senator Penrose Introduced a bill providing for the payment of the. claims of Kcw York, Pennsylvania and Delaware on account of advan ces and expenditures for the war with Great Britian from 1S12 to 1K15. Requests by Richard Croker for an explanation by the Jockey club in London. England, as to why It Inter dieted the training of his horses at Newmarket have not been complied with. Levi P. Morton, former vice presi d"nt of the United States, and form er governor of New York, is tho giver of the SOOu.Oou contribution to tho fund for tho 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. i Bard. The General Assembly elected Will iam B. Bate, to succeed himself as ! United States Senator from Tenne ssee. The Republican minority vot ed for Congressman W. P. Browniow. More Land Frauds Develop. Colorado nnd South Dakota have been added to the list of States where thero have been extensive land frauds nnd where rigid investigations will bo mado by the interior Depart ment. There are now six States In which Inquiries are being prosecut ed California, Colorado, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and South Dakota. The Pennsylvania presidential elec tors met at Hnrrlsburg and cast their votes for Roosevelt and Fairbanks. KEYSTONE STATE GULLfNGS WORRY CAUSES A WRECK. Thinking of Invalid Wife, Telegrapher Forgets Train Order. Harry Dunkelberger, telegraph operator at Weigh Scales, near which place a fatal train wreck occurred, said he was thinking of his, invalid wife and forgot an order to hold the southbound Pennsylvania railroad pas senger train at the Scales until an, unaieacneii noriiinounu locnmenive ar rived there. Consequently the loco motive met the passenger train, caus ing the death of two persons and the Injury of a number of others. With a bullet hole In the right tern- pie and fastened to a tree by a ropo, the body of a man supposed to bo Col. M. Ream, aged (JO, late of Bru bakers, Lancaster county, was found floating in Wyomlsslng 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 supposed ho 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 com ac Vest Union, Greene county, the price being 10.) an acre. Among those who have given options nre James Dunn, 70'i acres; Joseph Dunn, 220 acres: Win- , inm H. Ely, 225 ncres; Mrs. Lazrar 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 Car Company, causing a loss approximately of $73, 000 in stock and buiiding, nnd also seriously interfering with tho opera tions of the plant for the next few days. The blaze is believed to have ' been caused by the crossing of elec tric wires in tho loft of the build ing. A crusade hr.s bsen started In Can cnsbnrg and vicinity ngalnst the nu merous alleged Illegal liquor sellers. Two women wsre arrested charged wl'h selling Honor without a licens9 and sent to jail to await trial. It Is claimed that at Shupetown. a suburb of Canonsburg, numerous speakeasies exist, and as a result constant dis order prevails. Chief of Police C. C. Horner began a crusade ngalnst 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 F n,l,n Inner, thnli nfftoarlloa for such purposes will also bo prose cuted. Upon a petition filed in Common Pleas court at Philadelphia by coun sel for the United States Biscuit com pany, a receiver was appointed for the" Keebler-Weyl Baking company, Shuward Haggerty was named for the office 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 $251,455.04. Emrl Tntt, a Slav, lies-in a dying condition at 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. The 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. ' 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 tho 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 Marquis Clny and Limestone company, of New Castle, has absorbed the Pennsylvania roreuinei element 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. The 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 leaders have chos en Representative Plummcr as house v leader at Harrisburg. Ho Is to be assisted by .Representative Francies, Esler and Shern. Fire damaged the general merchan dise store of George Shaffer, at Al toona, about $2,000. Roman candles and skyrockets were touched off, and.' the spectators had a narrow escape. At the annual stockholders' meet ing of the Erie and Pittsburg railroad tile capital stock was increased from $2,000,000 to $1,500,000. John P. Elkins has taken his seat as associate justice ot the supreme court- John T. Jenkins, a trusted empioya of Kline Bros., of Alientown, has been arrested, charged with tho larceny of drv goods valued at $0,000. Goods te tho amount of $700 have been re covered. Mrs. Sarah Carnes Is dead at Sharpsvtlle, from the effects ot a fall received about three weeks ago. She Is survived by two sons and two daughters. f The 2-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Hossell fell Into a tub of hot water at Sharon, Pa., and died from the effects of Us scalds.
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