Distinguished Actor Expires Sud denly From Syncope. WAS PLAYING FAREWELL TOUR toon After Returning to His Hotel from the Theater He Took Suddenly III. The English-speaking world 1ms suffered an Irreparable loss by the sudden death of Sir Henry Irving, who was universally regarded as the most representative English ac tor of contemporary times. Sir Henry died literally in harness. He was giving a series of farewell performances in the English provin ces and wus playing an engagement at Bradford, appearing In several favorite roles. Thursday ho present ed "King Rene's Daughter" and "The Bells," and seemed to ho In excel lent health, taking the exhausting part of Matthias in the latter play with all the vigor of youth. Friday, before an enthusiastic audi ence, he portrayed one of his most characteristically Intellectual parts, the title -lle In his own stage adaptation of Ijorrt Tennyson's "Becket," with marked success. After the performance Sir Henry returned to his hotel, reaching his looms at 11:30 o'clock, when it was observed that ho was In great pain. Physicians were immediately sum moned, hut before they could arrive Sir Henry was seized with an at tack of syncope and expired within a few minutes, without having utter fed a word, I t the presence of Bram Stoker, who had been his immediate manager for many years, and a few other intimate friends. The event caused the greatest pain and conster nation among the members of the company. TAGGART GETS DIVORCE Charge, of Drunkenness Against the Major Is Not Sustained. Judge Eason, of Wooster, O., who heard the divorce case of Major El more F. Taggart Bgalnst his wife, has rendered his decision. The court grants Major Taggart the di vorce and the custody of the two children, Culver, aged 11, and Charles, aged 7. Although Mrs. Taggart is denied possession of the children, she will he permitted to see them. Major Taggart was In court during the reading of the decision. Mrs. Tag gart Is 111 and was not present. The court room was crowded. Judge Eason before giv ing his do-1 cision reviewed the petitions, cross j petitions, answers and affidavits. In I the course of his statement Judge I Eason said the testimony was deep ly touching. The charge of Drunken ness against Major Taggart, tho court said, was not sustained. Judge Eason, in his: decision said that he considered that Infidelity was proven In the case of Lieutenant Fortescue. at Fort Leavenworth, and with William Taggart, belter known as "Billy" Taggart, of Orrville, O. Exereme cruelty was proven, he said, when Mrs. Taggart left him at Fort Leavenworth, when he was critically ill. General Miner did not escape a severe scoring. Judge Eason said: "I am not sure that he was not im plicated In this more than It ap pears on the surface." CURES FIVE CANCER CASES. Physician Gives Details of Successful Use of Radium. That five persons have been cured of cancer at the Flower Hospital In New York, by the use of radium coat ings on celluloid rods Inserted into the diseased parts, was . the sub stance of a paper read by Dr. Wm. H. DiefTenbach before the Homeo pathic Medical Society of tho county of New York. In only one of six cases which he treated, Dr. Dleffenbach said, his ef fort met with defeat. In that case the disease was far advanced. EX-CONFEDERATES BURY NEGRO Famous Southern Soldiers Furnish Funeral Escort of Honor. The funeral' of Amos Rucker, an ante-bellum negro, took place at At lanta, Ga., on the 12th. He was a member of Camp Walker, United Confederate Veterans, which followed the body to the grave as an honorary escort. General Clement A. Evans, Division Commander of the United Confederate Veterans, officiated at the funeral, and among the pall bearers were former Governor Allen D. Candler, General A. J. West, Judge W. Lowndes Calhoun, Dr. Amos Fox and R. S. Osborne. Colorado's Fine Target Practice, Figures were given out by an offi cer of the new cruiser Colorado to show that the recent target practice of that ship has never been equalled by any ship In any navy. With the 6-inch gun 40 shots made 40 hits In a triangular canvas target at a range of 3,600 yards. Ten shots each were fired from the four 8-inch rifles, and only three misses were recorded. 63,409 Immigrants in August. The report of the Bureau of Im migration for August, shows that 63. 409 aliens landed during the month, as compared with 59,777 for August, f904. The greatest number arrived from Russia. From China 215 land ed, compared with 630 for last Au gust. The sum of J 10,000 has been re ceived from J. Plerpont Morgan for the benefit of the sufferers from the recent earthquakes in the province at OalaJirJ Tmlv. .DUN'8 WEEKLY SUMMARY Steel and Iron Milts Have Orders Far Ahead and Much Business on Must Be Carried Over. R. O. Htm & Co's "Weekly Review of Trade" Bays: Recent mild weath er might have been expected to re tard business, but freight block ades und several similar conditions testify to the contrary. Holiday trade promises to supply unpreced ented business. Manufacturers are so fully occupied that contiacts for early delivery cannot he considered in most cases, and the amount of business that will be curried over In to 19UC will certainly eclipse all rec ords. These sanguine prospects are confidently unnounced In several of the leading Industries, latest news from' tho iron furnaces and steel mills being notably gratifying. Crops were not seriously Injured by the frost, and such a small percentage of the year's yield still remains expos ed to danger that agricultural re sults may be summed up as most fav orable. Railway earnings thus far reported for October gained only 0.2 per cent, over hist year's movement, but prices of securities were little In fluenced by the bankers' addresses urging conservatism. Failures this week numbered 214 In the United States, compared with 208 a year ago, and 25 in Cannda against 24 last year. Bradstreet's will say: Further strength has developed In Iron and steel, v Premiums for quick delivery are now almost universal, and con tracts far Into 1906 nre announced for both crude and finished products. The only Haw in tho Bituntlon at pres ent, one, by the way, flowing from Intense activity In all lines of Indus try, is the growing inability of the railroads to handle tho freight traffic offerings. This complaint is well nigh universal. FIRST SNOW STORM. Many Shade Trees Crushed Flurries Reported in Many Places. For five hours on the morning of the 12th, Greenville, pa., was in the throes of a snow storm. Hundreds of shade trees were broken down under Its weight, awnings destroyed and several barns crushed In. Tho snow melted Just as fast as It reach ed the earth, but that which ac cumulated on trees caused great damage to them, for the reason that, heiing still In full leaf, they gathered such quantities that It flnnlly broke many of them down. Kilo, Sharon, Irwin. Connellsville and Alloona all report snow flurries. At Pickens. W. Va there was a fall of two Inches of snow. Cleveland reported a furious gale blowing on Lake Erie, with much snow and a decided fall in temperature. GERMAN CAMP STORMED. Rebel Chiefs in South Africa Escape Without Loss. Morcngo and Morris, chiefs of the rebellious Hottentots of German Southwest Africa, have captured Jerusalem camp, between Warmbnd nnd Scult Drift, after severe fighting, during which Lieut. Surmand and five men were killed nnd eight men were wounded. The Hottentots sus tained no losses, and captured all the stock and stores. Several Germans were made pris oners, but nfter being disarmed were allowed to return to return to Lieut. Gen. Von Trotlia, commander of the German forces, with a letter from Morengo saying that the Hot tentots were now in a position to take the offensive nnd would light to the finish. The German garrison at Kllplaats, hearing that Morengo was in their vicinity, burned their stores, deserted the nost and retired to Descondesdam. The garrison nt Nkaas has been strengthened by 900 i men and a battery of artillery. j Mother and Son Killed. Mrs. Joseph Bonsall, aged 48 years, and her son Wallace, aged II years, were killed by being struck by an ex press train on the West Chester branch of the Pennsylvania railroad at Fernwood, a suburb of Philadel phia. Judge Must Resign. Associate Judge Tucker, of the territorial Supreme Court of Ari zona, has been requested to resign. It was charged that he proposed to hold sessions of his court in Globe, Ariz., only on condition that he be furnished with a residence in that town. Man Suffocated The office of the Lonaconlng, Md. "Star," J. J. Robinson, editor and publisher, was destroyed by fire of incendiary origin and A. K. Wheel er, the bookkeeper, was suffocated, dying shortly after being taken from the building. Crop Conditions. The Agricultural department issued the following crop bulletin: The con dition of corn on October 1 was 89.2, as compared with 89.5 last month, 83.? on October 1, 1904, 80.8 at the corresponding date in 1903, and a 10 year average of 80.2. The preliminary estimate of the average yield per acre of spring wheat is 14.7 bushels (8.8 centals), subject to revision when the final estimate Is made In December. Hearst Will Run for Mayor, William R. Hearst made public a letter addressed to Judge Samuel Seabury, of the Municipal Ownership league, accepting the league's tender of the nomination for mayor of New York. Mr. Hearst's acceptance as sures three mayorallty tickets, Demo cratic, Republican and Public Owner ship. ' The barge Noquebuy, In tow of the steamer Lizzie Madden, caught Ore when 20 miles east of Bayfield, Mich., and was burned to the water's edse. ' Negroes in Crew Butcher Victims on High Seas. MATE MEETS DEATH IN BED Mercy 8hown to Man Who Then Cruelly Shoots One of His Shipmates. The murder of Captain- Rumlll and four of his crew of the four-masted schooner Harry A. Berwind In a mu tiny, while the vessel was bound from Mobile to Philadelphia, Is the story toia in a special from Sottthport, N. C, The schooner Blanche H. King put Into Sottthport, bringing in Irons three negroes, all that remained of the llei wind's crew. The captain mate, cook and an engineer apparent ly had been killed In the mutiny and their bodies thrown overboard nnd the body of a fourth sailor, a negro, was found lying on deck, where he, too, had been killed. Captain Taylor, whose attention was attracted by the reckless man iter in which tho ill-fated vessel was being steered, her course threatening to run down his own vessel, boarded the Berwind und placed the negroes In irons. It developed from the stories of the negro prisoners that the mutiny arose as the result of a quarrel aboardshlp about the coffee mudo for breakfast. The King was signaled by the Berwind at) miles east of Frying lightship, and in response to a signal Captain Taylor sent his mate, engi neer nnd others on bourd. The decks of the schooner were crimson with blood, giving evidence of an encounter. The berth of the mate was spotted with blood, Indicat ing that he was butchered in bed. After the boarding party from the King handcuffed the mutineers one of the negroes complained the Irons were too tight nnd hurt him, The .bracelet was loosened, when the cap tive drew a pistol and shot one of hla own crew. The total list of ki, ed Is four whites and one negro, the names of none of whom can be learn ed. The King loft a prize crew aboard the Berwind. SMUGGLERS AND CANNIBALS Deplorable Conditions Found In Hayti and San Domingo. H. F. Worley, an agent of tho insu lar bureau, who was sent to Santo Domingo to investigate the revenue conditions on the border between tho Dominican and Haltirn republics, has made a partial report to the U. S. war department. He estimates that the smuggling that has been going on across this border lias cost the Dominican government from $250,000 to 1400.000 u year. Air. Worley also made a trip Into the interior of Hayti while he was on the island, and says that reports were often brought to him of savage customs in the wildest regions. In eluding cannibalistic feasts, where the victim's nre babies. These reports were sufficiently authentic to be be lieved by him. The method of smuggling, he said, was to land goods In ports at Hayti and send them by coasting vessels near the Dominican line. They were then carried over the border by ntnlo trains. Some of the largest mercan tile houses in Monti CrlBtl had their warehouses fur inlund, where these goods were smuggled across the bord er. Mr. Worley was sent down there to establish customs houses In the interior between the two countries, and he was warned that if he attemp ted to carry out his Instructions he was liable to be assassinated, so de termined are the smugglers to con tinue their traffic. But customs houses hnve been established and others will be established until It wilt be impossible to continue the smug gling. A portrait of Salmon P. Chase, of Ohio, a former chief justice of the United States supreme court, was unveiled at Springfield, I'll. Senator J. B. Foraker delivered the oration. PRICES GROW FIRMER Danger of Runaway Iron and Steel Market is Passed. The iron Review says: The danger of a' runaway is disappearing and conditions are thoroughly sound. The outlook is that while there will be no special excitement in the near future all plants will continue fully as active as they have been for some time. The demand for structural material continues unabated, and efforts to en thuse life into the strike of struc tural workers seems to have had little effect. Among the recent large orders for bridge material .was one for 18,000 tons from the Atchison, To peka & Santa Fe railroad. Neck Broken. After falling Into a Big Four gravel pit near Lnwrenceburg, Ind., and breaking his neck, an Italian laborer, assisted by a friend, walked nearly a mile to his tent, holding his head in his hands the whole distance. Physicians found the man's neck had beej fractured at the fifth verte brae, and declared that the injuries will undoubtedly prove fatal. - Charged With Manslaughter. County Detective Harry J. Bentley of Carlisle, Pa., arrested Trainmaster George O. Sarvis of the Philadelphia ft Reading railway, on a charge of criminal negligence and manslaughter In connection with the wreck at' Roushs curve, September 21, In which six trainmen lost their lives. The bull was fixed at. $3,000 and was promptly furnished. The hearing will not take place until Sarvis, who was Injured In the wreck, is able to go to Carlisle.' FOOTBALL TOO BRUTAL President Wants to See Rules of the Game Changed. Presldont Roosevelt entertained at luncheon Dr. D. H. Nichols and W. T Reld of Harvard; Arthur T. Wider brand and John B. Fine of Princeton, and Walter Camp and Mr. Owsley of Yale. The six guests of the Presl dent constitute the athletic advisors of tho respective colleges named. The President desired to consider with them particularly the morale of the game of football with a view to eliminate much of Its brutality If pos sible. A general discussion of college ath letics was had, but the talk centered around the game of football. It Is hoped by the President that with the co-operation of the college authori ties and the athletic advisors the rules of the game may be so amend ed as practically to do away with much of the brutality which makes the game oujeetlonnblo to many peo ple. PAT CROWE'S OCCUPATION Principally That of Dodging Police for Number of Years. Pat Crowe, tho alleged kidnapper of Edward Cudahy, arrived at Otnnlia, Neb., from Butte, Mont., In custody of Captain of Detectives Dunn and De tective Heltfield. An Immense throng greeted Crowe with cheers at tho Union station. Crowe was not Inclined to talk of his past. He declared that much had been published on his alleged doings confessions and other matters,' which was without, foundation. Among these he mentioned a confession said to have been signed by him at Butte Implicating young Cudahy In a con spiracy In connection with the kidnap ing. In registering, Crowe was askod by the police what his occupation was. Crowe remarked: "Dodging you fol lows has been about all I have done for the past six or seven years." CURRENT NEWS EVENT8. Robbers at Hensel, N. D., blew the safe of the National bank and se cured $3,500 In cash. Massachusetts Democrats In state convention name Gen. Charles W. Burtlelt for governor. An Increase of $18,000 Is shown in the gross earnings of the Wabash for the lirst week of October. Tho successful tost of a Westing- house electric engine induces Sweden to equip her slate railways with elec tricity. Tho Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes, in convention at Detroit, re-elected W. D. Malum a president. Former Vice President Hyde of the Equitable society demands protec tion before he will testify before the legislative committee. Investigation developed that Presi dent McCurdy of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, receives $150,uik salary annually. Fire Hint originated front crossed electric wires in tho R. O. Koch Furniture company's establishment at Oil City, Pa., caused a loss of $12 000, covered by Insurance. An order for 1.000 steel gondola cars has been given to the Cumbria Steel Company by the Jersey Central and It is said the order may be doubled. The production of gold In the Hand, South Africa, last month fs officially announced to have amounted to 410, 487 line ounces, a decrease of 12, 094 ounces as- compared with August. Net earnings of the United States Steel corporation for the current year, based on orders now booked, will, it is estimated, be $140,000,000, or the largest In the history of the corpor ation. The American Association of Bank ers put itself squarely on record us favoring Government subsidies for the upbuilding of the American mer chant marine. General Greely, chief signal officer of the nrmy, has decided to install a wireless telegraph system between Zamboango and Jolo, Philippine Islands. A report has been received at Mojl that the British steamer Leho struck a floating mine 90 miles east of the Shangtung lighthouse on Sep tember 30. Of the crew and passen gers 15 are reported missing, among them two foreign engineers. Colonel von Eitmann. Chief of Police ut Krasnoyarsk, Eastern Sl bera, has been murdered. Colonel von Eitmann was returning from the theater with his family when he was attacked. The assassin fired six shots, several of which took ef fect. While engaged in painting the ele vator shaft of tho Washington monu ment at a distance of 270 feet from tho bottom, Joseph G. Owlngs, through tho collapse of the scaffold ing, was precipitated to the ground and met with instant death. His body was badly mangled. James Fowlkes, colored, charged with assault on a white woman at Clinton, Ky., was tried, convicted and sentenced to seven years la the peni tentiary, while on board a passenger train, because the authorities feared Fowlkes would be lynched should they leuve the train with their pris oner. Norway and Sweden at Peace. The special committee of the Swedish riksdag, appointed to con sider the Karlstad treaty, unanimous ly reported in favor of its ratification. Orders were issued calling home the troops and naval reserve men. This marks the end of the Norwegian Swedish dispute. Advices received at Rome say that 300 villages were destroyed by' the recent earthquake In the province of Calabria, and . that ; the work of . re construction will cost $30,000,000. Clerk fcr Adams Express Com pany Takes Big Package. ANOTHER SHORTAGE OF $1,000 Cunllffe Went Home, Changed His Clothes and Bade His Wife an Affectionate Farewell. One of the most gigantic robberies In the history of the express business wus perpetrated In Pittsburg, October 9. Tho Adams Express company was victimized to tho extent of $100,000 in cold hard cash. Edward G. Cun llffe, a trusted employe of the com pany, who lias been missing ever since the money disappeared, Is nat urally under suspicion, and his pic tures and description havo been sent to nil parts of the United States and Canada nnd Europe. A warrant has been Issued for his arrest. Cunllffe was employed l:i the money department of the express compuny, and on that day ho hail a chance to serve In tho place of the regular money clerk. With the chnnco cume the oniiortnnltv tn handle a package coiitalnlnsr tho large sum mentioned, $80,000, being in $100 bills. Monday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock n bank of Pittsburg delivered to the Adams Express Comnanv n n.-wknfR containing currency to the amount of aiuu.uiiu, wnicn was consigned to a bank In Cincinnati, f'unllfre iieilmr as regular money clerk, made out a receipt ior mo amount to tho bank messenger. In tho nneb:ifo iuun. $80,000 in $100 bills, $10,000 In $5(, bills and the remaining $10,000 in de nominations of $5, $10 and $20 bills. i no ?tuo and jiio bills were new, bavin? been lust Ixsneil hv n.n pp. mors Deposit National bank, of Pltts- uurg, anil tne Hank or Pittsburg, N. A. The remainder of the mnnw who currency which had been used. T company supposed that Cunllffe had started tho money on its journey to Cincinnati, and it was not until the next mornl.iir. when (hinlirrn did nni report for work that tho large sum was missed, 't hen It ed that one of the most daring rob beries in many years had been suc cessfully accomplished. Charles II. Helnpi- p-ennvnl nrrn.il of the Adams Express Company in t'lttsimrg. Immediately started nn in vestigation of Ciinllfle It via fnnmi that he Is short In his accounts $1,001; in addition to the missing $100,000. Detectives wpro i on (ho case, nnd it was found that (lie money had never been received at the forwarding office in Union sta tion. Cllllllrfe left the oOlro Mnnitiiv nli-lit nt the usual time of closing. There was not the slightest suspicion of anything being amiss. He went to his home and ate quietly the evening meal. Ho then chunked his rlntliea and affectionately bade his wlfo and lour little children goodhy, saying he was going out for the cvenin'.;. RAMSEY DEFEATED Forced from Directorate of the Wa bash System. At the meeting of the Wabash stock holders In Toledo, Joseph Ramsey, Jr., failed completely In his effort to wrest control of the Wabash system from George Gould. The directors chosen by the bond holders of the road were: Thomas H. Hubbard, E. T. Jeffrey, John T. Terry, Winslow S. Pierce, M. Galloway, Ed gar T. Welles. Tho tqtal vote cast was 260,350. Tho vote for each of tho above directors was 228,510. Ram sey's vole was 31,810. The directors chosen by the stock holders were: S. C. Reynolds, George J. Gould, Russell Sage, W. B. Sanders, R. C. Clowry, V. H. Blodgett. The total vote cast was 499,509. The vote for each of the above directors was 401,407. Ramsey's vote was 38,042. The director elected by the 12 nam ed above was F. A. Delano. Not 'only was Ramsey utterly de feated in all he undertook, but he was forced from the directory of tho road and now has nothing whatever to do with Its management In any man ner. Union Pacific Drops Hyde. James H. Hyde, of New York, former president of the Equitable Life Assurance society, was dropped from the board of directors of the Union Pacific railroad at a meeting of the board In Salt Lake City. P. A. Valentine, of Chicago, was elected. With these' exceptions, all members of the former board were reelected. There was no opposition to the Har riman Interests. Gets $500,000 from Mrs. Hearst. Several valuable gifts were receiv ed by the board of regents for the California state university nt Its monthly meeting. Mrs. Hearst's do nation alone amounting to nearly $500,000. For the past seven years she has been collecting from all parts of the world archaeological and anthropological material, and this collection she has given to the uni versity. Football Player Dies. Charles Hagadus, an Austrian, 19 years of age, died at the hospital at Oil City, Pa., from injuries received in football practice. Hagadus kicked at the ball, missing it, and fell on his breast. He neglected to call a physician at the time. Cathojene Leysick, aged 27, of 104 Ivanda'.e street, Pitsburg, killed her six-months' old daughter. Annie, by cutting her throat with n ranor. anil then, committed suicide bv slashing Klier own throat. , MUTINY WAS THE CAUSE Battleship Blown Up Because Jap's Disliked Peace Terms. The steamer Tartar, which arrived at Victoria, B. C, brought news from Japan that the story was current that the accident to the battleship Mlkasa, at Base bo, was occasioned as a result of a mutiny on bourd because of the resentment by the crew of the peace terms. Robert W. Collins, who represented the Associated Press with Kurokl's army throughout the campaign, and who was a passenger on tho Tartar, said the story was given some cred ence In diplomatic circles In Japan. Mr. Collins said tho report was the men mutlned and attempted to se cure tho ship, when some officers fir ed the magazine. Soon after the disaster Admiral Togo went to Tokyo to lay a report of tho occurrence be fore the emperor. SHOT HIS RELATIVES Nebraska Man Takes Vengeance Over Mother's Dead Body. Over the dead body of his mother John Budenek shot his sister, his brother and his brotlierjn-law at Hastings, Neb. Miss Frances Bud enek, aged 22, was shot in tho hand; Jacob Budenek, aged 52, received n bullet In the eye, nnd Peter Smca! was Bhot through tho leg, through the abdomen nnd through the left shoul der. The latter two are in a dying con dl I ion. The shooting occurred In u death chamber at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Smeal, where Mrs. M. Budenek died that night, and was tho culmina tion of a family quarrel. To Ratify Treaty by Cable. The treaty of peace between Rus sia and Japan will become effoctle on Its approval, without awaiting the formal exchange of rat Mirations at Washington. This course has been decided lllirin tht fhf unrindlnaf vino. slide termination of tho war may be nnd. The treaty Is now before the respective Emperors of Japan and Russia for the royal Hgnatures. As soon as It has been signed this fact Will lie entnmiinlpntnrl v rutilo In lin State Department at Washington and tne Washington uovernment will ap Dliso en.ch Einneror of thp net of tho other. This will end tho war. HAWLEY UNDER ARREST. One of Uncle Sam's Marines Charged With Murder. Charles Hawley, 23 years old, was arrested nt Sanders rifle range, Md., on the chargo of having murdered Si mon Donahue at Masontown, Fayette county, Pa., on October 29, 1D04. Hawley escaped from Masontown aft er the crime and later enlisted in the marine corps. A short time ago the authorities got a line on him and he was apprehended. He Is being held by the Washington authorities upon request of the officials of Fayettte county. NO TUBERCULOSIS CURE No Specific Curative for Consumption Has Been Discovered. Tho international tuberculosis con gress at i'aris discussed the varied forms aud chemical aspects of con sumption. It was admitted that a specific curative medicine had not been discovered, but the palliative qualities of certain remedies were recognized. The Boston Wool Market. The wool market is quiet and firm. The bulk of the trade is coming from the woolen goods manufacturers. Since the close of the London sales tho market has stiffened on the low grade wools. Territory wools are not ably strong, with prices practically unchanged. The market for pulled wools Is quiet, especially for B supers. Foreign grades are strong. Leading quotations follows: Ohio and Penn sylvania XX and above, 3037c; X, 3435c; No. 1, 4041c; No. 2, 41 42c; fine unwashed, 2S(5-29c; quarter ood unwashed, 34!J35c; three eighths blood, 3rS'3Gc; half-blood, 3435c; unwashed delaine, 3031c; unmerchantable, 3132c; fine washed delaine, 39040c. TWO MINERS PERISH Explooion in Hazelklrk Shaft Was Followed by Fire. In a mine explosion which occurred at shaft No. 2 at Hazelklrk. Pa., near Vanvoorhis station on tho M. & W. branch, two lives wern lot. The 10 other men in the mine were over come by gas. but were rescued, and have completely recovered. The dead are: Joseph Kosko, single; John Kosko. married, leaves widow and one child. The two men killed were for eigners and machine operators. The trouble wa3 caused by a broth er workman making a shot at the head of the entry. Dan Griffith, boss driver, was told of the trouble. He, with a party of friends, started into the mine, but were very soon driven back by the heat. Capture Three German Steamers. The Norwegian steamer Arnfrld nnd the German steamers Kowloon, Hans Wagner and M. Struve have been cap tured by the Japanese at various times recently while on their way to Vladivostok. Canal Captain is Drowned. Elmer Thomas, a young captain of Cumberland, Md., who had charge of a boat on the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, was drowned In the canal at Dowesvllle. He accidentally fell from the deck while the boat was passing through a lock. The Scotch steel makers have agreed to raise the list quotations of manufactured steel $2.50 per ton. This makes an increuseof $5 per ton within the past two weeks. KEYSTONE STATE (MIS COMPLETION OF MERGER Capital 8tock of Electric Railway Com pany Is Turned Over to New Concern. The action of the directors" of the Pennsylvania ft Mahoning Valley Electric railway line In selling that properties to the new $10,000,009 mortgaged company known aa the Shenango ft Mahoning Valley Light ft Power Company was formally rati fied at a meeting of tho stockholders) at the general offices of the company In New Castle. Over 98 per cent ot the capital stock of $8,000,000 was represented. The stock was turned over to James Blackburn ot Youngs town, as a formality in the comple tion of the merger. The other line taken Into the consolidation are the New Castle-Sharon, and the Youngs-town-Sharon lnterurbnn lines. R. E. Zimmerman, a hardware) dealer of Beaver Falls, was robbed of about $100 In money by two young strangers. They made a small pur chase, gave Mr. Zimmerman a $5 bill to change nnd learned that he bad his money in his safe, which was un locked. Then one of them got hint out on the sidewalk to show him a, wushlng machine while the other left tho store, wont around the block, crawled In through the back window and went through the safe. The merchnnt did not miss the money for an hour. Rev. E. J. Gwynne, D. D., presi dent of Keystone College at Martins burg, Blair county, and brother-la-. law of W. W. Blackbura, of Pitta burg, and a man who has been a Methodist all bis life, applied for ad mission to the Huntingdon Presby tery of the Presbyterian Church, glr Ing up his membership in the Meth odist denomination. In order to fit himself for the Presbyterian pulpit he will take a post-graduate course In Princeton Theological Seminary. The Attorney General's depart ment has furnished State Health Commissioner Dixon with an opinion to the effect that It is the duty of the county commissioners of coun ties, where there are no poor dlree tors, to provide .sustenance for all In digent persons residing within their district, who are affected with dis ease, or who are kept from their regular employment by reason of quarantine established by the State health department. The Jones & Laughlln Company ot Pittsburgh will Tuesday take up one) of tho largest blocks of coal ever se cured by one firm In Washington county. The tract comprises 16,000 acres and is located in West Bethle hem and Amwell townships. It Is at present held by the Jones Brothers, extensive Independent coal operators. Tho Jones & Laughlln concern took: the options on this block for $250 an acre, the total price being $4,000,000. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Ruffner, of Unity township, Westmoreland County, celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage. A feature was the celebration of high mass at St. Bar tholomew's church, Crabtree. After mass a dinner was served at the home) of the couple. Five children were horn to tho union, and all attended tho celebration. At Erie, Mrs. Minnie Salow was bound over to the November term of crlmlnaPcourt to answer the charge of murdering the infant child of Sylvia Ruess, a girl of 19 years. The child was alive when born, but lived only a few hours. Testimony submitted at the hearing tended to show that It was put in a basin and smothered by heavy blankets. A mortgage for $100,000 was filed In the county recorder's office at Washington made by the Macbeth Evans Glass Company of Pittsburg; In favor of the Union Trust Company of Pittsburg. The mortgage secures) 20year 6 per cent gold bonds. It Is dated October 2, 1905. Perry Wheeler, aged 50 years, a well-to-do farmer of Wyalusing town ship, shot and killed his wife and then committed suicide. The woman was killed instantly, but Wheeler lived an hour after shooting himself. The couple apparently lived happily and no motive for the crime is known. The First Baptist Church of Con nellsville, extended a call to Rev. A. A. Delarme, of Paterson, N. J. The church here has been without a pastor for several months, since the resigna tion of Rev. Maynard R. Thompson. The remains of a man supposed to be Charles O. Penn, aged 30 years, of Sunbury, was found by a track alone; the Pennsylvania railroad, west of Al toona. It is thought he was jolted from the train and killed. Peter Forest, aged 20 years, a Penn sylvania railroad brakeman, who lived at Willlamsport, fell from his train in the yard at Altoona, and received ser ious injuries. He died later in the hospital. As the result of Injuries sustained during a practice game of football, Charles, the 12-year-old son of Will iam Bolinger, of West La t robe, died at the residence of his parents. Frank Johnson, 5! years old, was killed by a fall of slate In the Jumbo mine of the Pittsburg Coal Company, near McDonald. Johnson is survived by his wife and six children. Edward M. Paxson, former chief justice of the Supreme Court ot Pennsylvania, is critically ill at his. country home in Bucks county. His ailment is a complication of heart and kidney trouble and asthma. Hyman Kohler, Jr., who escaped from the hospital at Dlxmont, is at the home of his parents in Washing ton. The court will be asked to al low him to remain at home. The franchise of the Shenango Traction Co. was declared forfeited by the Sharpsville council because the company failed to bay $200 for a. SO-day ex tension.
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