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" That the Attorney-General Will Prefer AGAINST THE CAR LINES f , Attorney General Moody Makes Statement Regarding Suit to be Filed Aaginst Private Car Line ^maintained oy Jrabst Brewing Co. and Railroads Refunding 12 Perl . Cent, of Freight Charges for Transportation. Washington, Special. ? Attorney Ge?.eral Moody made a statement with regard to the petition which will be tiled by his direction in the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Wisconsin, brought under the Elkins law to test the legality of certain commissioners paid by railroads (after the receipt of the published rates) to a private car transit company, controlled by stockholders of the corporation shipping freight in those cars over the railroad's lines. The statement folows: "The petition is against the Milwaukee Refrigerator Transit Company; Pere Marquette Railroad Company; Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad Company; Erie Railroad Company; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company; St. Louis & "Ban Francisco Railroad Company; the Wisconsin Central Railroad Company; the Chieago & Alton Railroad * Company and Pabst Brewing Company. "This case arises out of the following state of facts, which have been ' ..lvestigated by the inter-state Commerce commission and also by private interests adversely affected, brought in thA uttAntinn of tllA Attornev Ceil eral and by him carefully considered. " Conferences have been held between the Attorney General and District Attorney Butterfield, of the eastern district of Wisconsin, in Chicago and Washington; and on Friday last, at a conference, between the Attorney General, the assistant to the Attorney _ General. Mr. Purdy. Special Assistant id Attorney Pegin, the district ..iey^-ond Special Counsel Charles <uarles, of the Milwaukee bar, the form of the petition was determined npon. "It appears that the Pabst Brewing Company are large skippers of been over th? various railroads running from Milwaukee. Some of the principal stockholders yf that corjK>ratioh organized and own the Milwaukee Refrigerator Transit Company, a corporation operating private cars. To the latter corporation the control of the shipments of the Pabst Brewing Company was given by an agreement entered into between the two corporations named. The various railroads mentioned as defendants, while receiving as freight money the open and published rates for the transportation of commodities, have paid to ' the transit company, in whose private cars the been was transported, a commission of about twelve per cent, upon the amount of the freight money collected, with the effect, of course, transportation by the railroad com panics is so much less than the published and open rate. Randolph-Macon Professor Dead. Richmond, Special.?Dr. A. C. lYightman professor of biology at Randolph-Macon College, died in Ashland of paralysis, resulting from acute indigestion. $3,000 More Raised in Chicago. Chicago, Special?Even- synagogue / in Chicago was crowded by mourners and over $3,000 had been added to the fund of $13,000. Money in Demand in New York. New York, Special.?Money on call went to 15 per cent, the highest rate for several years. Last Saturday's bank statement showed the surplus to be almost exhausted and since then large sums have been sent from New York to the interior, leaving practically nothing to be lent in this market. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw An/] If woo Was in 1U1& aim iv that he intended to deposit several million dollars of government funds with the banks to relieve the situation but this report could not be confirmed. $80,000 Warehouse Fire. ^ 1 Athens, Ga.. Special.?Athens was visited by a disastrious fire Sunday morning which wiped out a large cotton warehouse belonging to Deadwiler Company and more than fifteen hundred bales of cotton stored there, together with $20,000 worth of flax belonging to the Aberdeen Linen Mills, of this city. The cause of the fire is unknown. 'h Oida OmoltO/1 O kJlUV ViU OMVUl New Berne, Special.?A very serious accident occurred on the yard of the Atlantic and North Carolina fhilroad. A young: negro named Henry Jenkins, water boy for the Blades Lumber Company, while in the discharge of his duty passed heft tween two cars, going to the mill with * water. For some reason lie stopjied, and the shifting engine backed to couple other cars. Henry was caughl % between the bumpers. His left side - ' fc ^ badly crushed. Senitor Burton Indicted. St. Louis, Special.?The Federal i grand jury convened and returned an indictment against United States Sen^ *itor Burton, of Kansas. It is stated ^ftat certain features in the former in. dietment against Senitor Burton, which was puashed, were remedied in this new indictment. A GHASTLY DISCOVERY Woman's Nude Body Fonnd in Swamp. Irene, Lexington County, Special.? The dead body of an unknown colored woman, thought to be about 19 years old, was found near tl\e head of the mill pond of the Saxe-Gotha cotton mills late Saturday afternoon. The body naked, except one shoe and stocking, lying face upward in a few .?!-f'o v i n f lift cn-omnc I IUUUCO Mi ? aiCij XOl XIX IUV oouui^i Mr. John Taylor, a nearby farmer, : heard his dogs at bay in the swamp, and upon going tto them discovered the body. Late in the night Coroner Wilson and Dr. John W. Sandel reached the spot to hold the inquest. The found her clothing about 10 yards off and it api>ears that she was well dressed, with good, heavy dresses and nearly new shoes. More than 100 colored people viewed the body, but it could not be identified. Dr. Sandel could find no trace of violence, and the supposition is that the girl in a demented condition and lost, undressed herself and was frozen. There has been no decision as yet by the coroner's jury, as they are awaiting efforts to identify the dead body. The exact spot is about three miles from Lexington and one mile from the Southern Railway. W. L. Hadden Acquitted. Spartanburg, Special.?In the case Lu 1IT T TJ.JJ ,.U J I. Jl n . 1?. xiuuut'u, cuai^cu wuti 11iv murder of Tom Glenn, the jury returned a verdict of not jruiltv- The killing occurred several months ago in the upper section of the county. "When Hadden and his family returned from I preaching one night a member of the female number of the household complained that some one was peeping in a window. Mr. Hadden rushed to the door with a pistol and fired one shot. He came back and retired to his bed The next morning he was shocked to lind the lifeless bodv of his neighbor, an aged man. Thomas Glenn, stretched j on the ground some distance from his house. In this case Stanyarne Wilson represented the defendant and Solicitor Sease the State. Dropped to Death. Anderson, Special.? Mrs. Maude Bvoadwick, wife of Charles Broadwick, an aeronaut with Riddell's Southern Carnival Company, fell from I a baloon here Thursdav afternoon and was instantly killed. Mrs. Broadwick was an experienced ballonist herself and had made two ascensions while here, but was not to go up. Her husband was to make the ascension and parachute drop, and she was standing by to give the signal to cut the ropes when all was ready. She gave the signal all right, and when the balloon shot up into the air she was seen hanging to the ropes between the balloon -5 4.1? ? - ? A ftor oKn lmrl ana me puiacuiuc. .-?tu ..... reached a distance of 200 or 300 feet she dropped to the earth, striking on the hard ground and was instantly killed. New Bank for Anderson. Anderson, Special.?The organization of the Anderson Banking and Trust company was effected hv the election of the following directors: W. F. Cox, H. C. Townsend, T. Q. Anderson, J. M. Evans, G. N. 0. Boleman, T. L. Clinkscales, Jr.. T. A. Ratliffe, Jr., W. W. Sullivan and AY. A. \A\atson. The directors then met and chose the following officers: AY. F. Cox. ?resident; H. C. Townsend, vicepresident; T. A. Ratliffe, Jr., secretary; Quattlebaum & Cochran, attornevs. The new bank is capitalized at *$200,000. Grand Jury Takes Hand. Spartanburg, Special?The presentment of the grand jury which was * !i.A ^ J -v* +UA o.\nvAnin(y nf* f^Olirt suonmieu ?i mv. w... Saturday morning was of a sesational nature, in *.hat it makes special presentments against county dispensers? beer and liquor?and the county board of control, for not performing their duty and not properly carrying out the laws. Palmetto Briefs Batesburg is to have an annual fair after this year. It will be known as ihe Tri-County fair, and will represent the industries and resources ol Lexington, Saluda and Aiken counties, the famous Ridge section of South Carolina. The railroad commission has post poned the hearing on freight rates t( November 10, on which date a large number of the traffic and freight people will appear before the commission. The hearing is for the purpose of adjusting disputes on rates in 1 his State as compared with rates to points in Georgia. Tniir Ontnries Since Reformation. I Columbia, Special.?Sunday wai observed here bj- the Lutheran congregation as the four hundredth anniversary since the beginning of the reformation by Martin Luthern. Ar able address was delivered by Dr Horneri, of Charleston. Tt was vers instructive ar.d was highly enjoyed by the large congregation present. James Byars Killed by Madison Cook Gaffney, Special.?As a result of at unfortunate difficulty in westerr Cherokee, near Williams school house about 10 or 12 miles from Gaffney Saturday afternoon, dames Byars i> dead and Madison Cook is in jai charged with his murder. Both mer are white and were supposed to havi been friends. Although there ha< been an old ,fcud between these tw< men it was ^upposed to have beer dead and the men friends. * IS FOR PEACE1 V M. Witte Getting the Russians Pacificatecl ?-?. t MUCH WORK STILL AHEAD ? n C Great Efforts Being Made to Pacify the Common People and Quiet Them Down. ^ i St. Petersburg, By Cable.?Coitnt f Witte is continuing negotations with v the Zemstvo Constitutionalist party E with brighter prospects of at least partial success, lie makes no con- e cealment of the fact that he regards <] their support as being almost vital to l*? l' i tin i ii'lit/ili ' luc atuiu?ruinu vl iuu iaoa which i he is undertaking. The Count is now a holding a series of conferences with Prince Kugene Troubetskoy, brother i of the late Prince Sergius Troubetskoy ] and the idol of the party whom the . Count wishes to take the portfolo of 1 education, and whith Prince Dolgo- * roukoff, Prof. MiliukotT and M. Stako- b vich who was summoned from Mos- s cow and M. Strove, editor of the Osvobojdenie, the organ of "eraancipa- r tion," published in Paris, who arrived f here recently after four years exile t in the cause of freedom. 1 The conservtive wing of the party ^ is becoming less iutransigeant in its attitude toward Count Witte, although 1 demanding the fulfilment of certain ^ conditions before giving him open t support. The members insist primar- E ily on the removal of the "wolves" of the old regime as they term the governor! and police officials of many 1 provlhees and cities who are not in ( sympathy with the new order of things and who are charged with de- j librately inciting the worst elements ^ of the population with the full connivance of the police and troops under 1 their control to make attacts upon the c "intellectuals" and Jews which have j filled the country with tales of horror ? and bloodshed for the last ten days. This condition, Count Witte is anxious * personally to meet as he fully realizes ; that the obnoxious officials are ob- 1 stacles in his own path. With the t Count's promise to support a demand ( for a constituent assembly when the national assembly meets in January c some are content and a distinct dis- i position is manifested on the part of t certain leaders to hold up Count ' -j_ --j 1. i,;m e Y\ lite s nun us <iiiu wuin ?iiu ni ui ia the introduction of the new regime. Figures On Cotton Ginned. Washington* Special.?The census bureau issued a bulletin showing that up to Nov. 1, G,4S3,64G bales of cotton had been ginned in this country. Round baies are counted as half bales. The figures are the result of telegraphic reports made by agents of the census bureau from all the cotton growing States. Owing to the fact that no report was made on Nov. 1. 1904, comparitive statistics are not available. The last previous report for the present year, showing results to October 18, last, gave 4,940,728 bales. The figures, according to today's bulletin, for the various States j are as follows: Alabama 815,457; ( Arkansas 211,113; Florida 48,218; [ j Georgia 1,302)390; Indian Territory I j io= -BO. vm.v T^nkana 231.- I 1 J.<X>,<o~, acmuvn,. f 249; Mississippi 510,077; Missouri 14,181; North Carolina 438,821; Oklahoma 144,830; South Carolina 822,140; Tennessee 100,247; Texas 1,692,248 and Virginia 7,479. $50,000 Virginia Fire. Suffork, Specia.'.?Wednesday morning at 2 o'eloek a disasterous lire broke out in the little town of Whaleyville, Nansemond county, about ten miles from here, nearly destroying tlie place. Thirty buildings went up in smoke and the loss will be about $50,000, with not more than $20,000 insurance. The fire started in the livery stables of Jno. Matthews, and in a few minutes had gained such headway that it was impossible to control the flames until everything in reach had been destroyed. There is no fire protection i in the place, and water had to be taken from two streams and wells nearby. Several horses and thousands of dollars' worth of stock were consumed. a rir#at tir* in Birimzham. Birmingham, Special.?Fire totally destroyed the five-story building on Twentieth street of the Moore & Handley Hardware Company. The building was erected at a cost of $75,000 and the stock was valued at $175,000. The two-story structure on Avenue A adjoining that of Moore & Handley and recently occupied by the Avondale Laundry, was also burned, the loss being $10,000. The plant of the Philip Carey Manufacturing Company on Avenue A was.totally destroyed with the contents, the loss being estimated at $12,000. By Wire and Cable. Count Witte is slowly progressing in his work to establish constitutional government and order in Russia. William T. Stead, who has just arrived in Berliue from Russia, gives his impressions of what he describes as "h?11 pretty well let loose." Jewish residents of New York have started a movement for the relief of j those who suffered by the massacres j in Russia. Prince Charles of Denmark is expeted to take oath as King of Norway the later part of this month. Mrs. Mattie M. Bly, of Winchester, was killed by a ain at Harper's Ferry. Lady Florence Dixie, writer, explorer and champion of woman's lights; is dead^ Louis Fitzgerald, Jr., son of Gen. Louis - Fitzgerald, was accidentally killed by i train while returning from the Long i^ar.d iyma. i *" ^ -aT '? If- ** ^ -,i* V';.' ' W'ii-v'; > // ' IERCE ELECTION CONTEST Villiam Randolph Hearst Contests the New York Election, Charging Fraud j By Wholesale. New York, Special.?Immediately ipon the announcement of the result >f the election Tuesday, Mr. Hearst < :ave notice of contest, and evidences >f fraud have accumulated rapidly ver since. Atoorney General Mayer stated Niursday night that he had received nformation of the recovery from the Jortk river of certain ballot boxes iscd in the election . He said the aatter was under investigation. The contest over the mayoralty t lection, inaugurated by William Ran- t lolph Hearst, the Municipal Owener- i hip candidate, developed interesting ,nd spectular features Thursday. For twelve hours the bojes contain- r ng nearly 600,000 ballots cast in last j Tuesday's election choked the streets I n the vicinity of the headquarters of j he board of electors in Sixth avenue ^ >etween Forty-first and Forty-second ( treets. The ballot boxes had been c gathered during the night by the >olice and conveyed in patrol wagons o the election board's headquartes. J rhere the officials refused to recei\% i he ballot boxes and the police, acting 4 tnder a court order signed by Justice * Jaynor, compelling the police authori- j ies to turn the ballots over to the ] slection board, had nothing to do but remain outside and await the pleasire of the election officials. IMPELLED TO RECEI VE BOXES ( Appraised of the situation the at- < orneys of Mr. Hearst appeared be- ' ore Justice Dickey of the State Su jrcme t_uun, anu aecurcu iiuiu mm mi >rdcr compelling John R. Voorhis, \ resident of the board of electors, to j iccept the boxes. The order was ser- j red promptly and the ballots then I vere receipted for by the election ward. Under strong guards the patol wagons containing the boxes were ; Iriven to various warehouses n this sity and Brooklyn, where the ballots vere stored subject to the orders of he election board. State Attorney General' Julius May:r had a long and important confermce with District Attorney Jerome, ifter which it was announced that the Attorney General's office would re- ( nain open until midnight. Superinendent of Elections Morgan appeared >efore Messrs. Mayer and Jerome with lix of his deputies, and placed evilence before the prosecuting officials. Another feature of the contest was ;he announcement by the Citizens' Union that it would join the forces nvestigating the charges of fraud and vrong doing at Tuesday's election, its jrirae object being to secure a new 'lection law in the State of New fork. PRINTED BOGUS BALLOTS. . Mr. Hearst's order was obtained from Justice Gaynor after the circulation of a story that a printing irm had been turning out large numjeds of fac simples of the official balot and that these were to be marked for McClellan and placed in the ballot boxes in place of the Hearst ballots to be removed. The moment this rumor reached Hearst headquarters it tvas decided that the ballot ought not to remain longer in the station bouses, and the application of Justice Gaynor was made as quickly ac the papers could be drawn up. It was reported 'tha* many of the ballot boxes in Brooklyn were not properly sealed and that their covers irpt-p mprelv oasted down making it " ^ 1 _ possible for any person to open the box and close it again without detection. The law requires that the boxes be closed with wax. Among the allies aiding Hearst is William M. Ivins, the Republican candidate for mayor in Tuesday's election. Mr. Ivins volunteered his services to Mr. Hearst and the offer was accepted. Another attorney acting for Hearst is Judge John F. Dillon, who was at one time Judge of the Supreme Court of Iowa. Came Together on a Curve. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Special.?Fivo persons were killed, 10 seriously injured and a score, slightly hurt in a head-on collision between a passenger train and a coal train on the Delawar' Luckawanna & Western railroad, net Huntlock's creek, a short distant fom this city. All of the killed were trainmen. The injuries to the passen-1 gers were caused by the terrific force of the trains coming together, the engine on the passenger train being forced almost through the baggage car. The passenger train dashed in-y to the freight on a sharp curve. Father and Two Sons Most Face The Gallows. Valdosta, Ga., Special.?The supreme court of Georgia has affirmed the decisions of the lower court in the ca3* of the Rawlins men convicted of the murder of the two Carter children near here, J. G. Rawlings, the father, and two of his sons, Milton and Jesse, must go to the gallows, while another son, I^eonard, must serve a life sentence in the penitentiary. Murder and Suicide. North Wilkesboro, Special.?News comes from Watauga that a man named Joseph Sanders living near Virgil, whipped his wife and that she left home, going to her brother's house. The husband followed her, waiting for her appearance and when she came out shot her through the head. She died instantly. He then went into the woods and killed hin ~ " trOfi& _ THE ElfCTION 1 j Result of Tuesday's Voting in Various States SOME CONTESTS ARE CLOSE JfcClellan Carries New York by c Small Majority?In Pennsylvania ^ the Machine Beaten, While Mary- f land Loses Its Constitutional 1 Amendment. 0 ^ t s The result of Tuesday's elections in t he States where elections were held o fill various ofiices, are given in the ,'ollowing detailed summaries: _l New York City. s McClellan, Democrat, is elected t< nayor by between 3,000 and 4,000 s )lnrality. Jerome, independent, with Republican endorsement, wins by ibout 8,000 over James W. Osborne, 0 democrat. W. R. Hearst, Municipal, 8 )wnership mayoralty candidate, i marges fraud and declares he will ti ;ontest McClellan's election. t Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. I A landslide buried the disreputable a Republican machine under an adverse r najority of 60,000 to 70,000 City Par- ^ ;y sweeping the city. There were few- ^ sr disturbances thand had been ex- v jected. Berry, Democrat, with inde- p oendent endorsement carries the State s 'or Treasurer. s Maryland. t c The defeat of the Poe disfranchise- e ncnt amendment by 20,000 is indicat;d, and election of Republican candi- ? late for State comptroller. Legisla- ^ ture is in doubt. . ^ Ohio. t Fight on Governor Herrick resulted s in a Democratic landslide, the plural ity being estimated as high as 60,000. a Democrats carried Cincinnat as well I is Cleveland. ''Boss" Cox announces a bis retirement. t Virginia. * The Democratic plurality is about 20,000, showing a reduction, and the ? Republicans gain about nine members 1 of the legislature. I Massachusetts. ( Guild, Republican, carries the State t for Governor HV 29,435 plurality, and Draper, for Lieutenant Governor, by ( only 3,942. j Kentucky. i } Democrats will have a good majority in the legislature electing Senator Blackburn's successor. The Democratic ticket in Louisville is elected . with the possible exception of the minor places. 1 Rhode Island. 1 Republicans elect Geo. H. Utter, for | Governor, and gain in the legislature. 1 Chicago. 1 Clean sweep by Republicans. Results in New York. I New York, Special.?Returns are j complete in Greater New York in the , Mayorality contest with the exception i of 51 election districts scattered through the city. The vote on these returns gives McClellan, Democrat, 221,815; Hearst, Municipal Ownership, 213,657, Ivins, Republican, 132,317, a 1 plurality for McClellan of 3,158. j Whipped the Machine. j Philadelphia, Special?Philadelphia 1 has been swept by the reform move- 1 inent, the City Party ticket winning by a suprisingly large plurality. While 1 returns ::rom only six of the 42 wards ; in this city had been counted up to 1 midnight, enough is known of the re- 1 w?irds to indi- ' SUll in Hie itruiaiiiin^ cate the defeat of the Republican lo-1 ' cal ticket by from 60,000 to 75,000 1 plurality. * ' Saw Father Murder Child Knoxville, Special.?James Winsted has been confined to jail at Rogersville, Tenu.. for several weeks on the charge of having murdered his own child. The evidence against him, 1 which was purely circumstantial, was 1 to have been heard this week in court. Winsted's wife, a sufferer from consumption, while lying on her death bed, has just made a confession that she saw the crime committed, the girl being her stepchild. ? } , Suit-Case Mystery. , al?What is confidente the head of Susanna ess suit case victim a leather handbag < /file A the harbor Sunday. iF'was drSgged to the surface very near the point where Lewis W. Crawld Wm. Howord, who have eon^ o disposing of the dismemberer of the girl, said they dropped 1 it frOTn the stern of an East Boston ferry boat. The head completes the bodv of the girl. Patterson's Case Contiued. Richmond, Special.?The case of W. W. Patterson, the young white man of Henrico, charged with criminally assaulting Miss Cora Crittenden, was continued in the Henrico court until the January term Patterson was arrested October 2 and relerfed on $1,500 bail Car Conductor Falls and Dies finder VT UCCiC. Tampa, !fla., Special.?Thomas Hughes, white, 23 years old, a conductor on a trolley line running between St. Petersburg and PassGrille, fell between the ear and the trailer and the wheels passed over his body. Hughes died soon after being taken to SI. Petersburg. Hughes was from New York, where his parents are said to be prominent. -V - jJiur* V- - .'* * ?) i : r \ iNGLISH POOR DESPERATE | Inorraous Crowds March to Municipal Offices, Where Premier Balfour J Makes a "Speech of Despair" to Deputation of 30?Starting of Industries at National Expense Deprecated by Premier. ! London, By Cable.?The desperate ondition of the poor of London was ( rought to the notice of Premier Ba!our by a remarkable deputation of he wives and other women relatives f the "unemployed who did not hesi ate to ten tne rremier that unless i omething is speedily done to lessen heir sufferings there would be blood- . hed. ' ''Don't forget that hungry men are ' csperate men," said one of the , peakers, who all had the same tale J t> tell of husbands out of work and ^ tarving wives and children. Enorious crowds of women from all parts f London marched through the trcets headed by a deputation which ^ Ir. Balfour received at the office of he local government board. Only. t hirtv of the women were admitted to j 1m presentee c? Mr. Balfour. The j remier was very sympathetic. He ( cknowledged that the evil was very j eal, but he had little to suggest in he way of alleviation except an ex- j itession of hope that public charity ( rould come to the aid of the unemiloyed. He deprecated the socialistic 1 uggestion that industries should be tarted at the national expense for he benedt of the unemployed u , alculated to destroy the springs of nterprise and energy of the nation. At the close of Mr. Balfour's 'speech of despair" as the delegates [escribed it, Mrs. Crooks, wife of ; Villianis Crooks, a Labor party memKir of'the House of Commons, aid everal other women excitedly mvitid Mr. Balfour to come and live imong them for a few months. The 'remier remarked Jhat he was quite iwere that nothing he had said could >e other than disappointing. They ] - .1... I, a Coif ! rati his genuine sympu IXIV anu 11V AVU | nost acutely the magnitude of the ' fvil from which they were sufferng. | A mass meeting of the women was leld la.er to hear the report of the ielegation. Mr. Crooks, M. P., said j hat Mr. Balfour's reply to the deleration was unworthy of the Premier 1 >f a great country. The mention of tfr. Balfour's name was greeted with l storm of hisses. I Havana in Unsanitary Condition. Washington, Special.?Senator Cul- j om, Uinois, chairman of the foreign elntions committee, called on the President to lodge complaints against j ;he Cuban government for not keeping ts promise to maintain the city of Havana in a sanitary condition. He laid that he had been informed by a lumber of business men that the Cuians had built no sewerage system since the Americans evacuated and American residents fear an epidemic will be the consequence. Cars Crash in Knoxrille. . Knoxville, Special.?A car loaded with paving material collided with an incoming suburban electric car Friday afternoon on West Main Avenue, opposite the University of Tennessee campus. Nine persons, all living here were injured. James Yarner, motorman, may die. Among the others hurt are: Mrs. R. E. L. Mountcastle, vein in throat severed; and W. S. Shields, president City National Bank, cut 011 head. The accident occurred at the Pottom of two hills. It is claimed that the brakes on the work car failed to work. No More Tolls On Little Kanawha Parkersburg, Special.?The Little Kanawha river, which has been controlled for 40 years by a corporation which exacted toll on all passengers and freight, was Friday turned over to the United States under purchase recently made, and from now on wHl ix? a free river. New locks and a dam will be built to improve navigation. Killed By Gas Explosion. Detroit, Mich., Special.?A news special from Ishpeming, Mich., says three children are dead and thirteen people are injured, one fatdly, as the result of an explosion here Sunday which completely destroyed the Miners' National Bank. The dead: Steven Goodman, aged 12 years. Alice McGee, aged 10 years. Edward MeGrath, aged 12 years. James F. Mullen was fatally injured. A gas leakage in the basement of the hank building was primarily responsible for the explosion and loss of life. The News in Brief. The head presumably of Susan A. Geary, the suit-case victim, was found in Boston harbor in a hand-hag weighted with shot, exactly as described by the men who admitted disposing of the body. A supplementary report of the con dition of the Equtable Lite Assurance Society on June JO, 1905, was issued by Sueprintendent of Insurance, Hendricks, of New York. A plan for Federal control of uarantine in Southern States is to be submitted to the Chattanooga Quarantine and Immigration Convention fox action. Rev. Dr. Ingram N. W. Irvine whom Bishow Bthelbert Talbot of the Protestant Episcopal church, unfrocked after a prolonged controversy, wai ordained a priest of the Orthodoi Green church. Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefellei attended church in New York, hearing a sei-mon condemnatory of bridge wbisf;. - < J LARGE OUTLAV ? Sixteen Million Dollars More For Coast Defences FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS * I . ? 3hief of Engineers MoEenzie's Re- J port Makes Estimates, in Addition to $28,693,434 Already Expended, For Construction of Sea Coast Fortification . % * * nyM a . s Washington, Special.?Sixteen milion dollars will be necessary to complete the engineering work of fortifi:ations of the sea coast of the United States under plans of the Endicott board, according to the report of Brigadier General Alexander McKeniie, chief of engineers. There has already been appropriated for this purpose $2S,693,434. Permanent projects it 31 different points have been adopted and most of them are well under way. These points include: Baltimore, Washington, Hamptoa Roads, entrance to Chespeake Bay it > Cape Henry, Cape Fear river, Charleston, Port Royal, Savannah, St John's River, Key West, Tampa Bay, Pensacola, Mobile, New Orleans and 3alveston. The defense of the Great Lake and the St. Lawrence river is under eonrlideration. The estimate for the completion of these fortifications dots not contemplate anything more than the projects tmtlined by the Endicott board. Modern appliances and additional projects which may be adopted by the Iaft board appointed last summer aad the fortifications of the insular possessions may increase the estimates when additional work is approved by Congress. It is estimated" that $4,263,364 will be required to put into execution by the engineer department the schemes of the artillery < and signal corps for control of the sea. coast defenses. The reconstruction of the works de- stroped by the storm og 1900 at GalrrAofon I a rtoorlw Hilt tflA VCfllVII AO UCO&1J VVUi|/lVVVU^ I/MV vao^r barracks and quarters and other post buildinsrs which must be located at Forts Trrvis and San Jacinto are unprotected, as well as range-finder 8ta- j tions and other engineer accessories. .Work has been progressing on the fortifications for the defenses of Manila Bay and Subig Bay, Philippine Islands, and at the naval station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for the ' y purchase of sites for fortifications in Hawaii. Negotafions have been continued for the acquisition of a tract at Mobile, Ala., and another near Charleston, S. C. The total estimates for fortification works tinder the engineer department for the fiscal year 1907, amount to $11,424,153, including $1,433,953 for sea wall defenses at Galveston, Tex. Defenses of insular possessions: Sea coast batteries, Manilla, $2.000,;sea coast batteries, Subig P.ay, Phillpine Islands, $500,000; harbor Hawaii, $520,000; procurement of land for sites for defenses of the Hawaiian Islands, $326,100. Expenditures on river and harbor improvements in the United State* reached $22,333,623. This dbes not include $2,265,073 under the Mississippi Kn imatcs are I JVC! tVIiiUiioatvii. *?v made this year for river and harbor improvements save those provided for under continuing contracts. Thif amounts to $17,456,801. An estimate of $2,000,000 for the Mississippi river commission is made The estimates for the continuing of contracts include the following: Deleware river, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, $1,000,000; Savannah harbor, Ga., $210,000; St. Jbhn's river, Floriada, $309,750; Hilsboro Bay, Florida, $313,350; Black Warrior and Tombigbee rivers, Ala., $603,466; Southwest Pass, Mississippi river, $500,000; South Pass, Mississippi rir er, $50,000; Bayou riaquemnw, Louisiana, $100,000; Galveston harbor, Texas, $250,000; Galveston ship channel, Texas, $200,000; Cumberland riv-' ( or above Nashville, Tenm, $200,000; Tennessee river, ChattanMflp* lean? to Riverton, Ala., $240,00* Finns Get Self-Government St. Petersburg, By Cable?The manifesto of Emperor Nicholas granting the demands of the Finns has been signed and dispatched to Helsingfors. It convokes the Diet on Deecmber 20, abolishes the dictatorship, rescinds Governor General Bobrokoff's illegal enactments, annuls the manifesto of February 15th, 1899, which provided fcr common legislation in the empire, and all the laws since enacted. It announces that the extraordinary Diet now convoked is for the revision of the Diet's electoral basis. Powerful Forces to Hold Down Finnish Capital. Helsingfors, Finland. By Cable.? Three Russian battleships, a cruiser and 10.000 troops have arrived here from Reval. The warships are anchored in the harbor. Batteries have on two commanding hills ' yeti? ? ? outside the town and the cannon in the Sceabog fortress ha? ? been turned against the city, which a ,:,,a under . * ? the guns of the warsliips. Engine Boiler Explo"^,.?' Dallas, Texas, Special?A wreck oceurred on the Hudson and Texas Central railroad near Ennis early Saturday. Brakeman Glenn was killed* outright and Engineer D.avenpbrt ajwl Fireman Trailer probably were fatally injured. A passenger train running at moderate speed, was derailed b? tlie explosion of the lemotive boiler. Seven eoarlies left the track and the mnd bod was torn up for several hnndned * yards. None of the pas&ongers rem