Altoona Tribune from Altoona, Pennsylvania • Page 1

VOL. XXXI-NO. 18 ALTOONA, TUESDAY, APEIL 18, 1905. EKlJlT PAGES. PLACED UNDER ARREST.

McGOjERN ESCAPES. RECORD OF DEATHS. GOVERNOR'S WORK Got Away from His Keeper at Con A Member of Mine Examining Board Names of Persons Who Have Joined WAS DEDICATED! New House of National Secre Enters Bail. necticut Sanitarium. the Great Majority, Hazleton.

April 17. Jame Stamford. April 17. Terrv At o'clock yesterday niornin COLLIERS TAKEN! Admiral Togo Has hp to Harass the Russian Baltic Fleet. Rhodda.

of Upper Lehigh, a membe McGovern. the pugilist, who wa FOUR BOYS KILLED! The Awful Attending Raising a False Alarm of Fire. Air. E. G.

Hartzell died of tuber of the miners' examining board, who brought to the Stamford Hall sani cular meningitis at nis home. 3U4 is charged with fraud in connection tarium last night, escaped from It Will Take Hustling to Dispose of Legislation in His Hands becoud avenue. Tiie deceased wa with granting of certificates of com keeper this, afternoon while taking a -o years oi age ana nail tor sonn tary Daughters of American Revolution. walk on the grounds of the instil it peteucy to mine workers, was a years been an employe of the Peua tion. The keeper followed McGoveni rested to-uay on a warrant sworn on syivama Railroad company, being at but was unable to overtake him by District President Dettery, of the the time of death a flagman on the United Mine Workers of America Word was sent immediately to the middle division.

Surviving him is his sanitarium and a hunt was made for Rhodda waived a hearing and ente wife and several children. The tune FUEL PROBLEM DIFFICULT BUILDING NOT COMPLETED BY SATURDAY, MAY 13 ed bail in $5Mi for court. His arrest McGovern. but without success. Aside WERE AFTER FREE TICKETS al announcement will be made later followed a confession he made from notifyiug the police, a watch Thomas Grover Carney.

the mine workers that he and hi was kept at the railroad stations in the belief that would colleagues on the examining boar l.n..rJ. -v etemim Nevertheless It Was Possible for the An uaiiuui oiaui ncaiiuu luovaiut Ul llllilCK Thomas Grover Carney of Got Sev These Were Being Given Out In a Narrow To Solve It the Russians Dispatched Col board a train for New York: of had certificates to hundreds If was said at the sanitarium that applicants without regard to thei entn avenue, died at the Alteoaa hos pital of appendicitis. He was admit nual Meeting of Society to Convene Therein. McGovern passed a good night last Representing tbe Various Hospitals. quaimcations, and that tney had re Stairway and a Terrible Stam-.

pede Resulted. liers Many Weeks Ago and Some Have Been Captured. ted to the institution last week a.id o. night and that he seemed himself to ceived various sums of money for day. After playing tennis McGovern aiuruay underwent an operation issuing the papers.

District President Dettery say The young man stood the ordeal well suggested a walk and was put in WILL SEND FOR THEM IF NEEDED MANY NOTABLES IN ATTENDANCE and seemetl to rally, but yesterdav there have been 33U accidents, loo EFFORTS OF OFFICERS UNAVAILING THIS MAY CAUSE T060 TO WIN charge of the regular keeper. Th keeper and had been gon resulting fatally in the district dti took a si.iking spell and continue to sink until he passed away. I). but a few minutes when the former mg the last twelve months, and olli Addresses Were Made by Senator Quite a Batch of Bills Signed Yester ceased was a son of J. and Susan ran' back to the sanitarium and lol The Horror Occurred in IndianaDolis cials of the mine workers' union St.

Dolliver, of Iowa; M. Jusserand, Carney and was born in Altoona, Sep of Terry's escape. clare that the sale of certificates has McGovern. according to the sanita increased the fatalities in the mines of the French Ambassy; Mrs. tember 8, He had resided here all his life, was intelligent and and the Tickets Were Being Given Out by a Patent Medicine Company There Were Heartrending Scenes.

Petersburg Has Not Heard of Any Fight, and Naval Authorities There Deride the Idea that Rojestvensky Cannot Guard Against a Torpedo Boat Attack. Charles Warren Fairbanks, Pres day and Included in the Number is One Providing That District Attorneys Shall Be Paid Salaries i in Counties Having Less Than 150,000 Population. So warrants have been issued fo the other members of the board. niuuiuua ami a M'liuiar in at. al rium physicians, is sunering from nervous, menial and physical exhaustion and it was.

expected that he would stay here several months. ident General of the Organization, parochial School. He was a member of St. Mark's Catholic church and be GREATER PITTSBURG BILL. New York, April 17.

Terry 'Mc sides his parents is survived by Washington 17. Patriotism Indiaiiapolis, April 17. Fren Govern. who escaped from a sanita these brothers and sisters: J. of mil love of country formed fhe key Ex-Governor Stone Argues Against Before His Successor.

Harrisburg. April IT. Owing to zied by a false alarm of lire several Loudon, April 17. Admiral Tog lias begun to harass the 'Russian fleet. rium at Stamford.

to-day, is Altoona; Edward C. J. F. Pat note of the ceremonies held to-day in at. his home in Brooklyn, where hehi rick Vincent.

Mary Gertrude, Irene hundred newsboys, struggling Harrisburg, April 17. Governor the dedication of the Con being cared for by his He will obtain free tickets to a show bv Pennypacker gave a hearing this af the accumulation of work and the number of bills before Governor Pennypacker to dispose of all legislation in his hands by May 111, it will be im Catherine a.id Genevieve, at home The funeral arrangements vill be-an uotinced later. be kept there about a week when he tinental hall, the new and handsome ternoon to the opponents of Greater patent medicine advertising company. will return to (he sanitarium. Im home of the national secretary of the mediately after his escape he hoard Pittsburg bill.

Ex-Governor Sioir-representing the Allegheny commi! tee and the Allegheny Veterans' as Daughters of the American Revolution possible for him to grant hearings to stampeded in narrow stairway in the tAIasonic temple to-night, crushing the life out of four boys and pro- Mrs. Isaac The subject if the Beck. following obi. ed a freisht train and came directly to this city. While the building is not completed wards of trustees representing hos sociation.

made tue principal argu notice taken from the Tyro Her its construction has progressed so fat- abiy fatally injuring several other arv aid FOR PADDING PAYROLL. pitals. Should the governor desire to interrogate the trustees of hospit- is the mother of Dr. W. F.

Beck, that the annual' meeting of the socie children. of this city: which began tins atteinooon. is ment. He contended that the bill was unconstitutional because it was local legislation: it was against th law of the land and it was in violation of article 13, section 1, of the Long before tiie time appointed for ils to whom appropriations, by the Suit Brought by Taxpayers' League Mrs. Barbara Beck, wife of Isaac held withLi its walls.

The cer- the distribulion of free tickets the recent legislature, have been made. Beck, died at her home at l.oveville of Scranton. Scranton, April 17. B. T.

moiues Incident tu the dedication oi he will notify them. stairs of Masonic temple were crowded with a pushing, vellinir at. 1 o'clock Sunday had been in failing health several stale legislation. He also con The governor to-day signed the fol The news conies to-day from Saigon. French Cochin China, in a brief dispatch which slated that Japanese skirmishing have captured large number of Itojestvensky's colliers which were awaiting the Russian fleet off the Cochin China coast.

The fuel problem is the most difficult a naval commander has to face when operating thousands of miles away from his base. To solve it the Russians had dispatched colliers weeks before Rojestvensky sailed to lie in the path of the Russian fleet, so they could join it when needed. These fuel vessels the Japanese are picking ii), and it is a severe blow to the Russian admiral. He has, of course, a number of colliers with his fleet from which his ships coal at sea, but eventually 1 his supply will become exhausted. It is possible thai Togo will attempt to cut out or sink the colliers with the Russian fleet, i layne, director of public works; C.

tended that the bill was unnecessary the building were elaborate and (cresting. rowd of ciiiidren. mostly newsbovs. lowing bills: years, being a filleted wi.h a complica V. Terwilliger, superintendent of highways and sewers, and E.

X. ach anxious to be first to Ayitiiorixing the city treasurer of The president general, Chas. iss. Wncn the distribution beuau Philadelphia to appoint an assistant Smith, an employe of the arren Fairbanks, was escorted into and fix his salary. the excitement became more intense ami the efforts of several policemen th( hall by the first regiment of Mi.i- wore arrested this morning at the instance of President J.

J. Germyii, Regulating the publication and dis ute acting as guard of honor to Iribution of statements. maintain order were unavailing. Ii is alleged by a witness that one As she passed down the aisle she was Extending the benefits of the sol of I lie Taxpayers' league on charge of padding payrolls. The accused demanded an immediate hear because the two cities could be consolidated under existing circumstances and that the provision fo-an cleft ion to precede the consolidation was unfair and unjust.

V. C. Gill and Harvey Henderson, representing the Allegheny Defense association, also argued against tin constitutionality of the bill. Th-governor did not indicate what action he would take on the bill. He advocated a greater Pittsburg in his last biennial message to the eceived by the members ot the soeie- diers' orphan schools to children of standing, the orchestra ot the Ma of the boys in an effort to hasten (he passes snouted "lire" Immediately those at I he top of the stairs faced ing, but the prosecution was not tion of diseases.

She was aged years. 11 months and 21 days. The funeral will be 'held Wednesday forenoon. Services at the Centre Line Lutheran church at half past 10 o'clock by Rev, R. S.

Stair. Interment at "the Cfiitre Line Lutheran cemetery. The deceased was a daughter of Michael Rider, deceased, one of tiie early settlers and sturdy citizens cf that section of Centre county. She was bom at Gatesburg on April 22. and was married to Isaac Beck about 17 years ago, and the home of the family has been at Loveville mie band playing tiie star spang ready and the cases went over until led Banner." The Right Rev.

Henry lout and mathy began to force a to-morrow morning. Suiiorlee.bishop of Washington, pro way to the bottom of tiie steps. The league has had a firm of ex nounced the invocation, the assem Shrieks and physical encounters re uert accountants at work on the de blage sang "America." under the lead- sulted, and the crowd became partment books several months. Hiip of the band, and the Rev. Dr closely entangued that the mass and they claim they have discovered sufficient wrongdoing to warrant the hoys fell clinging to each other Kereira.

Mendes, minister of the of Oil -e- arrest of a dozen persons, and that the struggling mass of youths at bottom of the stairs. Spanish and Portugese congregation, led in prayer. After "Columbia" had every one of tjiese will be arrested. soldiers, sailors and marines of the Philippine war. Providing for the vacation and closing of alleys, lanes or passage ways that are or may nereafter become public nuisances and to compensate abutting property owners or others who may be damaged thereby.

Providing that vacancies ia the office of county treasurer shall be filled by appoint men of the governor until the next, general election." Providing for the determination by courts of common pleas of disputes as to the reasonableness of the license fees bet ween municipal corporations and telegraph, telephone or light or power companies Permitting the warden of the eastern penitentiary to reside outside the Policemen from central station en sung by a male quartette, Mr The information In the cases since that time. She is survived by her husband and the following children: Elmer E. Beck, of Hunting lirbanks delivered an- address. She ponded to a riot call and began brought to-day charges that different extricate the sinothcrinji boys. Four welcomed, on behalf of the society, persons, among them Smith, drew don; Mrs.

Mary E. Corle, of Lancas Such a blow would render the Russian ships well nigh helpless. This situation is one of the advantages on side of the Japanese, as being near their base, the fuel question can easily be solved for theni. This is one of the reasons that make naval men believe Togo will win. A dispatch from Hongkong says that a portion of the Russian squadron was seen Sunday at Tttrau bay, 330 miles north of Kamranh bay.

Tu-ran bay is between latitude 10 and latitude 17. north. According to advices from Haifong to a Paris newspaper forty Russian vessels were recently sighted in that he distinguished guests present ter: Dr. W. Frank' Beck, of Altoon money lrom tne city tor woric tney never performed, and that Jayneand hen gave a brief recital of the ob aud Daniel J.

Beck, at, the Loveville No Municipal Ownership in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, April 17. The North American to-morrow will say: "An ordinance will be int rodueed in councils Thursday authorizing the extension of the lease of the city's gas works for fifty years from December :11, 1907, to the Equitable liuminatiiig company, which is owned by tin United Gas Improvement company. The latter concern now has a thirty years' lease on the city's gas plants, which expires in 11127. "The company will pay the city in ject, of the hall project.

Terwilliger approved the payrolls, home. She was also the osier moth Addresses were delivered by Se.ia- knowing of the fraud. Jayne son. er of T. J.

Gales, cashier of the or uouiver, or lowa.anu oy m. hoys were 'dead when uncovered. The boys fought desperately to get-free and dozens were injured by ihe first crush or by the scramble for air. The dead were sent to a morgue for the unidentified. The injured were sent to a bbspital, while many who suffered slight injuries, were sent home.

a high school student, is one or tne Blair county National bank, of Ty rand. of the French ambassy, and rone. One brother and two sister persons who, il is charged, drew money for work which he did not he ceremonies were concluded with also survive Mathias Rider and Mr he benedict pronounced by R-'V grounds of the penitentiary. Lllen Hastings, of Gatesburg and perform. Other arrests are expected to-morrow.

Wallace Kudoiilfe. of tills city. Mrs. Nancy Musser, of Tyrone. latitude steaming norm.

Increasing the annual allowance of the judges of the superior court for large number of her relatives, mostly The firs I formal session of the Charged With Shooting Off Revolvers clerical hire from $750 to $1,500. nephews and nieces, reside in SAM HAMM DEAD? RoeteiCk was -arrested at ui homing the state treasurer to rone. 10 o'clock last night at Broad ave- require additional security from Mrs. Beck was a member of tin tot r' cent congress of she Daughters of the American Revolution was held in Memorial i.all this afternoon. Practically only routine' business was St.

Louis Authorities Asked to In. nie and Twenty-ninth street by Spe banks, banking institutions or trust Lutheran church from girlhood. Slit cial Officers Hopkins and Young, companies in which slate funds are was one or tiie foremost spinis in the establishment of the Lutheran jii the programme for the first ses sit but quite unexpectedly an ind i Roundsman Harlow and Patrolman Hart land on the charge of shoot ing off a lump the sum of The city will, receive no -income from tin property during the life of the lease. The money is to be used in part for doing away with railroad grade crossings and the construction of a boundary. "The original lease for The reversion of the works to the city on December 1027, and gave the municipality the right to buy back the properly at the end of JIKI7.

The proposed extension dates from leposited. Changing the form of the claim and church at her home, and her wor reel boom for Vice President Fair i revolver in the city. Shortly before writ ol scire facias on contracts for and 'Uinstian example have accom banks for the presidency was sprung that hour the residents In the vicini building bridges, wharf, docks, pushed more for tiie church and tht ind I he delegates received w'ilh en thusiasni. under the act of June 1'JOI. ty were inrown into a siate or excitement by reckless shooting of some community where her lile was spent than can be estimated from a human Restricting the amount of bonds Alter tin; invocation hail been pro one and a telephone message was re which may be issued annnallv for standpoint.

Her zeal 'never flagged ceived at the police station that there St. Petersburg, April 7. The hews that vessels of tiie Russian squadron have put in to Kamranh bay, north of Cape Padaran, off the east coast of Cochin China, bears out stat-j-ments contained in these dispatches a week ago to the effect that Admiral Rojestvensky probably would seek shelter olT that pari of the Cochin China coasi and there coal and make his final preparations before embarking on the final sige of his journey. No definite information is obtainable as to the length of th-1 squadron's stay at Kamranh hay or whether the warships have already sailed. "Yon may be sure." said an officer, "that every precaution will betaken against a torpedo attack.

Rojestvensky can be relied upon to protect his ships." Among naval men the idea that Admiral Rojestvensky has divided squadron is not entertained. and those about her were made hi the building of roads under (he act the latter time. vestigate a Telegram. Sam 1 latum, the much hiinled and wanted murderer of Merman Henderson, has finally been located in St. Louis, and if tho reports are true he is beyond the reach of 1hi; law.

He is reported to have died in hospital at thai place on Sunday and the local police authorities have asked those of Louis to ascertain if the dead man is llamm. The news of the death of Hamiii was received by John llamm, father of the murderer, of 2323 Beale avenue, yesterday morning, in a telegram -from Abe Douglass, a relative of Hamiii, residing at Alexandria, Va. It was as follows: "Sam Hamin is dead at Emergen vvas a small riot in progress, tne of June 20, 1SU5. nounced and the "Slar Spangled Ban icr" had been 'rendered, Chas Warren Fairbanks, the president-gen-3ral of the society, delivered her-an ter -ny nay ny ner Kindly minis officers hurried to the scene and found Authorizing the state to rebuild un trations and advice. She was, a helpful and fond wife and mother.

As the that, some one had sent a bullet tM rough the door of the res nual address. She extended to the delegates and visitors a cordial wel wile ot a farmer she perlonned her idence of W. T. Dunn, Broad part well, and her interest in the af In the Nan Patterson Case. New York, April 17.

There were two developments in Hie Nan Patterson case to-day another postponement of the trial of the aelress until to-morrow anil the surrender by the district attorney's office of the letters come to the national capital and to avenue, and thai it. narrow escap fairs of the farm was always earnest the new coiiltneiilal memorial hall ad hitting Joseph Kearn am. Chester and active. She was a charter mem result of the work of patriotic Carson, who were passin at the ber of Halt Moon grange which was time. They also learned that one oth organized thirty-three years ago an and other effects whose, recent seizure shot bad been fired and that the ball evidently went wild.

The officers her characteristic interest and aclivi ty was displayed in the affairs of tin cy Hospital No. 2, St. Louis, If you have insured send for his body." started to make an investigation and miiveii. Hesfoises ma le 'o Genera) Fairbanks' address fjy representative members' of the norlh south, east, and west. In responding for the east, Mrs.

Alfred A. Kendall, stale of Maine, pic Tile police learned of the telegram noticing a man coming out of the for grange to the end. Deaths of Ciiiidren. and at once Chief Tiilard decided on eign boarding nouse opposite totiow ed him into the old carnival grounds Harry son ot H. M.

am completed county bridges over a river not less than 1,000 feet wide whenever the portions of such bridges already erected have been destroyed b.v Hoods before their completion and where it appears that fifty per cent, of the contract price had already been expended before destruction. Requiring the county commissioners or boards of revision of taxes to file wilh the auditor general copies of all returns made for personal property taxes requiring the record to be open to the inspection and use of the auditor general. Providing that the district attorneys of counties haying less than population shall be paid a salary and abolishing the fees of that oflice. The bill fixes the salary from $200 to a year, according to the and provides thai in no county shall the salary exceed by $1,000 a vear Hie fees of that office for the year 11)01. fn counties of over trom Mrs.

J. Smith, Nan Patterson's sister, caused widespread interest. The bundle of letters after considerable Wgal sparring, was finally returned to Mrs. Smith's counsel. Win.

Limburger, this afternoon and was opened by him before newspaper men. It contained besides the letters, insurance papers and some personal effects of Mrs. Smith. Mr. Limburger declared he believed having the St.

Louis authorities Investigate the report, but late hist night had received no reply, llannn's tured in glowing colors the ideals of and placed him under arrest. It. was Klepser, died at the home of io confirmation has been received here of the reported naval engagement north of the Natuna islands, which, according to the British steamer Telemachus, which has just arrived at Hongkong, took place 130 miles north of the Natuna islands in the afternoon of April 12. Roebuck and on his person was the parents, 2220 Eighth avenue, a found a revolver with two loads shqf ociock tuts morning, people believe thai. I he report is I rut; and the father called on Chief daughter not alone of the east, a 'so of th norlh, and west She earnestly and eloquently urged die kindling of the fires of patriotism I he breasts of the children of for: ()tt.

He nil muted to snooting, out whooping cough, aged II months The funeral arrangements will be an Tiilard in regard to bringing the claimed lhat he did so to scare the body back to the city. Ho was in parties who broke one of the win pounced later. that, he had got the effects seized from lows in the boarding house. A com Frances, infant daugber of Fran! formed that if Sam Hamm was dead the police were done wilh him an-I the Smihs and added that this is mon wealth information maybe made and Annie Antzberger, died yestei just, the beginning of the suit which could not do anything in the way of against him to-day. day evening at 7 o'clock at the paren will be argued within a day or so as bringing the body lo Alloona.

tal home, 1 100 Second avenue. She Pension Examiners in Trouble. to permanent possession of the effects The murdeir which made Sam March 8, The inter District Attorney Jerome said lhat Hamm a fugitive from jnsiiee with Washington. April 17. Several of on Wednesday af he did not see any need lor the pro price on his head was commiue I be made 2 o'clock the ten pension examiners against was born ment will ternoon af etery.

in St. Mary's cent 000 population the district attorney whom Commissioner Warner has ceedings, as the effects had already been give.i tip so faK as he knew. at Ninth avenue and Twenty-four! street about noon on April 10, may appoint, two assistants, with the preferred charges, handed in their consent of the court, whose salaries Hamm, Herman Henderson and esignations tiiday. Commissioner shall not exceed $1,500. Funeral Notice.

The funeral of Joshua H. Burley will take place from the home Warner will report to the secretary of Chip" I.Myers were seatetl at that orner when Hamm suddenly whip Will Hunt Moving Seat of Govern ment. Glen wood Springs, April 17 the interior on the case shortly. In ped out a revolver and shot Hender the meantime, vif is understood, all he parents. 830 Sixth a venue, at Police Station News.

One common drunk, one ten of I lie exami.iers will resign. It o'clock Wednesday morning and 'Before President Roosevelt pene lorn residents i the coiiiury. riien she proposed the following oast to Fairbanks: "She, who has guided us for four years toward the heights; who has kindled through the fire of patriotism her own heart, the flames of patriotism- in the breasts of thousands of laughters; who has ruled with love, fairness and justice toward all and has shown to us in- her noble example the fairest typo of Amer can woman end; who has become ilea dearer with each meeting anil is enshrined in the hearts of the daughters as our lirsl lady. May we live to see her some time as the first lady of our land, a position she is so pre-emineul ly 'filled to fill. But whore-ever her lines may fall, she will" be hound to us b.v the lenderesl ties.

May the live ling and pr-isper." The delegales rose to their feet i ml applauded Kendall's toast. Its reference to Vice President Fair-haiik's 'presid'-iitial va recognized insiau'ily and the big hall and one drunk and disorderly were son, lie lletl ami since then all I race of him has been lost. There were numerous rumors during the inter I hey are exonerated the report, re proceed to St. Mark's Catholic arrested yesterday. instatemelit will be sought.

1 he res- Harry French was arrested bv Pa vening time thai Hamm had been gnations tendered have not yet been church, where services will be cor ducted. Interment in St. John' cemetery. HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. seen in the city, but all were fake accepted.

trolman Payne at o'clock yesterday afternoon at. Eleventh avenue London. April 17. In the absence of further information regarding tho position of the Russian and Japanese fleets the London morning papers are keenly discussing the neutrality question for the most part in a strong pro-Japanese tone. The -Morning Post lakes the milder view that Kauirunh bay is a mere fishing port and unable to provide coal or other supplies to 'the Russian which probably took shelter there to replenish from its own colliers, and that though a technical breach of neutrality has been committed the French could hardly le held resjionsible unless it can be proven that they had previous knowledge of Rojestvensky's plans.

The correspondent, at Hong Kong ot the Daily Mail reports that the steamer North Angelia late Friday sighted a strong fleet or cruisers off 'Bombay reef steering south and using searchlights. The North Angelia was unable to distinguish the nationality of the cruisers. Paris, April IS. A dispatch from Si. Petersburg to the Echo De Par's stales thai Vice Admiral Rojestvensky with a portion of his squadron has been sighted oft Hong Kong, saving northeast.

This is not confirmed from other sources. alarms and II is believed that hi! has The charges resulted from disclos and Bridge street on the charge of ures that applicants tor civil war pen been in the west since lit! Med from the city with a price on his head. vagrancy and nuisance. When ar sion had been illegally passed on by this examining board, the claimants raigned in police court he was fined The Slavish Girl Who Committed A telegram was received shortly .80 and in default was sentenced Suicide Last Sunday. being members of the Pennsylvania before midnight from the lviuergeuey hospital, Louis, by the relatives to five days in jail.

never had seen active service. The Slavish girl who committed Edward Rodgers was arrested at trates the wilds so far that communication with the outside world will be next to impossible, Secretary Loeb with the aid ot a courier daily ex pecled from the camp will get in the president's trial and visit him in the mountains. The visit will be fo Lake up with the president a number of important affairs thai have cone-to the headquarters since Saturday. There are a number of commission's to be signed as well as some departmental business that, has been forwarded for attention. Secretary Loeh discredits most of the stories of the hunt which received by him.

Some of these stories have been investigated and Secretary Loeh claimed the mail bearer could not have received reliable information from the president's camp. the passenger station' at 2 o'clock suicide in the Altoona yard at Sev enteenth street on Sunday evening Injured While on Duty. of Sam Hamm, tbe murderer of Herman Henderson, stilting that no ohm by that, name had died there. Thero William Skyles, a Pennsylvania has been identified as Zuka, no doubt thai if Hamm was In 'Dimmed with interest. yesterday afternoon on the charge of violating ordinance No.

1300 by Patrolman 'Payne. In police court when arraigned for a hearing he was dis railroad division foreman, was hut; while on duty yesterday afternoon at St. Louis he was sailing tinder an Mrs. Miranda Bonrney presented lie report of the credentials commit other name, unknown to bis peopl-s o'clock. He had his force- of charged.

tee. During the past, four years the Calvin Brown and J. L. Holsinger here, but, known to his relatives in the south. The St.

Louis polico authorities will unravel the tangle men in the cut just west or WUmore station, taking down some loose rocks which threatened to fall during membership of "the organization lias were arrested at lt.M o'clock this morning at Eleventh avenue ami increased lrom to 51.CH2, hie increase during the year having been and communicate with Chief Tiilard Bridge street by Patrolmen Eppl.i likely to-day. ind Whilnier, on the charge of fight learly three thousand. After hearing a report of the pro aged 23 years, a domestic in the employ of Levi.ie Colbosh, a junk dealer residing at 1310 Nineteenth street, Tiie cause of her rash act is supposed to have been the result of homesickness. The identification of the unfortunate girl was -lii-ought about through the efforts of Railroad Officer Nicholas Gansz, who remembered of the girl arriving in the cily with two brothers about five weeks ago. The brothers weat to Hollidaysburg, while the girl remained here and was frequently seen about the station.

She found employment at Hie home of Levine Colbosh and wheh Will Retire From State Chairmanship ing. THAT RUSSIAN FLEET. gramme committee and the making The following sentences were im Philadelphia, April 17. United posed in police court yesterday by of some announcements, congress adjourned. Its Actions Cause Much Uncertainty Committing Magistrate Itamey: Har States Senator Boies Penrose announced to-day that he will retire as republican stale chairman on April ry Berwick, William (McGregor and PLEA OF INSANITY.

G. L. Woomer, charged with being 20, the "lay the republican slate con vention meets In Harrisburg, Lead To Be- Be Used for Martin Rasmus drunk and disorderly, were each lined $10 and costs ten days in jail. ing politicians ol this city to-night, expressed the belief that Major Wes fore the Board of Pardons. AlMiaid I heir fines.

J. W. Kellv. Wilkesbarrc, April 17. Attor Boston's National -Base Ball Team Sold, Boston, April 17.

The Boston National' league baseball team, was sold tio-day to Frank P. Dunn, of New-York aiid Boston, for a sum said to exceed A. H. Sodeil, president of the club to make public lie amount of mo.iey involved In he sale. The grounds owned by the club are assessed -at Mr.

Dunn's purchase players, grounds, franchise aud buildings, but the new owner will not take possession until the first of November next'. the night, when a large rock rolled down the embankment, and struck him on the leg, fracturing that member. He was attended by the company physician, Dr. George Glass, of South Fork, after which he was removed to his home at WUmore. Mr.

Skiles is about 65 years of age and has been in the service of the Pennsylvania railroad company a number of years. Gave Two Good Entertainments. The Altotma Aerie, No. 28(, Fraternal Order of Ragles, gave its second minstrel show in the opera house yesterday afternoon and evening. The audiences on both occasions were large, that of the evening filling the house to standing room.

The minstrel company was composed entirely of members of the order and 'the show was equal to that of many of the traveling minstrel troupes. The first part was highly appreciated and the musical numbers rendered were drunk and disorderly forfeited $5.80 as a fine. Henry Walker, disorderly conduct, forfeited $10.80 as a fine. ley R. Andrews, at present secretary of the republican state executive committee, will succeed Chairman ney John iM.

Gannian, ex-state chairman of the democratic party, will appear before the next meeting of Officer Gansz discovered she was missing lie had Lewis B. Levine and a son of Colbosh visit Lafferty's mor-. gue and they-identified the girl as Mary Zuka. It was also learned that she had been out walking with another Slavish girl employed at the in the French Capital. Paris, April a.

m. Neither the French government nor the Japanese legal ion has yet been advised that Japan expects to make representations to France as a result of the presence of vessels of thelitis sian Second Pacific squadron at Kaniranh bay. Therefore neither party is prepared to anticipate tho possible action. The legation is inclined t.o the view lhat. Jafiau's action will depend upon whether the Russians make prolonged stay at Kamranh bay.

However both the government anil the Japanese officials show considerable skepticism concerning the whereabouts of Admiral Rojestven sky, foreseeing a possible ruse. If iiiit Don ni oi pa rti ons to secure a re- Bulgarians in Salonica, European Turkey. April spile for Martin Rasmus, the con Killed in Automobile Lake Hopatcong, N. April 17. 17.

A band of Bulgarians, April 15, Penn Traffic hotel. The tw0 had de August Oelrich, 33 years oh.1, a atacked the monastery of near-Klisura, which was occupied by demned murderer, who killed Henry OH wine, anv eld resident, of Nanti-coko, two years. ago. Rasmus is to he executed May -1 in this city. It is stated that, t.he murderer was of unsound mind when he committed coachman employed by Mrs.

Charles' O. Brown, of Landing, was Wiled, and Greek band. Fifteen Bulgarians Altooaa, hut just to start, for that, decided that she instead of so do- cided to visit South as they were about place the Zuka girl would go home, but were killed and the remainder fled Joseph Sandola, an employe of the to Zagovitcha, to which place the American Forclle Powder works, was injured in an automobile acci Joseph Jefferson Very III. West Palm Beach, April 17. Joseph Jefferson was still alive at midnight and seemed to haye rallied somewhat.

Dr. Potter, bis physician, Hie crime. Greeks pursued them, killing many Rasmus maintains that he is inno and burning a number of houses. dent to-day. An automobile bearini; two men frightened the horse Oelrich representations are made they would An engagement between Turks and ing went to the railroad and killed herself.

An effort is being made to locate her brothers, and If do not defray the 'expenses of a burial the body will be Interred at the' county home. of land some members of his family have be likely to involve the question cent, but is resigned to his fate. 1-b? is continually that his ghost will haunt all those who seek his all new and up-to-date, aud were received with applause. The olio was all that could be expected from ama Albanians has-been fought near Pris-ren. The Albanians were defeated with the loss of thirty men killed.

drove and Oelrich and Sandola were thrown out heavily. The former within an hour. the retired. It is thought he will at least I live through tbc bight. Anam's political status under French protectorate, death.

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