Accident Took Place Soon After Leaving New Orleans. NONE ON BOARD INJURED Confusion of Signals Given as Cause for the Accident Mr. Roosevelt Now on Way Up Coast. President Roosevelt's trip through the southern states ended at New Or leans. There, us at all other places on the route, he was enthusiastically received by the people. After a day of continuous entertainment In the Crescent City, he hoarded the light house, tender Magnolia from which he was to have been transferred to the Armored cruiser West Virginia. The Magnolia collided with the fruit steomer Esparata and was dam aged, so much that, another light house tender had to be brought into service, uud on It the President continued down the river to the West Virginia on which the return to Wash ington will be made. Neither the President nor any member of his party was Injured In the accident. Tin following report of the acci dent was received by wireless tele graph from the West Virginia: At 11 o'clock In the evening, through confusion of signals, the truit steamer Espartn collided with the Ugh) house tender Magnolia. which was conveying the President, Secre tary l.oeb and Dr. Hixey to the cruiser West Virginia. The rail and port bow of the Magnolia was dam aged nnil two or three holes made in the hull below the water line. No one was hurt, the Magnolia Immed iately on being struck was beached, her bow being high and dry. After a careful examination of the damage to the vessel it was evident that there was no danger and the President and his party went to bed. Ma. Cralghlll of the United States engineers, was aboard the Magnolia, his ship, the Ivy, a sister ship of the Magnolia, had preceded the Magnolia and was some dlstnnce ahead. A boat was Immediately put off for the nearest telephone, about a mile and a hnlf away, and the brder given to head the Ivy off at Pilot station anil have her return for the President and his party. The transfer was made at 3 o'clock In the morning. The ves sel got under wny Immediately, and the West Virginia was hoarded on schedule time. NO MERCY FOR RIOTERS Russian Authorities Take Measures to Stop Troubbv A message Irom Warsaw, says: The governor general has ordered the troops to Bhoot every agitator caught armed. The police have ord ered all shops to he closed at 7 o'clock, and all persons appearing on the street after 8 o'clock at night will be arrested and searched. The military are guarding the street corn ers. The governor at Ixdz has ordered the officers in the event of distur bances to act without mercy. The employes of all the local factories, street care lines and the suburban railroads have struck. At Riga, the strikers here have plundered a ghn shop and seized a number of rifles and revolvers and a quantity of ammunition. Similar reports come from many ther towns. AUTOIST SENTENCED Vanderbilt Relative Who Killed French Girl Found Guilty. The ninth correctional tribunal of the Seine sentenced Elliott Fitch Shepard, son of the late Colonel El liott F. Shepard, of New York, and a grandson of the late W. H. Vander bilt, to three months' Imprisonment and $120 fine, and to pay $4,000 damages to the parents of Madeline Marduel, who was killed by Shepard's automobile at St. Ouen, France, April 24. Friends of Mr. Shepard said later that he Intended to appeal from the fine and imprisonment part of the sentence, but that the company In suring the automobile would not ap peal from the award of $4,000 dam ages to the parents. The appeal will postpone the imprisonment until a fi nal decision is given. LARGE ORDER PLACED Will Build 100 Passenger Engines for the Pennsylvania Railroad. An order for 100 passenger engines has Just been placed by the Pennsyl vania railroad at the Juniata shops at Altoona, Pa. The order is for next year's delivery of engines and it would not be surprising if it were increased to 150 before long. The locomotives will be of the DXb and E3 types. While the company has been trying to guard against any shortage of mo tive power this winter the Indications now point to the greatest volume of businesb in the history of the road, not only in the freight department, but likewise in the passenger department and the officials desire to be in a posi tion to take care of it with safety and dispatch, TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. Mme. Lilllam Nordica will soon be come the bride of Capt. Joseph R. De La Mar, the wealthy owner of the Idaho silver mine that bears his name. The International Live Stock Show at Chicago, which was scheduled for the first week in December, has been postponed until the week commencing on December 16. Inability to procure the structural steel for the new ex position building caused the postponement BUSINES JOLCTLOOK BRIGHT Railways, Although Purchasing New Equipment, Are Unabls to Re lieve Freight Congestion. R. O. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review of Trade" says: Almost without ex ception reports are favorable regard ing the Nation's commercial progress. A needed decline In temperature has stimulated distribution of wearing apparel and other seasonable mer chandise, relieving anxiety thai heavy stocks .would be carried over at the end of the season. Some wholesalers are receiving supplementary orders in these Hues, but as a rule duplicate business lias not become general. Production and consumption of sttel is at a new maximum without the unset linn influence of a return to the Inllaled prices of a few years ago. The railways have been pur chasing new equipment freely, yet there Is the usuul delay In moving freight that Is apparently becoming Inevitable at this season. Textile mills are well occupied, although the labor situation Is more uncertain und the teamsters' strike had a tend ency to Interrupt business. A sharp advance in prices of leading farm staples was accompanied by the greatest activity of the season lu option markets, and the average of the 60 most active railway securities established a new high water mark, although the outside public was not a prominent factor. Hallway earnings In October were fi per cent, larger than hist year, and foreign commerce at New York showed gains of $2,537,tiu6 In exports and the same week of 1!t()4. Failures this week numbered 210 In the United States, against 2::! last year, and 25 In Canada, compared with 28 u year ago. ' Ilradstreets says: Activity, In fact buoyancy, still characterizes, practi cally all lines of trade and Industry. Industry retains the lively appear ance noted for some time past. In railway lines the efforts making to handle the Immense business offering are such as were never put forth before. Features deserving note In the Iron and steel trade this week are the very liberal orders placed for cars and other rolling stock which have been covered by sales of bars, billets and crude pig Iron, the latter being relatively more active at the East. RAINS BAD FOR COTTON Picking Progresses Uninterruptedly In Eastern Section. The United States weather bureau Issued a weekly cotton crop report as follows: In the cotton belt the forecast of the week ending October 2:1, was un seasonably warm and the latter part decidedly cool, with frosts, more or less damaging, In every State. Heavy rains were detrimental over nn area extending from south-central Texas to western Tennessee, while no appreci able amount of rain fell In western Texas, and over a large part of the East gulf and south Atlantic districts. In the eastern portions of the belt cotton picking has progressed uninter ruptedly. It Is finished In southern Georgia and nearly so In Louisiana and Alabnma, except' In the northern portion of the last named State. It Is also nearly completed in southern Texas, and with the exception of the sea island crop In South Carolina. In Tennessee, Arkansas and Oklahoma and Indian Territories, picking is from one-hnlf to two-thirds completed. Heavy rains interrupted picking and caused considerable damage to open cotton In central and northeastern Texas and portions of Oklahoma and Indian Territories, Arkansas, western Tennessee and extreme northern Mississippi. Doll weevils continue numerous In Texas and the western parishes of Louisiana. 15.861 FRAUDULENT NAMES The Philadelphia Police Department Makes Re-Canvass. - Announcement was made by the police department of Philadelphia that a re-canvass of 22 of the 42 wards of the city show that 15,861 names are Illegally on the latest voting lists of those wards. The canvass made by the police during the summer months In all wards resulted in striking from the lists more than 26,000 names. If the 15.861 alleged fraudulent names on the present lists not voted, thenum ber of names on the lists throughout the city will have been reduced from 375,000 to 324,000 as a result of the present reform campaign. CUNLIFFE CONFESSES Admits Guilt and Asks Mercy of the Court Edward George Cunliffe, the Adams Express clerk who absconded from the company's office at Pittsburg, October 9 with $101,000, and who was arrested 10 day's later ut Brldseport, Conn., pleaded guilty before Judge James R. Macfarlane in Criminal court to two charges of larceny. Tho pica of Cunliffe came as a surprise, as he had not been placed on the trial list and true bills had only been re turned against him by the Grand Jury two days before. Cunliffe was not represented by an nttorney when he entered his plea, but stated he wanted to .hrow himself on the mercy of the court. Steamer Kaliyuga Wrecked. Telegrams have been receive! from the captain of the steamers CenUirian and Frontenac, which have been searching for the missing steamer Kaliyuga, saying they had covered the entire east and north shores of Lake Huron without seeing or obtain ing any trace of the long overdose vessel. It is now practically certain that the boat, with 17 persons, went down during the great storm of last week. . MANY KILLED IN RIOTS Great Damage to Property Also at Santiago, Chile. TROOPS WERE CALLED OUT Local Authorities Ware Unable to Control the Mob Many Arrests Made. About 50 persons were killed and 5uo were wounded during rioting In Santiago, Chile. Troops were ordered out and with their arrival relative tranquility prevails ami the city is gradually assuming lis normal condi tion. A hitler feeling prevails against the authorities. The outbreak is be llevwl to be the work of rowdies who were encouraged by the absence of the troops at the maneuvers. The police force was unable to cope with the Holers. The officials of the street railroads estimate the damage done to their property at about $250,000. The disturbances, caused by the op position of tho people to the Import tux on Argentine cattle continued ull day and did not cease until late at night when a small detachment of troops arrived and a few shots were fired. The people of Santiago have just witnessed -the most shameful occurrences In the city's existence. Almost everything which could be de stroyed has been wrecked, Including the city lumps, public seats, monu ments and windows everywhere. The situation as this dispatch Is Hied Is comparatively calm, hut the banks and all business houses remained closed nil day. Several hundred arrests have been made. The workmen declare they are not responsible for the riot ing, which they say was organized by rowdies. Anti-tax meetings which have been held elsewhere have been quiet. The local authorities, for lack of energy In preventing the disorders, are valueless. The maneuvers have been suspended and more troops are ex pected back to their quuiters here in a short time. - STEEL ORDERS HEAVY. Pig Iron Also Continued to Be in Heavy Demand. The Iron Age says: Bookings of finished Iron and steel continue on an enormous scale and thus far this month are nearly up to the record-breaking rate of September. Pressure In many quarters Is enor mous and the plants are provided with work for long periods. There is a most intense activity In all directions. In the Eastern steel trade there has been another outburst of buying of basic pig Iron for delivery during the winter und fully 75,000 tons have been taken at advancing prices, with negotiations pending for at least half as much more. The United States Steel Corpora tion has secured options at $16 and $10.50 on practically all the Besse mer pig available In the Mahoning and Shennngo valley's to the end of the year, the only exception being one lot of 10,000 tons heid i, chant. A number of fair orders were booked In steel rails and some ad ditional tonnage Is looming up. The structural trade Is very busy. GOVERNMENT TAKES CHARGE Sends Representatives to Enterprise Bank of Allegheny. The department of justice at Wash ington announced It had taken charge of the investigation of the Enterprise National bank of Allegheny, Pa. The determination of the attorney general has been kept secret, largely because of the fear that the inference would be made that evidence has been se cured which will warrant criminal prosecution of some of the parties con nected with the bank. The real pur pose of the district attorney in taking charge of the matter, It Is stated, is to keep advised of the progress of the Investigation and be prepared to take any action that the evidence should warrant. Life Sentence for Bluebeard. E. S. BIydenberg, Iowa's modern "Bluebeard" Sunday school teacher and philanthropist, must serve a life sentence for the murder of his third wife. The Supreme court decided that his conviction was illegal and affirmed the sentence of life imprisonment. Two years ago, at Eldora, BIydenberg was convicted of murdering bis third wife by giving her arsenic In the Sun day dinner he had prepared while the rest of the family was at church. Two other wives had also died mysterious ly Borne years ago, and BIydenberg had obtained their property. Train Kills Erie Railroaders. Conductor McClennnn, of Erie, Pa., and Fireman Wilson, of Buffalo, of a Lake Shore freight train, were found dead beside the tracks at Sil ver Creek, N. Y. They had been struck by a train and killed. No one saw the accident or knows what train struck them. The 100th anniversary of Nelson's naval victory over the combined fleets of France and Spain at Trafal gar was celebrated, throughout the British empire. Railroad Casualties, During the 12 months ended Juno 30, 1905, 886 persons were killed and 13,783 Injured as the result of acci dents on railroad trains, according to a report of the interstate com merce commission. Comparison with 1904 shows ah Increase of 11 killed and 4,123 injured among passengers and employes, the Increase in killed being wholly among passengers, while the number of employes killed shows a decrease of 106. EMPERORS ARE GRATEFUL Nicholas and Mutiuhlto Again Thank President Roosevelt. Formal, but none the less hearty expressions of thanks from the Rus sian and Japanese emperor's mes sage Is contaiuod In the following Instruction to Baron Rosen, the Russian ambassador. "The Russian ambassador is order ed to express to the President In the sincere satisfaction experienced by name of the emperor the feelings of his imperial majesty at the re-estab-llshment of peace for the good of all peoples and their further proserlty. At this historlcul hour his august sovereign can not but recollect with sincere pleasure the efforts put for ward by the President in order to co-operate in the attainment of that great result. These efforts have been the more highly appreciated, as they entirely responded to the sentiments of friendship and regard which ani mate his imperial majesty toward the President personally, and toward the American people." The note from the Japanese em peror reads: "The formalities neces sary to bring the treaty of Ports mouth into full force and vigor hav ing been accomplished and pence having been definitely re-established between Japan and Russia, I desire again to express to you my very high appreciation of your distin guished aid Important services In the cause of peace and also to thank you most sincerely for the gracious hospitality to my plenipotentiaries by which they were enabled to per form their Important labors under the most favorable auspices." PRESIDENT IS ALERT Sees Man In Birmingham, Ala., Drop Pistol Notifies Officer. President Roosevelt, on his visit to Birmingham, Ala., was given a gener ous and hearty welcome by the lreople. While en route to Capitol park an' Intoxicated man on the side walk dropped a pistol and the Presi dent called an officer's attention and tho man was placed under arrest. The ovation was almost continuous. The President spoke from a stand to a large gathering of people. He also spoke at the Alabama State fair grounds. The President reached Tuskegoe, Ala., and was escorted to the Alabama M. E. Conference Female college, where he addressed the students and public school children, having as a platform $30,000 worth of baled cotton. The President was then driven to the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial school, of which Booker T. Washing ton Is the head, where he reviewed a parade of students. He spoke to a crowd in the chapel. WANTS NO MORE WAR Reason Why Japan Has No Deslgsns - Upon Philippines. EkI Hlokl, first secretary of the Japanese legation in Washington, de livered an address before the Cleve land Chamber of Commerce that is considered the first official utterance from a Japanese source concerning the situation In the Far East. The speaker dismissed the yellow peril question by saying It had lost Its hold In men's fninds, particularly in America: that Japan had no designs on the Philippines, because the mika do did not want war with the United States; that members of the Manchti rlan army are needed at home and will not emigrate to this country, and that Japan's influence In China will be beneficial to the whole world. ROBBERS GET $6,000 Dynamite Safe of Indiana Bank and Wound Cashier, Robbers blew open the safe in the Ridgeville, Ind., State bank and es caped with about $0,000. Five of the robbers remained on guard while the others wracked the safe with nitroglycerin. The explos ion awakened Cashier Branson, who hurried to the scene. He' fired five shots at the guards, but was driven away by bullets from the robbers' revolvers, being wounded la the ankle. Before going to the bank, the rob bers overpowered and bound and gag ged the town watchman. MATE PROBABLY MURDERED Four Men Wounded as the Result of Trouble With Crew. Four men were badly wounded In a series of battles between the offic ers and crew of the lumber schoon er Ida B. Gibson, of Seaford, Del., and afterward between Milton Cor dery, the cook of the Gibson, and the New York police. For an hour about daybreak, the cook armed with a shotgun, stood off the police re serves of the Dolancey street sta tion and wounded a detective and night watchman. Frank B. Medley, mate of ths Gib son, is missing and may have been murdered by the crew of the Ulb son, who were compelled to pump the leaky craft all the way from Nor folk, Va., to New York, due to her having been run aground. The men mutined en route, but were cowed. On arriving at New York the Gibson tied up at Pier 65, East river, and the crew were paid off and discharged. John D. Rockefeller has entered the list of New York motorists. He has taken out license No. 23,140 In Albany for a 20-horse power steam touring car. Emperor Locked Up. The correspondent of ,the London Dally Telegraph at Shanghai sends a report circulated at Pekln according to which the dowager empress has imprisoned the emperor for alleged connection with the recent bomb out rage at a railroad station there. United States Minister Russell at Venezuela has been commlssioend by the government at Washington to en deavor to settle the Franco-Venezuelan dispute. RUSSIAN STRIKE GROWING Clash With Officers Results in Death and Injury to Many. . REVOLUTION MAY FOLLOW Railroad Men Are Being Joined by Other Craftsmen Famine Is Feared Dlcorder Is Spread ing, Over half of European Russia la In the grip of the striking railroad men and the strike continues to spread In all directions. At St. Petersburg, r.:i cnco-.inter took place between still. era and en gine drivers who w re preparing to take out trains. Revolver shots were exchanged and a number of persons were killed or wounded. At Ekulrlnoslaf, two bloody conflicts occurred between the troops and dem onstrators. Numbers were killed or wounded In both Instances by the vol leys ilred by the soldiers. The dem onstrators near the municipal build ings refused to disperse und erected barricades. Fifteen persons were kill ed and 25 Injured In a conlllct between troops, and strikers nt the ilrlansk works, where the strikers had erected wire entanglements. The courts, banks and other public offices have been closed. Tho general strike on the railroads Is complete, except In a few border provinces, and St. Petersburg, Mos cow and other large cities are almost as closely beleagiired as If they were Invested by besieging armies. At the same time the Industrial strike has assumed large dimensions and the turbulent elements In several locali ties are offering open resistence to the troops. The strike Is complete In the great factory region on both banks of the Neva above the city and In several other Industrial quarters. Forty thousand men are out, but they are conducting themselves In a most orderly manner. The store clerks' union proclaimed a two weoks' sympathetic strike for political reas ons, but It is probable that it will be only partially obeyed. Prudent inhabitants are laying In stocks of provisions so as to prepare for emergencies. As a consequence the prices of provisions have risen sharply. PACKERS FILE PLEAS. Attack the Indictments Secured Against Them by Government. Declaring that testimony the pack ers were compelled to produce be fore the secretary of commerce and labor and submitted to the , Presi dent, after an investigation ordered by Congress,- was used by United States District Attorney Morrison in obtaining an Indictment against tt.j packers and alleging that inasmuch as the same issues as mentioned in the Indictment were raised and dis posed of in an injunction writ is sued by Federal Judge Grossup, the packers, who are under Federal in dictment at Chicago charged with illegal conspiracy, attacked again the famous so-called "beef trust" process. A special plea in bar and and additional special plea in bar were filed by counsel for the pack ers. The special plea declares that under tho laws of the United States this defendant, cannot be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or for feiture for or on account of the respective transactions, matters or things, or any or either of them, which are in said indictment or any count thereof. Dismissal is asked. Samuel A. Mcltoberts, agent of Armour & Co., filed a separate spec ial plea in which he seeks immunity because he testified before the grand jury;, which afterward returned an Indictment against him. This plea Is held to be good by many and will likely result In the Indictment being quashed. QUARANTINES RAISED Low Record of Yellow Fever Cases and Deaths. The rapid decline of yellow fever with the low record of cases and the absence of deaths has led to the rais ing of quarantine. Mississippi has raised her quarantine and Texas has modified her .restrictions, while Louisiana is now open to outside points. As a result of the lifting of the Mississippi State quarantine and the modification of the Texas quar antine, representatives of railroads are busily engaged In wire communi cation with the mayor and health officers of towns to restore traffic. Flyer Plows Through Wreck. The Pennsylvania railroad's 18-hour "flyer" narrowly escapsd being wrecked at the Greensburg passen ger station. A freight train had buckled on the steep grade, piling the wreckage of two cars' between the tracks. An effort was made to flag the "flyer," but the danger signals could not be distinguished on account of the heavy fog, and the fast train dashed through, knocking tho wreck age from the track. Over 1,000,000 Russians at Front. According to the military attaches who recently returned from the front, Russia had considerably in ex cess of a million soldiers in the Far East when peace was declared. About 700,000 men faced the Japan ese below the Sunga.ri river, In ad dition to a considerable army held In reserve at Harbin. Jerry Simpson, former Populist congressman from Kansas; died ' at his home In Wichita, Kan. BLACK HAND BUSY Dynamite Placed on 8teps of a Tens- ment House. The seven-story tenement house on the corner of Grand and Mott streets, New York, was Shaken by an explosion of dynamite which had been placed on the stops of the butcher shop on the ground floor. The explosion threw the hundreds of tenants In tho building and in tha houses adjoining Into a panic. Dr. Vlncenso Sellaro, who has an office and apartments In the building, informed the police that the dynamite probably was meant for him. He taid that he had received several threaten ing letters, the first demanding $5, 000, and the others ranging down to Finally one came telling hl:n Dial he must not think he was for gotten and that he would yet feel "the mighty vengeance of the Bh'.ck Hand." One Italian was arrested on suspic ion of being concerned In the explosion. BIOLOGIST HANGS HIMSELF Former Professor at Georgetown Just Released From Asylum. Profesor Sylvester Dwlght Judd aged 35, formerly an assistant In tho United Stales Geological Survey at Washington and professor of biology at Georgetown University, was found hanging by a rope from a rafter In the garret of his home on the old Frederick road, having committed suicide. About a year ago Professor Judd, owing to mental trouble, lost his Gov ernment position. He was sent to an asylum, and after being treated for melancholia and homicidal mania about ten months npppcarcd -to be much Improved and was discharged two weeks ago. That ho had con templated suicldo was known. STATE SEIZES CARS Wisconsin Roads Tied Up Because Fees Are Not Paid. Some seven hundred cars of tho Northern Pacific & Groat Northern railroads are tied up on tracks at Superior, Wis., as a result of a re straining order signed by a circuit court commissioner. Complaint was made by the Wis consin Grain commission that the in spection fees on the grain were not paid, and asking that a receiver be appointed to sell the grain In satis faction of the claim. The roads are practically tied up, as all cars of grain sent here and Inspected are subject to the order. INSURED DEAD PEOPLE Solicitors Use Grave Stones and Work Unique Swindle. A new and evidently entirely origi nal form of insurance peculation was unearthed at Los Angeles, Cal., when It was disclosed that two solicitors of the t)nlted Patriots of America, a local Insurance order, had been writ ing the applications of persons buried in the local cemeteries and after re porting the applications at the head office collected advance moneys due them on the work. The solicitors disappeared a short tima previous to the discovery of their scheme. CURRENT NEWS EVENTS. A hotel employe at Bridgeport, Conn., finds evidence that Cunliffe burned much money. The sultan has accepted Algeciras, Spain, as the place for the Moroccan conference. Charles A. Flammer, Republican candidate for district attorney of New York, resigns In favor of Mr. Jerome. Mr. Taft positively announces that he is not a candidate for the presi dency. The Mutual Life Insurance Com pany will appoint a committee to In vestigate Itself. A band of brigands attacked a de tachment of Cossacks near the Alyat railway station. Seven Cossacks were killed and one wounded. The remainder of the Cossacks escaped. The pope Instructed Catholics to refrain from participation in the re ception of President Lou bet at Madrid because of France's attitude toward the church. Denial was made at Washington that Comptroller Ridgely intended coming to Pittsburgh to take charge of the affairs of the Enterprise Na tional bank. Insurance Investigation reveals the fact that enormous sums are paid to a newspaper syndicate for sending out telegrams favorable to the In surance companies. Samuel C. Wilkinson, charged with embracery In attempting to Influence a juror during the trial of Police Cap tain James Wilson, for grafting la Allegheny, Pa., pleaded guilty before Judge Marshall Brown .in Criminal court. Miss Sarah Poole, of New Castle, Pa., was awarded $1,000 by a jury in a suit for damages against the city for injuries alleged to have been caused by a defective gutter. John B. McLaughlin, convicted of second degree murder for killing his neighbor, William J. Hemphill, in Clinton township, Butler county, Pa., last May, has filed a motion for a new trial. Policy Holders Organize. Sixty-eight p'olicy holders in the Mutual Life Insurance Company, of New York, who live, In Fergus Falls, Minn., have organized and propose to work In conjunction with other organizations to secure the retire ment of the McCurdy family, recov er money unlawfully disbursed. In sist on publicity of the company's af fairs and other reforms. A strike of railroad emoloves tied up traffic In Russia. KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS RENEW8 FIGHT AGAINST FEVER Physicians Are Ordered to Two Town Where an Epidemic Has Ap peared Recently. Dr. Fred C. Johnson, chief medical officer of the state health department, was ordered by Commissioner Dixon to Berwick and Nescopec to investi gate the outbreak of typhoid fever in that locality. There are more than 100 cases In the two towns, but Com missioner Dixon is confident that with I the co-operation or tne local boards of health it will be an easy matter to prevent the spread of the disease F. Herbert Snow, chief of the engineering bureau of the health department, and Dr. G. H. Cox of Hummolstown, have) been ordered to assist Dr. Johnson. The latest advices from Nantlcoke, where Dr. Johnson has boen In charge of the typhoid epidemic, are that the number of cases is gradually decreas ing and there Is no further danger ot a spread of the disease. It is thought the epidemic at Berwick and Nesco pec, both of which towns are below Nantlcoke, is the result of the epi demic at the former place. There are also several typhoid cases at Arch bald. Thomas II. Pritchett, of Moravia, was arrested at Mahonlngstown and . placed In Jail at New Castle on the.' charge of perjury in procuring a mar riage license for himself and Bessie Robb, 16 years old, by having his sister, Elizabeth Pritchett, it is al leged, to appear at thit office of clerk of courts and impersonate the bride elect. Miss Pritchett is 25 years old and escaped from the officer who had her under arrest by asking to get a shawl, and disappearing out of a rear door of the house. After procuring the license Pritchett and the Robb girl were married by Rev. W. M. Keith,' pn-stor of the Mahonlngtowa, Methodist church. When Pritchett was asked if he was single he Is al leged to have started that he was never married, while the records show that ho was divorced from Alice R. Pritchett in September, 1904. With his skull fractured and his face and head bruised from blows be lieved to have been inflicted by high waymen, Justice of the Peace Daniel J. Kelleher, aged 43, of Beech View, Allegheny County, was found uncon scious Jinder the Banksvllle bridge over Little Saw Mill run late Satur day night. Without recovering con sciousness he died at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at his home, South Sharon and Fifth avenues, Beech View. County Detectives Armstrong and O'Brien went to the scene, and while there Is a possibility that Kelleher fell from the bridge, the officers believe he was a victim of foul play. At least one arrest is ex pected. As a result of an accident at the Franklin plate mill at Johnstown, operations there will be suspended for about two weeks and 300 skilled workmen thrown out of employment. The accident was caused by a break In the machinery. The mill was rushed with orders, many of which were for armor plate. Deputy Attorney General F. W. Fleitz furnished State Highway Com missioner J. W. Hunter with an opin ion that the State funds may be used to put the historic old National Cum berland road In good condition and make such permanent repairs as may be necessary in connection with the specific appropriation made by the. last Legislature. for that purpose. . The receiver of the defunct Olty Savings and Trust Company of Lan caster filed his first account with the court. It shod a balance for distribution of $237,491.05. The lia bilities of the bank were $900,000 and the State had a deposit therein of $45,000. While picking apples from a tree near the old stone house at Puckrety church, Westmoreland county, Frank Sterling, 50 years old, a Bohemian, was thrown to the ground by the breaking of a limb and died from hU injuries. He leaves a wife and four children. Fire originating simultaneously In three places in the central part of the borough of Rldgway, destroyed the opera house, the finest in this section, the loss on the building amounting to $60,000. - Two barns were also destroyed. There Is unmis takable evidence of Incendiarism. - Andrew Conoghan, 25 years old, of Crabtree, was- killed on the Penn sylvania railroad, near Beatty. Hen ry Hays of Hempfleld township was killed in the Radebaugh tunnel. He was 60 years old, and Is survived by his wife and three sons. Paul Dona to, 20 years old, of Ludwick, was killed on the Radebaugh branch. Three masked men robbed the residence of Mrs. Margaret Wheeler and her sister, Mrs. J. M. Donaldson, at Henderson, Mercer county, after beating the women. The robbers missed $350. William Nesblt, 63 years old, was found dead In the office of Mayor E. W. Blackburn, of Latrobe. Mr. Nes blt formerly lived In Pittsburg and leaves a wife and daughter. A. O. Wilson, 50 years old, a retired farmer of near Hookstown, wu killed by a train at Economy. Rev. Dr. R. M. Russell, pastor of the Sixth United Presbyterian Church, Pittsburg, has accepted the presidency of Westminster college at New Wilmington, and will leave his present congregation early In . the spring. Jesse B. Slpes of Jeannette, died In the hospital in Greensburg from an . overdose of laudanum. He was 46 years old and leaves a wife ,aad several children. Miss Louise, daughter of Mrs. Jen nie Kennedy, of New Brighton, was seriously burned, her clothes catching fire from a, gas burner.
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