Hundreds Are Killed and Many Villages Destroyed. MANY BUILDINGS WRECKED Property Loss Incalculable and Full Extent of ' Destruction Has Not Been Estimated. All Italy Is suffering from terrible depression because of the, news from the south, where one of the worst earthquakes ever experienced oc curred on the 8th. Although the earthquake was felt 11 over Calabria and to a certain ex tent In Sicily, the worst news comes from Pizzo and Monteleone and from 18 villages which are said to have been completely destroyed. According to the latest news re ceived 400 persons have been killed and a great number injured. It is as yet impossible to even estimate the property losses. The shock was felt at 2:55 o'clock In the morning. It lasted for 18 sec onds nt Catanzaro and soon thereaf ter was felt at Messina, Reggio, Mon teleone, Martirano, Stefacoll, Pluco plo, Trlparn, Zammaro, Cessanit'i, Naida, Olivadl and other points. Scenes If indescribable terror en sued. Women fvoused from their sleep, rushed to ihe streets, scream ing, with their babies and dragging along their other children and calling for help on the Madonna and the saints. The men escaped Into the open with their families, all calling on their favorite saints for protec tion. Troops, engineers and doctors were hurried to the scenes of disaster to assist In the work of rescue and salvage. The ministry of the Inter ior sent $4,000 for the relief of the destitute. Bnd Minister of Public Works Ferrarals left for Calabria. The ancient crater on the Island of Strombol is again in tctive eruption, throwing out lava and stones, and the population of the island is fleeing. MANY DROPPED FROM PARADE Kansas Furnished One-Sixth of Old Soldiers for Annual Tramp. It took the parade of the Grand Army veterans three hours and five minutes to pass the reviewing stand, at Denver. On it were the National officers of the order and distinguished guests. Colo "1 Harper M. Orahood, chairman of the parade committee, estimated that 15,000 members par ticipated 'in the parade. Kansas carried off the honors for the largest representation, having nearly 2,500 men in line. The Colora do and Wyoming departments came next with 1,800 men. Illinois, Penn sylvania, Iowa, Ohio and Missouri had large delegations. Fifteen bands and more than half that num ber of drum corps supplied music. A horseman was unseated by his frightened mount and in falling broke a finger. A surgeon stationed near by set the finger and the man was astride his animal and in line again before the procession had proceeded two blocks. The Btraln of marching OBiiaorl TriTin Trtnn lIcnn nf St T .mifa II I1H HlllCKt'll Willi llcfllll. 1H1 I IK. He was carried to a hospital In an ambulance. His recovery is doubt ful. One former Confederate soldier la gray uniform rode in the parade waving the Stars and Stripes and bowing to tho applauding multitude. Later he appeared marching arm and arm with nn aged veteran of the Un ion army. Many who marched the two miles were exhausted when the end was reached and many others, weakened by age, fell out of line long before the Journey was completed. These tottering veterans, regretting their inability to remain in the parade and giving every evidence of failing, would be cared for by the persons nearest nt hand, led to a place where they could rest and recover from their exhaustion. Negro Burned at Stake, "Steve" Davis, a young negro who. It Is said, confessed to assaulting Mrs. S. P. Norrls, 20 years old, was burn ed at the stake near Waxahachie. Tex., by 3,500 persons. The leaders of tho mob tied the negro to a piece of gas pipe that had been set in the ground, tied fagots around him and set the mass on fire. The sufferings of the negro were of short duration, owing to the fierceness of the . fire, Which was fanned by a prairie wind. - Morocco Maakes Amends. The Sultan of Morocco has yield ed all the points demanded In tho French ultimatum. A formal apology has been made for the arrest of the French-Algerian citizen, Bouzian, and the Indemnity demanded haB been paid. The said responsible for Bouz ian's arrest has been removed. This closes the incident. Will Not Change Rates. By a vote of 63 for and 38 against, the supreme council of the Royal Ar canum In Besslon at Put-In-Bay, de cided not to change tho new rates. Magnet as Labor Saver. , The Pennsylvania Railroad Co., has installed a powerful magnet at its South Altoona foundry plant to transfer castings weighing up to two tons, from one part of the shop to another, thus doing away with much bard work. The magnet is merely an experiment, but so far has worked successfully. It has sufficient power to attract heavy objects which may be a distance of three feet away. To remove the magnet, all that is requir ed Is to shut off the electricity. ADDING TO GALES' VICTIM3 Another Big Lake Steamer With Crew of 19 Goes Down. The steamer losco of Cleveland, which had the schooner Olive Jean nette in tow during the destructive storm, will probably be added to the gradually growing list of ships which foundered on Lake Superior during that gale. The losco was commanded by Captain Nelson Gonyaw and car ried a crew of 19 men. it Is certain that the Olive Jean nette is lost. The lighthouse keeper on Huron Island saw the schooner go down. No steamer was In sight and as three days have elapsed since the Olive Jeannette foundered the own ers of the Iosco have given up hope that the steamer lived through the storm. The loss would bring the to tal of those who lost their lives In the storm to 39. The losco was owned by W. A. Hawgood & Co., of Cleveland, and was insured for $05,-000. GUNS TELL OF PEACE Boom Glad Fact When Envoys Sign Treaty of Portsmouth. Tho treaty of Portsmouth was sign ed at Portsmouth In the conference room of the navy general store at the navy yard. The firing of a na tional salute of 19 guns was the sig nal which told the people of Ports mouth, Klttery and New Castle that the peace of Portsmouth was an ac complished fact, and the church bells In the three towns were soon pealing forth a joyful refrain. For 47 minutes those outside thf conference room anxiously awaited the signal. Suddenly an orderly dashed to the entrance of the peace building and waived his hand to the gunner a few fiet away and the opening shot of the salute rang out on the . soft September ,afternoon pro claiming peace between Russia and Japan. WILL TRY COMMANDER YOUNG Secretary of Navy Not Satisfied With Bennington Report. Secretary Bonaparte in his action upon the findings of the court of in quiry in the case of the Bennington explosion severely arraigns some officers of the vessel for failure to look after the safety valves, orders Commander Lucien Young before a court-martial to clear himself of the charge of neglect of official duty, di rects the court-martial of Ensign Wade on the ctwrge of neglect of duty and disapproves the court of in quiry's finding that the Bennington 'was "in nn excellent state of dis cipline and in good and efficient con dition.' DR. D. E. SALMON RESIGNS Chief of Bureau of Animal Industry Surrenders His Position. Dr. D. E. Salmon, chief of the bu reau of animal industry of the Agri cultural Department at Washington, D. C, has resigned. Charges were recently filed against Dr. Salmon, on account of hl3 alleged connection with a concern supplying labels to the department, but, after investigation, he was exonerated by Secretary Wilson. While the announcement was made that the resignation was purely vol untary, there is a well-authenticated rumor that President Roosevelt was not satisfied with the conditions shown by the investigation. KILLED BY EXPLOSION. Four Men Blown to Pieces Near Lan caster, Pa. Three Slavs and an Italian were blown to pieces by the premature ex plosion of a blast near HIghville, Lancaster county. Pa. Another Ital ian Is missing, and is believed to have been blown into the Susque hanna river. Two Slavs and a negro were badly Injured. The men were engaged in loading a blast hole 50 feet deep and had just placed In the dynamite and put on a detonating cap. It fa supposed the tamping rod struck this cap. The concussion exploded a similar charge only four feet away. Carnegie Gives $25,000. President Charles F. Thwing, of V.'estern Reserve university, who returned from a two-months' trip in Europe and a visit with Andrew Car negie nt the latter's castle In Scot land, announced that Mr. Carnegie has given $25,000 towanda the es tablishment of a fund of $100,000 for the endowment of a chair of political economy at Western Reserve univer sity, to bear the name of the late United States Senator M. A. Har.na. Kaiser Will Likely Refuse. j The Chinese government is engaged in an endeavor to open negotiations ! with Germany and Great Britain for the restoration to China of Klao Chau and Wei-Hal-Wei, points which are now held by the tw countries respectively. In dlplor .ale circles the opinion is held thai England Will be willing to give up Wel-Hai-Wel. but that Germany w'il probably refuse to part with Kiao-Chau. The barn of Andrew Stairs, near Aotoe Pa., was struck by lightning nnd burned to the ground. The loss was $3,000. Train Falls to Clear, Crash Resulting. Train No. 33, known as the Ver sailles accommodation, on the Balti more & Ohio railroad, while en route to Pittsburg crashed Into the rear of a freight train at Demmler station, causing Injury to one passenger coach and the partial destruction of three freight cars. The remarkable feature of the col lision Is that on the train were many passengers, all bound for points be tween Versailles and Pittsburg, yet only one man received Injury. Situation in Russian Oil District Could Not Be Much Worse. LARGE OIL PLANTS DESTROYED. People Massacred and Thrown Into the Flames by the Fiendish Tartar Soldiers. A race war, which started among the Tartars and Armenians In the dis trict of Baku, in tho Caucasus, has brought about a terrible slaughter and destruction of property. The butchery began with the slaughter of 1,500 Armenians while tho police looked on as if it were a theatrical display. Women were shockingly mutilated. Children were dashed to pieces before their mothers' eyes. Men were either cut to pieces Instantly or mutilated in an indescribable fashion before they were put to death. The Armenian vizier, who barricad ed himself in his house, was roasted to death with his wife and children. Ten Armenians, who took refuge in another house, were holding out against the soldiers, when a magis trate demanded admission. The lat ter persuaded them to come out, as suring protection. He then ordered the soldiers to fall on them, and all were barbarously murdered. Armenians are killing one another rather than fall into the hands of the Tartar soldiery, who torture all they can secure. Massacre follows mas sacre. There is little left unburned above tho ground In the outlying oil fields of Balakhan, Romanl, Sabunta. and Biblebat. from which the crude oil supply for the Baku oil Industry is drawn. All the extracting plants, in cluding derricks, pumping establish ments and the oil reservoirs in which the crude oil Is stored have been de stroyed. Tho breaking of the reser voirs unloosed streams of burning oil, which it was impossible to extin guish. Unlike the recent troubles at' Odessa, the disorders at Baku cannot be traced to any underlying hostility to the Russian government. It Is not a revolution, but an inter-racial war between the Armenians and the na tives, based on the same causes as the struggle In Armenia. Both factions offered a. stuborn armed resistance to the troops. The Tartars, after driving the Russian and Armenian operatives from the works in -the oil fields, massacred those who w?re unable to flee in time, plundered their houses and then applied the torch. DUN'S WEEKLY SUMMARY Industrial Progress Accelerated and Commercial News Continues Satisfactory. Commercial news continues most satisfactory. Improvement being re ported In almost every case, except the further decline in prices of securi ties. Crops are being harvested un der most favorable conditions, and a few weeks more without severe frost will put the yield of corn and cotton beyond danger. Industrial progress Is accelerated by the broadening de mand lor Iron and steel products. Considering the prosperous condi tions, labor struggles are exceptional ly few. Jobbers in many lines are unable to handle the business offered by visiting ' merchants, although packing and shipping departments are often worked overtime. Retailers report a wholesome dis tribution pf staple merchandise and their are apparently few complaints regarding collections. Liberal con sumption hao caused a further sllsht rise in ,the level of commodity prices. Dun's "Index Number" on September 1 advancing to $100,308 from $99, 48G a month previous and $97,842 a year ago, when business was much less vigorous. Some congestion of traffic is noted and railway earnings in August were 6.3 per cent, larger than in the same month for 1894. Foreign commerce at New York for the week showed gains of $1,248,400 in exports and $007,122 In imports, as compared with the movements of a year ago. NEBOGATOFF DISGRACED He and His Captains Are Dismissed by the Czar. An Imperial order was issued at St. Petersburg dismissing Rear Ad miral Nebogatoff and the Captains of the battleship Nlcholla I. (now the Iki) and the cruisers Admiral Senla vln (now the Minoshima) and General Admiral Apraxine (now the Oklnos hlma), which ware surrendered to the Japanese In the battle of the Sea of Japan. All four officers, be sides being deprived of their rank, are liable to punishment under the provisions of the naval penal code. The Emperor has ordered all other officers who surrendered their vessels to be tried on their return to Rus sia. Public Printer Palmer Ousted. Public Printer F. W. Palmer prac tically bas been ousted from office. It was learned authoritatively that President Theodore Roosevelt had demanded Mr. Palmer's resignation, to take effect on September 15. A Fatal Collision. Two Iron Mountain trains collided near Valmyer, Mo. Conductor Davis and a brakeman were instantly killed and two passengers were seriously In jured. One report Is to the effect that four persons were killed and a number Injured. Three Killed in Collision. The second section of west-bound passenger train No. 13, on the Burl ington route, was wrecked near Brush, Col., 75 miles east of Denver. Three persons were killed outright, and 15 injured. ROOT ORDERED TO "MOVE ON." Secretary of State Handled Rather Roughly by Police Officer. Elihu Root, secretary of state, was mistaken for a loiterer by an am bitious special officer at the North Station, at Boston, and with a business-like grip of the arm was gruffly ordered to "move on lively." The Incident, which amused rather than provoked Mr. Root, occurred a few minutes after his arrival on the tardy Bt. John express Secretary Root had adroitly avoided any ex tended Interviews and was about to give one of his two sons, who ac companied him. Instructions concern ing the baggage, when a giant spec ial officer in a gray uniform swag gered up to the group. "Move on there, you fellers," he shouted. "You're blocking the way, and you better get along. Lively now." With the words the special officer grabbed the nearest member of the party to him, and It happened to be Secretary Root. He gave hlra a slight push. One of the Root boys looked a trifle amazed, but his father only smiled kindly, and without further delay they walked on out of the way and to their carriage, which wheeled them across the city to the South Station, where they boarded the train for Albany. Yellow Fever Record. Tho official report of the Yellow Fever i-nsps in New Orloans up to 6 o'clock p.m. Sept. 8 Is summarized ns follows: New cases, 44. Total to dnto, 2,221. Duntlis, 4. Total deaths to date, 308. oofree RESCUE OF GIRL FAILS Jeannette Lawrence Was Too Eager and Jumped Clear Over Sup posed Preserver. During the progress of one of the productions of "Fighting the Flames at the Pittsburg Exposition Monday night about 8:30 o'clock Jeannette Lawrence, 25 years old, fell 30 feet from the third story of one of the buildings used In the fire scene and met almost Instant death. She fell flat on the wooden sidewalk and her skull was fractured. The audience was horrified and the action of the production was stopped until Miss i mvrence had been removed from sight. A hurry call was sent for the Homeopathic hospital ambulance, but both the ambulance surgeon and Claude L. Hagen, proprietor of the production, say that she died short ly after striking the sidewalk. She had previously been a vaudeville and circus performer and was credited with being a skilled acrobat. In falling from the window Miss Lawrence struck John Hearn, the fireman who was to have taken her from the window to the sidewalk, and turned him head foremost toward the ground. He was saved from injury because of a supporting rope and the fact that two men caught him by the heels and pulled him Into the window from which Miss Lawrence fell. TWO LOCAL MEN ARE ELECTED Col. Walker and W. C. McKelvy Chosen for Officers. The National Association of Union ex-Prisoners of War held its annual session at Denver, Col., and elected the following officers: National com mander, Col. J. D. Walker, Pitts burgh; national senior vice com mander, John T. Parker, Lynn, Mass.; national chaplain, the Rev. John S. Ferguson, Keokuk. Iowa; national historian. Gen. Harry White," Indiana, Pa.; adjutant general and quarter master general, W. C. McKelvy, Pittsburgh. The three members of the executive committee whose terms of office had expired were re-elected. The association indorsed the Dal zell pension bill, which provides for a service pension for ex-Union prison ers of $2 a day for the time of im prisonment and $12 a month during life, nnd the same amount to widows during widowhood. STATE OF SECUOYAH Civilized Tribes of Indian Territory Adopt Constitution. 1 The convention of the five civiliz ed tribes of the Indian Territory, adopted a constitution. The pream ble, christening the new State Se quoyah, was adopted without a dis senting vote. The bill of rights Is similar to that of most States ad mitted during the last 50 years, In cluding a section prohibiting lotter ies, prize fights and slavery. The committee on the amount of taxable property 'in the territory re ported the total valuation of real and personal property at $413,000,000. Hetty Green Buys Railroad. Rumors are current in railroad cir cles that Mrs. Hetty Green, of New York, has bought the Dallas Beau mont line of the Texas & New Or leans Railroad. If such Is a fact, E. H. R. Green's road, the Texas Mid land, will have an air line from Paris to the gulf besides entrance Into Dal las and good terminal facilities, E. H. R. Green Is now in New York with his mother. Will Get Degrees. On the occasion of the Installation of Andrew Carnegie as Lord Rector of St. Andrew's University of Glas gow, the university will confer the honorary degree of doctor of law on Mr. Carnegie, Whltelaw Reld, the American ambassador to Great Brit ain; Charlemagne Tower, the Ameri can ambassador to Germany; Bishop Potter, of New York; Nicholas Mur ray Butler, president of Columbia University, New York, and Dr. Will lam J. Holland, director of the Car negie Museum at Pittsburg. 900 HURT IN TOKYO ITS Dissatisfaction Over Results of Peace Conference ASK GOVERNMENT TO RESIGN The Majority bf the Japanese People Will Accept the Result of Conference. the Rioting broke out in Tokio i i con nection with the dissatisfaction over the results of the peace settl ?ment. There were several clashes wlr.h the police, and it Is estimated that two were killed and 600 wounded. The rioting ceased at midnight. I Police stations were the only property de stroyed, j The first turbulence attendant on the popular anger over the terms of peace arranged with Russia1 took place on the 5th. A mass meeting to protest against the action of the government was called to take place at Hlbiya park, but tho Metropolitan police closed the gates and attempt ed to prevent the assemblage ; of tho people. The municipality proteste'd against the action of the police, and finally the gates were thrown open and a Inrge crowd gathered and voted in favor of resolutions declar ing the nation humiliated and de nouncing the terms upon which the treaty of peace was arranged. The crowd was serious In Its conduct rather than angry and the police handled it discreetly. The gathering eventually dispersed in an orderly manner. Later on, however, a crowd at tempted to hold a meeting in the Shlntomi theater and the police dis persed It. A portion of the crowd then proceeded to the office of the "Kokumln Shinbun" the government organ, and began hooting. Three em ployes of the paper armed with swords appeared at the door of the building and checked the attack and the police again dispersed the crowd. It was thought that the trouble had passed when suddenly a portion of the crowd made a rush at the build ing, hurled stones and damaged some of the machinery. Several persons were Injured dur ing the attack, but the police eventu ally cleared the streets of the crowd and arrested a number of the rioters. The disorder Is not general and the situation, Is not serious. Similar meetings have been held at Osaka and Nagoyn, which in round terms denounced the government and asked them to resign. General sentiment throughout the country seems to favor reactionary measures, but It appears clear that the majority of the people will eventually accept the result of the peace conference, however disappointing it may bo. RAPID ADVANCE FOR CORN Temperature Conditions Throughout the Country Highly Favorable. Crop conditions are summarized as follows in the weekly crop bulletin of the wenther bureau: Under highly favorable tempera tures corn has advanced rapidly. Considerable overripe spring wheat remains uncut on flooded lowlands in northern Minnesota and eastern North Dakota and moisture has injured grain in shock In portions of South Dakota and Iowa. While a slight Improvement In the condition of cotton in northeast Tex as and In portions of the central cot ton states Is shown, the reports, as a whole, indicate deterioration in the average condition of the crop as com pared with the previous week. Much tobacco In the Ohio valley and middle Atlantic states has been housed and the remainder Is matur ing rapidly. A good crop is gener ally reported. A very poor apple crop Is indicated In all the important apple-producing states. Very few favorable reports respect ing potatoes ure received and the general outlook is for an Indifferent crop. ANGLO-JAP TREATY Report That It Was Signed August 12 Confirmed. The report that an Anglo-Japanese trenty was signed August 12 by Foreign Secretary Lansdowne and Minister Hayashi Is confirmed. The document affords mutual guarantees for the protection of British and Jap anese interests, even If the two con tracting parties are only threatened by a single hostile power, and as sures the maintenance of the status quo in the far east. The new treaty will be found to be a powerful factor in ensuring the peace of the world. President to Start Game. President Roosevelt has consented to open the base ball game that will be played at New Orleans for the benefit of the fever fund, by press ing an electric button. One of the features will be the singing of "Dixie" In the presence of probably fifteen thousand people by Miss Mol lle Blanchard, a local singer. Contracts Aggregate $9,000,000. The directors of the Western Pa cific have awarded contracts for the building of practically the entire line from Oakland to Salt Lake City. It is understood that the aggregate amount of the several contracts for construction is about $9,000,000. Died at 112 Years. Alexander Emerson, colored, said to have been the oldest man In Cana da, died at his home at Hammonds Plains at the remarkable age of 112 years. The deceased was born In slavery in the State of Pennsylvania. GERMAN3 ALARMED. 8pread of Cholera Arouses Prussian Government to Action. The spread of cholera from two lo calities on the river Welchsel a few days ago to 34 cases In 12 localities, extending from the Baltic to the river Warthe. 150 miles south, and Its appearance In Hamburg, has given an unpleasant thrill to the people of Germany, for it may mean a long and steady fight, as In 1892-1893, to pre vent the disease from getting beyond control. In those years It is estimat ed that 8800,000 persons died in Rus sia from cholera. Numerous bacteri ologists have been sent Into the in fected districts to assist In the sur veillance of persons who have con tracted cholera. Cautionary notices are published In all the towns and villages and within the affected area. Grain traffic with Russia on tho Warthe and Netze rivers may be stop ped by the German government to prevent rlvermen coming from Russia Into Germany. The municipal adt ministration, on account of the ap pearance of cholera at Zantoch, has Issued an earnest warning1 to the townspeople not to use river water for any purpose. All the bathing houses supplied by river water have been closed. PLAIN 8ALOON NOW Poor Financial Policy to "Follow the Lord and Chase the Devil." Tho New York Subway tavern, which was commonly known as Bis hop Potter's tavern, because he a tended the opening a couple of years ago and praised the methods proposed for Its conduct, has been abandoned as a semi-religious enterprise. The concern has turned Its efforts over to W. A. Skldmore, who will conduct the place according to the traditional saloon methods and with a distinct Idea of gaining profits. "You cannot follow the Lord and chase the devil at the same time," was Skldmore's terse comment upon the way in which the tavern was con ducted. Almost from the start the Subway tavern was not a financial success. The plan was to sell absolutely pure liquors under the best possible con ditions, and to discourage excessive drinking rather than encourage It. HUSBANDS POISONED. Hungarian Women Charged With Wholesale Slaughter. Twelve women were arrested in Zenta, Hungary, charged with poison ing their husbands. The wholesale plot was discovered by a man who suspected that his wife was trying to kill him. Believ ing she had placed poison in his soup, he compelled his wife to drink It, and she died. This started an Investigation, and the police found an old woman nam ed Sivncky, who confessed that she had sold poison to several women. She gave the names of a number, who are charged with killing their husbands to marry other men. The authorities have ordered that the bodies of several men believed to have been poisoned by their wives be exhumed and examined. Nine husbands are now' critically 111 from the effects of poison. CURRENT NEWS EVENTS. Tho Japanese defeated the Rus sians in a series of sharp engage, ments In Northern Korea on Sep tember 1. Miss Fannie Wickes, nged 22, of Washington, D. C, died from the ef fects of falling Into a boiling spring la the Yellowstone park. A Swedish gymnast will shortly at tempt to travel from Stockholm to Paris In a canoe built in Sweden which Is 12 feet long, 2 feet wide and 10 Inches deep. A dispatch from Ellzabethpol says that all of the Inhabitants of the Ar menian village of Mankend, in tho dis trict of Zangesursk, have been mass acred by Tartar nomads. A small new planet of between the ninth nnd tenth magnitude has been discovered in tho tonstellation Aquarius by Professor Goetz at the Koenlgstuhl Observatory, near Heid elberg. Mrs. W. L. Waldron, wife of a physician, of Louisville, Ky., was rob bed of jewels valued at $1,000 at a hotel in Detroit, Mich. One bellboy Is missing Bnd a.Tother Is under ar rest, charged with complicity In the crime. The Shenango plant of the Amerl can Widow Glass Co. resumed opera tions nt New Castle, Pa., with eight automatic blowing machines. The Lawrence factory will also be start ed soon with the same number of ma chines. The University of Pennsylvania re celved from the estate of the late Prof. Maxwell Sommerville, $00,000 Dr. Sommerville held a professorship in the archaeological department of the university, and died in Europe May 5. 1904. Through the co-operation of ship pers and consignees of freight with the railroads the serious car short age of last summer has been avoided this year, although tho tonnage Is much greater at present than It was at the same time last year. Warrlug factions of Armenians and Tartars aro In possession of the Baku oil field in Russia. BIG SKELETON3 FOUND Two Dug From Gravel Pit Have Abnormal Bones. Two skeletons, each measuring more than seven feet In length, were discovered in a gravel pit in the for est near Fon du Lac, Wis. The skulls iro twice as larsre as those of an ordinary adult, and the thigh bones are almost six Indies longer than those of a six foot man. The bones urn In a sood state of preservation The skeletons are thought to bo the remains of some prenistor.c race. KEYSTONE STATE GULLINGS CITIES MUST CLEAN UP. Health Commissioner 8erves Notice en Three That Better Sanitary Methods Be Found, State Health Commissioner Dixon has been in communication with re presentatives of the various munici palities of the State In regard to pollution of streams and the need of more efficient systems of sewage dis posal. The officials of Reading, Conshohockcn and Allentown have been advised that better sanitary methods must be found. Commis sioner Dixon has also addressed a letter to Mayor John Weaver, of Philadelphia, in which he says: "Is It not time that Philadelphia started an investigation to determine upon an efficient system of disposing of Its sewage? I beg that you give this question your immediate attention." When Coroner W. H. Slpe of Washington was asked If he had been ' notified of the death In Robinson , township of David White, concerning whom a Pittsburg newspaper printed a sensational story of murder and robbery, the coroner said he had re ceived no official notification of Mr. White's death, that he had taken no action, and had no intention of taking any. Coroner Slpe said that In con versation with neighbors of Mr. White he had learned that death was due to pneumonia, as stated by Dr. Marlln, o C.inton, who had charge of the case. The newspaper story of Mr. White being found "with his head beaten to a pulp and a large sum of money which he carried gone," was branded as a fake pure and simple. There Is no suspicion of either mur der or robbery. An affidavit of a new political party called the Lincoln party was filed In the prothonotary's office at Somerset by Alexander B. Groff, edi tor of the Somerset County Democrat ind chairman of the Democrat Coun ty Committee. The affidavit is (worn to by Peter Heffley, of Somer let township; E. D. Glessner, of Stoney Creek township; Solomon D. Shoemaker, Haywood T. Montgom ery and Samuel F. Sharrah. of Som erset borough, all qualified voters re siding In the county. The grand jury at Waynesburg re turned true bills against John Straight, the Aleppo township farm er recently placed in Jail for assault with intent to kill his daughter. Miss Jessie Straight, and for other crimes against her. The girl was brought here from Washington hos pital to testify against her father, She has almost recovered from the five bullet wounds inflicted by him. but both hands will be permanently crippled. A 32-caliber bullet Is still lodged near the base of the brain. Driven desperate by jealousy over attentions her husband ha1" . pay ing to her unmarried s Mrs. Elizabeth Mercer, wife of jseph L. Mercer, of New Castle, drank two ounces of carbolic acid at her home and died within a few minutes, In terrible agony. Her husband witness ed the desperate deed and was severely burned upon the hands by the fiery acid while struggling with his wife- to prevent her swallowing It. The pottery plant of the Shenango China Co., which was last week pur chased by local capitalists at public Bale, under the receiver, Attorney Eugene N. Baer, was put in operation at New Castle by the new owners. About 150 men are now employed and the plant wjll be run full turn, giv ing work to 250 men, as soon as the order of sale is officially confirmed. Frederick Gerthing, of Sharpsvllle, has had stomach trouble for a number of years, On Sunday he was seized with vomiting spells, and during one of the paroxysms a live frog came from his stomach. It was over an in ch In length and was alive. Gerthing placed It In chloroform and Is now ex hibiting It to his friends. His stonj ach does not trouble him now, and he has developed a wonderful appetite. Judge Jamesf ir. Galhreath has made on order, changing the time of holding License Court at Butler, from the third Monday of June to the first Monday of February each year, and fixing the manner of advertise ment, which caused so much trouble In the last License Court. The first court under the new order will be held In next February. Ralph Smith and William Hender son, aged 14 nnd 15 years, respect ively, of Franklin, sentenced to the Morganza reformatory, escaped from the county jail. They were confined on the third floor. They cut their way through the ceiling into the gar ret. Tlelng two 'blankets and a ham mock end to end, thoy slid down their improvised rope to the ground. John Ross was sentenced by Mayor Halner of New Castle, to six months In the Allegheny workhouse. "What have I done?" demanded Ross. "Nothing," was the reply. "That's the trouble. You've done nothing for the last three years and are a vag rant." Charles Hudspath, aged 20 years, was fatally scalded by the bursting of a stean pipe underneath the boiler of the Penn Gas Coal Co.'s No. 3 mine at Blackburn, near Greensburg. The slaughter house and stables of the Union Supply company at Brown field wer burned to the ground, causing a loss of $3,000. Six horses, four wagons, a big bunch of hides and a quantity of beef were destroyed. In addition to a fine horse and buggy that had been left temporarily in the stable, John Johnson, a school director of Perry township, Greene County, was killed by being thrown from his b'orse The animal broke through a culvert. One rib was broken and penetrated his lung. He was 45 years of age and leaves a wife and family.
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