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ARRESTED IN BANK CASE
Promoter and Two Officials are
Called to Account.
FAILURE MAY REACH $10,000,000
Confessie-i of Hippie Found In Which
He Says Segal Got All
the Money,
Charged with having defrauded the
depositors of the Real Estate Trust
Company, of Philadelphia, out of
many millions of dollars, Adolph Se
gal, a promoter of many enterprises;
William F. North, the treasurer of
the trust company, and Marshall S.
Collingwuod, the assistant treasurer,
were arrested at the Instance of Dis
trict Attorney John C. Bell.
Segal was held In $25,01)0 hall and
the two officers In $10,000 each..
This turn In the affairs of the com
pany Is only one of the many sensa
tions expected to develop In con
nection with the failure, which It Is
estimated, will exceed $10,000,000 be
fore lie Earle finishes his In
vestigation. The l-.'ce'-pr of the company filed
at Hollidaysburg assignments of 227
Bouth Altoona mortgages, which Se
gal had assigned on August 5, 1904, to
the bank for the sum of $100,000 and
"other valuable considerations." The
name of I V. Hippie appears as the
subscribing witness to the assign
ments. Last week the attorney for Receiver
Earle filed assignments of 197 South
Altoona mortgages at Hollidaysburg,
wh!ch the trust company had purchas
ed r :., Segal for $483000.
The total number of South Altoona
Mortgages is 1,350, of which 424 were
I rued over by Segal to the Ileal Es
tate Trust Company.
There remains 917 mortgages, the
present ownership of which Is un
known. It developed that Segal not only
traded on his South Altoona real es
tate venture with the Real Estate
Trust Company, but also with a chain
of banks throughout the State.
Just what value Segal's bonds and
stocks have in the public estimation
was seen when $25,000 worth of Penn
sylvania Sugar Refining Company first
mortgage 5 per cent, gold coupons,
due In 1931, brought $2,500 at auction.
It was 10 cents on the dollar and the
buyer was a broker named Slnkler.
His was the only bid.
On the day President Hippie shot
himself Ills son, F. Wharton Hippie,
found a note in his father's room. Re
ceiver Earle and District Attorney
Bell came Into possession of this
note. It was written in ink on the
back of an envelope. It bore no ad
dress and read as follows:
"Segal got all the money. I was
fooled, but hnve no one to blame but
myself."
According to Mr. Dell, the note Im
plicated no others.
FOUR TRAINS IN WRECK
Dead Brakeman Pinioned in River by
Engine.
A dlsnntch from Martlnsburg, W.
Va., says: A fatal and disastrous
wreck occurred near Sir Johns Run, in
which seven lives were lost and much
damage done to the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad.
A fast freight train crashed Into two
other freight trains, which had stop
ped, and wh;;e Injured and dying
trainmen and tramps were buried in
the wreckage of the three trains an
other fast freight added to the hor
ror of the wreck by plowing into
it and then toppling over into the Po
tomac rlvtr The dead are:
Brakeman W. I,. C. Woods of
Brunswick of'the fourth freight train,
body buried under engine in river;
Fireman Frank McKeever of Martins
burg, of the fourth fast freight train,
brought to King's Daughters Hospital,
where ho died: five tramps, buried
in the wreckage, whose names are un
known. The In lured: Engineer F. J. Sny
der of Brunswick. Several other
trainmen were bruised and cut, but
not fatally hurt.
BLAMES CASHIER
Stensland Says Hering Got Most of
Stolen Money.
Paul O. Stenslnd made a confession
to Assistant District Attorney Olsen,
at Tangier, Morocco. It clears up
much of the mystery surrounding the
events leading up to the crash which
involved lha ruin of the Milwaukee
Avenue Bank. He took much of the
blame upon himself, but declared
Cashier Hering was the forger and
that Hering got most of the money.
He exonorated his son Theodore and
the directors. He declared it a lie
that he had spent any money on Leone
Langdon Key or any other woman.
He declared that he never spent more
than $5,000 a year himself and that
all the money lie took he put into real
estate or investments in the hope of
"making good."
Russian Famine.
Fifty prominent Zemstvolsts assem
bler! to discuss measures for famine
relief through the Zemstvo organiza
tion, and for political conference with
the Octoberists and other moderates.
At least $75,000,000 will be needed to
combat the famine, which Is severest
in seven procinces. Samara, Saratoff,
Simbirsk, Pena, Kaan, Tamboff and
Ufa.
AFTER BRYAN WITH KNIFE
White-Haired Kentueklan Makes a
Scene in Chicago Hotel.
, A white-haired man who gate his
name as Samuel Browning, and his
residence as "Kentucky," created a
disturbance among the Bryan visit
ors in the lobby of the Auditorium
Annex, at Chicago by brandishing a
knife and demanding to see Mr. Bry
an. He was arrested by the house de
tective and turned over to the police.
GREAT SCARCITY OF LABOR
Causes Restriction In Production of
Factories and Delays in Har
vesting of Crops.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of
trade says:
"Money market Irregularity had no
111 effect ou legitimate business, and
prices of securities quickly rallied
when gold imports were arranged.
Scarcity of labor Is a much more
important trade Influence, restricting
production of factories and causing
delays In harvesting of crops, while
structural work is also retarded.
"Fall jobbing trade is making pro
gress, shipping departments forward
ing goods as rapidly as possible.
Leading centers are crowded by in
terior buyers, who place liberal ord
ers, especially for wearing apparel.
Quotations are well maintained and
801110 improvement is noted in col
lections. "A seasonable Increase appears in
retail trade at most points, although
urgency of work on the farms limits
business In these sections. Whole
sale reports from the iron and steel
Industry and expectation of large
crops have developed a tone of confi
dence in the commercial world that
makes the outlook blight and encour
ages new undertakings.
"Resumption of work at window
glass factories has been deferred be
cause of the large stocks on hand, but
in most Industries there Is more com
plaint on account of inadequate
supplies. Movement of crops adds to
the railway congestions and earnings
in the month were 14.5 per cent, larg
er than last year.
"Foreign commerce at the port of
New York for the last week shows an
Increase of $2,327,870 In exports, and
a loss of $379,819 In Imports as com
pared with the same period of 1905.
"Textile markets show evidences of
conservatism among buyers, although
mills are busy and confidence in the
future is not impaired. .
"Only a seasonable amount of new
business has appeared at New Eng
land footwear markets, but the tone
is no less firm.
"Failures the week In the United
States are 133. against 170 last week,
1G7 the preceding week and 180 the
corresponding week last year.
"Failures In Canada number eight,
against 14 last week, 34 the preceding
week and 23 last year."
THE IRON TRADE
Contracts Made for Large Tonnage
of Non-Bessemer Grades.
The "Iron Trade Review" says:
"Makers of pig iron, impressed by
the firmness of iron ore sellers In de
clining to quote prices for next year
and by the soundness of the reasons
given for refusing, are less Insistent,
but content themselves by making
reservations to . meet their require
ments for the year ending May, 1008.
Hence, although no actual sales have
been made, practically all of the
Bessemer ore to be mined next year
has been spoken for, as well as large
tonnage of non-Bessemer grades.
"The pig iron market is still aeM"e
and In some districts prices are high
er, but the disposition noted last week
to place orders with more deliberation
Is still clearly In evidence. Con
ditions may on the whole be best de
scribed by the somewhat over-worked
expression 'sane and safe.'
"In most buying centers the short
age of pig Iron for prompt shipment
Is not much relieved and the short
age of cars Is making delivery from
Southern points very slow, but the
willingness of some buyers to pay high
prices for spot has acted like magic In
bringing tonnages from unexpected
quarters.
DREAM CAUSES DEATH
Woman Imagines Negro Is Trying to
Kill Her and Succumbs.
Seized with a frenzy of flight over
a dream that a negro was trying to
kill her, Annie Morgan of Columbus,
O., was overcome with an attack of
heart trouble and, died within a few
minutes.
in her flight Miss Morgan ran out
of her room shouting: "A big colored
man Is standing over my bed trying
to kill tue with a knife." Then she
sank to the floor unconscious, and
died in a few minutes. Death was
due to heart disease.
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.
Wheeling and Lake Erie reports for
July an Increase of $22,093 In gross
and an Increase of $40,018 in net.
The Dominican Insurgents, who be
sieged Monte Crlsti, on the North
coast of Santo Domingo have been de
feated. Prsident Roosevelt has received
from the Philippines 702 orchids to
add to his fine collection, now being
cared for by Colonel Brown, superin
tendent of the Government propoga
tion gardens.
Carl Smith of Brockton, Mass., a pro
fessional aeronaut, fell a distance of
12! foot from a balloon at Lewlston,
Me., at the Maine State fair grounds
and received iniur'.es which will prob
ably result in his death.
B. S'. Adams, formerly assistant
cashier of the Citizens National Bank,
of Vic!;sburg. Miss., was arrested on
the charge of being short on his cash
to the amount of $48,000 while em
ployed in the Citizens National Bank.
The Moorish authorities will Inter
pose no objection to the removal to
America of Banker Stensland. A Dis
patch to this effect has been received
at the state department from Minister
Gummere. at Tangier. The dispatch
added that Stensland is a prisoner
In the American legation there.
Hurry Order to Arsenal.
Frankford arsenal, near Philadel
phia, received a rush order for 3,
000,000 cartridges of the Krag-Jorgen-sen
type. The order was sent by the
federal government, and is the big
gest hurry order sent to the arsenal
since the Spanish-American war. The
belief at' the arsenal Is the war de
partment wishes to be prepared
should this country be called upon to
aid Cuba in suppressing the island re
volt. The arsenal-expects to deliver
the 3.000,000 cartridges In five weeks.
REBELS DEMAND OFFICES
Cuban Insurgents' Platform Sets
Forth Their Wants.
A SKIRMISH NEAR HAVANA
Reports from Country Districts Say
That Two-Thirds of the People
Are Insurgents.
Col. Slum's detachment of rural
guards encountered a band of 50 In
surgents near Canasl, in Havana pro
vince. The rural guards charged the
insurgents and killed two of them in
cluding the leader, Antonio Gon
zales, with machetes, and captured
six. The insurgents then scatter
ed. Sixty insurgents at Santiago de las
Vegas, 10 miles from Havana, broke
Into stores, seized provisions, arms
and ammunition, supplied themselves
with horses, cut the telephone wires
and rode out of town with shouts for
the liberal party and the constitu
tion.
The most conservative testimony
from the country districts of the pro
vinces of Pinar Del Rio, Havana and
Santa Clara is that two-thirds of the
people in the country and small
towns of these three provinces are
Insurgents.
The managers of the Insurrection
have permitted the publication of a
document purporting to have been
found in an abandoned rebel camp,
but which, It is stated, was first is
sued in Havana and the original of
which is In a deposit vault in the
United States, signed by leading con
spirators, which gives thp fn'l pro-
grain of the revolutionists' policy.
It Is In the form of an agreement,
and is dated Havana, July 20. The
program calls for the vacating of the
offices of president, vice president
and all civil governors of the six pro
vinces; the forming, by "those sena
tors elected in April, 1902, and those
representatives elected In 1904," of
a congress, the election of an ad
Interim president and vice president
"who shall call elections of said
offices and also for governors, sena
tors, representatives and provincial
conncilmen."
Reports of Insurgent activity con
tinue to pour in from various par,ts
of the island. The most ominous of
these tells of a great battle near
Clenfuegos, which lasted two days,
and In which the government forces,
under Colonel Valle, have sustained
heavy losses.
STENSLAND CAPTURED
Chicago Banker Located in Morocco
by Reporter and Prosecutor.
A cablegram to the Chicago "Trib
une," from Tangier, Morrocco, an
nounces the capture In the British
postofllce in that city of Paul O.
Stensland, the presbk-nt and manager
of the Milwaukee Avenue State bank,
which closed Its doois on August 6.
Stensland had gone to the office to
have his mall forwarded to Mojador,
400 miles southwest of Tangier.
The arrest was made by a repre
sentative of the "Tribune" and As
sistant State's Attorney Olsen, who
have been on the trail of Stensland
since August 14.
It was ascertained that Stensland
had fled from Chicago on July 12, gone
directly to New York, and sailed on a
steamer of the White Star line for
Liverpool. He remained in that city
for two days, and then took a steam
er for Gibraltar, which he reached on
July 27. From there he took a boat
for Tangier. The "Tribune" corre
spondent and Assistant States Attor
ney Olsen were hot on his trail and
arrived In Tangier about one hour
after he had left It for a trip to the
East Coast of Africa. It was ascer
tained that he had deposited $12,000
In a bank of Tangier and, believing
that he would soon return, the two
men decided to await him there.
OIL REFINERS FILE COMPLAINT
Refining Companies Charge Unjust
Classification in Freight Rates.
Complaints against 41 railroads
operating in the State of Indiana have
been forwarded to the Imliana State
railroad commission by the National
Petroleum Association, which has
headquarters in Cleveland.
The complaints are made on be
half of the National Oil Refining Com
pany, of Indianapolis, the Tlona Oil
Company, of Indianapolis, and the
Evansville Refining Company, of
Evnnsvllle.
The specific charge made Is that
on November 25, 1S93, the classifi
cation of petroleum was changed from
the fifth class to the fourth class
within the State of Indiani, excjpt
from points of shipment for which
special oil tariffs tie Issue! at. !f
ferent rates, and it Is allege.l that this
results In discrimination.
CASH FOR BOGUS DEEDS
Private Strong Box of Banker Stens-
' land Reveals One of His Methods,
A private strong box of Paul O.
Stensland's In the safe deposit vaults
of, the ruined Milwaukee Avenue
State bank, Chicago, was pried open
and In It' were found 150 bank deeds
signed by dummies. They were em
ployed by Stensland.
His method was to fill in the de
scription of the property, record the
deed as transferred to the "dummy"
signers and secure the funds of the
bank, depositing the bogus deed with
the bank as security for the loan.
Hoke Smith Named.
The unanimous nomination of
Hoke Smith for Governor of Georgia
and the endorsement of William J.
Bryan for President in 1908 was the
principal business transacted by the
Georgia Democratic State convention.
The platform adopted contains many
radical recommendations and substi
tutes the majority vote in primaries
for nominating conventions in gub
ernatorial contests.
Ttia armv Irnntinnrt Shprtrlan want
aground on extremity of one of the
Hawaiian talanrla
MUTINEERS 8HOT
Russian Premier Says Governors
Should Not Fear Terrorists.
Twenty-two people were executed
at the fortress of Sveaborg for partici
pation in the recent mutiny there.
Nineteen of them were Boldlers and
three civilians. The soldiers were
taken out at dawn and shot by their
comrades, while the citizens were
hanged.
Word comes from Sebastopol that
the same reprisals are going on
there. Sailors and soldiers by the
hundred, who took a share in the re
cent uprisings, are being sent to Si
beria. Premier Stolypln has sent a circu
lar to the governors Instructing them
not to be dismayed by the threats or
acts of the Terrorists, as he is sure
the population generally will eventu
ally come to the support of the au
thorities In the war against the
revolutionists.
The premier has taken up his
residence at the Winter Palace in the
quarters formerly occupied by Count
Wltte.
The woman who assassinated Gen
eral Min still refuses to disclose her
Identity. She has warned her jail
ors that St. Petersburg Is on the eve
of a series of acts of terrorism.
SIMON BURNS GETS DECISION
Hays Faction Fails to Enjoin Rival
Knights of Labor from Meeting.
In the supreme court of the District
of Columbia Justice Gould discharged
the rule issued against the Burns
faction of the Knights of I-abor, re
quiring them to show cause why
they should not be enjoined from
holding a- special assembly of the
order in New York city September 10,
The rule was issued at the instance
of John W. Hays and others, com
monly called the Hays faction of the
Knights of Labor.
The court agreed wllh the view
taken by the Burns faction that the
proceedings of the Hays faction was
an attempt to set aside the opinion of
the court of appeals which held that
the equity court was without juris
diction to determine which of the
factions was properly elected at the
Niagara meeting In November 1902.
BANDERA ASSASSINATED
Report Declares Rebel Leader Was
Killed in Bed.
A dispatch from Havana, Cuba,
says: Quentin Bauderas, the negro
rebel leader, was not klled in battle
between his men and the loyal
troops, as at first reported, but slain
In his bed by hired assassins of the
Government. According to the story,
word was sent to Banderas that If he
would visit the house of a certain
official other officials would meet him
there to discuss concessions to the
rebels which the Government might
be willing to consider. The old man
fell into the trap and went to the
house named one night after dark
ness had fallen. He was given a
room In which two other men were
to sleep. He never rose again, having
been shot In the back of the head
while he slept.
Fighting Suspended.
The Cuban government commanders
have been directed to suspend active
field operations until it can be de
termined what can be done to end th
war. The propositions, which promo
ters of the peace movement have In
mind. Include a special session of
congress to pass acts of amnesty, for
the holding of municipal elections
within CO days, to be supervised bv
members of both parties and a new
general election law providing for
minority ippresentatlon in all branch
es of the national and municipal
governments.
Killing Goes on at Warsaw.
Gen. Tumenoff, commander of a
brigade at the garrison at Warsaw,
was wounded by five revolutionists,
who tired upon him with revolvers
as he was leaving his residence. Gen.
Tumenoif participated in the recent
pacification or the Baltic province.
Two policemen were killed. The
murderer 'escaped. A soldier, while
searching a pedestrian, killed- a hoy
and mortally wounded a passerby.
An officer was mortally wounded. His
assailant escaped.
Much Wine Lost.
A terrific explosion, the shock of
which was felt for a radius of 10
miles, killed one man, dangerously
wounded another, nnd destroyed
300.000 worth of nronertv at the
jC'nlwa winery, at Fresno, Cal. The
explosion was followed bv fire, which
completed the havoc. Two hundred
and flftv thousand gallons of wine
were lost.
Dismissed from the Navy.
By direction of the President,
Lieutenant Edward H. Dunn, U. S.
N, was dismissed from the service
of the United Slates. Lieutenant
Dunn was attached to the receiving
ship Independence at the Mare Is
land (Cal.) navy yard and was recent
ly convicted by court-martial of
scandalous conduct.
San Francisco Death List.
In all 452 persons lost the''- Uvea
as the result of the earthquake and
fire of April 18. the local health de
partment so stated In a formal re
port sent to the state board of health.
Of the victims 200 were killed by
falling walls, 177 perished by fire,
seven were shot and two died as the
result of ptomaine poisoning due to
eating "emergency" canned meats.
Strike of Bricklayers Ordered.
. The executive committee of the
bricklayers' union of New York ord
ered a general strike of all the union
bricklayers on the various stations
and buildings now being erected by
the New York Central Railroad be
cause of the employment of non-union
men in the upper Bronx.
Three men and a woman, all mask
ed, entered the postofflce at High
land, N. Y. They blew open the safe,
secured $500 in money and $800 in
stamps and escaped in an automobile.
T REVIEW OF
One Vessel for Every State in Gal
lant Fleet Off Oyster Bay.
NOTHING TO MAR THE PROGRAM
Hundreds of Excursion Craft Toss on
the Choppy Seas of Long Is
land Sound.
On the waters of Long Island
sound, within view of Sagamore Hill,
the President of the United States
reviewed the greatest fleet of Ameri
can warships ever assembled. -
There, was a ship of war for every
State, 45 in all, ranging in size from
the magnificent 10,000-ton Louisiana,
just completed, to the fleet little tor
pedo boat and the submarine and in
cluding one troop ship and colliers.
In three columns there stretched
along .the sound twelve battleships,
four armored cruisers, four protected
cruisers, four monitors, six destroy
ers, six torpedo boats, three submar
ines, a troop ship and five auxiliaries.
In peace paint of spotless white,
wreathed in rainbows of flag's, ship
rails manned "close aboard," the
splendid fleet underwent the cere
mony of inspection by the President
of the United States.
As the Mayflower dropped her an
chor at the head of the fleet on the
completion of the review the Presi
dent descended from the bridge, his
face wreathed in smiles and, enthusi
astically throwing his arms around
the shoulders of a group of Senators
and Representatives, exclaimed:
"Any man who falls to be patrioti
cally Inspired by such a sight as this
Is a mighty poor American and every
American who has seen it ought to
be a better American for It."
The sentiment was echoed enthusi
astically by the group around the
President.
"And you, gentlemen," he said, ad
dressing' the Naval Committee, are re
sponsible for it. It is your handiwork
and it has all been done with theln
the past ten years. Everyone of these
ships is a fighter and ready to go into
action at a moment's notice. Again
you have shown your wisdom in the
appropriations for the target prac
tice, for there is where the American
navy excels. Our men can shoot and
shoot straight and therein lies our
superiority."
When the Mayflower reached the
head of the column to begin the re
view shortly after 11 o'clock the fleet
was completely surrounded h fully
500 boats large enough to weather the
blow and loaded with sightseers to
their full capacity.
The reception and luncheon, which
President and Mrs. Roosevelt, assisted
by Secretary Bonaparte and Mrs.
Bonaparte tendered to the three Roar
Admirals and the commanding officers
of all the ships after review was a
picturesque feature of the occasion.
The reception and luncheon occu
pied an hour and then the President
left the Mayflower with Secretary
Bonaparte and Secretary Ixieb, to
pay visits to the three Admirals and
to the troopship Yankee, just in with
a detachment of marines from Santo
Domingo. The President made a
brief address to the Marines in which
he complimented them highly.
VERMONT ELECTION
Republicans Elect Son of Senator
Proctor for Governor.
Fletcher D. Proctor, son of United
States Senator Redfield Proctor, was
elected governor of Vermont over
Perclval W. Clement, the Independent
and Democratic candidate, by about
15,000 plurality. The normal Repub
lican plurality In Vermont Is about
21,000. Scattered returns from the
two congressional districts indicate
that Repiesntative David J. Foster of
Burlington, Republican, has been re
elected In the First district, and that
Represntative Klttredee Hasklns. Re
publican, has been returned from the
i Second. The legislature will he over
whelmingly Republican. National
Issues were not involved In the con
test. TROUBLED BY CONSCIENCE
Man Returns Nineteen Years Later to
, Repay Stolen Money.
Troubled In conscience during 19
Intervening years because he ran
away witli $200 belonging to John
Brockett, a farmer of Montowes,
Conn., a former farmhand returned
several days ago and repaid the
money.
While In Chicago the man came
under the Influence of the Salvation
Army and through the organization
secured employment with a big dry
goods firm. He finally became a de
partment manager, but In all the
years was always troubled by his
past. On his vacation this summer
he determined to find Mr. Brockett
and repay the money.
Wants Indictment Quashed.
A hearing on motion to quash the
Information filed against John D.
Rockefeller as the responsibe head of
the Standard Oil Company by Prose
cutor David was heard in Probate
Judge Baner's court, at Findlay, O.
Virgil P. Kline, represented the
Standard and the gist of his argu
ment, was that the Standard could be
criminally prosecuted only -under an
Indictment found by a regularly con
stituted ernnd Jury. Prosecutor
David argued in suport of the infor
mations. Judge Banker reserved his
decision.
Cruiser Boston on Rocks.
A message from Anacortes, Wash.,
says the United States cruiser Bos
ton ran on the rocks near there and
Is sinking. Help 'was dispatched but
from the reports here there is little
chance of the ship being saved, as
she is lying in a bad position.
The Boston Is a protected cruiser
of 3.000 tons, and is commanded by
Capt. DeWItt Coffman. She Is at
tached to the Pacific station. The
Boston participated in the battle of
Manila.
MEAT PACKERS WARNED
Secretary Wilson Says Labels Must
Be On Canned Goods.
Secretary Wilson told the represen
tatives of the meat packing Interests
he had no authority to extend be
yond October 1 the placing of labels
on canned or other meat products.
He told the packers flatly that they
must be prepared on that date to
properly label their canned goods or
they would not be permitted to send
them through 'the channels of Inter
state commerce.
The question was raised as to the
status of the goods now on shelves of
the wholesale and retail merchants of
the country. The secretary said it was
manifestly for the government to in
spect them. The owners or holders
of the goods, he suggested, would
have to take their chances on selling
them. One thing was certain: They
could .not be shipped from one state
to another. The law does not prohibit
their sale where they happen now to
be. The disposal of such goods will
be dependent upon the desire of the
consumer.
BULLETS AND DYNAMITE USED
Fatal Fight Between State Constabu
lary and Italians.
With dynamite and bullets the bat
tle between Troop D of the State Con
stabulary and a number of Italian
miners, which raged all night at the
little mining town of Florence, near
Punxsutawney, Pa., was ended in the
morning when the house In which the
miners had barricaded themselves was
blown up and burned. One dead
man was found before the flames
gained possession of the structure,
and as the building collapsed two
more bodies were Been to drop from a
loft and crash Into the burning timb
ers. The correct list of dead and in
jured now is as follows: The dead:
Private John Henry of Philadelphia,
Private Francis Zehrlnger, Consho
hocken. Pa.; Joseph Trabone, body
found on the floor after the explosion
of dynamite which wrecked the
house; two unknown foreigners,
whose bodies were seen to fall from a
loft of the' burning house Into the
ruins, where thoy were destroyed.
One of the latter is supposed to be
Salvator Waltsocher, who started the
trouble.
COTTON KING OF EXPORTS
Last Year's Shipment Crossed the
$400,000,000 Line.
"Cotton Is king in the export rec
ord of the United States for the fiscal
year just ended."
This is the introductory sentence
of a statement Just issued by the de
partment of commerce and labo..
Continuing the statement says:
"The total value of raw cotton ex
ported for the first time crossed the
$400,000,000 line and exceeded by far
the value of any other article of mer
chandise sent out of the country. Ex
ports of breadstuffs of all kinds ag
gregated but $180,000,000, tnose oi
provisions but $211,000,000 and those
of Iron and steel manufacturers but
$1C1,000,000.
The Boston Wool Market.
There is unflagging interest in the
wool market, though the traders have
expected heavier buying than has
prevailed. The market is firm.
Strong efforts to break prices have
failed. Pulled wools are quiet. There
is a demand for that which is scarce
and In which supplies that are plenti
ful are difficult to move at current
prices. Foreign grades are scarce.
Leading quotations follow: Ohio and
Pennsylvania XX and above, 34c;
X, 31 to 32c: No. 1, 40 to 41c; No. 2,
38 to 39c; fine unwashed, 25 to 2fic;
half-blood unwashed, 34 to 35c;
quarter-blood unwashed, 32 to 33c;
delaine washed, 30 to 37c; delaine
unwashed, 28 to 2flr.
CURRENT NEWS EVENTS.
Louisville statement shows 10 per
cent earned on stock and real earning
capacity probably near 20 per cent.
John Sparks, Governor of Nevada,
was renominated by acclamation by
the Democratic State convention, f
Heavy floods in Bengal and Eastern
Bengal following a poor harvest are
pausing a grave famine In both pro
vinces. The government of Brazil has ap
propriated $300,000 toward the fund
for the relief of the Chilenn earth
quake sufferers.
The Pennsylvania railroad announ
ced It had sold half of its holdings in
the Baltimore and Ohio and the Nor
folk and Western to Kuhn, Loeb &
Co. of New York.
A Georgia fruit commission house
filed complaint with interstate com
merce commission of unequal freight
rates to the north and excessive
charges for refrigerator car service.
A bomb was thrown under the car
riage of Director Polier of the Beige
Russian factory at Kharkov. Poiler
was seriously wounded.
As a result of a btiiislon between
the police and peasantry at the vil
lage of Dergatchl, who stoned a de
tachment trying to extinguish Agrar
ian fires, the police discharged a vol
ley, killing or wounding several peas
ants. The military arrived and re
stored order.
The seventh circuit Republican
judicial convention comprising of 14
counties in eastern and northeastern
Ohio, met at Steubenville and re
nominated Judge John M. Cook of
Steubenville for a second term as
circuit judge.
A mob of peasants pillaged the
Golinsky estate, near Mistlslavi, kill
ed two of the guards and severely
wounded a sergeant of police. Troops
have been sent to the scene of dis
order. At the meeting of the Ohio Railroad
Rate Clerks at Chicago, the New York
Central lines refused to recede from
their original decision not to put in
to effect new rates based on the
Ohio two-cent fare law, where pass
engers travel through Ohio. The
Pennsylvania and other roads will do
so, however.