Evening journal., 1902-09-30
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
FROM ALL POINTS
TRIED TO WRECK TRAIN
Fish Plate Spiked to the Rails in
Reading

Fish Plate Spiked to the Rails IN
Reading
Reading. Pa. Sept. SO.--An attempt
was made to wreck Philadelphia &
Reading express No. 9. due in Reading
at $50 o'clock last night at Brooko's
Crossing, a short distance below Potts
| town. A iish-plate had been spiked 10
the rail In such a manner that the
wheels would stril,s it when the train
came along. THE wheel OF the engine
did strike It. but the plate broke and
the train was not derailed. The offi-
cials are investigating.
Now York. Sept. SO-The stock mar
set rallied shortly az the opening to-
day as a result OF a radical action taken
by Secretary Shaw In relieving the
monetary stringency. Advances OF from
two to four points were scored by the
(leading railway shares. and those which
had been weakest In the semi-panic
which demoralzed the market in the
final half hour yesterday. The buying
was heavy In such stocks as Union Pa
ciiic. Atchison, Missouri Pacific. South
ern Pacific. Pennsylvania, louisville
and Nashville and Reading. Nine thou
sand shares OF Missouri Pacific sold at
the opening from 113 TO III. Similar
large blocks OF the other stocks named
were taken. The recovery in prices
started in London.
Philadelphia, Sept 30.-With his
head crushed. the body OF Harry Kings
lev 90 years old. former policeman,
was found among a heap OF rocks in a
stone yard at Twenty-fourth and Wal
lace streets. this morning. Thomas
Devlin. 1906 South street. wns imme-
dlately placed under arrest and will
be held for the coroner's investigation.
Cape Town. Sept 3O.-nhe Trudes
and Labor Council Gazette OF Cape Col.
ony has issued a manifesto TO tn,
trades councils OF large English elite.
in regard to the labor market IN tn,
Cape, which, Il says, Is greatly over
stocked. The same conditions apply [,
the Orange River Colony and tn
Transvaal.
Berlin, Sept 30.-The Fankfurte
leitung says Herr Joseph Bohm, direc
tor, and Herr Henningor, assistant dl
rector OF the Rheinan Mannheir
] Chemical Industry, have been arrested
; Il Is alleeed that these directors sold Il
German banks transfers VALUED at 400.
600 marks on a New York bank will
which the company had been doin
business.
London, Sept Boa dispatch to- III,
! Paris Rappel from Bombay SAYS tn
Illness OF lord Curzon. the Vicoroy o
India. Is serious.
Havana. Sept SO-At a meeting o
the Cabinet Yesterday. President Palm
asked for $4,000. OF which sum $40
eachwill begiven to the widows OF Gen
erals Jose and Antonio Maceo: $50
each to the widows OF Generals Nor
cada and Crombet and $500 to the chill
dren OF Francisco Borrero. The nc
mainder is 30 be distributed anon
those who we're left without resource
by the war.
San Juan. P. r.. Sept. 8O.-Mn
Emma Clouser Anduian OF New Bloom
field. Pa. the wife Of the Rev. DR.. All
duiar. Of the Methodist Eplscop:
. Church at that place. was killed by
! shock from an electric wire in he
: : room here last night.
II Berlin. Sept 30.-Andrew D. Whit
: the American Ambassador at Berlil
q will represent Yale University at N
3 Bodleyan library celebrations at o.
ford.
l. Rome. Sept. SO.-An English woma
a OF the name OF Sylvia Clerk was robbie
n on train between Milan and BoulogT
n OF a valise containing jewelry OF h
g value OF 100000 francs.
Rome. Sept. 30.-Tbs Belfasso cath'
Il dral. in Sicily. was destroyed by n
y r. cent cyclone. King Victor Emmanu
70 has given $780, 900 lire for the benefit (
the sufferers by the cyclone
=" Amsterdam. Sept. 80.-ProfessC
al Stocl1vis. Of tho University Of Amste
" dam. is dead He was born In 1894.
W London. Sept 3O.-Sir Marcus San
ucl was yesterday elected Lord May'
D of London. to succeed Sir Joseph Dim'
N dale.
or
se Berlin. Sept 30.-A firm OF booksel
X ers has purchased the rights to Gen
K eral De Vets book on the war
South Africa for 100000 marks.
he PUBLIC SCHOOL COAL SHIPPE
Id
IS Two Hundred and Fifty Ions Orders