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LIVES LOST
Express in Collision with Freight,
on Pennsylvania Railroad.
Wreck Caught Fire
PASSENGERS HURLED INTO RIVER
Blazing Wreckage Prevented the
Physicians from Rendering Aid
for Some Time.
While 1C9 passengers on the second
suction of train 19, bound for their
homes in 4'ittsbm-g and the West,
wore asleep in their berths, or dozing
in the day coach and smoker, the en
gine of the train plunged into the
wreck of a freight train in the Harrls
burg yards, one mile east of Harris
burg station. The passenger loco
motive exploded. Following this were
a number of explosions of gas tanks
under the Pullman cars that tore them
to pieces, pinioning the passengers
under the wreckage, where they were
roasted to death.
The list of dead now numbers 22 and
over 100 were injured, some of whom
may not recover.
The combination of circumstances
that produced the disaster is unusual
and almost unprecedented. It appears
that the primary cause of the accident
was the movements of a switch en
gine. Its pecessltles or convenience
caused a rapidly moving freight to be
flagged. The stop was so sudden that
the train buckled, was wrecked, and
the wreck blocked the passenger track.
The express, 12 minutes late and run
ning CO miles an hour, arrived almost
at the moment. It was impossible to
check It and the locomotive plowed
through the wreck, exploding a
freightage of dynamite, the boiler of
the locomotive perhaps exploding first
nmri itu ftptnnntinn cniKstnn. tVlo itvnn-
ploslons were of the Pintsch gas
tanks under the Pullman coaches.
Those who escaped saw fellow
passengers pinioned in the wreckage,
but fear of further explosions and the
fierce heat of the flames prevented
them from rescuing any of the vic
tims. None of the fortunate ones had
any protection from the night air and
became chilled. Those who escaped
after the first explosion were nlmost
naked by the concussion of the sec
ond. Where the first explosions occurred
human bodies were thrown clear out
of the berths in sleeping cars, many
lna- down the railroad embank-
utTsnd some even having been
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Li IC7 I'll aiuitiiis UL 1 lill 1 lOUUI c,
procurable were summoned to work
with the Injured.
A fire alarm was sounded and the
firemen arrived, to find themselves
practically helpless in the work of res
cue. It was impossible to go within 300
yards of the fire, many small explos
ions occurring continuously.
PRESIDENT AT CAPITAL.
His Western Trio one of the
Most
Enjoyable of All.
President Roosevelt reached home
at midnight May 11, from his western
trip, which he regards as one of the
most enjoyable journeys he has taken
since he has been President. He trav
eled 6,006 miles and passed through
12 States and three Territories Mary
land, Pennsylvania, Ohicr, Kentucky,
Jlana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas. In-
an i Territory, Tsx?s, Oklahoma, New
iexlco, Colorado, Nebraska, and Iowa.
Every State and Territory in the
United States except Florida and Ar
kansas have been visited '. by Mr.
Roosevelt since he became President
ana It is his Intention to accept the
hospitality of these States before his
terjm is finished. It is probablo he
will make a tour of the South before
thf convening of Congress this year.
tl'he demonstrations at every point
where the President spoke are said by
thje official members of the party to
have been the heartiest that ever have
Mem accorded him on any trip.
FIFTY BRAZILIANS DEPORTED.
aa crossed canaeian tsounaarv ana
Showed Bogus Papers.
Fifty Brazilians who were refused
They have been held here for
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nm nnnfir TinTiii-n I7nnnn unnprn
orting to have been issued in
certificates rrauauit.ni.. i ne party
boarding a New York train.
t:y were utuumeu wmio cuuiigmg
22 children under 12 years.
Edward Gottschalk, who pleaded
nrtman. (inftschnlk's neeomt) lee In
I. Schlnheldecker, was sentenced by
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J. R. GARFIELD REPORTS
Returns From Oil Investigation, but
Leaves Capable Men In Field.
Secretary Metcalf of the Department
of Commerce, who has returned from
an Investigation in the West regard
ing the production of oil, had a long
conference regarding the Inquiry.
Commissioner Garfield said that m
each oil field he visited, he left cap
Able agents who are working out the
details necessary to the complete in-C'Jlrv-
DEMAND CONTINUES
Expected That Product of Pig Iron for
May Will Exceed Two Million
Tons.
II. G. Dun & Co.'b "Weekly Review
of Trade" says: Unsettled weather
still retards retail trade, and uneven
distribution of moisture prevents crop
prospects from attaining nn ideal post
tion, but the general result
is much better than nor
mal and far more satisfactory than
at this time in 1904. Mercantile pay
ments are fairly prompt, money easy
and abundant, while confidence In the
future is the ruling sentiment. The
decline In Wall street to the lowest
average of the most active railway se
curities since last January has had no
perceptible Influence on business, and
railway earning continue to make fa
vorable comparisons with last year's
figures, the early returns for April
showing a gain of 9.7 per cent.
Manufacturing activity Is unabated,
the leading industries reporting a
minimum percentage of idle machin
ery, and pig Iron products Is expect
ed to establish a new record of over
2.000,000 tons for the current month.
Foreign commerce has again shown nn
Increase at this port over the same
week last year. For the first time
In many weeks the comparison as to
exports was unfavorable. Real estate
transfers are very heavy In all parts
of the country, and In addition to the
large amount of building operations in
progress, the number of new permits
Indicate that much more structural
work is contemplated. Little Inter
ruption from labor controversies Is
still cause for gratification. A little
irregularity Is noticed in reports from
the leading centers of the Iron and
steel industry, but it was not to be
expected that produclon and consump
tion would continue to establish new
high water marks Indefinitely. There
is still great pressure for quick de
livery of structural steel for bridges,
buildings and cars, while practically
all forms of railway equipment are In
larger demand than supply.
U. S. OFFICIAL IN TROUBLE
Charges Hungarian Authorities With
Tampering With His Mall.
American Immigration Inspector
Marcus Braun hps become Involved in
serious trouble with the Hungarian
authorities. Mr. Braun alleges that
the authorities tampered witfi his
mail. He was fined $10 iii the police
court for threatening a police depart
ment detective whom he says he dis
covered in the act of opening his mail.
The Hungarian state police depart
ment makes public a communication
declaring that Mr. Braun cannot show
credentials proving his relations with
the American government.
Mr. Hraun Is one of three special
Immigrant inspectors now engaeed on
special work for the immigration bu
reau In Europe, the exact character
of which the officials at Washington
decline to say anything about. He is
the president of the Hungarian club
of New York, which during the spring
entertained President Roosevelt in
that city.
McKINLEY MAUSOLEUM
Trustees Accept Design and Work
Will Begin at Once.
The trustees of the McKinley Mem
orial ns'rlation formally approved
the design for a mausoleum submitted
by H. Van Buren McGonlgle, consult
ing architect to the board. It was de
cided work should be begun at once.
A sub-committee was appointed to
exercise the functions of a building
committee.
The body of President McKinley is
in a public vault In Westlawn ceme
tery. Canton. The association has
purchased a tract of land adjoining
-the cemetery which will bo known as
Monument hill.
The approach to the hill, which Is
74 feet high, called 'The Mall," which
is GOO feet long, will be beautified at
an approxJmate expense of $50,000.
Along the middle of this mall, between
a walk on cither side, will be an ar
tificial lake. A broad mid massive
flight of steps will lead from the foot
cf the hill up to the mausoleum.
From the foot of the hill to the top of
the mausoleum the height of the stone
structure will be about 175 fact.
Baptists Plan to Unite.
Announcement was made In New
York City that a general meeting of
both the Northern and Southern di
visions of the Baptist church will be
held at St. Louis on May 16 and 17,
when the question of organizing a
general convention of the Baptists of
North America, Including Canada, will
be discussed. The denomination was
separated by the slavery question
many years ago.
Favors Norway's Demands.
The special committee . appointed
to report on thj; consular question has
i.TiantmniiKiv nrinnteri nnit KiiiimtttRd
to the Storthing the draft of a bill for
the establishment of a separate con
sular service under the Norwegian
government, as that country demand
ed. Tho plan is to go into effect on
April 1, 190fi.
A reproduction of the Dlplodoc-ns
Carnegie in the Carnegie museum at.
Pittsburgh, was formally presented to
the British museum in London by An
drew Carnegie. Dr. William J. Hol
land and party from Pittsburgh were
present.
Want Wages Increased.
The wage committee has completed
its report on the entire wage scale for
the ensuing year for plants under the
Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers. , The scale
as it now stands is a demand for the
highest wages In effect for the 'last
10 years.
A fast freight on the Wheeling &
Iiike Erie railroad Jumped the track
al Mogadore, O., and demolished the
dipot
HI! FITS.
More than One Hundred Killed
by Storm in Oklahoma.
MEN WERE BLOWN TO BITS
Dynamite Explodes In Mine, Killing
Seven Workmen Gas Holder
Collapses and Kills Four.
Seven men were killed and one
was injured, probably fatally in an ex
plosion in the Cora mine, one of the
Helnze properties, near Butte, Mon
tana. The only one injured Is Hugh Mc
Glllls, concussion of the brain.
The cause of the explosion is not
known. Nels Wampa was carrying
forty sticks of dynamite up a ladder
to join companions on the fourteen
hundred foot level, when the dynamite
exploded with ten-Idle force. It Is be
lieved that Wampa accidentally touch
ed his candle to the explosive. Wampa
was blown to bits.
Two men working nearby were
blown to pieces, the remains when
picked up filling seven sacks. Four
others 100 feet distant were instantly
killed.
Four men were killed, one was fa
tally Injured and two score others
were more or less seriously burned by
the collnpse of an Immense gas holder
at the Point Breeze works of the
United Gas Improvement in the south
ern part of the city of Philadelphia.
HUNDREDS KILLED
Tornado Devastates Town of Snyder,
Oklahoma.
All estimates of the number killed
by Wednesday night's tornado In
Snvder. Okla., and its vicinity make
the total at least 125 persons. Four
hundred persons were injured, but
most of them only slightly. An ap
peal 1k3 been issued through the As
sociated Press to the people of the
United States asking aid. A heavy
rain drenched some of the Injured and
filled craves dug for victims with
water.
Col. Kingsbury, commandant of the
Eighth cavalry at Fort Sill, made a
requisition on the war department for
orders to send troops to Snyder, with
rations for the tornado sufferers.
Snyder is a town of 1.000 Inhabi
tants In Kiowa county, Oklahoma, lo
cated on the Frisco railroad, 43 miles
north of Vernon.
FIRE BOSS ELECTROCUTED.
Gas In Mine lenites and Explodes,
Tearing Down on Victim Highly
Charged Electric Wires.
With his head severed from his body
by the burning of a highly-charged
eiectrlc wire. Solomon Sllffy, a fire
bess in the Banning No. 2 mine of
the Pittsburg Coal Company, at Con
nellsville, Pa., was found. In his hat
was nn open lamp, which explained
the explosion, which threw Stiff y down
and brought down upon him the wire
which caused his death.
St iffy wont Into the mine late at
night. The superintendent, who had
been down before, Is said to have
warned him not to take an open lamp,
as gas was escaping from the ribs.
When the fire boss did not return at
his usual time a searching party was
Instituted and the burned body found.
A safety lamp, unllghted, was found
near him.
SALVATION ARMY GIRL SLAIN.
Man Then Turns Weapon on Himself,
Taking His Own Life.
Because of unrequited love Peter
Kathelser, a millwright, shot and in
stantly killed Miss Grace Townsley, a
lieutenant of the Vouriteers of Ameri
ca, at Lincoln, Neb. He then killed
himself. The tragedy occurred on a
stairway leading to a rooming house.
Judge Kiess, of Buc'yrus, O., over
ruled the motion for a new trial In
the appropriation proceedings of the
Postal Telegraph Company against the
Big Four Railway Company for right
of way to construct a line of poles
from Berea to Union City.
LEGAL OBSTACLE FOUND
Church Union May Not Be Sustained
by Courts.
After two years' of agitation on the
question of union between tho Pres
byterian and Cumberland Presbyter
Inn churches, and after both bodies
have decided tho Issue favorably, the
point has been suddenly raised on the
eve of the meeting of the two gen
eral assemblies whether such a union
will be valid and sustained by the
courts. An eminent Presbyterian lay
man, Judge William m. canning oi
! the United States district court of
i New Jersey, declares tne unitea
church would not have a legal right
to the property of the Cumberland
body.
Mother and Son Victims.
At Lancaster O., Mrs. Alexander
Sphafcr and her six-year-old son' were
struck and fatally Injured by lightn
ing. Mrs. Elizabeth Schafer, who was
also In the house, was uninjured. The
house was wrecked. Four electrical
storms broke over the city, doing
great damage to trees, Isolated barns
and telegraph poles.
Charges of Bribery.
There are strong allegations of ex
tensive bribery having been resorted
to to defeat certain legislation In tho
New York Legislature. Some mem
bers a"e said to have received from
$25,000 to $30,000. An investigation
Is threatened.
Judge Cecil Pence, a former mem
ber of the Kentucky legislature,
known all over Kentucky as a lawyer
and politician, committed suicide In
Lovlngton by shooting. Ho was 35
ycarc of age.
RU3SIAN ASSEMBLY
Elections Will Be Held for Council In
Czar's Realm.
A report defining the form and
character of the new branch of the
Russian government to be-created In
accordance with the Imperial rescript
of March 3, Is current in official cir
cles at St. Petersburg, according to
which the work of the Boullgin com
mission has taken the form or a
recommendation for the creation of a
zemsky sovyct or council of zenistvos.
elected indirectly through the zenist
vos to serve as a connecting link be
tween the emperor and the people.
Emneror Nicholas Is said to have
accepted the report of the commission
and the date of its proclamation nas
been tentatively fixed for May IS. The
main features of the reported scheme
are an organization comprising from
300 to 550 members elected by the
Zemsvos, the Zemstvo system being
extended to all parts of the empire
while the autocratic power of the em
peror to remain undiminished, the as
sembly's privileges being advisory
with the right of interpellating the
ministers and discussing the budget
when formulated, though the minist
ers continue to be responsible only to
the emperor, whose will will remain
the supreme law.
Elections will be held during the
summer in order that the first session
of the new assembly may open on
November 15.
JEWS FIGHT CHRISTIANS
Retaliate When Attacked, 12 Killed
and 50 Wounded.
The report In circulation in St
Petersburg that there nad been a
massacre of .Tews at Zhitomir, gov
ernment of Volhynln, Southwestern
Russia, Is confirmed In a dispatch to
the Novostl, which says the rioting
beran May 7 and continued 48 hours.
Orthodox Christians fell upon the
Jews in the streets. The Jews were
armed and fought their assailants, 12
persons being killed and 50 wounded
Private dispatches from Zhitomir
attributed the nttack upon the Jews
to articles In M. Kroushevan's paper.
On Sunday the Jews telegraphed to
friends In St. Petersburg to ask the
authorities to take strong measures
for their protection and orders to that
effect were sent. A renewal of the
fighting was expected.
SLAIN IN
RUSSIAN RIOTS
Battle Between Jews and Christians
at Zhitomir.
Grave reports are current In St,
Petersburg as to the extent of the
massacre of .Tew3 nt Zhitomir, til
number of killed or wounded being
placed as high as 200, but precise In
formation Is lacking. According to
nrlvate advices from Zhitomir, the
fruits of the riots there are 10 dead
and over 100 wounded, mostly Jews
Martial law was proclaimed at Zhito
mir. The city is filled with troops
and order generally Is restored,
though Individual cases of violence
are still occurring and a renewal of
doting is feared Saturday evening and
Sunday next. The same private ad
vices bring news of a further anti
Semitic outbreak In C.ostynin, in the
province of Warsaw, in which many
Jews were injured and houses pillag
ed. Strikers Appeal to President.
A strongly-worded protest against
the sending of Federal troops to Chi
cago was submitted to President
Roosevelt, when he was in the city
on his way to Washington. The pro
test Is signed by C. P. Shea, presi
dent of the International Brother
hood of Teamsters; Charles Dolil.
president of the Chicago Federation
of Labor, nnd by other labor leaders.
In firm toneB the President replied that
mob violence must be suppressed, and
that no Federal aid had been asked.
Hereros Attack Kaiser's Troops.
A force of Hereros on April 27 fell
upon a German column under the
command of Capt. Wlnterfeldt in the
mountains east of Gananls, German
Southeast. Africa, and in a lively fight
I which followed 10 Germans were
I killed or wounded. The natives were
beaten off with the loss of 15
killed.
Allegheny College Boy Wins.
Bruce Wright, of Allegheny college,
Meadvllle, Pa., at New Concord, O.,
won the $30 gold medal, the first prize
In the trl-stnte orntorlcal contest par
ticipated In by colleges of Ohio, Penn
sylvania and West Virginia. Other
Institutions represented were: Musk
ingum, New Concord: Waynesburg,
WayneBburg, Pa., Westminister, New
Wilmington, Pa.; Geneva, Beaver
Falls, Pa.; Bethany, W. va.
Must Leave Prison to Stand Trial.
In the district criminal court Judge
Wright overruled the motion of coun
sel for August W. Machen to quash
the bench warrant Issued against
Machen to bring him to trial in the
Crawford-Machen-Lorena conspiracy
case. The effect of Judge Wright's
ruling will be to bring Machen to
Washington for trial on May 22.
Asks Ships to Bring Jones' Body.
Acting Secretary of State Loomls
made a formal request to the navy de
partment In behalf of the stnte de
partment for the dispatch of a squad
ron of American naval vessels to
France In June, to bring to this coun
try the remains of John Paul Jones.
Alleged Counterfeiters Caught.
Secret Service Officer T. E. Land,
of Boston, arrested Thomas Brewster,
Charles Fairbanks and Robert Slack,
at Portsmouth, Va., charged with ex
tensive counterfeiting operations. It
Is said that large quantities of bogus
money have been circulated In all the
cities through which the men passed.
Together with the prisoners the secret
Bervlce officer captured $9,000 .In
counterfeit money, most all of which
is In the denomination of $20 bills.
1ILE0BIT0B
Midnight Storm Cuts a Swath
through Kansas Town.
QUEER FREAKS OF THE WIND
The Property Damage Will Foot Up
Many Thousands of Dollars.
Victims Were Asleep.
When darkness fell upon .the town
of Marquette, Kan., on the 9th it was
known thut 0 lives had been lost in
a tornado that wrecked part of the
place early that morning, and did
much damage In this vicinity and that
44 persons had been injured. Of the
injured 35 were seriously hurt and
some of them may die. During the
dav Carl Warnoulst and Mrs. J. A.
Carlson died of their Injuries.
Several of'the others are Buffering
from broken limbs and Internal in
Juries.
The known dead: Tlllle Ellison,
Mrs. A. V. Anderson, Mrs. Elmer
Hultcren. Blanche Switzer, Lena
Swltzer, Nina Switzer, Anna Coul
son, M. P. Nelson, wife and three chil
dren; A. Slegren, Sr., Olaf Hanson
and wife, Gottfried Nelson, wife and
child; Elmer Nelson, Mrs. Postler and
child, Nlrta Rob:rts, Carl Warnqulst,
Mrs. J. A. Carlson, Clyde Norris, Ous
Anderson.
In several cases entire families have
been killed. A man named Switzer, a
night watchman at the railroad yards
lost his three children. N. P. Nelson
with his wife nnd three children, were
found dead. Two other children were
not at home and escaped Injury.
The tornado struck the southern end
of the town and cut a clean swath
100 yards In width through its entire
length. Coming as It did at midnight
the people were caught without a mo
ment's warning. A heavy rainstorm
had preceded the wind and after the
tornado passed a scene of complete
desolation followed.
Manv residences were com-
nletelv demolished, the wreckage be
lug cnrrled away entirely, while others
were picked up bodily, moved a short
distance away nnd dropped to earth
Many of the victims were killed as
they lay asleep; others maimed and
bleeding awoke to find themselves
burled in the wreckage of their form
er homes.
WARSHIP P.ACE3
Alabama Falls Eehind In Contest
With Six Others.
News of an eight-hour ocean race
In which seven big United States bat
tleships participated was brought to
New York by the battleship Alabama,
which arrived In command of Rear
Admiral Charles H. Davis and will go
to the navy yard to be overhauled be
cause of the poor showing which she
made in the contest. The ships were
coming up tho coast last Saturday and
were 200 miles south of Caps Henry
when the word was given for a speed
test.
For two hours it was nip and tuck,
there being scarcely a change lu the
relative positions of the participants.
By that time excitement was running
high on board the battleships and the
speed contest had developed Into n
race.
Finally the Massachusetts and the
Alabama besan to fall behind, nnd
when the signal ending the race was
Hashed both these ships vere far hi
the rear. The Alabama, which has the
record of being one of the fns'est
battleships In the navy, was fully a
mile and a half behind the Massachu
setts. At the finish the battleship Missouri
which had drawn away from the
others, was only 73 '2 miles south of
Capo Henry, having covered 120'j
miles In the eight hours. Daring the
last six hours of the race the battle
ships were under forced draught and
nil suffered more or les3 from the
strain to which they vere subjected.
With the exception of the Alabama
all the vessels went to Hampton
Roads.
WHEAT PERCENTAGE BETTER
But
Area Is Greatly Reduced and
Yield Will Be Less.
Returns to the Clilef of the Bureau
of Statistics of the Department of
Agriculture made up to May 1 show
tho area under winter wheat cultiva
tion on that date to have been about
29,723,000 acres. This is 1,432,000
acres or 10.C per cent less than the
area sown last fall, and 2,858,000 acres
or 10.0 per cent more than the area
of winter wheat harvested last year.
Of the area abandoned or ploughed
under, 350,000 acres are reported from
Kansas, 203,000 acres (Including cut
ting for hay) from California, and
102,000 acres from Missouri. For the
2i),723,0C0 acres remaining under culti
vation the average condition on May
1 was 92.5 against a condition of
91.C on April 1 for the entire acreage
sown; of 7G.5 for the area remaining
under cultivation on May 1. 1004, and
of 83.7, tho mean of the May averages
of the l-.-.sf ten yens.
Herbert V. Crokr.r. a sin of Richard
Croker, was found dead In a train In
Kansas, aft:r bei i;; drugged.
Delaware River Bill.
Gov. Samuel ' W. Pennypacker
signed the bill appropriating $375,000
for deepening and improving the
Delaware river channel between Phila
delphia and Delaware bay. The work
Is to be done by the bureau of sur
veyors of the Philadelphia department
of public works in accordance with
the plans of the War department.
This money does not become available
until the city of Philadelphia appro
priates a like amount for the Im
provement of the channel.
toi'RAINED RELATION
Germans Said to Be Pleased Over
Prospect of Trouble.
No trouble Is taken In Berlin to con-
crnl the keen satisfaction felt at the
possibilities of the gravest complica
tions In connection with French neu
trality. Papers with big circulations
print' sinister special dispatches,
painting tho outlook In the uaruest.
colors. It goes without saying nun
Wllhelmstrassp is watching events
with fervent Interest, with prospects
of Germany triumphant, her two bitter
onemlcs, England and France, ex
haust hig themselves In war.
Dr. Motono, the Japanese minister
to France, went to the foreign nflics
In Paris, where he had tin fxt ended
Interview with Foreign Minister Del
casse. It is understood Dr. Mutor.io
referred to Japan's Increasing im
patience regarding the alleged
breaches of neutrality.
The feeling prevails (hat the situ
ation Is gradually assuming much ten
sion. Reports nro current that the
positive . Instructions of the French
officials received only perfunctory exe
cution on the part of their subordi
nates In Indo-Chlna, owing to the In
dividual sympathy existing between
the civil and naval French and Rus
sian authorities.
Verbnl communications quite recent
ly passed between the British and
French foreign offices concerning the
alleged toleration by France of
breaches of neutrality on the part of
the Russian warships In the far east.
This was practically admitted at the
foreign office. Foreign Secretary
l.ansdowno crmimunlcate.d with the
French ambassador In London and to
the French foreign office, through the
British ambassador at Paris, within a
few days.
The Russian foreign office author
izes the following statement: "France
has not transmitted to Russia a new
Japanese protest against the viola
tion of French neutrality."
OYAMA READY FOR ACTION
Japanese Are Getting Into Condition
for Battle.
Since April 29 the Japanese have
been advancing slowly and Intermit
tently pushing forward their columns
successively from right to left under
cover of a screen of cavalry and
Chinese bundits. . The advance has re
sulted In straightening the alignment
of the opposing armies, Russian de
tachments, which were far advanced
on the flanks being forced to retire.
Eniagou, to the eastward, was occu
pied May 5 nnd Is under pressure by
the Russians, the Japanese later evacu
ating the place. On the left the Rus
sian cavalry retired behind the Liao
river, the Japanese occupying Palao
tun, Saiilingan and Batzya.
The village of Shahertzt, on the rail
road north of Changtufu. has been oc
cupied and burned by the Japanese.
There was n sharp brush with Chinese
bniidils on the extreme Russian right
to-day. It Is reported that the Jap
anese armies In tha center have been
reinforced. The force at Field Mar
shal Oyama's disposal, according to
Information recently received, is 340
battalions, or 390,000 men.
The Japanese nrp said to have arm
ed 25,000 or 30.000 Chines 3 bandits
with captured Russian rifies. The
Chinese have been drafted for road
making and roads are being construc
ted to Slhniinpu, Banchensee and
Nanga Pass.
CURRENT NEWS EVENTS.
The business section of Flora. Miss.,
was destroyed by fire. Loss, $200,000.
A snow nnd sleet storm, accom
panied by a strong gale, raged for two
hours nt St. Cloud Minn.
The Amalgamated convention adopt
ed scales providing Increases for the
puddlers nnd muck bar rollers.
There Is marked activity In the vol
cano of Kilauen. The flow of lava Is
increasing and a rising In the crater
gives indications that there may be an
overflow.
The annual commencement of
Princeton Theological seminary took
place on the 9th. In award of prizes
the $50 Scribnrr prize in New Testa
ment studies went to Charles F.
Reed, Brougeville, Pa. Diplomas
were conferred on 49 seniors, and 30
graduate students received the degree
of bachelor of divinity.
PRESIDENT'S HUNT ENDED
Bid3 Each One Affectionate Farewell
and Starts for the East.
At Glenwood Springs. Col., President
Roosevelt Sunday evening entertained
at dinner his companions on his three
weeks' hunt In the Rocky mountains.
After the dinner the President bade
them an affectionate farewell and
promised that all would live forever
in his fondest memory. At the dinner
were P. B. Stewart, of Colorado
Springs; Dr. Alexander Lambert, of
New York; Guides Jacob Borah, John
Goit; "Brick" Wells, John Fry and G.
M. Sprague. Courier Elmer Chapman
and Secretary William Loeb.
Ten bears and four bobcats, or
lynx, were taken by the party during
the fortnight's hunt. Of the bears
killed the President shot four and Dr,
Lambert the others.
The Presidential train started for
the East at 5 o'clock Monday morn
ing. Gates Says He Lost $100,000.
John W. Gates, the financier of
! Chicago. In conversation with a friend
?ated that he had not lost more tnan
5100,000 In the recent wheat deal.
FOR UNION MEN
Glassworkers' Organization to Build
Several Factories.
According to a statement given out
bv T. W. Rowe. of Toledo, O., presl
dent of the American Flint Glass
Workers' union, the national organi
sation will at once begin tho erection
of three lamp chimney factories, which
will give employment to Inion men
One of the factories. It Is reported, will
be built in Marlon, another in West
VirElr' - third In Penusylvaalx
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS
GOVERNOR VETOES TWO BILLS
Measures Which Sought to Regulate
Employment Agencies In Cities
and Gigging Carp.
Gov, Samuel W. Pennypacker ve
toed tin) bill licensing and regulating
employment, agencies In cities of tha
first and second class, and the bill
legalizing the killing of carp la
Htreums, In which brook and other
trout are not established, with a gig
or sp'ar having a space of not less
than Hi. Inches betwetn the prongs.
The Governor n-tyn In his veto of the
first bill that It Is to be regretted that
this measure, which has for Its ob
ject the very worthy purpose of pro
tecting those who are brought into
relation with employment agencies
should fall, but It has b;m prepared
with such a want of care and displays
so much crudity of thought that It
could not with safety be permitted to
become a law.
Another chapter was added to the
Ramuel T. Ferguson murdtr caso at
West Mlddleton when . Judge J. A.
Mcllvalne issued an order that tho
records of the trial and conviction of
Mllovar Kovovlek, who was hanged
lor the crime be translated into the
Croatian language and forwarded to
Croatia to be used In the trial of
three alleged accomplices. A few days
ago word waa received at Washing
ton that three men, Peter Kovac, Nic- ,
ola Katie and Nicola Mlkovlc, had
been arrested In Croatia, charged
with complicity In the crime, and ask
ing for a transcript of the Kovovlck
case. According to the laws of Aus
tria the three men will be tried at
Ogulia, Croatia.
The new theater at Tloncsta was de
stroyed by what Is believed an incen
diary fire. The building had been
carefully Inspected at the conclusion,
of a home talent performance, and It
Is supposed that access was gained
some time during Sunday and a slow
fire started in one of the dressing
rooms. Such headway was gained be
fore the fire was discovered that the
efforts of the volunteer fire depart
ment were useless although by hard
work a number of adjacent buildings
were saved. The theater was owned
by S. J. Walcott & Sens, and erected
at a cost of $15,000.
George L. and John O. Hibbs, of
Redstone township, Fayette county,
have sold to Walter Runyon, of New
York, a 230-acre tract of coal land in
Fnvette county, near Brownsville, for
$2S3.HO. This is the top-notch price
for coal land in that part of the coun
ty, ns only a few years ago tha same
coal could have been bought for $100
an acre. This is on the line of
the Connellsville Central, a coke road
up Dunlaps creek from Brownsville.
The will of Thomas H. Forcey,
president of the Clearfield County
Matlnnnl Rank, nrovldes ' that the
bulk of this fortune, about $1,200,000,
remain in the bank for 20 years, dur
ing which time his four sons will
receive the income. Then they are
to get 10 per cent, of the principal
vearly until it is all withdrawn. His
only outside bequest was the income
on $1,000 to the First rresoyteriau
Church.
The annual re-union of Philippine
veterans of the Tenth regiment will
be held at Washington August 17, in
conjunction with the annual, ak&hbtf"
of the Ringgold cavalry. A feature
will be a barbecue at Arden station.
A parade will be held of Civil and
Philippine war veterans. The "Boiler
Works" band of the regiment will furn.
ish music.
Cornelius Day and Adam Sturgeon,
residents of Coulter, a little mining
town, six miles above McKeesport on
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, were
arrested at Eversburg. Westmoreland
county, on suspicion of being connect
ed with the robbery of the house of
Frederick Reltler, at Coulter, early
Saturday morning.
The efforts to run a continuous
vaudeville circuit this spring in the
towns of Connellsville, Unlontown and
Greensburg failed Saturday night af
ter a week's trial, and 30 actors are
stranded In the three places. B.
Frank Taylor of Pittsburgh was the
manager of the circuit.
A pumpboat boiler at Beaumont
mine, near Brownsville, blew up, seri
ously injuring the engineer, John
Starr. Starr was blown Into the
river, but he was able to grasp a
piece of wreckage and hold on until
rescued. One of his legs was broken
and he is badly scalded.
After a religious quarrel with for
eigners John Melicho was stoned to
death near his home at St. Clair,
Sunday morning. Later his body was
found on the highway. Five men are
under arrest on suspicion of having
caused the man's death.
William C. Copely, aslstant freight
trainmaster of the Middle division of
the Pennsylvania railroad at Altoona,
has resigned to become superintend
ent of terminals of the Washington
Southern railway at Washington, D.
C.
Water dripping from the roof of an
ice house Into a barrel of lime at
Butler, started a fire which destroyed
the ice house and a stable belonging;
to Delmer Reed. Several horses were
rescued with difficulty.
The Washington county coroner was
notified that Mrs. Hattie Mannlpg
had killed herself by swallowing car
bolic acid at the Pittsburg coal works,
four miles south of Burgettstown.
Rural free delivery route No. 3 was
ordered established June 15 at Punx
sutawney, Jefferson county. A. E.
Woodworth was appointed postmaster
at New Lyme station, Ashtabula coun
ty, O., vice John W. Woodworth,
dead.
Samuel J. Miller, a guard at the
Huntingdon reformatory, was killed by
a railroad tralo near Petersburg. Hs
was found with his skull fractured and
his body resting against a telegraph!
pole.
Amos V. Maxwell, of Meadvffle, was
found dead la bed. He was 23 yearaj
old.
It