ELECTION IHOSSVELT AND FAIRBANKS ARE ELECTED. Republicans Carry Mew York by a Large Majority Higanis Won the Governorship Missouri Counted in Eleo'.oral College for Roosevelt-Cong res3 Largely Republican. Nina National political conven tions were held thl 'r. anil nine candidal! a Tor President and vice president or the United Slates wre nora'.nntoil, tut only six electoral ticket were generally voted for. Besides thp "two great political parties" seven others made nomina tion? Peoples, I'rolilliltion, Socialist, S;xa!!st Labor. Continental i La hon. National Liberty (Ncs;ro and Lincoln (Negro.) Th two nepro partlr-a. however, apparently on U :d tl'.clr work wh-n the National conventions adjourned, as no clvtorn were selected: nnd the Continci.tal party sooraa to be confln p,l t i,i':.ol3, and. perhaps to Chita no, t:.o place of Its origin. National Tickets. Ths following are the tickets nomi nated by the different parties: I emocralle President. Alton B. P-her, New York: vice president, Henry G. Davis. West Virginia. It publican-President. Theodore Riosevclt. New York; vice president, Charles W. Fairbanks, Indiana. Prohibition Premc.ent, Silns C. Fv.allow, Pennsylvania; vice pr! !tnr. none W. Carroll. Texas. peoph President, Thomas E. Watson. Georgia: vice president. T'.n,r..as H. Tiblil"s. Nebraska. Sv-!:'.li.'"l President. Eugene V. Del -a. Indiana: vice president. Ben jamin H.niford. New York. Socialist Labor President. Charles II. Corrcian. New Yirk; vice pr.v-d-dent. William W. Cox, Illinois. Continental I Labor) President, A't.-itln Holcomb, C.eorc'in ; vice presi dent. A. Kin?. Mi;t?oui-i. National Liberty (Neurol Presi dent. George E. Taylor. Iowa; vice president, Willinm C. Payne, Virginia. L'r.coln party (Negro) President. JO. P. Penn, West Virginia: vice pvesi , dent, John J, Jones, Illinois. ROOSEVELT THE VICTOR. Republican Candidate Wini Decisive Victory Over Judge Parker. At Tuesday's election Roosevelt and Fairbanks won by en overwhelm In? majority. The Democratic Na tional committee concedes that they carried every doubtful State. The next House of Representatives will be Republican by very probably 30 majority. Returns thus far received Indicate that the vote In the electoral college will be as follows: ELECTORAL VOTE. Republican. California M Colorado 5 Connecticut 7 Delaware ., 3 Idaho ? Illinois 27 Indiana 15 Iowa 13 Kansas I1' Maine Maryland 8 Massachusetts 13 Michigan 14 Minnesota 11 Missouri 18 Montana 3 Nebraska 8 Nevada 3 Now Hampshire 4 New Jersey 12 New York 39 North Dakota 4 Ohio 23 Oregon 4 Pennsylvania ft 4 Rhode Island 4 South Dakota 4 Utah 2 Vermont 4 Washington 5 Wost Virginia 7 Wisconsin 13 Wyoming 3 Total 343 Democratic. Alabama 11 Arkansas 9 Florida 5 Georgia 13 Kentucky 13 Louisiana 9 Mississippi 1(! North Carolina 12 South Carolina 9 Tennessee 12 ' Texan ! 18 Virginia 12 Total 133 Total 476 Majority for Rosevelt 210 VIRGINIA. The Democratic majority on the Presidential ticket will be about 25. 000. Nine Democratic Congressmen out of a total of ten have been chosen. Slomp, the Republican in cumbent In the Ninth district, ap parently Is re-elected by a majority of about 1,200. Would-Be Assassin Escapee, After a Republican speech defend ing the Roosevelt administration on the race question at Graham, Va., an attempt was made to assassinate R, W. Btalr, of Wythevllle, Va., In a room at the hotel shortly after the conclusion of the meeting. The would-be assassin fired at Mr. Blair while near a window, missing his head about an Inch. The man es wped in the darkness. RETURNS. NEW YORK. The State of New York has given Roojpvclt a majority of approximately 175.000. It has Riven Hirgins for Governor a majority of about 7S,0:o. Greater New York, whl.h vave Colrr 123.000, could furnish Parker only about 33.000 to meet that trmcndoil . up-State majority of Roosevelt. Greater New York did bMtr for Hen Ick than U did for Parker by 47. iioo votes. The 75,000 votes Merrick got up to the Bronx approached a re spectable Democratic vote In New York, even though It was swamped by the lfio.oon that tha up Stat.; cour.U-'s gave to Hi!?lns. The Legislature Is more Rpnbli can than ever. They have giincd foni votes In the Senate and ni:io In the Assembly. The Democratic Senator firm Suf folk district. Long Island, is succe riled by a Republican. The same thing han ppp.ed In the eastprn district of Brook lyn. In Manhattan the Republicans gained two Senators In the Seven teenth district and in the Nineteenth, both far uptown. The makeup of the next Legislature appears to Ip: Senate Republicans, 2!; Democrats, 2S. Assembly Re publicans, Democrats, 62. A Re publican majority on Joint ballot of 54. PENNSYLVANIA. The Republicans have made an al most complete swjep In Pennsylvania, tarrying the State for Roosevelt and Fairbanks by over 4S5.0O0 nnd elect ing 25 of the 2t! State Senators and 20 cf the 32 Congressmen. Thev have tibo elected about 175 of the 204 mm hers c.f the House of Representative?. This gives them control of both branches of thp Legislature by a large majority, insuring the election of Gov ernor Pennypacker's appointee. Phil ander C. Knox, for United States Sen ator, to succeed the late M. S. Quay. John P. Elkin. Republican, is elected State Supreme Court Judge by a ma jority almost as great as that cast for the Republican National ticket. The Republicans have also carried nearly all the Judicial districts In which elections were held for Common Pleas Judges and the five counties In which Associate Judges were chossn. OHIO. Almost romplct'i unofficial returns Indlcnte that the Republican plurali ty In Ohio is between 210.000 and 215.000. or over three times the plur ality this Sfute ever gave any Na tional ticket. About a dozen coun ties have been cnrrlr-i by the Repub licans for the first time. The Republicans gained three Con gressmen by currying all of tho Con gressional districts except the Fourth, in which Harvey C. Garber was r?-deeted by l.iino or less than Olll -third the UMIlll IVlnnrivitlP i.Iim-. i nliiy or that district. VEST VIRGINIA. I A spfelil to the Pittsburg Po:-t I says: Roosevelt's plurality over Pa.'k- er in west lrglnla is between 20, Oeo and 25.O0O, nnd may exceed these Awes. Di'wuon Is elected gover nor by a plurality probably oxc;'odlni; 4.ino. AM five of the Republican con gressional nominees are successful. Dayton 1n tho Second district, hud tho closest figure, his plurality over Stewart W. Walker, the Democratic candidate, being about 1,000. Dove nor, in the First, has about 3,000; Woodyard, In tho Fourth, about 2, 500: Claines, In the Third, about 2,000 and Hughes' majority, In tho Fifth, Is estimated to be from 2.000 upward. The Legislature Is Republican In both branches without taking Into consideration the hold-over senators. With several counties in doubt, there tiro 52 Republicans elected to the House of Delegates nnd 27 Demo crats. Eleven Republicans are elect ed to the Semite, two Democrats with out doubt, and probably two others in the Seventh and Ninth districts. MARYLAND. On -the face of tho unofficial re turns of tho votes cast. Maryland Is Republican on the presidential ticket by n small majority. An offic ial count may bo required to decide the result. Three Republican con gressmen, Frank C. Wachter, Syd ney E. Mudd und George A. Pearre, were surely re-elocted by material mr.Joritlc'8. Three Democrats, Thomas A. Smith, J. F. C. Talbot (ii.-elcted), nnd John Gill, were re turned elected. Congressman W. H. Jackson, Re publican, of the First district, will contest the seat before the House of Representatives. TENNESSEE. Indications are that the Democratic ticket Is elected with decreased ma jorities. Frazler 1b elected Governor by a plurality of 25.000, against 39. 000 two years ago. The Legislature will be largely Democratic iu both branches. The Congressional delega tion still stands eight Democrats and two Republicans. Coal Laden Steamara Burned. The steamer Germanic owned by Hutchinson & Co., of Cleveland, and valued at $45,000, was burned to the water'! edge at Stag Island, In the St. Clair river. She was Insured for (40,000. The Germanic had been aground, and was loaded with 2,000 tons of soft coal, which she took on at Ashtabula for Ashland, Wis. Sev eral of the crew who were asleep when the fire broke out bad narrow escapes. ILLINOIS. National Committeeman Frank O. t.owden telegraphed National Chair man Cortelyou that the majority In Illinois for Roosevelt will not be lest than 100,000. Tho Republican 8tatc Central Committee claims that Roose volt has carried Cook county, in whld Chicago is located, by 90,000. and Hit State by 140,000. The same figure are given for Deneen (Rep.) for Gov enior. Debs, the Socialist candidal! for President, polled a large vote It Chicago. Estimates Indicate a tola :( 45.HIO. INDIANA. Democratic State Chairman O'Hil n concedes that the Repttliil cans have carried the St.ite by 30.001 or over. He concedes the legisla ture to the Republicans, nnd this In-sMt-es the election of two Republican Senators to miccced Senators Fair b.tr.ks ami Pevclidge. The Republi cans will have between 30 ami 4e majority on Joint ballot In the Lrgls iat'iri . COLORADO. Mlitnn Smith. Chairman of the Dem ei iatlc State Committee, says Adams, Democrat, lor Governor, will have S.nt'ii majority over Peahody, Republi can, outside of Denver, that this will bp doubled by the vote of Denver and .'hat Parker will not run more than 1') vV-tcs behind Adams. D. B. Fair ly. R 'publican Chairman, fays Roose veit ha certainly carried the State and that Governor Peahody Is safe, though hi vote will fall short of Roosevelt's. PRE910ENT ELECT. S& i I Theodore Roosevelt )J g til i MISSOURI. Fifty-tight widely scattered coun ties, out of 114, give Roosevelt a plurality over Parker of 12,292. Jos eph W. Folk, Democrat, for governor, running in tho neighborhood of 35,- OOti ahead of the Stnte ticket, is given a plurality of 31,043 In the same counties, which Include the city of St. Louis. It appears, thnt the entire Repub lican State ticket, except Governor, Is elected by small majorities, and that the election of Mr. Folk is a great personal record victory as he went out of St. Louis 5,000 to 10,000 ahead of his ticket, and with 8.000 grenier plurality than was given RooHevelt, who curried the city by 2,ii00 plurality. The election of Joseph W. Folk, as Governor of Missouri marked the final triumph of the lovers of good govern ir nt in this State. Mr. Folk made hi; rare on the Issue honest govern let tit. V KENTUCKY. . Six hundred nnd seventy-two pre cincts out of a total of l,89i In the Sia'c give Parker a plurality of Hi, 4Sti. As the eleventh district, a Re publican stronghold. Is yet to be heard from, Parker's probable plur ality Is placed by both Democrats and Republicans at between 12,ooo and 14.1100. Bryan's plurality In llioo was 8,940. KANSAS. Tho Indications are that Roosevelt will carry the State by 30.000 plurali ty. The State ticket is badly scratch ed. T. T. Kelly, candidate for State Treasurer. Is running behind his ticket. All the Republican Congress men are elected. VERMONT. Roosevelt carried the State by about 31.000. Roosevelt ran ahead of McKlnley's vote In 19oo, while Parker ran behind that of Bryan. CONNECTICUT. The New Haven Register (Indepen dent) claims Connecticut for Roosevelt by over 20,000, the election of Roberts, Republican, for Governor, by nearly as much, and the State ticket in New Haven by from 1,000 to 1,500. RHODE ISLAND. Roosevelt hag carried the State by 15,001) plurality. Granger, Democrat, and Caperon, Republican, Congress men, are re-elected. Garvin, Demo crat, Is probably re-elected Governor. FLORIDA. The few scattered returns so far re ceived Indicate the usual Democratic majorities in Florida. The Democrat ic candidates for Congress are all elected. MISSISSIPPI. Returns Bhow that between CO.000 and 75,000 votes were cast. The Democratic majority for Parker and Davis will be In the neighborhood of 50,000. Mississippi returns eight Democratic Congressmen. Fatally Wounded. John McLaughlin, 30 years old, shot und probably fatally wounded John Perry, 84 years old and married, at Rochester, Pa. McLaughlin Is a well-known citizen and Perry Is one of the owners of the Penn Glass com pany, a glass-cutting shop. Mrs. Julia Reano and her grand son, George Kirk, 4 years old, were burned to death In Chicago. The grandmother rushed Into the burn ing house in an attempt to save the child. - J ,-, x ,f If y -f 1 DELAWARE. It looks as If the Republicans had carried all three counties for Roose velt, elected their State ticket and will have both 'Houses of the Legis lature by a working majority. Lea. IRop.) candidate for Governor, If running behind In this city, but will bt elected. Roosevelt has carried Dela ware by about 5,000 and the Republi cans elect the Congressman. The Republicans claim that they will have 40 of the 52 members ot the l-eglsla tore on Joint ballot. 80UTH CAROLINA. Pa'Icer carried South Carolina by not less than 40,000 plurality. The Democratic State ticket has been elected without opposition. The State Lcglrlature Is unanimously Demo cratic. These Democratic Congress men are elected: First District, George S. Iegare; Second, J. C. Palterson; Third, Wyatt Aiken; Fourth. Joseph T. John son; Fifth, David K. Finlcy; Sixth, J. E. Ellerbe; Seventh, Asbury F. Iever. NORTH DAKOTA. The returns so far Indicate a clean sweep for tho . Republican State ticket. There are no contests on Congressmen and very few on Legis lative nominees. Indications are that Roosevelt will receive the largest vole ever given to a Republican can i'iilate. It Is conceded that Sarles, the Republican candidate for Gover nor Is elected, nlso Marshall and Grojma (or Congress, VICE PRE8IDENT ELECT. i !!TOlK((H.WARPCNrRlllBAHIg)!!S!il' MAINE. The result was victory for Roose velt nnd Fairbanks. Returns tabulated from 350 out of 519 cities, towns and plantations, give Roosevelt 57,940 and Parker 24,730. The same places in 1900 gave McKlnley 58.355 and Bryan 33,242. Roosevelt's plurality of 33,216 was an Increase of 8,103. A Republican plurality of 37,000 was Indicated by these returns. MASSACHUSETTS. Returns Indicate that Roosevelt hag carried the State by a plurality In excess of that received by McKlnley tour years ago. W. L. Douglass, the Democratic nominee for Governor, seeniB to bo elected by about 20,000 plurality. NEW HAMPSHIRE. A big vote was polled In New Hanip- shire but the Independent vote Is larg- ; er than ever before. Roosevelt has carried the State by from 18,000 to 20,000, and McLane Republican, for Governor, la elected by at least 12,000. ' The legislature Is Republican In both ! branches by large niajoiltles. MICHIGAN. Tho Republican Stale Central Com mittee at 8:30 o'clock announced that the returns they have received from the State indicate that Roosevelt will have a majority of from 125,000 to 135,000. Ferris (Rep.) candidate for Governor, ran far behind the Presi dential vote. NORTH CAROLINA. There Is hardly any doubt that all ten Democratic Congressmen have been elected. Only the two mountain ' districts are in doubt, the Eighth and the Tenth. These the Republicans do not concede. The Democratic ma- i jorlty in the State appears to be about 50,000. . IOWA. ! Roosevelt's plurality will be 125,000 ' and the entire State ticket Is elected. I Republicans elect 10 Congressmen, ! with the Second district in doubt. I Wade, Democrat, seems .to be holding his' own with the vote of 1902, when he carried the district by 1,500. i IDAHO. Roosevelt is conceded to have car ried the State by a heavy majority. Gooding, Republican, is probably elected Governor over Heltfeld, Demo crat. The American party polled a heavy vote. CALIFORNIA. Reports from counties Indicate Roosevelt's majority as 30,000. In five Congressional districts victory was conceded to the Republican nomi nees The next Legislature will elect a successor to Senator Thomas R. Bard. NEVADA. The Republican State ticket Is in the lead, and Yerlngton, Republican, for Congress, U probably elected over Van Duuen, Democrat. The State Is conceded to Roosevelt. Found Dead. The body of J. II. McPherson, ot Troy, O., was found Immersed In a pool ot muddy water In an alley in Chicago. It is the belief of the au thorities that McPherson, who bad ex hibited some small amounts of money, was lured Into the alley, slug ged and robbed and afterward thrown into the ditch. J. T. Cleveland, an American, was killed by a policeman near Havana, Cuba. al; f 'li ' V I nHWMMaBHHI " iiw I , 111 , NEW JERSEY. President Roosevelt has carried the State by a much larger majority than that of McKlnley in 1900, which was 56,899 ovwr Bryan. Stokes, for Gov ernor, is running slightly behind Roosevelt. Eight Republican Congress men appear to be elected. The Dem ocrats carry two Congressional dls trlcts. The Btate Senate and State Assembly will remain Republican by big majorities, securing the return to thp Senate of John Kean, the present senior Senator. Roosevelt carried drover Cleveland's precinct In Prince Inn by 171 plurality. ' The Republican State Committee claims that Roosevelt has carried the State by tio.ooo or over. Tho election of Stokes for Governor Is claimed by the Republicans by 25,000. MINNESOTA. The chairman of the Democratic State Committee claims the election or John JohiiKon for Governor by 10. ooo plurality. In 1000 Vnn Sant (Rep.) was elected by a plurality ol lr?s than 4,000, and with the Repub lican dissatisfaction this year thr claim of the Democratic Central Com mittee Is not unreasonable. The Democrats do not claim the balance of the State ticket. The Legislature will be strongly Republican. In the Filth Congressional district there Is a clop contest. Roosevelt's plurality promises to be about 50,000. NEDRASKA. Precincts In Omaha report Ins Indl cnte a Republican pain on the Nation al ticket and a corresponding lozs on the State ilcket. Outside returns are similar, nnd with the present, ratio of Republican loss on ho Slate ticket, George W. Berge, Fnsionlst, will be elected Governor. The Rept'lillenns claim the State for Roosevelt ly 30,- 000. GEORGIA. Parkrr carries Georgia by 45,000 plurality. All 11 Democratic Con gressmen are elected. Bdl, In the Ninth, rolled up an overwhelming majority against Ashley, the only Re publican making an active contest. LOUISIANA. The Democrats have carried Louisi ana for Parker and Davis by a ma jority of probably 35,000. Seven Democratic Congressmen have been elected. TEXAS. Returns show thnt the vote cast will hardly exceed 375.000, ot which 2500HO were cast for Parker, 60,000 for Roosevelt and the balance scatter ing. All Democratic candidates for Congress were elected. ARKANSAS. Returns show a light vote In Ark ansas. From these the Democratic plurality Is conservatively estimated at 40.000. The Democratic nominees for Congress have safe majorities. WISCONSIN. Roosevelt has carried the State by a plurality estimated at between 00,000 anil 75.000. Gov. R. M. Lnfol lette has been re-elected by about 50, OOO, nnd the ConureBslomil complex ion remains unchanged. WASHINGTON. Secretary Dover of the National Republican Committee has received the following telegram from Seattle, Wash.: "Democrats concede Wash ington to Roosevelt by 20,000. We claim by 40,000." SOUTH DAKOTA. Roosevelt has carried tho State by probably 4o,ooo. Chairman Crane, of tho Republican State Central com mittee, puts the figures ut 50,0o0. MONTANA. The count Is proceeding slowly throughout the State. Tho reports al ready Indicate that the State will go for Roosevelt. UTAH. At Democratic Stato headquarters It Is conceded Roosevelt has carried the State by 8,000 plurality. ALABAMA. The plurality for Parker nnd Davis lu Alabama is ubout 75,000. Want a Larger Navy. Three battleships, live scout cruis ers, six torpedo bout destroyers, six torpedo boats und two squadron col liers, at nn aggregate maximum cost of $41,300,000, is tho building pro gram which tho general board of tho navy has recommended the secretary of tho navy to urge Congress to ati tliorizo at Its next session. FAMOUS SUIT RE-ENTERED. It Involves $50,000,000 and Is Against Rogers of Standard Oil. The suit for $50,000,000 brought by Elizabeth T. Grcunnugh of New York against Henr H. Rogers of the Stan dard Oil Company, which was dis missed by agreement of the parties on September 24, was re-entered In the Supreme Court.' The new suit Is en tered under the name of Cadwallader M. Raymond versus Henry H. Rogers et al., the damages being set at $30, 000,000, as before. The parties at in terest are the same as in the previous suit, the claim being assigned to C. M. Raymond, a friend of Mrs, Green ough. Alfred Hemmenway of Boston accepted service on behalf of Mr. Rogers. Mrs. Greenough is administratrix of the estate of her husband, Benjamin F. Greenough, an Inventor, and seeks to recover royalties on the use of a secret process for treating petroleum to make It non-explosive. Coal Traffio Agreement. The coal roads, represented in the Ohio Coal Traffic association, have agreed to abolish on December 1 the system of re-conslgnlng coal at distributing points and particularly at Toledo. Notices -were sent out by the various railroads. ACTIVITY IN INDUSTRIALS. Unusual Demand for Pig Iron, Steal Products, Coke and Building Materials. R. O. Dun Co.'s "Weekly no view of Trnde" says; All measures of trade Indicated ihe customary loss due to holiday Interruption, but sub sequently much of the deficit was re cuinoil, numerous evidences of In creasing confidence being seen In the disposition to place orders for dis tant dupmenf. Increased consump tion of pig iron Is also slgnlftcnnt and In other lending branches of manufacture there Is a steadily di minishing percentage of Idle machin ery. Woolen mills nro busy, da spite the fact that it Is between seasons, and the raw wool market Is very strong. Foreign commerce at New York for tho Inst week shows a decrease of $502,905 In exports cohipnred with last year's figures while imports Incrnised $4,3l!4,S91. Receipts of coffee were a prominent factor in this gain. Railway earn ings In October exceeded Inst year's by 3.S per cent. Developments In tl'e leading tiinnufneturlnff Industry Bi ? about eipuil to Ihe most sanguine rxin'ptatlona. Demand Is broaden In tit a wholesome manner, large contracts calling for a heavy tonnnge of plites, wire, pipe and sheets. Orders lor structural shapes were heavliT th;-,!! at. any previous time this yea:', nnd sales of bnrs were made at $ above the Hat prices. Footwear niiiiiufiicturcis report a satisfactory volume of supplemen tary orders from Eastern Jobers for delivery early next year. quota tions are fully maintained, and in some Instances small ndvances have oceured. An upward tendency Is still noted In bother. Buyer of cotton goods still oper ate cautiously, although Boilers are more d-termlned to secure full prices. They claim thnt there is no prospect of cheaper raw material, and present cosis of production war rant the quotations demanded. Failures this week numbered) 213 In tho United States against 2S3 Inst year, and 17. In Canada compared with 27 a your ago. FIGHT AT PORT ARTHUR. Three Vessels Reported Sunk. Rus sians Retako Fort, But Lose It. More details of the fighting around Port Arthur between October 30 and November 3 were received at the Jap anese legation at Washington In a cablegram from the foreign office at Toklo. Tho dispatch tells of the cap ture of several forts forming part of the defences of Port Arthur and of the beginning ot the bombardment with heavy guns of the ship yard and ship ping in the harbor of Port Arthur, apparently with telling effect. The cable message reads: "The commander of the Port Ar thur army reports that the right and part of the center column occupied ut sunset on October 30 the crest counterscarp of SungphruRden. Eh lungshan and Tiinklkwanslian North forts ami destroyed some of the Hankers of the enemy's outer trench es. "Another part of the central col umn, despite the enemy's fierce fire, assailed and curried at 2 p. in. the fort P, situated between Panlungshan and Tttnkikwnnshnn North forts. The Russians' repeated counter assaults against this fort, and we lost it at lo:30 p. ni., but Gen. Inchinohe suc- cessluliy rooecupled It at 11 p. m where he captured three field guns, two machine guns, threo fish tor pedoes and many other trophies nnd found 40 'Russians dead. "The left column captured the same day Kobuyama fort, situated northeast of Tuuklkwnnshan. "On October 31 we attacked tho harbor ship yard with large caliber and naval guns, hitting tho Gilyak several times and sinking two steam era. On November 1 two steamers In tho western harbor of about 3,500 tons each and on November 2 an other of 3.000 tons were sunk. "Two violent explosions, probably of powder magazines, were heard at the north end of the city. We com menced at noon of November 3 a heavy bombardment with naval guns against the shipyard and other places In the east harbor, where fire broke out at 12:15 p. m., raging till 4 a. m On tho same day our bombardment with large caliber guns Inflicted con siderable damage on the fort." IRON MARKET. Large Demand Causes Satisfactory Increase In Price. Having regained ull the ground that was loat during the price-cutting period several months ago, the Iron murket and the steel markets general ly are Improving not steadily but rapidly, and the outlook at present Is more promising than has been the case for over a year past. Bessemer pig Iron at the valley fur naces Is selling at $14 to $14 50, and there are expectations that the $15 mar.i will be touched in the near fu ture, not later than the first quarter of the coming year. It may, how ever, be reached at any time, as the demand for Iron is pressing and the furnaces are bo well stocked with orders that they can afford to demand a higher rate. The Lackawanna Steel Company Is still la the market for close to 500, 000 tons of Connellsvllle coke for next year's consumption at its Buffalo fnr naces. It seems probable that this supply will need to come from a num ber of different producers, as an order of this size will be beyond the untaken capacity of any one large producer, It U said. The Steel Corporation through the H. C. Frlck Coke Com pany. has succeeded In covering Its needs for 1905 fairly well, taking for this purpose the output of some inda nendnnt coke producers. KEYSTONE STATE EBUIECS KILLED BY ROBBER8. Watchman Lost His Life While At tempting to 8sve Fellow Work man Thieve Escaped. John Kerr, 42 years old, watchinow for the Pennsylvania Sweep and Smelting company, at Philadelphia, was killed by a robber, whtlo at tempting to save a fellow workman from being murdered. David Rlkle, engineer for the company, came upon two young men robbing freight carl. Ho attempted to catch thorn when one of the robbers drew a revolver, and Just as he pulled the trigger, Korr Jumped between the burglar and Rikto. The bnll entered Kerr'a breast, killing him. The robbera escaped. A' Hallowe'en prank cost the life of Hoy Saltsglver, aged 20, and Charles Monllla, an Italian, Is In the Greensburg Jail charged with murder. Saltsglver was one of several boys who in a spirit of fun took the de livery wagon of Antonla Prlmeron, an Italian grocer of Vantlergrtrt Heignis, Intending to drag It to some out-of- the-way place. They were seen by young Monllla, who was emplbyed by Prlmeron. Monllla tried to make me hovs irlve im the wagon. but they are said to have taunted blm. He followed the boys for spveral blocks and fi nally whipped nut a revolver and shot Into the crowd four times, one or the bullets struck Saltsglver In the back of the head and he fell dead. Three employes of the Pennsylvania railroad at Altoona have been retired on pensions. Adam B. Hamilton, fore man of tho tin shop, after 35 years' Bervlce, reached the ago limit. The employes of the shop presented him With a gold watch and a purse or gold. R. B. Bartley, for 45 years In service, most of the time In the boiler shop, received a gold-headed cane and gold watch and chain from his fellow employes. Amos Beatty, who for 44 years worked In the paint shop, re ceived a leather rocking chair from his associates. Patrolman William Klrcher, ot Beaver Falls, detected two men trying to force an entrnnce Into a Seventh, avenue clothing store through the rear door. When the would-be-thleves saw the officer they started to rnn. Klrcher fired at them and they stop ped and returned the fire with Inter est. No one was hit, and when other officers, attracted by the shoot ing, arrived on the scene the burglars escaped In the fog. With every assurance that the past will be forgiven, Mrs. Bertha Reuther. who murdered her two children be cause she feared they would starve to death, will leave Moyamenstng pris on Thursday, a free woman. Her husband will take his wire to their home at 2803 North Swanson street. Philadelphia. Mrs. Reuther, on the night or August 2, 1903, turned on the gas In ber bedroom, where her four little children were sleeping. Clara, eight months, and Pauline, 4 years, died. During the anniversary observance of the Installation of Rev. W. J. John, as pastor of the Emmanuel Baptist church, of New Castle, a mortgage, represent ing a major portion of . the debt of the church, was liquidated and thu document was burned at the altar amid appropriate services. The debt or $15,000 has been reduced to $5,0of. Rev. D. C. Edwards, or Taylor, Pa.. . delivered the anniversary address, and Rev. John Snape, pastor or the First Baptist church, or this city, spoke. The department store or F. H. Lelsenrlng at Dunbar, and offices ot tho Dunbar Furnace company were destroyed by fire. The loss Is esti mated at $30,000, with insurance about, half that amount. Timothy Bailey, the night watchman, was asleep on the third floor and was awakened by the flames. He was rescued from the burning building by means of a rope. After being strapped tightly to a board for 19 months, day and night, little Victor I.oewug of Towanda was released, and is able to walk. The youngster Is 4 years old. When he was a little oer 2 years old It waa discovered that ho had spinal trouble. A New York physician recommended the heroic treatment he has endured, and it has cured him. . , The following rural free delivery route has been established to begin December 15: New Florence, West moreland county, additional service': routo four; length of route, 23 miles; area covered, 12 square miles; population, served, 390; numbpr of houses on route, 99. The Beaverdale Water company and tho Adams Water company, or Johns town, have been' merged Into ono corporation under the name of the Beaverdale Water company, the appli cation having been granted by the State department on October 29. : . Harry Swoop, of Lewlston, special fish warden of that section of the Stnte, has been arrested on the charge of embezzlement, because. It Is alleged, he withheld fines which, should have gone to the department of fisheries. Mrs. Sarah Clark dropped dead on the street at Lock Haven, while on her way home from market. She la survived by one daughter. Mrs. Elizabeth Noitis, 83 year old. an Inmate of the Westmoreland coun ty home, committed suicide by sever ing an artery ot her left arm. She lived for 30 years at Youngstowa, Westmoreland county. The congregation ot the First Christian church at Sharon, has ex tended a call to Rev. W. L. Jenny, of Austlntown, O., to take the place of Rev. A. A. Honeywell, resigned. Eight 'boys were arrested and fined; at Charlerol, for stringing to a tele- , graph pole John Morris, colored. The ' bays said they only wanted to hava ft UtUe fun. 0-
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