7 4 CHECK JAPANESE ADVANCE Movement to Capture Passes is Successfully Resisted. THIRTY RIOTERS KILLED Russaln Troops Shoot Down Striking Railway Workmen Who Try to 8top Trains. Dispatches received from Korea re port that the Japanese have begun a simultaneous advance from Kuachod erl against the Musarlet and Plutsa bang pass, but that both columns were checked under pressure of the Rus sian advance detachments. The Rus sian losses, the dispatches sny, were Insignificant. Japanese warships are said to be cruising off the mouth of Peter the Great bay, on which Vladivostok Is situated, their lights often being vis ible from Russian Island. An Official aci'Oiint received nt St Petersburg of the strike on the Novorossisk-Vladl-Kavkaz railway describes a sanguinary encounter be tween the troops and workmen who were attempting to prevent the de parture of a mail train. After one Cossack hnd been killed the strikers advanced menacingly, whereupon the Infantry fired, killing 30 of the strikers and wounding 22. JAPAN PLACES ORDERS. Bridges and Railroad Equipment Wanted for Manchuria. Japan has apparently a fixed and firm determination not to relinquish her hold on Manchuria. At least this is the construction put on the hasty and secret preparations for the exten sion of the railroad which now runs from Fusan, on the southeast coast of Korea, to Seoul and across the Yalu river for 150 miles Into Manchuria, joining the Chinese Eastern railway, probably at Mao-Yang. Rush orders have been placed with American corporations for the ma terial, Including 3."0 steel bridges, 150 locomotives and 2.000 cars. The United States Steel Corpora tion, according to the New York Times, has been given the contract for the 350 bridges, mostly small structures, the rost totaling $500,000, while the Baldwin Locomotive Works has the contract for 150 locomotives of the narrow gauge type at a cost of S2.225.000. The cars are to be of steel, there being two contracts awarded, each for 1,000 cars, the total cost being $2,000,000. TRAIN ROLLS DOWN BANK. wo Passengers Fatally and Several Slightly Injured. A broken rail caused a disastrous wreck on the Somerset and Cambria hranch of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, 10 miles from Johnstown, Fa. Two persons, it Is thought, are fatally injured, and at least 10 others are badly cut and bruised. The train was late and nad Just crossed a bridge over Stoney Creek, near Kauffman's Run, when a broken rati was encountered. The drawhead pulled from the coach next the tender on the engine, and the baggage coach and two passenger coaches went over a 30-foot embankment Into the river. The engine and tender were left standing on the tracks. Two ties removed from the tracks by workmen who were repairing the track, are thought to have been re sponsible for the broken rail. When the engine reached the point where the tips were removed, the engineer said he noticed a snapping of the rails at about the time the lo comotive was about half over the waekened spot. Graft In Alaska. ! Advices received from Nome by the ' steamer Ohio, say that the people of j Nome are up in arms against the Gov ernment officers and their alleged ac tions in filling on valuable mining claims. The Nome Nugget charges the officers with using Illegal methods and taking advantage of their position to possess themselves of many valu- j able claims. ' I DEATH ENDS DEADLY WORK. After Killing Two and Shooting Two Others, Negro Is Laid Low. After killing two persons, seriously shooting two others, one a woman, and slightly wounding two more, Ike Kinney, a negro, was killed in a river bottom at Doella, Ark., after a fight with citizens who had surrounded him. Kinney killed a negro at Stamps on Wednesday, fled, and while being pursued, shot and killed E. R. Fergu son. Next morning the negro met Mr. and Mrs. Stewart, of Greensburg, and seriously wounded both, believing them to be members of a posse. Later, 25 men with dogs closed In on the negro, and he opened fire. C. F. Nash lost a finger and Alvln Bar ham was shot through the neck. Then W. C. Nash sent a fatal bullet into the negro. Banker Gets Five Yeaars. A. B. Loutzenhelser the abscond ing teller of the First National bank of Duluth, Minn., pleaded guilty in the Federal Court, and was sentenced by Judge Page Morris to serve five year's in the penitentiary. LIGHTNI. 3 STRIKES IN MINE. Miner ii Rendered Unconscious 60 Feet Below the Surface. Frank Moats, a digger In the Whar ton mines, near Connellsvllle, Pa., nearly lost his life in a peculiar man ner. He was standing with one hand on a "binder" at the roof and the other on bis pick, which rested on the ground. Lightning struck a maple tree directly over his head. The current passed through 60 feet of ground and knocked Moats sense less. He was revived with difficulty. DUN'S WEEKLY SUMMARY Leading Industries Receive Large Orders and Lesi Idle Machinery Is Reported. Business continues to expand In a wholesale manner that promises well for the future. Reports from the leading branches of manufacture are unanimous in telling of an increasing volumns of orders and the percentage of Idle machinery steadily diminishes. Textile plants make the best returns, closely followed by footwear factor ies, and some divisions of the steel Industry are engaged so far ahead that capacity Is extended. Better prospects for the crops removes the only handicap that Impeded the re vival of trade and favorable weather for a few weeks will assure unprece dented production In the aggregate, although the yield of cotton will fall considerably behind last year's. The month of July made a most encourag ing exhibit in so fau as statistics are available, liabilities of failure being smaller than in any month since April, l'JOl, and railway earnings surpassing last year's by 9.1 per cent. Foreign trade at New York for the last week shows gains of $1,770,184 In exports and $l,li0S,5('4 In Imports, as compar ed wlih the same period of 1904. Quiet conditions in the leading lion and steel markets do not prevent ac tivity at the mills, which operate freely on old contracts, and are pre paring for a vigorous fall campaign. Prices of minor metals have risen still further, tin selling six cents high er than It did a year ago. Output of coke is moderate, but the market Is quiet and prices are steady. Leather is more active, especially hemlock sole and oak backs, with pilices sustained. Prospect of still higher prices for materials necessi tates conservative action by manufac turers of boots and shoes. New En gland producers of footwear are fully occupied on current dellvereles. Fail ures last week In the United States are 2:!2 against 230 the corresponding week last year, and in Canada 26 against 18 last year. OHIO PROHIBITIONIST State Convention Meets in Columbus and Names Ticket. The. Prohibition convention of Ohio nominated the following ticket: Governor, Aaron S. Watkins, Hardin county. Lieutenant Governor, W. E. Foltz, Summit county. Judge of Supreme court, James Sterling, Stark county. Attorney General, W. L. Lister, Cuyahoga county. State Treasurer, Hiram L. Baker, Athens county. Member board of public works, George W. Mac, Dark county. All the nominations were made by acclamation except those for ' State Treasurer and for member of board of public works. Delegates who fav ored the Indorsement of John M. Pat tlson. Democratic nominee for Gov ernor, did not mention the subject when the call for nominations was made. Mr. Watkins Is professor 'of English literature in the Ohio Northern university at Ada. The platform adopted declares une quivocally for the prohibition of the liquor traffic, commends the National administration for the construction of the Interoceanic canal, demands the exclusion of the saloon within the canal zone, stigmatizes the Dow law as unconditional, favors the election of United States Senators by popular vote, pledges the party to give equal rights of suffrage without respect to sex; recommends the Inspection of private and State banks, calls for a uniform divorce law and labor legis lation, and advocates the Initiative and referendum In granting franchises and In municipal and county affairs. The new State Central committee or ganized by electing J. W. McLain, of Hiram, chairman, and J. C. Holiday, of Cincinnati, secretary. The new executive committee to conduct the campaign was at once elected. Frank McCartney of Columbus Is chairman: Walter L. McDowell, of Columbus, secretary, and John F. Gregg, of Columbus, treasurer. JAPS FEAR PANAMA. Conditions on Isthmus Too Deadly for Mikado's Subjects. The emigration companies at Tokyo object to sending laborers to Panama to work on the canal, on the ground that the conditions there are unsatis factory. They assert that there nre no ar rangements to care for the sick, no provisions for returning home the families of deceased laborers, and no allowance of passage money. They also assert tlt.it the drinking water and snnlfuy conditions are bad. The governnit.nl placed the question of sending l:o laborers and the con ditions befo.e the emigration com panies, who U.xnC as above stated. Taft Lands at Manila. Secretary of War Taft and party arrived at Manila on the steamship Manchuria August 5. Their arrival was made the occasion of a gorgeous water pageant. Governor-General Wright, MaJ.-Gen. Corbln and Rear Admiral Train, with their staffs and the official reception committee met the party when the Manchuria anchor ed. Raised Window Glass 20 Per Cent. At a meeting August 1 of the Pitts burgh Window Glass Jobbers' asso ciation prices were advanced 20 per cent. The advance was expected, as the Louisville and Cleveland Jobbers had already taken similar action. The rise is due to the decided scar city of window glass and shows the strength of the demand. Tennessee negroes have Inaugurat ed a movement throughout the State to have the "Jim Crow" law repealed by the next Legislature. MANY DEATHS FROM FEVER Disease Appears at Many Places Outside New Orleans. ITALIANS HIDE THEIR SICK The State of Arkansas Establishes a Shotgun Quarantine by State Militia. The 've()V fpver ultllHtinn In Notv Orleans and the south, to August 2, is as ioiiows: At New Orleans Total cases, 378; total in olher towns 10 cases but only one death. No apprehension exists of any ser ious results from the trouble that has arisen on the Mississippi and Louisi ana border over the enforcement of the Mississippi qunrantlnt. Reports of Captain Bostlck, of the Naval Re serve, and of Colonel Arsene Porll liat, of Governor Blanchard's staff, confirmed the charges that Louisiana fishermen, boatmen and citizens have been interfered with and that has been some obstruction to traffic in Lake Borgne canal, and that the revenue cutter Winona, which Is doing service under the direction' of Sur geon Wasdln, has Interfered with Louisiana boats. These reports led Governor Blnnchard to order Captain Bostlck and the mosquito fleet of the oyster commission to the scene. With Gov ernor Vardaman anxious to avoid any conflict with the Louisiana authorities, it is thought that the Mississippi soldiers, who have, It is said, been coming across the Louisiana line, will hereafter be required to keep on their side of the border and thus all further possibility of clashes will be over. In spite of all that has been done to reassure them, mnnv Itnllnna trv to conceal their cases. They are still stricken with nnnlp llnil thpv turn In fear from doctors and health officers. Details of the State militia were assigned to guard the gateways to the State of Arkansas. Rigid shotgun quarantine will be enforced. STEEL AND IRON TRADE Demand Continues Good and Rail .Mills Full of Work. The Iron Age says: The iron trade generally continues In a very sound and satisfactory condition. The de mand for billets nnd sheet bars has continued good and prices are high er. The rail mills are full of work. For some small lots for September de livery some of the large systems have indicated a readiness to pay a mod crate premium. The condition of the structural trade Is well illustrated by the fact that the United States Steel Corpora tion has started to build a mill for rolling structural shapes at the Clair ton plant. This mill, which will have a capacity of 10,000 tons of shapes ranging from 4 to 8-inch, is to be completed In the extraordinary time of 13 weeks. The strong position of steel Is hav ing Its reflection upon sheets, In which concessions nre not being made as freely as some time since. The gen eral demand for pipe shows little Im provement, the oil country require ments are fair, and the buyrng of boiler tubes Is good. The eastern scrap trnde shows prices firm and advancing. REFUGE FROM FEVER. Two Towns Will Not Quarantine Against the Plague. By official action of the City Board of Health Knoxvlllo, Tenn., has de clared Itself open to the world and invited all fever refugees, suspects or not, to come within its gates. It has been proved that yellow fever cannot propagate In this altitude. The City Council of Mena, Ark., not only refused to quarantine against yellow fever points, hut I gees from Infected places to come to mena, wnicli is In the Ozark moun tains, 1,350 feet above sea level, where the yellow fever germs cannot exist, doctors' say. COAL FLEET DETAINED. Crews Refuse to Go South Till Yellow Fever Abates. The Pittsburg coal fleet, with 8,000, 000, bushels of fuel, destined for points south, will be harbored in Cin cinnati and Louisville until the yel low fever has been stamped out in the South. AHvlnra ft-rtrv, ri n ITt....!-:.. t- t I .... ..v- ..uiu utiuijiuun, wnicn j point the fleet, with the Frank Gil- more us nagsnip, passed, are that the crews have refused to go farther south than Louisville until the plague is stamped out. The captains have been served with an ultimatum to this effect and wired ahead that preparations to har bor the greater part of the fleet in Cincinnati be made. Claim Mrs. Rogers is Insane. The record in the case of Mrs. Mary M. Rogers, under sentence of death at Bennington, Vt., on the charge of murdering her husband, was receiv ed by the clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States. The case 13 brought to this court on the plea that the woman Is insane. Hyde Will Return. James Wilson, secretary of agri culture, has persuaded John Hyde, former chief statistician of the depart ment of agriculture, to return to the United States and lend his aid to the Investigation of the leakages and manipulation of figures of the cotton reports. Mr. Hyde went to England on the Etrurla, after he had resigned under a hot fire of criticism from the Southern Cotton association. - Mr. Wil son sent to Mr. Hyde a cablegram telling him that he was wanted in j Washington and had better return. RUSSIAN ASSEMBLY. Ileotlon for Members Will be Held In Ootober. It Is understood that the elections for members for the proposed Rus sian national assembly will be held on October 14 and that the first meeting of the assembly will be held at St. Petersburg on November 14. The emperor has the right to pro rogue or dissolve the assembly, as well as to determine the duration of the session, according to the amount of business to be discussed. The president of the assembly can authorize the presence of the press at the sessions, except at such meet ings as are declared secret by the president or a minister for reasons of state. The national assembly will be en titled to pronounce not only on all government bills, but also on the pro visional regulations of the budget, credits, cession of state property and the formation of companies requiring exceptional privileges. Bills rejected by both the council of the empire and the assembly will be referred back for revision to the minister responsible for their intro duction. Bills approved by both bodies will be submitted to the em peror with a statement of the con siderations which actuated both bod ies In passing them. With reference to the right of Inter pellation, the members will be en titled to bring the matter of Infraction of the law to the attention of the ministers and to ask explanations, but the request must be signed by 30 members. If the assembly Is not satisfied with the answer, the ques tion may be submitted to the emperor. ARRAIGNS CONGRESSMAN Prosecutor Heney Calls Williamson Arch Conspirator. In the trial of Congressman Will iamson, Dr. Van Gessner and former United States Commissioner Biggs at Portland, Ore., Williamson's nep hew, Ernest Starr, testified that there had been an understanding between Gessner and himself that Gessner should pay $500 for Starr's land claim when he secured the patent from the Government. Dr. Gessner denied Starr's testimony. Prosecutor Heney began his argu ments for the Government. Mr. Heney alluded to Congressman Will iamson as the arch-conspirator and accused him of having planned the whole scheme. DUTCH BEAT REBELS Kill 260 Natives and Raze Fortlfl cations of Town. The Dutch expedition sent against the rebellious native state of Bonl, In the Island of Celebes, one of the Sunda Islands In the East Indies, in flicted severe punishment on the na tives, 200 of whom were killed. The fortifications of Badjoewa, one of the chief towns, were razed. Death of Bishop Joyce. Bishop Isaac W. Joyce of the Meth odist Episcopal Church, died at Min neapolis, Minn., as a result of a hem orrhage and paralysis suffered on July 2 while preuchlng at a camp meeting. CURRENT NEWS EVENTS. Maj. Harrod of the Panama canal commission, favors the old army can teen for employes In the canal zone. Two Inmates of the House of Cor rection at Milwaukee are "dead and four are dangerously ill as a result of drinking wood alcohol. Great Brltlan will sympathetcally approve any demands Japan may make on Russia, and Is withholding her support to movement for armis tice. Fire burned out the plant of the Baldwin Steel Company at Cold Spring, X. Y., which was recently moved thero from Pittsburg. Sixty men are thrown out of work. Mrs. ,Fred Schneider, the 18-year-old wife of a merchant tailor, of St. Joseph, Mich., committed suicide about midnight by jumping Into the St. Joseph river before the eyes of several hundred persons. The Madrid correspondent of the London Daily Mall says It has been decided to hold the Moroccan Inter national confurence at Madrid the beginning of November. Preldent Roosevelt, it Is said, wll offer the post of secretary of agri culture to Congressman James W. Wadsworth. A gasoline automobile driven by A. H. Stull, of Pltsburg, exploded at Lud wlck, Pa. The machine was wrecked. Mr. Stull and a companion escaped In Jury. -The machine was valued at $600. A llfeslze portrait of Carrie Nation, recently placed in the State historical rooms at Topeka, Kan., has been dis covered in ruin3, the glass and frame having been smashed to bits and the canvas slashed Into shreds. Near Spring Creek, In Leslie county. Ky.,' Nicholas Garrison, a wealthy lumberman, shot and killed Felix Hoskins, his cousin, also a lumber merchant, during a .quarrel over business matters. The Milwaukee grand jury has In dicted Charles F. Fisher, a leading citizen of the city, for stealing $14, 000 given to him to arrange for a gar bage contract with the city. Cholera Victims Dead In Streets. A message from Madras, British India, says: A serious epidemic of cholera prevails among the refugees from the famlne-strlcken districts who have been crowding Into the city for weeks past. Numbers of victims have been found dead or dying on the streets. The death rate la 89.7 per thousand. The Arkansas State board of health declared a quarantine for the State against all places where yellow fever exists. 7 DEFEATED CZAR'S FORCES Japanese Army Wins a Victory ' After Hard Fight. RUSSIAN COURAGE KEEPS UP General Llnevltch Denies the Report That Hit Army was Surrounded. An official report from Japanese headquarters on the Island of Sak halln says the Japanese army July 28 defeated the Russians south of Rykoff, and later occupied Palero after hard fighting. The Russians re tired southward. Gen. SnraguchI, commander-in-chief of the Sakhalin forces, ordered the establishment of a civil administra tion July 30. Gen. Mnevit'ch has telegraphed to the Russian emperor under date of July 25 denying the frequently puh Hshed reports that his army was com pletely surrounded. Hq says the army has never been In a dangerous position. The flanks have never been turned, although the Japanese sought to do so. A dispatch to the London "Times from St. Petersburg says that another imperial telegram, even more warlike than the emperor's reply to the Rlns burg clergy, appears In the "Official Messenger." The emperor, replying to an address from Khabarovsk, heartily approves the recommendation to continue the war until the enemy Is crushed and above all not to think of the cession of territory or the pay ment of an Indemnity. TORTURED BY SLUGGERS Man May Die of Abuse of Thugs In Chicago. Apparent evidence that labor slug gers malntnln In Chicago a place where systematic torture is meted out to those who incur the displeas ure of the sluggers, has Just come to light In the strange case of William H. Wilder. Wilder was formerly an army officer and at the time of the recent teamsters' strike was claim agent for a Chicago package express company. He disappeared July C, was held captive for three weeks and was then set at liberty, half starved and so dazed that he has not been able to give a coherent account of his cap tivity. He was found by a friend wandering aimlessly about near the Union station, at Canal and Adams streets, and was taken to his home at Downer's Grove. Physicians pronounce his physical and mental condition such that he may not recover. Much of the time he raves wildly and, as though still under torture, begs for mercy. Marks all over his body show thnt he had been bound with heavy cords. Over $100 he is known to have had on his person Is gone. Wilder is an Englishman, who saw service In the American army In Cuba and the Philippines and held a commission ns a second lieutenant In the regular army. He Is a bold, out spoken fellow of 37, who gloried In his physlcnl ability to take care of himself and defied pickets and slug gers to Intimidate him. 1,027,421 IMMIGRANTS Record Shows Increase of 26 Per " Cent During Past Year. The total number of Immigrants during the year ending last June was 1,027,421. These figures are given In Commissioner General Sargent's re port and show an Increase of 20 per cent In foreign lmmlgratto'n. The deportation of foreigners in creased In greater proportion during the last fiscal year than did the num ber of Immigrants admitted. This was a 45 per cent Increase over 1904. Altogether 11,506 foreigners were sent back. Russians adsled the largJ;t part of the- Increase In immigration contributed by any one nation with a total for the year of 184,897 persons an increase of 27 per cent. Rojestvensky Much Improved. Admiral Rojestvensky's condition lias made satisfactory progress since the operation was performed on his forehead at Tokyo. He is able to lpave his bed and sit In a chair. Pains In one foot, however, prevent his walking freely, but no cause for un easiness exists. The admiral has ex pressed his sincere satisfaction at the treatment accorded him. Cashier Spear is Pursued. George T. Cutts, receiver of the Citizens' National bank, of Oberlln, has brought an action against A. B. Spear, now in the penitentiary, and the United States Fidelity Company, which carried Spear's bond while he was cashier of the bank. The plain tiff's say the bank suffered the loss of $150,000 through Spear's dealings with Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwlck. The action is brought to recover the value of Spear's bond; $15,000. Operators Are Out. A general strike of the telegraphers of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railways was ordered by Presi dent Pelhnm of the Order of Railway Telegraphers. Must Clean Up First. Until tlie commission shall have completed Its arrangements looking toward better sanitary conditions and the housing of employes upon the ca nal zone and in the cities of Colon and Panama, the actual digging of the canal will be of secondary considera tion. Mr. Scgius Wltte, the leading peace envoy of the emperor of Russia, is in America, prepared to enter on pence negotiations with the Japanese commissioners. LAND FOR SETTLERS A Million Aeree In Uintah Reserva tion to be Opened Up. More than a million acres of the Uintah reservation in Northwestern Utah are to be opened to location on and after August 28. Registration for right to locate In a rotation to be determined by lot will begin at Ver nal, Provo and Price, Utah, and Grand Junction, Col., on August 1, and con tinue until 6 p. m., August 12. ' Every native born and naturalized male American over the age of 21 who has not availed himself of the home stead right and is not the owner of 1C0 acres of land can draw for land and every woman of the same citizen ship and above the same age who Is the head of a family or unmarried has the same privilege. The reservation thnt Is to be open ed comprises 2,245,000 acres, walled In on three sides by the Uintah and Wasatch ranges, and extending on Its eastern slope to the Green river, whose tributaries drain It. For its greater part It is a waste, apparently worthless, but here and there in it are spots that can be used to advantage. These spots are of various sizes and varied utility. There are lands available for farming under irriga tion, and these are to be allotted to white men after the Indian has had his pick of the farm upon which he shall end his days. . Other tracts have a sufficient natural vegetation sustained by the natural rainfall to make them desirable for cattle ranges. Other spots of limited area are rich In gtlsonlte and other minerals. In the mountain stretches there are supposed to lie deposits of precious metals, but the limitations of pros pecting have so far prevented the vein hunters from fully establishing this fact. JAPS PRESSING THE FIGHT Delbenskoe Occupied and Russian Army Put to Flight. The following report has been re ceived at Toyko from the head quarters of the Imperial army: "Our force on the Island of Sak halin advanced on the 27th and hotly chased the enemy from early In the morning. Our vanguard occulped Del benskoe the same afternoon. While our cavalry entered Rykoff another detachment was sent against the ene my at Nomhlha and Ivovskoe, dis lodging the enemy's force holding Vydernlcovsky and vicinity, and im mediately commenced pursuit. The enemy holding the latter place con sisted of Infantry with several guns. "On July 28 a detachment which was sent south In pursuit of the ene my met the enemy's infantry, some 8,00 strong, at a point six miles south of Rykoff and killed over 200 and captured 500. The enemy's strength opposed to our right column was of some 3,000 Infantry and four guns and four machine guns, and that op posed to our left column some 2,000 Infantry and four guns. Tho ene my's loss in trophies is under Inves tigation." Gen. Stoessel has been relieved of command of the Third Siberian army corps. WIDOW GETS $2,500,000. Contest of the Will of William Zieg ler la Settled. By a payment of $2,500,000 to the widow of the late William Zlegler, the Ziegler will contest was settled. Justice Giegrlch In the Supreme Court of New. York signed an order authorfzlng Justice Gaynor, executor of the estate, to pay Matilda Zleg ler $1,200,000 in cash and 5,000 shares of Royal Baking Powder Company stock, valued at $1,300,000. William Ziegler, the 14-year-olfl adopted son of the testator, consent ed to the settlement, which Is a re lease of all of Mrs. Zlegler's dower rightB and other claims against the estate. The will, the validity of which this suit was a test, left to Mrs. Ziegler the use of the city and coun try houses of her husband and an In come of $50,000 a year. The remain der of the estate, valued at $18,000,000 was given to the adopted son. BOAT HITS SUNKEN MINE Seven Sailors Killed by Explosion During Morning Practice, Seven sailors were killed and eight severely injured by the explosion of a submarine mine during mining practice in the Sandham roads near Stockholm, Sweden. A boat contain Irtg the victims struck the mine and was blown Into the air. Weak Boiler Caused Disaster. From an official source, it may be stated authoritatively that, the naval court of Inquiry will find that boiler B, 6f the Bennington,' exploded, not because of unusually high pressure, but because of a weak place and fail ure to renew It. The court will not censure the officers of the Bennington, but will pass up the matter and the responsibility to higher authority. Four Drowned. By the capsizing of a small skiff on Swan river, five miles north of Vera, Casca county. Minn., Edith TIchenor, Goldie TIchenor, Everett Tlchenor and Mrs. J. M. Pogue were drowned. Equitable Officers Arraigned. An action, was instituted by State Attorney General Julius M. Mayer in the supreme court, New York county. In the name of the people of the State of New York, against the Equitable Life Assurance society, its officers, directors and members of the executive and finance committees, all of which are named In the complaint. Thomas A. Edison, who is en route soutli on an automobile tour, declares Pennsylvania has the worst roads In the country. KEYSTONE STATE CULLIKGS OIL STRIKE IN BUTLER Rader Farm Proves Good for a Flv Hundred Barrel Gusher In 100 Foot Sand. A 600-barrel oil well was struck by the Rader Oil Company on the Rader farm in Connoquenessing borough. The well was drilled by Ray Brothers ft Klingensmlth and is In the heart of the old 100-foot development. A short distance from the Rader well S. E. Turner, a few days ago com pleted a 30-barrel pumper In the lot back of his house. The strikes mean the redrllling of several square miles of 100 foot territory. A suit was filed at Greensburg. against C. S. Funk of New Stanton, a prominent Democratic politician, by the Rev. C. E. Stoner'. Mr. Stoner alleged that he sold a horse to Funk for $130. Funk was to have the horse two weeks on trial. When the preach er went to get his money he alleges the horse had been abused by mem bers of the Funk family and payment was refused. Judgment in favor of Mr. Stoner was given for $130 and in terest from July 1. Funk will appeal to court. According to a bill filed in the com mon pleas court at Philadelphia five) directors of the Odd Fellows Mutual Life Insurance society of Pennsyl vania, are charged by Henry F. Wal ton, the' fecelver, with wrecking that concern. He accuses them ot fraudulently transferring $60,000 from the treasury to the Mutual Life In surance Company of Pennsylvania, and of illegally collecting $50,000 la premiums on Odd Fellows policies. Robert McAfee of Allegheny, was appointed secretary of the common wealth by Governor S. W. Penny packer. He will be succeeded aa banking commissioner by John A. Berkey of Somerset. The vacancj in the state department was caused by .he death of Frank M. Fuller of Un- lontown. The body of Jacob Haines, an oV Poldler, was found In the ruins ot tie Merchants hotel, at Jeannette, whlth was destroyed by fire. Haines wis a well-known character, and It was not known that he was in the burned building until his body was found. His dog, a constant companion, was also cremated. Blgler Johnson was hanged In the) jail yard at Towanda, for the killing of his wife and her niece, Annie Ben jamin, at their home near Macedonia, last September. Johnson had a four foot fall. He was accompanied to tho scaffold by his spiritual adviser, Rev. Mr. DeWltt. The second section of theChlcago special on the Pennsylvania railroad struck a wreck train broadside at Christiana, near Lancaster. Two cars of the wreck trains and the en gine on the special wer6 wrecked. No one was Injured. James Gunter, 19 years old, was found dead on the Erie and Pitts burg railroad track south of Green ville. His pockets were turned Inside) out, giving rise to the story of pos sible foul play, which his parents do not credit, however. Charles Burns, arrested and sent to prison at Connellsvllle, was alleged to have set fire to bedclothing and curtains at the house of Mrs. Eliza beth Ash, with whom he boarded. The blaze was discovered In time to prevent serious damage. Lightning struck the barn of Thomas Newall, near Sharon, burn ing 'it. A barn belonging to Frederick Delfenderfer In Pymatunlng town ship. Mercer county, was also struck by lightning and destroyed. Rev. Carl A. Voss, pastor of the) Immanuel Evangelical church of Cin cinnati, was elected pastor of the German Evangelical Protestant church, one of the wealthiest in Pittsburg. Jacob Shenk, a young son of Harry Shenk, residing en the Lamparter farm, near Lancaster, was seized with cramps while bathing in the Conesto ga creek at Pughs Mills and drowned. Gov. S. W. Pennypacker reappoint ed W. K. Staake and 'George Walter Smith, of Philadelphia, and C. Larue Munson, of Wllllamsport, a commis sion on uniformity of legislation. Father J. P. McAdam, of Sharon, was presented; with $200 by tlhe Knights ef Columbus, the occasion being the twenty-fifth anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. A 1.200-barrel tank of the South-'i west Penn pipe lines on the Funk farm, near Nineveh, was struck by lightning and destroyed. It was near ly full of oil. A thief entered the home of Mrs. Shannon Porter, of Sharon, during; the absence of the family at church. and secured about $400 from a bureau. drawer. Fire destroyed the finishing build ing at the Lewisburg Chair factory. of Lewisburg, causing a loas of about $25,000. Leo Short, 25 years old, died at AI- toona, from opium poisoning. He 13 survived by his parents and several brothers and sisters. John Venlsh, of Wlndber. was drowned while Attempting to cross Paint creek on a foot bridge. The large new hotel owned by the Shawnee Land Company at Shawnee. Indiana county, was destroyed by fire. D. H. Curry was proprietor. The loss Is $15,000 with insurance ot $10, 000. Calvin Lentz, of Lebanon, charged by R. R. Miller, of the same place, with having forged his name to a mote for $350, was arrested at Young wood. Lentz had been clerking in a store at Youngwood for two weeks. The Pennsylvania railroad has se cured additional property at Washing ton, lor tne erection of a new sta tion, to flout about $40,090.
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