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.