ill ASSASSINATED Woman Shoots Former Russian Minist r of War at Saratoff. MUTINOUS TROOPS ARE 8HOT Father Gaoon Continues to Advise ths Workmen Against Revolu tion, i The St. Petersburg correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph In u dispatch dated December S, sent by way of Eydtkuhn.cn, East Prussln, Bays: "Lleut.-Gen. Sukhuroff, form er minister of war, was assassinated, today. The government hnd deputed Gen. Sukhuroff to vlHlt the province of Saiutoff for llio purpose of quell ing the agrarian r(ts there. "A womnu belonging to the . so called 'flying columns' of the revolu tionary movement, called at the house of the 'governor, of Saratoff at noon today and asked to see (len. Bakhnroff. She Hied three revolver shots at the general, killing him on the spot. The tidings reached St. Petersburg tonight. Count Wltte charged Lleut.-Oen. Kudlgor, minis ter of war, with tho task of breaking the news to Madame Sakharoff. Private accounts from Kieff say that the mntluous troops there were shot down In a narrow lane by Cossacks, the mutineers being caught between two fires. It Is reported here that symptoms of mutiny have appeared In the Seventh Finnish regi ment nt Vlborg. Father Capon Is cent Inning1' to preach to the workmen against a revolution. Raying that the strike luetics are sure- to eventuate In re action and Jeopardize the freedom purchased by blood. TEN PERSONS KILLED Nineteen Are Injured in a Collision on the Union Pacific. l1 Ten persons were killed and 11 train employes and eight passengers Injured In the wreck of Overland limited pas senger train No. 2 on the Union Pacl- i He railroad five miles west of Rock Springs, Wyo. The limited was run into head-on by a freight train, and both engines demolished. The dyna mo-car, mall car and dining car on the limited burned. Several of the dead were Incinerated. The dead are: First Cook James Bnsbee, Omaha; Second Cook, Ed. Ro eembaum, Oakland, Cal.; Fourth Cook John lawless, Omaha; J. A. Newson, J. F. Ihlllcppar, Frank Peterson, mail clerks, of Cheyenne, Wyo.; Electric ians Stlgers of Ogden and Assistant Electrician Frank McKenna of Oma lia; Engineer Brink of Rawlins, and Brakeman Smith of Rawlins. An extra freight train was given an order before it left Rock Springs to meet four eastbound passenger trains, of which the Overland limited was the last one, at Ahsay, a siding five miles west of Rock Springs. When a tnllu and a half west of Ahany the freight met the Overland limited and the crash followed. Both engines were demolished and the three first cara of the Overland limited immediately caught fire and were destroyed. ' W. L. Park, general superintendent of the Union Pacific road, stated that Conductor Roy Darrell and Engineer Brink were entirely responsible for the wreck and that Conductor Darrell has admitted that he became confused as to the number of trains that had passed Ahsay. Superintendent Park Is informed that none of the passen gers received fatal injuries. Attempted Extortion. William McSwain and Wilbur Cole of Chicago, pleaded guilty to the charge of conspiracy to extort money from members of the firm of Armour : & Co. and were sentenced each to 30 i days in jail. The men were accused of attempting to obtain money from Armour & Co. because of certain let-! . ters which they had taken from the company and which they claimed would be valuable to the government prosecution. CZAR CAN'T SPARE WITTE Refuses to Accept Resignation of Prime Minister. Dissatisfied with his treatment nt the hands of hla imperial master, and apparently feeling that it was be yond his power to restore tranquil , conditions throughout the empire, Count Wltte, who but a short while go, assumed the post of premier of the Russian empire, handed the Czar ' his letter of resignation of the post-1 tlon, and a sensational scene ensued. " The Czar, after reading the docu ment through, toro it in pieces nnd Hum; it at Wllte's feet, exclaiming angrily: , , desert me in this hour of misfortune; Remain in office until I see fit to re lieve you." Tho Emperor then turned on his heel and left Count Wltte Btanding in the middle of the reception chamber. 1 A serious mutiny has occurred at Lomsha. ' Troops rebelled, fired the barracks and attacked their officers. Many cases of the bankruptcy of Industrial firms are reported from the provinces and the money situation is growing graver every hour. Charged With Land Frauds. The Federal grand Jury at St. Paul, Minn., returned fndictments against J. F. Darse, William T. Horsnell and Royal B. Sterns. They were arraign ed before Judge Morris and all pleaded guilty exert Horsnell and Stearns. Horsnell ttnd Stearns are charged with fraud In connection with government iindr, . in northern Minnesota and T.'n-rMngton. Darse is charged with aiag tho United States mails to fur tin r a scheme to defraud. - TREASURY OPERATIONS Report of Income and Outlay for Last Year. The annual report of Secretary of the Treasury Shaw was sent to the Utilise. It says: The ordinary revenues for 19U5, as compared with 1904, show an la crease of $1,1112.935.45, while tho ex penditures were less by $15, 12:1,407. 80. The net result for the fiscal year was an excess of expenditures over reve nues of $2:,04,22S.D. For the past two years expenditures have been In excess of the revenues more than $01,000,001). This, how ever, Included the extraordinary ex penditures in 1904 of $rti,0i0,000 for the Panama ennui. During the fiscal yeur 1903 there wus an addition of $900 to the interest-bearing debt, while there were re ductions of $000,C75 In the Items on which interest had ceased since ma turity anil $U02,140.:)0 in tlin debt hearing no Interest. The net reduc tion wus $:),901,921.:10. The available cash balance la tho general fund June 110, 1905, was $115, 477,491.81), a reduction fur the year of $2G,574,07i.i:i. The revenues for the first quarter of 1900 were $147,014,725.10 and the expenditures $irfi,5,SS,90.6ti, an ex cess of expenditures over receipts of $9, 574,211. 50. In the (list quarter of 1905 expenditures were $17,850,015 In excess of receipts. Imports to tiie amount of $1,117, 512,029 were landed upon United States wharves during the fiscal year ending June HO, 1905, and upon these Imports $202,000,528 of duty was col lected. For the same period the ex perts of nierchandl.se wore $1,518,501, 720. The receipts from internnl revenue taxes for the fiscal year 1905, ns shown by collectors' receipts, were $2:14,187.970.37, a net Increase over 1904 of $l,2SI,l:)5.ni. BERNHARDT -EGGED Canadians Show Displeasure at Trench Actress in Quebec. Sarah Bernhardt, while driving to the station at Quebec after the close of her performance, was rotten-egged by hoodlums. When the play was over the audience dispersed, but about 200 hoodlums hung around the door.' As Mr. Max, her leading miiii, appeared he was struck with an egg. A detachment of 50 policemen had mustered behind the Market Hall and they stopped the trouble at the theater.. Madame Bernhardt when she got Into her sleigh was applauded. How ever, a number of hoodlums hud preceded her to the station, and as the tragedienne was driving there eggs were thrown at her, which she fortunately! escaped. Some of her company, who were In open sleighs, were struck. The mob kept out of tho station and dispersed as soon as the members of the company got aboard a train. CAPITAL NOTES. F. A. Molltor, chief engineer of the Midland Valley Railroad Company, formerly chief engineer of the Choc taw, Oklahoma & Gulf railroad, has been appointed supervisor of the Philippine railroad system. The President sent the following nominations to the Senate: Secretary of Stale, Ellhu Root, New York; Sec retary of the Navy, Charles Joseph Bonaparte, Maryland; Inter-State Commerce Commissioner, Franklin Lano, California. In addition nil the recess appointments were sent to the Senate. An appropriation of $100, m for a national tuberculosis sanitarium Is provided for In a hill introduced by Representative Wiley of Alabama. Tho hill provides that the sanitarium Is to be open to Indigent persons of both raees suffering from tuberculo sis. Florala, Ala., is designated as the site for the sanitarium. The Senate confirmed the appoint ment of Secretary Bonnpuite. Reduction of the American naval force in Dominican waters from a squadron of protected cruisers to a mosquito fleet has ' been determined upon by tho President. MRS. ROGERS HANGED Pays the Penalty for Killing Husband by Chloroform. Mrs. Mary Rogers was hanged l.l Ihe state prison at Windsor, Vt., for tho murder of her husband, Marcus Rogers. Mrs. Rogers killed her husband, in order that sha might possess herself of $000, his life Insurance, and marry ancther man. The murder was com mitted in Bennington, on August 12. 1902, by the administration of chloro form. Leon Pcrhnm. her paramour, turned slate's evidence! and on the stand he save testimony, a recital uuch as has rarely been heard In the courts of I law. Ho was sentenced for life. Refuse an Advance. The proffer of 45 cents an hour after May 1 next year, an Increase of 5 cents an hour voluntarily made by the Master Carpenters' Association of Philadelphia to those of their journey men who would agree to have noth ing to do with sympathetic strikes, has been rejected by the district Council of Carpenters with a member ship of 4,000. Jewish Fund of $2,475,000. The committee which was appoint ed by the recent conference held in Londoa under the chairmanship of Lord Rothschild to take charge of the distribution of the funds collected for the relief of Jews in Russia announ ced that up to date $2,475,000 had been contributed. This sum included $1,000,000 from tho United States, $520,000 from Germany and $43u,m from Great Brltlan. The sum of $9J5,000 has already been remitted to Russia. i 59TH CONGRESS CONVENES Both Houses Inaugurate Session With Usual Ceremonies. NO FLOWERS IN EITHER BRANCH Vice President Fairbanks Calls Senate Both Bodies Adjourn In Mem ory of Dead. In the opening of the fifty-ninth Congress Interest centered In the pro ceedings of the House. The new BPn nto was organized during the Bpeclal session Immediately after the 4th of March and consequently the public knew the proceedings there would he of u purely perfunctory soil. There were no flowers on senators desks. In obedience to the order adopt ed at the beginning of the special ses sion last spring and no bills were In troduced. The organization of a new House of Representatives Is always productive of amusement and excitement, and the preliminary proceedings In that body were well worth witnessing. As In the Senate, the old-time flower show was conspicuous, by Its absence by order of Speaker Can non. Exactly at nom Major Alexander MacDowell, c lerk of the House, called that body to order. A prayer was de livered by the chaplain, Itev. Dr. Hen ry N. Couden. The invocation review ed the peaceful and prosperous con dition of the Nation, and was a plea for patriotic and wise legislation, and concluded with a repetition of the "Lord's Prayer." Mr. (.'tuition was then nominated for speaker by the Republicans ami Mr. Williams by the Democrats. Speaker Cannon received 21! votes and Mr. Williams 1JS, Clerk MacDowell de clared Mr. Cannon "duly elected speaker of the Fifty-ninth Congress. He was brought Into the hall-and os (orted to his chair by Representative Williams (Miss.), Keifer (().), Vree land (X. Y.l. and Underwood (Ala.) He was received by the members of the House, while applause came from both sides and the galleries. On reaching the speaker's chair, Mr. Will lams introduced him to the House. Mr. Cannon In his speech of ac ceptance, particularly urged tho pres ence of a quorum at all sessions. Representative Bingham (Pa.) ad ministered tho oath to the speaker and then the members were sworn In. On motion of Mr. Hepburn, the officers of the House of the last Con gress were re-elected and sworn In. The officers were sworn In, including Alexander MacDowell, clerk; Henry Casson, sergeant-at-arms; F. B. Ly on, doorkeeper; Joseph C. MeElroy, postmaster, and H. N. Couden, chap lain. No attempt was made to transact Important business, an ngreement having been reached that both houses adjourn over till Tuesday before re ceiving the President's annual mess age. At 12:20 the Senate adjourned as a mark of respect to the late Senator Piatt, of Connecticut. CONGRESSIONAL. ' Tile second day's session of -Congress was mainly consumed by the reading of the President's message. Three million dollars for the new Pittsburgh postofllce building, tho presentation of the modified Esch Townsend railroad rale bill and the opening of the discussion on the pro position to appropriate $l(i.50o,O00 for the expenses of the Panama ca nal commission were the three Items of particular Interest which wero taken up on the third day. Chairman J. C. Burrows, of the Sen ate Committee on Privileges and Elec llons, says that no action will be taken In the case of Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah, until the vacancy on the com mittee is filled, which will put the case over nn'.ll after the holiday recess. Senator Scott introduced bills pro viding for service pensions nnd for Issuance of bonds for the erection of public buildings in towns ot 6,000 pop ulation and more. Representative Graham Introduced a bill appropriating $100,000 for a pub lic building at Sewickley. Morrill's Auto Bill. Representative Morrill of Pennsyl vania introduced a bill providing that all persons desiring to operate auto mobiles passing from one State to an other must obtain a lincense granted aTter an examination under the direc tion of the Inter-State Commerce Commission. He also has introduced a bill placing insurance companies un der the control and supervision of the Department of Commerce and Labor, and a second Insurance bill extending the sovereign visitorlal power of the United States over life insurance com panies and other corporations organ ized under State laws. P. R. R. Abolishes Free List. In view of the general agitation of the subject of legislation on railroad rates and the abolition of all forms of rebates and concessions It has been decided by the management of the Pennsylvania railroad that all forms of free transportation will be discontinued after the end of the present year. Many Hunters Killed This Season. The total number of hunters killed by accident so far this year in Wis consin and Northern Michigan is 26. Fifty-oae have been wounded. More hunters were killed this year by the accidental discharge of their own guns than ever before. Many were shot by mistake by hunters who took them for deer. Senator Ilayburn inlroducen a resolution for annexation of Santo Domingo and Haiti to the United States. BANK INSURANCE Measure to Protect Depositors In Na tional Banks. One of the first bills Introduced In the house was the result of the agita tion over the Enterprise National bank failure at Allegheny. It was presented by Representative A. L. Bates of Meadvllle and the purpose of It is to Insure better protection to depositors lu national banks. Mr. Bates proposes a number of amendments to tho liu tioual bunking law of 1804, which It Is thought will prevent any losses to the depositors or the national bank as the result of failure. Each national bunk Is to be assessed $100 per yeur, and tho funds raised by this are to be In the custody of the United States treasurer. When the amount raised In this manner has reached $0,000,000 the assessments are discontinued until this fund is reduced to $5,000,000, when they aro renewed again. The Inter est upon this fund and the principal Is to be used in paying depositors of national banks where the liabilities o n failure u're so huge that the assets of a bank to not cover the deposits. GOT $330 A WEEK Hotel Man Takes Out a Policy and Gets Good Job. One of the most Interesting develop ments In the legislative life Insurance Investigation was contained In the testimony of Horace II. llrockway, a hotel proprietor and director of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Com pany, who said that he had given $0,000 to President Frederick A. Biirn himi of that company nt the demand of Mr. Buinhaiu In 1S98. Mr. Brockway told the committee that Mr. Iturnlmni told lilin If he would I alio out a policy In Ihe Mutual Re serve be would make him a director. Mr. Brockway then took out policies amounting to $U,0no. Alter having been a director for some time he was put on the payroll of the company at $:'00 a week, received that salary for four months, and then It was cut to $200 n week. Asked what he did to earn that, money he said he looked over some Ion us for the company, wus consulted by policy holders as to whether (he company was a good one to insure In and did whatever he wus asked to do. He had been getting $1100 n week eight weeks when Mr. Biirnham demanded the $0,000. EIGHTEEN MINERS DEAD Explosion Causes Great Loss of Life and Damage to Property. 'Eighteen miners lost their lives In an explosion Friday. night in the Dla nmndvllle Coal and Coke company's mine, at Dlaniondvllle, Wyo. Miners believe that a blown-out shot was the cause. The shock of the explosion was felt all over the town, rocking buildings so violently that their oc cupants run outdoors. Tho explosion occurred 1,100 feet under ground and 3,000 feet from the mouth. It wrecked the brattices and blocked tho entrances to the lower levels, compelling -the removal of much debris before tho miners could be reached. When tho rescuers finally went Into the mine none could remain long. Crowds around the portal eagerly watched car ufter car come up only to see rescuers who had been over come by afterdamp. It was several hours before the first body was brought up. SENATOR HELD FOR MURDER Chicago Election Feud Results in the Arrest of Leading Politician. State Senator Frank C. Farnum, of Chicago, u leading local politician, was arrested In connection with an investigation following the murder of John . Kepf, county commissioner, during a political feud. No formal charge had been made against Farn ii in at the time he wus taken into custody, but it was stated by the po lice that ho would be held on the charge of murder. George C. Roberts, an election clerk In the district, where the stubbing of Kepf occurred recently, and who Is accused of committing the murder, was arrested immediately after the crime. IN RECEIVER'S HANDS C. H. & D. and Pere Marquette Lines in Difficulties. The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Day ton and the Pere Marquette railroads were placed in the hands of a receiver by United States Circuit Judge Henry Burton. Judson Harmon, formerly United" States nttorney general, was appointed receiver, giving bond for $200,000. Application for a receiver was made by Attorney Lawrence Max well, Jr., on behalf of Walter B. Horn of New York, a creditor of both roads, and was agreed to by the defendants In answers admitting tho principal charges of insolvency. In the main application for a receiv er for the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, which was filed first, it was declared that Walter B. Horn was a creditor to the amount of $02,980.13 for money loaned, now due, and which the defendant had admitted Its Inabil ity to pay. The Detroit Terminal Railroad Com pany, capitalized at $2,000,000 was In corporated to build a 25-mile double track belt railroad around Detroit. Steel Combines Big Loss. The Illinois Steel Company, a branch of the United States Steel Corpora lion, sustained a loss of $1,000,000 by fire, which destroyed n building at Thirty-first street and the Chicago river and its contents of patterns. Fleet Takes Lemnos. The International fleet has occu pied the Island of Lemnos (In Euro pean Turkey). The Austrian foreign office expects that the porte will im mediately acquiesce in the demands of the powers. EMBASSY WILL BE GUARHEQ Soldiers From the Minneapolis Arrive in St. Petersburg. PLOT TO RAID THE TREASURY The Strike of Telegraphers Now Ex tends to Postal System and Com pletely Paralyzes Business. A guard for the American embassy, consisting of marines, under a petty olilcer from the United States cruiser Minneapolis arrived aL St. Peters burg. Although there appears to he no foundation for the prevailing fears that an outbreak Is emmlnetit, the population continues lu a state of anxious suspense. The garrison has now been reinforced by 42 battalions of Infantry, 15 sniindroiio of cuv' and 12 machine guns balteiies. Tho city is divided Into four districts un d 'r (lens. OsnrofT, Dubenskl, Sterma and Tiodskl, respectively. The government, It Is reported, narrowly frustrated a plot whereby l.UDI) armed men had arranged to raid the state treasury. One of tho con spirators, it Is said, betrayed his fel lows, whereupon the leaders, know ing that their attack could bo re pulsed by the troops with great slaughter, abandoned It. The extension of the strike of the telegraphers to the postul system Is complete ami the paralysis of busi ness Is Increasing the danger of a financial crisis. The strike of the Moscow telephone operators who cut the wires ami tore up the pedes hai severed the last means of ituniuhiil cntiou with the ancient capital. WEATHER FAVORABLE Some Exceptions, but Growing Crops Are Doing Well. The Weather Burenu's monthly bulletin for November suinniarlr.es cnjp conditions as follows. While the Atlantic Const districts experienced droughty conditions and heavy rnlns proved detrlmentnl In the West Gulf Slates the weather condi tions during November, 191)5, general ly were favorable for farming oper ations In nearly all districts, being exceptionally so in the central vaueys. The lung-continued drought In Call tornla was relieved by generous rains near the close of the month, when a heavy fall of snow occurred- through out tho Noithern Rocky mountain re gion and thence eastward to the up per lakes. The reports Indicate that In the principal winter wheat States winter wheat Is entering the winter in ex cellent condition. In the Middle At lantic States, however, the germina tion of late sown wheat was not wholly satisfactory, but that seeded early ir In promising condition. The Hessian fly Is reported from scatter ed localities in Missouri and Pennsyl vania, and nfso In Michigan, being confined principally to the early sown In the last mentioned State. On tho North Pacific coast tho conditions havo been favorable for seeding, but germination has not been satisfac tory. Kxcept in a small part of Western Mississippi nuil scattered localities in Alubamu practically all of the cot ton crop lu the districts east of the Mississippi had been gathered by the closo of tho month, the same being true of Louisiana, hut in Missouri, Arkansas nnd Texas nnd Oklahoma and Indian Territories a small part of the crop is still in tlte fielil3. TOGO WILL VISIT AMERICA Intends to Take Fleet to England and the United State Next Year. Minister Giiscom, America's diplo matic representative nt Toklo, who arrived nt San Francisco on the Manchuria, confirmed the report that Admiral Togo proposes to visit for eign waters. He says that the ad miral informed him of his intention to take a Japanese fleet to England nnd the United States next year. Ad miral Togo proposes to go via Suez canal. DOZEN SAILORS DIE Engulfed by Mountainous Waves While Leaving Sinking Craft. Eleven live3 were lost as a result of the striking of the steamer Lunen burg on the rocks oft Amherst har bor, near the Magdalen Islands. When the steamer struck there were 17 persons on board, including a crew of 16 and R. J. Leslie of Halifax, one of the firm owning the steamer aud a member of Parliament. The accident occurred in a violent, storm. Five sailors rowed to land. Later In the day the steamer began to go to pieces and it became neces sary for the others to leave In one of the ship's boats. When they were half way to the shore a great wave swamped their craft, and the only one to escape' was Captain Pride of tho Lunenburg. Burned to Death. Mrs. Polly Nichols, SO years old, who had been blind fi;r 15 years, was burned to death at Mount Pleasant, Pa. Her pipe was her constant com panion, ami while smoking some of thu hot ashes fell cn her ljp, setting fire to her dre.-s. Charges Against P. R. R. Charges of unlawful discrimination, favoritism, luck of good faith, manipu lation to further its own financial ends, and of stilling competition are contained In a complaint filed with tho Interstate Commerce commission by the Donohoa Coko company, of Grecnsburg, Pa., against the Pennsyl- vanlu Railroad company, In connec tion with tho Kcystonu Coal and Coke company and the Huron Coal com pany, corporations of the Stats of Pennsylvania. DUN'S WEEKLY SUMMARY Wholesale Business Promises Well for the Coming Year Rail ways Prospering. Trade broadens In a healthy manner In response to lower temperature and holiday demand. Staple lines of heavy weight wearing1 apparel nre readily distributed and tho movement of Christmas goods premises to add one inoro to the many now high rec ords established by 1!)0T. Many manufacturers in these lines ure unable to fill orders, notably those producing Jewelry, candy, toys and novelties. Wholesale business Is on a scale Hint promises well for next season, shipping departments are taxed to the utmost and mercantile collections are satisfactory, with a few exceptions, which are confined chiefly to Southern dlstilcts where cotton has not been mtirkite.l prompt ly. Prices have made further ud vanees, Dun's Index number being ?l(tri,3ia on December 1, against $!0:i,K,":l a month previous, and the pust week bus brought a still higher level. There was nothing In tho State documents to disturb confidence, In dustrial activity is showing greater progress than nt any previous time nnd railway earnings lu November were (i.l per cent, larger th in last yeer's. foreign commerce nt this port for the lust week showed n gain of $l,ll!),::!)r In imports anil a de crease of $2,-121 .0t)" :u exports, it.s compared with tho same week of IHiM. New business In the Iron nnd steel Industry mny lie coining forward a little less freely, but the demand for many products is so fur ahead of sup ply that there is little interest in cur rent operations. Moru high record prices for reccut years havo been established In the markets for minor metals. ICxport trade Is not en couraged by the new quotations, al Ihoiigh moderate orders are received for certain heavy goods on which prices wero nuotod before the crop re port appeared. Leather Is firm, hut iiiot. Failures numbered 232 In the 1'nlted Slates, against. 2:!!) Inst year and 21 In Canada,, compared with 2G a year ago. HERMIT MILLIONAIRE DEAD Banker Burns to Death in House Where He Lived Alone. James L. ISIoget, the hermit banker of Hermitage, Wyoming county, N. Y., was burned to death In his' house, which burned to the ground. He was estimated to be worth $1,000,001). Ho was a graduate of Yale College, In tho class of 1850. It is believed tho fire caught from an overheated stove. CURRENT NEWS EVENTS. The census returns Just made pub lic shows that Berlin has a population of 2,033,900. Philadelphia & Reading and the Central of New Jersey railroads will have an anti-pass order. A cable from Madrid says that King Alfonso Is to marry tho Princess Vic toria Kugeine, of llattenburg. Vnitcd States 3teel Corporation se cured contract for rails to be used In construction of Austrian railroad. Senator Chauncey M. Depew has resigned as director of the Kmiitablo Assurance Society. The Erie Railroad Company award ed contracts for about $500,01)0 for the construction of the Columbus & Erie railroad from Lakewood at the foot of Chautauqua Lake west 20 miles to Columbus, Pa. During high winds fire destroyed j the entire business section of Manas I sas, Vn., some 20 buildings; loss $150,000. Hereafter Civil War vet lertina passing Manassas Junction will ! hardly recognize the place. ' Church and 8tate Separated. ! The French Senate adopted the I bill for tho reparation of church and State by a vote of LSI against 102. The vote was announced arnld en I thiislnstic scenes and cries of 'T.ong I live tho republic" and "Long live liberty." Former Premier Combes I participated in the dabate, contending j that (he measure assured neutrality : of religion, moral liberation and so- cial pacification. BRITISH CABINET RESIGNS Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman Is I Invited to Form New One. ! The political crisis In the United I Kingdom reached n climax when Ar thur J. Balfour, the premier, form ally tendered the resignation of him self and the members of his cabinet to King Edward, who accepted them. A brief official announcement was made that the cabinet had resigned. that, the Wing hAl accepted the resig nation of his ministers and that Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman had been sent for. Two British cruisers have been sent tOjDemerara to suppress riotous strik er.!. Russian Nobility Siatn. A report received from Libau says that several of the nobility and other resitlent s of the Livonia and Courland have been attacked by peasants, kill ed and terribly mutilated. Baron Cnmpenhnnsen was severely wounded. Bands of several hundred peasants are roving about, robbing nnd killing. A gcnyrul Insurrection ot the peasants and laborers Is expected. President Appoints Democrat. The President nominated Franklin Lane of San, Francisco a member of tho Interstate commerce commission, to suceed Mr. Fifer, resigned. Mr. Lane Is a Democrat and his appoint ment will change the political com plexion of the commis.iioa from Re publican to Democratic. ''he Appellate division of Now York S'.rtte Courts decided that the rolliaj; slock of a ratiroad temporarily out side the State is not exempt from tax ation under the franchise tax law. With the Funny ThMr Turn. Now while we folk an back t work, The hotel keeper and liia clerk Fill with our cold their mammoth frlpt And go ou royal pleasure trips. Plnnft Down Lawyer "Ami what was the defend, ant doing meanwhile?" Witness "He was telling me a funny story." Lawyer "Remember, sir, that you are under oath." Witness "Well, anyway, he was tell ing me a story."- Somerville Journal. Blio'd Koep fr. "But can you keep house?" he asked, doubtfully, for be was, above all things, practical matt. "If you get a bou'e nnd put it in my name," she replied, promptly, "I'll keep it all right enough." Matters being thus satisfactorily set tled, their engagement wus announced. Judge. Alt Khn Kotilnil, Paying Teller "I can't cash this check, madam, until you are identi fied." Mrs. Bright "You mean I have to Identify myself':" , . Paying Teller "Ye?, ma'am." Mrs. Bright "I low simple! Have you a looLlng-gluss'.'" Philadelphia Ledger. A flood Tiling. Mrs. Newbryde--"! cot some ham, here last month that my husband liked very much. Have you any more of the same kind?" ; The Grocer "Yes'rn. Cot about dozen left, -from the same pig." Mrs . Newbryde "Oh, that's nice; Give me sis of them." Cleveland Leader, No Rnronttnnri For Him. "Coming to our dinner to-nlght?n "Yes, indeed. Wouldn't think of missing it" "Glad of that. There are to be pres ent some famous raconteurs." "Are, eh? By the way, I've Just re membered I can't come. Got an en gagement to stay home and play crlb bage with my inother-inluw." Tho Man For the .fob. "But," asked the proprietor of the Skyehye apartments, "do yon think this man Is suited for the position of jan itor" "Oh, splendidly," replied the man ager; "be has been, at various times, an iceman, a coalman nnd a policeman. Oh, he's Just as Independent and gassy is he can be." Philadelphia Press. A Bnlna Corroapntidenco. (Telegram from financier in New York to his partner in Cleveland.) "Am about to close a big deal with Skinham. What Wind of a man is he?" (Reply from Cleveland.) "He la like a fish." (Telegram from New York.) "Wire at once what kind of a fish shark or sucker." Cleveland Leader. Honor For Jeflferror,. "Waal, yes," said Mrs. Bragley, of Jefferson City. "I reckon that feller that writ out the Declaration of Inde pendence deserved the honor." "You mean the honor of being as signed to write It?" "Not at all. 1 mean the honor o beln' named fur our town. They called him Jefferson, you know." Philadel phia Press. A l'.ros.I Hint. "Do yon think they'll ever find th pole, Mr. StaylateV" "Why, yes, .Miss Daynty, I believd they'll reach it this time." "Don't you -wish you'd gone witli them'i" "Why, yes, I do." "So do I." And the clock on the mantel slowly struck 12. Cleveland Tlain Dealer. rueful. . "I hear that you really take pump kins for subscriptions to your paper," drawled the old farmer, who bad mounted the winding; stairs to the edi torial rooms of the rural paper. "For a while," replied the editor. " 'Bout how long?" "Until the autumn poets stop send ing in poems. We pay them off lo pumpklus." Chicago News. Landed Him. "How did young Phocksey ever get pld Timmin's consent to marry hii daughter?" "He was calling there the other night and he asked the old man if he bad an extra pair of scissors. Said he wanted to clip some coupons, and that the Job was too big for him alone, and that the girl thought It would be fuu to helo tilin." Cleveland Leader. Tho Tonn Phtloanpltor. " 'Nother piece of pie, please, pa." "But you haven't finished your first piece." "No, pa. But you know you told me not to cut fast. And If you give me a second piece now I shan't eat so fust, because I won't be afraid that the sec ond piece will be gone when I get through with the first piece. Tlease, pa." Cleveland Plain Dealer. The commercial (market) value of the railroads of the United 8Utei la HI.250.000.000.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers