MITHHREE PERISHED
Terrific Explosion Followed by
Stifling Gases.
BODIES ALL RECOVERED
Fere of Explsion Shattered Timber
and Mine Cars Blown Out of
Opening.
Twenty-three mlnem lu t he 1'onl
dale company's shaft at Couldftle, V.
V.. were Instantly killed by an ex
plosion. The explosion wiis of ter
rlBc force and can soil Intense excite
ment throughout the Biirroimillns.
country, muny people believing an
earthquake had Declined.
Great crowds were iittrnctr-d by the
disaster and a large rescuing pariy
soon begun work. They were unable
to accomplish anything until new fans
were put into position to force the
gases ahead so the resetirers might
enter the shaft.
The bodies of all of the 2:i miners
have been recovered. The bodies
were found by the rescuing parlies
after several hours work. They were
carried from the shaft to u bouse ad
joining the big tipple at the mine en
trance, where they were laid in a
row.
The big timbers used for holding
up the top of the mine were hurled
from the drift a. one piece going across
a narrow valley, moving down small
trees on the opposite side. Mine
cars were blown out of the opening
and wrecked about the entrance ami
material,' tools and appliances were
scattered about In confusion. Koitr
mine mules were killed.
The Conldale operation Is owned
and operated by the Cooper brothers,
also owners of the Mill creek and
McDowell Coal & Coke companies.
The Coaldale plant Is considered one
of the best operations in the field.
DRAGGED FROM WHITE HOUSE
Officer Eject Woman Who Insisted on
Seeing President.
Fur insisting that she must see the
President and declaring she would
not lenve the White House olllces mi- I
til she had seen him, Mrs. Minor
Morris, a sister of Congressman Hull, I
of Iowa, chairman of the House com- ;
mittee military affairs, was seized by
two officers on duty there, dragged I
screaming and protesting from the
building over the wet and muddy
pavement in front, and through a long
underground corridor the whole width
of the White House grounds to the!
Eastern entrance to which visitors I
are admitted to the official levees,
where she was bundled Into a cal) ami !
taken to the house of detention. Mrs,
Morris resides with her husband, who
is a physician, on Massachusetts
avenue In the most fashionable part ;
of the city. Mrs. Morris bore every
external indication of being a woman j
of refinement anil while she showed I
some excitement when Insisting on Iter
right to remain in the White House i
office until she could see the Presi
dent, no one could have mistaken her
for an ordinary crank or a dangerous ;
person.
Her husband. Dr. Morris, hold a :
position in the army medical museum ;
until recently, when he was removed
for striking a superior during an niter
cation. It was for the purpose of re-
questing his reinstatement that she j
sought the interview wttn tne resi
dent. TAKE CASH, LEAVE BONDS
Rob 8afe of Iron Company and Take
Fund Belonging to Church.
Burglars entered the office of the
Ohio Iron and Steel company nt
Lowellvllle, O., and, drilling Into the
safe, used nltro-glycerln and exploded
it when a train was passing, wrecking j
the safe and vault.
They secured $600 belonging to the
company and $100 belonging to the
Presbyterian church.
The burglars examined $100,000 of
registered bonds, but were careful not
to take any through fear of discovery.
Until recently the safe contained
nealy $1,000,000 in negotiable bonds
belonging to members of the company.
PLOT TO KILL THE CZAR
A Trusted Artillery Officer and Two
Student Arrested.
A plot to assassinate the Czar of
Russia, at Tsarskoe-Selo has been dis
covered there in the nick of time and
by mereest accident.
Several artillery officers. most
trusted men, upon whom the Czar de
pends for his personal safety, are
implicated. The chief conspirators t
are a student named Wassiljeff, the
son of a professor in St. Petersburg
University, and another student
named AltonowskI, the son of a high
judge in this city. They and the ar
tillery officers have been arrested.
Turk Conquered Revolutionists.
A return issued by the Turkish au
thorities shows that 1,032 casualties
resulted from the fighting In Mace
donia between Turkish troops and
Bulgarian, Greek and Servian revol
utionary bands during 1905. Alto
gether 119 encounters took place In
the vilayets of Salonica, Monastir and
Uskub, In which the insurgents lost
520 men killed and 20 wounded. In
addition the troops captured 2251
prisoners. The troops 1st 122 killed
and 145 wounded.
Howard Must Serve Term.
The supreme court of the I'nlted
States affirmed the decision of the
Kentucky court of appeals in refusing
a new trial in tne case or James a.
U.U U bu. U . .VI u . u i. a . .
was tried three times In the
court of Franklin county.
y, on the charge of murder-
ernor wnuam uoeoei. or
on January 30, 1900, and
cted each time. He is now
ence to life Imprisonment.
MORALES CRUSHED
Five Generals, Including Rodriguez,
Fall In Battle In Santo Domingo,
After two days' heavy fighting
agulust Santiago and Puerto Plata,
the forces of l!cn. Hemetrio Rodrl
guea were entirely routed, losing 120
men In killed and wounded here, liens.
Rodriguez, Lino and Peres were kill
ed. Among the Caceres forces, Gen.
Perdo Vanega and Antonio Calderon
were killed.
American cruisers prohi! lied the
gunboat from bombarding, ur the fort
from using artillery. The revolution
ary forces re-embarked on their Jiini
hont in the harbor.
Mr. Joiiberl, the Dominican repre
sentative at Washington, received a
cablegram announcing that Gen.
Rodroguez. whb killed at Puerto Plata;
that the fighting there had lasted
three days but that the country was
quiet and It was hoped the situation
would be soon cleared. Mr. Joubert
communicated this information to
Secretary Hoot.
Cable udvices received at the State
department from San Domingo an
nounce that the revolution is practi
cally at an end. The troops are dis
persing to their homes and the coun
try Is again becoming quiet.
SUITORS PAID $5 EACH
Failed to Get Introduction to Reputed
Widow Worth $100,000.
.1. C. Kiu rliiglon, head of an alleged
fraudnlant matrimonial agency In New
Orleans, was arrested in New York.
He was Indicted there for advertising
the matrimonial offer of an alleged
Creole widow who owned a $100,000
sugar plantation and wanted a" hus
band. The widow was described as very
beautiful and hundreds of men ans
wered the offer, writing to the agency
at New Orleans, which Farrlngton is
said lo have conducted. The agency
asked these correspondents lo contrib
ute a $." fee each to secure an intro
duction to the widow.
On complaint of a man from
Velaseo, Tex., and another from
Sinope. I'a., that no introduction re
sulted 1'rom the fee. Karrington was
arrested. He forfeited $1,fi0 cash and
escaped from Louisiana..
WABASH CHANGES PLANS
Gould Interests Decide to Put Pitts
burgh on Branch.
The Gould lines will reach the tide
water by way of Wheeling. Viilon
town. Pa.. Cumberland and llaltimore.
instead of through Pittsburgh, as was
originally intended.
The hardest engineering problem
was that of getting the line over the
mountains between Cumberland and
Meyersdale. The purchase of Hi"
George's Creek AY Cumberland rail
way provided an -out let lhrou?;h I hi'
Narrows.
The road will then proceed up Wills
creek lo Kreigbi'iim and thence
through H:rrulsville lo Ml. Sav.ige.
and on to Frost hura. The road will
be practically a stralc.lil line belween
Cumberland anil I'nionlown.
.NEW YORK LEGISLATURE
Governor Higgins AdviGSS Passage of
Strict Insurance Law.
The I2!lh session of the New York
legislature begun January. :!d. In hi
message Governor Higgins urged the
necessity of a drastic life Insurance
law. Oilier measures recommended
included a mortgage tax law. and
electoral reform.
Senator Bracket t Introduced a
resolution demanding the resignation
of Channcey M. Depew from the
I'nlled States Senate on Hie eround of
disclosures in the Kiptltable investi
gation. The resolution was with
drawn for the time being.
Harper Must Pay Millions.
A verdict for $r.2Xi).:i:.'S against Ed
ward E. Harper, once vice president
of the Fidelity National bank n: Cin
cinnati, was affrmed In Hie United
States circuit court. Eighteen ydtrs
ago Harper was convicted of causing
the failure of the bank nnd served six
years in prison. The vrr.llet he was
ordered to pay grew out of (his fail
ure. Harper Is vice president and
general manager of the Union Iron &
Steel Companj .
$350,000 Fire In Kansas City.
Fire in the vet nil quarter of Kansas
City. Mo., caused a 'loss of $:!:0,000,
destroying the three-story brick build
ing of the Columbus rtuggy Company
In Walnut street, near Tenth: the ad
joining building.' occupied by the
Kimball Piano Company. and the
Hettinger Brothers' Muniilacturing
.Company, and damaged the Commerce
building.
John H. Atkinson Dead.
John II. Atkinson, sole surviving
member of Virginia's delegation to
the Republican nominating convention
in 1S51I, died at his home In New
Cumberland, W. Va. Mr. Atkinson
was born in Ohio In 1Sn::. and when
7 years old located nt New Cumber
land. He was active In the events of
the Civil war. but for many years had
lived a retired life.
Yellow Fever Disappears.
According to an official report Is
sued January 3, the Inst case of yel
low fever has disappeared from Hav
ana. Since the first appearance of
the disease, in October, there have
been 09 cases, 23 of wirich resulted
in death and in of which were dis
charged cured.
I
Dance Turned to Battle.
A dance was in progress at the
home of Tony Biles at Brooks, Ga.,
and two j;oung men quarreled about
a partner. They were ordered out of
the house ty Biles, and renewed the
difficulty in the yard. Biles ran out
wilh his Ehotgun and a fusiladu fol
lowed, participated in by a large
crowd, and resulting in the death of
Tony Biles nnd the serious wounding
of John W. Goodln, "ander Goodln
and Frank Morris.
Several Attempts Are Made To
Wreck a Military Train.
WITTE'S MOTIVES IMPUGNED
Reform Will Not Be Abandoned
Premier, Though "Red" Are
Defeated.
by
The situation in the liable pro
vinces Is still critical. The military
at Reval, ?lilau ami Kiga are adopt
ing the most energetic measures. A
statlonmaster, who refused to send
out a train at Orion", lias been bunged.
The Insurgents made several attempts
to derail a military train between
l.lbau and Hazenfoth.
Arrests of extremists in St. Peters
burg; continue. An edllor and others
charged with distributing revolution
ary literature among the soldiers have
been detained by the police.
The "Molva" (Kuss) says that
Count Solsky's commission has de
cided to change the council of state
Into an upper house consisting of 100
members, 60 of whom will be appoint
ed and 50 eleeted.
The '-SIovo," the conservative or
gan, which recently turned upon
Count Wltte, delivers n broadside, not
only impugning the motives of the
premier In the present war against
the "reds," but openly attacking the
records of members of the cabinet.
It says:
"Wit It' Is a good deal of a broker
and something of a journalist, but at
heart he Is u political gambler and
lacks the ring of sincerity. No gov
ernment without honesty can inspire
confidence.
The governnienrs strongly worded
announcement that It proposes to
pursue to the bitter end the policy of
putting down the ''reds,' following on
the heels of the crushing of the re
volt, at Moscow, demonstrates the
confidence of Premier Wltle's govern
ment that It has the ability to com
plete the tnsk it has undertaken. The
main cause of this confidence is the
fldellly displayed by the troops.
Despite the rigorous, ruthless fash
ion In which the war against the
"Iteds" Is conducted the government
Is tailing every opportunity by word
and act .to try lo prove to the pub
lice that Hie repressslon of the revo
lutionists does not Involve the aband
onment or the reform program, hut
thai the new regime may be realized.
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
Governor Viirdnmnn of Mississippi.
lias vetoed a House bill lo legalize
the merger of the Mobile & Ohio ;iii, L,.,,,,, corps, attired In a rich mag
;ho Southern railroads. v.. ,, pll(lm .,, u ,,
Three Niagara Fulls hotels, the
Porter house. Imperial hotel and
Temper;. uce House Annex we're badly
damaged by tire.
The majority of the li.nnn members
of the housoHiniths' and brldgemen's
unions lu New York City struck.
They ilemaniled an Increase in wages
from $1,511 to $5 u day.
Rev. D. S. Hammond of Weston,
has been elected superintendent of tho
West Virginia Reform school, to sue-
j ceed O. E. Darnell, resigned,
i George liaison of Prunlytown
Mrs. I
sue- ,
coeds Mrs. Darnell as matron.
Four men blew open the Hpargur-
Mulilt bank at llnlnhfldge, O., dining !
the night, but failed to get to the
money In the safe, apparently being
frightened by the explosion. I
Three regiments of United Slates j
Infanlry, two batteries of artillery and j
one squadron of cavalry are under j
orders to leave San Francisco for
i he Philippines dining this monih.
William Smith and Philip Jones of j
Hiistol. Ph., were drowned In tlie
Delaware river late Monday night, by'
the swamping of a rowhoat near i
Ilurlinglon Island. Samuel Hell, also '
of Bristol, clung lo the boat until res-
cued.
Action will be brought in the Minion : jjrealer to him than his critics, but, he
Count Circuit.' Court against Daniel i us comforted lo think of the com
E. Storms. Secretary of Stale of In- , pany's unprecedented achievements,
liaiiH. lo compel him lo xacate office. , um to know no officer or trustee had
He
i-ruseil to resign on demand of
the Governor.
nt' lu the Pressed Sleel Car Com
pany'.') .l.inl in lower Allegheny
tlireati-ued a large district and did
$ .", 1 1 , t it 1 1 damage.
The Pabpt Brewing Company of
Milwuiikui, Wis., has filed Its answer
in the Government case, wherein (he
company Is charged with receiving
rebates. The answer Is a general de
nial. The aiitiiial report of the isthmian
canal commission showed that the
sanitation of the canal zone has been
greatly Unproved and material pro
gress litis been made on the actual
construe! Ion of the canal.
Dr. S. M. King of Alliance. O..
ronimiljed suicide while lying in bed
liv shooting himself through the head.
Dr. King several months ago sued
his wife for divorce. Letters found
among the belongings of the dead
mini Indicate that reconciliation was
".limit lo be 'Reeled.
Wedding Day Announced.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
announced that the wedding of Miss
Alice Roosevelt to
Nicholas I.ongworih
llenresenrallve
of Cincinnati
will lake place Saliirilav, February
17. at 12 o'clock mum In thn nnst rnnm
of the While House.
Michigan Farm House Tragedy. tngmeer neio lor megiect.
" Neighbors broke Into the farmhouse j A roner's jury which Inquired In
, , , . , ,, l to the collision of 10 days ago when
or ( lnrence A. B..r.....n. who recently p,,...,,.,.., tniln th; New
located near Rochester. Mich., anil York Central nnd Hudson River rull-
iound Barniiin, his wife, his daughter
Louise, aged 2:,. and Ills son. Clinton,
aged 111. all dead. . The wife, the son
and the daughter, had neen murdered
with an ax. A single barrelled shot
gun lying near his corpse and the
fact that his head was almost entire
ly blown off, showed how Ilurnum had
met his end.
FAMINE IN JAPAN
Poor Classes Are Forced to Subsist on
Shrubs, Roots and Bark.
Thousnuds are starving In North
Japan on account of the famine there,
according to advices received by tho
steamer Empress of Japan. A gov
ernment report says Mlyaga. Fukuslil
mn and Iwate provinces, wilh a popu
lation of 2.821,657, are confronted by
the worst fnnilno since the deadly
one of (10 years ago.
Ho great is the clamity in MiyHga
that famine investigators report that
"the sentence of death has been pass
ed on one-third of the people of the
province." Already thousands In
these three provinces are obliged to
eat shrubs, roots Hiui bark of trees
lo sustain life, and a million people
are in extreme condition.
The misery arising from the famine
Is indescribable. Committees of for
eign residents have been formed to
arrange systematic relief.
TORNADO IN SOUTH
Buildings in Albany, Ga Wrecked
and Many Killed.
A tornado of terrible force passed
over Albany, tin., spreading ruin over
portions of n dozen blocks. Several
persons are dead, others may die and
many are hurt.
The known dead are Hen Jones, a
machinist, and .lake Johnson, a !-year-old
boy. Among those fatally
hurt are l.uta Gladden, Jesse Dnvls,
Annie Davis and Jessie Woodall.
The list Is Incomplete. Hundreds
of negroes are homeless and ninny
have lost their household effects. The
Vlreiiila-Carolina Chemical Company
Is the principal sufferer. Its destroy
ed buildings and machinery being
worth ?tii),iini. The total loss will
exceed $ I. ".0,000. The Southern Heli
Telephone Company's lines were
blown down,!
NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS
President Roosevelt Shook Hands
With Thousands at White House.
Washington enjoyed a beautiful
New Yf-ar's day without war or rum
ors of war. The placidity of the round
of receptions and calling was In strik
ing contrast with the tensity of the
holiday two years ago, when Russia
and Japan were on the verge of
hostilities, and 12 months ago, when
the brilliant assemblage at (he Presi
dent's reception thrilled with the first
news of the fall of Port. Arthur.
As nsnul, everyone In the morning
went, lo the While House, where the
President, fresh from the outing at
Mrs. Roosevelt's farm, 'Plain Deal
ing." In Virginia, shook the hands of
more than ii.non persons, beginning
with I .tidy l.adislaus llcugelniuller
von Hengervar, the Austrian ambas
sador and acting dean of the diiilo
g with a pin
American citizen, who brought up the
rear of the procession, which stretch
ed blocks from the portals of the
White House.
Released from the duty of extending
greetings to the President and wives
of members of the cabinet, official
dom spent the rest of the day receiv
ing or being received. All the cabi
net, members, with the exception of
Attorney General Moody, who Is a
""'iieior, .,epi open nouse. inn can
ing was ttmiteii almost entirely to
men.
M'CALL RESIGNS
Board of Trustee Reduce Number of
Vice Presidents.
John A. McCull resigned the presi
dency of the New York i,ife insurance
Compnny. and Alexander E. Orr was
appointed in ills place at the salary
of $.",0,000 a year. Mr. McCall's sal
ary was $100,000. The board of trus
tees also cut down the number of
second vice presidents, so that here
after there will be but. two of thfse
officers Instead of three.
Mr. McCall. who has for 11 years
held the office which he resigned,
sent a letter to the trustees In which
he stated his errors nrohahlv seemed
mottled inmronerlv at the imlipv hold
er's expense.
EAGLE ATTACKS HUNTER
Misses HI Mark the Bird Starts
Battle, and Man i Worsted.
While hunting In Hie woods near
Arlington, O., Carl Stevenson was at
tacked by tin eagle and a bit tor fight
ensued. The bird scrntched the man
about Hie body, tore out his left eye
and left him unconscious.
His family was alarmed ill bis non
appearance and u searching party
found him. He says he shot at the
bird, missing it, and had not time to
reload, but used his rifle as a club.
BANKERS INDICTED
Bills
Returned Against Former Trust
Company. Officials.
I The grand jury, which has been
! investigating the affairs of the Mary
land Trust Company, o? Baltimore,
j returned present uieiits against three
'of the former officials. One of them,
j Henry J. Bowdoin. who was the vice
! president, was arrested and released
' under a bond of $10,000. The other
lwo m,ve n" ueen arrested ami un-
m r,,e 1,re ,UKen into custody, tiielr
names, are withheld by the State's
i attorneys office.
, road crashed Into a Stamford train on
the New York, New 'Hampshire anil
Hartford railroad, on the Harlem via
duct of the Central, rendered a ver
dict holding Knglneer John Horn, of
the Poughkecpsie train, for criminal
negligence for alleged failure to obey
the sighals for the safety of the
trains.
EX-
Assassinated by Dynamite Bomb
Placed at Back ate.
8TRIKERS BLAMED WITH CRIME
Believed That Murder Resulted from
Steunenberg' Activity in Crush
ing Riot at Coeur d'Alene.
Former Gov. Frank Sleuiioubers
was assassinated at his home at Cald
well, Idaho, by means of dynamite
bombs. The murderer adopted a
method almost Identical with that
used when two Croatlons, Milovar
Kovovlck anL Milovar Pattrovlck,
killed for robbery Contractor Samuel
T. Ferguson, ul West Mlddletown,
Pa., in September, 1903. They used
lynnmlte to blow up the- buggy In
which Ferguson was riding,' exploding
It. from some distance by means of n
wire and an electric battery. This
was the plan used by the slayer of
Steunenberg.
Two dynamite bombs were placed
at the rear gale of Sleiinenberg's
home. To them was affixed a wire
insulated in waxed fishing line. This
wire led to a convenient nook some
distance away, where the murderer
hid and exploded the bombs, undoubt
edly with a battery, when Steunen
berg paused near the bombs to close
the gate, after passing Into the yurd
of his home.
Steunenberg was terribly wounded,
the right urni being nearly torn off.
Ills right side was fearfully torn, the
light leg being mangled and shatter
ed. The left leg was also mangled.
Portions .of clothing were scattered
fur 50 yards. " The victim was thrown
lo feet from the gate, where a smnll
hole 10 Inches In depth, shows the
spot where the bombs lay. The gate
Is gone, not a splinter being found.
All tho windows lu the rear side of
the house were broken, and much
glass was broken In other houses in
the neighborhood.
The conviction grows that Steunen
berg was murdered as u result of his
activity In crushing the miners' strike
riots at Coeur d'Alene In 181)9. On
this theory one mini wns arrested,
but his name Is kept secret by the
police, who say the evidence against
the prisoner Is strong. Five other
men have been detained on suspic
ion. Mr. Kleiinenberg was governor of
Idaho from 1S!7 to I'Jdl, having been
twice elected. He was born In Iowa
44 years ago and had been in Idaho
since 1SS". He leaves a widow nnd
three children.
JILTED LOVER SLAYS FAMILY
Breaks Into House and Kills Sweet
heart, Sister, Mother and Himself.
Mull hew. Slyer. Infatuated with
Pearl Wheatou,' daughter of S. N.
Whoalou, a wealthy farmer, broke
Into a window of the Whenton home,
near Caledonia, Alinii., shot and killed
the girl and then fatally wounded her
sister Ruth, her mother and himself.
Slyer Is a dental student at the Uni
versity of Minnesota. Pearl Whenton
had refused to many him.
It.nl h Whenton. with n revolver,
tried to protect the family. Styer
wrested the revolver from her and
shol her twice through the breast. He
then turned upon Mrs. Wheatou,
shooting her In the throat and arm.
He ran upstairs to Pearl's room.
Breaking In the door he shot her
through the heart, and then shot him
self. The only other Inmate of the
house, a child escaped by leaping
through the window Slyer had brok
en. World's Oil Production".
Of the world's lotal production of
petroleum. In 1!n4. which amounted
according to the figures of the British
board of trade of .::o:i.OOO.immi gal
lons, the I'nlled States supplied more
than half, or Oiti.OliO.nOO gallons.
Russia stands second on the list with
a total production of X.OjO.OWl.ljiK) gal
lons, Austria next with 202.5ui;,uO(i
gallons.
PUERTO PLATA ATTACKED
Twenty-five Killed and Many Wound
ed In Fight.
The Stale department has received
the following dispatch from Puerto
Plata:
Revolution broke out here late
to-day (January 21. Gen. Rdilriguez
fought his way into the town and
then retired. No fewer than 25 have
been killed and many were wounded.
Gen. Caceres is holding the fori.
Flghiing continues.
The troops under command of Gen.
Rodriguez are those of the fugitive
president of Santo Domingo. Morales.
The revoli.uonists retired to prepare
for a fresh attack on Puerto Plata. A
portion of the lown has declared in
favor of Morales, and Rodriguez has
Announced that If his campaign Is
successful he will pioclalm himself a
candidate for the presidency of San
to Domingo.
Gen. Caceres is the temporary presi
dent of the republic and the people of
Puerto Plala showed their hostility to
his soldiers by firing on them from
windows and tops of houses while
they were ntinmpting to repulse the
rebels.
Balkan States Forming Union.
The reports from Belgrade, Servia.
to the effect Hint Servia and Bulgaria
are about to establish u customs
union, are regarded here as important
not only from an eciyiomic standpoint,
but as possessing far greater political
significance. The steps Is looked up
on lu re as evidence that the Balkan
states are mutually binding them
selves closer together In order to bet
ter be able to resist future political
pressure on tho part of the govern
ments .of western F.urene.
GOVERNOR 13 AGAINST LOBBY
Herrlck' Message Denounce Men
Responsible for Milking Bill
That Make Trouble;
The seventy-seventh General As
sembly of Ohio convened January 1,
the House being organized by the Re
publicans, who have 62 votes against
59 for the Democrats, and the Senate
being organized by the Democrats,
who have 19 votes, counting one Inde
pendent, Senator Lamb of Lucas
county, who voted with them, against
18 for the Republicans.
Lieutenant Governor Harding pre
sided In the Senate. He will be suc
ceeded January 8 as President of the
Senate by Andrew L. Harris, Re
publican Lieutenant Governor-elect.
All the Democratic caucus nomina
tions In the Senate and all the Repub
lican caucus nominations in the
House were ratified.
Carml A. Thompson of Lawrence
county was electeil Speaker of the
House, and In accepting the honor de
clared economy Is lo be the watch
word. The sentiment of the speeches made
In both branches was that partisan
ship should bo avoided In legislation;
that economy should be practiced In
public expenditures; and that nil
forms of graft and corruption should
be eliminated.
The governor's message was read
this afternoon. Speaking of the state
canals, he says.
It will not do to go on forever de
claring for the maintenance of what
we Ironically call our ''water ways'
and the permit them to sink gradual
ly Into a worse nnd worse condition of
ruin nnd wretchedness. If the peo
ple want to keep them, the duty is
plain and the way Is clear. The state
cannot both maintain and abandon
the canals, what it has been trying
to do for many years.
I most earnestly recommend the
abolishment of the lobby In Ohio. It
Is neither possible nor desirable to
Isolate members of the general as
sembly from the people. It. is right
and proper that executife and admin
istrative officers of the state, who are
the servants of the people, should
keep In dose touch with the members
of the legislature In order to ascer
tain and carry out their wishes; It Is
necessary and desirable Unit the pub
lic nt large, or tiny citizens who are
specially Interested In some subject
of legislation, should have full oppor
tunity to appear before the proper
committees in either house to be pub
licly heard on any matter affecting
the welfare of the state, of the Inter
ests of any business or class of people,
lint beyond these limitations all con
tact between legislators and outsiders
In the work of legislation should be
stopped.
There Is a creature, however, who
more richly' deserves the scorn and
contempt of men than the lobbyist.
It is he who Is responsible for the
so-called "milking bills" Introduced
for the purpose of extorting money
from special Interests. He it is who
often brings the lobbyists In self-defense
to the legislature.
The Governor recommends addi
tional legislation to protect life and
property In mines Insofar as the same
is inquired by the modern methods
employed in such Industries; that au
thority be given to the Diary and Food
Commissioner to enforce the poison
nnd cocaine laws; the enactment of
laws to foster and preserve the rapidly
diminishing forest areas of the State.
j SCHOOLS LOST MILLIONS
j Shortage in Superintendent' Account
I Covering 18 Year' Speculation.
The report of the Everett Audit
; Company on the defalcations of N. C.
Dougherty, the former city superln-
I tendent of schools at Peoria, HI., who
l
is now serving an Intermediate sent
j ence, shows a shortage for seven
; years of $541,408.50. The audit com
I puny gave out the opinion that the
total shortage for 18 years would fall
' slightly short of $1,000,000.
I The report holds the board and its
! officers responsible for all shortage
I which cannot be collected from
I Dougherty and the Peoria National
j bank, of which the latter was presl
: dent. It declares that the bank is II
' able for every cent.
Ordered to Find North Pole.
"Build an airship, go find the North
j Pole and report by wireless telegraph
, and submarine cables the progress of
j your efforts." This was the assign
j ment given a few days ago to Wal
ter Wellmnn. Washington correspond
I ent of the Chicago "Record-Herald. '
; As an' assistant on this expedition
j Mr. Wellman will have the services of
! Alberto Santos-Dumont, of Paris, who
1 will have charge of the construction
; of the airship nnd will act as aerona
; utic director and pilot of the ship on
i it 8 voyage toward the North Pole. It
' is exacted that everything will be in
' lendiness to get away next July.
Railroad Investigation.
Representative Reeder, of Kansas,
; Introduced a resolution in the House
' requesting the Attorney General to
! Investigate and report to the House
; whether there exists or has existed
! a combination or agreement between
i the Pennsylvania railway system, the
! Norfolk and Western, the Baltimore
! and Ohio, the Baltimore and Ohio
j Southern nnd the Chesapeake and
Ohio, or any or more of these com-
panics, in violation of the anti-trust
I law.
Governor Surrenders.
Mail advices from Monte Christ!,
Santo Domingo, say that. Gen. Derez
governor of Puerto Plata, has sur
rendered to the revolutionists In
Monte Christl. They also say that
the Dominican cruiser. Independicia,
loaded with ammunition, has been
given up to Gen. Deschamps, who.
with Gens. Demetrio and Rodriguez,
have left for Puerto Plata with 230
men on board. Gen. Barba with 200
men. is in Altlmira, 15 miles from
Puerto Plata.
rfOSINBSSCAKXM.'
0( HfDORALS.
ATTORHST AT LAW,
KoUry Pobll. rl estate imt '
ireurad, eoilncllons mad promptly
In Ira-Jteata building-, KarnaldeTlllaYFfc I
JJR. B, B. HOOVKH,
REYNOLDS VILLI, PA.
Aaalifant danttat. tha R nnn.
aatn Mreat. 0ntlnaB In aoeMkiac,
J)B, I L. MEANS.
DENTIST,
Offlfta on MmannA ffnnr Af fltvat Wa.
tlonal bank building;, aUln itr.
J). B. DKVEHB KINO,
DENTIST.
Offlc em caoontl floot ReyntjMfrT"
IU&1 SMata Buildiar, Mfttaitrttl
tt.l. 111. u-
WV MWMJa Mi IB
Jj NEFF,
JUSTICE OF THE PBACI
And Real Estate A gen.
( !
I ReynoldrrUU, ftv
gMITH M. McCREIQHT,
ATTORN BY-AT-LAW,
Katarr Pqbllo and Real Rntata AganM. Oatf
teotfoDf will nontre prompt attention. Offtaw
etlia KnjnQldaTllla Hardwar Co. Bnildta,
ain street, KeyDoldiTllle, Pa,
PITTSBURG.
Grain, Flour and Feed.
Wbnat Nn. I red I 73 J
Kye No. 2 ; n
Corn No 2 yellow, enr fit tt
No. II yellow, abetted Ad II t
Mixed ear 44 4
Oats No. St white an 84
No. 8 white . a) 30
Floor Winter patent 4 4 70
Fancy stralKlit winters 4 00 4 10
Hay No. 1 Timothy 11 oil 18 50
Clorer No. 1 10 on 10 50
Feed No. 1 while nitd. ton 10 50 tOOW
Brown middlings 16 80 17 SO
Bran, hulk 15 60 18 00
Straw Wheat 7 00 7 50
Oat 7 00 7 50
Dairy Product!.
Batter Elgin dreamery I i tt
Ohio creamery I ifi 24
Fancy country roll IS - 11
Cheeee Ohio, new 11 It
New York, new 11 1
Poultry, Etc.
Hens per lb I It IS
Chickens dreased IS M
Eggs Pa. and Ohio, fresh 24 9)
Fruits and Veaetibls.
Apples bbl . y, s M
Potatoes Fancy white per 6u.... 7 go
Cabbage per ton . .. u 00 IS in
Onlona per barrel g 00 2 2a
BALTIMORE.
Flour Winter Patent t kit, ik
Wheat No. red M
Corn Mixed 6l w
Egge 24 25
Butter Ohio creamery 34 g
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour Winter Patent .'.I 5 os tl
Wheat No. red 84 ,
Corn No. 2 mlied gn 51
Oats No. 8 white 81 X
Butter Creamery 24 M
Kgg Pennsylvania firsts 2$ 2
NEW YORK.
Flour Patents I 5 01 6 1
Wheat No. 2 red 95 . 9
Corn No. W
Oats-No. 2 whit ' JJ
Butter Creamery 24 Set
Kgga State and Pennsylvania.... 24 2
LIVE STOCK,
Union Stock Yard, Pittsburg.
Cattle.
itra, 1,430 to 1,600 lbs 15 84
Prime. 1,800 to 1,400 11m 6 15
Good, 1,0 to 1,800 lbs 4 r
Tidy. 1,050 to 1,150 Iba 4 40
Fair, 900 to 1,100 lbs . S W
Common, 700 to W0 lbs 8 00
Common to good fat oien S 00
Common to good fat bulla 2 00
Common to good fat cows 1 50
Belfera, 700 lol.lOOIbs 2 7)
Fresh cows and springers 16 00
Hog.
MS
B 84
S 10
4 8ft
4 10
8 40
4 00
' 8 60
5 401
400
60 0
Prime heavy hogs
Prime medium weights....
Best heavy Torkera
Uood light Yorkers
Plgr, as to quality
Common to good roughs...
Stags ...
I 5 US
. 8 6A
, 6 65
. 4 60
470
, 42
f 5 sr.
1 m
6 r
so
4 7
4 60
8 75
ti
Sheep.
Prime wethers
Good mixed
Fair mixed ewes and wethera,
Cullsand common
Culls to choice lambs ,
Calve.
Veal Calves ,
Heavy and thtn calves
..IS 75
... -
... 41
... 2 00
.. 6 00
60
t 6S
6 M
4
771
. W 00
.. I 60
to
04
WITH THE TOILERS.
The printers' strike in Richmond, Va
has assumed a sensational phase.
The Canadian Typothetae ha began
to import printers from England.
The American Federation of Labor
In session at Pittsburg:, penned a resav
lotion favoring women' suffrage.
The Sydney (N. S. W.) Wharf Labor,
ers' Accident and Burial Society haa
342 to the credit of its burial fund.
Bricklayer and other laboring; men
of Eastern Washington hare boycotted
the brtelt made by convicts at tha
Walla Walla Penitentiary.
The plasterers In Germany receire)
eight mark ($1,901 per day; from ten
to twelve marks (2.38 to $2.80) if do
ing piecework, and the carriers a lik4
amount.
Women In all parts of the United!
States are to be asked to join in tho
fight against the age limit which bar
men above forty-five years of age from
employment.
The Coastal Operative Bntchers and
Slaughtermen's Union, in We9t Austra
lia, Intends t- mnke tn effort to resus
citate the one-time powerful Goldflelds
Butchers' Union.
It is reported that radical changes Ir
the Immigration laws will follow If the
suggestions of Commissioner-General
Immig ra of mhm m tnmbmbmbta
of Immigration Sargent are put into)
effect.
The Victorian (Australia) Anti
Sweating League bas discovered that
a number of girls who are good short
hand writers and smart typists wer
receiving an averaso wage of only Saj
0d a week.
In tha United States 1.620,000,000
gallons of coffee are drunk every
year.
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