SEC. Tiff HOES TO Cuban Congress Confers Unlim ited Power on Palma. REBEL OFFERS TO SURRENDER Proposes to Lay Down Arms if Unit ed States Guarantees a Fair Trial. President Roosevelt has ordered Secretary Taft and Acting Secretary of State Bacon to Cuba to make direct inquiries into the situation on the island. The Cuban congress, In extraordi nary session, indorsed all that Presi dent Palma has done. The rurale guard will be Increased to 10,000 men and every financial re source of the government devoted to crushing the Insurrection. More United States wnrshlps have been ordered to the island, making eight in all. Orders have been issued to prevent the sailing of more ships bearing munitions of war to the insurgents from the United States. Mr. Roosevelt has written to the Cuban minister, deploring the situ ation, advising every possible meas ure toward correcting It, and setting forth the circumstances under which intervention may result. One hundred and twenty armed sail ors from the United States protected cruiser Denver landed in Havana, September 13 and camped in front of the president's palace in anticipation of possible uprisings within or at tacks upon the city. It was officially announced In Washington that the sailors who were landed at Havana from the American cruiser Denver have been ordered to Immediately return to their vesssl, Bave for a small guard which will be left at the, American legntion. This action followed the receipt of an official report by Acting Secretary of Stnte Bacon from Mr. Sleeper, the American charge d'affaires at Hav ana, regarding the landing of the men. The report was not made pub lic, but It was announced officially shortly afterward that the sailors were landed from the Denver solely and simply for the protection of the lives and property of American citi zens; that such action was In pursu ance of a discussion between Mr. Sleeper, the charge, and the naval commander, with the belief that It was a wise precaution looking to the protection of the lives and property of Americans. There was no intention, It Is stated, to do otherwise than to safe guard American interests and the services of the sailors were to be utilized only in case of disorders within the city, which threatened such interests. An extraordinary incident in con nection with the presence of an American force in Havana happened when Commander Colwell was ap proached by an accredited emissary of Alfredo Zaya, president of the Liberal party, and Gen. Loyanz del Castillo, commander of the Insurgent forces in Havana province, with a -signed offer from each of the men named to surrender their commands and hand over their arms to Comman der Colwell on the sole condition that the United States government, through him, guarantee them fair and Judicial trials. Commander Co4well, accompanied by Charge d'Affaires Sleeper, imme diately carried the proposition to President Palma. The president was immensely pleased, and asked Com mander Colwell if he would accept the surrenders. Commander Colwell replied In the negative, but advised the president to communicate with the Washington government on the subject, which was done according ly. WOMAN WITH A RECORD Old But Still Full of Fight Against Revenue Officers. After walking eight miles through the mountains back of Cliff Top, W. Va., United States Deputy Marshall Dan Cunningham arrested Mrs. Ma linda Shrewsberry, whose age is be yond the grasp of her memory, but who must be near the century mark. She was charged with distilling moon shine liquor and retailing It at coun try fairs, dances and picnics. When the revenue officers discov ered the cabin tucked away In a thicket of lanrels on the mountain side he walked in prepared for trou ble, .and it Is fortunate he did so. The aged woman moonshiner was working near the kitchen table, above which swung an old-fashioned rifle, which she grabbed for. She was not quick enough, however, to outwit the officer, who - knocked the weapon away before she could use it. She attempted to shout a warning to her two toons, but was gagged and bound, and placed on a box. The officer waited until noon the next day for the boys, who failed to turn up. Mrs. Shrewsberry stated that she had been arrested three times twice In the mountains of Tennessee and once in the West Virginia mountains. The officers making her arrest were killed every time, once by her own hands and twice by her husband and sons, all of whom, with the exception of two, have been killed later in moon shiner battles. BANDITS HOLD UP TRAIN 100 Passengers Aboard When At tempt is Made Near Peoria. Four masked men attempted to hold up a southbound passenger train on the Rock Island railroad two miles north of Peoria. Conductor Robert Murray disarmed one of the men after being struck on the head, and the robbers fled. There were 100 persons on the train. Policemen are searching the woods for the desperadoes. TRADE STILL ON INCREAoc End of Vacation 8eason Restores Normal Forces No Important Labor Troubles. R. O. Dun & Co.'b "Weekly Review of Trade" says: Volume of trade continues beyond precedent for the period, the end of the vacation season restoring normal forces in most occupations, and there are no Important labor struggles to haadicap progress Autumn distribu tion is very heavy, traders as a rule preparing for needs well Into the fu ture, while mercantile collections are quite as prompt as could be expected In view of the tight money market. There Is some uncertainty In pri mary markets for cotton goods, owing to the expectation of lower prices in response to cheaper raw material, but as yet no concessions are offered. De mand for woolen fabrics Is also some what irregular, although fancy worst eds are withdrawn because of the well-sold condition, and other leading Industries report great activity and strength. Prices of commodities rose during August In the aggregate, dairy and garden products supplying most of the advance, Dun's Index number on Sep tember 1 being $104,287, against $102. 985 a month previous. Compared with the position a year ago the advance Is 4 per cent. Railway earnings for the first week of September exceeded the figures of 1905 by 7.9 per cent. Tex tile fabrics continue In the position of uncertainty that has prevailed for some weeks. Footwear manufacturers In New England report a healthy tone In spring business, Western wholesalers buying freely and large retailers who buy direct are operating extensively for next season's styles. Commercial failures this week In the United States, as reported by R. G. Dun & Co., are 174, against 133 last week, 170 the preceding week, and 194 the corresponding week last year. Failures In Canada number 20, against 8 last week, 14 the preceding week and 29 last year. PREACHER ELOPES WITH GIRL Pittsburg Pastor Leaves Church and Wife and Children. Rev. C. T. Coombs, former pastor of the Lemington Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, Pittsburg, and the head of a family consisting of a wife and five children, and Miss Lillian B. Mycumb, a pretty young candidate for ordination at the Denconess' Home, were the principals in an elopement suddenly terminated by church offi cials and detectives in Mt. Vernon, New York Sunday. The development follows quickly the unexpected and sudden resignation of Rev. Mr. Coombs from his pastorate and membership in the church on August 22 and the departure a few days prior of Miss Mycumb for her annual vacation at her home In Ever ett, Pa. After the apprehension of the coup le In New York by Rev. E. H. Lelz ure, pastor of Trinity Methodist Epis copal Church, and A. G. C. McKnllp, a trustee of the same church, aided by New York detectives, the young woman was brought to Pittsburg and was taken by Mr. McKallp to the home of her parents at Everett, Pa. OIL DEAL CLOSED Pennsylvania Men Acquire Extensive Holdings in Indiana Field. William Bell and J. C. Kilgore. large oil and gas operators In the In diana and Pennsylvania fields, have disposed of their entire holdings In Grant county, Indiana, to oil men of Warren, Pa., for $65,000. J. B. Phil Hps of Warren, Pa., Is associated with other men of his home town In the purchase of the property. The property sold consists of about 1,500 acres of leases In Center and Mill townships. There are nearly 60 producing wells and the dally ' pro duction Is about 250 barrels. LOYAL TROOPS RETREAT Rural Guards Meet Reverse in Santa Clara Province. A dispatch from Mr. Sleeper, the American Charge at Havana, says it Is reported that 300 Insurgents attack ed the Rural GuardB at Zaza, Santa Clara province, and that the Govern ment lost 18 men, while the loss to the Insurgents Is not known. The Government forces retreated to Sancti Splrltus. Bank Directors Indicted. The grand Jury at Chicago returned indictments against M. A. LaBuy, Frank Crane, Joseph LtSter, Elof Johnson and Marina Klrkeby, direc tors of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, of which Paul O. Stensland was President, charging embezzlement and naming various amounts ranging from $50 to $1,000. Additional in dictments were returned against Stensland and Henry Hering, the former cashier of the bank. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. President Roosevelt has completed the first draft of his next annual mes sage to Congress. It Is his Intention to put the finishing touches on this document before he takes his trip to Panama In November. The Union Oil Company, of San Francisco, has Just completed Its pipe line across the Isthmus of Panama, and within 45 days it will be supply ing Atlantic seaboard cities with Cali fornia fuel oil. Mrs. Longworth Creates Panic. A wild and unruly mob of 50,000 people gathered to witness the unveil ing of the William McKlnley memor ial in the capltol grounds at Colum bus, O., Imperiled the lives of Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth and hund reds of spectators. Only by the in telligent action of Mrs. Longworth was a catastrophe prevented, and even so the President's daughter was rescued from being trampled to death only by the extreme efforts of a cordon of police. Y KILLED IN WRECKS Trains Corns Together on Two Lines of Railroad. AIR BRAKES FAILED TO WORK Most of the Dead Were Harvest Hands Seven Lives Lost In Georgia Freight Wreck. Twelve persons are known to be dead and 12 were Injured In a head on collision between two Canadlun Pacific railway passenger trains at Azllda, ecirr miles west of Sudbury, Ontario. The third section of a harvesters' train was standing at Azllda waiting for the eastbound express, when the fast train came along and crashed Into It, head on. . It is said the engineer of the express was unable to stop, as the airbrakes did not respond. All the dead nnd Injured were In a colonist sleeping car on the harvest ers' train next to the engine. No one in the other cars was Injured and no one was hurt on the eastbound train. So far a list of the dead or injured or an official statement of the cause of the wreck has not been obtained from officials of the Canadian Pacific. Freight trains numbers 8 and 12, on Western & Atlantic railroad collided at Ringgold, Ga., seven trainmen be ing killed. The accident was due to the over looking of orders by the engineer of No. 8, who met his death, as did the engineer of No. 13. Both firemen nnd one who was learning the road. Conductor White bend, of No. 13, nnd a brakeman were killed. Both engines were demolished, and five cars loaded with wheat were splintered. OHIO REPUBLICANS Senator' Dick Retains the Leadership Burton Will Not Give Up the Struggle. The State Republican Convention met in Dayton and nominated the fol lowing ticket: Secretary of Slate, Corml A. Thomp son, lronton. Dairy and Food Commissioner Renlck W. Dunlap, Kingston. ' Board Public Works George H. Watkius, Scioto county. Commissioner of Schools E. A. Jones, Massillon. It was one of the hottest State con ventions hi the history of the party In the State. The contest was not over the naming of candidates for the Stnte offices for which the convention had been called, but over the selection of a chairman of the State executive committee, involving the State leader ship of United States Senator Charles Dick. The senator won not only on this proposition but also on the question of indorsement of his work and that of Senator Foraker In the United States Senate. The platform Insists on a continu ance of a high protective tariff; Lauds President Roosevelt for his work ; Endorses Senators Foraker and Dick; Declares for laws for the better ment of the worklngman's condition Calls on Congress to encourage the upbuilding of our merchant marine; Favors a larger navy; Calls for liberal Federal appropria tions for the further Improvement of the Ohio river, and State appropria tions for State canals. The platform was adopted with little debate. A minority report was presented by W. H. Boyd of Cleve. land demanding Immediate revision of the tariff, and containing a provis ion for the election of senators by popular vote. He moved Its adoption as a substitute for the sections In the majority report covering these sub jects. CHURCH FUNDS TIED UP Presbyterian Boards Will Probably Lose $30,000. According to a statement of the Stated Clerk of the General Assemb ly, the Rev. Dr. William H. Roberts, the various agencies of the Presbyter- Ian Church have $160,000 tied up through the wrecking of the Real Es- tate TniBt Company, of Philadelphia. There Is a probable loss of $30,000 of the funds of the Trustees of the General Assembly, of which Frank K. Hippie was treasurer. The current funds of the various agencies of the church amounted to $130,000. They belonged to the Board of Rollef, the Trustees of the Board of Publication and Sunday School Work, the Trus- tees of the General Assembly and the Women's Foreign Missionary Society. Dr. Roberts stated that he believed the deposits would be fully paid back within a short time. The $30,000 dis crepancy in the trust funds of the trustees of the General Assembly will be the only loss In that case. He did not say whether he expected the de posits would be paid by the trust com pany or made good by outside per sons. Ten Poisoned by Meat. Ten persons in Kalamazoo, Mich., have been lying nt the point of death from eating dried beef delivered to their home Saturday by a man who cannot be located. The meat came from one of the big packing houses. PRIEST'S VICTIM DEAD End Comes Soon After Father Garstka Is Released on Bail. Joseph Krojwskl, a PolUh laborer, aged 47, of Glassport, Pa., who was shot In the abdomen last Sunday In a light which arose over troubles in the Polish church at that place, died at McKeesport Hospital. Rev. Albert Garstka, pastor of the church, .".'bo was arrested for the shooting ana committed to the county Jail, was re leased In $8,000 ball a short time be fore Krojwskl died. GOVERNOR COBB RE-ELECTED Smallest Repubican Majority In Years Given to the Present Executive. Governor William T. Cobb of Oak land (Rep.), standing on a platform devoted almost exclusively to a con tinuance of the prohibitory law of the State, was re-elected by a plurality of less than 8,000, with but few ex ceptions the smallest margin of votes ever given a Republican Governor In the State of Maine. Cyrus W. Davis of Watervllle, the Democratic candidate for Governor, polled one of the largest votes In the history of the party In this State. His Issue In the campaign was the resub mission of the liquor question, which was Incorporated In the Stale Legis lature four years ago. More ' Interesting from a certain standpoint was the re-election of Con gressman Charles E. Littlefleld.v Re publican, of the Second district, by a greatly reduced plurality. Congress man Llttlefield s candidacy was the subject of bitter opposition on the part of Samuel Gompers, President of the American Federation of Labor, who asked for his defeat on the grounds that he had voted against certain labor measures at the last session of Congress. The Issue between Gompers and Llttlefield was token up by the Repub lican Congressional Committee, and for tfci"o weeks the district has been the scene of a hard fight, In which Secretary of War William H. Taft, Senator Beverldge and several Con gressmen were pitted against the head of the Federation of Labor. Mr. Llttlefleld's plurality was estimated at about 1,000. Congressman Edwin C. Burleigh, Republican, was re-eiect-ed In the Third district by an esti mated plurality of 2.000, nnd Con gressman Llewellyn Powers of Houl- ton, Republican, in the Fourth dist rict by a plurality estimated at 2.000. The Legislature will be Republican by a safe margin. BLEW UP SCHOOL HOUSE Reprobate Boys Make Attempt to Lengthen Vacation. The boys at the Prospect Hill School, two miles from Newton, Pa., blew up the schoolhouse with dyna mite. The building was badly dam aged, but temporary quarters were se cured for the pupils, and the term was opened despite the mischievousness of the youths. The hoys made a request to the School Board some time ago for a longer vacation. This was refused. and they decided to burn the school- house. The Idea later came to blow up the structure. The explosion shook the little settlement of Prospect Hill, and the volunteer fire department was called out to extinguish the (lames which followed the explosion. The youths made no denial of their guilt. HERING GOT BIG LOOT Memoranda Found Among Suicide Teller's Effects Show Cashier's Transactions. Secret memoranda covering Illegal transactions In the Stensland bank were found by Police Inspector Shlp py, of Chicago, among the effects of Frank Kowalski, the teller, whose sui cide followed closely the exposure of the bank's condition. The record kept by Kowalski, it Is alleged, Indicates, apparently, that In less than a year Henry W. Hering, the Imprisoned cashier, obtained $110,000 of the deposits by the same means adopted by Stensland In his systematic looting of the vaults. In four months by the use of "cash tickets," which he placed In the drawer, he obtained $0,000 more, ac cording to Kowalski's schedule, and in another month $5,000. MOQUIS IN CIVIL WAR , One Faction on Arizona Reservation Drives Other From Village. A telegram from the superintendent of the MoquI Indian reservation lit Arizona to the Commissioner of In dian Affairs Indicates that there Is an active state of civil war between two factions of Indians In Oreiba village In that reservation. The Indians have long been divided on the question of supporting the Government policies, and the message received states that ono of the parties has driven the other out of the vil lage. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. Mary, the 7-year-old daughter of Sylvene Emerlck, was Killed wnue playing at her home near Ellerslle, Md. Eueene Smith, aged 20. Bhot at a rat and the bullet struck the child. Lewis Horton, a negro, of Guilford College. N. C. declares he is 115 years old. The old negro visits Winaton aainm nxxaslnnnllv. He is as chlrn as a cricket and talks knowingly of things 100 years ago. At tfvnnKvilln. Ind.. three workmen were killed hv coming in contact with a barbed wire fence that had been charged with electricity. A bolt of llcrhtnlncr hnd hum ed a traction wire Insulator, which allowed a guy wire leading to the fence to become ciiarg ed. The Delaware Democratic state con vention nominated the following Hnvot- rVinzresH. David T. Marvel, Wilmington; state treasurer. Robert H Wilson. Dover: state nuuitor. Ken dal M. Wiley, Brldgevllle. William J. Bryan was Indorsed for president Legislator Stabbed. Justice of the Peace A. W. Mc Mlllen of Carnegie, Pa., caught Repre- sentative L. B. Cook of the Sixth ward and Mrs. McMIHen In a rest dence at 330 Lawn street, Pittsburg, ennrinv afternoon. McMUIen attacked Cook with a knife, stabbing him twice In the left arm. Cook fled from the house and along a rear alley. Mc MUIen pursued him and stabbed him several times In the back as he ran. Cook was taken to the Mercy Hospital and McMINen is under arrest. CLAIM THEY IRE SLAVES Nine Missourians Charged With Violating the Constitution. DEAD LINE ESTABLISHED THERE Laborers Are Forbidden to Cross It Ante-Bellum Days Recalled by Motley Crowds. Charged by Indictment with con spiracy to violate, the thirteenth amendment of the Constitution pro hibiting slavery, nine Missourians went to trial In the United States dis trict court at Cape Glaradeau, Mo. The derndnnts are Charles M. Smith, James Smith, Rex Smith, and Charles m. sniltn, jr., Leo Rogers. William Woods, Benjamin Stone, Benjamin Fields and Floyd Woods. The Smiths own 20,000 acres or more of southeast Missouri drained land. A few years ago It was swamp land and of small value. They have drained the land. For the proper cul tivation of this land they needed a large force of men, nnd this spring they secured about 40 negroes from Memphis and Cairo. Three months after the negroes were brought to New Madrid, the Smiths were arrest ed and indicted charged with holding the negroes In a state of Blavery. 1 he negroes, who are witnesses, tell stories that sound much like those of the real days of slavery. One said a foreman was whipping him for some act of Insubordination and he re sisted. The foreman struck him with a club In such a way that his eye was put out. Another tells of n blow on the ankle months ago from the effects of which he is still lame. All sny It was customary on the farm for the foreman to use a blacksnnke whip or club whenever a negro displeased him. They told how six men dug a hole in the floor and escaped in the night. Several said they had worked three or four months without pay of any kind, but after the arrests they receiv ed some pay. A negro whose wife was with him said he was allowed to go to town on errands, but not permitted to take his wife. Most of the negroes, he said, were not allowed to leave the farm. There were day guards and night guards with Winchesters, who ken the negroes under constant guard, and some negroes were shot In attempt ing to leave. ECHO OF CHADWICK AFFAIR Receiver for Oberlin Bank Sues to Re cover $10,000 on a Note. Herbert L. Newton of Brookline, Mass., who came Into prominence dur ing the Cnssle Chadwlck exposures, Is defendant in a suit instituted b" Rob ert Lyons, receiver for the Citizens National bank of Ober'in, O. The hearing on the case was held before Judge Coll In the United States cir cuit court. Counsel for the receiver asserted Newton Is liable for a note of $10,00" which Mrs. Chndwick deposited with the wrecked bank as security, his name appearing upon the Instrument. Newton demanded the books of the bank bo produced to prove the deposit of the note, his counsel asserting Mrs. Chadwlck and certain officials of the bank connived at fraud under the guise of doing a legitimate banking business. Judge Coll took the mat ter under advisement. CROPS ABOVE AVERAGE Report Shows Heavy Yields, Above Average for Past Ten Years. The crop reporting board of the de partment of agriculture finds the con dition of corn on September 1 was 90.2 per cent, as compared with 88.1 Inst month, and a 10-year average of 81.0. In Pennsylvania the average Is 90 per cent, while the 10-year average Is 88, and Ohio, 99, against 85 the 10 yenr average. The average condition of spring wheat when harvested was 83.4. The average condition of the oat crop when harvested was 81.9, against a 10-year average of 81.9. In Penn sylvania the average 'was 7.5, against a 10-year average of 89. The average condition of potatoes on September 1 wbb 85.3, against a 10 year average of 79.2. LANDSLIDE KILLS HUNDREDS Buries Alive 255 Residents of Kwareli in the Mud, Sand and Stones, and Also Destroys Crops. The side of a mountain rising above the township of Kwareli broke away, and. In a sea of semi-liquid mud, sand and stones, swept down on the town ship and overwhelmed and obliterated it. Some 255 persons have been bur led alive. Fifty-five bodies have already been recovered from the mire, which is about six feet deep. In addition to the lives lost, countless head of cattle perished and the crops were destroy ed. Kwareli township occupies an area of five kilometres In the district of Telaw, In the Caucasus. Similar dis asters are of common occurrence In Caucasian valleys. Reports from Mexico say that the towns of Mexicaltltlnn and Truxpan, on the Santiago river, have been wash ed away by floods and that scores of persons are homeless. Increase in Coal Output. According to the report of Edward W. Parker, staticlan of the United States Geological Survey, the produc tion of coal in the United States In 1905 amounted to 392,919,341 short tons, having a value at the mines of $476,756,963, surpassing in both quantity and value all previous rec ords In the history of the country. All directors of the Real Estate Trust Company of Philadelphia have agreed to Receiver Earle's plans to reimburse depositors. CARNIVAL OF BLOOD Innocent People Killed and Wounded by Scores. , A bomb was thrown In the market square of Rudgusowaka, province of Warsaw, killing one policeman and wounding another. Later another bomb was thrown at the entrance of the Ziradow spinning works In this city, severely wounding a policeman and a janitor. The troops therupon fired in all di rection nnd killed or wounded 40 per sons. Four terrorists entered a restaur ant In Elektoralma street, Warsaw, where a number of detectives had as sembled, and shot and killed the pro prietor. The nsRnRHlns In trvlne to escape met a policeman and two sol- f 4lai-o ,r,nm tt.n. -1. ... A ......... .1 ...1 V u'cio, friii, ill uit; diiwi. nun nuuiiiiuii. The suldiers In a neighboring bar rack, hearing the shots, rushed through the street beating and bay onettlng all whom they encountered. Eleven persons were severely wound-' ed. ADOPT 2i2 CENT RATE Erie and Lackawanna Railroads Will Make Reduction The Erie railroad announced that beginning November 1, 190G, the maximum one-way local fare will be 2V& cents per mile over the entire system, Instead of 3 cents, as at pres ent. On the same date the company will place on sale a 1,000-mlle book at a fiat rate of $20, use not restrict ed to purchaser. The interchangeable mileage hook has been reduced from $30 to $25, the purchaser recsivlng $5 on returning the cover. The" Delaware, Lackawanna & West ern Railroad Company also announced that the maximum passenger rate on that road will be placed on a 2y2 cent basis beginning November 1. This will not affect rates now ex isting on a basis of less than 2 cents a mile. Interchangeable 1,000 mile books will be sold at the rate rt 25. CHILDREN ARRESTED Said to Have Been Employed by Ter orists to Execute Attempts on Russian Officials. - In a search for terrorists some 200 houses located In different parts of Warsaw were ransacked by troops. About 1,000 arrests were made and most of the prisoners were Jews. Many children were taken Into custody. They are employed by the terrorists to execute attempts on gov ernment officials because the move ments of children do not awaken sus picion, nnd they are not liable to capi tal punishment. Thp i""-'tls bave ordered that all suspects be expelled from the city. V PULAJANE BAND REPULSED Attack on Colored Infantry Disas trous to Outlaws. A special dispatch from ..Manila says: "In revnge for the p.snlshnient" Inflicted upon them by the regular troops for the killing of Lieutenant Roscoe Treadwell at the Philippine Scouts the Pulajnnea attacked a de tachment of the Twenty-fourth infan try (colored) on the night of the 10th and before they could be driven back i they kll'ed two and wounded eight of j the soldiers. I Early on the evening of the 10th ! the bandits rushed the camp and suc- cecded in killing the officers. The colored troops came to the rescue and j drove the fanatics from the field, i killing and capturing a large number. FIGHTS WITH PULUJANES Lieut. Treadwell Killed in Fight In Leyte Band Exterminated. Lieutenant Roscoe Treadwell, of j the Philippine scouts, was killed at i South Bareun, Ley to, while trying to I repel the attack of a band of more ' than 100 Pulajanes, who had attacked i his company. A detachment of 60 men of the Twenty-fourth regiment of Infantry, colored, with 40 of the native con 1 stabulary, overtook a band of 25 : Pulajanes at Marabon and In the en gagement that followed almost exter ; mlnated the bandits. Boston Wool Market. I The wool market is moderately ac tive. The large consumers are not buying freely, but thty are In close touch with the market. Individual transactions bave numcd from 25,000 to 200,000 pounds. Pul'od wools are j quiet. Foreign gMde? are steady. I Leading quotations 'oilow: Ohio and ' Pennsylvania XX and above, 34c; X, 31 to 32c; No. 1, 40 to 41c; No. 2, j 38 to 39c; fine un". t.shtd, 25 to 26c; j half blood, unwashed, oi to 34c; three- quarters blood, unwiihed, 34 to 35c; ! quarter blood, unaashrd, 32 to 33c; j delaine, unwashed, SS Ic 29c. Mlchl jean fine unwashed, 2C to 2Cc; half , blood, unwashed, 31 to 32c; three I eighths blood, unwashed, 32'4 to 332c; quarter blood, unwashed, 32 to i 32c; delaine, unwashed, 27 to 2Sc. ; Missions Get $913,169. i The American board of foreign mis ' slons, which closed Its fiscal year i September 11, announced the largest j receipts in Its history, $913,169. The board has reduced Its debt during the year from $176,527. to $85,407. The statement does not Include the $45, 000 balance from John D. Rockefeller of his 'subscription of $100,000 made the previous year. CURRENT NEWS EVENTS. Gale which swept Bermuda, de stroyed buildings, nnd also wrecked ships at sea; conflagration was pre vented by cloudburst; two or more persons were killed. Two men were killed and four were severely Injured In a hend-on collision between two Ohio River Division pnssengnr trains at Woodland. W. Va. The dead, George Parson, of Sea mon, fireman, aged 29 years; leaves wife and five children: James Waggle, of Parkersburg, fireman, aged 23.
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