CI MAS WW ESCAPE
Grape Crashes Through Chapel
Windows Where He Was.
CLAIM THAT IT WAS ACCIDENT.
Shots Passed Over the Hea2s of the
Emperor and Other Members
of the Dynasty.
t The Czar of. Russia has just escaped
death, either through plot or acci
rent. Thursday while In a chapel built
across the Neva, and while engaged in
the annual ceremony or the blessing
of the waters of the historic river, a
charge of grape, tired by tho aristo
cratic Seventeenth battery of the First
Horse artillery, tiling an accom
panying salute from Basil island to
the guns of tho S3, Peter and Paul
fortress, crashed through the win
dows of the palaoe and those of the
aristocratic salon, along the river.
The shots Just passed over the
heads of tue emperc other represen
tatives of the Romanoff dynasty,
generals, priests, choi'isteni and
attindard bearers on the platform.
Ijower, and the dynasty would have
been nearly wiped out. Gae police
man was wound.-d and the bullets cut
the clothing of others.
The shot came at the conclusion of
tne solemn ceremony, the me;.ropon
ll ?ln j""d th0 CT
the river. Theie was no panic. The
metropolitan quickly proceeded to
bless tho emporer and his entourage
and consecrate the standards anew
from the sanetiflcd waters of the Ne
va. The Czar and party then re
turned within the winter palace. At
,L -Lh !
diplomats, including Ambassador Mc
Cormick, secretaries Eddy and Blits
of the American embassy, and repre
sentatives of tho nobility, while the
windows of the palace, the salons in
the neighborhood and the quays, j
bridges monuments ana other points
tors ThUT R?T i
tors. Those in the chapel heard the 1
rnah nf tho cW,, ,.,1 o,.-.!...!1
nmw uiiil-j uitu nt"ic OLOi lltU
by the falling of a gold plate, which
had been shot from the wall, but did
not at the time fcnow the cause.
An investigation is proceeding pend
ing which the officers and men of
the battery are under arrest. it is
stated In official circlas that at g'.m
practice on Tuesday a loaded shoi;
was inadvertently left in the gun.
It is certain that the shot was ac
curately aimed. If plot, the officials
Bay they have a new danger to the
Czar's life to we.t.h the army.
During the reception following the
ceremonies Empeicr Nicholas greet
ed Ambassador MeCovmlck with his
accustomed cordiality and the ambas
sador convoyed to his majesty Presi
dent Roosevelt's personal greetings
and wis!ie3 for a happy new year,
which the emperor said he was hay
. py to receive.
MRS. CHADWICK'3 BOND FIXED.
If $-'0.0C0 Can be Furnished She
May Have Freedom.
On application of Attorney ,T. P.
Dawlcy in Criminal Court at Cleve
land Judge Neff fixed the bail of
Mrs. Chadwick at $20,000 for her re
lease from jail pend.ts trial on the
three indictments found against her
by the grand jury. To secure her
freedom Mrs. Cnad'.virk must fur
nish security to the total amount of
$40,000. the Tnited Spates Distii'lot.
Court having fixed her bond at $20,
000 several days ago. Attorney Daw
ley said he expects the required surety
would be furnished soon.
Nathnn Loeser, receiver for Mrs.
Chadwick, said that, if she furnished
bonds for $40,000 to secure her re
lease an investigation would be begun
Immediately to ascertain whether or
not any money or securities belonging
to the Chadwick estate has been plac
ed with her bondsmen to indemnify
them against possible loss. It is the
purpose of the receiver to claim such
money or collateral, providing proof
can be found showing the same to be
a part of Mrs. Chadwick S assets.
Mr. Dawley made loquent plea ;
in asking mai me ,oun pmce tue .
bond at a reasonable amount. He said
Mrs. Chadwick's story had not been
told, and that when it is told in court,
as It will bo In duo time, she would bo
placed In an entirely different, light.
wo rtnninrort' vr. rhnrtwick was. at1
that moment lying ill In her cell with j
a complnlnt that Is liable to cause her j
death at any moment. Mr. Dawley
said Mrs. Chadwick should really, as
a matter of humanity, be in a hospit
al rather than in jail.
To Cruise in West Indies.
A party of lflO people sailed from
Boston on the chartered steamer Hali
fax for a month '3 cruise through the
West Indies. Among them were Mrs.
Mary Schneitzer and G. B. Robinson
of 'Pittsburg, Miss May McCourt,
Thomas H. Groves, Mrs. C. P. O'Mai
ley anil C. P. O'Malley of Scranton
nnd D. S. Flock of Chambersburg,
Pa.
Randall Expelled.
Robert Randall delegate to the
United Mine Workers' convention
from Diets, Wyo., who charged Presi- I Secretary Hay has averted a new
dent John Mitchell with having sold i danger in the far east, which threat
out to the operators during the recent ened a division of China among the
uoioraao strike, was expelled from
the organization by the national con
vention
SLAIN IN HIS TRACKS.
Shot by a Veterinarian Who Resented
Offensive Remarks. .
Dr. Jacob Thayer, a veterinary sur
geon and prominent local politician of
Sutton, shot and instantly killed Will
lam Lacey on the streets of that
town. ' The trouble grew out of re
marks alleged to have been directed
by Lacey to Thayer's stepdaughter.
The shooting took place In Main
atreet In view of many spectators.
Tbayer made his escape.
MILLS BEHIND IN ORDERS.
Rail Business Quiet, Although Large
Contracts Are Pending Activity
at Tin Mills.
Progress is more rapid In manu
facture than in distribution, but this
is lnrgely due to the effect of un
seasonable weather at some points
and the unsettled feell-.ig in the South,
where the collupse of cotton prices
has retarded collections and caused
many cancellations. That production is
maintained by mills and furnaces may
be taken as evidence of confidence in
the future.
Iron and steel plants lead in ac
tivity, with woolens the feature in
textile fabrics. Settlement of the pro
tracted labor struggle at Fall River is
encouraging, but the industrial at
mosphere is disturbed elsewhere, al
though, on the whole, there is less
than the customary idleness of this
season. Prices of newly opened lines
of woolens are higher, as was to be
expected in vleAv of the position of the
raw material, but consumption is not
curtailed. Similar strength in foot
wear has restricted, buyers in the
Boston market placing few contracts.
Railway earnings for January thus far
show a gain of 2.3 per cent.
Foreign commerce at New York is
also better than a year ago, the last
week showing gains of $1,555,889 In
value of imports and $202,98(5, in ex
ports. Scarcely any alteration in
quotations of iron and steel is the best
possible guarantee of continued ac
tivity. Conservatism now controls
the situation, holding prices at a posi
tion that is attractive, considertnir
'he volume of buses' and "oi
production. Coke ovens aro establish
ing new records of fuel output and
traffic conditions cause little delay.
Very extensive contracts for machin
ery nre pending, and a considerable
quantity of pines and tubes are want-
; ed, while the Pittsburg mills are bo-
hind on dearies an", bars
Tin plate mills are not only fully en
Raged but have orders running well
into the future.
Structural steel and rails are quiet,
Vro s',1 , fi n 'as a ' ru e exce
thpt Pom fl(,cllnps Rre roco;,V on
aP,iFr native- ns ese consti- the
hnii.- f o,.,.0t .:...- u,.
niinoitgn large contracts are pending.
....... ... .iv.tim. i las is il
seasoname tnlluenco. and does not
detract from the general tone of
string! h.
Failures thin week numbered 33".
'n the United Stntes against 358 last
' .ir, and 21 In Canada compared with
33 a year ago.
MACEDONIAN REFORM FAILS.
British Government Will Again Press!
Its Scheme Upcn the Powers. i
The Pi'i!i;-,h Foreign OfF.ce is con-!
vinced that the Auslro-Russian reform!
measures for Macedonia are a hope-!
ivss failure ami is communicating with I
the Powers interested to get a-n ex-1
IHTSston of the extent to which Ihov !
are willing to go to secure more ex
tensive and mere r?al reforms, and
probably will lay before Parliament
very piii-!v in the session a sweeping
project which Foreign Secretary Lnns
tlowne thinks will insure Success.
All recent reports show that the
conditions in the interior of Mace
donia are no better than before the
late revolution.
It. is expected that If Lord Lans
1'owne receives sufficient support ho
will renew the suggestion of a year
ago to place Macedonia rndcr the i
control of a Christian Governor Gen-1
ernl responsible to tho Powers. Up !
to the present. Italy alone has sign I-!
fled her willingness to co-operate. j
French and German financiers are
arranging to supply Turkey with a
loan or si'a.imo.ooo, the largest part
of which will be devoted to fitting out
the Turkish army with new batteries
of quick-firing guns. Similar orders
recently have been placed by Bul
garia. TERSE TELEGRAMS.
David Darrah dropped dead at his i
residence at St. Clairsville, O.
C. S. Stewart. 70 years old. was
Vlllod by an Erie railroad train at
lavenna, O.
phiip MInor hfts ,Jfpn pl(,cted
taln of Commny c, Tentn reBiment,
NlUlona, G!lrd of Pennsylvania, at
ljnlontown. Pa. Mr. M!
Capt. A. G. Beeson.
The Allegheny river Is closed with
?.e from the month of the Kiskiminet
ts river for a distance of about 18
wiles. In some places it is piled 15
ei nign.
Blood poisoning, resulting from a'n
ulcerated tooth, caused the death of
Pearl, the 16-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Levine, of New
Castle, Pa.
The government school for Indians
on the Menominee reservation, near
Shnwano, Wis., was burned, causing
a loss of $50,000.
The third division of the Russian
second Pacific squadron, commanded
by Rear Admiral Botrovsky, which
left. Suez January 12, lias arrived at
Jibitul, French Somaliland.
GVssler Rosseau, charged with
sending an infernal machine to the
Cunard dock a year ago last May,
Js indicted by the grand jury. It is
evpeeted that he will be extradited
from Philadelphia at once.
neutral powers, by again cleverly
committing them to the neutrality of
the Chinese empire.
Information comes from Clifton,
Ariz., that five bodies have been re
covered since the flood last week, and
that others are still entangled' in the
drift.
The Lincoln block, a brick struc
ture at Brunswick, Me., was destroy
ed by fire, causing $100,000 loss.
At Wilson Kan.. City Marshal Till
man shot and killed Postmaster 5am
i M Hutchinson, who Is also editor of
a paper, and then committed suicide.
Several days ago Tillman whipped
Hutchison's boy and Hutchison scored
the Marshal In his paper.
.
Unined States Acts Favorably on
Russian Note.
CHINA AGAIN WARNED.
Secretary Hay Says Interests of
World Require Strict Neutrality.
China's attention hits again been
indirectly invited by the American
Government to the necessity for. a
faithful maintenance of her neutrali
ty, not only In her personal interest,
but in the Interest of the world's
peace.
Secretary Hay, on the receipt of the
full text of Count Lamsdorff's note
expressing Russia's belief that China's
neutrality had been repeatedly vio
lated, prepared instructions for the
American charge at Peking, directing
him to mnke inquiry of the Chinese
government regarding the situation.
It is especially declared that this
action cannot in any way be con
strued as indicating that this Govern
ment assumes responsibility for the
charges made by Russia. Indeed, this
Government has received noinforma
tion through Its legation at Peking,
nor through the various American
consulates in Chi'na, that the Chinese
are violating the rules of neutrals.
Nevertheless, In view of Russia's ex
pressed anxiety over the situation in
China, which her investigation dis
closes, the American Government is
ready to do what it can to save
China and the other neutral powers
from the far-reaching complications
which it. Is feared would follow
an extension to Chinese territory
of the zone of hostilities.
This is the second time Sec
retary Hay, In a friendly spirit,
has urged on China the advantages
which a strict observation of neutrali
ty holds, not only for her people, but
tho remainder of the world.
It can be stated that this Govern
ment by no means has abandoned the
hope China may yet be saved from an
extension of hostilities across the
borders of Manchuria.
MINE WORKERS PR0SPER0U3.
All Four of the Central Competitive
Districts Show Gains.
President Mitchell of the United
Mine Workers of America announc
ed .committees for the national con
vention. Among the appointees are:
Patrick Dolan of Western Pennsylvan
ia on Appeals and Grievances; John
Nugent of West Virginia on Officers'
Reports; Clark Johnston of West Vir
ginia and O. M. Savage of Ohio on
Transportation, and C. Evans of Ohio
on Committee to Assign Resolutions.
Of the $1,037,:!0').47 spent last year
by the United Mine Workers for the
relief of strikers, $417,575.10 went into
the Colorado district. All four of the
central competitive districts West
ern Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and
Iliinois show net gains. Western
Pennsylvania went from 21,595 to
23.S44, a gain of 2,249 members; Ohio
went from 3S.342 to 40,566'. a gain of
2 224.
Vote to Impeach Swayne. i
After a day of bitter fighting the
House of Representatives, by the
narrow margin of six votes, decided
to make good the impeachment of i
Judge Charles Swayne, voted on De- j
cember 1;!. The test vote !
was on a motion by Repre
sentative Minefield of Maine to
lay on the table the first three ar
ticles, nil based on the false certift- 1
cates whereby the Judfre extracted
about $7,500 from the Treasury to !
which he was not entitled. The vote
on that was 165 to 159. After that
the first seven of the twelve articles!
were adopted with varying majorities.
The last five were adopted without I
the formality of roll calls. j
Fine and Lasfting for Wife Beaters.
Corporal punishment for men who ;
beat their wives or any other women
is provided for in a bill filed in the i
Massachusetts State Senate by Sena- j
tor E. B. Callender of Boston in be-;
half of Frederick W. Peabody of Bos-!
ton. The punishment provided is a i
f'.ie of $10 and a lashing upon the 1
(
SENATORS CHOSEN.
New York, New Jersey, Montana and
Nevada Men for the Place.
Chauncey M. Depew, of New York,
and Smith M. Weed, of Clinton, were
nominated for United States senators
at joint caucuses held respectively by
the Republican and Democratic mem
bers of the Legislature.
Senator Kean has been chosen by
joint caucus of the Republican mem
bers of the New Jersey Legislature
for re-election to the United States
Senate.
Thomas H. Carter, Republican, was
elected United States senator from
Montana for the term beginning
March 4, to succeed Paris Gibson,
Democrat.
At a caucus of the Republicans of
the Nevada General Assembly George
S. Nixon was the unanimous choice
for United States senator to succeed
William M. Stewart.
A party of 50 Black Hills cowboys
under Seth Bullock is organizing to
go to Washington for the inaugura
Sion of President Roosevelt. The
men will take their own horses and
be dressed In cowboy costume.
The Niagara to Be Raised.
The House Committee on Naval
Affairs ordered a favorable report on
the bill Introduced by Representative
Arthur L. Bates, of Meadvllle, appro
priating $10,000 for raising the hull
of the Niagara, Commodore Perry's
flagship, which was sunk off Presque
Isle peninsula during the battle of
Lake Erie. The vessel is to be plac
ed in the grounds of the Soldiers and
Sailors' home at Erie, and, be on free
exbiuUon.
GOVERNOR SETTLES STRIKE.
Both Cotton Mill Workers and Own
ers Claim Victory.
The strike of the cotton mill opera
tives at Pall River, which affected
about 25,000 persons and- has been
in progress for six months, was set
tled through the mediation of Govern
or Douglas. Under the terms of an
agreement accepted at . a conference
held at the State House the strikers
will return to work at once under
the 12'4 per cent reduction, against
which they struck last July, and with
no discrimination because of the
strike.
It was agreed, however, that Gov
ernor Douglas shall investigate the
mntter of cotton to the mill-owners
and tho selling price of the cloth and
submit his conclusions as to the aver
age margin upon which the manu
facturers are to pay a dividend of 5
per cent on wages earned from the
present time to April 1.
Both sides regard the outcome as
a victory.
RUSSIA THANKS HAY.
Assurances From China That She Is
Trying to Preserve Neutrality.
Russia through Count Casslnl, ex
pressed her thanks to the American
Government for Its prompt action in
calling to China's nttentlon the charg
es that her neutrality was being vio
lated. The Russian Ambassador re
ceived a note from Secretary Hay
acknowledging the communication of
Count Lamsdoif and informing tho
Ambassador that the American Gov
ernment had promptly called China's
attention to the charges and express
ed the fervent hope that China's
neutrality as well as her administra
tive entity would be faithfully pre
served. The Secretary further said that the
Chinese Minister had assured htm
that his Government was equally de
sirous of remaining strictly neutral
and was doing her utmost to prevent
violations of her neutrality.
TO STUDY FOREIGN TRADE.
President Urges Naming of
Six
"Commercial Attaches."
The President sent a message to
the Senate recommending favorable
action upon a suggestion of Assistant
Secretary Loomis for co-operation by
the Departments of State and Com
merce and Labor in collecting Infor
mation concerning trade conditions
in foreign countries. The President
recommends that provision bo made
for six special agents to be called
commercial attaches, to visit the dif
ferent countries.
The details of the proposed plan
are set out in a long letter from
Secretary Loomis, who feels his plan
can be put into execution at a cost of
$50,000 per annum. Six commercial
attaches or special agents will be
sufficient to Initiate the movement.
They would be salaried at $5,000 per
annum and traveling expenses, and
would be assigned one to cover Aus
tria, the Ualkan States, Germany,
Switzerland, Russia and other coun
tries of Northern Europe; one for
France, Italy, Portugal, Spain and
other countries bordering on the
Mediterranean sea; a third for Great
Uritain and dependencies; the fourth
for Mexico, Central America, the West
Indies and South America; the fifth
for Asia and more particularly Asiatic
Russia, China and Japan, and the
sixth to be held in reserve for special
service.
COAL STRIKE SPREADS.
Nearly 200,000 German Miners Now
Idle Government Fears Disorder.
The situation In the coal mining
districts is becoming more serious
daily. The number of strikers offici
ally reported now reaches 185,000,
which is more than double the num
ber who quit work In Germany's pre
vious greatest strike, which was tho
coal miners' strike of 1899. .
Everything now Indicates that tho
strike will be a long and bitter one.
The question is how long the miners
can hold out. Government officials
are taking measures accordingly for
preventing outbreaks. In some towns
the police have ordered that saloons
be closed at an earlier hour than us
ual. 1
Non-union laborers nre joining the
unions, in great numbers, and the
miners evidently are determined to
make a hard fight before surrender
ing. The isthmian canal commission has
received a requisition from the canal
zone for 30,000 tons of coal for use
in connection with the construction
work and bids will be called for Im
mediately. HARVEY COMPANY WINS.
Allowed $60,806 In Suit Involving
Steel Process Ownership.
In an opinion by Justice Holmes
the Supreme Court affirmed the decis
ion of the Court of Claims In the
case of the United States versus the
Harvey Steel Company. The case in
volved the claim of the company for
royalties on contracts for armor p'.ate
and turned upon the point as
whether the company owned the ex
clusive right to tho Harvey process,
an6 the contract called for a deter
mination of the point by judicial pro
cess. The court held that it had been
so decided and therefore allowed tho
claim of the company, which is for
$60,806.
Grand Change All Around.
A Joint resolution introduced by
Representative Reeder of Kansas pro
poses an amendment to the act pro
viding that members of the House be
chosen every third year; that Sena
tors to be elected by direct vote and
that Congress shall assemble at least
once each year on the sixth of Janu
ary. The term of the President is fix
ed at six years and he shall not be
eligible for re-election. The' first
Tuesday in May is fixed as Inaugural
day.
T LIVES WERE LOST
Huge Wave Engulfs Norwegian
Community.
FIFTY-NINE WERE DROWNED.
Hundreds Burled In the Ruins of
Buildings Caused by Earthquake
In Russian Town.
Fifty-nine persons perished as the
result of nn nvnlancho of rocks at
Naesdal, north of IScrgiTi, Sunday.
A mass of rock was suddenly precip
itated into Loenvand lake from the
neighboring hills, causing nn Immense
wave, 20 feet high, which swept the
neighboring shores.' Houses, people
and cattlo were swept away by tho
rush of water and It Is known that
59 persons perished. Thus far only
four bodies have been recovered.
A great storm today stopped the re
lief work, as the surrounding district
is unable to send help.
Hundreds Killed by Earthquake.
An earthquake at Shemakha, 70
miles northwest of Baku, burled hun
dreds of people in the ruins of build
ings in the lower part of the town,
despite the decision after the earth
quake of three years ngo that no more
houses should be built there.
CARNEGIE PAYS LOSSES.
Makes Good Deposits of Oberlln Stu
dents In Wrecked Bank.
President King of Oberlln College,
announced nt chapel that all moneys
lost by 8ludenta through the failure
of tho Citizens National bank, which
closed its doors at the time of the
ullegsd Chadwick forgeries, would be
paid on presentation of their pass
books. President Ktag announced
further that Andrew Carnegie was the
man doing this.
At the time of the failure the stor
ies of privation nnd hardship which
would ensue to students and others
who had their all in the bank were
brought to Mr. Carnegie's attention
and he Immediately ordered a list pre
pared of nil worthy depositors. To
day a check was received from Mr.
Carnegie, who, President King stated,
while Innocently figuring in tho bank
failure and In no wise responsible,
did not wish to see deserving students
and others suffer.
Besides reimbursing the depositors
Mr. Carnegie reimburses the Y. M.
C. A. to the oxte'nt of about $3,000,
which had been laid nside for a new
building and which was lost in the
same failure.
STEEL CORPORATION WINS.
Mew Jersey Vice Chancel'or Soys It Is
Not Obliged to Pay Dividend.
At Trenton, N. J., Vice Chancellor
Stevenson filed an opinion sustaining
the demurrer of the United Slates
Steel Corporation in the suit against
that company by Alfred F. Stevens
to compel the payment of dividends
on Steel common, practically dispos
ing of the whole case.
Stevens filed a bill to enforce the
payment of dividends on tho com
mon stock out of alleged accumula
tion of profits amounting in January,
1904, to $fifi,noo,000. Chancellor Stev
enson says that while $6,009,0O0 is
a large amount in itself It Is only fi
per cent of the company's capital
stock, and there is no proof lo show
the company has this money in actu
al cash, nnd there is nothing to indi
cate a policy on ther part of its pre
ferred stockholders".
Bcston Wool Market.
The wool market is noticeably quiet
for domestic grades. The market is
generally firm. Lending quotations
nre: Ohio and Pennsylvania XX and
above, 35:i6c; No. 1, 38(f?39c; No. 2,
4fl41c; unwashed, 24fff25c; blood
unwashed, 2:!ff?3:!o; blood, 32(3)
32c; blood, 3131c; washed de
laine, 2728c; unmerchantable, 29
30c; fino washed delnlne, 373Sc.
Michigan, washed business, 22'5'23c;
blood, 31Mi'B32c; blood. 3031c;
unwashed delaine, 25fr2Gc. Kentucky,
Indiana, and '4 blood, 3132c.
RUSSIAN STRIKE CRISIS.
Socialists Urging Workmen to an
Outbreak.
The strike Situation In Russia, Is
becoming very grave. There are 53,
000 men out on strike nnd the move
ment Is spreading to the big cotton
mills, which employ 50,000 opera
tives. Meetings have been called nt
which the socialistic democratic lead
ers will use their utmost endeavors
to convert the striking workmen to a
vast political demonstration, which,
at the present crisis, might have most
serious developments. The authori
ties are adopting every precaution to
avoid an outbreak, but the socialistic
Democrats are spurring on the strik
ers, nnd there is great danger of n
collision with tho troops, which would
bo almost sure to be followed by red
flag demonstrations, accompanied by
great bloodshed.
President, Roosevelt has refused the
application of leading citizens of
Somerset county. Pa., for a pardon
for FrederlcU M. Baker, serving a life
sentence at the San Quentin prison,
California, for desertion from the ma
rine corps In 1S99, while in the Philip
pine Islands.
Must Pay Depositors in Full.
W. B. Rldgeway, the comptroller of
tho currency sent a notice to the
stockholders of the First National
bank, of Claysvlllo, Pa., which failed
hist September informing them thnt
they must pay 100 cents on the dollar
to the depositors of the failed bank.
It will be remembered that the cash
ier of the Institution embezzled a
large amount of the funds pf the bank
which caused It to clos9 its doors.
The banlt had a capitalization of $50,
000. -
RADIUM IN THE HEAVEN3.
Professor Snyder of Philadelphia An
nounces Startling Discoveries.
Professor Monroe B. Snyder, direc
tor of the Philadelphia Observatory,
announced he has discovered the ex
istence of radium hi the solar photo
sphere and of radium emanation in
the solar corona and in the auroral
streamers of the earth. He also finds
that radium and radium emanation,
tho latter identical with coronlum, are
widely and correlatively distributed
in stars, nebulae, and very probably
in comets. He further announces
these laws:
First There is universal celestial
radioactivity, namely, negative or
associative, and positive or dissocia
tive transformation of the elements
with accompanying absorption and
emission of radiant energy of charao
terlstlc frequencies and intensities.
Second Maximum radio-activity Is
critically dependent upon the energy
gradient, and is, therefore, periodic
and often local In sun, 4 stars, new
stars, nebulae and comets.
MISS WILLARD IN MARBLE.
Temperance Leader First Woman
Commemorated In Statuary Hall.
Miss Frances E. Wlllard, the great
advocate of prohibition and for many
years idcntiiled as the head of the
Women's Christian Temperance
Union, will be the first woman to
have her life and deeds commemor
ated in Statuary Hall at. the Capitol
Elliott Woods, architect of the
capltol, received information that
within a few days the model of Miss
Wlllard's statue would be sent him
for Inspection. It will be presented to
the Government by the State of
Illinois.
GETS TITLE TO FRIARS' LAND.
Half of the $13,000,000 Appropriated
Has Been Paid.
More than half of the $15,000,000
appropriated for tho payment of the
Fralrs land in the Philippines has
been paid to Catholic orders and tho
title has passed to the Philippine
government.
This money was disbursed through
London banks.
For Portland Exposition.
Preparations are already being
made by roads that will handle traffic
to the Lewis & Clark exposition, at
Portland, next summer: and passen
ger agents of these roads assert that
the outlook is good for a heavy travel.
A. M. Cleland, general passenger
agent of the Northern Pacific, Is mak
ing a tour of the Eastern States, for
tho purpose of looking over the pros
pects. Many inquiries for rates nnd
conditions govern rng sale of tickets
are reported. The Coast Passenger
association has decided upon a rate
of SO per cent, of double the one-way
fare over its territory, fnis makes
the special tender from Chicago,
$56.50. '
Most Disastrous Quarter on Record.
The Inter-State Commerce Commis
sion has issued n report on railroad
accidents in the United States during
the months of July, August and Sep
tember, 1904, showing 228 passengers
and 183 employes killed and 2,154
passengers and 1.593 employes injur
ed in train accidents. Other ""acci
dents to passengers and employes not
the result of collisions or derailments
bring the aggregate casualties for the
quarter up to 1,032 killed nnd 13,307
injured. The report says that while
these figures show a gratifying de
crease In the number of employes
killed the three months as a whole
may be termed the most disastrous
quarter on record In fatal accidents
to passengers.
CURRENT NEW3 EVENTS.
Philander C. Knox was elected
United States senator in the house and
senate at Harrisburg.
The business, block and bakery of
David Cartwrlght, nt Ellwood City,
Pa., were destroyed by fire. The loss
Is $1,500, covered by insurance.
The traction company at New Cast
e. Pa., which at first refused to corn
Sly with an ordinance to use modern
tinders on the cars, has decided to do
so.
While Mrs. O. J. Townsend of An
derson, Ind., was making up a fold
ing bed the bed closed, catching her
between the rails, breaking her neck
and killing her instantly.
A. B. Loutzenheiser, paying teller
of the First National hank of Duluth,
Minn., is charged with the theft of
$10,000 from the bank, and a warrant
ha.s been sworn out for his arrest.
He left December 20 for Pennsylvania.
Sheriff John T. Hoffmann, ex
Coroner, who was found guilty at
Detroit, Mich., of obtaining money
from the State by false pretenses, has
been sentenced to four years' im
prisonment in State prison.
During a quarrel among employes
n tho Carnegie mill at Youngatown,
0., Patrick Collins stabbed James
Cunningham, escaped before the
officers arrived, and has -xot been
captured. Cunningham 13 from Pltts
Virg and may die.
Two New York policemen have been
put on trial charged with murder in
the first degree. Policeman Frank
McLaughlin is accused of killing John
Patterson, a negro night watchman,
May 27. PolIcemanfEugene L. Devan
na is charged with the murder of
George Derrick, a boilermaker, in the
Morris Heights Hotel at High Bridge,
November 2.
Trade with Abyssinia.
How rapidly the good results of the
American commercial expedition to
Abyssinia which brought about the
commercial treaty between the United
States and thnt country, are begin
ning to be felt, is seen from a report
to the state department from Mr.
Skinner, the American consul general
at Marseilles, in which ho says that
many American orders are now being
shipped direct to Abyssinia, and that
trade between the two countries la
increasing steadily.
KEYSTONE STATE CULLfNGS
NEWfllNES ON THE WABASH.
Washington County Coal Company
Buys 300 Acres Additional.
N. R. Crlss of Pittsburg, represent
ing the Washington County Coal
Company, purchased 300 acres of coal
land In Jefferson township, Washing
ton County, for $100 an acre. The
tract adjoins a block of over 1,000
acres recently secured by the same
concern, the total holdings being now
about 1,500 acres. Tipples will be
erected. It being the intention to be
gin immediate developments. The en
tire block of coal has a frontage on
the north side of the Wabash railroad.
A big coal deal, which amounts to
almost $1,000,000, has just been con
summated In Untontown, 600 acres la
Menallen township being sold for
about $700,000, or $1,150 per acre.
The tract comprises the coal under
the Oliver Vail, Elizabeth Beal, Sam
uel W. Woodward, Lacey Hibba and
Ewlng Searight farms, and was owned
by M. H. Bowman and Isaac Taylor,
of Unlontown, who held the coal five
years. The names of the purchasers
are not made public, but they are
Ohio men.
The Rev. W. Scott Wilson, aged 51.
a Methodist minister dnd formerly a
member of the Central Pennsylvania
conference, was found dead in the
Altoona city prison. He was arrested
while helplessly intoxicated. Wilson
had held Methodist charges in WU1
lamsport, Houtzdale and other places
before being dropped by the eonfer
ence on account of his unfortunate
habits. He was an orator of excep
tional ability. Since leaving the min
istry he was employed at times as a
writer for Altoona newspapers.
When Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Meeks of
Washington, reached home they found
that their little child, five months old,
had been smothered to death. They
had gone to visit a friend several
miles In the country, and when start
ing to return home wrapped the little
one in a blanket and placed It under
the buggy robe so that it might not
feel the keen cold.
The mad dog scare at Cross Creek,
Washington County, was revived,
when a cow, which had been bitten,
went mad. The animal bit others
and then rushed Into a hay-stack and
suffocated to death. Mrs. Ira Bebout.
was bitten by a dog which suddenly
went mad yesterday. The State Board
of Health has been notified. Every
domestic animal in' the tpwnship has
been penned up.
Three Slavs were burned to death
in a fire that destroyed four frame
dwellings and scorched two others at
Harmarville, on the West Penn road.
Tha limiana n'nra tlta nrnnait et tha
Red Raven Splits Company and the
victims of the flames were employed
in the bottling department of thi
works. George Kounfz, president of
the company, was slightly burned
about the top of the head.
James Fulton, aged 21 years, of
Philadelphia, is at the Cottage State
hospital at Connellsvllle, with his body
peppered with shot while officers have
searched in vain for the person who
wounded him. Fulton arrived In Ever-
son, and became mixed up in a quarrel.
He will not talk.
The Pittsburg Coal Company com
menced a suit against the Verner Coal
Company of Pittsburg, to recover near
ly 500 acres of coal land In Smith and
Robinson townships, Washington coun
ty. The Pittsburg Coal Company as
serts that the Verner company Is min
ing coal owned by the plaintiff.
Fire, which was discovered in the
stock room of the Gessford Wall
Paper company at Washington, did
about $5,01)0 damage, an caused about
the same loss to the Horn shoe store
on the first floor of the snme build
ing.
A head-on collision between north.
and southbound freight trains on the
Buffalo and Allegheny Valley divis
ion of the Pennsylvania railroad, oc
curred near East Brady. One man
was killed and three other persons in
jured. The Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Company will issue $10,000,000 in
bonds, the proceeds to be used In
completing the Market street subway.
The loan indicates that stock assess
ments will cease.
The Slegel hotel, the largest In
Washington was taken in charge by
the sheriff. A suit in ejectment was
brought by Simon Slegel, the owner
of tho property for back rent to the
amount of about $3,000.
Robbers secured about $000 In mer
chandise and cash at Scalp Level.
Two of the robbers were fired at, but
they escaped as did their confeder
ates. Samuel V. Hazen is dead at New
Castle, from Injuries received sev
eral days ago by falling on the icy
pavement. He is survived by his
wife, a brother and sister at Sharps
yille, Pa.
The safe of the Pennsylvania rail
road station at Phoenlxville, was
blown and over $150 secured. The
building was partly wrecked.
The Lancaster County Tobacco
Growers' Association has adopted a
resolution opposing any reduction of
tariff on Philippine tobaccos.
A petition is being circulated ask
ing the Pennsylvania" railroad officials
for a low rate and strip tickets be
tween Pittsburg and Canonsburg.
Several thousand acres of coat land
in Morris township, Washington Coun
ty, have been optioned for Pittsburg
and Cleveland capitalists at $100 an
acre. The deal means the transfer of
$350,000 if consummated. All the coal
is on the proposed Greene county Una
of the Wabash.
The employes of the Kittanning
Iron & Steel Company have been
granted a voluntary rise in wages of
10 per cent. I
George Kain, colored, was shot by
George Sager, white, during a quarrel
in a pool room at Scottdale. Sager
was arrested.