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DREYFUS CASE IS CLOSED
His Innocence Established and
Army Rank Restored.
RIOTOUS SCENE IN CHAMBER
l Rehabilitation of Dreyfus Gives Rise to
Stormy Scenes Between Govern
ment and Opposition Defenders.
Alfred Dreyfus was completely ac
quitted of the charges on which he
was condemned as a traitor, dlsmlss
i ed fnm the French army and im
prisoned on evil's Uland, and regard
ing which France has been torn for
years by the most bltterpolitienl and
racial agitation. His vindication is
two-fold, the snprenve court first nn-
nouncing its decision establishing the
entire innocence of the accused man,
and the ministry later deciding to
present an urgent bill in parliament
restoring Dreyfus to the army with
advanced rank, and otherwise giving
the government's most ample repara
tion. The decision of the court wass a
foregone conclusion, as exhaustive
., Inquiries had completely demolished
Hie fabric of the accusation against
' lVeyt'us, showing that the real cul
Jirit was Major Count Esterhazy. The
(leclslgii therefore aunuailed the con
tieniniition of the Rennes court mar
tial and ordered that the acquittal
lie posted and published throughout
J'ranee.
The bill to reinstate Dreyfus was
passed by parliament 473 to 42, while
I hat for the restoration of Colonel
I'icqnart received 477 affirmative to
17 negative votes. .
The scene of tumultuous disorder
V-hieli marked the enactment of the
Jaw restoring Alfred Dreyfus to the
army was followed by a bloody duel
in which Under Secretary of State
fiarraut was dangerously wounded by
the sword of M. Puglle.si-Conti. The
duel assumed the aspect of a verit
able combat between the Government
Jnd the opposition, as M. Sarraut's
Seconds were Ministers Clemenceau
and Thomson, while M. Pugliesi
Conti's were M. Millevoye and Gener
al Jacquet, who were drawn from the
elements which bitterly resist the
Government's rehabilitation of Drey
lus. Captain Alfred Dreyfus of the ar
tillery, a member of a wealthy He
brew family of Alsace, where he was
lK)rn in 1S59, was, on October 14,
1894, arrested on the charge of com
municating French military secrets to
a foreign 'power.
Two months later Dreyfus jwas
tried by court martial and found
guilty and January 5 he was publicly
degraded and deported to Devils Is
land, near Cayenne. French Guiana,
there apparently to spend the re
mainder of his life.
The friends and relatives of Drcy
Su, notably his wife, always believed
' in his innocence and devoted all their
energies to the work of proving that
he had been unjustly condemned.
Colonel Picquart, when he became
chief of the intelligence department
of the French army iu 1S95, examined
the documents in the proceedings
against Dreyfus and questioned the
correctness of the proceedings and,
conrlnudng his investigations, formed
the spinion that the evidence pointed
to Major Count Esterhazy as being
the guilty man. Picquart determined
to see that justice was done and there
ensued a fight, to preserve the honor
of the French army.
Dreyfus, on November 15, 1S97,
charged Este.Thazy with writing the
most incriminating document, but the
latter waB acquitted by a court mar
tial in the following January.
LEADER SLAIN
Ex-President of Salvador Killed by
Guatemalan Troops. '
Regalado,' former president of Sal-:
vador, and the leader of the Salva-1
dorean troops in the present conflict !
with Guatemala, has bren killed in .
battle. The announcement of his i
death reached the state department j
at Washington through a cjispatch i
from United States Minister Merry at l
San Salvador.
The dispatch stated that Regalado '.
was killed in the last movement of '
the Salvadorean troops against, the
Gautcmalans, but did not indicate
what the result of the battle was. !
Thomas Regalado was president of ;
Salvador from 1S99 to 1.103. A pro- I
vision of the Saljwidorean constitu-1
tuon prevented him from having a i
second term immediately following i
his first, but he was a candidate to j
succeed President Escalon, whose ;
term will expire, next year, and doubt
less would, have been elected, as he
was a popular idol who had achieved
much fame as a soldier.
Shortage of $145,000.
Revelation of the financial embar
rassment of Alexander & Alexander,
one of the largest firms -of cotton fac
tors in the state of Georgia develop
ed discrepancies of about $145,000,
following the. (Disappearance of
Thomas W. Alexander, head of the
firm. The Georgia Railroad bank
loses $115,000.
Smalipox Appears at Colon. i
Several cases of smallpox have de- i
veloped at Colon, but. they have been j
confined to the laboring class. The j
medical staff of the canal zone is
isolating and quarantining the infest
ed district and hopes to stamp out
the disease quickly.
Ocean Fare Cut.
The North German Lloyd Steam
ship Company reduced the steerage
rate to New York to $2.50. The re
duction in emigrant passage rates an
nounced by the North German Lloyd
Steamship Company is that company's
answer to the Hamburg-American
line's cut of the same amount last
week, which is its second recent in
duction. 1
Emperor William has appointed
King Haakon an honorary admiral of
the German navy.
ARMENIANS SLAUGHTERED
Officers and Soldiers Were Fired
Upon by Tartars.
At lEtchniiudln, the ecclesiastical
capital of Armenia, Tartars attacked
the monastery and residence of the
Armenian patriarch. The Tartars,
who hud hidden themselves in the
surrounding hills opened fire and
charged the monastery ufter night
fall. They were repulsed, but form
ed for a second attempt when a force
of infantry and Cossacks arrived on
the scene. The officers tried to per
suade the Tartars to desist from
their attack, but the latter opened
fire on the troops, wounding several
of them. The Cossacks thereupon
charged and , dispersed the Tartars,
killing one and wounding several.
In the Zangisur district 300 Tartars
attacked an Armenian village. A de
tachment of police arrived and tried
to restore order but this Tartars kill
ed the police captain, put the detach
ment to flight and resumed the pil
lage which was continued until the
arrival of troops sent from Tlllis.
News has been received of horrible
ravages by Turkish troops across the
border in Turkish Armenia. Soldiers
who were collecting taxes are said to
have indulged in frightful outrages.
The population of the city of Van Is
represented to have been nearly de
stroyed by the Turkish troops who
pulled down houses, attacked women
and acted generally like wild beasts.
SEVEN GIRLS DROWNED
But One ot Party Escapes Terrible
' Ending of Play of Children.
Seven girls of Cedar Rapids, la.,
ranging in ago from 7 to 3G years,
were drowned while wading in Cedar
river, only three blocks from home.
The smallest child slipped into a deep
hole, and in trying to rescue her six
1 others were drowned. Ruth Klersey
I was the only one of the party to es-
! cape. The .dead are: I
Lucille, Haze, Gladjys and Joslo ,
Sweeting; Ruin and Cora Coyle, and
Clara I 'slier.
Ruth Kiersey, the only survivor,
said they wire wading when little
Lucille Sweeiing slipped off a shelf
in the bottom into deep water. Hazel
Sweeting lushed niter her, slipped
into the hole, and the five other g'.ris
rushed one after the other into the i
hole trying vainly to save each other.
Ruth Klersey then ran Iconic and
gave the alarm.
Four of the bodies were quickly re
covered from the water, but It was
too late to resuscitate them., The
other bodies were recovered later.
KILLLED EY CLOUDBURST
American Companies' Property In
Mexico Damaged.
A cloudburst and landslide on July
10 at Ocampo (Jesus Maria) Chihua
hua, Mex., almost completely destroy
ed ihe city and killed seven or more
persons. Many others were injured
and it is expected some of them will
die. All the killed and injured are
Mexicans.
The W. ,C. Crcene Company's of
fices and corral were swept away,
but all its American employes escap
ed. The company's loss is estimated
at $3,000 Mexican money. The Wat
terson Company, the only other con
cern owning extensive interests in
the camp, suffered a loss of about
$15,000, its reduction works and of
fices being destroyed. j
Socorro, N. M experienced an
earthquake that broke dishes. It was i
followed by two lighter shocks later i
in the day. A shock was experienced
at Socorro about, two weeks ago. A 1
Flight shock alro was lelt at Silver
City, N. M.
Laundrymen Indicted.
Thirty-nine laundry companies and
laundry proprietors were indicted in
dividually by the grand jury at Cin
cinnati on the charge of maintaining
a combination in restraint of trade.
Eighteen of these were also indicted
as forming an organization in re
straint of trade. These include nil
members of the Laundrv 'Exchange,
who are indicted on 39 individual iu
dictments. Tht indicted companies
and individuals appeared in court
through their attorney and arranged
to give bond laLer.
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.
Fire supposed to be of incendiary
origin destroyed the town of Lynn
vllle, Ind., causing a loss of $75,000.
Twenty-two buildings were burned
and the town was practically wiped
opt of existence.
Henry Clay Evans, of Hamilton
county, former commissioner of pen
sions, and recently American consul
general iu London, was nominated for
governor by the Tennessee Republi
can State convention. D. C. Swab
was nominated for railroad commis
sioner. Confederate soldiers of General
John H. Morgan's command are now
receiving pay from the Federal gov-:
eminent for horses taken from them
when they surrendered. The amount
each receives is $125.
Vies-Admiral Chouknin, commander
of the Black Sea fleet, who was shot
by a sailor while taking a walk in the
garden of his villa, died the next day.
Tlie Republican t-tato convention of
North Dakota was dominated by t'.ie
stalwart faction of the party. A full
state ticket was nominated, headed
by Governor E. Y. Sarles, Who was
nominated for re-election.
Jett Takes the Blame.
At Beattyville. Ky., Curtis Jett
testified in the trial of Hargis and
Callahan on the charge of murdering
Lawyer Marcum that he, Jett, killed
Marcrum. Jett took all the blame up
on himself and saiJ he killed Mar
cum because he was his enemy. Jett
admitted that the pistol with which
the murder was committed was given
him by Seldon Hargis, a brother ot
Judge Hargis, but that he killed Mar
cum of his own volition.
HUE'S DID IS LOWEST
New Firm is Winner After Long
Fight for Armor Plate.
UNCLE SAM WILL BE GAINER
Carnegie and Bethlehem Companies
Will Have to Lower Prices to
Get Federal Work.
Armor plate of the highest quality U
to be furnished for the battleships
South Cnrolina and Michigan by the
Mldvale Company at $34S a ton, which
Is below the cost of plate that is be
ing placed on battle-ships now in
construction. The Midvale people will
get the contract for the plating of
both ships, and the Carnegie and
Bethlehem plants will soon have to
close unless they get orders from
abroad.
Each bid was a surprise to the
ordinance officers of the navy. The
Carnegie and Bethlehem companies
for the first time said they would not
ask the Government to pay royalties.
The bids submitted by them were net
prices.
The three companies made big
cuts under the bids made by them a
little more than a year ago. The Mld
vale people dropped 52 a ton on pres
ent prices, Carnegie $97 and Bethle
hem $(i2. These figures are on class
A armor, which includes the heaviest
plates. On class B armor Mldvale
dropped $4S, Carnegie $73 and Bethle
hem $02. On class C Midvale made
a reduction of $14, Curnegie $41 and
Bethlehem $30.
The bids were as follows: Carnegie
Steel Company, 7.32S tons, aggregate
bid, $2,733,500, which was upon a
basl3 of $370 a ton for the bulk of the
armor.
Bethlehem Steel Company, 7.32S
tons, aggregate bid, $2,813,508, upon
a basis of $381 a ton or all the armor
except a small amount used for bolts
ami nuts.
Midvale Steel Company, 7.32S tons,
aggregate bid, $2,555,470, based upon
$ '!5 a ton for the bulk of the armor
except bolts and nuts.
The bid of the Midvale Company is
thus $17S,()'.ii less than the bid of the
Carnegie Company, Its nearest com
petitor. CROPS ABOVE THE AVERAGE
Government Report Shows Increase
In Acreage and Marked Improve
ment In Condition.
The crop reporting board of the
bureau of statistics of the department
of agriculture finds, from the reports
of the correspondents and agents of
the bureau, as follows.
Preliminary returns show the acre
age of corn planted to be about 95,
535,000 acres, an increase of about
1,524,000 acres, or 1.6 per cent, as
compared with the estimate of the
acreage planted last year. The av
erage condition of the growing crop on
July 1 was 87.5. as compared with
87.3 on July 1, 1905, 80.4 at the cor
responding date in 1904, and a 10
year average of 80.4.
The average condition of wheat on
July 1 shows an improvement over
the condition June 1.
The acreage of potatoes, excluding
sweet potatoes, is less than that of
last year by about 30,000 acres, or 1.3
Iter cent. The average condition on
July 1 was 91.5, as compared with
91.2 on. July 1, 1905.
THROW OUT AMERICAN MEAT
Australian and Argentine Brands Re
place Those from Chicago in
English Navy.
As a result of the refusal of a com
mander of ono of the British Atlantic
fleets to take on American canned
meat during the recent naval maneu
vers the admiralty directs that ship
companies be supplied with Austral
ia or Argentine brands in lieu of
American. .The remainder of Ameri
can tinned meats now on hand Is
being returned to the victualling yard3
and will no longer be a compulsory
ration for the navy.
Winston Spencer Churchill, under
secretary for the colonies, says ho is
Informed special care is exercised by
the New South Wales government,
insuring healthful meat.
CHICAGO WANTS HANGINGS
Attacks on Women Arouse Council to
Ask Capital Punishment.
In an effort to stop criminal at
tacks on women and children, which
have been so prevalent in Chicago re
cently, the city Council unanimously
pased a resolution recommending
capital punishment for such outrages.
The resolution was drafted and in
troduced by Alderman Daniel Herphy
of the Twenty-fifth ward, father of a
family of children. The Committee
on Slate Legislation, to which th
resolution was referred, will prepare
a , report to b3 transmitted to the
Legislature at Springfield.
Brazil Reduces Tariff.
Sscretary Root's proposed visit to
South America has begun to bear
fruit. Brazil has just announced a
new tariff, which reduces the duty
on flour and many other American -exports
20 per cent, and Is designed to
promote the development of commer
cial .interchange between this coun
try and Brazil.
Russian Cashier Robbed.
Ten armed men attacked the cash
ier of the Vistula railway, who was
proceeding to the State bank to de
posit the day's receipts. He was ac
companied by an attendant and two
soldiers. The assailants stopped the
carriage, shot the soldiers dead and
got off with $50,000. The cashier es
caped, saving $400,000.
f .
' Evasion of law by corporations was
shown at the Cleveland hearing in oil
prosecution.
TRADE CONDITIONS ARE QUIET
All Business. However, Is Far In Ex
cess of Earlier Years for the
Dull Season.
R. G. Dun., & Co. 's review of trade
says:
Midsummer quiet conditions nre
more in evidence that at any
previous - time this saason, al
though trade continues fur in.
excess of earlier years, and pre
parations for fall nnd winter are un
abated. Confidence Is ivi commer
cial sentiment, induced by exception
ally favorable crop reports and the
absence of any distinctly adverse fac
tor in the wholesale distribution for
this period, and the majority of re
ports indlcate satisfactorily prompt
collections, while at some points sum
mer stocks are being reduced by
clearance sales.
Not only the leading Industries but
neiarly nil manufacturing undertak
ings have orders assuring activity
well into the future, and scarcity of
labor Is still the chief complaint. Dis
putes as to wages are practically set
tled at the soft coal mines, and an
thracite collieries are resuming on a
sliding scale, giving hard coal miners
an advance of 1 per cent In July.
Evidences of the unexcelled business
during tho fiscal year just ended are
found in every statement that ap
pears. Railroad earnings in Juno were 10.8
per cent larger than in 1905, and for
eign commerce at New York for the
last week shows an increase of $1,
899,887, in imports and a loss of
$794,622 In exports, as compared with
last year's figures. Temporary ease
in call money did not weaken the
quotations of time loans, which re
flect the expectation of heavy ship
ments of currency to the Interior for
crop moving In the near future.
Many iron furnaces and sleel mills
have resumed after a brief season of
Idleness for repairs, inventories nnd
settlement, of wage scales, so that the
production is once more very heavy.
Textile manufacturing conditions
nre not materially altered. Failuris
for (lie week numbered 202 In the
United States, against 223 last year,
and 21 In Canada, compared with 20
a year ago.
WILSON VISITS CHICAGO
Secretary of Agriculture Inspects
Stock Yards and Packing Houses.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
visited the Chicago slock yards and
packing houses and expressed him
self satisfied with what he' saw.
When asked for an expression a
to the result of his Investigation
Secretary Wilson said: "When the
seal of Uncle Sam is placed upon any
Inspected article of meat, Untie Sam
will stand for lis chaiactcr, but Uncle
Sam will not put that seal on any
last year's bird's nest, neither upon
any old rag found In an alley. I
have held my last merlins with the
packers and they fullly understand
the situation. Ample tlmo will be
given the packet's to arrange their
operations for complying with the new
law, and the now Inspectors will be
appointed when certified by-the civil
service commission."
ROJESTVENSKY FREE
Russian Commander Is Acquitted.
Four ' Officers Condemned.
Admiral Rojestvensky. whose trial
on the charge of surrendering to the
enemy after tho battle of the Sea of
Japnn, began before a court-martial
at Cronstadt, Russia, July 4, was ac
quitted after the court had deliber
ated for nearly 10 hours. Four offi
cers of the torpedo boat destroyer
Bedovl, who were placed on trial with
the admiral, were found guilty of hav
ing preniedltatedly surrendered the
Bedovi nnd all four were condemned
to death. On account of extenuating
circumstances the emperor will bo re
quested to commute their sentence to
dismissal from the service.
Admiral Rojestvensky was ac
quit ed on the ground that he was not
in his full senses.
FINED RAILROAD $10,000
Chicago & Alton Gets Limit of Law
for Rebating.
Judge Lnndls in the United States
District Court sentenced the Chicago
& Alton railroad, which was recently
convicted of Rrantlng illegal rebates
at Kansas City, to pay a fine or $20,
000 on each of two counts, or a to
tal of $40,000.
John Fuithorn and Fred A. Wunn,
former officials of the road who were
also convicted, were sentenced to
pay a fine of $5,000 each on two
counts, or a total of $10,000 each.
Tho Bpeelfjc charge on which they
were convicted was that they had
given to the Schwarzschild & Sulz
berger Company a rebate of $1 a car
on all shipments from the Kansas City
plant of the packing company.
Corporations Fined.
On the ground that their violation
of law in granting rebates on coal
shipments was technical and not wil
ful and that, therefore, only a mode
rate penalty should bo Imposed, Chief
Justice William J. Mills in the Unit
ed States court at Las Vegas, N. M.,
imposed a fine of $3,000 on ench count
of the Indictments against the Atchi
son, 'Fopckn & Santa Fe Railway
company, and the Colorado Fuel &
Iron company. A total fine of $15,
000 nnd costs was imposed on each
of tho defendant companies.
Eight Killed.
A train of trolley cars westbound
from Lockport, N. Y., on the lines of
tho Internal Ional Railway Company
and due at Tonawanda at 9:15 p. m.,
ran into an open switch at a siding
just east of Martinsville, and crashed
Into a trolley freight motor and a
train of seven freight cars which were
lying on tho siding waiting for the
passenger train to go by. Eight
passengers were killed outright, and
a score injured, Borne of whom may
dlo.
TRIED TO KILL All ADMIRAL
Commander of Black Sea Fleet
Is Shot through the Lungs.
TROOPS BEING CONCENTRATED
Fear of General Uprising Shown in
Activity of Military Throughout
Empire.
A dispatch from Sevastopol Bays:
An attempt was made to assassinate
Vice Admiral Choukiiin, commander
of the Black sea neet.
-The Admiral was wounded and tak
en to a hospital. His condition is ex
tremely serious. The bu:let lodge in
his lung, making breathing difficult.
Vice Admiral Chouknin has been
blamed for his severity and it was to
his treatment of the crews of the ship
under his command that the mutiny
on board the battleship Knluz Potem
kin In June and July last year was at
tributed. An attempt was made on the Hie of
the Admiral February 9 last. A wo
man appeared at his official residence
(luring the afternoon of that day and
sent in her card, saying she was the
daughter of a Rear Admiral at St.
Petersburg. On entering the Admir
al's office the woman drew a rapid
fire pistol and fired four shots at him,
each bullet reaching the mark.
As she turned to escape the woman
was killed by the orderly on duty at
Chouknlu's door. The crime beyond
doubt was political.
Some time elapsed before the po
lice were able to establish the identi
ty of the woman who attempted Ad
miral Chouknin's life, but it finally
became known that she was a He
brow named Cecilia Shabad, 25 years
old.
The preparations which the Rus
sian War Office has been making at
all the principal cities to meet an
armed revolutionary movement prove
to have been very elaborate. At
Riga t lie garrison is divided Into
three divisions of two battalions of
Infaniry; half a company of Cossacks
and three machine guns each, to pro
vent Ihe invasion ot the city from ils
three open sides, namely the canal,
the dam and the river Duna. Similar
plans have been drawn up by every
rommiinder of u garrison or city.
PURE FOOD FINES SWELL
The Western Pennsylvania Counties
Have CoMfcted $72,000.
, Pure Food' Commissioner Warren
has turned over to the State Treasury
$1,390 lines collected In Allegheny
county from dealers who were con
victed of selling adulterated oleomargarine-,
codfish, olive oil and
milk.
Commissioner Warren says that
since the recent crusade against
doctored meats In this State 24 West
ern Pennsylvania counties have paid
$72,000 in fines for selling adulter
ated and doctored products of the big
meat packers.
COAL STRIKE SETTLED
Increase of 5.55 Per Cent Allowed in
Central Pennsylvania Field.
Virtual settlement of the strike of
miners in the Central Pennsylvania
bituminous field began last spring
was made In Philadelphia, at a con
ference between representatives of
the United Mino Workers of America
nnd the operatois In the field.
The principal terms of the settle
ment are: A 5.55 per cent Increase In
wages for all mine workers over the
scale which existed before the strike; I
application of the check-off system to '
miners, but not to laborers. j
Boston Wool Market.
The wool market Is moderately ac
tive, with deep interest manifested
from all classes ot the trade.' Natur
ally the attention or the trade is
turned toward the new clip. Prices
are held firm. Traders are remem
bering iu conection with the Increas
ed demand for wool that the coming
Australian wool clip is reported as the
largest ever shown in that continent.
Territory wools nre taken steadily.
Pulled wools are in constant demand.
Foreign prudes are neglected. Prices
run as follows: Ohio and Pennsylvan
ia, XX and above, 33 to 31c; X, 31
to 32c; No. 1. 37 to 38c; No. 2. 37
to "8c; fine unwashed, 32 to 33c;
Three-eighth blood, unwashed, 32 to
33c; three-eighth blood, 33c; half
blood, 33c; unwashed delaine, 27 to
28c; fine washed delaine, 35 to 3Gc.
Another Wage Advance
An advance of 5 per cent in wages
in cotton mills of 30 cities and towns
of southern Massachusetts nnd Rhode
Island went Into effect July 9. About
15.000 operatives ure benefitted.
Since the Inception of the upward
movement in mill wages early in the
year Ko.OOO textile operatives in the
New England states have had their
pay advanced 5 to 14 per cent.
Canned Refuse.
After an investigation extending
over several weeks the Massachusetts
State Board of Health reported that
In many instances the canned meats
put up by Chicago packers and sold
in Massachusetts are made of refuse
or are filled with boric preservatives.
Immigration Record.
More than 1,000,000 persons enter
ed the United States through the El
lis Island station during the fiscal
year ending July 30 last. The exact
number was 1,002,054, an Increase ot
199,075 as compared with the pre
ceding year. The largest number ot
Immigrants of .one nationality was
222.CU0 from Italy. The Hebrews
were second with 125,000. A total of
more than $19,000,000 in cash was
brought in by the Immigrants.
RUSSIAN CAVALRY MUTINY
Regiment Resists Infantry and Dra
goons Sent Against It.
A mutiny broke out July 7 in the
Kasarva regiment of Russian cavalry,
and during the consequent disorder an
Infantry officer and a soldier of the
NejinI dragoons who attacked the
mutineers were killed. The muti
neers have barricaded themselves In
the1!- barracks.
The news of the jmillny at Tam
bov, which 'apparently is the most
serious of such affairs. Blnce the Se
bastopol mutiny, is confined to the
bare details of a censored ugency dis
patch showing that the mutineers,
when attacked by loyal troops, offer
ed armed resistance before retreat
ing to their barracks, where they are
now barricaded.
In previous mutinies this year the
disaffected troops have submitted
when confronted by loyal detach
ments. The outbreak is a quick
commentary on Gen. Trepoff's dec
laration July 7 that the cavalry could
be more depended on than the Infan
try because their officers were in
closer touch with their men.
WILL BUYCOAL STOCKS
Syndicate Formed to Take Over
Holdings of Railroad Officials.
J. Gardner Cassatt, Robert Kelso
Cassatt and John Lloyd, all of the
banking firm of Cassatt & Co., and
Col. George T. Huff, president of the
Keystone Coal and Coke Company,
have formed a pool, it is said, to take
over all the coal stocks now held by
officers and employes of the Pennsyl
vania railroad and which have been
ordered sold by the administration
of that corporation.
All of the persons interested In the
pool nre interested, more or less, in
the Keystone Coal and Coke Com
pany, and their first thought in form
ing the pool, it is said, is in preserv
ing the price of the stock, blocks of
which are held by Pennsylvania rail
road men, and which will be thrown
upon the market by the order issued
by President Cassatt on Saturday, r.
SURPRISED THE MOURNERS
Supposed D:ad Man "Walks In" on
Friends.
Convinced that her husband had
boon killed Mrs. John Barnes ot
Tenth avenue and Walnut street, Mc
Keesport, Pa., and a number of sym
pathetic friends were startled when
the supposed corpse walked into the
house.
An undertaker had been ordered to
prepare to receive the remains of the
man, who had left home a few days
ago. The cause of the undertaker
getting the order was a telephone .
message suposedly from Baltimore,
Md., telling Mrs. Barius that her
husband had died.
Taft Opens Campaign.
Secretary of War Taft before a
meeting of North Carolina Republi
cans on the eve of their State con-
ventlon, delivered a speech at
Greensboro, N. C, that was general
ly anticipated us the opening gun of
the congressional campaign of 1906.
After the address Mr. Taft left for
Put-In-Bay, O.. where he is to speak
before the -uio Bar association, July
11.
Can Make Their Mail Boxes.
Postmaster General Cortelyou has
issued an order to go Into effect
August 1, rescinding the regulation
under which patrons of rural mail
routes are compelled to purchase
boxes from one of the 200 listed man
ufacturers. Patrons of rural routes
will be permitted to construct their
own boxesr provided they conform to
requirements.
CURRENT NEWS EVENTS.
Drydock Dewey has reached Philip
pines after a perilous voyage.
Harry Thaw issued a statement in
which he denies he is. insane.
it is expected that Japan will open
Dalny to international trade the be
ginning of September.
In the Konopishta district Turkish
troops annihilated three Bulgarian
bands, killing 92. Tho Turks lost 20
killed.
Fire in the carpet and drapery store
of the George F. Otte Company, on
Fourth street, near Race, Cincinnati,
caused a loss of $100,000.
Holding up two clerks at the point
of a revolver and getting away with
$1,500 worth of diamonds, a mild-mannered
young man robbed the jewelry
store of P. Fricdrich, at 1132 Broad
way, Brooklyn.
A message from Rio Janeiro, says:
The revolutionists in the sute of Mat
to Grosso have occupied the capital of
the state, Guyaba, murdered the presi
dent of the s'ate and seized the
government.
Ramsey Announces New Road.
The consolidation of the Industrial
railroad and the Lorain & Ashland
road, now being built, is announced
by Joseph Ramsey, of Pittsburg, and
also the construction of a road south,
to the Ohio river.
Georgia Negro Lynched.
About 100 heavily armed men took
Edward Pearson, a negro, from
Deputy Sheriff Fields at Swainsboro,
Ga., carried him to the Canoochen
swamp and lynched him. The night
before Pearson was found by Miss
Maude nnd Ida Durnen hiding under
their bed.
Small Nations Clash.
Hostilities between Salvador and
Guatemala have broken out anew on
the border between these countries,
where peace was supposed to have
been established pending a settlement
of the trouble between tho two coun
tries. Leslie M. Combs, the Ameri
can minister to Guatemala, who was
on his way to the United States to
assist in Bottling the difficulties be
tween Salvador and Guatemala, has
been ordered back to Guatemala City.
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