hu ii i Hr ni i iin ih 1 1 IHIbhH U I WNIIIiUU Nearly Every Business House Was Demolished. GREAT SNOW 8TORM IN WEST Two Persons Killed and More Than One Hundred Injured Rain and Hail Destroyt Crops.. A tornado struck Owl, I. T., Friday evening. Two persons were killed and tea Injured, four fatally. Nearly vcry business bouse In Owl was de stroyed and about 30 dwellings were carried away. The storm covered a path about 700 feet wide and destroy ed everything In Its way. The people of the town were fran tic and great crowds started with their children to the prairie. At Edmond, Okla.. the wind de stroyed several small buildings. At Mulhall, Okla., the hull damaged all .frowing crops and fruit. At &turgis, S. D., during a storm the last four days and nights 20 In ches of Rnow fell. All trains were de layed. Telegraph and telephone wires are down. The Black Hills are under from four to six feet of snow. Trains are de layed. FATAL BREAK OF A DAM. Inundations in Arizcna Much Prop- erty is Destroyed. Dispatches from Holbrook, Ariz., show that one person, a Mexican, was drowned and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of property destroy ed by the waters of St. Johns dam, which broke. At Holbrook, 70 miles below the dam, a wall of water 20 feet high In undated houses and public buildings. Ruined structures had been deserted arly In the day, warning having been sent to the people. Hundreds of cat tle were drowned. Hundreds of families are homeless, and, according to advices from St. Johns, Ariz., seven miles below the dam, that village Is practically de stroyed, and It Is feared many lives were lost. GEN. LEE LAID TO REST. Crowds of Mourners and 2,000 Sol. diers Attend Funeral. Not In all Its eventful history has Richmond witnessed a more Imposing demonstration than that which mark d the funeral of Gen. Fltzhugh Lee. Troops were pouring Into the city all night, and the military contingffct taking part in the procession consist ed of two full regiments of Infantry, ihe 70th and 71st, the Richmond Light Infantry Blues, a battalion of artillery and seven detached Infantry compan ies, making In all about 2,000 men. Added to this were the veteran or ganizations and practically every car riage In the city had been engaged for the occasion. By noon the business section was practically deserted. Around St. Paul's .Church, In which the funeral services took place, there was a dense throng, and from there to Hollywood th& sidewalks along the line of march were lined with spectators. PAT CROWE IN OMAHA Walks Into Newspaper Office and Tells of Wanderings. Pat Crowe, the alleged kidnaper of Edward Cudahy, son of the millionaire packer of Omaha, and for whose ar rest rewards aggregating $50,000 havo at different times been offered, walked Into the office of the World-Herald at Omaha, accompanied by Thomas O'Brien, proprietor of the Henshaw i Hotel. i Crowe telephoned the World-Herald office at midnight of his presence la the city, and said that he would call at the newspaper office. A short time afterward he appeared. In company with O'Brien. Crowe, O'Brien and a representative of the World-Hert'd were closeted for an hour, during which time Crowe told of his wanderings since he left j soclated with the War Presdent Lln Omaha four vear nn-o ' coin once worked for Gentry's father. CHINA TO SUE UNCLE SAM. Validity of the Exclusion Law to Re Tested in Courts. Sir Chentung-Llang-Cheng, the Chin ese Minister, has issued a confidential circular or proclamation to all Chin ese in the United States requesting that he be furnished with reports of all cases of applicants who have been denied admission to ths country, and of all departations on the ground of non-registration, which have been de cided since the expiration of the ex clusion treaty of 1894. The circular asks also for an estimate of the amount of damages to the applicants for such refusal and for deportations, holding the acts of the officials of this country to be hostile to a friendly nation. The Object, as understood by Unit ed States officials, is to facilitate the collection of evidence on which to Dase a suit against the United States to test the validity of the Chinese ex clusion law. The New Jersey board of pardons nas refused to commute the sentence of Anna Valentino, sentenced to hang at Hackensack, N. J., May 12. Counterfeiters' Cave Found. A counterfeiters' cave has been found on Olentaogy creek, 25 miles south of Bucyrus, O., and an effort Is being made to capture the opera tors. A boy discovered a stove pipe projecting from the ground. In restlgatlng, he found the cave, which contained an outfit of counterfeiting tools. Under the floor was a second cellar, which contained metals. The meeting of Union Pacific stock holders ratified the proposed new 1100,000,000 preferred stock issue. ACTIVITY CONTINUES. Weather Irregularities Give 8light Check to Business In Some of the Agricultural Districts. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Weather Irregularities provided the only check to business, partly through the direct effect of re- tall distribution of seasonable wearing apparel, but more through the devel opment of caution among traders In some agricultural sections where crops have been damaged or farm work retarded. On the whole, how ever, encouruglng progress Is shown In most trade reports, and Industrial activity Is unabated. The speclnl jobbing dry goods sales attracted a large attendance and results surpass ed expectations. Textile manufactur ing Is In a better position than at any recent date, the strength of the raw materials giving additional firmness to finished fabrics. Footwear fac tories In New England are well en gaged, and there Is no reduction in the forces lit work In the various de partments of the Iron and steel In dustry. Aside from the Chicago strike, there is exceptionally little friction between capital and labor, ninny higher wage scales going Into effect this week. Traffic returns are well maintained, railway earnings for April exceeding last year's by 10.5 per cent, and lake 'navigation Is heavy. Foreign commerce at New York alone for the InRt week shows a gain of $3,159,534 In value of merchandise Imports over the same week in 1904, while exports increased $1,708,488. Coke prices are depressed by unpre cedented production, but consumption Is on a scale that precludes the possibility of any excessive accumu lation In the near future." Duplicate orders for woolen goods are appearing In moderate volume, but this textile fabric awaits returns from clothiers. The few reports re ceived thus far are satisfactory, the firm position of the raw. material pre eluding the possibility of price con cessions. Failures this week In the United States are 212. against 204 laBt week, 204 the preceding week and 207 the corresponding week last year. Fail ures In Canada number 22, against 15 last week, 21 the preceding week and 27 last year. PRICES ARE LOWER. Record Production of Iron and 8teel Has Been Reached. The Iron Trade Review says. "Re cord production and the abstention of buyers from the market are reflect ed In lower prices for some materials and the expectation of reduction on others. It Is true, as represented In print the last' week on behalf of cer tain producers of pig Iron that these Interests have not named lower prices, but the changed situation Is Indicated by the fact that some pro ducers have asked buyers to make of fers for the second half. "That business Is not done under such conditions Is natural; buyers wait to know to what the transition will lead. "Sheets show a decline of about. $2 a ton from prices regarded as of ficial. Similar concessions are noted in tin plate and In merchant pipe. In both of which business Is 'only moderate. Wire products have grown more active. "The time Is at hand for new bar contracts for agricultural machin ery. ' "The old market Is demoralized, and buyers are practically making prices. An advance In freight on southern pig Iron by roads north of the Ohio j river, and applying to Michigan and northern Indiana points, became ef fective May 1, amounting In most cases to 20 cents." LINCOLN'S PLAYMATE DIES. Last Boyhood Associate of War Presi dent Passes Away. James Gentry, said be the last surviving playmate of Abraham Lin coln, Is dead at his home in Rockport, Ind. He was bom In Spencer county, Ind., In 1819. Gentry was ten years younger than Abraham Lincoln, and In his boyhood days was closely as MRS. FAIR'S MISSING BROTHER. After Absence of 25 Years He Shows Up to Claim Fortune. Frank Smith, a brother of the late Mrs. Charles L. Fair, for whom a search was made at the time of her death, appeared at his old home In Newmarket, N. J., to claim a fortune of 110,000. He had not seen his native village or relatives for 23 years, having left a quarter of a century ago to seek his fortune In the West, but, although the highest position he had attained in the world was that of chef In a hos pital in Topeka, Kan., he is now ad mitted to be rightfully entitled to share in the Fair millions, along with five brothers and sisters. ' Dies at Age of 114 Years.. Piotr Kasrmieresak, who was bora in Poland 14 years ago, died In De troit. He had been a lifelong ab stainer from tobacco and liquor, and spent most of his life In the open air. Can Fix Railroad Rates. Attorney General William H. Moody has decided that the Governm-nt has a right to fix railroad rates. He says in a lengthy opinion written at the re quest of the Senate committee on In terstate commerce, that this power however, "Is vested In, and may be exercised by, the legislative branch of the Government." His conclusions are based on rul ings and interpretations of the law and constitutional powers ' tn such cases found in decisions affecting the so-called Granger cases. Trcops Fire on People in Parade in Streets of Moscow. BOMB THROWING RESORTED TO Russia Ancient Capital Becomes the Scene of Terrible Outrages on Innocent People. Nearly 100 persons were killed or wounded In disturbances in various quarters of Warsaw, Monday, May 1. The troops apparently were tin controlable and violated all orders to act with moderation. They fired Into crowds of demonstrators and work men In retaliation resorted to the use of firearms and bombs. Many women and children are among the dead and (lying. May day opened with every pros pect that the recent gloomy forebod ings would find contradiction In a peaceful culling. Glorious weather . , V. , 1 t I. - 1. .-!.... I A . 1. t ., ed. The streets were crowded fror early In the morning with gaily dres ed people and troops. Children ever: where enjoyed themselves In tl warm sunshine. The presence t numerous patrols of Cossack cavaty and Infantry was the only remlndr of lurking danger. No untoward Incident was repored until afternoon. The first disti'b ances occurred between 1 and1 2 o'clock, when a procession of sevtal thousand workmen carrying red ftgs marched along Zelanza street. The demonstration was quite orderlyand proceeded without molestation for some distance. Suddenly seeral squadrons of Uhlans appeared; but without Interfering with the puces sion, and took up a position along the sidewalks while the wokmen passed through the linos. j Then a company of Infancy ap proached from the front and mined lately the cavalry chnrged Ho the procession, driving It with e flnt of their swords Into a dlsotanlzed mass. When the cavalry dthdrew the Infantry fired a volley, hereup on the demonstrators turned ind fled. The Infantry continued to ischarge volleys Into the retreating, ihrleklng multitude. Thirty-one pershs wore killed and many wounded, aid of the latter It Is believed that 15 will die. The shooting Is described as having been quite unprovoked. ; It has aroused the most Intense dlgnatlon among all classes In Warsjw. Many of those who were killed or wound ed were shot In the bnc. showing that they were running iway when they were struck. Another terrible scene as enacted at 5 o'clock, p. m., at tip corner of Zlota and Sosnore stets, when workmen fired from behlid a wall at a patrol, which immedlltely opened Are on the passing crowls, killing or wounding 20 persons CAR COMPANIES MERGE Big Concern Will TakJ In all Plant of the Courtry. A movement to merle the compan ies engaged In the nanufacture of street railway cars Inlthls country Is In progress. Options! have been se cured on the I .aeon U Car Company of Boston and Lacona, N. H.; J. O. Brill Company of Philadelphia, Eliza beth, St. Louis and Cleveland; the St. Louis Car Company, St. Louis, Mo.; the Wason Manufacturing Com pany, Springfield, Mass.; Bradley Car Company, Worcester, Mass., and the Jewett Car Company of Newark, O. It Is planned to have one corpora tion with a capital of about $50,000, 000. All Workmen Called Out. The committee of the Social Demo cratic party of Poland and Lithuania has issued a manifesto proclaiming a general strike and calling out all the workmen In consequence of Sun day's bloodshed. WANTS TO WEAR TROUSERS Permission Asked to Imitate Dr. Mary Walker. Governor Herrick, of Ohio, received a letter from a woman living In the Southern part of the State, whose name is withheld, asking permission to wear trousers. As reason for the request she says she is forced to work out c doors a great deal in the man ageme. t of a farm and male attire would be much more convenient for her than petticoats. The letter was referred to the at torney general with the suggestion that, perhaps, he would recommend an amendment to the laws to suit such a case. Such a request could not now be granted. Korean Grafter Punished. Minister Colon, at Seoul, Korea, re ports to the State Department that a magistrate at Penyanq;, who was charged with Invading Ihe treaty rights of many Americans and with extorting great sums of moLey Illeg ally from the people, finally has been removed from office.. His peculations, according to report, aggregated more than $100,000. FORMER AUDITOR HELD. Treasury of Athens County, , O., Short In Large Amount Winfleld Scott, of Columbus, form erly deputy auditor of Athens ccun ty, was arrested at Athens charted with taking $73,371 from the colin ty treasury and covering the loss by doctoring the auditor's books. Scott had been called to Athens to explujla queer work on the books when lie had charge of them. T ""r u " Ul ".-jrountry. He was cheered heartily orations and all factories, shops anilfthroiI nont , renlarli8. After the offices of every description were closjserv conclude(1 the President ROOSEVfLT ATTENDS CHURCH I Preslder, nd Hunting Party Go to Little Schoolhouse. Unlqy In the history of Colorado was thihurch service held at the old Blue sioolhouse, on West Divide creek jiaday, attended by President RooseVIt and his hunting party and all th ranchmen and their families for mes around. The little district schootoulldlng was not a tenth part largeliough to accommodate the con gregrfon, and as a result the organ was Aoved to the front porch. On this prch seats were provided for the Presjent and his party. The mem bersbf the congregation stood or sat on ie ground of the schoolyard or In theconveyances. The sermon by the Ret Horace Mann of Rifle, Col., was of 4 unusnl kind. It began with n stqv teeming with slung of the West erflavor, and was full of advice suit euro a congregation inuring Itself to tn hardships of mountain life. It t ached on the responsibilities of the psltlon of President, as well as the iracterlstlcs of Vonn of the men o have occupied that exalted iilace. After he had concluded the Tresi- nt suoke for 10 minutes. He ex- i-essed his well-known views on good fitizenship, the morality of man and patriotism and duty to home and shook hands with every man, woman and child present. COLD RETARDS GROWING CROPS Spring Wheat In the Dakotas Held Back and Peach Crop Has Suffer ed from the Frosts. The weather bureau's weekly sum mary of crop conditions Is as follows: While the temperature conditions of the week ending May 1 were much more favorable than In the previous week, complaints of slow germination and growth are very general in the Missouri and Red River of the North valleys, Middle Rocky mountain slope, lake region and New England. ' In the Middle and South Atlantic and Gulf States, and In the Ohio valley, very favorable temperatures prevailed, but the Central and WeBt Gulf States and portions of the South Atlantic States and Ohio and Central Mississippi val leys suffered from excessive rains, which hindered farming operations materially. New England, North Dakota, Montana and Florida contln ue to need rain, but the portions of the Lower Missouri and Ohio valleys needing moisture In the previous week have received ample rainfall. In most of the principal corn States corn planting has made slow progress. Planting is generally finished In the Southern States and is nearly com pleted In the southern portions of Knnsas and Missouri. Practically all reports indicate that winter wheat continues In unusually promising con dition. Dry weather has been un favorable for the germination and growth of spring wheat In the Dakotas. The general outlook for oats continues favorable in the most Important oat States. Peaches have been extensively killed, although an excellent crop is promised In Southern Georgia, and In a few other sections the outlook for peaches Is somewhat Improved. KILLED BY EXPLOSION Two Men Dead and Broad Street Station is in Darkness. Two men were Instantly killed by the explosion of a tank in the electric light plant at the Broad street station of the Pennsylvania railroad at Phila delphia. The dead are: George D. Tolllnger, aged 62 years, foreman of the night shift. George Hoey, aged 35 years, engineer. There were three other men In the place, but they escaped without receiv ing any Injury. The electric light plant Is situated on the south side of Filbert street, under the train shed. The tank that exploded contained water and air and was used to regulate the running of elevators.. The shock of the explosion shook the building, and with It the lights went out, causing some excite ment and much confusion. The great station was left so dark that pass engers had much difficulty In finding the trains. In consequence of the ac cident all trains departed late. HOLDS DIVORCE RECORD Woman Married Seven Husbands Began When She Was 14. Apparently only 33 years old, yet obtaining a divorce from her seventh husband, Mrs. Mary J. Crowthers ap pears to hold the record for hus bands and divorces. She sued before Judge Leventrltt In supreme court of New York for divorce from Thomas Crowther, a hotelkeeper. He is about 60 years old and did not defend him self. Mrs. Crowther was only 14 when she first married, and when she took her seventh husband she was 31. Three of her husbands died. Mr. Crowther was the fourth from whom she had been divorced. She was mar rle to him July 21, 1901, only one day after she had obtained a divorce from her sixth husband. Her other six husbands were Edward Wakeman, Danbury, Conn.; Henry Saunders, of New York; Joseph Power, Danbury, Conn.;' John Godfrey, Jersey City; William Gay, Bridgeport, Cor.e., and James H. Llndloy, Merldan, Conn. Large Pottery Planned. At a meeting of the stockholders of the North American Manufacturing company it was decided to construct at Newell, W. Va., opposite to and connected with East Liverpool, O., by street railway, a $1,000,000 pottery of 30 ware kilns, with the largest ware house and shop capacity of any pot tery in the United States. Robbers at Woodburn, Ore., cover ed the bank cashier and bookkeeper with revolvers- and escaped with $2,000 in cash. TROUBLE IN CZAR'S REALM Armed Officers Enter a Church and Commit Outrage. RIOTERS BURN TOWN Belated Reports of Easter Monday in Russia Show Many Disturbances. Outrage in Church. Reports of slight disturbances In various places of European Russia during Easter Monilsy are now com ing In. The gravest occurrence r:i that part of the empire was at Mlll topol, where; a mob for several hours held high carnival and burned a por tion of the town. At Nlzhj' Novgorod a regular bailie occurred between sol diers and the crowds on Milliouaia street. The soldiers fired, killing one person and wounding many. The reports received by the em bassies In St. Petersburg substan tially agree in saying that the number of persons killed at Warsaw, Monday, was 40 to 50. The figures given of the wounded vary from 60 to 200. At Kalisz, Poland, during a ser vice In a church, the congregation began singing patriotic songs, where upon soldiers and police entered the building and attacked the people, wounding many of them. A free fight ensued, during which weapons were wrested from the police, shots were exchanged and stones were thrown. A dragoon, a woman and a man were killed Inside the church. A squadron of cavalry was summon ed and dispersed the crowds. The church was closed for reconsecrntion. Cabling from Tokyo, the correspon dent of the London Dally Mail re ports that dense fogs continue on the China and Japan seas. ' The corre spondent says It is definitely known to Japan that May 2 ships of the Rus sian second Pacific squadron were In Port Delt, to the northward of Honkohe bay, Annam. The Dally Mall's Hongkong corre spondent says numerous steamers are constantly plying between Saigon and the Russian warships, with full cargoes of provisions and cattle. He adds It is reported American and Ger man newspaper correspondents at Shnnghai have chartered the steam er Wuchang, ostensibly to view the coming naval battle. The vessel, he reports, Is flying the French flag, but It Is believed she Is really Russian property with a mission to locate Admiral Togo. According to the St. Petersburg correspondent of the Petit Parlslen, several transports will leave Cron stadt on May 6 for South America, conveying crews and milHary stores for the equipment of warships pur chased by Russia from Chile and Ar gentine. The Petit Journal prints a dispatch confirmatory of the forego ing. CHICAGO STRIKE GROWS Hundreds of Men Brought from Other Cities to Drive Teams. Conditions In the teamsters' strike were worse on May 1 than at any preceding ttme. The strikers were in uglier mood, the rioting more open and vicious and the nttacks on non union men more froquent and daring. The chief cause for the Increased belligerency of the strikers and their friends Is the fact that the Employers' Teaming assoclotion brought 1,500 men Into Chicago to take the places of strikers, and 500 more were said to be on the way. These men will receive the full pay of union men, and It has been guar anteed to them that their positions will be permanent. Among the strike breakers are 200 farmer boys. Whenever a wagon of the Employ ers' Teaming association goes through the streets a rifle will be rnrrled on each wagon in open view. There has been much complaint by the strike sympathizers of the readiness with which non-union men, particularly ne groes, have used revolvers. A num ber of strike breakers have been ar rested on a charge of carrying con cealed weapons. The strikers num ber about 4,000. GIVE $1,000,000. McCormick's Add to Their Donations to Seminary. . At the banquet of the alumni of Michael McCormlck seminary an nouncement was made that the Mc Cormlck famly had added $1,000,000 to the endowment of the institution. The Seminary for years has been under the care of the McCormick's, Cyrus. McCormlck, the inventor of the reaper, having Induced the school to remove to Chicago from New Aiuany, Ind. From time to time the members of the McCormlck family have given the seminary largo sums of money, but the $1,000,000 given now is the largest amount ever given at one time. The money is to be used for the general support of the seminary, and will not be available for scholarships. Rev. James G. K. McClure, formerly president of Lake Forest University, was elected president of the semin ary. An important meeting at Moscow outlined a constitution for Russia, which contemplates a popular legis lative assembly. Discovers Small Fortune. While removing an old cistern wall from an excavation, James J. Malley, of Ft. Madison, la., discovered in the debris bars containing $11,500 in gold and two small casks of wine. As soon as removed the bars and kegs crumbled. The cistern had not been used for 40 years. The flouring mills of the C. A. Gambrlll Manufacturing company, 10 miles from Baltimore, were destroyed by fire, causing a loss of $200,000. SEVEN YEARS FOR CASHIER , Official of Closed Oberlin Bank En ters Plea of Guilty. . A. B. Spear, cashier of the closed Citizens bank, of Oberlin in the Unit ed States District court at Cleve land, entered a plea of guilty to one count of the Indictment charging him with making false entries In .. the bank's books. District Attorney John J. Sullivan rccommeuded that all other Indictments against Spear, con taining 15 counts, be nolled. Judg; R W. Tayler at once sentenced Spear to seven years' Imprisonment In the Ohio penitentiary. When Mrs. Cassle L. Chadwick was told about Spear's sentence she displayed little emotion, remarking. "The poor man. I do not see what else he could have done. He got him self into trouble, but it was through no fault of mine." She protested tearfully that she nas guilty of no conspiracy and Innocent of any wrong doing. The maximum penalty would have been 10 years for the offense. . CATCH ABSCONDER Missing Cashier of Milwaukee Bank Found in Chicago. Henry G. Goll, absconding cashier of the First National bank, of Mil waukee, was arrested at the Dakota Hotel Chicago. He had been at the hotel four days and was registered under the name of A. C. Smith. Goll was arrested by Detective Sullivan, fit Milwaukee, assisted by a PInkerton detective. The detectives had track ed Goll from Milwaukee to several towns In Illinois, then Into Indiana and finally to Chicago. He made no protest when arrested, saying he was willing to go to Milwaukee.. Goll was taken to Milwaukee and locked up at the central police sta tion. Goll had only $26 on hla person. He refused to answer any questions, and would not tell his age on being booked. He will be turned over to the United States authorities to appear before United States Commissioner Bloodgood. LINEVITCH KISSES SOLDIERS Russian Commander Passes Down Line and Salutes Each Man. A touching Incident occurred dur ing the Easter celebration at Gunshu Pass, Manchuria. After the morning service all the troops In the region around headquarters were drawn up In line before Gen. Line vitch's tent and the commander-in-chief came out, greeted the troops and passed down the line, saluting each and every soldier with a kiss. The men were much moved and many of them wept. The incident served to increase their worship of the old, gray leader. Gen. Linevltch continues energeti cally the reorganization of the var ious departments of the armies. Boston Wool Market. The features of the wool market are its notable strength here and the centering of interest in the West, where it is reported the highest prices of the season are being paid and most of the Boston buying Is now proceeding in Montana, which, out side of Oregon, Is practically the only State where any amount of wool remains unsold. Few Territories are offered beyond the new Arizona wools. Pulled wools move freely. Foreign grades are firm. Prices are about as follows: Ohio and Pennsylvania XX and above, 3334c; X, 3031c; No. 1, 3C37c; No. 2, 3738c; fine unwashed, 2425c; quarter-blood, un washed, 30c; three-eighths blood, 30 31c; half-blood, 2930c; unwashed delaine, 27 28c; unmerchantable, 2829c. CURRENT NEWS EVENTS. Gov. Samuel W. Pennypacker of Pennsylvania vetoed the bill which was designed to put osteopaths on the level with the other schools of medi cine. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company has officially announced the awarding of contracts for 10,000 freight cars at a total cost of about $12,000,000. The Jury In the case of Nan Patter son, on trial for the murder of Caesar Young, the wealthy book maker, has disagreed and Recorder GofT discharged the twelve men from further consideration of the celebra ted case. Korekiego Takahashl, Japan's fi nancial agent, declared Admiral Togo would not offer battle to Admiral Rojestvensky as he has too much at stake to risk on the first throw of the dice. The Russian squadron is still near Kamranh bay, and Japan is again suspicious of France's. Coke Shipments. Coke production in the Connells vllle region fell off slightly last week, but the shipments were Increased over 6,000 tons, there being nearly 15,000 tons of stocked coke shipped out during the week. That demand is somewhat dull among the independ ent operators is evident from the fact that the Union plant of 70 ovens has been transferred from the active to the idle list. It is probable that other independent plants may either be put in the idle list or operated on short time in the near future. Bank Robbed. A band of masked robbers rode into the village of Gilbertsvtlle, N. Y. at 2 o'clock in the morning, blew open the safe in the private bank of E. C. Brewer, and made good (heir es cape with booty estimated at between $5,000 and $10,000. Mayor John Weaver of Philadel phia has killed the scheme to lease the city's gag works to the United Gas Improvement Company until 1980 for a cash payment of $25,000,-000. irvnTnirr pt fc i t ii nib 1 1 OLEO LAV HELD owe supreme couYi upnoias 1901 Hanalna Ordered in Johnson The State supreme cvurt declared the oleo-margarlne act, pVssed by the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1901, to be constitutional. A dealer in Blair county had been convlctedof selling oleomargarine colored to resemble butter. He carried the case tp the su perior court on the ground tVhat the act was unconstitutional. ThaV court upheld the law and an appeaV waa taken. In affirming the superior court the supreme court said: Y'Wa have no doubt as to the constitution ality of the act under the constitu tion of Pennsylvania and the consti tution of the United States." Excitement over the discovery of evidence of oil in West Penn township, Schuylkill coun ty, is still growing among ths farmers in that locality. The first of several oil wells started will, It is ex pected, strike oil at a depth of 1,500 feet, Geologists who have examined the formation agree in their -conclusions that gas or oil will be found. Thus far 800 acres of land skirting the north side of the Blue Mountains be tween the Lehigh and Schuylkill riv ers have been leased. The entire Liz ard Creek valley has started to boom because of these discoveries. Half a dozen wells will be sunk hi the next four weeks. After an absence of 39 years' Abraham Hysong, a veteran of the Civil War, has returned to Westmore land county and a happy family re union was held at the home of his sister, Mrs. C. R. Klnkead, Young wood. During the war Mr. Hyson en listed In a Pennsylvania regiment. After the battle of the Wilderness all trace of him was lost and his family believed that he had been killed. He has traveled extensively In foreign countries since he was discharged from service. A terrific rainstorm, accompanied by a lively electric display, swept South Franklin, Amwell and Morris town ships, Washington county, doing heavy damages. At Lagonda, a flock of sheep, owned by Mathew Johnson, was caught m an overflow of a small stream and drowned. Many buildings were struck by lightning and farmers In the southern portion of the county report that grain and cornfields were damaged., Jacob Presock, one of the first bosses at the Oliver mine at Union town, was sentenced to the costs of prosecution, a fine of $75 and three months to jail on a charge of violat ing the mine laws. It was alleged that a short time ago Presock was caught lighting safety lamps in the mines. An Investigation also showed that there were a number of keys to the safety lamps In the mine where the foreigners had access to them. Elizabeth McCaffrey, known as "the silent mourner," was found dead in her home at Altoona. She had been dead two or three days, and rats had devoured a large portion of her body. Miss McCaffrey lived alone, and re fuged to allow anyone to enter her house. She was conspicuous because of a morbid pechant for attending funerals. The Federal Telephone company is going out of business In Westmoreland county. Linemen began the work of tearing down the wires between Greensburg and Llgonler. ' The cen trals at Latrobe, Llgonler, Irwin and Jeannette have been discontinued, and the 'phones taken from subscribers. A 1 J 11 1 -I U w L ueu-UIl uuiuaiuu uciwocu luo irii' Pleasant accommodation ana a wont train caused the serious injury ' of Conductor Samuel Beall of the latter train, the slight injury of a dozen or more Italian workmen, and the wreck ing of both engines and a number of cars. The case of Louis Berger of South Sharon borough, clerk and manager of the foreign department of the Colonial bank, by Dr. W. G. BerryhiU for alleged Illegal voting was aolle prossed by the Mercer county court. The prosecutor failed to appear. The formal inauguration of Rev. David Gregg, LL. D., as president of the Western Theological seminary took place Tuesday afternoon in the First Presbyterian church, Sixth ave nue, Pittsburg. Mayor M. L. Halner, of New Cast le, has Issued 11 o'clock curfew order, and all persons out after time must show a reason or be arrested. At 9 o'clock ordinance Is in force for chil dren. The Supreme court ordered that Blgler Johnson, who confessed the murder of his wife and her niece at their home near Towanda, Pa., on September 18 last, be hanged. As a result of the failure of J. T. and A. T. Kelley, the Cambridge Springs bankers, Smith & Wilbur, hardware dealers in the town, have been forced into bankruptcy. Charles Miles, Charles Jackson and Walter Obey, colored, were hanged at Pittsburg for the murder of John Kluzor, near Leetsdale, on the night of May 9 last Burglars looted Buchanan's general store at Larimer, securing merchan dise worth about $300. The Philadelphia, Baltimore aad Washington Railroad company's freight building at Oxford and 10 cars loaded with freight were destroy ed by Are. The loss Is estimated at $45,000. While dozing in a seat of a pass enger train on the Indiana branch of the Pennsylvania railroad Edward H. Sutton, of Indiana, was robbed of about $160 in cash and his watch. J. M. Tassel and William J. Coch ran, mlllworkers, living near Hydo Park, were killed by a train, opposite Leechburg.
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