PEACE TERMS SUBMITTED
Japanese Envoys Present Their
Demands at Portsmouth.
RUSSIA MUST PAY THE COST
Cession of Leases on Llaotung Penin
sula and Evacuation of Man
churia Demanded.
The pence envoys of Russia and Ja
pan held their first meeting at Ports
mouth, N. H.. August 9, but nothing
of Importance was done until the sec
ond day when Baron Komura present
ed an outline of the Japanese claims,
which were transmitted by M. Wltte
to St. Petersburg.
Although great secrecy is maintain
ed, the claims nre said to include the
cession of Sakhalin, reimbursement
for the expenses of war, cession of
leases on the Llaotung peninsula, in
cluding Port Arthur and Dulny; the
evacuation of .Manchuria ami the
"open-door" policy there: the cession
of the Chinese Eastern railway below
Harbin, recognition of a Japanese pro
tectorate over Korea, the grant of
fishing rights from Vladivostok to Iter
lng sea, the relinquishment t0 Japan
of Russian warships now Interned In
neutral ports nnd a limitation on the
naval strength of Russia in far east
ern waters.
The word "Indemnity" Is carefully
avoided, the term employed being "re
imbursement" for the cost of the war.
No sum Is fixed, the amount being
distinctly adjourned for mutual ad
justment between the two countries
after the Japanese expenditure has
been ascertained.
The terms were handed to M. Wltte,
written ;i French and English. The
documents are not long. They are
quite short. A paragraph Is given to
each condition. It required but about
S00 words, In cipher, for M. Wltte to
summarize and add his comments In
the personal cablegram he sent to
Russia before the exact terms were
cabled.
WELCOME TO PRESIDENT.
Prominent Men Visit Mining Towns
of Pennsylvania.
President Roosevelt, who came to
Wilkesbarre, Pa., and made an ad
dress to the delegates attending the
annual convention of the Catholic To-1
tal Abstinence Union of America, was
given a most enthusiastic reception,
il.c -mUre valley from Shlekshinny to
Plttston ink a holiday to do honor to
the President. The greatest crowd
that the municipality ever had within
Its confines was present, and it Is
estimated that the visitors number
ed upward of 2011,000.
The President arrived at 3 o'clock
and was driven directly to the speak
ers' stand on the River common. Be
sides the President, those who spoke
were Cardinal Gibbons, Mayor Kirken'
dall, of Wllkesbarre; John Mitchell,
president of the I'nlted Mine Work
ers' union, and "Rev. J. J. Curran, a
district president of the Catholic To
tal Abstinence union. Cardinal Gib
bons, Mr. Mitchell, 3enator P. C. Knox
and Mayor Weaver, of Philadelphia,
upon appearing, were given an en
thusiastic greeting. After the exer
cises on the River common had end
ed the President, was driven about the
city, then to the Wyoming monument,
and from there to Pittston, where he
boarded his special train and left for
Chautauqua, N. Y., at 7:20 p. m.
WANTS PAY FOR HUSBAND
Widow of Victim of Harrisburg Wreck
Sues for Damages.
Margaret E. Phillips, widow of
James R. Phillips, who was killed In
the Harrisburg, wreck on the Penn
sylvania railroad, has sued the com
pany for $100,000 damages In the
bill Mrs. Phillip's says her husband
left New York for Pittsburg on the
night of May 10. The facts connected
with the wreck, Phillip's .iniury and
death are then recited. She avers
that her husband was of sober hab
its, of large earning capacity and was
earning an Income of $23,000 a year.
SOCIALISTS ARREST E D
Poland's Jails Are Being Filled With
Armed Jews.
A thousand Socialists who were
holding a meeting In a forest near
Lodz, Poland, were surrounded by
soldiers. The majority were arrested,
many being wounded, while attempt
ing to escape. The military com
mander has sentenced the chief of
police and the burgomaster to one
week's imprisonment for disobedience
of military orders.
At Warsaw, the police are busy fill
ing the jails with Jewish Socialists.
They captured 250 armed with revol
vers and daggers in a synagogue.
Fifteen others were arrested after an
exchange of shots. A bomb was dis
covered In the street and three police
men were shot.
There also were disturbances in the
surrounding district. Gangs
of i
revolutionists, armed with revolvers boat Joe B. Williams struck a log six character Is now charged against the
and bombs, attacked the government miies below Golconda, III., In the Ohio ! department of agriculture, and the be
treasuries in the three district towns river, and sank. There was no loss I "ef ,H expressed In some quarters
of Opatow, Lubartow and Wengrow, 1 0f ife -rne hole In the hull Is 40 ! ,nat tne department's estimates and
resulting in sun ngnung witn tne i
police, several of whom were killed or
wounded. Peasants destroyed the pal- j
ace of Count Krasinkl at Tykocin. i
near Rylestok. j
4,000 Men Quit Work. I
According to figures given out by j
Secretary McNamara, of the Internat
ional Structural Iron and Bridge
Workers' union, 4,000 men have walk
ed out In the strike called against
the American Bridge Company. The
men say that the sub-contractors do
ing work for the American Bridge
Company are employing non-union
men, and insist that the union be
recognized throughout. No propo
sition to settle has been formulated
by either side and no arrangements
have ben made to get together. .
BUSINESS RESTRAINED
Among Adverse Influences Are 8trlkes
and Yellow Fever Crops Are
In Good Shape.
Trade reports are , less uniformly
favorable, but adverse factors are of
a temporary nature, and the net re
sults for the week is satisfactory
Numerous strikes have occurred, ex
ertlng the customary pernicious In
fluence over business, and the epl
demic of yellow fever Is restricting
southern trade On the other hand,
thermal conditions have facilitated re
tall trade, crop prospects have great
ly Improved, and out-of-town buyers
are numerous In all the leading mar
kets. Manufacturing plants are In
creasingly active, textile mills still oc
cupying the strongest position, while
shoeshops are not making concessions
to get business. Iron furnaces and
steel mills make progress, but less
rapidly. Lumber mills and dealers
are having an exceptionally busy sea
son. Railway earnings in July were
7.4 per cent, greater than In the same
month last year, and foreign com
tnerce at New York for the last week
showed an Increase of $.1,917.43!) in
Imports, while exports decreased $1,
DO.227. Little change has occurred
in the financial situation, rates rul
ing easy, while prices of securities
have risen close to the highest point
on record. Bank exchanges at New
York for the week were 47. S per cent,
larger thnn last year and at other
leading cities the Increase amounted
to 14 per cent.
Recovery in the Iron and steel In
dustry comes more slowly than was
anticipated, yet there are numerous
indications of a better tone. Quo
tations are practically unchanged. Ex
port trade is expanding and several
Important contracts are pending that
will add a large tonnage to the busi
ness of . the mills when satisfactory
terms can be arranged.
Textile markets have had the
stimulus of an increasing attendance
of western buyers. At present the
only event that might weaken the
position of cotton manufacturers
would be the cancellation of Chinese
orders, as many mills have withdrawn
from the market on account of export
trade Woolen gooils are meeting
with steady demand.
Raw materials of the footwear In
dustry continue strong, hides com
manding the highest position since
the civil war. and showing no Indica
tion of reaction. Footwear markets
respond to the upward tendency of
materials in so far as any changes
are recorded, but western shoo job
bers have not placed the customary
amount of spring orders, owing to dis
agreement as to values.
130 MILES IN 102 MINUTES
Pennsylvania Special Establishes a
New Long Distance Record.
AH records for long distance, run
ning were broken by the Pennsylvania
special vheu the distance between
Crestline and Fort Wayne, i:!0 miles,
was covered by Engineer Jerry .Mc
Carthy with the five cars in 102 min
utes. The train was 23 minutes late leav
ing Crestline and when McCarthy said
he would go into Ft. Wayne on time If
was said to be Impossible, as the best
previous time was 112 minutes,
made by the same train and engineer
several weeks ago. The average rate
of nearly 80 miles per. hour is con
sidered by railroad officials to be the
most remarkable Instance of long dis
tance running known to railroad his
tory. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.
Julius A. Houser, a Pennsylvania
railroad brakeman, was killed by a
train near Moravia, Pa. Ho was 23
years old and lived at Erie, Pa.
Sebastian Campbell, an aged glass
worker at New Castle, Pa., is dying
from blood poisoning caused by a
piece of glass getting In his eye.
William G hm, of Sharon, Pa., has
received word that he has inherited an
estate worth several thousand dollars
through the death of an uncle In
Germany. ,
The Governors of 2(5 Stntes have
so far, accepted the Invitations of the i
National Civic Federation to nmmlnt
I t.tiLiuaui v. i iv. r turi in lull lu tllluull
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ference on Immigration In New York
City, December 0 and 7.
Before leaving for his vacation
Postmaster General Cortelyou directed
the issuance of a new form of mon
ey order which. It is believed, will
be proof against alteration at
hands of forgers.
the
Acquired by Weetinghouse. I
It Is officially announced that the i
control of the Niagara, Lockport and
Ontario Power Company and the
Iroquois Construction company, which
has hitherto been vested In Joseph G.
Robin and his associates together with
the Westinghouse company, has pass
ed by sale of the Individual interests
to a new syndicate headed bv George
Westinghouse. of Pittsburg, and John '
t Aii.Hhf nf nffi .
' ;
Towboat Sunk.
The Monongahella River Consoll-
dated Coal and Coke Company's tow-
feet on an( tne damage 'a about
$10,000. The boat will be raised." Next
,0 the Spragtie the Joe B. Williams is
lhe iarBPSt towboat -engaged in the
river coul traile
Chauffeur Punished.
William Henry Myers, a chauffeur,
' vni pnnvtnti.fl nf In vnlnnta -v ninn.
slaughter at Philadelphia and sent
enced to IS months' imprisonment for
running down and killing 5-year-old
Eldon Sarver. The Jury w::s out all
night.
Secretary Taft says In Manila that
the United States must stay in the
Philippines for a generation at least
to prepare the natives for self-government.
MANY CRUSHED TO DEATH
Floors of Building In Albany Fail
Burying Over One Hundred.
WORKMEN REMOVED PILLAR
Rescue Work Began Promptly, but
Could Be Prosecuted Only With
Great Difficulty,
The middle section of the big de
partment store of the John O. Myers
Company In North Pearl street, Al
bany, N. Y., collapsed, carrying down
with it loo persons.
Caught In a chaos of brick, plaster
and wooden beams between 20 and
30 mun, women and children met
death. Twelve hours' frantic work
on the part of an army of rescuers
disentangled 00 people, six of them
dead and many of the rest badly In
jured. Three bodies were In sight
at a late hour at night, but many
hours' work will be required (o get
them out. Anything like a complete
list of the killed and Injured will be
unobtainable until the workers have
made their way to the very bottom at
the mass of wreckage. With few ex
ceptions those caught In the ruin
were employes, a large majority of
them girls.
The Myers estate has been making
repairs on Its building. A gang of
Italian workmen started to remove an
iron pillar that supported the main
floor. Evidently they failed to brace
the floor properly, for scarcely had
they loosened the post when down
came all three upper floors within a
radius of 50 feet from the fatal pillar.
The wreck crashed through the cellar,
burying the workmen and carrying
down those who happened to bo work
ing in that portion of the building.
BOM3ARDED BY RUSSIANS
Town
on North Coast of Island
of
Crete Destroyed.
The Russian gunboat Kbrabry has
bombarded and destroyed Castelll, on
the north coast of the Island of
Crete, about IS miles east of Retlmo,
because the Insurgents there opposed
'he landing of a Russian force to
take over the customs house. A boat
party which was sent ashore from the
Kbrabry was repulsed, whereupon the
Russian commander, after warning
the Insurgents to remove the women
and Children, opened fire. The In
surgents returned the fire with small
aims, wounding two Russians. The
bombardment continued until the
village hoisted the white flijg.
There have been disturbances In
Crete for a considerable length of
time, the Cretans being In revolt to
obtain a greater degree of independ
ence than they now possess. Prince
George of Greece Is the high com
mander of the Island, having been
nominated by Great Britain, France
and Italy In 1S:)3. The porte recently
sent a circular note to Its represent
atives In London, Rome, Paris and St.
Petersburg on the subject of the revo
lutionary movement in Crete, express
ing the hope that the powers would
maintain the status quo and re-establish
order in the island.
WHIRLED TO DEATH
Farmer's Daughter, Caught by Hair In
Engine Shaft.
Edith Kent, the 14-year-old daugh
ter of a prosperous farmer of
Chautauqua county, N. Y., met death
In a terrible manner. She had pre
pared to attend a picnic. Her father
started the farm engine and drove off
to Dunkirk with his brother, leaving
Miss Kent and her mother at home
alone.
Edith had her hair undone pre-
i vtous to dressing Tor the picnic.
Passing near the engine, her hair j
caught in the shaft and she was
dashed to death before her frenzied
; mother could respond to her shrieks j
for aid. ,
Replies from the governors of i !
s,a,es in "le linlou
Pennsylvania's action
indicate that I
In tnklnir the
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lend toward pstnhliuninrr a rntnml. ;
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sion ro create unuorm divorce taws j he made a score of 97 out of a pos
ts well received. ! sible 100.
BOYCOTT IS STRINGENT
Chinese Will Be Fined If They Deal
With Americans.
The Chinese at Yokohama have i
agreed not to deal in American goods
nor to ship goods on any American
steamer, especially the Pacific Mall
Company's steamship China, and to
punish any Chinese dealing In
American goods through others; al
so not to deal with American banks
and insurance companies.
Chinese convicted of contravening
! this agreement will be heavily fined,
i Henry B. Miller, the American Con-
" , 1, ' ."''",' "n'e"c"-
sul General, is investigating the mat
ter and keeping a close watch on the
! situation.
Charged with Extravagance.
Extravagance of the most flagrant
record in tills connection will be care-
fully scrutinized by Congress. The
investigation Into the bureau of ani
mal Industry is being pushed, accord
ng to department officials.
A Cannibal Feast.
Travelers who have arrived at Ant
werp, Belgium, returning from the
Cameroons territory In Africa, report
that they heard repeated rumors while
In that region that a tribe of canni
bals called the Niems, recently killed
and ate 2,000 negroes and eight Ger
man colonists. .
The report of yellow fever cases
August 8 as submitted, follows: New
cases, 60; total to date, 616; deaths,
4; total to date, 112; now sub-foci, 17;
total sub-foci to date, 114.
CROP CONDITIONS
Too Much Rain In Some Sections
and Drouth In Others.
The weekly bulletin of the weather
bureau summarizes crop conditions
as follows: Too much rain proved
detrimental In portions of Nebraska,
Kansas and Missouri and also In
Florida aud portions of Mississippi,
but In Northern Alabama, Georgia
and the Carollnas and over a consid
erable part of the Middle Atlantic
States, Ohio valley and Tennessee
rain Is much needed, the effects of
drougth becoming serious over the
greater part of Georgia. Rain is also
needed on the North Pacific coast.
Over the Central and Western portions
of the corn belt the condition of the
crop is generally promising. Thresh
ing of winter wheat Is largely com
pleted In the principal wheat States.
While rust In spring wheat is more
or less prevalent in the Dakotas and
to a slight extent In- Nebraska, Iowa
and Minnesota, the reports generally
Indicate that the crop has not sus
tained serious Injury.
In Oregon harvesting Is active, with
yields below expectations; In Wash
ington spring wheat is ripening rapid
ly and is beyond further Injury from
hot winds. Nearly all reports Indicate
that a good crop of oats has been
secured. Cotton shows some Improve
ment. The prevalence of rust is very
generally reported from the Eastern
districts, and also from portions of
the Central and Western districts.
Boll weevil and boll worms are doing
considerable damage In Texas and
Western Louisiana, but In the first
named State they are less numerous
The reports concerning apples con
tinue unfavorable from nearly all dis
tricts. Where unfinished, haying has
progressed under a generally favor
able conditions.
TRIBESMAN ON WARPATH
Villages In South Africa Attacked and'
Residents Massacred.
The Cologne Gazette prints a dis
patch that 6.000 Cuanhamas (tribes
men) recently made an attack on sev
eral Portuguese villages located to the
northward of German Southwest
Africa on Portuguese territory. Most
of the villagers, according to the re
port, were massacred and all their
houses burned.
Three French Missionaries were
carried away, but succeeded In es
caping. The -massacre occurred In
the same region where a body of
Portuguese troops suffered a serious
defeat last year.
ORDERED TO STRIKE
About 20,000 Iron Workers Are Ex
pected to Go Out.
"Orders were Issued from the
hondquartors of the International
Association of Bridge and Structur
al Iron Workers, by Secretary J. J.
McNamara, for a general strike
against the American Bridge Com
pany from Maine to California.
"It is estimated that between 15,
000 and 20,000 bridge and structural
Iron workers will quit work. Bridge
work will be tied up In many parts
of the country and a number of big
building projects will be delayed.
The strick will affect thousands In
the building industry."
Borton Wool Market.
The wool market is In a healthy
condition with a steady movement.
Indicating a heavy initial business
Pulled wools are scarce, Toading
Is active In territories. Leading i
quotations follow: Ohio and Pennsyl
vania XX and above, 30 37c; X,
34)535c; No. 1, 4142c; No. 2,
4243c; fine unwashed, 2S(fi)29c;
blood unwashed, 34ffi35c; blood,
353)c; delaine, 39ifi)40c. Michigan
Fine unwashed, half blood, 3435c;
unwashed delaine,- 3031c; unmcr
chnntable, 32iS33c; fine washed de-
lame, jynwe. Michigan Fine tin-
washed, 27(g2Sc; Vi blood unwashed,
3331c; blood, 3435c.
Army Target Records Broken.
All records for marksmanship" In
the United States armv were broken
at Fort Sheridan by Corporal Joseph
c. Smith, a negro, who 'made a score
nf 1 s 1 mil nf n uncoil, lo inn in inn.
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Mills Will Be Open,
j Theddore J. Shaffer, president of
the Amalgamated Association of Iron
i Steel and Tin Workers, notified the
officials of the unions at Youngstown,
Warren and Glrard, O., and Green
ville, Pa., that the mills of the Car
negie Steel company, where strikes
have been In progress for more than
a year, woild be declared open.
Prospects of Indian Famine.
The Monsoon this year, generally
speaking, has proved disappointing
and as a consequence there Is much
anxiety. In the province of Punjab
the crops in the unlrrigated lands are
already suffering. There has been an
abnormal deluge in the province of
Gujerat, causing extensive damage
and rendering 10,000 persons home
less. Steamboat Burned.
The steamer Nellie Walton, while
anchored In midstream, near Marietta,
O., burned to the water's edge. The
boat was used as a Band digger In
the Ohio river and was owned by Capt.
Duffy. The fire was caused by a
lantern exploding on the lower deck.
. Death of Archbishop Chapelle.
Placlde Louis Chapelle, archbishop
of New Orleans, and apostolic delegate
to Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philip
pines, died August 9 of yellow fever
at the Palace In Esplanade avenue.
New Orleans. He was 63 years old.
Will Leave University of Chicago.
Dr. William R. Harper has decided
to resign as president of the Univer
sity of Chicago. Dr. Harper will de
vote all his time and energy to battling
with the cancer that threatens his
"fa.
FIRE DDES GREAT DAMAGE
Half
i Million Destroyed About
Docks at Hoboken.
MANY VESSELS WERE BURNED
Hard Fight Prevented Destruction of
the Piers of Steamship Com
paniesNew York Sent Help.
Inside of three-quarters of an hour
a fire swept away the Delaware,
Lackawana & Western Railroad Com
pany's terminal in Hoboken, seized
two ferry boats and practically ruin
ed them and for half an hour
threatened the destruction of the en
tire front In the vicinity, including
the Hamburg-American and North
German Lloyd steamship docks, at
which several big ships were lying.
The property damage Is estimated at
between $100,000 and $500,000. So far
as known no lives were lost.
For over an hour huge tongues of
flame leaped through the wooden
structures on the Lackawanna docks,
lighting the- New Jersey and New
York water fronts. For a time it
threatened a loss greater than that
of the big dock fire of several years
ago when the North German Lloyd
piers were destroyed with a great loss
of life.
Blazing ferryboats, cut from the
docks, floated in the river, wandering
fire ships which for ta time endan
gered shipping in the 'river.
The fire started in an old wooden
ferry boat, and swept by a northerly
breeze, communicated with the ferry
house, spread to the main building of
the Lackawanna, and then to the
Dukes House, a famous Hoboken
hostelry. The hotel was a frame
structure and was a ready prey for the
flames.
By this time the, flames were
spreading In all directions utterly be
yond the control of the few first fire
fighters who had responded to the first
alarms.
Following the hotel the structure of
the public service corporation the
street enr operating company of Ho
boken, Jersey City and nearby places
went down before the flames.
At 1 s'clock In the morning the
fire was under control, the big
stenmhlp piers had been saved and
a rough estimate brought the damage
to $400,000 or $500,00)).
GLASS SCALE SIGNED
Men of L. A. 300 Get Advance Re
sume September 1.
The conference be) ween President
Simon Burns and his committee of L.
A. 300, Knights of Labor, and the com
mittee of Glass Manufacturers, headed
by President J. R. Johnston, ended at
Cedar Point, near Sandusky, O., with
complete agreement. Both sides
made some concessions, and a scale
was signed.
Work may be commenced In the fac
tories September 1.
The signing of the scale Is of far
reaching Importance. The manufactu
ers gave the men an Increase of from
five to ten per cent In wages, while
the men conceded to an unlimited pro
duction and agreed to work the year
around, so that the manufacturers will
be able to compete with the window
glass trust, which Is using machinery
to blow Its wares.
DRIFTED 14,000 MILES
Neither Trade Nor Other Winds
countered on Long Journey.
En
An unusual condition, the absence of
trade and other winds at sea, was re
ported by Captain Goodwin of the ship
Dirlgo, which arrived from Honolulu.
The Dlrigo, according to the Captain
practically drifted from Honolulu to
the Delaware breakwater, a distance
of 14,000 miles. The run required 156
days. On several da,ys the Dirlgo,
which is one of the fastest clipper
ships afloat, made only 50 miles.
The weather in both the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans was calm and sul
try, with Incessant rains, like cloud
bursts, deluging the big ship. Only
two vessels were seen until quite
close to the land.
JEWS AND TROOPS CLASH
Collision Between Armed Hebrews and
Soldiers Reported.
. A collision between the troops and
a body of well-armed Jews is reported
to have taken place at Zhitomir, Rus
sia. It Is rumored that a number of
persons were killed and wounded, but
details are not obtainable.
The rumors of serious trouble at
Riga were officially confirmed. Twenty
thousand men are on strike there.
Many of the strikers are desirous of
working, but the Socialists deter them
with threats of murder. A regiment
of cavalry Is patrolling the streets and
keeping order more or less success
fully. Meat Men Must Answer.
The dairy and food division of the
Pennsylvania Department of Agricul
ture will open a sensational war on
the "beef trust" before the close of
the present month. Criminal prosecu
tions are to be entered against 50 meat
dealers In various parts of the State
on the charge of selling meat "doc
tored" with preservatives of various
kinds. The real defendants will be the
ocmpanles constituting the trust.
Alger's Big Timber Purchase.
Alger. Smith & Co.. of which United
States Senator R..A. Alger Is presi
dent, have bought 130,000,000 feet of
pine in Lake county, Minn., and will
extend their railroad the Daluth and
Northern Minnesota, to the Cook coun
ty line. The consideration is said to
be about $1,500,000.
King Edward celebrated the anni
versary of his coronation in Ports
mouth harbor by reviewing the com
bined French and British fleets, ag
gregating some 70 ships-
FEVER SPREADING
Two Points Outside New Orleans
Have Several Cases.
Two large foci of yellow fever in
fection were discovered outside of
New Orleans by officers of the marina
hospital service. Dr. Corput went to
Diamond plantation, In St. Charles
parish, and found six positive cases of
secondary Infection. Three of the six
persons were dead and three of the
six were Italians. One was a negro.
The other point of Infection is
Patterson, St. Mary parish, where Dr.
Gulteras found 19 cases of) secondary
Infections. Most of these are also
Italians. The local health boards
have taken charge In both Instances
and are following out the directions
of the marine hospital service.
AGAINST ASPHALT COMPANY
Federal Court of Venezuela Annuls
Hamilton Concession.
President Roosevelt has been In
formed through the Department of
State that the Federal court of
Venezuela has rendered a decision
against the Bermudoz Asphalt com
pany in the case involving the so
called Hamilton concession, annul
lng the concession. What action may
be taken by this government regard
ing the matter cannot be announced
at this time; in fact, so far as can
be ascertained, no determination of
the question has been reached.
Philippine Revolt Nipped.
The steamer Kanagawa from Hong
kong brings news of a plot there to
ship 10,000 rifles and 1,000,000 round
of ammunition to Samar, and other
unpadded districts In the Philip
pines. The scheme was discovered
and the filibusters are In hiding.
Crowded Steamer Sinks.
The excursion steamboat Sunshine
sank at Broad Ripple Park, ten miles
from Indianapolis, with ISO passengers
on board. No one was drowned, but
several were Injured In the panic.
Persons In launches and canoes took
a number of people from the water.
CURRENT NEWS EVENTS.
Yellow fever is reported from a
number of points In North America
outside the United States.
Three men were killed by lightning
at Boone, N. C, and another man's
arm was broken. .
At Del Rio, Tenn., a boiler exnlos
Ion In a sawmill killed three men and
injured seven, one probably fatally.
Five Italian laborers were struck
by an engine and killed at a railroad
junction about five miles west of
Alexandria, Va.
Stanford university will reject a
proffered colection of antiquities said
to have been collected from Egyptian
tombs in mystic manner.
The Western Pennsylvania Golf as
sociation team, under W. C. Fowns,
Jr., of Pittsburg, won the Olympian
team cup on the Chicago Golf club
links.
The local treasury at Opatoff, Rus
sian, Poland, was attacked by 40
armed men, who killed or wounded all
the watchmen guarding tire buildings.
The robbers secured $10,000.
The German Government has Inti
mated to the Moroccan Government
that it does not desire to secure any
concessions pending the international
conference.
At a meeting of the quarantine
board of Pennsylvania, at Marcus
Hook, a resolution was adopted
quarantining against all ports south
of St. Marys, Ga.
President Schurman, of Cornell
university, has received a diploma,
and the announcement as a life mem
ber of the American academy In
Rome established for the advancement
of the fine arts.
The postoffice department has been
advised that on account of yellow fev
er, no passenger trains are running
through between New Orleans and
Houston, thus discontinuing all
Southern Pacific through service.
A message has been received from
Dr. Oliver L. Fassig of the Zeigler
relief expedition, at Edinburgh, say
ing no members of the Zeigler ex
pedition were on Shannon island July
21. ,
Captain William E. English, commander-in-chief
of the United Span
ish War Veterans' association, called
for the second national encampment
and reunion to open at Milwaukee
September 7. The ladies' auxtlHary
Is directed to meet at the same time.
ENGINE RUNS AWAY
Word Sent to Ditch It Too Late and
Collision Results.
As a result of a runaway engine
crashing into a passenger train on the
Maryland & Virginia railroad near
Love Point James Brown, the engi
neer, lies at the point of death, and
Gus Roe, the fireman, is seriously in
jured. .
The runaway engine had been in
the yards all day, and it is thought
someone maliciously or accidentally
started it. The station agent at
Chester was telephoned to ditch It.
He was too late, the engine passing
there at 40 miles an hour. Just af
ter crossing the bridge at the Kent
Island narrows the engineer discov
ered the runaway engine bearing
down. In a moment the engines
crashed, throwing the engineer into a
marsh 60 feet away. The passengers
escaped without injury.
Cot. Lamont Left $3,000,000.
An estate of $3,000,000 is left by
the late Col. Dante! S. Lamont, Sec
retary of War under President Cleve
land, according to Mr. Lamont's will
filed for probate. Mrs. Lamont and
her three daughters are the benefi
ciaries. The estate is valued at $3,
000,000 in personal property and $300,
000 in real property.
Dr. D. E. Salmon, chief of the bu
reau of animal Industry, admits hav
ing had an interest in a patented meat
label while In office.
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS
CAN OF KEROSENE IGNITES.
Woman' Attempt to 8tart Fir R
suits in Her Death Head
and Waist Roasted.
While trying to start a lire with
kerosene at Pardoe Mrs. Frank Cos
tica was burned so badly that she
died in a few hours. She was pour
ing oil on the fire from a can, whea
the oil Ignited, and her clothing wafl
covered with the burning fluid.
Friends threw water on her, but' her
body from her head to her waist wa
roasted. She leaves her husband.
Engineers of the Pittsburg & West
moreland Railway Company have fin
ished the survey for the branch from
Irwin to Hermlnle and work will be
started without delay. The route will
be by the way of Rillton and Madison.
Grading on the main line is nearly;
ail finished to this town, and ties and
rails are being delivered on the Mo
Keesport end of the road. The com
pany has a number of franchises east
of here, and the projectors state the
line will continue to Manor and from
there to Clarldge, MurrysvIUe and Ex
port.
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 receiver, with wracking that
concern. He accuses them of'
fraudulently transferring $60,000 from
the treasury to the Mutual Life In
surance Company of Pennsylvania,
and or illegally collecting $50,000 in
premiums on Odd Fellows policies.
A 500-barrel oil well was struck by
the Rader Oil Company on the Rader
farm in Connoquenesslng borough.
The well was drilled by Ray Brothers
& 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 1n the lot
back of his house. The strikes mean
the redrilllng of several square miles
of 100 foot territory.
The will of A. M. Stewart, a Pitts
burg business man, who committed
suicide by strangling and drowning
near Washington, was filed for pro
bate In the local courts. Stewart left
an estate valued at $10,000, and halt
as much in life insurance policies to
his mother, Mrs. Susan Stewart, of
Canonsburg, and his brothers and sis-
ters.
Options on about 1,200 acres of coal
in Morris and Washington townships,
Greene-county, taken by T. J. Huff
mann, of Waynesburg, and Charles
McCormick, of Unionrown, at $100
per acre were receipted for. Those
selling were: Joseph Pettlt, William
Fonner, Enoch Brooks, Thomas J.
and John Huffman, E. Loughman and
C. Dunn.
A number of the citizens in the
northern part of Westmoreland and
Allegheny counties have organized an
independent telephone company under
the name of the Murrysville Telephone
Company, and an application will be
made for a charter. The projectors
are W. M. and J. C. Greer and
Charles Stunkard.
Clair Bain Hamilton, aged 18, son
of Robert D. Hamilton, a farmer of
Chartlers township, Washington
County, was found dead at Meadow
lands with a bullet hole in his breast.
There is no clue to the murderer. De
tectives have been employed and the
Hamilton family will offer a reward
for the murderer's apprehension.
The Rev. George Hulme, pastor of
the Church of God, at Kecksburg,
Westmoreland county, was held for
court on a charge preferred by Miss
Daisy Porch, the IS-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Porch, of Mt.
Pleasant township. The presecutrix
Is a member of Mr. Hulme's "congre
gation. Lightning striking the wires and
communicating to the car barn of the
Beaver Vallev Traction Cnmn.mv
caused a small fire in the stockroom.
Street car service was tied up while
the fire trucks from the three towns
were pulled at breakneck sneed to the
barn by street cars.
Three school teachers nf Arm.
stronz countv have had their parti fl.
cates annulled by County Supt.
Mllliron lor cnanglng the marks on
the same. When asked why they had
made the chamres the renin- vao
made that It had been a custom to do
so.
The Uhlersvllle naner mllta a hnrf
distance from Easton, were damaged
by fire about $50,000; partly in
sured. Easton firemen saved the
plant from destruction. The mills are
operated by the Butterick Pattern
Company, of New York.
Notice of the mereer and nnnanli, lo
tion of 15 electric and gas companies
in Luzerne county into one company,
with a ranit.it of SI oon nim ,, i,i
s t- t ua men
in the state department with the ap
proval or Governor Pennypacker.
Harrv L. Mum m ;l hralrpni'iii n n .1
Donatto Antomacclo, trackman, ' were
killed on the Pennsylvania railroad
near Harrisburg.
Josenh Oast an Inn nhnr ti,i bni,i
Joseph Butler at Ellsworth, during a
quarrei. ine auegect assailant es
caped. Mrs. Jacob Kin? bm.i k .
Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad shift
ing engine at Monessen.
Notice of the merger nnd finnoAiM..
O- VVU4UI1UU-
tlon of 15 electric ami r.m,,,.ino
In Luzerne county into one company,
with a capital of $1,000,000 was filed
In the state department with the ap
proval of Governor Pennypacker.
Capt. Harvey Peters, of Cleveland,
stepped between two ore cars on the
docks at Erie, Pa., and was killed.
He commanded the barge M. W.
Page.
Joseph Castaniao shot and killed
Joseph Butler at Ellsworth, during a
quarrel. The alleged assailant escaped.