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DISCONTINUED BURGLARS.
Brutally Maltreated venerable Ccu
pie After Robbing Them

Brutally Maltreated Venerable Ccu-
pie After Robbing Them.
Uniontown. Pa, Nov. 1.-THE resi-
Gence of Horace P Conn. on the
Cheat river, was robbed Saturday
night. Conn and his wife, who are
over 60 years of age, with their hired
man, John Bixler, were bound and
forced to undergo brutal treatment
for the two hours that the burglars re-
NAMED in the house. The raid yield
ed the burglars about S110 in cash, a
gold watch and some other booty This
did not satisfy them. They had come
after the $500 which they supposed
Conn had received as the first payment
on his coal lands. which he recently
sold. Conn had not got any OF the
money yet and told the intruders so,
but they did not believe him and re-
sorted to all sorts Of brutal treatment
and threats to make him yield up the
treasure Twice he was stood up as a
target and given so many seconds to
confess. Revolvers were rubbed over
his head and aimed at his temple.
One fellow got razor, and holding
Conn's head made a movement as
though he would cut his throat. The
old man was so faint from cold and
fright that they had to give him water
to revive him, to make him sensible
to their treatment After the burg
lars left Mrs. Conn liberated herself
by untying the knots with her teeth,
and then cut the other victims loose.
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DEATH SOON FOLLOWED DISGRACE.
Died While BEING Taken TO Prison in
Patrol Wagon.

Died While BEING Taken 20 Prison in
Patrol Wagon.
Cincinnati. Nov. 14.-About seven
years ago the Rev. Adolph Foith came
to Cincinnati from Austria. He first
took charge of Lutheran church here
as its pastor. He was soon made SUI
.perintendent of the "Altenheim,' or
home for aged Germans. and subse-
quently himself and wife were trans
ferred to the superintendency of the
German Orphans Home. Here they
bore the titles Father and Mother of
the orphans A few weeks ago Mrs.
Foith died suddenly under mysterious
circumstances. Rev. Foith said she was
in the habit of taking morphine. and
had taken an overdose. This hushed
further inquiry The trustees of the
asylum. after thorough investigation.
found that Father Foith had been
guilty of gross improprieties at the
Orphans Home. He was arrested. and
while in the patrol wagon on the way
to prison Father Foith fell in vio-
lent CONFUSION. Then in rapid sue
cession CONFUSION followed convul-
sion until he died. One theory is that
he took some quick poison. another is
that remorse and nervous excitement
caused his death.
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Inst Weeks Elections.

The states which went Republican
in last weeks elections. with the plu-
ralities, are: Ohio, 50,512; Pennsyl-
vania, 1874, 1868 (Barnett's vote was U.s.
ISL lower); Iowa, 10000; Massachu-
sets. 65. 062; New Jersey. 10000; South
Dakota, 4,O17. There were Republican
gains in New York's legislative and
city elections and in Kansas town
elections. Nebraska elected the fusion
candidates by $4,000 plurality over the
Republican candidates and in Mary
land John Walter Smith (Dem.) was
elected governor over Lloyd Lowndes
(Rep) by 12121, with the leg
islature largely Democratic.
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Live Stock Markets.

New York. Nov. 13.-Steers steady to a
shade lower; bulls and COWS steady;
steers, H.50G6.25; oxen and stays. s495.25;
bulls. s2.65G4; COWS, s1.55G4. Choice veals
steady; others weak: grassers dull; 100
calves unsold: veals. S4QS.5O tops. sS.75;
grassers. s2.5O@S; southern and western
calves. S2.50Q35o. Prime sheep steady;
others weak; lambs active and barely
steady; about all sold; sheep $2.5O@4Sfla;
extra, $3.50; culls. 81; lambs S.5O@5.45;
mainly, s4.62hG5.25: Canada lambs, s5.25Gf
5.45. Hogs lower at $4.2aQ4.35.
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Murdered nm Innocent Babe.

Charlottesville, Mo-, Nov 14.-News
reaches here of distressing tragedy
at levee camp below here. Charles
Pearman, 81 years old, who had for
como reason become angry with fam
lily named Poe, came to Poe's tent with
a double barreled shotgun and fired
both barrels into the tent, striking and
dangerously wounding seven out Of the
family of nine One small child was
killed instantly, one has since died and
the mother is not expected to live.
Pearman was captured.
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CRUISER CHARLESTON WRECKED.
Struck on a Reef Off Luzon-All on
Board saved.

Struck on Reef Off Luzon-An on
Board saved.
Manila, Nov. 1.-THE United States
cruiser Charleston, which has been
patrolling the northern coast Of Luz
zon. was wrecked on reef of the
northwest coast on Tuesday Nov. Z.
All on board were saved.
The Charleston. which was built in
San Francisco in 1888, had displace-
ment of $3.50 tons. was 312 feet Z
inches in length, Is feet 2 inches in
beam, and 81 feet inches in draught.
She was of steel, having two propel-
lers, one funnel and two masts, with
military tops She carried two 8
inch guns, six 6-inch guns, four T.
Founders, two 3-pounders. six l.
Founders. two machine guns and one
light gun, with four torpedo tubes. She
had a complement of 306 men.
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BALLOT BOX STUFFING.
Five Alleged Fraudulent Voters
Arrested in Philadelphia.
SAID TO BE FROM WASHINGTON.

1t was Testified To Tint TIL" Men. Four
or Whom Are Presumably Govern
ment Employees. Were Sent to Phlln-
delphia by u Police Lieutenant.
Philadelphia. Nov. l1.-As the re-
suit of newspaper Investigation five
men, all residents Of Washington, d..
c., arrested Tuesday night, were
yesterday held in bail for court on the
charge of repeating, tnpersonatins
election officers and making fraudulent
returns. The defendants are John F..
Sheehan, r. M Dinkert, William
Cook, Harry McCabe and George Kirk
land All but one are said to be in
the governments employ.
1t developed that kirkland had been
employed by the newspaper mentioned
to enter the conspiracy. He was the
principal witness, and bail in his case
was fixed at $1,000, the others being
required to furnish $500. The tes-
timony involved several prominent
Republican politicians in this city and
a lieutenant of capital police at Wash
ington.
The alleged fraud. 1t was sworn to-,
was accomplished in the Thirteenth di-
vision of the Seventh ward. and the
election papers of this division were
produced in evidence The returns
showed vote of 3S7 for Colonel
James E. Barnett, the Republican can
didate for state treasurer, and 5 for
William T. Greasy, the Democratic
candidate.
Kirkland. who at the time Of his ar
rest said his name was George
Wright described the trip from Wash
ington to this city Of the alleged re-
peaters on Monday night. He then
related in detail all that happened
from the time Of their arrival until
their arrest at the railroad station on
election night. He says the five were
brought from Washington by Lieuten-
ant Rogers. of the capital police. In
this city he and Cook went to the house
of Deputy Coroner Samuel Salter, ac-
companied by Rogers, where they were
handed about 200 ballots. sealed and
folded, and instructed to place them
in the box as soon as they arrived at
the polling place. Kirkland acted as
minority inspector under the name OF
Clarence McCabe, the regular inspec-
tor, and Cook impersonated William
Hamilton, the judge Of election. They
placed the illegal ballots in the box
as instructed The last "a voters were
handed specimen ballots, which were
afterward destroyed. There were 124
votes actually cast. but the returns
gave 342. He was paid $40 for his
work by Lieutenant Rogers.
William Hamilton testified that he
was unable to act as judge because
to do so he would have to resign his
position as laborer in the postoffce.
The clerk of the hotel where the men
stopped said the bill was paid by
prominent local politician.
Today the men accused were released
on bail Of 81 800 each and all but Kirk
land left the city Ex-Judge Gordon
and ex-District Attorney Graham, the
prosecuting lawyers, are very indig-
nant over the fact that the men were
released by Judge Eisenbrown without
an investigation of the property &C
cepted as bail.
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THE KENTUCKY CONTEST
Both Sides Still Claim the State
by a Small Plurality.
EXCITING DAY AT VANOEBURG.

Two Thousand People Gather In the
Town and Prevent an Alleged Effort
TO Throw Out. the Vote of Lewis
County ON IA Tcchnicality.
Louisville. Nov 1.-THE tangle
growing out of last weeks election
grows worse with each day. Yester-
day was the third day of the official
count, but the work Of the county
boards of canvassers disclosed little
information to clear the situation
Chairman Long, of the Republican
campaign committee. repeated ms
claim of plurality of Sill for ray
lor, based on official returns from liz
counties and unofficial returns from the
remaining nine. The Democratic pa
pers and leaders here have ceased TO
give figures. but specials from Frank
fort quote Candidate Goebel and other
party leaders as saying they are con-
fident of success.
The complexion of the returns to be
presented to the state board of cleo
ton commissioners when it meets in
Frankfort next month. still depends
upon the determination of the contests
which are being raised in several parts
of the state. notably the strongly Re-
publican counties OF the Eleventh dis
trict, where the Democrats claim It's
sue ballots were used. There are sew
eral other equally important contests.
Yesterday was an exciting day at
Vanceburg, county seat of Lewis
county. An effort was made to throw
out the entire vote Of the county.
which gave Taylor plurality of 6Oo,
or a technicality. it being claimed the
paper on which the ballots were print
ed was too thin. On this ground the
election board last week threw out
the vote of Mowers and Burtonvllle
precincts. which gave Taylor 2O9 plu-
rality. and adjourned until yesterday.
Word was passed through the county
and yesterday about 1000 citizens
flocked into Vanceburg and gathered
around the court house when the cleo
ton board met.
News reached the crowd that the
commissioners were about to throw
ont the vote OF another precinct. and
l..ere was an angry demonstration.
Trouble seemed imminent. when it was
announced that the election board had
reconsidered its action by which the
vote of certain precincts had been
thrown out and that the entire vote
of the county would be counted as
cast. This prevented any further DEM
onstrations.
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Slowly Scalded to Death.

Corning. n Y, Nov. 14.-There was
a head end collision on the Pennsyl-
vania division of the Erie railroad be-
tween trains ten miles south of Corn
ing yesterday that resulted in the
death of Peter Winenski, fireman.
Brakeman William Keyes sustained in
iuries that may prove fatal. His left
leg had to be amputated and the right
one is so horribly crushed that the
physicians give slight hopes Of saving
it. Winenski was crushed under his
engine as it toppled over, and for 80
minutes his groans could be heard dis
tinctly as he was slowly scalded to
death by the escaping steam.
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An indiana suicide Club.

Frankfort, Ind, Nov. 14.-Andrew
Thompson last night committed sui
eide by taking morphine. The death
has developed beyond doubt that there
is a suicide club in this city, and that
two of the members have already car
ried out their obligations. Fred
Greiner, who took his life several
days ago by the same agency, was the
first to carry out the compact. Thomp-
son was so at the time Greiner died,
and he remarked that he would soon
follow him
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Deadly Gale or New roundland.

Halifax, N. S.. Nov. IA heavy
snow and rain storm accompanied by
gales of wind. causing loss of life and
damage to shipping, prevails in the
maritime provinces of New Foundland.
At Fort Hood, Cape Breton, seven
fishing boats went out yesterday morn
ing. About midday northwest gale
came up suddenly. Five boats landed
safely. A sixth was swamped. The
seventh is missing. 1t is possible at
least a dozen souls have persisted.
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.Jol1r1st0rl's
Sarsaoarilla
QUART BOTTLES.
WOprAN,s TROUBLES AND FEMALE
DISEASES.

Painful and Suppressed Menses, Ir
regularity, Leucorrh@a, Whites, Steril.
ity, liberation of the Uterus, change
of life, in matron or maid, all find re.
lief, help, benefit and cure in JOHNS
TOMS SARSAPARILLA. 1t is a real
panacea for all pain or headache about
the top or back of the head, distress
ing pain in the left side, disturbed
condition of digestion, palpitation of
the heart, cold hands and feet, nerv-
BUSINESS and irritation, sleeplessness,
muscular weakness, bearing-down
pains, backache, legache, irregular &C.
ton of the heart, shortness of breath,
abnormal discharges, with extremely
painful menstruation, scalding of urine,
swelling of feet, soreness of the breasts,
neuralgia, uterine displacement and
catarrh, and all those symptoms and
troubles which make the average wo-
mans life so miserable.
NICmIaAA DHUa co.. Detroia, Mich.
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..r,Ian,r KNOW It Nns Lnndcd.n

Philadelphia, Nov 14.-Wiliam How
land HUM, aged II years, of 1908 Arcn
street. son of Ezekiel Hum, Jr.. Il
widely known and wealthy lawyer.
playing desperate highwayman in the
cigar store of Edwin Lippincott yes
terday, shot and killed Mr.. Lippin-
colt. William didn't know the revolver
was loaded. lie Ind his brother
Charlie. who owned the revolver. are
under arrest. ]. G. Powell another
boy. is held as witness.
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D,amond Thieves, Big Haul

Cleveland. Nov. 14-Thirty thousand
dollars worth Of diamonds were stolen
Yesterday afternoon from the store OF
Sigler Brothers, at No. 354 Euclid
avenue. Three men entered the store,
which is on the second floor. One OF
the trio stood at the elevator cage and
the other two entered the office OF
Mr.. Sigler. One engaged the attention
of clerk and the other talked to Mr..
Sigler at whose side was black box
containing the diamonds. Mr.. Sigler
says his attention was attracted for a
moment, and turning to his supposed
customers found both had fled and the
box of jewels was gone.
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Hoping For Molineux's Acquittnl.


New York. Nov. 14.-The trial OF
Roland B. Molineaux for the murder
of Mrs. Katherine j. Adams was be-
gun today in the court of general ses-
sions. This case must be tried as
soon as possible" said District At
torney Gardiner before court opened.
IF Molineax is guilty he will be con-
victed. and if he is innocent he will
be acquitted as soon as all legal forms
can be complied with. If he should
be acquitted there will be no one more
pleased than I. because Of my long
friendship with his father General
MoIneauX."
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1,ur,.ln. pnwaer Mini ExnlosIon

Santa Cruz, Cal, Nov. 13.-An explo-
sion occurred yesterday in the glazing
house OF the California Powder mill.
Four cylinders containing 10000
pounds of powder exploded. The eX-
rlosion wrecked the mill, blew down
miles of fencing. destroyed the salt
petre warehouse. and extinguished the
electric lights in Santa Cruz. Patrick
Hughes, night Waterman, was killed.
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r,o sp,nbu,lolnr consolldatIou

San Francisco, Nov. 13.-Concerning
the reported absorption of the Union
iron works, of this city, by a gigantic
shipbuilding syndicate, organized by
the Seligmans The Call says: Pre-
liminary steps to consolidate under one
general management the leading ship
yards of the Atlantic coast and the
Union iron works of the Pacific were
taken last summer. The transaction
is now closed The number of shares
of stock in the new concern is 10000,
at $3.50, an aggregate of s5,O00,O0O."
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A nte-E,ectlon rraducers sentcr

AnCC-EICCIIUII 'tU 'r7er - 1'7Er VO 'rN WI
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Nov. 14.-Judgc
Halsey yesterday denied the motion
for a new trial in the case of BOYD
Owens and H. e. Cooke, convicted OF
printing and circulating an ante-elec-
ton circular rejecting on the political
course of M. E. Moore, candidate
for city assessor of Wilkesbarre. The
defendants will be sentenced on Sat
urday. This is the first conviction in
the state under a recent law passed
by the legislature.
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Germans Punish CannIbals

Liverpool, Nov. 1.-THE British
steamer Volta. from the German
Cameroons, West Africa, just arrived,
reports that German punitive ex-
petition in the Cameroons recently
chastised a tribe of rebellious canni-
balls who had besieged several trading
stations at and near Kribi. The Ger
mans chased the natives into the bush,
killing 200. 1t was reported that num-
hers of the slain were decapitated,
their head being stuck on poles in the
Interior towns to strike terror to the
inhabitants.
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TWO Fighters Killed by a Train.

Shamokin. Pa. Nov. 14.-While
John Yunsk and Conrad Winsko,
young unmarried Hungarians, were en-
gagged in a fist fight on the Philadel-
phia and Reading railroad track. near
Enterprise. Sunday night. an express
train ran them down and instantly
killed them both. The men quarreled
at a christening, and went to the rail-
road to fight It out.
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Beers XIII Jefferson Davis Grandso

Beers XIII Jefferson Davis Grandson.
Halifax, N. S., Nov. 13.-Lieutenant
C. C. Wood, of the North Lancashire
regiment. who was killed at Kimber-
ley. was grandson Of Jefferson Davis,
president of the southern Confederacy,
and a great grandson Of President
Zachary Taylor His father is Captain
]. Taylor Wood, who has resided in
Halifax since the close of the war be-
tween the north and south.
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vice Presidents Improved Condition

Vice President's Improved Condition.
Paterson, N. j., Nov. 14.-Improve-
ment in the condition of Vice Presi-
dent Hobart continues, and Mrs. Ho-
bart and other members of the fam
lily now feel confident that the life Of
the vice president will be preserved
for a. long time, even if his complete
recovery is not considered a posi-
bility by his physician. Mrs. Hobart.
who has been at his bedside almost
continuously since his serious illness
began, felt so encouraged at the i'm
provement yesterday afternoon that
ne consented to 90 Tor q drive.
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pt,. hr Drnon,tre.

Fremont, o., Nov. II -The explosion
of a nitro-glycerine wagon at Gibson
burg, owned by the hercules Powder
company, blew the driver, Ben Card,
Tito small bits The team and wagon
shared the same fate Serious damage
was done to buildings two miles away.
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ELECTRIC staees For Fifth Avenue.

New York. Nov 1.-THE Fifth ave
nue. stage line has been sold to the
New York Electric Vehicle Transpor-
tation company by William C. Whit
ney. One of Mr.. Whitney's business
associates said that the road would be
equipped with the latest style of cleo
trical stages.
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snrotor Th,rsron,s Bride.

Omaha, Nov. determination was
made at the Thurston residence, in this
city, yesterday Of the report that Sen
ator John M. Thurston is to wed Miss
Lola Pearman, Of Washington. The
evening will occur in Washington this
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Lieutenant Bagley'sAI otherPensioned
Washington, Nov. IA pension OF
SIS month was granted yesterday
by Commissioner Evans to Adelaide
w. Bagley mother of Lieutenant
Worth Bagley, who was killed in the
war with Spain.
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Tbree Childrcn Burned to Doatn.

Detour, Mich, Nov. 14.-On Sunday
the three sons of Mrs. Kate Orr, aged
S, 6 and s years, were burned to death
in fire which originated in their
rcme. The mother. a widow, was
away at the time, the boys being in
charge of their grandmother, who es-
caped unframed.
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Tuesday. Nov. II.

Prince Clarence II, of Jamaica, Is to
wed a Jamaica maiden at Christmas.
Admiral Dewey now walks the
streets of New York without molesta-
ton.
A cooperative piano factory is to be
established by locked out Chicago
workmen.
Corbett has challenged Jeffries to
fight as soon as possible Corbett has
deposited $4,000 as q forfeit
Ex-Postmaster General Wanamaker
declares there has not been an honest
election in Philadelphia for many
years.
General William NICE. Dye, ex-chief
Of police of Washington and later min
lister of war to the King of Corea, died
in Muskegon, Mich, last night.
Mrs. Ada Ashley Hill is under ar
rest at Aurora Ills, charged with kill
ing her mother-in-law, Mrs. Elida Hill,
by pouring acid down her back She
protests innocence.