T DOWN III STREETS Appeal for Audience with Czar is Met with Bullets. PRIESTLY LEADER UNHARMED Prostrate Men Fired Upon by the Troops That Remained Loyal to the Czar. DESPERATE STATE OF AFFAIRS. Sunday was a dny of unspeakable horror in St. Petersburg. The strikers of Saturday goaded to des peration by a day of violence and bloodshed, are In a state of open In surrection against the government. A condition almost bordering on civil war exists in the terror-stricken Rus sian capltol. The city Is under mar tial law, with Prince Vosilchlkoff as commander of over 50,000 of the em peror's crack guards. Troops are bivouacked In the streets at night, and at various places on the Nevsky Prospect, the main thorough fare of the city. On the Island oi Vassili Ostrov and in the industrial sections infuriated men have thrown up barricades which they are holding. The empress dowager nastily sought safety at Tsarskoe Selo, where Em peror Nicholas II. has been living. There was a rumor that he had fled to Peterhof on the Gulf of Finland. Minister of the Interor Sviatopolk Mirsky presented 1o his majesty Sat urday night the invitation of the workmen to appear at the winter pal ace Sunday afternoon and receive their petition, but the emperor's ad visers already had taken a decision to show a firm and resolute front, and tho emperor's answer to 100,000 work men trying to make their way to the palace square today was a solid array of troops who met them with rifle, bayonet and sabre. The priest Gopon, the leader and Idol of the men, in his golden vest ments, holding aloft the cross and marching at the head of thousands of workmen through the Nerva gate, miraculously escaped a volley which laid low haif a hundred persons. The figures of the total number killed or wounded hero, at the Moscow gate, at various bridges and Islands and at the winter palace vary. The best es timate Is 500, although there are ex aggerated figures placing the num- ber as high as 5,000. Many men were accompanied by their wives and chil dren, and In the confusion, which left no time for discrimination, the latter shared the fate of the men. The troops, with the exception of a single regiment of Infantry, which threw down Its arms, remained loyal and obeyed orders. But the blood which crimsoned the snow has fired the brains and passions of the strik ers and turned women as well as men Into wild beasts, and the cry of tho Infuriated populace Is for vengeance. The sympathy of the middle class es Is with the workmen. Military In Control. The military authorities had a firm grip on every artery in the city. At day-break guards' regiments, cavalry and Infantry held every brldgo across the frozen Neva, the network of ca nals whlcn Interlaces the city and the gates leading from the Industrial sec tion, while in the palace Bquare, at the storm center, were massed dra goon regiments. Infantry and Cos sacks of the guards. Barred from the bridges and gates men, women and children crossed the frozen river and canals on the Ice by twos and threes, hurrying to the pal ace square, where they were sure the emperor would be present to hear them. But the street approaches to the square were cleared by volleys and Cossack charges. Men nnd wo- j men, infuriated to frenzy by the loss of loved ones, cursed the soldiers i while they retreated. Men harangued i the crowds, telling them that the em peror had foiled them anil that the time had come to net. Men began to build barricades in the Nevsky Prospect and at other points, using any material that came to hand, nnd even chopping down telegraph poles. Fighting meantime continued at var ious places, soldiers volleying and charging the mob. The whole city was In a state of panic. Women were running through the streets seeking lost members of their families. Sev eral barricades were carried by the troops. Czar's Officers Are Mobbed. Toward 8 o'clock In the evening the crowds, exhausted, began to disperse, leaving the military In possession. As they retreated up the Nevsky ! Prospect the workmen nut out all the lights. The little chnpel at the Nerva gate was wrecked. On the Kamln ostov Island all the lights were ex tinguished. Every officer wearing the uniform of the emperor who was l found alone was mobbed. A general I was killed on the Nicholas bridge,! and a dozen ofllcers were Belzed. stripped of their epaulets and depriv ed of their swords. Proceedings Against B. & O. The ConnellBville Gas and Coal Company began ejectment proceed ings against the Baltimore & Ohio Jlailroad Company to Becure posses sion of 10 acres of land In Dunbar, township. The plaintiffs claim the railroad company entered the property without their knowledge and that they have been damaged to the extent of 150,000. Twice Attempted Suicide. Arthur Henry Mllligan of Milwau kee, Wis., with whom Florence O. Groves agreed to commit suicide at the Hotel Blatz, and who disappear ed after she hud fulfilled her agree ment was arrested in Racine by Chief of Police Frederick Pflster, of that city, to-night. His capture took place only after he had attempted suicide and had been prevented by Chief Pflster. CriECKS ENEMY. Attacks on Right of Russian Army Dismal Failure. The Japanese began moving against the Russian right, attacking vicious ly Russian positions along tho Hun river, where that stream bends south ward. Inside the Ruiialan lines the belief existed that General N'ogl's army, arrived from Port Arthur, was In reserve, supporting tho move mrnt. , The Russians not only beat off the attack after severe fighting, but ad vaneed In the evening to the line of Hnpoudt and Hounlitndzy. Throughout the night and daj the artillery was at work, the can nonading constantly Increasing In strength and extending farther alone tho center, becoming fiercer every minute. STRIKE SPREADS TO MOSCOW. Several Factories Closed Strikers Stopped on Way to St. Petersburg. At Kolpino, 12 miles up the river from St. Petersburg, a body of work men who had started for St. Peters burg to join the strikers, were stopped and fired upon by soldiers. Ac counts ns to the number killed or wounded conflict. Tho most startling feature In tho situation Is the news that several factories in Moscow have closed and that the workmen in the old capital of Russia are repeating the tactics of their fellow workmen of the national capital, marching from shop to shop and from mill to mill, demanding that establishments be shut down. HITCH IN STRIKE SETTLEMENT. German Mine Owners Now Refuse to Accept Judgment of Government as Agreed Upon. The coal mine owners object to their resolution, wherein they agreed to accept the judgment of the govern ment commission on the workmen's complaints being Interpreted as a change from their previous attitude or as any acknowledgement that the workmen are In the right. SMALLPOX ON FERRYBOAT. Passengers and Crew Are Quarantin ed for Several Hours. Thirty-three passengers and the crew of a Philadelphia and Reading ferryboat were quarantined for sever al hours as a result of a colored wo man dying from smallpox while the boat was making a trip across the Delaware river from Camden to this city. The passengers were sprinkled with a disinfectant and were released after being held on the boat about 3 hours. The ferry house was roped off nnd the boat sent to Camden for fumigation. Are Shielding Hoch. The police are working on the theory that Johann Hoch, the sup posed bluebr-ard, Is being kept In hiding by some one of the women wllh whom he' has bpen associated. John McKinney, formerly a policeman whose post of duty Included Holmes Castle and Sixty-third street and Stewart avenue, when Holmes was conducting his murderous operations there, identified a photograph of Hoch as a likeness of the janitor of Holmes' establishment. Creditors Ask for More Time. When- the Chndwiek bankruptcy case came up before Referee Reming ton it was stated that the creditors desired further time. Thereupon the hearing was postnoned until Febru ary 1. Attorney Kerrul3h, who rep resented Mrs. Cassle L. Chadwlck. stated that his client was willing to file a statement of her assets and liabilities In accordance with the In structions of the court. This will be done within 10 days. Gas ExoloGion at Grafton Hospital. A gas explosion at the City hospital at Grafton, W. Va.. tore a side out of the chimney, overturned stoves and blew a flue ring across the operating room, breaking a costly electric chan delier. The explosion was caused by Edward Williams, the colored porter, relighting the pilot light In a water heater before the gas that had es caped had time to pass out of the chimney. Fortunately, no one was Injured. FOUR TRAINMEN KILLED. Two Others May Die from Injuries In Head-on Collision in Tennessee. A head-on collision between two freight trains, one a double-header on the Louisville & Nashville railroad at Shawnee, Tenn., resulted In the death of' four railroad men and the injury of four others, two of whom may die. The dead are: James Klutz, fire man: George Mooney, engineer; Will Harris, fireman; Brakeman Laughley, Those believed to be fatally injured are: William Terry, engineer; Will Killlnker, conductor; I P. Larue, en gineer. The seriously injured are Fory Oakley, flagman: Lon Sprinkler, fireman; Brakeman Stotser. Shot by Angry Rival. Albert Hall, colored, aged 24 years, was fatally wounded by Fred Jeffries, at the home of Mrs. Georgiana Pon dexter at Connellsvllle, Pa. The two men are rivals. When Hart knocked at the door last night he was met by Mrs. Pondexter, who told him it waB too late for him to come in. Hart forced his way In and was met by Jeffries, who began firing at him. He was removed to the Cottage State hospital. Inspector Fleming Discharged. John W. Fleming, the former as sistant United States inspector of steam boilers at New York, who has been on trial in the United States district court before Judge Thomas on a charge of neglect of duty in con nection with the burning; of the "ex curslon steamer General Slocum last June, was discharged to-day on the ground it had not been shown ' he failed to perform his full duty. Says the Leader of the Russian Revolutionary Refugees. EDITOR OF FREE RUSSIA. He Says the Tragedv of Sunday Has Reduced the Programme of the Revolutionaries to tho One Word, "Fight." Dispatches have Just been received from St. Petersburg proving beyond doubt that the attack upon peaceful crowds by the armed forces of Czar- dom was premeditated. The police carefully refrained from any interference with the strike. Never before hnd they been known to adopt such an attitude. Vladimir thought that by murdering wholesale he would terrorize the laboring class es into forever abandoning their political aspirations, while Trepoff noped the Infuriated, famished crowds would throw themselves upon the shops nnd private houses: that then tho middle and upper classes would turn to Czardom for protection. and that this lasting disunion of the classes would be produced. It was but an enlargement of the KIshiner policy, and it failed as miserably. The whole nrofframme of the vnr. lousvpolltlcal parties Is now reduced to o word "fight" fight with re volves, with rifles, with handnren- ades, with dynamite. The general strikes will gradually give place to intermittent civil war. No concessions now will pnclfy the country. No reconciliation with Czardom is possible. I am convinced that now the working masses will not lay down their arms until the dynasty Is deposed and a Russian federated republic, similar to that of the United States, is established. It may take weeks, possibly! months, before the final struggle conies, but come it will. Other surprises are In store. When the nevs of the massacres reaches tho army In Manchuria we shall hear of a stupendous mutiny. Russia Seeks Armistice. A special from St. Petersburg says, General Kouropatkin opened negotia tions with Field Marshal Oyama for an armistice. The ' censorship has allowed the newspapers to print a brief Paris dispatch to this effect, re porting that General Kouropatkin has opened negotatlons with the Japan ese. Peabody Not Going to Withdraw. Former Governor James H. Pea body of Colorado, denied a report that he Intended to withdraw his con test for the Governorship or that he hnd been approached with any propo sition for a compromise, "You could n't drive me out of this contest with a pack of bloodhounds," said the ex Governor. "I entered the contest with a determination to probe the frauds to the bottom, and I will be there at. the finish. If the Legislature in joint session declares me elected, I shall take my seat. If it declares Mr. Adams elected, I shall gracefully step down." CLEARFIELD LAWYER HONORED. Banquet Is Tendered Ex-Judge Mc Enally on His Eightieth Birthday. The legal fraternity of Clearfield county. Pa., was well represented at the banquet given in honor of Ex Judge Joseph Benson McEnally, who was SO years old Wednesday. The committee in charge was composed of Judge Allison O. Smith. W. C. Ar nold, of DuBois; A. H. Woodward, Singleton Bell. S. V. Wilson. James P. O'Laughlin, B. F. Chase and W. A. Hagerty. Judge Smith was toast master, and the venerable attorney was the recipient of many hearty congratulations and expressions of esteem from his fellow members of the bar. Judge McEnally has been a practitioner In Clearfield county since 1850, and Is still an active at torney. Handsome souvenirs contain ing the ex-Judge's picture and embel lished with appropriate texts were given each guest. THREE 8ENATORS NAMED. Kean and Culbertson Returned to Washington and Lafotlette Suc ceeds Quarles. The two houses of the New Jersey Legislature voted separately for a United States Senator to succeed John Kean, whose term is. about to expire. Both houses of the Wisconsin Legis lature noon Wednesday voted sep arately for United States Senator, Gov. R. M. Lafollette being nnmed. The Texas Senate and House of Representatives met separately Wed nesday and balloted for United States Senator, Charles A. Culberson, the present Incumbent, was elected with out opposition. Fifteen Foreigners Injured. Fifteen foreigners wore - seriously injured by a dynamite explosion on the line of the new Buffalo and Sus quehanna railroad. 20 miles east of Du Bois, Pa. While the men were gathered about a flro, eating their dinner, dynamite caps exploded, and the concussion caused the dynamite to let loose. Richard Croker Sails for Son's Funeral Richard Croker arrived in London Wednesday from Wantage and will sail for New York on the Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosse to be present at the funeral of his son Frank. Pomeroy Postmaster Arrested. Postmaster Samuel F. Smith of Pomeroy, O., was) arrested here to night, charged wltn being short $1,000 in his accounts. He was taken to Galllpolis by Postofflce Inspector Old field and was released on bond. BLIZZARD HITS TRADE. So Does the Russian Ruction, but Confidence Remains Unabated. R, G. Dun & Co.'b Weekly Review of Trado says: Storms at home and complications abroad tended to check activity in commercial and financial markets, but most Industrial lines continue busy, testifying to confi dence that trade, interruption will be brief. Prior to the bnd weather there was a liberal distribution of merchandise at steady prices, but subsequently a sharp advance occur red In retail prices of food products, owing to restricted receipts at points of heavy consumption. Country merchants at the South have large stocks that move Blowly because of the decline in cotton, and collections are slow. . New England manufacturing plants are well engaged, especially In ma chinery, Jewelry and textiles; but buyers have left the Boston footwear market without placing contracts, ow ing to disagreement as to prices. Foreign commerce at this port for the last week Bhows a gain of $772, 924 in imports and a loss of $1,(j0, 177 In exports, as compared with the same time in 1904. - Railway earnings in January were only four-tenths of 1 per cent larger than last year. Production of pig iron continues at the maximum rate, yet there Is no evidence of a reaction. Connellsvllle production of coke remains at the large percentage, but traffic Is now de layed and may cause a decrease. Tin plate mills are fully engaged. Even steel rails are beginning to feel the effect of expanding confidence, sever al large contracts Increasing the amount of business on the books to about 1,000,000 tons. Railway bridges will take a large tonnnge of structur al steel, and extensive building opera tions are about to begin, so that this division of the Industry is in a fairly encouraging position. Pipe mills are assured of full activity for some time to come, and preparations are being made for a very large trade in agri cultural Implements. Machinery houses also are In better condition, partly because of the resumption at Fall River. Western markets make less uniformly favorable returns. Textile manufacturing conditions remain practically without alteration Much of the best news comes from woolen mills, which have large or ders on hand. Buyers of cotton goods in the primary . markets con tinue to limit their operations to immediate needs, and In many cases have deferred business entirely in ex pectation of much better terms later in the season. Undoubtedly future conditions in both branches of tex tile manufacture must depend largely upon the raw materials. . Moderate supplies maintain packer hides. There is no pressure to pur chase In any department, and stocks of native steers are accumulating rapidly. All foreign hides are firm and some grades advanced. Failures this week numbered 305 in the United States against 302 last year and 43 in Canada compared with 28 a year ago. Wants Panhandle Explored. Dr. I. C. White, of Morgantown, State geologist, will recommend to the Legislature that the next work undertaken by the geologicnl survey be In the Eastern Panhandle section of West Virginia, where a thorough exploration and survey will be made of the valuable limestone despostt of that section. CURRENT NEWS EVENTS. In a wreck of an Illinois Terminal train near Alton, 111., Fireman A. G. Chaplin was killed and passengers had a narrow escape. King Alfonso, of Spain, upon the occasion of his birthday, granted am nesty to a number of persons, among whom were the deputies recently prosecuted. The King's action 're- The bronze bust of Emperor Will iam II., one of the ornate features of. Germany's exhibit at the World's fair, will be presented to the city of St. Louis. 1 Glass Works Closed by 8trike. All the departments of the Dugan glass works of Indiana, Pa., were shut down owing to a strike growing out of a difference between Supt. Dugan and the glassworkers' union over union men who were discharged. It Is be lieved a settlement will be reached. Judge Kane Kaul Dead. . Associate Judge Kane Kaul of Elk county. Pa., a millionaire nnd asso ciate of State Senator J. K. P. Hall In the lumber business and the St. Mary's Oil Company, died at Phila delphia, Wednesday. He had been suffering with Brlght's disease and was brought here last November for treatment by specialists. Oh Sunday night he began to sink and failed to rally. Judge Kaul was 60 years old. Boys Ask for Square Deal. "Adle" Bell, the young son of Jjidge Martin Bell, of the Blair county courts, in behalf of the boys and girls of Hollidaysburg, Pa., has addressed an open letter to James McGraw, chief of police of Hollidaysburg, complaining because he permits Bank er James Gromiller, president of council: Attorneys Thomas Bald ridge, W. I. Woodcock and Robert Smith, and Capitalist J. King McLanahan to coast down the hills of the town while denying the same rights to the boys and girls. He demands the ar rest of all or Interference with none, and says If the burgess fines the per sons named, the boys and girls will quit coasting. Savings Bank Closed. As the result of a run by depositors, following the suicide of Cashier Charles H. Houseman, the East End Savings Bank of Columbus was clos ed by its directors and placed in the hands of a receiver, W. H. English, who gave bond for $40,000. The Hepburn bill providing for government regulation of railroad rates, and which has the approval of President Roosevelt was introduced in congress. SMOOT KEEPS SEGRETS Refuse to Reveal Endowment House Ceremonies. BIG SUMS GIVEN TO THE CHURCH A Million or More Contributed Each Year, Part for Education and Some Invested. Tho cross-examination of Senator Smoot before the Senate Investigating Committee resulted In absolute refus al to testify in regard to the endow ment ceremonies. He also asserted that it was not his business to call to account President Smith, of the Mormon church, because Mr. Smith had admitted to the committee that he was living In violation of the laws of the land. Three other witnesses refused to divulge the character of the endowment ceremonies. "The first presidency is supreme in everything pertaining to tne cnurcn, said Senator Smoot, in answer to a question by Chairman Burrows. He also said In explanation, oi course when It comes to a question of revela tion that is to be binding upon the people of the church the president himself receives it and It must ue ac cented by the people." "Do I understand you to say that the apostles are not prophets? ask ed Chairman Burrows. "I say they are sustained as prop hets, but I do not think a man is a prophet at any time unless he speaks by the spirit of propnecy. in other words, I do not believe that a man has always that spirit of prop hecy with him." "Do you think the president of the church communicates directly with God has direct revelation? "If God desires to speak to his people it would be through the presi dent of the church."' Asked why he would not reveal the endowment secret he said: "For conscientious reasons. made a vow, not an oath, with my God, not- with any man, not with the president of the church or with a llr. lng soul, but I did make a vow that I would keep these endowment cere. monies sacred nnd not reveal them to anybody, and I have kept that all my life and If I went out of the church to-morrow and remained out of the church until I was grayheaded, I would never feel that It was my duty or that I should divulge what little I even remember of them." The Senator was asked a number of other questions regarding the ceremony, which he preferred not to answer. "Do you know why the oath of secrecy was Imposed?" "It Is purely a religious ordinance refers absolutely to a man's here after, .and has nothing whatever to do with anything other than man's relation to his God. and I suppose that It Is an ordinance In the church and the rule Is that It be not reveal ed." "Do you know how much money is paid Into the church annually in tithes? asked Senator Overman. "I could not say except as guess." "As much as a million dollars?" "Some years more and some less, I understand." "How Is this money expended?" "Well, there is about $140,000 for educational Interests; about 8100,000 for the feeding of the poor, a great deal for the expenses of missionar ies." Pursuing his inquiry Chairman Bur rows asked If Senator Smoot taught and preached his faith. He did occas ionally. "Do you teach polygamy?" "I do not." "Do you preach against polygamy or unlawful cohabitation?" "I never have. I do not know why I should. It Is not a tenet of the faith. It has been suspended and I think It would not be proper for me to bring it up." Senator Smoot Bald he understood that the revelation commanding the promulgation of the manifesto against polygamy was the result of pleadings by President Woodruff for the com mand of God concerning His wishes on that Bubject. 220,000 MEN ON 8TRIKE. German Miners Await Influence of Public Sentiment In Settlement. The German strikers, who now number nearly 220,000, are simply awaiting the Influence of public opin ion on the coal mine proprietors and the efforts of the government to assist in the settlement. No disturbances are reported. Detachments of police from other parts of Prussia contin ue to arrive in the strike district. Considerable quantities of coal 'from Belgium. France and Great Britain are coming in. Thirteen steamers were chartered at Hamburg Saturday to convey coal from Great Britain and numerous agents of foreign coal firms are arriving here and elsewhere in the district, among them being representatives of some of the Ameri can coal houses in London. ' Attacked by Wild Cat. " While In the forest of Goshen town ship after firewood, his dog being along, Dorsey Wallace was attacked by a large wild cat, which first killed the dog. Armed with a stout club, Mr. Wallace succeeded in killing the animal after a hard fight. Jury Convicts Mrs. Wilcox. Mrs. Arthur Wilcox, prominent in church and society circles of Akron, Ohio, was found guilty by a Jury in Probate court of assaulting 10-year-old Alta Sharp, who made her home with the Wilcoxes. According to the little girl's testimony, Mrs. Wilcox had a violent temper, and would make her go down on her knees and swear that she would not reveal what occurred in the Wilcox home. DOOM OF AUTOCRACY 80UNDED. Empire Is Hopelessly Rent and Peace Under Present Conditions Is Im- possible. The Telegraph's St. Petersburg cor respondent dispatches as follows: "Russia is cloven In twain and no human force can weld the parts to gether. On one Bide stands the auto crat whose behests are still mechani cally fulfilled by his , army, which, however, Is a section of the people. On the other hand stands the entire nation, united In the determination to deliver itself from a yoke which has now become unbearable. The army Is acting In virtue of use and wont, amd In time will come over to its own kith and kin." The correspondent declares that In the whole empire there is but one official so utterly loathed at Trepoff, and that Is Gen. Elelghals of Kelff, who may yet be minister of the in terior. That, the correspondent says, alone proved that the autocracy has declared war against the Russian nation. He asserts that arrests have been so numerous that the fortresses and prisons are overcrowded. The Standard's St. Petersburg cor respondent gives the rcport that Count Tolstoi has sent $5,000 to the wounded. A rumor was In circula tion in Berlin tonight that Grand Duke Sergius has been assassinated. It probably has no foundation, merely arising from the fact that his where abouts are unknown. GUILT OF TUCKER PROVEN. Jury Returns a Unanimous Verdict In trial of Man Charged With Kill ing Mabel Page. Guilty of murder in the first de gree was the verdict returned against Charles L. Tucker, of Auburndale, Mass., who has been on trial since January 1 for stabbing Miss Mabel Page to death in her father's home at Weston on the 31st of last March. Death in the electric chair In the State prison in Chariestown is the penalty. As the announcement of the finding or the jury was made known Tucker collapsed utterly when the foreman read the verdict. He was led from the courtroom across the street to the Jail in an exhausted condition and when once more locked in his cell revived somewhat under stlmu lants administered by a physician. Mrs. Albert J. Tucker, the mother of the prisoner, was spared the an- guish of listening to her son's fate from the Hps of Foreman Knight. At the suggestion of one of the counsel ors for the defense she left the court room before the Jury returned for the last time. On learning the news she was overwhelmed. LADRONES KILLED IN BATTLE. Ten of the Outlaws Are Dead and Seven Others Are Taken Prisoners. In a battle in a river bed near Sllang, between a detachment of scouts and constabulary and 100 arm ed ladrones, who, under the leadership of the outlaw Fellzardo, attacked the town of San Francisco de Malabon, In the province of Cavlte, Tuesday night, 10 ladrones have been killed and seven taken prisoners. There have been no casualties among the scouts and constabulary. severe fighting continues. In their attack on the town the la drones captured the wife and two children of Gov. Trias. These, to gether with several native women prisoners, were seen with the la drones, but an attempt to rescue them was unsuccessful. In their raid the outlaws looted the municipal treasury of $2,000 and 25 rifles were also secured. The rebels were dressed In constabulary uni forms and this fact created confus ion. x Gets Ten Years for Theft. Judge Woods at Bedford, Pa., sen tenced Templeton D. Mervlne to 10 years' imprisonment In the Western penitentiary. Mervlne had pleaded guilty to stealing tobacco, cigars and candy from John O. Smith's grocery and some meat from the Hotel Wav erly. SET FIRE TO STATION. Flames Partly Destroy Buffalo. Rochester and Pittsburg Prop erty at Yatesboro Damage not Heavy. An attempt was made early yester day morning to burn the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg railroad sta tion at Yatesboro, Armstrong county. Pa., which Is connected with the main line of that road by a branch from Echo. A laundry basket, which had been left on the station platform, was filled with shavings and waste, which were saturated with oil. The basket was then placed at a corner of the building and fired. When discovered the flames were coming out of the roof, but were finally extinguished af ter $400 damage had resulted. It is believed that the firebugs, who left no clue, set fire to the station with the hope it would Ignite the com pany's store, located only a short dis tance away. William Herrlott. aired IS ann nt a prominent Chattanooga, Tenn.,- cap italist, accidentally snot and Killed bis younger sister with a rifle. Edison Undergoes Operation. Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, was recovering rapidly from a sur gical operation performed Tuesday night for a mastoid abscess behind his left ear. Owing to a similar trouble a few years ago the operation was difficult, but the doctors declared it was entirely successful. Mr. Edison recovered quickly and was in good spirits. The doctors say they expect an uninterrupted recovery. KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS TWO COASTERS KILLED. Dashed Into a Locomotive at Tyrone. Shortage of $1,000 Claimed Against Cashier of Street Railway. A coasting accident in which two boys were killed and a third fatally injured occurred at Tyrone. The boys were coasting down Twelfth street and dashed into a rapidly moving shifting engine. The dead are:. WU lard Elder, 12 years old. One foot cut off at the ankle and the other at the knee; right side crushed, skua fractured. Died in an hour. George Leiper, right arm torn off, right ankle crushed; left foot cnt off, left arm broken. Died in hospital. The injured: George Thomas, right arm off, left foot crushed, fearful wound in back of bead and hips torn apart. In Altoona Hospital and can not live. The sled struck the engine between the driving wheels', the boys being thrown tmder and dragged. The engineer, William Thomas, saw the boys approaching and tried to stop. Dent Ditty, formerly cashier of the Kittannlng and Leechburg Street Railway company, has been arrested on a charge of embezzlement, prefer red before Justice of the Peace, Joel Crawford by F. A. Moesta, president of the company. It was alleged that Ditty, who had charge of all the money turned over to the company by the conductors on the line, appro priated to hfe own use $1,000 of the company's funds. Ditty disappeared over a month ago, but recently re turned to this vicinity and was arrest ed yesterday. He gave ball for his appearance at court. The pump station of the Standard Oil Company, four miles south ot Mercer, was wrecked by fire and thousands of dollars worth of damage was done. The fire was caused by a bursting surface pipe, which threw an Immense quantity of oil into the boiler house, which was Ignited from the fire boxes. The Tames spread . rapidly and burned out the wood work of the different buildings, and completely destroyed the building ' used as the telegraph office and the electric light plant. Much of the valuable machinery was damaged. The amount of the loss and the in surance, if any, was not obtainable. At Washington, Miss Lizzie Mil sted, the 16-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mllsted, was drugged and brutally treated and the house of her parents ransacked In a vain search for money by two robbers. The girl was left unconscious. The father has offered a reward of $50 for an arrest and conviction. Mllsted, who is a contractor, had placed a large sum of money in a local bank Saturday morn ing. U. 8. G. Neel, of Midway, Wash- ington county, was committed to the Allegheny County Jail by Alderman C. F. Anderson on a charge of em bezzlement, made by A. D. Work. It Is said that Neel and Work were en 'gaged In the teaming business in the oil fields about McDonald, and that Neel took some of the firm's money for his own use, Work said the Firebugs attempted, to destroy the residence of Mrs. Mary Anderson at Beaver Falls. A shed adjoining the " house was saturated with oil and fir ed. Boys passing discovered the blaze and the flames were extinguish ed. This makes the eighth incendiary Are in Beaver Falls within four months. Commencing January 28 the Nation al Tlnplate mill of the American Sheet and Tlnnlatn enmnnnv nnri tha Pnva Woven Wire Fence compar Mo nessen, will inaugurate 4eek paying system. Hef. ooth mills have tendered a The semi-monthly pays of flL io plants reach nearly $70,000. William Sellers, head of the firm of William Sellers & Co., of Philadel phia, died Wednesday, aged 80 years. He was a member of the American Philosophical society and was at one time president of the Franklin in stitute. He was Instrumental in cre ating the Centennial exposition. Freight Conductor P. J. Kinney, of the Pittsburg division, Pennsylvania railroad, died at the hospital at Al toona, from Injuries received at Gallltzln. He fell off his train, rolled under the wheels, and his left leg was ground to pieces from foot to thigh. Matthew Murphy, 64 years old, liv ing near Foxburg, was found dead in a boiler house on his oil lease. He had been missing several days. Heart disease Is given as the ' cause, and the condition of the body tndicated that Murphy had been dead two days. Edward Reagen, about 55 years old, who had his legs broken at the Pitts burg steel mill at Monessen, died in the McKeesport hospital. In a riot following a wedding cele bration among foreigners at Canons burg, John Fornsky was shot twice In the hip. Joseph Fritz was arrest- N ed. Leonard Learn, a young farmer of Shelocta, Indiana county, was killed by a limb of a tree he had cut strik ing his head and crushing his skull as it fell. A strike among the employes of tho Dugan Glass Company, at Indiana, Pa., has closed the plant Leonard Learn was killed in a woods near Shelock, Pa., by a tree falling on him. While playing on the ice in the canal at Bridgeport, Earl Zerfosa and Harold Kung, each 8 years of age. were drowned. Efforts were made to rescue them, but the boys were dead when taken from the water. "Willie" Tralnor, 11 years old, son of Patrick Tralnor of New Kensing ton, died at the home ot his sister, Mrs. - James Shanlon, from internal Injuries sustained while coasting.. Fire which broke out shortly after 11 o'clock at night in the heart of the. dry. goods .district -of Wllkes- uauv, uaiuugvu mo uugo oiiuuu LAjug Bona clothing house tobout $60,000.
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