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ML FAIRBANKS NOTIFIEI
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CMBTTB AT BMilUNUS, DO.
Indianapolis, Ind., (Special).?Char
lea W. Fairbanks, senior United States
senator from Indiana, was formally
notified of his nomination for vice
president of the United States by the
Republican National Convention.
The notification address was made
by Elihu Root, former secretary of
war.
The exercises were held on the wide
veranda of Senator Fairbanks' beauti
ful home at Sixteenth and Meridan
streets, in the presence of members
of the notification committee, consist
ing of one members from each state
and territory, the governor and other
state officers of Indiana.
The program was similar to that
arranged at Canton by Former Presi
dent AlcKinley on the occasion of his
official notification. The especially in
vited guests were served with lunch
eon ih large tents on the lawn, and
the general public was served with
light refreshments in the house. A
photograph of the candidate and com
mittee was taken from the steps of
the veranda. The members of the no
tification committee began arriving on
early trains. Ex-Secretary Root took
breakfast at the Columbia Club.
Shortly after noon the journey of
one and one-half miles north, beneath
the overlapping trees of Meridan
street began. One thousand members
of the Marion Club acted as escort.
In the first carriage rode Mr. Root
and Governor Durbin and Harry S.
New. The notification committee and
other special guests followed in car
riages. Several thousand persons
along the line of march sent up fre
quent cheers as the procession moved.
Many residences along the line were
profusely decorated.
Gathered at the residence were 5,000
people.
Senator Fairbanks and Mrs. Fair
banks received the committee and es
pecially invited guests, and with little
delay Mr. Root and Senator Fairbanks
led the way to the veranda, where
seats were arranged for a!!.
An enthusiastic greeting was accord
ed .the two speakers as they appeared
on? the veranda. The demonstration
lasted for several minutes, during
which the members of the committee
were seated. Cheers broke out again
and again, and several recognitions
were necessary before quiet was se
cured. Mr. Root, without preliminary
addressed himself to the formal noti
? fication.
Senator Fairbanks was given anoth
er ovation as he arose to accept the
nomination.
VON PLEHVE'S SLAYER CONFESSES.
Says He Was a It era! Schoal Teacher aod
laterastrt la Mm Zeastva.
St. Petersburg, (By Cable).?The
assassin of Minister of the Interior
von Plehve is said to have made a
partial confession, in which he declar
ed that at one time he was a school
teacher in a rural district and was
greatly interested in the Zemstvo, for
the curtailment of whose powers he
blamed the dead minister. He still
absolutely refuses to disclose his
name. A watch is kept on him day
and night, not only in order to prevent
fiis doing himself bodily harm, but in
the belief that he may betray himself
in his sleep. Thus far, however, he
has only muttered two words in sleep
?endearing diminutives for Peter and
ffatalie, probably the name* of a com
rade and sweetheart.
The police have discovered that a
third accomplice was concerned in the
murder plot, and that he was sta
tioned on a quay on the Neva, where
one of the imperial yachtJ was moor
ed, on the chance that the minister
might go to Petcrhof that day by
boat.
The Emperor will not reach a final
decision regarding the successor of
the late M. von Plehve until he con
aults his uncle, the Grand Duke Ser
gius.
M. Witte, president of the minister,
lal council, had an audicnce with the
Emperor on the occasion of the sign
ing of the German-Russian commer
cial treaty. The audicnce was long,
and before it ended M. Muravieff, the
minister of justice, arrived and the
Emperor discussed with the two min
isters the proposed reforms for the
ministry of the interior. It is consid
ered more and more probable that M.
Muravieff will become minister of the
interior, but, if so, he will not be chief
of the gejndarmeri*, which now in
cludes the department of political po
lice. which was merged into this port
folio in the case of the late M. von
Plehve.
AlrsMp a Sacctss.
Oakland, Cal., (Special).?Captain
T. C. Baldwin made another ascen
sion with his airship from Idora Park.
He rose to a height of about 500 feet
and then sailed northward for a dis
tance of about ten blocks in a slight
breeze, made a turn, came back and
descended in the park without any
mishap. The ascension was entirely
aatisfactory.
Trace af AaJret.
Christiania, Norway, (By Cable).?
Dispatches received here report that
,a Norwegian whaler has found, north
ipf Spitsbergen, a letter from Professor
Vtndree dated 1898. The text of the
(letter is not disclosed.
? ? Prof. S. A. Andree left Spitsbergen
, Hi a balloon July it, 1897, with the
Intention of crossing the north pole,
fie has not been definitely heard from
REVS M
Thomas Taggart, chairman of the
Democratic National Committee, an
nounced William F. Sheehan, of New
York, as chairman of the national ex
ecutive committee.
Special Inspector Robert C. Ould,
of the United States Customs Service,
a native of Virginia and a member of
Colonel Mosby's command, died at
Champlain, N. Y.
Governor Blanchard has selected
Miss Juanita Lalland, of New Orleans,,
to christen the battleship Louisiana,
which will be launched at Newport
News August 27.
Prof. Frederick Starr, of the Uni
versity of Chicago, will visit Northern
China next year to investigate a mys
terious white race, said to be residing
there.
Dr. Brown Ayrcs, of Tulane Uni
versity, New Orleans, has accepted
the presidency of the University of
Tennessee.
John M. Jones, the oldest printing
press manufacturer, is drad at his
home, ^Rochester, N. Y., aged 85
years.
W. N. Ferris, of Big Rapids, was
nominated for governor by the Michi
gan Democratic State Convention.
The railway postal clerks are hay
ing their annual convention in Chi
cago.
There is a great demand upon the
Philadelphia Mint for subsidiary coin.
One thousand nonunion skilled
workmen have been employed by the
Chicago packers and they will thus
be enabled to operate the by-product
division of their plants.
The coming report of the Geolo
gical Survey will show that the Unit
ed States exceeded all previous re
cords in the production of coal in 1903.
A suit involving the possession of
letters written by George Washing
ton and Daniel Webster has begun
in New York.
Bishop Potter denies that the visit
of the Archbishop of Canterbury is j
for the establishment of an American
primacy.
Mrs. George Law has been sued by'
the widow of Dr. Lane for medical,
attention rendered the defendant by
her husband.
Joseph Holtz, a retired farmer, of
New Oxford, Pa.,^ was too shrewd for
two bunco men who tried to swindle
him.
Mrs. Calystie Westbott. of Chicago,
was divorced from her husband be
cause she was addicted to the lec
turing habit.
A daughter of J. A. Rothrock, of
Bellefonte, is in fear because her love
mad admirer has escaped from jail. 1
Mrs. Dills Sternshaus, of New York
died from heart trouble after being
twice recued from death.
Samuel Knell attempted suicide in
New York so that his family could ob
tain his insurance money.
Efforts are being made to bring
back the deported miners to the Crip
ple Creek mining district.
A newspaper reporter was arrested
in Binghampton for theft just after
lie finished writing the story.
A Filipino boy was christened at thr
World's Fair, ex-Governor Francis
serving as his godfather.
The dry goods store of High & Al
len, Columbia, S. C., was destroyed
by fire.
John Knockers and Jacob Margo
were drowned while fishing in Lake
Erie.
Two trolley cars collided near Cleve
land and 23 persons were injured.
Ninety-four men were arrested in a
raid 011 a poolroom at West Mana
yunk, just beyond the Philadelphia city
limits, in Montgomery county.
Spanish Honduras is on the verge
of another revolution, according to
recent arrivals in Mobile, Ala., from
Puerto Cortez.
Troops will guard Bonesteel, S. D.,
during the period of filing applications
for entry upon public lands.
The young man who was found shot
in Central Park, N. Y., is Sanfliel G.
Dana, and is a bank clerk.
The Pima Indians are said to be
on the verge of starvation because of
the failure of their crops.
Efforts to end the bricklayers' strike
at the Washington barracks have
failed.
Two miners were killed and a ttard
seriously injured near Windher.
The famous old battleship Essex ar
rived tu Ogdensburg, N. Y.
The large independent operators of
the Pocahontas coal region have en
tered into an agreement to raise the
price of soft coal.
Rear Admiral George A. Con
verse was appointed chief of the
Bureau of Navigation, succccding the
late Admiral Taylor.
The peace prospects at the stock
yards' strike received a black eye in
the arrest of ^President Golden, of the
Teamsters' Union,
The manage: . of the St. Louis Ex
position have <k- -ided not to pay the
expense* of the foreign jurors to the
fair.
Receiver W. G. Taefcl, of the New
York Savings Bank, was found
drowned in a branch of the Licking
River.
E. J. Gilderslecvc, a ticket broker,
was fined for dealing in nontrans
ferable World's Fair railroad tickets.
A dozen persons were injured in
a collision between a motor train and
a trolley car near Coney Island.
Farelfa
M. Waldeck-Rosseatt, former French
premier, is reported to be again criti
cally ill.
Mrs. Maybrick is reported to be still
at Rouen.
The British government committee
on naval boilers reported unanimously
that water-tube boilers arc more suita
ble than cylindrical.
The engagement was announced of
Miss Ruth Rcilly, of Philadelphia, to
Count Camille de Borchgrave d'Altena
of Paris.
Kinji Christian of Denmark per
sist* in his determination to go to
Ribe despite the protests of his phy
sicians.
Lieutenant General von Troths re
ported having repulsed the Ilereros in
German Southwest Africa.
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St. Petersburg, (By Cable).?Allow
ing for the inevitable conflict in names
the Japanese and Russian reports
seem to agree on the main points of
the military developments up to Au
gust I, but both stop short at the in
teresting point, namely, regarding
what happened on August z, when it
is possible that a decisive struggle was
going on east and south of Liaoyang.
The usual crowds were assembled
around the bulletin boards outside
the office of the general staff until
long after midnight awaiting further
official details, but nothing was given
out beyond General Kuropatkin's of
ficial dispatches. It is evident from
these dispatches and from the Japan
ese reports that the Russians aban
doned Yangze pass, falling back on
Liandiansian, a strong defensive po
sition in the hills, twenty-four miles
southeast of Liaoyang.
Losses Were Heavy.
General Kuropatkin admits that
there were heavy losses along the Sai
matsze-Liaoyang road July 31. The
official account is somewhat inconclu
sive, but it indicates that, although
the Russians withdrew from their ad
vanced posts. Kuropatkin hoped to
be able to hold his main positions
even in the face of the superior Japan
ese force and that he evidently ex
pected heavy fighting along this line,
probably about Anping. This battle
possibly was proceeding August 2.
although the dispatch reports that all
was quiet up to noon of August I.
In the meantime a serious envelop
ing movement of three Japanese di
visions was maturing around the Rus
sian left at Haicheng, where there al
ready was heavy fighting on July 31.
Kuropatkin Hopes for Succaaa.
The following is the dispatch from
General Kuropatkin, dated August 1:
"According to the reports of the
officer commanding the Eastern por
tion of our army his troops, after
abandoning advanced positions in the
Yangze pass, retired in the direction
of Liandiansian toward Sartpartsze
and Liaoyang, "* *
"Our troops after a stubborn fight
retired from their advanced posts to
their principal position, but although
our troops held their advanced posi
tions they sustained heavy losses. I
hope that in their main positions they
will maintain a successful struggle
even against the numerically superior
enemy.
"According to reports received dur
ing the laat few days, General Kuro
ki has effected a concentration of his
forces in orde* to strike in the direc
tion of Salmatsze and Liaoyang.
"All the Japanese troops which were
posted in the direction of Bensikhon
and near Sassyr seemed to be intend
ed to operate on the right bank of the
1 aitse river.
Turning Movement on Left.
"The enemy is acting undecidedly
on the Southern front, but a recon
naissance has ascertained the begin
ning of a turning movement on the left
wing of our troops posted at Hai
cheng at least three Japanese di
visions.
Our Eastern detachment was en
gaged until noon^today in the direc
tion of Samatsze and Liaoyang. -ft
was seen that the enemy was ad
vancing, apparently in small bodies,
against th? right flank of our rear
guard.'*
Sakharoff Reports Fighting.
General Sakharoff, under date of
August 1, reports obstinate fighting
in the direction of the Saimatsza
Liaoyang road on July 30 and 31, the
Russian vanguard retaining its posi
tions until August 1, when it retired to
Yangze paw.
During the^ reconnaissance in the
direction of Fengwang-cheng on July
.10, General Sakharoff reports tl
two officers and thirty-four men were
wounded, and on July 31, during a
reconnaissance in the direction of
J Loakhautsia, two officers were killed
) and one officer and twenty men were
; wounded. The same day when the
I Japanese occupied the pass between
I ^ anshukan and lloutsiatze (twenty
| five miles from Liaoyang) five officers
j and forty men were Wounded.
General Sakharoff also says: "The
j enemy is acting undecidedly on our
! south front."
Now Party Proposed.
j Chicago, (Special).?A call has been
j issued for the election of delegates to
! a national political labor party con
I vention to be held in Chicago, Au
i gust 29. Representatives of the un
ions affiliated with the Chicago Fed
eration of Labor are behind the move
i nient. It is the intention to form
the new political party of workingmen
farmers. *ingle-taxers, turner societies!
and economic reform bodies.
I .
| Two Misers Killed By Trsls.
' Josnstown. p?. (Special)?Two min
I ers were killed and a third seriously
injured in mine No. 32 of the Berwind
Coal Company, near Win fiber. The
men were going home from work
when they were run down by a coal
train. The men were foreigners.
Elites Aailoas to Rotara.
Denver, (Special).?Attorneys H. N.
Hawkins and John H. Murphy, coun
sel for the Western Federation of
Miners, are devising ways and means
to enable the deported Cripple Creek
miners to return to their homes. Pa
P^[i9 i?re ^eing ',rjw" and application
will be made to some court, possibly
the Federal court, for an injunction
restraining the Citizens' Alliance and
mine owners from interfering with
any deported miners who return to the
CripDl* Creek district.
flftounr Bill CDCAfit ST0KE.
rn?h***?- (Sp?cul)._i?spector Car.
Un ; .fV*0*1. r*Presentative of the
Sutes Department of Com
cv!hCC atfd who obtained the
idence for the government on which
an injunction was issued two years
the f H JUf8! PetCr S- Grt>?"up, of
the lar d,Vfict court? enjoining
the larger packing companies from
combining ? making the price, either
as buyers of l,ve stock or tellers of
v T"5 m th* stocky?rds here in
vestigating conditions. The inspec
tors presence is by direction of the
Department of Commerce and Labor,
from P SUtCd' by direct orde?
from President Roosevelt, who is
anxiou. to obtain exact information.
oackS? ? 7** exPer*enced by the
c"rowd o?fr?h "chicairby'l
eJs hid iLIS? Work,n* The pack
fr?iJ K Mer ??ccess with a special
strikfKr'1^11^ '^5. raen and women
Italuns Th" "??Hy negroes and
I nM.J " rere switched direct
ly iUi a ?t<^kyards and unloaded
houses ?ArS 2* various Peking-,
houses. A short time previous 100
for inrrca QOit or were discharged
'?f incompetency.
Pikers appealed for police pro
tecting for fheir distributing plants at1
street nt?nf|nd ??*** ,*trCets and George
hr" . *nd Lincoln avenue. The
su?rounj!.HU,tS ?f the Packcr? were.
turn^HK^ Un'?n PtckeU, who
wa^n,bi? a" the, rctai] butcher, with
w??,?a V *uPP1,es of meat Police
*Jre. dispatched to prevent further
interference with the retailers. ?
stockv.rH5.1 C^ltion resultjng from the
nftM stnke made- A crowd
ot strike sympathizers stoned two
constables who put Mrs. Mary An
derson out of her home, in Forty
\frl aSIjeet? nonpayment of rent.
hln iAn(i^u*on# husband, a striker,
had left Chicago m search of work.
hJrC^!.fe ,n,bcd whcn she and
her household goodj were carried out
by constables. Mrs. Anderson was
cared for by neighbors. A patrol
throwers! P?lk* #t0ppe<l tbe tone*
Before the arrival of the police,
however, the crowd had wrecked the,
cottage from which the* woman bad
.W. evicted. K*.l,in? "
?Jjy other tenant except bare walls.
Windows, doors, shelves, plumbing,
etc., were smashed beyond all repair, j
Mas May VMt Us.
Mexico City, (Special).?Thomas N.
Macauley, a New York financier, in
the course of an interview with Pres
ident Diaz, expressed the opinion that
if President Diaz would visit the Unit
ed states it would increase American
interest in Mexico. In response, Pres
ident Diaz said that he may visit the
United States during the coming win
llT\ /?hls "mafk is taken to mean
that Gen. Diaz intends to take a re
lief from executive duties soon after
the installation of Senor Coral in the
vice Presidency.
Tbaaa Docks Wm Costly.
St. Paul, Minn., (Special). ? The
State Supreme Court handed down
a decision affirming the decision of
the Jackson County District Court
wV Vf f 30000 assessed
apamat William Poole and William
Kerr for having illegally in their pos
session a.oqo wild ducks was not ex
cessive. The men were convicted in
the Jackson County District Court
after the ducks had been found in
anHr<f(^S"S,2n by state same and
and fish warden. They appealed on
the ground that the' 6neof
apiece for the ducks was excessive
Hotel Wrecked By Nataral On,
Chicago, III., (Special).?An explo
sion of natural gas in the basement of
the four story brick building at 318
P?rk Hn.^ kn?^n 38 the Russell
rarit Hotel, causcd severe injuries to
several person;. The front oi ,be
building was blown out and heavy
blocks of stone used for sidewalks I
M^street Th Pie?^ a.nd hur,ed into
dJT , c<it- Three employees of John
Rockeros restaurant, on the ground
Jd h.2'earn 'T y ,n,rne<l and bruis
ed, but all will recovcr.
Killed la Hoad*oo
Sharon, Pa., (Special).?Running 40
miles an hour a passenger train on
the 1 cnnsylvania Railroad crashed in
to an engine in a head-on collision at
Sliarpsville, causing the death of two
men and the serious injury of four
others. There wen- but few passcn
ZCa !u th?co*ch noxt to the engine 1
and though the car was telescoped''
only two men in it were hurt Thp
wreck was caused, it is alleged, bv a
lapse ot memory on the part of the
erew m charge of the engine.
Georgia Family Marderad.
Statesboro, Ga., (Special).?Honrv
K. Hodge., his wife and three chil
dren, living about six miles from
Matcsboro, have been killed and their
home burned. There were blood
stains outside the building. Hodaxsh ,
wife and one child had iVad thefr'skull
broken, apparently with an axe. Rob
bery is supposed to have been the
ctuse of the crime.
Trala Held Up Ne.r Ckkago.
Chicago, in., (Special).?Robbers
held up an Illinois Central passenger
train between l-'lossmore and Matte
?'>n, about twenty-five miles from Chi
cago. Several H th - passengers were
robbed, and it is sai l that one person
who resisted was seriously injured bv
tiie robbers The bandits, of whom
there were five, had revolvers and all
were masked. The man who was
wounded was ?truck on the head with
an ax. j
ROBERT E PATTISON
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Philadelphia, (Special).?Robert E.
Pattison, twice Democratic Governor
of Pennsylvania and twice Comptroller
of Philadelphia, died early Monday at
his home, in Overbrook, a suburb of
this city.
Pneumonia, complicated with a weak
ness of the heart, was the cause of
death. Mr. Patiison was taken ill on
last Monday, when a sudden chill
subsequently developed into pneu
monia. He was only 53 years old.
That Mr. Pattison was rapidly fail
ing in health was apparent to his
many friends for the past year. He
was always more or less afflicted with
heart trouble, but never gave any ser
ious attention to any of these attacks.
Tall and sturdy in build, with a
marvelous capacity for hard work, Mr.
Pattison deceived himself into the
belief that his constitution was able to
withstand the severe strain to which
he subjected it.
Always evincing a lively interest
in politico, Mr. Pattison was one of
the first Pennsylvanians to start for
St. Louis to attend the Democratic
National Convention. His laborious
duties in connection with his position
as one of the members of the special
subcommittee that drafted the Dem
ocratic platform proved too much for
his nervous system and he returned
to this city with his health shattered.
His friends who accompanied him
to the convention declare that Mr.
Pattison accomplished the work of at
least five men. Conscientious and un
tiring in everything he ondertook he
usually devoted his entire attention to
it until things had been brought to a
satisfactory consummation.
As an evidence of his conscientious
scruples and willingness for severe
mental work it is known that for 19
hours, without sleep and with only a
meager luncheon, he sat up all night
and the best part of the following day
with the subcommittee in cnarge of
the plaform, advising his colleagues
and making halpful suggestions. This
is only one instance of how hard Mr.
Pattison toiled and manifested his in
terest in the Democratic party.
During the deliberations of the sub
committee Mr. Pattison devoted ex
actly 39 hours of his fime to the
question of preparing a platform.
Mr. Pattison was a candidate for
Governor on the Democratic ticket
against Governor Pennypacker in 190.2
and bad not been a well man since
his laborious campaign in that year,
when his tour of seven weeks cover
ed nearly every county in the State.
He remained in St. Louis a few
days after the Democratic convention
to rest and, returning home, resumed
his business, dividing his time be
tween this city and New York.
Sunday his condition was encour
aging, but late at night he collapsed.
Saline injections were re9orted to.
but the patient sank rapidly and died
shortly after 6 o'clock.
The funeral services were held at
11 o'clock Thursday morning at the
late home of Mr. Pattison. Rev. G.
W. Izer, of the Church of the Coven
ant, Eighteenth and Spruce streets,
officiated, and interment was at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery.
MINERS ADJUST GRIEVANCES.
EimHiw Caaalttu Preparing a Ptaa lor
Lac a Is' Consideration.
Scranton, Pa., (Special).?The ex
ecutive board of the United Mine
Workers, District No. 1, held a ten
hour session here.
District President Nicholls declined
to make any statement as to the bus
uess transacted, explaining that an of
ficial statement will be made later.
It seems assured that there will be
no strike. Neither the mine workers
?nor operators desire one m present and
it seems rather a question for the mine
workers to devise some modus oper
andi whereby the differences can be
overcome. They will probably refer
the disputes to the various locals with
a request to vote on a proposition
which is now under consideration.
President W. L. Connell of the con
ciliation board has not received a re
quest to call a meeting of that body,
President Dettrcy of the llazelton
district mine workers not yet having
actcd upon the instructions received
from the employees of Coxe Bros. &
Co. Mr. Dettrcy was in Scranton,
but took no part ir. the meeting. lie
will await the result of the executive
board meeting before making the re
quest to Mr. Connell.
FINANCIAL
All Japanese bonds arc strong.
Money in New York loaned at x/t of
1 per cent.
Cambria Steel sold ex-dividend,
which amounts to 75 cents a share.
New York banks presumably gain
ed $7,500,000 of cash during the past
week.
A large number of anthracite col
lieries wijl be shut down during Au
gust in order to curtail the output.
Winter wheat harvesting in the
West is completed. "Modern Miller"
says the total crop is better than ear
lier estimates made it.
Copper exports for the year ending
June jo were 142,000,000 pounds, an
increase over the previous year of
1,378,000 pounds.
Canadian Pacific's June net earn
ings increased $203,000.
The United States Leather Com
pany has put up the price of *ol??
leather 1 cent a pound. This i* equi
valent to a net profit for the company
of %2,000.000 a vcar.
Hit; inma MM.
Altoona, Pa. (Special).?P. F. Camp,
bell, superintendent and paymaster of
the Puritan Coal Mining Company, at
Puritan, Cambria county, and Chas.
Hays, a stable boss for the same com
pany, were held up on a public road
a mile out of Portage at 10 o'clock A.
M.. shot in twenty-five places and rob
bed of $2865 which they were taking
to Puritan to pay the miner*.
The ?''ree highwaymen, who were
apparently Italians, escaped, but the
whole mountain top was scoured for
them -'iiitl a number of suspiciouf
characters were arrested.
Campbell and Hays, in a buggy,
drove from Puritan to Portage and at
9 o clock received the money in a
bag from the Pennsylvania Railroad
station master at that place. It came
by express on an early train from aa
Altoona bank. With the money un
derneath the buggy seat they started
for Puritan.
A mile out of Portage at a turn in
the road is a clump of trees. Reach
ing the turn, the three men stepped
from the woods and without a word
opened fire. One shoved a revolver
into Campbell's face and fired. The
ball struck Campbell in the neck. The
other two highwaymen were armed
with shotguns loaded with buckshot.
They also fired on the two men in the
buggy, both shots taking effect. The
man with the revolver reached under
the seat and snatched the bag of mon
ey just as the horse ran away.
Campbell and Hays were thrown out
into the road and the horse continued
on to the stable.
Discharging two more loads of shot
at the pavmaster and his assistant, the
robbers fled in the direction of Lloyd
ell. Campbell got to his feet and
walked toward Puritan. Meeting a
farmer with a spring wagon, he told
his story and was driven to Portage?
where he received surgical attention,
and gave an alarm 01 the robbery.
Posses were quickly organized and
sent in all directions.
The populace is greatly excited ove?
the daring outrage, and the robbers
will not stand a ghost of a chance ol
escaping alive, if captured.
Campbell was brought to Altoona
on the express. He is desperately
wounded, there being fifteen bullet
wounds in his face, head and body,
Two shots pierced his right lung, an
other hit him in the mouth, and two
struck his forehead. Just as the train
left Portage bearing Campbell, his as*
sis tan t, Hays, was brought into town.
He died before he could be placed on
the train. Hays was terribly wounded
in the head and chest, five shots picrc*
ing his lungs.
Campbell, who is 36 years old, H
one of the best known mining ex
perts in the central Pennsylvania field
The robbery was committed by per
sons who knew of the paymaster's
regular trip* to Fortage every two
weeks for the money to pay his men.
ROB TRAIN IN TEXAS.
Maafestf Mm Relieve Passengers of ValaaMes
?Fall la Attack oa Safe.
Delhart, Tex., (Special).?Rock Is
land pascnger train No. 4, eastbound,
was held up about seventy miles west
of Delhart by three masked men at a
small station named Logan. Engi
neer G. E. Walker made the following
statement concerning the hold-up:
"We had made our regular stop at
Logan when both myself and firemae
were covered with guns and ordereq
to move up. We did as ordered, and
stopped the train at the end of the
switch. The robbers then made ua
uncouple the mail and express cars and
riui a short distance up the track,
where they again ordered us to stop,
when they proceeded to enter the
expres? car and attacked the through
safe with explosives.. They exploded
two separate charges of dynamite on
the sate, but faileJ to effect an en
trance. Having used up all their ex?
plosives, they made off in the darkness,
The mail car and passengers were nod
disturbed. The explosions badly
wrecked the express car and snfe. The
local safe did not contain any money,
consequently the robbers did not se
cure anything."
Templars' Qift to King Edward.
San Francisco, Cala., (Special).?
The California Knights Templar are
preparing a gift for King Edward of
England in appreciation of the honor
1 conferred upon the Catifornians ir
sending a personal representative with
the delegation of the highest officer!
of the great priory of England and
Wales to attend the conclave at San
Francisco. The souvenir consists oj
a volume of the history of the con*
clave, especially bound and ornament*
cd for the King.
Will Pay (iovcrameot.
St. Louis, Mo., (Special).?The sec
ond $600,000 instalment to liquidate
the $4/>ooooo government loan* will
he paid promptly this week, according
to Secretary VVr.ltrr !'? Stevens. Thif
will constitute the fourth payment,
making t<ic entire amount paid to the
government $1,408,140, or nearly one*
f third f?f the entire loan.
Mnrderer Commits Suicide.
j Chicago, (Special).?After a week
1 of mental anguish, (hiring which he
continually wept and prayed, Frank
Hendetto, who murdered his wife dur
ing a fit of jealousy, committed sui*
cine in his cell in the county jail by
hanging himself.
For Uniform Corporation Laws.
Nashville, Tenn. (Special)?Through
the efforts of Secretary of State. John
W. Morton, an arrangement has been
made whereby representatives of states
and territories will meet in St. Louis, !
September 2. The object is to dis- '
enss ways and means for securing a !
uniform law incorporation charter and '
kindred matter*. The bureau of cor- !
porations of the department of com- '
merce and labor wil' aend a reprcacn- 1
Utive. * 1
SET THE TIME POM SCOTLANDU,
"Speaking of clock*** Mid the tr?f
der, "Edinburgh, Scotland, kaa tht
most litwwdn marking tvftot S
ever av. On on* of these, karma mm
Carl too Hill, thera la an oboervatarjt
tower. In the top of which a hip
black ball la suspended. Across tfcs
?alley, probably % mile away, la Oaatl*
Hill, surmounted by the historic Sdin*
burg Castle. One of the large gone kg
this fortress, pointing toward Oaatlc
Hill. Is electrically connected with the
ball In the tower a mile away. Bwx
evening at 6 o'clock the gun Is fired*
and at the same moment the ball (alia*
The device sets the official time tor alt
Scotland. ? *?4
"It is interesting to stand on Carlton
HHl at the appointed hour to see th?
slmultsneous flash of the gun on Oastle
Hill and the fall of the ball close af
hand, while the roar of the gun is oC
course some moments in crossing the
valley. On the other hand, it la
equally Interesting to stand beside the
big gun at dusk to watch the ball at
Carlton Hill fall jost ss tbe shot is
Bred. I recall once staudtug In the
courtyard, watch In hand, waltlug for
the cannon Just overhead to be tired*
It occurred to me It would be more ex*
citing to watch the crowds of passing
people, especially since not one was
apparently thinking of the shot from
the cannon. When the roar took places
absolutely without warnlug, hardly a
fard above the heads ot the crowd#
the scene well repaid my watching
Everybody dodged. Children screamed,
and men and women jumped to the
tide of the wall. Of course. It was sll
Dver In a second, but in that moment
it seemed tlint gn electric shock had
passed through the crowd."?Blrmlngr
liam News.
WISE WORDS.
f!od luck Is what God gives as, bad
luck is wbat we make for ourselves.
It may be excusable for charity ta
begin at home, but It should not end
there.
People who blush at a bare thought
would cover the naked truth with a
garb of doubt.
Out from the experience of the past
should come our hope aud eudeavos
for the future.
Success is a composite thing, but
made uo largely of its principal im
fcredi en t?effort.
There is not sufficient strength in
the palm of love to draw the poison
from the wound of hate.
There is a strong point In tbe weak*
p?t part of human nature, and a soft
spot in the hardest character.
There should be carried away from
every death bed a beautiful and unfad*
Ing memory of some good act in the
life that has passed.
By respecting the laws ot man an4
lolng Justice to ourselves we uncon*
sciously observe the laws of Cod and
do Justice to others.
What sotne are pleased to call a sn?
perstltlon Is merely the recognition ot
i great truth beyond our compreben*
9lon, yet within tbe circle of our hope.
Charity with a signature attached
spoils generosity, as realism Is de?
stroyed by the appearance of dead
?haractera before the footlights of their
success.
fualtiK of Historic English Oakf.
Our historic oaks are, with every
great storm, diminishing In number*
Duinorey's Oak, In Dorsetshire, 2000
years old. disappeared from this cause
in 170:1. Wallace's Oak, at Kilendlci
was 700 years old when It was blown
down some fifty years ago. We have
still, however, the Cowthorpe Oak,
ueur Wetherby, in Yorkshire, estlmab
ed *o be over 1000 years old: and Will?
Inn; the Conqueror's Oak, lu Windsor
Croat Park, has attained the ripe age
of 12<M> years. Perhaps the finest oaks
of great antiquity in the land are to
be found in the dukeries. About half
a mile from Welbeek Abbey i;? Creerv
dale Oak. credited with 1.T00 summer*
and now a' mere ruin sustained by
props. Through its hollow Interior a
coach and four has bei'U driven.?Tl"
London Daily Chronicle.
l?r?!*kliig Kfr in Kanim*.
The breaking bee of Thomas Mo
I/ean, near Meredith, Cloud County,
which was noticed in the Delphos
items, was. we are informed, an occa*
slou oT considerable note in that seo
tion. There were engaged in it 114
horses, twenty-two mules, twenty
seven yoke of oxen and eighty-eight
plows. Highly acres were broken l>e?
fore noon. The Delphos item stated
that un ox was killed; it was also
cooked, with many other good things,
for dinner. Fifteen more acres were
broken in a short time after dinner,
and twelve teams, on their way home,
broke the same amount for a widow
who lives near there.?Minneapolis
Messenger.
I>?rkfttnlth School*.
There are seven industrial schools In
Saxony which have been founded for
the Hole purpose of training young
men to become competent and skill
fill locksmiths ami blacksmiths. Theso
schools ure supported In the first In
stance by the blacksmith ami lock
smith guilds of Saxony. They also
receive annual subventions from the
Saxon Government, and private Indi
viduals from time to time aid them
with voluntary contributions.
Only On*
"A Shipwreck" was the subject glve?
the clans, and the children were to
write a composition. The teacher waa
much amused, while reading them over
and correcting them, when she csma
to vne that ended thns, "There waa
but one life lost, and that was found
afterward." ? ? ? -*