TS St. Petersburg Officials Discover and Foil Plots. SUSPECT FIRED AT POLICEMAN. Trunk Full of Bombs Discovered Room of a Stranger Man Was Arrested. An assemblage of workmen In the St. Petersburg quarter demanding the liberation of Imprisoned strike lead ers, almost led to a riot. Mounted police and troops were summoned and surrounded the malcontents, who, seeing that resistance was hopeless, sullenly dispersed, a few being in jured in the scuffle. The authorities continue (o find evi dence of Terrorist nctlvity, and in spite of the precautions of the police another tragedy may occur at any moment. The fighting organization is known to have on its rondenvaed jjt, Yfit 30 persons headed by Grand Duke Xlexls and Governor General Tue VoK, but the police have been com pletely baffled in their efforts to dis cover the invisible hand which is di recting the campaign of the terror ists. The police by chance foiled what is believed to have been a plot to kill Governor General Trepoff. Accord ing to the latest details of the affair, a man was observed during the morn ing lounging at the corner of Great Morskaia streets, about a block away from the entrance to Gen. Trepofi's chancellory. A policeman approached the man with the object of Interro gating him. The man thereupon drew a revolver and fired at the officer, but missed him. The policeman then overpowered his assailant and arrest ed him. Almost at the same hour the police discovered several bombs of the 'y. Jrist pattern in a trunk be longing to a stranger who occupied a furnished room in a house in Pushkin street, but who was absent at the time the police searched his apart ments. The man was promptly taken Into custody when he returned, and two Individuals who called to see him were also arrested. All the prison- crs declined to give any account of themselves. The man captured by the, police on Great Morskaia street probably was on the lookout for some mark by which to distinguish Gen. Trepoff's carriage. When he drives out car riages circle around and leave In dif ferent directions, so that it is almost Impossible in the confusion to de termine definitely which carriage con tains the governor general. It is said that Gen. Trepoff a fortnight ago re ceived a letter informing him that this rus'e was unavailing, as he would be killed in his bed. RAILROAD MERGER , New York Central Lines Built to Reach Pittsburg District. The directors of the Beech Creek Extension Railroad company, the Curwensvllle and Bower Railroad com pany, the Pittsburg and Eastern Rail road company and the Clearfield Southern Ralrond company, met in New York and formally passed upon a proposition to consolidate the proper ties into the Beech Creek Extension Railroad company. The stockholders will ratify the merger agreement. The stock of the various companies is all owned by the New York Central. The roads traverse Cambria, Clear field and Indiana counties, Pa., and were built to enable the New York Central to reach Pittsburg from its coal fields. The proposition to con solidate the properties is to facilitate their operation. Coke Production Gains. Coke production gained last week, but shipments decreased, rain having retarded the movements of trains. The aggregate decrease In both reg ions amounted to nearly 900 cars, but nearly 11,000 tons of stocked coke was taken out of the yards. Production amounted to 262,908 tons, an increase of 720 tons over the previous week. The shipments aggregated 12,157 cars. NEGRO RESIGNS Several Times He Was Thrashed by Mississippi Mob. M. J. Horn shy a young negro who twice passed a civil service examina tion has been appointed to clerkships in the postofflce at Yazoo, Miss., has complained at the White House that he Is prevented from holding his posi tion by reason of the brutality of white citizens of Yazoo. According to the negro's story he entered on hiB duties at the Yazoo postofflce, whereupon certain white patrons of the office thrashed him when he was caught gohig to'and from his duties. At another time, he says, ho was overtaken and carried off to an oil mill, where some of the mem bers of the -mob counseled lvnchlnc and otherB whipping the negro. Hornsby agreed to write out his resig nation and leave Yazoo, never to re turn. The resignation was sent to Washington and Hornsby followed It. He says he is afraid to return to Yazoo. Trust Buys Tin Plant. The sale of the Morgantown tin plate plant was confirmed by Judge A. G. Dayton in United States Circuit Court. The purchaser was George C. Sturgus, of Morgantown, said to re present the American Sheet Steel & Ttnplate Company. The price paid was 1200,000. The plant now has six mills and foundations for four others. It is reported that the trust intends to increase it to a 20-mill plant at once. In a short time 1,000 men will be employed. 8TEADY DEMAND. Orders Are Constantly Growing and Plants Are Assured of Activity for Many Months to Come. R. G. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review of Trade" says: Trade returns are increasingly satisfactory, continued high temperature accelerating dlstrl bution in all the leadin;? lines. Tho closing days of March brought greater confidence regarding tho future, and results for the first, quarter of 1905 proved even more favorable than was anticipated when the year opened. Sanguine expectations of manufactur ers who made extensive preparations are now being realized. Reports from the South indicate that the period of hesitation is about over and agricult ural sections are stimulated by pros pects of a good season for planting. Freight congestion has followed the heavy shipment of spring merchan dise, and railway earnings in three weeks of March were 8.2 per cent. larger than in 190-1. Official returns make the cotton crop fully a third larger than the one preceding, and still prices are far from -demoralized. With the subs! dence of Hoods the mills have re- sumed, water traffic is heavy, and the percentage of unemployed is season ably reduced. Buyers nre arriving in large numbers at the leading Jobbing centers. immigration continues to surpass all records and International markets improve as conclusion of the war seems imminent. Foreign commerce at this port for the hist week showed a gain of $2,40-l,t17 in imports and a decrease of $S17.924 in exports, as compared with 1901. A steady demand is noted In all de partments of the iron and steel indus try, orders constantly coming forward and most plants are assured of ac tivity for many months, while some mills decline contracts for shipment any time before 1900. Mild weather improves the quality of hides, espe cially from the Southwest, and the tone of the market is decidedly firmer. New England footwear factories are receiving a fair amount of new busi ness from salesmen at the West, and duplicate spring contracts also ar rive, calling for Immediate delivery. A better feeling is noted in the pri mary market for cotton goods. More inquiries nre received from China, but there is little prospect tliat desired deliveries can be made, as some lines are under order up to next February. Woolen and worsted duplicate trade is quiet. Failures this week numbered 244 in the I'nited States, against 20S last year, and 33 in Canada compared with 1G a year ago. GREAT SCHEMER DEAD Man Who Made and Lost Fortunes in Various Schemes. James F. Wardner, widely known as a mining prospector and 'promoter of pigantic enterprises, died in El Paso, Tex. He was an eccentric man, and during his lifetime had made and lost four fortunes. Among Wardner's most celebrated schemers were "The Nation. Candy I bank," operated in St. Louis, ami i "The Consolidated Black Cat com-; pany, limited," with Its ranch for I raising black cats in the State of Washington. Other pursuits to which Wardner by turns addressed himself included such widely different occu pations as hog raising in California nnd gold mining in Arizona. Going to Milwaukee with $4,000 In his pocket he declared an intention of settling down to some quiet business, but be fore he selected that business he had lost the money in speculation. Most of Wardner's life was spent in journeying over the American conti nent, but his wanderings had even taken him Into the diamond fields of South Africa. Wardner was conected with several large mining deals, his operations extending from the Klon dike to the isthmus of Panama, and at the time of his death he was the owner of a quicksilver mine in Mexico. He served during the Civil war, being ap pointed hospital steawrd of the Thirty-ninth Wisconsin regiment. The Wisconsin senate has passed the Evans anti-cigarette bill, which absolutely prohibits the sale or manufacture of cigarettes or cigarette paper. ARMENIA FACING RU1N Famine Begins, Few Crops Sown and Kurds' Raids Unrestrained. Letters and consular reports from Van and other parts of Armenia say the situation there is steadily grow ing worse. Famine has begun, busi- ness is at a -standstill, few crj.w nave been sown and Kurd raids on Ar menian villages are unrestrained. One of the latest leters says: "The Government is Jemandlns taxes with relentless severity and seizing cattle, farm implements, and even beddrng and household necessi ties." A telegram to the Turkish MUsion Aid Society says: "Suffering from poverty. General food supply in many villagoi nearly exhausted. Deaths from hunger be ginning." Immigration Records Broken. Immigration to this country through the port of New York for March reached unprecedented figures, the to tal arrivals numbering 97,000. Last year for the same month the arrivals were only 47,877. Not Ready to Wed. "Absolutely no truth in it," was the statement of Miss Hegner, Mrs. Roosevelt's private secretary, regard ing the published story that Miss Alice Roosevelt had promised herTiand in marriage to Senator Beveridge. The story is generally regarded by society as a canard. "When Miss Roosevelt decides to get married," a friend said, "the news will reach the public in a proper way. She is only a young girl 'now, and Miss Roosevelt won't wed Just yet." PEACE TERMS OUTLINED United States and France Said to Have Used Influence. APPEAL MUST COME DIRECT Japanese Minister at London Denies That Conflict Will Be Settled Through Intermediaries, Russia has outlined the conditions under which she is prepared to nego tiate peace. It was stated to-night, with every semblance of authority that, thanks to the good ofllees of the United States mid France, the ques tion of peace has assumed practical shape. It is positively known that a step In the direction of peace' actually has been taken. Russia has indirectly made known to Japan the negative conditions upon which peace may be concluded, namely, no cession of territory and no Indemnity, leaving Japan to determine; whether nego tiations can be begun on that basis. No reply from Japan has yet reached the Russian government. A telegram from a northern Euro pean capital, received in London, says: 'I have just learned on reliable authority that Russia has asked Del casso to act as an intermediary and open peace negotiations with japan. Delcasse has signified his willingness, but considers that Lnnsdowne's co operation is essential to success." 'When peace negotiations com mence it will bo between Russia and Japan direct and not through any in termediary," was Minister llayashl's comment to-night, when shown the foregoing dispatch. Minister Hayashl said ho attached no Importance to the statement, but believed France was trying to influence Russia to open ne gotiations for peace. so lar as l Know, no ndded, "no negotiations have been begun, but when Russia is ready to make terms Japan wiil be happy to consider them." At Foreign Secretary Lnnsdowne's residence to-night 1; was stated it would be useless to ask Lork Lans downe for an expression of opinion nt the present Juncture, on the sub ject of peace. JAPS MOVING FORWARD Enormous Stores Sacrificed by Rus sians About Mukden. The Japanese are again moving forward and the Russian rear guard has fallen, back from its position about 13 miles north of Sipinghai, 74 miles north of Tie pass, to Chaoumla odiz, which is situated 40 miles below Gunshu pass. Practically complete reports show the Russian army sacrificed general commisariat stores to the amount of $1,250,000 and stores for an armv corps amounting to $500,000, held at Mukden. The boots, and uniforms, which the whole army was in need, arrived from Europe four days before the Russian retirement from Mukden. Gen. Kuropatkln ordered the remov al of the stores, but his orders were not executed. An investigation will be made to establish the responsi bility. The Japanese -army near Mukden is clearing the battlefield, sorting enormous quantities of stores and ma terials captured, nnd attending to the prisoners. Engineers are rapidly re pairing the railroad bridges across the Hun river, and will reach Mukden in a few days. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. Cary A. Alburn, a law senior at Adelbert college, Western Reserve University, has been awarded a Rhodes scholarship. Japanese prisoners In the hands of the Russians In Manchuria are com mitting suicide, some of them by hari-kari and some by the use of arsenic The barn owned by A. Bailey, two miles from Salem, O., was destroyed by fire. Two horses, farm implements and machinery were also burned. Loss $1,S00. Three cases of smallpox have de veloped at Buffalo Rock, 111., among the "Holiness" followers of Duke M. Farson, the Chicago banker and re ligious enthusiast, who do not believe in the use of medicine. GAVE UP THEIR JOBS Resignations of All Members of Canal Commission Received. Secretary Taft received the resign a- tion of the Panama Canal Commis- j sloners with the exception of that of , Major General Davis, Governor of the i canal zone. Admiral Walker, Chair man of the commission, later received by cable the resignation of General Davis as a member of the commission and immediately forwarded it to the Secretary of War. There will be no hiatus In the gov ernment of the canal zone by reason of the resignation of the present canal commission, as their resignations will not be accepted until their successors are appointed. It is expected that the announcement of the new com mission, together with the reorganiza tion and new Instructions, will occur within a very short time. First Aerial Ferry. In the teeth of a blinding northwest gale, blowing 40 miles an hour, 40 passengers made the Initial trip in the new aerial ferry at Duluth, Minn., the only one of Its kind In the western hemisphere. The cars, suspended by cables, slid perfectly back and forth across 394 feet of canal, moved by electricity. Diplomas to the graduating class of tho United States Medical college In Washington, were presented by Presi dent Roosevelt 8AN DOMINGO AFFAIRS Americans Will Take Charge Till Senate Reassembles. An American receivership for the Dominican Republic will be an ac complished fact in a very few days. A modus Vivendi to last until the Senate disposes of the treaty left un acted upon' was agreed to, and will be Immediately put Into effect. Ameri cans will take charge of the custom houses on the southern coast as soon as Secretary Taft selects them. President Morales will give them Dominican commissions, so that nominally they will be employes of mat Government. The American Government is al ready in charge of the custom houses of the north coast. The Americans will send 55 per cent of the money they collect to a batiu in New York nnd turn 45 per cent over to tho Mor ales government. The money deposited in New York will remain there until the treaty Is disposed of. If it is ratified this Government will distribute it among tno creditors. If it Is rejected the money will be turned over to Santo Domingo and she will make the dis tribution. DIVIDEND FOR DEPOSITORS Claysville Bank Victims Get iiO Per Cent of Claims. The Comptroller of the Curency declared a first dlvidfnd of bO per cent In favor of the creditors of the First National Bank of Clayvi'de. Pa., on claims proved amounting to $184,- U12.2U. Applications were approved by thi Comptroller to organize the First Na tional bank of Toronto, O.. capital $50,000. Incorporators. H. H. Smith, J. G. e.Jnnhigs, W. B. FrancDy, W. B. Gaucher, A. G. White, Thomas Price nnd L. L. Grimes, and the National Bank of Avolla, Pa., capital $25,000, Incorporators, J. A. Ray, j. W. Reed, T. M. Johnson, S. S. Campbell and K. F. Miller. RUSH FOR JAPANESE LOAN Syndicate Managers Overwhelmed With Applications. Subscript lens to the American half of tho new $150,000,000 Japanese loan were formerly opened in New York on the 29th nit. The syndicate managers found themselves over whelmed with applications. Where ever possible preference will be given to small investors whose applications have come by mail and telegraph from all parts of the country. The loan was heavily oversubscribed within a few hours. In consequence the syndicate managers announced that the books would close at 3 p. m. next day. y UNLOADED GUN AGAIN Grover Nickler Shot and Killed Acci dentally by Friend. Grover Nickler, aged 19, son of Ben jamin Nickler of Bucyrus, O., was fa tally shot at the shooting gallery of which he is proprietor in Connells vlle, Pa. Immediately after the shoot ing James Brady gave himself up and said he shot Nickler. Nickler, In his dying statement, says the shooting was accidental. There were no witnesses. The men were in the gallery when the shot was fired. Brady says he did not know tho rifle was loaded. Killed Himself. Samuel Wllhelm, 50 years old. com mitted suicide at Coshocton, O., by shooting himself through the head while he was standing in the front. yard at the home of his friend, Henry Freese. Wllhelm had pending in the Supreme court a suit for $5,000 against the Pennsylvania Railroad company for Injuries received. He had won In the lower courts, but was discourag ed. CABLE BRIEFS The insurgents of Crete have or ganized a provisional national as sembly under the presidency of M. Papynnnakis, who has Issued a pro clamation to the foreign consuls de claring that the people have gathered to proclaim the union of Crete with Greece. Vice President Baquerizo Morena ot Ecuador nas assumed the execu tive power, President Plaza retiring for 90 days on account of delicate health. The Pope has held a secret con sistory without creating any cardi nals, morely preconizing bishops. The only American was Right Rev. Thomas F. Hickey, who was confirm ed as Coadjutor Bishop of' Rochester, N. Y. A savtag of 12 hollra on a arge amount of mall from the west will be effected between Chicago and New Y'ork, through an arrangement made by the Rock Island railway for trans portation of mail for territory east of Chicago. Wretched Russians. Shanghai Is overrun with Russians. From Port Arthur 2,000 and over have flocked to the Chinese port via Nag asaki and Chifu. They throng the streets, unkempt, uncared for Women, their heads kerchiefed, their dresses sagging through the roadway's slush and mud, drag shivering children aim lessly here end there. All day long the crowds are blocking the side walks in front of the Russo-Chluese Bank and the Russian Consulate. Ordered to San Domingo. The Italian cruiser Calabria has re ceived instructions by cable to return immediately to Santo Domingo. It Is supposed that the order has a bearing on the demand for the payment of claims against the republic of Santo Domingo. The vessel has sailed. Wells Brothers Company of Chica go and New York was awarded the contract for the construction of that part of the Carnegie Technical schools at Pittsburg, which will be built this year. Neighbor Put in Jail on Suspicion of Attempted Burglary. REVOLER LEADS TO ARREST Scene of Attempted Robbery only Short Distance from Place Where Lanz Tragedy Occurred. A desperate encounter, in which two men were each shot twice and dangerously wounded, took place at the home of William Huff, near Fair view, W. Va. The shooting was the result of an unsuccessful attempt at robbery, the Huff family being sup posed to have a large sum jf money in the house. The scene of the attempted rob bery is only a short distance from the Lanz homestead, in Beaver county, Pa., where a similar tragedy was en acted two months ago. Stewart Steele, a well-known char acter of Fairvlew, nnd a neighbor of the Huffs, was arrested charged with doing the shooting. Ho is In New Cumberland jail under a strong guard. A bloody revolver was found on him and he is said to have con fessed. William Huff Is 70 years old, and occupies the homestead with his aged wife, who is an invalid, and a son, Frank, about 3G years old. The father and son were aroused from their sleep, discovering a robber in their room. Frank Huff was attempt ing to grapple with the Intruder when the latter heard him and fired upon him. Young Huff received tho bul let in his neck. It passed through and entered his shoulder. Despite his wounded condition ho Jumped upon the burglar and seized his gun. Before he could get the revolver out of the robber's hands the latter fired again, shooting the young man in the wrist. The eider Huff hasten ed to his son's aid, only, to receive a ounet m tne right leg. The burglar made for the door, the wounded men plucklly pursuing. As he got outside tho burglar fired once more, the shot striking Mr. Huff, Sr., in the arm. Owing to the Infirmities of Mrs. Huff sho was un able to give any alarm and the plight of the father and son was not discovered until this morning, when Mack Huff, a married son who lives some distance away, called at the homestead to see the old folks. ASKED TO RESIGN President Proposes to Have Free Hand in Panama Matters. The first practical step having In view the reorganization of the Panama canal commission was taken when, in compliance with Instructions from President Roosevelt, Secretary Taft required the members of the commis sion to tender their resignations. Secretary Taft's demand was couched in the following language: "The president directs me to ask tho members of the commission to hand in their resignation in order that he may have a free hand in re organizing the commission. Please wire Gen. Davis requesting that his resignation lie forwarded." Tho request was promptly complied with by those members of the com mission now in Washington, and their resignations will be in the hands of tho president tomorrow. The pur port of Secretary Taft's letter re questing the resignations of the com missioners was sent to MaJ.-Gen. George W. Davis, retired of the army the governor of tho canal zone and also one of the members of the com mission, and a prompt answer Is ex ited from him. Fireman Killed. Tho spreading of the rails duo to heat wrecked a westbound through freight train on the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago railroad a mile east of Alliance, Ohio. Engineer H. L. Wolfe, of Crestline, saw the danger and jumped, escaping with slight In juries. Fireman A. Wyck was caught in the wreckage and instantly killed. TROUBLE EXPECTED Warship Dispatched to Haytl Protect American Interests. An American man-of-war will to bo sent to Port au Prince to protect the American interests. This determina tion was arrived at when the State department received a cablegram from Minister Powell saying that ser ious trouble is impending in Haytl, ad ithrdl shrd etaoln hrdlu taoin hr and it Is doubtful whether the au thorities can maintain peace and or der on March 31 and April 1. The oiaie uepariment immediately re quested the Navy department to dis patch a war vessel to Port au Prince. The Navy department, it is stated probably will send the cruiser. 'New ark, Admiral Sigsbee's flagshU , now at Guantanamo,' to "Port au Prince. The distance is but ISO miles and the latter port can be quickly reached. Aged Banker Drops Dead. A. H. Miller, 80 years old. president of the First National BajiHof Free mont, O., dropped dead. He began as cashier In the bank In 1SG4, and was one of the oldest and wealthiest bankers of this section. PERSIAN MONARCH BESIEGED Mob Accuses Him of Exploiting People-Anti-Christian Feeling. Refugees from Kuchan, Persia, re port that the palace of the Khan Is besieged by an armed mob. The monarch is charged with exploiting the people. The refugees accuse Mohammedans from Baku of responsibility for ex citing the population against the Christians. MRS. CHADWICK SENTENCED Judga Tayler Decrees Ten Yean Imprisonment. Unless a higher court Interferes Mrs. Cassle L. Chadwick will spend the greater part of the next ten years in the Ohio penilentinry. A sentence of 10 years was imposed upon her by Judge Robert W. Tayler in the United states District Court at Cleveland Motion for a new trial was overruled, Mrs. Chadwick was convicted on seven counts and sentenced upon six counts. For four of these counts sentence of two yenrs each was Impos ed. Upon two counts a sentence of one year each was Imposed. As soon as the sentence was pro nounced Attorney J. P. Duwley ol counsel for Mrs. Chadwick took ex ceptions to the sentences upon each count except the first. The defense Intends to make the claim that the court cannot Impose a separate sen tence for each count: that the law ni piles to the general charge instead ol encn incident of a general charee. The various counts of the indictment are considered by the defense to refet only to details of the General offe-nRa This point will be contested In the higher court, as will the other points of the Chadwick trial which resulted in her conviction. Mrs. Chadwick was not particularly affected by the action of the court, as seemingly sho had resigned herself to any action that might be taken Boston Wool Market. Although the trading is quiet, there Is a distinctly better feeling In the wool market. Qutatlons: Ohio and Pennsylvania XX nnd above, 33 43c; X, 3031c; No. 1, SG37c; No. 2. 37if;H8n! fine iniwnslipil 5MR9n qunrter-blood, unwashed, 3031Ac; three-eights, blood, 30G31c: half- blood, 2930c; unwashed delaine, 27fi2!ic: unmerchantable, 2930c; fine washed delaine, 3G4(ffi37c. Michigan Fine unwashed, 2122c; quarter-blood, unwashed, 2930c; three-eighths blood, 30c; half-blood, 3()c; half-blood, 2S29c; unwashed delaine, 252tic. Valuable Orders Are Lost. The authorities In Paris are ser iously concerned about the mysterious disappearance of two official dispatch bags containing orders to the French squadron in the Indian ocean. The bags, which were forwarded to the captains of the French warships In- rernet nnd Kersaint nnd which are said to have contained orders rela tive to the movement of the Russian second Pacific squadron, disappeared between Port Said nnd Jibutil. French Somallland. The investlga tlons made have not resulted In find- Ing any trace of the missing bags and some fears are entertained that they may have reached those Inter ested in learning the plans of the Russian second Pacific squadron. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS Dreading an operation for an nb III., ., 21 cess, Frank Perley of Harlem, committed suicide. Arthur H. Marsh of Blair, Neb years old has been awarded a Cecil Rhodes scholarship. William E. Hammond, one of the most prominent real estate men of Boston, committed suicide by shoot- ng. Governor Frazler of Tcnnesee has vetoed the bill increasing the salary of the Governor from $4,000 to $5, 000 a year. The United Stnteft state depart ment has notified the Russian govern- nien that two of tho three officers of tho Lena, who broke their parole at San Francisco, have returned. It has been definitely ascertained that the whole Russian second Pa cific squadron left the waters of Madagascar March G for an unknown destination. A string of freight cars running wllil on the Louisville & Nashville railroad crashed Into a freight train near Clnrksvllle, Tenn. Engineer John Murray, Fireman Patrick Fox and two unknown negroes were kill ed. Two trans-Atlantic, ocean liners, the Puriso nnd the Albino, heavily laden with passengers, collided at the entrance to the harbor of Halifax, N. J., nnd a panic annus the passengers of the two steamers occurred, but no In jury or loss of life lesulted. President Roosevelt has appointed Special Assistant Attorney General M. D. Purely, R. K. Campbell, of the De partment of Commerce and Labor, and Galllurd Hunt, chief of the passport bureau of the State department, mem bers of the commission to Investigate nnd report fo Congress on reforms in the naturalization law. ' Poisoned Her Three Children. Mrs. Mary BrockwelJ of Paducah, Ky., whose three children died from poisoning, confessed sho gave them morphine nnd coal o l. The woman said her husband was in an asylum and sho could not support I he chil dren. She said Gcorg3 Albeiton promised to marrv her if she would get rid of the children. Alberton was arrested. Russian Troops Rebel. Trustworthy reports from Georgia, Russian Trans-Caucasia, say that the Insurrectionary movement is grow ing. It Is added that the authori ties have been deposed, that a pro visional government has been pro claimed and that the troops decline to carry out the orders given them. At Batum, Erivan and Kars anarchy prevails. Appeal to French Clericals. A manifesto Issued by the Duke of Orleans says a restoration of the French monarchy is necessary to re store mi ordnrly administration of the country and to insure religious liberty. The manifesto is regarded as an appeal to the clerical element. Hulputta Mlcco, chief of the Semin ole Indians, is dead at South Mc Allister, I. T. He served in the Civil war with a band of his tribesmen, rendering valuable aid to the Union. KEYSTONE STATE CM TOWN IS QUARANTINED State Physician Discovers That Disease Diagnosed as Chicken pox Is Smallpox Trouble An ticipated. ' Mt. Union, a town of 1,000 Inhabi tants In Huntingdon county, has near ly 100 cases of smallpox, under quar antine. The epidemic broke out some time ago, the disease being diagnos ed as chickenpox. It spread and the State board of health sent Dr. A. B. Brumbaugh, quarantine' ofTlcer, to the town to make an examination. He re ported the disease smallpox and has quarantined the Infected houses. Previous to Dr. Brumbaugh's visit the victims of the disease had been per mitted to mingle with the people of the town and trouble is anticipated in stamping out the disease. At lock No. 4 five men in a skiff on the Monongahela river lost their bearings in the fog and were carried over the dam and drowned. Only the name of the ferryman, William N. Huggins, about Go years old, is known. The other men .were foreign miners and were employed In the Rostraver mines. They were crossing the river to wcrk when the accident occurred. High water rrever.ted a search for the bodies. Dr. William H. Crawford, President of Allegheny College nt Meadvllle, Pa., announced to the Board of Trustees that Andrew Carnegie has agreed to give $25,000 to the collego, conditioned on the friends of the col lege raising $23,000 more, nil to ba expended m betterments of Hie col lege and plant. A meeting of the Board of Trustees will bo held soon, to take action on the acceptance of the gift. A suit for $10,C00 damages was heard in court at Ebensburg, the prin cipals being Dr. E. J. Burkhart and Prof. E. E. Bach, of Johnstown. The action wa3 based on an allegation made against Prof. Each by Dr. Burkhart last April charging him with being drunk and disorderly In the school room. The charge was not sus tained, although the jury found for the defendant. William Chllds, aged 60, an em ploye of the H. C. Frick Coke Com pany, was found In a dying condition at the 'edge of Connellsville. He said that while on his way home Saturday night he was held up and beaten by tramps who sleep on the coke ovens near where he was found. His body' Is a mass of cuts and bruises. He was removed to the hospital. A new town will be built within one mile of Ebensburg. The Pennsylvania Coal and Coke company, which owns undeveloped coal territory in this sec tion, will build a railroad to extend from Irvona to its present new opera tions at this point. The new town will have a bank, electric light plant. water works and other modern con veniences. A coal tipple will be built. Another big coal sale was made In Washington County when 1,900 acres of the Pittsburg vein in East and West Finloy townships passed Into the hands of a syndicate of Pittsburg capitalists at $50 an acre. The farm ers received $25 an acre for It. The coal Is adjacent to the big block se cured by R. A. Whitesides of Pitts- . burg last week. Ex-Governor Stone, It Is stated. Is desirous of getting control of the lines of the Pittsburg, McKeesport & Greensburg Company, now extending its line west from Irwin to connecV with the Pittsburg Railways Compa ny at Trafford City. Then he will have a system traversing Westmore land county its entire width. S. A. Masplli & Co . of Plltohi.rcr have been awarded the first construc tion contract in the building of the Western Allegheny railroad from But ler to New Castle. The contract for 15 miles of the heaviest work on the entire line. It is said that the cost of building the road will be nearly $600,oqo. Burgess C. W. Patterson signed the Greater Conuellsvllle ordinance. This Increases the area of the borough al most one-third and Increases the population from 10,000 to 13,000. It Is the first step toward the annexation of New Haven, and Greenwood, which ' will give Greater Connellsville the right to a city charter. Fred Bjerman, day watchman at the Vulcan iron foundry, New Castle, com mitted suicide by cutting his throat. He was found bj'.hls son wnen he went to the foundry to summon the father to dinner. He was still alive, but too weak to speak. He was hurried to the hospital, where he died shortly after. To all appearances a poor man, George Evans, aged . 73 years, died at Franklin. A bag containing $10,- 000 In securities was found sewed to the inside of his undershirt It also became known that Evans was the owner of valuable property in the West. Henry P. Harris, of Bellefonte, died this morning In the same house In which he was bora 80 years ago. He Is survived by a wife and five chil dren. At court In Unlontown, Samuel Wright, colored, was sent to the pen itentiary for 11 years for a sories of robberies committed at Pt. Marion. Gov. Pennypacker reappointed Na than C. Schaeffer of Lancaster to be uperlntendent of public instruction. Edward, the 14-year-old son of James Kelley of Llndsey, died of spotted fever and was burried in the , Clayville cemetery. The case develop ed in 48 hours. The Kelly home was put under quarantine. The Westmoreland county railway, the trolley enterprise of which former Gov. W. A. Stone is tha head, has applied to the Greensburg council for a franchise. The W. H. & L. C. Wolfe sporting goods store at Altoona, was robbed of goods valued at 1300.
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