v. BUTCHERED BY HUNDREDS Russian Jews Killed and Maimed by Infuriated Mobs. AUTHORITIES ARE POWERLESS Dead and Maimed Fill Hoteli and Stores, While Wounded Are Carted Away by 8cores. The London "Dally Mall's" Odessa correspondent gives an unconfirmed report that Klshlneft has been abso lutely destroyed by Are. He says that the three suburbs of Odessa, Paressyp, Zastava and Moldavanda, hare been completely devastated. The Kief! correspondent of the same paper says that the British consulate has been riddled with bullets. The British consul was stopped by soldiers, with leveled rifles, who, however, permitted the mob to wreck the house of a wealth' ly Jew. A dispatch from St. Petersburg, dated November 3d, reports the dis covery of a plot to massacre the Jews In that city. It is seml-officlal-ly circulated says the correspondent, that at least 1,000 persons have been killed and 10,000 seriously wounded In the leading 50 provlncinclal towns of Russia in the last 24 hours, and the death roll is still mounting. The Berlin "Tagoblatt" prints the following dispatch from the Jewish " ' owner of three houses in Kieft: "Anti-Jewish excesses have been raging here for three days and all the Jewish shops and many private houses have been totally destroyed. The number of Jewish victims is large, and children and old people fcave been barbarously murdered, 'while the military and police looked on with cynical Indifference." . PROMISED UNIVERSAL 8UFFRAGE Emperor Francis Joseph Yields to the Demand of Mobs. While scenes of great violence were being enacted in the streets of Vien na, It was stated on good authority that Emperor Francis Joseph had de cided to grant universal suffrage to Austria, and had instructed the prem ier. Baron Gautch Von Frankenthurn, ' to draft a measure on a comprehen sive basis. The decision is attribut ed to the emperor's desire to catlsfy the socialists, who indulged In fierce rioting, and to at the same time Strengthen the Hungarian coalition. More than 80 persons were injured la the disorders, which grew out of a great socallst meeting in behalf of universal suffrage. The orators used fiery language, declaring that millions of workers were ready to follow the Russian example. The crowds out side the hall were so great that traffic was stopped for three hours., After further harangues outside the government buildings, the crowd marched through the streets shout ing for revolution. Near the Hof burg the police forced the demonstra tors to enter the Bide streets, causing numerous conflicts, In which several persons were seriously Injured, the wild scenes lasting half an hour. La ter at night the turbulence was re newed in many parts of the city, and many more persons were hurt. It Is alleged that the socialists ' atoned the police, compelling them to draw their swords, and it Is said the police acted with brutal violence. The masses resisted angrily, and a cafe on Ringstrasse was almost de molished. MASSACRE IS CONFIRMED Chinese In America From District Where Murders Occurred. The Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions at New York received a cablegram from Canton, China, tell ing of the murder of five American missionaries at the Presbterlan sta tion at Ltenchow, news of which was received from Hong Kong. no motive wnicn mignt nave led from whom we s.hould pray to be de ny the Chinese to murder the Hvered are our own passions, appe American missionaries is known by , tites and follies, and against these the Presbyterian Board of Missions j there Is always need that we should ere. I TAFT ARRIVES AT ISTHMUS Secretary of War Will Be Busy Dur-! Ing Panama Stay, The United States cruiser Colum bia from Norfolk, Va., October 28, with Secretary Taft and his party on board, arrived at Colon and recelvod a salute of 17 guns. The public buildings, the offices of the Panama railroad and other establishments dis played flags in honor of the double event, the second anniversary of the establishment of the Republic of Panama and the arrival of Secroetary Taft. The engineers with Secretary Taft will be very busy during their stay on the Isthmus. Their head quarters will bo Colon. ' Wilson Order to Employes. Secretary Wilson, of tHe depart ment of agriculture, has issued In structions that no employe shall be connected with any firm selling to the department, or any firm his busi ness It Is' to investigate, nor shall do . any work not connected with the de pairtment outside of office business without official consent. Public. Debt Increased. The monthly statement of the pub lic debt shows that at the close of business October 31, 1905, the debt less cash in the treasury, amounted to $1,002,640,125, which Is an in crease for the month of $6,068,116. This Increase Is largely accounted for by the decrease in the amount of cash on hand due to increased ex penditures. Russian soldiers continue to shoot down rioters in some of the principal Cities of the empire. 8HORTAOE OF CARS R. Q. Dun A Company Report That . It 8erloualy Interferes With Many Transactions. Cooler weather in most sections of the country has stimulated retail demand for seasonable merchandise, improving the tone of business where there has been more or less IrregU' larlty, but reports are still somewhat mixed as to collections. Supplemen tary orders are coming to the pri mary markets for wearing apparel and In many cases shipments would show still larger gains over the same time last year If transporting facili ties were bettor. This car shortage Is an increasingly disturbing element. There is still a very close compari son of railway earnings, which were only .9 per cent larger than in Octo ber, 1904. Industrial conditions are little disturbed by labor controver sies, although several important questions are under discussion. Thus far work Is scarcely interrupted and more cases of advance in wages are reported. At the south and west the scarcity of labor retards operations, yet those sections are more prosper ous than ever before, and quarantine restrictions no longer Interfere In the Now Orleans district. Leading branches of manufacture make good progress, most (mills and factories having orders for more re mote delivery than Is customary, and especially favorable statements are made respecting lumber and flour mills. It is no longer cause for com ment when new records of output are established, as this has become the rule rather than the exception. Fail ure returns were very favorable ia October, liabilities falling 36 per cent behind last year's. Finished steel business Is still coming forward, a large tonnage of structural shapes now pending, and the situation will find little relief in the Btarting of several new plants be cause their output has already been sold far ahead. New England shops are well sup plied with old orders to assure op eration for the balance of the year, and when the time comes that job brs must replenish stocks, It is the general opinion that new quotations will be accepted. THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION President Roosevelt Sees Many Reasons for Its Observance, The President issued his proclama tion naming Thursday, November 30, next as a day of thanksgiving. The proclamation recounts the reasons for the observance as follows: When, nearly three centuries ago, the first settlers came to the country which has now become this great Re public they fronted not only hard ship and privation, but terrible risk to their lives. In those grim years the custom grew of setting apart one day in each year for a special service of Thanksgiving to the Almighty for preserving the people through the changing seasons. The custom has now become national and hallowed by Immemorial usage. We live In easier and more plenti ful times than our forefathers, the men who with rugged strength faced the rugged days, and yet the dangers to national life are life are quite as great now as at any previous time in our history. It is eminently fitting that once a year our people should set apart a I day for praise and thanksgiving to I the Giver of Good, and at thesame : time that they express their thankful I ness for the abundant mercies re i ceived, should manfully acknowledge ! their shortcomings and pledge them selves solemnly and In good faith to strive to overcome them. During the past year we have been blessed with bountiful crops. Our business prosperity has been great. No other people has ever stood on as high a level of material well-being as our own stands. We are not threat ened by foes from without. The foes , war. Dr. McLeod Arrested. Percy D. McLeod, a reputable Dr. physician of the Back Bay district, Boston, was arrested on the charge of performing nn Illegal operation on Susan Geary, the Cambridge chorus girl whose remains were found In two suit cases In the waters of Boston harbor. Prof. Mitchell Ousted. The board of bishops of the Meth odist Episcopal churcii will inform the trustees of the Boston university school of theology that the plea of the trustees for the retention of Prof. Hinckley G. Mitchell in the chair of Old Testament criticism in that school cannot be granted. Dog Fight Causes Murder. Policeman John Tipton of Catlotts burg, Ky., attempted to separate two dogs fighting on the streets of that city and kicked one of the canines which belonged to Jacob Crother, a well-to-do citizen. Crother instantly whipped out a pistol and opened fire on the officer, who, In return, fired three shots, shooting Crotlier to death. Tipton Is one of thu oldest policemen in the city. Charged With Murdering Girl. Charged with having murdered Susan Anna Geary, the beautiful chorus girl, known as Ethel Du:rell of "The "hepherd King" Theatrical Company, now playing at the Nixon Theater, the finding of whose muti lated torso and limbs formed the famous suitcase mystery, Morris Nathan, secretary to Manager B. A. Reinold of the company, was lodged in Central police station at Pitts burg. The arrest came as the result Of a tolephone message received from Chief of Detectives Watt of Boston. BLOOD FLOWS IN STREETS Russian Radicals are Dissatisfied and Want More Civil Rights. POLITICAL PRISONERS RELEAotiD Mob Attacked Prison at Warsaw and Battered Down Doors Many Killed and Hurt. A dispatch from Odessa describes that city as having experienced a dreadful day on the first of Novem ber, ,the defenceless populace being at the msrey of a howling rabble of 50,000 men, "calling themselves loy. allsts and led by disguised policemen and their wretched dunes." The dispatch says: The Jews made-a stout resistance and their successful bravery entailed lamentable sacrifices. It is impos stble to ascertain the casualties, but rumor puts the number or killed and wounded as high as 2,000, many by bombs, which the mobs used by wholesale. Not until lata at night. when the murderous work had gone unchecked for hours, were the troops Drought, cordons placed around the Jewish quarter and quiet somewhat restored. The London Dally Mail correspond ent at Kteff, In . a dispatch dated November 1, says: "The governor general has resigned because he was not permitted to take strong meas ures to prevent riots. Indescribable scenes occurred when the mob in vaded the town hall and tore down the potrait of the emperor. "Th,8 troops fired 10 volleys Into the mob, killing 40 persons. Three hundred of the rioters were arrested. During the conflict the troopers were dismounted, thrown to the ground and many of thorn shot. At the demand of a mob at War saw, the governor released several hundred political prisoners, but re fused to surrender a number who had been arrested by order of the council of state. The mob attacked the prison battering down the doors. Troops and artillery were summon ed and 40 of the msb killed and many wounded. Special dispatches represent the condition of affairs In Russia as be ing extremely grave especially In the provinces. St . Petersburg, the dispatches say, remains comparative ly quiet. According to the St. Petersburg correspondent of the London Dally Mail, the revolutionaries demand the establishment of a republic and, as the result of this demand, the strong arm of Gon. Trepoff has again been Invoked. Thus brute force and pop ular sedition are again facing each other. Even the appointment of Grand Duke Michael as military dic tator, with Gen. Trepoff as his right hand man, is discussed la official cir cles. Late at night the revolutionary leaders advised the populace to re frain at present from precipitating a conflict. BATTLESHIP SPEED RECORD Rhode Island Does Fastest Mile at 19.33 Knot Rate. A new speed record for American battleships was established by the Rhode Island on her official standard ization trial trip over the measured mile course off Owls Head, Me., dur ing which she Bteamed one mile at a rate of 19.33 knots an hour. An other mile was made at the rate of 19.27, while the average time for the 12 runs over the course was 18.93 knots an hour. The contract called for a speed of 19 knots. Three Years With Chain Gang. George Washington Murray, a ne gro, once Congressman from South Carolina, will have to spend the next thrse years cracking rocks as a mem ber of the chain gang. The Supreme court of Georgia denied the appeal of his attorneys for a rehearing. His punishment Is for forging the names ot ignorant negroes to land leases. CA8HIER LEFT A NOTE Explains the Cause of His Trouble and Suicide. The following statement, or con fession, as It has been termed, was written by Cashier Clark of the En terprise National bank of Allegheny, October 17, the night before he shot himself. The paper was found In the pocket of his coat. Dearest Wife and Children In 10 hours or less I will be in the other world. You have bsen a dear, good wife to me. Andrews has worked my ruin. Dear wife, keep all the Insur ance for yourself and babies. How hard It is to leave you all. I have made a desporate effort to keep things going until I could get the road financed, but It has been too slow. The examiner is here and I am ruin ed. Do forgive me. It Is not my fault; I have been shamefully rob bed. The bank will get everything but the life Insurance. Your hus band, LEE. Attachments against the property of W. H. Andrews were issued In Crawford and Venango counties by the action of Receiver Cunningham of the Enterprise National Bank. AUSTRIANS TO FOLLOW SUIT Social Democratic aPrty Resolves to Emulate the Russians. The congress of the Austrian Social-Democratic party unanimously re solved to emulate the "glorious vic tory" of the Russian proletariat and demanded the immediate convocation of the relchsrath for the sole purpose of substituting for the present "par liament of privileges" a system of na tional representation, based on equal and direct manhood suffrage. THIRTEEN DIE IN WRECK Passenger Coaches Crushed Against the Sides ot Rocky Gorge. Thirteen persons were killed and 30 were Injured In the wreck of a west bound Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe passenger train, known as the Cali fornia Express, which while running 35 miles an hour, struck a loose rail, ditching five cars near the eastern limits of Kansas City. The wreck occurred at Rock creek cut on a curve, where jagged rock walls on each side of the track form a bluff almost 100 feet high. The sides of the coaches were crushed against the rough stone, killing and wounding passengers and trainmen. One of the first bodies removed was that of the dining car porter, Ran dolph Richardson. When killed ' he was passing through some of the rear cars and had Just made the announce ment, "Last call for breakfast." J. D. Whttmore, one of the Injured, wns In the smoker, which had an old-fashioned coal stove beater. He was thrown In such a way that one leg was jammed into the broken stove In contact with the live coals and was so covered with the debris that he was unable to get out and his foot was burned until it must be amputated. TROOPS FIRE ON MOB Many Killed and Wounded In Rus sian Towns, A dispatch from Odessa, Russia, October 29, says: "A collision be tween the military and a crowd of students and strikers occurred in Tlraspoloskaya street. The soldiers' without warning, fired polntblank in to the people, killing 20 and wound ing 60. Nineteen wounded men have been brought to the University Hospital at Moscow, as the result of an en counter between students and Royal ists. The Governor General Issued a proclamation, warning the Royalists who wish to attack the Liberals that this will not be permitted. Complete disorder reigns at Llflls. There is rifle firing against the pat rols In many quarters of the city. A bomb was thrown at a police man. A military t.aln has been de railed outside the city and a number of Cossacks were killed. The strike Is complete on all rail roads la the Caucasus. All the stores and offices are closed. Even the employes ot the state Institutions and the, headquarters of the viceroy alty have struck. EXPRE8S PACKAGE ROBBED Contents Amounting to $14,000, Are Stolen En Route. A sum of money," said to be $14,000 en - route by express from Hamilton, Mont., to New York, is mlsBlng. The Northern Pacific Express Company, through several detectives, is trying to discover what became of It. The money was shipped by Charles F. Kelley to N. H. Harris & Co. for in vestment. Instead of receiving the securities he had purchased, Kelley was dumb founded to receive a letter stating that the contents of the package, up on receipt by the New York firm, con sisted of newspaper clippings. The seals were Intact. ROOSEVELT ENJOYED HIS TRIP Made Speeches to Men on the West Virginia. President Roosevelt regards his Southern trip Just ended, as a most enjoyable and profitable experience". Particularly did he enjoy the sea voy age, and he expressed himself in the most enthusiastic terms regarding the ships, officers and men of the squadron. While at sea Sunday, the President made a speech to the officers and men of the West Virginia. He had Just completed an Inspection of the en tire ship. President RooseveMt came asfhore from the Dolphin at the Washington navy yard at 11:55 o'clock, October 31, and five minutes later he had left the yard for the White House, In a carriage with Mrs. Roosevelt. Pension Clerks Dismissed. Secretary Hitchcock ordered the dismissal from service of four clerks In the pension bureau, accused of loaning money at usurious rates of in terest. Vhe action was taken upon the recommendation of Pension Com missioner Warner, who charged that these clerks not only charged very high rates of interest, but conducted te business during office hours. He made written statements In all the cases, detailing the facts in each. The clerks who lose their places are: George H. Getz, George S. Livingston and Joshua R. Hayes, all receiving salaries of $1,800 each, and George R. Marble, whose salary was $1,400. Missionaries Killed in China. Five American missionaries have it Is believed, been murdered at Llne- chow. Dr. Eleanor Chestnut, Mrs. E. C. Machle and child and Mr. and Mrs. Pearle are the victims. The murders are said to have occurred October 28. Llnechow Is a town of 10.000 people, situated in the west ern portion of the province of Kwaag Tung, at the head of the gulf of Tong King, not tar rrom the treaty port of Pakhoi. RECORD BREAKING OUTPUT Baldwin Locomotive Works Were Kept Busy During the Past Month, The Baldwin locomotive works last month turned out 225 engines. This Is the largest output In the com pany's history, and the construction this year will break all records. To get these locomotives out required the employment of 16,750 men in the shops in Philadelphia alone. With the force at Lewlstown there are oa the payrolls ot the company more than 19.000 men. CZAR GRANTS PRIVILEGES Nicholas II. Finally Yields to the Voice of the People. COUNT WITTE PRIME MINISTER The National Assembly Will Become a Real Legislative Body Suff rage Largely Extended. The autocracy of tho Roman-offs and the old order ct things has ceased to exist In Russia. Emperor Nicholas has surrendered and Count Wltte comes Into power as minister- president, with an imperial mandate which will enable him to convert the farclal nationul assembly Into a real legislative body, eloctad by greatly extended suffrage, and to confer upon the peoplefundamental civil liberties including nee speecn. Those welcome tidings reached St. Petersburg on the evening of Octob er 30. Count Wltte had spent the day with the Emperor at Peterhof, going over the final draft of the mani festo to which he Insisted that cer tain minor modifications be made, and before taking the train for St. Petersburg he telephoned to a friend thnt the Emperor had affixed his sig nature, and that the imperial man date comprising the conditions upon which he had agreed to accept olllce was in his pocket. These Include freedom of the press, the right of as sembly and the Immunity of the per son, including the right of habeas corpus. The official announcement says: "An imperial manifesto Issued this evening appoints Count Wltte prime minister with special authority to co-ordinate and unify the powers 4f the different branches of the admini stration. Civic liberties are grant ed to the Russian people, and to the national assembly is given legisla tive power, while the suffrage Is en larged." Count Wltte Insisted on a cabinet on the British model, with a selected premier responsible to the Imperial douma, or parliament, while the Em peror clung to the appointment of the members of the cabinet on the American plan by the Emperor as chief of state. Count Wltte sent the following mes sage to ,the Associated Press: "I am 'sure the American people, who understand what freedom Is, and the American press, which voices the wishes of the people, will rejoice with the friendly Russian nation at this moment, when the Russian peo ple have received from his imperial majesty the promises and the guar antees of freedom, and will Join In the hope that the Russian people will wisely aid In the realization of those liberties by co-operating with the government for their peaceful intro duction. Only thus will it be possible to secure the full benefits of the free dom conferred upon the people." Messages from various Russian cities told of fighting between the mobs and troops. These messages were filed previous to the promulga tion of the Czar's manifesto. Late at night after the news got abroad crowds began marching up and down the Nevsky Prospect sing ing the National hymn and hurrahing for liberty. RUSSIAN 8TRIKES ENDING Employes Return to Work Following Issuance of Czar's Manifesto. The strike has ended on the Mos cow and St. Petersburg, the Moscow and Kazan and the Moscow and Archangel railroads. The conflicts on these lines were declared off fol lowing the czar's manifesto. It is thought that by the close of the week the Industrial situation will have un dergone a complete change. The annual report of Chief Signal Officer Greely speaks in high terms of Alaska's wireless telegraph sys tem which is "the only long wireless system In the world that Is regularly operated as a part of a regular tele graph system handling commercial business. GERMANS ATTACK NATIVES Fight Long Engagement, but Are Too Tired to Follow Enemy. An official dispatch from German Southwest Africa says that Lleut. Oen. von Trotha, the commander-in-chief of the forces, recently attack ed an entrenched force of rebellious nntlves on the Orange river, east of Hartebeestmund, under the command of Morengo, Morris and Christian. The fighting lasted several hours, until nightfall. Three German offi cers and 13 men were killed and three officers and 31 men were wounded and five are missing. Tho rebels, who lost heavily, drew off during the night. The troops were too exhausted to follow them. New Government Printer. Charles A. Stilllngs of Boston, as public printer to take effect November 1. Mr. Stilllngs Is manager of the printers' board of trade of New York City. Senator Lodge was among those who Indorsed the appointment. Mr. Stilllngs wad connected with a Boston printing house for some years and was once secretary of the Typho tnetea of Washington. New Era for Finland. The proclamation of civil liberty In Russia was followed by the announ cement of the return to a constitution al regime in Finland and the aboli tion of the arbitrary conditions under which Finland has been governed. After a meeting of the constitution alists Prince Obolensky, the governor general, announced to a deputation sent by the meeting thnt he had been Instructed by St. Petersburg that the Diet be immediately called in extra ordinary session to legislate for Fin- MORE EXPRES8 MONEY FOUND Mrs. Cunllffe Contradicts Statement Made by Detectives. The Plnkerton detective agency In Pittsburg reports that five thousand dolurs of the money stolen by Edward George CunllfTe from the Adums Ex press company has been found hid den in the lining of a baby carrluge where It was 'secreted by the express clerk's wife on the night of her de parture from Pittsburg to her old home at Hartford, Conn. This leaves the total amount of money unac counted for about $6,000. After being told of the finding of $5,000 In the lining of the baby bug gy, Mrs. Cunllffe who Is at Hartford, Conn., authorized the following state ment: "I emphatically deny that as a re sult of any confession made by mo $5,000 of the money stolen by my hu band'' was found lit a baby car riage In our home at Pittsburgh. If the money was found as stated by Robert A. Plnkerton It was because of disclosures made by my husband I maintained throughout the ordeal to which I was subjected by the de tectives that I had none of the stolen money nor had I hidden any. The allegation of Robert A. Plnkerton re garding a confession made by me is absolutely false." CURRENT NEWS EVENTS. The Russian armv In Manchuria nns Deen making anti-government demonstrations since the close of the war. Morris Nathan's attorney asserted that Ethel Durrell, the supposed vic tim of the Boston suit case mystery is still alive. The rifle range and two pavilions at Schuetzen Park, Union Hill, N. J., were destroyed by fire, involving a total loss or $100,000. Cholera has broken out at Lodz, Russian Poland. A number of cas es are reported in the most popu lous section of the town. Eleven whaling vessels which sail ed from San Francisco have been caught In the Arctic ocean and will not be able to get out until next July. Senator P. C. Knox, speaking for the President at the chamber of commerce banquet at Pittsburg, ad vocated a tribunal to establish and revise railroad rates. Jacob Kaufmann, of Pittsburg, founder of the firm of Kaufman Brothers, died at the University hos pital, Philadelphia, following an oper ation for appendicitis. Emperor William has taken steps to secure the withdrawal of the troops of the allied powers on the road from Pekin to Tien Tsla America has no troops there. Despondent because he felt he had outlived his usefulness. Captain James G. Wright of Indianapolis, aged 85, killed himself. He had been a steamboat captain on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. An expedition to the North pole, under the patronage of the Belgian government, Is about to be organ ized. The expenses, estimated at $2,000,000, will be defrayed by a na tional lottery on an extensive scale. The pension bureau reports a loss of 2.003 civil war pensioners by death during September. The net decrease of pensioners was 941, leav ing a total of 996,270 on the pension roll September 30. . First Lieutenant George W. Brandle of the First United States Infantry, stationed at Fort Porter, near Buffalo, N. Y., committed suicide by shooting. He had been a sufferer from acute melancholia. He was unmarried, and his home was at Chllllcotho, O. Textile Strike Averted. At the conclusion of a conference between ' the Manufacturers' associa tion and the textile council at Fall River, Mass., It was announced that a compromise agreement on the wage Issue had been reached and that a threatened strike of 20,000 or more operatives would be averted. The new plan provides for a direct and indi rect advance totaling slightly less than 9 per cent., the agreement to date from October 23. Boston Wool Market. There Is renewed Interest In the wool market. The general movement has taken place In all grades of Ohio, and Pennsylvania fleeces. Fine wash ed delaine has been broken on price, moderately large amount having sold at 37 lc, with the market price at 39c. Sales of three-eighths and half bloods have been quite frequent at 3435c. In line with the activity in delaines, some XX has been sold at fi37c, and X at 34c. XX, X and delaine are In fair supply. A small business has been done In Michigan fleeces. Quarter bloods are at 33 34c. Fine unwashed is . held at 25(9 20c; half blood, 3233c and 33c and 34 35c. New York's Population. The population of Greater -New York, as counted by the State Enum eration Bureau June 1 and announced October 30, is 4,014,304, compared with 3,437,202 In 1900, and 2,507,414 "T5 1890, . The population of Manhattan borough is given as 2,112,697, and Brooklyn as 1,358,891. There are now 8,066,672 people in New York State. U. S. Steel Earnings Grow. The directors of the United States Steel Corporation declared a regular quarterly dividend of 1 per cent on the preferred stock, payable Novem ber 30. No dividend was declared on the common stock. Tho net earnings for the quarter ended September 30, were $31,240,582, an Increase of $12, 466,650, as compared with the same quarter last year. Unfilled orders on hand September 30, aggregated 5,866,377 tons, an Increase ot 2,837, 941 tons, as compared with September 30. 1904. KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS ENDOWS A COLLEGE Judge Paxson's Will Establishes School of Agriculture for Boys from 12 to 18 Years Old. Judge Edward M. Paxson, who died at Bycot, Bucks county, on October 12, left part of his fortune for the endowment of a college of agricul ture. The college Is to be opened to boys between 12 and 18 years ot age) and a regular course of study Is to be arranged so that mental equipment as) well as soil tilling experience will ha given. Judge Paxson's estate amounts to more than $3,000,000. The affairs of the Institution are to be controlled by a Board of Trustees. It is said this board will consist of Dr. L. Web ster, of Philadelphia; former Judge Harmon Yerks, Dr. Wm. BrJman and) O. Howard Atkinson, of Bucks coun ty. The greatest tub oyster crusade of the pure food department has been completed in the western part of the State under the direction of Division Agent James Foust, of Altoona. All told 500 samples of oysters have been lifted in Allegheny, Westmoreland, Washington, Cambria, Blair, Beaver, Lawrence, Venango, Mercer and Erie counties. The hundred or more samples lifted In the Pittsburg and Allegheny markets were found to be pure. The same Is true of Blair, Cam bria, Westmoreland and Washington counties. In Lawrence and Erie counties the oysters were preserved with boraclc acid, and prosecutions will follow. Reports from Venango and Mercer counties have not yet been received. The crusade cost the State over $1,600. One million and a half dollars Is the price paid for 1,300 acres of coal lands In the central part of the Con nellsvllle coke region by Roy H. and Paul J. Ralney, of New York. They bought the property from Joseph V. Thompson, of Unlontown. The land Is In Menallen township, adjacent to the holdings of the Brier Hill and Orient coke plants. Developments Indicate that the Ralneys, Instead ot selling out, expect to expand their operations In the ConnnllKvlllA n. glon and to become a permanent fac tor in tne coke production of Fay ette county. After hearlne the netltlnn for n writ of mandamus presented by the lead ers ot tne citizens party to com pel the Westmoreland county com missioners to file their nnmlnnHnn papers, Judge Luclen W. Doty dls- mised the writ at the cost of the chair man of the Citizens party. The com missioners refused to file the nomi nation papers alleging that they were defective. The court sustained the commissioners. Near the spot where Contractor Samuel T. Ferguson was killed at West Mlddletown two years ago, about 20 sticks of dynamite were recently found. Ferguson was blown to his death by a dynamite mine in the road. A short time ago two shotguns were found at the same place. The dynamite was found by workmen clearing the field of under growth. A plan to rob the McKeesport Tin Plate company of its pay roll of $22,000 was discovered at the plant In Port Vue borough. The thieves worked under the office of the com pany, directly under the vault. The boards of the flooring were sawed through, but the thieves then encount ered cement a foot thick and evi dently gave up the task as hopeless. as a result of an accident at the Franklin plate mill at Johnstown. operations there will be suspended for about two weeks and 300 skilled workmen thrown out of employment. The accident was caused by a break in the machinery. The mill was rushed with orders, many ot which were for armor plate. Rocks thrown by a blast on the line of the Pennsylvania railroad near Creswell crashed through the roof of a shanty In which a number of lab orers were sleeping, killing one man and crushing the head of a child ly ing beside Its mother. Be vera I others were Injured, one fatally. The Tictims are all Slavs. Eugene Roach, 15 years old, was electrocuted at Franklin. He had climed an electric light pole to show hlg brother how the sparks flew when his knife came In contact with the wire, which carried 11,000 volts. When Roach fell, the back of his neck struck the wire and his head was almost severed. The headless body of an unknown colored man, about 50 years old, was found near Edenburg, beside the tracks of the New Castle and Youngs town lnterurban electric line. The head was found 60 feet from the body. Pockets were turned Inside out. and there are evidences of foul play. A $5,000 verdict was entered for the defendants In the case of George W. Campbell and others against the Mountain Water company in the Fay ette county court. The dispute' arose over property taken by the water company. Ray Champ was killed by a train on the Cbartiers valley branch of the Pennsylvania Lines West, at Houston station. Champ was 17 years old and was employed as the mail carrier be tween the railroad station and the postofflce. Leonard Magnotta, injured in an explosion of natural gas at South Sharon, died from his burns. He leaves a wife and one son, who were also seriously burned. A large glass works Is to be ericicd near Masontown by . capitalists c-f Unlontown, Masontown and Connells- TUie. Of course, we're a lusty people. The news reports dally show the immense amount of iron circulating In our com merclal arteries. V .- ' .
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