The News Boy from Benton, Missouri • Page 2

THE SCOTT COnm NEWSBOY. rutl. A. nAFMKR, Publisher. HEXTON.

MISSOUEL Si kakkr Cbisp hna canceled his encasements to speak In Missouri during the present campaign, owing to the It is said that overtures looking to a declaration of peace between China and lnpnn were made hy the former, on the l.Mh, but Japan rejected them, considering them inadequate. TtKItn TlKXGLKMCI.t.KR VOS He-CKiiVAH, formerly Austrian minister to Nervia, and at present minister to has boon named as Austrian ambassador at 'Washington. a Tt was rumored in Shanghai, on the 10th, that Tort Arthur, the Chinese Rtronghold, where the Chinese fleet had been refitting after the battle of Yalu river, had been captured by the Japanese. The news of the illness of the ameer of Afghanistan is regarded in Calcutta with the utmost seriousness, and grave nnslety is felt for the safety of Europeans in Calml in the event of the ameer's death. Kino Ai kxandeii of Servia mired, on the lTth.

at Potsdam, lie was wet- coined at the station by Emperor il- nam and a number of Herman princes. A gala dinner in his was jriven In the new palace Civil Sfevice Commisio-kh Roosevelt went from 'Washington to Pittsburgh. on the Coth. to assume control of the investigation which is going on there iuto the charges of assessments for campaign purposes. A conscience contribution of in an envelope postmarked Massil-Ion.

and from an unknown person, was received bv United States Treas urer Morgan, onthe 10th. and placed to i no creait oi mo conscience An encyclical letter to the church in America will be issued shortly, the pope being engaged in revising and correcting the doe anient. The letter will contain an important passage in regard to the church in South America. ArciHimso to the best returns obtainable 2" i. 70.1 names were placed on the poll lists in Chicago, on the 10th.

the tirst day for registering. Of this number M. 14.1 were women, who will for the iirst time go to the vcmber 0. AT Pittsburgh. on the lih.

the United States grand jury found a true bill against Division Freight Agent James Means of the Pittsburgh. Cin- i cinnati. Cl.icaro St. l.on'u railway for violation oi the inter-state com- inerce law. I Visou xt Aoki.

the Japanese eavov i te.l with the highest Japanese order, and has ulso had his pension largely increased. as a reward for the great assistance he rendered in concluding the Anglo Japanese treaty. large naphtha spring at lresno. 1 Asiatic Russia, became ignited some i unexplained way. on the and the 1 flames spread to a number of buildings in its vieimtv.

and seventeen workmen emi yeo in ii.e ompiiiis reierreti im were burned to death. A sor.u of police visited the Technological institute in St. Petersburg, on the night of the 10th. and. proceeding to the dormitories, t-iok into ens-tody thirty of the students on a charge of engaging in a nihilst conspiracy against the government.

The Rcimcr family, charred with having started the numerous iires at Dalton. one of which destroyed half of the town a few weeks ago, were released from custody, on the V.Hh, there not being sullicient evidence to hold them over for trial. It is said that Gas-well Priller Samuel McPhcr-on has discovered the llot- tomless Pit. near Selma. where, in drilling a well, after getting down about HiO feet, his S.luO-pound drill suddenly plunged downward to the full length of the rope, l.lOo feet.

Harrison started from jmtianapouson his secon.i campaign tour oi Indiana, on the the trip being to the north and east over xne i.ane r.ne oesiern iHnmg in the towns ot ouiesvuie. KoUe.mo, l-lunton ana neca- tU1'- MP. hallway sccretHry of the Chinese legation in I.o.iihjii. dc- clurcd in an interview, on the 17th, that whatever negotiations might have been eii'ered into between England and Japan with a view of terminating the war. China had not assented to any proposals for peace.

Gas wells supplying the town of Cary, have failed completely, and the' supply has been shut off. Many other places will follow suit before the close of winter. Xatural gas in northwestern Ohio is almost at an end. Xew wells are few and far between and the present ones are failing rapidly. Thoi'sanps of Salvationists gathered iu the Salvation army "barracks" in London, on the ISth, to witness the marriage of Miss Lucy Hooth, daughter of Gen.

Hooth of the Salvation army, to Col. Helberg, a Swedish member of the army. It is the intention of the couple to go to India and engage in missionary work. The dead bodies of Miss Mary Duff and her betrothed husband. Elett L.

Titus, of Rrooklyn, were f.nnd, on the night of the 17th, in a bath house belonging to Teter C. Duff, tho young lady's father, at Sea Clitf, L. I. It is supposed that Miss Duff died from the effects of chloroform, administered by Titus to relieve a 6cvere headache, and that the frantic lover then shot him-kelf. Ji dge Macon B.

Allen, the first colored man admitted to the bar in the United States, died in Washington on the 15th. He wan admitted to the bar from the oftice of Hon. Samuel Fessen-den (father of the secretary of the treasury), at Uoston, May 8, 1845. He removed to Charleston, S. after the war, and was judge of the criminal court and of the probata court oi Charleston oountj NEWS AND NOTES.

A Summary of Important Erenti. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. A portion of the false work located at the south wing of the ill-fated Louisville and Jeffersonvllle bridge at Louisville, between piers 3 and 4, fell with a crash, on the 17th, injuring three men, one of them probably fatally. Tub schedule for Oen. Harrison's trip to l'Yrt Wayne, arranged for the and 10th, was shattered by the death at Minneapolis of Mrs.

liettie L. Harrison, widow of Cot. A. I. Harrison, eldest brother of the ex-president.

IIkgent Christina of Si-ain has instructed the government to prosecute the proprietors and managers of several Catholic papers for asserting that she had caused the king to be enrolled as a Tree Mason. Hkhii lloTHOAiiPT, a leather merchant of Hnm'mrg, and his four Children were drowned, on the ltith, by the capsizing of small boat in which they were sniliug on the River Elbe. Am. foreigners remaining in Pekin, on the 17th, received peremptory orders to leave. A dispatch to the Tall Mall Gazette from Lourenco Marques, on the 17th, staled that many of the inhabitants of IV.agoa Hay territory were taking passage on vessels for Port Natal, At Latta, on the 17th, as the ex- press messenger on the east-bound Nickel-Plate train was throwing off packages, a strange man picked np a package of fur garments and started to run.

The messenger fired, hitting the robber in the side, lie dropped his package and escaped nfter a half-mile chase, being picked up by confederates with a buggy. A AtixiFK'ENT military display was witnessed in Herlin. on the 17th. In connection with the formal dedication of the V2 flags destined for the recently-organized fourth battalion of each regiment of infantrv. 1 he ceremony nuiling these tings to their staffs Was performed by Emperor William in person Kx-SPKAKin Thomas H.

Reed, of Maine, addressed the students of the Michigan university at Ann Arbor on the nisrht of the 17th. His subject was 'The Relation of Leaders to University hall, which is capable of seating was packed by a gathering which greeted the distinguished congressman with great enthusiasm. A max believed to be one of theQuan-tico iVa.1 train robbers was captured at Cumberland. on the 17th. Two others were euUL'ht at Cherrv Run.

V. Va. The man captured at Cumberland gave his as C. J. Searcy, of Fort Hodge.

but he is supposed to be Charley Lcary. an all-round crook. After relieving I. X. Hill of his position as ngeut at The Halles.

on the 17th. the oflieials of the Pacific Express nhieed Ed Kurbe in charge of o.it.e an1 nm. Messenger TibV-tts and Watchman Cibson to be "vted. They are accused of com- 1:1 11,0 robhcr.V on the night of the when SW.OuO was stolen. Ai.vhes revived from Port An Prince, liayti.

say that President II ip-polyte and his minister of war had a hand-to-hand tight in the palace recently. The minister of war wasbadly i i dusuv ciiicf. ami. at last accounts, was I confined to Ins lieil with his injuries, i i i. William 1.

a clerk in the I i I nited Mates treasurers office for un ty-hve years, died on the 17th. Mr. Karnes had handled in his lifetime prnbabiy more money than any other man the world. The greatest amount i handled by liimin any one day isstated at os the 17th the federal grand jury at Chicago reported a true bill against ex- liov. John president; I.

1. Arnold, vice-president, and Samuel M. iliddison. secretary of the State Mutual Life Insurance Co. The indict men charges the defendants with using the mails to further the business of a lottery.

It is alleged that the concern is in its essence a lottery. A special from Tampa, says that, early on the morning of the ISth a strike was declared in the cigar factory of Gonzales Mix-ra at Ybor City, and all hands vent out. The men. armed with clubs, proceeded to other factories. Up to 13 o'clock over l.Jni cigarmakcrs were out.

Mils. Geomi.e Eudv and Mrs. Painter were run over and killed at the railroad crossing one mile east of Kyron, 111., by a passenger train, on the ISth. Mrs. wasa P.eckmanite.-' herhusband superintendent of the Schweiu fimh ut Rekford.

111. JAVKS A. McFaIL. rector of St- Marv-S L.athc.lral. in Trenton.

X. was c.onsi.L.rated as bishop of Tren ton. on the lth, the church in which he had for years labored so faithfully A. explosion of lire damp occurred Slianer mine o. 2, at Shaner, Pa.

on the Kaltnuore Ohio railroad, on tho Istli. and four Italian miners were seriously burned. It was thought two of them would die. Charles Clifford, a miner, of Creens.burg, was instantly killed, on the ISth. by the discbarge of a re volver which had fallen from his pock et.

The bullet passed through his heart. Clifford leaves a widow and several children. A Jt ny in the United States circuit court in Xew York city, on the Isth, awarded Miss Harriet Monroe judg' ment against the World for $.1,000 dam ages. The suit was brought to recover $.10,000 for the publication in the World of the Columbian ode, written by Miss Monroe. The ode had been copyrighted.

It was announced in St. Petersburg, on the ISth, that the condition of the czar had perceptibly changed for the worse. It was added that his symptoms of general ckbility and weakness of the heart were more pronounced and it was also announced that the czar's physicians have given up the idea of having him taken to torfu. Perky Heal, a miner, was shot and probably fatally wounded by a nigh' way man eighteen miles southwest of Iiuttu, on the ltith, but his wife seized the reigns and whipping up the learn soon distanced the robber. Heal iiad $8,000 in gold dust in bis posses sion.

Carlos D. Meyers, a young mechan- cul engineer, attempted to shoot Lillie his former sweetheart, in London, on the night of the 18th, In inuking her escape. Miss Mitchell jumped from a second-story windo und broke her leg. Otto Woxiokf.it and Charles Er- oisch were hanged iu iH. Puul, Minn.

the lotto- It was reported in native circles at Tien Tsin, China, on the 18th, that a (Treat battle had been fought between the Chinese and Japanese forces, north of the Yalu river. The encraarement was said to have taken place on the 15th. The Chinese authorities claim not to have any knowledge of such a battle having been fought. WiTiioiT issuing directions, Secre tary Smith has allowed it to be understood that all employes of the interior department may go home to vote at the coming election. There are a number of employes in the interior department who Intend to avail themselves of this privilege.

to the 19th the government offi cials at Simla. Itritish India, had re ceived no confirmation of the report that the ameer was dead. Theodore Ammerman, the fifth vic tim of the rioting at Washington Courthouse, on the night of the 17th, died on the 19th. Patrick Crowley, a fireman at the Milwaukee Soldiers' home, was fatally stabbed, on the 10th, by someone un known. School Tnspector WAT.sh, of Detroit, who was charged with accepting a bribe, was, on the 10th, adjudged not guiltj-.

The jury was out nearly twenty-four hours. A large part of the extensive plant of the famous Tredegar iron works at Richmond, was destroyed by fire, earlv on the morning of the 11th. Loss, about SM0.000. The inspectors of pelagic sealskins at San Francisco have reported to the treasury department the number ol sealskins taken by the pelagic sealers during the last season and brought to San raneisco. 1 he skins examined were 14.794.

and of this number 9.239 were taken from females and 1,29.1 from males, and 4.MG0 from pups: unknown. Chief Exgixeer Henry D. McEwex, U. S. died in Washington, on the 13th.

aged i years. He entered the navy in 1801 and was In charge of the monitor Cannonicus. ne served on the great lakes, at the Xew York and Hoston and Philadelphia navy yards and on the steamship Hoston when that vessel was attached to the white squadron. Cut. William B.

Johns, a veteran of the Mexican war and a graduate of the West Point class of 1S40, with Sherman and others, died in Washington on the ISth. He fought under Scott and Taylor in the most important bat tles of the Mexican war and later saw Indian service in the southwest. Cut. P.rxc commanding the battle ship Maine, has made a report to the navy department on the trial trip that vessel made on the 17th. The trial lasted four hours.

The contractors expressed themselves as satisfied. The average speed was 1.1.0.1 knots, and the highest speed 17.S2. JfPOE Lacomrk. on the 10th. in the United States circuit court in Xew York city, rendered a decision in the case of John James Howard, Levi P.

Morton's coachman. The judge dis missed the writ of habeas corpus and ordered Howard to lie taken baek to Ellis Island. He will be sent back tc Europe. Frederick M. Steele, a geologist ol Montclair.

X. while prospecting foi amethyst crystals in the Montclait mountains, on the 10th. unearthed a box. ISxS inches, bound with steel bands. The box was easily opened with a spade, and was found to contain gold nuggets, which had been melted and broken, to the value of The federal grand jury in Chicagc returned an omnibus indictment, on the loth, against Debs and the officers of the American Railway union and a large number of persons charged with participation in violence and the ob struction of the mails and commerce on the different railroads last summer.

Detective Rohan, of Chicago, on th intn. identified the wounded Iiloom- field bank robber, who is in jail at Sullivan, as George West, one of the most notorious safe-blowers of the west. He was captured after a desper ate tight. Joiix Kntrre was divorced front Mary Knubbe at Columbus, on the 10th. Four other divorced husband? testified against her and three couldn't attend the trial.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. J. H. Darlington, of Xewark. a guest at the Globe hotel, at Altoona, fell headlong down the stairway leading from the lavatory to the toilet room early on the morning of the 20th.

He was found dead at the foot of the stairs, his neck broken and his skull fractured. He was a civil engineer and widely known. Hit Guyon and Ed Dunn, two of the most notorious confidence men und card sharps in the country, were arrested by detectives at Kansas City, on the 2uth, on information furnished by Chief of Detectives Shee of Chicago, where they are wanted for swindling a wealthy stock broker out of several thousand dollars. Mrs. Rogers and two daughters, aged IS and 20, while attempting to cross the Ilurlington tracks in a buggy at Dorchester.

on the 20th, were struck by a fast freight. The mother and youngest daughter were killed and the other daughter was fatally injured. Flour dropped ten cents a barrel in Chicago on the 20th. This, jobbers say, was due to the breaking of the combine of the "Hig Three," the Washburn-Crosby, the i'illsbury-Washburn, and the Xorthwestern Consolidated Milling Co. Large quantities of munitions of war supplied by Germans, are arriving at Tien-Tsin.

China, and being forwarded to Xew Chang and Port Arthur. German contracts for further supplies have been concluded. The Chinese reported, on the 20th, that a baftle had been fought on the banks of the Yalu, In which the attacking Japanese troops were repulsed with heavy losses. Xeltherside claims a definite victory. Capt.

L. B. Hi on dell, of Fort Wayne, champion swimmer of America, has accepted the challenge of James Finney, champion of England, for a long-distance contest. The weekly statement of the Xew York associated banks, Issued on the 20th, shows that they held 802,513,675 In excess of the requirements of the S5-per-cent. rule.

It was thought in Shanghai, on the 30th, that the Japanese would declare an effective blockade of the gulf of Pe-Che-Li within a week. James Anthony Fhoi de, LL. the celebrated religious writer and historian, died in London, on the 20th, aged 70 years. Several Russian journals, unable to get news otherwise of the condition of the czar, are sending correspondents (9 Llvadls, MISSOURI STATE NEWS. The PenltaaMarr.

Warden J. L. Pace of the state pent tentlary, while in St. Lou In the other day, talked as follows to a reporter: "One hundred persons la Missouri are donning the convict's stripes every month now, and the lamentable fact Is that only sixty to seventy convicts arc being released each month. Now, there Is a statement which our humanitarian friends who are Interested In criminals and all the various phases of penology can ponder over to their hearts' content.

"When the mills of Justice begin grinding out their sentences and verdicts In the fall then tbo busy season commence at the stats prison. The new convicts then begin coming In by the twos, threes, quartettes and some times a dozen a day. During the summer, while the courts are having vacation, but few new convicts arrive; but when the fall terms of the courts open then many new faces of unfortunate persons peer out from behind prison bars for the nrst time. Also, many old faces ot hardened criminals eome back to dine st our table. We now have 2.036 convicts In the state prison, and we expect to have st least 2,500 by spring.

"The appropriation of 1100.000 made by the state legislature for the Missouri penitentiary Is sufficient to have been needed for several years. We have Just put in a battery ot four boilers having l.MW-horse power, which plant will furnish heat for the entire penitentiary. Formerly there were a lot of B0-horse power boilers scattered over the prison, and they were unsatisfactory. Tho new smokestack built of brick, and which is 213 feet In height, has been finished. The new heating plant will be in operation by November 1." Missouri Odd Fellows' Home.

The trustees of the Odd Fellows' home met at Liberty the other day and voted for the location of the home there. The Winner hotel and grounds at Reed Springs will be converted into the home. The transfer of the property was made. Twelve acres of land go with the hotel. The original cost of the property was 830,000 and it sold for less than a third of that amount.

The grand lodge of Missouri paid $8,000 out of its treasury and the subscriptions of cit-izensof Liberty and vicinity made up the rest of the purchase money. The building is furnished throughout and will soon be ready to be occupied by widows and orphans of odd fellows in the state, for whom it is provided. The grand lodge has an option on nearly 200 acres more around the home. Butler. Xevada, Marshall and other towns in the state made a warm fight for the home, and the citizens of Liberty are rejoicing over their victory.

The location of the home at Liberty is largely due to the influence and efforts of Maj. M. Goldman, one of the most prominent odd fellows of the state. Still Held. Last March W.

A. Clark and Myrtle Jackson hired a buggy and team at a livery stable at Van Buren, which they failed to return. They were arrested at Joplin, and indicted for horse stealing by the June grand-jury. The indictment was quashed and the couple ordered held for further proceedings. They were indicted by the September grand-jury, but the other day the indictment was again quashed and the pair ordered held.

Sheriff Turcell has telegraphed the Van Buren authorities to proeure requisition papers and take the prisoners to Arkansas for further procidure. Father and Son Burled. The funeral of L. P. Lyman, aged 67, and A.

W. Lyman, aged 37, father and son, took place at Monett the other day. On the 20th of September L. P. Lyman died, after an illness of several weeks, in Tacoma, Wash.

Just twenty-four hours after the death of the father the son passed away, death resulting from heart disease. The remains were placed in a vault and kept until a few days ago, when they were sent to Monett for interment. A. W. Lyman was a prominent odd fellow, that order taking charge of the ceremonies.

lively Election Promised. Upwards of 115,000 voters have registered in St. Louis, the largest number ever known in the history of the city. The total vote polled in St. Louis in ls03 was 70.130, with the registration in the neighborhood of 00,000.

The indications are that a tremendous vote will he polled in the city this fall. Sent to the Asylum. Fritz Lampe, aged 18 years, was taken to the insane asylum at Fulton from Hermann recently. About a year ago. it is said, he received a severe beating over the head with a club.

He has spells about every two hours, when he labors under the delusion that somebody is trying to kill him. Head Split Open with a Spade. James D. Dawson and Jesse Abbott, near Ashley, Pike county, quarreled at a molasses making, which resulted in the death of Abbott, who was struck on the head by Dawson with a spade. Struck Ills llrother.

Chas. Gallup, a blacksmith at St. Joseph, fought with his brother Bert, thrashing him. Bert soon after struck Charles on the head with a stone, inflicting a fatal wound. The llattle On.

The democrats and republicans have nominated their tickets in St. Louis, and one of the hardest fought campaigns in the history of the city is be ing waged. Vted a Shotgun. Walter Angel, a prominent young farmer, who lived a few miles south west of Washington, committed suicide by shooting his head almost off with a 6hotgun. Murrell-Hart.

Leonard D. Murrell, a young capi talist ot Saline county, and Miss uovie, daughter or w. ll. Hurt, a Marshall merchant, were married re cently. A New Move.

The advisory board of the People's Central church, St. Louis, is considering the advisability of opening a dis pensary in connection with the church. Declined Call. Rev. F.

W. Sneed, pastor of the Pres byterian church at Columbia, has declined a call to the Presbyterian church at Webster Groves, St. Louia county. iMonri Baptists. The Baptist convention of Missouri was held at St.

Joseph. Some of the ablest men belonging to the denomina tion in Missouri were present. A Bad Fire. At Monticello, Lewis county, fire de stroyed Geo. Plant's drug store, W.

M. Gloves dry goods store and Geo. Birnes' clothing stores; loss, $35,000. Prebytrlaa Synod of If Uwork The annual meeting of the Presby terian synod of Missouri was held at Brookfield. There were 125 delegates present at the opening.

A Wife's Charge. Mrs. Bertha Harty, 203 Biddle street, St Louis, says her husband, Michael Harty, while drunk, lay on their tmb i i i. nan swuiuervu iw DUN'S COMMERCIAL REVIEW. Cotton Below 81a, and Wheat Below Flfty rive Cents, with Exports of ttold Insteae of Products, tho Salient Polnte of the Business Situation With Many restore Encouragement.

Business Has Not Yet Answered Expectations. New York. Oct 80. R. O.

Dun A Cos weekly review of trade, issued to day, says: Cotton, below cents, and wheat be low 55 cents, each lower than ever since present classifications were known, with exports of gold instead of products at such prices in October, are the salient features iu business this week. Distribution of goods to consumers goes on fairly, with gains at nearly all points in comparison with last year, but not yet at a rate to sus tain the present volume of manufacturing production, so that prices weaken a little. The domestic trade represented by railroad earnings is 3.4 per cent less than last year, and 13.4 per cent less than in 1803. The payments through the principal clearinghouses for the third week of October are 2.S per cent greater than last year, but 31.5 per cent, less than in 1802. The dally average for the month is 5.6 per cent, larger than last year, but 88.2 smaller than In 180'J.

With many features of encourage ment business has not yet answered expectations, and it is evident that the loss of part of the corn crop and the unnaturally low prices of other staples affect the buying power of millions. Wheat for October delivery fell to 54.1' cents on Wednesday, and, in spite of some recovery, the average for October thus far is 2 cents below the lowest monthly average ever made, which was in September, and was nearly 10 cents below the lowest prior to this year, the October average being 50 cents below that of October, 1801 or 1800. Western receipts are only 301 bushels for the week, against 0G4.333 last year, and Atlantic exports 031,084 bushels, against 003.343 last year, but the controling fact is that no demand as yet promises to clear away the enormous surplus. Corn declined one-half cent during the week, with receipts not a quarter of last year's, and exports not a tenth. Pork products were somewhat weaker, with lard a quarter lower.

Cotton sold at 5.94 cents on Thursday, and with Allison's estimate that the world will consume 8, 24. 000 bales American, the stock of 2,000,000 bales in sight, and the estimated yield of over 0,000,000 bales deters buyers. Domestic exports from this city in two weeks of October were 10 er cent, less in value than last year. While the increase in value of imports has been 27 per cent, much of the decrease in exports is in price, but in August and September the quantity of wheat de creased over a third. Provisions and cotton gained, but oil decreased, and in miner products exports in Septem ber declined 10 per cent.

1 he increase in Imports, exclusive of sugar, was over 35 per cent, in September, and in two weeks of October at Xew York over 43 per cent. With this heavy increase in purchase and a decrease in the sales of prod ucts abroad, the market for foreign exchange is in a position to be quickly affected by withdrawals of capital or apprehensions regarding the future peace of Europe. To S500.OOO gold shipped Tuesday it is expected that as much will be added to-dav. It ap pears that three trust companies here now hold over 840,000.000 idle money, and that eastern mill loans are being taken from Xew ork by New England banks, while the northwestern demand for money is unusually small. The treasury is again falling backward in reserve, and large imports yield lit tle less revenue than last year, while internal revenue for the past three weeks is 84,000,000 smaller than a year ago.

The dry goods business and textile industries were especially favored by the demand in August and September. In men spring goods there are few small orders, and, while fall orders for suitings continue good, the demand for cloakings has been reduced by the strike of cloakmakers. Sales of wool have for three weeks of October been 13.117,400 bales, against 8.344,453 last year, and lO.OOd,- 000 in with markets dull and prices barely maintained. The boot and shoe trade is doing re markably well, shipments from Boston for three weeks having been 252,585 cases, against 109,504 last year, and 243,809 in 1802. ilie iron ana steel business makes a better showing this week, Bessemer pig having stiffened to 810.90 at Pitts burgh, and at Chicago and Xew York structural and bridge orders have been placed, but bar iron has fallen to 90 cents for common and 81 for steel at Pittsburgh, which are prices below those current in Great Britain.

There is a good demand for sheers and some good bridge contracts are reported- The Pennsylvania railroad reports its material account 50 per cent, less than that of last year to date. The failures in October thus far have been quite moderate in strictly commercial lines, the liabilities amounting to 83,821,937, of which 81,703,030 were of manufacturing and 81,990,030 of trad ing concerns. Some failures of bank ing, investment and loan concerns not here included have not proved of general importance. The failures during the past week have been 253 in the United States against S41 last year, and 43 in Canada against 29 last year. SHOT AT HIS SWEETHEART, Who Broke a Leg In Jumping; From a Window to Escape.

Losdos, Oct 20. Carlos D. Mey erf. a young mechanical engineer, at tempted to shoot Lillie Mitchell, hia former sweetheart, Thursday night He followed her to her home on Muir-son street and forced his way into her room. Hot words passed between them and Meyers shot at the girl.

Miss Mitchell jumped from the second-story window, breaking a leg. She was taken to the hospital. Meyers was ar rested while leaving the house. News Notes From Venezuela and Hon- New York. Oct 2.

The Herald's special cable from Panama says: News has been received from Caracas, Vene- guela, of the of Fellclanna Al vesex, acting president of the country, From Tegucigalpa, Honduras, comes word that the proposed new constitu tion of that country will give the suf frage to women. During the recent military review in the city a cannon burst killing Julius Villars, a Swigs artillery expert and five Honduran office sod wounding" twenty-oiis soldiers. RECKLESS ROBBERS rtirow Switch In Front of a Rapidly MV lag Train. Making It couiao -Freight, and Then. Amidst a Fnalllado of Firearms, Bob the Espreas and Through tho Train, Relieving raaaengers ot Their Valuable.

Four Svrrn. Oct 21. The touth-bound Kansas City A Memphis express on the Missouri Pacific was held np and robbed st 10 o'clock last night by the Cooke gang of outlaws st Cowetta, a small I tat Ion between Wagoner ani Fort Gibson. When tue train was within a few feet of the switch a man darted out from behind the embankment and threw the switch, running the train Into the siding. It collided with a string of empty cars which was standing on the siding and was brought to a sudden stop.

The moment the train stopped the bandits began firing into the forward cars. There were eight or ten men in the gang who distributed themselves along the side of the train. Two of them mounted the engine and forced the en gineer and fireman to alight They were marched to the express car and threatened with instant death unless they compelled the express messenger to onen the door of his car. The mes senger refused to open at first, but as the robbers kept firing a fusillade ox bullets through the side of the car he finally complied with the commands of the robbers and the entreaties of the engineer and fireman and threw open the car door. Two robbers immediately entered and secured all the money in the local safe.

They commanded Messenger Ford to open the through safe, but when he explained that the combination was only known at the main office at the end of the line, they left the car. Meanwhile the other robbers had been going through the train demand ing the money and valuables of the pnssengers. Before they had completed their work a freight train which had followed the passenger closely out of Wagoner drew in sight, and Cooke ordered his followers out of the train. The gang instantly remounted their horses, and firing a parting volley at the train rode off in a northerly direction. While the robbers were at work in side the car their confederates on the outside kept up a continual firing, which had the desired effect in scaring the passengers and trainmen and pre venting resistance.

Two men were wounded, one of whom, John Mahara, advance agent of a minstrel company, may die. He was wounded in the forehead and taken back to Wag oner on a freight train for medical attendance. William Brown, of Van Buren, was grazed in the cheek by a rifle ball. Detectives Dickinson and Hemick, of the Missouri Pacific special force were among those who were robbed. The entire train was riddled with bullets, every window being broken.

1 wenty deputy marshals from Little Kock passed through here this morning on their way to the scene of the rob bery. CHARLES J. SEARCY, The Train Robber Suspect, Taken Back to Virginia for Trial. Washington-, Oct. 22.

Charles Searcy, who was arrested at Cumber land, suspected of complicity in the Aqnia Creek train robbery, was brought to this city early yes terday morning in the custody of Sheriff Kennedy of Stafford county, in which county the. robbery oc curred. The prisoner was closely guarded and kept secluded in the Adams express building, which was tightly elosed until last evening, when, heavily ironed, he was taken to Fredericksburg, Va. From there he will be taken across the country to the little village of Stafford Courthouse this morning. The prisoner being only in transit and in custody of the lrgmm authorities the local police took no part in either guarding or transporting him.

Robert Pinkerton who arrived from Cincinnati yesterday afternoon with Supt. Herring and Messenger Crutch- nelrt, oi the express company, accompanied Sheriff Kennedy to Stafford. i luKerion reiuseu to answer any questions about Morgan field, the Cin cinnati suspect, and the express of. ticials were equally reticent. It is supposed that Searcy's examination will be held not later than to-morrow.

as the express officials do not care to remain at Stafford longer than is necessary to see that Searcy is securelv disposed of until his trial. Xo report ers were permitted to see or talk with Searcy during his stay in this city or en route. FIVE LABORERS KILLED And Many Injured by Explosions In Drainage Camp. Joi.iet, 111., Oct 22. Two explosions of giant powder in Kicker, Lee A camp on the drainage canal Saturday nigni resulted in the killing of five la norers, wnuo three others were so ba dly maimed that thev will die.

Both explosions were caused by premature masts. The first explosion took place at o'clock and caused the death of two men. By the second explosion, which occurred several hours later, three men were killed outright and three were fatally injured. The dead men have not yet been identified, as their companions fled when the accidents occurred and have not since returned. A Young German Creates Fanle at Dance by Shooting Hlmeelf.

Alliance, Oct 23. Gottfreld Joseffer, a young German, at a society dance Saturday tight, during the waits "Home Sweet Home," shot himself with a revolver in the left breast and created a terrible panic among the dancers. Ills wound is fatal. Tho cause of the suicide is that his sweet heart, a very pretty young woman, refused to allow his attentions on ac count of a quarrel. She was not pres ent at me dance, and from what is learned, he intended to kill her and at the height of the dance.

A Monument to Augostlna Depretls Ci vailed. Rome. Oct 22. Manv lennfl mA officials gathered in Stradella yesterday to see the unveiling of a monument to Augustlno Depretis. The cere mony waa not marred by any unpleasant occurrences.

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