A POOL 1 LEGISLATION
Life Insurance Companies Have
Men at State Capitals.
DIRECTORS ARE ONLY DUMMIES
Mr. Schiff Declares They Have
Power and Are Negligible
Quantities.
No
Alfred W. Maine, an associate audi
tor of tho Equltablo Life Assurance
society, before the legislative com
mittee Investigating life Insurance,
disclosed that the Equitable Life, the
Mutual Life and the New York Life
companies had formed a pool to look
after legislation by the various State
Legislatures.
Andrew Hamilton,' to whom Presi
dent McCall, of the New York Life,
paid several checks, the purpose of
which the counsel for the committee,
Mr. Hughes, has not yet brought to
light, was one of the chief memliers
of the legal staff for these compan
ies and was employed and received
money for services from the Equit
able. Mr. .Maine told of the division of
the country to be looked after by
'Mr. Hamilton, in conjunction with IS.
L. Short and V. P. Tliuminel. Wit
ness presented vouchers for moneys
paid by Ills company to Mr. Hamilton
and these showed that in eight years,
from 185)5 to l!iu:i, the sum of $i;5,5!M!
jwas paid to Mr. Hamilton for legal
services.
I jhcoii n. nenm, senior memoer or
the firm of Kuhn, l.ocb & Co.. was an
other witness. Mr. Schiff was n
former director of the Equitable Lire
Assurance Society, but resigned when
the directors of the society failed to
adopt the Frlck report. Schiff said
that he had been a director of the
Equitable since late in 1X9;!.
-Mr. SchilT took occasion to make
the startling statement that in the
general run of corporations or com
panies the directors were nothing
more than dummies.
"Under the existing order of
things," lie said, "directors have no
power, and In many Instances are a
neglible quantity The executive
officers are in full control, and they
only come to the directors for ad
vice. If the executive ofllcnrs wish
to conceal Irregularities they can do
so without the knowledge of the di
rectors, who are powerless-."
FIVE MUDERED
Heads of the Victims Crushed
and
Their Throats Slashed,
Mrs. A. ,1. C'onditt and her four
chllrea, a daughter of 1;! and three
boys ranging in aie from f to 10
years, were murdered in odd blood
at their homo near Edna, Texas.
The mother and daughter were as
saulted and their bodies were bru
tally disfigured. A baby about 2
years old was the only one left alive.
All of them seemed to have been
murdered with some blunt instru
ment. Their heads were crushed and
their throats cut with a knife or ra
zor. The husband was working In tho
rice Holds. A negro boy was plow
ing near the house and heard the
children screaming. Ho saw a man
rush after the woman, who was run
ning around the house. Being afraid
to go to the house, he ran to a neigh
bor's and told what he had seen.
An Investigation revealed the trag
edy. There is no trace to the assas
In, although a posse with bloodhounds
started In pursuit.
WHY JAPAN YIELDED
Financial Disaster Threatened Owing
n r t-i - w I
to Poor Crops This Year.
Notwithstanding silence of the
Government the real fact is disclosed
that Japan made peace at Portsmouth
In fear of a financial breakdown. The
war proved more costly than had been I
calculated, nnd the rice and cereal
crops seemed doomed to failure.
While some Improvement may still
be ln store, it is certain that the rice
crop promises to be from 15 to 20 per
cent below the average and far below
last year's crop.
Six months more of war would
have meant very had times, for the
masses of the people are very poor
and rice is their bread and meat.
ORDER RESTORED AT BAKU
With Guarantee of Reforms and Pro
tection to Property.
With' the formal ratification of
peace between the Tartars and Arm
enians here traffic and the ordinary
course of life is being resumed.
Investigation of the damage done
during the riots established the fact
that two-fifths of the property In the
oil field has not been destroyed.
The oil men decline to resume
pumping from the remaining wells or
engage In the work of reconstruction
until the conclusion of the paptha
conference at St. Petersburg. In an
ticipation, however, that the govern
ment will grant reforms guarantee
ing the safety of life and property
ln the future, the oil men are placing
large orders for machinery and ma
terial to be used in the reconstruc
tion. BANK IS ROBBED
Burglars Carry Off Large Sum of
Money.
Burglars entered the private bank
of C. B. Burnett & Sons at Eldora,
111., wrecked the vault and ' carried
off between $S,000 and $10,000 ln cur
rency and gold.
Many shots were exchanged be
tween the burglars and citizens but
owing to the darknes none of the
shots took effect. Bloodhounds were
put cn the trail of the burglars.
DUN'S WEEKLY SUMMARY
September Makes Remarkable Record
In Structural and Railway 8up.
plies.
Lower temperature stimulates re
tail trade and fall .openings are large
ly attended, but the weather Is not
cold enough to menace late crops that
are maturing satisfactorily. Certain
ty of a successful season on the farms
contributes more than any other sing
le factor to the confidence that Is felt
In all sections of the country. Com
paratively little new grain has been
marketed thus far, which Is luregly
due to the planting of winter wheat
and other preparations for next year
that are unusually extensive. Manu
facturing activity Is fully maintained,
the lending Industries having con
tracts assuring little Idle machinery
during the balance of the year, and
It Is probable that more business be
carried over Into lOOli than at the
opening of any previous year.
The growing disposition to place
orders for distant delivery testify to
the .well nigh universal fulth that no
setback will be experienced. Hallway
traffic reports suggest that more roll
ing stock anil motive power could be
used If obtainable, as Is customary
at this season, and gross earnings
thus far reported for September sur
pass last year's by 1.1 pur cent, which
In turn were (i.5 per cent, greater than
those of ion:!.
September has made a remarkable
record N in the Iron and steel Inquiry.
In favored departments, notably struc
tural nnd railway supplies, business
was beyond the capacity of the mills.
Quiet coiilritions are customary at this
season of the year In the primary
markets for textile fabrics, but the
lull Is much less nmrked than usual.
Mills and factories have orders on
hand assuring activity for some time
to come, and there is no anxiety re
garding the future. Heavy receipts
of cattle at Chicago nnd other West
ern markets do not weaken the tone
of hides, packers maintaining full quo
tations because of the light holdings
by tanners. Foreign dry hides are
also llrni, offerings being limited.
RESTRICT NEGRO SUFFRAGE
Democratic Convention Declares
Against the Colored Man.
At the Democratic State convention
of Maryland in llultimore. Comptroll
er of the State Cordon T. Atkinson
was renominated and a platform
adopted advocating tho proposed con
stitutional amendment to restrict ne
gro suffrage which will be voted up
on at the November election. The
j platform reclares as follows:
! itv common consent thn n-ilv Ihd
In this campaign is whether negro
suffrage put upon us against our will j "Illation bureau of the city, present
by force, shall be restricted and its ' '.v Assistant Attorney Roberts,
power for evil destroyed. This Hem-1 The- general charge against him Is
ocrntic convention, representing two-1
thirds of the white people of the State
reaffirms the declaration of our par
ty In our platforms of 1-sft'J and 1ilo:i -
upon this subject and now proclaims
anew our resolute purpose to main
tain the supremacy of our race and
its control by all lawful and constitu
tional means of the administration
of the political affairs of tho State.
Believing that the proposed consti
tutional amendment will operate as
an effective remedy for the evils of
our situation, wltliout prejudice or In
jury to any rare or class; regarding
It. moreover, as a complete response
to the clearly expressed mandate of
the people, we unreservedly com
mend and approve It. We make it
the single Issue of this campaign. We
declare It to be our battle cry. The
negro vote ns It stands to-day Is a
perpetual menace to the prosperity
and peace of .Maryland, a menace to
am,
our very civilization, for It la Ignor
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Against Picture Post Cards.
Acting Postmaster General Hitch
cock ln a circular mailed to nil post-j
masters has renewed the campaign
started recently against objectionable
picture post cards and has constituted
every postmaster a judge of the card
mailed. If there is doubt as to the
Indecency of the card Mr. Hitchcock
Is to act as tho highest court
CHILDREN BURN
Five Little Ones Cremated
While
Parent Was Visiting.
Five children were cremated in a
fire which destroyed the home of
man. at Fort Dodge, la., whlla they I
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were asleep. A gasoline explosion
caused the fire.
The father had gone to work and '
the mother was visiting a neighbor, j
Neighbors discovered the fire, but
could do nothing. It was with great
rllfflMilti.' tli or tVirt r.wiMuif uro a fa.
strained from throwing herself Into !
the flames.
Punishment Too Light.
At Magnolia, Miss., Bessie Perkins
a white woman, was sentenced to 10
years In the penitentiary for marry
ing and living with a negro, Robert
Brown. Judge Wilkinson in passing
sentence, regretted he could make
the punishment no heavier. The wo
man declared she did not know
Brown was a negro.
Five Italians were killed by a dyna
mite explosion near Cumberland,
Md.
Run Closes Bank.
Folowlng the closing of the bank
at Smilhville, O., there was a run on
the First National at Orrvllle, which
resulted In Its doors being closed.
L. J. Alcorn, cashier of the local
bank, was a. director In the. Smithvllle
bank, and this fact caused the run.
Alcorn says the bank will pay dollar
for dollar.
Wheeler H. Peckham, former dis
trict attorney of New York and
Boss Tweed's prosecutor Is dead.
ANGLQ-JAPANESE TREATY-
Object Is Maintenance of Peace
in the Orient.
WILL AID EACH OTHER IN WAR
Japan's Rights In Korea and England's
Rights In India Are Recognized,
The text of the Anglo-Japanese
treaty signed August 12 has been
Issued from the foreign British office,
together with a dispatch to the Hrl
Ish ambassador at St. Petersburg, for
warding a copy of the agreement
with Instructions to communicate It
to the Russian government. The
trenty contains eight clauses and a
long preamble. The latter states the
object of the treaty Is the mainten
ance of general peace In Asia and
India and the preservation of the In
terests of all the powers In China by
Insuring the Integrity of China.
The main features of the new n-e-ment
have already been forecasted.
The pithy articles of the official text,
however, bring out forcefully the tre
mendous Importance to both countries
of this alliance which practically
makes Cleat Britain nnd Japan one
for the pm poses of defense "In the re
gions of East Asia and India."
Article HI. of the treaty savs:
"Japan possessing paramount politicnl,
military and economic rights In Korea,
Creat Urltaln recognizes' Japan's
right to take such measures for the
guidance control and protection of
Korea ns she may deem proper and
necessary to safeguard and advance
those Interests, providing the meas
ures are not contrary to the principle
of equal opportunity for all com
merce.
Article IV. says: "Japan recognizes
the rights of Creat Urltaln to take
such measures In proximity to her
Indian frontier as are necessary to
safeguard her Indian possessions."
Article VI. states: "As regards the
present war between Japan and Rus
sia Creat Britain will continue to
maintain strict neutrality unless some
other power or powers join In hostili
ties against Japan, in which easj
Creat Urltaln will come to the as
sistance of Japan, will conduct war in
common and will make peace lu mu
tual agreement with Japan."
JOHN W. HILL INDICTED
Philadelphia Grand Jury Finds 133
Counts Against Him.
I The Grand Jury at Philadelphia
I found a true bill of indictment against
John W. Hill, former chief of the
practically the same as In the Indict-
I" ' IW1..11. linn,,, llihllim ,,14.
1 1111, namely, falsifying and concur-
ting In milking false entries nnd
oiaterial omissions in papers anil
documents of the city while an of-
ticer thereof.
This is a second Indictment In con
nection with the charges against Mr.
Hill in the conduct of his office as
head of the filtration bureau.
The Indictment was the most com
prehensive over returned by a Phila
delphia county Grand Jury. It con
tains lllit counts, which among other
things charge falsification of records,
favoring the Durliani-Mc.Nlcliol firm
and causing a loss to the city of
more than $2,(100,000.
STREET RAILWAY CONTROL
Important Link In the System from
Pittsburgh to Wheeling.
The syndicate which has hppn nt
.
work ror several months securing con
trol of street railways nt East Liver
pool and Wellsvllle, O., has succeeded
lu getting ordinances through the
councils of both places. All Is now
ln readiness for rebuilding the
old
East Llverpool-Wellsvlllo line, mak
ing of it an up-to-date, double track
interuruan railway wnicli, with ex-
tensions to be built, will make It one ;
of tho most Important links ln
trolley chain
from Pittsburgh
heeling.
The Hon. W. Caryl Ely of Buffalo,
president of the American Street
Railway association, Is looking after
tho financiering of the enterprise
and Van Horn Ely, also of Buffalo,
Is president -of the new company,
which will absorb the East Liver
pool Railway Company, its branches,
!,he Liverpool &vR,,ck S,"rl?fS
H:ie to Chester, W. Va and the
pleasure resort known ns Rock
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"!rovenients will begin at once.
Bnvuco. su .
powers will ACT
Decision to Take Control of Macedo-
nias Finances Unalterable.
A collective note from the six pow
ers has been handed to the Porte, de
claring that their decision to assume
international control of the finances
of Macedonia, Is unalterable.
There Is increasing friction be
tween the British embassy and the
Porte', In consequence of the delay In
the payments of an Indemnity to the
owners of British shows, attacked by
Arab pirates in the Red sea. The
embassies last night pointed out that
unless the matter was soon satisfac
torily settled the Incident would re
sume a graver aspect.
RECORD FLOUR ORDER
It It for 180,000 Barrels to Be Shipped
Immediately to Vladivostok.
An order for 180,000 barrels of
flour to be delivered Immediately has
benn placed with a Seattle flour mill
by Vladvostok flour merchants. This
Is the largest single order ever plac
ed on the Pacific coast.
New orders for Hongkong and
Shanghai delivery are being received
and all orders placed before the boy
cott was proclaimed have- been confirmed.
FATAL BATTLE.
Mexican Desperado Killed by Texas
Rangers.
A battle between Mexican despera
does and Texas Rangers resulted In
the killing of one of the bad men
and the wounding of two. The fight
was on La Portia creek, near Miner
va, a small border town In Wilson
county, Texas.
The Rangers were led by Captain
Hen Tiimllnson. After two days' rid
Itig on the trail of Garcia and Enrico
Martinez brothers, and two of their
associates, they came upon them In
an adobe house.
A horse was shot under Captain
Tiimllnson, and one of his men was
wounded In the first volley. The
Rangers gradually worked closer to
the building, nnd when near to It
the desperadoes made a dash for a
thicket. Garcia Martinez was shot
dead. Two others fell, wounded, but
succeeded In getting Into the under
brush.
Martinez who was killed, Is known
to have committed four murders In
Texas and several In Mexico, where
a large reward Is offered for him.
dead or alive. His lasj victim was
Captain Corf a Ranger, whom he
klled lu Minerva last week.
WILL OPEN MUCH COAL.
The Pennsylvania Will Extend
Its
Monongahela Division.
Work lias been started by the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company on an ex
tension of its Monongahela division,
which will develop a rich coal region
heretofore destitute of transportation
facilities except where Monongahela
liver frontage could be had.
This extension will take the divis
ion from its present terminus nt
West Brownsville to a point near
Rices Landing, and the 12 miles of
this line have been placed under con
tract. The work Is to be completed
In time for the opening of the line
next spring. Then there will be con
tinued a develoinnent which will give
the Pennsylvania a loop through, that
coi ner of Washington county back to
Its Ellsworth branch.
Tho loop will start nt Mlllsboroand
rim via Clarksville, three miles to
Zollersvllle, four miles, nnd to Beiit
leysvllle, .seven miles, tapping the
Ellsworth branch.
TYPHOON AT MANILA
Ten Natives Killed and Damage to
Extent of $500,000 Done.
A typhoon swept over the city of
Manila September 20. The storm
lasted three hours nnd tho wind at
tained a velocity of 105 miles an
hour.
The property damage Is estimated
at. $.-,iiO,ooii. Then natives were kill
ed and 1,000 rendered homeless. The
botanical gardens mid the telephone
system were wrecked. , Slight dam
ago was done to the United States
quartermasters' storehouses and the
Lcity was thrown into darkness.
CANAL WORK ADVANCING
Chief Engineer Stevens' Is Getting
Good Results.
The work of John E. Stevens, the
chief engineer of the Panama canal '
and general manager of the Panama
railroad, Is beginning to show results.
Tho new 1,!)00 foot dock nt Ln Boca
Is about finished, the dock nt Cristobal
will be completed by the middle of
October, and tho work on tho railroad
to be connected with the canal zone
Is advancing satisfactorily.
Over 2,000 new laborers from Burba
does and Colombia have been employ
ed since September 1.
CROPS WILL BE BIG
Secretary Wilson Brings Good News
From the West.
Secretary Wilson of tho Department
of Agriculture returned to Washing
ton frdm a visit to the Middle West.
He says tho glowing reports of
enormous crops have not been exag
gerated. In the Dnkotns the small
grain has surpassed In yield and
quality tho crops of the last six or
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the corn crop Is the best ever known.
Ho says the entire crop Is beyond
the danger of frosts. ;
INSURANCE AGENTS INDICTED
Complaints of Violations of the Anti
Trust Laws of Ohio.
The Grand Jury of Ashtabula coun
ty, O., returned Indictments against
28 fire insurance agents of the county
and representing some G3 different
fire Insurance companies, and against
Albert Ross, of Columbus, of tho In
spection bureau maintained by the
companies.
The agents are charged In the In
dictments with violating the anti
twist laws of Ohio. It is alleged that
they have formed an organization for
the maintenance of rates and that
all competition In the business Is de
stroyed by their agreements.
Yellow Fever Record.
The offlcinl report of the Yollow Fever
I'osns in New Orleans up to fi o'clock p.m.
Sept. 29 Is summarized n f dlows:
New eases, 28.
Total to date, 2,902.
Dcnths, 2.
j Total deaths to date, 336.
Colon Escapes Serious Fire.
By sheer good luck the city of
Colon was saved from complete de
struction by fire. The fire broke out
In a building next to the residence
of the Spanish consul and soon de
stroyed the Phoenix hotel and two
other hotels, several liquor saloons
and several tenement buildings. The
postofflce and treasury building were
also burned.
Gen. Gomez has withdrawn from
race for Governorship of Cuba.
PRIVATE CAR TELESCOPED
New York Limited Ran into Local
Near Philadelphia.
WERE TESTING A NEW CAR
Crossover Was Not Closed Before
Fast Train Came Along Engine
Plowed Through Car.
A rear-end collision between the
eastbound New York limited express
from St. Louis and a local passenger
train, which was standing at the
Paoll station of the Pennsylvania
railroad, 15 miles west of Philadel
phia, resulted In the death of Ave
men and the injuring of more than 20
others.
The dead: Frank A. Hrastow, of
Haverford; George M. Pennypacker,
foreman of car Inspectors In the West
Philadelphia yards; S. S. Walton,
Altoonn, Pa.; Richard Y. Garland,
Narberth, a suburb of Philadelphia;
Carl. Dunhaur, Philadelphia.
Paoli Is the terminus of the Penn
sylvania railroad's suburban traffic on
the main line, nnd a large yard is
located there for the storage of cars
and engines. The local was made up
on the north side and switched across
to ine east Doiinil tracK, No. l, on tne
south side, and came to a stop at the
station. Before the switches could
be set the New York limited came
along nt moderate Rpeed on the No. 2
eastbound track, took the crossover
switch and crashed Into the local.
Tho force of the collision was so
great that the engine of the limited
ploughed 10 feet into the private car,
and the later was forced half way
through the day coach ahead. '
All those who met death were In
he private car of General Manager
Atterbury, which was attached to the
rear of the local train. Mr. Atter
bury Is on his vacation In Maine. He
expected to return about October 1,
and his car had been prepared for
pending to Maine to bring him home.
It was sent out In the forenoon for
a test run, nnd was attached to n late
afternoon local train from Paoll for
this city. In the car at the time of
the collision were about a dozen men
who had been engaged In overhaul
ing the car. Those who were not
lulled were Injured.
DEATH LIST GROWING
Italian Government Providing Shelt
er for Unfortunates.
Another cyclone caused enormous
damage In Calabria. A gradual clear
ance of the buildings ruined by the
recent earthquakes shows that the
number of persons that perished was
greater than given In the first esti
mates. Large numbers of bodies are
being discovered daily.
The work of constructing wooden
cabins under government supervision
is progressing rapidly. Two thous
and have already been completed and
1,000 more will be erected to shelt-
er the homeless people who are sleep
Ing In the railroad depots.
According to statistics, 20.000 cat
tle perished during the earthquakes.
APPLIED FOR RECEIVER
Little Kanawha Syndicate Deal Tied
Up in Court.
Application for the appointment of
a receiver for the community of In
terests known as the Little Kanawha
syndicate, an organization controlling
coal lands nnd railway Interests in
West Virginia, was filed In the I'nit
ed States court at Cincinnati. At the
head of the syndicate is George J.
Gould, Joseph Ramsey, Jr., president
of the Wabash railroad,-and William
K. Guy of St. Louis. Tho plaintiff Is
John S. Jones, bolder of $l00,ti00 of
stock ln the syndicate. He lives In
Chicago.
Judge Richards set October 9 for
the hearing. A restraining order was
Issued to temporarily prevent the
three defendants from "selling, con
tracting to sell, transferring or part
ing with" any property of the Kana
wha syndicate.
Boston Wool Market.
Strength nnd Inactivity characteriz
es the wool market. Prices In the
Boston wool market show little
change, nnd are1 about as follows:
Ohio and Pennsylvania XX and
nbove, .Hi 37c: X. 3J&:ijc; No. 1, 4o
Rile; No. 2, 4142c; fine unwashed,
2S(fi29c; Vt-blood unwashed. 34ff35c;
-blood, 35ffl3t;c; half-blood', 3435c;
unwashed Delaine, 30(331c; unmer
chantable, 31g32c; fine washed De
laine, :!9(fi40c. Michigan. Fine un
washed, 2728c; -blood, unwashed,
33(S34c; -blood, 34:!5c; -bIood,
33(fi34c; unwashed Deialne, 2Sc; Ken
tucky, Indiana, etc.: Three-eighths
and U-blood, 3G37c.
Slew Rival for Girl's Favor.
Henry Edwards, aged 23, was shot
and killed at Lewisburg, Ky., by Clar
ence Turner. They quarreled about
a girl at a dance. Turner Is In Jail
here. His plea is solf defense.
Fire destroyed the barn of the
National Biscuit company at Zanes
vllle, O. Six horses were cremated.
Loss $3,000. Incendiaries are blamed
for tho blaze.
Building Collapses.
A three-story brick building, under
course of construction on West Ferry
street, Buffalo, N. Y., collapsed, car
rying down with It 30 bricklayers and
carpenters. A score of the men were
Injured, eight of them seriously.
Fifty Filipino students arrived In
Chicago from Washington, prepara
tory to registering ln various West
ern colleges and universities. The
students were ln charge of W. A.
Sutherland.
YELLOW FEVER GERM FOUND
Important Discovery Made In New
Orleans Hospital.
The yellow fever germ has been
discovered. Careful tests made dur
ing a period of four weeks at the
Emergency Hospital In New Orleans
by Dr. P. E. Archlnard, Dr. J. BIrney
Guthrie and Professor J. C. Smith, a
biologist of fame, have resulted In the
discovery, Identification nnd positive
proof of the germ, whose conveyance
by the stegomyia mosquito caused
yellow fever in all whom It Inoculat
ed. This Is one of the most radically
Important discoveries in the field of
medicine for 60 years, or since
Pasteur made his famous experiments
with cholera. Any physician, It Is
said, can Identify the disease In Its
first stages before any ordinarily
recognized symptoms have declared
themselves.
AGREE TO SEPARATE
Union of Sweden and Norway Will
Be Dissolved.
After protracted sessions extend
ing over some weeks, the Norwegian
nnd Swedish delegates who met at
Karlstad to settle the terms of
separation of the two countries, arriv
ed at an agreement on all points.
The terms were not made public.
That Sweden never objected to an
arbitration treaty, Is shown by the
riksdag's decision In which arbitra
tion was first mentioned nnd which
agreed perfectly with Sweden's ex
pressed desire for peace.
A protocol is now being drawn up
which will be presented to the repre
sentatives of both nations for their
signatures. The protocol will be pub
lished simultaneously In Stockholm
and Christ lanla.
CURRENT NEWS EVENTS.
It Is announced that a merger of
75 breweries In Michigan Is In process
or formation.
A bull fight, which was to hnva
been a feature of the festivities In
honor of the visit of President Loubet
of France to Madrid, has been sup
pressed. James Hagen was killed by an
Allegheny Valley railroad train at
Monterey, Pa. The body was taken
to Parker.
Charles Howard, son of T. E. How
ard, former supreme Court Justice of
Indiana, was found dead in Notre
Dame cenietnry lake.
W. W. Hague, 20 years old, a
Pennsylvania railroad brakeman,
jumped from a freight train in front
of a passenger train at Altoona, Pa.,
and was killed.
The Berry Lumber company of Oil
City, Pa., has secured possession of
S.0110 acres of timber land near Chat
tanooga, Tenn. The timber will be
cut into railroad ties.
John A. Morris, once a candidate
for governor of the State of Connetl
cul,1 on the Socialist ticket committed
suicide by Inhaling gas through a
tube which he attached to a jet.
Snow to the depth of six inches
covered the summit of Mt. Washing
ton on the 25th and lay on the
ground to a lesser depth as far down
as the Half-Way house. The ther
mometer registered 2G.
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie
M. Shaw will leave the cabinet Feb
ruary 1, 1900. He makes the definite
announcement In a letter to the
Polk County, (la.) Republican club.
On account of the prevalence of
typhoid fever and diptherla at the
naval academy, at Annapolis, a rigid
quarantine has been established and
no midshipmen are allowed to leave
the grounds.
Robert Rlchwlne, the express agent
who was Injured In the wreck of the
Philadelphia and Reading railroad,
near Barnltz, Pa., last Thursday, Is
dead. This makes the sixth death
due to the accident.
Fire at Gormania, W. Va., thought
to have been of Incendiary origin, de
stroyed Knlght3 of Pythias Hall. Dr.
Drlnkwater's home and office. Beck
man & Wolf's store building and
stock, the stock of John Reld and
two dwellings, the total loss aggregat
ing $25,000.
A man believed to be Joseph Girard
the New York teamster suspected of
murdering Augusta Pfeiffer, in the
Bronx ten days ago. was arrested at
Central Bridge, Schoharie county,
and Is now In jail awaiting identifica
tion. Dynamite Hulk Blown Up.
The wreck of the British steamer
Chatham, with her cargo of 90 tons
of dynamite and blasting gelatine,
wa3 blown up by mines distributed
around and in side her hull. These
were fired by an electric current from
Raselech, about five miles away. The
authorities anticipate that the pass
age will be cleared of debris in four
days.
Telephone Company Expands.
The United States Independent
Telephone company filed papers with
the Secretary of State of New Jersey,
Increasing its authorized! capital
from $100,000 to $.')0,000,000. The offi
cers ore: John N. Rauber, president;
William J. Naylor, vice president;
Benjamin .1. Chase, secretary; Fred
erick W. Zoller, treasurer; Morris D.
Knupp, .1. Wesley Kingston and
Henry Abington, directors.
Glass Scale Reaffirmed.
The National Association of Window
Glass Manufacturers, representing
over two-thirds of the hand-blowing
window glass plants of the United
States, reaffirmed the wage scale of
L. A. 300 of Pittsburg and. entirely
repudiated the scale of the Amalga
mated Association of Window Glass
Workers of Cleveland, deciding to
operate under a fcildlng scale or al
low their factories to remain Idle for
the entire scale vear.
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS
MAD DOG BITES CHILD
Rabid Animal Tree Pedestraln and
Chases Women Into Their Hornet
Before Being Killed. .
Harry, the 8-year-old son of
Michael Rearick, who lives west of
West Newton, was severely bitten by
a mod dog. The lad was rescued by
Charles Herrlngton. The dog first
appeared on the road on the west side
of the Youghlogheny river, snapping
at the wheels ot wagons and other
vehicles. It then devoted its atten
tion to hogs, cattle and other domes
tic animals. Pedestrians were com
pelled to climb trees and several wo
men were chased Into their homes.
One of the men the dog tread manag
ed to get his gun and killed the ani
mal shortly after the biting of the)
Rearick lad.
Mrs. Mary A. Z. Fritchey has made
application to the Dauphin County;
Courts for a divorce from her hus
band, Dr. John A. Fritchey, three
times mayor of Harrlsburg, and the
one-time Democratic leader of Dau
phin county. Mrs. Fritchey has filed
a brief statement, in which she al
leges "cruel and barbarous treat.
uiem, eiiuttiigei nig vi iier lire anil
such other indignities to her as to
render her present condition Intoler
able and thereby force her to with
draw from his house and family."
Giovanni Mallnl was convicted ot
murder in the first degree for the
killing of Anton Redipl at Yorks
Run, Nicholson township, Fayette
county on August 23 last. It was al
leged that Mallnl was a member of
the "Black Hand" society and that he
had stabbed his victim to death be
cause the latter refused to give up
money.
An advance ranging from 15 to 25
cents a day, has been granted the
employes of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad shops at Connellsvllle. The
Increase is the outcome of a recent
conference between a committee from
the shops and General Superintendent
of Motive Power J. E. Muhlfield. The
raise affects about 100 men.
The Sigma Chi fraternity house at
State college was badly damaged by
fire. By some rapid work on the part
of students nearly all the furniture
and household goods was rescued.
Fatkes, halfback on the 'varsity foot
ball eleven, sustained a sprained
ankle while leading the student Ore
brigade.
George Mlsko, a New Salem , mer
chant, was brought to the hospital at
Uniontown, probably fatally wounded
and the authorities are searching for
three negroes responsible for the
shooting. The negroes, who were
strangers, shot Miskb In his store. It
Is believed their motive was robbery. ,
When Dr. J. M. Maurer, of Wash
ington returned to his home late at
night he was confronted in his hall
by a burglar. The burglar lmmediate
1.. .1 1 - - .
iy iimuu it uiftiK 101- hil open winaow,
through which he had gained en
trance, and, joining a confederate on
the outside, fled.
Officer James Bv Ritson, of Ells
worth, Washington county, was ar
rested charged with the killing of a
Slav miner, "Steve" Beck on August
13. Ritson was later released under
ball. Beck was killed at a christen
ing. He was arrested by Ritson, but
In resisting arrest was shot.
While walking ln the woods on the
Krumpe farm In Cole Hollow, Buf
falo township, Butler county, George
Gibson found the body of a man
which was reduced to a skeleton. The
corpse was clad In a black suit, hav
ing $1.62, a gold watch and a rosary
ln the pockets.
Harry L. Hawkins and "Doc" Mc
Donald, of Waynesburg, who pleaded
guilty to Illegal voting and securing
illegal votes at a primary election,
were sentenced by Judge Crawford
to pay $100 fine each and costs and
to remain one hour in jail. These are
the first of a number of prosecutions.
Two robbers are alleged to have
set fire to Dr. G. H. Sloan's stable
at Carrolltown. The fire spread to
three other stables and all were burn
ed, entailing a loss of $6,000. Three
horses and two cows were cremated.
The Brookvllle and Mahoning Rail
road Co. . has 500 men grading for
the new 20-mlle road on the west
side of the Allegheny river between
Ford City and Mahoning, and ex
pects to complete the grading by
Thanksgiving day.
Rev. Dr. S. J. Fisher surprised hi3
congregation at the morning service
of the Swissvale Presbyterian Church
Sunday by reading his resignation,
which he desires to take effect Nov
ember 10. the thirty-fifth anniversary
of this pastorate.
At Butler the jury in the case ot
the Commonwealth vs. John Mclaugh
lin, Indicted for the killing ot Will
lam J. Hemphill, on May 5 last, re
turned a verdict of guilty In the sec
ond degree.
After deliberating for more than
52 hours the Jury at Uniontown, ar
rived at a verdict of guilty of murder
in the second degree in the case of
Andy Martechek, charged with kill
ing Iartin Shultz.
The merger of the Pennsylvania! and
Mahoning Valley Street Railway
company and the Sharon and New
Castle Street Railway company Is now
assured. The deal involves the con
solidation of almost $5,000,000 in rail
way properties and valuable franchis
es. C. P. Davis, C. C. Bunton, C.
R. Wray, C. S. Dixon, James S.
Carr and others have organized the
West Shore Street Railway Co., to
build a trolley line from Black Dia
mond above Monongahela to Donora.
A charter has been applied for.