BLOODSHED IN ST. PETERSBURG Arrest of Strike Leader Aggravates Crisis. FORCING FOR A FINAL STRUGGLE. Milliter of the luterlor Throws Down Oaunt 11 to th Laboring Classes and Fioi tta Flames of Revolutloo Arrest ol the President of tbt Workmen'! (leueral Council Enrages tbt Striken. London (By Cable). A St. Peters burg dispatch to the Daily Mail, sent by wy of Eydtkuliuci, Sunday, say : "The revolutionists, it is declared, will ihortly proclaim themselves the acting government. They will divide Russia roughly into a thousand electoral dis tricts. Meanwhile the government fears to act with vigor, only arresting a few strike leaders and liberating them the next day. "The strike committee continues its terrorism. It renders the life of "black legs" intolerable, beating and killing them on the streets. Cossacks who in tervened Sunday were put to flight by a shower of bomb cases containing mes sages stating that loaded bombs would follow. "The state of the army grows worse daily. Sixteen thousand men of the gar rison at Kharkoff have mutinied. 1 he leading columns of the Manchurian army which have just arrived at Moscow, are mutinous and have been disarmed. "The whole Fourteenth Naval Battal ion has been hurried to Cronstadt under a guard of 4.000 troops. "Some of the Eighteenth Battalion of the Eighth Naval Corps have also been conveyed to Cronstadt, where the forts contain 7.000 mutineers, disarmed but defiant. The Ministry of Marine has de cided to abolish all naval barracks in St. Petersburg." More Trouble For W lite. St. Petersburg, (By Cable). Another crisis is at hand involving the indefinite prolongation of the strike, the probable immediate precipitation of a general Strike throughout Russia and a possible final struggle between the government and the proleariat. This sudden change for the worse is the result of the shedding of tiic first blood in the telegraph strike Saturday afternoon almost simultaneously with the action of M. Durnovo, minister of the in terior, in throwing down the gauntlet to the labor organizations by arresting M. KrustalefT, president of the executive committee of the workmen's council, without warning. About 2 o'clock several companies of Cossacks clattered through the streets leading to the headquarters of the coun cil, in Targovin Street. Having barred the approaches, a force of troops and po lice surrounded the building, after which secret men rushed in and seiz.ed Kru--taleff. The latter made no resistance and the affair was conducted quickly. It was impossible for Krustaleff to conceal the papers of the organization, in which the police evidently expect to find evi dence proving the ultimate object to be an armed uprising against the govern ment. A disturbance in which two strike breakers were killed .and a policeman and several others wounded occurred at ihe same hour immediately in front of the general potofricc. The strikers for two days have been seck-ng to per suade the volunteer and regular car riers to refuse to work. At the door of the building the strikers, enraged by the refusal of the, volunteers to quit, drew knives, wherenpon a carrier attempted to defend himself with a revolver. Both carrier and a companion were killed on the spot. A squad of policemen was stood off by the strikers and workmen who sympa thized with them. Both sides exchanged a fierce fusillade, during which a police man and several workmen were wounded. The news of the arrest of KrustalefT created an immense sensation among the workmen. SS04.296.4I5 TO RUN GOVERNMENT. Statement Issued By Ihe Appropriation Com rollteet of Senate aod House. Washington (Special). A statement was issued by the Appropriations Com mittees of the Senate and House sum marizing tiie estimates tor appropriations j to be made at the present session of Con- ! grt-sS for the fiscal year 10x17. The total for all purposes aggregates S.-04,j',4i. These e-tiniates are gnrftcr than the ap propriations for the current year by $ KJ. I 70. 1 55. The ar Department a-ks S.3,463 less than was appropriated last year, and the river and harbor item, which last yi-ar amounted to $18,181,875, is omitted en tirely this year. With these exceptions every department of the government has asked for more money than the current appropria! ion. The tw largest inn eases are asked by the Navy ($j.jy,038) and the I'osfoflice Department ($12,187,976,1. The estimates of the appropriations commutes exceed those of Secretary Shaw by nearly $200,000,000, which is accounted for by the fact that the Sec retary of the Treasury estimates for the Postofiicc Department only that sum which will have to come from the Treas ury for its maintenance, not including postal revenues applied to the support of that department. His estimate for the PosU.ifi.-e ' Department is fr.dstix)-.!, while that of the appropriations com mittee is $!93,2to,070. 5X0,000 Fir la Nasbvlle. 1 Nashville, Tenn., (Special). At two o'clock in the morning fire destroy.-1 the plant of O'Bryan Bros., manufactur ers of overalls, on the northeast comer of the public square. The loss on stock is estimated at $60,000, fully insured. , The loss on building, the property of B. B. Alien, is estimaled at $jo,ooo; insured. The big Methodist Publishing llou-e plant is directly across the street from the burned building and was for a time in danger. Bit Turkey For Kooscvell. Syracuse, N. Y., (Special). For the President's Christmas dinner a 60-pound turkey 'will be sent from Beloit, Wis., ncording to a statement made by Mrs, Mary Mallby, of Beloit, who is visiting near Geneva. The bird in. the largest ". ever raised in Rock County and meas ures two feet across the back. It was raised by Hcrm-m Rcimi-r and is 2 years old.- Mrs. Mallby said that when she left Wisconsin several days ago the turkey was slid growing fatter, and she wot.ld not be surprised when it" reached Washington if the gobbler .tipped the v-ile ul 70 pounds. THE LATEST NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD. DOMESTIC Lightship No. 58, on station at Nan tucket shoals, sprang a leak, and sent a wireless message to the torpedo sta tion at Newport, to the effect that she was sinking, and asked that assistance be sent at once. Directors of the New York Mutual Life Insurance Company are anxious that Lawyer Hughes, who is conducting the insurance investigation in New York, should become president of that com pany. It is expected that the National Civic Federation shortly to meet in New York will take steps 10 correct the evils of overimmigration. A couple who were divorced ill Cleve land, O., 15 years ago met again in New York by chance and again became hus band and wife. An honest man of Texas walked 8j miles to return a lost purse. Gen. Stephen Lee, commander of the United Confederate Veterans, has thank ed President Roosevelt for the hitter's suggestion that t the government care for the graves of Southern soldiers who died in the North. Arthur Strong, of Rouses Point, N. Y has been arrested in Helena, Mont. He was the companion in flight of his cousin, John Cross Hammond, whose wife's body was found in a trunk in their flat. Orland C. Post, general auditor of riic Delaware, Lnckawatia and Western Rail road Company, and for many, years con nected with the Baltimore and Ohio Rail road, died at East Orange. N. J. Miss Margaret Bristol, a well-known young woman of Hamilton, Out., return ing from studies abroad, attempted to jump overboard from the Kroonland, be lieving that voices at sea called her. Miss Ethel Crokcr, daughter ot Kicn ard Crokcr, is reported engaged to Count San Martino, whose brother eloped with Miss Crokcr's sister. United Slates Senator John II. Mitch ell died suddenly in Portland, Ore., from a hemorrhage following the extraction of a tooth. Capt. Carter B. Harrison, brother of former Fre-ident Benjamin Harrison, died in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Rev. Edward Everett Hale has written an open letter denouncing the action of the Interciiurch Federation in excluding the Unitarian delegates, stating that spi ritual efficiency and' not mere orthodoxy is the true test of Christianity. Mrs. Alfred Freiich and her mother. (Mrs. HocfTing) were shot and killed during a family quarrel in their home, in New York. The husband and son-in-law (Alfred Freiich, a drug clerk), surren dered himself to the police. Governor Pcimypacker, the members of bis official staff, and other distinguished Pemisylvanians attended the unveiling at Aiidcrsonville. Ga., in memory of Pennsylvania soldiers who fell in the Cicil War. District Attorney Jerome has asked the Armstrong insurance commission com mittee for a copy, of its report, suggest ing the possibilities of criminal proceed ings against insurance officials. The Norwegian Arctic explorer, Amudson, who has arrived in Alaska, reports that he found the magnetic North Pole on King William Island. Andrew Carnegie says if he owned the United States he would offer premiums to induce larger immigration. The report of the National Ginners Association estimates the cotton crop at 9,623,000 bales. The suggestion was made by Secre tary of the Navy Bonaparte that the Constitution be destroyed has aroused the ire of Bostonians, a public meeting having been called to make a protest. President William E. Corey, of lb United States Steel Corporation, now ad mites that Mrs. Corey has goiK to Neva da to obtain a divorce and that he will not oppose it. Captain Amudson, of the Norwegian Arctic expedition ship Gioa, reports that he has been through the northwest pas sage and reached the magnetic North Pole. United States Consul General James Russell Parsons was killed in Mexico by a trolley strikiig his carriage and throwing the vehicle against a post in the road. 1-OUfclUS Charles H. Graves, United States min ister to Sweden and Norway, returned to Stockholm today from Christiama where he had an audience of King Haakon and prc-ented the felicitation of President Roosevelt. Prime Minister Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman has officially announced the new British ministry. In addition to the premiership Sir Henry is first lord of the trc a-ury. John Money is secre tary 01 slate tor India. In a conflict between postal strikers and -Tikc-brcakers and poliec in front ot tile general postolhce ill est. i'cters burjr two strike-breakers were killed and a policeman and several others were wi 'Uiuleil. It is stated that, notwithstanding; the immense withdrawals from the Russian savings banks, the gold coin thus paid out will remain in Russia. At a conference ot the boycott com mittee of Canton and American mer chants a satisfactory arrangement was agreed upon. The commission appointed to inquire into the massacre ot American mission aries at l.ienchan, China, has implicated 2$ persons, including a Buddhist monk. The Japanese transport Jinsen, which broke btr propeller off the Korean coast, is adrift with 1,000 troops and 300 horses aboard. King Edward has been officially in formed that. Viscount Hagaslu has been appointed Japanese ambassador to Great Britain. Railroad men at Riga and Orioff are on strike as a protest against the procla mation of martial law in the Baltic prov inces. 4 he rebellion among tile Kussian troops in Manchuria is spreading, and many of the officers have been killed. James Coulter, a farmer, of Shel biurne, Out., murdered his wife, daugh ter and son, and then killed himself. Admiral von Tirpitz, secretary of the German Admiralty, in introducing the naval bill, said the six large cruisers askt-d for were primarily for foreign ser vice. Major General Mac'Arthur, U. S. A., is watching the British Indian army .maneuvers in India, in which about 57,000 troops arc engaged. It is reported that 8,000 people mostly Jews, have been killed at Udessa 6ince the revolutionary troubles began. Five thousand soldiers at Kharkoff have determined not to fire upon the rev olutionists if ordered. Bebel the Socialist leader in the Reichs tag atacked the government's foreign pol icy. A census of Berlin just completed, shows a population of 2,033,000. Chancellor von Uuelow, opening the debate in the Reichstag on measures for adjusting German taxation, said the debt of the empire and of the Confederated German Stairs amounted to $3,750,000, 3 X. or over f-.j per lit WOMAN FACED DEATH BRAVELY Mrs. Rogers Calmer Than Her Executioners. SHE WAS SILENT TO THE LAST. Domed t Blick Gown, Walked Calmly and With Firm Tread to lb Scaffold, was Bound With Thongs, and Submitted to Ibe Black Cap Without Saying Word-Exhibited Mora Composure Thao Clergymen. Windsor, Vt. (Special). Mrs. -Mary Mabel Rogers was hanged at the Ver mont State Prison, at Windsor, for the murder of her husband, Marcus Rogers, at Bennington, August 13, 1002. The execution took place after the woman had been twice reprieved on ac count of appeals made in her case by her counsel, and after the United Slates Su preme Court refused to lake action in the case. Only a comparatively few persons wit nessed the hanging, the number being rc- tricted to those permuted to attend by the laws of Vermont. A telephone message from White Riv r Junction to the state prison here, sent by Attorney Charles McCarthy, repre senting Mrs. Mary M. Rogers, to the ef fect that Governor hell had declined to grant a reprieve, indicated that the last possibility of interference with the exe cution of the woman had vanished. The lawver's information was verified a few moments later by an official telephone call from Governor Bell to Sheriff Henry H. Peck. The final arrangements for arrving out the death sentence then were made. The information that the governor had refused further to interfere did not sur prise the prison officials, in view of the repeated declarations ot the governor that bis duty required that the law must take its course. Aside from the presence of an unus ual number of deputy sheriffs and a large number of newspaper correspondents and telegraph operators, the town of Wind sor proceeded with its luisiness as usual. There was apparently little interest in what was taking place at the prison. Sheriff Peck came from White River Junction on an early train. He seemed considerably affected by the prospects before him. It was recalled that tie nact at one time headed a movement among the county officers to secure a reprieve for the condemned woman. Sheriff Peck was not personally to act as executioner. He had delegated all the actual work to deputies. As high sheriff of Windsor County the law required him to be pres ent at the hanging however. At the prison no one was admitted dur ing the forenoon except persons directly connected either with the institution or the execution. All attempts to gam in formation concerning Mrs. Rogers' con dition were frustrated by the guard at the prison entrance. FIRST THROUOri NORTHWEST PASSAGE Magnetic North Pole Was Found on King William Island. Christiania, (By Cable) The Norwe gian government is cabling its felicitn tions to Capt. Roand Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer, who has arrived at Fort Egbert, Alaska, after making his way through the Northwest Passage and who found the true magnetic pole on king William Island. Dr. Fridtjof Nanscn anticipates that the expedition has proved a great suc cess. Seattle, Wash., (Special.) Rowand Amundson, the first man m history to tra vcl the Northwest Passage from east to west, is still at Fort Egbert, Alaska, waiting for an answer to the message he sent to Nansen 111 Christiania. His appeal for funds and assistance has borne fruit, Norwegians in this city tele graphing him money. From the fact that Amundsen and his expedition are in winter quarters near the mouth of McKenzie River, Ins ob ject, which he made public before lcav ing Christiania in May, 1903, has been infilled. Tooth Coitt Senator'! Life. Portland, Ore., (Special). United States Senator John II. Mitchell died at the Good Samaritan Hospital, in this city, death resulting from complications which followed the removal of four teeth Hemorrhage' of unusual severity follow ed the removal of the teeth, and, despite the application of the most powerful styp tics known to dental science, the flow of blood could not be stayed. Physicians were summoned to the dental office, but 1 he combined scientific knowledge of the dentists and physicians could not stop tile now of blood. Settling With (be Sultan. Constantinople (By Cable). The am bassadcrs of the six powers at a confer ence just held have accepted some of the modifications proposed by the Porte to the original scheme for the financial con trol of Macedonia, and an amended agreement has been forwarded to their respective governments for ratification, This is expected promptly, when the in cident will be closed. A Banker Buroed. Buffalo, N. V. (Special) James I Blodget, the hermit banker of Hermitage, Wyoming county, was burned to death in his house, which burned to the ground He was estimated to be worth $1,000,000. He was a graduate of Yale College, in the class ot lSO. An Explosion la Washington. Washington, D. C. (Special). An ex plosion at the plant of the Washington Gas Light Company in Southeast Wash iiigton resulted in damages to the ex lent of $150,000. The double building that housed the engine-room, together with the intricate machinery it contained was completely demolished. The explo sion occurred in the six-inch by-pass gas main. This connected with a 20-inch main that led to a condensing engine, the head of the smaller main being blown out. Scuteoced to Death. Des Moines, la., (Special). William McWilliams, who pleaded guilty to the murder of his wife and five children week ago. was sentenced to death at Independence. McWilliams' crime was one of the most shocking in the. crimi nal history of the State. He dashed out the brains of his wife and the babe in her arms with hammer, and called his other children to him, one by one, mur dering them in the same manner. ,The only reason which h has given ia that "they were better off out of th way." NEW YORK AS SEEN DAY BY DAT. Ntw Yor Oitt, N. Y. Some unknown person or persons cut the guy ropes of the derrick on the new Altman building in course of con struction at Thirty-fifth street and Fifth avenue, by Post & McCord, the contrac tors against whom the structural iron workers are waging a strike. But for the fact that the damage was discovered in time, many workmen might have been killed or injured. Nearly 50 men were about to begin work when a shout of warning was heard. Just as the work men escaped, the derrick fell with a crash. There was a similar occurrence recently in another of the Post & McCord buildings, at Fourteenth St. and Tenth Ave. The employers charge that it was the work of strikers. J0 The United States Circuit Court of Ap peals l'.as handed down a decision aflirni ing the conviction of former Customs Examiner Charles G. Browne on a charge of conspiracy. Browne was accused of conspiring with S. Rosenthal & Co. to defraud the Government by passing silks at under-estimated weights. At present he is out on bail. A. S. Rosenthal was indicted also for conspiracy, and put un der $30,000 bail. He furnished the bail and lied to Europe, where has has re mained ever since. j& Samuel H. Cohen, manager of the new Montank Theatre, in Brooklyn, died fol lowing an operation for cancer of the throat. Mr. Cohen was widely known theatrical circles. j0 j& Edward Milan, under three indict ments for bribery and assault at the polls on election day, was declared to be a fugitive front justice in the Kings county court by Judge Crane, and his bat' amounting to $11,000, was forfeited. J& j & Justice Stover, in the Supreme Court, approved the certificate of incorporation of the Woman's Association of the Bar of New York City. The women lawyers of Manhattan, and there are many of them, have not been pleased because they were not admitted to membership in the real Bar Association, so they just dccidT cd to have a bar association of their own. & jer ;& Peter Forrester, once a prosperous member of the Stock Exchange, pleaded guilty before Judge Rosalsky in General Sessions to three indictments charging him with the theft of $36,000 from the estate of Lucinda Dougherty, of which he was executor, i he indictments were 13 months old, the prisoner having spent that time in the Lodlow Street Jail un der a commitment for contempt of court made by the Surrogate. His arraignment 111 court was the result ot an agreement between Forrester's counsel and Sheriff Erlanger. The prisoner is 62 years old, and in such feeble health that his law yer feared that a continued stay in the county jail would cause his death. At one time Forrester did business for the Vanderbilts and other equally well known people in this city. MUCH IN LITTLE. In many parts of the Alps girls wear trousers when coasting. In 1004 one out of every seven London children under the age of 12 months died. Oscar Hunt, one of the Carlisle foot- 11 team, is an Indian millionaire from Oklahoma. The amount of $6,000,000 will be spent or the amelioration and embellishment of the Transvaal capital. Experiments in cotton growing by the Cape government are now in progress on Cape Flats, near Capetown. r.has Hart. Reading s famous goose- bone man, says he is not making any pre dictions about the weather this winter. Gov. Miguel Otero, of New Mexico, is the most extensive sheep owner in the Southwest, owning a flock numbering 65, 000. William Elliott, a Civil War veteran of Kokomo, Ind., rejects a pension of $15,000, saying he deserves no reward for doing his duty. Rear Admiral Schley says that this na tion has had five wars within 125 years, and that in these wars 2,607 battles had been fought. In England, where fads and fashions change slowly, and the roads are good, bicycle manufacturers are still doing a good business. The sale of typewriters has been for bidden by the police in Russia. This was done to prevent their use by revoi titionists in issuing circulars. II LOST IN STEAMER WRECK. Member ol Canadian Parliament Perishes In Disaster. Halifax, N. S. (Special) Eleven lives were lost in the wreck of the steamer Lunenburg which went ashore off Am rst Harbor, Magdalen islands. The steamer had a crew of 17, and probably caricd several passengers in cluding R. J. Leslie, a member of the Canadian Parliament and a member ot the firm of Leslie, Hart & Son, which owns the vessel. The Lunenburg had been running be tween Pictou and the Magdalen Islands since last spring. During a high gale, accompanied by blinding snow flurries, it is thought that the steamer went out of her course in trying to make Amherst harbor and brought up on rocks. FINANCIAL. It is now asserted that St. Paul's ex tension will cost over $75,000,000. It is probable that the Lake Shore will ultimately get the Pere Marguette. Russian 4s fell 2-i per cent in London, which indicates the seriousness of the Russian situation. "Imports in this country are relatively too large to suit me. I don't think this is a good sign. This is the remark of prominent Philadelphia banker. V. L. Bull says the reselling of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton to J, Morgan is a favorable thing for Erie. It was too big a burden for Erie to aisume, particularly as the Cincinnati road is not in eood physical shape and the price paid bv the Erie was very high, Indeed, i was doubtful if that company would earn enough to pay the dividend guaranteed by the Erie and Erie is in no position to build up any line but Us own. The American Tobacco Company has bought and canceled $15,200,000 of its 4 per cent, bonds out of the earnings. The common stock of the company now sells at $400. , St. Paul dropped two more points. Its extension to the Pacific is not a bull card temporarily on its own shares and it ij a bear card on Union Pacific for the "Ions pull." New York banks havt apparently lost this week $3,600,000. Ross or Morgan were conspicuous sell er of Cambria Steel. National Lead was strong again on the reports that American Smelting has final ly bought t majority of the stock. WRECKED TRAIN BURNED TO RAILS Mae Perish in Crash of the Overland Limited. TIIE DEAD "ENGINEER BLAMED. Fast Passeoger Tralo 00 the L'nlon Padlt Strikes 1 Freight, Which Hod Lelt Siding Contrary to Orders, Demolishing Both Loco motives and Three Cara ol Passenger Tralo Several ol Dead Incinerated. Omaha, Neb. (Special). Ten persons were killed and 11 train employes and 8 passengers wire injured in the wreck of Os-erland Limited passenger train No. 2 011 the Union Pacific five miles west of Rock Springs, Wyo. The limited was run into head-on by a freight train, and both engines were demolished. The dy namo car, mail car and dining car on the limited burned to the wheels. Sever al of the dead were incinerated. 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 Alisay, a siding five miles west of Rock Springs. The freight look the siding at Ahsay. waited until three of these trains had passed and then pulled out. When a mile and a half west of Ahsay the freight met the Overland Lim ited and crashed into it head on. W. L. Park, general superintendent of the Union Pacific road, stated that Con ductor Roy Darrell and Engineer Brink were entirely responsible for the wreck and that Conductor Darrclt has admitted that he became confused as to the num ber of trains that had passed Ahsay. Engineer Brink was one of the killed. Several trains had been delayed at Gran ger, with the result that the four passen ger trains were running close to each oth er. Ihe freight had received positive orders to meet all four of these trains Ahsay, and the officials say that the orders were either misunderstood or dis- obeved. Relief trains, with wrecking cars and a large number of physicians, were imme diately dispatched from Rock Springs and Granger. NEW TREATY WITH DENMARK. Belter Provisions For Extradition Ar- ranged. Washington, (Special). The Senate ratified and made public a -supplementary extradition treaty between the United States and Denmark, signed at Washing ton by Mr. Root and the Danish Minister. It provides that 111 the case ot crimes committed in the colonies of either na tion applications for the surrender of the accused may be made directly to the gov ernor or chief magistrate of the colony in which the fugitive has sought retuge by the governor of the colony of the oth er contracting party, provided both island possessions are situated in America; these governors to have authority either to grant extradition or refer the matter for decision to the government ot tne mother country. In all other cases ap plications for extradition are to be made through the diplomatic channel. Where the fugitive criminal is arrested in the Philippine Islands, the Hawaiian Islands, Faroe Island or Iceland, he may be pro visionally detained for four months. In addition to the crimes and offenses men tioned in the existing extradition treaty of January 6, 1902, between the United States and Denmark, extradition shall be granted also for bribery, which is defined as "ottering, giving or receiving ot bribes." A Oold Heart to Mr. Kooaevelt. Washington, (Special). A gold heart was presented to President Roosevelt on behalf of the people of Colorado. The presentation was made by Representa tive Robert Honynge, ot uover. 1 lie heart, which is unalloyed gold, was in closed in a handsome case, bearing this inscription: "From the heart of the Rocky Mountains tms symbol ot pure Colorado gold is sent by men, women and children rich and poor sharing alike to Theodore Roosevelt, president of the United Mates, whose great heart brought peace to the people of Japan and Russia. 'Ihanksgiving Day, 1005, A. D." Explosion on Steamer. London, (By cable) A news agency- says that a telegram has been received in London from Saigon, rFcnch Indo China, saying that an explosion has taken ploce on board the British steamer Car lisle, in the harbor of Saigon I he Carlisle was chartered by the Rus sian government to carry supplies from Vladivostok to Port Arthur before the surrender of the latter fortress. She lost her propeller and drifted to San Miguel bay, Island ot Luzon, whence sue was towed to Manila. In May she arrived at Saigon and was detained there on sus picion of carrying contraband of war. Later it was learned th .t her cargo con sisted of arms and ammunition valued at $4,500,000, and that after the conclusion of peace she was compel leu to remain at Saigon because the Kussian government refused to pay her time charges, War Veterans Fleeced. Huntington, W. Va. ( Special). John Meader was placed in jail here in default of $2,500 bond by United States Commis sioner Gibson. Meader, it is alleged, victimized many old soldiers in var ion? counties of the southern portion of the state. He passed as a spec ial agent of the government, and told pensioners if they would give him $10 lie would recommend an increase. Many were tieeced. Pensions For Ihe Lonely, Washington (Special). Pensions for the lonely are provided for in a petition laid before the Senate by Vice President Fairbanks. The petition is signed by Miss Sarah Miranda Clynier of Bridge ton, N. J., who asks that a bill be passed instructing the United States Treasurer to make monthly payments of not less than ii nor more than $500 to all per sons "alone in the world when they can not maintain themselves." The petition was referred to the Committee on Edu cation and Labor. Blow lo Speculators. Albay, N. Y. (Special). Theatre tick et speculation received its deathblow in a decision of the Court of Appeals. That tribunal has decided that the management of a theatre has not only the right lo prohibit the sale of tikcls to its perform ances, but has likewise the power to re fuse to accept for admission those sold on the sidewalk, provided the prohibi tion of such sale is stated on the face of the ticket. This decision is rendered in the case of William H. Collisier, :t theatre ticket speculator, of New York City, in proceedings against the proprie tors of the Knickerbocker Theatre. L1YE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS. Secretary Bonaparte will this week dis cuss with President Roosevelt the find ings in the case of Midshipman Meri wether. It is understood that the court martial has acquitted Meriwether of the charge of manslaughter, but lias found him guilty of the less serious charges and sentenced him to dismissal. An explosion at the plant of the Wash ington Gaslight Company caused a loss of $150,000. Thomas Woods, night en gineer, was blown through ati opening, but not badly hurt. Other employes were slightly injured. The President has summarily removed from office United States Marshal T. R. Matthews of the district of Nebraska for misconduct. In the Senate, at the instance of Mr. Gallinger, a resolution directing the Com mittee on Naval Affairs to investigate the condition of the old frigate Consti tution with a view to its repair wa! adopted. The Senate, in executive session, con firmed Mr. Charles J. Bonaparte, ol Mar laud, secretary of the navy. In the senate Mr. Tillman (S. C.) in troduced a resolution calling for an in by insurance companies. He made a vestigation of campaign contribution.' characteristic speech. In the House Representative Hard wick (Ga.) reintroduced a joint resolu tion declaring that it is the policy of the United States to grant independence to the Philippines as soon as a stable gov ernment shall have bccji established. Representative Morrell, in the House, introduced a bill providing that automo biles passing from one state to another shall be provided with licenses obtained from the Interstate Commerce Commis sion. The House rejected the amendment of Mr. Williams, fixing the amount of the canal appropriation at $6,858,333, and adopted an amendment fixing the amount at $11,000,000. The Senate passed Tillman's resolution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for information as to whether or not nat ional banks make contributions to politi cal campaigns. Rear Admiral Mason, cluet ot the tsu reau of Ordnance, in his annual report points out that American naval ordnance is on an equality with foreign ordnance. The President has determined upon the reduction of the naval force in Do minican waters from a squadron of pro tected cruisers to a "mosquito fleet." The House passed the Panama Canal Emergency Bill, the amount being fixed at $11,000,000. Charges of discrimination were made by the Donohoe Coke Company, ol Greesburg, Ph., against the Pennsyl vania Railroad. The annual book of estimates of the appropriations required for the govern ment service was transmitted to Con gress. An inquiry is being made into the charges made by Consul General Seegar atrainst Ambassador Thompson. Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, lias re signed the chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Inter-oceanic Canals. Secretary Root has been invited to appear before the Senate committee to discuss foreign altairs. The trial of William G. Crawtord tor conspiracy against the government was continued in Washington. James F. Ttaccy, of New 1 ork, was nominated associate justice of the Su preme Court of the Philippines. The Esch-Townsend Railroad Bill, which has been redrawn, was reintroduc ed in the House. Scth Bullock, the Rough Rider, was nominated United States marshal of South Dakota. 1 The Spanish language vill be the of ficial language of the courts of the Phil ippines. ' The annual report of Secretary Shaw, of the Treasury, was submitted. A resolution expressing sympathy tor the Jews in Russia and requesting the President to use his good ottices was prc hented in the House by Congressman Goldfoglc, of New York. The Kansas congressional delegation recommended to President Roosevelt the appointment of W. T. Vernon, of the Quinrado Institute, a colored man, for register of the Treasury. The Secretary ot the Ireasury sent to Sneaker Cannon estimates aggregating $16,500,000 for continuing the work 011 the Panama Lanal. KILLED BY SMOKE IN MINE. Miners Suffocated During Fire at llorlon, W. Va. Charleston, W. Va., (Special). At Horton. on Cabin Creek, in this county, seven coal miners were suffocated. They were working in a dritt nunc when the wooden slack of the ventilating furnace caught fire and was consumed. The men outside busied themselves with trying o put out the fire, and, failing in that, tried to prevent it from spreadin? to other structures in the immediate neighborhood, paying no heed to those in the mine, not supposing them to be in danger, but there was a strong draft from the burn ing stack directly into the mouth of the mine, and the smoke rushed in with over whelming force. IN TIIE FIELD OF LABOR. About 500 waitresses in Boston, Mass., have recently been taken into the Wait ers' Union. It is said that there is an unprecedented demand for switchmen among the rail roads in the West. The state of Wisconsin will in the fu ture compile labor statistics, reports of which will be made quarterly. Further spinning mill building in Lan cashire, England, this year will give em ployment to fully 12,000 operatives. The total amount paid in wages to the Chinese miners in South Africa between January and June last was i3i6,o84. The threatened disruption in the Lon don (England) cab trade is again immi nent. Gontercnccs have Deen Held, dm no definite rfction has been taken by either side. Nine more companies, employing ovei ,;ooo men, arc dismissing their working force and leaving Chicago, 111,; forever, for the country, on account of the cease less labor troubles. Female barbers, numerous in Austrian cities, are always compelled to pass an examination before commencing busi ness, to demonstrate their abilty in shav ing, hairr.utting and hair curling. The International Association ol Sic-amfittcrs is trying to secure reinstate ment in the American Federation of La bor. Approximately 750,000 men and 250,000 women are out 01 woik in tne united Kingdom, lhey represent Sooo.ooo de pendents. All the Boston (Mass.) unions of the United Garment Workers have voted against the proposed increase 111 the na tional per capita tax. Coal Teamsters and Handlers' Union has a complete oiganiitiott of the men in Boston, Mass., it is stated, having nearly 1500 members. THE KEYSTONE STATE Ttt Latest Pennsylvania Newt Told la Short Order. The "Black Hand" has resumed hos tilities in Scranton by writing a letter to Guiseppe O'Bici, a well-to-do Italian Italian fruit dealer, threatening his life if he docs not give up $1000. O'Bici was held up on Sunday night a block from his place of business, and had it not been for the timely arrival of two passers by would probably have been killed for Ins refusal to pay. Pasquale Gorosolo's head was crushed beneath a stone wagon in Scranton. He died immediately. He was driving and was jolted off the accident being unno ticed until a little girl, passing along the road, saw the body under the heavy wheel. An alarming epidemic of measles has broken out in Jermyn.- The pupils of the public schools have been infected by a Polish family, the children in which at tended the sessions while suffering with ihe disease. Shorlly after Joseph Fox, of Potts ville, and two other mining engineers, had been lowered to the bottom of Pack er No. 4 Colliery shaft the spreader chain of the ascending cage broke. All but Fox escaped the falling carriage. His left arm, collarbone and side were crushed, and he is in a precarious condi tion. , Albert Bialccki, of Shenandoah, who, overcome by remorse, confessed to killing Con-table John Dando and 7-eIa Gondii, of Lansford, who was convicted of fa tally stabbing Benjamin Macola at a christening, were removed from jail in 4'ottsvillc to (he Eastern Penitentiary, hc former to serve cighti-cii years and the latter twenty years. Ex-Congressman W. II. Kulp, of Shamokin, and a dozen other trolley magnates of Schuykill and Northumber land Counties, interested in a gigantic trolley combination, have held several secret meetings in Pottsvillc during the last few days. At the annual meeting in Hazlcton, of the State Hospital Trustees, Dr. Walter M. Lathrnp was re-elected superintend ent. John MarKlc, the Jeddo coal opera tor, was succeeded as vice-president bj K. L. Bullock, of the Beaver Brook Coal Companv. The announcement was made in Ha zleton that the recent retrenchment at Urifton is to. be followed by a whole sale shake-up January I. It is reason ably certain that Edgar Kudlich, for years superintendent, will sever connections with the Lehigh January I and locate in New York. When C. W. Koenig and family, of HaJ-.lebrook, returned from the funeral of a relative, they found a 350 pound pig . dead in the pen, its carcass torn to pieces. They thought it was the work of some wild animal from the adjacent forest, but learned later that a bull dog owned by Superintendent Weber, of the Hazle brook Coal Company, killed the animal. By an explosion of gas at Boston Run Colliery, near Mahanoy City, Matthew Matulis and two of his laborers were so badly burned that their recovery is very doubtful. Matulis and one of the labor ers were hurled many feet down the breast by the force of the explosion. ' The barn and outbuildings with theil contents, property of Louise E. Christc son, of Sueburg, Pine Grove Township, Schuykill County, was destroyed by fire. William Herring has been appointed teacher of the Swopcs . Valley School, Schuykill County, vice Professor Charles Keeny, resigned to take a rural free delivery route. A stone placed between the crossing plank and the rail by boys at West Ber wick derailed a hand-car going at a rap id -rate of speed and threw the truck and five men down a ten-foot cmbank mcni. All of the men were badly cut and bruised, but none sustained serious injuries. Anastasia Hand, ot Lentrana, ine young woman charged with shooting Rohert Covlc. of the same place, with in tent to kill, was found guilty of aggra vated assault, the second count in the indictment. Sentence was suspended. The Homeopathic Medical Society ol the Lehigh Valley held its annual meet ing in Bethlehem. Dr. W. B. Straub, of Bethlehem, is president of the society, and Dr. W. W. Seibert, of Easton, sec retary. Papers were read by l-r. btrauD and Dr. E. D. Doolittle, of Easton. George Fisher was instantly killed, and Morris Friel fatallv hurt by a fall of roof rock at the Buck Mountain Colliery of the Mill Creek Coal Company, .near Mahanov City. The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company is inaugurating a retrenchment policy in the Dritton office. Wages of the clerks have been cut 25 per cent. The company expects to reduce the office expenses by $11,000 by the first uf th year. A special committee 01 me ocramon School Board, consisting of President Gibbons, Controller Nealon, Superinled ent Phillips and Secretary Fellows, have gone to Reading to investigate the graded mgnt scnoot system 01. inai cny. aetviai of the members of the local board, it is said, favor having such graded schools. Antonio Longo, the man who, it is charged, shot and fatally wounded Offi cer James Golden, o' Dunmorc, August 13, I!)Ot, is under arrest in naiy, anu i said to have confessed that he did the killing. Anthony Rutsavage, of bhenandoan, who participated in the riot during the miners' strike of 1902, in that town, in which Joseph Beddall, a .business man, was clubbed to death by a mob on the street, was released trom prison, nii sentence was four years. W. W. Cottingham, superintendent of the Public Schools ot Easton, celebrated the 8tst anniversary of his birth Wed nesday. Tuesday Mr. Cottingham was elected secretary of Dallas Lodge F, and A. M., for the thirty-ninth consecutive term. President Thomas, of the Lehigh Val ley, notified the Merchants' Association of Hazleton that the company is now pre paring plans for the erection of a hand some new depot in that city. The mer chants two weeks ago notified President Thomas that unless a new depot was erected they would withdraw all patron age. The Buck Run Caal Company and other coal corporations are following the ex ample of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, and establish ing volunteer corps for administering first aid to injured employees. Edward L. Batchelor and Eugene Brown,' two Phillipsburg boys, jumpctl off a freight train in front of a locomo tive going in an opposite direction in Sandy Ridge and were run down. Batchelor's skull was fractured, bis left leg broken and left hand cut off, Brown's right kneecap was splintered and his right leg broken. Both are iiitely to die. They had gone t Sandy Ridge to seek employ ment. ' Louis Russ, of Commonwealth Hotel Annex, Harrisburg, was fined $170 and had to pay $25 costs for purchasing elev en pheasants from a State game warden who had laid - '.rap for him.
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