1 4 Strikers Enraged When Payment of Wages is Refused. THREATEN TO CLOSE THE MILLS Thousands of Iron Workers Are Out Again in Russia's Capital City. A message from Lodz, Russian Po land, February 10 says: Four per sons were killed and 6S wounded In a riot at the Chiebler factory and Bev en killed and 50 wounded at the Louis Geyer factory to-day. The excite ment began this morning when the strikers gathered around the factories In threatening manner. An addi tional regiment of Infantry had arriv ed and troops were stationed in the streets. The manufacturers agreed that if the men did not return to work February 13 the mills would be closed. They realize they made a mistake by paying the men in advance and it was necessary to send troops in ad vance. Orders were given that sol diers were not to fire unless attacked The shooting occurred at places, where the troops sought to prevent men from entering factories to collect their pay. The strikers generally are enraged at the refusal of other manufacturers to give them their pay, and several . other .encounters between mobs ami troops are reported from different di rections. A number of people arc said to have been wounded. The greatest alarm prevails here. The shops were closed early this aft ernoon and the windows were boarded up. It Is reported that a general rail' road strike will commence February 14 throughout Poland. According to press dispatches fi-'-Kattowitz, Hussian roland, a colli sion occurred between 15,000 strikers and the military at the Russian sta tion at Skarzysko, In which 24 strik ers were killed and 40 wounded. The military, It is also reported, fired on strikers at Ostrowicz, but the casual ties in that case are not known. St. Petersburg is again face to face with renewal of the labor upheaval, the immediate incitement being the failure of the workman to secure pay ment for the time they were out on strike, added to the fact that there has bsen no adjustment of the de mands which led to the strike last . month. The Putlloff Iron Works, where the former strike originated, is playing the principal role. There are 30,000 workmen already out within the me tropolis, and the workmen at the tor pedo factories in Kolplno, 18 miles distant, have also Joined the strikers. There Is strong prospect of the move ment extending. HOUSE PASSES RATE BILL. Only 17 Votes Ca3t Against t!-c Measure. After nearly four days of discussion the House by a vote of 32(3 to 17 pass ed the Esch-Townstnd bill, providing for the regulation of freight rates. The negative vote wn3 made up of 11 Republicans and six Democrats. The following Republicans voted against the hill: Adams, Pennsylvania.; Cas tor, Pennsylvania; Dwlght, New York; Gardner, New Jersey; Hill, Connecti cut; Huff, Pennsylvania; McCall, Massachusetts; Porter, Pennsylvania; Sibley, Pennsylvania; Southwick, New York, and Vreelnnd. New Vnvlr Tho following Democrats voted "No": Har-' rison. New York: McDermott, New jersey; tuner. New York: Scudder, New York; Got'.lilen, New York, and Shull, Pennsylvania. During the last the following members spoke in favor of regulating freight rates: .essrs. Thomas, North Carolina; Cillesple, Texas; Burnett and Bowlo. Alabama; Kennedy, -.iio; and Calderhead, Kansas. Mr. Shull, Pennsylvania, op posed legislation of any kind. The closing hours of the debate were ocupied by Messrs. Williams, of Mississippi, the minority leader, and Hepburn, Republican. Iowa, chairman of the committee which reported the bill. OYAMA HAS 365,000 SOLDIERS. These Figures Are Based on Russian Estimates. The Russian army organ publishes official statistics of Field Marshal Oyama's forces, based on the regimen tal numbers on uniforms of Japanese killed during the engagements with General KuropatMn's forces. According to this report, General Kuroki, commanding the Japanese right, has 76 battalions, 11 squadrons and 306 guns about 85,000 men be sides 70 to 80 reserve battalions. Gen eral Nodzu, commanding the center, has 60 battalions, six squadrons and 198 guns, or 65,000 men. General Oku, commanding the left, including Gen eral Nogl's forces, has 98 battalions, 23 squadrons and 342 guns, or 115,000 men. The number of reservists with Generals Nodzu and Oku Is unknown. The total of Field Marshal Oyama's Tegular troops Is placed at 205,000 cav. airy and infantry, and 850 guns. The total number of reservists Is probably 100,000 men. Military men estimate General Kuropatkin's superiority at about 50,000 men, without including the Sixteenth army corps, which is not yet in the far east. Committee Favors Elkins's Bill. The Senate Committee on Com merce authorized a favorable report on the Elklns bill, providing for the amendment of the laws admitting foreign-built vessels to American regis try. The bill provides that foreign vessels wrecked on the American coast shall not be admitted to Americas registry unless repairs have been made in American shipyards, equal to three-fourths of the value of the vessel. STEEL RAIL ORDERS LARGE. favorable Reports from All Depart ments of the Iron Industry. Healthy Demand. R. G. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review of Trade" says: Some disturbance has been caused by the elements, but business conditions are otherwise un usually satisfactory for the season. Distribution of merchandise Is of lib eral proportions and the new year Is fulfilling sanguine expectations. Man ufacturing Is still the best feature, es pecially in the various departments ofthe iron and steel Industry, while textile mills and shoe shops are well engaged. ( Some conservatism Is noted In the placing of advance orders, but this is a favorable syinpton, indicating the absence of reckless operations that produce Inflated prices and ultimately cause ' excessive accumulation of stocks, followed by the Inevitable per iod of. retrenchment. Gradual prog ress Is always more permanent, and the present situation contains this wholesome element to a pronounced degree. Railway earnings in January were 4.04 per cent, larger than In 1904, while foreign commerce at this port for the last week showed a gain of $l,070.S70 In value of Imports and a loss of $1,830,503 In exports, as com pared with the same week last year. Favorable reports are received frcm al most every department of the iron and steel industry, even steel rails sharing the better feeling, orders on the books now exceeding a million tons. The advance season Is bringing out more demand for structural shapes, whlla specifications on contracts for plates kept the mills busy. Notwith standing the firmer tone of the raw materials, several varieties of coton goods have been reduced, and the market developed much irregularity. Instead of stimulating business, as ex pected, the concessions have caused buyers to act with Increased conserv atism. Purchasers are still limited to urgent requirements. Hides have ruled fairly steady, native steer3 cons tituting the bulk of offerings. Ar rivals of foreign dry hides are readily absorbad at full prices. Business in leather is expanding. Failures for the week numbered 256 In the United States, against 228 last year, and 27 in Canada, compared with 25 a year ago. ADMITS HE HAD 13 WIVES. Hoch, the Much-Marrief Man, Makes Confession. Confronted by living witnesses of his duplicity at the coroner's Investi gation info the death of Mrs. Walck er Hoch, his last victim. Johann Hock the much married man, according to me unicago ponce, lias admitted his marriage to 13 women In the last 10 years. Eight of these women, who at one time bore the name of the alleged bigamist are now dead, but Hoch declares thev died natural d pnihs nnri Is firm In his denial that he poisoned anyone of them. With the exception of the Identification of Hoch by sev eral of his wives or their frlomla nothing new developed at to-day's neanng or tne coroner s Jury and at the conclusion of the examination of witnesses to-night Coronet Hoffman announced that the inquest would ue postponed until next Wednesday. The orfaclnal wllnrsa nt trwlnv'o ov. aminatioN waa Mrs. Flscher-Hoch. a sister or the woman over whom the Inquest was being held. The witness is the woman Hoch married a taw days after the death of Mrs. Walcker- fiofn. in ner testimony the witness explained in minute detail nil tho rir. eumstances surrounding the death of i- sirrrr hit more was nothing in the evldenco to prove that Hoch wax ffsponsible for the woman's death. During the Investigation Jacob J. Ness, of CIncInnnll, identified Hoch as the man i.e had known hi that place in 1S90, who married two Ger man widows under the name of Schmldf. Two photopraphs of Hoch sent to Germany by the police officials have been returned with the information that they are pictures of Jacob Schmidt, who formerly lived at Bingen, Germany. One of the photo graphs was taken at Wheeling. W. Va., where Hoch married one of his wives and the other was a picture taken on his release from the Brld well here in 1899. KILLED IN RIOTS. Dispatches Declare Fighting in Poland Was Bloody. Press dispatches from Sosnovice, Po land, describe the bloody character of the conflict between the military and strikers at the Katherlne Iron Works. One correspondent telegraphs that 15 persons were killed and 35 wounded, while another gives the number killed as 50. The military fired eight vol leys. Another collision occurred at the Nilka mine beyond Modrzeff, Poland, where it Is rumored 150 persona were killed. A third collision occurred hear Mjloviee, but this affair was bloodless. Ohio Cadets Quit Annapolis. Since the opening of the academic year at the Naval academy, the num ber of midshipmen has been mater ially reduced by resignations, made necessary by the recent semiannual examinations. Among those who re signed are: Third class Charle3 Flet cher Chambers, Steubenville. Fourth class James R. McCabe. Coshocton, O.; Thomas J. Madigan, Columbus, O. Increased Iron Production. To meet the rising demand for steel and Iron the United States Steel Cor poration Is putting m operation every department of the former Union Steel Company plant at Donora, Pa. One blast furnace there was blown in some time ago and another will be put in blast this week. Nearly all the other furnaces under control of the Carnegie company are in operation and the company has been a large pur chaser of pig iron in the open market. Result of Presidential Election Officially Declared. . ELECTORAL VOTE IS COUNTED Canvass Conducted by the Senate and House of Representatives In Joint Session. Roosevelt and Fairbanks were on the 7th lust formally declared the President and Vice President-elect of tho United States. The ceremonious event of convasslng the electoral vote by the Senate and House in joint ses sion took place in the hall of the House this afternoon. President Pro Tern. Frye, of th Senate was the presiding officer of the joint session, an honor conferred upon the president of the Senate by congressional enactment many years ago. Two mahogany cases were placed on the Speakers desk. Each con talned the reports of the electoral votes of the states, one holding the set that came by mall, the other the set which messengers had delivered in person to Senator Frye. Senator Burrows, of Michigan, was the Re publican teller chosen by the Senate, His Democratic colleague was Sena tor Bailey, of Texas. Tellers on the part of the House were Jlepresenta- tlve Gaines, of West Virginia, Repub lican, chairman of the committee on the election of the president and Vice President, and Representative Rus sell, of Texas, Democrat. Senator Burrows read the certlfl- cate from the secretary of state of Alabama In full. After that the tell ers, having merely assured themselves that the certificates were in due form, the reading of the certificates was omitted, only the votes of each state being announced in regular alpha betical order, the tellers alternating in making the announcements to the essemblage. When Maryland was reached the only split vote was announced, that state casting seven votes for Parker and one for Roosevelt, the Republican vote being that of Elector Charles J. Bonaparte, grand-nephew of Napol eon and grandson of the King of Westphalia. As each certificate was read it was passed to the secretary of tho .Senate by a page. The votes of all the states having been read and added by the tellers. Senator Frye arose again and announced as fol lows: "The vote for President of the United States, as delivered to the president of the Senate, is as fol lows: The whole number of electors anpolnted to vote for President of the United States is 476, of which a majority is 239. Theodore Roosevelt, of the state of New York, has received for President of the United' States 3:16 votes, and Alton B. Parker, of the state of New York, has received 140 votes." He made a similar announcement of the vote for Vice President, sub stituting the names of Charles W. Fairbanks, of Indiana, and Henry Gassaway Davis, of West Virginia, for those of Roosevelt and Parker, and then made formal declaration of the election of Roosevelt and Fair banks. 60 NEW STATIONS. B. & O. Railroad Company Has Plans for Buildings. Notice has been received at the Pittsburg headquarters of the Balti more and Ohio Railroad that Presi dent Oscar G. Murray has authoriz ed the erection of GO new staf.ons and the building of extensions to 10 others at an aggregate expenditure of about $SO,000. The ocst of each Improvement will range from $250 to $1,500. The now stations will be at different points along lines of the road where box cars and wornout old buildings have been in use. A num ber of them will be combined freight and passenger stations and others will be used exclusively for handling freight. Some are In course of con struction and contractsjor others will soon bo awarded. Holbert & Spedden, of Fairmont, W. Va., have the contract to build sta tions at Newton Falls, Wayland, Charlestown, Kent, Holloway, Laffer ty and Fairpoint, all in Ohio, at a total cost of about $23,000. This work Is well advanced and the contract calls for its completion by February 10. It is also contemplated to erect some larger stations in the spring, the estimated cost of each ranging from $5,000 to $10,000. Texas Shaken Up. Dispatches from Lockhart, Tex., tell of an earthquake shock there last ing several seconds. Buildings trem bled, dishes rattled and live stock i were frightened, but no damage was done. The disturbance is believed to be duo to Pilot Knob, a high moun- j tain near there, which has shown volcanic characteristics during the past year. Steamer Burned. The steamer Hudson, moored at the East End marine ways, Cincinnati was destroyed by fire. Loss $30,000. The boat is owned by the Cincinnati & Pittsburg Packet company and has 1 been out of commission for several i months. The origin of the fire i3 un known. REBELS CAPTURED. Had Sacked a Bank In Buenos Ayres .of $300,000. Government troops attacked the rebels who had fortified themselves at Mendoza. Soon afterward the rebel leaders and officers fled to the moun tains and the men surrendered un conditionally. The reboJs had sacked the local branch of the National hank of Buenos Ayrcs and seized $300,000. Numerous arrests have been made nnd the city is now quiet. TO PRESS APPEALS WITH ARMS. Violent Proclamation Issued by Rus sian Workmen. The central committee of the Rus slan Social Democratic Workmen's party has Issued a violent proclama tion which has been widely circulated in the factories of St. Petersburg, -ailing on the operatives to array themselves under the red flag of the social Democracy and prepare for an armed renewal of the January demon strations. The proclamation bitterly issails church and state and the high tr classes, and concludes: "In order to gnln victory we must organize a vast workmen's army. Then again we will start for the palace to pre sent our demands, not without weap ons, not with ikons and not with sup plications, but with arms In our hands under the blood-red standard of the Russian Social Democratic party." Proposals for dealing with the la bor problem have been framed by Fi nance Minister Kokovsoff and ap proved by the Emperor. They in clude arbitration of disputes and re duction in hours. RUSHING WARSHIPS. Vessels for Russian Fleet Under Con struction at Cronstadt. The dockyard authorities at Crons stadt are completing for active service the battleship Alexander II., the cruis ers Pamyatt, Azova and Admiral Kornleff and gunboat Grosejastchy, which, with the new battleship Slava, will form the second division of the third Russian Pacific squadron. They are expected to sail at the end of May. The Admiralty confirms th9 Associated Press statement that the first division of this squadron will leave Libau in the middle of Febru ary, but it is pointed out that Admiral Rojestvensky will be unable to await its arrival, because he will have to cross the Indian ocean before the monsoon season, which begins In March and renders navigation Impos sible for torpedo boats and small cruisers. Admiral Rojestvensky will probably proceed to the Far East at the end of February after the arrival of Rear Admiral Botrovsky's division. Postal Offenders In Prison. August W. Machen. fnrnier hpoH of the entire free delivery system of the Postofflce Department and the foremost figure among the officials, politicians and contractors indicted for postal frauds, and Dlller B. Groff and Samuel A. Groff. rnnvlotprl In connection with the promotion of a letter-box fastener scheme, left Wash ington with a party of 11 other con victs for the Moundsville (W. Va.) penitentiary to serve twp years. Will Employ Two Hundred Men. McKeesport will have a new in dustry that will employ over 200 men. The Union. Sewer Pipe Com pany has been organized with a capi tal of $150,000 by S. M. Bowman, T. H. Bowman and John M. Lysle. A charter will be applied for at once, and the new corporation exnects to have its works ready for operation in 90 days. Sewer nine, terra cotta. building blocks and other clay pro ducts will be manufactured. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. Rennihitinn nanprn fnr tho rpmrn-nl of Arthur E. Atnilpvnrrl from rtnsinn to Buffalo, granted by Governor Hlg- gins, nnve ueen received. An officer will be sent to Boston to nines Annie- yard under arrest. Tho winter in Mnrprlnnln hna hppn almost unprecedently severe. The snow at Monastlr Is a yard deep, and the therninmntpr rpp-Isfnrn 31 Hpirrooa below zero. There 13 a grent deal of sintering. The Sultan heads a list of subscribers to a relief fund with $1,- uuu. Midshipman Emery Clayton Weller has been dismissed from tqe Naval academy at Annapolis for continued violations of the regulations relating to the use of tobacco. Young Weller Is from New York city, and Insisted upon smoking. Republican members of the Colora do House, in caucus, have agreed upon an eight-hour bill, said to be satisfactory to the corporations. It takes, the place of the bill advocated by the labor unions. - Ice Breaks; Family Drowns, ' An entire family, consisting of Shinn C. Ballneer and wife, and tho latter's sister, Miss Mnry Taylor of jvieurora, N. j., was drowned at OUphnnts mill pond. The victims started across ,the pond. The ice broke and 'they disappeared in deep water. - The Russian Strike. Gov.-Gen. Trepoff closed the tor pedo factory in St. Petersburg, caus ing delay for the army and navy, be cause the workmen tore down posters of the czar's speech. Printers struck In St. Petersburg. Inhabitants' of a Polish city barricaded themselves In their houses, fearing the strikers. Pupils were expelled from school tn Warsaw because they petitioned that the Polish language be taught. $12,000 Forgery Charged. Walter D. Yeager, a former em ploye of Julius Cahn, mnnager of a theatrical agency In New York City, has been arrested. Cahn charges Yeager with the larceny of more than $12,000 by means of false entries In books, forged checks and other methods. Yeager disappeared about two weeks ago. (3,000 In Jewels Disappears. E. M. Holbrook, a wealthy lumber man of Minneapolis, who had been in ; San Francisco, started for homo. , Vhen about to board tho train Mrs. Holbrook discovered that a casket containing Jewels valued at . $8,000 had disappeared on the way from the hotel to the railroad. Premier G. W. Ross and tho mem bers of the Ontario cabinet resigned. To-night Lieutenant Governor Clark called on J. P. Whitney, the Conser vative leader, to form a new ministry. Shot Down by Young Man who Wasranted an Audience. VICTIM'S SON CAME TO RESCUE Boy Attacks and Disables the Assassin ani is Also Wounded in the Struggle. Solsalon Solnlnen, Procurator Gen eral of Finland, who before he was ennobled was known by the name of Johnson, was assassinated by a young man whose identity has not been de termlned. The assassin and Solnl nen's son were both wounded in a revolver duel following the killing. The motive of the crime apparently was purely political, the slain official being a prominent member of the Government party. The murderer appeared at the Pro curator's house at 11 o'clock and sent in a card bearing in French the name of Alexandre Gadd, who is in the Russian service. The young man who was smartly dressed in an off! cer's uniform, was promptly admitted to the official's private study, and on his entrance fired four shots from a revolver, one of the bullets piercing the breast of the Procurator, who ex pired almost immediately. His 17-year-old son, hearing the shots, rushed in from an adjoining room and fired three or four shots at his father's assailant, whose right leg was broken below the knee by a bul let. He was also slightly wounded In the shoulder and a finger of his left hand was struck. , The assassin fired the one bullet re maining in his revolver at Solninen's son,, wounding him slightly. He then tried to escape, but fell unconscious to the floor in the anteroom. There he was seized. Dr Wasastjerna was caled Immedi ately, but found the Procurator beyond need of his services. The assassin was removed to the surgical hospital. He is of dark complexion and appar ently between 25 and 30 years of age. Solnlnen was born In 1850, and prac ticed at the Finnish bar. He was highly esteemed and had held various Government appointments, including that of Provincial Judge. He was re garded as a wise and patriotic offi cial. It is understood that it was at his initiative that the Finns exiled by Governor General Bobrikoff were al lowed to return to Finland. He was accused, however, of ' pro-Russian proclivities, and It Is believed it was ror this reason that he was murdered, IS BURNED TO A CRISP. A Terrible Mistake Made at a Glass Plant at Smethport, Pa. Charles Palmer, employed by the Camp Glass company at Smeth port, Pa., was roasted to death this morning while engaged in making repairs to a, gas supply pipe at the plant. .Palmer's duties were to maintain the heat of the furnaces at tho required temperature. The melt ing tanks are so arranged that the supply of gas is turned on alternately from one side to another, each of the two supply pipes being large enough to admit the body of a man. While the gas was passing through one pipe Palmer crawled into the Other. His assistant changed the supply, sending the burnimr cas through the pipe Into which Palmer had crept. Before the mistake was noticed Palmer's body was burned to a crisp. He is survived by a wife and one child. B. & O. Places Rail Order. To meet the requirements of 1905 mo Kaitimore antl Ohio Rnllroad com pany closed contracts for 48,000 tons of steel rails, which will cost about $1,350,000. The order is divided among the, following companies: United States Steel corporation, 25, 000 tons; Pennsylvania Steel com pany, 13,000 tons, and the Cambria S(eel company, 10.000 tons. The rails are to be standard imrlp nni nin welch .100 pounds to the yard for ,uuw tons and the balance pounds. $240,000 Fire Loss. Fire which started In the whole sale commission house of Franklin, Stiles & Franklin at Birmingham, Ala.. destroyed property valued at $240,- 00'). Assistance which had been ask ed from the neighboring cities of Montgomery, Atlanta, Chattanooga and Gadsden was canceled about 5 o'clock, the necessity of which was obviated by the veering of the wind and a soaking rain. Two fireman wero severly injured by falling walls. Frick on Atchison Board. H. C. Frlck and H. H. Rogers were elected dlreators of the Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company at a meeting of the Atchison board of directors in New York. Messrs. Frick and Rogers are' both Interested in the Union Pacific Railroad Com pany and are understood to enter the Atchison as representatives of the Union Pacific. The president signed the bill au thorizing railway construction in the Philippines nnd conferring on the Philippine government tho nuthority to guarantee bonds to the extent of 4 per cent on $30,000,000. 4 Survey of the Philippines. t President Roosevelt sent to the Senate nnd House a message in dorsing scientific surveys in the Philippine Islands and recommending that provision be made for the ap pointment of a board of snrvpva tn superintend the work, and that ap- proprlalions- be made for the work by Congress. Military operations In Mnnehnrln are at a dead halt. The cxtremo cold weather Is retarding movements of the Russian troops. JOINT STATEHOOD BILL. Measure Admits Oklahoma and In dlan Territories. After a continuous sitting of almost nine hours the Senate passed the joint Statehood bill. As passed the bill provides for the admission of the States of Oklahoma, to be composed ot Oklahoma and Indian Territory, nnd New Mexico, according to the present boundaries, with Arizona ell minated. The session was characterized by exciting incidents and many sur prises. One of the first amendments taken up was that prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors in what Is now Indian Territory for the next 10 years, and this was - displaced witn a substitute offered by Mr, Gaillnger, which extends the amend ment to the entire State for a per iod of 21 years, and this was adopted. THIRTY MEN NARROWLY ESCAPE Philadelphia Iceboat Sinks on Dela ware Ice Embarao. Thirty men narrowly escaped drown ing early tnrlnv In tho li waiori nt the Harbor of Refuge at the Delaware Dreanwaier, and after being rescued with the greatest difficulty by the crews of two tugs, they were forced to make their way to shore afoot over ine neavy ice noes with which the river and hnv la hlnrkorl Tho men whose lives were imperilled were capr. jacois and his crew of 29 men of Philadelphia city iceboat No. 3, which made lta WAV ftnorn t i o nolo. ware river from Philadelphia in an en ore 10 clear tne channel of Ice. Their boat struck a sunken barge and went down Just after thev wern taken off. CONDEMNS POOL SELLING. Gov. Folk Urges Repeal of Law Licensing Bookmaklng. Gov. Joseph W. Folk forwarded to the Legislature a special message dealing chiefly with legislation af fecting the proposed repeal of the breeders' law, which licenses book makers to sell pools In certain enclos ures, the fee going to the support of the State fair. flflV. FYillr li vera a snnh amendment to the law as will elimi nate licensing of gambling by the State. "The breeders' law," Gov. Folk stated In his mpaanefi. "I n annA law as far as it goes, but It does noi go iar enough. If pool selling is an evil thing, it should not be per mitted at all." CURRENT NEWS EVENT3. Reed Smoot's rnnnapl rlpplnroa that a two-thirds vote is necessary for ex pulsion of the Utah senator. Chief Ene-lnppr Wnlln.o oiiimiioo that the Panama canal will be com- pieiea in lu years. Pennsylvania mnproecman win r,n with the Renuhllcnn ma inrlt v In aim. port of the railroad rate bill. Booker T. Wnshlnptnn un lha nnt 30 years will ha tha crucial onnnh try the southern negro. President Roosevelt dlrenta that contracts be continued with the Cath olic Indian schools fnr tho orlnnoH Indians. Five men were drnwnprt In Hnnn. ers straits near Cambridge, Md., last Friday while nttpmntl ntr ir rpaTn shore from Icebound oyster vessels. At Savannah. Ga.. H. n Swift 7s years old. jumned from tho his home and was killed. He had been suffermg from the grip. A spark from a wnrk mnn'a tnrrh caused a fire which destroyed the Rome, N. Y merchant iron mill, en tailing a loss of $200,000. Prince Eitel Frledrlrh nt IJprmnnv has so far recovered from his attack of pneumonia that his physicians an nounce no further bulletins will be is sued. All fear Of riotlne over lnhnr trnuh. les at the Zelgler, III., coal mines having subsided, the Inst of the State troops at Zelcler have been nrdprert home. The nobles of at. Petp ralitir an. nealod to the czar for An flggpmhlv representative of the people to par ticipate in tne government of the na tion, twenty strikers have been kill ed and a number of nersnna ummwwi In conflicts with soldiers in Kalisz. There have been disturbances in other places. Premier Laurler nf rn ana naa a a. sured a delegation of lumbermen that the Government will undertake revis ion of the tariff. John M. Simnrera a rnnvlxt In ha Maryland nenltentla rv. Rprvin or a tarm for horse stealing, has confessed that he murdered Albert Cr...iatahio a laor. yer of Elkton, Md. It is seml-offlciallv annnnnpprl thaf Pope Plus X. will hold a conslsrbry next month. It Is not known whether any new cardinals will be created at that time. The Assemhlv Tn has introduced a bill in the lower Mouse or tne N. Y. Legislature pro viding for a flat tax of 1 nor rpnt nn the gross premiums of Inanmnro rm. pan les. The anthracite cnnl nrniiitinn in Pennsylvania for the month nf Jnm.. ary was 4,408,578 tons as against 4,134,245 tons during the month of January, 1904. The Citizens hank nf TTnlnn Til has closed Its doors and the where abouts of the owner of the Institution E. W. Settle, are not known. There Is nearly $15,000 on riennslt Snttto also has banks In Forest, 111., and in iUicnigan. Boston Wool Market. In the Boston Wool market hits!. ness is light on account of the small stock of domestic wool in dealers' hands. Values hold firm as follows: Ohio . and Pennsylvania XX and above, 353fic; X, 3031c; No. 1, 3S(fin9c: No. 2. SBfiiOp- flno itnwg.h. ed. 2425c; unmerchantable, 27 I'sc; Dlootl unwashed, 32 33c; un washed, delaine. 27ff2Sc: tinmornh. antable, 2930c; Michigan, fine un washed, 21 22c: blood unwashed, 3132c. Kentucky, Indiana, etc., and U blood. 31Wffi32c. KEYSTONE STATE CULLIfcGS TROLLEY FRANCHISE GRANTED. Pittsburg and Butler Street Railway Company Gets Rights Gives Bond to Complete Line. The council of Butler granted a franchise to the Pittsburg and Butler Street railway to pass over Sullivan, avenue, West street, Cunningham street and other thoroughfares ' to Main street at the center of the town. The street car company pays $500 at the passage of the ordinance and $500 annually. The company also gives bond In $10,000 to have the Una completed and in ' operation within two years. Charles Gibson, Jr., presi dent of the company, and Charles J. Gibson and Engineer Layton, of Pitta burg, were present at the meeting. A decision was handed down grant ing a new tria'l In the case of C. M. Greer of Canonsburg, .Pa., against for mer Burgess T. M. Reese, former Constable J. J. Miller and former Councllmen H. P. Jones, Theodor Straub and J. B. Johnson of Canons burg. Greer secured a verdict of $43,000 against these men at the last term In a suit for false arrest. Greer was a member of council, but re fused to attend, and was arrested and taken to a meeting to form a quo rum. The second oil well ever known to produce almost a pure grade of oil has been discovered on the George farm, near Br'adys Bend, Armstrong county. It Is owned by Queen brothers and the drill found 12 feTof an excellent producing sand. ' The well filled up 500 feet with the fluid. The production is estimated at 25 barrels a day. The original pure oil well was struck near the present one years ago. Of late years Its meager product has been bottled and sold as hair oil. At Scranton another of the alleged Carbondale Mafia, Frank Muncnla, who pleaded guilty to robbery by menace, was given the extreme pen alty, four years and nine months. Muncula admitted having secured $40 from a'young Italian by threatening the vengeance of the Mafia on him. It was stated that one of the 14 men Indicted for complicity in the Mafia terrorizing, Joseph Cogliandro, has made a full confession. It Is reported some startling disclosures may be', looked for. Postofflce Inspector H. H. Williams has been sent to ConnellsvlUe to dis cover the source of the fraud which has been carried on by foreigners of the coke region for many months. The inspector has letters sent from here to Italy and vice-versa, the stamps on which had been previous ly used. The Italians have a prepara tion which erases the cancellation marks and only by a close inspection can one discover that the stamps were ever used before. The Union Presbyterian church near Myoma station, in Adams town ship, Butler county, was burned Sun day. Services were held in the af ternoon, and while the first Psalm was being announced sparks were noticed falling from the ceiling. The 150 people rushed from the building, which was soon destroyed. A large part of the furniture was saved. A defective flue caused the fire. The) loss is $2,000, with $1,500 Insurance. The headless trunk of a man was found near the Lehigh Valley railroad tracks in the northern part of Wllkes- barre. After considerable search the head was found many feet from the body! It was so badly mutilated that it was unrecognizable. The man was well dressed in a dark suit and was about 6 feet in heights weighing 225 pounds. No articles were found on his person that would serve to Identi fy him. John W. Scott, a geologist, declares radium abounds in Blair, Center and Huntingdon counties. Mr. Scott claims that Blair county geologically covers a large area of primal maxi mum radial disturbance, by which mountains were upheaved. He says that several years ago he discovered the peculiar substance, pitchblende. mother ot radium, in great quantities. Maj. John A. Barrett, instructor at the Jumonville Soldiers' Orphans' school, near Unlontown, has been dis missed from his position by the State committee on orphans' school as the result of charges against him growing: out of his whipping two boys, for which be was convicted In court of assault and battery. . W. Benson Shrader, financial agent of the United Presbyterian church, has acknowledged the receipt" of $3,000, given to the mission boards of the church by Mrs. Jennie S., wlfei -of Elmer Bartley, of Butler. The be quests were in money of Mrs. Bart ley's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William son Graham. Albert Hart, colored, aged 24, who was shot by his rival, Fred Jeffries, at the home of Mrs. Georglana Poin dexter, on Tuesday night, January 24, died at the Cottage State hospital, ConnellsvlUe. Jeffries Is still at large. Representative Acheson has secur ed from the Smithsonian institution, a set of fishes in alcohol and a sec tion of marine Invertebrates for usa of the public schools at Charleroi. Leonard, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Moore, of New Castle, 'la dead as a result of scalds received by a kettle of hot "water overturning. . At Blalrsville, a giant remonstranca against the repeal of the local optioa ' law has received the signatures of 1,14-J voters, 1.312 women and 387 young men. The remonstrance repre sents two-thirds of the property in terests of Blalrsville. The petition for repeal has less than 400 signatures. Edward Nangle was sentenced In the court at Washington, Pa., tqnay a fine of $100 and undergo impriW ment In the work house for one year. Nangle was charged by E. C. Horn, a .nerchant, with stealing several hun dred dollars while in the latter's em ploy as a clerk.
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