Pittston Gazette

              1 \' "■ J- ' " - ' " THE HOME PAPER. ■WEATHER CONDITIONS. Pittston and Forwast Until - in. Tomorrow felt Easter *-anla. °r'eai t.- Fair tonight and Weth. (DC)r on Wednesday. For the People of .Vicinity. AliJj THE HOME NEWS. 57TH YEAR. \ CI-Y KSTAItMSIIRD 1850. KST. BY TIIKO. HART 1882 PITTHTON, PA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 23,, 1906. TWO CBNT8 A COPY. I FOllTY CENTS A MONTH. I 8 PAGES. the Island made famous by Daniel dr. Foe as the scene of the thrilling adventures of Robinson Crusoe. "PAT" ON TARIFF. COAL COMPANY WAS CENSURED A COAL I LYNCH LAW AGAIN SURVEYS STARTED FOR ROAD MAP QUAKESCONTINUE Coroner's Jury Declares tli»t ICn«v Was 'Hie State Highway Departmcnt Will Expresses His Sympathy. Roosevelt Declares Against Violated by Susquehanna Coal Negro Criminal Shot Dead Publish a Map Showing all of the Vibrations Almost Every Washington, Aug. 21.—President Roosevelt sent to the president of Chile this telegram: "In the name of the people of the United States I offer tribute of sorrow and sympathy to their afflicted brethren of (.'bile by reason of the awful disaster that has befallen Valparaiso." Company. Commission to Investigate Highways in the State. Coroner Dodson last evening presided at the Inquest held at Nanticoke Into the death of Mlchuel Rablonskl, one of six victims of the explosion of gas In one of the Susquehanna Coal Co.'s mines at Nantlcoke. Mine Inspector Walsh and board member Gallagher of the Mine Workers were present. About u half dozen witnesses were called and from their testimony the Jury rendered the following verdict:Western Lines. | ! in South Carolina. A corps of engineers from the* office of Ruddach & McCracken, of Jenkintown, have begun surveys of the principal roads of Montgomery county as a part of the work preliminary to the publishing of a roud map of Pennsylvania.Hour at Valparaiso. Revision. DOESN'T AID TRUSTS. NUMEROUS CHARGES MADE A CONFESSION. 300 BODIES FOUND Astronomers Foretold Earthquake. Similar work is being done throughout other parts of the state under the supervision of Joseph W. Hunter, commissioner of the department of highways. According to a statement from one of the engineers with the corps, the map will be a monster. London, Aug 21— In a dispatch from Santiago the correspondent of the Dally Mall says, "It Is a curious fact that the earthquake of Aug. 10 was foretold by astronomers, who based their predictions on the conjunction of Jupiter, the earth and the moon." Praises the Work of 59th Made Against Many West- Father of the Victim Led Hundred Thousand Persons Living on Hills. Congress. ern Operators. iy , the Lynchers. "We find that Michael Rablonskl came to his death on Aug. 6 In No. 1 Dep shaft of the Susquehanna Coal Co. from burns received from an explosion of gas. It will present a continuous showing of every highway in Pennsylvania each of which Is to be surveyed. In cities ami boroughs surveys will be made only of such streets as lead into country roads. For information as to other streets the highway department will rely on city and borough maps. The maps will be drawn to a scale of 1.80,0 feet to the Inch, almost three Inches being required to show a mile of road, and it will therefore be something like 90 feet long. It is contemplated that copies of this map will be published in sectional form for binding.Valparaiso, Chile, Aug. 21—There arc slight vibrations almost every hour, and the inhabitants are still In a state of terror. The authorities are working with great energy to restore some kind of order, and the streets are being patrolled by sailors from the Chilean fleet, which arrived early yesterday. Three hundred bfldles were taken from the ruins. There are 140 bodies In the ruins of the city prison. Only one prisoner came out of the disaster alive, and, with both arms and legs broken, he Is not expected to live. New York, Aug. 21.—A letter written by President Roosevelt to Congressman Jaipes E. Watson of RuslivlJIe, Ind., reviewing and approving of the work of the present congress ond declaring "to change the leadership and organization of the house at this time means to bring confusion upon those who have successfully engaged In the steady working out of a great and comprehensive scheme for the betterment of our social and civic conditions," was made public. Washington, D. C., Aug. 21.—Soou after the beginning of September the Interstate Commerce Commission will resume Its work of investigating th® relation of the coal carrying railroads and the mining Industry as directed by the Tillman-Gillespie resolution.. Plans have been nearly perfected for an exhaustive inquiry Into what has been going on In the coal fields of Ohio and West Virginia. After hearings are held either at Cleveland, Columbus, or Toledo, possibly at all three cities, the commission will go still further west to probe the doings of the railroads which handle the coat business of Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming and other states' in the far west. The Investigations will b» similar to those conducted last spring In the Pennsylvania field. Columbia, 8. C„ Aug. 21.—Bob Ether- Idge, the negro who on Thursday last attempted to criminally assault the seven-year-old daughter of T. H. West, a well to do farmer of the Mount Willing section of Saluda county, was shot to death near the scene of his crime. Prisoners Sang During Earthquake. "We find from the evidence that said company violated the mine law in that the heading was eighty-five feet from the face of the breast where the explosion occurred lnsteud of sixty feet as required by law. Santiago, Chile, Aug. 21.—When the earthquake first shook, the prisoners In the penitentiary began singing hymns. There was no loss of life among them so fnr us known, but at Valparaiso the prison walls fell and crushed 140 prisoners to death. "In our opinion this, violation Interfered with the ventilation aaid caused the accumulation of gas. We also find that said company violated the mine law In not having a door boy stationed at each main door to open and close same as the law requires." West lives eighteen country. miles the Etheridge was employed at the homo of West. Thursday afternoon lie nuked the child to accompany hlni to feed the stock. The child was horribly bruised, but the negro failed in his purpose. Although it was reported that the girl's death was momentarily expected, a message from the attending physician states that there Is some hope of her surviving. Knntlago, Chile, Aug. 21.—The innyor of Santiago declares tliat it will take one month to re-establish the railroad comniuulcatlou betweeen here and A'alparaiso.Month to Restore Railroads. The president also declared that such a change would result In a hurtful oscillation between the extreme radical and the extreme reactionary. The president said also that he hopes the present congress will enact laws prohibiting political contributions by corporations and lowering the duties on imports from the Philippines. Incident to preparations for the monster map, what purports to be an official road may of the state, authorized by the highway department, is being offered to the unsuspecting public. The fraud bobbed up when a salesman offered one of the alleged official maps to a man who is engaged in the surveys for the official map that is to come. The advance counterfeit is probably a print trom very old plates. Provisions are being distributed to 100,000 persons camped 011 the bills. Great wooden buildings have been constructed aH shelters, but more than 60,- 000 are still without protection from the weather. Fifty soldiers of the BURGLARS DISAGREED. AN IMPORTANT CAPTURE Division of Spoils Causes Fight in Pittston Twp. It was the Intention of the father of the child to take the negro to the scene of his crime and there shoot him to death, but he was overtaken by a mob. Etheridxe was placed upon a dry goods box end asked If he had anything to gay. He refused to talk further than te say that lie was guilty. The mob «ien proceeded to riddle Ills body with bullets. The mob numbered two hundred men. For a number of weeks special agents of the commission huve been quietly ut work in the western coal regions, and have acquired a large amount of Information as to general conditions. With this Information at hand the commission will be able to call on witnesses who can give accurate Information on the relations of the roads to the coal business. small gurrlson have been sent into the country to soize all cattle for food. Every ship in the harbor has been emptied of all supplies. Just at present what is needed most is water. The water system was destroyed by the quakes, and there is only a limited supply from n few wells. Alteged Ringleader of Italians Taken Into Custody. Of the tariff Mr. Roosevelt says: "We stand unequivocally for a protective tariff, and we feel that the phenomenal industrial prosperity which we are now enjoying is not lightly to be Jeopardized, for it would be to the last degree foolish to secure here and there a small benefit at the cost of general business depression. Mike Kutniewskl's Goods Didn't Fur- nish Much for Six Men—One Got Too Much of the Whiskey and NEW COLLECTION PLAN Charles Palto Identified by Mrs. Ellen its Now in the County $200,000,000 the Loss. Loftus us Man Who Made Threats •lull—Searching Plenty to I'robe in Olilo Fields. A relief committee Includes all the leading business men and nearly all the Englishmen and Americans in the city. At a meeting, with the mayor presiding, it was resolved to petition the government for $100,000,000 to assist In rebuilding the city. It is estimated that $200,000,000 Is the total property loss, against which there is said to be only $30,000,000 insurance. If any American Insurance companies are involved, their losses are trifling compared with the total. All the British tlrnis are protected by an earthquake clause which relieves them from all liability. Against the Lives of Herself The West Virginia Held is generally considered as a portion of the Ohio field, and will be Investigated at the same time. So many complaints have come from Ohio anil West Virginia that the general belief is that Just aa bad a situation as In the Pennsylvania Held will be uncovered. Independent operators have filed charges against the Ohio roads of quite as serious a nature as those made against the Pennsylvania lines. It is alleged the railroads have not only been discriminating in favor of what are known as railroad enal companies, or those controlled by railroad companies or by railroad officials, but are actually limiting the production of coal by Independent companies. Efforts Will be Made to Station Collectors at Minss. For Others, Negro Attacks Girl* Picking Flowers, and Family Sunday— "Rut whenever a given rate or schedule becomes evidently disadvantageous to the nation, because of the changes which go on from year to year In our conditions, and where it Is feasible to change this rate or schedule without too much dislocation of the system, it will be done; while a general revision of the rates and schedules will be undertaken whenever* it shall appear to the sober business sense of our people that on the whole the.benefits to be derived from making such changes will outweigh the disadvantages—tlmt Is, when the revision will do more good than harm. Some Changes May Be Neoossary. A gang of burglars are not always happy after, making a successful haul and getting away without any trouble. This is especially so when the gang numbers six men and the haul Is rather light. Dissension overtook the sextette that broke into Mike Kutniewskl's saloon, in the Red How, Dupont, and got away with $100 in cash, a lot of whisky and everything else in sight, except the house itself and Kutniewski and his boarders. The robbery took place night before last, and it is believed that the burglars chloroformed the people asleep in the house. Kverything in sight was cleaned out, one of the men even taking off an old pair of shoes he wore and appropriating Kutniewskl's. His greed In this direction to hlw arrest later. Atlanta, Ga„ Aug. 21.—As the result of an attack on Miss Ethel Lawrence of London, England, and her fourteenyear-old idece by a negro near the home of the little girl in a suburb of this city, Miss Lawrence is In a dying condition, and the child is suffering from blows from a stick inflicted by the negro. The country is being scoured by posses, and If the negro is caught he will probably be lynched: Miss Lawrence and her niece were picking flowers a short distance from the bouse when the negro attacked them. The young girl escaped after being knocked down and brought aid to her aunt. State Police After Others, The State Constabulary, working on the riot of last Sunday night, made an Important capture last night at 11 o'clock, taking a prisoner named Charles Palto at his boarding house on Lambert street. Palto was identified this morning by Mrs. Michael Loftus as the man who went to her house last Sunday morning and told her that she and her family were to be killed. Mrs. Loftus also saw him in the crowd last Sunday evening, when she was threatened the second time. It Is Said That tile Plan Will be Inau- gurated by tlic Officers of tlic All- ners' I'nlon in District JTo. 1 at the Next Pay Day In this Dlstrk-t A report comes from Wilkesbarre today to tile effect that on the next pay day ut the collieries in District No. 1. of the United Mine Workers, the union wllf place In effect the plan of stationing men on the various colliery grounds, for the purpose of collecting dues. This movement has been expected for some time past, it having been declared at the last convention of District No. 1. in Carbondale, that representatives of the operators had verbally given their consent to the collection of dues on the colliery grounds. This privilege has long been desired by the union officers, who are frequently handicapped by the failure of many of the members of the union to pay their dues at the union meetings. As in the case with many other organizations, comparatively few of the members attend the meetings, and when they do not attend they also fail to send money to pay their dues. It is believed by the union officers that if the secretaries of the union are permitted to station themselves 011 the colliery grounds when the men deceive their pay they will be much more successful in collecting money for the union. So far as has publicly appeared, the union has not formally made application to each company for permission to collect dues on the colliery grounds, but will undertake the plan, relying on the expression on the subject said to have been made by the operators' representatives at the joint conference held between the operators and mine workers last A hurried inspection has shown that there is not one house In the city habitable. A few of the business blocks escaped serious damage, particularly those occupied by foreign firr ■•«, but all the homes standing are unsafe. No persons are permitted to enter the bouses. This, it is said, has been done by two methods. One method has been to curtail the number of cars distributed to independent operators "whenever the Independents produced Coal beyond a certain amount. By simply refusing cars to carry the coal to market it has been easy, It Is charged, for the railroads to keep tile production of the independent companies limited. The railway managers are said to have had a system of estimating the consumption, and limiting the supply of cars to protect the combination mines fully and prevent the price from going too low. Palto has been considered one of the ringleaders m the gang, and the State police have been after him since the riot. He managed to keep under cover and they were unable to locate him until some secret information reached them as to where he was concealed. Last evening, the section was disturbed by some shooting, and It was feared that there would be a repetition of the preceding night's trouble. Some members of the constabulary had been quietly working about the neighborhood and a mounted squad was sent for. It is said that the shooting was done to scare some boys who had been annoying some Lambert street foreigners. A descent on the house in which Palto was supposed to be concealed was made at 11 o'clock and he was located and arrested. He was taken under guard to the Wyoming jail and held until this morning, when he was brought before Alderman Smith for a hearing. "Let me add one word of caution, however. The question of revising the tariff stauds wholly apart from the question of dealing with the so called trusts—that Is, with the control of monopolies and with the supervision of great wealth In business, especially in. corporate form. The only way In which it is possible to deal with those trusts and monopolies and this great corporate wealth Is by action along the Hues of the laws enacted by the present congress and Its Immediate predecessors. The cry that the problem can be met by any changes In the tariff represents, whether consciously or unconsciously, an effort to divert the public attention from the only method of taking effective action." Crajy Over Lynchings. According to a member of the gang who was later arrested, there was a serious disagreement among the burglars, and he showed as evidence of it a battered countenance and severely cut hands. When the burglars reached the Boston woods they stopped to divide up. Two or three members wanted to say how the division would be made, and a wrangle that ensued was soon followed by a list light. All were soon in a bloody condition. every man having fought for himself against the other five and when they were all exhausted, they picked up the stolen goods in bulk and continued their travels. Charleston. 8. C„ Aug. 21.—A special fWWii Ofeeftwood tells of the arrest and placing In jail of Robert Faust, a negro, thirty years old, who went crazy thinking over the recent lynchings and announced that he would assault every woman he met. Three times he attacked colored women and was driven away without doing tliem injury and finally made similar threats at the home of Beujamin King, a white farmer, living in the Coronaca section. King succeeded in disarming him, and later he was taken to Greenwood. Dead Will Never Be Known, The dead have been buried in a great trench north of the city. Identification has been Impossible In the majority of cases. The city authorities"say that the exact number of killed never will be known, as bodies were burned to ashes In the conflagration that swept over a greater part of the business district. All the land wires are still down, and gangs working in relays have been unable to clear the railroads both north and south. For several weeks at least the great bulk of provisions must come by sea, and many ships have been chartered to carry grain from different points up and down the coast. The city is still In darkness, as the gas mains are broken, and It has been found impossible to repair the eloetrlc lighting plaht. The city Is under martial law, and no person Is allowed abroad after sundown. More than this, the railways hftva sought to prevent the development of new Independent mines by refusing to build branch lines and sidings. It Is charged that a thorough Investigation by the commission Into conditions in the Ohio and West Virginia fields will show there are thousands of acres of excellent coal lands which the owners are unable to mine, because the rail? ways will not furnish them with connections. Not only are the railroads able to keep down the independent production In this wayi but sometime* to force the sale of valuable coal landa to therat lroad companies. Race War at Mount Vernon, O The man who was captured gave his name as Joseph Juglnskl, of New York. He was the same one who took the new shoes from the house. After he left Kutniewskl's he found that a large bottle of whisky he carried was unhandy, so he poured the liquid into himself and threw the bottle away. After the fight, In which he was badly used up. he fell by the wayside and was sleeping when pursuing boarders found him. He was at once identified by the shoes and was taken before Squire Hopkins, where he was charged with house breaking, robbery and carrying concealed weapons, a large revolver having been found on him. He was held In $4,000 ball, which he couldn't procure.Mount Vernon, O.. Aug. 21.—A race war came near resulting here when Charles Arnold, a merchant, was assaulted by three colored men and the top of his head almost beaten in. The whites took a hand In the difficulty and chased the negroes several blocks, but were prevented by the police from doing violence. Feeling is high, as this is the second clash that has occurred recently.The Panama Canal. In speaking of the I'aniinia en mil Mr. Hoosevelt sa.vs: Palto was much excited when brought before the alderman and sent for some of his friends, but none of them responded. Mrs. Loftus appeared as prosecutrix against him and the charges were threatening to kill and rioting. Palto denied the charges and said he was an Italian. 38 years old. a laborer, unmarried, and in this country two and oner-half years. He spoke fairly good English. Mrs. Loftus testified that he went to her house at 9 o'clock Sunday morning and said with an oath. "We watch and kill you tonight." According to the witness ho evidently meant her family. She next saw him Sunday evening, when another man , went to her house and said her son would never return. At this time, she said, Palto was standing at the gate. The alderman tixed his bail at $2,000, and he was committed to the county jail In default. The police are now looking for the man who threatened Mrs. Loftus In the evening. "In nffalrs Outside of our own couutry our great work has been beginning to dig the Panama canal. The acquisition of the canal strip was due to the Initiative of congress, ami the fact that the work thereon is now being done In the most thorough and satisfactory fashion Is due to the action of the present congress at the session Just closed. Only this action rendered the work possible, and the heartiest acknowledgments are due to the farsee- Ing patriotism of those who thus made it possible. The Investigation under the THlman-Glllespie resolution promises to be the most extensive the government has ever undertaken. The hearings conducted in the spring at Washington, Philadelphia and New York will fill a volume of 12,d00 pages. Still the work has been but fairly started. Before the commission gets through it will have probed Into conditions in every big coal field from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. j .% EYEWITNESS' STORY. Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 21.—The slxteenyenr-old daughter of George Waddell, a farmer near Fremont, was murdered Sunday afternoon and her body thrown In # marl pit, where it was found. The circumstances Indicated that the girl had been outraged. There is intense excitement In the surrounding country, but there Is no clew to the murderer. Girl Assaulted and Killed Saw Whole Buildings Swallowed Up In Valparaiso spring. Santiago, Chile, Aug. 21.—Carlos Edwards, one of the proprietors of the Mercurlo of Valparaiso, has arrived here on horseback from that city. Ho confirms the reports that tho Almcndral quarter and the principal avenue of Valparaiso have been transformed into heaps of ruins. When he left the City the inhabitants were wandering about looking for relatives and friends. The majority of the inhabitants, he says, have sought refuge on the hills. In the park and along the seashore. WARRIOR RUN EXPLOSION INQUEST Juglnsky offered to lead the way to where his companions were encamped, and he started out In company with two men. When he reached the woods he made a desperate effort to escape arid had to be knocked down before he stopped. He was later taken to the county jail. It Is believed that the other members of the gang will be captured on account of their great fondness for whisky. Juglnskl said there were four local men and two New York men in the gang of burglars. "The digging of the Panama canal Is the colossal engineering feat of all the ages. No task as great of the kind has ever been undertaken by any other nation. The Interests banded together to oppose It were and are numerous and bitter and most of them with a peculiarly slnistor basts for their opposition. Fire Boss Declared Neglectful for Hav- Caledonian Excursion, ing Failed to Order Men Out of Harvey's Lake, Saturday, Aug. 25. Trolley cars leave at 9 a. m Quoit match for $10, boys* and girls' race*. 20t5 .■ Lynohlng Threatened In Florida the Mine Tampa, Fla., Aug. 21.—Will Lawrente, a negro, twenty-two years old. was brought here by Marshal Logan of Lakeland and placed in Hillsborough county jail for safekeeping, It being feared that he would be lynched by u mob at Lakeland. Lawrence is accused of attempting to assault a thirteenyear-old girl. An Inquest into the cause of tho death of John Shoemaker at the Warrior Run colliery, of the Lehigh Valley Coal Co., on Aug. 1, was held yesterday in Pierson's Hall, at that place. The inquest was In personal charge of Coroner Dodson and was attended by district superintendent Thomas Jones, of the Lehigh Valley Coal Co., mine inspector Walsh and district board member C. P. Gallagher, of the U. M. W. A. Heidelberg 10c cigar, at Gillespie'* "Sinister Opposition." The administration building and the Victoria theater had disappeared even to their foundations. The marine arsenal was only slightly damaged, but noue of the private residences was habitable. In spite of the desolation perfect order Was maintained by the troops. The military ambulances were gathering up the wounded and dead. sinister opposition rarely. Indeed, dentures openly to announce Its antagonism to the canal as such. Sometimes it takes the form of baseless accusation against the management and of a demand for an investigation under circumstances which woulil mean indefinite delay. Sometimes it takes the fortn of determined opposition to the adoption of plans which will enable the work to be done not merely In the best, but In the quickest possible way. Had congross been either timid or corrupt and had not the leaders of congress shown the most farslghted resolution In the matter the work of building the canal would never have beeu begun or If begun would not have halted. Sergeant Wilhelm. of the troopers, said this morning that they will continue to watch the scene of the riot and see that it does not break out aagln. A detail kept a watch of the vicinity last night, but, beyond the single shot, it was perfectly quiet. IlSEISi! FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. New York Stocx Markets furnished by M. 8. Jordan & Co., stock broker*, Miners' Bank BuUdlns. Negroes Ordered From Fort Brown, SHE Washington, Aug. 21.—Orders were Issued by the military secretary. Major General F. C. Ainsworth, for the transfer of the colored troops from Fort Brown, Tex., where there has been serious trouble between citizens and soldiers, to Fort Ringgold, Tex. A large number of witnesses were examined and the testimony, so fur as the death of Shoemaker was concerned, showed conclusively that he had been guilty of negligence in going Into a part of the mine that had been marked as dangerous. Another thing that was clearly brought out in the hearing was that the settling or squeeze that caused the explosions which resulted so disastrously, was not occasioned by the robbing of \he pillars, while any other cause for the occurrence could not be stated. Two theories were advanced, however: One that the occurrence was due to " a geologic fault and the other that is was caused by surface water,' a broken water main or subterranean stream, which percolated through the earth to the mine, loosening the roof so that the squeeze resulted. The detail of six troopers who were sent to the Barnum yesterday after two laborers failed to get their quarr ry. The men had either been unable to last the day out working or had suspected that their arrest would be sought. At any rate, by the time the detail arrived they had left the works. Further efforts will be made, however, to effect their capture. New York, High. 142 Vi 41% 71% 110% 104% Aug. 21, 1906. Low. Close. 139% 140% 4 0 % 4014 69 69% 108 % 108% 102% 102% 78 78 ' When Mr. Edwards left Valparaiso It Was impossible to determine the number of persons killed; but. according to his estimate, the number of lives lost was small wheu the extent of the catastrophe was taken Into consideration. At one depot he saw fifty bodies. The main hotel was standing, and all the guests escaped injury, but Mr. Edwards regards Valparaiso as being uninhabitable for the present. Am Sugar . . Am Car & F Am Loco . . Amal Copper Atchison com 15SBTE QANVA8 SHIES AMD 8UPPESS B. R. T 79% 118% 169% 62 190% 58% Whales Qamboi About Liner. B. & O. . . . Can Pacific Ches & Ohio 119% 170% 63% 118% 169% 62 190% 58% New York, Aug. 21.—Passengers on the American Transport liner Minnehaha reported that the steamer passed through a large school of whales off Nantucket. The Whales acted very friendly, plAylug about tho prow of the liner for some time. FAHY FOR CONGRESS. Fins mm St Paul C. F. I 61 % 193% A boom has been started for John Fahy, president of District No. 9, United Mine Workers of America, the object of which is to have the Schuylkill Democrats take him up for Congress. It was started by the Potsvllle Central Labor Union, with which all organized labor of that vicinity is Identified. The advocacy of Mr. Fahy's nomination is in line with the resolution adopted at the convention, of mine workers held at Indianapolis last January, when it was decided, wherever possible to do so, to elect members of the craft to Congress and the Legislature."No leas praiseworthy has beeu the attitude of this congress In continuing to build and maintain on a high plane of efficiency the United States navy. This country In Irrevocably committed to the maintenance of the Monroe doctrine. If Is irrevocably committed to the principle of defending and policing the canal route. But Its championship of the Monrqe doctrine and - Its announcement of its lnteutlous as to the canal route would both be absurd on their face If the nation failed to do Its duty In maintaining a thoroughly efficient navy at as high a point of perfection as can poBslbly be attained." Erie  Ill Central .. L. & N. .... M. K. & T. . Mo. Pacific . . Mexx Central . N. T. Central Am Smelter . Norf & West Ont & West . Pennsylvania 47% 177% 154% 75 €©nts Root Going to Chile. 71% 100 22 145% 164% 94 48% 144% Washington, Aug. 21.- A telegram from Secretary Root to the state department said that he was leaving Buenos A.vres after a most hospitable and friendly reception and entertainment. Mr. Root added that in view of the terrible calamity In Chile he proposed, with the acquiescence of the Chilean government, to limit his visit lit Chile te a simple call of condolence. OPer UPair Sioux City, la., Aug. 21.—The Rev. J. K. Balou, pastor of the First Christian church, wore a shirt waist as he preached hero on Sunday. He invited the male members of his congregation to doff their coats, and the response wlw general. Preaohes In 8hirt Waist. Usually Sold At $!, $1,25 The jury*was composed of Philip Itichitfds Jessie Arnett, Nelson Pierson, Joseph Kennedy, William Maycock and Joseph Davis, and rendered the following verdict: "That John Shoemaker came to his death as the result of an explosion in the Warrior Run mine of the Lehigh Valley Coal Co., and that S. H. Jones, the tire boss, ordered the men not to go in the mine and placed danger signals, but was neglectful In not providing Shoemaker with a safety lamp and in not ordering him from the mine," Peo das 90% Reading 143% Rock Island ... 29 So. Pacific .... 91 % So Rwy com ... 39% T. C. & 1 162% Texas Pacific ... 36% (Union Pacific ... 184 U. S. Steel ... 45% U. S. Steel pfd. . 108 % and $1.S0 89 % 38% 160 35 1?1% 44% 107 4TC* i» 89% 38% 162% 35 181% 44% 107% 47* 19 ' Snowed Up In the Alps. Vienna, Aug. 21.—Severe thunderstorms and hailstorms occurred Stfndny In many parts of Austria and Hungary. A great deal of snow fell in the Alps, aiiil many tourists are snowed up In shelter huts there. Robinson Crusoe's Island Destroyed. When H. H. Davis met the Viceroy Li Hung Chang In St. Petersburg he was asked how old and how rich he was, and what he did. He replied: "I write boks." "Why do you write?" said iJ; "are you not strong enough to Boston Site Store T9 If. Main St, Plttstoo. New York, Aug. 21.—A report reached this city that the South American earthquake destroyed the Island of Juan Fernandez, off the Chilean coast, ft belonged to Chile, and on It were a penal settlement and a fort. This la 8lxte»n Russian Mutineers Exeout«d. Cronstadt, Aug. 21.—Sixteen men condemned tor participation In the Mutiny here An* 1 were executed. Wabash .. ... 48 O. 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