GUY'S FATE NOT DECIDED May Yet Be Tried by Court-Martial and Life Imperiled. PRINTERS 8EE CZAR. Promises to Visit .Them Personally at 'fheir Work More Rioting and ( Bloodshed in Polish T6wns Sixteen Strikers Killed and - Fifty-Eight Wounded in One Fight Nobility's Demand. It is the Intention of the Govern ment to bring Maxim Gorky and sev n other authors nnd publicists to trial on political charges. Governor Gen eral Trepoft this afternoon said: "The whole case is now in- the lands of the Ministry of Justice, "which is conducting the investiga tion, at the conclusion of which the Procurator General will decide wheth er the prisoners shall be tried by a civil or by a military court. I am in receipt of letters daily from abroad Imploring me to spare Gorky's life. "We have every reason to feel satisfied. Masters and men are now -on excellent terms, and work is pro ceeding everywhere quiexly. The re ception ot the workmen's deputa tion by the t,mporer has created the lest 'oppression." , Emperor Nicholas received at Tsarkoe-Selo a deputation of five workmen from the - sltar printing works. He questioned each man closely regarding the character of the work and hours of employment, ex pressed satisfaction with those who had conscientiously performed their duty and said be hoped to visit the establishment In person. At the conclusion of the interview the delegates were given permission to visit the palace buildings and af terward were entertained at dinner. The higher educational classes for women at Odessa have been suspend ed owing to disturbances among the students. OFFICIAL CROP REPORT. Winter Wheat Well Protected Throughout the We3t. j The weather bureau's summary of crop conditions for the month of Jan nary, 1905, Is as follows: East of the Rocky mountains the month was colder than the average, with light precipitation in most districts. In the Rocky mountain region and to the westward the temperature was mild er than usual, with more than the av erage precipitation in the southern plateau region and Southern Califor nia, and much less than the average precipitation as a whole. Throughout the southern slates the month was unfavorablo for agricultural Interests. The reports indicate winter wheal was generally well protected west ward of the Mississippi river and also In portions of the Ohio valley and middle Atlnntic states, but over much of the last named district there was Insufficient snow protection during the severest weather, and in por tions of Illinois and Indiana it is feared the crop has suffered Injury, large areas being covered with ice. On the North Pacific const the out look Is favorable, except for late sown 1 In Washington. In California the i prospect is excellent, except along the j Sacramento river, whrre some dam-! age has been caused by heavy rains. Carnegie Gives $125,000 to College. Andrew Carnegie has given Rens seiner Polytechnic Institute of Troy. TJ. Y., $125,000 to assist in rebuilding Us main building, which was burned last June. Cuban Cabinet Resigns, The five members of the cabinet visited President Palma and pressnt ed their resignations. They stated they desired, since President Palma had announced his allegiance to the moderate party, to open the way for him to make whatever selections he chose. President Palma courteously hut emphatically decl.ied to consider ; the resignations. . j I AIMED AT UNFAIR LISTS. Drastic Bills Are Introduced Into the Colorado Legislature. Two bills, said to be Indorsed by. the Denver Citizens Alliance, were In troduced In the legislature. One, 'In tended to prevent boycotting, prohib its the distribution of unfair lists, with a penalty of $250 to $500 fine or 60 days' imprisonment for- violation. The other requires labor unions to in corporate, and that certified copies of the minutes of union meetings be fur nished on request to corporations em ploying members of such unions. "Military necessity recognizes no laws, either civil or social," says Ad jutant General Sherman M. Bell, of Colorado, in his biennial report made public. Referring to the use of troops in mining camps during the two years of Gov. Peabody's administration, the adjutant general says: "As military commander the au thority and, dignity of the state of Colorado were at all times upheld and asserted in seeking to ameliorate a condition of dynamite, murder nnd as sassination, under the guse of labor, that was Intolerable." Floyd Is Given Reprieve. The death warrant in the case of Edward Floyd, the Westmoreland county, Pa murderer has been with drawn by the Governor, to permit the condemned man to present his case to the Supreme court. Floyd was to have been hanged February 7. '- J. F. Rudolph, of Lorctto, was Jolt fid oft a train near Coalport, Pa., and was killed. He was 20 years old and had worked on the railroad but a few months. RUNNING AT FULL CAPACITY. Quarterly Reports of Leading Con cerns Show Enormous Tonnage Yet to be Delivered. Railway Earnings Larger. R. G. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review of Trade" says: Trade progresses steadily, oil speculative excesses hav ing been avoided thus far, and the numerous negotntlons now pending indicate that the maximum of activity is yet to come. Some irregularity in reports for the first month were un doubtedly due to exceptionally severe weather. The weakness of cotton al so had a tendency to check operations In. the South. Taken as a whole, however, results for January wers very much better than In the same month last year, particularly ns tc failures. Distribution of merchandise Is once more on a liberal scale, traffic blockades hnving disappeared, and in many cases large clearance sales hav ing disposed of burdensome stocks. Collections are still somewhat irregu lar, but on the "'hole there Is little cause for complr.lnt. Few labor dis putes are interrunllng work, although several new controversies are threat ened. Manufacturing plants are mak ing the best returns. Iron furnaces and steel mills operate close to their full capacity, and the quarterly re port of the leading concerns showed an enormous tonnage of business on the books at the end of the year, de spite the fact that the closing months of 1904 made very good exhibits. Woolen mills maintain records of ac tivity, but there Is still much to be desired at the cotton plants, and shoe factories have only a moderate amount of business in sight. Rail way earnings for January wero 1.1 per cent, larger than n year ago, and foreiRM commerce at this port for the last week showed on Increase of $979,0S9 in exports and a gain of $528,067 In imports. Prices of hides weaken only in proportion to the de terioration in quality that Is season able, nnd the tone is really firm, with a fair volume of business in progress. Leather is quiet, with no disposition to force sales. Commercial failures this week In the United States, are Zd'J, against 30o last week, 335 the preceding week, and 246 the corres ponding week last year. Failures in Canada number 30, against 43 last week, 24 the proceeding week, and 29 last year. Brartstreet's says: Widespread cold weather hampers trade in nearly all lines, thus retarding, but not entirely checking the opening of spring dis tribution. Pig Iron remains quiet, as heretofore reported, but this quiet In the crude form is not indicative of the very large business In finished pro ducts, said to be of next record pro portion so far as orders on ha.id nnd specifications comine in can indicate. Hardware, while rather quieter, Is in excellent shape, and manufacturers are largely sold ahead. Copper and lead are higher on the week. Serious Disturbances Reported. A telegram from Czestochowa, Rus sian Poland, says all the factories there are closed and serious disturb ances are reported to have occurred. The Socialists are very strong there. The Warsaw-Vie.ina railroad shops are closed. At Pruszkow 1,200 men struck In one day. All the factories are closed at Kalian. The strike at Lodz continues without disorder. A depu tation of strikers requested the au thorities to close all the liquor stores, as otherwise the workmen would not be responsible if disturbances occur red. The workmen themselves watched the liquor stores to prevent the sale of liquor. The workmen in the coal manufacturing districts of Pombrowa, Bendzln nnd Sos-novlce have held meetings and have decided to strike. CURRENT NEWS EVENTS. Senator Dillingham Introduced a bill making more stringent the laws prohibiting the importation of women for Immoral purposes. Col. Philip G. Eastwick of Port land. Ore., father of the manager of the International Bank, died at Pan ama of yellow fever, after a few days' Illness. Col. Eastwick was aged about 70. The first Presbyterian congrega tion of Altoona, Pa., has elected Rev. H. L. Bowley pastor of the church. He graduated from Princeton in 1904 and came to Altoona as assistant to Rev. J. W. Bain, who has been made pastor emeritus. CARS HURLED MANY FEET. One Person Killed and Others Injured In Wreck on the C. H. & D. Running at tho rate of 50 miles an hour the northbound Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton limited train was ditched, from a cause not yet learned, near Belmore Ohio. Mrs. Florence Frazler of Sidney, O., was killed; Miss Garrett of Deshler, fatally in jured, and more than a dozen other persons hurt. The dining and sleep ing cars were shattered and thrown from the track, while the rest remain ed. So tightly had Mrs. Frazler's body Ifeen wedged in tho window of the dining car that it was necessary to cut It loose. In leaving the track, each of the coaches left stumps of telegraph poles eight or ten feet high, showing that the cars had been forced through the air 20 feet before alighting. After that they rolled over several times, landing about 40 feet from the track. Cigarettes a Crime in Indiana. The Indiana senate has passed an anti-cigarette bill. The measure makes It unlawful to own, sell or give away cigarettes, cigarette wrap pers or cigarette tobacco, and pro vides six months' Imprisonment as the maximum penalty for violating the law. D. W. Young was arrested at Can onsburg, Pa., and gave ball for trial at court. Young Is charged by B. E. Zediker with forging a $500 note. DEALS BLOW ftT BEEF TRUST United States Supreme Court Decides Against Swift & Co. UNANIMOUS OPINION. Judge Grosscup's Permanent Injunc tion Continued by Highest Tribunal. The beef trust was placed perma nently under the ban of the law by the highest tribunal of the land. The supreme court of the United States, In a decision rendered unanimously and at an unexpectedly early day, sus tained the injunction which was is sued in a preliminary proceeding by Judge Grosscup of the United States district court In Chicago, May 2, 1902, and by him made permanent May 27, 1903.. As showing the remarkable strength of the case put into the form of a bill in equity by Attorney General Knox and his assistant, Judge W. A. Day, and the masterful way In which the case was carried forward by At torney General Moody, it need only be said that the supreme court of the United States only took three weeks from the time the case was argued in order to put its decision into form, every member ngreelng. It is a very unusual thing when a case of any magnitude whatever is decided by this tribunal in such a short space of time. A reading of the opinion, however, would Indicate that the court had probably made up its mind on the very day that Attorney General Moody and Mr. Miller, the counsel for the beef trust, finished their arguments. In his opinion Justice Holmes discus sed at length the various contentions of the packers and disposed of them in dividually. He admitted that some of the charges were less specific than desirable, but said this was necessari ly true on account of the vast extent of the field covered. Ho added that sufficient had been shown to prove continuous offense, and an offense of such a nature as to Justify the pro ceeding. Summarizing the bill. Jus tice Holmes said: "It charges a combination of a dominant proportion of the dealers in fresh meat throughout the United States not to bid against each other hi the live stock markets of the different states, to bid up prices for a few days in order to' induce the cat tlemen to send their stock to the stock yards, to fix prices at which they will sell and to that end restrict shipments of meat when necessary, to establish a uniform rule of credit to dealers and to keep a blacklist, to make' uniform and improper charges for cartage and finally to get less than the lawful rates from the rail roads to the exclusion of competition." TRIES TO 8AVE CHILDREN. Father Receives Fatal Burns In Futile Attempt. Two children were burned to death and William McCarrier sustained burns which will prove fatal in a fire which destroyed his home at Parkers burg, W. Va. The dead are: Gladys McCarrier, aged three years; Charles McCarrier, aged three months. Will lam McCarrier, the father Is fatally burned. McCarrier and his wife were work ing about the farm, leaving the house in charge of the children. The latter In playing, started a fire, and when McCarrier returned the house was al most consumed. Two older children escaped.. In attempting to save the little ones the father rushed through the flames, inhaling the fire. $12,000 hire at Oakland. ! Oakland, Md., was visited by Its second disastrous fire in a month, destroying West hotel, Hesson's sa loon nnd a dwelling nearby. The Bal-, tlmore and Ohio telegraph wires were burned down, the burned buildings ! being near the railroad. The two : dwellings belonged to Gllmore Hamill. It is believed the fire was ! kindled by incendiaries on the out- j side of the saloon. Loss $12,000 Standard Cuts Refined Oil. The Standard Oil company has re duced the wholesale rate of refined oil 4 cents a gallon In Kansas City, and in some towns 5 cents. In Missouri similar reductions have been made. Bills were Introduced In tho Kansas Legislature aimed at the i sianuara. Mrs. Rogers Reprieved. A few hours after receiving the last rites of the Catholic church and hear ing her father confessor read the prayers for the dying, Mrs. Mary Ma bel Rogers, who was sentenced to die on the gallows at Windsor, Vt, lis tened without emotion to the an. nouncenient of High Sheriff Henry H. ' t'eck tnat Gov. Charles J. Beu had granted her a reprieve of four months. Mr. Darling Resigns. Charles W. Darling, assistant secre tary of the navy, tendered his resig nation to the president, asking that it take effect near the expiration of his four-year term of service, which expires in December, 1905. The presi dent stated in a letter to Mr. Darling that when his resignation took effect it was his purpose to appoint him collector of the port at Burlington, Vt. Saved a Train; Lost His Life. William H. Case, a Civil War vet eran of Maysvllle, Ky., died from in juries when he kept a Chesapeake & Ohio train from being wrecked. Case pulled aside a hand car standing in front of an approaching train, but was himself struck by the train and fatally hurt Miss Lavlna Johnson committed suicide at Bt. Clairsvllle, O., by shoot ing herself. Long Illness is said to have been responsible for the deed. READY TO CALL OUT MILITIA. State's Attorney Says He Will Ask for Soldiers If Harglses Resist Arrest. Judge Benton has issued orders for the arrest of Judge James Hargls, Alexander Hargls, Edward Callahan and B. F. French, requiring them to execute bond for their appearance at Winchester, Ky., on the first day of the April term of court and charging them with contempt of court in brib ing, intimidating and threatening wit nesses in the recent Hargls-Macrum trial and sending them beyond the jurisdiction of the court. B. F. French was arrested and gave bcr.nl. The others will be arrested at Jackson. "Unless the Court of Appeals should grant the Ilargises a temporary writ. I shall ask Governor Beckham for troops to support on officer we will send to Jackson to serve the bench warrants of the Fayette Circuit Court," said Colonel John R. Allen, Commonwealth's attorney, In answer to a question as to the position of the court should the Harglses and Calla han resist arrest on the Fayette Cir cuit Court indictment.. LOOKING FOR ROCKEFELLER. Chicago Man Advertises for Informa tion Concerning Whereabouts of the Standard Oil Magnate. The following advertisement appear ed In several Chicago newspapers: "Personal A very liberal reward will be paid for reliable Information as to the present whereabouts of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., president of the Standard Oil company. Call or address L. A. Gourdaln, 131 Dear born street, Chicago, 111." Gourdaln is under indictment by a Federal Grand Jury on a charge of advertising a lotterv throiiirh pvnrpnn companies. It is understood that ijournatn desires to subpena Mr. Rockefeller to testify regarding the legality of his business. He gave the United States Marshal J200 to rte. fray Mr. Rockefeller's expenses to tnicago, put that official reported that the capitalist could not be found. Gourdaln maintains that he Is sim ply dealing in "options on oil lands in Louisiana." The State has subpenaed 75 witnesses from Chicago. New York, New Orleans and San Francisco. CELESTIALS LOOK TO HAY. Complain of Police Raid Upon China town In Which Innocents Suffered. Acting on behalf of the Chinese Merchants' Association and the Chris. tian League of Philadelphia. Rev. Frederick Poole, Superintendent of the Chinatown Mission, hns gone to Washington to ask the Chinese Minis ter to take up with Secretary Hay the recent raid by the police on' the Chinese colony here. A police raid recently was made nnnn nlWori rhi. nese gambling houses nnd n limit mn Chinese were taken Into custody. It is claimed by the American Chinese Reform Association that the raid was unwarranted and that nennpnlilo mar. chnnts were among those arrested. It is rurther charged that the police looted some of the establishments they visited. FOLLOWS HER HUSBAND. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Hayes Are Dead at Their Home in Washington, Pa. They Are Survived by Five Children. The death of Morgan Hayes, wa3 followed by the death of his wife a few hours later. Mr. Hayes was 85 years old and his wife was 7(5 years old. Morgan Hayes for many years was senior member of Hayes & Wil son, carriage makers of Washington. He was born In Hartford countv, Conn"., and moved to Washington in 1S41. Mrs. Hayes's maiden name was Wilson. The couple are survived by five children. Insane Waitress Caused Panic In a - Restaurant. Miss Lizzie Gloss, a waitress at a restaurant in Richmond, Ind., became insane and threw cups of tea and cof fee over The diners, several of whom were badly scalded. A mad rush to escaped ensued, tables were over turned and many women fainted. It required two policemen, assisted by the attaches of the restaurant, to place the woman under restraint. Col. Peter P. Hall. Col. Peter Pen-GasklH Hall, a re tired officer of the United States army and a descendant of William Penn is dead at his hom.j, in Philadelphia, Pa. Col. Hall was 75 years old. When the Civil war broke out Col. Hall enlisted In the Sixteenth volun teers. He roso rapidly nnd was hon orably mustered out in 1865. He was appointed colonel and afterward ap pointed paymaster with the rank of major In the United States armv. He retired In 1891. Col. Hall was a' mem ber of the Pennsylvania command ery of the military order of the Royal legion and was president of the Col onial Society of Pennsylvania. Thief Operates at Princeton. A well-dressed man entered uni versity hall at Princeton, N. J., while the students were at. dinner and stole jewelry and other valuables worth nearly $1,000. The chief losers were H. L. Dlllion, 1907, nnd H. R. McAlphin, 1905. The store of the' Unity Mercantile company at Bradenville, Pa., was robbed. The thieves entered a rear window and carried off a wagon load of flour and groceries. Richard Croker Sails for Son's Funeral Richard Croker arrived In London Wednesday from Wantage and will sail tor New York on the Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosse to be present at the funeral of his son Frank. Banker Beckwith Seriously III. President C. T. Beckwith of the defunct Citizens National Bank of Oberlln, O., Is reported to be In a serious condition. Beckwith has been 111 with heart trouble ever since the close of the bank. FLEO FROM THE RED SKINS His Companions Brains Beaten Out With a Club. TELLS 8TORY OF MASSACRE. Salem Youth, Who Alone Escaped, Gives Graphic Details of Com panions' Deaths. Charles E. Tolerton, of Salem, O., the only American who escaped un wounded In the YaquI Indian massa cre at Torres, Mexico, in' which four Americans and one Mexican were kill ed, arrived home after having ac companied the' remains of his dead cousin, M. A. Call, to Sioux City, la. Tolerton. who was the youngest of the party, though much wrought over his terrible experience, told a vivid story of the attack and escape. At the first volley, after firing one shot at the Indians, he tookto the brush and af ter a run succeeded In overtaking the runaway team. For three miles he rode In the coach, and wnen one horse dropped dead, although pursued by the Indians, he succeeded In cut ting the lead team loose and escaped on the best horse. Mr. Tolerton brought with him a large club, weighing about five pounds, of mesquit wood, with which the Indians beat out the brains of their victims, and also cartridges and other souvenirs picked up when the rescuing party returned for the bod ies. Tolerton will probably return to the West In the near future. McKINLEY EULOGIZED. Justice Day Is Toast Maeter and Her rick, Harding, Fitzhugh Lee and Gen. Black Respond. , Almost every citizen of Canton and vicinity joined in remembering the birthday anniversary of the late Presi dent McKlnley In what proved to be a celebration of national Importance. The pathetic feature of the banquet was the presence ot the widow of the martyred President. Heavily veiled and half led, half enrried to a box of honor, Mrs. McKlnley received one ovation, respectful and unanimous, not accorded the distinguished statesmen. As If to cement further the policy of peace so long the ideal and aim of President. McKlnley, Grand Army veterans of McKlnley and G. D. Harter Posts ot Canton held an en thusiastic reception at the Auditorium this afternoon In honor of General John C. Black, Past Commander of the Grand Army, and General Fitz hugh Lee, Intrepid Confederate lead er, but later one of those ready to lead the forces of the reunited Union against a common enemv. WOMAN'3 LIFE IN BALANCE. Vermont Governor Will Say To-Day Whether Mrs. Roger Will Be Reprieved. Whether Mary Mabel Rogers will die on the gallows at Montpeller, Vt., as ordered by the court In which she was found guilty of murdering her husband, or be granted n . reprieve while the Supremo Court Is petition ed for a new trial, will be announced by Governor Bell. Govornor Bell said that the privi lege to resign belongs to the Sheriff and deputlrs, who said they would perform the execution under protest. Five olllcers of the law charged with tho Infliction of the death penalty to day pleaded with the Governor to de lay their duties. Attorney General Fltts alone. appeared in opposition. Mrs. Campbell Leaves Ho3pital. Mrs. Patrick Campbell, an English actress, who has been a patient at the University hospital at Philadelphia since the night ot January 2, when she injured her knee cap by slipping on the step of her carriage', left the hospital today. Shfe Is now at the home of Mrs. Spencer Ervln. n close personal friend, where she will remain temporarily. Tho wound in her knee is said to have completely healed. SENDS ADDER TO ACTRESS. When Bonbon Box Is Opened Serpent Springs at Her. Fraulein Reubke, of the Court theatre, Munich, found on her dress ing table a beautiful bonbon box with a note requesting her to open the box before going on the stage. The actress was too much occupied to do so until before the last act, nnd when she did open it an adder darted out .and fastened its fangs in her dress. j Fraulein Reubke screamed and fell in a faint and the attendants killed the adder. After some delay the actress was able to finish the performance. BRIDE DIED OF SHOCK. Untrue Report of Husband's Death Proves Fatal. Mrs. Hannah May Cheshire of Cum berland, Md., aged 21, a bride of-five months, died from fright. She was i greatly shocked upon being told that her husband, Edward Cheshire, a rail road man, had been killed In an ac cident on the Pittsburg division of the Baltimore & Ohio. The report proved untrue, but she never recov ered from the shock. Russians Left 1,200 Doai. Manchurian headquarters tele graphing reports that in the fighting which has occurred since January 25 at Llkajentnn, Chenchiephao and Heikoutai the Russians left over 1,200 dead on the field. The Russians shell ed the Japanese center, using field guns and mortars. Simultaneously they shelled a portion of the Japanese left, using 12 heavy field guns. There has been a series of small Infantry encounters In front of the Japanese center and left. RUNAWAY LOCOMOTIVE. Unmanned on Allegheny Mountain Grade by Collision. The railroad men on the eastern slope of tho Alleghany mountains and In the Altoona yard were given a scare by a runaway engine. East bound freight No. .20G2 got beyond control coming down the mountain, and at Klttanning Point dashed Into engines 440 and 34. The englnemen all Jumped to avoid Injury, and In tho collision 2002 was badly damaged and 440 was derailed. Engine No. 34 was cut loose nnd started down the moun tain at full speed. The operator at McGarveys Station saw the unman ned engine pass his towsr and speed ily notified Altoona. The officials here hurriedly arrang ed for a clear track for the runa way through the Altoona yard. No. 3 passenger track was cleared for a number of miles east of the city and one engine was prepared to capture the runaway. No sooner had it pass ed GD tower, in the lower end of the yard, than the engine started to cap ture It. After a race for a mile or more, the locomotive was recaptured. ENTER HOTEL TO DIE. Two Men Found In Wheeling Room ' Almost Dead from Gas. Two men giving as their names T. T. Shirley of Hundred, W. Va., and B. S. Moag of PIpesburg, W. Va., registered at the Bellevue Hotel at Wheeling, W. Va., and were assigned to a room. Late in the afternoon the men not appearing, the room was en tered, and It was discovered that both were all but dead from asphyxiation, the gas Jet having been left open. The pair are now at the City Hospital and cannot recover. On Shirley's person was found an accident policy Issued to Robert S. Neely of Baden, Beaver county, Pa., and a letter to the same, address from his sister, in which he is addressed as "Dear Bob." A card bearing the name "Ada McMullen, 518 Third ave nue, Pittsburg," was also found. Moag's true identy is unknown. It Is evidently a case of suicide, though no cause Is disclosed. The hospital physicians say both men will die be fore morning. GEORGIA FEUDISTS IN ACTION. One of the Principals Is Dead and Five Others, Including a Woman, Are Wounded. One person is dead and five are wounded as the result of a feud over a line fence near Rhine, seven miles west of Abbeville, Ga. -The dead Is W. H. Livingston, bailiff, and the wounded M. A. Burnham, W. B. Bryant, W. T. Bryant, Thomas Coffee and Mrs. Georgia Ray. Livingston and one of the Bryants, it Is alleged, attacked and seriously beat a son of M. A. Burnham. Burn ham met Bryant the next day and thrashed him. When the aggrieved men and their relatives met, the shooting began. Mrs. Ray, a sister of the Bryants, rushed to the scene and was wounded by a stray bullet. Fur ther trouble Is expected. ON THE WARPATH. Are KIlTTng Americans and Mexicans Indiscriminately. W. V. Daly, a mining engineer and mine owner just arrived, Tucson, Ariz., from Minns Prletas, says that the Yaqui outbreak In Mexico Is ser ious. There are Yaquis, divided Into 15 bands. The Indians are killing Americans and Mexicans without dis crimination. . Twenty persons, Daly soys, have been killed within the last week. Gen. Torres and Gov. Ysabel, with Mexlcnn. troops, are pursuing tho renegades. Advices received Sunday were Torres had surrounded a large band of Indians In Uvalama canon, the some place where a year ago soldiers surprised a band of Yaquis and slew, many of them. Oldest Harvard Graduate Dead. Dr. Edward Llnzee Cunningham, who was the oldest living graduate of Har vard, he having been the last survivor of the class of 1829, died at his residence In Newport, R. I., in his 9Gth year. Among the doctor's classmates In Harvard was Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes. , GET TRACTION CONTROL. New Management for Chicago Street Railways. Actual control of the Chicago City Railway Company has been transfer red to tho Morgan-FIeld-Mitchell-Val-entlne syndicate. John J. Mitchell, who has directed the negotiations of the syndicate, made the announce ment thnt the amount of stock nec essary for control had been secured. President D. G. Hamilton will re tire from the presidency of the com pany. It is understood that his suc cessor will be John A. Spoor, presi dent of the Union Stock Yards and Yards and Transit Company and Chi cago Junction railroad. Irvine. Drops Talbot Charges. Rev. I. N. W. Irvine, D. D., who was deposed by Bishop Ethelbert Talbot, of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Central Pennsylvania, and whose ef fort recently to present the bishop tailed, has issued a signed statement announcing his Intention to drop all proceedings against Bishop Talbot, both ecclesiastical and legal. He states that he la actuated by a de sire to prevent further scandal In the Episcopal church. FIGHTING THE ICE KING. Cincinnati ' Rlvermen Adopt Novel Tactics to Prevent Gorge. At a special meeting of river and coal men at Cincinnati a fund was raised to be used tn freeing the local harbor from Ice. All the available towboats In the harbor are to be chartered and sent to Coney Ialai i Thursday to form a barricade agalnbt heavy ice coming from .above. The object Is to prevent the Ice from gorg ing below Cincinnati. KEYSTONE STATE CULLE TE3T SUIT HAS BEEN' BROUGHT. The Directors of Brldgewater Bor ough Bring a Test Case. A test suit has been brought by tho school directors of Brldgewater borough against M. and S. H. Darrah, who own a property In the Sharon la dependent school district, In the north, end of the borough, to compel them to pay a school .tax to the borough, af ter they have already paid a tax to the Independent district. If tho borough wins the suit all propertr owners in the independent district will have to pay the double school tax. Reasons against the merging of Thlel College and the Greensbonj Seminary, the hearing of which will como up In the February term of Common Pleas Court, have been filed The petition for the merger was made by the trustees of the college and Is) opposed by John Packard, I L. Keck and other GreenBburg citizens, who allege that they contributed to a fund of $15,000 for the permanent lo cation of the college In the Mercer county town. It is recited In the ans wer to the petition that to permit tho removal of the college In the Indirect manner attempted under the proceed ings would be In direct violation to the permanent injunction previously secured in the Mercer county ocurts. and sustained In the Supreme Court, that neither Thlel nor the Greensburg Seminary, or both of them com bined, have assets amounting to $500. 000 and that the merging of the two Institutions would be detrimental to both institutions. A report from Hazelton says that a fire broke out at Jeddo, Number 4 Slope, operated by G. B. Markle & Co., one of the largest In the region. The miners were hurriedly notified and made their escape by another opening. The fire started In the en gine house, operating a drag line at the bottom of the slope. The mules were removed to the surface. Shifts of fire fighters are hard at work to subdue the flames. The colliery em ploys 300 men and boys. James M. Everett, of Connellsvllle. a brakeman on the Pittsburg, Vir ginia and Charleston railroad, while stepping from one car to another, at Homestead, slipped on the snow and falling between the cars went under the wheels. One leg was cut off. Ha was removed to a hospital and may: die. Mrs. Martha Brothers, 92 years old. Is dead at her home at New Castle. She fell a few days ago and broko her hip bone. Five children survlvo her, all of whom live at New Castle. Ira Wagle, 17 years old, was caught in the belting of the West Pena foundry, at Avonmore, and was kill ed. Word has been received that An drew Carnegie will pay half of tho $2,500 for a pipe organ at the Sec ond Presbyterian Church of Union town. The congregation has raised the other $1,250. George D. Vandegrlft, with six In formations for forgery against him. was lodged In jail at Unlontown, hav ing been brought from New Castle. Vandegrlft had been employed at West Brownsville and It is said se cured nearly $500 on checks which, It Is' alleged, were worthless. The regular convention of the Cen tral Luther League was held in Trin ity Lutheran Church at Latrobe. Delegates from Llgonier, Youngstown. Blalrsvllle,' Derry and adjacent towns were in attendance. Otis Sacket was arrested at Klt tanning, Pa., on charges preferred by Miss Barbara Peters, of Oil City. She claims Sacket borrowed money from her and never paid it back. Sacket Is a wellknown boxer. Samuel Coulter, a pioneer, died at his home at Salina, aged 90 years. He was born In Ireland and had been engaged in the hotel business In this section since the discovery of oil. His. wife and eight children survive. Charles Thompson, a carpenter, of Beaver, has been missing for several days. He had been 111, but his friends are unable to account for his ab sence. The grocery store of McClelland Bros, at New Castle, wns entered by forcing the ware room door and about $125 worth of goods taken. There Is no clue. Mr. and Mrs. John Hoskey, proprie tors of a foreign boarding house near Dunlo, were seriously beatea in a light with one of their boarders. The woman may die. David Ruby was killed and John Haynes was painfully Injured by a fall of slate In a coal mine operated by William J. Williams near Johns town. The plant of the Swift Packing company at Meadvllle, was destroyed by fire. The loss amounts to several thousand dollars, partly covered by Insurance. During a quarrel with his wife last night Henry Looplow, of New Castle, was terribly beaten over the head with a club. His condition is serloua. Rev. George B. McKee, D. D., pastor of the First Baptist church at Sharon, has resigned, the resignation to take effect April 1. Thieves plundered the home of William Jones at Bradenville, secur ing about $50, an overcoat and other articles of clothing. At Washington, H. L. Banzhoff and E. D. Miller, representatives of tho State Pure Food Commission, caused the arrest of the following merchants charged with violation of the oleo margarine laws: W. G. Nea.se, J. F. Baldwin, A. D. Mair, A. M. Vester and T. J. Connors. The charge is using; coloring matter. In the damage suit of L. W. Gllpla against C. K. McCormtck, tried in. the Fayette county courts at Union town, a verdict ot $500 was awarded against the defendant. He was. charged with alienating the affection oi uiipin a win.
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