ELECTION
Democrats Carru Pennsylvania and Ohio Hearst
Contests Returns
Elections
November 7, in Beven states and six
of the larger cities. In Massachuetts,
Rhode Island, Virginia and Ohio a
governor and other state officers were
onosen, and In Pennsylvania, Mary
land and Nebraska minor state offi
cere, Judges or regents of the state
university. In New York, Indiunnpo
lls, Ixnilsville, Salt Lake and Ban
franclsco a-mayor and other city offi-
cers, and In Chicago, sanitary trus
tees and Judges were elected.
The Democrats and Populist fused
In Nebraska, the Kemihllcans and
Democrats against the Union Labor
party in Sun Francisco, and the Re
publicans and other parties against
the Democrats In Ixulsville.
In Pennsylvania there has been a
miscellaneous Indorsement of the Re
publican anil Democratic candidates.
The Republican nominee for treas
urer was Indorsed by the Citizens
party, the Democrat Ic nominee by the
Prohibitionist, Independents, and tho
Lincoln party. The Republican nomi
nee for Judge of the supreme court
was indorsed by the Democrats,
Citizens. Independents, and tho Lin
coin party. Tho Republican nominees
for judges of the superior court (the
.minority party can elect one Judge)
were Indorsed by the Citizens and
Lincoln party, and tho Democratic
candidate by the Independents.
Tho Prohibitionists nominated a
ticket in Massachusetts, Rhode is
land, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio,
Nebraska, New York, Indianapolis and
Chicago; the Socialists in Massachu
setts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania
Ohio, Nebraska, Virginia, New York
and Indianapolis; the Municipal Own
orship party In New York, and the
American party in Salt Lake. mere
were six candidates for mayor In New
York and four In Indianapolis.
BERRY DEFEATS PLUMMER
Unexpected Results In Country Dis
tricts Philadelphia and Interior
Counties Roll Up Tremendous
Vote.
Complete returns from CI of the C7
counties ia Pennsylvania give W. II.
Borry, Democrat, for State Treasurer,
a plurality over ,1. Lee Plummer, Re
publican of 81.020 votes. Tho coun
ties yet to he hoard from are
Armstrong, Chester, Crawford, North
ampton, Susquehanna and Perry. Of
tho missing counties Armstrong and
Susquehanna give estimated plurali
ties for Plummer of 1,300, while the
estimated pluralities for Berry in
Chester, Crawford, Northampton and
Perry are 5,525. Basing the com
putation on these estimates, Berry's
apparent plurality In the State Is
85,251.
The vote for Superior court has
not yet been computed In many coun
ties, but in nearly every county the
throe Republican judges ran far
ahead of Plummer.
The vote for State Treasurer In
Philadelphia was. Plummer, 98,700;
Berry, 134,797, giving the latter a
plurality of 36,037. On the county
ticket, Brown, City party and Demo
crat, has a majority of 43,333.
Nearly complete returns from Alle
gheny county Indicate that the entire
Republican county ticket was elected
by majorities ranging from 1,500 to 5,
000 and that J. Lee Plummer, defeat
ed candidate for State Treasurer,
carried the county by a majority
which may exceed 27,000. Incom
plete returns give Plummer 07,184
votes, while Berry received, 40,130.
In the city of Pittsburg the Citizens
ticket won over tho Republicans by
reduced majorities.
In Philadelphia tho Lincoln party,
formed by tho independents, gave
Berry a tremendous vote. The State
Treasury has been under Republican
control since 1880. Roosevelt's
plurality last year was 504,000.
Philadelphia has been swept by the
reform movement, tho City party
winning by a surprisingly large plur
ality. The successful candidates of the
City party were Wilson H. Brown,
for Sheriff, F. A. Anderson and Ru
dolph Blankenburg for County Com
missioners, and J. M. R. Jermtm
for Coroner. Circuit Judge Craig
BIddle and Orphans Court Judge
Morris Dallett had been endorsed by
all parties.
In only two counties In the State
Somerset and Washington, are gains
shown by the Republican over the
ote for State Treasurer two years
ago. Large Democratic gains were
inajle In all the other counties.
NEBRASKA DEFEATS FUSION
Charles B. Letton, Republican, Elcct
- ed Supreme Court Justice.
Returns from the elections in Ne
braska aro sufficiently complete to
Indicate with certainty the' election of
Charles B. Letton, Republican, over
William C. Hastings, fusion, as as
sociate justico of the Supreme court
by a plurality greater than that given
Judge Barnes for the same office two
years ago, which was 9,127. The
Republican candidates for regents ran
only slightly behind Letton.
Burns Himself to Death.
Michael McDermott, who was serv
ing a sentence for drunkenness,
burned himself to death .in a padded
cell of the county Jail at Newark,
N. J. Smoke Iron the fire rr.d the
odor of burning flesh created a panic
among' the hundred prisoners in the
Jail. Men and women made frantic
efforts to tear away the iron bars
of their cell doors, and were in such
a condition after quiet bad been re
stored that medical attention was
necessary.
RETURNS.
in New York City.
OHIO.
Pattison Defeats Herrick for Governor
by Large Majority.
That John M. Pattison, Democrat
of Cincinnati, has been elected Gover
nor of Ohio for three years by a plur
ality running above 40,000 over Gov.
Myron T. Herrick, of Cleveland, Re
publican, is settled, as also Is the
Democratic working majority In both
houses of the State Legislature, but
there Is still some uncertainty us. to
tne rest of the State ticket.
Chairman Harvey Gurber, of the
Democratic committee, ngured plu
ralities for Pattison that aggregated
close to 55,000. Tho Republicans
have given out no later estimates
than that of Chairman Charles Dick
conceding the election of Pattison by
25,000 plurality.
Republican estimates give the
Democrats from two to five majority
In the net Senate and from 10 to 15
in tho House. Tho Democratic claim
Is a majority of five in tho Senate
and of 27 in the House.
The widespread scratching of
tickets caused such delay in the
counting that 30 hours after the close
of the polls there was still uncertain
ty. The Stale ocers and Legislators
chosen will serve three years, instead
of two, as heretofore, the constitu
tional amendment for biennial elec
tions providing that the terms of
officers elected at this time Bhull ex
pire on January 1, 1909, at which time
the State officers nnd Legislators,
chosen In November, 1908, will as
sume office. The Legislature chosen
In 1908 will choose a nlted States
Senator in succession to Senator
Foraker.
Tho Republicans of Cleveland con
cede the election of Mayor Tom
Johnson lly 5,000 majority over At
torney William H. Boyd. Brand
Whltlock, the novelist, is elected
Mayor of Toledo on the Independent
ticket. Judge Dempsey (I)em.) Is
elected Mayor of Cincinnati over ex-
Lieutenant Governor Harry Gordon
(Rep.). Ex-Congressman D. C. Bad
ger (Dem.) has been elected Mayor
of Columbus.
NEW YORK CITY
Justice Gaynor Grants Order for
Recount of Votes.
With the granting of nn order by
Supreme Court Justice William J.
Gaynor in Brooklyn compelling Police
Commissioner McAdoo to remove
every ballot box from all tho precincts
In Greater New York to the bureau of
elections William R. Hearst, tho de
feated Municipal Ownership league
candidate, took his first legal step in
a fight to secure a recount of tho
votes cast on election day.
The complete returns give McClel-
lan a majority of 3,485 votes, the
smallest ever recorded for a success
ful mayorality candidate, and a result
which might readily bo reversed by
a recount of the ballots.
The next Assembly will stand: Re
publicans, 111; Democrats, 35; Muni
cipal Ownership,. 4. Last year It
stood: Republican, 104; Democrats,
40. The Senate holds over this
year.
From present Indications the fol
lowing ticket Is elected:
Mayor, George B. MeClcllan
(Dem.)
President of Manhattan Borough,
John F. Ahearn (Dem.)
President of Brooklyn Borough,
Bird S. Colcr (M. O.)
President of Queens, Joseph Ber-
mel (R.)
President of the Bronx, LouIb F.
Haffen (Dem.)
President of Richmond, George
Cromwell (Rep.)
Sheriff, Nicholas Hayes (Dem.)
The Municipal League will contest
the election.
Mr. Hearst Issued the following
statement claiming his election as
Mayor:
CHICAGO
With One Exception the Republican
Ticket Won.
The Republicans made a clean
sweep of the election In Chicago and
Cook county, electing all of their
candidates, with the exception of one
man. The sole Democrat to reach
the promised land was Webb, a. can
didate for trustee of tho sanitary
district.
Tho Republicans elected four Judges
of the superior court by pluralities
ranging from 20,000 to 2r.000; one
judge to fill a vacancy on the bench
of the superior court, by a plurality
of about 1.000; a Judge of the circuit
court by 10,000 and eight out of nine
members of the board of sanitary
trustees by pluralities ranging from
1,000 to 5,000.
James Squires, a member of the
Alton, (111.) high school football
team, died from the effects of an in
jury received October 21 In a game
with the East. St. Louis high school
team. He receieved a kick on tho
knee which resulted In blood poison
ing. RHODE ISLAND
Republicans Make Gains In Each
Branch of Legislature.
A heavy poll for the Republican
candidate for the executive chair,
Gov. George H. Utter, which is ex
pected to give hlin a plurality of 5,
900 over the Deraocattc nominee,
Lucius F. C. Garvin, was the feature
of the State election. Utter's running
mates on the ticket seem sure of
large pluralities. Republican gains
were made in each branch of the
Legislature.
MASSACHUSETTS
Guild Defeats Bartlett for Governor
Democrats Make Gains In
Legislature.
Lieutenant Governor Curtis Guild,
Jr., of Boston (Rep.), was elected
Governor of Massachusetts by a
plurality of 29,485 over General
Charles W. Bartlett of Boston, tho
Democratic nominee.
For the second place on the ticket,
for which there was an unusually
warm contest, Kben S. Draper of
Hopedale (Rep.) won over Henry M.
Whitney of Ilrookllne, his Democratic
opponent, and the leading advocate
for reciprocity, by a plurality of 3.942.
The total vote for the two leading
candidates was:
Governor: Guild (Rep.), 203,834;
Bartlett, (Dem.), 174,399; Lieutenant
Governor: Draper (Rep.), 184,534;
Whltnoy (Dem.), 180,592.
Tho Republicans also elected seven
of the eight members of the Execu
tive Council, and the usual large ma
jority In both branches of the Legis
lature.
Tho closeness of tho vote for
Draper and Whitney for Lieutenant
Governor was the principal feature of
the election. The Democrats made
gains in both branches of the legis
lature, three members In the Senate,
and one In the House. The legisla
ture of 1906 will stand as follows:
Senate: Republicans, 31; Democrats,
9; House: Republicans, 109; Demo
crats, 70; Independent, 1.
MARYLAND
Suffrage Amendment Voted Down
Baltimore Goes Republican.
Tho election In Maryland wns for
a Slate Comptroller, legislature and
county officers, nnd In Baltimore for
a Judge of tho Supreme Court, Sher
iff, City Clerk and Surveyor. The Is
sue which engrossed popular atten
tion wns a proposed constitutional
amendment, the avowed purpose of
which was to disfranchise negro vot
ers, but which aroused widespread
opposition among many Democrats
and foreign voters In both parties.
Owing to tho extreme length of the
ballot the count has been slow and
the votes In some of the city pre
cincts and remote county districts
have not been counted.. The returns
so far received, however, make cer
tain the defeat of the proposed con
stitutional amendment by a majority
of 20,0000 or more and very probably
the elect ion of McCullough (Kep.)
Stato Comptroller over Atkinson,
(Dem.) and tho election of Republi
cans In three out of four of the city
legislative districts. The Republican
candidate for Sheriff, City Court Clerk
and City Surveyor In Baltimore also
are elected. Chief Judge Harlan
(Dem.) Is re-elected by 10,000 major
ity. The Republicans did not nomi
nate a candidate against Judge Har
lan, though there was an independent
Republican candidate. The political
complexion of the next legislature Is
uncertain and will not be known until
tho official count has been completed.
VIRGINIA.
Claud A. Swanson (Dem.), was
elected Governor of Virginia by
about 20,000 plurality over Judge L.
L. Lewis, the Republican candidate.
The vole everywhere was exceeding
ly light, but Democratic apathy was
offset by unfavorable conditions on
the other side. The negroes through
out tho State abstained from voting
almost entirely. The Republicans
gain a few members In the Legisla
ture. NEW JERSEY.
The election In New Jersey In
creased the Republican hold on tho
State legislature nnd makes it Im
possible that a Democrat should suc
ceed United States Senator John P.
Dry den in 1907. In the State. Sen
ate the Republicans made a gain of
three, electing Republicans rrom
Gloucester, Salem nnd Somerset
counties, which for the lastv three
years have had Democratic Senators.
Only four of the 21 State Senators
will be Democrats.
Hungry wives of unemployed men
In London called on Premier Balfour
to demonstrate the desperate condi
tion of the poor, but no relief wa3
offered them.
Anti-Mormon Ticket Wins. -
At Salt Lake City, Ut., the Ameri
can party, of which former United
States Senator Thomas Kearns Is a
leader, elected Ezra Thompson mayor
after a bitter campaign, in which
opposition to the Mormon Church
was the sole issue. Mayor Richard
P. Morris, Mormon and Democrat,
ran ahead of Chief of Police William
J. Lynch, Republican and Gentile, for
whom United States Senator Reed
Smoot made a personal campaign.
Except some aldermen, the whole
American ticket probably Is elected.
LANGLEY DISCOURAGED.
Airships Refute to Fly and House
boat is Sold.
Prof. Langley's houseboat, which
was built by the Government at a
cost of several thousand dollars and
which was used as a starting point
for Langley's flying machine, which
never flew, was sold to the George
town Boat Club for a few dollars.
Prof. Langley has quit experiment
ing with flying machines for the
time at least and the government
wanted to get back Gome of the $25,
000 spunt on his experiments.
Iron Workers Strike.
Structural Ironworkers on 50 build
ings in course of construction at
New York by Post & McCord, con
tractors, went on strike In support
of tho general strike directed by tho
International organization against the
American Bridge company. Fifteen
thousand men of various trades are
thrown out of employment by ' the
strike.
Missouri's eight-hour law was held
to be constitutional in the Supreme
court of the United States.
Fierce Battle FouQht in the City
of Cronstadt.
RIOTING CONTINUED ALL NIGHT.
Mutinous Sailors Say Their Chief
Grievances Are Poor Food and
Clothing and Lack of Liberty.
The sailors of the Russian squa
dron at Cronstadt unitized, overpow
ered their officers, lauded and at
tacked tho shopB, public buildings
and spirits stores. The troops were
called out and fighting ensued, dur
ing which machine guns were used
and many persons were killed or
wounded. Ill addition u number of
houses wero set on lire. The fighting
lasted all night long.
The outbreuk started when the
sailors of the "Seventh Fort Equip
age" revolted, nnd, It Is rumored
killed some of their officers. They
marched out of the barracks mi l (in
medlalely plundered four spirits
shops. Crazed with liquor they re
turned and seized their arms and
then went on a rampage, firing pro
miscuously upon the troops and the
loyal sailors. Later thoy were joined
by many of their comrades.
The number of mutineers totaled
3,000. It Is difficult to ascertain the
number of tho casualties, hut officers
place the figures at 200. Many
wounded persons are In hospitals.
The sailors say their chief griev
ances are poor food and clothing and
nn Insufficient amount of llbeiy
from barracks. Roughs Joined In the
plllugc, but the workmen did not par
ticipate. The governor of Cronstadt tele
graphed the general staff that the
mutiny had been crushed; that there
was no likelihood of uny renewal
of the revolt; that reports to the ef
fect that members of the guard had
Joined the mutineers were false, and
that there was no truth In the re
ports that the mulneers had seized
he arsenal and tho forts. Tho gov
ernor In his telegram said that many
of tho mutinous sailors tried to es
cape In boats to tho mainland, but
that they wero captured and were
being brought back to Cronstadt.
DUN'S WEEKLY SUMMARY
Reports of Wholesale Trade Condi
tions and Good Prospects from
all Quarters.
R. O. Dun Co.'s "Weekly Re
view of Trade" says: Each week
brings a Btronger business situation,
seasonable weather having removed
the last drawback, and pressure for
shipment of goods Is so great In many
lines that the partial holiday put de
liveries still further behind and caus
ed much inconvenience. Reports of
wholesome conditions are now prac
tically unanimous, and Improvement
In collections Is noted In many dis
patches. Retail trade In wearing apparel and
food stuffs Is the feature, while inter
est Is beginning to be shown in holi
day goods, of which very large stocks
were accumulated In expectation of a
record-breaking season. Manufactur
ing lines constantly establish new
high water marks of production, the
present output of pig Iron being nt the
rate of more than 2,000,000 tons
monthly, nnd this Is one of the best
known business barometers.
A few small strikes are In progress,
but not sufficient to - prevent the
greatest Industrial activity In the
Naion's history. Railway earnlnrll
thuB far reported for October show
a gain of 2.5 per cent, over last year's,
Piosperlty is also evidenced by a
further rise In prices of commodities,
Dun's Index number on November 1
being $103,853, the highest point of
recent years. The per capita amount
of money In circulation Is also nt a
new record of $31.09 Foreign com
merce Is fully mn'nlalned, exports
from New York being values at $3,-
147,998 more than In the same week
last year and Imports gaining $1,028.-
954. Beyond the fact that former
conditions are accentuated, there is,
nothing new in the Iron nnd steel
Industry.
Demand for all forms of heavy
steel Is beyond the capacity of mills,
the railroads showing on appetite for'
equipment and building operations
absorbing structural shapes as rapid
ly as they can be turned out.
Naval Prize Fighting.
The President has called upon Sec
retary Bonaparte for a report on cer
tain features of the case of Midship
man Branch who died at the naval
academy at Annapolis, after a glove
fight with another midshipman. Sec
retary Bonaparte said that the prac
tice of fighting at the academy was
very objectionable and would be dis
couraged, but added that what steps
would bo taken were yet to be de
termined. The civil authorities have
not sought to intervene in this case.
Aid for Russian Jews.
At a mass meeting of Jewish resi
dents of New York city $50,800 was
collected for the relief of the surter
ers of the massacres In Russia, and a
relief society was formally organized,
with Oscar S. Strauss, former minister
to Turkey, as president; Cyrus Sulz
berger, secretary, and Jacob H. Schlff,
treasurer.
Y. M. C. A.'S FOUNDER DIES
Sir George Williams Passes Away in
London at Age of 84.
Sir George Williams, founder of the
Young Men's Christian association
and presklcnt.of Its London head
quarters for 20 years, died In London.
He was born in 1821.
Sir George founded the association
in London in 1844. He is presi
dent of the English national council
of the association, and was knighted
by Queen Victoria in 1894 for his
services in behalf of the association.
FATAL HEAD-ON COLLI8ION
Sixteen Hurt, Ten Seriously by
Passenger Train Hitting Freight.
Five persons were killed, 10 ser
iously Injured and a score slightly
hurt in a head-on collision between a
passenger. train and a coal train on
the Deluwure, Lackawanna & West
ern rallroud, near Huniock's creek, a
short dlstuuce from Wilkes Burre,
Pa.
The deud: Frank Rlngsdorf, Scran
ton, fireman on freight train; M. J.
Graham, Ucruuton, express messen
ger; Frank Poole, Scranlou, engineer
passenger truln; H. E. Stlckney,
Kingston, fireman on pnssenger train;
George Snyder, Hcrunton, engineer on
freight truln.
Of the Injured Christopher Beav
er, Scranton, conductor on passenger
train, Is expected to die.
The Injuries to the passengers
were caused by the terrific force of
Ihe trains coming together, the en
gine on the passenger train being
forced almost through the baggage
cur.
Tho wreck occurred on the Blooms
burg division. The pnssenger train,
which was running from Northumber
land, Pa. to Wilkes Barre, dashed In
to the freight on a sharp curve at the
base of the mountain. The passen
ger train was running about 35 miles
an hour. It Is said that tho freight
crew misread the orders, and Instead
of waiting on a siding for the pass
enger train came out on tho inaiu
truck. z
POLES DEMAND RIGHTS
National Coat of Arms Displayed in
Two Cities.
On the heels of the successful Is
sue of tho Finnish national movement
comes the news of a strong revival
of the si niggle for autonomy In Po
land. Dispatches from , Kallsch, in
Poland, and Thorn, In West Prussia,
say that flags with the Polish coat of
arms have been hoisted in several
churches and city buildings. At
Kallsch a manifesto of the labor
party, demanding the convocation of
the national Diet, sitting at Warsaw,
and the restoration of the ancient
rights of the kingdom, was proclaim
ed with trumpets.
The Governor General of Poland
has issued an order setting forth
that as he has ascertained that the
citizens of Warsaw are not fit to prof
It quietly by constitutional labors he
henceforth prohibits processions and
open air meetings and threatens to
disperse crowds by force of arms.
PRISONER KILLS HIMSELF
Caused Death of Woman Who Re
pented Having Eloped With Him.
Albert H. Darwin, a prisoner at tho
county jail, at Cleveland, O., charged
with the murder of Mrs. Anna Gray,
of Juliet, III., committed suicide in
his cell by bunging. Darwin eloped
with Mrs. Gray from Jollet several
mouths ago, the couple going to Ak
ron, O., later they came to Cleveland.
When the woman decided to return
to her husband and children she was
shot nnd killed by Darwin.
Dnrwln had been on trial the past
week. It is thought that the failure
of a plot to escape from jail led him
to commit suicide.
REBELLION IN BRAZIL
Hundreds Already Slain Buenoc
Ayres May Be Bombarded.
A revolution has just broken out
in Rio de Janeiro against the Brazil
ian Government. It Is both military
and naval. The entire garrison of
the capltul has rebelled and the
squadron In tho harbor has sided with
the revolutionists and threatens to
bombard the city.
Hundreds of persons havo been
killed In encounters In the streets.
The cause of the trouble It is said
Is due to a mutiny of the garrison of
tho fort of Santa Cruz.
President Voted.
President Roosevelt made a flying
trip home for the purpose of casting
ills ballot. He spent Just 27 min
utes In tho village, shaking hand-)
during that time with several score
of his old frlenl3 and neighbors and
casting vote No. CI at the precinct
polling place.
GEN. TREPOFF REMOVED.
The Czar Also Removes Obstacles to
Count Wltte's Projects.
Gen. Trepoff has been removed
from the powerful position of gover
nor general of St. Petersburg and
assistant minister of the interior, and
Russia's premier has agreed to Im
mediate universal suffrage. The re
tirement of Gen. Trepoff Is hailed
with delight. It strongly enhances
the chances of the populace giving
Count Wltte time to carry out his
projects, which were in danger,-ow-
ing to the impatience of the revolu
tionists.
The orthodox clergy have Issued a
stirring appeal to the provincial
priests to aid in the restoration of
peace In the country.
Long Wireless Message.
The Navy Department has been In
formed that the wireless telegraph
operator at San Juan, Puerto Rico,
read signals which were being sent
from a wireless station In the vicin
ity of New York. The distance is
approximately 1,400 miles.
Slaughter Goes On.
There is terrifying news still from
Kishlneff. The city Is strewn with
dead. An unwleldly provisional
government has been established.
Famine reigns throughout Bessarabia
nnd the Jews are taking refuge in
the cellars, where they are dying
wholesale. A mob of a thousand
rioters engaged In a massacre of
Jews in Ismalll, Bessarabia, and a
force of dragoons arriving from
Bendery fired on the mob, killing 42
and wounding 114 persons.
Militia Stood By While Women
and Children Were Burned.
KNIVES AND AXES WERE USED
Procession of School Children Sur
rounded and 8ome Were Torn
to Pieces.
As details of what happened
throughout European Russia during
the upheaval arrive the story grows
more revolting. In the Baltic provin
ces murder, riot and liiconcllui Ism
prevailed. In Poland even the cler
gy, Catholic and Protestant, participat
ed in the manifestations in favor tf
autonomy of tho undent kingdom.
In Southwestern Russia hardly a
city or town escaped Jewish massa
cres. At Tomsk, Siberia, according
to the latebt reports received here.
the whole population of 40,000 ami
the military stood by while COO wo
men and children were burned In a
theater.
The court house nt Tomsk nnd tho
mayor's residence, where the stu
dents and revolutionists took refug9
from tho mob, were burned and those
who tried to fly were killed In tho
streets. In Moscow the social revo
lutionists nnd the "Black Hundred
and the Cossacks nnd police fousht
bloody battles.
The descent, of the butchers of
Moscow with their knives and axes
upon the students was one cf the
most horrible chapters, but not. nn
pltlfull, however, as the attack of the
Black Hundred on a procession of
school children carrying red flags
When the children sought to escape a
cordon of police barred the way and
the youthful martyrs were beaten In
to Insensibility anJ In some cases
were nctually torn to pieces. In tho
Alexander garden nt Moscow Cos-
Backs lay In ambush In the shrubbery
and set upon their victims with whips.
Many were beaten to death and
others were hardly able to crawl
away.
The reports from the Caucasus
show there Is no Immediate prospect
of suppressing the present state of
anarchy. Battles between Tartars
and Armenians continue and the de
struction of the ruilroads and lack ol
troops make It. impossible for the au
thorities to cope with the situation.
FOUR MEN KILLED IN WRECK
Passenger Train Collides Head-On
With Freight.
A passenger train on the Rome,
Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad,
bound for Watertown, collided head
on with a locomotive drawing two
freight cars, near Liverpool, six
miles from Syracuse. Four men wero
killed and one seriously hurt. One
of the freight cars was filled with
matches, which Ignited and set fire
to the wreckage.
Trainmaster Halleran of Oswego
placed the blame for the wrpek upon
the. conductor of the freight train,
who, he said, disregarded his or
ders. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.
Clvde Bollinger of West Lafrnbe.
! Pa., died from necrosis of the spine.
resulting from injuries received In a
football game.
President Roosevelt has decided
that no action can be taken by this
Government nt present which will be
of any benefit to the Jews of Rus
sia. In Louisville, Ky., the election of
the entire Democratic city and coun
ty ticket and 10 Democratic members
of the Legislature Is generally con
ceded by pluralities ranging from
3,500 to 7,000.
The traffic movement over the
Pennsylvania system has for the
month of October wa3 Tar heavier
than for September, and was also
heavier than for any other month
In tho road's history. The figures for
earnings, when fully made up, prom
ise to show the greatest singlo
month's earnings In the history of
tho Pennsylvania.
Protection for Missionaries.
A cablegram received at the State
Department from Minister W. W.
Rockhlll at Pekln, states that he has
received advices from the Viceroy
at Canton saying that he had order
ed the Magistrate at Ylngtak to take
extraordinary measures to protect
the missionaries and mission sta
tions. Consulship for Pennsylvanian.
William T. Pike, of Pennsylvania,
has been appointed American consul
at Glauchau, and William R. Estes,
of Minnesota, to be consul at Zlttau,
Germany.
Suit Over Art Collection.
District Attorney Baker filed a suit
in the supreme court of the District
of Columbia to determine the owner
ship of the art collection of the lite
Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnson, niece of
President Buchanan. The collection
was left by will to the Corcoran gal
lery of art of Washington city, to be
held in trust until a national art gal
lery may be established.
Train Hits Stick of Dynamite.
An attempt was made to wreck the
second section of a northbound pass
enger train on the Southern Pacific
railroad at the I-os Alamos bridge.
A stick of dynamite was placed on
the track, and, when the locomotive
struck it, there was a terrific explos
ion. The pilot and wheels of tho lo
comotive were blown off. No ono
was injured.
The President Issued his proclama
tion naming Thursday, November 30,
next as a day of thanksgiving.
KEYSTONE ST1TE CULUNfiS
RICH FARMER ROBBED
Threaten Victim and Mother-ln-Law
With Death, and They Tell Hiding
Place of Treasure.
The farm bouse of HI Avery, a
wealthy farmer at Ararat Summit,
was raided by six masked mea all
heavily armed. Avery and his nuti
er-ln-law, Mrs. John Sartell, were the
only persons in the house at the
time, Mrs. Avery being away on a
visit. Avery and Mrs. Sartell were
securely bound and gagged and then
the safe was forced open. It con
tained no money, as Avery, suspect
ing that a robbery might occur, as ha
had seen some suspicious men near
the house during the day, had hidden
it in his bed. The men evidently
knew he had a largo eura of money
for they threatened to blow out his
brains and those of Mrs. Sartell if
he did not reveal its hiding pluce.
He did so. The burglars, after cut
ting down the telephone, bound Avery
and Mrs. Sartell to the bedposts and
escaped. It was - eome hours before
they could free themselves. ,
One of the biggest coal sales made
by Unlontown capitalists has been
closed. About 25,000 acres of coal in
Monongalia and Marlon counties.
West Virginia, passes to a syndicate
of capitalists who pay about $2,500,000
for holdings which cost the sellers
about one-tenth that amount. All the
25,000 acres, except about 3,500 acres,
was controlled by Unlontown men.
Colonel J. M. Guffey of Pittsburg had
about 2,000 acres. The coal lies in
what is known as the Batelle district.
Two Baltimore & Ohio freight trains
met head on in the Brady tunnel, just
east of Washington. Joseph Keating
of Pittsburgh, engineer of the west
bound freight, aged 38, was killed.
He leaves a wife and three children.
Martin O'Donnell of Glenwood, engi
neer of the eastbound train, suffered
a compound fracture of the left leg,
broken arm and severe bruises and
cuts. Le Clair May of Glenwood, fire
man on the eastbound train, sustained
a crushed foot.
Jack Conners at St. Mary's Catholic
Church, New Castle, staggered up the
church aisle Just after Rev. Father
Brady had celebrated the morning
mass, and lurched Into the pulpit be
fore the altar, from which he tore
down the crucifix. Then he turned
to tho few women worshipers remain
ing in the church and kept up a
sacrilegious harangue until the police
overpowered him.
A $50,000 estate, known to have
been possessed by the late Mrs. Eliza
Cunningham of Wampum, widow of
Judge Samuel Cunningham of Law
rence county, is being eagerly hunted
by the heirs, of whom there are 19.
Mrs. Cunningham had about $10,
000 in real estate and was supposed
to have nearly $50,000 in personal
property. No will has yet been
found and no trace of the money.
Disguised as nuns and claiming to
be members of a religious order con
nected with the Catholic church, two
women have succeeded in collecting
about $500 from residents of Home
stead. The Rev. Father Francis Wil
lam Jordan of St. Francis Catholic
church, Homestead, learned the two
women had canvassed the borough in
their black habits and found many
victims.
A telegram was received at AI-
toona saying that H. Neff Anderson,
a millionaire lumberman, had been
killed In Andersonla, ' Cal., by being
struck on the head with a heavy
timber at his saw mill plant. And
erson was CG years old and was born
In Blair county, leaving many rela
tives there.
While Thomas Foster, of Oil Creek
township, and John Lambert, of
Pittsburg, were hunting near Tltus
vllle, both men fired at a grouse
which arose directly between them.
Lambert was shot in the right eye, de-
stroying the sight, while Foster es- '
caped with a few birdshot In his
band.
Ambrose Gill 21, of Pleasant-Gap,
Center county, met a horrible death.
He was assisting Henry Gentzel In
threshing, and while walking across
the overhead loft stepped on a loose
board, and plunged head foremost in
to the mouth of the threshing ma
chine. Death was Instantaneous.
At a meeting of the High House
Coal and Coke Company it was de
cided to build an additional block of
ovens In Southern Fayette county.
The president of the company is Cap
tain Thomas F. Wiley.
James McCleoy lost his life while
hunting rabbits neaer Kittannlng
Point. HU body was found lying
along the railroad tracks with a large
bole torn In his right side. He
gun was empty.
Andrew Mitchell, aged 30, was
painting the open-hearth building of
Carnegie Steel Company at South
Sharon, when he fell 50 feet from a,
swing and struck on his head. His
skull was fractured and he died.
Irene Pflester,14 years old, died at
the Johnstown hospita: as a result
of burns received at her home Sun
day, when her clothing caught fire
from a stove.
George W. Newson, 20 years old.
of Tltusville, was crushed to death
in the machinery of an oil derrick
near Wurtemburg, Lawrence coun
ty. Andrew Saley, agad 87, U the father
of a new son at his home near For
rest. Mrs. Saley Is 32 years of age.
By a former wife, who died three
years ago, Saley had four children,
three of whom are living and old
enough to be grandparents of their
half brother.
During October .Ashtabula received
804,208 tons of iron ore, of which 8,
195 tons were from foreign ports. The
total or receipts for the season thus
far at Ashtabula are 5,627,816 tons.
The coal shipped during Octcbef m
182,589 tons, of which 11,589 wen U
foreign porta.