IW CALLS FOR MONEY President of the New York Life on Witness Stand. SAID THERE WAS NO BOODLING Told of Largs Sums Paid to the Company's Legal Adviser With out Vouchers. John A. MoCnll, president of the New York Life Insurance Company, while on the rack of the legislative inquisition denied the New York Lite ever had made political campaign contributions during the period of his presidency, except In the three In stances which Mr. Perkins had al ready detailed, and he could not ex plain to what account those dona tions had been charged up. Mr. McCall volunteered the addi tional statement that Alton 13. Park er, when chairman, had never mlsse ed a chance to collect corporation money for campaign purposes, and that even during the national cam paign laat year tho Parker manag ers had been a source of continual annoyance to him, dogging him with their solicitations for money. Mr. McCnll denied with vehemence that a dollar of the New York Lire's money had ever been used, with his knowledge, In the effort to Influence legislation In New York or any other state, but admitted that hundreds of thousands of dollars of the company's money had been advanced solely on his order to Andrew Hamilton of tho New York Life's law department, and that Mr. Hamilton represents the company In "legislative and taxation" matters In the various states in this country, as well as In Canada. Mr. Hughes brought out admissions that $235,000 thus advanced remains unaccounted for, and that It Is cus tomary for Mr. Hamilton to report Ills expenditures exclusively to Mr. McCall, who takes Mr. Hamilton's re ceipts and vouchers. The witness ad mitted the company has on record no vouchors for any of these ex penditures made by Hamilton and has not had since the beginning of "Judge Hamilton's connection with It. Sums aggregating this amount, $235,000, were charged to the home office annex account, with the ex ception of $30,000, which was carried In the "suspense account." The payments to Andrew Hamilton, ag gregating $235,000, were made be tween December, 1903, and March, 1904. BANK DEFRAUDED. Wan Accused of Getting $3,800 by Tapping the Wires. Charged with being tho principal In an ingenious wire-tapping scheme by which $3,800 was secured from a bank at Gettysburg, S. D., B. V. Dunnam was arrested there. A telegraph operator, who had acted as Dunham's accomplice, gave to the police the Information that led to Dunham's arrest. Dunham, who is also known as F. D. Miles, Is charg ed with representing himself as a cattle buyer, of Miles City, Mont. Ho Is charged with having applied to the Gettysburg bank for $:!,SU0, giving a Chicago bank as reference, and ask ing that the Chicago institution be wired as to his financial standing. His accomplice, it is charged, sta tioned himself several miles from town, tapped the wire and Intercept ed the Chicago message. Four hours later the wire tapper sent a reply, ostensibly from the Chicago bank and of such a character that the money was paid to Dunham by tho Gettys burg bank. Tho arrest of Dunham' Immediately followed. TELEGRAPHIC DRIEFS The Roman Catholic church will establish in New York a pedagogi cal college for women. The state of Indiana will bring suit to recover money lost by ex-Auditor Sherrick In gambling at French Lick. Adolf Hedin, a parliamentary veteran, known as the father of the Swedish riksdag, Is dead. He repre sented Stockholm as a Liberal dur ing 36 sessions. W. H. Hunt, formerly president of the defunct Pan-American bank, of Chicago, was sentenced to the peni tentiary and ordered by Judge Kers ten to pay a fine of $298. Near Madison, Ind., George Ford, who is thought to be insane, cre mated his wife and three children by setting Are to the house while they were asleep. All four perish ed in the flames. Investigation of the New York Life Insurance Company developed the fact that $300,000 was lost In one syndicate transaction, although tho company on the whole made large profits in such deals. Increase in Jersey's Population. New Jersey has a population of 2,137,7(G, according to a semi-official bulletin issued by the Secretary of State in connection with the State census, which was taken In May last. The figures show an increase of. $254, 097 over the Federal census of 1900. Canal Boatmen Hold Reunion. The twelfth annual reunion of the Veteran Canal Boatmen's Associa tion was held at Blairsvllle, Pa., and the roll call showed that 150 of the old boatmen were present. Pittsburg and Johnstown were well represent ed. The address of welcome was made by the Rev. T. F. Pershing, of the Blairsvllle Methodist Episcopal Church. The response was made by his cousin, Daniel Pershing, of New Florence. The Rev.vPershlng was one of the original canal boatmen. HEALTHY TRADE CONDITIONS Manufacturing Plants Being Kept Busy, a Heavy Tonnage of Iron and Steel Being Placed. R. G. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review of Trade" says: Current trade shows a distinct gain In comparison with the same time last year; crop reports aro reassuring, and evidences of con tinued uctivlly are noted In almost every department of Industry. A wholesome growth without the threatening danger of reckless inlla tlon of prices is a commercial con dition greatly to ho desired, and these elements are recorded In the majority of dispatches. Kail trade is now well under way, especially encouraging results being nchleved In dry goods, millinery. footwear ami nil lines of wearing apparel, while mercantile payments aro unusually prompt for the season. There is a steady consumption of groceries and other staple articles of food, aud In furniture, crockery nnd numerous household utensils the dis tribution Is vigorous. Manufacturing plants In leading In dustries receive large orders, a heavy tonnage of Iron nnd steel business be ing placed and machinery houses making very cheerful reports; foot wear Bhops have ample business In sight; textile mills are busy, al though new contracts come forward more slowly; flour mills nnd saw mills have enlarged production, and the fuel markets reflect the stimu lus of uctlve factories. A little damage was done by floods In the Southwest, but weather conditions are favorable, on the whole. As grain comes to market more freely there Is difficulty In averting freight block ades, nnd railway earnings thus far available for September exceed last year's by 2.5 per cent. Foreign com merce at thiB port for the last week showed a gain of $r;i2,84(i In Imports but a loss of $1, DOS, 103 In exports. Failures this week numbered 200 In the United States against 225 last year, and In Canada 34, compared with 30aeyarthe,o pfwypfwypfwyp dl with 30 a year ago. JAIL SENTENCES WERE WAIVED Cases Concluded at Defendants' Re quest to Prevent Collapse of One of Them, Four officials of the Schwarzschlld Packing Co. of Chicago, were filed an aggregate of $25,000 by Judge Hum phrey In the United States District Court ut Chicago. The fines followed a plea of guilty to Indictments charg ing conspiracy to nccept railroad re- hates. The defendants were Samuel Well, of New York, vice president; U. S. Cusey, traffic manager; Vance D. Sklpworth and Chess K. Todd, as sistant traffic manager. Mr. Well was fined $10,000, the other three $5,000 each. With the entering of the plea, the declaration was made that unless at least one of the cases Is immediate ly settled, the life of Samuel Well, who is vice president of the company, and is one of the defendants. Is In jeopardy. He Is said to be a nervous wreck, and fears were entertained for his life, If he hud been allowed to continue under the stigma of u:i indictment. -,Tlie idea was entered, it Is de clared, after an understanding had been readied between counsel for de fendants and Attorney General W. H. Moody. While in Chicago, tho attorney general was appraised of the condi tions of Vice President Weil, and. it is said, agreed to tho entry of a plea of guilty, with the understanding that the Jail provision of the law under which the indictment was re turned should bo waived, and merely a fine Imposed. The same conces sion was nindo In the case of the othpr three defendants. The four defendants were charged with unlawfully combining and agree ing to solicit rebates for the Sch warzschild & Sulzberger Co. from the Michigan Central Railroad Co., the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, ths Grand Trunk Western Railroad, the Lehigh Valley Railroad Co.. Boston and Mai.ie Railroad Co., and the Mo bile and Ohio Railroad Co. Charges were made that the de fendants conspired with each other in presenting pleas for damages which were in reality for rebates. To Consider New Inaugural Date. District Commissioner McFttrland, chairman of the National Commit tee to consider the advisability of changing the date of the ceremony for the inauguration of the President of the United States, has issued a call for a meeting November 8. The com .nittce Is composed of the governors of U States and Territories, and 15 residents of the District of Colum bia. August 30 and tho last Thurs day la April have been suggested. Five Trainmen Injured. Two freight trains on the Balti more and Ohio railroad collided at Kingmont, W. Va., blocking the tracks for five hours and badly Injur ing E, Smith, engineer; C. R. Rohr baugh, brakeman; E. Howard, con ductor; L. H. Dobbs, engineer, and E. Anderson, brakeman. . Rohr baugh had one foot cut off, an arm broken and was badly cut about the head. The Toledo Tool and Machine Co., of Toledo, Ohio, has been awarded a contract by the Japanese government for 19 car loads of Iron, to be ship ped within the next three months. Verdict on Wreck. The inquest Into the wreck near Butler, Pa., on the Western New York and Philadelphia Railroad Sept. 7, which resulted in two deaths and many injuries, was finished with a finding that the wreck was due to Engineer Popham's watch being slow and said: "We further find that the orders by which trains were that day operated on the Western New York and Philadelphia division of the Pennsylvania Company, were In adequate for the protection of the lives of passengers and employes." Czar of Russia Sends Invitations to the Powers to Meet. HAS APPROVAL OF ROOSEVELT Emperor Makes Move for Future Peace Before Treaty With Japan Has Been Signed. It Is officially announced that the Russian government proposes to ad dress the foreign powers with a view to the holding of a second peace con ference at The Hague, but It Is known that negotiations preceding this an nouncement that the government "proposed to address the powers" were entered Into, especially with the United States and wore conducted with the greatest secrecy. The announcement created the greatest surprise in St. Petersburg, and that Russia should plan a second conference despite the steps alrendy taken by President Roosevelt, was also heard with amazement. It Is clear that the step could not be tak en by Russia without first reaching a complete understanding with President Roosevelt. The fact that President Roosevelt Is reported as be ing entirely In sympathy with the pro posal, aud that he Is said to believe that to the Initiator of the first Hague conference should belong the honor of convoking Iho second, nnd readily and even gladly acceded to the Russian proposal, Is clear proof that the conference has already been called and that President Roosevelt relinquished his part in It to the em peror. There Is strong reason to believe that the news even of the Intention of the Russian government would not he given out unless Invitations had already been sent to the powers and, possibly, that their answers had been received. In this connection an in teresting question arises as to how the Invitation was communicated to Japan, In view of the lack of diplo matic relations, hut the Invitation may be delayed until such relations have heen resumed, or It may have been forwarded through the United States. Yellow Fever Record. The oftlotal report of the Yellow Fovnr uses in New Orleniis up to fl o'clock p.m. Sept. 2 Is summarized in follows: Now i'iiscs, .17. Total to date, 2,702. Deal lis, fi. Total deaths to dido, 3"i9. GHOULS FAILED Two Men Bent on Robbing the Studebaker Grave. But for the alertness of Thomas Hackney, a guard who is employed to watch the grave of Clement Stude baker, the niillionarle wagonmaker, of South Bend, lnd who died a few weeks ngo, his body would now be in possession of ghouls. After midnight Hackney saw two men crawling to ward him, and within 10 feet of the Shidchuker grave. As they rose to their feet he fired. The two men promptly returned tho fire. He pur sued them and they fired back, but all the shots failed to hit. A spring wagon was in waiting by the roadside, nnd as soon as the ghoulii cleared the fence they sprang Into It nnd drove rapidly away. FIFTY PERSONS INJURED Large Circus Tent is Blown 'Down During a Severe Windstorm. During a windstorm, a large circus tent was blown down i.t Maysville, Mo., and 50 persons in the audience were injured. The severely Injured: Charles L. Robinson, scalp wounds; Edward Booth, ribs broken; Mrs. Edward Booth, leg broken; Miss Booth leg broken; Mrs. Thomas Clark, two ribs broken; John E. Orm, arm broken. ' All the tents of the circus were torn to shreds. All the injured will recover. PRESIDENT BECOMES DICTATOR Gen. Reyes Imprisons Judges and Precipitates Riots. Unconfirmed reports reached Pana ma that Gen. Rafael Reyes, president of Colombia, declared himself dicta tor September 8 and Imprisoned the members 6f the supreme court at Bo gota. Mobs, angered by this action, at tacked the presidential palace and were fired on by troops, who killed or wounded many of the rioters. The reports say revolution have been started In Antlquia and Santand er. Dashed Over Bridge to Death. William A. Furlsch, the driver of a newspaper delivery wagon, was thrown over the railing of Williams burg bridge over the East river at New York, and dropped 150 feet to the stone sidewalk. He died almost Instantly. An automobile frightened Furisch's horse, and when the wag on swayed the driver shot from his seat and over the railing. He was dead when picked up. Beavers Can't Plead Guilty. A decision has been reached by the department of justice not to al low ex-Superintendent George W. Beavers, former chief of the division of salaries and allowances of the post office department, to plead guilty to charges of conspiracy In the Dore mus cancelling machine contract without trial. Justice William J. Gaynor, declined to accept the fusion nomination for mayor of New York city. ATTACK JURY DRAWING Chicago Meat Packers Are Fighting Every Little Point. A plea Jn abatement was filed by the packers indicted In the United States District Court at Chicago on n charge of conspiracy to monopolize the meat industry. The plea Is not supported by affidavits. It Is signed by the defendants and their attor neys. It Is charged In the plea that the date and hour of the drawing were kept a profound secret, nnd the packers were unable to learn who had been selected to sit upon their case, although the Government had an opportunity to Investigate each man whose name had been drawn. Four men connected with tho Schwnrtzchlld & Sulzberger Com pany, named In Indictments charging them with accepting railroad rebates, are now In Chicago. They have been notified to appear before Judgo Humphrey to pleud to the Indictment. One of tho men, Samuel Well, vice president of tho company, has just returned from Europe. The defend ants other thnn Well are: Beth 8. Ausey, traffic manager; Vance D. Sklpworth, assistant traffic manager, and Chess E. Todd, assistant tramc manager. TO RECOVER EQUITABLE MONEY Paul Morton Will Try to Compel Trust Company to Pay Back. Paul Morton, president of the Equitable Life Assurance society, made public the fact that he has di rected Wallace McFarlane, as counsel for the Equitable, to begin suit against the Mercantile Trust Com pany to compel restitution by It of sums aggregating, principal and in terest, more than $l,ooo,uoo. Mr. Morton asserts these sums wore ap plied under the former Equitable management to Improper or unauthor ized loans, and his report, which Is addressed to the board of directors, throws light upon some extraordinary financial transactions of the former regime, both before and after the death of the late Henry B. Hyde. In this connection Mr. Morton also refers to the $085,000 loan carried by the Mercantile trust, which has been the object of much speculation as to tho uses to which It was put by James W. Alexander and Thomas D. Jordan. CHARGED WITH CANNIBALISM Backsliding Christian Arrested for Eating Other Africans. Definite Information contradicting tho reported death of Daniel Fllck inger Wllherforco, the native African missionary who, after being educat ed In Ihls country, renounced tho Christian faith several months ago and returned to heathenism, has been received. Wllherforco, with several other natives, has been arrested by the English Commissioner of West Africa, charged with cannibalism. He declared his innocence, and in case of acquittal asserted that ho would ask forgiveness and return to the Christian faith. Carried Away in Balloon. Flovd Wallace, a Id-year old boy. of Oneonta, N. Y., had and exciting ride in a balloon that got away from ho Oneonta fair grounds. Tho boy had gone up In tho balloon, which was pulled down In the regular man ner. When It was about 100 feet from the ground the rope broke, nnd the balloon and boy shot up In tho air. The balloon rose over two miles high before It disappeared from view. Tho boy, however, managed to get hold of tho valve rope nnd Hit out the gas, landing at Summit, 30 miles away. Erie Controls C, H. & D. v President Underwood, of the Erie railroad, made the following announ cement: At a meeting of the board of directors of the Erie Railroad company, the purchase of a majority of the stock of the Cincinnati, Ham ilton and Dayton Railroad company was authorized. By this purchnso the Erie Bystem has acquired be tween 3,500 and 4,000 additional miles of trackage. At Chicago, which is the Western terminus of the Erie, It will connect by the new purchase with a number of the principal cit ies In Ohio and Michigan. Damage by Flood. A message from St. Louis, Septem ber 20 says: The floodtide In the Mississippi river has about reached its crest, and is still below tho 30 foot danger line. In the vicinity of St. Charles, 25 miles northwest, the Missouri river covers the bottoms for 22 miles and Is two miles wide. Growing crops are ruined. About 150 families have been driven from their homes to higher ground. Volcanoes More Active. The activity of Mount Vesuvius and of the crater on the Island of Strom boll Is increasing. Numerous earth quake shocks have been felt in the surrounding districts. A singular oc currence Is reported from Sevlgllano, where a river entirely disappeared In a fissure caused by the earthquake and soon afterward again appeared, overflowing Its banks. . President Roosevelt appointed Ar nold Shanklln of St. Louis consul general of the United States at Panama to succeed J. W. Lee, who a few days ago was appointed United States minister to Ecuador. ' The position pays about $4,500 a year. Exchange of Treaties. It can be stated definitely that the exchange of the ratification of the treaty of peace between Japan and Russia will take place In Washington shortly after the treaty has been rati fied by the respective sovereigns. It Is probable that this will be done In the White House as a compliment to President Roosevelt. There are six cases of yellow fever at the Detention hospital In Cincinnati. MEN TORTURED TO DEATH Reign of Terror Conducted under ' Police of Warsaw. . NEARLY 12.C 0 IN PRISONS Officers Resort to Torment to Compel Prisoners to Reveal Names of Agitators. A barbarous relgn of terror, con ducted under tho direction of the police, exists In Warsaw, Poland, and equals anything which happened In tho worst days undeg the old police methods. Arrests of persons suspect ed of political offenses are made every night. Hundreds of well-known local residents have disappeared, and It is supposed they have been victims of this form of persecution. All of the prisons and the citadel are packed with prisoners. Nearly 12,000 persons are confined In these prisons, nnd nearly ull of them are charged with political offenses. The prisoners have not been given a chance to disprove tho charges made against them. The police methods exceed In bar barity those employed during the bloody days of the French revolution. One instance which shows tho meth ods to which the police are resorting Is quoted. A detective who was spy ing upon worklngmen, while disguised as a house painter, Tell from the sixth story of a house, as ho wbb overtaken by an attack of giddiness because of his Inexperience at such work and was killed. A company of Infantry was ordered to surround the house. All of the other workmen were arrested and taken to the citadel, where they were tortured in an en deavor to extort a confession from them that the spy had been murd ered. SWEAR NOT AT ALL Fifteen Thousand Men Parade In Pro test Against Blasphemy. Fifteen thousand men marched In the rain through the streets of Jersey City, N. J.' Sunday In the first organ ized crusade which has ever been mnde against profanity. The crusaders were the members of the various societies of the Holy Name which have been organized In every Catholic church In the towns of Bergen, Essex and Hudson counties within the last year by Monslgnor John A. Shoppard, Vicar General of the Newaik diocese. They are pledged by their member ship to refrain from the profane use of the holy name and from all cursing, swearing or obscene language and to Influence others for clean speech. TWO SHOT TO DEATH Injured Husband and Man Who Wrecked Home are Dead. Two men were killed near Hough ton Lake, Mich. Last winter Mrs. Kate Ogilen und Henry Knight, a neighbor, eloped. Mrs. Ogden, tiring of Knight, returned to her father's home. Sunday morning, Mrs. Ogden met her husband, Frederick Ogden, nnd pes'siMdcd hlni to rldo to her father's house. As they drove Into the yard Knight opened fire from across the road,, wounding Mrs. Ogden and Instantly killing Ogden. Mrs. Ogden's father, William Rupert, fired two bullets Into Knight's body, killing him instantly. Boston Wool Market. The wool market has been more (lull than for some weeks. The de mand Is fairly well distributed. There is a quiet demand for quarter blood and low medium fleece wools. Ohio mediums aro quoted at 34(!i35c. Pulled wools are scarce. Territory grades are in steady movement. Foreign wools aro firm. Leading quotations follow: Ohio nnd Pennsyl vania, XX and above, 3fffi37c; X, 343:c: No. 1. 4041c: No. 2. 41ft 42c; fine unwashed, 2S23c; quarter blood, unwashed, 34 35c; -blood. 35(S 3fc; -blnod, 3435c; unwash ed delaine, 30(ft31c; unmerchantable, 31032c; fine washed delaine, 3!t40c. RAINS INJURED CORN Tho Weather Generally Favorable for Crops, However. The weekly summary of crop condi tions Issued by the weather bureau says: While corn has experienced favor able conditions over a large part of the corn belt, late corn in the upper Ohio and Missouri valleys is maturing slowly and the crop in the lower Missouri valley has suffered seriously from excessive rains and high winds, especially in Missouri and Kansas. In the first mentioned State a large part of the crop has been blown down or lodged, much Is under water, and that In shock is. beginning to mold. Over the southern part of the corn belt from two-thirds to three-fourths of the crop is now safe from frost. Notwithstanding frequent showers in the spring wheat region, threshing of spring wheat has been general, shock threshing In Minnesota being nearly completed. Considerable smut Is reported from the Dakotas. Neither Swedish nor Norwegian soldiers will be sent to the frontier, but troops are kept on watch. New Religious Denomination. A new religious denomination with out a creed has been formed at Brok en Bow, Neb. No one will be asked to subscribe- to anything to join this church, of which Rev. R. H. Hr.rman Is the head. Rev. Mr. Hurman says the denomination will believe sim ply In a universal god and that Christ was a divine man. Sin will be con sidered as bringing its own punish ment and the old idea of holl will be dispensed with. . $20,000 FRAUD CHARGED Clerk Accused of Altering Vouchers and Endorsing Checks. James W. Boyd, a clerk In the pub lic health and marine hospital ser vice nt Washington was arrested on a warrant sworn out by Chief Clerk W. P. Worcester of that office, charg ing him with embezzlement. Tho dis covery of facts lending to the charge was made In Boyd's absence. The amount abstracted, according to Boyd's confession, reaches not less than $20, 000. It wag Boyd's duty to prepare bills for the approval of the surgeon gen eral. It Is charged that he manipulat ed bills by erasing the dates and amounts of duplicates left. In the office and that he Becured the money by en dorsing on the checks the names of the lirtiiB to which they were Issued. The alleged defalcation has been In progress for three years, but Boyd wus not suspected until a recent sickness compelled him to be absent and made It necessnry for someone else to as sume his duties. Property belonging to Boyd valued at about $8,000 has been seized. Boyd had been In the public health service about 12 years. He was well known about town, especially be cause of his pronounced fondness for nutomobillr.g. He drew a salary of $1,800 a year. His family Is said to be (raveling in Europe. When taken before United States Commissioner Taylor Boyd waived a hearing und was held in $10,000 ball. HONORS TO MISS ROOSEVELT Rides Through Korean Capital on Imperial Palanquin. Through streets crowded with white robed Koreans and lined by the Im perial bodyguard, standing at "pres ent arms," Miss Alice Roosevelt, rid ing In the Imperial yellow palanquin, triumphantly progressed from the railroad station to the American lega tion at Seoul. Tho roadways had been freshly paved and tho shops draped with Korean and hastily hand minted American flags. MIbb Roosevelt, Rear Admiral Train, Senator and Mrs. Newlands, tho Misses Boardman and McMillln and Congressmen Longworth and Gil lette arrived at Chemulpo on the 19th. American Minister Morgan and staff, nnd a number of high Koreans greeted the party, which proceeded to Seoul by a special train. The im perial cur, which Is only furnished to royalty was placed at Miss Roosevelt's disposal. FUSION IN NEBRASKA Rockefeller's Gift to State University Sourned. Fusion of Democrats and Populists of Nebraska was effected by the nomination by both the State con ventions of the following ticket: Justice of the Supreme Court, Will iam G. Hastings, Democrat; Regents of the University, D. C. Cole, Popu list, and Louis Llghtner, Democrat. Tho feature of the Democratic gathering was the speech of Will lam J. Bryan. Mr. Bryan commend ed President Roosevelt for what he declared to bo his advanced stand on the principles long advocated by Democrats. On these principles he hoped every Democrat would uphold the President. A resolution which was promptly adopted denounced tho Rockefeller gift to the University of Nebraska, criticised the Regents for accepting It and demanded the return of the gift to the donor. DECISION ON NATURAL GAS Congregation Loses Suit Based On Mineral Rights. The United Natural Gas Company, a Standard Oil concern, has wen an Im portant suit In McKean county, Pa brought by the Swedish Lutheran Church of Kane, In which the church contended that gas Is not a mineral. The decision is of importance to leaseholders In the oil regions. The church sought to eject the com pany from land which had been do nated to the congregation by the late General Kane in 1807, tho mineral rights having heen reserved. Th3 church entered a claim for $10,000 profits, arguing that the product of the well was not a mineral subject to lease rights. Panhandle Given Verdict. A verdict of S100.000 acainst the city of Chicago was given the Pan handle railroad In a damage suit for the burning of a number of freight cars during the American Railway union strike of 1894. CURRENT NEWS EVENTS. The pope has given $10,000 for the relief of the earthquake sufferers iu Italy, the largest donation made. The barge George W. Robey, of Cleveland, which went aground. burned to the wharf's edge with her cargo of soft coal. She was built In 18S9. Loss estimated at $04,000. M. Wiener, the French minister. has lodged a protest with the Venezuelan government against Its action in closing the station of the French Cable Company and expelling the manager of the company, M. Brun. The Japanese government an nounces that the Toklo riots were not directed against Americans. It was simply unfortunate that some prop"r ty owned by Americans got In the way of the mob. The Standard Oil Company has ad vanced the price of refined oil cent a gallon and gasoline 1 cent a gallon. The Beef trust defends Itself behind technicalities, claiming the grand Jury which Indicted Its members wero Improperly withdrawn. The United States Steel corpora tion has purchased from the Bessemer Pig Iron association 10,000 tons of Bessemer pig at $15, valley for Sep tember delivery. It Is understood, unofficially, that the negotiations are on for the purchase of about 40,000 tons lor October delivery. KEYSTONE STATE CULL1NGS ROBBED IN 8TREET Machinist of Butler Rendored Ui conscious by Blow With Club. Loses Watch and $260. Ellis Steel, a young machinist, was knocked down and robbed of his watch and $200 by three men, near the court house In Butler. Steel was rendered senseless by a blow with a, club and lay several minutes after the robbery before he was discovered. He was taking the money to a furni ture store to pay for his household goods. By tho caving of a sand bank at Arnold three children were burled alive and perished before they were discovered. They were: Otto Surge, Jr., 10 years old; Bother Sarge, 6 years old; Fritz Strato, 8 years old. Tho Strate boy's neck was broken, while his companions were smothered to death. The children left their homes about 4 o'clock In the after, noon. They dug the excavation with a shingle. They were missed about supper time and Otto Barge, Sr., and William Strate, their parents went to search for them. Two coats found on the sand pile revealed the cave-In. Following the payday for mill work ers and railroad men at Dubois, three holdups wore reported between Saturday night and Sunday morn ing. William Newmyer, employed by the Dubois Brewing Company, was waylaid In South Main street and rob bed of his gold watch and chain. Bamuel Cacinor was held up In Dixon avenue and robbed of $20. ' A mill worker was held up near Spring ave nue and small change was stolen. Four men attacked Vaclnor. Three men said to have been members, of the quartet are under arrest. They are George Overdorf, J. N. Mechan and Fred Arble, all residents of this vicinity. While United States Inspector Stayer was sleeping in a hotel direct ly across the street the postofflce at Carrolltown was entered by thieves, who carried away cash and stamps amounting to $400. The safe was blown open with nitroglycerin. In spector Stayer and Postmaster W. F. Donohue were aroused by the explo sion, but the robbers escaped. Blood hounds owned by Cambria county were used in the pursuit. Dr. Harry Medley, Druggist S. E. Porter and the latter's clerk, D. J. O. Herwlck, were all convicted In court at Uniontown, on charges of selling liquor without license and on Sunday. They are from Vanderbllt, where Porter runs a drug store. It was al leged that they acted In partnership and made a profitable thing out of Illegal traffic in liquor. By a vote of 123 to 44 the clt'ligns of Wampum have decided to IssiS's tinnfla fnr 1 1 .1 I'M ill t rt o-j-t a m,,nll. Sv pal waterworks and electric light . . plant. Last evening the residents of the village held a celebration. Bur gess Miller was surrounded by the Wampum band and a street parade was held. The Delaware county authorities have offered a reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of the slayer of John W. Carter, a farmer of Johns Corner, near Brandywlne Summit, who was killed last week. The crime Is believed to have ben committed by a negro farmhand employed by Carter. A son of Samuel Smith, a building; contractor, created consternation in the East Waynesburg public school building by playing with a stick of dynamite, which finally1 exploded. One Of the boy's fingers was blown off, and an eye was probably destroy ed. Several pupils were knocked down by the explosion. Armed with crowbars and sledge hammers 20 men, some with faces masked, went to the Youghlogheny river bridge at West Newton and tore down the barricade placed there Friday by Constable Thomas Washa baugh of Greensburg under the direc tion of the County Commissioners. Guis.seppe Blanco, a wealthy mer chant of Pittsburg, who shot and killed his wife July o last, pleaded guilty to murder In the second de gree. He was at once sentenced by Judge Wheaton to serve 18 years at hard labor in the Eastern Peniten tiary. . Burglars entered the residence of Robert Shedline, In Pulaski township. Mercer County, and after chloroform ing his wife and two children ransack ed the house, procuring $175 and two gold watches. Rev. Taul Stradach, of Easton. has been called to the pulpit of the En glish Lutheran church at Washington, Pa., made vacant by the resignation of Rev. C. H. Hemsath. Rev. R. M. Russell, D. D., pastor of the Sixth United Presbyterian church. North Highland Avenue, Pittsburg, was unanimously elected to the presidency of Westminister col lege at New Wilmington. The store of Collins, Watson & Co., at Collnza, Foreso county, was enter ed by thieves who secured about $200 In cash and negotiable paper from the safe the door of which had been left open. ' The Upper Ten Mile Presbyterian, church, at Prosperity, has called Rev. A. J. Keener, of Klttannlng, to suc ceed Rev. T. W. Young, who resigned recently. The total number of voters In Phil adelphia, according to the Septem ber canvass is 339,960, a decrease of 35,810 compared with the canvass made In May, prior to the gas lease fight. Albert Goss was arrested at South Sharon on Information of Mrs. Sa rah Whitman. She alleges that she saw Goss leave her bouse and found $50 missing. John Carvey, 77 years old. special policeman at the plant of the Carneg ie Steel company at New Castle, was run over by a dinky engine and prob ably fatally hurt.
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