SEVENTY-THREE LIVES LOST NEIR ATLANTIC CUT An Awful Disaster On Pennsy's Electric Line. PEOPLE DROWN IN THE CARS. Several Pleasure-Bound Wiped Out. Families ALL-NIGHT SEARCH FOR THE DEAD. A Turned-in Rail on the Bridge Over the "Thoroughfare" Causes the Train to Jump the Track Two Cars Filled With Passengers Drop Into the Water at High Tide and Are Submerged-Third Car Hangs on an Abutment Long Knough for Some of Occupants to Escape. CAUSE OF DISASTER. Electric train of three cars on the Pennsylvania's Went Jersey and Seashore Line Jumped track on trestle bridge over "Thorough fare." near Atlantic City, and three ears dropped Into 30 feet of water. Reported to have been caused by a rail "turning In." The rail, an outside one, was probably out of plumb the frac tion of an- Inch. The sharp flange of the car wheels caught this and twisted it inward. The twist, threw the first car off the track and into the water, dragging the others after it. Pennsylvania Railroad officials say the track was In good condi tion and the draw properly locked and until the cars are raised the cause of the accident cannot be determined. A yacht passed through the draw a short time before the ac cident. Daniel B. Stewart, the bridge-tender, who is 6.j years old, seems bereft of his reason since the accident. Atlantic City, X. J. (Special). . The bridge spanning the Thorough- j fare, the body of water separating Atlantic City from the mainland, was tho scene of a terrible disaster Sun day afternoon. The 1 o'clock fast electric train of three cars from Phil adelphia on the Pennsylvania's West Jersey and Seashore Line, due here at 2.30, .lumped the track at the draw on the bridge, and three cars were plunged Into the swift tideway, two sinking in 30 feet of water. The third car hung partly on an abutment of the bridge, and the rear end was Euspended long enough to permit some of the passengers to escape. Men, women and children in the first two cars were drowned like rats in a trap, less than a half score escaping through broken windows. The list of dead Is expected to reach 55 to (10. It is estimated that there were about SO to 100 people on the train. The line is operated by the third-rail system. Survivors of the tragedy are scattered through out the city, and it Is impossible to tell exactly how many escaped, but it Is believed about 2 0 were taken out. by rescuers or managed to smash their way through broken windows anij to reach the top of the water, where most, of them were picked up by boatmen, who witnessed FRISCO'S LIVELY JHCIPAL ROW The War Between Mayor and Dis trict Attorney WAS SUSPENDED BUT NOT DOWNED. An Early Morning Injunction Fro cured to Restrain the Removal of the Prosecuting Official by the Executive - Assistant District At torney Suspended. San li ;j nr isco (Specltil ) After a day of excitement. District Attorney Langdon, of San Francisco, who Thursday night, was suspended from office by acting Mayor Gallagher, was apparently in a victorious posi tion, and had gained a temporary advantage over the city ulliceis and politicans who sought his removal, after Langdon had announced his Intention to seek (he Indictment of several city officers for felonies and misdemeanors. Almost nt. daybreak an attorney appeared at the residence of Superior Judge Zavell and obtained an order temporarily restraining Abraham Ruef, the political boss, whom the acting mayor appointed to succeed Langdon, from Interfering with the district attorney's office. Judge Zawr-ll set the ease for a hearing one wirk from Friday. The restraining order was served on Ruef and the board of supervisors at an early hour, and Langdon and his assistant, Fi.mcls .1. Ileney, was not disturbed in their official capacity. Must Please Audience. Brussels (Ry Cable). - The direc tor of the theater at Namur will put upon the audiences the onus of ac cepting or rejecting newcomers on the stage of that theater. In th future performances each actor and actress will bo given a chance to appear in three different characters. Then a poll of the audience will be taken, and on this the subsequent fate of the actor and nctress will de pend. Big Cotton Hie. Entaw, Ala. (Special). A disas trous fire here swept away the east ern half of the Planters' and Commis sion Company's warehouse, destroy ing property estimated at from $75, 000 to $ 100.000. The warehouse contained from 2,000 to 3,000 bales of cotton. About 250 bales stored In the western Bide and about' 600 bales on the platform adjol ling the warehouse were saved. Possibly only fiOO bales are insured. The origin of the fire It unknown, but It is thought to hiv been started by n ;:ork from a pacing locomotive. the accident and at once put out In boats. Divers At Work. Divers and tho crew of a wrecking train are at work raising the sub merged cars. The bridge Is about 15 feet above the water. Several causes are aslgncd for the accident. One Is that the rails spread; another that the rails were not pro perly locked when the open bridge was closed, after n pleasure yacht which had Just passed through. The accident, however, was proba bly due to a rail "turning in." It appears that, the rail, which was nn outside one on the right hand side coming down, must have been out of plumb about an eighth of an inch. The sharp flange of the electric train caught this and twisted It inward. Mad it spreail instead of twisting in ward tho accident never would have have happened. This twist threw (he first car off the track nnd into tho water. The result was that the second and third cars were drugged with It. The third car, however, caught on the abutment of the bridge, where it hung poised for a minute. There was a frantic rush of the passengers for the rear door. Probably a score or more got out, and as the car plunged over the edge others leaped Into the water. The last car thai went over the bridge fell upon t he others and slowly slid off into the water. The moment's delay, how ever, gave several passengers the op portunity to leap Into the water be fore the car was flnuly submerged. Bridget ondor Crazed. The man who may best bo able to tell what caused the accident Is Dan iel n. Stewart, the bridgetender. The horror of the accident has temporari ly bereft him of his reason. He is C5 years old. He was the only person who wit nessed the plunge of the train with its human cargo from a close point of vantage. The scenes which fol lowed caused him to lose his reason and when he was found hours after ward he could not tell a rational story. Motorman Scott stuck to his post and went down with his train. Con- luctor Curtis also perished. Th third trainman, Brakeman Wood, proved himself a hero. When the train left the rails r.nd was bumping over the ties. Wood ran to the rear door of the last car threw it wide open and held It for the passengers to escape. He held the door open unlil the car slid off the bridge and went Into the water with it. He then swnm to the shore. His action In holding the door open probably saved many l!vs. Wheii the third car dropped Into the water Henry Roemer was in the net of crawling from a window. Vreeing himself with an effort, and being a strong swimmer, Roemer set about to help others. Swimming along the side of the fast-sinking car he kicked out the glas and thus gave several passengers an opportunity to escape. One man was caught in a window and was drowned before hi; could extricate himself. Work Of Rescue. The work of rescue was begun a few minutes after the accident oc curred. Men on shore and railroad signalmen in the towers within sight of the bridge flashed the news of the tragedy to the city and a general alarm rushed railroad men and two companies of firemen to the scene at once. All sorts of water craft were rushed Into service and firemen with axes cut through the roofs of the cars, while others with oyster tongs and boathooks grappled for bodies. Within a half hour after the wreck thousands of people had rushed to the scene and stood shivering with cold and horror to watch the work of the hundreds or more of men en caged in the work of getting out the bodies. The excitement of the day came with the proceedings in the Court of Superior Judge Thomas Graham, where the nineteenth and final mem ber of the new grand Jury was chosen It was expected that the court would recognize either Lang don or Ruef as district attorney. Worried liy Deputy Sheritr. When the jury had been completed Heney made objections to the nctlons of a deputy sheriff who had several times attempted to search him. Ruef said the deputy was acting under hla Instructions, it being Httef's belief that Heney was armed. The court warned the deputy to cease annoying 1 leney. Ruef then attempted to address the iudgi; as nn officer of the ceiurt, but Honey obiected to Ruef's assuming such right Judge Graham declined to pass on the issue, saving that ho would not at that time settle the dis pute, or recognize iiny one as an offi cer of the court. lie refused to hear any further argument on the subject. Ruef obtained permission to speak as nn attorney at tho bar, and de clared that he wished to proceed with nn examination Into the qualifica tions of certRln grand jurymen. Heney Interrupted, saying that the first thing that he intended to pre sent to the grand jury was evidence supporting thft charges of felony and misdemeanor against Ruef. At tills juncture another objection came from U S. Webb, attorney gon rul for the State, who declared that the court should not permit such statements to he mad'! before the grand jury, which was" present, as It might disqualify them, an.l he averred tha't there was a possibility that they had already been disquali fied. Webb then asserted that he Intend ed to assume charge of the matters now be fore the court. AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL Some Interesting Happenings Brief) Told. Secretary Metcalf, of the Depart ment of Commerce and Labor, will go to San Francisco to Investigate and make a full report on the situa tion as affecting the Japanese there. Dr. Charles W. Stiles, James L. Gerry, N. I. Stone and Director North have been named as the tariff ex perts to go to Germany and confer with the tariff experts there. Tho government attorneys are go ing over the mass of evidence col lected with a view of prosecuting the Standard Oil as a gigantic trust. The President appointed Alfred W. Cooley, of New York, assistant attorney general, to succeed C. H. Robb, of Vermont. The War Department made public the special report of Major General Greely on the relief operations con- ; darted by the military authorities of the Fnlted States at San Francisco. President Roosevelt was mustered , In as an honorary member of the j Associate Society of Karnsworth Post of tho Grand Army of the Republic. BOTH NATIONS E Affair With Japan Getting Quite Serious. MR. AOKI SEES SECRETARY ROOT. Japanese Ambassador Formally Re quests That the Subjects of the Mikado in California Be Accord ed Their Treaty Rights Is Indignant. Washington (Special). Viscount Aokl, the Japanese ambassador, at a conference with Secretary Root nt tho Slate Department made the re inest. In behalf of his government, that the Fnitcd States see that Japan ese subjects In California wero ac corded their full rights under the reaty In ISfM. Including the right if children to freely nttend the pub lic schools of San Francisco. Sec retary Root will take the matter up with the President and it is likely 'hat representations will be made to he authorities of California. The Ambassador said that the ex clusion of Japanese children from San Francisco schools was the chief cause of the harsh criticism of the I'nlted States. Ho was inclined to discount the other causes given for the sentiment against this country. The Ambassador Indignant. In a friendly way Viscount Aokl discussed tho sltuntion with- the Sec 'etnry, and expressed regret that Japanese children should be discrimi nated against. "The frlenshlp between the I'nlted States and Japan Is too genuine and of too long standing to justify any formal protest on the part of Japan because of wrongs her citizens may have suffered in some one locality in the Fnlted States," said Viscount Aokl. "There Is much misunder standing in Japan concerning the true situation. Of course, the Japan ese government fully realizes that the action against the Japanese chil 'lirn is local and not general In this country, but all the Japanese peo ile do not understand conditions in this country, and a local unfriendli ness to Japanese Is regarded by many persons as a national action." Tho action against the Japanese children is regarded as extremely serious by Viscount Aokl, and he made no attempt to discount its Importance. "After all the years of friendship between the two nations It seems too bad that tho poor, inno cent, little Japanese school children should be subjected to such Indigni ties," said tho Ambassador. "Such action on the part of local authori ties in this country is resented, very bitterly by all Japanese." Root Also Has A tirlevnnce. Secretary Root, on his side, re quested the Japanese, government to cause the arrest and punishment of Japanese poachers who attempted to land on the seal islands of Alaska recently, and who escaped to Japan after some of their party had been killed. The State Department's basis for this request is found in the fact that it regards the attempted land ing of the poachers as an Invasion of Fnlted States territory. Viscount Aokl Bald that Mr. Hanl hara, the secretary to the Japanese Embassy, who has just returned from an Investigation In Alaska of the killing of a number of Japanese teal fishers on the Priblloff Islands, has not yet completed his report. The Ambassador said there was no toubt that the Japanese had no right o be fishing In Alaskan waters, but the question to be determined is whether the Americans were war anted in Inflicting death as a punish nent. In the opinion of Vlcount Aokl, he killing of the Japanese by the nierican government agents has dayed no little part In arousing lapanese public sentiment against he Fnlted States. In Japan It is be 'leved that, justice will be done In 'his case when the facts are fully dfted. SVKS FOR HIS SKIN. Man Charges More Wns Taken Than He liurg.-ilncd To Give. Cincinnati, O. (Special). William 'j. Doll, who alleges that an amount if eutlciile much greater than bar gained for was taken from him under a skin-grafting contract, en ered suit for $10,000 damnges igainst J. S Atkins, George A. Pack er and John C. Oliver, the latter two imminent Cincinnati physicians and surgeons. The plaintiff says that he agreed hat a strip of skin one by six inches should be taken from his leg, but while he was under the Influence of n anesthetic skin was cut from both legs to the extent of 4 2 Inches. The case grows out of an auto mobile accident In which Atkins was injured, and it was for his benefit the skin was taken. A Collision At Sea. New York (Special). A collision at sea, which resulted In the drown ing of William Scott, a seaman on he ship C. F Sargent, from San Francisco, was reported by tho offi cers of that ship on her arrival In this port.' When off Harnegat, on the Jersey Coast, last Tuesday, the Sargent was In collision with an un known schooner during a dense fog. The schooner struck the Sargent on the port quarter, carrying away a nortion of her rail. In clearing away the wreckage Scott was knocked overboard and drowned. Civil Service le ague. New. Haven, Ct. (Special). The National Civil Service Reform League will hold Its twenty-sixth annual meeting in this city November 19 and 20. Tho president of the league, who will make the principal address of the first day's session, Is Daniel Colt Oilman, president of the Carne gie Institution. Other addresses will be made by Chas J. Bonaparte, sec retary of the navy, Henry F. Greene, of the United States Civil Service Commission, and Mayor W. F. Hen ney, of Hartford. Convicted of Jlu.lng. Marietta, O. (Special). The first conviction of hazing In the State of Ohio was secured In the Probate Court here when Sidney Colt and Clarence Tlbbetts were each fined for attempting to kidnap and haze their schoolmate, Frank Bartlett, son of a wealthy oil operator. Veteran NewspaiXT Man Head. Santa Ana, Cal. (Special). Frank W. Mack, for many years a news - Hper man and formerly superintend ent of the Eastern division of the Associated Press, died here of con sumption, after a lingering Illness. THE KEWS OF THE WEEK. Domestic. The coroner's Jury In the Inquest Into the death of William S. Stewart, of Toronto, Can., who was found dead In his room in the Saratogn Hotel, Chicago, returned a verdict of suicide. Whne arraigned In the Lond Island City Police Court, charged with Im properly caring for their children, It was discovered that John and Fan nie Vepeke were worth $100,000. Tho jury In the Norfolk Superior Court awarded a verdict of $5,000 In favor of Miss Graco Colburn, who sued Motorman Marble for $10,000 damages for breach of promise. Benjamin F. Faffe Is under arrest In New York, charged with the lar ceny of Jewelry valued nt $n,000 rrom the Castleberg Jewelry Com pany, Pittsburg. Alexander Bcrkman, tho anarchist failed to appear nt an nnarchlwt meeting In Cleveland, and his friends believe he was kidnapped. blx firemen were rescued uncon scious In a $120,000 Incendiary fire at West Pullman. 111., which destroy ed the Sullivan-Palmer Candy fac tory and the premises of the Ansell- btealo Company. The ship C. F. Sargent, from San Francisco, collided with an unknown schooner off Harnegat, on tho New Jersey coast. Seaman William Scott, was knocked overboard and drowned. Additional criminal suits resulting from the Hartje divorce case will probably follow the trial of Clifford Hooe, the colored coachman, accord ing to the assistant district attorney. Frank W. Mack, for many years a newspaper man, formerly Biiperin dent of the Eastern division of the Associated Press, died of consump tion In Santa Ana, Cal. The United State bank examiner has taken charge of the affairs of the defunct Aetna Bank at Butte, Mont., and will begin an Investigation of the company. Four lives were lost, several per sons are' missing and about B0 per sons were injured in a fire that des troyed an apartment-house in Kan sas City, Kan. Augusta Brunlng was arraigned fn the Tombs Police Court, New York, on a charge of bigamy, having married four husbands within 10 years. Camille Salnt-Saens, the French composer became seriously ill on tho steamer La Provence while en route from France to this country. Mrs. Mary Dower shot her hus band. Thomas. Dower, in Mobile, Ala., in self-defense, inflicting a wound In the head, from which he died. Further evidence was given before Interstate Commerce Commission in Omaha, Neb., of the conditions of the grain trade In the West. Rev. Dr. Phillip Melancthon Doo- llttle, pastor of the Reformed Church at North Branch, N. J., for more than DO years, died suddenly. Tne new battleship Minnesota, in an endurance trial trip off the New England Coast, maintained an aver age speed of 18.851 knots on hour. Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden de livered an address at the meeting of the American Missionary Association on the negro problem. William Dittmar began a prison sentence of 20 years for the murder of David Howard at Somerville, N. J., last June. A sweeping antlliquor statute was passed by the Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias in session in New Orleans. Charles Page Bryan, American minister to Portugal, sailed from New York for Europe on the steamer La Savoie. The freight steamer Hastings, bound from New York to New Haven, a a tut -rii url t r i Yi n ntn I r ' a arcra a n il sunk in Long Island Sound off Stam ford, Ct. The crew of 11 men got away in a life-boat. Foreign. i The French govermcnt hus decid ed that if the clergy persist in their rebellious attitude against tho church and state separation law, the prop erty and revenues of tho churches and revenues of tho churches will be sequested December 11. To relieve the distress of the Bmall tobacco planters in the province of Plnar del Rio, Cuba, caused by the hurricane. Governor Magoon has au thorized the free distribution of 1,000 pounds of tobacco seed. The bogus military officers who, on 'a forged order, arrested the bur gomaster and the treasurer of Coepe wtck, Germany, and took all the cash, has been identified as William Voight, an ex-convlct. After the recent complete defeat of the Dominican revolutionists near Monte Cristi by the troops of Presi dent Caceres the greater part of the former surrendered and were par doned. Fearing trouble on October 30, the anniversary of the grant of the Rus sian constitution, the garrison of St. Petersburg will be strengthened by three regiments. Takaheshl, the special financial agent of the Japanese government in London, says the present bank rate In New York and London Is so high that the Japanese find it less trouble and cheaper to get their money at home. Chancellor von Buelow does not approve of tho attacks made by the German press upon M. Clemcnceau, the new French premier. Rnisull, the bandit, has Informed the Sultan of Morocco that he has charged his brother to restore order In the Arzilla district. Waldemar Poulsen, the Danish In ventor, claims to have discovered n method of wireless telegraphy which cannot be "tapped." The French Cabinet reassembled, but soon adjourned, as the new Premier will not declare his policy for several davs. Majc'.- Dreyfus has been grven an Independent command at St. Dennis. Baron von Tachlrschy, the Ger man minister of foreign affairs, and Senor Tlttonl. the Italian minister of foreign affairs, have, agreed to renew the triple alliance. A general court-martial has boen called to try Capt. F. W. Cole, of the Quartermaster' Department, on the charge of complicity In alleged Irregularities. Ten women suffragists, who were arrested in London for rioting with in the precincts of the House of Com mons, were arraigned in a police court and bound over to keep the peace. Alfredo Chavero, a noted Mexican and former minister of foreign af fairs, la dead, at the age of 64. The total losses' to British subjects and corporations by the Cuban re bellion amount to $400,000. Ralsull, the Moroccan bandit, un der the impression that the Sultan has promised his head to the Ameri can Minister, has gone on the war path. TRAIN REBOUNDS INTO THE OHIO RIVER Eleven Hurt When Flyer Side-Swipes a Freight MANY CUT BY FLYING GLASS. The Pittsburg Special Jumps the Tracks, Hits a Freight Standing on a Siding and Locomotive Rccoili Down River Kmbnnkment Two Coaches Turn Over on Sides. Pittsburg, Pa. (Special) Running at. a speed estimated at 50 miles an hour, tho fast train between Cleve land and Pittsburg on the Fort Wayne Road, known as the "Cleve land flyer," was side-swined by the caboose of a freight train near Belle vue Station. Five trainmen were In jured In the wreck, all of whom will recover. A score of passengers were cut by flying glass, but none wtts seriously hurt. They wero brought to this city on a wreck train thnt reached the sceno IS minutes nfter tho accident, and proceeded on their Journey. Their wounds were dressed by physicians that had been sent out from this city. The collision with the caboose threw the engine down an embankment 30 feet high, nnd it slid into the Ohio River. The bag gage car with two passenger coaches wero thrown across the rails. The destruction of the former was com plete, but none of the passenger cars was Injured beyond the breaking of windows. ' At least four persons were serious ly injured and many others sustained cuts and bruises. According to the statement of some of the passengers, the special was coming to the city on the outer tracks, these being on the side near est the river. When the eneine jumped the track it took a quick turn to the Inner tracks and collided with a freight train that had been stand ing on these tracks. After the colli sion tho engine nnd tender were thrown again to the outer tracks. As a result of tho collision the win dows in the combination baggage and smoker car were broken nnd tho glass In the next two conches was also smashed. The combination car and the two following cars then jumped the tracks, but the dining car and the Pullman remained on the tracks. The fireman and engineer, as soon as they noticed that their engine had eft the tracks, immediately applied the brakes and shut off the steam, helping. In this way, to lessen the force of tho collision thev could not avoid. When the collision did tnke dace, the two men were thrown from heir cabs and both dropped over a .55-foot bank, rolling down to the brink of the Ohio River. The freight train escaped with comparatively slight damage, the caboose and ono freight car being wrecked. DROPPED FROM WIXDOWS. Four Persons Dead And Many Hurt At Fire. Kansas City (Special). Four per sons nro know to be dead, eight others are missing, two are fatally Injured and 50 are suffering from hurts as the result of a fire which destroyed the Chamber of Commerce building in Kansas City, Kan. A single body has been recovered from the ruins, that of D. R. Young. It Is known that Charles. A. Lynch, a laborer, and the Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. George Sparks, are dead, but their bodies havo not been recovered. J. F. Branham, a wagon maker, died at a hospital. It Is thought that the total dead will be nbout 10. . The Chamber of Commerce Build ing was' situated at Park and Central Streets, In the River View district of Kansas City, Kan. It was erected 14 years ngo at a cost of $85,000, to be used as a board of trade. , The ctly grew away from it, however, and It was never used for its original purpose, but for manv years had been occupied as nn apartment,-house. It contained 100 rooms, almost all of which were occupeid by families or individual laboring men or rail way employes at the time the fire started. The fire broke out on tho ground floor from Borne unknown cause nt 12.30 o'clock. Soldier At 0 Years Old. Washington (Special). Tho con Iroversey as to who was the youngest soldier of the Civil War probably has been settled in favor of Perry Ryan, of Seattle, Wash. He enlisted as a drummer boy in Company D, Twentv. fourth Iowa Volunteers, on August 22, 1862, at the age of 9 years and 10 months. He was born October 22, 1852, in Kane County. Illinois, but enlisted from Mount Vernon, Iowa. After Bervlng nearly a year he was honorably discharged on a surgeon's certificate of disability. The Pen sion Office has investigated Ryan's papers and found that his represen tations are correct. Partridges Intoxicated. Plnlnvllle, -Ct. (Special). Some local hunters while tramping through tho woods two miles east of here captured five partridges, which were flopping around tho ground in a helpless condition. Investigation showed that the birds had been feeding on a cluster of copeberries and were hopelessly Intoxicated. Killed And Money Missing. Gosaen, Ind. (Special). Mrs. Lou Fuller, wife of a farmer and stock buyer, living north of Goshen, was shot and killed while In bed. A hun dred and twenty-seven dollars belong ing to her Is missing. Mrs. Fuller's husband says he was aroused from his sleep by two shots and running to the head of the stairs was con fronted by a burglar, who ordered him to return to his room. A win dow was found broken open down falls. Noah Baker and wife, who live across the road from Fuller, say they heard but one shot. I'nrlcT Hum'H Hid Too High. Washington (Special) The United States probably will lose fts own contract to furnish postage stamps to tho government, which Js has held for 12 years, the bids of the American Bank Note Company, of New York, being much lower on all stamps, if the contract Is awarded to the New York firm It will mean loss of employment to hundreds of persons In the government service. The reason of the lower- bid by the private concern Is said to be that II can get labor much cheaper than the scale of wages paid by the government. A DAY FOB THANKSGIVING i - President Roosevelt Issuct His Pro clamation. . Washington (Special). President Roosevelt Tuesday afternoon Issued his annual Thanksgiving proclama tion, setting Thursday, November 29, as the date. It reads as follows: The time of year has come when, In accordance with tho wise custom of our forefathers, It becomes my duty to set aside a special day of thanksgiving and praise to the Al mighty because of tho blessings we have received and of prayer that these blessings may be continued. Yet another year of widespread well being has past. Nqver before In our history, or In the history of any other nation, has a people enjoyed more abounding material prosperity than is ours a prosperity so great thnt it should arouse In us no spirit of reckless pride, nnd least of all a spirit df needless disregard of our re sponslblIitles,lbut rnlher a sober sensf of our many blessings nnd a resolute purpose, under Providence, not tc forfeit them by any action of out own. Material well being. Indispensable though It Is, can never bo onythinp but the foundation of true nnilonnl greatness and hnnplness. If we build nothing upon this foundation then our national life will be ns mean ingless and emnty ns a house where only the foundation has been laid. Upon ur material well being must be built a superstructure of Individ ual and national life, lived In ac cordance with the laws of the high est morality, or else our prosperity Itself will, in the long run, turn out a curse Instead of. a blessing. We should bo both reverently thankful for what we have received, and earn estly bent upon turning It Into a means of grace and not of destruc tion. Accordingly, I hereby set apart Thursday, the 29th day of November next, as a day of thnnksclvlng and supplication on which the people shall meet In their homes or ihe churches, devoutly acknowledge all that has been given them and to pray thnt. they may. In addlllon, re ceive the power to use these gifts a-rlght. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done In the city of Washington' this 22d of October, In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six. nnd of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty first. (Signed) Theodore Roosevelt. By the President: Elihtl Root. Secretary of State. PRESIDENT JMGE5 CABINET Strays' Appointment Comes As a Surprise. Washington, D. C., (Special) The President announced Tuesday even ing the following changes in his Cabinet: Postmaster General Cortelyou will succeed Mr. Shaw as secretary of tho Treasury. Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte will succeed Mr. Moody as attorney general. Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf will succeed M,r. Bonaparte as secretary of the Navy. Ambassador to Russln, George V. L. Meyer will succeed Mr. Cortelyou as postmaster general. , Mr. Oscar S. Straus, of New YorkjJ will succeed Mr. Metcalf as secretary of commerce and labor. It was said Informally at the White House that Attorney General Moody would retire on January 1, 1907, and Secretary Shaw on March, 4, 1907. Most of the chnnges will take place, therefore, at the beginning of the now year. A successor to Mr. Meyer as am bassador to Russia has not as yet been announced, but it Is understood that Mr. Lloyd C. Grlscom, who was recently transferred from Japnn to Brazil, will go to St. Petersburg, and that Mr. John Barrett, now minister to Colombln, will succeed Mr. Grls com as ambassador to Brazil, unless the President decides to place hlm at tho head of the Bureau of Amer-' lean Republican Republics. Appointment of Straus. Of (he Cabinet changes only one, that of Mr. Straus to become Secre tary of Commerce and Labor, Is news. All the other changes have been r told In dispatches' frequently. That Mr. Bonaparte would eventually be come Attorney General was authori tatively announced in Washington when ho was appointed Secretary of the Navy, for It has always been Mr. Roosevelt's desire to have Mr. Bona parte at the head of the Department of Justice. Mr. Metcalfe's transfer to the Navy Department finally flul fils a hope that Mr. Metcalf has cherished ever since he entered the Cabinet. The execution of the pro visions of the Chinese exclusion law falls under the Department of Com merce and Labor, and as Mr. Met calf is a Callforian and represented a California district in the House of Representatives for many terms, the recent attitude of the administration In favor of the most liberal possible Interpretation of the exclusion law has made Mr. Motcalf's position ex tremely embarrassing, and It Is, In deed, believed that. If this present change in the Cabinet had not In cluded his transfer from his present position to (he Navy he would have resigned before long. UNAXf :al world. Atchison's September earnings showed a gain of $731,677 gross and $187,340 net. The failure was announced of a. London broker who traded in Ameri can stocks. C. I. Hudson says: "Reading Is still too high. I think $65 a share a good price for it." Since its organization United States Steel has taken $90,000,000 from earnings and spent It In permanent Improvements. Graham & Co., who Control the Chattanooga Railways Company, an nounce that September net earnings were $15,559. Brown Bros & Co. and a trust company have purchased $1,600,000 of Chesapeake & Ohio 4 per cent, equipment bonds. Philadelphia banks have so little currency in iimall bills that they are paying out gold coin. Ono and $2 bills are very scarce. Wheat exports for the week ex ceeded 6,000,000 bushels. That helps to create exchange bills on the other bfde to pay for some of tho 'old Imported recently. STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Latest News Gleaned From Various Parts. A government Inspector of public buildings sites arrived In Shamokin Thursday and began Inspection of properties offered for sale for a pub lic building. Montgomery County Poor Directors have filled the vacancy In the office of steward of the county home, caus--ed by the death 6f J. Frank Voor hees. They named his son, Daniel; Voorhees, for the place. His In cumbency will continue until the first of next April. There were a dozen candidates from all sections' of the county. The Philadelphia & Reading Coal nnd Iron Company's Bear Valley; shaft, work on which was started' live years ago, has been completed, and was operated Thursday for tho! first time. When the new breaker Is completed work will he given 1000 men and boys. A jury' In Meadv'llle awarded Sum mer Gray Judgment for $4325 In his suit against the Meadville & Cam bridge Springs Traction Company for injuries sustained in the College Hill runaway accident last December, when three persons were killed and reveral hurt. William Chnrnley, aged 9 years, son of John N. Charnley, of Darby, fell fifty feet from a chestnut tree. His left arm was dislocated and frac tured and he was badly lacerated ' and bruised. After having his In juries treated ho waB removed to the hospital, where he Is improving. Because Elmer Freeman, ono of the detectives who have been testify ing in the liquor license cases at Allentown, reported to Judge Trexler that he was attacked while In the rending' room of his hotel. The Judge postponed hearings of two cases for ten days, In order that the affair may be sifted to the bottom. Freeman told the Court that he was sitting in the reading-room of the hotel when a number of men filed Into the place, knocked him down and began to kick him. By the time policemen arrived there was no trace of the alleged assailants. Miss Frances Berks, agent of tho Service Federation, was In Shamokin to Inquire into the condition of min ers and slate pickers whose conditions, according to a number of magazines, are of the most miserable kind. She said the articles were exaggerated and written by strangers in the re gion. She was greatly surprised over tho prosperity of the average miner. Where poverty existed she found it due largely to Indolence. In many Instances she learned that miners own their own houses, and that some own considerable other property. Resident of Georgetown and Laurel Run, on the mountan near Wilkes Barre have been frightened by some strange animal during Ihe last few days, which they say has appeared from the brush along the mountain road between the two places. Opin ions as to what it is differ. Some say It Is an enormous apo and others that is is a bear which has wan dered down from the Bear Creek dis trict, where they are plentiful. Those who have seen it have not waited to make any investigation, but have fled as fast as they could. Hunters are now in the woods. Nathan W. Beddall, of Pottsville, nnd W. L. Bryant, of Schuylkill Haven, returned from a very suc cessful hunting trip through New Bruswick, Canada. "The former shot a moose and a enribou, and the lat ter shot, a moose and a lynx. Bry ant's moose measured 56 inches across the antlers, which had 21 polntB. Beddall's mooso was 48 inches from tip to tip of the antlers and had 16 points. Much smaller game was also bagged by each. More thatr-half a doen boys whose ages are from 13 to 15 years, led, by one whose brain became Inflamed by reading cheap novels, formed a Jesso James Club and created much excitement at Brodheadsville. The fathers of the boys, who are respect ed citizens, broke up the organiza tion. Old fushion whippings had a ealient effect. The hoys formed the organization and elected their offi cers. That they did not get the re volvers they coveted so much was due to the fact that a letter sent by. them to Chicago, ordering the weap ons, was intercepted. With this evi dence of guilt against them the boys broke down and confessed to their parents. A Jury in court a"t Media, awarded to Jane B. Clymer the sum of $3758.75. Her suit was for $3000 and interest. The case was one of of the most peculiar ever tried In the county. Levi H. Clymer, now dead, was married three times, Jane B. Clymer was his third wife. The second wife was In court aiding the executor under the will in their pro test as to the payment of the amount claimed by the plaintiff. It was shown, however, that tho plaintiff had lived with Clymer for nineteen year and ho thought that she was his legal wife. A bill of separation was put In evidence between the deceas ed and the second wife, which was claimed to be a legal separation or equal to a divorce. In law, however, tho separation did not amount to a divorce, but the plaintiff testified that she had lived with Clymer for nineteen years, believed that she was his lawful wife, that sh$ had loaned him $3000 on a property in Lans downe Borough and also that during several years' illness she had taken care of him. The Jury gave her the amount of the mortgage and Intorest. A now hosiery mill will be estab lished at. York Haven, by Joseph J. Baughman, of New Cumberland. A building is being equipped and opera tion will begin December 1 with thirty employees. Judge Heydt, of Mauch Chunk, ruled the exceptions to the award of the viewers allowing $20,000 for freeing the Allentown and Bothle ham turnpike. The county says the awurd was 'too high and the turn pike owners say It was too low. An appeal to tho Supreme Court will be taken. The IJalnes Oil Measuring Pump . Company will establish a new Indus try In the eastern section of York as soon as their plans can be com pleted. George Reeks, who says he lives in West Berwick, arrived in Wilkes Barre and Inquired the possibilities of his getting a wife there. .He Is about seventy years old anj having, been a widower for many years now' wants another wife. He says he will take a widow with one or two chil dren, but uo more, or an old maid. He says, too, that he has had a num ber of offers, but all from widows with several children.
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