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If PROMS liJIi Lffli h Czar Beiieved to Have Hastened the Crisis in Russia. [fc- % ? RETURNS TO HHS OLD METHODS v Army Asks the People to Back -the Revolutionary Party?Emperor in Terror i In Tsarskce-Sel* ? Witte Again ltev f ported to Hart Ketigned as Premier? Troops Snpport the People. i ' St. Petersburg, Russia.?All his concessions and promises of concessions Laving failed to stay the wrath of bis awakened subjects. Emperor. Nicholas lias entered on an ag?ressive campaign of repression. He has turned absolutely around from bis attitude of a ruler amenable to public opinion, and has pitted the autocracy in open fight *against the proletariat. By the sisrn Ir ing of an imperial proclamation prac^ tically declaring martial law over all i; o? Russia the Czar has made all bis r official acts toward the enactment of K constitutional liberty a tragic farce. Nicholas has willed that the semblance F. ?rf freedom which had been wrung from l: him is to be taken away again, and his . reign of despotism made more arrogant jt and oppressive than evetThis amazing return to the plan of government whicn Drought about the present discontent, and the news of the spread of mutiny in the Moscow garrison," has caused a tremendous sen pation all over the capital. It is believed that the crisis which will settle 1 the fate of Russia ha? been reached andlhat any hour will bring desperate *?* +K? n^??/k/v4c> n nrl An oil p! /I n U^UUU5 111 U1C 3U CCCO auu UU <414 OUIVO . of the Winter Palace. Tlie populace is filled with rage against tlie Czar, and 3r<*wds have been parading all day and 1 defying the soldiers to fire on them. The Emperor has estranged the small < minority* that remained loyal to him. The leaders of the revolutionists assert that his latest decree will go down in v history as his death warrant. It is ar- I gued that he has violated all his * pledges, and that sooner or later he will go to'as miserable a death as I" - Louis XVI. 1 The first intimation of the revival of 1 the "white terror" was in the arrest late at night of many of the revolu* r tionary leaders. Huudreds of police were set on the hunt for men of all p . classes who had been known to be joining in the active agitation against the autocracy. Only one of all the of ' fleers of the Workmen's Council es- 1 ciped arrest, but in half an hour after fehe round-up by the police a new body 3f officers had been elected, with M. 1 Lenient, editor of New Life, as President. Before midnight the same ascamKlw hflil iccrod o 1 ? fnr n (TAnorfl 1 ircLuvij ?ocutu u vw?t -.v.. v strike. This was the answer to the Czar's drastic act. and it has been re. aponded to with the greatest enthusi- : asm by the workmen. It is bard to realize to what length the Emperor has gone in his attempt . to steady his rocking throne. He has given over the government of the Empire into the hands of thousands of military officers, scattered over as many districts. In an imperial order Sent out from Tsarskoe-Selo Palace all ] ? governorTgenprals, governors and prefects throughout the country are . clothed with almost dictatorial powers, oeing authorized without consulting St. Petersburg, to declare a state of siege, and even martial law. r; Panto In Witt* Ministry. The news from Moscow has caused ) pafiic among the Witte Ministry, and orie of the first results of the word of t the mutiny was the report that Witte W himself had resigned. This has been officially denied, hut the revolutionists J say tbat the first bloodshed in the capita! will mean Witte's downfall. The only loyal troons remaining in Moscow are the Cossacks. So grave is the situ; ition there that a Cossack regiment has been rushed through from here on a special train. All the men of the line regiments in the old capital if not in v, open mutiny are bordering on it, and freely express their opinions. An ultimatum formally presented to General Plavoffski, a division commander, not only demands service reforms, but political freedom. The document probably is the most important yet drawn in the fight against the Czar, as it means the loss of his strongest weapon in the army. Accompanying the demands is a threat that it an points are not conceded the mutineers will parade the city and arouse the ?ntire populace into active rebellion. In preparing for this contingency the mutineers have issued an appeal to the citizens. The appeal is as striking in ' ' ' its way as tbe ultimatum delivered into the hands of Plavoff^ki. It was N distributed through the city printed on handbills. ' "V " Tbe Rostoflf grenadier regiment to a _ ) man held possession of the barracks, in ' ? defiance of assault, until early In the evening. when the defection of two V . battalions with a machine gun detach' ( \ ment led to the end of the active mu^ tiny.'-v The men later paraded under command of their officers, but before they were marched back again to their _ quarters they made known through a m deputation that they did not withdraw IL from the demands they had presented. ;, The regiment while technically loyal Hsb.\actually is still in a state of revolt, and it is impossible to predict what may come out of the positon. |P It is certain that not a man in the regiment will be punished, as the mutineers had the sympathy of the three ~x*?,. roirimonts?tha T^katPT lUUfl pinmujti Inoslav, the Taurid and the Nesvieh. MUTINEERS GIVE UP. But- Several of the Demands They Made Are Granted. v Moscow, Russia.?The Rostoff Grenaflipv Rpjriment. which mutined and for titled itself in its barracks, surrendered and ten of the ringleaders. Including Schaharoff. the chief of them, were arrested. The less important demands of the soldiers were granted. Including privacy of their letters, an increase of rations and regular pavmeut. Feminine Fancies. Queen Christina of Spain is the only \ sovereign who has ever made a balloon ascension. Mrs. John F. Spencer, living in Mar rion County. South Carolina, is a liv. ing daughter of a Revolutionary soldier. Miss Mary Tillinghast, of New York City, is one of the most successful designers of stained glass window: in America. Mrs. Jetferson Davis, wife of the President of the Southern Confederacy, still keeps her residence in New York City. Iv - -itmtiI mmnt' if CONVICT AIDS ANOTHER Albert T. Patrick Acts as Counsel t? John Johnson in Sing- Sing-. Both Men Are Under Sentence of DeatU in New York State PrUon ? Plea Made to Coart of Appeals' Sing Sing, N. Y.-Albert T. Patrick, under sentence of death, lias prevented the execution of a fellow condemned man. John Johnson was to have beeu el(?ctrocuted in the morning. Johnson was convicted for wife murder six weeks ago iu Westchester County. Johnson's lawyers concluded ^that1 there was no ground for an appeal. "My coupsel ig not going to appeal my case." said Prisoner Johnson, "and I se? no use iu building up hope." Patrick.-who had just returned from . New York City, where he had been sentenced by Justice Rogers to die iu the electric chair in the week beginning January 22, asked Johnson to tall him nf tha 0.ise. Patrick Gives Aid. "Of course," said Patrick, "you must be guided by your counsel. Tf you will retain me as your legal representative I -will guarantee that the seriteuce of death will not be carried out next week." "3ut how can I retain you as ray counsel?" "Very simple, indeed." said Patrick. "Just sign the affidavit which 1 shall prepare for you, and I will fhen be eutitled to act for you." Patrick then prepared the necessary legal documeut. Johnson signed it. and a notary witnessed the signature in the regular form. "You leave the rest to me," said Patrick. "As your counsel. I advise you to be guided solely by what your coun- sel directs you to do." The other six convicted murderers did not understand how Patrick was going to accomplish something that fnhnenn'a Awn iflwvpr bad beeu unable to do. "Please take this paper to Jolinson'3 cell," Patrick called to one of his guards. Then he told Johnson to sign it. He did. "Now," announced Patrick, "I would like to see anybody try and take you out of your cell next week. Your execution will surely be stayed." The paper which Johnson had signed was an affidavit in which he asserts that he was not granted a fair trial. Then.-Patrick wrote another document, in which it was set forth that he had been duly retained as counsel for "one John Johnson, under sentence of death and awaitiug execution in Sing Sing as prescribed by law." Another paper was in the form of a notice to the clerk of the Court of Appeals In Albany that one, "Albert T. Patrick, attorney and counselor-at-law, now residing in the State Prison, in Sing Sing, N. Y.," had been duly retained as counsel for Johnson, and that said notice was to act also as a notice that an appeal n-ould be arsrued from the judgment of thff lower court. Warden Johnson was sent for and Patrick handed all the papers to him. Appeal Sent to Albany. ' "You will be good enough to forward these official documents to the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, in Albany," said Patrick to the Warden; "they are in the case of the People of the State of New York vs. John Johnson. I am the attorney<in the caseV The papers were duly forwarded to Albany. Patrick says that he will insist that, , be be taken to the Court'of Appeals when the day for the argument in the case comes up. "I am colng to argue your case in person," Patrick said to Johnson, "and what is more, I am certain right now that I will secure you a new trial." The application filed by Patrick in behalf of Johnson acted as a stay of all proceedings. | FOUR KILLED IN THEATRE FIRE, j Woman and Her Two Children Among the Victims. Lorain. Ohio.?Four lives were lost in a fire whit's- destroyed the Verbeck Theatre here early in the morning. The dead are James Dwyer, twenty-eight years; Mrs. William Marsh,. twentyfour. and her two children,'Grace, three years old, and Clifford, seven mouths. The Marsh family had, apartments in the front of the buiI?irj[g-on the third floor. William Marsh was stage manager. Dwyer, another employe, slept in the basement, where the fire originated. Mrs. Marsh and her children were suffocated by the smoke which poured up the narrow stairway. Mrs. John Vesper wats rescued by the firemen after she had fainted and was leaning out of a window. The ioss on the theatre, which was a comparatively new one. is $35,000. The loss on the building is $50,000. The theatre was owned by the Verbeck Amusement Company, Of Oil City, Pa., and leased by H. H. Dykmau, of Elyria, Ohio. THREE GENERATIONS KILLED. Train Hits Carriage Containing Baby, Mother and Grandmother. Toledo, Ohio.?Mrs. John Lashaway, her daughter-in-law and the infant son or tne latier were insianuy kiucu at Weston in the afternoon at the crossing of the' Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad. It is thought that the side curtains shut out the view of the train. Barned to Death. John Garlong was burned to death while making a firo in the. kitchen ot Zimmerman's Hotel, at C'arlstadt, N. J. . Ousts U. S. Attorney. By direction of the President, the Attorney-General. at Washington. D. C., has removed from office William B. Johnson, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indian Territory. Ricts at Lodz. Rioters in Lodz, Russia, attacked the shops of Hebrews, and many persons were woundeu in a tight in the streets and by a volley fired by the Cossacks. '' The Field of Sports. The Army-Navy football match of 1906 is likely to be played in New York. Columbia and Cornell played a tie game of Association football at American League Park. The University of Michigan Athletic Association netted $23,000 profit on the 1903 football season. An American racing autcmobile of 230 horse power is nearing completion for Alfred G. Vanderbilt. New Zealand defeated England at Rugby football before a crowd of S0,? 000 at Crystal Palace, London. / % THREE CHICAGO BANKS FAlj I. R, Walsh's Houses Causht in Bi^ Financial Crash. DEPOSITORS ARE DECLARED SAFI Securities Pledged ?t s? Meeting: of Rep jesentatlTeB of the Chlc?j;o Clearinj House Lasting Klghteea Hoard? \a tionul, Boiue Savings and Kquitabli Trust Clone. Chicago, III.?The failure of the Chi cago National Bank, the Home Savings Bauk and the Equitable Trust Com pany, all of Chicago, was announced ai 3.30 o'clock in. the morning by represen tatives of the Chicago Clearing House Association, *> after U session lasting ''eighteen hours. .Tames B. Forgan President of the First National Bank as head of the Clearing House Commit tee of the Chicago Associated Banks gave out the statement. The asssts of these institutions, il was asserted, were involved in coal and railway properties of* John R, Walsh, President of the Chicago National Bank. The statement was issued in the office of the First National Bank. It is as follows: "The citizens of Chicago will tin tfoubtedly be surprised to learn that the Chicago National Bank, the Home Savings Bank and the Equitable Trust Company, -which have been controlled, managed and officered by John R. Walsh and his associates, have concluded to wind up their affairs and quit-business in the city of Chicago; but tbev will be gratified to learn that after a thorough end careful examination1 of their Affairs by the Chicago Clearing House banks, the depositors of these institutions will be paid in full upon demand, the Chitago Clearing House banks -havine pledged themselves to this result, thus putting all the resources of the Chicago banks behind the depositors of these three institutions. "The difficulty with the institutions has been that their investments have been made in assets connected with the railway and coal enterprises of John R. Walsh. These assets were not immediately available to meet deposits in full. "Mr. itiugejy. comptroller 01 me Currency, and Captain Eubank, of the Auditor's Depa'rJfthent-at Springfield, .were seen and expressed themselves as greatly pleased at the action of tho Chicago,baftHs, and stated.that It reflected great ersdit upon the Associated Banks of Chicago, which have again indicated their ability to meet any emergency in a manner entirely satisfactory to the public." John R. Walsh, head of the institutions which have been declared insolvent, was not at the meeting. The following were the members of the committee at the meeting: ,James B. Forgan, Chairman: John J. Mitchell', James H. Eckels. Orson B. Smith and Ernest A. Hamill. At a meeting of the Chicago Clearing House Board in the morning a board was appointed to take formal control of the Chicago National and Home Savings Banks. The board was composed of the following: Charles C. Boswortb, President: J. J. Mitchell, Orson Smith, James H. Eckels, E. E. Hamill and' James B. Forgan. The committee took charge at once, the officers'of-the institutions resigning Immediately.' -No formal action was taken in regard to the affairs of the Equitable Trust Company, although announcement was made that this institution will be made the subject of subsequent investigation. The Chicago National Bank, Home Savings Bank and Equitable Trust Company opened their doors as usual next mi>rning, and depositors are being paid rapidly. A mob of several thousand persons surged in the street in front of the Chicago National Bank building. OREGON'S NEW SENATOR. ??? , v , John McD. Gearin, a Democrat, Named to Succeed Senator Mitchell. Portland. Ore. ? John McDermot Gearin, of Portland, was appointed United States Senator to succeed th? late John H. Mitchell. Mr.. Gearin is a Democrat, but'is in accord with the views of President Roosevelt's railway and trust ideas. Gearin was' born in an emigrant wagon shortly after it had crossed the Oregon border, on August 15, 1851. He is a graduate of Notre Dame University, Indiana. In 1872 be entered the law office of Mitchell & Dolph, both of whom afterward served in the United States senate, ux-senaior almoin was also a student in the same offices and is now a partner of Gearin, Dunn at White House. Colonel George W. Dmrn, of Bing hamton, N. Y., formerly Chairman of the New York Republican State Committee, took luncheon with Presidenl Roosevelt at the. White House, ic Washington, D. C., and had a long conference with him concerning the conditions confronting the Republican party in the State. Troop Train Blown Up. A Russian military train was re ported to be blown up near Riga. Sev eral hundred men were killed 01 wounded. To Build Philippine Railroads. Bids for the construction of railroads in .the Philippine Islands were openec at the War Department in Washing ton, D. C. Killed by Shot. Charles B. Eames, founder and Vice President of the St. Louis (Mo.) Credi Clearing House, was Instantly killec at his home in that city by a shot fron an old rifle which he placed in a fur nace to burn off the stock. For Treaty With Cuba. Efforts are being made in Havana Cuba, to revive the movement for i commercial treaty with, the Unitec I States. Newsy Gleanings. A Chicago clergyman performed i marriage service in nine seconds. The Nelson statue in Trafalga Square, London, Eng., is decaying. Cape Town authorities are extend iog the conveyance of mails by camels Work has begun on the railroa< which will carry passengers to the toj of Mont Blanc. Three hundred hairdressers' shops ii Madrid, Spain, were closed owing to J strike of the assistants. A Long Island City lawyer who de frauded a client has been sent to Sinj Sing Prison for seven years.. MASKED MEN ROB.BANK I BirH Man and Boy to Chairs and S r Blow Open Safe. j -? SuttleM. Conn., Thrown Into a Panic hy s rxploRioutf of NUro? Glycerine TJned by the Burglars, Suffieid. Conn.? Four explosions in f swift succession that aroosed half the o - community and shook p&rt of the town y 8 failed to call any one to the protection 1 of the Suffield Savings Bank early iu 11 . the morning wben its aaf<> was blown d open by robbers, who bound a man I' . and a boy to chairs in the railway sta- 0 t tion. Luck saved the institution from permanent loss, however, as the bur- ? glars passed by a drawer in which re- i* posed $3000 in negotiable securities ? nmi nncii t.ikinc instead registered bonds worth 550,000, but which M. T. il Newton, president of the bank, said 11 could not be sold save by the owner. t* The robbers escaped with what looked , like a snug fortune in their hands. It ? is possible they have not yet discov- J1 L ered their loot is so much Dead Sea ii : fruit ? that they didn't get enough T from the crime to pay their fare to it | this place, even if they came from the next town. tl Six masked men appeared in the sta- P< ' tion in the' small hours and overpow- ^ ered William Jones, the watchman. and his son, twelve years old. When """ the prisoners were tied saPely in a m couple of chairs in the waiting room, tr one of the strangers mounted guard over them with a revolver in each tn hand and the soothing assurance that fc he'd blow tneir heads off if they called ?' for help. His comrades evidently 01 " " - J- A. j. 4- < 1 . ieareu iuui luieai wuuiu jivc ixccp mc ; ' father and son quiet, for they ga'gged cl .the captives, complaining bitterly abo^t cl . the time they had to-lose.', "We're going-to-.crack the savings :;AJ crib," explained the leader of the band *'R with refreshing frankness. "This fellow watching you means what he said, to Just you make a peep, and you'll get a lead shampoo." cc Five of the men hurried out of the v< station, and through the windows the ol Joneses saw them going toward the ic bank. A few minutes passed. Then a the first explosion sounded. Jones and fi his son concluded the plan had miscar- ot i rioH?Hut Hi<? rnhhers had made a eood as : The decision of the highest court in the State thus renders futile every step 5i the Hearst attorneys have so far taken with a view of gaining access to the i -ballot boxes, and leaves the matter exl actly where it stood before the litiga- k< * - tion in connection with the contest be- ill pn. p? A Record Lease. The southeast corner at Broadway 1 and Thirty-third street, New York City, a, . was leased for 105 years at a total rent Cl J of 156,250,000. fil , m For R. R. in Southwest Africa. cc The Reichstag, in session at Berlin, passed a bill to construct a new railway in German Southwest Africa. i Have Stopped Making Mail Bags. C * The inmates of the New Jersey State E* Prison have stopped making mail bags. Prominent People. 1 The Sultan of Morocco plays both tennis and cricket. i.1 r The King of Sinm revels in fine 1 clothes, and is quite a dude. King George of Greece i3 said to be the most muscular king in Europe. 1 Sir Henry Irving furnished the mod? el for the typical actor of the comic . papers. 3 It is perhaps rot generally known 1 that King Edward holds a diploma for F forestry. The Mikado of Japan is a good hunt? er and fisherman and an'excellent shot with a rifle. ? deal more noise, than tbey expected, g< and that all Suffleld soon would be m about the ear's of the thieves. But the gi captives overestimated Suffleld's cour-' in age. Miss 'Sophia. Bissell, wh^Jives cc next the savings-bank and*wboBe porob di is fifty feet from the entrance to the M , institution, said she was awakened by b( . an explosion, and:beard-every:,sound. ' made thereafter by We robbers. 1 She ' Ji knew burglars were at work in the to bank, she added, but when she tried fo to give an alarm she found herself too to terrified even to scream. And Miss bf Bissell wasn't the only person so nf cc fected. Dozens in the course of the day admitted shamefacedly how fright- m ened they were when they heard the ta explosions. bf The bandits jacked the big front doot ca off its hinges with crowbars, aftei bj smashing a window or two to show their independence. They made no attempt to work silently. On the contrary, they seemed to- take pride in calling attention to their workmanlike burglary. They used nitro-glycerine in blowing the safe open. It was in that' stage of the crime that they bungled V( first, for they miscalculated the resist- fr ing power of the steel door three times. jjC Not until the fourth explosion.did they th burst the big lid off its' hinges. Then f0 they bungled the second time by mis*. ar judging the worth of the securities to ; " "them. There were two kinds of plun- at der in the vault. If their eyes hadn't been dazzled by the figures on the oj> bonds they couldn't negotiate tbey Ja might have made a fair night's wage. cj( for-they probably would have noticed ^ the marketable securities and real ^ money totaling $3000. Knowledge of banking customs w?uld have been val- |n uable to those burglars. ' ^ Charles L. Spencer, President of the to First National Bank, of Suffleld, heard the explosions in his home, two blocks from the savings institution, and tried ; many times to get his brother bankers on the telephone, so he might tell them? n? they were being robbed. But he j!" wouldn't "raise" anybody. Young .Tones was more persistent In his determination to prevent the escape of the men. J-? He and liis father were left ungtfardod , after the fourth explosion, the robber j who watched them hurrying to join hi? ? ^ T?V u- u* w leiiuw criiiiium&. mm uy iucu ujc ml* tie lad wormed himself out of hte- 411 I bonds, and at length, loosening one 31 hand, freed himself and his father. Shouts from the Joneses told other Suffield folk citizens of the place were ' abroad and it again was safe to ven- re I ture in the rtreets, but by the time a (jl discreet posse was ready for the pur- cn , suit the burglars were on their way. w , elEARST IS DEFEATED. ^ bi ! rivalling Opinion Is Against a Re pr count by Mandamus. Albany, N. Y.?In a sweeping decis, Ion theCourtof Appeals completely sus- ^ [ tained the contention of couusel fot R Mayor McClellan and the Corporation Counsel of New York in the William R. Hear3t ballot-box case which was argued here, that the courts have no right under the election law to order the opening of ballot boxes and a re' count of the vote by mandamus. te -AWYER HUMMEL GUILTY Jantenoed (o a Year in Prison and I ive Hundred Dollars Fine. enfctllonnl Trij?l For Collision in DodgeMorne Divorce Suit Cn?e Xndt. New York City?The jury in the case f Abraham Hummel, the noted law or accused of conspiracy in connecion with the Dodge-Morse divorce and '.arriage annulment, returned a verict of guilty. The jury retired at 12.40 . in., and brought in its Terdict at i> . lock. i Vmcnifrt^T ig r? mlcHomoinAr rmniclt. blp by $500 fine or one year in the peneutiary. or both. .. He was-sentenced nmediately to one year in the penitenary and a fine of $500. Hummel is !so under-two indictments for suboratiou of perjury in the Dodge-Morse"' ingle. Justice Roger.*, in the Criminal ranch of thi Supreme Court, began is charge to the jury at 10.55 o'clock i the morning and finished at 12.35. he Justice's charge was taken as beig decidedly favorable to the defense. He said that the jury should believe ie testimony of Dodge, the accomlice and confessed perjurer, if there as any testimony that tended to corporate, it. He declared that there as such testimony, and that it retained for the jury to decide as to its uthfulness. The Justice also asserted that Capiin .Tim Morse had no right to interne with the marriage-of his nephew, hick upon the face of the court rec ds appeared to be legal. Counsel for ie defense asked'that this charge be langed so as to 0 dmir I he.right of the llldren and blood relations to iuter;re. Tlrey*- declared that Captain? . :orse was acting for them. Justice, ogers first refused and then accepte<l ie amendment. Assistant District At rney Rand offering no objection. The prosecution accused Hummel of mspiring to invalidate the legal di>rce of the present Mrs. Morse, wife ! C.W. Morse, the banker and former e magnate, from Charles F. Dodge, ne'er do well, who jumped rapidly om one part of the country to anjier, being employed at various times i brokers' clerk, waiter, hotel mana?r and restaurant proprietor.' Humel had the divorce set aside on the ound that Dodge had not been served i ttie divorce suit. Dodge lias since mfessed that he was served and the vorce and Mrs. Dodge's to orse which had been annulled have ;en reinstated. Hummel was employed,by Captain, m Morse, as uncle of C."'W. Mofc$e,> i break the marriage. The retainer ir the lawyer, $15,000, and the fight keep Dodge from being brought ick here on an indictment for perjury >st Captain Jim more than $75,000. The case is, in many respects, a re-? arkable one. Aside from the speccnlar fight in Texas to bring Dodge ick here, District Attorney Jerome iiised additional interest in the trial r asking that the jury be locked up. NO ENGAGEMENT RING. iss Alice Roosevelt Says She Will Dispense With It. Washington, D. C.?Miss Alice Roose?lt, in answer to the request of her lends to see her engagement ring, is surprised every one by replying at $he has dispensed with thwt'uaual .. l'Llitl IIIJ | llUUj UUC? livit pULpuoc uaviug ly engagement-ring; She is, however, wearing a beautifcul itlque ring pressed l>y Mr.*Long-? orth, some people say/at the outset the Philippine trip. The jewel is a pphire ia dull gold; very deep and ear in color, and of unusual brilmcy, and was an heirlo5ui in the >ngworth family. Mr. Longworth will spend Christmas Washington, leaving the following ty for Cincinnati. Ohio, but returns town for New Year's Day^ Good American Business. The march of good American busiiss goes, on; no delay, except from lortage of cars. Electric railway om Camden, N. J., to Atlantic City, J., seventy-five miles, to be built by e Pennsylvania system, and $2,000,iQ .wty'th of electric,apparatus ordered r manufacture m scuenectauy; iue rie Railroad to build an electric railay from Binghainton,-N. Y., to Corng.' ISf. Y.. seventy-six miles, at an itlay of $1,500,000. i * Iron and Steel. Two gratifying features are noted in ports regarding the iron and steel inlstry. New business continues to >me forward, raising the rate of prolction above all previous records, hiie conservatism prevails as to quotions, and there is still no evidence 1 be reckless inflation that has ought a sudden setback in so many evious periods of similar activity. Bad Fire in New York. The new ferryhouses of the Delaare and Lackawanna and the Central ailroad of New Jersey, at WesL wenty-third street. New York City, ere destroyed by fire. To Rescue 'German Subjects. The German Government has charred a number of steamers to rescue ibjects in the Bai.tic provinces of Rusa. Textile Markets Sound. Basic conditions or rne rtixiiie mui>ts are still most sound, because proiction shows 110 indication of surissing requirements. Denies Patrick'* Mot'oii. Governor HIggins, at Albany. X. Y., ;nied an application for stay of exeltion and release from solitary conlement in order that he in person ight prepare a new appeal to the >urts. Rioting in China. A riot in Shanghai in which thirty hinamen were killed and several forguers were- wounded, is regarded at Washington. D. C., as a forerunner of j lother Boxer rising throughout Chiua. Labor World. Another general strike in Russia is ircateneil, beginning January 1. The growth of trade unions in France wing recent years has been very noceable. During the nine completed months f 1905. 333.507 seamen were shipped i Great Britain. The strike of arsenal employes in , ranee lias been broken up by the [inister of Marine. The American Federation has reused to girant a charter to the Nacnal Slogie Makers' League. cV > _ . jft- v- tj!?' v. ' , ' / .. bits I news; ?rw" WASHINGTON. Miss Alice Roosevelt, daughter of r the President, has been the recipient of a constant stream of callers, telegrams and other messengers of congratulation upon the announcement of her engagement to Representative Longworth. There are 25,481 persons in the Gov- b ernment service in Washington, their v salaries aggregating $27,145,709 annually. v J The Bureau of Insular Affairs is arranging to ask for \ bids on steel wharves for Manila, to cost about $500,000. t A resolution has been introduced in t the House calling upon Secretary Shaw i for his opinion as to how the money ]j market may'best be-relieved. The President has. nominated Will- a iam F. Wiiloughby., of,the District of tl Columbia,u- to be treasurer of' Porto :.tl Rico. ti Conferences on hazing were held be- ? tween Secretary Bonapnrte and RearAdmiral Sands, and Attorney-General Moody was, asked to define the Navy *' Department's powers of dismissal. ti * N/vrwnnf\ tnf l \trvO C U Ult ILUKJtr X ?jLJ Since the recent outbreak of Cholera t] m the Philippine Islands the American doctors have been investigating its source. Dr. Victor G. Heiser, in a report just made public, says in this con- j nection: "The belief is rapidly gaining t( ground among medical men that the disease is indigenous to the islands." R, Owing to the extensive coral reefs ii which encircle the Island of Zambo- u ango, in the Philippine Islands, which tl have repeatedly cut the telegraph ca- jj bles-connecting the island with Jolo,. % the Government lias'Qecided to'iistala,' '9, space telegraph^system, which is prom- a ised for operation early next year, v t<( DOMESTIC. ^ ,f-? D*ant?a?? ttt 1 fa r\f Fir WpftTlk W iyiM. JJIVUITU, Hil-C v#*. . i5rouwer, of Toms River, N. J., died in lf convulsions, and her brother applied to hav? her body exhumed and the con- si tents of the stomach analyzed. The statements of two trained nurses aroused his suspicions. Enraged because hit father objected/ j! to his drinking, George Glisson killed ' his parent at Hillls, Ga. Jj Several persons were hurt at Waterloo. Iowa, on the Rock Island road, v when a south-bound mail took a siding n and plunged through a string of load- ^ ed box cars. ' , j,( General'Herman Haupt, oldest grad-' si uate of the United States Military Academy, dropped dead on a train fi whil~ journeying-'to Washington/ D. C. n; Jealous of his wife, William Clark, a ai nromlnent farmer at Paris. Mich., oi killed her as she lay in bed and then tc shot himself tQ death. tt Ex-Governor Yates, of Illinois, an- Sl nounced that he was a candidate for th2 United States Senate, and that he '' would begin an active campaign later 01 in. the month. ' The new Almaden quicksilver mines near San Jose. Cal., are to be closed, it being claimed that they have been J* sufficiently developed. From opium taken several days ago, ^ J. D. Flennek, of Shinetown, W. Va, c] is dead at Corming, Iowa. ja Ore shipments for the season on the ei great lakes ended one day later than last year. m The Supreme Court of Illinois at Springfield ajjjrmed the verdict against f Johaun ftochr the bigamist and wife in murderer. * The Federal Grand Jury at Kansas er City,'' Mp.,* returned'indibtments-'in the"' rebate prosecutions against the packing firms of Armour, Swift and Cudahy, and accused a local broker of re- ^ ceiving heavy rebates from the Bur- "J lington Railroad. , ^ George W. Perkins resigned as vicepresident and chairman of the Finance Committee of the New York Life, Alexander E. Orr and John Claflin be- to ing elected to the offices. ^ - ???? ti< ... FOREIGN. The Moscow Postofflce, says a special tl) cable dispatch, has resumed work. n< After An exciting debate in the Ital- ^ ian Chamber of Deputies, at Rome, the Fortis Ministry tendered its reslg- T, nation. . ' A great celebraton was held in Tokio, ? Japan, n honor of the armies returning from Manchuria. Prince Bulow,-5the' imperial. Chancellor, has ordered ship* to Reval and -g Libau to deport any German subjects who may wish to leave Russia. The Cabinet of M. Ralli, at Athens, Greece, resigned as the result of tlie ** defeat of the Government in the e)ectlon of a President of the Chamber of ci Deputies. King George has sum- moned the former Premier, M. Theo- I1 okia, to form a new Cabinet. JI] The correspondent of the London * (England) Standard at Kobe, Japan, \ says that the Marquis Ito has accepted 17 an appointment as Resident General in Korea. Advices from Batoum, in the Trans- pi caucasus, tell of fierce fighting, in c, which many persons were killed. ^ There were also encounters at Potl and Kutais. The Council of Spanish Ministers, sitting at Madrid, has decided to order Sc an investigation of the allegations made in the Chamber of Deputies accusing Senator, the Marquis Mayo Rey, a of implication in gigantic treasury m frauds, involving a sum of $7,200,000, it; by means of falsely stamped securities. 0f According to a special cable dispatch $1 the Berlin authorities have received a co report from the Captain of the Pan- ai ther, and consider the incident closed, of I The Duke and Duchess of Aosta, cousins of King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, while on an automobile trip ran over a woman. The car was immedi- w ately stopped and the Duchess took the woman with her to the home of a doc- rj>( tor, who said that she was in a dan- jn gerous condition. Qi The death of William Sharp, the author. was announced in London. England. , After a month -without any sessions w, the Cuban House met in Havana to si,' discuss the killing of Congressman Villuendas. Prince vc?i Buelow replied to a Socialistic attack on the Emperor at Berlin, Germany, denying that he was r a "disturber of the peace." C( According to a special cable dispatch po from Caracas, President Castro has 00 withdrawn his counter protest to the French Government in regard to the Taigny incident. , The agent of the Asphalt Trust left mi Caracas after failing to induce Presi- tu dent Castro to interfere in the damage Ci suit. Reports from Tsarskoe-Selo, Russia, were that the Czar would support Count Wltte, the cabal under Geueral j<( Ignatieff having been defeated. Qj _ IMPRISONED IN A TUNNEL . - 7 ."wo Italians Caught in L I. P. R. Excavations. . r y' _ . la Dsn):. Fonl-Sincltlnff Hal# Ej# Over .Fifty Hone, Mnny .Feet v J* ' ~K' . tender tlio Ground* Now Toil; City.?Professional divera rouglit to .1 place of safety two Italian ratclimen who had beeu imprisoned; J* n the tunnel which'the Pennsylvania v _ tailroad is escavattng at Long Island . y !ity for over fifty hours. ' Two trips -were made through th? j 1 annel by the divers. On the flr9t trip he men were located and spoken to. 'hey were safe aud sound on a bulkpad. uine feet above the water... v Foul air, tho uncertainty of deliver-. uce, lack of food aud fear nad told on tie- Italians. They were cowering.it* lie fartfces^eomer on .top oftbft strocure that had saved'tliem fronv a srib- .. erranean grave as the waters broke"- ' J u:' < lirough a sewer and into the tunnel. A The glpam of four torches first at' racted the imprisoned men. It wa* Lie exclamations lhat they, involun* ??:i? xt.ai. if,A IT ' al ! J UiUUtr lliat UldL lUdCU IU IJUC . . uers their hiding place. Whether it.. ras fear that the strange figures la lie rubber suits were apDaritjons that, etokened approarhinjg death or that lie entombment had deranged tbemi';, lie imprisoned men crouched; farther ito their shelter and resisted the at-' . ; !rants of th^ divers to get at tbem. ^ Little English was spoken or underlood by the Italian*, and the rescuers ad difficulty in making the imprisoned . len understand that they would,take .* j lem back to the surface. A'fterahalf A our's colloquy, the Italians agreed to o if the divers woutyl get them rubber .' nits. The water, they'isaid. was deep - 1 nd.dart. . ~ It would be better that they should > ';?m ike chances or rescue- where, they, rere, tbey said, than to go through a. . ratery bore in the earth. The dtv^ra ft them and struggled back through ie 160 feet of stagnant water.'fromx to eight feet deep in places, and >ul air. Reaching the surface- they, reported . ) E. W. Moir, the Vice-President of . ie Parsons Company, which is driving / ->'"i ie tunnel, that the men were alive: lat they had talked with them, ?n<J ' lat the men wot?{d only risk a trip^ ; , irougli the tunuel if they were pro^ ' ided with rubber suits. Thes4 suits ere quickly, suppliedj and. the four;. ivers, after a rest of. about an hour,.; egan once.more the. journey into the :yx-I1ke tiinrtel: Again the ?rleami?g of the pine knots] iey carried caused "the "imprisoned' ten to chatter.and gesticulate, and; jaiu to crawl further into the corner! ( ,-.v : the bulkhead. Instead of rushing; 1 ward their rescuer*, esoeoially after i. J le divers had exhibited' the rubber* A lits. the men fought th^moff.Jfl Battling and struggling With the ttt-j 9j e strength thfey had left, the dlvors' Hi the Italians had one, of the most ' . aique combats on recocd. Over 100 iet underground, tbf? air dank and >ul. on a shaky buiknead. that wtia " adually being undermined <by- tbe urky water, the rescuers and the Im isoned men struggled back and, forth* lie pine torches lent, an unearthjy . low to the scen?, and the poor. Ital-. . us. their strength spent, were finally. icased in th^ rubber suits. Then began the struggle to get the-V. , ; en through the water. ;r; The Italians were heloless. ; The dlvs. too. had exhausted their* strength . the struggle to?subdutf thfc ifcep.*-Bnfc ' . ie Italians were now in the water; in- / t and scarcely able to stand. it The divers each took a man, and; by ow Stages, cam^th^rb' throVigh'f.tlifr mnei ro rue wortmeD s caum ui uie . ' ast avenue entrance. The cry went. ) to the top of the shaft that the men " id been rescued1 and the 300 . or K) people who had gathered -about ie shaft sent up a misrhty cheer. A physician had been sent for by*.ie company, and at on:e descended the mguth of the tunnel,' He found T ie men. in a remarkably good condi- . v> r?n, considering their .experience. A ' The long imprisonment had told upon em meutally. however, and they were >t able clearly to realize their posiin. N j Tjje imprisoned men were Francisc6 ] uvelle. thirty-two years old, and An?'T nio Biagga. thirty-three years old.' oth.are married and live in Long i^and City. \ CUBA AIDS U. S; STRIKERS.. ______ g ouse Passes $10,000 ' Appropriation m For Key West Cigarmakers. J| Havana, Cuba.?The House of Repre'litatives passed au appropriation of 10,000 to assist the striking Cuban garmakers at Key West.. Since the introduction of the latter bill . ;-j ip Cuban newspapers nave oeen urg-.: ... f H its immadiate passage, and there ' as not tbe least opposition to it in ly quarter, witb tbe exception of tbo merican newspapers bere. which ven- A ired to oppose the {?rautiag ?f Gov-'' anient aid to tbe strikers. , V Tbe Havana Provincial Council ap- ' ^ opriated $5000 and tbe Havana City *' > < nincil $1000 (or tbe aid of tbe Key- " rest strikers. BRICK TRUST IS GUILTY. J >me of Its Officers aud Labor Leaders Fined For Conspiracy. Chicago. HI.?Tbe Brick Trust made complete surrender to State's Attor- _ HH >y Healy in court, and a number of i officials and several labor union . fl Hj Beers were fined iii an agsrregute of . 8,000. They had been indicted for nspiracy in preventing competition id restricting the production and said* bricks in the Chicago market. Hughes Still 'At It. ' . Mr. Hughes uncovered the financial Drkings of the Life Association roerica, the President. Henry iwnsley, being on the stand, in vestigaaon being held in New N?w D.vector of Metropolitan. The Board of Trustees elected irH T-fnhinsrm nf Rnstrin Af.nss stant Director of the MetropoIi^ai^^^HD| u sen in of Art. in New York City, at a Iary of $5000 a year. Lost $20,000.in Notes. ' riie Prssident ofihe Wachusett Shirt >inpany, of Leominster, Mass., re- 1 rted the loss of four notes for $-0,-' --4 0. Now President For Mutual. Charles A. Peabody, Standard OiL ' in. was elected President of the Mual Life Insurauce Co., in New York ty. Train Robbers Get $40. Two highwaymen who held up the irth Coast Limited near Portland,' e., got $40 from the express car. . J