X THIRTEEN PERISH IN MINE Explosion Occurs in Shaft Near DuBois, Pa. ONE MAN WAS BADLY INJUREC Mine Officials Believe that a Blast of Powder Wat Cause of the Explosion. Twelve men were killed and one man was badly hurt by an explosion of powder In the mine of the Jefferson & Clearfield Coal and Iron Company at Eleanora, Ta. The dead are: George Klrkwood, leaves widow and six children; Adam Klrkwood, leaves widow and four children; Joe Lodna, leaves wldowand five children; Frank Schrum. leaves widow and three children; Augustus Wastcavltch, single; Martin Wast cavltch, married; N!c!r Fromnn- ' sky, single; John Fronumsky, leaves widow and three children; John Hop kins, George Tansky, I.eler Lote, John Taoli and Martin Rosatk. Harry Mohney had his arms and legs broken. Supt. Fleming, with a party, enter ed the mine, hut rescue work was slow, as the brattice work had been ' T)lown down and had to be replaced ,as they proceeded. At midnight the rescuers found Harry Mohnej , a mo torman. He was unconscious and did not revive until morning, when he was taken to tho Adraln hospital. It was not until 9 o'clock next morning that any of the dead were found. An examination of the bodies indicated that death had come instantly. Until the official Investigation has heen made it cannot be said what caused the explosion.' The mining of ficials are emphatic In the assertion that It was not caused by gas. It is claimed that this shaft was exception ally free from gas. It is the theory of the officials that a charge of powd er caused the disaster. Fire Boss Rue was in the west heading, near ' where the explosion took place, 35 minutes before it occurred, and says there was not the slightest Indication of the presence of gas. Thirty-two men were working in the mine when the explosion let loose. Those who were uninjured had no difficulty in reaching the surface. STRIKERS RESTRAINED Federal Court Issues Injunction Against Chicago Teamsters. For the first time in Chicago since the strike of the American Railway Union in 1894, the government of the United States has been made a party to labor troubles. The government was brought into the teamsters' strike by the issuance of an injunction by Judge C. C. Kohlsaat of the United States circuit court. The writ was asked in behalf of the Employers' Teaming association, on the grounds that the organization is incorporated under the laws of West Virginia and Is therefore under the protection of the federal i court. The federal court order commands that all defendants refrain from any interference with the business of the Employers' Teaming association, and commands the strikers to refrain from picketing, massing in streets with intent to Interfere with the wagons of the complainant, and from interfering In any 'manner with non-union men in Its employment. The injunction exerted a pacifying influence, and there was less rioting in the streets. Twelve arrests were made for Interference with the in junction. Young Lawyers In Pistol Duel. j R. L. Lentherwood and W. A. Den-; nison, prominent young lawyers, en- j gaged In a pistol duel in the street ; at Birmingham, Ala. Ten shots were fired, a negro drayman being wound ed. He will probably . recover. Loa therwood is in jail. The shooting grew out of a feud, which began last year by each of the participants re porting the other to the State Bar Association for alleged violation of legnl ethics. KILLED IN A TEXAS BRAWL Hon. John M. Plnckney and Three Others Fatally Shot. While a mass meeting was in pro . gress at Hempstead, Tex., to enforce the localoption law and preserve the peace, Capt. Brown and Rollln Brown started a shooting affray, and In a moment guns were going all over the house. There has been very bad feel ing for some time past growing out of the Prohibition election. Two men are dead, two others are certain to die, and two more" are .wounded. The streets are filled .with ,'armed men, but the letting of blood seems to have had a sobering effect and there may bo no further trouble. The dead are: Congressman John M. Plnckney, one of the Prohibition leaders, and Capt. Brown, who is alleged to have Btarted the shooting. The fatally wounded are: Tom Plnckney, a brother of the congressman, and John Mills, one of the Pinckneys' friends. Doc Thom khis and Rollln Brown, a son of Capt. ,, Brown, are in their homes wounded, but how badly has not been deter mined. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. At a meeting of. the directors of the Wabash Company, held In New York, Frederick A. Delano was elect ed vice president in charge of all the Wabash-Pittsburg Terminal com panies. The banking house of J. L. and A. L. Kelley of Cambridge Springs, Pa., failed to open Its doors Friday morn ing, causing much surprise, as the in stitution was supported w w b bz b institution was supposed to be In good shape. BUSINESS 18 BROADENING v Jobbers Experience Good Spring Trade, Manufacturers Receive Large Orders for Fall Shipment. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Business broadens in a wholesale manner, and the most en couraging indication regarding the fu ture is the scarcity of labor disputes. Those controversies are usually most numerous on May 1. but this year no serious trouble is threatened, and one beneficent result Is the expanding ac tivity in the building trades. Jobbers have experienced a good spring trade, and manufacturers are now receiving large contracts for fall shipment, while retail sales are of satisfactory volume, except at a few points where Inclement weather has temporarily re tarded distribution. Activity at the interior is evidenced by the-increased transfers thither of silver dollars and subsidiary silver by the treasury, crop prospects being well maintained despite excessive cold in a few sections. Railway 'traffic continues very heavy, earnings for April thus far exceeding the same per iod last year by 10.7 per cent, while foreign commerce at this port for the last week shows a gain of $3,834,447 In value of merchandise imported, and an increase of $1,947,550 in exports as compared with 1904. Mercantile col lections show further improvement and money remains abundant and easy. Cttrre.it conditions and prospects for the future are both extremely satis factory in the iron and steel industry. Several new plants have been com pleted and others repaired and put In operation. Two lines of distribution are particularly overwhelmed with business railway equipment and structural steel. Textile industries continue to mnke encouraging progress. Condition of cotton goods in primary markets has not been depressed by the weakness of the raw material, the situation ex hibiting more inherent strength than for many sensr.is. Woolen goods lire quiet, duplicate orders not yet' arriv ing from clothiers, but quotations nre readily maintained particularly as the new wool has begun to move without any depressing effect. The domestic iron situation shows little change, but is perhaps a shade steadier with some producers refus ing to fully meet the recent declines. DEATH OF F1TZHUGH LEE End Comes at Hospital In Washington Following Attack of Apoplexy. Brig.-Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, United States army, retired, former consul general at. Havana, and famous in the civil nnd Spanish-American wars, hav ing been a major-general in the Con federate army, died p,t Providence hospital, Washington from a stroke of apoplexy, with which he was attacked early In the morning on a train from Boston. After General I.ee had been remov ed to the hospital it was evident to the attending physicians that his case was very serious, but they believftd his strong vitality and will power would assist' materially in a partial, recovery at least from the attack. His condition remained fair during the day, but shortly after 9 o'clock he be gan to grow weaker, his breathing became more rapid nnd his pulse, ter minating in less than two hours in death. The end was peaceful and without pain, the General remaining conscious until within five minutes of his death. Gen. Lee was C8 years old, and al ways had enjoyed robust health. However, he had led an exceptionally active life, being a veteran of three wars. Since he took up the work of the Jamestown exposition he had made his official residence in Nor folk. CHADWICK SALE CRUSH Bargain Counter Crowd Gathers and Police Are Called. A frenfcled auction-mood crowd gathered at the Knickerbocker Art Galleries. New York, where the sale of the effects belonging to Cassie L. Chadwlck is in progress. Police were summoned to abate the crush. It was like a bargain day at a big dry goods store. LEAVES UNION PACIFIC. George Gould Resigns from Director ate to Build Competing Line. .George J. Gould, president of the Missouri Pacific and head of the j Gould system of railroads, resigned membership in the executive commit tee of the bonrd of directors of the Union Pacific, and also as a director of that company. Mr. Gould's action follows the successful underwriting of the $50,000,000 of Western Pacific railway bonds, the Western Pacific being the Gould extension to San Francisco, this road paralleling the Central Pacific at a distance varying from 150 to 50 miles all the way from Salt Lnke City to San Francisco. Mr. Gould has been a member of the Missouri Pacific directorate for a number of years, but, owing to the fact that his Missouri Palfic was in many ways a competitor of the Union Pacific, lie abstained from any offi cial action in the Union Pacific's af fairs. His position, however, with the Union Pacific has been anomal ous, and It was to put an end to such a situation that he rec!gned. ASTOR TO HAVE AERIAL YACHT Pleasure Aircraft Is Being '"ullt for the New York Millionaire. Col. John Jacob Astor, head of the Astor family In America, expects soon to have the first pleasure airship ever built and used. Col. Astor has just received word from Santos Dumont that he has solved the difficulties. in the way of making a perfectly safe dirigible airship; that work on the craft is well under way, and that Mr. Astor will have it as soon as It is ready to take to the air in earnest. OVER II MILLION TAKEN President of Milwaukee Bank is Big Defaulter. GOT INTO THE MARKET8 WRONG Confesses to Bank Directors That He Embezzled $1,450,000 for Specu ation In Wheat. Frank G. Elgelow, president of the First National bank of Milwaukee, was arrested charged with the embezzle ment of over $100,000 of the bank's funds. Tho arrest of Mr. Blgelow followed his confession to the direc tors of the bank that he was a default er to the extent of $1,450,000. Fol lowing Mr. Bigelow's confession he was removed from the presidency of tlie bank and the facts in the case were laid before the federal authori ties. The complaint was sworn to by United States District Attorney H. K. Butterfleld. It charges that Blgelow, as president of tho First National bank embezzled a sum exceeding $100,000. A complaint and a warrant Identical with those in Bigelow's case. were made out for Henry G. Goll, as sistant cashier of the bank, but Goll could not be found. President Blge low was taken before United States Commissioner Bloodgood. Bail was fixed at $25,000, and he was released to appear before the next federal grand Jury. President Bigelow's confession was made at a special meeting of the board of directors Saturday evening. He met with the directors yesterday and all last night. In addressing his fellow directors President Bigelow said he had a painful statement to make, a confession that he had misdirected the funds of the bank and that an ex amination of his books and a compari son of figures would show that he was Indebted to the bank for more than $1,450,000. This money, he said, had been lost In speculation in wheat and stocks. Not a dollar of it could be recovered, and the only sum he could offer toward compensating the bank was personal securities valued at $;soo,ooo. In making this statement to the di rectors of the bank, Mr. Bigelow said he had become involved in speculation in Wall street several months ago. More recently he had been a persistent bull In the wheat market, nnd recent losses in grain had been added to heavy reverses in Wall street. From small manipulations of the bank's funds he had extended the defalcations until his shortage had passed the $1, 000,000 mark. He saw no possibility of returning the money, and there fore confessed his actions. Russian Losses at Mukden. An exact statement of the losses In all categories' in the battle of Mukden from February 19 to March 14, shows that the Russian losses amounted to two generals who were taken prisoner, 1,985 staff and other officers and 87,007 men, of whom the greatest part, about 55,000, were wounded. Gen. Karkevltch, the chief of staff, calculates that other losses aside from wounded were as follows: 15, uj killed, 7,000 to 8,000 known to have been captured and 10,000 to 12, 000 missing, of whom several thous and were drivers, sanitary and com missariat corps employes and other non-combatants. ORDERS 250 LOCOMOTIVES B. A O. Awards Contracts Involving More Than $4,000,000. Official announcement was made by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad company of contracts being closed for 250 locomotives that will cost more than $4,000,000. The American Lo comotive Company has received the contract to build 210 consolidation type freight locomotives, and 35 Paci fic type passenger locomotives. Burnham, Williams & Company (Baldwin Locomotive works) re ceived the contract for five switching locomotives. The contracts call for the be ginning of delivery in August and all are to be delivered by December 1. INJUNCTION GRANTED Greater Pittsburg Bill Will be Tested in Courts. The supreme court of Pennsylvania will determine the constitutionality of the Cook Greater Pittsburgh bill. Ex Gov. William A. Stone filed a bill in equity asking for a prelimi nary injunction restraining the mayor of Pittsburgh and other city officials from filing in the common pleas court of Allegheny county, a petition for an order for a special election for the purpose of as certaining the views of the citizens on a proposition to consolidate the cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny. The injunction was granted this after noon. The case will be heard by the court during the week beginning May 8 next. A decision may be expected before June 1. The defalcation of former President Blgelow of the First National bank, Milwaukee, is now said to be more than $3,000,000. Czar Promises an Assembly. "My will regarding the convocation o frepresentatives of the people Is unswerving, and the minister of the interior is making every effort for its speedy realization." Emperor Nicho las, receiving in audience at Tsar skoe Selo Sunday the marshal of no bility of Kostroma, a government of middle Russia, directed that the above message be communicated to the no bility of Kostroma. WEATHER RETARDS CROPS Too Much Rain In Texas and Drouth in Other States. The weekly , summary of crop con ditions, issued by the weather bu reau, is as follows: In nearly all dis tricts east of the Rocky mountains the week ending April 24 averaged decidedly cool and was unfavorable for germination and growth. Rains interrupted work In Texas, Arkansas, Northern Mississippi, Oklahomn, Colorado and Northern Indiana, while drouth Is becoming serious in Central and Eastern Missouri and rain is needed in Montana, the Dakotas and New England. Rather slow progress with com planting was made during the week, except in Missouri . and Kansas, where this work advanced satisfactorily. Preparations for planting have been actively carried on In Nebraska, Iowa nnd Illinois. Further cast none has been planted northward of tho Ohio river. The, cool weather has proved injurious to corn in the Southwest much having been killed in the South Atlantic and East Gulf States by the frost of the 17th. While the growth of winter wheat has not been rapid, the condi tion of the crop continues promising In nil districts. Spring wheat seed ing is now well advanced in the northern portion of the spring wheat region, and is practically finished in the central and southern portions. Germination and growth of the early sown have been very slow, and some Injury has resulted from freezing in South Dakota and Nebraska. Oats also need warm weather to promote growth;, which has been generally slow, but on the whole the outlook for this crop is favorable. Seeding Is well advanced in the more north erly sections, except in the northern portion of the Middle Atlantic States and New England, where slow pro gress has been made. Fruit prospects have been further lessened during the past week throughout the Ohio valley, East Gulf States and on the Atlantic coast south of New England, peaches suffering most. In the States of the Upper Missouri Valley and in the lake region and New England the fruit outlook is more promising. PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICANS State Convention Nominates Candi. dates and Adopts Platform. The' Republican state convention met In Harrisburg for the purpose of nominating three candidates for the Superior Court and one candidate for state treasurer. The renominatlon of the Superior Court Judges, Charles E. Rice, of Luzerne; George B. Orlady, of Huntingdon, and James A. Beaver of Center, and the nomination of J. Lee Plummer, of Blair, for state treasurer, were generally conceded weeks ago, and they had no opposi tion when the convention met. It was tho largest state convention the Re publicans have ever hold. The platform applauds the adminis tration of President Roosevelt; com mends the action of the fifty-eighth congress In making liberal appropria tion for the navy, and expresses ap preciation of part taken in congress by the Senators and Representatives from the Commonwealth. Senator Penrose is thanked for his ability and skill as an organizer in the conduct of the state campaign. Governor Pennypacker is praised for his hon esty, Independence and wisdom, and the legislature is commended for the many wise and discreet enactments during the session. The platform further says: We congratulate the people upon the successful management of the state finances under Republican adminis tration. The most of our revenue Is derived from the taxation of cor porations. The Republican party re pealed the Btate tax on real estate and on horses and cattle. The only property now taxed for state purposes In money at Interest. No other state has such a record. To carry on more effectively their fight to recover an estate in the an thracite coal fields of Pennsylvania, alleged to be worth $33,000,000, the Dye heirs of Indiana and Ohio will form a stock company. Many families are interested. They nre heirs of Andrew Dye, who died in 1S35, own ing large tracts of Pennsylvania land. Boston Wool Market. A period of active contracting pre vails in the wool market. Leading quotations follow: Ohio and Pennsyl vania XX and above, 33 34c; X, 30 31c; No. 1, 3C"37c; No. 2, 373Sc; fine unwashed, 2425c; quarter blood, unwashed, 30c; three-eights blood, 3031c; half blood, 2930c; unwashed delaine, 272Sc; unmer chantable, 2829o; fine washed de laine, 36 37c. Michigan fine un washed, 22 23c; quarter blood un washed, 2930c; three-eighths blood, 30c; half blood, 2829c; unwashed delaine, 252Cc. Kentucky, Indiana, etc., three-eighths and quarter blood, 3031c. Territory Idaho fine, 20 21c; heavy fine, 1718c: fine medi um, 2021c; medium, 2223c; low medium, 24 25c. Wyoming fine, IS 19c; heavy fine, 1617c; fine medium, 19 20c. Secretary Hay Doing Well. The Associated Press has received a private dispatch from Bad Nau- helm saying that the condition of Secretary of State Hay Is very good. Mr. Hay took his second thermal bath and drove out after lunch. Castro Touring Venezuela. For the first time since he advanced himself to the head of the Venezuelan government bIx years ago President Castro Is making a tour in the Inter ior of the republic. Remote villages and cities formerly unknown to the president are to be visited by him on this excursion, which includes many days of travel on horseback and on small steamers along practically un explored portions . of the Apure and Orinoco rivers. President Castro left Caracas by train on April 12. Cage of Delaware arid Hudson Co. Shaft Falls 400 Feet. THE CATCHER FAILED TO WORK The Bodies Were Horribly Mangled and Entangled in a Mass of Debris. Ten miners fell to their death in the Conyngham shaft of the Delaware and Hudson Coal Co., ntar Wilkes' barre, Pa., through the breaking of a hoisting rope. The shaft is nearly 1,000 feet, nnd the men were being lowered to their work when the accident occurred. All were dashed to tho bottom, a mangled mass of flesh and bona. Mine officials from the surrounding territory nnd others hurried to the scene. Crowds of excited persons gathered arflund the mouth cf tho .shaft and the usual heartrending scenes wtro enacted by women and children. The mine cage was the third to be lowered. Engineer William Cunning ham was at the throttle, and ten men. miners and their laborers, boarded the cage. The engineer says the machin ery was working perfectly, and that he had his engines under control and slowed down to stop at the Hillmnn vein landing, 350 feet from the sur face, without warning the rope snapped nnd the carriage with Its hu man load dropped 400 feet to the Baltimore vein. A rescue party lowered on the other side of the shaft found the bod ies mangled In a. horrible manner. There were several hundred men In the mine at the time of the neci dent but they escaped from the shaft through other openings. Supt. Foote says he Is at a loss to account for the accident. An ex amination of the rope was made before the first cageful of workmen was lowered . into the mine, and it was found to be all right. The carriage had all the safety appliances nnd its speed should have been cheeked be fore It. reached the bottom, but ns far as can be learned the "catcher" did not, work. Eight of the dead were Poles and two others English-speaking miners. Charles Hochel and Frank Barney are the names of the English-speaking miners who were killed. This is the third accident of a similar nature that has occurred in the Wyoming region within six months. In each case the rope at tached to the carriage broke and the men on the vehicle were dashed to the bottom of the shaft and Instantly killed. RUSSIANS ARE REPULSED Cavalry Makes Futile Attack cn Kingscheng. It is officially announced in Tokyo that a force holding Tunghwn has re ported that a small body of Russians is still staying at Laolin and Malou kou 20 miles from Tunghwa. The enemy's cavalry, 100 strong, attempted nn attack on April 20 against Kings cheng, but was repulsed. Russian guards at Talou are in creasing in strength. Thus far they have shown no activity and there have been no exchanges with the exception of cavalry skirmishes. The Iron Trade. The Iron Trade Review says: Less is heard now of dangers In the pace of the iron trade, and the lull of re ce'nt weeks has contributed to n healthy situation. Nothing definite hps yet developed as to purchases of pig Iron by the Steel Corporation for May delivery, though merchant furn aces expect an Inquiry for some amount with the next few days. The fact that the Carnegie Steel Company has 100 per cent, of Its blast furnace capacity active this week, and that to do this an old furnace of relatively small capacity was blown In. Indicates how the pressure from steel works keeps up. Steel Corporation Report. The directors of tho United States Steel corporation, at a meeting in New York declared the regular quart erly dividend of 1 Per cent, on the preferred stock, payable May 31. The earnings for the quarter were $23,025,S9G, an Increase of $9,580,GG4, as compared with the same quarter last year. The unfilled orders on hand March 31 were 5,597,500 tons, nn increase of 1,400,599 tons, compared with March 31, 1904. Tho unfilled orders on hand April 1 last, amount ing to 5,597, 5G0 tons, Is in excess of all previous records. Schwab Gets Russian Contract. American superiority over foreign rivals again triumphs in the com plete success which has crowned the visit of Charles M. Schwab, of Pitts burg, to St. Petersburg. Mr. Schwab's negotiations with the Rus sian admiralty have resulted In an arrangement for the construction of a number of formidable line of battle ships of a type which probably will startle the world. Railroaders Needed In Panama. Capt. King, assistant to Chief Engi neer John F. Wallace, of the Panama canal commission, announced that the services of a number of trained rail road section men, not less than 50 or 75, are required at once to begin the work of canal construction. There is no time to secure these men through the civil service commission and ap plicants are requested to apply to Capt. King at the canal headquart ers In Washlngtop. ARABS ON THE WARPATH Tire of Turkish Yoke and Are In Rebellion. , The situation in Turkish Arabia has become critical. It develops that only a thousand of the Turkish troops sent to the relief of Riza Pasha reached Sanaa, and these fled thither after sustaining a defeat at the hands of the Insurgents. Rlza Pasha's troops, 0,000 strong. encountered the Arabs In great force five miles south of Sanaa on March 30, and after a sharp encounter most of the troops consisting of Syrian re serves, laid down their arms or de serted, the remnant of the Turks managing to reach Sanaa the same evening with only 50 camel loads of supplies. The chlef-of-staff, Izznt Pasha, was killed and seven guns were abandoned and tnken possession of by tho Arnbs, who also captured 200 camels laden with provisions and large quantities of rifles and nmunition. TRAIN THROWN INTO RIVER One Killed and Seven Injured In West Virginia Ten Hurt In Ohio. A passenger train struck a tree nt Cass, W. A'a., nnd the entire train was thrown into the river, 30 feet below. Engineer C. II. Dtnn was killed and Fireman Culp badly Injured. Five passengers were slightly hurt nnd ono probably fatally, Uriah Byurd of Marllngton. A westbound passenger train was wrecked, near Marion, o., by running through a "derail," while going about 20 miles nn hour. Six passengers were, slightly hurt. CURRENT NEWS EVENTS. The sultnn'T third brother, Ahmed Kemnl, Is dead. A long and heavy earthquake shock was experienced at Guayaquil, Ecua dor. Mrs. Antoinette Tolla was convicted at Hackensack, N. J., of first degree murder for the killing of Joseph Sontn. Miss Alice Pearburn, of New York, 25 years of age, fell from an upper window of the Hotel De Villa at Flor ence, dying Immediately. In the running down of a street car by a Chicago and Northwestern rail road freight engine near Onalnsk;4 Wis., 10 persons were seriously In jured. At Jackson, Mich., fire destroyed the Withlngton & Cooley trip ham mer shop within the State prison walls, causing a loss of about $75, 000. In a battle with burglars nt Lan caster, Out., Herman von Metzlie, teller of the Merchants bank, shot and killed one of the outlaws. An alleged shortage' of $39,000 ex ists In the office of the tax collector of Los Angeles and Edward F. Smith, the collector, has been sus pended from office. The Pressed Steel Car Company has declared Its regular quarterly divi dend of 1 per cent, on preferred stock, pnyable May 24, to stockholders of record May 3. Books will closo May 3 nnd reopen May 24. Robbers blew open the safe In tha postofTlee nt Northeast, Pa. and secun ed $300 in cash and $200 in stamps, They made their escape. - Harry Williams, eight years oldt was killed by a Baltimore and Ohio railroad train at Briallee, wyp w f f railroad train at Bellalre, O. The body of William Wood was found In a meadow near Meadvllle, Pa. 'A bullet hole In the head and a revolver lying at his side told the story of self destruction. Wood was about 35 years old., James Fleming, of Wheeling, W. Va., was found dead in the rear of a saloon nt Toronto, O. His remains are being held awaiting a claimant. Charles Bernhardt, a German miner, was crushed to death by a fall of slate In a Bnrnhlll mine near Dennison, O. Germany gave notice to the United States that the tariff agreement be tween the two nations would end Mnreh 1, 1900. This was done to ex clude America from advantages under treaties with other nations. Engineer James McClaln and Brake man W. N. Duncan were killed In a wreck on the Big Four railroad near Indianapolis, Ind. The remnlns of Roy Spink, of A1j ron, O., were found in the Cuyahoga river at Cleveland. Ho was 21 years old and disappeared from his home on January 7. , Naval Cadets Disabled. Ffteen members of tho second class at the naval academy, who will come tin for eTndltnttnn novt vmf hnva been found physically disqualified, nut win De allowed to remain with the class until the examination next year, as It is believed the majority will have overcome their disqualifica tion by that time. Earthquake Victims. The lieutenant-governor of the Punjab, In the course of a public ad dress on behalf of the earthquake fund, stated that he hoped the deaths by the earthquake had not exceeded 15,000, but within the affected area, 700 squaremiles, with a population of 250,000, nearly every building had collapsed or been rendered uninhabit able. Wins Estate Worth 40,000. After a long legal battle Louise Jor dan Mlln, of London, England, has won possession of real estate In Chica go valued at $40,000. remaining from the estate of her father, Dr. Thomas M. Jordan. A decree giving Mrs, Miln title to the property was Issued by Judge Kavanagh in the Superior court. Heirs of Mrs. Mlln residing in England will share in the distribu tion of the property. KEYSTONE SI BOY SHOT' Prisoners Claim They Kill Boy, but to Fr Them. While driving toward Orlando Colley, a contractor,! John McCoy, a 11-year-old Hopwood, Jump on the rear buggy. A moment later a passed In the opposite direction! Colley heard a Bhot. The Ma boy Jumped down, ran around buggy and said he wus shot. .noment later he fell dead. Tfi officers at Uniontown were at oncl notified and It was learned that thJ wagon was driven by Paul Fascattll and Michael Fee,- Italians, who were arrested. Fascattl Is said to have admitted the shooting, but said he fir ed to scare McCoy and some other boy who had been throwing stones. Governor Pennypacker approved i the bill authorizing policemen in boroughs to hold the office of con stable. The Governor vetoed the fol lowing bills: Prohibiting the prac tice of denlstry by unlicensed persons and prescribing a penalty of ,$i)00 or Blx months' Imprisonment for Its vio lation; providing that when a bridge over a river between two counties shall be built by the County Commis sioners Jointly with the board of pub lic grounds and buildings the cost shall be paid one-half by the Com- monwealth and one-hnlf of the coun ties; amending the act of 1889 re lative to the Government of third- class cities, by providing the method by which boroughs may become cities. A high record in the price of Fay ette county coal lands was established when a deal went through for the sale to the Struthers Furnace company, of Struthers, O., of 240 acres of coal. The price paid was $1,200 an acre. Small tracts have been disposed of at a rate higher than this, but no large acreage has sold at such a figure. For this coal a shaft 400 feet deep must be sunk, thus adding greatly to the usual cost of mining it. This coal was pur chased 10 years ago for less than $75 per acre. Barricading himself In the upper story of a tenement house at Mlners vtlle to escape policemen who were trying to arrest him for shooting at his wife and 2-year-old baby, Joseph Sarcofskl, held several hundred per sons at bay from 7 o'clock at night until next day. He fired many shots from a window, at which he kept his long vigil, wounding several persons in the crowd, nnd then committed sui cide with his weapon. At the May meeting of the Greens- burg council petitions will be pre sented by the borough authorities of East Greensburg, Ludwick and South west Greensburg asking to be admitt ed to the mother borough. South west Greensburg and South Greens burg are expected to take favorable , action for consolidation this week. If the consolidation is effected a city of the third class with a population of 20,000 will be formed. Miss Eleanor C. Little obtained a verdict of $4,250 against the Central District and Printing Telegraph com pany. While returning to her home near Callery with a hay riding party their wagon scraped against a tele phone pole, and Miss Little's leg3 were crushed. Negligence in placing the pole too near the center of the road was alleged. The extension of the Pittsburgh, Shawmut & Northern rnllroad from Brookvllle, in Jefferson county, to thaf - Allegheny river at Templeton seejua to be assured. Construction .work at the Brookvllle end will commence In a few days. The distance is 55 miles. A mile above the mouth of the creek a tunnel half a mile long will be dug. John F. Redman, married, 35 years old, and Albert Brown, single, 23 years old, were killed by a train In the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg rail road yards at Du Bois. The men were glass blowers and were on their way home from work. During a row in an Italian boarding house at Holsopple Antonio Carire was shot' -nd killed. Two other fct; eigners Wv seriously stabbed. A number of .Tests have been made and the prisoners are in the Somerset county Jail. , The trustees and deacons of the First Baptist church, of Sharon, have recommended a call to Rev. A. F. PurkiBS, of Green Bay, Wis., who has occupied the pulpit for the last three Sundays. C. O. Mounta, of Harrisburg, a rail way mall clerk, fell from his car near Johnstown, while reaching for a mall sack. He was removed to Johnstown In a critical condition. The Westmoreland Coal Company's mine at Export, broke all records last month. .With a two days' shutdown the output was 80,608 tons for the 22 working days. The explosion of a lantern carried . by Bruce Hezlop, set fire to his barn. near East Brook, Lawrence county, destroying the building with its eon tents. Loss about $2,500. Edward Floyd, a negro, was hanged In the county Jail at Greensburg, for the murder of George Uhring at Bessemer last July. Floyd made a complete confession of the crime. peu3saj oq 'XpieeAl AlJ3 IO 93Bd 90. 83(6 0 X11U03 9DU4 M.iri jo sjauossumi03 ein JOflpim papaia uaeq saq uosn.W "AV 'S spojs no flumioa pot sSumrmq uo eaauinsui OOS'XJ si a-iaqi qomai no O00'8t paiHiuiisa sj ssor eqi -9jb Xq peSmuup XipBq 130)B aqj PUB P8jtl9 SB. 'SUBJ J0AB9H B IPOO g SBUioqj, jo SH-io.tt e3i!iJWJ aqj, aoao 8 innqaj eq in. juBpl aqi -000'SS$ jo eoirBjn -ui qvfM '000'0St jo sso v SuiijU 'ejg A'q paAOXiisep se. 'Xinnoj (jq, -IUB3 'anpnaiiv IB XuBdtuo3 jaqmni A"ajdj 9i jo uiw.ylus )t3dj3 9qx ' I
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