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.