EIGHT KILLED IN II Fire Damp Ignites, Bringing Death and Destruction. GAS WA3 KNOWN TO EXIST Orders Had Been Issued for AM Workmen to Carry Safety Lamps in Mine. Eight men were killed and three others were injured by an explosion of gas which tore down the tipple and outside structural work at the new shaft of the Braznell Coal company at Bentloysvllle, Pa. The dead are Edward Farragut, 26 years old; day boss, single; Edward Hoftle, 35 years old; shift boss, single; O. B. Wagon er, 28 years old, machine man, single; F. H. Newman, 28 years old; machine man, single; John McCortnev, 38 years old; mucker, married; J. Shi cola, 2!) years old; mucker, married; J. Hosluns, 27 years old; mucker, single; Joseph Stokes, 37 years old; colored, single. The injured are: Steven S!oyp3, side Injured; Charles PadocU, cut on hend; William Applegate, arm hurt. The explosion occurred about two miles from Van Voorhis, where five men were killed by an explosion in Hazel Kirk mine No. 2 two weeks ago and whre two men also lost their lives in a similar manner on October 10. During the past 10 days a pocket of gas was known to have existed at the bottom of the Braznell mine, 1S5 feet from the surface. The men kill ad were constructing a water ring or concrete ditch to catch the drip ping water and were Btanding on a temporary platform 50 feet from the top of tho shaft. It is supposed the gas seeped through the planks of the platform and was ignited by some light carried by the men, although all were sup posed to carry safety lamps, orders having been given to do so when the pocket of gas was discovered. The shaft, where the gas let go was the middle one of three being sunk by the Braznell company on the A. J. Buflington farm, one-qnarter of a mile north of tho Bentloysvllle borough limits. CONCESSIONS TO PEASANTS Imperial Manifesto Will Eventually Abolish Land Tax. A dispatch from St. Petersburg to Reuters Telegram company says that an imperiaf manifesto granting land concessions to the peasants was is sued this morning. By its terms the land redemption tax payments from January 14, 190G, will be reduced by one-half, and from January 4, 1!07, the payments will be totally abolish ed. At the same time the capital of the peasants' bank Is Increased and the bank is granted additional loan privileges with the object of facili tating to the utmost the purchase of lands by the peasants. It is estimated that the amount of taxation thus lifted from the pens ants by the manifesto will aggregate $40,000,000, while the extension of the field of operations of tho peas ants bank will enable vast tracts of -crown and private lands gradually to become the property of tho peas ants. VALUE OF ALICE'S GIFTS -Customs Officials Are Surprised at Small Sum Articles Represent. The examination and appraisement of the presents received by Miss Alice Roosevelt during her visit to the Orient has begun. The officials at the Georgetown custom house say the task is anything but easy owing to the necessity laid on them to ap praise the goods on their foreign commercial value. Only about one third of the boxes have so far been opened, and Collector Nyman and his J at a ft nra tttilH tn Via Dnmanthnt nil- prised, as the valuation of their contents will exceed scarcely a few thousand dollars. QUARANTINE LIFTED Travel To and From All Points in the South Is Resumed. The quarantine restrictions In the aouth are now all practically lifted and travel to and from all points In the south hns been resumed under normal conditions. The state board of health of Florida and the city of Savannah, Ga., which has maintain ed a most rigid quarantine, has withdrawn nil restrictions, except a local quarantine against Penaecola, Fla., aud persons may now travel to und from this state without having to procure health certificates. Killed by Powder Explosion. An explosion at the Buckeye powd er works at Edwards station, north west of Peoria, 111., killed two men and injured several other employes. The dead are: Addison Long and William Hossler; seriously Injured, Fred Fogelman and Ellis Henderson. The cause of the explosion is not known. Three explosions occurred in quick succession, all in the press de partment. The men were thrown in to the air. Wall Street Clerk Sentenced. Harry A. Leonard, the Wall 6treet clerk who stole $359,000 worth 6f se curities from the - City National tank of New York, recently, was sentenced to 13 or 14 months' im prisonment in Blmira reformatory. Judge McMahon, in sentencing Leon ard, said he believeu -the boy's story that he took the securities as an ob ject lesson to Wall street of the ease with which such thefts might be made. All the stolen securities were recovered. DUN'S WEEKLY REVIEW Activity Is Still the Keynote in the Industrial and Commercial Situation. A temporary flurry In tho money market had little deletorlous effect In commercial channels, most re ports indicating a further increase in the volume of business. Orders coming forward arc all for distant delivery and buyers experience much diillculty In making purchases for quick shipment. Wholesale trade in holiday goods Is now well under way and retail dis tribution of seasonable merchandise responds t'J tho generally lower temperature. There Is still some de lay in mercantile collections, especi ally at the South, where cotton 1b not being marketed freely, and to a leas degree In grain regions, because traffic facilities are not adequate, but tho majority of reports Indicate that payments are more prompt In spite of the higher money rates. Manufacturing plants have scarce ly a drawback, except scarcity In la bor in a few instances, and small strikes that interrupt structural work to some extent. None of these influences affect any considerable proportion of the capacity, and there are many new high records of pro duction. This fs the case at pig Iron furnaces and coke ovens, while tex tile mills and shoe factories make almost as satisfactory exhibits. 1 raillc conditions have improved and railway earnings for the first week of November were 4.9 per cent, larger than in the corresponding time last year, while the official statement offering In coinmerco for the month of October showed a very large increase in the aggregate, and at New York for the last week ex ports sained $1,933,028 In comparison with 1904, while imports decreased $1,100,047. Increased Imports of iron and steel, especially structural shapes, testified 10 the curre.it of con sumption, as domestic production is undoubtedly at the maximum. Hides continue firm, but that trading is restricted by the light offerings of packers, who are sold far ahead, ather than any lack of demand. Further advances occurred in foreign dry hides. Leather is also somewhat less active. Failures this week numbered 240 in the United States, against. 217 last year, and 42 in Canada, compared wnn 27 a year ago. PRETENDER TO RUSSIAN CROWN Suddenly Makes His Claim and Has a Large Following. A false emperor has suddenly piadr his appearance near Penza and al ready Ids followers number 50.000. This is the startling report received in a dispatch from Simbirsk. Penza is in the heart of tho vast region ex tending westward from the Volga, where agrarian uprisings on a large scale have been occurring, ami if re port turns out to be true that tho pre tender to the throne has placed him self at the head of the peasantry, the government will soon face, besides its other troubles, a formidable agrarian rebellion. It required a year to suppress the famous rebellion led by Fugatclioff. who impersonat ed the dethroned and murdered Per a. in the time of Catherine II. That uprising was started in tho same re gion, on the banks of the Volga. BEEF TRUST WINS Montana Supreme Court Says State Anti-Trust Law is Unconstitu tional The Montana Supreme Court hold the anti-trust law of Montana to be unconstitutional, since it violates the constitutional provision against class legislation. The decision was announced In tho case of the state of Montana against Cudahy and other Chicago meat packers, charged with conspir acy. Unemployed Number 700,000. The number of unemployed, fol lowing the return of the troops from the field, estimated at 700,000 men, is causing uneasiness, in view of the industrial depression now prevailing and the unlikelihood of a revival In business in the neat future. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. Count Witte appealed to the em peror to declare martial law for St. Petersburg. E. H. Harriman denied all the statements made by James II. Hyde In the Insurance investigation. Boot and shoo manufacturers have asked President Roosevelt to assist them in getting tariff revision on hides. It is reported in Wheeling, W. Va., that the Pultney Coal company, operating mines in Belmont county, O., will sell its properties to Cleve land capitalists for about $300,000. While William McKean, high con stable of Enon Valley, Pa., slept, burglars entered his bedroom and took his watch, handcuffs, constable badge and $53 in cash. Some Pardoned, Others Shot. Spencer Eddy, charge d 'affairs of the American embassy in St. Peters burg, cabled the State department that pardons have been granted to the Cronstadt mutineers except six, who were shot. Mr. Eddy adds that the giving of imperial land and ac tion on the Cronstadt mutineers may do much toward stopping trouble. Can Recover Money from Gamblers. The Supreme Court of the United States upheld the validity of the Ohio statute which permits day resident of the state to recover money lost at gambling, no matter by whom lost. In the case In question Mrs. Trout, of Kind lay, brought Bult against men to whom her. husband had lost his money and held the owner of the buildings in which the game was car ried on to financial accountability under the lien created against his property by the Ohio law. GEORGIANS ARE IN REVOLT Armed Force of 24,000 Holding Country Against Russia. STRANGE IDEAS OF FREEDOM People Do Not Understand the Czar's Manifesto and Rebellion Seems Imminent. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the London Daily Mall says that 24,000 Georgians, armed with modern rides, hold Georgia (In trans Caucasla) despite the three Import ant Russian forces converging there upon and that, except for runners, Georgia has been completely Isolated for many days. Tho Lisbon correspondent of the Standard says the United States cruiser - Minneapolis has been order ed to Cronstadt to protect Ameri cans. The American embassy, at St. Petersburg, has received an Interest ing report from the consul at War saw covering the' events of the last 10 days ami beginning with the trag edy at the town hall on November 2. He thinks that half a dozen American policemen could have dealt with the crowd on that occasion, but a squad ron of Cossacks with drawn sabers charged on the unarmed populace, cut tin;- the people down without dis tinction of age or sex. The sur geons of the Holy Spirit hospital sub sequently telegraphing td Count Witte, said thnt pmong 53 persons treated at that hospitnl for wounds 10 were children several of them being under eight years of nc. The demonstration of November 5 consist ed of a procession headed by the clergy and aristocracy and numbering at least 250,000 persons, 1 represent ing all parties favorable to the re forms. On the following day Gov. -den. Scalon issued a proclamation declar ing that even the intelligent classes failed to appreciate the fact that a constitution had been promulgated and announcing that any action would only result in a revolution and anarchy. Consequently ho forbade meetings in the streets or squares and also street processions, adding that they would be broken up by military after three warnings. The governor general permitted the peo ple to hold meetings in closed build ings, but only on the condition that the authorities' were not denounced. In tho event of these orders being ills obeyed tho governor general warned tho people that further gatherings would be forbidden until tranquility was restored. On November 7 the National Democratic party, which Is organizing the movement for nutono my, hold a large meeting and sum- moned all the parties to Join In the struggle for a separate parliament and a separate constitution for Po land, based on universal suffrage. DEATH OF BISHOP MERRILL Prominent Methodist Episcopal Di vine Dies at Keyport, N. J. Bishop Stephen M. Merrill, of tho Methodist Episcopal Church died at Keyport, N. J., of paralysis of the heart. Bishop Merrill had been at tending the sessions of tho general committee of missionary societies of the Methodist Episcopal church, meeting in Brooklyn. Sunday morn ing ho preached in tho Fleet Street Methodist Episcopal church and in tno afternoon went to Keyport to conduct evening services there. His illness came on suddenly. Physicians who were hurriedly summoned were unable to stay the course of the paralysis. Bishop Merrill was born in Jeffer son county, O., on September 16, 1825, and entered the ministry, nfter having received a common school education, when he was 21 years old. becoming a member of the Ohio conference. During the last years of his life Bishop Merrill's episcopal residence was in Chicago. Boston Wool Market. Tho wool market is generally dull but firm. Leading quotations follow: Ohio and Pennsylvania XX and above, 3Gc; X, 34ff35c; No. 1, 40 41c; No. 2, 40(fj41c; fine unwashed, 28 '29c; quarter blood, unwashed, 3435c; three-eighths blood, 3435c; half blood, 3435c; unwashed de laine, 3031c; unmerchantable, 31 32c; fine washed delaine, 37(?J37c. Michigan Fine unwashed, 2728c; quarter blood, unwashed, 33 34c; three-eighths blood, 3334c; half blood, 3334c; unwashed delaine, 28c. Kentucky, Indiana, etc. Three eighths and quarter bloods,3435c. Street Car Runs . Away. A car on the Homestead and Shady- avenue division running away at Fifth and Shady avenues, Pitts burg, and Us subsequent collision with a wagon filled with workmen caused the death of one man, the ser ious injury of seven other persons and the slight injury of a score or more of others. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company has decided to erect a new station at Cumberland Md. at a cost of $50,000. Two Prisoners Burned to Death. George W. Buttrick and William Jackson were burned to death in the jail at Lake City, la., by a fire started by Buttrick. These, with J. I. Hip pie and Isaac Allen, were arrested for carousing on the streets. Soon after being lodged in jail smoke was seen Issuing from the cell occupied by Buttrick and Jackson. Marshal Miles arrived In time to rescue Hippie and Allen, but the other two were dead when the officer reached their, cell. HYDE MAKES ACCUSATION Charges Frlck and Harriman With Conspiracy. James Ilazen Hydo, former vice president of the Equitable Life As surance Society, in an all-day sitting before the legislative Committee, ac cused H. C. Frlck of "trying to knife him" in the committee of investiga tion, at the same time leading him to believe that the committee wns friendly, charged Mr. Frlck and E. H. Harriman of "conspiring" to getl him out of the country ns Ambassa dor to France In order that they might "acquit themselves of their friendly stewardship with great profit to themselves;'' of urging him to retain his stock holdings In the Equitable, and at tho same time trying to de stroy the value of the stock. Ho declared that pa.it of the $085,000 loan, hitherto unexplained, was to make a campaign contribu tion for the last campaign at tho so licitation of Mr. Frlck. The settlement of tho Governor Odell suit, he said, was on advice of Mr. Harriman, who suggested, he de clared, that If the suit was not set tled "powerful Inlluences at Albany" might, be invoked in retaliatory meas ures. He had paid $212,500 of the $083,000 loan himself, he said, because of a letter to the Mercantile Trust Com pany which James W. Alexander, then president of the society, had "ex tracted" from him. VLADIVOSTOK IN RUINS Hundreds Killed and Injured -City Set on Fire. A report from Vladivostok says that the greater portion of the place had been burned during an out break. Both the sailors and the fort ress artillerymen participated In the outbreak. The commandant became embarrassed and the situation got beyond his control. Energetic jnens u res were not. taken until a large part of the city had been destroyed. The population Is still seeking refuge on the vessels In the harbor. Ac cording to one report from Vladi vostok 300 rioters, mostly sailors and artillerymen, were killed or wound ed during the Hist day of the out break. Mr. Greener, the American con sul at Vladivostok, telegraphs that 1.000 Cossacks have been brought there from Grodelioft to aid In quell ing the riots und patrolling tho streets. GENTEEL BURGLARS Drive Up to Broadway Jewelry Store and Get $10,000 Plunder. During the absence of the private watchman at Schnmanns Sons' jewel ry store, at Broadway and Twenty second street. New York, thieves ent ered the place Sunday and carried off $10,000 worth of silverware. The robbers drove to the store in a hnndsomo carriage with a coachman In livery, and entered the fro.it door with false keys. The presence of the carriage attracted no attention and half an hour later the robbers came out, placed their plunder In the carriage and drove away. The robbery was discovered a few minutes later. An attempt to open a safe in the basement containing sev eral hundred thousand dollars worth of jewelry, was unsuccessful. KILLED BY DYNAMITE Explosive Being Thawed Near a Fire Has Fatal Results. An explosion of dynamite in a stone quarry two miles from Charles ton, W. Va., resulted in tho death of three men and perhaps fatally In jured a fourth. The dead. Louis Sclratll. Elsa Spradllng, Joseph Angelusi. The in jured: Louis Minotti. The men, who were Italians ex cept Spradllng, were around a fire at which some dynamite was being thawed out when an explosion occur red which shook houses two miles away. Parts of tho men wero blown across Elk river several hundred yards. Norway Favors Monarchy.. The result of the plebiscite, by which the question of the future form of government of Norway was sub mitted to the people for decision, as announced, stands 240,431 in favor of a monarchy, while 04,445 votes wore cast against this form of govern ment. The result of the vote means that Prince Charles, of Denmark, will, in ail probability, become the king of Norway. Quarter Million Fire in Albany. At Albany, N. Y., fire totally de stroyed the stock in one of the two temporary Btores opened by the John G. Myers company after the collapse of their building last August when 13 people wero killed and upward of 30 injured. The loss will probably ex ceed $250,000. The firo threatened the entire "block. Three Italians were killed and sov- en injured, two fatally, by a dyna mite explosion on the work of the Pennsylvania new grade road near Safe Harbor. The men were In the employ of the Kerbaugh Construc tion Company. They were engaged In filling a blast hole with dynamite. Japs to Issue New Loan. Tho Associated Press is informed that the Japanese government has de cided to Immediately Issue a new foreign loan of $250,000,000 at 4 per cent which will be used partly for converting the external G per cent loan and partly for the redemption of tho internal loans. An unknown colored man was de capitated by a dinkey engine at the Davidson coke plant of the H. C. tfrlck Coal company near Connells- vuie, pa. OBJECT TOr JT1 Railroad Brotherhoods Call on President at White House. FEAR REDUCTION IN WAGES Say Any Movement to porations' Earning Curtail Cor ' Power Is Aimed at Themselves. A protest was made to tho Presi dent against proposed railroad freight rate legislation by representatives of the five great labor organizations con nected with railroading the engi neers, firemen, conductors, switchmen and trainmen. In presenting to tho President the foregoing statement George Huntley of tho Conductors' organization told the President railroad employes are satisfied that any legislation tending to reduce the earning capacity of railroad lines will, In the same meas ure, Interfere with the prosperity and generally satisfactory) conditions of the railroad employes. lie argued that there had been a steady decrease in railway freight rates for many years and that In spite of this reduction the consumers of the country were paying more for their bread and meat now than when the rate was twice as much per ton as at present. He closed by express ing tho hope that there would bo no national legislation that would In terefere with or Interrupt tho pros perous condition of tho railroads and of their employes. In response President Roosevelt assured the delegation that it was not hl3 purpose or the purpose of those who favored railroad rate regu lation to do anything that might In jure the railroads of the country or, Incidentally, tho employes of the railroads. He said that it was his purpose that all classesrailroads, shippers and employes should have perfectly fair treatment, lie was of opinion that the proposed legislation would not mean a reduction necessar ily In railroad rates and suggested that the members of the delegation, therefore, wore proceeding on a wrong understanding of the situation. McCALL WILL PAY New York Life Insurance Company Investigation Goes On. John A. Mcl'all, president of tho New York Life Insurance Company, was called before the Armstrong com mittee of Insurance Investigation and peremptorily ordered by tile commit tee to demand the return from Eur ope to this country of Andrew Hamil ton, t lie lawyer who has had charge of legislative mutters "or tho New York Life. Mr. MeC'all was further ordered to demand nn accounting from Hamilton of the moneys expended by him and of the balance which ho owes the New York Life. Mr. McCall denied It was the policy of his company to have Mr. Hamilton remain abroad until after this investigation had been concluded and said that on the contrary he would very much like to have Mr. Hrniilion return. Mr. McCall offered to pay back $235,000 if Andrew Hamilton fails to render nn accounting. TROUBLE IN POLAND Proclamation of Martial Law Excites People of Warsaw. The proclamation of martial law in all of the 10 governments of Russian Poland has caused surprise and ex asperation, and there are apprehen sions that it will provoke disturban ces worse than that have already tak en place. Tho clly of Warsaw is panic-stricken. There are persistent rumors of tho organization of anti Jewish riots, and the houses of Jews are barricaded and wntched day and night. Owing to the general strike the dis tress Is hourly Increasing. There Is a scarcity of coal and food. IRON AND STEEL TRADE Demand for Structural Steel Contin ues Unabated. The Iron Age says of tho iron and steel trades: There is no truth In the report given wide currency, that the Steel Corporation had purchased 50.000 tons of Bessemer pig for the first quarter from tho valley furnaces. It is understood that negotiations are pending, however. The pressure for structural mater ial continues unabated, but the new tonnage being placed Is moderate. Among the business coming up Is 8.000 tons for an extension of the Northwest Elevated in Chicago. In castings a very big order has just been awarded by tho builders of the McAdoo tunnel. The quantity In volved is about 40,000 tons, which is a little over one-hnlf of the re quirements. Sixty-Eight Killed in a Mine. A vertical shaft In the Driefonteln mine, at Johannesburg, South Africa, collapsed. One white man and 07 na tives were killed. Peasants Lynch Forty-Two. A band of pillagers drove a herd of cattle Into a church In the village of Mallnovka, Russia. The peasants resenting this jacrilege, attacked the pillagers and lynched 42 of them in the square outside the church. Robbed and Murdered. It Is reported that In the govern ment of Erlvan 700 Armenians from a number of villages attacked the Tartar village of Gors, killed 400 of the villagers and plundered and burn ed all uroucrtv. LABOR LEADERS IN SESSION Annual Convention of the American , Federation of Labor. The twenty-fifth annual convention of tho American Federation of Labor was hold in rittsburg, t beginning November 13. C. C. Douglas, presi dent of the Iron City Central Trades Council, was Introduced and delivered the address of welcome. Attorney James B. Drew, representing Mayor W. B. Hays welcomed the delegates in behalf of the city! President Sani' uel Oompers responded to the address of welcome. President Gonipers commented on every question of any interest to la bor organizations. During the past year the National office of the asso ciation Issued 2S7 new charters to International unions, State federa tions, central labor unions and local trade and federated labor unions. His report showed that there are at the present time 1,791! branch organi zations affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. He spoke of the steady advancement being made by the labor organizations in Canada and other countries, paying particular at tention to tho work in Porto Rleo, where, he said, tho workmen's wages had been Increased about 15 per cent. Secretary Morrison's report show ed that at the close of the fiscal year, September 30, 1905, there was in the treasury $114,205.40, tho high-water mark In the history of the federation. The receipts from ail sources wero $207,417.02 and the expenses were $190,170.10. The report showed that, while tho association was threatened with many strikes during the past yiear and that considerable money had been expended to protect different organizations, there had been ex pended a total of $2.9-17.1S from the defense fund during the fiscal year. TO ENLIGHTEN GERMANY Chair of American History for Unl. i versity of Berlin. James Spoyer of New York has giv en to the trustees of Columbia uni versity. New Y'ork, the sum of $50,000 to endow the Theodore Roosevelt professorship of American history and Institutions in tho University of Ber lin, in accordance with a plan ap proved by tho German emperor, when ho received President Butler In au dience at Wilhelmshohe last August. It Is proposed to present in a series of years to German university stud ents an outline of American history anil Institutions. Tho German government In return will establish at Columbia university a professorship of German history and institutions. President Roosevelt nssented to the request of Mr. Speyer to attach his name to the chair, nnd the German emperor promptly gave approval to the suggestion. Tho trustees of Columbia university have nominated as the first incumbent of the chair, John William Burgess, Ph. D., LL. D., professor of political science and constitutional law and dean of the faculty of political science In Columbia university, nnd it is ex pected his appointment will shortly be made by the Prussian ministry of edu cation. Prof. Burgess will enter upon his. duties nt the University of Berlin In tho winter of 1900-07, and will give Instructions In American constitution al history. CUNLIFFE SENTENCED Must Serve Six years and Pay Fine of $200. Edward George Cunllffe, who stolo $100,750 from the Adams Express Co., In Pittsburg nnd was captured at Pridgeport, Conn., was sentenced by Judge James R. Macfarlane to serve a total of six years In tho Western Penitentiary and to pay a forfeit of $200, half this sentence on each of two charges of larceny to which he had previously pleaded guilty. Of the money he stole, all but $0,532.40 has been recovered. Cunliffe ex pressed his sorrow in court, and his statement shows that his wife knew of his crime before he left the city the night he fled. He says he gave her $5,000 that night. CURRENT NEWS EVENTS. The Rev. Dr. Dunlop Moore died suddenly during a meeting of Pitts burg Presbyterian presbytery. Altoona (Pa.) lodge No. 287, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen; initiated a class of 90 members, mak ing the Altoona lodge the largest in the country. William Murray, a Baltimore and Ohio railroad brakeman living at Lonacomlng, Md., was bequeathed $2,000 by an uncle who died recently In Montana. Lemon Martin, 23 years old, a Spanish-American war - veteran, was killed by a train in the Pennsylvania railroad yards at Altoona, Pa. rie was a brakeman. A state of war has been declared at Vladivostok where many persons have been killed in riots and a large number of buildings have been pill aged and burned. Mrs. Benamin Glest, living at 113 Wells street, Chicago hurled her 5-year-old son Lucas out of a third story window and then attempted to kill herself with a revolver. Fire Causes Loss of $100,000. A $100,000 fire In Athens, Ga., wip ed out a large cotton warehouse be longing to Deadwller & Company, destroying over 1,500 bales of cotton together with $20000 worth of flax. The origin is unknown although at tributed either to a bonfire built by college students on the campus to selebrate a football victory or to a spark from a passing engine. The $100,000 loss Is fully covered by Insurance. KEYSTONE STATE GULL1NGS RAILROAD 8TATION ROB9ED 8tation Agent at Claytonla Fires at Robbers, Who Escape With Booty Worth $500. The Pittsburg, Bessemer and Lake Erie railroad station at Claytonla was robbed. F. B. Hornbeck, the statioB agent, who was awakened In hii house nearby, attacked the burglars, two In number, but they fled from one side of the station when ho came in at the other. Hornbeck fired three shots at them. The burglars appro priated passenger tickets worth $250, which cannot be used, and a book of 10 blank express money orders, each of which can be filled out In amount not exceeding $50 and turn ed Into money. The committee of 70, which brought Into existence the Philadelphia City party, announced that a non-partisan commit teo would be appointed soon to draft an entire new ballot law which will be placed before the next Legislature. In addition to the com mittee of 70 it is understood tiiat the election reform committee of Penn sylvania, the City club of Philadel phia, the Pittsburg chamber cf com merce, tho Scranton board of trade and tho Slate committees of tho Re publican and Democratic parties will be Invited to appoint representatives to sharo in framing a new law. The committee of 70 has appropriated a sum of money for codifying tho elec tion laws of Pennsylvania and for the collection of modern ballot laws pass ed by other Slates. Notices were published In Green ville, of application for charters for seven trolley companies to cover the proposed route of the Conneaut Lake Greenville, Sharon nnd New Castle line. The promoters of the Shenango traction line and their rivals' have joined hands and claim tho road will soon be a reality. The names of the proposed lines are: New Castle Cent ral, New Castle Northern, West Mid dlesex Northern, Shenango Midland, Shenango Northern. The company . has a charter for the Greenville elec tric street railway nnd has private right of way from Greenville to Bharpsvlllo. At St. Rose's Catholic church at Bradenvllle, Father Shea, the aged pastor, was attacked by John Ravon- skl, and stabbed in the chest. Ravon Bki was disputing with members of the congregation when he was ap proached by Janitor Sabola, who at tempted to cect him. Father Shea came down from the altar to remon strate with RavonskI, when he stab bed him In the breast, cutting across the heavy vestments, which caused the blade to glance aside and doubt less Bavod the priest's life. A mo.vement has been started In Greensbitrg, to employ a horse-thief dotective. Within eight weeks a dozen horses and rigs have been stol en In tho vicinity and no trace Of them lias been found, with the ex ception of one horse and buggy stol en from a Pleasant Unity liveryman. In that case the theft was made by a mere lad and ho confessed that he was unable to deliver the outfit to the parties for whom he made tho theft. James Langan, aged 28, a fireman on the Lackawanna road, was lean ing out of the cab window of his en gine when a passenger train flew past and literally knocked his head off. The engine on which he was, stood on a temporary track, which was near er the regular track than is custo mary. Gov. Samuel W. Pennypacker has called an extra session of the legis lature to meet January -15, 1906, to enact laws for state treasury, election and other reforms and for a Greater Pittsburgh. The call is In the form of a proclamation. Four colored desperadoes held up and robbed Charles McCann while the latter was on his way from Mason town to his home at Ronco. In the scuffle one of the men shot McCann, the ball taking a portion of one finger off. The barn, wagon shed and granary on the farm of L. S. Hodge, in Jack son township, Mercer county, four houses as many cattle, farm machin ery and the season's harvest were de stroyed by fire. Insurance $600. J. N. Langham of Indiana, chief clerk In the auditor general's depart ment at Harrlsburg, has been made corporation deputy, succeeding the late John A. Glenn, and N. E. Hause Bf Wayne has been made chief clerk. Myrtle M., the S-year-old daughter of William Cralne, of Altoona, died ' from burns caused by the explosion of a lamp at her home. Her father was painfully burned trying to put out the flames. Reuben Yanan, 64 years old, apromi nent farmer of Lackawannock town ship. Mercer county, is dead from in juries caused by being kicked in the stomach by a horse. The homes of Isaac Irwin, J. "W. McLanahan and William P. Smith, of Holldaysburg, were looted wtie the families were at church. The rob bers secured considerable jewelry. Bertha Farnham, of Corry, who fell down an elevator shaft at Buffalo two weeks ago, died. Her legs were broken and she was internally injur ed. An independent telephone' company has been organized to install a com plete system of telephones In New Wilmington, Lawrence County. The company is being organized la oppo sition to the Bell system. The re quired capital will be furnished by lo cal capitalists. Robert McAfee, secretary of the commonwealth, brought suit against Homer L. Castle, claiming damages In the sum of $25,000. The suit is the result of charges made by Castle while campaigning the state as a can didate on the Prohibition ticket for auperlor court judge.
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