DEMAND TARIFF REVISION
Massachusetts Republicans Are
In Favor of the Move.
GUILD NAMED FOR GOVERNOR
President Roosevelt's Peace Efforts
Praised Congressmen Charged
With Disloyalty to State's
Interests.
With only out! voice raised In op
position the Republicans of Mussuehu
aetts In State convention at Boston
declared for revision of the tariff.
The- radical wing of the pnrty, led by
Eugene N. Foss of Huston, did not
offer a substitute for the tariff plank
although In a speech Mr. Foss de
dared the revision favored In the
State platform was not sufficiently
wide In Its scope.
Oeneral Wlllinm F. Diaper, former
Ambassador to Italy, opposed In a
vigorous speech the adoption of the
tariff revision plank, contending that
tariff revision would be followed by
financial and commercial depression.
The platform was adopted without
amendment, and contained In brief an
endorsement of the administration of
President Roosevelt, special mention
being made of his part In bringing
about peace between Russia and
Japan, and of his enforcement of the
laws preventing corporations oppres
sing the people, a recommendation
for the enactment by Congress of a
tariff provision which shall protect
American markets against discrimina
tion and secure to the United States
the treatment accorded to the most
favored Nation In nil foreign mar
kets, and a resolution for the In
crease of the navy and the upbuilding
of the American merchant marine.
Lieutenant Governor Curtis Guild,
Jr., was nominated for Governor by
acclamation. For Secretary of State,
State Treasurer and Auditor, William
M. Olln, Arthur B. Chapln and Henry
E. Turner, the respective Incumbents,
were renominated by acclamntlon.
A feature of the day's proceedings
was the address of Benntor Lodge In
reply to Eugene N. Foss, who criiiy.ecl
the Massachusetts Senators and Rep
resentatives In Congress, charging
that they were not loyal to the State's
Interests. Senator Lodge censured
Mr. Foss for his strictures on the
Massachusetts representation at the
Capitol. Mr. Lodge said the time for
tariff revision was when the Republi
can party was In power, and argued
that "free raw materials" was but
another term for "free trade."
CHANGES FOR CABINET
Postmaster General Consents to Sue
ceed Mr. Shaw.
It Is stated positively by a close
friend of the President that Post
master General Cortelyou will suc
ceed Secretary of the Treasury Shaw
when he retires In February.
The place was offered to Mr.
Cortelyou some time ago and he de
clined the offer. Since then the
President has renewed his offer, and
only a few days ago, It Is said, Mr.
Cortelyou accepted.
Associated within this report Is one
that Commissioner of Internal Rove
nue Yerkes is to succeed Secretary of
Commerce and Labor Metcalfe when
the latter becomes secretary of the
navy. Secretary of the Navy .Bonn
..jiarte, according to this program is to
become attorney general when Mr.
Moody retires from the cabinet. The
date of the retirement of Mr. Moody
has not been determined.
FAMINE IN RUSSIA
Eighteen Millions of People Are Con
fronted by Starvation.
Russia is faced with a terrible
widespread famine, which extends
through 138 districts and 23 provinces
and affects a population of 18,000,000
people who will have to be fed until
the middle fr next July.
The splendid hospital organization
of the united zemstvos is centered in
Moscow and relief work has already
been begun, but so gigantic is the
task that there is no hope of supply
ing sufficient food to the starving mil
lions. - Fairbanks Lets Contract.
Vice President C. W. Fairbanks
has let the contract for a $35,000 resi
dence at Mansfield. Ill.,a small town
In Piatt county, where his brother Is
a banker. The Fairbanks own
thonsands of acres of valuable land
In that vicinity, and It is announced
that after completing his term as
Vice President Mr. Fairbanks will
make Mansfield his permanent
home.
400 Persons Homeless,
" Fire in the lumber district of
Rhinelander Wis., destroyed proper
ty valued at $600,000 and rendered 400
people homeless. The chief sufferers
were the Brown Bros. Lumber com
pany and the Robbins Lumber com
pany. About 40,000,000 feet of lumber
was destroyed.
Three Children Perish.'
Three children were burned to
death and their parents rescued and
taken In a dying condition to St.
Mary's hospital, five other tenants
sent to hospitals suffering from burns,
and two firemen hurt in a fire In a
four-story flat house In Reld avenue,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
May Divide Sakhalin Now.
Negotiations are in progress be
tween Russia and Japan, with the
view to the immediate delimitation
of the frontier on the Island of Sak
halin before the winter prevents such
work In order to avoid differences
when the Russians take possession of
their half of the island.
District Attorney William T. Je
rome was nominated for the office of
district attorney of New York by the
filling of a petition bearing 4,000 sig
natures. t
ACTIVITY INCREASE8
Large Tonnage of New Business In
sures Full Time for Steal Mills
Next Year.
Favorable trade reports still pre
dominate and there Is no anxiety re
garding the future. Higher tempera
ture checked retail distribution of
heavy weuring apparel and other sea
sonable merchandise, but preparations
for unprecedented lull and winter
trade continue without diminution
Superlatives tire needed in comment
lag on real estate transactions, build
Ing permits, bunk exchanges and rail
way earnings, and failure statistics
for the third quurter show a very low
commercial death rate. Quarterly
records back to 1S75 disclose no
three-mouth'. period when the ratio of
liabilities to solvent payments through
the clearing houses was lower than
the 62 cents to $1,000 Just recorded,
while the average loss to each firm In
business of 15.26 per cent, was less
than in nny year except 1881. Indus
trial activity increases, a large ton
nage of new business assuring full
time at the steel mills still further
Into next year; footwear shops show
much heavier shipments than In 1904.
and tho textile factories are well en
gaged. Rotter crop news weakened
cotton and grain prices slightly, but
there will be enormous prollts to the
growers even if quotations go still
lower. Latest reports of railway earn
ings in September show a small gain
of 7 per cent, over lust year's figures.
Strength prevails In the hide mar
ket, despite Increased receipts of cat
tle and some deterioration owing to
the longer hair that Is a seasonable
factor at Northern points. Leather
Is strong.
ENORMOUS COMMISSIONS
District Attorney Will Have Insurance
Scandal Before Grand Jury.
That the nstomnllnir tnliil if n.nrs
than $2,000,000 has been paid as
commissions bv the Mutual i.ir in.
surnnce Company to two members of
mo inmny ot Klclinrd A. McCurdy,
president of the company, and the
promise of District Attorney Jerome
that the Insurance scandals certainly
will be submitted later In nn elr:i.
ordinary grand Jury, were developed
m me insurance Investigation.
It was brought out bv tpstl mnnv
before the legislative Insurance com
mittee that Robert H. McCurdy, a
Son of Richard A. MeCnrrlv hug ro.
celved ns commissions on foreign
Business si.lli3,X29, and on domestic
business S"4 1.852 : and that lnlu A
Thebaud, son-in-law of Richard A.
McCurdy, has received an nggregato
of J920.ll :l In commissions from the
company. It was also brought out
that Robert H. McCurdy expected
his Income this year would be about
fiio.uoo.
V. F. Thumme!. an attornev of the
Mutual Life Insurance Coninnnv. tea.
tilled he had nald to the Hi
the Republican congressional cam
paign committee 12.5(10 In cash as a
campaign contribution.
Mr. Jerome, In announcing In
court that the scandals would he
submitted to nn extrnoiill niirv irrntwl
Jury, said the inquiry by the legis
lative committee had shown "great
er moral obliquity and moral obtuso
ness on the part of persons Import
ant In the business world than did
the shocking revelations In regard to
the Equitable Life."
RAMSEY REMOVED
Wabash Directors Elect Delano to
Succeed Him.
The directors of the Wabash rail
road met and removed Joseph Ram
sey, Jr., from the presidency, F. A.
Delano, first vice president was elect
ed to succeed him. Mr. Ramsey was
removed on the ground that he had
made an attack upon the railroad, an
unprecedented thing for a railroad
president to do, according to one of
the directors. At a special meeting
of the directors last Monday. Mr.
Ramsey's leave of absence was ex
tended from October 1 to October 10,
the date of the annual meeting, when
Mr. Ramsey hopes to get control of
the road. Mr. Ramsey was present
at that meeting and entered a formal
protest against the extension of his
leave of absence.
Japan's Financial Burden.
Former Foreign Minister Okuma,
leader of the Progressive party, be
fore the Associated Chambers of
Commerce, referring to tho sudden
expansion of Japan's finances, said
that when the withdrawal of the
troops is completed, she will find
herself confronted with a debt of $1,
250,000,000, th interest on which
alone, roughly speaking, will be $75,
000,000, or nearly twice tho revenue
of the country ten years ago. The
per capita rate of taxation before the
war was $2. Now it is $6. Tho per
capita shore in the nationnl debt be
fore the war was $6. It is now $25.
BANDITS HOLD UP TRAIN
Battle of Bullets Between Train
Crew and Robbers.
The east-hound Great Nor: hern pas
senger train leaving Seattle at 8
o'clock at night was held up by a
gang of bandits 10 miles from the
city. Hundreds of shots were ex
changed between the train crew and
the robbers and the exprers car was
blown to pieces by three charges of
dynamite.
Counterfeit $10 Bill Out
Chief Wilkie, of the secret service,
announces discovery of a counterfeit
$10 United States ("Buffalo") note, of
the series of 1901, check letter B.
Lyons, register, Roberts treasurer. It
Is said to be fairly deceptive photo
mechanical reproduction on two pieces
of paper, between which blue aud red
silk fibre has been distributed. The
counterfeit Is three-eighths of an Inch
longer than the genuine. The seal
is a trifle darker. The back of -the
note is printed in very dark Green.
NO RECORD ON THE BOOKS
Contribution to Campaign Fund
Was Not Recorded.
BLACKMAIL BY LAWMAKERS
What Insurance Men Have to En
counter In Way of Proposed
Legislation.
That John R. liegeman, president of
the Metropolitan Life Insurance icom
puny, borrowed $50,000 from the New
York Life Insurance company at 'A
per cent, below the market rato wns
brought out in the Insurance Investiga
tion, and President John A. McCnll,
of the New York Life, testified that he
In turn borrowed $75,000 from the
Metropolitan at. the same rate. This
was in January. 1903, the loan was
renewed In January, 1904, and ran un
til March, 1905, when tho rate of In
torest was advanced to 2 per cent.,
at which rate It is still running.
Mr. McCnll enlivened the proceed
lags further when he snld that there
was no record on tho books of the
New York Life Insurance company of
t tie $150,000 paid to the Republican
National committee for contributions
to Presidential campaigns. While he
had no personal knowledge that the
money was paid, ho assumed it wns,
because he had told the treasurer to
make these payments.
Mr. McCnll, In detailing tho general
legislation work of Judge Andrew
Hamilton and tho counsel he employ
ed, denied nny knowledge of the leg
islntivo pool which was disclosed in
the examination of Alfred W. Maine
auditor of the Equitable Life Assur
ance society last week.
President McCnll test Hied that, the
New York Life's expenses for legal
services from June 1, 1900, to August
31, 1905, were $1,103,920. Of this
amount, Mr. McCnll snld, Andrew
Hamilton received $176,927. In
States where Mr. Hamilton looked
after legislation, Mr. McCall said, he
was expected to deal with the man
who could produce the results.
Mr. McCall, on this question made
tho startling nssertlon that three-
quarters of the bills affecting lire In
surance companies were In the nature
of blackmail.
Nolllle F. Towner, of Albany, was
called to the stand and disclaimed nny
knowledge of tho whereabouts of
canceled checks of Judge Hamilton,
of Albany.
Mr. Towner testified that he had
made deposits for Judge Hamilton,
but not while the latter was In
Europe. He had taken, some can
celed checks from the Albany Trust
company early in September, and hnd
thrown them Into a drawer in Judge
Hamilton's desk. He hnd had no oc
casion to look at. them again until
last week, when ho received the sub
pena to appear before the committee.
He was nsked to bring these checks
with him, but when he looked for
them they were gone. He had no
knowledge he declared, of where they
could have gone or who could have
taken them.
CURRENT NEWS EVENTS.
The commission appointed for the
purpose has recommended the es
tablishment of pneumatic postal tubes
for Pittsburg.
William R. Hearst was named ns a
candidate for mayor of New York at
a municipal ownership mnss meeting.
President Roosevelt will speak on
the important policies of his admini
stration during his approaching south
ern trip.
Rev. Stewart Nye Hutchison, pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church of
Steubenville, O., has been called to
the First Reformed Church of Newark,
N. J.
Two hundred freight handlers em
ployed by the Cleveland, Cincinnati,
Chicago & St. Louis railroad (the
Big Four) at Indianapolis, went on
strike.
The people of Hamburg, Miss.,
where an epidemic of yellow fever Is
raging, are appealing for aid. Tho
people have not the necessaries of
life. The conditions are fearful.
Former Vice President Hyde of the
Equitable society demands protec
tion before he will testify before tho
legislative committee.
It is officially announced that the
Grand Pacific has given an order for
$4,000,000 worth of steel rails to the
Dominion Iron and Steel Company,
of Sydney, C. U. Tho contract calls
for the delivery of the rails within
five years.
President Roosevelt has appointed
Charles W. Russell, of Wheeling, W.
Va., formerly special Assistant At
torney General In charge of the Insu
lar bureau of the Department of Jus
tice, to tho office of Assistant Attor
ney General.
Finds a Pot of Money.
An iron pot containing coins of gold
and silver, valued at something like
$500, was unearthed by George
Brown upon some rented land in a
suburban addition to Des Moines, la.,
known as Hyde Park. The coins
were dated before 1860, and It is
presumed that they were buried for
safe keeping by some farmer who
responded to the call for volunteers
In the beginning of the Civil war and
who never returned.
Boy Finds $50,000.
Certificates of deposit, notes and
securities valued at more than $50,000
were picked up on the street In Cin
cinnati by Raymond Schlie, 15 years
old. The securities were turned
over to the Western German Bank,
and the officials are trying to find the
owner. The papers were in two small
boxes.
J. L. Dick, a Baltimore & Ohio rail
road trackman, was killed near Great
Cacapon, Md., by a passenger train.
HORRIBLE DEATH
Captain and Crew Fall Into the
Hands of Cannibals.
That his brother was horribly mirV
dered and given to sharks by
cannibals of Mattlcolo island, New
Hebrides, was the startling Informa
tion received by R. (i. Pentecost of
the Thomas Wlghtman Glass Com
pany, Pittsburg. Mr. Pentecost's
eldest brother, Capt. R. T. Pentecost,
captain and owner of tho schooner
Petrel, wn.s captured and murdered In
the most revolting manner.
So fur as Mr. Pentecost has learned
his brother wns tied to a tree and
transfixed with spears by the natives,
of the Island. While still conscious
he wns thrown to the sharks, the na
tives dancing ubout, nfter which a
cannibal feast was hold. A French
warship was sent to. the island and
during the attack and burning of the
village of the natives, a marine gun
nor and four natives were killed and
the murderers of Capt. Pentecost, and
Ills crew captured.
Capt. Pentecost was aged 50 and nn
Englishman. He had been at sea for
35 years, trading In the southern seas-
GIVES $10,000,000 CASH
Rockefeller Turns Money Over to
General Education Board.
Tho $10,000,000 gift of John IJ.
Rockefeller to the General Education
Hoard, which was announced last
Juno, was paid to the board by Mr.
Rockefeller In cash. In his lotter of
last June Mr. Rockefeller announced
that this gift would he forthcoming
October 1 In cash or securities.
The $10,000,000 wero delivered to
the Executive Committee of the
hoard whllo In session October 2 by
F. T. (iates, a representative of Mr.
Rockefeller and also n member of the
committee. The payment was made
In a series of checks made payable to
George Foster Peabody, treasurer of
tho hoard. Six of the checks were
for $1,000,000 and two for $2,000,-
000.
MILK FOR THE POOR.
Secretary Wilson Imports a Herd of
Milking Goats.
The Department of Agriculture has
Imported from tho Island ot Malta a
herd of 68 milking goats. These ani
mals will be taken to the Connecticut
experiment station, where they will
be fed, milked and propagated under
scientific conditions. The young will
be distributed throughout the experi
ment stations of the different States.
Secretary Wilson Bays: "The milk
ing goat has been neglected In the
United States. Goats are almost en
tirely free from tuberculosis. Their
milk Is peculiarly adapted to chil
dren, resembling human milk more
than that from any other nnlmnl. It
It also valuable for invalids. People
who cannot keep a cow may keep a
goat."
Boston Wool Market.
Although the tono of the wool mar
ket Is strong, business has fallen off
noticeably. Tho sales have been In
small quantities ranging from 25,000
to 50,000 pound lots, and hnve oc
casionally reached 100,000 pounds.
Territory wools continue to attract
general interest and are in goorl de
mand. The grades on call are the Vt
and combing and half clothing. In
pulled wools the demand has been
for line long staple carrying grades
Foreign goods are active. Loading
quotations follow: )hlo and Pennsyl
vania XX and above, 3t;ff?37c; X,
34fD35c; No. 1, 404ic; No. 2,
41fH2c; flue unwashed. 2S29c; Vt
blood unwashed, 34(fD:!5c; blood,
3(fi3fic; blood, '-i4(fi35c; unwash
ed delaine, 30(fi)31c; unmerchantable,
3132c; fine washed delaine, 3940c.
Fatal Collision.
A Soo lino express train from the
East, leaving the Union passenger
station at St. Paul, Minn., collided
with a Chicago Great Western fast
stock train at the Fourth street via
duct. The force of the collision sent
five of the passenger cars down a 27-
foot embankment. One passenger Is
dead and five wero seriously Injured,
while a score or more were slightly
cut and bruised.
TWO KILLED
Gas Leak Causes Explosion in Cin
cinnati Court House.
An explosion of gas under the floor
of the county commissioners' office ut
the court house in Cincinnati killed
George Zimmerman, chief clerk of the
commissioners, and Russell Blair, an
assistant clerk. The explosion tore
loose the floor nnd completely wreck
ed the county commissioners' room.
It also shattered most of the windows
In the court house.
The explosion was occasioned by
escaping gas coming Into contact with
a lighted match in the hands of Pat
rick Walsh, superintendent of county
buildings, while he was looking for
a gas leak in the court house.
In addition to the injuries of Zim
merman and Blair, which quickly re
sulted in death, two others were
painfully hurt.
The first fall meeting of the presi
dent's cabinet developed the necessity
for better treatment of Chinese im
migrants who are entitled to admis
sion to the United States.
Canton Bankers Indicted.
The Grand Jury at Canton, O., re
turned Indictments against W. L.
Davis, vice president, and Corwln D.
Bachtcl, cashier of the Canton State
bank, now in the hands of receivers.
Davis Is held for embezzlement of
$15,300, and for grand larceny of the
same amount. Bachtel is indicted for
the same two offenses and an addi
tional indictment la placed against
him charging false entries on the
bank's books.
JUDGE CAPTURED BYA MOB
Forced to Rescind Order for the
Arrest of Officers.
DRACGED FROM FREIGHT ENGINE
Finally Released and Gambling Goec
Merrily on In Brighton,
Colorado.
The spectacle of a member of the
Judiciary being dragged about by a
mob and forced to rescind un official
order ended a day of turmoil at
Brighton, Col., the county seat ol
Adams county, adjoining the city lim
its of Denver.
A. H. Guthell, County Judge, sum
moned tho Mayor, Marshal and mom
hers of the town board before him
mid lectured them for their alleged
failure to enforce ordinances against
gambling and Sunday liquor selling.
Following this, the Judge ordered
tho Sheriff and Marshal to gather the
slot machines in tho town of Brighton,
nnd when they reported later that
they could only find one Judge
Guthell deputized two men to arrest
them for contempt. In the meantime
both tho Sheriff and the Marshal dis
appeared. .
The report of the Judge's action
concerning the two peace officers
spread through tho town und caused
much excitement Citizens begun to
gather on the streotB, und, fearing for
his personal safely, Judge Guthle
boarded n Union Pacific freight engine
as It was pulling n train slowly
through tho town. He ordered thi
engineer to uncouple the engine from
tho train, It Is said, and run to Den
ver with him, threatening legal ac
tion unless the engineer compiled
with tho order.
The engineer refused to obey the
demand, and while they wero dis
cussing the mutter a mob gathered
around the engine nnd Judge Outbid
was dragged from tho cab. Ho was
told that ho must rescind his order of
nrrest against the Sheriff and Marshal
and upon being assured that he had
already done so the Judge was releas
ed by the mob nnd allowed to proceed
to the city on a passenger train later.
MANY BUILDINGS BURNED
Fire in Japan Causes a Loss of Prob
ably $5,000,000.
A fire that broke out In an army
storehouse at Hiroshima, Japan, de
stroyed 20 temporary buildings, to
gether with their contents, consisting
principally of provisions and clothing.
A largo portion df tho clothing was
removed from a new storehouse the
fire started.
In addition to the 20 buildings con
taining clothes and provisions, seven
others filled with fodder were destroy
ed. Although the buildings were con
structed of light material, they con
tained nn enormous amount of stored
goods, and the structures being of In
flarnable nature, the flames were
difficult lo extinguish, despite tho des
perate efforts of the troops. The fire
spread with great, rapidity. It wns
probably of Incendiary origin. The
loss Is variously estimated at from
$2,000,000 to $5,000,000.
ROBBER KILLS GREEK
Two Blacks Hold Up and Rob Thirty
Men.
Peter Pnnnell, n Greek laborer, was
killed at Salts Run, near Rayland,
O., by ono of two unknown negroes
who entered the Greek's sleeping
quarters for the purpose of robbery.
There were 30 Greeks In the room,
all unarmed. The negroes fired sev
eral revolver shots and terrified
them. Then they went from bunk
to bunk, tnklng the savings of their
victims nnd secured about $325.
Pnnnell had a bag containing $300
to which he clung tenaciously.
When he refused to deliver It to ono
of tho negToes ho shot the Greek
through the mouth, killing him In
stantly. The two negroes mado their
escape toward Wheeling.
LITTLE BEAR GIVES UP
Famous Indian Chief Surrenders After
Twenty Years of Rebellion.
After 20 years of opposition to the
Canadian government. Chief Little
Bear and his band of 300 renegade
Crees, nppflled at the number of their
children and horses dying and their
Inability to secure food as the re
sult of the drought prevailing in
Northern Montana, have surrendered.
Chief Little Bear and his band fled
to Montana at tho close of the noted
Riel rebellion. Many of the tribe are
now in Great Falls, en route to Havre,
where the tribe will assemble prior to
beginning the march to Canada,
Lost in Typhoon.
The Inter-island steamer Canlabe
nia, 1,097 tons, was sunk in the re
cent typhoon off TIcUo Island, one of
the Visayan group. Apparently all on
board were lost. She carried five
Americans, one Spaniard and 11 na
tive and Chinese passengers, and a
crew of 97 men and officers. The is
land steamer Carmen is also report
ed lost. Details are lacking.
New Rural Routes.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral De Graw reported that there
were 1,431 rural free delivery routes
established throughout the country
during September, making a total of
32.486 routes existing. There arje
4.655 petitions for such routes pend
ing. Joseph Bain of Pittsburg acci
dentally shot Mllo Selter of Benton
Harbor, Mich., in stomach while fool
ing with Seller's revolver at the
Pittsburg exposition.
FROSTS DO LITTLE HARM
Not More Than Five Per Cent of
Corn Is Now In Danger.
The weekly crop bulletin of the
weather bureau summarizes crop
conditions as follows: The weather
conditions of the week ending Octob
er 2, as a whole, were expcctlonully
favorable to agricultural Interests.
Highly favorable weather prevailed
throughout the principal corn States
An exceptionally large und line yield
of oom is now assured over much tho
greater part of tho corn bell, and
only a very small part of the crop in
Hid northern central portion, estimat
ed at from two to five per cent of
the total, remains exposod to Injury
from frost, and this Is maturing
rapidly.
As a wholo, tho reports indicate no
decided change In the condition of
cotton, as compared with tho pro-
vlotis week, n slight Improvement
being shown In northern Alabama
and in portions of Texas, while In
other sections of the latter State
there has ben a slight deterioration
A light apple crop Is reported near
ly everywhere, only a few unlmport
ant apple producing Slates indicating
satisfactory yields.
Owing to the extensive prevalence
of blight and rot In tho principal po
tato producing Slates a light crop of
potatoes of Inferior quality Is gener
ally promised.
The fall season so fnr, has been ex
ceptionally favorable for plowing and
heeding in the central vulloyR, luke
region nnd middle Atlantic States.
In pol l Ions of the Southern States
and on the north Pacific coast dry
soil conditions hnve not been favor
able for this work.
GREAT POWER PLANT
Will Rival the Great Works at Niag
ara Falls.
In Stanley county, N. C, of tho Yad
kin river, away from settlement and
almost out of tho reach of civilized
man, tho T. A. Gillespie company, of
Pittsburg nnd New York, Is construct
ing for the Whitney company, of
which George I. Whitney, of Pitts
burg, Is the head, an enormous power
plant, which Is expected to develop by
water by tho time the plant is all
completed anywhere from 75,000 to
100,000-horsepower. There is nothing
in existence to rival the work now In
progress there except tho great power
plant nt Niagara Falls. The project
contemplates tho expenditure of
something like $6,000,000 or $7,000,
000 in the utilization of tho power
from nbout 200 feet of full In the Yad
kin river, ono of tho large streams of
the Atlantic slope.
SHOT BY A MANIAC
Withodt Provocation Swede Fires at
a Stranger.
Without any apparent cause An
thony Olson, a demented Swede,
shot nnd possibly fatally injured
Hugh Hamilton, of Greensboro, Pa.,
In the Hotel Wilson, No. 10 Smith
field street. After a hard struggle
Olson was lodged In Central sta
tion nnd Hamilton wns removed to
the Homeopathic hospital, where it
was said that ho had a slight chance
for recovery. Ho was shot four
times nnd one bullet is still lodged In
his right lung.
Hamilton Is a prominent potior at
Greensboro and Is wcll known In
Ptlsbprg. He snld Olson was an nb
solute stranger to him, and Capt.
John Wilson, son of the proprietor
of the hotel, said that ho never saw
Hamilton with Olson. Hamilton had
been coming to the Hotel Wilson for
15 years.
Wants Money Returned.
Attorney General Mayer of New
York received the letter of Attorney
William Hepburn Russell asking
permission to begin suit against John
A. McCall, president, and George W.
Perkins, vice president of the New
York Life Insurance Company, for
the restitution of $150,000 contributed
to Republican campaign funds. Un
der the laws of the State tho sanc
tion of the attorney general Is re
quired In order to bring a suit pf this
character.
ENGINEER KILLED
Serious Wreck on Big Four at
Terre Haute.
The second section of a Cleveland,
Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis (Big
Four) train ran into a derail at the
crossing of the Southern Indiana Belt
line at Terre Haute, Ind. The engi
neer was killed and three injured.
The engine and ten cars were demol
ished and the track was torn up for
100 yards. The dead, R. B.- Brown,
engineer, Terre Haute. The Injured,
Rev. A. W. Luce, Hope, Ind.; J. S.
Shierbaum, fireman, Mattoon, III.;
Jesse Syknell, Carthage, Mo.
The engine went over the embank
ment and the cars piled up. Engi
neer Brown was caught under the
wreckage. The Rev. Mr. Luce was
moving his household goods from
Fort Branch, Ind., to Hope, Ind., his
new charge.
Mrs. William Wilcox, of Johnstown,
Pa., lifted a lighted lamp from a
bracket to place It elsewhere. It ex
ploded, setting fire to her clothes and
her body was burned to a crisp.
More Cotton Indictments Found.
The Federal Grand Jury reported
new indictments in the cotton crop
report leakage cases against Edwin
S. Holmes, associate statistician of the
Agricultural department; Edwla A.
Peckham and Moses Haas, of New
York. They cover the same ground
as the other indictments, but are be
lieved to be more specific.
John Clinton, a glassworker, waa
killed at the Wabash railroad bridge
at Mingo Junction, O., while trying to
board a freight train
KEYSTONE STATE CULLIWG5
WABASH STATION DESTROYED
Agent at Hickory, Escaped Wit
Money, but Tickets, Furniture
nd Ferlght Are Burned.
The new station of the Wabaso
rallroud ut Hickory was destroyed by
a fire. C. C. Coutcs, tho agent, was
not aware that the building waa
abluzo until ho wui driven from his
oluce by tho flumes and smoke. He
Just hud time to seize the mouoyj
drawer and floe from the building..
All the tickets furniture, freight and
express were destroyed. The loss Is
about $10,000.
Waiting nt the mouth of tho Mani
fold coal mine In Washington county,
with a warrnnt for the arrest of Jos.
Orego, Constable O. W. Clutter and
Detective K. Sarver were surprised
when the cage reached the top to find
Grpgo's dccapltntad body. The latter
had been killed in the mine a few
minutes before. The officers were
there to arrest him on a surety of the
peace charge So:no days ago Qrcgo
Is alleged to have threatened to kill
Frank Olmer, a fellow workman, who
had a warrant Rworn out for his ar
rest. A robber has Just completed a tour
of Westmoreland county and has caus
ed a lot of trouble to detectives em
ployed by the Central District and
Printing Tolegraph company. Nearly
every automatic long-distance tele
phono in the county has boon robbed
of cash. In almost every Instance the
tnlnphones In tho hotels were robbed,
although at Latrobe nnd the Intersec
tion tho rallroud stations were includ
ed. The nineteenth annual reunion of
the old Bucktall regiment was held'
at tho homo of State Senator E. A.
Irwin, at Curwensvlllo, colonol of the
regiment. Many veterans went to
the Gettysburg battlefield, where a
marker was placed on the spot whore
a colonel of the regiment, Charles W
Taylor, feu.
By the arrest of John Anderson, an
alleged leader of horse thieves, at
Franklin, and George Clarke, In Now
Castle, the police think they have
made a good start in breaking up the
gang operating around that seectlon.
for some time. William, son of John
Henderson, was captured, but broke
Jail, and a reward is offered for his
capture.
After having been practically dead
for 12 months, Wehrum, in Black
Lick valley, is about to be rejuvenat
ed. A year ago the Lackawana Coal
company closed Its mines. Since then,
almost all the population has left.
From now on, officials say, additional
men will be taken on until the full
quota Is at work again.
The National works of the Ameri
can Sheet and Tin Plate company, of
Monessen, will resumo operations
October IB. Only 10 of the 25 mills
will be started. Tho plnnt has been
Idle since June 15. Tho plant has
been equipped with a new boiler house
costing nearly $100,000.
Two strangers went into the store
of the Rochester Carpet company, and
asked tho manager, C. H. Hickey, if
they could purchase an empty store
box. While Mr. -Harris took ono of
them into the cellar to pick out a box
the other stranger tapped the money
drawer, securing $10.
Captain John F. Dravo, ono of the
leading coal and river men of the
Upper Ohio vnlley died at his homo
In Beaver in his 8Cth year. Capt.
Dravo was a member of the legislature
for several terms and a prominent
man In the business affairs ot the
City of Pittsburg.
A deal has been closed whereby the
Pearce Manufacturing company, of
Latrobe, comes Into possession f the
Merritt Comfort company, of India
napolis. This plant will bo moved to
Latrobe within a short time and the
business will be conducted as here
tofore. The Maryland Coal company, a
Georges Creek corporation, has pur
chased 3,000 acres of coal lands at
South Fork. Approximately $500,000
will change hands on this deal. This
Is the first venture of the Maryland
Coal company In Cambria county.
Congressman A. F. Cooper has
named John R. Walker, of Berlin,
Somerset county, as candidate for the
West Point Military academy. The
alternates are E. K. Fogg and John D.
Locke, of this place. There was no
competitive examination held.
Discovering boys in his orchard
stealing apples Karl Burk, whose
farm is Just west of Altoona, started
to chase them out. While pursuing
them one of the narty turned and
opened fire on him with a revolver,
shooting him in the right leg.
Walter Bates, 48 years old, was kill
ed at Oil City while working In the
new government building. He was di
recting the hoisting of a large stone,
when the crane broke and the stone '
and machinery fell on him. Bates
formerly lived at Bradford.
At Corry, Pa., Carl Gerston. aged
8, after school Jumped on a frelzht
train In sight of his teacher, who told
him to get off. He rode some dis
tance and then jumped, landing in
front of another train, which killed
him instantly.
The Erie Railroad Comoanv bna
awarded the contract for a new pass
enger station or or.cK and stone, at
South Sharon. It is said the Erie
will soon begin running passenger
trains over the New Castle branch to
Pittsburg.
Harvey Hess, a dlstribut or nf
samples of a breakfast food, was
stabbed by an Italian fruit dealer at
Harrisburg because he was not al
lowed to help himself. The Italian
escaped. Hess may die.
The new sheet mill of the American
Sheet & Tin Plate Company at South
Sharon, Idle for several weeks has
resumed.