GIGANTIC STOCK SHE Counterfeit Certificates Issued to Amount of $4,000,000. A CLEVER SCHEME UNEARTHED At Present Quotations the Bogus Cer tificates Would Represent Over 14,000,000 Following the arrest of Charles Augustus Seton at Turkeylown, Mil., Id connection with the counterfeiting tjf InO-share certiorates of Norfolk & Western common slock Samuel Hum phries was arrested for complicity In that crime in Brooklyn, N. Y. , The capture of Seton led to many startling disclosures. It Is now known that 600 counterfeit certificates were struck off, ami that the lit liopr:i was done unwittingly by the lliimiliou Hunk Note Engraving & Printing Company. At the present market val ue of the Norfolk & Western common the counterfeits cover $4,300.0110. It came out that the Hank, Note company itself disclosed the fact that the certificates had been lithographed by It. nfter a conference of Its ofll cers held In the law offices of I, ester. Graves & Miles, counsel for the com pany, Mr. Craves telephoned to the office of the Norfolk & Western Company Tuesday asking some one In authority to come to his office at once, saying that his presence was wanted at an important conference. One of the chief officials of the railway responded. In Mr. Craves' office he found President Tonyes of the Punk Note Company and Mr. Hemphill, Vice President of the Guaranty Trust Company, and one of the transfer officials of the railway company. Mr. Graves Inrornjed the railway officials that he had discov ered that the counterfeit stock certifi cates had been made by the Hank Note Company for Seton on what appeared to be a legitimate order. When Mr. Hemphill demanded to know the nature of the order Mr. Graves said it was In the form of a letter directed to Seton and signed "C. B. Franklin". This letter was typewritten on a sheet of Waldorf Astoria letter paper and Is said to have been dictated by Seton himself to one of the stenographers at the hotel. No such man as C. B. Franklin has ever been President of the Norfolk ft Western. The railway officials are .convinced that it was Seton himself who wrote the letter on which the Bank Note Company executed his order. , GIBBONS IN M. E. CHURCH Cardinal There Attends Prohibition Meeting in Baltimore. Cardinal Gibbons occupied a seat, on the platform of the Kutaw St reel Methodist Episcopal church, Bahl more. In which a public mass meeting was held under the auspices of the city committee of the Prohibition party. The principal address was made by William H. Berry, state treasurer of Pennsylvania. Mr. Ber ry spoke on "Civic Virtue.'' and m ido a plea for prohibition of Hie liquor traffic. The committee found Itself unable to secure a public hall huge enough and was compelled to select the Eutaw-street church. A member of the committee wrote to Cardinal Gibbons, who has consented to act as vice president, and asked him if he wished to have his name withdrawn. The cardinal wrote that ''the holding of a civic meeting In a Protestant church does not excite any religious scruple in me." Bishop Luther B. Wilson of the Methodist Episcopal church was a vice president. Flames Damage Windsor Hotel. A section of the Windsor hotel, at Montreal, Que., was destroyed by fire causing a loss of $i;0,00u. The fire started in the kitchen and destroyed the center square, which Included the dining room, grill room, bar and other public rooms. The guests had plenty of time to remove their belongings and at no time was there anything like a panic. HADLEY IS SATISFIED Has Secured Valuable Evidence in Standard Oil Hearings. Attorney General Herbert S. Had- j ley, of Missouri, who Is In New York conducting the Standard Oil company hearing for the purpose of securing testimony to use in the suit to oust the Standard from Missouri, said: "I am well satisfied with the results I have obtained In my investigation of the Standard control of the oil busi ness In Missouri. I have secured some part of what I came here for, and I did not expect to secure everything. The testimony given by Mr. Jockel and Mr. Hardcastle, former employes of the Standard, and Mrs. Ida M. Butts, of Marietta, O., establishes to my mind the connection which I seek to show as existing In Missouri be tween the Standard of Indiana, the Republic Oil company and the Waters-Pierce Oil Company. . These, I maintain, are constituent companies of the Standard Oil trust. The rs fusals to answer on the part of H. H. Rogers, E. T. Bedford, Wade Hamp ton and -others I had examined go further It seems to me to bulwark my case than the evidence of my own witnesses.' Roosevelt Urges Treaty. President Roosevelt had a confer ence with some Americans. A. E. Coulter, who has resided in Santo Domingo, and W. H. Parish of Rich mond, Va., who ' have In Santo Do mingo property Interests which are suffering by reason of the revolution ary proceedings In the island. The President suggested that they could promote their own interests and those of the United States by urging their senators to assist in the ratification of the Dominican treaty. OUTLOOK 13 PROMISING Payments Being Promptly Met, Mills Busy and Car Supply Better Higher Prices for "Steel. R. O. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review of Trade" says: Seasonable wenthei more than offset the effect on busi ness conditions of Increased strife be tween labor and capital. Low temp erature and snow brought out the backward demaud for heavy-weight wearing apparel and rubber goods, restoring the one lagging trade fac tor, and the other departments of jobbing and manufacturing continued vigorously engaged in preparing for the future, except where a few strikes produced hesitation. This far these struggles have not affected any large percentage of the wage earners, while in other industries the higher scales effective January 1 have added to the purchasing power of many thousand workers. Railway blockades cause' complaint In several important centers, yet earnings for December were 8.2 per cent, larger than In 1301. Foreign commerce returns at New York for the last week showed an Increase of $:,23:i,Oii:i over the exports a year ago, while Imports decreased $1170, 117, a trifling loss after the sensation al gain of the previous week. Annual reports are surpassing expectations In most cases and settlements are made with desirable promptness. Several advances in (piotalions of steel shapes testify to the pressure that Is felt In some divisions of the Iron and steel Industry, and it Is especially gratifying to note that there Is no evidence of speculative In fluence In the gains of one or two dollars per ton for sheets, plates and wire products. Inquiries In these departments have merely surpassed the supply available for prompt de livery. Conditions show distinct Im provement. In the textile Industries business. Increasing as stock taking is concluded, although buyers are still somewhat scarce In the pilmary markets for opt -tons. The raw material , sittml ion Is considered n supporting Influence. Failures numbered :!0! In the United Slates, against :!2I last year and 51 In Canada, compared with 2S a year ago. BATTLESHIPS DAMAGED Alabama Collides With the Kentucky in New York Harbor. While the battleship squadron under command of Hear Admiral Itobley D. Evans was proceeding to sea the battleships Kcarsnrge and Kentucky run aground In the lower harbor off the West Bank Llghi New York harbor. The Aialmnia and Illinois were fol lowing next in line, a id before tht-y could alter their course I he Alabama collided with the Kentucky, striking her a glancing blow. The Illinois just got el -ar of the laugh- and pro ceeded down I be bay, anchoring out side the bar with the flagship Maine. , The Kentucky was badly damaged. The Alabama remained by to rend er assistance to the Kentucky and Kcnr.-nrge, and wireless messages were sent to the Brooklyn navy yard for lugs. The Kearsarge and Kentucky both were Moato-l and slutted for sen, ac companied by the Alabama. The Kentucky. however, was ordered back, u!d relumed In Tompklnsvllle for repairs. A wireless message was received at the Brooklyn navy yard from the Kentucky, slating that the starboard side of I he vessel above the water line had been quite badly damaged in the collision with the Alabuna. The squadron of battleships was hound for Hampton Bonds, where the several divisions of the North Allan tic fleet now m home waters are to he assembled under. Bear Admiral Evans, preparatory to sailing for West Indian and South American waters for the annual wlnler maneu vers. China in a Ferment. Reports from the South and from i the Yangtse Valley region show Ihe ; anil-foreign sentiment to be very j strong. China undoubtedly is la n j ferment of political excitement, hut. i the movement is directed as much i againt-t the Government as against the foreigners. MORALES A REFUGEE j Returned to San Domingo Wounded and Resigned Presidency. ! Carlos F. Morales, the runaway president of Santo Domingo. Is a j refugee nt the United States legation J In Santo Domingo, wounded and noaring oiner evntciiecs or me mis- fortunes which have pursued him j since lie fled from the capitnl three weeks ago. Morales was brought to the legation under cover of the dark ness. He Was helpless, one of his legs having been broken during his sojourn In the mountains west of the city. He appealed -to United States i Minister Thomas C. Dawsou for a guarantee of safety. Gen. Morales' resignation as presi dent of Santo 'Domingo was tendered and accepted. He will leave this city on board the United Slates gun boat Dubuque bound for Porto Rico. Vice President Caceres. who has been acting as president since the time Gen. Morales fled from the capi tal. Is now, according to the consti tution, president of Santo Domingo. The barn belonging to Will' i in Price, of Snydertown, Pa., was burn 3d The loss will aggregate $1,200. Cumings Against Passes. When the Iowa General Assembly was called to order Gov. A. B. Cum ings's bienr,';.l message was read. The document recommends leglslatloh to control insurance companies and pro hibit the issuance of pusses by rail roads. L. B. Inibodon and J. A. Mill, con victed of conspiracy to wreck the Denver Savings bank, were sentenced to States prison from nine to 10 years at hard labor. EIGHT DIE IN HOTEL FIRE Rush of Flame and Smoke Caus es Panic Among Guests. MANY LOWERED WITH ROPES Captain of Firemen Meets Death While Trying to Save Life of Aged Woman. Eight persons dead of suffocation or of Injuries sustained In leaping from a "fireproof" hotel building, a score of persons Injured, and a build ing damaged $25,000 by lire, smoke and water Is the loss caused by a dis aster which befell ihe West hotel, Hennepin avenue and Fifth street, Minneapolis, throwing 700 guests and employes Into a panic. The dead: Fire Captain John Ber wln, fell from the fourth floor while at templing to save a woman's life;. W. G. Nickels, Minneapolis; Thomas Siinimervllle, Springfield, Mass., salesman; J. 13. Wolf, northwestern agent for Sperry & Alexander Com pany, of New York; Clinton B. I.anime, New York, traveling man; .1. B. Pelsnlger, New York traveling man: Mrs. M. E. Hodges, Minneapo lis: William Black, New York. The lire was confined to the eleva tor shaft and the two lop floors In bin- corner of the building, but a dense smoke pervaded everywhere and the wild excitement which fol lowed the first, alarm hurried people into halls and out on window ledges In a frantic at tempt to save them selves. There was so much choking smoke that guests, the moment a door was opened, were compelled to crawl out the windows h avoid suffocation. Many were hurt by breaking windows with lunula or feel. Cup!.' .foil II Bei win of a hook and ladder company, having broken open a window on the seventh floor, which he had reached by menus of scaling a ladder, stumbled on to the body of Mrs. Emellne Barlow, an nged wo man. He strapped Hi" unconscious form to his back and slarted down the ladder. When midway between .the seventh and sixth floors the strati broke. Bending over lo bulunco the body for u moment, he then leaned, at the risk of his life, and threw the woman toward a projecting ledge on the floor below. Apparently being reviv ed bv the fresh air or by the shock, the aged woman grasped the projection and held on. Ctipt. Berwiu lost, his balance and fell to the pavement. He was Instantly killed. The excitement was so Intense that .1. B. Pelsnlger of New York and Mrs. M. E. Hodges of Minneapolis, who ley, nol being encouraged by the were III window ledges near the nl cruwd In Fifth street, leaped from the seventh floor to the pavement. Peisniger's clothes caught, fire and he tumbled, burning, through the air. He si ruck a railing near the Hennepin avenue side of the hotel. DEATH OF DR. HARPER Wss President of Chicago Unlver3ity and a Notsd Scholar. William ItaiiVy Harper, president of the rnhi rslly of Chicago since Its inception In 1891, regarded by many as the foremost Hebrew scholar In America and equally renowned as nit educator and business man, died of cancer of the intestines at his home on the university campus.. Although his death was known to lie Inevitable within a comparatively short, time, the end of his life, due to physical ex haustion, came suddenly. He was til years of age. Dr. Harper came of Scotch-Irish slock. He was the eldest of five children of Samuel and Ellen E. Harper, and was born In New Con cord. O.. July 20, I8ii0. He was a precocious student, and while yet a child entered Muskingum college, n United Presbyterian Institution, wliere he took the degree of bache lor of arts at the age of 11. He took a post-graduate course nt Yale from which he received the degree of Ph. D. Dr. Hamnett Honored. January 10th at Allegheny College. Meadvllle, Pa., was almost entirely given up lo celebrating the ninetieth birthday of Dr. .Tonal linn Hamnett, for 01 years nn Instructor at the college. In 1S:l,1 Dr. Hamnett, with two other young men, walked from Pittsburg to Meadvllle to enter Allegheny Col lege. He was graduated In 18:19, and In 1X15 returned to be professor of Latin language and literature. His service as professor lias been contin uous since that date. He Is person ally known to everv living alumnus of the Institution. CAPITAL NEWS NOTES Senator Fora,ker's bill lo appropri ate $200,000 to mark the graves of Confederate soldiers who died In Northern prisons was passed by the Senate. The President nominated John If. Stover to bo postmaster at Waterville. O., and Henry H. Hawkins to be postmaster at Spring Forge. Pa. The Senate confirmed the nomination of Glen H. Salkeld to be postmaster at Perry, O. Torpedo Boat Destroyer Damaged. During a heavy blow In Hampton Roads the torpedo boat destroyers Wordcn und Lawrence of the First torpedo flotilla, lying off Sewells Point, came together in collision. The Wordcn was rammed and Had to be conveyed to the Norfolk navy yard by the Lawrence, which was uninjur ed. At the navy yard it was said the Worden's injuries were not of a serious- nature. An Investigation will be made. HORRIBLE DEATH Officer Who Found Body of Woman Goes Insane. Mrs. Lena Able, 27 years old, was murdered at Jior home, 632 Browns ville avenue. Pittsburg. Her throat was slashed In HI different places. Then the dead body was dragged from the second Hour of her home Into the cellar and thrown Into a corner. A kerosene lamp had been smashed be side the body, which was frightfully burned. Andrew .1. Able, 20 years old. hus band of Ihe murdered woman, was mtnmluecl to the Allegheny county lull by Chief Deputy Coroner Hurry W. Lowe, tin a charge of murder. Able was arrested nt the morgue, where he came to view the remains of his wife. He told so many conflicting stories about his whereabouts at the lime of the affair that Lowe was led lo believe that he knew about the crime. Officer .lames II. Boyle, a sub-pollce-niiin who was mi the beat on which the Able house Is, helped to carry out the body of Mrs. Able.- The sight, was so revolting to him that a few hours later he was a raving maniac and had to be taken to the Insane ward of St. Francis hospital. CIVIL SERVICE INCLUDED Governor Pennypacker Issues a Sup plemnetary Call. Gov. Pennypacker Issued a supple mental call for the coming extra ses sion of the Pennsylvania legislature, so as tu Include uniform primary elec tions, a civil service system for state offices and the regulation of cam paign expenditures among the sub jects that may be considered by the legislature. Ho also amends his pre vious provision for a bill to permit the consolidation of Pittsburg and Alle gheny, so as to enable the legislature to ml opt a constitutional bill to that effect. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEF9 The Kentucky Legislature formally elerled Judge James H. Payiiter to lb" United States Senate, succeeding .1. C. G. Illuckbtirn. After having been unanimously nominated by the Democratic cau cus for Slate Treasurer of Maryland, Murray Vandlver was re-elected. Mrs. Anthony Morrow sued for di vorce nt Coshocton, O., alleging' that her husband, a farmer, tried to s"-ll her three children for $"0. Susie Johnson, 00 years old, of HI Cass avenue, Allegheny, died at the Allegheny General hospital from burns received al her home on Jan uary 3. The pope, following the precedent established by the Madrid conference of 1880, has asked Austria and Spain to propose religious liberty In Moroc co at the coming conference at Alge clras. It. Is announced that the hospital provided for In Ihe will of the lute traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes, will be built, lit once, and will be lo cated in the Bronx district of New York. Herbert S. Dudley, attorney for the state of Missouri in the prosecution of the Standard Oil Company, says a crime has been committed against, his slate. The Stale department has been ad vised from Nicaragua that the Alhcrs brothers, Americans, who have been In prison there, have been pardon ed. The strike of the chorus girls of the was t-ndc-d by Director Conried giving (hem an 'advance In wages, they agreeing to waive claim lo recognition of their union. The Northwestern Hemlock Asso ciation has decided upon onollier in crease in the price of hemlock lum ber. The raise will vary from !0 cents to $l."0 per thousand feet. All matters relating to the Panama canal mid the government of the ca nal zone and the management of Ihe Panama railroad will be Investigated by Senate Committee on Inter-oceanic Canals. '' Jewelry valued at $10,000, bclong I Ing to the wile of Dr. A. Bavogll, of ! Clifton, a suburb or Cinclnati, was ! stolen, according to a report made ! by her lo the police. Negro Weds White Girl. ! William Ilrtiyn, a negro und Frances j COurter, a white girl, returned to l WiiHhlngtonvllle, N. Y'., from New : burg nnd announced that they had been married. The girl's fath'-r I knocked them both down und the nn l gry villagers attacked Bruyn and I threatened to lynch him. He es- capted, but later he and. the girl were : placed in jail. , Sentiment Against Chinese. The Chinese minister at Washington has telegraphed his government thut any satisfactory legislation on the ex clusion question Is Improbable. Ho says that the majority of the con gressmen favor greater liberality, but that the Influence of the laboring class is ton strong against the Chi nese. War Ccst Russia $1,050,000,000. The budget statement for i.i0t, thows that it will be necessary to raise $240,500,000 by credit operations to balance the estimated receipts and expenditures. The latter include $202,500,000 for the liquidation of the expenses of the Russo-Japanese war. For the first time the total, cost , of the war, $l,0."0,000.0oo, Is revealed. FATAL DUEL. Sheriff Killed by Man He Defeated at the Polls. SheriiT W. J. Thompson of La Plata county, Co!., was killed by Po liceman Jesse Stensel of Durango, In a pistol ,duel on the main street o Durango. Ster.sel Is futally wounded. There has existed a feud between uitnien since the late election when they were both candidates for the office of sheriff. IP After Taking Oath He Reviews the Parade in Snow Storm. HE REVIEWS INAUGURAL PARAD Recommends the Passage of the Original Brannock Law and Other Reform Measures. John M. I'll! Il'ion of Cincinnati, was Inaugurated governor of Ohio at. noon January 8, with the gn-utost demon stration ever witnessed In the state. Mr. Paulson Is the first Democratic governor lo be Inaugurated In Ohio since IsftO. During Hie ceremonies attending the Inauguration fully 50,- 0110 visitors were at the state capital. Mr. Paltlson was escorted from the executive mansion to the executive olllce by a troop of the Ohio Na tional guard. At Ibis point Myron T. Herrlck, the retiring governor, es corted Mr. Paltlson to the Inaugural stand In the rotunda ou the capltol, the men walking arm In arm. Gov. Derrick then presented Mr. Paltlson with the governor's commission and the oath of olllce was administered b Chief Justice William Z. Davis. Gov. Palilson then delivered the Inaugural address In which lie urged economy, reforms In slate uli'ulis, and made a strong idea for good government. During the inaugural ceremonies Gov. Paltlson was surrounded by a distinguished coiniuiny. Ills personal gttesls were seated on a platform set aside for their use. After Ihe ceremonies were conclud ed at the 'capltol Gov. Paltlson and ex-Gov. Herrlck entered a carriage at the head of Ihe parade In which about 5,000 marched, Including two compan ies of the (lulled Slates regulars. On reaching Ihe reviewing stand, they alighted and entered the stand, which was occupied by several thousand spectators. Gov. Paulson, who Is In 111 health, reviewed the parade from a glass rage In Ihe reviewing sliind. He stood on foot warmers during the greater' part of, (lie time. The Inaugural ball was held al Memorial ball and a' smoker was tend ered by the newspaper men lo the In coming and outgoing officials. Gov. Paltlson was unalile lo lake part in nil the ceremonies. Lletil.-Gov. Har ris was inaugurated in the senate chamber immediately alter Gov. Pal tlson assume;!, olllce. During lite morning there was a driving snow slm m In the capital, about six Inches of snow accumulat ing. Marching was difficult. The thermometer reglsier-d IS degrees above zero. In his' message. Gov. Paltlson says: ''As the temperance quest Ion was oho of the issues 111 Ihe last, election I recommend that the original Britn nock bill as passed by the house and amended by the senate, or one similar in purpose, be enacted. "President Ituusevelt's efforts for iHillimnl mpi-rvlsioii of insurance should have your anprovnl such nat ional supervision as will surround the policy hold' r '.villi aildllioiinl safe guards and lessen Ihe cost of bis insurance. "In order may l et a In meat, II is thai the voters of Ohio a repi c.ii nlal ive govern-uecr-.-Kary that some pro vision should I)" slide. , making It man's vole lo be dav, Unit lie sli.i established, if pos it condition for a counted o-i election I show it cei l ideal e that In; was present aiul voted al i'ie priniai'j election piecedllig such gen eral election. ''There should be some uniform law in reference to tin- selection of can didates by all panics and Ibis should he by piimiuy elections all held at Ihe same lime. What Is known us Ihe Dana law. which was passed lo pre vent the people of the slate from expressing I heir opinions at Ihe polls, should be repealed. While only one of the political parlies advocates the passage of a law abolishing railway pusses, this senti ment Is clearly in accord with the views of the members of till parties. Neither tree passes nor free trans portation should be given to any one. He al.-o iiisi.tt s upon enfoi cement of ihe laws for observance of the. Sab bath; that there should be a strength ening of the banking laws of the state In reference to private and state banks; that they should be mad'? s( rong. enough to protect the inter ests of the people. Want Health Officer in Cabinet. The legislative council of the American Medical association form ally adopted resolutions recommend ing that a Department of Public Health lie established with a repre sentative In the Cabinet, the repeal of the canteen 1a. ghvernment con trol of wandering consumptives and the establishment of sanitariums where they could be cared for by the government. ( To Improve Municipal Affairs. The Municipal Voters' League of Chicago has issued a call for a con ference of the various non-partisan organizations now existing through out the country for the promotion of better municipal government by prac tical participation In city elections. The conference Is to bo held in Chi cago January It and 12. P. R. R. Lets $2,000,000 Contract. Contracts Involving an expenditure of about $2,000,000 were awarded by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The work will Include Improvements at Mt. Union, Newton Hamilton. Ryde and Vineyard, and will consist of grad ing, erecting new bridges and straigh tening the t nicks. Ben Harris, the negro charged with killing Polk at Berlngs Mill, Tex., was lynched at Moscow, Tex. REFORM IN NEW JERSEY Governor Calls for Correction of Law Which Permit Over-Capitalization. The Litlth session of the New Jer sey state legislature opened.Jumiarjr 'I. The most Interest centered In Hie attitude of the Colby-Fagan Re publicans In the house, who put up Attslln Colgate n:i llu-lr candidate for .penker against Samuel K. Robins, 'be , regular llepubllcau nominee. Itohlus was elected. Gov. Stokes in his message ad vocates the granting of limited fran chises, urgently recommends, legis lation lo remedy what he describes hs tin- evlt of over-capitalization. Public utlll.y corporations should rtf poii to some stale alllclnl as to the cost of constructing and exlcudlng trolley lines, water, gas, electric light and telephone plants, or pipe lilies, und bondd Indebtedness nnd capltnllzal Ion could then be made up on this basis. SHOT AT PEACE MEETING Feud Breaks Out Again When Prin cipals Get Together. A general fight occurred In the mountains of Wayne county, Ky., be tween James Bell, his two brothers, Allied and Wayne, und Levy Dobbs on one side, and John and Ben Dean and Porter Price on the other. In which Wayne Bell was shot and In stantly killed and James and Alfred Bell and Porter Price filially wound ed. Pistols and shotguns were used by the combatants nnd about 50 shots were fired. There Is n feud of long standing between the Bell mid Dean factions mid Ihe parties had met to arrange a settlement when the trouble arose. Some of the Deans are In the Wayne county Jail. Efforts are being made lo keep the survivors from meeting. FAMILY OF SEVEN CREMATED Unable to Escape From Second Floor of Burning Dwelling. Isaac Saylor, his daughter, Mrs. Peter Martin, und her five children were burned to death at their home in Pleasant View, Juniata ' county. Pa. Charles Saylor and his wife of Al bania, who were visiting nt the Say lor homestead, escaped. Chaiies Saylor and bis wife occu pied a room on the first floor, while the fire victims slept on the second floor. .Mr. Saylor was awakened by screams and found the house in Mniues. He and bis wife escape! through a window, but were unable to render aid- lo the seven members of the family upstairs. The children who fell victims to Ihe flames -were Edna, aged 12 years; Earl, 10; Alice, 0: SKila, (5, and Charles, 10 months. AGED 135 AND SMOKED Negress Who Remembered Washing ton's Soldiers Dies. Mary McDonald, a negress, who (laiined to be 1:!!5 years of age, Is dead al the Home Tor Aged and Infirm Ci lined Persons In Philadelphia. According lo Mrs. McDonald and her surviving relatives, she was born November II, 1770, in a settlement known as Frogtown, near Valley Forge, Pa. She often told of the scenes in and about, the camp of Wash ington's soldiers at Valley Forge dur- j ing the winter of 1777-78. Mrs. Mc- Donald was of robust physique and i was an inveterate smoker up to a : short time ago. CHADWICK APPEAL REFUSED Little Hooe of Escaping Ten-Year Sentence to Penitentiary. The motion for a rehearing of the appeal for u new trial on behalf of Mrs. Casslo L. Chadwlck, of Cleve land, was denied in the United States court of Appeals at Cincinnati. The Court of Appeals some weeks ago bus lai.ied the judgment of the District court at Cleveland, which found Mrs. Chadwlck guilty of conspiring to wreck a National bank nnd sentenced her to serve 10 years in , the Ohio penitentiary. The matter Is closed so far as the United Slates Circuit Court of Ap peals Is concerned. Morgan's Rats Bill. A new measure for the regulation of railroad rates was Introduced by ; Senator Morgan. The bill makes It unlawful for common carriers to de mand or receive more than a reason able compensation for transporting i freight or passengers, or from giving unreasonable preferences In rates or ; charges or in facilities either to ship per or passenger or locality, and pro ' vides for the recovery of any such j unreasonable charges or damages j sustained as the result of such pref erences in any United States District Court. Seventeen Missing. Seventeen persons are missing, and ! are believed to have gone to their death when 13 houses on Rockland 1 street.. Haverstraw, N. Y., toppled i over into a pit fiO feet deep. Twelve : of the persons missing were occu ; pants of the fallen houses, five were : among the rescuers who went to the I aid of neighbors after the first house j fell, and were carried down when the 12 other houses went crasntng over the precipice. The wreckage quickly caught fire and those who were In the mass were either crushed or burn ed to death. Exclusion Act in Force. The case of Hong-Wing against the United States, Involving the Chinese exclusion act, was decided In favor of the Unied States in the United Stntes Circuit Court of Appeals at Cincinnati; the court holding that the act of April 7, 1904, continued the exclusion act In force, Congress hav ing full power to do so. Attorneys for the Chinaman maintained that the exclusion net was void and that the Chinaman could not be deported. KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS WHITE HEIRS WANT LAND Bring Suit to Recover Property Deeded to New Castle SO Years Ago for Wharf Purposes. A suit In ejectment was brought at New Castle by the heirs of James D. White to recover possession of land on the east side of Water street, between that street and the Neshannock river. It Is alleged that the land, when deed ed to the city 50 years ago, was to ror vert to the While estate If it was ever used for other than wharf purposes. The land Is said to be worth $10,0-w and has about 400 foot frontagu. Prof. Henry Felgar Brooks, form er superintendent of schools at Mc Keesport and Unlontown, was brought Into the Fayette county court for sent ence on a charge of embezzling auout ' $2,000 collected as tut ion while sup erintendent of the schools at Union town. The court Btnted tht the evi dence revealed no mltlgalng circum stances nnd Hit! condition which con fronted Brooks sooner or Inter con fronted all transgressors. The Jiidgt sentenced Brooks to pay a fine of $100 unit two years nnd 10 months to the penitentiary. Attorney MeKe.i-i then filed a long list of exceptions mi l announced his Intention of currying the case to the Supremo court a' once for final disposition. The reform board of county com missioners of Beaver County, has map ped out a course of rigid economy and say they will put a stop to "graft" about the court house. A rule has been made that, all official and clerks In the court, house must make formal requisition for tablets, pencils and other supplies, which will only he given out In quantities sufficient for I ho use of the office. It. Is alleged thai, almost every Beaver lawyer has for years supplied him self with stationery purchased by tha county. At Chester, J. Frank Challenger, secretary of the Delaware County Trust Company was arrested on charge of embezzlement. An exami nation of the books of the company showed n shortage of $10,000. Chul lenger confessed. He said his pecula tions were due to the fact that hi lived beyond bis Income and that he alone was to blame. He was held In $10,000 bull for court. Just as be wn?i about to leap Into the Yoiighloghcny river from the Connellsville-New Haven bridge a stranger giving his name ns Thomas Gorden, a glas'sblower of the South side, Pittsburg, was seized by pass ersby, turned over to officers and lock ed up. A ticket was purchased for him and lie was sent back to Pitts burg. Because be refused lo obey the' order of the court, to never again set foot. In Fayette county soil, George McBclh of Braddock, convicted at the December term of attempting to vote Illegally at the last election in Con nellsvllle, Is back in the county jail. The court suspended sentence after McHulh's conviction. A branch of t'ie Pennsylvania Statq Sabbath association was organized In Butler, Rev. P. ('. Prugh, D. D.. presided, and addres-es were made by Rev. Iluuli Leith, Xcllrnopln; Rev. William D. Oiler. D. D. Butler; Rev, William .1. Grimes. Cnunoqnenesslng; llev. T. T. Mutf hler, Philadelphia, and Rev. J. P. Sharp, field secretary of the association. - The Rand Powder company has bought the Charles A. Jones farm of 100 acres, near High House, In. Ger man township, Fayette county, and It Is said, will in the early spring be gin the erection of a plant to replace the one annihilated near Falrchanc? by1 tlie explosion of September 9, i:w."i. An alleged Incendiary fire at New Castle, destroyed the two-story build ing occupied in parr, by tlio "Protestant mission for Italians. It i-t helierpd that, religions deferences are responsi ble for the fire. The loss Is about $3. ."ii0. The warehouse of Grocer James Rae, adjoining, was nlso destroyed. Yellow atrophy, a r;.re di-icase," from whifb Mrs. Mary Kartley. 22 years old, died at the hospital nt New Castle, Is described by Uie physicians as an affection of the liver, by which the patient is exceedingly jaundiced, resulting from a withering of the liv er cells. Eighty-five foreigners employed on Ihe pipe line of the Mountain Supply Water company, near Connellsviiie. went on strike because the company wanted to lengthen their day a half hour. Ernest E. Hail, of Snowshoe. a Pennsylvania railroad brakemnn, wa.? killed by a train at Calitizln. Tit was 19 years old and bad bee.i rail roading but a short time. While Mrs. Jmnes R. Duff of North Bridgewaler, Beaver county, was' warming herself ar. on open grate her dress caught, fire and she was so ba I ly burned that :-he died. The heirs of the late William Pat terson, the New Caatla banker, who died last summer leaving a L,..Viii.uuit estate, have fettled their differences smirably out of court. At Irwin, acting on Information of the Civic league, officers raided an alleged speak-easy and am-s'ed three men and two women, all colorsd. The brick plant of Ingram & Co.. me mile south of New Brighton. In Rochester township, t.js liadly danj iged by fire. The los.; is about $0. hio, with S.'.OOO Insurance. Rolvrt 1. Ingrain, of Allegheny, Is the ;ipal o ner. II. J. Klingtiisiuith, aged 22, a fire Man on the West Penn railroad, was instantly killed near West Apollo. He 'ell from the ermine and was cut In .wo. Mrs. Elizabeth Berwick of Altormn, ;hot -ber husband. Robert Berwick, 'n the face with a revolver, probably fatally wounding ii!m.
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